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September 24, 2012

Running runs in the Shankles family

Asked to describe Knox County Schools’ Partners in Education program in 10 words or so, Scott Bacon smiles and quotes retired educator Reuben Hunter. “It’s the community coming into the schools and schools going out into the community.”

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Rezoning meetings set Knox County Schools will hold public meetings about elementary school rezoning that will result from the construction of the new school at Northshore Town Center. Current attendance zones of A.L. Lotts Elementary, Farragut Primary, Farragut Intermediate, Hardin Valley Elementary, Blue Grass, Ball Camp and Cedar Bluff elementary schools will be primarily affected, although some other schools may experience a lesser impact. The meetings are designed to provide a zoning overview and garner insight prior to developing an attendance zone proposal. The schedule: ■ Hardin Valley Elementary School, 11445 Hardin Valley Road, Monday, Sept. 24 ■ Farragut Intermediate School, 208 West End Boulevard, Tuesday, Oct. 2 ■ Cedar Bluff Elementary School, 705 North Cedar Bluff Road, Tuesday, Oct. 9 ■ First Baptist Concord Westlake Campus, 9635 Westland Drive, Thursday, Oct. 11 Meetings will be hosted by the PTAs of A.L. Lotts and Blue Grass elementary schools. All are from 6-8 p.m. A series of followup meetings will be scheduled to discuss the attendance zones developed based on information garnered during these meetings.

Index Coffee Break A2 Wendy Smith A3 Government/Politics A4 Marvin West/Lynn Hutton A5 Jake Mabe A6 Faith A7 Kids A8 Miracle Maker A9 Business A11 Calendar A12 Health/Lifestyles Sect B

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Bearden High School cross-country and track coach Steve Prince, fifth from left, poses with the seven Shankles children – Peter, Charlie, J.J., Andrew, Stephen, Molly and David – after Stephen’s wedding last year. Photo submitted

By Wendy Smith Fourteen years ago, Charlie Shankles joined the Bearden High School cross-country team as a freshman. Every year since then, Bearden track and cross-country coach Steve Prince has had at least one member of the family on his team. The youngest is David, a freshman. He follows in the footsteps of six impressive siblings. Charlie graduated from Bearden in 2002, Stephen in 2004, Andrew in 2006, Peter in 2008, Molly in 2010, and Jonathan “J.J.” will graduate in 2013. All ran cross-country except for Peter, who was a shot putter and discus thrower on the track team, as well as a football player. All participated in track, and David plans to participate in the spring. But he doesn’t feel any pressure.

“I want to do well, but it doesn’t feel like I have to,” David says. It helps that his time in a recent 5k race was 17:58.8 – the fastest a Shankles has run as a freshman, according to his coach. The kids come by running naturally. Mom Karen Shankles also ran for Bearden. She ran the longest distance a girl could run at the time – 880 yards – and still enjoys running. Dad Roland is also athletic. Karen was pregnant with David when Charlie began running for Bearden. It’s been a family affair ever since. “After the first one, everybody else ran. It’s what we did,” she says. They did it well. A member of the Shankles family has been on the first, second, third, sixth and seventh-best cross-country teams

in the school’s history. Stephen went on to run for Maryville College, and Andrew ran for David Lipscomb University in Nashville. J.J. has set himself apart by competing well in the 2,000-meter steeplechase, a race that includes hurdles and water jumps. David began running with the high school cross-country team the summer after he finished 7th grade. He was invited by J.J., who thought the middle-schooler could stick with the older runners. He was right. The brothers support each other, but they’ve always competed. “When you grow up with boys, everything’s a race,” says J.J. Charlie is 29 now, and the siblings still enjoy competitive games when they’re together for holidays. Participating in cross-country

and track has been a positive experience for the whole family. Prince has been a good influence and a good coach, Karen says. Plus, it’s an economical sport for a large family. “All you need is shoes and a pair of shorts.” The family offers the team something, as well. Roland and Karen enjoy providing transportation to out-of-town meets in the “Shank Tank,” their 12-passenger van. If David continues to run until he graduates in 2016, Prince will have coached the family for 18 straight years. To his knowledge, that’s unprecedented in Knox County. He’s glad that the Shankleses, who homeschooled their children when they were younger, opted to send them to Bearden. “They’ve been very consistent, very good runners for me.”

Cedar Bluff Center renovation attracts new anchor tenant By Anne Hart Cedar Bluff Shopping Center, located on Executive Park Drive at Cedar Bluff Road, is undergoing a major facelift and remodeling effort, and as a result has already attracted a major new anchor tenant. Public records show that Integra Construction was issued a building permit earlier this month in the amount of $1,529,869 for “renovation of the former Food City to be ITT Technical Institute” at 1923 Executive Park Drive. Officials at ITT Technical corporate headquarters in Indianapolis confirmed that the ITT Technical Institute, which opened in Knoxville in 1988 and has been in operation at 10208 Technology Drive since 1994, will relocate its campus to the Cedar Bluff center before the end of the year. Lauren Littlefield, ITT

corporate director of communications, said the new 32,000-square-foot location will house administrative offices, classrooms, laboratories, a student café and other amenities. “We have had great success with our students in Tennessee, and we are looking forward to the added conveniences this location will offer them,” she said. “This is an excellent location for many reasons, including easy access, ample parking and great visibility.” Littlefield said the school’s curriculum will remain the same, adding, “Nothing will change except the physical address. The course schedule for our students will be uninterrupted.” The ITT Technical Institutes are a leading private college system focused on technology-oriented pro-

Architect’s rendering of Cedar Bluff Shopping Center after renovation. grams of study. There are more than 140 ITT schools in 38 states, offering predominately career-focused, degree programs to more than 70,000 students. While declining to identify the new anchor tenant by name, Jerry Bodie,

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at the eastern end of the center that was formerly occupied by First Tennessee Bank but has been vacant for several years. The center has 100,000 square feet of space, with To page A-3

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Developer David Dewhirst has renovated numerous historic downtown properties over the past 20 years. But it never would have happened if he’d followed his heart as a young man. “I wanted to be a history major, but there were no jobs.” His favorite era is the late Roman empire, and he especially likes the dramatic endings of history’s “little epochs.” His favorite movie is “Dr. Zhivago.” Historic renovation wasn’t on his radar as a youngster. He resented being dragged along when his parents restored an antebellum home in Decatur, Tenn. “I hated it. Our family vacations were to go to East Tennessee to restore an old house.” Now he likes old houses. While his downtown projects include the Holston, Emporium Loft and the JFG Flats, he lives in a restored farmhouse in South Knoxville with his wife, Tracy. His favorite building in East Tennessee is the Arnstein Building, which was built in 1906 and is currently in development. “It’s bold, but not crazily ornate. You can’t make it better. You can only bring back the original intent.” Sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know David Dewhirst:

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie? “Leave the gun, take the cannoli,” a Zen-like phrase from “The Godfather.” Maybe you have to be drinking to get it.

What are you guilty of? Absolutely nothing.

What is your favorite material possession? My John Deere tractor. It’s green – they all are.

What are you reading currently? “Rising Tide,” about the history of the Mississippi River and the famous 1927 flood, and “The Story of Civilization” by Will and Ariel Durant. I’ve been trudging through this 20+ volume set for more than 12 years now and still haven’t finished, but it’s great, really.

David Dewhirst enjoys the view from the John Hancock Center in Chicago. Photo submitted

What was your most embarrassing moment?

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

Admitting that it’s taken me more than 12 years to finish a set of history books.

Whom to marry. She could see a little further than I could.

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

What is your social media of choice?

Taking a year off work, watching the Vols beat Florida and visiting New Zealand.

The telephone. If you’re over 40, you still use this device.

What is one word others often use to describe you?

What is the worst job you have ever had?

Nice guy, but hopefully not in the same way that guys use the phrase to describe some girls.

Head cook at Kentucky Fried Chicken. It wasn’t all that bad.

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

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?

My addiction to cookies.

Bugs Bunny. The rabbit knows his stuff.

What irritates you? The Knoxville Building Code – all 30+ of those contradicting volumes.

What is your passion? Old wooden barns.

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch? The Roman Emperor Honorius. I’d like to punch the idiot in person then have lunch and tell him why I punched him.

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest influence on your life? T.J. Paulus. He taught me math; math taught me how the world works.

I still can’t quite get the hang of …

What’s one place in Bearden/downtown that everyone should visit? The roof deck at Preservation Pub on Market Square – proof that Knoxville is going to make it.

What is your greatest fear? Dying before I’m done.

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be? Finish those darn history books. I can’t wait to see how it ends. – Wendy Smith

Relaxing – but I’m working on it.

What is the best present you ever received in a box? My grandfather’s rifle.

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Kim Trent looks on as Kingston Pike Sequoyah Hills Neighborhood Association president Dennis Owen welcomes Knox Heritage to its new headquarters at Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike. The association’s vote to approve its new neighbor was unanimous, and the last time that Jennifer Myers and M. Julius Pfeifle show off student-painted art purchased at Rocky Hill happened was the year the house was built (1890), Owen joked. Photos by Wendy Smith Elementary’s 2011 Great Harvest. Photo submitted

Great Harvest to benefit Rocky Hill Elementary For years, Rocky Hill Elementary School raised funds by selling wrapping paper and hosting a carnival. But parents were tired of being “nickel-and-dimed,” says PTO publicity chair Heather Winters, so last year, the PTO tried a new approach.

Wendy Smith It hosted an event called the Great Harvest, which raised so much money that parents were able to skip the smaller fundraisers. In fact, it brought in $65,000 – enough to get the school’s new 501(c) (3) foundation off the ground earlier this year. The school still hosted its annual Rocky Hill Rodeo in the spring, but without the pressure to raise money, everyone had more fun, says Winters. The foundation is now

the fundraising arm of the PTO, says Great Harvest co-chair Kelly Shiell. It allows the school to apply for certain grants, and having a foundation means the PTO can focus on volunteering in the school. This year’s Great Harvest is 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at Hunter Valley Farms. The adult-only event includes dinner from Dead End BBQ, entertainment by the VibraSlaps, and silent and live auctions. The “Heartprint” auction features paintings created by each of the school’s classes, and other auction items include a backyard makeover and a trip to Keeneland for 20. Winters invites friends and neighbors of Rocky Hill students to attend. A good school means higher property values, she says, which is of interest to the entire community. For information about tickets, contact Rocky Hill Elementary at 539-7844.

Cedar Bluff Center renovation From page A-1 all but four units under lease. Among the tenants are Dollar General Store and H&R Block. Renovation costs, aside from ITT’s remodeling of its space, are projected at about $3.1 million and include a complete new facade, new signage and repaving of the parking lot. When Cedar Bluff Shopping Center was built in 1973, the major tenant was a White Stores grocery, part of the locally owned chain started by Frank McDonald in 1922 which eventually grew to more than 70 stores across the Southeast. In the mid-50s, White Stores began developing shopping centers. In 1989, the grocery stores were sold to Food City, and White Stores Inc. became White

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Land trusts protect thousands of acres across the state, but it’s never enough, says Gina Hancock, state director of the Nature Conservancy in Tennessee. Hancock discussed “Conservation: The Land Trust Movement in America” by Richard Brewer at last week’s Brown Bag Green Book event. The reasons for saving land are aesthetic, practical, moral, ethical and stewardship, which drives her personally. “We have to be able to Gina Hancock, state direclook beyond ourselves and tor for the Nature Conserbeyond this point in time.” vancy in Tennessee Water quality is the biggest conservation issue in the nation, she says.

Beth Meadows, Knox Heritage architectural salvage coordinator, prepares to serve punch to the crowd attending last week’s announcement of the nonprofit’s $3 million capital campaign. Funds will go toward preserving Historic Westwood and saving other at-risk properties.

Food City after the buyout occurred. Food City remained at that site until just a few years ago, when it moved to a new center on Middlebrook Pike and also bought a former White Stores location at Peters Road and Kingston Pike. “We are really excited about what’s happening at

Cedar Bluff,” Bodie said. “It has always been a popular neighborhood shopping center. It’s a tremendous location, with everything coming off the interstate going north at Cedar Bluff passing right by it. When we’re finished with it, it will be a brand new center.”

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government Burchett is right Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett may not win today (although he usually does), but he is right about the budget surplus. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keep the $3 million or so in the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s till to help balance future budgets. County Commission meets at 2 p.m. today (Sept. 24) and spending those excess funds will headline the Tim Burchett discussion. Here are my predictions: Mike Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idea to give raises is a non-starter. No way it passes. Sam McKenzieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to spend $55,000 so each commissioner has $5,000 to dole out to nonprofits may pass, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a terrible idea. Burchett has eliminated most county grants and now requires agencies to sign contracts for services. The agency completes the service, sends an invoice, and is paid. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a much better way to manage county money. McKenzieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;slush fundâ&#x20AC;? is a step backwards. Brad Anders is sincere about wanting a senior center in his district (Karns and Hardin Valley), but this is not a one-time expense. Anders anticipates â&#x20AC;&#x153;$80,000 to $90,000â&#x20AC;? for annual operations. The county would be better served by consolidated libraries/senior centers. And the Karns/Hardin Valley area could be covered by an expanded center, perhaps built in conjunction with the town of Farragut.

Rogero leverages business support Knoxville businesses are helping spruce up downtown. Wolf Tree Inc. has adopted the trees on Market Square and is trimming the sawtooth oaks. Rogero L&M Ornamental Iron Company fabricated low iron fences to protect trees on the paved portion of Market Square. Landscape architects Carol R. Johnson Associates assisted with the renovation of Market Squareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planters, and Flowerwood Nurseryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tom Smith donated more than $1,200 in roses and liriope. Rainbird Irrigation provided components and helped install a new drip irrigation system for the planters.

A-4 â&#x20AC;˘ SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Virtual Academy is needed, says sponsor Despite criticism, Brooks remains sold on virtual education By Betty Bean

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Amy Broyles will again grab the lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of debate time with her proposal to provide $500,000 to the Community Action Committee (CAC) toward transportation for seniors. Broyles and Barbara Monty, director of transportation for CAC, made a poor presentation at last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commission workshop. The discussion started when Burchett sliced from the budget a $25,000 grant to KAT to enable seniors to ride free. Broyles fought unsuccessfully to have the cut restored. Now that a surplus has been â&#x20AC;&#x153;discovered,â&#x20AC;? sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back. But instead of $25,000, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s asking for $500,000 with $100,000 going to KAT for targeted seniors and the balance to CAC. Monty said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having to turn away 20 people a day is tough,â&#x20AC;? but 20 people a day is not much bang for 400,000 bucks. Brown asked how many of the seniors served live outside the city limits, and Monty estimated 65 percent. This is a specious argument, as 100 percent of them live in the county and pay county taxes. Anders argued against Broylesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; proposal, and then asked for $300,000 to design and plan his senior center. Broyles said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to support this, but wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be wonderful if (the seniors) had transportation to get there?â&#x20AC;? Dr. Richard Briggs interrupted a couple of times to ask, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is anyone keeping a running total of how much weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spent here today?â&#x20AC;?

GOSSIP AND LIES â&#x2013; Tim Burchett shrugged and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You may have heard that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting a divorce.â&#x20AC;? Folks at the Powell Republican Club laughed nervously. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m living in my sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basement,â&#x20AC;? said the mayor, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the finer basements in the county.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2013; By now, the Republicans were laughing with Burchett rather than at him. Buddy Burkhardt said his divorce â&#x20AC;&#x153;cured meâ&#x20AC;? of marriage. â&#x2013; Herman Meredith is sharp. When Burchett said the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debt is $1 billion, Meredith asked what it is without interest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;$620 million,â&#x20AC;? said Burchett. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was thinking $630 million,â&#x20AC;? said Meredith, a barber.

The Tennessee Virtual Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first year test scores are in, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not good. The cyberschool run by Union County landed in the bottom 11 percent statewide, and suddenly itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just Democrats criticizing TNVA. Even Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commissioner of education Kevin Huffman is publicly deploring the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance. State Rep. Harry Brooks says he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t taking it personally. Brooks, who serves on the House Education Committee, was the prime sponsor of the bill that created the online school. He says he worked on the concept for 10 years, at first teaming up with Rep. David Hawk

of Greeneville, whose bill Brooks used as the framework for the Virtual Public Schools Act, which passed in Harry Brooks May 2011 and authorized the online school. The controversial bill was approved by the Republican-dominated House on a party line vote and was signed into law so late in the summer that Union County officials had to scramble to hire teachers for the 2011-12 school year. The reason he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t upset by the criticism, Brooks says, is because he was involved with neither the selection of Union County to administer the cyberschool, nor of K13 Inc. to provide the curriculum or pay TNVAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teachers. For that, K12 collected more than $5 million Tennessee tax dollars

and paid Union County a 4 percent fee last school year. Brooks says he is not sure how either of the selections was made. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I have been doing, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing for 10 years. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Boom! I got this vision.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I spent a lot of time reading, went to a lot of conferences, did a lot of research, collected a lot of documents,â&#x20AC;? Brooks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I talked with folks in Chattanooga and upper East Tennessee about what they were doing.â&#x20AC;? An important step in his research was meeting and picking the brain of Putnam County Schools director Kathleen Airhart, now deputy commissioner of education for Tennessee. Airhart, who was last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennessee Superintendent of the Year, started a virtual education program in Putnam County in 2006 for students who had fallen behind and needed to pick up credits to graduate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What was missing was

to bring together these concepts where a system could do a school. Dr. Airhartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision was to do a cooperative with a number of (school districts) on the (Cumberland) Plateau,â&#x20AC;? Brooks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The piece that was missing was to create a school â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;building.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; In some regions it had to be brick and mortar. In others, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s totally virtual. We worked it out and combined elements and put together all of those pieces, worked with (local schools), and arrived at the conclusion that it would be managed by a school district.â&#x20AC;? One thing Brooks says he is sure of is the concept of online education, particularly for certain student populations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; like juveniles in state custody and medically or psychologically fragile children â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and he says if TNVA doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t perform academically, the state will step in and take it over, just like any other school.

New loves for Tipper and Al If you are wondering what has happened to former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, you need only go to www. nytimes.com and pull up an extensive article from Aug. 26 by Patrick Healy. Just type Al Gore into the search section.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interesting that the Tennessee media have not picked up on this lengthy article. The high points are that the Gores are not actually divorced, even though it was announced more than two years ago, but are very much separated. Tipper has moved to an Italian style villa in Montecito, Calif., overlooking the Pacific near Santa Barbara. She and the former vice president bought the house a year before they announced their separation. According to the article, each is seriously seeing other persons. Tipper is dating Bill Allen, 71, former editor of National Geographic and an avid photographer, as she is. She is selling her photography at select outlets. Al is dating Elizabeth Keadle, who lives near San Diego and is a major Democratic donor. She has been married twice before and is in her 50s. She also joins him in Nashville periodi-

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cally. Recently, they hosted a welcome to Nashville reception for noted author Jon Meacham, biographer of Andrew Jackson, who has a new biography on Thomas Jefferson coming out in November. He now lives in Nashville. Gore spends much of his time traveling the world for his businesses and environmental issues but home is in the affluent Belle Meade section of Nashville or a three bedroom, 2,800 square foot apartment at the St. Regis in New York City. Three of their four children currently reside in New York, too. The article indicates Goreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finances have improved considerably since he left the vice presidency as his current net worth exceeds $100 million. That could be one of the reasons that the divorce has not actually occurred as division of the finances may not have been resolved. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an easy task when there is $100 million involved. The attorneys will be happy, however. None of the Gores agreed to be interviewed for this article. â&#x2013; Former Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell will speak at 7 p.m. tonight (Sept. 24) at the Baker Center and the public is invited. Purcell is considered an effective and articulate advocative for urban issues. He now practices law in Nashville. He was House Majority Leader when the Democrats controlled the state House. You will be glad you attended if you do.

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ennessee approaches another chance to do something significant. Georgia is thought to be a superior team. That creates the possibility for an earth-shaking upset. Well, a mid-sized Southern shake. Playing at Georgia is almost always a worthy challenge. This is an OK rivalry, a relatively recent development, more snarky and snappish than bitter. Fortunately, t h e r e are landmarks. C on sider 19 68: After not playing for 34 years, the neighbors were to open at UT. Georgia was late learning about Tartan Turf and put up a gosh-awful fuss. The Bulldogs finally hushed and were up eight but became victims in a magnificent 17-17 tie. On the final play, Bubba Wyche heaved a touchdown pass to Gary Kreis. For an encore, Bubba threw a postgame twopoint conversion to Ken DeLong. Georgia couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe it. After days of film study, the Bulldogs decided there was no Kreis catch, that the ball touched plastic. Forty-four years later, Gary still smiles. 1969: Grudge game in Athens, big build-up and a radio guy made it worse by often interrupting programming to scream â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go you hairy dogs!â&#x20AC;? It rained. Georgia got an early field goal off a fumble but the pendulum swung. In a five-minute burst, the Vols got a touchdown, an interception and another touchdown. Curt Watson chewed up the grass between the famous hedges and gained 197 yards. 1973: Bill Battle faced a dilemma. Tennessee, leading by three with two minutes remaining, faced fourth and two at the UT 28. The Vols were fresh out of defense. Battle believed, if his team punted, the Bulldogs would surely win. The coach called for a fake punt. It became a disaster. Georgia won. 1980: The legend of Herschel Walker was born at Neyland Stadium. The freshman was entirely too young and inexperienced to play in the first quarter of the opening game. He matured rapidly and soon ran smack over Bill Bates on a 16-yard TD run.

Career Night at Coldwell Banker Coldwell Banker Wallace & Wallace Realtors will host Career Night information sessions for those interested in real estate careers 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. Four Knox County locations will host these events, including Bearden Hill, 140 Major Reynolds Place; Farragut, 10815 Kingston Pike; North, 3009 Tazewell Pike; and West Town, 124 N. Winston Road. Info: Mike Pappas, 693-1111 or mpappas@cbww.com.

1992: Georgia was leading by four in the fourth quarter. Interim coach Phillip Fulmer recognized a crisis when he saw one, fourth down, 14 to go. Young quarterback Heath Shuler was confident he could make it. He patted Fulmer on the fanny and said leave it to me. An older receiver asked if Heath was sure about the play he had called. Shuler said it absolutely would be open.

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It was, to Ronald Davis for 16, first down, then a touchdown, great victory. Consider the 1990s: Tennessee won nine in a row, including Saturdays when James Stewart ripped off 211 yards and four touchdowns and Tee Martin ran for three scores and Leonard Scott returned a kickoff 100. Peyton Manning made a career of the Bulldogs: 88 of 119 for 1,063 yards and eight touchdowns. Jim Donnanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best team, 1997, yielded 628

yards, including a late TD pass. Instead of the customary postgame handshake, the upset Georgia coach showered Fulmer with profanity for running up the score. 2001: David Greene sparked a Bulldog comeback and hit a winner. Georgia announcer Larry Munson delivered an obnoxious summation: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just stepped on their face with a hobnail boot and broke t h e i r nose.â&#x20AC;? 2006: E r i k Ainge rallied the Vols from a 24-7 deficit against supposedly the best defense in the country. Tennessee scored 51, only the second such disaster ever in Athens. 2008: Tennessee netted 1 yard rushing and Georgia fans sang â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rocky Top, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 0 and 3 in the SEC.â&#x20AC;? Tennessee warms the rivalry by recruiting vigorously in Georgia. Both sides are waiting to see how Vince and Barbaraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boy does as Tennessee coach. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero. com.

Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor. â&#x20AC;Ś (Psalm 10: 1-2a NRSV) We had no choice; the guns were behind us, then they bring us to this sad place. Here there is not enough food. I am hungry now, as I am sitting here. Everybody has died. My man has gone and died, as have my daughters. They took my land away. The Lord has also gone, yes, I suppose he has also gone. (Maria Zotwana, quoted in Relocations: The Churchesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Report on Forced Removals, South African Council of Churches and the Southern African Bishopsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Conference, Johannesburg, 1984)

had dinner with my daughter Jordan in Atlanta last week, at a restaurant called Ten Degrees South. The cuisine is South African, which is a delightful fusion of Dutch, French, Portuguese, German and Malaysian cuisines, with Mediterranean influences. South African food is a sign of its countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history: the southern tip of Africa was the corner that the European explorers sailed around to get to Asia, a true crossroads of cultures. Supposedly, the restaurant is so-named because of the latitude of South Africa, but if that is the case, they are off by about 20 degrees (according to my globe). The food was delightful, unexpected, spicy, exotic. The conversation was in-

tense, real and honest (ah, the joys of having daughters who are real grown-ups!), and we lingered, talking over things that are too deep for phone conversations. The experience set me thinking about my love for South Africa, a place I may never see, and which Jordan is absolutely set on seeing. My friend Peter Storey, who was Bishop of the Methodist Church in South Africa during the dark days of apartheid and a prophet (one who tells Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own truth) in his own right, speaks passionately about the beauty of his homeland and its people. So when I came home from Atlanta, I reread â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cry, the Beloved Country,â&#x20AC;? Alan Patonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature book about a family torn

apart in South Africa, and then started in on John De Gruchyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cry Justice!,â&#x20AC;? a collection of prayers and meditations drawn from the pain of a people, interspersed with scripture readings from the Psalms and the Prophets. At the same time all of this is churning in my mind and soul, I am rehearsing with the Knoxville Choral Society a work the Society commissioned Knoxville composer John Purifoy to write, commemorating the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, another struggle spawned by color, class and injustice. The powerful, poignant work will be performed in November, near Veterans Day, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m telling you now: bring a handkerchief. Election Day draws near. Our own 21st century America has some big choices to make. Because the right to determine our own future was given to the American people by the blessing of God, and by men and women who sacrificed to make it possible, and who died to keep it, you should be informed, be involved and be prepared to exercise your right to vote your conscience. And may God never leave us!

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Falling in love with Kennebunkport I took one look at Kennebunkport, Maine, and fell in love. No, I won’t be moving there anytime soon. It’s not a cheap place to live. But it is a nice place to visit. The weather was perfect in early September, 75 during the day, 55 or 60 at night. Lobster is relatively cheap right now. You could buy a pound of steamed lobster for $4.99 in the grocery store or buy one for about $15 in the restaurants. Kennebunkport has been a popular summer tourist resort for more than a century, but I had never heard of it until the village made news during George H.W. Bush’s presidency. Bush 41’s maternal grandfather, George Herbert Walker, built a house on what is now called Walkers Point (it used to be known as Point Vesuvius). George H.W. and Barbara Bush have spent their summers here for years and now reside at Walkers Point year-round.

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Walkers Point, the Bush family’s longtime summer home. President George H.W. and Barbara Bush now live in Kennebunkport year-round.

Lobster is cheap in the state of Maine right now. A steamed lobster could be bought for $4.99/pound at the grocery store and was going for $15.99 in the restaurants. Photos by Jennifer Mabe During his presidency, the elder Bush hosted several world leaders at the residence, including Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev. His son George W. Bush hosted Vladimir Putin and Nicolas Sarkozy there while he was president. The locals have nothing but good things to say about Bush 41 and Barbara Bush. The couple like to eat at Mabel’s Lobster Claw and Barbara Bush often does her own errands. Bush 41 does not get out much anymore due to complications from a fall; he now uses a wheelchair. We stayed at the Rhumb Line Resort in Kennebunkport, quite affordable after Labor Day. It is conveniently located within a mile or so of town. The concierge recommended we visit Cape Porpoise, a working fishing harbor that also boasts one of the most beauti-

ful beaches in Maine. It is one of the few sandy beaches in the state but the water only warms to about 67 degrees even in summertime. One of Maine’s slogans is “The Way Life Should Be.” Eating lobster and enjoying the remains of the day while the wind blew in from the harbor, it was difficult not to agree. It was also hard to leave. My only complaint is that several things we wanted to do (lobster boat tour, whale watching) were only available a couple of days a week after Labor Day. Still, it was worth it to skip the crowds and enjoy not only a cheaper rate at the hotel, but also room to breathe. Looking for a quiet, picturesque vacation next year? Head Down East. And don’t miss Kennebunkport.

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Cokesbury United Methodist Church’s Hope Initiative is a program that helps families. Participants and volunteers Maria Cervera, Valerie Ramey, Sharon Patterson, Betty Kirkland, DeRhonda Marney-McClellan and Allison Orcutt enjoy some adult time around the dinner table. Photos by S.F. Neal

Mentoring program knows no age limit By Suzanne Foree Neal When you’re struggling, it can be a saving grace to have a helping hand. Cokesbury United Methodist Church is reaching out to help truant students but has found it isn’t only a juvenile problem. Truancy is a family issue. Anna Lee, director of outreach ministries for the West Knoxville church, says the Hope Initiative grew to help families struggling to cope with life. Initiated about six years ago to alleviate problems stemming from job loss, incarceration and disability, the group found the common thread was financial struggles. “We decided to take a holistic approach,” she explains. “Children get oneon-one tutoring and every adult goes through a sixsemester Bible study that

also includes life skills and a one-on-one adult to help them. We offer a community of support around these families.” With a volunteer force of 80 to 100 people, the church has space to serve 30 families a semester. At 6 p.m. Tuesdays during the school year, families are greeted by volunteers and then eat dinner. Adults dine by themselves, students with their tutors and preschoolers in the nursery. “We model what it would look like to have a healthy dinner at home,” Lee says. At 6:35 p.m., children start their homework and adults go to Bible study. Pre-K students participate in a program to help them master skills needed for school. If there’s not enough homework to keep students busy,

they work on skill-building activities, then play educational games. Sarah Beshaw, 10, credits her tutor, Mary Fechter, with helping her improve her school performance. Math and reading are hard subjects for her, but after help from Fechter she’s seen a “big improvement” in her grades. Adults who stay in the program successfully for three years can become mentors. Lee points to one success story. “We have a single mom who was divorced with English as a second language,” Lee says. “Now she has a good job, and she and her teenage daughter come to help.” Maria Cervera, who has a 7-year-old son, Jameel, is one who hopes to help others after attending for four

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years. “It changed my spiritual life,” she says. Cervera calls her son’s tutor “loving and a Godsend and a true blessing.” The program helped him prepare for school. The church has taken on a second program recently as part of Second Harvest Food Bank’s Food for Kids. Second Harvest provides healthy, ready-to-eat foods for children on Knox County’s free lunch program,

but someone has to pack the bags to distribute each Friday to participating students. Cokesbury has taken on the responsibility of packing the eight food items per targeted student at Maynard and Hardin Valley elementary schools. Wednesdays from 6:30-7 p.m., the church’s children gather at the community center and fill the bags for 40 students at Maynard

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eryone who came out to make the show a success. Muscle Car Ministries led Previously, the ministry by Jamie “Pastor J” Ellis is was “Mustang Ministries,” “spreading the Word of God but changed their name this the fastest way we know how.” year to “Muscle Car MinisThey have given out 1,000 tries.” New Testament Bibles this “We had close friends who past year and raised funds drove Camaros and didn’t with their recent car show want to leave them out. So at Lance Cunningham Ford we changed our name,” Estes to purchase 1,500 additional said. “Brand loyalty is a big Bibles to distribute. They also thing.” raised $200 to donate to a loMany of their Mustangs cal horse shelter. were in the July Karns pa“Bringing a fun atmorade behind the Corvettes. sphere to a car dealership is They also participated in the important to us and we are car show at the Karns fair so grateful they have allowed where they distributed free us to be a part of Muscle Car Bibles. Ministries,” said internet Estes is an ordained minmanager Greg Benson. “Jaister, licensed with the Southern Baptist Convention. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering at East Tennessee State University and his master’s degree in ministry at Covington Theology Seminary in Rossville, Ga. David Lopata is a partner in the ministry. “We needed to find a way to share Christ through our cars,” Estes said. “That is how we started out.” The next local car show they are planning is at Ray Varner Ford in Clinton on Oct. 20. They also enJamie Estes is known as “Pastor J” of Muscle Car Ministries. He drives joy going to Bristol Motor Speedway. a 2007 Stage 3 Roush Mustang. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

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American Heroes

A.L. Lotts Elementary School 3rd grade teacher Amy Henderson brought her two-yearold daughter Ella (above) to American Hero Night. Ella was fascinated by the Northern Pine snake brought to the event by Norris Dam State Park ranger Mike Scott. Photos by S. Barrett

Sequoyah Elementary School 2nd graders Chance Fanduzz, Wyatt Marlar, Tate Gerrish and Spencer Elliott learns the “ins and outs” of a fire truck from firefighter Mike Curl. The firefighters of Lonas Fire Station 12 visited the school to celebrate firefighting, the students’ reading theme for the week. While showing the boys an axe and a sledgehammer, Curl said, “If you ever get stuck in a building, I promise I’ve got the stuff to get you out.” Photos by S. Barrett

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Sequoyah Elementary School 2nd grader Charlotte Heinz gets behind the wheel of a fire truck (without the keys, of course).

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Sequoyah Elementary ■ PTA will meet 10:45-11:45 a.m. the second Wednesday of each month in the library. All parents are encouraged to attend.

West Hills Elementary ■ Box Tops for Education from General Mills’ products and Labels for Education from Campbell’s products are being collected to purchase supplies for the school. Labels can be dropped off in the silver collection box at the front of the school or can be mailed to: West Hills Elementary School, 409 Vanosdale Drive, Knoxville, TN 37909. Info: email Jill Schmudde at jschmudde@gmail.com.

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sked to describe Knox County Schools’ Partners in Education program in 10 words or so, Scott Bacon smiles and quotes retired educator Reuben Hunter. “Reuben used to say it’s the community coming into the schools and schools going out into the community. And that’s pretty much it,” Bacon says. “We have programs for just about anybody to connect with schools. Most of them are fundraisers in nature, but some of them are not. “Knox County Schools is so large. We serve about 57,000 students at 80-some locations and that can be overwhelming. Partners in Education brings that elephant down into bite-sized chunks. It could even be that a business or individual wants to help a single classroom.” Mary Kerr and Scott Bacon of Knox Partners in Education grew County Schools’ Partners in Education. Photo by Jake Mabe out of the old Adopt-A-School program. Its most visible project is the popular Knox County Schools Coupon Book sale, which ends today (Monday, Sept. 24). says. “That’s the type thing you hope, One book costs $10, of which $7.90 that young people see things that eistays at the selling school. Seventyther confirm their belief in (a career)., two cents is redistributed to schools or they may come away and say, “No with greater economic needs, 13 cents way do I want to be in that career!’ pays for K-12 e-book subscriptions for And that’s OK. Better then than when all KCS libraries, 7 cents goes toward they are 21 or 22 and have a few years the PIE Schooled for Success two-day of college invested toward a career.” internships, 63 cents pays printing exSometimes individuals want to penses and 55 cents goes toward adhelp a specific school. For example, ministrative expenses and incentives. Randy Boyd, CEO of PetSafe and Last year, 156,175 books were sold, founder of Radio Systems Corporawhich netted $1,382,148.75 for the tion, donated interactive technology school system. equipment to New Hopewell ElemenPIE sponsors the Schooled for Suctary, which he attended, and also cess career awareness program at the bought iPads for each student at the beginning of summer in which stunew L&N STEM Academy. dents spend two days interning at a “That’s an example of a guy who business of interest. Bacon says he will grew up in his school system and wantnever forget Amber Miller, who ined to reinvest in it.” terned at WATE-TV with longtime PIE PIE also helps secure donations to supporter Bill Evans as an 8th grader, the Teacher Supply Depot, a collecworked at the station on weekends tion center and warehouse of new and during college and eventually came used materials donated by businesses back to work at WATE after workand individuals that are distributed to ing as a reporter in the Tri-Cities. Bateachers and teachers’ assistants free con’s niece Emily Flanigan interned of charge at least four times per school at Baptist Hospital through the proyear. Roughly $2.5 million in items gram, earned a degree in nursing from have been distributed since the depot Carson-Newman and now works for a opened in 2001. doctor in Knoxville. “I’m really thankful the PTA brought the idea to Knox County,” “I’m sure there are more,” Bacon

Bacon says. “It solved a lot of issues for us. We didn’t have a storage area. It serves roughly about 1,000 teachers each year.” “And the really good thing about the depot,” says Mary Kerr, who also works in PIE, “is that teachers get something different every time because we never know exactly who is going to give a donation.” Civic organizations are also integral donors. Bacon says the West Knox Rotary Club, for example, buys dictionaries for every KCS 3rd grader every year. One of the most popular PIE fundraisers is Dine Out for Education, a one-day annual event in which participating restaurants donate 10 percent of that day’s pre-tax earnings to Knox County Schools. Bacon says that roughly $18,000 to $20,000 is raised each year from roughly 40 restaurants. “It’s grown into something people look forward to and anticipate,” Bacon says. “Schools are beginning to have events catered for themselves from participating restaurants. The proceeds in part help fund the K-12 Teacher of the Year banquet, which was long overdue and needed to happen years ago.”

PIE also sponsors an 8th-grade career fair each February, which is now held at the Knoxville Expo Center. “That helps us attract businesses who might not work with us otherwise and we don’t charge them a penny. It showcases industries and career trends and the colleges, universities, trade schools and even the high schools participate.” The Principal for a Day program, in which local business and civic leaders spend a half-day at a school, has brought tremendous benefits. “Knoxville’s Project GRAD grew out of Principal for a Day,” Bacon says. “This year, all area Walgreens store managers will participate and there’s no doubt in my mind that will pay dividends for kids.” Kerr says that several partners continue working with PIE or with individual schools even if they change jobs. “The best part of the job is meeting great people who want to do great things for the schools,” she says. “Relationships are the key, there’s no doubt about that.” For more information about PIE, call Scott Bacon at 594-1909 or contact an individual school if you’re interested in working directly with one.

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Janice Dudley, Sweet Frog mascot Cookie, and Jim Dudley cut the ribbon for Sweet Frog Yogurt in Turkey Creek. The frozen yogurt shop offers healthy, delicious soft-serve yogurt in a variety of flavors with lots of toppings to choose from. Info: 288-4242 or www.sweetfrogyogurt. com. Photo by J. Brannon

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The recent cooler weather reminds us that both autumn and the flu season are quickly approachWebb ing. The start of flu season is unpredictable and can be as early as October, so it’s important to prepare now. The best way to protect yourself and your family from getting this dreaded virus is to get a flu vaccine. As emergency service professionals, we see the devastating effects that flu season can have on our population, especially on the elderly or pregnant and those with pre-existing conditions like asthma, diabetes and chronic lung disease. For certain at-risk groups, the flu can be deadly! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), everyone six months of age or older should get vaccinated, unless you have had a severe allergic reaction to eggs or a serious reaction to a previous flu shot. Flu

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24-26 “Seek the Peace of the City,” hosted by First Baptist Church of Knoxville, will be at the church, 501 Main St., and the Tennessee Amphitheater at World’s Fair Park. On Sept. 24, Eric Swanson will speak at a community lunch at noon at the church, and Heidi Unruh will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the amphitheater. Kyle Reese will speak at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at the amphitheater and at The Bridge luncheon at noon Sept. 26 at the church. Bill Shiell will speak at 6 p.m. Sept. 26 at the church in a prayer meeting for reflection on the event. Info: http://peace.fbcknox.org/.

MONDAY, SEPT. 24 Tennessee Shines will feature Nashville duo Kristi Rose and Fats Kaplin plus bluegrass band Town Mountain at 7 p.m. at the WDVX studio at the Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St.; broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets are $10 and are available at WDVX and www. BrownPaperTickets.com. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free. Info: www.pulpcountry.com and http://townmountain.net.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 25 A Cumberland Project Right-of-Way meeting will be held by the City of Knoxville and consultants for the Cumberland Avenue Streetscape Project at 6 p.m. at the University of Tennessee Visitors’ Center (former Faculty Club), 2704 Kingston Pike. Rightof-way plans, the city’s property-acquisition process and questions from property owners and other interested citizens will be addressed. Info: http:// cumberlandconnections.blogspot.com/.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26 The Dr. Tom Kim Charity Golf Tournament will be at Egwani Farms. Registration deadline has passed. Info: www/charitygolftournament.com or 777-1490. The Knoxville Writers’ Group will meet 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. Dr. John R. Finger will present “SelfPublishing with Createspace.com.” All-inclusive lunch is $12; RSVP by Monday, Sept. 24, to 983-3740.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 27 “Murder at the Café Noir” will be performed by the Mystery & Murder Dinner Theater 7-9 p.m. on the Volunteer Princess as it cruises the Tennessee River, departing from Volunteer Landing Marina, 95 Volunteer Landing Lane. Cost for the show and threecourse plated dinner is $59.95. Reservations: 541-4556 or www.volunteerprincess.com.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28 Frolic in the Foothills flower show presented by District IV of the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs will be 1-6 p.m. at Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive, Farragut. Exhibits in three divisions by members from 42 garden clubs will be on display. Free. Cruisin’ for a Cause, a charity car show benefiting Special Spaces of Knoxville, will be held 5-8 p.m. at Cokesbury Center, 9915 Kingston Pike. Event also includes food, music and raffles. Entry fee for classic-car exhibitors: $20, www. crusinforacause.com. Admission: $2 individual, $5 family; includes raffle ticket. Additional raffle tickets: $1. Movies on Market Square, presented by the Knox County Public Library, will begin with preshow activities including pet tips and advice at 6:30 p.m. followed by a screening of “You’ve Got Mail”

(PG, 1998) at dusk. Bring your own seating. Wellbehaved dogs on leashes are welcome. Free. Info: 966-3781. The Rocky Top Pickin’ Party hosted by Keep Knoxville Beautiful will be held 7-11 p.m. at Oakes Farm, Corryton. Pistol Creek Catch of the Day is the headliner. Admission at the door (includes four drinks): $20 for adults; $10 for 7-15; free 6 and under. Advance purchase: $15 adults, $8 7-15; $5 admission to anyone who can play and brings an instrument. Info: http://keepknoxvillebeautiful.org/ RockyTopPickinParty.php. Ebony Hillbillies, one of the few AfricanAmerican string bands in the country and the only one currently based in New York City, will perform in their rootsy, homegrown style at 8 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $13 advance, $14 day of show, $7 children 12 and under; available at www.knoxtix.com, 523-7521, Disc Exchange and the door.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 28-30 The 33rd annual GreekFest will be Sept. 28-30 at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 4070 Kingston Pike. Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, noon6 p.m. Sunday. Highlights include live Greek music and dancing, tours of the church, authentic Greek food and pastries for purchase, a Kids Korner with face painting, games and cookie decorating, cooking demonstrations and an Agora (market) with authentic Greek wares. Free shuttle-bus service from Laurel Church of Christ on Kingston Pike and the lower lot of Western Plaza, adjacent to the Ice Chalet. Additional parking is available at Second Presbyterian Church on Kingston Pike on Friday only and at West High School, 3326 Sutherland Ave., on Saturday and Sunday only. Admission is $2 for adults, free for children 12 and under; weekend passes are $3. Info: www.greekfesttn.com.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 29 Award-winning poet Helga Kidder, co-founder of the Chattanooga Writers Guild, will lead a writing workshop focusing on the revision process 1-3 p.m. at the Stone House, Church of the Savior, 934 N. Weisgarber Road. Sponsored by the Knoxville Writers Guild, the workshop costs $30 ($25 for members). Register: www.knoxvillewritersguild.org or mail check to KWG Workshops, P.O. Box 10326, Knoxville, TN 37939-0326. Space is limited to 12 participants. The Hearing and Speech Foundation’s sixth annual Ultimate Tailgate Party will be hosted by Erik Ainge, former Vol quarterback and current host with Tennessee Sports Radio. The fundraiser takes place in Neyland Stadium’s East Club Skybox while coach Derek Dooley and the UT Vols tackle the Bulldogs in Georgia. Tickets are $100 each and include a buffet and two complimentary beverages, with a wall of TV screens on which to watch the game with Ainge. Purchase: 977-0981 or Amanda@handsf.org. Andy Irvine, veteran singer-songwriter in the troubadour style of Woody Guthrie, will perform traditional and original Irish music at 8 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $16; available at www.knoxtix.com, 523-7521, Disc Exchange and the door.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 29-30 “Pardon Me for Living: A Biting Comedy” will be presented at 8 p.m. Sept. 29, and 2 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Clayton Performing Arts Center at Pellissippi State Community College, 10195 Hardin Valley Road. The one-woman show is a co-production of Flying Anvil Theatre, a new professional nonprofit theatre founded by Jayne Morgan and Staci Swedeen, and The Arts at Pellissippi State. The comedic piece was written by Swedeen, who based it on the experience and aftermath of being bitten by a rabid raccoon. Tickets are $20 in advance, $24 at the door, $16 with student ID. Purchase: 694-6400 or foundation@pstcc.edu.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 30 “Fort Sanders in History and Memory,” a lecture by Earl Hess, will be at 2:30 p.m. at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Hess, an associate professor at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate and author of several books on Civil War history, will discuss how Fort Sanders became a symbol of divided loyalties in Knoxville and will sign books following the lecture. Info: 215-8824 or www. EastTNHistory.org.

SUNDAY-MONDAY, SEPT. 30-OCT. 1 Auditions for “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” will be held by the WordPlayers 2-4:30 p.m. Sept. 30 and 6-9 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Clayton Performing Arts Center at Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Auditions are open to adults and youth ages 7 and up, no appointment necessary. Prepared monologues are recommended but not required. Performances will be Dec. 14-15 and Dec. 17-18 at Pellissippi State Community College. Info: 5392490 or www.wordplayers.org.

MONDAY, OCT. 1 Tennessee Shines will feature singer-songwriters Kevin Gordon and Kelley McRae at 7 p.m. at the WDVX studio at the Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St.; broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets are $10 and are available at WDVX and www. BrownPaperTickets.com. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free. Info: http://kevingordon.net and http:// kelleymcrae.com.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, OCT. 1-2 Middlebrook Pike UMC, 7234 Middlebrook Pike, will have a children’s clothing sale 6-8 p.m. Oct. 1 and 9:30 a.m.-noon Oct. 2. Items include children’s clothes (newborn-teens), maternity clothes, layette strollers, high chairs, games and toys.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3 “Gabriel Lefkowitz & Friends,” a new concert series featuring Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Lefkowitz, debuts at 7 p.m. at Remedy Coffee, 125 W. Jackson Ave. Violinist Lefkowitz programmed the series and, with pianist Kevin Class and cellist Andy Bryenton, will perform works by Ravel, Prokofiev and Brahms. Series tickets for all three concerts (including Jan. 16 and March 13) are $45; some single-show tickets are available. The Oct. 4, Jan. 17 and March 14 shows are sold out. Ticket info: 291-3310.

FRIDAY, OCT. 5 First Friday will be celebrated throughout Downtown Knoxville. Info: www.knoxvillefirstfriday. com. The Arts and Culture Alliance will open four exhibitions with a reception 5-9 p.m. at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. The Emporium’s display case will feature hand-built lace pottery, functional ware fusing intricate lace patterns with simple forms, by Lahla Deakins of Johnson City (www.burningforkstudio. com). The Balcony will host “Dreamscapes, An Altered Reality” by Denny Morelock, with colorful oils and drawings by the Monroe County artist (www. dennymorelock.com). “Cultivated Form” includes pastels, oils and sculptures by regional artists Kath Girdler Engler and Suzanne Jack (www.kagesculpture. com and www.suzannejack.com). “Finger-printed” by Dena Honea includes recent portraits Honea made using her fingers as the paintbrush (www.finger-printed.com). Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5-p.m. Monday-Friday through Oct. 26, plus 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St., will host a reception 5:30-9 p.m. with refreshments and live music to honor its Oct. 2-28 exhibitions by two Knoxville artists. Paintings by marine artist George Rothery and functional art by Kathy Lovelace will be on display. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Info: 525-5265 and http:// artmarketgallery.net/knoxville-art/. Bliss Home, 29 Market Square, will host an opening reception 6-9 p.m. for its new exhibition. Works by Peyton Ritchie, a figurative artist, and Melissa Johnson, who does embossed abstract art, will be on display through the end of October. Movies on Market Square, presented by the Knox County Public Library, will begin with pre-show activities including pet tips and advice at 6:30 p.m. followed by a screening of “The Hunger Games” (PG-13, 2012) at dusk. Bring your own seating. Well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome. Free. Scott Miller, known for his work with the V-Roys and Scott Miller and the Commonwealth, will perform with old-time fiddler Rayna Gellert of Uncle Earl at 8 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. The duo recently released the EP “CoDEPENDENTS.” Tickets: $17 advance, $18 day of show; available at www.knoxtix. com, 523-7521, Disc Exchange and the door.

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Through its partnership with Rotary International, Webb School is hosting Rotary student Kawin (“Win”) Amaralikhit from Thailand. Win is studying at Webb for the 2012-2013 school year while living with host families. Gregor presented Win with a Spartan sweatshirt earlier this fall, making him an official “Webb School Spartan.”

A Schoolwide Multicultural Initiative

By Elizabeth Gregor, Webb Multicultural Coordinator

ebb School of Knoxville’s aspirations for our students extend well beyond simply preparing them for a successful college experience. The school is deeply committed to preparing our graduates to live in, and contribute to, a multicultural world community in their adult lives as well. And to accomplish that goal Webb invests considerable time and resources Gregor in fostering both a deep appreciation for the various cultures and languages of the world, and an underFor more than 16 years, Webb’s Middle School has partnered with La Escuela Americana (EA) in San Salvador. In the fall, students from standing of enlightened global citizenship EA live with Webb families, visit Webb School, and learn more about East Tennessee culture. In return, a Webb student and teacher and how the United States fits into an ingroup travels to El Salvador each spring. creasingly interconnected world. In support of those goals, Webb School constructed the Coleman-Lange Interthe school year. So far, we have hosted stu■ Prepares students to ■ Expects teachers and national Center (CLIC), which creates a dents from Ukraine, Switzerland, Slovakia, live and work in an increasingly administrators to model completely immersed international enviBrazil, Thailand and Turkey, and we have diverse and global society respect for all peoples and cultures ronment where target languages are sposent students to South Africa and India to ken in learning spaces that are designed work on service projects. In addition, two ■ Strives to create an ■ Educates and encourspecifically to reflect those target cultures, or three students from Guatemala study environment where differages parents to support and students regularly participate in culat Webb each fall through the Faces & Our ences are celebrated school initiatives that promote tural events and activities. Cultures program. global understanding Webb’s CLIC is part of the school’s ■ Develops a curriculum larger multicultural initiative, which recthat helps students recognize For Webb students, there is an abunognizes the value that diversity brings to “Webb invests how different cultures, traditions, dance of international study, service, and the total educational experience and the and religions may underlie views travel exchanges available in the Middle lives of those within our school commuconsiderable time and and values different to their own and Upper Schools. For example, over the nity. Webb’s multicultural initiative: last few years, the world has come to Webb resources in fostering both ■ Encourages participation through the Rotary International program. ■ Promotes and enhances We are proud to work with the Rotary multicultural opportunities on and in activities that foster learning a deep appreciation for Club of Farragut, which carefully selects an off campus (locally, nationally, and and service in the direction of international student to attend Webb for internationally) world understanding the various cultures and

languages of the world and an understanding of enlightened global citizenship … ” Apart from Rotary, international travel has been a constant in Webb’s commitment to developing global ambassadors. Webb’s World Languages department provides numerous opportunities for students to step out of their comfort zones and travel abroad, including: a student exchange program for Webb Middle Schoolers to El Salvador, a weeklong study and travel program for Spanish IV students to Costa Rica, and a two-week exchange program with a private school in Paris. In addition, teachers continue to lead trips abroad each summer to expose students to cultures different from their own. This past year, a large group of Webb students traveled to the United Kingdom and France, and Spain and This past summer, Webb Interact students travelled with Elizabeth Gregor to South Africa to volunteer in township schools and Italy. Next summer, a group is schedassist with Rotary projects. At the Rheenengal School in Knysna, students brought donated items like books, flashcards, pens, and uled to participate in the Amadeus Tour of Prague, Vienna and Budapest. insulated bags for children. (above) Webb’s Lizzie Johnson and Isabel Schaad teach children animal sounds using flashcards.

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Physical therapist Beth Graber studies data collected.

Sharon Monday, Parkwest’s Clinical Improvement and Regulatory Compliance Officer, served as consultant to the PUP Team. VHA’s Vanessa Gorena adds another item to the “Organizational Enablers” chart.

Blueprint for success Parkwest charts best course for bed sore prevention It’s almost ironic that something as simple as an infected bed sore could take down the Man of Steel. But that’s what was widely reported in 2004 when actor Christopher Reeve passed away, nine years after his paralyzing fall from a horse. While those reports about the man best known for his portrayal of Superman were apparently never confirmed, they did draw attention to just how serious bed sores – or pressure ulcers as they are more accurately known – can be. So when Parkwest Medical Center demonstrated unusual success at preventing these skin lesions that kill 60,000 Americans a year, the healthcare industry took notice. VHA Inc., a cooperative of 1,350 not-for-profit hospitals and 72,000 non-acute care providers, called Parkwest’s 15-month stretch without any Stage III or IV pressure ulcers “unheard of” and wanted to learn how the Knoxville hospital did it. Sending a team of clinical experts to meet with the hospital’s multidisciplinary Pressure Ulcer Prevention (PUP) Team on June 28, VHA set out to create an electronic “blueprint” of the clinical practices and social patterns that helped Parkwest successfully combat pressure ulcers. A tedious, lengthy process, the blueprint sought to map every step, every process, every success and failure along the way. As three VHA team members – Lynne Linder, Linda Tonge and Vanessa Gorena – made notes, asked questions and charted the process, PUP Team members retraced steps taken since the team’s formation in 2009. Adhesive stickers of every kind marked key processes and identified staff and triggers. “Ah ha!” moments (such as the decision to do a root cause analysis of every hospital-acquired pressure ucler) were marked with “light bulb” stickers. Color-coded sticky notes identified cultural factors such as quality, expectations and staff commitment. Several

Linda Tonge of VHA quizzes PUP Team about methods.

Melissa Theyken, a therapist in Parkwest’s wound care department, reviews steps collected during the VHA blueprint process.

Crystal Wilkerson, head of the PUP Team since its formation, says Parkwest’s success was patient-focused.

sheets ripped from an easel pad listed numerous “Organizational Enablers” that supported their efforts – enablers like the addition of certiﬁed wound care nurses to the staff, regular PUP Team brainstorming sessions and implementation of an Incontinence Care Protocol. Forms that were created to document and track processes were added to the blueprint mix as well. Five hours after the process began, almost one wall of the room was covered with a jumble of information, information that was carefully reviewed over the next several weeks, revised, reﬁned and translated into electronic form. Finally, on Aug. 29, the Parkwest blueprint was

posted to VHA’s member portal for sharing with others. “To go back to 2009, and look at everything unfold and the steps we went through, it was like ‘Wow!’” said Crystal Wilkerson, the nurse manager who has headed the PUP Team since its formation. “A lot of the things that we put into place are hardwired now, and we do ’em automatically without even thinking about them. We’ve made so much progress in ﬁve years that it felt really good to go back and look at everything we’ve done from the beginning. It’s really amazing what this team has accomplished. Our employees are the reason we’re getting this recognition.”

To those outside healthcare, preventing bed sores might seem to be an easy task – just turn the patient frequently. But in a world where every hospital bed is occupied by a patient with other, more pressing health issues, pressure ulcers can become a matter of life and death. “Pressure ulcers are hard to prevent because there are so many things that can contribute to them,” said Wilkerson, citing a range of factors that include patient age, incontinence, lack of mobility, loss of sensory perception, excessive moisture or dryness, medical conditions that affect circulation or mental awareness and even nutrition. Too, it’s easy to get a bed sore.

Chief Nursing Officer Diane Oliver applauds the PUP Team’s commitment.

Depending on several factors including weight and bed surface, they can develop quickly. One study found that tissue breakdown could begin in as little as four hours. It’s little wonder, then, that VHA cites research that shows 2.5 million patients are treated for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers each year in the U.S. When patients develop a pressure ulcer, their hospital stay increases by 13 days. That adds up quickly – $70,000 in extra treatment costs per ulcer in acutecare facilities. That’s a hefty chunk of change in today’s cost-conscious healthcare industry. In fact, the problem had grown so prevalent that, in 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) stopped reimbursing hospitals for all hospitalacquired injuries not present on admission. Yet, even prevention comes with its own price tag. Parkwest employs an arsenal of creams, foams, bedding, medical devices, cushions and other costly equipment in its prevention efforts. “We tried cheaper things that we wished would work, but didn’t. In many cases, we went with the more expensive solutions because it was best for the patient,” said Wilkerson. Wilkerson notes, too, that the PUP Team even includes the hospital’s vice president of support services – a testament to the notfor-proﬁt hospital’s commitment. “Getting everybody’s buy-in, everybody’s participation – from education to frontline nursing to ﬁnance – is what made this work,” said Wilkerson. “It was a team effort with everybody wanting what was best for the patient. When a patient comes to us for one thing but then develops something else, well, that’s something we never want to happen to a patient on our watch.” For more info on physician referral, call 374-PARK or visit TreatedWell.com.

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‘Sit N Be Fit’ at Strang By Theresa Edwards Although it was raining, the seniors still came out for their “Sit N Be Fit” class at the Strang Senior Center, part of the bodyWORKS program offered by Covenant Health. “These classes are for those who can’t do cardio. The exercises are designed for low-activity seniors who may be using a walker or wheelchair. It is for those who sit but can still exercise and get a lot out of it,” said Lauren Monahan. Jaxon Byrd feeds giraffe Jumbe maple leaves at the Knoxville Zoo. Giraffes do not have teeth, so Jumbe wraps his blackish-purple 18-inch tongue around the leaves to pull them off the branch. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Giraffes up-close Seeing giraffes eye-toeye is an amazing experience, feeling their breath across your arm as you feed them. You can see their whiskers, blackishpurple tongue and ossicones (hair-covered horns) in clear detail, better than with binoculars.

phrey. “We’ve always been coming to the zoo together. It is a great mother-daughter experience. Today we came for the giraffes’ close encounter and to see the new lion enclosure. “I’ve been coming here 43 years, starting back when Old Diamond was the first elephant here,” Mary said. Grasslands keeper KateTheresa lyn Gregory photographed Edwards each visitor with the male giraffe, Jumbe. She also gave interesting facts about giraffes and the personWelcome to the close alities of those at the Knoxencounters adventure at ville Zoo. She said not to the Knoxville Zoo, of- touch Jumbe, because he is fered monthly from spring skittish. However, he is also through September. curious and came within an Two of the visitors were inch of my arm, examining Mary and Ashley Hum- either me or my camera.

“Giraffes eat about 95 percent of the day,” Gregory said. “That is why their tongues are blackish-purple – so they won’t get sunburned.” She warned everyone that giraffes wrap their tongues around the leaves and can pull quite hard. “Hold on tight to the branch,” she said. The female giraffes, Lucille and Patches, stayed in the background mostly, getting only a few of the leaves. A few of the visitors hand-fed apple slices to Jumbe. Other close encounters that day were the penguin party, behind-the-scenes and tortoise time with the giant Aldabra tortoises. Both were fed watermelon.

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The gift of good health is not free. But attention to the food in your pantry can result in fewer drugs in your medicine cabinet. Good food really does equal great medicine. Registered Dietitian Casey Peer is launching a four-part series called “CLEAN up your WHOLE plate” to explain the relationship between what we eat and good health. “The foods we eat today are fake,” says Casey. It’s not that some diabolical force set out to poison us. Instead, the push toward convenience foods has introduced chemicals and preservatives that the human body was never meant to digest. Casey says it’s as if our body speaks English only, and the foods we ingest are multilingual. This “misinformation”

can lead to conditions that set up inﬂammation, high blood pressure and diabetes. In some cases, it can result in cancer, heart disease and dementia. In all cases, it leads to an inability to lose weight. When we eat an apple or whole grain, that food speaks the same language as our body. But what happens when we take those natural foods to a factory? The foods are pulled apart and then reconstituted with additives to “enrich” and make them easier to prepare. Another part of the factory designs an attractive package, often with a label touting the health beneﬁts of the processed food. So when we walk through a grocery store, we’re bombarded with packages that shout for attention. And to make those foods last longer on the shelves, pre-

Feeling overwhelmed by all the mixed messages out there about food? Frustrated and just wanting to ﬁgure out what works for you? Every person’s body is unique. Each of us have a different biochemistry that determines how our bodies use food and what food we like and don’t like. Ultimately, our bodies are communicating with us all the time, and our job is to listen, identify what they’re asking for, and respond appropriately. We work with people who are sick and tired of feeling sick and tired - be that chronic headaches, digestive upset, low energy levels, extra weight, or generally not feeling good. Together, we’ll unravel the complexity around food, listen to your body’s signals, and give it what it needs to heal itself, shed pounds, and truly thrive!

servatives are added. To make the foods more attractive, the factory adds food coloring. Cereal marketing is a great example, says Casey. “Even with oats there is a hierarchy. The best choice is steel-cut oats. The less the food is processed, the better it is. Yet consumers are confused with competing packages claiming health beneﬁts. “Your body is an Englishspeaking factory, trying to process multilingual food products. “And fake foods don’t contain the nutrients our bodies need. Sometimes they are missing lots of nutrients.” So the “CLEAN up your WHOLE plate” series is designed to show how foods impact a person’s overall health. Each one-hour class will tackle a speciﬁc topic such as:

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■ Chemical cuisine ■ Organics – produce and animal ■ Shopping strategies and food preparation ■ Trick or treat: what’s in your sweets “Don’t let this be overwhelming,” Casey said. “Take baby steps and before you know it, you’ve covered some ground. Over time you will see tremendous change.

You don’t want to look back three months from now and say, ‘If only I had started this three months ago.’ “We often sit around and complain about the same things. Just make a small change to move closer to the person you want to be. “Do something!” Classes start Sept. 26. Call 232-1414 to reserve a spot.

New boot camps forming Fat Blaster Boot Camps will start Wednesday, Oct. 10, with morning and evening sessions. The intense, 10-day adventure offers cardio, strength, sprinting and more – all in just 30 minutes. Participants will work at their strongest with the energy of the group. It’s easy, it’s fun and you will get the results you’ve been looking for. Call for details and to reserve a spot: 232-1414.

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3 MONTH NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING PACKAGE: Experience an in-depth, one-on-one health and nutritional package at Provision Health & Wellness. We’ll customize a program that ﬁts your individual needs and goals by equipping you with numerous tools and resources to help you achieve them. Your personal dietitian will even join you on a trip to the grocery store. Call today to receive your personalized blueprint for healthy success!

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Man’s heart cath placed thru wrist Battling heart disease and diabetes for years, Johnny Braden of Caryville, 67, had angioplasty in 1990 and a number of cardiac stents installed after that, the most recent in August at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. A cardiac stent is a tiny metal mesh cylinder that props open a blood vessel in the heart muscle to open up a blockage. Braden is grateful for the improvements in stent technology available at Fort Sanders. His latest stent in August was inserted through an artery in his wrist instead of his groin. That meant less bleeding and a more comfortable, quicker recovery time. “This time it was a lot more comfortable,” says Braden. A stent is inserted into the heart arteries through a tiny ﬂexible tube called a catheter, threaded over a wire that is directed down the heart arteries. Typically the large femoral artery is accessed, through the groin. This is called transfemoral PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention). But Dr. Brian Adams, an interventional cardiologist with Fort Sanders Regional, is one of a few physicians in the Knoxville area trained to insert stents through the smaller radial artery in the wrist instead, a procedure called transradial PCI. If a stent is inserted through the groin, the patient must lie ﬂat for several hours to

wound heals. During that time, the patient can sit up or even walk around the room. “Believe me, it’s a lot more comfortable,” says Braden. In studies, transradial stenting has been shown to reduce bleeding at the site of the catheter, reducing healing time and complications. As with traditional transfemoral PCI stent procedures, patients usually go home the next day. Stenting procedures are considered noninvasive because there is very little cutting involved, just enough for the catheter to be inserted. Braden recommends Fort Sanders and Dr. Adams to others who need heart care. Just weeks after his procedure, he is back at home with his wife, Ann, doing yard work, spending time with their grandchildren, fishing and riding his ATV. “I’ve put about 15,000 to 20,000 miles on it in the mountains. When I go, I go for the day. I’m back exactly as I was before,” he Johnny Braden, pictured four-wheeling with granddaughter Sabrina Owens, recently had a smiles. “The care at Fort Sanders, that was heart catheter placed through his wrist at Fort Sanders Regional.” No. 1 in my opinion,” Braden adds. “Everybody treats you like family instead of like a avoid bleeding after the procedure. It can be Braden. “When they do it through the wrist, stranger. All the nurses, they were fantastic; uncomfortable for some patients to lay flat, you don’t have that.” they treated me with great respect.” Because the wrist artery is so much particularly those with back problems. Patients who develop bleeding from the groin smaller, it bleeds less. After the procedure, For more information about procedures require additional pressure to the artery, the patient wears a wristband with a balloon offered at the Heart Center at Fort Sanders either manually or with a 5 pound weight in it. This inflates to put pressure on the inRegional, call 865-673-FORT (3678) cision site. Every half hour, nurses let the sandbag. or go to fsregional.com. “It’s like you’re wearing a truck,” jokes air out slowly to release the pressure as the

New technique opens blocked heart vessels via wrist

FSRMC Receives Platinum Cardiac Award Fort Sanders Regional’s Cardiology Department is the recipient of the 2012 American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry – 2012 GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award. FSRMC is one of just 164 hospitals nationwide to receive this designation. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients

Beneﬁts of

Transradial Cardiac Catheterization ■ Less bleeding ■ Less pain ■ Quicker recovery ■ Earlier return to work ■ Low complication rate ■ Lower cost ■ Improved quality of life

Heart catheterization procedures can save lives. Commonly called “balloon” angioplasty and stenting, these minimally invasive procedures use tiny, balloon-like catheters inserted through a patient’s artery to reach the heart, where they facilitate a number of procedures to treat heart artery blockages. Currently, the majority of those catheters are inserted through the femoral artery, which is in the groin. But at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, a number of heart catheterization procedures are being performed through an artery in the wrist, a process called transradial cardiac catheterization. This new technique can beneﬁt patients with special health concerns. “It can be more comfortable for people who are morbidly obese, those with chronic back pain or patients who are on blood thinners and have a higher risk of bleeding,” explains Dr. Joshua Todd, an interventional cardiologist with Dr. Joshua Todd, Knoxville Heart Interventional Group at Fort Sanders Cardiologist Regional. “With the wrist procedure, patients are sitting up immediately afterward with only a small wrist bandage in place.” While only 5 percent of cardiologists in the United States do transradial catheterization versus the traditional femoral approach, the use of this technique is growing and evolving. “European countries perform 50 to 90 percent of their catheterizations through the wrist,” says Dr. Todd. “I think it will become more popular here and possibly become a standard of care in the U.S. Transradial access has also been shown to

reduce hospital length of stay and lower health care costs.” One drawback to the transradial access is that in some patients (around 10-15 percent) the procedure may take a little longer than transfemoral access. Also, a quick, noninvasive bedside test must be done ﬁrst on the wrist to make sure the artery has a dual blood supply in order to safely perform Dr. Brian Adams, the procedure. Interventional Physicians say this Cardiologist technique is not suited

for every type of patient. “Transradial is not for everyone,” explains Fort Sanders interventional cardiologist Dr. Brian Adams. “We still do emergency heart attack patients and patients who have bypass grafts via the femoral approach.” But, Dr. Adams and Dr. Todd say that with less bleeding, more patient comfort and comparable patient outcomes for both methods, using the wrist does give physicians another good option for catheter insertion. For more information about the cardiac catheterization procedures available at Fort Sanders Regional, call 865-673-FORT (3678).

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