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Historic homes

I’m a big fan of Knoxville’s historic homes: James White’s Fort, Marble Springs (home of John Sevier), Blount Mansion, Ramsey House, Crescent Bend and the Mabry-Hazen House.

Each home tells a different story, and when those tales are woven together, the tapestry portrays the history of our city and our ancestors.

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October 15, 2012

Pass the pumpkins, please

See Wendy Smith on page 3

Coffee Break Ray Alexander has spent most of his professional career selling jewelry.

And while he loves to buy for others, the only jewelry you’ll find on him is a watch.

The Bearden High School and UT graduate first landed behind the jewelry counter at Service Merchandise.

Enjoy a sip of coffee and a visit with Ray Alexander.

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Anna Murray lobs pumpkins to Ryan Day in preparation for opening day of the Messiah Lutheran Church pumpkin patch.

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Miracle Maker West Valley Middle School special educator Matt Coe hadn’t planned to become a teacher at all. But a summer job at Camp Wesley Woods turned into a full-time job as an environmental educator.

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Salute to Fulmer A host of Volunteers from the Phillip Fulmer era will toast their old coach this weekend. The theme will be congratulations on his forthcoming Hall of Fame enshrinement and thanks for all he did to make them better players and better men.

If you are alert, you may even see Peyton Manning. The 1997 team will be there.

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Read Marvin West on page 5

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

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By Wendy Smith Pumpkins are generally associated with Halloween, but when more than 2,000 of them were unpacked last week for Messiah Lutheran Church’s annual pumpkin patch, the atmosphere felt more like Christmas.

The task required an army of elves. In addition to the larger pumpkins, hundreds of smaller gourds and tiny pumpkins needed unpacking. Anna Murray, daughter of Messiah Lutheran pastor Eric Murray, demonstrated her pitching arm by lobbing small gourds from a box to Ryan Day, who managed to catch most of them.

“This is my ninth time,” Anna said. “It’s lots of fun. I started when I was 4.”

This is the second year the church has gotten help from participants in the Knox County Sheriff’s Office work release program. Last year, with the help of the young men, the truck was unloaded in just two hours, said Norm Featherston, who calls himself the “behind-the-scenes motivator” of the pumpkin patch.

“They can move a 30-pound pumpkin like it’s a medicine ball in a gym.”

Ray Osejo was in charge of the

unloading process. Church members lined up alongside inmates to pass pumpkins from the back of the truck to dozens of pallets. Food City loaned the church the pallets, which keep the pumpkins off the grass.

“Food City is so good to help us like that. They’re selling pumpkins, too, but they don’t seem to mind,” said Featherston. “These little blessings keep popping up everywhere.”

This is the 14th year that Messiah Lutheran, located at 6900 Kingston Pike, has sold pumpkins.

The patch is stocked by Pumpkin Patch Fundraisers, which supplies gourds to 1,300 nonprofit organizations across the country. The pumpkins are sold on consignment, and the more an organization sells, the more money it keeps. Messiah Lutheran has sold more than $20,000 worth of gourds for the past three years, which allows it to keep 35 percent of sales.

Just like Santa, the church relishes doling out the proceeds. After receiving matching funds from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a nonprofit that provides financial services to members, the church expects to give approximately $4,000 to each of two charities: Compassion Coalition and Second Harvest

Stefanie Hess and Will Root were part of a “pumpkin brigade” that unpacked more than 2,000 large pumpkins from a tractor-trailer truck last week at Messiah Lutheran Church. Photos by Wendy Smith Food Bank of East Tennessee’s Food for Kids program.

Shoppers typically catch the spirit of generosity. Pumpkin Patch Fundraisers provides pumpkins marked with suggested prices based on size, but church members leave it up to the customers to decide what they should pay based on the sample pumpkins.

“Eight or nine times out of 10,

they’ll choose the higher price,” said Featherston.

Customers are also free to drop their change in a donation jar, and 100 percent of those funds go to the selected charities.

The Messiah Lutheran Church pumpkin patch is open 10 a.m. to dusk on Fridays and Saturdays, and from noon to dusk the rest of the week through Oct. 31.

The war on planning

By Betty Bean The elements are in place: Dis“They just keep agreement between city and county mayors. Muscle-flexing developers. working people A “goofy guys” tag on the commission by its chair. And a beleaguered from getting Mark Donaldson cast out like a jobs.” motherless child.

Are the 1980s back upon us?

– Tim Burchett No. It’s just a behind-the-scenes battle to starve out or perhaps even abolish the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission. million in surplus revenue County Commission doled out last month, The money it was Christmas in September.

For the recipients of nearly $1.3 There was $500,000 to trans-

port senior citizens; $300,000 for preliminary work on a new Karns area senior center; $200,000 to the sheriff’s office for new tasers; and even $55,000 for the commissioners to split up and dole out to pet causes.

But it was supper at the orphanage for MPC director Mark Donaldson, who got slapped down like Oliver Twist pleading for a little more gruel when he asked for $100,000.

It was money Mayor Tim Burchett had deleted from his budget

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brings indescribable joy to me.

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

My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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

My minister, the Rev. Evelyn L. Stafford. She has taught me so much about the Bible and life.

I still can’t quite get the hang of …

New cellphones. My cellphone is outdated, but I’m afraid if I get a new one, I will need a master’s degree to figure out all of its functions and gadgets.

Ray Alexander

Ray Alexander has spent most of his professional career selling jewelry. And while he loves to buy for others, the only jewelry you’ll find on him is a watch.

The Bearden High School and UT graduate first landed behind the jewelry counter at Service Merchandise. What started as a summer job turned into a full-time career, and when he left 13 years later, he was department manager.

He went on to work for Kimball’s and helped open the store on Bearden Hill. He also worked at Jewelry TV. He began as a host, which was stressful.

“We were always looking at monitors to see whether people were buying so we’d know if we should stay on or move off an item.”

He preferred his off-camera role of putting together gemstone shows, he says.

Alexander regrets his decision to turn down a management position at a Tiffany’s store in Saipan. At the time, the tiny island in the Western Pacific seemed too far from home, he says.

He’s dabbled in other professions over the past few years, but plans to return to the jewelry industry. He hopes to complete his Gemological Institute of America (GIA) certification, which would allow him to grade stones and appraise jewelry.

Since jewelry is a luxury item, selling it is partly about selling yourself, Alexander says. He plans to fall back on the advice of Kimball’s President Jim Overbey.

“Treat everybody like they were a guest in your own home.”

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

“Do … or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda from “Star Wars”

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

I would say my first pair of Air Jordan basketball shoes. I waited a year before I’d wear them outside.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

I am so blessed to have a mother who has always taught me so much.

One such nugget is to “put others before yourself.” She is a perfect example of this.

What is your social media of choice?

I use Facebook quite frequently to keep up with old friends.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

Working at a “healthy” hamburger place called Delite’s. I can assure you that it wasn’t that delightful!

I was merchandising a live Jewelry TV show, and we put a caller on live who we thought was going to compliment the jewelry we were showing. Instead, she spoke about the problems she had with it … not really a big help when you’re trying to increase sales!

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

What’s one place in Bearden that everyone should visit?

Play golf in Scotland, visit Italy and mine gold in Alaska.

What are you guilty of?

Late night snacking. I have no problem eating a full meal after 10 p.m.! It’s not healthy, and I don’t recommend it.

What is one word others often use to describe you?

Bugs Bunny. He always seemed to outwit his nemesis!

What irritates you?

Selfishness.

I love Rouxbarb’s, a wonderful place to have a fantastic meal with loved ones.

What is your greatest fear?

What is your favorite material possession?

Funny. I’ve been a cut-up for as long as I can remember. Most of the time, it has served me well, and laughter is truly one of the greatest sounds imaginable.

I am not really a material person, but my brother Roy gave me a Rolex watch when I graduated from UT, and it will always be much appreciated.

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

Take off in a tour bus and go across the country visiting this great country of ours and all its wonderful sites and scenery.

–Wendy Smith

What are you reading currently?

I make it a point to read the Bible daily.

What was your most embarrassing moment?

I would take my health more seriously and not take it for granted.

What is your passion?

I really prefer to be a giver rather than a taker. It

Snakes.

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

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Katrina Vargas, Marsha Grieve, Duane Grieve and Becky Hancock enjoy the Founder’s Day Luncheon held last week at The Foundry. Vargas is president of the board of directors at James White’s Fort. Photos by Wendy Smith

Celebrating Knoxville’s past I’m a big fan of Knoxville’s historic homes: James White’s Fort, Marble Springs (home of John Sevier), Blount Mansion, Ramsey House, Crescent Bend and the Mabry-Hazen House. Each home tells a different story, and when those tales are woven together, the tapestry portrays the history of our city and our ancestors.

Wendy Smith

It was my privilege to attend the Founder’s Day Luncheon celebrating Knoxville’s 221st birthday. The event was a fundraiser for Historic Homes of Knoxville, and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander was the guest speaker.

Like me, Alexander values stories, and it turns out that his story is connected to one of Knoxville’s histor-

ic homes: Ramsey House.

The home was built in 1797 for one of Knoxville’s first settlers, Francis Alexander Ramsey. As Alexander tells it, Francis Ramsey walked from his home in Gettysburg, Penn., to Knox County, and on the way, stopped to visit with his uncle, John Ramsey, in Limestone Creek, located in upper East Tennessee.

John Ramsey, it seems, is Alexander’s seventh-generation grandfather.

Most of us come from humbler beginnings than John Sevier, the state’s first governor, or Drury Paine Armstrong, owner of Crescent Bend and 50,000 acres in Sevier and Blount counties. But our forebears played with dolls, like those belonging to Eliza Jane Ramsey, and used spinning wheels, like the one at James White’s Fort. As long as these homes stay intact, part of our own personal history is preserved.

Visit one – or all – of Knoxville’s historic homes soon. You just might get a glimpse of an ancestor.

East Tennessee tops for wilderness paddling Kayaker extraordinaire Kirk Eddlemon sent thrills, and chills, down the spines of members of the Sierra Club’s Harvey Broome Group with his discussion, and pictures, of wilderness whitewater paddling in East Tennessee.

He’s paddled all over North and South America, and calls the rivers and creeks of East Tennessee “world class.” He recommends paddling in Kirk Eddlemon the Smokies, on the Obed River, on the Walden Ridge watershed and in Big South Fork.

“It’s a way to see things you can’t see on a hike.”

Eddlemon is currently co-authoring a guidebook on paddling in the region.

The war on planning From page A-1

the recession that torpedoed development and depressed MPC’s fee base.

“We had 44 people on staff five years ago. Today, we’ve got 36,” Donaldson said, explaining that his staff is having a hard time keeping up with its responsibility to update countywide addresses and the Knox County Geographic Information System and is not able to service developers’ permit and zoning requests in a timely manner.

Also, MPC is no longer able to take on the contract work that once supplemented its budget, he said.

MPC asked for $656,000 and got $556,000, which Commissioner R. Larry Smith, a former MPC commissioner, said was plenty.

Sandy Neveau, education director of Ramsey House, is joined He took the merciless role by former Ramsey House executive director Judy McLean of Mr. Bumble to Donaldat the historic home’s information table. The Founder’s Day son’s Twist, advising the MPC chief that, “We’re not Luncheon was a fundraiser for Historic Homes of Knoxville. doing much business. We just need to trim our budget back.”

The MPC request went down by a 5-3-1 vote – it needed six – with Sam McKenzie, Amy Broyles, Mike Brown, Ed Shouse and Tony Norman voting yes. Smith, Jeff Ownby and Mike Hammond voted no.

Dave Wright passed. Richard Briggs and Brad Anders were absent.

The mayors Judy McMillan, event coordinator at Crescent Bend, visits with Katherine Saxon of Visit Knoxville at the Founder’s Day Luncheon.

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Interviewed after the meeting, Burchett was no more sympathetic to MPC’s plight than Smith: “The first budget, I cut them,” Burchett said. “They just keep working people from getting jobs.

“We’re required by law to have an MPC, but I’d like to use them on a contractual basis in the future. Then if we need them, we’ll hire them.”

The city, though, has given $905,000 to MPC in each of the last three fiscal years. Holding a master’s degree in planning, Madeline Rogero is unequivocal in her support for MPC, calling its work critical and saying the city “is committed to continuing support of its operations. Effective planning protects the property rights of residents, businesses and all property owners, and ensures that we balance short-term and long-term interests for the benefit of all Knoxvillians.”

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Last year, state Rep. Frank Niceley introduced a bill to abolish MPC. The bill didn’t go anywhere, but Niceley did. He is headed to the state Senate.

Sens. Becky Massey and Stacey Campfield, along with Rep. Steve Hall, have sent separate letters to County Commission asking them to postpone action on subdivision regulations for ridgetop developments until the legislators address the issue next session.

In a speech at a local Tea Party meeting, Hall said that MPC, which was established in 1956 to serve the city and county in matters of planning, zoning, and subdivision regulations, “… has a philosophy on property rights that the property is yours until they want it.”

Hall said Massey is leading the move to curb MPC. Massey seemed surprised

by Hall’s statement: “I know we’re looking at the regulations that are on the books, but we won’t start actively working on anything until January. The part that has caused some folks concern is there’s no real recourse if somebody disagrees with an MPC decision.”

When told that contested MPC decisions are regularly appealed to City Council and County Commission, she said that she wasn’t sure what the exact problem was, but that her staff is working on it, “looking to see if it’s clear or if it’s vague. Some of my constituents have asked me to look at it.”

When asked, she identified the constituents as “the development community.”

Commission chair Tony Norman had a hard time disguising his contempt for the legislators’ request, which his colleagues honored: “I am very disappointed that certain legislators are attacking planning. As we grow and progress, we don’t need less planning ...

“They are trying to take us back to the ’50s, and I greatly resent them sending a letter asking us to defer an ordinance until the next legislative session. That was way out of bounds – they don’t call, they don’t talk to anybody and the goofy guys on commission let it happen.”

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government Anticipating 2014 Roger Kane, Republican nominee for state representative in northwest Knox County, held a fundraiser on Oct. 9 in which he succeeded in getting state Sen. Stacey Campfield and his probable 2104 GOP opponent, Commissioner Richard Briggs, to join his host committee.

be in Knoxville visiting the UT College of Law on Friday, Oct. 19, speaking at the Cox Auditorium at 1 p.m.

Tickets are not required to attend this talk.

■ The Duncan Family Barbecue will be held again on Tuesday, Oct. 23, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Civic Coliseum. It is held every two years at election time and it goes back to when John Duncan Sr. was in Congress. The Victor public is invited.

Ashe In 2000, then-presidential candidate George W. Bush, who had campaigned in south Knoxville that afternoon, made an appearance at the barbecue. It is Kane’s candidacy may be a must-attend occasion for one of the few issues the po- candidates. Even Demotential rivals will agree on. cratic candidates such as Kane is unopposed for Phil Bredesen have made election on Nov. 6 and has appearances. a sure ticket to Nashville This tradition started for the next two years. He in 1968 and this year will defeated former Sheriff Tim mark the 23rd edition.

Hutchison comfortably this Other notables who have past August as Hutchison attended include Elizabeth attempted a comeback after Dole in 1996 when her his overwhelming loss to husband, Bob Dole, ran for Mayor Tim Burchett. president. Lee Greenwood Campfield is the oftenand the Drifters have percontroversial state legislaformed. Often it has been tor who gets frequent media kicked off by the UT Pep attention.

Band. State Sen. Becky Kane has established Massey for many years himself as an up-and-com- helped organize the event. ing GOP leader by winning ■ Former Demohis primary convincingly. cratic Senate Majority Kane ran a grassroots cam- Leader George Mitchell paign in the primary with of Maine will join former modest funding and incred- Republican Senate Majorible door-to-door effort by ity Leader Howard Baker himself and avid supportat the Baker Center on ers. Kane is supporting Tuesday, Nov. 13, for an Beth Harwell to be Speaker afternoon talk. Details will of the House again. become available later.

If the 2014 contest is between Campfield and Briggs only, Campfield will face a major challenge to ■ Commissioners now have prevail. If another candi$55,000 to share for pet projdate emerges to create a ects. What will each choose? three-way or four-way field, ■ Tony Norman and Larry then Campfield’s chances Smith can donate to a “Free are enhanced.

Jeff Ownby” fund, and Jeff In the past, Campfield’s can too. opposition has been split, ■ Rick Briggs can restripe the allowing him to win the parking lot at Frank Strang GOP primary by a plurality Center. instead of a majority and ■ Brad Anders can play Solothen face weak Democrats mon and divide his senior in November. If Democrats center planning money like Tommy Schumpert or among Ball Camp, Karns and Wayne Ritchie ran then it Hardin Valley. Then each would cause Campfield maplace can have a cabana. jor problems.

■ Dave Wright can replace his However, Briggs is a sigCarter Elementary green ties nificant opponent who can with middle school gym ties – raise the funding necessary green with a bouncing ball. to prevail in a two-way con■ Amy Broyles and Mike test. 2014 is already upon Brown can stop flipping us in this race. 2014 will spit-balls across the dais and also include the governor’s try to give county employees race and a U.S. Senate conyet another break on parking test. in the City County Building ■ Associate Supreme garage.

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Alexander rocks U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander pretty much got rock star treatment from the enthusiastic crowd at last week’s meeting of the West Knox Republican Club.

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It was standing room only in the largest meeting room at Red Lobster on Kingston Pike, with still more guests and members of the media spilling out into the surrounding dining rooms, all to greet Tennessee’s former two-term governor, president of the University of Tennessee and sitting senator.

And Alexander didn’t disappoint his fans. He posed for the cameras with babies, local politicians, old friends and new, warmed up his audience with his trademark folksy stories and then

got their collective Republican blood churning with predictions of a big win for presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

“Every major crisis we have ever had in this country has been solved by presidential leadership, and Obama just doesn’t have it,” Alexander said. “He’s been a complete failure when you look at the big problems we have.

“Romney’s biggest advantage is his ability to lead.

It’s his best skill. America will have a brighter future with Romney as president and (Paul) Ryan as vice president.

“I like it when Romney talks about how he worked across the aisle as governor of Massachusetts and got results. President Obama is a nice fellow, but he hasn’t been able to work across the aisle and get results, and I think the American people are tired of that. They want a president who can lead, who has presidential leadership and who can work with Democrats and Republicans to reduce the debt and get

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander with Ruthie Kuhlman, president of West Knox Republican Club, and Wallace McClure, the first president of the club. Photo by A. Hart the country moving again.”

Alexander said his three personal goals in Congress are: “To stop spending money we don’t have … to let states make their own decisions … to get results in Congress.”

He deplored the tactics of Democrat Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader.

“Reid is ruining the U.S. Senate by the way he leads it. We’re there to work for the people, we want the Senate to function so we can get our jobs done, but Reid won’t bring us a budget. It’s like being asked to join the

Grand Ole Opry and not being allowed to sing.”

While not exactly a “hometown boy” – he’s a native of Blount County – Alexander, a seventh generation Tennessean, knew his audience well and played it perfectly.

“Knox County is the heart of the Republican Party in Tennessee,” Alexander said. “We haven’t elected a Democrat to Congress from this part of the state since Lincoln was president.”

The GOP faithful loved it and gave their senior senator a standing ovation.

Parents antsy over school rezoning

By Wendy Smith Approximately 140 people gathered at Shoreline Church on Westland Drive for the rezoning meeting hosted by the PTAs of Blue Grass and A.L. Lotts elementary schools. Many of the questions for Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre involved issues related to grandfathering rising 5thgraders and security concerns for the new school.

Blue Grass parent Colleen Montgomery asked if there was a possibility that students might be moved from A.L. Lotts to Blue Grass, or vice versa, in the rezoning process. McIntyre said yes, students might be moved to a school other than the new school.

Blue Grass parent Amy Wheelock asked if McIntyre had developed any opinions on which students might

be grandfathered into their current school. He said that while it seemed likely that rising 5th-graders will be grandfathered, it was hard to know where to draw the line after that.

“That’s where I have a lot of thinking to do, and a lot of listening,” he said.

A.L. Lotts parent Gina Esheleman wondered if middle and high school zoning was considered in regard to elementary school rezoning, so that children could attend high school with friends. The county isn’t considering rezoning any other schools right now, McIntyre said, but it does keep such issues in mind.

“Can we promise you a perfect, logistical pathway for every kid? No. But we can promise you that we will try.”

Jennifer Cline expressed

A.L. Lotts parent Gina Eshleman speaks during Knox County Schools’ final rezoning meeting. Photo by Wendy Smith

concern over the security of the new school given its proximity to a large shopping area and asked if there would be a fence around

the school. McIntyre said a fence is likely, and the new school would also have a secure vestibule, meaning that the only unlocked door would lead directly into the school office.

Shannon Harrell wondered if McIntyre knew anything about other possible tenants at Northshore Town Center. He did not, he said.

“Now that we are one of the neighbors, I hope and believe that we will be a part of any discussion of what happens with the development from here on out.”

Now that McIntyre has conducted four public meetings, he will draft a recommendation for the school board’s December meeting.

He told parents he would hold additional community meetings before the board’s final vote on rezoning.

Painter’s union spruces up Tarleton

By Betty Bean When Mayor Tim Burchett noticed the peeling paint and weather-battered floors on the deck of two of the foster care administration buildings at the John Tarleton campus of the Helen Ross McNabb Center, he called the Painters’ Local 437 for help.

Business agent Eric Surrett responded by recruiting a local contingent from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.

The crew of painters gave up

two weekends to repaint the rails and strip and repair the deck.

“That’s how I train my apprentices,” said Rodney R. Reeder, IUPAT apprentice and training coordinator. His program teaches drywall finishing, concrete application, sandblasting, and industrial coatings and decorative finishes, and his work crew has taken on many volunteer projects in the area, including extensive repainting of YoungWilliams Animal Center.

The former county-run orphanage, which Helen Ross McNabb took over in 2003, houses foster care, adoption, residential, psychiatric assessments, medication treatment and community-based counseling services for children.

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BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • OCTOBER 15, 2012 • A-5

Salute to Phillip Fulmer

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host of Volunteers from the Phillip Fulmer era will toast their old coach this weekend. The theme will be congratulations on his forthcoming Hall of Fame enshrinement and thanks for all he did to make them better players and better men.

The university will invite polite applause on Saturday. Coach will return to Shields-Watkins Field for a brief ceremony at an early stop in the Alabama game. If you are alert, you may even see Peyton Manning. The 1997 team will be there.

For those who came in late, this Fulmer recognition is for 152 victories against 52 losses, a national championship and seven wins in a row over the dreaded Crimson Tide.

Alabama remembers.

Fulmer’s success ranks somewhere between outstanding and best-ever.

His teams, against better opposition, fell 21 short of Robert R. Neyland’s career total victories. As you may have noticed, the stadium is named for the General.

What Fulmer did is worth at least a bronze statue.

Opinions remain divided about his 2008 exit.

Some thought he stayed too long. Others are convinced Tennessee football would be much better than it is if he was still coach.

Just the other day, a Shopper reader dusted off Ronald Reagan logic and

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asked (via email) if we are better off than four years ago. He answered his own question this way: Eight wins used to be barely tolerated. Now, eight would be excellent.

We’ll reserve that better-or-worse debate for later. I will say Mike Hamilton botched most of 2008 as it related to Fulmer.

That spring, the athletic director gave the coach a new seven-year contract.

In the summer he said, “I am very proud to have Phillip as our coach for many years to come. We are fortunate to have such a talented and proven coach leading our program.”

Leading didn’t last long.

That November, early in Homecoming week, Fulmer was fired. As we now know, changing coaches didn’t turn out real good.

The initial miscalculation by the athletic director cost $6 million. Many more are still draining

away during this recovery period.

Set aside the sad part.

Now is a good time to remember the good times.

It is meaningful that Phillip Fulmer is Tennessee through and through. He grew up in Winchester. As a recruit, he picked the Vols over the Tide. He thought he would be a linebacker but became an offensive guard for Doug Dickey.

John Majors brought him back as an assistant coach and promoted him to offensive coordinator.

He was a great recruiter.

Dickey put Fulmer in charge during Majors’ 1992 illness and gave him the job after the controversial conclusion to Majors’ career.

Fulmer highlights, in addition to the remarkable comeback against Arkansas and the national title victory over Florida State, were the 1992 romp in the rain over the Gators, the 1995 rout of Alabama (4114) that started with an 80-yard Manning to Joey Kent touchdown and the terrific 2001 triumph in the Swamp.

I really liked the bowl victory over Ohio State, the 2004 win over Georgia in Athens and the unlikely rally at LSU in 2005.

Thanks, Coach, for a hundred more good days than bad.

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And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

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(Philippians 2: 9-11 NRSV)

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was drowning in paper that afternoon: reports, checks, check registers, forms, write-ups, vouchers, notes to self.

Normally, I don’t mind. I am one of the few people on the planet (according to the results of my limited surveys) who still balances her checkbook every month. There is something pleasing and quite satisfying about wrestling all those numbers to the ground, lassoing them, and making them stand up tall and straight, in neat lines and perfect agreement.

But on that particular day, I was not handling it well: unable, it seemed, to corral the information I needed without wading through a lot of other – apparently extraneous – names and figures.

I should add here that math is not my native tongue. When I was in high school, I told my math teacher that algebra made my stomach

hurt. As my daughter Eden often declares, “We are musicians. We count to four.” (This, as her hand describes in the air a conductor’s pattern for 4/4 time).

“If it is written in six, we count it in two.” This time she directs the simple up and down pattern for 6/8.

Where the thought came from, I can’t really say. But there it was, fully formed in my brain.

Paperwork is the antithesis of grace. It was such a revelation to me that I walked down the hall to my supervisor’s office, stuck my head in, and informed him of that new insight. He just grinned at me, but I saw the tacit agreement in his eyes.

Paperwork is all about keeping records, keeping score, keeping track.

Grace is about love, acceptance, inclusion, forgiveness: no adding up good deeds (or sins, for that matter), no keep-

ing score, no C-minuses.

And along with the thought came a mental picture: St. Peter sitting at his desk at the Pearly Gates, with a great book (alongside stacks and stacks and stacks of folders!), checking the records for everyone standing in line, like so many customers at the bank.

Then Christ shows up, and steps over to Peter’s desk and starts vouching for people.

“She’s one of mine.

Yes, I recognize him. Yes, this little one – in fact, all these little ones are mine. Oh, and that fellow over there, the one with the threadbare coat?

He’s mine. The woman talking to herself? Yes sir, she is definitely one of mine.”

Finally, in frustration, St. Peter says, “Are you just accepting everybody today?”

And Christ holds out his hand over the crowd – a hand that still bears a scar right in the middle of the palm – and says, “All of these are mine.

I died for all of them.”

T hen, with that same nail-scarred hand, he rakes all of St. Peter’s precious paperwork right off the desk and beckons to the rest of the line.

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Fledgling church finds home at ‘Shoreline’

Music plays a role in worship at Shoreline Church.

By Suzanne Foree Neal It’s still a house of worship, but the former Westlake Baptist Church has a new tenant. Shoreline Church at 9635 Westland Drive near Pellissippi Parkway has found a home to begin building a new congregation.

Pastor Jason Hayes is happy to have a home after wandering from place to place. “We are leasing the building from First Baptist Concord. However, they maintain a WEE (Weekday Elementary Education) Preschool in the building Monday through Friday and utilize the sports fields for a recreation program,� he explains. “We’re grateful for how we’ve been able to come to this agreement.

They have been wonderful ministry friends to us in this endeavor. But, we are a new church in the community that is independent of what has met in this facility in the past.�

Hayes says the new church’s focus is on the 10 a.m. Sunday worship service, children’s programming, small groups and volunteer teams both within the church and reaching out to the community. As an example, the church sponsored a breakfast for faculty at nearby A.L. Lotts Elementary School and also hosted a session dealing with school redistricting.

Shoreline Church uses the building for Wednesday

Jason Hayes has moved his family back home from Nashville to pastor a new church, Shoreline Church on Westland Drive. The Hayes family includes Henley, Hayden, Jason, baby Hyatt and Carrie. Photos submitted

evening and Sunday morning services. Small groups meet in private homes on various days and times.

At 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, the church will have a GroupLink meeting to provide an opportunity for individuals to explore the various small groups available. Dinner and child care will be provided. Check the church’s website, www. shorelineknox.com, for information on how to respond.

The church is affiliated with the Baptist faith.

Around 250 people have attended the first three Sunday services, Hayes says. “We’re completely different churches, but there may be a few people who are close to the community who come, but this is a new work. The name Shoreline speaks to the waters along Northshore, and we see some of Jesus’ ministry on or near the shoreline. “Historically, all throughout the world the shoreline is a hub of activity and refreshment. It’s

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our desire to see the work of Christ in our community, be an asset to our community and provide encouragement and refreshment in the same way the physical shoreline would offer refreshment. We want to do that through our church.�

A Knoxville native, Hayes

Homecomings, revivals

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

Shoreline Church parishioners have found a permanent home by renting the former Westlake Baptist Church on Westland Drive for Sunday services.

Saturday, Nov. 17, in the family life center. Rent is $25 per table or $20 per space if you bring your own table. For application: Julie, jbmintn@ gmail.com and include name, address, phone and e-mail.

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He also was pastor at Long Hollow Baptist

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He and wife, Carrie, have been married 11 years.

They have three sons, Hayden, Henley and Hyatt.

Carrie is from South Carolina but moved to Knoxville to attend the University of Tennessee where the couple met.

Methodist Church will hold homecoming 10:45 a.m.

Sunday, Nov. 4. The Rev. Nathan Malone, Knoxville

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A gift for Bearden High School

Artists at Bearden Elementary

Local author Marilou Awiakta has donated three of her books to Bearden High School’s library in honor of her grandsons, Greg and Luke Hopkins. Pictured are BHS librarian Marilyn Paulk-Hillard and Awiakta’s grandson BHS senior Luke Hopkins. Awiakta has been featured on three PBS programs and received the Distinguished Tennessee Writer award in 1989. Photo submitted

Bearden Elementary School principal Susan Dunlap (center) helps 5th graders Lauren Wahl, Georgia Clark and Chloe Arnwine show off a work of art created by students in the 5th grade.

The painting and seven others were auctioned off last Friday at the school’s third annual fall Rocky Hill fundraiser held at Gourmet’s Market. Lauren painted the cloud on the bus, Georgia painted the sun and Chloe painted one of the flowers. All proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit Bearden Elementary Elementary School. Photo by S. Barrett ■ Fall family night will be held

SCHOOL NOTES Bearden Elementary ■ The 4th and 5th grade music program will be held 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 16.

■ Fall make-up pictures are on Wednesday, Oct. 17.

■ National “Character Counts” week is Sunday through Saturday, Oct. 21-27.

■ The last day for fall EFF classes is Friday, Oct. 26.

■ “Character Counts” assemblies will be held Wednesday, Oct. 31.

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■ SGA’s “10,000 in 10 Minutes” will be held Tuesday, Oct. 16.

■ The PSAT will be given Wednesday, Oct. 17.

■ FBLA Club’s induction

Members of Bearden Middle School’s student council participated ceremony for members and in this year’s Buddy Walk which promotes acceptance and incluofficers, 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, sion of people with Down syndrome. Pictured at the event are: 7th Oct. 16. Parents are invited to graders Leah Crowley and Isabelle Mezzacappa; 6th grader Dalia attend.

Barton; and 7th graders Ailey Lembersky, Molly Carter, Noah Mez- ■ BHS Foundation Phone-azacappa and Caylor Henke with student council sponsor and social thon will be held Monday and studies teacher Lisa Sexton. Photo submitted Tuesday, Oct. 22-23.

6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26.

Sequoyah Elementary ■ Kindergarten will have 1950’s Day Friday, Oct. 26.

■ 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.

■ Picture make-up day is Tuesday, Oct. 23.

■ Field trip for 3rd grade to the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra is Wednesday, Oct. 24.

■ Fall Festival will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27.

REUNIONS ■ Gibbs High Class of 1977, Oct. 27. Info: gibbsclassof1977@gmail.com, 6884727 or 922-3060.

■ Inskip Elementary School will host its 100th birthday celebration on Friday, Nov. 2, with an open house 3:30-7 p.m. Visit with former classmates and teachers, share stories from your school days and once again find your home at Inskip. Copies of old pictures or memorabilia to be shared may be brought to the school 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. by Wednesday, Oct. 31.

■ Michael Ault II descendants will meet after church Sunday, Oct. 21, at Macedonia United Methodist Church, 4630 Holston Drive. Potluck lunch begins at 1 p.m. Info: Maude, 689-3111.

SPORTS NOTES ■ Bulldog Wrestling Club, an AAU elementary and middle school program, will hold a mandatory meeting and signup 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at Bearden High School cafeteria.

Fee: $100. Elementary info: Chad Cross, 494-6563 or chad. cross@knoxschools.org. Middle info: Ben Jones, 368-4459 or beardenhighwrestling@ gmail.com.

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By Wendy Smith

arents pass on eye color, hair color and mannerisms to their children, but the days of passing on the family business are mostly gone. So it’s a surprise when a child chooses a parent’s career – particularly when it’s a challenging one, like special education.

The big game-changer in special education is technology.

– Matt Coe West Valley Middle School special educator Matt Coe hadn’t planned to become a teacher at all.

But a summer job at Camp Wesley Woods turned into a full-time job as an environmental educator, and he found that teaching appealed to him. So he obtained a teaching license through UT’s Become a Special Educator in Tennessee (BASE-TN) program. At the time, participants received tuition credit for committing to become special educators in Tennessee schools.

Once he made the decision to be a teacher, special education was a natural choice. His father, Fred Coe, worked for Tennessee’s Department of Mental Retardation Services (now called the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) for 35 years.

His mother, Priscilla Coe, became a special educator herself after working with mentally disabled adults for several years.

Because of his dad’s job, Matt was used to being around kids with disabilities. When Fred worked at summer camps for disabled kids, Matt and his brother went along, and the family occasionally provided transportation for Fred’s clients.

“My whole life, I’ve been working with this population,” Matt says.

Priscilla began her teaching career in 1990. She worked at Dogwood and Beaumont elementary schools until she retired in 2005 – the same year Matt began his teaching career at Sterchi Elementary. There have been many changes in special education since Priscilla’s early days in the classroom, but some philosophies and practices have been consistent.

The students Priscilla taught were very different from the students Matt currently works with at West Valley, where he has taught for five years. Many of her students were medically fragile, she says, and his students are gener-

Priscilla Coe and her son, Matt, look at the technology he uses to teach special education students at West Valley Middle School.

Priscilla is a retired special education teacher herself. Photo by Wendy Smith

ally higher-functioning. But Knox County’s special education program is individualized so that each child receives the attention he needs, no matter his ability level.

“I had 10 kids, and they had 10 different programs. I was organized so I could do things in a group setting, but there were different goals for each kid,” she says.

Each special education student has an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) developed by the child’s parents, teachers, doctors and therapists – anyone who works with the child, says Matt. The IEP determines the accommodations and modifications the child needs in the classroom.

Special education students spend as much time as possible in regular classrooms. The concept of inclusion was gaining momentum when Priscilla began her career in 1990.

The primary goal of Knox County’s special education program is independence, and West Valley students work on life skills by going into the community twice a week to shop or visit a work site.

Priscilla’s elementary-age students also took regular trips away from the school. Students could learn a

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skill in the classroom, like counting money, but be unable to use that skill in another environment.

If they practiced in multiple environments, they were able to generalize such skills, she says.

The big game-changer in special education is technology. New software, like the SOLO literacy suite, makes word predictions and allows students to listen to what they write. Such modifications allow students to further participate in mainstream classrooms and even take benchmark exams with their peers, says Matt.

With apps that allow students to communicate using both symbols and words, iPads and iPods have also transformed special education.

“There’s less frustration. Now they can tell me what they want and what’s bothering them,” Matt says.

But it takes money to fully implement technology. The SOLO software doesn’t work on all of the school’s computers, and there aren’t enough computers to go around.

“It’s a great tool, but it’s completely useless if your computers don’t run smoothly,” Matt says.

“The things we can do with technology these days are incredible.

But it’s all about money.”

Proceeds from coupon book sales will help, but West Valley teachers are trying to think of additional ways to raise funds to update the school’s computer labs.

Being a special educator is a never-ending cycle of trying new things, and days are often filled with paperwork and meetings, Matt says. But the payoff comes in the form of good days, like a recent Special Olympics bowling event, and academic progress, like the enthusiasm he’s seeing as his students study “The Three Musketeers.”

“Most of the time, I love what I do.”

Fun with football Like all teachers, Matt Coe has to get creative to engage his students. One of his most popular ideas is his football and reading program.

Each student picks a major league football team at the beginning of the season, and the class keeps a chart of each team’s wins and losses. Each student’s behavior and reading scores can bolster their team’s performance.

West Valley Middle School principals and other staff members can participate, as well. So far, there have been no arguments about who gets which team, and Matt has been able to hang onto his beloved Miami Dolphins.

“Some students pick the same team every year, but others want to win, so they do their research,” he says. The competition ends before Christmas break, and the winner receives an award. The basketball and reading program tips off next spring.

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Asteroid-naming contest for kids Josh Emery, assistant professor in earth and planetary sciences at the University of Tennessee, works on the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission which is now hosting a contest that will allow kids under the age of 18 to name an asteroid.

The international contest will help scientists find a new name for asteroid 1996 RQ36. To enter, kids should have their parents or teachers fill out a form with the name suggestion and an explanation of why the name would be fitting.

The deadline to enter is Sunday, Dec. 2.

Emery and other scientists working on the OSIRIS-REx mission have built a robotic spacecraft to send to asteroid 1996 RQ36 to collect samples for analysis.

The mission began in May 2011 and will continue until 2025.

It takes 1996 RQ36 about 1.2 years to orbit the Sun and could hit Earth within the next two centuries.

The goal of the mission, Emery said, is to learn what conditions were like early in the solar system’s development.

However, they also want to help protect Earth

from the potential impact of the asteroid.

“This will be the first time NASA has retrieved samples from an asteroid,” Emery said.

The naming contest is sponsored by the Planetary Society, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Labs and the University of Arizona.

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Tortoises swap vacations

By Theresa Edwards If you think the Aldabra giant tortoises at the Knoxville Zoo shrank, they didn’t.

Al and Tex, the male tortoises, went to Zoo Atlanta for the winter while three females from Atlanta came to Knoxville.

The males average 300600 pounds while females weigh 150-300 pounds, so that is why the giant tortoises in Knoxville now look smaller.

For successful breeding, male and female Aldabra tortoises must spend several months apart during the year. “We hope to try for a successful breeding attempt next spring and summer when they are reunited,” said Tina Rolen, Knoxville Zoo representative.

The tortoises enjoy eating watermelon, a treat they receive a few times a month in the summer. During the fall they may receive pumpkins as an occasional treat.

Michael Ogle, assistant curator of herpetology, described their regular diet: “Twice each week our giant tortoises receive four bunches of four different types of greens. The options vary per week but include collard, turnip, kale, esca-

Rocky Hill Elementary School 3rd graders in cross-country ar: (front) Will Carter, Josh Cruze, Lane Palmer, William Triko, Carson Kammann, Benjamin Hollingsworth; (middle row) Spencer Rabenhold, Sara Katherine Bailey, Gavin Burch, Preston Rotton, Hayden Rush, Holden VanAhn, Hunter Watts, William Edward Biven; (back) Sophia Owens, Ashley Poling, Sophie Shymlock, Jaedyn Sobota, Kerry O’Neill, Claire Whitehead and Nayeli Magana. Photos by S. Barrett

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By Sara Barrett The cross-country team at Rocky Hill Elementary School competed in its last meet for the year last week at Victor Ashe Park.

Rocky Hill gym teacher and cross-country coach Lakiea Chapman said the team did a great job with three members placing individually in the competition, the girls placing seventh and the boys placing 13th out of 26 spots.

Aldabra giant tortoises Al and Tex eat watermelon at the Knoxville Zoo before they depart to Atlanta for their winter “vacation.” Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

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“Two other times per week they receive just the four types of greens. Early in the spring/summer season they

have grass to consume as they please in their habitat and we also offer them orchard grass hay or alfalfa hay.

“We also offer browse (trimmed greenery) approximately once per week too, either honeysuckle or mulberry leaves.”

Rocky Hill Elementary School 5th graders in cross-country are: (front) Sally Whitesell, Maddie Borrelli, Jake Whiljoit, Ben Cruze; (second row) Ellie Millikan, Alexis Hill, Meg Doyle; (third row) Isabella Jones, Colton Pennington, Lydia Messer (placed 25th), Macy Kraslawsky; (back) Will Whitehead, Julia Fisher, Abigail Smith (32nd) and Jacinda Huff.

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MONDAY, OCT. 15 Tennessee Shines will feature Grammy nominees Eric Brace & Peter Cooper plus bluegrass singer Dale Ann Bradley & singer-guitarist Steve Gulley 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. reverbnation.com/ericbraceandpetercooper and www. daleann.com.

TUESDAY, OCT. 16 Kritter Kids for 2- and 3-year-olds will be held 9:30-11 a.m. at the Tiger Tops building at the Knoxville Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive. Also offered Oct. 30, Nov. 20 and Nov. 27, the hands-on learning sessions include stories, crafts and visits from zoo animals, plus a snack and drink. Each child must be accompanied by an adult. Single sessions: $20 per child, three sessions for $50 (adults free with paid child). Preregistration: 637-5331. Info: www.knoxvillezoo.org.

Fashiondrama 2012, presented by the Knoxville Academy of Medicine Alliance, will be at Cherokee Country Club. Tickets: $75 for the fashion show and luncheon. Proceeds provide nursing scholarships to nine area nursing schools and benefit community organizations. Info: Susan Brown, 691-0394.

BBQ, Blue Jeans and Cas II, a benefit for the East Tennessee Historical Society, will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Ciderville, USA, 2836 Clinton Highway, Powell. The event will include music from David West and the Cider Mountain Boys and Con Hunley as well as reminiscences about “Old Coon Hunter” Cas Walker. Tickets: $100. Reservation deadline was Thursday, Oct. 11. Contact: Lisa Belleman, 215-8883 or belleman@eastTNhistory.org.

The Capitol Steps political satire troupe will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St., as part of the Volunteer Ministry Center’s 25th Anniversary Celebration. Tickets: $35 and $45, available at www.KnoxBijou.com or the Tennessee Theatre box office, 684-1200.

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16-17 The Knoxville Garden Club will present the flower show “Centennial: Past, Present and Future,” celebrating the centennial of the Garden Club of America, 1-5 p.m. Oct. 16 and 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Admission: free.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17 Brown Bag Green Book at noon at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St., will be “Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development.” Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero will discuss Joan Fitzgerald’s book. Info: Emily Ellis, 2158723.

Time Well Spent: Inspiration at Lunch will feature Sweetwater fiber/multimedia artist Geri Forkner at noon at the Emporium Center, 100 Gay St. Forkner, a weaver and felt maker, is a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. The Arts & Culture Alliance event is free; brown-bagging is welcome.

Michael Press, Ph.D., will discuss Philistine religious culture, archaeology and the Bible at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Frank H. McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Press is a Fellow in the Digital Institute for Archaeology at the University of Arkansas and focuses on the intersection of cultural, political

and ethnic boundaries in ancient Israel and the Levant.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave., will offer a lantern tour, revealing the area’s spooky past, led by center naturalists at Meads Quarry and Ross Marble Natural Area. Meet at the Meads Quarry parking lot at 7:30. Must be 12 or older. Preregistration required: 5774717, ext. 110. Cost: $10 ($7 members).

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 17-21 “The Little Prince” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, Oct. 17-19, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, at the Carousel Theatre at the University of Tennessee. The Clarence Brown Theatre production of the play based on the children’s parable

by Antoine de Saint-Exupery is aimed at children and adults. Tickets: 974-5161 or 656-4444.

songwriters Maggie Longmire, Jack Herranen, Sarah Pirkle, Jeff Barbra, Greg Horne and Daniel Kimbro will perform “History Songs: A Celebration of the Life of Woody Guthrie” in honor of this year’s 100th anniversary of Guthrie’s birth. Tickets: $11 advance, $12 day of show; $6 children 12 and under; available at www.knoxtix.com, 523-7521, Disc Exchange and the door.

The 14th annual Artscapes auction, presented by the Guild of the Knoxville Museum of Art, will have a reception/viewing, gala dinner and live auction at 6:30 p.m. at KMA. Cost is $150 per person. RSVP to Donna Wertz, c/o KMA, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37916. Info: Pandy Anderson, 671-5592 or kma.artscapes@gmail.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 19-20

THURSDAY, OCT. 18 A DIY Solar Workshop presented by the Tennessee Solar Energy Association will be held 6-9:30 p.m. at the UT Conference Center, 600 Henley St. Experts will provide info for those interested in doing some of their own work on home or business solar energy projects. Cost: $30 (includes dinner buffet, instruction and manual); space limited. Registration: www.TNSolarEnergy.org/events/. Info: Steve Levy, steve@tnsolarenergy.org or 974-1838.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, OCT. 18-19 The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 Gay St. The Knoxville Chamber Chorale will join the KSO on Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide Suite.” Other works will include Maestro Lucas Richman’s “Kol Nidre” (as part of the 11th annual Daniel Pearl Music Days) and Georges Bizet’s Symphony in C. Tickets: $24 and up; 291-3310 or www.knoxvillesymphony.com.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 18-21 BOO! At the Zoo will be 5:30-8 p.m. at the Knoxville Zoo. The 26-year Halloween tradition features music and games in the Monster Mash tent in Kids Cove, trick-or-treating, costumed characters throughout the zoo and the Scary-Go-Round. Tickets: $6 (free for kids under 2; $1 discount for zoo members). Purchase: 637-5331, www.knoxvillezoo.org or at the zoo ticket office during regular zoo hours. Parking: $5 (free for members).

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 18-28 Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St., will present the musical revue “Gothic Cabaret: Behind the Veil” at 8 p.m. Oct. 18-20 and 25-27 and 3 p.m. Oct. 14, 21 and 28. Hauntingly familiar melodies will be shared in an unusual way by unforgettable characters. Tickets are $10 plus fees for Thursday and Sunday performances and $15 plus fees for Friday and Saturday performances. Purchase: www.knoxtix.com.

Info, 544-1999, info@theatreknoxville.com or www. theatreknoxville.com.

Christus Victor Lutheran Church, 4110 Central Avenue Pike, will host a rummage sale sponsored by its Women’s Missionary League 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 19 and 8 a.m.-noon Oct. 20. Proceeds will be used for local mission projects. Info: 687-6622.

EVENT CANCELED: Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike, has canceled its two-day “Airing the Quilts” celebration. Questions: 546-0745.

Trick or Treating in the Cave will be offered 5:30-8:30 p.m. at historic Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway. The kid-friendly event is $7 for ages 2 and up. The seasonal event will be repeated Oct. 26-31.

Info: www.cherokeecaverns.com.

SATURDAY, OCT. 20 Samuel Frazier Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will meet at 11 a.m. at the Chop House, 9700 Kingston Pike. Julia Jones-Barham will present the program with Farragut Folklife Museum’s Traveling Exhibit. Info: 865-675-6420 or 865-966-4048.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St., will present a free artist demonstration on hand-making quilled tree ornaments and Christmas cards 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the gallery lobby. The cards and ornaments, along with other artisan-made ornaments, will be offered for sale during November and December with proceeds going to the Community School for the Arts, a nonprofit program that provides free instruction in music, visual arts, modern dance and drama to children who otherwise would be unable to afford it.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave., will hold a compost workshop for adults at 1 p.m. Cost: $10 (free for members); includes a take-home wire composting bin.

The Fashion Ball, a Fashion Forward Event, will be held at 8 p.m. at The Edge, 7211 Kingston Pike.

The event will include runway shows, professional entertainers, a silent auction and a raffle, with proceeds benefiting the Hope Center, which provides HIV education and supportive care and advocacy for patients and families affected by HIV and other life-altering illnesses. Tickets: $15 ($10 in advance). Info: www. thefashionball.eventbrite.com.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 19 Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave., will have Fall Family Day Camp: Fall Exploration! 9 a.m.noon for age 5 and up. Cost: $15 ($8 members); box lunch provided. Preregister: Sabrina, 577-4717, ext. 116,

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The YWCA’s Purple and Persimmon Walk will begin at noon at the YWCA, 420 W. Clinch Ave. The free one-mile walk is meant to raise awareness about domestic violence while honoring victims; one in four women has been a victim of domestic violence.

Participants are asked to wear purple or persimmon to represent the colors symbolizing domestic violence and the YWCA. Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave., will host a Zombie Movie Marathon for adults at 7:30 p.m.

The event will include a zombie photo booth, food, adult beverages and more. Zombie attire encouraged. Cost: $10. Register: 577-4717, ext. 110.

A Woody Guthrie tribute will be held at 8 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Knoxville

First Presbyterian Church, 620 State St., will celebrate its 220th anniversary with a “dinner on the street” celebration following the 11 a.m. service. The block of State Street between Church and Clinch avenues in front of the church will be closed off, and a potluck meal will be served. Tours of the historic church’s graveyard and stained-glass windows will be offered.

The event is free and open to the public. Info: http:// fpcknox.org.

MONDAY, OCT. 22 The Frank H. McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive, will have its first-ever Stroller Tour at 9 a.m. in the Decorative Arts Gallery. Each month, a free stroller tour will be held to allow parents and caregivers to bring babies and toddlers to the museum without disrupting other guests. All tours will be led by museum educators. Future tours include Nov. 12 (Zen art) and Dec. 10 (ancient Egypt), with registration opening a month in advance. Info and registration: http://mcclungmuseumstrollertour. eventbrite.com or Abby Naunheimer, 974-2144 or anaunhei@utk.edu.

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Another State Title for Schubert On the way back from Auburn last month, CAK golfer Sophia Schubert quickly shifted her focus back to finishing her junior season at CAK. “I want to win district, win region and bring home another state championship,” Schubert said.

A month later, Schubert has accomplished each of those three goals. Schubert shot a 2-over 146 last week to claim her second state championship in three years.

Now Schubert can celebrate a state championship and a college commitment.

While visiting Auburn University in September, Schubert accepted a full athletic scholarship from Golf Coach Kim Evans. Schubert received more than 30 major collegiate offers including 7 of the top 10

golf programs in the nation.

“It was impossible for me to make all those visits so I just focused on the top NCAA ranked golf programs and top academic programs,” Schubert said.

After visiting Tennessee, Vandy, Alabama, Florida, Texas and Auburn last year, Schubert spent the summer playing in national golf tournaments and moving up the rankings.

“When I moved up to 39th overall and 8th in my graduating class (2014), I knew it was time to make some decisions,” Schubert said. “There are a lot of great golf programs in the SEC and out west, but Coach Evans and Coach Shirley at Auburn have been traveling around the country to watch me for 18 months. Coach Evans has a great program and reminds

Apple Harvest Party All preschool age friends and their parents are invited to the Apple Harvest Party Friday, Oct. 26, at CAK’s PreK building. Attendees will enjoy making applesauce, apple printing, apple tasting, a bounce house, face painting and crafts. Please, no costumes. RSVP by Oct. 22 to mmiller@cakmail.org.

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Sophia Schubert with Girls Golf Coach Shane Wells after she won the 2012 state championship last week. me of Pat Summitt. She’s won 3 of the last 4 SEC Championships and has 8 SEC Championship rings. She’s been to NCAA Nationals 14 times.”

Since taking the head coaching position at Auburn 18 years ago, Evans is a four-time SEC Golf Coach of the Year, NCAA Golf Coach of the Year and an inductee into the National Golf Coaches Hall of Fame.

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Schubert will attend Auburn University in 2014.

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believes I can help make that happen,” Schubert said. “I love their practice facilities and course. It’s a lot like Fairways and Greens, where I’ve always practiced.”

Schubert has been the top ranked Tennessee female junior golfer since August 2011.

She won her first AJGA National Open in June. She has also earned four top 3 finishes and eight top 5 finishes in AJGA National Opens.

CAK stands out at Chattanooga meet Coach Tony Cosey led the CAK cross-country team to a great finish Sept. 15, at the Chattanooga Cross-Country Festival. The girls finished second place out of 19 teams, and the boys finished fourth out of 21 teams. Sarah Zimmer won the girls varsity race. Between both teams, they scored five medals overall, which means that CAK had five athletes in the top 20. Team members pictured here are: (L to R) Coach Tony Cosey, Sarah Zimmer, Lindsey Meadows, Annelise Carroll, Emily Teff t, Emily Berry, Ashlyn Page, Sarah Masters, Caleb Carr, Josh Bowden, Austin Ray, Blake Brashear, Nick Millis, Ben Holt, Clayton Dorman, John Grant Little. Photo submitted

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Several CAK families came together Sept. 29 to answer the charge of Mark 12:31, “And the second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

In step with CAK’s 35th Anniversary Renewal objective to renew relationships within the community, the missions team set out to show some love to more than 100 neighbors along Dutchtown Road.

Families were offered a kind “hello” and were told “We are here for you as your neighbor and would be privileged to lift your family in prayer.” Many families prayed together that day on their front porches.

But the Missions team didn’t show up empty handed. Our neighbors were presented with a Bible, a heartwarming bookmark created by CAK 2nd graders, a beautifully wrapped fall yellow mum donated by Saplings Nursery, and a flyer with helpful numbers at the school and Bible references to go to when in need.

“Many families were reached, and there’s no doubt that our warm presence will have a lasting impact on those we met,” said Brad Riley, who is helping lead the missions effort for the Renewal this year. “It was great to hear many of the children express how much fun they had, which just goes to prove that there is joy in serving our Lord.”

A lengthy list of gathered prayer requests was shared with the Renewal committee that will be prayed over diligently in the months to come. It is good to know the Lord is moving not only in our school, but in the hearts of our neighbors as well.

There will be several opportunities for families to serve alongside the missions group this year. Info: www. cakwarriors.com/renewal.

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Become a volunteer Dewdrop Rule’s lengthy service to Parkwest Medical Center has ended, but there are plenty of opportunities for others to follow her example.

In fact, Parkwest is expanding its volunteer program and is now seeking volunteers to join its team of almost 160 dedicated volunteers to serve the not-forprofit hospital in a wide variety of roles, including some areas not previously served by volunteers.

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Rule ends almost 39 years as Parkwest volunteer Her name is almost musical if not magical, bringing to mind the morning dew on a Mississippi magnolia.

“I’ve told so many stories about it, I don’t know which one to tell you,” Dewdrop Rule says with a laugh.

Maybe that’s why Rule was such a breath of spring to the countless people who encountered her quick smile, quicker wit and elephant-like memory at the Information Desk of Parkwest Medical Center for 38 1/2 years.

She was there from the day Parkwest first opened its doors and almost every Tuesday since, answering guest’s questions, giving directions and entertaining co-workers with a treasure trove of stories. But on July 31, at age 90 1/2, Dewdrop Rule decided to hang up the familiar blue jacket that identified her as a member of Volunteer Services.

“I think 90 and a half is a good age to retire, don’t you?” she says, finishing her sentence in her customary questioning manner.

To her, retirement was “no big deal” and simply announced her intentions as she began what would be her final shift. But to many who knew her, Dewdrop was more than a volunteer – she WAS Parkwest.

“The reason I did it like that was because I knew two volunteers could handle it just fine and I wasn’t creating a vacuum there,” she explains. “I didn’t want any kind of party – I just wanted to quietly fade into the sunset, but Becky fooled me.”

Becky Boyd, Parkwest’s volunteer coordinator, quietly enlisted the help of others who “tricked” Rule into a wheelchair ride, a ride that led to the hospital’s administration board room where she was recognized and thanked by President/CAO Rick Lassiter and Parkwest’s senior leadership.

Recognition also came in 2004 when Rule was awarded the Meritorious Service Award as the state’s top hospital volunteer by the Tennessee Hospital Association. In nominating her for the award, Wayne Heatherly, the CAO at the time, hailed her “remarkable spirit and sparkling personality.”

“Volunteering has been great,” she says. “I have a lot of passion and loyalty for Parkwest, and have worked with many fantastic volunteers, staff and administrations

At age 90 1/2, Dewdrop Rule has ended almost 39 years of service as a volunteer to Parkwest Medical Center. throughout the years. I now understand the saying, ‘Parting is such sweet sorrow.’ ” The wife of one of its founding physicians, the late Dr. Kenneth Rule, Dewdrop was on volunteer duty the day Parkwest opened its doors. “You know when we first started, we were actually Red Cross volunteers,” she said. “Most of the first volunteers were physicians’ wives. I guess we felt like we had an interest in seeing it succeed.”

In fact, when her husband first told her about his plan to invest in a start-up hospital, she had reservations.

“Well, when you get involved in something like that, you have to borrow money,” she recalled. “And since I managed the checkbook, I thought, ‘What are you getting us into?!’ But it turned out to be a good thing. The thing that I think that made Parkwest such a success from Day One was that it was built in such a fastgrowing area.”

She chose Tuesdays because it was best for her schedule. “I was pretty active in other stuff,” she says.

“Toastmasters met on two Fridays during the month so I couldn’t choose Friday. My husband’s afternoon off was Thursday and he wanted me to be free on those days. Wednesdays we had a medical auxiliary meeting (she was president), and on Mondays

I had to do work like mowing my yard and washing windows. So, Tuesdays became my day.”

Since then, she has witnessed numerous changes not only in Parkwest, but in healthcare in general.

“Things were so slow and easy back then,” she recalls. “When you had surgery, you came to the hospital and were admitted the afternoon before. You didn’t have to get up and get there at 6 a.m. like you do now. Of course, you were still anxious about surgery just like people are now, but we’d have time to talk to them and we would escort them all over the place. We’d take them to the lab, go back and get them and take them to the room. I think that helped people feel better about the surgery.”

She also remembers in those precomputer days, looking up patients’ room numbers on a Rolodex, but the biggest change is the building itself.

“So much of it has changed,” she says. “Much of the original building is gone. You can’t see it anymore.”

Along the way, she’s made scores of friends, coworkers like fellow Information Desk volunteer Leslie Gallaher.

“It’s hard to put into words how special Dewdrop has been to me personally,” said Gallaher. “I looked forward to Tuesdays with Dewdrop and reminiscing about her life stories, both past and present. She is an in-

spiration to anyone who has spent time with her.”

Among those stories were true-life accounts of life in the Mississippi Delta where she was born near Oxford, Miss., in 1922. A year later, her parents moved by muledrawn wagon to Tunica “to strike it rich.”

“I don’t know why she named me Dewdrop, but mother liked it. She always liked it, and I grew to not mind it,” she says. “But since I was in the same place all those years kids really made more fun of my last name – McDonald – because of the song, ‘Old McDonald had a farm ee-i-ee-i-oh.’ ” She went on to graduate from Ole Miss in 1942 with a Bachelor of Science degree in secretarial training, and soon after, took a job with Tennessee Valley Authority. Two years later, she and her husband were wed and moved to Memphis while he completed medical school. Moving back to Knoxville, Dr. Rule opened his family practice in 1947 and they began raising a family – two daughters, Cheryl and Jill, and a son, Kenneth Jr., who became a doctor at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. They spent much of their weekends sharing a houseboat on Norris Lake with another doctor, Dr. Tea Acuff, and his family. When Acuff mischievously posted a “Dewdrop Inn” sign on the houseboat, she changed it to, “Have Tea, Dewdrop Inn.” Weeks after her retirement, she’s trying to get settled into a new routine. “I miss seeing the people I used to see all the time, but I’m enjoying not having to be there every Tuesday afternoon whether I wanted to or not. I’m happy. I thought I wouldn’t be, but I am.”

One way she’s staying busy is overseeing a bathroom renovation, a project that has not gone as smoothly as she would like.

“I think,” she said jokingly, “that I’ve started my next 38-year project.”

For more information about volunteer opportunities, visit TreatedWell.com or call 374-PARK.

Parkwest’s Boyd wins Everest Award for ‘peak’ performance Rebecca Boyd, volunteer services coOthers receiving Everest Awards ordinator at Knoxville’s Parkwest Mediwere Kelly Johnson, a respiratory cal Center, has been awarded Covenant therapist at Fort Sanders Regional Health’s Everest Award in recognition of and Dennis Woods, a clinical pharthose employees who “perform at the ‘peak’ macist at LeConte Medical Center. of excellence.”

“By its very definition, the EverThe award, presented Sept. 25 at Covest Award goes to those who strive enant’s 2012 Performance Excellence to reach the peak of excellence, Awards ceremony at Rothchild Conference and that describes Becky perfectCenter, goes annually to Covenant employly,” said Roger Ricker, Parkwest’s ees who personify the company’s Standirector of business development dards and Behaviors, along with an abiland marketing. “Becky is known ity to work collaboratively with co-workers as a listener who seeks solutions and show exceptional care to patients and in a most timely manner. From Roger Ricker, Parkwest’s director of families. her perspective, the key to sucbusiness development and marketing, Boyd, of Lenoir City, was one of three cessful volunteer placement is congratulates Becky Boyd, volunteer employees from among 10 finalists to refinding the right fit for both the services coordinator, on her Everest ceive the award. Nominations, which can volunteer and the particular deAward. be submitted by any employee, physician partmental need.” or volunteer, are reviewed by Human ReDuring her five-year tenure at sources, the nominated employee’s man- force before a team of external judges Parkwest, Boyd has doubled the hospital’s ager, facility leaders and the Everest task makes the final selection. contingent of volunteers from 80 to 160,

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Parkwest Medical Center is seeking people who enjoy helping others to join its current network of about 160 volunteers.

Parkwest strives to be recognized as a model of excellence where every healthcare employee wants to work, every physician wants to practice, and every community member wants to receive care.

If you are interested and would like to know more about volunteer opportunities at Parkwest or Peninsula, a Division of Parkwest Medical Center, contact Becky Boyd at (865) 373-1556.

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providing an invaluable resource to 20 service areas. During that period, volunteers contributed more than $3 million in service to Parkwest.

In addition, Boyd, who’s also involved in other volunteer activities such as the Lenoir City High School Basketball Boosters and Central United Methodist Church where she is a member, is credited with launching two new volunteer programs – the Patient Call Center in which volunteers make follow-up phone calls to discharged patients for a “phone hug” and the Companion program, providing companionship from volunteers for patients.

“I’m deeply honored by this award,” said Boyd. “But to me, this Everest Award is recognition of all of our volunteers and for the many, many ways in which they serve not just Parkwest but the community as a whole. The difference they make in our lives is amazing.”

B-2 • OCTOBER 15, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS we see the need for Coyne’s seminar. It was helpful to be in a group where we could share our feelings with one another and receive the support of others going through similar circumstances.

Coyne started these seminars after he experienced being a caregiver during his wife’s 5 1/2- year illness. He found the need for this resource and wanted to help others.

He shared the importance of taking care of oneself.

“You must eat properly, rest and exercise at least a little Kris Strohschein and Bryan May are caregivers. to get away,” he said. Coyne learned this lesson when he had a heart attack and almost died three months before his wife did. “I had a triple bypass, ‘dodged the “When I met with Bob bullet’ and found the imporCoyne recently and he gave tance of taking care of myme the booklet to his semiTheresa self,” he said. nar, little did I know a few Another topic was journEdwards days later my husband aling, writing down everywould get a call at 1 a.m. thing that happens to yourthat his mom had a stroke,” self and your loved one each I told the group at his careday. “One benefit is you can This is something we had close the book and it will givers seminar. “It changed not prepared for, and now help you sleep,” Coyne said. our lives overnight.”

Caregivers seminar

“Journaling helps to remember things we might need to tell the doctor or what the doctor tells us,” said Bryan May who is a caregiver for his mother.

“It helps in keeping track of medications too, so we don’t overmedicate.”

Kris Strohschein explained her thoughts on caregiving. “It’s a gift of sharing of life. It changes how you think. You learn to cherish the little things in life.”

“There is not a greater calling in life than taking care of your loved one,” Coyne said. He offers a caregivers support group meeting 9:30-11 a.m. the first Monday of each month at All Saints Catholic Church.

It is a Christian-based, nondenominational group open to the public.

To contact Coyne about his upcoming seminars, email bobcoyne@charter.net.

■ The Strang Senior Center’s “Halloween Bingo Party” will be 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 17. There will be a costume contest,

Bob Coyne leads “I’m a Caregiver, Now What Do I Do?” seminar at the Strang Senior Center. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com prizes, snacks and fun. It is sponsored by Independent

Insurance Consultants and Elmcroft West.

The lowdown on stink bugs One evening last week, I took my 3-year-old to a park in Farragut for some sliding and swinging. Unfortunately, instead of having fun, the children at the park ran in fear from a swarm of stink bugs air-bombing the playground.

Sara Barrett

Catching up Juanita Laudermilk, Barbara Aston Walsh, Rose Moseley, Jacqueline Newman, Lorna Jones, Gwen Overton and Nelly Dancer celebrate October birthdays at Long’s Drug Store. Jones, who lives in Canada, typically travels to Tennessee in October to visit her daughter and son-in-law, Vicky and Phillip Fulmer, along with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, but she made the trip early this year. Photo submitted

LawTalk features wills and estate planning

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Critter Tales According to a website dedicated solely to the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (yes, I’m serious), the insect has invaded 38 states in America but does not pose a threat to anyone other than farmers who have experienced damage to their crops.

They cause so much agricultural damage, however, that in 2010 many corn, pepper, tomato, apple and peach farmers in the mid-Atlantic states reported total losses because of stink bugs.

Even though they don’t bite or sting, they have been given their name for a reason – they produce an unpleasant odor when threatened or killed.

Pest control information

Stink bugs are running rampant across the United States right now and have even stopped by the West Side Shopper-News office to say hello. Photo by S. Barrett from Orkin discourages vacuuming stink bugs because it will take some time for the odor to leave your vacuum cleaner.

The stink bug has ancestral roots in Asia (which may be why it appears to be wearing a shield similar to a Samurai warrior’s armor). It was accidentally introduced to the U.S. in the ’90s. They cozy up in homes, offices and warehouses in the wintertime, so keep an eye out for a stinky, uninvited guest during the coming months.

A group of researchers from 10 universities are collectively researching ways to manage the stink bug population including parasitic wasps, naturally occurring fungus and insecticides.

Their efforts can be tracked at www.stopbmsb.org.

The Knoxville Bar Association will feature a LawTalk event Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3, for individuals interested in learning more about wills and estate planning and legal protection for the elderly.

The program will help individuals organize their affairs in light of the 2012 changes to gift and inheritance tax laws. Experienced local attorneys will provide information regarding planning for incapacity and death, which can happen to anyone at any age. The session will run 9-11 a.m. both days, with the Friday session meeting at The John T. O’Connor Center and the Saturday session meeting at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike.

The second session will focus on legal protection for the elderly, the disabled and their caregivers. Local attorneys will discuss the legal issues of how to finance long-term health care, the means by which assets can be preserved and the do’s and don’ts of property transfers. This session Koko Fit Club staff Nikki Gray, Tricia Kilgore and Cheri Guymon will run from 11:30 a.m.gather during the Bearden location’s open house Oct. 19.

1:30 p.m. on both days.

Guest speaker was Dr. Larry Kilgore of UT Medical Center (not pictured). Attendees enjoyed free strength and cardio sessions, food and door prizes. The club has locations in Bearden and Farragut. Info: 558-1236. Photo submitted

Open house at Koko Fit Club

Debbie Moss of ShopperNews, Terri Weatherly of Farmer’s Insurance, Susan Lloyd of Valley Printers and Lynn Petr of STAR enjoy a Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce networking event at Broadway Carpet. The next Chamber networking event will be 8 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Regions Bank Land Oak office, 10245 Kingston Pike. Photo submitted

Networking at Broadway Carpet

SHOPPER-NEWS • OCTOBER 15, 2012 • B-3

Laurie Macnair leads the way at the PetSafe K9 Cancer Walk with greyhounds Twix and Evie.

Laurie lost two greyhounds, Penny and Scooby, to cancer, and Evie was treated for cancer and has been cancer-free for four years. Photos by Justin Acuff

Bella gets her “pink on” as owner Sandi Sanders participates in the K9 Cancer Walk at The Cove.

Tail-waggin’ fundraiser hits $50,000

By Sherri Gardner Howell There is rarely a time when Man’s Best Friend isn’t ready to take a walk.

Walking around The Cove this fall really got tails to waggin’ as the PetSafe K9 Cancer Walk brought more than 500 dog lovers and their pets together to fight canine cancer.

Funds will benefit Morris Animal Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that is a leader in investing in research to advance veterinary care for animals, including the prevention and treatment of canine cancer. The walk raised more than $50,000, which was added to ap-

proximately $25,000 raised at the PetSafe Black Tie and Tails Gala, making it a big month for canine health research.

In a press release, Kate O’Brien, senior event specialist with Morris, said, “Knoxville is one of the most welcoming communities in the nation. Everyone really

cares about their community and that includes helping their dogs live longer, healthier lives.”

Winning teams were: Top Team Members – UT College of Veterinary Medicine; Top Fundraising Team – PetSafe, which raised more than $9,000; Top Fundraising Individual – Kristine Lively; and Most Team Spirit – Bluegrass Animal Hospital.

Kim Jessen gets Tucker ready to roll.

The Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee team brought some dogs who need homes. Pictured Part of the team from the UT College of Veterinary Medicine gets ready to walk at the K9 Cancer are: (front) Karen Marquand with Midnight, Tyrine Hawthorne with Pixie, Sandra Long with Walk. From left are Katie DiTulio with Kylie, Allison Erkman with Sadie and Hannah Thurman Shiner; (back) Sandy Chilcote with Repo, Louise Trudell, Kathy Grunwell with Silvertoes, Cherie with Kai and Tucker.

Long with Georgia, Kathleen Bailey with Finn, Carol Schultz with Snuggles and Sabrina Childs.

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Where everybody knows your name: Family atmosphere keeps man coming back to Fort Sanders Therapy Center Aaron Mullis is no stranger to physical therapy. The 30-year-old Blount County attorney has done stints at several physical therapy clinics in and around Knoxville, and even in Chattanooga, thanks to a bad knee thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needed surgery four different times. Mullis originally injured his knee during an unlucky fall in 2001 while he was a student at the University of Tennessee. On a recommendation from his roommate, he chose to do his knee rehabilitation at the Fort Sanders Physical Therapy Downtown Center near the UT campus.

Mullis enjoyed his experience at the Fort Sanders Regional Clinic so much then, that now â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11 years later â&#x20AC;&#x201C; after an April knee procedure, Mullis chose to travel from Blount County to do rehabilitation at the downtown Knoxville Clinic.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always liked Fort Sanders PT and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really the great people there that keep me coming back,â&#x20AC;? says Mullis.

During his recent stint at the Fort Sanders PT Clinic, Mullisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; physical therapist Erin McCallum worked with him to steadily increase his leg and knee strength. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the knee surgery, the stairs in my house were giving me a lot of trouble,â&#x20AC;? remembers Mullis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Erin helped me improve my balance and ability to move fast. I progressed from leg lifts to being able to run up and down stairs.â&#x20AC;?

Mullis says the personal attention the staff gives each patient is what really sets Fort Sanders apart from other physical therapy clinics heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tried over the years.

Aaron Mullis, pictured with his wife Rebecca and dog Mithrus, says the personal attention of the staff is what sets Fort Sanders Downtown Therapy Center apart from other clinics.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Fort Sanders, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a patient on an assembly line. The staff is more like a group of your friends that are there to help you get healthy.â&#x20AC;?

And that friendly atmosphere is what has kept Mullis coming back to Fort Sanders Therapy Center for more than a decade. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The staff has changed over the years, but the way they make you feel welcome hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never received anywhere else the one-on-one care Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten at Fort Sanders,â&#x20AC;? says Mullis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone there makes you feel theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re personally invested in helping you feel better.â&#x20AC;?

For more information about the Fort Sanders Therapy at Fort Sanders Regional or the centers located in Halls or Powell, call 865-541-1300.

Getting the most from physical therapy

Fort Sanders Physical Therapy Downtown Clinic therapists Beth Heatherly (left) and Erin McCallum were recently honored by the East Tennessee Lymphedema Awareness Network as part of National Physical Therapy Month.

Heatherly and McCallum are among several local therapists who specialize in lymphedema treatments who were recognized by the support group.

Celebrate Physical Therapy Month October is National Physical Therapy Month. The goal of the month-long celebration is to raise awareness about the crucial role physical therapists and physical therapy assistants play in helping people restore their mobility and live active and healthy lives.

A physical therapist (or PT) is a health care professional who helps people improve movement and manage pain after an injury, surgery or chronic condition. They teach patients exercises to improve their physical health and strength.

Physical therapists usually work in clinics, private ofďŹ ces, hospitals or nursing homes. A PT has at least a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree or an advanced degree like a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or doctorate.

Physical therapists are aided by physical therapy assistants (PTAs) who generally have a two-year degree.

All states require physical therapists to be licensed.

Each year millions of people undergo physical therapy to improve mobility and manage pain from an injury, surgery or chronic condition.

Physical therapists teach people how to do exercises that will help them gain strength and movement and prevent recurring injury. For the treatment to be successful, however, patients have some responsibilities, as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The most important thing is to come to your therapy sessions with a positive attitude,â&#x20AC;? says Stephen Karp, manager of the Fort Sanders Downtown Therapy Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coming to your therapy sessions motivated, in an optimistic state of mind, can help you progress faster and more steadily.â&#x20AC;?

Here are some suggestions to help you get the most from physical therapy: â&#x2013; Come prepared to work hard but not to feel pain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To gain strength, you have to move a muscle to a point where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fatigued,â&#x20AC;? says Karp, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but not to a point where it hurts.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2013; Communicate with your therapist. Not telling your therapist if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re unable to do a certain exercise at home or if something hurts can delay your progress and recovery. â&#x2013; Understand your treatment options. In some cases, your therapist will have several possible treatment options, and you should understand the pros, cons and risks of each. For example, your therapist may be able

to work with you at a slow, easy pace until you recover. But by taking a more aggressive pace, you may be able to recover more quickly. Be aware of the risks, such as an increase in pain that could slow or stop your recovery. â&#x2013; Ask why you do the exercises you do. Understanding what the exercises should accomplish can help motivate you to stick with them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Someone who has been bedridden may be asked to do a simple exercise like moving their foot up and down,â&#x20AC;? says Karp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unless they are told that this motion can help prevent blood clots, the patient might not be motivated to do it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2013; Try the exercises at home. If

you meet with your therapist only a few times a week, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to do the exercises at home to make progress. â&#x2013; Know what to expect after a therapy session. Asking how you might expect to feel one, two or 24 hours after a therapy session can ease your mind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ask your therapist if swelling, pain or stiffness is normal and what you should do if it develops,â&#x20AC;? says Karp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In most cases, some soreness is expected, and applying ice or heat can bring relief.â&#x20AC;?

For more information about the Fort Sanders Therapy Centers, call 865-531-1300.

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