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A judge’s trial

On the morning of June 11, 1992, in the wee hours before dawn, Carolyn Susano awoke in time to see her husband dive through the screen of a window in their second floor bedroom. Charles Susano, a lifelong sleepwalker, woke up on the ground, Carolyn, their youngest son and a neighbor surrounding him. He didn’t know how he got there.

And he couldn’t get up.

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See Betty Bean’s story on A-5

Westwood redo Knox Heritage opened its future home, Historic Westwood, one last time before the doors were closed for renovations scheduled to begin in September. The open house was part of the preservation group’s announcement of the public phase of its capital campaign, and Wendy Smith was there.

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Bud Albers sits on the stool he uses for sketching while traveling. His West Knoxville home is covered with framed copies of work from his sketchbook journals. Photos by Wendy Smith

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Miracle Maker There’s nothing common about the enthusiasm over the Common Core initiative at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School.

It started at the top, with principal Jessica Birdsong’s gut reaction to the state’s new educational mandate.

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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ ■ Tennova wants to rezone land on Middlebrook Pike for a new flagship hospital, closing ER f unctions at the former St. Mary’s. City Council will hold a workshop on rezoning the Middlebrook Pike land at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, in the City County Building. Both sides will speak.

■ Baptist Hospital’s former employees are holding a reunion from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Tennova South Ambulatory Care Center, 7323 Chapman Highway, to mark the 5-year anniversary of the closing of Baptist Hospital.

The reunion is open to anyone who worked at or was associated with the hospital, which operated from 1948 to 2008 at 137 Blount Avenue.

Registration deadline is Sept. 12 at http://bhetreunion. eventbrite.com/, 335-5275 or 218-7535 and leave your name, number and address. Mail donations to BHET Reunion Fund, c/o Patsy Boling, P.O. Box 611, Powell, TN 37849.

By Wendy Smith Bud Albers admits that he’s a sponge. He soaks up information about people and places, and with a little squeeze he’ll rattle off the history of his family and the city of Knoxville.

He has also made a habit of absorbing the details of places he visits. He traveled extensively as the president of his family’s wholesale drug company, Albers Inc., and at the age of 88 continues to travel for pleasure with family and with the Tennessee Travelers, a program of the UT Alumni Association. Wherever he goes, he carries a sketchbook.

“It makes it fun on walking tours of a city to carry a sketchbook, rather than just taking pictures of everything,” he explains. “(Sketching) gives you a chance to really see what you are looking at.”

When he traveled with his wife, Harriet, Albers would stay outside to sketch while she took cathedral tours. It was a great way to make friends with passersby, he says, and members of his travel group

often asked for copies of his work.

To make sharing his work simpler, his assistant, Lindsey Kesterson, created a website so anyone can order copies of the nearly 700 sketches he’s produced over the past 40 years. Some are ink or pencil drawings; others are watercolor sketches. Watercolor is a medium that, by nature, has to be done fast, he says.

“I tell people that each one takes 88 years – and an hour or so – to do.”

While Albers has no formal art training, he credits his 5th grade teacher at Sequoyah School, Mary Dowell, with making him and his classmates stretch artistically. He also took three years of mechanical drawing at Knoxville High School, which he says helped him to design drugstores later in life.

His grandfather worked for a wholesale drug company that was established the year after the Battle of Fort Sanders (1864). The business eventually became Sanford, Chamberlain and Albers.

“It was really the first company

to start up after the Civil War in Knoxville and was right prominent in building the region from a business stand- Bud Albers sketched big-game animals on a recent trip point,” he says. to South Africa. His website, www.budalbers.com, alA l b e r s lows customers to select from hundreds of sketches g r a d u a t e d from his travels. from UT in 1948 with a degree in marketing. Store in the center’s museum.

In addition to growing the famHe recently returned from a ily business, he became active in two-week Tennessee Travelers trip trade associations and played a to South Africa, where he spent key role in establishing a national time at Thornybush, a 55,000drug code for prescription labels acre nature preserve. His souvenir that improved industry efficiency sketches include big-game aniand patient safety. His work en- mals like the elusive cheetah. abled him to travel in the U.S. and Harriet passed away in 2006, abroad. but Albers continues to travel with He sold the family business family. He plans to visit Italy and in 1993 and, like his father and Spain with two of his daughters grandfather, became active in this fall. community service. He has been One of his goals, he says, is to particularly involved with the make each day a pleasure.

East Tennessee History Center “Every day is a gift. Some are and planned the Corner Drug just harder to unwrap than others.”

Dismantling the house that Pat built Develop and Demonstrate Loyalty.

Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.

Surround yourself with people who are better than you are. Seek out quality people, acknowledge their talents and let them do their jobs. You win with people.

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Adelia’s art celebrated as Westwood closes for renovations Knox Heritage opened its future home, Historic Westwood, one last time before the doors were closed for renovations scheduled to begin in September. The open house was part of the preservation group’s announcement of the public phase of its capital campaign.

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The 1890 home at 3425 Kingston Pike has many artful details that will be preserved during restoration. The house was built

by John Lutz and his wife, artist Adelia Armstrong Lutz. Adelia is one of the first known female artists in Tennessee.

The most obvious reflection of Adelia’s influence in the home is her breathtaking studio with red walls, vaulted ceiling and skylights. Dan Brewer of Brewer Ingram Fuller Architects, which will participate in the renovation, also pointed out some of the smaller marks she left on the house. Painted tiles around the studio fireplace bear portraits of her favorite authors. A painted bouquet adorns a wood panel in the dining room.

In honor of her artistry, local artists Beth Meadows

and Brian Pittman painted and drew in the studio during the open house.

Adelia was a member of the Nicholson Art League, says Knox Heritage Executive Director Kim Trent.

The notable group included George Barber and Katherine Wiley. Painted plaster in Westwood’s front parlor is the work of Mortimer Thompson, another Nicholson Art League member, who was a good friend of Adelia. He was also the father of renowned photographer Jim Thompson, founder of Thompson Photo. The painted plaster will be restored after structural renovations are completed.

While funds have been raised for the Westwood renovation through the capital campaign that began last year, Knox Heritage hopes to raise another $2 million to save other historic properties and ensure that the region’s preservation efforts continue. A revolving fund would allow the nonprofit to purchase endangered properties, like the Walker-Sherrill House at 9320 Kingston Pike, before they decline. The home nearly disintegrated during the eight years it took to find a buyer. “They’re cheaper to fi x if they’re not allowed to sit and rot,� Kent says.

Preserving East Tennessee The Foothills Land Con-

servancy (FLC) is gaining momentum, says Elise Eustace, communication and development director for the organization. The nonprofit has preserved 36,000 acres in 28 years and is, once again, poised for a record-breaking year. She credits media coverage and chatter between neighbors for the increased awareness.

Teenie Hayworth, owner of Penrose Farm, hosted FLC’s recent Summer Celebration. The stunning 130acre property on Nubbin Ridge Road in the heart of West Knoxville is protected by a conservation easement that ensures that the property will never be developed.

FLC Executive Director Bill Clabough says he anticipates that FLC will preserve more than 10,000 acres this year through conservation easements like Hayworth’s.

Several large projects will be announced in coming months.

Chris Monk and Michael Grove of Smoky Mountain Strings entertain the crowd at the groundbreaking of The Village, a community for single mothers envisioned by the Restoration House of East Tennessee.

Nan Werner, Debbie Jarvis and Cindy Shepard enjoy views of Penrose Farm during Foothills Land Conservancy’s Summer Celebration. Photos by Wendy Smith

Beth Meadows paints in the studio used by original Historic Westwood owner Adelia Lutz during a Knox Heritage event.

Breaking ground on a dream Some dreams take their time coming true. But Mandy Watson of Restoration House of East Tennessee says the dedication of the modest farmhouse where her family lived, along with several single-mother families, seems like moments ago.

It was, in fact, eight years ago, and the property is quite different now. The farmhouse was replaced by

a grand new home and two bungalows for single moms through the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition� television show last year.

And, as of last week, an adjacent lot has been cleared for a 24-unit transitional housing community for single mothers called The Village, located on Robinson Road.

Mandy and her husband, Daniel Watson, founders of Restoration House, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at the site last week. When completed, The Village is expected to house 140 to 160 single-mother families during its first decade.

While only the first phase of the project has been fully funded, Daniel is confident

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ed writer Kelli Anderson, clearly disturbed by events in what she called the “once progressive� world of women’s athletics at UT, tried to make sense of what was happening.

Like many sports commentators, Anderson was concerned about changes she was seeing in the wake of the consolidation of the men’s and women’s athletic departments and Summitt’s retirement.

Paying particular attention to a discrimination lawsuit filed by Moshak, strength and conditioning coach Heather Mason, assistant S&R coach Collin Schlosser and another filed by former associate athletic director Debby Jennings, Anderson recounted something Jennings told her in 2008 when asked to explain why Summitt’s staff was so loyal: “It’s hard to leave a place where the salaries are fantastic, you’re working with the best people, you have the best facility, you have the best and brightest athBrick by brick letes, and you have an athLast fall, Sports Illustrat- letic department that’s in

ardry kept Candace Parker on the floor, and Tennessee in the tournament, despite Parker having seriously injured her shoulder during the regional finals.

She performed a similar miracle 11 years earlier when she helped point guard Kellie Jolly come back from an ACL tear to lead a 10-loss Tennessee team to an improbable championship in 1997.

Actually, Moshak did it many times, and was considered an integral member of Summitt’s stellar staff.

Moshak tendered her resignation two weeks ago, 11 months after filing a discrimination suit against UT. Through her attorney, she said: “Due to the overall atmosphere since I raised issues of equality at the University of Tennessee and given the university’s unwillingness to address the issues of discrimination and retaliation, I cannot continue my association with the university’s athletic department.�

that money for five buildings will be raised by the time grading and utility work are completed in November. He announced the beginning of a public campaign and said an anonymous donor has promised $300,000 in matching funds.

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Back in 2000, Tennessee was one of two D-1 universities in the country to have a separate women’s athletics department (the other was Texas).

Boosters on the men’s side urged consolidating the departments in the name of cutting fat and “cleaning things up.�

Boosters on the women’s side pointed out that Joan Cronan’s operation was leaner, more successful, in better academic standing and generally just smarter than the men’s, and was untouched by scandal (this point was reinforced by an impolitic T-shirt: “Tennessee – where men are men and women are champions.�).

The signing of the graduation pole became a happy exit ritual in the women’s basketball locker room, a tangible symbol that the winningest coach in the game took as much pride in her 100 percent graduation rate as in her eight national championships.

Ditto for the academic banquet when Cronan would

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ask all the athletes who’d made the honor roll to stand.

The basketball team took pride in having the highest composite GPA in the women’s department, and nobody wanted to be left sitting. Kerry Howland, the women’s director of academics, played a key role in that success.

But in 2002, after the national scandal that blew up over allegations of cheating and grade-fi xing in the men’s academic tutoring program, tutoring services for all athletes were combined at the Thornton Athletic Center, and Howland began to be marginalized.

She retired in 2011.

Taking out Jennings Cronan’s retirement plans were already in place before Summitt’s very public health issues emerged.

She was still around, but had no decision-making power by the time her successor, Dave Hart, started clashing with Debby Jennings, the most visible member of the

house that Pat built.

On May 15, 2012, he called Jennings to his office, accused her of insubordination and gave her a couple of hours to resign or be fired.

Evidence suggests that Jennings’ major offense was her relentless effort to protect Pat Summitt as she struggled with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Other transgressions included complaints that employees on the women’s side were not receiving equal treatment. Jennings, recipient of too many awards to list, who served as Summitt’s voice for more than 35 years and her Doberman toward the end, was forced out.

This April, Heather Mason, who had been steadily promoted and praised during the first nine of her 10 years at UT, was terminated at the recommendation of Summitt’s successor, Holly Warlick, and first-year soccer coach Brian Pensky, who said she had not performed her job to their satisfaction.

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Both said they wanted training specific to their sport, and Mason was replaced by a younger man with a relatively short resumĂŠ.

Something else will be different when the Tennessee women take to the court named for Pat Summitt in the coming season.

Superfans Raubyn and Donna Braunton have declined to renew their season tickets. The loud and proud sisters from Morristown have been profiled by ESPN and are likely to show up for games in anything from orange prison jumpsuits to referees’ uniforms.

Last season, they debuted a different costume – a Tshirt emblazoned with Dave Hart’s name under a big red slash and another that says, “I miss Debby Jennings.�

Raubyn, who also created an online petition protesting Hart’s actions, says she and Donna have been treated differently since they stepped out of line, and although they’ll continue to support the team, they’ll buy their tickets from scalpers from here on out.

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government Schroer backtracks on parkway Does TDOT Commissioner John Schroer’s right hand know what his left hand is doing? The answer is not clear.

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Recently, Schroer has been saying that the extension of the James White Parkway (all of five miles, all in South Knox County at a whopping $21 million a mile) is now a regional issue, not a local issue. So he is quite willing to override the views of Mayors Rogero and Burchett along with several neighborhood groups, Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis and Legacy Parks Foundation while negatively impacting two city parks.

However, Knox County has the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization, or TPO, which can be found at www.knoxtrans.org/.

Jeff Welch is the longtime able staff director.

Mayor Rogero is vice chair. TPO is a regional group with representatives from Sevier, Loudon, Blount and Knox counties.

On Jan. 23, 2013, TPO voted in a public meeting, which included TDOT rep Angela Midgett as a voting member, to remove the James White Parkway from the TPO priority list.

Apparently, Schroer does not know this or does not want to know it.

He wants to build this extension despite the regional group saying it is not a priority. The minutes of the TPO vote are online at the above website. Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill is chair.

Now Schroer says more public hearings are needed. Apparently, the previous public hearings where the public voiced strong opposition did not satisfy him. He does not explain why he is ignoring the unanimous TPO vote.

This was the recommendation of the technical committee and the motion was made by Knoxville Council member Brenda Palmer and seconded by Alcoa Mayor Donald Mull.

TPOs are part of the TDOT process required by the federal government so regions will voice their priorities with the state

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NOTES ■ 8th District GOP will meet Tuesday, Aug. 27, at Carter High School. Speaker is Chancellor John Weaver.

■ 3rd & 4th District Democrats will meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, at Bearden Branch Library.

Speaker is Rick Staples. Info: Chris Foell, 691-8933, or Rosina Guerra, 588-6260.

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Launch pad to oblivion Larry Smith seeks commission chair

R. Larry Smith’s been accused of a lot of things, but nobody’s ever suggested he lacks ambition. The county commissioner from Halls is continually wading into controversy and testing the current for channels to further his free-flowing aspirations.

Betty Bean One week he appears to be getting ready to run for trustee, the next, it’s register of deeds. A school board rumor bubbles up occasionally, as does the suspicion that he’d like to be county mayor. In recent weeks, he’s devoted his considerable energy to getting elected commission chair.

Given the widely rumored suspicions about his lust for higher office, it’s hard to see this move as anything but a means to some unspecific end.

But does it really work that way?

A look at recent history suggests it’s more like a launch pad to oblivion.

Common wisdom is that incumbent chair Tony Norman, who, like Smith, will be term limited out of office in 2014, could keep the job another year if he wanted it.

This is not a notion he wishes to encourage. He doesn’t see the position as a springboard, launchpad or steppingstone – for Norman, it’s more of a cow pie from which he’s attempting to extricate himself before he ruins his good shoes.

When talking about the past year, Norman sounds like the guy who was asked how it felt after being tarred and feathered and ridden

out of town on a rail and said, “But for the glory, I’d just as soon walk.”

“It’s a royal headache,” he said. “Not only from the standpoint of the workload, but you’re also a target of your fellow commissioners, which I thoroughly have not enjoyed. It stings. But that’s not the reason why I’m leaving – I just think a year’s enough. Let somebody else do it.”

So, does this mean he doesn’t plan to parlay his current prestige into another elected office?

“Not without divine intervention,” Norman said.

“After seven years in office, my eighth year can’t get here soon enough. It would take a direct communication from God.” Norman’s predecessor, Mike Hammond, used to be suspected of plotting to parlay his position into a run for mayor, but now he appears to be focused on his pro-

fessional life. Hammond’s predecessor, Tank Strickland, the only Democrat in human memory to serve as chair, likewise hasn’t demonstrated any signs of further political ambition.

Former chair Scott “Scoobie” Moore had plenty of ambition, but got a rude comeuppance when he ran for county clerk in 2010 and got 17 percent of the Republican Primary vote.

Previous commission chairs David Collins, Leo Cooper and John Mills were all defeated for re-election to their commission seats.

So someone not consumed by a hunka hunka burning desire for higher office should carefully consider whether the lure of future glory is worth the pain of serving as commission chair.

But we’re talking R. Larry Smith here. And unlike the guy on the rail, odds are he’d just as soon ride.

Clark reads book, goes to movies Casual voters have no idea how close the 2012 Presidential election was.

Even I didn’t know, and I’m a political junkie.

Sandra Clark “What Went Wrong,” by Jerome Corsi, breaks down what he calls “the GOP debacle of 2012” and offers advice to Republicans for future elections. While I disagree with many of Corsi’s conclusions, I appreciate his analysis.

Follow along: The Electoral College has 538 electors with 270 electoral votes required to win the presidency.

Barack Obama started with 55 electoral votes from California and 29 from New York, “for a total of 84 electoral votes without any necessity to campaign in ei-

ther state,” Corsi writes.

Both parties labeled states as “blue” or “red,” thus eliminating states where the presidential candidate would have to campaign.

While analysts differed, Corsi said the consensus was that Obama entered the 2012 race with 251 electoral votes in states where Romney had no chance of winning; Romney had 191.

“For all practical purposes, the presidential election of 2012 was reduced from the start to the seven swing states,” Corsi writes.

Those states were: Nevada (6 electoral votes), Colorado (9), Iowa (6), Ohio (18), Virginia (13), North Carolina (15) and Florida (29). Romney lost six of the seven, winning only North Carolina.

This book is a great read for those who want to understand how Mitt Romney could spend $1 billion and lose to a marginally popular incumbent.

The difference was the cities.

In Ohio, Obama got his majority in one county – Cuyahoga, which includes Cleveland. Take out Cuyahoga and Romney carries Ohio.

Obama won Florida by just 74,309 votes (4,237,756 to 4,163,447). Take out Dade County (Miami) and Romney wins. Take out Broward County (Fort Lauderdale) and Romney wins.

Romney lost Colorado by roughly 138,000 votes of more than 2.36 million cast.

Take out Denver and Romney wins.

Romney lost Nevada by 67,800 votes out of nearly 1 million cast. Romney carried every county but two.

Take out Reno or Las Vegas and Romney wins.

Obama won Nevada by carrying only two counties – a state where unemployment was 11.6 percent.

On and on. Obama won Virginia by just 148,000 votes out of nearly 4 million cast. Take out Richmond and Romney wins.

Read the book and form

your own conclusions.

■ “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” is a must-see movie, especially for those of a certain age. The young director moves at a fast clip from Truman to Obama, a span of 60 years, hopping through domestic politics like a frog on hot coals.

At the core is Forest Whitaker. Boy to man he wears 200 years of ugly racism etched in his face.

The movie is a great character study of a man who loved his family (despite fissures) and a family that loved its country (despite strong disagreements about how to manifest that love).

The movie elicited both sobs and applause at Regal Riviera on opening week.

And Jane Fonda’s portrayal of Nancy Reagan – priceless!

Watching the elderly butler slip into an Obama Tshirt at the film’s end adds soul to the numbers of Jerome Corsi’s book and helps answer his question: “What Went Wrong.”

Sheriff’s Office brings crime stats home

By Sandra Clark The county’s chief law enforcement officer is not afraid to wear pink in public. And he’s not afraid to blast the Obama Administration and immigration officials by declaring he will stack illegal immigrants “like cordwood” in his jail.

So why would anyone think he would be scared to post the county’s crime statistics online?

Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones was not scared to do that. In fact, he encouraged

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“This has revolutionized our Neighborhood Watch,” Hubbs said last week as Jones demonstrated the computer program at the Halls Republican Club.

“This is the future,” Jones said of the program.

“If you’re not willing to step into the future, you won’t be arresting people.”

He said criminals don’t mind the city limits or the county line. Burglars might break into homes in Nor-

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can log in to the system to get updates about crime nearby their home or business. “It will send you a link or message each day. You can check on the dorm where your kid lives,” said Hubbs.

When Jones OK’d the plan, only Collierville used Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones the system in all of Tenneswood one day, Powell the see. Now the “RaidsOnLine” next and Anderson County is regional, covering Knoxthe next. When the officers ville, Oak Ridge, UT and communicate crime stats Loudon.

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Fortunately, Gov. Haslam has indicated he will review this particular project personally, which should provide a more objective and level playing field for a final decision.

Expect this issue to continue for some time.

■ Fifty years ago this month, U.S. Sen. Estes Kefauver died, with services in Madisonville attended

by Vice President Lyndon Johnson and former Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson, with whom Kefauver had sought national office in 1956 as Stevenson’s running mate against Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.

■ As predicted in this column months ago, Knoxvillian Larry Martin, who was Mayor Haslam’s deputy, has been named permanent Finance Commissioner for Tennessee.

This is good for the governor, for Knoxville and for Tennessee.

■ Former Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar will speak at the Baker Center tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 1:30. The public is invited to hear the senator speak on international issues on which much of his 30 years in the Senate was centered. He was also mayor of Indianapolis for eight years in the 1970s when unified local government was achieved by popular vote.

■ Former U.S. ambassador to Egypt and Syria, Margaret Scobey (a UT graduate who now lives in the Farragut area) is in demand for comments by the media and civic groups on the tragic developments going on in Egypt, which has traditionally been a strong U.S. ally. Other former ambassadors living in the area besides this writer include Cran Montgomery, U.S. ambassador to Oman for President Reagan, and Howard Baker, U.S. ambassador to Japan for President George W. Bush.

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A judge’s trial On the morning of June 11, 1992, in the wee hours before dawn, Carolyn Susano awoke in time to see her husband dive through the screen of a window in their second floor bedroom.

Charles Susano, a lifelong sleepwalker, woke up on

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the ground, Carolyn, their youngest son and a neighbor surrounding him. He didn’t know how he got there. And he couldn’t get up.

One of Knoxville’s most prominent lawyers, Susano spent the next month at St. Mary’s Medical Center before being transferred to Atlanta, where he underwent treatment and therapy at the Shepherd Spinal Center for another 3 1/2 months. At 56, he was now paralyzed from the chest down and needed to learn how to cope with life in a wheelchair.

And he has done remarkably well. Susano, a native Knoxvillian, a product of Knoxville Catholic High School, a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Notre Dame, an Army veteran and an Order of the Coif /Law Review graduate of the University of Tennessee law school, is now Presiding Judge of the Tennessee Court of Appeals.

He earned an undergraduate degree in accounting and remembers his time in South Bend as the best four years of his life. He also remembers the not-so-goodtime in New York City when he took his first job with a big accounting firm and quickly decided that the big city wasn’t for him.

“I was the loneliest human being in the world,” he said.

So he came up with a somewhat unorthodox solution.

“I was 1A in the draft, and people in the accounting firm encouraged me to get into the reserves so I could stay in New York. But that was not what I wanted to do, so I let myself be drafted as a graceful way of getting out of New York.

“It was worth giving my country two years in order to escape from the big city.

I told my Dad – who was big on sticking with something once you had started – ‘my country has called me.’”

Drafted in 1958, he served 18 months with the U.S. Army in West Germany. When he was honorably discharged in 1960, he came back to Knoxville and gave accounting another shot.

But the result was the same.

“I went to work with Ernst & Ernst locally, and again decided I didn’t like accounting. So, when you don’t know what you want

to do with your life and you don’t like your job, there’s always further education.”

He entered law school at the University of Tennessee, and again met with great academic success. He got his degree in 1963 and was admitted to the bar in March 1964. He clerked for Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Hamilton Burnett, worked as a Knox County assistant attorney general and served as consultant to Lear Sigler, a contractor to the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity during President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty.

In June 1964, he settled into practicing law with Bernie Bernstein, who would become his mentor in the law and his friend for life, and married Carolyn S. King a few months later.

Susano is fiercely proud of his late parents, first generation Italian-Americans Charles D. Susano Sr. and Eloise Dondero Susano.

The senior Susano brought his wife and son, Michael, to Knoxville in 1934 (then Judge came along in 1936 followed by Tommy in 1942), and worked as a chemist at TVA until, in early 1944, he went to work at the lab in Oak Ridge. Last year, Susano wrote an op-ed column in response to critics who believe the U.S. should not have used atomic bombs to end the war with Japan.

“My father, for whom I am named, was a chemist at Y-12 during the war. He was intimately involved in the chemistry of enriching ura-

nium into weapons-grade material. Unlike those who express ‘shame’ in Y-12’s involvement in the bomb, I celebrate Dad’s involvement in an effort that saved not only American lives but also the lives of many Japanese.”

He credits his mother for instilling in him the pragmatic, self pity-free philosophy that allowed him to return to his law practice six months after his accident –

just before his health insurance coverage would have run out.

“She used to say, ‘Charlie, if you get a lemon, make some lemonade.’ She was also fond of saying, ‘Charlie, you can get used to anything. You can get used to hanging if you do it long enough.’”

And he credits Shepherd Center with saving his life.

“They teach you how to

Charles D. Susano Jr., Presiding Judge, Tennessee Court of Appeals Photo by Ruth White

“Remembering United States District Judge Robert L. Taylor,” a compilation of remembrances written by attorneys who practiced in his court, by Charles D. Susano, is available at Amazon.com. cope, emotionally as well as physically. I learned that if I could do 100 things before the accident, after the accident I could still do 90 of them. I left there with a good attitude, and since then the good Lord has certainly blessed me. God didn’t push me out that window, but he’s sure taken good care of me since then.

“The people you really feel sorry for are the young people. I’ll always remember the 16-year-old girl at Shepherd’s, who was a quadriplegic, crying, saying ‘If only I could use my hands.’ As one who could still use his hands, I felt so sorry for her.”

The perfect job came via Gov. Ned Ray McWherter, who appointed Susano to the Tennessee Court of Appeals in March 1994. He stood for election in August of that year, and since then has been twice re-elected to 8-year terms on retention votes (which means that Tennesseans were given the opportunity to say whether he should remain on the bench).

In 2003, the American Board of Trial Advocates, Tennessee Chapter, named him Appellate Judge of the Year. In 2012, his colleagues elected him presiding judge.

He plans to run again in 2014.

Sitting in his spacious, light-filled office in the historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Susano is surrounded by family photo-

graphs (he and Carolyn have three children – Stephen, Maria and Charles III), mementos of his beloved alma mater and memorabilia from a legal career that spans almost 50 years.

In front of his desk are copies of a slim volume called “Remembering United States District Judge Robert L. Taylor,” a book of remembrances gleaned from 112 colleagues who answered Susano’s call for anecdotes about the legendary judge who served 35 years on the federal bench and was twice selected by Chief Justice Warren Burger to preside over sensitive trials of high-placed public officials. Susano edited and compiled the stories and shepherded the publication of this important addition to local legal history.

A picture of the Hoss Cartwright-esque Gov. Ned Ray McWherter smiling down at Susano shortly before his appointment to the bench hangs on the wall opposite his desk. He says it’s one of his prized possessions – but nothing makes him smile as much as the photographs of his two grandchildren, Sophie, 11, and Jacob, 9, that sit on his desk. He says he plans to take Sophie to Notre Dame this fall to begin her indoctrination. And he smiles.

“This job is perfect for me. When I think about the nice things that have happened to me since my accident, I have no regrets.”

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REUNION NOTES ■ A reunion for students of Thompson School will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at Clear Springs Baptist Church on Thompson School Road. Info: Wade Jones, 6882268.

■ Clinton High School Class of 1967 will hold a reunion Saturday, Aug. 31, at 205 Main St. in Clinton. Classes from ’66 through ’69 are also invited.

Cost is $50 per person and includes food, a DJ, games and a free class memory CD. Info/ reservations: Becky Calloway Rosenbaum, 457-259, or Bunnie Brown Ison, 599-4749, or send checks to: CHS Class of 1967, 607 Greenwood Drive, Clinton, TN 37716.

■ Wyrick and Pierce Family Reunion will be held from noon until dark Sunday, Sept.

8, at Luttrell Park behind Luttrell Elementary School. Bring a covered dish, drinks, lawn chairs and pictures.

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Classic Vols get their own posters In an almost perfect tie-in to the new football season, Food City will offer almost free posters celebrating the past.

Marvin West

The series is called Classic Vols and features quarterback Dewey Warren, running back Johnnie Jones, receiver Larry Seivers and safety Tim Priest.

The artwork is spectacular. Primary colors are orange and white.

Food City will award posters, one at a time, beginning with Jones on and after Sept. 1, to customers who purchase one of these or two of those from its core group of products. As you may have heard before, see the stores for details.

The project will be officially introduced with a press event on Friday at the Deane Hill (Morrell Road) Food City at 2:30, prior to the first Big Orange pep rally.

The posters have potential beyond collectibles. They will create the almost perfect opportunity for adults to instruct little people about interesting personalities and the wonderful things the Volunteers accomplished back before the crash.

Warren was the most colorful quarterback in Tennessee history. His nickname, Swamp Rat, puts him at the top of that class.

Dewey, new on the job, reported to his first huddle without his hard hat.

Dewey was the focal point of the hit hymn, “Hum that tater.”

Dewey, slow as he was, made the historic one-yard run that defeated UCLA in the “Rosebonnet” bowl.

The statute of limitations allows me to tell you this: Dewey was CEO of the play-

Dewey was promoter of Richmond Flowers’ famous summer races against a quarter horse. I do believe the Swamp Rat was the only one to bet against the horse.

Incidentally, Warren was

(Almost full disclosure: Marvin West was official poster consultant. He provided most of the text.)

dropped: “As long as you please to do right.”

That is sort of how the world began, isn’t it? Adam and Eve in a beautiful garden, cared for, fed, visited by the Creator who walked with them and fellowCross shipped with them in the Currents garden in the cool of the Lynn evening. They were given Hutton free rein – no rules – except for one caveat: Don’t eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Which they promptly did, my classroom.”

We students looked at of course.

Sometimes I wonder why each other, wide-eyed, absolutely dumbstruck by the Lord God did not shut such a statement. We were down the whole experiment too young and naïve to an- right then and there. It is, ticipate the caveat that was I suppose, proof that God coming. Hoo-boy, we were loves this little whirling blue orb, and all the creatures on thinking, this is different!

Then the other shoe it that God exercised for-

bearance and forgiveness.

Instead of calling the whole thing off, God gave Adam and Eve clothes and sent them out into the wide world to make their own living.

Centuries later, Isaiah warned the people of his generation of the wrath to come, describing the impending destruction as so utterly complete that there would not be fragments of pottery large enough to use to pull an ember from the fire or to dip water out of a cistern.

But even with the disaster that was to befall Jerusalem, Isaiah offered hope: the Lord ultimately would be gracious. There would be adversity and affliction, yes, but God would be present as Teacher, to guide, to

instruct, to encourage. It was the responsibility of the people to listen to the Teacher, to pay attention, to follow the teaching, to heed the guidance, to accept the encouragement.

“Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’” (Isaiah 30: 2021 NRSV) That teaching – those words – are for us as well.

Thanks be to God for that promise, and for all teachers everywhere.

er ticket-scalping business.

He purchased teammates’ complimentary tickets at wholesale prices and sold retail to the admiring public. Fans bragged about buying from Warren.

This is the way Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: Because you put your trust in oppression and deceit, and rely on them; therefore this iniquity shall become for you like a break in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant; its breaking is like that of a potter’s vessel that is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a sherd is found for taking fire from the hearth, or dipping water out of the cistern.

(Isaiah 30: 12-14 NRSV) School is back in session, at least in Knox County. Students and teachers alike are adjusting once again to the routine, learning names, making new friends, grumbling about the alarm clock.

I remember those days, as a student and as a teacher.

And I remember, oh, so well, my 3rd-grade teacher who started the very first day of school by saying this: “You may do as you please in

esty is memorable: “I didn’t make any great plays. They just kept throwing me the football.”

The idea for the Classic Vols series came from a what-if conversation between outstanding artist Danny Wilson and Jay Sokolow, senior vice president of the Tombras advertising group. Both have interests in Tennessee football.

Wilson has a big-time artistic and technical touch.

Maybe you have seen his caricatures of country music stars for the GAC Network.

Bottom line: The Classic posters, each 12 by 18 inches, are almost perfect. I wish the set took up more wall space and I wish there were posters of so many other classic Volunteers, Steve Kiner, Jack Reynolds, Condredge Holloway, Bob Johnson … well, you get the idea.

Maybe next year.

also a pretty good quarterback.

Johnnie Jones’ magic moment was in 1983, that winning run against Alabama, 66 yards, long enough to transform Birmingham’s boisterous Legion Field into what sounded like a library.

The multitude was stunned.

The little pocket of orange fans grew disrespectfully loud.

Johnnie was Tennessee’s first and second 1,000-yard rusher and the only tailback to have three 200-yard games.

Wideout Larry Seivers will forever be remembered as the “good hands” Volunteer. It is no exaggeration to say if he could touch it, he would catch it. Catch of a lifetime beat Clemson, 1974.

Back in 1968-70, safety Tim Priest set the school record for career interceptions (18). That the record still stands is amazing.

As a senior and captain, Priest picked off three against Alabama. His mod-

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Barbecue choir Does she dare? Sherri Ridenour, Family Promise volunteer, teases that she may sample one of the goodies on the cake table at the Family Promise Pasta Cook-Off. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Pasta to fulfill promises

These members of Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church choir were decked out in a different kind of “robe” on Aug. 17, as they performed at the choir’s annual barbecue dinner fundraiser. Front, from left, are Barbara Baker and Kathy Courtney, with, back from left, Neil Oliver, John Buchheit, Steve Emmett and Lee Hokaj, ready to perform tunes from the Broadway show “Oklahoma!” Proceeds from the barbecue largely go to the funding of the Jenny Carleston Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded annually to two deserving college-bound church members in the amount of $1,000 each. “The money goes a long way toward books and the like,” said Oliver. “I’ve been a member of this church for over 25 years, and it’s a pleasure to help young people get off on a good foot.”

By Sherri Gardner Howell The eighth annual Pasta Cook-Off served up plenty of pasta dishes, scrumptious desserts and the chance to bid on live and silent auction items at the fundraising event for Family Promise of Knoxville. Held Aug. 17 at Sacred Heart Cathedral, the popular party brought together 16 teams, some with more than one dish, to compete for bragging rights. In addition, there was a dessert auction with cakes from homemade and professional bakers on the auction block.

Bill and Mary Beth New had been cooking for three days but said they love participating in the event.

As members of Fountain City Presbyterian Church, they are also well aware of where the money goes, as the church is one of 41 congregations in the Knoxville area that help Family Promise offer emergency shelter to economically disadvantaged families.

Mary Beth was getting her Messy Bessy Santa Fe Salad ready for the competition. “This is just an awesome organization, and I’m glad to do anything to help,” she said.

Sherri Ridenour, a Family Promise volunteer, was

FAITH NOTES at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. For a list of groups and to register: www. women.fellowshipknox.org.

Community Services ■ Catholic Charities offers counseling for those with emotional issues who may not be physically able to come to the office for therapy.

All information is completely confidential. Call 1-877-7906369. Nonemergency calls only. Info: www.ccetn.org.

■ 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.

Bill New and his wife, Mary Beth, of Fountain City Presbyterian Church serve their popular Messy Bessy Santa Fe Salad at Family Promise of Knoxville’s eighth annual Pasta Cook-Off on Saturday, Aug. 17, at Sacred Heart Cathedral. looking over the cake table, hoping there was a cake to beat last year’s highest bid of $185. Guests, who purchased tickets for $10 for adults and $5 for children, got salad, bread and a drink and could sample the pasta dishes and vote for their favorites. The “official” judges included Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and Cov-

Meetings and classes ■ Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host GriefShare, a weekly grief support group for people grieving the death of a loved one, 6-7 p.m. beginning Monday, Sept. 9-Oct. 2. Info: 522-9804 or www. sequoyahchurch.org.

enant Health CEO Tony Spezia. When asked if tasting the pasta dishes filled them up, Spezia joked, “Oh, you mean these little samples?” and Burchett added, “That’s when we head for the best and start the serious eating.” ■ Women’s Connection Fall Bible Studies begin Aug. 27 Music was provided by Y’uns, and children enjoyed a play area with inflatables and face painting.

■ Moms ‘N’ More, a Christian growth group designed to connect mothers of infant and preschool-aged children, will meet 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays beginning Aug. 27 at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. Info: momsnmore@fellowshipknox.org or www.women.fellowshipknox. org.

■ Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike will host a new class of DivorceCare from 6:30-8:30 p.m. beginning Thursday, Sept. 5. Info: care@ fellowshipknox.org.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway hosts weekly “Wednesday Night Dinners and Classes.” Dinner with drink and dessert: $5 for adults, $3 for children, or $16 for the entire family; served at 5:45 p.m. Classes and activities available after dinner for adults, youth and children.

Nursery is available for infants upon request. Dinner reservations/ info: 690-1060.

Bee Friends to celebrate National Honey Month Bee Friends, a local beekeeping group, will be showing the movie “The Vanishing of the Bees” at its Sept. 5 meeting to celebrate National Honey Month. The group meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at the Tazewell campus of Walters State in the auditorium. All are welcome to visit just for the movie or to meet local beekeepers. As you enter the parking lot for Walters State, look for a yellow sign with directions from the parking lot. Coffee and dessert will be served. Info: 6179013.

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Carnival at Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian

By Wendy Smith Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church followed up Rally Sunday with a Kickoff Carnival, complete with a water slide and a dunking booth, to increase awareness of Wednesday night programming August is a great time to get plugged in since school has started and everyone has a new routine, says

Mary Emily Morris, director of children’s ministries.

Wednesday night opportunities at the church include dinner, children’s choir, youth and adult Bible study and a special kickball program for grades 1st through 5th. The kickball is strictly fellowship, she explains.

“It’s Wednesday night.

They’ve learned all day and they’re ready to play.”

Caroline White, Maggie Mewett, Hollis Cazana and Mary Caroline Siegling wait their turn for an obstacle course at Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church’s Wednesday Night Fellowship Kickoff Carnival last week.

Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church Associate Pastor Michael Stanfield gets taken down at the dunking booth – in spite of the suit.

Long-time Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church member Nancy Biddle enjoys the Kickoff Carnival with Allie Harmon. Photos by Wendy Smith

Luke Lampley gets a high-five from Chuck Treasure after successfully dropping Pastor Holton Siegling Jr. in the dunking booth.

Don’t be scared: Bulldogs want new competitor for food drive

By Wendy Smith On the surface, Bearden High School’s annual competition against Farragut High School to raise donations for Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee seemed like a friendly extension of the schools’ long-time rivalry.

But last year, after Farragut dropped out of the competition, Bearden’s donation to the food bank went down by $10,000, says Bearden staff member Rachel Harmon.

That doesn’t count the donations Farragut typically brought in. Add that to Katherine Krouse, Bearden High School student body presi- the total, and Second Hardent, brainstorms ways to raise funds for Second Harvest vest received $30,000 less Food Bank of East Tennessee with fellow SGA members. from the school’s drive in Photo by Wendy Smith 2012 than in past years.

Harmon, who is heading up the school’s integration of laptop computers, is a sponsor for Bearden’s Student Government Association and a former leadership Enrolling teacher. Bearden’s SGA and 3-4-5 yr olds leadership classes work together on the food drive. A student recently completed Director a research project on charitable giving that offers an 8301 Brightmoor Court explanation for the dropoff, West Knoxville she says. Research showed 690-2989

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that while most donate to charities based on their intrinsic value, others are more motivated by competition. Without competition from another school, some Bearden students are less likely to give, she says.

Katherine Krouse, Bearden’s student body president, says students have tried to find another competitor, but each school they have approached has turned them down.

“They’re scared,” she says.

Bearden students loved the enthusiasm generated by the annual competition, which continued through the fall until the BHS vs.

FHS football game, where the results were announced.

This would have been the 20th year that the schools competed, if it had continued, says Elaine Streno, executive director of Second Harvest. Until recent years, Farragut dominated the drive.

Losing the competition with Farragut has been hard for Bearden and hard for Second Harvest, she says. But she’s impressed with Bearden’s determination to raise funds in spite

of the loss.

“I’m amazed at how much energy the kids have put into the drive and how much they want to feed the hungry,” says Streno.

The school now relies on smaller fundraising efforts.

Juniors and seniors compete for the opportunity to park in the school’s upper lot. Students pay money to play ping-pong and video games in the West Mall. The “Make a Change” program encourages students to donate spare change during homeroom.

Last year, a new effort called “Ten in Ten” raised $10,000 in ten minutes.

The SGA is brainstorming new ways to bring in funds. They are thinking of selling T-shirts and hosting a benefit concert. Even with the plans, they would like to have a competitor for the food drive. The worst thing that could happen to a school that was willing to challenge Bearden in the drive is that the school might lose.

“There’s no bad thing (that could happen),” says Krouse.

“We would raise money, have a competition, and it would be more fun!”

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Harmon worries that Bearden’s donation will be even smaller this year since the school has lost a large donor. She encourages Bearden families to donate during the school’s Spirit Week, Sept.

9-13.

Checks can also be mailed to the school at 8352 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, 37919, attention to Rachel Harmon, and payable to Bearden High School or Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee.

Give blood, save lives Medic Regional Blood Center’s collections facility is closed on Labor Day, which means no collections coming in for area hospitals although shipments will still go out to hospitals. Medic will offer all donors a free Regal Cinema movie pass if they donate Thursday, Aug. 29. Since this is a tailgate party-themed blood drive, all donors will also receive a Vols “Rise to the Top” game day T-shirt. Donors may visit any community drive or one of Medic’s donor centers: 1601 Ailor Ave. and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut.

Aug. 29 blood drives will be held 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Cedar Bluff Kroger; McKay’s Books on Papermill Drive; Texas Roadhouse in Alcoa and Texas Roadhouse in East Knoxville at 3071 Kinzel Way. Donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh 110 pounds or more (16-year-olds weighing at least 120 pounds can donate but must have parental consent) and all donors must have positive identification.

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about Common Core at Pleasant Ridge

By Betsy Pickle There’s nothing common about the enthusiasm over the Common Core initiative at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School.

It started at the top, with principal Jessica Birdsong’s gut reaction to the state’s new educational mandate. “‘What an opportunity,’ I think was my initial thought,” says Birdsong. “What an opportunity for our community, our students and our teachers just to really push ourselves to our potential.”

The previous approach wasn’t so much flawed as incomplete, she says.

“We’re still teaching our kids the same things, we’re just teaching them deeper,” says Birdsong, whose K-2 classes implemented Common Core two years ago.

Birdsong’s excitement has been matched by the Pleasant Ridge faculty so thoroughly that most have had Common Core training, and three of them – 5th grade teacher Beki Proffitt, 1st grade teacher Valerie Gresser and kindergarten teacher Kelli Smith – applied for and were chosen by the state to take the training to become Common Core coaches.

It “is really extraordinary for one school to have that many,” says Birdsong.

“Especially a school with only 27 teachers,” adds Smith.

While the coaches are sharing their knowledge with teachers from throughout the district and the state, “that obviously helped us along at Pleasant Ridge to have these experts ahead of time help us all walk through it,” says Birdsong.

Becoming Common Core coaches required a big time commitment from the teachers, both during the school year and over the summer.

Proffitt, who is a math coach, attended several training sessions in Nashville, and Smith, who’s an ELA (English Language Arts) coach, did her training in Chattanooga. (Gresser was unavailable for the interview.)

This summer, they trained teachers from all over the state Department of Education’s East Region using school facilities in Knox County.

Smith spent four days a week for three weeks, while Proffitt did back-to-back two-day sessions over two weeks because the state had already done some training when it implemented Common Core math the year before.

The total number of teachers trained throughout the state this summer was close to 30,000, Proffitt and Smith said. When they weren’t leading training, they were learning themselves.

Pleasant Ridge Elementary 5th grade teacher Beki Proffitt works with several students during a lesson. Proffitt is also a Common Core coach at the school. Photo Betsy Pickle “We went to extra training beyond that for other content areas because I don’t just teach math, and she doesn’t teach just ELA, we teach everything, so we wanted to know how to do everything,” says Proffitt.

They will continue to coach throughout the year.

“Knoxville has training sessions as well to keep us continually educated,” says Proffitt. “We’ve been part of facilitating different types of sessions and been on committees to get preparations ready.”

“And all three of them are experts in our building, and all of our teachers go to them for advice, suggestions and feedback,” says Birdsong.

Proffitt says she admires the perseverance that the Common Core approach demands of students, and she enjoys seeing them when that light bulb comes on.

“It’s the understanding,” she says.

“It’s not just that they can do it; they know why they’re doing it and what they’re doing.”

She notes that one challenge is that the students are doing it together.

“Our kids are growing up in a society that is very independent and

text-based and computer-based, and they’re usually interacting with a machine and not another person,” she says. “So for a lot of our kids, we’re truly teaching them how to communicate with other people on a regular basis and have them disagree helpfully, and I think that’s uncomfortable for some kids.”

Smith says Common Core can create a cooperative setting.

“Part of Common Core is having a respectful culture where the kids interact and learn with each other,” she says. “It’s no longer where they sit by themselves and see if they know it, but they actually communicate with each other about how they came up with their answer.

“You’ll hear them saying things such as, ‘Well, I understand where you’re coming from, but I disagree because …’ or, ‘I respectfully challenge you on this problem because I came up with this answer.’ They’re communicating with each other in a way that makes them responsible for their learning.

“They sort of learn as a unit now.

That’s one of the things that I feel like we all really had to get used to. … When I was learning, you just sat at your desk, and you did your worksheet by yourself. And now it’s great to have a noisy classroom when your

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students are talking back and forth, having informational conversations with each other.

“That’s a part of this Common Core that I think is really going to revolutionize learning for kids because they have to be able to go back and forth between their work and their learning. It’s not just, ‘I solved the problem; now I’m done.’ So I think that they do work more together. It’s a more fun place to be now.”

Smith has found that Common Core is particularly challenging for kindergarten students.

“The truth is that teaching things more deeply is harder for them, but that’s not a bad thing,” she says. “They learn more when they have just a little bit of struggle time, and they learn it from themselves. They figure it out and they own information now.”

Making computers available so that students can demonstrate their knowledge is a concern for Birdsong.

“Technology’s a big push for us.

We are trying to concentrate our resources to make sure that we can provide that technology for our students. We are always wanting more and needing more. It’s never enough, and it’s never new enough.

“It’s expensive to make sure our students are prepared adequately, and it’s hard to keep up.”

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Fulton quarterback Penny Smith carries the ball downfield for the Falcons during the recent Kick-Off Classic. The Falcons face three tough opponents on the road for their first three games – Powell, Bearden and Austin-East – before playing on their home field Sept. 13 against Farragut. Pho-

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Character is bountiful The new school year kicked off last week for Knox County, and the only way I could be more excited is if my own child actually went to a school in this county.

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Students all around Knoxville are starting with a clean slate and a renewed work ethic after the summer break. I can’t wait to see what they’ll accomplish this year. Fall is in the air, and football is about to start. This is a sign of fall festivals, school carnivals and pep rallies with lots of photo opportunities!

A star at West Hills Elementary This month, West Hills Elementary School 4th grader Lydia Baxter is excited about more than just school. She plays the role of Becky Thatcher in Knoxville Children’s Theatre’s adaptation of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.”

“The curtain call is the best part of acting,” Lydia said. “It’s a good way of thanking people for coming to the play.”

Lydia has no previous acting experience but has always enjoyed being in front of a crowd, says mom Eileen Sullivan.

“She rehearses up to three hours a day, five days a week. “She’s put in so much work, but she hasn’t

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Lydia would encourage other folks her age to try out for the theater, but she warns that “it takes a lot of work to get a good play,” she said. “And everyone likes a good play.”

“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” will run at Knoxville Children’s Theatre through Saturday, Aug. 31.

Info: www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com or call 599-5284.

Sequoyah School recognized again Last year when Sequoyah Elementary School was recognized as one of 10 Reward schools in Knox County for both performance and progress by the Tennessee State Department of Education, Alisha Hinton was kicking off her first year as the school’s principal. Now that the school has been recognized for the second year in a row as a Reward School, Hinton has a bigger stake in the claim.

Hinton has planned a pizza lunch this week for the staff. A larger celebration is planned with the students during the first week of September. The school was one of five Reward schools in Knox County.

Hinton’s pride in Sequoyah Elementary is abundant.

“It truly is a special little school doing amazing things for kids each day,” she said.

Tennessee Fury 5th grade girls basketball team members are (lying) Jahniya Bussell; (front) Reagan Tate, Claire Wyatt, Sarah Satterfield; (middle row) ) Emily Thompson, Madison Hodge, Emma Marion, Emma Stone, Madee Denton; (back) assistant coaches Swan Tate and Greg Hodge and head coach Scotty Wyatt. Photo submitted

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are national champs Tennessee Fury 5th-grade girls basketball team won the AAU National Championship last month.

The team, made up of 5th graders from all over East Tennessee, played teams from Ohio, Virginia, Massachusetts, Indiana and New York before beating San Gabriel Valley from California in the championship game. Its tournament record was 8-0.

Tennessee Fury is a faith-based AAU basketball organization founded to physically and spiritually impact youth through competitive athletics. Info: www. tnfury.com.

Austin-East senior Michael McMahan makes a catch and heads down the field during the Kick-Off Classic at Neyland Stadium. Austin-East traveled to Grace Christian for the first game of the season and will host Anderson County at home Aug. 30 and conference rival Fulton on Sept. 6.

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freshman Jacob Sobota, both medaled in at least one of the competitions in which they participated.

Josh won first place in the discus and third place in shotput. Before the competition, he practiced four days a week. Upon winning, he discovered he also unofficially set a new national record.

“If you like something, you should just do it,” he said.

Josh plans to continue competing in high school and during college.

Jacob placed fifth in the pole vault and says he enjoys competing because “you get to see how your pays off.”

Brothers medal at practice Jacob hopes his athletiAAU Jr. Olympics cism combined with his The Knoxville Youth academic success will realAthletics track and field ly help with college scholteam recently competed arships. He would encourin the AAU Junior Olym- age other folks his age to pics in Detroit. West Valley try their hand at whatever Middle School 8th grader sport interests them, but to Josh Sobota and his broth- “do it the right way, so you er, Bearden High School don’t get hurt.”

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Wadhawan places high on exam Webb School of Knoxville junior Sanchit Wad hawan placed 10th on the Algebra II exam at this year’s Te n n e s s e e Mathmatics Te a c h e r s ’ Wadhawan Association statewide high school mathematics contest. Sanchit was one of 69 high school students to take the exam.

He placed second at the UT test site and fourth in the East Tennessee Regional.

Pancake breakfast A pancake breakfast will be held to benefit the Bearden High School cheerleaders 8-10 a.m. Satur-

day, Aug. 31, at Aubrey’s Papermill location, 6005 Brookvale Lane. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased from any football cheerleader, or call the school at 539-7800.

new address is at the Lincoln Park Technology Center, 535 Chickamauga Ave. GED testing is provided each week in the morning and the evening. The GED test is changing next year, and the deadline for keepChallenge Grants ing scores is December.

The test costs $65. Info: available The Knoxville Parks and 281-2602 or 281-2608.

Recreation Department is accepting applications for its 2013-14 Challenge Grant Program, which offers grants to nonprofit projects ■ Marvelene Moore, a associated with public parks professor who specializes in or recreation facilities withclassroom in the city limits. music for The grants are available students in this year to 501(c)(3), 501(c) kindergarten (4), and 501(c)(6) status through community groups, home8th grade, owner associations, schools, has rescout troops and other orceived the ganizations. Recipients of a Lowell MaChallenge grant will be reson Fellow Moore imbursed 50 percent of the

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The deadline for applications is Monday, Sept. 16. Applicants will be notified and announced by Wednesday, Oct. 16. All project work must be completed by Friday, May 30, 2014. Info/applications: www.cityof knoxville.org/ recreation/challengegrant. pdf or 215-2017.

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Assistant DA says child-abuse cases almost always drug related Charme Knight told members of the Rotary Club of West Knoxville last week that she and the people she works with “wish we could work ourselves right out of a job.”

Anne Hart Knox County Assistant DA Charme Knight speaks to the Rotary Club of West Knoxville.

Now chief of the Child Abuse Unit in the Knox County District Attorney General’s Office, Knight related real-life horror stories of some of the thousands of child-abuse cases she has handled during a career in public service that started in 1989, when she was still in law school and was hired as a student clerk by thenAttorney General Ed Dossett.

Knight said when she took that first job there was one detective in the city and one in the county assigned to child-abuse issues. To-

County Beer Board Knox County Beer Board will consider revocation of license for three West Knox establishments at 1 p.m. today (Aug. 26) at the City County Building. All were cited by the Sheriff’s Office for a first offense: ■ Ebenezer Foodmart, 600 Ebenezer Road ■ Westland Market, 9233 Westland Drive ■ Rocky Top Market, 2064 Castaic Drive

BEARDEN NOTES ■ Downtown Speakers Club meets 11:45 a.m. every Monday at TVA West Towers, ninth floor, room 225. Currently accepting new members. Info: Jerry Adams, 202-0304.

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day the city and county each have eight detectives assigned to child-abuse and domestic-violence cases.

The attorney general’s office has three full-time attorneys and one part-time attorney assigned to prosecute the cases.

“Our team processed 1,008 child-abuse cases last year and saw 770 children sent to foster care,” Knight told the group, adding that almost 100 percent of childabuse cases are drug related.

“About 8.3 million children in the U.S. are being raised by parents who are addicted to drugs. That’s about three children in every Knox County classroom.

Children of drug-addicted parents are three times more likely to be abused than other children and about four times more likely to become addicted to drugs themselves,” Knight said.

Knight said her career was an obvious choice. Her grandfather was the sheriff of the small Georgia county where she grew up, “and our dinner-table conversation was about law enforcement and the criminal-justice system.”

She received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from West Georgia College and a law degree from the University of Tennessee.

Throughout her career she has handled thousands of cases in both sessions court and criminal court.

Knight has announced that she is a candidate for the district attorney’s seat in the 2014 election.

Barrett is new TPO engineer Tarren Barrett has joined the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Orga n i zat ion (TPO) as a transportation engineer. Barrett will be reTarren Barrett viewing development plans and traffic impact studies, managing data collection efforts and helping facilitate

special committees.

She previously worked for the Lakeway Metropolitan Planning Organization and spent six month in TDOT’s Office of Community Transportation.

She holds a master’s degree in civil engineering, and served as a civil engineer officer in Afghanistan with the Tennessee Air National Guard.

The Knoxville native has two boys, both less than 4 years old.

■ West Knox Lions Club meets 6:30 p.m. each first and third Monday at Sullivan’s in Franklin Square, 9648 Kingston Pike.

■ West Knoxville Kiwanis Club meets 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Shoney’s on Walker Springs Road.

Mentors sought for tnAchieves High school students can receive “last dollar” scholarships to attend a two-year community college free through the tnAchieves program.

Last week Metro Nashville joined tnAchieves, which now is in 27 counties.

Details are at www.tnachieves.org/, but basically mentors work with four or five students.

“Zip code and family circumstances should not dictate a child’s future, and nashvilleAchieves helps make sure students aren’t held back by an inability to pay college tuition,” said Nashville Mayor Karl Dean.

The program was founded in 2008 by Knoxvillian Randy Boyd, primary owner of Pet Safe.

Students must agree to complete at least eight hours of community service each semester while in the program.

Dr. Bill Bass, University of Tennessee professor emeritus and founder of the Forensic Anthropology Research Center (also known as the Body Farm), left, and Jon Jefferson clown it up in a publicity shot for their new book, “Cut to the Bone.” They will be the speakers at the Farragut West Knoxville Chamber Breakfast Series in September.

Bass and Jefferson to introduce new book at Chamber breakfast

By Sherri Gardner Howell Dr. Bill Brockton is back, and fans of the Body Farm mystery series will find the new book turns back the clock.

Farragut West Knox Chamber members can get the “scoop” on the storyline the first day the book goes on sale and hear the writing team of Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson talk about their newest novel, “Cut to the Bone.”

The duo will speak at the Chamber Breakfast Series at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Fox Den Country Club.

Dr. Bass has been a friend of the Chamber for years and has again agreed to be the breakfast speaker on the day his new book is released, said Julie Predny.

Bass and Jefferson team up to write the Body Farm books under the pen name Jefferson Bass.

In “Cut to the Bone,” the writers go back to 1992 to reveal the creation of the Body Farm and catch a serial killer.

After their presentation, Bass and Jefferson will sign books. Tickets for the breakfast are on sale by calling the chamber office at 675-7057 or by registering online at www.FarragutChamber.com. Tickets are $30 for chamber members, $40 for prospective members and guests, with tables of 10 available for $275.

Reservations are required by Thursday, Sept.

19. The Chamber will donate 15 percent to a charity of Dr. Bass’ choice. Presenting sponsors are Highland Memorial Park Funerals and Cremations and the town of Farragut. Community sponsors are Tennessee State Bank and Enrichment Federal Credit Union.

Bernard Rosenblatt is the new board chair for the Knoxville Museum of Art. He has served on the museum’s board since 2005 when Rosenblatt he retired as executive director of the Knoxville Jewish Alliance.

“The KMA is going through tremendous changes right now and I am excited to serve as board chair during this time,” said Rosenblatt.

“It is a privilege to serve with such a dedicated board and professional staff.

“With our 25th anniversary campaign to enhance, repair and complete our remarkable building, and installing the most ambitious and monumental figural glass sculpture anywhere by Richard Jolley, we are evolving to a new level.

“The bar has been raised and I look forward to being a part of this transformation.

“It is exciting not only for the museum, but for the entire city of Knoxville and surrounding areas.”

Rosenblatt received a bachelor’s degree in theater arts from the University of Miami, a master’s in speech and drama from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in theater arts/education from the University of Missouri.

NEWS FROM PREMIER SURGICAL News from Rural/Metro

■ Knox County Democratic Women’s Club meets 6 p.m. each second Tuesday at Shoney’s on Western Avenue.

New members are welcome.

Info: 742-8234.

■ UT Toastmasters Club meets at noon every Tuesday at the Knoxville Convention Center on Henley Street in room 218. Currently accepting new members. Info: Sara Martin, 603-4756.

Rosenblatt to lead KMA in 25th year

Knox County fire prevention specialist Larry Wilder, Rural/ Metro operations manager Jim Carico and Rural/Metro market general manager Dennis Rowe pass out fire badges at the second annual Mayor’s Back-to-School Bash at the Knoxville Expo Center Aug. 12. Photo submitted

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By Rob Webb With the new school year u n d e r w a y, it’s an appropriate time to remind drivers and parents of the increased accident risk as stuWebb dents walk, bicycle and ride school buses to and from school.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates 600,000 students ride school buses in Tennessee each class day, and hundreds of thousands more walk or ride bicycles.

State and national statistics show a positive trend down in the number of children involved in accidents in and near school zones. State figures indicate a seven percent decrease in school zone accidents from 2008 to 2012. Added good news is that school bus-related wrecks dropped by almost 74 percent during the same period.

However, everyone would agree that even one child injured or killed on

their way to school is too many. For Rural/Metro’s paramedics and emergency medical technicians, calls to respond to an accident involving children are among the most dreaded.

Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers issued 5,247 citations to drivers related to school traffic last school year, almost 1,400 more citations than the year before. That figure does not include tickets written by city and county officers. Both Sheriff Jimmy “JJ” Jones and KPD Chief David Rausch have pledged an increased police presence the first few weeks of school.

While officers certainly focus on enforcing speed limits in school zones, the enforcement effort extends to include drivers taking children to school and those around school buses. A little extra vigilance and caution can prevent a tragedy.

Slow down in school zones, and be extra watchful around school buses and at drop off points and other spots where children gather.

For parents, there are great tips about pedestrian and bicycle safety online at www.walktoschool.org.

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CONTINUING The new Williams Family Giraffe Encounter at the Knoxville Zoo is open 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. daily (giraffes permitting). At the two-story-tall covered deck in the Grasslands Africa! area, guests can purchase a treat for $5 and feed it to the zoo’s giraffes, Jumbe, Patches and Lucille. Info: www.knoxville-zoo. org.

UT’s Ewing Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd., will exhibit “Thirty-two,” works by 32 UT faculty from the College of Architecture and Design, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, with extended hours Mondays and Thursdays, through Aug. 29.

Tennessee Valley Fair’s deadline for entry in the Cheerleading & Dance Competition, 10 a.m. Sept.

7 at Homer Hamilton Theater, is Aug. 28. Registration deadline for all pageants (Tiny Tot, Little Miss, Princess, Baby Contest, Junior Fairest of the Fair and Fairest of the Fair) is Aug. 29. Visit TNValleyFair. org for info and registration. The fair is Sept. 6-15 at Chilhowee Park.

Adult fall league volleyball team registration through the City of Knoxville Parks and Recreation Department is open through Aug. 28. Register at the KPRD office, 917A E. Fifth Ave., and pay by cash, check or money order. Info: www.eteamz.com/cokathletics.

The Arts & Culture Alliance will host “From the Expansive to the Intricate” and a side-by-side exhibition of works by the Artists Association of Monroe County and young artists from VSA Arts Tennessee through Aug. 30 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. “Expansive” features large and small-scale works

by Kathy Holland and Althea Murphy-Price. Exhibit hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St., will feature clay pieces by Linda Sullivan and paintings by Linda Johnson through Aug. 31. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday; 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Friday; and 1-5 pm. Sunday.

“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” adapted from Mark Twain’s classic novel and directed by Dennis E. Perkins, will be presented through Saturday, Aug. 31, by the Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 Churchwell Ave. Performances are 7 p.m. Aug. 29 and 30; and 1 and 5 p.m. Aug. 31. Tickets are $12 ($10 for adult/child entering together). Reservations: 599-5284 or tickets@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

The 2013 Knoxville Film Festival, set for Sept.

19-22 at Downtown West, has a registration deadline for the Student Film Competition of Sept. 1. Info: knoxvillefilmfestival.com.

“Painted Glimpses of Olde Knoxville,” works by the late Patricia Sprouls, will be on display through Monday, Sept. 2, at the Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

Tennessee Artists Association People’s Choice Exhibit featuring paintings and photography by 25 artists is on display through Sept. 27 at the DENSO Gallery at Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Monday-Friday. Artist reception is 5-8 p.m. Sept. 27.

“Of Sword and Pen,” an exhibit of regional artifacts and documents from the Civil War era, is on display at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St., through Sunday, Oct. 13. The center is open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive, has a mini-exhibit of hand-colored prints of birds from Australia by 19th-century illustrator John Gould on display through Jan. 5, 2014. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

MONDAY, AUG. 26 STAR (Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of

Riding), 11800 Highway 11E, Lenoir City, is seeking volunteers to help with horseback-riding lessons for special-needs children and adults. Junior Vol Training (ages 10-12) is 5-7 p.m. No horse experience is necessary.

Info: www.rideatstar.org or Melissa James, 988-4711.

Tennessee Shines will feature the Honeycutters and Mark Kroos 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: $10, available at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets. com. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6 p.m. Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free. Info: WDVX.com.

SATURDAY, AUG. 31 Putnam County Habitat for Humanity’s Mud Run starts at 9 a.m. at Cane Creek Park in Cookeville.

Five-member teams navigate 19 obstacles on a muddy 5k course. Register: www.habitatmudrun.com. Day-of registration not available.

A Fairy Tea Party recommended for ages 3-10 starts at 1 p.m. at Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Fairies will decorate toadstool cupcakes, make their own forest trail mix and plant a fairy teacup garden. Cost: $20 per fairy. Space is limited. Register at 577-4717, ext. 110.

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MONDAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 26-27 AARP Driver Safety Course will be 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, 900 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Open to anyone 50 or over.

Register with Jim Norton, 233-3442.

TUESDAY, AUG. 27 Women’s Connection Fall Bible Studies will be held Tuesdays through Nov. 12 at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. Registration is at the church; online class registration closes Sept. 10. Info: women. fellowshipknox.org.

Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Indiana, 1977-2013), recently named as a Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree, will present the Ashe Lecture at 1:30 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium of UT’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 1640 Cumberland Ave. Free. Parking at Vol Hall ($2/hour).

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

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

Square Dance Center, 828 Tulip St., will offer an introduction to square dance at 6:30 p.m. Free barbecue. Dancing takes place 7-8:15 p.m. Tuesdays; admission $5. Open enrollment for beginners’ square dance classes will be Sept. 3-17; first two weeks free. Info: R.G. Pratt, 947-3238.

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

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28 American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike, offers weekly information sessions on nurse assistant, EKG and phlebotomy training 10-11 a.m. Info: 8623508.

Knoxville Writers’ Group will meet 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Naples Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. Members will read from their memoirs and other works in progress.

All-inclusive lunch: $12. RSVP by Aug. 26 to 983-3740.

A March on Washington remembrance event will be at 5:30 p.m. on the lawn of the Harvest Plaza, the former Five Points Shopping Center, 2410 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. The 30-minute program will include a presentation of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech and remarks by locals who were present at the march 50 years ago.

FRIDAY, AUG. 30 The FARM Knoxville Farmers Market is open 3-6 p.m. at Laurel Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike.

Lisa Kurtz: 36 Years in Clay: A Retrospective Show & Benefit for Alzheimer’s Disease will have an opening reception 5:30-9 p.m. at the District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike. The show continues through Sept.

27. Info: 200-4452 or www.TheDistrictGallery.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, AUG. 30-31 FocusFest 2013 begins with a 6 p.m. Aug. 30 concert featuring the Wayne Matthews Band, Grady Milligan, Vincent Charlow and others at Centerpointe Church, 2909 N. Broadway. It concludes Aug. 31 with the Changing Families Walk-a-Thon at Victor Ashe Park, 4901 Bradshaw Road; registration at 10 a.m., walk at 10:30 a.m. The fundraiser is for Focus Group Ministries, which tries to help inmates become better parents. Info: 694-3837 or www.focusgroupministries.com.

Boomsday begins at 1 p.m. along Neyland Drive at Volunteer Landing with family activities and food vendors. Paddleboard 101 classes are at 1 and 3 p.m.

NatureRaised Farms Performance Stage: 2:30-4 p.m.

Soulfinger, 5 p.m. Cerebral Mechanics Dance Crew, 7-8 p.m. Amanda Cramer. Fireworks begin at 9:30 p.m.; music simulcast on Star 102.1, with live TV broadcast on WBIR. Nominal charges for food, beverages and games.

Info: www.boomsday.org.

The Wild Thyme Players will hold a drop-in acting and theater-performance class for ages 16 and up 3-5 p.m. at the Broadway Academy of Performing Arts, 706 N. Broadway: Acting on Stage & on Film with Andi Maria Morrow, actor/director. Cost: $10 ($8 students, seniors, military). Info: 325-9877 or director@ wildthymeplayers.org.

The Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Ave., will host the sixth annual Boomsday, Bluegrass and Barbecue Celebration. Tours of the historic home begin at 6 p.m., with dinner served at 7:30 p.m. Alcohol is BYOB. Guests will have a hilltop view of the fireworks. Tickets: $60 (children under 12 free when accompanied by adult) at www.mabryhazen.com. Info: 522-8661.

The Volunteer Princess Boomsday Cruise begins boarding at 5:30 p.m. for a 6 p.m. launch of a threehour cruise and four-course dinner, after which the yacht will return to the dock at Volunteer Landing and provide guests with front-row seats for the Boomsday fireworks. Tickets: $134.95 per person; reserved parking $25. Book at www.volunteerprincess.com.

MONDAY, SEPT. 2 Tennessee Shines will feature the Carpenter Family and Sally Barris 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: $10, available at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets.com.

Remaining tickets will be sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6 p.m. Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free. Info: WDVX.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4 Tai Chi for Better Living classes from the Arthritis Foundation, offered by Smoky Mountain Wellness, will have informational open houses. The morning session is 10-11 a.m. at Everett Recreation Center, Room 205, 318 Everett High Road, Maryville, and the evening session is 6-7 p.m. at Springbrook Recreation Center, 1537 Dalton St., Alcoa. Tai Chi classes for all levels begin Sept. 9. Info: 803-8887, fax 982-3808 or www.smokymountainwellness.com.

Music Study Club of Knoxville will present a free recital at 10:30 a.m. at Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike. Organist Brenda Goslee, baritone Charles Barber and violinist Mary Ann Fennell will perform. Reception following.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 5 DC4K (DivorceCare for Kids), a group to help children 5-12 heal from the pain of separation or divorce, will start a 13-week session 6:30-8 p.m. at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. Adult DivorceCare classes will take place concurrently.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 5-22 “Noises Off” by Michael Frayn will be presented at Clarence Brown Theatre. Performances are at 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20 and 21, with 2 p.m. matinees Sept. 8, 15 and 22. Tickets: $12-$40; available at clarencebrowntheatre.com.

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NEWS FROM WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE

Webb’s Upper School “Courtyard of Sparta” (pictured above and below) contains an outdoor classroom, as well as ample gathering space for social interaction and/or quiet reflection and study.

The centerpiece of Webb’s new campus construction is a 35,000-square-foot multipurpose building (pictured above) proximate to the Lower and Middle Schools. The structure will house a K-12 dance studio, a new and enhanced robotics center, a broadcast journalism set and classroom, as well as additional classes for world languages and music. Beyond the classrooms, the building will also hold a new gymnasium, used both for Lower School physical education and interscholastic athletic teams. The multipurpose facility will be completed in August 2014.

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central goal of Webb School is to prepare students to enter into, and be successful and fulfilled at, appropriately competitive colleges and universities around the country.

As a college preparatory school, that is our core business. But beyond that end of an outstanding college experience, Webb is equally Hutchinson committed to an engaging means . . . the daily experience of every Webb student every day . . . and we create programs and foster relationships that support those means. We also support our programs and our students with exceptional facilities to inspire a best effort from all, and the newest phase of campus development that reflects that support is now in full swing.

■ Four distinct projects highlight this latest phase of campus development.

The centerpiece is a 35,000-square-foot multipurpose building, proximate to the Lower and Middle Schools that will house a variety of exciting programs.

This structure will contain a K-12 dance studio, a new and enhanced robotics center, a broadcast journalism set and classroom, as well as additional classes for world languages and music. Beyond the classrooms, the building will also hold a new gymnasium, used both for Lower School physical education and interscholastic athletic teams. Webb’s multipurpose facility will be completed in August 2014.

■ The second project is an expansion and enhancement to the Upper School, including a new front entrance to the building, an expanded weight training facility, and some additional study space.

Construction will be completed in January 2014.

■ The third undertaking is an outdoor pavilion adjacent to Webb’s Lower School.

This structure will enable Lower School classes to be held outside and will provide sheltered outdoor space for social and recreational interaction. The outdoor pavilion will be finished by mid-October 2013.

Spartan (the school mascot), crafted entirely from scrap iron, stainless steel, and copper. This project is complete and already being enjoyed by students.

Exceptional facilities are not a prerequisite for a quality education, but being able to study and learn on a campus that is designed to inspire one’s best is an advantage for any student, and certainly having specific facilities ■ Finally, the fourth project is to support specific activities – i.e. a courtyard centered within robotics, broadcast journalism, dance, science, world languages – our Upper School building. is important.

This courtyard contains an Webb takes great pride in the outdoor classroom, as well as work of our students and our ample gathering space for social interaction and/or quiet reflection faculty, and we invest in and and study. The courtyard’s feature design our facilities to best ensure that their work is supported. attraction is an eight-foot-high

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Running out of air The surprising reason why Butch DeBord couldn’t catch his breath Symptoms Tucked away in West Knoxville, not too far from the noise and bustle of busy streets and business as usual, Butch DeBord sits in a home on a little piece of paradise. It’s family farmland with fields of green and a garden spilling over with colorful flowers.

He drinks it all in with the appreciation only a man of his age can. He’s 65 years old – retirement age – and the things he’s experienced have caused him to understand how precious being alive and at peace can be.

Aside from the usual lifelong journey of experiences, Butch and his wife, Julia, have had to overcome some health obstacles to keep their quality of life. Most recently, Butch had aortic valve replacement at Parkwest Medical Amy Dale, R.N., and exercise Center. He remembers when he first started to physiologist Rhonnda have some problems.

Cloinger are part of the “I would lie down and I’d start having team helping Butch DeBord breathing issues,” Butch recalls. “I thought it and other heart patients was just stress and didn’t pay any attention to through successful cardiac it. One day my breathing was worse and I told rehabilitation. my wife ‘I probably ought to get this checked.’ ” Butch went to Parkwest, where tests showed his heart seemed to be in full working order, but fluid had accumulated around his On days when Butch DeBord isn’t at cardiac rehab, heart and lungs. A successful procedure took he walks the long driveway at his farm or works the care of that and Butch went back home and on treadmill, things he couldn’t have done just a few about his business. months ago.

But in February of this year, the breathing problems cropped up again on a Sunday afternoon. He waited to see if his breathing would explained the diagnosis further to Butch. “He quickly, it also happened very successfully. get better the next day. It didn’t.

“Dr. Pollard did a fantastic job. I couldn’t said it was leaking very badly,” Butch says. “On a scale of 1 to 4 with 4 being the worst, he said have been more pleased,” Butch says. “The Diagnosis whole experience with Parkwest – and I’m I was a 4.”

Finding himself back at Parkwest, Butch saying this in all sincerity – was just absolutely learned his heart was racing at 138 beats per Treatment the best. I just couldn’t have asked for better minute. When cardiologist Nicholas XenopouAs serious as it sounded, Dr. Pollard said treatment.” los, M.D., went in to shock Butch’s heart back to a normal pace, a scope was run, revealing surgery could wait a few days if Butch had Rehab things to take care of before going into the hosthat Butch had an aortic valve leak.

Butch says he was equally pleased with the A leaking (or regurgitant) aortic valve sends pital. However, Dr. Pollard had an opening for 6 a.m. the next day.

Butch took it.

Parkwest Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabiliblood flowing in two directions – out through “I’m not the type of person that worries tation Center.

Cardiac rehab is an important the aorta to the body or backwards from the aorta into the left ventricle when the ventricle about stuff like that. Never gave it a second piece in the recovery puzzle for patients like relaxes. The heart has to do more work to com- thought,” Butch says. “They might as well have Butch. Patients who participate in the rehab pensate for the volume and pressure of blood told me they were going to pull one of my teeth. program tend to recover more fully, more in the left ventricle. This can sometimes cause I’m a person of faith.” He says he and his wife quickly and adapt tools to keep them healththe walls of the ventricle to thicken and be less have adopted a philosophy about hurdles like ier, which means they’re less likely to wind up effective. That can lead to heart failure. Aortic this one. “I have a great doctor, a great God back in the hospital.

“I went down there and I didn’t know what regurgitation can also result in the aorta bulg- and nothing to worry about.”

So Butch was admitted to the hospital to expect,” Butch remembers. “You know, you ing or developing weak spots susceptible to and the next morning received a new aortic kind of stumble through to start with because aortic aneurysm.

Thoracic surgeon Thomas Pollard, M.D., valve from a cow. While it all happened very you don’t know what’s going on or why you’re

doing this.” He questioned whether he’d be able to do what the rehab staff asked him to.

He needn’t have worried.

“They are just so good, and I was so impressed with their professionalism,” says Butch. He was also impressed at the way the patients are monitored. “You think they’re not watching you, but they are,” keeping a close eye on the heart rate of every participant and paying attention to make sure everyone is getting just the right amount of physical activity.

But the exercise was only one part of what made a difference for Butch. He took advantage of the education offered there, as well.

“You go for an hour of exercise, but you have an hour of classroom time, too.” Butch says.

“It’s just such a comprehensive program.”

Patients who go through Parkwest’s cardiac rehab program learn everything they need to know about living a healthy life after heart surgery. That includes diet, how to order at restaurants, stress management, potential reactions to medications, fall prevention, monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol, and more.

“My notebook is still right there with all my handouts,” Butch points to a binder near the couch. “That’s kind of my little encyclopedia I go back to, to refresh my memory.”

Lifestyle change Butch says he and his wife are living healthier lives now. He’s more careful about what he eats and exercises at least five days a week.

“I bought a treadmill, I have my driveway I can walk on here at home,” Butch says. “I’m up to 15-pound hand weights.”

And he was so impressed with Parkwest Cardiac Rehabilitation Center he’s decided to keep it as a part of his healthy lifestyle.

“I’ve opted to go back, I’m going down there two days a week on my own,” says Butch. “I don’t think my recovery would be near what it is today if I hadn’t gone through Parkwest rehab. That’s why I’m going back. I want to keep it up because it’s been so good.”

Butch says he feels much better, and breathing is no longer an issue. His advice to anyone who may be experiencing symptoms of a heart problem is don’t wait. Take action and take care of your health.

“I’m 65 and I’d like to think that I’ve got several more years on this earth, so I want to be in as good a health as I can be,” Butch says. “I’m married to a very wonderful lady, we’ve been married for 42 years and if I had my choice I’d like to spend another 42 with her.”

The road to recovery begins with cardiac and pulmonary rehab Butch DeBord went to Parkwest Medical Center because he was experiencing shortness of breath, and that’s one of the primary symptoms of valve disease. In such cases, doctors This congenital birth defect is characterized by an aortic valve that will do an echocardiogram. Amy Dale, RN, says if the results has only two flaps (a normal aortic valve has three flaps). If the valve are abnormal (indicating a large amount of leakage from a Bicuspid aortic valve becomes narrowed, it is more difficult for the blood to flow through, valve) a tranesophageal echocardiogram is typically ordered and often the blood leaks backward. Symptoms usually do not develop to get an even closer look at the valve prior to surgery. during childhood, but are often detected during the adult years.

“To replace a valve is an even bigger surgery than coroMitral valve prolapse (also This disease is characterized by the bulging of one or both of the mitral nary bypass graft surgery,” Dale says, “because it truly is known as click-murmur syndrome, valve flaps during the contraction of the heart. One or both of the flaps open heart surgery, a more invasive procedure.”

Barlow’s syndrome, balloon mitral may not close properly, allowing the blood to leak backward. This may Dale says Butch also had a procedure called bilateral valve or floppy valve syndrome) result in a mitral regurgitation murmur. maze ablation due to an abnormal cardiac rhythm called atrial fib.

Often caused by a past history of rheumatic fever, this condition is “Caring for Butch involved a multidisciplinary approach Mitral valve stenosis characterized by a narrowing of the mitral valve opening, increasing in cardiac rehab,” says Dale, who was Butch’s certified nurse resistance to blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle. case manager. After a period of recuperation, he met with This type of valve disease occurs primarily in the elderly and is exercise physiologist Rhonnda Cloinger, who helped take Aortic valve stenosis characterized by a narrowing of the aortic valve opening, increasing Butch from exercising about 30 minutes a day to 60 minresistance to blood flow from the left ventricle to the aorta. utes a day. His intensity also increased and he regained his This condition is characterized by a pulmonary valve that does not open confidence.

Pulmonary stenosis sufficiently, causing the right ventricle to pump harder and enlarge.

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“This information is analyzed by a nurse and if anything ap- constantly reviewing and adjusting exercise prescriptions.

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By Carol Zinavage It was a great night for Suzani Styles and YoungWilliams Animal Center when the Dog Days of August fashion show was held recently on Market Square.

The sultry heat underscored the name of the event, but many folks came out to see models in fabulous Suzani Styles boots and shoes, accompanied by adopted and adoptable dogs.

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The mastermind behind the event was April Montgomery, who owns Suzani Styles in Bearden.

She had done a similar show in Nashville with animal rescue group Agave, and says it was “a great event. I wanted to do something like that here.” Suzani Styles has recently begun offering dog collars after a client requested some to go with her six pairs of Suzani boots. The boots are made in Istanbul, Turkey, by three different designers, all Turkish.

Montgomery often visits the Middle East to oversee fabric selection and design. Photos by Carol

Enjoying the event are downtown resident Pepper Bobo, and Lilly and Allee Faulkner of Sevierville. Dog Tessa shows that she likes to pose, too!

Jennifer Hughes and Ribeye, a therapy dog, wow the crowd.

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Little Oona Morris, 3, kicks up her booted heels with Kelli Ryman and Mr. Martini.

Oona’s mom Karly said the little girl “thought it was going to be a pretend fashion show, but she loved getting her hair and makeup done.

She’s the biggest girly girl!”

Jason Morris of West Knoxville brought Zoe out to see the show. Zoe was more concerned with a dog she spotted to her right.

Heather Pace is proud to partner with handsome Ledger, who was rescued by the side of the road in Ohio.

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Cab diesel, 4WD, HARLEY DAVIDSON 6/24/13. 423-718-9587 FLSTC 2010, Heritage Call 865-368-1359; slider hitch, good www.bresbullies.com 865-546-2768 cond, only 35K mi. soft tail, beautiful red ***Web ID# 291982*** w/many HD access.

Warr. to 72K mi.

Queen Sleigh bed Only 4K mi., adult $27K. 865-983-4003 German Shepherd w/Sleep Number ***Web ID# 292272*** owned, asking $14,000.

Puppies, AKC, vet ckd, mattress & base, Call 865-805-8038.

1st shots, $350. 423raises at both ends, 2007 Holiday Rambler 625-3500; 423-248-8109 $1300. DR beveled 5th wheel, 36' w/4 HARLEY Wide Glide ***Web ID# 292650*** 2012, 2K mi, glass top wrought slide outs, like new, $12,000. iron table, round, $30,000. 865-599-1905 German Shepherd 423-237-2508 small shelf underPuppies, European, neath, 4 padded 2008 JAYCO Octane Honda Goldwing 2002 AKC, ready to go in toy hauler 30', Onan chairs, $150. Futon, 2 wks, $600-$800. 865Pearl Orange, new 4000 onboard gen., almost new $75. Coffee 679-6344 eisenhofer tires/battery, hitch, 30 gal fueling station, table & matching end CB, records, $9500. kennels.com queen bed in master tables, w/drawers, ***Web ID# 293674*** 865-919-2333 bdrm, 2 queen beds stone-look tops, $75. ***Web ID# 290713*** in rear, elec. awning, 865-882-6755 PIT BULL PUPS, screen rm, outside YAMAHA Virago 1997, registered, blue & shower, full kitchen, white. $250. Phone Household Appliances 204a 25K mi., good tires, $20,000 obo. 865-388-7089 423-625-9192 custom paint, sissi bar, ***Web ID# 288888*** $3800 obo. 865-281-9556.

SHELTIE PUPPIES, ***Web ID# 289987*** SPRINTER 2004, 30' 1M & 1F, sable, 9 Bunkhouse Model, wks, vet ckd, AKC 303BH, no pets or reg., $500. 423-907-4040 238a smokers, $9,500. ATV’s ***Web ID# 292493*** 865-356-6368 2004 HONDA 350 ATV, SIBERIAN HUSKY 4WD, only 906 mi, AKC Pups, champion $2,950.

Motor Homes 237 lines, shots, $500-$600.

865-705-2576 865-256-2763 2001 E. Magnolia Ave. ***Web ID# 294447*** 2000 Winnebago Journey, 36' with slide out, diesel, Freightliner, Repairable Wrecks 249 Free Pets 145 Sewing Machines 211 KVH satellite.

BUICK CENTURY $43,000.

865-376-3064 SINGER 29K shoe 2005, with 91K act. cobbler machine, 2002 Holiday Rambler ADOPT! mi., $1800 obo. Call sews good, $450.

865Looking for an addi865-690-2782 Class C, 39,248 mi, 2 368-9828 bef. 7pm. tion to the family? slides, jacks, $32,500.

Visit Young-Williams 865-938-8456; 312-3938 Animal Center, the Antiques 216 2007 31' Four Winds Autos Wanted 253 official shelter for Knoxville & Hurricane, 2 slides, A BETTER CASH Knox County.

ANTIQUE DR Suit, Triton V-10 gas, OFFER for junk cars, over 100 yrs old, 14,700 mi, factory trucks, vans, running Call 215-6599 exc cond, $800. Call cruise, auto leveling, or not. 865-456-3500 or visit 865-379-6626 gen., backup camera, hitch, non smoking, knoxpets.org no pets, very clean, Utility Trailers 255 218 much more. $39,000.

FREE TO GOOD Bicycles Located in SevierHOME, mediumCLOSED CARGO / ville. 574-780-1502 Rhodes Car sized female dog, NEW MOTORCYCLE / Quadracycle, dual 7 ***Web ID# 292919*** about 5 yrs old. 789etc. trailer w/rear spd, fully equipped, 4808 ramp door. 3 ft. sell $3,000, pd $4200. BERKSHIRE 2008, Sharp V nose. Special diesel, 4 slides, 38 865-379-6626 ordered w/two 5000 ft., garage kept.

Farmer’s Market 150 lb. axle & 6 lug $98,000. 865-992-3547 hubs. 30 amp hook or 776-1991.

Boats Motors 232 18' Trlr, HD, ramps, up w/interior wall ***Web ID# 291478*** elec brakes, dbl axle, plugs & 2 ceiling dove tail, $1800 obo. lights. Spare tire. AskBOUNDER 1992, 34', 865-922-0690; 363-8087 ing $4000. 865-805-8038 leveling jacks, 7K watt gen., 67K mi., Ferguson Tractor $10,900. 865-933-2544 TO30 1948, good Vans 256 or 865-591-1853. cond., $1800.

865-257-8672 18' BOWRIDER SeaDoo, DOLPHIN 2002 36 ft CHEVY ASTRO 2005 220 HP twin eng.; motor home, 30k passenger van, 106K KUBOTA TRACHOE solid trlr / hull; mi, Workhorse + miles, trailering 161-3 2006, enclosed $2400/bo 865-250-8079 chassis, 502 GM pkg., am/fm/cd/cass. cab, hyd. thumb, eng., 2 slides, Michelin sound sys., AC, recent 1100 hrs. $42,000. 1990 18 FT. Voyager tires, auto. satellite, transm., $9,000.

423-319-7251.

Fishing Pontoon, 60 2 TVs, 2 ACs, full 865-691-4019.

HP Evinrude & trlr. bsmt storage, 6.5 $3200. 865-216-5387. gen. Asking $34,000. HONDA ODYSSEY Lawn-Garden Equip. 190 865-805-8038.

2012 EXL, leather, Eagle Boat Trailer, sunroof, 25k mi, 31', tri-axle, alloy LANDAU 2001, 35', FREE TO GOOD $23,900. 423-295-5393 wheels, each axle HOME: 42" SEARS 47K V10, 2 slides, 6,000 lbs., surge Riding Mower auto. levelers, brakes, great cond., w/covered catch camera, generator, Trucks 257 $4,200. 865-318-9399 wagon. Blower moloaded, elderly owned tor on back. At- PONTOON Party Barge $35K. 423-745-2143 CHEVY SILVERADO tachments & extra 24' 1987, 50 Mercury MONACO SIGNATURE 2008, V6, less than blades. Needs tuneHP w/Tracker trlr. 45' 2005 Castle IV. 500 20k mi, tow pkg, up & brakes. 20 yrs $4000. 865-258-8985. $14,000. 865-314-0628 old. You pick up HP Detroit diesel, Allison or 865-384-3465 from Turkey Creek SEA NYMPH 1990, 1 transm., 12k gen., ***Web ID# 289530*** area. Call 966-0296.

Roadmaster chassis, owner, great shape, 4 slides, king sleep no. DODGE 3500 2006, 5.9 17 1/2 ft.

Fish & Ski, GRAVELY MODEL L 70HP Johnson out- bed, residential refrig., diesel truck, AT, in exc cond. w/misc.

W/D, DW, Aqua Hot. board, Minn Kota AC, PW, 178K mi, spare parts, all Reduced $25,000 to trolling motor. New $15,900. 865-585-6614 $1300 obo. 865-202-1244 flooring, carpeting, $160,000. 865-376-2443; 865-466-0506.

Dodge Ram PU, 2005, & some seats. bad mtr, 4x4, body & with Yacht Machinery-Equip. 193 Comes trans. good cond.

Club trailer. $3,900 $2500. 865-475-6218 OBO. 865-456-0168 KUBOTA TRACHOE 161-3 2006, enclosed SEA RAY 1989 180 FORD RANGER XLT cab, hyd. thumb, bowrider, V6, 175 HP, 2004, exc cond, 104K 1100 hrs. $42,000. exc. shape, $3250. mi, $7200. Call Mike 423-319-7251.

Call 865-216-6154.

865-200-8243

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES

90 Day Warranty 865-851-9053

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FORD F350 2008 DRW 4x4 6.4 Twin Turbo, 65K mi., New Tires. New Custom Aluminum Bed w/80g aux. fuel tank, gooseneck hitch, Reese receiver. $34,000. 423-625-3866.

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BMW 525i 2003, blk on CERAMIC TILE inblk, 118k mi, $8800. stallation.

Floors/ New Michelins. Call walls/ repairs. 33 text 865-660-6562 yrs exp, exc work! ***Web ID# 289822*** John 938-3328

BMW LI 2008, loaded, white ext., tan int. Guttering 333 new Michelin tires, gar. kept, great HAROLD'S GUTTER cond. 65K mi., Halls TOYOTA 1992, V6, SERVICE. Will clean area, $28,800. Call Ext Cab, Tommy front & back $20 & up.

865-274-9045. lift & orig. tailgate, Quality work, guaran$2700 obo. 865-579-3366 teed. Call 288-0556.

Honda Accord 2000, 4 cyl, AT, 176K mi, 1 mech. sound, Painting / Wallpaper 344 4 Wheel Drive 258 owner, $2,000. 865-971-1503 FORD F150 1989, new MERCEDES BENZ E320 2002, 4WD, off road tires, 170K silver w/gray int. mi., good cond. always garaged & $3200. 865-898-1097. ***Web ID# 289181*** maintained, 103K mi., $8600. 865-567-5872.

Antiques Classics 260

PILGRIM PAINTING Serving Knoxville for 20 Yrs Commercial & Residential Interior/Exterior Painting, Pressure Washing, Staining, Drywall & Carpentry FREE ESTIMATES 291-8434 Pilgrimpainting.net

TOYOTA AVALON XLS 2000, very good cond. 135K mi., blue/ 1929 FORD Model A gray, asking $3700.

Roadster, fully 865-588-5003, even/wknd. restored, exc cond. mechanically, show TOYOTA CAMRY 1990, Remodeling 351 quality, asking 68k orig. mi. Runs & $22,500, pd $30,000. drives like new. $6800. ONE CALL DOES IT 865-379-6626 865-256-7206 ALL! Elec, drywall, painting, roofing, 1953 Cadillac Deville, wash houses 4 dr, all orig., runs very Sports 264 press. & campers. Call good, good tires, Eddie at 405-2489. $17,500. 865-850-2008 MAZDA RX8 2006, LAMBO DOORS, 1955 CHEVY Roofing / Siding 352 CLEAN & FAST !

2 DR WAGON $10,490. 865-567-9249 Must sell.

Call 423-237-2508 NISSAN 300ZX Convertible 1994, AT, 1967 Austin Healy very good cond.

Sprite MK 3, rebuilt, New top. $7100/bo. many extra parts, 865-995-5555 only made 3 yrs, needs TLC, $13,000 ***Web ID# 288781*** obo. 865-202-1586 ***Web ID# 292093***

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1978 CORVETTE, black, t-top, 65K mi, BUICK LESABRE 2002, mint cond, $14,500. blue, $3000. Below blue 865-228-4491 bk, well maint., very ***Web ID# 290662*** good cond. 423-721-8455.

Sport Utility

BUICK Park Ave 1992, $1600 obo.

Call 865-933-3175 or 865-388-5136

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Chev Tahoe 1999 $2900 obo 865-933-3175; 388-5136 GMC YUKON 2008 black, 6.0L, V8, Interior/Exterior, loaded, perfect cond. $27,500. 865-223-2738.

HONDA PILOT EXL, 2011, sunroof, leather, 16K mi., $21,900. 423-295-5393

FORD MUSTANG CONV. 2007, white w/ black top & int. 72K mi. $14,900. 865-603-4663.

Ford Mustang Shelby 2007, 10,100 mi, blk w/ gray lthr, 319 HP V8 5 sp, $23,900. 865-773-6514

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JEEP PATRIOT 2007, FENCE WORK Installation & repair. Free 66K miles, est. 43 yrs exp! Call white, $9,950.

973-2626.

Call 865-657-9639 TOYOTA RAV 4 2003, white & gray, 24 mpg, sunrf, 150K mi, 4 new tires, $5,200. 423-307-3610

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ACURA 2000 TL 3.2 w/ Nav, Pearl White, Tan Int, New Michelin Tires, Chrome Wheels, Every Opt. One Owner, only 145K Miles. $5900 Firm. 865-221-5684 ***Web ID# 292562*** ALFA ROMEO Spyder 1986, 80K mi., black/tan int. AC, $9500. 931-337-9282.

BMW 328i 1998, S/roof, lthr, htd seats, new belts, tires good cond. Exc. cond, $4650 obo. 865-680-3250. ***Web ID# 291781*** ^

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NORTH â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Adorable home in North Knoxville, updated throughout, just move in! Seller has updated bath, kitchen, floor covering, fixtures, H&A unit, roof, deck, and more, pretty decor â&#x20AC;Ś very nice listing. Small sunroom, oversized covered deck, backyard is level and big! Storage/workshop in walk-in crawl.

New water heater, covered carport. $76,900 MLS#855006

HALLS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Well maintained home in established, wooded neighborhood! 3BR/2BA upstairs, plus huge rec room downstairs with wood burning fireplace. New roof, vinyl windows, updated appliances, storage shed, deck views wooded backyard, privacy, street has little traffic (dead ends), 2 miles from shopping and schools. $125,900 MLS#850413

< FTN CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; All brick 1.5 story on a level, cul-de-sac lot, master bedroom on main plus another bedroom or office, updates include hardwoods on main and second level hallway, appliances, and granite tops, keeping room with fireplace, upstairs has 2 bedrooms with sewing room. $289,900 MLS#853913

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All the comforts of central heat/air. Oversized 3-car attached gar w/extra storage. Extensive brick-patterned pressed colored concrete driveway. Fenced backyard. City utilities. Taxes $456.00.

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Directions: North on Tazewell Pike to Union County to left into Mountain View Estates on Mountain View Rd. to left on Alpine Drive to home on right. Auction conducted on site.

Terms: 10 % deposit day of auction and the balance within 30 days. Closing conducted by Warranty Title Company, lead base paint inspection period begins August 29, 2013. Sale is exempt from TN Residential Property Disclosure. Real estate taxes will be prorated as of closing. 10% Buyers Premium added to ďŹ nal bid to establish total contract sales price.

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HEART OF HALLS! All brick, almost 2,200 SF w/huge bonus rm, hardwood floors, high ceilings, double crown molding, whirlpool tub, gas FP and much more on a deep lot w/a great view! $199,900

UNION CO! 3BR/2BA in perfect condition w/unfinished bsmt, huge 2-car garage, laminate hardwood, & FP. Only $119,900!

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NORTH off Buffat Mill Road!

ESTATE SALE! $89,500.

Mostly brick ranch w/3 BR/1.5BA, almost 1,400 SF, LR, DR, eat-in kitchen, hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors in all rooms except baths and kitchen, workshop or large utility room off 2-car carport, huge level corner lot! Conv location to shopping & interstate!

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NORTH HILLS AREA! $118,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Basement ranch on large corner lot! 1,744 SF, 3BR/2 full BA, incl full BA in basement, updates include hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors, updated kitchen and baths, fresh int/ext paint, some electric & plumbing updated, 1-car carport on main & 1-car garage w/sep driveway to basement.

MLS # 855415

KARNS! $167,900 Roomy ranch w/over 1,600 SF, open ďŹ&#x201A;oor plan w/vaulted ceilings, gas ďŹ replace, new carpet & paint, 3BR/2 full BA, sep tub & shower in mstr BA, vaulted ceiling in mstr ste! Covered patio, fenced backyard, new roof and heat/air, 2-car garage. A real ďŹ nd in the heart of Karns! MLS # 854822

FTN CITY! Reduced to $89,500!

1,480 SF! CHEAPER THAN RENTING! 4BR or 3BR & sep den, 2 full BA, sep LR & DR, bright & cheery kitchen, many updates, hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;rs, covered patio overlooks huge fenced backyard! Conv. to Ftn City Lake, restaurants & shopping. On bus line.

MLS # 840589

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health & lifestyles

Fort Sanders named a NICHE site for elder care Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has been designated as a Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) hospital by the New York University College of Nursing. Fort Sanders joins a distinguished network of hospitals that demonstrate dedication to improving the quality of care provided to older adults.

NICHE is a nationwide effort to better meet the unique health care needs of aging adults across America. Covenant Health is the first health care system in the state, and the only one in East Tennessee, to implement the specialized services that NICHE offers at Fort Sanders Regional.

“As a NICHE hospital, our patients experience a geriatric standard of care by staff trained to recognize geriatric syndromes and use best practices,” explains Stan Boling, Covenant Health’s Vice President of Senior Services.

Fort Sanders Regional has been identified as one of the top 10 hospitals in the country that

“The care of the older adult presents a different set of challenges that all health care team members should be aware of.”

– Stan Boling, Covenant Health VP of Senior Services

has performed exceptionally in disseminating knowledge and incorporating validated protocols for geriatric care into nursing practice. Fort Sanders has also participated in research projects sponsored by NICHE. “We’re involved in validating research that looks at the differences between adults

and seniors when it comes to hospitalization,” says Boling.

Older adult patients often have multiple chronic illnesses and reduced function that may be both physical and cognitive. These issues can affect that patient’s success after they’re discharged from the hospital.

“The care of the older adult

presents a different set of challenges that all health care team members should be aware of, and should assess on admission, during the acute care stay and all the way through to the discharge setting,” explains Boling.

NICHE provides nurses with specialized training related to common health problems of older adults. These include issues such as skin breakdown, falls/injuries, confusion or loss of strength/mobility. NICHEcertified gerontological nurses offer patients and families a high standard of care and resources while promoting patients’

independence and facilitating a comfortable transition home.

The NICHE program recognizes that patient and family-centered care is imperative to creating a positive experience for the older adult patient “With NICHE there are training and resources available for the family as well as senior spousal caregivers,” says Boling. “We are excited about the effort we’re making with NICHE.” For more information about the NICHE program and resources for older patients and their families, visit www.nicheprogram.org.

Why NICHE? older adult patients have special needs and that patient and familycentered care is important to creating a positive experience for the senior patient. Families provide a vital link between the patient and hospital staff. Hospital nurses are in a unique position to work with families as partners to provide quality care to hospitalized older adult patients. It is also important to have informed, involved patients who understand and participate in their care.

The NICHE program is committed to creating a hospital culture where the main focus is on patients and their families. As a result, NICHE hospitals have a higher patient, family and staff satisfaction overall.

Join the 50+ fun of Covenant Passport!

The motto of the Covenant Health Passport program is: Life is a journey, and it’s more enjoyable if you stay healthy, fit and active. That’s why Covenant Passport strives to be all about helping people age 50 and older enjoy better health and get more out of life!

Passport members enjoy benefits such as free or reduced health

screenings, brown-bag lunch learning medical programs, lectures and seminars, and a reduced parking fee at Covenant Health hospitals. There are also travel opportunities that feature special rates on local tours and events.

Members receive a quarterly newsletter with stories about active senior adults, health information and handy

tips for dealing with life changes. Best of all, joining the Passport program is absolutely FREE! Ready to join? Visit www.covenantpassport. com or call 865-541-4500 for details.

For seniors: How to prevent falls

As you age, your risk for falling increases. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) more than one-third of people ages 65 and older fall each year. Although most falls cause only minor injuries, the CDC estimates that up to 30 percent of the people who fall experience injuries that severely limit their independence.

Falls can happen anywhere, but most occur in the home, while climbing stairs or getting out of the bathtub, for instance. You can take steps to reduce your risk for falling. Here are some tips to help keep you safe: ■ Get your hearing and vision checked regularly before you notice problems.

■ Talk with your doctor about whether your medications can make you feel dizzy.

■ Tell your physician or health care provider if you are experiencing balance problems.

■ Try not to stand up quickly. Before standing, wiggle your toes and feet, and swing your legs, if possible. Move enough to increase your heart rate and blood pressure, then stand up.

■ If you feel unsteady on your feet, use a cane or

walker. Wear shoes with non-slip soles.

■ Exercise regularly.

Exercise helps strengthen your muscles and improve your agility.

■ Limit your consumption of alcohol.

■ Keep your home free of clutter.

■ Eliminate slippery floors and throw rugs.

■ Add handrails and supports in your home.

Grab bars in the shower and on either side of the toilet can prevent falls.

■ Improve the lighting in dark areas and use a nightlight if you get out of bed at night.

For more information, check out the CDC’s Fall Prevention resources at www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/falls/index.html.

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NICHE, which stands for “Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders,” is an innovative program designed to help hospitals improve the care of older adults. The goal of NICHE is for every patient age 65 and over to be given sensitive and exemplary care. The mission of NICHE is to provide the tools and principles to change the culture of health care facilities to achieve patientcentered for seniors.

The NICHE program, based at the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University College of Nursing, consists of more than 350 hospitals and health care facilities throughout North America.

NICHE hospitals recognize that