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Miracle Maker

Leslie Howe didn’t write the book on math, but she did write the computer program on it.

Make that “programs.”

A math and computer science teacher at Farragut High School since 1985, Howe has written more than 400 computer programs to help teachers help students find the best path to learning.

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See Betsy Pickle’s story on A-9

En garde! West Knox club offers fencing and other swordplay

Stephanie Farmer and Joel Davis play with Italian rapiers during open fencing practice with the Knoxville Academy of the Blade. Photo by Wendy Smith

By Wendy Smith

Brad Walker stays busy with band Brad Walker has been a busy boy.

In addition to continuing work with his popular big band orchestra, Walker, a 2004 Halls High School graduate, has also launched a monthly dinner/dance concert series at The Orangery.

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See Jake Mabe’s story on page A-2

Busy bees When you hear the word “bees,” most of us immediately think of honey bees, those industrious, job-focused little insects that live in hives, work on clover blossoms and make us honey.

All that’s true, of course, and they’ve been doing just that for a long time. But there’s a lot more to the bee story than just honey.

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See Dr. Bob Collier’s story on A-5

Improvement is coming (soon) There are reasons to believe even the immediate future will be better than the past.

As you may have heard, Tennessee football is facing a trap game in Western Kentucky and things really get tough after that.

“No matter what happens at Oregon and Florida, keep believing that success is again in sight, out there on the horizon. If you can’t see it, get out your telescope,” Marvin West writes.

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See Marvin’s story on page A-6

‘Coup’ is good read Betty Bean takes a look at “Coup,” the new book by Keel Hunt that discusses the early swearing-in of Gov. Lamar Alexander, back in 1979.

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Read Bean on page A-4

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The art form made famous by Mr. Darcy, Inigo Montoya and the entire Fellowship of the Ring, not to mention centuries of reallife fencing masters, is doing an advance and lunge locally and is open to all ages and abilities through the Knoxville Academy of the Blade (KAB).

While most participants are drawn by the romanticism of swordplay, it is truly a competitive sport, says head fencing coach John Farmer. He and three assistants teach classes three nights a week at the Arnstein Jewish Com-

mu munity unity niity C Center enterr gymnasium, 6800 ente Deane Hill Drive.

Stacy Taylor, operations director for the Knoxville Symphony, says her interest in fencing developed after reading Tolkien as a child. While other kids were obsessed with dinosaurs and airplanes, she was dueling with her grandmother’s yardstick. Her childhood fantasy became a reality when she took her first fencing class in 2008. She is now a competitive fencer.

KAB teaches modern sport fencing as well as historic swordsmanship that utilizes such weap-

ons as the Italian rapier and d the th he dueling saber. John Farmer and his son, Tom Farmer, were also recently certified to teach the German longsword. Tom, who has a degree in theater from Maryville College, also teaches stage combat.

Modern sport fencing, or Olympic fencing, is the primary focus of KAB. Students learn with a training weapon called a foil and advance to an épée or a sabre.

Fencers wear protective gear and a lamé made of conductive material. A wire runs from the sword and through the sleeve to a scor-

ing box, which registers hits to the target area.

Historic fencing is for those with a theatrical flair. Joel Davis, who teaches European swordplay of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, wears a blue and silver doublet while wielding elaboratelycrafted rapiers. For all its artistry, historic fencing is hard work. The German longsword, which is 48 inches long and over two pounds, is only for the strong-hearted – and strong-armed.

The main reason for learning to To page A-3

UT theater at World’s Fair Park?

By Wendy Smith The city of Knoxville and the University of Tennessee will continue to investigate a possible theater center that would draw audiences to World’s Fair Park and house UT’s theater department, but the city may not be willing to offer enough space to meet UT’s needs.

A working group composed of city leaders and World’s Fair Park stakeholders is exploring ways to make the park a cultural center.

The city asked the university to determine the feasibility of building a theater center on a 200-footby-200-foot space at the north end of World’s Fair Park’s South Lawn, which is currently used as an outdoor concert venue. Given the small footprint, the center would need to be seven stories tall to ac- Cal MacLean, head of the UT Department of Theatre, discusses the chalcommodate 180,000-square-feet lenges of relocating the Clarence Brown Theatre to World’s Fair Park. Photo of space, says Dave Irvin, UT asso- by Wendy Smith

ciate vice chancellor for facilities.

While a world-class theater center would be a source of civic pride for Knoxville, the proposed site offers several challenges, says Cal MacLean, head of UT’s Department of Theatre. The building would have to be large enough to house at least three theaters plus laboratory space for students, and the footprint would have to allow auditorium and workshop space on the same level so sets can be easily moved between them. He asked if the footprint could be extended south 30 to 50 feet.

“Additional space would give us a better opportunity for a theater center,” he said.

Nearby train tracks offer an additional challenge, but Irvin thinks architects could lay out To page A-3

Allen Morgan: the guy can’t keep a job tor to First Baptist Church of Chickamauga. He and wife Melanie are proud parents to a daughter, Collins. That name has a story.

But then everything about Allen Morgan has a story.

By Sandra Clark It’s been 15 years since Allen Morgan’s surprise resignation as superintendent of Knox County Schools. It was a jolt for KCS, especially when his top assistant, Shirley Underwood, followed.

Morgan was our last elected superintendent.

Morgan, now 66, then joined Jim Clayton and worked 10 years as president of CMH Parks, leading a team of 300 to develop some 22,000 homes in communities across the country. He retired again, taking four years off to earn a pilot’s license and lower his golf score. Then, on March 12, 2012, he accepted a new job as athletic director at Carson-Newman University.

The guy is full of surprises.

Underwood, now 70, claims al-

Morgan-isms

■ Satellite dish – the state flower of West Virginia.

■ Experience – the ability to make good decisions, learned after first making bad decisions.

■ Getting hired – You be the very best at what you are and they’ll come and find you.

■ God needed a big stick in each hand to beat me out of retirement.

■ Being a grandparent is great, but the downside is I have to live with Granny.

most retirement after a decade of education consulting. She’s given away her home office desk and boxes of folders. There’s a good chance both made more money in the 10 years after retirement than in their 30 years as educators.

They’re not talking.

Allen and Phyllis Morgan are

rumored to have set up a fund to help kids at Carson-Newman.

They’ve also bought a house in Jefferson City just four doors from the campus. Allen can walk to work, and he’s given all the players his cell phone number. Phyllis called in the decorator.

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Frank Sinatra with Ray Anthony during a recording session.

The Brad Walker Orchestra (with featured singer Valerie Duke) performs at The Orangery. Photos submitted

Walker brings big band to

The Orangery Brad Walker has been a busy boy.

In addition to continuing work with his popular big band orchestra, Walker, a 2004 Halls High School graduate, has also launched a monthly dinner/dance concert series at The Orangery.

Jake Mabe MY TWO CENTS “We’ve been doing these for almost a year,” Walker said. “Every dance has been successful. Once a dance is advertised, it’s usually sold out within two weeks.

We usually draw anywhere from 150 to 200 people,

from college kids all the way to 80-year-olds.”

He says the events are intended in part to be a throwback to the supper clubs of yesteryear, which once enjoyed popularity in Knoxville.

“Several people have said the events have brought back a lot of memories for them.”

The next event at The Orangery will be at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 4. Cost is $59 (plus tax and gratuity) per person and includes champagne upon arrival, hors d’oeuvres and a four-course meal, as well as a performance by Walker’s 15-piece orchestra. For more info/ reservations, call The Orangery at 588-2964.

Walker is also putting the finishing touches on a new CD, “At the Bachelor’s Pad,” a collection of romantic music dedicated to Walker’s friend, the legend-

ary bandleader Ray Anthony, and to Anthony’s close friend, Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner.

“Ray’s done dedications on his albums to big band leaders, but no album has ever been dedicated to him.

He’s 91 now and I think he deserves that credit.”

The album will be released this fall and will be available at the Disc Exchange and other local music stores, as well as online. Look for updates on the orchestra’s Facebook page. Songs will include “The Way You Look Tonight,” “The Nearness of You” and, in a nod to modern pop culture, the theme to TV’s “Family Guy.” Anthony was an original member of Glenn Miller’s orchestra.

“He was fired twice by Glenn Miller and still brags about it.”

He also recorded “Melody of Love” with Frank

Brad Walker with legendary bandleader Ray Anthony at Anthony’s 90th birthday party in Los Angeles. Walker’s next album, “At the Bachelor’s Pad,” is dedicated to Anthony.

Tori Tate dances with bandleader Brad Walker at a recent dinner/dance show at The Orangery.

Sinatra and scored on the hit parade with “The Bunny Hop,” “The Hokey Pokey” and a remake of Miller’s “At Last.”

Anthony has also given Walker a prized possession: his and bandleader/arranger Billy May’s original music fronts (stands).

“Billy May needed a loan back in the 1960s and Ray said, ‘Sure, I’ll buy your

band for $500, own all the rights and pay you a percentage.’ The contract was written on a napkin that Ray still has. Ray was going to get rid of the fronts and agreed to ship them to me.”

Anthony, who lives in Los Angeles, was scheduled to make a Knoxville appearance late last month, but canceled at the last minute due to doctor’s orders. He is

hoping to reschedule.

Walker also has an agent now, who is booking gigs for him and the orchestra at out-of-town venues and on cruise ships through A-Z Entertainment.

This young cat is keeping the big band sound alive, and for that, fans of good music owe him thanks.

Visit Jake Mabe online at jakemabe. blogspot.com.

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Allen Morgan

From page A-1

that’s another story.)

Holt told a colleague that “once that kid from Strawberry Plains knocks the chicken s_ _ _ off his shoes,” he can play some baseball. Allen also ran track – jumping puddles in borrowed shoes. The Carter High School grad found a home at Carson-Newman.

It’s an experience he hopes to extend to a new generation of young people.

Raising expectations Morgan has launched swimming at C-N and boosted the women’s golf program with the addition of former LPGA professional Suzanne Strudwick West Knoxvillians Grant Bromley and Ben Neal will have their first full-length movie, “Dreams of as coach. He hired twotime Olympian Tony Parthe Wayward,” screened at the upcoming Knoxville Film Festival. rilla to coach cross-country and assist with track and field. Perhaps his best hire is Adam Cavalier, 26, as sports information director and Voice of the Eagles.

Adam has pumped up the website and plans free, TVquality, web-streaming of

Cinematic celebrations Film festival features West Knox duo; U.K. filmmaker visits Outdoor Knoxville

It’s an old film festival with a new twist. The Dogwood Arts Festival has teamed up with Keith McDaniel of Secret City Film Festival to create the Knoxville Film Festival, which is Sept. 19-22 at the Regal Downtown West Cinema 8. It will feature a slew of documentary and feature films, plus workshops and competitions like the 7-Day Shootout and the Battle Cry of Freedom student competition.

An 83-minute feature called “Dreams of the Wayward” by West Knoxville residents Grant Bromley and Ben Neal will be screened at the festival.

They’re just 20 years old, but they already have stories to tell.

The young men are 2011 graduates of Hardin Valley Academy and now attend Watkins College of Art, Design and Film in Nashville.

They are just a few semesters away from graduating, and it can’t come soon enough.

“It’s in the way,” says Bromley. “It’s preventing us from making our second film.”

Bromley and Neal share a life-long passion for sto-

Fencing Club

Photo by S. Clark

football games this fall.

Last Monday, Morgan held the first Torch of Knowledge ceremony. He brought in parents and athletes to recognize players with top grades. A uniform patch will follow. About one-third of the school’s almost 2,000 students are athletes in one way or another, he said.

He wants to strengthen

ville,” Bromley says.

The actors were friends, and Bromley plays the lead role. Neal was in charge of shooting, and they shared directing responsibilities.

It took three months to edit the movie. They hope its inclusion in the Knoxville Film Festival is a sign that they’re on the right path.

“We want to tell our stories,” says Bromley.

“Dreams of the Wayward” will be screened at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.

21 and will be followed by a filmmaker question and answer session. For more information: www.knoxvillefilmfestival.com

Wendy Smith

rytelling. Bromley was obsessed with Star Wars and Indiana Jones flicks as a child. Neal enjoyed writing short stories and photography before developing an interest in cinematography. Though they attended the same high school, they didn’t get to know each other until they both studied filmmaking at the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts.

Now they share a vision.

They want to make their own films, and they don’t want to work their way up.

“If you look at people who are successful (in the industry), they said they wanted to be a director, and they did it,” says Bromley.

That’s the sort of chutzpah it took for the duo to make “Dreams of the Wayward.”

They originally wrote the story, which they describe as the prodigal son with a twist, to be a short

Shirley Underwood and Allen Morgan catch up, look ahead.

Adventure filmmaker Dominic Gill shares a laugh with Legacy Parks Executive Director Carol Evans at the Outdoor Knoxville Adventure Center. Photo by Wendy Smith

film. After their first semester of film school, they decided to challenge themselves by making a feature film. Expanding the short film made the project seem more doable.

They raised money for the project with the online funding platform Kickstart-

er. Their goal was to raise $2,500 in 30 days, and they raised just under $2,800 from a total of 23 investors.

They began writing in February of last year, and spent three months filming last summer.

“It was important to us for it to be shot in Knox-

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Filmmaker visits Outdoor Knoxville

Local adventurers received two gifts last week – 100 acres donated to Legacy Parks Foundation by the Wood family and a visit from Dominic Gill.

U.K. native Gill was working as an environmental consultant when he realized he was spending every waking hour dreaming of

each sport and bring diversity to the coaching ranks.

He faces a huge challenge when football coach Ken Sparks steps down, for how does one replace a legend?

Ever the high school principal, he noticed a kid in a ball cap at Monday’s event.

“Cap,” he whispered, pointing to his own head, and the kid took it off. A few minutes later the cap was back on. “Let me borrow that cap,” he said to the kid, walking away with the offensive headgear.

He noticed another pair texting during the ceremony. He invited them to his office afterwards, “to get to know them better.” Allen says being around students “keeps me young.”

As we walked out, he said, “Now come back. Don’t be those people who run into each other at the funeral home and say, ‘Wow, we need to get together sometime.’ Just do it.”

And that’s good advice for us all.

adventure. He launched his career as an adventure filmmaker by cycling from Northern Alaska to Argentina, an 18,449-mile trip that took over two years. At the suggestion of a television executive, he made the trip on a tandem bike so he could invite strangers along to share the journey.

The end result was a film called “Take a Seat,” which was part of the 2009 Banff Mountain Film Festival, and a book: “Take a Seat: One Man, One Tandem and 20,000 Miles of Possibilities.” Three other “Take a Seat” cycling projects have followed, including Gill’s 4,000-mile journey across the U.S. accompanied by 10 strangers with physical disabilities.

He showed a trailer featuring clips from his films and spoke last week at the Outdoor Knoxville Adventure Center, 900 Volunteer Landing Lane. During a chat before his presentation, Gill shared the perspective he’s gained from cycling with hundreds of strangers: “Nearly every single one of us is nice.”

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fence is to get into shape, says John Farmer.

He became interested in the sport while a student at UT and took recreational classes until “real life” got in the way – in the form of getting married. He took up the sport again when then 12-year-old son Tom found his father’s fencing gear in the basement in 2000.

John began attending classes at the Oak Ridge Fencing Club and eventually became a coach. He founded the KAB in 2008.

Fencing is a family affair for the Farmers, and Tom’s wife, Stephanie, is also actively involved. It’s a unique sport because entire families can participate, John says. “This is literally a sport that you can take on at any age and do for as long as you want.”

The only restriction is that children need to be strong enough to hold a sword, so most begin fencing at age 10.

But the sport is open to seniors and those in wheelchairs, and he’s even heard of blind fencers.

KAB offers classes to all levels, including home school groups. For information: 257-4189 or www.facebook.com/ KABfencing

UT theater the space in such a way that hallways and offices could baffle noise created by passing trains.

Bill Lyons, who co-chairs the working group with UT anthropology professor Jan Simek, said last week’s meeting was to look at the possibility of building an amphitheater on the South Lawn with and without a theater center. Since the area has had success as an outdoor concert venue, he doesn’t want to foreclose additional green space.

He wondered if it would be possible to design the site so that the amphitheater backed up to the theater to avoid conflicting acoustics.

From page A-1 Christi Branscom, the city’s senior director of public works, said she would like to see a rendering of how a seven-story building would look on the site.

Others suggested that such a large building would overwhelm the space.

Simek said designs for the possible theater could be added to a list of projects for contractors at the university. Lyons agreed to consider designs for the current footprint as well as an extended footprint.

The working group’s next step is to look at the entire World’s Fair Park in an effort to develop a master plan.

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government James White extension off the table Credit the leadership of four people with the demise of the James White Parkway extension: Mayor Madeline Rogero, Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, Legacy Parks Foundation executive director Carol Evans and Brian Hann of the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club.

problem for the Haslam Administration as the TDOT commissioner did not have to push a project which had generated such intense opposition. The governor was not forced to overrule publicly his TDOT commissioner. The death was arranged and planned by others.

■ Dave Irvin, UT vice chancellor for facilities, said in an Aug. 28 News SenVictor tinel interview by Gerald Ashe Witt that the potential Clarence Brown Theatre, which might be constructed on the World’s Fair Park, could be 7 stories tall. This stunning They now can celebrate news effectively means the following the unanimous open space on the south vote Aug. 28 by the Translawn of the park is gutted portation Planning Organi- or eliminated if construczation (TPO) to remove this tion occurs. This news came costly and foolish extension in an interview after the from the regional transmeeting of the UT City Task portation plans. In fact, all force. fiscally conservative taxThis is the task force in payers can breathe a sigh which Mayor Rogero did not of relief that $22 million a include Fort Sanders. Witt mile is not being spent for 5 is the journalist who did an miles of asphalt, and money open records request with can go to projects which are the city which revealed the actually higher priority. strong possibility that the These four should be then-unannounced plan was commended for their efto move the theater off the forts to protect the urban UTK campus. wilderness.

These comments from Hopefully, improvements a high level UTK ofto Chapman Highway, Alficial smack of a ‘done coa Highway and Oak Ridge deal.’ The process being Highway from Schaad Road employed here leaves a lot to Pellissippi Parkway can to be desired. Irvin has move forward. TPO had been in Knoxville less than actually voted eight months two years. He comes from earlier, on Jan. 23, to do the University of Houswhat TPO voted to do last ton. He does not know the Wednesday. Three memhistory of the World’s Fair bers of TPO were absent Park or the development of including County Commis- parks in Knoxville. sioner Amy Broyles, who What was Irvin thinkrepresents commission ing? chair Tony Norman; the Se■ One can only imagvier County representative ine how overwhelming and the Maryville mayor. (and totally inappropriate) a Mayor Burchett’s rep at the 7-story building on the meeting voted to kill off the World’s Fair Park would be. project. County CommisIt would radically change sioner Ed Shouse attended the park as we know it. for the East Tennessee Deputy Mayor Bill Lyons, in Development District as did reply to a question from this the Oak Ridge mayor. writer, said the Rogero AdThis is the second time ministration did not have a Rogero has taken a stand position on a possible strucagainst a high profile but ture in the South Lawn area. environmentally harmful He did say there would be a and fiscally wasteful road master planning process for program. The first was in the whole park.

2003 when as a candidate ■ Early voting in the for mayor (unsuccessful city election for September that year) she joined me at district primaries starts a news conference right off this Wednesday, Sept. 4, the Pellissippi Parkway to 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., for the oppose the construction of five district council seats the orange route through in which only Nick Della Hardin Valley. While the Volpe and Daniel Brown project was approved at face opposition. The actual primary is Sept. 24 with the that time, it was later killed general election on Nov. 5. in the final months of the This primary promises to Bredesen administraput most people to sleep. tion due to its cost exceedOnly the Della Volpe-Staing benefits to be achieved. ples contest might generate The JWP funeral also fireworks. solved a growing political

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‘Coup’ recalls bipartisan effort to replace corrupt governor At noon on Jan. 17, 1979, the principal planners of the 1982 World’s Fair set up a fancy lunch at the Hyatt Hotel Nashville with key government officials in hopes of greasing the skids for a future funding request.

Guests included House Speaker Ned Ray McWherter, Lt. Gov. John Wilder and Attorney General Bill Leech. Not attending was Gov.-elect Lamar Alexander, who had other things to do, and whose presence wasn’t required, since he was already pretty much a cinch to support the event.

Bo Roberts, who remembered the luncheon as a high-dollar, prime rib and red wine affair, led the Knoxville group.

Then somebody got a phone call and, poof! Wilder, McWherter and Leech were gone.

“We all knew something was going on, but we had no clue what it was – until we found out later in the day. It was on the day of the coup.

The day it was happening.

Of course, we had no idea,” Roberts told Keel Hunt, author of “Coup,” a deeplyresearched, highly engrossing, minute-by-minute account of the day a bunch of Democrats ousted their crooked governor and installed a Republican before his scheduled inauguration.

This central fact makes “Coup” more than a welltold yarn. The inescapable comparison of then and now is stark.

“Then” was an era when Democrats and Republicans

Betty Bean

sometimes put aside their differences to do what was right; “now” is an era when they don’t.

The felonious governor, of course, was Ray Blanton, whose major priority during his last days in office was selling pardons to a scary array of Group W-level felons with access to money.

The governor-elect was Lamar Alexander, who had deep misgivings about the propriety of allowing himself to take the oath of office early and relied heavily on the approval of the two speakers.

Other GOP players were Alexander’s Yodaesque advisor Lewis Donelson and pesky state Sen. Victor Ashe, whose habit of requesting attorney general’s opinions set the stage for the coup when he asked whether a governor-elect could be sworn in before inauguration day (the answer was yes).

And is any Tennessee political tale set during the last five decades complete without a mention of Mr. Ubiquitous, Tom Ingram?

Of course not. He’s all over this book like white on rice as Alexander’s chief campaign aide-de-camp.

He may not, however, be thrilled with debunking the common wisdom that cred-

its Ingram with the signature plaid shirt Alexander wore on the walk across the state. Hunt credits the candidate himself with suggesting the shirt because he thought he would look like a dope hoofing from Mountain City to Memphis in a blue suit.

Hunt also credits the candidate’s wife, Honey, with the concept of walking across the state, and treats it as an original idea without mentioning Walkin’ Lawton Chiles, who hiked more than 1,000 miles from Key West to Pensacola during his successful campaign for U.S. Senate in 1970.

Johnson City native Lee Smith, creator of the Tennessee Journal, long a mustread for political insiders, lit the fuse for the fire to come in September 1977 when he recognized the governor’s official photographer as his homeboy Roger Humphreys, a well-connected double murderer from the Tri-Cities who had been sent away for life after being convicted of blowing away his ex-wife and her lover.

Smith’s mention of Humphreys’ cushy work release assignment sparked statewide outrage.

A couple of weeks later, tough questioning from TV reporter Carol Marin – who got her start at Channel 10 in Knoxville where she was known by her married name Carol Utley – set the stage for Blanton’s eventual demise when she frustrated him into blurting out a defiant pledge to pardon Humphreys.

Blanton’s fate was sealed when undercover agents decided to test the lengths to which he would go by throwing out the name of the worst of the worst – James Earl Ray. The Blanton security operative acting as a go-between mulled the request before turning it down, sort of. Ray was probably too hot to pardon, he said. But maybe an escape could be arranged.

Why now?

The timing and distribution of the book (and probably the subtext, which celebrates bipartisanship) have deeply irritated some who question the decision of Vanderbilt University Press to donate 2,000 free copies to schools and public libraries across the state.

Suspicions were compounded when the Tennessee State Museum announced a traveling exhibit called “Come on Along: Lamar Alexander’s Journey as Governor,” a condensed version of an exhibit assembled from material the Alexanders donated to Vanderbilt.

The tour was put on hold until 2015 after notes surfaced indicating that museum officials had consulted Ingram about the exhibit.

2014 is an election year.

The importance of grit Firmness of character, also called grit, is a better predictor of life success than any other factor, including intelligence and income.

Wendy Smith

That’s what author Paul Tough says in his book “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character,” and Knox County school board member Indya Kincannon agrees. She led the discussion at last week’s Knox County Public Library’s Books Sandwiched In program.

Grit is marked by traits like perseverance, self-control and conscientiousness, and it’s not the result of

genes, luck or even choice.

“Character matters, it’s malleable, and we know how,” said Kincannon.

Nurturing relationships and the minimization of stress help kids build character. While stress isn’t necessarily related to income, low-income families are more likely to suffer stress, she says. Even if children are raised in a stressful environment, a caring adult, whether it’s a relative, teacher, neighbor or member of the clergy, can reduce the negative impact.

A Canadian study described in the book demonstrates the long-term impact of nurturing relationships – in rats. After baby rats were exposed to stress, some were placed with affectionate mothers and others were placed with less attentive mothers. Those with the affectionate mothers, who licked and groomed the babies, lived longer healthier lives.

Indya Kincannon Kincannon has witnessed how some kids thrive inexplicably while others, who have every opportunity to succeed, don’t.

Her children, now in 5th and 7th grades, have attended Beaumont Magnet Honors Academy. While part of Beaumont’s student body comes from housing projects that are influenced by crime, some of those students “hit it out of the park” academically, she says.

According to the book, developing grit can also be a problem for children of

overprotective parents who don’t let their children fail.

The community plays an important role in helping children succeed because schools can only do so much, Kincannon said.

Knox County has several effective programs, but she’d like to see them scaled up.

A Birth to Kindergarten program offers education to new parents, but the program is understaffed, she says. She’s a big fan of AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination), a program that helps underperforming middle and high school students prepare for college.

Project Grad and Knox Achieves aim to help high school students with the college application process.

She’s encouraged that Knox County has again expanded its Community School program. It brings services to the schools, which is where the kids are, she says.

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Craving good Italian cuisine? Stop by Naples Italian Restaurant at 5500 Kingston Pike and let Rob Luper (pictured) and his staff serve up some delicious homemade Italian food. Naples offers a large selection of traditional favorites and monthly will feature new dishes during their Wine Dinner (by reservation). They have been voted “Best Italian” and “Most Romantic” several years running and are always a bargain. Naples is open for lunch 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and open for dinner at 5:30 p.m. every evening. They are open until 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Check out their website naplesitalianrestaurant.net. Info: 584-5033.

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Busy bees NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier

W

hen you hear the word “bees,” most of us immediately think of honey bees, those industrious, job-focused little insects that live in hives, work on clover blossoms and make us honey.

All that’s true, of course, and they’ve been doing just that for a long time. But there’s a lot more to the bee story than just honey. It has to do with how many kinds of bees there actually are, and all the many things they do for us.

Honey was being produced long before there were any people to enjoy it.

Prehistoric cave paintings from thousands of years ago depict honey hunters risking life and limb, climbing tall, skinny, pole ladders up cliff faces to rob a cloud of angry, stinging wild bees nesting in the rocky crevices.

Honey bees were actually kept in India as far back as 4,000 years ago. About that same time, the Egyptians were keeping bees in light portable hives that they could move up and down the Nile River, according to which crops were blooming where. They had already observed that having the bees around at the right time made their crops bear more fruitfully and profitably.

And that is what makes the bees so important, even

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essential to us today – their huge job of pollinating many of the plants that produce our food and of maintaining many of the ecosystems in which we live.

The grain crops we are all familiar with – corn, wheat, rice, rye and the like – are all pollinated by the wind.

Air currents waft the very light male pollen grains through the air to land randomly on female flower parts and, voilà! Seeds, or to us, food!

But about 80 percent of the world’s flowering plants require direct pollination by some sort of critters, whether bee, butterfly, wasp, moth, bat or hummingbird.

About one-third of all the food we eat, one bite in every three, comes from plants that must be pollinated in this way, and in this arena, the heavy hauling is done by the bees.

Imagine a diet with no cherries, apples, pears, oranges, tomatoes, melons or berries. Or a wardrobe with no cottons or linens, or gardens without flowers. None of these plants will produce without being pollinated.

But why even imagine such a scenario anyway?

Well, it turns out that all the bees aren’t doing so well. In fact, in some places they are gone. It’s sad but true that we don’t usually

get serious about a natural problem until it impacts pocketbooks, but people in the business are starting to pay attention.

People whose livelihoods depend on producing things such as fruit, vegetables and alfalfa have known the financial importance of having pollinators near their crops for a long time.

They spend a lot of money trucking tens of thousands of beehives full of the little guys back and forth across the country, to pollinate blueberries in Maine, orange groves in Florida and California, and countless jobs in between, all because it enables their crops to produce significantly improved yields.

Our typical, hive-dwelling honey bees are not native to North America. They were brought over by the earliest settlers, with more varieties coming along later to improve the stock, for better handling qualities, more resistance to disease and the like. Nevertheless, problems continue, some due to various diseases, known and unknown, and others linked to pesticides, herbicides and possibly to genetically-engineered plants.

I found a lot of interesting information about these matters in a fact- and

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photo-filled book called “Attracting Native Pollinators,” published by a group of scientists in Portland, Ore., called the Xerces Society, named for an extinct western butterfly, the Xerces blue. The organization is dedicated to the study and protection of our native insects and the like. As for the bees, they describe one worst-case scenario, from China.

There, in the Sichwan Province, one of the largest apple-growing regions in the world, you will find workers in the orchards standing on ladders, painstakingly pollinating each apple blossom by hand.

Their wild bees are gone, and honey beekeepers won’t bring in their hives because the excessive insecticides poured on the orchards of the region would kill their bees, too. What would just one of those apples cost to produce in America? And what are the people eating along with those apples?

So, is there any good news in all this? There is indeed.

Rather than the cavalry

riding to the rescue, they’ve been here all the time. Fact is, there are way more pollinators working for us out there than just honey bees.

We have more than 4,000 species of native bees in North America!

These native bees range from a tiny one measuring only 1/12 of an inch long (think miniature sweat bee) to the hulking bumblebees coming in at more than an inch long. About 90 percent of our native bees, large and small, live as solitary females, laying their eggs in a nest tunnel in hollow weed stems or twigs, or in burrows in the ground. The other 10 percent are social bees, living in colonies of various sizes. They are generally “out of sight, out of mind” for us, but they literally keep our flowering world in order.

It turns out that they are often more efficient pollinators than honey bees, for various reasons, two of them being that they forage more hours per day, and they tolerate working in colder and wetter weather conditions than honey bees.

In one study in northern Utah, a big fruit-growing area, a cherry orchard produced double the amount of fruit when pollinated by the native blue orchard bees than by honey bees. And native bees have proven to pollinate apples, squash, watermelons, blueberries, cranberries and tomatoes more effectively than honey bees.

The facts go on and on, but what are regular citizens to do about it?

Well, being informed is a good place to start. We need to learn as much as we can about how to protect and encourage our populations of native bees. We can certainly cut way down on the drenching of our yards and gardens with tons of insecticides and herbicides, which are bad for our water supply, bad for the good bugs and the birds that eat them, and for human beings.

Ask yourself just how important it really is to go to the labor and expense of having a Southern Living lawn. Dandelions can be dug by hand (good exercise) and bugs can be handpicked from your vegetables (good revenge).

Think about the food you buy. Apples grown without insecticides may not look as picture-perfect as those often-sprayed beauties, but they’re likely to be a lot better for you and yours.

And while you’re at it, you might tell your elected officials to insist on real, meaningful safeguards as to what’s been put on all the food that’s being sold.

And next time you come across a busy bee out there, give her a nod and thank her for all the hard work.

Take good care of your money.

REUNION NOTES ■ 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.

■ Beason Reunion is 1 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 7, at Big Ridge State Park in the tea room.

Bring a covered dish. Info: Patsy, 771-0539.

■ The Central High School Class of 1978 will hold its 35th reunion at Beaver Brook Country Club from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept.14. The cost is $25 per person, which can be paid at the door. RSVP to Ronnie Booker, 688-8779.

■ The Halls High School Class of 1978 will celebrate its 35th reunion at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, with a bonfire/chili supper/Petros bar at Greg and Pam Lester Householder’s at 8125 Andersonville Pike.

There is no cost but attendees are asked to bring their own drinks. Info: 922-3027 or email blue_skimo@yahoo.com.

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Improvement is coming (but not all at once) There are reasons to believe even the immediate future will be better than the recent past.

Marvin West

As you may have heard, Tennessee football is facing a trap game in Western Kentucky and things really get tough after that.

No matter what happens at Oregon and Florida, keep believing that success is again in sight, out there on the horizon. If you can’t see it, get out your telescope.

The orange (or grey) team

is about to be improved, incrementally, a little here, a bit there, somewhat noticeable on forthcoming Saturdays, more obvious behind the scenes.

A positive attitude permeates the premises. That helps. A great quarterback would help more.

This is not a championship team. I hope it is a bowl team. That would be progress, another Butch brick in the wall.

You are right, winning six will require considerable effort and smarts, only available substitutes for lack of depth and top talent. Right this minute, eight of the remaining foes think they can whip the Volunteers.

We are in the “win” column for the Ducks and Gators, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Missouri,

linebacker? I’m not certain the Bulldogs even recruited top Tennessee signees from Georgia.

For some strange reason, in-state schools did not put up a great fuss when UT was gathering the promising collection of young quarterbacks. OK, South Carolina could have been mistaken about Justin Worley. Perhaps nice guy Nathan Peterman did not fit the Florida scheme. I don’t know why Georgia allowed Joshua Dobbs to first choose Arizona State. Too deep at that position?

Of course football victories do not depend on quarterback play alone. But, unless you have Jadeveon Clowney bull-rushing off the edge, quarterback is the key. AJ McCarron and Aaron Murray give their teams

the probability of winning on otherwise dull days.

Playmakers, runners, receivers, disruptive defenders, are next in importance.

These are not yet Tennessee strengths.

How much and how fast one or more quarterbacks and receivers improve is the probable key to achieving six wins – or more.

If Tennessee is still alive at the end of October, I expect the Vols will have an advantage over several opponents in attention to detail. This is often a trademark of coaching staffs that must fight uphill battles.

Coaches blessed with great skill players are sometimes tempted to let skill prevail. Absent that, it is necessary to get the little things right. If you have

only a short stick to fight a bear, do point the stick in the correct direction.

I expect Tennessee will have an edge in enthusiasm some games. I think this is good. Football is an enthusiastic game.

Alas, I am reminded of something the late, great Gen. Robert R. Neyland said about whoop-it-up enthusiasm, that it lasts until a few seconds after the kickoff or until you get hit in the mouth.

After that, courage, preparation, speed, strength, weather, officiating and the bounce of the ball are more dominant elements.

It is Tennessee’s turn to have a favorable helping of at least five of the above. That might get the team to six.

chid family!) I found a rock that looked for all the world like a tooth. I found a stone that looks like I imagine the stones in Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness – round and smooth and flat.

And I found a tiny, timeCross ly, beautiful miracle.

Currents I had been studying the Lynn rocks across the river, wonPitts dering if that one rock that looked as if it had a furry animal sitting on top of it really did have a furry animal sitting on top of it. them, and did just that.

And if it did, indeed, have On the Nantahala, how- a furry animal sitting on ever, I found amazing things top of it, how friendly (and/ to study. There were yellow or hungry) might that furry lady-slippers blooming right animal be?! Turn out it was beside the water. I don’t only a rock. I think. know that I had ever seen Behind the animal/rock, lady-slippers before, and I there was a tiny grotto – a don’t know how I knew im- cavern with a large heartmediately what it was. But I shaped rock in front of it. did. (Checked it later online The rock was covered on top just to be sure, and discov- with thick moss, and there ered they are part of the or- was a small pool of water

surrounding it. I studied it for a while then went back to exploring the rocks around me.

When I looked again, I was startled to see what appeared to be a slender, perfectly rectangular white mark on the dark wall behind the heart rock. “That was not there before,” I said aloud to the river. “How in the world…?”

It began to fade, fairly quickly, and was gone.

I blinked, took off my glasses, put them back on.

The white rectangle was back, steady and unmoving.

Then it faded again and was gone. I quit blinking.

The next time it appeared, I discovered that there was a precursor to the light. Each time the light appeared, the left wall of the cavern put on a light show of reflections of the moving water in the pool below. I

turned to look for the sun, and sure enough, the Nantahala had lived up to its name. The sun was dancing between clouds, providing the light show I had been enjoying.

I have tried since to imagine the tiny slit in that huge rock that allowed the sun to penetrate the grotto.

I have wondered, too, how many other people have been blessed as I was, by having discovered that tiny miracle of the mountains.

Author’s note: I met a wonderful man late last year and felt as if I had found my best friend. Lewis Pitts and I were married in April and are having wonderful adventures (this week’s column is an account of one of those). It is a miracle of grace that I give thanks for every day. As C. S. Lewis said, I am “surprised by joy.”

Auburn and Vanderbilt.

Some marks are in pencil. At least one is wishful thinking.

Tennessee is circled in blue on the Kentucky schedule. It is the home finale that could save the Wildcats’ season.

Western Kentucky is likely looking at Tennessee as a possible upset. You never know. As the old saying goes, even blind squirrels find an occasional acorn.

You should meet some of the people who win the lottery.

Here comes the sobering part where total optimists get angry and start loading up to shoot the messenger: On most Saturdays that matter, Tennessee will be the betting underdog.

How many Vols, do you suppose, could win starting positions at Alabama?

One offensive lineman? One

The mid-day sun Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

(Ecclesiastes 11:7 NRSV) I spent a few hours on the banks of the Nantahala River last week.

My husband, Lewis, is a devout fly fisherman, but he only fishes for trout. I, being a Grade-A, world-class, devout worrier, went with him to watch over him. (I don’t worry about mean men with bad intentions, or even bears, but a trout stream can be fast and treacherous, and so I sit on the rocks beside the river and stand watch as guardian).

I have promised Lewis that someday I will learn to

fish as well, but for now, I enjoy watching his artistry, and the graceful ballet that he executes with rod and reel, line and hook.

My father took me fishing for bluegill when I was about five, but I was not particularly enthralled.

My daughter Jordan caught a couple of small fish in a stream by our house in New Jersey when she was about 4, and when her father asked her what she wanted to do with them, she said enthusiastically, “Let’s eat ’em!” So they cooked

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Community Services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host the Second Harvest Food Drop from 8-10 a.m. Saturday, Sept.

21. There will be volunteers to help bag your free food and carry it to your car if needed.

Info or to volunteer: 690-1060; www.beaverridgeumc.com.

The Mothers of Preschoolers – MOPS – from Two Rivers Church enjoy a night out for a painting class. Photo submitted

MOPS helps moms cope

By Ashley Baker Now that school is back in session, some moms are able to enjoy just a bit more “me” time. But what about those mothers of preschoolers?

MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers, is an international organization that promotes friendship, sharing and “me” time for mothers who have preschool-age children. In the Knoxville area, many of the MOPS groups are encouraged and supported in part by churches.

Two Rivers Church has an active MOPS group because the philosophy of the organization fits with the church’s commitment to walk alongside young moms to encourage them as they invest in the next generation. The MOPS group will begin a new session at Two Rivers, 275 Harrison Lane, Lenoir City, on Sept.

10 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The group meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at that time at the church.

Open to church mem-

bers and non-members alike, the MOPS group at Two Rivers includes moms from all over. The program is open to mothers who are expecting through those who have children up to age 5. Meetings include speakers with relevant topics for moms and the opportunity to make new friends and share the joys and trials of parenthood.

“MOPS has changed me,” said hospitality team member Amy Muir. “I think, being a mom, you can feel secluded. I found a safe place to share life’s struggles and joys and now try to make other moms feel welcome.”

Muir said stereotypes about how women get along are seldom seen at MOPS meetings. “The women are so loving,” Muir said. “They do not judge or talk bad about each other.”

Moms are also invited to Moms’ Night Out through MOPS, which are times when outside activities are planned without the children. Small groups also join

Johneta Smith turns 100 Johneta Smith celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends at her home at Arbor Terrace.

Smith said she’s not sure to what to attribute her long life. “I don’t remember ever having been sick, ever,” she said. She received 100 roses and an extra large birthday cake.

Photo by S. Barrett

together to organize other outings and play dates.

The first visit to MOPS is free. If a mother wants to join, there is an annual charge of $40, which covers monthly meeting expenses, MomSense magazine, Mom E-mail and MyMOPS online benefits.

During the MOPS meetings, free childcare is provided through the MOPPETS program. Children in MOPPETS engage in ageappropriate activities such as stories, songs, snacks, videos, crafts and games.

For more information on MOPS at Two Rivers, visit the church’s website at http://tworiverschurch.org, or contact Amy Muir at 865755-7397 or at amyfmuir@ yahoo.com.

Some of the other area churches that have MOPS programs are: Fountain City United Methodist Church, Erin Presbyterian Church, Central Baptist Church of Bearden, Seymour Heights Christian Church and First Baptist Church of Knoxville.

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

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

No medical experience is required. Training is provided.

Info: Penny Sparks, 544-6279.

Knox Library sets Jamboree and Strollerthon Knox County Public Library and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Knox County will host the Kids Jamboree and Strollerthon 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at West Town Mall in front of the Disney Store.

There will be celebrity story times, crafts, cake, prizes

and a live broadcast of WDVX’s “Kids Stuff” with Sean McCollough.

The event will kick off with a two-mile fun walk around the mall at 9 a.m. Registration for the walk starts at 8 a.m. Prizes will be given for Best Decorated Stroller and Best Storybook Character

Costume, and everyone who completes the walk will be eligible to win a gift card.

A $12 registration fee will cover the cost of books for one child in Knox County for a year.

Info: visit www.knoxlib. org/il or 215-8764.

Trulia’s searching for true love Trulia, a three-year-old Anatolian Pyrenees, was found wandering the roads of Jefferson County with one of her eyes in poor condition from a cancerous tumor.

Now that her eye has been removed, there is only a 5 percent chance of the disease returning. Trulia is healthy again and looking for a good family to love.

She is quite affectionate with humans and enjoys being around smaller dogs.

■ 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 1-877-790-6369. Nonemergency calls only. Info: www. ccetn.org.

■ Bookwalter UMC offers One Harvest Food Ministries to the community. Info and menu: http://bookwalter-umc.org/ oneharvest/index.html or 6893349, 9 a.m.-noon weekdays.

Meetings and classes

Laurens Tullock of All Souls Church speaks at last week’s Compassion Coalition Salt and Light lunch. Photo by Wendy Smith

All Souls gives ‘10 for the city’

By Wendy Smith

■ 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.

■ Moms ‘N’ More, a Christian growth group designed to connect mothers of infant and preschool-aged children, meets 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays 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.

All Souls Church, which meets in the Square Room at 4 Market Square, is motivated by Jeremiah 29:7: “Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

But until the end of 2011, the church’s budget wasn’t reflecting its mission, said All Souls member Laurens Tullock at last week’s Compassion Coalition Salt and Light lunch. Instead, it reflected the needs of the church.

So the leadership decided to use at least 10 percent of the church’s annual budget to seek the peace of the city. The congregation upped its budget and began the process of choosing how to use the resulting $30,000. The name “10 for the city” was given to the process, which was designed to engage members.

The process combined intuitive and informed input, said Tullock, so the congregation met once to brainstorm and another time to

research possible areas of service. The Compassion Coalition’s “Salt and Light Guidebook” played a key role in research. During a third meeting, members ranked ideas that were raised during the first two meetings.

Ultimately, All Souls chose seven different ways to use the funds, and many members became involved with the organizations supported by the funds. In addition to providing operational support to the Emerald Youth Foundation, the church became the lead sponsor of the Emerald Youth Foundation swim team. Approximately 50 members now work with swim team members on a variety of levels, Tullock says.

While the original amount budgeted to “seek the peace of the city” was $30,000, a total of $100,000 was raised.

“Amazing, amazing things have come out of this process,” said Tullock. “It has energized the church body into making a difference in the community.”

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New teachers at Sequoyah Elementary A.L. Lotts Elementary School PTA president Susannah Sayre has two children, kindergartner Henry and 4th grader Natalie, New teachers at Sequoyah Elementary School are (front) Chelsie Nunn (art), Cindi Ellison (kindergarten), Katherine Britton (2nd who go to the school. Photo by S. Barrett grade); (back) Candy Olandt (4th grade), Laura Phillips (3rd grade), Lauren Ingram (special ed), Beth Morgenegg (speech) and Kara Haas (1st grade). The entire group gave a thumbs up when asked how the new school year is going. Photo by S. Barrett

A.L. Lotts PTA celebrates 20 years

While students and faculty at A.L. Lotts Elementary School are hard at work, another team works behind the scenes to fill in cracks in the well-oiled machine. In the process, they also help to make it shine. This year marks the PTA’s 20th anniversary and in that time the group (and the school) has grown by leaps and bounds.

Sara Barrett

Susannah Sayre, currently in her second year as president of the school’s PTA, leads a group of volunteers that work in the clinic and the library five days a week. They also run an art masters’ program, in which volunteers teach students to make art in the style of a featured artist. The volunteers run an afterschool enrichment program with help from volunteers. On the long list of PTA-run programs are a reading week, special needs committee, art, poster and essay contests, and community fundraisers.

“Success comes about when everyone uses their given talents with the mission of making A.L. Lotts a better school for the children,” said Sayre. “When we all work together with them as the focus of our endeavors, then there is no end to the amount of success we

can achieve.”

The group’s goal for membership this year is to have 1,100 members, which is more than the school’s student population.

A fall festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, with bounce houses, games, an auction and a bake sale. Everyone is invited. A science night, math night and pancake breakfast are also in the works.

Community members are encouraged to join the PTA even if they don’t have children who go to the school.

Sayre feels this is important “because I feel our school is only as strong as the community that supports it.

“Their support is also impacting the education of future generations who will one day affect positive changes as parents, employees, business owners or as community volunteers.”

The original members of the A.L. Lotts PTA gave the program a great start, as parents came from Blue Grass Elementary when their children were rezoned due to overcrowding.

Original A.L. Lotts PTA member and Farragut Shopper-News editor Sherri Gardner Howell said she remembers being in the PTA at Blue Grass and pushing hard for a new school to be built. According to Howell, there were almost more students in portables at Blue Grass than there were inside the main building. A.L. Lotts relieved a lot of that overflow, and in the process a great parent/teacher/student community was born.

Harris retires after 30 years Bearden High School French teacher Patricia Harris has retired after 30 years with Knox County Schools.

H a r r i s t a u g h t at both Bearden Middle and Harris Bearden High Schools since 1982.

The Morristown native initially decided to teach French during a trip to France at age 16. After her junior year at UT, Harris stayed with a family in France for three months and thought she was truly immersed in the language and culture, and she looked

forward to sharing her experiences with students.

Harris has traveled to France eight times with different groups of students.

Six of her students have become French teachers.

She plans to travel more now that she is retired; a trip at the top of her to do list is a visit to France sometime other than the summer, since she will now be available during other times of the year. She also looks forward to spending time with her French poodle, Bijou.

After a year off, Harris plans to teach part-time at the elementary school level to help introduce young students to the French culture as early as possible.

Davis competes for scholarship Roane State Community College-Cumberland bu si ne s s/ finance student James Davis has been awarded an AbbVie CF scholarship based on his academic Davis achievements, extracurricular activities and his ability to serve as a positive role model for the cystic fibrosis (CF) community.

AbbVie scholarships are awarded to students living with CF who are pursuing a higher education. Davis is one of 40 students to receive the $2,500 scholarship this

year, but two students – one graduate and one undergraduate – will receive an additional $18,500 scholarship, bringing their scholarships to $21,000 in honor of the 21st anniversary of the AbbVie CF scholarship program.

Folks can vote for Davis to receive the scholarship through Monday, Sept. 16, online or by text. The winners of the 2013 Thriving Undergraduate and Graduate Students will be announced in October.

To view Davis’ profile page including his scholarship essay, or to vote, visit www.abbviecfscholarship. com. Votes for Davis can also be submitted by texting VOTE12 to 23000.

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Reading buddies at St. John Neumann The students in Sabrina Talley’s 4th grade class and Beth Mattingly’s preschool class at St. John Neumann Catholic School recently teamed up for a reading buddy program. The program allows older elementary school students to practice their reading fluency and share their time and skills with others while exposing younger students to new words and different genres of books. Pictured sharing a book with preschooler Cole Latham is 4th grader Adam Osborne. Photo submitted

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Shopper News Presents Miracle Makers

Teacher shows ‘Howe Two’

By Betsy Pickle Leslie Howe didn’t write the book on math, but she did write the computer program on it.

Make that “programs.”

A math and computer science teacher at Farragut High School since 1985, Howe has written more than 400 computer programs to help teachers help students find the best path to learning.

She doesn’t know the exact number she’s written.

“I stopped counting,” says Howe, who has no qualms about revealing that she turned 70 last Wednesday.

“There’s time enough to count when the game is done. In the time it took to count them I could write another one.”

She couldn’t have said that in the mid-1990s when she wrote the first one. It took about 40 hours. Howe was one of two teachers coordinating the computer lab, which wasn’t seeing much traffic at the time despite having 35 brand-new computers.

Another teacher was having trouble getting her students to understand signed numbers, so Howe said she could purchase a program to use in the lab if the teacher found the software she wanted.

“She said to me, ‘You know how to program. Why don’t you just write what we need instead of paying?’ Howe recalls. “Because a site license, even on one single activity, runs around $700. I said, ‘If I write it, will you use it?’ So I wrote some things that she wanted for her lowlevel class.”

Writing programs that address the problems students are having falls in line with Howe’s philosophy.

“Education should come from the teacher out,” says Howe, who grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, and the Cleveland suburb of North Olmsted.

“I started teaching in 1965. There’s not a thing in high school math that I haven’t taught and found out what is hard for them (students) to understand.”

Her process is to look at the textbook, see where students are stumbling and then create a computer activity that will help them think their way to the answers. It’s basically the opposite of how most educational programs are written.

“What’s happening in education is that the (software) companies are saying, ‘Is there something we’re using in business that we could tweak a little bit and foist on education?’

“And the answer is, yes, they can do multiple choice questions. You see, ‘Here’s a question; what’s the answer – A, B, C, D?’ is easy to program.

And all you have to do is have a typist that types in the questions. And they

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Leslie Howe sits at a computer showing the main menu for math programs she has created. Photos by Betsy Pickle

sell that for millions of dollars.

“What drives our technology?

Should it be education as secondhand market or education as primary focus? That’s my big thing. Not that I want everybody to pay attention to me, but business has said, ‘There’s dollars in them there hills,’ and they’re after our educational dollars.

And those are too scarce and precious to be spent on something made by people who’ve never even taught one day in their life.”

Petite and soft-spoken, Howe is passionate about things that matter to her. She started teaching soon after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Westminster College in Wilmington, Pa. After a year at a Wilmington high school, she entered what is now GordonConwell Theological Seminary.

Running out of money after a year, she moved home to Ohio and taught school in Cleveland, simultaneously working on her master’s degree in math at Cleveland State University.

It was during grad school that she took her first computer programming class, in Fortran.

“I’m about as old a programmer as anybody.”

After earning her master’s in math, she went back and completed her master’s in theology.

“I don’t like unfinished things.”

She married and moved to Manchester, Mass., where she taught math and headed the fledgling computer science program. She took a 10-year break from teaching after

Using classical Egyptian imagery instead of something contemporary helps keep the site from looking dated, Leslie Howe says.

having a daughter in 1975, and when she felt it was time to return, already settled in Tennessee, she found her home at Farragut.

Howe, whose husband, David, is pastor at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, plans to retire at the end of the school year. It’s doubtful she’ll stop working. She avoided emptynest syndrome because the first requests for programs came after daughter Lisa had left for college.

She has never been paid for the programming she’s done for Farragut (it’s considered “a conf lict of interest,” she says), although she’s been able to sell her work to other school districts at conferences and through her website,

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It’s not about the money for Howe.

“My main focus is our needs. And some things have been for friends.”

She’s tried to make the programs enjoyable for kids, giving activities fun titles and trying to make them creative. The programs give immediate feedback and make monitoring easier for teachers.

“It’s not a replacement for the teacher. A lot of people want to replace teachers. They want to save our educational dollars by cutting down on staff, when I think the technology should be used to assist the teacher, because you cannot replace a good teacher.”

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Dr. Terry Douglass, President of Provision Healthcare, played an important role in the development of positron emission tomography (PET) and its development globally.

As a direct result of these PET innovations, cancer can now be diagnosed and treated earlier.

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“A comprehensive team approach where patients can get all their cancer care in one location offers peace of mind,” said Douglass.

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With three treatment rooms, the center will be able to treat up to 900 cancer patients each year. This type of treatment is currently only available at 13 other facilities in the nation.

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Pellissippi broadens mission Pellissippi students can stay home in educational journey

By Betsy Pickle As the new fall term gets started, Pellissippi State Community College is focusing on reaching students where they live and taking them where they want to go.

“Historically, we have viewed our site campuses as access points and as a way of bringing courses and offerings to students in particular communities,” says Anthony Wise, PSCC president. “One of the things that we’re really focused on this year is making sure that we’ve got all the pieces of a program in place to help students graduate from their particular campus.

“For example, we want a student who starts at Magnolia to be able to finish at Magnolia, so we’re looking at … what kind of resources we need to put in place, what kind of faculty we need to put in place to make sure that we’ve got complete degree offerings at each of our campuses throughout Knox and Blount counties.”

In addition to the main campus at Hardin Valley, PSCC has

campuses in Blount County, on Magnolia Avenue near downtown Knoxville, on Division Street and at Strawberry Plains in East Knox County.

Thanks to what Wise describes as a “supportive” yet “rigorous” faculty, Pellissippi prepares students to continue their education at four-year schools.

“Based on conversations we have with students who graduate – and we need to get more of them to graduate – but those who do graduate from Pellissippi State are very well prepared to transfer successfully either to our public partners or our private college partners like Maryville (College) or King (University) or CarsonNewman (University).”

The outlook is good for PSCC students heading straight to the workforce as well.

“Our students who are in our technical programs are doing well in terms of job placement,” says Wise. “Our placement rate for employment for the last year we have data was 96 percent. It’s gone up each of the last three years, so we’re pleased that we’re providing the kind of training and education that allows those students to complete an associate’s degree and move directly into the workforce.”

Dr. Anthony Wise, president of Pellissippi State Community College, stands at the main campus off Hardin Valley Road to greet students and answer questions on the first day of the Fall 2013 semester. Photo submitted

Much of the success is due to working with area businesses and addressing their needs.

“We’ve always had as part of our mission to do workforce train-

ing for local business and industry,” says Wise. “We continue to do that. In fact, we had a presentation with Denso yesterday where they’re asking us to create forcredit programs, either certificate programs or degree programs or portion-of-degree programs to offer to their employees.

“Those conversations often start with business and community services, but we’re bringing our faculty into those conversations so they can help design the curricula for programs for companies like Denso and Green Mountain (Coffee) and Y-12. We’re working on apprenticeship programs and degree programs and creating certificate programs as well. That’s something that’s really picked up in the last year, and I imagine that that will continue.”

A new opportunity awaits technology-minded students this fall.

“We’ve got a new partnership program with Austin Peay (State University) in the area of engineering and manufacturing technology,” says Wise. “They’re actually going to offer the third and fourth year of a bachelor’s degree on the Hardin Valley campus for students from our engineering technology program, so we’re excited about that getting started.”

For those students who really

want to go places, as in overseas, Pellissippi State is a great embarkation point. PSCC leads twoyear colleges nationally in studyabroad students, according to a report recently published by the Institute of International Education. During the 2010-11 academic year, 174 PSCC students studied abroad through the Tennessee Consortium for International Studies.

Closer to home, on the Hardin Valley campus, one of last year’s big debuts, The Arts at Pellissippi State, will continue to grow this year and feature the talents of faculty, students and the community.

The first play will be the Broadway bluegrass musical “The Robber Bridegroom,” Nov. 1-3 and 8-10. Paintings by Marcia Goldenstein on display through Sept.

18 make up the first visual-arts exhibit of the semester at the Bagwell Center for Media and Art. Jake Hamric will give the first faculty lecture, “The German Way of War,” at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12. The first faculty recital, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, will showcase talented full-time and adjunct music faculty members.

“We have a lot of exciting things planned,” says Julia Wood, director of marketing and communications.

Quilters explore the concept of color

By Cindy Taylor Color and creativity blended with form and function at the August meeting of the Modern Quilt Guild at the Powell Branch Library Members produce a constant f low of quilt squares which are then assembled and presented to graduates of Restoration House, a village designed for single mothers and their families.

Making quilts for Restora-

tion House has been an ongoing project for the Guild.

For show and tell, members brought patterns, books, fabric and projects.

Projects included purses, quilt squares, fabric stamping, and new ways to look at color and design.

The guild will begin working on a project for the new Riley Blake/Modern Quilt Guild fabric challenge.

President Emily Doane gave

instructions on how to use the Modern Quilt Guild website that now supports a link to information about the Knoxville Guild.

The Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild meets monthly at various locations.

The September meeting will be held at 10:15 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Powell Library.

This will include a monthly meeting and a sew-in.

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Melissa Everett brought her orange blocks to add to a quilt for Restoracom. and teal quilt for Show and Tell. tion House graduates. Photo by C. Taylor

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Debbie Noho with Designs for You, Steve Jergensen with ROK and Meg Haufe with Home Instead say hello at the Farragut chamber’s networking event at Abuelos. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Farragut West Knoxville Chamber president Bettye Sisco, center, gathers Lynne Overton with Holiday Inn Express, Tom Overton with Clarity Pointe, guest Zac Mixson and Ashton Lloyd with Holiday Inn Express, for some refreshments at Abuelos.

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Don Sproles Dinner ahead

By Pam Fansler The second annual Don Sproles Memor ia l Dinner, a fundraising event for the Vo l u n t e e r Ministry Center, will take place this ThursFansler day, Sept. 5, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel downtown.

The featured speaker is New York Times bestselling author and sports columnist Sally Jenkins.

Jenkins wrote “Sum It Up: 1,098 Victories, A Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective” about Pat Summitt, former coach who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s shortly before she led the Vols to their 16th SEC championship. Coach Holly Warlick is honorary dinner chair.

Sproles and his wife, Karen, owners of the Lunchbox restaurants, were longtime supporters of Volunteer Ministry Center. They served meals there once a month and also hired a number of VMC clients, giving them a chance at meaningful employment.

The first Don Sproles Memorial Dinner took place shortly after Sproles’ death in August 2012. Sproles had been elected chair of the VMC board of directors earlier that year and had looked forward to the non-profit organization’s 25th year. The anniversary dinner was renamed in Sproles’ honor and will be an annual event.

VMC’s mission is to facilitate permanent supportive housing for those who are homeless and to provide services to prevent homelessness. The organization’s “Housing First” approach uses case management to assist individuals in securing housing. The Bush Family Refuge serves individuals in danger of losing their homes. The center also operates a free dental clinic and provides 57 housing units at Minvilla Manor.

It’s not too late to make plans to attend the 2nd annual Don Sproles Memorial Dinner. Tickets to the reception are sold out, but some tickets to the dinner remain. To purchase tickets or to learn how you can support the Volunteer Ministry Center, visit vmcinc.org.

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Held at a different small business local each week, the Farragut West Knox Chamber meet and great affords members the opportunity to promote business growth in Knoxville. The event at Abuelos event drew 65 to 70 guests.

Chamber members say ‘hola’ at Abuelos The Farragut West Knoxville Chamber of Commerce Networking went south of the border in spirit on Aug. 15 with a trip to Abuelos restaurant, 11299 Parkside Drive in Turkey Creek.

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By Betty Bean Jessie Evans, owner of Friends Antiques and Collectibles Mall, was the founding vendor at the first Historic Happy HollerPalooza.

Now, with the 8th annual street fair set to kick off at noon Saturday, Sept. 14, she’s thrilled by its growth.

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Once the North Knoxville Business and Professional Association joined, it really took off. That’s when we shut down the street and it got bigger and better.”

Friends, which is managed by Evans’ parents, Linda and Rick Evans, is three stories crammed with collectibles, antiques and curiosities. They’ll hold a raffle.

Ellen Lee’s brother Dan Moriarty, the unofficial mayor of Happy Holler, opened the Time Warp Tea Room in 2002, before most of the other new businesses moved into what is now an up-and-coming part of Downtown North.

Lee is another of the HollerPalooza organizers and is excited about what this year’s celebration has to offer, particularly the promotion to benefit the Fulton

Jessie Evans and her mother, Linda Photo by Betty Bean High School band, which will open the street fair with a mini concert at the Original Freezo at the north end of the holler.

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“And the best part is the money will benefit the Fulton High School band, which is so improved and will use the money for new uniforms.”

Dancers from the Broadway Academy of Performing Arts will perform at the Freezo and on the Anderson Avenue stage.

Newer businesses like Raven Records and Rarities and the Chop Shop hair salon will be open, and singersongwriters Sarah Pirkle and Jeff Barbra will perform, as will Mike McGill and the Barstool Romeos, Ian Thomas and the Band of Drifters and Robinella.

Taoist Tai Chi Society will demonstrate some moves, and there will be belly dancers, a motorcycle ride-in and an adult tricycle race on trikes from Harvest Rentals.

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

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to combat modern slavery

By Shannon Morris Grace Christian Academy’s logo contains the motto that drives all we do: Lead, Build, Equip.

To that end, we take tremendous pride in hearing examples of alumni who are using the solid foundation provided by Grace and making a difference in their communities.

One such alum is Harrison Collins (Class of 2011), a young man with a passion for ending the devastation and curse of modern slavery, specifically relating to young ladies who are bound by painful circumstances and shame.

Harrison, along with his girlfriend Suzy Schrimsher and friend Melissa Dukes, have started a website called freedovemarket.com, a resource that sells

donated artwork to raise funds to fight this terrible blight. All of the proceeds from the sale of the artwork goes directly to a Christian ministry called Love UnVeiled, an organization devoted to setting women free to be all that God intended them to be.

Harrison is currently working with the art department at Grace after art teacher Shannon Johnson showed a video about this effort to her class. The students have been given the option to donate any of their artwork to the website throughout the year. To date, nearly 30 pieces of art have been donated, with more to come. Grace students, both past and present, are working together to bring change to a hurting world in the name of Christ.

Grace Christian Academy art teacher Shannon Johnson and alumnus Harrison Collins.

Middle school volleyball serves an ace!

By Shannon Morris

The Grace Christian Academy middle school volleyball team gathers with a Riverbirch resident (standing, center). They are: (front) head coach Tanna Storie, Katie Storie; (back) Allie Corum, Kara Nipper, Lily Duncan, Emory Bowman, Emily Keaton, Elizabeth Human, Aly Coffey, Gentry McReynolds, Darby Flickinger, Keana Way, Santana White, Makenly Smith, Michelle Lower, Dexter Reasons, Loren Rudl, Faith Hammond and Abby Phillips.

Rachel Chamberlain earns Gold Award

Rachel Chamberlain with a Lonsdale Elementary School student. Photo by Adam Chamberlain

By Linda Comfort Grace Christian Academy senior Rachel Chamberlain was recently awarded the Girl Scouts Gold Award.

The Gold Award represents the highest achievement in the Girl

Scouts. As a Gold Award recipient, Rachel will become part of an elite group of women who have shared their passions and ideas with their communities.

To achieve her Gold Award, Rachel traveled to Lonsdale Elementary

Volleyball fans are well aware that success begins with serving well. The school year has just gotten started, but the GCA Middle school volleyball teams are already learning the importance of serving well – on and off the court. Aside from striving for athletic achievements, the teams have been serving in the community as well.

Recently, the girls trekked across the street to Riverbirch, a senior citizens apartment complex. These industrious students hand-washed the windows in all 20 units and the clubhouse.

They also cleaned the outdoor furniture, painted the concrete garden planter and pulled weeds from all of the rock beds. More importantly, the girls also got to know the residents who came outside to watch the work.

The volleyball coaches prepared some VIP passes and distributed them to each resident.

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School every Tuesday and Thursday of the last school year and taught a healthy-eating class.

Rachel was prompted to do this project when she discovered that Lonsdale Elementary has the third highest obesity rate of students in Tennessee.

Under Rachel’s tutelage, the students learned about all the different food groups, portion control and exercise. Her students

resident free admission to all of the GCA middle school home volleyball matches. Many of the residents promised the girls that they would come over to watch them play.

After the day was done, the girls came up with two ideas on their own. First, each team member “adopted” a senior citizen as their own and wrote them a personal note. The girls will continue with this communication throughout the volleyball season. Second, the teams unanimously volunteered to do another project with these special people, and came up with the idea of putting together a Sunday dinner and serving the residents, which they hope to do in the near future.

When the work day was over, the teams prayed with one of the residents who has a relative being attended by hospice care. Regardless of how well these athletes perform on the volleyball court during the season, they have already served up an ace!

practiced a more active lifestyle by playing on the playground. The students completed worksheets in both English and Spanish in Rachel’s class and took the worksheets home to their parents so they could practice healthy eating as a family.

Rachel and other Tennessee Gold Award recipients will accept their awards in a statewide ceremony in the spring of 2014.

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CONTINUING Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, offers weekly healthy activities including line dancing 5:30-8 p.m. Monday; Zumba 4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; open basketball for youth 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Tuesday; Weight Watchers 5:30 p.m. Wednesday; and low-impact aerobics 5:45 p.m. Thursday. Info: 6901060 or www.beaverridgeumc.com.

Candoro Arts & Heritage Center seeks artists, crafters and vendors to reserve booth space for the “Candoro Rocks” festival, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 5 at Candoro Marble Works, 681 Maryville Pike. Applications are online at candoromarble.org or facebook. com/candoromarble.

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.

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.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 3 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., has dancing 7-8:15 p.m. Admission: $5. Open enrollment for beginners’ square dance classes through Sept. 17; first two weeks free. Info: R.G. Pratt, 947-3238.

the College of Law Commons and Rotunda, 1505 Cumberland Ave. Info: 974-4131.

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.

Knoxville Writers Guild will feature the launch of author Pamela Schoenewaldt’s “Swimming in the Moon” at 7 p.m. at Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. $2 donation requested at the door.

West African Dance Technique Class with Takia will be offered Thursdays at My Place Performing Arts Centre, 734 Hall of Fame Drive. Cost: $5. Call 8984604 for schedule.

Mousetrap” at the theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Five roles for boys and three for girls are available; minimum age is 12. To make an audition appointment, email Caroline King, caroline@childrenstheatreknoxville.com and include name, age, gender and preferred appointment time (12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 or 6:30 p.m.). Auditioners should prepare a one-minute monologue from a play or novel. Performances will be Thursdays-Sundays, Oct. 25-Nov. 9 (excluding Oct. 31).

Jean Leigh Claudette, local children’s book author, will sell and sign copies of her latest books 1-3 p.m. at Smart Toys and Books, 9700 Kingston Pike. For each book purchased, receive free entry 3-5 p.m. to Tataru’s Gymnastics, 11207 Outlet Drive. Info: jeanleighclaudette@ yahoo.com, jeanleighclaudettekidbooks.com or cmlford1975@yahoo.com.

Ricky Skaggs will perform at 8 p.m. at the Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville. Tickets: $20-$45 at 981-8590 or www.claytonartscenter.com.

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“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.

Knoxville Region UT Chattanooga Alumni Chapter will meet 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Cove at Concord Park, 11808 Northshore Drive. Bring a lunch; family and friends are welcome. Info: Natalie Mohr, npatter2@ gmail.com or 470-3790 or https://www.facebook.com/ Knoxville.Mocs.

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: “Spare Scenes” (character development and improv) with Crystal Braeuner, drama instructor/ cofounder of Tiger Lily Theatre. Cost: $10 ($8 students, seniors, military). Info: 325-9877 or director@ wildthymeplayers.org.

The Vegetarian Society of East Tennessee will meet at 6 p.m. at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. “Caribbean Cooking” is the theme, with two demo dishes followed by a potluck.

Cost: $5; proceeds help pay for the textbooks of the Haiti college student leading the demo.

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 6 Connect Fellowship for Women begins fall semester small-group study at 9:15 a.m. on the North Campus of Cokesbury UMC, 9915 Kingston Pike.

Brunch and free child care provided. Info: www.cclive. org/women, connect4women@cclive.org or Mary Lou Sokolow, 246-0438.

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

UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St., will hold an opening reception 5-9 p.m. for “The Echo of the Object,” drawings, paintings, photography and sculpture by Ball State University faculty members. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St., will hold an opening reception 5:30-9 p.m. for painter Nelson Ziegler of Sevierville and clay artist Karen Kyte of Seymour, whose works will be featured through September. There will be live music by Sunshine Station. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday, 11 a.m.9 p.m. Friday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Info: 525-5265 or artmarketgallery.net.

Downtown African American Art Gallery will have an opening reception 6-8 p.m. for an exhibit of works by Liberian-born artist Hawa Ware Johnson at African American Appalachian Arts Inc., Suite 106, Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St. Bliss Home, 29 Market Square, will have an opening reception 6-9 p.m. honoring Knoxville painter Christi Shields, September featured artist.

Party for a Purpose, benefiting the Fort Loudoun Lake Association and its cleanup efforts, will be 6-10 p.m. at Calhoun’s on the River. Former UT basketball coach Bruce Pearl will be the speaker; evening includes live band, barbecue and beer. Tickets: $50 at fllake.org or 523-3800.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4 American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike, offers weekly information sessions on nurse assistant, EKG and phlebotomy training 10-11 a.m. Info: 8623508.

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.

UT College of Law is holding a free admissions workshop and recruitment fair for potential law school applicants. Workshop is 11:30 a.m. followed by a Q&A with admissions officers at 12:30 p.m. at the University Center, Shiloh Room. Recruitment fair is 2-4 p.m. at

Tennessee Valley Fair features rides, food, concerts, exhibits and competitions at Chilhowee Park, 3301 E. Magnolia Ave. Between 3 and 4:34 p.m. Sept. 6, admission is $1 in celebration of the fair’s 94th anniversary. There will be a Princess Party 4-6 p.m. Sept. 14 in the Kiddie Land Fun Tent; the 2013 Fairest of the Fair will join Belle and the Little Mermaid for activities. Info: tnvalleyfair.org.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive, will open “Pueblo to Pueblo: The Legacy of Southwest Indian Pottery,” with more than 60 Pueblo Indian pottery vessels from the mid-19th through 20th centuries as well as photos of Pueblo villages and peoples. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

Tea & Treasures, 4104 Martin Mill Pike, will celebrate its sixth birthday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. with music, refreshments, artist demonstrations, special offers and door prizes.

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will hold auditions for an upcoming production of Agatha Christie’s “The

MONDAY, SEPT. 9 The Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA will launch a beginning Tai Chi class with an open house 7-8:30 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. The class will meet 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays through December. Info: 482-7761 or www.taoist.org.

Tennessee Shines will feature Tim Easton & Megan Palmer 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.

MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, SEPT. 9-OCT. 30 Tai Chi for Better Living Arthritis Foundation beginner and advanced classes, offered by Smoky Mountain Wellness, will meet 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Everett Recreation Center, Room 205, 318 Everett High Road, Maryville. A beginner class will meet 6-7 p.m. at Springbrook Recreation Center, 1537 Dalton St., Alcoa (advanced class will open if interest is shown). Info: 803-8887, fax 982-3808 or www.smokymountainwellness.com.

MONDAY-THURSDAY, SEPT. 9, 10, 12 Appalachian dulcimer courses start at Pellissippi State Community College. A beginner course launches Sept. 12 at the Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley road. The novice class starts Sept. 9 and the intermediate Sept. 10 at the Blount County Campus, 2731 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Friendsville. Info: Rudy Ryan, 966-1995. Registration: 539-7167.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 10 Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike, will present “La Buona Cucina” 6:30-8:30 p.m.

The menu will feature grilled marinated zucchini, minestrone di Romagna, strawberries in red wine and almond biscotti. BYO wine. Cost: $50. Register: www. avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

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Each pet has a meticulously detailed chart specifying food preferences and other individual quirks. “Likes blue blanket,” reads one.

“These are people’s babies,” says Taylor. “I love working here. Even though it is a business, most of us are here because we love dogs.” Cats also enjoy spaThe agility course at Birchwood Kennels. Owner Rob Satoloe is an AKC-certified trainer. Photos by cious, temperature-conCarol Zinavage trolled quarters at Birchwood Kennels.

The big 30th anniverchildhood cocker spaniel.

Satoloe’s father was strict sary blowout, scheduled about the dog’s care, and if for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturthe boy failed to groom her day, Sept. 7, started out as each and every Sunday, ex- “a couple of hot dog stands tra lawn mowing awaited for my clients, but then it Right off Clinton Highhim. Those high standards snowballed,” says Satoloe. way in Powell, settled in stuck. The pets at Birch- There’ll be educational among leafy trees and green wood Kennels enjoy spot- tables, exhibitions and a free photographer for pet/ lawns, there’s a group of less quarters. owner portraits (reservapeople who love your dogs “A vet once said, ‘There’s Carol and cats almost as much as cleanliness, there’s obses- tion times are suggested Zinavage you do. They’ve been in the sive cleanliness, and then for this service).

And it’s a fundraiser. Sabusiness of caring for anithere’s Rob,’” he recalls toloe, who had no financial mals for 30 years, and this with a grin.

Saturday they’re throwing A native of Skokie, Ill., assistance of his own for a big party. he came to East Tennessee college, wants to help UT Birchwood Kennels, in 1982 and stayed when Veterinary Medical College owned and operated by “Here Comes the Sun” he witnessed dogs living in students. He’s a member of the UTVMC Benefactors’ champion AKC breeder/ plays over the sound sys- deplorable conditions. shower Rob Satoloe, styles tem.

“My whole life changed Society and has named itself as a “lodge” for pets It’s a happy place. when I saw the way ani- the school in his will, but wants to do more. And the whose owners are out of Satoloe confirms. mals were being treated.” town. Approaching the “There’s a lot of humor He bought a 14-run scholarship recipient will rustic main office on a here,” he says. “I have cli- kennel and began renovat- be held to a high standard. shady path, visitors pass a ents who call me just to ing and expanding. Today Satoloe specifies: “I regoldfish pond with a gur- pick their day up.” quire that they hold at least the kennel has 50 runs. gling waterfall. “Welcome His love of dogs began His small, friendly staff a 3.5 GPA, and they donate Campers” says a sign. with Lysa J. Pettipaws, his includes kennel manager to an animal cause.”

There’s still time to get in on this nonprofit event, and small businesses wishing to set up a booth are asked to donate $35.

More information and reservations for the aforementioned photo sittings can be found at www. birchwoodkennels.com, or by calling 938-3201. The business is located at 2709 West Beaver Creek Drive in Powell.

Right now Satoloe is in Florida, rating a litter of puppies for AKC consideration. His staff is keeping a close eye on Birchwood’s lodgers and preparing the

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345 Swan Seymour Rd., Maynardville, TN 37807 We are proud to offer at auction the property of Jean Seymour Lake Front Home & 1.18 acres.

Home has 3 spacious bedrooms and 2 full baths, open living room/dining room & kitchen all with beautiful views. Kitchen has cabinets galore. Brick fireplace accents the kitchen as well as the living room, 10x35 wrap-around deck with gorgeous views of the main channel of beautiful Norris Lake.

One of the most inspiring points on Norris Lake.

540 feet of shoreline, main channel, 33 Bridge area.

Real Estate Terms: Successful bidder will need a deposit in amount of 10% day of auction, balance due in full within 30 days. Real estate taxes prorated day of closing. Buyer to sign lead base paint inspection waiver as part of sales contract inspection period begins September 11, 2013. Sale is exempt from TN residential property disclosure. Property sold as is subject to any easements, restrictions or other matters of record, recorded or unrecorded. 10% buyer’s premium added to final bid to establish total contract sales price.

Directions: North on Hwy 33 (Maynardville Hwy) turn right on Hickory Valley (just before Bread Box) then left on Walker Ford to first left on Circle Rd. to left on Swan Seymour Rd. Home on left. Just follow the auction signs!

4306 Maynardville Hwy., Maynardville • www.powellauction.com • 992-1100 • TN F735

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Kennel tech Melissa Taylor and owner Rob Satoloe in Birchwood Kennels’ cozy office.

MIN. DACHSHUND ASTRO 2000, 20 ft, fish Puppies, full blood, or ski, 200 Mercury, long hair, 10 wks low hrs. Trolling old, 865-548-5550 mtr, 2 livewells, walk-thru windshield, Siberian Huskey pups, Bimini top, trailer, CKC, blue eyes, $7500. 865-776-9788 male/fem., blk-grey & wht. 6 wks. $300 Eagle Boat Trailer, ea. 931-510-4269 31', tri-axle, alloy wheels, each axle YORKIES: beautiful AKC 6,000 lbs., surge quality Ch. li. pups. M brakes, great cond., & F. $350 & up. 865$4,200. 865-318-9399 591-7220; 865-463-0963 ***Web ID# 297059*** FOUR WINNS 254 Funship Deck Boat, 350 Chev., Volvo Free Pets 145 Penta outdrive w/twin props, great shape, new canvas, ADOPT! alum. trailer, Looking for an addi$13,500. 865-680-2656 tion to the family?

Visit Young-Williams SEA RAY 1989 180 Animal Center, the bowrider, V6, 175 HP, official shelter for exc. shape, $3250.

Knoxville & Call 865-216-6154.

Knox County.

TERRY SUN SPORT Call 215-6599 17', w/115 HP Johnson mtr., new Transom, or visit floor, carpet & whls. knoxpets.org Nice! Reduced to $5800.

FREE TO GOOD Call Dan, 865-705-1336.

HOME, medium- Must sell due to illness. sized female dog, about 5 yrs old. 789- Campers 235 4808

Farmer’s Market 150 Ferguson Tractor TO30 1948, good cond., $1800.

865-257-8672 KUBOTA TRACHOE 161-3 2006, enclosed cab, hyd. thumb, 1100 hrs. $42,000.

423-319-7251.

2006 5th wheel Sunnybrook Titan, 32', BW-KSLX. 1 ownr, non smoker, exc cond. Many extras. $26K. Optional 2006 F250 Lariat Crew Cab diesel, 4WD, slider hitch, good cond, only 35K mi.

Warr. to 72K mi. $27K. 865-983-4003 ***Web ID# 292272***

SPRINTER 2004, 30' Bunkhouse Model, 303BH, no pets or smokers, $9,500.

Craftsman Riding 865-356-6368 Mower 1998, 19.5 B & S, 6 sp., 42" cut. $450.

423-562-0591 lv msg Motor Homes 237

Lawn-Garden Equip. 190

kennel for a new paint job.

When he returns, he’ll be getting ready for the party and spending time with his own beloved English springer spaniels, whom he chose as a breed because “they can keep up with me!” He also has a mutt named Eustace, whom he saved from doggie death row.

“Fancy show dogs, mutts – they’re all equal to me,” says Satoloe. “I’ve been taking care of Knoxville pets since 1983, and we really do bend over backward for them.”

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238 Antiques Classics 260 Domestic

Harley Davidson Ultra Classic 2009 motor cycle, 1032 mi. $17,500. 865256-4901 Maryville HARLEY Wide Glide 2012, 2K mi, $12,000.

423-237-2508 HONDA GOLDWING Trike 1988, only 11K mi, like new, 1st $10,000 firm. 865-3971012; 865-397-6396 HONDA VALKYRIE 1997, standard With 32K miles, $4300. 865-256-8099.

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1955 CHEVY 2 DR WAGON Must sell.

Call 423-237-2508

CHEVY CAMARO 2011, beautiful red with white stripes, 6 cyl. AT w/tap shift, 20" wheels, 20,600 1967 Austin Healy miles, exc. cond.

Sprite MK 3, rebuilt, $24,000. 423-626-9601 many extra parts, or 423-489-7105. only made 3 yrs, needs TLC, $13,000 Ford Mustang Shelby obo. 865-202-1586 2007, 10,100 mi, blk w/ ***Web ID# 292093*** gray lthr, 319 HP V8 5 sp, $23,900. 865-773-6514 CORVETTE 1987 Metallic gray, t-top Low mileage, $9000.

Fencing 327 931-456-6686 DATSUN 280ZX 1980, Ltd FENCE WORK InstalEd., 10th anniv. 1 of 3000. lation & repair. Free Orig. ownr. 137k. Needs est. 43 yrs exp! Call TLC. B.O. 423-304-9009.

973-2626.

922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378)

Sport Utility 261 Flooring Repairable Wrecks 249 Chev Tahoe 1999 CERAMIC

BUICK CENTURY 2005, with 91K act. mi., $1800 obo. Call 865-690-2782

Autos Wanted 253

$2900 obo 865-933-3175; 388-5136

GMC YUKON 2008 black, 6.0L, V8, Interior/Exterior, loaded, perfect cond. $27,500. 865-223-2738.

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TILE installation.

Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work!

John 938-3328

Guttering

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HONDA PILOT EXL, HAROLD'S A BETTER CASH GUTTER 2011, sunroof, OFFER for junk cars, SERVICE. Will clean leather, 16K mi., trucks, vans, running front & back $20 & up. $21,900. 423-295-5393 or not. 865-456-3500 Quality work, guaranteed. Call 288-0556.

KIA SPORTAGE 2009 leather, AT, V6, Utility Trailers 255 EX, gar. kept, 26K mi, Painting / Wallpaper 344 $15,500. 865-357-3130 CLOSED CARGO / MOTORCYCLE / TOYOTA RAV 4 2003, PILGRIM PAINTING etc. trailer w/rear white & gray, 24 Serving Knoxville for ramp door. 3 ft. mpg, sunrf, 150K 20 Yrs Commercial & Sharp V nose. Special mi, 4 new tires, Residential Inteordered w/two 5000 $5,200. 423-307-3610 rior/Exterior Paintlb. axle & 6 lug ing, Pressure Washhubs. 30 amp hook ing, Staining, up w/interior wall Imports 262 Drywall & Carpentry plugs & 2 ceiling ESTIMATES lights. Spare tire. Ask- ACURA 2000 TL 3.2 w/ FREE291-8434 ing $4000. 865-805-8038 Nav, Pearl White, Tan Pilgrimpainting.net Int, New Michelin TRAILER 4X8, Steel Tires, Chrome bed, 15" tires, tilts, Wheels, Every Opt. Remodeling 351 $585. Call 865-966One Owner, only 9580 145K Miles. $5900 ONE CALL DOES IT Firm. 865-221-5684 UTILITY TRAILER, ALL! Elec, drywall, 20 FT. 50"W, dual ***Web ID# 292562*** painting, roofing, axles, steel floor, press. wash houses ALFA ROMEO $950. 423-562-0591 & campers. Call Spyder 1986, 80K mi., Eddie at 405-2489. black/tan int. AC, UTILITY TRAILERS $9500. 931-337-9282.

All Sizes Available 865-986-5626 352 BMW 328i 1998, S/roof, lthr, Roofing / Siding smokeymountaintrailers.com htd seats, new belts, tires good cond. Exc. cond, obo. 865-680-3250.

Vans 256 $4650 ***Web ID# 291781*** CHEVY ASTRO 2005 BMW 525i 2003, blk on passenger van, 106K blk, 118k mi, $8200. + miles, trailering Michelin tires. Call pkg., am/fm/cd/cass. text 865-660-6562 sound sys., AC, recent ***Web ID# 297545*** transm., $9,000.

BMW LI 2008, loaded, 865-691-4019. white ext., tan int.

HONDA ODYSSEY new Michelin tires, 2012 EXL, leather, gar. kept, great sunroof, 25k mi, cond. 65K mi., Halls $23,900. 423-295-5393 area, $28,800. Call 865-274-9045.

PLYMOUTH VOYAGER '98. Auto., New batt., TOYOTA AVALON gd tires, runs, 2nd ownr 2002, white, good cond, $1700 obo. 865-774-3400 1 owner, 171K mi, $6995. 865-548-6503

Kubota GR2100 lawn WINNEBAGO mower, 2005 model, 1999 Adventurer model with 784 dealer service 34V, 275HP diesel hours, 21 HP diesel Cummings engine, eng. w/54" deck, 7500 Onan generator, glide steering ability exhaust brake, self to make 70 deg. turn, contained, washer/ looks great, runs dryer, gas stove + good, $5,250. 865-740microwave/convection 9300; 865-525-1864 oven, 2 AC's, gas/elec. refrig. & water Tremendous Machinery-Equip. 193 heater. storage, sleeps 6, 2 exit doors & 1 slide KUBOTA TRACHOE out. 73K miles. Asking 161-3 2006, enclosed $33,000. 423-639-2253 cab, hyd. thumb, (Greeneville) 1100 hrs. $42,000. ***Web ID# 297995*** 423-319-7251.

2000 Winnebago Journey, with slide out, TV/Electronics 197 36' diesel, Freightliner, KVH satellite. $43,000. 865-376-3064 42" SHARP TV, 1080P HDTV, 2007 31' Four Winds used 6 days, $350.

Hurricane, 2 slides, Phone 865-919-8997 Triton V-10 gas, 14,700 mi, factory auto leveling, Household Furn. 204 cruise, gen., backup camera, hitch, non smoking, Trucks 257 no pets, very clean, much more. $39,000. Dodge Ram PU, 2005, Located in Sevierbad mtr, 4x4, body & ville. 574-780-1502 trans. good cond. ***Web ID# 292919*** $2500 obo. 865-475-6218 BERKSHIRE 2008, FORD F350 2008 BIG SALE! diesel, 4 slides, 38 DRW 4x4 6.4 Twin B & C MATTRESS, ft., garage kept.

Full $99, Queen, $125, $98,000. 865-992-3547 Turbo, 65K mi., New Tires.

New Custom King, $199. Pillow Top. or 776-1991.

Aluminum Bed w/80g 865-805-3058. ***Web ID# 291478*** aux. fuel tank, gooseneck hitch, 2002 36 ft Reese receiver.

Household Appliances 204a DOLPHIN motor home, 30k mi, Workhorse $34,000. 423-625-3866. chassis, 502 GM FORD RANGER XLT REFRIGERATOR, eng., 2 slides, Michelin 18.5 cu.ft., Ice maker.

2004, exc cond, 104K tires, auto. satellite, Good condition. mi, $7200. Call Mike 2 TVs, 2 ACs, full $250. 865-924-0272 865-200-8243 bsmt storage, 6.5 gen. Asking $34,000. TOYOTA 1992, V6, Bicycles 218 865-805-8038.

Ext Cab, Tommy lift & orig. tailgate, Four Winds Hurricane $2700 obo. 865-579-3366 CANNONDALE 2006, 34 ft, Class A, MOUNTAIN BIKE, V10 gas eng.

3 slide F7 model. $300. outs, air shocks, Call 865-323-1245 auto. leveling jacks, 1 Antiques Classics 260 owner, non-smoker, NEW Rhodes Car 9600 mi, exc. cond. 1929 FORD Model A Quadracycle, dual 7 Roadster, fully $50,900. 865-804-4747 spd, fully equipped, restored, exc cond. sell $3,000, pd $4200. ***Web ID# 296521*** mechanically, show 865-379-6626 quality, asking pd $30,000.

Motorcycles 238 $22,500, 865-379-6626 Medical Supplies 219 BMW R60/2 1968, 600 1941 Ford Custom Conv., dual carb flathead, Hoveround Teknique CC Classic, 19,900 mi., bronze w/white top, FWD, new batteries, exc. cond., windshld, $16,500. 865-882-5969 good cond. $700. 865- lthr saddlebags, orig. tool kit., $9500. or 865-621-9143 523-8874 931-337-9282 JAZZY HANDICAP 1953 Cadillac Deville, SCOOTER, 4 dr, all orig., runs very ACTION ADS $450. Perfect cond. good, good tires, 922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378) $17,500. 865-850-2008 Call 865-556-6050

TOYOTA CAMRY LE 2007, AT, sunrf, lthr, spoiler, 42K mi, $12,700. 865-556-9162 TOYOTA COROLLA S 2003, 1 Owner, Low mi, tinted windows, $7,300. 865-556-9162 TOYOTA COROLLA S 2007, 82K mi., good shape, $6500.

Call 423-438-8574.

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MAZDA RX8 2006, LAMBO DOORS, CLEAN & FAST ! $10,490. 865-567-9249

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BUICK LESABRE 2002, blue, $3000. Below blue bk, well maint., very good cond. 423-721-8455.

BUICK Park Ave 1992, $1600 obo.

Call 865-933-3175 or 865-388-5136 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham 1995, new vinyl roof, a beautiful & rare car, hard to find, $2,975 firm.

Ken 865-599-2359 CHEVY MALIBU 2008, gold, AT, elec. seats & windows, 4 dr, exc. cond.

40,250 mi. $13,000. 865-207-0090 ^

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No quick fix for Washburn man’s hernia The surgical community continually looks for less-invasive methods involving smaller incisions, hoping to shorten hospital times and the chance of infection.

However, in some cases, a larger incision is needed for a successful surgical procedure.

That was the case for William “Gary” Stephens of Washburn, Tenn., 61, who had not one, but three surgeries for a hernia before it was finally repaired at Fort Sanders Regional Center.

A hernia is when fat or tissue squeezes through a weak spot in the abdominal wall. Stephens’ hernia began about 10 years ago and grew larger over time, probably the result of his work in construction. Eventually the pain became severe.

“It was just real painful, and I couldn’t do any physical work, because when I did, my hernia would come out. Eventually it kept me at home,” Stephens said.

Stephens had two separate surgeries that attempted to repair the hernia, in 2010 and 2011. Surgeons used small pieces of surgical mesh each time to try to repair the weak spot in the abdominal wall.

Surgical mesh helps bond muscles together, reducing the recurrence of hernias.

“But it kept coming back,” Stephens said. On the recommendation of a friend, Stephens turned to Dr. Michael Kropilak at Fort Sanders.

Kropilak determined that Stephens would need another surgery, this time with a larger inci-

At Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, doctors develop the best approach for each patient in an effort to eliminate the need for multiple surgeries and extended stays in the hospital. sion. “He went more intense on the surgery, he put in a bigger mesh,” said Stephens.

Even though it was more extensive surgery, Stephens spent

only one day at Fort Sanders and went home that night. He said he was fully recovered in three months.

Today, he’s back to tending

cattle on his 100-acre farm and spending time with his family. He said he would recommend Fort Sanders to anyone who needs a surgical repair for hernia.

“I’ve had no problems since,” he said. “I went home the same day. I was in and out, and it was all good. They took care of me real well.”

Latest news in abdominal surgeries

Gallbladder removal The gallbladder is a “pouch” that sits below the liver and stores bile to be used to help digest fats.

When a gallbladder stops working properly, gallstones can develop and are very painful. Removal of the gallbladder is the next step.

Laparoscopic techniques have greatly improved gallbladder removal. Instead of 6-inch scars for open surgery, patients now go home with only four tiny incisions, spots where the slender laparo-

scopic instruments have been in- Kropilak. serted.

Appendix removal Although its function is unknown, the appendix can cause serious problems if it becomes infected or ruptures. Located between the small and large intestines, surgery is the only way to remove the appendix. In the past five years, surgeons have improved techniques to remove the appendix. First, the infected organ is placed in a small plastic bag called an endobag, before being pulled out of the body. “This means it never touches any abdominal wall tissue, so the wound infection rate is very low,” Kropilak said. “We’ve been using it for a while, but it’s helped that surgery a great deal.”

Also in the last five years, laparoscopic techniques have reduced incision size and healing time.

“Appendectomies have become preferable, if they can be done. It definitely leads to shorter hospital stays, faster recovery times and, more importantly, a significant decrease in wound infections,” said

Hernia repair

A hernia is a weak spot in the abdominal wall where fat or organs begin to protrude through.

There are many types of hernias and just as many ways to repair them. But almost all surgeons use surgical mesh material. “It’s like patching a hole in a tire. The mesh helps reinforce the repair so much that, in the last 10 years, it’s really cut down on the recurrence rate of hernias,” said Kropilak.

Hernia repairs can either be done with laparoscopic instruments or with an open incision, depending on the location and size of the tear.

“Generally the outcomes are equal and the recurrence rate is low. With laparoscopy there’s slightly less pain and the ability to get back to work quicker. If open groin hernia surgery can be done with light sedation instead of deep anesthesia, that’s easier on the patient,” Kropilak said.

When choosing a surgical cen-

ter for any kind of abdominal surgery, it’s most important to find a skilled surgeon and quality center, said Kropilak.

“At Fort Sanders, some of our surgeons have been doing this for 20 years, and they’re very good at what they do. We have a lot of experience,” said Kropilak.

“We also think we’re a conservative group of surgeons who really only operate when we think it’s necessary. The staff at Fort Sanders treats all our patients as

if we were treating our own family.

We’re striving for the best care you can get.”

As with any medical procedure, discuss treatment options with your physician. Together, you can decide the best approach to meet your specific medical needs.

Abdominal pain: When to call your doctor How do you know if your stomachache requires an antacid or a trip to the doctor’s office? Here are a few things to keep in mind: ■ If your pain is sudden and severe, or increases when you move or cough.

■ When pain lasts longer than 24 hours or becomes more severe over several hours or days.

■ When fever accompanies severe stomach pain.

Fort Sanders Regional SALUTES the more than 1800 HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS who deliver EXCELLENT CARE to our patients every day.

That’s REGIONAL EXCELLENCE.

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Laparoscopic techniques have transformed abdominal surgeries in the last 20 years, replacing the need for one long incision with several smaller ones. This means less pain, quicker healing and fewer complications.

Gallbladder removal, appendix removal and hernia repair have all been improved with laparoscopic procedures. Here’s the latest on three common surgeries, according to Dr. Michael D. Kropilak, a general surgeon with Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center: