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National Register?

The waterwheel at the entrance to Westmoreland is so picturesque that passersby could assume it is purely decorative.

The truth, however, is much more exciting. The wheel was designed by George Barber to provide water for nearby estates, says Westmoreland Neighborhood Association past president Bart Carey.

And now the wheel is up for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Read Wendy Smith on A-3

Miracle Maker

Meet Mary Kerr, program facilitator for the Knox County Schools coupon books.

Kerr is the biggest fan the books could ever hope to find.

“They’re my passion,” she says of the coupon books, which students are selling through Sept. 23. “I know how much they help the schools here in Knox County. I believe in what I’m doing.”

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Read Betsy Pickle on A-9

Thank a teacher An old bumper sticker said: “If you can read this, thank a teacher.”

That bar has been raised.

Now teachers must feed students of all aptitudes and abilities through a chute for testing.

If scores are high enough, the teachers get to do it again next year. If not, there is no thanks and maybe no job.

Great Schools Partnership has set the second annual “Thank a Teacher Week,” Sept.

30 through Oct. 4. Amazingly, some teachers are saying “no thanks.”

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Read Sandra Clark on A-4

Hey Butch, the next one matters If you see Butch before I do, please tell him this next one matters.

The Florida Gators are an official problem. They’ve whipped the Volunteers eight consecutive times. That is pretty close to becoming a habit.

In theory, this would be a fine rivalry if Tennessee could win one now and then.

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A gardening class taught by AmeriCorps member Matt Callo listens as Tennessee’s first lady Crissy Haslam describes the new kitchen and cutting garden at Tennessee’s executive residence. Haslam visited Pond Gap’s University-Assisted Community School Thursday. Photos by Wendy

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Crissy Haslam chats with Pond Gap Elementary School 1st-grader Christal Evans while teaching assistant Melissa Zempleni looks on.

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Crissy visits Pond Gap School Haslam explores community school

By Wendy Smith Two of Crissy Haslam’s priorities are parent engagement in schools and improved literacy, so it is no surprise that Tennessee’s First Lady accepted an invitation to visit Pond Gap Elementary School’s University-Assisted Community School (UACS) Thursday.

This is Pond Gap’s fourth year as a UACS, which is an outreach program of the University of Tennessee College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.

Haslam said she hasn’t observed

anything like it in Tennessee.

UACS coordinator Mark Benson escorted the First Lady on a tour of the program, which serves 105 of Pond Gap’s 330 students.

She visited a physical education class in the school’s gym and a circus class in the cafeteria, where students skipped rope and jumped on a trampoline.

She observed a reading intervention class and took time out to ask 1st grader Christal Evans what she liked about school.

“Learning helps you be smart,” said Christal.

Haslam agreed. “I’m still learning. You’ll be learning, too, when you’re my age.”

The tour continued to a portable classroom where Ronda Mostella was teaching rhythm with drumsticks. It looked like a music class, but the kids chanted facts about math and geography as they tapped out a beat.

A staff member filmed the class, and Haslam promised to show it to the governor.

“This is one of the only places in Tennessee doing this, so you guys are really special,” she said.

“Tell the governor I said, ‘Hey,’” chimed in 5th grader Samara Johnson.

Haslam visited a new gardening class taught by AmeriCorps member Matt Callo. The students

had planted kale, carrots and radishes in raised beds at the school the week before.

The First Lady told the class that students from a nearby elementary school in Nashville had helped her plant a kitchen and cutting garden at Tennessee’s executive residence the day before.

Callo explained his idea of developing an urban garden certificate program for high school students taking classes at Pellissippi State Community College. He said he would like for certificate candidates from West High School to work at the Pond Gap garden as a serTo page A-3

The computers are coming to Bearden High

By Wendy Smith Christmas is coming early.

It has been five months since Bearden High School was chosen as one of 11 schools to be equipped for one-to-one computing through Knox County’s School Technology Challenge, and next week, each student will receive a brand-new MacBook Pro. They’re ready. They have been preparing for the computers by spending part of each school day discussing digital citizenship.

Topics have included appropriate sharing of information, cyber bullying and ethical research practices, says Rachel Harmon.

Harmon is Bearden’s TPaCK (Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge) coach, and she thinks teachers and students are as ready as they can be for the upcoming change. Still, she anticipates that it will be three years before the new technology becomes old hat.

Harmon works with teachers to help them integrate computers into the classroom. They attended training sessions over the summer and are staying late and coming in early to learn Canvas, Knox County’s learning management system.

The students and teachers aren’t the only ones being “prepped.” Bearden is one of the largest high schools in the country to provide a computer for every

Bearden High School Virtual Enterprise students Jacob Rutherford and Sebastian Soldner capitalize on the upcoming rollout of MacBook Pros by selling computer accessories at last week’s open house. The class runs a virtual business, Elysium Computers, but this real-life enterprise is a fundraiser for a trip to the Virtual Enterprise International Trade Fair in New York City next spring. Photo by Wendy Smith student and teacher. With 2,000 students, it is the largest school in Knox County. Before students can receive their new computers, the machines have to be “imaged” -- installed with the county’s software and operating system.

“There’s a lot that has to be done for and to the computers be-

fore students can use them in the classroom,” says Harmon.

Students have been assigned a slot during a three-day rollout beginning Tuesday, Sept. 24.

Parents are being asked to attend with their students to discuss policies and procedures and document their commitment to

Bearden as a School Technology Challenge site.

Bearden Principal John Bartlett hopes parents will encourage students to behave responsibly as the use of technology ratchets up at school. Parents should monitor social media usage and report any bullying, he says. “That’s one thing that’s going to be tough for us to monitor.”

The school is issuing protective cases for the computers, but parents are asked to provide each student with a backpack that has a padded sleeve for a laptop.

Harmon expects that students will treat the computers much like textbooks. Some will have trouble remembering to bring them to school, but after a pattern is established, they’ll comply.

“Students will meet the expectations set for them,” she says.

The payoff for the financial investment and months of work by school staff is personal learning for students. It’s much faster to create lessons for teachers that address the individual needs of students on computers, says Harmon.

College and career readiness is another benefit of one-to-one computing. She expects Bearden students to hit the ground running after high school.

“Our students will be wellversed, more than most knowledgeable adults,” she says.

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Coffee Break with

Devin Driscoll

Devin Driscoll is a young man with many passions, but all have a common thread. The owner of Next Level Training, Devin is weaving together the things he has always loved best: sports, marketing, business, teaching young people and wrestling.

Yes, wrestling. Devin, who was born and raised in Knoxville and is a graduate of Knoxville Catholic High School, grew up in the boom of WWF and WrestleMania and has always loved wrestling. After graduating with a degree in communications from Fordham University in New York in 2004, Devin followed his dream of being a wrestler and became a developmental wrestler with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

“I was the clean-cut, baby-face good guy, wrestling mainly out of Louisville, Ky.,” says Devin. “I had worked in the corporate communications department at the WWE as an intern and had good contacts. It was something that I always wanted to do.”

Being in New York City as a student at Fordham when the tragedy of Sept. 11 happened probably spurred him to pursue wrestling, says Devin. “Growing up, I had a lot of interests, all centered around sports. And I always loved business and got a good business background from my father. But being in New York on Sept. 11 made you look at things differently. I grew up never really believing anything was impossible, then, after Sept. 11, it made you think that if you ever want to do something, better do it now.”

A broken neck ended his wrestling career. “I was lucky.

I had a great team of doctors through the WWE, and it wasn’t a complete break, so I was able to make a good recovery,” says Devin. He moved back to Knoxville and worked for a short time at Fort Sanders Wellness Center.

Six months after being back home, however, Devin began to put all the pieces of the things he loves together under a concept he named Next Level Training. The company continues to grow and always seems to be making announcements of new partnerships and new ventures for the Knoxville area.

“Next Level redefines training,” says Devin. “We motivate and educate athletes and focus on their specific sports goals. Our trainers are experienced, and we strive to offer a one-stop facility: skills, strength and perfor-

As a young baseball player, I drank too much apple juice before a game…”

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

1. Going to the Masters with my dad.

2. Becoming a father.

3. Taking a family trip to Ireland.

What is one word others often use to describe you and why?

Driven. I work hard because I want to succeed.

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

I would take more vacations.

What is your passion?

mance training, nutrition, physical therapy and overall fitness.”

The growth of Next Level, which is located on Outlet Mall Drive, has also come through partnerships with some of the area’s top youth sports groups. Next Level works with more than 25 schools in the area, from elementary through high schools, and also works with sports groups such as the Rocky Top League (basketball), FC Alliance (soccer), Knoxville Track Club, K2 Volleyball and Pilot Swimming League, just to name a few.

Next Level sponsors a 7-on-7 football league that Devin promises will be the subject of a big announcement soon. “We are about to announce something for the 7-on-7 League that will change the concept and involve the community on a national level,” he says.

Recently married to Alison Nickle Driscoll, Devin says he is excited with all that is happening in his life and in the area. Next Level is 5 years old and Devin also does training at two other facilities – the Field House at Amherst and Vital Signs in Hardin Valley – and has a team of 20 who do the training, coaching and administration.

“I have learned so much from all the different aspects of my life,” says Devin. “My parents, Sean and Bonnie, taught me to be who I am. From my dad, I learned so much about business. At Fordham, I learned how to think and use abstract thinking, looking at things long-term and how to not be boxed in by the way other people think.

At the WWE, I learned how to sell and market. It is exciting to see it all come together at the Next Level.”

Sit back and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Devin Driscoll:

Working with high school athletes and professional wrestling.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

What irritates you?

“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.”

From the movie “Wall Street.”

What are you guilty of?

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

Bill Clinton.

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

There are two: My sister, Molly Driscoll, and my wife, Alison. Molly helped teach me how to love someone other than myself. Alison has influenced me in so many ways and shows me what it is to be truly loyal and supportive.

I still can’t quite get the hang of …

Anything that involves tools.

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

Tickets from my dad to go see WrestleMania with my sister.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

She told me to take life one day at a time and to relax.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

Being a waiter.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?

“He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.” I wanted to be He-Man. Lying, tardiness and not answering the phone.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?

Next Level Training

Saying “yes” to people when I know I should say “no.”

What is your favorite material possession?

Losing a family member.

My wedding band.

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

What are you reading currently?

“The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” by Patrick Lencioni

What was your most embarrassing moment?

What is your greatest fear?

Wake up and drive to Kiawah Island and play golf all weekend.

It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, father, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Farragut Shopper-News readers. Email suggestions to Sherri Gardner Howell, gardners@tds.net. Include contact info if you can.

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Not just a pretty picture Westmoreland waterwheel considered for National Register The waterwheel at the entrance to Westmoreland is so picturesque that passersby could assume it is purely decorative. The truth, however, is much more exciting.

The wheel was designed by George Barber to provide water for nearby estates, says Westmoreland Neighborhood Association past president Bart Carey.

Erin Erickson, a member of the EYS Leadership Class of 2016, visits the Harvey Broome Group Sierra Club. Program chair Mac Post is her mentor in the program.

Wendy Smith Extension. The hike is seven miles, and participants should meet at Anderson Webb School of Knoxville School at 9 a.m. Information: sophomore Erin Erickson ronaldshrieves@comcast.net has backpacked in the rain, rehabilitated streams and tagged monarch butterflies in order to hone her leadership skills. She is part of the EYS (Experience Your Smokies) Leadership Class of 2016, and she explained the program to the Harvey Broome Group of the Sierra Club last week.

The class is made up of eight high school students from communities sur- Historical archaeologist rounding the Great Smoky Charles Faulkner discusses Mountains National Park. the Cavett’s Station Massacre The 2016 culmination of the at the East Tennessee History program will coincide with Center. the centennial celebration of the National Park Service. “Our goal is to stay en- Faulkner unearths truth gaged with the park for about Cavett’s Station these four years and beIt’s a sad story, but folks yond,� said Erickson. like to hear it.

Each summer, the stuThere were few empty dents participate in a 6-day program from the Great seats when University of Smoky Mountain Institute Tennessee Professor Emeriat Tremont. In 2012, that tus Charles Faulkner preincluded a four-day hike in sented a Brown Bag Lecthe rain through a storm- ture about his fourth book, ravaged area near Cling- “Massacre at Cavett’s Station: Frontier Tennessee man’s Dome.

The group has partici- during the Cherokee Wars,� pated in citizen science at the East Tennessee Hisprojects, volunteer days and tory Center last week.

Three decades ago, career days at the park. Erin served as a counselor for Faulkner, a historical arTremont’s Discovery Camp chaeologist, spent two years this summer and says she trying to locate the West hopes to become an outdoor Knox site of the fortified homestead where two milieducator.

The teens in the program tia members and Alexander have become good friends Cavett’s entire family of 11 while learning to be stew- was slaughtered by Indiards of the national park, ans. He never found the site, but he wrote the book after she said.

The Harvey Broome coming across the research Group is partnering with on his untidy desk a few the Appalachian Mountain years ago.

Since then, he has deterBike Club and the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club to mined that no settlers suroffer the Knoxville Urban vived the massacre. AlexanWilderness Celebration der Cavett, Jr., was initially Hike on Saturday, Sept. 28, spared but was murdered by to celebrate the demise of Creek Indians two days latthe James White Parkway er. One rumored survivor,

Leadership program teaches stewardship Knox Heritage helped the neighborhood apply for the waterwheel to be on the National Register of Historic Places, and the state review board met last week to examine proposed nominations.

Judge Daniel Clary Webb bought 60 acres that would later become part of Westmoreland before 1920. He and three other neighbors decided that a nearby spring was suitable for a functioning waterwheel. One of those neighbors, Ed Manning, engineered the wheel to pump water to the four estates. It was never designed to produce electricity, Carey says.

The waterwheel is still powered by water and controlled by a dam located up the hill. The dam has been a challenge to keep intact, he says.

He doesn’t know if Webb intended for the wheel to adorn the entrance of a future subdivision. But the structure, made of Tennessee pink marble with a slate roof, was completed in 1924, and development began soon after. Later, the wheel pumped water to a tower for use by early Westmoreland residents. “It was built to last, and built to look good.�

In 1929, Knoxville Light and Power brought electricity and water to the neighborhood. Expanded utilities, combined with the production of the Model T, allowed neighborhoods like Westmoreland and Holston Hills to develop, Carey says. “We were the first sprawl.�

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Dead and deader vote. However, if Waters had conferred regularly with his representative, he would have known that on Jan. 23 the board had voted to remove it from the priority list to which his representative did not object.

Also, if Waters actually attended these meetings, he would have more knowledge about what is happening.

However, if he feels pressure from people in Sevier County who favored this $22 million a mile road project, he may show up in person Victor with constituents at a future Ashe TPO meeting to revive the James White Parkway extension. Even if it fails, he can tell his constituents he tried and try to offset the embarTPO is one of those litrassment of being absent tle-known but still very on Aug. 29. The matter can important organizations come up for reconsideration which the public and many at any future meeting if a public officials know little member makes a motion and about. It includes Sevier, gets a second.

Knox, Blount and Loudon ■ Leadership Knoxcounties plus the city of ville celebrates 30 years of Oak Ridge. Projects in achievement this year and these areas which require will honor prior graduates federal funding must be with a reception Thursday, on the TPO approved list.

Sept. 19, at the Knoxville The four county mayors Zoo. Tammy White leads serve on this body as do the organization. the mayors of Knoxville, ■ State Rep. Bill Farragut, Lenoir City, Alcoa Dunn, who is the senior and Maryville. Jeff Welch Republican from the Knox of MPC is staff director. legislative delegation, When this writer was became a grandfather remayor, he attended the cently. Dunn will complete meetings faithfully. Then20 years in the House in county executive Tommy 2014. He plans on seeking Schumpert attended an 11th two-year term. regularly. Mayor Rogero, to ■ Mary Pat Tyree, her credit, attends reguformer wife of former larly. However, most county mayor Randy Tyree, has mayors do not attend and moved back to Knoxville instead send a representafrom Nashville and has tive which is unfortunate. joined Coldwell Banker Sevier County Mayor Wallace and Wallace, RealLarry Waters, who is the tors. She has a website at most senior county mayor www.MTyree.cbww.com/. of all 95 counties in TennesShe was a Realtor when see (serving over 36 years she lived in Knoxville. now), criticized the TPO ■ Apologies for not action on the grounds he recalling that former council was not notified this would member Rob Frost (now be before TPO. At this council attorney) and wife meeting, he failed to have Erin had a son, Charlie, on a representative present Sept. 26, 2005, when Frost which he normally sends. was seeking his second term It may be a valid comon council. He joins Joe plaint that he did not know Bailey and Ed Shouse and in the motion to remove the October, Mark Campen, in Parkway extension was those who fathered a child coming up that day for a while on council.

Is the James White Parkway extension really dead?

Probably, but not totally. It all happened on Aug. 29 when the local TPO (Transportation Planning Organization) voted to remove it from their list of projects (TIP). TDOT Commissioner John Schroer threw in the towel and beat a fast retreat. Gov. Haslam said he would work to improve Chapman Highway.

The Affordable Care Act takes effect Jan 1. Extended enrollment runs Oct. 1 to March 31, 2014. After that, the enrollment period will be Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, mirroring Medicare.

Betty Bean Are we ready?

Sort of. Tennessee is one of 26 states that opted not to create a healthcare exchange – the marketplace where consumers can shop for health insurance – so anyone wanting coverage must rely on the exchange set up by the federal government.

Is this mandatory even though Tennessee isn’t participating?

Yes. Those who do not have health insurance are required to sign up. Exemptions will be granted in several categories, including the indigent, American Indians, undocumented immigrants, incarcerated individuals, those with religious objections and those for whom the lowest cost plan exceeds eight percent of their annual income. In 2014, the penalty for not enrolling is the greater of $95 or one percent of taxable income. In 2015, the pen-

Thank a teacher

An old bumper sticker said: “If you can read this, thank a teacher.”

That bar has been raised.

Now teachers must feed students of all aptitudes and abilities through a chute for testing. If scores are high enough, the teachers get to do it again next year. If not, there is no thanks and maybe no job.

Great Schools Partnership has set the second annual “Thank a Teacher Week,” Sept. 30 through Oct. 4. Amazingly, some teachers are saying “no thanks.” They are whispering, though, because their tenure (can’t fire me without cause) has vaporized.

As the Shopper-News contribution to “Thank a Teacher Week,” Jake Mabe and I want to hear from Volunteer Women’s Republican Club will meet noon Monday, teachers or their spouses, Sept. 16, at Buddy’s Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Lunch ($12 parents or kids. Trust us not buffet) begins at 11:30 a.m. Program: City Council Candidates. Info: to reveal your identity or knoxgop.org. drop us an anonymous note Halls Republican Club will meet 7-8 p.m. Monday, Sept 16, at or email. the Boys & Girls Club of Halls/Powell, 1819 Dry Gap Pike. Guest ■ What do you think is speaker: Knox County District Attorney candidate Charme Knight. right and what’s wrong with Social hour begins at 6.

Knox County Schools?

South Knox Republican Club will meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, ■ Are we moving too fast at Gary Underwood Park on Moore Road. Info: knoxgop.org. with education reform?

■ What is best for kids?

Powell Republican Club will meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at Shoney’s on Emory Road. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. Info: knoxgop.org.

Jake and I are a generation apart, but we share Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will host a one-on-one cona love for Knox County stituent meeting 3-4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at Burlington Branch

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alty is $325 or two percent of taxable income.Subsidies are available for those who meet income guidelines.

What about Medicare recipients?

Medicare recipients who are happy with their plans don’t have to make any changes, although they can shop around if they wish (an option available every year).

Becky Harmon, a registered nurse who is Knox County coordinator for the Tennessee Health Care Coalition (a volunteer group that is disseminating information about the ACA) says two significant changes are already in place for Medicare recipients because of ACA: an increasing number of preventive and wellness services, and the shrinking of the “doughnut hole” gap on prescription drug benefits.

“There are many benefits – pap smears, mammograms, flu shots, colonoscopies, etc., that are now available with no co-pay at all,” Harmon said.

“And there’s the shrinking of ‘doughnut hole.’ which will disappear by 2020.

Starting that year, beneficiaries will be responsible for 25 percent of the cost of their drugs, no matter the size of their bill.

In 2012, moe than 3.5 million seniors who fell in the Medicare Part D “doughnut hole” were giv-

Sandra Clark Schools. Both of us came from a family of educators.

We’ve demonstrated support for individual teachers, principals and community schools. We’ve both been jarred by the feedback we’re getting from those who will talk.

There’s a tremendous disconnect.

An example was the new principal of Powell High School, Nathan Langlois, telling the Powell Business and Professional Association last week that he will have failed if he does not add weight to the diploma of his graduates. What does that even mean?

The business leaders in the room would be happy with graduates who can read, write and operate a computer. We want to win a few football games and graduate kids who can move on with their lives without dropping out of school or getting killed on area roads.

Tennessee Health Care Campaign (THCC) sponsored a panel discussion on the Affordable Healthcare Act last week at the Beck Cultural Exchange. Becky Harmon (standing, in red), THCC’s Knox County coordinator, explains a fine point of the law while Rick Roach (at left) and Dr. Mary Headrick listen. Todd Shelton is behind Harmon to the left. Photo by Betty Bean en deiscounts on medication. The Affordable Care Act aims at shrinking and closing the doughnut hole, making it easier for those that fall inside that coverage gap. This closure will happen over the next 10 years, with 2020 seeing savings of 75 percent of brand named and generic drugs.

“We would get calls at the Office on Aging from people who couldn’t afford their insulin anymore.”

Already in effect: Children covered by family policies can keep the coverage until they are 26. Coverage cannot be denied because

of pre-existing conditions.

Lifetime caps on medical benefits have been eliminated.

Info: 800-318-2596 or www.healthcare.gov.

For in-person assistance, watch the media for announcements.

“Organizations like Cherokee Health Systems will be working with their own patients, and the rest of us will be volunteers. The state has not chosen to put any money into assisting, so all the information, education and enrollment in the Volunteer State is being done by volunteers,” Harmon said.

PBPA members have contributed thousands of dollars toward teen driver safety, a program initiated by now-school board member Kim Sepesi Severance.

Langlois left with pledges of support for at least seven iPads for his new lab. Powell residents vote every day by sending their kids and grandkids to public schools.

Many who can afford to send their young’uns to private schools are supporting PHS. It must have come as a shock to hear their principal say the diplomas lack “weight.”

I’ve yet to hear a reasonable explanation for why principal Ken Dunlap was demoted to assistant principal at West High School.

Last year Powell was the only county high school designated a Reward School by the state.

If parents and business leaders are happy with the outcome, what’s driving the push for reform of public schools that are working?

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D

uring a conversation with a young couple in the lobby of the Clarence Brown Theatre several months ago, we finally got around to talking about dormitory living.

It was apparent that they lived in the same dorm, and when I inquired about co-ed dormitory living they said, “Oh yes, we live in the same dorm.” My query also produced a quizzical look on their faces that said, “What’s so strange about that?”

I never tried to explain how it was 50 years ago, but our conversation did bring back some fond memories.

My wife and I first met at the university some 53 years ago, when women and men lived in separate dorms.

And it was not often that a man was allowed to enter a women’s dorm beyond the sitting area, where he would pick up his date.

Also vivid in my memory are house mothers. These were usually elderly women whose job was to ensure that their students were in the dorm before curfew. They actually treated their students as if they were their own children. When it was near curfew time, they often positioned themselves near the front door to see who got in and who got locked out.

I can remember running up the sidewalk with my date trying to beat the 11 o’clock curfew, and the house mother standing behind the glass door smiling and locking it just as I reached for the door knob.

Of course, this didn’t go over very well with my date because it meant she was confined to campus for two weeks. They called it “being campused.” One trick I learned was to set my watch back five minutes and try to show it to her through the glass door. This worked for a while, but then she caught on to me.

During breaks between quarters, I often took my date home, which was some 50 miles away. I also helped her carry her suitcase down the stairs while the house mother ran ahead of us in the corridor hollering “man in the hall, man in the hall.”

At that point you could hear the doors creak open slightly to allow the girls to get a look at the intruder, and there were often wolf whistles.

There was, however, some interaction between the men’s dorm and the women’s dorm, and one such interaction was “panty raids.”

This fad, like phone booth stuffing and goldfish swallowing, actually began at the University of Michigan and reached its zenith as one might expect, at the University of California, where 3,000 students rushed a women’s dorm to shuffle through their rooms collecting panties and other undergarments.

This fad never reached that proportion at UT, but such raids did take place from time to time. Often the girls would write their names and phone numbers in their panties and drop them out the windows to the boys. There would then be a mad scramble to catch them. For the lucky boy, this usually resulted in a blind date with the lingerie’s owner.

After we were married, we gave up dormitory life and moved into a private apartment near campus.

The university did offer married student housing, which we used some years later when my wife was in graduate school. We rented a university married couple apartment on Kingston Pike that overlooked the Cumberland Avenue strip. It was a highrise building and we were near the top floor.

For the most part, it was a good experience since it put us in contact with other married couples, some of whom have become lifelong friends. There was, however, one inconvenience. There were only two elevators, and one was usually tied up with someone moving in or out. This left only one elevator for regular use, and when you

lived near the top floor, the wait could often be as long as 10 minutes.

Looking back, the socalled “sexual revolution” that began with panty raids has resulted in freedoms that would have been beyond the comprehension of students 50 years ago. And I doubt that the young couple we were talking with in the Clarence Brown Theatre lobby would have believed that just getting into the reception area of a girl’s dorm to pick up your date was done under strict supervision and scrutiny. And I also doubt that many of today’s students have ever heard of house mothers, curfews or being “campused.”

The French classic author, Francois de la Rochefoucauld, once said, “The only thing constant in life is change.”

Coming to grips with that reality makes one realize that change is inevitable and is not all bad. It would, indeed, be a boring world if things never changed, and that includes changes in dormitory life during the past 50 years.

One can only imagine what the next 50 years will bring. But one thing you can count on: It will not be boring.

smoke from the engine’s smokestack. I’d dream about being an engineer. Or a brakeman. Or, hell I’ll say it, a hobo.

It got worse the first time I heard Jimmie Rodgers.

Somebody – I think it was one of my grandfathers – had some Rodgers hobo songs on 78s. Later, I heard Merle Haggard, and then Dolly, Emmylou and Linda, sing Jimmie’s “Hobo’s Meditation.”

Tonight as I lay on the boxcar, just waiting for a train to pass by; What will become of the hobo whenever his time comes to die?

At Clear Springs Baptist Church, I heard “Life’s Railway to Heaven” and figured that’s where the hobo was ultimately headed. It’s the way I want to go, I’ll tell you for sure.

The itch endures. If I could, I’d take off tomorrow and ride every line that

Amtrak serves. Oh, I’d pay for a ticket, of course, which is why this will remain a dream, at least for now.

But I admire the hobo of yesteryear. It’s easy, you see, for it to seem romantic from the comfort of one’s easy chair.

I love the television series “The Fugitive.” I always perked up when David Janssen’s Dr. Richard Kimble would hop a freight. In a couple of episodes at least, such an action comes back to haunt the good doctor.

As it is, I sit here, dreaming my dreams, living vicariously through shows and songs, lamenting the life of the hobo.

There’s a Master up yonder in Heaven; got a place that we might call our home.

Will we have to work for a living? Or can we continue to roam?

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The good news is that I have seen 47 of the 50 United States, some of them on what used to be called the blue highways.

But every now and then, usually on Friday nights when I am driving east on I-640 near Broadway, I will see a freight train. And wish I could hop aboard just like in the movies, a modernday Jimmie Rodgers, riding the rails.

I’ve always loved trains.

Most boys do, for whatever reason. I first entered Manhattan by rail (10 days before 9/11). I would travel that way exclusively if I could.

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Please tell Butch this one matters If you see Butch before I There was one stretch where do, please tell him this next the winner won the SEC one matters.

East 11 of 14 years.

No point in going back to the beginning of time. The two schools had a few early connections and played an occasional game but for this Marvin tale, let’s start with 1963.

Tennessee’s acting athWest letic director went to a late summer fish fry in Fayetteville, Ark., so he could see his former Florida quarterThe Florida Gators are back, a young assistant on an official problem. They’ve Frank Broyles’ Arkansas whipped the Volunteers staff. eight consecutive times.

Just as Jim McDonald That is pretty close to be- was starting as coach of the coming a habit.

Volunteers, athletic director In theory, this would be Bob Woodruff was thinka fine rivalry if Tennessee ing who might be a replacecould win one now and then. ment. Doug Dickey was first Once upon a time, this choice. match of salty words and The switch worked for hard hits was really big. most of six seasons, un-

til Florida wanted Dickey back in Gainesville. That idea hatched in late summer 1969. What followed were denials, lies and damn lies. The Gator Bowl, bringing together Tennessee and Florida, was the depths of awkwardness. There remains some question as to where Dickey’s heart was that day.

A funny thing happened the next September. Dickey had to bring his new team to Neyland Stadium to play the guys he left behind. The Vols annihilated the Gators.

In no other so-called rivalry has there been so many sticking points.

Consider 1977: the Gators scored with 46 seconds left to build a 10-point lead. The Vols responded with a fumble. Game over, right?

The Gators gained easy ground. With three seconds remaining, they surprisingly called time out. More surprisingly, quarterback Terry LeCount threw what looked like a TD pass to Wes Chandler. Officials interceded and said out of bounds.

Trying to pile on points and further embarrass beaten visitors caused an explosion. All heck broke loose. There was a genuine brawl at midfield.

Said John Majors: “Our time will come.”

It took a while.

After growing up in Johnson City, Steve Spurrier went off to be a Gator great, returned as coach and added other insults to injury. He scored far more points than necessary and made big jokes at Tennes-

All we have are questions No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

(Matthew 22: 46 NRSV) Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering.

There is a crack in everything.

That’s how the light gets in.

(Leonard Cohen)

In my first job after college, my boss was a man whose most famous quote was, “Don’t bring me problems! Bring me solutions!”

In his discussions (argu-

ments? banter?) with the Pharisees, Jesus was the consummate debater.

He discussed and sparred with them, taught them and led them into traps designed

see that Jesus was at times impatient with the slowness Cross of his students, especially Currents his disciples. However, if someone came to him sinLynn cerely seeking knowledge – Pitts or better yet, wisdom – Jesus was willing to teach.

It was my discovery of to open their eyes to see Leonard Cohen’s verse things they had no desire (quoted above) that was an to see. He asked them ques- “Aha!” moment for me.

Our wondering, our cutions (what our teachers called “thought questions” riosity and (let’s be honest) when I was in school) to our ignorance are, in truth, the “crack in everything” make them think.

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Florida was the beneficiary of the infamous fax of the Tennessee playbook.

Florida was the beneficiary of the Jabar Gaffney noncatch. Florida did miss a field goal in 1998.

Phillip Fulmer had serious difficulty with the Gators. The hall-of-fame coach lost 12 of 17. Peyton Manning was in the eye of that storm. He did not beat Florida. Some setbacks were not all his fault.

Consider 1995: The Gators, trailing 30-14, scored 48 consecutive points to turn an exciting game into a 62–37 romp. Danny Wuerffel threw for six touchdowns and won the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Consider 1996: The Gators scored five touchdowns

in the first 25 minutes.

Later, Tim Tebow inflicted hurt on the Vols but Eric Berry got him for a big one, a pick and 96-yard interception return. Alas, Florida won, 59-20.

Lane Kiffin was a lot of help. He popped off, accusing Urban Meyer of cheating. Next he said he was going to sing “Rocky Top” all night long after his Vols beat the Gators. I suppose you recall how that turned out.

Nothing happened during Derek Dooley’s three years but the losses were not runaways.

Tennessee-Florida needs serious rejuvenation. When you are talking to Butch, ask him to begin to start to turn this thing around.

understandings, to learn, we can begin to find answers to our questions.

That is when we grow and become.

I remember when my daughter Jordan came home from college for her very first fall break. She described her experience in classes as “honing my mind,” and she accompanied that statement with a movement of her head as if she was sharpening a knife on a whetstone. She was discovering the “crack in everything” and the light was pouring in.

There are some folks who are afraid to ask questions, particularly about matters of faith, about the Bible.

They think it is impertinent, or sacrilegious.

I believe that the Bible is sturdy enough to stand up to our questions, and I believe that it contains the answers we need to find our way to God. It is a compass that points us in the right direction. It is a whetstone that we can hone our souls on.

Our questions are “the crack in everything,” the opening that lets the light in.

Ask your questions. Ask them over and over, if need be. Ask them of different people. Ask them of God. Keep on asking, until you find answers, until the light gets in.

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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.

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Sperry Kotsianas, Mary Kampas, Rose Captain, Judy Colocotronis, Marika Peroulas, Eleni Caracostas and Helen Kotsianas prepare pasta flora for GreekFest, which begins on Friday. Baking for the festival began in May, but pasta flora is made “at the last minute,” says Tina Peroulas. Photo by Wendy Smith

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Loukoumades. Galaktoboureko. If you think they’re difficult to pronounce, imagine baking enough of these Greek pastries to satisfy 20,000 GreekFest attendees.

GreekFest begins at 11 a.m. this Friday, Sept. 20, at Saint George Greek Orthodox Church, 4070 Kingston Pike. But baking for the annual event cranked up in May with sweet bread, says Tina Peroulas, a member of the Saint George Philoptochos Society, the group responsible for the yummy pastries.

Baklava production also begins in May. The uncooked

pastries are assembled, frozen, then baked in time to sit in sweet syrup for a week, says Emily Wheeler. She was in charge of 88 pans of the gooey treat last week. Each pan yields 44 pieces.

While the baklava soaked, a group of women assembled 20 pans of pasta flora, a shortcake-type pastry topped with preserves and decorated with latticework. This is Greek Fest’s 34th year, but some of the women have been selling pastries for 50 years, Wheeler says. She regrets that one church member, 97-year-old Fotine Psihogios, is now in a nursing home. Last year, she sat on a

stool and twisted koulourakia.

Fortunately, the women are training the next generation of bakers. Four-yearold Emily Takonis twisted koulourakia this year.

Sperry Kotsianas, who is in her last year of pharmacy school at the University of Tennessee, helped assemble pasta flora. She grew up attending Saint George and cooking with her grandmother, Helen Kotsianas.

She recognizes the important of passing down Greek baking and cooking.

“The best way to learn is to study with people who were born into it,” says Sperry.

5 a.m. worship Kathy Tarr, front, leads a group of women in prayer and worship at a service that begins at 5 a.m.

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Early morning prayer service brings women together

By Ashley Baker Most people are tucked in their beds at 5 a.m. on Tuesday mornings, but a large group of women in Knoxville are already awake and ready to worship. Every other week a group of about 45 women from all over the city gather at Christ Church Knoxville for an early morning worship and prayer service.

The service is “Fully Alive at Five” and is held at Christ Church, a non-denominational church that rents space at Basswood Baptist

Church, off Western Ave. The women’s prayer service is led by Kathy Tarr and her Fully Alive ministry team.

This early morning hour offers busy women a chance to hear biblical teaching and participate in worship.

“Five a.m. is really early,” said Stephanie Gerhart, a young mother of two. “However, what a perfect time to meet with the Lord! No kids, no laundry, no responsibility, no interruptions.”

Gerhart said she also appreciates the teachings that challenge her at Fully Alive.

“I love being able to meet with other women who I can relate to, learn from and encourage – all in one setting.”

Tarr says Fully Alive at Five works because it is more than a Bible study.

“The purpose of Fully Alive

is to encounter Jesus, exalt him and enjoy him,” said Tarr. “Women come for one reason: They are hungry for God.” Tarr has led Bible studies and prayer groups for nearly 26 years and is an active member of Christ Church Knoxville. “There are no schedule conflicts at 5 a.m.,” she said. “This really is a group of women who must have Jesus and who experience real life encounters that change their lives.”

Tarr started leading early morning prayer groups and Bible studies when she was a young mom because it was the only time she could truly fellowship with her Christian friends uninterrupted.

“It was really fun,” Tarr said.

“Sometimes there were only three of us at Shoney’s, but

She and her grandmother put together a cookbook of Greek recipes, and Sperry enjoys cooking with her roommates, who are also Greek Orthodox.

Church members spent about a day and a half baking over the summer, but the activity level cranked up considerably last week.

“For a lot of these ladies, coming to bake is an outlet,” Wheeler says. “We sometimes say we’re tired, but overall, it’s enjoyable because of the interaction.”

After services on Sunday, the entire congregation gathered to assemble 2,000 boxes of assorted pastries.

Approximately 225 families

■ 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.

■ 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.

attend Saint George, and many of those are involved with GreekFest.

Some members take time off work to help with the event. They do it to serve the church, says Wheeler.

GreekFest is 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, and Saturday, Sept. 21, and 12 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept.

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Complimentary shuttle buses will run continuously from these locations during GreekFest hours. Info: www.saintgeorgeKnoxville. com/GreekFest.

we came to meet Jesus, and He was always present.”

Fully Alive at Five is now a city-wide ministry that reaches working women, moms and students. The 45 regular participants range in age from 16 to 60.

Kristin Miller, mother of four, loves joining Tarr in prayer, “Early morning prayer with women who are hungry for God has been Attire for a 5 a.m. prayer service can be pajamas. Preparing to part of my worship week for sign in, center, is Lauren Lovell.

10 years,” said Miller. “My life has been changed.”

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In 2010, the school’s Go Golden campaign kicked off, which endorses a “positive school climate and bullying prevention program,” according to a letter sent home to parents. Each Wednesday, every class in the school meets to discuss how to handle bullying and conflict and to work on building a community among the students.

Fourth grader Zach Reynolds and a handful of his classmates were chosen by the school faculty to read their essays on helping others during this year’s kickoff. This year’s theme is “A Culture of Kindness,” and students are encouraged to practice good deeds toward each other and other members of the community.

As a gesture of kindness, students collected hygiene

items and compiled them into care packages for students at other local schools who may not be able to afford necessities such as deodorant or a hair brush.

Zach said he was nervous to stand in front of the entire school, but his teacher and classmates helped him organize his thoughts beforehand.

“To care for someone is to help them,” Zach said in his essay. “It is to help them clean their desk … and push in their chair. When you help someone, it makes you feel proud of yourself. If you help someone, at the end of the day you can say ‘I’ve done something good today’ and feel good about it.”

Zach was bullied by a good friend of his in the 3rd grade, and says he thinks bullies like to make you feel bad to make them feel good, but it doesn’t work.

If students encourage their friends to help each other, “they can impact the whole United States,” he said.

Zach’s essay ended with this thought: “Wherever you are, you can make anyone smile. It doesn’t matter what you do to make that person smile. So when you have a chance to, make a difference in a person’s life.

I know I have changed a person’s life because of (my school’s) outreach program.

What about you?”

Bearden Middle remembers 9/11 Last week, students at Bearden Middle School heard an account of 9/11 events from someone who was in New York City the day of the attack. Stephen Shedden, a teacher at the school, was working as a lieutenant with the NYPD when the planes hit the World Trade Center.

Shedden told students

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Bearden Middle School music teacher Elizabeth Eaker sang the Star-Spangled Banner during a 9/11 memorial program last week at the school.

Sequoyah Elementary School 4th grader Zach Reynolds stands with the anti-bullying poster that hangs inside the school’s entrance. Photos by S. Barrett Math teacher Lolly Orfundraiser planned for donez said students will Oct. 11. learn more about the events of 9/11 by incorporating the Bearden High twin towers into their les■ The program “Colleges that sons of proportion in class.

Change Lives” will be held After the program, each 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, in class exited the auditorium the auditorium. Seats are in front of the towers so first come, first served. they could see up close the amount of destruction.

West High School

Alverez wins national contest

■ International Baccalaureate open house will be held 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, in the lecture hall. All students and parents interested in learning more about the IB program either as a student zoned for WHS or through the magnet transfer process are invited to attend. Students and parents interested in the IB program are also invited to attend an information session followed by a brief tour of the school Fridays at 2 p.m. To register or see available dates, visit wesths.knoxschools.org and click on the prospective students link. Info: email Sarah Bast, sarah.bast@ knoxschools.org.

West Valley Middle School 6th grader Christianne Alverez was recognized recently for s ome t h i ng that sounds like a category in the Academy Awards.

Christianne won the Alverez award of excellence in film production for her entry in the National PTA Reflections contest.

Her film “Magic in a Moment: Out in the Fields with God” is centered around West Hills the poem “Out in the Fields Elementary with God” by Elizabeth Bar- ■ Box Tops for Education rett Browning. from General Mills’ products Christianne said the and Labels for Education poem was a favorite of from Campbell’s prodboth her mother and her ucts are being collected grandmother, which is why to purchase supplies for the school. Labels can be she chose it as her subject. dropped off outside the Filmed when she was a 5th school entrance in the grader at Blue Grass Ellibrary book drop box, or ementary, she said it took they can be mailed to: West many, many takes before Hills Elementary School, 409 she had the lighting right Vanosdale Drive, Knoxville, without any shadows.

TN 37909. Info: email Jill Already an avid artist, Schmudde, jschmudde@ Christianne plans to create gmail.com. more films in the future and would like to have a career involving art and animation after college. The winning entries can be seen online at Free training www.pta.org.

about friends of his who inhaled toxins from ground zero after the buildings collapsed, and who, because of the inhalation, have either passed away from cancer or are suffering from it currently.

“I’ve never seen people A.L. Lotts come together as I did on Sept. 11,” said Shedden. Not Elementary just in New York, but all ■ A coupon book celebration will be held 1-2:30 p.m. over the country.

Thursday, Sept. 26. The fall Two towers wrapped in festival will be held 10 black paper were constructa.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. ed in the school’s auditoBook fair week will be held rium to resemble the twin Oct. 21-25. towers. They were built at 1:64 scale, and a model fire truck was placed at the base Bearden of each – also to scale – to Elementary show the odds that were ■ Fall pictures will be taken stacked against the victims Wednesday, Sept. 25. Save and those who were trying the date for the PTSO fall to save them.

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on school crisis response

K-TOWN Youth Empowerment Network will host free training on school community crisis response 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 20, at the Holiday Inn at World’s Fair Park. The event will feature speaker Sam D. Bernard, M.A., Ph.D. Lunch and parking will be provided. Register by calling 523-0701 or visit https://schoolcrisisresponse.eventbrite.com.

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Crazy over coupon books Shopper News Presents Miracle Makers

By Betsy Pickle

Judging by recent Facebook posts, there are plenty of parents of Knox County schoolchildren who are not excited about the annual campaign to sell the school system’s coupon books. But there’s one woman who greets the selling season with as much enthusiasm as a Vol fan on the first game day of fall.

Meet Mary Kerr, program facilitator for the Knox County Schools coupon books.

Kerr is the biggest fan the books could ever hope to find.

“They’re my passion,” she says of the coupon books, which students are selling through Sept.

23. “I know how much they help the schools here in Knox County. I believe in what I’m doing.”

Kerr’s talent may not lie in the classroom, but her services have been invaluable to the children of Knox County. Last year’s sales raised almost $1.4 million for the schools.

Kerr has been with the program since the beginning, 25 years ago.

Actually, in the first year, she was still working with the Title I program.

“They had some glitches in that first year, and they asked me to help them, and I’ve been helping them ever since,” she says, sitting in a large room at the Knox County Central building that’s packed with boxes of coupon books and incentive items for the kids.

Kerr and her boss, Scott Bacon, supervisor of business partnerships for KCS, both came at the couponbook program obliquely. In 1989, Bacon was with Roddy Coca-Cola Bottling Co., the presenting sponsor.

“New Coke drove me over here,” he jokes.

Over its 25 years, the book has gone through several name changes.

It’s now known as The Original Knox County Schools Coupon Book.

The program started when Earl Hoffmeister was superintendent. Kerr says he got the idea from the superintendent of Hamilton County Schools.

“Hamilton County Schools has done it one year longer than we have,” she says.

After working with outside producers for four years, Bacon and Kerr decided to handle the books in-house in the fifth year.

The first four years, the schools kept $6.50 from each book, says Kerr.

“Now they’re getting $8 of that $10.”

The 1989 coup pon book coupon is tiny compa red to the compared current one.

Another 70 cents pe per book redistributeed among is redistributed h l i llower-i schools in lower-income communities and 13 cent communities, cents goes to school libraries.

While Kerr calls Bacon the “front man,” Bacon says Kerr does most of the work of enlisting merchants.

“After 25 years, it pretty much sells itself,” Kerr says.

It’s easy to see how Kerr’s warm personality would endear her to business owners and managers. She seems never to have met a stranger.

“It’s all about relationships. I have a relationship with just about every business in the book.”

Kerr was born in Coffeyville, Kan., while her father was serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, but as soon as she and her mother were released from the hospital, they came home to Knoxville.

She graduated from Central High School in 1963.

After working at what’s now JCPenney and going to UT at night for a couple of years, she got a job in accounts payable for Knox County Schools. Superintendent Mildred Doyle insisted that she keep working after she had her first child, and she put Kerr to work at home logging support data for Title I. Her duties expanded after she returned to work full-time.

In addition to the coupon books, she also is involved in Partners in Education, Dine Out for Education, Principal for a Day, Teacher of the Year, the Teacher Supply Depot and Career Day at the Knoxville Expo Center. But the coupon books are her baby.

“The beautiful thing about this program is that each school decides how they want to spend their money.

“It’s a win-win-win. It’s a win for the merchants because they get extra traffic in their stores. It’s a win for the customer because they save money. And it’s a great, huge win for

Mary Kerr rests against a mountain of incentive T-shirts as she shows off the inaugural Kids First coupon book from 1989 and this year’s model. Photos by Betsy Pickle

The most recent coupon books sit atop shadowboxes holding the first two decades’ worth of books.

the schools and the students because they get upgraded technology, upgraded playground equipment, new security equipment – whatever they want to spend it on.

“What else can you sell that the school gets to keep 80 perA Magic 8 Ball, one of the sales incentives for cent of the profit? Nothing.” students, tells Mary Kerr she “absolutely” will In 1989, the book had 144 have a successful coupon book sales campages, with 86 merchants ofpaign this year. fering 114 coupons. The 2013 book has 256 pages, with 279 merchants – including 43 new ones – offering 350 coupons. There’s Students sold 102,205 books in also a special 25th anniversary QR 1989. In 2012, they sold 153,642. code that reveals extras savings on Kerr picks up a red Magic 8 Ball the 25th day of each month.

– one of the sales incentives – and “We’ve tripled the number of couasks if she is going to have a successpons in the book, the price of paper ful campaign this year. and printing has skyrocketed, and “Absolutely,” is the answer. it’s still just $10.”

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Cancer survivor ‘Ambassadors’ spread the word about proton therapy

By Shana Raley-Lusk A group of local gentlemen with a common goal recently came together to share their passion with the Knoxville community. Known as the Proton Ambassadors, these men are all prostate cancer survivors. However, cancer survival is not their only commonality. When faced with the devastating diagnosis of cancer, each of these men chose the innovative treatment option of proton therapy.

Now cancer free, they are all more than ready to share their proton therapy experiences with the world in a special television commercial spot for Provision.

Knoxville area.

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who is happy to spread the word. Each of the Ambassadors was eager to encourage those faced with a cancer diagnosis to seek out a second opinion.

“What this is going to do is really help people who are scared to death about cancer,” said Vince Sica.

The Proton Guys are looking forward to the prospect of offering support to those undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. They want people to know that proton therapy can help return them to a normal life.

To view the commercial or request more information, visit protonguys.com.

Free Eddie Check PSA screenings at blood drive One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime – and one in 36 will die from it.

Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths among men. The purpose of the “Real Men Wear Gowns” campaign is to raise awareness about the importance of prostate cancer screenings for early detection. Provision is proud to be a sponsor of this important campaign.

The Provision Center for Proton Therapy will be the first facility of its kind in our area and will have the capability to treat 900 cancer patients annually including prostate cancer patients. When caught early, prostate cancer can be successfully treated. For more information, call 865-862-1600 or visit provisionproton.com.

The Provision Center for Proton Therapy is the proud sponsor of “Real Men Wear Gowns,” a partnership with WBIR Channel 10, that encourages men to get a PSA blood test for early detection of prostate cancer. Log on to wbir.com/realmen to learn more and to view the commercial. Visit one of the Eddie Check locations on September 19 & 20 for a free PSA test.

The American Cancer Society estimates that in the U.S. during 2013, about 238,590 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed, and 29,720 men will die from it.

But there’s still good news.

If prostate cancer is caught early, the five-year survival rate is nearly 100 percent.

Prostate cancer is rare before age 40, so if you are 40 or older, the first step is a free, simple prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening that only requires a blood sample.

In 2004, Rockford-based Nisus Corporation teamed up with area hospitals and MEDIC Regional Blood Center to create Eddie Check, an annual event that adds free PSA screening for prostate cancer to blood drives. Nisus has a personal stake in the fight; marketing vice president Jim Gorman is a prostate cancer survivor, while company president Kevin L. Kirkland lost his father, Eddie Kirkland, to the disease. “Eddie Check” is named for Eddie Kirkland.

Farragut resident and former proton therapy patient Tom Zuraf says Eddie Check saved his life.

“I had recently relocated to East Tennessee and then missed a year of getting my annual PSA screening. I heard about Eddie Check on the radio. It sounded simple, so I decided to participate.

I couldn’t have been easier,” he said. “If it had not been for Eddie Check, I never would have known I had cancer. I was completely symptomfree.”

This year, Nisus and MEDIC are joined by Provision as well as sponsors WVLT Volunteer TV, WIVK FM 107.7, The Sports Animal, NewsTalk 98.7 FM, the Knoxville NewsSentinel, Rip Noel Studios and Abacus Arts, Inc. Eddie Check will be held at 11 different locations in nine East Tennessee counties Thursday and Friday, Sept.

19 and 20. Blood samples for PSA screening will be taken at every location during all hours, even if you don’t donate blood. MEDIC will draw all samples, which will then be analyzed by Provision Center for Proton Therapy. This free PSA screening is available for men 40 years of age or older, or in the event of family history, at an age 10 years younger

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Sounds of success Gales help tailgate party so more can hear

By Betsy Pickle It’s a given that everyone at the Hearing and Speech Foundation’s Ultimate Tailgate Party is a Tennessee football fan. But at least one group of attendees roots for the foundation as enthusiastically as it does the Vols.

The Gale family will have a busy Saturday morning this week before heading to the Ultimate Tailgate, which starts at 2:30 p.m. in the East Club Skybox at Neyland Stadium. Abraham, 15, has a swim meet and a swim-team cookout to attend before the tailgate party starts. But the Gales wouldn’t miss it, or their chance to support HSF’s CEO and cofounder, John Berry.

In addition to watching the televised UT-Florida game, guests can enjoy a buffet and handcrafted beers from Woodruff Brewery and bid on items in a silent auction. Tickets, $100, are available at http:// h s f w e b.g i v e z o ok s .c om/ events/7 th-hsf-ultimatetailgate-party.

It’s the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Hearing and Speech Foundation, the Blount County-based organization that specializes in helping the deaf and hearingimpaired hear, speak and function in the hearing world.

Ashley and Gordon Gale learned of the foundation soon after the birth of their twins, Abraham and Ariel.

Within 24 hours of their delivery at UT Medical Center, the twins’ hearing was tested.

“She passed, and he failed,” says Ashley Gale.

“They said, ‘Oh, no big deal.

Just have him retested at eight weeks.’ So at eight weeks, we went to an ear, nose and throat doctor, and an audiologist did a test called an ABR, which stands for Auditory Brain Response, and Abraham had none. He is profoundly deaf, bilaterally, born that way.

“He has what’s called a sensory neural hearing deficiency.”

Upon receiving the news, Gale – a trained nurse – was “totally devastated.”

“I went home and called the pediatrician, and just by happenstance – I’m pretty certain it was divine intervention – my pediatrician was good, personal friends with John Berry. He said, ‘Hold on, Ashley, hold on.

Let me make a phone call; I’ll call you right back.’

“So he called John, and John said, ‘Tell her to come to me right now. Bring the baby and come to me.’ So we went that day. From that day to this day, John Berry has always kind of been the papa bear. He welcomed us with open arms. He took my baby out of my arms and held him and talked to him, and he said, ‘Mama, it’s going to be all right. Everything’s going to be fine.’

“He has loved us and been Abraham’s encourager and teacher and mentor since birth, basically.”

After meeting with Ber-

ry, Gale says, “we made the decision that we wanted Abraham to be in the hearing world and to learn to speak. … We were going to do whatever it took to teach and train Abraham to be able to speak and communicate intelligently and intelligibly and also to understand people.”

Gale drove to HSF in Maryville twice a week for about a year to work with Berry and his associates, learning their verbotonal method of teaching the deaf to speak.

“At about 6 months, when he was sitting up and could do more in therapy, Abraham started participating, and they started working with him and teaching him some sounds, so he became more involved at that time.

By the time he was 2, we were going three to five days a week. It just became part of what we did every single day.”

After much soul-searching, the Gales decided they wanted cochlear-implant surgery for Abraham.

“I was really struggling with, am I doing something against God’s will? Because God created Abraham deaf, and am I messing with His plan?” says Ashley Gale.

“You never mess up God’s plan,” Abraham interjects.

He had the surgery on Nov. 30, 2001. He went to preschool at Fort Sanders Developmental Center and through the start of fourth grade at Bearden Elementary. He then entered Concord Christian School, where he’s now an 8th grader. Ariel is a sophomore at Webb School

Abraham Gale (at right) talks to fans of football and the Hearing and Speech Foundation at the 2012 Ultimate Tailgate Party at Neyland Stadium.

Abraham was born deaf and is a student of the foundation’s verbotonal method.

Photos submitted

of Knoxville.

Between school, swim practice and his lawn-mowing business – he’s saving to buy a pickup truck – Abraham doesn’t have much free time. But he’s always happy to promote HSF. He spoke at last year’s tailgate and at an HSF fashion show and luncheon.

He visits Leslee Rook at HSF a couple of times a year for a “tune-up.”

“He hears through his brain via his cochlear implants, which bypasses the function of the ear,” says his mother. “To learn how

Leslee Rook, director of therapy and training, and John Berry, cofounder of the Hearing and Speech Foundation, enjoy the 2012 Ultimate Tailgate Party that raises funds for the foundation.

to speak with good rhythm and intonation and clarity of sounds and crispness is not easy. Leslee will hear something that might sound flat and talk to Abraham about that.”

While Abraham is a Vol football fan, his dream is to be a Vol swimmer.

“Hopefully, I’ll get a (swimming) scholarship at the University of Tennessee,” he says.

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Post-9/11 FBI is threat-focused

By Sherri Gardner Howell

Gracious living at Sherrill Hills

Before the world changed on Sept. 11, 2001, the FBI worked diligently to put the bad guys behind bars. “Our strategies before Sept. 11 were to gather the best information we could to ensure prosecution of those doing harm to this country and/or its citizens,” KenBy Sandra Clark neth Moore, special agent in Guests left awed by the charge of the FBI Knoxville, design and amenities of the told members of the Rotary Sherrill Hills Resort LifeClub of Farragut. “We would style Community. Call it the gather information and help RLC. Just don’t call it asbuild cases to put people sisted living. away, and we were good at The Farragut West Knox getting the convictions. AfChamber of Commerce ter Sept. 11, there was a defihosted a networking event nite shift in priorities.” at the RLC on Thursday. It Today’s FBI is intelliwas a preview of the new fagence-driven and threat-focility since the official grand cused, said Moore. “Nationopening is set for Saturday, al security is the priority.

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We must now be ready to Sherrill Hills Resort is a place for the post-World Nancy Epstein, marketing di- respond to an imminent War II Baby Boom genera- rector for Sherrill Hills RLC, threat and prevent future tion to live and play. enjoys showing off the resort attacks. Our counter-intelli“They are a group 77 mil- community to Jim Brannon, gence profile has never been lion strong. And with their sales associate for Shopper higher.”

While the ways of acenergy, attitude and spirit, News, at a networking event they’ve reshaped retirement sponsored by the Farragut complishing what has to be for generations to come,” West Knox Chamber. Photos by S. Clark says the RLC newsletter.

It’s like living in a grand hotel. Apartments are on floors two and three with extensive community areas Next week’s events for the on the main level.

Representatives of the There’s the theater where Farragut West Knox ChamDaughters of the American “Hitchcock” was sched- ber include a networking Revolution (DAR) receive uled for 6:45. It doubles as event at 8 a.m. Thursday, proclamations from Farragut a church on Sundays and is Sept. 19, at Panera Bread Mayor Ralph McGill: (from on Peters Road and two available for speakers, etc. left) Joyce Condry, Bonnie Journal There are the state-of- ribbon-cuttings: the-art workout facility, the Broadcast Group on Am- Kate chapter; Bonnie Chaffin, Cavett Station chapter; Pat hair salon and the dining fa- herst Road at 10 a.m. TuesChambers, Andrew Bogel cility where a chef-prepared day, Sept. 17, and Balanced chapter; Diana West, Ruth Solutions on Executive Park dinner was being served.

Lady and Martha Raper, all More than one Chamber Drive at 10:30 a.m. Wednesof the Emory Road chapter; guest mentioned it might be day, Sept. 18.

McGill. Photos by S. Clark The Chamber’s breakfast nice to simply stay.

done are complicated and massive, the mission, says Moore, is simple: “The mission now is to detect and prevent another attack.”

Moore talked to the group about the strategies of the organization and the growth since 2001. “Our strategies are intelligence, technology and partnerships,” he said. “We work with local and state authorities and with national security and law enforcement organizations. We know that all of us are better than any one of us.”

After the attacks of 2001, the FBI began to grow in a way that was unprecedented yet focused. “We had to improve our hiring.

We learned that we needed more intelligence analysts, translators and investment experts. And we knew we had to set up ways to integrate our intelligence and what we were learning with other agencies. Before 9/11, we were primarily investigators for prosecution.

Today, we focus on prevention. We are here to disrupt, interfere and stop future attacks.”

The tools of the trade have also changed dramatically, says Moore. “Most of our technology prior to Sept. 11 was old and out-ofdate. Most agents had no email and very limited access to computers. Now we have thousands of state-ofthe-art computers and immediate access to databases across the board to enhance and monitor communication. Learning to use the new technology helps us to ‘connect the dots’ so that we can see threats no matter where they come from.”

Homegrown threats are some of the biggest concerns, says Moore. “Homegrown violence by extremists is really a primary concern for the FBI,” he says. “We have individuals who are here, who are ‘one of us,’ and who do not have good intentions toward our country. They fly below the

Kenneth Moore, special agent in charge of FBI Knoxville, talks to Rotary Club of Farragut members about the changes and challenges for the organization since Sept.

11, 2001. Photo by Sherri Gardner Howell

radar, and they are dangerous. Because we are a country of freedoms, it is hard to find these individuals until they come out or slip.”

Rotary Club of Farragut meets at noon on Wednesday at Fox Den Country Club. For information: www.farragutrotary.org.

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profusion of apartments and multifamily dwellings proposed for West Knox between Bearden and the town of Farragut.

And Sarah Powell, staff member for the Metropolitan Planning Commission has posted on the MPC website, “If all apartment projects currently on the drawing board make it to construction, Knoxville will see an increase of more than 2,000 units in the next two years.”

Emory Church Road: Attorney John King represented developers who want to build 328 apartments and a 75-slip marina on a cove off Fort Loudoun Lake.

The Westland Cove apartment complex would contain 12 4-story buildings.

Attorney Wayne Kline represented opponents, and the debate Thursday centered on whether the rezonings would be postponed for 30 or 60 days.

MPC commissioner Laura Cole moved for 60 days, and her motion prevailed.

Developer John Huber promised to convene a public hearing, probably at A.L. Lotts Elementary School during the week of Oct. 1.

Both King and Kline promised to talk, with King observing, “It is apparent that the opponents do not lack the ability to communicate.”

Kline said it’s unusual to present a use-on-review and request for rezoning at the same meeting. He said neighbors had only two weeks notice since the MPC signs went up.

Huber said he had talked with adjacent land owners and would continue to discuss the development with interested parties.

The use-on-review shows six boat ramps and three boarding docks, along with 141 dry storage stalls and 75 covered slips.

Apartments at Northshore Town Center: Attorney Arthur Seymour Jr. returned to MPC with a use-on-review plan for developers of apartments near Northshore Town Center.

Seymour asked for a 30-day

delay since the rezoning appeal is still pending before Knoxville City Council.

Margot Kline, president of the Council of West Knox County Homeowners, spoke in opposition. “Over 1,200 people have signed a petition of opposition,” she said, asking for a 60-day delay.

Seymour promised to let Kline know in advance if he needs another postponement, so the 30-day postponement was adopted.

CVS Pharmacy came to discuss signage on Kingston Pike at Cedar Bluff Road where it plans to build a 13,200-square foot store on 1.88 acres.

John McCook, president of the Seven Oaks Homeowners Association, objected to 15-foot monument signs, even though the current ordinance allows signs up to 50 feet. “We just don’t want any more ugliness coming in,” said McCook.

Margot Kline added: “We appreciate that CVS has talked with us, but with other stores coming in (on the site) we would prefer one large multi-tenant sign.”

Deane Hill Village: MPC approved a redesign for 28 attached dwellings on 5.65 acres despite protests from Neal Peebles who said a 250-unit apartment complex is under construction about 500 yards from this site. He cited traffic concerns.

Pike Enterprises on Kingston Pike: 1.78 acres north of Homberg Drive.

“We’re just clearing up the map,” said Seymour in asking that property owners not be required to dedicate an easement along the front.

Terry Faulkner, representing the Bearden Council, asked for a delay, but MPC attorney Steve Wise said a final plat “must be approved or denied within 30 days.” Delay was not possible, and the plat was approved.

Jim McClain on Lovell Road: This issue has lingered since 2008 and will linger another 30 days after a motion by Art Clancy III to postpone.

McClain’s tenant, John Deere, operates a nursery on 19.44 acres near Hickey Road. MPC Commissioner Jeffrey Roth summed up the dilemma: “It’s not right to vote against and ask them to move, but we don’t need spot commercial zoning” in the area of single family homes.

Roth asked MPC Director Mark Donaldson to research a change to the agricultural zone to permit the operation.

HEALTH NOTES ■ PK Hope Is Alive Parkinson Support Group of East TN will meet 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 17, in the Kern UMC Family Life Center, 451 East Tenn.

Ave. in Oak Ridge. Info: Karen Sampsell, 4824867; email pk_hopeisalive@bellsouth.net; or www.pkhopeisalive.org.

■ Free yoga classes will be offered by Take Charge Fitness Program, 1921 N. Charles Seivers Blvd. in Clinton, from Monday through Friday, Sept. 16-20. Available class times are: 9:30 a.m.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Chair Yoga will be offered 10:50 a.m. Monday and 10:30 a.m. Friday. Info: 457-8237.

■ 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.

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Dickey, a knuckleball pitcher, started his career at the University of Tennessee. He has an amazing Christian testimony and CAK is excited to share it with the Knoxville Community.

On Thursday, October 3, Toronto Blue Jays Pitcher RA Dickey will share his story with the city of Knoxville.

“Winding up with RA Dickey,” presented by Wieniewitz Financial and hosted by Christian Academy of Knoxville, will be held at First Baptist Concord at 7 p.m. (Doors open at 6:15 p.m.). General Admission, student and VIP tickets are available at www. windingupwithra.com.

After 14 years in the minor leagues, Dickey finally perfected the pitch that would make him a major league star, the knuckleball.

In 2012 Dickey became the first knuckleballer to win the

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Dickey told Mike Fitzpatrick of the Huffington Post, “Isn’t that awesome? It just shows you there’s not just one way to do it, and it gives hope to a lot of people.”

In fact, more than just his pitching style, Dickey’s entire life story is one of hope. In 2012 Dickey’s autobiography was released, exposing the difficulties he went through as a child, watching his parents divorce, suffering through abuse as an 8-year-old boy, and even a suicide attempt later in life.

But finding his niche in baseball and finding the Lord, Dickey was able to persevere.

“It’s an honor and a privilege to be a part of bringing this one of a kind event to the Knoxville community. RA Dickey’s story of perseverance along with his strong connection to our community make this an event everyone should put on their ‘must do’ list. Please come out and support this family friendly event. Our country needs more Christian role models like RA Dickey for our children to follow.” ~ Trae Wieniewitz

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Parkwest cardiologist one of few practicing nonsurgical ASD repair A healthy heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels every day. As a matter of fact, you’d have to leave a kitchen faucet turned on for at least 45 years to equal the amount of blood pumped by the heart in an average lifetime.

Every day, the heart beats an average of 100,000 times, creating energy equivalent to the amount needed to drive a truck 20 miles. During the course of the typical lifespan, the heart will pump enough blood to fill 200 train tank cars.

It is an intricate piece of machinery functioning quietly and quickly to keep life going, and it goes largely unnoticed, until something goes wrong.

An atrial septal defect also often goes unnoticed until something goes wrong.

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a hole in the wall of muscle that sits between the heart’s two upper chambers,and develops when part of the atrial septum doesn’t form the way it should.

If that hole is larger than 2 centimeters, there can be dire results. Heart enlargement leading to heart failure, heart rhythm disturbances, stroke, pulmonary hypertension and valve leaks are chief among them.

Not too long ago, the only way to fix the hole and get the heart back in proper working order was for a patient to undergo open heart surgery. But at Parkwest Medical Center, there is an alternative.

It’s called percutaneous closure. It’s only performed by a few cardiologists in East Tennessee, and Nicholoas Xenopoulos, MD, is one of them.

“The atrial septum defect lets blood flow from the left chamber of the heart to the right chamber or from the right chamber to the left chamber,” Dr. Xenopoulos explains. “ASD changes the flow of blood within the heart.

It matters, says Dr. Xenopoulos, because the right side of the heart pumps blood with a lower level of oxygen to the lungs, while the left side of the heart pumps oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body.

“ASD is the third most common type of congenital heart defect,” Dr. Xenopoulos says. About 10 percent of congenital heart problems are caused by specific genetic defects, and that’s the case with ASD. While ASD is usually with a person

plains there are now two tools that can be used for the nonsurgical percutaneous closure. They both work in similar ways.

“The device – an Amplatzer Septal Occluder or the GORE HELEX SepTwo tools can be used to repair an atrial septal defect. The tal Occluder – is atGORE® HELEX® Septal Occuluder (left) or an Amplatzer® tached to the end of Septal Occluder (right) – is attached to the end of a a catheter,” says Dr. “The catheter. The catheter is then inserted into a vein in the Xenopoulos. catheter is then ingroin, up to the heart, and through the hole in the heart. serted into a vein in the groin, up to the cally go through a series of heart and through the defect.” cardiac tests, including an He guides the catheter with the help electrocardiogram (EKG), of X-ray and intracardiac echo. Very chest X-ray, and ultrasounds. slowly, the device is pushed out of the A doctor may also call for cath- catheter and opens to cover the hole in eterization of the right and left the heart. sides of the heart, in which a When the procedure is finished, nature small tube is inserted into the simply takes its course. Tissue eventuheart through a peripheral ally grows over the implant, so it becomes vein. Oxygen in the blood can part of heart. be measured, determinThe benefits of this procedure are ing how much blood is many, starting with the scar that’s left Nicholoas Peter Xenopoulos, M.D. flowing across the defect. behind. Only a small mark when the A balloon or contrast dye catheter is inserted can be seen when the ■ M.D., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1985 can also be used to help procedure is over, as opposed to more ■ Residency, East Carolina University-Pitt County Memodetermine the size of the prominent chest scarring with open heart rial Hospital, 1991 hole. surgery.

■ Fellowship, Cardiology, Wake Forest University Bowman Naturally, the size of Recovery also happens more quickly.

Gray School the hole has a lot to do The hospital stay is typically 6-24 hours, ■ Fellowship, Interventional Cardiology, Wake Forest with the amount of blood followed by visits with the cardiologist at University Bowman Gray School flowing through it. So one, six and 12 months afterward to make Dr. Xenopoulos is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Carthat blood flow is mea- sure the implant is working the way it’s diovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology. He is a sured through means like supposed to within the body.

Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and member an MRI or echocardiograDr. Xenopoulos says the recovery of the American Heart Association. Prior to moving to Knoxphy. time at home is faster, too. Open heart ville in 2011, Dr. Xenopoulos received the 2004 Physician of Making the call to take surgery for an ASD generally results in the Year award from the Kentucky Chapter of the American action is based on sev- an overnight stay in the intensive care Heart Association. He was also voted by his peers in Kentucky eral factors from all those unit followed by several days in the hosas the Best Interventional Cardiologist in Louisville for 2010. tests. The type and size of pital. the defect are considered, Catheter-based ASD closure isn’t recas well as the effect on ommended for everyone. A hole that’s too the heart and any other large, the structure of the heart or blood from birth, it can go completely unsus- conditions that may be related, like pul- vessels not being right and other existing pected and undetected for years. The monary hypertension, valve disease and medical conditions can all be factors that ASD will frequently show itself by age 50, coronary artery disease. keep a patient from being a candidate for manifesting itself through symptoms like While surgery may still be necessary this procedure. shortness of breath, fainting, irregular in some cases, nonsurgical repair is fast But for those who qualify, it’s a miracle heart rhythms or fatigue. becoming a preferred treatment for most of modern medicine that smoothly gets Dr. Xenopoulos says patients will typi- secundum ASDs. Dr. Xenopoulos ex- the blood flow going the right way.

A heart full of gratitude As an automotive engineer, Aboudi Saoud knows plenty about intricate working parts that make a machine function smoothly. Little did he know that for years there was an intricate part of his heart that wasn’t working the way it should.

“I was having stomach pain,” Aboudi says of his first noticeable symptom. He went to see a doctor who did some blood work and discovered something amiss – but not with Aboudi’s stomach. “When he listened to my heart, he heard a murmur,” Aboudi says.

A cardiologist formally diagnosed an atrial septal defect – a hole in the muscular wall between the left and right chambers of the 33-year-old man’s heart. Aboudi learned that the defect had most likely been there since birth, although no physician had ever picked up on it before.

defect, with right ventricular enlargement of 2.5 centimeters by 2.1 centimeters. Nurse Strevel says the problem was successfully corrected with percutaneous closure.

Nicholoas Xenopoulos, MD, is one of only a handful of cardiologists in Tennessee performing this nonsurgical procedure for atrial septal defect. It involves attaching a special device to the end of a catheter and the catheter being put through a vein in the groin. Once the catheter gets to the heart, the device is removed and applied where it’s needed.

“Dr. Xenopoulos was the best doctor I’ve seen,” Aboudi says, “and he really cares about his patients.”

Now Aboudi can truly say his heart is full, not only with a fulfilling job, friends and two great kids. There’s no longer a hole in his heart, either.

Automotive engineer Aboudi Saoud is back on the road after a successful nonsurgical procedure to correct an atrial septal defect. Parkwest is one of the few places in Tennessee where the procedure is performed.

“My hole was so big, it’s hard to hear it,” Aboudi says. And it turns out he was having other subtle symptoms that can often go unnoticed in patients with this heart defect.

“Mr. Saoud was having difficulty breathing that limited his activity,” says Jill Strevel, RN. “He had fatigue and said he felt ‘run down’ for four or five days out of seven.”

The full diagnosis after cardiac testing was ostium secundum atrial septal

A hole in the heart can go undetected for years. Symptoms of atrial septal defect often don’t show up till middle age.

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Through Diversity and Inclusion,” 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Knoxville Convention Center. Info: Joshalyn Hundley, jhundley@cityofknoxville.org, or Kelsey Finch, kelsey. finch@tn.gov.

Eddie Check (free prostrate-specific antigen screening) and Medic blood drive: 8 a.m.-6:30 a.m. Medic, 1601 Ailor Ave.; 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Medic, 11000 Kingston Pike; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Provision Center for Proton Therapy, 6450 Provision Cares Way. Alexander Technique Introduction, 10:30 a.m., Bearden Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Free. Register/ info: Lilly@LillySutton.com or www.LillySutton.com.

“Smoky Mountain Tales: Feuds, Murder and Mayhem,” brown-bag lecture by Gail Palmer, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Free.

The ninth annual Charity Golf Tournament for the Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee and the YMCA, 1 p.m., Three Ridges Golf Course, 6101 Wise Springs Road. Lunch at 11:30 a.m. Prizes for longest drive, closest to pin and swing for a Pot of Gold. Cost: $75 per player, $300 per foursome. Info: Epilepsy Foundation, 522-4991; YMCA, 922-9622.

Fashion Sense Meets Common Sense, Goodwill’s 29th annual Vintage Fashion Show, Hilton Knoxville, 501 W. Church Ave. Dinner and drinks, 6 p.m.; show, 7 p.m. Tickets: $40 each or $375 for a table of 10.

Tickets include dinner, two glasses of wine (with valid ID), show and entry to the after-show sale. Purchase: 588-8567. Pre-sale 5-6:15 p.m. is $5.

“A Fair and Scruffy City: How Two Expos Shaped Who We Are,” program exploring the impact of the National Conservation Exposition of 1913 and the 1982 World’s Fair on Knoxville, 7 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Free.

“Noises Off” by Michael Frayn, Clarence Brown Theatre, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18, 19, 20 and 21, with a 2 p.m. matinee Sept. 22. Tickets: $12-$40; available at clarencebrowntheatre.com.

“The Outgoing Tide” by Bruce Graham, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St., at 8 p.m. Sept.

19-21 and 3 p.m. Sept. 22. Tickets: $10 Thursday and Sunday, $15 Friday-Saturday; in advance at www. theatreknoxville.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 online at candoromarble.org or facebook.com/ candoromarble.

Tennessee Artists Association People’s Choice Exhibit, paintings and photography by 25 artists, through Sept. 27 at 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 5-8 p.m. Sept. 27.

“Of Sword and Pen,” regional artifacts and documents from the Civil War era, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St., through Sunday, Oct. 13. Open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra season opener, “Eroica Trio Plays Beethoven,” 7:3 p.m., Tennessee Theatre. Tickets: $15 and up, knoxvillesymphony.com and 291-3310.

MONDAY, SEPT. 16

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, SEPT. 19-21

Ossoli Circle, Ossoli Clubhouse, 2511 Kingston Pike. 9:45 a.m. fellowship; 10:30 a.m. “Wives of the Presidents” presentation by Elizabeth Nelson of Fountain City Library; 11:30 a.m. business meeting; 12:30 p.m. lunch, then bridge and language class.

Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, will give the lecture “The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear,” 3:30 p.m., UT’s University Center Auditorium, Room 329. Reception to follow.

Heavenly Harp, mother-daughter music duo Karin and Joy Gunderson, 7 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 6900 Kingston Pike. Info: www.heavenlyharp.org.

The Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA, beginning Tai Chi class 7-8:30 p.m., Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Class runs through December. Info: 482-7761 or www.taoist.org.

Tennessee Shines features Missy Raines & the New Hip with Christabel, 7 p.m. WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St.; broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Remaining tickets at the door, while supplies last. Doors open 6 p.m. Children 14 and under with parent admitted free.

Info: WDVX.com.

Art-a-palooza!, three-day fall festival fundraiser, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave., Artist booths with sales and demonstrations, bake sale. Family day Sept. 21 with indoor and outdoor booths, art activities, live music, food and storytelling

by Phil Campbell will be $20 for families, $10 individuals. Artist booths available. Info: 357-2787.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 17 FARM Knoxville Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., 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).

Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina cooking class, the Wild Mushroom Forager with Harry “Whitey” Hitchcock, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 7610 Maynardville Pike. BYO wine. Cost: $50. Register: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

Square Dance Center, 828 Tulip St., 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.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18 Books Sandwiched In, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Chad Hellwinckel, research assistant professor at the UT Agricultural Analysis Center, will lead a discussion of “The OneStraw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming” by Masanobu Fukuoka. Bring a lunch and join the conversation.

“Living Well Gluten Free” workshop, 6-7:15 p.m. Bearden High School auditorium, 8352 Kingston Pike. Knoxville author and celiac disease expert Janet McKenzie Prince will share info on celiac disease and gluten sensitivity and discuss healthy eating at home and in restaurants. Dr. John Haydek and dietitian Heather Kaufman will speak and answer questions.

RSVP: rsvp@gihealthcare.com or 558-0650.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, SEPT. 18-19 AARP Driver Safety Class, noon-4 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

Concert sound engineering workshop, basic introduction to live sound mixing for musicians and volunteers, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Led by Lou Gross, volunteer sound engineer at Laurel. No charge, but participants will be expected to volunteer six hours over the next year to aid productions

by Jubilee Community Arts. Register: 522-5851. Info: Toby Koosman, 522-5851 or concerts@jubileearts.org.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 19 Title VI symposium, “Economic Fairness

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THURSDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 19-22 2013 Knoxville Film Festival, Downtown West.

Feature-length and short films, narrative and documentary. Workshops and 7-Day Shootout films on Sept. 21.

Sneak preview of actor Dylan Baker’s directorial debut, “23 Blast,” 5 p.m. Sept. 22. Info: knoxvillefilmfestival. com.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 20 Eddie Check (free prostrate-specific antigen screening) and Medic blood drive: 8 a.m.-6:30 a.m. Medic, 1601 Ailor Ave.; 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Medic, 11000 Kingston Pike; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Provision Center for Proton Therapy, 6450 Provision Cares Way. FARM Knoxville Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., Laurel Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike.

Movies on Market Square, “E.T. the Extraterrestrial, dusk. Bring lawn chair or blanket to sit on; well-behaved dogs welcome.

Battlefield Band, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $21 at door; $20 at knoxalliance.com/ knoxtix.html.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, SEPT. 20-OCT. 5 Disney’s “Mulan,” live musical play for families based on the 1998 film, 7 p.m. Sept. 20, 26-27, Oct. 3-4; 1 and 5 p.m. Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5; 3 p.m. Sept. 22, Sept. 29, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 Churchwell Ave. Tickets: $12; $10 each for adult and child entering together. Purchase: 599-5284 or tickets@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 21 Rummage sale, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Household items, toys, furniture, jewelry, accessories, books, women’s career clothing. Info: 523-5687.

Knoxville Writers’ Guild workshop, 10 a.m.-noon, Stone House at Church of the Savior, 934 N. Weisgarber Road. Writer and editor Terry Shaw will teach how to tighten your writing. Participants should email a few pages of work for discussion to tshaw05@comcast.net.

Cost: $40 ($35 members). Register: www.knoxvillewritersguild.org or send check to KWG Workshops, P.O. Box 10326, Knoxville, TN 37939-0326.

49th annual Country Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Antiques, crafts, children’s activities, horse-drawn-wagon rides, pumpkin patch and food. Cost: $5 adult; children under 12 free with adult. Home tours: $5.

14th Annual HoLa Festival, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Gay Street and Depot Avenue. Latin music, food, costumes, craft and activities.

Organist Jelani Edington Wallace Baumann Memorial Theatre Organ Concert, 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: $8 ($6 for seniors and students) at 684-1200 or the Clinch Avenue box office.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 21-22 John Sevier Days Living History Weekend, demonstrations of 18th century life, militia drills, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 21, noon-5 p.m. Sept. 22, Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. $5 16-up, $3 age 7-15, free for 6 and under.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 22 “Lotions, Potions, Pills and Magic: Health Care in Early America,” lecture by Elaine G. Breslaw, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Free.

“Letters to the Earth: Songs and Poems of Conservation,” six area writers read and perform their work, 3 p.m. Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Free.

MONDAY, SEPT. 23 Ossoli Circle, Ossoli Clubhouse, 2511 Kingston Pike. 9:45 a.m. fellowship; 10:30 a.m. book study “Park City: A Knoxville Neighborhood History” by Margery Weber Bensley; 11:30 a.m. music program “The Historic Tennessee Theatre” by Bill Snyder; 12:30 p.m. lunch, then bridge and language class.

Tennessee Shines features the Stray Birds and Wild Ponies (Doug and Telisha Williams), 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St.; broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville.

Tickets: $10 at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets. com. Remaining tickets sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6 p.m. Children 14 and with parent admitted free. Info: WDVX.com.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 24 AARP Driver Safety Class, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 6900 Kingston Pike. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

6th District Democrats (Karns, Hardin Valley, Powell), 6 p.m., Karns Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway.

Dr. John Neff will speak on the “National Affordable Health Care Act.” Info: Janice Spoone, 560-0202, or Clay Mulford, 257-6744.

TUESDAY & THURSDAY, SEPT. 24 & 26 International Blues Challenge preliminary rounds, 8 p.m., Whammy Bar Café, 8426 Kingston Pike.

Admission: $5. Info: Steve Krempasky, 717-448-9532, or Robert Higginbotham, 691-9590.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25 Knoxville Writers’ Group, 11 a.m., Naples, 5500 Kingston Pike. Short-story and novel writer Pamela Schoenewaldt will discuss the challenges of balancing history and fiction when writing historical fiction. All-inclusive lunch: $12. RSVP by Monday, Sept. 23, to 983-3740.

Healthy Living Kitchen gluten-free cooking class with Janet Prince, noon, Suite E-170, UT Medical Center. Cost: $20. Register: 305-6970 or www.utmedicalcenter.org/hlk.

Time Well Spent: Inspiration at Lunch, jeweler Kathy Bradley, noon, Emporium Center, 100 Gay St. Bradley will present and demonstrate the creation of copper and bronze jewelry. Free. Brown-bagging welcome.

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, 5:30 p.m. Tanasi Restaurant, 450 Clubhouse Point, Loudon. Info: Flotilla Cmdr. Art Pelka, 458-3808 or tellicotraveler1@gmail. com, or Vice Cmdr. Tom Murphy, 320-3788.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 26 Community Cinema presents “The Graduates”/“Los Graduados,” 6 p.m., East Tennessee PBS studio, 1611 E. Magnolia Ave. Free. Info: EastTennesseePBS.org/news-and-events/communitycinema/.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 27 Seventh annual Senior Appreciation Picnic hosted by Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., John Tarleton Park, 3201 Division St. Food, fun, mini health fair, entertainment. Bus transportation provided from all Knox County senior centers. RSVP: 215-4007 by Sept. 20.

Roux du Bayou, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $11 at knoxalliance.com/knoxtix.html.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 28 AARP Driver Safety Class, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

Capt. W.Y.C. Hannum Chapter #1881, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 10 a.m., Green Meadow Country Club, 1700 Louisville Road, Alcoa.

Brunch 10:30 a.m., $14. Bob Hayes will speak about the diaries of his great-grandfather, the Rev. N.P. Kerr, from the 1860s. Reservations/info: Charlotte Miller, 4486716. Visitors welcome.

7th annual Louie Bluie Music & Arts Festival, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Cove Lake State Park, Caryville. Info: louiebluie.org. Free.

Second annual Cupcakes in the Park, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Krutch Park Extension. East Tennessee’s favorite bakeries will compete for judges’ and people’s choice prizes. Novice adult and child bakers invited to compete in age-specific categories; entry $25 adult, $15 child; each must bring six regular-sized cupcakes. Attendees can purchase a $5 ticket to get five mini cupcakes from professional bakeries and one people’s choice vote.

Face painting, bounce house, carousel. Info: www. cupcakesinthepark.com or Katie Teesdale, 329-9030 or katharine.teesdale@mcnabbcenter.org.

International Blues Challenge finals, 3 p.m., Whammy Bar Café, 8426 Kingston Pike. Admission: $5.

Info: Steve Krempasky, 717-448-9532, or Robert Higginbotham, 691-9590.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 29 Blessing of animals worship service, based on ministry of St. Francis of Assisi, 10:30 a.m., First Christian Church courtyard, 211 W. Fifth Ave. Pets or pictures of beloved pets welcome.

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Party animals Ramps provided easy access to the water.

The weekend after Labor Day was a great one for dogs and their owners. There was plenty of rowdy fun at two different events.

At the Inskip Pool Doggie Dip, some of the partiers preferred the baby pool!

Carol Zinavage

Carol’s Corner On Saturday, Birchwood Kennels in Powell celebrated its 30th anniversary with a party and scholarship fundraiser for UT Veterinary School.

Kennel manager David Boone said, “It’s awesome to see the Sheriff’s Office take part in this, and B97.5 donated their time – it’s great to have them here.”

Owner Rob Satoloe was thrilled to have raffle prizes donated by Lowe’s, Walmart, Knoxville Catering and the UT Athletic Department.

Sunday brought the annual Doggie Dip, benefiting Young-Williams Animal Center, at Inskip Pool. The dogs were kicking up their heels, splashing, retrieving and enjoying the cool water.

Pool manager Randy Love had scheduled the event during Labor Day weekend in years past, but delayed it a week this year and was thrilled with the turnout.

“It will be a ‘Sunday after Labor Day’ event from here on out,” he said.

No doubt many tired pooches slept soundly in their doggie beds after so much fun!

Kennel manager David Boone and kennel tech Melissa Taylor showed off the raffle table. Prizes included a football autographed by all the Tennessee Vols, a bike, a 63-piece toolset and a dinner for four.

Big strong shepherd Rocky and his owner, Misty Wong, enjoyed some quiet time in the baby pool. Photos by Carol Zinavage

Piper the dachshund was in style with her own bikini.

Owner Stacy Arender said, “She has a lifejacket, too!”

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John 938-3328 DUTCHMAN 1998 31', GMC YUKON 2008 class C, V10 gas, FORD F350 2008 black, 6.0L, V8, DRW 4x4 6.4 Twin 29K mi., sleeps 7, Interior/Exterior, Guttering 333 leveling jacks, non Turbo, 65K mi., New loaded, perfect cond.

Tires. New Custom smoker, no pets. $27,500. 865-223-2738.

Aluminum Bed w/80g HAROLD'S GUTTER $20,000. 865-257-1554.

HONDA CRV 2007 4 aux. fuel tank, SERVICE. Will clean ACTION ADS gooseneck hitch, cyl. util. 98k mi, clean front & back $20 & up.

Reese receiver.

Quality work, guaranretail $15,825.

922-4136 or $14,800. 865-209-5594 $34,000. 423-625-3866. teed. Call 288-0556.

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Sometimes a Wildcat and a Blue Devil can drive toward the same goal surgery by Art to remove his prostate gland.

Art used the da Vinci Surgical System at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. The ďŹ rst of its kind in Knoxville, the da Vinci is a state-of-the-art robotic surgery system that allows removal of the prostate with only a few small cuts. This in turn means less blood, less post-operative pain and a shorter hospital stay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. Art explained everything to me,â&#x20AC;? said Eubanks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And as usual, he was very detailed.

Along with my Christian faith, prayer and Dr. Artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conďŹ dence and our informative discussions, I was to the point of not being too worried about the actual surgery. I was more worried about telling my family of my diagnosis and needing surgery.â&#x20AC;?

The robotic surgery went smoothly, and Eubanks was home within two days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My care at Fort Sanders was very good; I had no problems,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The nurses were all very friendly. You could ask them questions and they were very attentive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had almost no pain. I did not even take any pain medications,â&#x20AC;? said Eubanks.

Within three months, Eubanks was back to normal, doing sit-ups, lifting weights and playing tennis. When the weather warmed, he was back on his motorcycle as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has now been almost nine months since the surgery and I do everything now that I did before, maybe more because I seem to want to make up for the three months lost during recovery,â&#x20AC;? said Eubanks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I attribute my great outcome to my age, my health before the surgery and especially Dr. Art and the da Vinci robot at Fort Sanders. My only issue with Dr. Art is that he is a Kentucky basketball fan,â&#x20AC;? Eubanks said with a laugh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I recommend all men begin having prostate cancer screening. I did, and it may have saved my life.â&#x20AC;?

Richard Eubanks of Knoxville, 50, a diehard Duke basketball fan, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the spring of 2012, after routine screening by urologist Dr. Kevin Art of Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

At the time, however, Eubanks didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize that Art was a devoted University of Kentucky fan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I saw he had a UK pin on his lapel, I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure this is going to work,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? said Eubanks with a laugh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ever since then, we always talk basketball.â&#x20AC;?

After the diagnosis of cancer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the two men set aside any basketball differences to ďŹ nd a slam-dunk treatment.

Since Eubanks was only 49 years old, on the young side for prostate cancer, Art ďŹ rst recommended surgery to remove the gland.

However, since it was at such an early stage and slow growing, Art pointed out that there was no need to rush. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My ďŹ rst instinct was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Cancer, get it out, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to take any chances,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? said Eubanks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Dr. Art said there was no rush; it was likely to be slow growing and early. He explained all of my options, but he put no pressure on me to have the surgery. He said the second option would be radiation treatment, and he recommended I get other opinions.â&#x20AC;?

Eubanks did receive a second opinion from a radiologist, who also recommended surgery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That made me feel reassured,â&#x20AC;? said Eubanks.

But still, Eubanks decided to wait for a few months before the surgery, to enjoy a summer motorcycle trip to Utah with his father and another trip with his wife to Hawaii. All the while, Eubanks had extra blood tests to check the cancer, which remained unchanged over the summer.

Finally in November 2012, Eubanks had Richard Eubanks with his wife, Joana

Robotic surgery at Fort Sanders Originally developed by the military for use in tele-surgery, robotic surgery has become the gold standard for prostate removal surgery today.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center acquired the first robotic da Vinci Surgical System in the Knoxville area in 2004. It has become very popular among physicians with 90 to 95 percent of all prostate surgeries, and many Dr. Kevin Art other abdominal procedures as well, being done by the robot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The robotic system allows us to perform a less invasive procedure, compared to traditional open surgery,â&#x20AC;? explained Dr. Kevin Art, a board certified urologist at Fort Sanders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The robot has replaced open surgery in most cases, although in some patients the robot may not be possible due to prior surgeries.â&#x20AC;?

Using a computer console, the

Prostate cancer by the numbers,

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physician controls each movement of robotic â&#x20AC;&#x153;hands,â&#x20AC;? which hold surgical tools. Because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a robot, Prostate cancer is the leading type of cancer in the United States died from prostate cancer. the hands can move more smoothly diagnosed in men, and the second leading type On average, 1 out of every 6 men will be diagand precisely than any human hand of cancer death in men. nosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. is able.

While prostate cancer is far more prevalent Prostate cancer occurs mainly in older men.

This allows for surgery with in men than lung cancer, lung cancer causes far The average age of diagnosis is 67 years old. only a few small incisions. While more deaths each year.

African-American men are at a greater risk not every patient is a candidate for In 2009, the most recent numbers available, for getting prostate cancer than white men. surgery, those who are experience 206,640 men in the United States were diag- Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re especially at risk if your relatives are shorter hospital times and fewer nosed with prostate cancer, and 28,088 men from sub-Saharan Africa. complications with robotic surgery than traditional open surgery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This means that over 90 percent, of patients go home the very next day,â&#x20AC;? said Art. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important when choosing robotic surgery to go somewhere that has experience.

Prostate cancer screening guidelines are constantly changing, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to talk to your physician Fort Sanders was the first hospital about your own risk for the disease and how best to detect it. in the Knoxville area to get the The standard prostate cancer screenings are as follows: da Vinci System, so we are well experienced in it, and we believe â&#x2013; PSA (prostate-speciďŹ c antigen) test â&#x20AC;&#x201C; rectum, to feel for any enlarged, hard, lumpy or our care reflects that.â&#x20AC;?

This blood screening detects protein in the blood abnormal areas of the prostate, which is located made by the prostate gland. An elevated level may next to the rectum.

For more information on indicate cancer; however, it is not completely acâ&#x2013; Prostate Biopsy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Using a thin needle robotically-assisted surgery curate. Some men with normal PSA levels may and local anesthesia, a small sample of cells is exat Fort Sanders, have cancer, and sometimes men with high PSA tracted from the prostate gland. The cells are then please call (865) 673-FORT levels do not have cancer. examined under a microscope to determine if or visit our website at â&#x2013; Digital Rectal Exam â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Using a gloved they are cancerous. A biopsy is performed if other www.fsregional.com ďŹ nger, the health care provider inserts it into the screening tests are positive.

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