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JANUARY 23, 2012

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Bill Beintema wins a musical CD when he answers trivia questions about the song “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.”

Marvin looks at the rough and tumble world of football recruiting.

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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

HVA to host elementary kids Hardin Valley Academy will celebrate The Year of the Dragon today (Jan. 23) by hosting 174 first graders from Hardin Valley Elementary School.

The first graders will arrive at the high school campus at 8:45 a.m. and be treated to a spectacular morning.

Chinese dumplings and fortune cookies will be prepared and served

by Rebecca Renegar’s nutrition class.

The youngsters will learn Chinese New Year songs and receive Chinese lanterns, lucky money envelopes and coins to remember the celebration.

The high point will be a Chinese lion dance performed by Chinese students of Frank Chen.

The costume was made by the art department under the supervision of Donna Anderson.

Each first grade class will have a picture made with the Lion. High school students will be teaching the songs, serving the Chinese foods and telling the first graders about the Chinese culture.

HVA started the first Chinese language program in East Tennessee when it opened in 2008.

The Knoxville Junior League Grant Program supported today’s event.

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Livingston leads concert

By Theresa Edwards Hugh S. Livingston Jr., director of the Silver Project, provided an entertaining concert playing the Lowrey Prestige digital organ at the Strang Senior Center last week.

Livingston describes the

organ as an “orchestra in a box.

“If you would have told me 20 years ago that I would be playing music with an instrument like this, I would have just laughed,” he said.

It truly sounded like an orchestra.

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response to the rhythm of the music, and within minutes be on the floor dancing with broad smiles of joy, singing a song from their past without missing a word!”

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The staff from the Covenant Weight Management Center at Parkwest will present “best approaches to weight loss for seniors” during a boxed lunch and learn at the Strang Center at noon Wednesday, Jan. 25. RSVP to 541-4300.

Lights out for historic lighting?

By Suzanne Foree Neal Mayor Ralph McGill is recommending that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen drop plans to install historical lighting fixtures along Campbell Station Road from I-40 to Kingston Pike.

He reacted to citizen complaints about the $500,000 budget and

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Livingston started the Silver Project to share his musical talents with seniors in East Tennessee. He wrote, “I’ve seen people who had been totally unresponsive to families and the attentive health care staff for weeks suddenly begin to move in

The Strang Senior Center was packed for the concert by Hugh S. Livingston Jr. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

said he will request the whole idea be tabled at the Jan. 26 BOMA meeting.

At a recent meeting, Danny Wren, a retired firefighter and paramedic who moved here from California, said if the lighting was intended to draw people into the town, it wasn’t going to work.

“It seems like the hub of town

is at Campbell Station Road and Kingston Pike where you have two buildings with real estate signs.

There’s no draw here,” he said, adding people go to Turkey Creek for entertainment.

Wren would like to see Farragut have its own fire department.

While there may be no property tax in Farragut, residents also

don’t get police and fire services, he noted.

Wren said when he bought his house he had no idea the town didn’t have a fire department and he would have to subscribe to Rural/Metro. He pointed to a recent house fire just outside the town as To page A-2

Bonuses and billboards at County Commission

By Sandra Clark Expect fireworks from Commissioners R. Larry Smith, Richard Briggs and Tony Norman at today’s County Commission meeting, which gets underway at 2 p.m. and is viewable on Comcast Channel 12.

Smith wants discussion of the county’s certification process and bonus policies.

He’s hammered the bonus payments by Trustee John Duncan before certification work was complete, leading to Duncan’s decision to pay back part of the bonuses while referring to Smith as “grandstanding.”

Briggs wants to extend the county’s moratorium on electronic billboards, draw-

ing opposition from the billboard industry and support from Scenic Knoxville.

Norman wants to strip the Briggs Amendment off the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan.

Less controversial but no less important are: appointment of 27 citizens to a Charter Review Committee and approval of a $15.5 million contract with Rouse Construction to build a new elementary school at Northshore Town Center.

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“Hundreds of businesses rely on billboards,” said Jernigan. “As the county grows, we want to grow.

We support the current ordinance, prior to the moratorium.”

Commissioner Sam McKenzie Joyce Feld called the blinky billboards, “effective for you but extremely dangerous” for motorists.

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Lights out From page A-1

an example of why Farragut needs its own department.

“It took 12 minutes for a response,” he said of the engine that arrived first with only a two-member team “Unacceptable.

What would it cost to put two engines in our town from Knoxville?” he asked the board, noting that the Knoxville Fire Department has a higher rating than Rural/Metro.

He also asked how much money would be available if everyone paid the town what Rural/Metro charges for its subscription service. That might be enough to fund a fire department.

McGill was intrigued enough by his comments to ask Wren if he would put together some proposals for fire service and speak with representatives at the Knoxville Fire Department.

Wren said he was retired, and it might take some time away from his golf game, but he would give McGill the benefit of his 33 years as a firefighter.

Another naysayer was

Cas Kramer, president of the Concord Hills Homeowners Association. “We don’t think these tax monies should be spent this way,” he said.

McGill responded that the lighting project came out of discussions last year to develop a strategic plan through 2025.

“I’m frustrated,” he said.

“Should we throw out the whole strategic plan if it’s going to get pushed back at every step? We need citizens to be on the same page as we are.”

The strategic plan is available on the town’s website.

Jerry Taylor of Concord Hills said while he was against the lights, he knows what it was like before the town was incorporated and has appreciated what the board has done over the years. “I remind folks of what it was like under county rule where we got nothing,” he said.

R.M. Hill echoed Taylor, but had his own idea for how

to spend that $500,000.

“One of my pet peeves is that dangerous situation that exists at Kohl’s and Village Green where people have to share a common left-turn lane,” Hill said. “Safety says we need some kind of light there.

The lights on Campbell Station Road we don’t need to think about for another 30 years.”

Village Green resident Carol Conklin would like to see the $500,000 be used as seed money to start a process to buy the Frank Russell house at the corner of Campbell Station Road and Kingston Pike if the town is really interested in things historic.

“We aren’t going to be able to make a quaint community out of Farragut,” she said. Conklin noted problems with size and parking at Knox County’s Frank R. Strang Senior Center and said maybe the vacant Kroger building would be a good place to put that $500,000 for a senior center.

FARRAGUT NOTES ■ Council of West Knox County Homeowners meets at 7:15 p.m. each first Tuesday at Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Info: www.cwkch.com/.

■ Farragut Lions Club meets 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth Tuesday at Shoney’s on Lovell Road.

■ West Knox Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each first and third Monday at Shoney’s on Lovell Road.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Info: 966-7057. All events are held at the Farragut Town Hall unless otherwise noted.

■ Yoga, 9-10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23.

■ Zumba, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23.

■ “I’m a Caregiver? Now What Do I Do?”, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23.

■ Pilates, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan .24.

■ Visual Resources Review Board, 7-10 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24.

■ Collage Pendant Making, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26.

■ Board of Mayor and Aldermen, 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26.

■ Yoga, 9-10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 30.

■ Zumba, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30.

■ Pilates, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31.

Sacrifice of 16 trees worth future view It wasn’t exactly a packed house, but several Sonya Drive residents and a Woodland Trace neighbor showed up at the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission meeting Thursday night to speak about an eyesore piece of property that’s about to be transformed into a thing of beauty.

The site, at the corner of Sonya Drive and Campbell Station Road, is a familiar agenda item for the commission as several different owners have come to get different uses approved for the location. Last on the list was a condo project called Farragut Station that ended in foreclosure.

The land is presently zoned OSMR for multi-family and also R-1.

Enter Drs. Kimberly and John Roberts. They have purchased the large tract that also backs up to Farragut High School to build their “dream house,” a single-family dwelling of 14,000 square feet. They sought approval from the commission to remove 16 trees from what has been marked open space for previous projects. In return, they will plant 49 trees at other locations on the property.

To position the large house and circular driveway on the property, they need to shear off 1/2 acre of the steep bank behind the house so they’ll have some backyard. Community Development Director Ruth Hawk told the commission it was strictly up to them whether to grant the request, but said staff recommended the original proposed open space be upheld in favor of the trees.

Richard LeMay, engineer on the project, said this was the fifth time this

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property had come before the commission and the first time without traffic or grading issues. He said the steep drop-off behind the house, if left as is, would deny the Robertses a backyard. LeMay also noted that the property at present can’t meet the town’s open space requirement, but if approved for a single-family dwelling, would actually increase the open space by a large margin.

“Only one family is going to use this open space and that’s going to be the Robertses,” he told commission. “Some of the trees have already died near grading areas and half of the rest are going to die anyway.”

John Roberts told the board he’d heard “how difficult it might be to build anything in Farragut.” The Saddle Ridge subdivision resident said meeting the required 35 percent open space was “no big deal,” but he didn’t want the house to look like it was built on top of the Campbell Station Road retaining wall. “We want natural screening from the high school and Campbell Station. We’ve lived here eight years and we’re not going anywhere.

This is our dream home and we shouldn’t be held to the same requirements for attached dwellings.”

Mayor Ralph McGill and commission member Ron Honken agreed and backed his request to take down and replace some trees.

Ultimately, the commission joined them in granting the request to take out some of the open space as presently defined.

A string of Sonya Drive residents gave a thumbs up to the project. Former Sonya Drive homeowners president Paul Barrett said it was “too bad this wasn’t the first plan proposed.

This would have been a better sell than some of the other plans.”

Wayne Torrance, president of the nearby Woodland Trace subdivision, said “this is such a welcome sight. We have to look at this every time we go out of the neighborhood.” Brian Peters, who’s lived on Sonya Drive 15 years, said, “If Mr. Roberts does nothing more than plant grass, I’ll shake his hand.”

The couple also garnered warm invitations to join both the Sonya Drive and Woodland Trace homeowners associations.

In other business, the commission also: ■ Approved an ordinance change to address some commercial recreational uses including inflatable playground structures and paintball facilities deemed similar to miniature golf courses, golf courses, driving ranges, batting cages, tennis courts, swimming pools, skating/skateboard facilities and other similar nonmotorized recreational facilities as determined by the board of zoning appeals. The outdoor storage and sale of mulch and other landscaping related materials are not similar to a greenhouse or nursery.

■ Approved an ordinance amendment to clarify that entrance pillars are considered subdivision walls.

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■ If you haven’t started saving, begin now. If you wait until you feel more financially comfortable before you invest for retirement, you may never begin.

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FARRAGUT SHOPPER-NEWS • JANUARY 23, 2012 • A-3

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Reynolds makes Rotary joke Farragut High School principal Michael Reynolds beat out fellow Rotarians Noah Myers, Jeff Reed and Jim O’Brien

with the “best joke� at a recent meeting of the Farragut Rotary Club, according to newsletter editor Tom King.

Seems a guy’s cousin sent him an exotic bird from South America, a very healthy bird. Then he called to ask him if he liked the bird. “Yep, he was delicious, made a great meal,� the guy said. “What? That bird was worth a lot of money. He spoke two languages,� said the cousin in South America. “Well, he shoulda spoken up!!!!�

Knox County officer of the month Officer Glenn Simerly receives December “Officer of the Month� award from Lt. Todd Clark, who praised him for his outstanding work, especially in a certain case. Clark said, “Every call is going to be different. Every situation is different. There are no cookie cutter cases.�

Officer Mark Belliveau receives November “Officer of the Month� award from Sgt. Matthew Lusk at the Elks Lodge No. 160 on Jan. 17. Also present at the ceremony was Knox County Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.� Jones. The certificate says, “For your loyal dedication and unwavering commitment.� Photos

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Town must better communicate its vision

By Suzanne Foree Neal Farragut residents have demonstrated they can be heard loud and clear when they don’t like s ome t h i ng town officials do.

There’s the traffic calming McGill islands on Grigsby Chapel Road and, more recently, decorative lighting fixtures for Campbell Station Road. It looks like it will be lights out for that project.

Mayor Ralph McGill expressed his frustration at the last meeting of the board of mayor and aldermen when several citizens spoke out against the $500,000 lighting project that’s part of the town’s

strategic plan for 2025. He says many people thought the existing lights were new when in fact they’re 15 years old.

The mayor says he doesn’t think the public is apathetic, but when it comes to putting the town’s long-range plans into action, “no one seems to know what we’re talking about. I don’t know how to fix that except to make citizens aware of what we’re doing and why,� he said. “The burden is on us to get the message out in a more effective way.�

Town officials met with a consultant several times when discussing visions for the town’s future. When they had a plan, the public was invited to a meeting to offer input. Fifty residents came. McGill says he thought they had done

a good job with the strategic plan, but now says the town has to find some way to get residents to understand and participate in the planning process.

Referenda take at least a year to schedule because they have to be approved by the state Legislature and they’re also costly. The strategic plan is posted on the town’s website, but McGill says town officials may have to go door-todoor to explain it. “We do a lot of distribution in newspapers and some information goes straight to the houses, but we can’t be sure if anyone reads them,� he said. “Guess we’ll have to make it so they want to read it.�

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a year to let people know what’s happening and McGill says it may be time for the town to consider something similar.

He’s open to having more public meetings on the strategic plan, but wonders if people would come.

A phone campaign to measure interest in a community center met with a lot of hang-ups. McGill realizes the lack of interest in town business may be due to a lack of time. “People are busy,� he said. “The last thing people want to do is go to another meeting.�

While citizens have made it clear there are better uses for the $500,000 budgeted for the light-

ing project, McGill said, “We’re not throwing away our strategic plan.�

He explains his dedication to the vision he sees for the town’s future by sharing a recent email from a Sandusky, Ohio, couple. “They had been down this way and decided to come and look at what this place looks like. They were raving about our town and want to come back and spend some time. That was the purpose of the strategic plan.�

While he says the town is already good, he believes it can be better. “If you never have a dream, you never have a dream come true.�

Help for those who give help Robert F. Coyne will conduct a session titled “I’m a Caregiver?

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government City Council must lead on Lakeshore A-4 • JANUARY 23, 2012 • WEST SIDE SHOPPER-NEWS

State officials (i.e. Gov. Bill Haslam and Mental Health Commissioner Doug Varney) say two things up front about closing Lakeshore Mental Health Institute: 1. It’s not a done deal.

2. It’s not about the money.

And while hardly anybody will admit it on the record, nobody with a lick of sense believes them. It is a done deal. It is about the money.

That’s why City Council’s State Reps. Harry Brooks (left) and Bill Dunn talk with school board vice chair Indya Kincannon following Thursday’s State 8-1 vote last week to table a of the Schools address. Brooks, Dunn and Rep. Ryan Haynes white paper regarding the closing of Lakeshore makes drove in from Nashville to attend the session. Photo by S. Clark little sense. The report was prepared by the Mayor’s Council on Disability Issues.

And the council’s rejection of it sent a signal that local government is not willing to take a strong, proactive stand to ensure fair treatment for one of the most vulnerable segments of society, the mentally ill.

McIntyre typically bridgBy Sandra Clark Council also ignored a Superintendent Dr. Jim es the disparate calls for host of ancillary issues such McIntyre said Knox County reforms from the business community and the status Schools can do better.

We’re proud of our steady, quo seekers in the education solid academic progress, ... establishment. But he usubut we have unacceptable ally leans toward reform.

His predecessor, Charles achievement gaps. We can Lindsey, came to town and do better.”

McIntyre’s address immediately joined the Thursday at Gresham Mid- Knox County Education Asdle School was well-received sociation, the teachers’ barMayor Madeline Rogero by a full house. He received gaining unit.

McIntyre dissed the attended her first U.S. Cona standing ovation, surely a first in the history of Knox KCEA by refusing to give ference of Mayors meeting time off to its president, as a member this past week County Schools. and spent Wednesday early At least it was the first Sherry Morgan, this year. evening at the White House Morgan said Monday time a superintendent ever with President Obama. stood to explain the dis- she’s finally achieved the Clarksville Mayor Kim Mctrict’s performance or lack time off to work on KCEA Millan was also in Washingof same. Board chair Thom- matters (the group reimton. She grew up in South as Deakins wanted the “state burses her salary but she Knoxville. Rogero will be of the schools” address. “We does not lose benefits or seactive in the Women’s Mayare at a defining moment in niority). ors Association, too. public education,” Deakins McIntyre’s goals: Rogero was chosen to said. He recalled a time, not ■ More instructional chair the city Pension long ago, when “a Tennes- time Board at its Jan. 12 meetsee high school diploma had ■ Consistent, high pering to replace former City little value.” He cited the forming magnet schools Council member Barbara Knox County school board’s ■ Enhanced professional Pelot whose term had exhiring of McIntyre in 2008, pired. This places Rogero the adoption of a five-year development, including more lead teachers and in charge as she should be. strategic plan in 2009 and instructional coaches It also gives her owneradoption of the national ship of proposed pension ■ Supplementary techCommon Core standards in changes needed to make 2010. “We now have rigor- nology in the classrooms, the system financially soland ous standards and are movvent. It makes it likely for ■ Expanded perforing toward quality instrucher to attend all Pension tion,” he said. mance pay.

McIntyre challenges community, gets standing ‘O’

Betty Bean as fair treatment for Lakeshore employees, historic preservation and looking out for city taxpayers who already feel put upon by a burgeoning homeless population.

In a gutsy move, newbie member Mark Campen cast the only dissenting vote.

The CODI document recommended that city government support the closure of Lakeshore, but only if the resulting savings are reinvested in community-based services and if it undertakes its own study of potential costs to the city and how the closure will affect Knoxville residents.

The report also advocated a working group to collaborate with the state to develop

a workable transition plan and to allow that working group to become the nucleus of a collaborative effort to improve mental health services and delivery.

Another newbie, Finbarr Saunders, made a motion to accept the 58-page CODI document, but failed to get a second after Council member Brenda Palmer said she was worried about the “implications” of the white paper and made the motion to table it, which means that a separate vote will be required to bring it back up for consideration. (Later, she said that having it presented in resolution form was a big source of her heartburn.)

Duane Grieve, who represents the 2nd District where what’s left of Lakeshore resides, seconded the motion and said he shares Palmer’s concerns that approval of the CODI report would be interpreted as an endorsement of its recommenda-

tions, despite Law Director Charles Swanson’s observation that many past councils have routinely approved and accepted such documents without repercussion.

Nick Della Volpe observed that the governor and the commissioner can promise that funding will follow the patients, but it will be up to the legislatures of the future to honor those promises – and therefore nobody can make long-term guarantees. Nick Pavlis recommended waiting to see what the Legislature of the present decides to do.

Wait for the Legislature to act? Lakeshore is closing June 30. Five months out is not too soon to make a plan, which is what CODI has stepped up and done. If City Council members don’t like CODI’s plan, they should get together and make a better one. And inform the Legislature what Knoxville wants.

The clock is ticking.

Rogero replaces Pelot as Pension Board chair Victor Ashe

Board meetings.

The pension study task force chaired by Bob Cross continues to meet at KCDC with few in attendance. It is unclear if it will make any substantive proposals for change in the city plan despite rising costs to the city treasury. Mayor Rogero has to add $13 million for pension shortfalls in her first city budget this May. In 2013, she will need to add at least $14.6 million more.

The issue seems to have been forgotten.

If she wishes to make changes in the current plan, the mayor must act by May to get charter amendments placed on the November 2012 ballot. The city charter requires Pension Board review of all proposed charter amendments.

Cross is an investment adviser to the County Retirement System.

■ Currently there are 2,018 persons drawing a city pension, including this writer. Former City Council members Rob Frost, Marilyn Roddy, Joe Bailey, Chris Woodhull, Steve Hall and Joe Hultquist can draw $145.93 a month when they reach age 62. Bob Becker can draw $128.82 and Mark Brown can draw $129.93 a month when they are 62.

Becker and Brown served less than eight years each

on the council.

■ Barbara Pelot went off council two years ago but has not drawn her $171.83 monthly city pension. She is one of a very small group of people legally entitled to a city pension who have declined to get it when eligible.

When I asked her about it last week, she said she planned to start drawing it in the near future now that she is no longer chair of the city Pension Board.

■ Former state Sen. Bill Owen has won a recent victory being re-elected to a four-year term on the Democratic National Committee.

He has been in this position since 2000. It affords him an opportunity to network with national Democrats and attend the National Convention in Charlotte this year.

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Meet Judge Steve Sword The first thing you must know about the young attorney who replaced Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner is that he’s not Richard Baumgartner.

Steve Sword was appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam from a list of three lawyers recommended by the Judicial Selection Commission.

The former prosecutor and graduate of UT College of Law said he was thinking about running for district attorney when the judge’s job became open following the resignation of Baumgartner.

Attorney General Randy Nichols is not expected to seek re-election.

Sword said Knox County needed a judge “to restore trust and to be a servant to the community.� He spoke last week to the Halls Republican Club. “Now that people want to hear what I’ve got to say, I can’t say anything,� he joked.

Sword said there’s no way to instill perfect justice, but “most of the time the jury gets it right.�

Perhaps from his experience as a prosecutor, Sword is mindful of getting a case to trial quickly. While all judges work hard, he said defense attorneys often try to delay trials, particularly when their clients are out on bail. Every day of delay is another day they are not convicted felons.

And attorneys usually have several balls in the air at once. They grab the ones that are about to hit the floor first.

No lawyer works on a case until it’s within three weeks of trial, he said. “I will set deadlines. You will not get a trial date until the defendant says he

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won’t accept a plea bargain.

I’ll tell the defendant what the penalties will be if convicted, and then set a trial date. I won’t accept a plea on (high level) felonies on trial day,� Sword said. “And I’ll give you a trial within two months.�

In October, Sword’s second month on the bench, the three divisions of Criminal Court closed 200 felony cases. Sword closed 108 of them. The three divisions collected $78,000 in fines and fees. Of that, Sword collected $32,000.

The young man loves the job and plans to work hard.

He promises not to embarrass the county.

He graduated from UT law school and King College in Bristol. He’s a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and is active at Fellowship Evangelical Free Church. He and his wife, Alice, have two daughters.

PBA regroups, sort of Mayors come and go, but the Knoxville-Knox County Public Building Authority rolls on.

Meeting to reorganize last week, the group re-elected its officers: Billy Stokes, chair; Winston Frazier, vice chair; George Prosser, secretary. Those three plus Scott Davis and Keena Ogle make up the executive committee.

Other members are Tierney Bates, Lewis Cosby, Jennifer Holder, Dr. Rocio Huet, Chip Miller and F.

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Carl Tindell.

Tindell’s term has expired, but County Mayor Tim Burchett has not selected a replacement. Miller may have to resign because he’s moved out of county.

The lawyers are checking.

“litter on a stick.�

And Briggs said he has a “personal hangup� with the number of “adult entertainment and strip joint� billboards around the county.

Leaks abound

Norman wants reconsideration of the Briggs Amendment when the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan is voted on today.

Norman, the primary sponsor of the ordinance, met opposition from builders, Realtors and the Knoxville Chamber. That opposition

Ridgetop

And we’re not talking Judge Steve Sword about those employees in the Trustee’s Office who keep calling R. Larry Smith.

No, these leaks are falling on the desk of Dr. Bill Lyons, deputy to Mayor Madeline Rogero.

PBA chief Dale Smith said he decided to use rappellers to wash windows PBA chair Billy Stokes at the City County Building. That meant the railing for scaffolds could be torn down. But the railing was “embedded in the membrane roof� and punched a hole, said Smith. “It leaked on Dr. Lyons.�

PBA got a half million dollars insurance settlement for hail damage to re- Tim Howell place the roof so all’s well.

melted when Briggs offered an amendment that proponents said neutered the plan.

Briggs says he just wants to be clear that a developer can “defend before an elected body� if the development plan differs from the regulations coming from the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan.

Norman has been lobbying his colleagues in sunshined meetings, but it will be hard for him to secure six votes to strip the Briggs Amendment.

Senior Citizens Home Assistance seeks county aid Tim Howell said Knox County has a ways to go toward fulfilling a commitment made by former Mayor Mike Ragsdale toward building the agency’s new facility.

Speaking at County Commission’s workshop last week, Howell said Ragsdale promised a $3 million challenge grant to Senior Citizens Home Assistance and the group has “done what we said,� raising more than $5 million.

Knox County has paid $2.4 million, leaving a $556,000 balance. Commissioners told him to meet with Mayor Tim Burchett to seek help in the county’s 2013 budget.

‘I’m here! Yes!’ Becky Massey hit the wrong button on her first state Senate vote. The panel on each legislator’s desk offers three choices: green for yes, red for no and blue for present (no vote).

When the speaker called for a roll call of members, 32 senators hit blue and Massey hit green. The colors flashed on the wall for everyone to see. And now Massey is getting some digs from her colleagues.

Cortney Piper, Democratic Party rep on “This Week in Tennessee,� will speak to the District 6 Democratic Club at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the Karns MIddle School library. Info: Janice Spoone.

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Farragut Cleaners. At the new facility he was joined in his practice by Dr. Hollis Duncan, and the Cobb-Duncan Clinic offered excellent medical services to the community for many years. Both physicians regularly made house calls and in many instances helped birth children at a patient’s home.

There were no regular office hours for these two physicians. They were on call 24 hours every day, and an emergency call from a patient’s family at midnight would bring them to your home within 30 minutes. Ambulance service at that time in rural areas was mostly offered through funeral homes, and it often took up to an hour

before an ambulance arrived.

If the patient was critical, Dr. Cobb would get them to his car and drive them to the hospital to save time and, often, the patient’s life.

Our home was located on the street behind the Cobb residence, so we usually managed to get to his home when someone was ill. I can remember him turning me over his knees and giving me a shot in the rump while I protested loudly because his daughter, Julia, was peeking around the corner at me in this compromising position. But on numerous occasions he would just walk over with his medical bag. Just his presence in the room made you feel better when he would say, “He’ll be OK – it’s just that mean old flu that’s been going around.”

With his experience in the war, he could have enjoyed a practice as a successful surgeon, which would have resulted in better compensation, but Dr. Cobb saw a need in the community for good medical services and he

chose to fill it.

During his years of practice in the small office behind his residence, Dr. Cobb never had many of the modern conveniences that physicians have today, including an answering service and secretaries. However, Mrs. Cobb was an RN and was there when needed. He did, however, have an “unofficial answering service” thanks to our telephone company.

Retha Hammonds ran the switchboard from her home and could see his small office from her window. When someone would call for Dr. Cobb, she could look to see if his car was there. If he was not there, she would tell the caller that he was out, but she would call them back when he came home. I am not sure Dr. Cobb was ever aware of his answering service.

I have many fond memories of the Cobb family, particularly his son, Malcolm, who was my age and my best friend. But I also had some embarrassing moments.

One particular instance was

in my capacity as best man at his wedding. Dr. Cobb gave me a check to pay the preacher. After the ceremony, I couldn’t find the check, and after frantic searching I had to admit that I had lost it. Of course, Dr. Cobb simply wrote another check, but at the time I thought it was an unforgivable dereliction of my duty.

The Cobb family moved to a beautiful new twostory brick residence on Kingston Pike in the 1950s.

As of this writing, the house still remains and is part of the Cosco property at the corner of Kingston Pike and Lovell Road. From the Pike you can tell that the house has been gutted and is slated for demolition.

But, in its time, it was one of the finest homes on the Pike. But like many stately homes along the Pike, it too has fallen victim to the march of progress.

However, for many of us “oldsters,” it will always be the home of our beloved physician.

mind-reading) is a start.

Next comes salesmanship.

Following yes is the task of maintaining agreements as coaches switch jobs.

Sometimes there is unscrupulous bombardment.

Tennessee coaches would never do such a dastardly thing but some coaches lie.

They tell prospects and girlfriends and grandmothers what they think they want to hear. Come to our place and take a large leap toward greatness. You are the best we have ever seen. We’ll care for you under all circumstances. We have fabulous facilities and a great support system. Your education is guaranteed. Just sign here.

Based on Vol for Life prerequisites, most Tennessee recruits are not bandits or thieves. Alas, young players

may make promises they do not keep. Sometimes they make promises they have no intention of keeping. Sometimes they just change their minds. Daily, hourly, minute by minute.

Indeed, hearts are broken and spirits are crushed.

Weeks, months, even years invested in relationship building go to waste in an instant.

Recruiting is bloody mean on both sides. Coaches tell big, fast Frankie that he is the man of their AllAmerican dreams, the only middle linebacker on the recruiting board. Frankie says “cool” and count me in.

Committed!

Those same coaches conclude, after careful video study, that Charley, in another township, is bigger and faster than Frank,

meaner, too, with genuine linebacker hair on his chest.

The same sales pitch is delivered. Charley swallows a huge helping and pledges allegiance.

Frankie eventually realizes something is seriously wrong, no more happy calls or witty texting. Silent message? He should consider other opportunities, he doesn’t exactly fit the new and better plan.

But there was a commitment.

Oh? Pressure peaks on both sides when coaches must pry a committed athlete from rival clutches. Adults contribute to juvenile delinquency. They suggest it. Encourage it. Demand it.

Rewards far outweigh risks. It doesn’t matter what you told that other coach.

This is a better deal – for both of us.

Some coaches, fighting for their professional lives, chose survival over integrity.

Then, there is the NCAA moat, one-year scholarships, 25 max, renewable at the coach’s option, 85 total, impossible calculations, public relations nightmare.

Coaches can exchange people against the big number by creating vacancies. There are induced transfers and occasional medical discharges and the almost always available violation of team rules.

Privacy laws conveniently prevent explanation.

Sadly, the majority motto this time of year is do whatever it takes, just win, baby.

If you spill a little blood, we’ll mop.

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oday, our area is fortunate to have stateof-the-art medical services that are within minutes from most locations. The new Medical Center of Turkey Creek and Parkwest Medical Center are recognized as premier facilities and offer services that would have been available only in major metropolitan areas 60 years ago.

But the community was fortunate to have one of the finest physicians a small community could hope for in Dr. Malcolm F. Cobb. After graduating from the University of Tennessee Medical School, he opened a small office in 1934 at the rear of his residence at the corner of Olive Street and Third Street.

He continued his practice there until he entered military service in 1942.

He served in the European Theater during World War II and was decorated for bravery under fire. On one occasion he continued to perform surgery and treat soldiers in a medical tent near the front lines where incoming enemy artillery rounds were sending shrapnel through the tent.

Dr. Cobb never talked about his military service and most of what we later learned came from official sources.

After the war he returned to his small office, where he continued his practice for several years before moving to a new facility on Kingston Pike just east of present-day

Recruiting is a blood sport TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

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Hearts are broken. Plans are shattered.

Commitments become flexible or meaningless.

Persuading the best prep players to say yes on national signing day (next week) has far-reaching impact – as in winning big games, doing bank commercials and receiving large salaries plus

bowl bonuses. The flip side is losing and getting stuck with a stack of orange pants.

As important as fundamentals, strategy and execution are, securing talent is far more significant.

There is an old saying that you can’t win the Derby with a donkey. Applied to recruiting, that means you better recognize the difference between thoroughbreds and plow horses.

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WEST SIDE SHOPPER-NEWS • JANUARY 23, 2012 • A-7

Hoping to goodness Why do you want the day of the Lord?

It is darkness, not light; as if someone fled from a lion, and was met by a bear; or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall, and was bitten by a snake.

(Amos 5: 18-20 NRSV) Oh, Lord, you delivered Daniel from the lion’s den; You delivered Jonah from the belly of the whale, and then, The Hebrew children from the fiery furnace, So the Good Book do declare.

Oh, Lord, Lord, if you can’t help me, For goodness’ sake, don’t you help that bear. (“The Preacher and the Bear,” lyrics by Joe Arizona) It matters how we act.

How we exercise judgment.

How we pray. And how we hope.

I spend part of my working life dealing with folks who are struggling. In some cases, their struggle is the result of just plain bad luck. In others, they are having a hard time because they have made bad decisions. (Who hasn’t, at one time or another?) And in still others, their troubles are caused by not acting: by not doing that thing – small or large – which might begin to turn the situation around.

Linus, that philosopher of the Peanuts gang, ex-

WORSHIP NOTES Community Services ■ Concord United Methodist Church’s Caregiver Support Group, affiliated with Alzheimer’s Tennessee Inc., meets 10 to 11:30 a.m. each first Tuesday in Room 226 at the church, 11020 Roane Drive. The next meeting will be Feb. 7 when guest speaker will be Connie Taylor, Elder Care Coordinator for Elder Law of East Tennessee.

Anyone in the community who gives care to an elderly individual is invited. Refreshments. Info: 675-2835.

Fundraisers and sales ■ Highways and By-Ways Ministry will hold a fundraiser dinner and silent auction 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 544 Broadway in the fellowship hall. All proceeds will be used in the organization’s homeless ministry to help anyone in need. Info: Call Penny Carson, 973-0504.

Men’s groups ■ Hardin Valley Church of Christ, 11515 Hardin Valley Road, will host a free showing of the movie “Courageous” 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3.

Info: 824-3078.

Rec programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC , 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will have a beginner yoga class Mondays from 6-7 p.m. upstairs in the family life center. Cost is $10 per class or $40 for five classes. Bring a mat, towel and water. Info: Dena Bower, 567-7615 or email denabower@comcast.net.

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plained it to Lucy this way: “Hoping to goodness is not theologically sound.”

That was his final word on the subject. He did not go on to explain what works better than “hoping to goodness.”

I have carried that line in my head for decades. What Linus (and his creator Charles Schulz) meant by it, I can’t

say with certainty. But I have spent no little time considering what it means to me.

First and foremost, to me at least, it means that my effort is required. I can’t sit down and hope that God will fix, disentangle, put to rights, or mend whatever messes I have gotten myself into. I can’t just hope that God will provide a living for me, or a future, or a dream.

I can (and do) hope that God will give me a level playing field, like the preacher in the old song quoted above: “Oh, Lord, Lord, if you can’t help me, for goodness’ sake, don’t you help that bear!”

I can (and do) expect that God will be with me and guide me (if I am willing to be led). I also believe that God expects me to think on my own account – to use the sense God gave me.

I can (and do) expect that God will forgive me when I mess up (for which I am immensely grateful), because the psalmist sings that “… as far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us.”

(Psalm 103:12) And I can (and do) expect that at the last, God will open His everlasting arms and receive me into His embrace. Which is, of course, hoping to goodness.

■ Longstreet-Zollicoffer Camp #87 Sons of Confederate Veterans will host the Lee-Jackson Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 28, at The Foundry on the World’s Fair Site. Doors open at 6 p.m. with a buffet dinner served at 7. Tickets are $30 ($15 children 12 and under). Period dress or business attire is suggested. Nora Brooks will present the life story of T.J. “Stonewall” Jackson while in the persona of Anna Morrison Jackson (Jackson’s widow). Reservations are required and seating is limited. RSVP by Wednesday, Jan. 25. Mail payments to Lee-Jackson Dinner, SCV Camp #87, P.O. Box 943, Knoxville, TN 37901.

■ The West Knox Toastmaster Club meets 6:30 p.m. each Thursday at Middlebrook Pike UMC, 7324 Middlebrook Pike. Now accepting new members. Info: Ken Roberts, 680-3443.

■ Best selling author Cyn Mobley will teach a workshop on writing query letters 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Redeemer Church of Knoxville, 1642 Highland Ave. Cost is $75. Class size is limited. Sponsored by the Knoxville Writers Guild. Info: www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.

■ Knoxville Writers Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, at the Laurel Theater. Irish novelist and playwright Glenn Meade will discuss his book “The Second Messiah.”

A $2 donation will be requested at the door. Info: www. knoxvillewritersguild.org.

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Scout’s project marches to drum beat

By Suzanne Foree Neal

Spelling bee champs Farragut Intermediate School 5th graders Will Thorley and Ben Joo were the top two competitors in last week’s spelling bee. Will won the competition while Ben was the runner-up. Photo by S. Barrett

SPORTS NOTES ■ Rec Baseball Sign-ups: Halls Community Park spring rec league baseball, 4U-14U sign-up times are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday in January; Saturday, Feb. 4, and Saturday, Feb. 11. Info: www. hcpark.org.

■ Ski and Snowboarding Clinic, 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and 5 p.m. on Fridays through Jan. 24 at Performance Training Inc. at Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center. All ages are welcome. Info: 531-5453.

Teacher leaves lasting impression mously to stay with the same LaRhonda Forsyth says teacher the following year. she enjoys teaching students Within 24 hours, Forsyth had received written perat Farragut Intermediate mission from every child’s School much more than the parent for the agreement. years she spent working in The kids and Forsyth even corporate America. got together for a picnic durIn fact, she enjoyed one ing summer break. entire class of students so So on the first day of 4th much that she taught them in grade when the usual case both the 3rd and 4th grades. of nerves and first day jitters The students voted unani- were affecting other classes

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While there was an “Extreme Home Makeover” going on in West Knoxville on Robinson Road, the band room at Farragut High School was getting its own makeover thanks to aspiring Eagle Scout Matt Holt.

Senior Matt Holt, 17, asked band director Keith Clupper if there was anything he’d like done for the band room. The Troop 15 member and tuba player was looking for an Eagle Scout project. Clupper asked for some shelving to get percussion instruments off the floor.

The Eagle Scout project was a lot more than just sawing some wood, screwing it together and slapping on a coat of paint. Matt had to write a proposal, draw up plans, find some material donations and finally get approval from both Clupper and the Boy Scout board. Once the project is finished, he’ll follow up with a written report. “They’re pretty strict,” Matt says of the board. “You’ve got to show you really thought about the plan and it’s solid.”

He got a paint donation from the Benjamin Moore Paint Store, and Luke Loveday, who just happens to be a Farragut High grad and former Scout, knew exactly the right shade to select to match “Farragut gray” for the shelv-

After deciding how best to attach the back for percussion instrument storage shelving, Matt Holt (standing) and Justin Queen find power tools get the job done quickly. Photo by S.F. Neal

ing. Home Depot donated $100 for lumber. Matt got a lot of muscle help from other band members, friends, parents Ken and Cindy Holt, and dads of some of his friends.

They built, painted and installed the shelving Jan. 1416. They also gave a fresh coat of paint to the existing instrument storage in another

and teachers were just getting to know their students, Forsyth’s 4th grade class was able to pick up where they left off in 3rd grade.

Because of her dedication to those students, a tree has been donated to the town of Farragut in Forsyth’s honor. It has been planted in Campbell Station Park with a plaque at the base for folks to see.

“I’m very embarrassed by it,” said Forsyth. “I am just doing what I love to do.”

Madeline Horn was one of the students in Forsyth’s class both years. She said the kids donated the tree “so we could remember her forever.”

band room. Volunteers numbered anywhere from nine to 30. The hardest part was the surprises, he says, laughing.

“I made a 3-D cad design of it on my computer, and putting that into the real thing, you see how some things work differently, but you adapt when you find mistakes or something doesn’t work. You

Farragut Intermediate School 4th grade teacher LaRhonda Forsyth listens to student Nicholas Crawford’s question about a project.

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Matt says Scouting has given him many opportunities and great trips. He’s been on a two-week trip to the Scout’s canoe base at Boundary Waters in Canada, two weeks backpacking at Camp Philmont in New Mexico and this spring he’ll spend two weeks in the Florida Keys as part of a sailboat crew. “These are all what they call high adventure trips,” Matt explains.

His parents got him started in Cub Scouts and then Boy Scouts for 11 years of fun.

“Scouting has taught me many things and I’ve seen a lot of places I wouldn’t have seen, gained a lot of skills and learned a lot through merit badges,” he says.

Upon graduation, Matt plans to attend Tennessee Technological University to study mechanical engineering with a concentration in mechatronics. “I always loved building things and taking them apart and seeing how they work,” he says.

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SPORTS NOTES ■ The West High School Rebels baseball team is taking orders for 4’x8’ digital color vinyl signs to hang on the fence of the baseball field for the 2012 season.

The cost is $200 which will go toward maintenance and upkeep of the field. Each consecutive year a sign is purchased, the price is $125.

To show their appreciation for your purchase, the players and coaches of the team will give you a pair of home game season tickets. Info: Email Jim Goble at jgoble@ investidi.com or Kay McIntire at ksellshomes@knology.net.

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OPEN HOUSE SAINT MARY’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL January 29 • 9:00am - 2:00pm • Tour the school • Meet our teachers, students, and parents We will begin accepting applications for the 2012/2013 school year at this time What is the St. Mary’s Difference?

•2010 Blue Ribbon School of Excellence •St. Mary’s students have won the Oak Ridge City Science Fair for the last 2 years and the regional Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair for 9 out of the last 11 years •The only local school with a Primary Science Lab teaching Grades Pre-K – 4th •All students attend classes in art, music, gym, religion, library and computer (elementary) or project-based learning (middle school) •93% or more of our students achieved a score of Proficient or Advanced in the areas of Reading, Language, Science and Social Studies on National Standardized Tests •More than 15 Extracurricular Activities – including 9 competitive sports teams *St. Mary’s school admits students of any race, color or national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. St. Mary’s School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs.

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News from the Turkey Creek Public Market

Turkey Creek Public Market welcomes airbrush design artist Jill Bodkin. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Ruibin Murphy of Bin’s Variety carries clothing, accessories and an assortment of other items.

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Abigail Keeton smiles as she gets her caricature drawn.

Dennis Cobble of First Family Bakery tells the story of salt-risen bread to Jasmine Pierson holding Camille Gillespie.

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News from Rural/Metro

CPR saves lives

By Rob Webb Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, or CPR, can mean the difference between life and death for cardiac arrest patients.

But sadly, an alarming majority of Americans are afraid to administer CPR because they don’t know how.

Cardiac arrests are more common than you think, and 80 percent of them occur at home. So the life you save with CPR could likely be someone you love.

Webb Effective bystander CPR provided immediately after a sudden cardiac arrest can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival and significantly reduce the chance of long-term disability from the incident. When someone experiences cardiac arrest, the heart stops pumping. The oxygen carried by blood is critical to vital body functions, so every second counts.

In a cardiac emergency, the most important thing is to keep blood flowing. That is why Rural/Metro, the American Heart Association and other emergency service providers are encouraging everyone to learn Hands-Only CPR. It is an easy, effective way to keep oxygenated blood flowing until emergency personnel arrive.

You can do Hands-Only CPR in three easy steps: ■ Imagine a line connecting the armpits of the victim.

Place your hands one on top of the other in the center of that imaginary line.

■ Each push/compression should be hard; about two inches deep.

■ Push fast; around 100 compressions per minute.

Imagine the beat of the Bee Gees song “Staying Alive.”

You don’t have to be a trained professional to help save a life. Everyone can learn Hands-Only CPR – and everyone should. You never know when a little knowledge can save someone you love.

Rural/Metro provides public and professional CPR training and Advanced Cardiac Life Support education through the American Heart Association. Info: Rural/ Metro at 573-5779 or ruralmetrosouth.com.

Doug Harris sets two events

Doug Harris, candidate for school board from District 3, has two events, open to all. Both are 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Harris will be at the home of Debbie and Jim Hall, 9516 Briarwood Drive, on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Co-hosts include Diane Przybyszewski, Debbie and Pat Boles, Ida and Don Harris, Debbie and Gary Chesney and Sam Balloff.

On Tuesday, Feb. 7, Harris will be at the home of Daryl and Jaque Murphy, 9520 West Aiken Lane. Co-hosts include Lisa and Bill Reagan, Sally and Bill Walter, Susan and Yamil Gonzalez, Vicki and Art Mearns, Shayna and Buddy Heins and Kathy McCoy.

Sutherland Heights gets organized

By Wendy Smith Residents of Historic Sutherland Heights are joining forces to make sure their post-World War II neighborhood continues to be composed of singlefamily homes.

Christine Griffin told the Bearden Council that she and her neighbors have collected 60 signatures, which they plan to present to City Council in an effort to change the neighborhood’s zoning from R2 to R1. R1 zoning is for single family homes; R2 includes duplexes and apartments.

Historic Sutherland Heights is at the southeast corner of Sutherland Avenue and Tobler Lane.

There is only one duplex in the neighborhood, and residents don’t want any apartment complexes springing up. One challenge to the campaign is that almost half of the homes belong to landlords, rather than being owner-occupied. One landlord, who owns 15 of

Residents of Historic Sutherland Heights have banded together to protect the post-World War II neighborhood. Photo by Wendy Smith the homes, is against the change, Griffin says.

Most of the other landlords rent to friends or relatives and want to help the neighborhood maintain its integrity.

In other council news, Chair Terry Faulkner plans to apply for an “Our Town” grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to fund improvements to Sutherland Avenue. The NEA provides grants ranging from $25,000 to $150,000 to

organizations for “creative placemaking” projects that partner public, private, nonprofit and community sectors to shape the physical and social character of a neighborhood. The goal of the program is to bring diverse people together with rejuvenated streetscapes, increase visibility of local businesses and improve public safety.

Faulkner would like to use grant money to fund sidewalks along the businesses

between Tobler Lane and Jade Road, as well as sculpture and a public plaza near the Army National Guard.

“There’s a lot going on on Sutherland that people aren’t aware of,” said Duane Grieve, who is a member of the Bearden Council as well as a City Council representative.

Jim Bletner of Sequoyah Hills said that KUB representatives will be at the

Quilt Show deadline is Feb. 7

By Ruth White Smoky Mountain Quilters will present the 32nd annual Quilt Show and Competition March 23-25 at Cooper Athletic Center, Maryville College.

Exhibition hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. This year’s chair is Bridget Matlock; vice chair is Terry Passon; hosting chair is Linda Roy; and bed turning is Merikay Waldvogel. Tickets are $5.

Deadline to enter is Tuesday, Feb. 7, and the group will meet that day at Messiah Lutheran Church, 6900 Kingston Pike with Meet

Joan Bunch, Lynn Lethcoe and Pat Muncey are pin basting a quilt preparing the piece for quilting. Photo by Ruth White and Greet at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting promptly at 7.

Quilters spend much of their time giving to oth-

ers. In the past two years at the Halls Senior Center, the quilters (sometimes two, other times close to a dozen)

have made 568 quilts that have been donated to Children’s Hospital for the pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

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NEWS FROM WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE

School choice:

The Webb School experience

By Scott Hutchinson, Webb School President

F

ollowing the line of reasoning introduced in last month’s advertorial on the importance of school choice in a child’s development, this month’s article identifies and highlights four characteristics of the Webb School experience that distinguish it by degree from other schools in the area and make it a particularly attractive school choice for Hutchinson some families. Those four characteristics are an institutional understanding of modern brain research and how that translates to program and teaching methodologies, the element of participation, the importance of relevancy, and a standard of excellence.

■ An underlying assumption of any healthy school program is that during the school-age years, a child’s many facets are developing quickly and that appropriate stimulation will further enhance that development. Although that might be most easily seen in the physical development of young people and their participation in athletics, it is actually most powerfully and significantly true in one’s intellectual development. The human brain is most influenced by outside stimulation prior to and during the teenage years, when new academic challenges actually require the brain to grow and strengthen to address those challenges. Reading at a level of difficulty that stretches one’s vocabulary and understanding of syntax, collecting and organizing thoughts in writing and speech, analyzing and synthesizing across disciplines, being exposed to new and increasingly complex math and science reasoning, learning a new language,

Webb School is a school community filled with universally high expectations; that standard for effort, achievement, and honorable behavior is a powerful current that runs through all that we attempt. playing an instrument, and a whole host of other activities all contribute in different and complementary ways to the development of a young mind.

■ At Webb School, the opportunities to build a strong mind and the ability to participate in those opportunities are unprecedented in East Tennessee for a school of its size. In a high school of 480 students, for example, Webb School offers 22 Advanced Placement courses representing all of the major disciplines and a similar number of honors courses, as well as classes as diverse as Shakespeare, Chaos and Fractals, Forensic Science, Mandarin Chinese, Appalachian Studies, and Anatomy and Physiology.

Additionally, Webb’s high school offers 32 arts electives each year and 25 interscholastic sports opportunities. The key point here is this: Webb School recognizes the importance of offering a vibrant, diverse, and challenging experience for its students, and the volume of offerings and the size of the student body virtually guarantee that all students will be able to participate in all areas of interest to the degree that they desire. This philosophy often creates classroom enrollments in the 12-16 range in the high school; but the expense of operating a program of this scope is at the heart of the value to, and investment of, Webb families.

For 10 years, Webb School’s robotics team has participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition, a national program where students hone their engineering and teamwork skills to build and program a robot that meets an engineering challenge. Webb Team #1466, with a roster of some 26 members, grades 8-12, will compete at the 2012 FIRST Smoky Mountain Regional robotics competition, March 1 -3.

Webb’s Upper School Forensic Science elective is a hands-on, team-oriented, multidisciplinary course that exposes students to the real work of forensic scientists – processing crime scenes, analyzing lab data and conducting criminal investigations. (above) Students test how height can affect blood spatters, and will later use that information to determine the height of a crime scene’s suspect.

Webb School offers more than 30 visual and performing arts opportunities for students. Outstanding facilities and a dedicated fine arts faculty provide Webb students with exceptional classroom and performance experiences. Webb School students have consistently earned top honors at local, regional and national visual and performing arts competitions.

■ Schools today are preparing students for their lives in the rapidly changing world of tomorrow. This kind of preparation and education for our modern lives is very different from the one that previous generations received for their respective roles in their work places and their societies years ago. In the same way that few people would purchase a television with 20-yearold technology or visit a dentist with 20-year-old equipment or procedures, people should hold schools accountable not to apply 20-year old practices in their classes. At Webb we are constantly studying the skill sets that colleges and employers will be demanding down the road and the new best practices for how to present and acquire those skills.

In response to those challenges, we are designing new courses, teaching new ways, and constructing new facilities

that will equip our graduates to lead in a life beyond Webb.

■ Finally, Webb School is a school community fi lled with universally high expectations; that standard for effort, achievement, and honorable behavior is a powerful current that runs through all that we attempt.

Our Honor Code is a foundation for all that we do and aspire to be, and the simple maxim that “students do not lie, cheat, or steal nor tolerate those who do” guides our daily lives on campus. We have found that those who develop to their fullest potential have been nurtured in their formative years in an environment of challenge, support, and high expectations, and we strive to create that environment every day.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM PARKWEST, WEST KNOXVILLE’S HEALTHCARE LEADER • TREATEDWELL.COM • 374-PARK

Local woman helps others with chronic kidney disease In America today, an estimated 26 million adults suffer from some from of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Portia Wiggins is one of those people.

Wiggins had no idea she had CKD because her primary presenting symptom was swollen feet. Because swollen extremities are also an indicator of heart disease, her primary care doctor referred her to a cardiologist. When heart problems were ruled out, she was referred to Dr. G. Edward Newman, a nephrologist at Parkwest.

“I didn’t really feel bad,” said Wiggins. “But after he looked at my tests, Dr. Newman started me on medication and sent me for a kidney biopsy to make sure.”

Tests revealed that Wiggins suffers from membranous nephritis in both kidneys, meaning her kidney fi lters have thickened, causing them to leak pro-

tein and no longer function as they should.

“I had to take steroids for a while; they made my face swell,” said Wiggins.

“I’ve been lucky though, so far I’ve not had to go on dialysis. My labs got wacky last August so they decided to put a fistula in my arm in case I need dialysis. But for now I just have to really watch the sodium, potassium, phosphorus and vitamin D in my diet and get regular labs to make sure everything’s OK.” In addition to her medication, Wiggins attends a clinic for anemic patients held at Dr. Newman’s practice, Knoxville Kidney Center, LLC. As part of that clinic, Wiggins gets her labs drawn monthly and receives shots to help her kidneys continue to function as best they can.

While some people facing CKD might let it get them down, Wiggins uses

her situation to try to help others. She is a regular attendee of the CKD support group at the Knoxville Kidney Center and also coordinates a luncheon at her employer’s office to educate her co-workers on the disease.

In addition to her local efforts, Wiggins and her family have held fundraisers to benefit the National Kidney Foundation. Her two granddaughters, Brittanie and Kelsie, are avid softball players and their teams have helped Wiggins raise money.

“Ms. Wiggins is one of those patients who is an inspiration to my entire staff and many of our other patients. She is active in our support group, is diligent in following our advice and has accepted all the ups and downs of her disease with no complaints.

She has turned a lot of her energy into helping others

People with diabetes, hypertension or a family history of kidney disease are at greater risk for developing CKD. The disease is classified in five stages; most people are diagnosed when they are in stage three. Portia Wiggins, pictured here with Dr. G. Edward Newman and Dr. Kendra Hendon, was in stage four when she was diagnosed. Ten years after her initial diagnosis, Wiggins has recently been accepted for placement on the kidney transplant list. with CKD and CKD awareness. Her disease has been resistant, and she is now focusing on hopefully get-

ting a transplant. I have “There are a lot of people no doubt that she will be a with this disease,” Wiggins very successful transplant said. “I just want to help.” recipient,” said Newman.

Psychiatrist Donna McKenzie joins Peninsula

Dr. Christopher Pollock met with Ray Hensley shortly after implanting the Gore® Hybrid Vascular Graft. The procedure went smoothly and took less then 45 minutes.

Parkwest first in Tennessee to implant innovative dialysis graft Strawberry Plains man can now undergo dialysis with less difficulty Parkwest Medical Center was the first hospital in Tennessee to implant a new dialysis graft that will revolutionize dialysis treatment for 68-year-old Ray Hensley and millions of patients like him who require dialysis treatments. In February 2011, Hensley’s kidneys stopped functioning normally, and he required hospitalization to implant a temporary graft to begin his three times a week dialysis treatment. The temporary system was working, but not without difficulty.

Dr. Christopher Pollock with Premier Surgical Associates at Parkwest changed that. By implanting the new Gore® Hybrid Vascular graft, Hensley now has a lessened risk of the graft closing because of clotting. Also, instead of each dialysis session taking approximately four hours,

Hensley can expect these sessions to go a little faster since the new system is stronger than existing systems and can push the blood through quicker.

“We are pleased to be the first hospital in Tennessee to offer this new device to help improve outcomes for our patients,” said Pollock. “This device will mean fewer complications for our patients because of the decrease in clotting, meaning fewer surgeries to reopen previous grafts and decreased hospital stays.”

Pollock stated that the procedure takes about 45 minutes and most patients can return home the same day. The device is ready to use two weeks after insertion, a timeframe that is faster than previous graft options.

Donna McKenzie, M.D. has joined Peninsula, a division of Parkwest Medical Center, as a staff psychiatrist. McKenzie will work at Peninsula Hospital with adult and adolescent patients.

McKenzie, who has nearly a decade of clinical experience as a psychiatrist, comes to Blount County from Lawrenceburg, Tenn., where she owned and operated Psychiatric Associates of Lawrenceburg, which provided outpatient services including psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic treatment to adult, geriatric and adolescent patients. She also has served as medical director of Intensive Outpatient Program at Patient’s Choice in Erin, Tenn., and as medical director of both Youth Town in Jackson and Natchez Trace Youth Academy in Waverly. Prior, McKenzie served as medical director of Pathways Behavioral Health in Jackson.

“I am originally from Johnson City and I still have family and friends in both Johnson City and Knoxville, so this is an excellent location for me,” McKenzie said. “One of my particular areas of interest is helping severely and persistently ill patients, and I am delighted to have that opportunity.”

McKenzie holds an undergraduate degree from

Dr. Donna McKenzie Louisiana State University and a doctor of medicine degree from East Tennessee State University. She has served as an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at East Tennessee State University and as assistant clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee-Jackson.

McKenzie is Board Eligible in Psychiatry. She has passed her written exams and is scheduled to take her Oral Boards in January 2012.

Among her professional accolades, McKenzie received the Outstanding Resident Faculty Choice Award from East Tennessee State University in 2002. She was also selected as Outstanding Clinical Preceptor of the

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Year in 2007-2008 from the University of Tennessee Department of Family Medicine. Additionally, she serves on the AstraZeneca Lecture Bureau.

“Peninsula is fortunate to have someone of Dr. McKenzie’s caliber on our team,” said Jeff Dice, vice president of Behavioral for Peninsula.

“She genuinely cares about each patient, and she has extensive experience as a medical director. Her addition will help Peninsula not only care for our current patient population, but also any future patients we receive as a result of the proposed closing of Lakeshore.”

Peninsula is East Tennessee’s leading provider of behavioral health care services, providing a complete range of mental health and alcohol/drug treatment programs. In addition to outpatient centers in Blount, Knox, Loudon and Sevier counties, facilities include Peninsula Hospital and Peninsula Lighthouse. The hospital provides acute care inpatient services, while the Lighthouse provides outpatient programs for people who need several hours of treatment daily to avoid hospitalization.

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Bundles of love Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett stopped by the Love Kitchen last week to see founders Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner and to drop off a special delivery thanks to The Holiday Festival of Lights at The Cove at Concord Park.

The audience at the Strang Senior Center was packed for the concert by Hugh S. Livingston Jr.

Ruth White

As the mayor walked through the kitchen doors to greet the twins, he received as much in hugs and smiles as he brought to the kitchen.

Ashe and Turner chatted up a storm with the mayor and piled on hug after hug prior to the presentation.

Thanks to the generosity of Knoxvillians, the Love Kitchen was presented with more than $2,500 in cash and nearly 2,500 pounds of food. The festival is a free event presented by the Parks and Recreation Department.

Visitors were encouraged to donate food items needed by the Love Kitchen to continue providing meals and emergency food packages to families in need.

HEALTH NOTES ■ “An Introduction to the Alexander Technique” will be taught from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 10, at Lawson McGhee Library. Info: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600 or visit www.lillysutton.com.

■ Cancer survivor support groups, Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, at the Cancer Sup-

Docs demo robots at Turkey Creek Medical Center Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner, founders of the Love Kitchen, are giddy with excitement as they accept more than $2,500 in cash and barrels of food items from County Mayor Tim Burchett.

Photo by Ruth White

As workers for the Parks and Recreation Department wheeled in barrels and carried in boxes packed with nonperishable food items, the sisters squealed with delight and could not quit thanking everyone for their donations.

“They are national treasures,” Burchett said of Ashe and Turner. “They are very honorable people.”

Ashe and Turner are on

port Community of East Tennessee (formerly the Wellness Community), 2230 Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings. Cancer family bereavement group, Thursday evenings. Info: 546-4661 or www.cancersupportet.org.

■ Long Term Care Problems and Solutions will be discussed in one hour sessions from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at

a continuous mission to feed the homeless, helpless, homebound and hungry people in Knoxville.

Through the donations they are able to help even more people. It is something that the pair truly enjoys. If you have never been to the Love Kitchen, stop by, sign up to volunteer and receive one of the best hugs in town.

the Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Space is limited. Deadline to register is Friday, Jan. 27. RSVP by calling 766-5718 or email jwcreswell@rah-wknox.com.

■ Lung cancer support group meets 6 p.m. the third Monday of every month at Baptist West Cancer Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. No charge, light refreshments served. Info: Trish or Amanda, 218-7081.

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Holly’s Eventful Dining Holly Hambright, Managing Chef of Holly's Eventful Dining, poses with a few dishes she and her staff created for the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” wrap party. Among 10 caterers from Knoxville to serve at the wrap party, Hambright presented smoked cheddar and pimento cheese sandwiches, white cheddar and poblano pepper sandwiches, curry chicken salad and cashews, and more. Hambright has been cooking and creating dishes for more than 30 years. Holly's Eventful Dining offers creative, unique, delicious food as an off-premises caterer with a small dining facility available for rent. Info: hollyseventfuldining.com or 300-8071.

Dr. Kenneth Cofer (above) and Robert Lott demonstrate the latest technology as the Turkey Creek Medical Center hosts the Farragut West Knox Chamber. Tennova Healthcare’s West Side facility (formerly Baptist West) is home to the da Vinci Si robotic surgical system and the RIO Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System, both of which are only available at Tennova Healthcare in Knoxville. Info: www.TennovaHealthcare.com/.

WEST SIDE SHOPPER-NEWS • JANUARY 23, 2012 • B-3 Smoky Mountain Harmony Show Chorus members Mary Ann Page from New Tazewell, Debbie Clark from Farragut, assistant director Anna Miller from Oak Ridge and Nancy Torrence from Sequoyah Hills gather on Mondays to practice. Women of all ages are invited to their open house 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (rear entrance to gymnasium), 6900 Nubbin Ridge Road. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Chorus open house Jan. 23

By Theresa Edwards

Vena Carter shares a moment with Brady during “paws to visit” from to Heritage Assisted Living by the Humane Society of East Tennessee. Brady is available for adoption.

Brady the Chihuahua needs a home Louise Cagle enjoys her visit from Brady, the p.r. puppy.

Jess Hensley, staff member of the Humane Society, brings Brady to visit Beulah Lagen at Heritage Assisted Living.

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There are three separate quartets which are members of the chorus: Mountain Breeze, Sunny Daze and Red Hot Rendition. Each group has their own style of music and is available to perform at various local events by appointment. Information on these quartets and the chorus can be found online at www.smokymountainharmony.org.

Assistant director Anna Miller, who sings baritone with Mountain Breeze, has loved singing since she was 3.

She said, “It’s what I do when I’m happy, and when I’m not, I do it to make me happy!

“Sometimes it is a lot of work, getting the songs all together,” Miller explains.

“But the joy of performing

in front of groups (in the community) makes it all worthwhile, when you see the joy in their eyes.”

Miller was the first music instructor at Pellissippi State Community College in 1987.

She taught a variety of music courses ranging from appreciaton of music to music major courses. She said, “It’s exciting to see how the music program has really blossomed over the years. Today the college has three full-time and over 30 part-time faculty in the music program.”

Miller and others are glad to share their talent and expertise to help teach others who join the chorus.

All skill levels are welcome.

They say, “Join the chorus, join the fun!”

According to Levy, when a HABIT animal visits a classroom it usually interacts with the students as a group. But in this class, the children benefit from oneon-one time.

Levy said the interaction helps the children gain selfconfidence and can improve their ability to relate to others (both humans and animals).

Animals in the program have passed both a medical and behavioral test and are paired with trained volunteers who are evaluated regularly.

The human-animal duo of Katja and Levy have been visiting Cobb’s room for about four years. Info: www.vet.utk.edu/habit/.

Austin Hankins spends some time with HABIT dog Katja who visits Susan Cobb’s class at Farragut Intermediate School weekly. Photo by S. Barrett

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is, “Harmonize the world!”

There are currently 33 members of this local chorus, and they are always looking for new members for all vocal parts. The chorus provides fun, familyoriented entertainment for the community at a wide variety of special events, festivals, parties, churches, senior facilities and business programs. Their music varies from gospel to pop, Broadway show tunes to traditional barbershop songs.

In their nine years as part of Sweet Adelines, the chorus has won regional competitions three times and has represented this region at international competitions in Oregon, Arizona and Michigan.

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Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Special Notices

Smoky Mountain Harmony Show Chorus welcomes women of all ages and all talent levels to their open house for fun, refreshments, socializing and a mini-concert at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (rear entrance to gymnasium), 6900 Nubbin Ridge Road.

The chorus is a member of Sweet Adelines International, a worldwide organization of women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education, competition and performance. This January, hundreds of choruses throughout the globe are holding open houses to “teach the world to sing.” Their motto

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Barbara Monty prepares materials for the upcoming â&#x20AC;&#x153;Living well with chronic conditionsâ&#x20AC;? workshop. Photo by Aaron Killian

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or those suffering with chronic health conditions, help is on the way.

Starting this month, the Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office on Aging will offer a program called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Living well with chronic conditionsâ&#x20AC;? to improve the quality of life for those dealing with chronic health issues.

Barbara Monty, director of the CAC Office on Aging, said she is excited to offer this program, which is designed for people with any kind of chronic illness from heart disease and diabetes to chronic pain and depression. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an evidence-based program that was created by Stanford University in California and carefully researched to show that it does have a positive effect on people with chronic conditions,â&#x20AC;? Monty said.

Monty added that Stanford University research has shown that those who successfully completed the program visited the emergency room, hospital, and doctors less after the program and reported that they felt better in general. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of that is just feeling more in

control and able to cope,â&#x20AC;? Monty said.

Although the Office on Aging primarily serves senior citizens, Monty said the program could be valuable to any adult with a chronic condition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think this might be helpful for those

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Each workshop in the six-week series lasts two and a half hours, and session topics include managing pain and frustration, wise use of medications, how to communicate with physicians and family members about a condition, setting goals on how to better cope with a chronic condition, and much more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I first heard about it, I thought it was too good to be true,â&#x20AC;? Monty said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I have looked at the research, and I am convinced.â&#x20AC;?

Monty said that training for the class was intense, requiring each prospective volunteer workshop leader to go through four days of coursework to become certified.

The class is free, but registration is required. Materials for the class are being paid via a grant through the Office on Aging.

The January session is full with the next session set to begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 17. Those interested in attending are encouraged to contact the Office on Aging at 524-2786.

Monty plans to offer the workshop ten times per year, serving around 20 people per class.

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By Aaron Killian â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your greatest gift is yourself,â&#x20AC;? says Becky Hare, the program manager for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program through the Community Action Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office on Aging.

Hare works with more than 500 retirees and seniors, providing volunteer opportunities throughout Knoxville and Knox County. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our mission is to help seniors find a wonderful volunteer opportunity,â&#x20AC;?

Hare said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know that a lot of services cannot be completed by nonprofits without additional efforts. One way to achieve this is through the service of seniors.â&#x20AC;?

Hare said senior volunteers make a huge impact

Marcia Sweet (right) reviews linking verbs with Susan Johansen during the GED class at the Ross Learning Center.

Photo by Aaron Killian

on the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More Mobile Meals are served. More adults receive GEDs. More trails get cleared at Ijams Na-

ture Center,â&#x20AC;? Hare said of the Retirement and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP).

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RSVP volunteer that Hare placed with the Ross Learning Center through Pellissippi State Community College. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like I can share some of the information in a novel way to help learning rather than preach,â&#x20AC;? Sweet said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do creative things in the work. I want to share and see success.â&#x20AC;?

Sweet works with groups of students studying for the GED test at the Ross Learning Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I use the philosophy of learn by teaching. If I have a group, I teach one item to the group. When I have a student who gets it, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have that student teach it to the group.â&#x20AC;?

Bob Dawson with the Kiwanis Club of Norwood said he gets more out of

volunteering than he puts into it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to see smiles on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faces, and you never know what kind of volunteer project youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to see come up next,â&#x20AC;? Dawson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like it helps me. I just enjoy doing it.â&#x20AC;?

Dawson said that his Kiwanis Club has helped in various capacities throughout the community, including bell-ringing for the Salvation Army, assisting with meals on wheels, providing books to local schools, and even painting windows at a local church. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we can help, then weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just jump right in.

Our club is full of volunteers,â&#x20AC;? Dawson said.

Dawson said working with a club like the Ki-

wanis Club of Norwood helps him focus his volunteer efforts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can start doing something, and when I ask for volunteers, I always get what I need and more,â&#x20AC;?

Dawson said.

Hare offers advice to anyone interested in getting involved with volunteering, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Try it... Once you start volunteering, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be hooked. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lesson to all of us. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try it, how are you going to know?â&#x20AC;?

For more information on the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program through the Community Action Committee Office on Aging call 524-2786, and to get involved with the Kiwanis Club of Norwood, visit www. norwoodkiwanis.com.

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“If people are at risk for heart disease they typically make lifestyle modifications,” says Dr. Jeffrey Anshel, president of the Ocular Nutrition Society. “This survey found that people are as concerned about their eyes but do not know the simple steps they can incorporate into their daily lives to take care of them.”

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Parkview offers security and peace of mind

By Aaron Killian Life is good at Parkview Senior Living Community, just ask any of their residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expecting this type of facility when I started looking,â&#x20AC;? Jeneal Wood said.

Wood had researched and visited several senior living facilities in Tennessee before settling on Parkview because of its amenities. She moved from her home in Tullahoma near Nashville to come to Parkview.

Wood loves the on-site movie theater, library, free transportation, and pool table. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have an activity room with a schedule, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great,â&#x20AC;? Wood said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you want to participate, you can. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to.â&#x20AC;?

With all of these amenities, Wood still has her priorities, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a beauty shop, and every Wednesday, I go at nine oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock for my beautiďŹ cation.â&#x20AC;?

LaVonne Knight, a resident of three years, loves the companionship she ďŹ nds at Parkview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have company your own age, which is the number one thing you have here,â&#x20AC;? Knight said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having other people around you your own age is important.â&#x20AC;?

Life before Parkview was different for Knight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I lived alone in my house for two years after my husband died,â&#x20AC;? Knight

said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was very lonely.â&#x20AC;?

Today, Knight exercises daily with her friend Hope Davis, and the two enjoy the activities the facility offers them on a daily basis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You just sign up in the activity room,â&#x20AC;? Knight said.

Knightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite activity is Mighty Musical Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We go to the Tennessee Theatre the ďŹ rst Monday of every month and get to enjoy a show,â&#x20AC;?

Knight said.

Dana Jeffers, nephew of Parkview resident Murl Phillips, has been pleased with how the staff of Parkview has treated his aunt, who has Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Disease. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was to the point at 89 where she could no longer live alone, and I knew it was going to be very difďŹ cult to ďŹ nd someone who could live with her and take care of her,â&#x20AC;? Jeffers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started looking at facilities for her to live. I looked at several, and out of the facilities I looked at, I was so impressed by Parkview.â&#x20AC;?

Not only did the facilities impress Jeffers, but the staff did as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone there has been so kind and courteous,â&#x20AC;? Jeffers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was just like she was a member of the family. They treat her so kindly.â&#x20AC;?

Jeffers said that the care his aunt receives puts his mind at ease, knowing

LaVonne Knight, Hope Davis, Liz Baker and Jeneal Wood enjoy breakfast together at Parkview Senior Living Community.

Bessie Keller reads a magazine while Jeneal Wood (center) talks to Dotty Kosier with Elite Beauty Services at Parkview Senior Living Community.

Photos by Aaron Killian

she is in a secure facility with staff who care. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very pleased with the facility. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m there almost daily,â&#x20AC;? Jeffers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s necessary that they provide the service theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing. They go above and beyond what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re called to do.â&#x20AC;?

The facility offers two meals per day â&#x20AC;&#x201C; continental breakfast and chef prepared dinners with hot breakfast served once per week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The food is excellent,â&#x20AC;?

Jeffers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve eaten there myself many times, so I sing their praises.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told my wife, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If anything happens to you, the ďŹ rst thing Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do is move down there myself because it would be a great place to live.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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