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Art on display The talent on display at Farragut Town Hall has visitors marveling at both the aptitude of today’s students and the dedication of Farragut Middle School art teachers Lana Needham and Gwen Johnson.

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Daffodil sale Kno Knoxville Green will hold h a Holland d daffodil sale and giveaway 10 a.m. g t 4 p.m. Saturto day, d Feb.23, and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at Windsor Square shopping center, Kingston Pike at North Seven Oaks Dr., adjacent to Rookies Sports Bar. Each person attending will be given 15 free daffodils, and children will get free daffodils as well.

Four varieties of daffodils are for sale, including Dutch Master.

Proceeds will be used to plant additional daffodils along Pellissippi Parkway and to support other projects of Knoxville Green, which was founded by the late Maria Compere who passed away on Jan. 24 at age 97. Approximately 2 million daffodils have already been planted on the Parkway, including 60,000 planted during 2012.

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Dr. G D Gary TThomas h pauses to t speak to patient James Schade during the doctor’s retirement party at Summit Medical Group on Park West Boulevard. Thomas has been practicing just short of 35 years.

By Suzanne Foree Neal The waiting room at Summit Medical Group on Park West Boulevard was packed with smiling, laughing faces everywhere.

Wait … isn’t this flu season?

It is, but the prescription for Jan. 31 was for celebration and remembrances as Farragut resident Dr. Gary Thomas prepared to trade in his stethoscope for a nine iron. It was retirement day for him and fellow doctor Lance Morehead of Alcoa. An open house was held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with both doctors popping in and out to greet guests while seeing a few last patients.

“His main priority in retirement is to play golf,” says Thomas’ aunt, Wanda Thomas, with a laugh.

Thomas’ patients are used to being ushered into an exam room filled with framed prints from Augusta National, the setting for the Masters golf tournament. Photos of Thomas and his golfing buddies are displayed, along with a framed golf ball from one of his three holes-inone at Fox Den Country Club, where he’s been a longtime member.

Thomas says he didn’t know what to expect of the retirement party put together by the women in the office with help from the wives. “It was a tremendous experience,” he says. “I loved it. The patients were all so gracious. All of us got a few tears in our eyes.”

Medicine wasn’t his first career choice. Thomas graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee and entered a doctorate program in polymer science. After six months of lab work, he decided that wasn’t for him. “I’m more of a people person,” he says. His roommate introduced him to Dr. Steve Davis, an OB/GYN, and Davis’s father, Martin. “They talked me into going to medical school.”

After completing his residency at UT Medical Center, Thomas de-

Photos by Suzanne Foree Neal

cided to stay in Knoxville instead of returning to Newport where he grew up. A group of physicians were setting up practices near Park West Medical Center and told him a family physician was needed in the mix. He opened his practice on July 5, 1978, and has been there ever since. Six months after opening, he took in Lance Morehead as a partner.

Although retiring from his practice, Thomas plans to take some medical mission trips for First Baptist Concord and also to volunteer at the Interfaith Clinic in Knoxville.

Dick Tisdale stopped to look at a display of photos of both doctors before signing the guest book. “Dr. Thomas has been my physician and friend for nearly 35 years,” he said.

Teresa Harvey was his nurse for 22 years but retired last year after some health issues. “I couldn’t have asked for a better boss,” she says. “He’s kind and always considerate of his patients’ needs. It was a great place to work.”

Carol Parry, his other nurse,

has been with him since the beginning nearly 35 years ago.

“I’ve grown up with him,” she jokes. “He’s very compassionate.

He’s treated my entire family, from my parents to the children.” She will stay on as a nurse for new physician James Morse.

Thomas never considered anything but family practice. “I got to know families. I got to take care of moms, dads, children and grandchildren. It was a family environment. The relationships I have developed over these years are things I’ll always remember.”

Now there will be more time for his family: daughter and sonin-law, Lindsey and Eric Hilldebrand, and their children, Cole and Layla; and son, Barrett Thomas, his wife, Sasha, and their daughter, Gia. “Wonderfully, they both live within 3 miles,” Thomas says.

“That makes for good family time.”

He and his wife, Jane, live be-

Layla Hilldebrand, 18 months, gets some one-on-one time with her grandfather, Dr. Gary Thomas, during his retirement party.

hind the No. 16 green at Fox Den, and he says he can’t count the number of golf balls patients gave him as a parting gift. “One of the guys said the ones he brought me floated,” Thomas laughs.

There are four Par-3s at Fox Den, and Thomas has had a holein-one on two of them, with No. 16 eluding him. Trying for that, Thomas says, is definitely on his retirement to do list.

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Katy Branstetter is an Alabama girl who chose Knoxville because she “liked the vibe and the people.”

“I just liked it here,” the 29-year-old says. “It’s a small big city with a laid-back attitude.

“Knoxville people are big on supporting local businesses.

They understand that local business people are often putting it all out there, and they give you their support and loyalty.”

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Colleen Sturdevan works on what will be a mini-three layer cake for a friend’s upcoming birthday party for her son. Colleen will participate in the Great Cake Bake Saturday at Neyland Stadium for Imagination Library. Photo

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Colleen Sturdevan takes cakemaking seriously. Maybe too seriously.

“I need to get better and not drive my husband insane, especially since I’m a perfectionist and the details matter to me,” says Sturdevan.

Danny Sturdevan will have to resign himself to the fact that his wife won’t be changing her habits this week. She signed up to make two cakes for the Great Cake Bake, a competition which benefits Knox County Public Library’s Imagination Library program. Her entries – one fondant wedding cake and one fondant all-occasion cake – will be in the running at the Cake Bake, which will be held noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Tennessee Terrace at Neyland Stadium.

Sturdevan, 33, hasn’t been making cakes for long.

“My Aunt Jackie has always made our family birthday cakes, so we never had to go to the store and

buy one,” says the Maryland native, who moved South to major in business at the University of Tennessee, where she met her husband-to-be.

“When my son turned 1, that’s when it all started.”

Sturdevan couldn’t expect her aunt to ship a cake from Maryland, so she decided to try making one herself. And this was a woman whom a friend said “can’t even boil water.”

With no training in baking, she turned to the Internet.

“It was certainly a rough start,” she says. “But then I talked one of my friends into letting me make her son’s first birthday cake. I just really enjoy it. Even though it can get stressful, it calms me down.”

Her son, Talan, will turn 4 in March, which means Sturdevan’s baking career isn’t quite 3 years old. She hasn’t kept a running total of the cakes she has made, but she calculates that she does one or two a month, primarily for family, friends and friends of friends.

Sturdevan places equal importance on aesthetics and taste.

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who found this item of “laundry,” which helped to ease the embarrassment.

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

Be on a board of directors, learn another language, and go to the spa and stay all day!

What is one word others often use to describe you?

I’ve often been referred to as somewhat of an anomaly. I don’t think outside the box because there is no box.

My actions don’t always reflect my mood, and I tend to surprise people with my interests and thinking.

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

I would be more disciplined with the “business” end of business. I need to learn to complete one task before I start another.

Katy Branstetter

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What is your passion?

Katy Branstetter is an Alabama girl who chose Knoxville because she “liked the vibe and the people.” The Samford University graduate used her degree in finance and accounting out of college and tried her hand in the financial world.

As a corporate auditor for Vulcan Materials Company, Katy often found herself at the company’s Knoxville office.

“I just liked it here,” the 29-year-old says. “It’s a small big city with a laid-back attitude.”

When she decided she had had enough of corporate auditing, there was something else about Knoxville that drew her here to start her own business, Neighborhood Barre.

“Knoxville people are big on supporting local businesses. They understand that local business people are often putting it all out there, and they give you their support and loyalty.”

Neighborhood Barre is a workout facility in Northshore Town Center. The barre concept at Neighborhood Barre combines elements of dance, yoga and isometric weight training. “We use classic barre, based on the Lotte Berk method,” says Katy. “It centers and aligns your body and works on your core. Every class has a cardio effect.

It is an intense workout, but one we tailor to everyone’s needs and fitness level.”

The studio has been open for 14 months. Katy moved fast once she made up her mind to leave finance. “I quit my job in May 2011, moved to Knoxville in August and opened Neighborhood Barre in December 2011.”

She chose Northshore Town Center because of the growth in the area. When working with her Realtor, Katy got a little extra surprise. He introduced her to Brett Richardson, who was buying the land next door to Neighborhood Barre to build Admiral Wine and Spirits.

Katy and Brett will be married in June at Cherokee Country Club.

Katy uses her background in finance for the business part of her new venture, but it is the “people” part that she likes the best. “I had friends here even before I opened, and the attitude and loyalty of my clients has been incredible,” she says. “In turn, I make sure we make every client feel welcome and comfortable. The barre method is fairly new to Knoxville, and it is important that we do it right, that my instructors are well-trained and that we help our customers get good results.”

Katy has always been interested in fitness, she says, and was a cheerleader in high school and a member of the Samford University squad. In her senior year, she was

My work! I love seeing my clients reach their goals, both physical and mental, and I love watching the change that the Neighborhood Barre fitness program can make in someone’s life.

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

Lydia Bach, founder of the Lotte Berk Method, which was the original barre method workout.

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

My clients. I am constantly humbled by the notes, letters and testimonials I receive. It is so exciting to know when you are making a difference in someone’s life. dropped from a basket-toss and couldn’t cheer or exercise for almost a year. She then became interested in non-traditional forms of exercise, including yoga and Pilates, and was introduced to the barre method in 2009.

A creative person by nature, Katy is always trying out new ideas for the business. She recently offered a class she called Boys at the Barre that was so popular that she ended up having three classes. “The guys are always surprised at how intense the workout is,” Katy says. “It is great for cross-training.”

Sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Katy Branstetter.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

“I’m in a glass case of emotion!” — Ron Burgundy in “Anchorman”

I still can’t quite get the hang of …

Right vs. left

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

My gorgeous engagement ring!

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

She told me to be a self-starter; to let what you love be what you do, and to dance like no one’s watching.

What is your social media of choice?

Facebook by default, Twitter by choice.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

Corporate auditor! Boooorrrring!

What irritates you?

Complacency.

What are you guilty of?

If loving Froyoz is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.

What is your favorite material possession?

My art collection.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?

Neighborhood Barre, duh!

What is your greatest fear?

The unknown.

What are you reading currently?

My email! Constantly!

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

What was your most embarrassing moment?

I’m not one to get embarrassed by much, but if I have to choose, it would be the time some of my personal “laundry” was mixed in with the towels we use to wipe down the mats after class. Luckily, I knew the person

I actually did it: Move to Knoxville, and open a barre studio!

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Bill Nichols, chair of the Farragut Arts Council, welcomes guests to the reception for young artists at Farragut Middle School.

Ashlyn Hodges poses with her batik seaside scene that won third place in the Farragut Middle School Art Show at Farragut Town Hall. Ashlyn, an 8th-grade student of Lana Needham, also did the Avatar sculpture at right. The other sculpture was done by Cameron Paul, also a student in Needham’s class. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

Artists get rave reviews at Art Council show

Laurin Fenton poses by her acrylic painting of a hummingbird.

The talent on display at Farragut Town Hall on Feb. 12 had guests marveling at both the aptitude of today’s students and the dedication of Farragut Middle School art teachers Lana Needham and Gwen Johnson.

A reception to honor students whose works were chosen from more than 150 submitted pieces to be displayed in the rotunda at town hall brought out a crowd of parents, siblings, friends and art lovers. Organized and sponsored by the Farragut Arts Council, the show is an annual event, but rotates among

Gwen Johnson, left, is joined by some of the members of the Farragut Arts Council at a reception honoring Farragut Middle School students of Johnson and Lana Needham. From left are Johnson, Mary Agnes Schaefer, Pam Ziegler, Sandy Dean and art show chair Nancy Wentz.

Great Cake Bake “I’ve had some cakes that I’ve experienced myself that looked really good, and then you take a bite and you go, ‘Oh,’” she says. “It’s important to me to make it taste good.”

But she does take pride in making good-looking cakes – her designs have included a monster truck and Fenway Park – using marshmallow fondant that she makes herself – from a recipe she found on the Internet.

“That’s really how I get around, is the Internet,” she says. “I have a ton of cakes saved to my computer of designs that one day, I hope, someone will go, ‘I want that!’

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“The students love the recognition and seeing their works hung in a public place,” said Needham.

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government Hoyos to chair KAT Renee Hoyos, executive director of Tennessee Clean Water Network, was elected last month by the KAT board of directors to chair Knoxville Area Transit, which runs Knoxville’s bus system. Archie Ellis is vice chair. Hoyos lives on Quincy Avenue in North Knoxville. She was appointed to the board by Mayor Rogero.

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■ Cindy Walker, treasurer of the Knox County Democratic Party and wife of former state senate candidate Randy Walker, is also seeking to be Democratic Party chair when state Rep. Gloria Johnson steps aside at the upcoming Democratic convention (in addition to the three persons mentioned in last week’s column).

■ The original Emancipation Proclamation, which President Lincoln signed on Jan. 1, 1863, and which ended slavery in the USA, is on exhibit in Nashville at the Tennessee State Museum. (This writer is chair of the commission which operates the museum). In her role on the National Archives Foundation, Honey Alexander, former First Lady of Tennessee, was instrumental in bringing the document to Tennessee as part of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. On Feb. 11, a gala opening reception was held in Nashville when Gov. Bill Haslam officially opened the exhibit.

The cost of hosting the Proclamation was underwritten by several companies including Pilot Travel Centers of Knoxville.

Attending from Knoxville were Jim and Natalie Haslam, attorney Bernard Bernstein and wife Barbara, former Mayor Daniel

Brown and wife Cathy, state Reps. Joe Armstrong, Gloria Johnson and Ryan Haynes, school board member Gloria Deathridge, and Mayor Tim Burchett.

Also attending was former Knoxville First Lady Mary Pat Tyree, who now lives in Nashville. Bo Roberts, who played a pivotal role in the 1982 Knoxville World’s Fair, attended along with U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper and former Nashville Mayor Dick Fulton.

Tennessee Transportation Commissioner John Schroer also attended and told this writer that the decision on whether the South Knoxville Parkway is a go or no-go is probably three months away.

■ The West Knox Republican Club had one of its largest meetings ever on Feb. 11 at the Red Lobster on Kingston Pike. Heated discussions occurred between those who wanted UT thirdyear law student Alexander Waters to be elected vice president of the club and those opposed.

The house was packed.

Initially it was a contest between Waters and former legislative candidate Gary Loe, who withdrew right before the vote. Then 6th District Republican State Committeewoman Sally Absher contested Waters.

But she was too late to overcome his lead and lost decisively. The outcome was 59 for Waters and 19 for Absher.

Waters comes from a long line of Republicans.

His parents are Knoxville attorney John B. Waters III and civic activist Beth Waters.

■ Mayor Rogero hosts area citizens in a forum on disabilities this Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park. The forum is part of Plan East Tennessee found at www. planeasttn.org/. Some staunch political conservatives have suggested these regional meetings are part of Agenda 21 pushed by the United Nations.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Tempest in a Tea Party?

That’s what some Republicans are saying about the recent kerfuffle at the West Knox Republican Club. One officeholder said it was a good day for the GOP as the Tea Party element was rebuffed.

■ Sen. Lamar Alexander probably forgot how Gov. Lamar Alexander and his appointees to the board of directors nudged UT tuition upward.

In a statement last week, Sen. Alexander said colleges must hold down costs.

■ Jim McIntyre finds himself in a dilemma. How to change the subject from school security to school technology is his newest challenge. And he can count on his “friends” in the mayor’s office and on county commission to keep talking security.

■ Kroger finds itself in the catbird’s seat in its quest to fill land along Beaver Creek for a new store. The land is within the city limits, while all the neighbors are in the county.

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Kane, Brooks defend Virtual Academy Maybe it’s unfair to pick on a rookie, but if there was a Dumbest Question of the Day award in the Tennessee General Assembly, Rep. Roger Kane of Karns would have a brand-new plaque for his wall.

His question came during a discussion of Rep. Mike Stewart’s bill to cut off state funds to for-profit, online schools. Stewart accused K12 Inc. – the Virginia-based corporation that runs the Tennessee Virtual Academy – of sucking up millions of Tennessee tax dollars while being insufficiently accountable for poor performance.

Stewart suggested that K12 Inc. CEO Ron Packard, whose salary was $3.9 million last year, should be required to come to Nashville to explain why his company’s services are a good deal for Tennesseans.

Kane’s response was to declare Packard’s salary none of our business: “Why should we care what they pay their CEO?” Stewart, who grew up in Knoxville, said, in essence, that Tennessee taxpayers are helping to pay Packard’s salary and deserve answers.

Duh. The Tennessee Virtual Academy was created on a party line vote in 2011 dur-

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ing the waning days of the legislative session (always a dangerous time in Nashville).

It was rushed into operation within a matter of weeks, and is run by Union County Public Schools for reasons that have never been made explicitly clear.

(But for every $4,400 per pupil in state dollars that travel through the Union County till, 4 percent or $176 stays with the county.)

The Virtual Academy enrolled just under 1,800 students from all over the state in grades K-8 last year.

Despite glowing reviews from numerous parents, it delivered test results in the bottom 11 percent on Tennessee Value Added Assessment tests.

The news hit with a thud shortly before the beginning of the current school year. Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman labeled TNVA’s performance “demonstrably poor,” and “unacceptable.”

Republicans took a defensive posture (see Roger

Kane and Harry Brooks) and Democrats went on the attack (see Mike Stewart and Gloria Johnson).

On Tuesday, some 20 TNVA teachers took the day off and headed to Nashville to oppose Stewart’s bill, begging questions about online substitute teachers.

One 6th-grade teacher, Summer Shelton of Knoxville, defended her employer: “I’ve never seen a more dynamic curriculum,” she said.

“I believe in this school.”

She said she has autistic students and students who cannot cope with being part of a large classroom who have thrived for the first time while under TNVA instruction.

“We can’t deny our parents the right to choose this option for their kids … I am requesting that you give us a chance …”

Stewart has a long list of indictments of K12 Inc., which has been in hot water in several states for results similar to those it has logged in Tennessee. He attempted to have Rep. Gloria Johnson speak to the issue, but was shot down by committee chair Rep. Harry Brooks, who sponsored the 2011 virtual education bill and is carrying an administration bill that amounts to a mild kick in the butt com-

What makes an effective teacher?

You never forget a favorite teacher. Mine was Mrs. Fugua. She taught 6th grade at Linden Elementary School in Oak Ridge, and it didn’t take her long to figure me out. By the spring of that year, I was skipping class to work on a scrapbook for then-President Jimmy Carter, who apparently visited Oak Ridge back in 1978.

Maybe my test scores went up that year because I was engaged, or maybe I missed important lessons while I was bopping around town taking pictures for the president. All I know is that Mrs. Fuqua made me feel important, which was invaluable to me, as it is to most kids.

These days, we like to weigh and measure everything in our efforts to achieve maximum results, so it’s not surprising that researchers from the state Department of Education felt compelled to shake the data from the 2011-12 school year to see what would fall out. But the results are surprising: research concludes that neither experience nor advanced degrees makes teachers more effective, as measured by TVAAS (Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System) evaluations.

TVAAS measures academic growth over time.

I sought a local reaction to these findings, which were presented to the state

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Student achievement is driven by instructional practices in the classroom, and new teachers are as capable of good teaching as experienced teachers, he said. But he’s concerned that such research could be

used to say that experience shouldn’t factor into teacher pay.

It’s important that experienced teachers don’t feel undervalued, he said, because they play a critical role in retaining new teachers through mentoring.

The study might also suggest that teacher pay should be based on test results. A potential problem is that teachers might become hesitant to teach lower-level students, he says.

“High test scores is one indicator of effective teachers, but it’s not the only one.

Relationships with students in the classroom, relationships built with the community and the lifetime success of the students are others.”

By Betty Bean Richard Briggs was packing for a trip to Washington, D.C., to attend a meeting of the American Medical Association’s Political Advocacy Committee when he heard about state Sen. Stacey Campfield’s bill to force the sale of the former Lakeshore Mental Health Institute’s campus to the highest bidder instead of allowing the city of Knoxville to expand Lakeshore Park.

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shore Park Foundation have been proceeding with park expansion since the state closed the mental health hospital last summer.

Briggs, a heart surgeon and county commissioner who plans to oppose Campfield in the 2014 Republican Primary, doesn’t think much of the bill.

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The Brooks bill was approved and moves on to the full committee. Stewart’s bill failed on a voice vote (Kane’s status was “present, not voting.”).

At the Education Committee meeting that same day, officials from the Putman County school system, which pioneered virtual education in Tennessee, talked about their VITAL (Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning) program, which they said has a 93 percent success rate and offers dual enrollment and advanced placement classes along with remedial and enrichment classes.

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They were careful, however, to distinguish their program from TNVA, without mentioning its name: “We wanted to have our virtual program led by the district – not somebody coming in from outside telling us what to do, and we’re not going out looking for students outside Putnam County,” said Dr. Jerry Boyd, director of Putnam County Schools.

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Rabbit tobacco and home brew MALCOLM’S CORNER | Malcolm Shell Experimentation seems to be one of the innate conditions of one’s adolescence and early teen years.

While it creates a valuable learning experience, it can also be quite detrimental if channeled in the wrong direction. And experimentation with drugs, and particularly prescription drugs, is one of those misguided directions.

When I was growing up, drugs were something your physician wrote you a prescription for and your par-

ents took it to the drug store to be filled.

In fact, our Concord village physician often carried a supply of the most common drugs in his physician’s case and dispensed them in a small envelope with the directions on how to take them. I cannot remember any teenager in the village abusing drugs, and I doubt that such use would have ever been considered.

But I have to admit that we did have some vices.

Probably the most prevalent

one was smoking rabbit tobacco. It was a vile-smelling, white-looking leaf that grew wild in fields.

After you smoked a few roll-your-owns, it took about a month before you could taste food again.

Like marijuana growers today, we had all the areas where it grew staked out and harvested every week or so. Unfortunately, smoking rabbit tobacco often led to smoking real cigarettes, which are as addictive as some well-known drugs.

The availability of alcoholic beverages was quite limited in Old Concord, but one of our gang found a recipe for “home brew� and we decided to give it a try. We gathered the ingredients – yeast, malt, sugar, etc. – and a large 20 gallon crock.

We mixed it up according to directions, covered it with a cloth and let it ferment for a couple of weeks.

Finally, the day came when it was time to sample our concoction.

When the cloth cover was removed and I had my first look at the home brew, I knew it was not a drink to which I would ever become addicted.

We either got the proportions or ingredients wrong, because after about half a glass I concluded that a Pepsi or RC Cola was a much better choice. I cannot remember what happened to the rest of the brew, but the

rest of our gang shared my opinion.

Certainly living in a rural area where the availability of smoking material or alcohol was either limited or nonexistent reduced the temptation to experiment with addictive substances.

But in more urban areas such experimentation actually created a drug culture. Living in Washington, D.C., during the late 1960s and early 1970s, I observed firsthand the drug culture that was so prevalent during those Vietnam War years.

Of course, rabbit tobacco was replaced with another weed called marijuana, and a new substance called LSD took the place of prescription drugs.

There were always antiwar demonstrations near the White House or on Capitol Hill during those years, and you could almost get high on marijuana just by

walking through the crowd.

But the effects of LSD are more serious because it causes hallucinations.

I had the misfortune to be present when a young girl did a swan dive off the 22nd story of our high-rise apartment building. Her friends said she thought she could fly.

Smoking rabbit tobacco and drinking home brew never had a lasting effect on the kids in Old Concord.

Most enjoyed productive careers. But I often wondered what long-term effect the drug culture had on those who lived in urban areas.

While many were able to put it behind them and became leaders in business, government and universities, others did not kick the habit and are either no longer with us or live a lifestyle not too different from the one they created for themselves four decades ago.

Farmstead developer tries to gain early edge After listening to a citizen request from developer Matt Varney of Farmstead Development LLC, Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen member Ron Honken advised Varney he was trying “to put the cart before the horse.�

Varney said he was only trying to give members a heads up about his project along Everett Road so they would have a better understanding when the project reaches them for formal review. The project is on the agenda for the next Municipal Planning Commission meeting.

Varney is hoping to prevent any delay in improvements to a section of Everett Road fronting the property. As with many “new� developments in town, this one had an earlier life as a totally different project. Then financing dried up and development came to a halt. It’s now under new ownership with new development plans.

The Farmstead will have only 48 lots compared to the original 98, which means less traffic impact for Everett Road.

In Varney’s mind, that’s enough to negate any major upgrade to the road.

He said a recent traffic impact study based on the new development plans indicated the road was

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fine the way it is now.

Honken isn’t so sure. “There are a lot of issues with this property: runoff, walking trails, a very narrow road and traffic problems,� he said. Varney conceded the road isn’t up to current standards, but said, “It’s sufficient. I feel

present “talking points� for the mayor and aldermen to use to promote the needs of Farragut’s schools. “Schools are the town’s calling card,� he said. “They are great for business and the quality of life.� While Farragut schools get some help from Knox County Schools Partners in Education, Singletary said it wasn’t enough. “Businesses should think of Farragut schools first.�

The board delivered the final “no� to a larger sign at the entrance to the Costco Warehouse Club build-

ing. They will, however, support as many as two ground-mounted signs if the business chooses to go in that direction. ■Mayor Ralph McGill has been named to chair the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization for a one-year term. He was selected by area TPO representatives. “I’m honored to be selected,� he said. Although the TPO deals with some transit issues, most of the agenda deals with roadways. “Of course I’ll pitch things for our town as

much as I can,� he said.

McGill noted that Farragut has a lot of narrow roads that need fixing that probably won’t get any TPO monies but will be in the town’s upcoming budget plans. “There’s talk of redoing Dixie Lee Junction, and, while it’s not in Farragut, we would support it. If that does happen, it will open that area for more development. We care what happens across our borders,� he said, then smiling, added that right now the “Henley Bridge is sucking up a lot of money.�

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Alderman Jeff Ellliott noted it was good that Varney was going through the process, but Honken ended the discussion by adding, “We can’t expedite the process.�

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There is hope in statistical data Sherlock Holmes once said it is a serious blunder to theorize before gathering data.

The great detective, tweed cap atop, pipe in hand, found investigations cluttered and complicated by witnesses who got all excited and twisted facts to fit what they had already decided.

Those who believe Tennessee football is doomed to mediocrity or worse should consider Sherlockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wisdom.

Columbo, Jessica Fletcher, Magnum and Sergeant Friday probably had the same concept â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just the facts, please.

Derek A. Jordan, UT graduate, Tullahoma land surveyor, law student and football fan, has more than enough facts to move the Volunteers from the deep despair of darkness into bright sunshine.

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His statistical methodology says teams, with decent coaching, almost always produce results in direct proportion to the four-year average of talent.

Got that? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the recruiting, stupid.

Jordan, a busy worker and thinker, invested enough time to study 122 teams playing NCAA upper-division football. He uses the four most recent years of Rivals.com recruiting evaluations to determine expectations. His research goes back to 2002.

He found that 60 to 70 percent of on-field results

followed form. Teams with the best players won the games.

When predictions strayed, up or down, he focused on the coaches.

Ah ha, some regularly produced better results than team talent projected. And some, year after year, recruited well but underperformed.

There are those who coach up whatever they can get and excel in organization, strategy and motivation. There are others who manage to lose games they should win.

It may come as a shock to some that the Volunteers, for the past four years, have been higher in talent evaluations than Southeastern Conference standings.

This very minute, factoring in recent signees, Tennessee, using Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Get a move on Now the Lord said to Abram, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go from your country and your kindred and your fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house to the land that I will show you â&#x20AC;Ś and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

(Genesis 12: 1, 2b) Her name means â&#x20AC;&#x153;delight,â&#x20AC;? and I have always said that she is well and truly named. My daughter Eden is smart and funny, talented and good.

And she is moving.

She left home after high school, went to college in Memphis, then worked awhile before putting herself through graduate school in Greensboro, N.C. When she left home for Memphis, her big sister Jordan was already there, and when she ventured

into grad school, one of her buddies from college days had gone ahead of her, blazing the trail and providing a built-in friend.

Now, however, she is taking a job with a music festival in Vail, Colo., (I know, I know â&#x20AC;&#x201C; life is tough! What a dream job!), and as much as she wanted the gig, she is face to face with the fact that she is heading into the unknown.

She has not even met (face to face, at any rate) the person who hired her!

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No longer an easy fivehour drive from family, no longer in or near her beloved Southern mountains, no longer among dear friends she made in North Carolina. She is heading out, alone, into the unknown.

I think of Abraham (and Sarah!) who obeyed the command to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go!â&#x20AC;? I think of all the men and women who boarded frail, small ships and crossed oceans to come to a New World.

I think of families who packed everything they could cram into Conestoga

formula, ranks sixth overall in talent, behind Alabama, Florida, Auburn, LSU and Georgia. This time last year it was sixth.

Jordan says, in essence, Tennessee had the talent to go 5-3 in the 2012 SEC race. It went 1-7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Mississippi State and Missouri games are simply unexplainable, for more than one reason.

Vanderbilt beat UT despite a huge dearth in talent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without question, Tennessee under Derek Dooley, was the largest underperforming team in the SEC. Vanderbilt was the highest overperforming team.â&#x20AC;?

Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comprehensive number-crunching says better things are about to happen. Think seven victories. Maybe eight!

Those with negative outlooks wonder how that could be. Tennessee attrition has been terrible.

Lane Kiffinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s star-studded roundup evaporated. We failed to sign Vonn Bell.

Four Vols are leaving early for the NFL. The upcoming schedule is at least deadly.

Oregon is out there waiting to squash the orange.

I do believe Derek Jordan is a realist. He is not emotional when he says Butch Jones will make a difference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Butch Jones, at Cincinnati, did not perform lower than his talent-based evaluation, and typically was a plus-two-games coach,â&#x20AC;? said Jordan.

Alas, trouble is traditional for first-year coaches. But, starting right now, there is hope.

Caution: Do not twist the facts. Let there be no mad leaps to ridiculous conclusions. Do not make big bowl reservations. But, we all know numbers do not lie.

Well, not often. I felt a hint of suspicion when I discovered Tennessee and Oregon are almost identical in talent comparison.

wagons and set off for the far country, not knowing exactly how hard or how high or how long the trail would be.

Eden will be fine. I keep telling her (and myself) that reassuring fact. I have no doubt that she will adjust to living at 9,000 feet above sea level. She will make friends.

She will find a church. She will love her job; it involves music, after all! Her colleagues will love her.

The Creator did some of His finest work in Colorado. It is a place of stunning beauty: lofty mountains, clean air and azure skies. I suppose my greatest fear is that she will never want to come back east.

There are plans to be made, decisions to be solidified, possessions to pack (or pass on to someone else), farewells to be

said. The next few weeks will be happy, harried, hurried, tense, exciting, stomach-churning, sad, thrilling.

Most importantly, this is an opportunity. A chance for the adventure of a lifetime. A real coming-of-age.

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about Eden. God has offered the opportunity, and Eden will settle in, do a great job, have a fantastic experience.

God will bless her, lead her, guide her, nurture her, strengthen her and use her. The family and friends she leaves behind will miss her, but we will also cheer her on, pray for her, go west to visit her, keep in touch with her and admire her spunk.

Vaya con Dios, mi hija.

Go with God, my daughter.

Like Abram, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You will be a blessing.â&#x20AC;?

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News from SOS SOS opposes the proposed resolution coming before the Knox County Commission on Feb. 25 which asks the state legislature to change from appointed to elected school superintendents. SOS urges you to contact all commissioners to oppose such legislation by writing commission@knoxcounty.org or by calling 215-2038. Reach individual commissioners at firstname.lastname@ knoxcounty.org.

Knox County Board of Education mid-month work session will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in the first floor ballroom at the Andrew Johnson Building.

Knox County Commission will meet at 1:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25. The meeting agenda includes discussion on both school security and the question of returning to election of school superintendents.

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World Marriage Celebration

By Theresa Edwards All Saints Catholic Church at 620 North Cedar Bluff Road invited parish couples celebrating milestone anniversaries and those married over 50 years to a World Marriage Celebration.

Couples gathered in the church where the Rev. Michael Woods chatted with many of them about how they met and how many years they have been married.

He brought a message on the importance of marriage as presented in the Bible, and gave a special blessing. Each couple renewed their wedding vows.

Everyone then enjoyed a buffet dinner, wedding cake, The Rev. John Appiah, associa toast and dancing in the ate pastor, and The Rev. Michael Woods, pastor. parish hall.

Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com “This year 126 couples came,” said coordinator Patti Gibson.

The Rev. Michael Woods talks with Cyril and Carol Henke who have been married 53 years. To their left are Tom and Angela Jostes, their son-in-law and daughter, celebrating their 20th anniversary.

Bob and Harriet Stansfield celebrate 62 years of marriage.

Jere Doherty and choir director Sandy Seffernick sing “Ave Maria.”

Nancy and Jeff Geouque, who have been married 35 years, renew their wedding vows, along with others in the congregation.

A bridge to hope Missionaries assist victims of human trafficking in Romania

By Ashley Baker Jack and Kathy Tarr, board members of Bridge to Europe, are on a mission to end modern-day slavery. Traveling twice a year to Romania, the Tarrs minister to the Romanian people, including women who have been rescued out of human trafficking.

“Bridge to Europe is a global Christian organization,” Kathy Tarr said. “It is dedicated to connecting and directing people and resources toward the advancement of God’s Kingdom through justice and human development.”

Last October, Kathy Tarr traveled to Romania and met a woman she calls “Petra,” who had been rescued out of human trafficking. The names of the victims are changed to protect their identities.

Petra and her husband, Tibi, were in debt and needed work. “Men offered them jobs in Italy,” Kathy said. “They left their newborn baby with family and went to Italy to earn money for their daughter, Peti.”

The job turned out to be a living nightmare. The human traffickers had Petra and Tibi working as mimes in an Italian marketplace during the day, giving them a job that would avoid them being questioned by the authorities.

“Police would not question a mime.” Kathy said. “It was a great cover-up.”

Fulton Alumni Association seeks names for plaque The Fulton High School Alumni Association is seeking the names of all Fulton High Alumni who have lost their lives in military service. To honor these individuals, the Alumni Association will have a commemorative plaque created which will be displayed at the school. Anyone with information should send the name of the graduate, year of graduation and the branch of service to: Fulton High School Alumni Association, P.O. Box 27434, Knoxville, TN 37927-7431.

The Bridge to Europe board includes, from left, Tyler and Anna Nash, Beni Lup, Ryan and Rebecca Walls, Nathan Tarr, Jack and Kathy Tarr, Troy and Rhonda Madge.

Jack and Kathy Tarr travel to Romania twice a year to work with victims of human trafficking through the Bridge to Europe mission program. Photos by Ashley Baker At night, the traffickers chained Tibi to a radiator and forced him to watch his wife be abused multiple times as the employers sold her body for profit.

Tibi and Petra were held captive for two years.

“They are a beautiful couple,” said Kathy, her eyes filling with tears. The Tarrs met Petra after she had been rescued. “I sat there with her in the hospital and just looked at her, and she looked at me,” Kathy said. “I repeated over and over, ‘I love you.

God loves you. We are going to help you.’”

Sharing God’s love with people like Petra is one

reason Jack and Kathy Tarr love being a part of Bridge to Europe, founded in 2010.

Four couples who were mutual friends with a Romanian pastor and with a lawyer named Beni Lup formed the ministry. The Tarrs quickly found Lup to

be the key to legal advocacy in Romania. Lup serves on different committees within the Romanian government and fights in court for victims like Tibi, Petra and Peti.

Two significant parts of the ministry are the Bridge Bible College and the Butterfly Center.

Bridge Bible College, established the fall of 2012, utilizes Knoxville pastors and church leaders, including Kathy Tarr, to teach the Bible to the Romanian people.

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The Butterfly Center will be a place of transformation for human trafficking victims. “Right now, girls being rescued from the grip of traffickers have no safe place to be rehabilitated,” said Lup. The Butterfly Center will be that place.

“We will take a person with no value, no self-esteem and teach them love, and that they have value because they are created in

God’s image,” said Lup. “We will take care of the whole person: physically, spiritually and emotionally.”

Through the Butterfly Center, victims will have an advocate in court, a new job and pastors and families who will encourage them with God’s word.

Bridge to Europe already owns land in Romania with plans to build the center, and Kathy is currently raising funds here to begin construction on the buildings that will house victims.

To learn more about Bridge to Europe or to help, visit its website at www.bridgetoeurope.org.

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Empty Bowls event is Feb. 25

By Sara Barrett Members of Farragut High School’s Art Honor Society will serve soup and bread to patrons at Einstein Brothers Bagels on Campbell Station Road 6-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, as part of the Empty Bowls international movement to help end hunger.

“It is nice to volunteer while doing something we’re passionate about,” said the school’s Empty Bowls co-chair, senior Jordan Butzine.

Since last September, Art Honor Society members have spent countless hours shaping and glazing numerous bowls for the event.

Junior Katherine Whitehead said the soup will

Farragut High School senior and Empty Bowls co-chair Zack Ashburn shapes a bowl on the pottery wheel.

Farragut High School senior and co-chair Jordan Butzine applies a glaze to a bowl before it is fired a second time.

actually be served in the bowls the students have made, which are all dishwasher safe. Everyone who

people think of those less fortunate while having a simple meal of soup and Farragut High School juniors Amany Alshibli and Katherine Whitehead and sophomore McKen- bread,” she said.

Since there is a limited zie Teagarden prepare for the Empty Bowls fundraiser. Photos by S. Barrett number of bowls available, tickets for the event can attends the event will get on Campbell Station Road. even made bowls.” only be purchased by conto take home the bowl they Prior to that, it was held in Love tears up when dis- tacting Love. Admission is are served. the school’s library. cussing the Empty Bowls $15.

Art teacher Wendie Love “We wouldn’t still be movement, something she All money raised will be said students have held doing this if it weren’t for discovered when attending donated to Sister Martha’s the fundraiser for many (Einstein),” said Love. “In the National Clay Confer- Pantry of Knoxville. Info: years, but it has been held the past, the employees ence in 2001. wendie.love@knoxschools.

The idea is to “make org. at Einstein since it opened and their families have

‘Drop Everything’ at Farragut Intermediate

PTA parent Arlene Driver, gifted/talented instructional coach Tracy Marsh, Walgreens representative Merritt Garner, assistant principal Debbie Adorante and Knox County elementary math specialist Libby Burney visited classrooms and discussed the creativity students show when problem solving in a group environment. “This is the most significant reformation of math in my career,” said Burney of the new teaching method.

Married to the teacher

By Sara Barrett Farragut Middle School teachers Lana Needham and Bob Walker have been married for 26 years.

“Beautiful years,” said Needham. “I am so lucky to have been transferred to Farragut so I could meet him.”

Needham, an art teacher, and Walker, a social studies teacher, met at Farragut Middle School in the ’80s.

“It’s worked out well as far as carpooling,” said Walker with a smile. The two have also enjoyed swapping “insider tips” over the years.

“In special area classrooms (such as art),” said Walker, “you get different behavior. It’s a differ-

ent combination of kids.

Sometimes you can head off problems by comparing (a student from class to class).”

Both teachers have been involved with additional school activities over the years.

Walker coached basketball, and Needham worked with students to produce the school newspaper. She also started the Care Bears, a school program that helps underprivileged students get clothes, haircuts and school supplies. It is now operated by the school’s PTSA. Both teachers have decided to retire at the end of this school year. In addition to simply wanting to retire,

they have seen changes in students and in the system and feel like it is a good time to move on.

Needham and Walker say they have reservations about the new standardized approach to teaching and feel it may not be the best method to get the most from students.

“We’re not building cars here,” said Walker. “We’re not working on an assembly line.”

Needham has noticed a change in her students’ performance because “they are not as good now with hands-on activities,” she said.

“I think we’re too into science and math.”

Farragut Intermediate School recently hosted a Drop Everything and Do a Task Day with the help of its curriculum and gifted/talented coaches. Parent volunteers, PTA members and local business partners visited with students working on math problems to see firsthand how the school is embracing the new Common Core teaching method. Fifth graders Drew Duncan, Austin Percival, Clark Schechter and Katie Tuggle worked on a problem together in Laura Burgard’s class. Photos by S. Barrett

“I am right-brained and I work with my hands. A lot of these kids are getting bypassed because … there’s no avenue for them,” she said.

She also feels that her students often have difficulty thinking outside the box.

“These kids are much more than a test score. They are not just a product.”

Needham said she would advise new teachers to get to know their principal and what he or she expects from the faculty.

“You have to work with the personality of the one that’s in charge,” she said.

“Even for parents, they need to find out what the principal expects from their child,” Walker added.

Although they teach in Farragut, Walker and Needham have lived in Halls since 1993. It makes the grocery shopping less stress-

Farragut Middle School teachers Lana Needham and Bob Walker Photo by S. Barrett ful according to Needham.

No one out north wants to have an impromptu parentteacher conference with them in the produce section.

With no children or pets at home, they are looking forward to spontaneity and “sleeping past 6 a.m.,” said Needham.

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Shopper-News Presents Miracle Makers

Gallo gives students a world of knowledge

By Betty Bean When Lou Gallo was growing up in Middletown, N. J., he always liked the idea of being a teacher, but it was hard to imagine since there weren’t any male teachers in his school.

“By the time I got to college I thought I might like to do it, but I also wanted to make money. I was contemplating law school and preparing for the LSAT when I woke up one day and was like, ‘What am I doing?’”

So he took his undergraduate degree from the College of New Jersey and headed south to the University of Tennessee to get a master’s degree in education.

Why UT? “My brother attended UT, and so did several relatives. We were always Vols fans and we were probably the only New Jersey family that went on vacation to the Grand Ole Opry. My mom always liked country music,” he said.

That somewhat random chain of circumstances planted Gallo in Knoxville where he worked his way through school waiting tables at the Italian Market and Grill, and in 1992-93, he spent what he calls the most rewarding year of his young life as a teaching intern at Bearden High School, putting down roots that would allow him to become one of the most acclaimed teachers in the Knox County school system.

In 19 years at West High School, he has been West High, East Tennessee and Knox County Teacher of the Year (2008), and a recipient of a Milken National Educator Award in 2004. Gallo was invited to chaperone four students for 10 days in Japan for the Panasonic Cultural Exchange Program.

He teaches advanced placement and International Baccalaureate European history classes, sponsors the Youth in Government program and engages students in simulations of state and national governments and the United Nations.

He is on the leadership team that develops curriculum, in-service days and exit tests for Knox County schools’ social studies programs and leads workshops on implementation of AP European history courses.

During the summer, he reads AP European History exam essays for the college boards and, in his spare time, takes groups of students on foreign trips.

Last summer, he was one of five outstanding American teachers chosen to participate in the “Torch for Education” project, and he and his wife, Cathy, spent five days in Edinburgh Scotland for the Olympic run.

Lou Gallo points to the world map painted onto the walls of his social studies class at West High School. Photo by Ruth White

Two of his students, Liz Kemp and Lexie Barton, wrote short essays recommending him. Kemp described Gallo as a tough teacher who pushes his students to do things they never dreamed they could do.

“He helps us learn in a way that no other teacher does, and it shines through his high AP scores every year,” Liz said.

Lexie described him as not only a teacher but also “a mentor. I have learned so much as one of his students that I feel prepared to take on the challenges in front of me, because he delivers the perfect mixture of tough love and TLC when it comes to your school work and your work ethic, and inevitably this has carried into how I work as a student and a person.”

But, flashing back two decades, none of these things would have happened if Gallo hadn’t been able to find a job – no easy task for a history major.

“I was hoping to work at Bearden, but I got cut. Then, I thought I was going to have a job at South-Doyle Middle School, but that position was cut. I interviewed at several places, and was getting a little discouraged,

but luckily, Al Bell (the supervisor) loved me, and introduced me to Donna Wright, who was then the principal at West, and she brought me on board here. I was a week from going back to New Jersey,” he said.

Gallo, who is half Italian (the other half if a mixture of Irish, French and English), says working at the Italian Market & Grill was great preparation for his life’s work.

“I learned how to deal with people.

That’s one of the most important skills we can have. As a teacher, I’ve had to constantly interact with the public, and this prepared me in many ways.”

During his first years at West, Gallo taught world history and geography. Later, he moved into European history, which is his favorite.

Although he doesn’t teach government classes, he stays involved in that field via his Youth in Government program, which gives him the opportunity to take students to the model U.N. in Murfreesboro, to Boston for the Harvard Model Congress and to Nashville for the state Youth Legislature, which is his favorite conference because the kids actually take over the House and Senate chambers for a weekend.

He says he’s toyed with the idea of running for county commission, but

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has pretty much decided that he’s not temperamentally suited to the trench warfare of local politics.

“In the first place, I’d have to retire from teaching, and I’m very fortunate in that I have a job I enjoy.

That’s a hard thing for people to have – the same job for 19 years and still enjoy it. In the second place, I don’t have tolerance for idiots – every now and then the New Jersey in me comes out.”

This summer, Gallo will team up with German teacher Mauri Brooks, who is taking students on a trip to Germany. Two years ago, he took a group to London, Paris and Munich.

At some point in the not-too-distant future, Gallo is hoping to take a group to his favorite place, Italy, where he anticipates introducing his charges to real Italian food.

“I love to eat,” he said. “I like for kids to experience the culture, and there’s so much of that culture that is food. I don’t really like foie gras, but when I took the kids to France, I encouraged them to taste it. We had raw clams in Boston and paella in Spain and we’ll have pasta in Italy.”

He does draw the line at one delicacy, however. “Dog. In Asia, they’re going to try give you dog. It’s very expensive, so no one’s going to give you dog by mistake.

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NEWS FROM CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

CAK’s got talent!

The 16th annual “Spirit of Praise” Talent Show was held Jan.26, in the CAK Campus Center. Thirty-five talented students from CAK’s elementary, middle and high school performed at this event.

CAK high school Drama Club members Josh Robinette and Gabrielle Eakle were emcees for the evening, assisted by members of the CAK Improv Team. CAK’s “Spirit of Praise” ensemble members also performed during the evening.

Winners from the elementary school were: first place, 4th graders Carson Welch and Benett Steedley, dance duet, “Classical Hip Hop” by Young Mozart; second place, 3rd graders Ainsley Paterson, Garrett Brady, Elaina Nazerias and Patrick Calhoun, group dance to Blake Shelton’s “Footloose;” third place, 4th grader Summer Strasser, lyrical dance to “Wild Horses” by Natasha Bedingfield.

Winners from the middle and high school were: first place, junior Hannah Brown, Italian aria “Amarilla Mia Bella;” second place, senior Mathew Starnes, piano solo; third place, junior Minta Ray, piano solo, Grieg Concerto.

This year’s judges were CAK alumna and CarsonNewman music education graduate Amy Jones Brock, Carter High School band director Matthew McCurry and Jeff Comas, owner and director of Allied Music Instructors of Knoxville.

Enrollment for 2013-2014 Admissions are in full swing at CAK, with prospective families on campus almost every day. Have you ever considered Christian education for your family?

CAK is hosting Café Mornings throughout the next few months that will allow you to tour the facility, visit with administrators, receive admission information, and – of course – enjoy a cup of coffee! To find out about Café Mornings or schedule your own private tour, call 690-4721.

Student/Community Art Show

Carson Welch and Bennett Steedley

Minta Ray, Mathew Starnes and Hannah Brown

The CAK Student/ Community Art Show will be held 7-9 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 23, with an 8:30 p.m. reception and awards presentation. The show will feature artwork by high school art students, alumni, staff and faculty members. Info: www. cakwarriors.com.

Amelia Bedelia visits CAK Christian Academy of Knoxville 5th grader Juanita Torro and 4th graders Caroline Meyers and Johnathon Gardner visit with Amelia Bedelia author Herman Parish. Parish began writing the series after his aunt, original Amelia Bedelia author Peggy Parish, passed away in 1988. The character celebrates her 50th birthday this year. Photo by S. Barrett

Michael Card visits CAK Renowned Christian author and musician Michael Card visited CAK last week for High School Spiritual Emphasis Week. He spoke with the students three times in two days, presenting the Gospel in a “believable and beautiful way.”

CAK students sign for college sports CAK held a National Signing Day Ceremony Feb. 6. Nine student athletes signed national letters of intent.

They are: Josh Smith, football, University of Tennessee; Rachel Setzer, soccer, Covenant College; Corey Rathbone, football, Centre College; Brett Kendrick, football, University of Tennessee; Davis Howell, football, UT Chattanooga; Ben Holt, soccer, Marshall; Laura Foster, soccer, Vanderbilt; Allison DeBusk, softball, Berry College; Ryan Creel, soccer, Kentucky. Photo submitted

“They don’t have to agree with me, but if they go home and open their Bibles, then I’ve won,” Card said. “I just want to leave these students with a new appreciation for Jesus. I really take seriously the fact that Jesus was perfect. Everything he said and did – even everything he didn’t do – was perfect. The life of Jesus is endlessly fascinating.” Photo submitted

CAK Café Mornings For Prospective Families

Elementary (PreK-5) February 27 & April 3 Middle (6-8) March 6 & April 10 High School (9-12) March 13 & April 17 (9 a.m. in the School’s lobby)

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SHOPPER-NEWS • FEBRUARY 18, 2013 • A-11

Farragut Primary School kindergartner Preston Retterer writes a story about what he would do with $100. His hat has 100 dots on it in honor of the 100th day of school in Sarah Harris’ class.

100 days at Farragut Primary

Farragut Primary School kindergarten teacher Melissa Bumgardner (center) compares centenarian costumes with her students Alyssa Bingham and Keira Thatcher.

Farragut Primary School kindergartner Danika Hutton waits for her turn to show her classmates the 100 toys she brought in a bag for show and tell.

She was very proud of the white powder in her hair that made her look 100 years old.

Farragut Primary School kindergartner Aydan Skelton is shocked that kindergartner Stetson Beal wants to help her count the dots on her art. She quickly informed him she could do it herself. Photos by S. Barrett Farragut Primary School kindergartner Landon Scates explains to teacher Amy Anderson why he brought a Sponge Bob puzzle for show and tell since all items were supposed to relate to the number 100. There were 100 pieces in the puzzle. Many classes celebrated the 100th day of school with number-related crafts, snacks and show and tell. The super hero “Zero the Hero” also visited Anderson’s students who dressed up like centenarians.

Science at West Valley Middle School

West Valley Middle School 8th graders Will Lewis and Derek Wenger (not pictured) tied for third after they trained a mouse for three days to see if it improved its time running through a maze. The results show a considerable improvement after encouraging the mouse with bites of cheese throughout the maze.

WVMS 8th graders Tran Hung, Sean O’Connor, Ryan Feist and Bricen Montgomery tied with Will Lewis for third place. Ryan came up with the idea for the project after noticing how many paper towels his family went through each day.

Viva proved to be the most durable paper towel, although it is also the most expensive.

WVMS 8th graders Tommy Clark and Zach Poling won second place for their project, “The flexibility of rubberized concrete.”

They estimate it took two weeks after school each day to finish the project.

Gettysvue holds father/ daughter prom Channing Steenekamp dances with her dad, Pierre, at the third annual father/daughter prom at Gettysvue Country Club hosted by Andrika Langham. Photo by T.

West Valley Middle school 8th graders Stephen Carlevato and Michael Tarantino won first place in the school’s science fair for their project testing childproof containers. “We both have younger siblings,” said Stephen. “We’ve seen them easily open ‘childproof’ containers, so we wanted to test their safety.” Stephen and Michael will compete at the regional competition in April at Thompson-Boling Arena.

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A-12 • FEBRUARY 18, 2013 • SHOPPER-NEWS Adelaide, daughter of Steven and Jennifer Brooks of Fountain City, only knew that she loved her Dr. Seuss “ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book.”

Her mother’s purchase at Kohl’s Department Store, however, is part of the Kohl’s Cares spring program that last year saw more than $100,000 go to Sherri East Tennessee Children’s HosGardner pital from the sale of books and Howell stuffed animals. This year the money will again be designated for Children’s Hospital’s Safe Kids Coalition of the Greater Knoxville area.

Guess opened Val’s Boutique Safe Kids covers a wide variin April 2011 and says she is ety of issues involving children pleased with her first permaand safety, including bike safety, nent location. Guess developed passenger safety in cars, poison her fashion boutique business prevention, water and fire safety. by first selling young women’s The Kohl’s program offers five clothing out of her home and at Dr. Seuss books and four plush anisorority events. mals, plus two healthy-living cookbooks and Dr. Seuss notecards for It’s all Seuss for $5 each, with the entire purchase Kohl’s Cares fundraiser price going to the hospital.

The Farragut store has disLittle Adelaide Brooks was all smiles – through her pacifier – plays at check-out registers and, as she helped Safe Kids Coalition from the looks of the displays, and East Tennessee Children’s the merchandise goes fast!

Stuffed animals include The Cat Hospital raise money.

Sometimes the sweetest gifts in the Hat, Horton the elephant, are those given when you are un- Rosy’s red rhinoceros and Aunt aware of the gift. At 19 months, Annie’s alligator.

Baby store makes ‘two’ for Valerie Guess Val’s Boutique is expanding … and getting smaller.

Valerie Weissinger Guess, owner of Val’s Boutique, 7309 Kingston Pike in Bearden, is building on her success as the go-to place for boutique looks for young women by tapping in to what is happening in the lives of her customers: Becoming moms!

“I am one of four girls in the Weissinger family, and everybody I know is having babies!” says Guess. “I believe Knoxville has a need for a specialty baby boutique, especially with some of the things that are happening in the market right now – such as the closing of Baby Bundles in West Town Mall.”

Her specialty store, with approximately 1,000 square feet of retail space, will be located in the end spot next to Campbell Station Wine & Spirits on Campbell Station Road in Farragut. Called Weiss Baby, the store will carry sizes from newborn to 4-toddler, with an opening date set for March 2.

Jennifer Brooks purchased a copy of Dr. Seuss’ “ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book” for her daughter, Adelaide, as part of the Kohl’s Cares program. Photo by Sherri Gardner Howell The promotion continues at all area Kohl’s stores through May. ■ KoKo FitClub, 153 Brooklawn Street, felt a lot of love before Valentine’s Day last week.

Feb. 13 marked the fitness club’s first anniversary in East Tennessee. In addition to the Farragut location, there is a club in Bearden.

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Who’s the b-e-s-t? Rotary Spelling Bee offers school challenge

By Sherri Gardner Howell It’s the kind of thing students love: The Rotary Club of Farragut is offering schools in the Farragut /West Knoxville area a chance to prove how smart their teachers are.

The annual Rotary Club Spelling Bee, which is for adults, is planned for Thursday, March 14, at Faith Lutheran Church, 239 Jamestowne Blvd.

In addition to recruiting area teams to show off their spelling prowess, the club is offering schools a spot in the spell-off at no charge.

“We are sending letters to the principals of Farragut area schools to challenge them to provide three teachers to spell for their school at the spelling bee,” says committee member Ben Harkins.

“The club will waive the $200

The hard-working committee for the Rotary Club of Farragut Spelling Bee includes, from left, Tom Pattison, co-chair Staci Wilkerson, Paul Sehgal, Joan McIntee, co-chair Bettye Sisco, Gene Wessel, Ben Harkins and Tom Marsh.

Photo by Sherri Gardner Howell

entry fee or find someone to sponsor them. In addition to the winner of the bee, there will be a little ‘side competition’ that will honor the last school team standing.”

This is the seventh year for the Rotary Spelling Bee, which is a major fundraiser for Rotary Club of Farragut, annually bringing in $7,000 to $8,000 for the club’s

literacy projects. Beneficiaries are the adult education programs at Pellissippi State, the Knox County Imagination Library, Ball Camp Elementary School and others.

Money is raised through event sponsors, team entry fees, ad sales in the program and an auction of goods and services on the night of the bee. A social hour and $10 catered dinner begin the evening at 5:30 p.m., with the main event, which is free if you come after dinner, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Depending on the expertise of the spellers, the bee usually lasts two hours. The spelling contest is interspersed with auctions and door prize giveaways. Trophies are awarded for first and second place.

Unlike the student spelling bee, adults compete in teams with three

Kilgore stopped by both locations to thank members for their loyalty during the first year. “We got to talk to our members and thank them and ask them why they ‘KoKo,’” said Tricia Kilgore.

“It was good to get a little feedback and to talk to our members.”

KoKo FitClub uses a threeprong approach to fitness that includes cardio exercise, strength training and a nutrition program. On Feb. 4, KoKo Fuel was introduced, a program that offers nutritional guidance and online meal plans.

As for the second year, Tricia said, “It’s an innovative company, so we are looking forward to new things all the time!” The KoKo FitClub website is www. kokofitclub.com, or call the Farragut store at 671-4005.

■ Blockbuster is closing its store at 9450 S. Northshore Drive. Employees say April 7 is the store’s final day.

This is Knoxville’s last freestanding store for the company which filed for bankruptcy in September 2010 and was bought

by Dish Network in April 2011.

An Internet search shows eight Blockbuster Express kiosks located throughout town.

members who are allowed to discuss the word and write down their consensus before walking to the microphone to spell it.

“It is a great, family-friendly fun atmosphere,” says co-chair Staci Wilkerson. “Everybody always has a good time rooting for their favorite team and enjoying the door prize we give away. As for the competition, however, we have some serious spellers!”

The club hopes for more sponsors, ad buyers and teams to sign on in the next couple of weeks.

Sponsorships are $250 to $2,500 with ads ranging from $25 to $100. Entry fee for teams is $200.

The club hopes to have 12 to 15 teams competing, including defending champions from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office.

Deadlines to participate are Feb. 15 for sponsors and ads and Feb. 28 for teams. To get involved, contact Wilkerson at 603-8332.

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NEWS FROM TEMPLE BAPTIST ACADEMY

Temple hosts district academic and fine arts competition Temple Baptist Academy hosted the annual Tennessee Association of Christian Schools (TACS) district competition Feb. 7 and 8. Students from Temple competed along with students from Tri-Cities Christian School (Blountville), Cedar View Christian School (Kingsport), Calvary Christian School (Kingston), Mt. Pisgah Christian Academy (Oliver Springs) and Christian Academy of the Smokies (Sevierville) in various categories of music, art, photography, speech, drama, science, math, chess, spelling bee, and more.

Phillip Thompson competes in the TACS district competition.

Alex Gann plays piano in the TACS district competition at Temple Baptist Academy.

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Mallory Sullivan warms up before playing flute in the TACS district competition.

Students placing first or second in their respective categories will go on to compete at the TACS state academic and fine arts competition in Murfreesboro, March 21-22. Top

performers at the state level proceed to the American Association of Christian Schools (AACS) national competition held in Greeneville, SC, at Bob Jones University.

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Twice as good Two shoulder replacements double skier’s pleasure at 64

Dice and his wife, Ginny, enjoy their winter vacations on the slopes at Vail, Colo.

early that he wasn’t likely to get much out of conservative management – his arthritis was just too far progressed,” said Conley.

“Jeff made some improvements in range of motion, but his pain steadily increased. He couldn’t tolerate even the most gentle shoulder mobilization activities.

He really wanted to give it a fair try, but he saw the writing on the wall.”

So, by April, it was back to Spencer for total shoulder replacement – a procedure that’s been around since the early 1970s, but one which still challenges even the best surgeons because of the shoulder’s multi-directional mobility. As a result, there are only about 53,000 shoulder surgeries performed each year in the United States, compared with 900,000 hip and knee replacements.

“It’s a very complex surgery,” said Spencer, who does between 150 to 175 shoulder replacements a year. “Because of the close proximity of very important neurological structures, there’s very little margin for error.”

The surgery involves replacing the arthritic ball portion of the upper arm bone (humerus) with a chrome or cobalt alloy and the socket with a plastic cup-shaped prosthetic. In addition, the soft tissue must be carefully “rebalanced” with less pain and greater range of motion as the goal.

“I don’t think I want to know how they get from A to B to C – it just works!” said Dice. “It’s really pretty miraculous for a major joint replacement. I was hardly in the hospital 24 hours before I was back home and a week later, back at work.”

Of course, after the surgery, there was pain – and physical therapy – but Dice kept a positive outlook. “It was almost like the pain was an investment in getting to the point that I wanted to be,” said Dice. “I could certainly see a regular, dramatic decrease in the amount of pain and increase in movement with the physical therapy.”

Unfortunately, even before completing rehabilitation on his right shoulder, Dice began experiencing similar problems with his left.

“Dr. Spencer saw it was the same problem except at an earlier stage,” said Dice. “Arthritis was eating away at that joint, and Dr. Spencer said it also needs replacing. I told him, ‘Let’s get it done.’ I wanted to get it done while it was still in the early stage.”

So, in September 2012 – just five months after having total replacement surgery on his right shoulder – Dice had a total replacement surgery on his left.

Then it was back to therapy for six more weeks and what Conley called a “picture perfect recovery.”

When he looks back at Dice’s condition when he first saw him and his condition today, Conley says the difference is like “night and day.”

“It’s like his shoulders were sent back in time to his 20s,” said Conley. “They move as smoothly as silk. I must commend his surgeon, Dr. Edwin Spencer. He knows how to replace a shoulder.”

Dice can vouch for that. He’s also back to running and skiing the slopes. “Occasionally, when I’m poling I notice a little discom-

Dice was back at work as vice president of behavioral health at Peninsula within a week after his surgery.

fort, but it’s not a problem at all,” said Dice. “I’m confident that it’s healed, and I’m back to 95 to 98 percent of what I used to do.”

“I have no regrets for having this surgery,” he added. “I did a lot of research on my own and went into it with some trepidation because I knew not all shoulder replacements are successful. But it was kind of a risk analysis – look at where you are and what you can and cannot do versus what you might be able to do. For me, it became a quality

of life issue. I was getting to the point that the things I wanted to do were painful. At that point I was 63. My dad is 94 and still living. And I’m thinking, ‘I’ve got 30-plus years to go.’ That’s a long time to live with an aching, sore joint that was going to do nothing but get worse. I could see just a progressive downhill situation.

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But it wasn’t his breakfast that was making all that noise – it was his right shoulder, a shoulder that had worn out far too soon for an active 64-year-old who has run more than 30,000 miles and frequently skis the demanding slopes of Colorado, Utah and Canada.

“The pain was a really sharp pain, and my shoulder would crackle and pop,” recounted Dice, the vice president of behavioral health at Peninsula. “Sleeping had become an issue, too, because I couldn’t get comfortable sleeping. It was just getting worse and worse.”

By October 2011, Dice decided something had to be done.

After asking around, he wound up in the office of Dr. Edwin Spencer, a Parkwest Medical Center orthopedic surgeon recognized by Orthopedics This Week as one of the Top 28 shoulder surgeons in the United States.

Spencer, after looking over the results of Dice’s Dr. Edwin CT scan, broke Spencer the news to his patient: Severe joint degeneration and bone loss caused by advanced arthritis.

While the diagnosis was a blow to Dice, the remedy – total shoulder replacement – was even more disheartening because it would be three months before he could golf again and even longer before he could hit the ski slopes. So when Spencer suggested Dice give physical therapy a try, he jumped at the idea.

“Physical therapy and other non-operative treatments are always a good start,” Spencer said.

“Both the surgeon and the patient need to be comfortable that replacement is indicated, meaning that non-operative treatments have failed.”

It took only two-and-a-half months working with Mark Conley at Parkwest’s therapy center at Fort Sanders West, to realize that physical therapy wasn’t going to work this time.

“He had the most severe degenerative shoulMark Conley der arthritis I had encountered in quite awhile,” said Conley. “It was bone on bone, and when his shoulders moved, it sounded like someone grinding up peanuts.”

Conley tried starting Dice off slowly, beginning with gentle range of motion exercises, shoulder pendulums for pain control and basic postural correction exercises. Unfortunately, it was not to be. “It became apparent fairly

B-2 • FEBRUARY 18, 2013 • SHOPPER-NEWS

Dry Creek Farm Located in Heiskell is a barn on Gamble Drive that is at least 158 years old but may be as old as 238.

Barnyard Tales The barn on Gamble Drive in Heiskell

Kathryn Woycik Luther “Luke” Henley wrote to ask if he could share his story.

His parents purchased the land in 1955. The barn was 100 to 150 years old.

Henley was one of seven children.

When he grew up on the farm, the barn was used for cattle. His dad worked at the Heiskell post office. After retiring, he used part of the barn for working with and tuning pianos. The barn later housed ponies for the grandkids to ride.

Henley took over the farm in 1988 and built his retirement home. He replaced the barn’s old and rusty metal roof. He had his own roof contracting business, so the exchange was easy.

Looking inside the barn you can see lower part which is the original hand-hewn chestnut. Photos by K. Woycik 1950, when Luke’s 8-year-old nephew, Chuck Whitley, was rid“I call it a $10 barn with a $100 ing one of the ponies. He was the roof,” Luke said.

4th or 5th rider that particular An additional six-stall horse day. The pony decided it had had barn was added in 2002 to accom- enough and ran toward the barn, modate a few horses from Monroe which had a small hole in the side County. Henley’s son Mark and that was barely large enough for neighbor Joe Goosie also keep the pony to go through. horses there. Both have brought Chuck realized where they their expertise to the farm. were headed but was too afraid Henley has three children, nine to jump off. He ducked as low as grandchildren and 22 great-grand- he could. Surprisingly, he stayed children, along with three siblings on the pony and made it through and a dozen or so nieces and neph- the hole. Chuck’s grandfather ews. Such a large family has cre- and Henley’s dad rushed down ated many tales. to check on him. When asked if One funny story happened in he was alright, Chuck said, “I’m

Big whoop What kinds of wildlife do you see when you look out your window? Mostly birds and squirrels, right?

Carol Maybe a possum or raccoon at night.

Zinavage Some folks in a Miami suburb recently looked out their windows and saw a whooping crane.

The bird was limping, obviously injured. A local wildlife team captured her, and a veterinary team from World – in Orlando quickly Disney World – yes, Disney assessed her injuries and

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almost sterilized.”

He actually meant paralyzed!

“I live the best of both worlds, not having to care for the horses, and I get to sit on the front porch and watch them graze and run back and forth,” Luke says. “They graze all day long with cars and trucks whizzing by on the road until either Mark or Joe’s truck approaches. The horses recognize the sounds of their trucks and immediately head for the barn running wide open. They know it’s feeding or grooming time.”

Henley, 86, is the great-greatgreat grandson of Col. David Henley, who was good friends

performed surgery, amputating the middle toe on the right foot. In costumes.

No, not Goofy or The Little Mermaid. Crane costumes. And they didn’t use their voices during treatment, either, because a wild crane shouldn’t get used to the sound of talking humans.

There are a whole lot of good people working hard and going to great lengths to save these majestic birds, which were on the Whooping crane verge of extinction in 1940.

Now, after many decades tion numbers 111. of conservation efforts, the Tom MacKenzie, spokesEastern Migratory Popula- person for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, says that there are various ways to raise young cranes. Some are brought up individually to imprint on a person in – you guessed it – a crane costume. The baby crane,

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with President George Washington and served as an information officer. In 1793, he moved to Knoxville and worked for the war department. The city of Knoxville named Henley Street and later, the bridge that crosses the Tennessee River on Henley Street, in Col. Henley’s honor.

Col. Henley was also friends with President Washington’s secretary of war, Henry Knox, for whom the city of Knoxville was named.

Anyone wanting to share the age, history or story of their barn can contact me at woycikK@ ShopperNewsNow.com.

referred to as “young-ofthe-year,” is eventually taught to fly by the same “mother figure,” who guides the youngster using a small ultralight plane.

But the hero of our story is from a DAR (Direct Autumn Release) group from the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin. She’s known simply as No. 13-12.

“This is her first migration, and her group made it all the way to the Everglades, the farthest south we’ve ever observed,” says MacKenzie.

The well-traveled bird is now thriving after having been released on Feb. 9 at Hiwassee State Wildlife Refuge in Meigs County.

She’s the only whooping crane there. The regular gang at the Refuge con-

sists of sandhill cranes.

But MacKenzie says, “she’s used to the company of other cranes, and is doing fine on her own as well as with the group. And the loss of the toe doesn’t seem to bother her at all.”

The whole process – capture, surgery, release – took exactly two weeks.

“The longer you hold a bird, the tamer it becomes,” says Billy Brooks, whooping crane coordinator for the USFWS for the Eastern Migratory Population. “Because of the efforts of Dr. Scott Terrell, DVM, at Disney, and that of the capture team, we were able to get this bird healthy and back out into the wild.”

And that calls for a big whoop!

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Visiting an angel

By Sara Barrett When Alice Hendricks was 7, she played an angel in a church play. She looked in the mirror while wearing her gown and halo, and took it to heart.

“Every day since, I’ve tried to act like an angel to make Jesus happy and God happy,” she said. “I am so thankful I can say I tried.”

Hendricks moved to Knoxville from Virginia in 1949 to attend Knoxville College. She received her master’s in education and special education from UT in 1973.

Now 86, she is a retired school teacher. She worked in Knox County Schools for 30 years and after her retirement worked as a substitute teacher for another 10 years.

“Kids will do anything to hear you say something good,” she said.

Once she started teaching, Hendricks knew she had found her calling.

“I enjoyed spending time with my students and giving them a smile.”

She taught what was then considered “slow learners.”

Hendricks would bring a small bag of vanilla wafers with her to class each morning and ask students individually how their day was going. Upon her retirement, she discovered she had 285 days of paid leave she never took.

“If you go out with a smile and an attitude to help children, you will. And you’ll know it is not you, it is God working through you.”

Echo Ridge resident Alice Hendricks Photo by S. Barrett

Hendricks now devotes her time to singing in her church choir and working with the children’s ministry.

“Every time the church door opens, I’m there.”

Hendricks said children today are different than those she taught during her career.

“When I taught, kids respected me, parents respected me … we had a tremendous relationship.

“They’ve kicked God out of schools and homes. And now when things are going wrong, they (adults) try to pin it on Him.

“People should have something inside – a light – for everybody to see. They’re not only being watched by their parents and friends, they’re being watched by God.” When Hendricks meets someone for the first time, she gives them a small container of mustard seed and tells them about a verse in the book of Matthew.

Simply put, it says if you even have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can move a mountain.

“What the world needs is love,” said Hendricks. “If you try, God will help you.”

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discovering their books and characters while offering the authors the chance to promote and sell their books.

Authors will be provided a tent, table and chairs to use; there is no charge to participate. They will supply their books, decorations and signage.

Interested authors should contact Farragut Arts Council member Sandra Dean, deansk@tds.net or 865966-8356, or Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@townoffarragut. org or 865-966-7057, for more info and to request an application.

Spirits. Pate will discuss the different sparkling wines a swell as his favorite recipes for mimosas. A variety of gourmet desserts infused with champagne will be served to compliment the wines.

The evening also will include a show of new works by 11 regional artists, a silent auction and hourly drawings.

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The Town of Farragut will offer a six-week Dance Jam fitness class on Tuesdays, Feb. 19-March 26, at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Each session starts at 10:15 a.m.

Dance Jam is a high-impact, exhilarating hour of dance with a mix of hip-hop and Latin styles. Class members should be ready to sweat as they tone up, burn calories and get their groove on.

Christine Kear will be the instructor.

Cost is $45. The registration and payment deadline was Friday, Feb. 15.

Tickets are on sale for the eighth annual Shamrock Ball – A Father-Daughter Dance, scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at the Commons Area of Farragut High School, 11237 Kingston Pike.

Tickets are $15 per couple and $5 for each additional person in advance. At the door, the cost will be $20 per couple and $8 for each additional person. Tickets will be available through noon on Friday, March 15, at: www.townoffarragut.org (nominal convenience fee assessed); Farragut Town Hall (open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays), 11408 Municipal Center Drive; and at the Farragut/West Knox Chamber of Commerce, 11826 Kingston Pike, Suite 110.

Presented by the Town of Farragut and Kiwanis Club of Farragut, the Shamrock Ball will feature an evening of music and dancing provided by Gann’s Entertainment, light refreshments and a craft. Event staff will take a photo of each couple or family, and photos will be available for purchase online after the event.

Fathers and daughters of all ages, as well as all family members, are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Event proceeds will benefit East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, The Leukemia Society and YoungWilliams Animal Center. For more info, visit www. townoffarragut.org or contact Lauren Cox, lauren. cox@townoffarragut.org or 865-966-7057.

The Town of Farragut is offering a six-week series of beginner Hoop Dance classes from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 21-March 28, in the Community Room of the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

Hoop Dance is a new fitness craze that combines fitness, meditation and play. Hooping can burn 350-500 calories in a one-hour class. For more info, visit www. hoopbug.com.

Charity Edwards is the instructor. Cost is $75.

Registration and payment deadline is Monday, Feb. 18. To register and for more info, call 865-966-7057.

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FRIDAY, FEB. 22

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The Farragut Arts Council is seeking local authors of children’s books to participate in the sixth annual Farragut Book Fest for Children.

Book Fest, hosted by the council in conjunction with the Town of Farragut and the Knox County Public Library Farragut Branch, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Campbell Station Park.

Authors will be accepted until spaces are full; first come, first served.

The fest will include storytelling, book signings, music and art activities. Reading and learning are the primary objectives. Children will have the opportunity for one-on-one interaction with participating authors,

Sugar and Champagne, an artist reception and champagne tasting, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at Liz-Beth Gallery, 9211 Parkwest Blvd.

The show will feature works by Gerald Vaughn, a metal sculptor and jewelry artist. Two of the sculptures he produced while a student at Rhodes College are on permanent display at the school. Another of his sculptures is on permanent display at the Office of University Studies at the University of Tennessee, and another, “Sun Hawk,” is on display at Hardin Valley Academy.

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MICRO/MINI Doodles UTD on shots, wormed $1,000 ea. Ready 2/17. DESTROYIT COMM. PAPER & Card270-566-0093 board shredder, 16", ***Web ID# 207244*** $1500. 865-250-1480 MIN. DACHSHUND PUPS ***Web ID# 206716*** Free & $100.

865-460-1744 MIN PINS, AKC Reg., 2 Males, 2 Females, 6 weeks old, $350.

Call 865-585-0491 ***Web ID# 207500***

Household Furn. 204

PEMBROKE WELSH CORGI Puppies, The QUEEN PILLOW perfect Valentine gift!

TOP MATTRESS. UTD on shots & $90. Must sacrifice. deworming, tails New. $90. 865-640-4600. docked & dew claws QUEEN PILLOW Top removed, 6 wks old, Mattress Set. $125, parents on site, $500. brand new.

Call 423-288-5602 Call 865-804-4410. ***Web ID# 207243*** POMA PEEK-A-POOS tiny toy, blk w/wht, Males, 8 wks, S&W, $350. 865-548-9205 ***Web ID# 208105***

QUEEN SIZE PILLOW TOP MATTRESS SET $150. Brand new in plastic. 865-805-3058.

Maple corner Pomeranian Puppies Solid china cab., doors, 1 black fem. $300 & 2 drawers, 72"H, exc. cream males $250 ea., cond. $400. 865-458-1509 6 wks old, 865-771-1134 POMERANIAN PUPS Traditional Oak DR, NKC reg., shots, 48" oval w/2 leaves, M $295, F $350. 8658 chairs, buffet, 933-2032, 865-789-5648 china hutch, ***Web ID# 207363*** $1500/bo. 865-548-9614

LUXURY WATER- COMMERCIAL FRONT Home for WEST HIGHLAND RACKING & Rent, Rarity Pointe SHELVING. All TERRIER puppy, 11 Community, Lenoir types. 865-250-1480. wk M, AKC reg., S&W City, TN. 423-745-0600 $500. 865-603-4055 ***Web ID# 206718***

WHITE CEDAR LOG BED, Full size, $265.

Call 865-458-1934.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, FEB. 22-23 On Fridays and Saturdays through April 12, lowerincome and senior taxpayers can receive help with their federal tax returns through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, sponsored by the Town of Farragut and the Internal Revenue Service, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. At no charge, volunteers will complete and e-file tax returns for participants.

Taxpayers should bring federal tax packets received; wage and earnings statements (Form W-2 from employers, Form 1099-MISC from clients); interest, dividend, capital gains, pension, IRA and Social Security statements; a list of items that might be considered for itemized deductions; support for other income and credits; and a copy of last year’s tax return.

Taxpayers should also bring Social Security numbers and correct birth dates for all taxpayers and dependents to be listed on the return.

VITA volunteers will be available 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 9-11 a.m. Saturday. Participants are encouraged to be in line no later than 3 p.m. Friday. No appointment is necessary.

SATURDAY, FEB. 23 Great Cake Bake The fourth annual Great Cake Bake will be held noon5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Tennessee Terrace at Neyland Stadium.

The cake-decorating competition benefits the Knox County Public Library’s Imagination Library, which sends free books in the mail every month to registered Knox County children until age 5.

Participants can enter in one of four divisions – junior (under 18), beginner, intermediate and professional – and bake in one of three categories – all-occasion cakes, wedding cakes and a single, brilliantly decorated cupcake. The decorated cakes will be separated into two different groups: buttercream frosting only and fondant/ gum paste/mixed sugar art.

Each entry costs $12, and entry forms must be received by Wednesday, Feb. 13. Winners in each category and division will receive a trophy and bragging rights.

Register online at www.knoxlib.org/cakebake, download an entry form from www.knoxlib.org or pick up a form at Sugarbakers Cake, Candy & Wedding Supplies.

For more info, contact Holly Kizer, 865-215-8784 or hkizer@knoxlib.org.

238 4 Wheel Drive 258 Imports

FOR SALE: Nordic- Harley Davidson Electra Track C2200 treadGlide Classic 2005, mill. $215. Call after new tires & battery, 12 noon: 691-2613. loaded, perfect cond. $9900. $25,000 invested.

865-310-6823

Pools/Hot Tubs 209

262 Cement / Concrete 315

Dodge Laramie pkg MERCEDES CLK 2006 Mega Cab, 4x4, 5.7 2002, 55 AMG conHemi, AT, 83K mi, vertible. 58k mi. Blk cosmetic dmg left side. on blk $10,000/b.o.

Bought new $12,000 865-250-1480 obo. 865-250-1480 ***Web ID# 206766*** ***Web ID# 206709***

STEVE HAMNER CONCRETE & BLOCK 25+ yrs exp. Driveways, sidewalks, all types pours, Versalock walls, excavating. Call 363-3054.

HONDA XR100, 2002, exc. cond., low hrs, Ford Excursion 2005, recent service, new Eddie Bauer, 4x4, 60k Fencing 327 rear tire, $850 OBO. mi, 6.0 diesel front SENTRA 865-387-3904 end dmg, $9,000/bo. NISSAN 2008, 45k mi. Good AAA FENCING Re865-250-1480 ***Web ID# 209035*** pairs & More. You condition. $6800. ***Web ID# 206705*** buy it, we install it!

SUNNY DP150 2012 Phone 423-438-8574 Call 604-6911.

Sporting Goods 223 motor scooter, new, JEEP WRANGLER ***Web ID# 207426*** 150cc, black /silver, Sport 2006, blk, AT, 2 tops, mint, 69K mi., Reduced $1395. Private SUBARU WRX LTD B&W FENCE. InstallaBRUNSWICK POOL taking offers, 865-604-4657 tions & repair. Free party 865-310-5212 2011, 21k mi, mint. table, 7', good cond. ***Web ID# 198497*** Silver. Warr. All opt. est. 43 yrs exp! Call $250 OBO. Call Fred ***Web ID# 205453*** $24,700. 865-691-4271 865-657-9044 689-9572 or 237-8090.

SUZUKI 2009 S40 ***Web ID# 207681*** Boulevard, 650cc, Comm Trucks Buses 259 Last of personal rifle white / silver, 715 collection. Prices are 330 mi. $3250. Private ISUZU NPR 2003 210 Sports 264 Flooring firm. Serious inquiries party 865-310-5212 only. Proof of ID to Tymco Air Sweeper. purchase. Call Mon- ***Web ID# 205450*** 113K, AT, $15,000/bo. CHEVY CORVETTE CERAMIC TILE installation.

Floors/ Sun 8am-6pm only, 865-250-1480 1978 orig. Pace Car, walls/ repairs. 33 865-924-7519 AT, w/53K mi., exc. yrs exp, exc work!

Auto Auctions 250 ***Web ID# 206653*** cond. $21,750. Day, John 938-3328 THERMO KING 865-983-4672 or night, REEFER 2001, Korry Farm Wagon 865-856-3273.

53' $6200 obo.

Mod. 6072, new floorGuttering 333 Call 865-250-1480 Boats Motors 232 ing, ext. tongue, new deck $700/bo. 865-250- ***Web ID# 206701*** Domestic 265 1480 HAROLD'S GUTTER 2007 Mastercraft SERVICE. Will clean Prostar 197, MCX 5.7L, ***Web ID# 206750*** CADILLAC CTS 2012, Antiques Classics 260 Lux. front & back $20 & up. low hrs, perfect pass, coll. fac. warr. 8K Quality work, guaranzero off, ballast system, dbl sunrf, Dealers price Autos Wanted 253 CHEVY TRUCK, $46,940 obo. 865-567-6610 teed. Call 288-0556. bimini, stereo, unique 1946, 37k original ***Web ID# 204972*** graphic pkg., $35K miles. 1 ton. $800/bo I BUY JUNK CARS obo. 865-806-1827 865-250-1480 Roofing / Siding 352 & TRUCKS. ***Web ID# 204087*** CHEVY Malibu 2002, ***Web ID# 206690*** 865-307-3051 or V6, white, 4 dr., Bennington Pontoon 865-938-6915. new brakes & trans, LINCOLN MARK VII 2009, 27 ft, trailer, 90 150K mi., exc. cond.

1990, white, garaged HP Yamaha, 45 hrs, like $3250. 865-661-1865. mi. Loaded. new. $29k.

Auto Accessories 254 133K $7250/bo 865-457-7933 FORD THINK Elec865-202-0177 tric Car, $2500 or FACTORY 2007 Corvette ***Web ID# 207929*** YAMAHA b.o. Call for details wheels, 5 spoke, silver MUSTANG 1964 1/2 865-250-1480 WAVERUNNER 2005 fin. $300. Center & convertible, restored ***Web ID# 206728*** FX Cruiser, 100 hrs, lug nuts fit C4, C5 289 HP, $26,500 obo.

4S, 3 sts, great shape, or C6. 865-977-1980 Call 865-458-1934. $6,000. 865-335-2931 ***Web ID# 205476*** Cement / Concrete 315 ***Web ID# 204006*** MUSTANG 1966 NEW & used truck beds, Coupe, 289, AC, tail gates, fr./rear original. $15,900 obo.

Campers 235 bumpers, many Call 865-458-1934. makes. 865-250-1480 2005 Travel Star 18', ***Web ID# 206695*** great cond., all Sport Utility 261 opts., $5800 obo. 865- RAM Pickup ARE Camper Top for 2002 CHEV BLAZER 2002, 556-5897 to 2009 Dodge Truck ***Web ID# 207644*** 4x4, leather, power, short bed fits 6'3" box.

99K mi, $5,200. 8652011 COACHMAN Cost $1240; $500. 865934-7796 250-1480 Catalina 38 BHDS, ***Web ID# 204337*** 38' trailer, 2 slides, 2B/1B, 865-717-1999 NISSAN Pathfinder Vans 256 2005, 4 WD, clean, ALINER SCOUT pop good cond. $11,800. up camper, 2009, DODGE Grand 865-363-9018 gas furnace, AC, Caravan 2003, 153K ***Web ID# 209045*** $7,800. 865-463-6284 mi. AC, PW, tinting, $3270. 865-207-3649.

TOYOTA 4-RUNNER, ***Web ID# 207680*** 2003 Limited, 2 WD, Motor Homes 237 white, JBL, 141K, FORD E350, 2005 $10,900. 865-310-2749 EXT VAN 6.0 DIESEL CLASSIC BLUEBIRD New tires, AC PW/PL 40', 1985, V6 Detroit VG cond. Contractors Imports 262 Diesel, 5 spd Allison Pkg Tow Pkg $9,800. trans., $30,000 obo.

423-625-1658 ^ ^ ACURA RSX Type S Will trade 865-457-7933 2004, slvr, 6 spd. 137K Lawn Care 339 Lawn Care 339 mi. FUN! Local srvc.

Trucks 257 $6900.

865-696-7469.

Motorcycles 238 ***Web ID# 207827*** FORD F-150 2010 reg. cab, 16k mi, twd, ACURA TL 2007, 1 owner, AMERICAN top, bed rug, tow IRONHORSE 2007 loaded, leather, gar. pkg, blue tooth. kept, exc. cond., 99k hwy.

JUDGE CUSTOM, $18,500. 865-310-1640 Price reduce to $16,000, mi. $14,000. 865-556-5101 gar. kept, immaculate ***Web ID# 205629*** cond., only 5,175 mi., FORD F150 Heritage 2004, reg. cab LB, custom purple lights 330cic conv.

4.6L, AT, 105k mi, BMW AT YOUR SERVICE! & front end with 2005, 75K mi, dark needs bed, $3000. inverted fork, new blue, immac cond., 865-250-1480 tires, 15K worth $15,000.

865-680-2656 Mowing, mulching, ***Web ID# 207175*** of custom upgrades, ***Web ID# 205458*** 45K bike now only FORD F350XLT, 2008, lawn detail, debris clean-up... $16,000, Won't last Z4 2.5, 2005, 6.8 Twin Turbo Diesel BMW long! Please call 52.5K mi., auto., New tires AC PW/PL 5th you name it!

865-776-9594 or email Black/Tan int. hitch VG cond Util tkerr@southlandgrp.com whl $14,500. 205-368-4008 Bed $26K. 423-625-1658 ***Web ID# 205516*** JAGUAR 2000 S-type, 3.0L, 82k mi, silver HARLEY 2004 FLSTFI 4 Wheel Drive 258 & black, $5000 obo.

FatBoy Softail, 865-250-1480 Copper w/Blk It would be my pleasure Leather Boss Bags, CHEVY SILVERADO ***Web ID# 206673*** to serve you!

2005 ext. cab, 5.3 V8, Hwy bars, and W/S. AT, 4x4, 153K mi.

Very good condition $8500. 865-828-8398. with only 26,500 Mark 335-7290 ***Web ID# 209928*** miles. 865-607-3320 8 PERSON HOT TUB with cabana, very nice, you pick up $1000/bo 865-457-7933

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