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Miracle Makers Asked to describe Knox County Schools’ Partners in Education program in 10 words or so, Scott Bacon smiles and quotes retired educator Reuben Hunter. “It’s the community coming into the schools and schools going out into the community.”

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Rezoning meetings set Knox County Schools will conduct a series of meetings about elementary school rezoning that will result from the construction of the new school at Northshore Town Center. Attendance zones of A.L. Lotts Elementary, Farragut Primary, Farragut Intermediate, Hardin Valley Elementary, Blue Grass, Ball Camp and Cedar Bluff elementary schools will be primarily affected, although some other schools may experience a lesser impact. The meetings are designed to provide a zoning overview and garner parent and community insight prior to developing an attendance zone proposal. The schedule: ■ Hardin Valley Elementary School, 11445 Hardin Valley Road, Monday, Sept. 24 ■ Farragut Intermediate School, 208 West End Boulevard, Tuesday, Oct. 2 ■ Cedar Bluff Elementary School, 705 North Cedar Bluff Road, Tuesday, Oct. 9 ■ First Baptist Concord Westlake Campus, 9635 Westland Drive, Thursday, Oct. 11 Meetings will be hosted by the PTAs of A.L. Lotts and Blue Grass schools. All are from 6-8 p.m. A series of follow-up meetings will be scheduled to discuss the attendance zones developed based on information garnered during these meetings.

Index Coffee Break A2 Sherri Gardner Howell A3 Government/Politics A4 Marvin West/Lynn Hutton A5 Jake Mabe A6 Faith A7 Kids A8,11,12 Miracle Maker A9 Business A13 Calendar A14 Health/Lifestyles Sect B

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September 24, 2012

The Russell House story House has historic past, but will it find a future? By Suzanne Foree Neal The Russell House on the corner of Kingston Pike and Campbell Station Road has stories to tell of Civil War battles, mischievous twins, healing and heartache. The story that is not known is what its next chapter will be. Most recently home to Avery and Anna Mae Russell, late parents of Charlie Russell and Ann Owens, the Russell house got a nod to a possible future last week when the town of Farragut authorized town attorney Tom Hale to spend up to $20,000 to look into the structure and grounds of the house, which dates to 1834 or earlier, when the Federal-style house was owned by Samuel Martin, who operated it as either an inn or a tavern, or both, depending on which stories are true. The land had been owned by Col. David Campbell, who first built a block house on the site to shelter travelers passing through to Knoxville. Campbell moved on and Samuel Martin bought the property in 1834. Whether the house was built by Campbell or Martin is disputed, but what is known for certain is that by the time of the Battle of Campbell’s Station on Nov. 16, 1863, the property was owned by Matthew Russell. When Russell bought the house just before the Civil War, he maintained it as a private residence. During the battle of Campbell’s Station, the house served as a hospital for both sides. Faint blood stains can still be seen in the hardwood floors. An old photo, circa 1900, in the Farragut Folklife Museum shows women in long dresses standing on the second-floor balcony of the house overlooking Kingston Pike. In the 1930s, a widening of Kingston Pike took off the balcony in favor of the covered front porch it has today. The house has remained in the Russell family for six generations. Conversations with the town of Farragut concerning the Rus-

Farragut has approved $20,000 for the town’s attorney, Tom Hale, to look into the structure of the Russell house and surrounding soil at the corner of Kingston Pike and Campbell Station Road.

sell House have usually involved suggestions of moving the house from its present, original location nearer to Town Hall, something historic preservationists are against. Knox Heritage has listed the house on its “Fragile 15” list for 2012 and is urging Farragut not to move the house. While the house is on the National Register of Historic Places, that designation does not protect it. Moving the house will cause it to lose that National Register designation. Farragut town administrator David Smoak says the town knows that the Russell House is the oldest house still left in town. “We’ve been talking to the Russells for two years, and our goal has always been to preserve the home,” says Smoak. “We want to preserve it and bring it back to the way it was, but we have some limitations because it is so close to the road.” Charlie Russell says to really restore the house, there are several modern add-ons that would need to be removed. The four chimneys atop the house have been taken down and roofed over. One paint-

In this Town Hall painting by artist Paul Long, two Russell family homes can be seen amid the Civil War Battle of Campbell’s Station. The one in the foreground, the Frank Russell house, still stands behind Taco Bell and is the office for M&M Development. The one in the background is the Russell house owned by Charlie Russell and Ann Owens at the corner of Campbell Station Road and Kingston Pike. Photos by S.F. Neal

ing by Paul Long in Farragut Town Hall shows the Battle of Campbell’s Station, with the Russell house in the background and another historic Russell home, the Frank Russell home, in the foreground. The Frank Russell home sits behind Taco Bell and houses the offices of M&M Development. Charlie Russell says Matthew Russell and his twin brother, John, are often the subjects of family lore. “Matt and John were identical twins,” he says. “Once there was a gala at a hotel in Knoxville, and Matthew walked in to see John

standing in front of him. ‘Strange to find you here,’ he said, then noticed he was actually looking into a full-length mirror. When Matthew was killed during the Civil War, John went to retrieve the body from a rooming house where Matthew was laid out. When he saw him, John fainted. The innkeeper came in, and when she saw John getting up, she fainted.” What happens next to the Russell house may well be in the hands of the town of Farragut. “We just have to do our homework,” Smoak says.

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Annette Brun was introduced as the newest member of the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission last Thursday. If she expected trial by fire, it fizzled. Chair Rita Holladay declared the meeting over in 45 minutes, prompting an aside from Mayor Ralph McGill: “Word to the wise, Annette, it’s not always like this.” Brun said she’s “energized and excited for the opportunity to learn. I love this town.” The rapid-fire meeting checked off the following items with little discussion and unanimous approval: ■ A request to change the location of a driveway off Allen Kirby Road by 75 feet to create shared access for two existing houses and future ones that may be built on adjacent land.

■ A variance request from Donald Dickey for 10 percent open space reservation and construction of a walking trail/sidewalk along Smith Road because it only involved a minor resubdivision. ■ Rezoning of a lot on the south side of Parkside Drive between JCPenney and Tennessee State Bank from O-1-3 to C-1. ■ A request by Farragut Health Care Center to return to its original zoning after expansion plans were dropped and a site plan for a walking trail along Kingston Pike at Summit View Nursing Home. ■ A site plan for two additional classrooms at St. John Neumann School. ■ Renewal of a concept plan for The Villas at Anchor Park on Turkey Creek Road, variances to change the width of the streets and add sages to create a “dip”

feeling in an effort to slow traffic, change the configuration of on-street parking and approve the preliminary plat. ■ A preliminary plat for Karastone Farms (formerly Everett Hills) on the west side of Everett Road. Plans were approved about five years ago but a bankruptcy was involved. Infrastructure is in place and new owners requested a name change before starting construction. There will also be a walking trail for that section of Everett Road. ■ Businesses are reminded that the 90-day grace period to apply for a free license ends Friday, Oct. 12. After that, the license will cost a one-time fee of $15. Farragut has initiated the program in an effort to know what businesses are operating within the town and to be sure it’s getting its fair

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A-2 • SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 • FARRAGUT SHOPPER-NEWS

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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I don’t want to change anything about myself. God made me the way I am for a reason, and I wouldn’t want to be any other way.

What is your passion? My passion is to live every day to the fullest and to make my father proud of me.

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch? I would like to have a long lunch with Morgan Freeman. I can’t really explain it except that I have always really liked Morgan Freeman. I think he is iconic, but yet is a good person who seems very down-to-earth. He makes great movies, and I would just like to meet him.

Tanner Lemieux

Tanner Lemieux is about as new to Farragut as anyone can get, but he has already figured out one very important fact: “This place is football crazy!” says the young manager of Sweet CeCe’s at 161 Brooklawn Street. “When it’s a football Saturday, nothing else is happening.” Tanner has been a Farragut resident for almost a month, although his family moved their residence here early in the summer. “My dad, mom and two sisters moved here when Dad relocated for his job.” Tanner graduated from high school in Cincinnati in 2011 and spent a year at Miami of Ohio, Hamilton, before coming to Tennessee. When parents Larry and Kathy Lemieux made the move to Knoxville, Tanner decided he would finish his summer job in Cincinnati before coming to Farragut. “I’m going back to college next semester at the University of Tennessee,” says Tanner. “I want to study nursing and have heard the nursing program here is great.” His sister worked part time at Sweet CeCe’s and encouraged Tanner to talk to the owners. “It was really perfect timing,” he says. “They just bought four new stores in Indiana and were looking for someone who would really be dedicated to making sure this store was well-managed. I interviewed one morning and went to work that night.” Farragut already has hooked him with its friendliness. “I love Farragut,” he says. “The people here are great, and a lot warmer and friendlier than what I’m used to.” In his spare time, Tanner likes to exercise and play sports, although he is still looking for the sports outlets in his new home. “I like all sports, but I love soccer. I like to swim and dive during the summer. Most of my time, however, is being spent right here at Sweet CeCe’s. I want to make sure we have good customer service, that everything runs well and that the employees are safe and happy.” Sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Tanner Lemieux:

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie? “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest influence on your life? My grandparents have had the biggest influence on my life. They are always smiling and having a good time, even when times are rough. They look for the best in life instead of dwelling on the hardships they are dealt.

I still can’t quite get the hang of … College. It’s serious stuff.

What is the best present you ever received in a box? to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” – Rick Gonzalez in the movie “Coach Carter.”

What are you guilty of?

My laptop.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you? “Keep your friends close, and keep your enemies closer.”

What is your social media of choice? Facebook.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

I am guilty of not being innocent.

I worked as a busboy in a restaurant and that was my absolute worst job.

What is your favorite material possession? It is a football signed by my entire high school football team. I didn’t play football until my senior year when I decided I wanted to play one year with my best friend, who was the quarterback. I was a kicker and linebacker.

Scooby Doo. I loved trying to solve the mystery before the Mystery Gang!

What are you reading currently?

What irritates you?

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?

Knowing that I cannot change the past.

“Angels and Demons,” by Dan Brown.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?

What was your most embarrassing moment? My most embarrassing moment was singing in my high school talent show. It was embarrassing, but I am glad I did it.

Sweet CeCe’s! We are at 161 Brooklawn St., next door to Kroger!

What is your greatest fear? Losing the ones I love.

What are the top three things on your bucket list? 1. Meet Morgan Freeman and shake his hand. 2. Go skydiving. 3. Make a hit video on YouTube.

What is one word others often use to describe you and why? Others often use “genuine” to describe me. I think that is because I will always be there for the people in my life, regardless of the circumstances.

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If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be? I would rob every millionaire and billionaire and give their money to the people who actually need it. I would be the Robin Hood of the 21st century. – Sherri Gardner Howell It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, father, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Farragut Shopper-News readers. Email suggestions to Sherri Gardner Howell, gardners@tds.net. Include contact info if you can.

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Finley dives off the dock to “rescue” a toy thrown by Lisa Bengston at the Concord PetSafe Dog Boomer takes a swim before returning to his owner, Brenda Wilson. Park swimming area.

Bark it up: Dogs bring fun to Concord PetSafe Dog Park grand opening This time, the weather cooperated. After the rain soaked plans for the first ribbon-cutting to open the Concord PetSafe Dog Park, the event went off without a growl Sept. 15.

Sherri Gardner Howell Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett welcomes guests to the grand opening of the Concord PetSafe Dog Park.

FARRAGUT FACES Dignitaries and sponsors were on hand to welcome guests and their fourlegged “best friends” to 10909 S. Northshore Drive, adjacent to the Concord Par 3 Golf Course. The 4-acre park features separate spaces for large and small dogs, a dog swimming area and jump-

ing dock, stone and grass run areas, a shade structure with seating, paved handicap-accessible trails, a water fountain, restrooms and a dog wash station. Made possible with a $100,000 donation from PetSafe, the park also received funding from Knox County and a tree grant from the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program. It was designed and constructed by the Knox County Parks and Recreation staff. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and PetSafe CEO Randy Boyd and his wife, Jenny, helped celebrate the grand opening and ribboncutting. Stars of the show were, of course, the four-legged ones, especially the Smoky Mountain DockDogs, who gave a demonstration following the ceremony.

Dignitaries, sponsors and dog lovers were on hand to celebrate the opening of the Concord PetSafe Dog Park with a ribbon-cutting. Pictured on the front line are Eric Hahm, Lisa Hudgens and her dog Susie P, Doug Bataille, Knox County Commissioner Ed Shouse, Jenny Boyd, Joseph “JoJo” Tyler with Spanky, PetSafe CEO Randy Boyd, Tyrease Tyler, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, Tom Hemrick, Carol Evans, Troy Wilson and Rebekah Jane Montgomery.

FARRAGUT NOTES ■ Farragut Rotary Club meets at noon each Wednesday at the Fox Den Country Club.

PetSafe CEO Randy Boyd talks about the motivation to open a dog park in West Knoxville.

■ Free budget classes are held from noon-1 p.m. each third Thursday at the Good Samaritan Center, 119 A. St. in Lenoir City. Everyone is invited. No preregistration is required. Info: annaseal@ credibility.org.

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government Burchett is right Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett may not win today (although he usually does), but he is right about the budget surplus. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keep the $3 million or so in the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s till to help balance future budgets. County Commission meets at 2 p.m. today (Sept. 24) and spending those excess funds will headline the Tim Burchett discussion. Here are my predictions: Mike Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idea to give raises is a non-starter. No way it passes. Sam McKenzieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to spend $55,000 so each commissioner has $5,000 to dole out to nonprofits may pass, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a terrible idea. Burchett has eliminated most county grants and now requires agencies to sign contracts for services. The agency completes the service, sends an invoice, and is paid. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a much better way to manage county money. McKenzieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;slush fundâ&#x20AC;? is a step backwards. Brad Anders is sincere about wanting a senior center in his district (Karns and Hardin Valley), but this is not a one-time expense. Anders anticipates â&#x20AC;&#x153;$80,000 to $90,000â&#x20AC;? for annual operations. The county would be better served by consolidated libraries/senior centers. And the Karns/Hardin Valley area could be covered by an expanded center, perhaps built in conjunction with the town of Farragut.

Rogero leverages business support Knoxville businesses are helping spruce up downtown. Wolf Tree Inc. has adopted the trees on Market Square and is trimming the sawtooth oaks. Rogero L&M Ornamental Iron Company fabricated low iron fences to protect trees on the paved portion of Market Square. Landscape architects Carol R. Johnson Associates assisted with the renovation of Market Squareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planters, and Flowerwood Nurseryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tom Smith donated more than $1,200 in roses and liriope. Rainbird Irrigation provided components and helped install a new drip irrigation system for the planters.

A-4 â&#x20AC;˘ SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ SHOPPER-NEWS

Virtual Academy is needed, says sponsor Despite criticism, Brooks remains sold on virtual education By Betty Bean

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Amy Broyles will again grab the lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of debate time with her proposal to provide $500,000 to the Community Action Committee (CAC) toward transportation for seniors. Broyles and Barbara Monty, director of transportation for CAC, made a poor presentation at last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commission workshop. The discussion started when Burchett sliced from the budget a $25,000 grant to KAT to enable seniors to ride free. Broyles fought unsuccessfully to have the cut restored. Now that a surplus has been â&#x20AC;&#x153;discovered,â&#x20AC;? sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back. But instead of $25,000, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s asking for $500,000 with $100,000 going to KAT for targeted seniors and the balance to CAC. Monty said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having to turn away 20 people a day is tough,â&#x20AC;? but 20 people a day is not much bang for 400,000 bucks. Brown asked how many of the seniors served live outside the city limits, and Monty estimated 65 percent. This is a specious argument, as 100 percent of them live in the county and pay county taxes. Anders argued against Broylesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; proposal, and then asked for $300,000 to design and plan his senior center. Broyles said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to support this, but wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be wonderful if (the seniors) had transportation to get there?â&#x20AC;? Dr. Richard Briggs interrupted a couple of times to ask, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is anyone keeping a running total of how much weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spent here today?â&#x20AC;?

GOSSIP AND LIES â&#x2013; Tim Burchett shrugged and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You may have heard that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting a divorce.â&#x20AC;? Folks at the Powell Republican Club laughed nervously. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m living in my sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basement,â&#x20AC;? said the mayor, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the finer basements in the county.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2013; By now, the Republicans were laughing with Burchett rather than at him. Buddy Burkhardt said his divorce â&#x20AC;&#x153;cured meâ&#x20AC;? of marriage. â&#x2013; Herman Meredith is sharp. When Burchett said the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debt is $1 billion, Meredith asked what it is without interest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;$620 million,â&#x20AC;? said Burchett. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was thinking $630 million,â&#x20AC;? said Meredith, a barber.

The Tennessee Virtual Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first year test scores are in, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not good. The cyberschool run by Union County landed in the bottom 11 percent statewide, and suddenly itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just Democrats criticizing TNVA. Even Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commissioner of education Kevin Huffman is publicly deploring the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance. State Rep. Harry Brooks says he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t taking it personally. Brooks, who serves on the House Education Committee, was the prime sponsor of the bill that created the online school. He says he worked on the concept for 10 years, at first teaming up with Rep. David Hawk

of Greeneville, whose bill Brooks used as the framework for the Virtual Public Schools Act, which passed in Harry Brooks May 2011 and authorized the online school. The controversial bill was approved by the Republican-dominated House on a party line vote and was signed into law so late in the summer that Union County officials had to scramble to hire teachers for the 2011-12 school year. The reason he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t upset by the criticism, Brooks says, is because he was involved with neither the selection of Union County to administer the cyberschool, nor of K13 Inc. to provide the curriculum or pay TNVAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teachers. For that, K12 collected more than $5 million Tennessee tax dollars

and paid Union County a 4 percent fee last school year. Brooks says he is not sure how either of the selections was made. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I have been doing, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing for 10 years. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Boom! I got this vision.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I spent a lot of time reading, went to a lot of conferences, did a lot of research, collected a lot of documents,â&#x20AC;? Brooks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I talked with folks in Chattanooga and upper East Tennessee about what they were doing.â&#x20AC;? An important step in his research was meeting and picking the brain of Putnam County Schools director Kathleen Airhart, now deputy commissioner of education for Tennessee. Airhart, who was last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennessee Superintendent of the Year, started a virtual education program in Putnam County in 2006 for students who had fallen behind and needed to pick up credits to graduate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What was missing was

to bring together these concepts where a system could do a school. Dr. Airhartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision was to do a cooperative with a number of (school districts) on the (Cumberland) Plateau,â&#x20AC;? Brooks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The piece that was missing was to create a school â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;building.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; In some regions it had to be brick and mortar. In others, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s totally virtual. We worked it out and combined elements and put together all of those pieces, worked with (local schools), and arrived at the conclusion that it would be managed by a school district.â&#x20AC;? One thing Brooks says he is sure of is the concept of online education, particularly for certain student populations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; like juveniles in state custody and medically or psychologically fragile children â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and he says if TNVA doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t perform academically, the state will step in and take it over, just like any other school.

New loves for Tipper and Al If you are wondering what has happened to former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, you need only go to www. nytimes.com and pull up an extensive article from Aug. 26 by Patrick Healy. Just type Al Gore into the search section.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interesting that the Tennessee media have not picked up on this lengthy article. The high points are that the Gores are not actually divorced, even though it was announced more than two years ago, but are very much separated. Tipper has moved to an Italian style villa in Montecito, Calif., overlooking the Pacific near Santa Barbara. She and the former vice president bought the house a year before they announced their separation. According to the article, each is seriously seeing other persons. Tipper is dating Bill Allen, 71, former editor of National Geographic and an avid photographer, as she is. She is selling her photography at select outlets. Al is dating Elizabeth Keadle, who lives near San Diego and is a major Democratic donor. She has been married twice before and is in her 50s. She also joins him in Nashville periodi-

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cally. Recently, they hosted a welcome to Nashville reception for noted author Jon Meacham, biographer of Andrew Jackson, who has a new biography on Thomas Jefferson coming out in November. He now lives in Nashville. Gore spends much of his time traveling the world for his businesses and environmental issues but home is in the affluent Belle Meade section of Nashville or a three bedroom, 2,800 square foot apartment at the St. Regis in New York City. Three of their four children currently reside in New York, too. The article indicates Goreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finances have improved considerably since he left the vice presidency as his current net worth exceeds $100 million. That could be one of the reasons that the divorce has not actually occurred as division of the finances may not have been resolved. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an easy task when there is $100 million involved. The attorneys will be happy, however. None of the Gores agreed to be interviewed for this article. â&#x2013; Former Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell will speak at 7 p.m. tonight (Sept. 24) at the Baker Center and the public is invited. Purcell is considered an effective and articulate advocative for urban issues. He now practices law in Nashville. He was House Majority Leader when the Democrats controlled the state House. You will be glad you attended if you do.

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ennessee approaches another chance to do something significant. Georgia is thought to be a superior team. That creates the possibility for an earth-shaking upset. Well, a mid-sized Southern shake. Playing at Georgia is almost always a worthy challenge. This is an OK rivalry, a relatively recent development, more snarky and snappish than bitter. Fortunately, t h e r e are landmarks. C on sider 19 68: After not playing for 34 years, the neighbors were to open at UT. Georgia was late learning about Tartan Turf and put up a gosh-awful fuss. The Bulldogs finally hushed and were up eight but became victims in a magnificent 17-17 tie. On the final play, Bubba Wyche heaved a touchdown pass to Gary Kreis. For an encore, Bubba threw a postgame twopoint conversion to Ken DeLong. Georgia couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe it. After days of film study, the Bulldogs decided there was no Kreis catch, that the ball touched plastic. Forty-four years later, Gary still smiles. 1969: Grudge game in Athens, big build-up and a radio guy made it worse by often interrupting programming to scream â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go you hairy dogs!â&#x20AC;? It rained. Georgia got an early field goal off a fumble but the pendulum swung. In a five-minute burst, the Vols got a touchdown, an interception and another touchdown. Curt Watson chewed up the grass between the famous hedges and gained 197 yards. 1973: Bill Battle faced a dilemma. Tennessee, leading by three with two minutes remaining, faced fourth and two at the UT 28. The Vols were fresh out of defense. Battle believed, if his team punted, the Bulldogs would surely win. The coach called for a fake punt. It became a disaster. Georgia won. 1980: The legend of Herschel Walker was born at Neyland Stadium. The freshman was entirely too young and inexperienced to play in the first quarter of the opening game. He matured rapidly and soon ran smack over Bill Bates on a 16-yard TD run.

Career Night at Coldwell Banker Coldwell Banker Wallace & Wallace Realtors will host Career Night information sessions for those interested in real estate careers 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. Four Knox County locations will host these events, including Bearden Hill, 140 Major Reynolds Place; Farragut, 10815 Kingston Pike; North, 3009 Tazewell Pike; and West Town, 124 N. Winston Road. Info: Mike Pappas, 693-1111 or mpappas@cbww.com.

1992: Georgia was leading by four in the fourth quarter. Interim coach Phillip Fulmer recognized a crisis when he saw one, fourth down, 14 to go. Young quarterback Heath Shuler was confident he could make it. He patted Fulmer on the fanny and said leave it to me. An older receiver asked if Heath was sure about the play he had called. Shuler said it absolutely would be open.

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It was, to Ronald Davis for 16, first down, then a touchdown, great victory. Consider the 1990s: Tennessee won nine in a row, including Saturdays when James Stewart ripped off 211 yards and four touchdowns and Tee Martin ran for three scores and Leonard Scott returned a kickoff 100. Peyton Manning made a career of the Bulldogs: 88 of 119 for 1,063 yards and eight touchdowns. Jim Donnanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best team, 1997, yielded 628

yards, including a late TD pass. Instead of the customary postgame handshake, the upset Georgia coach showered Fulmer with profanity for running up the score. 2001: David Greene sparked a Bulldog comeback and hit a winner. Georgia announcer Larry Munson delivered an obnoxious summation: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just stepped on their face with a hobnail boot and broke t h e i r nose.â&#x20AC;? 2006: E r i k Ainge rallied the Vols from a 24-7 deficit against supposedly the best defense in the country. Tennessee scored 51, only the second such disaster ever in Athens. 2008: Tennessee netted 1 yard rushing and Georgia fans sang â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rocky Top, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 0 and 3 in the SEC.â&#x20AC;? Tennessee warms the rivalry by recruiting vigorously in Georgia. Both sides are waiting to see how Vince and Barbaraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boy does as Tennessee coach. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero. com.

Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor. â&#x20AC;Ś (Psalm 10: 1-2a NRSV) We had no choice; the guns were behind us, then they bring us to this sad place. Here there is not enough food. I am hungry now, as I am sitting here. Everybody has died. My man has gone and died, as have my daughters. They took my land away. The Lord has also gone, yes, I suppose he has also gone. (Maria Zotwana, quoted in Relocations: The Churchesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Report on Forced Removals, South African Council of Churches and the Southern African Bishopsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Conference, Johannesburg, 1984)

had dinner with my daughter Jordan in Atlanta last week, at a restaurant called Ten Degrees South. The cuisine is South African, which is a delightful fusion of Dutch, French, Portuguese, German and Malaysian cuisines, with Mediterranean influences. South African food is a sign of its countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history: the southern tip of Africa was the corner that the European explorers sailed around to get to Asia, a true crossroads of cultures. Supposedly, the restaurant is so-named because of the latitude of South Africa, but if that is the case, they are off by about 20 degrees (according to my globe). The food was delightful, unexpected, spicy, exotic. The conversation was in-

tense, real and honest (ah, the joys of having daughters who are real grown-ups!), and we lingered, talking over things that are too deep for phone conversations. The experience set me thinking about my love for South Africa, a place I may never see, and which Jordan is absolutely set on seeing. My friend Peter Storey, who was Bishop of the Methodist Church in South Africa during the dark days of apartheid and a prophet (one who tells Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own truth) in his own right, speaks passionately about the beauty of his homeland and its people. So when I came home from Atlanta, I reread â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cry, the Beloved Country,â&#x20AC;? Alan Patonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature book about a family torn

apart in South Africa, and then started in on John De Gruchyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cry Justice!,â&#x20AC;? a collection of prayers and meditations drawn from the pain of a people, interspersed with scripture readings from the Psalms and the Prophets. At the same time all of this is churning in my mind and soul, I am rehearsing with the Knoxville Choral Society a work the Society commissioned Knoxville composer John Purifoy to write, commemorating the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, another struggle spawned by color, class and injustice. The powerful, poignant work will be performed in November, near Veterans Day, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m telling you now: bring a handkerchief. Election Day draws near. Our own 21st century America has some big choices to make. Because the right to determine our own future was given to the American people by the blessing of God, and by men and women who sacrificed to make it possible, and who died to keep it, you should be informed, be involved and be prepared to exercise your right to vote your conscience. And may God never leave us!

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Falling in love with Kennebunkport I took one look at Kennebunkport, Maine, and fell in love. No, I won’t be moving there anytime soon. It’s not a cheap place to live. But it is a nice place to visit. The weather was perfect in early September, 75 during the day, 55 or 60 at night. Lobster is relatively cheap right now. You could buy a pound of steamed lobster for $4.99 in the grocery store or buy one for about $15 in the restaurants. Kennebunkport has been a popular summer tourist resort for more than a century, but I had never heard of it until the village made news during George H.W. Bush’s presidency. Bush 41’s maternal grandfather, George Herbert Walker, built a house on what is now called Walkers Point (it used to be known as Point Vesuvius). George H.W. and Barbara Bush have spent their summers here for years and now reside at Walkers Point year-round.

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Walkers Point, the Bush family’s longtime summer home. President George H.W. and Barbara Bush now live in Kennebunkport year-round.

Lobster is cheap in the state of Maine right now. A steamed lobster could be bought for $4.99/pound at the grocery store and was going for $15.99 in the restaurants. Photos by Jennifer Mabe During his presidency, the elder Bush hosted several world leaders at the residence, including Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev. His son George W. Bush hosted Vladimir Putin and Nicolas Sarkozy there while he was president. The locals have nothing but good things to say about Bush 41 and Barbara Bush. The couple like to eat at Mabel’s Lobster Claw and Barbara Bush often does her own errands. Bush 41 does not get out much anymore due to complications from a fall; he now uses a wheelchair. We stayed at the Rhumb Line Resort in Kennebunkport, quite affordable after Labor Day. It is conveniently located within a mile or so of town. The concierge recommended we visit Cape Porpoise, a working fishing harbor that also boasts one of the most beauti-

ful beaches in Maine. It is one of the few sandy beaches in the state but the water only warms to about 67 degrees even in summertime. One of Maine’s slogans is “The Way Life Should Be.” Eating lobster and enjoying the remains of the day while the wind blew in from the harbor, it was difficult not to agree. It was also hard to leave. My only complaint is that several things we wanted to do (lobster boat tour, whale watching) were only available a couple of days a week after Labor Day. Still, it was worth it to skip the crowds and enjoy not only a cheaper rate at the hotel, but also room to breathe. Looking for a quiet, picturesque vacation next year? Head Down East. And don’t miss Kennebunkport.

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Muscle Car Ministries By Theresa Edwards Robin Beebe asks the children their names then says the names back to them. Her accent brought a round of giggles. The child on the left is carrying a popular edible root called cassava on her head. Photos submitted

Gone to Ghana By Cindy Taylor In 2011 a Knoxville couple adopted a child from Ghana. In 2012 they felt God’s call to go back. Not just for a brief visit, but to spend at least two years of their lives. Reid and Robin Beebe sold most of what they owned to raise money for their new life as missionaries in Ghana, a nation in West Africa. In June they took their four birth sons and their adopted Ghanaian son across the ocean to start that life in Mataheko, which is on the corner of Afienya and Tema. While that may look simple enough in print, the reality has been anything but easy. Much of it, however, has been heartbreaking. “God began leading us to Ghana in 1998 when Reid came on a mission trip,” said Robin. “We returned in 2005 and 2010. During the trip in 2010 our hearts were enlightened to the plight of the orphans. God continued to move on our hearts and lead our family to come here to serve.” The family set out with a plan to, at the very least, bring sanitation education, medication and food to families who would receive their help, and hopes that they could share the gospel of forgiveness and redemption through Christ with those they encountered. What they found was starvation, a dire shortage of clean water, large families living in a single room, idol worship and fear. The following is one of many stories (a portion told in Robin’s words) of how God is using their presence to not only bless the people of Ghana, but also the seven members of the Beebe family as well – parents Reid and Robin, and sons Mason, 15; Franklin, 14; Weston, 12; Braden, 8; and 4-year-old adopted son Godwin. Every month, Feeding the Orphans provides food for two families in Chorkor, a salt mine community 30 miles from our house. One of our jobs is to deliver food and check on the families. To travel to one house we walked down a long path encompassed by water. A group

The Beebe family: Franklin, 14; Braden, 8; Reid; Robin; Mason, 15; Godwin, 4; and Weston, 12. of children passed us. The oldest girl looked about 13 and had a baby tied to her back. There were six more children with her. Down the road we met three crying children with no adult near them. God quickened my heart, and said, “Stop. Check on these children.” The children are scared and in filthy, torn clothes that don’t fit. Three tearstained faces look at us with fearful eyes; afraid of us because white people are not common here. They are with the first group we passed. In communicating with the oldest we learn there is no food at their house. The older children are expected to go without so the smallest ones can eat. All live with their grandmother. In my heart, I cry, “Oh, God, what do you want us to do?” “Care for them,” He answers. We ask the children to wait for us while we finish our food delivery. When we return the children take us to their house to meet their grandmother. The inside of the dark, cold hovel is no more than 12 feet by 12 feet and 12 people live in the room. My heart grieves as I take it all in – a foam mattress on the bare floor, a few belongings in one corner, and one metal bowl and spoon. There are no more clothes. There is no food. They are struggling simply to survive. I prayed, “Lord, what do we do? We don’t have money to buy a lot of food.” “Feed them,” He answers. The Beebe family is completely funded by support from people here in the states. They have no means to earn additional money in Ghana. Even so,

Villagers carry containers for miles to draw enough water for each day. Robin and her family made the walk back to town and purchased a month’s supply of groceries, then carried the cases back to the very grateful family who had never seen so much food. “There was so much need all around me it hurt,” said Robin. “I expressed to God that the need was so vast we couldn’t possibly meet it all. As soon as I prayed, He answered, “I don’t expect you to meet it all. You are to respond to the needs I place in front of you. That’s all.” Within a few days Robin’s parents called to say a Sunday school class at Inskip Baptist Church was sending a donation. The amount was almost the full price the Beebe’s spent for the groceries. The class is made up of grandmothers. Their money gave a grandmother in Ghana enough food to feed her children for one month. “God is not overwhelmed. God is not deaf to the cries of the hungry. God is not blind to His children,” said Robin. “On this day He invited us to participate in something He orchestrated and directed. What an honor. I pray I’m always aware of His voice and walking out a life of faith, not worry.”

WORSHIP NOTES Community Services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will begin a new series of DivorceCare meetings 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the church library. Info: 6901060 or wwwbeaverridgeumc. org. ■ Concord UMC’s Caregiver Support Group, affiliated with Alzheimer’s Tennessee Inc., meets 10-11:30 a.m. each first Tuesday in Room 226 at the church, 11020 Roane Drive. Anyone in the community who gives care to an elderly individual is invited.

Refreshments will be served. Info: 675-2835. ■ Catholic Charities now offers counseling for those with emotional issues who may not be physically able to come to the office for therapy. Licensed professionals are available over the phone, and the first session is free. Subsequent sessions are provided on an income-based sliding scale. All information is completely confidential. Call 1-877-7906369. Nonemergency calls only. Info: www.ccetn.org. ■ Bookwalter United Methodist Church offers One Harvest Food Ministries to the community. Info and menu:

http://bookwalter-umc.org/ oneharvest/index.html or 6893349, 9 a.m.-noon. weekdays. ■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central Ave. Pike, is accepting appointments for the John 5 Food Pantry. Call 9382611 or leave a message; your call will be returned.

Fundraisers and sales ■ Dante Baptist Church is seeking vendors for its craft fair, to be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at the church. Info: Vivian Baker, 938-1378 or 382-3715.

Muscle Car Ministries led by Jamie “Pastor J” Ellis is “spreading the Word of God the fastest way we know how.” They have given out 1,000 New Testament Bibles this past year and raised funds with their recent car show at Lance Cunningham Ford to purchase 1,500 additional Bibles to distribute. They also raised $200 to donate to a local horse shelter. “Bringing a fun atmosphere to a car dealership Jamie Estes is known as “Pastor J” of Muscle Car Ministries. is important to us and we He drives a 2007 Stage 3 Roush Mustang. Photo by T. Edwards of are so grateful they have TEPHOTOS.com allowed us to be a part of Muscle Car Ministries,” They also participated in said Internet manager the car show at the Karns Greg Benson. “Jamie Estes fair where they distributed and Muscle Car Ministries free Bibles. Estes is an ordained are the best bunch of people I’ve ever been around.” minister, licensed with the “If it wasn’t for Jamie, Southern Baptist Conventhis event wouldn’t have tion. He earned his bachbeen nearly the level it elor’s degree in industrial was. He spends countless engineering at East Tenhours networking with nessee State University people, bringing them to and his master’s degree these events. We really in ministry at Covington want to thank him, be- Theology Seminary in cause he really cares,” said Rossville, Ga. David Lopata is a partLance Cunningham. The dealership moved ner in the ministry. “We their cars to make room needed to find a way to for 87 cars brought to par- share Christ through our ticipate in the show. “The cars,” Estes said. “That is weather was perfect, and how we started out.” The next local car show Leonard Wolfenbarger wins we were excited about it,” is at Ray Varner Ford in “Best in Show” with his black Cunningham said. Estes says thanks to Clinton on Saturday, Oct. 1950 Ford 2-door Custom Seeveryone who came out to 20. They also enjoy going dan. to Bristol Motor Speedway. make the show a success. Previously, the ministry was “Mustang Ministries,” but changed their name this year to “Muscle Car Ministries.” “We had close friends who drove Camaros and didn’t want to leave them Direct Cremation, $1,188.24 out. So we changed our Basic Services $480 • Crematory Fee $250 name,” Estes said. “Brand Transfer Of Remains $395 • County Permit $25 Alternative Container $35 • Tax On Container $3.24 loyalty is a big thing.” Many of their Mustangs were in the July Karns parade behind the Corvettes. 3511 W. Emory Rd., Powell, TN

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Farragut Intermediate School’s PTA held its annual membership drive this month with one class in each grade taking first place as top seller. Top selling classes not only won a frozen yogurt party from Menchie’s, but they also sold enough to win a gift certificate for their teacher and one other person to dine at Aubrey’s. Pictured at Nicole Thorley’s 5th grade party are buddies George Evans, Hector Gonzalez and David Ridenour who waited until all of their classmates had been served before digging into their yogurt. Photos by S. Barrett

Farragut Intermediate School 5th graders Cody Boudreaux, Ben Darden and Lexi Barnes enjoy chocolate frozen yogurt during the reward party in Nicole Thorley’s class. According to PTA Farragut Intermediate School 4th grader Nylah Potts and membership chair Laura Austin, the money raised by the stu5th grader Brenna Bocik display their loot buckets after tak- dents will help purchase whatever the school may need that ing top individual honors in the school’s PTA membership isn’t supplied by the county. In addition to Thorley’s 5th grade drive. Not pictured is 5th grade winner Marianna Simmins class, other top sellers who won a frozen yogurt party were Karen Ratner’s 3rd graders and Casey Robison’s 4th graders. who tied with Brenna.

Wheel of fortune Farragut Intermediate School 5th grader Madison Justice spun the wheel of prizes during lunch last week and won $20. Students who sell coupon books to raise money for the school are eligible to spin the wheel. When asked what she would do with the money, Madison said “save it.” Photo by

McTeachers’ Night McDonald’s restaurant in Farragut hosted “McTeachers’ Night” recently for teachers at Farragut Intermediate School. Teachers who worked serving food raised $600, which will be used for classroom supplies. Pictured at the event are FIS 3rd grade teachers Karen Ratner, Bobi King and Russell Story. The next McTeachers’ Night will be held at the same location for Farragut Primary School 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25.

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A.L. Lotts Elementary School 3rd grade teacher Amy Henderson brought her 2-year-old daughter Ella (above) to American Hero Night. Ella was fascinated by the Northern Pine snake brought to the event by Norris Dam State Park ranger Mike Scott.

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Hat Day for the Girls’ League Farragut Middle School 7th grader Laura Whaley snazzed up a hat to wear last week during Hat Day. The event is the main fundraiser for the Girls’ League, a club that meets monthly to “build the social and emotional strength of young women,” according to the school’s website. Laura is a member of the club and said she had her friends tape a sign to her back early in the week to advertise the fundraiser. Students could wear a hat for the day if they donated $1 to the club. Photo by S. Barrett

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SCHOOL NOTES Farragut Primary ■ The school’s 20th annual fall festival will be held 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. Info: Email Marshanda Pinchok at fallfestival@fpspta.org.

Rural/Metro paramedic Charlie Evans talks to Alex Nichols, 2, and his dad, David Nichols, during a tour of an ambulance at A.L. Lotts Elementary’s American Hero Night. The event followed a PTA meeting at the school and gave students and their families a chance to see local heroes including fire fighters, park rangers and even therapy dogs. Alex’s older sister Katie is in kindergarten at the school.

Greenway School ■ Visitors’ open house will be held 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7.

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SHOPPER-NEWS • SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 • A-9

Shopper-News Presents Miracle Makers

Relationships key to Par tners in Education

By Jake Mabe

sked to describe Knox County Schools’ Partners in Education program in 10 words or so, Scott Bacon smiles and quotes retired educator Reuben Hunter. “Reuben used to say it’s the community coming into the schools and schools going out into the community. And that’s pretty much it,” Bacon says. “We have programs for just about anybody to connect with schools. Most of them are fundraisers in nature, but some of them are not. “Knox County Schools is so large. We serve about 57,000 students at 80-some locations and that can be overwhelming. Partners in Education brings that elephant down into bite-sized chunks. It could even be that a business or individual wants to help a single classroom.” Mary Kerr and Scott Bacon of Knox Partners in Education grew County Schools’ Partners in Education. Photo by Jake Mabe out of the old Adopt-A-School program. Its most visible project is the popular Knox County Schools Coupon Book sale, which ends today (Monday, Sept. 24). says. “That’s the type thing you hope, One book costs $10, of which $7.90 that young people see things that eistays at the selling school. Seventyther confirm their belief in (a career)., two cents is redistributed to schools or they may come away and say, “No with greater economic needs, 13 cents way do I want to be in that career!’ pays for K-12 e-book subscriptions for And that’s OK. Better then than when all KCS libraries, 7 cents goes toward they are 21 or 22 and have a few years the PIE Schooled for Success two-day of college invested toward a career.” internships, 63 cents pays printing exSometimes individuals want to penses and 55 cents goes toward adhelp a specific school. For example, ministrative expenses and incentives. Randy Boyd, CEO of PetSafe and Last year, 156,175 books were sold, founder of Radio Systems Corporawhich netted $1,382,148.75 for the tion, donated interactive technology school system. equipment to New Hopewell ElemenPIE sponsors the Schooled for Suctary, which he attended, and also cess career awareness program at the bought iPads for each student at the beginning of summer in which stunew L&N STEM Academy. dents spend two days interning at a “That’s an example of a guy who business of interest. Bacon says he will grew up in his school system and wantnever forget Amber Miller, who ined to reinvest in it.” terned at WATE-TV with longtime PIE PIE also helps secure donations to supporter Bill Evans as an 8th grader, the Teacher Supply Depot, a collecworked at the station on weekends tion center and warehouse of new and during college and eventually came used materials donated by businesses back to work at WATE after workand individuals that are distributed to ing as a reporter in the Tri-Cities. Bateachers and teachers’ assistants free con’s niece Emily Flanigan interned of charge at least four times per school at Baptist Hospital through the proyear. Roughly $2.5 million in items gram, earned a degree in nursing from have been distributed since the depot Carson-Newman and now works for a opened in 2001. doctor in Knoxville. “I’m really thankful the PTA brought the idea to Knox County,” “I’m sure there are more,” Bacon

Bacon says. “It solved a lot of issues for us. We didn’t have a storage area. It serves roughly about 1,000 teachers each year.” “And the really good thing about the depot,” says Mary Kerr, who also works in PIE, “is that teachers get something different every time because we never know exactly who is going to give a donation.” Civic organizations are also integral donors. Bacon says the West Knox Rotary Club, for example, buys dictionaries for every KCS 3rd grader every year. One of the most popular PIE fundraisers is Dine Out for Education, a one-day annual event in which participating restaurants donate 10 percent of that day’s pre-tax earnings to Knox County Schools. Bacon says that roughly $18,000 to $20,000 is raised each year from roughly 40 restaurants. “It’s grown into something people look forward to and anticipate,” Bacon says. “Schools are beginning to have events catered for themselves from participating restaurants. The proceeds in part help fund the K-12 Teacher of the Year banquet, which was long overdue and needed to happen years ago.”

PIE also sponsors an 8th-grade career fair each February, which is now held at the Knoxville Expo Center. “That helps us attract businesses who might not work with us otherwise and we don’t charge them a penny. It showcases industries and career trends and the colleges, universities, trade schools and even the high schools participate.” The Principal for a Day program, in which local business and civic leaders spend a half-day at a school, has brought tremendous benefits. “Knoxville’s Project GRAD grew out of Principal for a Day,” Bacon says. “This year, all area Walgreens store managers will participate and there’s no doubt in my mind that will pay dividends for kids.” Kerr says that several partners continue working with PIE or with individual schools even if they change jobs. “The best part of the job is meeting great people who want to do great things for the schools,” she says. “Relationships are the key, there’s no doubt about that.” For more information about PIE, call Scott Bacon at 594-1909 or contact an individual school if you’re interested in working directly with one.

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B&W Y-12 gives to children’s museum B&W Y-12, a limited liability enterprise of The Babcock and Wilcox Company and Bechtel National Inc, has donated $15,000 to the Children’s Museum in Oak Ridge. The money will be used to turn the museum’s current space exhibit into a “rocket room,” taking children on an imaginary trip to Mars. An existing model rocket at the museum will be refurbished and new interactive activities will be available for preschoolers and early grade school students. The Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. will also donate excess NASA equipment including control panels and satellites to the rocket room. “B&W Y-12 wants to ensure that the Children’s Museum remains a vital asset in the community by supporting it with financial investments, as well as having our employees volunteer on a regular basis to ensure regular upgrades to the facilities,” said Chris Clark of B&W Y-12’s strategic program development, who is also a current museum board member.

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Hannah Liske, Ronald McDonald and Landon Lutterman pretend to ride bicycles at the “healthy choices and staying active” assembly for 3rd graders at Farragut Intermediate School.

Brandon Gray demonstrates a dance move. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Staying active By Theresa Edwards “Find something you like to do, then make it fun,” Ronald McDonald told the 3rd graders at Farragut Intermediate School during a special “healthy choices and staying active” assembly. “Everyone is different,” he said. There are a variety of

choices on ways to stay active – biking, swimming, juggling, playing soccer, playing basketball. Even teachers stay active, walking. The students had fun, especially when Ronald McDonald brought out a huge inflatable cube for everyone to volley around the Griffin Vose volunteers to help auditorium. Ronald McDonald.

Hardin Valley Grandparents Day

The Central High Bobcat Band will host an alumni reception 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, in the band room. Former band members are invited to join in a dinner reception and time to share stories and photos from their time as a Bobcat. Kickoff for the homecoming game will be at 7:30 p.m. and the alumni band will play the national anthem during the pregame festivities and perform in the stands. Rehearsal for the event will be 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4. RSVP to Lisa Burden, 689-1423 or Lisa.burden@ knoxschools.org by Friday, Sept. 28.

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Hardin Valley Elementary 5th grade friends and families having lunch together are: (front) Kaitlyn Feltz, Tonya Feltz; (middle row) Kiersten Dutrow, Katie Dutrow; (back) Lori Dutrow and Dave Dutrow. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

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Kitten Adoption Fairs every weekend! Grayson McCormick (center) sits with grandparents Jeff and Martha MacCabe.

■ Rule High classes of 1939-91 sports reunion, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct. 27, Kerbela Temple, 315 Mimosa Drive. Cost is $10. Deadline: Oct. 17. Mail check to Doyle Human, 7101 Oak Meade Road., Powell, TN 37849. Info: 687-2816. ■ Graham family reunion, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, in the recreation hall at Big Ridge State Park. Lunch at 1 p.m. Bring family photos and favorite dish with recipe to share.

The Knox County Council PTA will hold its first general meeting 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Teacher Supply Depot, 709 N. Cedar Bluff Road. The event will give local PTA units a chance to network and ask questions of Knox County Council leaders, school board members and school personnel. Info: Call Lisa Wilkerson at 680-1965 or email mamabearto2@gmail.com.

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■ Gibbs High Class of 1992, Saturday, Sept. 22, at The Crown and Goose. Cost is $32.50. RSVP to Stephen Kennedy, 708-372-0927 or skennedy40@yahoo.com.

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Dad Chris Carter with Sophomore Class Dad Tom Squires stands with Farragut High School Homecoming Queen Megan Squires. Photos by Justin Acuff. Homecoming Princess Chanan Carter.

Parade of princesses:

Dad Jeff Houser and Freshman Class Homecoming Princess Brooke Houser.

Farragut Homecoming Court dresses up field at halftime

Dad Bill Waibel and Junior Class Homecoming Princess Tess Waibel.

Farragut High School celebrated a big Spirit Week on Sept. 10-14 in preparation for the annual football homecoming. While the game against the West Rebels didn’t turn out as the Admirals had hoped, festivities leading up to the game showed an abundance of Admiral spirit. New this year was America Day on Tuesday, replacing the traditional Decade Day. The emphasis on redwhite-and-blue was chosen to honor American troops and because the Spirit Week day fell on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Other themes were PJ Day, Twin Day, Movie Character Day and Admiral Day. The FHS Homecoming Court

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took the field at halftime. As is tradition, class princesses were escorted by their fathers. The Homecoming Court for 2012: FHS Homecoming Queen – Megan Squires, daughter of Tom and Tegwin Squires FHS Senior Class Princess – Savannah Alfont, daughter of Kevin and Suzan Alfont FHS Junior Class Princess – Tess Waibel, daughter of Bill and Rene Waibel FHS Sophomore Class Princess – Chanan Carter, daughter of Chris and Jan Carter FHS Freshman Class Princess – Brooke Houser, daughter of Jeff and Barbara Houser

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Sweet Frog opens in Turkey Creek Janice Dudley, Sweet Frog mascot Cookie, and Jim Dudley cut the ribbon for Sweet Frog Yogurt in Turkey Creek. The frozen yogurt shop offers healthy, delicious soft-serve yogurt in a variety of flavors with lots of toppings to choose from. Info: 288-4242 or www. sweetfrogyogurt.com. Photo by J. Brannon

Ribbon cutting at Synergy Staff members and guests cut the ribbon at Synergy Auto Wash, which offers express hand wash and dry. Pictured are: (front) Jolene Davis, Stephanie Sardano; (middle row) Tony Langenderfer, Julie Predny of the Farragut West Knox Chamber, Robert Arden, Joe Vincil, owner Brian Davis, Matt Robertson, Timmy Davis, Spencer Leon, Tommy Carey, Jimmy Stewart; (back) Carl Saffel, Chase Hicks, Jeffrey Wollenslegal, Danielle Esslinger, James Norman, Harry Cadmus and Misael Lopez. The business is located at 10500 Kingston Pike between Pellissippi Parkway and Lovell Road. Info: 297-3403, www.synergyautowash.com. Photo by J. Brannon

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FARRAGUT LIBRARY EVENTS The Farragut Branch Library is located at 417 N. Campbell Station Road. A parent or guardian must accompany each child, except for older preschool, during Storytime and events. Info: 777-1750. ■ Monday, Sept. 24, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5. ■ Tuesday, Sept. 25, 10:30 a.m., Older Preschool Storytime for ages 4-6. ■ Wednesday, Sept. 26, 10:30 a.m., Baby Bookworms for infants to age 2. ■ Thursday, Sept. 27, 10:30 a.m., Toddler Storytime for ages 2-3. Friday, Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5.

THROUGH WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3 Harold Winslow art exhibit A collection of 50 of African-American artist Harold Winslow’s works will be shown at a special traveling art exhibit hosted by Pellissippi State Community College and the Tennessee Consortium for International Studies through Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the gallery of the Bagwell Center for Media and Art at the college, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. The exhibit is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Winslow was born in 1918 in Dayton, Ohio, and moved to Mexico in 1940 hoping to escape racism. He lived and worked in Mexico until his death in 2001 at age 83. He studied under such notable artists as Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, watercolorist Pastor Velasquez and muralist Alfredo Zalce. His work includes paintings, murals and illustrations.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, THROUGH OCTOBER Arts Council features Sherby Jones The Town of Farragut Arts Council will present Sherby Jones as the featured artist for September and October, displaying her work in specially designed cases on the second floor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. A University of Tennessee graduate with a diverse background in theater and education, Jones previously owned the Mountain Laurel Gallery, first at the Candy Factory and later at Candoro Marble Museum. Her angel was chosen to top First Lady Hillary Clinton’s Blue Room Christmas tree at the White House in 1993. The town hall is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. For more info, visit www.townoffarragut.org (Departments, Parks & Leisure Services, Arts & Culture).

SATURDAYS, THROUGH OCTOBER Food, crafts at Dixie Lee Market From 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday through Oct. 29, the Dixie Lee Farmers Market is open with fresh, locally grown produce and handmade crafts. The market is at Renaissance in Farragut, 12740 Kingston Pike. Local farmers and Tennessee artisans provide the products for the market. In season, offerings include peaches, berries, grapes, melons, apples, tomatoes, peppers, beans, corn, greens and a host of other fruits and vegetables, plus grass-fed meats, honey, potted plants, fresh-cut flowers, herbs and cheeses. There are also baked goods and crafts by local artisans.

THROUGH FRIDAY, NOV. 16 Tennessee Basketball exhibit The Farragut Folklife Museum will host the exhibit “Pride and Traditions of Tennessee Basketball” Monday through Friday through Nov. 16, at the museum, housed in the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. The exhibit features items from the personal collection of Knox County Commissioner R. Larry Smith and includes vintage uniforms and shoes, championship memorabilia, and programs, pictures and pamphlets spanning the entire history of the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team. Smith will give a free lecture at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

4, discussing the history of UT basketball and sharing player stories and interviews.Museum hours are 10 a.m.4:30 p.m. Admission is free.

MONDAY, SEPT. 24 Rose & Kaplin on Tennessee Shines Kristi Rose and Fats Kaplin will perform at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, at the WDVX studio at the Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. The performance will be broadcast on the Tennessee Shines Radio Show on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Wife/husband duo Rose and Kaplin have created a highly eclectic musical genre known as Pulp Country, introduced on their 1999 classic “This is Pulp Country!” The sound is rooted in her smoky-sweet voice and his multi-instrumental wizardry, honed as a lauded sideman for the likes of Nanci Griffith, Kieran Kane, Elvis Costello, Pure Prairie League and Tom Russell. For more info, visit http://pulpcountry.com. A limited number of tickets to be in the studio audience for the live show are $10 and are available at WDVX and at www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 25 Harry Potter in higher ed Jake Hamric will present “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Higher Education” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, in the Goins Building Auditorium at Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. The one-hour lecture will explore the connections between the famous fictional boy wizard and the state of higher education. J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” books are being used at academic institutions across the country to discuss and analyze issues such as morality, religion and politics, says Hamric, a liberal arts instructor at Pellissippi State. The lecture, sponsored by the Gnosis student club, is free and open to the public.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 27 ‘Eco Make & Take’ The Town of Farragut will offer an ‘Eco Make and Take’ workshop from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Registration and payment deadline is Monday, Sept. 24. Participants will be upcycling old things into new, so they should bring an old outfit, jewelry or household items, along with their imagination. Sarah Brobst is the instructor. Cost is $20. For more info and to register, call 865-966-7057.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28 ‘Frolic in the Foothills’ flower show District IV of the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs will present the “Frolic in the Foothills” flower show from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive. Exhibits in three divisions – design, horticulture and education – will be created by members from 42 garden clubs in the district. The show is free and open to the public. For more info, call 865-966-3781.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28 Cruisin’ for a Cause Cruisin’ for a Cause, a charity car show benefiting Special Spaces of Knoxville, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Cokesbury Center, 9915 Kingston Pike. The event will also include food, music and raffles. The entry fee for classic-car exhibitors is $20. Registration is available at www.crusinforacause.com. Admission is $2 per person or $5 per family. The cost includes one raffle ticket. Additional raffle tickets are available for $1.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28 ‘You’ve Got Mail’ on Square Knox County Public Library’s popular Movies on Market Square will present “You’ve Got Mail” (PG, 1998) on Friday, Sept. 28. The free event will begin with pre-show activities including pet tips and advice at 6:30 p.m. followed by the movie screening at dusk. Attendees should bring their own seating. Well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28 Jokeslingers at Palace The Jokeslingers Comedy Show will perform at 8 and 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at the Palace Theater, 113 W. Broadway, Maryville. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Advance tickets may be charged with Visa or Mastercard at 865-983-3330 or at Murlin’s Music World, 429 W. Broadway, Maryville.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 28-30 GreekFest at St. George The 33rd annual GreekFest will take place Friday through Sunday, Sept. 28-30, at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 4070 Kingston Pike. Hours are 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. There will be live Greek music and dancing, along with tours of the church and its Byzantine iconography, mosaics and stained-glass windows. Authentic Greek food and pastries will be available for purchase, both for on-site dining and take-home enjoyment. A Kids Korner will offer face painting, games, cookie decorating and more. There will be cooking demonstrations and an Agora where visitors may purchase authentic Greek wares such as clothing, ceramics, jewelry, books and icons. There is no parking at the church, but a free shuttle-bus service will run from Laurel Church of Christ on Kingston Pike and from the lower lot of Western Plaza, adjacent to the Ice Chalet. Additional parking is available at Second Presbyterian Church on Kingston Pike on Friday only and at West High School, 3326 Sutherland Ave., on Saturday and Sunday only. Admission is $2 for adults, free for children 12 and under. Weekend passes are available for $3. For more info, visit www.greekfesttn.com.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 29 Trunk auction for Good Samaritan A trunk auction benefiting the Good Samaritan Center of Loudon County will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, at First Presbyterian Church, 634 Martel Road, Lenoir City. Registration starts at 9 a.m. The auction begins at 10 a.m. Vehicles will be loaded with auction items, and each vehicle will be a “lot” to be auctioned. Only the auctioneer will know the complete list of items in each lot; a partial list of treasures will be advertised prior to the auction. Trunks will be opened when the lot is put on the auction block, and bidders will have a view of the contents. Due to size, some lots will be in truck beds. For more info, call Sheila Booe, 865-816-7499, or Connie Umbach, 988-6715.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 29 Ultimate Tailgate Party The Hearing and Speech Foundation’s sixth annual Ultimate Tailgate Party will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, in Neyland Stadium’s East Club Skybox. The event will be hosted by Erik Ainge, former University of Tennessee quarterback and current host with Tennessee Sports Radio. The fundraiser will take place while coach Derek Dooley and the UT Vols tackle the Bulldogs down in Georgia. A wall of TV screens will be available on which to watch the game with Ainge. Tickets are $100 each and include a buffet and two complimentary beverages. To purchase or for more info, contact 865-977-0981 or Amanda@handsf.org.

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NEWS FROM WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE

Webb Around the World:

Through its partnership with Rotary International, Webb School is hosting Rotary student Kawin (“Win”) Amaralikhit from Thailand. Win is studying at Webb for the 2012-2013 school year while living with host families. Gregor presented Win with a Spartan sweatshirt earlier this fall, making him an official “Webb School Spartan.”

A Schoolwide Multicultural Initiative

By Elizabeth Gregor, Webb Multicultural Coordinator

ebb School of Knoxville’s aspirations for our students extend well beyond simply preparing them for a successful college experience. The school is deeply committed to preparing our graduates to live in, and contribute to, a multicultural world community in their adult lives as well. And to accomplish that goal Webb invests considerable time and resources Gregor in fostering both a deep appreciation for the various cultures and languages of the world, and an underFor more than 16 years, Webb’s Middle School has partnered with La Escuela Americana (EA) in San Salvador. In the fall, students from standing of enlightened global citizenship EA live with Webb families, visit Webb School, and learn more about East Tennessee culture. In return, a Webb student and teacher and how the United States fits into an ingroup travels to El Salvador each spring. creasingly interconnected world. In support of those goals, Webb School constructed the Coleman-Lange Interthe school year. So far, we have hosted stu■ Prepares students to ■ Expects teachers and national Center (CLIC), which creates a dents from Ukraine, Switzerland, Slovakia, live and work in an increasingly administrators to model completely immersed international enviBrazil, Thailand and Turkey, and we have diverse and global society respect for all peoples and cultures ronment where target languages are sposent students to South Africa and India to ken in learning spaces that are designed work on service projects. In addition, two ■ Strives to create an ■ Educates and encourspecifically to reflect those target cultures, or three students from Guatemala study environment where differages parents to support and students regularly participate in culat Webb each fall through the Faces & Our ences are celebrated school initiatives that promote tural events and activities. Cultures program. global understanding Webb’s CLIC is part of the school’s ■ Develops a curriculum larger multicultural initiative, which recthat helps students recognize For Webb students, there is an abunognizes the value that diversity brings to “Webb invests how different cultures, traditions, dance of international study, service, and the total educational experience and the and religions may underlie views travel exchanges available in the Middle lives of those within our school commuconsiderable time and and values different to their own and Upper Schools. For example, over the nity. Webb’s multicultural initiative: last few years, the world has come to Webb resources in fostering both ■ Encourages participation through the Rotary International program. ■ Promotes and enhances We are proud to work with the Rotary multicultural opportunities on and in activities that foster learning a deep appreciation for Club of Farragut, which carefully selects an off campus (locally, nationally, and and service in the direction of international student to attend Webb for internationally) world understanding the various cultures and

languages of the world and an understanding of enlightened global citizenship … ” Apart from Rotary, international travel has been a constant in Webb’s commitment to developing global ambassadors. Webb’s World Languages department provides numerous opportunities for students to step out of their comfort zones and travel abroad, including: a student exchange program for Webb Middle Schoolers to El Salvador, a weeklong study and travel program for Spanish IV students to Costa Rica, and a two-week exchange program with a private school in Paris. In addition, teachers continue to lead trips abroad each summer to expose students to cultures different from their own. This past year, a large group of Webb students traveled to the United Kingdom and France, and Spain and This past summer, Webb Interact students travelled with Elizabeth Gregor to South Africa to volunteer in township schools and Italy. Next summer, a group is schedassist with Rotary projects. At the Rheenengal School in Knysna, students brought donated items like books, flashcards, pens, and uled to participate in the Amadeus Tour of Prague, Vienna and Budapest. insulated bags for children. (above) Webb’s Lizzie Johnson and Isabel Schaad teach children animal sounds using flashcards.

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Physical therapist Beth Graber studies data collected.

Sharon Monday, Parkwest’s Clinical Improvement and Regulatory Compliance Officer, served as consultant to the PUP Team. VHA’s Vanessa Gorena adds another item to the “Organizational Enablers” chart.

Blueprint for success Parkwest charts best course for bed sore prevention It’s almost ironic that something as simple as an infected bed sore could take down the Man of Steel. But that’s what was widely reported in 2004 when actor Christopher Reeve passed away, nine years after his paralyzing fall from a horse. While those reports about the man best known for his portrayal of Superman were apparently never confirmed, they did draw attention to just how serious bed sores – or pressure ulcers as they are more accurately known – can be. So when Parkwest Medical Center demonstrated unusual success at preventing these skin lesions that kill 60,000 Americans a year, the healthcare industry took notice. VHA Inc., a cooperative of 1,350 not-for-profit hospitals and 72,000 non-acute care providers, called Parkwest’s 15-month stretch without any Stage III or IV pressure ulcers “unheard of” and wanted to learn how the Knoxville hospital did it. Sending a team of clinical experts to meet with the hospital’s multidisciplinary Pressure Ulcer Prevention (PUP) Team on June 28, VHA set out to create an electronic “blueprint” of the clinical practices and social patterns that helped Parkwest successfully combat pressure ulcers. A tedious, lengthy process, the blueprint sought to map every step, every process, every success and failure along the way. As three VHA team members – Lynne Linder, Linda Tonge and Vanessa Gorena – made notes, asked questions and charted the process, PUP Team members retraced steps taken since the team’s formation in 2009. Adhesive stickers of every kind marked key processes and identified staff and triggers. “Ah ha!” moments (such as the decision to do a root cause analysis of every hospital-acquired pressure ucler) were marked with “light bulb” stickers. Color-coded sticky notes identified cultural factors such as quality, expectations and staff commitment. Several

Linda Tonge of VHA quizzes PUP Team about methods.

Melissa Theyken, a therapist in Parkwest’s wound care department, reviews steps collected during the VHA blueprint process.

Crystal Wilkerson, head of the PUP Team since its formation, says Parkwest’s success was patient-focused.

sheets ripped from an easel pad listed numerous “Organizational Enablers” that supported their efforts – enablers like the addition of certiﬁed wound care nurses to the staff, regular PUP Team brainstorming sessions and implementation of an Incontinence Care Protocol. Forms that were created to document and track processes were added to the blueprint mix as well. Five hours after the process began, almost one wall of the room was covered with a jumble of information, information that was carefully reviewed over the next several weeks, revised, reﬁned and translated into electronic form. Finally, on Aug. 29, the Parkwest blueprint was

posted to VHA’s member portal for sharing with others. “To go back to 2009, and look at everything unfold and the steps we went through, it was like ‘Wow!’” said Crystal Wilkerson, the nurse manager who has headed the PUP Team since its formation. “A lot of the things that we put into place are hardwired now, and we do ’em automatically without even thinking about them. We’ve made so much progress in ﬁve years that it felt really good to go back and look at everything we’ve done from the beginning. It’s really amazing what this team has accomplished. Our employees are the reason we’re getting this recognition.”

To those outside healthcare, preventing bed sores might seem to be an easy task – just turn the patient frequently. But in a world where every hospital bed is occupied by a patient with other, more pressing health issues, pressure ulcers can become a matter of life and death. “Pressure ulcers are hard to prevent because there are so many things that can contribute to them,” said Wilkerson, citing a range of factors that include patient age, incontinence, lack of mobility, loss of sensory perception, excessive moisture or dryness, medical conditions that affect circulation or mental awareness and even nutrition. Too, it’s easy to get a bed sore.

Chief Nursing Officer Diane Oliver applauds the PUP Team’s commitment.

Depending on several factors including weight and bed surface, they can develop quickly. One study found that tissue breakdown could begin in as little as four hours. It’s little wonder, then, that VHA cites research that shows 2.5 million patients are treated for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers each year in the U.S. When patients develop a pressure ulcer, their hospital stay increases by 13 days. That adds up quickly – $70,000 in extra treatment costs per ulcer in acutecare facilities. That’s a hefty chunk of change in today’s cost-conscious healthcare industry. In fact, the problem had grown so prevalent that, in 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) stopped reimbursing hospitals for all hospitalacquired injuries not present on admission. Yet, even prevention comes with its own price tag. Parkwest employs an arsenal of creams, foams, bedding, medical devices, cushions and other costly equipment in its prevention efforts. “We tried cheaper things that we wished would work, but didn’t. In many cases, we went with the more expensive solutions because it was best for the patient,” said Wilkerson. Wilkerson notes, too, that the PUP Team even includes the hospital’s vice president of support services – a testament to the notfor-proﬁt hospital’s commitment. “Getting everybody’s buy-in, everybody’s participation – from education to frontline nursing to ﬁnance – is what made this work,” said Wilkerson. “It was a team effort with everybody wanting what was best for the patient. When a patient comes to us for one thing but then develops something else, well, that’s something we never want to happen to a patient on our watch.” For more info on physician referral, call 374-PARK or visit TreatedWell.com.

Enterostomal therapist Scott Barnett and education coordinator Amanda Underwood make a point during the blueprinting process.

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‘Sit N Be Fit’ at Strang By Theresa Edwards Although it was raining, the seniors still came out for their “Sit N Be Fit” class at the Strang Senior Center, part of the bodyWORKS program offered by Covenant Health. “These classes are for those who can’t do cardio. The exercises are designed for low-activity seniors who may be using a walker or wheelchair. It is for those who sit but can still exercise and get a lot out of it,” said Lauren Monahan. Jaxon Byrd feeds giraffe Jumbe maple leaves at the Knoxville Zoo. Giraffes do not have teeth, so Jumbe wraps his blackish-purple 18-inch tongue around the leaves to pull them off the branch. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Giraffes up-close Seeing giraffes eye-toeye is an amazing experience, feeling their breath across your arm as you feed them. You can see their whiskers, blackishpurple tongue and ossicones (hair-covered horns) in clear detail, better than with binoculars.

phrey. “We’ve always been coming to the zoo together. It is a great mother-daughter experience. Today we came for the giraffes’ close encounter and to see the new lion enclosure. “I’ve been coming here 43 years, starting back when Old Diamond was the first elephant here,” Mary said. Grasslands keeper KateTheresa lyn Gregory photographed Edwards each visitor with the male giraffe, Jumbe. She also gave interesting facts about giraffes and the personWelcome to the close alities of those at the Knoxencounters adventure at ville Zoo. She said not to the Knoxville Zoo, of- touch Jumbe, because he is fered monthly from spring skittish. However, he is also through September. curious and came within an Two of the visitors were inch of my arm, examining Mary and Ashley Hum- either me or my camera.

“Giraffes eat about 95 percent of the day,” Gregory said. “That is why their tongues are blackish-purple – so they won’t get sunburned.” She warned everyone that giraffes wrap their tongues around the leaves and can pull quite hard. “Hold on tight to the branch,” she said. The female giraffes, Lucille and Patches, stayed in the background mostly, getting only a few of the leaves. A few of the visitors hand-fed apple slices to Jumbe. Other close encounters that day were the penguin party, behind-the-scenes and tortoise time with the giant Aldabra tortoises. Both were fed watermelon.

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The gift of good health is not free. But attention to the food in your pantry can result in fewer drugs in your medicine cabinet. Good food really does equal great medicine. Registered Dietitian Casey Peer is launching a four-part series called “CLEAN up your WHOLE plate” to explain the relationship between what we eat and good health. “The foods we eat today are fake,” says Casey. It’s not that some diabolical force set out to poison us. Instead, the push toward convenience foods has introduced chemicals and preservatives that the human body was never meant to digest. Casey says it’s as if our body speaks English only, and the foods we ingest are multilingual. This “misinformation”

can lead to conditions that set up inﬂammation, high blood pressure and diabetes. In some cases, it can result in cancer, heart disease and dementia. In all cases, it leads to an inability to lose weight. When we eat an apple or whole grain, that food speaks the same language as our body. But what happens when we take those natural foods to a factory? The foods are pulled apart and then reconstituted with additives to “enrich” and make them easier to prepare. Another part of the factory designs an attractive package, often with a label touting the health beneﬁts of the processed food. So when we walk through a grocery store, we’re bombarded with packages that shout for attention. And to make those foods last longer on the shelves, pre-

Feeling overwhelmed by all the mixed messages out there about food? Frustrated and just wanting to ﬁgure out what works for you? Every person’s body is unique. Each of us have a different biochemistry that determines how our bodies use food and what food we like and don’t like. Ultimately, our bodies are communicating with us all the time, and our job is to listen, identify what they’re asking for, and respond appropriately. We work with people who are sick and tired of feeling sick and tired - be that chronic headaches, digestive upset, low energy levels, extra weight, or generally not feeling good. Together, we’ll unravel the complexity around food, listen to your body’s signals, and give it what it needs to heal itself, shed pounds, and truly thrive!

servatives are added. To make the foods more attractive, the factory adds food coloring. Cereal marketing is a great example, says Casey. “Even with oats there is a hierarchy. The best choice is steel-cut oats. The less the food is processed, the better it is. Yet consumers are confused with competing packages claiming health beneﬁts. “Your body is an Englishspeaking factory, trying to process multilingual food products. “And fake foods don’t contain the nutrients our bodies need. Sometimes they are missing lots of nutrients.” So the “CLEAN up your WHOLE plate” series is designed to show how foods impact a person’s overall health. Each one-hour class will tackle a speciﬁc topic such as:

your plate

■ Chemical cuisine ■ Organics – produce and animal ■ Shopping strategies and food preparation ■ Trick or treat: what’s in your sweets “Don’t let this be overwhelming,” Casey said. “Take baby steps and before you know it, you’ve covered some ground. Over time you will see tremendous change.

You don’t want to look back three months from now and say, ‘If only I had started this three months ago.’ “We often sit around and complain about the same things. Just make a small change to move closer to the person you want to be. “Do something!” Classes start Sept. 26. Call 232-1414 to reserve a spot.

New boot camps forming Fat Blaster Boot Camps will start Wednesday, Oct. 10, with morning and evening sessions. The intense, 10-day adventure offers cardio, strength, sprinting and more – all in just 30 minutes. Participants will work at their strongest with the energy of the group. It’s easy, it’s fun and you will get the results you’ve been looking for. Call for details and to reserve a spot: 232-1414.

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