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Coffee break Darryl Smith knows where all the orange barrels can be found in the town of Farragut.

It is not that Darryl is an impatient man, charting his driving to avoid the barrels. Truth is, Darryl knows the location of the barrels because, as the town’s engineer, he’s partially responsible for putting them there!

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Miracle Maker Bus contractors for Knox County Schools log more than 4 million miles getting students to and from school each year. Last year the buses operated without an accident that required an overnight hospital stay.

Presiding over this controlled chaos is Dr. Rick Grubb, director of transportation and enrollment.

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Vols used to play in bowl games Just in case anyone has forgotten, Marvin West offers a few reminders of the days when UT’s football team used to play in bowl games.

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Farragut’s Navy Volunteers are the backbone of the town of Farragut, serving on committees and boards and working at many of the town’s activities. At Christmas, the town and the parks and leisure services department host an invitationonly holiday breakfast for volunteers to thank them for their hard work.

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By Betsy Pickle

Phil Zacheretti fell in love with movies as an 8-year-old in Detroit. He began falling in love with his wife, Tammie, as a high-school junior in western Kentucky.

And both love affairs continue to this day.

A 37-year veteran of the filmexhibition industry, Farragut resident Zacheretti will celebrate the 12th anniversary of his company, Phoenix Big Cinemas Management, in January.

“For me, the movie business has been a lifelong passion,” he says. “I’ve been very fortunate to pay the bills with it.”

He and his wife celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary on Saturday.

“Without her support and her hard work, I don’t know what I’d be doing or where I’d be doing it,” says Zacheretti.

The Zacherettis started what is now Phoenix Big Cinemas Management in 2001. He is president and chief operating officer; she is still “very involved” but prefers to focus on their young grandchildren.

Phoenix Big Cinemas primarily manages theaters that are owned by malls and shopping centers, operating theaters in 15 states from California to New York. The 20th largest theater circuit in North America, their only local operation is The Forge Cinemas at Walden’s Landing in Pigeon Forge.

Zacheretti has had the allAmerican journey, working his way up from usher to CEO. The movie bug bit when he was

Phil Zacheretti, surrounded by movie memorabilia, poses in his office at Phoenix Big Cinemas Management. Zacheretti, founder and president of the company, will celebrate its 12th anniversary in January. Photo by Betsy Pickle on a family outing to Greenfield Village, part of the Henry Ford museum complex in Detroit. He saw some Laurel and Hardy shorts being played on an old-time projector.

“I was just transfi xed,” Zacheretti recalls. “I stopped, I watched, I laughed. To this day, they’re my favorites.”

He started looking for old movies on TV, watching everything he could find. After his parents

Looking back on

2012

Business grows; residents remain quiet

By Suzanne Foree Neal There’s an old saying: You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

For the town of Farragut in 2012, there was plenty of “water” in opportunities for residents to voice their opinions on the future of the town, but very little “drinking” in participation.

Town officials spent 2012 trying to be much more transparent.

Public meetings were the order of the year, with ease of participation a key ingredient, as the town embraced encouraging participation in person and on the website.

There were a number of public meetings on the 15-year 2012 Strategic Plan, McFee Park Expansion Master Plan and a 2025 Comprehensive Land Use Plan.

Everything could be found on the town’s website, and residents could respond to ques-

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tions and surveys via computer.

Jeff Winston of Winston Associates, the Denver company charged with helping develop a land use plan, said only about one percent of the town’s residents took part in any of the targeted group or public meetings for the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. He admitted that, while disheartening, the participation was pretty much in line with what he sees across the country.

Commissioner Noah Myers said many efforts were made to get Farragut residents to turn out for the public meetings. “We even gave them milk and cookies!” he quipped. Mayor Ralph McGill mused that perhaps the nonresponse was because residents are happy with the direction the board is taking in developing the town’s future and therefore have little to say.

The mayor may have a point.

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moved the family to western Kentucky to run his grandparents’ country store, he mail-ordered Super 8 films that he projected onto a sheet on the wall at home.

“My dad says I charged people to come see them,” he says.

His passion grew to include movie memorabilia. Today, the walls of his office in Cedar Bluff are covered with autographed movie-magazine covers, posters and photos of himself and family

members with famous actors he’s met at exhibitor conventions.

Zacheretti was hired as an usher a few months before he turned 16. His parents had to drive him to work in town and then come pick him up, so there wasn’t much profit involved, but there was experience. After a year, he was promoted to assistant manager. He had met Tammie (their first date

Proposing a $500,000 expenditure for decorative lighting along Campbell Station Road brought a roar of disapproval. The $500,000 was to replace fairly new lights installed when the road was recently widened. After much criticism, the board tabled the idea. However, decorative lighting has been included on the front end for plans to widen Concord Road from Turkey Creek Road to Northshore Drive. As Assistant Town Administrator Gary Palmer noted, “We learned our lesson from Campbell Station.”

New businesses in the town were the bright spots for residents and town officials this year, with Costco Warehouse Club getting much applause and accolades. National chains setting up shop in Farragut also included Publix, Longhorn Steak House, Zaxby’s and Einstein Bagels locating within the town boundaries.

Ground has been broken for Krispy Kreme. Enterprise Rent-ACar is looking for a new location along Kingston Pike, and Myers Bros. Holdings is drawing up site plans for the town’s first four-story office building, which will be in front of Renaissance Center and probably have EdSouth as a major tenant. The Turkey Creek Public Market closed, but Garden Ridge, a home décor retail store, is going into the 163,000-square foot space sometime in 2013.

The town of Farragut put its money where its mouth was when it came to supporting schools that

serve its students, more than doubling what it gives each school this year to $22,000, plus $10,000 each to the Farragut High and Hardin Valley Academy foundations. Much of the credit for ratcheting up the money goes to the Farragut/Knox County Schools Joint Education Relations Committee that made more money for the schools its No. 1 goal for the year.

That committee also got the ball rolling on replacing the missing sign for Farragut Primary School and adding a much-needed section of sidewalk. The sign was a “retirement gift” to outgoing principal Julia Craze from Knox County Schools, arriving just 11 days before she boxed up her personal items and bid farewell. Actually, the money was paid to the school system a few years back by the Tennessee Department of Transportation and was lingering in the school’s coffers until a few phones calls dislodged it.

Knoxville Transit Authority’s express bus service from the town’s commuter lot on Campbell Station Road to downtown Knoxville came to a screeching halt when the Board of Mayor and Aldermen decided there just weren’t enough riders to justify the cost, cancelled funding and shifted the cash to the schools.

The service will officially end Jan. 31.

On a bright note to end the year, the town increased holiday lighting at Campbell Station Park by 10,000 bulbs. It was a beautiful holiday welcome to all who drove down one of the main thoroughfares into town.

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unique or interesting to everyone else? Obviously, both media are successful, but it sure seems like a waste of time to me.

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

The coolest gift I ever got was a birthday present from my wife. She secretly made arrangements for me to be away from work, packed the bags and booked a trip. I thought we were going to Nashville for the weekend. I knew something was up when she directed me to the airport, but I wasn’t allowed to know where we were going until we were at the gate. We wound up spending several days in Cabo, and everything about the trip was perfect.

Whale watching and snorkeling in the Sea of Cortez in January? Yeah, perfect.

Darryl Smith

Darryl Smith knows where all the orange barrels can be found in the town of Farragut.

It is not that Darryl is an impatient man, charting his driving to avoid the barrels. Truth is, Darryl knows the location of the barrels because he’s partially responsible for putting them there!

Darryl is the town of Farragut engineer, a position he has held since 2000. His main responsibilities are to oversee and manage the capital projects for the town, which include roads. A member of the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization, Darryl represents Farragut in seeking federal funding for road projects.

“TPO is where the federal funding is distributed for projects like the Campbell Station Road project,” explains Darryl. “Each jurisdiction in this area is represented.”

As town engineer, Darryl is one of six in the engineering department. Other responsibilities include managing any capital projects for the town, which sometimes includes parks. Keeping Darryl busy recently in the “roads” portion of his job are the Kingston Pike to Everett Road improvements.

“When I look back, I realize just how much growth the town has had over the past 12 years,” says Darryl. “Although I’ve been right here and part of it, when you drive down Kingston Pike and out into Farragut, it is still a surprise to see all the places that weren’t here a few years ago. I am also happy when I do that, because I think our road system is much better and much more developed now than it was in the 1990s.”

Darryl is married to Kim Cook, and the couple have three children and two grandchildren. Kim is the owner of Wear Else! on Northshore Drive and Wear Else! 2 in Powell. Both are new and resale clothing stores.

Sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Darryl Smith:

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

“Life isn’t fair.” That’s a tough thing for any kid to have to learn, but it’s true. Learn to face adversity, because it builds character.

What is your social media of choice?

Texting. My wife and I text back and forth fairly often.

It saves time, and we can get our point across without interrupting each other’s work.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

My grandfather’s old level. He was a carpenter, so I know he used it every day for a lot of years. It’s about 24 inches long, and weighs a ton because it’s made of steel (not aluminum). Now it sits on my work bench, in a wooden box he made to protect it. I use it occasionally, because not using it would be a sin.

What are you reading currently?

“A Time to Kill,” by John Grisham. It has been around quite a few years, and I’ve seen the movie. I didn’t read the book before, and I have to say – the book’s better.

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

I’ve not compiled a bucket list just yet, but I will probably include travel with my wife to the Greek Islands, France and Ireland, not necessarily in that order. I’m also thinking a pilot’s license would be awesome.

What is one word others often use to describe you ?

I hope it would be dependable.

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

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

Dead would be Ben Franklin. That guy was a hoot and way beyond his time. Living, I would choose Bill Clinton.

He doesn’t get much credit around here for his achievements, and that’s a shame.

“I’ll be takin’ these Huggies an’ whatever cash ya got…” from “Raising Arizona.” That movie is 25 years old, and it still cracks me up.

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

What are you guilty of?

I’m probably a little too slow and deliberate. That may not be true as much in my professional life, because we have deadlines, but at home, I believe in doing things “correctly, one time.” I know it drives my wife crazy, but the end result is typically a job well done.

What is your favorite material possession?

Without a doubt, my wife. She tends to “call it like she sees it,” which can sometimes be a refreshing change from my own style of watering down anything I have to say that might be considered critical.

I was a commercial tomato grower in the summer of 1978. Two friends and I (all three of us were 16) farmed just over 10,000 tomato plants along the Pigeon River southeast of Newport. We worked our tails off that summer, with big dreams of a huge payoff. Everything went well – even the County Agent told us we had the bestlooking crop he had seen that year.

But due to a fluke of timing with our fertilizers, our tomatoes ripened late, and we missed the opening of the market by about 3 weeks. In the tomato business, timing is everything. By the time our tomatoes were ready for market, the price had dropped to essentially nothing. All that work, and our only reward was a half million or so beautiful tomatoes with no value. It was definitely tough for us, but a terrific experience nevertheless.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?

“Looney Tunes.” Mel Blanc was a hero.

What irritates you?

Partisan politics. There are 535 folks in Congress that need to work together instead of pandering to the extremists in their parties, because the right answer is usually somewhere in the middle. For the last couple of years, I’m not sure those guys could agree on blue skies.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?

Little Joe’s Pizza, Kingston Pike at Watt Road! Best pizza on the planet.

What is your greatest fear?

Losing any of the folks I love.

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

I still can’t quite get the hang of …

Tough question. Probably buy a retirement home somewhere in the Caribbean. Jamaica’s very, very cool.

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Twitter and Facebook. I have a Facebook account, but I don’t do much with it. I know it makes me sound like a dinosaur, but do people really believe their thoughts are

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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Kylie Pearse joins her mother, Linda Pearse, at the breakfast honoring volunteers for the town of Farragut. Both are members of the Farragut Unsung Navy and serve on the FUN special events committee.

From 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Dec. 21, more than 120 volunteers came to enjoy a hot breakfast with friends and staff from the town of Farragut.

Holiday breakfast is a tasty thank-you members of the parks and leisure department. Lauren Cox, special events coordinator, and Sue Stuhl, director of parks and leisure services, were on eggduty early, cracking fresh eggs and scrambling them up with cheese. Only the biscuits and hash brown casserole were provided by Cracker Barrel.

Stuhl estimates that there are approximately 180 volunteers who serve on town Sherri committees and as memGardner bers of the Farragut Unsung Howell Navy. For the event, more than 120 came by to share breakfast and wish the town staff and each other happy FARRAGUT FACES holidays. The town has been doing some kind of volunIt is a labor of love, with teer appreciation event since the majority of the food 1991, and this is the fourth being prepared on-site by year for the breakfast.

Volunteers are the backbone of the town of Farragut, serving on committees and boards and working at many of the town’s activities. At Christmas, the town and the parks and leisure services department host an invitationonly holiday breakfast for volunteers to thank them for their hard work.

Sue Stuhl, director of parks and leisure services for the town of Farragut, keeps hot scrambled eggs coming for hungry guests at the Volunteer Holiday Breakfast, hosted by the town of Farragut.

Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

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Marianne McGill joins her husband, Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill, at the breakfast for those who serve the town in volunteer positions, including members of FUN – Farragut’s Unsung Navy.

Joyce Moran, Farragut Folklife Museum committee, and Lou LaMarche, museum committee and a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals, fill their coffee cups at the breakfast.

â– Farragut Rotary Club meets at noon each Wednesday at the Fox Den Country Club. â– 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. â– Memoir Writing Group meets 7 p.m. each second Thursday at Panera Bread, 733 Louisville Road.

Consistency could be the hallmark of the Gas and Plumbing/ Mechanical Volunteer Board for the town of Farragut. These three have each served on the board for more than 10 years.

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government New direction for city boards Mike Cherry begins his final year as executive director of the Knoxville Pension Board tomorrow where he will have worked 17 years upon retiring Dec. 31, 2013. He has been a talented, hard-working and dedicated employee who kept the city pension board moving well during turbulent financial times.

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He has not decided whether he and his wife will continue living in this area or move to another region.

The board’s personnel committee will meet after the regular Pension Board meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at 917 East Fifth Avenue. The committee consists of Jack Banks, representing the Fire Department; Greg Coker, representing the Police Department; and Michael Paseur, representing the Public Service Department.

The personnel committee will develop a search plan to pick a new executive director. The committee does not have a chair at this time.

Interestingly, city management is not represented on this committee, whose choice of the new executive director will be critical to the financial stability of the city. Mayor Rogero, who chairs the Pension Board, may decide to add her finance director or council member Finbarr Saunders to the personnel committee in order for it to reflect both management and employees.

Few people know much about how this board functions, but its impact on the finances of the city is immense.

Coliseum Board: Mayor Rogero is gliding easily toward having full control of the Public Assembly Facilities Board from which director Bob Polk retired this month. City Council voted unanimously on first reading Dec. 20 to abolish the current board, chaired for 20 years by Shirley Nash-Pitts.

It will be replaced by an advisory board, with no power beyond advice and lacking even the requirement that its members be city residents.

Nash-Pitts is clearly unhappy about the turn of events but will only say she was “surprised” on the record. She and Rogero do not see eye-to-eye on this and recently had a very direct and candid conversation. Nash-Pitts was a strong Polk supporter.

On the other hand, a logical argument can be made that this operation should fall under the mayor’s authority and not be governed by a separate board appointed overwhelmingly by City Council, the legislative branch of the city.

Council is giving up its authority here. The ordinance does provide the mayor may add other duties to the new director without seeking council approval.

Prior mayors attempted this and failed as council wanted to maintain control over Chilhowee Park and the Coliseum.

Dale Dunn is temporarily filling Polk’s position and reporting to Deputy Mayor Eddie Mannis, who now also serves on the Airport Authority Board as the mayor’s representative, replacing Earl Taylor who resigned. Mannis is rapidly expanding his duties and power into many different areas.

Should Mannis decide to run for mayor in 2019 (end of Rogero’s second term) these expanded duties will be positive talking points for him assuming he handles them well.

Mannis considered running in 2011 but backed Rogero instead.

Lakeshore: Discussions on the future of Lakeshore Park and its ultimate transfer to the city from the state are ongoing but apparently now will not be resolved before March.

The Rogero Administration is operating on close hold in terms of information. There are many significant issues involved in the transfer which have a financial impact on both the city and the state.

However, the transfer itself will be a huge win for the city’s park system and the people of Knoxville.

Knox school board to meet Knox County school board will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, in the Andrew Johnson Building boardroom. A preliminary workshop will begin at 5 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 7, also in the boardroom.

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Looking back, looking ahead McIntyre highlights schools’ goals

State of the Schools Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre will deliver his second annual State of the Schools report and address 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, at Powell High School, 2136 W. Emory Road. The event is open to the public. It will be streamed live at www. knoxschools.org and broadcast on WKCS-FM 91.1 radio.

By Jake Mabe 2012 has been, by and large, a good year for Knox County Schools.

TCAP scores are up.

TVAS scores (the value a teacher adds to student performance) are strong. ACT scores have increased. The high school graduation rate has inched above 90 percent. (You can view Knox County’s state report card at www.knoxschools.org.)

Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre says the numbers are the result of “a lot of intensive hard work by a lot of people over an extended period of time.”

He says he is particularly pleased that the ACT composite scores have increased along with graduation rates.

“That speaks volumes.

The rigor is still there. Students are graduating with a meaningful diploma.”

He says that’s doubly important in a struggling economy. Unemployment is hovering nationally around 7.7 percent, but McIntyre said that number jumps to 12.2 percent for those who do not have a high school diploma.

“Increasing high school graduation rates is one of the best economic development initiatives this community can possibly have.”

But as he looks to the New Year and beyond, McIntyre reiterates something he said during his first week on the job: keeping a sense of urgency.

“We’re a successful school system. But it’s not enough just to be solid. We know that ‘good enough’ is no longer good enough.”

McIntyre says he wants

Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre outlines his priorities for 2013 during a recent interview. Photo by Ruth White the school system’s budget for fiscal year 2014 to be reflective of its strategic plan, specifically in three primary areas.

The first is what McIntyre calls “critical educational initiatives.” He says he wants to continue investments made this year through an additional $7 million allocated to the school budget by County Commission, which was earmarked for early literacy initiatives, teacher support, professional development, interventions and magnet schools.

“I believe they are having a positive impact.”

The second area is ensuring a competitive compensation structure for educators, “building a proposal, both in base salary and a strategic compensation component. We’re making progress in continuing, creating and enhancing strategic compensation.”

The third area is enhancing personalized learning for students with the support of technology. McIntyre has long said that technology is a tool teachers can use “to support creative,

innovative instruction and differentiate and support students who are struggling or who need to be challenged.”

He says technology can also be used as a management system, “to allow teachers to provide educational activities and track where students are more quickly.”

Asked about the opposition by some to the school system’s sizable monetary investment in new technology that was proposed but not funded last spring, McIntyre says one future option might be to “start small, at 10 or 12 schools that really want to do it, (where) we can build the capacity to be able to do it well and (others) can see it in action. And when people see how well it can work, it will create a lot of interest and demand district-wide.”

McIntyre says the school system is in the fourth year of the five-year strategic plan, “Excellence for All Children,” that he crafted and the school board adopted in 2009. He says he wants to hear from everyone – students, teach-

ers, parents, community members, – as the next five year plan is developed and has already begun holding community forums seeking input. An integral part, he says, is “communicating with and hearing feedback from teachers, listening and responding to their needs.”

He notes that the new TEAM evaluation model created “a lot of uncertainty and anxiety” when it was implemented last year, but says his sense is that teachers are more comfortable with it this year.

“One, they’ve experienced it. Two, they’ve found it to be a productive way to improve” and that it isn’t designed to be punitive. “And they saw really good outcomes in student achievement.”

As he looks back on the school system’s achievements this past year, McIntyre praises classroom teachers and school administrators.

“They are doing great work. I’m so proud of what they do. It’s truly extraordinary and it’s getting great results.”

Winners and losers Our friend John Becker posed some interesting questions on WBIR-TV’s “Inside Tennessee” a couple of weeks back.

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Never shy about stealing a good idea, here’s my take on the biggest losers and winners of 2012 ... and a look ahead to 2013.

National winner: Barack Obama, who won re-election despite a soft economy.

National loser: Mitt Romney, who should have

won the presidency; or maybe he never had a chance. The conservatives say he wasn’t right-wing enough; the pragmatists say he went too far right in the primaries and never tacked back.

State winner: The National Rifle Association which booted lifetime NRA member Rep. Debra Maggart in the GOP primary because she supported a summer study of the NRAbacked “guns in parking lots” bill. Her name is now a verb, as in “to be maggartized.”

State loser: State Democratic Party chair Chip Forrester, who presided over the lowest ebb of party power in modern history.

Well, except perhaps when Doug Horne let Al Gore lose

Tennessee in 2000, throwing the presidency to George W. Bush.

Local winner: Madeline Rogero, who has proven her critics wrong while not alienating her supporters – a miraculous political feat anywhere.

Local loser: Jeff Ownby, who doesn’t own the integrity to resign from County Commission.

Looking ahead to 2013: National winner: Obama again, continuing to confound the fragmented Congressional GOP. National loser: John Boehner, who was embarrassed last week on the House floor and can’t seem to avoid crashing over the “fiscal cliff.”

State winner: Dave Hart, if Butch Jones figures

out how to win 6 games.

State loser: Dave Hart, if Butch Jones can’t win 6 games.

Local winner: Nick Pavlis, who moved to South Knoxville and got his quote on a T-shirt: “If we can put a man on the moon, we can make Chapman Highway safer.”

Local loser: John Duncan III, who is unlikely to keep his job as trustee.

Our wishes for 2013: May Tim Burchett find a mate ... or at least find Big Foot.

May Sheriff Jones finally get his safety center, a place to house the non-violent mentally ill.

May Maxine Raines’ lost sheep be found.

May the snow flakes keep missing Knoxville.

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Citizen leadership: Meet Farragut’s Board of Zoning Appeals

By Suzanne Foree Neal When you are a town of 20,000-plus people with an administrative staff of seven, it takes the goodwill and volunteer efforts of the whole community to keep things running smoothly.

In Farragut, volunteer committees help make that possible.

Most committees have no authority to enact policy, but they all carry a lot of influence in what happens in this community. Some are open only to town residents, but others may include members from outside the town.

This month, the Shopper-News is spotlighting the Board of Zoning Appeals, which has five members who each serve a five-year

term. Only town residents are eligible to serve on this committee. The main function of the BZA is to hear zoning and sign ordinance appeals, but lately the heavy items on the agendas have been setback issues.

Setbacks are the distance a building, structure or sign must be set back from a street, river, stream, sinkhole or flood plain, or any other place that the municipality has decided needs protection.

All five members responded to the question of what the primary issue facing the committee has been this year with “setbacks.”

Member Keith Alley said, “As the town of Farragut’s appeals body for zoning, sign and sinkhole ordinanc-

es, the issues that the Board of Zoning Appeals faces are varied and case specific.

As you might expect, most people take issues regarding their property rights seriously, and the BZA is no different in that respect.”

Alley said that sinkholes and sinkhole setbacks are a growing concern for residents. “I’ve come to realize that many areas of East Tennessee and our town are affected by sinkholes and sinkhole setbacks. As our town grows, and as landowners and developers look to fill empty lots, I think that it’s likely that the BZA will see an increase in matters involving sinkholes and variance requests regarding their setback requirements.”

Movie man Phil Zacheretti was watching “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”), so he hired her as a cashier, giving her a start in the business.

As a student at Murray State University, Zacheretti majored in political science with an eye to becoming a lawyer, but he also took film-studies classes and chaired the student film organization. He booked films and ordered posters for the school’s theater.

“I knew how to run a theater, so I ran theirs,” he says.

Unlike previous chairs, he made the theater profitable – a no-no.

“They told me, ‘You’ve got to show that you need all the money that’s been budgeted, or we won’t get as much

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next year,’” he remembers.

So he took the surplus and bought candy and T-shirts to toss out to moviegoers at screenings.

“It was good experience,” he says.

The Zacherettis got married junior year, and he left school to go to work, this time at a twin theater in Paducah, Ky. Theater management is a vagabond life.

Their kids – Courtney, Katherine and Nick – were born in three different states.

In the mid-1980s, Zacheretti was back in Kentucky when the chain for which he worked was bought by Mike Campbell, who was building his first exhibition company, Premiere Theaters. Within a year the Zacherettis moved

to Knoxville – and less than a year later, Campbell sold the company to Cinemark.

Zacheretti stayed in Knoxville with Cinemark as director of marketing, where he oversaw grand openings of theaters in the eastern United States. In 1995, he moved to Cinemark’s Dallas headquarters, but two years later, after Campbell had founded Regal Cinemas (now Regal Entertainment Group), he hired Zacheretti to be senior vice president of marketing and advertising, and the Zacheretti family settled in Farragut.

Zacheretti was with Regal for three years, during which time it became the largest theater chain in the world.

He left in spring 2000, work-

Following are short bios on each committee member.

Keith Alley is an attor ne y.

He has a law degree from the Un iver sit y of Tennessee College of Law and a bachelor of arts from Alley the University of Virginia-Charlottesville. On his application to be on the BZA board, he said, “I am interested in contributing my skills to the town of Farragut in an effort to help further its development as a community.”

Merton “Corky” Ives

ing as a consultant before starting Phoenix Theaters to manage orphaned movie theaters. Phoenix merged with an Indian-owned company in 2008, and eventually was dubbed Phoenix Big Cinemas.

Zacheretti is optimistic about the theater business, which is on track for a record-setting year after a huge drop in 2011.

“We don’t make car parts, and we don’t do things that are the same every day,” he says. “You never know.

When the movie comes out, you just hope people go see it, and that they buy popcorn when they do.

“I’m satisfied we’ll be doing that until I retire, which I hope is a pretty good ways away. I plan on many more years in this business.”

is the commit tee’s chair.

He is a retired Marine and also retired from Oak Ridge National LaboraIves tory.

Ives has a master’s degree in engineering from George Washington University.

Ives said on his application that he volunteers to give back to the community and “to promote Farragut.”

Louis LaMarche is a retired engineer and sales manager with a b a c h e l o r ’s degree in chemical engineering.

He also serves LaMarche on the Farragut Folklife Museum.

On his application he said he wanted to continue to “contribute his time and

effort to add to Farragut’s continued positive growth and progress.”

Cleve Porter is retired and has served on the BZA for 11 years. He has a bachelor’s degree from A u b u r n Universit y.

On his apPorter plication he said he “enjoys serving Farragut.”

Ron Williams is a senior machine tool sales engineer.

His educational background includes UT, State Area Technical VocaWilliams tional and the University of CaliforniaIrvine. His reason for wanting to serve on the BZA is “to help keep Farragut the town we want it to be.”

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Hardin Valley Church of Christ Sunday worship

The congregation sings “O Come All Ye Faithful.”

“PALS” (praise and learning service) Hannah Roberson, Alyssa Lewis and Kinsley Hoots are taught by Dana Fox.

John Strickland and Dan Spann visit during fellowship time.

Mark Luck leads the singing.

Evangelist Larry Cline greets deacon Graham Fox.

Photos by T.

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Food City customers come through

By Sandra Clark Food City customers rallied during tough economic times to fund more than $360,000 for local non-profit hunger relief organizations. Checks were handed out before Christmas throughout Food City’s 3-state region.

In Farragut and West Knox County, recipients included food-related projects of: Hardin Valley Church of Christ, $2,000; Karns

Fire Department, $1,000; Central Baptist Church of Bearden, $1,000; Parkwest Church of God, $1,500; Cokesbury UMC, $1,000; Rocky Hill Baptist Church, $1,000; and Cedar Springs Baptist Church, $1,000.

CEO Steven C. Smith said, “Hunger is a serious problem in America. Food City and our co-sponsors are proud to be a part of the Race Against Hunger.

Throughout the promo-

Only the beginning “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you . You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you.”

(Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)

tion, $1, $3, and $5 scanable cards were available at each Food City checkout. Customers selected the desired dollar amount and it was added to their grocery bill. With every dollar contribution made using their Food City ValuCard, customers were electronically entered for a chance to win their choice of a season of racing at Bristol Motor Speedway or a $2,500 contribution made to their Hardin Valley Food City manager Bryan Littrell, evangelist Larry Cline of Hardin Valley Church of Christ, favorite charity. and Rhonda Moss, who chairs the church’s benevolence program Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

a new friend, reached out to an old friend, forgiven a wrong, set to rights a mistake, sung a new song.

I hope you have plans, goals, dreams. I hope you decide there is some place in the world you want to see and get busy to make that happen.

I hope you have been faithful to your promises. I hope you have promises yet to keep.

I hope you can find joy in a sunrise, in a view of the mountains, in the surprise of rain falling on your face. I hope you have music in your life: country or classical, jazz or folk, your choice.

I hope you can spend time regularly with a child, a puppy, a foal, some fragile young thing still learning about this world, because in so doing, you too will learn about yourself and the world.

I hope you can finish at least one thing today. This day at the end of the year is a day of completion, a day of finality. Let something go: some resentment, some sorrow, some fear. Let it go, give it up and set it free.

I hope you will start something tomorrow, whether it is cleaning out a closet or planting a flower or picking up the book you

got for Christmas and settling down for a good read.

I hope you will seek something today: love, truth, hope, meaning.

I hope you will give something today: love, truth, hope, meaning.

I hope you will ask for something today: for understanding, for perspective, for joy, for contact, for remembrance, for peace, for grace.

And last, but not at all least, I hope you will discover something today: some new insight, a new friend, an old friend, a firm footing, a new strength, a new determination, a new love.

■ 1951 Cotton Bowl, Tennessee 20, Texas 14 on two fourth-quarter touchdowns by Andy Kozar.

Highlight was a 75-yard run by tailback Hank Lauricella to set up the opening TD, a Herky Payne pass to John Gruble. Texas blocked a punt and took a 14-7 lead into intermission but the Vols were better later.

Pat Shires missed the tying extra point after Kozar’s first score and Robert R. Neyland responded with this famous bit of philosophy: “Don’t worry about it, Pat, we didn’t come here to tie.”

Many Vols were listening.

A Lauricella pass and Lauri-

cella run led to the winning touchdown. Shires kicked the 20th point.

■ 1971 Sugar Bowl, Tennessee 34, Air Force 13.

Famous officers, medals and ribbons attracted almost all the attention leading up to kickoff. What happened after that was awesome. The Vols scored on their first four possessions. It was 24-0 with 3:21 remaining in the first quarter.

Don McLeary had two touchdowns. Bobby Scott riddled the Falcons with passes.

Joe Thompson caught nine for 125 yards. Tim Priest, Ray Nettles and Jamie Rotella led the defense that left the losers with minus-12 yards rushing.

The Vols picked four passes and recovered four fumbles.

It was a rout.

■ 1986 Sugar Bowl, a

great day in New Orleans, Tennessee 35, mighty Miami 7. Ken Donahue’s defensive scheme was overwhelming.

The Vols got three Vinny Testaverde passes. Daryl Dickey seized the spotlight. Jeff Powell had a 60-yard run.

Tim McGee found a fumble in the end zone. Sweet, sweet victory, party time on Bourbon Street!

■ 1999 Fiesta Bowl, Tennessee 23, Florida State 16, the one that really mattered, national championship, glorious conclusion to a 13-0 season. Tee Martin completed 11 of 18 for 278 yards.

Peerless Price caught four for an amazing 199. Dwayne Goodrich returned an interception 54 for a touchdown.

If you close your eyes, you might still see Phillip Fulmer

holding the trophy, the crystal football, high above his head.

■ Tennessee, 25 victories, 24 losses, is tied for third with Nebraska in total bowl appearances, behind Alabama and Texas, ahead of Southern Cal, Georgia, Oklahoma, Penn State, Ohio State, LSU and Michigan.

All bowl talk is not ancient history. And the little ones count. Citrus Bowl wins over Big 10 teams were happy times. The 2005 Cotton Bowl romp over Texas A&M was a treasure. The 2008 Outback win over Wisconsin is more important than I thought at the time.

Keep the faith. There will probably be another someday.

that is applied to roadways to stop snow from sticking to pavements. Currently, Knox County has 20,000 gallons of liquid brine and 3,000 tons of granulated salt prepped and ready for use. An additional 2,000 gallons of calcium chloride, which is used to maintain the effectiveness

of both liquid and granular material in extremely cold temperatures, is also on hand if needed.

In addition to cutting down on salt consumption, brine application has environmental advantages, too.

Less salt on the side of the road means a smaller amount will go down storm drains

and into adjacent waterways.

During winter storms, residents should stay off the roads whenever possible until crews have cleared the snow. Workers will start clearing main thoroughfares and known problem areas first, and then move on to complaints and secondary roads.

Depending on the severity of the weather, Knox County has a fleet of dump trucks equipped with snow plows, salt spreaders and brine tanks ready for dispatch. The county also has a dozen four-wheeldrive trucks equipped with smaller snow plows for use on more narrow roads.

Cross Currents

Lynn Hutton

been a year of discovery for you. I hope you have learned something important. I The world is round and the place which may seem hope you have remembered like the end may also be only the beginning. something wonderful, (Ivy Baker Priest) someone wonderful. I hope you have grown, softened, The calendar is round, believed the world would improved, mellowed (or just like the world, and end on Dec. 21 was mistak- sharpened, as need be) into when December ends, an- en. Surprise! a better person than you other January begins.

So, here we are, at the were at this time last year.

Apparently everyone who end of a year. I hope it has I hope you have made

Vols once played in bowl games So you don’t forget what it was like when Tennessee played in big bowl games, here are a few reminders: ■ 1939 Orange Bowl or Brawl, maybe the toughest holiday game ever played, sneak uppercuts and roundhouse rights, a broken nose for blocking back Sam Bartholomew, 220 yards in penalties.

Sub center Joe Little, dispatched as a peacemaker, lasted 30 seconds. He took a blow to the face, retaliated and was promptly ejected.

The Volunteers, No. 2 in the country, clobbered Oklahoma, 17-0, and stopped a 14-game winning streak.

Marvin West

The legendary George Cafego set the tone on the first play, knocking all-American end Waddy Young upside down with a vicious block.

Bob Foxx and Babe Wood scored touchdowns for Tennessee. Bowden Wyatt kicked a field goal. Bob Suffridge led a defense that limited Oklahoma to 25 rushing yards.

Knox prepares for winter roads

Knox County Engineering and Public Works is preparing its fleet for colder days ahead.

Last year, the county began installing brine tanks to be used together with regular granulated salt on major roadways and trouble spots

during the winter. The new brine system includes three 1,600-gallon tanks mounted on tandem-axle dump trucks and seven 1,000-gallon tanks used with singleaxle dump trucks.

Salt brine is a liquid mixture of salt and water

Marvin West invites reader reaction.

His address is westwest6@netzero.com

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FARRAGUT SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 31, 2012 • A-7

Kids on the Block If you went to elementary school in Knox County, chances are you met some of the puppets from Kids on the Block Inc. The group started in 1977 to help educate children about their classmates’ disabilities and help them understand each other’s differences.

Puppeteers Danielle Pressley and Katherine Setliff visit Knox County Schools on a regular basis with some of the 50 puppets used in the program.

Some of their favorite A.L. Lotts Elementary School 1st-grader Tessa Larmee visits shows to perform include with Kids on the Block puppet Eddy Franklin and puppeteer topics on bullies, feelings Danielle Pressley. Photos by S. Barrett and conflict resolution.

A.L. Lotts holds International Children’s Day

Sara Barrett

According to Setliff, each puppet “has its own unique biographical background information such as family dynamics, friendships and circumstances.” Puppets range in age from a few months old to senior citizens.

Setliff said most kids enjoy meeting the puppets but smaller children can sometimes be afraid of them at first, so the puppets sit on the floor and so the children can feel them.

After each show, students have the opportunity to write letters to the puppets. Melody, which seems to be the most popular puppet according to Setliff, receives the most mail and always writes back to each person. Another popular character is Eddy, who gets picked on by a bully.

The shows that seem to resonate with most students are those that provide opportunities for interaction with the puppets and allow students to offer suggestions of how to deal with a problem.

“Our favorite part of our job is getting hugs and ‘high fives’ from students after a show,” said Setliff.

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Winter 2013 Classes, Workshops and Events Break free from the holiday stress and plan a fun January with the Town of Farragut now!

Farragut Intermediate School Art Show When: Monday, Jan. 7 – Friday, Jan. 18 during regular Town Hall hours, Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

A.L. Lotts Elementary School 5th graders Kylie Stooksbury and Ella Walkney display similarities in their apparel before performing with poi balls and helping out with a German dance.

Farragut Skate Date When: Saturday, Jan. 12: 4 – 6 p.m.

Where: Cool Sports: Home of the Icearium, 110 S. Watt Road What: Join Cool Sports and the Town to celebrate National Skating Month!

Cool Sports is offering a “2 for $12” ice skating package which includes two ice skating passes (adult or child passes) and skate rental for two hours. The Knoxville Figure Skating Club will be on ice to assist with free lessons! The first 150 people with paid ice skating passes will receive a free Town of Farragut water bottle and a healthy snack. In addition, every participant will be entered to win a pair of tickets to a Knoxville Ice Bears home game!

Beginning Tai Chi When: Sundays, Jan. 13 – March 24 (11 weeks): 9 – 11 a.m.

What: Beginning Tai Chi teaches the sequence of the 108 moves of the Tai Chi set. Benefits include improved circulation, balance and posture; increased strength and flexibility; and reduced stress.

Cost: Senior Citizen 60 and over – $20 per month, Adult – $30 per month.

There is also a $20 non-refundable registration fee payable when a person registers for the first time. Cash or check payment due on Jan. 13.

Registration deadline: Registrations will be taken through the date of the first class.

Yoga When: Tuesdays, Jan. 15 – Feb. 19 (6 weeks): 9 – 10 a.m.

What: Includes the basics and beyond in yoga - stretching, posture and gentle positions. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a mat, yoga straps, one blanket and blocks (if you have them).

Cost: $60 Registration and payment deadline: Thursday, Jan. 10 Dance Jam When: Tuesdays, Jan. 15 – Feb. 12 (5 weeks): 10:15 – 11:15 a.m.

What: Dance Jam is a high-impact exhilarating hour of dance with a mix of hip hop and Latin styles.

Cost: $38 Registration and payment deadline: Friday, Jan. 11 Pilates When: Tuesdays, Jan. 15 – Feb. 19 (6 weeks): 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

What: Pilates is a mind-body exercise that works the whole body and incorporates yoga poses in order to enhance flexibility, strength and breathing.

Cost: $60 Registration deadline: Monday, Jan. 14

A.L. Lotts Elementary School kindergartner Risa Kishida gives a peace sign while wearing traditional garb from her native Japan.

AARP Driver Safety Course When: Thursday, Jan. 17 and Friday, Jan. 18: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

What: Participants must be 55 years of age or older and complete 8 hours of class time to be eligible for a discount (up to 10%) on their auto insurance.

Cost: $12 for AARP members; $14 for non-AARP members. Bring cash or check to the first class.

Registration deadline: Wednesday, Jan. 16 “Approaching 100 Years of Education” Exhibit (Farragut Folklife Museum) When: Tuesday, Jan. 22 – Friday, May 10. Museum open Monday through Friday, 10 AM – 4:30 PM and by special appointment (call 966-7057).

What: This exhibit highlighting Farragut schools will feature a lettermen sweater; band, cheerleading and football uniforms; annuals; and photos.

Cost: Free

A.L. Lotts Elementary School 5th grader Christopher Lemons juggles scarves while warming up for his performance during International Children’s Day. “Clubs are my favorite (to juggle),” he said, “but I don’t want to hurt anyone.”

A.L. Lotts Elementary School kindergartners Emily Keith, Daniel Zhang and Matthew Lively find their seats for a performance during International Children’s Day. Emily and Matthew are wearing traditional clothing from their native countries for the special day.

Knox County Property Assessment Information When: Monday, Jan. 28: 6:30 p.m.

What: Knox County reappraises property every four years, and 2013 is the next reappraisal year. Knox County Public Information Director Craig Leuthold will speak on the reappraisal and appeals process.

Cost: Free All winter classes, workshops and events will be held at the Farragut Town Hall community or assembly room, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, unless otherwise stated. Hurry - classes fill up fast!!!! Call 966-7057 to register (if required). Payment must be received within 5 business days of date of registration but no later than the registration deadline (unless otherwise indicated on class description). No refunds are given after the registration and payment deadline. The Town of Farragut is not responsible for costs associated with the purchase of supplies when a class is canceled.

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Coachman Clothiers breakfast offers food for thought

Don’t mess with Mrs. Claus

By Sherri Gardner Howell Santa may deliver the gifts, but members of the Rotary Club of Farragut know that it is Mrs. Claus who makes the list.

Mrs. Claus (Peggy Wilson) shows the book the club will donate to Ball Camp Elementary School, “A Bit of Applause for Mrs. Claus.” Mrs. Claus presented the program for the Rotary Club of Farragut, passing out “naughty and nice” gifts to the members. Photo by Sherri Gardner Howell

Santa’s “better half” came by a recent Rotary meeting to give out gifts to the members. Before the meeting, Mrs. Claus (Peggy Wilson) entertained the group with Christmas music on the piano.

The gifts had the group “laughing all the way,” with Mrs. Claus having true insider knowledge of the Rotary members’ habits.

For example, Ron Lawrence, Jeff Reed and Jim O’Brien got automatic hand

clappers so they could applaud the jokes they tell at the meetings.

“No one will clap for you,” said Mrs. Claus, “so now you can clap for yourself.”

President Bruce Williamson got a puzzle to work to improve his mind.

“After a year as president, your brain freezes,” Mrs. Claus said.

“Hopefully, this puzzle will help you get your brain back.”

Fred Martin and Stephanie Myers got Word Seek books to help their team prepare for the Rotary’s annual Spelling Bee, “because I hear your team keeps losing,” Mrs. Claus said.

Bettye Sisco and Staci Wilkerson got tiaras and scepters for being “Queen Bees” of the Spelling Bee. Tom King, who will be president next year, got a pair of Rudolph antlers, so he can “lead the way.”

Everyone got Twizzlers, Mrs.Claus’ favorite candy, and a copy of the poem, “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.”

Wilson said she has been playing Mrs. Claus since 1995, but mostly at Pellissippi State Community College, where she is vice president of college advancement.

The first time Mrs. Claus visited Rotary was when Wilson was president in 2010-2011.

She revived the role this year.

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By Sherri Gardner Howell Dean Carroll, president of Coachman Clothiers, offered more than breakfast foods, coffee and juice at the early morning networking event hosted by his business on Dec. 13. For the holiday gathering, Carroll gave the crowd some food for thought as well, offering an inspirational message of hope and peace.

Carroll told a story of meeting a homeless man who needed shoes and wore a size larger than could be found easily. Carroll went through two pairs before

Dean Carroll, president of Coachman Clothiers and host of the holiday networking breakfast for the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, talks to guests about community needs, hope and compassion. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

finding the right size. He encouraged those gathered to honor the season by showing compassion to those in need. “It is a great season for giving to others,” Carroll said.

Bettye Sisco, CEO of the Farragut West Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, welcomed Chamber members to the last networking event of the year. Networking picks up in the new year on Thursday, Jan. 10, with a 5 p.m. event at Cool Sports Icearium.

Always a promoter of his company’s team approach,

Don Ball, president of Business Machines Company and a Chamber board member, listens to the introductions at a networking breakfast.

Carroll also introduced his staff to the members attending the breakfast, making a point of announcing which of the smartly dressed young men on his staff were “single.”

■ Town of Farragut Vice Mayor Dot LaMarche has been awarded the Platinum level in the National League of Cities (NLC) Leadership Program.

Reaching Platinum level indicates LaMarche has earned 67 credits encompassing all five core competency areas of the Leadership Training Institute curriculum.

She is one of only 130 nationally who have reached this level.

Last week, it was anEnjoying the holiday breakfast at Coachman Clothiers are nounced that LaMarche Christa Early with Staffing Solutions, Janice Carrison with will chair the NLC’s HuThe Bed Store, and Bear Stephenson with Stephenson Re- man Development Policy committee. alty and Auction.

News from First Tennessee

The Women of Tocqueville

By Pam Fansler

I’m proud to be a member of the steering committee of the latest group organized in support of the United Way of Greater Knoxville.

Fansler Founded in 2011, the Women of Tocqueville represents women who contribute $10,000 or more each year to the area United Way. The group’s steering committee consists of the seven Knoxville women who have chaired the annual United Way campaigns. Incidentally, Knoxville has had more female chairs than any other community nationwide.

The group takes its name from the 19th century French author of “Democ-

racy in America,” who recognized Americans’ civic engagement. It is modeled after similar groups across the country.

The first United Way Tocqueville Society was formed in March of 1984 to deepen individual understanding of, commitment to, and support of United Way’s work: advancing the common good by creating opportunities for a better life for all.

The Tocqueville Society recognizes local philanthropic leaders and volunteer champions around the world who have devoted time, talent and funds to create long-lasting changes by tackling our communities’ most serious issues.

The local catalyst for Women of Tocqueville was Cynthia Gibson, chief legal officer at Scripps Networks, who organized a similar

group in Cincinnati prior to moving to Knoxville.

Gibson chairs the local Women of Tocqueville and will become chair of the National Women’s Leadership Council for United Way Worldwide beginning March 2013.

Juana Slade, current chair of the United Way National Women’s Leadership Council, recently stressed the importance of every child being able to read well by fourth grade.

Currently only half of Knox County students are able to read proficiently by third grade. Gibson notes, “Your reading ability is critically important to your ability to succeed.”

For this reason, the 56 members of Knoxville’s Women of Tocqueville have selected early-age literacy as their primary focus with

Cindi DeBusk and Amy Williams co-chairing the group’s efforts.

The Women of Tocqueville recently gathered at Norwood Elementary School to present books to children enrolled in the intensive reading program at the school, which the United Way funds through the Great Schools partnership.

Helping with the presentation was Tennessee’s First Lady Crissy Haslam, a member of Women of Tocqueville, who has introduced a three-part initiative that focuses on the interplay between family engagement and literacy improvement in Tennessee.

The Women of Tocqueville of the United Way of Greater Knoxville are excited about early grade literacy work and the difference we can make in the community.

Pam Fansler is president of First Tennessee Bank’s East Tennessee region.

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re-elected to a second term on the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati’s board of directors. The four-year term begins Jan. 1, 2013.

Nance was first elected to the board in 2009 and previously served on the Advisory Council, which advises the board on housing matters.

KCDC operates more than 3,600 units of affordable housing and administers 4,000 Section 8 vouchers in Knoxville and Knox County.

A former commercial banker, Nance has served many business, civic and service organizations, including board membership on the Tennessee Housing

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Getting there Shopper-News Presents Miracle Makers

Rick Grubb makes tough job look easy

By Sandra Clark Bus contractors for Knox County Schools log more than 4 million miles getting students to and from school each year. Last year the buses operated without an accident that required an overnight hospital stay.

Presiding over this controlled chaos is Dr. Rick Grubb, director of transportation and enrollment.

“I still want to teach,” says Grubb. “I’m doing this because it pays more.”

Grubb gets high marks from his contractors, subordinates and bosses. He’s a hard worker who has excelled at every task handed him at Knox County Schools. Yet he remains “an old Carter guy” who likes nothing more than supper at Litton’s.

Melissa Ogden confers with Rick Grubb about student rezoning.

The beginning After graduating from Carter High School, Rick worked at Cash’s Service Station and drove a van for Easter Seals, transporting special needs children to Fort Sanders School. His dad was in the dairy business, supervising delivery routes to grocery stores and schools for French Broad and Wolfe Dairies. He got Rick a route that started in Mascot and ended in Tater Valley, and his life was set. But his mentors encouraged him to attend UT. Rick lists Bob Pollard, Jim Williams, Jim Pryor, Bill Addonizio and Mike Kinnane as those early mentors. Rick’s mother, a Halls native, was friends with Millie Norris. Although he was younger, Millie’s son Chris Vandergriff was Rick’s classmate at UT. “We were two buddies who carried each other,” Rick says.

With much encouragement, Rick graduated from UT and was hired to teach at Carter Middle School where the assistant principal was Sandra Clift Hamilton, a former milk route customer.

So he taught school and coached freshman football and moved to Carter High where he taught shop for five years.

One day Kinnane told him Jim Bellamy and Fred Bedelle were “putting together a master’s degree program” at LMU where “you could pay $5,000 and earn an extra $1,000 a year (for the balance of your teaching career).”

brought Rick into the central office and mentored him in many of the “fix-it” tasks at which Mullins excelled.

Rick continues to teach, working through LMU to certify new CTE teachers in East Tennessee and North Georgia. He’s mentored about 250 through this program.

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Dr. Rick Grubb heads transportation and enrollment for Knox County Schools.

Rick contacted Chris, and a bunch of the guys enrolled. And that’s how Rick nabbed his master’s. Next he and “a guy from Powell” got a grant to introduce modular instruction in what’s now called CTE (Career Technical Education). Rick was a CTE pioneer.

When Allen Morgan was elected superintendent, he promoted Rick to assistant principal at Whittle Springs Middle School. Again his mentors pushed him back to school. This time Rick made it count. He took classes at UT and spent almost two years fulltime on his dissertation. Rick Grubb had earned a doctorate.

“I plugged along, did my residency in a summer and fall semester,” he recalls. And then Roy Mullins called. He

Grubb says he’s no better than his team. “I can teach and train, but you can’t teach integrity. Loyalty, that’s the most important.”

He looks to three guys to make the operation run.

Jeff Graves is the transportation lead supervisor.

Scott Sexton is the primary router.

Brian Hartsell is supervisor of student enrollment. He also serves as the disciplinary hearing authority on potential expulsions.

Six others work under Grubb including GIS specialists Ryan Dillingham and Darrell Morgan; compliance facilitators Gayla Huffaker and Rhonda Kinsey; administrative secretary Frankie DeBusk; and router Nancy Calway.

The budget (except for the fuel cost index) has remained flat during Grubb’s tenure. It’s about $1 million a year for administration and another $13 million for contractors.

The job “Rick Grubb deserves a medal,” said Shopper-News writer Wendy Smith after attending a parent fo-

rum on rezoning west area elementary schools.

Grubb’s department drew the plan and he, along with Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre, defended it. While it didn’t please everyone, the plan certainly flew through compared to contentious rezonings in the past.

It’s Grubb’s job to know where kids live – now and in the next five years. As McIntyre likes to joke, “some of these people have not yet been conceived.”

“We’re seeing a higher percentage of students in a smaller area,” says Grubb. “We knew five years out that we would need 500 classroom seats in southwest Knox County.” That projection led to a new school in the capital projects plan.

Interestingly, he says the fastest growing area two years ago was around Murphy Road. “There’s a lot of yield (kids) on small lots,” he says. And although the lots are larger, “Hardin Valley is just booming.”

Grubb credits the KGIS and PMC with his ability to make accurate projections, saying, “We’re absolutely blessed” with the technology. “KUB made a huge investment in KGIS and it has made us extremely efficient.”

The program is shared by the city, county and KUB. Grubb uses it to set bus routes and for enrollment projections. “In the old days, we gave a contractor a route and told the drivers to figure out how to run it.”

That’s not the case now as routes are mapped through KGIS. And the transportation office operates 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on days when buses run. Technology such as cellphones and GPS puts Grubb in constant contact with drivers. And he will drop everything to take their call.

The future Contractors need more money, Grubb says, as their expenses fluctuate (mostly upward).

Knox County Schools has stopped running its own buses, having operated a fleet of 25 in the past. Now all the work is contracted, including some 60 buses running after-school programs.

“It’s about time and distance,” says Grubb. “There’s no consistency in how far students live from the school. It’s hard to price the routes. And the contractors are strapped.”

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Innovation, quality and service highlight year Ogle makes history as Parkwest’s first TAVR patient Once accustomed to walking three miles a day, Roy Ogle found himself gasping for air after taking only a few steps from his front door.

“I couldn’t walk to the street without getting out of breath,” said Ogle. “I didn’t really feel bad – I just couldn’t do anything. My breath was just getting shorter and shorter.”

Even worse, Ogle’s aortic valve had become so hardened that he was not a candidate for the usual fi x – open heart surgery. In short, his condition was “inoperable.”

So when surgeons at Parkwest Medical Center offered hope Roy Ogle, and his wife, Katy

through a procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (or TAVR for short), Ogle was ready.

On June 6 – five days after his 88th birthday and one month shy of the Ogles’ 66th wedding anniversary – Roy Ogle made history, becoming Parkwest’s first-ever TAVR patient in a four-hour surgery so successful that he was out of the hospital within four days and driving two days later.

Since Ogle’s surgery, more than 25 patients have undergone TAVR at Parkwest, one of only 140 sites in the nation to perform the procedure.

New Hybrid OR opens Parkwest Medical Center opened its new Hybrid Operating Room in late spring, ushering the way for more novel and less invasive treatment options, including TAVR. A Hybrid Operating Room

combines the best of a traditional surgical suite with large imaging equipment such as real time X-ray and CT in a sterile setting.

More than $2 million was invested in the creation of the 1,100-square-foot room.

“This allows us to expand on the surgical procedures provided previously,” said Dr. Thomas Pollard. “We will be able to care for patients who were previously too high-risk for a standard open heart operation.”

Innovation for dialysis treatment Earlier this month, Parkwest treated its volunteers to a holiday luncheon not only to celebrate the season but also as one of ways to thank volunteers for the more than 37,000 hours of service they provided in 2012.

End of an era

decades – her quick smile, July 31 marked the end of an era at Parkwest quicker wit and elephantlike memory that count– Dewdrop Rule retired less people encountered at after almost 39 years as a volunteer. Rule, at age 90 the Parkwest Information 1/2, had been at Parkwest Desk.

Rule’s legacy of volunalmost every Tuesday since the hospital opened teering continues today in 1973.

Dewdrop Rule with 2012 seeing increasHer husband was one of ing number of volunteers the hospital’s founding physicians. joining the ranks at Parkwest.

Over the years, she witnessed nu- Today, more than 165 volunteers merous changes in healthcare not bring their talents and energies to only at Parkwest, but in healthcare helping ensure Parkwest patients in general. One thing, however, and visitors are Treated Well. Well remained constant for almost four Treated.

Parkwest Medical Center was the first hospital in Tennessee to implant a new dialysis graft that revolutionized dialysis treatment for patients.

Dr. Christopher Pollock performed the first procedure on a 68-year-old Dr. Pollock Strawberry Plains man in a procedure that takes about 45 minutes and allows most patients to return home the same day.

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

Peninsula absorbs Lakeshore patients Following a six-month trial during which Peninsula Hospital took uninsured patients of certain acuity levels that would typically have gone to Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, Peninsula permanently answered the state’s call for help when Lakeshore closed its doors in June.

Increased staff and more than $300,000 in capital improvements at Peninsula Hospital have helped ensure that behavioral health patients receive the best care possible. Adjustments have also been made to accommodate more psychoeducational groups and individual therapy sessions that make the experience better for patients and their families.

The state’s closure of Lakeshore was an initial

step toward community-based treatment, a concept that helps those with mental illness to remain citizens of their community by offering support and access to mainstream resources such as housing and vocational opportunities.

“Tennessee, like most states, is moving away from state-run institutions to community-based mental health services,” said Peninsula Vice President Jeff Dice.

While two other psychiatric facilities – Woodridge in Johnson City and Ridgeview in Oak Ridge – have assisted with some Lakeshore patients, most have gone to Peninsula Hospital, a 155bed psychiatric hospital in Louisville. Peninsula is a division of Parkwest Medical Center.

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

Developing a blueprint for success When Parkwest Medical Center demonstrated unusual success at preventing bed sores that kill 60,000 Americans a year, the health care 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 Stage IV pressure ulcers “unheard of.” They came calling and wanted to know how Parkwest did it.

This past summer, VHA sent a team of clinical experts to meet with Parkwest’s multidisciplinary Pressure Ulcer Prevention Team to create an electronic “blueprint” of the clinical practices and social patterns that helped Parkwest successfully combat pressure ulcers.

Today, that blueprint serves as a best practice model for hospitals across the nation.

An ‘A’ for patient safety The report cards are out again and Parkwest continues to receive an “A” for patient safety.

The score comes from The Leapfrog Group which evaluates more than 2,600 hospitals throughout the United States using publically available data on patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections. Hospitals were assigned an A, B, C, D or F for their safety.

To see Parkwest’s scores, visit www.hospitalsafetyscore.org.

Home for the holidays On Dec. 19, Parkwest Medical Center dedicated its fourth Habitat for Humanity home.

The dedication meant a new home just in time for Christmas for Jessica Berry and her two children, Kyleigh and Liam.

Since 2009, more than 370 Parkwest volunteers have contributed almost 2,500 hours to the Habitat cause. In addition, there’s been catering for the volunteers, housewarming gifts for the homeowners and annual cash donations that now amount to more than $100,000.

Those are big numbers, but more importantly, that’s four homes built and countless lives changed in a city where more than 6,000 live in substandard housing conditions.

“At Parkwest, our commitment is not only to ensure that our patients are Treated Well.

Well Treated. from a medical standpoint, but to make sure we do all we can to ensure the same for our community,” Park-

Thanks to Parkwest Medical Center, Jessica Berry and her two children moved into their new Habitat Home on Dec. 19.

Berry, pictured here, is shown working during the early portion of the construction.

west President Rick Lassiter said. “Partnering with Habitat is one of the many ways we have worked toward that end.”

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This prairie style barn was captured on a cold, frosty morning on Dixon Springs Road, off Emory Road. Photos by K. Woycik

The prairie barn

Santa gives Jonetta Smith a candy cane. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Christmas at Shannondale Shannondale Assisted Living celebrated Christmas with a party in the activities room where Santa Claus made a surprise visit.

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Barnyard Tales Kathryn Woycik Ok, I admit it ... I love barns. I’m intrigued with their history, age, what secrets they hold, who constructed them and for what purpose they served.

I’m amazed at the many different styles, shapes, colors and sizes of barns built right here in our area. There are quite a number of different styles: bank barns, round barns, tobacco barns, English barns, Dutch barns, crib barns and prairie barns.

A great number of these can be seen throughout the United States, each suited to the area where it resides. They

A barn on Mountain Road in Clinton give historic reminders of the past.

The prairie barn, which is also known as the Western barn, is one that can be found quite easily in this area of East Tennessee.

Farmers chose this style because of large herds of livestock and the need for storage space for grain and hay.

Their long roofs often reach close to the ground,

giving them their trademark shape. These barns were built during the 1800s. In the latter 19th century, the prairie barn took on the gambrel style roof which allowed for more space, making them larger than other types of barns.

Those wanting to share the age, history or story of a barn can email woycikk@ ShopperNewsNow.com.

“The residents absolutely love Santa,” said activity director Trish Jones. “You never get too old to have Santa Claus.

“We have cookies, candy and eggnog which they love – and they all think it’s spiked. I don’t tell them any different because they love that,” Jones said, chuckling.

“We all look forward to the holidays because of childhood memories, and it brings family in.

We’ve had an abundance of visitors and lots of volunteers. Every other night we’ve had an activity ... carolers and programs.

Santa’s helper Jackie Jenkins (center) greets Dr. John Robertson and his wife, Marion Robertson.

It’s been wonderful.”

Other visitors brought Christmas cheer: Shauna Teaster with her children, Leslie, Megan, Ashley, and their friends Heather Willis with daughter Reagan. The residents smiled from ear to ear as the youngsters gave them gifts and hugs.

Everyone enjoyed singing joyous Christmas carols together, including “Jingle Bells” with Santa keeping rhythm with his bells.

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Kito is doing well in his new home this year in the Knoxville Zoo’s new Valley of the Kings habitat, which features the new African lion and Hamadryas baboon habitats as well as an indoor viewing opportunity at the Ann and John Schaad Family Pridelands Courtyard.

There are two all-male groups consisting of David, age 20, Kito, age 7, his 9-year old brother Nyali, and 7-year old brothers Cairo and Tchabu.

“Knoxville Zoo is one of only a couple of zoos in the country to house all-male groups,” said Tina Rolen.

“The ability to house males together serves a valuable need within the baboon population housed in zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

“A typical troop of baboons is composed of several one-male units, each led by one male (the alpha) with many females and their offspring.

“When females are born or isolated from a group,

Kito the Hamadryas baboon munches on corn. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

they are fairly easily incorporated into an existing one-male unit, whereas males are a bit trickier to find companionship for due to potential conflict with the alpha. This can lead to a population of males that need companionship.

“Knoxville Zoo has created an environment to fill that need for these males and we are proud to be able to play such an important role.”

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Saturdays (closed New Year’s Day) and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.

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, Dec. 31, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5.

■ Tuesday, Jan. 1, Library closed.

■ Wednesday, Jan. 2, 10:30 a.m., Baby Bookworms for infants to age 2.

■ Thursday, Jan. 3, 10:30 a.m., Toddler Storytime for ages 2-3.

■ Friday, Jan. 4, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5.

THURSDAY, JAN. 3 Choral Society auditions The Knoxville Choral Society will hold auditions for all voice parts from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3. Auditions will include assessment of vocal quality, sight reading and tonal memory drills. No prepared piece is required.

Info and audition forms are available at www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org. To schedule an audition time, call 865-579-6292 or email membership@knoxvillechoralsociety.org. Location info will be provided once an audition is scheduled.

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Market Square celebration The City of Knoxville will celebrate New Year’s Eve on Market Square with events running from 1 p.m. to midnight.

The mix of free and paid activities includes Euro-bungee, ice skating and face painting. Music on the Square will begin at 11 p.m., with a big screen showing events from 2012. WBIR’s Erin Donovan will emcee beginning at 11:30 p.m.

The New Year’s countdown will begin at 11:59 with a ball drop and fireworks.

Stand-up comedian Ron White will perform two shows on Saturday, Jan. 5, at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. The performances start at 7 and 9:30 p.m.

White, a two-time Grammy nominee, is a charter member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. His 2006 book “I Had the Right To Remain Silent But I Didn’t Have the Ability” made the New York Times best-seller list.

Tickets are $48 and $58. They are available at Knoxville Tickets locations; 865-656-4444; www.tennesseetheatre.com; and the Clinch Avenue box office 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 12-4 p.m. Saturdays.

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The Dirty Guv’nahs will headline Knoxville’s biggest New Year’s Eve celebration at an 8 p.m. concert Monday, Dec. 31, at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. A Thousand Horses will open the show.

The Dirty Guv’nahs, a Knoxville-based six-piece roots-rock band, formed in 2006. The group released its third album, “Somewhere Beneath These Southern Skies,” in August, two months after making their second appearance at Bonnaroo.

Tickets are $32 and are available at Knoxville Tickets locations, 865-656-4444; www.tennesseetheatre.com; and the Clinch Avenue box office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.

The Job Resources Group will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive.

The group provides assistance in preparing for interviews, revising resumes and finding employment.

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 2-6 A study of watercolors The Tennessee Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition will conclude its tour with an exhibit on display Wednesday, Jan. 2, through Sunday, Jan. 6, in the Community Gallery of the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park.

A selection of paintings from the society’s 33rd juried exhibition features works by East Tennessee artists George Brooke, Lee Edge, Genie Even, Dot Galloway, Fran Henley, Judy Lavoie, Brenda Mills and Jim Stagner. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

For more information, contact Brenda Mills at 865691-8241.

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 2-13 Student art exhibit The Seventh Annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition continues Wednesday, Jan. 2, through Sunday, Jan. 13, at the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Approximately 1,500 juried pieces of art created by middle- and high-school students from 32 counties across East Tennessee are on display.

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Tickets are $6 per person in advance, $10 at the door. Tickets will be available at www.townoffarragut. org (nominal convenience fee added) and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays from Monday, Jan. 7, through Friday, Feb. 1, at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 7-18 The 2013 Farragut Intermediate School Art Show will be on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, Monday, Jan. 7, through Friday, Jan. 18, at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. The show is free and open to the public.

TUESDAY, JAN. 8 Coleman at Laurel Blues harmonica player Wallace Coleman, an East Tennessee native, will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets are $14. They are available at www.knoxtix.

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Connect: Fellowship for Women! will take place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Epworth Hall at Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 9915 Kingston Pike.

The Jan. 11 kickoff for the semester will feature an overview of upcoming studies as well as warm brunch and coffee. The group will meet each Friday for food, fellowship and small-group study. Some of the topics coming up include Romans, healthy eating, elder care, parenting, home organization and spiritual growth.

Free and loving childcare will be provided.

SATURDAY, JAN. 12 Farragut Skate Date Celebrate National Skating Month at the Farragut Skate Date from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at Cool Sports: Home of the Icearium, 110 S. Watt Road.

Sponsored by Cool Sports and the Town of Farragut, the event features a “2 for $12” ice-skating package, which includes two ice-skating passes (any combination of adult and child passes) and skate rental.

The Knoxville Figure Skating Club will offer free lessons. The first 150 people with paid ice-skating passes will receive a free Town of Farragut water bottle and a healthy snack. Every participant will be entered to win a pair of tickets to a Knoxville Ice Bears home game.

The Town of Farragut will offer a class in beginning Tai Chi on Sundays from Jan. 13 through March 24 at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Each two-hour session starts at 9 a.m.

Beginning Tai Chi teaches the sequence of the 108 moves of the Tai Chi set. Benefits include improved circulation, balance and posture; increased strength and flexibility; and reduced stress. With regular practice, Tai Chi reaches deep inside the body to benefit the entire physiology, including tendons, joints, spine, connective tissue and internal organs. The International Taoist Tai Chi Society is supplying instructors for the class. For more info, call the Tai Chi Center at 865-482-7761.

Cost is $20 per month for age 60 and over; $30 per month for other adults. There is a $20 nonrefundable registration fee. Registration will be taken until the first class. Cash or check payment is due Jan. 13.

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Never can say goodbye: What the heckary is a peccary?

Rotary honors Larry Hornbaker

By Sherri Gardner Howell “Uncle Rotary” Larry Hornbaker is resigning from the Rotary Club of Farragut, but the membership wants to make sure he knows he is always welcome and will always be part of the club.

Hornbaker was awarded an Honorary Lifetime Membership to the Rotary Club of Farragut at the club’s last meeting of 2012.

His contributions on the local, district and national levels are many.

Growing up a Kansas farm boy, Hornbaker received his bachelor’s degree from Abilene Christian University in Texas.

He went to work, but continued his studies, receiving an MBA and Doctorate of Education from Pepperdine University. Hornbaker’s area of expertise and his dissertation centered on studying the effectiveness of fundraising among public and private California universities.

In his professional life, Hornbaker was a radio sales rep and sports announcer and an advertis-

GIVE BLOOD, SAVE LIVES Medic will be offering a free Regal Cinema movie pass to all donors at all locations Jan. 3-4. Donors who give blood during the month of January will also be entered to win a trip for two to Graceland, home of Elvis Presley. This package includes tickets to Graceland, hotel stay and

“Uncle Rotary” Larry Hornbaker receives honorary lifetime membership from the Rotary Club of Farragut.

Photo by Sherri Gardner Howell

ing and public relations vice president and director before moving into academia. He joined Pepperdine University in 1969 and served as vice president for development, vice president of administration, vice president of finance, vice president of corporate relations and senior vice president. He retired in 2002 as the executive vice chancellor.

Under his watch, more than $700 million has been raised for higher education. In addition, Horna gas card. The winner will be announced in February. Donors may visit any community drive or one of Medic’s donor centers: 1601 Ailor Ave. and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut.

Area blood drives are: ■ 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 3: Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, inside classroom 1 and 2 ■ ·11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3: Walgreens/Halls, 6920 Maynardville Pike, Blood-

baker has planned and obtained construction and permanent financing for over 1 million square feet of campus construction, directed the successful passage of two California legislative bills for private colleges, taught “Business Organizational Management” and has served on numerous operational, planning and study committees.

With 32 years as a Rotarian, Hornbaker has served as club president, zone representative and district governor, and on other councils, committees and conferences.

Larry and Carol Hornbaker have been married for 47 years and have four children and six grandchildren. They live in Tellico Village.

In honoring Hornbaker, Farragut member Joan McIntee said, “There are not enough adjectives in Roget’s “Thesaurus” to describe what Larry has done for our club, District 6780 and Rotary International. Larry, we just humbly say, ‘Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.’” mobile.

■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 4: A.C. Moore, 250 Morrell Road, Bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 4: Karns Community Center, 7708 Oak Ridge Highway, inside old Karns library.

By Carol Zinavage

Christa and Byron Bryant of Plainview just had an interesting adventure: seems the Bryants noticed a strange-looking pig nosing around their farm, scaring their horses.

Their son-in-law Zac got a picture of its rear end, which he sent to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Back came the verdict: a wild boar, dangerous and destructive.

Wary of a possible infestation, TWRA biologist Scott Dykes suggested measures to trap and exterminate the intruder. (Byron was already eagerly anticipating some smoked ham.)

Meanwhile, the Bryants cornered the critter in a horse pen and got a fullfrontal image, which led Dykes to amend his conclu-

An example of a peccary sion: the pig was a peccary.

American Southwest desert inhabitants, peccaries are very much wild animals.

Seems that a neighbor had bought the baby pig at a flea market, having been told that the little guy would never get any bigger than it was.

Wrong. A full-grown pecca-

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An adorable 1-year-old hound mix.

■ 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday, Jan. 7: Knox County Health Department, 140 Dameron Ave., inside community room.

■ 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 8: Landmark Center, 1111 Northshore Drive, 6th floor north.

■ Noon-7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 8: Petro’s Chili and Chips-Cedar Bluff, Bloodmobile. *Free regular Petro for donors!

■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 8: Walgreens/Powell, Bloodmobile.

■ 2-8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9: Grace Lutheran Church, 9076 Middlebrook Pike, inside fellowship hall.

■ 11 a.m.-6p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9: Kinder-Care, 3053 Staffordshire Blvd., Bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 4: ORNL Federal Credit Union, 4510 E. Emory Road, Bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10: Food City/Halls, 7202 Maynardville Highway, Bloodmobile.

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ry tops out at 88 pounds, and is by no means a house pet.

It’s been returned to its owner, who still doesn’t know what to do with it.

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Coombs makes ‘sacrificial journey’ Bike riding can be so fun, it doesn’t seem like exercise, but it has great health benefits.

“For anyone planning on doing longdistance riding, they need a lot of training beforehand,” Coombs says. “Before I took the trip, I was riding about 200 to 250 miles a week. Also, during the training at first I was a little bit overweight and I lost about 70 pounds.”

By Theresa Edwards “Long” can be a relative term. To John Coombs, 310 miles in three days was long, but actually shorter than the 800 miles he planned to ride crosscountry, cut short by a virus that sent him to the emergency room.

Coombs embarked on what he called a “sacrificial journey” to raise funds for First Apostolic Church’s new sanctuary building project. Contributors donated two cents per mile. A little over $2,000 was raised.

“I had to convince my mother my illness had nothing to do with my ride, it was a virus. She insisted it was because of riding 310 miles in three days, but the doctor proved her wrong,” Coombs said.

“I lost about 10 pounds in those three days. I didn’t have a single flat or a blowout. I was walking like a horseman, but none the less, I’m back and at it.”

“One of my biggest hobbies is cycling. There’s nothing like riding my bike in these gorgeous Smoky Mountains,” Coombs said.

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New lease on life for Schliesman

By Shana Raley-Lusk When Earl Schliesman underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor and repair a hemorrhage in June of 2010, the road ahead seemed difficult at best.

He had suffered from hydroencephalitis, a condition in which f luid builds up around the brain.

Following the procedure, he spent the first two months in recovery at UT Medical Center. After being released from the hospital, Earl spent an additional month in rehab at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation. At that time, he was advised that it would be at least 18 months before he could resume normal activity.

Even with the intense level of care he had received, Earl left the rehab center with significant deficits in both balance and endurance.

“After my time at Patricia Neal, I did a couple of months of at-home therapy, including speech, physical and occupational therapies,” Earl says.

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Zip into fitness with Zumba

By Shana Raley-Lusk Each New Year brings a few resolutions for self-improvement. Whether it is a vow to cut back the dreaded calories or a pledge to hit the gym a few extra times in 2013, the resolution to achieve a healthier lifestyle can be difficult to reach.

If this sounds like a familiar scenario, a new trend in fitness may hold just the solution to make getting in shape easier and more enjoyable than ever.

Zumba, a type of exercise that combines upbeat Latininspired dance with aerobic elements, is gaining popularity. Zumba offers an

effective way to shed some unwanted holiday pounds while enjoying the fun atmosphere of participating in group exercise.

By combining cardio-based dance movements and body sculpting, Zumba is a unique option for those looking to whittle their waistlines.

“It’s a great workout that incorporates the entire body, and it’s a lot of fun. You can adjust the movements to your level so everyone can get a good workout,” says Sandy Hazelwood, a Zumba fitness instructor at Zumba Knoxville.

A local group enjoys Zumba. Photo submitted Most classes last about an hour and provide participants with a way to burn a lot of calories quickly.

“Calories burned really depends on the person, but an average person can burn 400-600 calories in an hour,” Sandy says.

With all the benefits that Zumba has to offer, Sandy finds that her students keep coming back for more.

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to Zumba because it’s so fun you don’t know you’re working out and class goes by so quickly. My girls always leave Zumba feeling like they had a great workout, a good time with friends and with smiles on their faces,” she adds.

Zumba classes are offered at many area gyms and dance studios and can also be a great addition to your existing fitness routine.

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“Though any amount of exercise is beneficial, ultimately adults should work up to getting at least 30 minutes most days of the week, as long as they feel comfortable and pain-free,” said world-renowned nutritionist Joy Bauer. “From taking a Zumba class to walking and stretching, getting regular physical activity helps the joints stay loose, maintains muscle mass, and gets the blood flowing – all of which makes everyday tasks easier.”

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Workout safety tips

■ Whenever beginning a new fitness activity or program, make sure you do it safely.

■ Wear comfortable shoes that fit well.

■ Stay hydrated with plenty of fluids.

■ Listen to your body. If it hurts or it feels like too much, stop.

You also need to be aware of danger signs while exercising. Stop the activity and call your doctor or 911 if you experience pain or pressure in your chest, arms, neck or jaw; feel lightheaded, nauseated or weak; become short of breath; develop pain in your legs, calves or back; or feel

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