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Hawk out

By Sherri Gardner Howell

No one is talking, but town officials are all saying the same thing: “We do not comment on personnel issues.”

The question put before the Farragut mayor, town administrator, a couple of aldermen and town staff is: Why did Farragut Community Development Director Ruth Viergutz Hawk suddenly resign her position, leaving on Friday, Aug. 16, after 19 years of employment?

Hawk also could not be reached for comment.

As community development director, Hawk has been a lightning rod for developers to strike as her department wrote ordinances, reviewed building site plans and permits and dealt with zoning. Hawk was seen by some as the hammer behind Farragut’s tough zoning ordinances and rules. She was often seen as either a champion for sticking to Farragut rules or a tedious nitpicker who made it hard for businesses to locate and thrive in Farragut, depending on which side of the street you lived.

Farragut Town Administrator David Smoak would only confirm that Hawk was employed by the town from March of 1994 to Aug. 16, 2013.

When asked if there was a lawsuit on the horizon, Mayor Ralph McGill said, “There is always the possibility of legal action. Mark Shipley will serve as interim director, and we will move forward.” Shipley is currently community development coordinator.

Smoak said the town would take as much time as needed in filling the position.

IN THIS ISSUE

A judge’s trial

On the morning of June 11, 1992, in the wee hours before dawn, Carolyn Susano awoke in time to see her husband dive through the screen of a window in their second floor bedroom. Charles Susano, a lifelong sleepwalker, woke up on the ground, Carolyn, their youngest son and a neighbor surrounding him. He didn’t know how he got there.

And he couldn’t get up.

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By Sandra Clark Knoxville City Council will vote Tuesday, Sept. 3, on whether to rezone land at Northshore Town Center for up to 248 apartments, and neighbors are rallying to oppose the rezoning which passed the Metropolitan Planning Commission 10-1 in July.

Meeting Aug. 24 at Cazzy’s Restaurant, residents such as Margot Kline urged the council to reject the rezoning, which also requires a change in the Knox County sector plan.

“Is it even legal for City Council to change the southwest county sector plan? Shouldn’t this have to go before County Commission?” asked Kline.

Flournoy Development Company is the builder. Its attorney, Arthur Seymour Jr., told MPC that the apartments would be high-

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By Wendy Smith Grant Bromley and Ben Neal are just 20 years old, but they already have stories to tell. One of those, an 83-minute narrative feature called “Dreams of the Wayward,” has been chosen for the Knoxville Film Festival, Sept. 19-22, at the Regal Downtown West Cinema 8.

Bromley and Neal are 2011 graduates of Hardin Valley Academy and now attend Watkins College of Art, Design and Film in Nashville.

They are just a few semesters away from graduNeal ating, and it can’t come soon enough.

“It’s in the way,” says Bromley.

“It’s preventing us from making our second film.”

The young men share a lifelong passion for storytelling. Bromley was obsessed with “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” flicks as a child. Neal enjoyed photography and writing short stories before developing an interest in cinematography. Even though they attended the same high school, they didn’t get to know each other until they both studied filmmaking at the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts.

Now they share a vision. They want to make their own films, and they don’t want to work their way up.

“People think you start at the bottom and work your way up, but that’s not how it works,” says Neal.

■ People who bought homes in Beau Monde were sold a walkable neighborhood concept with very small yards but ample parks and open space. To allow highdensity apartments and remove open space would damage their property values. “These residential property owners at the north end of Thunderhead Drive would become victims of a developer bait-and-switch inadvertently endorsed by the city.”

■ Changing zoning would hurt chances to build condos or lowerdensity apartments/lofts above shops that would attract young professionals and empty-nesters rather than short-term renters ■ The closest city fire station is about 2.5 miles away ... and narrow streets and roundabouts on Thunderhead complicate response.

■ MPC’s staff report in July indicated that adding 220+ apartments is expected to add 2,965 vehicle trips per day on Thunderhead Road – a 2-lane road that is the ingress and egress for Northshore Elementary School.

The 1-mile parental responsibility zone takes in 13 densely populated subdivisions.

Northshore west of Thunderhead is a heavily traveled 2-lane road that does not have sidewalks, so virtually all children in the parental responsibility zone will be driven to school. The line of traffic into the school would block traffic attempting to enter or exit the proposed apartments.

■ There are plenty of apartment units and rental houses available nearby, and parcels of cityannexed land for sale just east of Northshore Town Center.

“If you look at people who are successful (in the industry), they said they wanted to be a director, and they did it,” says Bromley.

That’s the sort of chutzpah it took for the duo to make “Dreams of the Wayward.” They originally wrote the story, which they describe as the Prodigal Son with

An artistic shot of Grant Bromley from “Dreams of the Wayward” In addition to his directing responsibilities, Grant Bromley, left, plays the lead in “Dreams of the Wayward.” The story is the Prodigal Son with a twist, he says. a twist, while brainstorming at Panera Bread. After their first semester of film school, they decided to challenge themselves by making a feature film. Expanding the short film made the project seem more doable.

They raised money for the project with the online funding platform Kickstarter. Their goal was to raise $2,500 in 30 days, and they raised just under $2,800 from a total of 23 investors. They began writing in February 2012 and spent three months filming last summer.

“It was important to us for it to be shot in Knoxville,” Bromley says.

For the acting roles, they chose friends, and Bromley plays the lead

role. Neal was in charge of shooting, and they shared directing responsibilities. It took them three months to edit the movie.

While school keeps them from working on their second feature film, it has given them the opportunity to learn from the work of other filmmakers. Watkins has an on-campus theater where students can watch movies every night. Neal estimates that they watched 90 movies during spring semester.

Odds are good that most of those were made by independent filmmakers. Bromley says that of 780 films released last year, only 100 were made by Hollywood studios. The rest were produced independently. They hope the Knox-

ville Film Festival is the next step on their path to becoming independent filmmakers themselves.

“We want to tell our stories,” Bromley says.

“Dreams of the Wayward” will be screened at 2:45 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, and will be followed by a filmmaker question-and-answer session. In addition to 50 hours of film screenings, the Knoxville Film Festival will include competitions, workshops and special guests. This is the first year for the festival, which is a joint venture between Keith McDaniel, founder of the Secret City Film Festival, and the Dogwood Arts Festival. For more information: www.knoxvillefilmfestival.com.

Dismantling the house that Pat built Develop and demonstrate loyalty.

Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it. ...

Surround yourself with people who are better than you are. Seek out quality people, acknowledge their talents and let them do their jobs. You win with people.

(Number 3 of Pat Summitt’s “Definite Dozen” rules to live by)

By Betty Bean Gen. Robert R. Neyland required his teams to study his Seven Maxims and apply them to the game of football. Pat Summitt required her teams to study her Definite Dozen and apply them to their lives.

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Seymour said the town center concept requires a mix of residents and businesses.

“The more people, the better,” Margot Kline said MPC director Mark Donaldson. The town center plan already has changed twice. Once to allow Target and Publix; again to build Northshore Elementary School.

These changes reduced available land for residences, Seymour said, resulting in a need for higher density. He wants 25 dwelling units per acre.

In a letter to council, Kline listed reasons to oppose the rezoning:

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she practiced what she preached.

In 2008 Summitt named Jenny Moshak the season MVP. And two weeks ago she was forced out.

Moshak was not the first of Summitt’s key people to leave.

Moshak was the team’s athletic trainer whose non-stop rehab wizardry kept Candace Parker on the floor, and Tennessee in the tournament, despite Parker having seri-

ously injured her shoulder during the regional finals.

She performed a similar miracle 11 years earlier when she helped point guard Kellie Jolly come back from an ACL tear to lead a 10-loss Tennessee team to an improbable championship in 1997.

Actually, Moshak did it many times, and was considered an integral member of Summitt’s stellar staff.

Moshak, who has been busy this summer promoting her book, “Ice ‘N’ Go,” has been widely acclaimed as the best in the business.

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And now she’s gone, having tendered her resignation two weeks ago, 11 months after filing a discrimination suit against UT. Through her attorney, she issued the following statement: “Due to the overall atmosphere since I raised issues of equality at the University of Tennessee and given the university’s unwillingness to address the issues of discrimination and retaliation, I cannot continue my association with the university’s athletic department.”

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A judge’s trial On the morning of June 11, 1992, in the wee hours before dawn, Carolyn Susano awoke in time to see her husband dive through the screen of a window in their second floor bedroom.

Charles Susano, a lifelong sleepwalker, woke up on

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the ground, Carolyn, their youngest son and a neighbor surrounding him. He didn’t know how he got there. And he couldn’t get up.

One of Knoxville’s most prominent lawyers, Susano spent the next month at St. Mary’s Medical Center before being transferred to Atlanta, where he underwent treatment and therapy at the Shepherd Spinal Center for another 3 1/2 months. At 56, he was now paralyzed from the chest down and needed to learn how to cope with life in a wheelchair.

And he has done remarkably well. Susano, a native Knoxvillian, a product of Knoxville Catholic High School, a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Notre Dame, an Army veteran and an Order of the Coif /Law Review graduate of the University of Tennessee law school, is now Presiding Judge of the Tennessee Court of Appeals.

He earned an undergraduate degree in accounting and remembers his time in South Bend as the best four years of his life. He also remembers the not-so-goodtime in New York City when he took his first job with a big accounting firm and

quickly decided that the big city wasn’t for him.

“I was the loneliest human being in the world,” he said.

So he came up with a somewhat unorthodox solution.

“I was 1A in the draft, and people in the accounting firm encouraged me to get into the reserves so I could stay in New York. But that was not what I wanted to do, so I let myself be drafted as a graceful way of getting out of New York.

“It was worth giving my country two years in order to escape from the big city.

I told my Dad – who was big on sticking with something once you had started – ‘my country has called me.’”

Drafted in 1958, he served 18 months with the U.S. Army in West Germany. When he was honorably discharged in 1960, he came back to Knoxville and gave accounting another shot.

But the result was the same.

“I went to work with Ernst & Ernst locally, and again decided I didn’t like accounting. So, when you don’t know what you want to do with your life and you don’t like your job, there’s always further education.”

He entered law school at the University of Tennessee, and again met with great academic success. He got his degree in 1963 and was admitted to the bar in March 1964. He clerked for Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Hamilton Burnett, worked as a Knox County assistant attorney general and served as consultant to Lear Sigler, a contractor to the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity during President Lyndon

“Remembering United States District Judge Robert L. Taylor,” a compilation of remembrances written by attorneys who practiced in his court, by Charles D. Susano, is available at Amazon.com.

Charles D. Susano Jr., Presiding Judge, Tennessee Court of Appeals Photo by Ruth White Johnson’s War on Poverty.

In June 1964, he settled into practicing law with Bernie Bernstein, who would become his mentor in the law and his friend for life, and married Carolyn S. King a few months later.

Susano is fiercely proud of his late parents, first generation Italian-Americans Charles D. Susano Sr. and Eloise Dondero Susano.

The senior Susano brought his wife and son, Michael, to Knoxville in 1934 (then Judge came along in 1936 followed by Tommy in 1942), and worked as a chemist at TVA until, in early 1944, he went to work at the lab in Oak Ridge. Last year, Susano wrote an op-ed column in response to critics who believe the U.S. should not

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have used atomic bombs to end the war with Japan.

“My father, for whom I am named, was a chemist at Y-12 during the war. He was intimately involved in the chemistry of enriching uranium into weapons-grade material. Unlike those who express ‘shame’ in Y-12’s involvement in the bomb, I celebrate Dad’s involvement in an effort that saved not only American lives but also the lives of many Japanese.”

He credits his mother for instilling in him the pragmatic, self pity-free philosophy that allowed him to return to his law practice six months after his accident – just before his health insurance coverage would have run out.

“She used to say, ‘Char-

lie, if you get a lemon, make some lemonade.’ She was also fond of saying, ‘Charlie, you can get used to anything. You can get used to hanging if you do it long enough.’”

And he credits Shepherd Center with saving his life.

“They teach you how to cope, emotionally as well as physically. I learned that if I could do 100 things before the accident, after the accident I could still do 90 of them. I left there with a good attitude, and since then the good Lord has certainly blessed me. God didn’t push me out that window, but he’s sure taken good care of me since then.

“The people you really feel sorry for are the young people. I’ll always remember the 16-year-old girl at Shepherd’s, who was a quadriplegic, crying, saying ‘If only I could use my hands.’ As one who could still use his hands, I felt so sorry for her.”

The perfect job came via Gov. Ned Ray McWherter, who appointed Susano to the Tennessee Court of Appeals in March 1994. He stood for election in August of that year, and since then has been twice re-elected to 8-year terms on retention votes (which means that Tennesseans were given the opportunity to say whether he should remain on the bench).

In 2003, the American Board of Trial Advocates, Tennessee Chapter, named him Appellate Judge of the Year. In 2012, his colleagues elected him presiding judge.

He plans to run again in 2014.

Sitting in his spacious,

light-filled office in the historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Susano is surrounded by family photographs (he and Carolyn have three children – Stephen, Maria and Charles III), mementos of his beloved alma mater and memorabilia from a legal career that spans almost 50 years.

In front of his desk are copies of a slim volume called “Remembering United States District Judge Robert L. Taylor,” a book of remembrances gleaned from 112 colleagues who answered Susano’s call for anecdotes about the legendary judge who served 35 years on the federal bench and was twice selected by Chief Justice Warren Burger to preside over sensitive trials of high-placed public officials. Susano edited and compiled the stories and shepherded the publication of this important addition to local legal history.

A picture of the Hoss Cartwright-esque Gov. Ned Ray McWherter smiling down at Susano shortly before his appointment to the bench hangs on the wall opposite his desk. He says it’s one of his prized possessions – but nothing makes him smile as much as the photographs of his two grandchildren, Sophie, 11, and Jacob, 9, that sit on his desk. He says he plans to take Sophie to Notre Dame this fall to begin her indoctrination. And he smiles.

“This job is perfect for me. When I think about the nice things that have happened to me since my accident, I have no regrets.”

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King campus continues to grow King University, a Presbyterian comprehensive college with more than a dozen locations in Virginia and Tennessee, celebrates another year of growth in the Knoxville area. The Knoxville campus, located at 10950 Hardin Valley Drive, was the site of a picnic for students, staff and guests on Aug. 10. Classes begin today.

Sherri Gardner Howell FARRAGUT FACES The main campus for the college is in Bristol, which averages an enrollment of more than 2,000. The Knoxville campus, which opened in 2010, continues to expand, Rob Littleton, vice president of student affairs, told those gathered for

the picnic. “We love being in Knoxville,� said Littleton. “We have been here four years catering primarily to returning professional and graduate students who want to finish their degrees or get Master’s degrees in business and nursing. This campus continues to grow as we add more traditional fouryear programs for those just graduating high school as well as for the older student.�

New offerings in Knoxville will include more traditional classes similar to those offered at the Bristol campus. The Knoxville enrollment is now the second largest for the college, with Bristol being first.

Priscilla McCowan is the new regional director of student affairs and will be based in Knoxville.

Samantha Lane, territory manager for King University, has her likeness drawn by local caricature artist David Arnold at a celebration picnic for the college. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Rob Littleton, vice president of student affairs for King University, addresses new and returning students and their families during the fall semester kick-off picnic held at the Hardin Valley campus on Aug. 10.

Topher Winstead, 4, loves the bouncy house and balloon swords at the King University picnic to welcome students.

Dismantling the house Brick by brick Last fall, Sports Illustrated writer Kelli Anderson, clearly disturbed by events in what she called the “once progressive� world of women’s athletics at the University of Tennessee, tried to make sense of what was happening. Like many national sports commentators who admired the program Pat Summitt built, Anderson was concerned about changes she was seeing in the wake of the consolidation of the men’s and women’s athletic departments and Summitt’s retirement.

Paying particular attention to a discrimination lawsuit filed by Moshak, strength and conditioning coach Heather Mason, assistant S&R coach Collin Schlosser and another filed by former Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations Debby Jennings, Anderson recounted something Jennings told her in 2008 when asked to explain why Summitt’s staff was so loyal: “It’s hard to leave a place where the salaries are fantastic, you’re working with the best people, you have

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the best facility, you have the best and brightest athletes, and you have an athletic department that’s in total support of every one of your efforts.�

Back in 2000, Tennessee was one of two D-1 universities in the country to have a separate women’s athletics department (the other was Texas). Boosters on the men’s side urged consolidating the two departments in the name of cutting fat and “cleaning things up.� Boosters on the women’s side pointed out that Joan Cronan’s operation was leaner, more successful, in better academic standing and generally just smarter than the men’s, and was untouched by scandal (this point was reinforced by an impolitic T-shirt: “Tennessee – where men are men and women are champions.�).

The signing of the graduation pole became a happy exit ritual in the women’s basketball locker room, a tangible symbol that the winningest coach in the game took as much pride in her 100 percent graduation rate as in her eight national championships. Ditto for the academic

banquet when Cronan would ask all the athletes who’d made the honor roll to stand.

The basketball team took pride in having the highest composite GPA in the women’s department, and nobody wanted to be left sitting. Kerry Howland, the women’s director of academics, played a key role in that success.

But in 2002, after the national scandal that blew up over allegations of cheating Hank Peck and Jenny Moshak in Moshak’s 2008 Mercedes File photo and grade-fi xing in the by Betty Bean men’s academic tutoring program, tutoring ser- Dave Hart, started clashing with Debby Jennings, the most vices for all athletes were visible member of the house that Pat built. combined at the Thornton On May 15, 2012, he called Jennings to his office, acAthletic Center, and How- cused her of insubordination and gave her a couple of hours land began to be marginal- to resign or be fired. Evidence suggests that Jennings’ maized. She retired in 2011. jor offense was her relentless effort to protect Pat Summitt as she struggled with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease.

Hart takes down Other transgressions included complaints that employees on the women’s side were not receiving equal treatment.

Jennings Cronan’s retirement Jennings, recipient of too many awards to list, who served plans were already in place as Summitt’s voice for more than 35 years and her Doberbefore Summitt’s very pub- man toward the end, was forced out.

In April of this year, Heather Mason, who had been lic health issues emerged.

She was still around, but steadily promoted and praised during the first nine of her had no decision-making 10 years at UT, was terminated at the recommendation power by the time her suc- of Summitt’s successor, Holly Warlick, and first-year soccessor, Athletic Director cer coach Brian Pensky, who said she had not performed

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her job to their satisfaction. They both said they wanted training specific to their sport, and Mason was replaced by a younger man with a relatively short resumĂŠ.

Something else will be different when the Tennessee women take to the court named for Pat Summitt in the coming season.

Superfans Raubyn and Donna Braunton have declined to renew their season tickets. The loud and proud sisters from Morristown have been profiled by ESPN and are likely to show up for games in anything from orange prison jumpsuits to referees’ uniforms.

Last season, they debuted a different costume – a Tshirt emblazoned with Dave Hart’s name under a big red slash and another that says, “I miss Debby Jennings.�

Raubyn, who also created an online petition protesting Hart’s actions, says she and Donna have been treated differently since they stepped out of line, and although they’ll continue to support the team, they’ll buy their tickets from scalpers from here on out.

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government Schroer backtracks on parkway Does TDOT Commissioner John Schroer’s right hand know what his left hand is doing? The answer is not clear.

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Recently, Schroer has been saying that the extension of the James White Parkway (all of five miles, all in South Knox County at a whopping $21 million a mile) is now a regional issue, not a local issue. So he is quite willing to override the views of Mayors Rogero and Burchett along with several neighborhood groups, Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis and Legacy Parks Foundation while negatively impacting two city parks.

However, Knox County has the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization, or TPO, which can be found at www.knoxtrans.org/.

Jeff Welch is the longtime able staff director.

Mayor Rogero is vice chair. TPO is a regional group with representatives from Sevier, Loudon, Blount and Knox counties.

On Jan. 23, 2013, TPO voted in a public meeting, which included TDOT rep Angela Midgett as a voting member, to remove the James White Parkway from the TPO priority list.

Apparently, Schroer does not know this or does not want to know it.

He wants to build this extension despite the regional group saying it is not a priority. The minutes of the TPO vote are online at the above website. Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill is chair.

Now Schroer says more public hearings are needed. Apparently, the previous public hearings where the public voiced strong opposition did not satisfy him. He does not explain why he is ignoring the unanimous TPO vote.

This was the recommendation of the technical committee and the motion was made by Knoxville Council member Brenda Palmer and seconded by Alcoa Mayor Donald Mull.

TPOs are part of the TDOT process required by the federal government so regions will voice their priorities with the state

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■ 3rd & 4th District Democrats will meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, at Bearden Branch Library.

Speaker is Rick Staples. Info: Chris Foell, 691-8933, or Rosina Guerra, 588-6260.

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Launch pad to oblivion Larry Smith seeks commission chair

R. Larry Smith’s been accused of a lot of things, but nobody’s ever suggested he lacks ambition. The county commissioner from Halls is continually wading into controversy and testing the current for channels to further his free-flowing aspirations.

Betty Bean One week he appears to be getting ready to run for trustee, the next, it’s register of deeds. A school board rumor bubbles up occasionally, as does the suspicion that he’d like to be county mayor. In recent weeks, he’s devoted his considerable energy to getting elected commission chair.

Given the widely rumored suspicions about his lust for higher office, it’s hard to see this move as anything but a means to some unspecific end.

But does it really work that way?

A look at recent history suggests it’s more like a launch pad to oblivion.

Common wisdom is that incumbent chair Tony Norman, who, like Smith, will be term limited out of office in 2014, could keep the job another year if he wanted it.

This is not a notion he wishes to encourage. He doesn’t see the position as a springboard, launchpad or steppingstone – for Norman, it’s more of a cow pie from which he’s attempting to extricate himself before he ruins his good shoes.

When talking about the past year, Norman sounds like the guy who was asked how it felt after being tarred and feathered and ridden

out of town on a rail and said, “But for the glory, I’d just as soon walk.”

“It’s a royal headache,” he said. “Not only from the standpoint of the workload, but you’re also a target of your fellow commissioners, which I thoroughly have not enjoyed. It stings. But that’s not the reason why I’m leaving – I just think a year’s enough. Let somebody else do it.”

So, does this mean he doesn’t plan to parlay his current prestige into another elected office?

“Not without divine intervention,” Norman said.

“After seven years in office, my eighth year can’t get here soon enough. It would take a direct communication from God.” Norman’s predecessor, Mike Hammond, used to be suspected of plotting to parlay his position into a run for mayor, but now he appears to be focused on his pro-

fessional life. Hammond’s predecessor, Tank Strickland, the only Democrat in human memory to serve as chair, likewise hasn’t demonstrated any signs of further political ambition.

Former chair Scott “Scoobie” Moore had plenty of ambition, but got a rude comeuppance when he ran for county clerk in 2010 and got 17 percent of the Republican Primary vote.

Previous commission chairs David Collins, Leo Cooper and John Mills were all defeated for re-election to their commission seats.

So someone not consumed by a hunka hunka burning desire for higher office should carefully consider whether the lure of future glory is worth the pain of serving as commission chair.

But we’re talking R. Larry Smith here. And unlike the guy on the rail, odds are he’d just as soon ride.

Clark reads book, goes to movies Casual voters have no idea how close the 2012 Presidential election was.

Even I didn’t know, and I’m a political junkie.

Sandra Clark “What Went Wrong,” by Jerome Corsi, breaks down what he calls “the GOP debacle of 2012” and offers advice to Republicans for future elections. While I disagree with many of Corsi’s conclusions, I appreciate his analysis.

Follow along: The Electoral College has 538 electors with 270 electoral votes required to win the presidency.

Barack Obama started with 55 electoral votes from California and 29 from New York, “for a total of 84 electoral votes without any necessity to campaign in ei-

ther state,” Corsi writes.

Both parties labeled states as “blue” or “red,” thus eliminating states where the presidential candidate would have to campaign.

While analysts differed, Corsi said the consensus was that Obama entered the 2012 race with 251 electoral votes in states where Romney had no chance of winning; Romney had 191.

“For all practical purposes, the presidential election of 2012 was reduced from the start to the seven swing states,” Corsi writes.

Those states were: Nevada (6 electoral votes), Colorado (9), Iowa (6), Ohio (18), Virginia (13), North Carolina (15) and Florida (29). Romney lost six of the seven, winning only North Carolina.

This book is a great read for those who want to understand how Mitt Romney could spend $1 billion and lose to a marginally popular incumbent.

The difference was the cities.

In Ohio, Obama got his majority in one county – Cuyahoga, which includes Cleveland. Take out Cuyahoga and Romney carries Ohio.

Obama won Florida by just 74,309 votes (4,237,756 to 4,163,447). Take out Dade County (Miami) and Romney wins. Take out Broward County (Fort Lauderdale) and Romney wins.

Romney lost Colorado by roughly 138,000 votes of more than 2.36 million cast.

Take out Denver and Romney wins.

Romney lost Nevada by 67,800 votes out of nearly 1 million cast. Romney carried every county but two.

Take out Reno or Las Vegas and Romney wins.

Obama won Nevada by carrying only two counties – a state where unemployment was 11.6 percent.

On and on. Obama won Virginia by just 148,000 votes out of nearly 4 million cast. Take out Richmond and Romney wins.

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your own conclusions.

■ “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” is a must-see movie, especially for those of a certain age. The young director moves at a fast clip from Truman to Obama, a span of 60 years, hopping through domestic politics like a frog on hot coals.

At the core is Forest Whitaker. Boy to man he wears 200 years of ugly racism etched in his face.

The movie is a great character study of a man who loved his family (despite fissures) and a family that loved its country (despite strong disagreements about how to manifest that love).

The movie elicited both sobs and applause at Regal Riviera on opening week.

And Jane Fonda’s portrayal of Nancy Reagan – priceless!

Watching the elderly butler slip into an Obama Tshirt at the film’s end adds soul to the numbers of Jerome Corsi’s book and helps answer his question: “What Went Wrong.”

Sheriff’s Office brings crime stats home

By Sandra Clark The county’s chief law enforcement officer is not afraid to wear pink in public. And he’s not afraid to blast the Obama Administration and immigration officials by declaring he will stack illegal immigrants “like cordwood” in his jail.

So why would anyone think he would be scared to post the county’s crime statistics online?

Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones was not scared to do that. In fact, he encouraged

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“This has revolutionized our Neighborhood Watch,” Hubbs said last week as Jones demonstrated the computer program at the Halls Republican Club.

“This is the future,” Jones said of the program.

“If you’re not willing to step into the future, you won’t be arresting people.”

He said criminals don’t mind the city limits or the county line. Burglars might break into homes in Nor-

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can log in to the system to get updates about crime nearby their home or business. “It will send you a link or message each day. You can check on the dorm where your kid lives,” said Hubbs.

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Fortunately, Gov. Haslam has indicated he will review this particular project personally, which should provide a more objective and level playing field for a final decision.

Expect this issue to continue for some time.

■ Fifty years ago this month, U.S. Sen. Estes Kefauver died, with services in Madisonville attended

by Vice President Lyndon Johnson and former Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson, with whom Kefauver had sought national office in 1956 as Stevenson’s running mate against Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.

■ As predicted in this column months ago, Knoxvillian Larry Martin, who was Mayor Haslam’s deputy, has been named permanent Finance Commissioner for Tennessee.

This is good for the governor, for Knoxville and for Tennessee.

■ Former Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar will speak at the Baker Center tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 1:30. The public is invited to hear the senator speak on international issues on which much of his 30 years in the Senate was centered. He was also mayor of Indianapolis for eight years in the 1970s when unified local government was achieved by popular vote.

■ Former U.S. ambassador to Egypt and Syria, Margaret Scobey (a UT graduate who now lives in the Farragut area) is in demand for comments by the media and civic groups on the tragic developments going on in Egypt, which has traditionally been a strong U.S. ally. Other former ambassadors living in the area besides this writer include Cran Montgomery, U.S. ambassador to Oman for President Reagan, and Howard Baker, U.S. ambassador to Japan for President George W. Bush.

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FBA offers bang for (a few) bucks Farragut Business Alliance received a warm reception from the town’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen when president David Purvis and executive director Allison Sousa presented the annual report on Aug. 22.

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“Great job,” said Alderman Ron Honken.

“Thanks for what you do,” said Vice Mayor Dot LaMarche.

Alderman Jeff Elliott asked if anyone had looked at other towns for ideas, and Mayor Ralph McGill asked if the group had considered charging membership dues.

Purvis said the alliance has “narrowed our focus to shaping public policy and impacting economic development and retention.” The group’s major challenges, he said, are membership engagement, funding and

building the “Shop Farragut” brand.

Sousa said to charge dues means “we have to show value,” but that’s sure not hard to do: ■ Forums have included social media, search engine optimization, a legislative update, the state of education, and the future of health care and its impact on business.

■ Mingle & Meets are great ways to network.

■ FBA leveraged $7,000 from the town to more than $27,000 spent to advertise “Shop Farragut,” a promotion that helps every town business.

■ Signage for grand openings and special events is available through FBA. ■ Costco recruitment was a priority.

The organization led discussion (and killing) of the proposed hotel-motel tax.

It weighed in on a possible noise ordinance and architectural review for metal buildings.

Arguably, the Farragut Business Alliance has changed Farragut’s image

‘Taste of Farragut’

as a place that’s not so business-friendly to a town that has put business promotion at the top of its agenda. Not bad for a $7,000 investment.

Allison Sousa A part-time contractor, Allison Sousa brings a life of experience to her role as executive director of the Farragut Business Alliance.

Already she’s got a dynamite website up at www.farragutbusiness.com/. Some 2,000 people have signed up for coupons and news from Farragut businesses.

Sousa just has to nudge the businesses for content. An e-newsletter reaches 700 people, and now FBA can do online ticket sales. A mobile app is available, and Sousa has found a professional event planner to volunteer to coordinate FBA events.

She expects 1,500 to 2,000 people at “Taste of Farragut” which this year will be bigger and better than ever. Remember, this event started as David Purvis’ way of letting folks know he was still alive at

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Farragut Wine & Spirits after Kroger moved to a new store. The town party is in the parking lot of the former Kroger and the ticket price is $30 at the gate.

Trust me on this. Go hungry (and hope Randy Burleson brings banana pudding).

David Purvis and Allison Sousa are showing value to Farragut businesses every day. Now, as one of the aldermen said, if Sousa could just curb her enthusiasm. …

BOMA signs off on Russell House (again) simply brought the town When is a loan not a into compliance with that loan? When it’s a scheduled requirement.

Also on Thursday BOMA: payment, according to Far■ Adopted an Emergenragut’s Board of Mayor and cy Management Plan – an Aldermen.

At least that’s the way update of a previous plan.

■ Elected Mayor Ralph Alderman Ron Honken explained the BOMA deci- McGill as the voting delesion to issue a capital outlay gate with Aldermen Dot Lanote for the final payment of three toward the Russell House property on Kingston Pike.

The board had already voted to purchase the property for $1.25 million with a $50,000 down payment and $450,000 at closing.

The balance of $750,000 would be paid over three years at 1.5 percent interest per year to the sellers, with a first lien on the property to secure the note.

“We are not borrowing money,” said Alderman Ron Honken. “This is a payment schedule.”

Town Recorder Allison Myers explained that municipalities are authorized to issue capital outlay notes upon approval of the Comptroller of the Treasury. This resolution adopted Aug. 22

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Marche and Bob Markli as non-voting delegates to the upcoming National League of Cities Conference.

■ Set dates for November and December meetings – canceling the meetings of Nov. 14, Nov. 28 and Dec. 26, and holding meetings instead on Tuesday, Nov. 19,

and Thursday, Dec. 12.

■ Approved a $99,771 purchase price from Vision Knoxville West for right-ofway acquisition on Snyder Road at Campbell Station in the area of Fairfield Inn. Town Attorney Tom Hale said, “Trust me when I tell you, this is a good price.”

Go now, go quickly to the website of Farragut Business Alliance (www.farragutbusiness.com) to sign up for “Taste of Farragut,” coming Friday, Sept. 27, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., in front of the old Kroger building on Kingston Pike.

More than 35 restaurants and beverage distributors are expected to participate in the 5th annual event. The purpose is to showcase the wonderful selections of restaurants within the town of Farragut limits. The result is an evening of socializing and great food.

With more than 1,500 attendees expected, the event continues to be an excellent way for restaurants – both old favorites and new – to showcase “Best Bite” samples of their cuisine. Also featured will be a wide variety of wines and and themed beverage venues (Ice Luge, Mini Margaritaville, Wine & Cheese pairings and dessert liqueurs), as well as entertainment.

Admission is $30 ($25 if purchased in advance); $10 for kids under 12; and free for those under 5. Online ticket sales are underway.

Event is sponsored (to date) by the Town of Farragut, TDS, NeighborMaker Events, BB&T, Allied Music Instructors, Campbell Station Wine & Spirits, Corks Wine & Spirits, Dixie Lee Wines, Farragut Wine & Spirits, First Utility District, Events by Rothchild, farragutpress and i105 WFIV and Michael Broyles Photography. Info: farragutbusiness. com or 307-2486.

‘ ROUND TOWN ■ Education Committee: New members are Shyam K. Nair, a chemical engineer, and Kristen Trent, a former kindergarten teacher and university professor.

They attended their first meeting in August.

The education committee meets monthly to discuss issues involving the town and Farragut area schools.

The next meeting is at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, at Farragut Town Hall ■ Business licenses: Deadline to renew a town of Farragut business privilege license is Saturday, Aug. 31.

Businesses that currently hold a license can renew at no cost at www.townoffarragut. org. A printable form is also available on the site and may be mailed or brought to the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, Farragut, TN 37934.

If a business does not renew its license by Aug. 31, the license will lapse, and a new license must be obtained at a cost of $15. The license is required for every person who conducts a business that operates from a physical site located within town limits.

It applies to all commercial, office and home-based businesses.

Info: 865-966-7057.

■ Upcoming at Town Hall: Visual Resources Review Board, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 27.

Economic Development Committee, 8 a.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 4.

Take good care of your money.

Get Ready, Farragut!

The town of Farragut has 50 bags and can get more to help residents prepare for a disaster. The bags are free and come with a check list of what to store inside.

Also free is an FM scanner with light and batteries.

A 4-page checklist provides vital information such as shelter locations.

This bag is worth the trip to Town Hall, even though the brochure is really named “Get Ready, Knoxville!”

REUNION NOTES ■ A reunion for students of Thompson School will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at Clear Springs Baptist Church on Thompson School Road. Info: Wade Jones, 6882268.

■ Clinton High School Class of 1967 will hold a reunion Saturday, Aug. 31, at 205 Main St. in Clinton. Classes from ’66 through ’69 are also invited.

Cost is $50 per person and includes food, a DJ, games and a free class memory CD. Info/ reservations: Becky Calloway Rosenbaum, 457-259, or Bunnie Brown Ison, 599-4749, or send checks to: CHS Class of 1967, 607 Greenwood Drive, Clinton, TN 37716.

■ Wyrick and Pierce Family Reunion will be held from noon until dark Sunday, Sept.

8, at Luttrell Park behind Luttrell Elementary School. Bring a covered dish, drinks, lawn chairs and pictures.

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Classic Vols get their own posters In an almost perfect tie-in to the new football season, Food City will offer almost free posters celebrating the past.

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The series is called Classic Vols and features quarterback Dewey Warren, running back Johnnie Jones, receiver Larry Seivers and safety Tim Priest.

The artwork is spectacular. Primary colors are orange and white.

Food City will award posters, one at a time, beginning with Jones on and after Sept. 1, to customers who purchase one of these or two of those from its core group of products. As you may have heard before, see the stores for details.

The project will be officially introduced with a press event on Friday at the Deane Hill (Morrell Road) Food City at 2:30, prior to the first Big Orange pep rally.

The posters have potential beyond collectibles. They will create the almost perfect opportunity for adults to instruct little people about interesting personalities and the wonderful things the Volunteers accomplished back before the crash.

Warren was the most colorful quarterback in Tennessee history. His nickname, Swamp Rat, puts him at the top of that class.

Dewey, new on the job, reported to his first huddle without his hard hat.

Dewey was the focal point of the hit hymn, “Hum that tater.”

Dewey, slow as he was, made the historic one-yard run that defeated UCLA in the “Rosebonnet” bowl.

The statute of limitations allows me to tell you this: Dewey was CEO of the play-

Dewey was promoter of Richmond Flowers’ famous summer races against a quarter horse. I do believe the Swamp Rat was the only one to bet against the horse.

Incidentally, Warren was

(Almost full disclosure: Marvin West was official poster consultant. He provided most of the text.)

dropped: “As long as you please to do right.”

That is sort of how the world began, isn’t it? Adam and Eve in a beautiful garden, cared for, fed, visited by the Creator who walked with them and fellowCross shipped with them in the Currents garden in the cool of the Lynn evening. They were given Hutton free rein – no rules – except for one caveat: Don’t eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Which they promptly did, my classroom.”

We students looked at of course.

Sometimes I wonder why each other, wide-eyed, absolutely dumbstruck by the Lord God did not shut such a statement. We were down the whole experiment too young and naïve to an- right then and there. It is, ticipate the caveat that was I suppose, proof that God coming. Hoo-boy, we were loves this little whirling blue orb, and all the creatures on thinking, this is different!

Then the other shoe it that God exercised for-

bearance and forgiveness.

Instead of calling the whole thing off, God gave Adam and Eve clothes and sent them out into the wide world to make their own living.

Centuries later, Isaiah warned the people of his generation of the wrath to come, describing the impending destruction as so utterly complete that there would not be fragments of pottery large enough to use to pull an ember from the fire or to dip water out of a cistern.

But even with the disaster that was to befall Jerusalem, Isaiah offered hope: the Lord ultimately would be gracious. There would be adversity and affliction, yes, but God would be present as Teacher, to guide, to

instruct, to encourage. It was the responsibility of the people to listen to the Teacher, to pay attention, to follow the teaching, to heed the guidance, to accept the encouragement.

“Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’” (Isaiah 30: 2021 NRSV) That teaching – those words – are for us as well.

Thanks be to God for that promise, and for all teachers everywhere.

er ticket-scalping business.

He purchased teammates’ complimentary tickets at wholesale prices and sold retail to the admiring public. Fans bragged about buying from Warren.

This is the way Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: Because you put your trust in oppression and deceit, and rely on them; therefore this iniquity shall become for you like a break in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant; its breaking is like that of a potter’s vessel that is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a sherd is found for taking fire from the hearth, or dipping water out of the cistern.

(Isaiah 30: 12-14 NRSV) School is back in session, at least in Knox County. Students and teachers alike are adjusting once again to the routine, learning names, making new friends, grumbling about the alarm clock.

I remember those days, as a student and as a teacher.

And I remember, oh, so well, my 3rd-grade teacher who started the very first day of school by saying this: “You may do as you please in

esty is memorable: “I didn’t make any great plays. They just kept throwing me the football.”

The idea for the Classic Vols series came from a what-if conversation between outstanding artist Danny Wilson and Jay Sokolow, senior vice president of the Tombras advertising group. Both have interests in Tennessee football.

Wilson has a big-time artistic and technical touch.

Maybe you have seen his caricatures of country music stars for the GAC Network.

Bottom line: The Classic posters, each 12 by 18 inches, are almost perfect. I wish the set took up more wall space and I wish there were posters of so many other classic Volunteers, Steve Kiner, Jack Reynolds, Condredge Holloway, Bob Johnson … well, you get the idea.

Maybe next year.

also a pretty good quarterback.

Johnnie Jones’ magic moment was in 1983, that winning run against Alabama, 66 yards, long enough to transform Birmingham’s boisterous Legion Field into what sounded like a library.

The multitude was stunned.

The little pocket of orange fans grew disrespectfully loud.

Johnnie was Tennessee’s first and second 1,000-yard rusher and the only tailback to have three 200-yard games.

Wideout Larry Seivers will forever be remembered as the “good hands” Volunteer. It is no exaggeration to say if he could touch it, he would catch it. Catch of a lifetime beat Clemson, 1974.

Back in 1968-70, safety Tim Priest set the school record for career interceptions (18). That the record still stands is amazing.

As a senior and captain, Priest picked off three against Alabama. His mod-

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FAITH NOTES Community Services ■ Catholic Charities offers counseling for those with emotional issues who may not be physically able to come to the office for therapy.

All information is completely confidential. Call 1-877-7906369. Nonemergency calls only. Info: www.ccetn.org.

■ Bookwalter UMC offers One Harvest Food Ministries to the community. Info and menu: http://bookwalterumc.org/oneharvest/index. html or 689-3349, 9 a.m.-noon weekdays.

Meetings and classes ■ Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host GriefShare, a weekly grief support group for people grieving the death of a loved one, 6-7 p.m. beginning Monday, Sept. 9-Oct. 2. Info: 522-9804 or www. sequoyahchurch.org.

■ Women’s Connection Fall Bible Studies begin Aug. 27 at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. For a list of groups and to register: www. women.fellowshipknox.org.

■ Moms ‘N’ More, a Christian growth group designed to connect mothers of infant and preschool-aged children, will meet 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays beginning Aug. 27 at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. Info: momsnmore@fellowshipknox.org or www.women.fellowshipknox. org.

■ Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike will host a new class of DivorceCare from 6:30-8:30 p.m. beginning Thursday, Sept. 5. Info: care@ fellowshipknox.org.

Bill and Mary Beth New serve their popular Messy Bessy Santa Fe Salad at the Pasta Cook-Off at Sacred Heart Cathedral.

Does she dare? Sherri Ridenour, Family Promise volunteer, teases that she may sample one of the goodies on the cake table at the Family Promise Pasta Cook-Off. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Pasta to fill promises

By Sherri Gardner Howell The eighth annual Pasta Cook-Off served up plenty of pasta dishes, scrumptious desserts and the chance to bid on live and silent auction items at the fundraising event for Family Promise of Knoxville.

Held Aug. 17 at Sacred Heart Cathedral, the popular party brought together 16 teams, some with more than one dish, to compete for bragging rights.

In addition, there was a dessert auction with cakes from homemade and professional bakers on the auction block.

Bill and Mary Beth New had been cooking for three The panel of judges had a tough job at the pasta cook-off. From left are chef Walter Lambert days but said they love of WVLT, Channel 8; Mary Constantine, News Sentinel food editor; Pryor Browning, last year’s participating in the event.

Judges’ Choice Award winner; Mayor Tim Burchett; and Tony Spezia, CEO of Covenant Health.

As members of Fountain City Presbyterian Church, they are also well aware of Members of Middlebrook Pike UMC perform at the choir’s annual barbewhere the money goes, as cue dinner. They are (front) Barbara Baker, Kathy Courtne; (back) Neil Olithe church is one of 41 conver, John Buchheit, Steve Emmett and Lee Hokaj. gregations in the Knoxville area that help Family Promise offer emergency shelter

to economically disadvantaged families.

Mary Beth was getting her Messy Bessy Santa Fe Salad ready for the competition. “This is just an awesome organization, and I’m glad to do anything to help.”

Sherri Ridenour was looking over the cake table, hoping there was a cake to beat last year’s highest bid of $185.

Guests, who purchased tickets for $10 for adults and $5 for children, got salad, bread and a drink and could sample the pasta dishes and vote for their favorites.

The judges included Mayor Tim Burchett and Covenant Health CEO Tony Spezia. Asked if tasting the pasta dishes filled them up, Spezia joked, “Oh, you mean these little samples?” and Burchett added, “That’s when we head for the best and start the serious eating.”

Music was provided by Y’uns, and children enjoyed inflatables and face paint.

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Kindergartner Morgan Holloway checks out a behavior chart in her new classroom. She is most looking forward to being in class with her new friends.

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Parker Phillips, a kindergartner at HVES, gives his little sister, 3-year-old Ellie, a tour of his new classroom.

Second grader Logan Taylor teaches his little sister, kindergartner Kamryn, how to use a clock in her new classroom. Their mom, Diana, said Logan is very excited about his sister attending class at his school.

First grader Will Fellers, mom Tricia and brother, kindergartner Wyatt, attended the kindergarten Sneak Peek at Hardin Valley Elementary School last week. Photos by S. Barrett

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Merlin’s fee is $25 and will include neutering, vaccinations and a microchip. Other adoptable animals are at both of Young-Williams’ locations, 3201 Division Street and 6400 Kingston Pike. Info: 215-6599 or www. young-williams.org.

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Medic Regional Blood Center’s collections facility is closed on Labor Day, which means no collections coming in for area hospitals although shipments will still go out to hospitals. Medic will offer all donors a free Regal Cinema movie pass if they donate Thursday, Aug. 29. Since this is a tailgate party-themed blood drive, all donors will also receive a Vols “Rise to the Top” game day T-shirt. Donors may visit any community drive or one of Medic’s donor centers: 1601 Ailor Ave. and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut.

Aug. 29 blood drives will be held 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Cedar Bluff Kroger; McKay’s Books on Papermill Drive; Texas Roadhouse in Alcoa and Texas Roadhouse in East Knoxville at 3071 Kinzel Way. Donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh 110 pounds or more (16-yearolds weighing at least 120 pounds can donate but must have parental consent) and all donors must have positive identification.

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By Betsy Pickle There’s nothing common about the enthusiasm over the Common Core initiative at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School.

It started at the top, with principal Jessica Birdsong’s gut reaction to the state’s new educational mandate. “‘What an opportunity,’ I think was my initial thought,” says Birdsong. “What an opportunity for our community, our students and our teachers just to really push ourselves to our potential.”

The previous approach wasn’t so much flawed as incomplete, she says.

“We’re still teaching our kids the same things, we’re just teaching them deeper,” says Birdsong, whose K-2 classes implemented Common Core two years ago.

Birdsong’s excitement has been matched by the Pleasant Ridge faculty so thoroughly that most have had Common Core training, and three of them – 5th grade teacher Beki Proffitt, 1st grade teacher Valerie Gresser and kindergarten teacher Kelli Smith – applied for and were chosen by the state to take the training to become Common Core coaches.

It “is really extraordinary for one school to have that many,” says Birdsong.

“Especially a school with only 27 teachers,” adds Smith.

While the coaches are sharing their knowledge with teachers from throughout the district and the state, “that obviously helped us along at Pleasant Ridge to have these experts ahead of time help us all walk through it,” says Birdsong.

Becoming Common Core coaches required a big time commitment from the teachers, both during the school year and over the summer.

Proffitt, who is a math coach, attended several training sessions in Nashville, and Smith, who’s an ELA (English Language Arts) coach, did her training in Chattanooga. (Gresser was unavailable for the interview.)

This summer, they trained teachers from all over the state Department of Education’s East Region using school facilities in Knox County.

Smith spent four days a week for three weeks, while Proffitt did back-to-back two-day sessions over two weeks because the state had already done some training when it implemented Common Core math the year before.

The total number of teachers trained throughout the state this summer was close to 30,000, Proffitt and Smith said. When they weren’t leading training, they were learning themselves.

Pleasant Ridge Elementary 5th grade teacher Beki Proffitt works with several students during a lesson. Proffitt is also a Common Core coach at the school. Photo Betsy Pickle “We went to extra training beyond that for other content areas because I don’t just teach math, and she doesn’t teach just ELA, we teach everything, so we wanted to know how to do everything,” says Proffitt.

They will continue to coach throughout the year.

“Knoxville has training sessions as well to keep us continually educated,” says Proffitt. “We’ve been part of facilitating different types of sessions and been on committees to get preparations ready.”

“And all three of them are experts in our building, and all of our teachers go to them for advice, suggestions and feedback,” says Birdsong.

Proffitt says she admires the perseverance that the Common Core approach demands of students, and she enjoys seeing them when that light bulb comes on.

“It’s the understanding,” she says.

“It’s not just that they can do it; they know why they’re doing it and what they’re doing.”

She notes that one challenge is that the students are doing it together.

“Our kids are growing up in a society that is very independent and

text-based and computer-based, and they’re usually interacting with a machine and not another person,” she says. “So for a lot of our kids, we’re truly teaching them how to communicate with other people on a regular basis and have them disagree helpfully, and I think that’s uncomfortable for some kids.”

Smith says Common Core can create a cooperative setting.

“Part of Common Core is having a respectful culture where the kids interact and learn with each other,” she says. “It’s no longer where they sit by themselves and see if they know it, but they actually communicate with each other about how they came up with their answer.

“You’ll hear them saying things such as, ‘Well, I understand where you’re coming from, but I disagree because …’ or, ‘I respectfully challenge you on this problem because I came up with this answer.’ They’re communicating with each other in a way that makes them responsible for their learning.

“They sort of learn as a unit now.

That’s one of the things that I feel like we all really had to get used to. … When I was learning, you just sat at your desk, and you did your worksheet by yourself. And now it’s great to have a noisy classroom when your

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students are talking back and forth, having informational conversations with each other.

“That’s a part of this Common Core that I think is really going to revolutionize learning for kids because they have to be able to go back and forth between their work and their learning. It’s not just, ‘I solved the problem; now I’m done.’ So I think that they do work more together. It’s a more fun place to be now.”

Smith has found that Common Core is particularly challenging for kindergarten students.

“The truth is that teaching things more deeply is harder for them, but that’s not a bad thing,” she says. “They learn more when they have just a little bit of struggle time, and they learn it from themselves. They figure it out and they own information now.”

Making computers available so that students can demonstrate their knowledge is a concern for Birdsong.

“Technology’s a big push for us.

We are trying to concentrate our resources to make sure that we can provide that technology for our students. We are always wanting more and needing more. It’s never enough, and it’s never new enough.

“It’s expensive to make sure our students are prepared adequately, and it’s hard to keep up.”

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Challenge Grant applications available The Knoxville Parks and Recreation Department is accepting applications for its 2013-14 Challenge Grant Program, which offers grants to nonprofit projects associated with public parks or recreation facilities within the city limits.

The grants are available this year to 501(c)(3), 501(c) (4), and 501(c)(6) status community groups, homeowner associations, schools, scout troops and other organizations. Recipients of a Challenge grant will be reimbursed 50 percent of the cost of a single project, up to $2,500.

The deadline for applications is Monday, Sept. 16. Applicants will be notified and announced by Wednesday, Oct. 16. All project work must be completed by Friday, May 30, 2014. Info/applications: www.cityofknoxville. org/recreation/challengegrant.pdf or 215-2017.

GED center has moved Knox County Schools’ GED testing center has moved Some of the “best of the best” Admirals at Farragut High School say incoming students should go full speed ahead to continue from its previous location at the historic Knoxville High the school’s climb to the top. No pun intended. “Dive right in, and don’t slack off,” said senior Cullen Sayegh. Photo by S. Barrett School. Its new address is at the Lincoln Park Technology Center, 535 Chickamauga Ave. GED testing is provided each week in the morning and the evening. The GED test is changing next year, and the deadline for keeping scores is December. The test costs $65. Info: 281-2602 or 281-2608.

Character is bountiful

The new school year kicked off last week for Knox County, and the only way I could be more excited about it is if my own child actually went to a school in this county.

expectation of students is definitely that of the college level. And the teachers do an amazing job.”

Math department chair Wanda Lacy added, “I am so incredibly proud of the outstanding success of Farragut High School in both student achievement and student growth.

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Students are starting with a clean slate and a renewed sense of work ethic after summer break. I can’t wait to see what they’ll accomplish this year. Fall is in the air, and football is about to start. This means fall festivals, school carnivals and Ethan Young pep rallies with lots of pho“Our faculty, administo opportunities are right tration and staff have all around the corner. worked tirelessly to provide the type of educational enFarragut High is vironment which enables Reward School our students to excel. Being The Tennessee State De- acknowledged as a Reward partment of Education an- School is a high honor not nounced the top schools in easily attained. We will conthe state (Reward schools) tinue to strive for excellence last week, and Farragut High because our students deSchool came out on top. One serve nothing less.” of five Knox County schools included in the list, Farragut Brothers medal High was recognized for both in AAU Junior performance and progress.

Senior and Student Gov- Olympics ernment Association presiThe Knoxville Youth Athdent Ethan Young said it may letics track and field team be hard to pinpoint one thing recently competed in the that pushed FHS to the top.

AAU Junior Olympics in “That’s like asking what Detroit. West Valley Midmakes a good piece of art dle School 8th grader Josh beautiful,” said Young. “The Sobota and his brother,

Farragut High School Cyber Admirals Matt Fisher, Sam MacLean, Anthony Young, (back) Ben Jones, Bailey Holland and Jason Moore work together on a computer problem during a practice round. Photo by S. Barrett Bearden High School freshman Jacob Sobota, both medaled in at least one of the competitions in which they participated.

Josh won first place in the discus and third place in shotput. Before the competition, he practiced four days a week. Upon winning first place in discus, he discovered he also unofficially set a new national record.

“If you like something, you should just do it,” he said.

Josh plans to continue competing in high school and during college.

Jacob placed fifth in the pole vault and says he enjoys competing because “you get to see how your practice pays off.”

Jacob hopes his athleticism combined with his academic success will really help with college scholarships. He would encourage other folks his age to try their hand at whatever sport

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Brothers Jacob and Josh Sabota competed with the Knoxville Youth Athletics track and field team during the AAU Junior Olympics in Detroit. Photo submitted interests them, but to “do it at a finale round in February. the right way, so you don’t During competition, the get hurt.”

Cyber Admirals work as a team to battle faux enemies Cyber Admirals through cyber sleuthing and troubleshooting on a make boot up for the believe operating system. coming year The group has won the state Tennessee Farragut High School’s CyberPatriot Cyber Admirals got together Championship title for two last week for the club’s first straight years.

Junior Sam MacLean meeting of the year. The group will compete in sev- was a member of last year’s eral rounds beginning in No- team, and he said prior to vember, with the state cham- joining that his knowledge pionship being determined of computers was typical.

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■ Marvelene Moore, a professor who specializes in classroom music for students in kindergarten through 8th grade, has received the Lowell Mason Fellow Moore Award, the highest honor in the music education field. Moore, a UT faculty member for 36 years, is James A. Cox Endowed Chair and a professor of music education.

Sanchit places high on statewide exam Webb School of Knoxville junior Sanchit Wadhawan placed 10th on the Algebra II exam at this year’s Tennessee Mathmatics Teachers’ Association statewide high school mathematics contest. Sanchit was one of 69 high school students to take the exam. He placed second at the UT test site and fourth in the East Tennessee Regional. Photo submitted

Bee Friends to celebrate National Honey Month Bee Friends, a local beekeeping group, will be showing the movie “The Vanishing of the Bees” at its Sept. 5 meeting to celebrate National Honey Month. The group meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at the Tazewell campus of Walters State in the auditorium. All are welcome to visit just for the movie or to meet local beekeepers. As you enter the parking lot for Walters State, look for a yellow sign with directions from the parking lot. Coffee and dessert will be served.

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Assistant DA says child-abuse Rosenblatt cases almost always drug related to lead KMA Charme Knight told members of the Rotary Club of West Knoxville last week that she and the people she works with “wish we could work ourselves right out of a job.”

Anne Hart Knox County Assistant DA Charme Knight speaks to the Rotary Club of West Knoxville.

Now chief of the Child Abuse Unit in the Knox County District Attorney General’s Office, Knight related real-life horror stories of some of the thousands of child-abuse cases she has handled during a career in public service that started in 1989, when she was still in law school and was hired as a student clerk by thenAttorney General Ed Dossett.

Knight said when she took that first job there was one detective in the city and one in the county assigned to child-abuse issues. To-

County Beer Board Knox County Beer Board will consider revocation of license for three West Knox establishments at 1 p.m. today (Aug. 26) at the City County Building. All were cited by the Sheriff’s Office for a first offense: ■ Ebenezer Foodmart, 600 Ebenezer Road ■ Westland Market, 9233 Westland Drive ■ Rocky Top Market, 2064 Castaic Drive

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day the city and county each have eight detectives assigned to child-abuse and domestic-violence cases.

The attorney general’s office has three full-time attorneys and one part-time attorney assigned to prosecute the cases.

“Our team processed 1,008 child-abuse cases last year and saw 770 children sent to foster care,” Knight told the group, adding that almost 100 percent of childabuse cases are drug related.

“About 8.3 million children in the U.S. are being raised by parents who are addicted to drugs. That’s about three children in every Knox County classroom.

Children of drug-addicted parents are three times more likely to be abused than other children and about four times more likely to become addicted to drugs themselves,” Knight said.

Knight said her career was an obvious choice. Her grandfather was the sheriff of the small Georgia county where she grew up, “and our dinner-table conversation was about law enforcement and the criminal-justice system.”

She received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from West Georgia College and a law degree from the University of Tennessee.

Throughout her career she has handled thousands of cases in both sessions court and criminal court.

Knight has announced that she is a candidate for the district attorney’s seat in the 2014 election.

Barrett is new TPO engineer Tarren Barrett has joined the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Orga n i zat ion (TPO) as a transportation engineer. Barrett will be reTarren Barrett viewing development plans and traffic impact studies, managing data collection efforts and helping facilitate

special committees.

She previously worked for the Lakeway Metropolitan Planning Organization and spent six month in TDOT’s Office of Community Transportation.

She holds a master’s degree in civil engineering, and served as a civil engineer officer in Afghanistan with the Tennessee Air National Guard.

The Knoxville native has two boys, both less than 4 years old.

in 25th year Bernard Rosenblatt is the new board chair for the Knoxville Museum of Art. He has served on the Rosenblatt museum’s board since 2005 when he retired as executive director of the Knoxville Jewish Alliance.

“The KMA is going through tremendous changes right now and I am excited to serve as board chair during this time,” said Rosenblatt.

“It is a privilege to serve with such a dedicated board and professional staff.

With our 25th anniversary campaign to enhance, repair and complete our remarkable building, and installing the most ambitious and monumental figural glass sculpture anywhere

by Richard Jolley, we are evolving to a new level.

“The bar has been raised and I look forward to being a part of this transformation.”

Rosenblatt received a bachelor’s degree in theater arts from the University of Miami, a master’s in speech and drama from Stanford, and a Ph.D. in theater arts/education from the University of Missouri.

Dr. Bill Bass, University of Tennessee professor emeritus and founder of the Forensic Anthropology Research Center (also known as the Body Farm), left, and Jon Jefferson clown it up in a publicity shot for their new book, “Cut to the Bone.” They will be the speakers at the Farragut West Knoxville Chamber Breakfast Series in September.

Bass, Jefferson to introduce book at Chamber breakfast

By Sherri Gardner Howell Dr. Bill Brockton is back, and fans of the Body Farm mystery series will find the new book turns back the clock.

Farragut West Knox Chamber members can get the “scoop” on the storyline the first day the book goes on sale and hear the writing team of Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson talk about their newest novel, “Cut to the Bone.”

The duo will speak at the Chamber Breakfast Series at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Fox Den Country Club.

Dr. Bass has been a friend of the Chamber for years and has again agreed to be the breakfast speaker on the day his new book is released, said Julie Predny.

Bass and Jefferson team up to write the Body Farm books under the pen name Jefferson Bass.

In “Cut to the Bone,” the writers go back to 1992 to reveal the creation of the Body Farm and catch a serial killer.

After their presentation, Bass and Jefferson will sign books. Tickets for the breakfast are on sale by calling the chamber office at 675-7057 or by registering online at www.FarragutChamber.com. Tickets are $30 for chamber members, $40 for prospective members and guests, with tables of 10 available for $275.

Reservations are required by Thursday, Sept.

19. The Chamber will donate 15 percent to a charity of Dr. Bass’ choice. Presenting sponsors are Highland Memorial Park Funerals and Cremations and the town of Farragut. Community sponsors are Tennessee State Bank and Enrichment Federal Credit Union.

NEWS FROM PREMIER SURGICAL News from Rural/Metro

By Nancy Whittaker

Employees of First Utility District were recognized for outstanding efforts as the board of commissioners met Aug. 19.

During construction of Northshore Elementary School, Rouse Construction discovered a problem with a sewer line that had to be repaired a couple of weeks before the school was scheduled to open.

Ron Perfetto, Rouse CEO, said, “First Utility District employees went way above and beyond their job responsibility in helping Rouse to make repairs in a safe and timely manner assuring the school would open on time.”

During July, First Utility set 27 new water meters and did 40 sewer inspections. Bruce Giles, general manager, reported construction projects are on schedule.

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Knox County fire prevention specialist Larry Wilder, Rural/ Metro operations manager Jim Carico and Rural/Metro market general manager Dennis Rowe pass out fire badges at the second annual Mayor’s Back-to-School Bash at the Knoxville Expo Center Aug. 12. Photo submitted

Rural/Metro stresses safety

By Rob Webb

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Nashville Mayor Karl Dean.

However, everyone The program was found- would agree that even one ed in 2008 by Knoxvilchild injured or killed on lian Randy Boyd, primary owner of Pet Safe.

their way to school is too many. For Rural/Metro’s paramedics and emergency medical technicians, calls to respond to an accident involving children are among the most dreaded.

Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers issued 5,247 citations to drivers related to school traffic last school year, almost 1,400 more citations than the year before. That figure does not include tickets written by city and county officers. Both Sheriff Jimmy “JJ” Jones and KPD Chief David Rausch have pledged an increased police presence the first few weeks of school.

While officers certainly focus on enforcing speed limits in school zones, the enforcement effort extends to include drivers taking children to school and those around school buses. A little extra vigilance and caution can prevent a tragedy.

Slow down in school zones, and be extra watchful around school buses and at drop off points and other spots where children gather.

For parents, there are great tips about pedestrian and bicycle safety online at www.walktoschool.org.

Treatment for Vein Disease Helps Heal Man’s Severe Ulcer treatment at a local ulcers. clinic. But, two more In two separate painful sores soon outpatient procedures developed on Mclasting 50-60 minutes Cusker’s other ankle. at Premier Vein ClinEventually the pain ics, Dr. Pliagas used became incapacitatthe newest endoveing. “I could barely nous laser techniques stand up to brush my to heal the ulcers. teeth or shower,” says McCusker is McCusker. “I was alamazed with the most ready to cut my result.

“It’s totally feet off at the ankles, Before being treated for venous disease at Premier Vein Clinics, an changed my life! The it was so painful all ulcer on Michael McCusker’s ankle sores closed up in was so severe, he was at risk of losing the time.” his foot. about two weeks and Then, a friend As an active, young introduced McCusker the pain is now almost to Dr. George Pliagas non-existent.” guy who worked on of Premier Surgical Dr. Pliagas his feet, Michael McVein Clinics.

Dr. says treating Cusker never expected venous disease to be sidelined by foot Pliagas’ experience in venous early is key. ulcers so severe he and vascular could hardly stand.

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THROUGH WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28 Cheerleading, dance deadline The deadline for entry in the Tennessee Valley Fair’s Cheerleading & Dance Competition is Wednesday, Aug. 28.

The 94th annual Tennessee Valley Fair takes place Friday, Sept. 6, through Sunday, Sept. 15, at Chilhowee Park. The Cheerleading & Dance Competition will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at Homer Hamilton Theater.

For info and applications, visit TNValleyFair.org.

Station, is at the Farragut Folklife Museum in the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, through Friday, Nov. 22.

The exhibit features a variety of items related to the battle, which was fought Nov. 16, 1863, on the land surrounding the town hall, as well as an encampment scene on the vignette in the Doris Woods Owens Gallery.

Featured items, many from personal collections of community members, include guns, newspapers and letters, and a stump containing a bullet from the battle.

The museum is open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free.

MONDAY, AUG. 26

Plant-a-Tree Program

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THROUGH FRIDAY, AUG. 30 Featured artist Works by Bill Cook, the Town of Farragut Arts Council’s featured artist for July and August, will be on display through Friday, Aug. 30, on the second floor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

Town Hall hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Cook, who lives in Knoxville, started carving wood as a child before discovering clay sculpture at the University of Tennessee. He began sculpting in marble in the late 1990s.

For more info on the exhibit or to access a Featured Artist of the Month application, contact Lauren Cox, 865-966-7057 or lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org, or visit www.townoffarragut.org (Departments, Parks & Leisure Services, Arts & Culture).

THROUGH SATURDAY, AUG. 31 Business license renewal The deadline for renewing a Town of Farragut business privilege license is Saturday, Aug. 31.

Businesses that currently hold a license can renew at no cost at www.townoffarragut.org (click Online Form Center). A printable form is also available on the site and may be mailed or brought to the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, Farragut, TN 37934.

If a business does not renew its license by Aug. 31, the license will lapse, and a new license must be obtained at a cost of $15. The license is required for every person who conducts a business that operates from a physical site located within Town limits. The license applies to all commercial, office and home-based businesses.

For info, call 865-966-7057.

THROUGH FRIDAY, NOV. 22 ‘Discovering the Civil War’ “Discovering the Civil War,” a new exhibit timed to honor the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Campbell

Student-film deadline The Knoxville Film Festival’s Battle Cry of Freedom Student Filmmaking Competition, open to high-school and college students, either individuals or teams, has a submission deadline of Sunday, Sept. 1.

Films must be between five and 20 minutes long and focus on the Civil War, in recognition of the war’s sesquicentennial. For rules, fees and more info, visit www.knoxvillefilmfestival.com.

The Knoxville Film Festival will be held ThursdaySunday, Sept. 19-22, at Regal Cinemas’ Downtown West 8.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 3

THROUGH FRIDAY, AUG. 30 The Town of Farragut is accepting donations for its 2013 Plant-a-Tree Program through Friday, Aug. 30.

Community members can remember or honor their loved ones by donating a fee between $200 and $250 that will be used to purchase a tree. Donors may choose from more than a dozen tree varieties and, with assistance from Town staff, choose a location in one of Farragut’s parks or along a Farragut greenway.

A small marble commemorative plaque will be set in concrete at the base of the tree, and the Town will provide year-round, lifetime maintenance.

To purchase a tree, visit www.townoffarragut.org, click “Online Payments,” and fill out the information form. Donors will be directed to www.paypal.com to make payment.

More info and a printable application are available by clicking Departments, Parks and Leisure Services and then Plant-a-Tree Program. For further info, contact Jay Smelser, jay.smelser@townoffarragut.org or call 865966-7057.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 1

Caregiver Support Group

STAR, the Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding, is seeking volunteers to help special-needs children and adults with horseback-riding lessons at the STAR facility, 11800 Highway 11E in Lenoir City.

Junior Vol Training for ages 10-12 will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26.

No experience with horses is necessary.

For more info, call Melissa James, 865-988-4711, or visit www.rideatstar.org.

The Caregiver Support Group will meet 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Sept. 3, in Room E-224 at Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive (use front covered entrance).

The support group, which is affiliated with Alzheimer’s Tennessee Inc., meets on the first Tuesday of each month. Anyone in the community who gives care to an elderly individual is welcome to attend.

Refreshments will be provided. For more info, call 865-675-2835.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 26-27

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The AARP Driver Safety Course will be offered from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 26-27, at the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, 900 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville.

Anyone age 50 or over may attend. To be eligible for a discount (up to 10 percent) on auto insurance, participants must be 55 or older and complete eight hours of class time.

Taught by trained AARP volunteers, the program covers such topics as age-related physical changes and declining perceptual skills and serves as a refresher course for the rules of the road, local driving problems and license-renewal requirements.

To register, call Jim Norton, 865-233-3442.

TUESDAY & SATURDAY, AUG. 27 & 31 Farmers market The Dixie Lee Farmers Market is open 3-6 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 27, at the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek (across from the theater). It is open 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 31, at Renaissance | Farragut.

TUESDAYS, AUG. 27-NOV. 12 Women’s Connection Bible studies Women’s Connection fall Bible studies will be held Tuesdays, Aug. 27-Nov. 12, at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike.

Registration is ongoing at the church. Online class registration closes Tuesday, Sept. 10. Morning and evening groups are offered. Visit women.fellowshipknox. org.

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The Dixie Lee Farmers Market is open 3-6 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 3, at the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek (across from the theater). It is open 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 7, at Renaissance | Farragut.

TUESDAYS, SEPT 3-24 Pilates class at Town Hall A four-week Pilates class will be offered 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 3, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Registration and payment deadline is Friday, Aug. 30.

Pilates is a mind-body exercise that works the whole body. The focus is on correct use of core muscles, spinal alignment and proper breathing. Pilates helps to reduce injury, recover from injury and promote muscular balance.

This class has some yoga poses mixed in to enhance flexibility, strength and breathing. Simon Bradbury is the instructor.

Cost is $40. Cash, check and credit-card payments are accepted at the Town Hall or over the phone, 865966-7057.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 8 Mocs get-together The Knoxville Region UT Chattanooga Alumni Chapter will meet for food, games and good times with fellow Mocs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Cove at Concord Park, 11808 S. Northshore Drive.

Alumni are invited to bring lunch, family and friends.

For more info, contact Natalie Mohr at npatter2@ gmail.com or 865-470-3790, or visit the Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Knoxville.Mocs.

Networking group A new Farragut chapter of Business Network International will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, at Meksiko Cantina, 120 West End Ave. The group will meet each Wednesday at the same time and location.

There is no charge to attend as a visitor, and first-timers will be treated to lunch. Attendees should bring their business cards and be prepared to share a “60-second commercial” about their business.

The group’s goal is to assist professionals in growing their businesses through building relationships, wordof-mouth advertising and referral generation. Only one

MONDAY, SEPT. 9 Job Resources Group The Job Resources Group will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9, at Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive.

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

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NEWS FROM WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE

Webb’s Upper School “Courtyard of Sparta” (pictured above and below) contains an outdoor classroom, as well as ample gathering space for social interaction and/or quiet reflection and study.

The centerpiece of Webb’s new campus construction is a 35,000-square-foot multipurpose building (pictured above) proximate to the Lower and Middle Schools. The structure will house a K-12 dance studio, a new and enhanced robotics center, a broadcast journalism set and classroom, as well as additional classes for world languages and music. Beyond the classrooms, the building will also hold a new gymnasium, used both for Lower School physical education and interscholastic athletic teams. The multipurpose facility will be completed in August 2014.

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central goal of Webb School is to prepare students to enter into, and be successful and fulfilled at, appropriately competitive colleges and universities around the country.

As a college preparatory school, that is our core business. But beyond that end of an outstanding college experience, Webb is equally Hutchinson committed to an engaging means . . . the daily experience of every Webb student every day . . . and we create programs and foster relationships that support those means. We also support our programs and our students with exceptional facilities to inspire a best effort from all, and the newest phase of campus development that reflects that support is now in full swing.

■ Four distinct projects highlight this latest phase of campus development.

The centerpiece is a 35,000-square-foot multipurpose building, proximate to the Lower and Middle Schools that will house a variety of exciting programs.

This structure will contain a K-12 dance studio, a new and enhanced robotics center, a broadcast journalism set and classroom, as well as additional classes for world languages and music. Beyond the classrooms, the building will also hold a new gymnasium, used both for Lower School physical education and interscholastic athletic teams. Webb’s multipurpose facility will be completed in August 2014.

■ The second project is an expansion and enhancement to the Upper School, including a new front entrance to the building, an expanded weight training facility, and some additional study space.

Construction will be completed in January 2014.

■ The third undertaking is an outdoor pavilion adjacent to Webb’s Lower School.

This structure will enable Lower School classes to be held outside and will provide sheltered outdoor space for social and recreational interaction. The outdoor pavilion will be finished by mid-October 2013.

Spartan (the school mascot), crafted entirely from scrap iron, stainless steel, and copper. This project is complete and already being enjoyed by students.

Exceptional facilities are not a prerequisite for a quality education, but being able to study and learn on a campus that is designed to inspire one’s best is an advantage for any student, and certainly having specific facilities ■ Finally, the fourth project is to support specific activities – i.e. a courtyard centered within robotics, broadcast journalism, dance, science, world languages – our Upper School building. is important.

This courtyard contains an Webb takes great pride in the outdoor classroom, as well as work of our students and our ample gathering space for social interaction and/or quiet reflection faculty, and we invest in and and study. The courtyard’s feature design our facilities to best ensure that their work is supported. attraction is an eight-foot-high

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Running out of air The surprising reason why Butch DeBord couldn’t catch his breath Symptoms Tucked away in West Knoxville, not too far from the noise and bustle of busy streets and business as usual, Butch DeBord sits in a home on a little piece of paradise. It’s family farmland with fields of green and a garden spilling over with colorful flowers.

He drinks it all in with the appreciation only a man of his age can. He’s 65 years old – retirement age – and the things he’s experienced have caused him to understand how precious being alive and at peace can be.

Aside from the usual lifelong journey of experiences, Butch and his wife, Julia, have had to overcome some health obstacles to keep their quality of life. Most recently, Butch had aortic valve replacement at Parkwest Medical Amy Dale, R.N., and exercise Center. He remembers when he first started to physiologist Rhonnda have some problems.

Cloinger are part of the “I would lie down and I’d start having team helping Butch DeBord breathing issues,” Butch recalls. “I thought it and other heart patients was just stress and didn’t pay any attention to through successful cardiac it. One day my breathing was worse and I told rehabilitation. my wife ‘I probably ought to get this checked.’ ” Butch went to Parkwest, where tests showed his heart seemed to be in full working order, but fluid had accumulated around his On days when Butch DeBord isn’t at cardiac rehab, heart and lungs. A successful procedure took he walks the long driveway at his farm or works the care of that and Butch went back home and on treadmill, things he couldn’t have done just a few about his business. months ago.

But in February of this year, the breathing problems cropped up again on a Sunday afternoon. He waited to see if his breathing would explained the diagnosis further to Butch. “He quickly, it also happened very successfully. get better the next day. It didn’t.

“Dr. Pollard did a fantastic job. I couldn’t said it was leaking very badly,” Butch says. “On a scale of 1 to 4 with 4 being the worst, he said have been more pleased,” Butch says. “The Diagnosis whole experience with Parkwest – and I’m I was a 4.”

Finding himself back at Parkwest, Butch saying this in all sincerity – was just absolutely learned his heart was racing at 138 beats per Treatment the best. I just couldn’t have asked for better minute. When cardiologist Nicholas XenopouAs serious as it sounded, Dr. Pollard said treatment.” los, M.D., went in to shock Butch’s heart back to a normal pace, a scope was run, revealing surgery could wait a few days if Butch had Rehab things to take care of before going into the hosthat Butch had an aortic valve leak.

Butch says he was equally pleased with the A leaking (or regurgitant) aortic valve sends pital. However, Dr. Pollard had an opening for 6 a.m. the next day.

Butch took it.

Parkwest Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabiliblood flowing in two directions – out through “I’m not the type of person that worries tation Center.

Cardiac rehab is an important the aorta to the body or backwards from the aorta into the left ventricle when the ventricle about stuff like that. Never gave it a second piece in the recovery puzzle for patients like relaxes. The heart has to do more work to com- thought,” Butch says. “They might as well have Butch. Patients who participate in the rehab pensate for the volume and pressure of blood told me they were going to pull one of my teeth. program tend to recover more fully, more in the left ventricle. This can sometimes cause I’m a person of faith.” He says he and his wife quickly and adapt tools to keep them healththe walls of the ventricle to thicken and be less have adopted a philosophy about hurdles like ier, which means they’re less likely to wind up effective. That can lead to heart failure. Aortic this one. “I have a great doctor, a great God back in the hospital.

“I went down there and I didn’t know what regurgitation can also result in the aorta bulg- and nothing to worry about.”

So Butch was admitted to the hospital to expect,” Butch remembers. “You know, you ing or developing weak spots susceptible to and the next morning received a new aortic kind of stumble through to start with because aortic aneurysm.

Thoracic surgeon Thomas Pollard, M.D., valve from a cow. While it all happened very you don’t know what’s going on or why you’re

doing this.” He questioned whether he’d be able to do what the rehab staff asked him to.

He needn’t have worried.

“They are just so good, and I was so impressed with their professionalism,” says Butch. He was also impressed at the way the patients are monitored. “You think they’re not watching you, but they are,” keeping a close eye on the heart rate of every participant and paying attention to make sure everyone is getting just the right amount of physical activity.

But the exercise was only one part of what made a difference for Butch. He took advantage of the education offered there, as well.

“You go for an hour of exercise, but you have an hour of classroom time, too.” Butch says.

“It’s just such a comprehensive program.”

Patients who go through Parkwest’s cardiac rehab program learn everything they need to know about living a healthy life after heart surgery. That includes diet, how to order at restaurants, stress management, potential reactions to medications, fall prevention, monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol, and more.

“My notebook is still right there with all my handouts,” Butch points to a binder near the couch. “That’s kind of my little encyclopedia I go back to, to refresh my memory.”

Lifestyle change Butch says he and his wife are living healthier lives now. He’s more careful about what he eats and exercises at least five days a week.

“I bought a treadmill, I have my driveway I can walk on here at home,” Butch says. “I’m up to 15-pound hand weights.”

And he was so impressed with Parkwest Cardiac Rehabilitation Center he’s decided to keep it as a part of his healthy lifestyle.

“I’ve opted to go back, I’m going down there two days a week on my own,” says Butch. “I don’t think my recovery would be near what it is today if I hadn’t gone through Parkwest rehab. That’s why I’m going back. I want to keep it up because it’s been so good.”

Butch says he feels much better, and breathing is no longer an issue. His advice to anyone who may be experiencing symptoms of a heart problem is don’t wait. Take action and take care of your health.

“I’m 65 and I’d like to think that I’ve got several more years on this earth, so I want to be in as good a health as I can be,” Butch says. “I’m married to a very wonderful lady, we’ve been married for 42 years and if I had my choice I’d like to spend another 42 with her.”

The road to recovery begins with cardiac and pulmonary rehab Butch DeBord went to Parkwest Medical Center because he was experiencing shortness of breath, and that’s one of the primary symptoms of valve disease. In such cases, doctors This congenital birth defect is characterized by an aortic valve that will do an echocardiogram. Amy Dale, RN, says if the results has only two flaps (a normal aortic valve has three flaps). If the valve are abnormal (indicating a large amount of leakage from a Bicuspid aortic valve becomes narrowed, it is more difficult for the blood to flow through, valve) a tranesophageal echocardiogram is typically ordered and often the blood leaks backward. Symptoms usually do not develop to get an even closer look at the valve prior to surgery. during childhood, but are often detected during the adult years.

“To replace a valve is an even bigger surgery than coroMitral valve prolapse (also This disease is characterized by the bulging of one or both of the mitral nary bypass graft surgery,” Dale says, “because it truly is known as click-murmur syndrome, valve flaps during the contraction of the heart. One or both of the flaps open heart surgery, a more invasive procedure.”

Barlow’s syndrome, balloon mitral may not close properly, allowing the blood to leak backward. This may Dale says Butch also had a procedure called bilateral valve or floppy valve syndrome) result in a mitral regurgitation murmur. maze ablation due to an abnormal cardiac rhythm called atrial fib.

Often caused by a past history of rheumatic fever, this condition is “Caring for Butch involved a multidisciplinary approach Mitral valve stenosis characterized by a narrowing of the mitral valve opening, increasing in cardiac rehab,” says Dale, who was Butch’s certified nurse resistance to blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle. case manager. After a period of recuperation, he met with This type of valve disease occurs primarily in the elderly and is exercise physiologist Rhonnda Cloinger, who helped take Aortic valve stenosis characterized by a narrowing of the aortic valve opening, increasing Butch from exercising about 30 minutes a day to 60 minresistance to blood flow from the left ventricle to the aorta. utes a day. His intensity also increased and he regained his This condition is characterized by a pulmonary valve that does not open confidence.

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“This information is analyzed by a nurse and if anything ap- constantly reviewing and adjusting exercise prescriptions.

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By Carol Zinavage It was a great night for Suzani Styles and YoungWilliams Animal Center when the Dog Days of August fashion show was held recently on Market Square.

The sultry heat underscored the name of the event, but many folks came out to see models in fabulous Suzani Styles boots and shoes, accompanied by adopted and adoptable dogs.

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The mastermind behind the event was April Montgomery, who owns Suzani Styles in Bearden.

She had done a similar show in Nashville with animal rescue group Agave, and says it was “a great event. I wanted to do something like that here.” Suzani Styles has recently begun offering dog collars after a client requested some to go with her six pairs of Suzani boots. The boots are made in Istanbul, Turkey, by three different designers, all Turkish.

Montgomery often visits the Middle East to oversee fabric selection and design. Photos by Carol

Enjoying the event are downtown resident Pepper Bobo, and Lilly and Allee Faulkner of Sevierville. Dog Tessa shows that she likes to pose, too!

Jennifer Hughes and Ribeye, a therapy dog, wow the crowd.

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Little Oona Morris, 3, kicks up her booted heels with Kelli Ryman and Mr. Martini.

Oona’s mom Karly said the little girl “thought it was going to be a pretend fashion show, but she loved getting her hair and makeup done.

She’s the biggest girly girl!”

Jason Morris of West Knoxville brought Zoe out to see the show. Zoe was more concerned with a dog she spotted to her right.

Heather Pace is proud to partner with handsome Ledger, who was rescued by the side of the road in Ohio.

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1st shots, $350. 423raises at both ends, 2007 Holiday Rambler 625-3500; 423-248-8109 $1300. DR beveled 5th wheel, 36' w/4 HARLEY Wide Glide ***Web ID# 292650*** 2012, 2K mi, glass top wrought slide outs, like new, $12,000. iron table, round, $30,000. 865-599-1905 German Shepherd 423-237-2508 small shelf underPuppies, European, neath, 4 padded 2008 JAYCO Octane Honda Goldwing 2002 AKC, ready to go in toy hauler 30', Onan chairs, $150. Futon, 2 wks, $600-$800. 865Pearl Orange, new 4000 onboard gen., almost new $75. Coffee 679-6344 eisenhofer tires/battery, hitch, 30 gal fueling station, table & matching end CB, records, $9500. kennels.com queen bed in master tables, w/drawers, ***Web ID# 293674*** 865-919-2333 bdrm, 2 queen beds stone-look tops, $75. ***Web ID# 290713*** in rear, elec. awning, 865-882-6755 PIT BULL PUPS, screen rm, outside YAMAHA Virago 1997, registered, blue & shower, full kitchen, white. $250. Phone Household Appliances 204a 25K mi., good tires, $20,000 obo. 865-388-7089 423-625-9192 custom paint, sissi bar, ***Web ID# 288888*** $3800 obo. 865-281-9556.

SHELTIE PUPPIES, ***Web ID# 289987*** SPRINTER 2004, 30' 1M & 1F, sable, 9 Bunkhouse Model, wks, vet ckd, AKC 303BH, no pets or reg., $500. 423-907-4040 238a smokers, $9,500. ATV’s ***Web ID# 292493*** 865-356-6368 2004 HONDA 350 ATV, SIBERIAN HUSKY 4WD, only 906 mi, AKC Pups, champion $2,950.

Motor Homes 237 lines, shots, $500-$600.

865-705-2576 865-256-2763 2001 E. Magnolia Ave. ***Web ID# 294447*** 2000 Winnebago Journey, 36' with slide out, diesel, Freightliner, Repairable Wrecks 249 Free Pets 145 Sewing Machines 211 KVH satellite.

BUICK CENTURY $43,000.

865-376-3064 SINGER 29K shoe 2005, with 91K act. cobbler machine, 2002 Holiday Rambler ADOPT! mi., $1800 obo. Call sews good, $450.

865Looking for an addi865-690-2782 Class C, 39,248 mi, 2 368-9828 bef. 7pm. tion to the family? slides, jacks, $32,500.

Visit Young-Williams 865-938-8456; 312-3938 Animal Center, the Antiques 216 2007 31' Four Winds Autos Wanted 253 official shelter for Knoxville & Hurricane, 2 slides, A BETTER CASH Knox County.

ANTIQUE DR Suit, Triton V-10 gas, OFFER for junk cars, over 100 yrs old, 14,700 mi, factory trucks, vans, running Call 215-6599 exc cond, $800. Call cruise, auto leveling, or not. 865-456-3500 or visit 865-379-6626 gen., backup camera, hitch, non smoking, knoxpets.org no pets, very clean, Utility Trailers 255 218 much more. $39,000.

FREE TO GOOD Bicycles Located in SevierHOME, mediumCLOSED CARGO / ville. 574-780-1502 Rhodes Car sized female dog, NEW MOTORCYCLE / Quadracycle, dual 7 ***Web ID# 292919*** about 5 yrs old. 789etc. trailer w/rear spd, fully equipped, 4808 ramp door. 3 ft. sell $3,000, pd $4200. BERKSHIRE 2008, Sharp V nose. Special diesel, 4 slides, 38 865-379-6626 ordered w/two 5000 ft., garage kept.

Farmer’s Market 150 lb. axle & 6 lug $98,000. 865-992-3547 hubs. 30 amp hook or 776-1991.

Boats Motors 232 18' Trlr, HD, ramps, up w/interior wall ***Web ID# 291478*** elec brakes, dbl axle, plugs & 2 ceiling dove tail, $1800 obo. lights. Spare tire. AskBOUNDER 1992, 34', 865-922-0690; 363-8087 ing $4000. 865-805-8038 leveling jacks, 7K watt gen., 67K mi., Ferguson Tractor $10,900. 865-933-2544 TO30 1948, good Vans 256 or 865-591-1853. cond., $1800.

865-257-8672 18' BOWRIDER SeaDoo, DOLPHIN 2002 36 ft CHEVY ASTRO 2005 220 HP twin eng.; motor home, 30k passenger van, 106K KUBOTA TRACHOE solid trlr / hull; mi, Workhorse + miles, trailering 161-3 2006, enclosed $2400/bo 865-250-8079 chassis, 502 GM pkg., am/fm/cd/cass. cab, hyd. thumb, eng., 2 slides, Michelin sound sys., AC, recent 1100 hrs. $42,000. 1990 18 FT. Voyager tires, auto. satellite, transm., $9,000.

423-319-7251.

Fishing Pontoon, 60 2 TVs, 2 ACs, full 865-691-4019.

HP Evinrude & trlr. bsmt storage, 6.5 $3200. 865-216-5387. gen. Asking $34,000. HONDA ODYSSEY Lawn-Garden Equip. 190 865-805-8038.

2012 EXL, leather, Eagle Boat Trailer, sunroof, 25k mi, 31', tri-axle, alloy LANDAU 2001, 35', FREE TO GOOD $23,900. 423-295-5393 wheels, each axle HOME: 42" SEARS 47K V10, 2 slides, 6,000 lbs., surge Riding Mower auto. levelers, brakes, great cond., w/covered catch camera, generator, Trucks 257 $4,200. 865-318-9399 wagon. Blower moloaded, elderly owned tor on back. At- PONTOON Party Barge $35K. 423-745-2143 CHEVY SILVERADO tachments & extra 24' 1987, 50 Mercury MONACO SIGNATURE 2008, V6, less than blades. Needs tuneHP w/Tracker trlr. 45' 2005 Castle IV. 500 20k mi, tow pkg, up & brakes. 20 yrs $4000. 865-258-8985. $14,000. 865-314-0628 old. You pick up HP Detroit diesel, Allison or 865-384-3465 from Turkey Creek SEA NYMPH 1990, 1 transm., 12k gen., ***Web ID# 289530*** area. Call 966-0296.

Roadmaster chassis, owner, great shape, 4 slides, king sleep no. DODGE 3500 2006, 5.9 17 1/2 ft.

Fish & Ski, GRAVELY MODEL L 70HP Johnson out- bed, residential refrig., diesel truck, AT, in exc cond. w/misc.

W/D, DW, Aqua Hot. board, Minn Kota AC, PW, 178K mi, spare parts, all Reduced $25,000 to trolling motor. New $15,900. 865-585-6614 $1300 obo. 865-202-1244 flooring, carpeting, $160,000. 865-376-2443; 865-466-0506.

Dodge Ram PU, 2005, & some seats. bad mtr, 4x4, body & with Yacht Machinery-Equip. 193 Comes trans. good cond.

Club trailer. $3,900 $2500. 865-475-6218 OBO. 865-456-0168 KUBOTA TRACHOE 161-3 2006, enclosed SEA RAY 1989 180 FORD RANGER XLT cab, hyd. thumb, bowrider, V6, 175 HP, 2004, exc cond, 104K 1100 hrs. $42,000. exc. shape, $3250. mi, $7200. Call Mike 423-319-7251.

Call 865-216-6154.

865-200-8243

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FORD F350 2008 DRW 4x4 6.4 Twin Turbo, 65K mi., New Tires. New Custom Aluminum Bed w/80g aux. fuel tank, gooseneck hitch, Reese receiver. $34,000. 423-625-3866.

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BMW 525i 2003, blk on CERAMIC TILE inblk, 118k mi, $8800. stallation.

Floors/ New Michelins. Call walls/ repairs. 33 text 865-660-6562 yrs exp, exc work! ***Web ID# 289822*** John 938-3328

BMW LI 2008, loaded, white ext., tan int. Guttering 333 new Michelin tires, gar. kept, great HAROLD'S GUTTER cond. 65K mi., Halls TOYOTA 1992, V6, SERVICE. Will clean area, $28,800. Call Ext Cab, Tommy front & back $20 & up.

865-274-9045. lift & orig. tailgate, Quality work, guaran$2700 obo. 865-579-3366 teed. Call 288-0556.

Honda Accord 2000, 4 cyl, AT, 176K mi, 1 mech. sound, Painting / Wallpaper 344 4 Wheel Drive 258 owner, $2,000. 865-971-1503 FORD F150 1989, new MERCEDES BENZ E320 2002, 4WD, off road tires, 170K silver w/gray int. mi., good cond. always garaged & $3200. 865-898-1097. ***Web ID# 289181*** maintained, 103K mi., $8600. 865-567-5872.

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PILGRIM PAINTING Serving Knoxville for 20 Yrs Commercial & Residential Interior/Exterior Painting, Pressure Washing, Staining, Drywall & Carpentry FREE ESTIMATES 291-8434 Pilgrimpainting.net

TOYOTA AVALON XLS 2000, very good cond. 135K mi., blue/ 1929 FORD Model A gray, asking $3700.

Roadster, fully 865-588-5003, even/wknd. restored, exc cond. mechanically, show TOYOTA CAMRY 1990, Remodeling 351 quality, asking 68k orig. mi. Runs & $22,500, pd $30,000. drives like new. $6800. ONE CALL DOES IT 865-379-6626 865-256-7206 ALL! Elec, drywall, painting, roofing, 1953 Cadillac Deville, wash houses 4 dr, all orig., runs very Sports 264 press. & campers. Call good, good tires, Eddie at 405-2489. $17,500. 865-850-2008 MAZDA RX8 2006, LAMBO DOORS, 1955 CHEVY Roofing / Siding 352 CLEAN & FAST !

2 DR WAGON $10,490. 865-567-9249 Must sell.

Call 423-237-2508 NISSAN 300ZX Convertible 1994, AT, 1967 Austin Healy very good cond.

Sprite MK 3, rebuilt, New top. $7100/bo. many extra parts, 865-995-5555 only made 3 yrs, needs TLC, $13,000 ***Web ID# 288781*** obo. 865-202-1586 ***Web ID# 292093***

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1978 CORVETTE, black, t-top, 65K mi, BUICK LESABRE 2002, mint cond, $14,500. blue, $3000. Below blue 865-228-4491 bk, well maint., very ***Web ID# 290662*** good cond. 423-721-8455.

Sport Utility

BUICK Park Ave 1992, $1600 obo.

Call 865-933-3175 or 865-388-5136

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Chev Tahoe 1999 $2900 obo 865-933-3175; 388-5136 GMC YUKON 2008 black, 6.0L, V8, Interior/Exterior, loaded, perfect cond. $27,500. 865-223-2738.

HONDA PILOT EXL, 2011, sunroof, leather, 16K mi., $21,900. 423-295-5393

FORD MUSTANG CONV. 2007, white w/ black top & int. 72K mi. $14,900. 865-603-4663.

Ford Mustang Shelby 2007, 10,100 mi, blk w/ gray lthr, 319 HP V8 5 sp, $23,900. 865-773-6514

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JEEP PATRIOT 2007, FENCE WORK Installation & repair. Free 66K miles, est. 43 yrs exp! Call white, $9,950.

973-2626.

Call 865-657-9639 TOYOTA RAV 4 2003, white & gray, 24 mpg, sunrf, 150K mi, 4 new tires, $5,200. 423-307-3610

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ACURA 2000 TL 3.2 w/ Nav, Pearl White, Tan Int, New Michelin Tires, Chrome Wheels, Every Opt. One Owner, only 145K Miles. $5900 Firm. 865-221-5684 ***Web ID# 292562*** ALFA ROMEO Spyder 1986, 80K mi., black/tan int. AC, $9500. 931-337-9282.

BMW 328i 1998, S/roof, lthr, htd seats, new belts, tires good cond. Exc. cond, $4650 obo. 865-680-3250. ***Web ID# 291781*** ^

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NORTH â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Adorable home in North Knoxville, updated throughout, just move in! Seller has updated bath, kitchen, floor covering, fixtures, H&A unit, roof, deck, and more, pretty decor â&#x20AC;Ś very nice listing. Small sunroom, oversized covered deck, backyard is level and big! Storage/workshop in walk-in crawl.

New water heater, covered carport. $76,900 MLS#855006

HALLS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Well maintained home in established, wooded neighborhood! 3BR/2BA upstairs, plus huge rec room downstairs with wood burning fireplace. New roof, vinyl windows, updated appliances, storage shed, deck views wooded backyard, privacy, street has little traffic (dead ends), 2 miles from shopping and schools. $125,900 MLS#850413

< FTN CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; All brick 1.5 story on a level, cul-de-sac lot, master bedroom on main plus another bedroom or office, updates include hardwoods on main and second level hallway, appliances, and granite tops, keeping room with fireplace, upstairs has 2 bedrooms with sewing room. $289,900 MLS#853913

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All the comforts of central heat/air. Oversized 3-car attached gar w/extra storage. Extensive brick-patterned pressed colored concrete driveway. Fenced backyard. City utilities. Taxes $456.00.

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This home is in a well-established subdivision, Mountain View Estates.

Directions: North on Tazewell Pike to Union County to left into Mountain View Estates on Mountain View Rd. to left on Alpine Drive to home on right. Auction conducted on site.

Terms: 10 % deposit day of auction and the balance within 30 days. Closing conducted by Warranty Title Company, lead base paint inspection period begins August 29, 2013. Sale is exempt from TN Residential Property Disclosure. Real estate taxes will be prorated as of closing. 10% Buyers Premium added to ďŹ nal bid to establish total contract sales price.

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HEART OF HALLS! All brick, almost 2,200 SF w/huge bonus rm, hardwood floors, high ceilings, double crown molding, whirlpool tub, gas FP and much more on a deep lot w/a great view! $199,900

UNION CO! 3BR/2BA in perfect condition w/unfinished bsmt, huge 2-car garage, laminate hardwood, & FP. Only $119,900!

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NORTH off Buffat Mill Road!

ESTATE SALE! $89,500.

Mostly brick ranch w/3 BR/1.5BA, almost 1,400 SF, LR, DR, eat-in kitchen, hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors in all rooms except baths and kitchen, workshop or large utility room off 2-car carport, huge level corner lot! Conv location to shopping & interstate!

MLS # 856312

NORTH HILLS AREA! $118,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Basement ranch on large corner lot! 1,744 SF, 3BR/2 full BA, incl full BA in basement, updates include hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors, updated kitchen and baths, fresh int/ext paint, some electric & plumbing updated, 1-car carport on main & 1-car garage w/sep driveway to basement.

MLS # 855415

KARNS! $167,900 Roomy ranch w/over 1,600 SF, open ďŹ&#x201A;oor plan w/vaulted ceilings, gas ďŹ replace, new carpet & paint, 3BR/2 full BA, sep tub & shower in mstr BA, vaulted ceiling in mstr ste! Covered patio, fenced backyard, new roof and heat/air, 2-car garage. A real ďŹ nd in the heart of Karns! MLS # 854822

FTN CITY! Reduced to $89,500!

1,480 SF! CHEAPER THAN RENTING! 4BR or 3BR & sep den, 2 full BA, sep LR & DR, bright & cheery kitchen, many updates, hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;rs, covered patio overlooks huge fenced backyard! Conv. to Ftn City Lake, restaurants & shopping. On bus line.

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Dear Friends & Neighbors, After 30 years of proudly serving the furniture needs of Clinton, Tennessee, Anderson County and surrounding counties, the Martin Family has made the difďŹ cult decision to retire from the furniture business due to other interests and changing business trends and move in a new direction. As a special thank you to our loyal customers, EVERY LIVING ROOM, EVERY DINING ROOM, EVERY BEDROOM AND EVERY PIECE OF PREMIUM BEDDING WILL BE OFFERED AT THE BIGGEST DISCOUNTS IN OUR HISTORY! And YES, E-Z credit terms are available. 12 MONTHS SAME AS CASH! This event is anything but ordinary. Over 20,000 square feet of unexpected values throughout the store. You will have the ďŹ rst opportunity to shop and save before many items are sold out! This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to buy famous name-brand furniture, living room, dining room, mattresses, recliners and more for PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR! Thousands of dollars worth of furniture, mattresses and accessories must be sold immediately! Thank you again for 30 years of business.

We look forward to seeing you during this ďŹ nal sale! Hope to see you soon!

Sincerely, Martin Family & Furniture Outlet Management & Sales Staff

NOBODY BEATS OUR PRICES!

THE HURRY IN FOR BEST DEALS!

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UNBELIE VABLE PRICES STORE-W IDE!

WALL-TO-WALL RETIREMENT SELL-OFF! 3OFA ,OVESEAT s #EDAR #HEST s (EADBOARDS s 2ECLINERS .IGHTSTAND s ,ARGE "EAN "AGS s 7ICKER 0ORCH 3WING !DJUSTABLE "ED W -EMORY &OAM -ATTRESS s #HESTS s PC /AK $INING TABLE -INK "LANKETS s "ED &RAMES s "UNK "EDS s 3HEET 3ETS /AK -AGAZINE 2ACK s ,AMPS s PC 0UB 3ET s WOOD (ALL TREE #OFFEE TABLE s -EMORY &OAM 0ILLOWS s #HAIR 3LEEPER 3OFA s "IG -AN 2ECLINER

$$ HUGE DISCOUNTS $$ QU!,)49 &52.)452% -A442%33%3 A4 2)$)#5,/53L9 ,/7 02)#%3 90 DAYS SAME AS CASH! CASH UP TO 36 MONTHS TO PAY!

Furniture Outlet

512 Clinch Ave. â&#x20AC;˘ Clinton, Tennessee â&#x20AC;˘ 865.457.3815

DELIVERY AVAILABLE

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