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Football tailgate The tradition continued for Farragut High School seniors as they dressed in togas for the first home football game. It was also Tailgate Night, giving all classes a chance to have some pre-game fun.

FHS senior Chase Chambers said you spend the first three years of high school earning the privilege to ““toga up.”

Younger classmates, he said, would one day get the chance to clothe themselves in bed sheets and cook out in the senior lot.

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Several things about Janice Cook seem unusual for the principal of the Knoxville Adaptive Education Center.

1) She started her career in education as a music teacher.

2) She’s very funny.

3) She’s from Scotland.

The unexpected elements conspire to make Cook the perfect fit for this special Knox County school. For starters, she understands what the students need.

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Free Flu Shot Saturday The 19th annual Free Flu Shot Saturday will be held 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 14, or while supplies last. Locations will be Austin-East Magnet High School, Farragut High School, Halls High School, West High School, South-Doyle Middle School and Carter High School.

Flu shots will be available for anyone age 4 and older.

Donations to benefit the Knoxville News Sentinel’s Empty Stocking Fund will be accepted but are not required to receive the vaccine.

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Fisher Smith, Catherine Manley and Emily Wright are proud of the pumpkin they helped grow in the garden of Faith Early Learning Center in Farragut. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Garden-variety lessons Preschoolers P resch hoollers water, tend and watch as garden grows

By Betsy Pickle The kids at Faith Early Learning Center have an Eagle’s-eye view of nature at work.

The preschoolers and kinder-

gartners at the center, 239 Jamestowne Blvd., are watching their garden grow in two raised beds built late last year by Eagle Scout Mason Taylor.

Taylor, now a freshman at George Mason University, had built a climb-in sandbox for the center as part of an outdoor-improvement project. The learning center had been looking for a way to do larger gardening projects, so

he built the beds.

Principal Kimberly Mayes says she’s leaving the oversight of the garden up to assistant director Pat Lyman.

“I’ll admit: I kill stuff,” says Mayes. “I’m not the best gardener.

So this is a learning experience for me. Miss Pat has been the one who has said, ‘OK, we can do this.’”

Gardening is a slow business.

“We did the planting in the

spring, in late April, early May,” says Mayes, referring to beans, radishes, sunflowers and pumpkins. “Some of our things have already been harvested. We want the children to be involved, to be able to make it a learning project, to see how it went from seed to plant to fruit to actually being able to consume it,” she says. “The To page A-3

K-Town youth get help from Target It’s all about getting power to the people – especially young people. K-Town Youth Empowerment Network works citywide with youth and families who struggle with emotional, behavioral and mental health issues to get them back on the right track and teach leadership skills to the young people. Goals are to help the families achieve self-sufficiency and stability and help the youth to set specific goals.

Sometimes getting a helping Picking up items for home and school, courtesy of Target at Turkey Creek, are K-Town Youth Empowerment member Jimmy Turner, parent Judith hand from a local business can Schmaltz, K-Town Family Support Provider Rosa Collins and K-Town Youth make a world of difference. KFaith Schmaltz. Photos submitted

Town recently partnered with Target stores for a shopping trip for some of their youth and families to pick up some necessities. The young people and their family met K-Town staff at Target at Turkey Creek where youths Jimmy Turner and Faith Schmaltz received gift cards to purchase items they needed for home and school.

K-Town project director is Belinda Jones. She says the system of care the youth and families receive through the organization is a “wraparound process.”

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Excitement builds for Baptist reunion

By Betsy Pickle Family reunions are a familiar concept. So are reunions marking the anniversary of an event, like a high school graduation.

Among former employees of Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, “family” is how they see themselves. And 2013 is definitely a milestone – the fifth anniversary of the closing of the venerable hospital on Blount Avenue.

So … it’s party time!

Former Baptist employees have been meeting since June to plan a reunion, which will take place 1-5

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p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Tennova South Ambulatory Care Center, 7323 Chapman Highway. The organizing meetings have been like mini-reunions for the committee, with memories and laughter flowing along with ideas.

At a recent meeting at Broadway Baptist Church, chair Patsy Boling wowed her friends with her initiative. Knocking off agenda items one by one, Boling would invite reports from those who’d been working on the assignment, then mention something she’d done to help research options.

Sometimes, her colleagues had to rein her in.

“What about two-way radios?” asked Boling. “It’s a big place.”

“We can use cell phones,” responded Lisa Stearns.

As the event grows closer – Boling along with the Thursday, Sept. 12, deadline for registration at http://bhetreunion.eventbrite.com – the group is meeting more often and

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All that jazz – for Sertoma

Putting on the ritz for Sertoma are Debby Brownlee, one of the event organizers, and Heather Anderson.

By Laura Cline Steamy jazz music, flapper attire and dancing filled the Hilton in downtown Knoxville on Aug. 17 as guests of Sertoma Center’s “Cool Jazz, Warm Nights Annual Dinner and Auction” stepped back in time to a 1920s speakeasy.

Proceeds from the fun evening benefitted a worthy cause.

The Sertoma Center has been serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Knoxville since 1961. Providing residential and vocational services to approximately 100 individuals and their families, Sertoma Center offers clients the resources necessary to lead fuller lives. To help support a $5 million budget, Sertoma holds an annual dinner and auction in addition to two other fundraisers each

year. Although Sertoma receives considerable funding from the state, fundraisers are essential to supplement their budget needs.

“The auction money goes toward running the center, running the different homes, food, medical and all the different living expenses,” said Megan Lange, co-chair for the event’s auction. “It also goes toward field trips for clients throughout the year.”

Guests got to bid on a wide range of items, from Club LeConte gift certificates, skybox seats to University of Tennessee football games, cooking classes, tandem skydiving and a weeklong stay in Colorado. “We raised the most money that Sertoma has ever raised during this event, and it was the most enjoyable evening that Sertoma has put on,” said Lange.

The event raised over $100,000, and that money goes directly toward funding programs that benefit the clients. “Sertoma supports people who have been forgotten,” said Debby Brownlee, who partnered with Lange in organizing the event. “These are people with mental and physical challenges, and many don’t have families. The center provides housing, medical care and personal care for their clients.”

The event raises funds through live and silent auctions, table sponsors and individual ticket sales, as well as corporate sponsorships such as Pilot Flying J. The commitment of the volunteers is evident at the event.

“Members of the committee are passionate about raising funds for the center. The committee’s passion comes through at the event,” said Lange. Lange also served as the evening’s live entertainment. The jazz singer and her band – Red and Company – kept the atmosphere lively and fun.

“It was fabulous,” said Brownlee. “The music was amazing. It made you feel like you were in a Chicago jazz club. We are still hearing from people about what a great time they had.”

Guests numbered approximately 327. Many of them embraced the jazz-era theme and came decked out in pearls and feathers. “The crowd looked gorgeous, the champagne was flowing, and the music was grooving,” said Lange.

Keeping with the jazz-era theme at the Sertoma Center’s “Cool Jazz, Warm Nights Annual Dinner and Auction” are, from left, Marilyn Bingham, Marsha Hollingsworth, Vivian Gillespie, Linda Rutherford, Linda Haynes and Mary Antonnuti. Photos by Adam Heimerman

The jazz band Red and Company, featuring Jake Smith on guitar, Megan Lange on vocals and Ashton Williams on the bass, kept guests on their feet.

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■ Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen, 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 12.

■ Personnel Committee and Grievance Committee, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17.

■ Farragut Municipal Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19.

■ Board of Zoning Appeals, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25.

■ Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen, 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 26.

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FARRAGUT Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 • A-3

Emily Wright, age 3, finds and inspects a pumpkin blossom in the garden at Faith Early Learning Center in Farragut.

Farragut High School seniors Sam Schulze, Chase Chambers, Nathan Ogier and Cole Stewart dress in togas. Toga costumes are a FHS senior tradition for the first home football game. Photos

by S. Barrett

Tailgating – Admiral style

Kim Mayes, principal, teaches Catherine Manley and Knox Sun about garden bugs while visiting the garden at Faith Early Learning Center.

Garden lessons

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By Sara Barrett The tradition continued for Farragut High School seniors as they dressed in togas for the first home football game on Aug. 30 against Oak Ridge. It was also Tailgate Night, giving all classes a chance to have some pre-game fun.

FHS senior Chase Chambers said you spend the first three years of high school earning the privilege to ““toga up,” so he didn’t feel bad for the freshmen, sophomores or juniors who were tailgating at other locations around campus. They, too, he said, would one day get their chance to clothe themselves in bed sheets and cook out in the senior lot.

Juniors hung out in their designated parking lot and played football, Frisbee and Farragut High juniors Brandon Donathan and Ty Allen show off cornhole while enjoying their moves on skateboards. hotdogs fresh off the grill and ice cold soft drinks.

Sophomores were tucked behind the CTE building for their tailgating, although a rather large number of students turned out there to support the team.

Not to be left out, other Farragut sophocommunity members set more Matthew up for Admiral tailgates, Sallade gets the too, but the scene at the first grill going in the home game belonged to the unofficial tailgating students. The football team area for underkept up their end of the barclassmen. gain, beating Oak Ridge 3124.

Target helps “We provide a system of care and collaboration among youth, families and organizations throughout the community to ensure that the youth and their families have each and every service they need to be successful,” says Jones.

When youth and families begin working with K-Town, they receive the support of

from the Davis Family YMCA. “We did a tour of the gardens at the Davis YMCA,” says Mayes. “They were showing different things they’ve done to make things more productive. A couple of peer gardeners have agreed to come take a look at our soil, take a look at our area to see how we can expand it.”

From small beginnings come great things.

“Our goal is to give our kids healthier snacks,” says Mayes. “We’ve got a lot of peanut allergies, so we have to be very careful about what we buy. When we go and buy snacks, usually they’re prepackaged things: crackers, pretzels, things that are safe for everyone to eat. But that’s not the best option. Especially with obesity and processed foods, our goal is to do more fruits and vegetables as snacks.

But as everyone knows, that’s not always the most cost-efficient thing.”

Mayes has big plans. She hopes to add more beds as well as apple and pear trees.

“Right now it’s definitely not going to be enough to feed a preschool,” she says.

“We’ve got, depending on the time of year, anywhere from 85 to 115 children. But we want to supplement as much as we can.”

While the garden may not be contributing sustenance yet, it is keeping the kids busy with science lessons. The sunflowers were beautiful as well as educational.

“We’ll use the pumpkins in our science areas,” says Mayes. “We’ll cut them open so children can see inside, feel the inside, clean them out. We’ll take the seeds and bake them, so children can taste pumpkin seeds.

“Teachers will do different pumpkin-making projects so kids can see this is what happens with the pumpkin, seed to finished project.”

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From page A-1 a family or transition support provider and a mental health consultant. As a team with the youth and family, they begin the wraparound process.” This literally wraps services and supports around the families and youth based on their goals and unique situation,” says Jones.

The team then helps the

Baptist reunion “I’ve had people ask me, ‘When am I going to get an inv it at ion? ’” Joyce Porritt shared.

Her reply: “It’s called Facebook.”

At press Darden time, they already had reservations for 600-plus, about two-thirds of capacity. They’ve distributed fliers. Boling and Cynthia Campbell reported a scheduled TV appearance.

Glenda Darden of Halls started nursing school at Baptist in 1958 and Rankin after graduating worked there for 40 years.

“I retired seven years before it closed,” said Darden.

problem with that in any school setting is that you have those summer months there.”

Coming to the rescue for the learning opportunity: pumpkins. “We wanted to make sure we planted things they all could see in the fall.

That’s how the pumpkins came about. We wanted to make sure we had something that when they came back at the beginning of the school year that they could actually see the results.”

The pumpkins are the learning center’s crowning achievement.

“I’m not sure how many we planted,” says Mayes.

“Right now we have two full-size pumpkins. For most people they’re not big, but considering this was our first project, we’re like, ‘Wow, they’re huge!’ We now have a few more little pumpkins starting to form.”

In addition to Taylor’s contributions, Faith Early Learning Center also has been blessed with advice

young people and their families work through the maze of service systems available – whether they need mental health help, educational assistance, life skills training or transitional needs.

For referrals to the program, contact Taylor Rumsey, enrollment coordinator, at 865-474-6680. Information: www.ktownyen.org.

From page A-1 “These 12 years I’ve been waiting for this reunion.”

The group credits physician David Rankin, who chaired the board when Baptist closed, for coming up with the reunion idea, but he says his contribution was encouraging the right people to lead.

“Patsy and Glenda are patients of mine,” says Rankin, who now is affiliated with the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

“Usually when people from Baptist come in to the office we talk about Baptist and how it’s family. Patsy and I were talking, and she told me it’s been five years (since the hospital closed).

“And I said, ‘Five years?

We ought to have a reunion!’

We started talking about it.

I said, ‘Patsy, you need to be head of this.’ She said, ‘Oh, head of what?’

“And then Ms. Darden came in the next week, and I said, ‘You and Patsy need to talk about this.’ So it went

from there.”

Boling graduated from nursing school at Baptist in May 1973 and immediately went to work in orthopedics.

She went on to spend 22 years in ICU, then moved to the nursing office in 1997 and stayed until it closed in 2008.

“I was one of the last people to leave, actually, in the inpatient nursing area, and then we went to St. Mary’s,” said Boling, who’s now retired. She’s serious about being part of the Baptist family.

“I felt like I grew up there,” she said. “Being in nursing school there and having all my friends and meeting head nurses and doctors at that time and then working as a nurse, it just really felt like a family. And I can say that I haven’t felt that at any other place that I worked. It’s been great.”

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government Rogero names Vogel to airport authority Mayor Madeline Rogero has reappointed Howard Vogel to the Airport Authority. Vogel, the chair, was first appointed by thenMayor Bill Haslam.

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Vogel, an attorney, is brother-in-law of state Sen. Becky Duncan Massey.

He has been an active and effective chair following attorneys Arthur Seymour and Dick Krieg along with business owner Kirk Huddleston, who all served as chair over the past 20 years.

Rogero has also appointed Marva Martin to succeed Sam Anderson, former city parks director, to the city civil service board.

Anderson was removed due to residency issues.

Rogero does not routinely announce appointments to boards and commissions, so your writer will mention them when the situation or person merits comment.

Martin, who turns 70 in December, is very energetic and active. She will not back down on a subject because someone disagrees.

She led enforcement of Title VI in the city for seven years (five of them while this writer was mayor).

Also appointed was former FOP president Ed Mitchell to replace Don Green, a retired police officer, also removed for residency issues.

Sometimes city council votes on the appointments and sometimes not. Council does vote on the appointments to civil service board and the airport authority. Council does not vote on appointments to KCDC or to MPC. ■ Former Vice Mayor Mark Brown (and now county magistrate) married Chenile Crenshaw on Aug. 24 in Memphis at a wellattended wedding.

■ Mark Campen, one of the quieter but thoughtful members of city council, is doing his part to help the city’s census count. He and wife Emily are expecting their second child, a girl, in October. Her name will

be Phoebe Quinn Campen.

Her older brother is Parson Campen. Congratulations to them.

Two others in the past 50 years have fathered children while serving on council.

They are Ed Shouse, now a county commissioner, and Joe Bailey, whose father also served on city council. Only former Mayor Randy Tyree and this writer fathered children while serving as mayor in the last 70 years.

■ Liane Lee Russell who, along with her late husband, Bill, pushed for enactment of the Tennessee Scenic Rivers Act in the 1960s, celebrated her 90th birthday at the Pollard Conference Center in Oak Ridge on Aug. 27. It was sponsored in part by the Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning which she helped to create. She is an icon in the conservation movement in Tennessee.

■ Zygmunt Plater, formerly a UT professor, will be back in Knoxville this Thursday, Sept. 12, at Union Avenue Books for a book-signing of his new book, “The Snail Darter and the Dam,” just published by Yale University Press. Plater is a professor at Boston College Law School. This is the story of the Tellico Dam and the years-long battle to halt its construction. It is the first detailed history of this struggle with first-hand details. Excellent history.

■ Jim Haslam, father of Gov. Bill Haslam, is recovering from knee replacement surgery at Knoxville’s UT Medical Center a few weeks ago.

NOTES ■ West Knox Republican Club will meet Monday, Sept. 9, at Red Lobster, 8040 Kingston Pike. Charme Knight will speak. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7 p.m. Info: knoxgop.org ■ Fountain City North Knox Republican Club will meet Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Shoney’s, 4032 Broadway. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7 p.m. Info: knoxgop.org ■ East Knox Republican Club will meet Thursday, Sept. 12, at O’Charleys, 3050 S. Mall Road. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 6:45 p.m. Info: knoxgop.org

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Starting out hopeful The best line of the past week came from Ann Dyer, the new finance director in Union County. Asked why the medical cost for inmates continues to exceed its budget, Dyer said, “We always start out hopeful.”

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That line sums up the relationship between Knox County Commission and the Knox County Board of Education as each group starts anew with fresh leadership.

Brad Anders got the job he should have had last year when Tony Norman came out of nowhere to be elected commission chair.

Anders, in this writer’s opinion, was being punished for considering the school board’s budget request. He never voted for it. He never made a motion to adopt it.

He just considered it and therefore he was suspect.

Norman, an otherwise kind and gentle soul, made no bones about his dislike of Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre and his disdain for the proposed budget which could have required a property tax increase. Voting for Norman were R. Larry Smith, Jeff Ownby, Dave Wright, Amy Broyles and Sam McKenzie.

Much of the same crew voted Sept. 3 for Smith to succeed Norman, but Broyles and McKenzie switched to Anders who won 6-4.

(Richard Briggs, an Anders vote last year, was absent for a medical mission.) Smith was retained as vice chair.

The school board succession was much more orderly. Vice chair Lynne Fugate moved up to replace Karen Carson. Gloria Deathridge moved in as vice chair.

Bottom line: Brad Anders is gruffer on the surface than is Norman, but he will be a calmer, less volatile chair. Fugate has potential to be more abrasive than Carson, but we’ll have to

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see. She didn’t make a vic- ning to play nice. And the tory speech. community is starting out Both leaders are plan- hopeful.

Della Volpe gives humor nod to FOP

By Sandra Clark When Nick Della Volpe got a candidate questionnaire from the Fraternal Order of Police, he almost swallowed his teeth. He quick ly penned a response to FOP president Mark Taylor: “I appr e c i ate your sense of humor in sending Staples the letter. ...

Your offer arrived a bit late for its stated purpose, however, as the FOP has already littered the roadsides with

anti-Della Volpe signs.”

It’s a sure bet that the FOP will be endorsing Rick Staples, an employee of the Sheriff’s Office and probable member of the organization.

The FOP leadership is after Della Volpe because of his problems with the current pension system. Della Volpe says he’s the best friend the FOP ever had, because he is working for a sustainable pension over time.

“The city’s pension plan, which has a roughly $200 million deficit, leaves your members at risk,” he told Taylor. Della Volpe says the hybrid plan for new work-

ers, supported by Mayor Madeline Rogero and adopted by voters, is “a good start (at reform), but is “just a drop in a very big bucket.”

Never one to simply say, “Sorry if I offended you,” Della Volpe added: “If you haven’t looked at the numbers lately, city taxpayDella Volpe ers are putting in four or five times more than city workers ($20M vs. $3.8M per year) into the pension plan.”

He rolled on to a second page: “Do you want to end up like the guys in Pritchard, Ala., where the bankrupt city just stopped sending out the retirement checks when their pension system and the city coffers ran dry? Farfetched? Over a dozen cities around the country have filed for bankruptcy because of overwhelming debt, including heavy pension debt.

It is no time to stick one’s head in the sand. We need to collectively rise to the occasion and work through this.”

Count on this discussion to continue through the campaign. Early voting is already underway.

Leadership: Everybody’s talking about it Gov. Bill Haslam has established the Tennessee Governor’s Management Fellowship program to train and mentor future leaders.

According to a press release, the nonpartisan program offers a competitive salary and is open to recent graduates demonstrating outstanding academic achievement, a passion for serving their communities and outstanding character and leadership abilities.

Five fellows will be chosen by an executive committee of some of the state’s foremost leaders. Fellows can spend two years working full-time for senior and top-ranking government officials beginning August 11, 2014.

After six months on statewide projects, fellows will be assigned to one of state government’s 22 departments where they will serve directly under the commissioner.

Applicants must have graduated from an undergraduate institution or graduate program between December 2011 and August 2014. Info: The www. t n.gov/gover nor/fellowship. Applications close Wednesday, Oct. 30.

On the local front, Leadership Knoxville and UT are collaborating on a program called Leadership Knoxville Scholars.

The program will guide 41 of UT’s top juniors and seniors through a two-year

program in which students will take one leadership development course each semester.

Other components include a senior project aimed toward improving the UT and Knoxville communities, as well as a mentor program that pairs students with Leadership Knoxville alumni.

The Center for Leadership and Service is a department within the Division of Student Life on UT campus with the mission of educating and engaging all students to lead and serve in the global community.

This mission is accomplished through a variety of programs and services open to any student in-

terested in furthering his or her leadership skills or serving those in need. Info: leadershipandservice.utk. edu.

And Sandra Rowcliffe, president of Knox County Council PTA, is urging her friends online to become a mentor for tnAchieves.

She writes: “As many of you are aware, I serve as a tnAchieves mentor at Hardin Valley Academy. I must tell you it is absolutely one of the easiest volunteer jobs I have, but one of the most rewarding.

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FARRAGUT Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 • A-5

‘Grateful for what we get’ Education Relations Committee talks money A benefit of incorporation is the ability to direct public money at targeted community projects. Thus, citizens of Knox and surrounding counties come to Costco or other fine Farragut businesses to buy stuff and eat out. A chunk of the local option sales tax they spend goes into the coffers of the town of Farragut. It’s a mighty good deal for town residents.

All town officials, from the lowliest committee member to the mayor, work for free. It’s a town run by paid staff with policy decisions made by volunteers.

One fairly new volunteer

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committee is the Farragut/ Knox County Schools Joint Education Relations Committee (ERC).

Mark Littleton was reelected chair last week, assisted by vice chair Shyam Nair and secretary Kristen Pennycuff-Trent. School assignments were decided: Littleton, Farragut High;

Nair, Farragut Middle; Pennycuff-Trent, Farragut Intermediate; Michael Singletary, Farragut Primary; and Nancy Wentz, Hardin Valley Academy.

Gary Palmer, assistant town administrator, said the ERC budget will be the same this year as last – the equivalent of $22,000 for each of five schools.

Afterwards, this writer dropped by Farragut High School to ask what the school would do with $22,000. What would it do with the whole $110,000?

What I learned is written below.

Principal Michael Reyn-

Members of the Education Resources Committee at last week’s meeting: Shyam Nair, Kristen Pennycuff-Trent, Michael Singletary, Mark Littleton, Nancy Wentz and Russell Barber. Not pictured, Julia Craze. Photo by S. Clark olds said the school is grateful for what it gets. He understands that the money should follow the students.

And he made an interesting point when challenged with

the age of his school versus Hardin Valley Academy.

“That school is six years old. Everything in it is six years old. Some of our technology (at Farragut High

School) is newer than theirs.

The ERC meets from 4-5 p.m. each first Monday at town hall – except in October when the meeting is on Monday, Oct. 8.

Knox County spends $1.75 million at Farragut High

By Sandra Clark Over the summer, Knox County Schools spent $1.75 million at Farragut High School.

School board members Karen Carson and Thoma s Deakins “fought to get us on the (physical plant upgrades) list,” said principal Michael Reynolds.

Some of the improvements had languished on the PPU list since before construction of Hardin Valley Academy.

Reynolds said right off the top “we spent $250,000 for chillers (for the HVAC).

We used more than $400,000 on the wireless system. Both are things you can’t see and don’t touch your physical plant.”

Farragut High got new

ceiling tiles, floor covering and painting throughout the main building. Built in 1975, the main building had temporary walls between classrooms, Reynolds said.

Those were replaced with permanent walls and additional electrical outlets. Everything is finished except the library where much of the equipment was stored during renovations. “We’ll finish the library during winter break,” he said.

Steps from the first floor to the second will be getting new treads.

New lockers were a student priority and have been installed in Admiral blue.

That cost $225,000. Teacher workrooms were redone, eliminating tall cubicles to open up the rooms. The CTE building got a new front door and the county upgraded the security cameras and added keyless access.

Main building restrooms were upgraded with new ep-

oxy on the floors.

Could Farragut use more?

“Yes,” said Reynolds.

“We’re grateful for what we got, but we’ve got two other buildings here. And technology is the big thing.”

He wants 100 new computers for the library to create “a real computer lab.”

That would cost $1 million, and a business has committed $5,000. “Just $995,000 to go,” said Reynolds.

We dropped by the computer lab where Leslie Howe teaches math, often on programs she wrote. The school’s Foundation helped built the tiered desks for her students. It looks hightech, but “these computers are eight years old,” she said. Howe just turned 70, but Reynolds doesn’t want her to retire. “To keep that knowledge from walking out the door, I would build two labs,” he laughed.

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Howe has 20 computers.

“Twenty-two thousand dollars could be dropped right there,” he said, pointing.

Reynolds is collaborating with Danny Trent, the new principal at Farragut Middle School.

Trent spent four years as principal at Central High School and knows what middle schoolers need to be successful in high school.

“The high school is the heartbeat of the community,” said Reynolds. “The town benefits from having a high school that is focused on achievement.

“Businesses are committed to our sports teams, but what about our academics?”

Farragut High serves about 1,700 students with another 3,300 at the middle At top, teacher Leslie Howe and intermediate schools. shows the math program she Farragut High has redeveloped to use at Farragut ceived national recognition High. At left, is the stairwell – a validation of the staff which will soon have new and students, Reynolds tread; above are the new locksaid. ers that line the halls.

A-6 • SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 • Shopper news

Hall of Fame finally admits Bernard King Eighteen old Vols are in the College Football Hall of Fame. Bernard King is the first former player in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Think about that – 18 to 1. Is Tennessee a football school or what?

Marvin West

Bernard was enshrined Sunday in Springfield, Mass. The honor was a long time coming. Ages ago the Ernie and Bernie Show packed Stokely Center.

After that, it took years and years of repeated nominations to convince

selectors that the bestever Volunteer and former NBA great deserved a place among the immortals.

There never was any question about basketball talent and accomplishments. The honors committee was undoubtedly waiting to see how King, 56, turned out as a man.

The same might be said of former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian. He, too, made a few waves.

In addition to BK and Tark, this class featured Louisville coach Rick Pitino and former Houston coach Guy Lewis.

Sorry the hall took soooo long to recognize Bernard.

Ray Mears and Stu Aberdeen would have really enjoyed the occasion.

It was Stu, a New Yorker, who persuaded King to come from Brooklyn to

join fellow New Yorker Ernie Grunfeld for the best of times at Tennessee. It was Stu who stayed and stayed with the recruiting project when others thought King would not meet NCAA academic standards. Rivals believed that coffee stain on the high school transcript ledger covered a D. Stu, tenacious researcher, argued it was a B. Bernard many times tested Mears’ patience but the coach did deep-breathing exercises and learned to tolerate this unusual superstar.

Only King would have brought a hamburger and fries to a pre-practice briefing. Such meetings were almost formal.

Nobody would have dared stop the team bus, hop off and jog into a drug store for AA batteries. What

Old friends Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

(Hebrews 13:2 NRSV)

I first learned this verse when I was a very young child.

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans had lost Robin, a Down syndrome child, when she was only two years old.

Dale wrote a book about Robin’s short life, and titled it “Angel Unaware.” I asked my mother, who was reading the book to me and my brother, what that meant.

She told me about this verse

from Hebrews.

It was years before I learned the deeper meaning of it: that it was a reference to Abraham’s visitation from the angels (Genesis 18); and the wider meaning: that we are visited by angels in this life in the form of dear and beloved friends who bless us.

Let me tell you about two angelic visitations I had just this week.

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I was shopping far from home over Labor Day weekend: in Durham, N.C., where I knew no one except the dear friends my husband and I were visiting. We were in a store that specializes in fabulous food, as well as ordinary groceries. I was walking toward the front of the store, when I realized that someone had stopped dead, right in my path. (I

was King to do? His music machine was dragging.

Bernard King, he of fierce intensity, amazing quickness on turnaround jumpers, very aggressive board play, rare ability to slither through a tiny defensive crack in transition, was three times player of the year in the Southeastern Conference (1975–1977).

He averaged 25.8 points and 13.2 rebounds and racked up a record 62 double-doubles in 76 career games. Twenty-six times he scored 30 or more. He played with pure passion and despised Kentucky twice that much.

After King’s first appearance in Lexington, a taunting UK fan dropped a lighted cigarette into his hair.

Bernard swore he would never again lose to the Wildcats. He didn’t.

The warrior had a softer side. He wrote poetry.

I know that for a fact. He wouldn’t let me see but he read to Sarah West.

King scored 19,655 points and averaged 22.5 in the NBA. He scored 60 one Christmas Day and had 50 in back-to-back games for the New York Knicks.

He played in four all-star games. His greatest accomplishment was fighting back from a horrible knee injury at the peak of his career.

There was a time when Mark Aguirre said “He was unstoppable. Also unbelievable.”

Dominique Wilkins said Bernard was the only man he ever played against who caused fear.

“He scared the hell out of me.”

Knicks fans, late at night, after hard lemonades, will

tell you that Bernard, before the knee injury, was a better small forward than Larry Bird – and a greater scorer than Michael Jordan. Even if that sounds crazy, don’t laugh. King was really good.

Bernard had a few minor problems at Tennessee and more serious ones as a pro.

Thank goodness, all have been settled, forgiven or forgotten.

For 30 years, he was estranged from UT. Bruce Pearl got him back. Bernard spoke to the team and the Tennessee Tipoff Club. He addressed a Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame dinner. He made sense and looked great in his doublebreasted suit.

He adds value to the Hall of Fame.

had been rubbernecking to that point, astonished at the vast array of specialty, wonderful, exotic, fattening foods available.)

I focused, then, on the smiling face in front of me and realized it was Linda, one of my volunteers from my days at Volunteer Ministry Center. She had been a special friend there, possessed of a good listening ear and a level head; she was someone whose advice and opinions I valued and sought. She was standing there waiting for recognition to dawn.

When it did, I fell into her arms, and we laughed a lot and cried a little. “What are you doing here?” we asked each other, pretty much at the same time. It seems we were both visiting friends,

and that neither of us had ever been to Durham before.

We were so astonished at the coincidence of our meeting that we could hardly get through introductions of her friends and my husband. Before she left the store, she came back to give me another hug, and tell me again that I had made an imprint on her heart.

I was basking in the afterglow of that encounter, when I received an e-mail from the wife of one of my former pastors. Gordon and Mary were dear friends who shaped and formed me when I was a college student trying to figure out what I believed and why I believed it.

They moved years ago to Joplin, Mo., and when the

horrible tornado hit there (was it last year or this?), almost obliterating the town, I could not locate them. Another good friend, also at the Volunteer Ministry Center, helped me search, with no luck.

When I got home from my trip to Durham, still glowing from the angelic visitation from Linda, I got an e-mail from Mary, saying that she had found me online quite by chance, because they have a friend in their church named Lynn Pitts.

“The Lord is good, all the time,” as the saying goes.

However, as Carol, yet another of my VMC volunteers reminded me occasionally, “Sometimes He excels!”

Angels unawares, indeed: one and all.

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Racks and tables fill the gym at the Family Life Center of First Baptist Church Concord at last year’s FBC Children’s Consignment Sale. The 2013 sale is set for Sept. 13-14. Photo submitted

A shopping ministry

By Ashley Baker For First Baptist Concord, their Fall Children’s Consignment sale is more than just a place to buy clothing: It is an outreach.

“The main goal of the ministry is to provide good, quality clothing for children,” said consignment sale committee member Caroline Radford. “A lot of people have a hard time, and this helps them out.”

The Children’s Fall Consignment Sale 2013 will be

held Sept. 13-14 at the FBC Family Life Center gym.

The sale allows parents to purchase quality clothes for their children as well as to sell items their children have outgrown. The church also provides gift certificates so that those without funds can shop.

In addition to the ministry for the buyers and sellers, a percentage of all the money that is raised is given to fund various ministries. “One of my favorite stories from our

sales is when we had a lady come from a little church in a neighboring county,” related Radford. “They were starting a nursery for their church and were interested in a changing table.”

The woman had explained that due to the small size of their church, they couldn’t afford the new items needed for the nursery. Radford had a surprise for the woman when she came to purchase the changing table and several

other items.

“When she came, we gave it to her,” Radford said.

“We knew how expensive a whole bunch of stuff can be for a nursery, and we wanted to do it for them.”

Because of the donation, the whole church nursery was furnished.

First Baptist Concord first held a consignment sale in the fall of 1992. It was such a success that they continued to host the event every year. Over the years, the sale has become a largescale operation. First Baptist Concord fills up their gym with racks and tables that are lined with toys, books, strollers, puzzles, games, bikes and baby beds, as well as clothes and shoes.

All sales are payable by cash, check and credit card.

“After our sale, Mission of Hope brings in the big blue barrels for donations, and they are always full and spilling over,” said Radford.

“We start working on the sale a month or two before, and there is a lot of paperwork the months after it.

Everybody is called to minister in some way, and I have always felt like the consignment sales are my ministry.”

Hours this year are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14.

Most items are 50 percent off on Saturday. There is a consignors’ private sale at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12.

‘Edgy’ Bible stories

By Wendy Smith

from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. The series is designed to allow professionals to eat, listen and return to work within an hour.

The studies will cover passages of scripture that are violent and hard to understand, says Bibb. “These are not stories that we tell the children. But they’re in our text.”

Last week’s lesson came from the 11th chapter of Judges, which tells the story of Jephthah. He was a mighty warrior but was

rejected by his brothers because his mother was a prostitute. When the Ammonites made war against Israel, Jephthah’s brothers sought his help and promised he would be head and commander of the Israelites if he would fight for them.

Before the battle, the “spirit of the Lord” came upon Jephthah, but he still felt the need to make a bargain with God. He vowed that if the Ammonites were delivered into his hand, then “whoever comes out

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■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host the Second Harvest Food Drop from 8-10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21.

There will be volunteers to help bag your free food and carry it to your car if needed. Info or to volunteer: 690-1060; www. beaverridgeumc.com.

■ 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 1-877-790-6369. Nonemergency calls only. Info: www. ccetn.org.

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

Special services ■ Knoxville First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 6900 Nubbin Ridge Drive, will welcome its new pastor, the Rev. Michael Wilkinson, Sunday, Sept. 15. The service begins at 10:45 a.m. Wilkinson is a Knox County native and graduate of Karns High School. He has served churches in Birmingham and Montgomery Ala. He comes here from the Grace Community Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Mill Brook, Ala.

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.

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

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway hosts weekly “Wednesday Night Dinners and Classes.” Dinner with drink and dessert: $5 for adults, $3 for children, or $16 for the entire family; served at 5:45 p.m. Classes and activities available after dinner for adults, youth and children. Nursery is available for infants upon request. Dinner reservations/ info: 690-1060.

of the doors of my house to meet me when I return victorious … (will) be offered up by me as a burnt offering.”

He defeated the Ammo-

nites, and his only child, a daughter, was the first to greet him. Jephthah said he could not take back his vow, and he “did with her according to the vow he had made.”

Such passages offer several challenges, says Bibb.

One is to let ancient people be ancient people and not try to impose today’s culture on them. Christians often “spiritualize” violence in

the Bible because it’s foreign to our culture, but instead, we should question why it’s there.

Having the spirit of the Lord should have been enough for Jephthah, as it should be for us, Bibb says.

His vow resulted in an important victory, but it was a costly decision.

“Some promises should never be made.”

Central Baptist Bearden will offer a live simulcast of Beth Moore’s “Living Proof” Bible study in the church’s sanctuary from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 14. Tickets are $10. For information: 865-588-0586.

Tony (William Anthony) Karnes

March 23, 1964 – September 11, 2001

Tony, Loving you was easy, but losing you so soon was unbearably hard.

You’ll always be in our hearts.

By Betsy Pickle Ijams Nature Center could have hung a sign on the door: “Shh, Fairies at Work!”

However, the young nymphs were too busy working on their Fairy Gardens and concocting Fairy Trail Mix to notice any interruptions at Ijams’ Fairy Tea Party on Aug. 31.

The 20 little ones digging in the dirt, assembling bags of snacks, decorating cupcakes to look like mushrooms and coloring pictures barely paid attention to the 30 parents and grandparents busy trying to get them to pose for photographs.

Nearly all the kids were dressed in jewel tones and pastels, with tons of netting and shiny fabric, and most brought their own wings.

A standout exception was the lone boy, Hunter Hetrick, 4, who wore an impish expression along with his gray T-shirt and dark shorts. Hunter, who accompanied his mother and sisters, seemed oblivious to all the girls as he enthusiastically created his garden.

The cuteness factor was through the roof, so of course the adults hustled to capture the Kodak, er, megapixel moments. The grownups learned the hard way that fairies – like the 3- to 7-year-olds enjoying themselves in the Ijams program room – are constantly

Community Services

Central Baptist Bearden Senior Pastor Wade Bibb speaks at the church’s new Lunch and Learn series, which is each Thursday through October. Photo by Wendy Smith

for adults only Some Bible stories aren’t appropriate for Vacation Bible School. But it is important to talk about them, and that’s the basis for Central Baptist Bearden’s new Lunch and Learn series titled “Edgy Tales from the Bible.”

The community is invited to attend the series, which is held each Thursday through October. A $5 hot lunch is served beginning at 11:30 a.m., and Senior Pastor Wade Bibb’s Bible study is

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A-8 • SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 • FARRAGUT Shopper news

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■ Joseph V. Carcello, Ernst & Young and Business Alumni Professor in Accounting, will become executive director of the Corporate Governance CenCarcello ter in the UT College of Business Administration.

His appointment is effective Sept. 15. Carcello, the center’s director of research, will replace C. Warren Neel, who has been the center’s executive director since the two cofounded it in 2003.

Neel will remain connected to the center as a Corporate Governance Center fellow; he will continue to teach governance in the full-time MBA program and work with the media and the corporate community.

■ A PTA board of managers meeting will be held 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, in the cafeteria.

A coupon book celebration will be held 1-2:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26.

The fall festival will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 12. Book fair week will be held Oct. 21-25.

Farragut High ■ Knox County Schools coupon books will be available for $10 through Monday, Sept. 23. A Parent Connection barbecue lunch will be held 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept.

19, at Concord Yacht Club, 11600 S. Northshore Drive, with school principal Michael Reynolds. Bring $10 and a friend. RSVP by emailing Lee Wickman, lwickman@tds.net.

Farragut Intermediate ■ Fall pictures will be taken Wednesday, Sept. 25; flu mist will be given Friday, Oct. 11.

Farragut Primary ■ Fall pictures will be taken Monday, Sept. 23. Spirit wear sales will take place Oct. 1-30. Fall festival will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 12.

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Senior Michael Haynes created a new plastic top for his mom’s blender with a CAD drawing and some 3D printing.

Printing household items My mind has officially been blown by a new piece of equipment at Farragut High School. More importantly, the teachers and students are just as equally blown away.

Sara Barrett

Last week, Farragut High teachers Jane Skinner and Jill Hudson showed me the 3D printer the school purchased thanks to a $1,000 grant from UCOR in Oak Ridge and donations from school supporters and the school robotics team.

An example of what this printer can do is make a replacement part for a blender that senior Michael Haynes later gave to his mom. The printer literally prints with a type of biodegradable plastic instead of ink, so it can make solid objects.

Some supplies came with the printer, but future fun-

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According to Hudson, 3D printing has been around for a couple of decades but has slowly been refined so it is more affordable.

Skinner said every school in Knox County has had the option to use 3D printing thanks to the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Lab-

Farragut High School teachers Jane Skinner and Jill Hudson study a part printed by a student on the school’s new 3D printer.

The school’s Technology Student Association has used the printer to make small wheels to use in competition, and there are plans to use it in robotics summer camp and in work the school does with Boy Scouts.

“It is to be shared by the whole school,” said Hudson.

“We are no longer limited to what we can buy. If we can’t buy it, we’ll make it.”

Senior Tanner Hobson designed and printed a cellphone case with a spot for attachments.

A plastic, working wheel was printed for use by the Technology Student Association. oratory, but now students and faculty at FHS won’t need to stand in line.

Both teachers have seen students shift into a more creative mode since the printer arrived. But before something can be printed, it must be drawn in a CAD program, including a base support onto which the printer prints the item. Otherwise, it would try to print into thin air.

It sounds complex and complicated, I know, but students are now excited about mathematical equations they use in their CAD program and want to learn more about technology in order to print objects. Or, as Skinner said, it’s the carrot that gets them to learn.

So far, every aspect of creating an item has been left up to the students including calculating the cost of printing each item (the teachers check the students’ work).

And there has been a surge in students interested in technology courses who may not have been interested before the printer was purchased.

Boys Scouts of America area II director Paul Sharp talks to students at Farragut Intermediate School about being a Cub Scout. Photos by S. Barrett

The birthday hat

Boys Scouts recruit at Farragut Intermediate A gaggle of boys in grades 3-5 attended a huddle last week at Farragut Intermediate School with representatives from the Boy Scouts of America’s Great Smoky Mountain Council.

Students took a quick five-minute break to listen to district executive Jared Pickens and Area II director Paul Sharp talk about playing in the dirt, shooting BB guns and camping outdoors.

The students were particularly excited to hear about sleeping under a shark tank at Ripley’s Aquarium in Gatlinburg.

Last week, Blakely Dockery celebrated her birthday by wearing the classroom birthday hat all day in teacher Leah Key’s 4th grade class at Farragut Intermediate School.

Signups for the six Scout groups at Farragut Intermediate were held late last week, but the organization’s doors are always open to new members. It costs $7.50 to join.

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Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 • A-9

Shopper News Presents Miracle Makers

Helping troubled kids succeed

By Betsy Pickle Several things about Janice Cook seem unusual for the principal of the Knoxville Adaptive Education Center.

1) She started her career in education as a music teacher.

2) She’s very funny.

3) She’s from Scotland.

The unexpected elements conspire to make Cook the perfect fit for this special Knox County school. For starters, she understands what the students need.

“Part of the skill of doing this job in this place – not just mine, but everybody’s – is you’re able to take these kids where they are,” says Cook. “I have a staff of people who get it.

“They get the fact that we’re here to meet kids where they are, to give them the skills and to grow them academically. I always say (to students), ‘I love you, but I want you gone.’ That’s what we do. Our job is to give the kids the skills they need to function back in a regular classroom.”

Around 300 students throughout Knox County have been certified as emotionally disturbed. The ones assigned to KAEC are those who aren’t able to deal with regular classrooms or even satellite classrooms with teachers trained to work with troubled children.

“That doesn’t mean to say that they are low-functioning. Some of the students have the cognitive ability to do regular work, but at times their emotional difficulties stop them from being able to access the regular curriculum.”

As with all the other schools in the county, KAEC is dealing with higher standards and more rigorous testing.

“The kids really need to step up their game to be able to function in the world. That’s reality. That’s where we are at this point in education. We really need to be looking to help these kids get the skills that they need to be successful when they leave here.”

KAEC has a “fluid population,” Cook says.

At the beginning of the year, the school had around 80 students, but it could swell to more than 100.

“As the school year progresses and the stress level increases, sometimes the kids get to a point where they can’t handle the pressure of regular ed or the satellite classroom.

They just need a little more support.”

One way Cook has found to support her students is to “change the culture” of the school. Now in her

Janice Cook (right), principal at the Knoxville Adaptive Education Center, gets some feedback from program facilitator Shari McDaniels. Photo by Betsy Pickle sixth year as principal, she decided early on that KAEC needed to feel more like a school. She realized “that before you could feel the change, maybe you had to be able to see the change.”

She was able to brighten the walls of the former Bearden High School with new paint, and she engaged artist Gale Hinton – who has painted murals at several local schools and businesses in addition to private homes – to create a mural in the entranceway. The school made a to-do out of unveiling it.

“We had a big move-thebus day like ‘Extreme Makeover,’” says Cook. “All the kids had watched the transformation. … We talked about changing, just the different expectations in terms of changing the culture for them. They were part of it, so they bought into that move-thebus day.”

Other schools take pride in their nicknames, so KAEC got one, too – the Cougars. Cook reconfigured the high-school classroom setup to be more like regular high schools.

And for another change, she started making the graduation ceremony more formal, asking faculty members to wear their academic gowns.

“When parents get to graduation … they are so appreciative. They really feel like we have partnered with them.”

Cook took a circuitous route to KAEC. After studying at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, she landed a teaching job in Edinburgh. A chance visit to Knoxville during a U.S. vacation led to her husband, Robert, being offered a pastor position at West Emory Presbyterian Church.

The couple moved here when she was pregnant with their first daughter, Rebecca. They intended to stay for five years, but they’ve now been in Knoxville for 24 years.

Cook began working with emotionally disturbed children when she went to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital to offer her services using music as a therapeutic tool. Someone had just resigned, and she ended up with a job as a psych tech.

“That was a wonderful experience. They hired people who had lots of skills, and they expected

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you to learn. There was mandatory training.

“From the psychologists that I worked with there, I discovered that I had this skill for working with emotionally disturbed kids.”

Cook started a program at Children’s to help parents navigate their way through the murky waters of the mental-health system. She would condense test results to “parentfriendly language” and come up with a plan for the child. When the program lost its funding, she took six months off, in part to spend time with younger daughter Ruth. Her child soon urged her to go back to work. She got a job with Peninsula, working as the resource for schools to help with behavior problems.

Later, she became a consultant for KAEC, and then, with an administration supervision degree from Lincoln Memorial University, she was appointed principal.

Working at KAEC can be draining, but the faculty and staff have formed their own support system.

“I always say we really are a family because we have to take care of each other,” Cook says. “I think I have the best job in the county.”

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Dancing at Farragut Middle Eighth graders Morgan Harris, Madeleine Smith, Kyla Johnson, Renee Howard and Glen Whaley take a break from their pizza and candy for a quick group shot.

Students Joe Saluder, Thomas Howard and Cruz Vazquez enjoy Farragut Middle School teachers Jessie Oliver, Patty Rader and Dancers Hannah Perry and Ryan Clark say 8th grade is pretty the music at this year’s back to school dance for 7th and 8th Karen Rehder chaperone the dance with school principal Dan- fun so far, and they are really enjoying learning new things. ny Trent. graders. Photos by Sara Barrett

HEALTH NOTES ■ PK Hope Is Alive Parkinson Support Group of East TN will meet 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 17, in the Kern UMC Family Life Center, 451 East Tenn. Ave. in Oak Ridge. This month’s topic will be “Pharmaceuticals in Parkinson’s” presented by local pharmacist Justin Kullgren. East Tennessee Personal Care Services will provide a light lunch. Info: Karen Sampsell, 482-4867; email pk_hopeisalive@bellsouth.net; or www.pkhopeisalive.org.

■ Free yoga classes will be offered by Take Charge Fitness Program, 1921 N. Charles Seivers Blvd. in Clinton, from Monday through Friday, Sept. 16-20. Available class times are: 9:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Chair Yoga will be offered 10:50 a.m. Monday and 10:30 a.m. Friday. Info: 457-8237.

■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meets 5-6:30 p.m. each first and third Tuesday in the UT Hospice office at 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info or reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6279.

Farragut High School’s robotics team held an open house recently for potential members and their parents. Up for discussion was not only the robotics construction itself, but other areas in which help is needed by students, including marketing, design and fundraising. Parents were also told about opportunities to get involved, including fundraising and providing meals throughout the build season.

Pictured enjoying refreshments at the event are freshmen Nalin Varma and Thomas Coppock. Photos by S. Barrett

■ UT Hospice, serving patients and families in Knox and 15 surrounding counties, conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults (18 and older) interested in becoming volunteers with the program. No medical experience is required.

Training is provided. Info: Penny Sparks, 544-6279.

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

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

■ Memoir Writing Group meets 7 p.m. each second Thursday at Panera Bread, 733 Louisville Road.

■ West Knox Lions Club meets 6:30 p.m. each first and third Monday at Shoney’s restaurant at Walker Springs and Kingston Pike.

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Roll up sleeves for free flu shots

By Sherri Gardner Howell

Members of the Rotary Club of Farragut and their high school counterparts, the Interact Club, will spend a busy, quick four hours asking folks to roll up their sleeves on Saturday, Sept. 14.

It’s Free Flu Shot Saturday for Knox County, and members of the Farragut Rotary will once again help out at Farragut High School.

The free flu shots will be given from 8 a.m. until noon – or until supplies are gone.

Most sites run out of vaccine before noon, and Farragut is one of the busiest sites.

The Farragut Rotary will not be alone in helping with Free Flu Shot Saturday. The Rotary clubs in the Knoxville area are major supporters of the event, offering both financial help and volunteer assistance. This is the 19th annual Free Flu Shot Saturday, which will have five other locations in addition to Farragut High. Shots will also be given at Austin-East Magnet High, Carter High, Halls High, South-Doyle Middle and West High. The shots are offered free because of donations from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation, Summit Medical Group and Knoxville-area Rotary Clubs.

Also volunteering at the schools are health professionals and medical students from the area. Donations from those receiving the shots are donated to the News Sentinel’s Empty Stocking Fund, which provides food and gifts to needy East Tennessee families

during the winter holidays.

Flu Shot Saturday is the Empty Stocking Fund’s largest fundraiser, raising more than $17,000 for the charity last year. Volunteers gave more than 4,000 shots at Flu Shot Saturday in 2012.

For the Farragut Rotary, Mark Bialik is spearheading the volunteer sign-ups for Farragut High School. “The club has been involved with Flu Shot Saturday for a number of years and averages about 25 volunteers plus members from the high school Interact club on Flu Shot Saturday,” says Bailik. “At Farragut, we also provide ‘curb’ service: If someone has a physical handicap that makes it hard to walk through the line, we will bring the paperwork and then the shots to their car and do it there.”

Rotary Club of Farragut president Tom King says Free Flu Shot Saturday fits perfectly within the “five avenues of service” for Rotary, under community service.

“Volunteering to work and help with Free Flu Shot Saturday is community service at its best,” said King.

The Farragut location, in addition to giving the most injections, also has traditionally collected the most donations for the Empty Stocking Fund. Since the program’s inception in 1994, the Free Flu Shot Saturday program administered over 169,000 free influenza vaccinations to Knoxville residents and received more than $723,000 in donations for the Empty Stocking Fund.

Say ‘cheese ... cake’ The menu offers everything from small plates to pasta, sandwiches to specialties and burgers to barbecue, but Cheesecake Factory general manager Shan Sheheane, center, knows the stars of the show are the more than 35 varieties of cheesecake at the new restaurant at West Town Mall. The Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce assisted with a ribbon-cutting last week at the popular new restaurant that opened for lunch and dinner in June. Photo by Farragut West Knox Chamber

‘The Rabbit’s Got the Gun’ Pete DeBusk pens autobiography

By Sandra Clark It’s the book we’ve all been waiting for.

“The Rabbit’s Got the Gun,” by Autry O.V. “Pete” DeBusk, has hit the stands.

It’s a readable tale of the rise from stark poverty of one of Knox County’s richest residents. DeRoyal Industries is privately held, so records are sparse, but the photo pages show huge manufacturing facilities, each employing hundreds, in: ■ Powell ■ Maynardville ■ Tazewell ■ LaFollette ■ Portland, Tenn.

■ Sanford, Fla. ■ Rose Hill, Va. ■ Stone Mountain, Ga. ■ Camden, S.C. ■ Santiago, Dominican Republic ■ Villa Canales, Guatemala ■ San Jose, Costa Rica ■ Dublin, Ireland ■ Tallinn, Estonia

DeBusk grew up in a house trailer, hauled by his daddy to coal camps where there was work. Pete attended 13 schools in grades 1-12.

Now he lives in a huge home on Cunningham Road in Halls. This place has 37,000-square feet in the main house and another 11,000-square feet in an adjoining lodge.

Caretakers live in a garage and apartment area. The estate is fenced with a running trail and small lake.

This writer was around during the endless construction, giving occasional updates in the Shopper under the heading, “DeHouse.” Pete was not amused, but he didn’t come and shoot me.

He spearheaded construction of the Boys and Girls Club of Halls and Powell, which bears his name.

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You’ll gain insight into how Pete thinks and operates by reading this new book.

The title is based on an Appalachian metaphor for a situation in which an underdog comes out on top, when the hunted becomes the hunter.

In an afterward, Pete’s son Brian, now president of DeRoyal Industries, salutes his dad by saying, “Don’t worry, Dad. The rabbit still has the gun.”

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Family is important to Pete. We would see him around Halls, coaching teeball and shopping with his kids. He talks a lot about his wife, Cindi, and the ways she helped him make their blended family seamless.

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Commercial transfers fuel market

By Sherry Witt

Several large commercial real estate transactions helped boost total property sales in Knox County to more than $250 million during Witt the month of August. There were 950 property transfers recorded in Knox County – about 60 fewer than those recorded in July, but more than 100 better than last August’s totals.

The aggregate value of property sold even bested July’s output of $248 million.

By comparison, in August of 2012 about $142 million worth of land was transferred.

It was a banner month for mortgage lending as well with just over $403 million borrowed against real property in August. That easily topped the $349 million loaned in July, and also surpassed last August’s figures by about $80 million.

The largest mortgage transaction was a $27.5 million loan financing a development known as Walker’s Crossing Properties.

The commercial real estate market experienced something of a mini-boom in August. Among the more noteworthy transactions was a sale of property on Executive Park Drive to Bryn-Mawr Estates Partnership LLC for $18.75 million. Close behind was a parcel in Northshore Town Center Phase II, which sold for $17,769,231.

The $251 million in property sales was the highest aggregate monthly total since October 2011 when the Mercy Health Systems facilities were sold to Tennova.

On behalf of all of us at the Register of Deeds office, I would like to wish a happy birthday to Faye Smith, who turned 75 on Sept. 4. Faye was our office manager, and was with the Register of Deeds for 43 years before her retirement in 2006. We still miss her, and we wish her all the best.

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Lance Jones, CEO of Tennova at Turkey Creek, talks with Chris Talley with Health Source Chiropractic at the Chamber’s networking event.

Nancy Flynn with KimberlyClark Health Care explains the benefits of Cooled Radiofrequency for those with back Enjoying the demonstrations and good food at Tennova are Heather Buck with Fairfield Inn, Farpain to Matthew Bryan, who ragut West Knox Chamber CEO Bettye Sisco, Steve Jergesen with ROK and Rick Disharoon with is with Merrill Lynch.

SDP and Associates. Heather had a busy day as it was opening day for Fairfield Inn and Suites.

Teaching moments at Tennova

By Sherri Gardner Howell Tennova Healthcare’s Turkey Creek Medical Center was the site for the latest Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce networking event, and organizers decided to provide a few “teaching moments” along with the refreshments.

Held in the spacious lobby of the Women’s Pavilion, the networking event featured different stations highlighting some of the medical facilities’ newest and most interesting hightech innovations. On hand at each table were professionals to explain the equipment and/or procedures and allow some hands-on experiences for chamber members.

Getting a lot of attention was Intuitive’s daVinci robot, used for robotic surgery. Guests could “drive” the robot and practice guiding the robot arms to pick

up small objects. Allison Peek with Intuitive was onhand to talk about the benefits of robotic surgery and the daVinci model.

Also offering some hands-on interaction were exhibits on balloon sinuplasty, Makoplasty, cooling radiofrequency treatments for back pain and information on the medical center’s women’s care services and primary care.

Chamber members and guests were also enjoying the usual networking opportunities and chances to catch up with other business owners, as well as good food and drink. This week, the chamber will host a ribbon-cutting at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept.

10, and a networking event at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept.12, at Sherrill Hills Retirement Community. Info: www. farragutchamber.com

Learning the mechanics behind daVinci surgery at the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce Networking event at Tennova is Faris Ashkar, a woodworker. Allison Peek with Intuitive, makers of daVinci, does the explaining. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

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Fields of science West W est sstudents’ tudents’ interests lie beneath the turf

By Wendy Smith

While most of their classmates are concerned about what’s happening on the football field, West High School seniors Erin Burman and Saxon MacDonald are more interested in what’s happening beneath it.

The girls are participants in a University of Tennessee research project designed to reach out to local high school students who are interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines, says Alice Layton, a research associate professor with UT’s Center for Environmental Biotechnology.

Students from four local high schools are in the process of discovering which

bacteria bact ba cter teria ia llive ive in ive in ssoil oil oi il from from lloo ocal football fields and playgrounds. Burman and MacDonald took their sample from West High School’s Bill Wilson field, and they admit they were a little nervous about digging in the field while the track team practiced nearby.

Having the opportunity to extract and analyze DNA from the soil sample helped them get over their anxiety.

Layton designed the project around soil from football fields in order to appeal to teenagers. But data collected from the project will lead to a better understanding of bacteria, which live in us, on us and all around us.

“Bacteria are everywhere, and they’re in such great amounts, it’s mindboggling,” she says.

The high school students spent two days in the UT lab during the summer. On the

fi rstt day, firs day, they day they hey isolated isol is olat lated ed DNA D by using chemicals to break down parts of the cells, Burman says. It was a tedious, multi-step process, and she appreciated the undergraduate students who supervised them.

During the next lab visit, students used a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) to replicate the DNA to make it easier to study, says MacDonald. The resulting DNA sequences will be used to identify organisms that have lived in the soil.

Since bacteria are such a large part of our ecosystem, it’s good to know what’s there, MacDonald says. She compares it to counting species in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The next step, Layton says, is for students to interpret the data created by the project. She is impressed by the quality of that data,

which will become part of a publically-accessible database. “It’s fun and novel for high school kids, but it’s also something that can contribute to our fundamental science knowledge.”

Burman and MacDonald have already put their first lab experience to good use.

Both are now participating in UT’s Pre-Collegiate Research Scholars Program.

The program matches students from Knox County high schools with mentors while they conduct original research. MacDonald completed her research on proteins that affect circadian rhythms over the summer.

Burman will continue her research on nitrogen fi xation in soybeans throughout the year.

“It’s motivating because it’s actual original research, rather than regurgitating someone else’s work,” Burman says.

MacDonald was surprised to discover how much she enjoyed the field

Saxon MacDonald isolates DNA from soil samples at UT. Photo submitted

of neuroscience, given that “It taught me to keep an her primary interest has open mind about my future always been environmental career paths, and life in genscience. eral.”

Teaching a ‘can-do’ attitude Like the busy ant in Aesop’s fable “The Grasshopper and the Ant,” industrious gardeners and others can “store away” summer and fall produce for the winter, looking forward to enjoying the fruits of their labors in the off-season.

Heather Kyle, who is with the University of Tennessee Extension Service, had some answers for those who want to be busy “ants” and extend the life of their gardens.

Kyle came to the Farragut branch of the Knox County Library on Aug. 29 to talk about canning.

She brought books and equipment for those in the free class to examine as she talked about basic

canning and food preservation. The class covered canning basics, the difference between bath and pressure canning, and how to know which to use.

Master gardener Marsha Lehman was in the audience, as was Bradlynn Busby, age 14, both interested in learning more about canning. Kyle, a 9-year veteran of canning, is a fan of the food storage method, saying she believes canning is an increasingly more important method of storing nutritious foods. Some in the small but attentive audience said they were interested in organic gardening and in being able to preserve organically-

grown foods and avoid potentially unhealthy additives found in convenience foods.

Kyle said the art of canning, once a matter of survival, is on the increase in popularity. Ball, leading supplier of canning products, reported a 30 percent increase in sales of canning supplies last year, Kyle related.

Kyle teaches a canning class through the Culinary Institute at UT twice yearly, a two-day class in spring and a three-day class in summer. Each class covers the basics of bath canning, pressure canning and jams and jellies. Students in the classes get all the can-

Heather Kyle with the University of Tennessee Extension Service shows a large pot used for bath canning of high-acidic foods to Marsha Lehman, Bradlynn Busby, Nikkii Cody and Sabine Nebenfuehr. Photo by Nancy Anderson ning books used in class, a mation, and take home the class, call Knox County notebook with all the reci- newly canned product. For UT Extension at 865-215pes, the Power Point infor- more information on the 2340.

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NEWS FROM PAIDEIA ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Paideia welcomes new teachers Ministries at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, where she has served by leading the children’s choir, singing in the choir and occasionally helping to lead the worship team. In addition to music history, appreciation and theory, she will focus on teaching choral music.

“I am looking forward to sharing the teaching gifts

Paideia Academy is excited to announce four new additions to its faculty.

with minors in biblical languages from Bryan College and comes to Paideia from Infusion Ministries, where he served as the director of research and internships.

He is excited about this year’s coursework and looks forward to the worldview discussions that will emerge as the literature, science and Bible curricula intersect.

In his role with athletics, he hopes to strengthen and expand the school’s current athletics program as well as encourage each student to value his or her physical body with activities for health, enjoyment, and challenge.

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Suzanne Breedlove will be serving as Paideia Academy’s music teacher. Breedlove has a bachelor’s degree in music education from Furman University and had taught music and chorus in public elementary and middle schools in Atlanta, Greenville and Orlando. For the past 10 years, she has focused on teaching her own children at home, as well as giving piano lessons and actively participating in her church’s music and worship programs.

Her husband West is the Director of Music

Bruno

that God has given me, along with my love for music,” Breedlove says.

Joseph Bruno joins the staff as the lead 6th grade teacher, physical education instructor for 4th through 6th grades, and athletic director.

Bruno holds a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies

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He and his wife Dani have one young son.

Kent Capps returns to Paideia Academy as the biblical Greek instructor and dean of Athanasian Hall. His preparation includes a bachelor’s degree in religion with a biblical Greek minor from Carson-Newman College and master’s degrees in biblical and theological studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in biblical spirituality from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to several years of vocational ministry, Capps has taught Greek, Latin, biblical worldview and history of philosophy in classical Christian schools, including a year at Paideia in 2011-12. He can also regularly be found on the golf course. “My desire for my students is that they will grow in wisdom and that this wisdom will deepen their love of God and others and shape them into the character of Christ,” Capps says. He and his wife Candace have three children who attend Paideia Academy.

Rachael DeFoor will be the school’s art instructor.

DeFoor is originally from Greenville, S.C., and holds bachelor’s and master’s

DeFoor

degrees from Bob Jones University. She has taught art in both classical and Montessori school settings.

She plans to help students explore various aspects of art theory, art history and also learn how to develop their skill as artists using a variety of media. “I love both contemplating and creating art, and I desire to instill that passion in my students,” says DeFoor. At home, she and her husband Zach enjoy playing video games together.

Paideia pancakes raise funds Paideia Academy hosted a said it was one of their bigpancake breakfast fundrais- gest pancake breakfasts to er to benefit the school’s hall date. programs and each hall’s Half of the money raised chosen phigoes to lanthropy. each hall to The breakspend on fast raised their own more than programs $3,100. and initiaAubrey’s tives. This on Middleyear, the brook Pike students generously voted to donated their allocate restaurant, $1,000 of staff and Paideia headmaster James Cowart this toward supplies for and students Graceanne Meystrik, the school’s the pancake Caleb Bethel and Matthew Menard purchase of prepare drinks for the breakfast a minibus breakfast. guests.

Students for transpre-sold portation tickets to the fundraiser and on their community service worked to serve and clean days. The other half of the up the breakfast throughout proceeds will be divided the morning. Aubrey’s staff among the three halls to

donate to their chosen philanthropies.

At the start of the school year, each hall began researching, discussing, and selecting a local organization to serve.

Apostles’ Hall will be Family and friends enjoy the fundraising pancake breakfast coordinated by Paideia working with students. They are: (clockwise from left) Anna Garlington, Annie Platillero, Kelly Emerald Platillero, David Platillero, Joseph Garlington, Paul Platillero, John Platillero, Elisa Youth FounPlatillero, Maria Howard and Nona Platillero. dation, and of service projects and take thropies.

Nicene Hall several work trips off-camis partnering with CAC “It’s great to see these Beardsley Farm for a second pus to serve their partners. students be so passionate year. Athanasian Hall is still The students enjoyed about serving others, but I finalizing details with their waiting tables at the panbelieve they benefit as much charity. Students have opcake breakfast and have as those they serve,” said portunities to lead the plan- enjoyed their early work Paideia Academy Headmasning and implementation with their chosen philanter James Cowart.

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The people make the difference at Parkwest Claustrophobic patient receives personalized care in Parkwest’s imaging department Lois Wilbanks, a 67-year-old Crossville resident, had struggled with a paralyzing fear of closed-in spaces since her teenage years. She actively avoided confined areas and worried about how she would get through the experience if she ever had to be inside one of these spaces for a prolonged period.

She could think of few things more terrifying than having a closed Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) procedure, which involves positioning a patient inside a closed tube-like scanner and using a magnetic field and pulses of radio wave energy to produce detailed images of structures in the body.

“In a life or death situation, I think I would just rather die than be inside that tiny tube,” admits Wilbanks.

Her first memory of experiencing severe claustrophobia was at age 19 when she crawled under her bed to retrieve items in storage and was suddenly struck with panic and legitimate fear.

“I remember looking around and realizing how trapped I felt,” recalls Wilbanks. “I began to hyperventilate and I honestly felt like I was going to die. I couldn’t get out fast enough.”

In June 2013, Wilbanks’ doctor recommended she undergo a closed MRI to determine the source of intense neck pain she’d been experiencing. Knowing the severity of her claustrophobia, she inquired about an alternative diagnostic method.

“My doctor said (the closed MRI) would provide him with

the best image of my vertebrae so he could pinpoint the exact problem,” said Wilbanks. “I told him I’d try, but I doubted that I could go through with it and I knew the experience would be traumatic for me.”

On the day of the procedure, a nervous Wilbanks met MRI team leader and technologist Jeremy Bearden, who would be assisting her during the MRI. She explained her concerns and was reassured that she could get through it with his help.

Their first attempts were unsuccessful, as Wilbanks’ phobia got Lois Wilbanks credits MRI team leader and technologist the best of her Jeremy Bearden for helping her to complete a closed once inside MRI procedure, an event that was horrifying to the tube of the Willbanks, who is severely claustrophobic.

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She described the sudden ic button that open room beyond their feet. panic as feelFor Wilbanks, the glasses can be pressed ing like elecat any time for made all the difference; but her Wilbanks models the special glasstricity hitting struggles weren’t completely es that limited her forward and assistance. But every nerve in peripheral vision, easing her claus- Ms. Wilbanks’ over. her body.

“Inside the tube with the trophobia and allowing her to un- clau st rophobia “I was so glasses on, I finally felt like I was very severe. dergo an MRI. frustrated It quickly be- could do this. I felt my body bewith myself,” came clear that gin to relax and that’s when my confessed Wilbanks. “I had the usual relaxation techniques arms touched the sides of the prayed about it all the way to the weren’t going to do the trick for tubes and I began to panic again. hospital. I kept telling myself, her. That’s when I suggested the I started thrashing around try‘You can do this!’ ” ing to get out of there,” she exglasses.”

“We have a lot of claustrophoThe glasses Bearden referred plained. bic patients who struggle with to are used to ease anxiety for Bearden stopped the procehaving an MRI procedure,” said patients while an MRI is per- dure and came to her aid once Bearden. “We can usually talk formed. The special lenses, more. This time, he padded the them through it or place a cool which resemble clear ice cubes, sides of the MRI tube with soft cloth on their forehead to help limit the forward and peripheral blankets to help comfort Wilthem relax. We make sure they vision and direct the patient’s banks. They tried the procedure know they have a handheld pan- line of sight to their feet and the once more and both techniques

worked like a charm.

“From that moment on, I was just fine,” said Wilbanks. “The combination of the blankets and glasses made me forget I was in a small space. All I saw were my feet, the procedure room and the technologists. I couldn’t see the sides of the tube or the light above.

“It just meant so much to me that Jeremy didn’t give up on me,” said Wilbanks. “He really listened to me and cared about what was and wasn’t working for me. I know I couldn’t have had my MRI without his help.”

It’s a good thing that Wilbanks was able to go through with the MRI. Because of the clear image it provided, her doctor was able to find a bulging disk on the seventh vertebra.

The images also revealed problems with the fourth, fifth and sixth vertebrae.

Wilbanks says that she’s experienced a significant reduction in pain and has increased f lexibility in her neck since finishing a six-week physical therapy program. She looks forward to following up with her doctor this month.

If you have had an excellent service experience at Parkwest Medical Center, you’re encouraged to complete a Parkwest C.A.R.E.S. card, available at locations throughout the hospital, and submit in person or by mail (no postage necessary). You can also submit a comment online at www.treatedwell.com/cares.

Spotlight on Valet Services at Parkwest Free valet parking described as ‘The best thing since sliced bread!’

Caring folks in all departments work together to make sure that guests and patients are “Treated Well. Well Treated. ®” every time they come to Parkwest. One such department, which is highly-valued and appreciated yet seldom publically recognized, is Valet Services.

Parkwest receives countless calls and Parkwest C.A.R.E.S. cards from guests and patients singing the praises of the Valet Services team members. One of the most recent compliments received came from Lucinda Francis Williams of Kingston, Tenn., who writes: “The free valet parking feature is the best thing since sliced bread! I have to come to Parkwest for five consecutive days for injections, and the fact that I can pull up front, hop out and go inside for my shots is so convenient. Thanks for providing this service! I’m very able-bodied and can only imagine how helpful the valet parking option would be for less able patients.

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Parkwest Valet Services parking attendants, L to R: Elisha Booker, Brandon Penland, Naseem Ibrahim, Brandon McCrary, Kevin King and Mike Morrison.

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and professional, too. Great job!” ing and the service has always been Parkwest was the first hospital provided at no cost. The hardworkin Knoxville to provide valet park- ing valet attendants park about

2,000 vehicles per week, and “Hopefully we can make their day more if weather is poor. Tim better by being friendly and parkGalyon, team leader of fleet ing and retrieving their vehicle so and parking services, spoke they have one less thing to worry with Parkwest’s marketing about.” department about why his Parkwest would like to thank staff is so passionate about each and every member of the vaproviding excellent service. let services staff for their compas“Often, we make the first sion and dedication to providing a impression of Parkwest for simple, yet meaningful, service to patients and guests,” said so many.

Galyon. “So it’s incredibly important that the valet attendants be polite and courteous at all times, even during the hectic moments.

“Extend a smile and warm greeting to everyone; after all, you never know what that person may be going through.

Generally, a hospital is not a place Parkwest patient Lucinda Williams (center) with people want to be,” valet parking attendants, Josiah Patterson (L) and explained Galyon. Kelsey Long (R).

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THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPT. 15

SATURDAY, SEPT. 14

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The 94th annual Tennessee Valley Fair runs through Sunday, Sept. 15, at Chilhowee Park.

The fair includes hundreds of exhibits and contests, including LEGO and photography, plus rides on the midway, food and concerts. For a full schedule, visit TNValleyFair.org.

The Second Saturday Concert at the Cove will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at The Cove in Concord Park, 11808 Northshore Drive.

The free family-friendly event will feature a performance by Second Opinion.

If the concert is canceled due to inclement weather, notice will be made at https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Knox-County-Parks-Rec/55197043075 and www. knoxcounty.org.

MONDAY-THURSDAY, SEPT. 9-12 Appalachian dulcimer classes Courses in how to play the Appalachian dulcimer begin Sept. 9 at Pellissippi State Community College.

At the Blount County Campus, 2731 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway in Friendsville, a novice class starts Monday, Sept. 9, and an intermediate class on Tuesday, Sept. 10. A beginner course starts Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.

For info on the courses, call Rudy Ryan, 865-9661995. To register, call 865-539-7167.

TUESDAY & SATURDAY, SEPT. 10 & 14 Farmers market The Dixie Lee Farmers Market is open 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, at the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek (across from the theater). It is open 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept.

14, at Renaissance Farragut.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11 Networking group A new Farragut chapter of Business Network International will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Meksiko Cantina, 120 West End Ave. There is no charge to attend as a visitor, and firsttimers will be treated to lunch.

The group’s goal is to assist professionals in growing their businesses through building relationships, wordof-mouth advertising and referral generation. Only one person per profession will be admitted into the chapter for permanent membership.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 13 Taste of Turkey Creek The Taste of Turkey Creek will be hosted by the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 13. The fundraiser for the Pat Summitt Foundation’s fight against Alzheimer’s will take place in the parking lot between Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s.

Cuisine from 16 restaurants in Turkey Creek will be showcased. Attendees can enjoy food and drink samples, bid on dozens of items in the silent auction and see fall fashions from Pinnacle retailers while enjoying live entertainment by the Chillbillies.

Participating restaurants include Abuelos, Bombay Palace, Bonefish Grill, Buffalo Wild Wings, Cru Bistro & Wine Bar, Flemings, Gigi’s Cupcakes, Great American Cookie, Irish Times, Mimi’s CafÊ, Noodles & Co., Olive Garden, Pei Wei, Schakolad Chocolate Factory, Seasons and The Cup. Tickets are $15 in advance at www.turkeycreek.com (click on the Pinnacle logo) or 865-675-0120. Tickets at the event will be $20.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 14 Master gardeners share Knox County Master Gardeners will talk about how to divide perennials and plant new ones at a free event at the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road.

The program on Dividing and Planting Perennials is at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 15 ‘Gettysburg’ screening The Farragut Folklife Museum will host a free “Civil War Afternoon at the Movies� presentation of “Gettysburg� at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

The 1993 film, based on a novel by Michael Shaara, stars Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen and Stephen Lang.

The event is part of the museum’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Campbell Station.

Seating will begin at 1:45 p.m. The movie is rated PG and has an approximate running time of four hours and 30 minutes. There will be a 10-minute intermission and refreshments at 4:15 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 16

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Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students and anyone under 18. Advance tickets are available at 800-838-3006 and lanzknoxville.brownpapertickets. com. To purchase tickets locally, email Tom Boduch, tbconcerts@att.net.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 24 Bass at speaker series Forensic anthropologist and author Bill Bass and filmmaker and author Jon Jefferson – collectively known as best-selling author Jefferson Bass – will be featured at the Farragut-West Knox Chamber of Commerce Speaker Series Breakfast 7:30-9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Fox Den Country Club, 12284 N. Fox Den Drive.

Seats are $30 for members, $40 for non-members and $275 for tables of 10. Space is limited, and registration is required. To register online, visit www.farragutchamber.com. Call 865-675-7057 to pay by Visa or MasterCard; AMEX payment is available at the chamber office, 11826 Kingston Pike, Suite 110, or at the event.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 27 Senior picnic The seventh annual Senior Appreciation Picnic, hosted by Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, will be held 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at John Tarleton Park, 3201 Division St. The event will include food, fun, a mini health fair and entertainment. Bus transportation will be provided from all Knox County senior centers.

RSVP to 865-215-4007 by Friday, Sept. 20.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 27

Free Day of Putt-Putt The 22nd annual Free Day of Putt-Putt will be held noon to 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, at Putt-Putt Golf & Games, 164 West End Ave. Presented by the town of Farragut and Putt-Putt Golf & Games, the event is designed to build community and to provide a safe, entertaining activity for families.

For more info, contact Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@ townoffarragut.org or 865-966-7057.

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17-18 AARP driver courses AARP Driver Safety Courses will be offered from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, and Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Roane County United Way, 2735 Roane State Highway, Harriman.

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 Carolyn Rambo, 865-584-9964.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 21

‘Taste of Farragut’ “Taste of Farragut – Celebrating Farragut Foodies� will take place 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, in front of the old Kroger building on Kingston Pike.

More than 35 restaurants and beverage distributors are expected to participate in the fifth annual event, which showcases the depth and talent of Farragut eateries. Also featured are wines and themed beverage venues.

Admission is $25 for adults ($30 at the gate), $10 for children under 12, free for 5 and under. For more info, visit farragutbusiness.com or call 307-2486.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 29 Picnic on the Pike The fourth annual Picnic on the Pike will be held 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at 11863 Kingston Pike. The picnic will feature food and entertainment. Attendees should bring chairs or blankets.

The Chillbillies will perform 1-3 p.m., with Back Talk (featuring previous members of the Atomic Horns) performing 3-5 p.m.

For info, contact Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@ townoffarragut.org or 865-966-7057.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 29

Children’s consignment sale Concord United Methodist Church is sponsoring a children’s consignment sale from 8 a.m. to noon at the church, 11020 Roane Drive. A half-price sale will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

The sale will include quality, gently used clothing, toys, books, furniture and other items for children ages birth to teens. For more info, call 865-996-6728 or visit www.concordumc.com.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 22 Lanz piano concert Grammy-nominated pianist David Lanz will perform in concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, at American Piano Gallery, 11651 Parkside Drive. Opening for Lanz will be pianist-composer Joseph Akins.

Lanz came to prominence with his album “Cristofori’s Dream,� which spent months at the top of Billboard’s

Student piano showcase A 13-year-old piano student from Japan by way of Maryville will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at American Piano Gallery, 11651 Parkside Drive.

Mayuki Miyashita from Hamamatsu City, Japan, studied piano from age 6 to 10 in her homeland. The Maryville Junior High School student now takes lessons with David Northington at the University of Tennessee.

Her awards include first place at the 2012 and 2011 Music Teachers National Association Tennessee state junior piano competition, first place in the 2012 Tennessee Music Teachers Association piano competition (solo and concerto), first place in the 2013 TMTA piano solo competition and second place in the 2013 Kaufman Music Center International Youth piano competition in New York.

She has performed the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12 with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven Concerto No. 1 with the Maryville College Orchestra. She also enjoys playing violin.

The event is free, and the public is invited.

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Goodwill Industries Goodwill Industries’ mission statement is “Helping people overcome barriers to employment and become independent members of their community.� Elizabeth Nother, executive vice president (pictured) encourages community members to shop at a Goodwill Thrift Store and help them help others. The main office is located at 5307 Kingston Pike and is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The store is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Info: 588-8567 or gwiktn.org.

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Walter knows water Walter Wunderlich, 81, of Fountain City, scolds me for the timing of this story.

“You should wait two years,” he says. “Then I’ll be

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Wunderlich is retired from TVA, where he worked as a hydraulic engineer. But his story goes much deeper than that.

He was born in the town of Asch in the Sudetenland – an area rife with chaos at the end of World War II. His boyhood was full of upheaval, and Wunderlich speaks passionately about his homeland being invaded by the Nazi regime and then by the Czech military.

Along with 3.5 million other ethnic Germans, he and his family were expelled from their ancestral homeland by the Soviet-protected Czech government. His family survived intact but lost almost everything.

Nevertheless, he went on to earn a doctoral degree in engineering from the University of Karlsruhe (now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) in Germany. And how did he end up at TVA? “I replied to an ad in Time magazine,” he says in his lilting German accent.

“Also, I had friends with contacts in the hydroelectric field in America.”

In 1964 Wunderlich applied for a work visa, and “by New Year’s 1965 I was in Times Square celebrating!”

Recalling that wild night, he chuckles, “Never again!”

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dams don’t buckle under the tremendous force of the water. He’s an expert on hydroelectric structures, and was a dedicated TVA engineer for many years.

“I enjoyed that work very much.”

He helped to expand the program into areas such as water quality monitoring and sustainability. With his boss, Rex Elder, he created the Water Resources Management Methods Staff, and supervised the group from 1970 until 1983. At the dawn of the computer age, they created early digital models for simulating complex processes in the TVA multipurpose reservoir system. He still enjoys numbers.

“I read math books just for fun nowadays.”

Wunderlich and his wife Carole, a retired lecturer in Spanish at UT, enjoy many pursuits. He’s a hiker and frequent neighborhood walker, and they both enjoy travel. They met 35 years ago in the Alliance Francaise, a Knoxville French Club.

A study in their Fountain City home contains side-byside computer workstations, and Carole’s wall is covered with many “docent of the year” and “volunteer of the year” citations from the Knoxville Museum of Art. File cabinets march up the center of the room, and the walls are lined with books.

Wunderlich himself wrote some of them.

There’s his textbook on probability methods used in maintenance planning for hydraulic structures. Another handbook on hydropower engineering contains a chapter authored by him.

There’s a self-published book, “The Lookout Towers of the Great Smoky Mountains.” Before he finished it, many of the fire towers no longer existed, so he’s expanding it to include surrounding areas along with the Great Smokies.

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8%-15% annual return? Call no pets, 865-803-9031. $400. 865-806-8934 today to find out why this house ***Web ID# 299943*** will do much better than CD BULL PUPS, rates or passbook savings rates. Condo Rentals 76 PIT registered, blue & Don Anderson white. $250/nego.

Realty Executives Assoc.

TOWNHOUSE Phone 423-625-9192 Northeast Knox.

865-588-3232 3BR/3BA/garage, POM-CHI PUPPIES, $1,150 month, reg., S&W, health Call 865-604-1322 Lakefront Property 47 guar., $330 & up.

865-654-4977 ***Web ID# 298794*** STUNNING LAKE Wanted To Rent 82 FRONT HOME with Dock on Melton Hill Lake.

Ret. Private Detective Many different breeds This 3BR/2BA home needs 1-2 BR house, Maltese, Yorkies, is surrounded on on quiet private Malti-Poos, Poodles, over two wooded property. I will pro- Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, acres with unbelievable vide security and/or Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots Lake Views. caretaker services in & wormed. We do For Sale By Owner lieu of rent. 323-0937 layaways. Health guar. $649,000 - Call (865) Div. of Animal Welfare 748-9078 for Showing.

State of TN Manf’d Homes - Sale 85 Dept. of Health.

Lic # COB0000000015.

Cemetery Lots 49 423-566-3647 I BUY OLDER judyspuppynursery.com MOBILE HOMES. 2 Cemetery Lots, 1990 up, any size OK. YORKIE PUPPIES Pleasant Grove Bapt.

865-384-5643 reg., adorable, S&W, Church, Maryville. started on puppy $600 ea. 865-828-3072 or 865-599-7605 Trucking Opportunities 106 pads, 423-539-4256.

2 Cemetery Plots at Highland Sutherland, Gospel Gardens $3000. 865-688-1023

Sweet little Tangy

213 Motorcycles

GAS PUMP, restored, pure Firebird Racing, $800. Lenoir City 865-332-0036

Boats Motors

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ASTRO 2000, 20 ft, fish or ski, 200 Mercury, low hrs. Trolling mtr, 2 livewells, walk-thru windshield, Bimini top, trailer, $7500. 865-776-9788

Milo and Nikita are both one-year-old Pug and Boston Terrier Mix cuties who spent the first year of their lives in a breeder’s cage.

They arrived at the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley about five weeks ago and are slowly adjusting to being normal dogs. Both male and female are sweet and gentle and love to go for walks and swim in their kiddie pool.

They would like to find a forever home with a patient family. Their adoption fee is $200.

They must be adopted together. Come meet the duo at HSTV, 6717 Kingston Pike. Info: 5739675 or info@humanesocietytennessee.com.

238 Antiques Classics 260 Domestic

BMW R60/2 1968, 600 1963 PLYM. Valiant 2 dr CC Classic, 19,900 mi., hdtop, 6 cyl, straight exc. cond., windshld, shift, needs work, lthr saddlebags, orig. $1500. 865-435-6855 tool kit., $9500.

931-337-9282 Always garaged, Harley Davidson 1986 Low Rider, custom never wrecked, orig. mint cond. 2nd owner. paint, low mi, $4495 83,134 mi. Asking obo. 865-206-3174 $21,500. Orig. cost HONDA GOLDWING $26,004.81. 865-523-2159 Trike 1988, only 11K CORVETTE 1987 mi, like new, 1st Metallic gray, t-top $10,000 firm. 865-397Low mileage, $9000.

1012; 865-397-6396 931-456-6686 HONDA VALKYRIE DATSUN 280ZX 1980, Ltd 1997, standard Ed., 10th anniv. 1 of 3000.

With 32K miles, Orig. ownr. 137k. Needs $4300. 865-256-8099.

TLC. B.O. 423-304-9009.

Reduced, Harley Davidson 2009 Ultra Classic, 1032 EL CAMINO 305 1980, $3000/trade good runmi. Lowered. $16,900. 865ning SUV, mini van 256-4901 Maryville or car. 865-208-5017

Buick 1982 Conv.

FOUR WINNS 254 Funship Deck Boat, 350 Chev., Volvo Autos Wanted 253 PLYMOUTH, CLASSIC Penta outdrive 1973 318 space w/twin props, great duster. Great cond.

A BETTER CASH shape, new canvas, OFFER $10,000. 457-2189 for junk cars, alum. trailer, trucks, vans, running ***Web ID# 300090*** $13,500. 865-680-2656 or not. 865-456-3500 GIBSON 1978 42 ft Sport Utility 261 houseboat, twin 318s, flybridge, Utility Trailers 255 GMC YUKON 2008 $19,000. 865-717-6200 black, 6.0L, V8, UTILITY TRAILERS MAKE OFFER 18' Interior/Exterior, All Sizes Available BOWRIDER, 220 HP.; loaded, perfect cond.

865-986-5626 solid trlr / hull; $27,500. 865-223-2738. smokeymountaintrailers.com $1750/b.o. 865-250-8079 KIA SPORTAGE 2009 SEA RAY 1989 180 leather, AT, V6, 256 EX, bowrider, V6, 175 HP, Vans gar. kept, 26K mi, w/trlr. exc. shape, $15,500. 865-357-3130 FORD CARGO Van $3000. 865-216-6154.

2002, 155k mi, wellSEA RAY Sundancer maintained. $4500 Imports 262 28', twin eng., 190 /bo. 865-525-8140 hrs., exc. cond. $54,900 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER ALFA ROMEO firm. 865-458-0834.

'98. Auto., New batt., Spyder 1986, 80K mi., TERRY SUN SPORT gd tires, runs, 2nd ownr black/tan int. AC, 17', w/115 HP Johnson $1700 obo. 865-774-3400 $9500. 931-337-9282. mtr., new Transom, floor, carpet & whls.

BMW 525i 2003, blk on Nice! Reduced to $5800. Trucks 257 blk, 118k mi, $8200.

Call Dan, 865-705-1336.

Michelin tires. Call Must sell due to illness. CHEVY SILVERADO text 865-660-6562 Z71 2008, 1500 2WD ***Web ID# 297545*** crew cab LTI 13K Nissan Sentra SR 2011, Motor Homes 237 mi., $21.500. Call aspen wht, 25K mi. spec.

865-258-8985. edt. pkg. exc. cond.

1999 WINNEBAGO Adventurer model Dodge Ram PU, 2005, $14,000. 865-368-1038. bad mtr, 4x4, body & 34V, 275HP diesel trans. good cond. TOYOTA CAMRY LE Cummings engine, 2007, AT, sunrf, lthr, $2500 obo. 865-475-6218 7500 Onan generator, spoiler, 42K mi, exhaust brake, self $12,700. 865-556-9162 FORD F350 2008 contained, washer/ DRW 4x4 6.4 Twin dryer, gas stove + TOYOTA CELICA microwave/convection Turbo, 65K mi., New 1999, 2.2 eng., 150K Tires. New Custom oven, 2 AC's, gas/elec. orig miles, $3,200. refrig. & water Aluminum Bed w/80g Call 865-521-7836 aux. fuel tank, heater. Tremendous gooseneck hitch, storage, sleeps 6, 2 TOYOTA COROLLA S Reese receiver. exit doors & 1 slide 2003, 1 Owner, Low out. 73K miles. Asking $34,000. 423-625-3866. mi, tinted windows, $33,000. 423-639-2253 $7,300. 865-556-9162 (Greeneville) ***Web ID# 297995*** 4 Wheel Drive 258 TOYOTA COROLLA S 2007, 82K mi., DUTCHMAN 1998 31', CHEV 2500 1995, 350 good shape, $6500. class C, V10 gas, eng., util. bed, 4L80E Call 423-438-8574.

29K mi., sleeps 7, trans., AC, good tires, leveling jacks, non $3500. 423-566-5617 smoker, no pets.

Sports 264 $20,000. 865-257-1554. CHEVY SILVERADO 2006, 4x4, extra cab, Four Winds Hurricane most opts, $8900. CORVETTE 2007, 9K 2006, 34 ft, Class A, mi, monterey red, Call 865-659-9957 V10 gas eng. 3 slide AT, showroom quality, outs, air shocks, FORD EXPLORER $39,995. 865-376-5167 auto. leveling jacks, 1 1996, white, 4 WD, owner, non-smoker, 166k mi, 1 owner, MAZDA RX8 2006, 9600 mi, exc. cond. good cond. Nice int., pwr LAMBO DOORS, $50,900. 865-804-4747 seats, windows, lock.

CLEAN & FAST ! ***Web ID# 296521*** $2450/bo. 865-689-5206 $10,490. 865-567-9249

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Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham 1995, new vinyl roof, a beautiful & rare car, hard to find, $2,975 firm.

Ken 865-599-2359 CHEVY CAMARO 2011, beautiful red with white stripes, 6 cyl. AT w/tap shift, 20" wheels, 20,600 miles, exc. cond. $24,000. 423-626-9601 or 423-489-7105.

CHEVY MALIBU 2008, gold, AT, elec. seats & windows, 4 dr, exc. cond.

40,250 mi. $13,000. 865-207-0090 SATURN SKY 2008, redline convertible, turbo, AT, 6026 mi, silver w/red & blk lthr int., loaded, $23,500. 423-489-4250

Fencing

327

FENCE WORK Installation & repair. Free est. 43 yrs exp! Call 689-9572. ^

Flooring

330 Tree Service

^ ^ CERAMIC TILE installation.

Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work!

John 938-3328

Guttering

333

HAROLD'S GUTTER SERVICE. Will clean front & back $20 & up.

Quality work, guaranteed. Call 288-0556.

Painting / Wallpaper 344 PILGRIM PAINTING Serving Knoxville for 20 Yrs Commercial & Residential Interior/Exterior Painting, Pressure Washing, Staining, Drywall & Carpentry FREE ESTIMATES 291-8434 Pilgrimpainting.net

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B-4 • SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 • Shopper news

Looking for an alternative to vinyl siding and fiber cement?

Have your guys

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By Anne Hart

rea neighborhoods would have looked very different after the hailstorms of April, 2011, if instead of vinyl, aluminum or other kinds of siding more homes had featured Everlast cladding.

Everlast is almost impervious to hail and other severe weather. It also carries a lifetime performance warranty as well as lifetime fade protection, and the warranty is transferrable, which means when you sell your home, the new owner will also be protected – a terrific sales tool for your Realtor to use.

If Everlast is a new name to you, it may be because it’s relatively new to the local market. Nationally, it’s made homeowners extremely happy for over 9 years.

Contractors can purchase it directly from Norandex Building Materials Distributors, which has been located at 2601 Texas Ave. since 1968. The phone number is 524-8631. George Gregory, the branch manager, says the local operation is one of 107 Norandex branches nationwide.

Individual homeowners can make use of that “Have your guy call our guy” slogan to have their contractors contact Norandex, or they can contact Glen Harness of CRS Exteriors at 670-8823 or glen@crsexteriors.com or Jeff Kear of Kear Contracting Services at 357-3560 or kearcontracting@yahoo.com for an estimate.

Everlast is unlike any other siding, and when you see it, you’ll know why. Solid construction means the planks don’t bend or bow, and align perfectly against the outer walls of your home.

Everlast Cladding is lightweight and stackable for easy installation, yet durable enough to withstand fierce wind, scorching summer temperatures and subzero winter temperatures.

It is easy to care for. Its low-gloss surface returns to its original luster with a simple hose-down.

Everlast is also very environmentally friendly. Its construction is of natural polymeric and inorganic minerals. There are no natural wood fibers to absorb or retain moisture that can lead to warping and swelling. When it is cut, there is no harmful silica dust as with some fiber cement products.

Distinctive trim choices from the Everlast Trim Collection are made from the same polymeric material to ensure a look that blends with and perfectly fits your Everlast cladding, providing one beautiful finish.

Everlast cladding is also beautiful to look at. It has a natural wood grain embossing.

Homeowners can choose from colors ranging from very deep, rich hues to neutrals.

If you’re building, thinking of building, or ready to replace what is on your home with something beautiful and lasting, remember: “Have your guy call our guy.”

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