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FC Lions to hold rummage sale The Fountain City Lions Club will hold its fall rummage sale 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28-29, at the Lions Club Building in Fountain City Park. Sale items include furniture, toys, Christmas decorations, household items, linens and clothing. Proceeds will go to Fountain City Park and Lake which are maintained by members of the Lions Club. Those who would like to donate used items in good condition for this sale may bring them to the Lions Club Building between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27.

Halls Hoops golf tourney is Oct. 8 The second annual Halls Hoops basketball benefit golf tournament will be held Monday, Oct. 8, at Beaver Brook. Play is a four-person scramble with prizes for the winning team and runner-up. Deadline is today (Monday, Sept. 24). Cost per team is $400. Info: cmleslie@tds.net or scottandjennifer@yahoo.com or call 661-2012 or 922-0425.

Index Community A2 Jake Mabe A3 Government/Politics A4 Marvin West/Lynn Hutton A5 Jake Mabe’s feature A6 Faith A7 Kids A8,11 Business A14 Calendar A15 Health/Lifestyles Sect B

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Corn maze honors Knox home By Sandra Clark Each year the corn maze at Oakes Farm in Corryton honors a local charity or nonprofit organization, and this year is no exception. The Restoration House of East Tennessee, operated by Daniel and Mandy Watson, benefited from the television show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” and the folks at Oakes are saying, “Thanks!” This year’s corn maze includes The Restoration House’s logo and a silhouette of the home. “We are thrilled to be included in the 2012 Oakes Farm corn maze,” said Daniel Watson, executive director of The Restoration House. “We certainly join the Oakes family in thanking Extreme Makeover: Home Edition for the incredible work they have done throughout the years. “As their program often states, they change the lives of

The Restoration House of East Tennessee is honored at the 2012 corn maze at Oakes Farm, now open for the season Photo by Oakes Farm

many people and they certainly did that for us. “The ‘door knock’ that changed our lives has impacted not only our immediate family, but also the families journeying through our program who live in the two

cottages there. We are forever thankful for Extreme Makeover’s generosity and for the Oakes family for putting a fun spotlight on the show’s immense work.” The maze opened for the season last weekend, and Sunday,

Oct. 28, is being highlighted as Restoration House Day, where a portion of the proceeds will benefit The Restoration House. For prices and hours for the 2012 Corn Maze at Oakes Farm, visit oakesfarm.com.

New businesses coming to Halls By Jake Mabe Several new businesses and a few old favorites are coming to a 50,000 square-foot retail store in North Fork Station shopping center off Norris Freeway, which includes Walmart.

In addition to Burke’s Outlet, which we told you about on Aug. 27, Rue21, Hibbett Sports, U.S. Cellular, Sports Clips and El Metate Mexican restaurant (from the same group that runs El Camino restaurants) are

coming to the shopping center, Pepper Bobo, an affiliate broker with Holrob Commercial Real Estate, confirmed Friday. “Several of these are brand new to the Halls area,” she said. Building permits have also

been issued to Sally Beauty Supply, Cato Fashions, Shoe Show and Game Stop. Bobo says construction is nearly done and most outlets plan to open around Thanksgiving in time for the Christmas shopping season.

Burchett says, ‘Bank the surplus’ By Sandra Clark Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, speaking in Powell on Thursday, said commissioners should not rush to spend the surplus from the last fiscal year. Knox County ended the year with some $24 million in tax collections over budgeted expenditures. Of that, $14 million went to Knox County Schools based on the formula for dividing sales taxes. The school board chose to spend its money for one-time projects including construction at Shannondale Elementary ($4 million), Pond Gap ($7 million) and Farragut High ($1.7 million). But county commissioners, meeting last Monday, discussed a myriad of ideas for spending the balance – including raises for county employees (Mike Brown), restoration of the commissioners’ discretionary fund (Sam McKenzie), a half million dollars for senior transportation projects (Amy Broyles) and a new senior center in Karns (Brad Anders). Each item is a recurring cost.

Burchett, at the Powell Repub- president Lillian Williams strong- calling the company “great corlican Club at Shoney’s, said, “We ly endorsed Rural/Metro for re- porate citizens.” Burchett said the will not grow government,” on his newal of its ambulance contract, bid is out and he can’t comment. watch. He advocated putting all of the surplus into the county’s rainy day fund. Responding to questions, he said the county misjudged the revenue in three ways: fewer claims on health insurance (the county is self-insured); the sheriff’s office was able to pay for its fuel (rather than requesting a supplemental appropriation); and the Hall Income Tax (which generated $2.8 million rather than the expected $1.5 million). Burchett said it’s better to miss revenue by being low rather than high. He said he will not support an employee wage increase because “this is one-time money.” The Halls High Walk of Fame, featuring bricks purchased in honor of or Asked about construction at in memory of a Halls High graduate or faculty member, will be built in Powell schools, Burchett said, front of the Hall of Fame near the school entrance. Photo by Jake Mabe “we’re getting around to it.” He said the school system accounts for 62 percent of the county’s budget over which he has no control. In other business, former club

Fundraiser to benefit Halls High Alumni Association

Women’s League to hold cleanup, gala The Halls Crossroads Women’s League will hold a litter pickup 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. Registration will be held at the Women’s League Closet at the corner of Maynardville Highway and Cunningham Road. Park behind the tent. Gloves, water and bags will be supplied. Focus areas are Maynardville Highway, Norris Freeway and portions of Emory Road. Forms confirming service hours for high school students will be available. The League will also hold its annual Autumn Gala at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at The Foundry. Call 922-1817 or see any League member for ticket information. Tickets include dinner. A live auction and dancing will follow. All proceeds will go directly back into the community.

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By Jake Mabe Members of the Halls High Alumni Association will be selling Walk of Fame bricks at this Friday’s homecoming football game at Halls High. The bricks, which can be dedicated in honor of or in memory of a Halls High student, graduate or faculty member, are $125 each. They will be placed in front of the Hall of Fame monument near the school entrance. Bricks can be personalized with three lines of text (13 characters per line). All proceeds will benefit the Halls High Alumni Association to help pay for the annual scholarship and for other school projects. Info: Ron Wallace, 933-1288; Chris Vandergriff, 922-7841; or Jake Mabe, 922-4136.

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Coffee Break with

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

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest influence on your life and why? My wife, Amy, and daughter, Ella. They have taught me to live more in the moment, to slow down and enjoy each precious minute that we are given.

I still can’t quite get the hang of … Figuring out which tie matches my coat and shirt. I just have some sort of block when it comes to figuring out what goes together. It’s a good thing Amy is around to make sure my wardrobe coordinates.

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Halls Elementary School principal Dr. Chris Henderson says he stayed in the undecided category while in college until he volunteered in several elementary school special needs classrooms. “After working with the students and teachers, I was hooked, and I have been in elementary education ever since,” Chris says. Henderson started teaching 5th grade in 1999 at Spring Hill Elementary. He came to Halls Elementary in 2005 as the assistant principal, went to Karns Elementary for one year as assistant principal and returned to Halls in 2009 as principal. “There are not many places on earth as special as Halls; the support, dedication and honor that I see continually amaze me.” Henderson was born in Luray, Va. “I moved around the Southeast quite a bit growing up, so I do not really have a place from my childhood to consider a hometown. ” Have a cup of Joe and meet Chris Henderson over a Coffee Break.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie? “Mmm, mmm, mm, I don’t know why they call this stuff Hamburger Helper. It does just fine by itself, huh?” – Cousin Eddie, “National Lampoon’s Vacation”

What are you guilty of? I definitely like food a little more than I should. Why is it that the unhealthier the food is, the better it tastes?

What is your favorite material possession? Probably our home. We worked so hard to move from a condo to a house with a yard. Watching our daughter enjoy it so much, running around in the grass, makes every single struggle worth it.

What are you reading currently? “The Count of Monte Cristo.” I somehow managed to make it all the way through school without having it assigned to read. I have really enjoyed being able to catch up on this classic.

What was your most embarrassing moment? There are just so many! One that is especially embarrassing happened after school when I first came to Halls. We used to have a Weight Watchers meeting that gathered

What is the best present you ever received in a box? For Valentine’s Day one year, my wife gave me a box filled with 100 little hearts. On each one she had written a reason that she loved me. I still get that box out and read those little hearts.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you? Keep persevering, no matter what roadblocks might arise. She taught me through her words and her actions that no matter what, I should just keep on trying.

What is your social media of choice? I’m not much of a Facebook or Twitter user, but I love Tony Basilio’s blog. “X” always has the scoop on the Vols.

What is the worst job you have ever had? in our library after school. Some of our teachers went to the meetings and some other people came to them from outside of the school. The lady who led the sessions was a nurse, so she frequently came to the meetings in her scrubs. One day, a lady came into the building wearing a nurse’s uniform. She was perfectly healthy looking and I thought she was there to lead the meeting. I saw that she was looking around, and I asked her if she needed help finding the Weight Watchers meeting. I could feel the daggers coming from her eyes as she responded, “No, I’m just here to pick up homework.” I don’t think I will ever live that one down.

What are the top three things on your bucket list? Take a family vacation to Disney Play a round of golf at St. Andrew’s Sail myself to the Caribbean

What is one word others often use to describe you? Hopefully they would say that I am caring. I always try to put the needs of our students ahead of everything else. I feel that every child needs as many caring adults in their lives as they can get, and I try to be one of those people every day for our students.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I would be able to fit everything into the day that is important to me.

What is your passion? My family

In college, I worked in the dish room at one of the cafeterias on campus. When I got back to my dorm, my roommate would make me leave my clothes out in the hallway because they smelled so bad.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why? My favorite was always the “Looney Tunes.” I especially liked Pepe Le Pew. It must have been the accent or something, but seeing him chase after that cat always just cracked me up.

What’s one place in Halls that everyone should visit? The Halls Neighborhood Park behind our school is a must see. It is a gorgeous place with plenty of room to picnic and play. It is also a great example of what a wonderful community Halls is. Seeing all of the sponsors, both corporate and individuals who came together to make this oasis for our children, is a great reminder of how dedicated and supportive our community is!

What is your greatest fear? Letting down someone who is close to me.

What irritates you? I usually stay pretty even, but it just infuriates me when adults do things that aren’t in the best interest of kids. It saddens me to see someone not keep the children as their first priority. – J. Mabe Have a friend or neighbor you think we should get to know? Nominate them for Coffee Break by emailing Jake Mabe at JakeMabe1@aol.com or calling 922-4136. Please provide contact info if you can.

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A.1. Laundry to help clothing center A.1. Coin Laundry in so that they can attend Fountain City is looking school daifor volunteers to help wash ly. The cenclothes for the Knox Counter serves ty Schools/PTA Clothing more than Center. 2,000 students annually. Dawn is looking for volu nte er s Jake Kathy Dawn to help Mabe wash and fold clothing at the laundry, which is located at 4883 N. Broadway MY TWO CENTS in Fountain City (in the shopping center behind Kathy Dawn, who works Panera Bread). Volunteers at the laundry for her son, can contact Dawn through owner Ricky Whitener, the A.1. Laundry Facebook says they were looking for page. a way to give something â&#x20AC;&#x153;I also hope that maybe back to the community. some of the other laundroâ&#x20AC;&#x153;We first were looking mats can help.â&#x20AC;? at a coat drive, but then For more info on the we found out about the Knox County Schools/ Coats for the Cold pro- PTA Clothing Center, visit gram,â&#x20AC;? Dawn says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One www.clothingcenter.org. lady suggested we go to the Knox County Schools/ Johnston to speak to PTA Clothing Center. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep coats due to Open Door Book Review The Open Door Book lack of space, and they only have one washer and Review Club meets on Thursday, Sept. 27, at the dryer.â&#x20AC;? The clothing center, Fountain City Branch Liwhich is more than 70 brary on Essary Road at years old, provides cloth- Stanton Drive. James B. ing for students in need Johnston will review his

Down on the farm! Greg Brann, grazing specialist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service uses a rainwater simulator to demonstrate how different grass and soil types can affect water retention in farmland. The demonstration was part of Conservation Farm Field Day at the Emory Valley Farms and was used to help local farmers learn more about grazing, soil science and effects on farm cattle. Photo by Ruth White

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

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

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Tim Burchett shrugged and said, “You may have heard that I’m getting a divorce.” Folks at the Powell Republican Club laughed nervously. “I’m living in my sister’s basement,” said the mayor, “but it’s one of the finer basements in the county.” ■ By now, the Republicans were laughing with Burchett rather than at him. Buddy Burkhardt said his divorce “cured me” of marriage. ■ Herman Meredith is sharp. When Burchett said the county’s debt is $1 billion, Meredith asked what it is without interest. “$620 million,” said Burchett. “I was thinking $630 million,” said Meredith, a barber.

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Virtual Academy is needed, says sponsor Despite criticism, Brooks remains sold on virtual education By Betty Bean The Tennessee Virtual Academy’s first year test scores are in, and they’re not good. The cyberschool run by Union County landed in the bottom 11 percent statewide, and suddenly it’s not just Democrats criticizing TNVA. Even Tennessee’s commissioner of education Kevin Huffman is publicly deploring the school’s performance. State Rep. Harry Brooks says he isn’t taking it personally. Brooks, who serves on the House Education Committee, was the prime sponsor of the bill that created the online school. He says he worked on the concept for 10 years, at first teaming up with Rep. David Hawk

of Greeneville, whose bill Brooks used as the framework for the Virtual Public Schools Act, which passed in Harry Brooks May 2011 and authorized the online school. The controversial bill was approved by the Republican-dominated House on a party line vote and was signed into law so late in the summer that Union County officials had to scramble to hire teachers for the 2011-12 school year. The reason he isn’t upset by the criticism, Brooks says, is because he was involved with neither the selection of Union County to administer the cyberschool, nor of K13 Inc. to provide the curriculum or pay TNVA’s teachers. For that, K12 collected more than $5 million Tennessee tax dollars

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

to bring together these concepts where a system could do a school. Dr. Airhart’s vision was to do a cooperative with a number of (school districts) on the (Cumberland) Plateau,” Brooks said. “The piece that was missing was to create a school ‘building.’ In some regions it had to be brick and mortar. In others, it’s totally virtual. We worked it out and combined elements and put together all of those pieces, worked with (local schools), and arrived at the conclusion that it would be managed by a school district.” One thing Brooks says he is sure of is the concept of online education, particularly for certain student populations – like juveniles in state custody and medically or psychologically fragile children – and he says if TNVA doesn’t perform academically, the state will step in and take it over, just like any other school.

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

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

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

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■ If you are the least bit worried about TVA CEO Tom Kilgore’s retirement package, you can stop your worry now. When asked, TVA directed me to page 174 of TVA’s annual 10-K form. It can be found at http://investor.shareholder. com/tva/secfiling.cfm? filingID=1376986-11-74 on your computer. ■ The total value of Kilgore’s retirement package is just under $7 million at $6,994,369. Of that, $3,329,935 will be paid to him over five years divided into annual installments, and $3,664,434 is deferred compensation. Kilgore has had a troubled tenure with the Roane County ash spill, over-runs on nuclear power expansions and tree removal policies which angered many residents. TVA is working hard to replace him before the end of 2012 when its current quorum on the

board may disappear. Other TVA executives listed on the form include John Thomas, William McCollum (who has retired), Kimberly Greene and Preston Swafford. McCollum cashed in for $3,807,203. Swafford can currently expect $1,837,956 when he retires but it will increase the longer he continues his current day job. Valley ratepayers are entitled to know how their dollars are being spent. ■ This week I depart for Georgia. Tbilisi, not Atlanta, is where I am headed as an election observer of the parliamentary elections on Oct. 1. Georgia was a Republic within the former Soviet Union but is considered pro-Western today. It borders the Black Sea and was invaded by Putin’s Russia in 2008. The team is sponsored by the International Republican Institute located in Washington.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Hard work pays off at Ritta By Ruth White To know that your staff works hard, is dedicated and is doing what they should be doing insone thing. For the entire state of Tennessee to know is another. Ritta Elementary principal Christy Dowell knew that her teaching staff was top notch, and being named a Reward School in the state for Value Added Growth confirms it in her book. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our teachers take care of our kids,â&#x20AC;? said Dowell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They monitor progress of students, reteach when necessary and provide necessary enrichment.â&#x20AC;? For Dowell, it all comes down to teachers and relationships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They work with the students and we are fortunate to have very supportive parents.â&#x20AC;?

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A journey to the capital Fountain City Elementary School gym teacher Terri Gilbert got the idea (thanks to Nita Jackson at Karns Middle) to have her students walk to the capital by Election Day in November. The task began Sept.

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

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

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

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Sterchi kindergarten parents treated to breakfast Sterchi kindergarten parents Leslie Kennedy, Radeana Holton and Brian Holton attend the school’s second annual “Boo-Hoo (or Yahoo!) Breakfast.” Parents were treated to a light breakfast as they met other parents and celebrated their child’s important milestone. Photo submitted

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Halls Elementary School principal Dr. Chris Henderson accepted a certificate for 1,000 Boxtops for Education from Walmart co-manager Brian Gideon last week. The school receives 10 cents for every boxtop turned in and the PTA uses the funds to purchase needed technology and other items. Photo by Ruth White

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■ Parents Night Out sponsored by Central High Cheerleaders is 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Twisters Gym in Halls (behind K-mart). Boys and girls ages 3 years through middle school are welcome. Toddlers must be potty-trained. The evening will feature games, food, and lots of fun. Cost is $25 per child. To register: Jackie Raley, 414-8802, or any Central cheerleader.

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Perkey, Parker to wed Elizabeth Nicole Perkey, daughter of Richard and Jane Perkey, of Knoxville, and Joseph Michael Parker, son of Rick and Susan Parker, of Germantown, Tenn, will be married 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at St. James Episcopal Church.

Central choral deparment to host sale Central High School students Maria Hurst and Casey Goins show off scarecrows that will be for sale at the choral department’s craft and rummage sale 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. The sale will be held at 5100 N. Broadway (former Pampered Pets) and proceeds will go toward funding the choral department’s Christmas show. Photo submitted

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TALES OF UNION COUNTY | Bonnie Peters Volunteers at the Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center have almost completed the permanent construction of an earth oven. At least the oven was being used at this year’s Hogskin History Day to bake individual pizzas. Folks were snapping up the pizza as fast as the maker, Angela Quillen, and baker, Aaron Burns, could dish them up. Aaron also serves as the beekeeper at Narrow Ridge. This is a fascinating concept of making something from nothing. The following is just a general idea of how these ovens are constructed. A how-to workshop is in the offing, so please don’t try to build an earth oven from what I am writing here; do attend the workshop. To build an earth oven: stack rocks in two layers in a circle probably 6 feet in diameter; then stack bags of sand to about 4 feet high (work space height). Fill the center of the circle with

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Dor L’Dor perform at Musical Monday By Theresa Edwards Sprinkling rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the crowd at Tennessee Theatre’s James A. Dick Mighty Musical Monday program featuring performers Dor L’Dor on Labor Day. Del L’Dor performs Klezmer music – traditional Jewish folk and dance

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Barney Fife and Gomer Pyle are played by Sammy Sawyer and son Logan Sawyer.

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B&W Y-12 gives to children’s museum B&W Y-12, a limited liability enterprise of The Babcock and Wilcox Company and Bechtel National Inc, has donated $15,000 to the Children’s Museum in Oak Ridge. The money will be used to turn the museum’s current space exhibit into a “rocket room”, taking children on an imaginary trip to Mars. An existing model

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ensure that the Children’s Museum remains a vital asset in the community by supporting it with financial investments, as well as having our employees volunteer on a regular basis to ensure regular upgrades to the facilities,” said Chris Clark of B&W Y-12’s strategic program development, who is also a current museum board member.

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REUNIONS ■ Boys and Girls Club of Tennessee Valley reunion, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the Haslam Family Club, 407 Caswell Ave. Open to all former club members, staff and participants in the Sports Camp program. Info: 232-1073. ■ Carter High Class of 1957, 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Chop House at Exit 407 off I-40. Info: Peggy Wilson, 933-2608, or Sue Walker, 933-3077.

■ Gibbs High Class of 1977, Oct. 27. Info: gibbsclassof1977@ gmail.com, 688-4727 or 9223060. ■ Gibbs High Class of 1992, Saturday, Sept. 22, at The Crown and Goose. Cost is $32.50. RSVP to Stephen Kennedy, 708-3720927 or skennedy40@yahoo. com. ■ Rule High classes of 1939-91 sports reunion, 8 a.m.-noon

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

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TUESDAY-THURSDAY, SEPT. 25-27 Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave., begins classes in clay with instructors Amy Hand and Michael Robison. Info: 357-2787, fcartcenter@knology.net, www.fountaincityartctr.com or at the center.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26 Bits ’n Pieces Quilt Guild, 1 p.m., Norris Community Center. Silent auction. Visitors invited. Info: Pat Melcher 494-0620 or bnpquilt@gmail.com.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 27 Open Door Book Review book club, 10 a.m., Fountain City branch library. James B. Johnston will speak.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28 The Rocky Top Pickin’ Party hosted by Keep Knoxville Beautiful, 7-11 p.m. at Oakes Farm, Corryton. Info: http://keepknoxvillebeautiful.org. Halls High Homecoming game vs. Karns, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 29 Karate Tournament at Crown College sponsored by Wheeler’s Karate. Family fun day, 10 a.m.-noon at Virginia College, 5003 N. Broadway. Sponsored by Metropolitan Drug Commission, The CW20, Hot 104.5 and Virginia College. Info: 588-5550. Blaine Fall Festival, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Blaine City Ball Field. Entertainment, food, car show, crafts, kids activities. Info: 933-8757. Gospel Singing, 7 p.m. Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road. Alder Spring singers, David Jenkins and David Archer. Everyone is welcome. Church singing, 7 p.m., Union Missionary Baptist Church, 940 Ailor Gap Road. All are invited. Fifth Saturday singing, 7p.m., Oaks Chapel

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the street from Bell’s Campground UMC, featuring Michael and Delilah Kitts. Cold drinks provided. Wood board seating or bring a lawn chair.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3 DivorceCare series begins 6:30-8 p.m., church library at Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 6901060 or wwwbeaverridgeumc.org.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, OCT.4-6 Fountain City Art Center will host Art-a-palooza at the center, 213 Hotel Ave. Family art activities, music, food, a silent auction, artist demonstrations, and sales of art and decorative items. Booth space available. Info: 357-2787, fcartcenter@knology.net, www.fountaincityartctr.com or at the center.

FRIDAY, OCT. 5 Central High Homecoming game vs Campbell County, 7:30 p.m. Powell High Homecoming game vs Clinton, 7:30 p.m.

Fountain City Town Hall membership meeting 7 p.m., Church of the Good Shepherd, 5337 Jacksboro Pike. Judy Parker, Knox County Trustee’s Office, will speak about the Property Tax Relief/Tax Freeze program.

WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY, OCT. 10 AND 13 Raku Firing workshop, 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris. Instructor: Bill Capshaw. Register by Oct. 5. Info: 494-9854, www.appalachianarts.net.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 6 Fall Festival, Bookwalter UMC, 4218 Central Avenue Pike, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Setup fee for vendors is $40 ($45 inside). Register: 773-3380. Singing, 6 p.m., Texas Valley Baptist Church, 7100 Texas Valley Road. Info: Pastor Corey Carroll, 688-6189. Make a Nuno Felted Bag class, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris. Instructor: Geri Forkner. Register by Oct. 1. Info: 494-9854, www. appalachianarts.net. Heritage Festival, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wilson Park, Union County. Info: www.unioncountyheritagefestival.com.

SUNDAY, OCT. 7 Andrew Peterson and Friends Concert, 6 p.m. Sunday, Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Merchant Drive. Tickets: www.wmbc.net, www. tickets.com and Lifeway Christian Bookstores. Info: 688-4343. Gospel singing, 6 p.m. at campground across

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 12-13 Clinch River Antiques Festival in Clinton. 6-9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Info: Anderson County Chamber of Commerce, 457-2559 or www. clinchriverfallfestival.com.

SATURDAY, OCT. 13 Craft bazaar, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, 4329 Emory Road. Craft fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dante Baptist Church, 314 Brown Drive. Vendors welcome. Info: Vivian Baker, 938-1378 or 382-3715. Fall Carnival, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Grace Christian Academy High School to benefit the cheer squad. Family activities, food, music. Community Carnival, 1-5 p.m., Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 7225 Old Clinton Pike. Free food, games, door prizes, activities. Info: Janet Welch, 310-1899 or welchj@pilottravelcenter. com. Felted Wool Animals class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris. Instructors: Nancy Shedden and Tammy Straut. Register by Oct. 8. Info: 494-9854, www.appalachianarts.net.

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Man’s heart cath placed thru wrist Battling heart disease and diabetes for years, Johnny Braden of Caryville, 67, had angioplasty in 1990 and a number of cardiac stents installed after that, the most recent in August at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. A cardiac stent is a tiny metal mesh cylinder that props open a blood vessel in the heart muscle to open up a blockage. Braden is grateful for the improvements in stent technology available at Fort Sanders. His latest stent in August was inserted through an artery in his wrist instead of his groin. That meant less bleeding and a more comfortable, quicker recovery time. “This time it was a lot more comfortable,” says Braden. A stent is inserted into the heart arteries through a tiny ﬂexible tube called a catheter, threaded over a wire that is directed down the heart arteries. Typically the large femoral artery is accessed, through the groin. This is called transfemoral PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention). But Dr. Brian Adams, an interventional cardiologist with Fort Sanders Regional, is one of a few physicians in the Knoxville area trained to insert stents through the smaller radial artery in the wrist instead, a procedure called transradial PCI. If a stent is inserted through the groin, the patient must lie ﬂat for several hours to

wound heals. During that time, the patient can sit up or even walk around the room. “Believe me, it’s a lot more comfortable,” says Braden. In studies, transradial stenting has been shown to reduce bleeding at the site of the catheter, reducing healing time and complications. As with traditional transfemoral PCI stent procedures, patients usually go home the next day. Stenting procedures are considered noninvasive because there is very little cutting involved, just enough for the catheter to be inserted. Braden recommends Fort Sanders and Dr. Adams to others who need heart care. Just weeks after his procedure, he is back at home with his wife, Ann, doing yard work, spending time with their grandchildren, fishing and riding his ATV. “I’ve put about 15,000 to 20,000 miles on it in the mountains. When I go, I go for the day. I’m back exactly as I was before,” he Johnny Braden, pictured four-wheeling with granddaughter Sabrina Owens, recently had a smiles. “The care at Fort Sanders, that was heart catheter placed through his wrist at Fort Sanders Regional.” No. 1 in my opinion,” Braden adds. “Everybody treats you like family instead of like a avoid bleeding after the procedure. It can be Braden. “When they do it through the wrist, stranger. All the nurses, they were fantastic; uncomfortable for some patients to lay flat, you don’t have that.” they treated me with great respect.” Because the wrist artery is so much particularly those with back problems. Patients who develop bleeding from the groin smaller, it bleeds less. After the procedure, For more information about procedures require additional pressure to the artery, the patient wears a wristband with a balloon offered at the Heart Center at Fort Sanders either manually or with a 5 pound weight in it. This inflates to put pressure on the inRegional, call 865-673-FORT (3678) cision site. Every half hour, nurses let the sandbag. or go to fsregional.com. “It’s like you’re wearing a truck,” jokes air out slowly to release the pressure as the

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Heart catheterization procedures can save lives. Commonly called “balloon” angioplasty and stenting, these minimally invasive procedures use tiny, balloon-like catheters inserted through a patient’s artery to reach the heart, where they facilitate a number of procedures to treat heart artery blockages. Currently, the majority of those catheters are inserted through the femoral artery, which is in the groin. But at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, a number of heart catheterization procedures are being performed through an artery in the wrist, a process called transradial cardiac catheterization. This new technique can beneﬁt patients with special health concerns. “It can be more comfortable for people who are morbidly obese, those with chronic back pain or patients who are on blood thinners and have a higher risk of bleeding,” explains Dr. Joshua Todd, an interventional cardiologist with Dr. Joshua Todd, Knoxville Heart Interventional Group at Fort Sanders Cardiologist Regional. “With the wrist procedure, patients are sitting up immediately afterward with only a small wrist bandage in place.” While only 5 percent of cardiologists in the United States do transradial catheterization versus the traditional femoral approach, the use of this technique is growing and evolving. “European countries perform 50 to 90 percent of their catheterizations through the wrist,” says Dr. Todd. “I think it will become more popular here and possibly become a standard of care in the U.S. Transradial access has also been shown to

reduce hospital length of stay and lower health care costs.” One drawback to the transradial access is that in some patients (around 10-15 percent) the procedure may take a little longer than transfemoral access. Also, a quick, noninvasive bedside test must be done ﬁrst on the wrist to make sure the artery has a dual blood supply in order to safely perform Dr. Brian Adams, the procedure. Interventional Physicians say this Cardiologist technique is not suited

for every type of patient. “Transradial is not for everyone,” explains Fort Sanders interventional cardiologist Dr. Brian Adams. “We still do emergency heart attack patients and patients who have bypass grafts via the femoral approach.” But, Dr. Adams and Dr. Todd say that with less bleeding, more patient comfort and comparable patient outcomes for both methods, using the wrist does give physicians another good option for catheter insertion. For more information about the cardiac catheterization procedures available at Fort Sanders Regional, call 865-673-FORT (3678).

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Jaxon Byrd feeds giraffe Jumbe maple leaves at the Knoxville Zoo. Giraffes do not have teeth, so Jumbe wraps his blackish-purple 18-inch tongue around the leaves to pull them off the branch. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Giraffes up-close phrey. “We’ve always been coming to the zoo together. It is a great mother-daughter experience. Today we came for the giraffes’ close encounter and to see the new lion enclosure. “I’ve been coming here 43 years, starting back when Old Diamond was the first elephant here,” Mary said. Grasslands keeper KateTheresa lyn Gregory photographed Edwards each visitor with the male giraffe, Jumbe. She also gave interesting facts about giraffes and the personWelcome to the close alities of those at the Knoxencounters adventure at ville Zoo. She said not to the Knoxville Zoo, of- touch Jumbe, because he is fered monthly from spring skittish. However, he is also through September. curious and came within an Two of the visitors were inch of my arm, examining Mary and Ashley Hum- either me or my camera. Seeing giraffes eye-toeye is an amazing experience, feeling their breath across your arm as you feed them. You can see their whiskers, blackishpurple tongue and ossicones (hair-covered horns) in clear detail, better than with binoculars.

“Giraffes eat about 95 percent of the day,” Grego- The rain threatened to fall but it didn’t keep the residents of Elmcroft Assisted Living from having a ry said. “That is why their good time enjoying music and time with family and friends. John Minton, Elmcroft activities coorditongues are blackish-pur- nator Rose Davis and Virginia Weaver listen to music on the upstairs balcony at the facility. ple – so they won’t get sunburned.” She warned everyone that giraffes wrap their tongues around the leaves and can pull quite hard. “Hold on tight to the branch,” she said. The female giraffes, Lucille and Patches, stayed in the background mostly, getting only a few of the leaves. A few of the visitors hand-fed apple slices to Jumbe. Other close encounters that day were the penguin party, behind-the-scenes and tortoise time with the Grace Hiefnar models a handgiant Aldabra tortoises. made Eeyore hat, created by Both were fed watermelon. Robin Witt of Robin’s Hob-

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SELLERS REALTY 144261MASTER Ad Size 2 x 2 4c N <ec> 906 Annatole Lane, Knoxville Mendonhall Estates 4BR/3BA brick ranch with bonus. Great kitchen w/granite tops. Move-in ready. MLS #808681. $279,900.

Melissa Davis, ABR, GRI 457-4110. Ext 111 607-4110

Healthcare

ST. PAUL UMC Youth Rummage Sale, 4014 Garden Dr, Ftn City. Sat. Sept 29, 8a-2p. Hot dogs & drinks for sale also. Join us!

Get Paid Top Dollar for your junk cars, trucks or vans, same day pickup, call 865-556-8956 or 865-363-0318.

*Repairs/additions *Garages/roofs/decks *Siding/paint/floors

^ Bobcat/Backhoe. Small dump truck. Small jobs welcome & appreciated! Call 688-4803 or 660-9645.

PONTIAC G6 2007, appx. 94K mi., gray, great cond. Asking $8,000. 865-806-0530.

Flooring

330 Plumbing

348

CERAMIC TILE installation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work! John 9 3 8 -3 3 2 8 ^

Childcare

316

Furniture Refinish. 331 DENNY'S FURNITURE REPAIR. Refinish, reglue, etc. 45 yrs exp! 922-6529 or 466-4221

Guttering

333

HAROLD'S GUTTER SERVICE. Will clean front & back $20 & up. Quality work, guaranteed. Call 288-0556.

Air Cond / Heating 301

Lawn Care

Stump Removal

339

Tree Service

Cleaning

318

AFFORDABLE CLEANING

ALTERATIONS BY FAITH Men women, children. Custom-tailored clothes for ladies of all sizes plus kids! Faith Koker 938-1041

$100 gets most homes clean! Weekly, biweekly or monthly. Honest, dependable mother/ daughter team w/ refs.

Joyce

771-5056

CHRISTIAN LADY CLEANING SERVICE. Dependable, refs, Call 705-5943.

MIKE DARDEN LICENSED PLUMBER 922-775 8

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Looking for a lost pet or a new one? Visit YoungWilliams Animal Center, the official shelter for the City of Knoxville & Knox County: 3201 Division St. Knoxville. knoxpets.org

(4) 20" NEXEN tires practically new, with wheels $450 or best offer. 865-687-2997

Utility Trailers 255 UTILITY TRAILERS, all sizes available. 865-986-5626. smokeymountaintrailers.com

Trucks

257

FREE TO GOOD HOME: 9-10 wk old DODGE RAM 2500, 1998, 6 cyl, turbo kittens. Vet checked, healthy, diesel, club cab, 260K mi., LB, SLT, wormed. Call 8652 WD, auto., towing 456-3114. pkg., loaded, $5,950. 865-228-4025

BREEDEN'S TREE SERVICE

116 Farmer’s Market 150

Over 30 yrs. experience! Trimming, removal, stump grinding, brush chipper, aerial bucket truck.

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Licensed & insured. Free estimates!

219-9505 40 Homes

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It’s the experience that counts! 689-8100 689-8100

24/7 Info Line: 865-392-5800 – enter CODE

Rhonda Vineyard 218-1117

4516 Waldon Pond Ln. north off

Off Norris Freeway. Just Reduced to $199,900! On approx 1/2 acre. Over 2500 SF! Master on main, 2BRs and office w/ closet + bonus room up. Hdwd flrs on most of main incl master. Huge eat-in kit, 2-sty grtrm w/FP, formal DR, oversized 2-car sideentry gar, huge deck w/country views. Owner transferred – priced to sell. MLS # 813264

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Auto Accessories 254

HOUSE ACCOUNT PAID 123907MASTER Ad Size 10 x 3.5 Re/Max: Hill/Vineyard <ec>

www.deborah hillhobby.com

355

TREE WORK & Power Stump Grinder. Free est, 50 yrs exp! 804-1034

WANTED TO BUY

Deborah Hill-Hobby 207-5587

352

265

SEEKING TRADI- GELBVIEH & Balancer 4 Wheel Drive 258 Bulls (14) & females TIONAL CHURCH (26), selling 9/29 at DODGE 1500 PU 2002, MUSICIAN for Knoxville Livestock heavy duty, hi miles, small church & Center, 1PM. For goose neck conn., choir in N. Knoxinfo. 270-556-4259. $4500. 865-256-2909 ville area. Piano a must, organ a plus. Salary negotiable. Comm Trucks Buses 259 To submit resume Standing Saw Timber or schedule audi865-984-4529 1997 TANDEM DUMP tion: reply to TRUCK, 18 ft. mdmills01@comcast .net or phone 865aluminum bed. 865-659-4315 522-6733.

Homes

SPROLES DESIGN CONSTRUCTION

Roofing / Siding

Domestic

238

A BETTER CASH OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running or not. 865-456-3500

345

938-4848 or 363-4848

MERCURY GRAND Marquis 2005, exc. cond. 124K mi., $5500. 865-/803-6263.

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Licensed General Contractor Restoration, remodeling, additions, kitchens, bathrooms, decks, sunrooms, garages, etc. Residential & commercial, free estimates. 922-8804, Herman Love.

145

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JOIN OUR OFFICE! N. Knoxville private practice seeking licensed counselor (LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PHD) FT/PT - fully furnished office w/full office support, WiFi & waiting room at an affordable price. Call 865-281-8558.

Musical

Powell's Painting & Remodeling - Residential & Commercial. Free Estimates. 865771-0609

Cement / Concrete 315

FORD FUSION SE 2010, Black, Auto, 44K mi, Perfect Maint. Record, One Owner. 865-748-1976

Motorcycles

PET GROOMING Wait or drop off. Andersonville Pk, Halls 925-3154

PRESSURE WASHING - Driveways, Houses, Decks, Seeding, aerating, Fences. Residential trimming, etc. Mi& Commercial. Call nor mower repairs. 865-771-0609. Reasonable, great refs! 679-1161 Remodeling 351

Paving

$$ WANTED $$

Garage Sales

Pressure Washing 350

FRED'S LAWN CARE

Buying Standing Timber, small or large tracts of timber to log. Pays Top Dollar!

LABRADOR RETRIEVER Pups AKC 7 wks, vet chkd 3 boys, 5 girls, Campers 235 white to fox red, $400 ea. 865-283-2595 ROADTREK, ***Web ID# 142211*** 1998 Dodge chassis. 111k mi, very good cond. LABS AKC, blk & yelAsking $12,000. low, 2 shots, wormed, Must see! 925-2594 vet ck. Socialized. $500. 423-715-8131 ROADTRACK 1998 ***Web ID# 143568*** w/Dodge Chassis, 111,000 mi., very PUG PUPPIES, 6 wks. good cond. $12,000. old, 1st S&W, fawn Must see! 865-925-2594. w/black masks, $350. Cash Only 865-453-8934 ***Web ID# 142865***

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CHRYSLER 300 Limited 2011, 17K mi, nav., white, $26,000 obo. Call 865-850-4614.

606-273-2232 606-573-4773 ALSO PAYING FINDERS FEE

348

Fall is Here!

Painting / Wallpaper 344

1970'S BAILEY PINBALL MACHINE, works. $700. Phone 865-981-8846

Plumbing

Aerate Overseed Fertilize Leaf Removal Pressure Wash Planting Irrigation install Call today for free estimate! Licensed & insured. 742-5829

206

KY, TN, VA Master Logger Program

339

COMPLETE LAWNCARE

Excavating/Grading 326

TOYOTA CAMRY LE 2005, 132k mi, 1 owner, gar. kept, Exc. cond. All pwr. $7900. 865-922-9404 ***Web ID# 145281***

Autos Wanted 253 Alterations/Sewing 303

WE BUY HOUSES ^ Any Reason, Any Condition HALLS RESIDENTIAL COTTAGE, 865-548-8267 CLEANING CO. private, w/appls. www.ttrei.com needs workers 3BR/1BA. Spacious Wed/Thu/ Fri. & conv. to schools. Taking appls Mon No pets. Commercial Prop-Sale 60 $700/mo. &Tues. 688-0224 922-2571 or 776-1839 WAREHOUSE & OFFICE. LENOIR CITY 2710 Ball Camp2 & 3BR luxury Byington Rd. Very duplexes with garages, good cond. 423-478- $825-$895. 865-388-0610 0088 or 423-593-0864 ***Web ID# 142290***

Dachshunds, Mini, AKC/ CKC, M&F, red, blk/ tan, short hair, 2nd shots, $250-$350. 865-216-5770 ***Web ID# 142206***

Pet Services

FTN CITY 2BR/2BA, 2-car gar. $850/mo. Call 254-9552.

I ns tal l ati on Repair Maintenance Service Upgrades Cab l e P h on e L i n es S ma l l j o b s welco me. License d/Ins ured Ofc : 9 4 5 -3 05 4 Cell: 705-6357

WHITE Frigidaire side by side refrig. w/ice & water in door, $300. 865-5791151 after 3pm

Games/Toys

Electric

PORSCHE Boxster S 2002, sport pkg, good cond., 78,700 mi, triptronic, $15,900. 865-712-7058

RAT TERRIERS, AKC FSS, 3 girls, 3 boys, HD SPORTSTER 2001 1st shots, vet ckd. Custom XL 883, 7676 $300. 931-738-9605 mileage, $4800. 423***Web ID# 143891*** 240-7548 WESTIES, AKC, vet HONDA SHADOW ck'd. S&W, dewclaws 750, 2004, black & rem., born 8/16, ready silver, $5,000 OBO. Oct. Family raised. 865-577-3633, 4-7pm $600. 865-661-4734. ^ ***Web ID# 142841***

2 BR Cemetery Lots 49 CLAXTON-Powell, 1 BA, spacious, convenient, 1st/L/DD COMPANION crypts, No pets. 865-748-3644 Sherwood Memorial Gardens, Alcoa, FARRAGUT - Sheffield. Court of the Good Exec. home, all brick Shepherd, Space and stone rancher, 63B Level 3, valued w/4th BR & bonus $13,707, will sell for room, private lot. $5,000. Price in- Rent, lease purchase cludes bronze or sale. $2795/mo. marker. 922-0448. Call 865-388-0610. ***Web ID# 142281***

Real Estate Wanted 50

7 wks, shots/wormed 865-932-2333. ***Web ID# 145301***

Goldendoodle Pups CKC. $600. www.Lckennels.com 270-566-4167 ***Web ID# 143796***

Apts - Furnished 72 WALBROOK STUDIOS

262

YARD FRENCH BULLDOG 3-FAMILY SALE, 4309 Tobe PUPS, AKC Reg. Lane. Fri Sept 28, Short & thick, $1200 9a-2p. Lots of HH & & up. 865-463-6945 gardening items. ***Web ID# 144786*** GERMAN SHEPHERD BETHANY SPRINGS CONDOS Fall Sale Pups, 1M & 1F, ready Sept 28-29, 8a-2p to go, parents on prem. rain or shine! $300. 423-907-2527

Like New brick townhouse, 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, Turkey Creek area. No Pets. Credit ck. $350 dep. $650 mo. 1 yr lease. 865-986-0905 ***Web ID# 144821***

22 ACRES 3-ROOM HOUSE w/ 5 min. from Super stove and refrig. Wal-Mart, off Norris furnished, W/D Fwy. w/3BR, 2BA, hookup in unfin2 car gar. Manufactured ished basement, home (like new). large deck on back. $158,000. Very private. 992Call Scott, 865-388-9656. 0547, 9am to 9pm.

Chihuahua Puppies

COCKER SPANIEL PUPS, AKC, all shots, all colors, $300 & up. 423-201-3917 ***Web ID# 142286***

Mon-Fri 9-6 PM Country Club Apartments 8400 Country Club Way Knoxville, TN 37923 865-693-5701

Duplexes

141

COCK-A-POO Puppies Adorable, no shedding, 6 wks. old, $300 M, $350 F, 865253-7996 lv. message ***Web ID# 142067***

OFFICE SPACE, SHOP/ WAREHOUSE, Lg & sm spaces avail. Reasonable rates! Maynardville, lots of Parking. 679-2443

Apts - Unfurnished 71

Dogs

AUSTRALIAN Cattle dog pups AKC reg., champ bloodline $300 & up. 423-201-3917 ***Web ID# 143215***

Chihuahuas 2 apple head, 1F, 1M 4 mo. All shots. $200 ea or Pools/Hot Tubs 209 $300/pr. 865-274-3192 ***Web ID# 144601*** FOR SALE: Stingray 2p hot tub, 5 hp, CHIHUAHUAS CKC, under roof, M & F, short hair, 423-351-3090 small. Shots. $200 to $400. 865-216-5770 ***Web ID# 142214*** Wanted To Buy 222

2000 Sq. ft. Quaint cottage type retail space, former antique shop, suitable for salon or retail business. 110 CARR St. behind Fisher Tire at 5001 Kingston Pk. 865-584-9322

WOLF LAIR s/d. Split foyer 3BR/2.5BA. Hdwd flrs in DR kit & foyer. Fin bsmnt, 2-car gar. $141,000. Shown by appt. only, phone or text 414-7720.

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CATS & KITTENS

Comm. Prop. - Rent 66

Imports

323 Lawn Care

Electrical VOL

JAGUAR XJ8L 2007. SOFA & chair, hunter Exc. cond. 1 owner. green, mint cond., Garage kept. Must pd. $750, sell for see! 865-933-3030. $350. Lg. computer ***Web ID# 143853*** desk, good cond., $40. Regulation size PORSCHE 944 turbo pool table, slate top, 1986, great cond., 152K accessories, new mi, runs great, $4100. Call/text 865-748-8817 felt, $400. 363-6479.

WEST, 1 BR, rustic design, completely Full vet. $65. 865-765-3400 refurbished. Ground www.happypawskitttenrescue.org Household Appliances 204a level beautiful quiet nbhrd. $595/mo + PERSIAN & Himalayan WANTED: unwanted long hair, flat face dep. 865-776-1397 appliances and beautiful kittens. scrap metal. Halls Call 423-627-4426. and surrounding Wanted To Rent 82 area. John, 925-3820

*ADOPT. Together we will provide a loving, secure, happy home ^ with a bright future for your baby. Expenses Office Space - Rent 65 Ret. Private Detective paid. Christine & & Author needs 1-2BR Bobby 1-888-571-5558. FURN OFFICES avail. house on tranquil, private property with same bldg at 101 ADOPT: We dream in rent reduced in exDonner Dr, Oak of becoming parents! Ridge. 2 – 10X12, 3 change for security Love & security await 9X12, & 1 - 12X12. M&W and/or light caretaker duties. 865-323-0937 your baby. Expenses BA, use of conference rm, full kit, util incl. pd. Kristin & Elliott, Call Bobbette 865-294-6220 1-888-449-0803 Banking/Finance 97A

For Sale By Owner 40a

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'95 TOYOTA 4-door sedan, good cond. CRAFTSMAN/SEARS $3000. 922-8839 7.5HP chipper shredder, like new, BMW 2002 535i, exc $475. 865-988-4896 cond, gray, 103,466 mi, AT, loaded, Misc. Items 203 $10,500. 865-755-6259

5109 TRACE Manor Ln Knoxville, TN 37912 2BR/2BA, 1100 SF, Borders Victor Ashe ^ Park. $750/mo. Call 865-386-7040. Cats ***Web ID# 140344***

261 Attorney

SOLID BRAZILIAN CHEVY TRAIL cherry hardwood BLAZER 2004, AT, flooring, 2700 SF, AC, V6, exc cond, will divide. $2.90 $9,000. 865-456-3692 SF. Call 843-727-1115

3 BR, 3 BA, 2 car gar. Master & 1 BR on ground floor along w/LR, DR & kit. + TV room. Upper level has 3rd BR/BA & bonus room w/skylight & walk in closet. End unit w/extra windows. Conven. located betw West Town & Cedar Bluff. $1300 mo + dep. & refs 865-405-5908

865-919-1016

Adoption

120 Building Materials 188 Sport Utility

3720 Tilbury Way 2BR/2BA, 1-car gar. No pets, no smoking. 1-yr lease @ $725/mo, DD $700. 922-2403 or 705-4217

BUYING

Lost & Found

76 Sales

Bailey Bridge, all brick! One level living, looks brand new! Cute condo w/over 1700 SF. 2BR/2BA, cath ceils, gas FP, tile flooring, snrm, 2-car gar, close to schools & shopping. $159,900 MLS# 816572

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3332 Bridlebrooke Dr. HALLS! Washington Pike. REDUCED TO BRICK! REDUCED TO $267,900! $219,900! Brick, immaculate! Approx Saddlebrooke S/D. Almost 3000 SF. 2100 SF. 3BRs + bonus rm. Braz hdwd flrs & ceramic tile on main. Granite kit 4BR or 3BR w/bonus rm. Master on tops, S/S black appl incl smooth-top main, fresh interior paint, new crpt, range, MW, DW & fridge. Lrg grtrm w/ new roof & HVAC on main. Hdwd flrs corner gas log FP, formal DR w/chair & ceramic tile, 2-sty grtrm, gourmet rail, eat-in kit w/bayed brkfast rm. Lrg kit w/island, formal DR, level lot, huge master w/sitting area, vanity. Lrg bonus rm, laundry, huge, level lot mostly sod 2-car garage. MLS# 809112 w/irrigation front & back! Patio & strg bldg, 2-car side-entry gar. MLS#807920

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Cross Creek, over 1700 SF! 3BR/2.5BA, hdwd flrs on main w/tile kit. Open flr plan, carport & 1-car gar, beautiful views from either deck. $134, 900 MLS# 807418

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Hidden Brook, all brick Georgian Colonial. Over 6000 SF, situated on a 1.62 acre lot, exact replica of The Davenport home in Savannah, GA. Extensive crown molding, hdwds & staircases. Oversized foyers on main & 2nd flrs. Office w/ cherry wall moldings, 18x14 master BA, sev W/I closets, 4 FP, solid counter tops in kit & BAs. Plantation shutters, cov porch views, private wooded area. Bsmnt w/den, office & 3-door gar $649, 900 MLS# 810108

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