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Karns High “rocked” the graduate rate last year, achieving 87.1 percent against a goal of 86.4. This year’s goal is 89.1 percent. “We have strategies and action steps toward

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Karns High School is upgrading its website. Already, the site contains vast amounts of information.

Principal Dr. Tracy Sands spoke last week to the school’s PTSA board. Then she did a “hands-on” tutorial, letting parents navigate the updated site on library computers.

Most impressive is Sands’ commitment to easy and quick communication between community and school personnel. The website includes her principal’s performance contract. Everyone can see her goals and the superintendent’s expectations.

There’s a quick teacher contact list that includes email address and voice mail number for most of the faculty. “There are no phones in the classrooms,” she said, “but each teacher has voice mail. If you don’t get a response in 24 hours, call me.”

Sands added: “Karns High School is about who we are, not what we do.”

Future updates will include pictures of students in myriad activities.

Teachers are concerned and even stressed out about new evaluation requirements, she said, “but I tell them. In any job in the world, if you do your job you’ll keep your job.”

Sands is proud to have added “strong veteran teachers” to the Karns High faculty. “You can improve forever and still need to improve,” she said. Doesn’t sound like someone worried about being a “3.”

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Laurie Fisher is set to read to kids including Craig Myles, 3, at the Karns Branch Library as part of Saturday Stories & Songs. The free stories and song series is at Cedar Bluff Library at 10:30 a.m. and at Karns at 2:30 p.m. on first and third Saturdays. Sponsors include TVA Employees Credit Union, Target and Friends of the Library. Photo by S. Clark

Vendors needed for Street Fair Karen Milligan is looking for vendors for what promises to be a most prof itable Street Fair, set for Saturday, Nov. Karen Milligan 5. The fee charged for a space is a vendor’s only cost. Each will retain 100 percent of his or her sales.

And while the title Street Fair might be off-putting, Karen virtually guarantees a huge turnout. Here’s why: the event will be moved into the gym in case of bad weather; all sports teams and/or boosters will be participating; and many school clubs and organizations will set up as well.

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each other everybody will make money. If customers walk in off the street, well, so much the better.

Local talent will perform, starting at 9 a.m.

And food vendors will be set up on the sidewalk near outdoor seating. And at 11:30 a.m., the crowd will cut the ribbon to launch the school’s new arboretum.

“This is a schoolwide fundraiser that celebrates our outdoor classroom and our state-forestry approved arboretum,” Milligan said.

“Goodwill will pick up donations after the fair.”

Vendor booths are available to churches, parent groups from feeder schools and area businesses. PTSA members will solicit par-

ticipation.

To reserve the best spot, contact Karen by Oct. 28 at 659-1543 or kmilligan9295@ comcast.net/.

Saturday Stories & Songs: Got a kid? You just can’t beat this librarysponsored program for free entertainment. Starting this month, Laurie Fisher will visit area libraries each Saturday for “guitar-strumming, babybouncing, yarn-spinning, and scarf juggling fun.”

On the first and third Saturdays, programs are at Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 10:30 a.m. and Karns Branch Library at 2:30 p.m. On the second and fourth Saturdays, look for her at Powell Branch Library at 2:30 p.m. Libraries in other parts of town have events as well. Get the full schedule at www. knoxlib.org/.

Laurie is cool. Last week in Karns she gathered some kids around to read

about dogs. “Are you pro or con,” we asked. “Well, I’ve got three at home,” she deflected. Hmm. Guess she likes ’em.

Haunted Cave: Cherokee Caverns will be open for seven nights only from 7-10 p.m. for Halloween. Those dates are Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-15, Oct. 21-22, and Oct. 28-29. The final day will be Monday, Oct. 31. Info: www.thehaunted cave.net/.

Hoyle Who? Lorraine Coffey, president of the Karns Republican Club, said, “We don’t run meetings according to Hoyle; we run them according to me!” Lorraine did have something nice to say about the Shopper. “Every Monday I open mine and look through it for my name!”

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Karen Owens’ story is anything but ordinary, but it starts out that way.

Karen was a Registered Nurse (RN) for 23 years, serving others in the way that she was called to do since her teens. She thrived as a critical care nurse, a job that was not only challenging and fulfilling, but which presented the opportunity to serve the critically ill and their families through difficult times.

Unfortunately, the demands of being an RN were too much for Karen and she

discovered that she had a psychological disability that rendered her unable to manage the stress of being a critical care nurse.

However, her condition is treatable with medicine and therapy, and her nursing background provided an entry into a different medical career as an ultrasonagrapher, which she is pursuing today.

Before she can return to school to obtain her bachelor’s degree, Karen must have refresher courses in math and language as well

as develop computer skills.

Fortunately, Karen was referred to Goodwill Industries’ Self-Paced Applications in the Computer Environment (SPACE) by Vocational Rehabilitation and she began the program in May 2010. In addition to learning all aspects of the Microsoft Office suite, (e.g., Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Karen is learning patience, endurance and the importance of technology in today’s workforce.

Many people assume that Goodwill’s programs are suited only for those with significant disabilities. Karen is a great success story and example of someone who needed assistance to prepare for re-entry to college.

Her gratitude is evident in her enthusiasm for Good-

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will’s support. “My entire outlook is brighter because I can see a place for me caring and helping people again,” she says. “Goodwill has cared for and helped me not just scholastically but in a lifelong capacity.”

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Baseball players honor women Baseball season is winding down, and major league teams are fighting it out to see who will be in the 2011 World Series.

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Grand Opening for Law Family Dentistry It’s a play on words. Let the Law family take care of your family’s dentistry needs. Dr. Kevin Law and Dr. Muriel Law have officially opened their office at 10788 Hardin Valley Road, celebrating with community members and friends.

The couple met at UT College of Dentistry where Dr. Kevin graduated in 2008 and Dr. Muriel graduated in 2009. Their daughter, Olivia, was born in February 2011. Kevin Law is a Knoxville native, graduating from West High School, while Muriel Law was born in France.

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KARNS NOTES ■ Greater Karns Business Association will meet at noon Thursday, Oct. 13, at Karns Community Club. Speakers will be Debbie Moss of Shopper-News and Jeff Smits of Walgreens.

■ Karns High Street Fair and Flea Market, 8 a.m. until noon, Saturday, Nov. 5, high school parking lot, live music and food. Vendor info: Karen Milligan, kmilligan9295@comcast. net/.

■ Karns Republican Club meets each first Tuesday, 7 p.m., Karns Middle School library. The Christmas party and cake auction will be Dec. 5, same time, same place, tickets $15.

Info: Lorraine Coffey.

■ Scott’s Free Community Recycling Center at 6529 Clinton Highway will recycle computers, TVs, electronics, cardboard, metal, paper and clothes for free. Info: 307-0659.

Lions Club Zone meeting is Oct. 20 The Powell Lions Club will host the District 12N Region 3 Zone 1 meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Powell clubhouse on Old Clinton Pike.

The zone includes the Karns, Fountain City, Inskip, Powell and North Knox Lions clubs. All members of those clubs are invited.

Info and RSVP to John Black at 719-4667.

At Karns High School, fall brings on baseball conditioning and workouts before cold weather shuts down outdoor practice.

Coach John Rice puts his players through a rigorous program Monday through Thursday, and a big part of that training is devoted to running. That comes in handy as the baseball team is again participating in the Race for the Cure. This is the fourth year they’ve entered, but it’s the first time the entire team will participate.

The team’s participation will have a distinct community theme to it.

With the help of Linda Farrington, KHS teacher’s aide and breast cancer survivor, the names of 26 women with ties to the Karns community who have battled breast cancer are on banners. Each player will complete the 5K race for that woman.

Rice says the race is a tremendous team-building exercise. Camaraderie develops as players help and encourage each other to succeed. It also is a way to promote the program and the variety of things outside of baseball that are stressed.

Most of all, Rice says that becoming involved in Race for a Cure opens the

Karns High School coach John Rice holds three of the 26 banners that baseball players will wear as they honor Karns women during the Race for the Cure. Photo by Joe Rector

eyes of teens.

“Kids as athletes don’t always understand how blessed they are. Seeing the plights of others helps them to feel gratitude and then inspires them to help.”

Rice has been surprised at how excited his players become as the race nears.

Boys now will be able to run in the race all four years that they are on the team.

Players began the final weeks of workout with their coach last week. Rice and his wife, Rebeka, welcomed their son John W. Rice III into the world Monday, Oct. 3. For 10 days the coach will stay at home to take care of daughter Samantha, 2, and to help

out his wife.

Participation in Race for the Cure isn’t a fundraiser for the team. However, anyone who is interested in making a contribution can contact Rice at john.rice@ knoxschools.org or go to www.komenknoxville.org/ race_for_the_cure/.

The Karns community is proud of the baseball team and its desire to help others and honor community women who have dealt with a disease. We are well aware that in 2011 more than 230,000 women were stricken with breast cancer. You, too, can help by making a contribution to the fight. Do it in honor of those who have faced one of the toughest situations of all.

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Huntsman brings campaign to Knoxville Mary Kaye Huntsman listens as her husband, GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman, discusses his campaign. Former Knoxville mayor and U.S. ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe (right) and his wife, Joan, hosted the Huntsmans at a fundraiser last week. Photo by N. Lester

Life as a professional endorser My regular shtick is county government, so I hope I’ll be excused if I stray across the county line briefly for a look at what’s going on in the city.

It’s not much of a stretch, anyway. Most of the subjects of today’s lesson in how to get along after your campaign hopes have gone the way of all flesh at some time held or hoped to hold elected office in the county, and I have it on good authority that all live in Knox County or at least in the state of Tennessee.

I’m referring to The Endorsers (which, by the way, would be a snazzy name for a Washington, D.C.-based jazz band), the notable collection of folks who showed up on the courthouse steps to say “Amen!” to Mark Padgett’s mayoral candidacy last week.

Let’s give The Endorsers the benefit of a doubt and accept that they weren’t angling for jobs in the Padgett cabinet. So, if there’s no personal profit to be had for becoming cannon fodder for feckless columnists, what do The Endorsers have to gain, assuming none of them can play the trumpet like Wynton Marsalis?

A professional endorsing career, of course.

Scoff if you will, but before you do, stop to consider that every political campaign has winners and losers. (I could prove this to you geometrically, but I misplaced my protractor.) Then consider that every primary election winner has to go through the whole thing again just to earn the privilege of having people like me tell the public why we don’t like the cut of their jib.

Yes, it’s a dreary fate, but having a professional endorser on your side can make all the difference. Endorsers, for fair compensation, can take the heat when the candidate gets caught in a, um, misstatement.

“I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant,” is a quote perhaps mistakenly attributed to President Richard Nixon. No matter. With a little twist, it’s pure gold in the hands of a professional endorser: “I know you believe you understand what you think (insert candidate’s name here) said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what (insert candidate’s name here again) meant.”

By the time the endorser’s audience figures out what that means, the candidate will have (in politics-speak) “moved the discussion” to something less treacherous.

If I’m any judge, a statement like that should be worth a few grand to a professional endorser.

And why stop with a local mayoral election? There’s a presidential campaign coming up, and candidates will be begging for endorsements.

So don’t ridicule The Endorsers just because you don’t like the cut of their jib. These guys are on to something.

Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Mark Padgett says he and Madeline Rogero are from different wings of the Democratic Party. Last week Rogero scooped up endorsements from the Democratic Women and the Fraternal Order of Police leaving folks to wonder just what wings are for Mark. Buffalo wings?

■ Does Sheriff Jimmy Jones want Police Chief David Rausch’s job in a Padgett Administration? That rumor was flying at the FOP meeting.

“Those endorsements backfired bigtime,” a source said. “We got a good chief.”

■ Gov. Bill Haslam will be in Knoxville on Friday, making the keynote speech at the annual Legacy Parks Foundation lunch. Here’s guessing we won’t be seeing County Mayor Tim Burchett there. He completely eliminated the county’s $50,000 contribution to Legacy Parks in the current year’s budget.

D’s endorse women The Democratic Women of Knox County voted unanimously last week to endorse Madeline Rogero and Gloria Johnson.

Betty Bean During the business portion of their October “tailgate” meeting, the club appropriated $1,000 to be donated equally to mayoral candidate Rogero and state Senate District 6 candidate Johnson, both of whom are club members and face wellfunded opposition in the November general election.

County Commissioner Amy Broyles, who recently had surgery to remove a benign tumor from her parathyroid gland, was asked to give a report on her health and to discuss commission business.

She pointed out a thin, horizontal scar on her neck that appears to be healing nicely: “I have endured many

E.B. Love votes twice to en- Amy Broyles jokes about cutdorse women candidates. throat politics. Photos by B. Bean jokes about cutthroat politics,” she said.

Broyles, who pushed to give county employees a pay raise during budget discussions this summer, only to see her idea shot down, talked about Mayor Tim Burchett’s new proposal to raise county workers’ pay by 3 percent. Said she’s finally figured out how things work on the commission, where she is the only woman: “I come up with a really great idea and the mayor and his buddies kill it, and a couple months later it comes back as his idea. I’m fine with that.

I’m going to keep coming up with good ideas and he’ll keep

quashing them and then come back with them later and we’ll get a lot of good stuff done.”

The club also heard from an array of at-large candidates for City Council – Bill Owen and Marshall Stair, who will be facing off in a contest for Seat B; Finbarr Saunders, who wants Seat C and George (“Not THAT George Wallace”) Wallace, who is running for Seat A. Stair had the best laugh line when he told the group about his experiences going door-to-door. He said a man opened the door and said, “I know who you are.

Many years ago your father represented my ex-wife in

Candidates must get specific The mayoral campaign is heating up. Mark Padgett has a 28-point program.

Check out his website to see it at www.votepadgett.com.

Lots of fluff, few specifics.

He won the endorsements of all his losing opponents plus Sheriff Jimmy Jones.

Madeline Rogero says there is not much to it. She calls it plagiarism or stuff already being done, but fails to be precise. Neither is very specific. Voters would be hard pressed to identify Rogero’s top three goals beyond the general platitudes of making Knoxville even more wonderful than we are. Padgett is equally vague. He attacks waste in the city but does not mention a single example.

Few voters know what is in Padgett’s program and probably do not care since 84 percent of voters avoided the election. If Padgett wants traction he must outline with clarity three things he will do if elected instead of labeling Rogero as the politics of old which she is not. He has

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to challenge her on specific issues to advance.

One of Padgett’s points is transparency in city government. However, Padgett, who touts his business experience as a reason to elect him mayor, becomes secretive when asked about the payroll of his business. He cannot expect to use his business as a reason to elect him if he is not prepared to be totally open about all its details. He cannot have it both ways.

Rogero must be precise about which of Padgett’s points are plagiarized if she is going to make that charge.

She needs to tell voters what the top three items are she plans to implement if elected.

What will her first week in office look like? More of the same, or something new? If

new, what is it? What does she mean by a “green” city? Labels alone are not programs.

Right now she is responding to Padgett and letting him set the campaign agenda. She needs to be proactive if she plans on being the lead candidate. If she continues on her current course she may let a 20-point lead dwindle to 5 or 6 points which guarantees Padgett is her opponent in 2015.

Padgett’s 28-point plan does not mention paving city streets, the upside down pay scales for some city employees like David Hill who is paid $145,000 a year ($35,000 a year more than our fire or police chiefs who have real jobs), hiring minorities in city government or mitigating homelessness.

Neither he nor Rogero have discussed the city issues which Becky Massey used successfully in her significant win over Marilyn Roddy such as red light cameras, high city property taxes and homeless housing

our divorce.”

“Before I could tell him what a complete maniac my dad is, he said ‘I probably paid for your college education. I might as well vote for you.’ ” Stair also related a cautionary tale about turnout that he said he heard from an elderly, toothless man who said he never votes: “He told me about a druid farmer who needed a rope.

He went to his neighbor to borrow one, and the neighbor said, ‘I need my rope to tie up my milk.’ ” Stair allowed as how that didn’t make much sense, and the old man said, “When you really don’t want to do something, what difference does the excuse make?”

“I don’t know if that story really means anything,” Stair said.

Stair’s opponent Bill Owen reminded his audience that he had been instrumental in getting the LMU law school downtown and said that even though he finished second in the primary, “This is a winnable race. When working people get out and vote, working people win.”

in South Knoxville (Roddy had supported all three and Massey opposed them).

Both Rogero and Padgett pledge laser-like attention to job creation, but both bypassed Knoxville media firms to place thousands of dollars of advertising with Colorado and Washington, D.C., firms. Padgett is using Media Strategies out of Denver, while Rogero is using Revolution Political Media (which employs her cousin Colin Rogero) along with Team Blue which is a prominent Democratic firm in Washington. However, Rogero T-shirts were printed in Knoxville by Tribe One. Either Padgett or Rogero will be our next mayor.

Neither seems willing to challenge the other in a constructive way. Padgett has to shake it up if he expects to reach a majority. Rogero’s play it safe approach will need fine tuning if she wants a comfortable win versus a narrow win or even a narrow loss. Also, another 5,000 voters will vote Nov. 8 who did not vote Sept. 27.

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The Whitehead dilemma John Whitehead is a career professional, victimized by term limits and politics.

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John Whitehead is a career politician, father-inlaw to former County Commissioner (and chair) Scott Moore, the poster child for Black Wednesday.

Take your pick, because the 2012 election for property assessor will turn on your choice (and that of a few thousand of your fellow citizens). Hint: he’s both.

John was in Karns last week, speaking to the Republican club. Property Assessor Phil Ballard was also there, along with his wife, his chief deputy and a few more staffers. The meeting resembled an orange and white Ballard rally. One donated the door prize (a Ballard for Assessor cooler) and another won it.

Why even elect a property assessor, you say?

While the school board debates outsourcing custodians, a much stronger case could be made for outsourcing the quadrennial, state-mandated property reappraisals. With satellite technology, how hard could it be?

Property assessing is big business in Knox County ($2.8 million budget for FY 2012 with most going for staff). That’s a formidable re-election machine that

John Whitehead speaks at Karns. Photo by S. Clark made the job a lifetime occupation until term limits.

Now there’s a deep rift in the operation; one that will play out as Whitehead takes on Ballard.

Hearken back to 2008 when Ballard, a county commissioner with no experience or certifications in property appraisal, ran in the GOP primary against term-limited Trustee Mike Lowe, also with no experience or certifications.

Ballard won with 51 percent of the vote: 22,411 to Lowe’s 21,280. He was supported by longtime assessor Parkey Strader.

Whitehead was hired in the assessor’s office when he returned from Vietnam. “(Then Assessor) Ed Hill made me cut my hair,� he recalls. He worked there for 35 years, gaining certifications and experience galore. Strader retired and supported Whitehead who was easily elected in 2000 and 2004, but was termlimited and could not run in 2008.

Whitehead worked for Ballard for a while, as did Strader. But Phil is a headstrong fellow who has pret-

ty much cleaned house. He brought in Jim Weaver, a retired state appraiser, and things have settled down.

Whitehead zinged Ballard at Karns, saying he’s “spent thousands of dollars to get an appraisal certification, and I don’t know if he has it yet.�

Whitehead also scored with this: “The system is built to keep property values where they are, but the assessor’s office shouldn’t worry about where the county gets its (property tax) money. They should be worried about getting the values right.�

And therein lies the rub.

New construction is almost nonexistent. Foreclosures drive down home values.

Buyers are not moving up. If the property assessor puts today’s values on real estate, it could trigger a massive tax increase just to keep the county’s income level.

The next reappraisal is set for 2012, same year as the election. So Ballard must weave and wind his way through this mess to keep his job. And Whitehead stands watchfully outside the gate, waiting to reclaim his kingdom.

Yep, this race could get really interesting.

Notes: ■The North Knoxville Republican Club’s Chili Supper and Cake Auction will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, in the Oakwood Lincoln Park Community Clubhouse. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. All are invited.

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Mark Padgett reaches toward Joe Hultquist on the Courthouse steps. The youthful candidate was also endorsed by Sheriff Jimmy Jones, Bo Bennett and Ivan Harmon. Photo by Ruth White

Padgett and Rogero: dueling optics Betty Bean Used to be, optics was a scientific term referring to the study of the physics of light.

Today it has entered the political realm, where candidates stage manage their campaign events, paying as much attention to the look of things – backgrounds, foregrounds and everything in between – as to what is said.

That’s optics, but sometimes things don’t go as planned.

Last Wednesday was the day the 2011 mayoral campaign kicked into overdrive.

Optics were central to the messages conveyed.

Mark Padgett went first with a press conference announcing endorsements from the three also-rans in the mayoral primary – Bo Bennett, Joe Hultquist and Ivan Harmon – plus Knox County Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.� Jones.

The four endorsers stood on the steps of the historic old Knox County courthouse behind Padgett, who wore a dark suit and a red tie. Everybody spoke – briefly, except for Hultquist, who was evidently still campaigning for himself.

The optics were perfect – the beautiful old courthouse and the confident young candidate who at 33 would be the

youngest mayor ever elected.

But this vision of youth was diluted a bit by supporters like Mose Lobetti, whose career as a patronage broker dates back to the 1950s; Oak Ridge lawyer/lobbyist and Al Gore operative Warren Gooch; and the candidate’s father, former County Clerk Mike Padgett.

Former County Commissioner Lumpy Lambert made a cameo appearance.

The endorsers were planted on the courthouse steps like sentries guarding against Visigoths bent on plunder. When asked if it’s wise to invoke images that conjure recollections of County Commission’s infamous Black Wednesday rebellion against term limits, Padgett looked astonished.

Two hours later, Madeline Rogero held a hastilycalled presser in the newlyrelocated and expanded Three Rivers Market, which has become an anchor of the Central Avenue Corridor, a priority project of the city’s Community Development Department which she headed for four years.

Her crowd was mostly handlers and reporters, plus a few women and children in maroon T-shirts and some curious random shoppers.

The optics were folksy.

Rogero’s lectern was draped in red and white gingham, facing the sun, which was problematic, since the day had gotten hotter since the Padgett event. The candidate, dressed in a black pantsuit, looked hot, which she evidently was, because she tore into Padgett for branding her a career bureaucrat with little to show for her time as community development director: “Effective economic development with a solid return on investment has been happening here and will keep happening here. It takes a mayor with experience to make it work, and I’ve been working on it for over 25 years. He’s been reading about it for maybe nine months. Business-government cooperation is not something Knoxville needs to be schooled on

by Mark Padgett. “ After the speech, school board member Indya Kincannon’s daughter Georgia, who’d been knitting something long and purple, approached the candidate and handed her a scarf that matched her purple blouse.

The candidate looped it around her neck and walked out to her car.

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Albers hosts Civil War reunion HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin (Note: this is the second installment of Dr. J.C. Tumblin’s tale of A.J. Albers. A segment of his work, “Fountain City: Facts, Myths and Mysteries�)

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hen he came to Knoxville in 1865, Andrew Jackson “A.J.� Albers had already experienced enough excitement for a lifetime, although he was only 21. He had graduated from the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy before enlisting in the Union Navy in August 1861, at only 17. His Mississippi River gunboat, the USS Indianola, was rammed seven times and beached on Hurricane Island near Vicksburg during the pitch dark night of Feb. 24, 1863.

Albers and the crew of 100 surrendered to the Confederate gunboats. He was sent to the notorious Libby Prison in Richmond ďŹ rst and then to several other Confederate prisons before being exchanged in the fall of 1863. He returned to Cincinnati and resumed his career in pharmacy.

Two years later, Edward J. Sanford (1831-1902) offered him a position with his wholesale drug ďŹ rm in Knoxville. By 1866, Albers had assumed the interests of a former stockholder, T.I. VanGilder. In 1897, when W.P. Chamberlain joined the ďŹ rm, it became Sanford, Chamberlain and Albers Co. with Sanford as president, Albers as vice president and Chamberlain as secretarytreasurer. The wholesale drug company already had an annual gross of $200,000 to $300,000.

Albers’ ascent in the local business world was just as impressive.

In 1871 and again in 1876, he was treasurer of the Board of Trade.

He became a member of the board of directors of the Mechanics National Bank (1882), president of the

Chamber of Commerce (1895-96), treasurer of the Lawson McGhee Library board, a member of the committee to return John Sevier’s body to Knoxville and to erect a suitable monument for him on the courthouse lawn (1889), a charter trustee of the Albers Mansion. Albers hosted Gen. James Longstreet at his home at 603 W. Main Ave. (pres(Old) Gray Cement location of the Medical Arts Building) for the Ocrober 1890 Reunion of the Blue and Gray etery Board and Veterans of the Civil War. Photos courtesy of C.M. McClung Historical Collection a principal in the Lonsdale double during lengthy parade and numerous The frightened Eleanor jumped and Land Co. He the event. small group meetings of various suffered a badly sprained ankle was also active When the ďŹ - veterans’ organizations preceded and bruises. Albers lost his balance in Second Presnance committee the ďŹ nal gathering for the keynote and fell out of the carriage. He was byterian Church. received pledges speeches of Longstreet and Gibson unconscious for some time but his On Aug. 22, for $9,600, the which was held on Oct. 9 under the alert daughter managed to summon 1889, many promihousing commit- “Big Tent.â€? The climax was a huge help from a nearby store. His businent Knoxvillians were on the maiden A.J. Albers (1844-1910). Dur- tee was authorized ďŹ reworks display, “The Finest Ever ness associate W.P. Chamberlain excursion of a Knox- ing the Civil War Pharmacist to purchase a tent Seen in the South.â€? The newspapers and his wife hurried to the scene in that would accom- estimated that it was viewed by a cab. By 1 p.m. he was at his home ville, Cumberland Mate A.J. Albers served on Main Street where the bones Gap and Louisville aboard the Mississippi River modate the indoor 35,000 spectators. were set and the wounds dressed. reunion activities.

The letter Edward Albers, A.J.’s Railway passenger gunboat, the Indianola.

They found one, 8-year-old son, wrote his grandAs his health declined, Andrew train when a culoriginally made for mother summed up the evening Jackson Albers spent his last years vert collapsed about two miles west of Corryton on Flat the Barnum Circus, which measured beautifully. “You ought of been here in a hospital in Asheville, N.C., Creek. Col. Isham Young, who 212 by 262 feet, weighed 8 tons and during the Reunion day if you had where he passed away on Nov. 9, chaired the Knoxville board of pub- required two railroad cars to trans- you would of seen something pretty. 1910. His wife, Ella S. King Albers lic works; F. Hockenjos, alderman; port. It was erected on the site of Fort The ďŹ reworks were beautiful,â€? he (1851-1888), had predeceased him.

He was survived by their three chilS.T. Powers; Alexander Reeder; and Sanders where many of the Union said. and Confederate veterans had fought Judge George Andrews were killed.

Ironically, in 1903, Albers right dren: Eleanor Albers Phillips, Haron Nov. 29, 1863.

Albers’ right thigh was fractured. leg was broken again near his hip, ry K. Albers and Edward S. Albers.

The Veterans Reunion at Knox- his right arm was fractured and Under the leadership of Edward A.J.’s injuries did not ground him for long for 1890 would prove to be ville (Oct. 7-9, 1890) reunited the he received a concussion in a car- S. Albers Sr. and then Edward S. eventful. In March, he was chosen to Blue and the Gray to celebrate rec- riage wreck. His daughter Eleanor “Budâ€? Albers Jr., Albers Drug Co. chair the Committee on Committees onciliation. Gen. Robert E. Lee’s (1885-1925) accompanied him on would continue to grow to some 200 for what would prove to be the largest “Old War Horse,â€? Gen. James Long- a business trip to suburban Grove employees servicing 1,300 stores reunion of Civil War veterans ever street (1821-1904), who was A.J. City about 11 a.m. on July 20. With and was sold to the Walker Drug Co. held in the South. His committees Albers’ house guest, was chosen to Eleanor, 17, holding the reins, the of Birmingham in 1994. were responsible for the advertising, represent the Confederate veterans. sporty two-wheeled horse-drawn (Author’s note: Thanks to E.S. Former treasurer of the state carriage began to gain speed down “Budâ€? Albers Jr., Douglas Davrailroad transportation, invitations, ďŹ nance, site, meeting space, enter- of Ohio Gen. William H. Gibson a steep hill. enport, Joyce A. Kyker and Alix tainment and housing that would be (1822-1894), a famous orator who Fearing a runaway, Albers took F. Dempster for their assistance required for the 15,000 to 20,000 had spoken to hundreds of Grand the reins and placed his foot on the with the research for this article. veterans that were expected. The Army of the Republic campďŹ res, dash board to attempt to stop the Additional information and phocity’s 1890 estimated population represented the Union veterans. galloping horse. The dash board tographs may be found on www. was 22,000, so its size would almost Visits to the battleground, a gave way and fell against the horse. fountaincitytnhistory.info/).

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Balancing the books “And this is the writing that was inscribed; MENE, MENE, TEKEL and PARSIN. This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; TEKEL, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting; PERES, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.�

(Daniel 5: 25-28 NRSV)

I enjoy balancing my checkbook.

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WORSHIP NOTES Community services ■Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host “The New Healthcare Bill and You� 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, with guest panelists Margaret Knight, associate professor at the UT Department of Public Health, and David Holden, director of the Affordable Medication Options for Seniors at the Office on Aging. Info: 522-9804.

REUNIONS â– The family of Bill and Peonie Rouse reunion will be 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Sharps Chapel Community Center. All are welcome. Info: 947-2596. â– Michael Ault II descendants will meet Sunday, Oct. 16, at Macedonia UMC, 4630 Holston Drive, after morning services. Potluck lunch at 1 p.m. Info: 689-3111.

Fundraisers and sales ■“Cherish the Child, Change the World� will take place 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Knoxville Convention Center.

There will be celebrity appearances including Glenn Beck from Fox News and athletes from the University of Tennessee. Tickets are $75 ($35 for children under 13). All proceeds benefit the Smoky

■Howard’s Quarter School (Red Hill School) of Claiborne County will hold its annual reunion 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at the fire department building. Lunch served at 1:30 p.m. Bring a covered dish to share, drinks for your family, lawn chairs, and photos and memorabilia to

compulsive disorder, B.) given to self-f lagellation or C.) an outright lunatic.

There is, however, something quite satisfying about putting a checkmark beside each entry that has cleared the bank, tracking down the ones that have not, and wrestling with all the figures until the checkbook balance and the statement balance agree.

One of my daughters concurs with me on this and claims that she and I are the only two humans remaining on Earth who actually do this quaint exercise. Hint: it is not the daughter who last spring was promoted by her bank president to a regional job!

It is not that I like math.

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â– Middlebrook Pike UMC, 7234 Middlebrook Pike, will host its sixth Habitat for Humanity fundraiser golf tournament Friday, Oct. 21, at Avalon Golf Course with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Four person scramble format, $100 entry fee includes greens fees, cart, breakfast, lunch and prizes. All proceeds will go toward Habitat for Humanity. Sponsorships are available for non-golfers. Info: Call 690-8641 or John Voss, 384-3204.

Music services ■Grace Covenant Baptist Church, 9956 Dutchtown Road, will host its “Top Ten List� musical program 11 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 16. Each song will be a top 10 favorite of the congregation. Everyone is invited.

Revivals â– The Central Church of God, 4721 Papermill Drive, will have revival services led by the Rev. James E. Dunn through Sunday, Oct. 16. Sunday services will be held 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. and weekday services will be held at 7 p.m. Info: 584-6388.

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Math makes my stomach hurt.

It is not (nowadays, anyhow) that I have to know where every penny has gone and exactly how many are left in the till.

It is not necessarily that I like order (Exhibit A: my house!). There is, however, some small pleasure in knowing that it is right. I will confess: I do enjoy being right.

I think that part of it is accountability. It is one of the ways I can study and analyze where my money goes. It tells me what is important to me. Who was the wise man who said, “Show me a man’s checkbook, and

â– First Lutheran Church, 1207 N. Broadway, 55 Alive group will meet at noon Thursday, Oct. 13, in the meeting room. Lunch will be served. Admission is $6. Reservations are required and everyone is invited. Guest speaker will be licensed social worker Beth Trumbull, who served in southeast Asia during the tsunami in 2004. Info: Call 524-0366 before noon Monday through Thursday.

Special services â– Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike, will host DivorceCare Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Registration: Laura, 470-9800.

Women’s groups

I will tell you what his priorities are�?

I was pondering these things as I was wrapping up the balancing exercise recently. At the same time, at least part of my mind was searching for my next column idea. And then it hit me: God is into balancing books, too.

There will be an accounting, and we will be “weighed on the scales and found wanting.� Standing before the Holy One will be the moment of truth.

The good news, however,

is that what we lack, Christ has supplied. What we have squandered, he has restored. What we have committed, Christ has taken the blame for. What we owe, he has paid.

When we stand to give account for ourselves, Christ will be there to lay an arm across our shoulders and say to the Judge, “She’s alright.

I died for her. She is one of mine.�

And the scales will shift into balance, and everything will be healed and whole and at peace.

COMMUNITY CLUBS â– The Patriots of East Tennessee will meet 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 13, at Cedar Springs Christian Bookstore on North Peters Road. Guest speaker Glenn “Cainâ€? Jacobs will discuss “Freedom and Liberty of Mankind.â€? Info: 414-6060. â– The Samuel Frazier Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution will meet 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Chop House in Franklin Square. Margot Kline will discuss the latest research at the Adm. David Farragut birthplace. Info: 675-6420. â– Longstreet-Zollicoffer Camp 87, Sons of Confederate Veterans will meet 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Ramsey House Plantation for a business meeting. Club member Sam Forrester will discuss the Battle of The Chattahoochee River prior to the meeting. Everyone is invited. Free admission. â– Swap 2 Save Coupon Club meets the first Thursday of the month 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. Coupons for everything from baby items to groceries, restaurants to retail shops are exchanged. Wallace Memorial is located at 701 Merchant Drive. Info: Email Lisa at taylor7123@bellsouth.net. â– The Poetry Quintessence Society meets 6:30 p.m. the last Monday of each month at CafĂŠ 4’s library, third floor. Everyone 16 and older is invited. Info: Tonya, 357-6134.

■Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection will host a fall festival and luncheon beginning at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall.

There will be crafts and baked goods for sale, cakewalks, a silent and live auction, and lunch will be served at 10:45 a.m. Guest speaker Tanya Villani will discuss “Under the Covers: Where Do You Hide Your Fears?�

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‘Can’t imagine anything else’ Caitlin Wood is a senior who has been sharing her gift of music with the world for her entire life.

By Natalie Lester

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She has been singing since she landed a solo when she was only in kindergarten.

Currently, Caitlin sings in her school choir, participates in musical theatre and sings for the Knoxville Children’s Choir. She has had roles in all three of Hardin Valley’s musical productions and has sung with the Knoxville Opera Company in five different operas.

Caitlin spends at least five hours a day singing and has sung at many different levels. “I’ve sung everything,� Caitlin says. “Lately I’m a soprano 1, but last year I sang alto. I’ve sung all over the spectrum.�

Caitlin’s favorite style is classical. “I love Renaissance classical Latin pieces.

It’s my thing,� Caitlin says. “But I sing everything. I feel very accomplished after a performance. It’s just a really cool feeling.�

Music has hugely impacted Caitlin’s life. “It’s really steered me in the classes I’ve taken in high school and what I do outside of school,� she says. “Most everything

HVA student volunteers on Oak Ridge board to help clean up nuclear waste

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Hardin Valley Academy senior Amira Sakalla started her senior portfolio project last May when she joined the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board as one of two student representatives.

ORSSAB directs projects on clean-up and management of nuclear and heavy metal waste sites in Oak Ridge. “A lot of the other site specific boards don’t have student representatives,�

Sakalla said. “There is always so much to get done,

better by now but it isn’t.�

Sakalla said her Advanced Placement chemistry class has helped her understand the material, but there is still a learning curve. “They gave me a fourpage packet of acronyms,� she said.

In addition to attending the board meetings each month, Sakalla also works with two committees within Hardin Valley Academy sethe board. She sits on both nior Amira Sakalla spends the second Wednesday of every the Public Outreach and month in the Oak Ridge Site the Environmental ManSpecific Advisory Board’s agement committees. She enjoys the Public Outreach meeting. Photo by N. Lester section the most. “We talk about ways to get and I never realized how long it takes to dispose of people in surrounding counthe waste. You would think ties involved,� she said. “I with how long it has been have learned so much about since the Manhattan Proj- how to spread a message ect, everything would be to the public. It has really

I do has to do with music.�

Caitlin plans on pursuing a career in music. “I would love to be a high school music teacher, but I might go into vocal performance. I haven’t totally decided,� she says.

As for what sets Caitlin apart as a singer, she says, “How long I’ve been singing and how much I put into singing I think. For most people it’s a hobby. For me, it’s a job. It’s a huge aspect of my life.�

Caitlin is passionate about singing and music. “I love when you listen to a choir, when you can hear the blending and hear the work that they’ve put in. I love being a part of that. I Karns Youth feel like God has blessed me Basketball tryouts with something and I know Karns Youth Basketball it’s what I’m meant to do. I will hold sign-ups 9 a.m. to can’t imagine doing any- noon Saturday, Oct. 15, and thing else.�

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helped me prepare for college. I was never uncomfortable around adults, but now I am more comfortable.�

She also said the work has given her more patience, because of the time it takes to complete every project. “There are a lot of things I want to do when I’m older,� she said. “The patience I have observed from ORSSAB makes me realize I cannot institute change instantly.�

After graduation, Sakalla hopes to attend Vanderbilt, Duke, Harvard or the University of Tennessee to become a pediatrician. She hopes to become a Haslam Scholar at UT. “I would like to stay close to home for a while,� she said.

National Honor Society

Officers of the Karns High School National Honor Society at last week’s induction of new members are: Chelsea Bishop, historian; Lily Tavassoli, treasurer; Abbey Blackmon, secretary; Michelle Miller, president; and Chloe Hall, vice president. Not pictured is activities chair Connor Hayes. Photo by S. Clark

Davis is ‘Outstanding Teen’

Caty Davis of Powell was crowned Miss Knoxville Outstanding Teen on Sept. 24 at the Miss Knoxville Scholarship Pageant. She is currently a junior at Karns High School.

The state level pageant competition will be held in Jackson, Tenn., in March. If she wins, she will move on to compete at the Miss America Outstanding Teen Pageant held in Orlando next summer.

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Elissa Lane, a junior representing girls soccer, was crowned homecoming queen at Karns High School. She was escorted by her dad, Mark. In all, contestants raised $12,800 for school organizations. Photo by Ruth White

Fiddle masters to perform Local legendary fiddlers Clyde Daveport and Charlie McCarroll will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at the Laurel Theater. Tickets are $12. Info: 523-7521.

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Karns High School Choral Concert is 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, in the school auditorium. Karns had 16 singers make the All East Choir. Pictured are: teacher Caryn Marlowe, Liza Burroughs, Bobby Denne, Braxton Kiser, Ensemble president Sophia Veser, Abbey Blackmon, Parker Jenkins, Seth Lenderman, Taylor Greene, David Silverberg, Caty Davis, Shelby Berkley, Emily Crookham, Seaver Clark and Bekah Mcdonald. Not pictured are Bekah Ruckart and Hannah Gamble. Photo

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Oster tries out for USA team from 87 to 91 mph. He tried out for second base as his primary position and outfield as his secondary position. In Boone he was also ask to catch for part of the day. Throughout the process more than 250 players were invited to try out for a possible 17 spots.

Playing baseball since he was 5, he has played every position on the field. In competitive ball he has mostly played catcher, pitcher and middle infield. Last year while playing for coach John Rice he started every varsity game at either left field or DH. In preparation for the tryouts he worked several

Late look at ’51 Vols Now is the time for grandfathers to retrieve a few big bills from First Tennessee, official bank of the Volunteers, and invite a grandson to Neyland Stadium.

If the young ones can survive an interlude without video games, they will see Derek Dooley’s orangemen against maybe mighty LSU. If they look in the correct direction at the proper time, they will get a glimpse of genuine legends.

Proud remnants of the 1951 national championship Tennessee team will make what some fear will be their final public appearance. All-American tailback Hank Lauricella and AllAmerican guard John Michels are coming to town for this 60th reunion. Both are in the College Football Hall of Fame.

Most famous end Doug Atkins is a maybe or doubtful, depending on health issues. Alas and alas, Andy Kozar, Ted Daffer, Pug Pearman, Bob Davis and too many other greats are already gone.

COLLEGE NOTES Roane State ■ A 10-college STEM consortium that includes Roane State Community College received a $19.7 million federal grant to provide training in high-tech fields.

The consortium will develop one-year certificate programs in five science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields: composite materials technology, cyber technology, electric vehicle technology, environmental technology and mechatronics. Roane State’s share of the grant funding will be approximately $1.2 million. The college will use the funds to establish certificate programs in two of the five fields: composite materials technology and mechatronics.

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Linebacker Gordon Polofsky, blocking back Jimmy Hahn, wingback Bob Neyland Jr. and tailback Herky Payne will be at the reunion. There may be 20 others. Tailback Pat Shires made arrangements.

Tackle Jim Haslam will be host for the Friday dinner.

Old Vols will take home some treats. With the approval of two or more athletic directors and the assistance of Bud Ford and Barry Rice, each former player will receive a souvenir preview brochure of the ’51 season (Atkins was suspended at the time of publication and is not in the book) and DVDs of victories against Ole Miss and Washington and Lee. Whipping the Rebels was a big deal in the 10-0 cam-

National Laboratory Governor’s Chair.

Hazen will serve as the Governor’s Chair for Environmental Hazen Biotechnology. He begins Dec. 1.

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■ College Day brought more than 55 colleges, university and technical schools to the KHS gym on Wednesday, Oct. 5. PTSA provided food including baked potatoes with all the fixin’s from Texas Roadhouse in Turkey Creek.

■ Fall break is Thursday and Friday, Oct. 13-14. It’s a minivacation (emphasis on “mini.”)

Matt Oster days a week with Stanton in the late ’80s and previ- mates and friends. He went Cameron, a Powell High ous Brewers hitting coach. more than 30 days without school baseball standout He also worked with team- missing a day of workouts.

paign. The W&L game was chosen because everybody played.

Tennessee won at Oxford 46-21. Two touchdowns in the first quarter set the tone. Three TDs in the fourth made it convincing.

The reinstated Atkins was dominant.

The W&L game was a 60-14 romp that set some records. The Vols gained 513 yards rushing and averaged 10.7 per run. They scored six touchdowns on the ground. Herky ran for 151 and four scores. Hank gained 114 and scored twice. Cousin Ray Byrd, third-team fullback, gained 84 yards. A good time was had by all.

Don’t laugh at the losers.

Washington and Lee made it to the Gator Bowl.

Tennessee football 1951 was a different world. The team lived in dorm rooms under the east side of the stadium. The team dining room was on the ground floor. Hahn was the undisputed leader in entertaining antics.

Polofsky remembers: “We were a family. We lived in the stadium together. We

dle Tennessee took the main prize at the recent Wines of the South competition, hosted by UT-Knoxville. Fifty-three wineries entered the annual contest and submitted 383 wines. Arrington’s wine and those of the other six competition category winners will be featured at the Tennessee Food and Wine Festival Oct. 21-22 at the Knoxville Convention Center. Info: www. tnfestival.com/.

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UT Knoxville ■ Terry Hazen, an environmental biologist and authority on bioremediation and bioenergy with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has been named the 10th University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge

■ Marching Band received straight superior ratings at the Foothills Classic Marching Contest on Oct. 1 as did the percussion, color guard and drum major. Karns won first place in their class and was awarded second place overall out of 24 bands.

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After the Nashville tryout, Matt was invited back for another look in Boone, N.C., on Aug. 9. It was an all-day event. At that workout he hit a triple to the warning track at the 375 foot mark and had a single against a pitcher who threw

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We couldn’t have cars. We couldn’t get married.”

How far did family togetherness go?

“Everybody knew everybody else’s parents, sisters, brothers and cousins.”

The genius of Robert R. Neyland, the precision of his single wing, the smartness of the loose-tackle six

■ Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre made a surprise visit to Karns High on “Freaky Fan Friday” of Spirit Week.

Principal Dr. Tracy Sands said he enjoyed it so much he came back for the football game.

defense, the significance of the kicking game, talent, spirit, ambition – oh my, ■ Future Teachers of America is a new club being organized what a combination. by social studies teacher Perspective? End Mack Gordon Sisk. Get info in Room Franklin has it: “It was a 148 before or after school. privilege and a thrill for me to be part of such a great team.”

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The Boarding School Fair will be October 11th in the Siler Great Room of Googe Hall on the Episcopal School campus from 3-5:30 p.m. Admission is free of charge.

Local high schools exhibiting include Christian Academy of Knoxville, Grace Christian Academy, Knoxville Catholic High School, Webb School of Knoxville.

For more information, contact the school at (865) 777-9032 or email Alice Smith at smith@esknoxville.org.

Boarding School Fair Boarding schools exhibiting include: Indian Springs School, Indian Springs, AL Asheville School, Asheville, NC Milton Academy, Milton, MA Darlington School, Rome, GA Woodberry Forest, Woodberry Forest, VA Miss Porter’s Academy, Farmington, CT Governors Academy, Belfield, MA Chatham Hall, Chatham, VA The Webb School Bell Buckle, Bell Buckle, TN Kent School, Kent, CT Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH Tallulah Falls School,Tallulah Falls, GA Admiral Farragut Academy, St. Petersburg, FL Blue Ridge School, St. George, VA St. Mary’s School, Raleigh, NC Saint James School, St. James, MD Miller School, Charlottesville, VA McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN Culver Academies, Culver, IN Tilton School, Tilton, NH St. Andrew’s School, Potomac, MD Baylor School, Chattanooga, TN Salem Academy, Winston-Salem, NC St. Andrew’s School, Sewanee, TN Randolph-Macon Academy,Front Royal, VA Andrew’s Osborn Academy, Willoughby, OH Christ School, Asheville, NC Christchurch School, Christchurch, VA St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, Austin, TX The Westminster School, Simsbury, CT.

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Tennova steps on stage

By Sandra Clark It was a time of sadness and celebration as officials from Tennova hosted ice cream socials at all former Mercy Health Partners facilities. At the newest facility, North Knoxville Medical Center off Emory Road near I-75, physicians and nurses met the new CEO, Rob Followell.

The historic transfer of Mercy Health Partners to the Florida-based Health Management Associates was recorded last week. Register of Deeds Sherry Witt said it is the most valuable transfer of real property in the history of Knox County.

Myron Ely of East Tennessee Title handled the closing, which totaled more

than $200 million. The 19 parcels that make up the Oak Hill campus sold for $82.6 million; the adjoining Oak Hill Child Care Center sold for $1.36 million; the Baptist West complex sold for $39.25 million; while the nine parcels at Mercy Lance Jones, chief executive officer of Turkey Creek Medical North sold for $65.6 mil- Center West (formerly Mercy West) talks with internal medicine lion. The old Baptist Hos- physician I.C. Hewgley. Photos by N. Lester pital on Blount Avenue sold for $12.35 million, and the St. Mary’s Residential Hospice in Halls sold for $2.23 million.

Jeff Ashin remains the CEO of Physicians Regional Medical Center; Rob Followell is CEO at North Knoxville; and Lance Jones is CEO at Turkey Creek Medical Center (formerly Mercy West).

At right, Nurse Mary Sallee and certified technician Ginger Johnson enjoy their sundaes during the ice cream social.

Gatehouse Antiques has new owners Gatehouse Antique Market on Campbell Station Road, always a fun place for a treasure hunt, has new owners after 15 years at the easy-to-find location between Apple Cake Tea Room and the Cracker Barrel.

The new owners are Susan and Wayne Flynn, who live in Farragut and are well-known dealers who have been in the business for about a dozen years – selling first at booths in various malls around the area, and since 2004, as the owners of Past Times Antiques in Clinton.

They have closed their

Anne Hart Clinton shop and moved all of their inventory to Gatehouse – a lot closer to home.

Susan, who retired four years ago from her job as a 2nd grade teacher at Farragut Primary School, says she has dramatically cut her travel time. The shop in Clinton was about 25 miles from home; the new store is about

a mile and a half away.

Susan works full time in the store now. Wayne helps out when he’s not at his day job as a systems administrator at the CVS distribution center on Parkside Drive.

Susan says the 5,000-square-foot store now has 22 vendors, and part of the vendors’ agreement with Gatehouse is that each vendor will work a certain number of days each month in the store. There are always at least two of them on duty, so customers don’t have to wait for service.

The vendors are selling everything from Civil War

Lead sleep center technologist Adam Clark admires the mountain of whipped cream on his ice cream during the Turkey Creek Medical Center’s ice cream celebration. The ice cream social marked Tennova Healthcare’s acquisition of all of the Mercy hospitals in the East Tennessee health system.

their store.

First is the big fall sale, Oct. 28-30, with items throughout the store and even on the sidewalk outside offered at special sale prices.

A Christmas open house, complete with refreshments, is scheduled for 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 1. Again, there will be special sale prices Dec. 1-4. It will be a great opWayne and Susan Flynn are the new owners of Gatehouse An- portunity to get your holiday tique Market. Photo by N. Lester shopping out of the way.

Hours at Gatehouse, 620 artifacts and patriotic mem- quilts, rugs and even jewelry, orabilia to pottery crocks, and there are also a few new North Campbell Station silver, china and collectible items, including a nice as- Road, are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Saturday glassware. Furniture offered sortment of greeting cards. for sale ranges in age from the Quickly settling into the and 1-5 p.m. on Sunday.

Info: www.gatehouse 1700s and up, and from the Farragut business commuprimitive to the more formal. nity, the Flynns have two antiquemarket.com or 675There are many unique up-coming events planned 1033. items, including linens and to welcome the public to Contact: annehartsn@aol.com.

Professional service close to home Weavers offer aid for hearing loss

By Sandra Clark In their practice at Weaver Hearing Aid Center, Gary and Belinda Weaver have heard it all. They’ve heard every reason imaginable for delaying or avoiding altogether the need for hearing assistance.

From cost to bulky equipment to difficulty of maintenance, the patients just “get along” as their hearing fades.

For some, it’s as simple as not knowing where to start.

(Free advice: the best starting point is probably not a screaming ad from someone passing through.)

Here’s Gary’s advice: “I tell them to find somebody you trust, somebody you know. Find a professional who is knowledgeable about what they do.”

Gary and Belinda work with individuals having hearing issues in a positive and encouraging way. They believe if the proper testing is done and the appropriate solution is applied, good results will follow.

“We’re a personal service organization,” said Gary. “We will be upfront and explain what to expect from our testing.” Gary is a licensed hearing instrument specialist; Belinda is a nurse.

“As lifelong Knoxvillians, we know the people who live here and we organize our services to help them. There is no high pressure and we like to follow up over the years.” Gary is part of the family that owned and operated Weaver Funeral Home.

He and Belinda have owned Weaver Hearing Aid Center for 12 years.

Each new patient interview is conducted without charge.

It includes a personal lifestyle component to enable Gary to learn the specific needs of each person. “Every patient is different and is treated as an individual, receiving the time and attention necessary to achieve positive results,” he said.

If Gary suspects a medical condition, he will refer to an ear, nose and throat specialist. He wants to provide hearing instruments to healthy people, not cover up symptoms that can cause problems later: “Cause no harm.”

The second step is to schedule a full battery of audiomatic tests, using the same equipment used by audiologists. Gary will establish a baseline and follow his patients “through the years.” He says many people have an outdated image of hearing instruments.

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Weaver Hearing recently added two new manufacturers with economy lines – full digital hearing aids but without the multifunctionality of models preferred by the younger set.

“They’re not connected to your TV or cell phone, but they fit the lifestyle of those 60+.”

Spoken like a true 50-something, Gary!

Bottom line: If you’ve got a question, come in and ask Gary or Belinda. Their office is located in Franklin Square near Sullivan’s. It’s open five days a week, eve- Belinda and Gary Weaver of Weaver Hearing Aid Center nings and weekends by appointment.

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Down from August; ahead of 2010 While real estate activity in September did experiSherry ence the usual end of sumWitt mer decline, the month did Register produce considerably more of Deeds property sales than September 2010. For the month ending on Friday, Sept. 30, there were 669 land transfers in Knox County, representing a total property value of $111.7 million. This sold in August. was some $48 million less Compared with last than the total value of land September, however, the

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Lending markets did not fare quite so well. For the month, about $238 million was loaned against property in Knox County.

While that is more than the amount loaned in August, it is nearly $100 million less than the money

borrowed against property last September. Despite interest rates below 4 percent in some cases, mortgage lending and refinancing continues to struggle due to tighter lending regulations and decreased property values.

Oddly enough, the largest transactions recorded in September were both mortgage deals. One was a loan for $14.3 million dollars for a new UT cancer research facility. This was topped only by a mortgage transaction involving Faith Promise Church in

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Heel injury halts active man in his tracks Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, started out like many other weekend mornings. John Stockton, 46, of Jamestown had agreed to help his brother-in-law (and employer) put a roof on his niece’s new home. He did not know that a freak accident would soon change his life.

“Imagine a hardboiled egg that has been crushed with a hammer. That’s what my heel bone looked like.� – John Stockton

An X-ray of his foot shows the complex surgical repair which left Stockton with a plate and 13 screws in his right heel bone.

“It was about 6:30 in the morning and we were working on a singlestory home,� Stockton said. “Dew had made the roof a little slick, so I put my helper on the joint of the roof because we hadn’t worked together before. Even though it wasn’t a steep pitch, I knew with one foot on either side of the joint, his footing would be more stable.�

They were working without conventional fall protection such as guardrails, harnesses and safety lines.

Still, it wasn’t long before the helper’s traction gave way and he came tumbling down the slope toward Stockton. For a moment, they both stopped, but momentum pushed Stockton off the roof. “At the highest point, it was no more than a 12-foot drop; I’ve

John and Karolyn Stockton have had to modify their lifestyle since John’s heel bone was injured in a fall more than a year ago. Complications from a fracture such as the one John sustained can include chronic foot pain and arthritis. jumped off higher places,� Stockton said. “This time I landed upright on my feet.�

Stockton was feeling pretty lucky.

But then, the other worker suddenly rocketed off the roof, down on to Stockton’s head and shoulders, pile-driving Stockton’s feet into the damp earth. The man who fell on him had some bruising but otherwise walked away uninjured. “I didn’t think I was hurt much either – at ďŹ rst,â€? Stockton said. “I

hopped on one foot to the truck and went for an X-ray.�

The X-ray revealed signiďŹ cant damage which would require surgical repair. “Imagine a hard-boiled egg that has been crushed with a hammer.

That’s what my heel bone looked like,� Stockton said.

Stockton and his wife, Karolyn, began searching for an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in foot surgery.

“My brother in Lenoir City had a surgery at Tennessee Orthopedic Clinic, so he recommended that we start there,� Stockton said. “I went to their website and found Dr. Tracy (Pesut). As soon as I saw her video, I liked her and knew she was the one I wanted to do my surgery.�

Ten days after the injury, Dr. Pesut operated on Stockton’s foot. The surgery took several hours to complete. “It was supposed to be an outpatient surgery, but it was so complex, they decided to keep me overnight at Parkwest,� he said. “I was in an incredible amount of pain, and everyone did all they could to keep me comfortable.�

The surgery had required a plate and 13 screws to repair his right heel.

It also required Stockton to spend the next three months on a knee scooter because he could not bear any weight on the heal-

Doctor is treating high number of injured ankles and fractured feet A Knoxville doctor is seeing a surge of foot and ankle injuries this year. “Because of the frequency of storms and the resulting damage that has come our way over the past several months, far more people than usual are coming to me for foot and ankle fractures,� said Tracy Pesut, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Parkwest Medical Center. “Almost all of the injuries are a result of falls from a height like a ladder or a roof,� she explained. “As you might expect, the predominance of patients are men age 30 and up who are trying to clean their gutters or inspect their roofs and who lose their balance and fall.�

Of particular concern is what Pesut calls a “high energy� fracture, meaning simply that the height of the fall increased the amount of pressure. She said that she sees calcaneus (heel bone) fractures bearing the brunt of the weight.

Most calcaneus fractures are closed injuries, meaning the skin is intact. When the skin around the calcaneus fracture is broken, this

Parkwest orthopedic surgeon Tracy Pesut shows the calcaneus (heel bone) where fractures resulting from falls commonly occur. Calcaneus fractures are generally quite severe injuries and often lead to longstanding problems of the foot and ankle. may represent an open, also called a compound, fracture. An open fracture of the calcaneus is a surgical emergency. “You might not think an injury of this type is serious, but the truth is, it can be complicated because it

takes longer to heal,â€? Pesut said. “Because there is very little fatty tissue over that area, surgery may be delayed for up to 10 days to allow the tissue sufďŹ cient time to heal. The patient may also experience higher infection rates with a foot wound. It’s dirtier there.â€?

Calcaneus fractures cause signiďŹ cant swelling and pain of the back of the foot. Symptoms of a calcaneus fracture include: N Inability to walk N Swelling of the foot N Bruising of the foot N Severe heel pain Patients with a calcaneus fracture must also be examined for other highenergy injuries. Often, patients who have a calcaneus fracture will also have injuries to the head, neck and other extremities. The risk of developing arthritis as a result of the calcaneus fracture is generally related to the severity of the fracture. Patients may have problems with chronic foot pain, difficulty with certain types of footwear, and pain associated with walking, running and prolonged standing.

Pesut said that she fears the steady stream of foot and ankle injuries will continue into fall as people winterize their homes and decorate for the holidays. “I cannot urge strongly enough that if you must get on a roof or use a ladder, take the necessary precautions so that you do not fall.�

Dr. Tracy Pesut is a board certified physician whose undergraduate work began at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. While obtaining her medical degree at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Dr. Pesut was recognized as the Cannon Scholar during her final year. Her extensive training continued through an internship and residency at The University of Mississippi Medical Center. Dr. Pesut participated in a Trauma fellowship in Interlaken, Switzerland, as well as Johnson City, Tenn., and later a Fellowship in Foot and Ankle Surgery at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Ala. Professional organizations and affiliations of Dr. Pesut include the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society.

ing heel bone. He then “graduated� to a boot for three additional months and continued outpatient therapy. After the boot, a shoe with special orthotics was needed. Even with regular steroid injections, Stockton said pain is nearly always present and varies from 2 to 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. The range of motion in his ankle joint has been permanently altered, too.

For such an active man, the down time from his injury has taken some getting used to. “I don’t think I would have made it without Karolyn,� he said. “And Dr. Tracy (Pesut) has been awesome. Also, my workers’ compensation case manager, Lee Ann Howard, has been incredible. My boss has also been very supportive.�

The other saving grace during Stockton’s recuperation was the birth of Eli, his ďŹ rst grandchild.

Young Eli continues to provide a happy distraction. And although the injury forced Stockton to give up playing community league softball, one of his favorite pastimes, he is coaching local Little League teams.

At the recommendation of Dr. Pesut, Stockton is considering another surgical procedure in the near future which will fuse the bones and hopefully alleviate the pain.

Stockton has returned to work on construction sites again after an eight-month leave, but he says “no more roofs and no more ladders.�

Don’t set yourself up for a fall Follow these ladder safety tips: N Select the properr ladder for the job.

N Style, size, duty rating and material are all important factors.

N Always check overerhead clearance before using any ladder.

N Make sure all locks are engaged and the ladder is supported securely at all contact points.

N Wear non-slip shoes. Keep your body centered.

Move materials with extreme caution.

N Do not stand above the highest Safe Standing Level of a ladder. These levels are: The second rung from the top of a stepladder, The fourth rung from the top of an extension ladder.

N Examine your ladder before every use and especially any moving parts. They can be damaged in transit or storage. Do not use a damaged ladder. Never paint a wooden ladder, paint may hide a structural flaw.

N Overreaching and leaning are falls waiting to happen. Keep your body centered, never let your belt buckle pass beyond the ladder rail. Always keep one hand on the ladder.

N Always use fiberglass ladders when working with or near electricity.

Safety standards are established by OSHA, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and ANSI, the American National Standards Institute.

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HEALTH NOTES ■ Cancer survivor support groups, Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, at the Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee (formerly the Wellness Community), 2230 Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings. Cancer family bereavement group, Thursday evenings. Info: 546-4661 or www. cancersupportet.org.

■ Lung cancer support group meets 6 p.m. the third Monday every month at Baptist West Cancer Center, 10820 Parkside Drive.

No charge, light refreshments served. Info: Trish or Amanda, 218-7081.

■ October screening mam-

mogram specials will be held Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Tennova-North Knoxville Medical Center, 7551 Dannaher Drive. Chocolate-covered strawberries, massages, gifts and more. To schedule, call 545-7771.

■ Stop Smoking: 215-QUIT (7848) is a program of the Knox County Health Department. The hotline is answered 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

■ Support group meeting for family members or caregivers of an adult with a mental illness is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Ave. Info: Rebecca Gill, 602-7807, or www.namiknox.org.

■ Swimming lessons for all ages will start Monday, Oct. 17, at the Downtown YWCA, 420 W. Clinch Ave. Prereg-

istration is necessary. Info: 523-6126.

■ “Trigger Points and Wellness” hands-on class is 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at Cedar Bluff library. Free admission. Sponsored by The Foundation for Wellness Professionals. To register, call 659-2733.

■ UT Hospice conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults (18 and older) interested in becoming volunteers with its program.

No medical experience is required. Training is provided.

Info: 544-6279.

■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support, for any adult who is suffering loss, meets 6 to 7:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month in the UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info or to reserve a spot: 544-6277.

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STRANG SENIOR CENTER Activities for the week of Oct. 10: ■ Monday, Oct. 10: 8:45 a.m., Advanced Cardio; 9:30 a.m., Watercolor; 10 a.m., Bridge; 10 a.m., Cardio; 12:30 p.m., Sit N Be Fit; 1:30 p.m., Belly Dancing.

■ Tuesday, Oct. 11: 8:45 a.m., Tai Chi 1; 9:30 a.m., BB Bridge; 10 a.m., Oil painting; 11:15 a.m., Pilates; 12:30 p.m., Canasta/PIN; 12:30 p.m., Yoga; 2 p.m., Line dancing.

■ Wednesday, Oct. 12: noon, Snack Series: “Fun and Fitness after 50”.

Cost is $3.

■ Thursday, Oct. 13: 8:45 a.m., Tai Chi 1; 10 a.m., Tai Chi 2; 10 a.m., Paint group; 10 a.m. Advanced Windows; 11:15 a.m., Cardio M&B; 12:30 p.m., Sit N Be Fit class; 1:45 p.m., Chorus.

■ Friday, Oct. 14: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Senior Education Expo at Farragut Town Hall. Event will feature food and 15 tables of fun and education. No reservation necessary.

■ Don’t forget the Bingo and Halloween Costume Contest, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 19.

Info or to register for classes: 670-6693. Complete calendar listings available at www.knox county.org/seniors.

Classes at the Art Center The Appalachian Arts Craft Center is located at 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Info: www.appalachianarts.net or 494-9854.

■ Hand-Sewing Day with the Quilting Department, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesdays. Bring your hand-sewing project or help out with the group quilting project with a group of ladies which meets each Wednesday to quilt, laugh and enjoy lunch together.

No need to call ahead; just bring your lunch. No cost.

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■ Braided Rug Class with Dot Fraser 6-9 p.m. the second Monday of each month. Learn to make a beautiful, colorful rug from your scrap material. Ideas for a kitchen, bathroom or hallway. This class meets during regular “Ruggers” monthly sessions. $40 members, $50 nonmembers, no charge for repeating the class. Beginning.

Evelyn Hazen’s birthday The Mabry-Hazen House Museum, 1711 Dandridge Ave., will host a birthday celebration in honor of Evelyn Hazen from 2-5 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 16. Author Doug McDaniel will discuss Hazen’s ancestry. Birthday

The only thing to fear in this photo is that Cream will be adopted before you can get to the Animal Center. Cream is a 1-year-old female Fancy Rat. She and her pal Peaches are wonderful girls. They love to cuddle with each other, and they appreciate when their fans give them treats like fresh fruit. Also, rats will often use a litter box. Despite what you may think, rats are fastidious. They groom constantly and prefer a fresh and clean environment. They need plenty of room to climb and roam, and you might make up for a smaller cage by giving them lots of time on your shoulder or in your pocket. Cream and all of the other small mammals are adoptable at the main center at 3210 Division St. Visitors are welcome 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. The “new” center at Young-Williams Animal Village, 6400 Kingston Pike, is open daily from noon to 6 p.m. Visit www.young-williams. org to see photos of all of the center’s adoptables. Info: Call 215-6599.

SENIOR NOTES AARP driver safety class For registration info about these and all other AARP driver safety classes, call Barbara Manis, 922-5648.

■ Noon to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 13-14, Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road.

■ 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.

cake will be served, and a guided tour of the museum will be given. Admission is $10 (members are free).

RSVP by Monday, Oct. 10.

Info: www.mabryhazen. com or call 522-8661.

Entries needed for juried exhibition The Arts and Culture Alliance will accept entries for its National Juried Exhibition through Saturday, Oct. 29. The exhibit will be shown at the Emporium Center downtown from Dec. 12 through Jan. 27.

A submission fee of $40 is required for up to three works. Applications can be found online at www. knoxalliance.com or send a S.A.S.E. to Suzanne Cada, Arts and Culture Alliance, P.O. Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901. Cash prizes will be awarded. Info: 5237543.

Brown bag lecture Robert Glenn Slater will discuss “Black Leaders of Blount County During Reconstruction” at noon Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the East Tennessee History Center on Gay Street.

Admission is free and folks are encouraged to bring their lunch. Info: www. easttnhistory.org.

Wednesday, Oct. 19, and Friday, Oct. 21, Morristown Senior Center, 841 Lincoln Ave., Morristown.

■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 24-25, Chota Recreation Center, 145 Awohli Drive, Loudon.

■ Noon to 4 p.m.

Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 26-27, Cheyenne Conference Room, 944 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge.

Knoxville square dance The Jubilee Community Arts will present traditional Appalachian dance with Allison Williams at 7:30 p.m. each second Thursday at the Laurel Theater. Tickets are $7 ($5 for students and JCA members). Info: 5237521.

‘A Day in the Life’ An exhibit of works by artists Roy McCullough and Kate McCullough will be on display through Nov. 4 at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike.

‘Immersed in Color’ “Immersed in Color: Sanford Wurmfeld’s Cyclorama” will be on display through Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Ewing Gallery on the UT campus. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Info: Call 974-3200 or visit www. ewing-gallery.utk.edu.

Pottery DVD The Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris has DVDs for sale featuring a pottery demonstration by internationally known potter Charles Counts. Cost is $10. Info: 494-9854.

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Pat Stogner used her ‘ three f’s’ to battle breast cancer Faith, Family, Friends

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at Stogner will readily tell you that in addition to a team of mighty good doctors, nurses and their respective support staff, there have been three powerful forces at work to make her a breast cancer survivor of 10 years: faith, family and friends.

Those who know her well would add a fourth: a strong sense of humor that never really left her, no matter how bad things got.

Stogner had always been faithful about getting mammograms, but it was a breast self-examination not too long after one of those mammograms that indicated certain changes which sent her immedi-

ately to her doctor. After a biopsy, she says, “Dr. Hugh Hyatt told my husband the cancer was invasive and we were in trouble. It really frightened us.”

But there was some positive news, too. “Dr. Allan Grossman, my oncologist, had just been to a seminar in New York where they had talked about invasive cancers, and he was excited about all he had learned. He held my hand every step of the way. I have really been blessed.”

But there was to be a long, long road ahead. First, there were three months of chemotherapy, and she lost all of her hair. “But it was OK. Everybody brought me baseball caps to wear.”

The chemo was followed by a mastectomy. Even then, Stogner’s faith was keeping her strong. “When the anesthesiologist was strapping me down before the surgery, I told him I didn’t want him to strap

Pat and Bob Stogner outside their West Knoxville home. Photo

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down my right hand. I could feel the Lord holding it. And I really could.”

During the surgery, 17 lymph nodes were also removed. Stogner fought on. About the time her hair started growing back,

the doctors recommended three more months of chemotherapy and then 37 radiation treatments. The hair fell out again. It grew back again.

She can laugh about it all now, saying that for her,

now, “there is no such thing as a bad hair day.”

Stogner says she could not have made it without the strong support of her husband, Bob, a retired banker. “He was so supportive and so loving and wouldn’t let me do a thing.

And my friends and my church gathered around me like crazy, even my old friends from Columbia, N.C., where I grew up. The people in those churches prayed for me every Sunday, and they took turns calling every Sunday night to check up on me.”

The Stogners are members of West Hills Presbyterian Church, where Pat Stogner sings in the choir and is active in the Women of the Church. She says Scott Horne, the minister, was particularly supportive, as were many other members.

She says her experience with cancer has given her “a much deeper rela-

tionship with the Lord. I study the Bible a lot more now, and first thing every morning I thank Him for this day.”

And she has found a unique way to give back to others traveling that road she took so many years ago.

She works one day a week at Steinmart, and says, “I can almost tell the women who have had a cancer experience when I see them, and sometimes I can give them a hug and tell them they’re going to be OK. You know, the Lord sometimes allows you to be in certain situations where you can share His love.”

Things have calmed down now in the Stogner household. The couple enjoy visits with their two sons, Bobby and Stuart and their wives, and with their five grandchildren.

“Life is good,” Pat Stogner says, “and it’s really all because of faith, family and friends.”

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