Karns/Hardin Valley Shopper News 070113

VOL. 7 NO. 26

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Miracle Maker

Sometimes all you need is an outstretched hand, a bridge, if you will, to help you reach your destination.

The Knox County Schools Summer Bridge Program is designed to do just that. Atrisk 8th grade students give up eight weeks of their summer to participate in the program, which aims to qualify them academically for the 9th grade.

Karns High School assistant principal Mike Toth is the principal of the program at Halls High this summer.

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Kindness for all There are Little Leagues that give every player a trophy. Careful with fragile psyches. Emphasize equality.

Do not damage self-worth.

Phil Steele, distinguished sportswriter and magazine publisher, uses that mentality in picking preseason football all-Americans. Almost everybody who can line up properly is an honoree – 120 of ’em.

Let there be kindness for all.

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See Marvin West’s story on A-6

A blade of grass I remember fondly that Jack Paar (late night TV show host from the ’60s) confessed on the air that he worried about the Holland Tunnel because it had to go to New Jersey by itself. Now that is a world class worrier!

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STEM camp at Hardin Valley Byy N B Nancy ancy A Anderson nderson d

Hardin Valley Academy uses the phrase “Jump start your child’s love of math and science!” to promote its annual summer camp.

They aren’t kidding. This exciting camp, held last week, drew students interested in science and technology from across Knox County.

Each of the five days focused on a particular field of study and featured a famous character from each field. Marie Curie, Isaac Newton, Galileo, Albert Einstein and Florence Nightingale were in attendance to inspire the children and lend a guiding hand during the selfdirected experiments.

The STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) academy is different from an ordinary classroom where children are made to sit quietly and memorize facts that may be presented at test time. STEM camp students are loud and excited.

Debbie Sayers, dean and popular chemistry teacher, explained the apparent bedlam.

Bailey Miles and Riley Cassity get “It seems chaotic, but these close to a shark during STEM Camp kids are really engaged. As long at Hardin Valley Academy. as they are on-task, we encourage them to be inspired in their thinking and excited by their conclusions.”

The class structure of STEM summer camp, indeed of most STEM classes, is project-based so students learn life skills needed not only in math and science, but also for any successful career path. The children learn how to work in teams, form theories, ask pertinent questions, gather information and reason a conclusion.

In other words, they learn how to learn.

Principal George Ashe said, “Our goal here at STEM is to encourage and engage students other nations. We want to do our so they want to pursue careers part to alleviate that problem.

“So we’re helping these young in STEM fields. Many of those jobs are going to young people of people to see this is exciting. We

George Ashe, principal, and Debbie Sayers, dean, make the closing moments of STEM Academy Camp super exciting with a methane bubbles demonstration. The methane infused water bubbles produce a quick but impressive flash the students really enjoy. Sayers assures moms and dads that the chemistry lab is built specifically for such demonstrations and students are safe at all times with an abundance of safety equipment, counselors and teachers. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Victoria Haddad, senior at HVA and one of more than 25 student counselors in attendance, works with Ian Oostering and Florence Nightingale (Leslie Sedighi, UT pre-med) to identify microorganisms in pond water.

want to hear them say ‘this is something I want to be a part of.

When I get back to my school, I’m going to really work hard at my

science and math because someday I may want to be a scientist, a technologist, an engineer or a mathematician.’”

Tennova promises north presence after move to Middlebrook

By Betty Bean

At just 4 weeks old, Franklin Valentine is ready to celebrate his first 4th of July. He accompanied his parents, Chase and Scarlett, and his two older sisters to the Patriotic Bike Parade held last week at Market Square. Photo by Wendy Smith

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West Hills resident Rocky Swingle was in the crowd at St. James Episcopal Church last week when a trio of Tennova brass turned out to reassure a crowd of North Knoxville residents and five members of City Council that Tennova will maintain a strong presence in the facility formerly known as St. Mary’s.

They also said that plans to relocate Physicians Regional Medical Center to Middlebrook Pike are moving forward.

Afterward, Swingle said he didn’t hear anything that will make him stop collecting signatures on the petition he created two weeks ago to oppose the Tennova move.

He said he started with the houses nearest to the Middlebrook site, on the eastern side of West Hills. Swingle’s petition says the hospital is not needed in West Knox, which is already well-served by other facilities.

“Other parts of town lack full service hospitals. The negative impacts of a new hospital will be significant,” the petition says, citing concerns over traffic volume and env ironmental problems including flooding and destruction of Garfield open space and wildlife habitat.

“Virtually everybody we’ve asked has signed it. No one has said no so far,” he said.

Tennova Director of Development Melanie Robinson said Tennova is continuing to spend money on the old hospital on the edge of the inner city, primarily in renovations to the LL2 main lobby and St. Mary’s Women’s Pavilion that are in process.

She listed the assets at the old hospital – it is the only accredited chest pain center in the county and the busiest emergency room in the county. And the presence of the Sisters of Mercy, founders of St.

Mary’s 83 years ago, is a huge plus.

“There is a great culture there started by the sisters. That’s incredibly important to us. We have pledged to keep the sisters there as long as they want to be,” Robinson said.

But she said there are serious problems, as well, chiefly the wishes of doctors who want to follow the population growth on the west side of town. There are also problems associated with operating and maintaining a 1.6 million square foot building, parts of which are severely dated.

Robinson said Tennova considered four options: status quo; status quo plus including an $80 million electrical upgrade; building a flagship hospital at Emory Road and I-75; or moving west to the Middlebrook Pike location where Tennova has optioned 107 acres.

Robinson said this move will better serve patients from an 11-county area.

One member of the audience asked whether Tennova’s parent company, Naples, Florida-based

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Health Management Associates Inc., is on sound footing, and whether it is up for sale.

Tennova CEO Mike Garfield said he couldn’t give a detailed answer because the CEO of HMA has resigned effective July 31, and Glenview Capital Management LLC, a hedge fund that owns a minority share of HMA stock, is attempting to gain control of the company. But he reassured his audience that Tennova is on firm financial footing and remains committed to serving its Knoxville patients.

“We had to get on board 20 months ago and figure out why Mercy (the successor to St. Mary’s) was having so many financial difficulties. We’ve already done it.

That’s behind us. Health Management knows how to run a hospital.”

Garfield said Tennova is making a 50-year commitment to Knoxville.

The meeting was arranged by 4th District City Council member Nick Della Volpe. Also present were Mark Campen, Daniel Brown, Finbarr Saunders and Duane Grieve.

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Helping people to be able to retire securely and stay retired.

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

No question: Jesus.

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

A good friend from Louisiana, Chris Dantin, who inspired me to get into the financial management business and is a great example of how to do it well and still keep God and family as the priorities.

Trae Wieniewitz

Hurricane Katrina blew an ill wind for Trae Wieniewitz’s business dreams in the New Orleans area but led him to a new start in Farragut. Trae is the owner of Wieniewitz Financial, a financial services company that specializes in retirement strategies.

“Our home office in Baton Rouge was not hit by Katrina, but the whole area was so greatly affected by the hurricane’s destruction that it was like the storm got us,” says Trae. “Baton Rouge, while not hit, became the hub of the recovery efforts. The city grew from 500,000 to more than a million in less than a month. Everyone was focused on surviving and rebuilding their lives, as they should have been. Our business is long-term planning and retirement investment strategies. No one could predict when that kind of thinking would come back to the area.”

Trae, a Louisiana State University graduate, and his wife, Amber, started looking for a new home for the business. “We knew we wanted to start a family, so we had some ‘family-friendly’ expectations. We liked the Knoxville area because it was still a college town, like Baton Rouge. It was a little more north, but still the South, so we knew there wouldn’t be any great culture shock.”

Once in the area, Farragut was an easy decision, he said. “In my business, you have to meet people. Farragut is very welcoming. We have two children now, and our church is here, so this is home. My whole family loves the area. I predict that in the next 10 years or so, they will all move here!”

He is also happy with his new office on Lovell Road, where he has been since January. “This is Farragut’s new growth area,” he said of the area north of I-40. “It has easy access and high visibility with a good traffic count and room for growth.”

Trae and Amber’s family includes Abbie, who will be 7 this month, and Lexi, who is 2. “We have been here eight years now, and I believe the business is on track,” said Trae. “We are making a name for ourselves as a company that helps customers build their retirement strategies around low risk and with low fees.”

His marketing strategy is to keep the company’s name at the forefront, which he helps do by offering financial seminars, hosting a radio show on 98.7 and a television show on 10 News 2.

I still can’t quite get the hang of…

Playing the piano. I would like to be able to play. I just can’t.

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

My wedding ring.

Sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Trae Wieniewitz:

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

From “Dumb and Dumber:” “What is your soup de jour?” “It’s the soup of the day.” “That sounds good. I’ll have that.”

Always tell the truth, and you will never have to try to remember what you said.

What is your social media of choice?

I enjoy browsing Facebook.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

What are you guilty of?

Working out extra hard when I am planning to eat Mexican food.

What is your favorite material possession?

I love cars, and I love my ’67 Camaro convertible.

What are you reading currently?

“The Big Three and Me” by Billy Casper.

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

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2.

3.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

Play golf at Augusta National Go to Australia Tour the Holy Land

I worked in the kitchen of a Mexican restaurant in Louisiana as a cook and dishwasher.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?

Road Runner. I love Wile E. Coyote’s persistence and never-give-up attitude.

What irritates you?

People who drive below the speed limit in the passing lane.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?

Willow Creek Golf Club.

What is one word others often use to describe you and why?

Funny. I try to use humor to cheer people up.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I would like to be taller.

What is your greatest fear?

Failure.

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

Pack up the family and go to Australia.

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Magic at Powell Playhouse

By Betty Bean Powell Playhouse maestro Nita Buell Black smells magic in the air – Excalibur Magic.

Fourth generation magician Lance Johnson, acclaimed as the South’s most gifted abracadabra practitioner, is bringing his act, “A New Twist in Reality,� to the playhouse Friday, July 19. “This is Lance’s solo debut at Powell Playhouse, and I’m very excited,� Black said. “He has an assistant, and I don’t know whether he’s going to levitate this lady or cut her in half.�

Powell Playhouse regulars got a taste of what Johnson can do when he appeared there in January as a supporting act in a show called “Rhythm and Laughter� which featured his father, ventriloquist Wade Johnson, and his dummy, Willie Siegle.

Both father and son were hits, and the younger Johnson, who is from Chattanooga, impressed Black so much that she invited him back as a headliner. “It’s going to be fastpaced and music-filled,� she said. “His brother, Dr. Mark Johnson, an internal medicine specialist who practices here in Powell, will be master of ceremonies, so it’s really going to be a Johnson and Johnson and Johnson night.�

She’s one Johnson short, says Lance Johnson. “My niece, Carley Johnson, will actually be doing the MC-ing, and this will be the first time in 30 years that our family has done a show together – a complete Johnson family show. I am going to open the show and go for about 25 minutes. Dad will come on and do his ventriloquist act and then I’ll come back and close the show.�

Lance Johnson performs magic. Photo by Nancy Anderson When asked to define the difference between a magician and an illusionist, Johnson cracked an old trade joke: “If you are an illusionist, you can charge more money for shows,� he said, laughing. “An illusionist does the big box tricks. I have a warehouse full of illusions.�

Lance, whose day job is working for Chattanooga commercial developer CBL & Associates Properties Inc., says it would have been hard for him not to be interested in magic, which he started absorbing at an early age from his grandfather, James Johnson. “From the first time I saw my grandfather practicing or doing shows, I was hooked,� he said. “Out of everyone in the family, I’m the only one who does it professionally.

No one but me. Nobody else really wanted to do it. I have all the magic he had from years ago, and a lot of the magic he passed down to me is not made anymore, and people don’t get to see it very much. ‌ I keep a lot of his magic in storage because it’s too valuable to take a chance on it getting broken or lost, or something.�

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The Eugenia Williams home File photo by Wendy Smith

A-4 • JULY 1, 2013 • Shopper news Interestingly, my request to see the interior of the house had been initially turned down by the UT system public relations office on the grounds the interior posed a liability risk.

When I told them that Jubran would be accompanying me, the interior became available for inspection after all, along with the grounds.

The house has clearly deteriorated, with the ceiling falling down in one room and wallpaper starting to slip off the walls in some

areas. However, the marble baths and fireplaces are still in place. The carriage house in the back near the river is almost totally hidden by growth which UT groundskeepers have not cut back.

From Lyons View Pike, the outdoor maintenance appears adequate. However, a closer look shows much more needs to be done.

Keith Carver, executive assistant to the UT president, accompanied us. It was a new visit for him as well, and to his credit he tells me

grounds maintenance will improve soon.

This is truly a historic treasure and merits protection and use. As recently as seven years ago there was a UT effort to make it a presidential residence. Today, UT seems to have no idea what to do with it. It needs attention and use. Its continued decay can only become a great embarrassment to the university.

■ The recent committee named to study uses for the World’s Fair Park has

attracted anxious attention from those who do not understand why the committee does not include a single representative of the active Fort Sanders neighborhood association. For a city administration concerned about neighborhoods, such an omission is really strange and hard to explain.

■ The portrait unveiling for retiring federal Judge Thomas Phillips will be Thursday, July 11, from 3:30 to 5 at the Howard Baker Federal Courthouse.

Williams home New site for safety center merits protection Over two decades ago, the University of Tennessee acquired by gift the historic Eugenia Williams home at 4848 Lyons View Pike. This home was designed by the noted Knoxville architect John Fanz Staub in 1940.

The only other surviving Staub house in Knoxville is Hopecote on Melrose Avenue, also owned by UT and used for official visitors.

At the time, it was thought the house, which is over 10,000-square-feet on 24 acres, might become the residence for the UT president. In fact, a luncheon was held on April 26, 2006, at the Williams home hosted by then UT President John Petersen where a campaign to raise $3 million was discussed. Jim and Natalie Haslam were to chair that campaign.

The Haslams, prominent attorney and preservationist Tom McAdams and his wife, Melissa, and Sherri Lee attended. Melissa McAdams’ mother, Donna Kerr, and late father, Bill Gallivan, had lived immediately east of the house for many years. That home is now owned by UT Trustee Charlie Anderson.

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Pilot CEO Jimmy Haslam lives two houses west of the Williams house.

A 24-page brochure had been printed by UT which pictured the Haslams as leading this campaign with the house to be used as a president’s residence.

Later the idea of the UT president having a home provided by the university was abandoned and the current home on Cherokee Boulevard still has not sold despite several attempts.

Why this campaign was abandoned remains speculation. No one is really saying, although it is thought the UT trustees in 2006 wanted it dropped because it might detract from the $100 million capital campaign then starting for UT. On June 13, I toured the house with UT Trustee Raja Jubran. It was a first time visit for both of us.

The safety center, a plan to alleviate jail overcrowding by offering short-term treatment to non-violent mentally ill and/or intoxicated inmates, is a step closer with last week’s announcement that Helen Ross McNabb has purchased the former New Vision Fellowship church near Ball Camp Pike.

Betty Bean McNabb already operates a crisis stabilization unit on adjacent property.

County Commissioner Amy Broyles, who has supported the safety center concept, but represents many constituents who have complained that their neighborhoods are already overburdened by social service agencies, announced the change in plans via email last week: “I am happy to let you know that our first choice location for the safety center, the current crisis stabilization unit on Ball Camp Road, is now a reality! Although we still cannot build

This former church at 3343 Dewine Road, could become Knox County’s new safety center.

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on that property, Helen Ross McNabb just bought the adjoining property, a church that went into foreclosure.

We can put the safety center on that property. Kudos to HRM for taking the steps to make it happen!”

McNabb CEO Andy Black confirmed that the community mental health agency has bought property for the safety center next door to its CenterPointe Detoxification and Crisis Stabilization Center, and that the church building on the property that formerly housed the New Vision Fellowship can be remodeled to meet safety center standards.

“We bought it simply be-

cause it is adjacent to our property. If it is accepted by the city and county, we feel that it has great potential for a safety center.”

Back in February, Black, Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones and District Attorney Randy Nichols met with North Knoxville residents and presented the plan to build the safety center next door to the Helen Ross McNabb Center on W. Springdale Avenue in Oakwood Lincoln Park. They were met with complaints that the 37917 zip code has already been asked to accommodate more than its share of social service agencies – particularly those dealing with the

homeless population.

In addition to saving money by remodeling rather than building new, locating next door to the CenterPointe facility will create money-saving efficiencies, Black said.

“We will create savings in staff time and transportation. Rather than an officer arresting them and taking them to jail, they would be diverted through this safety center and triaged here. Alcohol and drug assessment is a 23-hour process, and if they have mental health issues they would have the opportunity to go through the crisis stabilization unit for up to three days.”

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The first rule: Show up Arthur Seymour Jr. is the Perry Mason of Knox County zoning. He almost always wins and he’s even sometimes right. Last week he was absolutely correct in his efforts to rezone Phillip Garrett’s property on Schaeffer Road southeast of Hardin Valley Road.

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But he lost because three commissioners had something better to do than show up for the meeting.

Courthouse politico Nick McBride led the opposition.

Actually, Nick was the opposition.

Garrett, who lives on the property, wanted to rezone for up to 8.5 dwelling units per acre. McBride, who lives in Harrison Springs, didn’t want apartments across his back fence.

The rezoning had passed MPC 14-1 and the Tennessee Technology Corridor Development Authority unanimously, and it would have passed County Commission if three commissioners had not been absent.

Amy Broyles, Tony Norman and Jeff Ownby missed the vote, which failed 4-4.

Under commission rules, a successful vote must have a majority of the body (or 6 of 11), so Seymour’s challenge was to get 6 of the 8 commissioners present.

Brad Anders, in whose district the property lies, made the motion for rezoning and voted yes. He was

joined by R. Larry Smith, Dave Wright and Sam McKenzie.

Voting no were Richard Briggs, Mike Brown, Ed Shouse and Mike Hammond.

Garrett cannot bring back this proposal for one year, although Seymour said afterwards he can bring a different proposal.

Seymour argued that rezoning for 8.5 dwelling units per acre simply made the property more marketable.

He noted that a buyer would have to secure approval for his site plans from all applicable authorities.

Seymour said traffic access would be onto Hardin Valley Road and there would be a 100-foot setback between the development and adjacent subdivision.

“There must be two more hearings before anything can be built,” he said.

“That’s double protection for Harrison Springs.”

Also on June 24, the commission voted to give $35,000 to Mobile Meals (instead of the $500,000 requested by Broyles).

Wright complained about debris on railroad rightsof-way in the 8th District, leading Brown to mention three “one-lane railroad underpasses” in his district.

Brown concluded: “That sucks.”

The agenda was finished early, perhaps leading to the absences of Norman, Broyles and Ownby for the rezoning meeting at 5 p.m.

Commissioners have a responsibility to attend the once-a-month meeting. Not showing up is irresponsible and does a disservice to citizens.

Just ask Philip Garrett.

Charme at the farm Todd Daniel hosts Charme Knight, Republican candidate for Knox County attorney general, at his farm on Heiskell Road. Although the election is a year out, Knight said the event was her 13th in 14 days. Supporter Richard Cate said the campaign theory is: “Start early and stay late,” and he predicted Knight’s financial disclosure today (July 1) would show strong support. Photo by S. Clark

Summer recollections NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier Ah, summer! We whined and complained for months that winter would never end, spring was cold and wet, and then, there it was, Friday, June 21, the first day of summer!

After all these years, the beginning of summer still calls forth the glorious feeling of school being out, of long, hot days filled with no plans or schedules other than to be outdoors from daylight to dark, and then doing it all again the next day, and the next, for days and weeks to come.

And outdoors was the key. There was very little to hold a kid indoors then.

Being called indoors for supper was usually the main time milepost of the day. And of course there was the occasional rainy day; two in a row was almost unbearable. Mostly, it was out there with the sky, grass, trees and critters, bicycles to be ridden and creeks to be waded in.

With all those long daylight hours, it was as if Mother Nature, remembering all those cold, dreary months just gone by, was trying to get everything up and going, growing all the produce possible as fast as possible. And so summer is a time for a lot of work, too.

Look around at the flower beds full of color, the farmers putting up big fields of hay, acres and acres of rows of corn, growing by the day.

And all that hard work made those resting times even sweeter. Some of the best memories of summer come from the sittingaround times.

After an enormous Sunday dinner cooked by a grandma, there would be a Sunday afternoon at Uncle Will’s place, just sitting in the yard in the shade, talking, looking, listening, possibly finished off with a big, cold watermelon. And the regular long weekday evenings spent sitting on the

porch or in the yard were more frequent, but no less magical. We didn’t realize how close to heaven we were.

Reflecting on this summertime environment, I couldn’t help but think about some of the creatures great and small that provided the background scenery and music for those events, now turned to memories.

Think, for example, of all those fireflies that came out as dusk fell, first low over the grass and then later, up into the trees, as if they were reflecting the lights of all those thousands of stars that could be seen on a clear summer night. A bug that could fly around making its rear end flash with a cool yellow glow? They were great fun to catch and keep in a jar for a little while, but I don’t remember any major discussions about the science behind the phenomenon.

Against the backdrop

of stars and fireflies was the orchestra – the music of the summer night. We always felt that the noisy song of the jarflies, mostly our common seven-year cicadas, made it really, officially, summer. And slightly less loud, but a lot more numerous and melodious, were the katydids, sawing away on their little fiddles until well into the night.

And the birds? As summer grows, the birds become much quieter. Courtships are over, parenting duties mostly completed.

The cacophony of early morning birdsong has thinned down and tapers off much earlier in the day.

There are a few diehards, however. One of our most numerous birds, the red-eyed vireo, still sings on and on, well into the afternoon. This has earned him the nickname “preacher bird,” because of his apparent problem of knowing when to quit his vocalizations.

And then there is our voice of the summer night, the mockingbird.

He blesses us with his beautiful, ever-changing song, sometimes all through the night. Summer is a marvelous time. I hope we can all still slow down occasionally, just to sit and watch it and listen to it. It sure makes great memories.

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Summer small talk There are Little Leagues that give every player a trophy. Careful with fragile psyches. Emphasize equality. Do not damage self-worth.

Phil Steele, distinguished sportswriter and magazine publisher, uses that mentality in picking preseason football allAmericans. Almost everybody who can line up properly is an honoree – 120 of ’em. Let there be kindness for all.

Sixty-three schools are represented, the better to sell more magazines. There are 27 “all-Americans� in the Southeastern Conference.

Eight are from Alabama.

Tennessee is represented by offensive tackle Antonio Richardson, linebacker A.J. Johnson and

Marvin West

defensive tackle Daniel McCullers.

Why not offensive tackle Ja’Wuan James? He can line up.

Tennessee linemen have a lot of experience – in big games lost. You get to decide whether that is good or bad.

***

***

And why do you worry‌?

(Matthew 6: 28 NRSV) Each blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, “Grow, grow.�

(The Talmud)

Cross Currents

Lynn Hutton

I can relate. I have confessed in this space (quite often) that I am a worrier.

It’s genetic; what can I say?

I know that!

I also know that it is sinful.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus chastised his listeners about worry. “Do

not worry about your life,� he said, “what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?�

Then he went on to say, “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon

along with family documents and photos to share and musical instruments to play.

Bring your finest crafts, cakes, pies or breads for prizes.

Info: Sherry Flatford Shinn on Facebook or email sherry@ shinn-family.com.

of 1948 will hold its 65-year reunion 11 a.m. Saturday, July 27, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Fellowship begins at 11 a.m. and lunch will be served at noon. Info: Mary Frances Tucker, 539-6242 or mfgvt2@ gmail.com.

REUNIONS â– Flatford family reunion will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at Big Ridge Elementary School gym, 3420 Hickory Valley Road, Maynardville. Bring covered dishes and drinks,

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SEC football coaches are staunchly opposed to playing nine SEC games each season. Their logic is rooted in self-preservation.

Too many tough opponents increase the risk of missing a bowl bid. No bowl game means no bowl bonus. Holidays at home lead directly to unemployment.

Tennessee has a very challenging schedule. Back to back trips to Oregon and Florida Interesting people are put September at risk. playing in the Rocky Top Arkansas faces greater basketball league. Two very

A blade of grass I remember fondly that Jack Paar (late night TV show host from the ’60s) confessed on the air that he worried about the Holland Tunnel because it had to go to New Jersey by itself. Now that is a world class worrier!

difficulty – four heavyweights in a row – Texas A&M, Florida, South Carolina and Alabama. At least three will open in the top 10. Can’t imagine there will be much of a market for chopped Razorbacks.

â– Central High School Class

â– Central High School Class of

interesting people are not.

Big man Jeronne Maymon does have good news on the sideline. He could be 100 percent healthy by the end of July. Or maybe August. Or soon thereafter. The season doesn’t begin until November.

After Maymon is 100 percent healthy, when he can run full speed and do stop-and-go drills, he has to get into basketball playing condition. That will involve losing weight and regaining quickness.

Antonio Barton, transfer-to-be from Memphis, is healthy but occupied with three Internet courses and an internship. He must finish those to graduate. He must graduate before he can switch schools for his fourth season of eligibility. Some NCAA rules are quirky like that.

Barton and Maymon are very large in Volunteer plans for this winter. An-

tonio is projected as the starting point guard. Maymon is the missing link to the NCAA tournament.

Those two may determine when or if Cuonzo Martin gets a raise.

*** Raven Chavanne and Lauren Gibson are on the national softball team that will play in such far-flung places as Oklahoma City, Puerto Rico and British Columbia this summer.

Coach Karen Weekly is a USA assistant coach.

*** The following point spreads are not intended to encourage gambling.

These early numbers are only a clue to what Las Vegas thinks about Tennessee football.

Direct from the Golden Nugget, Oregon is favored by 25. The Vols are 27-point

underdogs to Alabama.

***

I like Butch Jones’ brick-by-brick campaign to rebuild Tennessee football.

If that is an original idea, the College Football Hall of Fame, under construction in downtown Atlanta, has copied it.

The hall-to-be is selling commemorative bricks, to be engraved with a name and a message, for $100.

Larger bricks are $200 and $300. I don’t know how much a wall costs but if you want to buy one, I’ll find out.

Twenty-one former Volunteers plus Bob Neyland and Doug Dickey are in the Hall of Fame. The new home in Atlanta is supposed to open in the fall of 2014. It might happen earlier if you buy enough bricks.

Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.�

I have had the privilege of standing on the green, sloping hillside where Jesus spoke those words, looking out over the Sea of Galilee. There were wildflowers growing all over that hill, even in the March winds. There was a souldeep peace in that place, a peace that made me feel that I could lay down all my worries right there, and walk away from them.

Of course, being a worrier, I picked them up again.

But the Talmud tells us about the angels who at-

tend to each blade of grass.

And if each blade of grass has its own angel, then surely I do as well. And so do you!

It is hard to hang onto that assurance sometimes.

I recognize that. However, Jesus insisted that if we would â€œâ€Śstrive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, ‌all these things will be given to you as well.â€? (Matthew 6: 33) Or, as one of my college professors assured me, “Be where you are supposed to be; do what you are supposed to do; and everything will be fine.â€?

It is all about priorities. And apparently we – you and I, all of us – are God’s priorities. And if we make God our priority, and stand faithfully on God’s promise, then what have we to worry about?

It takes prayer and faith that God can handle all our fears, because worry is really a form of fear. And you know what? Three hundred and sixty-five times, the Bible says (in one form or another), “Fear not‌.â€?

That is one “Fear not� for every day of the year. That is good enough for me!

What? Me, worry?

1963 is planning its 50-year reunion. Any member of the Class of 1963 who hasn’t been contacted by the reunion committee is asked to send contact info to: ajrader@ bellsouth.net; or mail to CHS Class of ’63, 5428 Kesterbrooke Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37918.

â– Central High School Class of 1978 will hold its 35-year reunion 6:30-10:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 14, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Cost is $25 per person with payment due Aug. 15. Make check out to “CHS Class of 1978� or to “Brent Thomas� and mail it to:

Brent Thomas, 4841 Macmont Circle, Powell, TN 37849. â– Central High School Class of 1993 will hold its 20-year reunion Saturday, Aug. 10, at Cocoa Moon. Payment is due July 10. Info: Christi Courtney Fields, 719-5099 or christi. fields@milmin.org.

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Adventure at Grace Baptist Church

By Nancy Anderson Grace Baptist Church’s “Summer Spectatular” is extra, well…spectacular this summer.

Not your mother’s vacation bible school, Grace seeks to teach a lesson while entertaining in dramatic fashion.

The last installment of a trilogy features Dr. Monroe and his sidekick Mr. Bubbles (pronounced “Meestor Bubbles”) who seek to conquer the world by stealing self-esteem though social media. He has invented an evil app designed to steal the kids’ identities.

This Disneyesque program is nearly comic book exciting with our heroes, “The Adventure Squad,” arriving by zip-line and

motorcycle to save the day.

Karyn Sloas, program director, wrote and directed this highly visual trilogy to “reach the kids where they live,” a world filled with technology and social media. The lesson is one we can all heed.

Technology and social media should be used for good, to support one another, and to spread the word of God. The four kids who comprise the Adventure Squad conquer Dr. Monroe and thus save the world. They then repurpose the dastardly identity-stealing app to spread the word of God. It will be interesting to see what spectator event Grace Baptist comes up with next summer, as this show will be hard to top.

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Dr. Monroe and his sidekick Mr. Bubbles are put on the defensive as the “Adventure Squad” battles to thwart his evil plot. Pictured are Dr. Monroe (Johnny Crittenden), Mr. Bubbles (a very charming mechanical cat), Drake (Sean Sloas), Natalie (Brooke Foster), Amie (Kendra Stewart) and Spencer (Wes Burnette) Photo by Nancy Anderson

Happenings at Summit View Summit View staff and residents held a car wash fundraiser last week for the facility’s activities fund. Meghan Surgenor, director of activities, spruces up a car with staff member Katherine Aldridge and volunteer washer Justin McFall. A cake walk will be hosted by staff and residents 2 p.m. Thursday, July 11. Everyone is invited. Info: 218-3417.

Photo by S. Barrett

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■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central Ave. Pike, 9 a.m.-noon Monday through Thursday, July 8-11.

Theme: “God Rocks! God Rules!” Free car wash, 2-4 p.m.

Monday; Block Party, 6 p.m.

Thursday. Info: www.glenwoodpowell.com or 938-2611.

■ Virtue Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 725 Virtue Road, 6-7:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, July 7-11. Theme: “Athens: Paul’s Dangerous Journey to Share the Truth.” Classes for ages 3 through 12. Info/ register: 966-1491 or virtuecpchurch@tds.net.

Summer 2013 Classes, Workshops and Events ZumbAtomic – Zumba for Kids When: Monday, July 8; Thursday, July 11; Monday, July 22; and Thursday, July 25: 10:15 – 11 a.m.

What: Kids get fit, rock out and have a blast! Packed with specially choreographed routines and the latest music, ZumbAtomic classes increase focus and self-confidence, boost metabolism and improve coordination.

Cost: $3 per class – cash accepted the date of each class Tai Chi Beginning Class: When: Sundays, July 7 – Sept. 29: 9 – 11 a.m.

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

Continuing Class: When: Sundays, July 7 – Sept. 29: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

What: The continuing class is for those who have finished the beginning class and will deepen the students’ knowledge of the internal arts as practiced by the Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA. Cost (for each class): Senior Citizen 60 and over – $20 per month, Adult – $30 per month. There is also a $20 non-refundable registration fee payable when a person registers for the first time. Cash or check payment due at first class.

Registration deadline (both classes): Registrations will be taken through the date of the first class. Call 482-7761 to register in advance.

Pilates When: Tuesdays, July 9 – 30 (4 weeks): 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

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

Cost: $40 Registration and payment deadline: Monday, July 8 Mother/Daughter Hoop Dance (Ages 10 and up) When: Wednesdays, July 10 – Aug. 7 (5 weeks): 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.

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Cost: $15 Registration and payment deadline: Friday, July 12 Movers and Shakers Club Field Day When: Monday, July 15, 9 – 11 a.m. at Anchor Park What: The field day will feature games, including sack, three-legged and relay races, softball throw, kickball and wiffleball. Students do not have to be in the Movers and Shakers Club to participate in the field day. Must register and pay at Town Hall.

Cost: $5 Registration and payment deadline: Friday, July 12 Zumba When: Mondays, July 22 – Aug. 26 (6 weeks): 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

What: Zumba fitness combines Latin music rhythms and dance styles as well as other international styles and rolls them into the ultimate cardio party!

Cost: $45 Registration and payment deadline: Thursday, July 18 All summer classes, workshops and events will be held at the Farragut Town Hall community or assembly room, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, unless otherwise stated. Hurry - classes fill up fast!!!! Call 966-7057 to register (if required). Payment must be received within 5 business days of date of registration but no later than the registration deadline. No refunds are given after the registration and payment deadline. The Town of Farragut is not responsible for costs associated with the purchase of supplies when a class is canceled.

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The Sisters of Mercy were on hand last week for the dedication of the heritage garden in the courtyard at Tennova. Pictured are sisters Mary Martha Naber, Margaret Turk, Janice Brink, Marie Moore and Albertine Paulus. During the dedication, Steve Diggs with Emerald Youth Foundation called the group and their work at the hospital a “gift from God.”

The Shopper News interns take a quick break in the green room at Clarence Brown Theatre.

Pictured are Joshua Mode, Sarah Dixon, Laura Beeler, Lindsey Sanders, Taylor Smith, Madeline Lonas, Gibson Calfee, Jackson Brantley, Zoe Risley, guest intern Jacob Green, Mitchell Zavadil and Roxanne Abernathy. Photo by R. White

‘Somebody ought to do something!’

Week four with the Shopper interns

By Sara Barrett Week four with the Shopper News interns began with a sobering look at what life is like for Knoxville’s homeless population and how the folks at Knox Area Rescue Ministries offer hope and shelter.

Lunch was a mix of musical entertainment, chicken salad and cookies at the Knoxville Visitor’s Center, and the afternoon was filled with a crash course in all things theatrical at the Clarence Brown Theatre.

to jump ship with two of the Note from Sara: During the tour at interns, Joshua Mode and KARM, Shopper News pho- Lindsey Sanders, to cover tographer Ruth White had an event at Tennova. This

gave the interns a first-hand look at deadlines and the short notice you’ve got when working for a newspaper.

The Sisters of Mercy

By Joshua Mode The Sisters of Mercy heritage garden was dedicated to the group of nuns who founded the original St. Mary’s Hospital, later Mercy Medical Center.

Five members of Sisters of Mercy attended. To cover the event was a once-in-alifetime opportunity.

This all took place at Tennova (the former St. Mary’s Hospital) in the Physicians Regional Medical Center courtyard.

The event was a very

touching dedication to the sisters. Each was very kind in everything they did, even when everyone was asking for their picture together.

We had a great time hearing the stories of these caring ladies and what they experienced while working in a fast-paced hospital setting.

The garden had a beautiful fountain, colorful flowers, tables where folks can relax and eat, and a bronze bird bath that symbolized

the great importance of these founders.

The garden is to be used as a peaceful spot for staff, patients and family to relax.

These Godly women have touched the lives of a great many people in our region and should be very proud of the honor which they received. However, and true to their calling, they received the honor with humility and the humbleness for which they are known.

Knox Area Rescue Ministries Sister Mary Martha Naber says a few words of appreciation for the new Sisters of Mercy Heritage Garden in the courtyard at Tennova. Pictured at the event with Naber are Tennova CEO Mike Garfield and Becky Dodson. “This (garden) is a testament to the sisters and what they have done for this campus through dedication, compassionate care and prayer,” said Garfield. Photos by Ruth White

A sketch of the new facility that will provide residence for 44 men and will help them take another step toward living independently. Photo by Ruth White

More than just thrift stores

By Sarah Dixon While the interns stood speechless when Sue Renfro, marketing and communications manager at Knox Area Rescue Ministries, asked what we thought of K ARM. she thoroughly explained to us the importance and value of the work they do.

“We are extending overwhelming biblical hospitality,” Renfro says. The agency provides a safe place off the streets, and shelters more people than any hotel or motel in the area.

When I think of K ARM, I think of the thrift store.

Renfro explained that the thrift stores provide the community with quality goods, a place to donate items, over 200 jobs, and income to K ARM to pay for things like sheets, toiletries and food.

Speaking of food, it is the first thing on people’s minds when they come to K ARM. The dining hall looks and functions like a school cafeteria. A mix of staff and volunteers are depended upon to prepare, serve and clean up meals.

On the wall on the way to the kitchen, the verse Proverbs 22:9 is displayed: “Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor.”

Sue Renfro provides an informative tour of the Knox Area Rescue Ministries. Photos by Laura Beeler A view of the men’s sleeping area at KARM. The room can hold up to 200 men.

Renfro said they always love donations, and that a list of monthly needs can found at karm.org/needs, or on the registry for the new men’s transitional dorm on the Bed, Bath and Beyond website.

K ARM shelters women, men and families. K ARM tries to keep families for as little time as possible. The hope is they can get back on their feet and out of the homeless shelter as soon as they can. They help women by putting them in what they call Hope Haven. With Jeremiah 31:3-4 on the wall, Hope Haven has a community room where the women can get to know each other. It has 103 beds.

Renfro said K ARM functions on a “three R” equation: Rescue + Relationships = Restoration.

The men have a big room that sleeps 200 on bunk beds, and they are building a short-term transitional facility for 44 men. It will be set up like a college dorm room where the men pay a small amount of rent and stay until they can move to the next step in the process.

“Basically,” Renfro said, “we are ending homelessness 44 men at a time.”

The impact K ARM has on the community grows with the number of home-

less people. With its effective Launch Point program that helps the homeless get back on their feet by setting goals and boosting self-esteem and the staff’s devotion to providing a safe place off the streets of Knoxville, they make a huge difference in the lives of many people.

K ARM could use the help of the community as well (that’s you) and welcomes volunteers, donations and prayers. After the tour, Sue Renfro definitely had my heart jumping at volunteer work.

Can’t wait for next week!

Shopper News intern Mitchell Zavadil skateboards after competing in the Dragon boat races to benefit KARM. Photo by S. Clark

Dragon boat races at KARM

By Mitchell Zavadil Dragon boat racing is sport that requires skill, timing and strength. If one person is not giving their all, that team will not advance to the next round.

The event is sponsored

by Knox Area Rescue Ministries every year at the Cove at Concord Park.

This year there were 62 teams.

NHC’s team raised $7,000. Although we didn’t win, we had a wonderful time. With all of the teams raising money, $251,000 was raised overall.

KARM has done a fantastic job of putting the money raised to good use. If you didn’t come this year, make sure you do next year. To register for next year’s race, visit www.karm.org.

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More from Sara:

tered lunch by The Koop and live music during WDAfter leaving KARM, VX’s Blue Plate Special. the intern caravan made a Interns enjoyed a choice pit stop at The Knoxville of homemade egg salad, Visitor’s Center for a ca- pimento cheese or chick-

en salad sandwiches and chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Music was provided by South Side River Revival and Cato Falls, both from the Great Lakes area.

The Blue Plate Special

Food and fun

By Taylor Smith

Cory Ripley, Ozzy Ospedale and Zach Barneson, members of South Side River Revival, perform during the lunch hour at WDVX in the Knoxville Visitors Center. Photos by Ruth White

On June 25, we ate lunch at the wonderful Knoxville Visitors Center for the Blue Plate Special. They have a beautiful facility with a variety of bands that come and perform while you eat your lunch.

One band was South Side River Revival. I spoke with

band members Ozzy Ospedale and Cory Ripely who have both been interested in musical careers since they were very young.

Ospedale and Ripely have been playing together for about eight years. They just started their band with Zach Barneson eight months ago after finding

him in a bar jamming to the guitar. This is Barneson’s first time playing in a band.

Ospedale said he wanted to come down to Knoxville all the way from Wisconsin specifically for the Blue Plate Special on WDVX. It’s an easier way to get the band out there because they performed live on the radio.

The Clarence Brown Theatre

A Day at the Theatre

By Zoe Risley The Shopper interns were given a tour of Clarence Brown Theatre by one of its artists in residence, David Alley, who teaches, acts and directs at CBT. Alley first told us the history of the theater and its founder, Clarence Leon Brown.

Brown was admitted to The University of Tennessee when he was just 15. He was fascinated by moving pictures and how they worked, so he moved to New Jersey where he eventually became French film director Maurice Tourneur’s assistant.

Brown went on to direct more than 50 films (some of which were OscarÂŽ winners) and was nominated five times for best director at the Academy Awards but never won.

In November 1970, the first permanent theater on the UT campus was dedicated and named after Clarence Brown. It cost $2 million to build, of which $500,000 was donated by Mr. Brown. Now there is discussion of building a new theater that would cost $7080 million.

The Clarence Brown Theatre Company was formed in 1974 by British actor Sir Anthony Quayle and Ralph Allen.

Alley also talked about CBT today. One third of its production budget each season comes from a $12 million endowment left by Brown’s wife, Marian, in her will. CBT also has one of the best graduate acting programs in the country as well as a graduate design program for costumes, set and lighting.

Interns Zoe Risley, Roxanne Abernathy and Madeline Lonas check out the mirrors in the dressing room at the Clarence Brown Theatre. Photos by Ruth White

The historical wall inside the theater features photos of famous Knoxvillians, including David Keith, John Cullum and Dale Dickey.

All the programs and classes at Clarence Brown are based on Brown’s quote “The mixing up of young actors and designers with first class professionals is manifestly the only right method of training future theater artists.�

Alley explained how most shows on the main stage are cast with mostly graduate students and professional actors, although CBT also likes to include members from the community in its shows. Its annual production of “A Christmas Carol� and an additional yearly musical accepts younger and older non-company members and non-UT students.

We got to tour the building starting with the main stage and auditorium.

There are 576 seats in the main auditorium. The stage is remarkable because the first 3 rows of seats can be lowered using a hydraulic lift so an orchestra pit can be put in.

There are trapdoors all over the stage to add water features to performances

David Alley served as a tour guide for the theater.

and also so the actors can exit a scene quickly.

Other features in the building include prop, set and costume shops that can be used to teach students as well as to make things for productions.

There are 400-500 lights that can be used for each production. They are all taken down after each production, redesigned and restrung.

Our tour ended with a visit to the dressing rooms.

The men’s dressing room is almost double the size of the women’s. This is because acting was mostly a male profession when the theater was constructed.

Intern Taylor Smith tries on a hat from the prop closet.

Next year ‌

Next week ‌ Week five of the Shopper News interns will take a turn toward history with Holocaust survivor Sonja DuBois and attorney Wanda Sobieski speaking.

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Bridging the gap Summer program helps at-risk students

By Jake Mabe Sometimes all you need is an outstretched hand, a bridge, if you will, to help you reach your destination.

The Knox County Schools Summer Bridge Program is designed to do just that. At-risk 8th grade students give up eight weeks of their summer to participate in the program, which aims to qualify them academically for the 9th grade.

Karns High School assistant principal Mike Toth is the principal of the program at Halls High this summer. Most of his 33 students attend Halls Middle School, but a few are from Holston Middle. If successful, they will attend either Halls High or Gibbs High in the fall.

“When I talk to the individual students, I ask them why they are here,” Toth says. One student lost a parent this past year and gave up on school. Some have gotten into serious trouble. And a lot of them have a poor work ethic.”

Middle school administrators look at TCAP scores, particularly in reading, Language Arts and math, and the rate at which a student is passing classes. If they see multiple red flags, they recommend that the student take the Bridge program.

“It’s a year-long conversation.

They know it is coming and their parents know it is coming. The middle school team will determine whether they (the students) will go on to the 9th grade.”

The program is comprised of three components. During the month of June, students take an English/Language Arts class, a computer class and a study skills class.

“In the study skills class, we talk about the importance of an education. We talk about the dollar value of a high school education versus the dollar value of a job if you drop out.

And we go over the dollar value of some kind of post-secondary education, whether that’s college or a trade school. We also work on leadership skills and team building.”

After a week’s break for the Independence Day holiday, students begin a math class and computer programs to supplement the class, as well as continuing the study skills class. Three more students will enroll for the second half of the program.

Toth said the secret to the program’s success is the relationships that blossom in the smaller classroom setting.

Mike Toth chats with a student during the Summer Bridge Program at Halls High School, which helps at-risk 8th grade students qualify academically for the 9th grade. Photo by Ruth White “When you have a classroom of 25-30 kids, you can get lost. Here, in a classroom of 10-20 kids, you get more attention from the teacher and they get to know their principal. Research shows that having a relationship with the adults in the (school) building is as important as a teacher’s ability to teach and the student’s level of intelligence.”

Toth sees to it that those relationships continue throughout a student’s high school experience.

In addition to Halls staff members, Toth plans to ask a Gibbs High counselor or staff member to meet with students who will be going there in the fall, “to give them a familiar face and have that point of contact.”

Toth wants to reward his students at the end of the program, so he’s taking them to the Mountain Challenge, a ropes course at Maryville College.

He recently secured a $600 gift from

the Halls Business and Professional Association to pay for the trip and Beaver Dam Baptist Church is paying for lunch.

“These guys are giving up their whole summer and I wanted to give them something for successful completion. It gets them outside and it’s something that has meaning and purpose but is also fun. The leadership and problem-solving parts of it will put to use some of the things they learned this summer.”

Toth, who has a wife and five kids, is giving up his summer, too. He honestly says part of his motivation is the extra pay, but quickly adds that he wouldn’t be part of the Bridge program if he didn’t love kids. He’s participated in the program twice in the past three years.

Toth grew up in Paw Paw, Mich., earned a bachelor’s degree in vocal music from Michigan State and came to UT as a graduate assistant in the opera program. But, he took a couple of years off, started working at SunTrust bank, and met the principal at

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Alcoa Middle School, who one day asked him, “When are you going to be a teacher?”

He joined the Lyndhurst Program at UT, which was designed for those choosing education as a second career, and earned his certification and a master’s degree in education. He has also earned an Ed.S from LMU. He taught second grade for seven years at Green Magnet School and has been an assistant principal at Karns High for three years.

Toth says the Summer Bridge Program gives students a sense of accountability.

“There’s a checkpoint. If they’re not going to do work, there’s a consequence for it.”

But, more than anything, it shows the students that someone cares about them.

“We set up a structure that’s going to help them. We tell them you have a face and a name and we know who you are and are going to be with you every step of the way. That’s what it’s all about.”

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Say ‘cheese (cake)’ for Gigi’s Gigi Butler may not be ready to offer a cupcake to every household in America, but she is working on a plan to bring her brand to your doorstep – even if you don’t live near one of her 86 shops. She’s doing it with cheesecake.

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Gigi was in Farragut last weekend to help her brother, Randall Butler, and his partners, Mark Mendoza and Johnny Weber, celebrate the grand reopening of Gigi’s Cupcakes at Turkey Creek. The trio recently bought the business and wanted to do a relaunch.

Gigi, who started with one store in Nashville five years ago, talked about her latest idea for the business while signing miniature spatulas to give away at the party. “We started offering individually-sized cheesecakes about nine months ago in our stores,� said the Nashville businesswoman. “I have always loved cheesecake and felt it fit with our concept.

A cupcake and a balloon animal – life is good for Adyson Oglesby, age 4, who was shopping with her mother and stopped by the reopening celebration at Gigi’s Cupcakes in Turkey Creek. The three new owners of the Turkey Creek location of Gigi’s Cupcakes pose with the creator Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell of the business, Gigi herself. From left are Johnny Weber, Mark Mendoza, Gigi Butler and Randall Butler.

Mine is a little cakier and “Cupcakes are too hard has a frosting, so it is a to ship because they are so Gigi’s Cupcakes in Knox- in Blount, Knox, Loudon in psychiatric and acute little different. It took me fragile,� she said. “But we ville is located at 11665 Turand Sevier care, will be directly resix months to develop the can ship the cheesecakes. c o u n t i e s sponsible for overseeing recipe, and we just started We are working out the de- key Creek Drive. ■Claudia Werner, and a 155- the provision of clinical really promoting them in tails, and I hope it will hapLPC, NCC, has been named bed inpa- services and the impleJune.� pen soon.� tient facili- mentation of therapeutic Each store will offer Hope is a big part of clinical services manager ty in Blount programming. She will three flavors daily – choc- Gigi’s family business. She at Peninsula, a behavioral County. also provide clinical and olate chocolate chip, clas- says her faith has brought healthcare services division We r n e r, administrative leadersic and turtle – as well as her to the success she now of Parkwest.

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New leaders take office at Rotary

By Sara Barrett The Rotary Club of Farragut welcomed new officers and thanked outgoing leadership June 26.

Outgoing president Bruce Williamson took a few minutes to review the group’s accomplishments of the past year.

Membership increased from 67 to 86 during the year, with service projects topping the list of favorite happenings.

Mentioned were Free Flu Shot Saturday, litter pick-up and bell ringing for the Salvation Army.

Williamson applauded the club’s efforts that led to winning multiple awards at a recent Rotary conference. “Come to think of it,�

Williamson said, “there wasn’t an award we didn’t win.�

New president Tom King

Tom King, new president of the Rotary Club of Farragut, gets his president’s pin from outgoing president Bruce Williamson at the changing of the guard on June 26. Photos by Sara Barrett stressed the goal of adding bee fundraiser to be held members during the com- in the spring and sending ing year. “I wouldn’t be more kids to the Rotary surprised if we reached 100 (members) by the end of the year,� he predicted.

Also on the “to do� list is finding someone to chair the club’s annual spelling

Youth Leadership Academy.

Incoming officers also include president-elect Lee Mrazek, vice president Dale Read, secretary Patty Daughtrey, treasurer Chris Thomas and sergeant at arms Jim Dodd.

Co-chairs of standing committees are Ben Harkins and Tom Marsh for service, Bruce Williamson and John Hoffman for International and World Service, Dale Read and Ray Fisher for membership, Bill Nichols and Charlie Mattingly for Youth Services, Leah Berry and Peggy Wilson for the Rotary Foundation, Jeff Reed for Family of Rotary, Stephanie Myers and Mark Bialik for public relations and Lee Mrazek and Eddy Ford for club administration.

Rotary member Mike Singletary brought his grand-niece Anne-Marie Martin to the club’s meeting.

The Rotary Club of Farragut will not meet July 3, but its next meeting July 10 will include a presentation of Service Above Self

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SUNDAY, JULY 7 Tai chi classes

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The Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA will launch a beginning tai chi class with an open house and first lesson from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday, July 7, at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. The two-hour classes will continue each Sunday for three months.

The society is a nonprofit organization focused on promoting tai chi and its health benefits. Tai chi is touted as reducing tension, improving circulation and balance, and increasing flexibility and strength. For more info, call the Taoist Tai Chi Society, 865-4827761, or visit www.taoist.org.

Little Critters zip line. Zip tickets are $10 per ride.

Participating food and dessert vendors are Einstein Bros. Bagels, Longhorn Steakhouse, Mario’s Pizza and Grill, Oskie’s Sports Bar & Grill, Meksiko Cantina and Shrimp Oysters & Beer, plus Krispy Kreme, Publix and Scoop’d. Smoky Mountain Brewery’s beer and Beverage Control Inc.’s wine will be available for purchase. Each vendor will have $7 meal deals along with a la carte items.

Admission is $5 per person, $3 for youth under age 12 and free for age 2 and under. For more info, visit www. farragutbusiness.com.

WordPlayers acting classes The WordPlayers will hold acting classes for children and teens this month at Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. CreACTivity, for ages 8-10, will take place 1 to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 8-12. Cost is $115. ImaginACTion, for ages 11-13, will take place 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 15-19.

Cost is $125.

To register, call 865-539-7167. For more info, visit wordplayers.org.

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THURSDAY, JULY 4

TUESDAY, JULY 2

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Independence Day Parade

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

Tuesday, July 2, at the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek (across from the theater). It will be open 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, July 6, at Renaissance | Farragut.

The Town of Farragut’s 26th Annual Independence Day Parade will start at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 4, on Kingston Pike at Lendon Welch Way (entrance to Farragut High School) and continue to Boring Road, just east of Farragut Towne Square Shopping Center (old Ingles store site).

This year’s Grand Marshal is the Farragut Folklife Museum, which is sponsoring a float to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Campbell Station in November.

The parade will feature entries from businesses, community and civic organizations, schools and churches. Participants include the Farragut High School Band, floats, animals, antique cars and elected officials.

Kingston Pike will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to approximately noon from Concord Road to Boring Road.

The portion of the pike from Concord Road/West End Avenue to Campbell Station Road will be reopened about 15 minutes after the final parade participant has passed through the Kingston Pike/Campbell Station Road intersection.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3

SATURDAY, JULY 6

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Museum on ‘Heartland’

Farragut’s fourth annual Red, White & Blues PreIndependence Day Picnic will take place 6:30 to 10 p.m.

Wednesday, July 3, at 11863 Kingston Pike.

The picnic will feature entertainment including rising country musician Ben Whisler and DJ John Rutherford.

The children’s Fun Zone will include the Knoxville Zoo’s Zoomobile, face painting, the Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding’s Minis in Motion Education Station, a watermelon-eating contest, Bass Pro Shop fishing games and inflatable target ranges. There also will be a

The Farragut Folklife Museum will be featured in a special edition of “The Heartland Series” at 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 6, on WBIR, Channel 10.

The one-hour episode will reconstruct the 24hour drama in the lives of 17,000 Civil War soldiers who fought in the Battle of Campbell’s Station. It will also feature the Farragut Folklife Museum and its “Discovering the Civil War” exhibit, on display through Nov. 22. For more info, visit www.wbir.com/life/ programming/heartland.

The Caregiver Support Group will meet 10 a.m.-noon Tuesday, July 2, in Room E-224 at Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive (new room; use front covered entrance).

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

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

TUESDAY & SATURDAY, JULY 2 & 6 Farmers market

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

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

MONDAY, JULY 8 West Knox GOP picnic The West Knox Republican Club will have its annual family picnic and cake auction at 6 p.m. Monday, July 8, at Rothchild Catering & Conference Center, 8807 Kingston Pike.

Elected officials and candidates for office will compete to see whose baked goods raise the most money for the party coffers. There will be games outside for children.

WEDNESDAYS, JULY 10-AUG. 7 Mother-daughter hoop dance A five-week mother-daughter hoop dance class will be offered from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. on Wednesdays beginning July 10 at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Kids ages 10 and up can attend with a registered adult.

Hoop Dance is a new fitness craze that combines fitness, meditation and play. Hooping can burn 350500 calories in a one-hour class. For more info, visit www.hoopbug.com.

Charity Edwards is the instructor. The cost is $75 each or $140 per couple.

Cash, check and credit-card payments are accepted at the Town Hall or over the phone, 865-966-7057.

Registration and payment deadline is Monday, July 8.

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Summer fun at Grace

In June and July, students can experience a week or two of academic enrichment, or they can develop their knowledge and skills in other areas such as art, science, writing, cooking, dance, drama, math, knitting and much more. Each course brings creative and interactive ways to learn, while keeping minds sharp over the summer break.

There are some outstanding summer camps offered this year, each of which offers a different type of challenge and learning opportunity.

For example, the iWrite Camp provides the opportunity to write and present an essay for a live broadcast, giving insight into the world of journalism with first-hand experience.

A STEM Camp allows students to discover an app called Monster Physics, allowing them to learn about air resistance, acceleration and construction of space vehicles. The students then create lunar modules from straws, cardboard, rubber bands and note cards, with marshmallows serving as astronauts.

Their goal is to build a module that can be dropped from various heights while keeping the astronauts safe.

Additional camps use practical teaching methods to convey important lessons on Zachary Shannon completes a grammar, real-life mathematgusher of a science experiment at ics, critical thinking using Grace Christian Academy’s sum- Legos, and even an ACT Prep course that lets students get mer camp. Photos by Teresa McNelly

By Shannon Morris

Af After the h finall b bell ll rang iin May, one would think the doors of the school would be closed until August. However, for many students, summer takes on a whole new look through the many summer camps offered at Grace.

Josiah Watson, Eli Blaut, Isabella Francisco and Brooke Brasfield enjoy the fondue they made at Grace Christian Academy’s cooking camp.

Photo by Gina Prieto

a leg up on college placement exams.

On a slightly different note, there is a camp called Beautiful You which teaches students how to care for skin and hair, including techniques for wearing makeup and dressing for particular body types, followed by a fashion show to celebrate all that was learned.

And, for those students with a dramatic flair, there is a camp called GCA’s Got Talent, where they can learn about acting through monologues, theater games, song and dance.

This camp will culminate with a talent show, where newlyacquired skills can be demonstrated for a live audience.

While every student needs a well-deserved break over summer, these camps provide tools during those months off that offer fun challenges, keep their minds engaged, offer continued social interaction, and afford the chance to learn something that may be completely new! Even during the summer months, the halls and classrooms of Grace Christian Academy are bristling with students eager to learn.

Olivia McKamey gets creative at Grace Christian Academy’s art camp.

New principal for Teen Board honors three from Grace Grace high school

By Shannon Morris

Three Grace Christian Academy seniors are among a select group of area high school students who will be recognized for their community service by the Teen Board of Knoxville Aug. 3 at the Knoxville Coliseum. This event honors young people who have given at least

By Shannon Morris Grace Christian Academy is excited to announce that, after an extensive search and much prayer, Nathan Stevens has accepted the position of high school principal. Stevens comes to Grace from Hilton Head Preparatory School, where he served as Head of the Upper School. We are confident that Stevens will strengthen our academic foundation and give great leadership to our high school staff.

We will most certainly miss the leadership and presence of our previous principal, Randy Down, who has accepted a position as headmaster at a Christian academy in Naples, Fla. We are tremendously grateful for his five years of tireless service to Grace Christian Academy, and his smiling face will be missed. We pray God’s continued blessing on Down and his

50 hours of volunteer service divided between five or more community-building projects sponsored by the Teen Center.

The Teen Center was founded

by Frances Moncier who, after her daughter was killed by a drunk driver, wanted to provide a positive outlet for area teenagers.

The three Grace students being honored are Ashlyn Bryant, Rachel Asher and Sam Hudson, each of whom was selected as an Outstanding Teen. We, too, would like to honor these terrific seniors and recognize their investment of time and commitment to our city.

Grace welcomes coach Mitch Turner

By Shannon Morris Nathan Stevens is the new principal at Grace Christian Academy’s high school. wife, Kathy, as they embark on this new and exciting journey.

Even though these are large shoes to fill, we believe that God has provided the perfect person for the job. Please pray for both Stevens and Down as they transition to the next phases of life and ministry.

Mitch Turner, who assisted with the team this past season, will be back in 2014 as the Grace Christian Academy high school baseball coach. Turner attended East Mitch Turner Te n ne s s e e State University. After redshirting his freshman year at ETSU, Mitch transferred to

Walters State Community College where he competed in the NJCAA Junior College World Series. The team finished third in the nation.

Mitch graduated from Lincoln Memorial University with a bachelor’s degree in business management and administration, and over the last seven years he has been a business consultant for smallto medium-sized businesses in the Southeast.

When he is not consulting or coaching, Mitch is doing

his best to be successful in his real job as a husband and a father. Mitch is married to Danielle Turner. They have two children, daughter Payton, age 4, and son Easton, 18 months.

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TAVR: Year of changing lives at Parkwest It was a virtual replay – Dr. Chadwick Stouffer did the cutting and Roy Ogle was on the receiving end. But this time it really was a piece of cake as Parkwest Medical Center recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of its first transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure.

The celebration, featuring a cake emblazoned “TAVR Changing Lives,” was in honor of all of its TAVR patients and in recognition of Ogle’s progress since becoming the first to undergo the procedure June 6, 2012.

In the year since, Parkwest’s multidisciplinary TAVR team of cardiothoracic surgeons Stouffer and Dr. Thomas Pollard, interventional cardiologists Drs. Mike Ayres and Nicholaos Xenopoulos, and cardiac anesthesiologist Dr. Lee Collins offered hope to 54 more men and women who had run out of options and out of time.

Ogle’s surgery came five days after his 88th birthday, but the average age of the 55 TAVR patients was 81. The youngest was 62 and the oldest was 96. In most cases, the patients were discharged from the hospital within three to six days, although at least one patient was released after just two days.

Deemed inoperable for traditional open-heart surgery, 26 of these patients received their new heart valve via a catheter tube inserted into the femoral artery while 29 had the valve delivered via a catheter inserted through the rib cage. In either case, recovery is markedly shorter than the traditional open-heart surgery.

Mr. Roy Ogle (seated L), the first recipient of TAVR, and his wife, Katy (seated R), celebrate the oneyear anniversary of his procedure with physicians (standing L to R) Dr. Thomas Pollard, Dr. Chadwick Stouffer and Dr. Nicholaos Xenopoulos. Dr. Mike Ayres (not pictured) is also part of the TAVR team. Roy Ogle, the first patient who received this breakthrough valve replacement procedure at Parkwest, commemorated his 89th birthday on Saturday, June 1, by walking for 89 minutes, which totaled four and a half miles.

“I am very proud of our whole team and everyone that has made this possible,” said Stouffer. “It has been a lot of work, but worth every minute of it. Our team did not expect to do 50 cases in the first year, but I am so happy that we have been able to change more lives than we imagined.”

Parkwest Director of Patient Care Services Trish Chaloux and Jill Strevel, manager of Cath Lab/Cardiac Diagnostics have played significant roles in the development of the program and its success. Sheilah Vartan, the nurse navigator who works closely with the TAVR team and becomes close friends with the patients, remarked about the program’s success.

“It has been an amazing journey,” said Vartan. “It feels as though I have this big, giant family that I look after. I’m their biggest fan and I’m filled with gratitude that they let me be a part of their lives. To see patients after surgery brings a lot of joy to all members of the TAVR team. The difference The breakthrough TAVR procedure is right for some patients who are medically unable to have in their quality of life is often profound. The open-heart surgery. The TAVR team includes (L to R) Thomas Pollard M.D. Michael Ayres M.D., families of the patients are also so relieved Nicholaos Xenopoulos M.D., Lee Collins M.D. and Chadwick Stouffer M.D. and excited to see the changes in their family members. They actually experience acIt was Stouffer who fi rst made the pro- and TAVR in the same sentence.” tivities with them that they have not been posal to offer TAVR when he arrived at Still, the TAVR work is laying a founable to enjoy together in years. I am always Parkwest three years ago. “I think that dation for treating other heart problems. so amazed and thrilled to see what TAVR the first reaction contained some skepti“One of the biggest lessons we have can do for these patients.” cism given the novelty of the procedure,” learned is how under-treated severe said Stouffer. “But as the TAVR data be- aortic stenosis is in our area and in the came more robust, it was clear that this United States,” said Stouffer. “Certainly, procedure would have a huge impact on as the technology advances, I expect that cardiovascular surgery and on patients we will be able to apply similar techwith severe aortic stenosis.” niques to other failing heart valves. On Once given the green light, a TAVR a theoretical level, the concept of the team was formed, a valve clinic opened, Valve Clinic and the multi-disciplinary and a $2.6 million hybrid operating approach to our patients will serve as a room was constructed. The operating model for treating many patients with room was still being built when Ogle was other complex cardiac diseases.” selected as the first patient.

The bottom line, of course, is that TAVR Before that first surgery, the team also has given 55 men and women a chance at underwent extensive training in Califor- life they may not have had without it. nia at Edwards LifeSciences, maker of That’s a fact not lost on Roy Ogle’s the artificial valve, and continued learn- daughter Peggy as she posted a note on ing throughout the year, becoming more Parkwest’s Facebook page on Father’s efficient with both patient workup and Day. “Thank you, TAVR team, for giving the operation itself. The operative time my Dad a new life!” she wrote. “Without grew shorter and the number of doctors each of you I’m not too sure we would required in the hybrid OR fell from seven have been celebrating Father’s Day with our dad today! We are so blessed to have in Ogle’s surgery to just four.

Does that mean the surgery is becom- such a wonderful man as our father and are equally blessed to have had each ing easier?

“Every TAVR the team does is fairly member of the TAVR team in our lives. technically challenging,” said Stouffer. Thank you for all you do and for the “Honestly we have learned something many lives you are changing!”

For more information about the TAVR from every case we have done. We have improved as an operating team and or the valve centers of Covenant Health, have become more efficient, but I am visit www.covenanthealth. com/heartcare not sure if I would use the word ‘easy’ or call 541-4500.

What is Aortic Stenosis?

In a patient with aortic stenosis, the leaflets of a calcified aortic rtic valve are unable to open wide, obstructing blood flow from the left ventricle into the aorta. The narrowed wed valve allows less blood to flow through and as a result, less oxygen-rich en-rich blood is pumped out to the he body, which may cause sympptoms like severe shortness of breath. With the TAVR proocedure, an artificial device ce opens the aortic heart valvee wide to allow oxygen-rich h blood to flow unobstructed d in one direction. The blood d flows through the valve into o the aorta where it then flowss out to the rest of the body.

Illustration courtesy of Edwards rds Lifesciences

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Got love?

Let’s say you’ve had an so-big dogs find loving homes. awful day. One of those days These little guys have endured when nothing goes right. all kinds of hard knocks.

SBRET works to match them up with loving caregivers. The website is filled with pictures of happy families and their grateful companions.

Carol “Once you see the need and Zinavage the difference having a foster network and home can make, it is really hard to turn away,” says SBRET board member Karen Marquand of her work To add to your misery, let’s with shelter dogs. “Everyone say the paper is full of bad can do something to help the news – violence, anger, hatred homeless pet population in in all corners of the globe. their area by fostering, adoptLet’s say you’ve just about ing, volunteering, advocating thrown in the towel on the or educating. There is a niche human race, given your tired, for everyone!”

So far this year, SBRET has stressed state.

Here’s something that will found forever homes for 100 dogs, thanks to much tireless restore your faith.

Go to this website: http:// work and dedication. But of www.sbret.com/. Now, click course the need continues; on the link titled “Success Sto- just the other day they took ries” and look at the pictures. in five more, and they always See? You feel better, don’t have 35 dogs in their care.

One of the success stories you?

Small Breed Rescue of East listed on the SBRET webTennessee (SBRET) helps not- site is Fountain City resident

Carol’s Corner

Elizabeth Nelson and Russ Culpepper with some of their rescued dogs: Holly, Poppleton and Pansy. Photo by Kathleen Bailey Elizabeth Nelson’s. She’s had 11 rescued dogs all told in her life. Currently, she and her boyfriend, Russ Culpepper, care for six of them in two different households. You could say they’re hooked.

Says Nelson, “Russ and I stumbled into rescuing dogs with Rosemary, who was rescued from a nasty place in Roane County. Along came Pansy, rescued from an abusive situation in Union County. We added Sonja, who had been adopted and returned twice before coming to us.

Because she joined two little dogs and is still surrounded

by little dogs, Sonja thinks that she is also a little dog, instead of the 55-pound Lab that she really is. We don’t have the heart to set her straight.”

Her latest rescue is Lucy, who came from an abominable situation. The details are far too distressing to recount here. Happily for Lucy, her misery is all in the past, and she’s settling into her new, loving, healthy home.

Like many folks who are involved in animal rescue and welfare, Nelson is passionate about the subject.

She acknowledges that the dogs, having been through so

much, come with some emotional and mental baggage.

“Here’s the thing about rescued dogs. Will you get a showquality purebred dog whose traits are well-described in every dog book? You will not. Will you get a cuddly puppy with no bad habits or fears to overcome? You will not. Will you get a loving little creature, desperate for a kind word, a safe home and good food? You will.”

She points out that “rescued dogs take patience,” but considers herself, and all of us, “stewards of this earth.

It’s our duty to protect those creatures that cannot protect themselves. They did not ask for bad treatment. They only ask for kindness.”

Marquand, who’s been with SBRET since 2005, says that the organization will mark its 10 year anniversary this fall with a reunion of past adopters and their dogs.

“What a celebration that will be!” she says in joyful anticipation.

So, some of you will read this story with pleasure and take comfort in the fact that there are such caring folks in the world. Some will go look at the wonderful pictures on the

website, and then go on with your day.

Some of you, however, have been thinking about adopting a shelter dog, right? Well, this article is for you. Because there’s only one thing better than looking at pictures of them with their new families, and that’s having one yourself.

To reach SBRET, go to the website above, or send an email to rescue@sbret.com.

You may also call 966-6597 or 426-3955.

“Here’s the thing about rescued dogs,” Nelson reiterates, “no matter what kind of day you have had, or what kind of mood you are in, they are always overjoyed to see you.

They will never outgrow their clothes, never need braces, never make your car insurance go up, never run up large cellphone bills, never bring home the wrong kind of boy.

They will greet you cheerfully every day, be ready for a walk any time, be ready for a cuddle on the couch. What is that worth to you?

“It means everything to them.”

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Keep your pets safe!

The folks at Shopper News would like to remind pet owners to keep furry friends indoors during the Fourth of July holiday.

More pets get lost on this day than any other day of the year.

Turn the television on to help mask the sound of fireworks and make sure your animals have plenty of water.

For more information, visit www.aspca.org.

Athletics are tourney champs The Athletics recently won the Knox Youth Sports Pee Wee “B” League baseball championship 10-0 against the Dodgers. Pictured are (front) Kai Litton, Jack Abrams, Gavin Williams, Jake LaNasa, Jackson Wolverton; (back) assistant coach Derek Jarrard, Blake Jarrard, Kaden Beckum, John Testerman, Carter Goodwin, Chase Lemoncelli, Eli Cobb, head coach Jason Cobb and assistant coach Matt Goodwin. Not pictured is Logan Waller. Photo submitted

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232 Motorcycles

238 Antiques Classics 260 Domestic

265 Roofing / Siding

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865-382-5084.

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BUICK Skylark 1972 Univ. of Tenn Conv. exc. cond. 73K mi. $18,900. 865-278-3747. ***Web ID# 264700***

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Imports

262

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

Quality work, guaranteed. Call 288-0556.

Lawn Care

339

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Domestic 265 JEEP WRANGLER SE 4x4 1997, 4 cyl., 5 Buick Century 1990 Ltd., spd., AC, stereo, new 68K mi, new Michelins soft top, blue/ gray all pwr, exc cond, V6, ext. gray int., glass $2950. 865-670-3943 windows, removable for 1/2 doors. Wide BUICK LACROSSE tires, chrome whls.

CXL 2010, leather, Exc. cond., clean car moonroof, wellfax report, $7995 obo. maint.

48k mi.

Call John, 865-607-6071. $19,950. 865-816-7399 ***Web ID# 268001*** ***Web ID# 266793***

Trucks

352

BUICK LESABRE Ltd 2001, $4800.

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NEWS FROM PROVISION PHYSICAL THERAPY

Performance Lab services help athletes prevent back pain Did you know that 80% of the population will be affected by low back pain some time during their lifetime? It affects athletes as well as those who lead a more sedentary lifestyle. Many runners and cyclists have this problem, and the reasons are often similar to those that cause back pain in nonathletes. When you have a core that is not up to the tasks that you ask of it (be it sitting at a desk for eight hours a day, or sitting on a bike seat for 100 miles), something starts to break down, and an injury is inevitable.

At the Provision Performance Lab, we utilize special testing to determine where your weaknesses and instabilities lie.

The way your body completes certain basic movements allows us to evaluate your specific compensations.

When these compensations fail, you get pain or full-blown injury.

Uncovering these potential problems allows us to help you address them before they cause pain or missed training sessions.

Contact us today to learn more about how this screening can improve your fitness, whether you’re a competitive athlete or just want to be pain-free.

Info: provisionperformance.com

Provision offers free community presentation

By Shana Raley-Lusk Low back pain is a common ailment that has evolved into an epidemic in recent years. With this issue in mind, the folks at Provision Physical Therapy are offering a free community presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 18. It will explore the specifics of the issue, including who is affected, how low back pain is treated and general information for the causes of back pain. Treatment options, exercise, self-management and when to seek medical help will also be discussed.

The talk will be presented by Adam Groves, DPT. Adam specializes in the treatment of back and neck pain and dysfunction, vestibular and balance issues and an array of upper and lower extremity issues.

He received his doctorate of physical therapy from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in St. Augustine, Fla. Prior to completing his doctoral

education, Adam received a bachelor’s degree in education from UT. Training under the instruction of Dr. Stanley Paris at St. Augustine’s highly regarded and rigorous spine and extremity manual therapy program, Adam developed his specialized comprehensive manual therapy approach. Through the upcoming presentation, he will share his expertise with the public and give helpful insight on a problem that affects so many.

Because the professionals at Provision Physical Therapy focus on providing predictive preventative care, the community talk is a natural complement to their practice.

“We believe it benefits everyone to take the long view when it comes to evaluating orthopaedic dysfunction—so in addition to targeting acute conditions, we offer screenings for chronic risk factors that could cause complications later in life,” Adam said.

The two-hour presentation will be interactive, so attendees will be welcome to participate in demonstrations. In addition, a tour of the facility at Provision

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Physical Therapy will be included in the event. To register for the presentation, call 865-232-1415.

Info: provisiontherapy.com or 865-232-1415.

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