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Megalab coming to Strawberry Plains

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will be at Ijams for a fundraiser to benefit the environmental education programs at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept, 13.

The Symphony will perform under the direction of Concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz.

This year’s event will highlight the work of local sculptor Kelly Brown and special guest musical artist Jenny Boyd and the Good Thymes Ceilidh Band.

Tickets are $150 ($1,500 for a table of 10). Info: Mary Thom Adams, 865-577-4717, ext. 117.

Ijams is a 300-acre wildlife sanctuary in South Knoxville.

Legacy Luncheon is Friday To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Legacy Parks Foundation is featuring author Cheryl Strayed at the sold-out Sept. 11 Legacy Luncheon, at which Strayed will speak.

Info: legacyparks.org

Coupon books Knox County School Coupon Books sales are underway with the deadline Monday, Sept. 21, to purchase a $10 book. The annual promotion raises more than $1 million for Knox County Schools, with $8 from each book staying at the school where it was sold. Major sponsors are U.S. Cellular, First Tennessee, Junk Bee Gone, Rusty Wallace Automotive and Stanley Steemer.

Jimmy Duncan to the high court?

Gov. Bill Haslam will nominate a replacement for retired state Supreme Court Justice Gary Wade, and while speculation centers on his longtime friend Herb Slatery, another name has been mentioned.

U.S. Rep. John “Jimmy” Duncan served as a Criminal Court judge for seven years before his election to Congress in 1988.

Duncan is clearly qualified both professionally and politically. His confirmation would be easy.

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Oklahoma at UT Tennessee-Oklahoma might be a barn-burner with plenty of points – or it might be onesided if the Vols don’t get a lot better in a hurry in the secondary and at middle linebacker.

Go early. If you can find a place to park, enjoy the atmosphere. Get close to the Vol Walk. Tickets are tight but if you have one, go inside, sing Rocky Top. ...

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Mike North, dean at Pellissippi State Community College’s Strawberry Plains Campus, stands in the Megalab, currently under construction. Photo submitted Pellissippi State’s Megalab is set to open with tours and demonstrations from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at the Strawberry Plains campus, 7201 Strawberry Plains Pike, in the Jenny and Randy

Boyd Building.

Randy Boyd, state commissioner of economic and community development, will attend, along with L. Anthony Wise Jr., president of Pellissippi State, and others.

The Megalab will be shared by Pellissippi State, Knox County Schools’ Career Magnet Academy, and the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Knoxville.

The state-of-the art facility will contain laboratory equipment including 3D printers, welding stations, HVAC trainers, automated industrial systems and more.

Groups unite for Black Business Showcase

By Sandra Clark Organizers are preparing for a Black Business Showcase to be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, at the Overcoming Believers Church, 211 Harriet Tubman St. It is sponsored by Greater Knoxville SCORE, a group of volunteer business mentors; Propel, a mentor and protégé program of the Knoxville Chamber; and the Knoxville Area Urban League.

A light supper will be served from 5:30 to 6 p.m. for those who register online.

The showcase will feature three black-owned businesses: B&D Security; K&W Cleaning; and Coach O. Sponsors will overview services available through their organizations for start-ups, existing businesses and non-profits. Info: 865692-0716.

Terrence Carter, director of economic and business development for Knoxville Area Urban League, stands in the KAUL training room following last Saturday’s session of the fall entrepreneurial workshop. The group meets on Saturdays from 9 a.m. until noon. Photo by S. Clark

Bearden High shows soft spot in KCS’s success

By Betty Bean Confetti flew when Gov. Bill Haslam brought the state commissioner of education to Carter Middle School on Aug. 3 to celebrate last year’s test scores. Haslam said Carter Middle had gone from a “Level 1” to a “Level 5” in one year, and Knox County was labeled “an exemplary district.”

But no one mentioned the soft spots in this “exemplary” status.

For instance, Bearden High School plummeted from “Level 5” to “Level 1” in a year. Even a month later parents of Bearden High kids had not been told.

Principal John Barrett said he won’t make excuses for Bearden’s low TVAAS scores because other schools throughout the state met the predicted growth numbers set by the state, but he added: “Our achievement (scores) was fine.

We met all our AMOs (annual measurable objectives set by the state). There have been some good things.”

Bearden High teachers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, had three explanations: ■ Attrition: “Those of us who have been here awhile know why we’ve gone from a Level 5 to a Level 1 – our turnover has been incredible. A lot of experience has gone out the door. Morale has been bad. We really do fear for our

John Bartlett

jobs,” said one.

Now, every teacher has been assigned an academic coach (many of whom are younger and less experienced than the teachers they are coaching), the teacher

added.

■ Technology: The introduction of “one-to-one” technology, a laptop or iPad for every student, is playing a role in the decline, and not because teachers have resisted change, said another. With 2,000 kids and almost 130 teachers, all with a personal computer, Bearden needs more than one inhouse computer technician. “We might have a quarter of a class without their iPad on a given day.”

■ Change: The speed and frequency of change was cited more than once.

“Teachers are lifelong learners.

We’re always learning new things.

It’s just the speed with which things continue to come at us.

You get good at one program, the county changes it and you learn something new.

“It’s not the old guys not wanting to learn and adapt. It’s being forced to do it at warp speed, and the amount of times we’ve had to

do it over last five to six years. Layer upon layer upon layer.”

“That celebration (at Carter Middle) was horrible to watch,” another teacher said. “Confetti, music – Goodness! That day just told me it’s all about numbers. It’s about hitting your numbers. Got to hit those numbers.”

Bartlett tackled the criticisms head-on: He said Bearden lost 10 teachers in 2014-15 and 10 more the year before, including two who got married and moved away.

“I have 130 teachers. That’s less than 10 percent (leaving per year).” And new teachers aren’t necessarily inexperienced.

“We know what happened last year. Teachers who were teaching honors for the first time were starting to have to teach at a different level of rigor. We’ve put coaching in place with our AP teachers, as well as extensive coaching throughout the school.”

Bartlett dismissed the IT problems, saying there weren’t that many.

And how about that Carter celebration?

“We’re excited that Knox County was honored as an exemplary district, just as we’re excited that Knox County had growth in the ACT scores – and Bearden High School is part of that. We had out-

Gov. Haslam shoots confetti at Carter. standing growth.”

Bartlett said Bearden has nine National Merit semifinalists, tying the school’s best-ever year, and ACT scores rose from 22.4 to 23.1.

“Should we have grown our kids? Certainly.” And measures are in place to remedy that deficiency.

Millicent Smith, executive director for curriculum, instruction and professional development, sat in on our conversation with Barrett. Regarding Bearden’s status, she stressed, “We are talking about student growth based on what he or she is predicted to gain.”

But the numbers either matter or they don’t. And administrators from Jim McIntyre to school-level principals who have evaluated and categorized teachers based on TVAAS scores cannot now claim the matrix is flawed.

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Miracle workers

Therapists help woman beat Guillain-Barre Syndrome Her legs had “melted� beneath her, she couldn’t hold a fork to feed herself, and it felt as if she had been in that hospital bed forever.

What was to have been a routine trip to her primary care doctor suddenly took on an unexpected urgency when Mary Lynn Long, still recuperating from a recent knee replacement surgery, took two steps on her walker out of her bedroom and toward her front door. “I was ready to go and fell right there in that hallway,â€? she said. “My husband was behind me, and my legs ‌ it was just like they melted, like I had no legs. I couldn’t stand up. They couldn’t hold my weight.

My knee was ne. I knew something else was wrong, and the doctor did too.�

Thus began Long’s 54-day battle against a crippling disease so rare it strikes only one in every 100,000 people. “They ran all kinds of tests – brain scan, X-rays, spinal tap and a nerve conduction test, and that’s when they came back and told me the diagnosis: Guillain-Barre Syndrome,� recalled Long, who had arrived at UT Medical Center by ambulance on March 16. “They had rst suspected it might be multiple sclerosis or ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). That was really frightening because my sister died with MS. She had been tormented with that for years. So I knew what that would do. And I had a friend who had died with ALS. But when they said it was Guillain-Barre, I was relieved because thought it was something that I might be able to recover from, because I had known other people who had had it.�

So when Alicia Wellens, an admissions liaison from Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, walked into

Long’s room not long before the end of her 18-day hospital stay, Mary Lynn was con dent Mary Long is back she was in good hands. home and fully “She said that I qualirecovered from her ed for admission to Pat bout with GuillainNeal and wanted to know Barre Syndrome if I could do three hours of after extensive physical therapy a day, and therapy at Patricia I said, ‘Well, I’ll do my best,’ Neal Rehabilitation because I knew Patricia Neal Center. Long feels had a good reputation for strongly about her rehabilitation,� said Long, experiences, “I’m a retired licensed practical so thankful for Panurse and Maryville resitricia Neal and their dent. “So, they accepted me knowledgeable and my insurance accepted staff there. I just it, and they took me over think they worked a there.� miracle!�

According to Jennifer Steely, PNRC’s director of clinical services, Wellens is one of ve nurses or social workers serving While the transition to PNRC Patricia Neal as admissions liaisons. would be smooth and quick, Long At the request of the attending phy- knew she was facing a tough road sician, these liaisons screen patients ahead. at UT, Fort Sanders Regional and Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a poParkwest as well as handling refer- tentially fatal muscular disorder in rals from non-Covenant Health fa- which the body’s immune system cilities all over the country. attacks the nerves, not only took “Once the referral is received, away her ability to walk, but the these individuals gather patient paralysis also affected her hands information such as medical his- to the point that she was unable tory, current diagnosis, testing, to feed herself. Fortunately, that lab work, radiology, and physician paralysis began to subside within documentation,� Steely explained. the rst week as she underwent a “They also speak with the patient ve-day course of intravenous imand/or family and review therapy munoglobulin. documentation to determine readi“Then they had to do bloodwork ness to tolerate the required three to see if they would have to give me hours of therapy for ve to seven more, but that seemed to be what it days and need for physical, occupa- took,� she said. “After that, I could tional and/or speech therapy. One use my hands a lot better.� of those therapies must be physiThe rehab, however, would take cal or occupational therapy. They place at PNRC. On April 2, Long then write a Pre-Admission Screen was wheeled into the nationallyto present to the physical medicine known rehab center and almost and rehabilitation doctors for nal immediately began work. determination of admission.� “They started me out just by put-

ting a board from the wheelchair to the bench and I slid off, then I had to slide back on,� Long recounted. “Every day there was improvement, every day some improvement. You could see it and feel it.�

With a safety harness, she was eventually able to walk along using the exercise handrails. Then, the day came when the therapist told her, “I want you to try some steps on your own.� “That was scary to me to try to lift my feet up and walk,� said Long. “I said, ‘Can I just touch your arm?’ And she said, ‘OK.’ Just that little bit of support encouraged me to take a few steps.

We kept working until, about the last week I was there, she put a walker out in front of me and I said, ‘Oh, are we going to do this?’ And she said, ‘Yes, you can do this!’ So I walked the full length of the gym and back with the walker. Then she would add some distance to it every day until I got

to where I could walk 600 feet before I left.�

In the meantime, Long’s occupational therapist was busy working on skills she would need at home: cooking, sweeping and driving. “They asked what my goal was when I rst went there and I said, ‘To be able to walk out of here’ but I really didn’t know if that would happen or not. But it did. I could walk out of there with a walker.�

She left PNRC on April 22, but returned for twice-a-week outpatient therapy for the next eight weeks. Before she was nished, she was walking on her own. “They were just so good! The therapists were so good, so knowledgeable!â€? Long declared. “They knew just what to do for me and how much to push me. They wouldn’t let you become discouraged – ‘You can do this!’ When she put the walker in front of me and I could take those steps ‌ then I knew that I was going to make it. There were a lot of times when I didn’t think I could do what they were asking me to, but they’d make a way for you to do it. Show you how, tell you how, and give you a little support if you needed it.â€?

Now back at home with no noticeable effects of GBS, Long still works with hand weights and stretch bands to keep building her strength as she re ects on those dark days when was fearing the worst. “It was just an unusual time. It really does seem like a dream, but it was real,� she says. “You know when something happens like this, you just can’t believe it’s happening to you. But they kept at it and pulled me through it, and I’m so grateful.

I’m so thankful for Patricia Neal and the knowledgeable staff there.

I just think they worked a miracle!�

program seeks to prevent injuries through education It’s more than looking before you leap – it’s using your mind to protect your body.

It’s ThinkFirst, a nationwide injury prevention program that strives to teach how life can change in the blink of an eye.

Just ask Ashley Hamilton, state director of the Tennessee ThinkFirst chapter and a recreational therapist who daily sees patients come to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center with brain or spinal cord injuries that could have been prevented. “You know the old saying is true: ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,’ and we at Patricia Neal see that every day,� said Hamilton, recalling the countless people she has seen whose lives have been irreparably altered by failing to wear a seat belt or a helmet, texting while driving, diving into shallow water or giving in to peer pressure. “This is a lot of what ThinkFirst teaches. Our motto is ‘Use your mind to protect your body – ThinkFirst!’�

ThinkFirst does just that by using knowledge, demonstrations and speakers who have sustained injuries to advance its message at schools, health fairs, commu-

nity pools, festivals and other community events.

Funded locally by the Fort Sanders Foundation, ThinkFirst has three curricula for students: ThinkFirst for Kids (grades 1-3), ThinkFirst for Youth (grades 4-8) and ThinkFirst for Teens (grades 9-12). This message of prevention is delivered in a fun, non-threatening way to the youngest audience and with a realistic approach in our high schools, but always with the aim of teaching how fragile the human body truly can be in the hope of shaping decisions.

In fact, an estimated 1.7 million people in the United States sustain a brain injury, and thousands more sustain a spinal cord injury. Injury is the leading cause of death among people between the ages of one and 44. “The presentation content varies greatly based on the type of presentation requested,� said Hamilton. “Principals and teachers can choose which topics they’d like to have their students learn about, be it pedestrian and bicycle safety, water safety, sport safety, play safety, violence prevention, concussions, or any combination of these.� “They can also choose how big – or how

small – they want us to go,� added Hamilton. “For example, a teacher may prefer a small, classroom-type presentation in which we may only have 30-45 minutes to present to a single classroom of 30 students, or they may want to get together with several teachers or a full grade level and have us do a larger assembly that would last 60-90 minutes with 100-200 students. The difference between presentations will be small, such as the amount of time spent with the students or hands-on activities for each student versus a hands-on activity for a few volunteers to show the whole group. Otherwise, they will all have a health care professional teaching about the body’s systems and how our choices affect our body in various ways.� “It could be considered an outreach program primarily for schools, simply because the school year comprises most of the year and that is what our curricula are centered around,� said Hamilton. “But it is certainly not limited to schools. It’s also been presented at various after-school and summer programs as well as the Girl Scouts. We are looking forward to renewing those relationships as well as establishing several more such as the Emerald Youth Foundation, Boy

Scouts, Boys & Girls Club, etc. The possibilities really are endless as our curricula can be adapted and modi ed to t any number of needs.�

The ThinkFirst for Teens program can also be adapted for other community presentations such as adult driver’s education, Alcoholics Anonymous, college presentations and other groups or events. Soon, the ThinkFirst national of ce will be launching a Falls Prevention Program geared toward seniors. “Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center sees the repercussions of the lack of education and application on a regular basis,� said Hamilton. “We teach people how to live with the consequences of their risky behaviors.

By partnering with ThinkFirst to help educate on the consequences of these habits, we can not only help prevent life-changing injuries, but we can ultimately help save lives.�

Interested in holding a ThinkFirst program at your school or event?

Want to start a ThinkFirst chapter in your town or facility? Contact Ashley Hamilton at (865) 541-1356 or email apinkert@covhlth.com.

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‘Island Invasion’ for lake clean-up

A trio of horses recovering at Horse Haven Photo submitted

The Norris Lake Project Team will host an Island Invasion on this year’s National Public Lands Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26.

This year, efforts will focus on the islands in the Loyston Sea area in Anderson and Union County and the islands near Lonas Young Park in Campbell County, including Pilot Island, Wood Duck Island, Bear Hole Island and Baker Island. The launch point for the Loyston Sea side of the lake is Big Ridge State Park. Volunteers can register and get assigned a location there. Boats will shuttle volunteers to and from the islands, and volunteers may bring their own boats. Wear appropriate shoes, preferably boots, gloves and a life jacket. leases the animals from Volunteers may trade their trash bags for a free Island their owners, Horse Haven Invader T-shirt and a free lunch. Info: www.norrislakeproject. finds them a new and lovcom, 800-524-3602, or info@yallcome.org ing home. They do ask for adoption fees to help offset the cost of caring for those horses which ranges from hundreds to thousands of dollars. The care of the ■ Alice Bell Spring Hill. Info: Monday, Central UMC, 201 horses is never recouped Ronnie Collins, 637-9630.

Third Ave. Info: 898-1809, from adoption fees. lizupchurch1@gmail.com.

■ Beaumont. Info: Natasha “We currently have more ■ Inskip meets 6 p.m. each Murphy, 936-0139. than 60 horses with more fourth Tuesday, Inskip coming in every week,” said ■ Belle Morris meets 7 p.m.

Baptist Church, 4810 Rowan each second Monday, City Roberts.

Road. Info: 679-2748 or View Baptist Church, 2311 “It’s rewarding when we bettymahan@knology.net.

Fine Ave. Info: bellemorris. see them healthy and going com or Rick Wilen, 524-5008.

■ Oakwood Lincoln Park home to a loving family.” meets 6:30 p.m. each first ■ Chilhowee Park meets Roberts said the prevailMonday, 916 Shamrock Ave. 6:30 p.m. each last Tuesday, ing emotion at the rodeo was Info: Bill Hutton, 773-5228 or Administration Building, a passion for seeing abused s_wlhutton@yahoo.com.

Knoxville Zoo. Info: Paul Ruff, and neglected horses thrive ■ Old North Knoxville meets 696-6584. in a good environment and 6:30 p.m. each second ■ Edgewood Park meets 7 p.m. the friendly competition of Monday, St. James Episcopal each third Tuesday, Larry Cox seeing who tows like a pro.

Church. Info: Andie Ray, 548Senior Center, 3109 Ocoee 5221.

Money from the rodeo Trail. Info: edgewoodpark.us. will provide hay, feed, vet- ■ Excelsior Lodge No. 342 ■ Parkridge meets 6:30 p.m. erinary care and farrier each first Monday except meets 7:30 p.m. each Thursholidays, Cansler YMCA, care for the horses. day, 10103 Thorn Grove Pike.

616 Jessamine St. Info: Jerry Info: www.horsehaventn.

Info: Bill Emmert, 933-6032 or Caldwell, 329-9943. org or 609-4030. w.emmert@att.net.

Horse Haven rodeo north What’s a rodeo without bull riding and barrel racing? Horse Haven’s inaugural fundraiser rodeo is one that pits truck and trailer drivers and gooseneck trailer pullers against an obstacle course.

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This may not sound too exciting at first; but when drivers compete they find out where their strengths and weaknesses are. And it’s for a good cause. Mary Beth Roberts, development director for Horse Haven, brought the truck and trailer rodeo to Knoxville Center Aug. 29.

“Most folks who tow think they are good at it,” said Roberts.

“This event gives them the opportunity to put their money where their mouth is.”

The venue was carefully constructed for the safety of all levels of drivers. Skills were tested on a timed obstacle course for trucks pulling horse trailers. Some drivers found they needed a bit more practice before hitting the road. Prizes went to the top three in the gooseneck competition and pullbehind.

Roberts says a love of horses is deeply rooted in her family.

Her ancestor, Wiley Foster Stone, brought the foundation horses for the Walking Horse to Tennessee. He was offered the property where the state capital now sits for his beautiful gated horses.

“He declined,” said Roberts. “As the years progressed he had an ongoing discussion and competition

with Andrew Jackson as to who owned the fastest horse.”

Hor s e Haven of Te n n e s s e e provides Roberts services to every county in the state at no cost. Roberts says her goal as development director is to get more donations from other parts of the state. She hopes to hold a major fundraiser in Middle Tennessee in 2016 and in West Tennessee by 2018.

Horse Haven advocates for, shelters and rehabilitates neglected and abused equines in Tennessee. Horses come to them once law enforcement determines an owner cannot or will not care for the horse properly. Horse Haven cares for the horses until the courts prosecute. If the court re-

COMMUNITY NOTES

UT arborist works to preserve ash trees on campus Landscape Services arborist Sam Adams is working to save UT campus trees from an invasive insect.

The emerald ash borer, an exotic beetle that can kill an ash tree in as little as three years, was first documented in East Tennessee in 2010 and has affected ash trees on campus.

The adult beetles nibble on foliage but cause little damage. However, their larvae feed on the inner bark of the tree, disrupting the tree’s ability to transport water and nutrients.

Adams and the UT Landscape Services team are trying to save mature trees located prominently on campus. One example is the ash tree located at the Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy.

“The original tree inventory on campus from 2006 documented 94 ash trees,” Adams said.

“I reviewed that inventory in July and concluded that only 12 of these trees remain at least 70 percent intact. These will be treated accordingly for emerald ash borer.”

From that original inventory, 60 trees have been either removed or deemed not healthy enough to effectively treat due to advanced infestation.

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Big game in town Maybe you’ve heard the remember what Bobby Denbuzz. Big game in town, ton said, pay these prices famous-brand Oklahoma at but pay no more.

This is an interesting Neyland Stadium. football matchup. Tennessee is on the rise with bigger expectations. Oklahoma is on the rebound from a “disMarvin appointing” 8-5 season that West ended poorly. The ugly word was underachievement capped by a very bad bowl loss. Net result: Four new assistant coaches.

Go early. If you can find Oklahoma has talent and a place to park, enjoy the will be a measuring stick. atmosphere. Get close to Vols may remember the the Vol Walk. Tickets are whipping they took last Septight but if you have one, go tember in Norman. inside, sing Rocky Top, see Sooners are bringing one the team run through the T, of the best running backs buy a bottle of water for $3, in America. Sophomore

Semaje Perine, 5-11 and 237, full grown as a freshman, rushed for an NCAArecord 427 yards and six touchdowns – in one game, against Kansas.

Think about that, one Saturday set of stats that would equal a season for many, a career for some.

Ten ne s s e e - Ok l a hom a might be a barn-burner with plenty of points – or it might be one-sided if the Vols don’t get a lot better in a hurry in the secondary and at middle linebacker.

The Sooners showed Akron a very strong passing attack.

This is a really big game for Butch Jones. He seeks a genuine signature victory.

Two good ones over South Carolina won’t last forever.

There are other ramifications. One game does not guarantee long-term success but one game can sometimes make a big difference in general direction.

Return with me now to the home opener of 2006 to find similarities. Highly regarded California was the foe. David Cutcliffe was back as offensive coordinator of the Vols. Tennessee fans were pumped.

The crowd went nuts when the Vols came out to play and got even louder when an unsuspecting Golden Bear was struck so hard on the opening kickoff that he missed the rest of the game.

Erik Ainge, not so good as a sophomore, opened Tennessee’s first possession

with a 41-yard completion to Robert Meachem. Fans would have blown the roof off Neyland Stadium if it had one. As it was, they shook the upper decks.

After that, action accelerated. Ainge threw for four touchdowns. An offense that was stagnant the year before (one play of 40 yards or more) was suddenly fresh and crisp. It hit Cal with four big ones. Some thought Cutcliffe made a difference.

I have long believed that crazy crowd intimidated California, inspired the Vols and became a major factor in the mad rush to a stunning 35-0 lead. Oh my, did we have fun.

Seven years previously, 1999, the Vols dominated an elite opponent, Georgia, in similar fashion. There have

been big gaps between onesided celebrations.

I doubt that Oklahoma will be overwhelmed by crowd noise but perhaps you see other similarities. Tennessee has a new offensive coordinator and the hope for a few more big gainers.

Tennessee lost last year without the quarterback it now has. It may not make as many blunders on Saturday.

There are obvious uncertainties about Oklahoma.

Three new offensive coaches could mean a surprising look.

Bob Stoops will likely appear the same as always.

The head coach is 168-44 at Oklahoma. That’s a success rate of 79.2. Only Barry Switzer and Bud Wilkerson have done better.

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

Could Duncan go on Supreme Court?

Yesterday was Justice Gary Wade’s last day on the state Supreme Court. Today just four justices remain with Sharon Lee serving as chief justice.

Gov. Haslam will nominate a replacement for Wade, and while speculation centers on his longtime friend Herb Slatery, another name has been mentioned.

U.S. Rep. John “Jimmy” Duncan served as a Criminal Court judge for seven years before his election to Congress in 1988.

Duncan publicly endorsed Haslam in 2010 when his endorsement made a huge difference in the GOP primary. Duncan is clearly qualified both professionally and politically.

His confirmation would be easy. It would allow him to conclude his public service by returning to the judiciary where his uncle Joe Duncan served ably and where Duncan Jr. started by appointment of then-Gov.

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Lamar Alexander.

Duncan has not publicly shown any interest in this and it is assumed he is more likely to run again for Congress in 2016, but the discussion is ongoing.

Right now Haslam’s choice is pure speculation fueled by rumor. However, odds makers give state Attorney General Herb Slatery the leg up.

When asked, Slatery says he is too busy to think about it and Haslam simply says he has not discussed the matter with Slatery.

Neither statement is a denial that Slatery might want the appointment or Haslam might want him to have it.

If Slatery took the seat, then the Court

would immediately have to fill the newly created vacancy in the AG office which Slatery would have vacated after 16 months on the job.

Slatery would get to influence and vote on his own successor.

The wrinkle in all of this is that potential candidates will have to disclose their intentions in a few weeks as the committee Haslam named to review and recommend names to him for the appellate courts will meet in late October.

So if Slatery or Duncan wants the position, each would have to disclose his interest publicly two months before the Legislature reconvenes in January. Last time, Slatery waited until a few hours before the deadline to apply for AG and was able to gauge who his competition would be. Given the governor’s backing, it really did not matter who his competition was then. Once he announced it was clear the

Court would name him in deference to the governor.

Frankly, if either Slatery or Duncan applied and made the list submitted by the commission, it is hard to imagine Haslam not naming him, and it is equally hard imagining both would apply against each other.

This column will continue this topic next week as to other candidates if Slatery or Duncan is not in contention.

■ Judge Charles Susano of Knoxville now becomes the most senior Tennessee judge in terms of age and length of service, serving on the appellate level at age 79 (turns 80 in March). He is in excellent health and retains his great sense of humor.

■ Confirmation: Because of a recent constitutional amendment, the choice to replace Gary Wade is Haslam’s, subject to possible confirmation by the General Assembly, assuming they can decide on a pro-

cedure. The appointee must come from East or West Tennessee. Middle Tennessee already has two justices.

The General Assembly is deadlocked on a confirmation process with the Senate wanting it to be done by the House and Senate acting separately which means separate confirmation hearings by each.

The House, led by state Rep. Bill Dunn’s arguments, wants a joint session to decide confirmation as is done with the election of the three constitutional officers – the comptroller, the treasurer and the secretary of state. In such a situation, the 33 senators are outvoted by the 99 representatives. Dunn says 17 senators should not be able to block a nominee, although 17 senators can block any bill the House passes in a bicameral legislature.

If the deadlock continues, Haslam nominates will become confirmed after 60 days of being nominated as

the Constitution provides that the nominee is considered confirmed if no action is taken within 60 days after his/her name is presented.

This could be as early as March 13, 2016, if the governor sends the name the day the General Assembly reconvenes on Jan. 13, 2016.

■ City Council member Duane Grieve is recovering from a nasty fall which broke seven ribs.

He was in the hospital two nights but is back at Council meetings with an arm in a sling. He only has two more years before he is forced off council by term limits.

Asked if he might run for mayor in 2019, or before if Rogero leaves mid-term, he points out that he will be the same age Ronald Reagan was when he sought a second term as president.

Grieve seems to enjoy the speculation, as does former Mayor Daniel Brown. He should not be discounted as a potential candidate.

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Republicans target District 2 Commission seat The political landscape keeps turning red, and next year’s elections will show if there are enough Democrats left in County Commission’s District 2 to keep the seat out of GOP hands.

Betty Bean

As of now, Republicans hold a 9-2 advantage. Women are outnumbered 10-1.

Two announced Republican candidates, John Fugate and Michele Carringer, live in the Fountain City end of the district, which stretches from the Fourth & Gill neighborhood northward to Inskip, Fountain City and Shannondale. Both have served as interim office holders – Carringer on County Commission, Fugate on school board.

Carringer was appointed to the District 7 seat in 2009 after Scott “Scoobie” Moore was ousted for committing perjury concerning the

“Black Wednesday” shenanigans in 2007. Voters in the 2010 election elected to shrink the commission from 19 members to 11, and Carringer went up against her dis- Carringer Fugate Kildare trict seatmate, R. Larry Smith, in the Re- commission is fond of expublican primary. She lost, tracting), and kept his word. at least in part, because His appointment was not she’d gotten appointed on a without controversy, howpledge not to run for elec- ever, and Commissioner tion. Her argument that the Amy Broyles, a Democrat, commission reorganization denounced her colleagues relieved her of that obliga- for rejecting the candidate tion was unavailing. She ran she said was the district’s for an at-large seat in 2014 choice.

Fugate was a teacher and and lost to Ed Brantley in a principal before he bethe primary.

The 2012 redistricting came a banker several years threw Carringer (and Fu- ago. He and his signature panama hat have been spotgate) into District 2.

Fugate was appointed to ted at neighborhood meetserve an abbreviated school ings all over the district this board term last year after summer.

Carringer emphasizes Indya Kincannon resigned because her husband had her Fountain City roots, civaccepted an appointment to ic involvement, a stint as a teach abroad for the school Central High School cheerleader and her status as the year.

Fugate promised not to wife of a doctor.

Meanwhile, the Demoseek a full term (a pledge

crats didn’t seem to have a candidate.

A move to draft Cheri Siler, who ran a credible race for state senate last year, fizzled; no new names emerged until teacher Laura Kildare recently decided to run.

Kildare, who lives in the Fairmont/Emoriland neighborhood, recently completed her doctorate and teaches at the Career Magnet Academy.

Although she briefly considered trying for the interim school board seat last year, she opted out, and she will be seen as a political newcomer in what is shaping up as a battle between a Fountain City Republican and a Democrat from the more liberal-leaning trolley burbs of North Knoxville.

A Republican win would reduce the number of commission Democrats to one (assuming the Dems hold on to District 1).

A Fugate win would reduce the number of women on commission to zero.

The tragic story of David Crockett Edmondson TVA is much-maligned. The leaders aren’t from around here and they’re paid too much. The agency displaced families when the dams were built. TVA is a big-government, social welfare experiment – and who needs that!

Bonnie Peters, the Union County historian, found an account of one family’s troubles during the Barren Creek flood of 1916. It’s about life around here before TVA. – S. Clark David Crockett Edmondson survived the flood, but he lost his wife, Mahala Lyons Edmondson, and three children.

Bonnie Peters

Two more were found alive on drift timber three miles from home, lacerated and mangled. All that remained of his pretty, almost-new two-story home were posts between which the front gate was hung. The huge timbers were firmly embedded in the earth and withstood the flood. The chimney was gone and the bricks were scattered down the creek.

Crockett, weak and broken, told this story while sitting on the little porch of his son’s cabin. He was surrounded by friends, neighbors and kin. Laughter was not to be heard. Many who were gathered there had lost loved ones. Some who escaped with their families had no food, no clothing and no work. The crops were made, but the yields were gone, and it was too late to begin to plant anew.

A hush fell as Crockett’s

weak voice recited the deprivation and suffering he had endured. The silence was occasionally broken by sobs.

“Along toward dark as we were getting ready to go to bed, I asked the old woman if it wasn’t going to storm, and she said ‘Law yes, honey.’

“The clouds are just biling up in the west. The baby was crying, and we went to bed, me putting the baby down at the foot,” he said.

“Along in the night the old woman woke me up and asked me to go out and see about her crocks in the spring house, as the way it was raining the creek would back up and the milk would be ruined.

I was tired from working all day and sleepy and just plain trifling, too, I expect. I told her that a little milk wouldn’t mind if it did get ruined for we had plenty more.

“But she said she didn’t care about the milk but she didn’t want to lose the crocks.

I told her that they wouldn’t wash away and I went back to sleep. I don’t know how long I slept, but the old woman woke me up calling to me to save the baby.

“The lightning was flashing and the thunder booming hot and the air was filled with the awfulest sounds I ever heard. I threw my feet from the bed and I was standing in water up to my knees.

David Crockett Edmondson with four of his children.

“I moved toward the foot of the bed to get the baby. Just as I got there, I heard a roar like thunder right in my ears. I could hear trees and timbers smashing and then the flood struck us. The house groaned and gave way.

“I could see the ceiling coming down on us and then I didn’t remember any more until I found myself floating down the flood on top of a house which I suppose was my own as it had a new shingle roof.

“I don’t know whether I was in my right mind or not. I thought I was then, but I doubt it now. I thought I heard a man’s voice who I recognized as Bunk Ferguson because he had such a coarse, heavy voice. It seemed to me he was running down the bank trying to warn the people, but I think now he was on some drift, floating the same as myself.

“How I made that trip in safety I will never know for I gave up and sank beneath the waters many times thinking it was all over. How far I floated on

the housetop I can’t say, but before long it struck something and turned over, throwing me under it. I felt it float off of me; and, as I came to the surface, I struck a large timber and catching to it I thought I was safe at last for I knew it would float.

“After the lightning would flash, and it was almost steady, I could see houses, barns, trees, timbers and cattle floating on the water which looked to be almost a mile wide.

“Before I had gone far, my timber struck something and ended over, throwing me through the air. Again I was beneath the water. I could feel the debris and logs and timbers as they struck my body or passed overhead.

“Finally, when I rose to the top again, I was more dead than alive.

“I was so weak and exhausted I could scarcely

government Meet Will Johnson, city recorder If you meet city recorder Will Johnson, there’s no need to remind him that he has big shoes to fill.

He’s already reminded daily.

His predecessor, Cindy Mitchell, began her Will Johnson job in the city council office on July 20, 1980 − exactly 35 years before Johnson’s first day.

He was able to shadow her for three days before she stepped down.

He will earn $52,000 per year, $24,000 less than Mitchell.

On his second day, Johnson attended his first city council meeting − a long session that included approval of the city’s new sign ordinance. Meetings are recorded digitally, but motions and votes are also recorded by hand. He was glad for Mitchell’s help that week.

Johnson, 31, grew up in North Knox County and attended Halls High School. He graduated from UT in 2008 with degrees in medieval history and public administration and has an art history minor − a solid liberal arts education, he says.

His grandfather, Earl Hoffmeister, held elective office as Knox County’s 16-year superintendent of schools. Will worked in the Knox County Clerk’s office for 12 years before applying

for the city post. His familiarity with county government prepared him for the transition.

Local government has always been an interest. It’s where the rubber meets the road, he says.

“This is where elected officials can make the most difference − on the local level.”

He considers the new post a great opportunity, and has spent his first few weeks learning names. He’s getting used to the regularly scheduled meetings, like city council and beer board, and he’s looking forward to less-frequent events, like the upcoming swearing-in of new council members in December.

He also anticipates the arrival of a couple of new employees. Two other long-time city council office staffers, auditor Melissa Peters and secretary Susan Wilson, will retire this fall.

Peters’ replacement, former credit union employee Savannah Maupin, was appointed by council last week. Interviews are currently underway to find Wilson’s replacement.

Best of luck to the new kids on the block, and happy trails to those who served before them.

move. Throwing my arms out wider for some support, I struck nothing except small boards which gave way beneath my hands and I went under again.

“How far I was swept on under the water, no one can tell; but directly, I felt something solid passing over me and with a mighty effort I turned over and caught the edge of what was part of a room.

“It was about 10 by 20 feet as near as I could judge in lightning flashes. As I crossed on the roof on my hands and knees, my fingers in the cracks under the shingles to keep from being thrown off, I was thrown around by the whirling current.

“I was almost naked, had on nothing but the tattered rags of what had been a shirt when I had started. I was shivering from the cold which had numbed my body.

“As a flash of lightning came, I looked to the bank ahead about 20 feet away.

I would have attempted to swim, but just as I let go of my hold with my fingers the roof I was holding onto turned quickly, throwing me far out into the stream.

“Hopelessly, I struck out for where I had seen the bank and by some miracle managed to keep afloat. I drifted with the tide trying as I went to get closer to the bank, which I finally did.

“Seizing a small sapling, my body swung around against the bank. Though weak, I dragged my cut and torn body from the water and began to climb up the hill on my hands and knees. I did not know where I was, but I imagined I had drifted 10 or 12 miles. I had really gone only a mile and a quarter.

“Looking around I could see by lightning flashes a house or a barn and I made my way there thinking I might get some clothes.”

Crockett and Mahala are buried at Head of Barren in Claiborne County.

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SENIOR NOTES ■ Carter Senior Center: 9040 Asheville Highway 932-2939 Wednesday, Sept. 9: 8 a.m. Weekday Walkers; 9 a.m. Farkle; 10:30 a.m.

Inspiration class; 11:30 a.m. veterans lunch; 1 p.m. bingo; 2 p.m. astronomy class; 2:30 p.m. Wii Bowling; 3 p.m.

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Thursday, Sept. 10: 8 a.m. Weekday Walkers; 9 a.m. pinochle; 10:30 a.m. FCE meeting; 11 a.m. beginner Tai Chi; 11:30 a.m.

Tai Chi practice; 12:30 p.m.

Cardio Craze; 2 p.m. SAIL exercise; 3 p.m. ping pong; 3:15 p.m. Wii Bowling.

Above, NHC residents Gloria Wagner and Sue Finneran learn cheers from UT cheerleaders Sarah Parker, Mallory Hayes, Morgan Findley, Taylor Newsom and Ally Tuttle

Friday, Sept. 11: 8 a.m. Weekday Walkers; 9 a.m. Uno; 11 a.m. movie matinee; 1 p.m. dominoes; 2 p.m. guitar jam.

Monday, Sept. 14: 8 a.m. Weekday Walkers; 9 a.m. euchre; 10 a.m. quilting; 11:30 a.m. Super Seniors, beading club; 1 p.m. free art class; 3 p.m.

Wii Bowling.

At left, UT Cheerleader Morgan Findley gets some love from NHC resident Betty Hamilton after she kissed cheerleader Abraham Almatari on the cheek.

“I want one, too,” said Findley.

Hamilton was happy to oblige.

Tuesday, Sept. 15: Senior Day at Tennessee Valley Fair; 8 a.m. Weekday Walkers; 9 a.m. Rook; 10 a.m. Golf Club Gurus; 11:30 a.m. self-defense; 12:30 p.m. Cardio Craze; 1:30 p.m. Super Stretchers; 2 p.m. SAIL exercise; 3 p.m. corn-hole toss; 3:15 p.m. Wii Bowling.

UT mascot Jr. Smokey gets to know NHC resident Ann Campbell.

■ Corryton Senior Center: 9331 Davis Drive 688-5882 Monday-Friday Wednesday, Sept 9: 9 a.m. billiards, quilting; 10 a.m. dominoes; 11 a.m. open game; 1 p.m. Rook.

By Sara Barrett NHC Farragut put parking lot parties to shame last Thursday with an indoor tailgate party in its soda fountain area.

It felt like the old student center on campus before a home game. Rocky Top played on big speakers, sports played on the big screen and lots of bottomless tailgate snacks were served to the festive crowd.

Orange balloons and shakers filled the air and covered the tables.

Thursday, Sept. 10: 9 a.m. billiards, quilting; 1 p.m. pinochle; 1:30 p.m.

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Friday, Sept. 11: 9 a.m.

SAIL exercise, billiards; 11 a.m. Senior Meals (must sign up); 1 p.m. card making; 1:30 p.m. Zumba Gold.

UT cheerleaders spent the afternoon with the residents, teaching them popular UT cheers and going room to room to spread some orange and white sunshine. A stop in physical therapy had residents cheering and chanting while working the treadmills, the cheerleaders in a row behind them.

When word gets out, NHC may be asked to teach some tailgating classes around town …

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Sharing the knowledge of experience

The city of God

By Betsy Pickle There are hot pursuits, artistic pursuits and the pursuit of happiness. “The Pursuit” at Woodlawn Christian Church is looking for something real and lifechanging.

The new program takes place at 8 p.m. Sundays, beginning Sept. 13, at the church, 4339 Woodlawn Pike. It’s aimed at 19- to 35-year-olds, a group that has a lot going on in their lives and often could use voices of experience to help them find their way.

“Every person in that age group is pursuing a set of values or a set of things they want to achieve in life,” says Sam Darden, a church member who is overseeing the program. “At this age, you’re trying to make a living; you’re trying to establish a career. You want to make money; you want to be stable.

“So you’re pursuing things. But when you get to the stage where I am in my life you look back at that and you say, ‘Yes, I did pursue a lot of things. Some of those things were not all that good. But some things were necessary and important.’

“I realize now that God was pursuing me. It wasn’t just me pursuing things.

God was pursuing me while I was pursuing things, and at some point you realize that, and you start making choices that are more in harmony with what you believe God wants for your

faith On the holy mount stands the city he founded; the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. (Psalm 87: 1-3) City of God, how broad and far Outspread thy walls sublime!

The true thy chartered freemen are Of every age and clime. (“City of God,” Samuel Johnson, 1860)

Sam Darden is excited about “The Pursuit” at Woodlawn Christian Church. Photo by Betsy Pickle life.”

Darden, who served 38 years as the campus minister for the Christian Student Center at the University of Tennessee, believes he and other Woodlawn volunteers can help pass “wisdom, experience and truth from one generation to the next.”

“We’ll have a lot of speakers that have years on them, and … I’ve asked them to think about what you believe or what you think a younger person needs to know about life that you have learned and you need to or want to pass that on to them.”

The exchange won’t be

one-sided. Darden says the volunteers will start the conversation and encourage attendees to join in.

Darden grew up in South Knoxville and graduated from South High School in 1961. He says he always felt safe, and his church family at Woodlawn Christian supported him and gave him confidence.

“South Knoxville has changed,” he says. “A lot of young people in this category are just surviving.

They’re barely making it. I believe God wants them to know about Him, and I want this ‘Pursuit’ to be welcoming to them.”

Saving lives in Tennessee

By Carol Shane Next week, a group of leaders in faith will convene in a town hall setting for discussion on a topic that is often considered taboo. They’ll be talking about suicide.

September is, in fact, National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Here in Tennessee, over 950 people take their own lives each year. Suicide is the ninth Scott Payne leading cause of death in our state, and the third leading cause of death among Tennesseans aged 10-24.

Scott Payne is the East Tennessee Re-

gional Coordinator for the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network (TSPN.) Through serving in a crisis center, and later as a facilitator for a Survivors of Suicide (SOS) group, Payne says he came to realize that “communities needed more information so that people could intervene and interrupt suicide thoughts before they turn into behavior.”

On the morning of Sept. 17, six leaders in the faith community – the Rev. Howard Bowlin, Cornerstone of Recovery; the Rev. Christopher Buice, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church; Rabbi Alon Ferency, Heska Amuna Synagogue; Father Ragan Schriver, Catholic Diocese of Knoxville; the Rev. Dr. Grant Standefer, Com-

The program was developed by church members, not staff, and while sharing wisdom is a part of it, showing love is an even bigger part, Darden says.

“If we can truly love these young men and women that come to this and let them know that and support them and mentor them and give them the benefit of experience and wisdom, then I think we have a real opportunity to do some good,” he says.

The hourlong weekly program will include music and refreshments. A nursery will be available.

Info: woodlawncc.com

I worry about the city of God. Jerusalem, I mean, not the Eternal City not made by hands.

Turmoil in the Middle East is not new, by any stretch. It seems that cradle of civilization has been perpetually dangerous and uneasy. The fact that the region is a crossroads of three continents accounts for some of its friction. Also, the reality that three major religions inhabit the area inevitably increases the tension.

All over the Middle East, warring factors are busily destroying ancient buildings. Beautiful, historic edifices. Why? I can’t imagine.

What does that destruction prove?

It feels like children tearing down each other’s cardboard forts and playhouses.

If it weren’t so deadly and mean and permanent, I would liken it to kids sticking out their tongues at each other and saying “Nanna-

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nanna-boo-boo!”

Even so, in my heart, I know that buildings are just buildings. They are manmade. They will crumble someday.

Jerusalem is more than its buildings. Jerusalem is holy ground: its streets have been blessed by the footsteps of patriarchs and kings, saints and pilgrims, disciples and Jesus himself, and it points us to the Eternal City, the City of God. It is that city that will be our long home. It is there that we will be citizens in a Kingdom we can only imagine now. Until then, let us strive to make this world more like that one!

passion Coalition; and Dr. Salmaan Toor, providers, mental health workers and Muslim Community of Knoxville – will join the general public learn how they can adkeynote speaker the Rev. Nicole Krewson dress the issue of suicide from a faithof Church Street United Methodist Church based perspective.” for “Diversity in Faith: Perspectives on Sui“It is our hope,” says Payne, “that bringcide.” ing people of different faith traditions toAnne Young, program director of Re- gether to discuss suicide and its prevention lapse Recovery and will reduce stigma surYoung Adults at Corrounding suicide, and The Tennessee Suicide nerstone of Recovery, encourage people who is co-facilitator of may be experiencing Prevention Network will the event. The f lyer thoughts of suicide to host a town hall meeting on states: “In times of access help.” grief and crisis, many “Diversity in Faith: Thursday, Sept. 17. people turn to their Perspectives on Suireligious faith for ancide” takes place from swers and resources.

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‘This changes everything’ 33-D D printed housee iiss Clayton project

A side view of the 3-D printed house at Malibu Collision in Halls.

By Shannon Carey When Halls guy Rick Spears took a 3-D printed Shelby Cobra to the Detroit Auto Show, the lead design engineer from Kia asked him why. Concept cars are the show’s regular fare.

Spears replied that the Cobra was 3-D printed, taking six weeks from concept to a complete, drivable vehicle. Right now in the auto industry, it takes eight to 12 months to get a concept to the wind tunnel, and it’s still not drivable.

The guy from Kia was blown away.

“This changes everything,” he said.

On Sept. 8, a 3-D printed house rolled out of Malibu Collision in Halls, bound for trade shows across the nation. The project was sponsored by MaxLab at ORNL, a wing of the Department of Energy dedicated to researching innovative and efficient building designs and materials.

Spears owns and operates Malibu Collision. Twelve years ago, he started investigating carbon fiber, a new material that could be used to customize cars.

“There was nowhere to learn about it,” Spears said. “I had to order a CD from Germany and figure it out in German.”

Then, he went to a carbon fiber expo in Washington, D.C., and met Jesse Smith of Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley. Turns out, Oak Ridge National Laboratory was aiming to be the carbon fiber capital of the world, and they were looking for someone to do prototyping.

Suddenly, Malibu Collision took center stage in the world of high-tech

materials.

Malibu spin-off company TruDesign is dedicated to design, analysis and prototyping, “working to help bring back manufacturing to the U.S.,” said Spears.

TruDesign developed a spray-on coating that can make the “ropey” texture of 3-D printed products smooth.

3-D printed molds for auto parts are also revolutionizing the industry. When President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visited Pellissippi State this year, they signed a car hood made at Malibu Collision, the first hood ever pulled off a 3-D printed mold, and the first hood ever signed by a President and Vice President.

“We printed the mold in eight hours and pulled the hood in three days,” said Spears. “And it was made here in Halls.”

But 3-D printing is not just for cars.

Airplane, boat and appliance manufacturers are also clamoring for more.

“It’s really cool to be helping develop technology and processes that are not even on the market yet,” Spears said.

The house, just a one-room proof-

of-concept house for now, will travel to national trade shows. 3-D printed from 20 percent carbon fiber and 80 percent AVS, the panels “snap together like Legos,” said Spears. It was assembled at Clayton Homes of Halls. Other partners include Alcoa and SOM. The roof is covered with solar panels, and appliances are the most energy-efficient available.

“It’s the only one in the world like it,” Spears said. “People don’t realize what’s really going on at the lab.

“There are a lot of people who haven’t seen 3-D printing. It’s going to change the way we do everything.”

StyroPower 3-D printing isn’t the only field Spears has explored. Another spin-off company, StyroPower, makes equipment that compacts Styrofoam so that it is economical to ship and recycle.

The device went through a three-year process of research and development, including processing a year’s worth of breakfast and lunch trays from Halls High School. According to StyroPower president John Miller, the device melts and compacts the Styrofoam from

1,400 lunch trays into onehalf cubic foot.

The material can then by recycled back into fuel, more Styrofoam, or even into 3-D printer material.

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Good news from Sarah Moore Greene I have been to my share of parent meetings in area schools over the past 12 years. Most of them are fi lled with tons of important information for parents and families.

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Carter High cheerleaders help kick off coupon book sales.

Carter Elementary was the host school for the celebration and rolled out the red carpet for the event. Welcoming students and handing out glasses are Macy Meredith, Leanna Luttrell and Chloe Sherrod. Photos by R. White

Red carpet kick-off Carter Elementary was the host school for the Original Knox County Schools Coupon Book kick-off celebration, and guests at the school received movie-star treatment for the day.

The coupon books are in the 27th year of helping raise money for schools, and the price of books has remained at $10 each, with $8 staying in each school. The county goal is to sell 160,000 books and raise over $1.4 million for classroom needs.

Major sponsors of the coupon books include presenting sponsor U.S. Cellular and major sponsors First

Tennessee, Junk Bee Gone, Rusty Wallace Automotive and Stanley Steemer.

Top sellers from last year included countywide winner Kailey Bostick from Farragut Middle (represented Farragut Intermediate last year); Cassie Norris from Halls Middle School; Colette Quist from Farragut Middle School) and Chase Countiss from West High (represented Bearden Middle last year).

Books will be on sale through Monday, Sept. 21, and can be purchased from Knox County students or at area school offices.

projected to be successful.

In second grade, 97 percent were on target. Scores for the previous year ranked SMG at a level one, while last year’s group rose to a level 4. “I am so proud of the kids and the teachers,” said Espiritu.

Sarah Moore Greene is the first Leader in Me school in the area and has begun a three-year wholeschool transformation process. It teaches 21st century leadership and life skills to students and creates a culture of student empowerment.

FranklinCovey representative Michael Armstrong was on hand to discuss the program and to demonstrate some of the concepts for the parents.

Armstrong called on eight teachers to participate in an activity where they stood back to back

Last week Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy hosted family night to kick Sarah Moore Greene ambassador Xavier Hill hands out inforoff the school year, and I mation to parents as they attend the school’s family night. must say that it was probably the best one I’ve attended. The night featured as one person made sev- asked the teachers if any a teacher singing “I Believe eral changes to herself. The of them had changed back I Can Fly” with students other teacher had to look any alterations. His point: singing the chorus and and see if they noticed the When you see great things providing arm motions to changes. This happened changing in the school, the words; teacher activithree times. When the put a stake in it and don’t ties; pizza for supper; great activity was complete he change back to old ways. news to celebrate; and a special treat.

First, the good news – principal Susan Espiritu shared data from reading and math and was thrilled to announce that the students improved in every subgroup they were asked to improve in. Thirdthrough fifth-grade students reached their goals, building on skills learned in kindergarten through second grade.

First-grade reading grew Teachers at Sarah Moore Greene participate in an activity demonstrating change and teamwith 82 percent of the stu- work at parent night. Pictured are Katherine Mencer, Stephanie Cook, Alexis Hein and Rachel dents at or above the level Thompson.

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Carter Elementary teachers Sherry Beeler and Amy Wilburn dress up as movie stars for the event.

Carter High cheerleader Caroline Allen and Superintendent Jim McIntyre chat with students at Carter Elementary.

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SEEKING VENDORS The Union County Heritage Festival is seeking arts-and-crafts vendors, food vendors, demonstrators and nonprofit booths for the festival, to be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Wilson Park in Maynardville. The festival draws more than 4,000 people.

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THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memories” show featuring Pat Boone and Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Info: KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9 Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Ashe-

Do you enjoy watching shows like “Criminal Minds,” “Law and Order” or “NCIS”? Do you have the crime solved before the show is over?

If so, a criminal justice program may interest you.

The program is but one of many professions being examined through Career and Technical Education program (CTE).

Central High School launched its criminal justice course this year with phenomenal interest. Instructor Greg Lemmons teaches Criminal Justice 1, an introductory course in which students learn about the police, courts and corrections. Lemmons brings field knowledge to the classand students are able to work on booking procedures and fingerprinting techniques; compare federal, state and local law enforcement agencies and will create their own police department.

Farragut High School of-

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by Derek Pacifico.

The introductory course examines the history of law enforcement with a look at criminal/civil courts and jails/corrections. Students will conduct evaluations of criminal justice careers, study the constitutional amendments directly related to the field and conduct mock trials. To enhance the program, students at Cen- Michael Armstrong of FranklinCovey asks parents, “What is tral will have guest speakers your dream for your child?” during an exercise at Sarah Moore in the classroom and Farra- Greene. gut plans to tour the Knox County Detention Facility.

At Central, Criminal Jus- will visit the Knox County tice 2 deals with crime scene courthouse and District Atinvestigations and allows torney’s office.

Criminal Justice 3, alstudents to form CSI teams.

Each team will photograph lows students to process a mock scene, sketch the evidence including blood scene, mark and collect evi- spatter, insect larva, handdence, perform search pat- writing samples, bullet terns, use fingerprint pow- trajectories and the differder and process evidence. ence between animal and Farragut students will focus human hair. They will also more closely on police work work with higher levels of Tariq Howard was the first stuand will have an opportu- fingerprinting skills, plaster dent to learn the school misnity to conduct crime scene casting and impression evi- sion statement and stated it investigations. The group dence. for the parents at family night.

ville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 10 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254; Stephanie, 862-9252.

First Lutheran 55-Alive seniors group meeting, noon, 1207 N. Broadway. A hot lunch ($8), prepared by school chef Stacy Takonis, will be served at 12:30.

Program at 1 p.m.: Ed and Jo Niedens speaking on Rome to Copenhagen and Celebrating D-Day at Normandy.

Reservations required: 524-0366.

Homeschoolers at the Library Part 2: Robotics with the L&N STEMpunks, 2 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Registration required. Info/ registration: 922-2552.

“Life Is a Puzzle” luncheon hosted by the Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection, 10:45 a.m., Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Cost: $12. Inspirational speaker Rosa Maria Faulkner will present “Tiaras, Trophies and Tantrums, a Humorous Look at Marriage, Child Rearing and Life Issues.” Child care by reservation only. Info/ reservations: 315-8182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@ gmail.com.

Living with Diabetes: Putting the Pieces Together, 2-4 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library. Topics include: “What Is Diabetes?,” treatment options, blood sugar monitoring, understanding your A1C, stress management, sick day guidelines, barriers to control, behavior changes and goal setting. Info: 689-2681.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 11 Country Dancing for Seniors, 6:30-10 p.m., RiverView Family Farm, 12130 Prater Lane. Lessons, 6:30-7. No alcohol, no smoking. Featuring: two step, swing, line, couples, disco, waltz, mixers and more. Info: 988-8043; 966-1120.

Karaoke, 6-10 p.m., Bubba Brew’s Sports Pub & Grill, Beach Island Marina. Info: 992-3091.

Movies on Market Square: “Driving Miss Daisy” (PG, 1989); movie begins at dusk. Hosted by the Knox County Public Library. Bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on; well-behaved dogs are welcome. Info: 215-8767 or knoxlib.org/movies.

Union County Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, SEPT. 11-12 Fall consignment sale, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Chilhowee Hills Baptist Church, 4615 Asheville Highway. Info: Shannan, 525-7807 or srebold@freedomchristianacademy.org.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 12 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254; Stephanie, 862-9252.

Hogskin History Day, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Admission and parking are free. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603; narrowridge.org.

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By Carol Shane The Tennessee Stage Company will hold auditions for the Timeless Works production of “My Three Angels” by Samuel and Bella Spewack, based on the original French play

by Albert Husson.

The delightful holiday comedy, to be performed in November, centers on a family in debt and their unlikely saviors: three convicts on work release from a local prison who conspire to help them out.

Roles are available for men and women across a wide age range, and auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Auditions will take place

The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Railfest features two Norfolk Southern locomotives this year: the Veterans Commemorative, honoring those who have served in the military, and the 9-1-1, honoring first responders. Photo submitted

road Museum celebrates its 5th Annual Tennessee Valley Railfest. You’ll have to drive a ways – the event is in Chattanooga – but it’ll be worth it.

According to its website, the TVRM is a moving museum, offering an interacDuring the late ninetive, historical experience teenth century – heyday featuring the only regularly of railroad-building in our scheduled, full-sized train country – a popular song ride in Tennessee. ran: “Railfest is a great event Oh, I wouldn’t marry a for everyone to come out farmer, and celebrate their love of He’s always in the dirt, I’d rather marry a rail- trains,” says Steve Freer, TVRM spokesperson. “We road man are proud to have Norfolk Who wears a strip-ed shirt.

Southern’s 9-1-1 and VeterThis weekend, railroad ans Commemorative locoenthusiasts of all stripes can motives on site for the event indulge their passion when this year. the Tennessee Valley Rail“We will have live demfrom 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

13, and from 7-9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, in the Emporium Center at 100 South Gay Street in Knoxville.

Railfest ahead

onstrations, music, train rides to East Chattanooga featuring turntable demonstrations and a visit to our repair and restoration shop.”

And in honor of the men who lost their lives in the July 17 Chattanooga shooting at two military installations, Railfest will offer free admission to first responders and active military.

Regular admission is $25 for adults and $20 for children aged 3-12.

For an upgraded ticket of $45 you can take a steam excursion train to Cleveland, pulled by the grand lady Locomotive #4501, on Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m.

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Not so ‘Perfect’?

In “The Perfect Guy,” opening wide on Friday, a businesswoman (Sanaa Lathan) breaks up with her longtime beau (Morris Chestnut) when he refuses to commit. Soon after, a handsome stranger (Michael Ealy) arrives on the scene, and while he seems perfect at first, he grows possessive and then obsessive. Pictured are Chestnut and Ealy.

Also opening this week is M. Night Shyamalan’s horror film “The Visit.”

sion ticket includes entry to Railfest on either day. Live entertainment includes folk and country music featuring the group “No Big Deal” and Norfolk Southern’s band “The Lawmen.”

Missionary Ridge Local train rides, a petting zoo, children’s activities, miniature train exhibits, a roving

magician, inflatables, minigolf and unique food round out a fun weekend for children of all ages. Hours for Railfest are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13. Parking is free onsite at 4119 Cromwell Road.

Info: tvrail.com or 423894-8028

be a big bonus.”

Knoxville Film Festival executive director Keith McDaniel calls it an “excellent film.”

Green, originally from Atlanta, has a bachelor’s from New York University and an MBA from NYU’s Tisch School of Film & Television. He has spent much of the past decade directing short films and producing, but when he started writing “Wildlike” in 2008, he had in mind to make it his feature debut.

Apparently, he doesn’t like to do things the easy way. “Wildlike” is about a Mackenzie young teenage girl sent to (Ella Purlive with her uncle in Alaska. nell) and When the living arrangeBart (Bruce ment takes an unexpected Greenwood) turn, she runs away and are unlikely winds up attaching herself traveling to a man on his own solitary companions mission. Green shot the film in “Wildlike.” in remote Alaska, on 35mm film (a rare thing these days), using a bear and several untested humans. it will be able to tell their “We didn’t have to go friends, and soon thereafter as far and cover as much they can find the film. ground as we did, but I “We have a tremendous wanted to,” he says. “I network of supporters be- wanted to film Mackenzie’s cause of all the festivals, journey as much I could and and I think that’s going to capture on film as much of

Alaska as would be practical.

Green and his wife had backpacked in Denali National Park and had traveled Alaska by train.

“I just saw it as a really amazing backdrop for a movie,” he says. “I’m a lover of the outdoors, and I think I naturally wanted to put the outdoors in my first feature. If it’s going to be in the United States, there’s really nowhere better you can go than Alaska.

“I wanted to bring something great to the screen for a first feature. I mean, why not?”

Green says “Wildlike” isn’t the kind of movie a studio would make.

“It’s an incredible relationship story that happens in an incredible landscape in Alaska,” he says, adding that he intended for the first part of the movie to make viewers feel uncomfortable.

“It roughs you up in the beginning, then takes you deep into the heart of humans and nature and where those connect. I don’t really know of a movie to compare it to.”

Info: knoxvillefilmfestival. com

Director turns debut into a challenge

By Betsy Pickle Film festivals are a great place for independent films to get exposure.

Just ask Frank Hall Green, whose feature-directing debut, “Wildlike,” is the opening-night film for the Knoxville Film Festival at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

17, at Regal Downtown West Cinema 8.

“I knew I wanted it to go to a lot of festivals because I thought it was a good way to get it out there,” says Green.

When he wasn’t able to get into big festivals like Toronto and Sundance, he started to doubt himself and his film, but then he started getting reaction from smaller but still prestigious festivals. Acceptance letters began pouring in, along with awards.

“Wildlike” ended up with invitations to more than 150 film festivals, winning 38 best film and audience awards.

The stars, up-and-comer Ella Purnell and veteran Bruce Greenwood, also raked in numerous acting awards.

“It didn’t really make

that much difference with the sale of the film and setting up distribution, but it makes a difference now that we have a network, and we have places to take the film,” says Green by phone

from Denver, the night before his visit to the Telluride Film Festival. “We’ll be able to take it to Knoxville, and we’ll be able to tell them when it’s coming out (Sept.

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History and Mysteries Oliver Perry Temple (1820-1907)

A mere 316 votes may have altered the course of history.

When he was only 27 years of age, Oliver Temple challenged His “stump speeches” were effective in the 1:1 debates then in fashion. He had won previous elections by as much as 1,500 votes.

Temple, representing the Whig party, was a young lawyer in Greeneville. He was still working to estabJim Tumblin lish a practice when, only three weeks before the election, he was prevailed upon to make the race. Landon C. Haynes, another Democrat, had considered the Democrat Johnson was odds and decided not to run in his prime and thought against Johnson. to be invincible in his race It was an interesting time for a third term in 1847. in American politics with the acknowledged political leader in East Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District, Andrew Johnson.

the expansion to the west and the expanding economy and with party platforms in stark contrast to todays. By and large, the Whig party, devised by Henry Clay, proposed tariffs to protect and promote goods made in the U.S. and shipped to foreign countries. It promoted internal improvements, such as railroads, and wanted a national bank to regulate national finances and the money supply.

The Whigs favored federal government control to accomplish their goals.

On the other hand, the Democrats preferred free trade, an agrarian economy and control of government on the local and state level.

Democrats pushed for expansion of the borders and Whigs sought to spend for

Oliver P. Temple’s early exposure to eminent educators and attorneys gave him the foundation skills for a distinguished career later in life. Photo courtesy of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection

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Temple showdown came only two days before the election in a fierce debate in Jonesboro. Thinking Haynes would be his opponent, Johnson had attempted to appeal to Whig voters by opposing some of the policies of Democrat President James K. Polk, although they were of the same party. By pointing out Johnson’s inconsistencies within his own party, Temple was able to win over many voters.

The 5,658 to 5,342 vote had turned out to be the closest of the five races Johnson would win in holding the congressional seat from 1843 to 1853. Oliver Temple had captured the attention of the public and author William Speer would observe, “Temple, defeated as he was, felt that he was half conqueror, and Johnson, though elected, was deeply mortified and humiliated.”

History’s “what ifs” are inconsequential, but one wonders whether a defeated Johnson could have recovered to be elected Tennessee’s governor in 1853 and again in 1855 and a U.S. senator in 1857.

Would he have been elected vice president in 1864 and in place to become the president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated? Could some other President have guided the country through the reconstruction period after the Civil War more effectively?

But who was the young lawyer who almost defeated Andrew Johnson?

Oliver Perry Temple was born on Jan. 27, 1820, near Greeneville, Tenn., the son of James and Mary Craig Temple.

In 1810 the young couple had been married by the Rev. Charles Coffin, later East Tennessee University (predecessor of the University of Tennessee) president. The union produced five sons and one daughter.

James Temple was both a farmer and a surveyor and owned a large farm next to that of the Rev. Hezekiah Balch. Balch would later found Greeneville College which would combine with Tusculum College in 1868.

His father died when Oliver was only two years old, but Mary Craig Temple was

a remarkable woman with a strong will, good judgment and business ability.

She managed the estate so well that, by the time the youngest of her seven children came of age, she had doubled its value and was therefore able to provide her children with a good education.

Oliver spent his early years on the family’s farm enduring the drudgery of farm life in the summers and attending field schools in the winter. His early bent for debating influenced him to walk miles to several Greene County schools to participate in debating societies.

When he was only 16, he enrolled in the recently established Greeneville College but quit in 1838 to join the state militia then attempting to suppress a Cherokee uprising. He served less than a year but, incongruously, it was in the service that he discovered English philosopher John Locke’s “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding,” which convinced him that he wanted to study law.

He attended Tusculum College from 1838-41 where he came under the influence of the Rev. Samuel Witherspoon Doak, who was a son of pioneering Presbyterian minister and college president the Rev. Samuel Doak.

The senior Rev. Doak was a graduate of Princeton University who had brought that university’s standards and traditions to Washington College in nearby Limestone.

Temple transferred to Washington College in 1841 and graduated there in 1844 when a grandson of the Rev. Samuel Doak, the Rev. Alexander A. Doak, a recent Princeton graduate, was college president. The influence of those institutions and their leaders provided Oliver Temple an elegance of manner and speech that stood him in good stead throughout his life.

After his graduation Temple was able to “read law” under a leading attorney in Greeneville, Robert J. McKinney, who would later become a Tennessee Supreme Court justice. Temple was admitted to the bar in 1846 and became an associate of Freeman Compton who would later become an Arkansas Supreme Court justice.

In 1848, after the young attorney ran for the U.S. House of Representatives against incumbent Andrew Johnson and lost in a very close race, he moved to Knoxville. He became a partner in the law firm of the prominent attorney William H. Sneed who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1855.

Oliver P. Temple was only 28, with the education and the experience which would enable him to contribute his wise counsel on the many decisions leading up to the Civil War and to assist in the reconciliation needed after that war. Next month’s article will chronicle his distinguished career.

Author’s Note: Most Northern Whigs became members of the newly formed Republican Party in the mid-1850s as did Abraham Lincoln, who had been elected to Congress as a Whig in 1846.

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Robert Elmore, FIC Registered Representative 5915 Rutledge Pike Knoxville, TN 37924 Phone: 865-546-0804 Cell: 865-300-3479 Email: Robert.A.Elmore@mwarep.org

*Securities offered through MWA Financial Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Modern Woodmen of America

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R. Larry Smith & Associates Insurance Agency meets the first Wednesday of each month at 8:00am at

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Non-Smokers Monthly Rates Guaranteed/Renewal/Convertible Issue $250,000 $500,000 Age Male Female Male Female 18-35 11.66 11.00 16.72 15.84 40 14.30 13.20 21.56 20.24 45 19.36 17.38 31.24 27.72 50 27.28 22.88 46.20 37.84 55 43.12 33.00 75.68 56.32 60 65.78 46.86 120.56 83.16 65 109.21 71.72 210.32 132.00 70 192.94 126.02 375.32 237.16 • Largest Volume Life Ins. Agency in your community.

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