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Miracle Maker

Leslie Howe didn’t write the book on math, but she did write the computer program on it.

Make that “programs.”

A math and computer science teacher at Farragut High School since 1985, Howe has written more than 400 computer programs to help teachers help students find the best path to learning.

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See Betsy Pickle’s story on A-9

Brad Walker stays busy with band Brad Walker has been a busy boy.

In addition to continuing work with his popular big band orchestra, Walker, a 2004 Halls High School graduate, has also launched a monthly dinner/dance concert series at The Orangery.

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See Jake Mabe’s story on page A-3

Improvement is coming (soon) There are reasons to believe even the immediate future will be better than the past.

As you may have heard, Tennessee football is facing a trap game in Western Kentucky and things really get tough after that.

“No matter what happens at Oregon and Florida, keep believing that success is again in sight, out there on the horizon. If you can’t see it, get out your telescope,” Marvin West writes.

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The concept of color

By Cindy Taylor Color and creativity blended with form and function at the August meeting of the Modern Quilt Guild at the Powell Branch Library Members produce a constant flow of quilt squares which are then assembled and presented to graduates of Restoration House, a village designed for single mothers and their families.

Making quilts for Restoration House has been an ongoing project for the Guild.

For show and tell, members brought patterns, books, fabric and projects.

Projects included purses, quilt squares, fabric stamping, and new ways to look at color and design.

The guild will begin working on a project for the new Riley Blake/Modern Quilt Guild fabric challenge.

President Emily Doane

Christy Cooper designed charity blocks to add to a quilt for Restoration House graduates. Photo by C. Taylor

gave instructions on how to the Knoxville Guild. use the Modern Quilt Guild The Knoxville Modern website that now supports Quilt Guild meets montha link to information about ly at various locations.

See Dr. Bob Collier’s story on A-5

‘Coup’ is good read Betty Bean takes a look at “Coup,” the new book by Keel Hunt that discusses the early swearing-in of Gov. Lamar Alexander, back in 1979.

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Jessie Evans, owner of Friends Antiques and Collectibles Mall, was the founding vendor at the first Historic Happy HollerPalooza. Now, with the 8th annual street fair set to kick off at noon Saturday, Sept. 14, she’s thrilled by its growth.

“We opened the store in 2005, and mom and I helped found the street fair, which was originally a customer appreciation

day where people went to each store and could get a stamp. Once the North Knoxville Business & Professional Association joined, it really took off.

That’s when we shut down the street and it got bigger and better.”

Friends, which is managed by Evans’ parents, Linda and Rick Evans, is three stories crammed with collectibles, antiques and curiosities. They’ll

hold a raffle.

Ellen Lee’s brother Dan Moriarty, the unofficial mayor of Happy Holler, opened the Time Warp Tea Room in 2002, before most of the other new businesses moved into what is now an up-and-coming part of Downtown North.

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Allen Morgan: the guy can’t keep a job

By Sandra Clark It’s been 15 years since Allen Morgan’s surprise resignation as superintendent of Knox County Schools. It was a jolt for KCS, especially when his top assistant, Shirley Underwood, followed.

Morgan was our last elected superintendent.

Morgan, now 66, then joined Jim Clayton and worked 10 years as president of CMH Parks, leading a team of 300 to develop some 22,000 homes in communities across the country. He retired again, taking four years off to earn a pilot’s license and lower his golf score. Then, on March 12, 2012, he accepted a new job as athletic director at Carson-Newman University.

The guy is full of surprises.

Underwood, now 70, claims al-

Experience great results. enrollment this month.

The September meeting include a monthly meeting will be held at 10:15 a.m. and a sew-in.

Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Info: www.modknox.

Powell Library. This will ning.com.

By Betty Bean

Busy bees

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Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild member Melissa Everett brought her orange and teal quilt for Show and Tell.

Happy HollerPalooza ahead

See Marvin’s story on page A-6

When you hear the word “bees,” most of us immediately think of honey bees, those industrious, job-focused little insects that live in hives, work on clover blossoms and make us honey.

All that’s true, of course, and they’ve been doing just that for a long time. But there’s a lot more to the bee story than just honey.

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Morgan-isms

■ Satellite dish – the state flower of West Virginia.

■ Experience – the ability to make good decisions, learned after first making bad decisions.

■ Getting hired – You be the very best at what you are and they’ll come and find you.

■ God needed a big stick in each hand to beat me out of retirement.

■ Being a grandparent is great, but the downside is I have to live with Granny.

most retirement after a decade of education consulting. She’s given away her home office desk and boxes of folders. There’s a good chance both made more money in the 10 years after retirement than in their 30 years as educators.

They’re not talking.

Allen and Phyllis Morgan are rumored to have set up a fund

to help kids at Carson-Newman.

They’ve also bought a house in Jefferson City just four doors from the campus. Allen can walk to work, and he’s given all the players his cell phone number. Phyllis called in the decorator.

Their son, Chris, is senior pastor to First Baptist Church of Chickamauga. He and wife Mela-

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Playing baseball Allen arrived at C-N in the fall of 1964. He made the baseball team under legendary coach Frosty Holt and played sparingly that first season. The team won the 1965 NAIA national championship, the school’s first.

Allen said his main job was to roll out the batting cage, a chore he relinquished the next year to Dale Rutherford of Halls. (Dale went on to set records that still stand, but that’s another story.)

Holt told a colleague that “once

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No quick fix for Washburn man’s hernia The surgical community continually looks for less-invasive methods involving smaller incisions, hoping to shorten hospital times and the chance of infection.

However, in some cases, a larger incision is needed for a successful surgical procedure.

That was the case for William “Gary” Stephens of Washburn, Tenn., 61, who had not one, but three surgeries for a hernia before it was finally repaired at Fort Sanders Regional Center.

A hernia is when fat or tissue squeezes through a weak spot in the abdominal wall. Stephens’ hernia began about 10 years ago and grew larger over time, probably the result of his work in construction. Eventually the pain became severe.

“It was just real painful, and I couldn’t do any physical work, because when I did, my hernia would come out. Eventually it kept me at home,” Stephens said.

Stephens had two separate surgeries that attempted to repair the hernia, in 2010 and 2011. Surgeons used small pieces of surgical mesh each time to try to repair the weak spot in the abdominal wall.

Surgical mesh helps bond muscles together, reducing the recurrence of hernias.

“But it kept coming back,” Stephens said. On the recommendation of a friend, Stephens turned to Dr. Michael Kropilak at Fort Sanders.

Kropilak determined that Stephens would need another surgery, this time with a larger inci-

At Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, doctors develop the best approach for each patient in an effort to eliminate the need for multiple surgeries and extended stays in the hospital. sion. “He went more intense on the surgery, he put in a bigger mesh,” said Stephens.

Even though it was more extensive surgery, Stephens spent

only one day at Fort Sanders and went home that night. He said he was fully recovered in three months.

Today, he’s back to tending

cattle on his 100-acre farm and spending time with his family. He said he would recommend Fort Sanders to anyone who needs a surgical repair for hernia.

“I’ve had no problems since,” he said. “I went home the same day. I was in and out, and it was all good. They took care of me real well.”

Latest news in abdominal surgeries

Gallbladder removal The gallbladder is a “pouch” that sits below the liver and stores bile to be used to help digest fats.

When a gallbladder stops working properly, gallstones can develop and are very painful. Removal of the gallbladder is the next step.

Laparoscopic techniques have greatly improved gallbladder removal. Instead of 6-inch scars for open surgery, patients now go home with only four tiny incisions, spots where the slender laparo-

scopic instruments have been in- Kropilak. serted.

Appendix removal Although its function is unknown, the appendix can cause serious problems if it becomes infected or ruptures. Located between the small and large intestines, surgery is the only way to remove the appendix. In the past five years, surgeons have improved techniques to remove the appendix. First, the infected organ is placed in a small plastic bag called an endobag, before being pulled out of the body. “This means it never touches any abdominal wall tissue, so the wound infection rate is very low,” Kropilak said. “We’ve been using it for a while, but it’s helped that surgery a great deal.”

Also in the last five years, laparoscopic techniques have reduced incision size and healing time.

“Appendectomies have become preferable, if they can be done. It definitely leads to shorter hospital stays, faster recovery times and, more importantly, a significant decrease in wound infections,” said

Hernia repair

A hernia is a weak spot in the abdominal wall where fat or organs begin to protrude through.

There are many types of hernias and just as many ways to repair them. But almost all surgeons use surgical mesh material. “It’s like patching a hole in a tire. The mesh helps reinforce the repair so much that, in the last 10 years, it’s really cut down on the recurrence rate of hernias,” said Kropilak.

Hernia repairs can either be done with laparoscopic instruments or with an open incision, depending on the location and size of the tear.

“Generally the outcomes are equal and the recurrence rate is low. With laparoscopy there’s slightly less pain and the ability to get back to work quicker. If open groin hernia surgery can be done with light sedation instead of deep anesthesia, that’s easier on the patient,” Kropilak said.

When choosing a surgical cen-

ter for any kind of abdominal surgery, it’s most important to find a skilled surgeon and quality center, said Kropilak.

“At Fort Sanders, some of our surgeons have been doing this for 20 years, and they’re very good at what they do. We have a lot of experience,” said Kropilak.

“We also think we’re a conservative group of surgeons who really only operate when we think it’s necessary. The staff at Fort Sanders treats all our patients as

if we were treating our own family.

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Laparoscopic techniques have transformed abdominal surgeries in the last 20 years, replacing the need for one long incision with several smaller ones. This means less pain, quicker healing and fewer complications.

Gallbladder removal, appendix removal and hernia repair have all been improved with laparoscopic procedures. Here’s the latest on three common surgeries, according to Dr. Michael D. Kropilak, a general surgeon with Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center:

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Frank Sinatra with Ray Anthony during a recording session.

Tori Tate dances with bandleader Brad Walker at a recent dinner/dance show at The Orangery.

The Brad Walker Orchestra (with featured singer Valerie Duke) performs at The Orangery. Photos

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Walker brings big band to

The Orangery Brad Walker has been a busy boy.

In addition to continuing work with his popular big band orchestra, Walker, a 2004 Halls High School graduate, has also launched a monthly dinner/dance concert series at The Orangery.

“We’ve been doing these for almost a year,” Walker said. “Every dance has been successful. Once a dance is advertised, it’s usually sold out within two weeks.

We usually draw anywhere from 150 to 200 people, from college kids all the way to 80-year-olds.”

He says the events are intended in part to be a throwback to the supper clubs of yesteryear, which once enjoyed popularity in Knoxville.

“Several people have said the events have brought back a lot of memories for them.”

The next event at The Orangery will be at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 4. Cost is $59 (plus tax and gratuity) per person and includes champagne upon arrival, hors d’oeuvres and a four-course meal, as well as a performance by Walker’s 15-piece

Jake Mabe MY TWO CENTS orchestra. For more info/ reservations, call The Orangery at 588-2964.

Walker is also putting the finishing touches on a new CD, “At the Bachelor’s Pad,” a collection of romantic music dedicated to Walker’s friend, the legendary bandleader Ray Anthony, and to Anthony’s close friend, Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner.

“Ray’s done dedications on his albums to big band leaders, but no album has ever been dedicated to him.

He’s 91 now and I think he deserves that credit.”

The album will be released this fall and will be available at the Disc Exchange and other local music stores, as well as online.

Look for updates on the orchestra’s Facebook page.

Songs will include “The Way You Look Tonight,” “The Nearness of You” and, in a

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Brad Walker with legendary bandleader Ray Anthony at Anthony’s 90th birthday party in Los Angeles. Walker’s next album, “At the Bachelor’s Pad,” is dedicated to Anthony.

now, who is booking gigs nod to modern pop culture, for him and the orchestra the theme to TV’s “Family at out-of-town venues and on cruise ships through A-Z Guy.” Anthony was an original Entertainment.

This young cat is keeping member of Glenn Miller’s the big band sound alive, orchestra. and for that, fans of good “He was fired twice by Glenn Miller and still brags music owe him thanks.

Visit Jake Mabe online at jakemabe. about it.” blogspot.com.

He also recorded “Melody of Love” with Frank Sinatra and scored on the hit parade with “The Bunny Hop,” “The Hokey Pokey” and a remake of Miller’s “At Last.” year’s celebration has to ofAnthony has also given fer, particularly the promoWalker a prized possession: tion to benefit the Fulton his and bandleader/arrang- High School band, which er Billy May’s original music will open the street fair with fronts (stands). a mini concert at the Origi“Billy May needed a loan nal Freezo at the north end back in the 1960s and Ray of the holler. said, ‘Sure, I’ll buy your B a n d band for $500, own all the m e m b e r s rights and pay you a per- will be sellcentage.’ The contract was ing tickets written on a napkin that for merryRay still has. Ray was going g o - r o u n d to get rid of the fronts and rides and agreed to ship them to me.” the climbAnthony, who lives in Los ing wall at Angeles, was scheduled to five tickets for $1. make a Knoxville appear“Ice Cream is two tickets, ance late last month, but so a kid can get an ice cream canceled at the last minute and three rides for a dollar,” due to doctor’s orders. He is Lee said. “And the best part hoping to reschedule. is the money will benefit the Walker also has an agent Fulton High School band,

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From page A-1 which is so improved and will use the money for new uniforms.”

Dancers from the Broadway Academy of Performing Arts will perform at the Freezo and on the Anderson Avenue stage. Newer

businesses like Raven Records and Rarities and the Chop Shop hair salon will be open for business and singer-songwriters Sarah Pirkle and Jeff Barbra will perform, as will Mike

McGill and the Barstool Romeos, Ian Thomas and the Band of Drifters and Robinella.

Taoist Tai Chi Society will demonstrate some moves, and there will be belly dancers, a motorcycle ride-in, an adult tricycle race on trikes from Harvest Rentals.

N e w neighbor Holston Gases made a substantial financial donation, and the Epilepsy Foundation will be fitting and giving away free bicycle helmets to the first 150 children.

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that kid from Strawberry Plains knocks the chicken s_ _ _ off his shoes,” he can play some baseball. Allen also ran track – jumping puddles in borrowed shoes.

The Carter High School grad found a home at Carson-Newman. It’s an experience he hopes to extend to a new generation of young people.

Raising expectations Morgan has launched swimming at C-N and boosted the women’s golf program with the addition of former LPGA professional Suzanne Strudwick as coach. He hired twotime Olympian Tony Parrilla to coach cross-country and assist with track and field. Perhaps his best hire is Adam Cavalier, 26, as sports information director and Voice of the Eagles.

Adam has pumped up the website and plans free, TVquality, web-streaming of football games this fall.

Last Monday, Morgan held the first Torch of Knowledge ceremony. He brought in parents and athletes to recognize players with top grades. A uniform patch will follow. About one-third of the school’s almost 2,000 students are athletes in one way or another, he said.

He wants to strengthen each sport and bring diversity to the coaching ranks.

He faces a huge challenge when football coach Ken Sparks steps down, for how

Shirley Underwood and Allen Morgan catch up, look ahead.

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does one replace a legend?

Ever the high school principal, he noticed a kid in a ball cap at Monday’s event.

“Cap,” he whispered, pointing to his own head, and the kid took it off. A few minutes later the cap was back on. “Let me borrow that cap,” he said to the kid, walking away with the offensive headgear.

He noticed another pair texting during the ceremony. He invited them to his office afterwards, “to get to know them better.” Allen says being around students “keeps me young.”

As we walked out, he said, “Now come back. Don’t be those people who run into each other at the funeral home and say, ‘Wow, we need to get together sometime.’ Just do it.”

And that’s good advice for us all.

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extension off the table Credit the leadership of four people with the demise of the James White Parkway extension: Mayor Madeline Rogero, Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, Legacy Parks Foundation executive director Carol Evans and Brian Hann of the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club.

problem for the Haslam Administration as the TDOT commissioner did not have to push a project which had generated such intense opposition. The governor was not forced to overrule publicly his TDOT commissioner. The death was arranged and planned by others.

■ Dave Irvin, UT vice chancellor for facilities, said in an Aug. 28 News SenVictor tinel interview by Gerald Ashe Witt that the potential Clarence Brown Theatre, which might be constructed on the World’s Fair Park, could be 7 stories tall. This stunning They now can celebrate news effectively means the following the unanimous open space on the south vote Aug. 28 by the Translawn of the park is gutted portation Planning Organi- or eliminated if construczation (TPO) to remove this tion occurs. This news came costly and foolish extension in an interview after the from the regional transmeeting of the UT City Task portation plans. In fact, all force. fiscally conservative taxThis is the task force in payers can breathe a sigh which Mayor Rogero did not of relief that $22 million a include Fort Sanders. Witt mile is not being spent for 5 is the journalist who did an miles of asphalt, and money open records request with can go to projects which are the city which revealed the actually higher priority. strong possibility that the These four should be then-unannounced plan was commended for their efto move the theater off the forts to protect the urban UTK campus. wilderness.

These comments from Hopefully, improvements a high level UTK ofto Chapman Highway, Alficial smack of a ‘done coa Highway and Oak Ridge deal.’ The process being Highway from Schaad Road employed here leaves a lot to Pellissippi Parkway can to be desired. Irvin has move forward. TPO had been in Knoxville less than actually voted eight months two years. He comes from earlier, on Jan. 23, to do the University of Houswhat TPO voted to do last ton. He does not know the Wednesday. Three memhistory of the World’s Fair bers of TPO were absent Park or the development of including County Commis- parks in Knoxville. sioner Amy Broyles, who What was Irvin thinkrepresents commission ing? chair Tony Norman; the Se■ One can only imagvier County representative ine how overwhelming and the Maryville mayor. (and totally inappropriate) a Mayor Burchett’s rep at the 7-story building on the meeting voted to kill off the World’s Fair Park would be. project. County CommisIt would radically change sioner Ed Shouse attended the park as we know it. for the East Tennessee Deputy Mayor Bill Lyons, in Development District as did reply to a question from this the Oak Ridge mayor. writer, said the Rogero AdThis is the second time ministration did not have a Rogero has taken a stand position on a possible strucagainst a high profile but ture in the South Lawn area. environmentally harmful He did say there would be a and fiscally wasteful road master planning process for program. The first was in the whole park.

2003 when as a candidate ■ Early voting in the for mayor (unsuccessful city election for September that year) she joined me at district primaries starts a news conference right off this Wednesday, Sept. 4, the Pellissippi Parkway to 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., for the oppose the construction of five district council seats the orange route through in which only Nick Della Hardin Valley. While the Volpe and Daniel Brown project was approved at face opposition. The actual primary is Sept. 24 with the that time, it was later killed general election on Nov. 5. in the final months of the This primary promises to Bredesen administraput most people to sleep. tion due to its cost exceedOnly the Della Volpe-Staing benefits to be achieved. ples contest might generate The JWP funeral also fireworks. solved a growing political

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‘Coup’ recalls bipartisan effort to replace corrupt governor At noon on Jan. 17, 1979, the principal planners of the 1982 World’s Fair set up a fancy lunch at the Hyatt Hotel Nashville with key government officials in hopes of greasing the skids for a future funding request.

Guests included House Speaker Ned Ray McWherter, Lt. Gov. John Wilder and Attorney General Bill Leech. Not attending was Gov.-elect Lamar Alexander, who had other things to do, and whose presence wasn’t required, since he was already pretty much a cinch to support the event.

Bo Roberts, who remembered the luncheon as a high-dollar, prime rib and red wine affair, led the Knoxville group.

Then somebody got a phone call and, poof! Wilder, McWherter and Leech were gone.

“We all knew something was going on, but we had no clue what it was – until we found out later in the day. It was on the day of the coup.

The day it was happening.

Of course, we had no idea,” Roberts told Keel Hunt, author of “Coup,” a deeplyresearched, highly engrossing, minute-by-minute account of the day a bunch of Democrats ousted their crooked governor and installed a Republican before his scheduled inauguration.

This central fact makes “Coup” more than a welltold yarn. The inescapable comparison of then and now is stark.

“Then” was an era when Democrats and Republicans

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sometimes put aside their differences to do what was right; “now” is an era when they don’t.

The felonious governor, of course, was Ray Blanton, whose major priority during his last days in office was selling pardons to a scary array of Group W-level felons with access to money.

The governor-elect was Lamar Alexander, who had deep misgivings about the propriety of allowing himself to take the oath of office early and relied heavily on the approval of the two speakers.

Other GOP players were Alexander’s Yodaesque advisor Lewis Donelson and pesky state Sen. Victor Ashe, whose habit of requesting attorney general’s opinions set the stage for the coup when he asked whether a governor-elect could be sworn in before inauguration day (the answer was yes).

And is any Tennessee political tale set during the last five decades complete without a mention of Mr. Ubiquitous, Tom Ingram?

Of course not. He’s all over this book like white on rice as Alexander’s chief campaign aide-de-camp.

He may not, however, be thrilled with debunking the common wisdom that cred-

its Ingram with the signature plaid shirt Alexander wore on the walk across the state. Hunt credits the candidate himself with suggesting the shirt because he thought he would look like a dope hoofing from Mountain City to Memphis in a blue suit.

Hunt also credits the candidate’s wife, Honey, with the concept of walking across the state, and treats it as an original idea without mentioning Walkin’ Lawton Chiles, who hiked more than 1,000 miles from Key West to Pensacola during his successful campaign for U.S. Senate in 1970.

Johnson City native Lee Smith, creator of the Tennessee Journal, long a mustread for political insiders, lit the fuse for the fire to come in September 1977 when he recognized the governor’s official photographer as his homeboy Roger Humphreys, a well-connected double murderer from the Tri-Cities who had been sent away for life after being convicted of blowing away his ex-wife and her lover.

Smith’s mention of Humphreys’ cushy work release assignment sparked statewide outrage.

A couple of weeks later, tough questioning from TV reporter Carol Marin – who got her start at Channel 10 in Knoxville where she was known by her married name Carol Utley – set the stage for Blanton’s eventual demise when she frustrated him into blurting out a defiant pledge to pardon Humphreys.

Blanton’s fate was sealed when undercover agents decided to test the lengths to which he would go by throwing out the name of the worst of the worst – James Earl Ray. The Blanton security operative acting as a go-between mulled the request before turning it down, sort of. Ray was probably too hot to pardon, he said. But maybe an escape could be arranged.

Why now?

The timing and distribution of the book (and probably the subtext, which celebrates bipartisanship) have deeply irritated some who question the decision of Vanderbilt University Press to donate 2,000 free copies to schools and public libraries across the state.

Suspicions were compounded when the Tennessee State Museum announced a traveling exhibit called “Come on Along: Lamar Alexander’s Journey as Governor,” a condensed version of an exhibit assembled from material the Alexanders donated to Vanderbilt.

The tour was put on hold until 2015 after notes surfaced indicating that museum officials had consulted Ingram about the exhibit.

2014 is an election year.

The importance of grit Firmness of character, also called grit, is a better predictor of life success than any other factor, including intelligence and income.

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That’s what author Paul Tough says in his book “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character,” and Knox County school board member Indya Kincannon agrees. She led the discussion at last week’s Knox County Public Library’s Books Sandwiched In program.

Grit is marked by traits like perseverance, self-control and conscientiousness, and it’s not the result of

genes, luck or even choice.

“Character matters, it’s malleable, and we know how,” said Kincannon.

Nurturing relationships and the minimization of stress help kids build character. While stress isn’t necessarily related to income, low-income families are more likely to suffer stress, she says. Even if children are raised in a stressful environment, a caring adult, whether it’s a relative, teacher, neighbor or member of the clergy, can reduce the negative impact.

A Canadian study described in the book demonstrates the long-term impact of nurturing relationships – in rats. After baby rats were exposed to stress, some were placed with affectionate mothers and others were placed with less attentive mothers. Those with the affectionate mothers, who licked and groomed the babies, lived longer healthier lives.

Indya Kincannon Kincannon has witnessed how some kids thrive inexplicably while others, who have every opportunity to succeed, don’t.

Her children, now in 5th and 7th grades, have attended Beaumont Magnet Honors Academy. While part of Beaumont’s student body comes from housing projects that are influenced by crime, some of those students “hit it out of the park” academically, she says.

According to the book, developing grit can also be a problem for children of

overprotective parents who don’t let their children fail.

The community plays an important role in helping children succeed because schools can only do so much, Kincannon said.

Knox County has several effective programs, but she’d like to see them scaled up.

A Birth to Kindergarten program offers education to new parents, but the program is understaffed, she says. She’s a big fan of AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination), a program that helps underperforming middle and high school students prepare for college.

Project Grad and Knox Achieves aim to help high school students with the college application process.

She’s encouraged that Knox County has again expanded its Community School program. It brings services to the schools, which is where the kids are, she says.

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Busy bees NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier

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hen you hear the word “bees,” most of us immediately think of honey bees, those industrious, job-focused little insects that live in hives, work on clover blossoms and make us honey.

All that’s true, of course, and they’ve been doing just that for a long time. But there’s a lot more to the bee story than just honey. It has to do with how many kinds of bees there actually are, and all the many things they do for us.

Honey was being produced long before there were any people to enjoy it.

Prehistoric cave paintings from thousands of years ago depict honey hunters risking life and limb, climbing tall, skinny, pole ladders up cliff faces to rob a cloud of angry, stinging wild bees nesting in the rocky crevices.

Honey bees were actually kept in India as far back as 4,000 years ago. About that same time, the Egyptians were keeping bees in light portable hives that they could move up and down the Nile River, according to which crops were blooming where. They had already observed that having the bees around at the right time made their crops bear more fruitfully and profitably.

And that is what makes the bees so important, even

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essential to us today – their huge job of pollinating many of the plants that produce our food and of maintaining many of the ecosystems in which we live.

The grain crops we are all familiar with – corn, wheat, rice, rye and the like – are all pollinated by the wind.

Air currents waft the very light male pollen grains through the air to land randomly on female flower parts and, voilà! Seeds, or to us, food!

But about 80 percent of the world’s flowering plants require direct pollination by some sort of critters, whether bee, butterfly, wasp, moth, bat or hummingbird.

About one-third of all the food we eat, one bite in every three, comes from plants that must be pollinated in this way, and in this arena, the heavy hauling is done by the bees.

Imagine a diet with no cherries, apples, pears, oranges, tomatoes, melons or berries. Or a wardrobe with no cottons or linens, or gardens without flowers. None of these plants will produce without being pollinated.

But why even imagine such a scenario anyway?

Well, it turns out that all the bees aren’t doing so well. In fact, in some places they are gone. It’s sad but true that we don’t usually

get serious about a natural problem until it impacts pocketbooks, but people in the business are starting to pay attention.

People whose livelihoods depend on producing things such as fruit, vegetables and alfalfa have known the financial importance of having pollinators near their crops for a long time.

They spend a lot of money trucking tens of thousands of beehives full of the little guys back and forth across the country, to pollinate blueberries in Maine, orange groves in Florida and California, and countless jobs in between, all because it enables their crops to produce significantly improved yields.

Our typical, hive-dwelling honey bees are not native to North America. They were brought over by the earliest settlers, with more varieties coming along later to improve the stock, for better handling qualities, more resistance to disease and the like. Nevertheless, problems continue, some due to various diseases, known and unknown, and others linked to pesticides, herbicides and possibly to genetically-engineered plants.

I found a lot of interesting information about these matters in a fact- and

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photo-filled book called “Attracting Native Pollinators,” published by a group of scientists in Portland, Ore., called the Xerces Society, named for an extinct western butterfly, the Xerces blue. The organization is dedicated to the study and protection of our native insects and the like. As for the bees, they describe one worst-case scenario, from China.

There, in the Sichwan Province, one of the largest apple-growing regions in the world, you will find workers in the orchards standing on ladders, painstakingly pollinating each apple blossom by hand.

Their wild bees are gone, and honey beekeepers won’t bring in their hives because the excessive insecticides poured on the orchards of the region would kill their bees, too. What would just one of those apples cost to produce in America? And what are the people eating along with those apples?

So, is there any good news in all this? There is indeed.

Rather than the cavalry

riding to the rescue, they’ve been here all the time. Fact is, there are way more pollinators working for us out there than just honey bees.

We have more than 4,000 species of native bees in North America!

These native bees range from a tiny one measuring only 1/12 of an inch long (think miniature sweat bee) to the hulking bumblebees coming in at more than an inch long. About 90 percent of our native bees, large and small, live as solitary females, laying their eggs in a nest tunnel in hollow weed stems or twigs, or in burrows in the ground. The other 10 percent are social bees, living in colonies of various sizes. They are generally “out of sight, out of mind” for us, but they literally keep our flowering world in order.

It turns out that they are often more efficient pollinators than honey bees, for various reasons, two of them being that they forage more hours per day, and they tolerate working in colder and wetter weather conditions than honey bees.

In one study in northern Utah, a big fruit-growing area, a cherry orchard produced double the amount of fruit when pollinated by the native blue orchard bees than by honey bees. And native bees have proven to pollinate apples, squash, watermelons, blueberries, cranberries and tomatoes more effectively than honey bees.

The facts go on and on, but what are regular citizens to do about it?

Well, being informed is a good place to start. We need to learn as much as we can about how to protect and encourage our populations of native bees. We can certainly cut way down on the drenching of our yards and gardens with tons of insecticides and herbicides, which are bad for our water supply, bad for the good bugs and the birds that eat them, and for human beings.

Ask yourself just how important it really is to go to the labor and expense of having a Southern Living lawn. Dandelions can be dug by hand (good exercise) and bugs can be handpicked from your vegetables (good revenge).

Think about the food you buy. Apples grown without insecticides may not look as picture-perfect as those often-sprayed beauties, but they’re likely to be a lot better for you and yours.

And while you’re at it, you might tell your elected officials to insist on real, meaningful safeguards as to what’s been put on all the food that’s being sold.

And next time you come across a busy bee out there, give her a nod and thank her for all the hard work.

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REUNION NOTES ■ Wyrick and Pierce Family Reunion will be held from noon until dark Sunday, Sept.

8, at Luttrell Park behind Luttrell Elementary School. Bring a covered dish, drinks, lawn chairs and pictures.

■ Beason Reunion is 1 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 7, at Big Ridge State Park in the tea room.

Bring a covered dish. Info: Patsy, 771-0539.

■ The Central High School Class of 1978 will hold its 35th reunion at Beaver Brook Country Club from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept.14. The cost is $25 per person, which can be paid at the door. RSVP to Ronnie Booker, 688-8779.

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Improvement is coming (but not all at once) There are reasons to believe even the immediate future will be better than the recent past.

Marvin West

As you may have heard, Tennessee football is facing a trap game in Western Kentucky and things really get tough after that.

No matter what happens at Oregon and Florida, keep believing that success is again in sight, out there on the horizon. If you can’t see it, get out your telescope.

The orange (or grey) team

is about to be improved, incrementally, a little here, a bit there, somewhat noticeable on forthcoming Saturdays, more obvious behind the scenes.

A positive attitude permeates the premises. That helps. A great quarterback would help more.

This is not a championship team. I hope it is a bowl team. That would be progress, another Butch brick in the wall.

You are right, winning six will require considerable effort and smarts, only available substitutes for lack of depth and top talent. Right this minute, eight of the remaining foes think they can whip the Volunteers.

We are in the “win” column for the Ducks and Gators, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Missouri,

linebacker? I’m not certain the Bulldogs even recruited top Tennessee signees from Georgia.

For some strange reason, in-state schools did not put up a great fuss when UT was gathering the promising collection of young quarterbacks. OK, South Carolina could have been mistaken about Justin Worley. Perhaps nice guy Nathan Peterman did not fit the Florida scheme. I don’t know why Georgia allowed Joshua Dobbs to first choose Arizona State. Too deep at that position?

Of course football victories do not depend on quarterback play alone. But, unless you have Jadeveon Clowney bull-rushing off the edge, quarterback is the key. AJ McCarron and Aaron Murray give their teams

the probability of winning on otherwise dull days.

Playmakers, runners, receivers, disruptive defenders, are next in importance.

These are not yet Tennessee strengths.

How much and how fast one or more quarterbacks and receivers improve is the probable key to achieving six wins – or more.

If Tennessee is still alive at the end of October, I expect the Vols will have an advantage over several opponents in attention to detail. This is often a trademark of coaching staffs that must fight uphill battles.

Coaches blessed with great skill players are sometimes tempted to let skill prevail. Absent that, it is necessary to get the little things right. If you have

only a short stick to fight a bear, do point the stick in the correct direction.

I expect Tennessee will have an edge in enthusiasm some games. I think this is good. Football is an enthusiastic game.

Alas, I am reminded of something the late, great Gen. Robert R. Neyland said about whoop-it-up enthusiasm, that it lasts until a few seconds after the kickoff or until you get hit in the mouth.

After that, courage, preparation, speed, strength, weather, officiating and the bounce of the ball are more dominant elements.

It is Tennessee’s turn to have a favorable helping of at least five of the above. That might get the team to six.

chid family!) I found a rock that looked for all the world like a tooth. I found a stone that looks like I imagine the stones in Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness – round and smooth and flat.

And I found a tiny, timeCross ly, beautiful miracle.

Currents I had been studying the Lynn rocks across the river, wonPitts dering if that one rock that looked as if it had a furry animal sitting on top of it really did have a furry animal sitting on top of it. them, and did just that.

And if it did, indeed, have On the Nantahala, how- a furry animal sitting on ever, I found amazing things top of it, how friendly (and/ to study. There were yellow or hungry) might that furry lady-slippers blooming right animal be?! Turn out it was beside the water. I don’t only a rock. I think. know that I had ever seen Behind the animal/rock, lady-slippers before, and I there was a tiny grotto – a don’t know how I knew im- cavern with a large heartmediately what it was. But I shaped rock in front of it. did. (Checked it later online The rock was covered on top just to be sure, and discov- with thick moss, and there ered they are part of the or- was a small pool of water

surrounding it. I studied it for a while then went back to exploring the rocks around me.

When I looked again, I was startled to see what appeared to be a slender, perfectly rectangular white mark on the dark wall behind the heart rock. “That was not there before,” I said aloud to the river. “How in the world…?”

It began to fade, fairly quickly, and was gone.

I blinked, took off my glasses, put them back on.

The white rectangle was back, steady and unmoving.

Then it faded again and was gone. I quit blinking.

The next time it appeared, I discovered that there was a precursor to the light. Each time the light appeared, the left wall of the cavern put on a light show of reflections of the moving water in the pool below. I

turned to look for the sun, and sure enough, the Nantahala had lived up to its name. The sun was dancing between clouds, providing the light show I had been enjoying.

I have tried since to imagine the tiny slit in that huge rock that allowed the sun to penetrate the grotto.

I have wondered, too, how many other people have been blessed as I was, by having discovered that tiny miracle of the mountains.

Author’s note: I met a wonderful man late last year and felt as if I had found my best friend. Lewis Pitts and I were married in April and are having wonderful adventures (this week’s column is an account of one of those). It is a miracle of grace that I give thanks for every day. As C. S. Lewis said, I am “surprised by joy.”

Auburn and Vanderbilt.

Some marks are in pencil. At least one is wishful thinking.

Tennessee is circled in blue on the Kentucky schedule. It is the home finale that could save the Wildcats’ season.

Western Kentucky is likely looking at Tennessee as a possible upset. You never know. As the old saying goes, even blind squirrels find an occasional acorn.

You should meet some of the people who win the lottery.

Here comes the sobering part where total optimists get angry and start loading up to shoot the messenger: On most Saturdays that matter, Tennessee will be the betting underdog.

How many Vols, do you suppose, could win starting positions at Alabama?

One offensive lineman? One

The mid-day sun Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

(Ecclesiastes 11:7 NRSV) I spent a few hours on the banks of the Nantahala River last week.

My husband, Lewis, is a devout fly fisherman, but he only fishes for trout. I, being a Grade-A, world-class, devout worrier, went with him to watch over him. (I don’t worry about mean men with bad intentions, or even bears, but a trout stream can be fast and treacherous, and so I sit on the rocks beside the river and stand watch as guardian).

I have promised Lewis that someday I will learn to

fish as well, but for now, I enjoy watching his artistry, and the graceful ballet that he executes with rod and reel, line and hook.

My father took me fishing for bluegill when I was about five, but I was not particularly enthralled.

My daughter Jordan caught a couple of small fish in a stream by our house in New Jersey when she was about 4, and when her father asked her what she wanted to do with them, she said enthusiastically, “Let’s eat ’em!” So they cooked

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

21. There will be volunteers to help bag your free food and carry it to your car if needed.

Info or to volunteer: 690-1060; www.beaverridgeumc.com.

8:30 p.m. beginning Thursday, Sept. 5. Info: care@fellowshipknox.org.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, hosts weekly “Wednesday Night Dinners and Classes.” Dinner with drink and dessert: $5 for adults, $3 for

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday. Info: 922-9412.

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The Mothers of Preschoolers – MOPS – from Two Rivers Church enjoy a night out for a painting ■ Glenwood Baptist Church, class. Photo submitted

By Ashley Baker

bers and non-members alike, the MOPS group at Two Rivers includes moms from all over. The program is open to mothers who are expecting through those who have children up to age 5. Meetings include speakers with relevant topics for moms and the opportunity to make new friends and share the joys and trials of parenthood.

“MOPS has changed me,” said hospitality team member Amy Muir. “I think, being a mom, you can feel secluded. I found a safe place to share life’s struggles and joys and now try to make other moms feel welcome.”

Muir said stereotypes about how women get along are seldom seen at MOPS meetings. “The women are so loving,” Muir said. “They do not judge or talk bad about each other.”

Moms are also invited to Moms’ Night Out through MOPS, which are times when outside activities are planned without the children. Small groups also join

together to organize other outings and play dates.

The first visit to MOPS is free. If a mother wants to join, there is an annual charge of $40, which covers monthly meeting expenses, MomSense magazine, Mom E-mail and MyMOPS online benefits.

During the MOPS meetings, free childcare is provided through the MOPPETS program. Children in MOPPETS engage in ageappropriate activities such as stories, songs, snacks, videos, crafts and games.

For more information on MOPS at Two Rivers, visit the church’s website at http://tworiverschurch.org, or contact Amy Muir at 865755-7397 or at amyfmuir@ yahoo.com.

Some of the other area churches that have MOPS programs are: Fountain City United Methodist Church, Erin Presbyterian Church, Central Baptist Church of Bearden, Seymour Heights Christian Church and First Baptist Church of Knoxville.

■ Knoxville Free Food Market, 4625 Mill Branch Lane, distributes free food 10 a.m.-1 p.m. each third Saturday. Info: 566-1265.

■ New Hope Baptist Church Food Pantry distributes food boxes 5-6:30 p.m. each third Thursday. Info: 688-5330.

■ Bookwalter UMC offers One Harvest Food Ministries to the community. Info and menu: http://bookwalter-umc.org/ oneharvest/index.html or 6893349, 9 a.m.-noon. weekdays.

Kaela the Keeper Kaela is a precious three month old Russian Blue mix who will melt your heart.

■ Ridgeview Baptist Church offers a Clothes Closet free of cost for women, men and children in the Red Brick Building, 6125 Lacy Road. Open to the public 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. every second Saturday.

She is available for adoption at Young-Williams Animal Center’s location on Kingston Pike. Her adoption fee has been reduced to celebrate the Summer of Cats promotion at Young-Williams, where all adoption fees have been reduced for felines.

Meetings and classes ■ Central Baptist Church of Fountain City hosts GriefShare, a grief recovery support group, each week. Info: 6882421 or www.cbcfc.org.

■ Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon meets at noon each Tuesday at Golden Corral. Info: www.kfl-luncheon.com.

■ Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike will host a new class of DivorceCare 6:30-

HEALTH NOTES ■ Amedisys Hospice offers free adult grief support groups at the following times and places: Newly bereaved support group meets 1:30 p.m. every third Monday at Panera Bread in Fountain City. On-going grief support group meets 6 p.m. every fourth Tuesday at Amedisys offices, 1420 Dutch Valley Road. Info: Sarah Wimmer, 689-7123.

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

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

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

Trulia, a three-year-old Anatolian Pyrenees, was found wandering the roads of Jefferson County with one of her eyes in poor condition from a cancerous tumor. Now that her eye has been removed, there is only a 5 percent chance of the disease returning. Trulia is healthy again and looking for a good family to love.

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MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers, is an international organization that promotes friendship, sharing and “me” time for mothers who have preschool-age children. In the Knoxville area, many of the MOPS groups are encouraged and supported in part by churches.

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Happy campers Right off Clinton Highway in Powell, settled in among leafy trees and green lawns, there’s a group of people who love your dogs and cats almost as much as you do. They’ve been in the business of caring for animals for 30 years, and this Saturday they’re throwing a big party.

Birchwood Kennels, owned and operated by champion AKC breeder/ shower Rob Satoloe, styles itself as a “lodge” for pets whose owners are out of town. Approaching the rustic main office on a shady path, visitors pass a goldfish pond with a gurgling waterfall. “Welcome Campers” says a sign. “Here Comes the Sun” plays over the sound

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“A vet once said, ‘There’s cleanliness, there’s obsessive cleanliness, and then there’s Rob,’” he recalls with a grin.

A native of Skokie, Ill., he came to East Tennessee in 1982 and stayed when he witnessed dogs living in deplorable conditions.

“My whole life changed when I saw the way animals were being treated.”

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Satoloe confirms.

“There’s a lot of humor here,” he says. “I have clients who call me just to pick their day up.”

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includes kennel manager and former narcotics K-9 police officer David Boone, groomer Linda Sheraw, and kennel techs Melissa Taylor, Tyler Dunn, and Nicole Monka. During my visit Taylor was happy to give a tour, and showed obvious pride in the way the animals are cared for. Each pet has a meticulously detailed chart specifying food preferences and other individual quirks.

“Likes blue blanket,” reads one.

“These are people’s babies,” says Taylor. “I love working here. Even though it is a business, most of us are here because we love dogs.” Cats also enjoy spacious, temperature-controlled quarters at Birchwood Kennels.

The big 30th anniversary blowout, scheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, started out as “a couple of hot dog stands

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Right now Satoloe is in Florida, rating a litter of puppies for AKC consideration. His staff is keeping a close eye on Birchwood’s lodgers and preparing the kennel for a new paint job.

When he returns, he’ll be getting ready for the party and spending time with his own beloved English springer spaniels, whom he chose as a breed because “they can keep up with me!”

He also has a mutt named Eustace, whom he saved from doggie death row.

“Fancy show dogs, mutts – they’re all equal to me,” says Satoloe. “I’ve been taking care of Knoxville pets since 1983, and we really do bend over backward for them.”

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There’ll be educational tables, exhibitions and a free photographer for pet/owner portraits (reservation times are suggested for this service).

And it’s a fundraiser. Satoloe, who had no financial assistance of his own for college, wants to help UT Veterinary Medical College students. He’s a member of the UTVMC Benefactors’ Society and has named the school in his will, but wants to do more. And the scholarship recipient will be held to a high standard.

Satoloe specifies: “I require that they hold at least a 3.5 GPA, and they donate to an animal cause.”

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By Betsy Pickle Leslie Howe didn’t write the book on math, but she did write the computer program on it.

Make that “programs.”

A math and computer science teacher at Farragut High School since 1985, Howe has written more than 400 computer programs to help teachers help students find the best path to learning.

She doesn’t know the exact number she’s written.

“I stopped counting,” says Howe, who has no qualms about revealing that she turned 70 last Wednesday.

“There’s time enough to count when the game is done. In the time it took to count them I could write another one.”

She couldn’t have said that in the mid-1990s when she wrote the first one. It took about 40 hours. Howe was one of two teachers coordinating the computer lab, which wasn’t seeing much traffic at the time despite having 35 brand-new computers.

Another teacher was having trouble getting her students to understand signed numbers, so Howe said she could purchase a program to use in the lab if the teacher found the software she wanted.

“She said to me, ‘You know how to program. Why don’t you just write what we need instead of paying?’ Howe recalls. “Because a site license, even on one single activity, runs around $700. I said, ‘If I write it, will you use it?’ So I wrote some things that she wanted for her lowlevel class.”

Writing programs that address the problems students are having falls in line with Howe’s philosophy.

“Education should come from the teacher out,” says Howe, who grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, and the Cleveland suburb of North Olmsted.

“I started teaching in 1965. There’s not a thing in high school math that I haven’t taught and found out what is hard for them (students) to understand.”

Her process is to look at the textbook, see where students are stumbling and then create a computer activity that will help them think their way to the answers. It’s basically the opposite of how most educational programs are written.

“What’s happening in education is that the (software) companies are saying, ‘Is there something we’re using in business that we could tweak a little bit and foist on education?’

“And the answer is, yes, they can do multiple choice questions. You see, ‘Here’s a question; what’s the answer – A, B, C, D?’ is easy to program.

And all you have to do is have a typist that types in the questions. And they

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Leslie Howe sits at a computer showing the main menu for math programs she has created. Photos by Betsy Pickle

sell that for millions of dollars.

“What drives our technology?

Should it be education as secondhand market or education as primary focus? That’s my big thing. Not that I want everybody to pay attention to me, but business has said, ‘There’s dollars in them there hills,’ and they’re after our educational dollars.

And those are too scarce and precious to be spent on something made by people who’ve never even taught one day in their life.”

Petite and soft-spoken, Howe is passionate about things that matter to her. She started teaching soon after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Westminster College in Wilmington, Pa. After a year at a Wilmington high school, she entered what is now GordonConwell Theological Seminary.

Running out of money after a year, she moved home to Ohio and taught school in Cleveland, simultaneously working on her master’s degree in math at Cleveland State University.

It was during grad school that she took her first computer programming class, in Fortran.

“I’m about as old a programmer as anybody.”

After earning her master’s in math, she went back and completed her master’s in theology.

“I don’t like unfinished things.”

She married and moved to Manchester, Mass., where she taught math and headed the fledgling computer science program. She took a 10-year break from teaching after

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having a daughter in 1975, and when she felt it was time to return, already settled in Tennessee, she found her home at Farragut.

Howe, whose husband, David, is pastor at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, plans to retire at the end of the school year. It’s doubtful she’ll stop working. She avoided emptynest syndrome because the first requests for programs came after daughter Lisa had left for college.

She has never been paid for the programming she’s done for Farragut (it’s considered “a conf lict of interest,” she says), although she’s been able to sell her work to other school districts at conferences and through her website,

www.howe-two.com.

It’s not about the money for Howe.

“My main focus is our needs. And some things have been for friends.”

She’s tried to make the programs enjoyable for kids, giving activities fun titles and trying to make them creative. The programs give immediate feedback and make monitoring easier for teachers.

“It’s not a replacement for the teacher. A lot of people want to replace teachers. They want to save our educational dollars by cutting down on staff, when I think the technology should be used to assist the teacher, because you cannot replace a good teacher.”

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POWELL Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 • A-11

Shopper expands In case you’ve missed me from my usual haunts in Halls, Powell and Fountain City, it’s because I’m laboring out in South and East Knox County developing yet another Shopper. Covering the entire county is my life’s dream, and thanks to infrastructure (delivery, accounting, HR) support from the News Sentinel, we’re able to make it happen.

To introduce the paper, I did a very Halls thing, recruiting another Halls woman (Nancy Whittaker) to help out. Every Monday we visit 6 to 8 businesses in Zip Codes 37915, 17 or 20.

We’ve found several Bobcats and even a couple of Red Devils. At their core, the business owners are just like the folks we already knew. They’re fiercely independent and willing to work extra hard to stay that way.

Take a look: The Disc Exchange: Owner Allan Miller started this business 25 years ago at his home.

He sells online and retail with 100,000 Alan Miller new and used titles on the sales floor.

The staff is laid back. Allan is a leader in the branding effort for Zip Code 37920.

The Disc Exchange is a community hub. Info: disc-

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Stanley’s Greenhouses and Plant F a r m : Lisa Stanley, Rocky Stanley and Monty Stanley are living the dream, Lisa Stanley operating greenhouses and a nursery on family land that dates back to the Civil War. Charles Stanley worked two jobs to ensure the survival of the farm, gradually converting it to a nursery while working as a shift forman at Fulton Bellows.

It was his dream to see his sons be able to make a living from the land without having to hold that second job.

Now 94, he has realized that dream. Info: stanleygreenhouse.com or 573-9591.

Great American Cookie Company: Store manager Shelby Long came in on her day off to talk with us about this business in the food court at Knoxville Center Mall. Long said friendly

employees set her store apart.

“We’ve got an extremely good p r o d u c t ,” she added, “and we go above and Shelby Long beyond to take care of our customers.”

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Pumps of Tennessee: Carey Wallace is a Central High School graduate and the f r iend l ie st guy you’ll ever meet.

Located at Carey Wallace 714 Willow Avenue, Wallace sells pumps to people who sell pumps to other people. A neat display in the lobby shows how a pump can enhance your yard or garden.

There are even goldfish.

Wallace went into sales for Southern Tackle. “Every guy who ever went fishing will open up a tackle shop before he dies and go broke,” he said Info: 865-637-4172.

Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union has relocated, moving out of Historic Knoxville High School where it had been for 81 years, since 1932.The new address is 104 E. Fourth Avenue and the number is 865-582-2700.

D a v i d Underwood is manager of the main office.

His father, Tom Underwood, has worked the David Under- with credit union wood for years, and his stepmom, Cindy Underwood, is retired from Central High. With 11 branches, the business tries to locate near a high school.

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Knoxville Redevelopment: The director is longtime Fourth and Gill resident Bob Whetsel. He has worked for mayors Ashe, Bob Whetsel Haslam, Brown and Rogero and survived. “They are all good and all different,” he said.

Whetsel has several projects underway: Magnolia Avenue Corridor, the South Waterfront, Cumberland Avenue and a north initiative that includes Central Avenue and Broadway.

Happy Labor Day!

News from First Tennessee

Don Sproles Dinner ahead

By Pam Fansler The second annual Don Sproles Memor ia l Dinner, a fundraising event for the Vo l u n t e e r Ministry Center, will take place this ThursFansler day, Sept. 5, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel downtown.

The featured speaker is New York Times bestselling author and sports columnist Sally Jenkins.

Jenkins wrote “Sum It Up: 1,098 Victories, A Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective” about Pat Summitt, former coach who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s shortly before she led the Vols to their 16th SEC championship. Coach Holly Warlick is honorary dinner chair.

Sproles and his wife, Karen, owners of the Lunchbox restaurants, were longtime supporters of Volunteer Ministry Center. They served meals there once a month and also hired a number of VMC clients, giving them a chance at meaningful employment.

The first Don Sproles Memorial Dinner took place shortly after Sproles’ death in August 2012. Sproles had been elected chair of the VMC board of directors earlier that year and had looked forward to the non-profit organization’s 25th year. The anniversary dinner was renamed in Sproles’ honor and will be an annual event.

VMC’s mission is to facilitate permanent supportive housing for those who are homeless and to provide services to prevent homelessness. The organization’s “Housing First” approach uses case management to assist individuals in securing housing. The Bush Family Refuge serves individuals in danger of losing their homes. The center also operates a free dental clinic and provides 57 housing units at Minvilla Manor.

It’s not too late to make plans to attend the 2nd annual Don Sproles Memorial Dinner. Tickets to the reception are sold out, but some tickets to the dinner remain. To purchase tickets or to learn how you can support the Volunteer Ministry Center, visit vmcinc.org.

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TO FRIDAY, SEPT. 6 Consignors wanted for Bookwalter UMC’s Children’s Consignment Sale, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6-7. Consignor info packet: Bookwalterconsignmentevent@gmail.com; http:// bookwalter-umc.org; 689-3349.

TO FRIDAY, OCT. 11 Vendors needed for Dante Baptist Church’s annual craft fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 12; 314 Brown Road. Info: Vivian Baker, 382-3715 or vbaker1058@comcast.net.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 3 Square dancing classes, 7-9 p.m., the Senior Center in Maynardville.

Caregiver Support Group meeting, 10 a.m.-noon, Concord UMC, Room E 224. Refreshments will be provided by The Lantern at Morning Pointe. Anyone who gives care to an elderly individual is welcome. Info: 675-2835.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4 UT Law School Admission Workshop and Recruitment Fair, 11:30 a.m., UT College of Law, 1505 W. Cumberland Ave. The workshop is free and no preregistration is necessary. Open to anyone considering law as a career who wants to know more about the law school admissions process. Info: College of Law Admissions Office, 974-4131.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 5 Pajama-Rama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Stories, music, flannel board activities and a craft. Wear your pajamas and bring your favorite toy or stuffed animal. Info: Becky, 947-6210.

New Harvest Park Farmers Market, 4775 New Harvest Lane, 3-6 p.m. Venders include local farmers, crafters and food trucks. Info: http://www.knoxcounty. org/farmersmarket/index.php.

Cruise Night – all makes, models, years and clubs welcome; 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing Drive, in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway. No charge, 50/50 and door prizes. Info: Jill or Blake, 2267272; Josh or David, 523-9334.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, SEPT. 5-6 Fall sale, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 6 Church Women United meeting, Mount Zion Baptist Church. Fellowship, 10 a.m.; program, 10:30.

Golf tournament to benefit the Union County Humane Society, Woodlake Lodge and Golf Club, Tazewell. Info/ registration form: Pid LaWare, uchs. org@gmail.com.

Tennessee Valley Fair pageants: Tiny Tot Pageant for ages 4-6, 5:30 p.m., Pepsi Community Tent; Little Miss Pageant for ages 7-9, 5:30 p.m., Pepsi Community Tent; Princess Pageant for ages 10-12, 7 p.m., Pepsi Community Tent. Info: 215-1480 or www.

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY, SEPT. 6-7 Flea Market, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Beaver Creek Christian Fellowship, 3941 W. Beaver Creek in Powell.

Activities for kids while parents shop. Info: 640-2886.

Children’s Consignment Sale, Bookwalter UMC, 4218 Central Avenue Pike; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday. Info: http://bookwalter-umc.org, 689-3349.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 Tennessee Valley Fair pageants: Baby Contest for boys and girls ages 9-47 months, 10 a.m., Pepsi Community Tent; Jr. Fairest of the Fair Pageant for ages 13-15, 7 p.m., Homer Hamilton Theatre; Fairest of the Fair Pageant for ages 16-20, 7 p.m., Homer Hamilton Theatre. Info: 215-1480 or www.TNValleyFair.org and click on “Contests.”

Gospel singing, 7 p.m., Washington Pike Baptist Church, 1700 Washington Pike, featuring the Washington Pike Baptist Choir and the Judy’s Barn Gospel Singers of Maynardville. Free admission. Info: Judy Hogan, 254-4921, or D.C. Hale, 688-7399.

Free women’s self-defense class, 1-2 p.m., Overdrive Krav Maga and Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway.

Info: 362-5562.

Union County Farmers Market, 8:30-11:30 a.m., front parking lot of Union County High School. Info: 992-8038.

Work days at the Community Garden “Glorious Gardening” located at Rutherford Memorial UMC in Corryton. Work in the garden and receive some of its produce as a result. Info: 687-8438.

Live country, bluegrass and gospel music, 7:30 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Beginner English Smocking, 10 a.m.-noon; instructor: Janet Donaldson; Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris.

Registration deadline Sept. 1.Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.

Rummage sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Paul UMC, 4014 Garden Drive. Sponsored by the Youth department.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, SEPT. 11-12 AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., AAA Norris Chapter, 286 Norris Community Building, 20 Chestnut Drive, Norris. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 12 New Harvest Park Farmers Market, 4775 New Harvest Lane, 3-6 p.m. Venders include local farmers, crafters and food trucks. Info: http://www.knoxcounty. org/farmersmarket/index.php.

Cruise Night – all makes, models, years and clubs welcome; 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing Drive, in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway. No charge, 50/50 and door prizes. Info: Jill or Blake, 226-7272; Josh or David, 523-9334.

First Lutheran Church’s 55 Alive, a program for seniors, will meet, noon, in the church meeting room, 1207 N Broadway. Hot lunch served at noon; cost: $7.

Featured speaker: Charlie Daniel, Knoxville News Sentinel cartoonist, 1 p.m. Everyone invited. Reservations required: 524-0366.

Dr. Ted W. Farcasin will read from his book “Poetry That Embraces Life,” 2:30 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4610 Crippen Road. Signings and questions will follow. Free and open to the public.

Healthy Happy Hour, 6 p.m., Central Baptist Church in Bearden Fellowship Hall, 6300 Dean Hill Drive. Celebrating National Discover Your Optimal Health Day. Healthy snacks, cooking demonstrations, door prizes and more. Info: Angela Frost, RD, LDN, 441 5748 or amf4ross@aol.com.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 12 TO THURSDAY, OCT. 31 Pumpkin Patch and Haunted Trail of Doom Corn Maze, Oakes Farm. Info: 1-800-532-9594.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 8 Knoxville Region UT Chattanooga Alumni Chapter picnic, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Cove at Concord Park, 11808 S. Northshore Drive. Friends and family welcome.

Info: Natalie Mohr, npatter2@gmail.com or 470-3790; https://www.facebook.com/Knoxville.Mocs.

“Spare Scenes”: character development and improv, with Crystal Braeuner; presented by Wild Thyme Players, 3-5 p.m., Broadway Academy of Performing Arts, 706 N Broadway. Open to all interested individuals aged 16 and up, regardless of experience in performance. $10 per class ($8 for students/seniors/military with ID). Info: 325-9877 or email director@wildthymeplayers.org.

Cedar Ford Baptist Church homecoming; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship service, 10:30 a.m.; singing and lunch following service. 3201 Hwy 61 East.

Info: 992-0267.

MONDAY, SEPT. 9 Beginner English Smocking, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; instructor: Janet Donaldson; Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 10 La Buona Cucina cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50 per person. To register: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

Square dancing classes, 7-9 p.m., the Senior Center in Maynardville.

TUESDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 10-15 Application delivery for Art Market Gallery’s Sept.

16 membership jury. Currently accepting applications from artists in all media. Application form: www.artmarketgallery.net. Info: Lil Clinard, watercolorsbylil@ charter.net.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11 The Triple L group meeting, 11 a.m., Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Entertainment by Fredda Temples and Fred West; Lunch cost: $6.

Reservations: 938-7245.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 13 “Sporting Clays Shoot” to benefit Great Smoky Mountains Council for Boy Scouts of America, 8:30 a.m., Chilhowee Sportsman’s Club. Lunch provided.

The public and companies alike can request a sponsorship or a registration form from Jennifer Williams, jwilliams@bsamail.org or add their team’s name to the event’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ events/413188272113257/?notif_t=plan_user_joined.

“Free Movies In The Park,” sponsored by Luttrell Seniors at Luttrell Park. Movie: “Parental Guidance.”

Concessions available at 7 p.m.; movie starts at dusk.

Everyone welcome. Bring chairs/blankets.

La Technique: The Romance and Reality of Soufflés cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50 per person.

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY, SEPT. 13-14 Flea Market, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Beaver Creek Christian Fellowship, 3941 W. Beaver Creek in Powell. Activities for kids while parents shop. Info: 640-2886.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 14 Halls Crossroads Women’s League will host an Inside-Outside Stuff-A-Bag Sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the corner of Maynardville Highway and Cunningham Road. Shoppers will be permitted to stuff a large brown bag full of clothing items for $5 per bag.

Beth Moore – Living Proof Live Simulcast Event, 8:30 a.m., Revival Vision Church, I54 Durham Road, Maynardville. Preregistration cost: $20; cost at the door: $22. Everyone welcome. Info/registration: 567-6432.

Union County Farmers Market, 8:30-11:30 a.m., front parking lot of Union County High School. Info: 992-8038.

Work days at the Community Garden “Glorious Gardening” located at Rutherford Memorial UMC in Corryton. Work in the garden and receive some of its produce as a result. Info: 687-8438.

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to combat modern slavery donated artwork to raise funds to fight this terrible blight. All of the proceeds from the sale of the artwork goes directly to a Christian ministry called Love UnVeiled, an organization devoted to setting women free to be all that God intended them to be.

Harrison is currently working with the art department at Grace after art teacher Shannon Johnson showed a video about this effort to her class. The students have been given the option to donate any of their artwork to the website throughout the year. To date, nearly 30 pieces of art have been donated, with more to come. Grace students, both past and present, are working together to bring change to a hurting world in the name of Christ.

By Shannon Morris Grace Christian Academy’s logo contains the motto that drives all we do: Lead, Build, Equip.

To that end, we take tremendous pride in hearing examples of alumni who are using the solid foundation provided by Grace and making a difference in their communities.

One such alum is Harrison Collins (Class of 2011), a young man with a passion for ending the devastation and curse of modern slavery, specifically relating to young ladies who are bound by painful circumstances and shame.

Harrison, along with his girlfriend Suzy Schrimsher and friend Melissa Dukes, have started a website called freedovemarket.com, a resource that sells

Grace Christian Academy art teacher Shannon Johnson and alumnus Harrison Collins.

Middle school volleyball serves an ace!

By Shannon Morris

The Grace Christian Academy middle school volleyball team gathers with a Riverbirch resident (standing, center). They are: (front) head coach Tanna Storie, Katie Storie; (back) Allie Corum, Kara Nipper, Lily Duncan, Emory Bowman, Emily Keaton, Elizabeth Human, Aly Coffey, Gentry McReynolds, Darby Flickinger, Keana Way, Santana White, Makenly Smith, Michelle Lower, Dexter Reasons, Loren Rudl, Faith Hammond and Abby Phillips.

Rachel Chamberlain earns Gold Award

Rachel Chamberlain with a Lonsdale Elementary School student. Photo by Adam Chamberlain

By Linda Comfort Grace Christian Academy senior Rachel Chamberlain was recently awarded the Girl Scouts Gold Award.

The Gold Award represents the highest achievement in the Girl

Scouts. As a Gold Award recipient, Rachel will become part of an elite group of women who have shared their passions and ideas with their communities.

To achieve her Gold Award, Rachel traveled to Lonsdale Elementary

Volleyball fans are well aware that success begins with serving well. The school year has just gotten started, but the GCA Middle school volleyball teams are already learning the importance of serving well – on and off the court. Aside from striving for athletic achievements, the teams have been serving in the community as well.

Recently, the girls trekked across the street to Riverbirch, a senior citizens apartment complex. These industrious students hand-washed the windows in all 20 units and the clubhouse.

They also cleaned the outdoor furniture, painted the concrete garden planter and pulled weeds from all of the rock beds. More importantly, the girls also got to know the residents who came outside to watch the work.

The volleyball coaches prepared some VIP passes and distributed them to each resident.

These passes will allow each

School every Tuesday and Thursday of the last school year and taught a healthy-eating class.

Rachel was prompted to do this project when she discovered that Lonsdale Elementary has the third highest obesity rate of students in Tennessee.

Under Rachel’s tutelage, the students learned about all the different food groups, portion control and exercise. Her students

resident free admission to all of the GCA middle school home volleyball matches. Many of the residents promised the girls that they would come over to watch them play.

After the day was done, the girls came up with two ideas on their own. First, each team member “adopted” a senior citizen as their own and wrote them a personal note. The girls will continue with this communication throughout the volleyball season. Second, the teams unanimously volunteered to do another project with these special people, and came up with the idea of putting together a Sunday dinner and serving the residents, which they hope to do in the near future.

When the work day was over, the teams prayed with one of the residents who has a relative being attended by hospice care. Regardless of how well these athletes perform on the volleyball court during the season, they have already served up an ace!

practiced a more active lifestyle by playing on the playground. The students completed worksheets in both English and Spanish in Rachel’s class and took the worksheets home to their parents so they could practice healthy eating as a family.

Rachel and other Tennessee Gold Award recipients will accept their awards in a statewide ceremony in the spring of 2014.

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