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October 21, 2013

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Stressed to the max

Adrian Burnett Elementary School PTSO president Regina Turner isn’t buying ithe company line.

Kids, she says, are being tested too much, plain and simple.

They’re stressed. So are the teachers. So are the parents.

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See Jake Mabe’s story on page A-5

Miracle Maker Gary Harmon gets around.

In his nearly 30 years with Knox County Schools, he taught French and English at Bearden, Austin-East and Halls high schools. He has spent the past 2 1/2 years at Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center, teaching English and history to troubled male teens that have been arrested or placed at the center by the Department of Children’s Services.

He loves what he’s doing.

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See Betsy Pickle’s story on A-9

Striking the band Seldom does the University of Tennessee create what has become a food fight between top leaders on campus but that is what has happened with the exchange of comments between Pride of the Southland Marching Band director Gary Sousa (now on paid administrative leave) and UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek.

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See Victor Ashe’s story on A-4

Sweet home Alabama Dave Hart, valued at $817,250 plus perks per year as vice chancellor and director of athletics at the University of Tennessee, will return to Tuscaloosa this weekend.

Marvin West can’t help but wonder what might have happened had Hart stayed in sweet home Alabama.

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Frolicking in fall

Barnabas Tremble of the Tremble familyy hopes to recruit volunteers for his dark circus at Frightworks.

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By Cindy Taylor

There is no better place to be in autumn than East Tennessee. Here are a few reasons why.

With 12 seasons of terror under his belt, Rob Knolton and the ghouls at Frightworks in Powell are dedicated to making you scream. Knoxville’s first family of fear, the Trembles, is looking for a A grinning pumpkin welcomes those who visit the cul-de-sac on Autumn View Lane. long-lost “heir.”

But don’t be too quick to “claim your inheritance.”

It may not be exactly what Maybe an afternoon drive is you hoped …

Info: www.frightworks.com or more your speed. A short jaunt down West Beaver Creek Drive 769-7273.

If a calm day of browsing will get you to Autumn View Lane through pumpkins great and and a home that lives up to its adsmall is to your liking, a visit dress. Cruise around to the culto Norwood United Methodist de-sac for a beautiful fall color Church is in order. The church has display of pumpkins, flowers, been trucking in fall fruit in prep- wagons and scarecrows with a few aration for visitors and has hun- haunts in the mix.

If you don’t mind driving east dreds ready to sell for decorating, a bit, the Corn Maze and Pumpcarving or pie making.

Info: www.holstonchurches. kin Patch at Oakes Farm is a org/norwoodumc.com or 687- family-friendly adventure that has something for everyone – a 1620.

The colors of fall at 7267 Autumn View Lane will leave you breathless.

nine acre professionally-designed and more. corn maze, animal exhibits, giant The attraction is open through slide, corn maze for kids, pedal Nov. 2. Info: www.oakesfarm.com karts, hayrides, a haunted maze or 688-6200.

See Marvin’s story on page A-6

Telling tales from the pulpit Jean Richardson entertained the Knox North Lions Club Oct. 16 with tales straight out of church, as they say.

“I was asked to pray before a UT ball game and prayed for both teams,” he said.

“I actually got booed because I didn’t pray just for UT.”

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Norwood United Methodist Church on Merchants Drive is ready for a grand pumpkin sale.

See Cindy Taylor’s story on A-3

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Booker promises ‘dazzle’ at Beck

By Sandra Clark Robert Booker is back at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center and he promises to “dazzle.”

Booker has been involved with the center since its founding in 1975 in the home of the late James and Ethel Beck. A student leader at Knoxville College and later a 3-term state representative, Booker is a historian and general man about town.

Booker calls going back as executive director at Beck “a labor of love.” The center is a repository of African-American history and lore, much of it compiled by Booker himself.

“We can compete with anybody (in the African-American Museum Association). I want Knoxville to be proud of that,” Booker said.

The Becks were fierce competitors, he said. Mr. Beck was a Republican; she was a Democrat who often bragged of canceling his

votes. He was a fee-grabber (sort of an adjunct law enforcement job) and a baseball player; she was state president for the Colored PTA. Both worked hard and had rental property and a working farm.

Get him started and Booker will talk about Ethel Beck and Evelyn Hazen, a white woman who lived just up the street (and once sued a lover who jilted her for breach of promise. She won.) “They were from two different worlds, but were a lot alike,” says Booker.

After serving in the Legislature from 1966 to 1971, Booker came home to work as administrative assistant to then-Mayor Kyle Testerman, a job he remembers entailing “everything he didn’t want to do.”

Booker was executive director of the Beck Center for 16 years, leaving in 1998. He filled in for 10 months as a member of City Council when Mark Brown be-

Feel the crunch.

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came a magistrate and before Daniel Brown was elected.

The Beck Center has had some recent negative publicity, and Mayor Tim Burchett cut its counBooker ty funding. Booker says that’s in the past.

He’s looking to fulfill Beck’s mission to research and exhibit local black history. He wants 5,000 members generating $75,000 annually. He wants to join with Visit Knoxville to drive tourism, and he plans publicity in national magazines. The current exhibit features pictures from James and Ethel Beck.

An upcoming exhibit will highlight the life and times of former U.S. District Judge William H. Hastie, who was born in Knoxville and became the first Afri-

can-American federal judge, appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Judge Hastie earned his law degree from Harvard University. He later was assistant solicitor of the Department of the Interior and a professor at Howard University Law School.

Booker will invite his children to Knoxville to launch the exhibit.

“The Beck Center is in a beautiful and spacious new building with its valuable collections in boxes and hidden away from visitors and researchers alike,” Booker said.

“People who visit here should be dazzled by what the center has to offer. That includes those who come for a reception, a dance or a meeting of any kind. The Beck mission should always be at the forefront of any activity held on these premises.”

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Capturing Moments Nashville artist Leila Platt featured for Artsclamation! event “Sunflowers always cheer me up,” says Leila Platt. “I never tire of painting them.”

Platt is the featured artist for this year’s Artsclamation! fine art sale to benefit Peninsula, a Division of Parkwest Medical Center. She will be sharing some of those cheerful sunf lowers in the painting “Abundance.” This piece is done in oils, but Platt’s oil paintings have a slightly different perspective than what you might see in other artists’ work.

“I painted with watercolors for 18 years,” Platt explains. “Working with watercolors for so long has really inf luenced my oil paintings. I think it makes them distinctive.”

Platt says you can still

find many of her water- viewer can share these color works – they were impressions for years to reproduced by several come.” publishers – with her images on everything from textiles to china.

Artistic journey Platt has a long history as an artist, starting when she was a little girl.

“The first time I had an art teacher in school I was hooked!” Platt says.

“Even as a young child, I was struck by the beauty of certain sights and felt compelled to capture those moments.”

Platt says her work is an attempt to put in tangible form “a f leeting feeling, a moment, a light or place that thrills me in some way. My hope is that the

“It opened up a new world,” Platt says.

One of her early endeavors was a small shop in the Vanderbilt area called The Closet. She and a friend filled the shop with paintings, clothing, and other artistic creations.

After she began focusing on watercolor, it resulted in a collaboration with several different publishers, and this led to more than a hundred published prints and posters.

Her images also appear on linens, stationary, calendars and more.

Leila Platt Her works, published

by Harpeth House, BentThe creativity of that ley House and Directional child blossomed into a full Publishing, have sold in blown artist as she beall 50 states, England and came an adult.

France. They have appeared in catalogs including Ross Simons, Speigel, Anticipations, The Horchow Collection, David Kay, Charles Keath and Touch of Class. She has had numerous solo exhibitions, and her work is in “Abundance” by artist Leila Platt is the featured painting at this many private collections. year’s Artsclamation! fine art sale.

Travel fuels creativity

Platt has a studio in Nashville, but travels internationally, and the experiences there often show up on the canvas. “I love the beauty of old buildings,” Platt says. “I travel to find unique scenes and architecture.”

When asked which country is her favorite, she will tell you it’s France, “but my other favorites are Belgium, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic.”

The first time Platt traveled abroad was when she was 16 years old. A family in England invited her there for a visit. That visit was extended for five weeks, as young Platt took advantage of an opportunity to travel through Europe. Just a few Tuscany-inspired “Hillside” by Leila Platt years later, she says she was lucky enough to spend a semester of college in France. trees in fall foliage against a background of Those early experiences jumpstarted buildings surrounded by a stone wall.

Platt’s love of international travel and the in“My husband and I were traveling along spiration for many of her works. “I am mes- an old stone wall in Tuscany,” Platt says. “It merized by the history behind old buildings inspired a series of paintings of the small and the beauty of gardens,” Platt says. villages behind it. ‘Hillside’ was the largest A good example of her passion for paint- painting of the series.” ing international scenes is “Hillside,” a Fellow artist Sharron Mallison encourwork that appeared at Artsclamation! in aged her to apply to participate in Artscla2005. It shows a lush, rolling hill filled with mation! and Platt is still grateful.

Art is a ‘window to another place’ Artsclamation! benefits the behavioral health programs of Peninsula, East Tennessee’s leading provider of behavioral health services. Peninsula has helped thousands of people recover from mental disorders and dependencies so they can lead healthy, positive and productive lives.

Along with the works by noted artists, Artsclamation! features art created by mental health consumers in some of Peninsula Recovery Education Center’s therapeutic programs. Creative expression is used as a means of helping the emotional healing process.

“Creativity is therapy for me,” says Platt, “To me, there are no rules in art, no right or wrong. For that reason, everyone who creates art should feel some measure of success, which improves one’s sense of wellbeing.”

Platt says painting transports her outside of whatever current place or situation she’s in. “The canvas is a window to another place.

Sometimes it is amazing how many hours have passed while I am working in my studio.”

Platt says art has changed her life for the better, and the secondhand effect is

that it can bring pleasure to others.

“There is therapy in the creation,” says Platt, “but also I hope there is therapy in the viewing.”

As a veteran participant in Artsclamation!, Platt says, “I enjoy being part of a beautifully presented show with high quality participants. I am very flattered to be chosen as the featured artist and thrilled to be part of such an imporant cause.”

To view Platt’s featured painting, “Abundance,” in more detail or find out more about the Artsclamation! fine art sale, visit peninsulabehavioralhealth.org/arts.

Artsclamation! fine art sale coming Nov. 2

The “Art of Healing” wall calendar is just $10 and features works from many artists participating in the Artsclamation! fine art sale.

The 12th annual Artsclamation! fine art sale will be held Saturday, Nov. 2, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral School in Knoxville. Admission and parking are free.

Artsclamation! will showcase original works by regional and local artists who work with a variety of media, including oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylics and photography, as well as an exclusive

grouping of three-dimensional artists displaying jewelry, pottery, clay sculpture and fiber art.

The featured painting, “Abundance” by Leila Platt, will be auctioned at the Artsclamation! preview party on Nov. 1 and may be viewed online at peninsulabehav ioralhealth.org/ar ts.

Also at Artsclamation!, art created by mental health consumers in some of Peninsula

Recovery Education Center’s therapeutic programs will be for sale.

Proceeds from Artsclamation! benefit the behavioral health programs of Peninsula, East Tennessee’s leading provider of behavioral health services.

For more information about Artsclamation!, visit our Facebook page or contact the Fort Sanders Foundation at 865-531-5210.

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Powell Florist kicks off Christmas A winter wonderland â– is now on display through Christmas at Powell Florist Gifts and Interiors.

Cindy Taylor

Employees transformed the shop almost overnight to get ready for the Christmas Open House on Oct. 11-12.

Shoppers enjoyed treats and discounted gifts and dĂŠcor, most at 25 percent off, during the two-day event. Bargains will continue throughout the season.

Powell Florist is located at 7325 Clinton Hwy. Info: 947-6105. â–

A funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit

Jean Richardson entertained the Knox North Lions Club Oct. 16 with tales straight out of church, as they say. “I was asked to pray before a UT ball game and Richardson prayed for both teams,� he said. “I actually got booed because I didn’t pray just for UT.�

Richardson is retired

Georgia Myers enjoys hot cider at the Powell Florist Christmas open house. from Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church and can keep listeners enthralled for hours with anecdotes about his life.

The Knox North Lions Club will hold a pancake breakfast from 8–9:30 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 2, at Chili’s on Mabry Hood Road.

The group meets at 12:30 p.m. for lunch each first and third Wednesday at Puleo’s on Cedar Lane.

Reach Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.com

Bombers for breast cancer awareness

In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Powell Bombers baseball team decked out in pink jerseys. They wore the color in honor of survivors and those who have lost their lives to the disease.

An old-fashioned Christmas Photos by Cindy Taylor

Pleasing the palate

By Libby Morgan Chef Joseph Lowery of La Cuchina, the cooking school inside Avanti Savoia in Halls, is having a blast teaching cooks to make all sorts of delicious foods.

Avanti Savoia is a retail and online store on Maynardville Pike just north of Emory Road selling fine vinegars, olive oils, herbs, salts, and lots of other hardto-find taste treats and ingredients.

I caught up with the chef during a recent bread-baking class, and walking in the door was a heady delight.

Bread made by a dozen students was just coming out of the oven, and other goodies were laid out for all to enjoy.

La Cuchina classes are fun and there’s no pressure for perfection. Chef Joseph prefers a laid-back atmosphere and spreads his knowledge freely to novices and pros alike. He encourages class participants to put on an apron and get their hands in the mix.

He has designed a new class, to be held Tuesday, Oct. 29, called Autumn in Appalachia, with a mouthwatering menu of mountain flavors with a chef’s twist: salt block cured sunburst trout gravlax, herbed polenta squares, smokey corn and roasted red pepper bisque and nannie rolls (Chef Joseph’s grandmother’s recipe), and his associate, Chef Karen, will show students how to make (drumroll, please, for my favorite food) apple stack cake. It’s a twohour evening class.

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Powell Bombers baseball team (front) Braden Graves, J.J. Cutler, Kyden White, Maddie Williamson, Cooper Cunningham, Madelynn Hopkins; (second row) Rianna Boone, Kalyn Stirone, Jonathan Allen, Andrew Williamson, Gabe Byrd, Lane Stokes; (back) coaches Josh Williamson, Larry Stirone and Brandon Stokes Photo submitted

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Virtual Academy is bad public policy

Striking the band Seldom does the University of Tennessee create what has become a food fight between top leaders on campus but that is what has happened with the exchange of comments between Pride of the Southland Marching Band director Gary Sousa (now on paid administrative leave) and UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek.

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As Chancellor, Cheek is the public face of the UT Knoxville campus. He normally comports himself in a very professional and above the fray manner. He represents decorum. Therefore, it was really surprising to see his very public letter to Sousa accusing him of whining and petulance.

Normally that is said privately if at all. Clearly, Sousa has fully antagonized the Chancellor who, with his hot letter to Sousa, has elevated the issue even more than it was already.

It has guaranteed intense media coverage.

As a taxpayer I have never liked the idea of paid leave which Sousa now has to the end of the semester.

The first 2014 semester does not start until January. This is a paid vacation.

Surely there is something he could be assigned to do to earn his pay beyond staying off campus. Since Sousa has tenure it is virtually impossible to fire him short of proving a criminal act. It would appear to violate his First Amendment rights to try to bar him from speaking to employees, students or fellow faculty members.

The sooner this issue is resolved the better for the band, which is a source of pride for all, and the entire UT campus. While Cheek could not have prevented Sousa from his actions, he might have been better advised to leave the verbal broadsides to others. Attacks on subordinates seldom solve the issue but they are food for a hungry journalist.

■ Mayor Rogero won a huge victory last Wednesday when the Transportation Planning Organization

When you listen to teachers and staff of the Tennessee Virtual Academy, it’s easy to say, “Give them a chance.”

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(TPO) voted to keep the James White Parkway extension off its 5 year plan. Rogero has regularly attended TPO since she became a member in 2011. She has made friends among the other members for attending and staying for the whole meeting. This paid off last week when her views prevailed. She won the support of all voting members from Blount, Anderson and Loudon counties in addition to the Farragut mayor and several others from Knox County.

■ Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters had never attended a TPO meeting until last week. Most TPO members did not know him and his pleas for the parkway extension suffered accordingly. If one wants to influence a group, then one needs to be present for all the meetings, not just those which attract the cameras.

■ County Commission chair Brad Anders voted to put the JWP extension back into the 5 year plan before he voted for the plan without the extension once that failed. Knox County Mayor Burchett voted for the extension saying he wanted more public debate after opposing the JWP extension a few months ago.

■ The message here is that the hard work of Rogero paid off. If Waters and others want to influence TPO in the future, they should start by attending the meetings and not sending staff.

■ Contrary to the report last week, city Fleet Service director Keith Shields does not receive a car allowance of $5,800 a year. He is one of a few city directors who do not receive this.

■ Next Friday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. the Knoxville Botanical Gardens will host a ceremonial planting of two blight-resistant American chestnuts. This is part of an effort by the American Chestnut Foundation to restore the chestnut tree after an estimated 4 billion mature trees from Maine to Georgia were killed by an Asian fungus known as chestnut blight. The public is invited to attend at the Gardens located in East Knoxville on Wimpole Avenue as well as view the gardens on the 47 acres of the former Howell Nursery.

They will tell you about the kid with cancer who couldn’t go to a regular school. They will talk about the skinny kid who was bullied, or the fifth grader who couldn’t read.

But when you walk away you remember that we’re talking about a huge amount of tax dollars here.

At $5,000 per student, the Virginia-based K12 Inc. is raking in $14 million a year

– maybe more as the year wears on and more students opt out of regular school.

K12 officials talked to the Union County school board last Thursday. The board voted unanimously to extend K12’s contract for another three years. County Commissioner Mike Sexton showed up to claim pride that in this one thing, Union County is first.

The superintendent of schools, Dr. Jimmy Carter, endorsed the contract extension. Maybe Carter was seeing dollar signs, too. Union County Schools gets a four percent administrative fee per year – more than half a million dollars.

Principal Josh Williams said 300 kids from Knox County are enrolled in the Virtual Academy. That represents some $1.5 million that could have come to Knox County Schools.

JWP: Still dead

By Sandra Clark Mayor Madeline Rogero displayed political acumen in besting Mayor Tim Burchett, arguably the county’s best politician, in a fight that did not have to be.

Burchett and Rogero initially stood together against the James White Parkway extension, but Burchett retreated to a position of “let the people be heard” by sup-

porting TDOT’s strategic ploy of a slight redesign and a call for public hearings.

When Rogero knocked the estimated $100 million extension off the Transportation Planning Organization’s priority list, both Burchett and Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters were absent and the Knox County representative voted with Rogero.

Josh Williams, principal of the Virtual Academy, and Karen Ghidotti, a representative of K12 Inc., listen to discussion by the Union County school board. Photo by S. Clark Test scores are no better for Virtual Academy students than for regular students in Union County.

State Rep. Harry Brooks sponsored the law that en-

abled the Virtual Academy to take a full share of state funding for students it enrolls. It’s a law that’s bad public policy. It should be undone.

But last Wednesday, Waters tried to get the JWP extension back into the TPO’s priority list (without which it cannot receive federal funds). Burchett seconded his motion and then went down in flames on a 3-10 vote. Brad Anders, Knox County commissioner from Karns and Hardin Valley, also voted yes.

And then, Burchett voted with Waters on the short end of a 12-2 vote to adopt the priority list without the JWP extension.

It’s clear by his votes, if not his words, where Burchett stood. He stood on the side of road builders, Sevier County and perhaps some Knox County businesses at John Sevier Highway and beyond. He stood against local businesses on Chapman Highway from downtown to John Sevier.

He stood for the past and against those who have invested in South Knoxville’s future – the urban wilderness.

Luckily, Rogero won.

Drama-free forum for drama-free election

By Betty Bean Someone at the League of Women Voters’ candidate forum last week asked incumbent City Council member Daniel Brown where his opponent was. He smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

One of his colleagues snickered and said, “He’s in the restroom.”

Then everybody guffawed, since candidate Pete Drew hasn’t shown up for anything this election season, which makes him no better or worse than about 98 percent of the city’s registered voters who will probably not show up on Election Day. Not that there’s much to show up for, since three of five incumbents are running unopposed and there’s no mayoral contest to draw attention.

The League is doing its best to generate attention to these races. Its website announced that it was participating in something called National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 24, which was the day of the city primary (if you didn’t hear about this event, don’t feel like the

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Lone Ranger – this reporter didn’t, either).

LWV forums are dramafree events rendered devoid of embarrassment by presubmitted questions and strictly enforced rules and time limits. This one almost got interesting when somebody asked the fusty old question about supporting consolidated government, and Duane Grieve (unopposed, 2nd District) responded with a nifty little mini-rant – “Look at the city, look at the county.

Look at the difference between the two. Who’s written up the most?” – but was admonished by moderator John Becker who reminded him that there was a reporter in the room.

Becker, of course, was

kidding, because surely nobody would really want to shut down a provocative answer at a political forum, not even when the question – should city and county governments be consolidated – is one that has been asked and answered with a resounding no every decade or so since the middle of the last century. The other candidates also reminded the audience of that fact.

The contenders in the only real race in this election cycle, the 4th District race between incumbent Nick Della Volpe and challenger Rick Staples, sat sideby-side and chatted like old friends.

Della Volpe, a pugnacious lawyer who has mortally ticked off police and firefighters, was restrained and gentlemanly and passed on an opportunity to talk about the city’s pension problems (the issue that earned him an opponent).

Staples, an employee of the Knox County Sheriff’s Office who is low key and affable, stuck in a few gentle barbs by promising to be a listener rather than a talker.

GOV NOTES ■ The 8th District Republican Club will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Carter High School, 210 Carter School Road.

County Mayor Tim Burchett will speak.

■ The Center City Republican Club will meet Thursday, Oct. 24, at Shoney’s, 4410 Western Ave. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7.

He mentioned his mother a lot, working her struggles as a small business owner into his answer to a question that was prefaced with the allegation that Knoxville’s gender pay gap makes us the third-worst city for working women.

Altogether, the League should be commended for making the effort to stage this forum, even if no red meat was served. There’s only so much you can do.

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Stressed to the max PULL UP A CHAIR … | Jake Mabe

This is part of an ongoing series addressing issues in the Knox County school system.

Adrian Burnett Elementary School PTSO president Regina Turner isn’t buying the company line.

Kids, she says, are being tested too much, plain and simple.

They’re stressed. So are the teachers. So are the parents.

One of her and husband Richard’s children took five tests in three days in math alone.

“And she will come back from fall break (this week) to several timed math tests,”

Regina says.

Last year, she says, 35 days during the year at the elementary level were devoted just to math assessments, “and that’s not including the other four subjects.”

She says one “fabulous teacher” received a Conference of Concern letter because “the class makeup was horrible. (We) spent all year trying to have one (trouble-making) student removed from the school.

“What happens in situations like this? No doubt, it (the distraction) affects the students’ grades. And the teacher is going to be punished because of it.”

Turner is incredulous that students evaluate teachers.

“Were those questions really explained? Did the kids really understand them? If a child is having a bad day, the child will take it out on their teacher. That’s not fair.”

I spoke with a group of students, teachers and parents about these issues last week. Several did not show, later saying they feared reprisals from the school system.

“My child comes home stressed,” Turner said. “My child’s grades are dropping.

If homework is assigned, it’s a battle to do it.

“My child asked, ‘Mom, do you think they’ll ever let my teacher get back to teaching us?’ I had to answer, ‘Probably not if I keep you in public school.’ And that’s sad.”

A teacher who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution said the “teachable moments” are gone.

“I’ve been doing this for 16 years and have taught every grade but one,” the teacher said. “It’s demeaning the way we have been treated.

We can’t even have a meeting about simple housekeep-

ing things without coaches coming in with us. The anxiety level is huge.”

Superintendent Jim McIntyre emailed a 3-minute video message to teachers last week. In it, he thanked them, said the Common Core has “fewer, more indepth standards” and then addressed teacher concerns about “conversations principals had with (you) about teacher performance for those who did not meet expectations.”

It was, he said, “not our intention to create undue anxiety. Please approach these discussions in the spirit that they were intended. They will allow for continuous development, improvement and support for teachers, (and will be) crystal clear about instructional expectations.”

A recent Teacher of the Year, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, received a Conference of Concern letter, yet said when she asked her evaluator to show her areas in which she needed to improve, the evaluator couldn’t identify them.

“They spread out all this data and couldn’t find one

skill I dropped, one area I dropped, one subgroup I dropped. I was actually treated more like a professional in college while I was working in a fast-food restaurant than I am now.

“We are teaching toward Common Core standards but are still being graded and rated on TCAP scores. We have to get away from that.”

The teacher said going from giving 2nd graders SAT 10 assessments, which are read aloud, to 3rd grade, in which students must read them on their own, is a tough transition.

“What do you do when you have one of your babies look at you with giant tears in their eyes and say, ‘What about us, we can’t wead (read)?’ The test is never differentiated. It’s not hard to test skills on a differentiated reading level. I don’t mind the Common Core, but I can’t leave these babies behind.

“The superintendent can talk about differentiated learning all he wants to, but evaluating a 3rd grade student who reads on a 1st-grade level using a 1stgrade assessment, that’s

the definition of differentiation.”

A student who spoke on condition of anonymity said that on test days, “I don’t want to go to school because I feel like I’m going to fail.

I know the answer to the problems, but I get confused and put the wrong answer.

The timed tests make me nervous. School is so miserable now.”

Several teachers say they feel they have no forum in which to speak without fearing reprisals.

“Where is that public forum for us? Where do we speak out in comfort?”

Halls Elementary School 3rd grade teacher Lauren Hopson spoke candidly and critically about these and other issues at the Oct. 2 school board meeting. Her speech has gone viral on YouTube.

“I would rather lose my job (speaking up) than potentially lose my job anyway without saying anything,” she said last week.

To share the good, the bad and the ugly in Knox County Schools, call Sandra Clark at 661-8777 or Jake Mabe at 466-6398.

Mighty fine at Sunshine Services

By Sandra Clark One of Knox County’s finest social service nonprofits is rolling along, adapting with changing economic times and a diverse client base.

The Arc Knox County started as the Association for Retarded Citizens in 1953 in a church basement.

Now that politically incorrect moniker is outdated, but Sunshine Services lives on, serving some 100 adult clients with intellectual disabilities.

Judy Wohlwend is the executive director, stepping in when the late Dr. Vicki Johnson retired in 2003.

The center is located at 3000 North Central Street.

“Those (founding) parents worked really hard to get it started, lobbying Nashville and the feds, demanding services for their kids,” said Wohlwend.

The program now has three components in addition to the sheltered workshop which fulfills business and government contracts – originally the nonprofit’s purpose.

Early Intervention for ages 0-3 offers home-based education for families with children identified as having a learning disability or delayed development.

“We teach parents to be advocates for their children,” said Wohlwend.

Leisure Services offers something every day for adults. “Activities are designed to allow participants to personalize their leisure schedules ... increasing their independence, improving self-esteem and enhancing their quality of life,” said Wohlwend.

Activities include bowling, walking groups, movies, local sporting events and Special Olympics activities.

Several vacations are offered and past trips have been to New York City, the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and Myrtle Beach.

Residential Services include Beta Homes, two 10-person group homes with 24/7 staff supervision.

Training by staff promotes personal growth and development for residents who require constant structure and supervision.

Residents generally work at Sunshine Industries or participate in its retirement program. Yes, participants are reaching retirement age, Wohlwend said.

The retirement program addresses the changing needs of aging clients with a daily program that includes physical activity.

An independent living program provides support services to adults with intel-

lectual disabilities who live in the community. Clients may own a home or live in an apartment with a roommate or alone.

The Arc offers training in independent living skills such as cooking, cleaning and money management.

“We provide short-term vocational training and long-term sheltered employment,” said Wohlwend.

The economic downturn hurt this business, too. Several government contracts were cut during the sequester.

Sunshine Industries responded by starting a wood splitting and packing service, linking with businesses for retail sales.

Sunshine’s Mighty Fine Wood and Sunshine’s Mighty Fine Wood Chunks are the brand names, and

the products are available at Mayo’s, Three Rivers and 10 Pilot stores.

“We need work,” said Wohlwend. “If you’ve got work our clients could do, give a call.”

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Home-going for UT administrators Homecoming is a standard event on college calendars. This is about homegoing.

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Dave Hart, valued at $817,250 plus perks per year as vice chancellor and director of athletics at the University of Tennessee, will return to Tuscaloosa this weekend.

He will be accompanied

by Jon Gilbert, executive senior associate athletic director, and Mike Ward, senior associate AD for administration and sports programs.

They came with Hart from Alabama in 2011 and will

return for the 96th renewal of the football rivalry which used to be played on the third Saturday – and was better then.

The trio is highly regarded but will not be hailed as conquering heroes. They have captured Bristol and gained some traction but not yet solved all the problems they inherited or created.

Legal settlements, controversy over traditions and sustained success on the fields of play are pending.

Hart, 64, a former basketball guard for the Crimson Tide, is a career administrator, widely known and often in the news. Alas, this is no time to compare him with Alabama’s inexperienced athletic director, William Raines Battle III, almost 72, a rare one indeed, a former Paul Bryant disciple who

once beat the Bear at his own game.

Hart is employed by Tennessee. Battle is part of the Tennessee fabric. He came first to Shields-Watkins Field as a player for Alabama. He returned as a very young assistant coach, part of the reconstruction of Doug Dickey’s staff after the tragic train wreck of ’65.

Four years later, Bob Woodruff made the mistake of a lifetime, promoting Battle beyond preparation. At 28, he became the replacement for the dearly departed Dickey. He was the youngest head coach in college football. Dr. Andy Holt was surprised. Others raised eyebrows but nobody fainted.

Battle got off to an excellent start and was 36-5 after three and a half seasons. He was obviously brilliant, on

his way to fame and fortune.

In fact, the bright highlights of Battle’s coaching career came in his first season, mid and late October 1970 and on Jan. 1.

Tennessee intercepted a school-record eight passes and slugged sagging Alabama, 24-0. Bryant and Battle, teacher and student, hugged and shook hands. It was a memorable occasion but it happened only once.

A week later, the Vols ripped Florida. Dickey took a deep breath and endured. He might have even wondered if his move was a mistake.

In the Sugar Bowl, Tennessee stunned undefeated Air Force, 34-13. It was the top of Battle’s mountain.

Bobby Scott, Curt Watson, Chip Kell, Jackie Walker, Bobby Majors and people like that took him there.

Coppock on adoption tive parents, except for one important factor.

“The mother’s got the baby.

It’s a delicate and interesting dynamic. You want to empower her, but you don’t want to motivate her to be opportunistic to the rather sacred thing that’s going down.”

After Coppock became known for her expertise, she started doing seminars for lawyers who were interested in adoption law. After awhile, she compiled her seminar materials and sent them to Michie Law Publishing (now LexisNexis) as a book proposal.

“They immediately said yes.”

She called it “Tennessee Adoption Law with Forms and Statutes.”

“I hadn’t been out of law school 10 years, so they weren’t

She is cited in Tennessee was a fax network of adoption courts any time an adoption lawyers, and somebody put case is being heard. in the fax, ‘We finally found somebody that can get a kid out of Tennessee.’

“After that, I started getBetty ting calls. It felt like a fluke at Bean the time, but I started working with birth moms, particularly when the kids were going Law Dogs out of state.”

Coppock said working with Dawn Coppock didn’t start out to become adoption attor- birth mothers is her favorite ney, but was set on that course part of the job.

“What they expect is some when she took on an interstate adoption early in her career, gray-haired man in a suit to even though she wasn’t sure fold his arms and say, ‘Little how to proceed because Ten- lady, how did you get into this nessee’s adoption statutes trouble?’”

She collects pictures and were not clear.

“It was technically a fairly mementos for the children, difficult case, but at that stage, and compiles a good medical everything was hard,” she history.

The scales are heavily said. “I figured it out and I did it correctly. At that time there weighted in favor of the adop-

Dawn Coppock going to call it ‘Coppock’ on anything. But when the second edition came out, they called it ‘Coppock on Tennessee Adoption Law with Forms and Statutes.’ For a long time it was the second best-selling law book in the state, the first being Don Paine’s ‘Tennessee Law of Evidence.’ For awhile the judiciary bought it for all the judges.”

A little later, Ray Trail recruited Condredge Holloway and the excitement continued despite a general decline.

Battle recognized what was happening and departed with dignity intact. His exit line, defining class, was sensational: “When they run you out of town, make it look like you’re leading the parade.”

He returned as a businessman with a great idea, pointing Tennessee toward considerable earnings in logo licenses and souvenir sales. He became the national leader in collegiate marketing, a genuine legend in that field.

Bill never lost interest in Tennessee. He has helped former players who needed help. He has been back for reunions, funerals and special events.

In his third career, he is Nick Saban’s boss! Imagine that!

My opinion of Bill Battle has never changed – in 47 years. He is a class act, keen mind, exemplary in character. What happened to him at Tennessee was unfair. He was a good receiver coach, innovative in scouting, honest in recruiting, an excellent role model for young players (Bill was a year older than senior receiver Johnny Mills – who put an arm on the coach’s shoulder and asked if the players could call him Billy).

Given time, Battle might have matured into a fine head coach. He never had a chance. He did pretty well with his Collegiate Licensing Company. It sold for something over $100,000,000.

Out of loyalty to his school, he became athletic director when Alabama called. Wonder what would have happened here and there if Hart had stayed in Tuscaloosa?

Most adoption lawyers also do divorce cases, something Coppock did during her early years as a lawyer, and didn’t enjoy.

She got her undergraduate degree at Carson-Newman, earned a business degree, took a job at IBM near Washington, D.C., and started applying to law schools. She ended up at William & Mary, graduated one Saturday, was married the next, and worked for Rainwater, Humble and Vowell in Knoxville for 6 years before striking out on her own.

In recent years, she’s made headlines with the Scenic Vistas Act, a religious-based antimountaintop coal removal bill she wrote and lobbied (so far, unsuccessfully) for 5 years.

She says there’s little connection between political work and her legal career.

“The only way the two intersect is a few years ago I picked six easy-to-pass little Band-Aids we could stick in

the code, and I passed six adoption bills in my spare time,” she said. “Legislators ask me questions about child welfare related bills, and when I’m in Nashville, I can do adoption work also.”

And that is important.

“People want to feel good about how they become parents and how they give a child up. They want to feel that the process had integrity and that the emotional aspects of it were valued, and I can do that. Sometimes I work with adoption lawyers who are sleazy, and I understand the impact of that. It’s a giant, beautiful gift you’re giving these people, and all of a sudden it feels dirty and bad. …

“Agencies get paternalistic and tell people what they ought to do. I don’t know what to do, but I can talk about choices. When you are able to let the process have that kind of integrity and gravity, you’ve given everybody a gift.”

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Hannah Warren, 5, gives out food.

Boy Scout Marc Collier of Troop 154 distributes food with other volunteers. vo volu luntee eers rs. Photos submitted

A rewarding bargain Byy Cindy B Cind dy Taylor Tay aylo l r lo The Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry made its final appearance for the year at Powell Presbyterian Church.

More than 150 people took advantage of free food valued at $22,367 retail.

“Our cost was only $1,000. What a bargain,” said pastor Jonathan Warren. “This is truly a community-wide effort.”

Church members, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other volunteers handed out free food with a smile on Oct 12. Ingles provided the shopping carts.

The next Second Harvest food giveaway at Powell Presbyterian Church will begin at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, April 12.

Volunteers are welcome to help with prep and packaging.

“Volunteering for the next food distribution could be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life,” said Warren.

WORSHIP NOTES Food banks ■ 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.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central Ave. Pike, is accepting appointments for the John 5 Food Pantry. For appointment: 9382611 or leave a message and your call will be returned.

■ Knoxville Free Food Market, 4625 Mill Branch Lane, distributes free food 10 a.m.-noon 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.

■ 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.

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Boy Scout troop leader Trey Ussery helps prepare for a crowd.

■ Central Baptist Church of Fountain City hosts GriefShare, a grief recovery support group, each week. Info: 688-2421 or www.cbcfc.org.

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■ Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon meets at noon each Tuesday at Golden Corral.

Info: www.kfl-luncheon.com.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, hosts weekly “Wednesday Night Dinners and Classes.” Dinner with drink and dessert: $5 for adults, $3 for children, or $16 for the entire family; served at 5:45 p.m. Classes and activities available after dinner for adults, youth and children.

Nursery is available for infants upon request. Dinner reservations/info: 690-1060.

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She found the most astonishing sight of all, a cobweb strung between two posts, she hardly dared breathe for fear of disturbing it, a thousand drops of water gleaming in the tension of its fragile hold.

The pattern perfect, each drop of water shining clear, round, holding all light within it, something that would only stay miraculous if she did not disturb, did not touch so much as one sticky thread. And she marveled at the cunning of the spider, a creature she did not much like. (“Light,” Eva Figes) It was an early morning, one of the first really cool mornings, when I first saw the web. The spider had spun her magic in the fence, and the dew had fallen on it, still hanging, in fact, like so many diamonds.

I stopped to marvel at the web’s beauty, its intricacy, its fragility. Ms. Spider was not at home at the moment, so I didn’t worry about frightening her (or vice versa, for that matter).

I looked at the web’s symmetry, its delicate strands attached to the white wood, the strength of its geometry.

I spared a thought to the tardiness of the spider’s building efforts. I think of late August and early September as the time frame for spider webs, so I was surprised to find this lovely architecture here in midOctober.

I was in the midst of reading Eva Figes’ novella “Light,” a book that recounts a day in the life of Claude Monet, that master impressionist, who chose not to paint water lilies or fields of flowers, so much as the light surrounding them. The slim volume is an Impressionist’s study of light and shadow, and how those opposites illumine, highlight, hide, gild, warm, shade or bless everything they touch.

From summer to winter, from light to darkness, the cycles of the world go on and on. Just so, with our own lives. There are days

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There are days of toil and days of rest. There are days of strife and days of peace.

There are days of accomplishment and days of stillness. All are important to us, needful for us.

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It is important – no, imperative – during the hard seasons that we remember the days of light. We must carry that memory in our hearts the way our pioneer foremothers banked the hearth fires at night, the way bulbs hold in the darkness the heat they will need to bloom in the spring.

Likewise – and strangely, this is harder – during the bright days, the warm, shining days, we must remember that there will be darkness again, part of the rhythms of life.

That is when we depend on memory, to be able to envision the future, for, as Figes writes, “Memory holds the shining bubble, bright with the newborn glory of the world.”

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Climb that wall!

To celebrate reaching the goal of selling 3,000 coupon books, Powell Elementary School principal Reba Lane and assistant principal Karen Frost promised to climb With no other room left in his office, Powell High principal Na- a rock wall.

On Oct. 15, they did just than Langlois must take his break resting on canned goods that, along with teachers brought in by students. Photo submitted Rebecca Foust and Mandi Meek.

“I’m a little afraid for my life,” said Meek prior to the climb. “I just don’t want to die in front of my kids.”

“I’m ready to go again,” storage for canned goods said Lane, who was a firstBy Cindy Taylor Powell High School prin- brought in by students and time climber. cipal Nathan Langlois was faculty to donate to SecThe four scaled the 23almost “canned” out of his ond Harvest Food Bank. foot wall with no mishaps as Enough food was given to the entire student body and Powell Elementary principal office.

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Shopper-News Presents Miracle Makers

‘We always have …

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By Betsy Pickle Gary Harmon gets around.

In his nearly 30 years with Knox County Schools, he taught French and English at Bearden, AustinEast and Halls high schools. He has spent the past 2 1/2 years at Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center, teaching English and history to troubled male teens that have been arrested or placed at the center by the Department of Children’s Services.

He loves what he’s doing – for starters, teaching history, a favorite subject, but especially teaching these students.

“The kids need to see adults who care about them and try to push them,” Harmon says.” I do that. The kids know it. I’m not a touchy-feely guy. I don’t sit down and say, ‘Tell me about your life.’

“One time I had a student make a comment that he didn’t understand why we pushed him so hard to be in school, and I said, ‘Well, you don’t know what you want to be yet. I want to give you some choices.’ And he said, ‘Aw, come on, really? What do you think my choices are gonna be?’

“I said, ‘You know, son, I don’t believe a lot of things, but what I do believe is that we always have another chance. I don’t care what you did to get in here; doesn’t matter to me and I’ll never ask. But when you get out of here, it’s the next chapter, and it’s your job to get up and do something with that. I want to arm you for that with what you really need – not bullets, but knowledge.’

That’s what I try to do.”

Growing up in Clarksville, Harmon had a very different life from his current students, but he had teachers who made it possible for him to have choices. His challenge was that he was born with only two fingers on his left hand, a right arm that ended at the wrist and no feet.

He got into teaching “because teachers had made a big difference in my life, and I wanted to do the same thing for other people.”

Schools had a different attitude about children with disabilities in the 1960s, when Harmon was growing up.

“When I was starting school, my mother took me to register the first day, and we were met at the front door by a principal, who ushered us to special ed. My mother is a strong-willed Southern woman who explained to him that I was not going to special ed. I could already read, I knew my numbers – I was ready.

Gary Harmon looks through his book, “My Daddy Takes His Legs Off.”

Says Gary Harmon, “This is my smile.”

“She wanted me to go into 1st grade. We didn’t have kindergarten back in the (Stone) Age. He assured her that special ed (was) the place I needed to go.

“Special ed was nothing in those days; they taught kids how to fold boxes. …

And my mother said, ‘No. There’s just no way.’

“They stood out in the hall and argued for what seemed like forever to a 6-year-old boy. And finally a 1st grade teacher came out and asked what was going on, and my mother explained. (The teacher) knelt down by me to talk to me and she said, ‘Let me ask you, are you smart?’ I said, ‘I don’t know.’ She said, ‘I’ll make a deal with you …

From now on, if I ever ask you that

question, if you’ll say yes, you can come into my class.’

“She stood up, and she knelt back down, and she said, ‘Gary, are you smart?’ I said, ‘Yes, ma’am.’ And she took my hand and said, ‘Let’s go!’

“We went in, and we learned, and I thought that was wonderful. In that one fell swoop, the woman changed my whole life.”

Harmon spent his freshman year at Austin Peay State University in his hometown, then came to UT, where he graduated in 1983. It’s easy to see why he doesn’t like the word “disability.”

He met President Jimmy Carter and ended up on the NBC Nightly News. He studied abroad in France during college, served as Knox County Education Association president for four years and spent enough time in law school to decide law wasn’t his thing.

He is married to a “beautiful wife” and has “two great kids.” And this spring, he wrote a children’s book based on an incident his 12-year-old daughter had at age 6, when friends said they didn’t want her father to

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pick her up from afternoon day care because they were “a little afraid” of him.

The book, “My Daddy Takes His Legs Off,” was published in August.

Harmon is selling it in person and through his website www. harmonspeaks.com.

“This book is about how we solved the problem. It wasn’t all persuasion; there was chocolate involved.”

He believes we all have “disabilities” but wants to help people get over their reluctance to interact with people who seem different.

“I wrote this hoping that families who want to make sure their kids understand that we all don’t look just exactly alike might want to buy this book and read it with their kids, and they might talk about the people that they know that look a little different or maybe think a little differently or have some difference that seems to make them stand out.

“And have them understand that those people are still children and brothers and sisters and husbands and wives. People forget that.”

Nominate a Miracle Maker by calling (865) 922-4136.

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Top seller at Brickey-McCloud Brickey-McCloud Elementary School student Bryce Olinger was the school’s top coupon book seller.

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MILESTONES Millses celebrate 50th anniversary Pete and Dot (Webster) Mills are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

They were married Oct. 26, 1963.

Pete is the owner and chief operator of Pete Mills School of Karate. Dot is a retired secretary from the Knox County Schools Central Office.

They have one son, Todd Mills, and his wife,

Janice, and one grandson, Tucker Frank Mills, all of Knoxville.

Byrds celebrate 50th anniversary David and Linda Davis Byrd of Powell celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sept. 28, with a gathering of family and friends at the Jubilee Banquet Facility. They were married Oct. 12, 1963, at Cedar Hill Baptist Church in LaFollette. David is retired from Garland Coal Company and Linda is a homemaker. They have two sons: D. Garland Byrd II and wife Jami, and Gregory L. Byrd and wife Wendy of Powell. They have six

grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

SPORTS NOTES ■ Halls Community Park rec league basketball signups for ages 5 and up will be held 6-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 21-22, at the Halls Middle School gym. Info: hcpsports@ msn.com or hcpark.org.

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HALLOWEEN EVENTS ■ Trail of Doom Haunted Corn Maze and Forest, Thriller Nights of Light, and The Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch at Oakes Farm, 8240 Corryton Road. Info: 6886200 or www.trailofdoom. com.

■ “A Haunting at Ramsey House,” 4-8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike. Cost: $10 per person.

Ghost stories, Halloween decorated cake contest, book signing by Dr. William Bass (Jefferson Bass) of The Body Farm and more.

Info: 546-0745 or www.

RamseyHouse.org under “Calendar.”

■ Historic Rugby will host “Ghostly Gathering” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, in the Rugby Community Building, 5517 Rugby Highway. The familyfriendly event will begin with a chili dinner followed by haunted storytelling from local storyteller Jim Buck around the bonfire.

Visitors will then tour historic buildings by lantern light, and the evening will conclude with hot cider and ghost stories around the bonfire. Reservations required: 423-628-2441, 1-888-214-3400 or email info@historicrugby.org.

■ “Halloween Haunts and Haints,” 3-7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26, at Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway. Tickets: $5. Trick or treating; children’s craft activities; games and spooky stories Info: 573-5508 or www.marblesprings.net.

■ Norwood Pumpkin Patch, through Thursday Oct. 31, Norwood UMC, 2110 Merchant Drive. Hours: noon-8 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday; noon-6 p.m.

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Empowering young women Middle school is tough enough without added pressures of drugs, alcohol, bullying, low self-esteem and peer pressure.

Ruth White

Thanks to the Sister-ToSister summit, girls can learn how to deal with everyday problems and pressures and know that “everyone isn’t doing it” (participating the risky behavior).

This year more than 100 8th grade girls participated in the summit and worked in breakout sessions to address a variety of important topics.

Through the day’s activities, girls were able to gain a deeper understanding of problems they may encounter on their journey to adulthood and learn how to confront problems.

Participants were able to discuss topics with facilitators – many who went through the seminar in middle school themselves – and learn how to deal every day. “Everyone has issues,” said Carter Middle School teacher Tracy Cagle. “This event gives the girls an action plan to deal with pressures.”

Facilitator Kezia Wyatt is a junior at Carter High.

She attended the summit and now enjoys helping younger girls work through issues. “When I was in middle school attending the summit helped prepare me for what to expect in high school. It was a life changing experience.”

Ayanna Troutman, of L&N STEM Academy, and Kezia Wyatt, Carter High, are two of the facilitators at the Sister-to-Sister seminar, a day for at-risk girls to talk about problems they face in middle school and to learn an action plan. Photo by Ruth White Ayanna Troutman is a junior at the L&N STEM Academy. She enjoys seeing the girls come in to the first session with some attitudes and reservations, only to leave in the afternoon with new friends and a more positive outlook. Wyatt and Troutman know that they can’t always fi x problems but they know that talking through issues and having the girls learn that they aren’t alone in their struggles helps.

This is the eighth year of the summit and this year’s event was held on the Strawberry Plains campus of Pellissippi State.

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Trunk or Treat will be held 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, in the school hallways.

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Parent Educational Opportunity Night will be held Thursday, Oct. 24, and will offer 19 rotating sessions at 6, 6:30 and 7 p.m. Sessions include topics such as cyber safety, Study Island, math goals and organization skills.

Parents will also have the opportunity to be entertained by the school’s band, art, and choral music programs; join PTA; visit with several local vendors; and enjoy a light snack.

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The school book fair will be held Nov. 11-15.

Family Reading Night will be Tuesday, Nov. 12.

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Strategic planning asking the questions: What’s good?

What’s not? What’s next? are open to the public at 6 p.m. Remaining sessions are: Monday, Oct. 21, Karns High; Thursday, Oct. 24, Halls Elementary; and Tuesday, Oct. 29, at AustinEast Magnet High School.

REUNIONS ■ Karns High School will have a centennial celebration and alumni reception 6 p.m.

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■ Rule High Class of 1973 will hold its 40-year reunion Saturday, Nov. 16, at Bearden Banquet Hall. All graduates are invited. Info: Mike Doyle, 687-2268, or Juanita McFall Bishop, 804-4816.

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By Dr. Donald G. Wegener It may come as a surprise to you, but water is an essential part of any successful weight-loss program.

In fact, restricting your intake of this lifegiving liquid while you diet can have serious consequences. For Dr. Wegener instance, here’s what can happen.

First, by not drinking sufficient amounts of water, you can actually cause your body to retain fluid.

This occurs because the less water you drink the more your body feels deprived and the more water it stores.

As your body stores water, you become puffy and swollen. The extra weight you think of as fat may not be fat at all but a result of fluid retention. Water, by the way, weighs more than body fat; it also alleviates hunger.

Second, restricting your water intake promotes fat deposits. Since your body uses water, as the major component of blood, to transport nutrients and wastes, a lack of it can

cause fats and other toxins that normally are disposed of to remain in your body, including that dimpled fat commonly referred to as cellulite.

Dieters and non-dieters alike must establish what I call a “fluid balance,” where the amount of water going into the body approximately equals the amount of water being excreted. You won’t have to consume gallons of water to find this balance. Generally speaking, 10 eight-ounce glasses of water daily are sufficient.

Once you have reached this fluid balance or “breakthrough point,” you’ll see the incredible difference water can make in your diet program and health. When your body is in fluid balance, pounds and inches begin to disappear, providing, of course, you are also reducing your caloric intake. Just as water can wash away the dirt from the outside of your body when you bathe, taken internally it washes away toxins and allows your liver to process unwanted fats.

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POWELL Shopper news • OCTOBER 21, 2013 • A-11

Events to inspire

News from Pellissippi State - Magnolia

Relationship week

Two very different events – one in the form of an ongoing series, the other a one-time occasion – are on the horizon for East Tennesseans. Both have the potential to affect you deeply.

Carol Zinavage Copies of “The Longest Rescue,” signed by its hero, William Robinson, will be Dr. Kevin Class, UT di- available Oct. 27 at the East rector of collaborative piano, Tennessee History Center. has mounted a massive re- Photo submitted cital series. He’ll be concertizing with seven KSO violin- Franz Schubert in various ists, as well as UT professors venues all over the world.

His duties at UT, which of cello and clarinet, and a include conducting for the visiting professor of violin.

There’s a reason he needs opera theater, often keep so many fiddlers and toot- him away from his instrument for weeks at a time. lers.

“Part of my reasoning for He’s performing all of Beethoven’s violin and pi- doing this series is to ensure ano sonatas, all of Brahms’ that I will retain a constant duo sonatas. That’s 17 contact with the piano.”

Add to that the existence works. Big works. Works which take lots and lots of of a fabulous new concert practicing and preparation. hall in the sparkling new UT music building, plus “several Think hundreds of hours.

“It seemed like a good eager performers” in town, idea at the time,” laughs and a memorable concert series seems inevitable.

Class.

For you classical music He’s already completed one program of Beethoven lovers – veterans and newsonatas with violinists Sean bies – it’s a monumental opClaire, Sara Matayoshi (both portunity not to be missed.

All performances take of whom you can also read about in today’s Shopper- place at the Sandra G. PowNews myWellness supple- ell Recital Hall at the Natalie L. Haslam Music Cenment) and Ruth Bacon.

“We’ll see if I’m still ter on the UT campus. All standing at the end of the begin at 8 p.m., and all are preceded by lectures given year!”

This isn’t the first time by Tyler Mitchell, graduClass has taken on – in his ate student in musicology, words – “a complete lit- at 7:30 p.m. Concert dates erature storm.” In earlier are Monday, Oct. 28; Monyears, he’s performed all 19 day, Nov. 18; Friday, Jan. 31, Mozart piano sonatas and 2014; Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 the complete sonatas, im- and Wednesday, March 12. promptus and fantasies of Info,including specific piec-

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UT music professor Kevin Class dashes to one of many rehearsals for his current concert series. Photo by Bernadette Lo es and performers, www. music.utk.edu/events/.

From inspiring music we go on to an inspiring personal account. Vietnam war veteran and Madisonville resident Captain William Robinson (USAF, retired) has a story which is his alone to tell.

He is the longest-held POW in United States history.

What started out as a typical mission day in September 1965 turned into a long nightmare when Robinson’s helicopter was shot down and the entire crew captured by the North Vietnamese. He was taken to the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” where he endured unspeakable conditions and cruelty, surviving only by his will.

He was released on Feb. 12, 1973, after seven years and five months of captivity.

Robinson claims no accolades for himself. With the grace and modesty typical

of such a courageous person, he states, “The heroes’ welcome that the returning POWs received truly belongs to our brothers and sisters who served in Vietnam.”

His story is told in the book “The Longest Rescue: The Life and Legacy of Vietnam POW William A. Robinson” by Glenn Robins, professor of history at Georgia Southwestern State University.

On Sunday, Oct. 27, Capt.

Robinson will present a lecture at the East Tennessee History Center. The program begins at 2:15 p.m. with a ceremonial raising of the POW/MIA flag; Robinson will speak at 2:30.

A book signing will follow, with copies of the book available for purchase.

The East Tennessee History Center is located at 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville.

Info: 215-8824.

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Pellissippi State Community College aims to help its students achieve academic goals and reach personal goals through extracurricular activities and educational events. That’s the point of the Oct. 21-25 Relationship Week at PSCC Magnolia Avenue campus.

“We’re going to talk about healthy relationships: dating, family, school peers, spouses and the whole, broad spectrum – and about keeping relationships healthy and safe,” said Rosalyn Tillman, Magnolia campus dean.

The Clothesline Project, featuring shirts designed

by Pellissippi State students, will be on display in the lobby. The Clothesline Project gives women affected by violence an outlet to express their emotions by decorating a shirt.

“Sometimes it’s just a few words or images,” said Tillman. “We’ll display shirts designed by students last year.”

Monday, Oct. 21, opens with representatives from UT’s Relationship Rx program discussing ways to keep relationships healthy.

Relationship Rx will have a table in the lobby with information and giveaways 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m.

Also Monday in the lobby, 11:50 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Pellissippi State faculty and staff will lead students in “Relationship Trivia.” The game includes broad trivia on all types of relationships – romantic, friendly and acquaintance related.

Tuesday features a

Question Persuade Refer presentation, designed to facilitate suicide prevention and awareness. Suicide is now the third leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds and is the second leading cause of death among college-age students. Approximately 1,100 college students die by suicide each year. The QPR presentation is open to the public. It takes place 12:55-1:40 p.m. in the Community Room.

On Wednesday, YWCA representatives are in the Community Room to discuss domestic violence and to allow students the chance to ask questions and receive personal counseling. YWCA victim’s advocates Judith Wyatt and Pat Boorse will be joined by Maria Mendoza, a bilingual advocate.

The Rev. Daryl Arnold, pastor of Overcoming Believers Church, speaks on the topic “What Men Want, What Women Need,” 9:4510:35 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, also in the Community Room. Arnold’s talk is open to the public.

On Friday, the campus staff and faculty again administer the “Relationship Trivia” game, this time so that students can self-test on what they learned about healthy relationships. Info: 329-3100.

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A-12 • OCTOBER 21, 2013 • POWELL Shopper news

We are fam-i-ly!

Baptist Hospital staff at reunion

By Betsy Pickle Forget Disneyland. The Happiest Place on Earth – at least for one afternoon – was Tennova South, as former employees of Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee reunited five years after the hospital’s closing.

Around 1,100 people packed a warehouse-like room at the back of Tennova South on Saturday, Oct. 12.

It’s possible they broke a Guinness record for hugs and smiles, but there wasn’t enough room to squeeze in any monitors to document it.

“I’ve seen a lot of people I didn’t expect to see,” said Beverly Gatton.

The gathering drew people from every position of the defunct hospital. An informal survey of nametags – many of which included the wearers’ departments – indicated a preponderance of nurses.

“It was such a wonderful place to work, and it was fun being there,” said Sue Ellis, who worked in accounts payable for the hospital’s

final 15 years. “I was there during the rough times, and it was still a great place to be.

“It’s so good that someone took the initiative to get us together. It’s like a family reunion.”

Most of the four-hour reunion was devoted to chatting and reconnecting with old friends, as well as enjoying snacks and looking through memorabilia.

A short program included singing by Melanie Elswick Pfennigwerth, comments from Dr. David Rankin and a few presentations by reunion committee chair Patsy Boling.

“I loved it,” Jeff Turner said at the end of the gettogether. “I give thanks to all those who put it on. It was a great opportunity to see many old friends that I hadn’t seen in a long time.”

All present felt as though they were taking part in something special.

“There’s just this connection of Baptist folks,” said Sherry Coffield.

Melanie Elswick Pfennigwerth, above, sings for her former co-workers.

Sherry Coffield enjoys looking through a Baptist Hospital scrapbook. Coffield was a second-generation BHET employee; her mother, Nancy Evans, also worked there and attended the party.

Modena Beasley, left, and Lisa Smith Faulkner are excited to see each other.

Dr. David Rankin, left, and Jim Decker helped put together the event.

Margaret Jones, left, and Pauline Rassler had a lot of catching up to do.

Reunion committee leaders Glenda Darden, left, and Patsy Boling seem happy that months of planning resulted in a fun time for all. Photos

by Betsy Pickle

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POWELL Shopper news • OCTOBER 21, 2013 • A-13

Knox Urban League to honor Middlebrook

By Betsy Pickle In a tribute coming not quite two months after the 50th anniversary of his friend Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream� speech, the Rev. Harold A. MiddleMiddlebrook brook Sr. will receive the Whitney M. Young Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award from the Knoxville Area Urban League.

The Urban League’s Equal Opportunity Awards Gala will be held Thursday at the Knoxville Convention Center. Middlebrook, 71, who was befriended by the King family when he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta in the early 1960s, has been involved in the civil-rights movement since he was a teenager in Memphis.

He became a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and participated in sit-ins in Atlanta. He later directed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s field office in Selma, Ala. While supporting a strike by municipal employees in Memphis in 1968, Middlebrook helped bring King to town to inspire strikers. It was when King returned to Memphis to revisit the strikers the next month

that he was shot and killed.

Middlebrook was a witness to the assassination, but the tragedy made him more determined than ever to devote himself to the cause of civil rights.

He moved to Knoxville in 1977 to pastor Mount Calvary Baptist Church.

In 1980 he started Canaan Baptist Church of Christ, and in 1986 he founded the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission of Greater Knoxville, which he chaired until 2000.

The lifetime achievement award is named in honor of the fourth executive director (1961-71) of the National Urban League. Past recipients have included Love Kitchen founders Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner, author, historian and former legislator Robert Booker and educator Sarah Moore Greene.

Other awards will be presented for volunteer of the year, minority business and corporate leadership.

Jazz artist Boney James, a three-time Grammy Award nominee, will be the gala’s featured musical guest.

The awards gala, a major fundraiser for the Knoxville Area Urban League, begins with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and entertainment at 7 p.m. Individual tickets are $200. For tickets and info, call 524-5511.

New name for Creekside Knox County Commission, sitting as the Beer Board at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, will be asked to consider an on and off premises permit for Creekside Tavern, 7428 Clinton Highway. The applicant is Quincy Aulisio. The present permit is for J.B.’s Creekside Tavern.

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Day trip: Coal mining camps Recently, I was invited to take a day trip to Stearns, Ky. I must admit it was a pleasant distraction from my usual routine.

The fall leaves will be at their peak just about the time you read this, so this is a delightful time to make this trip.

Stearns, which is just across the Tennessee line above Oneida, was founded in 1902 by a man named Justis Stearns. His initial land purchase was 30,000 acres to begin a coal mining and lumber operation.

This eventually grew to a land holding of 200 square miles. The mining and lumber businesses operated until the 1970s.

This land was subsequently purchased by the United States Forest Service for the establishment of Big

South Fork National Recreation Area. The name came from the big south fork of the Cumberland River.

The now antique train that hauled coal and lumber to market as well as workers to and from the mines is now known as the Big South Fork Railway and it runs seasonally to the mines as a tourist attraction.

Reservations are required. There are two departure times on most operating days, and from this area, driving time will take at least two and a half hours with time to pick up your ticket. You can take your lunch or purchase a reserved box lunch at the station.

The train ride takes three hours, stopping at the Blue Heron Interpretive Center for lunch. A replica of this

passes along the ravines and through the gorges.

The hearts-a’bustin-with love, fall asters and goldenrod were showing their colors and the dogwood and sumac had turned red. By the time you read, this the forest will be ablaze with all its finery.

Upon our return, we went to the Coal Mining Museum, which is walking distance from the train station. Since many East Tennesseans worked in coal mines, including the Turners of Union County – Ura, Lemuel and Mittus – and others, it is a good education about how some of our ancestors earned a living.

By all means, go if you can. This would also be a wonderful school trip.

Info: www.BSFSRY.com or 1-800-462-5664.

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mining camp has been reconstructed as ghost houses (no walls for the structures) with recordings by people who lived it, giving the history of the structures such as the company store.

It is interesting that the mining camp schools operated year-round. The Stearns School, built in 1919 to house grades 1-12, still operates as Stearns Elementary School.

The three-hour, 16-mile train trip winds through deep forest and has breathtaking views as the train

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A-14 • OCTOBER 21, 2013 • POWELL Shopper news

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MONDAY, OCT. 21 Luttrell Seniors meeting and luncheon, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Comedy entertainment: “The Chicken Man.” Wear a costume. Bring a covered dish. Meeting will include discussing and planning the Christmas parade float. Everyone welcome.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, OCT. 21-22 Halls Community Park Rec league basketball signups for ages 5 and up,-6-8 p.m., Halls Middle School gym. Info: hcpsports@msn.com or hcpark.org.

TUESDAY, OCT. 22 Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program orientation, L.T. Ross Building, 2247 Western Ave. Info: 524-2786.

La Technique: Chef Arnold’s Eggcelant Egg Class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50 per person. To register: www. avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23 Learn healthy shopping options at free grocery store tour with registered dietitian Janet Seiber, 10:30 a.m., Food City, 2712 Loves Creek Road near Washington Pike. Presented by the UT Medical Center Healthy Living Kitchen team. Registration required: 305-6970 or www.utmedicalcenter.org/ healthylivingkitchen.

The Bits ‘n Pieces Quilt Guild meeting, Norris Community Center. Social time, 1 p.m.; meeting, 1:30.

Speaker: quilt historian and author Merikay Waldvogel. Guests and new members welcome. Info: Cyndi Herrmann, 278-7796, or bnpquilt@gmail.com.

Chili Lunch fundraiser, 11 a.m., Union County Senior Center on Main Street. A bowl of chili, dessert and drink: $5. Everyone welcome.

THURSDAY, OCT. 24 Knoxville Area Urban League’s Equal Opportunity Day Awards Gala, Knoxville Convention Center. Reception, 6 p.m.; dinner and entertainment, 7 p.m.

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.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, OCT. 24-25 AARP Driver Safety Class, noon-4 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4200 Crippen Road. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 24-27 “Doubt, A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley, presented by the WordPlayers, Erin Presbyterian Church, 200 Lockett Road. Performances: 7:30 p.m. ThursdaySaturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10-$12; available online or at the door. Info/tickets: 539-2490 or www.wordplayers.org.

Boo! at the Zoo, 5:30-8 p.m., Knoxville Zoo, located off exit 392 from Interstate 40. Tickets: 637-5331, www.knoxvillezoo.org, at the zoo’s ticket office during regular zoo hours and all Knoxville area Kroger stores.

FRIDAY, OCT. 25 Halls Crossroads Women’s League Autumn Gala is 6 p.m. at The Foundry. Comedian Leanne Morgan will be the featured entertainer. Food, fun, auctions and dancing. Tickets are $75 and are available from League members or by calling Brenda Gaylor, 922-1817. All proceeds will benefit League projects.

Deadline for vendor registrations for the Harvest and Holiday Festival to be held 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in the Dr. Jack E. Campbell College Center on the Walters State Community College Morristown campus. Info/to register: Andrea Isenberg, 423-5856767 or andrea.isenberg@ws.edu.

Hearth Scares Ball, 7-11 p.m., James White’s Fort, 205 E. Hill Ave. Music, food, silent auction and more.

Info: 525-6514 or www.jameswhitesfort.org.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, OCT. 25-26 Ghost House Hike, 1.5 mile hike and storytelling trip to a cemetery in Big Ridge State Park led by park ranger. Free. Reservations required. Info/reservations: 992-5523, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 25-NOV. 9 Knoxville Children’s Theatre presentation of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” a live mystery play for teens and families, 109 Churchwell Ave. Show times: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 1 and 5 p.m.

Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: 5995284, tickets@childrenstheatreknoxville.com or www. childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

SATURDAY, OCT. 26 Veterans benefits free legal clinic, hosted by Knoxville VA-accredited attorneys, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at the John Tarleton Center, 2455 Sutherland Ave. Space is limited. Reservations: 637-0484. Info: Troy Weston, 544-2010.

Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, Crippen Road. Live music by the Nigel Boulton Band.

Come dressed in costume.

Chili and soup supper, 5 p.m., Hickory Valley Missionary Baptist Church, 2229 Walker Ford Road.

Donations only. All proceeds go to the church building fund for a new roof. Everyone welcome.

Fall Festival, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Norwood UMC, 2110 Merchant Drive. Pumpkins, pumpkin bread, trick or treat on site, photo site, vendor booths, food, children’s activities and more. Dr. Carvenstein will be carving pumpkins 10 a.m.-noon.

Fall festival and trunk-or-treat, 4-6 p.m., Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Prizes for best costumes and decorated trunks; games for children.

Info: 690-1060 or www.beaverridgeumc.com.

Trunk-or-Treat, 5:30-8 p.m., Clear Springs Baptist Church, on the new church property, Emory Road and Tazewell Pike.

Donations only dinner and auction benefit for Ann Williams, 4-7 p.m., Sharps Chapel Senior/Community Center.

Singing, 7 p.m., Ailor Dale Baptist Church on Beard Valley Road in Maynardville. Featuring: the singers from Rogers Memorial Baptist Church. Everyone welcome.

Stand in The Gap Coalition Quarterly Meeting, 10 a.m., 502 Pennlyn Ave. in Cumberland Gap. Info: 423-300-1302.

Zumba-thon, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Take Charge Fitness Program, located at 1921 N. Charles Seivers Blvd. in Clinton. Costume charity event to benefit East Anderson County’s Relay for Life. Info: 457-8237.

Church Bazaar at Christ UMC, 8:30 a.m.- 3 p.m., 7535 Maynardville Highway. Items include crafts, baked goods, country store, baskets, white elephant, Rada knives, pecans; serving breakfast and lunch.

Ride for the Cumberland Trail, 9 a.m., Cove Lake State Park in Caryville. A motorcycle tour and rally to support the Cumberland Trail State Scenic Trail. Info/to register: http://www.friendsofthecumberlandtrail.org/.

Fall Family Fun Fest, 3-5 p.m., Revival Vision Church of God in Maynardville. Carnival games, inflatables, Trunk or Treat and more.

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

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

SUNDAY, OCT. 27 Fall Festival/Trunk-or-Treat, The Church at Sterchi Hills, 904 Dry Gap Pike. Games, food, costumes (nothing scary). Rain or shine. All invited.

“Paws on the Patio” fundraiser to benefit the Union County Humane Society, 1-6 p.m., Quaker Steak and Lube, 5616 Merchants Center Blvd. $5 gift card to those making $10 donation to the Humane Society.

Bring your dog in costume for the Halloween Costume Contest: register at 5 p.m.; contest at 5:30.

Singing, 6 p.m., Mountain View Church of God on Tazewell Pike in Luttrell. Featured singers: Michael and Delilah Kitts, the Beelers, and KAOS. Everyone invited.

Trunk or Treat, 3-5 p.m., Smithwood Baptist

Church, 4914 Jacksboro Pike. Candy, games, face-painting, prizes and more. Rain or shine.

Harvest festival, 4-6 p.m., Sharon Baptist Church, 7916 Pedigo Road, for children through 5th grade. Activities include: games, bounce house, hay rides, balloon animals, pony rides, food. Trunk or Treat starts at 6:15 p.m. Come dressed up in your Halloween costume. Info: 938-7075 or www.sharonknoxville.com.

Lecture on Plant-Eating Dinos of the Southeast, 2 p.m., McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture located on the UT campus. Speaker: Dinosaur expert Dr. Marc Spencer of Marshall University. Free and open to the public.

SUNDAY-WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27-30 Revival, 7 p.m. Bells Campground UMC, 7915 Bells Campground Road. The Rev. MC Taylor and the Rev. Charles Scruggs will be preaching. Everyone welcome.

TUESDAY, OCT. 29 First Line - First Page - First Chapter, 6-8 p.m.; instructor: Kathleen Fearing; Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris.

Registration deadline: Oct. 22. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.

Autumn in Appalachia cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50 per person. To register: www.avantisavoia.com or 9229916.

Spaghetti Dinner, 5-7:30 p.m., City View Baptist Church, 2311 Fine Ave. Proceeds go toward medical expenses of Nancy Wyrick.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30 Halls Halloween Bash, 11 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Not-so-scary Halloween fun: stories, crafts, games, candy and costume contest.

Ages 3-8. Info: 922-2552.

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Temple welcomes grandparents On Sept. 25, Temple Baptist Academy’s elementary school held its annual Grandparents Day. Parents and grandparents came, some from long distances, for the special program.

The day’s festivities began with a program in the auditorium. Each class presented songs, recited poems and quoted Bible verses. Temple principal David Whitaker spoke to the audience about the importance of the partnership that exists between the school and its families – including grandparents.

“Temple Baptist Academy is a place where families and teachers partner together to provide an education for their children that is built on a biblical foundation – a foundation that begins with our creator, God. It is this foundation that gives distinction to what we are providing in education here at Temple,” he said.

After the program, grandparents and family members had the opportunity to go to class with the students. Once in their respective classrooms, students showed what they were learning in school. Teachers and students invited their guests to participate in classroom activities, which included games, art projects and crafts.

4th grader Parker Hickman with his grandmother, Peggy Gordon

Many of the grandparents expressed how much they enjoyed Grandparents Day. Temple grandparent Gene Lasley said, “I thank God for the education with a Christian emphasis and worldview that my grandson is receiving.”

Another grandparent, Mary Lee Kozick, said, “I see the wonderful things they are learning both academically and scripturally. We are so thankful for the investment made by the teachers and leaders in the academy.”

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Helene Bryant (4th), Haddon (6th), Hayley (2nd), and Hudson (1st) with their mother, Kelly Bryant (back left) and their grandmother Anne Powers

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Right now, five Knoxville Symphony musicians are receiving training for certification in music therapy, an established health profession similar to occupational and physical therapy. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re able to do so because of a grant from the Getty Foundation which provides for professional development opportunities.

The KSO is one of only 22 orchestras nationwide to receive such a grant, says Jennifer Barnett, the orchestraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of education and community partnerships.

The five-module â&#x20AC;&#x153;Music for Healing and Transitionâ&#x20AC;? program includes reading, testing and internship. Musicians learn about different levels of illness, how to enhance individual healing and how to comfort the dying.

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KSO musicians and future music therapists Ilia Steinschneider, Sara Matayoshi, Stacy Miller and Eunsoon Corliss provide a healing atmosphere at UT Medical Center.

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“When I started playing my violin, he looked in my direction with a sort of glazed expression.

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As soon as I stopped, he immediately got fussy, so I quickly began another piece.

“This time, he looked right at me and I saw his eyes focus. He watched me intently the whole time. After I finished, a nurse asked him, ‘Did you enjoy that?’ and he made a noise in response to her.

“It was the first time he had ever responded to a human voice.”

Alana Dellatan Seaton, a boardcertified music therapist and teacher for the KSO’s certification program, isn’t surprised by this or any other success story.

“Music is a medium which has the capacity to connect with all people. Humans are intrinsically musical and rhythmic. Our heartbeat, breathing, body cycles – everything about us has a rhythm.

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Matayoshi is also a yoga teacher who leads classes at the Cancer Support Community.

“I’ve always been interested in healing,” she says, “and I’m excited to be in the process of becoming a certified music therapist.”

When asked about memorable incidents, she replies “We have amazing experiences all the time!”

Like Claire, Matayoshi was also moved by a small patient in the NICU. “I glanced up at a tiny infant’s heart monitor and watched in wonder as the pulse of my playing and the pulse of the baby’s heartbeat synchronized into a steady, consistent tempo.

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Ilia Steinschneider, originally from Moscow and now in his 15th year as a KSO violinist, is struck by the differences in using music as therapy, as opposed to performing in concerts.

“A recital program is not meant to be varied or changed according to the audience’s reaction,” he says. “The whole idea of that kind of music-making is centered around the music and the performer.

“But hospital patients are there for one reason: they need medical help. When musicians play in a hospital setting, their first obligation is to make the patients feel better.

“I notice that, in my string quartet, we are all more sensitive now to how the patients react to certain music. We’ve had new and additional training in areas such as improvisation and the use of various modes. And we vary the moods of our music to fit the settings we are in – happy, energetic music for lobbies, more serene and soothing music for waiting areas.”

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At the end of their certification process, the five KSO musicians will be able to provide healing music in many different ways. Some will play in groups to keep everyone’s spirits up. Some will play solo for curious kids in the cancer ward.

Some will sit bed-side to comfort dying patients.

“The more education there is about this, the better,” says Matayoshi. “People need to realize that music isn’t just frivolous entertainment. It actually has physical benefits.”

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With the recent addition of Dr. David O. Pickett, the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery practice of Dr. William R. High, founded in West Knoxville almost 35 years ago, has seen a dramatic transformation.

And there has been another kind of growth as well. The first week in September the practice opened new offices in a much larger space on the top floor at 248 North Peters Rd., next door to its previous location.

Patients are delighted with the new site, which offers a spacious and beautifully decorated reception area as cozy and comfortable as any home, and plenty of convenient parking right at the door.

Dr. High has always been known for the quality of his work and also for his attention to every detail of patient care and with the addition of Dr. Pickett, patients will find

the same level of care. The practice specializes in wisdom teeth, dental implants, bone grafts, extractions, TMJ treatment, biopsies and facial reconstruction. Dr. Pickett will be introducing cosmetic surgery and BOTOX injections to the practice’s menu of services.

Dr. High and Dr. Pickett also maintain trauma services at UT Medical Center, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, and Ft. Sanders Parkwest Hospital and enjoy the challenges this entails. Both doctors proudly wear the UT Medical Center’s Guardian Angel pins, indicating that patients have donated to the Center in their honor.

Dr. Pickett is a native of Utah who holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in microbiology from Brigham Young University.

He graduated from the University of Florida College of Dentistry in 2009 and received specialty training in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery at UT Medical Center, where one of his professors was Dr. High.

Dr. Pickett says he came to the profession of dentistry naturally.

His Dad is a dentist in Utah, “and I grew up working in the back.” Dr. Pickett and his wife, Erin, have a son and two daughters.

He says the decision to move to Knoxville was an easy one. “It seems like a family-oriented town – a good place to raise a family.

We’re very happy here.”

Office hours for High and Pickett Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 691-0918. The website is being updated and will be available soon.