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By Wendy SmithThey didn’t travel to Africa

themselves, but the West Knox Li-ons Club got a close-up look at how their work benefi ts those from as far away as Ghana, Africa.

James East, who recently re-turned from a weeklong medi-cal mission trip to Ghana, spoke at the club’s awards banquet last week. He is a member of the Far-ragut Church of Christ, which has organized several trips to the country located on the western coast of Africa.

The mission team of 17 included three doctors, a dentist and an op-tometrist. They worked alongside a Ghanaian doctor in a clinic in the Village of Hope, where there is also a school and an orphanage. Each morning, up to 400 patients arrived before 8 a.m. in order to

take a number that would allow them to visit the clinic.

Many of those who saw the optometrist needed only reading glasses, but others were examined and given donated glasses that matched their prescrip-tion. The West Knox Lions Club donated 1,800 pairs of glasses and 500 glasses cases to the residents of Ghana.

East was particularly moved by a mother who

Gift of sight

West Knox Lions Club member Bill Howell, center, was chosen to be inducted into

the Lions Hall of Fame at the club’s awards dinner last week. Jim McFarland and Bobby Harrington presented awards. Photo by Wendy

Smith

Beth East was one of 17 members of a medical mission team that took 1,800 pairs of glasses and 500 glasses cases donated by the West Knox Lions to the Village of Hope in Ghana, Africa, earlier this month. Photo submitted

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By Wendy SmithThere will be strange things hap-

pening around Knoxville on Satur-day, April 21.

Expect free car washes, neigh-borhood carnivals or folks passing out smoke detectors. Less obvious happenings will be quiet acts of ser-vice to our most needy neighbors.

It’s all part of Inasmuch United Knoxville, the local event of the nation-al nonprofi t Op-eration Inasmuch. Members of 32 lo-cal churches will pitch in, and more than 2,000 volun-teers are expected to participate, says David Crocker, ex-

ecutive director of Operation Inas-much, which is based in Knoxville.

Crocker was a pastor in Fayette-ville, N.C., when he worked with other church leaders to put together a one-day event designed to get church members out of the pew and into the community in 1995.

When he became senior pastor at Central Baptist Church in Fountain City in 2002, he continued to have a heart for compassion ministry.

He stepped down in 2006 to de-vote himself to the nonprofi t full time.

While some Christians are turned off by the idea of a one-day event, the idea is to “draw in people who sit very comfortably on the sidelines.”

Within a typical church, most of the work is done by 20 percent of the congregation. But Operation

Eric West repairs a car during the 2011 Inasmuch United Knoxville. Members of 32 local churches will participate in this year’s event Saturday, April 21. Photo submitted

Churches to join for day of service

David Crocker

Ghana gets boost from West Knox Lions

Inasmuch events are geared toward the other 80 percent, he says.

Crocker travels across the coun-try to train churches on how to con-duct events like Inasmuch United Knoxville.

His fi rst task is to stimulate a vi-sion of what could happen if the ma-jority of members would participate in a day of ministry.

Then, he helps with logistics, like how to fi nd projects, organize vol-unteers and promote the event.

In preparation for Knoxville’s event, three dozen local agencies were contacted ahead of time so projects could be planned. Some were large agencies , like Knox Area

Rescue Ministry and Volunteer Ministry Center. But others were small, like Agape Outreach Homes.

“We’re trying to spread it out a bit, to get as many people to help as possible,” he says.

Another goal is to acquaint church members with new service opportunities. Sometimes, they get hooked. “There’s nothing like ex-posing people to real need.”

Crocker sees a nationwide trend toward compassion ministry over the last 15 to 20 years. Operation Inasmuch and other similar models have changed the way churches are working in the community. He’s en-couraged by it.

“God is doing this. And there’s nobetter place to be in the world thanwhere God is working.”

He is frustrated by churches thatclaim their membership is too busyto participate in community service.

Some Christians say they can’thelp because they’re too old. Tothem, he says, “Oh, yes, you can.You may not be able to get on a roof,but you can do something else.”

“We’re all called, regardless ofour age or situation, to do compas-sion ministry. So it behooves us tofi nd something we can do.”

For information about participa-tion in Inasmuch United Knoxville,call David Crocker at 951-2511.

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All shook up!Powell guy David Hunter

recalls a tale about Elvis and Cas Walker.

Seems Elvis made a whistle stop in Knoxville, most likely when he came home from the Army in 1960. Cas decided, as a prominent Knoxvillian, to go down to the depot to say hello.

David writes: “That eve-ning, Cas was trampled by teenage girls. He showed up on the ‘Farm and Home Hour’ the next day, battered and angry about out-of-control youth.”

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to a 50-foot sign (pictured on our April 2 front page) from Chick-fi l-A.

City Council member Duane Grieve, who represents District 2 which includes Bearden, received an email from Getra Thomason last Monday.

“In an effort to work with the community and to be a good neighbor, Chick-fi l-A Corporate, will be discussing internally this week a com-promised modifi cation to the existing 50 foot sign that was scheduled to be installed at the Bearden/Knoxville site this week.

“We will not install the sign this week as originally permit-ted and approved by the City of Knoxville in November of 2011, but we will get back in touch with you on our decision of what modifi ed sign we will install at a later date.”

Thomason copied the cor-respondence to Joyce Feld, president of Scenic Knoxville.

The proposed Chick-fi l-A sign is legal under the city’s or-dinances, but those ordinances are under review after recent turmoil over proposed 50-foot pole signs at Sherrill Hill.

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Current president of the local Friends of Literacy group, Mick Reed, told West

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Reed said that 60 per cent of adult prison inmates are functionally illiterate; 70 per cent of youth offend-ers fall into that same cat-egory.

Last year, 67 inmates at the detention facility re-ceived their GED (or high school equivalency) certi-fi cation. Because prison-ers cost the taxpayers ap-proximately $75 a day to keep in jail, and because those receiving their GED at the center each receive 30 days off of their sentence, the program saved Knox County taxpayers about

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brought her 5-year-old son to visit the optometrist. The boy was blind and con-stantly clung to her, she said. His vision was checked, and he was diagnosed with near-sightedness. After he received glasses, the boy allowed clinic volunteers to lead him away from his mother. When they asked if he could see her, he happily ran back to her.

The team helped purchase national medical insurance plans for some patients with chronic conditions. The in-surance costs $20 per year and provides coverage for al-most any medical need, but since the average income in Ghana is $3,000 per year, and even lower in rural ar-eas, the insurance is unaf-fordable for most. Those who can afford it have trouble lo-cating a doctor, since there is only one doctor for every 100,000 Ghanaians.

The church plans to send another team to Ghana in

October, and trip coordina-tor David Gentry invited club members to participate.

Among other awards pre-sented, Georgia Cancillerie and Mark Dupes were given the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award, the highest form of recognition within Lions Clubs International. Bobby Harrington won Lion of the Year, and Nancy Hall won Lion of the Decade.

Bill Howell was chosen to be inducted into the Li-ons Hall of Fame. Howell has been a member of the Lions Club for 48 years. While living in Illinois, he was District Governor and served on the Lions of Il-linois Council of Governors and the Lions of Illinois Foundation. Since moving to Tennessee 13 years ago, Howell and his wife, Vivian, have assisted with vision screenings.

“Thank you, and I’m glad to get it while I’m still alive,” he said.

The National Literacy Act, as passed by Congress in 1991, defi nes literacy as “an individual’s ability to read, write and speak Eng-lish, and to compute and solve problems at levels of profi ciency necessary to function on the job in soci-ety, to achieve one’s goals and develop one’s knowl-edge and potential.”

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$150,000 last year. In addition, the rate of

recidivism of those hav-ing a GED or a high school education is about half that of those without. Reed said that fact could represent a savings to taxpayers as high as a million dollars a year, as former inmates are able to fi nd jobs upon their re-lease.

Reed said one in eight residents of Knox County does not have a high school diploma or a GED and one in 13 cannot read above sixth grade level.

A GED or high school diploma generally repre-sents an additional $10,000 more in annual income to the worker. With some 550 adults receiving their GED here last year, that could translate into about $5.5 million added to the local economy.

“We are in the business of helping those who want to help themselves,” Reed said.

Info: 594-1507 or www.friendsofl iteracy.org.

In Knoxville and Knox County, Friends of Literacy is a non-profi t organiza-tion whose goal is to carry out that mission. One of the ways it has done so is by working with inmates at the Knox County Detention Center. Its program there is showing great results, and is saving tax dollars at the same time.

BEARDEN NOTES ■ The longest-running farm-

ers market in Knoxville will

open for the 36th consecu-

tive year Friday, April 13, in

the parking lot of the Laurel

Church of Christ at the corner

of Kingston Pike and Chero-

kee Boulevard. The Oak Ridge

market opens the next morn-

ing at 8 across from Jackson

Square. There will be fresh

vegetables, honey, plants,

baked goods and more. Info:

www.easttnfarmmarkets.org.

■ Downtown Speakers Club

meets 11:45 a.m. every

Monday at TVA West Towers,

9th fl oor, room 225. Currently

accepting new members. Info:

Jerry Adams, 202-0304.

■ UT Toastmasters Club meets

noon every Tuesday at the

Knoxville Convention Center

on Henley Street in room

218. Currently accepting new

members. Info: Sara Martin,

603-4756.

■ West Knox Lions Club meets

7 p.m. each fi rst and third

Monday at Shoney’s on Lovell

Road.

■ West Knoxville Kiwanis

Club meets 5:30 p.m. every

Tuesday at Shoney’s on

Walker Springs Road.

■ The West Knox Republican

Club will meet Monday, April

9, at Red Lobster on Kingston

Pike. Dinner will be served at

6 p.m. followed by the pro-

gram at 7. Guest speaker Greg

Johnson from the Knoxville

News-Sentinel will discuss

freedom issues. Everyone is

invited to attend. Info: Gary,

584-5842.

Mammograms Food City has part-

nered with UT Medical Center to offer onsite digital screening mam-mograms utilizing UT Medical Center’s Mobile Mammogra-phy Unit from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday, April 16, at 9565 Mid-dlebrook Pike.

Women age 40 and older who have not received a screening in the last year and have no c u r -rent breast problems or personal history of breast

cancer or implants are welcomed. Insurance will be fi led and women with-out insurance may con-tact the UT Breast Health Outreach Program for de-

tails on options.To schedule an ap-

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The league consists of four teams including a “pool-players team” for players who cannot come to most of the games or who are brand new in the league. Each member of this team will play on one of the other four teams if he/she shows up on game days.

All players will partici-pate in every game since the league is about promoting healthy exercise and fi tness, fellowship and fun.

The season begins at 9:30

a.m. Tuesday, April 10, at Caswell Park, 620 Winona St. (If it rains on the 10th, the fi rst day will be Thurs-day, April 12.) The only cost to players is a one-time $10 accident insurance fee re-quired by the city.

The four teams play every Tuesday and Thursday from April through mid-October. Players are asked to arrive on time at 9:30 a.m. for warm-ups and to ensure all teams are balanced. Games begin promptly at 10 a.m. Info: email jeanreif@msn.com.

Darkness dinner shows challenges of blindness

The East Tennessee Technology Access Cen-ter will host “The Sense of Darkness” dinner 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at The Foundry. Anyone age 12 and older is invited to experience what it would be like to be blind and try to eat at a restaurant.

Music will be provided by Emmanuelle Lo, 12, a singer and songwriter who is blind.

Tickets are $30 and space is limited. RSVP by Monday, April 30, by calling 219-0130.

Community clubs ■ The Knoxville Civil War

Roundtable will meet at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, April 10, at Bearden

Banquet Hall. Professor and au-

thor Thomas Flagel will discuss

“Messengers of Death: How the

Press Reported the Civil War.”

Everyone is invited. Admission

to the discussion is $5. Dinner

will be served at 7 p.m. for $15

($17 nonmembers). RSVP by 11

a.m. Monday, April 9, by calling

671-9001.

■ The Knoxville Writers’ Guild

will host a poetry writing

workshop with Marilyn Kallet,

creative writing program

director for the University of

Tennessee, 10 a.m. to noon Sat-

urday, April 14, at Church of the

Savior, 934 N. Weisgarber Road.

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Nothing says “welcome to Knoxville” like belly danc-ers.

The Friendship Force of Knoxville celebrated World Friendship Day on April 3 with a festive party that featured clothes and food from other countries and, yes, scantily clad women who moved in exotic ways – much to the entertainment of the visiting Canadians.

Ten members of the Friendship Force of North Bay, Ontario, spent a week in our fair city. They met Mayor Rogero and took in the view from Newfound Gap. They spied wildfl owers at Norris State Park and got their fi ll of local music at the WDVX Blue Plate Special. But even our spectacular dogwoods paled in compar-ison to Knoxville’s greatest asset – us.

North Bay residents John and Sandra Train are vet-eran travelers. They spent two months in New Zealand and Australia last fall, and in early 2011, they drove to Fort Myers, Fla., then Austin, Texas, before pass-ing through Memphis on the way home. They’ve also spent time in South Caro-lina and Virginia, and Ten-nessee’s not much different, John says. But he loves be-ing here, just the same.

“This might be similar to other trips, but it’s the peo-ple that you meet.”

He said this even before meeting the belly dancers. But I’m sure being in a cli-mate where people are will-ing to dance half-naked ap-pealed to him. He showed me pictures of his home, which was covered with 3 feet of snow in early March.

Life is different up in North Bay. People do things like drag small buildings out onto the frozen lakes so they can have parties while they fi sh through holes in the ice. They have snow-mobiles and dogsled teams.

Shirley Selby, Debbie Ashton and Chrissy Clark, also known as Debka and the Oasis Dancers, en-

tertained the Friendship Force of Knoxville and their visitors from North Bay, Ontario, on World

Friendship Day. Partygoers dressed in garb from other countries and dined on ethnic dishes.

It’s the people you meet

Goodwill Industries Knoxville hosted its 41st annual awards

luncheon last week at the Hilton Hotel. President and CEO Rob-

ert Rosenbaum, fourth from left, stands behind this year’s win-

ners: Gary Bowman, Guy Haskins, Vernon Hochesterler, Tonya

Deckard and Paul Jordan of Hilton; Jain Liu, Michele Norris and

Wes Hicks of SAIC; and Dustin Roach and Katherine Torbett

of WIVK. Bowman won State Use Star Employee; Haskins won

School Student of the Year; Hochesterler won Most Improved

Client of the Year; the Hilton won Employer of the Year; Liu won

EST Client of the Year; SAIC won Corporate Supporter of the

Year, Roach won Worker of the Year, and WIVK won Corporate

Sponsor of the Year. Photos by Wendy Smith

Kurt Mack of the Knox County Sheriff ’s Offi ce visits with his daughter, Chloe

Mack, and her 3rd grade classmates, Donovan West and Zane Zitawi. Mack ar-

rived at Blue Grass Elementary School in the KCSO helicopter during Eagle Strut,

the school’s annual PTA fundraiser. Other special guests included members of

the UT women’s volleyball team and the UT men’s swim team.

They are hearty people. Here in East Tennessee,

we like enough of the white stuff to use up a couple of snow days, but then we’re ready to be out on the lake. We want to fi re up our gas grills by Valentine’s Day, and we prefer to do it in shorts and T-shirts.

Friendship Force mem-bers appreciate those cul-tural differences. When they travel, they stay in pri-vate homes, and hosts take pleasure in sharing their lives, and their communi-

ties, with their guests.“We get to see places

through the eyes of people who live there,” says Sandra.

After being members of Friendship Force for four years, the Trains have friends all over the world. They enjoy traveling to see them, and they enjoy host-ing them in Canada. Most of their friends probably prefer to visit in summer, when they can spend time at the couple’s lake house. Perhaps we’re not so differ-ent, after all.

For more information on Friendship Force of Knoxville, contact Joanne Schuetz at 521-9937.

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In a lot of ways, Shelley Breeding is a mail order candidate.

When you read that the county’s Charter Review Committee may split charter proposals between the August and Novem-ber elections this year, you need to fasten your seat belts and be careful in reading what proposal goes where.

Running for the county line

Shelley Breeding

Instead of business as usual – you know the drill: trotting out a tired retread or some frat boy son-of-an-officeholder– Knox County Democrats have come up with a smart-as-a-whip, likeable prospect with a real job as a candi-date for the new 89th Dis-trict House legislative seat.

She’s a coal miner’s daughter (yes, really) who came down to Knoxville from the hills of southwest Virginia to attend the Uni-versity of Tennessee as a Whittle Scholar (remem-ber how hard it was to get a Whittle Scholarship?). She majored in political sci-ence, Japanese and world business, and interned at the first private medical facility in Japan.

She stayed here to go to law school and paid her

way by tutoring football and basketball players at the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center. She also found time to study international law in Cam-bridge, England; Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Ar-gentina; and Cape Town, South Africa. She got her law degree and worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Office for Global Health, where she dealt with international health threats like bird f lu, HIV-AIDS, typhoid and other infectious diseases.

She returned to Knox-ville to practice law in 2006 and opened her own

firm in 2008. She does a lot of business in family law – divorce, adoptions and foster care work – and says that representing children who have been abused is a big part of what makes her want to run for the Legislature.

Today, Breeding and Dothard has six lawyers, six staff members and two clerks, making the 31-year-old Shelley Suzanne Breed-ing a small business owner as well as a lawyer. She’s made a payroll and she’s created jobs.

But they may not let her run.

“They” is the office of the state coordinator of elections, where Knox County’s election coordi-nator Cliff Rodgers punted the question of her eligibil-ity after discovering that the house she and her hus-band, John Payne, built in 2009 sits right smack on the Anderson County line.

Breeding says she didn’t realize that her mortgage holder was paying her taxes to Anderson County until Rodgers called her up to tell her that she couldn’t run.

There are six criteria

used to determine residen-cy, and Breeding says five of them put her squarely in Knox County – she votes here, gets her mail here, works here, is a notary public here and had her new septic tank inspected by the Knox County Health Department.

Democrats suspect the R e publ ic a n - c ont r o l le d election commission of partisan hanky-panky, pointing to Commissioner Rob McNutt, who voted seven times in a district where he didn’t live (a felo-ny under election law). His GOP colleagues dismissed this as a mere technicality.

Rodgers says that his staff simply came across the anomaly “while do-ing our due diligence” and checking the addresses of those who signed Breed-ing’s qualifying petition. He says he is awaiting an answer from Nashville and suggests that she might want to run in Anderson County. Breeding says she’s going to sue.

And the f ledgling career of the brightest new face in Knox County politics hangs in the balance.

Smelling a rat

Why? Because the county election on the first Thursday in August will be lucky to have 20,000 voters given the few offices to decide.

However, the Novem-ber general election will include the Obama/Rom-ney presidential contest for which voter turnout in Knox County could reach 100,000.

It is entirely possible that persons wanting a small turnout to decide the question and a desire to keep discussion to a small number of voters will opt for August. People who believe in full voter participation will want November.

When we read that some charter members worry there will be too many proposals which might confuse voters, do not be misled.

Voters are not stupid. They can smell a rat. This is an excuse, not a reason, for splitting proposals.

Shelley Breeding, an attorney who wants to be the Democratic nominee for Knox House District 89 in northwest Knox County, is hav-ing residency questions raised.

Seems the property she claims as her resi-dence is partly in Knox County and partly in Anderson County. And apparently her house is in the Anderson County portion and that’s where her mortgage company has sent the property taxes.

However, she has been a Knox County voter for several years. A lawsuit may develop which will secure her considerable publicity which her cam-paign could never afford to buy.

If Breeding is dis-qualified, Democrats can re-open qualifying or do a write-in for someone else.

Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas was in town

last week to visit Oak Ridge National Labs. He spent two full days there and had dinner with close friend Rep. Jimmy Duncan on Tuesday. Womack serves on the very important House Appropriations Commit-tee and is vice chair of the Energy subcommittee which triggered his visit to Oak Ridge. It’s unusual for a new member to take out two days for such a tour and that is good news for Knoxville and Oak Ridge.

Chick-fi l-A has an-nounced it will revise its originally 50 foot high sign at its new Bearden location on Kingston Pike. Council member Duane Grieve and Scenic Knox-ville helped persuade them to change course. If only TVA would listen to the public on their mas-sive tree cutting program which has triggered a fed-eral lawsuit and consider-able outrage.

The public hear-ing April 4 on proposed apartments near Island Home drew a capacity crowd at South Knox-ville Elementary School. More than 150 persons attended along with Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis who represents South Knox-ville on City Council and Council members Finbarr Saunders, George Wal-lace, Nick Della Volpe and Marshall Stair. Also pres-ent were high level Rogero officials Bill Lyons, Bob Whetsel and Communi-cations Director An-gela Starke. Starke is new while Lyons and Whetsel are veteran city officials.

An obvious f law was the absence of any work-ing sound system. It was virtually impossible to hear unless you were within five feet of the one speaking.

Had Special Events Director Judith Foltz been included in the planning she would have checked that box. I discussed this with Starke and she saw the urgent need for cor-rection. She is new and energetic. I suspect she will not let this happen again.

The plan itself is go-ing nowhere until it is substantially changed. Attorney Chris Field and his wife, Casey, spoke eloquently on how the plan contradicts the city water-front mission statement adopted a few years back.

Next week more on TVA and how it has lost its way with the neigh-bors. Victor Ashe is a former Knoxville

mayor and ambassador to Poland.

Reach him at vhashe@aol.com.

It was almost a historic unanimous vote for a su-perintendent’s budget, but in the end Mike McMillan could not say yes.

8-1 vote sends budget to Burchett

School board chair Thomas Deakins talks with board member

Cindy Buttry following last week’s meeting. Deakins said: “I will

champion this budget.” Photo by S. Clark

McMillan seemed to want to vote yes. He said the budget contains many items he supports. He even said since he “just got re-elected,” he could vote yes (without political consequences). He tried to postpone the vote on per-sonal privilege, a courtesy extended to members who want a month’s delay.

Cindy Buttry quickly quieted that suggestion, observing that the county charter requires the school board to vote on a budget by April 15.

McMillan said “my dis-trict” is not willing to pay more taxes, and he’s con-cerned that the mayor would veto this budget, even if it was adopted by County Commission. So he voted no.

Support came from all others:

Buttry: “I am super ex-cited about … this budget. Some folks don’t realize how far behind we are in

technology. We were be-hind five years ago; now we are further behind. … And this budget is more than just technology. It’s academic and capital im-provement driven. Every district and every student will benefit.”

Indya Kincannon: “I’m all in. We have a spe-cific plan for how to spend the (extra requested) $35 million; not just for one year but for five.”

Pam Trainor: “I am uber-excited. This moves the community forward.”

Karen Carson: “I like the high accountability factor of this budget. If we can accelerate the funding, we can accelerate the out-come. … We need the com-munity around each of our schools (to give support).”

Lynne Fugate: “It’s the obligation of this board to do what we can to increase resources. We’re expect-ing more from students and teachers. In the private sector, where I come from, when we expect more we invest more.”

Kim Sepesi: “I ran on moving education forward. For me, the issue is the pace. Do we move forward slowly or do we accelerate the move-ment? Our children will com-pete in a global economy. I fa-vor this budget.”

Thomas Deakins: At the joint retreat of school board members and coun-

ty commissioners, we agreed that we want “the best school system in the southeast. This budget al-lows us to move to that.”

Deakins said the school system must build the in-frastructure for technol-ogy, and then equip each teacher and student with tools, whether iPads or Notebooks or something not yet invented, to teach the way today’s kids learn. “It’s time for this board to lead. Let’s invest in what matters,” he said.

Gloria Deathridge didn’t make a rousing speech; she just voted yes.

Buttry, who has opposed previous budgets, said this one got it right. “We can pay it now or pay it later because these are things we need.”

Leaving Mike McMillan, the man whose district is getting a brand new school at Carter Elementary, to cast the solitary no vote.

So it’s on to Mayor Tim Burchett and then to Coun-ty Commission. There’s a short time frame. Burchett will present his budget in early May; the commission will vote before May’s end.More details than you ever wanted are

available on the KCS website at knox-

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It has been said that 95 percent of college coaches want their teams to be able to run the football. Mike Leach is on the fence.

Let us assume that some-body on the Tennessee staff knows how to develop a run-ning attack. There is no posi-tive proof but it just seems logical. These people get paid a lot to know all about the game. They have extensive experience.

Let us believe Tennessee wants a running attack. If nothing else, it is embarrass-ing to be fl oundering around at the bottom of college rush-ing statistics. A decent run-ning attack would improve the chances of winning an occasional game.

Of course coaches want to win. All contracts include bowl bonuses. Success is at serious risk if you can’t make a fi rst down on third and one.

All that said, there must be other reasons why Ten-nessee has been so awful at running the football.

Basic ingredients in run-

Marvin West

Expect a running attack

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Mike McMillan tried to delay

the vote on the school budget

by saying something like: “Do

we still have that rule where

one member can hold up an

item?” We think the board

should consider a new rule:

Only the members who know

it’s called personal privilege

can invoke it.

■ Vanderbilt Brabson IV is a

Republican

candidate

to replace

retiring

Democratic

Rep. Harry

Tindell. His

website is

online and

his most

recent

experience is as a legislative

intern. But he’s for family

values, whatever that means,

and these days maybe that’s all

it takes. Also, can we call him

Bubba?

■ Greg Johnson, newspaper

columnist and general curmud-

geon, will speak to the West

Knox Republican Club at 7 p.m.

today (April 9) at Red Lobster

on Kingston Pike. Arrive at 6

p.m. to eat.

■ Pity Mike Williams. He quali-

fi ed to run for the state Senate

in the Republican Primary but

some folks in Nashville say he’s

not a “bona fi de” Republican.

Kick him out. But wait, a real

Republican would say let Mike

run and the voters decide.

■ You know the Republicans are

in trouble when guys like Bob

Corker and Lamar! are the

reasonable ones.

■ And now Park Overall is

Brabson

ning for gains are philosophy, scheme, blockers, technique, tailbacks, determination, play selection, threat of a pass and how tough are opposing tackles and linebackers.

2010 Philosophy: Derek Dooley and his offensive co-ordinator, Jim Chaney, looked at available offensive players two years ago and decided what they could probably do best was throw and catch. They charted a course. The emphasis for linemen was to protect the quarterback.

2010 Talent: By the time Tyler Bray became the start-ing quarterback and young receivers blended in with three veterans, the pass-fi rst concept made some sense. Perhaps it was too much to ask the green-as-grass of-

fensive line to walk and chew gum at the same time.

2010 Results: Nothing to shout about. The Vols came up short against Florida, LSU, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina – and almost lost to UAB. They aced No-vember but lost December.

2011 Philosophy: Let us do what we were doing only better. Throw the football. Tauren Poole’s mostly insig-nifi cant 1,034 yards as a ju-nior runner must have been an accident.

2011 Talent: Poole wasn’t bad at tailback but there wasn’t much behind him. Freshman offensive linemen were suddenly sophomores. They might be pretty good. Wasn’t it Tennessee that once had Flamin’ Sophomores?

2011 Results: Sorry, no fi re. One SEC victory, by the grace of God, over Vander-bilt, in overtime.

Dooley summation: “At some point you just say we aren’t very good at running the ball. How many times can you get asked, ‘What’s wrong

with the run game?’ We are not very good running the ball.”

He got that right! 2012 Philosophy: It ap-

pears Tennessee has recon-sidered and now recognizes the absolute necessity of a running attack, being that the Vols must play several

SEC foes and certain smart alecks keep score. Jay Gra-ham is the new coach of run-ning backs. Sam Pittman is now line coach.

2012 Talent: Volunteer of-fensive linemen are bigger and stronger. Inexperience is no longer a valid excuse. Spring practice includes a

tailback tournament with ad-ditional candidates coming soon. There are no obvious All-Americans but there is hope.

2012 Results? Expect im-provement. Can’t you just feel it?Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Gift to HonorAirCol. David Evans, 1st Lt. Stephanie McKeen and Lt. Col. George Haynes with the 119th

Command and Control Squadron Air National Guard present a check for $4,200 to Eddie

Mannis, (second from left) founder and board chair of HonorAir Knoxville. The unit held two

dinners and a garage sale to raise the funds for the donation. Photo submitted

running for the Democratic

nomination to oppose Corker.

That could be fun.

■ We went on Facebook to learn

more, having never heard of

Park Overall, and discovered

you can’t friend her. She’s

topped the limit with 4,999

friends. Who knew?

■ Tom Kilgore, CEO at TVA who

makes about $4 million a year,

says he needs another $1.5

billion to $2 billion to complete

the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear

reactor. The agency underes-

timated the time and money

it would take to complete the

project, he said.

■ Really, Tom? Hey, we know a

kick-butt administrator who

would take the TVA job for

about 10 percent of Kilgore’s

annual wage. Somebody call

Gloria Ray!

– S. Clark

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Tony Campolo is professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University, a former faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, and the founder and president of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education. He has written more than 35 books, blogs regularly at his website, redletterchristians.org, and can also be found on both Facebook and Twitter.

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By Dr. Jim TumblinOn April 26, 1865, an over-

loaded packet boat, the Sulta-na, left Memphis with 2,300 passengers aboard, many of them Union soldiers recently freed from Andersonville and Cahaba prisons at the end of the Civil War. Seven miles upriver and a few hours later, one of the boilers exploded and the boat burned and sank. In the largest maritime disaster in American history, about 1,700 lives were lost compared to the 1,517 who died when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912.

Among the passengers on the Sultana were some 400 troopers of the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (USA), many of them from Blount, Knox, McMinn and Monroe counties. Until the last one died in 1931, the local survivors of the disas-ter met annually on April 27 to commemorate the loss of their comrades.

When he realized the need to memorialize those whose lives were lost in the Sulta-na Disaster as well as those who suffered but survived, local attorney Nor-man Shaw or-ganized a mod-ern-day annual Reunion of the Descendants of the Survivors of the Sultana.

The inaugural meeting was held at Mt. Olive Bap-tist Church on Maryville Pike in April 1988, where an impressive monument was erected in 1916 to commemorate the event. Since that time the re-union has been

Sultana reunion

is this monthheld in Knoxville 11 more times as well as in Vicksburg (Miss.), Athens (Ala.), Mans-fi eld (Ohio) and Chattanoo-ga, Franklin and Memphis (Tenn.) – all at or near sites connected to the disaster.

The 25th annual reunion will be held April 27-28 near Cincinnati, Ohio, where the group will tour the defen-sive line built across the Ohio River on the outskirts of the city, a historic river walk on the river’s shore line, the site of the Lither-bury Shipyard where the Sultana was built and Camp Dennison, where many of the Ohio and Indiana Union soldiers who were on the boat were mustered into service and trained.

Those interested in at-tending the meeting should contact Norman Shaw at 693-2171 or email shaw-clan4@bellsouth.net.

Editor’s Note: Dr. Jim Tumblin will have a feature story on the Sultana in next week’s Shopper-News on page A-6.

The Sultana memorial monument. Photo byJim Tumblin

NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier

We had an unin-vited guest at dinner just the

other night. Well, uninvited to me;

unwelcome to Grandma. Upon aiming for my fi rst bite of salad, I spied some-thing walking down the right sleeve of my shirt. Not walking, exactly, either, but getting along by a mode of travel the caterpillar people call “looping” – front feet out and down, bring the back ones up, repeat.

Yep, a nice, vigorous inch-worm was heading down the sleeve, trying to get to the salad bowl ahead of me. They must be fond of salad. We recalled an episode when I found an inchworm in my salad at the now long-gone Olive Garden on Merchant Drive. Just sat him over on a nearby potted fi g tree, and continued to eat the salad, so as not to cause a fuss.

Anyhow, caterpillars make butterfl ies, so after dinner I got out my trusty “Field Guide to the Caterpil-lars of Eastern North Amer-ica” by David L. Wagner, an excellent guide, full of illus-trations that just aren’t in the usual butterfl y books. I hoped to fi nd just what inch-worms morphed into after their worm stage.

As is the usual case with things I decide to check into, what I knew paled into in-signifi cance compared with what the fi eld guide knew.

First, there wasn’t an inchworm: there were pho-tos of 84 different species of them, with a reference to a

U.S. Forest Service bulletin showing 187 species of them. And then, to add to my feel-ings of inadequate savvy, the book said that inchworms don’t even turn into butter-fl ies; they all become moths!

Now, all the butterfl ies and moths are in the order of insects called Lepidoptera. There are around 11,230 species of Lepidopterans in North America. By far, the most familiar Lepidopter-ans are the spectacular, col-orful butterfl ies. But there are only 760 species of but-terfl ies and the remaining 10,470 species are moths.

All those inchworms? They turn into part of that horde of 10,000 species of North American moths as adults. So do a bunch of other familiar “worms”: the troublesome tobacco horn-worm, the dreaded tomato hornworm and all those tent caterpillars that are munch-ing on your cherry trees right now.

If moths outnumber but-terfl ies by nearly 14 to 1, how come we see so few of them? One main reason is that moths are mostly nocturnal, going about their lives on the 11-7 shift, so that even the big spectacular ones are rarely seen. And then, over half the moths are in a group called “microlepidopterans,” are very small and incon-spicuous and have lifestyles that keep them hidden and out of sight. Think clothes moths, eating your favorite wool sweater.

But back to the inch-worms. As a group, they are

masters of camoufl age and disguise. Their colors are mottled or striped browns and grays, and they sport various bumps and knobs to make them look remark-ably like sticks and twigs. One, the camoufl aged loop-er, actually attaches little bits of leaves or blossoms to its body for disguise; they should be the envy of any turkey hunter, trying his best to look like a tree.

But this is spring mi-gration time! So this quote from the fi eld guide really caught my eye: “In terms of abundance and biomass, loopers are among the most important forest lepidop-terans in eastern North America. They are an es-pecially important com-ponent of the spring cater-pillar fauna of deciduous forests, where they are the staple in the diets of many forest-nesting birds.”

Well, there you have it! Inchworms are warbler food! All those little worms that are riddling the new tree leaves with holes, and dangling in front of your eyes on threads attached to some twig higher above, plus all those scores of species of inchworms, are amazingly timed to hatch out just as the fresh green leaves appear. Which in turn, at least in an average year, happens to be just when all those hungry, migratory birds are arriving here for the season or fuel-ing up to continue to nesting places farther north.

Biologists tell us that if the birds didn’t show up for

Loopers for lunch

some reason, many or most of the trees would actually be defoliated by the millions of worms per acre munch-ing away at them. This year, it will be interesting to see how it goes, with the leaves and worms coming out two or three weeks ahead of the main waves of migrant birds.

It’s that glorious time of year when birders around these parts rejoice and head out the door with a gleam in their eye. Excellent birding sites abound. This year, try some birding at the Halls Community Park, Schump-ert Park, Ijams Nature Cen-ter, House Mountain, Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery or Cove Lake State Park. Don’t forget the Smokies and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Another great spot is the Sharp’s Ridge Park. It is a nationally-recognized migrant area that often has scarlet tanagers, Bal-timore orioles and more than a dozen species of wood warblers in a single morning. Again this year, there will be a series of Thursday morning bird walks led by birder Tony Headrick, accompanied by numerous friendly and be-ginner-helpful members of the Knoxville Bird Club. Walks will leave from the parking area at the old ranger’s house at 8 a.m. on April 12, 19 and 26 and May 3. You may call Tony’s cell at 621-9836 for infor-mation or directions.

The big annual Knox-ville Bird Walk, which hap-pens each year during the Dogwood Arts Festival, will begin at the J.B. Owen Overlook on Sharp’s Ridge at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 21. Beginners are welcome and encouraged to attend. Be sure to bring a pair of binoculars!

The next time you en-counter an inchworm, please be nice to it. It is im-portant and high-quality bird food!

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WORSHIP NOTES

Community Services

■ Concord United Methodist

Church’s Caregiver Support

Group, affi liated with Alzheim-

er’s Tennessee Inc., meets 10

to 11:30 a.m. each fi rst Tuesday

in Room 226 at the church,

11020 Roane Drive. Anyone

in the community who gives

care to an elderly individual is

invited. Info: 675-2835.

Fundraisers and sales

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753

Oak Ridge Highway, will have

a rummage sale in the fam-

ily life center 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, April 28. Doors will

reopen from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

to sell everything for $5 a bag.

Items can be donated for the

sale Thursday evening, April

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Info: 690-1060.

Rec programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753

Oak Ridge Highway, holds

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days from 6-7 p.m. upstairs

in the family life center.

Cost is $10 per class or $40

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Special Services ■ Grace Baptist Church, 7171

Oak Ridge Highway, will

welcome evangelist Tim Lee

and Christian comedian Tim

Hawkins at 7 p.m. Friday,

April 13. Tickets are $19 in

advance, $25 at the door. VIP

tickets are $49. Info: www.

timhawkins.net.

■ Second Presbyterian

Church, 2829 Kingston Pike,

will present noted author

and speaker Tony Campolo

at 7 p.m. Saturday, April

14, and 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Sunday, April 15. Campolo is

the founder of the Evan-

gelical Association for the

Promotion of Education

(EAPE). Info: 523-2189 or

www.2ndpres.org.

Women’s groups ■ Knoxville Christian

Women’s Connection will

host the “Hunting for the

Good in Everyone” lun-

cheon Thursday, April 12,

at Buddy’s Banquet Hall on

Kingston Pike. Special guest

will be stylist, designer and

hairdresser Joey McEachern,

who will give updates on

the latest in hair fashions

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speaker will be Phyllis Page

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Youth ■ Farragut Presbyterian

Church Mother’s Day Out

program and preschool

registration is open for the

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They did it!

By Wendy SmithThere will be strange

things happening around Knoxville on Saturday, April 21.

Expect free car washes, neighborhood carnivals or folks passing out smoke de-tectors. Less obvious hap-penings will be quiet acts of service to our most needy neighbors.

It’s all part of Inasmuch U n i t e d K nox v i l le , the local event of the n a t i o n a l n o n p r o f i t O p e r at ion Ina smuch. M e m b e r s of 32 local c h u r c h e s

will pitch in, and more than 2,000 volunteers are expect-ed to participate, says David Crocker, executive direc-tor of Operation Inasmuch, which is based in Knoxville.

Crocker was a pastor in Fayetteville, N.C., when he worked with other church leaders to put together a one-day event designed to get church members out of the pew and into the com-munity in 1995.

When he became senior pastor at Central Baptist Church in Fountain City in 2002, he continued to have a heart for compassion ministry.

He stepped down in 2006 to devote himself to the nonprofi t full time.

While some Christians are turned off by the idea of a one-day event, the idea is to “draw in people who sit very comfortably on the sidelines.”

Within a typical church, most of the work is done by 20 percent of the congrega-tion. But Operation Inas-much events are geared to-ward the other 80 percent, he says.

Crocker travels across the country to train churches on how to con-duct events like Inasmuch United Knoxville.

His fi rst task is to stimu-late a vision of what could happen if the majority of members would participate in a day of ministry.

Then, he helps with lo-gistics, like how to fi nd proj-ects, organize volunteers and promote the event.

In preparation for Knox-ville’s event, three dozen lo-cal agencies were contacted ahead of time so projects could be planned. Some were large agencies , like Knox Area Rescue Minis-try and Volunteer Minis-try Center. But others were small, like Agape Outreach Homes.

“We’re trying to spread it out a bit, to get as many people to help as possible,”

he says.Another goal is to ac-

quaint church members with new service oppor-tunities. Sometimes, they get hooked. “There’s noth-ing like exposing people to real need.”

Crocker sees a nation-wide trend toward com-passion ministry over the last 15 to 20 years. Operation Inasmuch and other similar models have changed the way churches are working in the commu-nity. He’s encouraged by it.

“God is doing this. And there’s no better place to be in the world than where God is working.”

He is frustrated by churches that claim their membership is too busy to participate in community service.

Some Christians say they can’t help because they’re too old. To them, he says, “Oh, yes, you can. You may not be able to get on a roof, but you can do some-thing else.”

“We’re all called, regard-less of our age or situation, to do compassion ministry. So it behooves us to fi nd something we can do.”

For information about participation in Inasmuch United Knoxville, call David Crocker at 951-2511.

Eric West repairs a car during the 2011 Inasmuch United Knoxville. Members of 32 local churches

will participate in this year’s event Saturday, April 21. Photo submitted

Churches to join for day of service

David Crocker

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By Wendy SmithIf there’s an art show or

competition, and Bearden High School art teacher Flowerree Galetovic learns about it, you can bet some of her students will partici-pate.

So it’s no surprise that four members of her Ad-vanced Placement art class have pieces in the Dogwood Arts Festival Student Art Exhibit. They are Rachel Jones, a junior, and seniors Heather McNamara, Megan McClure and Jennifer Nick-laus. McNamara is the 12th-grade winner of the show.

While only a fraction of her students will aim for a professional career in art, “Mrs. G” doesn’t miss a chance to groom them for it. Posters for art competitions adorn her wall, and today, the day before Easter Break, she reminds students to apply for a weeklong summer art pro-gram in Denver that’s free for those who are picked.

“Everyone who is chosen for this camp will get schol-arship offers,” she says as

they pack up to leave class.Art shows and competi-

tions are valuable for stu-dents because they allow their work to be seen and recognized, and partici-pants sometimes win prize money or receive scholar-ship offers. But they’re also helpful because they spur kids to create quality work, Galetovic says.

“Every time you produce work, you are growing. Each work is an improvement, and they’re always getting better.”

That being the case, ev-eryone in her AP art class has grown this year. Each student creates a portfolio that contains several works that focus on a central sub-ject or theme, as well as works that demonstrate the student’s ability to use a variety of techniques and subjects.

Choosing a piece for sub-mission to a show is also ed-ucational. Most, including the Dogwood Arts show, are looking for strong concepts. Galetovic helps the students identify their strongest

work, then asks, Who is the client? What are they look-ing for?

While the Dogwood Arts Festival celebrates spring-time, there will be a mix of subjects at the Student Art Exhibit. McNamara’s win-ning piece is a self-portrait – of her screaming.

Shows and competitions provide valuable life lessons for students, Galetovic says.

“They learn that there are no guarantees. A piece can get turned down, then chosen for Best in Show the next time.”

She’ ll soon lose her se-niors, but they’ll leave with a love of art. McNa-mara and Nicklaus won’t be art majors, but they’ll use their art skills when they enroll in UT’s school of architecture next year. McNamara likes that the program will combine art and math, which she also enjoys.

“It will be a nice balance because we’ll have art class-es, but we won’t be in the studio all the time,” she says.

Bearden High School AP art students Jennifer Nicklaus, Heather McNamara and Rachel Jones

are participating in the Dogwood Arts Festival Student Art Exhibition. Their work is on display

at the Clayton Center for the Performing Arts through April 27. Megan McClure is also partici-

pating. Photo by Wendy Smith

Bearden art students have work in Dogwood show

‘Odyssey of the Mind’

Bearden Elementary School

students (front) Madeline

Sailors, Lizzy Kirby, (middle

row) Sofi a Hamby, (back)

Perian Reese, Madi McCoy

and Alan Boles won fi rst

place in the state competi-

tion of Odyssey of the Mind

for their work with the proj-

ect “Odyssey Angels.” The

students were challenged

to fi nd positive solutions for

negative situations to help

save a fi ctional community. Photos by S. Barrett

Bearden Elementary School students (front) Xavier Stahlman, Emmaline May, Aiden Brown,

(back) Geeya Patel, Claire Wilson, Maggie Gordon and Joseph Angelino won fi rst place for their

work with the Odyssey of the Mind project “Ooh-motional Vehicle.” The students designed,

built and “drove” a vehicle through a course where it encountered three diff erent situations and

utilized two diff erent propulsion systems.

Greenway School students Abbey Huber and Margaret Veach

show off the homemade pies they won by reciting the most

digits of Pi from memory last month during “Pi Day.” Abbey

recited 136 digits and Margaret recited 52. Photo submitted

Pies for PiSCHOOL NOTES ■ A student art show will be held for Rocky Hill Elementary School

at DaVinci’s Pizzeria, 3337 Sutherland Ave., until Friday, April 13. In

celebration of Youth Art Month, one piece of artwork from each

classroom will be on display.

■ Box Tops for Education from General Mills’ products and Labels for

Education from Campbell’s products are being collected to purchase

supplies for West Hills Elementary School. Labels can be dropped

off in the silver collection box at the front of the school or can be

mailed to: West Hills Elementary School, 409 Vanosdale Drive, Knox-

ville, TN 37909. Info: email Jill Schmudde at jschmudde@gmail.com.

SPORTS NOTES ■ Knox Seniors Co-Ed Softball

Season open registration

will be held at 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, April 10, at Caswell

Park. Noncompetitive league,

new players are welcomed.

There is a $10 fee for accident

insurance (a city of Knoxville

requirement). Info: www.

knoxseniorsoftball.com/.

■ Baseball tournament, Chris

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sic (open), Friday through

Sunday, April 13-15, for open/

travel teams. Tee ball and

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■ The ninth annual Fighting

Irish Spring Classic will be

begin at 1 p.m. Saturday,

April 28, at Smokies Park. All

proceeds benefi t the adop-

tion and pregnancy services

of Catholic Charities of East

Tennessee. There will be a

home run hitting contest,

guest speaker Michael Rivera

and games between Grace

Christian Academy and Jef-

ferson County High School

and Knoxville Catholic High

School and Webb School

of Knoxville. Hosted by the

Bearden Council for the

Knights of Columbus. For in-

formation, call Skip Williams,

335-8740.

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A-10 • APRIL 9, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

By Betty BeanLiz Kemp was a lobbyist

for the American Civil Lib-erties Union; Chandler Hale was a member of a commit-tee that passed two energy bills; Alan Shattuck was a delegate to the 1787 Consti-tutional Convention:

Pretty good for a pack of 12th graders.

West High School his-tory teacher Lou Gallo is the one who made it possible for Liz, Hale and Alan and eight other seniors who have been active in youth government activities to attend the Har-vard Model Congress this semester.

HMC, an educational nonprofi t and the nation’s oldest government simula-tion conference, is run by Harvard undergraduates at Harvard College. In addi-tion to its obvious academic benefi ts, it delivers the ad-ditional bonus of being lo-

cated in Boston, which is crammed with fi ne restau-rants and cultural/histori-cal attractions.

Not that the West High kids had a lot of free time.

Liz stayed busy working for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, among oth-er projects.

Chandler’s committee worked on a lot of measures, but actually passed two en-ergy bills – one promoting offshore drilling and fund-ing renewable energy sourc-es, the other putting more money into research and development of solar power.

Alan participated in a re-enactment of the 1787 Constitutional Conven-tion, playing the role of Robert Yates, a cantanker-ous New Yorker who op-posed a centralized federal government and ended up walking out of the conven-tion in protest. Alan says it

West High School seniors Chandler Hale, Liz Kemp and Alan

Shattuck Photo by Betty Bean

Harvard weekendWest High students

learn nuts and bolts of government

was a tough assignment.“Yates was in favor of the

Articles of Confederation and states’ rights. I was in the minority in that respect and had to make a lot of compromises.”

Did he come to like Del-egate Yates?

“No, not really. I was con-stantly up against the wall, having to argue his beliefs, which were fl awed, since the other side could quote from the Constitution, which didn’t exist.”

He even got hauled out of bed at midnight to deal with an uprising against the centralized military – “We couldn’t have a national standing army and had to have a state militia,” said Alan, who plans to attend Hargrave Military Academy next year.

Liz and Chandler both liked their roles.

“I didn’t know what lob-byists did until then,” said Liz, who will attend the University of North Caroli-na Chapel Hill next fall. “So I got an education in that aspect of government. One thing I learned was not a lot of people liked us.”

Chandler, who will at-tend Auburn University, said he learned some alarm-ing facts in the course of his role-playing.

“I had never been too in-formed on many environ-mental issues or how in debt we are to foreign countries for oil. I learned that we defi nitely have to cut our de-pendence on foreign oil.”

“This is a real hands-on experience,” Gallo said. “These guys are all bright-er than I thought, appar-ently. They really learned the mechanisms of how our government works.”

By Sara BarrettWhen you hear about

girls running together each week after school, things that may come to mind are fi tness and exercise. But with Girls on the Run, par-ticipants get so much more than just a good workout.

The Girls on the Run at Pond Gap Elementary School meet twice a week for a 1-mile run around the schoolyard. Before the run, though, they discuss top-ics as a group that they may deal with on a daily basis including gossip, relation-ships and peer pressure.

Last week’s meet in-volved squeezing a tube of toothpaste and showing the kids that – just like with gossip – once you make a mess with it, it’s hard to put it back the way it was at the start.

First grade teacher Mor-gan Howe and school coun-selor Sarah Hamilton lead the group during each meet, hand out healthy snacks and reward “exceptional motivation and attitude”

Pond Gap Elementary School

student JaCiauna Campbell

proudly wears the medal

she earned when showing

a great attitude during a

meeting of Girls on the Run.

Girls on

the Run

Kids helping kidsGirl Scout troop 20057 organized a game of Cornhole for the Kids Helping Kids Fun Walk held April 1

at Knoxville Catholic High School. All proceeds from the day’s activities went to the Columbus Home

Children’s Services. More than $60,000 was raised for the organization. Pictured are: (front) Jessica

Ivey, Ashlyn Ivey, Mary Osucha, Kayla Owens, Sarah Osucha; (back) Shannon Osucha. Photo submitted

Pond Gap Elementary school student Jayden Schubert whispers

a “rumor” to Katrina Gallaher while playing the telephone game

during a meeting of Girls on the Run. The game shows an ex-

ample of how gossip can change and grow from one person to

the next.

Girls on the Run members (front) JaCiauna Camp-

bell, Daniya Hill, Kenia Sanchez, Jaden Schubert;

(back) Katrina Gallaher, Amya Shervington, Jacque-

line White, Khaliyah Baker and Samara Johnson joke

around before taking off together on a 1-mile run

around the schoolyard. Not pictured are members

Emily Simpson and Kaitlyn Ivy. Photos by S. Barrett

with “Energy awards,” in-cluding a medallion that is worn by the recipient at the next meeting.

There is an annual fee to join, which covers two T-shirts, snacks, admission to a 5k race and a medal given out for participating on race day. Scholarships are available if needed.

This year’s GOTR Spring 5k will be held 3 p.m. Sun-day, April 29, at Tyson Park. Registration begins at 1 p.m. and admission is $15. Everyone is invited to participate but children 16 and under need to be accompanied by an adult. Info: visit www.gotrknox-ville.org.

REUNIONS ■ Annual Woodhill Reunion

will be held at 6 p.m. Satur-

day, April 14, at Old Pleasant

Gap Fellowship Hall. Bring

a covered dish. Info: Phyllis

Summers, 922-2884, or Betty

Effl er, 982-0174.

■ Gibbs High School Class of

1972 will hold its 40th Class

Covered-Dish Reunion 5-9 p.m.

Saturday, April 14, in the fellow-

ship hall at Christ UMC, 7535

Maynardville Highway. Info:

Linda Harrell Tunstall, 986-4565

or tunstalllinda@aol.com.

■ Gibbs High School Class

of 1982 will hold its 30th

reunion 6-10 p.m. Saturday,

Aug. 18 at Jubilee Banquet

Hall, 6700 Jubilee Center

Way. Cost is $40 per person

and includes dinner. Info:

gibbshs1982@yahoo.com.

■ Halls High School Class

of 1952 will hold its 60th

reunion in conjunction with

the yearly alumni banquet

Saturday, April 28, at the

Halls High School cafeteria.

Info: Judson Palmer, 922-7651

or 712-3099.

■ Halls High School Class

of 1962 will hold its 50th

reunion 6 p.m. Friday, April

27, at Beaver Brook Country

Club. Another opportunity

to reunite with classmates

will be at the annual alumni

banquet 6 p.m. Saturday,

April 28, at Halls High School.

Those who have not received

notifi cation by mail or

phone may need to update

contact information. A list

of classmates that have not

been located can be found at

www.hallshigh62.com. Info/

reservations: Mabel Sumter

Holsenback, 922-2206.

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Barb Graf and Nancy Battaglia hold a strawberry planter pot

fi lled with a variety of herbs. “Rosemary is really good for cook-

ing salmon,” said Battaglia.

Susan Black looks at a lemon tree. “I’ve grown my own herbs

for years, and would like to grow my own lemons. I never have,”

she said. Greg Blankenship will have citrus trees available

for sale in a few weeks at farmers markets in Market Square,

Maryville and Oak Ridge.

Susan W. Arbital demonstrates how to make angel hair pasta

from scratch, using the fi nest ingredients including semolina

fl our and organic eggs. “It is an art more than a science,” she

said. “I am a member of the slow foods movement. That is

where you put more of yourself into cooking instead of using

automation.” She passed around the pasta dough to demon-

strate the desired fi rmness and texture saying, “You need to

feel the dough,” She took pasta cooking lessons in Rome and

Tuscany, coming home with a passion for pasta.

Romano signs withBirmingham-Southern

Webb School of Knoxville

student Jane Romano has

signed to play basketball with

Birmingham-Southern College.

Pictured at the signing are:

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her dad, Mark; Jane; her mom,

Amy; Jane’s younger brother,

Anthony; (back) Webb school

president Scott Hutchinson,

Webb head varsity girls basket-

ball coach Shelley Collier, Webb

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coach Ray Christian and Webb

Upper School dean of students

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In the fall of 2009, Todd Richesin and Bobby Brown started looking for a place to expand their retail presence in the area. There was an instant attraction to the unique building at the corner of Kingston and Lyons View Pikes, the former Up N

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Ralph Lauren lamp

In the fall of 2009, Todd Richesin and Bobby Brown started looking for a place to expand their retail presence in the area. There was an instant attraction to the unique building at the corner of Kingston and Lyons View Pikes, the former Up N

Down Gulf gas station. With its great energy and beautiful light, this little spot would perfectly showcase their antiques and unique product lines and was transformed into UP-STAIRS at Todd Richesin Interiors.

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Davis, a Knoxville na-tive who attended Farragut High School and UT, opened Synergy after nine years in real estate, development and remodeling. He saw a need

for the kind of quality hand-wash and hand-dry that was up to his personal standards, and he wanted a business where he could see his cus-tomers more frequently.

“We’re building this busi-ness around customer ser-vice,” he said.

To that end, Davis made a commitment to hiring people who are as customer-focused as he is. Manager E.B. Hunter had no car wash experience before he joined Synergy, but he’d successfully owned and operated Hunter Brothers Deli in Halls Crossroads for decades.

“You can teach anybody to wash a car, but you can’t teach the heart and soul of

‘Eats for Easter’ provides food

YMCA president and CEO Jim Dickson and YWCA CEO Marigail Mullin enjoy a new pair of red rockers, compliments of president and CEO of Home Federal Bank Dale Keasling. Photo by Ruth White

Home Federal Bank has donated to the YWCA Knoxville and YMCA of East Tennessee to help families in need celebrate Easter.

Dale Keasling, bank president and CEO, autho-rized $10,000 toward the purchase of Food City gift cards for designated recip-ients. Food City discount-ed the gift cards purchased for the program to help the donation go further.

The program, “Eats for Easter,” is in its second year and is designed to support women in crisis and families in transition during a time of year that is less visible than Christ-mas or Thanksgiving.

Last year, the YMCA was able to provide gro-ceries to more than 150 families through the pro-gram, demonstrating to clients the generosity of the community.

“We’re humbled and honored to support the outreach efforts of the YWCA and the YMCA dur-ing this time when we have so much to celebrate,” said Keasling.

In addition to money, Keasling presented both organizations with a red

rocking chair, an iconic symbol of Home Federal.

customer service,” said Da-vis. “He (Hunter) treats this place as if it was his own.”

In turn, Hunter hired em-

ployees who may not have car wash experience, but who are clean-cut, personable and committed to doing a great job every time.

“What is (Hunter’s) big-gest asset to this company is the way he’s trained these guys,” said Davis.

Davis’s mother, Jolene, works behind the register.

“People love her,” he said. “People come to this car wash just to see her.”

Now, Davis says seven out of 10 customers are returns or referrals.

Even though it’s gotten him some complaints, Davis is committed to what he calls “the Chick-fi l-A concept” of closing shop on Sundays to give his employees a day to rest and spend with family.

“Would we make more money if we were open Sun-days? Yes. It’s probably an expensive investment, but ultimately it’s worth it to me to make sure my guys are taken care of,” he said.

Before opening Syner-gy, Davis spent two years researching the car wash

industry. He said Synergy has grown twice as fast as he expected.

“If someone will come here once, we will have them as a customer for life,” he said. “We have a great group of employees who re-ally, truly care. It’s hard to fi nd that.”

Synergy Auto Wash is located at 10500 Kingston Pike. Info: 297-3403 or SynergyAutoWash.com.Shannon Carey is the Shopper-News gen-eral manager and sales manager. Contact Shannon at shannon@shoppernewsnow.com.

By Sherry WittThe weather isn’t the only thing that

warmed up during the month of March. Even as record-setting tem-peratures bathed East Tennessee, the local real estate market emerged from the winter season with a healthy spring surge. For the month that ended on Friday, March 30, there were

681 property transfers in Knox County. That was a jump of 167 from the month of February and 32 parcels ahead of the pace from March 2011.

March produced total land sales of $110.7 million, compared to about $89 million a month ago.

Preliminary analysis of the fi rst quar-ter data indicates that 2012 is slightly be-hind 2011 in terms of the aggregate val-ue of property sold. Since Jan. 1, about $288 million worth of property has sold

in Knox County, compared to $320 mil-lion during the fi rst quarter of 2011.

Lending markets were rather robust in March, with more than $312 mil-lion loaned against property in Knox County, making it the strongest month since December when a large amount of money was refinanced by Tennova Health Systems.

Perhaps the most notable transfer was for commercial property known as The Shops at Turkey Creek. The sale brought $4.3 million.

On the lending side, the largest re-fi nance was by Scripps Media in the amount of $22.95 million against the property located on News-Sentinel Drive. Another transaction in the amount of $18.3 million involved the Sherrill Hills Retirement Community.

I would like to say thanks to everyone who participated in the recent primary elections. By exercising your right to vote, you are helping to honor and pro-tect one of our most sacred privileges.

News from Offi ce of Register of Deeds

Real estate sales improve in March

Witt

BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • APRIL 9, 2012 • A-13

NEWS FROM PAIDEIA ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

By Theresa EdwardsPaideia Academy held

its annual spring banquet and auction at the Foundry with board members, teachers, parents and students at-tending.

“An event like this doesn’t take place by it-self in a vacuum,” headmaster James Cowart said. He thanked “behind-the-scenes” peo-ple and a host of volun-teers who helped make the banquet possible. He also gave special recognition and thanks to Mitzi Bodie, Kevin and Janet Bryant, and Julie Raines.

The evening started off with a reception and silent auction. Musician Prentiss Kendall Allen played the harp. Auction items included many do-nated gift baskets, gift cards and memberships from local businesses.

The dinner buffet in-cluded roast beef, salmon, new potatoes, mixed veg-

etables, spinach manera, rolls, and chocolate and red velvet cakes. Dur-

ing dinner, everyone had a chance to view the live auction items on display. There were 30 items in-

cluding 10 items hand-made by students as school projects.

A handmade quilt con-tained self-portrait

drawings of the kindergarten students. “All the parents of the kinder-

garten kids are going to want this

because they made it,” Julie Raines said.

Other student projects in the auction were: hand-made busy bee gardening pots by 1st graders, sea creatures toy box by 2nd graders, gardener’s bird bath and canvas by 3rd graders, treasure box by 4th graders, coffee table book by 5th graders, picnic basket inspired by Tennessee history by

6th graders, Nicene Hall project of two handmade picnic tables, and Apostles Hall project of a hand-made reclaimed cedar bench and a park bench.

“These items have sen-timental value,” Cowart

said before he started the auction. “Hopefully, it’ll draw some bids. It won’t be a typical auction, I can promise you that.”

All of the auction pro-ceeds fund Paideia Acad-emy’s need-based tuition assistance program.

After the auction, pre-sentations were given by Arnold Lumsdaine, Dr. Keith Gray and Sherry Al-len regarding the three distinctions of Paideia. It is a Christ-centered, classical school and covenantal.

Keynote speaker G. Tyler Fischer then gave a presentation followed by a question and answer ses-sion. He is the headmaster at Veritas Academy and the managing editor of Veritas Press Omnibus Project.

The evening ended with closing announcements and benediction.

Paideia Academy is lo-cated in West Knoxville at 10825 Yarnell Road off Lovell Road.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLESB April 9, 2012

NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

NICHE focuses on health care needs of elderlyNurses Improving Care for

Health System Elders (NICHE) is an innovative program designed to enhance the care of older adults. NICHE is a nationwide effort to better meet the unique health care needs of aging adults across America.

Covenant Health is proud to be the fi rst health care system in the state, and the only one in East Tennessee, to bring the specialized services that NICHE offers to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

Stan Boling, Covenant Health’s vice president of senior services, explains, “The care of the older adult presents a different set of challenges that all health care team members should be aware of, and should assess on admission, during the acute care stay and all the way through to the discharge setting.

“The care of older adult patients presents a diff erent set of challenges. …” – Stan Boling, Covenant Health Senior Services

state-of-the-art assessment tools and procedures based on sound in-tegration of the NICHE program.”

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Love your aging skin!By Anne Marie Rodgers, enterostomal therapist, Fort Sanders Regional

Skin trivia : Did you know? ■ The skin is the largest human

organ, covering nearly 25 square feet.

■ Skin makes up about 15 per-cent of our body weight.

■ Humans shed and replace outer skin cells every 27 days.

■ With aging this replacement of the outer skin cells takes longer.

■ By the age of 70 an average person will have lost 105 pounds of skin.

As we get older, understanding the ins and outs of aging skin care becomes more important. Here are some tips about aging skin care to keep in mind:

First, aging skin care is not just

about looking younger. The goal is to make sure your skin has all the nutrients it needs to be healthy. As we grow older, our body produces less of what our skin needs to keep from getting fl aky and brittle. It is up to us to change the way we take care of our skin to compensate for that loss.

For example, your current soap may cleanse well, but do nothing to replenish necessary nutrients your skin needs. It may actually re-move essential elements that older skin no longer produces in excess. Changing to a gentler soap may be part of your skin care regimen. It’s also important to avoid the use of hot water and excessive friction.

Environmental factors such as low humidity and cold air lead to dry skin. Moisturizing dry skin helps keep the skin more supple,

lessening the chance of the skincracking and reducing the possi-bility of injury from trauma. Ap-ply moisturizers twice a day toslightly moist skin to get the mostbenefi t.

What you eat may help your skinage better. Our skin, like any of ourorgans, needs vitamins and nutri-ents to be healthy. As we age, we need more of certain elements to keep our skin supple and healthy. Daily suggestions can be found onthe Modifi ed Food Pyramid for Seniors. Any dietary changes orsupplements should be made with approval of your physician.

Recognize what a dynamic or-gan the skin is throughout your life span and appreciate the skinyou’re in! Realize that you havethe ability to protect and maintainyour skin integrity.

Exercise rules for seniorsExperts recommend that, as an older adult, you:

■ Contact your physician fi rst before starting an exercise program.

■ Always wear appropriate safety gear. If you bike, for instance, use

a bike helmet.

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for each sport.

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B-2 • APRIL 9, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS

Theresa Edwards

Last Wednesday at the Strang Senior Center, Knox-ville Police Department Deputy Chief Gary Price gave seniors helpful advice on staying safe. This pre-sentation sparked a lot of interaction, with the group having many questions as well as some of their own safety suggestions.

Knoxville Police Department

Deputy Chief Gary Price Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Stay safe!

Sara Barrett

Critter Tales

The warmer weather has brought our local animal-related groups out of hi-bernation. Here are some newsworthy items you should know about from our local animal community:

Sassy is a student in the spring

semester of the HALT program.

She will be looking for a forever

home after she graduates. Photo submitted

HALT, popular voteand training

The HALT program (Humans and Animals Learning Together) is about to kick off its spring train-ing session with fi ve lucky dogs from Young-Williams Animal Center.

The program – which is celebrating its 25th an-niversary – shows at-risk youth how to teach obedi-ence training to dogs while building the adolescents’ self-confi dence and social skills in the process.

The dogs will be available for adoption once they gradu-ate from the program.

“Meet and greet” events with the animals will be held Saturday, April 14, at Mast General Store on Gay Street; Saturday, April 21, at Rita’s Italian Ice on Market Square; Saturday, April 28, at PetSmart on Morrell Road by West Town Mall; and Satur-day, May 5, at Union Avenue Books on Union Avenue.

During the last 25 years, 324 dogs have found homes after graduating from HALT and 1,300 adolescents have helped teach them manners.

Info: www.vet.utk.edu/halt.Young-Williams Ani-

mal Center hopes to bein the running to receive$100,000 in the ASPCARachael Ray $100K Chal-lenge, but the organiza-tion needs to get votesfrom community members(through Monday, April 16)in order to compete. If won,all of the money will go to-ward improving spay/neu-ter, adoption and pet foodpantry programs. Info:www.votetosavelives.org.

If your pooch doesn’t un-derstand the word “no” or ifyou don’t have the courage totell him or her “no,” PetSafe Dog Park will host a series of training demonstrationsby PetSafe Village trainerMike Shafer. Dates are 2:30p.m. Saturday, April 14, atPetSafe Village Dog Park,10424 PetSafe Way; 10:30a.m. Saturday, April 21, atPetSafe Downtown Dog Park; 10:30 a.m. Saturday,April 28, at Tommy Schump-ert Dog Park; and 10:30 a.m.Saturday, May 5, at CarterDoyle Dog Park.

Price addressed safety issues including fraud, identity theft, home safety, personal safety outside the home and safety resources.

There are a lot of scams and frauds to beware of. To avoid identity theft, closely guard your personal in-formation. “Do a periodic credit check to see if there is anything suspicious, and look carefully at your bank and credit card statements,” Price said. “Use your card as a credit card rather than a debit card. It gives you more protection,” he added. He also suggested not carrying too many cards.

Regarding home safety, Price explained criminals look for the easiest targets, weighing the risks involved. He recommended alarm systems since the noise usually scares off burglars. “In my 30 years on the po-lice force, only two or three times have robbers not left when an alarm was going off.” Trim bushes around the house which could con-ceal a possible intruder.

Use lights. “A dog is always good. Get a big one that looks mean or a noisy one that will warn you if some-one is near,” he said.

When going out, there is safety in numbers. Aware-ness is also of utmost im-portance. Pay attention. “Criminals look for least re-sistance,” Price explained. “Don’t be fl ashy. Don’t wear a lot of jewelry.” Prescrip-tion pills are a major prob-lem, so be conscious of who is around and beware if someone follows you after you buy your medications.

Price also recommended various safety resources. Call 211 for social servic-es that are available. Lo-cal law enforcement and Sheriff’s offi ces are avail-able resources. To fi nd out what crimes have occurred in your community, go to www.raidsonline.org.

On Wednesday, April 11, at 1 p.m., the Strang Senior Center welcomes a travel party with Starr Travel. There will be information, prizes and goodies.

The staff at Young-Williams would like you to meet 3-year-

old male Siamese mix Ty. Siamese are known to be chatty

cats. Ty has not shared many opinions with Animal Center

staff , but we suspect he will settle into a home relatively

quickly and let his new family know what he thinks. Ty is

available for adoption at the main center at 3210 Division

St. The “new” center at Young-Williams Animal Village is

at 6400 Kingston Pike. Both facilities are open daily from

noon to 6 p.m. If you don’t have time to drop by and take

a look, visit www.young-williams.org to see photos of all

of the center’s adoptables and call 215-6599 for more in-

formation about each pet.

Talk with Ty

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For registration info about

these and all other AARP

driver safety classes, call Caro-

lyn Rambo, 584-9964.

■ 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April

10, Buckingham Clubhouse,

801 Vanosdale Road.

■ 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday,

April 11, Harrogate Senior Cen-

ter, 310 Londonderry Road,

Harrogate.

■ Noon to 4 p.m. Monday and

Tuesday, April 16-17, Loudon

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Cheyenne Conference Room,

964 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak

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Roane County United Way,

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Harriman.

■ 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thurs-

day, April 19, New Market

Senior Center, 1611 Depot St.,

New Market.

■ 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 20,

West Park Baptist Church, 8833

Middlebrook Pike.

■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and

Tuesday, April 23-24, Maryville

First UMC, 804 Montvale Sta-

tion Road, Maryville.

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Manf’d Homes - Sale 851996 CREIGHTON

16x76, remodeled, West Knox location. Need to sell, $8500. 423-231-2023.

I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES.

1990 up, any size OK. 865-384-5643

Trucking Opportunities 106

DRIVERS: $1,100.00 weekly pay guaran-teed! Growing Dedicated Acct! Must be able to unload, have CDL-A w/18 mo. exp. Riv-erside Transport: 800-397-2627

DRIVERS -$2000 sign-on bonus! Start to-day! CDL-A. Heavy Haul. 2 yrs exp with oversize/overweight freight req. O/O's: up to 78% of freight bill. 1-800-835-9471

DRIVERS CDL-A: Your current 10-20 have you down? Why not get home & get paid?! 2012 tractors/trailers to boot! 888-219-8040

General 109#1 BEAUTY CO. AVON

Reps Needed! Only $10 to start! Call Marie at 865-705-3949.

Restaurant Equipment 133CRESTAURANT EQUIPMENT

FOR SALE CALL 865-235-7622.

Dogs 141Australian Shepherd

Pups, 2F, 3M, born 2/12, $200. 865-475-3343; 607-0460

***Web ID# 959753***

BEAGLE Puppies, tri- color, 6 wks, all shots & wormed, F $125, M $100. 865-494-6186

Border Collie puppies, ABCA reg, blk & wht, $175 ea. 423-240-8178; 423-365-6076

BosYor adorable de-signer puppies (Boston Terrier & Yorkie), 2 F, 3 M, 7 wks, born 2/21. $250. 865-363-5704 ***Web ID# 962114***

English Bulldog pup-pies, champ bldlns, AKC unlimited reg. $1200. 865-250-6896

Dogs 141LAB English/American

Puppies, AKC reg, blk, yellow & choc. M&F, 6 wks old, $325-$350. 865-851-6917

***Web ID# 962088***

LAB PUPPIES, AKC, champ bldlns, block heads, parents on site, black & yellow, M&F, parents OFA hips cert. lakeshore labs.net $500. 931-968-1033

MASTIFF "English" Puppies, AKC reg., wormed, 1st shots, vet chkd, fawn $600. 423-912-1594

***Web ID# 961953***

POMERANIAN PUPPIES, 12 wks. 3 M, 1 F, 1st shots, $300. 865-454-7081

PUGGLES, $100 ea. Shots & wormed. 7

wks. old. 423-235-2106

PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds

Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles,

Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots

& wormed. We do layaways. Health guar. Div. of Animal Welfare

State of TN Dept. of Health.

Lic # COB0000000015. 423-566-0467

SIBERIAN Husky AKC Pups, champ lines, shots, $400-$500. 865-995-1386

***Web ID# 960831***

Free Pets 145

ADOPT!

Looking for a lost pet or a new one?

Visit Young-Williams Animal

Center, the official shelter for the City of Knoxville & Knox County: 3201 Di-

vision St. Knoxville. knoxpets.org

Farmer’s Market 1502 rare lt. red donkeys,

5 mos. old standard jacks, $250 ea., both $400 obo 865-254-1560

Round Baler 2006 New Idea, 5x4, barn kept, bought new. $7000. 423-626-3875

or 423-526-7821. U Pick Strawberries

Opening Soon Projected opening

April 14. Strawberry Knob Farms located in Madisonville, TN,

1/2 mile past The Lost Sea on new Hwy. 68.

423-836-1133 www.strawberryknobfarms.com

Building Materials 188NEW TILE, boxes on

pallet, 12" Realto Terra (Italy), 36 boxes, 432 SF, retail price $960 + tax, your price $550. 865-604-7237

Buildings for Sale 191METAL BUILDINGS

SALE - Save $1000s, factory direct, dis-count shipping. Xld order clearance bldgs: 24x20, 20x30, more! Ltd avail. Call 877-280-7456

Shop Tools-Engines 19412" RIGID MITER

SAW with stand & wheels, $475. Call 865-254-5403.

Music Instruments 198TAYLOR DN3 acous-

tic guitar w/case. 3 mo. old. $799/b.o. 865-438-5699

Misc. Items 203RING Collection, 90

pcs, triple plated gold & rhodium, $315. 865-705-7007

Sewing Machines 2113 FEATHER SINGER WEIGHTS, $350 each. Antique sewing ma-chines. 865-397-6396.

Collectibles 213100'S OF Matchbooks,

nice collection, best offer. 865-458-1934 ask for Ben

Coins 214

BUYING OLD U.S. Coins, Gold & Silver

Will Consider Collectibles, Diamonds

or Old Guns. Free Appraisals

7600 Oak Ridge Hwy. 865-599-4915

Sporting Goods 22312 GA. S&W shotgun

30" full choke $450. 308 Stelr Rifle Col-lectors $1,500. 357 Dan Wesson 2 bar-rel, 2 sets of grips $900. 865-254-5403

Boats Motors 23217' BOAT. 1999

ALUM. w/75 HP Merc. Excellent condition. 615-210-8208

6HP JOHNSON BOAT MOTOR,

$450. 865-254-5403

Campers 2352000 Forest River

camper, exc cond, FSBO. $8500. Serious buyers only 865-966-0028

SMOKEY SUNRAY Travel Trailer 2007, 30', 1 slide, bunks, qn. bed, $12,000. Call 865-789-1581.

TRAIL MANOR 2720 Queen & sofa bed,

$6200. 865-382-6694

Motorcycles 238HD Sportster 2005,

black, all chrome, custom whls, saddle bags, 3800 mi, $5,000 obo. 865-405-3588

YAMAHA V-Star 2009 650cc, custom blue, only 200 mi, extras $4,500. 865-525-0543

YAMAHA VSTAR 950 2009, 10K mi., never dropped, $4995 obo. Call 865-567-9754.

***Web ID# 961223***

Autos Wanted 253A BETTER CASH

OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running

or not. 865-456-3500

I BUY junk cars and trucks. 865.456.5249

or 865.938.6915

Vans 256HONDA Odyssey

2009, EX-L, 34K mi, ext warr, loaded, gar kept, perfect cond, $25,750. 865-356-6485 or 856-9898

Trucks 257FORD F-150 LARIAT

Super Crew 4x4 2003 4 dr., new tires, red w/saddle leather, loaded + chrome, Line X, 137K mi. $7,200. 865-604-7237

FORD F150 XLT Lar-iat 1990, 76K orig. mi.,

good shape, $4,000 OBO. 865-922-6408

Antiques Classics 260LINCOLN Continental

1964. All Original, numbers match. $3,400. 865-776-6721

MUSTANG CONV., 1964 1/2, completely restored, black with

white top, 865-458-1934 ask for Ben

Plymouth Valiant 1971, 47k act. mi., 318 Fact. eng. Drive anywhere $2450. 865-274-1229.

Sport Utility 261CHEVY HHR SS 2008,

64k hwy mi, great gas mi. Beautiful car. Perf. for around town or commuting. $12,900. 865-216-4225

***Web ID# 960715***

LANDROVER DISCOVERY SII, 1999

one of a kind, full walnut trim, Adv. rack, Warn winch,

ladder, Safari bumper, rear flood,

top lights, lens guards, rock sliders,

snorkel, locking R.E.D., interior cargo

divider, underbody shields & guards,

garage kept, 88K mi. Phone pics avail.

$8,200. Serious only 865-604-7237.

LEXUS RX300 2001, 139k mi, great MPG, lthr, all pwr, 2 WD,

great cond. Gray w/tan lthr, $8995 firm. Call

865-354-4609; 423-534-4275

Imports 262BMW 330i, 2001 white,

auto., beige lthr int, snrf, all pwr, 150K mi $7500. 865-748-0194

***Web ID# 959838***

JAGUAR S-Type 2004, 6 cyl, 92,600 mi,

British racing green, $9,500 obo. 865-386-2211 ***Web ID# 959952***

TOYOTA CAMRY LS, 2004, V6, low mi., garage kept, like new cond. $12,500. 865-376-2915

Sports 264CORVETTE 1986

Pace Car conv. 48K mi., all orig., yellow

w/blk top. Documents, $11,900 obo. 865-755-4729 ***Web ID# 961483***

PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006, great cond. 5 spd., leather, 79k mi, silver w/blk top. $9975 firm. Call 865-354-4609; 423-534-4275

Domestic 265CADILLAC DTS 2007,

nav, chrome, pwr sunrf, all opts., 71K mi.

$16,000. 423-494-4135

Domestic 265FORD FOCUS SES

2009, AT, loaded, 43K mi., $10,750. 865-591-4239; 983-5440

Ford Thunderbird 2002, soft & hard tops, exc. cond. Gar. kept. Asking $16,500. 865-670-4017

Cleanin g 318CLEANING NETWORK

Wkly/ Bi-wkly/ Mo. Good refs! Free est. 258-9199 or 257-7435.

GET YOUR SPRING CLEANING HERE! Cleaning, windows & carpet clng. Homes & offices! Lic'd ins'd & bonded. Est & refs. 363-8207 or 809-8543

Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE instal-

lation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 32 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328

Furniture Refinish. 331DENNY'S FURNITURE

REPAIR. Refinish, re-glue, etc. 45 yrs exp! 922-6529 or 466-4221

Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER

SERVICE. Will clean front & back $20 & up. Quality work, guaran-teed. Call 288-0556.

Lawn Care 339

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ABC LAWN & SEALCOATING

Comml/Res mowing, mulch, hedge-trimming, tree/stump re-moval, gutters

cleaned. 377-3819

Paving 345

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Pressure Washing 350

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Roofing / Siding 352

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I. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll CallII. Approval of AgendaIII. Mayor’s Report A. Arbor Day Poster Contest AwardIV. Citizens ForumV. Approval of Minutes A. March 22, 2012VI. Ordinances A. First Reading 1. Ordinance 12-06, an amendment to the Farragut Municipal Code, Title 14 Land Use Controls, to create minimum building facade requirements 2. Ordinance 12-05, an amendment to the Farragut Municipal Code, Title 5, to add Chapter 3, Business Registration Program 3. Ordinance 12-07, Ordinance to amend Fiscal Year 2012 Budget VII. Business Items A. Report by the Farragut/Knox County Schools Education Relations Committee B.Approval of Contract 2012-11, Cap and Compaction Grouting on Ivy Lake Drive, Farm at Willow Creek C.Approval of FY2012 Mid-Year Committee Appointments to the Economic Development Committee VIII. Town Administrator’s ReportIX. Attorney’s Report

FARRAGUT BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN

A G E N D AApril 12, 2012 • WORKSHOP, 5:00 PM

McFee Park Expansion & Grant Workshop BMA MEETING, 7:00 PM

SHOPPER-NEWS • APRIL 9, 2012 • B-3

NEWS FROM PROVISION HEALTH & WELLNESS

From the desk ofCasey Peer,

Chief Dietitian

April 2012

PROGRAMSDon’t be DENSE:

Trim Calories per Bite to Trim Pounds, April 19, noon-1 p.m.

LiveWELL Life-style Change: Starts April 9, noon to 1:30 p.m. M-W-F.

Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? Six-week book study, Every Tuesday, April 10 thru May 15, noon to 1 p.m.

Hypothyroidism & Weight Manage-ment: April 12, noon to 1 p.m.; April 18, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

The REAL Secret to Weight Loss: April 25, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; April 26, noon to 1 p.m.

Duathlon/Triath-lon Training: Eight-week training, Tues-days, April 10 thru May 29, 5:30-7 p.m. Group setting, use of Spin Bikes & Treadmills; beginner to novice du-athlete/triathlete. Focus on physical condition-ing needed to complete a Sprint to Olympic distance triathlon/du-athlon.

YIN + Flow Yoga Series: Wednesdays, April 11 thru May 16, 6-7:30 p.m. What is YIN + Flow? 1.5 hour class, appropriate for all levels, fusion of YIN (long held poses) with Flow (rhythmic fl ow of postures). YIN targets the connective tissues which involve ligaments and joints that are not normally exercised in more active styles of yoga practice. Flow is a more fl owing group of yoga poses that will build strength as well as fl exibility.

By Mike WiggerEvery day we are inundated

with the “newest and best” health information – new products and foods that guar-antee we will shed the weight and keep it off.

Recent media outlets (New York Times, Good Morning America) have made popular a study claiming weight loss surgery is more effective in reducing and reversing type II diabetes than lifestyle inter-vention. It is information like this that is devastating our society and further fueling the “quick fix” mentality.

Make no mistake, the incidence of diabetes in the United States has tripled in the last 30 years and there is no doubt this is a critical issue facing our society today.

Contradictory to the findings of the study, The NIH (National Institutes of Health), CDC (Centers for Disease Control) and NDEP (National Diabetes Education Program) concluded after 10 years of research that inten-sive lifestyle changes, i.e., losing 5 to 7 percent of weight through increased physical activity and responsible nutri-tion prevented or delayed the onset of type II diabetes by 58 percent in people at high risk for the disease.

The same researchers also showed that metformin, an oral diabetes drug, reduced the onset of type II diabetes by only 31 percent.

Unfortunately, the article from the Times only alludes

to one of many problems with weight loss surgery: a 31 per-cent success rate. This means about 2/3 of patients that un-dergo surgery do not see long term weight loss results. The article mentions, “Patients may lose 100 pounds or even more after the surgery. Most gain some weight back; some gain a lot back.”

Lifestyle intervention has been shown to be effective 58 percent of the time in reduc-ing or reversing the effects of type II diabetes for those at high risk. Compare this to the success rate of medication (31%) and surgery (31%), it is suddenly clear that lifestyle intervention is twice as effec-tive as alternate treatments for such a prevalent and seri-ous disease.

So why then is lifestyle intervention seen as the least popular of treatment for type II diabetes?

Unfortunately, recent media made it seem as though weight loss surgery is the exclu-sive fix for type II diabetes. Type II diabetes is a lifestyle related disease, meaning it is developed over time as a re-sult of physical inactivity and poor nutrition habits (genet-ics also play a role). However, your stomach is not solely responsible for the develop-ment of type II diabetes, your lifestyle is. Why then is it acceptable to “fix” the stom-ach if the stomach isn’t the problem? You wouldn’t put a cast on your ankle if you broke your arm!

Proper nutrition and regular physical activity are still necessary for successful weight management. In order to ensure long term success, we must take a comprehensive approach to our health, not simply rely on surgery as a quick fix. Weight loss surgery can be a viable and necessary treatment in some situations, especially when serious health issues have already developed because of excess weight. Whether or not weight loss surgery is used as treatment for type II diabetes, lifestyle intervention is the only way to guarantee long term success.

Lifestyle change‘Tried and true’ protection

against adult onset diabetes

Casey Peer

The LiveWELL Lifestyle Change Program goes step-by-step through the behav-ior change process in order to develop life-long healthy habits. We teach the facts about nutrition, how to use exercise as medicine and even how to do it all on a budget.

Provision Health & Well-ness wants you to become a healthier, happier person, one step at a time. Join us Thursday, April 12, at 5 p.m. or Friday, April 13, at noon for an informational session to learn more about our LiveWELL Lifestyle Change Program.Mike Wigger, MS, CSCS, is the Exercise Spe-cialist/Wellness Coordinator at Provision Health & Wellness.

NUTRITION CLASSES:The Real Secret to Weight LossDon’t Be DENSE: Trim Calories per Bite to Trim PoundsHypothyroidism and Weight ManagementDiabetes Made SimpleDoes This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? (book study)

For information on these and other classes, please call (865) 232-1414.

1400 Dowell Springs Blvd., Suite 100, Knoxville, TN 37909(865) 232.1414 · livewellknoxville.com

B-4 • APRIL 9, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

NEWS FROM PARKWEST, WEST KNOXVILLE’S HEALTHCARE LEADER • TREATEDWELL.COM • 374-PARK

health & lifestyles

The Hip (and Knee)Place to Be

Parkwest Joint CenterThe Retreat

374-PARK

Once candidate for amputation, Virginia woman now runs

It was early February when Linda Kidman caught the Ginger-bread Man. He’d zipped through her kitchen at breakneck speed, giggling as he taunted her with “Run, run, run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me – I’m the Gin-gerbread Man.”

But before he knew it, Kidman’s 3-year-old grandson had been scooped up into her arms, and the 52-year-old grandmother – once wheelchair-bound and told by doc-tors that she should have her leg amputated – suddenly realized that she was running.

“It hit me so hard that I just stopped and thanked God right there that I could run,” said Kid-man. “I’m running everywhere – through the living room, through the den, the kitchen, the dining room, around in circles, and I’m screaming, ‘I’m running! I’m run-ning!’ ”

For Kidman, whose knee prob-lems had once taken her to the depths of despair, chasing her grandson was nothing less than a miracle performed by God and de-livered by Parkwest Medical Center orthopedic surgeon Dr. Hal E. Cates and Charles Strader, his physician assistant at the Tennessee Orthope-dic Clinic.

“I love them both,” said Kid-man. “They’re both my heroes. They really are, and God is using them for a purpose – to give peo-ple back their lives.”

By the time Kidman met Cates, she had given up all hope for a nor-mal life. Two total knee replace-ments back home in Roanoke, Va., had left her left leg bent at an almost 45-degree angle, she could no longer stand and spent much of her time in a wheelchair. She was taking seven pills a day and was so depressed that she was putting on a lot of weight which aggravated her back problems caused by her bent gait.

When her doctor in Roanoke had recommended amputation or fusing her leg at the knee, she had sought help elsewhere. Unable to get an ap-pointment at the renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, she began searching online and found hope at a prestigious university medical center in yet another state.

Taking her medical records –

1,876 pages – in a box, her hopes were quickly dashed. “The doctor didn’t even read them,” she said of the records. “He looked at me and said, ‘There’s no hope. You can nev-er have surgery on that leg again. You’ve had two total knee replace-ments, and the way that your body makes scar tissue, it will make it worse if we open it up again. Pros-thesis is the route.’ And when he brought out a piece of a prosthetic, I lost it and started to cry. All I could think about was that I could never carry my grandbaby. That killed me in my heart. I was at the end of my rope because I believed he was THE best – there was none better. At that point, I gave up.”

But Kidman’s brother, Ricky Le-gard, hadn’t given up.

Legard, who owns a fi replace supply store in Greeneville, Tenn., had met a customer in his store who had gone through a similar ordeal. That customer, Patsy Denton, was so convinced that her doctor – Dr. Hal Cates in Knoxville – could help that both she and Legard began pressing Kidman to make an ap-pointment.

After numerous calls from her brother and Denton and urging from her husband, Terry, Kidman relented and made the appoint-ment “just to pacify them” but still believing it a waste of time. She pared down her medical records to 481 pages and sent them along with a letter to Cates. “I didn’t tell him in my letter how the other doctors wanted to cut my leg off because I was afraid he would jump to that conclusion and say, ‘Well, they’re right – let’s take it off. There’s noth-ing you can do.’ ”

The 5 1/2-hour trip from her home in Virginia was fi lled with quiet despair. “I went in thinking, ‘Why am I going? I’ve already seen the best and they can’t do anything – there’s no hope. What’s this man going to do?’ ” said Kidman. “Little did I know he was going to turn my world around.

“When he walked in, he shook my hand and looked at me. I swear I looked into his eyes and I KNEW he was going to do something for me,” said Kidman. “He was different from the minute he stretched out his hand. He said, ‘I’ve got all of your notes, and I’ve read your letter and

I’ve read every page.’ And I thought, ‘Oh my God! Is he for real?! He’s read all those pages – all 481?!’ He said, ‘I’m going to have you walking in eight to 10 weeks.’ At that point, I put my trust in that man, completely. When I walked out of there, I had hope, hope that had gone out of my life.”

Upon his initial evalu-ation on April 2, 2008, Cates noted Kidman was

Linda Kidman was deeply depressed when she made

the 5 1/2-hour trip from her home in Roanoke, Va.,

to her fi rst appointment with orthopedic surgeon

Dr. Hal Cates (photo at right) at Parkwest Medical

Center. “I went in thinking, ‘Why am I going? I’ve

already seen the best and they can’t do anything –

there’s no hope. What’s this man going to do?’ Little

did I know he was going to turn my world around,”

she said.

Kidman sent 481

pages of medical

records to Cates

in advance of her

appointment –

and was shocked

when she learned

he’d read them all.

“extremely debilitated” and had suf-fered “almost every complication possible” after her fi rst total knee replacement, including a condition known as heterotopic ossifi cation – or abnormal bone growth in soft tissues – inside the knee.

“When I fi rst saw her, she had es-sentially only 30 degrees of range of motion, and a stiff and painful knee that required her to limp,” said Cates. “She used her hands getting out of a low chair. Her prior surger-ies included a fi rst time total knee replacement, followed by manipu-lation, then an arthroscopic scar re-moval and manipulation, followed by a formal revision of the knee, followed by yet another manipula-tion on two occasions – she’d had six knee operations and a complex revision knee implant when I fi rst saw her.”

Despite the higher than usual risks, he was confi dent he could improve her condition. “I have seen cases similar to this that turned out well, and I was excited about trying to help her get her life back,” he said.

Doing so, however, would require a lot of pre-operative planning, and the ossifi cation, which recurs with each surgery, must fi rst run its course over 12 to 18 months before any intervention. To minimize the risk of recurrence, Cates ordered radiation therapy on her knee.

“He had me go to the cancer

center and I thought, ‘I don’t have cancer!’ but he did radiation on my knee,” Kidman recalled. “I don’t really understand it, but he said he had a window of time. He said, ‘When the time is right, we’ll do the surgery.’ And I would come down and be tested and stuff, and then one day, he looked at my knee and said, ‘Now is the time.’ ”

On Oct. 21, 2008, Kidman was rolled into surgery. “It was com-pletely different at this hospital,” said Kidman. “They put blankets on my body to warm my blood before he opened me up. He was with me all the time, explaining and telling me everything, reassuring every-thing for me.”

The surgery was pretty much un-eventful, although scar tissue from the previous surgeries had so en-capsulated the entire knee area that the main ligaments had to be cut. “They had to come into my room to do therapy, because I couldn’t walk to them,” said Kidman. “I asked, ‘Is this going to put me behind? Am I going to walk?’ They said, ‘You’ll walk.’ ”

“The service we got at this hos-pital, the kindness that everybody showed, from the person who took my blood samples to the nurses to the doctors to the people cleaning in my room, I’ve never had such treatment,” she said. “Even the food was good! That’s saying a lot, but I

have bragged so much to everybody about Parkwest and how different it was.”

Just as Cates had promised, Kid-man was walking within 10 weeks – not big steps, but enough to get her on the road. She returned home to Virginia and began rehabilitation therapy, returning to Cates periodi-cally for follow-ups and to track her progress. Whenever she returned, she would always bring another family member with her. “They all wanted to come and meet this great healer that I was always talking about,” Kidman said.

While her revised knee has done well, her right knee has developed arthritis, requiring Kidman to re-turn to Cates every three months for a steroid shot and evaluation. The shots, he told her, should help until she has a necessary total knee replacement in her right leg.

“If it gets to the point that it’s bothering me really bad, he said he would go in and take care of it for me,” said Kidman. “I can deal with a little clicking every once in awhile to be able to walk, but I’m not going to have another knee replacement until I can’t stand it any longer.

When that time comes, I will come to Dr. Cates.”

“Now they tell me that I can’t have another knee replacement on the left leg – three’s all you can have but they only last 10 to 15 years,” Kidman added. “So I don’t know what the fu-ture holds, but Dr. Cates reassured me. He said, ‘Think about medical tech-nology and how far we’ve come from year to year. By the time you need that, there’ll be something else.’ And he said, ‘I’ll take care

of you.’ That was what I needed to hear. I haven’t worried about it again because I know whenever it is, he’ll take care of me. I don’t care if he was 1,000 miles away; I’d fl y to see him wherever he is.”

With that assurance and the ability to walk again, she has shed 91 pounds, dropping from a size 22 dress to a size 12. The collection of knee braces, cane, walker, electric scooter and wheelchair that were all once part of her life are now in the garage.

“Dr. Cates changed my life. He gave me my life back,” Kidman said. “He gave us all my life back. I see a future now and I am enjoying life like never before. I am standing by my husband’s side, I can go shop-ping with my daughters and I can play ball, and take walks and RUN with my grandsons and chase them. I can pick them up and carry them to bed.”

It’s been 18 months since she last saw Cates. But when she caught the Gingerbread Man in her kitchen, she fully realized just how far the doctor had brought her. “ ‘Thank you’ is not enough,” she said. “When the world – and I – was giving up on me, God picked me up and handed me to Dr. Cates.”

For more information, visit www.TreatedWell.com or call 865.374.PARK for more about Parkwest Joint Center – The Retreat.