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VOL. 6 NO. 10 A great community newspaper March 5, 2012
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Coff ee Break A2Sherri Gardner Howell A3Government/Politics A4Town of Farragut A5Jake Mabe’s feature A6Faith A7Schools A9-10Community Calendar A11Business A12Health/Lifestyles Sect B
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By Suzanne Foree NealAn institution in Farragut has closed its
doors and shut off the gas pumps. The Mr. Zip Phillips 66 station No. 542 at the corner of Kingston Pike and Campbell Station Road has been a landmark in the town since at least 1970.
Jody Townes, district manager for Mr. Zip, said closing the station was not a “snap deci-sion.” The company is aware of the iconic status of the station in Farragut, but he says a decision had to be made. “It was part economy, part big-box stores that got into the gas business,” he says about the station’s closure. “It just wasn’t suffi -cient to remain open. The station has been in declining sales since Kroger reopened with gas and Ingles put in gas.”
The station was opened as a Conoco-Phillips property, but a call to corporate offi ces to fi nd the opening date was a lost cause. The station has been around longer than the switch from paper to computer records in 1989. A corpo-rate customer service representative tried, but couldn’t fi nd any information except for the six-digit station number.
J.A. and Barbara Beeler moved from Knox-
ville to Farragut in 1966 and say they don’t be-lieve the station was there then, but ever since it opened, that’s where they bought their gas for their vehicles as well as farm equipment. “It just closed overnight,” Barbara Beeler said. “It was open one day and closed the next. Talk about surprise! My husband said he just got gas there. I thought we were going to have to take him there and show him it was closed.”
There was a time when it was just about the only gas station in town. In fact, there wasn’t much else around it except for a couple of nearby strip shopping centers. If you were giving some-one directions, you had as references the A&P at Lovell Road, Farragut Cleaners on one side of the Pike and the Farragut schools on the other at Concord Road and the 66 station at Campbell Station Road.
One of the station’s biggest customers caught as much off guard as everyone else by the clos-ing is the town of Farragut. Bud McKelvey, public works director, says the town’s gasoline budget for the year is nearly $50,000. Employ-ees had Phillips 66 gas cards to fi ll the tanks of everything from cars and trucks to lawn mow-
Tough times …take out landmark business
No, the gas isn’t free; it’s just gone. The Mr. Zip
Phillips 66 station at the corner of Kingston Pike
and Campbell Station Road in Farragut ceased
operations recently without notice. That caught
many customers and even Farragut offi cials by
surprise.
Gas is no longer fl owing out of the pumps at the Mr. Zip Phillips 66 station at the corner of Kingston
Pike and Campbell Station Road. The station is almost an institution at that corner in Farragut, dating
back to at least 1970. Declining sales were given for the closure and sale of the property. Photo by S.F. Neal
ers and weed cutters. He says they’re talking to a couple of gas companies to get cards that can be used in several locations. “I started working in ’87 for the town and that’s where we’ve bought fuel for town vehicles ever since,” he said.
Linda Ford is a Farragut native and was shocked to hear that the station had closed. “That has been there for so long,” she says. “I can’t remember when it wasn’t there.” Upon hearing that big-box store competition contrib-uted to the decision to close, she says, “That’s what happens; big boxes take over the little box-es. That’s sad.”
By Suzanne Foree NealOnce upon a time, there was
a brick sign announcing that the building down the hill was Far-ragut Primary School. There was attractive landscaping and a light pole. Then those three items dis-appeared until they showed up on a “wish list” of things the school needed when asked by the Far-ragut/Knox County Schools Joint Education Relations Committee.
Committee chair Mark Little-ton was a little perplexed by the request and turned detective. Since the Tennessee Department of Transportation had removed those items as part of the Camp-bell Station Road improvement project, why hadn’t they been re-placed? TDOT would have had to pay someone for them, he thought.
When TDOT widened that sec-
tion of Campbell Station Road in front of the school, the brick sign, landscaping and a light pole were in the way of progress. The extra easement was needed for a work area and erosion controls outside of the proposed right-of-way line. All parties involved agreed to a fi -nal court order setting the value of the lost property.
Littleton found that indeed TDOT had paid for those items, but it was unclear exactly where the funds were now, and why those items hadn’t been replaced. A call to Chris Caldwell, account-ing and budget director with Knox County government, resulted in records that showed a TDOT check deposited with the Clerk of Knox County Circuit Court in the amount of $37,625 on June 19, 2009. The funds were deposited
into the Knox County Depository Account for Knox County Schools. That seems to be where they have been lingering during the con-struction project and beyond.
According to Chelsey Riemann, public relations coordinator for Farragut, the project was fi nished in late November of 2010 and marked by the town with a rib-bon-cutting ceremony. It’s been about 15 months since that road project was completed, but still no sign, landscaping and light pole. The fact that Littleton tracked the money to the school system was news to principal Julia Craze, who had heard nothing about those items being replaced.
Melissa Copelan, Knox County Schools spokesperson, says, “We do have those funds. While we do not have an estimated completion date,
we are working through that processcurrently with our fi nance, mainte-nance and facilities departments.”
“I’m happy it’s resolved and that it’s in process,” says Craze.“I’ve had nothing to identify myschool for three years. I’m pleasedwe’ve got the ball rolling and thosethings will be done.”
Craze wishes the school system could give her a timeline, but alsounderstands the amount of moneymay require that bids be let for thework. While she would love to seeeverything back in place by theend of this school year, she thinksit’s more likely the work will bedone over summer break.
“Those will come off my wish list,” she says. “They have been a high pri-ority for me for safety reasons andalso for the community to know thatthis was the school building.”
Principal’s wishes fulfi lled by TDOT funds
Concert for Channon, Chris
Southbound Band will play a benefi t concert in memory of Chris Newsom and Channon Christian on Friday, March 9, at The Shed at Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson in Maryville. Cost is $10 per person and all proceeds go to the Channon and Chris Memorial Fund, which benefi ts the Newsom and Christian families. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert is from 8-10.
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New York and back, driv-ing, in 50 hours? That was no problem for Jake Mabe and his buddy Matt Shelton, who pulled off a whirlwind trip to Manhattan to see William Shatner on Broadway.
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Coff ee break Of course, you have to ask:
Do you play?“No musi-
cal ability at all,” says Greg Scribner, man-ager of the American Pi-ano Gallery in Turkey Creek. “What I do have is experi-
ence in business management and sales, an appreciation for the science and art that goes into making Steinway pianos, and a product that pretty much sells itself.”
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A-2 • MARCH 5, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS
with Greg ScribnerManager, American Piano GalleryOf course, you have to ask: Do you play?“No musical ability at all,” says Greg Scribner, manag-
er of the American Piano Gallery in Turkey Creek. “What I do have is experience in business management and sales, an appreciation for the science and art that goes into making Steinway pianos, and a product that pretty much sells itself.”
Greg has been at the store that specializes in Steinway pianos since it opened more than three years ago. One of his fi rst training exercises was a visit to the Steinway fac-tory in Queens, N.Y.
“That trip enlightened me not only to the craftsman-ship, history and expertise that goes into making every Steinway, but on what playing the piano does for a per-son,” says Greg. “The Steinway is the Rolls Royce of pia-nos – and that is not something I have to say, because other people say it for me. When you go to the factory, you see that Steinways are made by hand with more than 250 craftsmen touching each piano during the process. No two are alike.”
For the student, “playing the piano makes kids smart-er,” says Greg. “As adults, it helps delay dementia and arthritis. Playing the piano bridges both lobes of your brain.”
Although rich in tradition, the company isn’t mired in the past. “We now have what are called recording strips. You put it under the keyboard, and it turns your acoustic piano into a digital instrument and connects to your personal comput-er. It also opens the door to distance learning.”
Greg and wife Debbie have three children and live in West Knoxville. He has been in Knoxville since 2000.
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What are you guilty of?“Having a paper clutter issue.”
What is your favorite material possession?“My wedding ring.”
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What was your most embarrassing moment?“When I was in the 8th grade, I put a perm in my
hair.”
What are the top three things on your bucket list?“1. Walk my two daughters down the aisle on their
wedding day. 2. Visit Holland. 3. Drive a race car.”
What is one word others often use to describe you and why?
“Most people say I’m hyper because I’m always on the move and ready to go.”
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
“Being more tolerant of people who evidently don’t know how to drive.”
What is your passion?“Serving God and my family.”
With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have
a long lunch?“I would like to sit down for lunch with
my father. He passed away in February of last year.”
Other than your parents, who has had the biggest infl uence on your life and why?
“My wrestling coaches in junior and senior high school had a big infl uence on my life. It takes a lot of self-discipline to play a sport that involves just you and one opponent. Wrestling and my coaches taught me to be self-driven, responsible and very disciplined.”
I still can’t quite get the hang of … “Typing on the computer keyboard with-
out looking at the letters.”
What is the best present you ever received in a box?
“A watch my father gave me.”
What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?
“She told me that if I ever smoked, she would whip my behind. I didn’t like having my behind whipped, so I never smoked.”
What is your social media of choice?“Facebook.”
What is the worst job you have ever had?“I am happy to say I have never had a bad
job. I have only had a couple of jobs and all have given me great experiences.”
What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?
“I loved ‘The Jetsons.’ It taught me to dream and open my mind to new things when I was a kid.”
What irritates you?“People who don’t know how to drive.”
What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?“The Farragut Folklife Museum. It really has a lot of
great information about this area.”
If you could go back in time, what advice would you give yourself at 18?
“I was 18 in 1983, so I would tell myself to buy stock in a company called Cisco. A $25,000 investment then would have netted $2.5 million today.”
What is your greatest fear?“Gas prices going over $5 a gallon.”
If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be?“I would get my girls and my wife and take off on a
weeklong vacation without knowing where we were go-ing. Let the adventure begin. …”
It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, father, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Farragut Shopper-News readers. Email sugges-tions to Sherri Gardner Howell, [email protected]. Include contact info if you can.
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p.m. each fi rst Tuesday at Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N.
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■ Farragut Lions Club meets 6:30 p.m. each second and
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■ West Knox Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each fi rst and third
Monday at Shoney’s on Lovell Road.
History and heritage, both personal and shared, were cause for celebration at the Farragut Folklife Museum on Feb. 26, as the community gathered to cel-ebrate Black History Month.
Posing in front of one of the exhibits for Black History Month are: Cierra Berry, Martina Felton,
Cynthia Berry, Philandra Dorsett and Joshalyn Hundley. Photos by Theresa EdwardsWith a theme of “Build-
ing the Future with Respect to the Past,” the celebration included displays on family and community history of African-Americans in the Knoxville area, speakers, refreshments and music.
WATE-TV Channel 6 an-chor Tearsa Smith was the master of ceremonies. Key-note speaker was Dr. Hor-ace A. Judson, president of Knoxville College. Robert Booker, a Knoxville histo-rian, presented a video on black heritage in Knoxville.
Music was a special treat with pianist Patricia Du-laney and renowned Knox-ville saxophonist Lance Ow-ens entertaining.
The displays, many which highlighted local families, were informative and sparked conversations and memories for those attending.
Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill got the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Speaker Series off to a good start Feb. 28 at Fox Den Country Club.
“I am happy to report
that the town is doing very well,” Mayor McGill told the Chamber members and guests, adding that business forecasts are improved. In addition, the mayor talked briefl y about improvements to the Farragut parks. “We are entering a new phase for McFee Park, which will be our biggest park when com-pleted,” said McGill.
Knox County law direc-tor Joe Jarret delivered the breakfast address, both en-tertaining and informing guests on the ins-and-outs of employment law and re-solving workplace confl icts. His stories of legal oddi-ties brought laughter, and he also offered tips on how businesses can survive in a litigious society.
Coming up for the chamber is the 25th anniversary cel-ebration “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” For information, visit www.farragutchamber.com or call the chamber at 675-7057.
Getting an early start on the day at the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce Speaker Series Breakfast at Fox Den Country
Club are members of Rural/Metro: Jerry Harnish, fi re chief; Dennis Rowe, EMS director; Dan Johnson, Fire Marshall; Rick Herrell,
Battalion Chief; Chamber president Bettye Sisco; Gene Blaylock, chief of fi re operations; and Colin Cumesty, fi re inspector. Photo by Sherri Gardner Howell
Jack Bondurant, a member of the Farragut Folklife Museum
Advisory Committee, welcomes Tearsa Smith, a WATE-TV
Channel 6 anchor, who served as master of ceremonies for the
Black History Month celebration at Farragut Town Hall.
Pauline Bacon enjoys both the cake and Pat Dulaney’s music
at the Farragut Folklife Museum’s celebration of Black History
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History and heritage
A-4 • MARCH 5, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS governmentLooking and sounding
presidential, Rick Santo-rum brought his message of limited government and freedom to Powell’s Temple Baptist Church last Wednesday.
“We’re heading to Super Tuesday with the wind to our back,” he said, citing the previous day’s Michigan Primary where he matched Mitt Romney for delegates, each with 15. “We were out-spent 6 to 1, maybe 10 to 1, in his home state and yet we ran dead even.”
Santorum introduced his daugh-ter, Eliza-beth, and mentioned his Knox-ville ties. His brother married the d a u g h t e r of the late e d u c a t o r s
Sarah and James “Doc” Simpson.
Echoing his remarks
from Michigan, Santorum said the U.S. Constitution is the country’s operations manual, “the how,” while the Declaration of Inde-pendence is the soul, “the why.”
He stood easily in the Baptist pulpit with fl ags on both sides and a choir behind. “This country is a moral enterprise. … The right to life is fundamen-tal. Without life the other rights don’t much matter. The right to liberty is bigger than property rights. And the pursuit of happiness does not mean to do what-ever makes you feel good. It means doing what you ought to do.
“This is our American
creed. We are a people that are called to something greater than ourselves.”
Santorum called the GOP philosophy “ground up” and the Democratic philosophy “top down.”
Settlers came to America to escape oppressive gov-ernment, he said. “Now the yoke of government is weighing heavily on the people of this country.
“This race must be about big things – about who we are at our core. America is an ideal, an ideal that changed the world, an ideal that believes, ‘yes, you can!’ Central to that ideal is lib-erty.”
Specifi cally, Santorum said he would repeal Obam-acare in January 2013. He would authorize construc-tion of the Keystone Pipe-line on Day One. He would balance the budget in fi ve years, without cutting de-fense spending.
In 1958, the year he was born, Santorum said de-
fense spending was 60 per-cent of the federal budget, while now it’s 17 percent. Also that year, entitlements were less than 10 percent of the budget. Now they are 60 percent. “And with Obam-acare that will grow to 70 percent.
“This is the most impor-tant election of your life-time. … There is no reason to lose hope in America. We just need to believe in our-selves.”
Santorum was mobbed by students and guests. He posed for pictures which he urged people to post on Facebook.
There were few elected offi cials present, although I did spot R. Larry Smith. Our governor and two U.S. senators are support-ing Romney. But when the dust settles tomorrow, Rick Santorum will have taken Tennessee. You had only to hear him talk in Powell last Wednesday to understand why.
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Williams forecasts Obama victory
Back when writer/commentator Don Williams was invited to speak to the 6th District Democrats about why Barack Obama should be re-elected, it was a chal-lenging topic. The slight signs of economic recov-ery hadn’t been enough to boost Obama’s sagging approval ratings, and top Republican challenger Mitt Romney was running ahead of him in most any poll out there.
That was January.By the time his Feb. 28 speaking date rolled around,
Romney had stumbled and the case for Obama’s re-elec-tion was a far easier sell.
“Just to get to the short answer, if you look at it as a contest, it’s got to be a resounding yes. He should easily win re-election. First of all, the guy’s a rock star. People
say that as a criticism, but he’s likable, much in the same way as Reagan was likeable. He’s a charmer. When you see him sink a 3-point basketball shot on a dare, or hear him sing Al Greene’s ‘Let’s stay togeth-er,’ which instantly became a ringtone … the guy’s got chops,” Williams told some 20 Democrats at the Karns Middle School library.
“Even though I have some problems with the way it was executed (Wil-
liams wishes Obama had taken less of a “top-down,” banks-fi rst approach to the mortgage crisis and done more to help struggling homeowners escape foreclosure), you’ve got to give him some credit for preventing a great depression. Can you imagine 30 percent unemployment?”
“Then there’s Obamacare – they’re going to be sorry they (nicknamed it) that,” he said. “I have a grown son who has insurance now because of Obamacare. In the end, he’ll be glad they named it for him.”
He ticked off a list of daring foreign policy accomplish-ments: the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden; lead-ing from behind in the liberation of Libya; ordering the rescue of Americans captured by pirates; and bringing an end to two wars.
He cited Obama’s speechifying ability, his “nearly spot-less” adult reputation, his attractive family, his civility in the face of opponents who have challenged his religion and his citizenship and called him everything from a Marxist to the son of a Kenyan witchdoctor.
“He doesn’t stray into dangerous waters through igno-rance. He makes decisions for the long game, and when he errs, he errs on the side of decency and dignity. … He has turned the other cheek again and again – to a fault some of us thought. But in the long run, it stood him in good stead.”
Williams points to another reason why the president will be re-elected:
“Obama has been blessed by his opponents. Could there be a more embarrassing lot?”
Finally, Williams ended by warning the gathered Democrats that as good as Obama’s prospects are now, they could still be upended by a “black swan” event – like Sept. 11, 2001 – that comes out of nowhere and instanta-neously rearranges the political landscape.
Santorum speaks language of East Tennessee
Who would buy the Hall of Fame?It is hard to imagine
who would want to buy the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame which Knox County wants to sell. In fact, the organization which oper-ates the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame could decide to relocate out of Knoxville.
It is a board composed primarily of persons who do not have ties to this area. Whether they own and could move the contents of the building with them is unclear.
It presents a tough issue for County Mayor Tim Bur-chett and County Commis-sion which rightly see no reason to be the landowner of this building which, un-fortunately, attracts few vis-itors. While Gloria Ray sug-gested KTSC should buy it, one has to wonder for what purpose? Who would pay its maintenance costs?
If the Hall of Fame moves, what does Knox County do with this building with the basketball on top?
City Council attor-ney Rob Frost is starting out at $10,500 less than city Law Director Charles Swanson made when he was council attorney. Vice
Mayor Nick Pavlis deter-mined a new person should start out at a lesser pay than his predecessor made after 26 years – a wise decision. Expect Frost’s performance to merit a pay increase over the years.
Jon Roach, a former city law director and husband of KUB CEO Mintha Roach, is Knoxville’s largest con-tributor to Barack Obama at $2,000, with $1,000 given June 15, 2011, and the sec-ond installment given Dec. 30, 2011. Both Roaches are strong Democrats.
No one in Knoxville has given the president the full $2,500 permitted under federal law. It is still likely Obama will win the city of Knoxville in November while losing Knox County by a sizeable margin.
Jeff Hagood, Knoxville attorney and close friend of Chattanooga Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, says House
Majority Leader Eric Can-tor will host a fundraiser for Fleischmann on April 20 in Knoxville.
House Speaker John Boehner has already ap-peared for Fleischmann in Chattanooga. Fleischmann faces a primary challenge from Weston Wamp, son of former Rep. Zach Wamp. The GOP primary winner is a clear favorite to win in November. The top two House Republicans backing Fleischmann is a clear, un-mistakable signal the House leadership is not anxious to have another Wamp return to Congress.
Dennis Francis, Knox-ville attorney and promi-nent Democrat, serves on Knox County Election Com-mission but is the only cur-rent member of either party not to have his photo on the Election Commission web-site.
Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corpora-tion has several seats to fi ll after the Gloria Ray deba-cle. Former city Law Direc-tor Michael Kelley chairs the KTSC nominating com-mittee to seek new mem-bers. Interested persons
can email him at [email protected]/. It is not clear what standards or criteria will be employed in seek-ing new members. How-ever, it should be persons who ask questions and take their fi duciary responsibil-ity seriously. The remain-ing KTSC members seem to recognize they have to re-establish public trust plus work closely with the two mayors.
Early voting for the March 6 primary is 15,552 countywide which suggests total voting may not exceed 40,000 – a very light turn-out. Heaviest voting was at Downtown West (4,288 votes) and the smallest vote was at Love Kitchen (155 votes).
As people realize that Randy Nichols really is re-tiring as district attorney general in 2014, expect Re-publicans to make an effort to take back the DA’s of-fi ce. It is an eight-year term and therefore attractive to many. Nichols has been a likeable DA who has on oc-casion endorsed Republi-cans, such as Bill Gibbons (a fellow DA) for governor in 2010.
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Santorum
Rick Santorum brought along his daughter, Eliza-beth, to his talk at Temple Baptist Church in Powell where women are discouraged/forbidden from wearing slacks. Elizabeth, wearing slacks, sat behind her dad. When we noted it might well be the fi rst time a woman wearing slacks had been near the Temple pulpit, a friend observed, “or a Catholic.”
Mitt Romney did not come to the Public Market at Turkey Creek last Friday, and he never intended to. Yet the event’s publicity fooled two members of the Shopper news team who are trained to discern such things. Sorry, Bill Haslam, but we didn’t hold the presses during a tor-nado watch to get a shot of you talking about Romney.
GOSSIP AND LIES Tim Burchett pleaded a previous commitment to avoid introducing Rick Santorum at Temple and then met with the former senator on his plane. That picture was leaked to a right-wing blog where (hopefully) the large contributors that Burchett doesn’t want to offend would not notice.
We talked to Burchett about a persistent rumor in the 8th District that Carter Elementary School will be stopped if a certain candidate is elected to the school board. “Absolutely not true,” said Burchett. “I just talked to the builders Monday and we’re on schedule.”
Occupy Nashville protesters are getting a bit snarky about efforts by Gov. Bill Haslam and the Republican-controlled Legislature to outlaw them on public property. In a fi esty email, Occupy Nashville said if banned from the Legislative Plaza they would occupy the State Capitol,
reclaim foreclosed homes and occupy the restrooms of all Pilot Travel Centers.
KCEA has endorsed two school board candidates: Gina Oster in District 3 and the unopposed Indya Kincannon in District 2. Some candidates didn’t even meet with the group’s political action committee, leading one member to say: “Usually they wait until after they’re elected to disrespect us.”
Rep. Harry Brooks has set a series of public meet-ings. I may drop by to discuss his bill to prevent delivery of free newspapers. What a slam. ...
... Meetings are on Saturdays: March 10 at 10 a.m. at Tennessee School for the Deaf and 2 p.m. at Carter Com-munity Library; March 17 at 10 a.m. at Corryton Senior Center and 2 p.m. at Powell Branch Library.
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Good Samaritan holds electionThe Good Samaritan of Loudon County recently held its annual election. Pictured are: Donnie
Wells, manager of WalMart in Lenoir City and new appointment; Susan Fox, director of Family
Resource Center for Lenoir City and incoming president; and Ron Jordan, business administra-
tor of First Baptist Church in Lenoir City and new appointment. Not pictured is John Evans,
president of American Trust Bank and departing president of Good Samaritan. Photo submitted
One can only hope that by the time the Dog-wood Arts Festival ar-rives there are still some blooms left to see. This crazy winter weather we’ve been having may have the f lowery event bursting forth way too early. Oh, well, at least the art works won’t fade like the dogwood and azalea blooms.
Farragut is looking for artists and even a few strolling musicians to take part in the second Farragut Art in the Park.
The event is keyed to the annual Dogwood Arts Festival. Two days of painting on location are included followed by a gallery reception and sale. Strolling musicians will be a new addition.
Painting dates are Sat-
urday and Sunday, April 21 and 22, with check-in on Friday, April 20. The reception and sale is the following Friday, April 27. Red Line Gallery in Farragut will be the host for the reception. This is a juried event with best of show, fi rst and second place awards for paintings receiving cash prizes.
Application deadline is Monday, March 12, at 5 p.m. For complete de-tails, visit www.farragutbusiness.com, or call 966-7057.
Utility checking off Farragut-area projectsBy Suzanne Foree NealFirst Utility District con-
tinues to make progress on two major projects with Far-ragut connections. Work by Cannon & Cannon Inc. is 65 percent complete on the Knox County portion of the Outlet Drive extension for water and sanitary sewer relocations.
Design work and easement documents are completed and acquisitions have begun on the Old Stage Road/Watt Road water and sewer utili-ties relocation and extension. The project is expected to be bid in 30 to 45 days.
The FUD board approved a professional services con-tract with Robert G. Camp-bell and Associates LP to develop a water and sewer relocation design plan for an Everett Road subdivi-sion in Farragut. Farragut offi cials expect improve-ments to Everett Road will be made so FUD staff is recommending that engi-neering plans for utilities be designed and ready to go so there is no delay once de-velopment begins. FUD will need to install 4,400 feet
of line up to the developer’s property line.
Budget expenditures for January were estimated at $2,153,922 but one-time insurance payments bumped that amount up to $2,178,019.24. While col-lections were up in Janu-ary, water usage was down. Plenty of rain this winter has cut the need to water landscaping.
The board approved a resolution of condemnation submitted by Robert Bur-nett involving a dispute over property easement with An-drew and Leigh Cheung, 9912 Westland Drive, to replace and relocate a water line. Easement is needed for the Ten Mile Force Main project. If agreement can’t be reached with the homeowners, the utility will begin condemna-tion action. “They just don’t want us there,” Burnett told the board. “They want us to go someplace else but we can’t.” He said neighbors are “on board” with the needed ease-ments, but the Cheungs want $85,000. Burnett said that fi gure was “unreasonable.”
Also approved was a fed-eral tax compliance policy needed to receive tax-exemp-tions on debt obligations. The rules cover the investment of the proceeds, proper expen-diture of the bond proceeds and record keeping. IRS rules require the utility to account for funds separately as they are spent. Funds can only be spent for capital im-provements. Records will be retained for the life of the tax-exempt obligations plus any refunding bonds plus three years. Now the utility has to fi nd storage space for all that paper.
The board also:Approved the sale of surplus
equipment via sealed bid at a public
sale to be announced.
Approved Regions Bank to trans-
fer 2012 bond proceeds into CDs at
CapStar Bank, an approved invest-
ment for utility districts by the state of
Tennessee collateral pool.
Approved a continuing disclosure
policy. The utility is required to report
any fi nancial diffi culties to the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission within
15 days, but has never had to do so.
Approved an agreement for gen-
eral consulting services for 2012 water
system improvements with Jordan,
Jones and Goulding Inc.
The board’s next meeting will be 2
p.m. Thursday, March 29, at FUD’s offi ce.
Support for Women’s FundPatti Smith, Dr. Catherine Gil-
reath and Phyllis Duggan fol-
lowing a lunch last Thursday
at which journalist Lisa Ling
spoke. The Women’s Fund of
East Tennessee is adminis-
tered by the East Tennessee
Foundation. Photo by S. Clark
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‘Shatner’s World’ comes alive!
Knoxville to New York and back, driving, 1,400 miles in 50 hours.
No big deal, right? It’s our chance to see William Shatner. William Shatner. Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the Starship En-terprise. Or, if you prefer, Denny Crane. Or, if you’re under 20, the Priceline.com guy.
Car loaded up, a buddy and I leave Knox Vegas at 5 p.m. (My wife wanted no part of this quix-otic quest.) Billy Joel blaring on the iPod, we were ready.
Some folks like to get away; take a holiday from the neighborhood …
Virginia. Forever. Then Mary-land. Then Pennsylvania.
I waved the white fl ag just across the New Jersey line. Rest stop.
We were eating breakfast at Junior’s in Midtown Manhattan by 7 a.m. The server’s name was Cheryl and the eggs were awe-some. (And scrambled.)
The room at The Milford wasn’t ready. So, I grabbed a Daily News and snickered at Snooki being banned in Newark. Then I grabbed a nap before the matinee.
“Shatner’s World (We Just Live in It)” is one hour and 40
William Shatner in his iconic role of Capt. James T. Kirk on “Star Trek.” File photo
The marquee at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway in Manhattan announces William Shatner’s one-man show, “Shatner’s World.” Photo by Jake Mabe
minutes of pure ego. And I mean that in the best sense of the word.
Let’s face it: Shatner’s sense of himself is part of his charm. It worked as Kirk. It worked even better as Denny Crane.
The show was charming, cute, poignant, perfect. He told us about his big break, on the Shakespearean stage in his na-tive Montreal, stepping in to play “Henry V” for an ill Christopher Plummer.
He hammed it up on Broad-way 50 years ago in “The World of Suzie Wong” and saved the sinking ship. He lit up live TV, including the infamous night when Lon Chaney Jr. blinked in front of the never-blinking cam-eras and started spouting stage directions. He saw that thing on the wing in “The Twilight Zone.”
And, then, NBC rejected Jeffrey Hunter as the captain of the En-terprise. Shatner got the nod and trekked his way into immortality.
But don’t get the idea “Shat-ner’s World” is a Trekkie tour de force. It’s the story of a life, of a little boy growing up in Montreal who used to skip school for the
burlesque shows and knew he wanted to act.
It’s about an equestrian, an actor, a linguist in love with allit-eration so much he even record-ed Elton John’s “Rocket Man” as a spoken-word album. Look it up. It’s a classic.
Shatner says the secret to his success is that he said “yes.” When Chris Plummer was sick, he said yes. When “Star Trek” needed a captain, he said yes. When David E. Kelley needed Denny Crane, he said yes.
“Saying ‘yes’ means risk,” Shatner says. But with risk comes reward.
After the show we ate Italian on Restaurant Row and watched the snow and skaters at Rock-efeller Center. Sunday morning we were up by 7 and gone by 8. I managed to grab a Times and a Daily News on the way to the car.
It was the trip of a lifetime and it was gone in a f lash and when I crossed into Tennessee I was still humming a nocturne for the blues in a New York state of mind. Visit Jake Mabe online at jakemabe.blogspot.com.
SHOPPER-NEWS • MARCH 5, 2012 • A-7
CONDOLENCESOur community recently
lost these contributors:Donald Lee Brewer,
55, gradu-ated from UT and was a four-year l e t t e r m a n on the ten-nis team. His career was in com-mercial real estate and
he founded Realty Invest-ment Services. He leaves his wife of 32 years, Andrea Gosselin Brewer.
Carl Wesley “Wes” Clarke, 71, served in the U.S. Navy and worked for 25 years as a pilot for TWA. He later owned a computer software business until he retired to Tellico Village in 2001. He is survived by his wife, Barbara.
Esther Angela Flan-ders, 90, was a member of Concord United Methodist Church since 1959. She was preceded in death by hus-band Irving C. Flanders.
James Edward “Jim” Hitchcock, 74, was of the Baptist faith. An electrical engineer, he held several in-novative patents. During his career he worked for Chrys-ler Aerospace, RCA Televi-sion, Magnavox Electronics and retired from Philips Electronics. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Bet-ty B. Hitchcock, children and their families.
Donald Leroy “Don” Lyles, 81, was an Army vet-
eran and former owner of Lyles Grocery.
Virgil Mathews Jr., 66, of Loudon, is survived by his wife, Betty. A celebra-tion of life was held Feb. 19 at the Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel.
Jeannine Jarrett Mitchell, 72, graduated from UT and was married to Dr. Wayne Mitchell, a career Army dentist.
Lester Earl Owenby, 86, was a WW II Navy vet-eran who was preceded in death by his wife, Wanda.
Dr. Wilson Watkins Powers, 87, practiced in-
ternal med-icine for 50 years in-cluding ser-vice in the U.S. Navy. He leaves his wife, Rita.
Marian E. Rich-
ards, 94, was a U.S. Armynurse in WW II where she met and married Robert Richards. She leaves two daughters and their families.
Michael G. “Mike” Swaggerty, 61, formerly of Knoxville, was a member of Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, and creator/pro-ducer of the radio program “All Mixed Up” at WCBE in Columbus, Ohio.
Doris Jean Scott Walker, 87, a member ofConcord United Methodist Church, was preceded in death by her husband, Wal-lace Walker Sr.Notices compiled by S. Clark
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As an investor, what are your goals? You can probably think of quite a few – but over the course of your lifetime, your objectives typically will fall into fi ve key cat-egories. And once you’re familiar with these areas, you can start thinking of what they’ll mean to you in terms of your fi nancial and investment strategies.
So, let’s take a look at each of these areas and
see what they might entail for you: ■ Preparing for retirement – With
advances in health care and a greater awareness of healthy living practices, many of us can expect to live two or three decades in an active retirement. To pay for all those years, you’ll need to save and invest early and often. So, while you’re working, take full advantage of your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan, as well as contribute to a traditional or Roth IRA. After under-standing your desired retirement life-style, your fi nancial advisor can help you determine how, and how much, to save to provide for your income in retirement.
■ Planning for the unexpected – You can’t see into the future, so you’ll need to prepare for anything that comes your way. By building an emergency fund containing six to 12 months’ worth of living expenses, you can possibly avoid dipping into your long-term investments to pay for things such as a new furnace or a major car repair. And planning for the unexpected also means having suffi cient life insurance to provide for your family in case anything happens to you.
■ Educating your children – Col-lege is already expensive – and college expenses have been rising faster than the overall rate of infl ation. If you want
to help your children, or grandchildren, pay for school, you may want to invest in a college savings vehicle, such as the 529 plan. You can contribute large amounts to a 529 plan, and earnings have the opportunity to grow tax-free, provided withdrawals are used for higher educa-tion. (Withdrawals not used for educa-tion are subject to income taxes and a 10 percent penalty.)
■ Living in retirement – Once you reach retirement, your investment emphasis will shift somewhat, from accumulating resources to making them last. By working with a fi nancial advisor, you can develop a withdrawal strategy that can help make sure you don’t outlive the income you receive from your 401(k), IRA and other sources. At the same time, given the pos-sible length of your retirement, you can’t ignore the need to invest for growth, so you may need to consider some growth-oriented vehicles in your portfolio to help your income keep pace with infl ation.
■ Transferring your wealth – When you’ve worked hard your whole life, you want to be able to leave a legacy – one that allows you to provide fi nancial resources to the next generation and to those charitable organizations you may wish to support. So, when it’s time to think about transferring your wealth, you’ll want to consult with your fi nancial and legal advisors to create an estate plan that’s appropriate for your needs. And because these plans can take signifi -cant time to create, you won’t want to wait too long to start.
So, there you have them: fi ve key fi nan-cial areas on which to focus as you travel through life. By doing your homework, planning ahead and getting the help you need, you can make the journey a pleas-ant and productive one.
For more information on investing, contact Wendy Schopp at Edward Jones Investments, 671-1318.
Become familiar with these fi ve key areas
WORSHIP NOTES
Youth ■ Farragut Presbyterian
Church Mother’s Day Out pro-gram and preschool will begin registration Wednesday, March 7, for the 2012-2013 school year. Info: Beth Hallman, 671-4616 or email [email protected].
One dollar saleGod’s Place Thrift
Store, 5925 Chapman Highway in Colonial Village, sells bags of clothes for $1 every Friday. Info: 604-8077.
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.
Donald Brewer
The question that start-ed the whole conversation was whether ghosts are mentioned in the Bible.
Apparently, everyone on all sides was willing to cede the point that was so obvious: the Holy Ghost, as a part of the pre-existing Trinity, present from before the beginning. But were there other ghosts? Spirits who existed separate from the earthly bodies they had once inhabited?
And what, exactly, is a ghost? The undispersed, unused energy that is left over after a person dies too young? Are they spooky, to be feared? Are they poor, pitiable souls, wandering abroad with no body, and no hope of being released from their current condition?
What is our fascination
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of God.
(Hebrews 12: 1-2 NRSV)
A cloud of witnesses
LynnHutton
CROSS CURRENTS
with ghosts? Have you ever seen one?
Well, I claim to have seen one, on the battlefield at Gettysburg, but I can’t be positive. What I saw was a horseman, in a military uniform, come riding up a trail, right up to my car. I remember clearly that the moon was full, and that it was Halloween night (both of which, I realize, could be arguments for an over-active imagination and
against the validity of my sighting). But I saw what I saw, and then I was past him, out the Chambers-burg Pike and the moment was gone.
Years later, there was the creak on the stair that was loud enough to wake me from a deep sleep. I thought I had overslept, and that my husband had come back upstairs to wake me. That’s when I realized my husband was lying beside me. He had been awakened too, and was alert and reaching for his pistol. We searched the house over, but there was no one else there.
Anyhow, thanks to Strong’s Concordance, that amazing tome that catalogs every word in the Bible every time it is used, I was able to ascertain that there are only two usages of the word in the Bible: the Holy Ghost, the third member of the Trinity, and the phrase “gave up the ghost,” used to describe a person’s dying. That usage of the word appears to me to equate “the ghost” with the soul.
But then there is that wonderful Hebrews refer-
ence to the “great cloud of witnesses” surrounding us. What are we to make of the “great cloud of wit-nesses”? A “cloud” seems a little ethereal for fl esh and blood, so are they the thou-sands and millions of souls who have fi nished the race? Are they cheering us on from the other shore?
And how are we to un-derstand the appearance of Moses and Elijah with Jesus on the Mount of the Transfiguration? I grasp that they are there to rep-resent the Law and the Prophets, sort of a pair of bookends f lanking the Christ, the culmination of God’s self-revelation to humankind. But were they ghosts, since we know that they had been dead for centuries?
I suppose that the most interesting thing about the discussion that prompted all these musings is the fact that it originated on Facebook among a group of sophisticated 20-some-things, a generation typi-cally not overly given to spiritual concerns. I am pleased that they are will-ing to “think on these things.” (Philippians 4: 8)
Wilson Powers
Good Samaritan holds electionThe Good Samaritan of Loudon County recently held its annual election. Pictured are: Donnie Wells, manager of WalMart in Lenoir City and new appointment; Susan Fox, director of Family Resource Center for Lenoir City and incoming president; and Ron Jordan, business administrator of First Baptist Church in Lenoir City and new appointment. Not pictured is John Evans, president of American Trust Bank and departing president of Good Samaritan. Photo submitted
A-8 • MARCH 5, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS
News from Coachman Clothiers
Knoxville Fashion Week premiers
in styleBy Sherri Gardner Howell
Jaime Hatcher Hemsley must have felt a little like the A-Team’s Hannibal Smith Wednesday night: “I love it when a plan comes together.”
Hemsley, founder of Knoxville Fashion Associa-tion and president of Gage Models & Talent, had a vision for a week to celebrate fash-ion in Knoxville. She and a talented team of models, de-signers, business owners and visionaries set out to make Knoxville Fashion Week more than just a dream.
With the kickoff at Mercedes of Knoxville on Wednesday began four days
of focusing on fashion, com-plete with runway shows, trunk shows, emerging de-signers on the runway, par-ties, a men’s fashion show hosted by Coachman Cloth-iers and a grand fi nale at Knoxville Harley Davidson on Saturday. Fashion Week concentrated on showcasing boutiques with fashion-for-ward designer merchandise as well as emerging design-ers and cutting-edge fash-ion looks, says Jaime.
Combining the kick-off event with a Knoxville Chamber Business After-Hours Event brought a crowd to Mercedes of Knox-ville. The event was open to Chamber members and VIP guests and provided a fashion-forward backdrop for the week to come.
Fashionista paradise
Models display upcoming trends in clothing and hair at Knoxville
Fashion Week’s kickoff event on Feb. 29. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell
Models Holly Daugherty and Wade Bryant enjoy the open-
ing event of Knoxville Fashion Week.
Modeling a necklace by Reeds of Gray at the kickoff for Knox-
ville Fashion Week is Ashley Gumarson.
Mark Field, senior vice president of membership with the Knoxville Chamber, thanks Dean
Carroll of Coachman Clothiers and Rick and Blake Terry of Rick Terry Jewelry for their dona-
tions to the Knoxville Fashion Week kickoff event.
Photographer and
assistant event co-
ordinator Elizabeth
Scaperoth Wiseman
with Knoxville Fash-
ion Week and Gage
Models and Talents
helps welcome guests
to the kickoff event.
Radio personality
Hallerin Hilton Hill and
Scott Blalock catch up
at the opening event
for Knoxville Fashion
Week, held at Mercedes
of Knoxville.
Striking a fashionable
pose at Knoxville Fash-
ion Week are fashion
consultant and director
Kathy Hall and Knox-
ville Fashion Week staff
member Hana Lively.
FARRAGUT SHOPPER-NEWS • MARCH 5, 2012 • A-9
The Farragut/Knox County Schools Joint Education Relations Committee has asked principals at schools that serve Farragut stu-dents to provide a “wish list” of things their schools need. If you can help with this list through monetary donations, equipment or materials, contact the principal directly. The town of Farragut con-tributues $10,000 per year to each of the schools, but the schools are still short on funding for some items.
Farragut Primary School, Principal Julia Craze, [email protected]
Short-term funding needs:1. Add more computers.2. Increase the rubber mulch on the playground.3. Extend the sidewalk to join sidewalk already completed by the
town in front of the school.4. Add wireless capabilities.
Long-term needs:1. Add more cameras to the outside for added security.2. Add lighting on the outside front of the building to improve
security during darker months.
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‘Our Treeless Future’Farragut Intermediate School
students Amy McCloud and
Anna Taylor compare draw-
ings during a meeting of K-
Kids, sponsored by the Farra-
gut Kiwanis Club. The students
in the program will have their
posters displayed at the Farra-
gut town hall for the fi rst-ever
“Town of Farragut National
Arbor Day Kiwanis K-Kids Art
Show” from Monday, April 2,
through Friday, April 13, with
a reception 6-7 p.m. Thursday,
April 12. The theme for the
show is “Our Treeless Future.”
The students are competing
to win for best poster. Mayor
Ralph McGill will announce the
winner immediately follow-
ing the reception during the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
meeting. Photo by S. Barrett
While working on the
color of the tree trunk in
his drawing, 5th grader
Matthew Colton said,
“It would be bad. We
couldn’t breathe,” when
asked what the world
would be like without
trees.
Local students make dean’s list atMaryville College
Farragut High School put nine graduates on the dean’s list for the fall semester at Maryville College. They are: Kath-erine Brobst, Brandon Clarke, Mary Cunning-ham, Cathryn Dake, Brandon Delspina, Steven Giblock, Shelby Hayward, Jacob Holt and Cory Lingerfelt.
Webb School had fi ve grads on the list: Ellison Berryhill, Robert Britt, E. Katerina Datskou, Kayla Dougherty and Jason Johnson, while Christian Academy of Knoxville had three: Sarah Austin, Kelsey Brown and Jillian Nor-ris.
Knox Catholic was represented by: Meagan Attanasio, Celeste De La Rosa, Rachel Dunn, Matthew Hale, Patrick Nkurunziza and Leah Petr.
Qualifi cation for the dean’s list includes a grade point average of at least 3.6 in all work undertaken with no grade below a “C.” Only full-time students are considered.
Cedar Bluff Middle School student Sahiti Akinapalli ap-
pears on the front page of a special edition of the Shop-
per-News at the career fair. Photo by Jake Mabe
Career fair draws huge crowd
Farragut Intermedi-
ate School student
Morgan Mixon
focuses on the color
of her poster as the
K-Kids complete
their artwork for an
upcoming art show
at the town hall.
Children in grades
3-5 can participate,
and each student’s
work will be judge
against that of other
students in the same
grade level.
SPORTS NOTES ■ Coach Rusty Bradley’s
quarterback and receiver clinic will be held 6 to
7:15 p.m. Monday, April 2,
and Monday, April 16, for
current 4th through 7th
graders at CAK football
fi eld. Cost is $20 and
includes both dates. Camp-
ers should bring running
shoes and cleats. Preregis-
ter by calling Jeff Taylor at
765-2119.
■ Baseball tournament, Fri-
day through Sunday, March
9-11, Halls Community Park.
Open to all, T-ball through
14U. Info: 992-5504 or email
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.
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By Suzanne Foree NealWhen David Crutcher was in
middle school, his exposure to a British accent was Monty Python. As fi rst-year drama teacher at Far-ragut High School directing “My Fair Lady,” his students’ exposure to a British accent is “Harry Pot-ter.” A bit of a generation gap.
Cast members say the hardest thing about this musical has been learning the dialect. Some are mastering the cockney accent. For others it’s proper British speak. Dallas Boudreaux, who plays Eli-za Doolittle, has mastered both as she goes from a cockney-speaking girl selling fl owers on the street to a proper lady.
Crutcher took a voice and dia-lect class in graduate school. This is the fi rst show he’s done with full dialect and also enjoys the sassi-ness, wit and comedy of the mu-sical set in 1912. “The kids I cast have a good ear for it,” he says of the different dialogues.
Students do more than play a part. Even stars can be found us-ing a drill or slinging a paint brush as they build their own sets, also student-designed. Crutcher says he gets a lot of parent support with sets, props and costumes. Savan-nah Lucas is the student stage manager who helps wrangle a cast of 24, and that doesn’t include the backstage crew.
Skylar Grico plays Alfred Doo-little and has become a fan of the musical. “It’s defi nitely different from any show I’ve been in,” he says. He favors scenes with big “good time songs.” He likes the cockney dialect of his character. “It’s all crazy vowels and a lot of fun to do.” Skylar would like to try his hand at theater or fi lms, and when he’s had enough fun with
Allie Hicks is part of the set design
crew and hand draws a design on a
stairway. Photos by S.F. Neal
Kim Hymes gets advice from
drama teacher David Crutcher.
He’s directing his fi rst play done
in dialect.
Students learn morethan songs …
“My Fair Lady” is the fi nale for
the school’s drama department
this year. Shows are 7:30 p.m.
March 8-10, and a 3 p.m. mati-
nee on March 11. Tickets are $10
for adults, $8 for students and
senior citizens, and may be pur-
chased at the door of the Farra-
gut High School auditorium.
lines for ‘My Fair Lady’ at Farragut High
that he’d like to teach theater.Robert Wrinkle, who plays
Henry Higgins, says it’s the little details in the dialect that trip him up. A “music guy,” he says the songs in “My Fair Lady” are differ-ent, but he likes them. “A lot of it is spoken singing. I like the next-to-last scene best. ‘I’ve Grown Accus-tomed to Her Face’ is sort of the turning point of the musical,” he says of the song.
He also has aspirations of a stage career and will major in vo-cal performance. “I’m enjoying my role and it’s good to have an opportunity to show my talent,” he says.
For Dallas, Eliza is her fi rst principal role. “I love it and hav-ing more responsibility is really fun,” she says. “I like Eliza; she’s really rough and I get to be nasty and that’s fun. I like the idea of her whole transformation. She fi nds herself and her self-worth.” Her favorite part is the Ascot races. “It’s the loudest, most intense and funny part,” she says, and she does it all balancing a hat that “weighs at least 5 pounds” that resembles a large lampshade.
Like her co-stars, she hopes to make a living as an actress. She’s learned a lot, not just about acting, but also how things work behind the curtain – like how to use a power drill.
Anissa Goetz is elected to try out
the stability of a ladder students
will use to access the top of a build-
ing facade. Steadying the ladder
are Paul Gary and Connor Hess, as
Erin Lewis watches through the
ladder’s steps.
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THROUGH MONDAY, MARCH 19Volleyball League team sign-ups
Registration for the Spring 2012 Volleyball Leagues for the town of Farragut Parks and Leisure Services De-partment is under way. The deadline to sign up a team is 5 p.m. Monday, March 19; registration will close earlier if leagues are full.
To register a team, contact Jay Smelser or Ashley Lanham at Parks and Leisure, 966-7057.
The town also has a Volleyball Rubric to assist with fi nding the right league for each team. It can be accessed through www.townoffarragut.org or by calling Smelser for assistance.
THROUGH MONDAY, MARCH 19Softball league open sign-ups
The town of Farragut offers coed and men’s softball leagues each spring and fall. Sign-ups for the spring season, April through June, are underway.
The leagues consist of recreational games and are con-sidered “D” leagues. Play includes seven regular-season games and a tournament. All games are played at Mayor Bob Leonard Park, 301 Watt Road. Men’s League plays on Monday evenings; coed teams play on Thursdays.
Deadline for signing up a team is Monday, March 19, or until leagues are full. To sign up, contact Jay Smelser or Ashley Lanham at Parks and Leisure, 966-7057.
THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 18World’s Fair exhibit at Folklife Museum
The newly reopened Farragut Folklife Museum is remembering the 1982 World’s Fair with an exhibit that runs through Friday, May 18.
The World’s Fair exhibit features an assortment of artifacts from the museum’s collection as well as items on loan from museum committee members. The display includes memorabilia from booths that represented various countries, a slideshow of the fair’s exhibitions, and T-shirts, mugs, commemorative beer and other souvenirs from the event, which was held in downtown Knoxville May 1 to Oct. 31, 1982.
The museum, housed in Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Admission is free. For more info, contact museum coordinator Julia Jones, [email protected] or 966-7057.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MARCH 5-6Children’s spring clothing sale
There will be a children’s spring clothing sale 6-8
p.m. Monday, March 5, and 9:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, March 6, at Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church, 7234 Middlebrook Pike.
MONDAY, MARCH 5 TO MARCH 12Ibsen classics on Webb stage
Webb School of Knoxville’s Upper School drama stu-dents are presenting Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” and “Hedda Gabler” in repertory through Monday, March 12.
“A Doll’s House” will be staged on Monday, March 5, and Saturday, March 10. “Hedda Gabler” will be presented on Friday, March 9, and Monday, March 12. All performances will be at 7 p.m. in the Bishop Center auditorium on the Webb School campus, 9800 Webb School Lane, and are free and open to the public.
Ibsen, considered “the father of modern drama,” addressed issues that lay beneath the facades of 19th century society, but a number of those issues continue to resonate in the 21st century.
Webb drama teacher Patrick McCray says that “A Doll’s House” and “Hedda Gabler” have so many paral-lels in characters and situation that it’s natural to pair them. The productions are even able to use the same set.
Each production features a cast of seven and a sepa-rate technical crew. Both plays contain mature themes and are intended for mature audiences, high-school aged and above.
TUESDAY, MARCH 6Development process is meeting focus
The town of Farragut will hold a Development Infor-mation Meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 6, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.
Members of the development community – develop-ers, designers, architects and landscape architects, en-gineers and surveyors – are invited to attend. The Com-munity Development Department staff will work with attendees to review the town’s development process, including the process for obtaining a building permit and working with the Municipal Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals, and get feedback on how to improve the process. Info: 966-7057.
TUESDAY, MARCH 6Farragut Primary Art Show reception
A reception to honor the artists participating in the Farragut Primary School Art Show will be held 5-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Munici-pal Center Drive.
Artwork by students at Farragut Primary School will be on display through Friday, March 9. The display is available for viewing during regular Town Hall hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
TUESDAY, MARCH 6Older Preschool Storytime at library
Older Preschool Storytime for ages 4-6 will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 6, at the Farragut Li-brary, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.
TUESDAY, MARCH 6Rotary Spelling Bee at Pellissippi
“F-u-n” and “p-h-i-l-a-n-t-h-r-o-p-y” may not be on the word list, but they will be on the agenda at the sixth annual Farragut Rotary Club Spelling Bee for Adults on Tuesday, March 6, at Pellissippi State Com-munity College, Hardin Valley Campus.
The bee benefi ts the Adult Education/GED Program at Pellissippi State, the Knox County Imagination Library and Ball Camp Elementary School.
The evening will start at 5:30 p.m. with dinner; the cost is $10 per person, children under 6 free. Diners then get to stay to watch the bee, which begins at 7.
Scott Firebaugh, winner of the 2010 AARP National Adult Spelling Bee, will be the pronouncer.
Info: Lee Mrazek, 679-9007 or [email protected].
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7Baby Bookworms at library
Baby Bookworms for infants to age 2 will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, at the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Each child must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Info: 777-1750.
THURSDAY, MARCH 8Toddler Storytime at library
Toddler Storytime for ages 2-3 will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 8, at the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Each child must be accom-panied by a parent or guardian. Info: 777-1750.
FRIDAY, MARCH 9Photographer Sabo at Red Line
Red Line Gallery will host an artist reception for Loudon-based photographer Dennis Sabo from 7-9 p.m. Friday, March 9, at the gallery, 11519 Kingston Pike.
An exhibit of Sabo’s abstract photographs, “Nature’s Color Splash,” will open March 9 and run through March 31.
Sabo is an award-winning professional photogra-pher specializing in contemporary fi ne art landscape and seascape imagery.
Info: 288-0277 or www.redlinegallery.net.
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Few things in life are as unpleasant as le-
gal disputes among family members. The good news is that most of those disagree-ments, which can lead to lengthy and expensive court battles, can be avoided with the help of good legal coun-sel at the right time.
Local attorney Rebecca Bell, who also goes by her married name Rebecca Bell Jenkins, a family law practitioner, says the rem-edy is to anticipate and take care of important legal matters before they
can become problems.
A Knoxville native who received both undergradu-ate and law degrees from the University of Georgia, Bell has been licensed to practice law since 1995. She started her career in the Knox County Attorney General’s offi ce, where she prosecuted DUI cases. She went into private practice in 2000 with offi ces at Franklin Square.
“This is really a gen-eral practice,” Bell Jenkins says. “We do a little bit of
everything, but our real emphasis is on family law: divorce, adoption, child custody, post-divorce child custody issues, child sup-port (collection or modifi -cation), wills, estate plan-ning, power of attorney, and personal injury.”
In the area of estate planning, Bell Jenkins emphasizes the impor-tance of three critical doc-uments: a will, which she says everyone 18 years or older who has assets and/or children should have; a Power of Attorney docu-
ment, which specifi es who can make decisions for you on health care and/or fi nancial matters if you become incapacitated, and a Living Will, which states whether heroic measures should be taken to save your life in certain life-threatening situat ions and also communicates whether you wish to be an organ donor.
Bell Jenkins says she as-sists her clients’ legal needs in everything from drafting the most simple documents to representing them in
Rebecca Bell Photo by Anne Hart
courtroom trials. “In a gen-eral practice such as this, we do pretty much every-thing our clients need.”
Bell Jenkins is also cer-tifi ed as a Rule 31 listed Family Mediator.
Congrats ■ Donald B. Wake
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will manage TIS’ insur-ance carrier relationships, develop key client relation-ships and oversee the risk management process for commercial insurance cli-ents. Wake has 27 years of industry experience. Info: 470-3704.
■ Tillman Companies residential d i v i s i o n has hired K a l l e e Pittenger as a su-p e r i n t e n -dent and d e s i g n e r and Rob-ert “Rob”
Purvis as residential di-vision manager. Pittenger holds a degree in interior design from UT Chatta-nooga and has been a li-censed general contractor in Tennessee for 12 years. She previously owned KAPstone Design-Build
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ITT Technical Institute. He has previously worked at Pella Window and Door and Dave Jordan Con-struction. Info: 705-3600 or www.tillmancompanies.com.
■ Jane Anne Grubbhas joined P r e m i e r S u r g i c a l A ssociates as office manager in the group’s Physicians R e g i o n a l and North Knox of-
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My dad, who ran a law of-fi ce in Halls for 30 years, was a member of the North Knox-ville Rotary back in the day.
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If you don’t know what the Rotary is, give it a Google search. It’s an in-ternational club of busi-ness people who get to-gether for lunch and to do good things in the commu-nity.
My first Rotary experi-ence came at the ripe old age of 4, when Fountain City Lake, aka the Duck Pond, had to be drained and dredged. First order of business: round up the ducks.
I watched from the side-lines as Dad, our old Lab-rador Linus, and other Ro-tarians waded armpit-deep in water and waist-deep in muck to herd those ducks.
Once you’ve herded ducks with somebody, business relationships come easy, I think.
So, every time I hear about networking events these days, I think back to that day beside the duck pond. Newspaper report-ers showed up, and I think they were even on TV. The respect those serious busi-ness guys won that day was worth 20 $100 luncheons.
Yes, one way to grow your business is to grow your contacts. But, there are more valuable ways to do it than sipping a latte with someone. The respect that comes with being a contributing member of the community beats the pants off networking any day.
Next time you’re tempt-ed to spend money on a high-powered networking group, take a moment to think who else could use that money. Maybe you should donate it to your lo-cal PTA or Boy Scout troop instead.
Who knows? You might wind up in a newspaper, too.
BUSINESS NOTES ■ The Tennessee Small Business Development Center, Farragut West Knox Chamber and
TradeMark Advertising will begin the new Marketing Series for Business Leaders on Tues-
day, March 6, at SunTrust Bank on Kingston Pike. The series is titled “Business Survival Guide:
Marketing Edition.” Info or to register: www.tsbdc.org.
■ Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce networking breakfasts will be held at Michael
Brady Inc., 299 North Weisgarber Road, 8 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 8; and Brixx Wood-
fired Pizza in Turkey Creek, 8 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 15. Info: www.farragutchamber.
com.
■ An input session regarding the town of Farragut’s proposed minimum building façade
requirements will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, in the board room at Farragut Town
Hall. Any Farragut business or resident is invited to attend.
By Pam FanslerTwice in February, the
historic T e n -n e s s e e Theatre w a s f i l l e d with the s ou nd s of the K n o x -v i l l e
Symphony Youth Or-chestra Association. The free concerts were spon-sored by The First Ten-nessee Foundation.
The first featured the Youth Symphony Orchestra, led by mu-sic director James Fel-lenbaum. This concert featured solos by the winners of the Youth Concerto Competition: Ellie Lai, piano; Cath-erine Rothery, f lute; and Chloe Amelia Harvel, violin.
Fellenbaum says the concert allowed the Youth Orchestra to re-alize two goals: To per-form a stand-alone, full-length concert by themselves and to ac-company three soloists.
The second concert featured performances by four of the five or-chestras in the Asso-ciation: the Preludium, led by Erin Archer; the Philharmonia, led by Katie Hutchinson; Sin-fonia, led by Association general manager Kathy Hart-Reilly; and the Youth Chamber Orches-tra, led by Wesley Bald-win.
The KSYO Associa-tion, entering its 38th season, is an auditioned full symphonic orches-tra comprised of some of the area’s most talented young musicians. It performs at least three concerts during the sea-son and is open to all students grade 12 and younger who play an or-chestral instrument.
Its mission accord-ing to Fellenbaum is twofold. “We work in a professional environ-ment to educate stu-dents through high level orchestral training, all while developing new audiences for symphon-ic music.” Their next concert is May 7 at the Tennessee Theatre.
Sponsored by the Knoxville Symphony League and the Knox-ville Symphony Society, the KSYO is comprised of five ensembles and a training class totaling more than 250 student musicians. Members may also choose to par-ticipate in the Associa-tion’s Chamber Music Program where they have the opportunity to play in smaller en-sembles. Fellenbaum says, “It’s amazing the amount of growth we continue to see in mem-bership of our youth or-chestra groups.”
The First Tennessee Foundation is proud to sponsor these talented young performers.Pam Fansler is president of First Ten-
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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE
By Shannon Morris
Although music and fi ne arts have been a
strong tradition at Grace Christian Academy for many years, Feb. 28 con-tinued that tradition with the high school drama de-partment’s performance of “Phantom of the Old Opera House.”
Set in an old vacant opera house in Den-ville, we were taken back a quarter century to a group of actors s t a g i n g “The Phan-tom of the Opera.”
Right at the cli-max of the play the hero shoots the Phantom with a prop gun. However, a tragic twist occurs when it is discovered that the gun is loaded with real bullets, and the actor playing the Phantom is actually murdered.
This devastating trag-edy closes the doors of the opera house. Many years pass, and strange lights and sounds in the
theatre lead to the theory that the old building was haunted, presumably by the ghost of the murdered Phantom.
Now, 25 years later, the local high school drama class decides to revive
“The Ph a n -
tom of the Opera”
on the aban-doned stage. Yes, the
results are funny, myste-rious and scary!
Last Friday night, 16 Grace high school stu-dents brought this pro-duction to life, each play-ing an important role on stage and behind the scenes.
The whole process of performing arts is a growing part of student life at Grace under the direction of Tonya Wil-son, who brings 25 years
of television, stage and speech experience to the classroom.
The excitement of a growing drama depart-ment at the high school level started last year with the fi rst dramatic
presentation of “Ransom of Red
Chief.”Not only
have stu-dents been involved in stage pro-ductions, but sev-eral stu-d e n t s
h a v e b e e n involved in s p e e c h competitions, and have helped in the construc-tion of Knoxville’s Nativity Pageant.
A strong and serious drama program in a high school offers students the opportunity to expe-rience the many aspects of theater arts, which would not be available to them otherwise.
In any drama, there is so much more to do than perform on stage. Help-ing in set construction, make up, prop work, cos-
High school drama takes the stage
By Shannon Morris
Despite the cloud of a post-season ban hanging over the heads of the Grace Christian Academy football team, the Rams showed tremendous fortitude and determination in fi nishing the season with a perfect 10-0 record. Not only were they victorious each time they stepped onto the fi eld, but they were almost impos-sible for other teams to score against, fi nishing the season with six shutout wins, and also fi nishing second in the state in total points allowed.
Much of the success of this year’s squad was due to a strong class of 11 se-niors, who demonstrated leadership both on and off the field. Their examples of hard work, dedication to the team, and determination to succeed paved the way for victories this year, and built upon an already strong foundation of success that the Rams have experienced in recent seasons.
Several of these outstand-ing seniors excelled to the point that they were deemed
ready to take their games to the next level. In February, Christian Steward (OL/DL) signed with Carson-New-man, while Parker Shelton (QB/DB) signed with Lindsey Wilson. Three more players recently committed to the University of the Cumber-lands: Harley Palmer (RB/LB), Caleb Melton (TE/DE) and Jake Minga (WR/DB).
Each Grace football se-nior has shown the mettle to lead, and the determination to succeed during this out-standing season.
Moving to the next level
Three Grace seniors sign to play football for University of the Cumberlands. Pictured are: (front) Mark
Palmer, Harley Palmer, Denise Palmer, Kim Melton, Caleb Melton, Jason Melton, Kristina Campbell, Ab-
bey Campbell, Jake Minga, Tim Minga; (back) coaches Matt Green, Randy McKamey, Jason Hamock,
John Bland of University of the Cumberlands and Eric Woodard. Photo by Miranda Fox
The Grace Christian Academy middle school boys “A” basketball team
are honored on Pilot’s High School Heroes on WVLT. Pictured are: (front)
Billy Wilson, host Mark Packer, John Holland, Lee Poff ; (second row) Wade
Sluss, Zach Walker, Jon Creel, Christian Hammond; (back) Grant Ledford,
C.J. Gettlefi nger, Landon Hensley, Nick White, Chase Kuerschen, Robbie
Windham and Ben Andrews. Photo by Patti Andrews
By Shannon Morris
With a regular season re-cord of 27-1, the Grace middle school boys “A” basketball team headed to the KISL tourna-ment after setting a season re-cord for wins. Continuing that winning streak, the team beat schools in the post season that have proven to be tough oppo-nents in years past, resulting in a championship win in the KISL tournament.
The team racked up other victories as champions of the Maynardville Preseason Tour-nament and the Karns Christ-mas Tournament.
But, the wins did not stop there. The team was invited to participate in the “Tops N Ten-nessee” fundraiser tournament sponsored by Springfi eld Mid-
dle School. Teams travel from across the state to compete, determining the top middle school team in each of fi ve divi-sions. The divisions are ranked by the size of the school. The Grace Middle School boys came home with the victory in their category.
They even had the privilege of being interviewed on Pilot’s High School Heroes program with Mark Packer on WVLT.
The success of the middle school boys team bodes well for the future, as several of these young men will be tak-ing part in the already suc-cessful high school basketball program. The faculty and staff of Grace offer congratu-lations to these athletes and their coaches!
Middle school
basketball on top
tuming, sound and light-ing affords these students a chance to sample what theater life might be like.
Plus, the chance to work together as a team to produce a fi nal product of such quality and excel-lence provides valuable life lessons.
Grace is proud to of-fer this exciting program to its students, and the community members who come to see the pro-ductions are blessed by seeing dedicated and talented high school stu-dents putting on shows of excellence that the entire family can enjoy.
Wendy Adams and Chris
Caylor in “Phantom of the
Old Opera House.”
Madi Scealf
and Cody Clift
in “Phanton of
the Old Opera
House.”
GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMYImpacting the Culture for Christ
Kindergarten
Admissions Open HouseTuesday, March 6, 20126:30 p.m.Grace Christian Academy Library
Call for more information865.691.3427, ext. 3940 5914 Beaver Ridge Road
Knoxville, Tennessee 37931www.gracechristianrams.org
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Stroud. “When I go into a room, I’ll look around the room and if they didn’t have any fl owers or cards, I’ll put them on my list. The older patients may have lost all their sib-lings. Some may come here from nursing homes and don’t have any visitors. So I try to make sure that they get something.
“I will go to the nurse’s station and show them my list of who I have chosen to give fl owers to and ask if they have anyone they might suggest who needs fl owers,” she added. “Or sometimes they’ll come up to me and say, ‘Rita, the patient in room so and so just got some really bad news. Do you have some fl owers to give them?’ and I’ll make sure they get fl owers too. But I write down whether it’s male or female, their ages, the number of days they have been here, and then, if the patient has been dis-charged, we’ll give them to some-one else because as soon as a room empties out, it fi lls back up again.
They don’t stay empty long. That’s how it works.”
And it works well, say the Random Acts volunteers who deliver the fl owers.
“It’s amazing. You just choose (an ar-rangement) and walk in and it turns out to be their favor-ite fl ower or sometimes it’s the fi rst time anybody’s given them fl owers or they’ve received bad news,” said Rena McAlister, who’s been de-livering fl owers since RAF began soon after her husband died. “The timing and the fl owers are perfect for whoever is in the room.”
Another volunteer, Jane Feezell, recalls once entering a room where a woman lay crying. “She said, ‘Well, you’ve come at a good time. I’ve just lost my leg.’ It cheered her up at least a little bit. You run into a lot of things like that.”
Random Acts of Flowers began with a fallHe had been up and down that
ladder 15 times, but the fi nal time was almost Larsen Jay’s last for anything.
“I should be dead,” he says fl atly of the fall from the ladder that almost killed him but instead launched Random Acts of Flow-ers, a charity that has touched well more than 10,000 lives and may soon be spreading to other cities.
Jay, a television and fi lm pro-ducer whose credits include Erin Brockovich, was working on the roof of his workshop in 2008 when the ladder inexplicably “kicked out,” throwing him face fi rst into the concrete one and half stories below.
“I broke everything in my body – my left arm, my left wrist, my right wrist, my right elbow, my right femur, my nose, 10 facial fractures,” he says, before add-ing that he’s had 11 surgeries “and counting.”
But it was through that pain that Random Acts of Flowers took root. “I received a huge amount of outpouring of support in the way of fl owers,” said Jay. “By the end of the fi rst week on the trauma fl oor, my room was like a jungle (but) I was about to go stir crazy. I convinced nurses and family to get me out of the room and roll around the hall. As we were go-
ing throughout the fl oor we no-ticed how many rooms had no plants, no fl ow-ers, no visitors – no life – and here we had a room full of joy. It seemed kind of obvious what I should do … we just went back to the room, took all the cards off my fl owers, load-
ed up my wheelchair and just went into people’s rooms and gave away our fl owers. It made a huge impact on them and on us.”
The three and one-half months he spent in a wheelchair gave Jay plenty of time to think about his fl ower give-away. By March 2009, Random Acts of Flowers was born.
Taking donations of used fl ow-
ers from funerals, weddings and other events, the charity began repackaging them into bouquets and delivering them to hospitals, nursing homes and hospice care programs.
Today, Random Acts of Flowers relies on two full-time employees, one part-time worker and about 130 volunteers to wash used vases, arrange fl owers, pick up donations and make deliveries twice a week between seven hospitals, 35 nurs-ing homes and fi ve hospice care programs. As of Feb. 20, RAF had delivered 11,441 bouquets. “When we fi rst started, we were doing be-tween 50 and 150 bouquet deliver-ies a month,” says Jay. “Now we’re doing 400 to 600 a month.”
It’s little wonder, then, that Random Acts of Flowers is draw-ing attention from other cities that have expressed an interest in starting programs. “We’re hoping that in 2013, about this time next year, we’ll start ex-
panding to other cities and rep-licating what we’ve done here,”said Jay. “In every medium- orlarge-size city in this country,there is no shortage of f lowersthrown away and no shortage ofpeople who could use them. So,there is an endless supply and anendless demand. We need to bethere to help it out.”
“The cool thing about our pro-gram is it’s a 100 percent recyclingcharity – we don’t buy anything,”he added. “Every vase, every con-tainer, every fl ower, every partand piece is recycled and reused.We always say fl owers have a pur-pose, whether for celebration, joy,comfort, whatever – all we’re do-ing is repurposing it before it goesinto the trash. So, every smile wedeliver comes from what other-wise would be garbage.”
For more info or to volunteer,
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www.RandomActsofFlowers.org.
HEALTH & LIFESTYLESB March 5, 2012
NEWS FROM PARKWEST, WEST KNOXVILLE’S HEALTHCARE LEADER • TREATEDWELL.COM • 374-PARK
Parkwest Medical Center remains on the forefront of diagnosing and treating disease with the most
advanced technology available…those who entrust their healthcare to us demand nothing less.
But technology alone isn’t enough to bring healing and comfort to patients and families.
True healthcare begins with something less expensive, non-invasive and pain free. It’s called listening.
At Parkwest…listening is state-of-the-art.
Flowers from a stranger prove to be good therapyRita Stroud pulls the handwrit-
ten list from her blue frock and begins calling out room numbers.
In this room, there’s a 46-year-old woman who has been a patient at Parkwest Medical Center for almost two weeks. In that room, there’s a 62-year-old woman who’s been here for almost a week.
Neither knows the other but before the day is done, both will share a common bond – they’ll both receive a bouquet of fl owers from a perfect stranger.
In fact, on this day, the two women were among 91 patients at Parkwest Medical Center who received bouquets from Random Acts of Flowers, a Knoxville-based charity that turns used fl o-ral arrangements from weddings and funerals into smiles for un-suspecting patients in hospitals, nursing homes and hospice care.
“The great thing about working with the hospitals and volunteers like Rita is we don’t know who’s going to get the fl owers. It’s very random for us,” RAF founder Lars-en Jay is saying. “We literally just get a list of room numbers. We let the nurses decide who gets them. That’s the best part. The nurses in the trenches know who needs the pick-me-up. They know who needs a little love and cheer in their day. We just show up with however many we can and make it happen.”
Stroud, a volunteer patient rep-resentative, has been RAF’s eyes and ears at Parkwest for almost three years now, ever since March 17, 2009 – that St. Patrick’s Day when the organization made its fi rst delivery of 25 bouquets.
Since then, it’s been Stroud – working closely with nurses on six fl oors of the 300-plus bed hospital – who has managed the list that has directed the monthly fl oral de-liveries to a total of 1,621 Parkwest patients thus far.
The list, she explains, starts from a simple listing from the hos-pital’s Bed Control Unit, which is then fi ltered to sort out patients in isolation, critical care and those who would be discharged before the fl owers arrive the third Tues-day of each month. “I’ll try to see as many patients as I can,” said
Parkwest volunteer Rita Stroud and patient representative
Trish Lawson receive another delivery from volunteer Andrea
Murphy with Random Acts of Flowers.
Both Powell and Larry Brown, director of the Great Smoky Mountain Council of Boy Scouts of America, helped make the Febru-ary deliveries to Parkwest as part of a Leadership Knoxville project.
“At fi rst, it was a little awkward because I don’t do this every day,”admitted Brown. “After a couple of deliveries I felt like I was wel-comed. So, it makes you feel good, which is what volunteering is all about. And it seems to be goodtherapy for them.”
Peggy Buckner had been in Parkwest a week when she re-ceived her Random Acts delivery.“There’s nothing like a beauti-ful fl ower to brighten a day up, is there? That’s really sweet. It brightened my day. They’re bring-ing a lot of sunshine to a lot of people.”
As a volunteer van driver, An-drea Murphy has seen her shareof pickups and deliveries but onethat stands out for her was thetime she was called to pick upfl owers from the funeral of a teen-age child. “That was really diffi -cult, but the parents got a little bit of peace in knowing that the fl ow-ers would brighten someone else’sday,” she said.
Random Acts of Flowers hasnow made 11,441 deliveries, butthe newness hasn’t worn off for RAF founder Larsen Jay.
“I get a thrill with every chance I get to go out and deliver becauseevery room is an individual ac-complishment, and it’s all dif-ferent,” said Jay. “I think about a third of the people that we deliver to kind of give us the stink-eye like ‘what are you selling?’ be-cause they aren’t used to strang-ers doing nice things for themanymore. It’s pretty rare. A third don’t ‘get it’ but you can tell they will later. Then, a third are just so grateful – I had a few of those pa-tients today where I walked in and this woman just burst into tearsand said, ‘Nobody ever gives me fl owers!’ Ahhh! It made her day, and that’s infectious. It helps her,the family, the nurses, everybody and it’s so simple. I love going ondeliveries. I’ll go every week until I die if I can.”
Random Acts of Flowers founder Larsen Jay says he
never tires of delivering smiles one bouquet at a time.
Patient Julia Poling said receiv-ing the bouquet was an unexpected but pleasant surprise. “It’s a nice thing,” she said. “This is my third round of being either here or at NHC so fl owers aren’t everybody’s priority at this time, but that was nice. It made me feel good.”
It also made Chris Powell feel good.
“It’s always good to see a smile put on somebody’s face and wish them well,” said Powell, executive vice president of human resources at Scripps Networks, who deliv-ered the fl owers to Poling. “That made me feel good.”
Parkwest patient Julia Poling receives
a bouquet from Chris Powell
of Leadership Knoxville.
B-2 • MARCH 5, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS
Theresa Edwards
www.sbret.comcontact: Karen 966-6597
or Tyrine at 426-3955email: [email protected]
Small Breed RescueSmall Breed Rescueof East TNof East TN
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Lucas is an 8-month-old
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Tidbit is a 7-year-old male
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AARP DRIVER SAFETY CLASSES
For registration info
about these and all
other AARP driver safe-
ty classes, call Carolyn
Rambo, 584-9964.
■ 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Monday and Tuesday,
March 5-6, St. Mark’s
UMC, 3359 Louisville
Road, Louisville.
■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mon-
day and Tuesday, March
12-13, Grace Baptist
Church, 7171 Oak Ridge
Highway.
■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mon-
day and Tuesday, March
12-13, Chota Recreation
Center, 145 Awohli
Drive, Loudon.
■ 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March
14, Dandridge Senior
Center, 917 Elliott Ferry
Road, Dandridge.
■ Noon to 4 p.m. Thurs-
day and Friday, March
15-16, South Knoxville
Center, 6728 Martel
Lane.
■ Noon to 4 p.m.
Wednesday and
Thursday, March 21-22,
O’Connor Senior Cen-
ter, 611 Winona St.
■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thurs-
day and Friday, March
22-23, Mid-East Com-
munity Action Center,
1362 N. Gateway Ave.,
Rockwood.
■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday
and Tuesday, March 26-
27, Fort Sanders Senior
Center, 1220 W. Main
St., Sevierville.
■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesday and
Thursday, March 28-29,
Kingston Public Library,
1004 Bradford Way,
Kingston.
■ Noon to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, March 28,
and Friday, March 30,
Morristown Service
Center, 801 Lincoln Ave.
Strang volunteers appreciated
Tennessee is the volunteer state, and the volunteer spirit is alive and well at the Strang Senior Center where an ap-preciation lunch was held.
County Mayor Tim Bur-chett, Director of Senior Services Hemal Tailor and Strang Director Lau-ren Monahan thanked the group. “We couldn’t do it without each and every one of you. You are the ones who come when I say ‘help’ and do whatever is needed,” Monahan said.
Monahan also went around to each individual, introducing them and ex-plained how they volunteer, thanking each person in a wide variety of categories.
Kathy Coff ey of Arbor
Terrace and Susan
Long of East Tennessee
Personal Care Services
provided the food for
the volunteer apprecia-
tion lunch at the Strang
Senior Center. Photos byT. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com
Martha Farrelly directs the
Golden Tones chorus. They
will be presenting “Broadway
Ladies” at the Strang Senior
Center at 1 p.m. Wednesday,
May 16.
Director Lauren Monahan (center) thanks Anne Little and Nancy Parker for helping out as
hosts at many of the events. “I enjoy getting out, meeting with friends and helping the
center,” Parker said.
Pianist Penny Norris provides the musical entertainment for
the appreciation banquet.
Strang Senior Center director Lauren Monahan and County
Mayor Tim Burchett express their appreciation for the many
volunteers who help the center be what it is to serve seniors
in the community.
There are volunteers who lead classes (oil painting, computer, exercise), cook, clean, serve, lead music, coordinate book and card clubs, provide seminars, fi x things, come with a smile to cheer up everyone’s day and more.
The Senior Mini Expo at the Strang Center will be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 14. There will be vendors, door prizes, food, free information and give-aways.
HEALTH NOTES ■ A demonstration of the
Alexander Technique will
be held at noon Tuesday,
March 20, at Lawson
McGhee Library. The tech-
nique shows how to move
with more ease and better
posture. Info: Lilly Sutton,
387-7600 or www.lillysut-
ton.com.
■ Cancer survivor support
groups, Monday evenings
and Tuesday mornings
and Tuesday evenings, at
the Cancer Support Com-
munity of East Tennessee
(formerly the Wellness
Community), 2230
Sutherland Ave. Support
groups for cancer care-
givers, Monday evenings.
Cancer family bereave-
ment group, Thursday
evenings. Info: 546-4661 or
www.cancersupportet.org.
■ Covenant Health’s Body-
works off ers community
exercise for all ages at $3
per class. Classes include
Easy Cardio Max, Mind and
Body, and Senior Cardio.
Visit covenanthealth.com/
bodyworks or call 541-4500
to fi nd a location near you.
■ Gastrointestinal As-
sociates is encouraging
first-time patients to be
screened for colon cancer
Thursday, March 8, during
National Colon Cancer
Screening Day. Anyone
50 or older (45 or older
for African-Americans)
should be screened. Info:
www.gihealthcare.com.
■ Lung cancer support
group meets 6 p.m. the
third Monday of every
month at Baptist West
Cancer Center, 10820 Park-
side Drive. No charge, light
refreshments served. Info:
Trish or Amanda, 218-7081.
■ Stop Smoking: 1-800-784-
8669 (1-800-QUITNOW)
is a program of the Knox
County Health Department.
The hotline is answered 8
a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
■ Support group meeting
for family members or
caregivers of an adult with
a mental illness is 6:30 to
7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday
of each month at Chero-
kee Health Systems, 2018
Western Ave. Info: Rebecca
Gill, 602-7807 or www.
namiknox.org.
■ UT Hospice conducts
ongoing orientation
sessions for adults (18
and older) interested in
becoming volunteers with
its program. No medical
experience is required.
Training is provided. Info:
Penny Sparks, 544-6279.
■ UT Hospice Adult Grief
Support, for any adult who
is suff ering loss, meets 5 to
6:30 p.m. the fi rst and third
Tuesday of every month
in the UT Hospice offi ce,
2270 Sutherland Ave. A
light supper is served. Info
or to reserve a spot: Brenda
Fletcher, 544-6277.
Medical librarians from the UT Graduate School of
M e d i c i n e will travel to South Africa later this month to train public li-b r a r i a n s there how to fi nd the best online health in-f o r m a t i o n available to share with families in their com-m u n i t i e s . The trip is sp on sore d
by the U.S. E m b a s s y
in South Africa in partner-ship with the Library and Information Association of South Africa.
Cynthia Vaughn and Martha Earl will con-duct numerous workshops throughout South Africa to help community librarians successfully navigate and access the wealth of qual-ity online health resources. The workshops are pat-terned after those utilized in a successful study, called A Simple Plan Extended, in which Vaughn and Earl participated and taught li-brarians throughout the state of Tennessee about health information.
Vaughn, a clinical infor-mation librarian and as-sistant professor with UT Graduate School of Medi-cine, is excited. “Finding medical information is my passion and having the chance to share this knowl-edge with public librarians in South Africa is some-thing I never dreamed pos-sible.”
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) developed the classes Vaughn and Earl will teach during the trip. The sched-ule includes presentations to librarians in major cities such as Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria and Durban, as well as in the areas of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpum-alanga.
“Wherever we go, wheth-er rural or in urban Ten-nessee or South Africa, people want to learn about the most reliable sources for health information for themselves, their commu-nities and their families,” said Earl, assistant director of Preston Medical Library and an assistant professor with UT Graduate School of Medicine. “Health in-formation empowers con-sumers the world over. I feel blessed to have this opportunity to share and learn from our colleagues in South Africa.”Jim Ragonese contributed to this report.
Medical librarians to
train South Africans
Cynthia Vaughn
Martha Earl
SHOPPER-NEWS • MARCH 5, 2012 • B-3
The staff at Young-Williams would like you to meet 3-year old-
male tabby cat Colton. He is gentle, loving and will make some-
one a wonderful companion. Colton is available for adoption
at the main center at 3210 Division St. Hours there and at the
“new” center at Young-Williams Animal Village on Bearden Hill
are noon to 6 p.m. daily. 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 informa-
tion about each pet.
A new faceat Fix-A-Pet
Jenny Eubanks is the new
receptionist for Fix-A-Pet
at the Humane Society
located on Bearden Hill.
Spay and neuter fees are
much cheaper there than
at most veterinary offi ces,
with cats less than $50
and most dogs around
$60 (depending on
weight). Give Jenny a call
for more info at 579-6738.Photo by S. Barrett
Free GED prepThe Adult Education program at Pellissippi State Com-
munity College offers free GED preparation available both day and evenings hours at several locations.
Enrollment is open to everyone, and classes are taught by small-group or one-on-one instruction.
“Even if you’ve been out of school for years, there’s no reason to fear the GED,” says Joan Newman, director of Academic Testing and Adult Education.
“Approximately 70 percent of adults who take the GED pass,” she said. “Unfortunately, only about 1.5 percent of all adults who did not graduate from high school even attempt it. The odds really are in your favor, especially when you’re prepared.”
Pellissippi State also offers a free practice test that, ac-cording to Newman, provides a reliable predictor of actual GED scores. Info: 694-6400.
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Cemetery Lots 491 LOT, Masonic area,
at Lynnhurst Cem. Includes headstone, $3200. 865-673-9961.
LYNNHURST CEM. Lots Available. Prime
Section. Call For Details. 865-300-8503.
Apts - Unfurnished 71KARNS AREA, 2 BR,
2 1/2 BA, stove, re-frig., DW, W/D conn, no pets. $850. 865-691-8822; 660-3584
Apts - Furnished 72WALBROOK STUDIOS
251-3607 $140 weekly. Discount
avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic
Cable. No Lse.
Houses - Unfurnished 741BR, Newly remodeled,
30 min. - Knox/OR, big yard, no smoking. Lease. 865-717-3360.
3 BR, 1 BA, 1 car detach gar. $700 mo. $700 dep. No pets. 1 yr lse reqd. Accept Sec. 8. 2709 Boright Pl. 865-388-2736
3 BR, 2 1/2 BA home off John Sevier near UT/downtown, stove, frig., & W/D hookups. $850/mo. + dep. No pets. Credit check.
865-385-2860
POWELL nice 2 BR, 1 BA, acre lot, country set., cent. heat, appls.
$490/mo. 938-1653
WEST, 3BR, 2BA, up-dated, trash incl. No
pets. 2218 Deerwood Rd. $850 mo. 865-966-9846
Houses - Unfurnished 74WEST, Benington SD,
8827 Ryegate Dr. 3 BR, 2 BA, new crpt + hrdwd flrs, fncd in bk yd, 2 car gar., $1350/mo 865-679-4674
Rooms-Roommates 77FREE ROOM &
BOARD in exchange for housekeeping for 4500 SF beautiful home in Lenoir City, for min. 2-3 months. 865-988-5906
Wanted To Rent 82
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house on secluded, private property with rent reduced in ex-change for security
and/or light caretaker duties. 865-323-0937 ������������
Manf’d Homes - Sale 85 FSBO $25/SQ FT IN
WEST KNOX! 1792 sq ft, 2006 28x64, strg bldg. Perfect cond, nicest community in Knox, 3 lakes, club-house, swimming, bkgrnd check req'd. $45,000. Call 865-362-5583 for recording.
I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES.
1990 up, any size OK. 865-384-5643
General 109TOP PAY
FOR EXPERIENCED
PLUMBERS. Call Shane at 688-0443 or 679-0792.
Business For Sale 131PICTURE
FRAMING BUSINESS Large customer base.
Great location in a Halls shopping center.
$10,000. 865-363-8460
Dogs 141CAIRN TERRIER Toto
puppies, AKC, healthy, feisty & adorable, vet ckd, shots, $350. 423-639-7741
***Web ID# 942738***
CHIHUAHUA PUPS, 7 wks reg. 1st S&W, assort. choc. $150-$250. 865-573-6750
***Web ID# 944559***
COTON DE TULEAR pups, 4 M, $800, 1 F, $1000. AKC/FSS reg. Ready today! Call 423-784-4422.
***Web ID# 942878***
Eng. Bulldog puppies, NKC reg, 1 M & 1 F, S&W, $1500 obo. 865-924-4430 Kingston
***Web ID# 941521***
ENGLISH BULL Dog Pups, 7 wks, 3 F, 2 M, S&W, $1500. Call 865-435-2829; 207-1120
***Web ID# 941446***
GERMAN Shepherd Puppies, AKC, 2 Males, 3 Females, $350. 865-296-2439
***Web ID# 943627***
German Shepherds, AKC reg, 2 black females, 3 1/2 mo. old 865-622-1266
Golden Retriever pups, AKC, OFA/ champ lines, www.berachah farms.com 615-765-7976
***Web ID# 942489***
JACK RUSSELLS, NKC, M & F, 9 wks, 2nd shots, $250. 865-680-9738; 423-333-1223
King Charles puppies, CKC reg, 8 wks, tri color, vet ckd w/ shots, $500-$600. 865-661-1838
***Web ID# 942745***
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
ROTTWEILER PUPS AKC, German ch. bloodlines, shots, wormed 423-663-7225
Schnauzers, mini reg. puppies, blk/slvr. male, salt/pepper male, shots UTD, tails, dew claws done, 423-736-0277.
***Web ID# 941221***
Dogs 141SHIH TZU PUPS
CKC Reg., 4 M, $350 ea. 2 F, $400 ea. 1st S&W, 423-438-7223.
SIBERIAN Husky AKC Pups, champ lines, shots, $500. 865-995-1386
***Web ID# 941396***
YORKIE PUPPY, MALE, AKC, 8 wks. old, 1st shots. $500. 865-607-3950
***Web ID# 942357***
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 1504' King Kutter bush-
hog w/top link, good cond. $650.
Call 865-992-2953
FARM EQUIP FOR SALE: Spear scraper blade, 2 turning plows, 8-end Ford tractor (needs work). 690-1026
HORSE HAY, main-tenance to mare, tested. $4/up. Lou-don, 865-458-4239.
I'm Paying Top Dollar for Standing Timber, hardwood & pine. 5 acres or more. Call 865-982-2606; 382-7529
Building Materials 188STEEL
BUILDINGS SALE - Save THOUSANDS,
Factory Direct, Discount Shipping -
Ask About Clearance Buildings for Early Spring, 20x20, 20x30,
More! Call Today 866-670-3936.
Buildings for Sale 191STEEL BUILDINGS
SALE - Save $1000s, factory direct, dis-count shipping. Ask about clearance bldgs for early spring. 20x20, 20x30, more! 866-670-3936
Shop Tools-Engines 194LADDER LIFT for
roofing. Trans-porter, 200 lb lift, 4 hp Honda, 3 sec-tions, up to 26 ft. 4 yrs old. $800. 828-557-1422.
Collectibles 213PRECIOUS MOMENTS
COLLECTION, 250 pcs. $350. 865-705-7007
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
Medical Supplies 219BRUNO POWER
CHAIR LIFT for van or pickup, $650 or B.O. 865-457-4955
Sporting Goods 223EZEE GO golf cart 2004 battery pwrd, w/new batt's., CD plyr. $2500. Will del. 423-608-0198.
Garage Sales 225GOD'S PLACE
THRIFT STORE 5925 Chapman Hwy, Colonial Village. Fridays: Bag of Clothes $1.00/ea. We are helping the community & help-ing feed the home-less. Vicki 604-8077
Boats Motors 23216 1/2' Bass Tracker,
50 HP Mercury, elec. start, power t&t, $3800. 865-494-6223
1998 Hydra-sport 21' w/trailer & 200 HP Johnson, fishing ready, $8750 obo. 865-376-1283
***Web ID# 941527***
Campers 235CAMPERS WANTED
We buy travel trailers, 5th Wheels, Motor homes & Pop-Up Campers. Will pay cash. 423-504-8036
Motor Homes 2372001 Winnebago Ad-
venturer 32', full opts, pristine cond, 46K mi, carefully maintained, $41,000. 423-487-3008
***Web ID# 940232***
Motorcycles 238CHOPPER BIG DOG
Ridgeback, one of a kind custom in like new cond 1st $15,750 takes it ($34,000 in-vested). 865-388-3864
***Web ID# 944484***
HARLEY DAVIDSON Low Rider 2004, 4100 mi., many extras. Sell due to health. $10,000. 865-389-0486.
HARLEY DAVIDSON NIGHT TRAIN 2003 20K mi., adult rid-den, garage kept, $9500/bo 865-850-3421
ATV’s 238aPOLARIS Sportsman
2006, 500 H.O. EF1 X2, only 30 hrs., ga-rage kept, exc. cond $6,500. 865-659-0375
Autos Wanted 253CASH for Junk Vehicles
Call C.J. Recycling 865-556-8956 or 363-0318
Fast, free pickup. We Pay More
Than The Rest! Licensed + Insured.
I BUY junk cars. 865.456.5249 or
865.938.6915
Volkswagen Beetle wanted. 1966-1970. Running. (hardtop) No projects. Want to drive 865-438-6956
Vans 256
TOYOTA SIENNA XLE Ltd 2004, 138k mi, very good cond. New tires. CD/DVD. $11,500. 865-607-3320,
Trucks 257FORD F150 Crew Cab
Lariat 2005, 53k mi, like new, $17,500. 865-405-4866; 385-5646
4 Wheel Drive 258DODGE SLT 2009, reg
cab, 4x4, 5,500 mi, like new, white, Hemi, $20,000. 865-705-8886
***Web ID# 942556***
FORD F150 2003, King ranch, loaded, extra sharp, 155K mi, $10,200. 865-233-4849
NISSAN XTERRA XE, 2001, silver, 4x4, V6, towing pkg, 114k mi, $7200. 865-599-2132
NISSAN XTERRA XE 2003 4WD,
White, V6, towing pkg., MP3 stereo. 124K mi., $7400.
865-670-9938.
Antiques Classics 260FORD BRONCO XLT
1978, 4-SP, 4 WD, 351M, 46K orig. mi., $4,200. 865-688-3286
Sport Utility 261ISUZU Trooper 1995, 4x4 V6, looks & runs great. MUST SELL! $1900. 865-680-6260.
Landrover Discovery 1995, 120k mi, white, needs work. $4650 /b.o. 865-588-5310
LEXUS RX300 2001, 142k mi, looks/runs great. $10,000/b.o. 865-771-8442
***Web ID# 944670***
Imports 262HONDA FIT SPORT
2007, red, 44 MPG, Auto, $10,500 obo. 931-879-4356.
***Web ID# 939218***
MAZDA RX8 2005, grand touring pkg, AT, loaded, exc cond, 35K mi, $13,700. 865-233-4849
MERCEDES BENZ 240D, 1983, 84K mi., pristine cond., orig owner. 865-675-2282
Sports 264CHEVY SSR 2005,
red, loaded, 10K mi., $25,500 obo. Call 865-755-4729.
***Web ID# 941582***
CORVETTE 1986 Pace Car conv. 48K mi., all orig., yellow
w/blk top. $11,900 obo. Call 865-755-4729.
***Web ID# 941572***
Domestic 265BUICK LASABRE
2000, 117K + mi., no body damage, great car. $5800. 865-539-0565
CHRYSLER Sebring 1998 Limited conv., great shape, loaded, 113K mi., gold w/blk
top. $4200. 865-448-0499
DODGE INTREPID 1997, green, int. good shape. $2500. 865-525-9853
DODGE STRATUS 2005, 68K mi., V6, all pwr, AM/FM/CD $6,250. 865-927-6003
***Web ID# 944141***
PONTIAC Sunfire 2005, 5 sp., 45K mi. Asking
$4500. New clutch/ tires. 769-0166 lv msg.
Fencing 327YOU BUY IT, we install
it! Fencing & repair. We haul stuff too! Call 604-6911.
Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE instal-
lation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 32 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328
Furniture Refinish. 331
DENNY'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.
Landscaping 338LANDSCAPING
MGMT Design, in-stall, mulch, small tree/shrub work, weeding, bed re-newal, debri clean-up. Free estimates, 25 yrs exp!
Mark Lusby 679-0800
Lawn Care 339
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ABC LAWN &
SEALCOATING Comm/Res. Mow-
ing, mulch, hedge-trimming, tree/ stump removal, gutters cleaned.
377-3819
Paving 345
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Roofing / Siding 352
^Parkview Senior Living
10914 Kingston Pike
or apply in personM-F, 9-4pm
Activity/SocialCoordinator
Send resume to [email protected]
HELP WANTED
Must love working with seniors, be creative, enthusiastic with the ability
to develop, plan and implement an activities program.
UT NOTES ■ Moneyball: Former UT
football coach Phillip
Fulmer, UT softball coach
Karen Weekly and UT
baseball coach Bill Mosiello
will host a panel discussion
about the book and movie
“Moneyball” and the use of
business analytics in sports,
business and recruiting.
This is an invitation-only
event for top students in
the College of Business
Administration to be held
today (Monday, March 5) at
Club LeConte, Plaza Tower.
■ Bill Landry, longtime ac-
tor, director and producer,
will be honored at 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, at
the Crowne Plaza at the
10th annual Appalachian
Spring gourmet dinner
and auction hosted by
the Department of Retail,
Hospitality and Tourism
Management. Tickets are
$150. The deadline to pur-
chase tickets is March 12.
Money generated will be
used for student scholar-
ships, industry trips and
internship support. Info:
Ann Fairhurst at 974-6614
or [email protected]/.
■ Rupy Sawhney, Weston
Fulton Professor and head
of the Department of In-
dustrial Engineering, chal-
lenged his students to fi nd
a way to help Edi Deaver, a
UT alumnus with cerebral
palsy, be more mobile.
A team of fi ve graduate
students, led by Lavanya
Marella, researched how
Deaver’s body moved
and then customized an
over-the-bed lift system to
accommodate his move-
ments. Sawhney used
research funds to purchase
the system that was adapt-
ed for Deaver’s needs.
Share your family’s
milestones with us!
mily’s estonesith us!
E-mail them [email protected]
Sara Barrett
Critter Tales
Stimpy has fallen on hard times and is looking for a fresh start. He was initially surrendered at a shelter in Knox County with his friend Ren, who was euthanized be-fore the pair could be picked up by the Humane Society.
Amber Mullins of the Humane Society spends some time with
adoptable dog Stimpy. He’s almost as tall as she is when he
stands on his back legs. Photo by S. Barrett
Stimpy hopes for a second chance
Stimpy is now by himself, trying to cope with the loss of Ren and hoping a new family will come his way.
Amber Mullins, event and volunteer coordinator for the Humane Society, said Stimpy’s a big teddy bear, but she thinks his size scares people off.
Stimpy’s tail is wrapped in surgical tape because “he’s so happy all the time … he wags it so much that it wacks his cage.” This condi-tion is expected to improve once he’s in an open space, such as a fenced backyard.
The Great Dane mix is great with kids and seems to be fi ne around cats and other dogs. He has been neutered, microchipped, dewormed, vaccinated and loved by the people at the Humane Society.
There is an adoption fee of $150 which will help cov-er medical expenses, sup-plies and general overhead for the shelter.
For more information about Stimpy, call 573-9675 or visit www.humanesocietytennessee.com.
Additional note: I re-ceived a letter from a mem-ber of the Stray Connection rescue group regarding last week’s column. This group has been assisting with the recent hoarding situation on Murphy Road. Young-Williams had graciously
offered to help with the ani-mals they rescued. The note was so touching, I wanted to share part of it with you:
“ … Two weeks ago, I and two other ladies trek to YWAC to help. As we were led to the rooms that these (rescued) cats were held in, we passed room after room of animals. I’d never seen so many ani-mals and the thought of this being one shelter in one town was so sad. The most disturbing was that during the four hours we were there ‘evaluating’ cats, the f low of cars (sur-rendering) animals to the shelter never stopped.
“… I cry as I type this, I cry for each of those poor souls brought there in that one day and cry for all those in the past, and God help the ones to be brought in to-morrow. I cry for the work-ers at the shelter who look into the faces of these lost, unwanted, abused and un-loved animals every day.
“Just as we who work in rescue struggle to save ‘one more’ and sometimes ques-tion if we’re making a differ-ence, we must continue to remind ourselves … it mat-ters everything to those few we are able to save.”
If you have a question or comment for Sara, call her at 218-9378 or email her at [email protected].
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