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By Betsy Pickle

The kids at Faith Early Learn-ing Center have an Eagle’s-eye view of nature at work.

The preschoolers and kinder-

By Betsy PickleFamily reunions are a familiar

concept. So are reunions marking the anniversary of an event, like a high school graduation.

Among former employees of Baptist Hospital of East Ten-nessee, “family” is how they see themselves. And 2013 is defi nitely a milestone – the fi fth anniversary of the closing of the venerable hos-pital on Blount Avenue.

So … it’s party time!Former Baptist employees have

been meeting since June to plan a reunion, which will take place 1-5

p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Tennova South Ambulatory Care Center, 7323 Chapman Highway. The or-ganizing meetings have been like mini-reunions for the committee, with memories and laughter fl ow-ing along with ideas.

At a recent meeting at Broad-way Baptist Church, chair Patsy Boling wowed her friends with her initiative. Knocking off agenda items one by one, Boling would in-vite reports from those who’d been working on the assignment, then mention something she’d done to help research options.

Sometimes, her colleagues had to rein her in.

“What about two-way radios?” asked Boling. “It’s a big place.”

“We can use cell phones,” respond-ed Lisa Stearns.

As the event grows closer – along with the

Thursday, Sept. 12, deadline for registration at http://bhet-reunion.eventbrite.com – the group is meeting more often and

Excitement builds for Baptist reunionmaking fi nal decisions on things like sheet cakes vs. cupcakes, cloth vs. plastic tablecloths and T-shirts vs. other types of souvenirs. It’s crunch time, and they know it, but they’re determined to put together the best reunion possible for their “family.”

The event is free for former em-ployees, physicians and auxiliary and board members (plus a guest). The committee held a fundraising drive to cover the costs – which didn’t include things like printed invitations.

Boling

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PPreschhoollers water,

Garden-variety lessons

Fisher Smith, Catherine

Manley and Emily Wright

are proud of the pump-

kin they helped grow in

the garden of Faith Early

Learning Center in Farra-

gut. Photos by Nancy Anderson

gartners at the center, 239 James-towne Blvd., are watching their garden grow in two raised beds built late last year by Eagle Scout Mason Taylor.

Taylor, now a freshman at George Mason University, had built a climb-in sandbox for the center as part of an outdoor-im-provement project. The learning center had been looking for a way to do larger gardening projects, so

he built the beds.Principal Kimberly Mayes says

she’s leaving the oversight of the garden up to assistant director Pat Lyman.

“I’ll admit: I kill stuff,” says Mayes. “I’m not the best gardener. So this is a learning experience for me. Miss Pat has been the one who has said, ‘OK, we can do this.’”

Gardening is a slow business.“We did the planting in the To page A-3

spring, in late April, early May,” says Mayes, referring to beans, radishes, sunfl owers and pump-kins. “Some of our things have already been harvested. We want the children to be involved, to be able to make it a learning proj-ect, to see how it went from seed to plant to fruit to actually being able to consume it,” she says. “The

Football tailgateThe tradition continued for

Farragut High School seniors as they dressed in togas for the fi rst home football game. It was also Tailgate Night, giving all classes a chance to have some pre-game fun.

FHS senior Chase Chambers said you spend the fi rst three years of high school earning the privilege to ““toga up.”

Younger classmates, he said, would one day get the chance to clothe themselves in bed sheets and cook out in the senior lot.

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1) She start-ed her career in education as a music teacher.

2) She’s very funny.3) She’s from Scotland.The unexpected elements

conspire to make Cook the perfect fi t for this special Knox County school. For starters, she understands what the students need.

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Free Flu Shot Saturday

The 19th annual Free Flu Shot Saturday will be held 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 14, or while supplies last. Loca-tions will be Austin-East Mag-net High School, Farragut High School, Halls High School, West High School, South-Doyle Middle School and Carter High School.

Flu shots will be available for anyone age 4 and older. Donations to benefi t the Knox-ville News Sentinel’s Empty Stocking Fund will be accepted but are not required to receive the vaccine.

It’s all about getting power to the people – especially young peo-ple. K-Town Youth Empowerment Network works citywide with youth and families who struggle with emotional, behavioral and mental health issues to get them back on the right track and teach leadership skills to the young peo-ple. Goals are to help the families achieve self-suffi ciency and stabil-ity and help the youth to set spe-cifi c goals.

Sometimes getting a helping hand from a local business can make a world of difference. K-

K-Town youth get help from TargetTown recently partnered with Tar-get stores for a shopping trip for some of their youth and families to pick up some necessities. The young people and their family met K-Town staff at Target at Turkey Creek where youths Jimmy Turn-er and Faith Schmaltz received gift cards to purchase items they needed for home and school.

K-Town project director is Be-linda Jones. She says the system of care the youth and families re-ceive through the organization is a “wraparound process.”

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Picking up items for home and school, courtesy of Target at Turkey Creek,

are K-Town Youth Empowerment member Jimmy Turner, parent Judith

Schmaltz, K-Town Family Support Provider Rosa Collins and K-Town Youth

Faith Schmaltz. Photos submitted

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UPCOMING AT TOWN HALL ■ Board of Plumbing, Gas/Mechanical Examiners, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10.

■ Stormwater Advisory Committee Meeting, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12.

■ Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen, 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 12.

■ Personnel Committee and Grievance Committee, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17.

■ Farragut Municipal Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19.

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Putting on the ritz for Sertoma are Debby Brownlee, one of the

event organizers, and Heather Anderson.

By Laura ClineSteamy jazz music, fl ap-

per attire and dancing fi lled the Hilton in downtown Knoxville on Aug. 17 as guests of Sertoma Center’s “Cool Jazz, Warm Nights Annual Dinner and Auc-tion” stepped back in time to a 1920s speakeasy.

Proceeds from the fun evening benefi tted a worthy cause.

The Sertoma Center has been serving people with intellectual and develop-mental disabilities in Knox-ville since 1961. Providing residential and vocational services to approximately 100 individuals and their families, Sertoma Center offers clients the resources necessary to lead fuller lives. To help support a $5 million budget, Sertoma holds an annual dinner and auction in addition to two other fundraisers each

Keeping with the jazz-era theme at the Sertoma Center’s “Cool Jazz, Warm Nights Annual Din-

ner and Auction” are, from left, Marilyn Bingham, Marsha Hollingsworth, Vivian Gillespie, Linda

Rutherford, Linda Haynes and Mary Antonnuti. Photos by Adam Heimerman

The jazz band Red and Company, featuring Jake Smith on guitar, Megan Lange on vocals and

Ashton Williams on the bass, kept guests on their feet.

All that jazz – for Sertoma

year. Although Sertoma re-ceives considerable funding from the state, fundraisers are essential to supplement their budget needs.

“The auction money goes toward running the cen-ter, running the different homes, food, medical and all the different living ex-penses,” said Megan Lange, co-chair for the event’s auction. “It also goes to-ward fi eld trips for clients throughout the year.”

Guests got to bid on a wide range of items, from Club LeConte gift certifi -cates, skybox seats to Uni-versity of Tennessee football games, cooking classes, tan-dem skydiving and a week-long stay in Colorado. “We raised the most money that Sertoma has ever raised during this event, and it was the most enjoyable evening that Sertoma has put on,” said Lange.

The event raised over $100,000, and that money goes directly toward fund-ing programs that benefi t the clients. “Sertoma sup-ports people who have been forgotten,” said Debby Brownlee, who partnered with Lange in organizing the event. “These are people with mental and physical challenges, and many don’t have families. The center provides housing, medical care and personal care for their clients.”

The event raises funds through live and silent auc-tions, table sponsors and in-dividual ticket sales, as well as corporate sponsorships such as Pilot Flying J.

The commitment of the volunteers is evident at the event.

“Members of the com-mittee are passionate about raising funds for the cen-ter. The committee’s pas-sion comes through at the event,” said Lange. Lange also served as the evening’s live entertainment. The jazz singer and her band – Red and Company – kept the at-mosphere lively and fun.

“It was fabulous,” said Brownlee. “The music was amazing. It made you feel like you were in a Chicago jazz club. We are still hear-ing from people about what a great time they had.”

Guests numbered ap-proximately 327. Many of them embraced the jazz-era theme and came decked out in pearls and feathers. “The crowd looked gorgeous, the champagne was fl owing, and the music was groov-ing,” said Lange.

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Baptist reunion From page A-1

“I’ve had people ask me, ‘When am I going to get an in-v itat ion?’” Joyce Por-ritt shared. Her reply: “It’s called Facebook.”

At press time, they

already had reservations for 600-plus, about two-thirds of capacity. They’ve dis-tributed fl iers. Boling and Cynthia Campbell reported

a scheduled TV appear-ance.

G l e n d a Darden of Halls start-ed nursing school at Baptist in 1958 and after gradu-

ating worked there for 40 years.

“I retired seven years be-fore it closed,” said Darden.

“These 12 years I’ve been waiting for this reunion.”

The group credits phy-sician David Rankin, who chaired the board when Baptist closed, for coming up with the reunion idea, but he says his contribution was encouraging the right people to lead.

“Patsy and Glenda are patients of mine,” says Rankin, who now is affi li-ated with the University of Tennessee Medical Center. “Usually when people from Baptist come in to the offi ce we talk about Baptist and how it’s family. Patsy and I were talking, and she told me it’s been fi ve years (since the hospital closed).

“And I said, ‘Five years? We ought to have a reunion!’ We started talking about it. I said, ‘Patsy, you need to be head of this.’ She said, ‘Oh, head of what?’

“And then Ms. Darden came in the next week, and I said, ‘You and Patsy need to talk about this.’ So it went

from there.”Boling graduated from

nursing school at Baptist in May 1973 and immediately went to work in orthopedics. She went on to spend 22 years in ICU, then moved to the nursing offi ce in 1997 and stayed until it closed in 2008.

“I was one of the last peo-ple to leave, actually, in the inpatient nursing area, and then we went to St. Mary’s,” said Boling, who’s now re-tired. She’s serious about being part of the Baptist family.

“I felt like I grew up there,” she said. “Being in nurs-ing school there and having all my friends and meeting head nurses and doctors at that time and then working as a nurse, it just really felt like a family. And I can say that I haven’t felt that at any other place that I worked. It’s been great.”

To register offl ine, call 335-5275 or 218-7535 and leave your name, number and address by Sept. 12.

Rankin

Darden

Emily Wright, age 3, fi nds and

inspects a pumpkin blossom in

the garden at Faith Early Learning

Center in Farragut.

Kim Mayes, principal, teaches Cath-

erine Manley and Knox Sun about

garden bugs while visiting the gar-

den at Faith Early Learning Center.

Garden lessons From page A-1

problem with that in any school setting is that you have those summer months there.”

Coming to the rescue for the learning opportunity: pumpkins. “We wanted to make sure we planted things they all could see in the fall. That’s how the pumpkins came about. We wanted to make sure we had some-thing that when they came back at the beginning of the school year that they could actually see the results.”

The pumpkins are the learning center’s crowning achievement.

“I’m not sure how many we planted,” says Mayes. “Right now we have two full-size pumpkins. For most people they’re not big, but considering this was our fi rst project, we’re like, ‘Wow, they’re huge!’ We now have a few more little pump-kins starting to form.”

In addition to Taylor’s contributions, Faith Early Learning Center also has been blessed with advice

from the Davis Family YMCA.

“We did a tour of the gar-dens at the Davis YMCA,” says Mayes. “They were showing different things they’ve done to make things more productive. A couple of peer gardeners have agreed to come take a look at our soil, take a look at our area to see how we can ex-pand it.”

From small beginnings come great things.

“Our goal is to give our kids healthier snacks,” says Mayes. “We’ve got a lot of peanut allergies, so we have to be very careful about what we buy. When we go and buy snacks, usually they’re prepackaged things: crackers, pretzels, things that are safe for everyone to eat. But that’s not the best option. Especially with obe-sity and processed foods, our goal is to do more fruits and vegetables as snacks. But as everyone knows, that’s not always the most cost-effi cient thing.”

Mayes has big plans. Shehopes to add more beds aswell as apple and pear trees.

“Right now it’s defi nitelynot going to be enough tofeed a preschool,” she says.“We’ve got, depending onthe time of year, anywherefrom 85 to 115 children. Butwe want to supplement asmuch as we can.”

While the garden maynot be contributing suste-nance yet, it is keeping thekids busy with science les-sons. The sunfl owers werebeautiful as well as educa-tional.

“We’ll use the pumpkinsin our science areas,” saysMayes. “We’ll cut them openso children can see inside,feel the inside, clean themout. We’ll take the seeds andbake them, so children cantaste pumpkin seeds.

“Teachers will do differ-ent pumpkin-making proj-ects so kids can see thisis what happens with thepumpkin, seed to fi nishedproject.”

Tailgating – Admiral style

Farragut High School seniors Sam Schulze, Chase Chambers, Nathan Ogier and Cole Stewart

dress in togas. Toga costumes are a FHS senior tradition for the fi rst home football game. Photos by S. Barrett

Farragut sopho-

more Matthew

Sallade gets the

grill going in the

unoffi cial tailgating

area for under-

classmen.

Farragut High juniors Brandon Donathan and Ty Allen show off

their moves on skateboards.

By Sara BarrettThe tradition continued

for Farragut High School seniors as they dressed in togas for the fi rst home football game on Aug. 30 against Oak Ridge. It was also Tailgate Night, giving all classes a chance to have some pre-game fun.

FHS senior Chase Cham-bers said you spend the fi rst three years of high school earning the privilege to ““toga up,” so he didn’t feel bad for the freshmen, soph-omores or juniors who were tailgating at other locations around campus. They, too, he said, would one day get their chance to clothe them-selves in bed sheets and cook out in the senior lot.

Juniors hung out in their designated parking lot and played football, Frisbee and cornhole while enjoying hotdogs fresh off the grill and ice cold soft drinks. Sophomores were tucked behind the CTE building for their tailgating, although a rather large number of stu-dents turned out there to support the team.

Not to be left out, other community members set up for Admiral tailgates, too, but the scene at the fi rst home game belonged to the students. The football team kept up their end of the bar-gain, beating Oak Ridge 31-24.

“We provide a system of care and collaboration among youth, families and organizations throughout the community to ensure that the youth and their families have each and ev-ery service they need to be successful,” says Jones. When youth and families begin working with K-Town, they receive the support of

a family or transition sup-port provider and a men-tal health consultant. As a team with the youth and family, they begin the wrap-around process.” This liter-ally wraps services and sup-ports around the families and youth based on their goals and unique situation,” says Jones.

The team then helps the

young people and their fam-ilies work through the maze of service systems available – whether they need mental health help, educational as-sistance, life skills training or transitional needs.

For referrals to the pro-gram, contact Taylor Rum-sey, enrollment coordinator, at 865-474-6680. Informa-tion: www.ktownyen.org.

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Mayor Madeline Rogero has reappointed How-ard Vogel to the Airport Authority. Vogel, the chair, was fi rst appointed by then- Mayor Bill Haslam.

Vogel, an attorney, is brother-in-law of state Sen. Becky Duncan Massey. He has been an active and effective chair following attorneys Arthur Seymour and Dick Krieg along with business owner Kirk Hud-dleston, who all served as chair over the past 20 years.

Rogero has also ap-pointed Marva Martin to succeed Sam Anderson, for-mer city parks director, to the city civil service board. Anderson was removed due to residency issues.

Rogero does not routine-ly announce appointments to boards and commissions, so your writer will mention them when the situation or person merits comment. Martin, who turns 70 in December, is very ener-getic and active. She will not back down on a subject because someone disagrees. She led enforcement of Title VI in the city for seven years (fi ve of them while this writer was mayor).

Also appointed was former FOP president Ed Mitchell to replace Don Green, a retired police offi cer, also removed for residency issues.

Sometimes city council votes on the appointments and sometimes not. Council does vote on the appoint-ments to civil service board and the airport authority. Council does not vote on appointments to KCDC or to MPC.

■ Former Vice Mayor Mark Brown (and now county magistrate) married Chenile Crenshaw on Aug. 24 in Memphis at a well-attended wedding.

■ Mark Campen, one of the quieter but thought-ful members of city council, is doing his part to help the city’s census count. He and wife Emily are expecting their second child, a girl, in October. Her name will

Rogero names Vogel to airport

authority be Phoebe Quinn Campen. Her older brother is Parson Campen. Congratulations to them.

Two others in the past 50 years have fathered children while serving on council. They are Ed Shouse, now a county commissioner, and Joe Bailey, whose father also served on city council. Only former Mayor Randy Tyree and this writer fathered children while serving as mayor in the last 70 years.

■ Liane Lee Russell who, along with her late husband, Bill, pushed for enactment of the Tennes-see Scenic Rivers Act in the 1960s, celebrated her 90th birthday at the Pollard Con-ference Center in Oak Ridge on Aug. 27. It was spon-sored in part by the Tennes-see Citizens for Wilderness Planning which she helped to create. She is an icon in the conservation movement in Tennessee.

■ Zygmunt Plater, formerly a UT professor, will be back in Knoxville this Thursday, Sept. 12, at Union Avenue Books for a book-signing of his new book, “The Snail Darter and the Dam,” just published by Yale University Press. Plat-er is a professor at Boston College Law School. This is the story of t he Tellico Dam and the years-long battle to halt its construc-tion. It is the fi rst detailed history of this struggle with fi rst-hand details. Excellent history.

■ Jim Haslam, father of Gov. Bill Haslam, is re-covering from knee replace-ment surgery at Knoxville’s UT Medical Center a few weeks ago.

The best line of the past week came from Ann Dyer, the new fi nance director in Union County. Asked why the medical cost for inmates continues to exceed its bud-get, Dyer said, “We always start out hopeful.”

That line sums up the relationship between Knox County Commission and the Knox County Board of Education as each group starts anew with fresh lead-ership.

Brad Anders got the job he should have had last year when Tony Norman came out of nowhere to be elected commission chair.

Anders, in this writer’s opinion, was being punished for considering the school board’s budget request. He never voted for it. He never made a motion to adopt it.

Starting out hopeful

Sandra Clark

He just considered it and therefore he was suspect.

Norman, an otherwise kind and gentle soul, made no bones about his dislike of Superintendent Dr. Jim Mc-Intyre and his disdain for the proposed budget which could have required a prop-erty tax increase. Voting for Norman were R. Larry Smith, Jeff Ownby, Dave Wright, Amy Broyles and Sam McKenzie.

Much of the same crew voted Sept. 3 for Smith to succeed Norman, but Bro-yles and McKenzie switched to Anders who won 6-4. (Richard Briggs, an Anders vote last year, was absent for a medical mission.) Smith was retained as vice ch air.

The school board succes-sion was much more order-ly. Vice chair Lynne Fugate moved up to replace Karen Carson. Gloria Deathridge moved in as vice chair.

Bottom line: Brad An-ders is gruffer on the sur-face than is Norman, but he will be a calmer, less volatile chair. Fugate has potential to be more abrasive than Carson, but we’ll have to

Brad Anders Lynne Fugate

NOTES ■ West Knox Republican Club

will meet Monday, Sept. 9, at

Red Lobster, 8040 Kingston

Pike. Charme Knight will

speak. Dinner begins at 6

p.m. and the meeting begins

at 7 p.m. Info: knoxgop.org

■ Fountain City North Knox

Republican Club will meet

Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Shoney’s,

4032 Broadway. Dinner

begins at 6 p.m. and the

meeting begins at 7 p.m. Info:

knoxgop.org

■ East Knox Republican Club

will meet Thursday, Sept. 12,

at O’Charleys, 3050 S. Mall

Road. Dinner begins at 6 p.m.

and the meeting begins at

6:45 p.m. Info: knoxgop.org

Tony Norman Karen Carson

see. She didn’t make a vic-tory speech.

Both leaders are plan-

ning to play nice. And the community is starting out hopeful.

Della Volpe gives humor nod to FOPBy Sandra Clark

When Nick Della Volpe got a candidate question-naire from the Fraternal Order of Police, he almost swallowed his teeth. He

q u i c k l y penned a response to FOP presi-dent Mark Taylor: “I appreciate your sense of humor in sending the letter. ...

Your offer arrived a bit late for its stated purpose, how-ever, as the FOP has already littered the roadsides with

anti-Della Volpe signs.”It’s a sure bet that the

FOP will be endorsing Rick Staples, an employee of the Sheriff’s Offi ce and probable member of the organization.

The FOP leadership is after Della Volpe because of his problems with the cur-rent pension system. Della Volpe says he’s the best friend the FOP ever had, because he is working for a sustainable pension over time.

“The city’s pension plan, which has a roughly $200 million defi cit, leaves your members at risk,” he told Taylor. Della Volpe says the hybrid plan for new work-

ers, supported by Mayor Madeline Rogero and ad-opted by voters, is “a good start (at reform), but is “just a drop in a very big bucket.”

Never one to simply say, “Sorry if I o f f e n d e d you,” Del-la Volpe added: “If you haven’t looked at the num-bers lately, city taxpay-ers are put-

ting in four or fi ve times more than city workers ($20M vs. $3.8M per year) into the pension plan.”

He rolled on to a second page: “Do you want to end up like the guys in Pritchard, Ala., where the bankrupt city just stopped sending out the retirement checks when their pension system and the city coffers ran dry? Far-fetched? Over a dozen cit-ies around the country have fi led for bankruptcy because of overwhelming debt, in-cluding heavy pension debt. It is no time to stick one’s head in the sand. We need to collectively rise to the occa-sion and work through this.”

Count on this discussion to continue through the campaign. Early voting is already underway.

Della VolpeStaples

Leadership: Everybody’s talking about itGov. Bill Haslam has

established the Tennessee Governor’s Management Fellowship program to train and mentor future leaders.

According to a press re-lease, the nonpartisan pro-gram offers a competitive salary and is open to recent graduates demonstrat-ing outstanding academic achievement, a passion for serving their communities and outstanding character and leadership abilities.

Five fellows will be cho-sen by an executive com-mittee of some of the state’s foremost leaders. Fellows can spend two years work-ing full-time for senior and top-ranking government offi cials beginning August 11, 2014.

After six months on statewide projects, fellows will be assigned to one of state government’s 22 de-partments where they will serve directly under the commissioner.

Applicants must have graduated from an under-graduate institution or graduate program between December 2011 and Au-gust 2014. Info: The www.tn.gov/governor/fel low-ship. Applications close Wednesday, Oct. 30.

On the local front, Lead-ership Knoxville and UT are collaborating on a pro-gram called Leadership Knoxville Scholars.

The program will guide 41 of UT’s top juniors and seniors through a two-year

program in which students will take one leadership development course each semester.

Other components in-clude a senior project aimed toward improv-ing the UT and Knoxville communities, as well as a mentor program that pairs students with Leadership Knoxville alumni.

The Center for Leader-ship and Service is a de-partment within the Divi-sion of Student Life on UT campus with the mission of educating and engaging all students to lead and serve in the global community.

This mission is accom-plished through a variety of programs and services open to any student in-

terested in furthering his or her leadership skills or serving those in need. Info: leadershipandservice.utk.edu.

And Sandra Rowcliffe, president of Knox County Council PTA, is urging her friends online to become a mentor for tnAchieves.

She writes: “As many of you are aware, I serve as a tnAchieves mentor at Har-din Valley Academy. I must tell you it is absolutely one of the easiest volunteer jobs I have, but one of the most rewarding.

“So little time for such huge results. ... Please con-sider your own participa-tion in this program.

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‘Grateful for what we get’Education Relations Committee talks money

A benefi t of incorpora-tion is the ability to direct public money at targeted community projects. Thus, citizens of Knox and sur-rounding counties come to Costco or other fi ne Farra-gut businesses to buy stuff and eat out. A chunk of the local option sales tax they spend goes into the coffers of the town of Farragut. It’s a mighty good deal for town residents.

All town offi cials, from the lowliest committee member to the mayor, work for free. It’s a town run by paid staff with policy deci-sions made by volunteers.

One fairly new volunteer

Members of the Education Resources Committee at last week’s meeting: Shyam Nair, Kristen

Pennycuff -Trent, Michael Singletary, Mark Littleton, Nancy Wentz and Russell Barber. Not pic-

tured, Julia Craze. Photo by S. Clark

committee is the Farragut/Knox County Schools Joint Education Relations Com-mittee (ERC).

Mark Littleton was re-elected chair last week, as-sisted by vice chair Shyam Nair and secretary Kristen Pennycuff-Trent. School as-signments were decided: Littleton, Farragut High;

Knox County spends $1.75 million at Farragut High

Sandra Clark

Nair, Farragut Middle; Pen-nycuff-Trent, Farragut In-termediate; Michael Single-tary, Farragut Primary; and Nancy Wentz, Hardin Valley Academy.

Gary Palmer, assistant town administrator, said the ERC budget will be the same this year as last – the equivalent of $22,000 for each of fi ve schools.

Afterwards, this writ-er dropped by Farragut High School to ask what the school would do with $22,000. What would it do with the whole $110,000?

What I learned is written below.

Principal Michael Reyn-

olds said the school is grate-ful for what it gets. He un-derstands that the money should follow the students. And he made an interesting point when challenged with

the age of his school versus Hardin Valley Academy.

“That school is six years old. Everything in it is six years old. Some of our tech-nology (at Farragut High

School) is newer than theirs.The ERC meets from 4-5

p.m. each fi rst Monday at town hall – except in Octo-ber when the meeting is on Monday, Oct. 8.

By Sandra ClarkOver the summer, Knox

County Schools spent $1.75 m i l l i o n at Farra-gut High School.

S c h o o l board mem-bers Karen Carson and T h o m a s D e a k i n s

“fought to get us on the (physical plant upgrades) list,” said principal Michael Reynolds.

Some of the improve-ments had languished on the PPU list since before construction of Hardin Val-ley Academy.

Reynolds said right off the top “we spent $250,000 for chillers (for the HVAC). We used more than $400,000 on the wireless system. Both are things you can’t see and don’t touch your physical plant.”

Farragut High got new

At top, teacher Leslie Howe

shows the math program she

developed to use at Farragut

High. At left, is the stairwell

which will soon have new

tread; above are the new lock-

ers that line the halls.

ceiling tiles, fl oor covering and painting throughout the main building. Built in 1975, the main building had temporary walls between classrooms, Reynolds said. Those were replaced with permanent walls and addi-tional electrical outlets. Ev-erything is fi nished except the library where much of the equipment was stored during renovations. “We’ll fi nish the library during winter break,” he said.

Steps from the fi rst fl oor to the second will be getting new treads.

New lockers were a stu-dent priority and have been installed in Admiral blue. That cost $225,000. Teach-er workrooms were redone, eliminating tall cubicles to open up the rooms. The CTE building got a new front door and the county up-graded the security cameras and added keyless access. Main building restrooms were upgraded with new ep-

oxy on the fl oors.Could Farragut use

more?“Yes,” said Reynolds.

“We’re grateful for what we got, but we’ve got two other buildings here. And tech-nology is the big thing.”

He wants 100 new com-puters for the library to cre-ate “a real computer lab.”

That would cost $1 mil-lion, and a business has committed $5,000. “Just $995,000 to go,” said Reyn-olds.

We dropped by the com-puter lab where Leslie Howe teaches math, often on programs she wrote. The school’s Foundation helped built the tiered desks for her students. It looks high-tech, but “these comput-ers are eight years old,” she said. Howe just turned 70, but Reynolds doesn’t want her to retire. “To keep that knowledge from walking out the door, I would build two labs,” he laughed.

Howe has 20 computers. “Twenty-two thousand dol-lars could be dropped right there,” he said, pointing.

Reynolds is collaborat-ing with Danny Trent, the new principal at Farragut Middle School.

Trent spent four years as principal at Central High School and knows what middle schoolers need to be successful in high school.

“The high school is the heartbeat of the commu-nity,” said Reynolds. “The town benefi ts from having a high school that is focused on achievement.

“Businesses are commit-ted to our sports teams, but what about our academics?”

Farragut High serves about 1,700 students with another 3,300 at the middle and intermediate schools.

Farragut High has re-ceived national recognition – a validation of the staff and students, Reynolds said.

A-6 • SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 • Shopper news

Eighteen old Vols are in the College Football Hall of Fame. Bernard King is the fi rst former player in the Naismith Memorial Bas-ketball Hall of Fame. Think about that – 18 to 1. Is Ten-nessee a football school or what?

Hall of Fame fi nally admits Bernard King

Marvin West

Bernard was enshrined Sunday in Springfi eld, Mass. The honor was a long time coming. Ages ago the Ernie and Bernie Show packed Stokely Center.

After that, it took years and years of repeated nominations to convince

selectors that the best-ever Volunteer and former NBA great deserved a place among the immortals.

There never was any question about basketball talent and accomplish-ments. The honors com-mittee was undoubtedly waiting to see how King, 56, turned out as a man.

The same might be said of former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian. He, too, made a few waves.

In addition to BK and Tark, this class featured Louisville coach Rick Pitino and former Houston coach Guy Lewis.

Sorry the hall took soooo long to recognize Bernard. Ray Mears and Stu Aber-deen would have really en-joyed the occasion.

It was Stu, a New York-er, who persuaded King to come from Brooklyn to

join fellow New Yorker Er-nie Grunfeld for the best of times at Tennessee. It was Stu who stayed and stayed with the recruiting project when others thought King would not meet NCAA aca-demic standards. Rivals believed that coffee stain on the high school transcript ledger covered a D. Stu, te-nacious researcher, argued it was a B.

Bernard many times tested Mears’ patience but the coach did deep-breath-ing exercises and learned to tolerate this unusual super-star.

Only King would have brought a hamburger and fries to a pre-practice brief-ing. Such meetings were al-most formal.

Nobody would have dared stop the team bus, hop off and jog into a drug store for AA batteries. What

was King to do? His music machine was dragging.

Bernard King, he of fi erce intensity, amazing quick-ness on turnaround jump-ers, very aggressive board play, rare ability to slither through a tiny defensive crack in transition, was three times player of the year in the Southeastern Conference (1975–1977).

He averaged 25.8 points and 13.2 rebounds and racked up a record 62 dou-ble-doubles in 76 career games. Twenty-six times he scored 30 or more. He played with pure passion and despised Kentucky twice that much.

After King’s fi rst appear-ance in Lexington, a taunt-ing UK fan dropped a light-ed cigarette into his hair. Bernard swore he would never again lose to the Wild-cats. He didn’t.

The warrior had a soft-er side. He wrote poetry. I know that for a fact. He wouldn’t let me see but he read to Sarah West.

King scored 19,655 points and averaged 22.5 in the NBA. He scored 60 one Christmas Day and had 50 in back-to-back games for the New York Knicks. He played in four all-star games. His greatest accom-plishment was fi ghting back from a horrible knee injury at the peak of his career.

There was a time when Mark Aguirre said “He was unstoppable. Also unbeliev-able.”

Dominique Wilkins said Bernard was the only man he ever played against who caused fear.

“He scared the hell out of me.”

Knicks fans, late at night, after hard lemonades, will

tell you that Bernard, be-fore the knee injury, was a better small forward than Larry Bird – and a greater scorer than Michael Jor-dan. Even if that sounds crazy, don’t laugh. King was really good.

Bernard had a few minor problems at Tennessee and more serious ones as a pro. Thank goodness, all have been settled, forgiven or forgotten.

For 30 years, he was es-tranged from UT. Bruce Pearl got him back. Bernard spoke to the team and the Tennessee Tipoff Club. He addressed a Greater Knox-ville Sports Hall of Fame dinner. He made sense and looked great in his double-breasted suit.

He adds value to the Hall of Fame. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com.

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

I fi rst learned this verse when I was a very young child.

Roy Rogers and Dale Ev-ans had lost Robin, a Down syndrome child, when she was only two years old. Dale wrote a book about Robin’s short life, and titled it “Angel Unaware.” I asked my mother, who was read-ing the book to me and my brother, what that meant. She told me about this verse

from Hebrews.It was years before I

learned the deeper mean-ing of it: that it was a refer-ence to Abraham’s visitation from the angels (Genesis 18); and the wider meaning: that we are visited by an-gels in this life in the form of dear and beloved friends who bless us.

Let me tell you about two angelic visitations I had just this week.

Old friends Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for

by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

I was shopping far from home over Labor Day weekend: in Durham, N.C., where I knew no one except the dear friends my hus-band and I were visiting. We were in a store that special-izes in fabulous food, as well as ordinary groceries. I was walking toward the front of the store, when I realized that someone had stopped dead, right in my path. (I

had been rubbernecking to that point, astonished at the vast array of specialty, wonderful, exotic, fattening foods available.)

I focused, then, on the smiling face in front of me and realized it was Linda, one of my volunteers from my days at Volunteer Min-istry Center. She had been a special friend there, pos-sessed of a good listening ear and a level head; she was someone whose advice and opinions I valued and sought. She was standing there waiting for recogni-tion to dawn.

When it did, I fell into her arms, and we laughed a lot and cried a little. “What are you doing here?” we asked each other, pretty much at the same time. It seems we were both visiting friends,

and that neither of us had ever been to Durham be-fore.

We were so astonished at the coincidence of our meet-ing that we could hardly get through introductions of her friends and my hus-band. Before she left the store, she came back to give me another hug, and tell me again that I had made an imprint on her heart.

I was basking in the af-terglow of that encounter, when I received an e-mail from the wife of one of my former pastors. Gordon and Mary were dear friends who shaped and formed me when I was a college student trying to fi gure out what I believed and why I believed it.

They moved years ago to Joplin, Mo., and when the

horrible tornado hit there (was it last year or this?), al-most obliterating the town, I could not locate them. An-other good friend, also at the Volunteer Ministry Cen-ter, helped me search, with no luck.

When I got home from my trip to Durham, still glowing from the angelic visitation from Linda, I got an e-mail from Mary, say-ing that she had found me online quite by chance, be-cause they have a friend in their church named Lynn Pitts.

“The Lord is good, all the time,” as the saying goes. However, as Carol, yet an-other of my VMC volunteers reminded me occasionally, “Sometimes He excels!”

Angels unawares, in-deed: one and all.

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By Wendy SmithSome Bible stories aren’t

appropriate for Vacation Bible School. But it is im-portant to talk about them, and that’s the basis for Cen-tral Baptist Bearden’s new Lunch and Learn series titled “Edgy Tales from the Bible.”

The community is invited to attend the series, which is held each Thursday through October. A $5 hot lunch is served beginning at 11:30 a.m., and Senior Pastor Wade Bibb’s Bible study is

from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. The series is designed to allow professionals to eat, listen and return to work within an hour.

The studies will cover passages of scripture that are violent and hard to un-derstand, says Bibb. “These are not stories that we tell the children. But they’re in our text.”

Last week’s lesson came from the 11th chapter of Judges, which tells the story of Jephthah. He was a mighty warrior but was

rejected by his brothers because his mother was a prostitute. When the Am-monites made war against Israel, Jephthah’s brothers sought his help and prom-ised he would be head and commander of the Israelites if he would fi ght for them.

Before the battle, the “spirit of the Lord” came upon Jephthah, but he still felt the need to make a bar-gain with God. He vowed that if the Ammonites were delivered into his hand, then “whoever comes out

Central Baptist Bearden

Senior Pastor Wade Bibb

speaks at the church’s new

Lunch and Learn series, which

is each Thursday through

October. Photo by Wendy Smith

‘Edgy’ Bible stories

for adults only

By Ashley BakerFor First Baptist Con-

cord, their Fall Children’s Consignment sale is more than just a place to buy clothing: It is an outreach. “The main goal of the minis-try is to provide good, qual-ity clothing for children,” said consignment sale com-mittee member Caroline Radford. “A lot of people have a hard time, and this helps them out.”

The Children’s Fall Con-signment Sale 2013 will be

held Sept. 13-14 at the FBC Family Life Center gym.

The sale allows parents to purchase quality clothes for their children as well as to sell items their children have outgrown. The church also provides gift certifi -cates so that those without funds can shop.

In addition to the minis-try for the buyers and sellers, a percentage of all the money that is raised is given to fund various ministries. “One of my favorite stories from our

sales is when we had a lady come from a little church in a neighboring county,” re-lated Radford. “They were starting a nursery for their church and were interested in a changing table.”

The woman had ex-plained that due to the small size of their church, they couldn’t afford the new items needed for the nursery. Radford had a sur-prise for the woman when she came to purchase the changing table and several

Racks and tables fi ll the gym at the Family Life Center of First Baptist Church Concord at last

year’s FBC Children’s Consignment Sale. The 2013 sale is set for Sept. 13-14. Photo submitted

A shopping ministry

other items.“When she came, we

gave it to her,” Radford said. “We knew how expensive a whole bunch of stuff can be for a nursery, and we wanted to do it for them.” Because of the donation, the whole church nursery was furnished.

First Baptist Concord fi rst held a consignment sale in the fall of 1992. It was such a success that they continued to host the event every year. Over the years, the sale has become a large-scale operation. First Bap-tist Concord fi lls up their gym with racks and tables that are lined with toys, books, strollers, puzzles, games, bikes and baby beds, as well as clothes and shoes. All sales are payable by cash, check and credit card.

“After our sale, Mission of Hope brings in the big blue barrels for donations, and they are always full and spilling over,” said Radford. “We start working on the sale a month or two before, and there is a lot of paper-work the months after it. Everybody is called to min-ister in some way, and I have always felt like the consign-ment sales are my ministry.”

Hours this year are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14. Most items are 50 percent off on Saturday. There is a consignors’ private sale at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12.

Community Services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host the

Second Harvest Food Drop from 8-10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21.

There will be volunteers to help bag your free food and carry

it to your car if needed. Info or to volunteer: 690-1060; www.

beaverridgeumc.com.

■ Catholic Charities off ers counseling for those with emo-

tional issues who may not be physically able to come to the

offi ce for therapy. All information is completely confi dential.

Call 1-877-790-6369. Nonemergency calls only. Info: www.

ccetn.org.

■ Bookwalter UMC off ers One Harvest Food Ministries to the

community. Info and menu: http://bookwalter-umc.org/

oneharvest/index.html or 689-3349, 9 a.m.-noon weekdays.

Special services ■ Knoxville First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 6900

Nubbin Ridge Drive, will welcome its new pastor, the Rev. Mi-

chael Wilkinson, Sunday, Sept. 15. The service begins at 10:45

a.m. Wilkinson is a Knox County native and graduate of Karns

High School. He has served churches in Birmingham and

Montgomery Ala. He comes here from the Grace Community

Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Mill Brook, Ala.

Meetingsand classes

■ Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave.,

will host GriefShare, a weekly grief support group for people

grieving the death of a loved one, 6-7 p.m. beginning Mon-

day, Sept. 9-Oct. 2. Info: 522-9804 or www.sequoyahchurch.

org.

■ Moms ‘N’ More, a Christian growth group designed to con-

nect mothers of infant and preschool-aged children, meets

9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook

Pike. Info: momsnmore@fellowshipknox.org or www.

women.fellowshipknox.org.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway hosts weekly

“Wednesday Night Dinners and Classes.” Dinner with drink

and dessert: $5 for adults, $3 for children, or $16 for the

entire family; served at 5:45 p.m. Classes and activities avail-

able after dinner for adults, youth and children. Nursery is

available for infants upon request. Dinner reservations/ info:

690-1060.

of the doors of my house to meet me when I return vic-torious … (will) be offered up by me as a burnt offer-ing.”

He defeated the Ammo-

nites, and his only child, a daughter, was the fi rst to greet him. Jephthah said he could not take back his vow, and he “did with her accord-ing to the vow he had made.”

Such passages offer sev-eral challenges, says Bibb. One is to let ancient people be ancient people and not try to impose today’s cul-ture on them. Christians of-ten “spiritualize” violence in

the Bible because it’s foreign to our culture, but instead, we should question why it’s there.

Having the spirit of the Lord should have been enough for Jephthah, as it should be for us, Bibb says. His vow resulted in an im-portant victory, but it was a costly decision.

“Some promises should never be made.”

Central Baptist Bearden will offer a live simulcast of Beth Moore’s “Living Proof” Bible study in the church’s sanctuary from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 14. Tickets are $10. For in-formation: 865-588-0586.

By Betsy PickleIjams Nature Center

could have hung a sign on the door:

“Shh, Fairies at Work!”However, the young

nymphs were too busy working on their Fairy Gar-dens and concocting Fairy Trail Mix to notice any in-terruptions at Ijams’ Fairy Tea Party on Aug. 31.

The 20 little ones dig-ging in the dirt, assembling bags of snacks, decorating cupcakes to look like mush-rooms and coloring pictures barely paid attention to the 30 parents and grandpar-ents busy trying to get them to pose for photographs.

Nearly all the kids were dressed in jewel tones and pastels, with tons of netting and shiny fabric, and most brought their own wings.

A standout exception was the lone boy, Hunter Het-rick, 4, who wore an imp-ish expression along with his gray T-shirt and dark shorts. Hunter, who accom-panied his mother and sis-ters, seemed oblivious to all the girls as he enthusiasti-cally created his garden.

The cuteness factor was through the roof, so of course the adults hustled to capture the Kodak, er, megapixel moments. The grownups learned the hard way that fairies – like the 3- to 7-year-olds enjoying themselves in the Ijams pro-gram room – are constantly

Frolicking in fi nery at Ijams

Solvi Thompson, 5 (attending with mom Duren Thompson of

West Knoxville), may have had the most beautiful fairy outfi t of

all. Photos by Betsy Pickle

in motion.Jennifer Roder, Ijams’

education program offi -cer, said this was the fi rst tea party held at the South Knoxville nature center on Island Home Avenue.

“We have done a bunch of other fairy events,” she said.

All of the children seemed satisfi ed with the afternoon’s activities, and many lingered in the lobby to observe the subsequent animal program featuring

an albino rat snake.

The birthday hat

Last week, Blakely Dock-

ery celebrated her birth-

day by wearing the class-

room birthday hat all day

in teacher Leah Key’s 4th

grade class at Farragut

Intermediate School.

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Printing

household itemsMy mind has offi cially

been blown by a new piece of equipment at Farragut High School. More impor-tantly, the teachers and students are just as equally blown away.

Last week, Farragut High teachers Jane Skinner and Jill Hudson showed me the 3D printer the school pur-chased thanks to a $1,000 grant from UCOR in Oak Ridge and donations from school supporters and the school robotics team.

An example of what this printer can do is make a re-placement part for a blender that senior Michael Haynes later gave to his mom. The printer literally prints with a type of biodegradable plastic instead of ink, so it can make solid objects. Some supplies came with the printer, but future fun-

draising will help purchase additional supplies.

According to Hudson, 3D printing has been around for a couple of decades but has slowly been refi ned so it is more affordable.

Skinner said every school in Knox County has had the option to use 3D printing thanks to the Manufactur-ing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Lab-

oratory, but now students and faculty at FHS won’t need to stand in line.

Both teachers have seen students shift into a more creative mode since the print-er arrived. But before some-thing can be printed, it must be drawn in a CAD program, including a base support onto which the printer prints the item. Otherwise, it would try to print into thin air.

It sounds complex and complicated, I know, but students are now excited about mathematical equa-tions they use in their CAD program and want to learn more about technology in order to print objects. Or, as Skinner said, it’s the carrot that gets them to learn.

So far, every aspect of cre-ating an item has been left up to the students including calculating the cost of print-ing each item (the teachers check the students’ work). And there has been a surge in students interested in tech-nology courses who may not have been interested before the printer was purchased.

Farragut High School teachers

Jane Skinner and Jill Hudson

study a part printed by a stu-

dent on the school’s new 3D

printer.

Senior Michael Haynes created a new plastic top for his mom’s

blender with a CAD drawing and some 3D printing.

A plastic, working wheel was

printed for use by the Tech-

nology Student Association.

Senior Tanner Hobson de-

signed and printed a cell-

phone case with a spot for

attachments.

Boys Scouts of America area

II director Paul Sharp talks to

students at Farragut Interme-

diate School about being a

Cub Scout. Photos by S. Barrett

The school’s Technol-ogy Student Association has used the printer to make small wheels to use in com-petition, and there are plans to use it in robotics summer camp and in work the school does with Boy Scouts.

“It is to be shared by the whole school,” said Hudson. “We are no longer limited to what we can buy. If we can’t buy it, we’ll make it.”

Boys Scouts recruit at Farragut Intermediate

A gaggle of boys in grades 3-5 attended a huddle last week at Farragut Interme-diate School with represen-tatives from the Boy Scouts of America’s Great Smoky Mountain Council.

Students took a quick fi ve-minute break to listen to district executive Jared Pickens and Area II director Paul Sharp talk about play-ing in the dirt, shooting BB guns and camping outdoors. The students were particu-larly excited to hear about sleeping under a shark tank at Ripley’s Aquarium in Gatlinburg.

Signups for the six Scout groups at Farragut Interme-diate were held late last week, but the organization’s doors are always open to new mem-bers. It costs $7.50 to join.

Pickens said last year one out of every four boys in West Knoxville who were old enough to participate in the Cub Scouts did so. Info: www.bsa-gsmc.org or call Jared Pickens, 566-0620.

SCHOOL NOTES

Boy Scouts feesto increase

The National Boy Scouts of America organization will increase its annual membership fee from $15 to $24 effective Jan. 1. The funds are used to develop program materials and resources, maintain infrastructure support for local councils and more.

The annual mem-bership fee is the only direct cost from the National BSA to youth and adult members. All other services from the National BSA are with-out additional charge. Info: www.scouting.org.

Carcello

■ Joseph V. Carcello, Ernst &

Young and Business Alumni

Profes-

sor in

Account-

ing, will

become

executive

director

of the

Corporate

Gover-

nance Cen-

ter in the

UT College

of Business Administration.

His appointment is eff ec-

tive Sept. 15. Carcello, the

center’s director of research,

will replace C. Warren Neel,

who has been the center’s

executive director since the

two cofounded it in 2003.

Neel will remain connected

to the center as a Corporate

Governance Center fellow;

he will continue to teach

governance in the full-time

MBA program and work with

the media and the corporate

community.

UT NOTES

A.L. Lotts Elementary

■ A PTA board of manag-

ers meeting will be held

9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday,

Sept. 10, in the cafeteria.

A coupon book celebra-

tion will be held 1-2:30

p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26.

The fall festival will

be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 12. Book

fair week will be held Oct.

21-25.

Farragut High ■ Knox County Schools

coupon books will be

available for $10 through

Monday, Sept. 23. A

Parent Connection bar-

becue lunch will be held

11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept.

19, at Concord Yacht Club,

11600 S. Northshore Drive,

with school principal

Michael Reynolds. Bring

$10 and a friend. RSVP by

emailing Lee Wickman,

lwickman@tds.net.

Farragut Intermediate

■ Fall pictures will be taken

Wednesday, Sept. 25; flu

mist will be given Friday,

Oct. 11.

Farragut Primary

■ Fall pictures will be taken

Monday, Sept. 23. Spirit

wear sales will take place

Oct. 1-30. Fall festival

will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

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By Betsy PickleSeveral things about Janice Cook

seem unusual for the principal of the Knoxville Adaptive Education Cen-ter.

1) She started her career in educa-tion as a music teacher.

2) She’s very funny.3) She’s from Scotland.The unexpected elements con-

spire to make Cook the perfect fi t for this special Knox County school. For starters, she understands what the students need.

“Part of the skill of doing this job in this place – not just mine, but every-body’s – is you’re able to take these kids where they are,” says Cook. “I have a staff of people who get it.

“They get the fact that we’re here to meet kids where they are, to give them the skills and to grow them academically. I always say (to stu-dents), ‘I love you, but I want you gone.’ That’s what we do. Our job is to give the kids the skills they need to function back in a regular class-room.”

Around 300 students throughout Knox County have been certifi ed as emotionally disturbed. The ones as-signed to KAEC are those who aren’t able to deal with regular classrooms or even satellite classrooms with teachers trained to work with trou-bled children.

“That doesn’t mean to say that they are low-functioning. Some of the students have the cognitive abil-ity to do regular work, but at times their emotional diffi culties stop them from being able to access the regular curriculum.”

As with all the other schools in the county, KAEC is dealing with higher standards and more rigorous testing.

“The kids really need to step up their game to be able to function in the world. That’s reality. That’s where we are at this point in educa-tion. We really need to be looking to help these kids get the skills that they need to be successful when they leave here.”

KAEC has a “fl uid popula-tion,” Cook says. At the beginning of the year, the school had around 80 students, but it could swell to more than 100.

“As the school year progresses and the stress level increases, some-times the kids get to a point where they can’t handle the pressure of regular ed or the satellite classroom. They just need a little more sup-port.”

One way Cook has found to sup-port her students is to “change the culture” of the school. Now in her

sixth year as principal, she decided early on that KAEC needed to feel more like a school. She realized “that before you could feel the change, maybe you had to be able to see the change.”

She was able to brighten the walls of the former Bearden High School with new paint, and she engaged art-ist Gale Hinton – who has painted murals at several local schools and businesses in addition to private homes – to create a mural in the en-

tranceway. The school made a to-do out

of unveiling it.“We had a

big move-the-bus day like ‘Ex-

treme Makeover,’” says Cook. “All the

kids had watched the transformation. … We talked about changing, just the different expecta-tions in terms of changing the cul-ture for them. They were part of it, so they bought into that move-the-bus day.”

Other schools take pride in their nicknames, so KAEC got one, too – the Cougars. Cook reconfi gured the high-school classroom setup to be more like regular high schools.

And for another change, she started making the graduation ceremony more formal, asking faculty mem-bers to wear their academic gowns.

“When parents get to graduation … they are so appreciative. They re-ally feel like we have partnered with them.”

Cook took a circuitous route to KAEC. After studying at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dra-ma in Glasgow, she landed a teach-ing job in Edinburgh. A chance visit to Knoxville during a U.S. vacation led to her husband, Robert, being of-fered a pastor position at West Emo-ry Presbyterian Church.

The couple moved here when she was pregnant with their fi rst daugh-ter, Rebecca. They intended to stay for fi ve years, but they’ve now been in Knoxville for 24 years.

Cook began working with emo-tionally disturbed children when she went to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital to offer her services using music as a therapeutic tool. Someone had just resigned, and she ended up with a job as a psych tech.

“That was a wonderful experi-ence. They hired people who had lots of skills, and they expected

you to learn. There was mandatory training.

“From the psychologists that I worked with there, I discovered that I had this skill for working with emo-tionally disturbed kids.”

Cook started a program at Chil-dren’s to help parents navigate their way through the murky waters of the mental-health system. She would condense test results to “parent-friendly language” and come up with a plan for the child. When the pro-gram lost its funding, she took six months off, in part to spend time with younger daughter Ruth. Her child soon urged her to go back to work. She got a job with Peninsula, working as the resource for schools to help with behavior problems. Later, she became a consultant for KAEC, and then, with an adminis-tration supervision degree from Lin-coln Memorial University, she was appointed principal.

Working at KAEC can be draining, but the faculty and staff have formed their own support system.

“I always say we really are a family because we have to take care of each other,” Cook says. “I think I have the best job in the county.”

Helping troubled kids succeed

Janice Cook (right), principal at the Knoxville Adaptive Education Center, gets some feedback from program facilitator Shari

McDaniels. Photo by Betsy Pickle

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Farragut High School’s horticulture club held its fi rst meeting

of the year recently to discuss what to plant in the school’s

greenhouse. At the meeting are club members Aaron Speaks,

Dmitry Osob, Kasey Warren, Ralph Salivi, Michael Dion,

Madison Heaton and Lara Warren. Club sponsor Lauren

George-Smith said they hope to raise herbs throughout

wintertime, and a plant sale will be held toward the end of

the year.

Students Joe Saluder, Thomas Howard and Cruz Vazquez enjoy

the music at this year’s back to school dance for 7th and 8th

graders. Photos by Sara Barrett

FHS robotics holds open house

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Dancing at Farragut Middle

Dancers Hannah Perry and Ryan Clark say 8th grade is pretty

fun so far, and they are really enjoying learning new things.

Farragut Middle School teachers Jessie Oliver, Patty Rader and

Karen Rehder chaperone the dance with school principal Dan-

ny Trent.

Eighth graders Morgan Harris, Madeleine Smith, Kyla Johnson, Renee Howard and Glen Whaley

take a break from their pizza and candy for a quick group shot.

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HEALTH NOTES ■ PK Hope Is Alive Parkinson Support Group of East TN will

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■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meets 5-6:30 p.m.

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■ UT Hospice, serving patients and families in Knox and 15

surrounding counties, conducts ongoing orientation ses-

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teers with the program. No medical experience is required.

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

FARRAGUT NOTES ■ Farragut Rotary Club meets at noon each Wednesday at

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■ Free budget classes are held from noon-1 p.m. each third

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■ West Knox Lions Club meets 6:30 p.m. each fi rst and third

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By Sherri Gardner HowellMembers of the Rotary

Club of Farragut and their high school counterparts, the Interact Club, will spend a busy, quick four hours asking folks to roll up their sleeves on Saturday, Sept. 14.

It’s Free Flu Shot Satur-day for Knox County, and members of the Farragut Rotary will once again help out at Farragut High School. The free fl u shots will be given from 8 a.m. until noon – or until supplies are gone. Most sites run out of vaccine before noon, and Farragut is one of the busiest sites.

The Farragut Rotary will not be alone in helping with Free Flu Shot Saturday. The Rotary clubs in the Knoxville area are major supporters of the event, offering both fi -nancial help and volunteer assistance. This is the 19th annual Free Flu Shot Sat-urday, which will have fi ve other locations in addition to Farragut High. Shots will also be given at Austin-East Magnet High, Carter High, Halls High, South-Doyle Middle and West High. The shots are offered free because of donations from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation, Summit Medical Group and Knox-ville-area Rotary Clubs.

Also volunteering at the schools are health profes-sionals and medical stu-dents from the area. Dona-tions from those receiving the shots are donated to the News Sentinel’s Empty Stocking Fund, which pro-vides food and gifts to needy East Tennessee families

during the winter holidays.Flu Shot Saturday is the

Empty Stocking Fund’s larg-est fundraiser, raising more than $17,000 for the char-ity last year. Volunteers gave more than 4,000 shots at Flu Shot Saturday in 2012.

For the Farragut Rotary, Mark Bialik is spearheading the volunteer sign-ups for Far-ragut High School. “The club has been involved with Flu Shot Saturday for a number of years and averages about 25 volunteers plus members from the high school Interact club on Flu Shot Saturday,” says Bailik. “At Farragut, we also provide ‘curb’ service: If someone has a physical handicap that makes it hard to walk through the line, we will bring the paperwork and then the shots to their car and do it there.”

Rotary Club of Farragut president Tom King says Free Flu Shot Saturday fi ts perfectly within the “fi ve av-enues of service” for Rotary, under community service. “Volunteering to work and help with Free Flu Shot Sat-urday is community service at its best,” said King.

The Farragut location, in addition to giving the most injections, also has tradi-tionally collected the most donations for the Empty Stocking Fund. Since the program’s inception in 1994, the Free Flu Shot Saturday program admin-istered over 169,000 free infl uenza vaccinations to Knoxville residents and re-ceived more than $723,000 in donations for the Empty Stocking Fund.

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‘The Rabbit’s Got the Gun’Pete DeBusk pens

autobiographyBy Sandra Clark

It’s the book we’ve all been waiting for.

“The Rabbit’s Got the Gun,” by Autry O.V. “Pete” DeBusk, has hit the stands. It’s a readable tale of the rise from stark poverty of one of Knox County’s richest resi-dents. DeRoyal Industries is privately held, so records are sparse, but the photo pages show huge manufac-turing facilities, each em-ploying hundreds, in:

■ Powell ■ Maynardville ■ Tazewell ■ LaFollette ■ Portland, Tenn. ■ Sanford, Fla. ■ Rose Hill, Va. ■ Stone Mountain, Ga. ■ Camden, S.C. ■ Santiago, Dominican

Republic ■ Villa Canales, Guate-

mala ■ San Jose, Costa Rica ■ Dublin, Ireland ■ Tallinn, Estonia

DeBusk grew up in a house trailer, hauled by his daddy to coal camps where there was work. Pete at-tended 13 schools in grades 1-12.

Now he lives in a huge home on Cunningham Road in Halls. This place has 37,000-square feet in the main house and another 11,000-square feet in an ad-joining lodge. Caretakers live in a garage and apart-ment area. The estate is fenced with a running trail and small lake.

This writer was around during the endless construc-tion, giving oc-casional updates in the Shopper under the heading, “DeHouse.” Pete was not amused, but he didn’t come and shoot me.

He spearheaded con-struction of the Boys and Girls Club of Halls and Pow-ell, which bears his name.

Pete DeBusk’s autobiography

is not yet available in book-

stores.

Family is important toPete. We would see himaround Halls, coaching tee-ball and shopping with hiskids. He talks a lot about hiswife, Cindi, and the waysshe helped him make theirblended family seamless.

Pete’s best business ad-vice: “Stop and listen. Finda problem to solve and thenfi gure out how to addressit. Listen to your customersbecause your success or fail-ure will ultimately dependon your ability to meet theirneeds.”

By Sherry WittSeveral large commercial

real estate transactions helped boost total prop-erty sales in Knox County to more than $250 mil-lion during the month

of August. There were 950 property transfers recorded in Knox County – about 60 fewer than those recorded in July, but more than 100 bet-ter than last August’s totals. The aggregate value of prop-erty sold even bested July’s output of $248 million.

By comparison, in Au-gust of 2012 about $142 million worth of land was transferred.

It was a banner month for mortgage lending as well with just over $403 million borrowed against real prop-erty in August. That eas-ily topped the $349 million loaned in July, and also sur-passed last August’s fi gures by about $80 million.

The largest mortgage transaction was a $27.5 mil-lion loan fi nancing a devel-opment known as Walker’s Crossing Properties.

The commercial real es-tate market experienced something of a mini-boom in August. Among the more noteworthy transactions was a sale of property on Executive Park Drive to Bryn-Mawr Estates Part-nership L LC for $18.75 mil-lion. Close behind was a parcel in Northshore Town Center Phase II, which sold for $17,769,231.

The $251 million in prop-erty sales was the highest aggregate monthly total since October 2011 when the Mercy Health Systems facil-ities were sold to Tennova.

On behalf of all of us at the Register of Deeds offi ce, I would like to wish a happy birthday to Faye Smith, who turned 75 on Sept. 4. Faye was our offi ce manager, and was with the Register of Deeds for 43 years before her retirement in 2006. We still miss her, and we wish her all the best.

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Say ‘cheese ... cake’

He’s a good community member and a former Halls Man of the Year.

So I like Pete DeBusk. I like the way he built facto-ries all over East Tennessee and exported merchandise when many businesses built

plants overseas and imported merchandise.

Don’t you love the way he bowed up and sued the American Bar As-sociation when it

failed to accred-it the Duncan School of Law at LMU? Who does that?

You’ll gain insight into how Pete thinks and operates by

reading this new book.

The title is based on an Appala-

chian metaphor for a situa-tion in which an underdog comes out on top, when the hunted becomes the hunter.

In an afterward, Pete’s son Brian, now president of DeRoyal Industries, salutes his dad by saying, “Don’t worry, Dad. The rabbit still has the gun.”

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By Sherri Gardner HowellTennova Healthcare’s

Turkey Creek Medical Cen-ter was the site for the latest Farragut West Knox Cham-ber of Commerce network-ing event, and organizers decided to provide a few “teaching moments” along with the refreshments.

Held in the spacious lobby of the Women’s Pavil-ion, the networking event featured different stations highlighting some of the medical facilities’ newest and most interesting high-tech innovations. On hand at each table were profes-sionals to explain the equip-ment and/or procedures and allow some hands-on experiences for chamber members.

Getting a lot of atten-tion was Intuitive’s daVinci robot, used for robotic sur-gery. Guests could “drive” the robot and practice guid-ing the robot arms to pick

up small objects. Allison Peek with Intuitive was on-hand to talk about the ben-efi ts of robotic surgery and the daVinci model.

Also offering some hands-on interaction were exhibits on balloon sinu-plasty, Makoplasty, cooling radiofrequency treatments for back pain and informa-tion on the medical center’s women’s care services and primary care.

Chamber members and guests were also enjoying the usual networking opportunities and chances to catch up with other business owners, as well as good food and drink. This week, the chamber will host a ribbon-cutting at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10, and a networking event at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept.12, at Sherrill Hills Retirement Community. Info: www.farragutchamber.com

Teaching moments at Tennova

Lance Jones, CEO of Tennova at Turkey Creek, talks with Chris

Talley with Health Source Chiropractic at the Chamber’s net-

working event.

Nancy Flynn with Kimberly-

Clark Health Care explains the

benefi ts of Cooled Radiofre-

quency for those with back

pain to Matthew Bryan, who

is with Merrill Lynch.

Enjoying the demonstrations and good food at Tennova are Heather Buck with Fairfi eld Inn, Far-

ragut West Knox Chamber CEO Bettye Sisco, Steve Jergesen with ROK and Rick Disharoon with

SDP and Associates. Heather had a busy day as it was opening day for Fairfi eld Inn and Suites.

Learning the mechanics behind daVinci surgery at the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce Networking event at Tennova

is Faris Ashkar, a woodworker. Allison Peek with Intuitive, makers of daVinci, does the explaining. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

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Like the busy ant in Ae-sop’s fable “The Grasshop-per and the Ant,” industri-ous gardeners and others can “store away” summer and fall produce for the winter, looking forward to enjoying the fruits of their labors in the off-season. Heather Kyle, who is with the University of Tennes-see Extension Service, had some answers for those who want to be busy “ants” and extend the life of their gardens.

Kyle came to the Far-ragut branch of the Knox County Library on Aug. 29 to talk about canning. She brought books and equipment for those in the free class to examine as she talked about basic

canning and food preser-vation. The class covered canning basics, the dif-ference between bath and pressure canning, and how to know which to use.

Master gardener Mar-sha Lehman was in the audience, as was Brad-lynn Busby, age 14, both interested in learning more about canning. Kyle, a 9-year veteran of can-ning, is a fan of the food storage method, saying she believes canning is an increasingly more im-portant method of stor-ing nutritious foods. Some in the small but attentive audience said they were interested in organic gar-dening and in being able to preserve organically-

grown foods and avoid po-tentially unhealthy addi-tives found in convenience foods.

Kyle said the art of can-ning, once a matter of sur-vival, is on the increase in popularity. Ball, leading supplier of canning prod-ucts, reported a 30 per-cent increase in sales of canning supplies last year, Kyle related.

Kyle teaches a canning class through the Culi-nary Institute at UT twice yearly, a two-day class in spring and a three-day class in summer. Each class covers the basics of bath canning, pressure canning and jams and jellies. Students in the classes get all the can-

Teaching a ‘can-do’ attitude

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Nebenfuehr. Photo by Nancy Anderson

West students’ interests lie

beneath the turf By Wendy Smith

While most of their class-mates are concerned about what’s happening on the football fi eld, West High School seniors Erin Burman and Saxon MacDonald are more interested in what’s happening beneath it.

The girls are participants in a University of Tennessee research project designed to reach out to local high school students who are in-terested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines, says Alice Layton, a research as-sociate professor with UT’s Center for Environmental Biotechnology.

Students from four local high schools are in the pro-cess of discovering which

bacteria live in soil from lo-cal football fi elds and play-grounds. Burman and Mac-Donald took their sample from West High School’s Bill Wilson fi eld, and they admit they were a little ner-vous about digging in the fi eld while the track team practiced nearby.

Having the opportunity to extract and analyze DNA from the soil sample helped them get over their anxiety.

Layton designed the proj-ect around soil from foot-ball fi elds in order to appeal to teenagers. But data col-lected from the project will lead to a better understand-ing of bacteria, which live in us, on us and all around us.

“Bacteria are every-where, and they’re in such great amounts, it’s mind-boggling,” she says.

The high school students spent two days in the UT lab during the summer. On the

fi rst day, they isolated DNA by using chemicals to break down parts of the cells, Bur-man says. It was a tedious, multi-step process, and she appreciated the undergrad-uate students who super-vised them.

During the next lab visit, students used a PCR (poly-merase chain reaction) to replicate the DNA to make it easier to study, says Mac-Donald. The resulting DNA sequences will be used to identify organisms that have lived in the soil.

Since bacteria are such a large part of our ecosystem, it’s good to know what’s there, MacDonald says. She compares it to counting species in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The next step, Layton says, is for students to inter-pret the data created by the project. She is impressed by the quality of that data,

Saxon MacDonald isolates DNA from soil samples at UT. Photosubmitted

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Fields of sciencewhich will become part of a publically-accessible data-base. “It’s fun and novel for high school kids, but it’s also something that can contrib-ute to our fundamental sci-ence knowledge.”

Burman and MacDonald have already put their fi rst lab experience to good use. Both are now participating in UT’s Pre-Collegiate Re-search Scholars Program. The program matches stu-dents from Knox County high schools with mentors while they conduct original research. MacDonald com-pleted her research on pro-teins that affect circadian rhythms over the summer. Burman will continue her research on nitrogen fi xa-tion in soybeans throughout the year.

“It’s motivating because it’s actual original research, rather than regurgitating someone else’s work,” Bur-man says.

MacDonald was sur-prised to discover how much she enjoyed the fi eld

of neuroscience, given that her primary interest has always been environmental science.

“It taught me to keep an open mind about my future career paths, and life in gen-eral.”

ning books used in class, a notebook with all the reci-pes, the Power Point infor-

mation, and take home the newly canned product. For more information on the

class, call Knox County UT Extension at 865-215-2340.

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Suzanne Breedlove will be serving as Paideia Academy’s music teacher. Breedlove has a bachelor’s degree in music education from Furman University and had taught music and chorus in public elementary and middle schools in Atlanta, Greenville and Orlando. For the past 10 years, she has focused on teaching her own children at home, as well as giving piano lessons and actively participating in her church’s music and worship programs. Her husband West is the Director of Music

Ministries at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, where she has served by leading the children’s choir, singing in the choir and occasionally helping to lead the worship team. In addition to music history, appreciation and theory, she will focus on teaching choral music. “I am looking forward to sharing the teaching gifts

that God has given me, along with my love for music,” Breedlove says.

Joseph Bruno joins the staff as the lead 6th grade teacher, physical education instructor for 4th through 6th grades, and athletic director. Bruno holds a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies

with minors in biblical languages from Bryan College and comes to Paideia from Infusion Ministries, where he served as the director of research and internships. He is excited about this year’s coursework and looks forward to the worldview discussions that will emerge as the literature, science and Bible curricula intersect. In his role with athletics, he hopes to strengthen and expand the school’s current athletics program as well as encourage each student to value his or her physical body with activities for health, enjoyment, and challenge.

He and his wife Dani have one young son.

Kent Capps returns to Paideia Academy as the biblical Greek instructor and dean of Athanasian Hall. His preparation includes a bachelor’s degree in religion with a biblical Greek minor from Carson-Newman College and master’s degrees in biblical and theological studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in biblical spirituality from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to several years of vocational ministry, Capps has taught Greek, Latin, biblical worldview and history of philosophy in classical Christian schools, including a year at Paideia in 2011-12. He can also regularly be found on the golf course. “My desire for my students is that they will grow in wisdom and that this wisdom will deepen their love of God and others and shape them into the character of Christ,” Capps says. He and his wife Candace have three children who attend Paideia Academy.

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Rachael DeFoor will be the school’s art instructor. DeFoor is originally from Greenville, S.C., and holds bachelor’s and master’s

degrees from Bob Jones University. She has taught art in both classical and Montessori school settings. She plans to help students explore various aspects of art theory, art history and also learn how to develop their skill as artists using a variety of media. “I love both contemplating and creating art, and I desire to instill that passion in my students,” says DeFoor. At home, she and her husband Zach enjoy playing video games together.

Paideia pancakes raise fundsPaideia Academy hosted a

pancake breakfast fundrais-er to benefi t the school’s hall programs and each hall’s chosen phi-lanthropy. The break-fast raised more than $3,100.

Aubrey’s on Middle-brook Pike generously donated their restaurant, staff and supplies for the pancake breakfast. Students pre-sold tickets to the fundraiser and worked to serve and clean up the breakfast throughout the morning. Aubrey’s staff

said it was one of their big-gest pancake breakfasts to date.

Half of the money raised goes to each hall to spend on their own programs and initia-tives. This year, the students voted to allocate $1,000 of this toward the school’s purchase of a minibus for trans-portation

on their community service days. The other half of the proceeds will be divided among the three halls to

donate to their chosen philan-thropies.

At the start of the school year, each hall began researching, discussing, and selecting a local organiza-tion to serve. Apostles’ Hall will be working with Emerald Youth Foun-dation, and Nicene Hall is partnering with CAC Beardsley Farm for a second year. Athanasian Hall is still fi nalizing details with their charity. Students have op-portunities to lead the plan-ning and implementation

Paideia headmaster James Cowart and students Graceanne Meystrik, Caleb Bethel and Matthew Menard prepare drinks for the breakfast guests.

Family and friends enjoy the fundraising pancake breakfast coordinated by Paideia students. They are: (clockwise from left) Anna Garlington, Annie Platillero, Kelly Platillero, David Platillero, Joseph Garlington, Paul Platillero, John Platillero, Elisa

Platillero, Maria Howard and Nona Platillero.

of service projects and take several work trips off-cam-pus to serve their partners.

The students enjoyed waiting tables at the pan-cake breakfast and have enjoyed their early work with their chosen philan-

thropies. “It’s great to see these

students be so passionate about serving others, but I believe they benefi t as much as those they serve,” said Paideia Academy Headmas-ter James Cowart.

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Lois Wilbanks credits MRI team leader and technologist

Jeremy Bearden for helping her to complete a closed

MRI procedure, an event that was horrifying to

Willbanks, who is severely claustrophobic.

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The people make the diff erence at ParkwestClaustrophobic patient receives personalized care in Parkwest’s imaging department

Lois Wilbanks, a 67-year-old Crossville resident, had strug-gled with a paralyzing fear of closed-in spaces since her teen-age years. She actively avoided confined areas and worried about how she would get through the experience if she ever had to be inside one of these spaces for a prolonged period.

She could think of few things more terrifying than having a closed Magnetic Resonance Im-aging (MRI) procedure, which involves positioning a patient inside a closed tube-like scan-ner and using a magnetic field and pulses of radio wave energy to produce detailed images of structures in the body.

“In a life or death situation, I think I would just rather die than be inside that tiny tube,” admits Wilbanks.

Her first memory of experi-encing severe claustrophobia was at age 19 when she crawled under her bed to retrieve items in storage and was suddenly struck with panic and legitimate fear.

“I remember looking around and realizing how trapped I felt,” recalls Wilbanks. “I began to hyperventilate and I honest-ly felt like I was going to die. I couldn’t get out fast enough.”

In June 2013, Wilbanks’ doc-tor recommended she undergo a closed MRI to determine the source of intense neck pain she’d been experiencing. Knowing the severity of her claustrophobia, she inquired about an alterna-tive diagnostic method.

“My doctor said (the closed MRI) would provide him with

the best image of my vertebrae so he could pinpoint the exact problem,” said Wilbanks. “I told him I’d try, but I doubted that I could go through with it and I knew the experience would be traumatic for me.”

On the day of the procedure, a nervous Wilbanks met MRI team leader and technologist Jeremy Bearden, who would be assisting her during the MRI. She explained her concerns and was reassured that she could get through it with his help.

Their first attempts were unsuccessful, as Wilbanks’ phobia got the best of her once inside the tube of the MRI scanner. She described the sudden panic as feel-ing like elec-tricity hitting every nerve in her body.

“I was so f r u s t r a t e d with myself,” confessed Wilbanks. “I had prayed about it all the way to the hospital. I kept telling myself, ‘You can do this!’ ”

“We have a lot of claustropho-bic patients who struggle with having an MRI procedure,” said Bearden. “We can usually talk them through it or place a cool cloth on their forehead to help them relax. We make sure they know they have a handheld pan-

ic button that can be pressed at any time for assistance. But Ms. Wilbanks’ claustrophobia was very severe. It quickly be-came clear that

the usual relaxation techniques weren’t going to do the trick for her. That’s when I suggested the glasses.”

The glasses Bearden referred to are used to ease anxiety for patients while an MRI is per-formed. The special lenses, which resemble clear ice cubes, limit the forward and peripheral vision and direct the patient’s line of sight to their feet and the

open room beyond their feet.For Wilbanks, the glasses

made all the difference; but her struggles weren’t completely over.

“Inside the tube with the glasses on, I finally felt like I could do this. I felt my body be-gin to relax and that’s when my arms touched the sides of the tubes and I began to panic again. I started thrashing around try-ing to get out of there,” she ex-plained.

Bearden stopped the proce-dure and came to her aid once more. This time, he padded the sides of the MRI tube with soft blankets to help comfort Wil-banks. They tried the procedure once more and both techniques

worked like a charm.“From that moment on, I was

just fine,” said Wilbanks. “The combination of the blankets and glasses made me forget I was ina small space. All I saw were my feet, the procedure room andthe technologists. I couldn’t see the sides of the tube or the light above.

“It just meant so much to me that Jeremy didn’t give up onme,” said Wilbanks. “He really listened to me and cared aboutwhat was and wasn’t working for me. I know I couldn’t have hadmy MRI without his help.”

It’s a good thing that Wil-banks was able to go throughwith the MRI. Because of the clear image it provided, her doc-tor was able to find a bulgingdisk on the seventh vertebra.The images also revealed prob-lems with the fourth, fifth and sixth vertebrae.

Wilbanks says that she’s ex-perienced a significant reduc-tion in pain and has increased f lexibility in her neck since fin-ishing a six-week physical ther-apy program. She looks forward to following up with her doctorthis month.

If you have had an excellent service experience at ParkwestMedical Center, you’re encour-aged to complete a Parkwest C.A.R.E.S. card, available at lo-cations throughout the hospital, and submit in person or by mail (no postage necessary). You can also submit a comment online at www.treatedwell.com/cares.

Parkwest Valet Services parking attendants, L to R: Elisha Booker, Brandon

Penland, Naseem Ibrahim, Brandon McCrary, Kevin King and Mike Morrison.

Not pictured (Valet Services): Caleb Bates, Taylor Fry, Joel Ashton, Joel Ken-

nedy, Gabriel White, Devin Parker, Jeremy Garland and Erle Jones II. Not pic-

tured (Shuttle Services): Larry Gwinn, Ken Kirkhove, Max Rankin and Debbie

Rice-Bess.

Spotlight on Valet Services at ParkwestFree valet parking described as ‘The best thing since sliced bread!’

Caring folks in all departments work together to make sure that guests and patients are “Treated Well. Well Treated. ®” every time they come to Parkwest. One such department, which is highly-val-ued and appreciated yet seldom publically recognized, is Valet Ser-vices.

Parkwest receives countless calls and Parkwest C.A.R.E.S. cards from guests and patients singing the praises of the Valet Services team members. One of the most recent compliments re-ceived came from Lucinda Francis Williams of Kingston, Tenn., who writes:

“The free valet parking fea-ture is the best thing since sliced bread! I have to come to Parkwest for fi ve consecutive days for injec-tions, and the fact that I can pull up front, hop out and go inside for my shots is so convenient. Thanks for providing this service! I’m very able-bodied and can only imagine how helpful the valet parking op-tion would be for less able patients. The attendants are also very polite

and professional, too. Great job!”Parkwest was the fi rst hospital

in Knoxville to provide valet park-

ing and the service has always been provided at no cost. The hardwork-ing valet attendants park about

2,000 vehicles per week, and more if weather is poor. Tim Galyon, team leader of fl eet and parking services, spoke with Parkwest’s marketing department about why his staff is so passionate about providing excellent service.

“Often, we make the fi rst impression of Parkwest for patients and guests,” said Galyon. “So it’s incredibly important that the valet atten-dants be polite and courteous at all times, even during the hectic mo-

ments.“Extend a smile

and warm greeting to everyone; after all, you never know what that person may be going through. Generally, a hos-pital is not a place people want to be,” explained Galyon.

“Hopefully we can make their daybetter by being friendly and park-ing and retrieving their vehicle sothey have one less thing to worryabout.”

Parkwest would like to thankeach and every member of the va-let services staff for their compas-sion and dedication to providing asimple, yet meaningful, service toso many.

Parkwest patient Lucinda Williams (center) with

valet parking attendants, Josiah Patterson (L) and

Kelsey Long (R).

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THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPT. 15Tennessee Valley Fair

The 94th annual Tennessee Valley Fair runs through Sunday, Sept. 15, at Chilhowee Park.

The fair includes hundreds of exhibits and contests, including LEGO and photography, plus rides on the midway, food and concerts. For a full schedule, visit TNValleyFair.org.

MONDAY-THURSDAY, SEPT. 9-12Appalachian dulcimer classes

Courses in how to play the Appalachian dulcimer begin Sept. 9 at Pellissippi State Community College.

At the Blount County Campus, 2731 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway in Friendsville, a novice class starts Monday, Sept. 9, and an intermediate class on Tuesday, Sept. 10. A beginner course starts Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.

For info on the courses, call Rudy Ryan, 865-966-1995. To register, call 865-539-7167.

TUESDAY & SATURDAY, SEPT. 10 & 14Farmers market

The Dixie Lee Farmers Market is open 3-6 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 10, at the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek (across from the theater). It is open 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 14, at Renaissance Farragut.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11Networking group

A new Farragut chapter of Business Network Inter-national will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Meksiko Cantina, 120 West End Ave.

There is no charge to attend as a visitor, and fi rst-timers will be treated to lunch.

The group’s goal is to assist professionals in growing their businesses through building relationships, word-of-mouth advertising and referral generation. Only one person per profession will be admitted into the chapter for permanent membership.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 13Taste of Turkey Creek

The Taste of Turkey Creek will be hosted by the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13. The fundraiser for the Pat Summitt Foundation’s fight against Alzheimer’s will take place in the parking lot between Bonefish Grill and Flem-ing’s.

Cuisine from 16 restaurants in Turkey Creek will be showcased. Attendees can enjoy food and drink samples, bid on dozens of items in the silent auction and see fall fashions from Pinnacle retailers while enjoying live entertainment by the Chillbillies.

Participating restaurants include Abuelos, Bombay Palace, Bonefi sh Grill, Buffalo Wild Wings, Cru Bistro & Wine Bar, Flemings, Gigi’s Cupcakes, Great American Cookie, Irish Times, Mimi’s Café, Noodles & Co., Olive Garden, Pei Wei, Schakolad Chocolate Factory, Seasons and The Cup.

Tickets are $15 in advance at www.turkeycreek.com (click on the Pinnacle logo) or 865-675-0120. Tickets at the event will be $20.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 14Master gardeners share

Knox County Master Gardeners will talk about how to divide perennials and plant new ones at a free event at the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. The program on Dividing and Planting Perennials is at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 14Concert at the Cove

The Second Saturday Concert at the Cove will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at The Cove in Concord Park, 11808 Northshore Drive.

The free family-friendly event will feature a perfor-mance by Second Opinion.

If the concert is canceled due to inclement weather, notice will be made at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Knox-County-Parks-Rec/55197043075 and www.knoxcounty.org.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 15‘Gettysburg’ screening

The Farragut Folklife Museum will host a free “Civil War Afternoon at the Movies” presentation of “Gettys-burg” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

The 1993 fi lm, based on a novel by Michael Shaara, stars Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen and Stephen Lang. The event is part of the museum’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Campbell Station.

Seating will begin at 1:45 p.m. The movie is rated PG and has an approximate running time of four hours and 30 minutes. There will be a 10-minute intermission and refreshments at 4:15 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 16Free Day of Putt-Putt

The 22nd annual Free Day of Putt-Putt will be held noon to 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, at Putt-Putt Golf & Games, 164 West End Ave.

Presented by the town of Farragut and Putt-Putt Golf & Games, the event is designed to build community and to provide a safe, entertaining activity for families.

For more info, contact Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 865-966-7057.

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17-18AARP driver courses

AARP Driver Safety Courses will be offered from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, and Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Roane County United Way, 2735 Roane State Highway, Harriman.

Anyone age 50 or over may attend. To be eligible for a discount (up to 10 percent) on auto insurance, participants must be 55 or older and complete eight hours of class time.

Taught by trained AARP volunteers, the program covers such topics as age-related physical changes and declining perceptual skills and serves as a refresher course for the rules of the road, local driving problems and license-renewal requirements.

To register, call Carolyn Rambo, 865-584-9964.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 21Children’s consignment sale

Concord United Methodist Church is sponsoring a children’s consignment sale from 8 a.m. to noon at the church, 11020 Roane Drive. A half-price sale will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

The sale will include quality, gently used clothing, toys, books, furniture and other items for children ages birth to teens. For more info, call 865-996-6728 or visit www.concordumc.com.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 22Lanz piano concert

Grammy-nominated pianist David Lanz will perform in concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, at American Piano Gallery, 11651 Parkside Drive. Opening for Lanz will be pianist-composer Joseph Akins.

Lanz came to prominence with his album “Cristofori’s Dream,” which spent months at the top of Billboard’s

Adult Alternative/New Age charts. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2000.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students and anyone under 18. Advance tickets are available at 800-838-3006 and lanzknoxville.brownpapertickets.com. To purchase tickets locally, email Tom Boduch, tbconcerts@att.net.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 24Bass at speaker series

Forensic anthropologist and author Bill Bass and fi lm-maker and author Jon Jefferson – collectively known as best-selling author Jefferson Bass – will be featured at the Farragut-West Knox Chamber of Commerce Speaker Series Breakfast 7:30-9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Fox Den Country Club, 12284 N. Fox Den Drive.

Seats are $30 for members, $40 for non-members and $275 for tables of 10. Space is limited, and registra-tion is required. To register online, visit www.farragut-chamber.com. Call 865-675-7057 to pay by Visa or Mas-terCard; AMEX payment is available at the chamber offi ce, 11826 Kingston Pike, Suite 110, or at the event.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 27Senior picnic

The seventh annual Senior Appreciation Picnic, hosted by Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, will be held 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at John Tarleton Park, 3201 Division St.

The event will include food, fun, a mini health fair and entertainment. Bus transportation will be pro-vided from all Knox County senior centers.

RSVP to 865-215-4007 by Friday, Sept. 20.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 27‘Taste of Farragut’

“Taste of Farragut – Celebrating Farragut Foodies” will take place 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, in front of the old Kroger building on Kingston Pike.

More than 35 restaurants and beverage distributors are expected to participate in the fi fth annual event, which showcases the depth and talent of Farragut eater-ies. Also featured are wines and themed beverage venues.

Admission is $25 for adults ($30 at the gate), $10 for children under 12, free for 5 and under. For more info, visit farragutbusiness.com or call 307-2486.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 29Picnic on the Pike

The fourth annual Picnic on the Pike will be held 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at 11863 Kingston Pike. The picnic will feature food and entertainment. Attendees should bring chairs or blankets.

The Chillbillies will perform 1-3 p.m., with Back Talk (featuring previous members of the Atomic Horns) performing 3-5 p.m.

For info, contact Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 865-966-7057.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 29Student piano showcase

A 13-year-old piano student from Japan by way of Maryville will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at American Piano Gallery, 11651 Parkside Drive.

Mayuki Miyashita from Hamamatsu City, Japan, studied piano from age 6 to 10 in her homeland. The Maryville Junior High School student now takes lessons with David Northington at the University of Tennessee.

Her awards include fi rst place at the 2012 and 2011 Music Teachers National Association Tennessee state junior piano competition, fi rst place in the 2012 Tennessee Music Teachers Association piano competition (solo and concerto), fi rst place in the 2013 TMTA piano solo compe-tition and second place in the 2013 Kaufman Music Center International Youth piano competition in New York.

She has performed the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12 with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven Concerto No. 1 with the Maryville College Orchestra. She also enjoys playing violin.

The event is free, and the public is invited.

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professionally appraised on 8/8/13 for more than the asking price of $349,000.00.

Owner is open to negotiations. 865-660-2310

Northwest 40z4300 STROLLING DR

Buy this house for rental. Have you got money to invest for an 8%-15% annual return? Call

today to find out why this house will do much better than CD

rates or passbook savings rates. Don Anderson

Realty Executives Assoc.

865-588-3232

Lakefront Property 47STUNNING LAKE

FRONT HOME with Dock on

Melton Hill Lake. This 3BR/2BA home

is surrounded on over two wooded

acres with unbelievable Lake Views.

For Sale By Owner - $649,000 - Call (865)

748-9078 for Showing.

Cemetery Lots 492 Cemetery Lots,

Pleasant Grove Bapt. Church, Maryville. $600 ea. 865-828-3072 or 865-599-7605

2 Cemetery Plots at Highland Sutherland, Gospel Gardens $3000. 865-688-1023

8 PLOTS at Woodhaven

Memorial Gardens, Edgemoor Rd.,

Powell. Will sell in units of two. Each plot $1500 or best

offer. Call 865-659-1201.

Real Estate Wanted 50WE BUY HOUSES

Any Reason, Any Condition 865-548-8267

www.ttrei.com

Real Estate Service 53Prevent Foreclosure

Free Help 865-268-3888

www.PreventForeclosureKnoxville.com

Comm. Prop. - Rent 66CA$H for your House! Cash Offer in 24 Hours

865-365-8888 www.TNHouseRelief.com

Apts - Unfurnished 711 BR, $425, less than 5 min. to Interstate /

Broadway. 1 yr. lease. No pets. 865-604-7537

Apts - Furnished 72WALBROOK STUDIOS

251-3607 $140 weekly. Discount

avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic

Cable. No Lse.

Houses - Unfurnished 74NICE 3 BR, 1 1/2 BA,

Ftn. City, 1 car det. gar., C-H&A, $680 mo. + DD, 1 yr. lse, no pets, 865-803-9031.

Condo Rentals 76TOWNHOUSE

Northeast Knox. 3BR/3BA/garage,

$1,150 month, Call 865-604-1322

Wanted To Rent 82Ret. Private Detective

needs 1-2 BR house, on quiet private property. I will pro-vide security and/or caretaker services in lieu of rent. 323-0937

Manf’d Homes - Sale 85I BUY OLDER

MOBILE HOMES. 1990 up, any size OK.

865-384-5643

Trucking Opportunities 106DRIVERS:

HOME WEEKLY/ BI-WEEKLY.

Layover/Detention/ Short Haul Pay. 70% D&H / 90%

NO Touch. No Can-ada/Hazmat or

NYC! BC/BS, Den-tal, Vision, 401k

etc… Class A CDL w/6 mos. Exp. 877-705-9261 DRIVERS:

Make $63,000/yr or more, $2,500 Driver Referral Bonus &

$1,200.00 Orientation Completion Bonus! CDL-A, OTR Exp. Req'd. Call Now:

1-877-725-8241

Healthcare 110SEEKING CARE-

GIVERS / CNAs. for live-in or hourly.

Must have exc. work refs & pass comprehensive

background check. Call 865-223-5695.

Dogs 141GERMAN SHEPHERD

high quality European puppies,

2 males, 8 wks. $600. eisenhoferkennels.com

865-679-6344 ***Web ID# 300313***

German Shepherd Puppies & Adults. AKC. 865-856-6548

Golden Retriever Puppies, AKC, Males $575. 865-567-7180

***Web ID# 298939***

MALTESE PUPS, Male, female, AKC, small. $400 & up. 423-733-2857; 423-300-9043.

Dogs 141LABRADOR PUPPIES,

chocolate, AKC. 5 wks. old, ready 10/1. Mother/father on site. $400. 865-806-8934 ***Web ID# 299943***

PIT BULL PUPS, registered, blue & white. $250/nego. Phone 423-625-9192

POM-CHI PUPPIES, reg., S&W, health guar., $330 & up. 865-654-4977

***Web ID# 298794***

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. 423-566-3647

judyspuppynursery.com

YORKIE PUPPIES reg., adorable, S&W,

started on puppy pads, 423-539-4256.

Free Pets 145

ADOPT! Looking for an addi-tion to the family?

Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official shelter for

Knoxville & Knox County.

Call 215-6599 or visit

knoxpets.org

Farmer’s Market 150NEED SOMEONE to

put my fall hay up. Phone 865-992-8821 or 865-566-5077

Lawn-Garden Equip. 190JOHN DEERE 318, 18

HP, hydrostatic, PS, hydraulic deck lift, good cond, $1700. 865-257-8672

Household Furn. 204BIG SALE!

B & C MATTRESS, Full $99, Queen, $125, King, $199. Pillow Top.

865-805-3058.

LEATHER CLUB CHAIR w/ottoman, dark brown, brass

nail accent trim $550. SWIVEL TUB CHAIR, pastel striped fabric, Clayton Marcus, $150; SOFA & LOVESEAT, Corduroy fabric, sage, $350. West 865-531-6290 ***Web ID# 299807***

Collectibles 213GAS PUMP, restored,

pure Firebird Racing, $800. Lenoir City 865-332-0036

Boats Motors 232

ASTRO 2000, 20 ft, fish or ski, 200 Mercury, low hrs. Trolling mtr, 2 livewells, walk-thru windshield, Bimini top, trailer, $7500. 865-776-9788

FOUR WINNS 254 Funship Deck Boat, 350 Chev., Volvo Penta outdrive w/twin props, great shape, new canvas, alum. trailer, $13,500. 865-680-2656

GIBSON 1978 42 ft houseboat, twin 318s, flybridge, $19,000. 865-717-6200

MAKE OFFER 18' BOWRIDER, 220 HP.; solid trlr / hull; $1750/b.o. 865-250-8079

SEA RAY 1989 180 bowrider, V6, 175 HP,

w/trlr. exc. shape, $3000. 865-216-6154.

SEA RAY Sundancer 28', twin eng., 190

hrs., exc. cond. $54,900 firm. 865-458-0834.

TERRY SUN SPORT 17', w/115 HP Johnson mtr., new Transom, floor, carpet & whls.

Nice! Reduced to $5800. Call Dan, 865-705-1336. Must sell due to illness.

Motor Homes 2371999 WINNEBAGO

Adventurer model 34V, 275HP diesel Cummings engine, 7500 Onan generator, exhaust brake, self contained, washer/ dryer, gas stove +

microwave/convection oven, 2 AC's, gas/elec. refrig. & water heater. Tremendous storage, sleeps 6, 2 exit doors & 1 slide out. 73K miles. Asking $33,000. 423-639-2253 (Greeneville)

***Web ID# 297995***

DUTCHMAN 1998 31', class C, V10 gas, 29K mi., sleeps 7, leveling jacks, non smoker, no pets. $20,000. 865-257-1554.

Four Winds Hurricane 2006, 34 ft, Class A, V10 gas eng. 3 slide outs, air shocks, auto. leveling jacks, 1 owner, non-smoker, 9600 mi, exc. cond. $50,900. 865-804-4747

***Web ID# 296521***

Motorcycles 238BMW R60/2 1968, 600 CC Classic, 19,900 mi., exc. cond., windshld, lthr saddlebags, orig. tool kit., $9500.

931-337-9282

Harley Davidson 1986 Low Rider, custom paint, low mi, $4495 obo. 865-206-3174

HONDA GOLDWING Trike 1988, only 11K mi, like new, 1st $10,000 firm. 865-397-1012; 865-397-6396

HONDA VALKYRIE 1997, standard

With 32K miles, $4300. 865-256-8099.

Reduced, Harley Davidson 2009 Ultra Classic, 1032 mi. Lowered. $16,900. 865-256-4901 Maryville

Autos Wanted 253A BETTER CASH

OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running

or not. 865-456-3500

Utility Trailers 255UTILITY TRAILERS

All Sizes Available 865-986-5626

smokeymountaintrailers.com

Vans 256FORD CARGO Van

2002, 155k mi, well-maintained. $4500 /bo. 865-525-8140

PLYMOUTH VOYAGER '98. Auto., New batt., gd tires, runs, 2nd ownr $1700 obo. 865-774-3400

Trucks 257CHEVY SILVERADO

Z71 2008, 1500 2WD crew cab LTI 13K mi., $21.500. Call 865-258-8985.

Dodge Ram PU, 2005, bad mtr, 4x4, body & trans. good cond. $2500 obo. 865-475-6218

FORD F350 2008

DRW 4x4 6.4 Twin Turbo, 65K mi., New Tires. New Custom

Aluminum Bed w/80g aux. fuel tank,

gooseneck hitch, Reese receiver.

$34,000. 423-625-3866.

4 Wheel Drive 258CHEV 2500 1995, 350

eng., util. bed, 4L80E trans., AC, good tires, $3500. 423-566-5617

CHEVY SILVERADO 2006, 4x4, extra cab, most opts, $8900. Call 865-659-9957

FORD EXPLORER 1996, white, 4 WD, 166k mi, 1 owner, good cond. Nice int., pwr seats, windows, lock. $2450/bo. 865-689-5206

Antiques Classics 2601963 PLYM. Valiant 2 dr

hdtop, 6 cyl, straight shift, needs work, $1500. 865-435-6855

Buick 1982 Conv. Always garaged,

never wrecked, orig. mint cond. 2nd owner.

83,134 mi. Asking $21,500. Orig. cost

$26,004.81. 865-523-2159

CORVETTE 1987 Metallic gray, t-top Low mileage, $9000.

931-456-6686

DATSUN 280ZX 1980, Ltd Ed., 10th anniv. 1 of 3000. Orig. ownr. 137k. Needs TLC. B.O. 423-304-9009.

EL CAMINO 305 1980, $3000/trade good run-ning SUV, mini van or car. 865-208-5017

PLYMOUTH, CLASSIC 1973 318 space duster. Great cond. $10,000. 457-2189

***Web ID# 300090***

Sport Utility 261

GMC YUKON 2008 black, 6.0L, V8,

Interior/Exterior, loaded, perfect cond. $27,500. 865-223-2738.

KIA SPORTAGE 2009 EX, leather, AT, V6, gar. kept, 26K mi, $15,500. 865-357-3130

Imports 262ALFA ROMEO

Spyder 1986, 80K mi., black/tan int. AC, $9500. 931-337-9282.

BMW 525i 2003, blk on blk, 118k mi, $8200. Michelin tires. Call text 865-660-6562

***Web ID# 297545***

Nissan Sentra SR 2011, aspen wht, 25K mi. spec. edt. pkg. exc. cond. $14,000. 865-368-1038.

TOYOTA CAMRY LE 2007, AT, sunrf, lthr, spoiler, 42K mi, $12,700. 865-556-9162

TOYOTA CELICA 1999, 2.2 eng., 150K orig miles, $3,200. Call 865-521-7836

TOYOTA COROLLA S 2003, 1 Owner, Low mi, tinted windows, $7,300. 865-556-9162

TOYOTA COROLLA S 2007, 82K mi., good shape, $6500. Call 423-438-8574.

Sports 264 CORVETTE 2007, 9K

mi, monterey red, AT, showroom quality, $39,995. 865-376-5167

MAZDA RX8 2006, LAMBO DOORS, CLEAN & FAST ! $10,490. 865-567-9249

Domestic 265Cadillac Fleetwood

Brougham 1995, new vinyl roof, a beautiful & rare car, hard to find, $2,975 firm. Ken 865-599-2359

CHEVY CAMARO 2011, beautiful red with white stripes, 6 cyl. AT w/tap shift, 20" wheels, 20,600 miles, exc. cond. $24,000. 423-626-9601 or 423-489-7105.

CHEVY MALIBU 2008, gold, AT, elec. seats & windows, 4 dr, exc. cond. 40,250 mi. $13,000. 865-207-0090

SATURN SKY 2008, redline convertible, turbo, AT, 6026 mi, silver w/red & blk lthr int., loaded, $23,500. 423-489-4250

Fencing 327FENCE WORK Instal-

lation & repair. Free est. 43 yrs exp! Call 689-9572.

Flooring 330

^CERAMIC TILE in-

stallation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328

Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER

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

Painting / Wallpaper 344PILGRIM PAINTING Serving Knoxville for 20 Yrs Commercial &

Residential Inte-rior/Exterior Paint-ing, Pressure Wash-

ing, Staining, Drywall & Carpentry FREE ESTIMATES

291-8434 Pilgrimpainting.net

Roofing / Siding 352

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Tree Service 357

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AGENDAFARRAGUT BOARD OF

MAYOR AND ALDERMENSeptember 12, 2013

BMA MEETING • 7:00 PM I. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Mayor’s Report A. Constitution Week & DAR Day Proclamations IV. Citizens Forum V. Approval of Minutes A. August 22, 2013 B. August 30, 2013 VI. Ordinances A. Public Notice & Second Reading 1. Ordinance 13-21, ordinance to amend Ordinance 13-19 Fiscal Year 2014 Budget VII. Business Items A. Approval of appointment to the Parks & Athletics Council B. Approval of directional sign placement for the 2013 Parade of HomesVIII. Town Administrator's Report IX. Attorney’s Report

Carol Zinavage

Carol’s Corner

Walter Wunderlich, 81, of Fountain City, scolds me for the timing of this story.

“You should wait two years,” he says. “Then I’ll be

celebrating 50 years in this very house!”

Wunderlich is retired from TVA, where he worked as a hydraulic engineer. But his story goes much deeper than that.

He was born in the town of Asch in the Sudetenland – an area rife with chaos at the end of World War II. His boyhood was full of upheaval, and Wunderlich speaks passionately about his homeland being invad-ed by the Nazi regime and then by the Czech military. Along with 3.5 million other ethnic Germans, he and his family were expelled from their ancestral homeland by the Soviet-protected Czech government. His family sur-vived intact but lost almost everything.

Nevertheless, he went on to earn a doctoral degree in engineering from the Uni-versity of Karlsruhe (now Karlsruhe Institute of Tech-nology) in Germany. And how did he end up at TVA?

“I replied to an ad in Time magazine,” he says in his lilting German accent. “Also, I had friends with contacts in the hydroelec-tric fi eld in America.”

In 1964 Wunderlich ap-plied for a work visa, and “by New Year’s 1965 I was in Times Square celebrating!” Recalling that wild night, he chuckles, “Never again!”

Engineers like Wun-derlich, and the expertise they bring, are the reason

dams don’t buckle under the tremendous force of the wa-ter. He’s an expert on hydro-electric structures, and was a dedicated TVA engineer for many years.

“I enjoyed that work very much.”

He helped to expand the program into areas such as water quality monitoring and sustainability. With his boss, Rex Elder, he created the Water Resources Man-agement Methods Staff, and supervised the group from 1970 until 1983. At the dawn of the computer age, they created early digital models for simulating complex pro-cesses in the TVA multipur-pose reservoir system. He still enjoys numbers.

“I read math books just for fun nowadays.”

Wunderlich and his wife Carole, a retired lecturer in Spanish at UT, enjoy many pursuits. He’s a hiker and frequent neighborhood walker, and they both enjoy travel. They met 35 years ago in the Alliance Francaise, a Knoxville French Club.

A study in their Fountain City home contains side-by-side computer workstations, and Carole’s wall is covered with many “docent of the year” and “volunteer of the year” citations from the Knoxville Museum of Art. File cabinets march up the center of the room, and the walls are lined with books.

Wunderlich himself wrote some of them.

There’s his textbook on probability methods used in maintenance planning for hydraulic structures. An-other handbook on hydro-power engineering contains a chapter authored by him. There’s a self-published book, “The Lookout Towers of the Great Smoky Moun-tains.” Before he fi nished it, many of the fi re towers no longer existed, so he’s expanding it to include sur-rounding areas along with the Great Smokies.

But another self-pub-

Walter knows water

lished book is near and dear to his heart. A few years ago, Wunderlich and his two sons spent some time hiking near the town where he was born. The resulting book, “Rund ums Ascher Land” (loosely translated as “A Tour of the Land around Asch”), is a cherished me-mento of his homeland, its culture and the people who disappeared with the expul-sion.

“I wanted to create some-thing for the people who

were driven away and their progeny.”

Right now he’s enjoying the impending change of season with his daily walks and occasional yardwork. Even after all his accom-plishments, he still consid-ers himself a perpetual stu-dent. “

Schooling is important to start you off,” he says, “but then you must continue to learn.”

Send story suggestions to news@ShopperNewsNow.com

Walter and Carole Wunderlich at their Fountain City home. Pho-tos by Carol Zinavage

Wallter Wunderlich in his book-lined study.

Tangy is an adorable 5-year-

old miniature Pinscher

and Dachshund mix that

will steal your heart. His

adoption fee is $75, which

includes a neuter, vacci-

nations and a microchip.

Tangy is currently staying

at Young-Williams Animal

Center’s Division Street

location. Info: 215-6599 or

www.young-williams.org.

Sweet little Tangy

Milo and Nikita are both one-year-old Pug

and Boston Terrier Mix cuties who spent the

fi rst year of their lives in a breeder’s cage.

They arrived at the Humane Society of the

Tennessee Valley about fi ve weeks ago and are

slowly adjusting to being normal dogs. Both

male and female are sweet and gentle and love

to go for walks and swim in their kiddie pool.

They would like to fi nd a forever home with

a patient family. Their adoption fee is $200.

They must be adopted together. Come meet

the duo at HSTV, 6717 Kingston Pike. Info: 573-

9675 or info@humanesocietytennessee.com.

Milo and Nikita

B-4 • SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 • Shopper news

Have your guys

call our guyscall our guys

2601 Texas Avenue

524-8631

Looking for an alternative to vinyl siding and fi ber cement?

By Anne Hart

Area neighborhoods would have

looked very diff erent after the

hailstorms of April, 2011, if instead of

vinyl, aluminum or other kinds of siding

more homes had featured Everlast

cladding.

Everlast is almost impervious to hail and other severe weather. It also carries a lifetime performance warranty as well as lifetime fade protection, and the warranty is transferrable, which means when you sell your home, the new owner will also be protected – a terrifi c sales tool for your Realtor to use.

If Everlast is a new name to you, it may be because it’s relatively new to the local market. Nationally, it’s made homeowners extremely happy for over 9 years.

Contractors can purchase it directly from Norandex Building Materials Distributors, which has been located at 2601 Texas Ave. since 1968. The phone number is 524-8631. George Gregory, the branch manager, says the local operation is one of 107 Norandex branches nationwide.

Individual homeowners can make use of that “Have your guy call our guy” slogan to have their contractors contact Norandex, or they can contact Glen Harness of CRS Exteriors at 670-8823 or glen@crsexteriors.com or Jeff Kear of Kear Contracting Services at 357-3560 or kearcontracting@yahoo.com for an estimate.

Everlast is unlike any other siding, and when you see it, you’ll know why. Solid construction means the planks don’t bend or bow, and align perfectly against the outer walls of your home.

Everlast Cladding is lightweight and stackable for easy installation, yet durable enough to withstand fi erce wind, scorching summer temperatures and subzero winter temperatures.

It is easy to care for. Its low-gloss surface returns to its original luster with a simple hose-down.

Everlast is also very environmentally friendly. Its construction is of natural polymeric and inorganic minerals. There are no natural wood fi bers to absorb or retain moisture that can lead to warping and swelling. When it is cut, there is no harmful silica dust as with some fi ber cement products.

Distinctive trim choices from the Everlast Trim Collection are made from the same polymeric material to ensure a look that blends with and perfectly fi ts your Everlast cladding, providing one beautiful fi nish.

Everlast cladding is also beautiful to look at. It has a natural wood grain embossing. Homeowners can choose from colors ranging from very deep, rich hues to neutrals.

If you’re building, thinking of building, or ready to replace what is on your home with something beautiful and lasting, remember: “Have your guy call our guy.”

For an estimate on additions or renovations for

your home, contact Glen Harness, owner, at

OrCRS Exteriors

670-8823 or

glen@crsexte

riors.com

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