By Betty Bean The letter teachers dread ends

like this:“In the 2012-13 school year,

your summative results rating was x, or below expec-tations. Should your summative results continue to be below or sig-nifi cantly below expectations in the 2013-14 school year and beyond,

you may face negative employ-ment consequences up to and in-cluding termination from your position.

“To avoid any negative con-sequences, you are expected to comply with all administrator directives, collaborate with col-leagues and improve your over-all performance in the upcoming school year.”

Farragut Middle School science teacher Mark Taylor has received two such letters. He was one of the teachers who accepted Tony Nor-man’s invitation to speak to Coun-ty Commission last week, and he told the commissioners he fears for his job, despite having a repu-tation for turning out the highest-achieving 8th-grade science stu-dents in the county.

He racks up consistently high

A teacher’s story: letters of concernprogress is diffi cult to measure because they are not taught the standard curriculum. His second-ary problem is that his students are so advanced that there’s not much room to “grow” their scores, as measured by TVAAS, which tracks student “gains.”

The fi rst year of evaluations, only one of Taylor’s four classes was tested – a standard 8th-grade science class that included several ESL (English as a second language) speakers. His 130 high-school level students were left out of the equation, thereby lowering his (and his school’s) overall test

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“My TVAAS was a 1. Can you imagine what my observation scores are going to be this year? If they give me anything higher than a 3, they’re going to have repercus-sions,” Taylor said.

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Twins Addy and Leyton Preston of Karns found lots of fun with their “home-made” sleds, which were the plastic tops of storage containers. The 7-year-olds spent their day off from school happy and cold.

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The service was upbeat with lively music and guest speakers. The encourage-ment was overwhelming – something like 250 of your best friends getting together to say, “You go, girl!”

There was a “You go, girl!” segment featuring a story of triumph over adver-sity. Knoxville mom Diann Byrd shared her challenges caring for four children, in-cluding a special-needs son, while her husband was de-ployed to Iraq. Her 1-year-old son was diagnosed with autism just days before her husband went overseas for 18 months.

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scores. Last year his ad-vanced students were evalu-ated but were found to have made insuffi cient progress because they performed at such a high level coming in.

Taylor has received low TVAAS scores, no bonus money and “conference of concern” letters for the past two years. He expects another one this year. He fi led a grievance and said he discussed his predicament with schools superinten-dent James McIntyre.

“Dr. McIntyre suggested I lobby the state to have an-other test for those students. I cringe when I think of me lobbying for more tests for our students,” he said.

“Here’s the worst thing in

all of this. I have had prin-cipals and coaches tell me I need to put myself ahead of my students. They’re saying this because they want me to continue teaching and the only way they see that hap-pening is if I put myself ahead of my students. But as soon as I think I’m more important than my students, then I do not belong in a classroom.”

Forty to 50 teachers showed up for the com-mission meeting, as did McIntyre (who canceled a scheduled appearance at the Knox County Education Association to be there) and his chief of staff, Russ Oaks. School board chair Lynne Fugate was seated between McIntyre and Oaks.

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Mayor Madeline Rogero is in Turkey at the invita-tion of the U.S. Department of State for a week promot-ing women’s issues and encouraging more Turkish women to become involved in government in Turkey, especially at the local level.

Mark Harmon’s not new to Knox County Demo-cratic Party politics, unless maybe he’s being compared to a grizzled veteran like Bill Owen – which is what’s about to happen this elec-tion season.

A University of Tennes-see professor in the Col-lege of Communications and a former Knox County commissioner who stepped down after serving one term when the commis-sion reduced its numbers in 2010, Harmon has stayed active in politics, running campaigns, writing op-ed columns and doing televi-sion and radio commen-tary. Now he has taken out a nominating petition to run against Owen for the Tennessee Democratic Party Executive Commit-tee – Owen’s preserve for 20 years.

Harmon says he’s not doing it because he thinks there’s anything wrong with Owen.

“He and I signed each

Judging by what commis-sioners said last week, this week’s Knox County Com-mission/Board of Education retreat should be anything but rest for the weary.

Who’s in charge?

Having visited Turkey four times myself over 30 years, I know Rogero has a busy and well-designed schedule of meetings. She will ably represent the U.S. as she urges women to become more involved in government, where women have not been infl uential in the past.

Locally, Knoxville has an active Turkish center. Two current members of Council, Finbarr Saunders and former Mayor Daniel Brown, have visited Turkey along with their wives (not at city expense) as well as former Council member and now council attorney Rob Frost.

Knoxville also has a very active and infl uential Greek community. Greeks and Turks over the years have not always seen eye to eye on several issues.

This is Rogero’s fi rst international trip as mayor where she is representing the American people as well as the city of Knoxville. It is sponsored and fi nanced by the U.S. Department of State which traditionally has encouraged and spon-sored a variety of individu-als to visit other nations as part of the people-to-people exchange. She will ably represent us.

However, one interest-ing aspect to being out of the country is that the city charter states that “during the temporary absence of or the disability of mayor, the vice mayor (Nick Pavlis) “assumes the duties of the mayor.”

The charter is silent as to what absence means.

Does it mean when she is in Nashville or Lenoir City? Anytime she is outside the city limits? Overseas?

Or does absence mean when she is unavailable and cannot be reached?

Clearly in this case she is absent from Knoxville by some 5,000 miles.

As city Law Director Charles Swanson stated in an email to me, “It is an in-teresting question because of the wording. We (mean-

ing the city administra-tion and Council) might want to consider modern-izing and clarifying this lan-guage. Wish

amending the Charter for something like this was not such a major hassle.”

However, it is clear that if the vice mayor is entitled to assume the duties of the mayor, then he can exer-cise all the rights that the elected mayor has.

When this writer was mayor and often traveled outside the city and was overseas, Jack Sharp was vice mayor. Our working relationship was strong and I never had an issue with him seeking to direct city government in a way contrary to my views when I was away from Knoxville. Rogero has a similar strong relationship with Pavlis (whom she endorsed for re-election) so the issue is more in theory than reality.

Nevertheless, if there was a vice mayor hostile to the incumbent mayor, the current charter language could pose problems.

Pavlis led an unsuc-cessful but correct fi ght at the last Council meeting against raising towing fees.

He was joined by Council member Marshall Stair. Council voted to raise wrecker fees by 25 per-cent, which is a whopping increase that doubles the level of pay raises which city employees get over a comparable 5 year period.

The commission which recommended this hike heard only from the towing companies and not from the general public. It was a one-sided study.

Pavlis and Stair deserve praise for highlighting this at the last Council meeting.

■ Knoxville lost a re-spected ju-rist when Fred Mac-Donald died last week.

A long-time resi-dent with his wife, Ruth, of West Hills,

MacDonald was appointed to the bench by former Gov. Winfi eld Dunn and sub-sequently elected several times.

He was considered fair-minded, intelligent and ob-jective. He was also a neigh-borhood leader for West Hills prior to becoming a judge.

Tennessee Dems: Fight for the future

other’s petitions at the January executive com-mittee meeting,” Harmon said. “This isn’t about Bill. I just think I can bring some skill to the task. I’d like to see him continue serving the party – maybe he could continue on the Democratic National Committee.”

Owen, who could not be reached for comment for this column, is at the mid-point of a 4-year DNC term.

Harmon says he wants to see Tennessee Democrats “try out some new ideas, break some old habits – build a bench. I’d like to see a better job done on those things.”

He also says there are not many offi ces that a Tennes-see Democrat has a realistic chance of winning.

And that, perhaps, is

where the discussion will commence. Harmon makes no bones about his dissatis-faction with the leadership of party chair Roy Herron, a conservative former state senator whom Owen sup-ports (they served in the General Assembly at the same time).

“I certainly didn’t agree with Bill’s decision (to sup-port Herron as chair). I don’t think saying you are friends is enough,” Harmon said.

The state executive com-mittee consists of two rep-resentatives – one male, one female – from each of the state’s 33 senate districts. Harmon and Owen will be vying for the 7th District seat. On the women’s side, party activist Kim Webber will run for the 7th District seat, to be vacated by in-cumbent Gayle Alley, who has said she won’t seek re-election.

The late Harold Woods and his wife Sylvia had fi lled for the 6th District seats

until Harold’s death earlier this month. The TNDP ap-pointed former Election Commissioner Cameron Brooks to fi ll the vacant seat. Brooks, a labor orga-nizer who has Sylvia Woods’ stamp of approval, will be on this year’s ballot. He is openly supporting Harmon.

“Mark and I have been friends for a long time, and I think he did a great job on County Commission. He’s got a lot of experience deal-ing with political communi-cations, framing and mes-saging. We need that kind of expertise,” Brooks said.

Brooks says one of his major priorities will be to push back against “Amend-ment One,” a restrictive anti-abortion measure that will be on the November ballot.

It’s new versus old, pro-gressive versus status quo. With Republicans holding offi ces high and low, it’s hard to see how the new guys could do worse than the current leadership.

No rest at this retreat

County Commissioner Sam McKenzie with the Rev. Dr. Harold

Middlebrook and Middlebrook’s daughter, Arlene, at Knox

County Commission’s January meeting. Photo by Jake Mabe

Unless you’ve been liv-ing under a rock (or too busy, oh, taking or admin-istrating assessments), you know that education issues and a “teacher revolt” (to coin a phrase) are the talk of the town.

Before those issues were discussed last week, in the first half of Commis-sion’s meeting Mike Ham-mond said he thinks the Joint Education Commit-tee, set up to ease tensions between the school board and its funding body, has worked well.

“It was rough going at fi rst, but it’s shown that we can get together, we can talk.”

Committee members are Commissioners Sam McK-enzie, Mike Hammond, Dave Wright and Amy Bro-yles, and school board mem-bers Karen Carson, Lynne Fugate, Gloria Deathridge and Doug Harris.

Broyles says she thinks the public “likes it when we are getting along.”

(Reporters don’t, but you already know we’re scum.)

“We’re so passionate

about these issues,” Broyles said, “sometimes we don’t always choose our words perhaps as carefully as we could, and I use myself as an example.”

Tony Norman, the archi-tect of the words to which Broyles refers, has ques-tions about the retreat’s structure and format.

“Last time, I personally thought it was of marginal benefi t, especially for its cost and time. My objections are that I thought it was or-chestrated by the school ad-ministration, which was in-hibiting to the conversation. I thought it was just going to be us and the school board in the meeting.”

Commission chair Brad Anders says he and school board chair Fugate will be facilitating discussion this time, but that Superinten-dent Dr. Jim McIntyre and other school offi cials will be present.

“I really only have one question I’d like to have answered that whole week-end,” Commissioner Mike Brown said.

Brown didn’t elaborate. He did say: “We’re getting spun around the corner,” on info from the school system.

R. Larry Smith asked if McIntyre would be present the entire time, adding that might inhibit some from speaking more freely.

Sam McKenzie sarcasti-cally shot back: “With all the cameras gone, too?”

“We’re not gonna stop anybody from being there,” Anders said.

The retreat will be held

Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8, at RT Lodge in Maryville.

Smith said late last week that he and other com-missioners don’t under-stand why some county fee offi ce heads hang around for the entire meeting if they don’t have business be-fore Commission.

For the free entertain-ment, maybe?

Smith is concerned that they could be neglecting tax-payer business. Good point.

The Rev. Dr. Harold Middlebrook was rec-ognized for his retirement from Canaan Baptist Church of Christ. Middlebrook is a longtime community activ-ist and worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights era.

Middlebrook had the best line of the meeting: “Please don’t forget the least, the left out and those who seem to be lost.”

U.K. Mynatt said dur-ing public forum that he is furious about being rezoned into the Sixth District.

“I have no use for (the

district). Every time y’all have a meeting, your dis-tricts change.”

Anders, who represents the Sixth District, said he opposed Mynatt’s commu-nity being rezoned.

“But I was overruled. No-body wanted to listen to me then.”

Broyles reminded ev-erybody that Commission opted to ignore a plan rec-ommended by the Joint Re-districting Committee.

■ This ‘n’ thatMike Padgett, who

is running for his old job against Knox County Clerk Foster Arnett, named Lisa Warren his campaign trea-surer last week. Padgett said his team is falling into place and that he’s been “over-whelmed by the support that has been given since I announced my run.”

Billy Stokes’ campaign for Knox County Circuit Court Judge released its fi rst Internet ad, titled “Ex-perience.” Info: www.billys-tokesforjudge.com.

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Here’s what you will hear on Wednesday, after the fax machine clicks off and the celebration fundraiser be-gins:

Typical Tennessee football fan: “Great recruiting class.”

Blind optimist: “Best ever!”

Shopper reader: “Looks good to me, but Marvin says The General reserved evalu-ation of young players until

after the Alabama game of their sophomore year. That was the Saturday that sepa-rated men from boys.”

And that’s what Robert R. Neyland said – but times are different. Everything is accelerated. Now is what matters, as in instant coffee, soup, oatmeal, pudding and potatoes.

Tennessee needs help now. It would be good if this second wave of recruits ar-rives ready to rumble. Some will play in September.

We can already jump to the conclusion that Butch Jones did a fi ne sales job – as expected. Winners rise up and strike back when smacked around. And, good-ness knows, Tennessee 2013

sure got smacked around.Deciding where this re-

cruiting class ranks may take a while.

For comparison pur-poses, Larry Smith, bril-liant guardian of Volunteer records, says 1997 is No. 1 with him. Tennessee signed 27 players. Two failed to let-ter. Fourteen made it to the NFL.

Consider: Cosey Cole-man, Deon Grant, Travis Henry, Jamal Lewis, Andre Lott, David Martin, Travis Stephens, Fred Weary, Ced-rick Wilson, etc.

The year before wasn’t too shabby: Shaun Ellis, Dwayne Goodrich, Tee Martin, Raynoch Thomp-son, Darwin Walker, etc.

Best recruiting roundupThose groups are forever

part of the national champi-onship.

I’ve always liked 1965 – Richmond Flowers, Jimmy Weatherford, Bill Young, Charlie Rosenfelder, Dick Williams and Richard Pick-ens, to name a few.

And 1968 – Bobby Ma-jors, Curt Watson, Jackie Walker, Carl Johnson, Ray Nettles, Phillip Fulmer, etc. That group grew up to go 30-5 and helped make two coaches famous.

And 1986 – Reggie Cobb, Antone Davis, Alvin Harp-er, Charles McRae, Tony Thompson. Wow.

Some recruiting classes achieve fame through qual-ity depth. Some are remem-bered for individual stars. Consider recruits enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame:

Class of 1928: Herman

Hickman; 1930: Beattie Feathers; 1935: Bowden Wyatt.

1937: Bob Suffridge, George Cafego, Ed Molinski (the ’39 team held 10 foes scoreless).

1948: Hank Lauricella (plus Andy Kozar and Bob Davis).

1949: Doug Atkins, John Michels; 1953: John Majors; 1961: Steve DeLong; 1962: Frank Emanuel.

1964: Bob Johnson; 1966: Steve Kiner (and Jack Reynolds); 1967: Chip Kell (and Tim Priest and Bobby Scott); 1979: Reggie White.

Consider the star power of Condredge Holloway, Willie Gault, Roland James, Jimmy Streater, Carl Pick-ens, Heath Shuler, Larry Seivers, Peyton Manning, Al Wilson and Eric Berry. They add serious value to recruiting classes.

And consider what Bill Bates, Tim Irwin, Eddie Brown, Stanley Morgan and Mickey Marvin did to en-hance their classes – after we saw them in the pros.

Only old-timers remem-ber where this madness be-gan, the recruiting roundup of 1927, the Flamin’ Sopho-mores of ’28, the Vols who stunned big, bad Alabama in Tuscaloosa and put Ten-nessee football and Neyland in the national spotlight.

Gene McEver and Bobby Dodd gained the hall of fame. Five other sopho-mores – Buddy Hackman, Paul Hug, Fritz Brandt, Hobo Thayer and Quinn Decker – were starters when there were only 11.

Try to remember 1927. It was the fi rst yardstick for measuring recruiting classes. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

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Today (Feb. 3) marks the midpoint of winter – 45 days done, 45 days to go!

We’ve all been enjoying the Alberta clippers, usu-ally with two or three days of continuous below-freezing temperatures, some in single digits, with some snowfl akes. But it’s certainly not as bad here as it has been before. Knoxville experienced its coldest day on record on Jan. 21, 1985, when we hit 24 de-grees below zero.

It was so cold that when I checked the antifreeze in my old truck by the time I got the hood up and the radiator cap off, the squeeze bulb was so frozen that it shattered into a dozen pieces when I squeezed it.

And snow? We all remem-ber the thunder snowstorm during the Blizzard of ’93, big drifts of snow, all roads down, power out.

The record in Knoxville

for the most snow in one day, according to NOAA National Weather, was 17.5 inches on Feb. 13, 1960.

I remember that one, too. Back then, UT seldom closed due to weather, under the idea, I suppose, that most students lived on campus and could get to class no mat-ter what, leaving us commut-ers to deal with the elements as best we could. We took that as a challenge, of course.

Three of my friends and I set out for school in my late grandmother’s 1950 Plym-outh, snow up to the run-ning boards. The interstate

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was not completed through Sharp’s Gap, and the trip over the ridge was the stuff of leg-ends. Those were the days.

But even that would have been just another regular snow shower for New Eng-land. Their snow starts at Thanksgiving and melts in April. That’s where Mr. Wil-son A. Bentley lived, on a farm in the village of Jericho, Vt., about 50 miles south of the Canadian border, not far from where my daughter lives now.

Bentley was born in 1865, and while still a teenager he set about building an appara-tus with a microscope and an old-time bellows view cam-era using glass photographic plates to take close-up pho-tomicrographs of individual snowfl akes.

Bentley sensed that there was more to snow than just big piles of white stuff. He worked out a system to cap-

ture, select and photograph individual snow crystals, in their pristine, unmelted state. And he developed a way to have them come out, crisp and clear, on a black background. He took his fi rst successful photomicrograph of an individual snow crystal on Jan. 15, 1885.

The Jericho Historical So-ciety says he was the fi rst per-son to photograph individual snow crystals.

Bentley’s snowfl akes opened a whole new world of magical natural beauty. Through his career he took some 5,000 images. Articles showing his snowfl akes were published in National Geo-graphic in 1902 and again in 1923, as well as in other pub-lications. After 45 years of work, he was asked to collab-orate with W.J. Humphreys, the chief physicist for the U.S. Weather Bureau, to publish a book of his photos, called “Snow Crystals.” It came out in 1931 and contained 2,400 of his amazing images of those intricate six-sided ice

crystals that make up snow-fl akes, no two alike.

Today, Bentley’s work is preserved and displayed at the Jericho Historical So-ciety, housed in a typical picturesque Vermont mill, beside a typically small, pic-turesque Vermont river and adjoining park. There you can read all about “Snow-fl ake” Bentley, as he came to be affectionately called, and see some of his original photographs. They even issue yearly, dated, pewter orna-ments copied from Bentley’s photos, so you can adorn your Christmas tree with a Vermont snowfl ake.

Intrigued by the work of people like Bentley, sci-entists around the world have been studying snow for years. They study such things as how and why the ice crystals form, why they assume the many shapes they do, why they are always six-sided. They grow them in labs, on rabbit hairs and lit-tle needles of ice, and delve into their molecular and

crystallographic makeup. For us mere mortals, the

message is that all of that not-always-welcome snow is ac-tually made up of millions of amazingly intricate six-sided crystals, no two ever alike. And each one lasts only for moments and they’re gone.

Quit grumbling and go let some crystals fall on a dark coat sleeve and take a peek at them with an eyeball or a hand lens. It will make the snow a lot more tolerable.

Like all of nature, the more you look into things, the more amazing they are. And there are always way more questions than an-swers. That’s supposed to keep us always looking.

Great Backyard Bird Count is Feb. 14-17. Lastyear, 134,935 checklists were submitted online; 3,610 spe-cies of birds were seen and 34,512,432 individual birds were recorded. Be a part of a worldwide (good) event!

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“You can get your treatment and then go play golf or do anything else you might want to do that day,” he says. “Also, I just had such a great bond with the other proton patients. The involvement offered to the wives also makes things so

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“During that time, you have to be very supportive and understanding,” she says. “It is important to keep a good sense of humor as well as a sense of calm. The support group is great; wives are able to talk about their concerns and how to properly support their husbands.” She compares the support group to one big family.

The � rst to receive proton therapy at Provision, Jerry Brooks of Oak Ridge, recalls

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Provision Center for Proton Therapy, located at Dowell Springs in Knoxville, successfully treated its � rst prostate cancer patients with proton therapy, which is currently only available in a limited number of cities in the country.

The revolutionary technology of proton therapy is an extremely accurate form of cancer treatment which uses a single beam of high-energy protons to treat various forms of cancer, including prostate, brain, lung and breast cancers. The

proton beam is so ef� cient and accurate that it damages less normal, healthy tissue than traditional treatment methods do.

Provision is also home to the Proton Guys, a group of local men who have been treated with proton therapy and now offer support to those faced with the challenges of a prostate cancer diagnosis, through Provision’s ambassador program. Peter Kraslawsky, an ambassador of the Proton Guys, says that having the opportunity to support others is at the group’s core.

“There are 50 of us locally who have been cured by

proton therapy,” he says. “We are being supportive of newbies and sharing information with them about our experiences. As ambassadors, we are here to help the newbies who are coming in for their � rst treatment. We would love to talk with anyone who has been diagnosed with any type of cancer to help them explore their treatment options.”

The Proton Guys are happy to help new patients with any and all issues related to their care.

“One of the biggest concerns is typically with insurance,” Peter says. “If

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These initial treatments were all performed under the care of Dr. Marcio Fagundes who is the Medical Director at Provision Center for Proton Therapy. Fagundes has been involved with protons since the early 1990’s and is a board- certi� ed radiation oncologist.

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The show, along with a chili supper, was a fund-raiser for a spring break mission trip for UT stu-dents who are involved with the Christian Student Center. The center, located at 1821 Melrose Avenue, is an outreach of the Laurel

Church.The students plan to

spend spring break in the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco, where, through the Center for Stu-dent Missions, they will work with children and hos-pital patients and distribute

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There are two kinds of family: There are those clans we are born into, blood relatives, the folks who share our DNA, and then there are those very special people we find along the way and choose to claim as our own. Paul and Timothy were a prime example of “chosen fam-ily”; Timothy became the son Paul, the bachelor, never had.

Let me tell you a love story.

My husband, Lewis, has two biological daughters and one son he chose (or who chose him – depend-ing on your perspective). It happened this way: Lewis was dating a woman who had two sons. The dating relationship did not last, but Brett, one of the teen-age sons, found a true fa-ther in Lewis, and Lewis found the son he had never had.

It is a delight to see the two of them together. The bond is strong and sure, the affection easily ex-pressed, the warmth as natural as the sun.

And now, wonder of wonders, Brett and wife Katie have made us hon-orary grandparents! Their daughter, Caroline, was born in January, report-edly the most beautiful, clever, intelligent child on the planet!

I am currently knitting a pink and white blanket for the Munchkin, praying for her as I knit, and ponder-ing the links that bind us together in the same way the stitches on my knitting needles loop together and

grow longer with each row.Again, we learn that love

expands to include, that it grows exponentially, and that (as Millay wrote) the heart truly is as wide as the world. We figure out that family is wider than we imagined, and deeper than DNA.

Babies are born every day, I realize, and each one is a miracle, but this par-ticular baby is our miracle, stretching our hearts, wid-ening our circle of love. At times, it is almost too much to fathom – this tiny, squirming bundle that we have not yet met face to face.

I ponder the nature of love: the way it makes us proud and happy and, at the same time, vulnerable. Being a native-born wor-rier, I now have someone else to worry about. I am reminded of what my first-born’s father said to her when he first held her in the delivery room: “Some-where in this world, right now, there is a snot-nosed little boy who is going to take you away from me someday.”

It will be a while before we have to worry about that with our little Prin-cess Caroline. But he is out there, somewhere, I know. So, I pray for him, too, and worry about him.

Because love – and fam-ily – never stop expanding.

Chosen familyFor this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my be-

loved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

(1 Corinthians 4: 17 NRSV)

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Happy Valentine’s Day

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J ami Rogers-Anderson of West Knoxville says, “There’s real life,

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When she tells the story of how she and her husband, Kevin, met, your fi rst response will probably be, “You’ve got to be kidding.”

It happened in Honolulu, one of the most romantic places on Earth. The two singers were there to rehearse and perform the title roles in an opera by French composer Charles Gounod.

Guess which one? “Romeo et Juliette.” All together

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Kevin, sales manager for Anderson Controls Inc., and Jami, professor of voice at Pellissippi State Community College, have an 11-year-old son and are, in Jami’s words, “really boring, but really happy.”

Their beginning was obviously any-thing but boring.

The setting was the Hawaii Opera Theater in January of 1998. Jami recalls, “We’d met before, except that Kevin didn’t remember, so it was pretty much like meeting for the fi rst time. We defi -nitely hit it off and had our fi rst date at a restaurant on Honolulu Harbor at sunset – lovely. We also spent many evenings watching the sunsets at Black Point.”

Both remember the production as be-ing very special, with a wonderful cast and crew. And those folks had eyes and ears.

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Jami’s parents, James and Mary Jane Rogers (he was longtime music direc-tor at Church Street United Method-ist Church in Knoxville), visited. “We didn’t fool them, either.”

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on what would happen after Honolu-lu. But when we both returned our rent-al cars and shared a single convertible for the rest of the rehearsal period and performances, we probably should have acknowledged that it was serious.”

The production was a big success and got rave reviews. But then it was over, and the two moved on.

Jami went to Boston and Kevin went to Canada to sing other roles. Jami re-members, “In the days before Skype, this led to incredibly large phone bills – like $600, I think.” When she re-turned to her then-home base of New York City, her Romeo was waiting. “Kevin moved into my apartment and I fi nally just gave up, but he would say he swept me off my feet and that it was all very romantic. The truth is somewhere in the middle. We bought a dog, who is now the ripe old age of 16, got engaged that summer while working for the Santa Fe Opera, and then got married in the spring of 1999.

“Now our phone bills are much smaller!” she laughs.

The two continue to sing regularly, appearing locally at the Rossini Festival in the spring and various other venues throughout the year. At 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, they’ll perform as part of the “How Can I Keep from Singing?” Mas-

ter Arts Series at Church Street United Methodist. Their program, “Music Among Friends,” will feature music by Schubert, Ravel, Rorem and Britten. For more information, visit http://www.churchstreet umc.org/worship_mas-ter_arts.

By the way, unlike in Shakespeare’s tragedy, the Rogers and Anderson clans have always gotten along very well, and this real-life “Romeo and Juliet” has a very happy ending.

Cedar Bluff Middle School spelling bee runner-up Mad-

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By Nancy AndersonFathers and grandfathers

showed up at All Saints Catholic Church on Cedar Bluff Road on Jan. 25 for an evening of dancing and fun. On their arms were very special dates: their daugh-ters and granddaughters.

The Father Daughter Dance, an annual event for the parish, drew a crowd of more than 100 couples to parish hall.

The evening is sponsored by the Parish Life Commit-tee and was organized this year by Kirk and Cynthia

Crosby and the Parish Life team.

“The dance is a wonderful way to support fathers and daughters,” said Cynthia. “It helps teach little girls how to become young ladies.”

There were those spe-cial moments that will be recalled on wedding days, with daughters standing on their fathers’ feet to sway to the slow music. The young dates had their mo-ments, too, however, with the Chicken Dance and the Hokey Pokey getting every-one on their feet.

Getting into the music at All Saints Catholic Church Father

Daughter Dance are Chloe Ayo and her father, Jeff Ayo.

Father Michael Woods gets some dancing instruction from Cai-

ley Janoyan, age 10.

Dance organizers Kirk and Cynthia Crosby enjoy a turn on the

dance fl oor.

Beth Ohmes, age 7, and her father, Martin Ohmes, take a

breather from dancing.

Dancing with my daughter

By Sara BarrettEach month, A.L. Lotts El-

ementary School recognizes students who display one of the fi ve pillars of character in the Character Counts pro-gram. Responsibility is the latest pillar to be recognized.

“It means the teacher can trust you with a lot of jobs,”

said student and honoreeJacob Reinbolt.

Students honored fortheir level of responsibil-ity are Reinbolt, BenjaminCline, Magaly Lopez, RisaKishida, Morgan Langen-berg, Nico Almeida-Gresh-am, Lydia Pulsinelli andAlexis Onstott.

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at A.L. Lotts

Benjamin Cline, Magaly Lopez and Risa Kishida Photos by S. Barrett

Morgan Langenberg and Nico Almeida-Gresham

Jacob Reinbolt, Lydia Pulsinelli and Alexis Onstott.

A.L. Lotts Elementary School teacher Kimberly Harris serves up

a smile and a to-go order at McDonald’s on Lovell Road.

A.L. Lotts’McTeacher Night

McDonald’s on Lovell Road hosted McTeacher Night for A.L.

Lotts Elementary School and its PTA. Teachers greeted and

served students and their families, and a portion of the pro-

ceeds benefi ted the PTA. Kindergartner Charlotte Dowdy

stands with Lottie the Leopard and her teacher Lindsey Church

during the event. Photos submitted

Spelling success at Cedar Bluff Middle

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Admiral Farragut parties with Farragut Middle School students (front) Trey Tookes, (back) Grant

Rice and A.J. Rinehart before the last basketball game of the season. Photos by S. Barrett

Farragut Middle School’s dance team takes a break from warm up to be silly for the camera. The

team is the reigning national champion in the junior high jazz division, but its members are

currently in Florida defending the title at the National Dance Team Championship. Pictured are

(front) Alyssa Reno-Demick, Caroline De La Rocha, Shelby Elam, Presley Packer; (middle) Olivia

Rice, Amanda Russell, Grace Reed, Mackenzie Wilcox; (back) team captain Tatum Allen, Brooke

Thayer, Ciara Carl and Karly Baker. The team is coached by Adonia Adams (not pictured).

Local author Vince Vaw-ter visited the Episcopal School of Knoxville last week to discuss his novel “The Paperboy.” Earlier that morning he had re-ceived word that the Amer-ican Library Association named the book a Newbery Honor recipient. Middle-school students at ESK are in the process of reading the book.

Sara Barrett

Students at Episcopal School of Knoxville discuss the book “The Paperboy” with its author last

week. Pictured are students Trevor Tirro, Jackson Adair, author Vince Vawter, students Eleni

Christopoulos and Erin Conley and Eleni’s granddad and former News Sentinel editor Harry

Moskos, who is also good friends with Vawter. Photos by S. Barrett

Author makes a statement

about stuttering

“The Paperboy” is about an 11-year-old in Mem-phis who takes over his best friend’s paper route for one month in the sum-mer of 1959. It may seem like a minor thing, but to the main character of the book, the responsibility of the route is a struggle be-

yond words – literally. He has a terrible stuttering problem and is faced daily with the challenge of com-municating with people on the route.

“Living with a stutter is a lonely existence,” said Vawter.

Vawter explained to the students that the boy in the novel was based on his own childhood. He struggled with stuttering and hopes the book will help at least one other person in the same situation.

“As a child, I would push a thumbtack into the palm of my hand hoping the pain would help it stop,” said Vawter of his stutter. He re-members passing out from nervousness while trying to say his own name. Vaw-ter began to appreciate typ-ing on a typewriter and the way the keys always had the same result every time, un-like his speech.

The Blount County resi-dent still has a slight stut-ter but told the students,

“It’s nothing like it used to be when I was your age.” “The Paperboy’s” main character, who isn’t named until the last chap-ter, learns from one of the people on his route about building a good foundation for life. Vawter has been asked if the boy has closure at the end of the book, if he stops stuttering.

“That’s one thing I de-manded,” he said. “I didn’t want (the book) to be a fairy tale. I wanted (the charac-ter) to fi nd his path where he could get by and continue to improve.”

“If one young person can read this book and feel a lit-tle bit less lonely … I wrote it to give those with a speech impediment some comfort,” he said.

“The Paperboy” was named one of Amazon’s Best Books of 2013, and it is now in its sixth printing. Info: www.vincevawter.com.Contact Sara at barretts@shoppernews-

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East Tennessee Founda-tion (ETF) has 11 scholar-ships available for Knox County students for the 2014-2015 school year. Requirements range from fi nancial need to scholastic achievement, and schol-arships are available for graduating high school seniors or adults returning to college.

Several scholarships are targeted toward students involved in certain extracur-ricular activities or those who may not display the highest scholastic rankings yet still possess great poten-tial and motivation. Others are geared toward students pursuing a specifi c fi eld, such as business or nursing.

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By Sandra ClarkAisin Automotive Casting

Tennessee Inc. is expand-ing its plant in Clinton. The $53.8 million in-v e s t m e n t will create 81 new jobs over the next two years in A n d e r s o n

County, said Bill Hagerty, the state’s commissioner of Economic and Community Development.

It’s the company’s sec-ond major expansion since locating in Tennessee in 2004. According to its web-site, the Clinton plant has 580 full-time employees. It contains 524,000 square feet located on 82.5 acres.

Aisin Automotive produc-es die and gravity casting, machining and assembly for Toyota, General Motors, Nis-san, Honda and others.

Hagerty said 900 auto manufacturers and suppli-ers call Tennessee home.

“Thriving companies like Aisin recognize the benefi ts of doing business in our state and continue to take

advantage of our prime lo-cation and superior busi-ness climate.

“I appreciate Aisin’s de-cision to further invest in Tennessee and thank the company for its continued confi dence in our quality workforce,” he said in a press re-lease.

S t e p h e n B a r n e s , president of Aisin Auto-motive Cast-ing Tennessee Inc., thanked both the state and TVA for support in the expansion, and local offi -cials thanked the Clinton Utilities Board, local power supplier.

The Clinton plant is a subsidiary of Aisin World Corp. of America, headed by president Masayasu “Mike” Saito.

On the AWA website, Saito says AWA operates 32 plants and facilities in North America with 80,000 employees. It is the sales headquarters of Aisin Seiki, the parent company.

“Our global history is rich, and we are proud to have be-come a trusted supplier to

Professional caregivers aren’t the only ones providing elder care, as more family caregivers – usually the adult child – are taking on responsi-bilities of caring for an aging parent or loved one. According to the AARP and “Caregiving in the U.S. 2009,” a Na-tional Alliance for Caregiving report, “43.5 million people age 18 and older are providing unpaid care for others age 50+. That number amounts to 19 percent of all American adults!”

Family caregivers are going beyond just stopping over to visit mom and dad at home and the responsibilities can mount. Those who care for an older family member are more likely to report poor health themselves, and caregiver burnout is all too common. Another complication is employment. According to the study, three of four caregivers work full-time while pro-viding an average of 20 hours per week of assistance.

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Members of the Farra-gut West Knox Chamber of Commerce got a chance to cure their cabin fever after a few days of road troubles early last week. The cham-ber hosted its weekly net-working event at FSG Bank on Campbell Station Road. Co-host was Campbell Sta-tion Wine & Spirits.

Roads were more wel-coming for the event on Jan. 30, and a good crowd joined in the fun.

Chamber CEO Bet-tye Sisco introduced FSG marketing executive David

Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce CEO Bettye Sisco introduces David Haynes at the

Chamber’s networking event. Haynes is marketing director of FSG Bank, co-host for the event. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Jamey Snyder, marketing

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Haynes who gave a wel-come and overview of FSG.

“Like everyone else, FSG had its share of troubles during the market crash,” said Haynes. “But we have rebounded nicely and are currently rebranding FSG with new colors and a new

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logo.” FSG is a full-service bank

but specializes in primary lending to owner-managed businesses, said Haynes. The bank is planning a grand re-opening for Feb. 28.

The Chamber was also promoting its April 11 Annu-al Silent and Live Auction. The theme is Once Upon a Time, and the Chamber is recruiting sponsors for the fundraiser. Registration for sponsorships will close at the end of February. Con-tact Terri Lester at terri@farragutchamber.com.

virtually every auto maker in the world,” he writes.

The Japan-based Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd. was founded in 1965 by Kanshiro Toyo-da, who continues as board chair. His older cousin, Kiichiro Toyoda, founded Toyota Motor Corporation in 1937 as a spinoff of the family business, Toyota In-dustries.

Toyota Motor Company in March 2013 was the 13th-largest company in the world by revenue with 333,498 employees world-wide.

The Clinton operation is a full-process, die cast-ing facility that includes casting, machining and as-sembly to produce engine components such as water pumps, oil pumps and pis-tons that will be installed in automobiles produced by Aisin customers located throughout North America.

Beretta USA to build plant in Gallatin

Also last week, Gov. Bill Haslam and Beretta USA a n nou nc e d the company

will expand its U.S. operations by

building a new fi re-arms manufacturing plant in the Gallatin Industrial Park near Nashville.

Beretta will invest $45 million in a manufacturing and R&D facility and create 300 new Tennessee jobs.

Beretta is the world’s old-est manufacturing dynasty, operating since 1526 in Italy. The company is pri-vately owned and operated by members of the 15th and 16th generations of the Be-retta family.

The company manufac-tures the U.S. Armed Forc-es M-9 pistol, the standard sidearm of U.S. soldiers since 1985.

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Students compete in Science Fair

Changing lives in Saint Lucia

By Shannon Morris

Noted scientist Edward Teller once wrote that “the science of today is the tech-nology of tomorrow.”

At Grace Christian Acad-emy, we believe in provid-

ing a platform by which young minds can be intro-duced to science, or have their existing curiosity ex-panded. The more that our children learn to appreci-ate and master science, the more exciting our future

becomes. One such way to

encourage and celebrate

our students’ understand-

ing of the scientific disci-

plines is our Science Fair,

an event open to those in

4th through 8th grades.

Our recent Science Fair was held on Jan. 23, and we had more than 45 entrants, each providing various projects, including infor-mation on biomes, experi-ments on the benefits of eating breakfast, and test-ing the cleanliness of vari-ous water sources. Each of these projects allowed the students to explore a scien-tific discipline, and to gain valuable hands-on experi-ence as they learned and developed their ideas.

Prizes were awarded by age groups, with 4th and 5th grades each receiv-ing first, second and third place recognition. The middle school students vied for first and second place awards. Prizes in-cluded certificates, ribbons and gift cards of various amounts, and were given out by a panel of judges made up of GCA faculty

and other volunteers who have a background in sci-ence.

In the recent “Friends and Family” capital giving campaign, GCA was able to raise enough funds to up-date and refurbish the mid-dle school science lab. Now students from 2nd through 8th grades will have the ability to conduct hands-on experiments throughout the year. This provides a means to integrate a bibli-cal world view into the in-tellectual study of science, and allows these young minds to start building a foundation of knowledge and learning that can one day pave the way to now-unknown technology.

This year’s Science Fair was an unparalleled suc-cess, and we are extreme-ly excited for next year’s event.

By Rachel Hannon, Grace

math and Bible teacher

In January, eight Grace Christian Academy students and three adults traveled to Saint Lucia on a mission trip. Saint Lucia, an island in the Eastern Caribbean Sea, is half the size of Knox County and has a population of about 175,000 people. On the island, the GCA team partnered with Faith Baptist Church. The trip was part of the GCA Winterim program, which gives high school students the opportunity to gain experiences and develop skills outside of the regular classroom.

The team helped with relief efforts following a severe Christmas Eve storm. The storm came with no warning, dropping more than 15 inches of rain in a 24-hour period. The torrential downpours and fl ash fl ooding caused numerous landslides and destroyed many homes. The fi shing village of Anse La Raye was one of the areas most impacted. When the team arrived, there was no running water in the village; rainwater collected in buckets was the only source of drinkable water. Families were still in the process of cleaning up their homes and salvaging

what they could. In partnership with First

Baptist Church, the GCA team was able to deliver more than 100 food packages in Anse La Raye. They also handed out bottles of water, clothing, toys and gospel tracts. The team was able to bring relief to some of the families and, more importantly, have an eternal impact as they showed God’s love. The team members witnessed elderly people crying in gratitude for the gift of a bag of food, children smiling at their new toys, and people reading the gospel tracts as soon as they were handed to them.

Sophomore Gabrielle Amanns refl ected on her visit to the village: “As we made our way [to Anse La Raye], we could see the damage to not only the homes, but also the crops that are the only source of income for the people. When we entered the houses to give the individuals their personal packages, our hearts broke to see the hurt the people had. One individual I was able to give a bag to was an older lady in her 70s. The entire roof of her home had been demolished, as well as all of her furniture, cushions, and fl oors because the water came around fi ve feet

Grace Christian Academy juniors Christopher Koger and Taylor Shaw with Faith Baptist Church

member Jorella St. Louis, deliver a food package to the home of a man in Anse La Raye, Saint Lucia. Photo by Rachel Hannon

high in her home. Fortunately, her younger brother is in the process of fi xing her roof for her and a neighbor has allowed her to stay the nights with them for safety. However, not everyone has as much help. Today has allowed us to see how blessed

we are to have a safe home to sleep in. God defi nitely used today to show me how much I take for granted, and how He is in control no matter what.”

The people of Saint Lucia were not the only ones who experienced changed lives.

The GCA high school students left Saint Lucia with new memories, friendships, a greater appreciation for the blessings they have, and a deepened desire to serve others wherever and whenever they can.

Grace Christian Academy students and families enjoy the Science Fair. Photo submitted

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First, get your blood cho-lesterol and blood pressure checked. The higher they are, the greater your risk for heart disease or heart attack. A cholesterol (lipoprotein) pro-fi le, a blood test done after a 9- to 12-hour fast, will mea-sure the fats in your blood to indicate your levels of total cholesterol, LDL (“bad”) cho-lesterol, HDL (“good”) cho-lesterol and triglycerides, an-other form of fat in the blood.

In general, you’re at low risk if your total cholesterol is less than 200 mg/dL; LDL, less than 100 mg/dL; HDL, greater than 40 mg/dL (but preferably greater than 60); and triglycerides, less than 150 mg/dL.

Normal blood pressure is 119/79 or lower. Pre-hyperten-sion, which means that high blood pressure is likely to develop in the future, is 120 to 139 for the top number and 80 to 89 for the lower number. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is 140/90 or higher.

But your cholesterol (lipopro-tein) profi le tells only part of the story. Your doctor will use your profi le in combination with other data, such as your medical his-tory and family history of heart disease, to assess your risk and determine whether to recommend cholesterol-lowering medication. Your doctor may advise you to make diet and lifestyle changes before prescribing medication.

For some women, heart disease is preventable by making lifestyle changes that can reduce their risk. You can learn more about women and heart disease by clicking the Health Information Library link at www.treatedwell.com. If you need help fi nding a physician to help you care for your heart, click the Physician Referral link. For more details about cardiac ser-vices at Parkwest Medical Center, call 865-374-PARK or visit www.treatedwell.com/heart.

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became a TAVR success story.

Read all about itWhisnant gets the scoop on TAVR

Ashlyn Whisnant reads the newspaper regularly, and one of the topics she’s been particularly interested in reading about the past couple of years has been Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, also known as TAVR.

However, Whisnant no longer needs to read about TAVR in the paper. She’s experi-enced it fi rsthand. Today, it’s her turn to be the one people read about, as she joins the growing number of East Tennesseans who have TAVR success stories.

TAVR is a minimally-invasive surgical procedure to repair a heart valve without removing an older, damaged one. It deliv-ers a fully collapsible replacement valve to the valve site through a catheter. When ex-panded, it pushes the old valve leafl ets out of the way, so the tissue in the replacement valve can take over the job of regulating blood fl ow.

Stories about TAVR were of particular interest to the 81-year-old Whisnant be-cause she’d had triple bypass surgery in 1993. She was keeping tabs on what was go-ing on with her heart.

“I had a stress test every year with my cardiologist, because they wanted to watch what my heart was doing,” Whisnant says. “As a result of those stress tests every year, they observed that my aortic valve was be-coming smaller due to calcifi cation.”

Whisnant says she was monitored close-ly, then last summer as shortness of breath became a more obvious problem, she re-ceived sobering news. “They told me ‘it’s gotten to the point where you’ve got to do

Dr. Mike Ayres accompanied his patient Beaulis Lively on an HonorAir trip to

Washington, D.C., just a month after Lively had a TAVR procedure. They are

at the airport in this snapshot from the trip.

Bowled overLenoir City vet’s trip

of a lifetime gets super exposure

They often get more replays than a Peyton Manning touch-down pass, generate more buzz than Budweiser and even have their own website.

Yep, commercials for football’s biggest game get lots of attention.

That’s why Beaulis Lively, a 91-year-old Lenoir City man, was so awed to see himself during Sunday’s ultimate football rivalry as Covenant Health aired a new, 30-second commercial featuring him.

“I’ve got to tell you my head has been in the clouds,” said Lively. “That was the biggest surprise, that it was run during the bowl game.”

The commercial, which de-picts Lively sitting at his kitchen table poring over old photographs from his days in the Coast Guard aboard the destroyer USS Annap-olis during World War II, tells of his own battle against the odds.

In the fall of 2012, a failing heart valve had left him without time and options. Open-heart sur-gery was too risky. But thanks to TAVR (transaortic valve replace-ment) surgery at Parkwest Medi-cal Center, he not only survived but a month later was one of 125 World War II veterans who took a whirlwind, one-day HonorAir Knoxville fl ight to Washington, D.C., to visit its many monuments.

For Lively, it was the trip of a lifetime – one that would not

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cause of the medical staff. Having alreadybeen a heart patient at Parkwest, she wassecure in the knowledge that she was in thehands of competent, compassionate profes-sionals.

“They are wonderful and very encour-aging,” Whisnant says. “They gave me cellphone numbers and told me to call any timeof day or night that I had a question or aproblem. That’s a very comforting thing.”

Her faith also played a role in her level of comfort. Whisnant says she felt that if shequalifi ed for the procedure and it worked, itwould be a modern day miracle. If it didn’t,she would still come out a winner.

The procedure was successful and Whis-nant says the recovery has been “fl awless.”It all played further into her faith.

“I said, ‘OK, Lord, you’re not done withme. Show me what you want me to do next,”Whisnant says.

With a newly rejuvenated heart and the shortness of breath subsided, Whisnantfeels she has a calling to venture into newareas of volunteering through her church,Cedar Springs Presbyterian, possibly tutor-ing school children.

Whisnant knows that there will be peo-ple reading about her who are in the sameposition she was in last summer. She saysshe has a message for anyone who may facethe option of TAVR at Parkwest in the fu-ture.

“If they qualify for the procedure, I’d say go for it. Don’t question it,” Whisnant saysof TAVR at Parkwest. “And just trust them.That would be my advice. Just trust them.”

something about it,’ ” Whisnant recalls, “and they referred me back to the surgeon.”

An ultrasound revealed calcifi cation in the vessel leading to the problem valve, as well as the valve itself. Open heart sur-gery was not considered a safe option, and

Whisnant soon learned that she was going to have the procedure she’d been reading about in the paper.

Whisnant says she didn’t face much fear as she went into Parkwest Medical Center last August. That was in part, she says, be-

have been possible without TAVR. Grateful for his second chance, he graciously agreed to fi lm the com-mercial.

“It was something new I’ll say that,” he says of the fi lming. “I’m just an old country boy who was glad to help ’em out any way I can.”

Since his TAVR surgery, Lively says he’s “never felt better.”

“It’s nothing short of a miracle I call it,” he says.

In fact, he found enough energy after the surgery that he’s look-ing forward to spring when he can again spend time doing the yard work he loves so much.

“I’m looking forward to getting out there whacking and trimming and mowing like I always did. Just

at a little slower pace,” he says with a laugh. “Last year I got it all trimmed up and looking good. Got a lot of compliments on it.”

For now, however, he’s enjoy-ing the warmth of his son’s home in Florida where father and son pulled for Manning and the Bron-cos on Sunday. His next trip? Live-ly laughs before confessing that it could very well be Disney World.

For more information about TAVR, visit www.TreatedWell.com/TAVR or www.covenanthealth.com/TAVR. If you missed the Super Bowl ad, you can view it on the websites. The websites also include additional footage of Mr. Lively telling about his TAVR experience.

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loving loyal companions. If you cannot adopt, please consider fostering.

By Sandra ClarkShopper-News is bigger

than the paper you’re hold-ing. Each week we produce eight editions, seven zoned for specifi c communities in Knox County and another mailed to every home in Union County.

Over upcoming weeks, we’ll introduce the commu-nity reporters who develop

relationships and cover lo-cal happenings. Each will explain how she came to this job and why she stays.

Nick Della Volpe, who writes for our East zone, called to say he gave a ride to a neighbor who com-mented on his column.

“I’ve got a reader!” said Nick. And now I know. He’s hooked too.

Meet the Shopper-News community reportersBean brings endless curiosity to role

Auburn Taylor, 2, enjoys fi nger-painting with his grandmother,

Cindy Taylor. Auburn, now 13, was the fi rst of 7 grandchildren.

Once upon a time, I needed workBy Cindy Taylor

Community reporter for Powell and Norwood

Beans have been in East Tennessee since before it was a state, and I’m one of them. My mom was a Knox County school teacher and

my dad worked for the tele-phone company. My grand-father was a well-known church choir director and a mail carrier known as the Singing Mailman.

I grew up in Fountain City reading comic books in Bryant’s Drugstore and buy-ing Baby Ruth bars at Smut Smith’s on my way home from school. We moved to the Ritta community, and I was graduated from Holston High School (Bob Knicely taught me to say it that way), and the Universi-ty of Tennessee. I raised my children here, and worked a variety of jobs from cooking at Zeke and Dan’s to taking census before getting my degree in 1974.

I have been employed, intermittently, by some ver-sion of the Shopper-News for 30 years. In between those times, I worked as a report-er for the Mountain Press

in Sevier County, the daily Knoxville Journal and Met-ro Pulse. I’ve written about politics, the police beat and Cas Walker. I covered state government in Nashville for the Journal and local gov-ernment for all the above-mentioned publications.

What I’ll be doing now

is covering East Knox and Downtown North, as well as the school board, which ap-pears to be in for interesting times.

I do what I do because I am endlessly curious and involved with my commu-nity. I hope to continue for some time.

Betty Bean enjoys covering meetings at venues with food.

By Betty BeanCommunity reporter for East Knox and Knox County Schools

Once upon a time I need-ed work. I saw an ad for a reporter for The Shopper-News and answered it. To my absolute surprise I was offered the job. For some as yet undiscovered reason they still let me stay.

For the fi rst four years on the job I worked the beat in Union County with Shan-non Carey as my editor.

I didn’t know anyone there when I started, but ev-eryone was so friendly and accepting it wasn’t long un-til I came to know and love all the people.

Still miss my UC peeps.Then Sandra tossed the

newspaper basket into the air as she is wont to do and this reporter landed in Pow-ell, Norwood and West Ha-ven.

Having been raised in Halls I thought this would be an easy transition. But these areas are much more widespread than Halls or Maynardville – and it takes some time to make your mark. But all the folks are friendly and we are getting to know each other.

As an English major, I

always believed I could be a writer. I quickly learned, with much help and pa-tience from my editors, that journalism is a style unto itself and I was not nearly as talented as I had believed myself to be.

Even so, I love what I do because of the people I get to meet. There are interest-ing lives all around us and it is my job and joy to discover many of them.

Be patient with me, lovely people of Powell, Norwood

and West Haven. If you haven’t met me yet I may be showing up at your school, business or holodeck soon.

Actually, if you have a holodeck please get in touch ASAP.

If you don’t, I would still like to hear from you. Yours is a story I would love to write.

Live long and prosper people of the north and thank you for letting those of us at The Shopper write your happily ever after. ...

In any gathering of local professional musicians, the talk often turns to medical concerns. Just like typists and other professionals who use their hands intensively, musicians are often plagued by repetitive stress injuries.

And when the subject of doctors comes up, there’s one name you’ll hear over and over. “Dr. John Har-rison,” says a KSO violist, “gets musicians.”

He gets them because he is one. So is his wife. So are his four daughters.

Dr. John Harrison, a hand specialist with Tennes-see Orthopedic Clinic, and his wife, Margaret Harrison, came of age in a culture-rich atmosphere. Originally from Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba, both have music in their blood go-ing back many generations.

“My parents adored music, and they passed that appreci-ation on to all their children,” Dr. John says. His father and grandmother were pianists, and his grandfather’s beau-tiful tenor voice garnered many engagements.

He grew up singing in the choir at St. John’s An-glican Cathedral in Winni-peg. At age 8 he joined the

Carol Zinavage

Carol’s Corner

Dr. John Harrison: Music is avocation

Alysse Mackay, 8 months, tries

her hand at the piano while

being held by her grand-

mother, pianist Margaret Har-

rison. Photo by Meredith Mackay

The Harrison family gathers at a wedding on Turks and

Caicos in 2008. Meredith, grandmother Audrey Belyea,

John, Margaret, Andrea and Nicola. Photo by J.P. Mackay

treble section, and he sang with the group “all the way through medical school. I guess I’ve been affi liated with some choral group or another for well over 50 years running and have loved it all.”

Though he doesn’t say so, Dr. John also has a solo-quality tenor voice.

Margaret’s musical pedi-gree is also distinguished. Her maternal grandfather was one of the founders of the Canadian Federation of Music Festivals. He de-voted his life to improving the standards of church and community choirs, soloists and instrumentalists. “Af-ter he died,” Margaret says, “they had to hire three men to replace him!”

She majored in piano and voice at the University of Manitoba and also learned the organ. She taught piano

to put herself through col-lege but didn’t enjoy it. For-tunately, she discovered the “joy of accompanying! I love helping a soloist put a song across. There is something very gratifying about it. I believe that when you are given a gift, it’s important to develop it in gratefulness to God.

“Performing is my act of praise.”

This is good news to Pe-ter van Eenam, music direc-tor at Westminster Presby-terian Church, where the Harrisons have been faith-ful members since 1985.

“I’m very pro-Harrison,” he laughs. “It has been a joy for me to have had them in our midst. They have en-abled our music ministry in every way.” Van Eenam credits the Harrisons with helping to raise standards so that more diffi cult reper-toire can be explored. “They have informed my work as a choral director continually.”

The church’s lively West-minster Players perform musical-theater produc-tions. Margaret has acted as both pianist and musical di-rector on several occasions, and two of the four daugh-ters have had leading roles.

Ah yes, the daughters. All four – Andrea, Mer-

edith, Nicola and Dorothy – sing, or have sung, in choirs for a good portion of their lives. Meredith has sung with the Knoxville Opera Company. She says, “We’re all musical. All of us girls grew up playing piano.” The tradition continues; many of the daughters’ own chil-dren are music students in various disciplines.

Andrea, Meredith and Nicola performed “Three Little Maids From School

Are We” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera “The Mika-do” for one of their parents’ anniversary parties.

Meredith rewrote the words to be “Three Little Maids from Tennessee!”

Dr. John enjoys his or-thopedic practice and says he “never seriously consid-ered music as a career. Med-icine had already captured my imagination.

“I wanted music always to be an avocation. I never wanted to risk losing my en-thusiasm for it.”

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THROUGH SUNDAY, FEB. 16

“The Whipping Man” presented by the Clarence Brown Theatre Company in the Carousel Theatre on UT Campus. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: 974-5161 or www.clarencebrowntheatre.com.

MONDAY, FEB. 3

Tennessee Shines featuring The Howlin’ Broth-ers and poet Dawn Coppock, 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Info: www.WDVX.com.

“A Woman Called Truth” presented by the WordPlayers, 7 p.m., Moses Teen Center, 220 Carrick St. Free touring show; no reservations required. Info/full schedule of performances: 539-2490 or www.wordplayers.org.

Ossoli Circle meeting, Ossoli Clubhouse, 2511 Kingston Pike. Program, 10:30 a.m.: “Foothills Land Conservancy,” by Bill Clabough, Executive Director of the Conservancy. Business meeting, 11:30 a.m. Lunch to follow. Visitors welcome. Info: 577-4106.

“Shamrock Ball - A Father-Daughter Dance” ticket sales begin, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Mu-nicipal Center Drive. Advance tickets: $15 for couple, $5 each additional person; at the door: $20 per couple, $8 each additional person. Tickets available at Town Hall during business hours (8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday) or www.townoffarragut.org through noon Friday, March 7. Info: Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

“Catalytic Structures: Transformed Types” lecture by Nader Tehrani, 5:30 p.m., UT Art and Architecture Building, 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Part of the UT Church Memorial Lecture Series. Free and open to the public.

TUESDAY, FEB. 4

Caregiver Support Group meeting, 10 a.m.-noon, Room E 224, Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive. Guest speaker: Cindy Cleveland of Wellsprings Senior Living. Info: 675-2835.

Reception honoring Farragut High School Art Show artists and their works, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Free and open to the public. Exhibit runs through Feb. 14. Info: Lauren Cox, 966-7057 or lauren.cox@townof farragut.org.

TUESDAYS, FEB. 4-25

Pilates class, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Community Room, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Instructor: Simon Bradbury. Cost: $40. Registration/payment deadline: Monday, Feb. 3. Info/to register: 966-7057.

TUESDAYS, FEB. 4-MARCH 11

Living Well with Chronic Conditions, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Knox County Health Department class-room, 140 Dameron Ave. Free. To register: 215-5170.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5

Regal Classic Film Series featuring “Groundhog Day,” 2 and 7 p.m., Downtown West Cinema 8, 1640 Downtown West Blvd.

“Adventures in Media Advertising: 58 Years and Running,” A Brown Bag Lecture by Hal Ernest, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Free. Attendees are encourages to bring a “brown bag” lunch. Info: 215-8824 or www.EastTNHistory.org.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, FEB. 5-6

AARP Smart Driver class, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Valley Road, Oak Ridge. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

THURSDAY, FEB. 6

Beginning Jewelry class for ages 13 and up, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Community Room, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Instructor: Sheila Akins. Cost: $35. Registration/payment deadline: Tuesday, Feb. 4. Info/to register: 966-7057.

Panel discussion on online journalism, 7 p.m., Laurel Theater, at the corner of Laurel Avenue and 16th Street. Hosted by the Knoxville Writers’ Guild. A $2 donation is requested at the door.

Free preview screening of “The Trials of Muhammad Ali,” 7 p.m., East Tennessee PBS studio, 1611 East Magnolia Ave. Followed by a moderated panel discussion with the Rev. Chris Buice of Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and Dr. Amadou Sall, professor of African Studies at the University of Tennes-see. Free and open to the public.

FRIDAY, FEB. 7

First Friday reception for the Arts & Culture Al-liance National Juried Exhibition of 2014, 5-9 p.m., the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Awards ceremony, 6 p.m. The National Juried Exhibition is on display Feb. 7-March 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Info: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com.

Opening reception for Art Market Gallery’s Feb-ruary featured artists, painter Diana Dee Sarkar and wood-turner Gordon Fowler, 5:30 to 9 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St. Complimentary refreshments and live music performed by Living Room Roots. The exhibit runs through March 2. Info: 525-5265; artmarketgallery .net; facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery.

Opening reception for exhibit by artist Christi Shields, 6-9 p.m., Bliss Home, 29 Market Square. Complimentary Steamboat Sandwiches. Exhibit will be featured for the month of February.

Free Valentine’s Day-themed open house, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre. House organist Bill Snyder will play the Mighty Wurlitzer; backstage tours; photo-booth available.

Church Women United meeting, 10:30 a.m., Washington Pike UMC, 2241 Washington Pike. Pro-gram: “Celebrate Human Rights.”

SATURDAY, FEB. 8

“Year of the Horse Adult Dance,” a Chinese New Year celebration, 7-9 p.m., Farragut High School com-mons area. Tickets: $6 per person in advance; $10 per person at the door. Info: 966-7057.

Winter Market: an indoor farmers market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Historic Southern Railway Station, 306 Depot Ave. Hosted by Nourish Knoxville. Info: http://www.marketsquarefarmersmarket.org.

The Freight Hoppers Old-Time String Band, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, corner of 16th and Laurel Avenue. Tickets, $14: http://www.knoxtix.com, 523-7521 and at the door. Info: Brent Cantrell or Toby Koosman, 522-5851, or email concerts@jubileearts.org.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Kindermusik, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Molly Moore, 11

a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Rec-ommended for birth to not-yet-walking. Info: 215-8750.

Retro Game Night, 7-10 p.m., Heska Amuna Syna-gogue, 3811 Kingston Pike. Admission: $15 per person. Limited to the fi rst 25 to RSVP. To RSVP: 522-0701.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, FEB. 8-9

Holland Tulip Bulb Sale and Giveaway, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Windsor Square Shopping Center, adjacent to Bailey’s Sports Grille. Hosted by Knoxville Green. Proceeds will be used to plant additional daffodils along Pellissippi Parkway and to support other projects of Knoxville Green. To pur-chase large quantity of bulbs (more than 500) before the sale: Suzy Compere, 706-614-3503.

SUNDAY, FEB. 9

Regal Classic Film Series featuring “Sleepless in Seattle,” 2 p.m., Downtown West Cinema 8, 1640 Down-town West Blvd.

MONDAY, FEB. 10Tennessee Shines featuring Darden Smith and

author Jayne Morgan, 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Info: www.WDVX.com.

Muslim Journeys: Point of View – “The House of Stone,” 6-8 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: Mary Pom Claiborne, 215-8767 or mclaiborne@knoxlib.org.

All Over the Page: “Fin and Lady” by Cathleen Schine, 6:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Facilitated by Suzanne Sherman, School Media Specialist, Hardin Valley Academy. All welcome. Info: 215-8750.

TUESDAY, FEB. 11

Harvey Broome Group, Sierra Club meeting, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Program: “Bicycle Connections” by Nan Woodbury.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12

Regal Classic Film Series featuring “Sleepless in Seattle,” 2 and 7 p.m., Downtown West Cinema 8, 1640 Downtown West Blvd.

“Social Media Marketing for Artists and Cre-atives” workshop, noon-1 p.m., the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Presented by the Arts & Culture Alliance. Cost: $3 for members; $5 for nonmembers. Info/prereg-ister: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com/development.html.

UT Film Series: “Beauty is Embarrassing” documentary, 8 p.m., McCarty Auditorium of the Art and Architecture Building, 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Free and open to the public. Info: http://utk.edu/go/hf.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, FEB. 12-13

AARP Smart Driver class, 1-5 p.m., Cheyenne Ambulatory Center, 964 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

THURSDAY, FEB. 13

AARP Smart Driver class, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., East Tennessee Medical Group, 266 Joule Street, Alcoa. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

SATURDAY, FEB. 15

Saturday Stories and Songs: Charlene Ellis, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

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