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By Wendy SmithThey may not be old enough to

drive, but that won’t keep Devin Badgett, Jonathan Bailey, Eli Fox and Briston Maroney from their upcoming musical gigs.

They make up the band Subtle Clutch. In spite of their youth – all are 14, except for Briston, who is 15 – the boys cause a stir wherever they play. It’s no wonder, since they perform with a passion and level of sophistication that doesn’t normally come along until adult-hood.

Jonathan plays the guitar and mandolin. Eli plays the banjo, do-bro and harmonica. Devin plays the guitar and ukulele and shares vocal responsibilities with Bris-ton, who also plays guitar. They are most easily classifi ed as a blue-

Subtle Clutch members Jonathan

Bailey, Devin Badgett, Briston

Maroney and Eli Fox perform at the

Cook Loft on Gay Street. The young

band, which has created a social

media buzz, will open for Johanna

Divine at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept.

26, at the Knoxville Botanical Gar-

dens. Photo by Wendy Smith

grass band, but their repertoire includes covers of radio favorites like “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons and “Gone, Gone, Gone” by Phillip Phillips.

The history of the band is, of course, brief. Devin, Eli and Bris-ton have been friends since their middle school days at the Epis-copal School of Knoxville. They performed together for the fi rst time in April when Eli organized a fundraiser for WDVX as part of a school project.

In June, while Briston was out of town, Eli’s friend Jonathan joined him and Devin for a street performance on Market Square. The boys made such an impres-sion that they were asked to take the stage at the Kuumba Festival, which was happening the same

day. Jonathan has been part of the group since then.

Their quick fi ngers belie their musical experience. Briston, who began strumming the guitar at age 6, has played the longest. Jon-athan has played guitar for four years and the mandolin for two. Eli began picking the banjo two years ago, and Devin has played guitar for less than two years.

Their music may be soulful, but if they’ve suffered, it’s mostly from hitting the books. All four attend private schools. Jonathan attends CAK; Eli attends Webb School of Knoxville, and Briston attends Knoxville Catholic High School. Devin attends McCallie School in Chattanooga.

Their soulful sound comes from listening to other artists, Devin

admits.The internet is helping Subtle

Clutch get more exposure. A localblogger wrote about the band af-ter seeing them perform at MarketSquare, which helped them securea gig at a recent open house at theCook Loft on Gay Street and a Nov.23 performance at the Vienna Cof-fee House in Maryville. The bandhas a YouTube channel, www.you-tube.com/user/SubtleClutch, anda Facebook page.

The YouTube site features avideo of one the band’s originalsongs, “Railroad,” written by Bris-ton. The group also performs asong written by Eli.

The street performances andinternet exposure are paying off.

To page A-3

Talent of West Knox bandis less than

subtle

Speak up or shut upKnox County Schools will

hold a series of community meetings to learn what’s good, what’s not and what’s next for the school system. All are open and begin at 6 p.m.:

Oct. 3 – South-Doyle Middle School (3900 Decatur Road):

Oct. 7 – Carter Middle School (204 North Carter School Road)

Oct. 15 – Farragut High School (11237 Kingston Pike)

Oct. 21 – Karns High School (2710 Byington-Solway Road)

Oct. 24 – Halls Elementary (7502 Andersonville Pike)

Oct. 29 – Austin-East Mag-net High School (2800 Martin L. King, Jr. Avenue)

Child care and light refresh-ments will be provided. Info: knoxschools2020.org/.

NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

By Jake Mabe and Sandra ClarkWe asked and you responded. This story touches off a multi-

week series called “Thank you, teacher!” Here’s the deal: Teachers call and talk anonymously – be-cause all who spoke to us are pal-pably fearful about repercussions – about issues facing Knox County Schools.

Due to the tremendous re-sponse, we’re giving you a quick highlight of what we’ve heard and asking quick questions. In the coming weeks, we are going to delve into specifi c issues in depth.

Here’s a sample of what we heard:

A 20-year teacher dislikes the “exit ticket” kids are required to fi ll out – what they have learned today – before leaving class.

Huh? An EXIT ticket? Adds that kids are being

tested way too much, a refrain we heard repeatedly. Another teacher said she administers 62 different tests plus TCAPS. Friday is “test day” and often the students leave school crying, “and I do too.”

Crying?! She gives three tests called

CARE, which are administered individually, and also does weekly CARE tests in reading and spell-ing. She does 12 timed math tests and 8 other math tests.

TCAPS last an entire week.A kindergarten teacher says 1st

grade test results were pushed back to kindergarten teachers for evaluation purposes, even though the kids were disbursed. Now kindergarten kids who cannot read will be tested – one teacher with 20 kids – and wordy ques-tions can’t be explained or even repeated. Evaluations are set for

Thank you, teacher! fall and spring.What’s right? “Fabulous

teachers and principals, all con-cerned about students.” What’s wrong? Over-testing. Said therubric for teacher evaluation has 19 “indicators,” each with 3-8 “de-scriptors.”

One assistant principal frankly admitted not understanding the evaluation language.

A 27-year teacher said there’s too much change, too quickly.

“I don’t have a problem with Common Core, but what they are asking teachers and principals to do is literally impossible.” Sees adisconnect between the schools

To page A-4

Campaign to end texting while driving

kicks off at Farragut High

By Sherri Gardner HowellIf you want to know who is

teaching young drivers to text while driving a car, don’t bother looking at peer pressure as the main culprit.

Look instead at a “P” a little closer to home.

Parents.In an early morning Driver’s

Education class on Sept. 19 at Far-ragut High School, almost every

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Moving violations

Kortney Halliburton goes to the itcanwait.com website to

take the pledge to not text while driving. The Farragut High

School sophomore heard a presentation in Driver’s Ed as

part of a national campaign that kicked off last week. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

hand in the room shot up when Alan Hill, a representative from AT&T, asked: “How many of your parents text while driving?”

The setting for the discussion was more than informational. A national campaign kicked off Thursday to try to make progress in ending texting and driving. Called It Can Wait, the campaign is encouraging drivers across the country to take a pledge to never text and drive.

At Farragut, one of three high schools visited by representatives from AT&T, the message from Hill and AT&T Pioneers JoAnne Lane and Juli Whitehead was also for

To page A-3

Foodies’ delightThe food choices were

delicious and plentiful. The weather was incredible. The beer and wine were fl owing, and the Chillbillies kept the tunes cranked up.

Taste of Turkey Creek hit the success button on all levels, especially when the dollars were counted and $10,000 was presented to The Pat Summitt Foundation, which raises mon-ey to fi ght against Alzheimer’s disease.

➤ Details on A-3

Tennova wins rezoning battle

The pressure cooker has whistled on the stewing battle between Tennova and West Hills residents.

Council voted 5-3-1 to rezone 60 acres of the 100-acre Waterhouse farm on Middle-brook Pike.

West Hills’ own district council member, Duane Grieve, made the motion for rezoning, and Sandra Clark puts the vote into political context.

➤ Recap on A-4

Huber explains Westland Cove

Last week we wrote about the Emory Church Road area apartment and marina com-plex proposed by developer John Huber.

Named Westland Cove, it would contain 12 apartment buildings, each four stories high, and a 75-boat marina. The MPC deferred rezoning until November to give Huber time to meet with neighbors.

To kick start the conversa-tion, we invited him to present the proposal here.

➤ Story and map on page A-5

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Farragut High School was the busiest location for Free Flu Shot Saturday on Sept. 14, giving out a total of 1,549 shots and raising $9,924.46 for the Empty Stocking Fund. Totals for the day were 5,102 East Ten-nesseans receiving the fl u vaccinations and $23,411.73 raised for the Knoxville News Sentinel’s Empty Stocking Fund.

5,000-plusEach fall for the past 19

years, free infl uenza immu-nizations have been offered to East Tennesseans on Free Flu Shot Saturday, a one-day event intended to limit the impact of fl u among all age groups and provide those in need the opportu-nity to be immunized.

Free Flu Shot Saturday is also the biggest annual fun-draiser for the News Senti-nel’s Empty Stocking Fund, a charity providing 3,600 food baskets and toys to the community’s underprivi-leged during the holiday season.

At Farragut High School, area Rotary and Interact

clubs were the major vol-unteers, with University of Tennessee student nurses giving the shots.

In addition to Farra-gut, the shots were given at Austin-East Magnet High School, Carter High School, Halls High School, West High School and South-Doyle Middle School.

The primary sponsor of the News Sentinel Free Flu Shot Saturday is BlueCross BlueShield of Tennes-see Health Foundation, along with donations and aid from Summit Medical Group and the Knox-area Rotary Clubs.

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

the Fox Den Country Club.

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

Thursday at the Good Samaritan Center, 119 A. St. in Lenoir

City. Everyone is invited. No preregistration is required. Info:

[email protected].

■ Memoir Writing Group meets 7 p.m. each second Thursday

at Panera Bread, 733 Louisville Road.

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

Monday at Shoney’s restaurant at Walker Springs and Kings-

ton Pike.

Subtle Clutch will open for Johanna Divine on Sept. 26 atthe Knoxville Botanical Gardens and perform at the Dog-wood Arts Rhythm N’ Blooms Festival next April.

They don’t dream of fi lling a stadium – yet – but Eli would love to perform at the Square Room. Briston hopesto work on an album soon. Devin just wants to keep play-ing.

“We’re just trying to make people happy and get our mu-sic out there,” he says.

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Subtle Clutch From page A-1

Foodies’ delight

Jean Giusto looks over the

silent auction items, many

of which had a Big Orange

theme.

Taste of Turkey Creek is hit on

every levelThe food choices were

delicious and plentiful. The weather was incredible. The beer and wine were fl owing, and the Chillbillies kept the tunes cranked up.

Taste of Turkey Creek hit the success button on all levels, especially when the dollars were counted and $10,000 was presented to The Pat Summitt Founda-tion, which raises money to fi ght against Alzheimer’s disease.

The event was hosted by the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek with the Cole Neuro-science Center at The Uni-versity of Tennessee Medi-cal Center as the presenting sponsor.

Advance ticket sales

numbered almost 500 and estimates were that approx-imately 750 attended the event, held in the parking lot at Pinnacle, between Flem-ing’s and Bonefi sh Grill.

Food from 18 restaurants located in Turkey Creek of-fered everything from main entrees to desserts.

Attendees could enjoy a walk-around fashion show, bid on silent auction items and dance to the music of The Chillbillies.

Rumor has it the event will now be an annual affair. And why not!

Taste of Turkey Creek was held on Sept. 13, but it was the day

after that was on the mind of Niki Daves, center. The bride-to-

be was getting married on Saturday, Sept. 14, and brought her

attendants to enjoy Taste of Turkey Creek. With her are Miran-

da Szad, left, and the future bride’s mother, Kim Hughes, right. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

Angel and Kim Norman get a close look at clothes from Doncaster at Taste of Turkey Creek.

Modeling are Debbie Henry, Jennifer Kerschner and Brigette Gillespie.

Contemplating the

food choices at Taste

of Turkey Creek is

1-year-old Ethan King.

He is the son of Cory

and Lacey King.

Representing the medical side of Alzheimer’s disease were representatives from the Cole Neu-

roscience Center. Dr. John Dougherty, at right, is medical director of the center that treats Al-

zheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurological diseases. From left are LeAnne Dougherty and

son Andrew; Dr. Michelle Brewer, medical director of the Movement Disorder Clinic and special-

ist in Parkinson’s disease; A.D. Baxter, social worker at the center; and John Dougherty.

The grand lady wasn’t there in person, but many who attended

had her well-being on their minds, including Lisa McMahan,

who called the Pinnacle offi ce to volunteer to help when she

heard the event was raising money for the Pat Summitt Foun-

dation.

A rowdy, fun table. Toni and Jack Glover and Ron and Katherine Wawrzyniak all quickly said,

“We came to support the Alzheimer’s Foundation.”

Moving violations From page A-1

these teens to help spread the message.

“Ninety percent of teens who text while driving say they would stop if a friend in the car asked them to stop,” said Lane. “And it will work on your parents, too. If you ask them not to text while driving, most of them will stop.”

State Rep. Ryan Haynes visited the p r e s e n t a -tion at Far-ragut as well with a r e m i n d e r for the stu-dents that t e x t i n g while driv-ing is not

only dangerous, it’s illegal. “It is a crime to text while you are driving. I know we are all guilty of it, but it is not worth it,” said Haynes. “Just don’t do it. Whatever that text says really is not all that important.”

The percentages and numbers show the expecta-tions of teens in this world of immediate gratifi cation. Stats showed that 89 per-cent of teens expect a re-sponse to a text they have sent within fi ve minutes. The percentage who say their parents text and drive was 77.

Alan Hill Ben Lyle

Rep. Haynes

Lane told the class that one of the challenges in con-vincing people not to text and drive is that people are so used to texting that they think a response only takes seconds. “If you are driv-ing 55 miles per hour, tak-ing your eyes off the road for fi ve seconds – which is the length of time it takes to text – is equivalent to driving blindfold down the length of a football fi eld,” said Lane. The National Safety Council has found that 100,000-plus crashes every year involve texting and driving.

Those in the class were allowed to turn their phones on at the end of class to go to the website and take the pledge. AT&T representa-tives also passed out orange “thumb bands” for the teens to wear to remind them not to text while driving.

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Is Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett really run-ning for U.S. Senator? This writer thinks eventually he will not do so, but Burchett continues to discuss the prospect in terms which suggest a run is possible if not probable.

This column will not deal with whether a U.S. Senate run by Burchett is wise or not. (I am a donor to Sen. Lamar Alexander’s campaign). However, talk of Burchett running has reached the point where those who might want to be county mayor should start listening and taking notes either for 2014 or 2018 when Burchett is term limited.

Burchett running for a second term as county may-or is a very winnable race for him despite opposition from many in the business community. No one has stepped up to take him on from either the Republican or Democratic side nor are they likely to do so.

However, if Burchett runs for U.S. Senate, he would have to abandon a re-election campaign for mayor as a practical matter if not a legal matter. That decision would have to be made by this February for the May county primary in 2014.

So who would run for county mayor if Burchett is no longer seeking a second term? Lots of names come to mind and my listing of them does not indicate a preference.

County Commissioner R. Larry Smith is a threat to many vacancies and county mayor would be no excep-tion.

County Commissioner Mike Hammond who has thought of such a race in the past might run this time.

Would County Commis-sioner Richard Briggs drop his race for state senator to seek the county mayor’s position? Briggs’ senate campaign has failed to pick up steam at this point. In a county mayor’s contest with 3 or 4 candidates, the winner only needs 35 percent of the vote, while in a two-way race for state

senator, the winner needs 50.1 percent of the vote. New County Commission chair Brad Anders may also be a prospect.

Craig Leuthold was thrilled to be the appointed trustee and will seek a full term for trustee. Would County Clerk Foster Arnett, who has considered such a race in the past, reconsider with Burchett out of the picture? Possible. Would new county school board chair Lynne Fugate seek the top county offi ce to promote education?

Dean Rice on Burchett’s staff might take a hard look at it if the boss is running for U.S. Senate. State Reps. Ryan Haynes and Harry Brooks are possibilities. Well-known citizens who could do the job if they held it and who might be encouraged include Republican business owner and education aide to the governor, Randy Boyd, and Legacy Parks director Carol Evans. Both could secure the funding for a county-wide campaign.

Do the Democrats have anyone who could win? Doubtful. Mayor Rogero would not abandon her city job when she seems a strong bet for a second term although it would be a $24,000 a year pay raise for her if she won it. Former county executive Tommy Schumpert has no interest. State Rep. Gloria Johnson would be a prospect, along with former State Rep. Wayne Ritchie. He would appeal to more Republicans than Johnson, but Johnson may want a second term as state rep. Ritchie seems content to practice law, but he would be a viable candi-date if he ran.

■ If Johnson wins a second term as state rep she becomes vested in the legislative retirement plan which gives her a lifetime pension at age 55 of at least $250 a month increasing annually depending on how many years she serves. As a legislator, she does not have to contribute to her legisla-tive retirement while she does have to contribute to her teacher’s retirement as well as social security.

■ State Rep. Joe Armstrong seems happy being the other Democratic state representative and does not aspire to other positions. He is the senior Knox legislator in either party in our 10-member delegation. Bill Dunn is the senior Republican.

Who follows Burchett?

POLITICAL NOTES ■ Third/4th District Democratic Club will meet 6 p.m. Tuesday,

Sept. 24, at the Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Guest

speaker: state Rep. Gloria Johnson.

Thank you, teacher! From page A-1

and the central offi ce. Adds that so many teach-

ers have submitted retire-ment applications that the state retirement board is telling Knox County teach-ers it will take three months to process the paperwork. Several teachers – young and old – told us they would either retire or leave the profession if they could.

One teacher says princi-pals were told last year that the reason their evaluation scores were so low was be-cause principals have been rating teachers “too high,” and “to do a better job scor-ing the rubric until you im-prove (or else) principals’ scores will continue to be low.” Adds this has caused unintended consequences, such as pitting principals against teachers because of the evaluations. “How can you work together when people are being judged by each other?”

Hmm. We thought these evaluations weren’t sup-posed to be punitive.

Another teacher said her school has lost 5 excellent teachers and a mid-career teacher recently quit because her doctor said the stress of testing was affecting her health. All evaluations are unannounced this year.

One says the handbook for evaluations had spe-cifi c criteria for levels 1, 3 and 5. Not so for 2 and 4. Unverifi ed rumor (suppos-edly from a former admin-istrator back to classroom but still on principal email list) to gear back on evalua-

tions this year as funds are limited.

“It would take Jesus or Dumbledore to score a 5.”

A teacher said Knox County is using a form pre-viously used for disciplinary reasons called a Conference of Concern for those who score a 2 or below.

“The general saying is you are guilty until proven innocent and that you are a poor teacher until you prove otherwise. It’s causing a high level of stress.

“Teachers are afraid. There is pressure. There are repercussions.”

One complained about students evaluating the teachers. One question reads: Does your teacher PUSH you?

This means challenge you academically, but it could mean push you down.

Paging English 101. A teacher says there are

potentially 100 different aspects of a lesson, impos-sible for a teacher to include all in every lesson. Said evaluation rubric has good points, but we rushed into using it, “fl ying the plane while building it.”

One teacher was marked down for clutter in the classroom – materials for an upcoming science lesson. Others were marked down for wasting time between lesson components, passing out papers, etc.

Multiple teachers talked about the diffi culty get-ting kids into special ed, saying these kids lower test scores for the grade – and

the teacher.Lack of planning

time. One teacher said planning time is needed to contact parents, meet with or talk with parents, plan lessons, meet with grade level teachers. Now the time is developed to meeting with “coaches” and “men-tors” and “lead teachers.”

Hmm. We thought PLCs were going to solve that.

Principals are also los-ing planning time. They are so busy with evaluations they have no time to talk.

A middle school related arts teacher says 30 minutes a day have been chewed out of schedule for interven-tion, which fewer than 10 percent of students even need. The rest are put into “enrichment,” which lacks structure and is simply re-quired to be “rigorous and support the Common Core.” The teacher adds, “I teach an enrichment class every day even though I can’t tell you what that is.” Said the related arts time allotment is not uniform countywide. Kids have to split time – get 1/2 as much – art, computer, music, band, phys-ed, etc. “We were told we are not allowed to tell parents that they can say, “I don’t want my kid in an interven-tion class.”

Not allowed? If it’s such a good idea, no one would fear anybody opting out of it.

A 40-year middle school teacher says a sizable ma-jority of teachers, princi-pals and custodians all care about what they do, “do it because they have a calling, because they want to and it’s important to them.”

Adds that most teachers

see attending the superin-tendent’s forums or teach-ers’ meetings as useless. “They may listen, but they aren’t going to change any-thing. That’s the perception, if not the reality.”

A teacher says that the Tennessee Education As-sociation has had to hire an outside law fi rm justto deal with issues in Knox County Schools alone.

A middle school teacher says children are not allowed to enter the building until 7:30. “It doesn’t matter whether you get there at 6 a.m. or 7:28.” Says that a handicapped student who was having trouble standing was told to go back outside. Adds that the principal admonished the teacher for arriving ear-ly to supervise the children.

Was told, “That’s not my job. It’s the parent’s respon-sibility,” and that the teach-er was “breaking the rules” for allowing children in the building before 7:30.

Compare this to Kenneth “Sarge” Pinkney, a former soldier turned educator, who discovered a student hiding in the bushes near his Memphis school’s en-trance at 6 a.m. and started arriving early himself so she could get inside.

“I can retire,” the teacher said. But I just can’t do it.

Says another, “Jim Mc-Intyre is an accountant, not an educator, and he’s tearing Knox County Schools apart.

“We’re not just a number and neither are our kids.”Call Sandra Clark at 661-8777 or Jake

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The pressure cooker has whistled on the stewing battle between Tennova and neighborhood groups.

placement is built.It was a night of high

emotion.Swingle told Council

their vote would be remem-bered. It was a lame threat.

There is an election un-derway right now. Della Vol-pe and Brown have oppo-nents. Both voted no. Grieve and Pavlis are unopposed. Both voted yes. What would have happened had Swingle simply qualifi ed with 25 sig-natures to oppose Grieve? It likely would have meant a loss for Tennova.

Elections matter, and those who care about pre-serving their neighborhoods should fi eld candidates.

In case you want to re-member the vote, here’s the Shopper’s handy guide:

Daniel Brown: “For me, this council has to show leadership. I don’t want to see everything move to West Knoxville. We have to do what’s best for the city.”

Mark Campen: “I can-not support this because of the loss of retail sales and jobs (in North Knoxville). … Seems there’s more interest in profi ts than people.”

Nick Della Volpe:

“This decision has tremen-dous implications and will really affect the center city and the lives of people.”

Duane Grieve: “This is a land use issue.”

Brenda Palmer: “I’m not a cheerleader for Tenno-va or West Hills. It frightens me that we could have a big box store on this property.”

Nick Pavlis: “This is a

tough issue, but it’s a land use issue.”

Finbarr Saunders:“That land will be devel-oped.”

George Wallace: “This is a land use and private property rights issue. ... The developer is willing to set aside 40 percent of the property for a buffer; usu-ally the buffer is 25 feet.”

Tennova wins Middlebrook rezoning

Brown Campen Della Volpe Grieve

Council voted 5-3-1 to rezone 60 acres of the 100-acre Waterhouse farm on Middlebrook Pike to offi ce. The land backs up to West Hills where most of the op-position centered.

Council members Nick Pavlis, Brenda Palmer, Finbarr Saunders, Duane Grieve and George Wallace prevailed. Nick Della Volpe, Daniel Brown and Mark Campen lost. Marshall Stair abstained because his law fi rm represents Tennova.

Rocky Swingle organized the opposition. He present-ed a petition with 699 signa-tures and brought residents from the Oakwood area who will lose their hospital, the former St. Mary’s, once a re-

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Attorney John King has found a way around City Council’s

5-minute rule. He just handed his remarks to Duane Grieve, who

read for more than 30 minutes before the Tennova vote.

■ NPR reports a low favorable rating for Obamacare, but when the

question is posed as the Aff ordable Health Care Act, the percent-

age rises sharply. Maybe the president should change his name to

Barack Aff ordable.

■ Victor Ashe missed the most obvious successor to Tim Burchett.

Stacey Campfi eld followed Burchett into the state House and then

into the state Senate. Can you say Mayor Stacey?

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camps at town hall, hosted by

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popular with Lego-crazy kids.

Morning sessions on Oct. 17

and 18 will build on the popu-

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afternoon sessions on those

days will explore the world

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the cost is $30 per child for

each camp. Check the town’s

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events in the Farragut area.

The town is soliciting groups

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Oct. 25, event. Groups will

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from 5-7 p.m. at Mayor Bob

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Wednesday, Sept. 25. Farragut

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day, Oct. 2.

By Sandra ClarkLast week we wrote

about the Emory Church Road area apartment and marina complex proposed by developer John Huber. Named Westland Cove, it would contain 12 apartment buildings, each four stories high, and a 75-boat ma-rina. The Knoxville/Knox County Metropolitan Plan-ning Commission deferred rezoning until November to give Huber time to meet with neighbors. To kick start the conversation, we invited him to present the proposal here:

“Thanks for taking the time to talk. I wanted to con-tact you about a great new community we are propos-ing on Emory Church Road at Westland Drive and I-140 named Westland Cove. It will consist of gated, high end, Class-A apartment homes and a marina with covered docks tied together with wildlife conservation lands and a new greenway system,” Huber wrote.

“We have been working on the property with the owners since February of this year. In this develop-ment, we have focused on the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan, tree pres-ervation buffers, wildlife conservation easements, creating public access to un-used park land and the pre-vention of sprawl.

“The site is unique. It is divided by interstate I-140, divided again by a Knox County Road (Emory Church Road), and divided again by Sinking Creek. It is bordered by a railroad line, diced up with utility ease-ments, and has topography issues as well. (This gets back to all the “easy” land having already been devel-oped in Knoxville!)

“The good news is that we have developed a re-sponsible plan that treats the property in an environ-mentally respectful manner while still offering some re-lief to the high housing de-mand in the area.

“The MPC staff is recom-mending approval for the project, and here is why:

■ Nearly 25 percent of the property will be placed into a never-to-be-devel-oped conservation ease-ment

■ The greenway plan cre-ates a connection across our land to an effectively land-locked 80+ acres of Knox County Parks and Recre-ation land

■ The design respects the clustering of homes which allows for the conservation of environmentally sensi-tive lands and preservation of our valley’s ridges and hillsides

■ The proposal provides an “anti-sprawl” demon-stration in an area that houses over 40,000 people in a 3-mile radius and over 100,000 people in a 5-mile

radius on a very small footprint.

“We are request ing a rezoning from Ag-r i c u l t u r a l to Planned Residential at 5 units

per acre (low density) and approval for 328 Class A apartment homes and a small marina. Per the rec-ommendations of the Hill-side and Ridgetop Protec-

tion Plan and MPC staff, we have concentrated the density onto the fl atter por-tions of the property, hence creating a nearly 20-acre buffer/conservation area around the property. I be-lieve this development is at the heart of the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan that the public, MPC staff, MPC, County Commission and City Council worked so hard on and adopted in ear-ly 2012 as the needed direc-tion for development.

“Apartment homes are

inherently anti-sprawl and well suited for this project. Were you aware that a typi-cal single family home sub-division design would only yield about 6 homes in the same space we are able to house 28 families? By in-cluding Class A apartment homes in our Westland Cove development, we are able to create the best of both worlds. ... Meet the need for housing in an incredibly popular and accessible area of West Knoxville and con-serve a large portion of the

woodland that is one of our county’s greatest assets.

“We are in the process of setting up a public meet-ing to be held at Shoreline Church on Westland Drive the week of Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 to seek input from the community.

“We currently are in the design phase of an informa-tive website for the people who cannot attend the pub-lic meeting. It will be live in about a week and a half. Do-main name is www.West-landCove.com/.”

Huber talks about Westand Cove

John Huber


Readers are very impor-tant. You are our reasons for writing. Response is appre-ciated.

Claim a seat at a Saturday shrine

Marvin West

Some readers applaud, a few offer coaching tips, some just say they are out there, ready and waiting for next week. There are occa-sional words of praise, only slightly exaggerated. Sev-eral readers have said thank you for information or en-tertainment on the cheap. They have noticed that in this economic squeeze, the Shopper and its website re-

main free.Now and then, a reader

does something. One sent okra. The latest shock was a handsome gift book.

It is “Saturday Shrines – College Football’s Most Hal-lowed Grounds.”

The Sporting News did the coffee-table ornament a few years ago but it is new to me. The dust cover is Shields-Watkins Field and a packed Neyland Stadium. My fi rst thought was ‘Wow!”

Later, in the fi ne print, I learned there were 16 other dust covers featuring 16 other shrines, so designed to sell more books at $24.95.

The segment about Ten-nessee, starting on page 154, is OK. It touches most of the bases – Gen. Robert R. Neyland, checkerboards, Peyton Manning, Volunteer Navy, memorable moments, winning streaks and a few

paragraphs about the un-forgettable Arkansas game of 1998.

What the book did best was remind me of what we have here and what we too often take for granted.

What we have is one of the greatest arenas in the world, almost perfectly located be-tween the Tennessee River and The Hill, historic cen-ter of campus no matter where it sprawls. There are mountains as a backdrop, a very high-tech video board, more than enough seats for the multitudes, and fancy enclosed quarters for the rich and famous.

The stadium has the best possible name, Neyland, for the godfather who trans-formed routine blocking and tackling into a great success story that became a genuine tradition.

Between 1926 and 1952,

this coach, despite repeated interruptions for military duty, produced 173 victories out of 215 games. He put Vanderbilt in its place and never lost to the legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant. He was a conservative fundamen-talist in the truest sense and also a visionary who invent-ed little things to make win-ning easier.

From a pick-up rocky beginning, the playing sur-face, through the years, has been nurtured like a golf course, then rudely covered with plastic, then wisely re-stored to natural greenness. The building has been gen-erally maintained, enlarged eight times, enhanced and redecorated. From peak capacity of 104,079, it has been shrunk in favor of more elites and fewer com-moners.

Back in the old days, exu-

berant fans several times stormed the fi eld and tore down goalposts. Last I re-call was mid-September 1998, after the dramatic overtime victory over Flori-da. Some think that was the best game ever at the great ballpark.

So, where is all this stuff going, in praise of readers and the Saturday shrine? If you have never been to Ney-land Stadium, Saturday is a good time to go. The foe is South Alabama of the Sun Belt Conference. It is not to be confused with the real Alabama of national cham-pionship fame.

South Alabama will pro-vide more than necessary competition but won’t cause over-crowded conditions. Tickets will likely be avail-able in the stadium vicin-ity, perhaps at discounted prices. Popcorn and the

UT band, the Pride of the Southland, will be just as good as at main events.

If you go, arrive early and soak up the scene. Re-call whatever you remember from reading “Legends,” the interesting book about the all-time greats. Consider these add-ons: The Volun-teers have won 79 percent of their home games. Eigh-teen old Vols are enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. Seventy-two all-Americans have played in orange shirts, one in black, none in gray.

Epic battles have been fi ercely fought on that fi eld. Combatants have endured contusions, knee aches and severe body blows. Blood, sweat and tears have dripped and spilled. Indeed, it is hallowed ground.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected].

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

I’m headed somewhere else with this, but bear with me a moment while I ponder a side issue of the above-quoted Bible verse.

I have read this pas-sage many times, in many translations and many dif-ferent contexts (Bible stud-ies, private devotions, Sun-

It came to passAnd it came to pass, when men began to multiply

on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

(Genesis 6:1-2 KJV)

Nature’s fi rst green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf’s a fl ower, But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf,So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.

(“Nothing Gold Can Stay,” Robert Frost)

This, too, shall pass away.(Persian Sufi poets)

day school, to name a few). But until now, I had never stopped to consider one fact. The “sons of God” (read: angels) had noticed the daughters of men because they were “fair.” Presum-ably, those daughters were produced by child-bearing women, right? So why did the angels fail to notice the fair women of that earlier generation? I’m just asking.

The phrase “it came to pass” occurs in the King James Version of the Bible 428 times, by actual count (thank you, Strong’s Con-cordance). The passage quoted above is the fi rst time it appears. Frequently, when I read those words, I am reminded of the old black woman who was asked what her favorite Bible verse was.

She didn’t even have to stop and think about it. She replied, “And it came to pass.” Her questioner, puzzled by her answer, said, “And why is that?”

“Because,” she explained emphatically, “I would hate to think it had come to stay!”

The truth is, as Frost so poetically reminded us, that nothing comes to stay. (Well, maybe rent and tax-es!) Rainbows share their beauty for scant moments. Leaves turn and fall. Great castles fall into ruin. Our loved ones die. We age and realize that our future is now shorter than our past.

So the wise words “This, too, shall pass” are both threat and promise.

On Sept. 30, 1859, Abra-ham Lincoln, in an address before the Wisconsin State

Agricultural Society in Mil-waukee, made this statement:

“It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They pre-sented him the words ‘And this, too, shall pass away.’ How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affl iction!”

From the Sufi poets to our greatest president, the wisdom fl ows in our direc-tion:

Live. Enjoy. Pay atten-tion. Give. Forgive. Forget. Accept. Remember. Abide. Love.

“And the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13: 13 NRSV)

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By Ashley BakerA ministry about money?For more than 35 years,

Crown Financial Ministry has worked to show that a spiritual life doesn’t end at the church door but needs to be integrated into everyday life. The nonprofi t, which is headquartered in Knoxville for many of its divisions and Atlanta for its global ser-vices, has a mission of help-ing people and businesses integrate Christian values into business practices, debt reduction and fi nancial decision-making. They of-fer economic analysis and advice based on Christian principles.

Shawna Wade is area manager for Crown Finan-cial Ministry, which has its main offi ce on Market Square. She says she works to help people transform

their lives in the area of p e r s o n a l f i n a n c e , career and b u s i n e s s . Wade says her own p e r s o n a l experiences helped her see that there is a

fundamental connection between the Christian faith and fi nancial matters, which is the lesson she hopes to share with her clients. Crown Financial counsel-ors work with individuals, churches and businesses, often using the worldwide ministry’s printed and vid-eo materials, such as Career Direct, MoneyLife Financial Study and Financial First Aid.

Wade was working as a

mortgage broker when she was robbed of a signifi cant amount of money. It was a turning point for her. “I was giving it my best effort and was working crazy hours,” she said. “But things weren’t making sense. I realized I was tying my self-worth to how much I was making.”

What she wanted to do was fi nd value in God and not in the amount of money in her bank account, said Wade. “I had to embrace a more biblical view of mon-ey.”

Wade now uses her ex-perience and the Crown Fi-nancial tools to help others who want to learn how they can serve the world by living God’s design for themselves.

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Money matters in spiritual life

The biannual Fall Chil-dren’s Consignment Sale is on the books for First Bap-tist Concord. Time to start saving clothes for spring!

The sale is designed to provide quality clothing for children, raise money for different mission groups and give consignors a place to sell their products. Con-signors are encouraged to donate anything left at the end of the sale to Mission of Hope. The fall event brought out hundreds of shoppers who found shelves stocked with everything from cloth-ing to toys, books, baby beds and games.

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By Wendy SmithWhen hospice patients hear Karin Gunderson play the

harp, they often begin conversations with loved ones who have passed on. The harp, says Gunderson, opens the veil between here and heaven.

If there is an instrument that could open the gates of heaven, it’s the harp. Karin, who has spent the last 11 years ministering to hospice patients with her harp and lovely voice, performed last week at Messiah Lutheran Church. She was accompanied by her daughter, Joy, who also sings and plays the harp.

Karin plays a Celtic, or folk, harp. It weighs just 27 pounds, which allows her to carry it from room to room as she ministers to critical care patients. Joy plays a grand pedal harp, which weighs almost as much as she does. Be-cause she typically performs with symphonies, she needs a large instrument to balance a big group, Karin says.

Karin urged her audience to sit up close to partake of the health benefi ts that come from the vibrations of the harp. The instrument regulates heart rate and blood pres-sure and even increases oxygen in the blood, she says. The sound also provides relaxation and renewal.

“If you need an after-supper nap, go ahead and take it,” she told the audience. “My patients do.”

Singing songs of faith is a passion that Karin passed on to Joy, who began studying the harp at age 8. She was a member of the Phoenix Youth Symphony and played with two other symphonies while attending St. Olaf College. She graduated in May and plans to pursue a career in church music.

The duo performed hymns like “It is Well with My Soul” and classical pieces like “Premiere Arabesque” by Debussy. In between songs, Karin shared stories of her work with hospice patients.

You couldn’t work in a hospice setting without realiz-ing there’s another active realm, Karin says. She estimates that she’s played for 25,000 critically ill patients and their families. In addition to having conversations with deceased loved ones, dying patients often see angels. She knows they’re seeing celestial beings when they look at the ceiling in wonder and ask for their glasses. They always say the angels are dancing, she says.

They also talk to Jesus. One former school teacher spoke to him as if he were a student, she reports.

“She said, ‘Now, Jesus, you just stay right there and don’t you move.’”

Another aspect of her ministry is allaying fears about death. Family members often regret not being with their loved one when they pass away, but she assures them that they were not alone.

“When it’s time to go, it’s so amazingly peaceful,” she says.

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The students in Wendie Love’s art class at Farragut High School recently met with the 3rd graders in Bobi King’s class at Farragut In-termediate School for some inspiration.

Little books inspired

The 3rd graders were giv-en complete creative free-dom to write a story, long or short, about anything.

“It’s not often that they aren’t given rules to follow, so they were very excited,” said King.

Each of King’s students was paired with a high school student to share their story. After the high school students listened to the sto-ries, they went back to class and created handmade books for their young muses.

The storylines varied. Hank Devault wrote about Hank Aaron and Jackie Rob-inson. Ava Grace Thompson wrote a story about “three girls who get whisked off to a magical land.”

Noah Techtmann wrote about a boy living in an or-phanage who begins hear-ing strange noises outside. He discovers three dragons causing a ruckus, and the boy goes to live with them.

“I like to write books about dragons,” said Noah.

After about three weeks, the art students returned

Farragut High art student Katie Templeton looks at one of

the fi nished books with Farragut Intermediate 3rd grader Ava

Grace Thompson.

Farragut Intermediate 3rd grader Kim Eyrin loved the sparkly accents her Farragut High buddy,

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Kazmier Photos by S. Barrett

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to the intermediate school and met King’s students on the playground to give them their books. King’s students were visibly anxious while waiting for the older stu-dents to arrive.

The 3rd graders had mixed reactions but they all were positive. Some smiled and quietly looked through their book, some asked art student questions about the work, and some even jumped up and down.

Farragut High art stu-dent Katie Templeton cre-ated a book for Ava Grace, who wrote about the three girls going to a magical land.

“This has been a fabulous experience,” said Temple-ton. “Being able to use a kid’s story to create some-thing … it makes you be a kid again.”

Many of the younger students hugged their high school counterparts before skipping down the sidewalk back to class.

■ Sailors unite at Yacht ClubLocal sailing clubs con-

nected recently at the Con-cord Yacht Club on North-shore Drive. Students from Bearden, Farragut and West high schools and Bearden and Farragut middle schools converged partly for preparation of an upcoming regatta and partly to enjoy the breeze off the water in the late-summer heat.

Students from the Uni-versity of Tennessee’s sail-ing team lead the group, giving younger folks a chance to learn the basics of sailing and good sports-manship on the water. To those unfamiliar with it, however, the ins and outs of sailing sound like direc-tions to drive in a strange land, believe me.

Isabella Kazmier, a se-nior at Farragut High, has been in the sailing club since her freshman year and says once you start go-ing 20-25 knots, “it sort of feels like you’re fl ying.”

Kazmier also enjoys sail-ing because it is relaxing. The work of getting the boat into the water, however, is a different story.

The students paired up on small sailboats about the size of small pickup trucks. After about 25 minutes of prep work, raising the sails, etc., the group pushed their boats into the water for about 20 minutes of sail time before the meet was fi nished.

After watching the club members sweat it out in 95 degree heat with bare-ly a breeze to cool them, I asked Bearden Middle School 8th grader Ben Gib-bons what he thought of the strenuous work it takes

to put his boat together. “I like it,” he said. “It kind

of makes you ‘own it’.”

■ West Valley student councilThe members of West

Valley Middle School’s stu-dent council participated in a lock-in recently to strengthen their bond as a group, although most al-ready seemed as if they had known each other for years.

On the agenda were icebreaker activities and games like musical exer-cise balls, but club sponsors and 6th grade teachers Me-lissa Wells and Emily Ros-kop also had a little work planned for the students, in-cluding planning the coun-cil’s committees for the year (bulletin board committee was one option). Pizza was served.

The participants were ready to get the ball roll-ing (no pun intended) and raised their hand to vol-unteer for activities before they even knew what they would be doing.

The council consists of about 40 students, all of whom are elected by their peers. Judging by their en-thusiasm, it was obvious why this group was hand-picked.

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WKCS is the only county high-school

radio stationBy Betsy Pickle

Many schools have strong tradi-tions in sports programs or academ-ics. At Fulton High School, the Fal-cons are consistently noted for their football prowess.

But there’s another venerable tra-dition at Fulton, one that has set the school apart for more than 60 years: WKCS 91.1 FM.

Russell Mayes knows a lot about the history and signifi cance of WKCS, the only high school radio station in the county. The 1995 Ful-ton graduate was on the air as a stu-dent, and he’s now in his 10th year of teaching radio and serving as WKCS general manager.

Radio has been his lifelong pas-sion.

“That was what I wanted to do from the time I was little,” says Mayes. “I wanted to be the next John Ward,” referring to the iconic former play-by-play announcer for UT foot-ball and men’s basketball, known as The Voice of the Vols.

Ironically, as a student Mayes didn’t work on Fulton football broad-casts. He was a team manager and was always focused on the players during games. But he remembers the complicated setup.

“At that time, we didn’t have any way to put football on the air live,” he recalls. “They would record a quar-ter on a cassette tape, and they would run it out of the stadium, and they had a little box that they’d drop out the window of the radio room; it had a string tied to it (to pull it up). We’d be on a one-quarter tape delay.”

He and his classmates learned, “You do whatever it takes to get the job done.”

While attending UT, Mayes changed his major from communica-tions to political science.

“I thought, ‘If radio doesn’t work out, I’ll have something to fall back on,’” he says. He certifi ed to teach world and U.S. history, U.S. government and social studies.

After UT, Mayes worked at a couple of area stations. He took over the radio department at Fulton when beloved former local DJ “Dr. Al Adams” (Allen Johnson) retired after a nearly 30-year stint. Mayes is the sixth teacher and third alum of the program to head WKCS (and the radio classes) since the station went on the air in December 1952 (Fulton opened in 1951).

Throughout its six decades, WKCS has operated under the auspices of English, journalism, audiovisual and vocational classes. It’s now part of the CTE – Career and Technical Edu-cation – program and is the crown

jewel in FulCom, Fulton’s Magnet School of Communications, which incorporates radio/TV broadcasting and production, digital design and imaging, and web design.

“We are in the second year of the magnet program.”

Mayes points out that journalism still plays an important role.

“You have to be able to write. You have to be able to express yourself in any of these fi elds.”

Journalism is essential for the stu-dents who work on the “Flying Fal-con News Show,” which airs at 3:30 p.m. Fridays.

“They interview principals and other students and talk about news and events that are going on in the school.”

Michael Scates, a senior in the advanced broadcasting class and a member of the football team, says “Flying Falcon” has helped him see “what’s going on behind the curtain” at school. For example, the news show

aired a report not just on the fact

that Fulton’s graduation rate improved from

40 percent to 80-plus percent in about fi ve years, but also on

why. One reason, he says:“It’s the 20-teens, and you need

college, and people were fi nally rec-ognizing that,” says Scates.

Students listen to WKCS primar-ily for broadcasts of football and basketball games and informational programming, Scates says.

“When it’s (providing) communi-cation about the school, to the school, that’s when people start paying at-tention,” he says, adding that he’s one of the few who likes the station’s mu-sic format.

Mayes is OK with that. While it

had an adult-contemporary format when he was in school, WKCS in recent years has stuck with oldies ranging from “Crimson and Clover” and “Ride Captain Ride” to “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Losing My Religion.”

“When I fi rst started teaching, we were only on the air from 8:30 to 3:30,” he says. “Really, there was no reason to market toward students because students were in school when we were on the air.

“Over time, we developed the old-ies format, and there was no other radio station that was playing oldies. We found our niche in the market.

“The thing that’s neat is, most of our kids are not coming in here know-ing much about rock and roll music from the past, but they do learn, and they fi nd artists that they like and something that they can relate to, so after their time in here, I think they

become a lot more knowledgeable about the music in this format.

“It’s kind of a paradox, it being a student radio station, but one of the realities of the industry is you’re try-ing to reach the largest audience that you possibly can. And for us, oldies gives us the opportunity to do that. It gives students a chance to be heard in the community; it gives them more exposure by doing that be-cause other stations are doing other types of music.”

WKCS now operates 24/7, with automated programming on nights and weekends except for special events such as last year’s presiden-tial debates, election returns and school board meetings. As Knox County’s only high-school radio sta-tion, WKCS has some serious duties.

“The school system is using us to help get the message out,” says Mayes.

Six decades on the air

Senior Michael Scates works a live shift on WKCS. Photos by Betsy Pickle

At Fulton High’s radio station, WKCS, Adam Diggs works the controls as he

and Tony Gunn, Jonathan Roth and Tripp “Elvis” Carver prerecord a football

pregame show under the supervision of broadcasting teacher Russell Mayes.


Fall 2013 Classes, Workshops and Events

YogaWhen: Tuesdays, Oct. 8 – Nov. 19 (6 weeks – no class on Nov. 5): 9 – 10 a.m.What: Wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring a mat, yoga straps, blanket and blocks (if you have them). Cost: $60Registration and payment deadline: Friday, Oct. 4

PilatesWhen: Tuesdays, Oct. 8 – 29 (4 weeks): 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.What: Pilates is a mind-body exercise that works the whole body and incorporates yoga poses in order to enhance fl exibility, strength and breathing. Cost: $40Registration and payment deadline: Monday, Oct. 7

ZumbaWhen: Mondays, Oct. 14 – Nov. 18 (6 weeks): 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. OR Mondays, Oct. 14 – Dec. 16 (10 weeks): 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. What: Zumba fi tness combines Latin music rhythms and dance styles as well as other international styles and rolls them into the ultimate cardio party! Cost: $45 (6 weeks) Cost: $65 (10 weeks)Registration and payment deadline (both classes): Friday, Oct. 11

6th Annual Knox County Fall Fire Prevention FestivalWhen: Saturday, Oct. 12, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.Where: Tennova Turkey Creek Medical Center on Parkside DriveWhat: Hosted by the Knox County Fire Prevention Bureau, this free community event will offer life and fi re safety information, emergency preparedness, and incident recovery information in a family-friendly “street fair” atmosphere. Call 215-4660 for more information.

Beginning Jewelry (Ages 13 and up)When: Thursday, Oct. 17: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.What: Students will make a bracelet and earrings to take home!Cost: $35 (all supplies included)Registration and payment deadline: Tuesday, Oct. 15

Mask Making (Ages 7 and up)When: Saturday, Oct. 26, 9 – 11 a.m.What: Create a one-of-a-kind mask for Halloween! The majority of the cost of this class has been underwritten by the Farragut Arts Council to promote arts in the community!Cost: $10 (all supplies included) Registration and payment deadline: Monday, Oct. 21

All fall classes, workshops and events will be held at the Farragut Town Hall community or assembly room, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, unless otherwise stated. Hurry - classes fi ll up fast!!!! Call 966-7057 to register (if required). Pay-

ment must be received within 5 business days of date of registration but no later than the registration deadline. No refunds are given after the registration and

payment deadline. The Town of Farragut is not responsible for costs associated with the purchase of supplies when a class is canceled.

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Clinton: 3:30-4:45Anderson Farmer’s Co-op

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Free tutoring is available

Free tutoring is available online for any student in Knox County from kinder-garten through college. Visit www.tutor.com/tutortn and enter your Knox County Public Library card num-bers to connect with experts for one-to-one homework help or tutoring sessions in online classrooms. You do not have to create an ac-count to use the service.

A.L. Lotts Elementary

■ A coupon book celebration will be held 1-2:30 p.m. Thurs-

day, 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 cou-

pon books will be available

for $10 through Monday,

Sept. 23. Help support the school Monday, Sept. 30,

by eating at Snappy Tomato

Pizza in the Village Green

Shopping Center. A donation

of 10 percent of daily net sales

will go directly to the PTSO.

College night will be held

6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.

1, at Bearden High School. A

pancake breakfast to benefi t

NJROTC will be held Saturday,

Farragut High School principal Mike Reynolds had lunch

with parents last week at Concord Yacht Club to talk about

the recent renovations and updates made to the school,

and to introduce new curriculum principal Debbie Sayers.

Regarding the updates to the school, Reynolds said he

was most excited about the improvements you can’t see:

new wireless Internet being one of them. He also said

with the new workrooms, teachers now have an inviting

space to use that is more conducive to teaching. The

event is the fi rst of what Reynolds hopes will be monthly

get-togethers with the parents. Photo by S. Barrett

Lunch with Mr. Reynolds

St. John Neumann Catholic School recently installed 24 of its 4th and 5th graders into the

AAA safety patrol. Safety patrol offi cers make sure students exit their vehicles safely, stay

on the sidewalks and help with foot traffi c to and from the parking lot in the crosswalks

during drop off each morning. At the installation are AAA representative Don Lindsey,

SJNCS traffi c offi cer Anne Page and students (front row) Sam Sompayrac, Lauren Stouff er,

Alexa Peck, Gabriela Sweet, Katelyn Nguyen, Daniel Latorre and Chase Fuller. Photo submitted

Safety patrol at St. John Neumann

SCHOOL NOTES

Oct. 5, at Texas Roadhouse

in Turkey Creek. Sign up to receive texts of important

updates regarding college

information, testing and

events from the counseling

offi ce. For seniors, text @far-

raguths to 442-333-4864. For

grades 9-11, text @farragut to

442-333-4864.

Farragut Intermediate

■ Fall pictures will be taken

Wednesday, Sept. 25; fl u 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. Saturday, Oct. 12.

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Jeremiah Branson and Abby Barker hold a Flag of Honor that bears the names of the 2,996 vic-

tims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Woodmen of the World donated a fl ag for each classroom at

the L&N STEM Academy.

Remembering 9/11

Kenneth Foster looks on as

Faith Harris rings a bell 12

times for the 12 years that have

passed since Sept. 11, 2001.

Kathy Coley, dean of

teacher innovation at the

L&N STEM Academy, gives

a tearful hug to Hayden

Cooper, the fi rst L&N

student to enlist in the mil-

itary. He will serve in the

Navy. Photos by Wendy Smith

Parent conference andtransition fair

The annual Knox County Schools Parent Conference and Transition Fair will be held 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Central High School, 5321 Jacksboro Pike. Registration will be open through Friday, Oct. 4, at http://engagement.knoxschools.org.

This event is to help parents become more effective school-home partners to

strengthen student academic success. This year, the parent conference is

combined with the Knox County Schools Transition Fair for parents of students with disabilities. Admission is free, and child care for ages 3-11 is provided at no cost with advance registration.

There will be workshops, a session on Common Core State Standards, an exhibitor area and a parent resource area. Registration is also available by phone at 594-9524.

Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 • A-11 business

Halls • Powell • Fountain City • West Knoxville • Maynardville • Luttrell ׀ www.cbtn.com

By Sherri Gardner HowellBill Glass got to sleep in a bed last Monday night.While that may not be a big deal for most, Glass was no

doubt happy to keep his tent in his backpack for the night as he enjoyed the hospitality at Clarity Pointe, 901 Concord Road, a facility for those with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

Glass is no stranger to the effects of Alzheimer’s disease. His goal is to make sure others across the country know about it and to raise money to support research. Glass is on a six-state, 750-mile walk from Chicago to Atlanta in honor of his mother, who has the disease. His Flowers for Mom walk brought him to Knoxville where he was the guest at Clarity Pointe. The facility arranged a big send-off for him on Sept. 17 and presented the local Alzheimer’s Association with a check for $2,500.

Joining Glass at this stop was Jack Fussell, who recently completed an eight-month run across the U.S. in honor of his father, who died from Alzheimer’s disease.

Dignitaries on hand to send Glass on the fi nal legs of his walk included Angelia Jones, director of Alzheimer’s Association of East Tennessee, Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill and Doug Oliver, executive director of Clarity Pointe.

B Sh i G d H ll

Flowers for Mom

walker stops in Farragut

Mary Lynne Payne, community outreach coordinator

at Clarity Pointe, shoulders the load for visitor Bill

Glass, right, with a smiling Angelia Jones, director

of the Alzheimer’s Association of East Tennessee

at center. Glass is on a walk to raise awareness for

Alzheimer’s. Photos by Jim Brannon

Angelia Jones with the

Alzheimer’s Association

accepts a check for

$2,500 from Doug Oliver,

executive director of

Clarity Pointe, as Bill

Glass looks on.

Clydesdales off er a special delivery

Budweiser delivery man Scott Morrison

and his sidekick, Clyde, wait patiently in

front of the Kroger in Farragut last week as

the Clydesdales suited up for a delivery. A

Kroger customer won a case of Budweiser,

and the trademark horses and wagon

delivered it to her home on Clover Fork

Trail off Grigsby Chapel Road. The friendly

horses posed for pictures in the Kroger

parking lot before trotting the two miles to

their destination. Photos by S. Barrett

New look, new digsFlexible Concrete Solutions isn’t new to Knoxville, but the business just opened a West Knoxville offi ce at 130 Perimeter Park

Drive, so they decided to show off their new digs with an open house and ribbon-cutting. Knoxville Chamber of Commerce

assisted, and guests were treated to some of the examples of just what the company can do with concrete. Jim Moore, with

the scissors, is president, and Ginger Moore, at his left, is vice president. Employees and members of the Knoxville Chamber

of Commerce joined in the celebration. Photo by Jim Brannon

UT researcher studies youth deathsThe leading cause of

death among college ath-letes is motor vehicle ac-

cidents, ac-cording to a recently p u b l i s h e d s t u d y . The study s h o w e d the rate of death in the general population

of college-aged young adults is actually fi ve times greater than that of the athletes. But it also, according to re-searchers, revealed that ath-letes in certain sports died in motor vehicle accidents at a signifi cantly higher rate than that of other athletes, at levels that mirrored the general population.

There were 273 deaths during the fi ve-year study

that recorded nearly 2 mil-lion athlete participation-years among National Col-legiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletes. Of that number, 145, more than half, were due to accidents or unintentional injury, with 100 occurring from motor vehicle accidents.

Dr. Irfan Asif of the Grad-uate School of Medicine at the UT Medical Center con-ducted the study in conjunc-tion with a researcher from the University of Washing-ton and assistance from the NCAA. The study revealed a higher level of motor vehicle accident deaths associated with athletes participating in three particular sports: men’s basketball, football and wrestling.

The study was published in the “Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine.”

Dr. Irfan Asif


Thank you so much for your support!I am proud to be your Sheriff and grateful that you have put your trust in me. We will continue our high standards of training and professionalism to make sure that you and your family remain safe. It is YOUR Sheriff’s Offi ce and we will always make sure that we are careful custodians of your tax dollars and provide the most effi cient law enforcement possible.

Paid for by Committee to elect Jimmy “JJ” Jones Knox County Sheriff. Andy White, Treasurer

TUESDAY, SEPT. 24Bass at speaker series

Forensic anthropologist and author Bill Bass and fi lmmaker and author Jon Jefferson – collectively known as best-selling author Jefferson Bass – will be featured at the Farragut-West Knox Chamber of Com-merce 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 reg-istration is required. To register online, visit www.farragutchamber.com. Call 865-675-7057 to pay by Visa or MasterCard; AMEX payment is available at the chamber offi ce, 11826 Kingston Pike, Suite 110, or at the event.

TUESDAY & SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 & 28Farmers market

The Dixie Lee Farmers Market is open 3-6 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 24, at the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek (across from the theater). It is open 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 28, at Renaissance | Farragut.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25Networking group

A new Farragut chapter of Business Network Inter-national will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 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. 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 provided 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 eateries. 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. At-tendees should bring chairs or blankets.

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

For info, contact Lauren Cox, [email protected] 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 Ten-nessee Music Teachers Association piano competition (solo and concerto), fi rst place in the 2013 TMTA piano solo competition 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.

TUESDAY & SATURDAY, OCT. 1 & 5Farmers market

The Dixie Lee Farmers Market is open 3-6 p.m. Tues-day, Oct. 1, at the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek (across from the theater). It is open 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct.5, at Renaissance | Farragut.

THURSDAY, OCT. 3“Winding Up With RA Dickey” will be presented at

7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, at First Baptist Concord, 11704 Kingston Pike. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.

Dickey, knuckleball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays and a former Vol baseball player, will share his Chris-tian testimony. There will be a silent auction benefi tting Christian Academy of Knoxville.

General admission ($30), student ($10) and VIP ($100) tickets are available at www.windingupwithra.com. Children 10 and under are free. The VIP event starts at 5:30 p.m.

TUESDAYS, OCT. 8-29Pilates class

A four-week Pilates class will be offered 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Oct. 8, at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Registration and payment deadline is Monday, Oct. 7.

Pilates is a mind-body exercise that works the whole body. The focus is on correct use of core muscles, spinal alignment and proper breathing. Pilates helps to reduce injury, recover from injury and promote muscular bal-ance.

This class has some yoga poses mixed in to enhance fl exibility, strength and breathing.

Simon Bradbury is the instructor.Cost is $40. Cash, check and credit-card payments

are accepted at the Town Hall or over the phone, 865-966-7057

TUESDAYS, OCT. 8-NOV. 19Yoga class

A six-week yoga class will be offered 9-10 a.m. Tues-days beginning Oct. 8 at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. (There is no class on Nov. 5.)

The class includes the basics and beyond in yoga – stretching, posture and gentle positions. Benefi ts of yoga include increased fl exibility, improved body strength and sharpened mental focus. Participants should wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring a mat or heavy quilt.

Betty Kalister is the instructor. Cost is $60.Cash, check and credit-card payments are accepted

at the Town Hall or over the phone, 865-966-7057. The registration and payment deadline is Friday, Oct. 4.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9‘Almost Heaven’

“John Denver: An Almost Heaven Celebration” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Grove Theater, 123 Randolph Road, Oak Ridge.

Singer, songwriter and tribute artist Ted Vigil pays tribute to the late John Denver and features the stylings of Steve Weisberg, original lead guitarist of Denver’s band.

The performance benefi ts programs of Second Harvest of East Tennessee. Patrons are asked to bring nonperishable food items for collection at the show.

Tickets – $25 in advance, $30 at the door – are avail-able through www.KnoxvilleTickets.com, 865-656-4444, 877-995-9961, Knoxville Tickets outlets and at the door.

FRIDAY, OCT. 11‘Kidz Night Out’

“Kidz Night Out” will allow parents to enjoy their own night out from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. After leaving their age 5-13 kids with Bricks 4 Kidz staffers at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, parents can feel confi dent their children are get-ting plenty of attention and fun.

Kids will be given structured playtime, lesson time and pizza. Cost is $30 for the fi rst child, $25 for each additional child. Price includes a make-your-own Lego mini fi gure.

Payment and registration deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 9. Cash, check and credit-card payments (in person or by phone at 865-966-7057) are accepted. For info, call 865-966-7057.

SUNDAY, OCT. 13The Amazing Kreskin

Mentalist and perennial talk-show favorite the Amaz-ing Kreskin will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at the Grove Theater, 123 Randolph Road, Oak Ridge.

Tickets – $27.50 in advance, $32.50 at the door – are available through www.KnoxvilleTickets.com, 865-656-4444, 877-995-9961, Knoxville Tickets outlets and at the door.

MONDAY, OCT. 14Zumba class

Six-week and 10-week Zumba classes will be offered 6:30-7:30 p.m. Mondays, beginning Oct. 14, at the Far-ragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

Zumba fi tness combines Latin music rhythms and dance styles as well as other international styles and rolls them into the ultimate cardio party.

Karen McKinney is the instructor.Cost is $45 for six weeks, $65 for 10 weeks. Cash,

check and credit-card payments are accepted at the Town Hall or over the phone, 865-966-7057. Registra-tion and payment deadline is Friday, Oct. 11.

THURSDAY, OCT. 17Jewelry-making class

The Town of Farragut is offering a beginning jewelry-making class at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. The class is open to ages 13 and up.

Instructor Sheila Akins will show students how to make a bracelet and earrings. Cost for the two-hour class is $35, with all supplies included. Cash, check and credit-card payments are accepted at the Town Hall or over the phone, 865-966-7057. Registration and payment deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 15.

THURSDAY, OCT. 17Free budget classes

The Good Samaritan Center of Loudon County of-fers free budget classes on the third Thursday of each month at the center, 119 “A” St., Lenoir City.

The classes are provided by CredAbility, a nonprofi t credit counseling and education agency, and offer one-on-one help with the basics of personal fi nance.

To register, call Karen Bowdle, 865-986-1777, ext. 12.

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Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 • A-13

By Scott Hutchinson, By Scott Hutchinson, Webb School PresidentWebb School President

One of the de� ning characteristics of the Webb Upper School student

body is the vast diversity of interests and talents within that student popula-

tion. Additionally, more often than not, each Upper School student has both a multitude of interests and the will-ingness to participate in a whole host of classes and activities. Artists who excel at robotics, athletes who devour politics, students in-

terested in international business who are skilled in pottery are all pro� les present and thriving in Webb’s high school. And no place is that diversity of abilities, interests, and personalities more present and at play than in the theater program.

There are three underlying truths that form the foundation of Webb’s Upper School theater program.

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“. . . no place is that diversity of abilities, interests, and personalities more present and at play than in the theater program.”

diverse talents, collaboration,real-life experiencestake center stage

Hutchinson

Webb’s Upper Schooltheater program:

■ The fi rst is that theater work is highly collaborative.Productions consist of thousands of details, and it is the corporate efforts of the actors and the crew working together that invariably uncover the best solutions. Not only does this collaborative working model provide the faculty director with a sense of security and thoroughness, but it also generates pride of ownership for everyone involved in the production. From set construction and technical support to dance captains and poster graphics teams, every production-

or people seeking attention. That stereotype could not be further from the truth. Many of the most successful student actors at Webb have been intensely quiet and contemplative when offstage. Conversely, crew members who labor behind the scenes the entire production, immersed in technical aspects, are often gregarious and outwardly very social.

Webb’s Upper School theater department has been resoundingly successful over the years for several reasons. Longtime Upper School drama teacher and the director of productions, Patrick McCray, has been a thoughtful, caring, and inspirational mentor to many aspiring actors. Plays are selected based on variety, sophistication, relevance in today’s world or for theatrical or historical signi� cance, anticipated audience interest, and the particular cast that has been assembled. But most importantly, the department has � ourished for years now because it provides a meaningful venue for a wide range of students to work together and apply their talents to a very challenging goal while reaping many rewards in the process.

Webb Upper School drama students are hard at work rehearsing for Webb’s ambitious fall 2013 musical, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” which will be presented November 2, 3 and 4 in Webb’s Bishop Center auditorium on the Webb School campus. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. and admission is free and open to the public. Based on Charles Dickens’ unfi nished novel, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” allows the audience to decide the show’s ending.

Webb’s Upper School productions are picked for variety, sophistication, and the chance to make theater fun on both sides of the stage. Recent productions have ranged from large-scale musicals like “The Drowsy Chaperone” (pictured below) and “Jekyll & Hyde” to Ibsen’s classics “Hedda Gabler” and “A Doll’s House” in repertory or an in-the-round staging of Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” (pictured left).

related challenge is attacked by an incredible mix of collaborators . . . collaborators with different viewpoints, but also with a uni� ed single goal of contributing to the best show possible.

■ The second truth is that the theater program provides innumerable real-life applications for much of the knowledge that is acquired in the classrooms of other disciplines.Math and history � nd their way into set design and period formalities. Science skills aid with setting up complicated, safe special effects. Speaking and writing skills are harnessed to discover nuances in scripts. Art history knowledge con� rms scenic details, and athletes test their re� exes and strength as they move across the stage. The theater is truly a place on campus where students can combine all of their knowledge into something real and tangible – a successful performance.

■ The third truth is that theater at Webb is for all types of personalities.Sometimes it is assumed that the theater is a repository for extroverts


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The mind and body are one, but when they’re both fragile, they need specialized care.

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For more information, contact the SeniorBehavioral Unit at 865-373-1745.

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Delirium is a sudden onset of confusion, typically after an illness, surgery or prescription or illegal drug use. Patients

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pitals means better care for both body and mind.

What started as a routine hip fracture surgery turned into a lon-ger hospital stay with seri-ous complications.

In November 2011, New York Times writer Susan Seliger de-scribed how her 85-year-old moth-er, “lucid and whip smart,” awoke from hip surgery just fi ne but within 24 hours had de-veloped hallucinations and anxiety so severe the staff diagnosed “hospital deliri-um.”

“Things quickly spiraled out of control,” wrote Seliger. “She tried to rip off her oxygen mask and IV tubes. She frantically tugged at the sheets and her skimpy hospital gown. Like the aged Lady Macbeth, she kept saying: ‘We have to clean this up! Clean this mess!’ ”

Delirium is a sudden brain dys-function that affects an estimated 10 to 20 percent of hospital pa-tients and 80 percent of intensive care patients, according to the As-sociation of Critical Care Nurses.

“Delirium can be very sudden, coming on within an hour or days after an illness or medical event,” said Dr. Kimberly Quigley, a psy-chiatrist at Parkwest Medical Center. Delirium most often fol-lows infection, surgery, a drug re-action or drug and alcohol abuse.

“Delirium is just a change in someone’s ability to be aware of their environment because of an acute medical illness,” said Quig-ley. “It’s very scary seeing your family member go through de-lirium. They may talk about green

people running around the room. They may be agitated or pull at their lines and tubes.”

Older adults are especially at risk of delirium because they’re more sensitive to anesthesia and illnesses. An estimated 30 to 40 percent of elderly hospitalized pa-tients experience delirium at some point during their hospital stays.

Delirium can be life threaten-ing, Quigley said.

“If confusion lasts a long time, we may never get them back,” said Quigley. “There’s a 50 percent mortality rate with delirium and

an increased risk of overall de-cline in health.”

Patients with delirium tend to recover poorly from surgery, or they never return to prior health. “The longer they have it, the worse it is as well,” said Quigley. “But if we can identify it from the outset, we can treat it.”

Parkwest Medical Center re-cently set up a “Delirium Team,” an interdisciplinary group of managers and administrators who are working together to pre-vent and treat delirium across the hospital. The hospital also runs a

Senior Behavioral Health unit (see accompanying article), for older patients who need extra help re-covering from delirium and other behavioral issues.

Throughout Parkwest Medi-cal Center, the staff takes steps to prevent delirium in every medical specialty. For example, as patients come out of surgery, the hospital plays soothing music or the sound of running water.

“This calms them and reorients them to night and day,” said Quig-ley. “You can actually cut down on the amount of medications you

have to give people if you soothethem with music.”

Patients are encouraged to getout of bed as soon as possible, be-cause exercise is known to preventand lessen delirium. And painmedications are closely moni-tored, because in many cases theycan make delirium worse.

As for Seliger’s mother, she fi -nally returned to her old self onceshe started physical therapy.

“Delirium is not somethingpsychiatry alone can treat, it’s asystem-wide problem,” said Quig-ley. “Treating it involves everypart of the hospital, occupationaltherapy, physical therapy, nutri-tion, pharmacy, all of these peoplehave come together to treat thewhole person.”

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Dealing with delirium Appropriate response can make a big diff erence

B-2 • SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 • Shopper news

Carol Zinavage

Carol’s Corner

Gladys Davis of Fountain City just can’t wait to get out of bed in the morning and start on her latest project. Sometimes it’s very early in the morning, practically the middle of the night.

“What am I going to do, lie there counting sheep?” asks Gladys, who usually clocks her nightly sack time at four hours or less. “There’s so much to do! I quit count-ing sheep a long time ago.”

Gladys Davis is 92.Her all-consuming pas-

sion is handiwork of all types – many that you’ve probably never heard of. Her specialty is bobbin lace.

“It’s a very old art,” she says, as she gently manipu-lates delicate threads into an intricate pattern. “Hard-ly anyone does this any-more. It’s very slow. I used to teach it, and at one time I had about 30 pupils.”

Born in Webster, S.D., Gladys and her family moved to Burbank, Calif., when she was eight in order for her father – a Norwegian immigrant – to continue his work building airplane pro-pellers.

“One day a 90-year-old Belgian woman came to my school in North Hollywood and offered to teach lessons in bobbin lace for free. I’ve always liked anything that had to do with crafts, so I signed up.

“I made a yard of lace in that fi rst class. What my mother did with it, I don’t know. I’ve looked for it. I’d like to have it.”

Her ingenuity with her hands took other forms, too.

“I got an apple crate and attached old metal skates to it. Then I had a homemade scooter! All the neighbor-

A selection of “scratchboard” drawings Photos by Carol Zinavage

hood boys were jealous.”One of those boys – Carl

Davis, a Tennessean who occasionally visited his uncle in the house next to Gladys’ family – took note of that very special gal.

“Carl would come over to visit,” she says with a twin-kle in her eye. “It took him three weeks to convince me that I had to come back to Tennessee with him.”

The couple eloped, but “I didn’t tell anybody – I was afraid it would be a bad in-fl uence for the teenagers.”

Carl soon began his 30-year career as an electrician for KUB. Meanwhile, Glad-ys got busy at the craft table. And stayed busy.

She’s an expert at a seem-ingly endless list of crafts. In addition to bobbin lace, she does smocking and sewing, porcelain doll-making, rose-maling (Scandinavian paint-ed-fl ower art,) bookbinding, hardanger (Scandinavian) embroidery and scratch-board, but her capacity for creativity is boundless. Com-ing across several old un-wanted wooden cigar boxes, Gladys made hand-decorat-ed, meticulously organized sewing kits out of them.

Her studio in the home she shares with her son and his wife is bursting with ex-amples of her creativity, and she sees artistic potential

everywhere she looks. “My son brought me this

rock,” she says, “and he asked, ‘Mom, what can you do with this?’ I said ‘That’s an Indian moccasin if ever I saw one.’

“I’m into colored pencils right now,” she continues, displaying containers full of the brightly-colored imple-ments, “and of course I’ve got a computer and printer. I like to use those for de-signing greeting cards.”

She briefl y tried selling her wares years ago, but soon discovered that “peo-ple weren’t willing to pay me for my work. So I decided they can do without it!”

Is there anything she can’t do?

“Well,” she says with a grin, “I never could keep house worth a darn.”

But that hardly matters. “My goodness,” she says, as she heads toward her cur-rent bobbin lace project,

“I’ve got so much to do!”

■ Boo at the Zoo!Get ready for the Knoxville

Zoo’s “Boo at the Zoo!” This family-friendly, safe, not-too-scary event is designed for everyone to enjoy. Devil-ishly good music, games, and a “haunted” carousel (it goes backwards) await you and your little monsters.

Presented by U.S. Cel-lular®, Knoxville’s larg-est Halloween event takes

place on Oct. 10-13, Oct. 17-20 and Oct. 24-27 from 5:30-8 p.m. each evening. Tickets are $7 per person, parking is $5, and children under 2 are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased at all Knoxville area Kroger stores, online at knoxville-zoo.org, or by calling 637-5331. Zoo members receive a $2 discount on admission and free parking. Send story suggestions to news@Shop-

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A very crafty woman

Gladys Davis demonstrates the craft of bobbin lace.

A fi nished piece of bobbin

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Motor Homes 2371998 JAYCO Eagle,

29', Class C, Ford V10 gas, Onan 4,000 gen., non smoker, new tires, 21,700 mi, $15,900. 423-744-8545; 423-920-0264

***Web ID# 302139***

1999 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# 302837***

DEAL! 2002 Sunova Winnebago, very clean, gas, 32',

17K mi, $35,000. 865-947-0271

FOUR WINDS Chateau 2010, 29 ft, Class C Ford V10. Loaded. Sleeps 7. 57k miles.

Immaculate. $34,900. 205-999-6823

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***

Holiday Rambler Vacationer 36' Class

A, 2003, purchased new Jan. 04, orig. owner, workhorse chassis, 340 HP

/ Allison auto. trans. w/ OD, 2 roof ACs w/duct work, Onan gold 5.5 kw gen., 50 amp service panel, driver door, 2 slide outs, queen bed & queen sofa bed, full bath in back & 1/2 bath enclosed,

recently serviced, all wheel ABS brakes, 6 tires, gen. serviced, MCD shades, roof cleaned & sealed, loaded w/optional equip., incl. all manuals & new Blue Ox hitch w/ access. Exc cond. $42,000. Gatlinburg 865-654-0432

PHAETAN by Tiffin, 36 ft 9k mi, 4 slides, 3 TVs, 360 Cummings diesel w/lg. diesel gen. $130,000. 865-306-1197

WINNEBAGO 1998 Suncruiser, 34', Class A, Ford 7.5L 460 gas, Onan 4,000 gen., leveling jacks, 93K mi, $21,900. 423-744-8545; 423-920-0264

***Web ID# 302132***

Motorcycles 238Harley Davidson Softtail Deluxe 2010, 15k mi, blk & chrome, showrm. cond. $15,000 /bo. 688-4674

Yamaha Roadstar 1600 2001, 13K mi, custom Cobra, extremely nice, loaded. $3950/bo. 865-518-1431; 304-860-3102 ***Web ID# 302110***

Vans 256Honda Odyssey 2010

Touring, handicap, fully loaded, 18K mi, $32,900. 423-295-5393

HONDA ODYSSEY 2012 EXL, leather, sunroof, 25k mi, $23,500. 423-295-5393

Vans 256TOYOTA SIENNA 2001

LE, alloys, 1 owner, $4800. Exc. cond. 120k mi. 865-368-4653

***Web ID# 302472***

Toyota Sienna XLE 2005, 1 owner, local car, maint., garaged, 157k mi, Everything works. $8400. 865-755-3575

***Web ID# 301745***

Trucks 257TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER SR5

2 WD, 4 door 27k mi, $24,200/b.o.

865-387-0683

4 Wheel Drive 258CJ7 JEEP 1977, AT, hard

top, bra top, roll up windows, runs great. $4000. 865-521-9584

Antiques Classics 2601941 LINCOLN

Continental Coupe, like Sonny drove in

the God Father movie, $29,500. 423-839-1298,

Morristown.

1960 Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine Conv. Parade car. Will haul 8 people. Painted Tenn. orange. Must sell for health reasons. $6,500.

1970 Cadillac Conv. $3,000.

1968 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, $3,000.

1960 T-Bird, $4,000. 1962 T-Bird Conv.,

$16,000 1969 T-Bird 4 dr., 429

eng. $2,500. 865-898-4200

1965 GTO Restomod, 3,000 mi since frame off rebuild, too many features to list. $39,500. 423-295-2196

MG 1969 MGB GT, 90% restored, 4 sp. w/elec. OD, extra parts, 1800 cc, $3800. 865-922-4936

Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royal 1978, 55k orig. mi. Exc. cond. $6000. 865-947-9543

Sport Utility 261FORD EXPLORER

2005 XLT, AT, 4x4, CD, PW, PDL, cruise, tilt, rear air, exc. cond., $7,650. 865-689-4984; 850-2822

HONDA CRV 2007 4 cyl. util. 98k mi, clean retail $15,825. $14,800. 865-209-5594

HUMMER H2 2003, bright yellow, fully equipped, sunrf., 190K mi., exc. cond. $17,500. 865-687-1140.

***Web ID# 304474***

TOYOTA Highlander Ltd. 2007, 4WD, every opt., 89K mi, exc cond, clean car fax, $18,200 obo. 865-206-3222

Imports 262ACURA TL 2007, sunrf,

leather, loaded, $14,000 obo. Must sell. 865-806-0322; 310-2804

BMW 330ci 2005 Conv. NAV, Sports M Pkg, 18" Wheels, Gray, Sport HK, xclean, $16,500. 865-335-8771

BMW 750iL 2001, exc

cond, silver, 103K mi, leather seats, upgraded nav., backup camera, sat. radio, $10,760. 865-588-6250 M-F 8-5.

***Web ID# 303447***

Imports 262HONDA ACCORD

1997, 4 dr, AT, 95k mi, great mpg, $3450. 865-335-2283

***Web ID# 304030***

HONDA ACCORD 2012 EX 4 dr., sun-roof, 27k mi, $16,900. 423-295-5393

KIA AMANTE 2004 $6,800, 92K mi., well maint., all power,

Non-smkr. 865-599-9632

MERCEDES 1988 560 SL. 126k mi, near mint cond. Incl. tops. Red w/blk leather int. $14,000 /b.o. 865-992-0386

Toyota Camry LE 2007, great cond, loaded, sharp, 2009 eng, 48K mi, $12,700. 865-556-9162

TOYOTA COROLLA S 2003, 1 Owner, loaded, 111K mi, good cond. $7,300. 865-556-9162

Sports 264CHRYSL. PROWLER

2002, yellow, 3K mi, $36,000.

423-744-7773

Corvette Convertible 50th Anniversary 2003. 1 owner, all opt., newer tires with ~ 2,000 mi. on them, 50th Anniver-sary ext. & int. col-ors, 43,000 mi. Ask-ing $27,500. Call Tim at 330-283-2794.

***Web ID# 303646***

MUSTANG GT 1991, immaculate, 9300 mi, photos available. $18,000. 865-310-2532

Domestic 265Buick Century 1999

Ltd., 106K mi, all power, extremely nice, $4450. 865-643-7103

CADILLAC DEVILLE 2004, 1 owner, runs & looks great, $2990. 865-579-1307.

CADILLAC STS 2007, all options incl. s/rf 87K mi., silver, $11,500. 865-680-2656.

FORD ASPIRE 1997, 3 dr, 5 spd, 4 cyl. FWD. 34/42 mpg, new battery /tune up. 865-588-1010

Lincoln Mark VIII LSC 1997, good cond., 134K mi, photos avail. $4,000 nego. 865-310-2532

Fencing 327FENCE WORK Instal-

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

Flooring 330

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Flooring 330CERAMIC 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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FARRAGUT BEER BOARDSEPTEMBER 26, 2013

6:55 PMI. Approval of Minutes A. August 8, 2013II. Approval for an On-Premise Beer Permit for: A. LaCabana, 723 N. Campbell Station Road

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICEFARRAGUT BOARD OF

MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF FARRAGUT,

at its meeting on Thursday, September 12, 2013 adopted the following ordinances on second

and fi nal reading: 1. Ordinance 13-21, ordinance to amend Ordinance 13-19 Fiscal Year 2014 Budget

AGENDAFARRAGUT BOARD OF

MAYOR AND ALDERMENSeptember 26, 2013

WORKSHOP • 6:00 PMDiscussion of Farragut Park Regulations

Update on Concord Road Improvements (TDOT Project)

I. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Mayor’s Report A. Walk to School Day Proclamation IV. Citizens Forum V. Approval of Minutes A. September 12, 2013 VI. Business Items A. Approval of Change Order #1 - Contract 2014-09 for Mayor Bob Leonard Park Renovation of Field #2 - Artifi cial Turf Installation B. Approval of contract between the Town of Farragut and Civic Plus C. Approval of access to Evans Road, classifi ed as a Major Collector (Gary For-rester, applicant) VII. Town Administrator's ReportVIII. Attorney’s Report

BEER BOARD MEETING • 6:55 PMBMA MEETING • 7:00 PM

Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 • B-3

Your guide

toReal Estate!Real Estate!

It Has Been In The Family For Over 100 Years and is in the 7th generation of ownership. This phenomenal farm offers 112 acres of great farm land for cattle to graze or to have that garden you always wanted. This is a one-of-a-kind farm you

don’t fi nd this everyday. Included In the farm is a very nice brick rancher home with attached 2-car carport; storage shed. 3 Very nice barns andhay quonset hut, additional 2-car carport , extra well & septic on property. Original home is still located on the property.

3BR & 2BA, carpet fl oors in all rooms except kit has laminate fl ooring, very large BRs with over-sized closets, very nice kit/Dining combo w/island in kitchen, brick wood-burning FP in kit/dining combo. Over-sized laundry w/lots of strg. Sun rm leads out to the 2-car carport att to home w/strg

shed. All the comforts of central H&A, that can be converted easily to propane. Built in 1969. Very nice fenced-in area around house. This inviting farm offers 3 big barns that can be used for just about anything that you could need. 2 automatic waterers for cattle and a quonset hut for hay and feeding also has a squeeze shute that is concreted in.

This picturesque 112 Acres is convenienly located only mins to Lincoln Memorial University & Norris Lake. Quaint views from every point located on the property.

COURT ORDERED AUCTION Saturday October 12 • 10Am

421 Claiborne Ave • Cumberland Gap, TN 37724

ARTHUR COMMUNITY

DIRECTIONS: Hwy 33 North (Maynardville Hwy), To 25E, To Cumberland Gap Pky, Left onto 63W (Scenic West), right onto Arthur Road, 3rd Right Onto Claiborne Ave To Sign On Property. TERMS: Personal property cash day of sale, sold as is, 10%buyers premium. Real Estate: 10% deposit day of sale, sold as is, 10 day period for lead-base paint begins September 10 2013. Sale is exempt from Tennessee residental prop-erty disclosure. Closing 30 days from court approva. The auction of real property shall be pursuant to the rules of the chancery court sales.

This Is One Of The Nicest Farms Located In Claiborne County. The property has a varied elevation with a meandering creek. A great fi nd for recreation or cattle farm.

We are proud to offer at Auction The Francisco Farm

It’s the experience that counts!

NORTH! CONDO! $103,900! Why Pay Rent? Roomy condo in small, one-street S/D - only 18 home sites! 2 master BRs each w/full BA. Spacious vaulted great-

room w/corner FP. Fully-Equipped, eat-in kit w/breakfast bar and breakfast room open to greatroom, Large Deck for entertaining! Conv. to Downtown & West Knoxville, Oak Ridge & Clinton! MLS # 852444

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www.deborahhillhobby.com

HALLS! Regency Heights. $279,900. A remarkable renovation right out of HGTV! Gorgeous

gourmet kit w/trey ceiling, granite tops, S/S appl. inc. wine cooler & SS fridge & gas range, open LR,DR & kit, sep. FR w/brick FP all w/ hrdwd fl rs, huge 29.6x15.6 screened porch, 4 large BRs with W/I closets w/ built-ins, laundry rm on main, new carpet & fresh paint, spacious side-entry 2-car gar, huge, level lot w/shade trees & prof. landscaping & patio ! S/D borders golfcourse @ BBCC - (membership necessary to use). MLS # 861961

KARNS! $164,900 – In the heart of Karns! Mostly Brick Ranch w/fresh int paint & new crpt, 3BR/2BA, gorgeous open ranch plan on

level, fenced lot w/ approx 1622 SF. Covered patio! Great-room w/bayed picture window, brick FP w/gas logs and DR opens to kit w/white cabs, oversized master w/alcove for TV. Master BA has soaking tub and W/I shwr, W/I closet, 3/4 of attic space is fl oored for extra strg, roof and HVAC are 1 year old. Small tucked away S/D just off Oak Ridge Hwy. Short distance to schools. MLS # 854822

NORWOOD! $119,900 Updated, Mostly brick bsmt ranch w/comm pool within walking

distance.Refi nished hdwd fl rs on main, 4BR/2.5BA, new crpt & paint! Sep LR & den on main w/FP, rec room in fi n bsmnt w/BR and full BA down and sep entrance. Laundry room , updated kit w/ tile fl rs, new cabs, tops and appl inc fridge. Huge level fenced backyard. Extra parking! MLS # 860038

Rhonda Vineyard218-1117 It’s the experience that counts!

www.rhondavineyard.com

GIBBS – Beautiful 3.16 acres (level) w/views! All brick rancher w/hdwds, FR + additional den area (23x14), sunroom, roof & H&A (2013). Updated windows, immaculate inside & out. 50x60 heated gar, kit, full BA, laundry, workshop areas. Mostly fenced. $259,900 MLS#856517

< GIBBS – All brick condo, hardwoods in foyer and great room, dining area, cathedral ceilings, pretty FP, 2BRs on main, bonus could be 3rd BR. Covered front & back porches, huge kitchen with S/S appl, walk-in laundry, FHA approved. $139,900 MLS#839430

HALLS/GIBBS – Well-maintained rancher w/level, 1-acre tract. Hdwd fl ooring, updated cabs, LR + den & FP, tiled BA, oversized 2-car gar, (dbl doors), convrete driveway w/lots of turn-a-round space, metal bldg for more car/storage, etc. $114,900 MLS#849693

COMING SUMMER 2013SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT (865) 288-9288

W W W. S P L I T R A I L F A R M S T E A D . C O M

( )SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT (865) 288-9288

W W W. S P L I T R A I L F A R M S T E A D . C O M

Starting At $89,900

Dear Homeowner:If you are interested in a reverse mortgage loan,you should be aware that the Home Equity ConversionMortgage (HECM) program will be changing signifi cantlyon September 28, 2013, resulting in:

First ChoiceLendingServices,

LLC

• Lower available cash to the borrower• Limitations on initial disbursements in the fi rst 12 months• Higher initial mortgage insurance premiums

It’s still not too late to take advantage of today’sHECM program if you submit a signed application and

an approved HUD counseling certifi cate toFirst Choice Lending Services, LLC by September 28, 2013.

Call me today so I can explain the steps you need to taketo meet the application deadline and

ensure you’re locked into the current program structure.

Don’t let this valuable time pass by!Contact me now to move forward with a HECM reverse mortgage loan.

Sincerely,

Susan Wood Reverse Mortgage SpecialistNMLS 36950, 473797865-310-1744 – Cell

[email protected]

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