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By Suzanne Foree NealAnnette Brun was introduced

as the newest member of the Far-ragut Municipal Planning Com-mission last Thursday. If she ex-pected trial by fi re, it fi zzled. Chair Rita Holladay declared the meet-ing over in 45 minutes, prompting an aside from Mayor Ralph Mc-Gill: “Word to the wise, Annette, it’s not always like this.”

Brun said she’s “energized and excited for the opportunity to learn. I love this town.”

The rapid-fi re meeting checked off the following items with little discussion and unanimous ap-proval:

■ A request to change the loca-tion of a driveway off Allen Kirby Road by 75 feet to create shared access for two existing houses and future ones that may be built on ad-jacent land.

■ A variance request from Donald Dickey for 10 percent open space reservation and construc-tion of a walking trail/sidewalk along Smith Road because it only involved a minor resubdivision.

■ Rezoning of a lot on the south side of Parkside Drive between JCPenney and Tennessee State Bank from O-1-3 to C-1.

■ A request by Farragut Health Care Center to return to its origi-nal zoning after expansion plans were dropped and a site plan for a walking trail along Kingston Pike at Summit View Nursing Home.

■ A site plan for two additional classrooms at St. John Neumann School.

■ Renewal of a concept plan for The Villas at Anchor Park on Turkey Creek Road, variances to change the width of the streets and add sages to create a “dip”

feeling in an effort to slow traf-fi c, change the confi guration of on-street parking and approve the preliminary plat.

■ A preliminary plat for Karastone Farms (formerly Ever-ett Hills) on the west side of Ev-erett Road. Plans were approved about fi ve years ago but a bank-ruptcy was involved. Infrastruc-ture is in place and new owners requested a name change before starting construction. There will also be a walking trail for that sec-tion of Everett Road.

■ Businesses are reminded that the 90-day grace period to apply for a free license ends Friday, Oct. 12. After that, the license will cost a one-time fee of $15. Farragut has initiated the program in an effort to know what businesses are operating within the town and to be sure it’s getting its fair

share of sales tax revenues. ■ Knoxville Area Transit pas-

sengers can get a free breakfast 6:30-7:45 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, when they ride the 102X-Farragut Express Route bus, compliments of the Board of Mayor and Alder-men. “Coffee & Bagels With the Board” is an effort to get more people to park and ride to work.

KAT, its passengers, the Smart Trips Program and Farragut are teaming up to promote the use of the commuter route which takes passengers from the Park and Ride Lot on Campbell Station Road to the University of Tennessee and downtown via the interstate, op-erating during peak morning and afternoon hours, Monday through Friday. KAT will offer the express route service fare-free on Tues-days in October and November to entice people to ride.

By Suzanne Foree NealThe Russell House on the cor-

ner of Kingston Pike and Camp-bell Station Road has stories to tell of Civil War battles, mischievous twins, healing and heartache. The story that is not known is what its next chapter will be.

Most recently home to Avery and Anna Mae Russell, late parents of Charlie Russell and Ann Owens, the Russell house got a nod to a possible future last week when the town of Farragut authorized town attorney Tom Hale to spend up to $20,000 to look into the structure and grounds of the house, which dates to 1834 or earlier, when the Federal-style house was owned by Samuel Mar-tin, who operated it as either an inn or a tavern, or both, depending on which stories are true.

The land had been owned by Col. David Campbell, who fi rst built a block house on the site to shelter travelers passing through to Knoxville. Campbell moved on and Samuel Martin bought the proper-ty in 1834. Whether the house was built by Campbell or Martin is dis-puted, but what is known for cer-tain is that by the time of the Battle of Campbell’s Station on Nov. 16, 1863, the property was owned by Matthew Russell.

When Russell bought the house just before the Civil War, he main-tained it as a private residence. During the battle of Campbell’s Station, the house served as a hos-pital for both sides. Faint blood stains can still be seen in the hard-wood fl oors. An old photo, circa 1900, in the Farragut Folklife Mu-seum shows women in long dress-es standing on the second-fl oor balcony of the house overlook-ing Kingston Pike. In the 1930s, a widening of Kingston Pike took off the balcony in favor of the covered front porch it has today. The house has remained in the Russell family for six generations.

Conversations with the town of Farragut concerning the Rus-

Rezoning meetings set

Knox County Schools will conduct a series of meetings about elementary school rezon-ing that will result from the construction of the new school at Northshore Town Center.

Attendance zones of A.L. Lotts Elementary, Farragut Primary, Farragut Intermedi-ate, Hardin Valley Elementary, Blue Grass, Ball Camp and Cedar Bluff elementary schools will be primarily affected, al-though some other schools may experience a lesser impact.

The meetings are designed to provide a zoning overview and garner parent and community insight prior to developing an attendance zone proposal. The schedule:

■ Hardin Valley Elementary School, 11445 Hardin Valley Road, Monday, Sept. 24

■ Farragut Intermediate School, 208 West End Boule-vard, Tuesday, Oct. 2

■ Cedar Bluff Elementary School, 705 North Cedar Bluff Road, Tuesday, Oct. 9

■ First Baptist Concord Westlake Campus, 9635 West-land Drive, Thursday, Oct. 11

Meetings will be hosted by the PTAs of A.L. Lotts and Blue Grass schools. All are from 6-8 p.m. A series of follow-up meet-ings will be scheduled to discuss the attendance zones developed based on information garnered during these meetings.

Miracle MakersAsked to describe Knox

County Schools’ Partners in Education program in 10 words or so, Scott Bacon smiles and quotes retired educator Reuben Hunter.

“It’s the community coming into the schools and schools go-ing out into the community.”

➤ See Jake Mabe’s story on page A-9

The Russell House story

In this Town Hall painting by artist Paul Long, two Russell family homes

can be seen amid the Civil War Battle of Campbell’s Station. The one in

the foreground, the Frank Russell house, still stands behind Taco Bell

and is the offi ce for M&M Development. The one in the background

is the Russell house owned by Charlie Russell and Ann Owens at the

corner of Campbell Station Road and Kingston Pike. Photos by S.F. Neal

House has historic past, but will it fi nd

a future?

Farragut has approved $20,000

for the town’s attorney, Tom Hale,

to look into the structure of the

Russell house and surrounding soil

at the corner of Kingston Pike and

Campbell Station Road.

sell House have usually involved suggestions of moving the house from its present, original location nearer to Town Hall, something historic preservationists are against. Knox Heritage has listed the house on its “Fragile 15” list for 2012 and is urging Farragut not to move the house. While the house is on the National Register of His-toric Places, that designation does not protect it. Moving the house will cause it to lose that National Register designation.

Farragut town administrator David Smoak says the town knows that the Russell House is the old-est house still left in town. “We’ve been talking to the Russells for two years, and our goal has always been to preserve the home,” says Smoak. “We want to preserve it and bring it back to the way it was, but we have some limitations because it is so close to the road.”

Charlie Russell says to really re-store the house, there are several modern add-ons that would need to be removed. The four chimneys atop the house have been taken down and roofed over. One paint-

ing by Paul Long in Farragut Town Hall shows the Battle of Campbell’s Station, with the Russell house in the background and another his-toric Russell home, the Frank Rus-sell home, in the foreground. The Frank Russell home sits behind Taco Bell and houses the offi ces of M&M Development.

Charlie Russell says Matthew Russell and his twin brother, John, are often the subjects of family lore. “Matt and John were identi-cal twins,” he says. “Once there was a gala at a hotel in Knoxville, and Matthew walked in to see John

standing in front of him. ‘Strange to fi nd you here,’ he said, then no-ticed he was actually looking into a full-length mirror.

When Matthew was killed during the Civil War, John went to retrieve the body from a rooming house where Matthew was laid out. When he saw him, John fainted. The inn-keeper came in, and when she saw John getting up, she fainted.”

What happens next to the Russell house may well be in the hands of the town of Farragut. “We just have to do our home-work,” Smoak says.

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A-2 • SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 • FARRAGUT SHOPPER-NEWS

with Tanner Lemieux

Coffee Break

It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, father, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Farragut Shopper-News readers. Email sugges-tions to Sherri Gardner Howell, [email protected]. Include contact info if you can.

Tanner Lemieux is about as new to Farragut as anyone can get, but he has already fi gured out one very important fact: “This place is football crazy!” says the young man-ager of Sweet CeCe’s at 161 Brooklawn Street. “When it’s a football Saturday, nothing else is happening.”

Tanner has been a Farragut resident for almost a month, although his family moved their residence here early in the summer. “My dad, mom and two sisters moved here when Dad relocated for his job.”

Tanner graduated from high school in Cincinnati in 2011 and spent a year at Miami of Ohio, Hamilton, be-fore coming to Tennessee. When parents Larry and Kathy Lemieux made the move to Knoxville, Tanner decided he would fi nish his summer job in Cincinnati before coming to Farragut.

“I’m going back to college next semester at the Univer-sity of Tennessee,” says Tanner. “I want to study nursing and have heard the nursing program here is great.”

His sister worked part time at Sweet CeCe’s and en-couraged Tanner to talk to the owners. “It was really per-fect timing,” he says. “They just bought four new stores in Indiana and were looking for someone who would really be dedicated to making sure this store was well-managed. I interviewed one morning and went to work that night.”

Farragut already has hooked him with its friendliness. “I love Farragut,” he says. “The people here are great, and a lot warmer and friendlier than what I’m used to.”

In his spare time, Tanner likes to exercise and play sports, although he is still looking for the sports outlets in his new home. “I like all sports, but I love soccer. I like to swim and dive during the summer. Most of my time, however, is being spent right here at Sweet CeCe’s. I want to make sure we have good customer service, that ev-erything runs well and that the employees are safe and happy.”

Sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Tanner Lemieux:

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our

deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant

to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we un-consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” – Rick Gonzalez in the movie “Coach Carter.”

What are you guilty of?I am guilty of not being innocent.

What is your favorite material possession?It is a football signed by my entire high school football

team. I didn’t play football until my senior year when I decided I wanted to play one year with my best friend, who was the quarterback. I was a kicker and linebacker.

What are you reading currently?“Angels and Demons,” by Dan Brown.

What was your most embarrassing moment?My most embarrassing moment was singing in my

high school talent show. It was embarrassing, but I am glad I did it.

What are the top three things on your bucket list?1. Meet Morgan Freeman and shake his hand. 2. Go

skydiving. 3. Make a hit video on YouTube.

What is one word others often use to describe you and why?

Others often use “genuine” to describe me. I think that is because I will always be there for the people in my life, regardless of the circumstances.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I don’t want to change anything about myself. God made me the way I am for a reason, and I wouldn’t want to be any other way.

What is your passion?My passion is to live every day to the fullest

and to make my father proud of me.

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?

I would like to have a long lunch with Morgan Freeman. I can’t really explain it except that I have always really liked Morgan Freeman. I think he is iconic, but yet is a good person who seems very down-to-earth. He makes great mov-ies, and I would just like to meet him.

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest infl uence on your life?

My grandparents have had the biggest infl u-ence on my life. They are always smiling and having a good time, even when times are rough. They look for the best in life instead of dwelling on the hardships they are dealt.

I still can’t quite get the hang of … College. It’s serious stuff.

What is the best present you ever received in a box?

My laptop.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?“Keep your friends close, and keep your enemies

closer.”

What is your social media of choice?Facebook.

What is the worst job you have ever had?I worked as a busboy in a restaurant and that was my

absolute worst job.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?Scooby Doo. I loved trying to solve the mystery before

the Mystery Gang!

What irritates you?Knowing that I cannot change the past.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?Sweet CeCe’s! We are at 161 Brooklawn St., next door

to Kroger!

What is your greatest fear?Losing the ones I love.

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be?I would rob every millionaire and billionaire and give

their money to the people who actually need it. I would be the Robin Hood of the 21st century.

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This time, the weather cooperated. After the rain soaked plans for the fi rst ribbon-cutting to open the Concord PetSafe Dog Park, the event went off without a growl Sept. 15.

Bark it up:

Dignitaries and spon-sors were on hand to wel-come guests and their four-legged “best friends” to 10909 S. Northshore Drive, adjacent to the Concord Par 3 Golf Course.

The 4-acre park fea-tures separate spaces for large and small dogs, a dog swimming area and jump-

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Made possible with a $100,000 donation from PetSafe, the park also re-ceived funding from Knox County and a tree grant from the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program. It was designed and construct-ed by the Knox County Parks and Recreation staff.

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and PetSafe CEO Randy Boyd and his wife, Jenny, helped celebrate the grand opening and ribbon-cutting.

Stars of the show were, of course, the four-legged ones, especially the Smoky Moun-tain DockDogs, who gave a demonstration following the ceremony.

Dogs bring fun to Concord PetSafe Dog Park grand opening

Finley dives off the dock to “rescue” a toy thrown by Lisa Bengston at the Concord PetSafe Dog

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Boomer takes a swim before returning to his owner, Brenda Wilson.

Dignitaries, sponsors and dog lovers were on hand to celebrate the opening of the Concord

PetSafe Dog Park with a ribbon-cutting. Pictured on the front line are Eric Hahm, Lisa Hudgens

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GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Tim Burchett shrugged and

said, “You may have heard

that I’m getting a divorce.”

Folks at the Powell Republi-

can Club laughed nervously.

“I’m living in my sister’s base-

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in the county.”

■ By now, the Republicans

were laughing with Burchett

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■ Herman Meredith is sharp.

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county’s debt is $1 billion,

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lion,” said Burchett. “I was

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New loves for Tipper and AlIf you are wondering

what has happened to former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, you need only go to www.nytimes.com and pull up an extensive article from Aug. 26 by Patrick Healy. Just type Al Gore into the search section.

It’s interesting that the Tennessee media have not picked up on this lengthy article.

The high points are that the Gores are not actually divorced, even though it was announced more than two years ago, but are very much separated. Tipper has moved to an Italian style villa in Montecito, Calif., overlooking the Pacifi c near Santa Barbara. She and the former vice presi-dent bought the house a year before they announced their separation.

According to the article, each is seriously seeing other persons.

Tipper is dating Bill Al-len, 71, former editor of Na-tional Geographic and an avid photographer, as she is. She is selling her photog-raphy at select outlets.

Al is dating Elizabeth Keadle, who lives near San Diego and is a major Demo-cratic donor. She has been married twice before and is in her 50s. She also joins him in Nashville periodi-

cally. Recently, they hosted a welcome to Nashville reception for noted author Jon Meacham, biographer of Andrew Jackson, who has a new biography on Thomas Jefferson coming out in November. He now lives in Nashville.

Gore spends much of his time traveling the world for his businesses and environmental issues but home is in the affl uent Belle Meade section of Nashville or a three bed-room, 2,800 square foot apartment at the St. Regis in New York City. Three of their four children current-ly reside in New York, too.

The article indicates Go-re’s fi nances have improved considerably since he left the vice presidency as his current net worth exceeds $100 million. That could be one of the reasons that the divorce has not actu-ally occurred as division of the fi nances may not have been resolved. It’s not an easy task when there is $100 million involved. The attorneys will be happy, however.

None of the Gores agreed to be interviewed for this article.

■ Former Nashville May-or Bill Purcell will speak at 7 p.m. tonight (Sept. 24) at the Baker Center and the public is invited. Purcell is considered an effective and articulate advocative for urban issues. He now prac-tices law in Nashville. He was House Majority Leader when the Democrats con-trolled the state House. You will be glad you attended if you do.

Despite criticism, Brooks remains sold on virtual

educationBy Betty Bean

The Tennessee Virtual Academy’s fi rst year test scores are in, and they’re not good. The cyberschool run by Union County land-ed in the bottom 11 percent statewide, and suddenly it’s not just Democrats criticiz-ing TNVA. Even Tennessee’s commissioner of education Kevin Huffman is publicly deploring the school’s per-formance.

State Rep. Harry Brooks says he isn’t taking it per-sonally.

Brooks, who serves on the House Education Com-mittee, was the prime spon-sor of the bill that created the online school. He says he worked on the concept for 10 years, at fi rst teaming up with Rep. David Hawk

of Greenev-ille, whose bill Brooks used as the framework for the Vir-tual Pub-lic Schools Act, which passed in May 2011

and authorized the online school. The controversial bill was approved by the Re-publican-dominated House on a party line vote and was signed into law so late in the summer that Union County offi cials had to scramble to hire teachers for the 2011-12 school year.

The reason he isn’t up-set by the criticism, Brooks says, is because he was in-volved with neither the se-lection of Union County to administer the cyberschool, nor of K13 Inc. to provide the curriculum or pay TN-VA’s teachers. For that, K12 collected more than $5 mil-lion Tennessee tax dollars

Virtual Academy is needed, says sponsor

Harry Brooks

and paid Union County a 4 percent fee last school year.

Brooks says he is not sure how either of the selections was made.

“What I have been doing, I’ve been doing for 10 years. I didn’t say, ‘Boom! I got this vision.’ I spent a lot of time reading, went to a lot of con-ferences, did a lot of research, collected a lot of documents,” Brooks said. “I talked with folks in Chattanooga and upper East Tennessee about what they were doing.”

An important step in his research was meeting and picking the brain of Putnam County Schools director Kathleen Airhart, now dep-uty commissioner of educa-tion for Tennessee. Airhart, who was last year’s Tennes-see Superintendent of the Year, started a virtual edu-cation program in Putnam County in 2006 for students who had fallen behind and needed to pick up credits to graduate.

“What was missing was

to bring together these con-cepts where a system could do a school. Dr. Airhart’s vi-sion was to do a cooperative with a number of (school dis-tricts) on the (Cumberland) Plateau,” Brooks said. “The piece that was missing was to create a school ‘building.’ In some regions it had to be brick and mortar. In oth-ers, it’s totally virtual. We worked it out and combined elements and put together all of those pieces, worked with (local schools), and ar-rived at the conclusion that it would be managed by a school district.”

One thing Brooks says he is sure of is the concept of online education, par-ticularly for certain student populations – like juveniles in state custody and medi-cally or psychologically fragile children – and he says if TNVA doesn’t per-form academically, the state will step in and take it over, just like any other school.

■ If you are the least bit worried about TVA CEO Tom Kilgore’s retirement package, you can stop your worry now. When asked, TVA directed me to page 174 of TVA’s annual 10-K form. It can be found at http://investor.shareholder.com/tva/secfi ling.cfm?fi lingID=1376986-11-74 on your computer.

■ The total value of Kilgore’s retirement pack-age is just under $7 million at $6,994,369. Of that, $3,329,935 will be paid to him over fi ve years divided into annual installments, and $3,664,434 is deferred compensation.

Kilgore has had a trou-bled tenure with the Roane County ash spill, over-runs on nuclear power expan-sions and tree removal poli-cies which angered many residents. TVA is working hard to replace him before the end of 2012 when its current quorum on the

board may disappear.Other TVA executives

listed on the form include John Thomas, William Mc-Collum (who has retired), Kimberly Greene and Pres-ton Swafford. McCollum cashed in for $3,807,203. Swafford can currently expect $1,837,956 when he retires but it will increase the longer he continues his current day job.

Valley ratepayers are entitled to know how their dollars are being spent.

■ This week I depart for Georgia. Tbilisi, not Atlan-ta, is where I am headed as an election observer of the parliamentary elections on Oct. 1. Georgia was a Republic within the former Soviet Union but is consid-ered pro-Western today. It borders the Black Sea and was invaded by Putin’s Russia in 2008. The team is sponsored by the Interna-tional Republican Institute located in Washington.

Burchett is rightKnox County Mayor Tim

Burchett may not win today (although he usually does), but he is right about the budget surplus. Let’s keep the $3 million or so in the county’s till to help balance future budgets.

C o u n t y C o m m i s -sion meets at 2 p.m. today (Sept. 24) and s p e n d i n g those excess funds will headline the discussion.

Here are my predictions:Mike Brown’s idea to give

raises is a non-starter. No way it passes.

Sam McKenzie’s proposal to spend $55,000 so each commissioner has $5,000 to dole out to nonprofi ts may pass, but it’s a terrible idea. Burchett has eliminat-ed most county grants and now requires agencies to sign contracts for services. The agency completes the service, sends an invoice, and is paid. It’s a much bet-ter way to manage county money. McKenzie’s “slush fund” is a step backwards.

Brad Anders is sincere about wanting a senior cen-ter in his district (Karns and Hardin Valley), but this is not a one-time expense. An-ders anticipates “$80,000 to $90,000” for annual op-erations. The county would be better served by consoli-dated libraries/senior cen-ters. And the Karns/Hardin Valley area could be covered by an expanded center, per-haps built in conjunction with the town of Farragut.

Amy Broyles will again grab the lion’s share of de-bate time with her proposal to provide $500,000 to the Community Action Com-mittee (CAC) toward trans-portation for seniors.

Broyles and Barbara Monty, director of transpor-tation for CAC, made a poor presentation at last week’s commission workshop. The discussion started when Burchett sliced from the budget a $25,000 grant to KAT to enable seniors to ride free. Broyles fought un-successfully to have the cut restored.

Now that a surplus has been “discovered,” she’s back. But instead of $25,000, she’s asking for $500,000 with $100,000 going to KAT for targeted seniors and the balance to CAC.

Monty said, “Having to turn away 20 people a day is tough,” but 20 people a day is not much bang for 400,000 bucks.

Brown asked how many of the seniors served live outside the city limits, and Monty estimated 65 per-cent. This is a specious ar-gument, as 100 percent of them live in the county and pay county taxes.

Anders argued against Broyles’ proposal, and then asked for $300,000 to de-sign and plan his senior center.

Broyles said, “I’m going to support this, but wouldn’t it be wonderful if (the se-niors) had transportation to get there?”

Dr. Richard Briggs inter-rupted a couple of times to ask, “Is anyone keeping a running total of how much we’ve spent here today?”

Tim Burchett

Rogero leverages business support

Knoxville businesses are helping spruce up down-

town.Wolf

Tree Inc. has adopted the trees on Market Square and is trimming the saw-tooth oaks.

L&M Ornamental Iron Company fabricated low iron fences to protect trees on the paved portion of Market Square.

Landscape architects Carol R. Johnson Associ-ates assisted with the reno-vation of Market Square’s planters, and Flowerwood Nursery’s Tom Smith do-nated more than $1,200 in roses and liriope. Rainbird Irrigation provided compo-nents and helped install a new drip irrigation system for the planters.

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Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor. …

(Psalm 10: 1-2a NRSV)

We had no choice; the guns were behind us, then they bring us to this sad place. Here there is not enough food. I am hungry now, as I am sitting here. Everybody has died. My man has gone and died, as have my daughters. They took my land away. The Lord has also gone, yes, I suppose he has also gone.

(Maria Zotwana, quoted in Relocations: The Churches’ Report on Forced Removals, South Afri-can Council of Churches and the Southern African

Bishops’ Conference, Johannesburg, 1984)

I had dinner with my daughter Jordan in At-

lanta last week, at a res-taurant called Ten Degrees South. The cuisine is South African, which is a delight-ful fusion of Dutch, French, Portuguese, German and Malaysian cuisines, with Mediterranean infl uences.

South African food is a sign of its country’s his-tory: the southern tip of Af-rica was the corner that the European explorers sailed around to get to Asia, a true crossroads of cultures. Sup-posedly, the restaurant is so-named because of the latitude of South Africa, but if that is the case, they are off by about 20 degrees (ac-cording to my globe).

The food was delightful, unexpected, spicy, exotic. The conversation was in-

tense, real and honest (ah, the joys of having daughters who are real grown-ups!), and we lingered, talking over things that are too deep for phone conversations.

The experience set me thinking about my love for South Africa, a place I may never see, and which Jordan is absolutely set on seeing. My friend Peter Sto-rey, who was Bishop of the Methodist Church in South Africa during the dark days of apartheid and a prophet (one who tells God’s own truth) in his own right, speaks passionately about the beauty of his homeland and its people.

So when I came home from Atlanta, I reread “Cry, the Beloved Coun-try,” Alan Paton’s signature book about a family torn

The Lord has gone

Tennessee approaches another chance to do

something significant. Georgia is thought to be a superior team. That cre-ates the possibility for an earth-shaking upset. Well, a mid-sized South-ern shake.

Playing at Georgia is almost always a worthy challenge. This is an OK rivalry, a relatively recent development, more snarky and s n a p p i s h than bit-ter. For-tunately, t h e r e are land-marks.

C on-s i d e r 1 9 6 8 : After not playing for 34 years, the neighbors were to open at UT. Georgia was late learning about Tartan Turf and put up a gosh-awful fuss.

The Bulldogs finally hushed and were up eight but became victims in a magnificent 17-17 tie. On the final play, Bubba Wyche heaved a touch-down pass to Gary Kreis. For an encore, Bubba threw a postgame two-point conversion to Ken DeLong. Georgia couldn’t believe it.

After days of film study, the Bulldogs decided there was no Kreis catch, that the ball touched plas-tic. Forty-four years later, Gary still smiles.

1969: Grudge game in Athens, big build-up and a radio guy made it worse by often interrupting pro-gramming to scream “Go you hairy dogs!”

It rained. Georgia got an early field goal off a fumble but the pendulum swung. In a five-minute burst, the Vols got a touch-down, an interception and another touchdown. Curt Watson chewed up the grass between the famous hedges and gained 197 yards.

1973: Bill Battle faced a dilemma. Tennessee, leading by three with two minutes remaining, faced fourth and two at the UT 28. The Vols were fresh out of defense. Battle be-lieved, if his team punted, the Bulldogs would surely win. The coach called for a fake punt. It became a di-saster. Georgia won.

1980: The legend of Herschel Walker was born at Neyland Stadium. The freshman was entirely too young and inexperienced to play in the first quarter of the opening game. He matured rapidly and soon ran smack over Bill Bates on a 16-yard TD run.

Snarky rivalry with Bulldogs

CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton

apart in South Africa, and then started in on John De Gruchy’s “Cry Justice!,” a collection of prayers and meditations drawn from the pain of a people, in-terspersed with scripture readings from the Psalms and the Prophets.

At the same time all of this is churning in my mind and soul, I am rehearsing with the Knoxville Choral Society a work the Society commissioned Knoxville composer John Purifoy to write, commemorating the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, an-other struggle spawned by color, class and injustice. The powerful, poignant work will be performed in November, near Veterans Day, and I’m telling you now: bring a handkerchief.

Election Day draws near. Our own 21st century Amer-ica has some big choices to make. Because the right to determine our own future was given to the American people by the blessing of God, and by men and women who sacrifi ced to make it pos-sible, and who died to keep it, you should be informed, be involved and be prepared to exercise your right to vote your conscience.

And may God never leave us!

1992: Georgia was lead-ing by four in the fourth quarter. Interim coach Phillip Fulmer recognized a crisis when he saw one, fourth down, 14 to go. Young quarterback Heath Shuler was confident he could make it. He patted Fulmer on the fanny and said leave it to me. An old-er receiver asked if Heath was sure about the play he had called. Shuler said it

absolutely would be open.

It was, to Ronald Davis for 16, first down, then a touchdown, great victory.

Consider the 1990s: Tennessee won nine in a row, including Satur-days when James Stew-art ripped off 211 yards and four touchdowns and Tee Martin ran for three scores and Leonard Scott returned a kickoff 100. Peyton Manning made a career of the Bulldogs: 88 of 119 for 1,063 yards and eight touchdowns.

Jim Donnan’s best team, 1997, yielded 628

yards, including a late TD pass. Instead of the cus-tomary postgame hand-shake, the upset Georgia coach showered Fulmer with profanity for running up the score.

2001: David Greene sparked a Bulldog come-back and hit a winner. Georgia announcer Larry Munson delivered an ob-noxious summation: “We

just stepped on their face with a

hobnail boot and broke t h e i r nose.”

2 0 0 6 : E r i k

Ainge ral-lied the Vols from a 24-7 deficit

against supposed-ly the best defense in the country. Tennessee scored 51, only the second such disaster ever in Athens.

2008: Tennessee netted 1 yard rushing and Geor-gia fans sang “Rocky Top, you’re 0 and 3 in the SEC.”

Tennessee warms the rivalry by recruiting vig-orously in Georgia. Both sides are waiting to see how Vince and Barbara’s boy does as Tennessee coach.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected].

Career Night at Coldwell Banker

Coldwell Banker Wallace & Wallace Realtors will host Career Night information sessions for those interested in real estate careers 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. Four Knox County locations will host these events, including Bearden Hill, 140 Major Reynolds Place; Farragut, 10815 Kingston Pike; North, 3009 Tazewell Pike; and West Town, 124 N. Winston Road. Info: Mike Pappas, 693-1111 or [email protected].

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I took one look at Kennebunk-port, Maine, and fell in love.

No, I won’t be moving there any-time soon. It’s not a cheap place to live. But it is a nice place to visit.

The weather was perfect in early September, 75 during the day, 55 or 60 at night. Lobster is relatively cheap right now. You could buy a pound of steamed lobster for $4.99 in the grocery store or buy one for about $15 in the restaurants.

Kennebunkport has been a popular summer tourist resort for more than a century, but I had never heard of it until the village made news during George H.W. Bush’s presidency. Bush 41’s maternal grandfather, George Herbert Walker, built a house on what is now called Walkers Point (it used to be known as Point Vesuvius). George H.W. and Barbara Bush have spent their summers here for years and now reside at Walkers Point year-round.

Falling in love with Kennebunkport

Lobster is cheap in the state of Maine right now. A steamed lobster could

be bought for $4.99/pound at the grocery store and was going for $15.99

in the restaurants. Photos by Jennifer Mabe

Walkers Point, the Bush family’s longtime summer home. President George

H.W. and Barbara Bush now live in Kennebunkport year-round.

The tide splashes onto one of Maine’s famous rocky shorelines. Sunset at Kennebunkport

During his presidency, the el-der Bush hosted several world leaders at the residence, including Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev. His son George W. Bush hosted Vladimir Putin and Nicolas Sarkozy there while he was president.

The locals have nothing but good things to say about Bush 41 and Barbara Bush. The couple like to eat at Mabel’s Lobster Claw and Barba-ra Bush often does her own errands. Bush 41 does not get out much any-more due to complications from a fall; he now uses a wheelchair.

We stayed at the Rhumb Line Resort in Kennebunkport, quite af-fordable after Labor Day. It is con-veniently located within a mile or so of town.

The concierge recommended we visit Cape Porpoise, a work-ing fishing harbor that also boasts one of the most beauti-

ful beaches in Maine. It is one of the few sandy beaches in the state but the water only warms to about 67 degrees even in summertime.

One of Maine’s slogans is “The Way Life Should Be.” Eat-ing lobster and enjoying the re-mains of the day while the wind blew in from the harbor, it was difficult not to agree. It was also hard to leave.

My only complaint is that several things we wanted to do (lobster boat tour, whale watch-ing) were only available a couple of days a week after Labor Day. Still, it was worth it to skip the crowds and enjoy not only a cheaper rate at the hotel, but also room to breathe.

Looking for a quiet, pictur-esque vacation next year? Head Down East. And don’t miss Ken-nebunkport.


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By Theresa EdwardsMuscle Car Ministries

led by Jamie “Pastor J” El-lis is “spreading the Word of God the fastest way we know how.”

They have given out 1,000 New Testament Bibles this past year and raised funds with their recent car show at Lance Cunningham Ford to pur-chase 1,500 additional Bibles to distribute. They also raised $200 to donate to a local horse shelter.

“Bringing a fun atmo-sphere to a car dealership is important to us and we are so grateful they have allowed us to be a part of Muscle Car Ministries,” said Internet manager Greg Benson. “Jamie Estes and Muscle Car Ministries are the best bunch of peo-ple I’ve ever been around.”

“If it wasn’t for Jamie, this event wouldn’t have been nearly the level it was. He spends countless hours networking with people, bringing them to these events. We really want to thank him, be-cause he really cares,” said Lance Cunningham.

The dealership moved their cars to make room for 87 cars brought to par-ticipate in the show. “The weather was perfect, and we were excited about it,” Cunningham said.

Estes says thanks to everyone who came out to make the show a success.

Previously, the ministry was “Mustang Ministries,” but changed their name this year to “Muscle Car Ministries.”

“We had close friends who drove Camaros and didn’t want to leave them out. So we changed our name,” Estes said. “Brand loyalty is a big thing.”

Many of their Mustangs were in the July Karns pa-rade behind the Corvettes.

Muscle Car MinistriesMuscle Car Ministries held a car show at Lance Cunningham Ford, where trophies, gifts, food,

refreshments and Bibles were given away. Photos by Greg Benson

Leonard Wolfenbarger wins

“Best in Show” with his black

1950 Ford 2-door Custom Se-

dan.

Jamie Estes is known as “Pastor J” of Muscle Car Ministries.

He drives a 2007 Stage 3 Roush Mustang. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

By Cindy TaylorIn 2011 a Knoxville cou-

ple adopted a child from Ghana. In 2012 they felt God’s call to go back. Not just for a brief visit, but to spend at least two years of their lives.

Reid and Robin Beebe sold most of what they owned to raise money for their new life as mission-aries in Ghana, a nation in West Africa. In June they took their four birth sons and their adopted Ghana-ian son across the ocean to start that life in Mata-heko, which is on the cor-ner of Afienya and Tema. While that may look simple enough in print, the real-ity has been anything but easy. Much of it, however, has been heartbreaking.

“God began leading us to Ghana in 1998 when Reid came on a mission trip,” said Robin. “We returned in 2005 and 2010. During the trip in 2010 our hearts were enlightened to the plight of the orphans. God continued to move on our hearts and lead our family to come here to serve.”

The family set out with a plan to, at the very least, bring sanitation education, medication and food to families who would receive their help, and hopes that they could share the gospel of forgiveness and redemp-tion through Christ with those they encountered.

What they found was starvation, a dire shortage of clean water, large fami-lies living in a single room, idol worship and fear. The following is one of many stories (a portion told in Robin’s words) of how God is using their presence to not only bless the people of Ghana, but also the sev-en members of the Beebe family as well – parents Reid and Robin, and sons Mason, 15; Franklin, 14; Weston, 12; Braden, 8; and 4-year-old adopted son Godwin.

Every month, Feed-ing the Orphans provides food for two families in Chorkor, a salt mine com-munity 30 miles from our house. One of our jobs is to deliver food and check on the families. To travel to one house we walked down a long path encom-passed by water. A group

Villagers carry containers for

miles to draw enough water

for each day.

Gone to Ghana

The Beebe family: Franklin, 14; Braden, 8; Reid; Robin; Mason,

15; Godwin, 4; and Weston, 12.

Robin Beebe asks the children their names then says the names back to them. Her accent

brought a round of giggles. The child on the left is carrying a popular edible root called cassava

on her head. Photos submitted

of children passed us. The oldest girl looked about 13 and had a baby tied to her back. There were six more children with her. Down the road we met three cry-ing children with no adult near them. God quickened my heart, and said, “Stop. Check on these children.”

The children are scared and in filthy, torn clothes that don’t fit. Three tear-stained faces look at us with fearful eyes; afraid of us because white peo-ple are not common here. They are with the first group we passed. In com-municating with the oldest we learn there is no food at their house. The older children are expected to go without so the smallest ones can eat. All live with their grandmother.

In my heart, I cry, “Oh, God, what do you want us to do?” “Care for them,” He answers. We ask the chil-dren to wait for us while we finish our food deliv-ery. When we return the children take us to their house to meet their grand-mother.

The inside of the dark, cold hovel is no more than 12 feet by 12 feet and 12 people live in the room. My heart grieves as I take it all in – a foam mattress on the bare floor, a few belongings in one corner, and one metal bowl and spoon. There are no more clothes. There is no food. They are struggling sim-ply to survive.

I prayed, “Lord, what do we do? We don’t have money to buy a lot of food.” “Feed them,” He answers.

The Beebe family is completely funded by sup-port from people here in the states. They have no means to earn additional money in Ghana. Even so,

Robin and her family made the walk back to town and purchased a month’s sup-ply of groceries, then car-ried the cases back to the very grateful family who had never seen so much food.

“There was so much need all around me it hurt,” said Robin. “I expressed to God that the need was so vast we couldn’t possi-bly meet it all. As soon as I prayed, He answered, “I don’t expect you to meet it all. You are to respond to the needs I place in front of you. That’s all.”

Within a few days Rob-in’s parents called to say a Sunday school class at Inskip Baptist Church was sending a donation. The amount was almost the full price the Beebe’s spent for the groceries. The class is made up of grandmothers. Their money gave a grand-mother in Ghana enough food to feed her children for one month.

“God is not over-whelmed. God is not deaf to the cries of the hungry. God is not blind to His children,” said Robin. “On this day He invited us to participate in something He orchestrated and di-rected. What an honor. I pray I’m always aware of His voice and walking out a life of faith, not worry.”

WORSHIP NOTES

Community Services

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, will begin a new

series of DivorceCare meetings

6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3,

in the church library. Info: 690-

1060 or wwwbeaverridgeumc.

org.

■ Concord UMC’s Caregiver

Support Group, affi liated

with Alzheimer’s Tennessee

Inc., meets 10-11:30 a.m.

each fi rst Tuesday in Room

226 at the church, 11020

Roane Drive. Anyone in the

community who gives care to

an elderly individual is invited.

Refreshments will be served.

Info: 675-2835.

■ Catholic Charities now off ers

counseling for those with

emotional issues who may not

be physically able to come to

the offi ce for therapy. Licensed

professionals are available

over the phone, and the fi rst

session is free. Subsequent

sessions are provided on an

income-based sliding scale.

All information is completely

confi dential. Call 1-877-790-

6369. Nonemergency calls only.

Info: www.ccetn.org.

■ Bookwalter United Methodist

Church off ers One Harvest

Food Ministries to the

community. Info and menu:

http://bookwalter-umc.org/

oneharvest/index.html or 689-

3349, 9 a.m.-noon. weekdays.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church of

Powell, 7212 Central Ave. Pike, is

accepting appointments for the

John 5 Food Pantry. Call 938-

2611 or leave a message; your

call will be returned.

Fundraisers and sales

■ Dante Baptist Church is

seeking vendors for its craft

fair, to be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 13, at the

church. Info: Vivian Baker,

938-1378 or 382-3715.

They also participated in the car show at the Karns fair where they distributed free Bibles.

Estes is an ordained minister, licensed with the Southern Baptist Conven-tion. He earned his bach-elor’s degree in industrial engineering at East Ten-nessee State University and his master’s degree in ministry at Covington Theology Seminary in Rossville, Ga.

David Lopata is a part-ner in the ministry. “We needed to find a way to share Christ through our cars,” Estes said. “That is how we started out.”

The next local car show is at Ray Varner Ford in Clinton on Saturday, Oct. 20. They also enjoy going to Bristol Motor Speedway.

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Farragut Intermediate School’s PTA held its annual member-

ship drive this month with one class in each grade taking fi rst

place as top seller. Top selling classes not only won a frozen

yogurt party from Menchie’s, but they also sold enough to win

a gift certifi cate for their teacher and one other person to dine

at Aubrey’s. Pictured at Nicole Thorley’s 5th grade party are

buddies George Evans, Hector Gonzalez and David Ridenour

who waited until all of their classmates had been served before

digging into their yogurt. Photos by S. Barrett

Farragut Intermediate School 5th graders Cody Boudreaux, Ben

Darden and Lexi Barnes enjoy chocolate frozen yogurt during

the reward party in Nicole Thorley’s class. According to PTA

membership chair Laura Austin, the money raised by the stu-

dents will help purchase whatever the school may need that

isn’t supplied by the county. In addition to Thorley’s 5th grade

class, other top sellers who won a frozen yogurt party were Kar-

en Ratner’s 3rd graders and Casey Robison’s 4th graders.

Farragut Intermediate School 4th grader Nylah Potts and

5th grader Brenna Bocik display their loot buckets after tak-

ing top individual honors in the school’s PTA membership

drive. Not pictured is 5th grade winner Marianna Simmins

who tied with Brenna.

Wheel of fortuneFarragut Intermediate School

5th grader Madison Justice

spun the wheel of prizes dur-

ing lunch last week and won

$20. Students who sell cou-

pon books to raise money for

the school are eligible to spin

the wheel. When asked what

she would do with the money,

Madison said “save it.” Photo by S. Barrett

McTeachers’ NightMcDonald’s restaurant in Farragut hosted “McTeachers’

Night” recently for teachers at Farragut Intermediate School.

Teachers who worked serving food raised $600, which will

be used for classroom supplies. Pictured at the event are FIS

3rd grade teachers Karen Ratner, Bobi King and Russell Story.

The next McTeachers’ Night will be held at the same location

for Farragut Primary School 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25. Photo submitted

American Heroes

Sisters Erin and Audrey Fey visit with HABIT therapy dog Aid-

an during A.L. Lotts’ “American Hero Night”. Audrey is in the

1st grade at A.L. Lotts, with sister Erin a few years behind at

3-years-old.

Hat Day for the Girls’ LeagueFarragut Middle School 7th

grader Laura Whaley snaz-

zed up a hat to wear last week

during Hat Day. The event

is the main fundraiser for

the Girls’ League, a club that

meets monthly to “build the

social and emotional strength

of young women,” according

to the school’s website. Laura

is a member of the club and

said she had her friends tape

a sign to her back early in the

week to advertise the fund-

raiser. Students could wear a

hat for the day if they donated

$1 to the club. Photo by S. Barrett

Farragut Primary ■ The school’s 20th annual fall

festival will be held 11 a.m.

- 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. Info:

Email Marshanda Pinchok at

[email protected].

Greenway School ■ Visitors’ open house will be

held 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7.

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American Hero Night.

The event followed a PTA

meeting at the school and

gave students and their

families a chance to see

local heroes including fi re

fi ghters, park rangers and

even therapy dogs. Alex’s

older sister Katie is in

kindergarten at the school. Photos by S. Barrett

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Mary Kerr and Scott Bacon of Knox County Schools’ Partners in Education. Photo by Jake Mabe

Asked to describe Knox County Schools’ Partners in Education program in

10 words or so, Scott Bacon smiles and quotes retired edu-cator Reuben Hunter.

“Reuben used to say it’s the community coming into the schools and schools going out into the community. And that’s pretty much it,” Bacon says. “We have programs for just about anybody to connect with schools. Most of them are fundraisers in nature, but some of them are not.

“Knox County Schools is so large. We serve about 57,000 students at 80-some locations and that can be overwhelm-ing. Partners in Education brings that elephant down into bite-sized chunks. It could even be that a business or individual wants to help a single classroom.”

Partners in Education grew out of the old Adopt-A-School program. Its most visible proj-ect is the popular Knox Coun-ty Schools Coupon Book sale, which ends today (Monday, Sept. 24).

One book costs $10, of which $7.90 stays at the selling school. Seventy-two cents is redistributed to schools with greater economic needs, 13 cents pays for K-12 e-book subscriptions for all KCS libraries, 7 cents goes toward the PIE Schooled for Success two-day internships, 63 cents pays printing ex-penses and 55 cents goes toward ad-ministrative expenses and incentives.

Last year, 156,175 books were sold, which netted $1,382,148.75 for the school system.

PIE sponsors the Schooled for Suc-cess career awareness program at the beginning of summer in which stu-dents spend two days interning at a business of interest. Bacon says he will never forget Amber Miller, who in-terned at WATE-TV with longtime PIE supporter Bill Evans as an 8th grader, worked at the station on weekends during college and eventually came back to work at WATE after work-ing as a reporter in the Tri-Cities. Ba-con’s niece Emily Flanigan interned at Baptist Hospital through the pro-gram, earned a degree in nursing from Carson-Newman and now works for a doctor in Knoxville.

“I’m sure there are more,” Bacon

Relationships key to Par tners in Education

says. “That’s the type thing you hope, that young people see things that ei-ther confi rm their belief in (a career)., or they may come away and say, “No way do I want to be in that career!’ And that’s OK. Better then than when they are 21 or 22 and have a few years of college invested toward a career.”

Sometimes individuals want to help a specifi c school. For example, Randy Boyd, CEO of PetSafe and founder of Radio Systems Corpora-tion, donated interactive technology equipment to New Hopewell Elemen-tary, which he attended, and also bought iPads for each student at the new L&N STEM Academy.

“That’s an example of a guy who grew up in his school system and want-ed to reinvest in it.”

PIE also helps secure donations to the Teacher Supply Depot, a collec-tion center and warehouse of new and used materials donated by businesses and individuals that are distributed to teachers and teachers’ assistants free of charge at least four times per school year. Roughly $2.5 million in items have been distributed since the depot opened in 2001.

“I’m really thankful the PTA brought the idea to Knox County,”

Bacon says. “It solved a lot of issues for us. We didn’t have a storage area. It serves roughly about 1,000 teachers each year.”

“And the really good thing about the depot,” says Mary Kerr, who also works in PIE, “is that teachers get something different every time be-cause we never know exactly who is going to give a donation.”

Civic organizations are also integral donors. Bacon says the West Knox Ro-tary Club, for example, buys dictionar-ies for every KCS 3rd grader every year.

One of the most popular PIE fun-draisers is Dine Out for Education, a one-day annual event in which participating restaurants donate 10 percent of that day’s pre-tax earn-ings to Knox County Schools. Ba-con says that roughly $18,000 to $20,000 is raised each year from roughly 40 restaurants.

“It’s grown into something people look forward to and anticipate,” Ba-con says. “Schools are beginning to have events catered for themselves from participating restaurants. The proceeds in part help fund the K-12 Teacher of the Year banquet, which was long overdue and needed to hap-pen years ago.”

PIE also sponsors an 8th-grade ca-reer fair each February, which is now held at the Knoxville Expo Center.

“That helps us attract businesses who might not work with us oth-erwise and we don’t charge them a penny. It showcases industries and career trends and the colleges, uni-versities, trade schools and even the high schools participate.”

The Principal for a Day program, in which local business and civic lead-ers spend a half-day at a school, has brought tremendous benefi ts.

“Knoxville’s Project GRAD grew out of Principal for a Day,” Bacon says. “This year, all area Walgreens store managers will participate and there’s no doubt in my mind that will pay divi-dends for kids.”

Kerr says that several partners con-tinue working with PIE or with indi-vidual schools even if they change jobs.

“The best part of the job is meet-ing great people who want to do great things for the schools,” she says. “Rela-tionships are the key, there’s no doubt about that.”

For more information about PIE, call Scott Bacon at 594-1909 or contact an individual school if you’re interest-ed in working directly with one.

Knox County Council PTA

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Staying activeBy Theresa Edwards

“Find something you like to do, then make it fun,” Ronald McDonald told the 3rd graders at Far-ragut Intermediate School during a special “healthy choices and staying active” assembly.

“Everyone is different,” he said. There are a variety of

Brandon Gray demonstrates a dance move. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Griffi n Vose volunteers to help

Ronald McDonald.

choices on ways to stay ac-tive – biking, swimming, jug-gling, playing soccer, playing basketball. Even teachers stay active, walking.

The students had fun, especially when Ronald McDonald brought out a huge infl atable cube for ev-eryone to volley around the auditorium.

Hannah Liske, Ronald McDonald and Landon Lut-

terman pretend to ride bicycles at the “healthy

choices and staying active” assembly for 3rd

graders at Farragut Intermediate School.

Hardin Valley Elementary 5th grade friends and families having

lunch together are: (front) Kaitlyn Feltz, Tonya Feltz; (middle

row) Kiersten Dutrow, Katie Dutrow; (back) Lori Dutrow and

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The Central High Bobcat Band will host an alumni reception 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, in the band room. Former band members are invited to join in a dinner reception and time to share stories and photos from their time as a Bobcat. Kickoff for the homecoming game will be at 7:30 p.m. and the alumni band will play the national anthem during the pregame festivities and perform in the stands. Rehearsal for the event will be 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4.

RSVP to Lisa Burden, 689-1423 or [email protected] by Friday, Sept. 28.

Central Highseeks alumniband members

The Knox County Council PTA will hold its first general meeting 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Teacher Supply Depot, 709 N. Cedar Bluff Road.

The event will give local PTA units a chance to network and ask questions of Knox County Council leaders, school board members and school personnel. Info: Call Lisa Wilkerson at 680-1965 or email [email protected].

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REUNIONS ■ Boys and Girls Club

of Tennessee Val-ley reunion, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 26, at

the Haslam Family Club,

407 Caswell Ave. Open to

all former club members,

staff and participants in

the Sports Camp pro-

gram. Info: 232-1073.

■ Carter High Class of 1957, 5 p.m. Saturday,

Sept. 29, at the Chop

House at Exit 407 off

I-40. Info: Peggy Wilson,

933-2608, or Sue Walker,

933-3077.

■ Gibbs High Class of 1977, Oct. 27. Info:

gibbsclassof1977@gmail.

com, 688-4727 or 922-

3060.

■ Gibbs High Class of 1992, Saturday, Sept. 22,

at The Crown and Goose.

Cost is $32.50. RSVP

to Stephen Kennedy,

708-372-0927 or sken-

[email protected].

■ Rule High classes of 1939-91 sports reunion,

8 a.m.-noon Saturday,

Oct. 27, Kerbela Temple,

315 Mimosa Drive. Cost

is $10. Deadline: Oct.

17. Mail check to Doyle

Human, 7101 Oak Meade

Road., Powell, TN 37849.

Info: 687-2816.

■ Graham family reunion, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 29, in

the recreation hall at Big

Ridge State Park. Lunch

at 1 p.m. Bring family

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B&W Y-12 gives to children’s museum

B&W Y-12, a lim-ited liability enterprise of The Babcock and Wilcox Company and Bechtel National Inc, has donated $15,000 to the Children’s Museum in Oak Ridge.

The money will be used to turn the mu-seum’s current space exhibit into a “rocket room,” taking children on an imaginary trip to Mars. An existing mod-el rocket at the museum will be refurbished and new interactive activi-ties will be available for preschoolers and early grade school students.

The Marshall Space Flight Center in Hunts-ville, Ala. will also donate excess NASA equipment includ-ing control panels and satellites to the rocket room.

“B&W Y-12 wants to ensure that the Chil-dren’s Museum re-mains a vital asset in the community by sup-porting it with fi nancial investments, as well as having our employees volunteer on a regular basis to ensure regular upgrades to the facili-ties,” said Chris Clark of B&W Y-12’s strategic program development, who is also a current museum board mem-ber.


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Farragut High School celebrated a big Spirit Week on Sept. 10-14 in preparation for the annual football homecoming. While the game against the West Rebels didn’t turn out as the Admirals had hoped, festivities lead-ing up to the game showed an abun-dance of Admiral spirit.

New this year was America Day on Tuesday, replacing the traditional Decade Day. The emphasis on red-white-and-blue was chosen to honor American troops and because the Spirit Week day fell on the anniver-sary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Other themes were PJ Day, Twin Day, Movie Character Day and Ad-miral Day.

The FHS Homecoming Court

took the field at halftime.As is tradition, class princesses

were escorted by their fathers. The Homecoming Court for 2012:

FHS Homecoming Queen – Me-gan Squires, daughter of Tom and Tegwin Squires

FHS Senior Class Princess – Sa-vannah Alfont, daughter of Kevin and Suzan Alfont

FHS Junior Class Princess – Tess Waibel, daughter of Bill and Rene Waibel

FHS Sophomore Class Princess – Chanan Carter, daughter of Chris and Jan Carter

FHS Freshman Class Princess – Brooke Houser, daughter of Jeff and Barbara Houser

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Dad Chris Carter with Sophomore Class

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Dad Bill Waibel and Junior Class Homecom-

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Dad Tom Squires stands with Farragut High School Homecoming Queen Megan Squires. Photos by Justin Acuff .

Dad Jeff Houser and Freshman Class Home-

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Dad Kevin Alfont and Savannah Alfont,

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Ribbon cutting at SynergyStaff members and guests cut the ribbon at Synergy Auto Wash, which off ers express hand

wash and dry. Pictured are: (front) Jolene Davis, Stephanie Sardano; (middle row) Tony Langen-

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FARRAGUT LIBRARY EVENTSThe Farragut Branch Library is located at 417 N.

Campbell Station Road. A parent or guardian must ac-company each child, except for older preschool, during Storytime and events. Info: 777-1750.

■ Monday, Sept. 24, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5.

■ Tuesday, Sept. 25, 10:30 a.m., Older Preschool Story-time for ages 4-6.

■ Wednesday, Sept. 26, 10:30 a.m., Baby Bookworms for infants to age 2.

■ Thursday, Sept. 27, 10:30 a.m., Toddler Storytime for ages 2-3.

Friday, Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5.

THROUGH WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3Harold Winslow art exhibit

A collection of 50 of African-American artist Harold Winslow’s works will be shown at a special traveling art exhibit hosted by Pellissippi State Community College and the Tennessee Consortium for International Studies through Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the gallery of the Bagwell Center for Media and Art at the college, 10915 Hardin Val-ley Road. The exhibit is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Winslow was born in 1918 in Dayton, Ohio, and moved to Mexico in 1940 hoping to escape racism. He lived and worked in Mexico until his death in 2001 at age 83.

He studied under such notable artists as Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, watercolorist Pastor Velasquez and muralist Alfredo Zalce. His work includes paintings, murals and illustrations.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, THROUGH OCTOBERArts Council features Sherby Jones The Town of Far-

ragut Arts Council will present Sherby Jones as the fea-tured artist for September and October, displaying her work in specially designed cases on the second fl oor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. A University of Tennessee graduate with a diverse background in theater and education, Jones previously owned the Mountain Laurel Gallery, fi rst at the Candy Factory and later at Candoro Marble Museum. Her angel was chosen to top First Lady Hillary Clinton’s Blue Room Christmas tree at the White House in 1993.

The town hall is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. For more info, visit www.townoffarragut.org (Departments, Parks & Leisure Services, Arts & Culture).

SATURDAYS, THROUGH OCTOBERFood, crafts at Dixie Lee Market

From 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday through Oct. 29, the Dixie Lee Farmers Market is open with fresh, locally grown produce and handmade crafts. The market is at Renaissance in Farragut, 12740 Kingston Pike.

Local farmers and Tennessee artisans provide the products for the market. In season, offerings include peaches, berries, grapes, melons, apples, tomatoes, pep-pers, beans, corn, greens and a host of other fruits and vegetables, plus grass-fed meats, honey, potted plants, fresh-cut fl owers, herbs and cheeses. There are also baked goods and crafts by local artisans.

THROUGH FRIDAY, NOV. 16Tennessee Basketball exhibit

The Farragut Folklife Museum will host the exhibit “Pride and Traditions of Tennessee Basketball” Monday through Friday through Nov. 16, at the museum, housed in the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. The exhibit features items from the personal col-lection of Knox County Commissioner R. Larry Smith and includes vintage uniforms and shoes, championship memorabilia, and programs, pictures and pamphlets spanning the entire history of the University of Tennes-see men’s basketball team.

Smith will give a free lecture at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

4, discussing the history of UT basketball and sharing player stories and interviews.Museum hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Admission is free.

MONDAY, SEPT. 24Rose & Kaplin on Tennessee Shines

Kristi Rose and Fats Kaplin will perform at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, at the WDVX studio at the Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. The performance will be broadcast on the Tennessee Shines Radio Show on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Wife/hus-band duo Rose and Kaplin have created a highly eclectic musical genre known as Pulp Country, introduced on their 1999 classic “This is Pulp Country!” The sound is rooted in her smoky-sweet voice and his multi-instru-mental wizardry, honed as a lauded sideman for the likes of Nanci Griffi th, Kieran Kane, Elvis Costello, Pure Prairie League and Tom Russell. For more info, visit http://pulpcountry.com.

A limited number of tickets to be in the studio audience for the live show are $10 and are available at WDVX and at www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 25Harry Potter in higher ed

Jake Hamric will present “Harry Potter and the Gob-let of Higher Education” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, in the Goins Building Auditorium at Pellissippi State Com-munity College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.

The one-hour lecture will explore the connections between the famous fi ctional boy wizard and the state of higher education. J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” books are being used at academic institutions across the country to discuss and analyze issues such as morality, religion and politics, says Hamric, a liberal arts instruc-tor at Pellissippi State. The lecture, sponsored by the Gnosis student club, is free and open to the public.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 27‘Eco Make & Take’

The Town of Farragut will offer an ‘Eco Make and Take’ workshop from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Registration and payment deadline is Monday, Sept. 24. Participants will be upcycling old things into new, so they should bring an old outfi t, jewelry or household items, along with their imagination.

Sarah Brobst is the instructor. Cost is $20. For more info and to register, call 865-966-7057.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28‘Frolic in the Foothills’ fl ower show

District IV of the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs will present the “Frolic in the Foothills” fl ower show from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive. Exhibits in three divisions – design, horticulture and education – will be created by members from 42 garden clubs in the district. The show is free and open to the public.

For more info, call 865-966-3781.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28Cruisin’ for a Cause

Cruisin’ for a Cause, a charity car show benefi ting Special Spaces of Knoxville, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Cokesbury Center, 9915 Kings-ton Pike. The event will also include food, music and raffl es. The entry fee for classic-car exhibitors is $20. Registration is available at www.crusinforacause.com.

Admission is $2 per person or $5 per family. The cost includes one raffl e ticket. Additional raffl e tickets are available for $1.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28‘You’ve Got Mail’ on Square

Knox County Public Library’s popular Movies on Market Square will present “You’ve Got Mail” (PG, 1998) on Friday, Sept. 28.

The free event will begin with pre-show activities including pet tips and advice at 6:30 p.m. followed by the movie screening at dusk. Attendees should bring their own seating. Well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28Jokeslingers at Palace

The Jokeslingers Comedy Show will perform at 8 and 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at the Palace Theater, 113 W. Broadway, Maryville.

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Ad-vance tickets may be charged with Visa or Mastercard at 865-983-3330 or at Murlin’s Music World, 429 W. Broadway, Maryville.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 28-30GreekFest at St. George

The 33rd annual GreekFest will take place Friday through Sunday, Sept. 28-30, at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 4070 Kingston Pike. Hours are 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. There will be live Greek music and danc-ing, along with tours of the church and its Byzantine iconography, mosaics and stained-glass windows. Authentic Greek food and pastries will be available for purchase, both for on-site dining and take-home enjoyment.

A Kids Korner will offer face painting, games, cookie decorating and more. There will be cooking demonstrations and an Agora where visitors may pur-chase authentic Greek wares such as clothing, ceram-ics, jewelry, books and icons. There is no parking at the church, but a free shuttle-bus service will run from Laurel Church of Christ on Kingston Pike and from the lower lot of Western Plaza, adjacent to the Ice Chalet. Additional parking is available at Second Presbyterian Church on Kingston Pike on Friday only and at West High School, 3326 Sutherland Ave., on Saturday and Sunday only.

Admission is $2 for adults, free for children 12 and under. Weekend passes are available for $3. For more info, visit www.greekfesttn.com.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 29Trunk auction for Good Samaritan

A trunk auction benefi ting the Good Samaritan Center of Loudon County will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, at First Presbyterian Church, 634 Martel Road, Lenoir City. Registration starts at 9 a.m. The auction begins at 10 a.m. Vehicles will be loaded with auction items, and each vehicle will be a “lot” to be auctioned. Only the auctioneer will know the complete list of items in each lot; a partial list of treasures will be advertised prior to the auction.

Trunks will be opened when the lot is put on the auction block, and bidders will have a view of the con-tents. Due to size, some lots will be in truck beds.

For more info, call Sheila Booe, 865-816-7499, or Connie Umbach, 988-6715.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 29Ultimate Tailgate Party

The Hearing and Speech Foundation’s sixth annual Ultimate Tailgate Party will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, in Neyland Stadium’s East Club Skybox.

The event will be hosted by Erik Ainge, former Uni-versity of Tennessee quarterback and current host with Tennessee Sports Radio. The fundraiser will take place while coach Derek Dooley and the UT Vols tackle the Bulldogs down in Georgia.

A wall of TV screens will be available on which to watch the game with Ainge. Tickets are $100 each and include a buffet and two complimentary beverages. To purchase or for more info, contact 865-977-0981 or [email protected].

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By Elizabeth Gregor,By Elizabeth Gregor,Webb Multicultural CoordinatorWebb Multicultural Coordinator

Webb School of Knoxville’s aspirations for our students extend well beyond

simply preparing them for a successful college experience. The school is deeply com-mitted to preparing our graduates to live in, and contribute to, a multicul-tural world community in their adult lives as well. And to accomplish that goal Webb invests consid-erable time and resources in fostering both a deep

appreciation for the various cultures and languages of the world, and an under-standing of enlightened global citizenship and how the United States fi ts into an in-creasingly interconnected world.

In support of those goals, Webb School constructed the Coleman-Lange Inter-national Center (CLIC), which creates a completely immersed international envi-ronment where target languages are spo-ken in learning spaces that are designed specifi cally to refl ect those target cultures, and students regularly participate in cul-tural events and activities.

Webb’s CLIC is part of the school’s larger multicultural initiative, which rec-ognizes the value that diversity brings to the total educational experience and the lives of those within our school commu-nity. Webb’s multicultural initiative:

■ Promotes and enhances multicultural opportunities on and off campus (locally, nationally, and internationally)

NEWS FROM WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE

Webb Around the World: A Schoolwide Multicultural Initiative

Gregor

“Webb invests considerable time and resources in fostering both a deep appreciation for the various cultures and languages of the world and an understanding of enlightened global citizenship … ”

This past summer, Webb Interact students travelled with Elizabeth Gregor to South Africa to volunteer in township schools and

assist with Rotary projects. At the Rheenengal School in Knysna, students brought donated items like books, fl ashcards, pens, and

insulated bags for children. (above) Webb’s Lizzie Johnson and Isabel Schaad teach children animal sounds using fl ashcards.

Through its partner-

ship with Rotary

International, Webb

School is hosting Ro-

tary student Kawin

(“Win”) Amaralikhit

from Thailand. Win is

studying at Webb for

the 2012-2013 school

year while living

with host families.

Gregor presented

Win with a Spartan

sweatshirt earlier

this fall, making him

an offi cial “Webb

School Spartan.”

For more than 16 years, Webb’s Middle School has partnered with La Escuela Americana (EA) in San Salvador. In the fall, students from

EA live with Webb families, visit Webb School, and learn more about East Tennessee culture. In return, a Webb student and teacher

group travels to El Salvador each spring.

■ Prepares students to live and work in an increasingly diverse and global society

■ Strives to create an environment where differ-ences are celebrated

■ Develops a curriculum that helps students recognize how different cultures, traditions, and religions may underlie views and values different to their own

■ Encourages participation in activities that foster learning and service in the direction of world understanding

■ Expects teachers and administrators to model respect for all peoples and cultures

■ Educates and encour-ages parents to support school initiatives that promote global understanding

For Webb students, there is an abun-dance of international study, service, and travel exchanges available in the Middle and Upper Schools. For example, over the last few years, the world has come to Webb through the Rotary International program. We are proud to work with the Rotary Club of Farragut, which carefully selects an international student to attend Webb for

the school year. So far, we have hosted stu-dents from Ukraine, Switzerland, Slovakia, Brazil, Thailand and Turkey, and we have sent students to South Africa and India to work on service projects. In addition, two or three students from Guatemala study at Webb each fall through the Faces & Our Cultures program.

Apart from Rotary, international travel has been a constant in Webb’s commit-ment to developing global ambassadors. Webb’s World Languages department pro-vides numerous opportunities for students to step out of their comfort zones and trav-el abroad, including: a student exchange program for Webb Middle Schoolers to El Salvador, a weeklong study and travel program for Spanish IV students to Costa Rica, and a two-week exchange program with a private school in Paris.

In addition, teachers continue to lead trips abroad each summer to expose students to cultures different from their own. This past year, a large group of Webb students traveled to the United Kingdom and France, and Spain and Italy. Next summer, a group is sched-uled to participate in the Amadeus Tour of Prague, Vienna and Budapest.


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Nursing Excellence

Blueprint for successParkwest charts best course for bed sore prevention

It’s almost ironic that something as simple as an infected bed sore could take down the Man of Steel. But that’s what was widely reported in 2004 when actor Christopher Reeve passed away, nine years after his paralyzing fall from a horse.

While those reports about the man best known for his portrayal of Superman were apparently never confi rmed, they did draw attention to just how serious bed sores – or pressure ulcers as they are more ac-curately known – can be.

So when Parkwest Medical Cen-ter demonstrated unusual success at preventing these skin lesions that kill 60,000 Americans a year, the healthcare industry took notice.

VHA Inc., a cooperative of 1,350 not-for-profi t hospitals and 72,000 non-acute care providers, called Parkwest’s 15-month stretch without any Stage III or IV pressure ulcers “unheard of” and wanted to learn how the Knoxville hospital did it.

Sending a team of clinical ex-perts to meet with the hospital’s multidisciplinary Pressure Ulcer Prevention (PUP) Team on June 28, VHA set out to create an electronic “blueprint” of the clinical practices and social patterns that helped Parkwest successfully combat pres-sure ulcers.

A tedious, lengthy process, the blueprint sought to map every step, every process, every success and failure along the way. As three VHA team members – Lynne Linder, Linda Tonge and Vanessa Gorena – made notes, asked questions and charted the process, PUP Team members retraced steps taken since the team’s formation in 2009.

Adhesive stickers of every kind marked key processes and identifi ed staff and triggers. “Ah ha!” moments (such as the decision to do a root cause analysis of every hospital-ac-quired pressure ucler) were marked with “light bulb” stickers. Color-cod-ed sticky notes identifi ed cultural factors such as quality, expecta-tions and staff commitment. Several

sheets ripped from an easel pad list-ed numerous “Organizational En-ablers” that supported their efforts – enablers like the addition of certi-fi ed wound care nurses to the staff, regular PUP Team brainstorming sessions and implementation of an Incontinence Care Protocol. Forms that were created to document and track processes were added to the blueprint mix as well.

Five hours after the process be-gan, almost one wall of the room was covered with a jumble of infor-mation, information that was care-fully reviewed over the next several weeks, revised, refi ned and trans-lated into electronic form. Finally, on Aug. 29, the Parkwest blueprint was

posted to VHA’s member portal for sharing with others.

“To go back to 2009, and look at everything unfold and the steps we went through, it was like ‘Wow!’” said Crystal Wilkerson, the nurse manager who has headed the PUP Team since its formation. “A lot of the things that we put into place are hardwired now, and we do ’em automatically without even think-ing about them. We’ve made so much progress in fi ve years that it felt really good to go back and look at everything we’ve done from the beginning. It’s really amazing what this team has accomplished. Our employees are the reason we’re get-ting this recognition.”

To those outside healthcare, pre-venting bed sores might seem to be an easy task – just turn the patient frequently. But in a world where every hospital bed is occupied by a patient with other, more pressing health issues, pressure ulcers can become a matter of life and death.

“Pressure ulcers are hard to prevent because there are so many things that can contribute to them,” said Wilkerson, citing a range of factors that include patient age, in-continence, lack of mobility, loss of sensory perception, excessive mois-ture or dryness, medical conditions that affect circulation or mental awareness and even nutrition.

Too, it’s easy to get a bed sore.

Depending on several factors in-cluding weight and bed surface,they can develop quickly. One studyfound that tissue breakdown couldbegin in as little as four hours.

It’s little wonder, then, that VHAcites research that shows 2.5 mil-lion patients are treated for hospi-tal-acquired pressure ulcers eachyear in the U.S. When patients de-velop a pressure ulcer, their hospi-tal stay increases by 13 days. Thatadds up quickly – $70,000 in extratreatment costs per ulcer in acute-care facilities.

That’s a hefty chunk of change intoday’s cost-conscious healthcareindustry. In fact, the problem hadgrown so prevalent that, in 2008,the Centers for Medicare & Medic-aid Services (CMS) stopped reim-bursing hospitals for all hospital-acquired injuries not present onadmission.

Yet, even prevention comes withits own price tag. Parkwest employsan arsenal of creams, foams, bed-ding, medical devices, cushions andother costly equipment in its pre-vention efforts. “We tried cheaperthings that we wished would work,but didn’t. In many cases, we wentwith the more expensive solutionsbecause it was best for the patient,”said Wilkerson.

Wilkerson notes, too, that thePUP Team even includes the hos-pital’s vice president of supportservices – a testament to the not-for-profi t hospital’s commitment.“Getting everybody’s buy-in, ev-erybody’s participation – fromeducation to frontline nursing tofi nance – is what made this work,”said Wilkerson. “It was a team ef-fort with everybody wanting whatwas best for the patient. When apatient comes to us for one thingbut then develops something else,well, that’s something we neverwant to happen to a patient on ourwatch.”

For more info on physicianreferral, call 374-PARK orvisit TreatedWell.com.

Melissa Theyken, a therapist in Parkwest’s wound care department,

reviews steps collected during the VHA blueprint process.

Crystal Wilkerson, head of the PUP Team since its formation,

says Parkwest’s success was patient-focused.

Linda Tonge of VHA quizzes

PUP Team about methods.

Chief Nursing Offi cer

Diane Oliver applauds

the PUP Team’s

commitment.

Enterostomal therapist Scott Barnett and education

coordinator Amanda Underwood make a point during

the blueprinting process.

Physical therapist

Beth Graber studies

data collected.

VHA’s Vanessa Gorena

adds another item to

the “Organizational

Enablers” chart.

Sharon Monday,

Parkwest’s Clinical

Improvement

and Regulatory

Compliance

Offi cer, served as

consultant to the

PUP Team.

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RETAIL LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICETake notice that Turkey Creek Partners, 10741 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37934, has ap-plied to the Town of Farragut for a Certifi cate of Compliance and has or will apply to the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission at Nashville for a retail liquor license for a store to be named Knoxville Wine & Spirits located at 10741 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Knox County, TN 37934, at real property owned by Costco Wholesale Corp., 999 Lake Dr, Issaquah, WA 98027. Turkey Creek Part-ners is a general partnership to be owned by James L. Turner, Managing Partner, 10224 S. River Trail, Knoxville, TN 37922; Amelia D. Maddox, General Partner, 530 Church St., Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219; Tommye M. Working, General Partner, 7709 Indian Springs Dr., Nashville, TN 37221; and Stanley Griffi n, General Partner, 1005 Graves Rd., Strawberry Plains, TN 37871.

All persons wishing to be heard on the certifi cate of compliance may personally or through counsel ap-pear or submit their views in writing at Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Dr., Farragut, TN 37934, on Th ursday, September 27th, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.

Th e Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission will consider the application at a later date to be set by the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission in Nashville, Tennessee. Interested persons may personally or through counsel submit their views in writing by the hearing date to be scheduled by the TABC.

Anyone with questions concerning this applica-tion or the laws relating to it may call or write the Alcoholic Beverage Commission at 226 Capitol Boulevard Bldg., Suite 300, Nashville, TN 37243, (615) 741-1602.

AGENDAFARRAGUT BOARD OF

MAYOR AND ALDERMENSeptember 27, 2012

BMA MEETING 7:00 PM I. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Mayor’s Report

IV. Citizens Forum

V. Approval of Minutes

A. September 11, 2012

VI. Ordinances

A. Public Hearing and Second Reading

1. Ordinance 12-13, an ordinance to amend the text of the Zoning Ordinance of the town of Farragut, Tennessee, Ordinance 86-16, as amended, by amending Chapter 3., Section xii. General Commercial District (c-1), b., to permit rental car businesses as an allowed use, as authorized pursuant to section 13-4-201, Tennessee Code Annotated.

2. Ordinance 12-14, an ordinance to amend the text of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Farragut, Tennessee, Ordinance 86-16, as amended, by amending Chapter 4., Section xxiii. Site plan regulations, to require fi nalized, stamped approved site plans and all associ-ated revisions to be submitted as a pdf and to require approved as-builts to be submitted as a pdf prior to the issuance of any certifi cate of occupancy, and to clarify pre-submittal meetings requirement, as authorized pur-suant to Section 13-4-201, Tennessee Code Annotated.

VII. Business Items

A. Approval of Dream Connection 5K Run/Walk and 1-Mile Fun Run

B. Approval of Certifi cate of Compliance for off premise liquor store permit for Knoxville Wine & Spirits

C. Approval of Radio Communication contract

D. Approval of Contract amendment with Freeman Webb

E. Approval of Dates for the November and December BMA meetings

VIII. Town Administrator’s Report

IX. Attorney’s Report

Seeing giraffes eye-to-eye is an amazing experi-ence, feeling their breath across your arm as you feed them. You can see their whiskers, blackish-purple tongue and ossi-cones (hair-covered horns) in clear detail, better than with binoculars.

Jaxon Byrd feeds giraff e Jumbe maple leaves at the Knoxville Zoo. Giraff es do not have teeth, so

Jumbe wraps his blackish-purple 18-inch tongue around the leaves to pull them off the branch. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Giraff es up-close

Theresa Edwards

Welcome to the close encounters adventure at the Knoxville Zoo, of-fered monthly from spring through September.

Two of the visitors were Mary and Ashley Hum-

phrey. “We’ve always been coming to the zoo together. It is a great mother-daugh-ter experience. Today we came for the giraffes’ close encounter and to see the new lion enclosure.

“I’ve been coming here 43 years, starting back when Old Diamond was the first elephant here,” Mary said.

Grasslands keeper Kate-lyn Gregory photographed each visitor with the male giraffe, Jumbe. She also gave interesting facts about giraffes and the person-alities of those at the Knox-ville Zoo. She said not to touch Jumbe, because he is skittish. However, he is also curious and came within an inch of my arm, examining either me or my camera.

“Giraffes eat about 95 percent of the day,” Grego-ry said. “That is why their tongues are blackish-pur-ple – so they won’t get sun-burned.” She warned ev-eryone that giraffes wrap their tongues around the leaves and can pull quite hard. “Hold on tight to the branch,” she said.

The female giraffes, Lu-cille and Patches, stayed in the background mostly, getting only a few of the leaves. A few of the visi-tors hand-fed apple slices to Jumbe.

Other close encounters that day were the penguin party, behind-the-scenes and tortoise time with the giant Aldabra tortoises. Both were fed watermelon.

By Theresa EdwardsAlthough it was rain-

ing, the seniors still came out for their “Sit N Be Fit” class at the Strang Senior Center, part of the body-WORKS program offered by Covenant Health.

“These classes are for those who can’t do cardio. The exercises are designed for low-activity seniors who may be using a walker or wheelchair. It is for those who sit but can still exercise and get a lot out of it,” said Lauren Monahan.

‘Sit N Be Fit’ at Strang

Cindy Epperly, a fi tness specialist with Covenant Health, leads

the “Sit N Be Fit” class at Strang Senior Center, showing how

to rotate the hips for a full range of motion. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Ray Schall exercises, leaning

forward with arms crossed

in front of his chest. He is 96

years old. “I’ve had a lot of

wonderful years,” he said.

Kathy Yuricic lifts weights, working on upper body strength.

“We work on balance, strength and fl exibility, using chairs the entire time,” said instructor Cindy Epperly. Each participant can go at their own speed and tailor the exercises to their indi-vidual needs. Epperly gives lots of options. “I’m here as a coach and to make it fun for them,” she said.

“It is key to keep seniors moving, keeping them up and mobile” Epperly says. This enables them to do their everyday tasks. “Part of it is social. It’s good for them to get out and see their friends here too.”

Strang receptionist Phyl-lis Barnes tells how the classes helped one senior man. “He came in, trying to lose weight. He was bent over on his walker. After coming to the classes, he

has lost several pounds, is not using the walker now and feels better than he ever has,” she said.

The class is in a smaller setting, so it is not intimi-

dating. There is room for more, though. The classes are 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays at the Strang Se-nior Center.

■ The annual fl u shot clinic

off ered by East Tennessee

Medical Group, 266 Joule

St., Alcoa, will be 8:30 a.m.-

4:30 p.m. Tuesday through

Friday, through Sept. 28.

Most insurance accepted; no

appointment necessary. Info:

984-ETMG (3864) or www.

etmg.net.

■ “Alexander Technique

Introduction” will be off ered

10:15 a.m. Thursday, Sept.

27, at the West Hills Branch

Library. Free, but preregistra-

tion is required. Info and to

register: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600

or www.LillySutton.com.

■ The “Making Strides Against

Breast Cancer” 5k will be

held 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, at

the Knoxville Civic Coliseum

Plaza, 800 Howard Baker Ave.

Registration opens at 2 p.m.

Info: 558-4048 or www.mak-

ingstridesknoxville.org.

■ The fourth annual Pink

Ribbon Celebration will be

held 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11,

at the Knoxville Expo Center.

Individual tickets are $60.

Sponsorships are available.

Info: www.pinkribboncel-

ebration.com; Janine Mingie,

607-9664 or janine.mingie@

hma.com.

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Good food really does equal great medicine.

Registered Dietitian Casey Peer is launching a four-part series called “CLEAN up your WHOLE plate” to explain the relationship between what we eat and good health.

“The foods we eat today are fake,” says Casey.

It’s not that some diaboli-cal force set out to poison us. Instead, the push toward con-venience foods has introduced chemicals and preservatives that the human body was never meant to digest.

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