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By Theresa EdwardsWestgate Christian Fellowship

performed a drama “The Living Last Supper” followed by communion together to “remember the Lord’s death until He comes again. …

“As we go back in time, we repeat the Scriptures and use words to paint pictures,” said narrator Bryan Broadhead. “Leonardo da Vinci

helped us visualize this scene.“The Scriptures tell us about

what was going on when Jesus and his disciples celebrated the Pass-over. So we are going to take you back 2,000 years with some drama and singing. We pray you will be up-lifted and blessed.”

The drama included an intro-duction of each disciple with a bio-

graphical sketch as the actors stood one by one on the stage before sit-ting at the long supper table.

Finally, Jesus, portrayed by pastor Mark Steinbach clothed in white, entered and sat at the center of the table. After the drama and communion, music and children’s pastor Heather William, Hope Steinbach and Hannah Koekenberg

sang “There is not a crown without a cross.”

Westgate Christian Fellowship at 1110 Lovell Road invites the com-munity to its open house including free food, door prizes and infl ata-bles 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, as the church introduces its new mother’s day out program. Info: www.westgatecf.org/.

Westgate Christian Fellowship portrays “The Living Last Supper” with 12 disciples: Matt Sternthal as James; Dave Campbell, Philip; James Welch, Matthew;

Matt Jackson, Peter; Craig William, Judas Iscariot; Zach Koekenberg, John; Scotty Harris, Andrew; Clyde Fulmer, James the Less; Ron Groover, Thaddeus;

Wayne Bediako, Bartholomew; Mike Rivera, Thomas; and Joe Kovach, Simon. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

‘The Living Last Supper’ at Westgate

More photos on A-7

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Ben Atchley State Veterans’ Home gets top 5-star ranking

Military banners adorn the

Ben Atchley State Veterans’

Home in honor of those

who served. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

“Proudly serving those who served” include: (front) Kala Wagoner, unit

manager; Dawn Baker, quality assurance nurse; Pat Smith, human re-

sources director; (back) Doug Ottinger, administrator; Brenda Mayo,

director of nursing; Linda Alexiades, unit manager; and Thelma Merrill,

assistant director of nursing.

By Theresa EdwardsIt is through overall perfor-

mance in health inspections, safety, nurse staffi ng and quality of medical care that Ben Atchley State Veterans’ Home earned a 5-star ranking, among the best in the country per U.S. News and World Report.

But the key to that top ranking lies in the hearts of more than 200 staff members there.

Their motto is “proudly serv-ing those who served,” adminis-trator Doug Ottinger said. “What these veterans have gone through in their military careers allows us to be here with the freedoms we have today. We are all honored to be giving back to those folks who have given – some with their limbs and everything else – to protect our country.”

The facility, which averaged 135 to 138 residents in 2012, has an excellent nurse to patient ratio, with 4.2 to 4.4 nursing hours per resident per day, about double the amount required by Tennessee law and the U.S. Department of

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Veterans Affairs.As a nonprofi t organization,

funds are used for the well-being of the residents. The executive of-fi ce in Murfreesboro gives excel-lent support, including technology such as video conferencing equip-ment.

Ottinger is also thankful for the support of the local commu-

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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Johnson gets state honor

Rural/Metro Fire Marshal Dan Johnson was named the

Code Offi cial of the Year by the East Tennessee Building Of-fi cials Associa-tion (ETBOA).

“Dan is a diligent, hard-working member of the Rural/Metro

Fire Department,” said Chief Jerry Harnish. “His work is exemplary. He understands that preventing fi res is the best way to save lives and prop-erty, and he is dedicated to thorough, regular inspections and providing fi re prevention education to keep the Farragut community safe.”

Johnson has worked as fi re marshal for Farragut for more than 12 years.

Johnson

Update on taxesCraig Leuthold will talk

taxes at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at Peace Lutheran Church, 612 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Knox County reassess-es property every four years, and Leuthold will discuss the process and ways to commu-nicate with the assessor’s of-fice. Info: www.cwkch.com/.

IN THIS ISSUE

Miracle MakerA veteran Knox County

educator says Copper Ridge Elementary School 1st-grade teacher Natasha Patchen is “the most creative and orga-nized teacher I have ever seen.”

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Keeping marble history alive

While the Ross and Mead’s marble quarries have found new life as a recreation area, Ijams Nature Center executive director Paul James doesn’t want to lose their history. The cabins that housed the men who worked there are long gone, and their stories will be, too, if family members don’t share them, he says.

Ijams is hosting a show-and-tell session from 1-4 p.m. Sat-urday, April 6. Read Shopper-News writer Wendy Smith’s interview with James online in this week’s Bearden edition.

By Sandra ClarkLincoln Memorial University’s

Duncan School of Law opened with great promise, but now it’s fi ghting for its life.

With enrollment underway for the Class of 2016, students and staff await a decision on accreditation by the American Bar Association, a decision that may not come until year’s end.

Pessimists worry. Without ac-creditation, graduates who pass the state bar exam can practice law only in Tennessee.

Optimists don’t. The ABA’s ac-creditation committee was in town March 17-20, touring the campus

(the Historic City Hall on Henley Street downtown), talking with stu-dents and meeting with members of the bar. The Tennessee Bar As-sociation gave a boost, saluting the school for pro bono work in excess of 5,165 hours by 84 students as-sisted by faculty.

And the optimists are counting on the credibility of the interim dean, the legendary Parham Williams.

With a degree from Yale School of Law, Willia ms has 35 years of experience having served as a pro-fessor and dean at Chapman Uni-versity School of Law, Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law, and the University of Missis-sippi School of Law. He has chaired or served on many ABA site in-spection teams.

LMU president B. James Daw-

Parham Williams, interim dean at LMU’s Duncan School of Law

Duncan School of Law battles on

son has said Williams “will play the crucial role of guiding (the school) through American Bar Association accreditation. We could not be in better hands.”

Optimists include students like Scott Frith who, along with wife Stephanie, will graduate from the Duncan School of Law in May.

Analysis

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with Dr. Paul Carter

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It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, father, teacher – anyone

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What people love about East Tennessee is part of what people hate about East Tennessee.

Such is the quandary for people who suffer from aller-gies, says Dr. Paul Carter, who is the owner and medical provider with Dr. Joseph Wisniewski of Allergy Partners of Eastern Tennessee.

“One of the main reasons East Tennessee – and the southeast, for that matter – always ranks so high on ‘worst place for allergies’ list is because we have this long growing season. By the end of February, we are already seeing tree pollen, and the pollen culprits can keep com-ing for 10 months,” says Paul. “In Knoxville, we are also in a valley where things get trapped in the ozone, which makes things worse.”

For this Murfreesboro native, however, living in Ten-nessee was always his plan, even when two stints in the U.S. Air Force took him to climate extremes: North Da-kota, Texas and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

He and his wife, Kristy, and three children have been at home in West Knoxville for 11 years now. His adventure continues in the Farragut area with the opening of Al-lergy Partners in Northshore Town Center. He also works in the Sevierville offi ce and will be in Fountain City when that offi ce opens in April.

A history buff, Paul says he has enjoyed the recent movies and television shows based on historical events and characters, like the movie “Lincoln” and the televi-sion show “Vikings.”

“They are fi ctionalized to make for good entertain-ment, but I don’t really mind that, because it gives you a look at what life was like during that time,” says Paul.

He also enjoys music and was a trumpet player in high school and college. Now he sings with the Knoxville Choral Society. “It is harder to keep your skills up on an instrument as you get older and busier. I could never practice enough to play trumpet with the Knoxville Sym-phony, but I can sing with the Choral Society and par-ticipate in an incredible season that includes performing with the symphony.”

He loves classical music, but also likes country and the music of his youth. “I still love Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire. We just returned from seeing Elton John in Chattanooga, and it was very good. His drummer has been with him since 1969!”

His children, Meghan, Madeline and Christopher, also

have him listening to today’s popular music, and Paul can claim an experience with one of the fathers of rock.

“The fi rst concert I ever attended was to see Elvis Pres-ley at Murphy Center in Murfreesboro,” he says.

Sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Dr. Paul Carter:

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?“Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives

extraordinary.” John Keating (Robin Williams) in “Dead Poets Society.”

What are you guilty of?Not spending enough time with the people I care

about the most.

What is your favorite material possession?I don’t really have a real attachment to any particular

possession, but, if pressed, I would say my iPhone. I use it for phone calls, email, calendar, Internet and as a GPS device.

What are you reading currently?“Thomas Jefferson,” by Jon Meacham.

What was your most embarrassing moment? Forgetting my third wedding anniversary until about

11:45 that night. Oops.

What are the top three things on your bucket list? Seeing London, Rome and Paris. Going on a photo

safari. Taking a cruise to Alaska.

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

Trustworthy. Keeping my commitments and being able to hold information in confi dence is something that I value highly.

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

I would be better at not taking on too many tasks at a time.

What is your passion? Improving quality and safety in health care.

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

John Adams. I enjoy history, and John Adams was such an integral part in our country becoming a country. He was always true to his beliefs and stood up for what was right, no matter what side that put him on.

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

My grandfather, who showed me what it means to be honest, reliable and a hard worker. And my wife, Kristy, who inspires me to be the best I can be.

I still can’t quite get the hang of … Water skiing, although I haven’t put that much

effort into it.

What is the best present you ever received in a box?The keys to my fi rst car. That was a very liberating

moment.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?Always stand up for what is right, and don’t let anyone

take advantage of you.

What is your social media of choice? Facebook

What is the worst job you have ever had?As a doctor, having to tell a family that their loved one

has died.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?

Not a cartoon, but I enjoy “The Far Side” comic strip, because it was so good at fi nding humor in many things.

What irritates you?Selfi shness.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?Connor’s. It’s one of the best restaurants around.

What is your greatest fear? Watching a terrible event or accident and being help-

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The sweet potato drop sponsored by many area churches March 23 was one of many proj-

ects included as part of the “Day of Service” events by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-

day Saints. Nearly 40,000 pounds of sweet potatoes were given to Knoxville area families

and ministries to feed the hungry.

District Attorney Gen-eral Randy Nichols spoke out against gun violence at the 6th District Democratic Party meeting at the Karns Branch Library last week, and he connected the topic to the need for a safety center.

District Attorney General Randy Nichols and wife Laura Nichols

visit the 6th District Democratic Party meeting in Karns. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Cindy Walker

Nichols was accompa-nied by his wife, Laura. They have two children, Ross and LeeAnne, and two grandchil-dren. Safety is a top concern.

The county’s top law en-forcement offi cer said a look at the individuals commit-ting violent crimes shows that most have severe mental health issues and should be prevented from owning guns. Background checks should always be run.

“We need to make sure we

are taking reasonable steps,” he said.

Nichols said “we’ll all be better off” if a safety center is built to treat the mentally ill. Currently, most go to jail, and they do not receive the neces-sary help there, he said.

Cindy Walker is candidate

Cindy Walker brought her campaign to chair the Knox County Democratic Party to the meeting of 6th District Democrats last week. She is opposed by Linda Haney in the April 13 contest to replace state Rep. Gloria Johnson.

■ Karns Family and Community

Education Club will meet 10

a.m. Wednesday, April 10, at

Karns Community Center.

Info: 691-8792.

■ Greater Karns Business As-

sociation meets at noon each

second Thursday at the Karns

Community Club building

at 7708 Oak Ridge Highway.

Info: Alisa Pruett, 603-4273, or

www.karnsbusiness.com/.

■ Karns Republican Club meets

7 p.m. each fi rst Tuesday at

Karns Middle School library.

April 2 speaker will be Charme

Knight, running for District

Attorney offi ce in 2014. Info:

Lorraine Coff ey, 660-3677.

KARNS NOTES

Edie Clemons (second from

right) receives a proclama-

tion for “Day of Service” in

Tennessee from state Reps.

John Ragan, Bill Dunn,

Roger Kane, Gerald McCor-

mick and Ryan Haynes.

As party treasurer the past two years, she has demonstrated her commit-ment to work hard, Walker

said. She has also support-ed Democratic candidates and helped her husband, Randy, in his campaign for

state Senate in 2010.“The biggest issue is com-

munication, to get the word out,” said Walker. “I want to increase the footprint of the Democratic Party through communication. ... We need to have more presence in our community.”

Clemons honored for ‘Day of Service’

State Rep. Ryan A. Haynes has recognized community volunteer Edie Clemons for her leader-ship in “Helping Hands and

Linking Arms Day of Ser-vice.” Clemons represented the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Haynes sponsored a res-olution which calls volun-teer action “a powerful force for solving problems both large and small.

“The banding together, in the spirit of giving, of a few dedicated individuals can transform lives and entire communities,” he wrote.

Clemons received a signed copy of the resolu-tion on the House fl oor.

Duncan School of Law From page A-1

Ben Atchley From page A-1

nity. The Elks Lodge plays “Santa” each year with Christmas gifts for the residents. Several groups provide entertainment, such as the Andy Griffith

rerun watchers club. The families and friends

of the residents visit often.And the residents contin-

ue to give back to others. Ot-tinger, who is a history buff,

says there is nothing like sitting down and hearing stories from those who were in World War II, the Korean war and the Vietnam con-fl ict. Info: www.tsvh.org/.

“Planning to pass the bar and practice law,” says Scott.

Optimists include Pete DeBusk, who started a mul-tinational business from his garage on Cunningham Road. DeBusk chairs the LMU Board of Trustees. He pushed to launch the De-Busk School of Osteopathic Medicine at LMU and the Duncan School of Law. His aim: to serve underserved populations in Southern Ap-palachia.

Optimists include the school’s founding dean, Sydney Beckman, whose

vision of technology in the classroom has put Duncan School of Law way ahead of many other institu-tions.

Pessimists see the ABA as a gatekeeper to limit those entering the legal profession. Low-cost, high-tech legal education is anathema to the ABA, they say. Plus, law school enroll-ment is down across the country. And who needs more lawyers, anyway?

The ABA has denied ac-creditation once. DeBusk and Beckman sued. That

lawsuit was settled and the ABA is now dealing with Parham Williams. Will that be enough?

We’ll know by year’s end.

Meanwhile, this op-timist says, “come on down.” The school has a solid faculty, convenient hours (you can hold a full-time job while attending) and a fair price.

Duncan School of Law is a boost to downtown and to working adults who want to better themselves. Let’s make it work!

■ Karns Community Club meets

7:30 p.m. each fi rst Tuesday

at Karns Community Center.

Info: Don Gordon, 938-1655.

■ Karns Lions Club meets 6:30

p.m. each fi rst and third Mon-

day at the Karns Community

Club building at 7708 Oak

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Mayor Rogero will lead observances on April 9 at the Ross Building on Western Avenue celebrat-ing National Community Service Day in Knoxville as it is celebrated across the USA.

More than 400 cities across the country will participate in honoring the volunteer work of thou-sands of Americans since the National Corporation for Public Service was cre-ated in the mid-1990s at President Clinton’s initia-tive.

I was privileged to serve on the fi rst board by ap-pointment of the President and confi rmation by the U.S. Senate.

■ Barbara Monty will retire from Knox County’s Commu-nity Action Committee after 45 dis-tinguished years and be honored with a re-

ception from 4-6 p.m. Tues-day, April 16, also at the Ross Building on Western Avenue. Public is invited.

■ Ann Baker Fur-row Boulevard will be dedicated at 1 p.m. Satur-day, April 13. It is located in the new UT Sorority Village Center. Furrow was the fi rst woman to serve on the UT Board of Trustees, appointed by Gov. Winfi eld Dunn in the early 1970s. UT will host a reception afterwards.

■ Mayor Rogero broke new ground for city mayors when she publicly en-dorsed the re-election of Nick Pav-lis to city council. He is the vice

mayor by vote of council. She did it at a recent Pavlis fundraiser.

Pavlis is currently unopposed, as are the other four council members whose terms expire in De-cember. She told the attend-ees that she favored Pavlis’ re-election. (This writer also attended this reception and made a donation to the Pavlis campaign, as I favor his re-election too.)

However, incumbent mayors usually do not openly endorse council can-didates. There are several reasons for this.

One reason is while Pavlis is appreciative of

Rogero endorses Pavlis

the mayoral nod, the other eight councilmembers must wonder if they too will receive a mayoral endorsement. If not, why not?

What will be the stan-dard Rogero will employ on whether to endorse Brown, Palmer, Della Volpe and Grieve who are also run-ning this year?

Rogero and Della Volpe have had several pointed email exchanges recently. Brown plans a fundraiser reception in a few weeks. The question here is not the endorsement of Pavlis, who is widely applauded, but whether the mayor should endorse a council candidate at all, and what it means beyond the single endorse-ment.

Will she endorse the other four councilmembers running in two years when she too will be on the bal-lot? When she ran in 2011, she studiously avoided endorsing those candidates. Also, if the challenger should win over the mayor’s endorsement, it weakens the political clout of the mayor as occurred when Kyle Testerman tried but failed to defeat Jean Teague for city council 32 years ago.

Rogero is enthused about Vice Mayor Pavlis as they work as closely together as I worked with then-Vice Mayor Jack Sharp. Per-haps she did not con-sider these issues and just wanted to do it.

Rogero has a right to endorse whoever she wants. But is it wise when it comes to local offi ces? Does it set a precedent which may later come back to haunt her? There are other ways to support your preferred candidate short of a public endorsement.

■ President Obama renominated Marilyn Brown on March 21 to the TVA board of directors after she was blocked in January by Sens. Alexander and Corker. Her chances of being confi rmed to a second term can be rated as slim to none. The board will continue with one vacancy. Even the Georgia senators where she lives in Atlanta are not pushing her nomination.

Betty Bean

Richard Briggs, already up and running against state Sen. Stacey Campfi eld in 2014, has coined a phrase voters are going to hear a lot in that campaign – “know-it-alls in Nashville”– refer-ring to legislators who claim to be advocates of small government while shov-ing burdensome laws down the throats of local govern-ments.

Now Briggs can add a new arrow to his quiver – a law requiring local school districts (called local edu-cation agencies or LEAs in Nashville) to allow home- schooled students to par-ticipate in school-sponsored interscholastic athletics.

Prompted by complaints from a family in William-son County, its sponsors are from Knox County. Camp-fi eld is the Senate sponsor, but it’s House sponsor Rog-er Kane whose rhetorical bombs are causing home-folks’ jaws to clench and teeth to grind.

While presenting his bill in the House education sub-committee, Kane accused

the Knox County Board of Education of dealing with home-school students in “an arbitrary and capricious” manner after the TSSAA changed its bylaws in 2011 to permit home-schoolers to participate in athletics, but said LEAs could opt out.

The Campfi eld/Kane bill makes it mandatory.

The bill sailed through the Senate, but Kane got pushback from a couple of members who told him that they didn’t want the state meddling with their coun-ties. He then took a broad swipe at LEAs, specifi cally accusing Knox County of causing home schoolers to miss TSSAA’s registration deadline.

School board member Thomas Deakins initially opposed the rule change, but then worked with the TSSAA and the Tennes-

see School Board Associa-tion (of which he is a board member) to allow home schoolers to participate. He has questions about enforc-ing discipline and academic qualifi cations under the new law and says Kane mis-stated the situation.

“Our board put a pol-icy together that allowed (sports participation) as long as they met the same qualifi cations as other ath-letes and didn’t displace an-other athlete,” he said.

Supporters of the Kane/Campfi eld law are happy that LEAs will no longer be allowed to charge home schoolers additional fees, on the theory that their families already pay taxes. School board chair Karen Carson says they’re ignoring the fact that school funding is based on average daily at-tendance (ADA), and home schoolers aren’t counted.

“What I am against is if you do not enroll in Knox County schools, we do not get funding. If a home- schooled student enrolls in sports, how is that fair?”

Since the policy change in 2011, fi ve home-schooled students have signed up to participate in school athlet-ics in Knox County.

McMinn County Repub-lican John Forgety, a former schools superintendent who holds a doctorate in educa-tion, said Kane’s bill is un-necessary meddling.

“I have a great deal of heartburn with mandating anything for a local school board.”

TSSAA general coun-sel Rick Colbert resisted pressure from Rep. Harry Brooks, who wanted him to agree that the new bill merely replaces “may” with “shall.”

“This bill does more than just say follow the TSSAA rule,” he said… “If those kinds of things are put in statute, there will be no exceptions. … I believe it would be bad policy for the state to try to legislate it.”

“Perhaps we ought to fi le a bill doing away with LEAs, the way we’re going,” said Clarksville Democrat Joe Pitts.

Nashville ‘know-it-alls’ strike again

Monty

Pavlis

Haslam can’t win on Medicaid“Wow!” I thought last

Wednesday. Within a 30-minute in-

terval, I was yelled at by two very different people about the same issue. Both were upset that Gov. Bill Haslam had announced earlier that day his decision not to rec-ommend Tennessee take federal dollars to expand Medicaid.

Whoever thought Haslam would sign on to Obamacare just doesn’t know our gover-nor, who bravely made a no-win decision.

One of my liberal friends said, “People will die!” be-fore hanging up on me. A more conservative friend wondered how Haslam could turn his back on “all of those rural hospitals” which may be forced to close.

Were we not paying at-tention during the eight years of Don Sundquist’s administration when the expansion of TennCare threatened the state’s sol-vency?

Remember the squeeze on traditional state pro-grams such as higher edu-cation and state parks? Re-member how close we came to a state income tax?

As long as people get sick and die, as long as doctors and scientists invent new

treatments, there will be an insatiable demand for health care.

How to pay?By rationing. How to ration?By ability to pay.Haslam misstepped

when he suggested using federal funds to buy insur-ance for poor people.

All of you who think our friends the insurance com-

panies will save health care money (except by ration-ing), raise your hand.

Funding health care is tough. Escalating costs have pressured business-es into higher and higher deductibles and put U.S. industries at competitive disadvantage with overseas fi rms. Perhaps that’s why the state’s organized busi-ness community through

the Chamber of Commerce united with liberals to urge Haslam to sign on to Obamacare.

Unpaid emergency room bills from uninsured pa-tients continue to drive up costs. Doctors are hurting. The smartest kids are not applying for medical school.

Haslam was correct in calling our current system “unsustainable.”

Meeting of the mindsMayor Tim Burchett fi st bumps with county Commissioner Jeff Ownby during a reception

at the Goodwill Industries ribbon cutting. Photo by Cindy Taylor

■ Steve Griffi n, security chief

for Knox County Schools,

announced Friday that he will

retire. He’s been suspended

pending the outcome of an

investigation. A wit online

joked that it was appropri-

ate that Griffi n quit on Good

Friday because, “someone

had to die for our sins.”

■ Amy Broyles spoke harshly to

fellow commissioners when

they tried to sidestep an earli-

er indication they would fund

increased school security. “I’m

really tired of this ‘our money,

their money,’” she said. “It’s

the taxpayers’ money.”

■ Tony Norman challenged

Jim McIntyre on the number

of school security offi cers.

“If KPD has 17 (offi cers in city

schools), and the Sheriff ’s

Offi ce has 24 and you have 41

now ... and you want to add

58 that’s ... (140 offi cers for 88

schools).”

■ Jim McIntyre responded:

“Yes, it’s “a robust deploy-

ment matrix.”

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NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier

When you grow up within sight of the Great Smoky Mountains and you’re an outdoor person, I suppose it’s only natural to assume that “being out-side” conjures up images of cool high elevations, rushing clear streams with clean gravelly bot-toms, tall poplar and ev-ergreen trees growing up from dense rhododendron thickets, and hiking trails that go either uphill or downhill most of the time.

It turns out that there is other outdoors out there, some of them a lot dif-ferent from the environs in our neck of the woods. In fact, there are places where “high” means one or two feet above sea lev-el, where the rivers and streams have water the color of tea and the cur-rents f low slowly back and forth, rising and falling twice a day. The groves of tall straight pine trees grow on land as f lat as a tabletop, a dense under-growth of palmettos at their feet, between miles of grass-filled salt marsh. Other trees, the massive, gnarled old live oaks, stand on higher ground, embellished with ferns and Spanish moss.

This is the strange land that you encounter all along the coasts of South Caro-lina and Georgia, from the beaches inland for 30 miles or so. It’s the Low Country. Armadillos and alligators,

A trip to the Low Country

snakes and mosquitoes, what more could an out-door person want?

Well now, the first day of spring was scheduled for March 20, and the meteorologist was calling for snow. Grandma and I decided we needed to be somewhere farther south, and hopefully some place with a lot of birds already there, not just to be ex-pected in a month or so.

We had already wanted to add some more birds to our Georgia list. And so, we decided. The middle of March, the state of Geor-gia, lots of birds, an easy day’s drive. We headed for the Low Country, and Je-kyll Island seemed to be the right destination.

The barrier islands along the coast of Georgia – Ty-bee, Ossabow, St. Simons, Jekyll, Cumberland and others – are different from the long, narrow ribbons of sand we’re used to visit-ing along North Carolina’s Outer Banks. On the coast of Georgia, because of the shape of the coastline and the work of the wind and tides, the barrier islands are plump, wider, higher af-fairs, with well-established maritime forests of live oak, pine and palmettos.

The Low Country is a land of water. The gentle two-foot tides of the Outer Banks are replaced here by big six- to eight-foot tides. The boat docks you see with many steps up and down to their land-ings attest to the signifi-cant twice-daily water level changes. Eight major rivers f low into the ocean in the 100 miles between Savannah and the Florida line, plus sounds, creeks and marshlands without number. The early colo-nials depended on the wa-terways for their transpor-tation, at least as far inland as they could navigate.

After the Native Ameri-cans, the Spanish and the British came and went, those hardy early colo-nials established homes in the Low Country, and built large rice planta-tions there in a land that I would have considered uninhabitable before the days of air conditioning and window screens. And I recalled that the folks in Boston and Philadelphia could only harvest the oak trees for sailing vessels from those islands in the winter because not even the toughest crew of tim-ber cutters could tolerate

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the snakes, bugs, alligators and deadly fevers of the Low Country summers.

But early spring is really nice. There’s not a lot go-ing on, tourist wise. About the only people around are the locals, some indoor-type snowbirds, and the fishermen and birders.

Which brings us to the birds. The ocean, beach-es, woods and ponds and marshes give you a vari-ety of places to look. And there are some great hu-man-made places as well. Several wildlife refuges have been developed using the ponds and dikes from the old rice plantations. On one of those ponds we saw hundreds of nesting wood storks and scores of yellow-crowned and black-crowned night her-ons. And big alligators.

All that added up to a marvelous three days of dawn-to-dark birding, and a list of 111 species for the trip. Some were excit-

ing single sightings: one glossy ibis f lying over, a yellow-throated warbler in the Spanish moss, a little chicken-like sora rail skulking through the marsh grass. We found a plump little long-distance migrating shorebird called a red knot hunkered down among a f lock of other species as if trying to keep a low profile and avoid any publicity.

There were some “Oh wow!” moments, like see-ing 20 white pelicans soar-ing high over the marsh in the morning sun, just as a bald eagle f lew across the sky in front of them. And then there were the scenes that I like to call “the way Nature was intended to be” moments, where the abundance of life is just too much to count. We stood and watched 1,000 little sandpipers and plo-vers feeding on a mud f lat at low tide. Suddenly, they would all swirl into the

sky and sweep around like a single huge organism, and then calmly settle back down and begin feed-ing again as if nothing had happened.

Out on the beach, the scene repeated itself, only bigger and noisier. Out there, the gulls and terns, black skimmers and oys-tercatchers were hanging out. They did the resting and swirling thing, too, with a lot more squawking and calling. You just won’t see birds like that in the Smokies. It’s like being at Disney World for bird-watchers.

Given a little space, na-ture produces beautiful things in numbers and va-rieties beyond our imagi-nations. A few days at the right times and in the right places could convince even the most committed in-door person of the truth and wonder of that.

When it stops snowing, we’ll be on the road again.

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Good teams are gathering for the peak of this exciting basketball season.

Tennessee, not being one of them, is pondering “next year.”

Cuonzo Martin is on the clock. He must know NIT one and done is unacceptable. Too much is invested for a 20-13 return – big building, rich recruiting budget, $$$ checks to coaches.

Nobody expects the Vol-unteers to win the national championship. They’ve been playing for 114 years without ever reaching the Final Four but they do need to go in that general direction.

The university cannot afford mediocrity. Basket-ball must succeed and look good doing it. Empty seats at Thompson-Boling are a very bad omen. Do not blame the customers. Attendance was better than the team. Orange was ugly at times.

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Next year is now for baskets

“Next year” is crucial for Cuonzo. He is not a circus barker or slick seller of snake oil. He does not talk a good game but I still think he has the potential to be a star – if, if, if.

Improvement starts with keeping NBA dreamers from making a mistake. Getting Jeronne Maymon back on the court would be a boost. Recruiting people who can play would be encouraging. It appears adjustments are waiting to be made.

Solving the point guard problem would make Mar-tin’s motion offense better. Some of us believe it is best

to get the ball inside now and then. It would be good to have more assists than turnovers.

The coach could improve his chances against zone de-fenses. Most teams use drib-ble penetration and passes to the post. Tennessee plays bombs away. If perimeter shooters connect, they dis-courage zones. If they miss, the zone wins.

(See Alabama tape).Wouldn’t it be great if

Coach could teach his guards to guard quick guards?

Teaching speed is diffi cult. Perhaps the focus might be on improving technique.

Dare we mention defense? Cuonzo’s reputation is rooted in defense. His key strategy is effort. Statistics create suspi-cion. Tennessee ranked 114 in the country at prevent-ing fi eld goals. It was 339 in steals. Lack of quickness?

Could be.Thousands of UT fans who

respect the coach as a stand-up guy, a role model and rock-solid mentor of young men appreciate the leader-ship he offers. He apparently follows the rules and seems highly unlikely to embarrass the establishment.

That isn’t quite enough to compensate for losing home and away to Georgia. That does not explain scoring 37 and 38 in back-to-back losses at Georgetown and Virginia.

Inexplicable January slumps by Trae Golden and Jarnell Stokes were major factors in the 3-6 start in the Southeastern Confer-ence race. The Vols were on the edge of awful when their overall record was 11-10. They recovered.

Martin changed his lineup and picked up the pace. Jordan McRae turned into a remark-able scorer. Stokes became a double-double machine after the coach fi led a formal com-plaint about SEC offi ciating.

The Vols won eight of nine. They were combative on the road. They outrebounded

most foes. They killed Ken-tucky by 30. They upset Florida. They gutted out four overtimes at Texas A&M.

They never played beauti-ful basketball but they were generally tough.

Alas, they did not fi n-ish. The late loss at Georgia was terminal. They bounced back with a thriller over Mis-souri. They were dull again in the SEC tournament loss to Alabama.

Hearts were broken when they were ignored by NCAA selectors. They didn’t show much zip against Mercer.

Here is where Cuonzo stands: A coach in the big leagues must fi eld a team that draws a crowd. Apathy is fatal. He must compete for conference crowns. He must resist violations.

Tennessee, with all its re-sources, really should appear in the NCAA tournament.

Cruel world, isn’t it. You are part of the buzz or you start early on “next year.”Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com.

This is strange and dan-gerous ground, I realize. It is April Fool’s Day, which seems a frivolous way to celebrate the second day of Eastertide!

Until one considers that Death is the one who was fooled!

I have a “surrational” pic-ture on my offi ce wall. It was given to me by a dear friend, someone who understood the role of the deacon bet-ter than most of the average

folks in the pew. Let me explain. Histori-

cally, the deacon’s role is servant ministry. In the earliest days of the church, the deacons waited tables: they served the hungry congregation. Nowadays, we frequently say that a deacon stands at the door of the Church: one foot in the world and one foot in the sanctuary. Deacons today serve in extension ministries; we work in

April Fool!At the crack of dawn on Sunday, the women came to

the tomb carrying the burial spices they had prepared. They found the entrance stone rolled back from the tomb, so they walked in. But once inside, they couldn’t fi nd the body of the Master Jesus. They were puzzled, wondering what to make of this.

(Luke 24: 1-4a The Message)

churches, yes, but also in hospitals and schools and social service agencies and missions.

People frequently look at my “surrational” picture and ask, “What am I see-ing here?” That is because at the top of the picture, it appears to be a city street full of cars, with tall build-ings on either side of the street. However, if one lets one’s eye travel down the picture, suddenly the street becomes an aisle in a church, and the buildings look like church pews. It is a little disconcerting.

That picture makes this deacon happy because the church and the world are integrated into one thing.

But recently I found an-other of Scott Mutter’s sur-rational pictures that gave me one of those true “A-ha!” moments.

It is titled “The Grave.” It is a photograph of a mau-soleum in a cemetery. The beholder can clearly see the other tombstones and the grass around the mau-soleum. Then, the viewer realizes that the entrance to the vault is not the usual heavy wooden door with a lock and bolt.

It is a revolving glass door.

When I realized what I was seeing, I smiled. Then I laughed out loud.

“There it is!” I thought. “That is the Easter miracle in a single picture!”

We, like the disciples

and the women, think of death as the end. Even when we say we believe in an afterlife, we mourn our dead as if we will never see them again. Our grief, our loss, is real, and we cannot fully imagine what lies on the other shore.

But here is the wonder-ful, awesome, fantastic, almost-unbelievable truth: Jesus, the crucified Christ, turned a huge stone into a revolving door and walked out of the tomb on Easter morning, alive forever-more.

And no grave will ever again hold sway over Him, or over those who believe in Him.

So who is the April Fool? That would be Death, who has lost all his power, and holds sway over absolutely nothing.

Christ is alive! Alleluia! Happy Easter!

Liz Thacker, site resource coordinator of the community school at Norwood Elemen-tary School in north Knox County, recently provided information about the program.

What is the fo-cus?

Strengthening academics for students likely to benefi t from extra instruction is the primary empha-sis. Working in small groups, community school students receive assignments a week be-fore they are presented to the whole class. They then become class leaders and teach other students the lesson, thus reinforc-ing the material and boosting their confi -dence. Financial need is another criterion for acceptance into the program.

Describe a typi-cal afternoon.

Academics are covered from 3–4:30 p.m., after which about half the students leave. Those who stay have 45 minutes of special ac-tivities with volunteers from Pi Beta Phi Soror-ity and UT’s nutrition department on par-ticular days, along with other activities. Dinner is served at 5:15, and students leave between 5:45 and 6 p.m.

Other special services?

About 25 students receive mental health services from a Helen Ross McNabb Cen-ter professional who comes to the school three days a week. Cardiac Kids, a special exercise program, runs 10 weeks in the fall.

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By Ashley BakerChristian and Amanda

Johnson’s family went from four to seven overnight. In December 2012, the John-sons adopted three Ugandan children – Miriam, Arthur and Daniel.

It all started in Febru-ary 2012 when Amanda talked with a friend who was working in Africa. “I knew I would never go to Africa, but I wanted to help them,” she said. It was during this encounter that Johnson fi rst saw the face of her future son, Daniel.

“It is a hard emotion to describe,” Johnson ex-plained, “but I knew beyond knowing that he was my son. I drove home after seeing a picture of him, and I told my husband, ‘I don’t know why, and I think I’m crazy, but we need to pray about this.’” Christian agreed to pray about adoption.

Dull, gray hours passed as emotions swirled within Amanda. “I was broken for a week,” she said.

The answer came to the couple, and one week after seeing Daniel’s picture, the Johnsons started the adop-tion process. Despite the fi nancial worries, the John-

The Johnson family grew quickly in December of 2012. Pic-

tured are (front) Miriam, age 10; Chris and Amanda; Bella, 8;

(back) Arthur, 13; Daniel, 8; and Landon, 7. Photo submitted

Children of the heart: Johnson family grows quickly

sons knew God would pro-vide a way for Daniel to come to his new home 8,000 miles away.

Help came from their lo-cal church, Two Rivers. The Johnsons connected with His Heart Ministry, which is designed to support families considering or in the process of adopting. The Johnsons said it was God’s answer to their prayers.

Two years earlier, leaders at Two Rivers Church raised $90,000 to begin a fund that would assist families purs-ing adoption, and this fund helped the Johnsons.

Dave Benner, director of the ministry, said, “His Heart Adoption and Foster Care Ministry was formed to distribute the funds raised and to support families in all

stages of the adoption and foster care process. We do this because it is an obedi-ence thing. There are kids without homes, and the Bi-ble is really clear about car-ing for the orphans.”

The help came in more ways than just fi nancial, said Amanda Johnson. “They held my hand through all the steps,” she said, “and in that overwhelming process, that is what I needed.”

In May 2012, the John-sons fl ew to Uganda to meet Daniel.

“Meeting Daniel was overwhelming,” said John-son. “Going to the children’s home was like your wed-ding day or childbirth. You remember everything and nothing at all.”

Though she had never

seen Daniel in person, Amanda recognized him right away. “I tried to hold it in, but the second he hugged me, I was undone,” she said.

The trip held a revela-tion that led to another life-changing choice for the Johnsons. Daniel had two older siblings, Miriam, 10; and Arthur, 13. The court ruled that siblings were to remain together.

Christian and Amanda turned to prayer. Amanda said that, like many moth-ers, she fi rst had to face her fears: Was she equipped to handle this many children? Would she have the patience for such a task?

The answer for the John-sons was “yes.”

In November 2012, Chris-tian and Amanda were back in Uganda. After only a few

days, there were given cus-tody of all three children. Five weeks later, the 8,000 mile gap was closed, and all the Johnsons were under one roof.

“If you ever meet my kids, you will see how amazing they are,” said Johnson. “All we had to do was be obedient. Godmade it happen. He openedone door after another.”

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Community Services

■ Catholic Charities offers

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April 6, in the sanctuary to

local neighbors in need,

beginning at 9 a.m. and

continuing until all food has

been handed out. Any area

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receive food. Used children’s

clothing, in good condition,

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■ Bearden UMC youth are

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at Hardin Valley AcademyMy Amazing Life

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juniors got a chance to learn how life is altered by choices, chances and consequences as they participated in My Amazing Life presented by the PTSA and sponsored by local businesses.

To start, students chose a career, but their salary was not revealed until their “life” began. After learning how their salary related to life options, some choose a dif-ferent career to pursue, said coordinator Cynthia Bunch. That is why the program is offered to the junior class, when they can still easily change their career goals.

As students visited vari-ous booths, they kept a tally of their budget. Some op-tions such as size of house or car were chosen by students, but other options were ran-dom. They drew a number to see how many children they would theoretically have.

Those who won the life game had money for retire-ment and celebrated with cake. Those who lost did not partake in the sweet reward.

By Theresa EdwardsHardin Valley Elemen-

tary School held their an-nual hawk walk to promote physical fi tness and benefi t the PTA’s programs.

The theme was “celebrate our heroes.” The event start-ed with Sgt. Kurt Mack cir-cling above in Knox County Sheriff’s helicopter, then landing as students looked in awe and were later giv-en an opportunity to get a close-up view.

Other local heroes in-cluded Karns Fire Depart-ment, the Knox County Bomb Squad, and teachers and volunteers dressed as super-heroes.

Robert Eichholtz, dressed as “Iron E” man, cheered the students on. “Being physically fi t is very important to me and I try to get every kid that comes to my class excited about physical education,” he says.

The goal for each student was to complete 30 laps. Prizes were awarded, in-cluding an iPad to one class.

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educator says Copper Ridge Elemen-tary School 1st-grade teacher Nata-sha Patchen is “the most creative and organized teacher I have ever seen.”

Patchen laughed when told she was described as being organized and said, “Well, I am, but people don’t always see it. Look at this desk, merciful heavens!” pointing to the various papers and bric-a-brac.

“Look around my classroom. There’s stuff all over!”

But the description goes beyond organized in the sense of use of class-room space, and Patchen’s creativ-ity is quickly apparent. Within the confi nes of the curriculum, Patchen exposes her students to artists, to holiday traditions around the world, even to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.

At the mention of the race, Patch-en stopped, ran up to a map at the front of the classroom and pointed out the trail.

“I’m teaching them social stud-ies and we’re using technology on the web to follow the trail and we’re working on telling time. One student said (of one dog), ‘She’s only one-half mile behind!’”

Patchen’s students even held their own version of the race, called the Iditarod Read, in which they took a “dog sled” wagon around the school, stopping in different classrooms, with books in preparation for Accel-erated Reading testing.

“So we covered reading and cov-ered math with a time-telling test.”

Why is all this important? “They (the students) need to

stretch and grow. Children are not robots. They are creative individuals with individual needs.”

Patchen has visited 49 states and underwent her student teaching in West Germany.

“I do like to expose (students) to the world, art and culture, even Na-vajo fry bread. I do a lot of cooking!”

When it snows, a rarity in Knox County anymore, “we rejoice in the snow if we have school.

“I have a snow curricu-lum, in which I tell the students that a snowfl ake has six points and we read Alaska sto-ries. So you have science, reading and social studies. That’s how I get away with all this fun. I’m very good at tying it all together. That takes ex-perience and this school is fi lled with wonderful teachers.”

Copper Ridge Elementary 1st-grade teacher Natasha Patchen assists Cynthia Miles as she pulls weeds from the classroom garden. Photo by Ruth White

Now in her 20th year of education, Patchen has taught kindergarten, 4th grade, 5th grade and 1st grade.

“I prayed I wouldn’t get 1st grade, and when I did my student teaching, I got 1st grade.”

Originally from Jamestown, N.Y., Patchen has taught 10 years at Cop-per Ridge and eight years at Sterchi

Elementary. Prior to moving to Knox-

ville, she taught for two years in Wyoming. She says she did

not want to be a teacher and had a miserable ex-

perience in school. But after she was fi rst married she taught preschool and thought, “That’s not so bad.”

At the University of Wyoming, mentors were telling her, “You’re a natural.” (A professor there showed

slides during a presentation on un-dergoing student teaching in Ger-many. That’s how she landed there.)

“I went where I was led. I believe God leads you places.”

She knows it is a cliché, but Patch-en says she loves the sweet moments when the “light bulb” goes off in a student’s mind.

“And it goes off often.”One student came to Patchen the

other day holding a recently-read book.

“I knew from the look on the face that the student had really read it.”

Patchen also takes her students on the school’s nature trail. She says seeing them “fi lled with wonder” at the world around them keeps her young.

“I have great classes, great kids and great parental support. When I go ask (my colleagues) if I can go run

through the school with 16 children and a wagon and book bags, they say, ‘Sure, Patchen, come disrupt class!’ But they know exactly what time we’re coming by and what we’re going to do.”

She says 1st-grade students are expected to add and subtract easily when they leave her classroom for the year, read at a 1st-grade level and write four or fi ve sentences that con-nect together.

The biggest challenge? “Knowing nouns, verbs, adjec-

tives, knowing how to write a para-graph. We have to write a research paper. And the math skills they have to know would make your jaw drop.”

During the Iditarod race unit, several students went home and fol-lowed the race on their computers.

“So, the learning is carrying on!” Patchen says with a smile.

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Concord Christian School 2nd graders Sebastian Costales and

Camden Carter anxiously wait in line to pay for the books they

found during book fair.

Grandparents Dayat Concord Christian School

Concord Christian

School kindergartner

Parker Breeding spends

time with grandfather

Bobby Arden, great aunt

Phyllis Silvey, grand-

mother Linda Arden

and mom Paige after a

“blessing of the grand-

parents” in the school’s

chapel during Grandpar-

ents and Special Friends

Day. Photos by S. Barrett

Concord Christian School 2nd grader Raleigh Jack Walker waits to

get her picture made in a photo booth with her grandmother, Pat

Walker. Activities for the day included a blessing in the chapel, com-

plimentary breakfast, an art gallery created by the students, and

teamwork in the classroom between grandparents and students.

Betty Nichols “one ups” her grandson Christian Whitehead

in teacher Debra Peddicord’s class during a game of “Is Your

Grandparent Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”

Boyd and Sue Fain get some pointers from their nephew, 5th

grader Christopher Keeble, in Debra Peddicord’s class.

Lacresha and Charlie Seiber have a seat in the café with their

granddaughter, kindergartner Briley Creis. “There is so much

done to connect parents and their children,” said Concord

Christian School admission director Stephanie Mason. “Grand-

parents need that connection, too.”

Concord Christian School 3rd grader Kendall Nicodemus shops

in the school book fair for her brother, Farragut Primary School

student Chase Nicodemus (not pictured) with her grandpar-

ents Linda and Larry Nicodemus and Cora Gillespie, who drove

in from Asheville for Granparents Day.

Concord Christian School 1st grader Olivia Davis listens to 1st

grader Brenni Matsom’s granddad, John Woods, read a book

from the book fair.

Alvin Spunt spent the morning with his great-grandson,

Concord Christian School 3rd grader Ashton Underwood,

during Grandparents Day. The two plan to take a cruise to

Alaska this summer.

Concord Christian School kindergarten teacher Linda Want-

land visits with her student Troy McGaha, and his granddad,

Ron Wantland.

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By Sherri Gardner HowellThe Knoxville Chapter of

the American Marketing As-sociation (KAMA) will honor one of its own as Outstanding Marketing Professional on April 11, but any who think it is a token award based sim-ply on service to the chapter would be terribly mistaken.

The recipient has already received the national orga-nization’s highest honor as well as an international lead-ership award.

A gala 25th anniversary party on Saturday, April 11, at the Knoxville Museum of Art gives the local organiza-tion an opportunity to high-light not only its founder, but an outstanding market-ing professional: Townes Lavidge Osborn.

When Osborn says mar-keting is “in her blood,” those in her hometown of Knox-ville have only to look at her maiden name to understand. The daughter of Art Lavidge, founder of Lavidge & As-

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sociates, joined the family-owned agency in 1983 when she and her children moved back to Knoxville after liv-ing and working in Asia, Eu-rope, New York and serving in Washington, D.C., for 11 years as executive director of the National Communica-tions Lobby. She is now presi-dent of Lavidge & Associates, an agency whose client list

has included several Fortune 500 businesses, such as Coca Cola Fountain NA, Link Belt, Great Lakes Chemical Corp., TVA, Schaad Companies, and a variety of restaurant chains, hotels, tourist at-tractions, tourist related or-ganizations, residential and commercial development businesses, fi nancial services, and consulting companies. She continues to handle High Hampton Inn in Cashiers, N.C., which, since 1953, has been the agency’s longest standing client of record.

Her creativity can be seen in numerous campaigns for her clients, including a moni-ker she promoted for Oak Ridge when hired to help them with tourism market-ing. Osborn said she couldn’t fi gure out how to make a visit to the Atomic City appealing, since atomic energy was con-troversial, but that a trip to America’s Secret City would be alluring. Thus, Oak Ridge became The Secret City.

Osborn was born in Chi-cago, coming with her family to Knoxville after her father completed graduate school at Northwestern. She gradu-ated from Salem Academy in Winston-Salem and from the University of Tennessee.

In the marketing indus-try, Osborn has received the American Marketing As-sociation’s Lemburg Award, the AMA’s highest honor, and received a special AMA International Leadership Award. She founded the Knoxville Chapter in 1988. During her time as president of the chapter, Osborn initi-ated the Eagle Endowment for Marketing Education in order to provide scholarships in perpetuity to outstand-ing marketing students at the University of Tennes-see. The Eagle Endowment has grown to $275,000 and to date the Knoxville Chap-ter has awarded $77,000 in scholarships. She remains its co-executor.

Osborn is also president of her family’s LAMP Foun-dation, whose purpose is to support non-profi t programs and projects that benefi t so-

ciety. Her local involvement in the arts and charitable en-deavors has included serving on 34 nonprofi t boards and chairing 16, including serv-ing as president of the Rotary Club of Knoxville and chair of UT’s Clarence Brown The-atre’s Board. She has received Rotary International’s high-est honor, the Service Above Self award and was selected to be an Olympic Torchbearer for “being a person who has inspired so many people.”

Internationally, Osborn initiated and chaired what became a huge endeavor to create business and market-ing libraries in universities throughout the former com-munist countries when the Iron Curtain came down in 1989. She helped raise over $4 million in support, which led to the creation of 24 Eastern European Business Libraries beginning outside Prague, Czechoslovakia, and fi nishing in Irkutsk, Siberia.

Osborn went on to Chair

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■ Bennett Gal-leries will host the Dogwood Arts Festival featured artist Alex Smith 5-8 p.m. Smith will sign his limited edition print that has been selected for the festival.

■ Sole In The City will celebrate its 4th anniver-sary Wednesday through Friday, April 3-5. There will be specials everyday with a cocktail party on Thursday.

■ Twisted Scis-sors and Gallaher Spa MD will give com-plimentary makeovers using Glo cosmetics during “Get Ready For Spring” 1-4 p.m.

■ MS McClel-lan will host “An All American Event” 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with Bill’s Khakis, leather goods from J.W. Hulme and bow ties from Car-rot & Gibbs.

First Friday eventsin the District

Lisa Duncan, executive di-

rector of the Dogwood Arts

Festival, tells members of the

Rotary Club of Farragut about

the upcoming festival. Photo by Sherri Gardner Howell

By Sherri Gardner HowellThe Farragut Dogwood

Trail is the Featured Trail for the 2013 Dogwood Arts Fes-tival, and executive director Lisa Duncan got a fi rst-hand look at the area’s commit-ment to beautifi cation on March 27.

Despite the cold tempera-ture on Wednesday, Duncan said she saw several homes on the Farragut Trail with people out sprucing up yards.

Duncan was on her way to be guest speaker for the Ro-tary Club of Farragut, which meets at Fox Den Country Club.

Duncan shared a little history of the festival with Rotary members, including the fact that the trails fi rst opened in 1955 after travel writer John Gunther called Knoxville the “ugliest city in America.” The festival start-ed in 1960 and continues to

grow and promote the beauty of the area and the arts, said Duncan.

“Our goals are to increase community pride, to enhance the beauty of the area and to encourage regional tourism,” said Duncan. In Farragut, 300 trees were planted over the last several years, part of the 5,000 trees that have been planted in East Tennes-see as part of the Dogwood’s Bazillion Blooms program.

Farragut to blossom in

Dogwood spotlight

By Pam FanslerFirst Tennessee Foun-

dation is a major spon-sor of “On My Own,” Tennessee’s f i n a n c i a l e du c at i o n simulation for high school and junior high

school students. The award- winning statewide youth fi nancial literacy program is delivered through UT Ex-tension educators.

Participants in “On My Own” assume they are 25-years-old and are the primary or sole support of their household.

After choosing a job, par-ticipants are assigned a re-alistic monthly salary and a hypothetical family. They are then guided through the realities of creating a bud-get including tax payments, savings and costs of living including housing, trans-portation, groceries, utili-ties, entertainment, child care, health and grooming, and medical and dental ex-penses.

Using sample checks and registers, students write a check for each choice and

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deduct the corresponding amount from their registers. To keep things interesting, they may receive a “chance card” that exemplifi es the unexpected expenses and incomes they may encoun-ter in real life.

The program impacts over 75,000 students across 46 counties in Tennessee. Surveys administered im-mediately after students completed the program show that the program is meeting its goals of increas-ing students’ overall fi nan-cial awareness. 82.3 percent of participants learned how having a family can affect their lifestyle, and 82.6 percent learned how much money it takes to get by.

Another 82.6 percent learned how occupation and income will affect their lifestyle, and 69.8 percent learned how payroll deduc-tions are taken from gross pay. Almost 80 percent learned how education can affect the kind of job they can get, and 78.3 percent felt more strongly that they needed to get a good educa-tion. Eighty percent better understood their parents’ concerns about money, and 80.7 percent felt more strongly that they needed to pay attention to their fi nan-cial futures.

We’re proud that the First Tennessee Founda-tion supports crucial youth fi nancial education pro-grams across Tennessee. An investment in fi nancial literacy is an investment in the future. This program gives students the tools they need to become and remain fi nancially self-suffi cient and to make informed deci-sions that will help them be productive citizens .Pam Fansler is president of First Tennes-

see Bank’s East Tennessee region

A community effort, the Dogwood Arts Festival re-corded 1,465 volunteers in 2012, giving at total of 9,811 hours, said Duncan. “More than 3 million people at-tended Dogwood Arts events, exhibits and performances in 2012,” said Duncan, “and ap-proximately 1.5 million visi-tors came from out of Knox County.”

On the arts front, nearly 1,500 artists were featured during festival events, she said, with the festival pur-chasing $950,000 of goods and services from local busi-nesses and artists. For stu-dent artists, $144,000 in scholarships were awarded.

In Farragut, the Dogwood

Trail winds by 487 homes throughout Fox Den, Coun-try Manor and Village Green subdivisions. Residents and those in surrounding com-munities can enjoy the trail with a walk, bicycle ride, drive or on one of the bus tours offered by the Dog-wood Arts Festival.

Dogwood sanctioned events in Farragut include the Farragut Book Fest for Children on April 13, Far-ragut Art in the Park on April 20-21 and the Spring Garden Festival at Frank-lin Square on April 27.

For more info on the Dog-wood Arts Festival and trails, visit www.dogwoodarts.com.

Rotary Club of Farragut

meets every Wednesday at noon at Fox Den Country Club. For more information, visit www.farragutrotary.org.

Thomas “Tank” Strickland, representing the city of Knoxville,

talks with Dr. Robert Rosenbaum at the ribbon cutting for

Goodwill Industries’ new vocational training center on Pleas-

ant Ridge Road. Photo by Cindy Taylor

By Sandra ClarkA great crowd joined Dr.

Robert Rosenbaum and the folks at Goodwill Indus-tries for official opening last week of a new 43,000 square foot facility at 5412 Pleasant Ridge Road.

“This store will triple our ability to work with cli-ents and expand the indus-trial part of our contract to provide training,” said Rosenbaum, Goodwill In-dustries CEO.

Mayor Tim Burchett at-tended, along with county commissioners and city council members. Mark Field represented the Knoxville Chamber, along with Chamber ambassador Stephen King.

Goodwill’s 28th retail store location will be ad-jacent to the vocational training center, a repur-posed Food Lion store.

Goodwill Industries has five employment training and rehabilitation centers throughout its 15 county service area. Employees earn a training wage while learning skills in process-ing, quality control, pack-aging and shipping.

Goodwil Industries was founded in Boston by a Methodist minister, Edgar James Helms, according to the Goodwill website. It came to Knoxville in 1971 when former Mayor George Dempster donated $10,000 to begin Demp-ster Memorial Workshop overlooking Gay Street.

Stephen Casey was the workshop’s first execu-tive director from 1971-73 1973. Until sidelined by a heart attack.

Rosenbaum was hired as interim executive direc-tor in 1975 as the agency

Goodwill grows on

faced bankruptcy. Since that time, the staff has ex-panded from six or seven to more than 350, while the number of individuals that Goodwill serves has grown from roughly 75 to more than 3,800 in 2011.

The budget has grown over the years, from bank-

ruptcy to a budget over $13 million in 2012.

Robert G. Rosenbaum has exhibited leadership that surely would have made him a millionaire in the private sector. Instead, he’s worked 39 years at Goodwill Indus-tries, creating a legacy that is more enduring.

HEALTH NOTES ■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group will meet 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in the UT Hospice

offi ce, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info or reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-

6279.

■ UT Hospice, serving patients and families in Knox and 15 surrounding counties, conducts ongo-

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program. No medical experience is required. Training is provided. Info: Penny Sparks, 544-6279.

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

By Shannon MorrisSometimes, all it takes is a

little inspiration to do great things.

Grace Christian Academy 6th grader Amaya Barger is proof of that.

Grace student boosts Mission of Hope

By Shannon MorrisThe varsity boys basketball

team from Grace Christian Academy had a successful sea-son, culminating with a trip to the State Championship Tour-nament in Murfreesboro on March 13. It was GCA’s third trip to the tournament, and their fi rst in four years.

The Rams fell to Richland High School in the fi rst round, but still managed a terrifi c season as one of the last eight teams in the state to be play-ing. Coach Matt Mercer’s squad won the regular season dis-trict championship and battled throughout the postseason to reach the State tournament,

which was a huge accomplish-ment in its own right. With just one graduating senior on this team, the future looks very bright for Rams basketball.

That senior, Trey Stewart, had a phenomenal year, be-ing named to the All-District team, the District All-Tourna-ment team and the Regional All-Tournament team. To wrap up an incredible senior year, Trey signed on March 20 to play basketball for Bryan Col-lege. We wish Trey all the best as he takes his game to the next level, and will be praying for his continued health and success as he represents the Rams in the future.

A run at State

Grace Christian Academy senior Trey Stewart signs to play basketball at Bryan College. Pictured are: (front)

Kristi Stewart, Trey Stewart, Todd Stewart, Dr. Ron Stewart; (back) Bryan College coach Don Rekoske, Ken-

dra Stewart, Karis Stewart and Grace basketball coach Matt Mercer. Photo by Randy Down

Grace Christian Academy students Anna Arwood, Ama-

ya Barger and Virginia Pirckle organize cans of soup

collected for Mission of Hope. The soup can drive was

organized by Barger, who is in the 6th grade at Grace. Photos by Heather Barger

Grace Christian Academy Middle

School students collected more

than 3,000 cans of soup for Mis-

sion of Hope.

Amaya and her family have been longtime volunteers with Mission of Hope, a ministry that partners with her church. Amaya has been helping since she was in kindergarten. She has worked in the Mission of Hope warehouse putting to-gether hygiene bags, sorting food, and other much-needed chores. In addition, her fam-ily has delivered toys, food and other items to the Bell Central elementary and middle schools in Kentucky. As a result of be-ing so closely connected, Ama-ya felt led to take on a project of her own that would benefi t Mission of Hope.

Amaya approached Jared Clark, the principal of Grace Christian Academy Middle School, asking if she could initi-ate a campaign to collect 2,000 soup cans for Mission of Hope, as their food supply was run-ning critically low at the time.

Clark agreed that this was a worthy endeavor, and so an offi cial Soup Can Drive was launched at the school with the goal of collecting 2,000 cans. To nobody’s surprise, the mid-dle school students at GCA re-sponded in a huge way, collect-ing a total of 3,108 cans in all.

To top off the effort, Amaya, along with friends Anna Ar-wood and Virginia Pirckle, personally delivered the cans to Mission of Hope on March 11. The folks at Mission of Hope said that those cans would go out the very next day to be de-livered to the distribution cen-ter for the various food pantries that they service.

Amaya was inspired to be-gin this project because she was already actively serving others, and many people have benefi ted from her efforts. Our prayer is that Amaya’s work will inspire others, from students to teachers, to fi nd ways to minis-ter to the needs of other people in the name of Jesus.

If you would like to continue Amya’s efforts in helping Mis-sion of Hope accomplish their goals of reaching and blessing families in surrounding com-munities, you can contact their offi ce at 584-7571.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLESB April 1, 2013

NEWS FROM PARKWEST, WEST KNOXVILLE’S HEALTHCARE LEADER • TREATEDWELL.COM • 374-PARK

Parkwest Medical Center remains on the forefront of diagnosing and treating disease with the most

advanced technology available…those who entrust their healthcare to us demand nothing less.

But technology alone isn’t enough to bring healing and comfort to patients and families.

True healthcare begins with something less expensive, non-invasive and pain free. It’s called listening.

At Parkwest…listening is state-of-the-art.

The most common symptoms of diver-

ticulitis are abdominal pain and tender-

ness around the left side of the lower

abdomen. When infection is the cause,

fever, nausea, vomiting, chills, cramping

and constipation may also occur. Hospital-

ization may be required for acute attacks

with severe pain or infection. Surgery may

be necessary in some cases. Diverticulosis

may not cause any discomfort or symp-

toms, but could include mild cramps,

bloating and constipation.

What’s the difference between diverticulosis and diverticulitis? Diverticula are pockets that develop in the colon wall, usually in the sigmoid or left colon, but may involve the entire colon. Diverticulosis describes the presence of these pockets and is a common condition that affl icts about 50 percent of Americans by age 60 and nearly all by age 80. Diverticulitis describes infl ammation or complications of these pockets. Only a small percentage of those with diverticulosis have symptoms, and even fewer will ever require surgery. Diverticulitis occurs in 10 to 25 percent of people with diverticulosis.Source: American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Living with diverticular diseaseParkwest internist Jeffrey Boruff M.D.

sees more patients with diverticulitis than he’d like to.

“Constipation is often a side effect of a low-fiber diet, and the low-fiber foods we like to eat contribute to diverticular disease,” Boruff said.

C o n s t i p a t i o n increases pressure in the colon, making the muscles strain to move a stool that is too hard. Straining makes the weak spots in the colon bulge out, forming diverticula.

“We don’t know for sure what creates the infection that causes diverticulitis, but it may begin when bacteria are caught in the diverticula,” Boruff said.

In addition to a complete medical history and presenting symptoms, diverticulitis may be diagnosed by a computerized tomography scan or colonoscopy. Treatment may include medications to control pain and fight infection and inflammation. A special diet to rest the colon may be prescribed. Bed rest is also sometimes necessary.

“Diverticulitis can be very serious depending on the level of infection, whether there are perforations or blockages, or if the patient is experiencing bleeding,” Boruff said. “The goal is to prevent or minimize complications.”

Boruff said that specific treatment for diverticular disease is determined

‘Every Saturday used to be popcorn night,’ patient says

The fi rst time David Harjala’s diverticula became infected, the pain literally brought him to his knees. That was nearly 20 years ago.

“I didn’t know what was happening,” he said. “It struck about 2 a.m., and I spent about an hour and a half doubled up on the fl oor.”

Despite the pain, he went to work as usual, but made an appointment to see his doctor as soon as possible that day.

Harjala, a college math instructor, learned that he had experienced classic symptoms of diverticulitis. Following manual palpitation of the tender area by his doctor, who also listened to bowel sounds through a stethoscope and prescribed a blood profi le, Harjala was treated with metronidazole and ciprofl oxacin, two antibiotics frequently used in tandem to treat internal bacterial infections.

After Harjala’s infection had time to heal,

a colonoscopy was performed several weeks later to confi rm the diagnosis.

Diverticulitis – infected diverticula – heals, but the tiny pockets that trap food remain. This is called diverticulosis, and is a condition that Harjala and about half of all Americans over age 60 have and manage with a modifi ed diet.

“Every Saturday night used to be popcorn night at the Harjala household,” he said. “I don’t eat popcorn or nuts or anything that’s sharp any more because my doctor said these are most often the kinds of debris he sees trapped in the diverticula. I’m pretty sure that’s what caused my infection.”

“Minimizing foods that can aggravate the diverticula and knowing what I can tolerate is important. Some people avoid all seeds, but I am able to eat fruit with small seeds like strawberries, raspberries,

thimbleberries and blueberries with no problem,” he continued. “When I have

a periodic mild relapse, I recognize the discomfort in my lower left

abdomen for what it is early, and I contact my doctor

for medicine.”

What do you know about dietary f iber?

Adults need 25 to 38 grams of fi ber everyday for optimum digestive

health. However, most Americans get only half that amount. Check out

the tasty, healthy recipes that will help incorporate more fi ber into the

meals you prepare. Click on “healthy recipes,” then “high fi ber diet.”

Jeff Boruff M.D.

by a person’s age, medical history and overall health, and the extent of the disease.

Generally, patients with diverticular

disease are asked to increase their dietary fiber intake by eating high fiber foods that include whole grain products, beans, and certain fruits and vegetables.

You hear a lot about fi ber and why you need it. But what is it? Fiber is a term applied to carbohydrates that cannot be digested. It is found in all plants that are eaten for food. Learn more about this important part of your diet by taking this quiz, based on information from Harvard School of Public Health.

1. Nutritionists classify fi ber in two main types. One type is soluble. How is soluble fi ber defi ned?

◦ A. It is broken down completely in milk

◦ B. It partially dissolves in water

◦ C. It doesn’t dissolve in orange juice

◦ D. None of the above

2. The other type of fi ber is insoluble fi ber. What happens to insoluble fi ber when you eat it?

◦ A. The fi ber is broken down in the stomach

◦ B. The fi ber is broken down in the small intestine

◦ C. The fi ber is broken down in the large intestine

◦ D. The fi ber passes through the gastrointestinal tract intact

3. How much fi ber should adults consume each day?

◦ A. 15 to 20 grams

◦ B. 25 to 38 grams

◦ C. 35 to 50 grams

◦ D. 50 to 75 grams

4. Which of these breakfast foods is considered a 1-ounce serving?

◦ A. Half-cup hot cereal

◦ B. 1 cup fl aked cereal

◦ C. Quarter-cup nugget or bud cereal

◦ D. All of the above

5. Which of these methods is a good way to increase your daily fi ber intake?

◦ A. Eat whole fruits instead of drinking fruit juices

◦ B. Snack on raw vegetables instead of chips or crackers

◦ C. Go meatless several times a week by substituting legumes for meat in recipes

◦ D. All of the above

6. A diet high in fi ber has been linked to a lower risk for heart disease. How much is the risk lowered?

◦ A. 10 percent

◦ B. 20 percent

◦ C. 30 percent

◦ D. 40 percent

7. Fiber helps prevent constipation. Fiber from which source seems to be better for accomplishing this?

◦ A. Fiber from fruits

◦ B. Fiber from vegetables

◦ C. Fiber from wheat and oat bran

◦ D. All of the above

ANSWERS: 1. B, 2. D., 3. B, 4. D, 5. D, 6. D, 7. C.

Learn more online

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B-2 • APRIL 1, 2013 • SHOPPER-NEWS

Sara Barrett

Barnyard TalesKathryn Woycik

Carol Zinavage

Carol’sCritter Corner

A sun-faded quilt brightens this old barn,

located on Demory Road in LaFollette.

If you’ve ever toyed with the idea of keeping chick-ens, you’re in luck. Knox Farmers Co–op on Ashe-ville Highway has kicked off its annual Chick Days program. It’s going on right now and continues through June. And despite the name, it’s not all about poultry.

There’s also plenty of ad-vice offered to help you get a healthy start with baby rabbits, goats, fi ngerling fi sh and other springtime animal youngsters. The big event is a Poultry Basics Seminar on Saturday, May 4, with ven-dors, homemade barbecue, birds for sale, and lots of fun for non-animal young-sters. So, bring the kids and come early for a good seat; last year’s event drew a huge

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‘Cheep’ thrills

op. “It is very gratifying to be able to learn and pro-duce food from your own backyard.”

Programs like this fi t right in with the Slow Food movement, begun in Italy in 1986 as an al-ternative to fast food and factory-farming. Home-raised animals enjoy a much happier, healthier life than their factory-raised cousins, and those used for meat are dis-patched humanely.

As Campbell says, “Chicken owners know their eggs are fresh and natural and can be con-fi dent in the treatment of the meat they eat as well as the fun activity for the whole family.

“Right now the interest in raising backyard poul-try is continuing to grow, so don’t miss this window of opportunity.”

The folks at Purina are kicking in with special cost-savings on Purina brand feeds, including Certifi ed Natural Start & Grow® and Flock Rais-er® feed.

Chick Days events are held at The Knox Farm-ers Co–op, 6616 Asheville Hwy. Info: 522–3148 or www.knoxcoop.net.

For info on the Slow Food movement, visit www.slowfoodusa.org. Send your interesting animal stories

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help stuff eggs for a recent egg hunt in the facility’s courtyard.

A group of residents prepared treats for children from the

community before hosting the egg hunt, complete with an

Easter bunny that posed for pictures with kids. Photo by S. Barrett

The size and elegance of the dining room at Farra-gut’s Parkview Senior Liv-ing is eye-catching. But last week, a few of the residents added some Easter cheer to the room, and their creativi-ty and artistic skill has been the center of attention.

turnout. “Farm families have

known the joys of raising their own poultry for years, but people everywhere are beginning to realize the many benefi ts of raising poultry, even if it’s right in their own backyards,” says Philip Campbell of the Co–

Easter at Parkview

Parkview residents Marie Rachide and Liz Baker take a break

from straightening the Easter tree they helped create for the

facility’s dining room.

One of the many festive

bunnies that decorate the

Easter tree at Parkview. Marie

Rachide made an outfi t for

each of them.

Parkview resident Marie

Rachide recently crocheted

this dress for a doll her

husband gave her before they

wed in 1952. Photos by S. Barrett

A handmade Easter tree stands on a table in the mid-dle of the room. Its trunk and branches are an old tree limb found by resident Liz Baker’s daughter. Baker painted the tree, and her other daughter brought some small bunnies to hang as ornaments. Filled with eggs and Easter bun-nies, the tree has quickly be-come a topic of conversation among the residents.

“We’re probably going to make it an annual tradition,” said Genna Minihan, activi-ties director for Parkview. She said the residents en-joyed working together as a team and discovering each other’s talents in the pro-cess. Minihan even added her talent to the tree by cross-stitching ornaments to hang in small frames.

Resident Marie Rachide crocheted an outfi t for each of the bunnies hanging on the tree. She has been cro-cheting for more than 50 years and has never fol-lowed a pattern for any of her creations.

The wife of the town’s sheriff taught Rachide to crochet when back in North Carolina.

For anyone who would like to try crochet, Rachide suggests taking a class and reading the patterns. Even though her skills are ad-vanced, she humbly smiles and shakes her head when folks go on about her work. Her favorite creation is a dress she made for a doll her husband gave her before they wed in 1952.

Now that the Easter tree is gaining popularity among visitors, Rachide and Baker jokingly say they had better start thinking of ideas for other upcoming holidays.

Taking a barn quilt trailI’ve often noticed old

barns with quilted patterns and wondered what they represented. A quilt barn is a barn or other farm building that displays a quilt square.

Often these barns are quite old and have historical or landmark signifi cance. They usually stem from a small motivated group of residents working together to organize their own barn quilt trail.

A quilt trail is a series of painted quilt squares hung at various locations, usually barns. They can be made of wood or metal. There are quilt trails in more than 25 U.S. states.

Some of the trails take you along a drive in the countryside, where barn quilts are mounted on farm buildings, homes or fences. They may include stops at

A passing shot of this barn reveals a quilt located on

Presley Road in Madisonville. Photos by K. Woycik

wineries, farm stands and even galleries.

A barn quilt’s pattern may be chosen for numer-ous reasons. Often it may be a replica of a painted quilt that resides on the property or designed in memory of a loved one. It may emphasize architec-ture or landscapes. Pat-terns may be picked be-cause of their name. For example, Corn and Beans is a popular one among farmers. Often the pat-tern or colors are chosen

because they appeal to the owners.

The Appalachian Quilt Trail has more than 130 quilt barns, covering some 300 miles across 19 counties. The number of documented quilts has grown well past 3,000. For more information on fi nding the trails, visit www.arcd.org/quilttrail.

Anyone wanting to share the age, history, or story of their barn can contact me at woycikK@ShopperNewsNow.com.

Rango and Star are best friends and must be adopted

together. Both are 1-year-old. Star is a female, Rango is a

male, and both are Pit Bull terrier mixes. Their adoption

fees have been sponsored through the Furry Friends

program. Meet Rango and Star at Young-Williams Animal

Center’s Division Street location noon to 6 p.m. daily.

Info: www.young-williams.org or 215-6599.

Meet Rango and Star

Call for Artists for KMA’s Artists on LocationThe 2013 Artists on Location, presented by the Guild of the Knoxville Museum

of Art, is calling for artists to create works of art on location in the Knoxville area between May 8 and 11 and then exhibit those works at the museum May 11 in an exhibition and sale.

Visit www.knoxart.org and go to the Artists on Location section for the pro-spectus. Participation is limited; apply early.

SHOPPER-NEWS • APRIL 1, 2013 • B-3

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Dogs 141

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

Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official shelter for

Knoxville & Knox County.

Call 215-6599 or visit

knoxpets.org

FREE TO GOOD HOME: female part husky/part lab, gold with ice-blue eyes. Sweet, exc. watch dog. Call 765-1634 after 4 p.m.

Farmer’s Market 150LAMBS, NAVAJO

Churro, M&F, exotic, pardi & colorful.

$100-$200. 865-216-5770.

REG. ANGUS BULL, 4 yrs. old, excellent disposition. Low birth weight 865-983-9681 or 865-755-2030

Building Materials 1882 SETS of wood & glass French Doors, white w/brass colored handles, 10 panes of glass in each door (2x8). Good cond. $250 for each set. 865-964-1320 ***Web ID# 227110***

Building Materials 188NEW 9 oak bathroom

cabinets. Porcelain pedestal sink. Chest freezer. 919-3172

RETIRING - Selling Concrete

Tools/Equip., Saw, Floats, Trowels,

Stamps & more. See Items/Prices in online ad. Call 865-384-5495.

Lawn-Garden Equip. 190CRAFTSMAN GT5000 LAWN & GARDEN TRACTOR, 26hp,

hydrostatic, 54" deck, agriculture tires,

wheel weights, Brinley hitch, comes

with Moleboard plow, tater plow, disc, cultivator. $1,050.

865-257-8672

Shop Tools-Engines 194LINCOLN 220 stick

welder $160 & 110 Mig welder $225. Coleman

gen. $325. Snap On toolbox 5 drawers

$400. Gar. gas heater $100. 865-435-5330

Household Furn. 204BIG SALE!

B & C MATTRESS, NEW - $125 PILLOW TOP QUEEN SIZE.

865-805-3058.

QUEEN PILLOW TOP MATTRESS

$75, New, Call 865-640-4600.

Auctions 217

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Sporting Goods 223OLYMPIC 300 LB.

Weight Set, weight bench, barbells, 2 sets golf clubs, 2 golf push carts, 2 bikes, 1 motorcycle helmet. 919-3172

Fishing Hunting 224Brand New 700

Remington, 30.06 bolt action rifle w/scope. $550. 865-579-9110.

Garage Sales 225CANCER FUND

YARD SALE Fri Apr 5, 9am-5pm

& Sat Apr 6, 8am-1pm at 2901 Breezewood Ln, Knoxville 37921 in Industrial Park

behind Clinton Hwy. Wal-Mart new tools,

used office furn, some antiques, & variety of goods.

Info: Steve Lewis 385-5707, office 938-5281.

West 225w

Ed Spring Fling Rummage Sale

April 6, 9am-noon Benefits Big Brothers

Big Sisters Edfinancial Services @ Windsor Square

120 N. Seven Oaks Dr. Rummage sale/crafts/ direct sales items welcome

$25 to rent a space Call 865-342-5128

for info or to rent space

Boats Motors 2321996 Alumacraft, 17 1/2'

50 HP Evinrude, 2 live wells & 2 DF $4995. 865-687-6645

Motor Homes 237JAYCO 2003, custom

ordered. Class C, 28 ft, 2 slides, 42k mi, V10 Triton eng. Perf. cond. Immac. New tires, too many opt. to list. Must sell. $31,900. 865-567-4774; 865-397-3664

***Web ID# 226819***

JAYCO EAGLE 2005, 27 ft, used little, exc. cond. Many extras. $7000. See at Rippling Waters Campground, Sevierville. Call for picture 423-667-2900

***Web ID# 228515***

Motor Homes 237MONACO SIGNATURE 45' 2005, Road Master chassis, 78K miles, 4 slides, DW, residential refrig., king sz. bed, W&D, 500 HP diesel eng., to much to list. $175,000. 865-376-2443.

Motorcycles 238HARLEY DAVIDSON

2005 Super Glide w/4100 adult mi, black & chrome, $7500. 865-681-8340

KAWASAKI VULCAN 2004, 2000. 2053cc, V-Twin $1K under bk. Adult owner. Mustang Seat, never dropped, all records. NO FREE RIDES / TRADES! $4750. M-F 865-250-7239. Aft. 5, S/Su/Days.

Victory 2004 King Pin, 12K mi, ness bars, Corbin seat, tach, oil temp gauge, Memphis shade shield, brand new tires, $7,000. No trades. 865-335-6387

***Web ID# 225806***

ATV’s 238aWILDFIRE 4

WHEELER, 2008. 2 wh. AT, low hrs. $1100

firm. 865-992-5988 ***Web ID# 226413***

Autos Wanted 253A BETTER CASH

OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running

or not. 865-456-3500

$$ Cash For Your Cars Top $$ paid

We come to you! Call 423-329-1571

I BUY JUNK CARS & TRUCKS.

865-307-3051 or 865-938-6915.

Utility Trailers 255DOUBLE AXLE CAR

HAULER, 7,000 lb. capacity, $1,250. 865-435-5330

UTILITY TRAILERS All Sizes Available

865-986-5626 smokeymountaintrailers.com

Trucks 257FORD F-150 2001 King

Ranch, crew cab, 2 WD, Leer Camper Top, 1 owner. 80,000 mi. Excellent. $13,000. 865-481-7276 (9a-7p)

TOYOTA TACOMA Pre-Runner SR5 2008, V6, AT, PS, PB, AC, CC, 49,600 mi, very good cond. 4 dr, ext cab. Runs great. $18,500 /b.o. 865-859-0386 ***Web ID# 226944***

4 Wheel Drive 258JEEP WRANGLER 2012 unlimited arctic pkg. PW, PDL, ht'd. seats, remote start,

hard & soft tops, 7300 mi. $34,000. Call 865-376-2443.

Antiques Classics 260BUICK CENTURIAN Convertible 1973, If you want a real classic this is it! The difference between men & boys is the price of their toys. It's time for Papaw's toy to go. At 85 1/2 he had to throw the towel in. The real jewel has not been re-stored, it's the way it came into being. Paint job & new can-vas top 14 yrs. ago. Kept in temp. control garage. Runs & drives like a dream. Only 73,764 act. mi. $10,500 firm, no more, no less. Loc. in May-nardville. David France 865-992-5988 or 865-256-0768 9am to 10pm. ***Web ID# 226410***

CHEVROLET TRUCK Pro Street 1969, dark blue, all

tube chasis, 454 Roller motor, 9" Ford w/4 link suspension, chop top, all custom leather int. New 20" wheels on rear, 18's on front, Ready for

show or drive. Reduced to $26,000 or trade for late model

Corvette. 423-312-8256. ***Web ID# 225180*** Lincoln Continental 1964

4 dr hardtop w/suicide drs. 78k mi. All pwr, runs & drives. Needs little TLC. Been ga-raged 30 yrs. $4900. 865-591-1559

***Web ID# 227813***

Sport Utility 261CHEV TAHOE 1999,

4WD, $3500 obo. Call 865-933-3175; 388-5136

***Web ID# 226346***

Imports 262ACURA RSX Type S

2004, slvr, 6 spd. 137K mi. FUN! High MPG! $6900. 865-696-7469.

***Web ID# 227845***

MERCEDES 1990 300 SL. 54k orig. mi. Garaged. Meticulous maintenance. Both tops, charcoal / gray. Barrett-Jackson stand out. Get another 200k mi. $15,500. Call for picture 423-667-2900

***Web ID# 228509***

Sports 264PONTIAC FIREBIRD

2002, V6, auto., T-tops, loaded, 54K mi., $7,900. 865-964-8344 David

***Web ID# 226946***

Domestic 265CHEVROLET IMPALA

SS 1996, 108,000 miles, LT1, 5.7 liter, dark cherry metallic. $9000. 865-679-5923

Cement / Concrete 315CONCRETE WORK of all kinds. Forming, fin-ishing. Quality work! Call Gary 679-2967 or Mike 931-248-6417.

Fencing 327AAA FENCING Re-

pairs & More. You buy it, we install it! Call 604-6911.

FENCE WORK Instal-lation & repair. Free est. 43 yrs exp! Call 973-2626.

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.

Handyman 335CARPENTRY, PLUMBING,

painting, siding. Free est, 30+ yrs exp!

Call 607-2227.

Lawn Care 339ECONOMY LAWN Quality lawncare & more. Paul 659-1332 Economylawn.com

STRIPER LAWNCARE Affordable rates with a professional touch! Mowing, weed-eating,

blowing, mulching, pruning, cleaning. We are a cut above the

rest! 382-3789

TRACTOR WORK, bush hog, grading & tilling. $50 job minimum. 235-6004

Pool Services 349ARTIC POOLS We in-stall in-ground gunite & liner pools. 20 yrs exp. Mike 931-248-6417 Gary 679-2967

Roofing / Siding 352

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FARRAGUT LIBRARY

Storytimes and events at the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. A parent or guardian must accompany each child, except for Older Preschool. For more info, call 865-777-1750.

■ Monday, April 1, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5.

■ Tuesday, April 2, 10:30 a.m., Older Preschool Storytime for ages

4-6.

■ Wednesday, April 3, 10:30 a.m., Baby Bookworms for infants to

age 2.

■ Thursday, April 4, 10:30 a.m., Toddler Storytime for ages 2-3.

■ Friday, April 5, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5.

MONDAY, APRIL 1

Parade registrationThe registration form for the Town of Farragut’s

26th annual Independence Day Parade will be available beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, April 1, at www.townoffarragut.org (click Online Form Center from the homepage) and at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

The parade is set for 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 4. Deadline for registration is Thursday, June 20, until the Town receives 95 entries or until the lineup area is full, whichever comes fi rst.

To get on the parade mailing list, receive a registration form by mail or fax, or confi rm your registration form has been received, contact Arleen Higginbotham, 865-966-7057 or arleen.higginbotham@townoffarragut.org.

MONDAY, APRIL 1

Job Resources GroupThe Job Resources Group will meet from 8:30

to 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 1, at Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive.

The group provides assistance in preparing for interviews, revising resumes and fi nding employment.

TUESDAY, APRIL 2

Caregiver Support GroupThe Caregiver Support Group, affi liated with

Alzheimer’s Tennessee, will meet from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 2, at Room 293, Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive.

G.O. Hall from Volunteer Assisted Transportation of the CAC Offi ce on Aging speak. Info: 675-2835.

THURSDAY, APRIL 4

Search-engine workshopThe Town of Farragut and the Farragut Business

Alliance are hosting a free search-engine optimization workshop – “SEO Fact or Fiction: How To Get Noticed in the Digital World” – at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

The workshop is open only to Town of Farragut businesses that have obtained the business privilege license. Businesses can find complete information on the business license ordinance and apply for the license online at www.townoffarragut.org (click Online Form Center from the homepage) or at the Town Hall.

Preregistration is required. Call 865-966-7057 to register by 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 3.

THURSDAYS, APRIL 4-MAY 2

Hoop DanceHoop Dance classes will be offered beginning

Thursday, April 4, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Registration and payment deadline is Monday, April 1.

Beginner classes will be held 6-7:15 p.m. on Thursdays, April 4, 11 and 18 and May 2, plus Wednesday, April 24.

Intermediate classes will be held 7:30-8:45 p.m. on Thursdays, April 4, 11 and 18 and May 2, plus Wednesday, April 24.

Charity Edwards is the instructor. The cost is $75.Cash, check and credit-card payments are accepted at

the Town Hall or over the phone, 966-7057.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 5-6

Tax assistance for elderly, low incomeOn Fridays and Saturdays through April 12, lower-

income and senior taxpayers can receive help with their federal tax returns through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, sponsored by the Town of Farragut and the Internal Revenue Service, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. At no charge, volunteers will complete and e-fi le tax returns for participants.

Taxpayers should bring federal tax packets received; wage and earnings statements (Form W-2 from employers, Form 1099-MISC from clients); interest, dividend, capital gains, pension, IRA and Social Security statements; a list of items that might be considered for itemized deductions; support for other income and credits; and a copy of last year’s tax return.

Taxpayers should also bring Social Security numbers and correct birth dates for all taxpayers and dependents to be listed on the return.

VITA volunteers will be available 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 9-11 a.m. Saturday. Participants are encouraged to be in line no later than 3 p.m. Friday. No appointment.

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

Bass tournamentThe 20th annual Herman Gettelfi nger Bass

Tournament will be held Saturday, April 6, on Fort Loudoun Lake at the Tellico Canal Ramp. The tournament benefi ts the Helen Ross McNabb Center.

Pre-event registration will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at C&C Outdoors, 1122 Concord Road, Knoxville.

On-site registration begins at 5 a.m. Saturday, April 6, with ease-off at safe light. Weigh-in begins at 3 p.m.

The grand prize is $10,000, based on 150 paid boats. All proceeds will assist the Helen Ross McNabb Center.

The preregistration fee is $200 per boat (two-man team); day-of registration is $225 per boat. The fee includes lunch. An optional lunker fee is $10 per boat.

The prizes will depend on the number of participants.

Info: Beth Farrow, 329-9030 or Beth.Farrow@mcnabb.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

Tree giveawayThe Town of Farragut’s Stormwater Matters

program will give away more than 1,000 trees at upcoming events thanks to a $500 tree grant from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. The giveaways will include Shumard oak, indigo bush and button bush tree seedlings.

Trees may be selected at the 23rd Annual River Rescue, a community-action event sponsored by Ijams Nature Center, from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at Campbell Station Park.

Town of Farragut AmeriCorps member Chris Woudstra will serve as site captain at Campbell Station Park during the River Rescue. Volunteers will remove trash and plant seedlings along Turkey Creek to stabilize the banks and improve water quality.

For more info, contact Jason Scott, Town of Farragut stormwater coordinator, at 865-966-7057 or jason.scott@townoffarragut.org.

SUNDAYS, APRIL 7-JUNE 30

Tai Chi classesThe Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA, a charitable

organization, will hold a beginning Tai Chi class from 9 to 11 a.m. Sundays, April 7-June 30, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. (There is no class on April 21.)

There is also a continuing class for those who have fi nished the beginning class. It will meet 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sundays, April 7-June 30 (no class on April 21).

Cost for each series is $30 per month for adults ($20 per month for 60+). There is a $20 nonrefundable registration fee for fi rst-time registrants. Cash or check payment is due at the fi rst class.

Registrations will be taken through the fi rst class.Info/to register: 482-7761. Additional info: www.

taoist.org.

SUNDAY, APRIL 7

Son TrioThe Son Trio will perform 6 p.m. Sunday, April

7, at Farragut Presbyterian Church, 209 Jamestown Blvd.

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