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FARRAGUT
VOL. 6 NO. 43 A great community newspaper October 22, 2012
Derek Dooley is no Steve Spurrier
Under the general head-ing of how long should it take to restore a hobbling football program, Marvin West writes, otherwise logical people keep trying to com-pare Derek Dooley and Steve Spurrier.
Marvin tells you why Dooley is no Spurrier.
➤ See Marvin’s story on page A-5
Fun with fl owersThe theme for the recent
Frolic in the Foothills f lower show should have been “gar-deners just want to have fun.” Guests expecting f lowery exhibits that left you wanting to hum elevator music found that the District IV f lower designers and gardeners stepped it up a notch for the late September show.
➤ See page A-3
Coff ee BreakWhen Conny Ottway gets
together with her children, brothers and sister, music is sure to follow.
Actually, mu-sic surrounds the teacher’s life wherever she goes. Ottway is
a private teacher of violin/fi ddle, guitar, mandolin and viola, and is also a performer. She has brought her talents and teaching skills to Farragut, where she moved two years ago to be closer to her mother and father in Fair-fi eld Glade. When they passed away recently, Ottway decided to stay.
Meet Connie over a Coffee Break.
➤ See page A-2
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Nominate a Miracle Maker
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Play continues acting tradition
for seniorsBy Suzanne Foree Neal
Graduation will break up a happy acting family in the drama department at Farragut High School. When the curtain goes up on “Jekyll/Hyde” this week, 10 seniors involved in the production will continue a partnership that began when they were freshmen.
Drama teacher Lea McMahan is debuting a modern version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” per-formed for the fi rst time at the school. “I knew I had a lot of seniors this year, and I gave them some-thing meatier,” she says. “We’re trying to appeal to a younger audience. There’s been a slacking-off of teens coming to our shows.”
The modern twist to “Je-kyll/Hyde” should score a hit. The premise is that sci-entist Dr. Henry Jekyll in-vents a virtual reality game that creates a new person, Hyde. As his virtual self, Jekyll turns into Hyde and goes on a crime spree.
The 10 seniors in the production have been tak-ing drama classes for four years and have become a close group. “It makes for stronger performances because it’s easier to inter-act,” says Dallas Marable, who plays Jekyll. “We don’t have to create chemistry,” adds Paul Gary, who takes on the role of a detective.
“I feel like I’m part of a real theater company,” says Bridget Sellers, who plays
A great community newspaper Octobe , 0
Tie that binds
Showing off their acting skills, these Farragut High School seniors have been together since freshman year. Getting ready
for their fi nal play at Farragut are (front) Skylar Grieco, Hannah Ewing, Connor Hess, Paul Gary, Bridget Sellers, Michael
Tsaltas; (back) Caroline Rexrode, Haley Retterer, Brian Hooyman and Dallas Marable. Photo by S.F. Neal
“Jekyll/Hyde”Farragut High School mini-auditorium, Oct. 25-28
Show times: Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, 3:30 p.m.
Tickets: Adults $10; students and senior citizens $8
Big Jim sings duetBy Betty Bean
Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour veterans Da-vid West and Russ Jeffers were swapping stories be-fore the East Tennessee Historical Association’s BBQ, Blue Jeans and Cas II dinner.
West told about the time Cas loaded him, Red Rector, Fred Smith and a dobro player in the Opel station wagon he used to haul his hunting dogs and drove them up to Ken-tucky.
The musicians had a gig. Cas was going to see a man about a dog.
On the way, he ex-plained why he loved his hounds so much – they’d saved him from freezing to death one cold night in the woods by piling up and letting him burrow down into them. Then he
Cas II honors old coonhunter
Con Hunley and David Earle West get ready to go on stage. Photo by Betty Bean
told everybody to get out of the car and he’d be back later.
“He dumped me and Fred and Red and the dobro player off on a cor-ner in the dark to wait for him. After awhile, Fred
said to me, ‘David, if it gets too cold, we can just throw another dog on the pile.’ ”
Jeffers, who did the show in the mid-60s, shortly after Dolly Parton departed for Nashville,
thinks that giving Dolly her start and recognizing her potential might be the most important thing Cas Walker ever did.
“I missed more school buses because I wouldn’t leave the house until Dol-ly Parton finished sing-ing,” he said. “There was something about this lit-tle voice that was so dif-ferent … and it was Dolly who went on and broke the good ol’ boy network in Nashville.
“She told old Porter (Wagoner) ‘I’ve gone as far as I can with you and I’ve got to move on with my life.’ Dolly was smart and tough when she had to be and she showed that women could do a lot more than sign a contract and sing backup. If I have a hero, it’s Dolly Parton. The biggest thing about her is her heart.”
West, a master banjo
player whose ClintonHighway music store and dance hall Ciderville have become the unofficial Cas Walker museum, wasn’t a bit surprised at the big crowd gathered for the Blue Jeans and Cas II dinner. He says inter-est in the old coonhunter has never waned in the 14 years since his death.
“We sell Cas Walker merchandise every day – six or eight different T-shirts, f ly swats, caps, Superderm Salve, all his books. We keep it going.”
Right after West ex-cused himself to do a sound check with fea-tured entertainer Con Hunley, Jim Haslam came over to chat. When he heard Jeffers was a Farm and Home Hour alum he threw his arm around
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Henry’s ex, Lydia. “The cast-ing process is the hardest be-cause you have to compete.”
When something goes wrong on stage, everyone “freaks out backstage,” she adds, but that’s when they pull together. “That’s when the ‘family community’ comes in and helps,” says Connor Hess.
Michael Tsaltas, who’s the stage manager for this play, says it is a lot easier in high school to have a community of friends who act together. In addition to doing plays together, the group also participates in several improv shows.
“Scripted is better, be-cause there’s an emotional outlet,” says Bridget. While
improv doesn’t take the preparation that a scripted play does, it does offer chal-lenges, says Paul. “With im-prov, it’s got to be comedy, and it’s got to be big.”
Reaching their senior year adds the new pres-sure of trying to balance their acting life with school work, college applications and all the other things that come along with that last year of high school. “It’s going to be weird in college, not being around each other,” Connor says.
With the play being performed in the mini-auditorium, the cast will experience something new for this group. “I chose the mini-auditorium because
this generation of students hadn’t had the opportunity to perform a play in it. It’s a different experience to act in such close quarters to the audience,” says McMahan. “It’s a good experience for them to have before moving on to other venues.”
“Jekyll/Hyde” opens
Thursday, Oct. 25, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 28. All shows are in the Farragut High School mini-auditorium at 7:30 p.m. except the Sunday matinee, which is at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and senior citizens.
A-2 • OCTOBER 22, 2012 • FARRAGUT SHOPPER-NEWS
with Conny Ottway
Coffee Break
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When Conny Ottway gets together with her children, brothers and sister, music is sure to follow.
Actually, music surrounds the teacher’s life wherever she goes. Ottway is a private teacher of violin/fi ddle, gui-tar, mandolin and viola, and is also a performer. She has brought her talents and teaching skills to Farragut, where she moved two years ago to be closer to her mother and father in Fairfi eld Glade. When they passed away recently, Ottway decided to stay.
“I moved here from Western Kentucky, and I really love the area,” she says. “I have been teaching music since I was in the 7th grade and have found much talent, opportunity and dedication here in Farragut.”
Ottway graduated from Murray State University. Her parents were musicians, and her two brothers and sister also followed the family vocation on some level. “My mother played trumpet, and she performed in a community band concert 10 days before she died. Music has always been im-portant in my family. Even the in-laws play and perform, so we always have music when we get together,” she says with a laugh. Her son and daughter also play different instru-ments, and her daughter is a singer/songwriter.
Her private students in Farragut are “from age 5 to age 72,” she says. She teaches mainly violin, fi ddle and guitar and uses the traditional classical method of teaching. “All my students learn how to read music.”
As for performing, Ottway enjoys playing at festivals and concerts, for Farragut town gatherings, in the parks, for weddings and also plays with a contemporary Christian rock band. In addition, she performs during Civil War re-enactments around the area.
“Music was a big part of the life of the Civil War soldier, as well as for the folks back home,” she says. “Music helped them cope with the horrors of the war around them. Sing-ing and playing their songs as they went from battlefi eld to battlefi eld also helped spread the different styles of music to different parts of the country.”
Ottway’s students often perform with her at re-enact-ments and other concerts. “It is a great way to get them some exposure and build up their stage confi dence,” she says.
Sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Conny Ottway.
What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?I have always loved the line from “The Wizard of Oz:”
“There’s no place like home.”
What are you guilty of?Falling asleep, watching TV. There’s something about
lying back in a recliner with a doggy or two on my lap. I sometimes don’t make it to hear the News at 11.
What is your favorite material possession?My 1917 Hidalgo Moya violin from Great Britain that
my parents bought me when I was a senior in high school. None of us knew I would continue in music, as I already had a scholarship at Purdue in landscape architecture. However, after two years, music continued to call me, and I switched majors and colleges to get a music degree.
What are you reading currently?My parents have recently passed away, and I’m reading a lot
of their books. Right now, I’m on my third Chicken Soup book.
What was your most embarrassing moment?Many years ago, the pianist at our church was sick, and
the worship leader asked if anyone could play piano. No one volunteered, so I raised my hand. He picked a hymn I’d never heard before that was in a diffi cult key and time signature to sight-read. I was holding my breath, trying to get through that piece! It doesn’t matter that it was over 30 years ago, it was horrifying. Give me a violin or guitar any day!
What are the top three things on your bucket list?1. Enjoy grandchildren when the time comes. 2. Take a
trip to Hawaii. 3. Visit family members in Europe.
What is one word others often use to describe you and why?
Organized. I have to run around a lot to do performances, sometimes in costume, and also teach in two locations. It seems I always have several instruments with me.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Not to be such a worrywart!
What is your passion?Performing music, teaching music and attending
music concerts. It’s in my blood!
With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?
My daughter, Mandy, who died at the age of 9 months back in 1986.
Other than your parents, who has had the biggest infl u-ence on your life?
Since my father’s parents had already passed away before I was born, my mom’s parents were very close to my siblings and me. They lived on a farm in central Indiana, and I learned a lot from them – from singing old songs on a porch swing to snapping green beans to “put up.”
I still can’t quite get the hang of …Instructional manuals. When I buy something
technical, I dread reading the instructions!
What is the best present you ever received in a box?Actually, this present was on a leash and walked to my
house. When I graduated from 8th grade, my parents let me pick out a miniature schnauzer puppy from a breeder close to our house. Dusty charmed our family for 10 years. I still have schnauzers and will likely never be without one. My oldest one now is 15 years old.
What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you.
What is your social media of choice?Email. I took a typing class in high school, and I can
type almost as fast as I can speak.
What is the worst job you have ever had?I liked the job and the people involved, but working in
stained glass is not easy on a violinist’s fi ngertips.
What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?
I enjoyed Bugs Bunny and his friends, as the cartoon had a lot of classical music. I would recognize pieces I’d played.
What irritates you?Thieves. People who want something for nothing.
What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?Farragut residents have the BEST parks to enjoy! I’m
loving all of the concerts that are held at the parks. It’s been fun to meet new people when I walk my dogs; and my students enjoy playing music in the parks.
What is your greatest fear?After the hailstorm in April last year, I’m not crazy
about the storms in East Tennessee.
If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be?I’ve thought about making my whole yard a fl ower bed
instead of growing grassy areas. I think I’d rather take care of p lants than grass!
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FARRAGUT SHOPPER-NEWS • OCTOBER 22, 2012 • A-3
him and started singing:“Pick up the morn-
ing paper when it hits the street…”
They fi nished up the duet, and Haslam, who probably was “fer” most everything Cas was “agin,” politically speaking (the City-County Building, the World’s Fair, any talk of a convention center), reminisced about his old nemesis:
“Cas was OK,” Haslam said. “He’s part of Knox-ville’s heritage with his radio and television shows … But we were on different sides, let’s put it that way. Cas didn’t like change, so we were on opposite sides
most of the time.”West started the show by
pointing out some Cas Walk-er memorabilia – the coon-hunter backdrop from the TV show, the life-sized cut-out of Dolly next to a dummy decked out in one of Walker’s suits sitting in Cas’s favorite chair with a stuffed raccoon between them.
Con Hunley then sang three songs and owned the room.
West and the Cider Mountain Boys came on next, then comedian Jerry “Chicken Man” Isaacs and finally Claudia Coffey Till-man, a gospel singer with a set of pipes Kate Smith
would have envied.Billy Kennedy was sitting
in the audi-ence tak-ing it all in. He had to fl y home to Belfast the next morn-ing, but he was enjoy-ing himself immensely
that night. Kennedy has been a reporter at the Belfast News Letter, the oldest continu-ously published newspaper in the world, for 40 years. He is also the author of nine books about the Scots Irish settlers of southern Appa-
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FARRAGUT FACES
Fun with fl owersThe theme for the re-
cent Frolic in the Foothills f lower show should have been “gardeners just want to have fun.” Guests ex-pecting f lowery exhibits that left you wanting to hum elevator music found that the District IV f lower designers and gardeners stepped it up a notch for the late September show.
Winners all seem to have an edge. From Ann deLearie’s “Riding the Wild Eagle” winner in mobile display to Sharon Penny’s whimsical winner “planted” on a backgam-mon board, the displays of beauty all left you with something to think about.
There were plenty of participants for the show,
Ann deLearie is proud of her
award-winning mobile, “Rid-
ing the Wild Eagle,” at Frolic in
the Foothills, a standard fl ow-
er show presented by the East
Tennessee District IV of the
Tennessee Federation of Gar-
den Clubs. Photos by Justin Acuff
Sharon Penny’s display in the Fun and Games category won a
fi rst place award.
Posing by a welcome
poster for Frolic in the
Foothills are Cindy Hintz,
event scheduling coordina-
tor, and Marion Bloomer,
general chair. The show
was sponsored by District
IV and held at Concord
United Methodist Church.
which took place Sept. 28 at Concord United Meth-odist Church in Farragut. The East Tennessee Dis-trict IV of the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs invited members from its 42 garden clubs to compete in three categories: Design, horticulture and education. Marion Bloomer was gen-eral chair for the event, and Cindy Hintz was schedul-ing coordinator.
Cas II honors old coonhunter From page A-1
Billy Kennedy
lachia, and has made many friends during his visits to Tennessee.
When asked if he hears fa-miliar strains in the music of East Tennessee, he smiled.
“Absolutely. That’s what has drawn me here time and time again.”
A-4 • OCTOBER 22, 2012 • FARRAGUT SHOPPER-NEWS government
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Farragut Municipal Plan-ning Commission and the community got a fi rst look at the Winston Associates draft for the Comprehensive Land Use Plan at a com-munity and FMPC meeting Thursday, Oct. 18. They also heard from an applicant who wants to create a new business zone that will al-low for four-story buildings.
Four-stories
for Farragut?
Tom and Barbara Moseley check out a color-coded map of the
Comprehensive Land Use Plan proposed for Farragut. Barbara
Moseley is active in the homeowners association for the Cot-
tages at Pryse Farm. Photo by S.F. Neal
The land use plan will be voted on at a later meet-ing. Barbara Moseley took an active role in the public meetings on land use and was there to see the results. “I would like to see the town revitalized,” she said. “All the empty spaces bother me.”
Moe Wyman, a retired planner himself, said, “This plan is the basis for all the other plans in the town. By adopting this plan, the mu-nicipal planning commis-sion is basing its decisions on what the community says it wants.”
A more urban feel and affordable housing for young professionals tops Connie Schmid’s list. “I’d like to see a more urban look and a downtown area. The area around Town Hall is more centrally lo-cated and would be easier to build up.”
New Zone: Much of the meeting was spent discuss-ing a request to change the zoning ordinances to cre-ate a new business district that would allow four-sto-ry buildings. The request comes from Myers Bros. Holdings. Commissioner Noah Myers said he was switching hats and becom-ing “applicant” for the dis-cussion, led mostly by his brother, Knick.
EdSouth is interested in an out-parcel at Renais-sance across from First Farragut United Method-ist Church and adjacent to Weigel’s at the entrance to Old Stage Hills subdivision on Way Station Trail. The brothers are asking a new business district and re-duced setback requirements to put parking behind the building. That would move buildings much closer to Kingston Pike than now al-lowed.
Noah Myers noted that
the church across the road actually sits higher than their four-story building would because of the lay of the land. That also brought up discussion of how to hide the mechanicals on top of the roof. If planners create the new zoning, it will likely mean tweaking several oth-er ordinances and maybe drafting new ones.
Changing the zoning on the property from the cur-rent C-1 general commercial district would limit the type of businesses that could be built in the new zone. While members liked the design, Commissioner Ed St.Clair worried that it would create a “wall effect” for drivers if several of these buildings
started popping up along Kingston Pike in that end of town. The building would set 40 feet from the edge of the asphalt.
Some also questioned what would happen if Kingston Pike needed to be widened. “Far out in the future, we don’t want to have to condemn that build-ing,” said Commissioner Ed Whiting.
Community Develop-ment Director Ruth Hawk gave commissioners some homework before the next meeting. “I’ll put a draft or-dinance together, but I don’t think you’re ready to vote on this yet. Go home, do your homework, and come back next month.”
Betty Bean
GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Mitt Romney mentioned
“binders full of women,” and
immediately on Facebook
came a cartoon with Barack
Obama holding his head in
his hands while Bill Clinton,
grinning ear-to-ear, says, “Did
someone say binders full of
women?”
■ Mike Hammond wants
public parking at the City-
County Building. “We open it
for Boomsday and UT football
games; we need to revisit
this,” he said.
■ Sam McKenzie disagreed.
“We built it wrong, pre-9/11.
The deck (opened evenings)
is not under the building.
It’s not wise to re-open the
garage.”
■ Chris Caldwell, fi nance
director, estimated a cost of
$500,000 to scan cars if the
garage were re-opened for
public use. Meanwhile, Amy
Broyles and Mike Brown want
to give employees a bigger
break to park there.
– S. Clark
VictorAshe
Mayor Rogero is working hard to persuade city voters to support the city charter amendment on pensions.
It is the last item on the ballot after the county char-ter amendments. City Coun-cil approved it by a vote of 7-2 with Marshall Stair and Duane Grieve voting against.
While Stair voted against it, he is not working to de-feat it Nov. 6. Rogero has appeared on various talk shows and before civic groups. She is lobbying citi-zens including this writer to support it.
The proposal is designed to reduce surging costs in the current pension plan. Rogero inherited this issue and now has to lead the ef-fort to place pensions on sounder fi nancial footing. The major criticism of the plan is that it does not go far enough to reduce costs for current employees but only impacts employees
Lunch with the mayor
who go to work for the city after Jan. 1, 2013.
For new city employees, it clearly cuts costs substan-tially. However, the benefi t of that will not be felt for 15 to 20 years when new employees who worked at least 10 years start to retire at age 63. By increasing the vesting period from 5 to 10 years, it guarantees that fu-ture mayors and their politi-cal appointees will likely not be eligible for a city pension since mayors can serve only 8 years under term limits.
While it is a valid com-ment that costs for current city employees need to be reduced (and the plan does not do that), the defeat of
State House District 13 candidate Gloria Johnson took Tuesday night off to allow county Democratic Party chair Gloria Johnson to go to a debate-watching party and sample some fried cornbread. She was happy with both. She was pleased that her guy showed up this time – but what the heck is fried cornbread?
“Kind of like a cornbread version of a funnel cake,” she said of the Big Fatty’s signature dish. “Incredible.”
Johnson, a special edu-cation teacher at Richard Yoakley School, spends her free time campaigning. Most weeknights fi nd her working with a crew of vol-unteer phone bankers; on Saturdays she’s knocking on doors.
What do her students think about their teacher running for offi ce?
“We don’t really talk about it at school, so they didn’t think much about it until they saw my signs,”
Gloria Johnson watches the
presidential debate at Big
Fatty’s. Photo by B. Bean
Jobs, schools and guns
she said. (Johnson is 6-3 and her sky blue and white yard signs feature the sil-houette of a tall woman sur-rounded by children above the slogan “Standing Tall for Tennessee.”)
Not surprisingly, educa-tion issues are a top prior-ity. And in her view, educa-tion is inextricably linked to employment.
“A highly-educated work-force is key to a healthy economy,” she said. “Ten-nessee has been provid-ing a great education on a minimal budget. It’s time to push forward. We have to do better in preparing stu-dents to be competitive, not just here, but with the whole world.”
Johnson is deeply con-cerned about the General Assembly’s recent educa-tion initiatives, and she’s no fan of the Tennessee Virtual Academy, the cyber-school administered by Union County using curriculum and teachers provided by K12 Inc, a Virginia for-profi t corporation founded by junk bond felon Michael Milken. The Republican-dominated General As-sembly approved TNVA in 2011 on a nearly straight party line vote, and its fi rst year test scores were in the state’s bottom 17 percentile.
“The virtual academy is a mess,” she said, “Knox County’s graduation rate is about 80 percent. K12 Inc’s graduation rate is 49 per-cent. That’s not where we need to go. There’s zero ac-countability. How do I know mom’s not doing the work?”
The 13th District seat being vacated by Harry Tindell used to be slightly more Democratic, but was redrawn last year to give Republicans the advantage. Even so, Johnson has had considerable success in fun-draising and endorsement-getting by talking about “big” issues. But she doesn’t shy away from the other stuff, either – like guns.
“I have a .38 special right beside my bed,” she said. “I’m not going to take your guns away. I took the course to get my permit and scored 100 percent – beat the guys. But if you’re going to talk to a teacher who had two friends shot by a guy who had his gun out in the park-ing lot, no. I won’t support that.
“But my opinion’s not going to prevail in a Ron Ramsey Senate, so can we please talk about jobs and education?”
this proposal would leave the city with no plan to cur-tail any costs – present or future – a huge fi nancial burden for city taxpayers. Voters should vote “yes” on the city charter amendment and hope the mayor and council face the question of current employees in the next several years.
A few weeks ago at Ijams Symphony in the Park, I purchased a donat-ed lunch with the mayor at the silent auction and next Monday, Oct. 29, Joan and I will be lunching with May-or Rogero at Ijams Nature Center.
Ijams did especially well on this item as Stephanie Wallace, wife of council member George Wallace, was also bidding on the lunch which caused the fi nal price to escalate. But all to a good cause which is Ijams.
The truth is that both of us could probably invite the mayor to lunch and she would happily come.
■ Judge Wheeler Rosenbalm’s retirement
as Circuit Court Judge on Jan. 1, 2013, will trig-ger a wave of applications to the Court Nominating Commission which must submit three names from which Gov. Bill Haslam will appoint. The appoin-tee will serve until Sept. 1, 2014, and Knox County voters will choose the new circuit judge in August 2014 for an 8-year term.
■ Kristi Davis andRay H. Jenkins are both mentioned as possible ap-plicants. Jenkins is Knox County GOP chair and would resign as chair once his application was submit-ted. Phyllis Severance, cur-rent GOP vice chair, would become chair until a new chair is chosen in early 2013. Davis is an attorney with Hodges Doughty and Carson law fi rm in Knox-ville. Other applicants will surface in the next few weeks.
■ More on the Gloria Johnson-Gary Loe race next week. It is close and down to the wire.
Republican headquarters a’buzzBy Anne Hart
If you’ve ever watched a beehive, you have a pretty good idea what Knox Coun-ty Republican headquarters
was like the evening of the GOP’s debate watch party last week.
The life-size cardboard cutout of Mitt Romney in
the lobby was about the only thing that wasn’t in perpet-ual motion. And even it had lots of company as the party faithful crowded around
to have their picture taken with the likeness of their fa-vorite candidate.
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CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn HuttonTALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West
Under the general head-ing of how long should
it take to restore a hobbling football program, other-wise logical people keep trying to compare Derek Dooley and Steve Spurrier.
I understand that with a twist or two, numbers can be used to prove almost anything, but Tennessee and South Carolina are farther apart than the pro-verbial apples and oranges.
Consider expectations: Before Spurrier, Lou Holtz gave the Gamecocks hope but little else. In all of his-tory, USC had finished in the AP top 25 only five times. Only twice had it gone bowling in consecu-tive years. Tennessee, mea-sured in total victories, is one of the top 10 programs of all time. In Big Orange Country, good has never been good enough.
Recruiting? South Caro-lina has geographical advan-tages. It also has Clemson competing for in-state talent.
The first reaction to this current UT dilemma is to blame Dooley for dragging his feet. Spurrier wrested the Gamecocks away from the taxidermist and imme-diately transformed them into wonderful winners.
Well, not exactly. Holtz had a couple of good foun-dation years and leveled off. Spurrier went 7-5, 8-5, 6-6, 7-6 and 7-6 before this upswing. Tennessee defeated South Carolina as recently as 2009. Over five seasons, Spurrier was 18-22 against the SEC.
To Spurrier’s credit, he has not fathered anything as ugly as Dooley 2011 but Stevie-wonder never had to face a Kentucky wide receiver play-ing quarterback in the season fi nale – fueled with the mo-tivation of ending a quarter-century of frustration.
The Spurrier challenge (after cashing his final NFL check) was simple compared to the Dooley project. South Carolina was delighted to have a famous coach, even one inclined toward golf and boogie-boarding.
Spurrier came with foot-ball credibility, Heisman Trophy as a player, na-tional championship and a bunch of other medals and ribbons as a coach. What a show when he threw his vi-sor and went scowling and stomping along the side-line. It was much better than orange pants.
From the start, Derek Dooley was a question
The angels
sigh
Dooley is
no Spurrier
It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look!
(I Peter 1:12 NRSV)
Day breaks and the boy wakes upAnd the dog barks and the b irds singAnd the sap rises and the angels sigh.
(“Copperline,” James Taylor)
On a recent Friday I drove over the moun-
tains into North Carolina to visit my daughter Eden. It was a beautiful October day, blue skies, crisp air, an occasional tree begin-ning to show color. I drove back home on Sunday af-ternoon and noticed still more vibrant color. The hills were wearing plaid by then: gold and russet and green woven together like some autumnal tartan. The slanting sun threw shad-ows across the ridges and my heart ached just a little.
I love fall, even with its twinge of sadness. My mind tells me it is just one arc of an enormous circle, but my soul knows it is the beginning of an end. The year is dying.
Even the foods of au-tumn are different. The fall vegetables are sturdi-
er, plainer: parsnips, car-rots, yams. A mug of Earl Grey tea hits the spot on an October afternoon and a slab of rye bread, spread thick with butter, is the perfect accompaniment. I haul out the cookbooks, looking for stew recipes and casseroles and some-thing fabulous to do with apples.
Sweaters and thick socks and knitted scarves come out of the closets and I try to fi nd just the right setting on the thermostat to keep me comfortable and my checkbook in the black.
It is a time for reading. As the days grow shorter, I keep at least one book going, sometimes two: a novel and a “how-to.”
It is a time for writing. I buy elegant stationery, writ-ing long, chatty, newsy let-
In this Oct. 8, 2011, fi le photo, South Carolina head coach Steve
Spurrier yells onto the fi eld during the third quarter in a game
against Kentucky at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C.
The Ol’ Ball Coach and his Gamecocks will host the Volunteers
Saturday at noon. AP Photo/Rich Glickstein
mark. The emergency re-placement for the migra-tory Lane Kiffin didn’t have much on his resumé. He schooled under the great Nick Saban but he did not win at Louisiana Tech. He did have a famous name and a law degree. That he was available on short notice was of greater signifi cance.
Tennessee fans won-dered aloud why athletic director Mike Hamilton couldn’t do better – maybe somebody like Jon Gruden or Vince Lombardi. It now appears Tennessee needed miraculous assistance.
Fans were slow to real-ize roster shortages. Only
a few got really excited about minimum progress. Massive turnover of assis-tant coaches, good or bad, was confusing. Recruiting appeared encouraging un-til compared with the big boys in the SEC.
Now we know catching up, at the rate we are going, is a slow process.
Comparing Dooley and Spurrier is unfair. Tasks and conditions are not equal. They climb different mountains.
South Carolina patience has been rewarded. There is no way to tell if time is all Dooley needs. Marvin West invites reader reaction.
His address is westwest6@netzero.
com.
ters to my friends far away; at least they are written in my head. Actually getting them onto the stationery is more problematic.
I study the woodpile and calculate when I should build the fi rst fi re, knowing even as I stand looking at the logs that I will wait until one of my girls is home to enjoy the fi re with me.
And I remember.I remember deaths: my
father, a beloved uncle, a marriage. I remember harvest moons, apples baked on sticks over a fi re and hiking in the Delaware Water Gap. I remember camping trips and football games and Halloween par-ties.
And one last, precious October memory. I re-member the night during a revival in a small coun-try church, when I gave my life to the Lord. On the way home that night – just Daddy and me – I saw a smudge of light in the sky and asked him what it was.
“It looks like a comet, honey,” he answered. And it was, the fi rst one I had ever seen. A sign, a bless-ing, a “You go, girl!”
And I’m pretty sure the angels sighed.
Candles for a causeSix disability orga-
nizations will host “Let Your Light Shine” this holiday season to share the stories of people with disabilities and to pro-mote the services avail-able to them.
The East Tennes-see Technology Access Center (ETTAC), Break-through Corporation, Sunshine Ambassadors Inc., Club Vibes, Hearing and Speech Foundation, and Joni and Friends International Disabil-ity Center will sell 8-inch battery-operated candles for $20 each. They are designed to be displayed in window sills.
At the time of pur-chase, folks can share a story of someone they know with a disability if they choose to do so. Submitted stories may be shared during the Re-gal Celebration of Lights and tree lighting Friday, Nov. 23.
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All fall classes, workshops and events will be held at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, unless otherwise stated. Call 966-7057 to register (if required).
Payment must be received within 5 business days of date of registration but no later than the registration deadline. No refunds are given after the registration and payment
deadline. The Town of Farragut is not responsible for costs associated with the purchase of supplies when a class is canceled.
University of Tennessee Basketball Lecture
When: Sunday, Nov. 4, 2 p.m. What: Knox County Commissioner R. Larry Smith will host a free lecture to discuss the history of UT basketball, including player stories and interviews, statistics and more.Cost: Free – no registration required
Beginning Jewelry (Ages 13 and up)
When: Thursday, Nov. 8, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.What: Students will make a bracelet and earrings to take home!
Cost: $35 (all supplies included) Registration and payment deadline: Tuesday, Nov. 6
Veteran’s Day Reception
When: Friday, Nov. 9, 2 – 4:30 p.m.What: Local veterans and guests are invited to enjoy refreshments in their honor and take a tour of the Farragut Folklife Museum.Cost: Free
Wire Wrap Jewelry
When: Thursday, Nov. 29, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.What: Participants will use the wire wrap technique to create a unique bracelet and pair of earrings to take home!Cost: $40 (all supplies included)Registration and payment deadline: Tuesday, Nov. 27
Dec. 7, 1941 – A Day of Infamy
When: Monday, Dec. 3: 7 p.m.What: This free presentation, led by Frank Galbraith, will cover the history of events leading up to WWII, including the end of WWI, the roaring 20’s, organized crime, the Great Depression, Hitler coming to power and the attack on Pearl Harbor.
By Cindy TaylorDeep in the wilds of the
West Virginia woods and a whole lifestyle away lies the Canaan (pronounced Kanain) Valley. If you travel far enough into the valley you can fi nd a gold mine. Not in the literal sense; but to those who stumble across Ben’s Old Loom Barn there is a true sense of discovery.
Unfamiliar words are tossed about by those who work there, such as weft, warp, raddle and shuttle. These are terms used in the art of weaving.
Phyllis Helmick and April Welsh are two of the talented folks who work the business located in Davis, W.Va. They are busy setting up one of April’s designs on a loom that sits next to one dating back to the Civil War.
“We use a lot of cotton and wool,” says Helmick. “Alpaca is a favorite but very
few people want to pay the price for it.”
Dorothy Mayor Thomp-son, the founder of the busi-ness and wife to the barn’s namesake, began teach-ing weaving in a one-room schoolhouse. The school’s original alphabet now hangs in the barn. The old Civil War loom, built by Dorothy’s fa-ther, holds a place of honor there, hence the name Ben’s Old Loom Barn.
Thompson grew up dur-ing the Great Depression and was a student in weav-ing with master weaver Lou Tate at the Loom House in Kentucky. During World War II, Thompson went to work with her mother, Rose Mayor, teaching in the Weav-ing Room at the Arthurdale Center. She met and mar-ried Ben Thompson. The two came to the farm in Canaan where Thompson taught weaving until her death in
By Cindy Taylor fefeww pepeoople want to pay the
Looming in the future
The original loom from the 1800s built by Dorothy Thompson’s father, Alex Mayor, is still in use.
Phyllis Helmick and April Welsh work on
one of April’s designs. Photos by C. Taylor
MALCOLM’S CORNER | Malcolm Shell
Of all the events that have im-pacted the Village of Concord – marble quarry closings, World War II, the decline of the railroad – the construction of Fort Loudoun Dam, which formed Fort Loudoun Lake, ranks very high on the list.
Although the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) had given subtle hints that the impact on Concord might be signifi cant, I don’t think many residents realized that it would result in the inundation of about one-third of the village.
In 1942, the number 877 be-came signifi cant because resi-dents of all the property located
below that line on a contour map were forced to move. This included some 42 homes and the Southern Railway Depot on the south side of the present-day railroad tracks. Our home was on the south side of the tracks and I guess I could say literally that I grew up on the wrong side of the tracks.
My family was fortunate to fi nd a property for sale near the top of the hill just above Concord Pres-byterian Church. I am not sure of the compensation amount given by TVA, but considering the fact that existing properties were very limited, I am sure they paid top
Watching the water rise
dollar for our new home. At least one family disassembled their home plank by plank and put it back together on another lot, but most families just moved their personal belongings and let TVA take care of razing the house.
This was an emotional time for village residents who felt their homes had been “taken.” And there was considerable stress in trying to fi nd another place to live.
Years later, it was not uncom-mon to see former residents standing on the railroad tracks, trying to envision where their home had been. Our home was located near the tracks, and when the lake is down in the winter, you can see the outline of foundations. Although I was very young, I can remember standing on the tracks with my parents and watching the water slowly rise over our founda-tion.
Although TVA removed most of the small brush, the larger trees were simply cut and tied down. Over the years these became good
fi shing spots. To that extent, the older residents had a decided ad-vantage in knowing where to catch the big game fi sh like largemouth bass.
The lake did, however, provide a great playground, particularly for those who liked speed boats, as they were called, and those who enjoyed water skiing. But I am not aware of any local residents who owned this type of craft. Most were small fi shing boats, or John Boats, with small outboard motors.
Many of the locals built their boats in their backyards or garag-es and we undertook such a ven-ture. With the aid of my brother-in-law Alvin Smith, we built a nice fi shing boat in our garage. We did it during the winter months, and I remember I could hardly wait until spring when we intended to launch it.
When the time came, we loaded it on a fl atbed trailer, moved it to the lake and gradually pushed it into the water. It had hardly cleared the bank when it sank in
about 2 feet of water. I couldn’t believe all the work that went into the project just to have it stay afl oat about two minutes.
However, my dad had forgoten to tell me that was the plan. You could not fi t the decking close together because the water would cause the wood to swell and pop off the planks. So, after the boat had been sunk about a week, we pulled it out and caulked the joints and it fl oated.
There are not many villagers left who remember the water ris-ing over the foundations of their homes. And time has served its purpose in removing most of those unpleasant memories. Sev-eral years ago, an Elia Kazan-di-rected movie titled “Wild River,” starring Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick and Jo Van Fleet, told the story of a family who were forced to move from their farm to make way for a new lake. And I guess the drama depicted in that fi lm would have seemed familiar to many of the residents of Concord Village in 1942.
2008 at the age of 88.In the early 1980s, she
began operating Ben’s Old
Loom Barn, now run by daughter Sarah Fletcher. Hand-woven items made
by those who work at the barn are for sale and in-clude shawls, table run-ners and gloves. The high cost of raw materials today makes it difficult to keep the price down.
“The cost of yarn can equal $20 a pound just for the
cheap materials,” said Welsh, who observed the original looms had punch cards and could be considered one of the fi rst computers.
The Canaan Weavers Guild meets each month at the barn to carry on the centuries-old tradition of weaving.
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Dumas recreates ‘Madonna and Child’Nationally-known local artist Alexander Dumas has repro-
duced Spanish artist Murillo’s “Madonna and Child” as the
size of a notecard. He is selling prints as Christmas cards
and will donate proceeds to Concord Adult Day Enrich-
ment Services (CADES), located at Concord United Meth-
odist Church in Farragut. The cards will be sold 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m. daily at the church. Info: 675-2835.
By Suzanne Foree NealSometimes it is those who
struggle quietly who have the hardest time fi nding help. That’s the biggest reason Faith Lutheran Church, 239 Jamestowne Blvd. in Farra-gut, decided to roll out its own independent food pantry.
“We started looking at the need,” says Laura C. Bostrom, pastor for commu-nity and discipleship at the church. “Our motto is ‘Love God, Love Others and Serve.’ The question we ask is: How do we serve our brothers and
Barbara Strand and Deb
Stegner toss around ideas
during a strategy meeting
for opening a new commu-
nity food pantry at Faith Lu-
theran Church in Farragut. Photos by S.F. Neal
Faith Lutheran to launch food pantry
Michelle Behling takes notes.
Laura C. Bostrom, pastor for
community and discipleship
at Faith Lutheran Church in
Farragut, kept notes as she
leads a meeting of volunteers.
The church will open the
Shepherd of Hope Food Pan-
try on Nov. 5.
sisters in the community?”Faith Lutheran is looking
to help those Bostrom calls “the working poor:” People who have jobs, but still aren’t making it. Having a food pantry in the community is a start to offering help.
Volunteers are stocking shelves for the grand opening on Monday, Nov. 5. Anyone can drop off donations at the church, and a special shop-ping cart to collect food is available at Sunday services.
To learn more food pantry operations, the group toured pantries at Cokesbury United Methodist Church and Knox Area Rescue Ministries. Af-ter The Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry has operated successfully for six months, it can affi liate with Second Harvest Food Bank.
“Right now, we are in charge of stocking our own pantry,” explains Deb Steg-ner. “We’re relying on the generosity of others.”
Initial plans are to open the pantry 3-5 p.m. the fi rst and third Mondays of the month, with the thought it may expand to every Mon-day. All that is required to get food is a photo ID and Social Security card. There are no restrictions. “As long as there is a need, we are here to help people,” Bostrom says. Vol-unteers will keep a record of
those served. As for staffi ng the pantry, the church has a roster of 60 volunteers, many of them families. They also expect help from Farragut High School students.
While helping plan a food pantry will be a new experi-ence for many on the orga-nizing committee, Barbara Strand has some experience. She has volunteered at Sec-ond Harvest and KARM, and became involved at Faith Lu-theran to keep herself busy in retirement. “I worked for 13 years at a school and needed something to do,” she says.
Bostrom says the church decided to pour all its resourc-es into this one project as op-posed to trying to do a lot of little things. “We want to do one thing and do it well,” she says. “This is our baby.”
Strand says the church distributed turkey baskets in the past and hopes this year to do it through the food pantry. Stegner noted that people can watch for sales and stretch their dollars to help stock the church’s food pantry shelves.
“Kroger had toothpaste for
$1,” she says. Strand has also heard that two Scout troops are conducting a food drive for them and hope to donate 700 pounds of food. In De-cember, church members plan to do an event called “Caroling for Cans.”
“Our goal is to run out of space,” Bostrom laughs. As they build the food pan-try, she hopes to improve communications with other churches and organizations as an avenue to fi nd out what people need and how to get them help.
Stegner adds, “It’s easy to forget people who are quietly struggling. First, we can be a place where they can come and get help when they hit a hard patch.”
WORSHIP NOTES
Community Services
■ Catholic Charities now off ers
counseling for those with
emotional issues who may not
be physically able to come to
the offi ce for therapy. Licensed
professionals are available
over the phone, and the fi rst
session is free. Subsequent
sessions are provided on an
income-based sliding scale.
All information is completely
confi dential. Call 1-877-790-
6369. Nonemergency calls
only. Info: www.ccetn.org.
Fundraisers, sales ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753
Oak Ridge Highway, is
seeking vendors for the
church Craft Fair to be held
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
17, in the family life center.
Rent is $25 per table or $20
per space if you bring your
own table. For application:
Julie, [email protected]
and include name, address,
phone and e-mail.
Homecomings, revivals
■ Bookwalter United
Methodist Church will hold
homecoming 10:45 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 4. The Rev.
Nathan Malone, Knoxville
district superintendent
of the United Methodist
Church, will speak. Covered
dish luncheon follows.
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By Sara BarrettLast year, the students
of Farragut High School’s fi lmmaking class spent an entire semester creating the 26-minute horror fl ick “The Find.”
Their hard work paid off when the fi lm was selected to be shown at this year’s Erie Horror Fest in Erie, Pa. It was one of fi ve nominated for best student fi lm.
“People ask me about making horror movies with high school students,” said FHS theater and fi lm in-structor Lea McMahan. If they were fi lming a drama, she said, it would be diffi cult to keep the class motivated. However, they do stick to topics that “we all know aren’t true” including the subject of “The Find,” set in 1959. A rock is brought into the school and something evil hatches from it.
The fi lm class gives stu-dents a chance to see what really goes into fi lmmaking. “One minute of the fi lm took 10 to 15 minutes to create,” said McMahan.
The students are current-ly working on another short-er fi lm tentatively titled “The Halls.” McMahan said the shorter length would allow the students to focus more on the quality of the fi lm and less on the quantity.
In addition to the notori-ety it has received in Penn-sylvania, “The Find” will be shown at the Knoxville Hor-ror Film Festival at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at the Relix Variety Theatre on North Central Street.
McMahan plans to hold an additional public show-ing of “The Find” in the Ferguson theater at FHS to-ward the end of November. Info: www.fhsdrama.org.
Farragut High School senior and fi lm class student Caroline
Rexrode starred in the fi lm “The Find” during her junior year. Photo submitted
‘The Find’ at Farragut High School
By Sara BarrettLast week, Farragut
Intermediate School 5th-graders Mallory Gard and Camryn Given were named the “Cake Bosses” in Nicole Thorley’s classroom.
One or two students are picked each week in Thor-ley’s class to tell about them-
‘Cake Boss’ atFarragut Intermediate
Mallory Gard said her hero is her stepsister
Jade who was adopted from China. On her poster, Camryn Given drew a cartoon
of herself ice skating to show a favorite hobbie.
selves using a poster theycustomize with their in-terests, favorite memories,drawings, photos and more.
After a short presenta-tion, the posters are dis-played for the week and the“Cake Bosses” can bring anitem for show-and-tell or asnack for the class.
“It is a curriculum-driv-en activity,” said Thorley.The students sharpen theircreativity and writing skillswhile learning about them-selves and each other inthe process. The classroomtheme for the school yearis cupcakes, so the idea ofa Cake Boss suits the classperfectly.
Thorley said after 5thgrade, the spotlight is re-moved a bit from each stu-dent as an individual sobeing a “Cake Boss” givesthem a chance to shine.
Farragut Intermediate School 5th-graders Mallory
Gard and Camryn Given pose for a photo after their
“Cake Boss” poster presentations. Photos by S. Barrett
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A.L. Lotts Elementary School 5th-grader Ansley Honeycutt participates in an activity involving a parachute.
A. L. Lotts Elementary School 5th-graders Ben Whitaker, Zach Hull and Ian Blalock work on an activity with Tennes-see Technological University student Nicole Russell. Ten-nessee Tech students who are training to become teachers helped out at the event.
Library staff appreciation dayFriends of the Library will deliver lunch to the 200-
plus staff at all 18 branches of the Knox County Library on Tuesday, Oct. 23, in observance of Staff Appreciation Day in Knoxville and Friends of Knox County Public Library Week, held through Saturday, Oct. 27.
Community members are encouraged to stop by their local library on Tuesday to give the staff a “pat on the back.” Info: www.knoxlib.org.
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Julia Pack and Melanie Moczadlo consider giving the “Mischief
Spinner” a turn before playing a hole at putt-putt. Selections
on the wheel included playing with one hand behind your
back.
Farragut Middle School
6th-graders Chad Exarhos,
Robert Browder and Harris
Wadley press their luck
with the game “Deal or No
Deal.” The blue pod from
FMS walked down the
hill last week to Putt-Putt
Golf and Games for some
recreational activities as a
reward for good behavior
during the fi rst nine weeks
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Farragut Middle School 6th-grader Forrest Godshell studies the
inner workings of a game before committing a token to play. He
was undecided on what to spend his tickets on, but most likely
would splurge for “an unending supply of Laff y Taff y,” he said.
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By Suzanne Foree NealRandy Burleson has had
great success in the Knox-ville area as a restaurant owner. He’d love to add a “B&B” to that list – a brew-ery and a bakery. He shared that dream with members of the Rotary Club of Farra-gut at its Wednesday noon meeting at Fox Den Coun-try Club.
“Bankers will give us money to expand Aubrey’s, but bankers don’t want to risk funding beer,” he said, which brought some laughs from the crowd. An expan-sion is planned for Chat-tanooga. Burleson, whose fi rst name is Aubrey, and his wife, Melissa, are cur-rently dividing their time between Nashville and Knoxville and hope to be permanently in East Ten-nessee soon.
“Sometimes I enjoy be-ing a private person in Nashville,” he joked, add-ing that he can eat at a res-
taurant without someone chiding him as to why he’s not eating in his own estab-lishment.
Burleson began learning his trade at the tender age of 19 at the knees of well-known restaurateurs Bill and Grady Regas. His fi rst job was washing dishes at Steven’s Italian Restaurant. “I was chasing a girlfriend, and she worked there,” he laughed. “I was staying up all night and sleeping all day and still made good grades.”
After fi nishing under-graduate studies at UT, he enrolled in the MBA program, and admitted he didn’t care much for it at the time. While work-ing at Grady’s Good Times restaurant, he got to know Grady Regas, who became a friend and mentor.
His opinion of that MBA education would later change and help set him on course to be a success-
ful business owner. One day, he said, it dawned on him. His kitchen was his manufacturing facility, and his servers were his trac-tor trailers delivering the goods, just as he’d studied in that uninteresting MBA program at UT.
Burleson now owns 14 restaurants, with eight of those being Aubrey’s. The Farragut Aubrey’s was his fi rst. “I started treating the Farragut Aubrey’s as a business. That fall, a great thing happened – school coupon books. Those saved the restaurant that fall be-cause it got people from outside Farragut to try the restaurant.”
Burleson is often asked why he doesn’t sell his restaurants to a national company. For him, he said, it is a matter of staying lo-cal. “Aubrey’s has blessed me so much more than if I had gone to Wall Street,” he said.
Randy Burleson, owner of eight Aubrey’s and several other area restaurants, speaks to the
Rotary Club of Farragut. At left is his CFO David Belcher. Photo by S.F. Neal
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HEALTH NOTES ■ Free diabetes support
groups and education
classes are being offered by
Summit Medical Group from
5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 25, at Summit Corpo-
rate Office, Atrium Building,
Suite 185, 1225 Weisgarber
Road. To register: 584-4747,
Ext. 327.
■ Alexander Technique Intro-duction, 10:15 a.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 30, at Bearden Branch
Library. Free, but preregistra-
tion is required. Info or to
register: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600
or www.LillySutton.com.
■ Ethics workshop, sponsored
by Peninsula, a division of
Parkwest Medical Center,
will be 1-4 p.m. Friday, Nov.
16, at Rothchild Conference
Center, 8807 Kingston Pike.
Guest speaker: Dorothy
Gage, Alcohol and Drug
Counselor at Vanderbilt
Psychological and Counsel-
ing Center. Cost is $40 per
person for NASW members
and $60 for nonmembers.
Register by Nov. 5: 877-810-
8103 or visit www.naswtn.
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■ The 2013 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon has
added a two-person relay to
next year’s events. Regis-
tration is currently open.
The marathon will be held
Sunday, April 7. Info and to
register: www.knoxville
marathon.com.
FARRAGUT NOTES ■ Farragut Rotary Club meets
at noon each Wednesday at
the Fox Den Country Club.
■ Free budget classes are
held from noon-1 p.m. each
third Thursday at the Good
Samaritan Center, 119 A. St.
in Lenoir City. Everyone is
invited. No preregistration
is required. Info: annaseal@
credibility.org.
■ Memoir Writing Group meets 7 p.m. each second
Thursday at Panera Bread,
733 Louisville Road.
■ West Knox Lions Club meets
6:30 p.m. each fi rst and
third Monday at Sullivan’s in
Franklin Square, 9648 Kings-
ton Pike.
A-12 • OCTOBER 22, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS
FARRAGUT LIBRARY EVENTSThe Farragut Branch Library is located at 417 N.
Campbell Station Road. A parent or guardian must ac-company each child, except for older preschool, during Storytime and events. Info: 777-1750.
■ Monday, Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5.
■ Tuesday, Oct. 23, 10:30 a.m., Older Preschool Storytime for ages 4-6.
■ Wednesday, Oct. 24, 10:30 a.m., Baby Bookworms for infants to age 2.
■ Thursday, Oct. 25, 10:30 a.m., Toddler Storytime for ages 2-3.
■ Friday, Oct. 26, 10:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5.
MONDAY-FRIDAY, THROUGH OCTOBERArts Council features Sherby Jones
The Town of Farragut Arts Council presents Sherby Jones as the featured artist for October, displaying her work in specially designed cases on the second fl oor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.
A University of Tennessee graduate with a diverse background in theater and education, Jones previously owned the Mountain Laurel Gallery, fi rst at the Candy Factory and later at Candoro Marble Museum. Her angel was chosen to top First Lady Hillary Clinton’s Blue Room Christmas tree at the White House in 1993.
The town hall is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. For more info, visit www.townoffarragut.org (Departments, Parks & Leisure Services, Arts & Culture).
SATURDAYS, THROUGH OCTOBERFood, crafts at Dixie Lee Market
From 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday through Oct. 27, the Dixie Lee Farmers Market is open with fresh, locally grown produce and handmade crafts. The market is at Renaissance in Farragut, 12740 Kingston Pike.
Local farmers and Tennessee artisans provide the products for the market. In season, offerings include peaches, berries, grapes, melons, apples, tomatoes, pep-pers, beans, corn, greens and a host of other fruits and vegetables, plus grass-fed meats, honey, potted plants, fresh-cut fl owers, herbs and cheeses. There are also baked goods and crafts by local artisans.
THROUGH FRIDAY, NOV. 16Tennessee Basketball exhibit
The Farragut Folklife Museum will host the exhibit “Pride and Traditions of Tennessee Basketball” Monday through Friday through Nov. 16, at the museum, housed in the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.
The exhibit features items from the personal collec-tion of Knox County Commissioner R. Larry Smith and includes vintage uniforms and shoes, championship memorabilia, and programs, pictures and pamphlets spanning the entire history of the University of Tennes-see men’s basketball team.
Smith will give a free lecture at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, discussing the history of UT basketball and sharing player stories and interviews. Light refreshments will be served.
Regular museum hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. week-days. Admission is free.
MONDAY, OCT. 22Siskind on Tennessee Shines
Singer-songwriter Sarah Siskind & the Novel Tellers will perform at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at the WDVX studio at the Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. The performance will be broadcast on the Tennessee Shines Radio Show on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knox-ville.
Siskind received widespread acclaim for her 2009 release, “Say It Louder,” which won Best Americana Album in the Nashville Music Awards. After almost 12 years in Music City, she and her husband recently moved to Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. She tours with her supporting characters, the Novel Tellers, Julie Lee and Elizabeth Foster. For more info, visit www.sarahsiskind.com.
A limited number of tickets to be in the studio audience for the live show are $10 and are available at WDVX and at www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.
Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free.
THURSDAY, OCT. 25Fire safety demonstrations
The Town of Farragut Fire Prevention Offi ce and the Knox County Fire Prevention Bureau will offer fi re safety demonstrations for residents and businesses on Thursday, Oct. 25, at Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.
One-hour fi re-extinguisher demonstrations will be held at 9 and 10:30 a.m. and 2 and 3:30 p.m. Partici-pants can attend at any time during the demonstrations.
At 6 p.m., prior to the Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, the Fire Prevention Offi ce staff will present a fi re sprinkler demonstration using the bureau’s sprinkler trailer.
THURSDAY, OCT. 25Pellissippi Fall Choral Concert
Pellissippi State Community College will present its Fall Choral Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, in the Clayton Performing Arts Center at the college, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.
The student concert will feature the 60-voice Concert Chorale and the 40-voice Variations Ensemble, in addi-tion to selected soloists. The performance will include works by Bach, Mozart, Moses Hogan and Eric Whita-cre.
The Variations Ensemble will premiere much of the repertoire for its Spring Break 2013 tour of Barcelona, Madrid and Segovia, Spain. Many of the student per-formers are pursuing the college’s new Associate of Fine Arts degree, concentrating in music.
Admission is free. Donations will be accepted at the door for the Pellissippi State Foundation on behalf of the Music Scholarship Fund.
THURSDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 25-NOV. 11‘Will Power!’
The University of Tennessee Department of Theatre will present “Will Power!” Thursday, Oct. 25, through Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Lab Theatre. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays. Additional 7:30 p.m. performances will be held on Sunday, Nov. 4, and Sunday, Nov. 11.
Kate Buckley used some of William Shakespeare’s “greatest hits” to piece together “Will Power!” Six under-graduate actors play 42 characters and do monologue scenes, excerpts from 19 plays and six songs.
Admission ranges from $5 for UT students to $15 for adults. For ticket info, visit www.clearencebrowntheatre.com.
FRIDAY, OCT. 26Freaky Friday Fright Nite
The 16th annual Freaky Friday Fright Nite will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at Mayor Bob Leonard Park on Watt Road.
Freaky Friday Fright Nite is one of the largest family events in the Farragut area and benefi ts the Knoxville Ronald McDonald House. Groups and businesses will have treat stations and distribute candy and other good-ies to area children 12 and under and in costume as they safely trick-or-treat along the walk trail at the park.
While Freaky Friday Fright Nite is a free event, participants are asked to donate one of the following items for Ronald McDonald House: cleaning supplies including paper towels, detergents (laundry, Dreft for baby clothes, dishwasher), disinfectant spray and wipes; food items including individually wrapped snacks and breakfast bars; household items including gallon- and quart-size freezer bags, kitchen-size trash bags, lawn and leaf bags, plastic forks and spoons, air freshener spray, and 60-watt CFL light bulbs; postage stamps; phone cards; and gift cards to discount and grocery stores and gas stations. Cash donations will also be accepted.
Collection stations will be located next to the cook-ie-decorating station and next to the entrance from the Harrison Road parking lot.
For more info, contact Lauren Cox, special events and program coordinator, at [email protected] or 865-966-7057, or visit www.townoffarragut.org. In case of inclement weather, call 865-966-2420 after 3 p.m. on Oct. 26 for the status of the event.
FRIDAY, OCT. 26Family Game Night
Family Game Night will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at Smart Toys and Books, 9700 Kings-ton Pike in Franklin Square.
Families with children ages 3 and up are invited to come learn new games and have fun together. Refresh-ments will be available. Reservations are required in advance, but there is no charge.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 26-27Oktoberfest
Restaurant Linderhof will present Oktoberfest Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26-27, at a 10,000-square-foot tent on the lawn at Renaissance Farragut, 12700 Kingston Pike. Activities start at 3 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday.
Food will include turkey drumsticks, brats on pret-zel buns, beer cheese, goulash soup, German pretzels, roasted pork, German slaw and German potato salad. Authentic German beers will be sold, along with Miller Lite for calorie-counters.
Musical acts performing will include the Oom-pahpers, the Earthquakers, Music Meisters and Kitty Wampus. There will also be numerous games.
Proceeds will benefi t the Rotary Club of Farragut’s community projects and charitie.s
A limited number of $5 two-day passes are avail-able at www.restaurantlinderhof and at Restaurant Linderhof, 11831 Kingston Pike. Children 12 and under are admitted free.
Parking will be available at First Farragut United Methodist Church.
SATURDAY, OCT. 27Komen Race for the Cure
The 16th annual Komen Knoxville Race for the Cure will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at World’s Fair Park. The event will include a 5k and a one-mile Family Fun Run.
Race-day registration will be held from 6:30 to 7:45 a.m. Race-day team photos will be taken from 6:30 to 7:15 a.m. and post-race at the Tennessee Amphitheater.
Registration is open at www.komenknoxville.org through 11:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25. Registration is $60 for In the Pink, $35 for adult and Sleep In for the Cure, $25 for student (13-18) and Kids for the Cure (3-12), and $10 for Kids for the Cure (2 and under).
For more info, call 865-257-2873 or 865-588-0902.
SATURDAY, OCT. 27W.Y.C. Hannum Chapter, UDC
The Captain W.Y.C. Hannum Chapter #1881, United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at Green Meadow Country Club. The business session will begin at 11, followed by lunch.
Ron Jones will speak on “General John Brown and Fanny Gordon – a War Between the States Partner-ship.” Visitors are welcome.
For reservations or more info, contact Charlotte Miller, 865-448-6716.
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By Angie Crabtree,By Angie Crabtree,Webb Lower School DirectorWebb Lower School Director
Webb School’s tagline “Inspiring Learners, Developing Leaders”
has served as a guiding principle in creating and sustaining the culture of the school over many years. There is a whole host of ways that Webb goes about accomplishing that goal, and those ways can vary depending on the age of the child. This article focuses particularly on Webb’s Lower School
and the multi-age experiences created to foster growth in our young students as learners and leaders.
Interacting with peers across grade levels is a common phenomenon at many middle and high schools, and it certainly is at Webb. Students attend classes, play on athletic teams, work in performing groups, and participate in clubs and or-ganizations with peers from other grades. Healthy middle and high schools see the value in multi-grade interactions, and that kind of interaction is strongly en-couraged. What is unique and distinctive about Webb and Webb’s Lower School is that these multi-age interactions are be-gun and fostered as early as kindergarten, and permeate through fi fth grade. Among those opportunities, the three most prom-inent are FAMILIES, Reading Buddies, and After-School Clubs.
NEWS FROM WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE
Webb’s Lower School: Making Connections
Angie Crabtree
(left) At the beginning of the year, each Webb Lower School FAMILY creates a crest that
highlights its members and is linked directly to the Lower School’s annual leadership theme.
FAMILIES also focus on a leadership-related word each month and display those words on
their family crests. (above) Webb Lower School FAMILY members participate in a team-
building activity during the school’s annual Webbfest celebration.
Webb Lower School’s Reading Buddies is a partnership developed
among classrooms of diff erent grades to foster relationships in an
academic setting. Older reading buddies mentor and support their
younger buddies in numerous activities throughout the year.
■ FAMILIESA FAMILY consists of a “fam-
ily head,” which is a Lower School faculty or staff member, and 8 to 10 Lower School students – one to two from each grade level, K-5. FAMILIES meet once every three weeks to gather and complete an activity. A FAMILY remains the same throughout a stu-dent’s Lower School career. At the be-ginning of each year, the FAMILY cre-ates a crest that highlights each mem-ber and is linked directly to the Lower School’s annual leadership theme.
This year’s leadership theme, “What Can You Do? Do What You Can,” is woven throughout our FAMILIES program. Students were asked to se-lect a service organization to support throughout the year to make a differ-ence in our community.
Our fifth graders lead the Lower School in understanding our monthly leadership word (e.g. Listening, Em-pathy, Decisions), and provide the younger students with a lesson to discuss. This year, the Lower School selected Mobile Meals as our all-school service organization to support through our FAMILIES program. Students create birthday and holiday cards, placemats, and magnets for meal recipients; and some help their parents in delivering meals on non-school days.
■ Reading Buddies:Reading Buddies is a partnership
developed between two classrooms of different grades to foster relationships in an academic setting – kindergarten partners with third grade; first grade partners with fifth grade; and second grade partners with fourth grade. Buddies might work together on read-
“Getting together with my FAMILY is always a highlight of my day.”
“I have waited six years to be the oldest in my FAMILY, and I love the responsibility.”
“I have better relationships with students from other grade levels. That would not have happened without being a member of my FAMILY.”
- Comments by Webb fi fth graders about their FAMILIES experience
ing a book, completing an art activity, solving a math equation, researching a specific topic, or playing a game. The older reading buddy is trained to be the mentor and to support the young-er buddy. Buddies typically meet every two weeks during the school year, and as the year progresses, they bond and friendships flourish. Reading Buddies allow students to develop a powerful relationship that provides a connec-tion that lasts through the years.
■ After-School Clubs:The Lower School is interested in
providing a wide array of enrichment opportunities after school hours for children to both discover new inter-ests and talents, and to pursue and
cultivate existing interests or talents. To that end, various special-interest activities are offered on a regular ba-sis after school. Either Lower School faculty or specialty instructors hired by the school sponsor these activities. The activities generally run from 3:20 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., one day per week.
Club offerings include: Robotics, Drama, Dance, Mandarin Chinese, Art, Student Council, Chess, Fit-Trition, Readers’ Theatre, and Homework Help-ers. Within the club setting, students from a range of grade levels have an opportunity to interact with and learn from one another in an entirely new way beyond the regular school day.
Programs such as FAMILIES, Read-ing Buddies, and After-School Clubs
promote an over-whelming sense of community across every grade and age; they provide older students with an oppor-tunity to mentor younger students; and they allow students to get to know one an-other as people at a much deeper level. In Webb’s quest to assist young children to-ward their full de-velopment, these kinds of multi-age relationships are critical.
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11th Annual Fine Art Sale
Sacred Heart Cathedral School Gymnasiumoriginal works by more than 30 local and regional artists in a variety of media
Diagnosed at 21Former cheerleader describes her mental illness as ‘spiraling roller coaster fantasy’Until her sophomore year at Farragut
High School, Brooke Rollinson was an “A,B” student and a cheerleader. Then her grades plummeted and her personality seemed to change.
“My mom was the fi rst to know some-thing was wrong. She said, ‘Brooke, you need help,’ ” Rollinson recalled. “I resisted. I did not know it at the time, but I was expe-riencing mania, part of my bipolar disorder, which was not diagnosed until I was 21, at Peninsula.”
“It was like a spiraling roller coaster fan-tasy,” she described. “I resisted treatment and medication because I wanted the high. I spit out the Lithium pills my mom gave me because I did not want this incredibly high feeling to end. I felt like I could do anything; I felt like I had genius,” she explained.
She would learn that her feelings were almost textbook symptoms of mania, characterized by euphoric mood, exces-sive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symp-toms, such as grandiose delusions. Behav-iors including excessive spending and hy-persexual activity are also common with mania.
The struggles of mental illness eventu-ally forced Brooke to move out of her par-ents’ home. During the years she was away, she worked restaurant jobs to help support herself and went to school at the Univer-sity of Tennessee, and later to East Tennes-see State University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in fi ne art in 2008.
She says most of the time she had incred-ible energy and spent time partying and going job to job until she got help in 1993. Focus was an issue: Rollinson changed her major fi ve times.
At 24, Rollinson came to the Charlotte Taylor Center in Elizabethton, Tenn., and was diagnosed with schizoaffective dis-order, a condition in which a person ex-periences a combination of schizophrenia symptoms – such as hallucinations or de-lusions – and of mood disorder symptoms, such as mania or depression. Schizoaffec-tive disorder is not as well understood, or defi ned, as are other mental health condi-tions. This is largely because schizoaffec-tive disorder is a mix of multiple mental health conditions that may run a unique course in each affected person.
Schizoaffective disorder, like schizo-phrenia, appears to have distinct genetic links. It’s unknown exactly what causes the disorder, but it may involve brain chem-istry, such as an imbalance of serotonin and dopamine in the brain. Rollinson can-not map her genetic health history. All she knows is that she was born in Korea in 1970 and was left in a basket on a policeman’s doorstep. She was adopted by her American family at 9 months.
Schizoaffective disorder explained why Brooke’s mental illness manifested itself with auditory, visual and olfactory symp-toms.
“One time, I saw a giant snail coming
Art classes for patients at Peninsula Recovery Education CenterPatients at Peninsula’s Re-
covery Education Center (REC) can choose from several recov-ery classes including art classes which teach painting or draw-ing and PaintShop on the com-puter.
“Our patients have a wide variety of mental health issues
which may include chemical dependency, major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and/or borderline personality disorder,” said Mary Nelle Os-borne, a certified art therapist and manager of Recovery Ser-vices. “Art provides an outlet to explore healthy interests, gifts
and talents that a person with a diagnosis of mental illness or chemical dependency may not have used for years.”
“Healthy occupations are news to people who have lived for years with unhealthy addic-tions or people who have lived in social isolation because of
mental illness,” Osborne ex-plained. “We expose individuals to productive ways to express their feelings and experiences using art which is much more powerful than words. For some of our students, art is simply a joyful distraction and that is also healing.”
REC students’ art will be available for sale at Artsclama-tion! 2013.
For more information about
art classes and/or the Recovery
Education Center classes, call
Peninsula at 865-970-9800,
or log on to www.
peninsulabehavioralhealth.org
down the street, and I could smell it – it kind of had a seafood odor,” she said. “My favorite visual hallucination was my moth-er fl ying a plane in the sky with a banner saying ‘I love you.’ ”
The delusional voices, however, were sometimes not so pleasant.
“It was a weird fear and a weird sensa-tion, like having a radio in my mind,” she described. “When I woke up, a male voice would constantly use curse words at me and call me names that I don’t want to say,” Rollinson said. “My other voice was what I call a God Voice. It was a quiet, comforting voice.”
The voices have been silenced by proper
medication. Rollinson is no longer addicted to anything except a healthy lifestyle. Long roads of medications have led her to the correct dosage and mixture.
“If anyone reads this and doesn’t want to take medication because they like the feel-ing of being high or being manic, let me say that feeling in control is so much better,” she proclaimed.
Having a strong family support system is important to Rollinson’s success.
“I couldn’t do it without my mom – she’s an incredible inspiration and support, and my dad works so hard to help me. My sis-ter is like my soul mate; she and my brother are my role models. They are all anchors for
my life.” Rollinson said. “Also, I have met so many friends, most who also have mental illnesses – they understand and have been encouraging to me.”
These days, Rollinson works from her home art studio in West Knoxville.
“Art is my true passion,” she admits. “I don’t know where I’d be without a reason to do my art,” she said. “God is my best friend. I would be nowhere without Him. He has pulled me through a lot of pain,” she said.
“I want to help others through my art and consider it to be more than illustrative in nature,” Rollinson said.
Rollinson’s work will be available at Artsclamation!
Rollinson completed this watercolor painting of New York City as part of a school assignment
which was themed “Buildings.” She has a bachelor’s degree in fi ne art from East Tennessee State
University.
The highly detailed
nature of the pen and
ink “Dopamine Queen”
is how Rollinson sees the
neurotransmitter within
her brain that acts to
help regulate movement
and emotion.
Artist Brooke Rollinson of Knox-
ville lives with bipolar disorder and
schizoaff ective disorder. Medica-
tion helps manage her symptoms
and makes it possible for her to live
independently. Like many people
with mental diagnoses, Brooke cred-
its a strong support system for her
success. Family, friends and even
her dog, Snickers, help keep her on
track.
B-2 • OCTOBER 22, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS
Sara Barrett
Critter Tales
Sometimes when you least expect it, Mother Na-ture gives you a peek at just how talented she really is.
Cancer institute now openUT Medical Center has offi cially opened its new cancer in-
stitute. The 108,000-square-foot facility is almost triple the size of the medical center’s previous cancer facility.
The expansion is in response to the increase in cancer cas-es treated at the medical center as well as the projected rise in new cancer cases in the next two decades. Construction of the $23 million facility took about a year to complete.
The new building contains an imaging center, a café, a boutique and space for supportive integrative health services including acupuncture and massage therapy. Info: www.utmedicalcenter.org.
A special sight
An albino raccoon in a cat
carrier before he was released
back into the wild
Before scurrying up a tree, the raccoon hesitated several feet
from us. Photos by S. Barrett
This happened to me and a farmer friend in West Knox-ville not too long ago. An animal of some sort had been eating corn in his fi eld, so he set a humane trap to fi nd out what it was. The next morn-ing an albino raccoon lay qui-etly within the trap, looking up with its pale eyes.
The raccoon was re-leased, but not before I was able to take pictures. Albino
raccoons are pretty rare and I can’t imagine how he could camoufl age himself very well in his natural habitat.
When we released him, he moseyed away, stop-ping in the fi eld to look at us briefl y before scurrying up a tree in the distance. That’s the last we’ve seen of him, and ironically, the corn eater – whatever it may have been – has yet to resurface.
Although some may have found him to be odd or in-timidating, we felt blessed to have seen such an amaz-ing creation.
Halloween bingo party at Strang
Gwen Burke is the “kitchen
witch” who makes your soup
boil over, cookies burn, tur-
key fall on the fl oor and other
kitchen mishaps.
Bee and Tom Davis
Kim Olen and
Blake McCoy of
Independent
Insurance Con-
sultants host the
Strang Halloween
party along with
Elmcroft West.
Judy Reid and Suzie Whittle
Anne Little, Sandy Bradshaw
and Hazel West visit before
the bingo games begin.
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$160,000. 865-548-8267
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Mountain Property 47aMTN. LOG CABIN
near Tellico Plains/ Green Cove, $89,500. 423-744-8068
Cemetery Lots 494 CHOICE LOTS, Greenwood Cemetery,
Sec. 14, $10,000. 865-922-7091
Highland Mem. South, 2 lots, on the drive, 4 Gospel Garden, $2400. 865-573-4549
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space, former antique shop, suitable for salon
or retail business. 110 CARR St. behind
Fisher Tire at 5001 Kingston Pk.
865-584-9322
Apts - Unfurnished 71
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Apts - Furnished 72
WALBROOK STUDIOS 251-3607
$140 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic
Cable. No Lse.
Houses - Unfurnished 74KARNS AREA, 3 BR house newly remod-eled, stove, frig, DW, garbage disp., garage,
no pets, 1800 SF, $1,200/mo. 865-691-8822,
865-660-3584
WEST
Sequoyah 2+BR, 2 Car House 4849 Chambliss FREE Yardwork $1195
844 Poets Corner $1750 Condo 3 BR, 2.5 BA, 2
Car 2130 SF, gated comm. Realty Executives Assoc 693-3232 Jane Parker 777-5263 www.danielsellshomes.com
Condo Rentals 763 BR, 3 BA, 2 car gar.
Master & 1 BR on ground floor along w/LR, DR & kit. +
TV room. Upper level has 3rd BR/BA & bonus
room w/skylight & walk in closet. End
unit w/extra windows. Conven. located betw West Town & Cedar Bluff. $1300 mo + dep. & refs 865-405-5908; 966-2442
Rooms-Roommates 77ROOM FOR RENT –
Norwood Area Men only, 50 or older. Large BR w/kit privileges. No smoking or drink-ing. $110 wk. Refs. Req’d. 865-687-5301
Manf’d Homes - Rent 86SEYMOUR/SEV. 3/2,
appls., W&D, good cond. $625/mo. + DD. No smoking or pets. 865-453-9286
Dogs 141Beagle puppies, Blue
Tick & Red Tick, 6 wks old, 1st shots & wrmd, $100 ea. 865-250-6896
Beagles $50 each
865-809-4832
Chihuahua Puppies 7 wks, shots/wormed
865-932-2333. ***Web ID# 157295***
Doberman Pinscher, M, 4 mos old, CKC reg, neutered, all shots. $300. 423-999-2745 Knoxv.
ENGLISH BULLDOG puppies, 1st shots, vet ckd. $1000 & Up. 423-519-0647 Visa/MC
***Web ID# 156842***
FRENCH BULLDOG PUPS, AKC Reg. Short & thick, $1200 & up. 865-463-6945
***Web ID# 157747***
GERMAN Shepherd puppies, AKC, $350. 8 M, 3 F, 1st S&W, 7 wks old 423-748-4443
***Web ID# 156911***
Golden Doodle puppies, CKC, S&W, dew claws removed. Non shedding,
$600. 423-967-3906
LABRADOR Puppies AKC, 3 Males and 4
Females, Chocolate & Cream. 865-579-1998 ***Web ID# 158297***
LABS AKC, black, shots, wormed, 2 girls, 2 boys. $150. 423-338-0584
***Web ID# 143568***
MALTI-POO 10 wk. old Puppies, home raised, very smart, non-shedding & non-allergenic, little mops, reg. & shots. Quality raised. $400. 937-470-3900
MINI SCHNAUZER pups, 4 M, 1 F, vet ck, 1st shot, wormed $400. 865-414-5666; 865-453-1107
***Web ID# 158828***
Pomeranian Puppies, 6 wks old, CKC Reg, S&W, Girls $300, Boys $250. 931-319-0000
Dogs 141RED & BLUE Heeler
pups, 10 wks, shots, M & F. $100 ea. Call 865-258-8698.
ROTTWEILER, male, AKC, papered, $850. Sell or stud. Approved home. 865-209-9300
SCOTTISH TERRIER Pup, AKC, wheaton F, 8 wks., shots & wormed $350 obo 865-233-2972, 865-283-5182
***Web ID# 156511***
YORKIE PUPPIES 8 wks. old, 2 females, 1st shots, vet ck'd.,
$500 obo. 865-691-8689.
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Sara 423-562-4633
YORKIES Fall for my babies! 2 pretty females, vet
checked, shots, wormed, 865-617-9242
Free Pets 145
ADOPT!
Looking for a lost pet or a new one? Visit the folks at Young-Williams
Animal Center, the official shelter for the City of Knox-
ville & Knox County: 3201 Di-
vision St. Knoxville. knoxpets.org
Building Materials 188SOLID BRAZILIAN
cherry hardwood flooring, 2700 SF, will divide. $2.90 SF. Call 843-727-1115
Music Instruments 198ESTEY STUDIO PI-
ANO, good shape, $750. 865-689-3319
Household Furn. 204NEW CATNAPPER
lift recliner, light green w/beige, $275, new $600. 865-688-1510
QUEEN SIZE PILLOW TOP
MATTRESS SETS $150. Brand new in
plastic. 865-805-3058.
Household Appliances 204a
GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty 865-851-9053 2001 E. Magnolia Ave.
Collectibles 213FINE ART & Hand
Thrown Pottery Sale, October 21, 10 to 5, Gym at KAS, 3615 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919.
Wanted To Buy 222$$ WANTED $$ Buying Standing Timber, small or large tracts of timber to log.
Pays Top Dollar! KY, TN, VA
Master Logger Program
606-273-2232 606-573-4773
ALSO PAYING FINDERS FEE
Campers 235
TITAN 2006 Sunnybrook 5th
wheel, 2 slides, Ca. king bed, stand up dinette, in-house
vac, many extras. Unit in TN. Truck avail. Must see! $18,000/b.o.
Call 989-858-1464
Motorcycles 238SUZUKI BERGMAN
650 2006, 1500 mi. Mint cond. $4000 firm. Selling due to health problems. 865-300-4149
Autos Wanted 253A BETTER CASH
OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running
or not. 865-456-3500
WE BUY JUNK CARS
865-776-2428
Utility Trailers 255UTILITY TRAILERS,
all sizes available. 865-986-5626.
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Trucks 257DODGE DAKOTA 1989
reg. cab, V6, auto., gd. cond., 122K mi. $3,995. 865-687-8666
Comm Trucks Buses 2591995 TANDEM Dump
Truck, Volvo White, 16' steel bed, $12,000. 865-659-4315
1997 TANDEM DUMP TRUCK, 18 ft. aluminum bed. $12,000. 865-659-4315
Antiques Classics 260FORD 1940 PU, street
rod, 302 AT, many new parts, $18,500. 865-591-4239
Imports 262HONDA ACCORD EX
1994, 4 dr, AT, 206k mi, 2nd owner, good cond. $3300. 865-573-5167
HONDA CIVIC 1999 4 DOOR HONDA CIVIC LX Green, custom stereo, alarm system, and Blue-tooth. New A/C, engine and parts in excellent working cond. $6500.
865-671-3077
ROCKY DAIHATSU 1991, good cond., removable hard top $2200/bo 865-690-5935
Domestic 265CHRYSLER 300
Limited 2011, 17K mi, nav., white, $26,000
obo. Call 865-850-4614.
SATURN SD2 2002, 124k mi, runs great, $2200. Phone 865-207-3649
Cleanin g 318FALL IS HERE!
YOUR HOUSE-CLEANER, Per-sonal Assistant, and Honey-do list Doer! Call Mary 455-2174.
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.
Paving 345
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AGENDAFARRAGUT BOARD OF
MAYOR AND ALDERMENOctober 25, 2012
6:00 PMBMA Fire Sprinkler Demonstration
as part of the Fire Safety Awareness Month
BMA MEETING 7:00 PM I. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Mayor’s Report A. Presentation of Local Parks & Recreation Fund Grant IV. Citizens Forum V. Approval of Minutes A. October 11, 2012 VI. Ordinances A. Public Hearing and Second Reading1. Ordinance 12-15, ordinance to rezone 11482 Parkside Drive, a portion of Parcel 191.06, Tax Map 130, located on the south side of Parkside Drive between JC Penney and Tennessee State Bank, approximately 3.68 Acres, from O-1-3 Offi ce District, Three Stories to C-1 General Commercial District (Michael Brady, Inc., Applicant) 2. Ordinance 12-16, ordinance to rezone Summit View Nursing Home, 12823 Kingston Pike and a residence at 112 N. Hobbs Road, Parcels 45, 45.01 & 45.02, Tax Map 151, located on the corner of Kingston Pike/N. Hobbs Road/Union Road, 7.954 Acres, from C-1-3 General Commercial District, Three Stories to R-1 Rural Single-Family Residential District and to C-1 General Commercial District (Farragut Health Care Center, LP, Applicant) B. First Reading1. Ordinance 12-17, Budget amendment ordinance to amend Ordinance 12-09, Fiscal Year 2013, General Fund, Capital Investment Program and Insurance Fund VII. Business Items A. Approval of Hot to Trot 5K/10K and Fun Run B. Resolution R-12-11, Resolution to enhance the “Shop Farragut” program by suspending the issuance of separate special event permits C. Approval of Town of Farragut Personnel Policies & Procedures D. Approval of Request for Supplement for additional acquisition services from RES, LLC for the Watt Rd./Old Stage Rd. improvement project VIII. Town Administrator’s Report IX. Attorney’s Report
FOR SALE OR LEASE w/options BY OWNER
Approx 1.5 acres, 3BR/2BA, bsmnt, 2-car att gar, 2-car barn w/power & water. Huge concrete drive w/Mechanics Lift. Located off Emory – Halls/Powell area. 8010 Pelleaux, Knoxville. $157,900. 922-2360.
PUBLIC HEARINGFARRAGUT BOARD OF
MAYOR AND ALDERMENThursday, Nov. 8, 2012, 7:00 PM
Farragut Town Hall11408 Municipal Center Drive
To hear citizens’ comments on the following ordinances:
Ordinance 12-17, an Ordinance of the Town of Farragut, Tennessee amending the fi scal year 2012-2013 budget, passed by ordinance 12-09.
SHOPPER-NEWS • OCTOBER 22, 2012 • B-3
By Shana Raley LuskProvision Health & Wellness is
excited to announce the addition of massage therapist Robin Kessler to the team. Robin is available for con-sultation and private sessions.
Massage techniques offered include: ■ Swedish Massage ■ Deep Tissue Massage ■ Myofascial Massage ■ Refl exology ■ CranioSacral Therapy
Schedule an appointment with Robin today to experience the many benefi ts of massage, including:
■ Relaxation of Muscles ■ Relief from Pain ■ Restoration of Metabolic Balance ■ Relief from Fatigue ■ Reduction of Stress ■ Increased Relaxation
■ Meet Robin KesslerAs the newest massage therapist at
Provision Health and Wellness, Robin Kessler knows the importance of a healing touch.
Providing both therapeutic and relax-ation massage, refl exology and cranio-
facial services, Robin has more than 10 years of experience as an oc-cupational therapist in a variety of clinical set-tings and with various diagnoses.
She holds a bach-elor’s degree in Psy-chology from Middle
Tennessee State University as well as a master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Milligan College. Ad-ditionally, Robin is a graduate of massage therapy and reflexology from Tennessee School of Therapeu-tic Massage.
Her previous work has primarily focused on adult and geriatric popula-tions with neurological and orthopedic illnesses and injuries, but has also included patients at home, hospital, skilled nursing, mental health and incarceration facilities, both pediatric and private practice as well.
Robin is devoted to the use of manu-al skills and education to help promote prevention, healing potential and wellness for others. She enjoys yoga, traveling and spending time with her partner, Lance, and their dog, Eli.
NEWS FROM PROVISION HEALTH & WELLNESS
Feeling overwhelmed by all the mixed messages out there about food? Frustrated and just wanting to figure out what works for you? Every
person’s body is unique. Each of us have a different biochemistry that determines how our bodies use food and what food we like and don’t
like. Ultimately, our bodies are communicating with us all the time, and our job is to listen, identify what they’re asking for, and respond
appropriately. We work with people who are sick and tired of feeling sick and tired - be that chronic headaches, digestive upset, low energy
levels, extra weight, or generally not feeling good. Together, we’ll unravel the complexity around food, listen to your body’s signals, and
give it what it needs to heal itself, shed pounds, and truly thrive!
3 MONTH NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING PACKAGE:Experience an in-depth, one-on-one health and nutritional package at Provision Health & Wellness. We’ll customize a program that fits your
individual needs and goals by equipping you with numerous tools and resources to help you achieve them. Your personal dietitian will even
join you on a trip to the grocery store.
Call today to receive your personalized blueprint for healthy success!
HELP MANAGE THE FOLLOWING:
Cholesterol Blood Pressure Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome Food Allergies/Intolerances
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Weight Fibromyalgia Arthrits
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Arthritis
Survivor CelebrationYou are invited to a FREE event for breast cancer
survivors. Friends and family are welcome.
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 9:30 a.m. to noon.
Provision Health & Wellness1400 Dowell Springs Blvd., Suite 100.
9:30 a.m. – Free 5-minute chair massages for
survivors
10 a.m. – Talk by Chief Dietitian Casey Peer
10:30 a.m. – Talk by Physical Therapist Wes
Franks
11 a.m. – Choose a class: Functional Fitness or
Yoga for Survivors
Kessler
Join us for an awesome challenge at our 10-day Fat Blaster Bootcamp!
Your Fat Blaster adventure consists of cardio, strength, intervals, and more. You will be working at your strongest with the energy of a group. It is easy and fun, but even more importantly, you will see results!
Bootcamp starts Wednesday, Nov. 7, and space is limited, so reserve your spot today! Morning and evening classes available. Call 232-1414. Members: $50/ Non-Members: $75.
Massage therapymore than relaxation
B-4 • OCTOBER 22, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Decorations
home, the selection at UPSTAIRS is expansive and can meet all your decorating needs. No place in Knoxville will have such a beautiful selection of wired ribbons that will last for years!
For those hoping to fi nd the perfect gifts, look no further than
UPSTAIRS’ impressive offerings. Their helpful staff can guide you to the best fi t for that special friend, teacher or hostess, either man or woman. The staff at UPSTAIRS will even wrap your package in a decorative bag or with beautiful paper so that it is ready to be delivered to that very special someone. Forgot that one last gift? No problem. Just call the store and
one of their staff will be happy to assist and can have the package shipped for your convenience.
In addition to a wide array of holiday items, UPSTAIRS will continue to offer their stunning collection of lamps and handsome chests, as well as hard-to-fi nd occasional and accent tables.
While attending the Holiday Open House, but sure to register to win fabulous door prizes and enjoy festive beverages provided by our neighbor, Ashe’s Wines and Spirits.
The best way to keep up with all the new arrivals and holiday happenings at UPSTAIRS is through Facebook. Visit Facebook.com/Upstairs.Knoxville and “Like” them!
Please note that UPSTAIRS will be closed Monday, October 22 through Thursday, October 25 to prepare for this event.
U PSTAIRS at Todd Richesin Interiors, located at the
corner of Kingston Pike and Lyons View Drive, is hosting their second annual Holiday Open House on Friday, October 26 from 10-6 and Saturday, October 27 from 10-5.
The UPSTAIRS Holiday Open House will unveil seasonal gift selections, sophisticated holiday décor, and quality handpicked antiques and accessories. This beautiful holiday array is sure to make your season memorable. The Christmas decorations evoke the spirit of years past with vintage inspired creations by Bethany Lowe, Cody Foster, Nicole Sayre, Eric Cortina, and many other talented artists.
During this special event, Nashville jewelry designer KariBeth will hold a trunk show Friday and
Saturday featuring her one-of-a-kind pieces she layers with heirlooms of bygone eras. Todd Richesin will be giving a talk on White House
H o l i d a y decorating on Saturday at 1 pm.
Decorations for all spaces will
fi ll the store. So whether you prefer to decorate your mantle, tabletop, or furniture, or have multiple trees in your
SATURDAYWHITE HOUSE HOLIDAY
DECORATING TALK WITH TODD RICHESIN
T ABLETOP
G IFTS
KARIBETH JEWELRY
TRUNK SHOW
4514 Old Kingston Pike • 865.249.6612 • Monday-Friday 10-5 • Saturday 10-3 • www.ToddRichesinInteriors.com
Friday, October 26, 10-6 • Saturday, October 27, 10-5
“ Tis The Season”UPSTAIRS CHRISTMAS
OPEN HOUSE
facebook.com/Upstairs.Knoxville
O RNAMENTS
D ECORATIONS
Raising KKANANE with
ROGER KANEREPUBLICAN NOMINEE for
HOUSE DISTRICT 89Tailgate for the
KARNS/HARDIN VALLEYFOOTBALL GAME
OCTOBER 26 • 6:00PM Karns High School
The team with the most attendees will receive a contribution to their Booster Club
Paid for by the citizens for Kane. Dr. Stanley Sisk, Treasurer.
FREEHOTDOGS!