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Summer lostLately, I feel as if I’ve lost

something. I remember it when I’m carting my youngest to tumbling practice or when I drop off drinks at the pool for my older kids, who are lifeguards.

I think of it when I drive past our boat, which we share with neighbors, sitting idly in their driveway.

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Knoxville Museum of Art curator Stephen Wicks with Scottish painter James Cameron’s “Belle Isle from Lyon’s View.” Wicks worked with KMA Director David

Butler to acquire the painting at auction for the museum’s permanent exhibition, “Higher Ground: A Century of Art in East Tennessee.” Photo by Wendy Smith

KMA curator presents art with a Tennessee twist

Looks like home

By Wendy SmithThe Knoxville Museum of Art is a lively

place on summer days. Noisy children play in the North Garden. Summer Art Academy stu-dents paint and sculpt in the Ann and Steve Bailey Hall. Groups and individuals chat as they meander through exhibitions.

No one is happier about all the activity than curator Stephen Wicks. He began his career at KMA 24 years ago, so he’s witnessed numer-ous changes at the museum. The most pro-found have occurred over the past 18 months as KMA went through a $6 million renovation and unveiled Richard Jolley’s internationally acclaimed glass installment “Cycle of Life: Within the Power of Dreams and the Wonder of Infi nity.”

The museum continues to feel the ripple ef-fects of “Cycle of Life.” This is the fi nal week of “Facets of Modern and Contemporary Glass,” an exhibition that opened in conjunction with the Jolley installation. It has been so popular that three pieces were purchased for the KMA’s permanent collection: two sculptures by Luke Jerram, “Tohoku Japanese Earthquake Sculp-ture” and “HIV (series 2),” and one by Andrew Erdos, “Smoky Sapphire Endless Mountains.”

That’s the response Wicks hopes for when he puts together an exhibition. “We bring in things we’d like to own,” he says.

The word “curator” comes from a Latin word that means “to care for,” he explains. That goes for the museum’s permanent collection as well as exhibitions that are borrowed from other

museums.One of the ways that KMA celebrates the art

and artists of East Tennessee is to supplement borrowed exhibitions with items of local inter-est. A recent Ansel Adams exhibition, “Sight and Feeling,” featured 23 photos from the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts along with three prints and 47 digital versions of photos Adams took during a visit to the Great Smoky Moun-tains National Park in 1948.

An exhibition opening in August will show-case the work of photographer Danny Lyon. “This World Is Not My Home” will include 50 photos that are part of the Menil Collection from Houston as well as photos that Lyon took during

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Rogero says she supports the con-solidation of Knoxville and Knox County governments with one very important stipulation: The end result must be a municipal form of government.

“I wouldn’t want to live in a consolidated government that had the current form of county gov-ernment,” Rogero told members of the Rotary Club of West Knoxville in response to a question from the audience.

Rogero, who served on County Commission for eight years, said that soon after County Mayor Tim Burchett recently announced that he is going to actively push for consolidation of the two govern-ments she met with him and told him her position. “We had a good conversation about it all,” she said. “We don’t always agree on every-thing, but we do talk about things, and we get along well.”

Rogero said the city of Knox-ville and the areas of Knox County surrounding it “are becoming more and more an urban area, and having one government makes sense. But I like city government. The buck stops with me. I hire the law director, I hire the tax collec-tor, I hire the police chief, and they

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all report to me. I’m responsible for what happens.”

In addition, she said, she likes the fact that elective offi ces in the city are nonpartisan, as opposed to the county’s highly partisan structure.

Elected to the offi ce in 2011, Rogero is the city’s 68th mayor. She told Rotarians that she un-derstands that as business leaders and entrepreneurs “your job is to create jobs, and mine is to create the climate that makes that pos-sible – that ensures we have the

quality of life that people will want to live and work here.”

To do that, she says, the city has used Tax Increment Financing (TIFs) and other “strategic tools,” including public infrastructure and façade grants, to help create a vibrant downtown.

“Historically, there had been a lack of investment in downtown. We have used these tools to make things happen that otherwise would not have happened. We are now starting to see some of those TIFs roll off and tax dollars come to the city.”

Rogero cited numerous initia-tives sponsored by or encouraged by the city, including the University Commons soon to open on a former brownfi eld on Cumberland Avenue. “Six years ago, then-Mayor Haslam began working with stakeholders on that project. It represents $130 million in private investment.”

The revamping of Cumberland Avenue itself has had some sched-uling changes, as important fac-tors like University of Tennessee football traffi c have to be taken into consideration, Rogero said. One important visual blight will be eliminated: Knoxville Utilities Board has agreed to move utility lines into the back alleys that par-allel the street instead of burying

them underground, thus saving millions in taxpayer dollars.

Rogero said another signifi cant infusion of private money – some $165 million – along with a TIF that will delay payment of taxes for a certain time, is making the Tennova project south of the river on the old Baptist Hospital prop-erty a reality.

A design model has been created for the fi rst four blocks of a plan to revitalize Magnolia Avenue as the city moves to make that portion of East Knoxville more livable and attractive to visitors and residents alike, as it has done in North Knox-ville near Central Avenue, she said.

The mayor also pointed to the city’s massive Urban Wilderness project and bike trails as a success story that will bring ever-increas-ing numbers of tourists and their dollars to the area. She pointed out that outdoor recreation is a $6 billion industry in Tennessee.

And yes, she says she hears complaints about the lack of park-ing downtown and in the Cumber-land Avenue area, and that is why the city has granted TIFs for ga-rage construction in those areas. “But here’s the good news,” she said with a smile. “We need more parking because there’s more de-velopment going on.”

More turmoil at school board

Knox County school board drama continues with last week’s revelation that vice chair Gloria Deathridge has health issues that might make it diffi cult for her to serve a four-year term. She’s a can-didate for reelection on Aug. 7, opposed by retired social worker Marshall Walker.

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Burchett triviaThe Shopper-News interns

visited with two West Knox guys, Judge Thomas Varlan and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, last week. Burchett amazed the kids with his eclec-tic interests and sent them away with Bigfoot bumper stickers. Intern Donna Mitchell compiled a quick list of “Five Things You Didn’t Knox About Mayor Burchett.”

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Peach FestivalFor the past two years, rain

has soaked the St. Mark United Methodist Church Peach Festi-val. This year, for the fi rst time, umbrellas were available for purchase, which guaranteed a sunny event.

The idea for the festival came from members who used to live in South Carolina, where peach festivals are common, said Pastor Dave Graybeal.

The festival featured peach ice cream, cobbler, baked goods and bags of peaches, which were purchased from Butler & Bailey Market in Rocky Hill. Entertainment included gospel bluegrass from Son Rise of Maryville.

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Lately, I feel as if I’ve lost something. I remember it when I’m carting my young-est to tumbling practice or when I drop off drinks at the pool for my older kids, who are lifeguards. I think of it when I drive past our boat, which we share with neighbors, sitting idly in their driveway.

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a three-week stop in Knox-ville in 1967. KMA owns one of the photos, “Leslie, Down-town Knoxville,” and will keep the Knoxville portfolio when the exhibition ends in November.

Lyon will be at the muse-um for the opening on Aug. 14.

Early in life, Wicks thought he might become an artist himself. His moth-er says his love of art comes from the many times she took him through art muse-ums in a stroller. In college, he took studio art classes. But his interest came to life in art-history classes − long slideshows of art that tended to put his classmates

to sleep. Since the classes were easy for him, he began to consider the fi eld as a ca-reer.

He completed an indi-vidualized degree in urban historic preservation at the University of Tennessee be-fore getting a degree in art history and museum stud-ies from Case Western Re-serve University.

While he was studying in Ohio, he learned that the KMA was under construc-tion.

During a short stay in Knoxville before beginning a Ph.D. program, he offered his services to KMA Direc-tor Richard Muhlberger. He ended up skipping the de-

gree program to stay with the museum.

In 2003, Wicks accepted a job with the Columbus Museum in Georgia. Family circumstances brought him back to Knoxville in 2006 − when KMA Director Da-vid Butler was looking for a curator.

While the KMA has in-vested in telling the story of arts in East Tennessee, Wicks loves to see how young people are attracted to the museum’s contempo-rary art exhibition, “Cur-rents: Recent Art from East Tennessee and Beyond.”

“It’s great to see tomor-row’s museum audience.”

Spencer Brasseaux teaches Cha Cha Rumba at Eaux Performance & Dance Company, 6305 Baum Drive. Photo by Wendy Smith

The mystery of the missing season

I know I had it last year and the year before, but now I just can’t fi nd it. Where is summer?

I honestly don’t know how I could have misplaced something so important. Lounging by the neighbor-hood pool, long days at the lake, tubing trips down the Little River – these are all staples of the season. This year, we have been too busy for those things. Even our annual camping trip to Elk-mont got whittled down to one night.

Somehow we inexpli-cably crossed over from, “Mom, we’re bored. What are we doing today?” to “Do

we have plans for dinner tonight? I was thinking of going out with friends after work.”

During previous sum-mers, I’ve tried to mix in a bit of productive work with all the fun. Now, it’s a mira-cle to squeeze in a bit of fun each week.

Fortunately, when some-

thing becomes rare, you cherish it more. I can pin-point this summer’s magi-cal moments easily because they have been few and far between.

Seeing the synchronized fi refl ies, again, surrounded by family and friends, was one highlight. The sight was so beautiful that the chil-

ago. Students are already fl ocking to classes like Cha Cha Rumba, Hip Hop, and Full-Figured and Fabulous, along with traditional ball-room, jazz and modern.

On the theater side, Eaux! Improv is offered ev-ery Wednesday night.

Brasseaux hopes to cre-ate an environment where everyone feels welcome. There are classes for kids and adults, and scholar-ships are available to those who might not otherwise be able to afford performing arts. There are adults-only socials on Friday nights and special children’s events like a recent “Frozen” fam-ily movie night.

To see a class and event schedule: www.EauxKnoxville.com.

■ KSO Q Series at Square RoomA new recital series fea-

turing members of the Knox-ville Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quartet and the Principal Quartet, called the KSO Q Series, begins in Sep-tember at the Square Room, 4 Market Square.

Support from the Aslan Foundation allowed KSO’s fi ve principal woodwinds to become full-time mem-bers of the core orchestra last season, giving them the opportunity to participate in educational programs as well as the Q Series.

The concerts are at noon Wednesdays on Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Jan. 28, March 25 and April 29. Tickets, which include a boxed lunch, can be purchased in advance for $15, beginning Aug. 18, or for $20 at the door. Patrons can purchase a subscription to the series for $75. Info: www.knoxvillesymphony.com or 291-3310.

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dren spoke only in hushed tones.

“It’s like a sea of spar-kles,” whispered Laurel, who is rarely impressed.

Watching Fourth of July fi reworks during a cold front was a refreshing ex-perience we shared with thousands. Being with good friends who appreciate our special brand of humor made it even more fun.

Then there was that mo-ment last week when I sat with my three children on top of a two-story boat dur-ing my husband’s work out-ing. I should have been vis-iting with adults, but I took the time to revel in the pres-ence of my children, in spite of the fact that they were listening to country music.

After years of having quantity, it’s time to focus on quality.

■ New performing-arts studio in West KnoxBefore Spencer Bras-

seaux learned ballroom dancing, he was socially awkward. He stuttered and didn’t have the confi dence to carry on a conversation. When he took his fi rst class at age 13, he hated it. But he took another class the fol-lowing day.

Dance helped Brasseaux become what he is today: co-owner and teacher at Eaux Performance and Dance Company, 6305 Baum Drive.

“I don’t know what I would do without it,” he says.

Matt Killingsworth is Brasseaux’s business part-ner. The studio, which man-ages to be both industrial and glamorous, opened for business just a few weeks

REUNIONS ■ A 25th reunion will be held

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employees and their families

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2,

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freshments will be served, and

everyone is invited to bring

fi nger foods. Also bring any

memorabilia you have to share.

Info: J.T. Morgan, 523-5463.

■ A telephone operator

reunion will be held at noon

Saturday, July 26, at CWA

Union Hall on Elm Street.

Send $15 (checks accepted)

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Woodrow Drive, Knoxville, TN

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■ Central High School’s class

of 1948 will hold its 66th re-

union at 11 a.m. Saturday, July

26, at Beaver Brook Country

Club. Lunch will be served

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of 1959 will hold its 55th

reunion Friday and Saturday,

Aug. 22-23, at Beaver Brook

Country Club. Info: Judy

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reunion 6 p.m. to midnight

Saturday, Aug. 16, at Beaver

Brook Country Club. Casual

dress. Info: Tracey Whedbee

Long, tracey3801@bellsouth.

net or Linda Beeler Price, 661-

9485 or [email protected].

■ Halls High School’s class of

1964 will kick off its 50th class

reunion with a cookout at Dan

Bolinger’s house, Friday, Aug.

1, and dinner and dancing will

be held Saturday, Aug. 2, at

Beaver Brook Country Club.

The cookout is free, but dinner

at the country club is $50 per

person. Info: Dan Bolinger,

922-2116, or Charlotte Hackney

Jellicorse, 688-8042.

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reunion 6 p.m.-midnight

Saturday, July 26, at Beaver

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry said today that the state will begin construction of a bronze replica of the Statue of Liberty to be erected at a still-undetermined site near the Mexican border.

“Texas is a big state with a big heart,” Perry said. “Texans will never turn their back on children in need of shelter.”

The statue will not be an exact replica. It will rise 320 feet, 15 feet higher than the original on Liberty Island, and be topped with a Stet-son.

Ailor vs. Wimberly: Looking for signs

the dignity and integrity of the court, and in Knoxville’s legal community, there also has been a kind of unspoken “gentleman’s agreement” that judges who are doing a pretty good job won’t face opposition come reelec tion time.

Although judges are cho-sen by a partisan process, they are expected to keep politics off the bench, and that is exactly what they al-most always do.

But the Republican tide that swept Democrats out of power in Nashville in 2010 prompted an embold-ened GOP to launch an ag-gressive “Red to the Roots”

campaign designed to drive Democrats out of local offi c-es. This specifi cally includes judicial candidates.

In Knoxville, two re-spected Democrats, Chan-cellor Daryl Fansler and Circuit Court Judge Harold Wimberly, fi nd themselves facing opposition from younger, less experienced candidates. Wimberly has been on the bench for 27 years and is being chal-lenged by Republican Bill Ailor, who says the state party didn’t recruit him and isn’t involved in his cam-paign, despite Ailor being named a “Red to the Roots” featured candidate.

Contrary to common wisdom, Ailor says he chose to run against Wimberly rather than participate in the three-way primary scrum for the Circuit Court seat being vacated by the retiring Judge Dale Work-man, and he is not a part of a GOP plan to take over the state’s judiciary.

Knox County GOP chair Ruthie Kuhlman respond-ed with a big guffaw when

asked to comment on the further common wisdom that she recruited Ailor and the elusive Clarence “Eddie” Pridemore, who is running against Fansler. She says she didn’t even meet Pride-more until after the fi ling deadline, and although she knows Ailor’s family, she had nothing to do with his decision to run (something Ailor confi rms), despite the fact that her daughter-in-law McCalla Kuhlman is managing Ailor’s campaign.

For that matter, Kuhl-man says she probably knows Wimberly’s family, too, although she is ticked at him for trying to make people think he is a Repub-lican. This is an odd accu-sation since Wimberly has been repeatedly reelected on the Democratic ticket, but Kuhlman is insistent.

“He’s a Democrat who’s trying to portray himself as a Republican. He has signs with the word “Republican” and our trademark elephant on them,” she said.

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“Everything is bigger in Texas,” Perry said.

Bipartisan effort underway to trim Con-gressional pay

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Mi-nority Leader Nancy Pelosi pledged today to support legislation retroactively re-ducing congressional pay by

85 percent for the current fi scal year.

The bipartisan an-nouncement came just days after a Gallup poll found that only 15 percent of Americans approved of the job Congress is doing.

“Heck, 22 percent in that poll said we should all be fi red,” McCarthy noted. “I believe, and Rep. Pelosi agrees, that returning most of our salary is the least we can do.”

“Most of us are just your average millionaires,” Pe-losi added, “except for Dar-rell Issa. Don’t make me go there!”

The White House praised the news.

“This is change we can believe in,” President Obama said. “Following this example, I will refund 51 percent of my pay this year to the American people. Heck of a job, Gallup!”

The announcement prompted House Speaker John Boehner to cancel his regular tanning appoint-ment and call a hasty press conference.

“Who am I kidding su-ing the president? That’s like General Motors su-ing Cobalt buyers for poor car-buying judgment. The American people should bring a class-action suit against Congress!”

Sheriff calls for con-

solidationKnox County Mayor Tim

Burchett’s suggestion for consolidating some func-tions of city and county government “doesn’t go far enough,” says Sheriff Jim-my “J.J.” Jones.

“Combining tax collec-tions for the city and county is a good idea, but the real savings are in law enforce-ment. Why, I have enough deputy chiefs and assistants alone to fi eld a couple of soc-cer teams,” Jones said.

Jones also criticized the practice of electing Knox County’s chief law-enforce-ment offi cial.

“We need to get politics out of the sheriff’s offi ce,” he said. “The top police of-fi cer should be selected by

the mayor from a carefully vetted list of candidates. I think they already do that somewhere around here.”

Jimmy Haslam to take vow of poverty

Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam stunned fel-low billionaires today dur-ing an interview on ESPN.

“Money isn’t every-thing. I’ve been thinking about that $92 million fi ne I just paid and how many doughnuts or cans of dip that would have bought for needy drivers.”

Haslam said he would sell all his assets and donate the proceeds to the Salva-tion Army, where he plans to volunteer full time.

“I’ve always wanted to ring bells at Christmas.”

publicans for Wimberly” signs that are sprouting up in prominent Republican front yards, perhaps includ-ing those belonging to Ron Isenberg, Barry Litton, Bob McGee, Tucker Montgom-ery, Rick Powers, Caesar Stair, Bill Swann, Tom Mc-Adams, Victor Ashe, E. Mi-chael Brezina, Raja Jubran, John King, Richard Krieg, Arthur Seymour and Tim Wheeler.)

The signs and the el-ephant are black and white, and do not infringe on the GOP’s trademarked pachy-derm, which is red, white and blue.

Do not look for fi reworks in this race, unless Kuhl-man goes out looking for signs.

State Rep. Steve Hall made news this weekend when he said on WBIR-TV he is supporting Stacey Campfi eld for reelection to the state Senate over Rich-ard Briggs in the Aug. 7 GOP primary. He did this in response to a question from Knoxville attorney Don Bosch. No other Knox law-maker has endorsed Camp-fi eld in the GOP primary.

It is no secret that Hall and Campfi eld are close personally and politically, but this is the fi rst time Hall has publicly endorsed Campfi eld and made it clear they are a team in Nashville.

Martin Daniel, Hall’s opponent, said he opposed

Campfi eld. Hall and Camp-fi eld sponsored legislation to sell Lakeshore Park, the most used park in the city.

The Daniel-Hall contest for state representative in West Knox County contin-ues to heat up. It is fi erce. Hall is also now under fi re for accepting donations from Tennova PAC both be-fore and after sponsoring legislation to remove the

scenic-route designation on Middlebrook Pike to al-low Tennova to move there so high buildings could be constructed against neigh-borhood wishes.

On WATE-TV, Hall said he was unaware Tennova had given him a campaign donation at that time. How-ever, his treasurer is his son, Steve Hall II, which causes one to question the accuracy of that response since one assumes father and son talk to each other often.

Hall has attacked Daniel for being in the outdoor-ad-vertising business. Daniel says he will recuse himself from voting on legislation impacting that industry. Daniel has questioned Hall mailing a legislative ques-tionnaire at public expense just weeks before the pri-mary. Legislative rules help incumbents in this area. Campfi eld has used his tax-

paid communications fund for cable TV.

Daniel, who lives off Northshore Drive in West Knox County, is self-funding most of his campaign with $80,000. Hall has a similar amount of campaign fund-ing, but it comes primarily from PACs, including ones in Washington, D.C., Texas and Pennsylvania.

This contest has gone from a sleeper with Hall far ahead to a much more com-petitive contest than anyone imagined two months ago. Stay tuned.

■ MPC: Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett has sent MPC chair Becky Longmire a letter dated July 14 asking for an explana-tion as to the openness of the hiring process at MPC used to employ Dave Hill. It will be interesting to see what Longmire writes back and whether she shares her

response with the other 14 MPC commissioners. She can be assured it will be a public record. Burchett ap-points 8 of the 15 members.

■ Gordon Ball, Demo-cratic U.S. Senate candi-date, fi led his disclosure form with the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee July 14 (60 days after the other can-didates, but with an autho-rized extension). He values his holdings at SunTrust at between $5 million and $25 million plus his personal net worth between $1 mil-lion and $5 million.

He owns a condominium in Destin, Fla., worth be-tween $1 million and $5 mil-lion, but his home at 7001 Old Kent in West Knoxville is less valuable, topping out at $500,000, accord-ing to this form. However, that is strange since the ap-praisal at the Property As-sessor offi ce on which his

property taxes are based is $805,000. Seems odd that Ball understates the value of his home by $300,000. Ball may need to amend his fi ling to correct this signifi -cant difference.

■ Terry Adams, Ball’s principal Democratic oppo-nent, has not questioned this or Ball’s delay in fi ling the forms. Adams was on time with his fi ling on May 15.

■ Tom Humphrey, highly respected and vet-eran journalist, winds down his work for the News Senti-nel in July. He will continue with his blog and occasional columns. He is also now an adviser to the weekly Ten-nessee Journal, published in Nashville. His insightful and thoughtful analysis of the news will be missed.

■ Sen. Lamar Alex-ander kicks off a reelection bus tour of the state on Fri-day, July 25, in Maryville.

Hall vs. Daniel race picks up steam

Knox County school board drama continues with last week’s revelation that vice chair Gloria Deathridge has health issues that might make it diffi cult for her to serve a four-year term. She’s a candidate for reelection on Aug. 7, opposed by re-tired social worker Marshall Walker.

Turmoil on the school board

Four of the eight mem-bers who voted to extend Superintendent James McIntyre’s contract until 2018 are already leaving the board in September. Thomas Deakins and Kim

Severance did not seek re-election. Pam Trainor was defeated in the primary. In-dya Kincannon is resigning in August to travel with her family to Slovenia.

Deathridge has been a constant vote for McIntyre.

Price is rightI don’t know Scott Green,

but I do know Leland Price. I met him at Louis’ Original Restaurant. He was eating with our movie reviewer, Nikki Humphrey. They married, had two kids and live in Halls.

Leland is smart (Harvard Law), brave (served in Iraq)and tough enough to pros-ecute criminals including those involved in the brutal slaying of Chris Newsom and Channon Christian. But is he mean enough to beat Scott Green?

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Good old ESPN, more enthused than usual about SEC football, honors us with a backfi eld ranking.

SEC backfi eld ratingsolina has a good one in Mike Davis.

Johnny Manziel is gone from Texas A&M (you knew that!), which means some-body else must run around with the Aggie football. Florida is rich in talent. Running back may be the Gators’ strongest position. Auburn has four or more to produce touchdowns and share headlines.

Arkansas is ranked No. 4 but needs offensive-line improvement. LSU has Ter-rence Magee and Leonard Fournette, the nation’s No. 1 recruit. Junior Russe ll Hansbrough is a blend of

power and speed at Mis-souri. The Mississippis are good but less than great. The future is not so far away at Kentucky.

Where all this is running is here: Everybody except Vanderbilt is rated ahead of Tennessee.

When I fi rst looked at the list, I hoped it was in alpha-betical order. It wasn’t. It just started with Alabama, as usual, and ended with Vandy, as usual.

ESPN says the Volunteers are 13th because (1) they lack a running quarterback in an offense structured around the read-option,

(2) Marlin Lane has been promising but inconsistent for three years and (3) Jalen Hurd is a rookie.

An inexperienced of-fensive line may have infl u-enced the thinking.

ESPN did not reach this bold conclusion, but if the Tennessee running game ends up No. 13 in the SEC, this will not be a bowl team.

Option 1: Coaches can sleep fast and work toward a small miracle with offensive linemen.

Even if Don Mahoney takes long naps, I refuse to believe this group will cause a sharp decline from the previous line – which wasn’t as good as it should have been. It had more fame than force.

Jacob Gilliam is my post-er person for this new front. This will be his fi fth year. It has all been uphill. He came as a walk-on. He was red-shirted because he wasn’t considered good enough to play. He invested two sea-sons with the scout squad. He appeared in one game in 2012 and two last fall.

This spring he beat out junior college all-American Dontavius Blair and fi n-ished as the starting left tackle. Blair will eventually get the idea, but Gilliam, with heart and smarts, taught everybody a lesson: All things are possible.

I predict Marcus Jack-son, Mack Crowder, Kyler Kerbyson, Coleman Thom-as, Dylan Wiesman, etc.,

will exceed expectations.Option 2: Butch Jones

can rethink his offensive concept, reclassify quarter-back keepers as occasional surprises and demand sig-nifi cant improvement in the passing game. He has the receivers to make running backs look much better.

Lane is not a loser and may even develop into a leader. Hurd looks like a tight end until he breaks free into the secondary. Derrell Scott has ability. There are other possibili-ties. I do not believe these guys will fi nish 13th in net production.

I really like it when ESPN is wrong.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected]/.

Folks rarely say good things about politicians. However, the late Howard Baker has been widely (and deservedly) praised by mem-bers of both political parties. If Ronald Reagan was the “great communicator,” then Baker was the “great con-ciliator,” lauded for his civil-ity and willingness to reach across the aisle for the good of the country.

We all could learn a lot from Howard Baker, but Tennessee Democrats could learn even more.

In 1966, Baker became the fi rst popularly elected Re-publican senator from Ten-nessee since Reconstruction. Before Baker, a Republican had little chance of getting elected statewide. Baker’s civility served him well and helped him win over voters who didn’t agree with him on every issue.

Today, state Democrats fi nd themselves in a similar position. The opposing party dominates state government,

Scott Frith

Democrats need less Obama,more Howard Baker

so much so that the Demo-crats have retreated to urban areas and mostly non-par-tisan offi ces. It is not a good time to be a Democrat in Ten-nessee. Of course, it wasn’t a good time to be a Republican before 1966, either.

Baker’s successes show a way forward for Tennessee Democrats. Unlike the slash-and-burn strategies that are popular today, state Demo-crats should adopt a more civil, conciliatory tone. Dem-ocrats should promote issues Tennesseans favor and avoid issues Tennesseans oppose.

It’s tough to get folks to vote for you when you ac-cuse them of being racist. Too many Democrats believe that R epublicans only oppose

Barack Obama’s policies be-cause he is African-Ameri-can. (These folks convenient-ly forget that Republicans opposed Bill Clinton, too.)

This kind of rhetoric is an ugly smear. The next Demo-crat elected statewide won’t use this rhetoric but instead will be reaching across party lines when possible for the good of the state.

Democrats are not going to be a majority party in Ten-nessee anytime soon; how-ever, Baker was fi rst elected 45 years before Republicans emerged as the dominant party. Yet, Baker proved that a member of the minority party can have a profound impact. While there may nev-er be another Howard Baker, aspiring Democratic leaders in Tennessee would be wise to follow Baker’s example.

Tennessee Democrats could use a little less Barack Obama and a lot more How-ard Baker.Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can reach

him at [email protected].

Truthfully, it doesn’t tell us much we didn’t already know. Alabama is again loaded. Georgia’s Todd Gur-ley may be the best running back in America. South Car-

Bee DeSelm and Liane Russell, honorees of the YWCA Tribute

to Women, use an amplifi er as they chat near the food line. Photo by S. Clark

I was honored when Bee DeSelm asked me to drive her to last week’s reception at the YWCA honoring 30 women who have made a difference over the past 30 years.

There was a fi t and trim Mary Costa; pioneer radiol-ogist and entrepreneur Dr. Kamilia Kozlowski, 20-plus others and DeSelm. She and Mary Lou Horner were the fi rst women elected to the county’s legislative body, back in 1976.

Horner was also selected as one of the 30.

We once had six women on Knox County Commis-sion. Now we have Amy Broyles.

Bee DeSelm was not the most effective commission-er, but no one doubted her integrity.

Despite diminished ca-pacity, Bee still outpaces me. “A walker is useful when crossing the street,” she said when I dropped her at an in-tersection. Sure enough, she scurried across two lanes and up a fl ight of stairs be-fore I parked the car.

– S. Clark

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Burchett plansBack to School Bash

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will host the an-nual Back to School Bash 3-6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, at the Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway.

The event is an opportu-nity for students to get free school supplies and health screenings, and to enjoy activities, free food, spe-cial programs, vendors and more.

More than 4,000 people attended last year’s event. The Bash is free and open to the public.

It is sponsored by the Knoxville Expo Center, Star 102.1 and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan.

School board forumThe League of Women

Voters will host a public forum from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24, at Law-son McGhee Library.

School board candi-dates from District 1, Gloria Deathridge and Marshall Walker, and District 6, Terry Hill and Sandra Row-cliffe, will speak.


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Benna Van Vuuren and her army of volunteers are on a mission.

The retired educator, who spent her working life in the Knox County school system, is passionate about a project near and dear to the hearts of anyone who ever cracked a book in a Knox County schoolroom.

She’s the director of the Knox County Schools Mu-seum, located in the Sarah Simpson Professional De-velopment and Technology Center on Tipton Avenue in South Knoxville.

“You know, you go in most museums and they’re quiet,” says Van Vuuren. “This is the noisiest museum you’ll ever fi nd!” That’s because the people who come to this museum “laugh and talk, and they remember.”

If you have a hankerin’ to see some memorabilia from your own beloved school days, chances are you can fi nd it there.

There are historical re-cords, painstakingly com-piled, concerning the various schools – including closed ones – and their dates of ex-istence. There’s a huge trophy case fi lled with awards from many decades. The oldest one I spotted was from 1932, for a “National ROTC Rifl e Match.” The trophy case itself is authentic to a much earlier time period, and in fact, the museum is itself located in an old school building. Lock-ers line the walls, and it’s not hard to imagine the halls lively, noisy and full of kids going to and from class.

Letter sweaters and cheerleading outfi ts fi ll some of the glass-fronted displays near the school auditorium. If you’re lucky, you might run into one of the original wearers of those duds, as I did.

Gayle Burnett graduated from South High School in 1966 and was a cheerleader there for all four years.

“She had a lot of fun in high school,” says Van Vuuren, and Burnett agrees, laughing and say-ing, “It’s all been downhill since!” She’s all smiles when remembering her school

Benna Van Vuuren (seated) and her “small

army” of volunteers Jody Davis, Ernie

Murphy, Alan Webb, Horace Grissom and

Gayle Burnett.

Benna Van Vuuren, founder and director of the

Knox County Schools Museum, shows off the

thousand-plus high school annuals in the mu-

seum’s collection. Photos by Carol Shane

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Carol’s Corner

Former South High

cheerleader Gayle Burnett

remembers wearing that

red and white skirt.

Keeping memoriesalive

years. A special memory is “class day when I was a se-nior. We had a rock and roll band and all the class got up and danced!”

Burnett cheerfully poses beside one of her old skirts. She’s one of the dedicated volunteers who help out at the museum. All graduates of Knox County schools, they’re scattered around the spacious, well-lighted room cataloging ephemera.

Old photo collages from various schools line the walls. In years past, some of them hung on the walls of the Chapman Highway Ruby Tuesday restaurant. Volunteer Jody Davis points to a handsome young man at the lower right of a collage. “That’s me!” he exclaims.

The “heart of the muse-um,” says Van Vuuren, is the collection of “white books” – shelves and shelves of white ring binders, each containing paper memora-bilia of all types from every school, every year, all care-fully dated and put in order. If you want to fi nd that old newspaper clipping you’re in, or the choral program in which you had a solo, this is where to look.

Nearby is the most popu-lar destination – the mu-seum’s collection of more than a thousand yearbooks. Along the back wall, fi le cabinets hold Knoxville city school attendance records dating back to 1906.

And every day, more ma-terial arrives.

“We’re just growing and growing,” says Van Vuuren. “And all the memorabilia is accessible.” If you want to take something out of its display case for a closer look, that’s allowed. This is a very happy, hands-on kind of place.

So why don’t you pull out that box of old report cards and team photos that you’ve been meaning to deal with and take it over to the folks at the Knox County Schools Museum? They’ll be glad to have it; educators and alumni are encouraged to contribute to the museum’s collection. And while you’re at it, take a look around and relive some fond memories.

As Van Vuuren says, “Don’t throw away tomor-row’s history.”

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gation at Trinity Baptist Church, 7604 Blacks Ferry Road, says they are a church family, they “put their mon-ey where their mouth is.” Supporting each other can sometimes come in unusual ways.

For Kenny and Rebekah Johnston, help from the church family will pay a lifetime of dividends. The couple wanted to adopt a second child but was hav-ing a hard time coming up with the adoption fees. The church secretly began col-lecting money to help them.

David Stooksbury is the pastor for this 240-mem-ber congregation. He and Rebekah’s best friend since childhood, MarKita Keck, led the effort to help the Johnstons bring their sec-ond child home.

“They’re just like my own kids,” said Stooksbury. “They grew up here with my kids. In fact, I married them!”

Kenny and Rebekah Johnston met in 2003 while teaching school at Fulton High School. Unable to con-ceive, they went through several years of infertility treatment, including sur-gery, before deciding to adopt.

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By Wendy SmithFor the past two years, rain has soaked

the St. Mark United Methodist Church Peach Festival. This year, for the fi rst time, umbrellas were available for purchase, which guaranteed a sunny event.

The idea for the festival came from members who used to live in South Caro-lina, where peach festivals are common, said Pastor Dave Graybeal. The congrega-tion was looking for an event to offer to the community, and peaches seemed like a

sweet idea.The festival featured peach ice cream,

cobbler, baked goods and bags of peaches, which were purchased from Butler & Bai-ley Market in Rocky Hill. Entertainment included gospel bluegrass from Son Rise of Maryville, a bounce house, a dunking booth and other games.

The community was also invited to at-tend the church’s Vacation Bible School, held last week. The theme was “Weird Ani-mals.”

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Dave Stott invites passersby on Northshore Drive to the St.

Mark United Methodist Church Peach Festival. Photos by Wendy Smith

Noah Graybeal, a rising 5th-grader at West Hills Elementary

School, successfully dunks his father, Pastor Dave Graybeal, at

the St. Mark United Methodist Church Peach Festival.

Twins Annis Hill and Janis Hogan serve up peach cobbler at the

third annual St. Mark United Methodist Church Peach Festival.

Janis is a St. Mark member; Annis is from Sulfur Springs, Texas.

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The couple started the adoption process with Bethany Christian Ser-vices, an agency that works with biological parents to help fi nd adoptive parents. They went through screen-ings, psychological testing, family and home visits for months before their fi le was added to the roster of poten-tial adoptive parents. The agency then makes selec-tions depending on the birth parent’s wishes.

The Johnstons’ fi rst placement was a little girl,

in 2011. They had had her 19 days when the birth mother changed her mind and kept the child.

“Losing her was just dev-astating,” said Rebekah.

In 2012, they adopt-ed Oliver, now an active 2-year-old. They were hop-ing to adopt a second son in August, but the fi nancial burden has been harder this time. “We had eight years to save for the fi rst adop-tion and only two for the second,” said Rebekah. The amount needed is between $15,000 and $20,000.

The couple has strong family ties with lots of aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. “We’re for-tunate to have a deep well of love and support,” said Kenny Johnston, “not only from our own family, but from our church family as well. There’s a lot of love right here.”

Manifestation of that love was fi rst kept a secret from the Johnstons as the congregation collected spe-cial “love offerings.” On July 12, they held a benefi t concert at the church to add to what had been collected. The concert featured the Trinity Baptist Quartet and Barry Roland and Deliver-ance, a Knoxville-based gospel group.

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in the conference room are (clockwise, from left) Zoe Risley, Donna Mitchell, Laken Scott, senior court clerk Jill McCook, Varlan,

Joshua Mode, Julia Craft and Charlie Hamilton.

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Risley, Laken Scott and Charlie Hamilton observe the process.

By Donna MitchellKnox County Mayor Tim

Burchett allowed the Shop-per-News to visit with him last Tuesday. In newspapers and on TV he appears to be like your regular straight-laced politician, but there happens to be a little more under the surface. Here are fi ve of the most interesting things about Mayor Burchett.

■ He is certifi ed to teach fi ve subjects including art. Burchett does enjoy making a good Play-Doh dinosaur by the way.

■ He is the proud mem-ber of a metal detector club; he boasts that he’s even found a Civil War bullet on Kingston Pike.

■ He has bamboo grow-ing in his backyard and is using it to make a skate-board. Let’s just say the fi rst one didn’t work out as planned.

■ He has autographs

from country music greats Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, and Montgomery Gentry to name a few.

■ He’s behind bringing popular TV show “Finding Bigfoot” to the East Tennes-see area.

Did you ever imagine any of these things by looking at the mayor?

Finding out little facts like these is a good remind-er that regardless of peo-ple’s jobs, opinions, beliefs or what have you, people are still people point blank. Every once in a while we should cast aside our judg-ments and predispositions, and allow ourselves to see the humanity that lies with-in all of us.

While you’re pondering these interesting facts, may-be join your local metal de-tector club or attend a Big-foot sighting group, they’re some good people.

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Five things you didn’t know about Mayor Burchett

By Sara BarrettThe interns’ most recent

outing led them to Knox County Mayor Tim Bur-chett’s offi ce to learn about metal detecting, Bigfoot and being a Republican.

“I had to miss my metal detecting club last night,” said Mayor Burchett, while fl exing a piece of bamboo in his hands. He pointed the stick at the interns. “Bam-boo is from the grass fam-ily.”

The mayor told the group about the perks of being in his position. “There’s not a typical day … there are lots of ribbon-cuttings. I get a lot of calls from parents during the school year. I go to a lot of funerals. I like to talk to folks, and I answer phone calls. People are surprised sometimes when I call them back … at that point I am de-mocracy to those folks.”

Considering his upcom-ing marriage, the mayor said he doesn’t have much free time on his hands with his job duties and his im-pending stepdad status.

Before leaving, the in-terns were given notepads, pencils, commemorative pins (made in America) and a Bigfoot bumper sticker, all straight from a drawer of the mayor’s desk.

The interns seemed a bit surprised by the mayor’s … individuality, and it seemed Burchett picked up on that.

“I’m a weird Republican,

but that’s cool,” he said.After stashing their free

Burchett swag, the interns headed through security at the federal courthouse. It’s a good thing they have an-gelic faces, because most of the interns are too young to have photo identifi ca-tion. This posed a problem for the gruff (but sweet) of-fi cers who greeted them at the door.

Courthouse historian Don Ferguson went above and beyond during a tour of relics from courtrooms past, sharing courtroom trivia connected to East Tennessee history.

A small jar encased in plastic shows the now infa-mous snail darter, a species whose threat of extinction halted construction of the Tellico Dam. The little fel-low in the jar was used as evidence during the 1978 trial (TVA v. HILL, 437 U.S. 153).

Courtroom sketches by James Earl Ray’s wife, Anna Sandhu Ray, are also on display. The images were sketched long before the two married.

Ferguson led the group to the main boardroom of the courthouse where the

Lunchbox had delivered sandwiches, fruit cups and cookies for everyone. Fer-guson, Chief Judge Thomas Varlan, senior law clerk Jill McCook and division man-ager Kathy Keeton joined us for lunch before the group watched a change of plea and a sentencing take place in the courtroom.

Judge Varlan could not have been more generous with his time, or with his hospitality. Shortly be-fore going on the bench he answered any questions asked and talked about what it takes to become a lawyer and a judge, and what he liked most about his job.

“It is so varied,” said Var-lan. “There’s something dif-ferent every day.” Although the Shopper group hoped for stories similar to those seen on “Law and Order,” the judge said it’s pretty calm in his courtroom, but everyone seems to like it that way.

Next week, the interns will tour both Tennessee and Bijou theaters before having lunch from the Gon-zo Gourmet food truck and checking out “underground” Gay Street. Stay tuned!


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An editorial cartoon of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin by Knoxville News Sentinel artist

Dan Proctor is one item on display in the courthouse museum. Palin was in Knoxville in March

2010 to testify in a U.S. District Court trial.

Chief U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Varlan points out a painting of the courthouses by Bob-

bie Crews. The Howard H. Baker Jr. Courthouse is at the top; the Custom House is the bottom left

and the U.S. Post Offi ce and Courthouse is at the bottom right. In the center is a naturalization

ceremony.

Don Ferguson provided an informative tour of the federal courthouse. Behind Ferguson is an

old blackboard, with markings from an old court case still legible.

By Zoe RisleyPicture this: you’re

watching a church produc-tion of the musical “Annie,” it’s barely into the second scene and you hear a loud BANG. A gunman has en-tered the church. Everyone scrambles. Most people make it out, but not uns-carred. They have been changed forever.

Two are dead, six are in-jured and a young Zoe Ris-ley has been traumatized. That’s me by the way. This incident is only one of hun-dreds upon thousands of fi rearm crimes committed over the past several years.

This week we visited the Federal Courthouse and met with Chief Judge Thom-as Varlan and historian Don Ferguson. They both said that most of the cases they see these days are drug and fi rearm related.

Ferguson remembers the fi rst drug case seen in the Federal Court of Eastern Tennessee. “Someone had

(whispers) marijuana. Even as a journalist [at the time] this was surprising to me.”

That was in 1981, over 30 years ago. From then until now this has become the norm. And according to the US Department of Jus-tice’s report on fi rearm vio-lence from 1993-2011, the number of people victim to fi rearm violence (fatal and non-fatal) in 2011 alone was 478,400. That is too high.

A little while ago when certain laws were passed al-lowing people to bring fi re-arms into restaurants and businesses, I was enraged. I had seen what gun violence does to people, even myself, even if they aren’t physically harmed. If guns hurt people why do we even have them?

It would of course be ideal for there to be no such thing as fi rearm and drug cases, but that of course is irrational and improbable. What is probable is a world with a little less drug and gun crimes.

There are so many ways to prevent people from go-ing down the wrong path, but it’s not the methods of prevention that are faulty, its people like you and me who don’t know or care enough to help people about to get into drugs or commit acts of violence.

Many people will use guns to rob convenience stores, but if they have a rel-ative or friend who will let them stay with them or give them some support, it can make the difference of life or death. Show someone the love and support you would show a friend or relative.

Now, I’m not asking you to go hug a random stranger who’s on drugs. All I want to see in this world is people helping one another with their problems and con-cerns. I don’t know how the gun violence and drug prob-lem got so bad, or why, but I do know how we can end it.

See you next week!

How did it come to this?A 13-year-old’s look into gun violence and drug crimes

By Julia GrantMayor Burchett enjoys

metal detecting and is very passionate about his job.

He may be the mayor, but he is also a caring man about everyone and every-

thing. He’s always busy, but always makes time for his soon-to-be wife and her daughter.

Tim Burchett is a very down-to-earth man. He makes things out of the

bamboo that grows in his back yard, he composts, he gardens and does every-thing he loves.

Mayor Burchett loves his state and all the people in it.

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“I was born and raised in Chattanooga, and I am excited to return to Tennes-see,” Bowlin said. “My treat-ment philosophy is centered around comprehensive foot and ankle care with an em-phasis on complex surgical procedures. I am passionate about deformity correction surgery, which can increase mobility and offers patients a better quality of life.”

He exclusively performs surgery at LaFollette Medi-cal Center. To schedule an appointment, call 865-647-3325 (Clinton) or 423-907-1672 (LaFollette).

Tennova Healthcare has welcomed Christopher Bowlin, DPM, to his new medical practice Tennova Foot and Ankle. Dr. Bowlin is accepting new patients at his offi ces at 129 Frank L. Diggs Road, Clinton; and 905 E. Central Avenue, La-Follette.

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The Knoxville-Knox County Metropoli-tan Planning Commission has scheduled a public meeting to discuss proposed amend-ments to the Knoxville zoning ordinance to allow the operation in houses of small day-care services for children.

The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, in the Small Assembly Room,City County Building.

MPC initiated this effort after a new interpretation of the zoning ordinance re-sulted in the City Council denying the op-eration of a small child day-care service in the Holston Hills neighborhood of East Knoxville. MPC staff has drafted proposed amendments that will:

■ Amend the current defi nition of pri-vate day nurseries to more closely conform to defi nitions found in state law;

■ Add a new defi nition for child day-care services for care of no more than four children; and

■ Add standards for child day-care ser-vices operated in a house as an accessory use.

Draft regulations are posted on the MPC website. These zoning-ordinance amend-ments are scheduled for consideration by the planning commission at its Aug. 14 meeting. Public comment may be submit-ted for the record prior to the meeting at www.knoxmpc.org.

MPC to discuss small day-care services

The meeting July 11 of the Rotary Club of West Knoxville was

packed with celebrations and good information. Knoxville

Mayor Madeline Rogero was the guest speaker (see story on

A1), and celebrations included a donation to Mobile Meals and

honoring a club member with a new award. Above, Knoxville

Mayor Madeline Rogero, at right, poses at the meeting with

her executive assistant, Terry Alexander, who is the daughter of

long-time West Knoxville Rotarian Haynes Smith and his wife,

Fran. Photo by Charles Garvey

Judith Pelot, director of the Mobile Meals program, was on hand at the West Knox Rotary meet-

ing when club member Stuart Anderson presented a check for $1,500 to the organization.

Funds for the donation were raised at the club’s recent barbecue event. Photo by Charles Garvey

Jason Fields is the fi rst recipient of West Knox Rota-

ry’s Lucy M. Gibson Newcomer of the Year Award,

named for the club’s fi rst woman president. From

left are Fields, Gibson and the current president,

Gary West. Photo by A. Hart

West Knox Rotary celebrations

Tennova hosts Foot and Ankle practice

By Bonny C. MillardHairstylist and salon

owner Christina McKelvey’s newest lo-cation of T i m e l e s s C r e a t i o n s Salon & Spa offers a cozy en-v ironment for custom-ers whether they are get-

ting a haircut or a facial.The timing of this new

salon coincides with the 12-year anniversary of McK-elvey’s fi rst Timeless Cre-ations location in Lenoir City. McKelvey, who’s been in the hairstyling business for 20 years, said she was always passionate about be-ing a hairstylist, but she was also interested in the busi-ness side.

“It was a dream of mine to have my own business,” said McKelvey, who hosted a grand opening on July 16. McKelvey’s Bearden loca-tion is an individual studio in Sola Salons in Homberg Place. Sola Salon Studios rents salon spaces to practi-tioners in the beauty indus-try.

Timeless Creations also offers the services of a skin care specialist, Alice Heilsen, and a barber by appointment. Heilsen and McKelvey have been lifelong friends.

McKelvey

Timeless Creations Salon & Spa owner Christina McKelvey

treats and cuts the hair of Jordan Merrion. Photo by Bonny Millard

Growing business one cut at a time

McKelvey started her career at the prominent Metz & Kerchner, a long-time leader in hairstyling salons in Knoxville, and soon started carving her own niche in the business. As a color educator, she has taught in area salons, and she’s participated in hair shows in Chicago, New York and Atlanta. She even had a

hairstyle featured in an in-dustry magazine.

She said she was one of the fi rst stylists in Ten-nessee to use the Japanese thermal reconditioning treatment that straightens hair for as long as six to 10 months.

McKelvey opened her Lenoir City salon in 2002 and named it to honor her

late sister, Paula, who was an inspiration and a big sup-porter.

Timeless Creations offers a variety of services includ-ing styles, straightening, extensions and spa treat-ments. In addition to daily appointments, McKelvey also enjoys creating hair-styles for brides and their attendants. “I love to do wedding parties and event staging for special occa-sions,” she said.

McKelvey is community-minded and volunteers her time to different nonprofi t programs including Cuts for the Cure and Locks of Love. She’s also involved in Knox-ville’s Leading Women, a business networking group.

“You pass referrals on to each other and help the businesses to grow,” she said. “You make a lot of friends, and that’s always a plus.”

McKelvey has been building a clientele base in Bearden for the last four years, renting a space at Twisted Scissors. She said she wants to be a mentor to others in the beauty in-dustry as well as getting to know more business own-ers.

“I look forward to work-ing with businesses in the Bearden area,” she said.

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Webb School of Knoxville celebrated another outstanding year of serving and educating young leaders in the Knoxville community and surrounding areas with numerous end-of-the-year festivities and traditions. The following is a sampling of the many year-end events that commemorated student achievement and Webb’s 58th year of inspiring learners and developing leaders.

UPPER SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL

LOWER SCHOOL

1. At Commencement 2014, May 18, Webb

School was proud to present diplomas to

19 legacy graduates (pictured with their

alumni parents), representing almost 17

percent of this year’s graduating class.

2. Senior class president Nangesian

Waters and Class of 2014 Valedictorian

Elliot Baerman share a smile before the

start of the Commencement ceremony

in Webb’s Lee Athletic Center. 3. Webb’s

Baccalaureate is a celebration of the

graduating class through music and words,

allowing seniors, their families and Webb

faculty to come together to refl ect on

the school year and look to the future.

Gabriel Dagotto (pictured with his family)

was this year’s Salutatorian and spoke at

Baccalaureate, May 11. 4. Webb’s Upper

School hosted its annual Subject Awards

and Special Awards days, May 7 and

May 16, respectively, to celebrate student

achievement and excellence inside the

classroom, on the playing fi eld, and in the

community. (pictured) Carter Thomas,

winner of this year’s Julia Dossett Webb

Scholar Award, with Julie Webb, wife of

Webb School founder Robert Webb and

for whom the award is named. 5. Each year,

Webb’s Lower School hosts its Crane Day

ceremony for the graduating class.

On May 2, kindergartners presented each

senior with a string of origami cranes as

a symbol of peace, hope, love, and good

health, and to remind the graduates of the

community they have at Webb School. The

seniors were also invited to wear T-shirts

representing the colleges/universities they

will attend in the fall.

Webb’s Middle School hosted its annual

Honors Ceremony, May 23, in Webb’s

Bishop Center where students were

recognized for excellence in scholarship,

character, leadership, service, and athletics.

(above) Following the ceremony, eighth

grade students and their families gathered

for the Eighth Grade Tree Planting

ceremony – a long-standing tradition in the

Middle School. Each year, the school honors

its eighth grade class with the planting of

a sapling, symbolizing the students’ legacy

and growth in the Middle School and

celebrating their continued growth as they

branch out into high school.

During this year’s Lower School Closing

Ceremony, May 23, students, teachers

and families saluted another successful

school year with student choral and strings

performances. Student organizations and

clubs were also recognized for their eff orts

throughout the year. In addition, fi fth

graders spoke about what they had learned

about leadership in Webb’s Lower School

and what it takes to be a leader.

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Tom Hall completes the Covenant Health Kids

Run with his daughter, Kelsie.

A diff erent man ‘Diet’ is a four-letter word to Parkwest nurse who shed 110 pounds

Eight months and 110 pounds ago, Tom Hall , a critical care nurse at Parkwest Medi-cal Center, was a different man.

He weighed 450 pounds, felt awful and had little energy. On little more than sheer determination and support from a host of friends, Hall began a remarkable journey to retake control of his life and his health. It’s a journey many attempt but few complete.

Even Hall will tell you that his journey is not fi nished, nor will it be completed when he reaches his goal of 210 pounds. That’s because Hall, now at 340 pounds, is rapidly losing weight not because of some gimmicky diet, but because he made a drastic change in his lifestyle.

“This isn’t a diet. It really bothers me when we call it that,” says Hall, whose life has been a series of failed diets. “It’s nutrition. Diets are temporary; nutrition isn’t.”

Now he eats only fresh fruits and veg-etables and lean meats like fi sh, chicken and turkey. He steers clear of carbohydrates, pro-cessed and sugary foods, and snacks. Salt is banned from his home. He drinks water – and lots of it. He’s given unhealthy dishes healthy makeovers. He eats smaller meals (about 200 to 300 calories each) every two hours six times a day and nothing after 3 a.m. – four hours before his shift at the hospital ends.

“Everybody needs food. And when you are used to eating a certain way, it’s not easy to change, to say, ‘no more of that garbage!’ ” Hall says, adding that controlling his hunger remains “a constant daily – and sometimes hourly – struggle.” Of course, food is only

half the fi ght – it must also be accompanied by exercise.

So, strapping an electronic calorie counter to his arm, he set to work on burning calories.

“It’s ancient but it also calculates steps, calo-ries burned, activity level, sleep and all that stuff,” Hall said. “And I have an app on my phone that tells me where I am as far as how many calories I have burned. I use that as my goal as far as how much food I’m allowed to eat.”

On average, he tries to stay between 1,800 and 2,800 calories a day, burning off extra calories through running, jogging, biking, hiking, etc. He’s even run in four 5Ks, includ-ing the Covenant Kids Run with his daughter. If he’s less active, he eats less; more active, he eats more.

In addition, Hall not only joined a gym, but also signed up for a popular fi tness program often advertised on television. That program resulted in Hall being paired with a national-ly known fi tness advocate who now serves as his personal coach. “I can call him 24 hours a day,” Hall says.

His wife and kids are also backing him. “We’re doing things as a family that we nev-er did before,” he said. “We go to the gym a couple times a week. We’re running and walking and jogging and biking. We went camping last weekend over at Cades Cove and went hiking to Abrams Falls. The other day my son and I ran four miles! It’s still hard to fathom that this big body can run four miles but I did and I put it on a video to show everybody that I did it. To me, that’s satisfaction – if I can save just one person’s life, it’s worth it.”

It’s a support network that also extends to a bevy of like-minded Facebook friends who encourage, cajole and challenge one another

into fi tness. Last month, Hall took up a chal-lenge to run a mile a day in May. In March, itwas 30 push-ups every day. In April, it was 30squats a day.

“There’s always something we are trying tokeep going,” he says, adding that it’s impor-tant to remain motivated even after he’s feel-ing better. Hall looks for motivation whereverhe can fi nd it. “There are billions of sayingson Facebook – they’re all cliché but there area few I take to heart … you’ve got to do whatyou’ve got to do for yourself to make yourselfbetter.”

For Hall, that also means posting en-larged photos of his 450-pound body on thebig screen TV where he does his exercises, onthe fridge and on the cabinets. “The kids say,‘Why do you have all these pictures up there?’I say, ‘You don’t understand, a lot of peopledon’t understand. You don’t want to be likethat (person in the photo).’ ”

Of course, losing 110 pounds in a few months has left many asking Hall for his “se-cret.”

“There really is no secret,” Hall says. “Theonly thing is that you have to want it foryourself. I want it. Willpower is probably thehardest thing with any person wanting to loseweight. I want this f or myself. Yes, I want itfor my kids, I want it for my wife, I want it fora lot of reasons but I want it for myself. I wantto be able to go on roller coasters. I want togo sit on a plane and not be embarrassed thatI’m going to be sitting in someone else’s lap. …This is a gift to me. I don’t want to be like thatanymore. That in itself has to be the motiva-tion – not to be like you used to be.”

Therapist: No ‘quick fi x’ for weight loss

Long before becoming a nurse at Parkwest Medical Center, Tom Hall was a chef at Disney World. “I worked there for almost 11 years, and the whole time I worked there, I could eat anything I wanted whenever I wanted it,” he said. “That’s when I put on the bulk of my weight.”

By 2005, Hall had changed professions, becoming a certifi ed nursing assistant working toward becoming a registered nurse. But the change in occupation had little effect on his weight.

“My life has been diet after diet, injury after injury, excuse after ex-cuse,” says Hall.

It’s a story Mark Conley has heard often. The manager of therapy services at Park-west Therapy Cen-ter at Fort Sanders West says the quest to lose weight all too often ends in injury brought on by misguided exer-cise programs.

“The odds of this happening go up when you throw in things like an aging, out of shape body and the all-too-common view of need-ing a quick fi x to a long-standing problem,” says Conley. “Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither is a healthy body.”

That’s why Conley warns anyone undertaking a new exercise pro-gram, “Do not begin your venture until you are mentally prepared to do this the right way.”

Conley says that means allowing your body time to adapt and change

over the course of several weeks to months. “Often, the patients I see who have injured themselves with exercise are the ones who went from couch potato to strenuous workouts seven days a week,” he said. “These workouts are highly effective but should be progressed slowly by the very out-of-shape and/or overweight folks. The fi rst four to six weeks are the critical time to allow the body to adapt to the new exercise demands in a con-trolled, progressive manner.”

Conley points out that everyone responds differently to exercise. Some may be able to progress in-tensity, duration or frequency faster than others. “A good general guide is to know how to listen to what your body is telling you,” he says. “If your muscles are sore for a few days after a workout, that’s OK. If, however, you are sore longer than four days, you probably pushed too hard and caused infl ammation. That means back it down a notch.”

That goes for pain in the joints as well. If pain occurs, try pressure, rest, ice, compression and eleva-tion. But pain that lasts beyond a week and doesn’t respond to this self-treatment should be checked by a physician before continuing the workout program.

“Working out in gym is not for everyone,” Conley adds. “Hiking the Smokies, walking the neighbor-hood or greenways, riding a bike, taking the stairs instead of the ele-vator, parking in the far-away slots, digging out those old (aerobics) VHS tapes, whatever! Just fi nd ways to make your body do more every day.”

Mark Conley

Dietitian advises ‘small changes’ for big resultsWhile Tom Hall’s weight loss

may seem to have come quickly, he says it has not come easily.

“I’m feeling better than ever as each pound comes off,” says Hall, who uses his nursing knowledge to monitor blood pressure, sugar levels and other health indica-tors. “I’m working hard every day to lose each pound. I’ve done this too many times. This is not a diet – this is a nutritional change with an exercise regimen that I do as tolerated in order to live a health-ier life.”

Nicole J. Colella, a registered dietitian at Parkwest with a dual Master of Science/Master of Pub-lic Health degree, says slow weight loss – one to two pounds a week – is the best way to maintain weight loss over the long haul.

“Most people want to lose weight quickly but forget that they gained the weight over time and should lose that same weight

over time,” says Colella. “Small changes are the best way to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle. I have seen peo-ple try to change everything at once and they

give up quickly because it is too much to keep up with at one time. I encourage people to make a list of at most fi ve things they would like to change and work on one change at a time until it becomes a habit – about 21 days.”

She offers the following ad-vice:

■ Eat a breakfast that includes protein. Skipping breakfast can cause overeating at other meals or late-evening snacking.

■ Eat your veggies! Fresh and frozen vegetables have lots of vi-

tamins and minerals but few cal-ories and are an easy way to addvolume to your meals. But carefulhow you prepare your vegetables– steaming, grilling or baking isfar better than frying.

■ Use small salad plates atmeal times. It will make the platelook full with less food.

■ Get moving! Adding just10 minutes three times per dayis better than no activity at all.Small time increments are some-times easier than having to dedi-cate 30 minutes to exercise.

■ Make healthy choices whengoing out to eat. Start with a sal-ad but keep the dressing on theside. Choose steamed vegetablesrather than fried. Restaurantportions are often more than aregular serving of meat, starchor vegetables so try saving somefor another meal. Before the mealask for a to-go box and put half ofit to discourage overeating.

Nicole Colella

Fort Sanders Regional opens new Center for Bariatric Surgery

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in downtown Knoxville has opened a Center for Bariatric Surgery for patients who are consider-ing weight loss surgery. Dr. Mark A. Colquitt and Dr. Jonathan Ray are the Center’s bariatric sur-geons.

The two surgeons have operated the area’s fi rst private weight loss surgery clinic in Maryville since 2002, helping more than 2,200 patients lose more than a total of 193,800 pounds (more than 90 tons!) through weight loss surgery.

The Center for Bariatric Surgery will feature

both the Roux-en Y “gastric bypass” procedure as well as the Sleeve Gastrectomy, or “gastric sleeve.” Each procedure has its advantages and treatment choice is a decision made between the patient and his/her physician.

Informational seminars are offered monthly in both Knoxville and Maryville. These meetings outline in greater detail eligibility criteria and the types of surgeries as well as giving patients an opportunity to meet the physicians. Visit www.fsregional.com/bariatric-surgery for more details, or call 673-FORT.

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Special guests at the July meeting of the South Knox-ville Neighborhood and Busi-ness Coalition got attendees thinking pink – and white.

South Knoxvillians Ann Graf and Peggy Tubbs from the Dogwood Arts Festival’s Dogwood Trails committee spoke to the SKNBC about a big deal for South Knoxville. The Chapman Highway Trail will be the featured Dogwood Trail during the 2015 festival, and the time to start getting ready is now.

Graf said there had been some discussion of skipping the Chapman Highway trail in the rotation to give South Knoxville more time to re-cover after the long-awaited reopening of the Henley Bridge, but support was on SoKno’s side.

“We need to get home-owners and garden clubs and schools thinking about showing their pride in South Knoxville,” she said. “I just want the whole town to know that South Knoxville is across the bridge, and we’re pretty.”

SKNBC is made up of representatives from neigh-borhood, community and business groups. Graf en-

couraged the members to get excited themselves and reach out to residents who live on the trail to fi nd ways to improve their property.

Planting a dogwood tree is a solid fi rst step, she said, and other landscaping ef-forts could begin now or in the fall. But this is a good time to think about tackling exterior home-improvement projects that may have been neglected for a while.

SKNBC members em-braced suggestions from Graf and Tubbs and started bouncing around ideas con-cerning the trail before de-ciding to channel their en-thusiasm into a committee. Stay tuned for more on the Chapman trail and ways you can help brighten your spot in South Knoxville.

Treasurer Janice Tocher reminded members that the deadline for paying dues is July 31, and any group that hasn’t paid dues by the August meeting will not be allowed to partici-pate in voting.

SKNBC meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Woodlawn Christian Church.

Ann Graf, left, and Peggy Tubbs pause next to one of the many

crepe myrtles at Woodlawn Christian Church after talking to the

South Knoxville Neighborhood and Business Coalition about

Chapman Highway being the 2015 featured Dogwood Trail.

Dogwood time in SoKno

Randall Stout leaves legacy of light

Randall Stout, architect,

designed award-winning

buildings in the United States

and abroad. Photo submitted

By Sandra ClarkHalls guy Randy Stout

has died too young. While he’s known nation-

ally for his designs of the Hunter Museum in Chat-tanooga, the Taubman Mu-seum of Art in Roanoke and the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts in Bir-mingham, Mr. Stout, 56, is best known in Halls for re-building his grandpa’s barn.

His mother, Gloria Stout, recalls: “He said that barn was where he fi rst studied rafters and the amazing light that fi ltered through them.”

So Randy came home one summer and rebuilt the barn that had belonged to his grandparents, E.W. “Bert” and Marie Mynatt.

Memorial services were held July 21 at Beaver Dam Baptist Church. Eulogies were offered by Duane Grieve, his professor and mentor at UT’s School of Ar-chitecture, and Dan Brewer, his colleague at TVA.

“Randy had wonderful teachers at Halls,” said Glo-ria Stout. “He played base-ball and football and was very popular.”

After college and a brief stint at TVA, Randy moved to Texas, obtaining a mas-ter’s degree from Rice Uni-versity and working in the Houston offi ce of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

He was recruited by Frank Gehry to Los Ange-les in 1989. He worked with Gehry for seven years on projects that included the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

He started his own fi rm, Randall Stout Architects, in 1996. At his death, Mr. Stout was a professor in the architecture school at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

In an obituary July 16 in The New York Times, Jo-

Randy Stout as Mr. Halls

High School in 1976. Photo from high school annual

seph Giovannini wrote: “In 2005 he won a competition to design the Art Gallery of Alberta, in Edmonton, a cyclone of a building. Con-fronting Euclid with Ein-stein, Mr. Stout took his inspiration from the aurora borealis, creating a struc-ture that evokes a stormy energy fi eld.”

Besides his mother, he is survived by his wife, Jo-elle; their children Colton Randall, 14; Logan Roger, 12; and Grace Marie, 6. He also leaves an older brother, Steve and wife Kathy Stout, and sister Marcie and hus-band Mike Wasson, all of Norris. He was predeceased by his father, Roger Stout.

Memorials may be made to the East Tennessee Foun-dation, Randall Stout Me-morial Scholarship Fund, 625 Market Street Suite 1400, Knoxville, TN 37902.

Building in EdmontonHow did a Halls guy be-

came an international suc-cess? “He had a gift and he worked hard,” said Gloria Stout. “Randy didn’t just draw designs, but he would carefully spec out each el-ement, down to the door knobs.” He often saluted UT by including orange in his work.

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. It sits on the North Saskatchewan River and its cultural centerpiece is named for Sir Winston Churchill: Churchill Square.

signed the AGA. He drew inspiration from numerous walks through downtown and along the river, where he was struck by the natural curl and fl ow of the North Saskatchewan and its oppo-sition to the linear layout of downtown.

Crowston said Stout was a kind and gentle person who listened carefully to what his client wanted.

“He was really conscien-tious and caring, not just of what the building looked like, but how it functioned,” she said.

Architect Allan Partridge wrote in The Journal:

“On July 11, the archi-tectural community lost a bright light in Randall Stout. … Randall counted all his projects as special opportunities to make a dif-ference, and the AGA was no exception. …

“What set him apart was the process he adopted on every project – ‘Simply lis-ten,’ he told me on several occasions.

“Few architects have mastered listening – not just hearing – which allows a spirit of inclusiveness to pervade the design team.

“For Randall, it was the team that made things great. Randall frequently thanked people for their trust, foresight and contri-bution to the process.”

Dominating the Square is Randall Stout’s “last iconic project,” according to a sto-ry by Cailynn Klingbell in the Edmonton Journal.

“The American architect who designed the Art Gal-lery of Alberta, a landmark swirl of steel, patinated zinc and glass on the northeast corner of Churchill Square, has died,” she wrote.

The $88-million project opened in 2010.

Catherine Crowston, ex-ecutive director of the AGA, said Mr. Stout “made an in-delible mark on the down-town urban landscape.”

In 2012, his fi rm won the American Architecture Award for the AGA’s design.

Klingbell quotes from a 2010 interview, in which Stout said he thought about the northern lights, the long winter nights, the river val-ley, and the rigid grid of the city streets when he de-

The Art Gallery of Alberta, designed by Knoxville native Randall

Stout, won the 2012 American Architecture Award for design.Photo submitted

Shopper news • JULY 23, 2014 • B-3

THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 27“Thumbelina” presented by the Knoxville Chil-

dren’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/reservations: 208-3677 or www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

THROUGH FRIDAY, AUG. 8Seeking singers, actors, dancers, instrumental-

ists and handbell ringers for Knoxville Christian Arts Ministries’ 2014-15 season beginning Aug. 19. Info/audition times: Jill Lagerberg, [email protected] or 291-5218.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23Sean McCullough’s Song Games, 11 a.m., Karns

Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 470-8663.

Storyteller Laurie Fisher, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

Summer Library Club presents magician Michael Messing, 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

THURSDAY, JULY 24Blount County Monthly Old Harp Sing-

ing, 6:30-8 p.m., Chapel of the Assisted Living Building, Asbury Place, 2648 Sevierville Road, Maryville. Info: Kathleen Mavournin, [email protected].

Square Dance lessons sponsored by Volunteer Travelers will begin at Square Dance Inc., 820 Tulip St. Beginning classes: 7-8:15 p.m.; brush up plus classes: 8:15-9 p.m. Instructor: Bill Fox. Cost: $5. Info: Janice Fox, 689-2665.

Summer Library Club presents the Zoomo-bile, 10:30 a.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 South-gate Road. Info: 525-1541.

Free movie and popcorn, 11:15 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Movie: “The Monu-ments Men.” White Elephant Bingo, 10 a.m. Free and open to the general public. Info/schedule of activities: 329-8892.

Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway. All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge. Door prizes.

FRIDAY, JULY 25Sunset Music Series presents The Bearded,

7 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center’s covered outdoor amphitheater, Townsend. Old-time country, bluegrass music. Admission: $5. Info: 448-0044.

All American Square Dance sponsored by Vol-unteer Travelers Square Dance Club, 7:30 p.m., Square Dance Center Inc., 820 Tulip St. Caller: Bill Fox Wear red, white and blue. Finger foods and a door prize. En-try: $5. Info: Rose Anne Bell, 539 9593.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 25-26Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West

Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Hosted by the Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee ev-ery Saturday and Sunday. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 26Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m.,

departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

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

Saturday Stories and Songs: Molly Moore, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Bricks 4 Kidz: LEGOs fun at the Library, 2 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Free library program for elementary age children from kin-dergarten through 5th grade. Space limited; registration required. Info: 215-8750.

Golfers competition for youth and adults, The Wee Course at Williams Creek, 2351 Dandridge Ave.

The Big Break Skills Challenge for ages 8-17, 10 a.m.; Two-Person Golf Scramble, 12:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded. Info: 546-5828.

“Second Glance,” a Rich Christiano fi lm starring David A.R. White as Daniel Burgess, 10:45 a.m., Grace Covenant Baptist Church, 9956 Dutchtown Road.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 26-27Harvey Broome Group – Backpack: Joyce

Kilmer Slickrock Wilderness, N.C. Rated moderate. To preregister: Rob Davis, 202-6661 or [email protected] (email preferred).

SUNDAY, JULY 27Franklin Monthly Old Harp Singing, 3 p.m.,

Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 210 N. Main St., Greeneville. Info/to confi rm: Jeff Farr, 423 639-8211.

“Stories in Every Jar,” free storytelling by members of the Smoky Mt. Storytellers, 3-5 p.m., Back Porch, 805 Parkway, Gatlinburg. Info: 429-1783 or www.smokymountaintellers.org.

MONDAY, JULY 28 Summer Family Programming: Children’s

Chores, 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heri-tage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

TUESDAY, JULY 29Einstein Simplifi ed Comedy Improv troop

performance, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall on Market Square. Free admission.

Summer Family Programming: Broom Mak-ing Demonstration (Tentative), 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

Library Online, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info/to register: 215-8700.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30 Summer Family Programming: Make a Quilt

Square, 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heri-tage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

Movie Party: “The Lego Movie” (PG, 100 min.), 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

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Tickets 122 or 4 season UT men's basketball tickets,

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UT vs OKLAHOMA GAME TICKETS, 15 seats together,

$300 ea. 580-695-1074.

Lost & Found 13Missing Older white

male Cat, neutered, w/light gray mixed in, long hair, dark gray blotch across nose. Very aloof. He probably hides during day time. Last seen several weeks ago at Parkside Dr., Kingston Pike area. Reward. 423-310-0572

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MARRIED COUPLE wants to adopt, any race/gender. Loving and caring home. Allowable expenses paid. Call 844-711-9590.

Homes 40CHEAP Houses For Sale

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1/2 acre. $57,500. Call 850-570-2201.

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West 40wOPEN HOUSE SUN JULY 20th, 1-5PM. Bridgewater Subd., comm. boat dock, 4BR, 3BA, bonus

room, dream gourmet kit., downstairs -

workshop, workout room/bedroom,

screened in sunroom, Appx. 3500 SF,

walking distance to Farragut Schools,

$369,900. 865-777-0294. ***Web ID# 436648***

Resort Rec. Prop. 48LOT IN CUMBER-

LAND MOUNTAIN RETREAT, Cross-ville TN. $2500 obo. 966-9280

Cemetery Lots 492 CEMETERY lots,

Smoky Mtn. Mem-ory Gardens, Pigeon Forge. $2000 for both/obo. 966-9280

2 GRAVE LOTS at New Gray Cem. on Western, lot 513, graves 1 & 2. $1500/bo. 865-237-4005.

4 CEMETERY Lots in Oak Ridge Mem.

Park, Garden of Christus, $2300 ea. or

$9000 for 4. 865-483-4944

CEMETERY PLOT for Sale in Sherwood Gardens, on Alcoa Hwy. Exc. Price, Only Cashier's check acctp. 865-637-2577

HIGHLAND MEM'L CEM Garden of the Last Supper, Lot #24A, spaces 3&4. $3300 for both. Save $1100+. 216-3950

MOVED, Companion Crypts. Sherwood

Memorial Gardens, Alcoa, bronze marker incl. $2250. 865-922-0448

Real Estate Wanted 50CA$H for your House! Cash Offer in 24 Hours

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Apts - Furn or Unfrn 70

$275+ WK. Furn. 3 /1. Extended Stay. Flxbl lease. by UT Hosp. 865-579-1514

Apts - Unfurnished 712 BR apt.

PRIVATE 2BR 1.5BA. $575. DETAILS AT

WestKnox.com

Apts - Furnished 72WALBROOK STUDIOS

251-3607 $140 weekly. Discount

avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic

Cable. No Lse.

Houses - Unfurnished 74NICE HOUSE on cul-

de-sac. Cedar Bluff area. Rancher. 3 bed, 1 - 1/2 bath. New baths, carpet, HVAC, windows. $1200/mo. 865-399-4760

Condo Rentals 76FTN CITY - 2 BR,

2BA, 1 car garage, no pets. $800/mo. $800 dep.

Doyle 254-9552

HALLS - 2 BR, 1.5BA, 1 car garage, no pets. $600/mo. $600 dep.

Doyle 254-9552

NEW CONDO. 2 BR, 2BA, 1 car garage, no pets. $800/mo. $800 dep. www.urbanparkvillas.com

Doyle 254-9552

Trucking Opportunities 106DRIVERS, CDL-A:

Home EVERY Week-end! ALL Loaded/ Empty Miles Paid!

Dedicated Southeast! Or Walk Away Lease,

No Money Down. 1-855-747-6426

DRIVERS: Money & Miles! New Excel-lent Pay Package, 100% Hands OFF Freight, Great Hometime, Monthly Bonus, 1 yr. OTR exp., No Hazmat 877-704-3773

Trucking Opportunities 106DRIVERS: Regional

& OTR. $1,000 plus per week + Benefit Pkg. 100% No Touch Freight. Weekly/Bi-Weekly HomeTime. CDL-A 1yr. OTR exp. 855-842-8498

Dogs 141German Shepherd Pups, AKC, 2 M, 2

F, vet ck, $500. 865-607-1878

***Web ID# 436245***

Goldendoodle/ Labradoodle Puppies!

Personal Pet Litter www.DoodlePuppiesForSale.com Mark & Nina 865-297-8944 ***Web ID# 436706***

GOLDEN DOODLE PUPPIES, F1B.

Parents & grandparent on prem. Dep. being taken. Ready Aug.

9th. 423-733-9252

LAB PUPS, AKC, black & yellow avail. $400. www.ledfordlabs. com 859-473-4055

***Web ID# 437125***

MINI SCHNAUZER PUPPIES, AKC salt & pepper.

931-742-0071 ***Web ID# 437984***

Mini Schnauzers, NKC, 6 wks, S/W, tails docked, dew claws. $400. 865-247-2427; 865-282-8211 ***Web ID# 438593***

PIT BULL PUPS, UKC reg., $400 nego. Call 423-625-9192

Pet Supplies 144A20-GAL AQUARIUM,

comes w/heater, pump, filter & vac. $35. 524-3590

Free Pets 145

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

Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official shelter for

Knoxville & Knox County.

Call 215-6599 or visit

knoxpets.org

Farmer’s Market 1501962 FORD 8N tractor,

rebuilt everything, w/new box blade, reduced to $3,000 from $5,000. 865-982-4681

WANT TO BUY Standing Saw Timber

865-984-4529

Farmer’s Market 150FORD 3600 Diesel

with power steering heavy duty 2 axle trl., 6 pcs of equp. $8000, 865-556-1134

Building Materials 1886 PIECES double

metal truss, 5 1/2" W x 26" H, 45' long.

Metal siding, 69 pcs, 28'x1 & 1/2"L. Alumagal. More info 865-803-3633.

Lawn-Garden Equip. 190JOHN DEERE 318

Hydrostatic, PS, 50" deck. $1800. Phone 865-257-8672

SCAG COMM. hydro drive walk behind 36" deck w / mulching kit, 16 HP, Kawa-saki eng. Only 64 hrs. Exc. cond. $4500. 423-526-0681

Machinery-Equip. 193753 BOBCAT 1997, 2550 hrs. Good Cond. & tires. $9900. Everything works. 865-475-1182

TV/Electronics 197PANASONIC 51"

multimedia, projection HDTV, 52LCX65-PT, w/stand, $200 966-9510

Music Instruments 198KURZWEIL MARK

10 Ensemble Grand Piano, orig. $7000+; $1000 cash. 931-239-1405

PIANO IN great cond. excited for

new owner to make beautiful music with it. $300. 865-546-9528

Household Furn. 2046 FT solid oak

computer desk with hutch, to many features to list. Over $1400 new, price, $675. 865-379-0303

or 865-919-8767.

Bed, Pillow top mattress set. Never used. $150. Can deliver. 404-587-0806

Full sz sofa bed, La-Z-Boy powered rocker recliner, Pier 1 chair swing w/stand & misc. side tables. $250-$10. 865-523-9482

LIFT CHAIR, elec., brown, with heat massage, $525. 865-323-8457

Solid Oak table, 48" pedestal, w/4 chairs, exc cond, $300 firm. $1200 new. 865-388-2926

Household Appliances 204a

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty 865-851-9053 2001 E. Magnolia Ave. KENMORE Washer & Dryer top of the line. Good cond. $425 Call Mary 865-588-8767

Hobbies 205************

CANNING JARS QTS, $2./DOZ. CALL 524-3590.

Collectibles 213027 Gauge Elec.

Trains, Trap Door Musket, German WWII

items, autographs, Swiss cuckoo clock. Gary 865-407-5340

RETIRING PASTOR Selling contents of library: sermons,

scripture, counseling. Price Negot. 865-556-7920

Coins 2142001, 2003, 2005 & 2007

silver proof sets $169.95. 1999-2006 mint sets P&D $89.95. 1990-1998 proof sets $74.95.

2011 silver proof set $69.95. Call Eddie at

692-3369.

Antiques 216ANTIQUE DINNING rm set, 6 chair, Queen

Ann legs, 2 china cab., 2 buffets. Milk glass coll. 12 pcs. of Embassy China. Red, Duncan Phyfe Couch

865-323-9012

Koker Barber chair, 1953, see to

appreciate, $1800 obo. 865-740-7000

Wanted To Buy 222VENDSTAR 3 slot

candy vend. mach. Also Vendstar parts & supplies.

865-654-0978

Sporting Goods 223TAYLOR Made Driver,

SLDR 10.5 degree, good cond. $250.

865-230-1120; 521-8000.

Boats Motors 2321987 Norriscraft, 90

HP Yamaha, new wiring & 2 fish finders. 16 ft. New seats & crpt. $3000/bo. 865-207-0797

MIRROCRAFT 18' Fish /n Ski 2005 140 HP Johnson, 24V electronics, auto

cruise, convertible top, stored in covered lift, Tellico Lake. No trailer. Sacrifice due

to move. $4000. 865-408-0699

PROCRAFT, 1988, 90 HP motor & trlr w /brakes, spare tire, $1600. 865-789-7514

REDUCED TO SELL 17 ft. Terry Sun Sport. Must see. $4800. Dan 865-705-1336

REGAL CRUISER 27' 1993, well maint. in

covered slip, low hrs. on 454 Mercruiser Bravo, new cockpit cover & elec. head, sleeps 6, $20,000 obo.

Call 865-312-1533. ***Web ID# 433188***

SEA DOO GTX 2006, 4 stroke, 3 seater, 155 hrs, 1 owner, $5000. 865-661-4484

SWITZERCRAFT 20' I/O drive, small block Chevy V8 350, ski & runabout. $5575. Details, 865-789-1995.

Campers 23527' TAHOE Travel

Trailer w/slide, great cond. $8000 or trade

for smlr. camper. Call for pics. 865-740-7146 NEW & PRE-OWNED

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Check Us Out At Northgaterv.com or call 865-681-3030

Campers 235HOLIDAY RAMBLER Alumnascape Suite,

2008 5th Wheel. Like new cond. 40'. 4 slides.

King bed. 2 H/Ps. FP, Cherry int. C/Vac. Too much to list.

$45k/b.o. 423-863-0299.

Motor Homes 2372000 PACE ARROW, 36',

2 slides, twin air & heat, W&D, sleeps 6, 23K mi, $35,000 obo. 865-850-9613

2003 Pace Arrow, Vortec 8100 gas eng., Allison trans., Workhorse chassis, 27K mi, 36', 2 slides, too many accessories to list. Also 2004 Honda CRV, 145K mi. Both units bought new. $43,900 for both. 423-494-7589; 865-377-3467

BRAND NEW NEVER USED

2014 Allegro Breeze (mfg by Tiffin) 32'

diesel pusher, 2 slides, 4 TVs, auto. awnings, refrig w/ice maker. Mfg warr + 5 year ext. warr. Must sell $169K. Mfg cost $206K.

865-577-1427

DUTCHMAN 1998 C-CLASS 31 ft., Ford

V10, 29,000 mi. Sleeps 7, leveling jack, new tires. Price reduced

to $17,000. 865-257-1554

Fleetwood Jamboree Searcher 2011

23' Class C, 11k mi, V8 AT, all good opt. Satellite dish, winter cover, wheel covers, new spare tire & carrier, new batteries (3) on

F350 Super Duty Ford. Every things works as it should $49,000 or payoff.

931-788-3755

GULFSTREAM Ford V10, Class C 2007, 2 slds, 30', only 5700 mi. Many upgrades. $39,900. 865-438-8680

ITASCA Navion K 2010, 24.5' Diesel, 1 slide incl. kit & couch, elec. awning

15,877 mi. Sleeps 5, $69,500. 865-376-7681.

Motorcycles 238BIG DOG Mystique

2004, 10th anniv. 107 cu. in, S&S Super Stock. Like new. 9000 mi. Yellow w/green flames, $9,000/obo. 423-312-8256

CAN AM Spyder RT 2011, exc. cond., Priced below book value. 865-258-3284.

Fat Boy, Hugger 883, 1997, 2335 mi., red, $4950. 1997, black, $8750. 865-740-3000

HD Heritage Soft tail custom 2005, 35K mi., must see to apprec. $8,500. 865-908-8855

Auto Leasing 251Subaru Forester 2010,

2.5X premium. 44,268, manual, $18,500. 610-657-7636

Autos Wanted 253

PAYING UP TO $600!!

FOR JUNK CARS And also Buying

Scrap Metal, Aluminum Wheels & Batteries. 865-208-9164

Utility Trailers 2555x8 TRAILER 2011,

exc. cond. Dbl door. Perf. tires, int. light. $995. 865-712-5543.

UTILITY TRAILERS All Sizes Available

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Vans 256Chrysl Town & Country

Van 2010, 28,182 mi, XT conversion pkg, Braun lowered floor conversion, $33,000. 423-634-3556 ask for Becky Drew

Trucks 257Chev Silverado 2009 HD

2500 Crew Cab, 4WD, Loaded, 45,500 mi, $26,500. 865-603-3405

CHEVY S10 1996, 2nd owner, 88k mi, Amer. mags, new tires, $5900. 865-556-3722

Dodge Cumming diesel 1989, D250, AT, PS, PB, new paint & uphol, $7500. 865-740-7000

FORD F150 XLT 2008, V6, AT, pwr., 26K miles, Long bed, $11,500. 865-934-7796.

4 Wheel Drive 258JEEP TJ Wrangler

1999, 4L, 5 spd, soft top, RV tow bar, $7,000. 865-310-8850

Antiques Classics 2601930 FORD A Model

rumble seat coupe, fully restored orig. 865-250-7811

1978 OLDS REGENCY 98 Sedan, all orig., call

865-719-0368

CADILLAC COUPE DEVILLE, 1979, 51K mil., Make an offer, 865-539-6734

Corvette Convertible 1974, red w/blk top, only 45k, 350 eng. AT, $23,000. 423-721-5922

VW Thing 1974, yellow exc cond, gar. kept, less than 70K mi, $10,000 obo. 865-776-1332

Sport Utility 261HONDA PILOT 2011

touring, lthr., DVD, 43K mi., $22,900. Call 423-295-5393.

Nissan Murano 2007, SL AWD, V6, lthr int., Bose 6 CD chngr, $12,500. 865-661-8473

***Web ID# 436113***

Imports 262BMW 2013 328i Hardtop conv.

Like new. 9K mi. $31,500. 423-295-5393

BMW 325I 2002, blk/blk int., roof, loaded, 139K mil., $5,900; 865-970-2827

Honda Accord 2014, 400 mi, 4 dr EX, SR, camera, beautiful black finish, loaded. $26,995. 865-382-0365

HONDA ACCORD Coupe 2008, 69k mi, blue, exc. cond. $13,900/bo. 865-376-1040 ***Web ID# 434064***

HONDA ACCORD EX-L 2013, by orig.

owner, beautiful white orchid w/tan lthr., all avail opts. incl. navi. sys., still under warr. 865-966-3505; 363-3017.

Imports 262MERCEDES BENZ

2013 C300, 10K mi, black w/tan lthr, $23,900. 423-295-5393

MERCEDES Convertible, 450 SL, 1979, exc. cond. Always ga-raged. Soft & hard tops. 865-458-4399.

TOYOTA CAMRY 2003 LX, the car Dave Ramsey said to buy. Silver, 4 dr, 242,159 mi, runs great. $3300. Local. Stacy 270-860-0514.

***Web ID# 433645***

Sports 264CORVETTE 1989, new

eng. & 6 spd trans., blue, 2 removable hardtops, $9950 obo. 615-330-1375

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health & lifestyles

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has been recognized by the Tennessee Hospital Association for reducing the number of babies born electively between 37 and 39 weeks, thereby increasing their chances for better lifelong health.

Fort Sanders Regional received the recognition from the THA’s Tennessee Center for Patient Safety, along with fellow Covenant Health facilities Parkwest Medical Center, LeConte Medical Center, Method-ist Medical Center and Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System.

Fort Sanders Regional met the goal of decreasing the number of babies delivered electively be-tween 37 and 39 weeks gestation to 5 percent or less, and maintained the goal level for a minimum of six consecutive months. The hospi-tal was awarded a congratulatory banner to recognize their teams’ outstanding effort.

“This is vital for our patients and the quality of care we provide,” Bernie Hurst, di-rector of women’s services at Fort Sanders Regional, said. “We’ve had these standards in place at Regional for several years, so this highlights

the hard work of many.”The two-week wait dramatically

increases the chances for good

physical and developmental health of babies. It also allows for better health and safety of the mother. There is a greater risk of complica-tions associated with births prior to 39 weeks, and waiting until then allows for better growth and devel-opment of vital organs such as the brain, lungs and liver.

“Babies born too early are at risk for respiratory distress, jaun-dice, hypoglycemia and other con-ditions that require more medical care and put them at greater risk for death before their fi rst birth-day,” said Craig Becker, THA pres-ident. “That is why the work being done at these hospitals is so vitally important to all Tennesseans. Re-sults like these represent the com-bined efforts of every single pro-fessional at these hospitals, from the physicians and nursing staff to the board of trustees.”

Fort Sanders Regional is part of a statewide Healthy Tennessee Babies Are Worth the Wait initia-tive launched less than two years ago to increase awareness of the benefi ts of full-term delivery. In May 2012, nearly 16 percent of all Tennessee deliveries that oc-curred prior to 39 weeks gestation were considered elective. Today, that number has been reduced by almost 85 percent. Among other activities, the Covenant obstet-rics departments adopted a strict policy that prohibits early elective deliveries before 39 weeks unless

there is a clear medical risk to the mother or the baby.

For Fort Sanders Regional, as a high-risk pregnancy center, the recognition is further proof of the excellent care patients and new-born babies receive. At the hos-pital, mothers have the option of LDRP (labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum) rooms or a fully-staffed level II nursery for new-borns, which allows mothers to recuperate post-delivery and puts the baby in fully capable hands.

Also, with neonatologists, peri-natologists, obstetricians, a highly-certifi ed nursing staff and the abil-ity to transfer extreme cases to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital with-in minutes, Regional is able to ac-commodate any type of pregnancy.

“We have any and everything a new mother would want or need when delivering a baby,” Hurst said. “This recognition is just a small indication of the wonderful things going on here.”

“A healthy, full-term baby is al-ways worth the wait, and Covenant Health is proud to lead this effort to decrease the number of infants de-livered electively before 39 weeks,” said Jim VanderSteeg, Covenant Health executive vice president-hospital operations. “Two addition-al weeks may not seem like much time, but for an infant, it can mean the difference between complica-tions leading to lifelong health is-sues and a healthy and robust start.”

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Alex and Shana Beach welcomed their fi rst child, Gabriella Marian, on April 2 of this year at Fort

Sanders Regional Medical Center.

Delivering an experience a new mom expectsAs a nurse practitioner herself, Shana

Beach of Knoxville, 31, wanted state-of-the-art technology near her when she delivered her own fi rst child. She chose Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center because of its relationship to East Ten-nessee Children’s Hospital across the street.

“I had experience in a children’s hos-pital in Boston, and I wanted to be at a hospital that had easy access to a NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) just in case something went wrong,” Beach said.

But everything went smoothly on April 2, when Beach and her husband, Alex, welcomed Gabriella Marian. Af-ter about 13 hours of labor, Gabriella weighed 7 pounds, 1.8 ounces and was delivered in a normal, low-risk birth in a Fort Sanders LDRP (labor, delivery, re-covery room and postpartum).

The spacious rooms allow the mother and her family to stay in one location for the entire hospital stay.

“That was great,” Beach said. “We didn’t have to move anything and the room we were in was large. When I had a couple of visitors, there was plenty of room. My husband slept in a recliner chair and he was very comfortable.”

The fi rst six hours of labor were not pain-ful, Beach said. “I thought, ‘If this is labor I can do this,’ ” she said. “But at 8 o’clock I was starting to feel contractions in my back, and over the next two hours they got so se-vere.”

Beach had an epidural anesthetic and

Finding the right time to deliver

was able to rest for a while, and then her baby was born at 5:50 p.m. “She came out pink and screaming,” Beach said.

Throughout the birth experience, Beach said she was surrounded by many helpful hands at Fort Sanders.

“My husband was a great coach, he was

rubbing my back the whole time,” she said. “The nurse who helped deliver was incred-ible; she kind of coached me through every-thing. She knew her stuff and was very en-couraging and professional. Dr. (Caroline) Haney-Weaver is very smart and very en-couraging. I felt very comfortable with her.”

After the birth, even the housekeeping staff impressed her, Beach said. “They came in periodically to mop the fl oor,” she said. “Everything always felt clean, open and bright. Our room had a beauti-ful view of the Smoky Mountains.”

During her pregnancy, Beach took advantage of several classes at the “Ted-dy Bear University” at Fort Sanders, which offers dozens of courses to help get new parents ready for labor, delivery and newborn care.

Beach also had a lactation consultant visit her during her two days in the hos-pital.

“Twice, I had questions and they came quickly and answered them. Plus, I took a breast-feeding class and that was really helpful. My husband took it, too.”

After two nights at Fort Sanders, the new Beach family was ready to go home. “A pediatrician came and talked to us, and a discharge nurse came in to talk to us about basic baby care,” she said.

And even though she’s an experi-enced nurse herself, Beach said the in-formation was helpful.

“I know how babies happen in text-books and on paper, and I had (studied)

labor and delivery. But as a patient, it’s a whole new, scary, wonderful experience that I could not have prepared for at all.”

Beach said she would recommend Fort Sanders to anyone expecting a new baby.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better team,” she said.

Bernie Hurst

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a regional referral hospital where other facilities

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