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VOL. 5, NO. 44

OCTOBER 31, 2011

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By Suzanne Foree Neal

Greenways are popping up like mushrooms on a fall day through-out Farragut and surrounding communities. Now there’s a plan afoot to let users know where they are and where they’re going as they walk, run or bike from one municipality to another.

John Innes with User Friendly Maps is the man behind a plan to make area greenway signs con-form to one similar style.

“We’re a graphic arts agency and can design more than just maps,” he says. “Our business includes a lot of greenway work. We originally designed signs for Knoxville with dogwood blossoms in the background. As other cities expressed interest in having their own greenway designs, we adapt-ed so they could have what they wanted in the background.”

Knox County adopted an old emblem design from the past. In Farragut it’s an oak leaf cluster.

Parks and Leisure Services Di-rector Sue Stuhl says the town is in the process of replacing its old greenway signs with the new modular design. The new model is composed of parts, which means when something needs changing or updating, only part of the sign needs to be replaced. Innes says being able to replace only part of a sign means the remainder will still be good for a long time to come. That also saves money.

Farragut ordered 200 signs at a cost of just more than $6,000 with an additional $3,000 for design and hardware for installation, including posts and vandal-proof nuts and bolts. Stuhl says the signs are gradually being replaced as weather allows, first on the four major greenways: Grigsby Chapel, Turkey Creek, Parkside and McFee for a combined length of approxi-mately 7 miles of asphalt green-way.

By Wendy Smith

Property owners who attend the annual Orchid Awards, presented by Keep Knoxville Beautiful, are hoping for a fl ower. But those who neglect their property may walk away with an onion, instead.

The 30th annual awards dinner was held last week at The Foundry. Bruce Wheeler, director emeritus of the Chancellor’s Honors Program at UT, was the keynote speaker. He ex-plained how Knoxville’s industrial boom in the late 19th century came with a price.

“We sacrifi ced beauty for profi t.”In 1947, a newspaper reporter de-

clared Knoxville the ugliest city in America. The comment resulted in a push to improve the city’s aesthet-ics during the 1950s. The Dogwood Arts Festival was established as part of the effort.

Wheeler used racing terminology to characterize how far the city has come.

“Knoxville is ‘winning in the turns’ as the place is turning around, from the edge of the city, to the very center of the city.”

Orchids promote beauty in businessCollege’s Magnolia campus, Todd Richesin Interiors, West Jackson Workshops and the Young-Williams Animal Village.

Three Butterfl y Awards recog-nizes properties that have ben-efi tted from extensive renovation. Winners were: the Carson con-dominiums, the Public Market at Turkey Creek and Thomas “Tank” Strickland Park.

One Evergreen Award recognizes a past Orchid Award winner that has continued to enhance the com-munity. Stanley’s Greenhouses and Plant Farm took that prize.

Onions, according to master of ceremonies Robin Wilhoit, cause irritation and a stinging sensa-tion to the eyes. Four properties were given the status of “onion” for the long-term lack of attention to beauty: Weeks Ambrose McDonald architects on Market Square, Knox Rail Salvage, the University Market and the Norfolk Southern railroad trestle over Loves Creek Road.

Nominations for Orchid awards are accepted year-round at www.keepknoxvillebeautiful.org/orchids.

The East Tennessee Community Design Center judged the nominees. Ten Orchid Awards were presented to recognize Knoxville and Knox County’s most beautiful commercial properties. Winners were: Bistro

by the Tracks restaurant, Cherokee Mills offi ce complex, Emory Place historic district, the Knoxville Sta-tion Transit Center, Montvue Place shopping center, Water’s Edge offi ce park, Pellissippi State Community

Chad Weth and Allison Teeters, right, of Keep Knoxville Beautiful, present a But-

terfl y Award to Charles Atchley, owner of the Public Market at Turkey Creek, and

Stephanie Hopson of R2R Studio, for renovating a blighted property. The award

was presented at the annual Orchid Awards dinner, which recognizes Knoxville

and Knox County’s most beautiful commercial properties. Photo by Wendy Smith

Connecting FarragutNew sign design to

link greenways

In addition, there is another 10-plus miles of shorter links that are part of a development or are seg-ments that have not been linked as yet, Stuhl says. As development

occurs, the numbers change.Innes says the greenway signs

were designed so that if you were looking at them from a distance, you would see a big green sign

with a large white letter “G” to designate a greenway. As you get closer, you begin to see the unique symbol for that municipality come into view. “It was inspired by parking signs,” Innes says of the design. “When you see a blue sign with the white letter ‘P’ you know what that means. We wanted something to announce the pres-ence of a greenway.”

He says the company found that people were driving past without realizing there was a greenway. One sign design indicates the be-ginning of a greenway. As users go along, signage changes to include maps to show distances to nearby locations with directional arrows. “We’ve designed a very practical system for greenway signs,” Innes says. “We simply design and let cities use their own staff and prac-tices to install the system. Any greenway can adapt this system.”

As Farragut adds links for green-ways, signage will be added or up-dated. Stuhl says the coordinating signage will alert users when they go from one community to anoth-er because the themed logo will change. “That’s especially good for bike riders,” she says. “Greenways can be confusing. When you see the ‘G’ you know you’re going in the right direction. The maps help give you your bearings.”

Farragut’s greenways get “huge use” says Stuhl. “There isn’t one that isn’t easy to get to, even along Parkside Drive.” With motels on both Parkside and Campbell Station Road, the Park Side and Grigsby Chapel greenways draw tourists wanting to stretch their legs after a long day’s drive.

“People know when they walk, run or bike on greenways they’re going to get exercise,” Innes says. “Studies have found that when greenways are placed in neigh-borhoods, they have more impact than even golf courses. Greenways have a draw from children to se-nior citizens. Everyone can enjoy greenways.”

Farragut Parks and Leisure Services Director Sue Stuhl shows off one of the

town’s new greenway signs with a map and directions. This one is behind Far-

ragut Commons at the start of the Grigsby Chapel greenway. Photo by S.F. Neal

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A-2 • OCTOBER 31, 2011 • FARRAGUT SHOPPER-NEWS community

‘Small Hidden Doors’Red Line Gallery in Farragut will host

“Small Hidden Doors,” a group invita-tional exploring the mysterious art of dream interpretation, 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. All are welcomed. Artwork by Charles Keiger, Elizabeth Foster, Fang Ling Lee, Lara Dann, Samuel Davis and Sarah Kaufman will be featured.

The work is curated by Lara Dann,

who quotes Carl Jung: “The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, which opens to that primeval cosmic night that was soul long before there was conscious ego and will be soul far beyond what a conscious ego could ever reach.”

Red Line Gallery is at 11519 Kings-ton Pike. Info: 288-0277 or www.redlinegallery.net/.

It seemed simple enough. Just replace a crumbling old retaining wall with a new one, but there’s that issue of being a few inches over the line.

That’s the problem fac-ing Terry Brown and Becky Macklin Brown when they replaced an old retaining wall with what they believed to be a sturdy concrete block upgrade. The property at 11421 Turkey Creek Road is divided by the roadway with a narrow strip on one side giving them lake ac-cess. They tore out the old railroad ties and started to install a new wall when they received a stop work order from the town of Farragut.

A previous owner re-ceived permission to build the retaining wall so the strip of land would be us-able. It was done at a time when the town had no ordi-nances regarding retaining walls. Not only is the new wall over the easement by several inches, but it’s also within the 10-foot setback requirement from the town’s right of way.

The owners came to the Farragut Board of Mayor and Alderman meeting Thursday seeking relief.

“It’s somewhat of an un-usual situation,” said Tom Hale, town attorney.

His wondered if the board granted the variance re-quest what would happen if the wall had to be moved for some reason, such as widen-ing the roadway or moving utility poles. The owners’ attorney, Stephen Irving, quickly answered. The own-ers will pay a bond to cover any costs. They have also

Retaining wall to hold its ground

agreed to top the wall with a highway guardrail for added safety for drivers.

“The wall is better than what was there,” said Irving. “The collapse of the old rail-road ties was a concern for some of the neighbors and for the Browns.”

The new wall design will not only be sturdier, but drainage across the prop-erty from Turkey Creek Road will be improved to prevent erosion. Irving said the Browns had hired a con-tractor to rebuild the wall. If the town would require the wall to comply with the 10-foot setback requirement, it would be in the water.

Town Engineer Darryl Smith found no fault in the construction techniques be-ing used for the wall after viewing photos of the par-tially completed project and some discussion with the Browns. The board granted the Browns a conditional easement but is requiring them to go before the board of zoning appeals to obtain a variance for the 10-foot setback requirement.

In other business the board:

Amended the Farragut ■zoning ordinance to defi ne “medical spa” as a permitted use in commercial and offi ce zoning districts as requested by Stacey Handel, owner of Garde Bien Spa Salon.

Amended the Farragut ■

Municipal Code to update the beer ordinance to refl ect current state law.

Approved $19,546.90 ■

for additional work to fi ll a void at the Farm at Wil-low Creek drainage project. Smith said contractor Blal-ock & Sons Inc. essentially had to put a “$20,000 cork” in a hole to fi ll it.

Adopted a revised ■

storm drainage policy that limits the town’s responsi-bility to public rights-of-way and public property. The town will not be respon-sible for the maintenance of stormwater and drainage features on private property nor within easements on private property.

Suspended issuance of ■

separate special event per-mits during the “Shop Far-ragut” program, from Nov. 5 to Jan. 14. This allows a two-week period before and after the “Shop Farragut” holiday (Nov. 19 to Dec. 31) to help brand the program. Places of worship are ex-cluded.

Approved a memoran- ■

dum of understanding be-tween the town and the Far-ragut Business Alliance. The FBA will take over responsi-bility for several economic development issues. The agreement is for fi ve years and the town will gradu-ally reduce its grant money to the FBA from $44,000 to $23,000 in hopes that it will generate its own revenue.

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proved an on-premise beer permit for Go Bananaz Cafe at 11151-D Kingston Pike, owner Kai J. Chia.

By Larry Van Guilder

County Commission has confi rmed Mayor Tim Bur-chett’s appointment of Lewis Cosby to the Public Building Authority’s board of direc-tors. Burchett could not have made a better choice.

Lewis Cosby

Lewis Cosby joins PBA

Years from now, thousands of local politicos will claim “they were there” in August 2007 when an ill-advised re-mark by former Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale trans-formed a retired CPA and business owner from con-cerned citizen to the county’s premier political watchdog. As Cosby concluded his pre-sentation to County Commis-sion about the problems with the mayor’s accounting prac-tices that afternoon, Rags-dale – sotto voce – muttered “showboat.”

It was Knox County’s ver-sion of the shot heard ’round the world. And while those of us sitting on press row were among the few to actually hear the mayor and witness Cosby’s justifi ably indignant

reaction, Ragsdale’s mouth-ing of the word was replayed (in slow motion, no less) to thousands on the local news later that evening.

Ragsdale gave Cosby fame which he had neither sought nor coveted, and in the pro-cess created a relentless crit-ic of the administration. But what was bad for the mayor was a boon for Knox County taxpayers. Cosby’s tireless probing alerted the public to such questionable practices as the mayor’s “hospitality fund” and pricey outings on the taxpayers’ dime.

But no one should mistake

Cosby’s expertise as an inde-pendent investigator as a sign that he lacks the skills and the spirit to cooperate with others. His service on the county’s Ethics Committee demonstrated clearly enough that he is a team player, a trait that he’ll bring to the PBA’s board. He also unself-ishly shared his time and his knowledge with this reporter and other media representa-tives as we struggled to un-tangle the skeins of the for-mer administration’s books.

“Lewis brings a wealth of experience to the table, in-cluding an extensive private-sector business background that will inform his actions on the PBA board. Without a doubt, he was the right choice for this most recent appoint-ment,” Burchett said. “In re-cent years, he has shown his willingness to hold govern-ment accountable, and I am confi dent that he will con-tinue to do just that.”

Cosby is the right man at the right moment. The PBA has grown exponentially since its establishment, and inevitably questions about its role and its reach have multiplied. As a member of the board, Cosby’s exper-tise will prove invaluable in answering those questions and helping to guide the or-ganization in a direction that provides the greatest benefi t to Knox County taxpayers.

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Employee retirement benefi ts were once again the only workshop item for the Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen before its Thursday meeting. While there’s some agreement, there’s still no clear consen-sus on the solution.

Town Administrator Da-vid Smoak prepared several charts. The fi rst offered hy-pothetical illustrations of what an employee might get if electing to participate in Social Security. Smoak said Social Security calculates payments based on a per-son’s last 35 years of employ-ment, which lowers the costs for Social Security as com-pared to how many other pension plans are calculated using fewer years of service.

For every year someone doesn’t work, Social Securi-ty counts that as $0 income, but it’s still averaged in with the number of years a per-son does work. If someone has a 10-year break from contributing to Social Secu-rity, the Windfall Elimina-tion Provision kicks in. That reduces eventual Social Se-curity benefi ts by 5 percent for each year that person is covered by another pension plan. Once a worker reaches 30 years of covered service under Social Security, WEP disappears.

Smoak calculated that someone who starts work-ing for the town and has continuous employment for 35 years would get a month-ly Social Security check of $1,593.04. The person who had that 10-year break from contributing to Social Secu-rity would get $1,117.88.

He also illustrated two employee lump sum retire-ment options. Option 1 is based on years of service and employees would get $500 or $1,000 times the number

FARRAGUT NOTESThe Community Church ■

in Tellico Village crafters

will host their annual

holiday craft and bake sale

9 a.m. to noon Saturday,

Nov. 12, at the church,

Highway 444 at Choto

Road. Proceeds will ben-

efit the Child Advocacy

Center, Good Samaritan

Center, Good Shepherd

Center, Habitat, scholar-

ships and many other

nonprofit organizations.

Knoxville Symphony ■

Youth Orchestra As-

sociation members

are gearing up for their

first performance of the

season at 7 p.m. Monday,

Nov. 14, at the Tennessee

Theatre. This free concert,

sponsored by UT Battelle,

will feature performances

from all five of the orches-

tras in the Association.

Info: 291-3310.

The Knox County Public ■

Library and UT’s College

of Health, Education and

Human Services are off er-

ing a class for parents to

help them guide children

through various kinds of

loss. “Navigating Loss:

Helping your child through

grief or change,” will be

off ered at the Farragut

Branch Library 10 a.m. to

noon Dec. 3. Info: 974-

3845. Registration: www.

knoxlib.org/griefworkshop.

Council of West Knox ■

County Homeowners will

meet 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tues-

day, Nov. 1, at Peace Lu-

theran Church, 621 Cedar

Bluff Road. Refreshments

will be available at 7:15.

Cub Scout Thomas Nagy tours the inside of a Rural/Metro

ambulance and receives safety information from Rural/

Metro fi rst responder Jeff Petress during the Knox County

Fall Fire Prevention Festival recently at the JCPenney in Tur-

key Creek. Photo submitted

David Smoak

Schooling on retirement plans

of years of service. Option 2 is based on either 1 percent or 2 percent of salary.

Alderman Ron Honken saw little difference between the two options. Option 2, he believes, takes into account an employee’s level of respon-sibility because it’s based on pay. “It’s fair and equitable to all staff,” he said.

Alderman Dot LaMarche disagreed. “I favor Option 1,” she said. “The people here the longest would get more money. It seems more fair and equal to all employees.”

Smoak said each option looks at years of service and weighs that in the calcula-tion. Those here the lon-gest will get more, he said. Honken opined that noth-ing about payroll is equal because people are paid at different rates for their sal-ary and vacation pay. “Equal is not fair,” he said. “Every-thing is based on salary and not on a fl at amount.”

Board members also re-viewed a chart on a supple-mental retirement plan giv-ing employees an option to contribute 2, 4 or 6 percent of their wages with a 100 percent match after four years of employment.

The town doesn’t contrib-ute to Social Security but has been putting 8 percent into a 401-A plan.

With the town now join-

ing Social Security, employ-ees will put in 4 percent with the town providing a 4 percent match. The town has budgeted a 4 percent contribution for all employ-ees no matter the length of service at a cost of $87,614. Employees who choose to join Social Security would also be able to participate in the supplemental plan and participate in the 401 plan if adopted. The supplemen-tal plan does have a four-year vesting period and then contributions would be based on experience and longevity.

Honken said the combi-nation of these plans would put Farragut staff in the top 10 percent in Tennessee if not the nation for retire-ment plans. “A 100 percent match is not common in re-tirement plans,” he said.

Smoak asked the board to study the proposals be-fore the Nov. 15 meeting where the subject will be revisited.

Safety fi rst

Making friendsArbor Terrace resident Beverly Dawson visits with adopt-

able pooch Beau and Humane Society executive assistant

Alysha Wise last week. The shelter recently started the vis-

its at Arbor Terrace to bring smiles and four-legged friend-

ship to the facility’s residents. For information on adopt-

ing Beau, call the shelter at 573-9675. Photo by S. Barrett

Mission of Hope Christmas Campaign

The 2011 Mission of Hope Christmas Campaign Blue Barrel Collection begins Friday, Nov. 18, and runs through Monday, Dec. 5. Collection barrels can be found at Chick-fi l-A, Food City, Home Federal Bank, Kmart, Sears, Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union and CVS/Caremark locations. To make donations, become a volunteer or for more infor-mation, call 584-7571, email [email protected] or visit www.missionofhope.org.

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Betty Bean

Welcome to a special Halloween edition of Mr. Answer Man’s answers to the questions that keep you up at night. Young children and people with heart conditions should avoid today’s session.

Q: Mr. Answer Man, I hear the school system is spending $750,000 to supply students with something called “isotonic water.” What is that? Could this be a Marxist plot to corrupt our chil-dren’s precious bodily fl uids? Sign me, “Scared.”

A: Dear Scared: You have every right to be frightened. Fittingly, “isotonic” is an English transliteration of Egyp-tian hieroglyphics discovered on the tomb of King Tut: iso, “costs a lot;” and tonic, “water with stuff added to it.” It’s fi tting because water was a scarce commodity in the Egyptian desert, and isotonic water was reserved for the Pharoahs.

Commissioner Tony Norman, who pursues Egyptology as a sideline, noted last week that, “Kids want a whole lot of things.” Norman added: “Just because they demand it doesn’t mean we have to supply it.”

School offi cials countered that they want to provide “attractive items students are interested in.” Besides, the markup is 250 percent, better than double the profi t realized by Egyptian traders during Tut’s reign.

But what will students “demand” next? Free bus rides? No school on Christmas Day? Who knows where this will end.

Q: Mr. Answer Man, maybe it’s just because Halloween is approaching, but I’m having a recurring nightmare about the county going back into business with a vendor some say owes taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Am I losing my mind?

A: You seem perfectly normal to me – it’s the county’s sanity that’s in question. Recently, Commissioner “Our” Larry Smith summed up his fears about the county’s contract with Nature’s Best Organics LLC, also known as “the same guys who operated Natural Resources Re-covery and got sued by Brad Mayes.” Smith said, “Guys, if we vote for this we have our heads in the sand. They screwed us once (and) they’ll try to do it again.”

With a nod to the supernatural, Norman described the situation as “a lawyer’s heaven (but) … our purgatory,” and said there was no recourse other than letting the courts sort it out.

“They’re tainted, and we shouldn’t be doing busi-ness with them,” Norman added, before voting for the contract.

Mr. Answer Man’s assessment: “The horror … the hor-ror.” (Thank you, Marlon Brando.)

Q: Last week Commissioner Sam McKenzie said he had a hard time justifying a 1.5 percent pay increase over a period of four years for county employees. What’s your take?

A: Mr. Answer Man’s sources tell us that County Mayor Tim Burchett and his staff, ever mindful of the Halloween season, arrived at the percentage by bobbing for apples. Chief of staff Dean Rice grabbed 1 1/2 Granny Smiths, and the rest is history. There is no truth to the scurrilous rumor that Commissioner Amy Broyles tried to slip a poisoned apple into the tub, which, by the way, was fi lled with isotonic water.

Anyway, if McKenzie worked for a print newspaper he wouldn’t have made such a silly observation.Contact Larry Van Guilder at [email protected].

Things that go ‘Huh?’in the night

A week from tomorrow night and it is over, this may-oral contest which started last summer (2010, not 2011) when Marilyn Roddy hosted fundraisers only to switch races once Jamie Woodson resigned as state senator.

Last week I was asked dur-ing a talk at the Farragut Ro-tary Club if Roddy had stayed in the race would it be a dif-ferent set of candidates in the current run off. This is a “what if” question to which the an-swer is only a speculation.

However, I think it is cer-tainly possible that would have been the case. There is no doubt Madeline Rogero was going to have a spot in the runoff or win it outright (only 16 votes short as it was). She has always been the per-son to beat and still is.

Mark Padgett was only a few votes ahead of Ivan Harmon. Roddy would have taken some Republican votes from Harmon and perhaps gotten some Padgett votes as well. Padgett and Harmon were neck and neck. Certain-

Tennessee Conservative Union chair Lloyd Daugh-erty lives in Karns and doesn’t usually mess in city politics, but the anonymous letter trashing mayoral can-didate Madeline Rogero and several prominent Republi-can supporters sucked him

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ly it is plausible that Roddy could have been in the same close mix. She had ample funding which she returned once she switched races. She had been running for more than a year.

Padgett and Harmon got 23 percent each so all Roddy had to do was win 24 percent and she would have been in the runoff. Now whether she would have defeated Rog-ero is another matter and my guess is not. However, I think that runoff would have been less negative than the current contest.

The more interesting ques-tion is what would have hap-pened had interim Mayor Daniel Brown decided to run for mayor. I am convinced he would have won a place in the runoff and probably faced

Rogero although his candida-cy would have taken votes off Rogero in the African-Ameri-can community. It also would have taken votes all across the city from people who have been impressed with the calm and deliberate manner in which he has led the city.

A runoff between Rogero and Brown could have been close.

If early voting averages 700 to 800 voters a day, about 9,000 people will vote early, which means the total city vote may reach 18,000, a few thousand more than the Sept. 27 primary. This is half the 33,000 who voted in 1987 when Randy Tyree and I faced off in a similar runoff. It is a shame so few people are voting and it argues strongly for changing the city elections to coincide with the state elections where turnout is much higher.

This election is generating a yawn from 80 percent of the registered voters.

The nasty, unsigned ■

letter attacking Rogero may

backfi re. People do not ap-preciate such tactics and are more informed than the au-thor of the mailer may think. It certainly will fi re up the Rogero base.

Mayor Brown has in-■

dicated he will make offi ce space available to the mayor-elect to run his/her transition offi ce between Nov. 8 and Dec. 17 when the new mayor takes offi ce. The winner will be invited to a seminar at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard to be held Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 for newly elected mayors of cities over 90,000. It is sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the JFK Institute of Politics and is a valuable source of information.

Vice Mayor Joe Bailey ■

and his family have moved recently from his home on Hillvale Turn West (previ-ously occupied by former County Commissioner Bee DeSelm) two blocks away to the corner of Kingston Pike and Oakhurst. His term on City Council ends Dec. 17.

Blowback:

Republicans for Rogero

Madeline Rogero and Tim Burchett at Hollerpalooza Photo byBetty Bean

enough for me.’ ”Daughterty said his

friends are furious over the attack on Rogero supporter Eddie Mannis, who is re-sponsible for the HonorAir fl ights that take World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., to see the monument to their service.

“That went over like a tofu turkey at a Baptist home-coming. One fellow told me that Mr. Mannis helped his older brother go to Wash-ington before he died. He said that letter made him sick. So if you talk to Made-line, tell her she didn’t know it and I didn’t know it but I’ve endorsed her.”

County Mayor Tim Bur-chett says he doesn’t get in-volved in city politics when asked if he has a favorite in the Rogero-Padgett race.

“But I’ll say this: We dis-agree about a lot of things, but she’s never lied to me. That’s more than I can say about a lot of people I know. And that letter? It’s just the death rattle of the old court-house crowd.”

Republican Executive Committee member Lynn Redmon is an unapologetic Rogero supporter:

“I care about neighbor-hoods. That’s why I’m for Rogero.”

Attorney Richard Beeler, who served as county law director when Rogero was a county commissioner, has GOP credentials that go back to Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign in the New Hampshire primary.

Gloria Johnson stands with supporter Harvey Boles. John-son, the Democratic Party nominee for the 6th District Tennessee state Senate seat and a teacher with Knox County Schools, was endorsed by the Tennessee Educa-tion Association and the Knox County Education Associa-tion last week. Photo by Betty Bean

KCEA and TEA endorse Johnson

into the maelstrom when he reported that eight of 15 TCU members who received the letter have decided to vote for Rogero.

When TV reporters called, he said that he dis-agrees with Rogero on many philosophical issues, but has always liked her personally.

That pulled him even deeper into the battle be-tween Rogero and Mark Padgett, who, like Rogero, is a Democrat, but who en-joys the support of several well-known Republicans, most notably losing mayoral candidate Ivan Harmon and Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones.

Later, Daugherty was in the doctor’s offi ce and was approached by one of the nurses.

“She said ‘Because you’ve endorsed Madeline, my friend and I have decided to vote for her. …’ I told her that I hadn’t really en-dorsed anybody, but I said Madeline’s honest and she’s smart and that’s who I’d be for if I were in the city. The lady said, ‘That’s good

“This is a nonpartisan race, and I am a conserva-tive Republican who thinks Madeline is the only can-didate who is actually pre-pared to be a really great mayor.

“I’ve actually worked with her, and the fi rst thing I look for in a candidate is

a mind. She’s brilliant, and she’s solid on policy discus-sions. She’s prepared.”

He said that the letter made him so mad he did something he rarely does in a city race:

“I wrote her one of the big-gest checks I’ve ever written a political candidate.”

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TimelineSince January, revo-

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Dr. Bob Cunningham

Discerning the Arab Spring

So, I drifted by the Dem-ocratic Club that meets on Bearden Hill last week to hear retired UT professor Bob Cunningham talk about the Arab Spring.

You know the Arab Spring. We just fi nished it, although one could argue it’s the Arab Era and we’re not done yet.

Cunningham discussed the populist uprisings in the Middle East in terms of the economy and what he called “old men and their fami-lies.”

Every country was im-pacted by the bad economy, even the oil producers, he said. Production was cut and workers were laid off. Even college educated young people could not fi nd work.

“There is a feeling that the system doesn’t work and an enthusiasm, especially by young people, to change it,” he said.

Cunningham traced family or military control back to the 1960s for most Middle Eastern countries and back to the 1920s for Jordan. There is pent-up pressure for regime change.

“Religious and ethnic mi-norities often do better with authoritarian rule. They get by because they are no threat.”

Cunningham, who lived and taught in Syria for three years, said minorities

have reason for concern as dictators are overthrown, especially those minorities such as the Sunnis in Iraq that have ruled over the majority Shiites.

Then he asked: Is Islam a threat to the United States’ way of life? He called Tur-key a “real hero in the Mid-dle East” as an example of a secular Islamic country.

By Betty Bean

County pension board m e m b e r Ed Shouse was taken by sur-prise when p o l i t i c o Robert M. “ M o s e ” L o b e t t i s h o w e d up on the

board’s September agenda to talk about his status un-der the Uniformed Offi cers Pension Plan. Lobetti has been asked to repay some $13,000 that was dis-tributed to him before he switched from the county’s Asset Accumulation Plan to the UOPP in 2007.

The UOPP is a defi ned benefi ts plan that was passed by referendum in 2007 and was sold to the public as a way to provide a decent retirement for law enforcement offi cers who risk their lives to ensure public safety. Lobetti, 82, is best known for his high profi le involvement in local political campaigns – most recently that of mayoral candidate Mark Padgett – and his connections to the family of John J. Duncan Sr., Jr. and III.

“When item No. 6 con-cerning Mose Lobetti came up, I said that I had known Mose for a long time and realized that he had been employed at the courthouse for many years, but I had always thought that he worked for the attorney general in the grand jury area and there-fore was actually employed by the state. I then asked how could he be a partici-pant of the UOPP. The re-sponse was that he was a ‘Court Offi cer’ and was on the payroll of the sheriff.

I asked if this was similar to a bailiff’s position and the answer was yes. As you know, bailiffs qualify for the UOPP,” Shouse said.

Lobetti’s attorney, Steve Sharp, did not return a telephone call when con-tacted for comment on this story, but pension board minutes for the September meeting refl ect that Sharp asked for a postpone-ment and requested that the board provide Lobetti with calculations “based on where he would stand if he had not transferred to the Uniformed Offi cers’ Pension Plan.”

Pension Board execu-tive director Kim Bennett told the board that Lobetti received payments (due to his age) from the Asset Ac-cumulation Plan in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 in the amount of $11,171.81. She said that Lobetti should have been given the option of repaying that money with interest or taking a reduced benefi t at that time. Instead, she said, “He fell through the cracks.”

“Either he needs to pay it back or his benefi t will be reduced,” Bennett said.

She explained that any-one receiving the UOPP must have 25 years service and be at least 50 years old to draw the pension.

Pension board attorney Richard Beeler confi rmed Bennett’s take on the Lo-betti matter:

“If he buys back that lost time, he will receive an increased benefi t when he offi cially retires under the UOPP.”

The matter was post-poned again in October and has been rescheduled for the November meeting.

Lobetti

Pay to play, says Pension BoardBoard wants $13K from Lobetti That’s the key it seems.

Don’t mix government and religion. Good advice for us all.

The Q-and-A was all over the map, reflecting both the audience’s en-gagement in the topic and the individuals’ need to have Cunningham hear their point of view.

“Technology is an ir-resistible force,” said one. With computers and cell-phones, dissidents can or-ganize.

What happens in Iraq when we leave?

“They can’t blame the Americans any more,” said Cunningham.

“The younger generation wants to participate, and that leads to optimism. … The military wants stability and often will trade growth for stability.

“It’s all mixed up with pieces that don’t fi t. It’s im-possible to predict (the out-come).”

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Educator founded UT’s religious

studies departmentBy Courtney Shea

Ralph V. Norman Jr., Ph.D., a Central High School graduate of the Class of 1951, is being induct-ed into the school’s Wall of Fame at the annual breakfast ceremony 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at the school. Dr. Norman is being rec-ognized for his career of scholarly accomplishments, especially as the founding head of the Depart-ment of Religious Studies at UT. As an educator and scholar, his activities and writings brought together themes and ideas from diverse disciplines.

Ralph V. Norman Jr. was 9 when his family moved to Foun-tain City. In 1942, Ralph V. Nor-man Sr., a sales manager for the tobacco firm of Brown and Wil-liamson, received a promotion and moved his family – wife Anna Lee, daughter Sara Jane and son Ralph Jr. – from John-son City to Fulton Road. Ralph liked the area, remembering Fountain City as somewhat dif-ferent from the rest of the com-munity. It was a harder for his sister, six years older, to make the transition from Johnson City at a time when many of the young men of her age were leav-ing school for the military. Ralph recalls Fountain City as an inter-esting crossroads, having a di-verse professional class with new families brought in by Oak Ridge and TVA as well as international visitors observing the results of the TVA social experiment. He attended first Fountain City Ele-mentary then traveled one block over to Central High.

Ralph enjoyed both academ-ics and activities at Central. He played in the band and was an enthusiastic member of the de-bate club. His junior year, the debate team reached the state finals, placing second.

During his junior year he also met and began dating a fresh-man student, Corne-lia “Connie” Shirley, whom he later married. His senior year, he and fellow debaters Ruth Bradfelt and Tom Un-derwood were asked to debate the welfare state. Rather than adopting the common-ly accepted position of opposing “creeping socialism,” the team was challenged by an older acquaintance to practice arguing an unfamiliar viewpoint in favor of socialism and communism. Their debate coach, Alberta Ailor, invoking the au-thority of the principal, firmly informed them that a debate team representing Central would not be advocat-ing communism in the 1951 competition.

The somewhat dispirited team did not fare well in competition that year, but Tom Underwood and Ralph would both become teachers who encouraged stu-dents to think and analyze for themselves. History teacher Nan-nie Lee Hicks gave him a solid grounding in the U.S. Constitu-tion. Ralph took Latin all four years at Central and his teacher, Pace Moore Johnston, helped ig-nite a strong interest in languages and ancient cultures, introducing him to writers such Virgil.

Ralph received a Bachelor of Arts from UT in 1954 with ma-jors in philosophy and English, then a master’s in philosophy in 1956. In 1955-56, he was ac-cepted as a Fulbright Scholar to Tubingen University in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. He also had the opportunity to attend in-formal English-language semi-nars conducted by famed Swiss theologian Karl Barth in Basel.

Dr. Ralph Norman, founding head of UT’s Department of Religious Studies, will be inducted into the Central High Wall of Fame on Saturday, Nov. 12. Photo submitted

Breakfast is Nov. 12The 10th annual Central

High School Wall of Fame breakfast is 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Central High commons. Other inductees include Charlotte Davis, Ed-die Mannis and the Rev. Billy Wallace. Tickets are available at the school offi ce or by call-ing 922-5433.

Norman to be inducted to Central High Wall of Fame

He then studied at Yale where Connie became director of the Yale University Divinity Nursery School. In 1961, having obtained his divinity degree and a second master’s, Ralph completed his doctorate in philosophical the-ology. Five degrees in 10 years reflect the profound love of aca-demia and scholarship which have marked his career.

In 1961, Ralph and his fam-ily left Yale for a position at Mi-ami University in Oxford, Ohio, as an assistant then associate professor in the departments of philosophy and religion. In 1966, UT recruited him to begin a Department of Religious Stud-ies. He accepted the challenge which provided the opportunity to cross-fertilize between differ-ent disciplines and departments.

Another opportunity to en-courage interdisciplinary schol-arship arose when Vanderbilt University decided to cease spon-sorship of Soundings, a journal

university, he was unable to per-suade former athletic director Doug Dickey to include croquet as a university sport. Among his honors are the Chancellor’s Cita-tion for Extraordinary Service to the University (2003) and the University Studies Award for Distinguished Service (2002).

Dr. Norman’s interests in hu-manities and the arts extend beyond academics. He chaired the Tennessee Committee for the Humanities and served on the board of the Knoxville Op-era Guild. He has combined his love of croquet with community service through croquet tour-naments benefitting the Opera Guild and the High Country Women’s Fund in Avery County, N.C. He has been involved in arts councils for the city of Knoxville and the state of Tennessee.

Connie and Ralph raised two children, son Stephen and daughter Emily. Knoxville is home to Emily and her husband, David Cox, and children, Jona-than and Caroline. Son Stephen passed away in 2000.

Connie passed away in 2007. Now retired, Ralph Norman di-vides his time between Knox-ville, Blowing Rock, N.C., and Key Largo, Fla. He met his new wife, Linda, in Blowing Rock and has enjoyed introducing her to competition croquet. A native of Albany, N.Y., Linda Lillo Nor-man has also enjoyed being in-troduced to Knoxville’s version of Southern culture.

devoted to interdisci-plinary writings in the humanities. Dr. Nor-man advocated for UT to become the publish-er and he served as edi-tor from 1985 through 2000.

“Seek Simplicity and Distrust It,” a quota-tion from philosopher Alfred North White-head, became the pur-pose statement for the journal. Peruse a few of Dr. Norman’s intro-ductory essays in this journal and hold your hat for a rollercoaster of writing, threading together ideas and in-terlacing themes in subjects as diverse as Satchel Paige and Or-pheus. His editing dis-plays a willingness to take on profound ques-tions, with the room to consider contradictory answers. His writings

include “Community in America” with Charles Reynolds.

In 1971, Dr. Norman became the associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts then moved into the university administration as Associate Vice Chancellor then Vice-Provost. He oversaw the de-velopment of a faculty exchange program in American Studies with Bonn University, as well as participation Bonn’s Transatlan-tic Summer Academy on Europe-an Integration. In 1991 and 1996, he served as a guest professor in Bonn’s North American Studies Program. His office oversaw the development of UT’s Normandy Scholars Program, allowing se-lect students from UT to explore different aspects of the 1944 al-lied invasion of Normandy.

Ralph developed lighter inter-ests as well, including an interest in croquet, the formal game in which participants are expected to wear white. Despite his po-sitions of influence within the


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I was meant to be an October baby, a fact no one pointed out to me while I lay curled up, warm and cozy and protected in my mother’s tummy. For three weeks past her due date, I lazed around, getting fat, quite unconcerned with cal-endars. Then, on Halloween night, I decided it was time to make my debut, and Dad-dy drove Mother to the hos-pital. (I have never until this moment thought to wonder if my brother got to go trick-or-treating that night!)

Even at the hospital, still reluctant to leave the secu-rity of the womb, I procras-tinated further and did not draw my fi rst breath in this world until late afternoon, the next day. So I missed Oc-tober altogether that year.

But nowadays when I see the blue October skies, the air so clear I can see every leaf, and the leaves them-selves a riot of color, my heart sings, and I know it is true.

I am a child of October.Years later, when I was

a student at UT, my sopho-more English professor was of English descent. I think of him every year at this time, not because of all the wonderful things he taught me, nor his dry British hu-mor, or the twinkle in his eyes, but because he spoke of Keats’ “Ode to Autumn” with such reverence.

Every October I take out my textbook, “World Mas-terpieces,” and reread not only Keats’ poem, but also the notes I wrote in the mar-gins of the page. I can still hear Dr. Sanders saying, “This is the perfect poem. This poem doesn’t say some-thing; it is what it says.”

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My ode to autumnFor before the harvest, when the blossom is over

and the fl ower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the shoots with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches he will hew away. (Isaiah 18: 5 NRSV)

Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they?

Think not of them, thou hast thy music too. …(“Ode to Autumn,” stanza 3, John Keats, 1819)

pointed out the perfection of the brief moment captured in the poem, a moment that is balanced in perfect ma-turity: ripeness, suspended between growth and decay.

He waxed eloquent also about the perfection of the arrangement of words: the three stanzas (three being a perfect number: beginning, middle, end), and the fact that all the senses get drawn into play. The fi rst stanza, he noted, is all about taste, touch and smell. The second deals with sight, and the third is devoted to sounds.

Rereading that poem re-minds me to taste and touch and smell autumn in all its glory, as well as to see it. Keats nudges me: turns my face to look, to savor, to lis-ten, to breathe.

I am so grateful to live here, in this place, with four distinct seasons, with the turning of the year painted in gold and amber and scar-let, with the quiet brook ly-ing at the back of my mead-ow, and the sky so blue it hurts my heart.

I am so blessed to have eyes to see, ears to hear, a mind to wonder, and a soul to give thanks.

Happy autumn!

Upcoming at Jubilee Community ArtsTraditional Appalachian dance with Allison Williams ■

at 7:30 p.m. each second Thursday at the Laurel Theater. Tickets are $7 ($5 for students and JCA members). Knox-ville Square Dance, 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10.

Robert Belfour in concert, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. ■

The Revelers, 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18. ■

Thanksgiving singing, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. ■23, sponsored by JCA and Epworth Old Harp.

Kendal Rogers & Brad Battey, 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. ■28.

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By Greg Householder

The Powell Playhouse will present its second produc-tion, “The Night is My En-emy” by Fred Carmichael, this week. The fi rst perfor-mance is Thursday, Nov. 3.

Suspense and terror are interwoven with humor to provide a thrilling evening. Set in 1900, the play takes place in a large house on the British coast.

The story revolves around Roane Shepperley, a blind girl, and her change from a girl into a woman.

An accidental death is proved to be murder and it becomes obvious that a ma-niac is intent upon getting rid of those who are imper-fect, making Roane the next victim.

An attempt on her life reveals the murderer to the audience but not to Roane. Slowly but surely all those in the house are taken care of until Roane faces the mur-derer alone – a blind girl versus an unbalanced killer.

The production is direct-ed by Nita Buell Black.

Cast members are: Elizabeth Eaker as Roane, Christy Davis-Rutherford as Tessie, Jean Weeden as Margaret, Hunter Long

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Fall means Dr. Carvenstein, too! Dr. Carvenstein (aka Ken Clayton) carves up a pumpkin at the

Norwood United Methodist Church fall festival on Oct. 22.

“That’s a lot of seeds for a little pumpkin!” he said as he kept

pulling them out. Photo by Jake Mabe

gifts. Messiah Youth will off er

a continental breakfast 9 to

10:30 a.m. and a complete

sandwich lunch for $5 from

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. There

will also be a silent auction.

Proceeds from the gift exhibi-

tion will benefi t Compassion

Coalition and Mobile Meals.

MissionsTrinity UMC ■ , 5613 Western

Ave., will host WHY & Rescue

Ministries in a talk about

the Philippines, mission trip

possibilities and more at

7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in

the Parlor/Logos room. The

public is welcome. Info: Tonya

Jelf, 357-6134.

Special ServicesFirst Cumberland Pres- ■

byterian Church, 6900

Nubbin Ridge, will begin a

new contemporary worship

service. “A Night of Praise

and Worship” will be held 6

p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. Nursery

provided.

Grace Covenant Baptist ■

Church, 9956 Dutchtown

Road, will host a four-week

sermon and curriculum series

led by Dr. Alan Smith through

Nov. 13 during the morn-

ing worship services and

Wednesday evenings called,

“It’s a New Day for Financial

Freedom.”

The Laurel Church of ■

Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike (at

Cherokee Blvd), will hold its

100th anniversary celebra-

tion Sunday, Nov. 6. Dr. Jerry

Rushford from Pepperdine

University in California will

share his research into the

origin and inspiration of

the old English hymns at 9

a.m.; Mark Smith will speak

during the 10:15 a.m. worship

service and an old fashioned

singing will begin at 3 p.m.

Info: www.laurelcc.org.

as Tommy, Pepper Boone as Hester, Judy Morris as Augusta, Devin Harvey as Gerald, Jeff Carter as Ora, Ray Weeden as Hubert and Chuck Denney as Rodney.

Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 3-5, with a matinee performance at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6.

All performances are at the Jubilee Banquet Facility off Callahan Road.

Tickets for “The Night is My Enemy” are $10 and may be reserved by contacting Mona Napier at 947-7428.


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6612 STONEMILL DRIVE. $939,000. Truly a rare fi nd! Completely reno-vated 1-level in idyllic se� ing in Old Westmoreland. Large family/living room w/vaulted ceiling opening to covered porch that overlooks sprawl-ing backyard. Study w/built-ins, gourmet kit w/gas cook top, SubZero & abundant granite work space. 2nd FR, large laundry, 2nd laundry area. Master entered from private hallway that opens to your own oasis featur-ing plenty of natural light. Salon-size closet, master BA w/his/her sinks, soaking tub, dual-head shower & private workout room or study.

6501 ORCHARD DRIVE. $1,299,000. Prime private location in Old West-moreland. 1935 home on 1+acres going through complete re-model. Buyer’s opportunity to appreciate all of the charm & character that an older home has to off er while enjoy-ing the conveniences & technologies of today’s modern & effi cient homes.

1132 Scenic Drive. $399,000. Lovely brick home perfectly placed on prestifi ous Scenic Dr. Walk to the park or take a run on Cherokee Blvd. Newly fi nished basement, rec room. Beautiful hardwoods, new-ly updated baths, plenty of space to enjoy family. 4BR/3BA. Large fl at fenced-in yard, great outdoor patio. The perfect place to spend fall.

2505 Chimney Rock Lane. $209,000. Beautiful new construction. Open fl oor plan with a lovely kitchen. Stainless appliances, real hard-woods, tons of storage and fabulous fi nishes. Main level offi ce. A great location completes the package.Welcome home!

5809 Martin Mill Pike. $769,000. The Double E Farm provides almost 30 rolling acres of natural & untouched beauty. Exceptional property in a truly serene rural se� ing yet moments away from the amenities one looks for. Completely renovated, move-in-ready farm house featuring geo-ther-mal energy system. Well, Kinetico water so� ener and drinking water sys. High ceils, lrg rooms, updated kit w/granite tops, main level master w/whirlpool tub & W/I shwr. Gorgeous decking perfect for entertaining.

1708 Vander Ridge Lane. $635,000. Fabulous 2.5 sty on 2.80 acre lot in heart of highly sought-a� er Wheaton Place within Lyons Bend. Com-pletely re-modeled. Eat-in kit w/granite tops & 7 gourmet appliances opening to FR & spectacular views of pool, deck & grilling area. Formal DR, main level BR & BA, spacious offi ce, private bonus rm & BA. Lrg second level master w/reading area overlooking tree top views. Third level w/708SF rounds out this spacious home w/addtl BR & offi ce.

3403 Lake View Drive. $824,000. Completely re-modeled w/stately pres-ence above Lake View Dr. providing privacy, seclusion & expansive view of Ft. Loudon Lake. Main level master w/16x14 area that would be ideal dressing rm, potential for 2nd BR on main w/private BA, wet bar, main level offi ce, formal LR w/lovely marble FP & bay window overlooking lake. Gourmet kit & keeping rm opening to formal DR & cozy library w/vaulted bead board ceil. Massive fl r to ceil lodge FP & doors opening to front patio.

2134 Sco� Lane. $1,199,000. Imagine coming home to over 9.5 acres of to-tal privacy, yet mins from all the amenities of West Knoxville. Beautifully re-modeled in private enclave of Winfi eld Estates. Stunning kitchen, large great rm w/grand stone FP, glassed sunroom, lrg FR, formal DR and LR.

7347 Bellingham. $864,000. Just beautiful! Robert Dew Const. Relaxed el-egance features hdwds, huge master on main w/luxury BA & lrg closet. Coff ered ceils, custom trim, gourmet kit w/2 pantries. Library/offi ce on main. Bsmnt features heated African slate tile, full bar, dressing rm, spa BA & steam shwr. Irrigation, mahogony doors, sur snd, grt strg & prestigious Sherwood Oaks location! Simply too many features to list.

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Amelia Dmowska let her imagination take fl ight and it landed her an achieve-ment award for writing.

The Farragut High School senior has received the Na-tional Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award in Writing for 2011, one of 520 students nation-wide to receive the recog-nition. She was nominated by her English teacher, Dr. Hunter Brimi.

Amelia, the daughter of Wojciech and Marta Dmowska, was judged on a short story of her own mak-ing and a timed piece she wrote in class. From among a list of essay topics for the timed piece, she chose to write about how books help shape our understanding of the world.

Books, she says, are like windows on the world that infl uence our perceptions of what’s around us. She

Refl ections on childhood wins writing award

Amelia Dmowska says her love

of books has helped her be a

better writer. She has won na-

tional accolades for her writing.

Photo by S.F. Neal

drew on her own experi-ence for her short story based on childhood and how we “perceive it as sort of a fantasy dream until we grow into adulthood.”

“We don’t remember or we exaggerate parts of childhood, so I compared it to a dream,” she explains. “I’m in a stage of my life where I’m maturing into adulthood, at a stage where everything is getting so

real. When I think about childhood, it wasn’t the real world, but I think about how we have to retain that innocence and see the best of the world even as we face realities of life.”

Amelia isn’t ready to abandon all those child-hood elements and still wants to retain a sense of imagination and creativity, but realizes she has to be-gin functioning as an adult. While she’s “sad” childhood is ending, she’s also excited to experience independence as she heads off to college. “I have to be in charge of my own life and participate in life,” she says.

Amelia’s already taking steps toward her future as a participant in the Science Academy at UT where she works with a mentor help-ing with experiments and learning about scientifi c re-search. She’s in the animal science department, which

is researching the effects of low-dose radiation.

Although she’s more in-terested in science, Amelia thinks writing is an essen-tial part of any job. Even scientists have to write ab-stracts, research papers and books. She hopes to study neuroscience, behavioral sciences and molecular bi-ology. “You can discover things about the world and bring in your perspective to science,” she says. “When you’re exposed to new things in science it broad-ens your perspective.”

Her favorite book is “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a Colombian writer. She’s reading William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury” in English class and enjoys it. Writing can help you es-cape the world or get you to refl ect on it, she says, and being an avid reader helps her be a better writer.

Lauren Ramos, a 7th grader at St. John Neu-mann Catholic School, created the winning de-sign in the fi fth annual Mustang Spirit Shirt De-sign Contest.

The school’s Mustang Cheerleaders sponsored the contest which drew 34 creative designs from students from all grades. Each participant received a ticket for one free bag of popcorn and one free admission to any of the school’s sporting events.

Long or short sleeve versions of the shirt may be ordered through the school offi ce until Novem-ber. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to Catholic Charities of East Tennessee.

Ramos wins school design contest

Lauren Ramos Photo submit-ted

Info: 777-0077 or email SJNCS cheer-leading sponsor Karen Theodore at [email protected].

League championsSacred Heart Cathedral School girls’ soccer team recently won the City-County championship. This was their second year to go unde-

feated. Pictured after the win are: (front) Caroline Wilson, Erica Patterson, Jasmine Rizk, Emily Camfi eld, Keeley Longoria, Natalie Eiler-

man; (back) coach Dr. Walt Zibas, Carter Anderson, Paige Merry, Alyson Dorsten, Renee Semaan, Anya Wegryn, Laura Patterson, Luna

Luna, Camille Mancini, Cheyenne Quinones and coach Mick Ingram. Photo submitted

SPORTS NOTES14U fastpitch softball ■ tryouts

for Cherokee Academy, 11 a.m.

to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 at

Willow Creek park. Info: Josh,

257-5356.

A Golf Fundraiser to Benefi t ■

Knoxville Free Food Market

will be held 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 14, at Beaver

Brook Country Club. Cost is

$25 for 18 holes and golf cart

rental. A $10 donation from

each admission goes to char-

ity. Info: 689-4479.

Baseball tryouts ■ for Team

Octane 10U spring 2012, 938-

7662 or 815-245-6177.

Baseball tryouts ■ for The Heat

11 and 12U spring 2012, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 10, Halls Com-

munity Park. Info: 250-3983.

Baseball tournament ■ , Tee

ball and 6U coach pitch and

8U-14U, Saturday and Sunday,

Nov. 5-6, Halls Community

Park. Info: 992-5504 or email

[email protected].

Baseball tournament ■ , Tee

ball and 6U coach pitch and

8U-14U, Saturday and Sunday,

Nov. 12-13, Halls Community

Park. Info: 992-5504 or email

[email protected].

Eagle Talon Wrestling Club ■ ,

grades K-8. Informational

meeting in November. Info:

coach Bill Smith, 385-1840 or

email [email protected].

Jack-N-Jill Children’s Boutique If you have a

child on your

shopping list

for any reason,

whether it’s

birthday, holiday,

school clothes,

party clothes

or just time for

something really,

really cute, Jack-

N-Jill Children’s

Boutique, the

newest member

of The District In

Bearden, is the

place to go. Located in The Village Square at 5201 Kingston Pike

and owned by Perry Purvis, the store is jam-packed with new and

consignment items for children. From hair ribbons to tutus, you

won’t want to miss it. Store hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday

through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Info: 951-0186.


Financial Focus

WendySchopp

Late fall marks the beginning of the holiday season, which probably means that you’ll have a lot going on over the next couple of months. However, busy as you are, you’ll want to take the time to review your employee benefi ts package, since November also is a popular month for employers to offer open enrollment. And the decisions you make now

could have a big impact on your fi nancial outlook for years to come.

So, if you are in an open enrollment period, here are some steps you may want to take:

Boost your 401(k) contributions. ■It’s almost always a good idea to put in as much as you can, up to the contri-bution limit, in your 401(k) or similar retirement plan. After all, you typi-cally contribute pre-tax dollars, so the more you put in, the lower your taxable income. Also, your money can grow on a tax-deferred basis, which means it has the potential to grow faster than an in-vestment for which you paid taxes every year. At the very least, contribute enough to earn your employer’s match, if one is offered. For example, if you work for an organization that will match 50 percent of everything you put in up to, say, 6 percent of your salary, then you should contribute 6 percent of your salary – which is like getting a three percent raise.

Rebalance your 401(k) portfolio. ■You may have a dozen or more invest-ment options in your 401(k). Ideally, you’ll want to spread your money among these options in a way that’s appropri-ate for your risk tolerance, time horizon and long-term goals. But over time, your

401(k) portfolio can become “unbal-anced,” even if you made no changes. For example, if you’ve invested in a couple of aggressive-growth accounts, and these accounts have gained signifi cantly in val-ue, they may now be taking up a greater percentage of your portfolio than you had originally intended, exposing you to more risk than you’d like. Consequently, if your plan doesn’t offer an automatic rebalance option, you may need to rebal-ance your portfolio by moving some of your assets into less aggressive vehicles.

Be cautious about adding company ■stock. You may be loyal to your employ-er, but try not to hold too much company stock in your 401(k). After all, your com-pany, like all businesses, may go through ups and downs, and if your portfolio is dominated by this single stock, you may experience considerable volatility. And if your company matches your 401(k) contributions with its own stock, you may want to invest all your own money in vehicles other than company stock.

Take all the insurance that’s offered. ■Typically, when employers offer life insur-ance as a benefi t, it’s at little or no cost to you, so you’ll probably want to take all that’s offered. However, this amount may still be less than what you really need to fully protect your family, so you may well need to purchase an individual policy to supplement your employer’s coverage. And always be aware if your employer reduces or eliminates the insurance that’s offered as an employee benefi t, because you’ll then need to adjust the policy that you’ve bought outside work.

You can review and improve your fi -nancial picture during open enrollment – so take advantage of this opportunity.

For more information on investing, contact Wendy Schopp at Edward Jones Investments, 671-1318.

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Optimism is linked to good health. Encouragement is wherever you fi nd it. For-tunes are rooted in the power of positive thinking.

Sometime soon those still wearing orange sunglasses will stop looking back at the wreckage of what might have been and switch their focus to bowl eligibility. Six victo-ries open the door to one of the many minor bowls. Go Vols! Give us six!

Nipping Middle Tennes-see State will be a giant step forward. After that comes an inconvenient trip to Arkan-sas and then the old faithfuls, Vandy and Kentucky. Push hard, men. End this season with a bang!

Ah yes, Johnny Majors had it right, people remem-ber what you do in Novem-ber. And December. Last year, Tennessee and the of-fi cials found a way for North Carolina to prevail in the lovely Music City Bowl. OK, so it required overtime. And

Time to focus on bowl eligibility

Marvin West

Tyler Bray didn’t notice the Tar Heel linebacker.

If going to Nashville leaves something to be desired, there are several other poten-tial destinations with excit-ing settings. Boise. Mobile. Albuquerque. Shreveport. Any one would be a genuine adventure for Dave Hart, new athletic director. The bulk of his experience has been in tandem with the big boys.

At about this stage of the discussion, some dull cynic will ask, “Why bother?”

There are valid reasons to covet minor bowl invitations. Some donors don’t want to go which reduces university losses on the guest list.

Coaches are in favor of

all bowl invitations. They receive extra pay. Bonus is a key word in all Mike Hamil-ton contracts.

Players like bowl bids. They receive funds for indi-vidual travel, then pool or hitch rides and pocket prof-its. They also receive bowl gifts, watches, cameras, iP-ods. Some work.

Fans, richly blessed, ap-plaud bowl opportunities. Bowl trips make memories. Good neighbor Carl was nev-er able to forget the Garden State Bowl, 28-21 over Wis-consin on Dec. 13, 1981. Steve Alatorre was MVP.

Even minor bowls are important. They are status symbols. Well, sort of. They are rewards for not losing seven or more games. They supposedly create good feel-ings about the future. We will defi nitely get ’em next year.

Young players who are now just watching get extra prac-tice opportunities. No doubt you noticed widespread im-

provement generated by the additional workouts of last December.

Bowl bids are recruiting tools. If prospects feed on history lessons, we can offer a thick book. Tennessee has been bowling 49 times. In the offi cial 2011 brochure, it says the Volunteers tradition-ally provide an exciting bowl spectacle with high-powered offense and grudging de-fense. How about that!

It is a splendid idea for Tennessee fans to look ahead boldly to bowl eligibility. Soon and very soon, let us cheer that accomplishment, no matter where it leads.

The alternative, missing out, is simply not acceptable. Staying home by the fi reside, no matter how large is your TV screen, is absolutely aw-ful during bowl season.

Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected].

Pumpkins on Parade

Farragut Intermediate

School 5th grader Mat-

thew Graham decorated

his pumpkin to resemble

Abraham Lincoln after

reading the book “Killing

Lincoln.” Matthew’s teach-

er, Antoinette Williams,

said her class will vote

and awards will be given

including best pumpkin

and funniest pumpkin.

Farragut Intermediate School 5th graders Luke Rainey,

Hunter Calbaugh and Jon Buell compare pumpkins last Fri-

day during “Pumpkins on Parade.” Characters from “Percy

Jackson,” “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and “Avatar” were infl u-

ences for their works of pumpkin art. Photos by S. Barrett

Farragut Intermediate School

student Lygia Karagilzis based

her pumpkin’s design on the

character from the book “Call-

ing Doctor Amelia Bedelia.”

Farragut Intermediate School 5th

grader Sam Liske was inspired by

Katniss Everdeen from the book

“Hunger Games.” “She’s one of the

‘good guys,’ ” he said.

SCHOOL NOTES

Karns HighGlee Club ■ is forming and audi-

tions are underway. Applicants

must prepare a short song to

sing and be ready to perform

a short dance routine to be

learned at audition, set for

Tuesday, Nov. 1, after school in

the auditorium.

Spring Musical ■ : Auditions

for “Oklahoma!” will be held

3:45 until 5:15 p.m. Wednesday

through Friday, Nov. 2-4, Sign

up on the theater door for

Wednesday or Thursday after-

noon; Friday is reserved for call

backs. Techies are needed to

do lights, build props, move

sets, etc. Info: Caryn Marlowe.

Hardin Valley Academy

Hip Hop Dance Club ■ meets af-

ter school on Wednesdays and

Fridays in front of the library.

It’s a fun club for students to

learn how to dance or show off

dance moves. “We can teach

you street dancing, modern

dance, break dancing, how to

jerk, the cat daddy, salsa and

more.”

Race for the Cure ■ : HVA put a

team in the 15th annual Komen

Knoxville Race for the Cure

held Saturday, Oct. 22.

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Free computer recycling at Goodwill

Why pay to recycle when you can do it for free? Resi-dents throughout Goodwill Industries-Knoxville Inc.’s 15-county service deliv-ery area are now able to recycle their computers and computer equipment free of charge. Goodwill Industries and Dell have teamed-up to offer the Reconnect program which will allow consumers to drop off their computers and computer equipment at any Goodwill Industries-

Knoxville retail location or attended donation center for recycling.

Even though Goodwill will not be reselling comput-ers in its stores, it is impor-tant to remember that it is each individual’s responsibil-ity to delete all private and personal information for their protection.

For more information regarding the Reconnect Program and/or to fi nd a computer recycling Goodwill location near you, visit www.reconnectpartnership.com or www.gwiktn.org.

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Wendy Smith

The Whittington Creek Art Show, held at the neigh-borhood clubhouse last weekend, was made more festive by perfect weather and live music performanc-es. Lisa Kurtz used to host the event at her home but has turned the clubhouse into a gallery for two years now. There was plenty of room for the show’s 24 artists, who were chosen through an ap-plication process.

West Knoxville artist Mike Taylor visits with customer Caroline

Hanson, owner of Mojoe’s Trailside Coff ee House on Sutherland

Avenue, at the Whittington Creek Art Show. Photos by W. Smith

Whittington Creek art

show is lively fun

“Not everybody is pro-fessional,” she says. “I like to give those people some-thing, to mentor them a little bit.”

Kurtz, who is a potter herself, wants the show to be different each year, and only a handful of artists were repeats. West Knoxvil-lian Mike Taylor, who paints whimsical cartoons of dogs,

was a new participant.Taylor started his own

graphic design business in 1995. A few years later, he combined two loves – car-tooning and painting – and created his whimsical “doodlewags.” The decision to focus on dogs was a no-brainer for him.

“They’re great. They make you feel good.”

Taylor also does pet por-

traits. To see his work, check out www.doodlewags.com, or visit Gift Gourmet & In-teriors in Cherokee Plaza in Bearden.

Dewhirst’s next ■

lofty projectLast week, Knox Heri-

tage corporate sponsors and members got a peek inside developer David Dewhirst’s

latest project – residential lofts in the former White Lily Foods Co. mill just north of the intersection of Jackson Avenue and Central Street on the corner.

Construction on the building began in 1883, and there have been several addi-tions over the years. The mill continued operations until 2008, when another compa-ny purchased the plant and moved out 153 truckloads of equipment, Dewhirst said.

Because it was a food-processing plant, it’s the most well-maintained build-ing he’s ever purchased, he said. He envisions about 50 lofts in the 50,000-square-foot space. It will be at least two years before the space is ready for tenants.

In spite of the weak econ-omy, Dewhirst said the de-mand for urban residential

units has remained high.“We can’t build them fast

enough. We turn people away every day.”

Fig Lady rules ■

Sherri Lee is so crazy about fi gs that her license plate says, “FIG LADY.” She grows her own fi gs and is still in the process of marketing a cookbook that was published in 2009, “Under the Fig Leaf: A Cookbook for Fig Lovers.” The book was a labor of love, and she shared what she’s learned about publishing with the Knoxville Writer’s Group last week.

“I’m not sure my parents would be proud of me,” she said. “They spent a lot of money on college and now I’m best known for fi gs.”

The cookbook is beau-tifully designed and full

of gorgeous pictures of el-egant fig recipes. Lee calls herself a “slack-jaw” cook, but says she spent hours in the kitchen testing each of the recipes. She spent even more time editing the book and says that was the most difficult part of the pub-lishing process.

She has tips for those who want to grow their own fi gs. She recommends brown tur-key fi gs, which are available at local home improvement stores, and says the plants need full sun.

“They’re like tomatoes. You have a few, then, all of a sudden, you have hundreds.”

The book is available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The Knoxville Writ-er’s Group meets at 11:30 a.m. on fourth Wednesdays at Naples.

Knox Heritage members and developer David Dewhirst, right, enjoy the view from the roof of

the former White Lily Food Co. mill. Dewhirst plans to convert the mill into residential lofts.

By Sandra Clark

Frank and June Leuthold are proud of their four kids. And they are especially proud of daughter Beth Beautz who reacted quickly to save the life of a young fi eld hockey player a couple of weeks ago.

Beth had gone with a friend to a game when a freshman on the other team’s junior varsity col-

lapsed at the conclusion of her game at Catonsville High School on Sept. 27.

According to an Oct. 4 article in the Baltimore Sun, Beautz ran from the stands and began CPR and chest compressions.

“In a crisis some peo-ple basically freeze,” said Frank Leuthold. “That’s why we should decide to react before the crisis.

We should know what we would do.”

Frank Leuthold served for many years on the Knox County Commission until he fell victim to term lim-its. As a commissioner, he chaired the Finance Com-mittee and headed redis-tricting. He is a retired professor from UT College of Agriculture.

Beth Leuthold grew up in

Farragut grad saves life in BaltimoreCedar Bluff and graduated from Farragut High School and UT College of Nursing. While in school here she was a swimmer and played in both the Farragut and the UT marching bands.

A registered nurse, she has worked in cardiac units since 1989. She had recent-ly completed a course in ad-vanced cardiac life support, which emphasized more

compressions per minute. She didn’t like what she saw from the coaches trying to administer aid, so she ran across the fi eld to help.

“She stepped up and took over,” says Frank Leuthold.

Through a series of mis-adventures, Beautz was forced to continue com-pressions for a good 10 minutes before an ambu-lance arrived.

“You are taught to do CPR until somebody comes to relieve you,” Beautz said in the Sun ar-

ticle. “I just did what I was trained to do.

“I could not have done what I had done without the help of the jayvee coach and the nurses,” Beautz said. “There is no way one person could have done CPR by themselves. It was a team effort.”

Beautz and her husband have two children, a son who is a high school sophomore and a daughter, age 11.

“I’m kinda proud of her for stepping in,” said Frank Leuthold.

Get ready for some serious poetry

Seven poets will be in the spotlight at Pellissippi State Community College Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 8 and 9, as they read from their works and talk about the process of writing.

“A Potpourri of Poets” is slated for 12:25 to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, and noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Goins Building Audito-rium at the Pellissippi Cam-pus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. The public is invited to the free event.

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In addition to all of the gorgeous holi-day merchandise, Upstairs will continue to offer their beautiful and unique lamp collection, handsome chests and tables, as well as hard to fi nd occasional and ac-cent tables. And as so many have come to know their unparalleled array of gifts and accessories for every home.

During the Holiday Open House, be sure to register to win fabulous door prizes, enjoy scrumptious holiday treats, provided by our neighbor, Tea at the Gal-lery, and visit with old friends and enjoy the company of new ones new.

A great way to keep up with all the new arrivals and special offers at UP-STAIRS is to “like” us on Facebook at Facebook.com/Upstairs.Knoxville.

Please note that UPSTAIRS will be closed Tuesday, November 1; Wednesday, November 2; and Thursday, November 3 to prepare for this event. We will re-open at 10 on Friday, November 4.

We hope to see you and your friends at what is sure to become a Knoxville tradi-tion, The UPSTAIRS Holiday Open House!

UPSTAIRS is the perfect place to “wrap up” your Christmas gift shopping. UPSTAIRS offers complimentary beauti-fully designed holiday gift packaging in decorative bags or hand wrapped gifts, ready to go under the tree. Our staff is skilled at helping you select gifts for family and friends at many different price points, and will make your shop-ping experience enjoyable at the same

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While UPSTAIRS will have a large selection of unique decorations for your tree, tabletop items will be available for the customer who wants to forgo the tra-ditional large tree and focus on embel-lishments on mantles, tables, and chests.

Cake Boss coming to Deane Hill Food City

Buddy Valastro, better known as The Cake Boss, will make a special ap-pearance 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, at the Deane Hill

Food City, located on Mor-rell Road near West Town. Valastro will sign copies of his new book, “Baking with The Cake Boss: 100 of Buddy’s Best Recipes and Decorating Secrets,” which will be available for sale.

The TLC reality show “Cake Boss” is now in its third season. Buddy is also in production for his new reality show competition series, “Next Great Baker,” airing on TLC in Decem-ber.

The PetWellClinic, 10549 Kingston Pike, just east of Lovell, hosted a Halloween event for pets

and people. The cute Chihuahua/Shih Tzu mix is Wasabi, owned by Coleen Boggess. The cat

is Cookie, owned by Colleen Hopwood. Pictured in Star Wars attire is Sarah Meisler, 9, the

daughter of owner/veterinarian Dr. Sam Meisler. The clinic plans a Christmas event 1-5 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 3. Info: www.petwellclinic.com/. Photos by Theresa Edwards at www.tephotos.com/.

Halloween fun

Heather Carter heads the

Saddlebrook Design Center,

working with buyers to cus-

tomize each home. The on-

site center provides samples

of fl oor covering, plumbing

fi xtures, cabinets, lighting

and more. Vice president

Angie King said Carter works

with buyers both before and

after closing, as she also

handles warranties.

Saddlebrook gets new home Agents and staff of Saddlebrook Properties gather with rep-

resentatives of the Farragut West Knox Chamber to offi cially

open Saddlebrook’s new headquarters at 122 Perimeter

Park Drive. Pictured as chief operating offi cer Bob Mohney

cuts the ribbon are: (front) Adam Price, Georgia Sadlowe,

Mohney, Angie King, Tina Buckles; (back) Karlyn Reedy,

Robin Dotson, Kim Aldridge and Sheri Super. Photos by S. Clark

Veterans Day, Nov. 11, falls on a Friday this year, and 470 Batteries Plus franchise stores nationwide, includ-ing the one on North Peters Road, have come up with a unique way to honor U.S. military veterans.

Batteries Plus stores honor veterans

Chris Peters is the manager of the Batteries Plus store at 222 N.

Peters Road. Photo by A. Hart

Anne Hart

Starting Saturday, Nov. 5, and continuing through Vet-erans Day, for every regular or lifetime watch battery they replace, the stores will contribute $5 to USA Cares, a Kentucky-based 501(c)(3) nonprofi t organization that helps post-9/11 military ser-vice members, veterans and their families with basic fi -nancial needs.

It’s a win-win situation, says West Knox resident Todd Williams, who owns the Peters Road store and four other Battery Plus fran-chises between Knoxville and Chattanooga.

“Who doesn’t have at least one watch tucked away somewhere that needs a new battery? This is an easy way to get your watch running again and do something to help someone else at the same time. We all need to do all we can to support our troops and their families.”

Batteries Plus will also ac-cept in-store donations which will go directly to USA Cares, and will contribute $1 for each person who “likes” the Batteries Plus Facebook page and “supports” the USA Cares Jobs for Vets Cause page, up

to $25,000. For more infor-mation on all of that, go to http://tinyurl1.com/Batter-iesPlusTimeToCare.

USA Cares, founded in 2003, helps military families with fi nancial and advocacy support in times of need. To date, the organization has helped families in all 50 states and has responded to more than 31,000 requests for assistance with more than $8.2 million in grants. No fees are charged and no repayment is requested.

The organization also works directly with pri-vate and public employers to help reduce joblessness among post-9/11 veterans from all military branches. Williams has two of the vet-erans working in his East Tennessee stores.

“These men and women are ideal employees,” says USA Cares executive direc-tor Bill Nelson. “They are confi dent, highly trained, disciplined and take direc-tions well, all crucial quali-fi cations for any business or organization, and the time is always right to assist those who have given so much to

all of us.”

Batteries Plus has long been the “go to” place for just about any kind of battery imaginable – from watches to cell phones, digital cam-eras to wheelchairs, cars to boats. The store on Peters Road has been in operation for more than 10 years.

Good public citizens, they have long been “green” and Williams says they’re about to get a lot greener. Existing stores are expand-ing and remodeling and will start carrying energy effi -cient light bulbs along with batteries.

“We already have the bat-teries for everything, and in just a few months, we’ll have the light bulbs for ev-erything too.”

So dig out those old watches and head on over to Batteries Plus Nov. 5-11. Five dollars might not seem like a lot, but it can help a veteran put enough gas in his or her car to get to an all-important job interview – and, of course, you can al-ways donate more. Contact: [email protected].


CAK NOTES

Helbig is new tennis coach

Christian Acad-emy of Knoxville has hired David Helbig as the new head coach for men’s and women’s tennis. Helbig comes to CAK after recent stints at Cedar Bluff Racquet Club, where he was a professional tennis instructor, and Webb School, where he was an assistant coach.

Helbig says he is committed to the spiritual nurturing of young athletes as well as the instruction necessary to secure a winning program.

The CAK tennis program has estab-lished a tradition of winning at the high school level. Between the girls and boys teams, the War-riors have 26 district championships, 19 regional champion-ships, three state championships and several individual championships.

When longtime coach Betsy Sparks announced her intent to step away from the program, it became imperative to find a coach who would con-tinue her tradition of excellence. With new tennis facilities in place, it is a unique opportunity to hire a coach who will train CAK’s athletes and extend his profes-sional training to CAK families and the community.

In fact, Helbig will offer lessons for the extended CAK family and community. This will help create a culture of excitement for tennis on campus and increase involve-ment from year to year. Also, Helbig will work closely with the middle school play-ers to add tennis to the list of sports on campus that are com-prehensive from 6th through 12th grade.

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that opportunity.”With 48 students in the “Aladdin Jr.”

cast and crew, the production offered ample opportunities for student partici-pation. As Filyaw said, “There are no benchwarmers in musical theatre.”

The clever street urchin Aladdin is played by 8th grader Nolan Howell, who is gracing the CAK stage for the first time. His performance is paired with Jasmine played by Madeline Mix-ner in her third CAK performance.

The wisecracking genie is played by 8th grader Jane Ann Foncea, and the evil Jafar is portrayed by 7th grader Weston Sullivan, another rookie to the CAK stage.

This production is also special because a student director is taking part for the first time. CAK senior Travis Blackwell is serving as assistant director.

By Shannon Carey

Magic lamps, flying carpets, genies, wishes and sorcerers took over the stage at Chris-

tian Academy of Knoxville, as middle school choral music and musical theatre students presented “Aladdin Jr.”

According to director Peggy Filyaw, the production was the Broadway ver-sion of the Disney movie, but with music scaled for middle school voices. Hence the “Jr.” in the title. The musical still packs all the magic and fun of the full version, though.

Filyaw said this is the 12th middle school musical at CAK, and she is glad to see the program grow.

“I think it gives students confidence to be in front of an audience,” she said. “It’s just great to be able to give them

Madeline Mixner as Jasmine

and Nolan Howell as Aladdin

take a ride on the magic carpet

in the Christian Academy

of Knoxville Middle School

production of “Aladdin Jr.” Photos by S. Carey

‘A whole new world’

Nolan Howell as Aladdin rubs

the magic lamp and summons

the genie, played by Jane Ann

Foncea.

The evil Jafar, played by Weston Sullivan,

and bird Iago, played by Maggie

Murchison, plot Aladdin’s downfall.

CAK students Chris Harpend-ing and Jeff Braswell sold Knox County school coupon books to help the Ridgedale Alterna-tive School, raising more than $1,000 for the program. They will be honored at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, at Ridgedale.

“I was shocked,” said long-time coupon books coordinator Mary Kerr. “In 23 years I’ve never had a call like this.”

Initially, Kerr thought they wanted to sell coupon books to benefit their school. “We do that with private schools, but only after the Knox County Schools kids have finished selling. I told the boys they could start selling after Sept. 26, but they said they wanted to help a school that didn’t typically sell many books.”

With $7.90 from each $10 book remaining at the school, Ridgedale gained $940.10 from the 119 books sold by Jeff and Chris. Additionally, First Ten-nessee Bank offers a $1 incentive per book sold over the previous year. Since Ridgedale sold only

four books last year, First Ten-nessee kicked in $115, bringing the total to $1055.10.

Kerr is so excited. She’s printing a “big check” for the boys to present to administra-tors at Ridgedale at Tuesday’s ceremony.

“They turned in their money and books matching to the pen-ny. Actually, they did better than some of our schools,” she said. “These are great young men. One wants to go to college at Baylor and the other at Vandy.”

Students raise $1,000 for Ridgedale School

Chris Harpending and Jeff Braswell

“He’s brought a whole lot to this show,” said Filyaw.

Set design was provided by CAK par-ent and professional artist Cheryl Nehls. Parent volunteers helped with costum-ing. Janet McLean arranged the chore-ography and helped in other ways, too.

“We couldn’t do this without Janet,” said Filyaw.

Filyaw also thanked CAK Middle School Principal Debbie Moye for her support of the musical theatre program.

Middle school presents ‘Aladdin Jr.’

Campus Tours Daily! Contact CAK Admissions at 865-690-4721 ext. 190 for more information.

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Girls volleyball team make

state tournamentThe CAK girls volleyball team went all the way

to the state tournament with wins in the district and regional tournaments. Holly Staabe and Lau-ren Peterson were named to the Regional Tourna-ment Team. Teresa Slade was named Tournament MVP for the region and the district and district Player of the Year. Maggie Morgan and Taylor Call were chosen for the All District Tournament Team. Lauren Petersen was named district Server of the Year. Cheyenne Hooper was named district Rookie of the Year, and coach Jamie Petrick was named district Coach of the Year. Taylor Call, Courtney Shields and Maggie Morgan received honorable mentions for the All-District Team for the regular season. Photo submitted


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Sacred Heart Cathedral School Gymnasiumoriginal works by more than 30 local and regional artists in a variety of media

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Paintings are ‘vintage with a

modern pop of color’Deanne Hebert (pronounced A-

Bear) is the featured artist for the tenth annual Artsclamation! fine art sale. It is Hebert’s seventh year to participate in the event which benefits Peninsula, the behavioral health division of Parkwest Medi-cal Center.

“Artsclamation! is just the best show!” Hebert exclaimed. “From the food at the Preview Party to the people who work so hard to make it a success, and, most im-portantly, the patrons who come willingly to help support the im-portance of raising awareness of mental health/addiction issues.”

Hebert is known for her bright-ly colored and highly textured paintings. Her signature impasto-style of applying layer upon layer of acrylic paint, and finishing with a high gloss UV-protectant var-nish is a technique that she de-veloped by trial and error. Hebert uses both palette knife and brush to achieve a distinctive look that is one-of-a-kind. Her paintings evolve within each stage, result-ing in a wonder of texture and color. Bright, fun and energetic, Hebert’s personality is a part of every piece she creates.

“My paintings are definitely a style all their own,” Hebert said. “Some have called it ‘rustic ele-gance,’ and I really like that name.”

Hebert describes her paintings as “the perfect combination of vin-tage, texture, with a modern pop of

Every summer, Hebert holds a fun-

filled art camp at her studio located

in The Factory at Franklin. Students

enjoy learning Hebert’s method and

approach to painting by using the

palette knife and a heavy painting

technique. To be placed on the

e-mailing list for next year’s dates,

message Hebert at: DeannDesigns@

gmail.com. Information is also

available at www.deanndesigns.com

“Bella Flora” by Deann Hebert is the featured painting for the 10th annual

Artsclamation! fine art sale to benefit Peninsula, the mental health division

of Parkwest Medical Center. Artsclamation! will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5,

from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the gymnasium of Sacred Heart Cathedral School

on Northshore Drive in West Knoxville. “Bella Flora” will be auctioned at the

Artsclamation! Preview Party on Nov. 5. The painting may be viewed online

at www.peninsulabehavioralhealth.org./arts.

Artsclamation! Fine Art Show and Sale to be held November 5The tenth annual Artscla-

mation! fine art sale will be held Saturday, November 5, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Sa-cred Heart Cathedral School in Knoxville. Admission and parking are free.

Artsclamation! will show-case original works by more than 30 regional and local artists. The event will feature a variety of media, including oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylic, jew-elry, pottery, clay sculpture and fiber art.

This year’s featured artist is Deann Hebert of Franklin, Tenn. Hebert (prounouced A-Bear) is known for her brightly colored and highly textured paintings. Using a combination of acrylics and oil pastels, Hebert’s unique style captures subjects including country churches, flowers, guitars, boots and angels.

Other participating artists include: Hugh Bailey, Gray N. Bearden, Leslee Bechtel, Mike C. Berry, Stephanie Brichetto, Larry Cole, Pat Delashmit, Shannon Haas, Betsy Heerdt, Jonathan Howe, Joppa Mountain Pottery, Ruth Koh, Lorrie Lane, Sharron Mallison, Melanie Morris, Mike Naney, Leila Platt, Marabeth Quin, Sheila Rauen, Jacqueline Saporiti, Julia Schriver, Marcia Shelly, Streater Spencer, Jim Spitler, Charla Steele, David Swanagin, Kristine Taylor and Heather Whiteside. Additionally, Gallery Partner Village Fine Art will have a variety of even more artists’ works available at Artsclamation!.

At Artsclamation!, Peninsula Recovery Education Center’s Art Therapy Program will have art for sale which has been produced by mental health consumers in therapeutic art classes. The Center works with patients to aid the emotional healing process through creative expression.

There’s something in everyone’s price range at Artscla-mation! Prices begin at $10 for a 12" x 21" wall calendar for

2012 which showcases reproductions from many of the par-ticipating artists. Prices range upward to $5,000. This year’s featured painting is a contemporary floral scene called “Bel-la Flora.” The featured painting, which will be auctioned at the Artsclamation! Preview Party on Nov. 5, may be viewed online at www.peninsulabehavioralhealth.org./arts.

Proceeds from Artsclamation! benefit the behavioral health programs of Peninsula, East Tennessee’s leading provider of behavioral health services. Peninsula has helped thousands of people recover from mental disorders and dependencies so they can lead healthy, positive, and productive lives.

Major sponsors for Artsclamation! 2011 include Covenant Health Federal Credit Union and Covenant Health. The Arti-san Circle sponsors include Cherokee Distributing Company, Inc., First Tennessee Foundation, Messer Construction Com-pany and BESCO. Media sponsors include the Knoxville News Sentinel and Lamar Advertising.

For more information about Artsclamation!, contact the Fort Sanders Foundation at (865) 531-5210 or email Gina Williams at [email protected]. Information about Peninsula’s Artsclamation can also be found at www.peninsulabehavioral health.org/arts.

Few tickets remain for Preview Party Tickets are nearly sold out for the Artsclamation! Preview

Party on Friday evening, Nov. 4, at Sacred Heart Cathedral

School Gymnasium. Tickets for the 6-9 p.m. event cost $50

each and allow participants an early opportunity to purchase

art before the public sale on Saturday, and attend the auction

for the featured painting by Deann Hebert. Heavy hors’ de

oeuvres will be served and drinks will be available. Tickets

must be purchased in advance and will not be sold at the

door. Please contact Fort Sanders Foundation at 531-5210 for

more information or to purchase Preview Party tickets.

Artsclamation! 2011 featured artist

Deann Hebert is a rising star in

the art world, with national chains

such as Target®, WalMart® and

TJMaxx® carrying her work. Most

recently, Hebert created a series

of coasters that will be licensed

with Coasterstone®. She resides in

Brentood, Tenn., with her husband,

Lance, and two daughters, Adeline,

4, and Amelia, 1.

‘Art of Healing’ calendar features local and regional artwork

Peninsula, the area’s leading provider of mental

health services, has produced a beautiful, full-

color wall calendar that showcases artwork from

renowned local and regional artists. The calendar,

‘The Art of Healing,’ was created to raise awareness

about mental health issues in our community.

The calendar’s cover, “Sun Shadows,” is a painting

by artist Ruth Koh of Jefferson County. The calendar

pages highlight a different Artsclamation! artist for

each month in 2012. Calendars are $10 each, and

make wonderful gifts.

The name of the calendar, “The Art of Healing,”

has a double meaning. The first is direct: proceeds

from the calendar benefit Peninsula programs and

services. The second meaning is just as important.

Artistic self-expression helps people to resolve

conflicts and problems, develop interpersonal skills,

manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-esteem

and self-awareness, and achieve insight. Patients at

Peninsula are helped to heal by their participation in

a variety of art classes led by a certified art therapist.

To get your ‘Art of Healing’ calendar call (865)

531-5210.

color.” The subjects are not abstract, but very impressionistic in style.

“I try not to get caught up in the rules and regulations of art, but rather just paint as I feel,” Hebert said. “My work reflects a little bit of who I am … I enjoy what I do for a living, and hopefully that shows through in the paintings.”

As a child in pre-school, Hebert was taught basic art by her aunt and artist Betty Jones of Heflin, AL. Hebert won her first art con-test in 4th grade for a portrait of her mother.

Hebert received her Bachelorin Fine Arts degree in 2000 from Auburn University, where she ma-jored in graphic design. She wenton to work as a graphic designerfor Word Publishing in Nashville, Tenn., and then joined Broadman & Holman Publishers where she designed book jackets and worked on major ad campaigns. However,Hebert realized that her path wasmeant to be different, and shedecided to start her own fine art business. A prolific painter, you can catch her most days working in her studio located in the his-toric Factory at Franklin.

Hebert also studied fine artat The Chelsea School of Art and Design and Central St. MartinsSchool of Art in London, Eng-land where she took many differ-ent art classes. As a result, shedeveloped a style that uses many layers of latex and acrylic paint. She uses a palette knife and mixed media such as cheesecloth to create and add even more tex-ture to the pieces.

“I use a very ‘earthly’ palette,with warm colors – reds, oranges,mixed with a little blue,” Hebertsaid. “It is this color combination that moves me the most, and one that I can’t get away from,” she ex-plained.

Hebert’s work is inspired by the things in her daily life.

“Whether it’s the stillness of an early morning, or little girl giggles,I feel very blessed to be able to do what I love for a living. Behind every painting there is a feeling of happi-ness, because it is in this that I feel the most complete,” she stated.

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The law affects many as-pects of people’s lives and thanks to the annual Law-Talk series, obtaining general legal information is more ac-cessible to the community.

Understanding legal protection for elderly

LawTalk will be held Fri-day, Nov. 4, at the John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St., and Saturday, Nov. 5, at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike.

“Wills and Estate Plan-ning for Everyone” will be 9-11 a.m. and “Legal Protec-tion for the Elderly, the Dis-abled & their Caregivers” will be 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. At each location, local lawyers will present information and answer questions.

“Wills & Estate Planning for Everyone” is designed to help individuals orga-

nize their affairs in light of recent changes in the law. Experienced local at-torneys will provide infor-mation regarding planning for incapacity and death, which can happen to any-one at any age. The session will help individuals learn about documents everyone should have in place and learn what happens if no

documents are in place. If you care for an elderly

or disabled family member or anticipate that you may one day have this respon-sibility, plan to attend the LawTalk program titled “Legal Protection for the Elderly, the Disabled and their Caregivers.”

During the seminar, lo-cal attorneys will discuss

the legal issues of how to fi nance long-term health care, the means by which assets can be preserved and the do’s and don’ts of property transfers. This program will provide spe-cifi c information about the protection and obligation for caregivers, including a review of recent changes in Medicaid laws and regula-

tions, and probate “estate recovery” will be discussed. Just in the past year, sig-nifi cant changes have taken place in the laws that af-fect eligibility for Medicaid nursing home benefi ts.

Spaces are limited and will be filled first come, first served. Register by calling the KBA office, 522-6522.

SENIOR NOTES

AARP driver safety classFor registration info about

this and all other AARP driver safety classes, call Barbara Manis, 922-5648.

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ■ Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 24-25, Chota Recreation Center, 145 Awohli Drive, Loudon.

Noon to 4 p.m. ■ Wednesday and Thurs-day, Oct. 26-27, Cheyenne Conference Room, 944 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge.

Sonny Schow and Amelia Crotwell will present “Wills and Es-

tate Planning for Everyone” at Fellowship Church from 9-11

a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. The presentation is part of the LawTalk

series from the Knoxville Bar Association.

HEALTH NOTESCancer survivor support ■

groups, Monday evenings

and Tuesday mornings and

Tuesday evenings, at the

Cancer Support Com-

munity of East Tennessee

(formerly the Wellness Com-

munity), 2230 Sutherland

Ave. Support groups for

cancer caregivers, Monday

evenings. Cancer family be-

reavement group, Thursday

evenings. Info: 546-4661 or

www.cancersupportet.org.

Lung cancer support ■

group meets 6 p.m. the third

Monday of every month at

Baptist West Cancer Center,

10820 Parkside Drive. No

charge, light refreshments

served. Info: Trish or Amanda,

218-7081.

Stop Smoking: 215-QUIT ■

(7848) is a program of

the Knox County Health

Department. The hotline is

answered 8 a.m. until 4:30

p.m. Monday through Friday.

Support group meeting ■ for

family members or caregiv-

ers of an adult with a mental

illness is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the

third Tuesday of each month

at Cherokee Health Systems,

2018 Western Avenue. Info:

Rebecca Gill, 602-7807 or

www.namiknox.org.

UT Hospice ■ conducts

ongoing orientation sessions

for adults (18 and older)

interested in becoming

volunteers with its program.

No medical experience is re-

quired. Training is provided.

Info: 544-6279.

UT Hospice Adult Grief ■

Support, for any adult who

is suff ering loss, meets 6 to

7:30 p.m. the fi rst and third

STRANGSENIOR CENTER

Activities for the week of Oct. 31:

Monday, Oct. 31 ■ : 8:45 a.m., Advanced Car-dio; 9:30 a.m., Watercolor; 10 a.m., Bridge; 10 a.m., Cardio; 12:30 p.m., Sit N Be Fit; 1 p.m., Starr Travel informational; 1:30 p.m., Belly Dancing.

Tuesday, Nov. 1 ■ : 8:45 a.m., Tai Chi 1; 9:30 a.m., BB Bridge; 10 a.m., Oil painting; 10 a.m., Digital class; 11:15 a.m., Pilates; 12:30 p.m., Canasta/PIN; 12:30 p.m., Yoga; 12:45 p.m., Grub Club to Aubrey’s Restaurant; 2 p.m., Line dancing.

Wednesday, Nov. ■2: noon, Covenant presents Lunch and Learn: “Cardiac Procedures” with Amy Dale, RN, CCM.

■ Thursday, Nov. 3: 8:45 a.m., Tai Chi 1; 10 a.m., Tai Chi 2; 11 a.m., AAA Driver class, part 1; 11:15 a.m., Cardio M&B; 12:30 p.m., Sit N Be Fit class; 1:45 p.m., Chorus.

Friday, Nov. 4 ■ : 8:45 a.m., Advanced Cardio; 9:30 a.m., Canasta Club; 10 a.m., Cardio; 10:30 a.m., Social Bridge; 11 a.m., AAA Driver class, part 2; 11:15 a.m., Pilates; 12:30 a.m., Yoga; 1 p.m., Rummikub; 2 p.m., Ballroom.

Info or to register for classes: 670-6693. Com-plete calendar listings avail-able at www.knoxcounty.org/seniors.

COMMUNITY CLUBSSwap 2 Save Coupon Club ■ meets 5:30 to 8 p.m. the fi rst Thursday

of the month at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. Coupons for ev-

erything from baby items to groceries, restaurants to retail shops are

exchanged. Wallace Memorial is located at 701 Merchant Drive. Info:

Email Lisa at [email protected].

The Poetry Quintessence Society ■ meets 6:30 p.m. the last Monday

of each month at Café 4’s library, third fl oor. Everyone 16 and older is

invited. Info: Tonya, 357-6134.

Anyone interested in attending a rehearsal or learning about free ■

vocal instruction with Smoky Mountain Harmony Show Chorus,

a member of Sweet Adelines International, should contact Nancy at

521-6975. Rehearsals are held 6:45 p.m. each Monday at First Cum-

berland Presbyterian Church, 6900 Nubbin Ridge Road. Info: www.

smokymtnharmony.org.

Matt and Frere Kelly will present “Legal Protection for Elderly, the

Disabled and their Caregivers” on Friday, Nov. 4, at the O’Connor

Senior Center and on Saturday, Nov. 5, at Fellowship Church.

Tuesday of every month in

the UT Hospice offi ce, 2270

Sutherland Ave. A light

supper is served. Info or to

reserve a spot: 544-6277.

Cherokee Mills hosts art showThe Knoxville Watercolor Society is having a fall show-

ing of mixed media works by its members through Nov. 29 at Cherokee Mills, 2200 Sutherland Ave. Cherokee Mills is a campus style offi ce complex with a large atrium where the KWS will exhibit its newest works. The building is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info: Mary Ann Valvoda, 408-0737.

‘A Day in the Life’An exhibit of works by

artists Roy McCullough and Kate McCullough will be on display through Nov. 4 at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike.

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HOUSE ACCOUNT PAID 884915MASTER Ad Size 3 x 2 4c NW class <ec>

Homes 40 Homes 40 Homes 40

Handyman 335PLUMBING, DRAIN,

sewer, water dam-age, roof repairs, carpentry, etc. 24/7 emergency plumb-ing. No job too small. 221-1362 or 368-8578

Landscaping 338LANDSCAPING MGMT

Design, install, mulch, small tree/shrub work, weeding, bed renewal, debri clean-up. Free estimates, 25 yrs exp!

Mark Lusby 679-9848

Paving 345

^

Remodeling 351STUCCO / STONE

repairs, new const, fireplaces, water damage, ret. walls, columns, gates. 20 yrs exp! 250-0496

Roofing / Siding 352ROOFING REPAIRS,

commercial/ residen-tial, shingles, flat, metal, water dam-aged, leaks, preven-tive maintenance, floors & walls. 221-1362 or 368-8578.

Tree Service 357

^

Antiques Classics 2601982 CORVETTE, all

original, looks & runs good, call 865-430-4014

BUICK SPECIAL 1952 Good cond. Runs & drives great. New tires. All orig. $7500 obo. 865-207-3300

CHRYSLER NEW-PORT 1964, 2 dr. Hardtop, all orig., $4,000. 865-919-8575

MGB CONV. 1978, great shape, low mi, $6500. Call 865-992-2230

Sport Utility 261LEXUS RX330, 2005,

silver, gray int, 77k mi, extra clean, $21,995. 865-661-8040

***Web ID# 881080***

Imports 262 HONDA ACCORD EX

2006, V6, s-roof, spoiler, 6 CD, Alloys, all options, very clean, non-smoker. $11,500. 865-806-7195

Honda Accord SE 1997, 4 dr, AT, great mpg, 98k mi, loaded, $4200. 865-582-1974 ***Web ID# 884660***

MITSUBISHI Eclipse 2003, pwr, auto, 4 cyl, 65K mi. $5,100. 865-934-7796

VOLVO V70 2005 4 dr. wagon, 96K mi. Mint cond. $10,600.

Call 865-692-7267 ***Web ID# 881317***

Domestic 265CADILLAC 1990 Sedan

Deville, only 58K mi, always garage kept, immaculate, $5400. 865-688-6363 or 680-2656

Contracting / Gen. 320BLDG REPAIR &

MAINT. Lic'd/ins'd, comm/res, metal roofs, concrete, bobcat, masonry, doors, stucco re-pair, ret. walls, etc. 30 yrs exp! 250-0496

Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE in-

stallation. Floors/ walls/repairs. 32 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328

Furniture Refinish. 331DENNY'S FURNITURE

REPAIR. Refinish, re-glue, etc. 45 yrs exp! 922-6529 or 466-4221

Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER

SERVICE. Will clean front & back $20 & up. Quality work, guaran-teed. Call 288-0556.

Household Furn. 204BR SUITE, antique 4

poster w/boxsprings & mattress. 8 pc, $500 or will sell bed separate for $175. 865-579-1574/659-5965

Household Appliances 204a

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty Call 637-1060 1716 E. Magnolia Ave.

Fishing Hunting 224GUN SALE, private

collection. Rifles & shotguns. Call 865-671-1553; 865-850-5220

***Web ID# 881155***

Boats Motors 232Bayliner Cabin

Cruiser, 1990, 26 1/2', great shape, trailer, $6500. 865-992-2230

MASTERCRAFT 209 (2003) 570 hrs, factory tower, X-Series fea-tures, clean, great boat, MC trailer incl. $26,500. 865-599-7515

Thompson Marine 1986, 18 ft cuddy cabin, Hydraspot 17' bass boat, 1995 200 Mariner $4000 ea. 865-397-3516

Campers 235CAMPERS WANTED

We buy travel trailers, 5th Wheels, Motor homes & Pop-Up Campers. Will pay cash. 423-504-8036

Motor Homes 237Holiday Rambler Va-cationer, 2000, class A, gas, 32'8. 21,600 mi. $25,000. 865-988-7680

Autos Wanted 253Cash For Junk Repairable or Wrecked Cars, Trucks, Vans or Forklifts. Fast

Free Pickup. Will match or beat competitors prices. 865-556-8956; 865-363-0318

Trucks 257CHEVY S10 Extreme

1999, 120k mi, red, 5 sp, hail damage. Runs/drives exc. $5500/bo. 423-210-0095

***Web ID# 883046***

FORD F150 Heritage, 2004, extra cab, (old style), V6, AT, CD, alum whls, 105K mi. $6,450. 865-934-7796

4 Wheel Drive 258FORD 250 2005, diesel,

Lariat super duty, mint cond, loaded, $17,500 firm. 865-223-9984

FORD F350 1996, die-sel, 4WD, dump box wench, reblt trans, new tires, $7,000. 865-680-0053

Dogs 141POMERANIAN Pups,

cute & adorable, CKC, S&W, 1 Yr. guar. 2 F $500, 2 M $450. 423-404-4189

[email protected]

Poodles Standard AKC, $150 & up. Call

865-221-1378

PUG PUPPIES, AKC, M-$500, F-$550., vet ck'd, shots, dewormed, UTD. 865-804-4293

***Web ID# 881178***

YORKIE PUPS, 8 wks. old, S&W, CKC reg., F $350, M $300. Small. 931-319-0000

YORKIE PUPS AKC, shots & worming, M $300, F $400. 865-828-8067 or 865-850-5513

Horses 143PASTURES FOR rent

in Union Co. Safe & secure for horses. 865-254-9936

Free Pets 145

** ADOPT! * *

Looking for a lost pet or a new one? Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official

shelter for the City of Knoxville & Knox County: 3201 Division St. Knoxville. www.knoxpets.org * * * * * * * *

Farmer’s Market 150EXCELLENT GAME

HENS $10 each

865-376-0364

FALL CUTTING GRASS HAY, sm

square bales, avg 55 lbs. Starting $3/bale. 865-850-0130. Straw

bales also available.

Buildings for Sale 19112X24 OFFICE Build-

ing, handicap bath-room & sm. porch. Suitable for car lot. Well built. $4950. 865-680-8000

STEEL ARCH buildings-Inventory closeout-save thousands on select models! 20x20, 25x32, 30x50, others. Ask about more savings$ with dis-play program. Call to-day! 1-866-352-0469.

Shop Tools-Engines 194WELDER, EASY

Mig; industrial re-ciprocating saw; 25 gear pullers; belt sander; 600 watt power converter. $150/all. 865-381-2134

Jewelry 202OVEN, WAX ma-

chine, vacuum ta-ble, casting ma-chine, vent, flexible shaft, work bench, molds & acc's. $1400 865-381-2134

Dogs 141BULL MASTIFFS, AKC,

2 M, 3 F, 7 wks, brindle, $750 ea. 865- 585-6637; 865-585-6655

CHIHUAHUAS, CKC reg, long & short hair, $100. Call 865-654-7199, lv msg.

***Web ID# 881437***

CHIHUAHUAS, M & F., Reg. small, vari-ous colors, shots, $200-$400. 865-216-5770

***Web ID# 881027***

COLLIES, AKC, 2 yr. old fem., 1.5 yr. old male, $200 ea or $300 pr. 865-919-0413

CORGI PEMBROKE Welsh Puppies, AKC Reg. 6 wks. 1st shots. $350. 865-435-2878

Dachshunds, Mini, AKC, 865-936-3095

www.pricelessparadisefarm.com

***Web ID# 883824***

Dachshunds Mini, Reg., M & F, diff. colors & patterns, S&W, $225-$550. 865-216-5770

***Web ID# 881032***

DACHSHUNDS, MINI (very small). $150. full blooded, shots, 9 wks. 865-556-1666

***Web ID# 881540***

DOBERMAN Pincher pups, CKC, blk & rust, M & F, 8 wks, $250. 865-426-9813

***Web ID# 881199***

DOBERMAN PUPS, black & tan, 6 wks. reg., 4 M, $200 ea. 865-254-0602

Dobermans AKC, 4 wks. $350-$450. Blk / blue / red. In house, detailed, Warlock. 865-428-6981 ***Web ID# 883889***

German Shepherd puppies, good Ger-man bldlines, 7 wks, M & F to choose from. 865-300-3776

***Web ID# 883328***

GOLDEN Retriever Puppies, AKC reg, just in time for Christmas, born 10/1/11. 2 M & 5 F. Ready 11/14/11. Light golden, kid friendly. M-$300. F-$350. 423-494-7468 or 423-784-5639

***Web ID# 882317***

GREAT PYRENEES puppies, 7 mo., raised w/chickens, $125. 865-376-0364

LAB BOYS, 1 Yellow English type avail. $600. Call Ronnie

865-428-8993 or check Grandma's Labs on

Facebook. ***Web ID# 881401***

LAB Puppies, absolutely gorgeous, black, white, yellow. 8 wks, 108 yr champ bdln, father reg., Parents on prem. $400. 865-560-6866; 363-5815

***Web ID# 881728***

PEKINGESE PUPS AKC, all shots, vet chkd, 2 yr health guar. 423-404-4510

PIT BULLS, blue nose UKC, Gotti bldln, sis-ters, 1 blind, 1 yr. old. $500 ea. 865-200-9376

Manf’d Homes - Sale 85I BUY OLDER

MOBILE HOMES. 1990 up, any size OK.

865-384-5643

Manf’d Homes - Rent 86DBL WIDE, 3 br, 2

ba, chain link fnc yard, 2 car gar & carport. $675/mo, $400/dep. 865-582-5411

Trucking Opportunities 106

�� $1000 - $1250 - $1500

SIGN ON BONUSES Hiring Over The Road

Drivers Van, Flatbed, Re-frigerated Openings Call Roehl 1-888-867-

6345 AA/EOE

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Healthcare 110 HILLCREST WEST is

now hiring. RN's-$19.50 to $24.50; LPN's-$15 to $20; CNA's-$10 to $15 plus shift diff/part time and full time, and RN weekend supervisor and cook. Apply online grace.vikus.net/app EOE DFWP

Business Equipment 1336 BLACK leather of-

fice chairs, excel-lent for office or conference room, $50 ea. 865-376-7819

Dogs 141AMERICAN PIT Bull

pups, 9 wks. old, dual reg., 1st & 2nd vaccines, parents on premises. $300-$400 Call after 1pm, no text, 865-696-4238

***Web ID# 882494***

BEAGLES, Blue Tick Mini Smoky. AKC, 9 wks, shots/wormed 865-522-5076

***Web ID# 883845***

BLUE HEELER PUPPIES, $250 ea. 1st shots & wormed. 423-907-2120

BOSTON TERRIER male puppy, AKC, $395. 865-925-8137

www.BetterBulls.com ***Web ID# 884528***

BOSTON TERRIER puppies, 1 F & 2 M, AKC, S&W, $350 or trade for M puppy. 423-489-7071 ***Web ID# 882107***

BOXER PUPPIES, AKC, $400. 1 year health guar. 423-667-9572 or 865-385-8678

***Web ID# 885002***

BOXER PUPPIES AKC reg, 2 Fem, $300. Call before 7 pm, 423-

231-2515 ***Web ID# 883413***

Houses - Unfurnished 743-1 Craftsman, bonus rm,

huge yd, 1715 Birdsong next to golf cse. $675/mo. 865-661-3671

4 BR, 3 1/2 BA, 3 car gar. Halls area. No pets, no smoking. $1500/mo. 865-567-9693

AVAIL. 2 BR, 1 BA, W/D hookup, appls, cent H&A, lg fenced in yard, close to bus, $750/mo + DD. 865-689-5293

FTN CITY, 3 br, 1 ba, bsmnt, lrg yard, lease, DD, cr chk, $750. 865-805-5903 or 865-805-9414

***Web ID# 880820***

GIBBS, 3 BR, 2 BA rancher, 2 car gar., lots of storage. Out-side pets ok. $1,200 per mo. + $800 dep. Refs. req. 865-966-0062 or 865-237-5056

HALLS/GIBBS, 2 BR, 1 ba, $500/mo, $500/ dep. 1 yr lse req'd. No pets. 6508 Archer Rd., 865-388-2736

KARNS AREA, 1, 2 & 3 br, $600-$1250. All appl, no pets. 865-691-8822 or 660-3584

***Web ID# 883598***

Kodak 3 BR, 3 BA, 2 car gar., kit. appl, no

pets, $950/mo. 786- 290-1285;865-201-9284

South, brick 3 br, 1 1/2 ba, new flr, appl &

paint. $800/mo + dep. No Pets. 865-577-8012 ***Web ID# 882826***

TEMPLE ACRES, Halls, 3 BR, 2 BA, enclosed gar., level lot $800/mo No smk/ pets. 865-584-1688

WEST, Cedar Bluff, 3 BR, 2 1/2+ BA, dbl. gar., lg. yard, approx 2,000 sf, no pets, DD, $950/mo. 865-966-8626

WEST KNOX, 4 BR, 2.5 BA, office, great room, 2 car gar., lg. yard, $1400/mo. No pets. 865-719-8676

***Web ID# 878667***

Condo Rentals 76Architect-Designed End unit, 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA, master on main, 2 car gar., gas frpl, upstairs media rm,

Halls. Lease to Purchase $1100 mo. 865-898-4558

or 865-567-5788

FOUNTAIN CITY AREA Pebblestone Condos

3 BR, 2 BA, 2 car gar, screened back porch,

$850 mo. $850 damage dep. 1 yr lease, no pets. 865-254-9552 or 388-3232

The Meadows, 3 br, 2 ba, remod., brick end unit, hdwd, master w/walk in, frpl, W/D incl, 2 car carport, water & sewer incl. $1100. 865-414-9345

***Web ID# 883693***

Farms & Land 45

FSBO. $129,900

2 yr old house & 44 acres located at 1245 Snake Hollow Road,

Sneedville. House has 3 BR & 2 BA, total of 1,056 SF. Owner will finance with $7,000 down. Call Bill at

877-488-5060 ext 323.

Cemetery Lots 492 PLOTS available.

Greenwood Ceme-tery Sec. 2B, Lot 117, spaces 3 & 4, w/monument rights, $4,000. Can be seen from Tazewell Pk. 865-771-3332

Real Estate Service 53STOP FORECLOSURE Free Report / Free Help

865-365-8888 PreventForeclosureKnoxville.com

Comm. Prop. - Rent 661500 + or - SQ. FT.

medical office space, Campbell Station Rd. New carpet, ceiling

tile, & paint. 865-742-1751

Office/Warehouse 5920 Weisbrook Lane includes 2800 s.f. office/ 4166 s.f. Warehouse/ 3000s.f. Mezzanine

over office. $4500./mo Bill Tate, 423 309 2410

Wanted To Rent 69NEED 3BR HOME,

pet friendly, fenced yard, off busy street. 453-5690.

Apts - Unfurnished 712 BR, water furn.,

ceil. heat, $425 + dep. 1800 6th Ave. 865-397-4911

Apts - Furnished 72

WALBROOK STUDIOS 251-3607

$130 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic

Cable. No Lse.

North 40n

RENT TO OWN

3BR, 2BA, Built in 2004. Beautiful Halls

Subd., $161,900. 865-254-5464

Say: I SAW IT

in the

West 40wLakewood Patio Home. Brand new construction, spacious 3-bed, 2-bath, cathedral ceilings, deck & front porch. $169,900 on your lot & avail in Tellico

Village with a FREE LOT, while supply lasts. See model: 865-458-0089

Condos- Townhouses 42GREAT FTN CITY

location. Whitney Place, 2 br, 2 ba, 1 level. Min from shopping, 10 min from UT campus. Priced to sell. $129,900. 865-282-8127

***Web ID# 881058***

*************** SPECTACULAR OCEAN GULF PENTHOUSE

CONDO! 4BR/3BA! Only

$479,900 Same unit sold for $1.2 mil. Ab-solutely gorgeous. THE ONLY pent-

house condo available for sale in Panama City Beach! Enjoy

white sand beach, re-sort-style amenities, luxurious accommo-dations, Must See!

Call now 877-888-2296, ext117.

***************Residence Lots 44 LENDER LIQUIDATION Crossville, TN, 1 acre homesites, clubhouse, lakes, utilities, only

$6,000 ea. Owner financing. 931-261-3317

Tickets 12BASKETBALL Sea-

son Tix, 4 together, Row 5, LL, on aisle, Sect. 119. Football Tix, Sect. U, Ll, Great Seats, 423-762-0995, 423-802-8919

2 SEASON Basketball Tix, Sect 122 Row 7, end of aisle seats, faces UT bench, G10 pass incl. $3,500 obo. Steve 865-524-3607

UT MEN'S BB Season Tic (4) w/parking

pass. Sec 119, row 26, face value. 423-312-3074

Special Notices 15

�� IF YOU USED THE

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Homes 40SELL YOUR HOUSE

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For Sale By Owner 40aSale or Rent, Tellico Village, 2700 sf, 4 br, 3 1/2 ba w/bonus, 2 car gar, $260K. 4 1/2%

assumable FHA loan. 865-388-5476

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Two-year-old chow chow/retriever mix Columbus is ready

for all this month has to off er, during Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog

month. Columbus is available for adoption at the main

center at 3210 Division St. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon-

day through Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. The “new”

center at Young-Williams Animal Village, 6400 Kingston

Pike, is open daily from noon to 6 p.m. Visit www.young-

williams.org to see photos of all of the center’s adoptables

and call 215-6599 for more information about each pet.

Welcome, JumbeJumbe the giraffe

recently moved to the Knoxville Zoo from his digs at the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfi eld, Mo. Stand-ing at more than 17 feet tall, the 8-year-old male is busy making friends with female giraffes Patches and Lucille, both current Knox-ville Zoo residents, with hopes of a romance and calves in the herd’s future. The Knoxville Zoo is open

Jumbe is settling in as the new-

est addition of the Knoxville

Zoo’s giraff e herd. Photo submitted

10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day except Christmas. Info: www.knoxville-zoo.org.

Chuck is available for adoption at Young-Williams Animal

Center for a spooky low rate of $25 this week only. In cel-

ebration of Halloween, adult hound dogs and orange and

black cats and kittens are available for reduced adoption

rates through Saturday, Nov. 5. Photo submitted

The University of Tennessee Knoxville will host a daylong workshop Friday, Nov. 4, for licensed counsel-ors, clinical psychologists, social workers and others in the helping profession on navigating technology in their daily work.

The 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. event, “Ethics and the Help-ing Professions in a Technological World,” will be at the UT Visitors Center, 2712 Neyland Drive.

Dr. Ted Remley, professor of counselor education at Old Dominion University, will be the guest speaker. He is a member of the bar in Virginia and Florida, a licensed professional counselor, and a licensed mar-riage and family therapist.

Seminar topics will include the impact of technol-ogy on ethics, such as administrative issues in the workplace, clients’ consent to use technology, HIPAA and FERPA privacy statutes, social networking and subpoenas of client records.

Registration is $60 for professionals and $20 for UT students. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Participants can earn six contact hours toward con-tinuing education.

For registration information, visit http://epc.utk.edu/. Participants may also register at the workshop.

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Master Woodworkers show Nov. 4-6

The East Tennessee Woodworkers Guild and the Arts & Culture Alliance of Knoxville will sponsor the 16th Master Wood-workers Show on Nov. 4-6 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Show times are 5-9 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Satur-day and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Sponsors of the show strive to highlight the fi nest woodworking in this region. The three-day event is an unconventional, dynamic blend of gallery layout and the open atmosphere of a festival-style show. With attendance more than dou-bling over the last several shows, the event has gained a reputation as a premiere woodworking event in the Southeast and it has re-ceived exceptional reviews from both makers and the public.

Racheff bulb sale Nov. 5Racheff House and Gar-

dens will hold its second annual Holland bulb sale 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5.

A new shipment of ama-ryllis and paperwhites have just arrived. Also available will be tulips, daffodils and other varieties of spring blooming bulbs. In addi-tion to the bulbs, Racheff will offer crafts, gardening items and note cards.

Proceeds from this event will be used for beautifi ca-tion and maintenance of the house and garden property which is owned by the Ten-nessee Federation of Garden Clubs and operated by a board of governors selected from local garden clubs and state garden club offi cials.

Racheff House and Gar-dens is located at 1943 Ten-nessee Ave. From Western Avenue turn east on Keith and immediately turn left on Schofi eld then back to Tennessee.

Appalachian Arts Craft Center eventsThe Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville

Highway in Norris, is looking for new members to sell their handmade crafts in the Craft Center gallery. Anyone interested in going through the jurying process should bring three samples of their work to the center before noon Thurs-day, Nov. 3.

Center hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The jurying will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 8, and items must be picked up by Nov. 21. Each person going through the process must fi ll out a form and pay a nonrefundable $25 jurying fee. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

The center is hosting a chili supper with music by the Woodpickers and a silent auction from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Norris Community Building. The cost is $5 for homemade chili, cornbread, dessert and drink. Those wanting to purchase a meal served in their own handcrafted pottery bowl, which they can take home afterwards, can do so for only $20.

There will also be a range of homemade crafts, services and other items up for bid at a silent auction. This event is a fundraiser for the center and is open to the public. People are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance by stopping by the center or by calling in advance, although tickets will also be on sale at the door.

Upcoming classes at the center: Nov. 3, Glass Fusing Work-shop, 6:30 to 9 p.m. with Kathy King; Nov. 5, Nuno Felting, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Geri Forkner; Dec. 10, Felted Wool Santa, 2 to 5:30 p.m., with Nancy Shedden and Tammy Straut.

YWCA to host Race Against Racism

YWCA Knoxville will hold its annual Race against Racism starting at 1 p.m. Jan. 14 at the YWCA Phyllis Wheatley Center, 124 S. Cruze St.

Registration begins at 11:30 a.mm and an awards presentation will begin after the race at 1:45pm. Registra-tion is $15 per person for a team of fi ve or more, $12 per

child under 15, or $20 per individual registered by Jan. 6. Every registration submit-ted after that date will be $25. Every participant will receive a long-sleeved T-shirt on the day of the race.

This year there will be a new stroller walk and stroll-er run to encourage mothers and fathers of young chil-dren to participate.

Info: Danielle Benson at (865) 523-6126. Registra-tion: www.ywcaknox.com/.

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LifeAs we inch upwards of age 50, one

piece of advice we too often try to ig-nore is “Get your colonoscopy.”

Dr. Bergein Overholt of Gastrointesti-nal Associates (GIA) says, “Don’t put this off! Your life may depend upon it.”

He and his group feel so strongly about the importance of the exam, they have made a day of it: GIA Screening Colonoscopy Day.

The program, now in its third year, provides free colonoscopy exams to a group of people preselected by Interfaith Health Clinic and the Free Medical Clinic of America. GIA has partnered with pro-viders such as Anesthesia Associates of Knoxville, Tennova, Premier Surgical As-sociates, The Endoscopy Center, Boston Scientific, Interactive Optics, the Ameri-can Cancer Society and Salix Pharma-ceuticals to enable folks who might not otherwise be screened to have this poten-tially life-saving procedure.

But perhaps just as important, GIA Screening Colonoscopy Day helps build awareness throughout the community of the importance of this preventative measure.

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“Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. and one of the most curable if caught early,” said Overholt. “Screening colonoscopy is the only test that allows us to find and remove abnormal cell growths called pol-yps from the entire colon.”

He ought to know. Overholt pioneered fl exible fi beroptic sigmoidoscopy, devel-

oping the instrument which led to modern colonoscopy. As founding partner at GIA, he has fostered a commitment to research for providing the best and most advanced care in gastroenterology. GIA is a national leader in technology for the treatment and diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases.

GIA was the first private practice in the country to develop a state licensed,

Medicare certifi ed, endoscopic ambulato-ry surgery center (ASC), making gastroin-testinal health care more convenient and affordable for patients. Now with three ASC locations in Knoxville, GIA serves as a model for practices around the country.

Currently, GIA is pioneering new tech-nologies and procedures for the treat-ment of Barrett’s esophagus.

During the latest GIA Screening Colonoscopy Day, more than half of the 46 patients screened had polyps removed. Though typically benign, some polyps contain a small area of cancer or will de-velop into cancer over time. Studies have shown that polyp removal has been asso-ciated with a 60- to 90-percent reduction in colorectal cancer.

These exams are essential to prevent-ing colon cancer for anyone age 50 or old-er. It is even more important for people with a family history of colon cancer to be screened regularly.

“I can’t stress enough just how im-portant this screening is,” said Overholt. “This year, 32 percent of the patients screened during the event had at least one cancerous polyp, and one patient was diagnosed with cancer that arose from a polyp. When we find these polyps early, we can very likely prevent or cure this cancer. And early diagnosis gives those with cancer a fighting chance.”

So don’t put it off any longer. In the case of a screening colonoscopy, an ounce of prevention could truly mean a cure.

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MY-2 • OCTOBER 31, 2011 • SHOPPER-NEWS

Medicare is different this year because of

health care reform, and if you’re not aware of how this important program has changed, pay attention.

The Medicare program can be confusing because of its many different parts, supplemental coverage op-tions and specifi c Medicare enrollment periods for dif-ferent products. All of these nuances can make Medicare hard to understand for new enrollees as well as for those who have been on the pro-gram for a number of years.

If you’re new to the pro-gram or even if you’re a seasoned Medicare veter-an, here are six things you should know about the pro-gram heading into 2012.

Be aware of deductibles, coin-surance, out-of-pocket limits and prescription drug costs

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Medicare 2012:What you need to know

If you’re new to Medi-care, it’s important to know that both parts of original Medicare (A and B) have deductibles. And, the Part A deductibles are not tied to a calendar year like they are with traditional health insurance. Instead, they’re

tied to a 90-day benefi t pe-riod, with some exceptions.

The Medicare Part B ben-efi t also includes coinsur-ance after you meet your de-ductible. With coinsurance, Medicare pays a percentage of each bill and you pay the rest (between 20 and 45

percent, depending on the service), after applicable premiums and deductibles.

Original Medicare also has no limits on the amount you could pay out of your own pocket for covered medical services each year. And, original Medicare does not cover the cost of most prescription drugs.

New and existing benefi ts to help you fi ll in Medicare’s gaps

People concerned about some of the gaps in original Medicare have the option to enroll in insurance products regulated by the government but provided by private com-panies. These are products designed specifi cally to fi ll some of the different gaps in Medicare. They include:

Medicare Part D stand- ■alone prescription drug plans, which cover the cost

of most prescription drugs. New Benefi t: In 2012 part D recipients get a 14 percent discount on the cost of ge-neric drugs when they reach Medicare’s coverage gap, or “donut hole,” on top of the 50 percent discount they got last year on the cost of brand name drugs when they reach the donut hole.

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plans, which cover por-tions of the deductibles, coinsurance and out-of-pocket costs not covered by original Medicare.

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plans, which bundle together the Part D drug benefi t with some additional coverage for deductibles, coinsurance and out-of-pocket costs. New Benefi t: Starting in 2011, health care reform requires all Medicare Advantage plans to have a maximum limit of $6,700 on how much a customer can pay out of their own pocket for medical services, excluding the cost of prescription drugs.

Each type of supplemen-

tal coverage has different guidelines for when you can enroll, change and cancel your coverage.

There are new Medicare annual enrollment dates

Most benefi ciaries can change a Medicare Advan-tage plan or stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plan once per year during Medicare’s annual enroll-ment period (AEP). The dates for AEP changed this year, and run from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 in 2011.

Medicare Supplement plans have an initial en-rollment period, which oc-curs in the fi rst six months after you enroll in Medi-care Part B and are 65 or older. During that time, you can enroll in a Medi-care Supplement plan and not be declined. But, if you try to enroll after the initial enrollment period, your application could be declined based on a review of your medical history.

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SHOPPER-NEWS • OCTOBER 31, 2011 • MY-3

According to the Kaiser Family Foun-dation, out of 523 plans nationwide in 2011, only three received an overall rat-ing of 5, and 74 received an overall rat-ing 4 or 4.5 stars.

Heading into 2012 the hope is that more plans will achieve this high 5-star rating. If you’re lucky enough to have access to a 5-star plan, consider it as an option for your coverage. One benefi t of a 5-star plan is that you can enroll at any time, even outside of Medicare’s annual enrollment period.

Make way for baby boomers qualifying for “Original Medicare” at age 65

That, plus the new dates, means peo-ple who wait until the last minute could be putting themselves at risk. It’s a good idea to make a plan and review your coverage for 2012 early.

A great place to review and re-search the different Medicare prod-ucts available in your ZIP code is www.planprescriber.com.

2012 Medicare annual enroll-ment period runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, 2011.

from a Supplement plan to an Advan-tage plan, the AEP is a good time to make that switch.

It’s critical to compare drug coverage every year

PlanPrescriber.com, an Internet compa-ny that allows people to compare Medicare plans side-by-side and research benefi ts, drug prices and different coverage options, looked at 25,000 user sessions on its web-site during the 2011 AEP (between Nov. 15, 2010, and Dec. 31, 2010). Customers en-tered their ZIP code; their existing Medicare prescription drug plan or Medicare Advan-tage drug plan; and the names, dosages and frequency of any prescription drugs they were taking, if any.

The site’s prescription drug plan compar-ison tool found that, on average, a user could save more than $500 per year — more than $40 per month — by reviewing their options and changing their prescription drug plan.

But, averages don’t tell the full story. In a recent news article, a MarketWatch reporter compared the cost differences for a single drug in one Georgia ZIP code and found that annual expenses could range from $2,661 to $9,032, depending on which Medicare Advantage plan is chosen. If you want to review and research the different Medicare products available in your ZIP code, www.planprescriber.com is a great place to start.

This year, baby boomers begin turning 65, which means more people will be enrolling in the basic benefi t than ever before, putting more stress and time constraints on enrollment experts.

Get star power in 2012The Affordable Care Act, (health care

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MY-4 • OCTOBER 31, 2011 • SHOPPER-NEWS

Did you know you have more than 600 muscles in your

body, including your tongue, heart and stomach?

When exerted, your muscles pull against your skeleton, caus-ing your bones to become strong and durable. But a lack of exercise and nutrition can compromise your muscle strength, especially as you age.

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Keeping your muscles healthy as you age

it comes to muscle, if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it.”

In addition to age, a sedentary lifestyle and poor nutrition can lead to loss of muscle. Many peo-ple are surprised to learn that a sedentary person may have 40 to 50 percent body fat. On the fl ip side, muscle burns more calories than fat during daily activities,

including sitting. A serious, temporary illness or

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To fi nd out if your muscles are

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• Feed your muscle. Proteins are the building blocks of mus-cle. Get your protein daily from meat, poultry, fi sh, nuts, eggs and beans. You can also augment your diet with healthful protein and nutrition shakes, such as Ensure Muscle Health shakes, which contain Revigor (a source of HMB, an amino-acid metabo-lite), and 13 grams of protein to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. They are perfect for a snack on the go.

• Get aerobic exercise. Try to get between 30 to 60 minutes of blood-pumping exercise daily to build muscle endurance. And stretch your muscles before and after to prevent injury.

• Carry a load. Resistance training is also essential to keep-ing your muscles strong and lim-ber and retaining bone density. Use weights or the resistance of your own body weight to build your strength.

“We live in an amazing time when we really are able to have some control over how we age,” says Dr. Wright. “In fact, there’s new evidence that boomers and seniors who exercise three to fi ve times a week are able to retain lean muscle like younger ath-letes. So don’t let your age dis-courage you from living a health-ier, active life today!”

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