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mom’s endeavor to pro-vide an indoor play space for her kids may ultimately result in a regional chil-dren’s science museum that appeals to children and adults alike.

Efforts to establish the MUSE (Museum of Understanding Science and Exploration of the arts) Knoxville began in 2010, and after hundreds of hours of research and community outreach, the vision for the facility con-tinues to evolve.

Ashley Klappholz moved from Clinton, Tenn., to Dallas while she was in high school. When she returned to East Ten-nessee as a young mom, she missed the numerous

museums that catered to kids in Texas. So she, along with a partner, de-veloped Sprout Studio, which opened in Down-town West in 2008.

The 5,000-square-foot facility contained exhibits designed by MindSplash, an Illinois company that specializes in educational play spaces. It was open for over a year, and dur-ing an 11-month period, Sprout Studio had 70,000 visitors. But the space was too small, and since the economy had slowed, Klappholz couldn’t get a loan to expand. Sprout Studio closed, and the ex-hibits were sold to a Chi-cago museum.

She took a break for a time, but a girlfriend who wrote grants encouraged

The MUSE Knoxville

After spending much of 2012 soliciting community input, Ellie Kittrell and Ashley Klappholz

continue their eff orts to bring a children’s science museum, MUSE Knoxville, to life. Their

plans for the next few months include participation in STEM education events and the com-

pletion of an architectural plan for the museum. Photo by Wendy Smith

her to consider creat-ing a nonprofit museum. MindSplash creative di-rector Becky Lindsay also encouraged Klappholz, who began visiting other children’s museums with

friend and fellow mom Chelly Clayton.

In 2011, after a pool-side conversation with Klappholz, Ellie Kittrell joined the project. Kit-trell’s career as a project

manager before she had children made her profes-sionally suited for the role as community outreach director for the MUSE.

More on A-3

Miracle Maker

Christi Shields jokes that one reason she chose to become a kindergarten teacher was because she’d never have to grow up. Knox County Schools extended

kindergarten to a full day this year. Previously, kindergarten students went home at 1 p.m. Shields says the move has gone well.

➤ See Jake Mabe’s story on page A-9

Drs. Ashley Walker and Thom Haig examine Bravo at the Powell Animal

Hospital. Photo by Jake Mabe

Local animal clinics mergeBy Sandra Clark

Dr. Sharon Startup is selling her practice at Beaverbrook Animal Hospital to Dr. Thom Haig of Pow-ell Animal Hospital. Dr. Ashley Walker is already working at the Powell facility, located at 205 Star Mountain Way behind the Powell Branch Library.

Haig, who purchased Powell Animal Hospital from founder Dr. Jim Sternberg in 2008, said the two clinics have been “good neigh-bors for about 300 years.”

“We’re going to be one, big hap-py family,” Dr. Walker said. “It will mean the hospital can offer more doctors, more staff” and that “it’s a great thing for our clients and patients.”

She joins Drs. Haig, Janell Pe-terson and Catherine Carr.

Powell Animal Hospital will retain both phone numbers: 938-1884 and 688-2921. Clinic hours are 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

an architect with the Cope fi rm who is active with the Young Republicans.

The two represent a lot of hard work by Kuhl-man, who recruited them as part of her goal to bring more young people into the party.

Also at the meet-ing was C h a r m e Knight, an attorney in the district attorney’s o f f i c e . She hasn’t made the

big, formal announcement yet, but Knight says she is running for the DA’s job when Randy Nichols’ term expires in 2014. He has said he won’t run for re-election.

By Anne HartKnox County Republi-

cans will elect a new party chair at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at Central High School. Candidates Buddy Burkhardt, Ruthie Kuhl-man and John Gabriel will speak at the Halls Repub-lican Club at 7 p.m. today (Jan. 21). The meeting will be at the Halls Community Park (where early voting is held) since Charley’s Pizza has closed.

Precinct committees reorganized last Thurs-day amid the season’s fi rst snow.

The party’s offi ces at the

640 Building on Broadway are relocating to 318 Nancy Lynn Lane, Suite 25, off Baum Drive in Bearden. Offi ce manager Suzanne Dewar says the telephone number – 689-4671 – won’t change.

Gabriel, Kuhlman and Burkhardt warmed up their routine last week at the West Knox Republi-can Club. The three have distinctly different back-grounds and styles, and each champions party growth, keeping the of-fices currently held by Republicans and adding to that number, and bet-

Buddy Burkhardt, Ruthie Kuhlman and John Gabriel are

vying to be Knox County Republican party chair. Photo by A. Hart

Republicans movin’

and shakin’

Knight

ter communication be-tween individual clubs and with party members in general.

Kuhlman is president of the West Knox Club and in-troduced a proposed slate

of offi cers that includes two newcomers to the club – Alexander Waters, a law student at UT who worked with the Romney cam-paign in East Tennessee last year, and Alex Roehl,

your stories … each of you has touched my life in a very special way.”

She is pursuing certifi cation in veterinary dentistry and oral sur-gery and will be practicing in Far-ragut.

“This specialty treats pets with maladies such as oral cancer, peri-odontal disease, jaw fractures, and broken teeth,” Startup wrote. “Often this pain goes undiagnosed because the pet doesn’t complain. Results have been amazing, and my work has been very rewarding. I feel compelled to continue this work.”

She said the Beaverbrook staff will remain at Powell Animal Hos-pital, and that Dr. Haig is “highly skilled in the fi eld of practice man-agement.” Val Ellis is his hospital manager.

The Beaverbrook facility, locat-ed on Emory Road near Dry Gap Pike, will be closed Feb. 1. In a letter, Dr. Startup said

she will miss the connection with her clients and their pets. “I have gotten to know your families and

Relay for LifeWho says one person can’t

change the world? Don’t tell that to Dr. Gordy Klatt.

➤ See Jake Mabe’s story on A-11

Fit for the FatherGlenwood Baptist Church

members and friends are getting fi t for worship both mentally and physically. Mu-sic minister Emily Harbin and pastor Travis Henderson are leading Fit for the Father, which launched Jan. 10 at the church.

➤ See Cindy Taylor’s story on A-7

All about JonesBecause some still insist

Jon Gruden was available for the right price, the new-coach impact is not yet 100 percent absolutely positive but Butch Jones sure has generated excit-ing commentary.

➤ See Marvin West’s story on A-6

Two women at the well

Wells were important meet-ing places in the Bible. They were necessary in that arid land for the life-giving water they stored, and they func-tioned much as town squares do today. Someone from every household in the village went to the well at least once a day.

Lynn Hutton recounts two biblical encounters at the very same well, roughly 1,300 years apart.

➤ See Lynn’s story on page A-6

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Dr. Susan Dodd is a native of Sevier County and has practiced obstetrics and gynecology since 1987 and now focuses exclusively on gynecology. Dr. Dodd is a highly accomplished physician, profes-sor, and community volunteer with a true passion for her profession: providing qual-ity and personalized women’s care in a welcoming environment. It’s no surprise she’s been recognized as a “Top Doc” in Cityview magazine annually since 2002, as a YWCA Tribute to Women human ser-vices honoree, and as a Girl Scout Woman of Achievement, among other honors.

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Dr. Susan Dodd provides gynecological

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Barnyard TalesKathryn Woycik

An example of the traditional

craftsmanship used on the

Franks’ barn. The barn was

built with wooden pegs in-

stead of nails.

Aaron Frank of Powell asked if we could feature his grandfather’s barn. He knew the barn was quite old and had a story to tell.

Intrigued by his email, I took a drive to Monroe County, to the town of Madisonville. I met Aaron and his grandfather Charles Frank, a retiree from Alcoa.

The barn was purchased from its original owners by Ranie Frank, Charles

Inside the hand-dug well believed to have been built just after

the Civil War.

Finding a classic onCold Stream Farm

The barn located on Cold Stream Farm Road in Madisonville. A metal detector was used on the

property and, among other things, bullets from the Civil War were discovered. Photos by K. Woycik

Frank’s great-uncle. As to its age, Frank’s granddad thought the barn may have been built before the turn of the last century. Charles said, “It may even be the old-est barn in Monroe County, I’m not sure.”

The barn was used for tobacco farming during Charles’ childhood. Times were different. Work on the farm made for long, hard days. Moonshine stills, a

crooked legal system and bootlegging existed.

“Mom and dad raised us right, to know what work was. More people should be raised that way,” Charles says.

The barn hasn’t changed much over the years. In 1955, the wooden boards were removed from the roof and metal was added. In ad-dition to age, termites have added to the barn’s deterio-ration.

Noticing the metal roof-ing coming off at the pitch of the barn, Charles said, “I need to get up there to fix

it. I hate to see it go down-hill.”

I also saw a hand-dug 28-foot well, which is older than the barn. It has nev-er gone dry. People used to drive their horses and wagons from miles around to get water. Rainey’s son “Little Charlie” signed his name into a concrete slab when it was added around the well in 1926. The well is believed to have been built just after the Civil War.

Years ago, Ranie Frank worked at a store across the street called Short Bark.

Aaron is a student at

The Muse Knoxville From page A-1

The volunteer effort also suited her personally.

“We’re both passionate, not just about our children, but about children who are under-served. Not every family has the opportunity to go to a museum or teach a science class,” she says.

In December of 2011, Klappholz and Kittrell, with help from Lindsay, present-ed their business plan to several foundations, and re-ceived initial funding from the Haslam Foundation, the Clayton Family Foundation and Clayton Homes.

Since then, the women have been talking to par-ents, educators, business leaders and potential part-ners about what the mu-seum should look like and what sort of learning will take place there.

The feedback has been surprisingly consistent, says Kittrell. There’s a desire for a facility that serves as a town hall, where parents and educa-tors can learn what’s go-ing on in the community. Input also recommends open-ended learning ex-periences and exhibits that emphasize creative think-ing and problem solving.

The current concept will be focused on STEAM

(Science, Technology, En-gineering, Arts and Math) learning. Klappholz hopes to take advantage of local expertise by providing a “makerspace” where adults come together to create and test ideas that utilize technology.

The concept is becom-ing more concrete. Doug McCarty of McCarty Hol-saple McCarty Architects and Brandon Pace of Sand-ers Pace Architecture have donated time to the muse-um’s architectural design. The desired location is the Knoxville Convention and Exhibition Center on World’s Fair Park. The de-sign won’t be unveiled un-til the master plan is pre-sented to the donors in late spring, Kittrell says.

This year, the women plan to build community support for the project by participating in STEM education projects. The MUSE Knoxville, along with other science educa-tors, will host parent ori-entation meetings at the 2013 Science Expo, held on Jan. 26 at the L&N STEM Academy. During the sum-mer, Klappholz and Kit-trell plan to offer a series of “art and science in the park” events.

The MUSE Knoxville, along with other

science educators, will host parent

orientation meetings at the 2013 Science

Expo, set for Saturday, Jan. 26, at the L&N

STEM Academy.

Pellissippi State. He plans to continue the barn’s leg-acy after it passes from his grandfather to his father to him. Aaron currently hunts on the property and says he does well with deer and wild turkey.

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

By Ruth WhiteSenior adults at the Halls

Senior Center stepped up their game and learned prac-tical techniques for defend-ing themselves against un-wanted attacks during a re-cent self-defense workshop.

Fifth-degree black belt Kathryn Eldridge used her Isshinryu karate skills and her knowledge of gerontology to help seniors defend them-selves and enhance their bal-ance through exercise.

Eldridge began the class with exercises to help with circulation and warm up the muscles. Following the warm-up, Eldridge handed out different types of defen-sive sticks, including an um-brella, walking stick, cane and a plastic tube. She dem-onstrated four techniques – upper block, side block, windshield wiper and goug-ing –and then let the class practice its skills.

Following the stick de-fense instruction, Eldridge worked the group through a series of courses to test and work on balance.

“Loss of balance is one of the top causes of falls,” said Eldridge.

Working through the agility course helps identify an area of weakness in bal-ance and allows an individ-ual to work on the area.

The fi nal part of the course involved self-defense in the event of an abduction attempt.

“First rule of thumb is to not let someone grab you,” said Eldridge.

If that were to happen, she showed participants how to

Seniors learn self-defense

Kathryn Eldridge demonstrates a self-defense technique to

students at the Halls Senior Center. Photos by Ruth White

distract their abductor and make an attempt at releasing the person’s grip.

Eldridge stressed that making noise is also helpful.

“When you yell, do it from deep within and put your hands out in a stop motion. Do it forcefully. If you can’t yell, make as much noise as possible.”

Eldridge teaches an Adaptive Martial Arts-Is-shinryu class at the Halls Se-

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In 2008, political junk-ies all over the country (and perhaps the world) bookmarked Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight blog to get his running predictions on the presidential race as well as other important national and state contests. His blog was named for the total number of votes in the Elec-toral College.

Betty Bean

Lyons deciphers ‘The Signal and the Noise’

His uncanny accuracy made him legendary.

Named one of Time Mag-azine’s 100 Most Infl uential People in 2009, Silver, 34, began his professional life as a sabermetrician (an an-alyst of baseball statistics).

By 2012, the New York Times had given him a home on its web page, where once again, his following bal-looned during the presiden-tial race. And once again, he

was astoundingly accurate.While public pollsters’

prognostications fl uctu-ated wildly between the two candidates, fi nally set-tling on an expectation of a photo-fi nish that could yield an electoral vote win and a popular vote loss, Sil-ver, who steadfastly forecast the probability of a clean Obama victory, gained mil-lions of fans and not a few detractors (mostly among disgruntled losers).

His book, “The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail, but Some Don’t,” became an instant best-seller, even though it was completed long before Election Day and didn’t deal with the Romney/Obama race.

City Policy Director Bill Lyons, who devoted a con-siderable chunk of his ca-reer as a political science professor, statistician and pollster, might be the best- qualifi ed guy in Knoxville to review Silver’s book, and despite bad weather, he drew

a healthy crowd at the inaugu-ral session of “Books Sandwiched In,” Knox County Pub-lic Library’s new month-ly lunchtime

book discussion at the East Tennessee History Center.

Lyons gave the book two thumbs-up, and said Silver, who analyzes and aggre-gates data but doesn’t do polls himself, did a master-ful job of explaining how he used Bayesian statistics to synthesize past results and current sample data and come up with predictions.

“The signal is the truth and the noise distracts us from the truth,” Lyons said. “Romney and his folks re-ally believed they were go-ing to win. Apparently they believed that from the evi-dence they chose to utilize, including things like ‘vibes’ (that they perceived from

drawing large crowds). There was quite a bit of looking for Nate Silver to get his comeuppance.”

Silver used hedgehog and fox analogies to explain two classes of predictors: hedge-hogs are ideology-driven and choose statistics that fi t their views; foxes are non- ideological and avoid bias. Silver, of course, is a fox. Several of Romney’s favor-ite pollsters, unfortunately for the candidate, were hedgehogs.

“We all make decisions based on variables choos-ing probable outcomes … But we’re always operating in un-certainty,” Lyons said, ticking off subject areas that illustrate his point:

“Baseball, politics, weath-er, economic trends: Why did nobody predict the economic downturn? The weather – that usually works pretty well.

“Do we really have a good model that we understand, or do we just paddle around in a sea of data that we really don’t understand?”

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Gilbert out at Pension Board

The city Pension Board at its Jan. 10 meeting added council member Finbarr Saunders to the search committee to find a successor to retiring executive director Mike Cherry (who stays to the end of 2013).

Saunders represents city council on the Pen-sion Board. The commit-tee also chose Greg Coker as its chair. It is now a 4-member committee. It will advertise for appli-cants and all meetings will operate under the open meetings law.

■ Bill Mason, at-torney for the Kennerly Montgomery law firm, which has represented the city Pension Board for 40 years (starting in 1972) ad-vised Mayor Rogero (who is chair) that Bud Gilbert, former state senator, who had represented the Pen-sion Board for 22 years, would no longer be in that capacity as he was no lon-ger with the firm.

Mason, who has handled many pension issues over the course of his law prac-tice, has replaced Gilbert for Kennerly Montgom-ery and attended the recent board meeting. Interest-ingly, it was not Gilbert who advised the board of his departure. Gilbert is not currently practicing law.

■ There is discus-sion among Pension Board members as to whether the position of legal counsel will be put out for an RFQ so all at-torneys who wish to be considered can apply, or whether Kennerly Mont-gomery will continue as counsel. The last time the Pension Board solicited qualifications was 10 years ago. Gilbert and his for-mer law firm retained the business after the process was concluded.

Mason, who has an excellent legal reputa-tion, would likely seek to continue representing the Pension Board. However, the Board will discuss the matter at its February meeting as the city Law Department sent the Board a plan to start an RFQ. However, the city Pension Board is independent from the executive branch of

city government and is not obligated to accept the Law Department’s recommen-dations, even on an RFQ.

Rogero and Saunders are known to favor a RFQ.

Some local public bod-ies routinely put out a request for qualifications for professional services such as auditors or attor-neys, and others do not. It is considered a best prac-tice to do this on a 3- to 5-year basis. There is little consistency among public boards in this practice.

■ Greg Mackay, the new head of the Public As-semblies, which includes Chilhowee Park and the Civic Auditorium and Cole-sium, will make $98,000 a year as a starting salary. His predecessor, Bob Polk, who had been there 17 years, made $115,000 a year when he retired. It is normal for a new person to start at a lesser salary than the per-son he replaced. Mackay re-ports to the mayor whereas Polk reported to the former Auditorium Board.

■ Mayor Rogero has joined Mayor Dean of Nashville and Mayor Wharton of Memphis to endorse Democratic Par-ty treasurer Dave Garrison to become state party chair as state Democrats pick a new chair at their Jan. 26 meeting in Nashville. Democrats in Tennessee today have lower numbers than the Republicans had in the depth of Watergate or after the Goldwater 1964 electoral loss.

What is unusual here is the level of partisan activ-ity that these three non-partisan mayors, who all happen to be Democrats, are displaying.

They certainly have every right to endorse anyone for any offi ce, but why get in-volved in an internal Demo-cratic Party fi ght (4 persons are seeking the position)?

It does indicate all three are playing an ac-tive role in rebuilding the state Democratic Party.

Given the current state of the Tennessee Demo-cratic Party, whoever becomes state chair has an uphill struggle to put Democrats back into state offices.

Bill Haslam is a clear fa-vorite to win a second term in 2014, as is Lamar Alex-ander to win a third U.S. Senate term, also in 2014.

Democrats’ best shot is to win some state House or Senate seats and start their slow rebuilding pro-cess there.

School board member Marty Gibbs talks with Bryan Burklin, an

auditor with the state comptroller’s offi ce, at the January meet-

ing of Union County Commission. The commission has adopt-

ed centralized accounting under the 1981 act. Photo by S. Clark

By Betty BeanThe state comptroller’s of-

fi ce is pushing a bill called the County Financial Manage-ment System Act of 2013 that will move school and general government fi nance depart-ments into the offi ce of the county mayor.

It is a local option bill, which means counties can opt in by a 2/3 vote of county commission. It is not draft-ed to include Knox or other counties with a charter, and it has not yet been fi led.

Rep. Ryan Haynes, who chairs the new State Govern-ment Committee, says this bill is news to him:

“I haven’t had an opportu-nity to discuss this bill with the comptroller’s offi ce, but I’ve got great concerns, so much so that I think others will as well.”

Jason Mumpower, chief of staff for Comptroller Justin Wilson, said the bill “is not in any shape, form or fashion mandatory.”

Currently, counties are operating under the Finan-cial Management Act of 1981. Before that, the most recent overhaul of the Financial Management Act was in 1957.

“Those two (dates) alone might tell you it’s time to adopt an updated act,” Mumpower said. “It is not mandatory – we’re just pro-viding another tool.”

Mayor Tim Burchett likes the idea and wishes the bill in-cluded Knox County.

“I’d like to have more con-trol,” he said. “Currently (the school system) has control of 62 percent of the budget, but unfortunately, this bill won’t apply to us unless the sponsor of the bill added us to it. And

Law proposes to consolidate accounting

even if it did pass, I don’t see county commission having the will to take on the sheriff and the school board, even though we have one of the fi n-est fi nance departments in the country.

“We’re in very good fi nan-cial shape, comparatively speaking, and we’re paying down our debt, something I intend to continue.”

Mumpower said the cen-tralized fi nance offi ces will “take the burden off individ-ual offi ces.”

He said no one should be worried because this measure will not result in a loss of au-tonomy for school systems or other departments.

“There are several counties in the state that have central-ized fi nancial offi ces,” he said. “It doesn’t run roughshod over anybody – it’s simply a new structure.”

Union County Commis-sion recently set up cen-tralized accounting under the 1981 Act and the school board is not happy.

“I don’t think (we) want to work with centralized ac-counting,” board member Marty Gibbs told the com-mission last week. “School fi nances are very complex with (reporting require-ments associated with) fed-eral funds and numerous grants.”

Union County Mayor (and former state senator)Mike Williams said, “How could anyone not be on board? I still think (central-ized accounting is) the right thing for our county.”

Mumpower said some “of our friends out there” may have been a little confused

about what’s in the bill because there were early drafts fl oating around, and as we heard from concerned county offi cials, and we made changes based on their suggestions. We have not even fi led the bill yet, and I think their concerns will be soothed by the new draft.

“We would view this as way to move this great state for-ward. It will be like moving from an old adding machine

to a state-of-the-art comput-er. And two-thirds of county commission is a high bar.”

Mumpower said the bill’s prime sponsors are well ac-quainted with the needs of county government. Senate sponsor Ken Yager served 24 years as Roane County mayor/county executive and House sponsor Bob Ramsey previously chaired the Blount County Commission.

By Theresa EdwardsAs we observe Martin

Luther King Jr. Day, at least one Knox-villian can say he was there for the memorable march on W a s h i n g -ton, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963.

Avon W. Rollins Sr., CEO and ex-ecutive director of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, was on the platform looking out at the crowd of 250,000 as Dr. King presented the “I have a dream” speech.

Rollins’ memories of that day give more information and insight than history books record. He has writ-

ten “Recollections of the March on Washington,” online at www.crmvet.org/info/mowrolin.htm/.

Rollins possesses not only knowledge, but a love for people and a passion for everyone’s rights. He gra-ciously welcomed me last month and described the unique Christmas tree on display at Beck.

The ornaments included photographs of African-Americans of the Knoxville area who had passed away. The tree was in memory of them, and Rollins could tell about each one, including his own dear mother.

The Beck Cultural Ex-change Center is located at 1927 Dandridge Avenue. Info: 524-8461 or www.beckcenter.net.

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On Nov. 20, the last re-maining Campbell in the Concord-Farragut area passed into history and the town lost its only remain-ing First Family member. John Steele Campbell was the great grandson of “elder” David Campbell, who along with Col. David Campbell, Andrew Campbell and James Campbell founded Camp-bell’s Station, which is now the town of Farragut.

The Campbell cousins, emigrants from Ulster, Scot-land, migrated here from Au-gusta County, Va., and arrived on March 7, 1787 – two years before George Washington was elected president in 1789. They followed Indian and wild game trails along the crests of ridges through primeval for-ests until they discovered a large spring where the Farra-

Descendant of Campbell Station’s founder dies

gut baseball diamond is now located.

They built their cabins a few hundred yards west of the spring in what is now the Campbell Station Road and Kingston Pike intersection. At that time Campbell’s Sta-tion was the westernmost settlement on the frontier. It later became the staging area for settlers moving west to the Cumberland Settlements and on to Nashborough (now Nashville).

These early pioneers struggled against formidable

By Cindy TaylorFifty-six years seems like

a long time to most people. According to Joan and Floyd Rutherford, it goes by in a fl ash. The two have accumu-lated 112 years of creativity during their 56-year marriage.

Floyd retired 30 years ago when his company closed down. Since that time he has farmed and raised cattle. Five years ago, at age 76, he discov-ered a new talent.

From gun cabinets to shoe-shine boxes to toys, Ruther-ford has designed and built items out of wood harvested from his property. He takes the wood to a nearby sawmill for cutting and then places it under a shed in his backyard until it is cured, a 6-month process, and ready for his nimble fi ngers to form it into a beautiful work of art.

“I just wanted something

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odds to establish homes in an area where the native inhab-itants were less than enthusi-astic about their new neigh-bors. These were hardy men who had gained a reputation for bravery during the Revo-lutionary War at the Battle of King’s Mountain, and the experience would serve them well during the early years at the Station.

Although John had been my acquaintance for many years, I got to know him well when he invited me to be-come the treasurer of historic Pleasant Forest Cemetery, which was established by his cousin, Col. David Campbell, in 1800. John was president of the Pleasant Forest Ceme-tery Commission for 44 years until his death and took great pride in relating its history to school kids who visited on

fi eld trips. And I am sure that no one who purchased a lot there left the premises with-out knowing a lot about the cemetery’s history.

Over the past 17 years, John related many stories to me about his ancestors and the challenges they faced dur-ing the fi rst nine years at the Station. Nine years after they arrived they felt safe enough to leave the fort and establish farms in the area. John lived on the farm his great-grand-father established in 1796. “Elder” David Campbell built a log block house on the exact spot where the white clap-board two-story home exists today.

He once related that his great uncle James Campbell, who was known at “Big Jim-my,” was huge, standing seven feet tall and weighing more

than 400 pounds. When they realized that they were being watched by the native people, they would send Big Jimmy out to walk around the fort. Apparently the natives were so awed by his size, they de-cided if they are all big as him, maybe the Campbells should be left alone.

John spent most of his life farming the land left to him by his grandfather, and although he was involved for a while at a farm machinery company, his real love was farming. And he always put out a garden even when he was in his 80s. I could al-ways count on John ringing our doorbell in early summer with fresh corn, tomatoes and other produce.

I also had the opportunity to serve with John on the Far-ragut Folklife Museum Guid-

ance Committee. Along with the town of Farragut’s fi rst mayor, Bob Leonard, John was a valuable resource on the early history of our area.

Like so many persons who pass away in their elder years, he had survived many of his friends. His passing and burial services were mostly a family affair. But that is the way John would have wanted it. He accomplished things in a low-key manner and he passed away in the manner in which he had lived: quietly and without much fanfare.

For those who knew him, John Steele Campbell will always be remembered when driving past Pleasant Forest Cemetery or through the in-tersection of Kingston Pike and Campbell Station Road, where his great grandfather built his cabin 226 years ago.

Floyd and Joan Rutherford sit at the walnut table he handcraft-

ed. Notice the bark edge. Photo by Cindy Taylor

Heartwarming crafts and food

else to do,” said Rutherford. “I didn’t grow up doing this and never really thought about it before fi ve years ago.”

Rutherford takes the wood from a rough piece to a sleek fi nished product. After com-pleting his fi rst piece, he re-alized he had both talent and a love for woodworking. He inscribes the date on each fi n-ished piece. His favorite wood is walnut or cedar, and his shop is his haven.

“Sometimes I can’t sleep and I’ll be in my shop as early as 5 a.m.”

He has built many items that are scattered through-

out his home; bookshelves, the kitchen table, side tables, benches and one of his favor-ites, his wife’s recipe box.

“I love to eat as much as I love to work with wood,” said Rutherford. “I made her a recipe box and shelves to hold her cookbooks so I get lots of cakes and pies.”

While Floyd is in his work-shop outside, Joan is in the kitchen whipping up goodies. She is well-known in Union County for her cooking. Her kitchen wall is fi lled with cer-tifi cates she has been awarded for her food creations. Joan is always happy to share her rec-ipes with others.

“I have a friend who asked me for some of my recipes,” said Joan. “I don’t have a typewriter or computer so I hand wrote a bunch of my recipes and put them in a

book for her.”Rutherford is often asked

to bring her homemade fried apple pies or chocolate pie, Floyd’s favorite, to family and community events. A shelf made by Floyd holds dozens of her favorite cookbooks.

Union County is full of unique folks, and Floyd and Joan Rutherford are two very special, talented people. Joan has shared her recipe for date nut rolls with Shopper readers.

Cook until well blended:1 Cup brown sugar, 1 stick

margarine, 2 eggs and 1 box chopped dates. While mix-ture is hot, add 1 cup coco-nut, 2 cups Rice Krispies and 1 cup fi nely chopped nuts. Blend well. Shape into balls when cool and roll in pow-dered sugar.Reach Cindy Taylor at brentcindyt@gmail.

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Marvin West

Because some still insist Jon Gruden was available for the right price, the new-coach impact is not yet 100 percent absolutely positive but Butch Jones sure has generated exciting com-mentary.

None of what follows is necessarily the offi cial posi-tion of the Shopper-News. I didn’t even do this. It is a mix of heard and read, third-cup-of-coffee philoso-phy, e-mail exclamations, anonymous radio call-in spillage and distilled wis-dom from fan forums:

“This guy gets it.”

All about Jones

“That letter to parents was almost brilliant. It appears none of those support people are editors.”

“I am almost as excited about the hiring of Butch Jones as I was the fi ring of Phillip Fulmer.”

“Unlike his predecessors, Jones has a background that

suggests he is capable.”“Butch is very encourag-

ing. Do you think it is too early to rename a street?”

“As Jack Kile said, it is good to have somebody who really wants to be here.”

“Jones earned this job. It is OK that part of his dream was getting paid millions for doing something he enjoys.”

“He sure has come a long way from Ferris State Col-lege, wherever that is.”

“Coach Jones faces a se-rious challenge. He has to consistently recruit bet-ter than Alabama, LSU, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, the Mississippis and several others or coach better than Saban, Miles, Muschamp,

Spurrier, Richt, etc.“Catching up is hard to

do.”“It seems this guy gets

the most out of players. He couldn’t have had the best talent where he came from.”

“Butch Jones said no one’s expectations will surpass his. I like that.”

“You can’t tell if a coach will be successful until he is or isn’t.”

“Butch Jones has a plan. His system has produced re-sults. The previous coaches tried to hide their won-lost records.”

“This is a great time for football. Coach Jones is un-defeated in press conferenc-es, interviews and hospitality meetings with former Vols.

Reality will start to show up on national signing day. Spring practice will provide some information. We’ll all know more in late October.”

“Butch Jones is the real deal! This guy lives and breathes football! If it wasn’t for reading his background, you might think he has been Tennessee since birth. His at-titude is contagious!”

“I was a little skeptical at fi rst, but the more I see, the better I feel.”

“He said his program is ‘infallible’ and that is either complete confi dence or pure smoke.”

“I like Butch. Won’t it be wonderful if he can coach?”

“Butch Jones sounds a lot like Bruce Pearl. I do hope

Butch follows the letter of the law.”

“Do not jump to conclu-sions. Butch has been work-ing in another world.”

“This man has been here six whole weeks and no-body has said anything bad about him.”

“Butch Jones must be very smart. For some strange rea-son, he believed he was going to be the Tennessee coach long before Tennessee fi g-ured it out. Look how many jobs he turned down waiting for us to fi nd him.”

“Tennessee will win a na-tional championship with Butch Jones as coach – but not this year.”Marvin West invites your comments. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Wells were important meeting places in the Bible. They were necessary in that

arid land for the life-giving water they stored, and they functioned much as town

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Two women at the wellWhile Jacob was still speaking with them, Rachel

came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them. Now when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, and the sheep of his mother’s brother Laban, Jacob went up and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the fl ock of his mother’s brother Laban.

(Genesis 29: 9-10 NRSV)

A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Je-sus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food). The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?

(John 4: 7-9a NRSV)

squares do today. Someone from every household in the village went to the well at least once a day.

The custom, scholars tell us (and it makes perfect sense), was to go early in the morn-ing to draw the water for the day’s cooking and the needs of the household. It was a chore

usually done by the women, and thus the visit to the well became a social occasion too. The women visited, caught up on village news, gossiped, joked, teased, empathized and encouraged each other, much like women of today.

The snippets of Scripture quoted above, however, re-count two encounters at the very same well, roughly 1,300 years apart.

These stories are strange to us, and at the same time, they are very familiar.

Jacob looked at Rachel, saw a beautiful young woman and fell in love. Jesus, on the other hand, saw the Samari-tan woman, looked deep into her soul, and told her the truth about herself.

Important things hap-pened at that well. Jacob found the love of his life. The Samaritan woman found truth, meaning, freedom and a Savior.

Where are the places and the moments in our own lives when love and truth intersect?

It is vital for each of us to have someone in our lives who loves us enough to tell us the truth. That person can be a parent, sibling, child, spouse, friend, pastor or colleague. And we, for our part, have to be willing to hear that truth.

Like Joseph, we may come to the well seeking only water and fi nd that we have discov-ered love.

Like the Samaritan wom-an, we may come to the well

seeking only water, and fi nd – to our surprise – that we have discovered truth, direction, meaning, liberation, salvation.

Both Joseph and the wom-an were surprised. That is how God works.

Sometimes, God sneaks up on us and pours out blessings, drenching us with love, laugh-ter, joy, freedom, content-ment. Other times, we have to make the trek to the well, and we have to carry that heavy container to hold the water. Then, and only then, will we receive what God has stored up for us.

My prayer for you is that God will bless you today and every day in all the ways that lead you to drink deeply of His goodness, mercy and love.

UT NOTES ■ The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA),

an organization that annually honors architectural educators

for exemplary work, has honored UT for having best practices

in school-based community outreach programs and design-

build projects. UT Associate Professor Thomas K. Davis’s com-

munity outreach program, Collaborations in Transit-Oriented

Development, received a Collaborative Practice Award. The

New Norris House, a sustainable home developed by students

in conjunction with architecture faculty members Tricia Stuth,

Robert French, Samuel Mortimer and Richard Kelso, received

the Design Build Award.

SENIOR NOTES

AARP driver safety classesFor registration info about these and all other AARP

driver safety classes, call Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964. ■ 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Jan. 24-25, First Baptist Church

of Seymour, 11621 Chapman Highway.

■ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, American Red Cross, 6921

Middlebrook Pike.

■ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, Trinity Methodist Church, 5613

Western Ave.

PELLISSIPPI NOTES ■ Pellissippi State Community College has become the first

community college in Tennessee to offer accessibility to

information via mobile devices with the recent launch

of its mobile app. To access the free mobile app, log in

to your Apple, Android or Blackberry store or contact

your service provider. The college’s mobile device

support site can be accessed at http://blogs.pstcc.edu/

mobilesupport.

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■ Knoxville Free Food Market,

4625 Mill Branch Lane,

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■ New Hope Baptist Church Food Pantry distributes food

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Emily Harbin and Travis Henderson fl ex their muscles prior to a Fit for the Father meeting. Photo by Cindy Taylor

By Cindy TaylorGlenwood Baptist Church

members and friends are getting fi t for worship both mentally and physically. Music minister Emily Har-bin and pastor Travis Hen-derson are leading Fit for the Father, which launched Jan. 10 at the church.

“We are looking to get fi t and healthy,” said Harbin. “Our whole goal is to better serve the Lord and be fi t for kingdom work.”

Harbin will be facilitat-ing the program and has al-ready lost an entire person with an amazing 125 pound decrease in her weight over the past year and a half. She hopes the program will ex-plode outward and become

a community service.“This is one of those

things people can join at any time,” said Henderson. “A lot of our members want to be fi t, lose weight and feel better. We wanted to do a program that enables the spirit as well as the body.”

Harbin said there will be surprises every week, a physical activity or exercise that will be at the pace of each individual, Bible study and a sharing of informa-tion, food and recipes.

“If someone can run, we want them to run,” said Har-bin. “If walking is all you can do, then that will be your ex-ercise. Plus we’ll engage in some fun things too.”

Weigh-ins will be discreet

and private, and the book “Every Body Matters” will guide the study, along with biblical teaching. Harbin and Henderson will be shar-ing what they have learned during their journeys toward a healthier lifestyle.

“If our bodies are fi t we can serve God better,” said Henderson. “Hopefully los-ing weight will be a side ef-fect of that.”

One-time cost is $20 for supplies regardless of how many sessions you attend. Meetings will be at 6 p.m. every 2nd and 4th Thurs-day at the Glenwood Bap-tist gym. Enter at the side of the building. Info: 938-2611 or psthenderson@frontier.com.

Fit for the Father

Mary Pom Claiborne is fl anked by her mom, Bebes Claiborne

(at right) and Episcopal Church of the Ascension Lunch Bunch

committee member Carol Schmid (at left). Mary Pom, who is

with the Knox County Public Library, spoke to the Lunch Bunch

last week. Carol and Bebes have been friends since their col-

lege days. Photo by Wendy Smith

By Wendy SmithIn spite of rumors that

we will soon become a paperless society, Knox County Public Library marketing and community relations director Mary Pom Claiborne isn’t wor-ried.

“Libraries are more relevant than ever,” she told the Episcopal Church of the Ascension Lunch Bunch last week. The com-munity is invited to the monthly program, which is held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on third Tuesdays in the church’s Parish Hall at 800 Northshore Drive.

Claiborne wasn’t just another guest speaker. She attended while growing up, and still considers it her home church.

She gave a brief history of the library and predicted its future. Knoxville’s first libraries were subscription reading rooms, and the last of those merged with the Lawson McGhee Li-brary, which was founded in 1886. The Knox County

Lunch Bunch gets bookish

Public Library is the oldest continuously open public library in the state.

Claiborne is particu-larly proud that the Knox County Public Library was desegregated in 1951, three years before the historic Brown vs. Board of Edu-cation ruling disallowed “separate but equal” public schools.

The library system also set itself apart by becom-ing one of the first in the state to offer digital audio-books. It has since broken ground with its e-book collection, which now in-cludes 11,000 titles.

One of the most impor-tant services offered by the library is Internet access, Claiborne said.

“The Internet, these days, is as essential as electricity.”

While the digital world is having an impact on the library, printed books are still in high demand. While e-books are grab-bing headlines, Claiborne says they’re just another format, like audio books or large print books, and she doesn’t see any format go-ing away any time soon.

“The digital world is here to stay, and we are keeping pace with it,” she said.

Claiborne encouraged the Lunch Bunch to attend “A Presidential Conversa-tion with Jon Meacham” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at the Bijou The-atre. Meacham is a Pulit-zer Prize-winning author of four books, including “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power.” The Presi-dent’s Day event is hosted by the East Tennessee His-torical Society and Friends of the Knox County Public Library. Tickets are $30 and $20.

WORSHIP NOTES

You have a chance to be-come a scientist, work with the Knoxville Zoo, and have your fi ndings recorded in a national database.

Carol Zinavage

Carol’sCritter Corner

American bullfrog

Hop to it!

Steve McGaffin, assis-tant curator of The Knox-ville Zoo’s Education De-partment, is calling for volunteers over the age of 13 to help with the zoo’s annual FrogWatch pro-gram. Looking for a way to get your kid away from the

video games and out into the yard? This is it.

FrogWatch volunteers are asked to monitor a site two times a week at least 30 minutes after dark from February through August. It’s especially ideal for folks who have a pond or stream in their backyard, or who live near a wetland.

Frogs need water to breed, and when they breed, they call. “And if they’re not calling,” says

Meet JebidiahJebidiah is this week’s pick from Young-Williams Animal

Center. He is a 5-year-old, fun-loving hound mix whose

adoption fee has been sponsored through the Furry

Friends program. Jebidiah is available for meet and greet

at Young-Williams’ adoption center, 6400 Kingston Pike.

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McGaffin, “we can’t find them.”

These critters are sensi-tive little guys, and right now they’re having a hard time because of pollution and loss of habitat, among other things. It’s to our advantage to keep them healthy, because they are important indicators of problems that may affect humans. They are, quite literally, small sentinels – monitors of the planet.

Add to all that their abil-ity to control pests, and it’s hard to think of an animal that’s a better friend to us. With the information FrogWatch USA provides, scientists can identify and address concerns about threats posed to frogs.

McGaffin and his staff will train volunteers to distinguish among 14 types of frog calls. “That’s the hardest part,” he says. “Most of them are fairly easy to hear, but there are one or two that are kind of similar – it takes a little

practice.” You and/or your child will also learn about the natural history of lo-cal frogs and how to collect and submit data.

If you have a budding scientist in your house, this is a wonderful oppor-tunity.

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A reason to stayBy Sandra Clark

Today (Jan. 21) is Glenda Tipton’s 15th anniversary as director of accounting and purchasing at Construction Plus. She’s worked for big-ger companies but never felt the respect and appreciation that she’s earned from owner Sandy Loy.

“There’s a reason you stay – because it’s a good place to work,” she says.

Glenda had read the books about interviewing and ne-gotiating for a job. When she moved here from Chicago, she knew what she didn’t want. Her previous jobs had been with a huge hospital and an international software re-seller. She was over, done, fin-ished with corporate America.

So she interviewed with Sandy Loy at Construction Plus, expecting a builder to be rough and gruff. Instead she found a visionary who com-bines attention to detail with hard work to make his clients lifelong friends. During the interview, Sandy asked Glen-da for a 3-year commitment and said he would give her the same. It costs money to train someone new.

And then he phoned her on his way out of town to offer the job. “There was no time to ‘think it over’ or negotiate. There was no contract, and he wanted me to start on Mon-day. I said yes.”

Over time, Glenda has taken on more responsibility. Some-times she can anticipate what fi le or manual Sandy needs even before he asks for it.

“My job is more than a checklist of tasks,” she says. “I handle the day-in, day-out stuff so Sandy is free to take care of clients and grow the business.”

Glenda Tipton and Sandy Loy at

Construction Plus. Photo by S. Clark

25th anniversaryConstruction Plus Inc. is celebrating its 25th year in 2013.

During the next few months, we’ll talk about former clients and

projects over the company’s history.

Worst things fi rstGlenda Tipton has

learned a lot from Sandy

Loy. Here are two tips:

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hard or unpleasant to do, do

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forward.

Tasks abound“My last job was for a com-

pany with 150 employees at our location and offi ces in several cities and abroad. The corpo-rate culture was of intimidation and stress. I really like the at-mosphere of a smaller company where you get to know the boss and the clients.

“I understand Sandy’s vision, and construction is surprisingly fun. Each project is unique, and we all get to know each client. Af-ter each job is fi nished, I’ll drive by and see it.

“For example, we built the Icearium Cool Sports in Farra-gut. Every time I see it on TV I think, ‘Wow! That’s so cool. We built that.’”

Glenda says a project start-up is hectic as subcontractors are hired and contracts drafted. “We might have 20 subs on a project, and on the big jobs we might get bids from all over the country.”

Things are calmer dur-ing construction, and then speed up again near comple-tion when Glenda assembles large binders with manuals for everything in the building. “Even the faucets have paper-work,” she says. The binders are handed over to the owner upon completion of a job. Each contains information about the fi re and security system and HVAC, etc.

“This is Sandy’s lifework and he takes a lot pride in each job. That feeling trickles down to me and the subcontractors. Our highest praise is a call-back or referral from a happy client.”

ProjectsConstruction Plus is currently

working for Cherokee Health Systems on projects in Morris-town and 5th Avenue in Knox-ville. The local project is a com-plete renovation which Glenda calls a “fun project where we will

strip it down to the frame inside and out. It’s great to turn some-thing old into something useful, new and modern.”

The company got a callback from a neighbor in the business park. Seems the owner is rent-ing to a new tenant and needs several upgrades. It’s a smaller project, but will draw everyone’s full attention.

“Before I started here, I would have thought construction was boring or bland. A lot is the same, but there’s always something that makes it unique. On one project, we found a sinkhole. That was a big surprise for everybody since we’d had core drillings. Sandy in-corporated the sinkhole into the landscaping.

“Sandy is an architect as well as a builder. He’s very creative as well as technical. So while he’s always looking for ways to improve a project, he’s also look-ing for ways to save money for clients.

“Their hopes, dreams and money – they entrust to us. We take that seriously. We want cli-ents to feel that they got value, maybe even more than they paid for. That’s always fun and excit-ing.”

Fifteen years is half a career for most people, but Glenda Tip-ton may be an exception. In fact, we may be talking to her 15 years from now as she and Construc-tion Plus continue to build stuff while growing the business.

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Christi Shields jokes that one rea-son she chose to become a kindergar-ten teacher was because she’d never have to grow up.

The 15-year educator, who has taught at Brickey-McCloud Elemen-tary for the last six years, says while growing up she loved babysitting and working with kids in youth groups and teaching Sunday school at her church. At UT, she began study-ing psychology, particularly human learning and behavior, but soon de-cided teaching was her calling. She also holds a master’s degree from Carson-Newman.

Knox County Schools extended kindergarten to a full day this year. Previously, kindergarten students went home at 1 p.m. Shields says the move has gone well.

“I wasn’t sure how (the students) were going to handle it. They were used to naps. Some were tired at the beginning of the year, but we’ve worked their endurance up by hold-ing shorter activities and having more movement from activity to activity until they could handle longer periods of sitting, writing and reading.”

Shields says the longer day “has been awesome for all types of kids,” giving teachers more time to work with struggling students in small groups, for example, or giving stu-dents “in the middle” more time for enrichment.

“We do a lot of small group work during the day.”

She says the extended day has also allowed teachers to integrate more science and social studies into the students’ writing.

“Before, we had a hard time get-ting done by 1 o’clock. Now, we have a lot of time to do writing. It’s been wonderful.”

Shields says the students per-form “a variety of different things all day long,” including working in small groups, independent reading, and moving to various work sta-tions around the classroom, “mostly literacy related.” Some activities are performed on computers and iPads.

“All the activities are things devel-opmentally appropriate for a kinder-garten child to do. Sometimes they think they are playing when they are actu-ally learning.”

Students are often paired with a partner. Shields se-lects the pairings, which are switched every nine weeks.

“They love it (working with a part-ner). It’s their absolute favorite part of the day. It also helps them con-tinue to develop socialization skills.”

Shields says when students enter kindergarten, the teachers hope they know how to write their names and

are familiar with some letters and sounds. She says “it’s helpful” if the students can count to 10 and rhyme words.

She says the students practice learning one letter of the alphabet per day for the fi rst few weeks and then a letter a week, “like the old kindergarten (curriculum).” The fi rst half of the year is dedicated to let-ters, sounds and phonics, while the second half focuses on writing and reading more diffi cult text.

When they leave kindergarten, students are expected to be able to read simple text and write three to fi ve connecting sentences on a topic.

Shields says increased expecta-tions for kindergartners is the big-gest change she’s seen in her career. The kindergarten curriculum now is more like the old 1st grade curricu-lum, she says.

“When I fi rst came into teaching, I was basically do-

ing what would now be consid-ered preschool. The expecta-

tions have jumped a whole year. Students are expected to read

and write by the end of the year when some don’t know their letters at the beginning of the year. It’s a long haul for some of these kids.”

Shields left Knox County to teach for fi ve years in Rutherford County after beginning her career at West Haven Elementary. When she re-turned eight years ago to teach at

Norwood Elementary and saw the increased curriculum for kindergart-ners, she says, “I didn’t know if they could do this. But it’s amazing the progress you see. They pick it up.”

She says the kindergarten teach-ers at Brickey-McCloud work as a team and that their collaboration is invaluable.

“We work in planning sessions on Tuesdays and PLCs (Professional Learning Communities) on Thurs-days. When we work in planning ses-sions, for example, we discuss ideas to get kids from one reading level to another. We all have different talents that everyone brings to the table. Somebody might be strong in phonics or math and we help each other out.”

She says the collaboration time has “caused us to be focused.” Each teacher is asked to look for teaching strategies in three areas. Following each PLC meeting, they’re asked to practice them in the classroom, bring

work samples back to the following week’s session and see how well it worked and whether the other teach-ers can adopt the strategies.

If she could wave a magic wand and receive anything she doesn’t cur-rently have, Shields says it would be more planning time. In addition to the planning and PLC sessions, kin-dergarten teachers get 45 minutes (extended by 15 minutes this year when kindergarten was expanded to a full day) of designated planning time in their classrooms three days a week.

“The rest is after school. It’s really hard to get everything planned. We spend a lot of time here after school to get everything done.”

During the course of her career, Shields spent one year teaching 4th grade and one year teaching 1st grade. But kindergarten is where her heart lies.

“I love it!” she says with a grin.

Christi Shields at work. Photos by Ruth White

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Lauren Hensley, a com-munity representative for the American Cancer So-ciety (ACS), told the Halls B&P last week that in 1985, Dr. Klatt came up with an idea to run around a track in Tacoma, Wash., to raise money for his local ACS of-fice. That May, the colorec-tal surgeon, also a mara-thon runner, ran for 24 hours at the Baker Stadi-um track at the University of Puget Sound. He raised $27,000.

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One is being planned this year at Tennova North on Friday, May 3. Hensley says not to worry, you don’t have to actually run and it won’t last for 24 hours.

The current incarna-tion of Relay for Life is 12 hours (6 p.m. to 6 a.m.) and teams organize and camp out so that one mem-

ber is walking around the track throughout the night. Hensley says relays are held everywhere, including at airports and even dur-ing a climb up Mount Kili-manjaro in Tanzania.

Hensley says two-thirds of cancers, those linked to tobacco use or obesity, are preventable. She said that 1,500 people die from can-cer each day and 11,000 people die from cancer in Tennessee each year.

The ACS has developed screening guidelines, pro-vides resources to help people quit using tobacco, and also offers comprehen-sive wellness programs for businesses and personal-

ized wellness programs for individuals. It also offers a 24/7 hotline at 1-800-227-2345.

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Hensley encourages in-dividuals to get involved, either by helping form teams or serving on com-mittees to plan the North Knox Relay for Life. This year’s co-chairs are Ben Easterday and Dana Hen-egar.

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The fi rst exhibit of 2013 at the Fountain City Art Center has arrived. It is an opportunity to view works by some of the fi nest artists in the region.

The opening reception fea-tured works by 30 members of the Foothills Craft Guild. Visitors strolled through the gallery, munched on good-ies and met the artists. Me-dia from metal working to wood turning is on display and available for purchase through Feb. 7.

Art created by students from Karns area schools will be on display during this same period. As always there is no admission fee. The art center is located at 213 Hotel Ave. next to Fountain City Park. Info: 357-2787.

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“I started working in the busi-ness by about the age of 15 in the summers while out of school for summer break. Then I began making deliveries when I got my driver’s license,” Kent says. “Af-ter working at the 1982 World’s Fair with my fi ancé and getting married, I started working full time in the business.”

The business was founded in 1953 by Kent’s grandfather,

Nelson Settlemyer. Model Con-struction offers a wide array of services and specializes in roofi ng, insurance loss repairs, kitchen and bath remodels, room additions, screen porches and sun rooms.

“My father, Von, followed my grandfather, and now my father and I are working together in the company,” Kent says.

Now the president of the business, Kent is also a Certifi ed Graduate Builder in Tennessee.

A full-service construc-tion and remodeling company, Model is state licensed, bonded and insured. Their work is al-

ways backed by a 12-month written guarantee, providing peace of mind for their many loyal customers. HVAC ser-vices, electrical and plumbing services and framing are also offered by the company.

Over the years, the Settlemy-er family has helped many East Tennessee residents and busi-nesses with building and remod-eling projects. This has helped create their solid reputation as one of the area’s most trusted sources for quality craftsman-ship. From their highly skilled workers to the use of the best quality materials, the fi rst pri-

ority of the Settlemyer family is customer satisfaction.

The knowledge and capability that the Settlemyer family has gained during their 60 years in business sets Model Construc-tion apart from the competition. It is also a source of pride for the Settlemyer family.

“We are a third generation

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family-owned business celebrat-ing our 60th year in 2013. I be-lieve this possibly makes us the oldest family-owned remodeling company in Knoxville,” Kent says.

A beautiful example of Model Construction’s craftmanship.

By Alvin NanceRecently, some active

seniors at Guy B. Love T o w e r s made the n a t i o n a l spotlight.

The Love M o r n i n g E x e r c i s e group is featured on

the website of the National Institute on Aging to high-light its senior health and fitness initiative, Go4Life.

Every Monday, Wednes-day and Friday morning the Love Morning Exercise group meets in the social hall to exercise together. While listening and mov-ing to the oldies, they build endurance, strength, bal-ance and f lexibility with exercises geared towards seniors over the age of 50.

About a year ago, Rita Schwartz, 61, came to Steve Ellis, KCDC’s Love Tow-ers senior asset manager, and asked to start an ex-ercise program. She had been diagnosed with can-cer, and wanted to build her strength to fi ght the disease. She thought other residents may enjoy the exercise too.

She started with a few

Active seniors gain national attention

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News from Knoxville’s CommunityDevelopment Corporation (KCDC)

Love Morning Exercise group leader Rita Schwartz (center)

leads the senior exercise class in a lunge to increase fl exibility.

The group meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings in

the Love Towers social hall. Pictured are (front) Valerie Cody,

Lenora Davis; (middle) Buck Cochran, Jo Ann Leach; and (back)

Fasia Massaquoi. Photo submitted

By Shannon CareyHallsdale Powell Utility

District CFO James Smith announced during the util-ity’s Jan. 14 board meeting that a December refinance of several bonds will result in a $10.1 million savings over the life of the bonds.

The refinance, which will lower HPUD’s bond payments by $500,000 per year, did not extend the length of the debt, Smith said. Larry Brown of Ste-phens Inc. facilitated the refinance.

HPUD president Darren Cardwell said he received a letter from the state Utility

Management Review Board about a recent petition of HPUD ratepayers asking for a rate review. The letter requested a list of current HPUD customers, which the UMRB will compare to the petition to ensure that enough of the signors are HPUD customers.

“We are providing that, and we’ll let the state take the lead,” said Cardwell.

Board chair Kevin Julian welcomed attorney John Valliant as HPUD counsel. The board, during an ex-ecutive session last month, replaced former HPUD counsel Bud Gilbert.

Refi nance to save HPUD $10 million

Attorney John Valliant and HPUD board chair Kevin Julian

weights and resistance bands and a program adapt-ed from a course designed for arthritis sufferers. Four people came the fi rst week, and now the group has 13 regular members coming three days a week.

But it was a bookmark

that caused national at-tention. When Rita came across a bookmark adver-tising free exercise books and videos through the Na-tional Institute on Aging, she sent in a request and quickly received a Go4Life packet. It included mate-

rials encouraging seniors to get active, eat right and socialize to be healthy in mind, body and spirit.

Several in the group have already seen signifi-cant health benefits, and their success stories are featured on the National Institute on Aging’s web-site. Jo Ann Leach has re-duced her back pain to the point she no longer needs her walker. Fred Page, who has had several heart sur-geries, has seen significant improvement in his blood pressure and heart rate since he began exercising. As for Rita, her cancer is now in remission.

With less than 25 per-cent of seniors age 65-74 engaging in physical activ-ity, this group is certainly showing some great rea-sons for making exercise a habit.

But perhaps the best part is that our “celebri-ties” are having so much fun! They get to the social hall early for class. They listen to music, dance, and socialize; they have a little party each morning. I ap-plaud this group and en-courage all seniors to get up and get moving.

Gentry promoted at South CollegeThe South College School of Pharmacy and Dean

Walter Fitzgerald have announced the promotion of Bill Gentry, Pharm.D., to the position of assis-tant dean of admissions and student programs.

Dr. Gentry joined the School of Pharmacy in December 2012. A na-tive of McMinn County, Gentry is a graduate of Campbell University College of Pharmacy. Prior to join-ing South College, he served as vice

president of medical affairs at KOS Pharmaceuti-cals, a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories.

Gentry

ORNL Federal Credit Union off ers UT scholarship

ORNL Federal Credit Union (ORNL FCU) is now accept-ing applications for the B.A. Candler/ORNL FCU scholarship to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for the 2013-2014 school year. The scholarship, established in 1993 to honor Bob A. Candler who retired after 31 years of service as presi-dent of ORNL FCU, provides $1,000 to a deserving student/member with excellence in education and social merit. Members of ORNL FCU or members of their families who are enrolled or plan to enroll in UT are eligible to compete for this scholarship.

Applications are available at any of the ORNL FCU branch locations and on the website, www.ornlfcu.com, under the “Borrow” tab. Applications must be returned by March 1 to ORNL Federal Credit Union (ATTN: Scholarship Committee Chair) at PO Box 365, Oak Ridge, TN 37831.

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THROUGH THURSDAY, FEB. 7

Foothills Craft Guild Exhibit and Sale, Fountain City Art Center; 213 Hotel Ave. Also showing: artwork by students from Karns area Knox County schools. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Info: fcartcenter@knology.net, 357.2787 or www.fountaincityartctr.com.

TUESDAY, JAN. 22

Global Open House, K-Town Sound Show Chorus, 6:30 p.m., Fountain City Presbyterian Church, 500 Hotel St. New members welcome. Chorus is a member of Sweet Adelines International. Info: Jo Ann, 483-8790 or 742-5537; email membership@ktownsound.org; http://www.ktownsound.org.

Pizza Pizzazz! cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23

Bits ‘n Pieces Quilt Guild meeting, Norris Community Center. Social time, 1 p.m.; meeting, 1:30 p.m. Guests and new members welcome. Info: Cyndi Herrmann, 278-7796, or email bnpquilt@gmail.com.

FRIDAY, JAN. 25

Union County Little League meeting, 7 p.m., Union County Court House. Will include election of new offi cers, scheduling sign-ups and planning the season. Board members, volunteers, coaches needed.

SATURDAY, JAN. 26

Saturday Stories and Songs: Georgi Schmit, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: One World Circus, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

“Talk is Cheap” Tour to Tickle Funny Bones, 2 p.m. matinee and 7 p.m. show, Alumni Gym on the Maryville College Campus. Features Bill Landry, Sam Venable, Jim Claborn and Elizabeth Rose sharing their Appalachian tales. Special reception 6-7 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Hearing and Speech Foundation Ticket info and reservations: 977-0981 or email Amanda@handsf.org.

Gospel singing, 7 p.m., Fellowship Christian Church, 746 Tazewell Pike, Luttrell. Everyone welcome.

SUNDAY, JAN. 27

Youth service, 10:40 a.m., Mountain View Church of God. Dramas and the play, “The Effects of Sin” will be presented. Singing, 6 p.m. service, featuring Mavis Hughes, Angie Lewis and Lorie Beeler.

MONDAY, JAN. 28

Open auditions for the spring production of “Almost, Maine.” hosted by Walters State’s Music and Theatre Department, 6-9 p.m., in room 132 of the Judge William H. Inman Humanities Complex. Male and female actors from high school age and up are invited. Info: T.J. Kent, 423-585-6958.

TUESDAY, JAN. 29

La Technique: The French pastry class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

THURSDAY, JAN. 31

Leave No Trace Principles workshop, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Tea Room at Norris Dam State Park. Includes planning session for next Norris Lake cleanup. Lunch provided; seating is limited. RSVP by Friday, Jan. 25: info@yallcome.org or 1-800-524-3602.

Psalm Writing workshop with Ray McGinnis, author of “Writing the Sacred,” 6-8 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Open to all. $10 registration fee. To register: contact the Rev. John Mark Wiggers, jwiggers@stjamesknox.org or 523-5687.

Open auditions for the spring production of “Almost, Maine.” hosted by Walters State’s Music and Theatre Department, 6-9 p.m., in room 132 of the Judge William H. Inman Humanities Complex. Male and female actors from high school age and up are invited. Info: T.J. Kent, 423-585-6958.

FRIDAY, FEB. 1

Chili Chow Down, sponsored by Halls Crossroads Women’s League, 5:30-8 p.m., Halls Senior Center. Tickets: $5 ($2.50 for kids under 10). Fundraiser for “History of Halls” book. Info: Peggy Beeler, 922-0874.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, FEB. 1-2

Rummage sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Pleasant Hill Baptist Church on Hines Creek Road.

SATURDAY, FEB. 2

Demolition Derby, 7-10 p.m., Walters State Community College’s Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center. Admission: $10, adults; $5, ages6-12; ages 6 and under free. Info: 674-6000; 423-318-2720; www.ws.edu/expo.

Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www.overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Kindermusik, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Laurie Fisher, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Sale, Son Light Baptist Church, 6494 Son-Light Way. Proceeds will support Guatemala Mission Team. $15 per dozen: milk chocolate, white chocolate or mixed chocolate. Pick up 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. Info/orders: Dororthy Myers, 659-5565, or Michelle Kitts, 387-8269.

“A Candlemas Concert” presented by the Pope Benedict XVI Schola, 2:30 p.m., Holy Ghost Church, 1041 N. Central St. Proceeds will benefit the Ladies of Charity of Knoxville. Tickets: $10 and are available at the door or online at http://b16.eventbrite.com/.

TUESDAY, FEB. 5

Sushi 101, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

Public Roundtable Discussion, hosted by the Tennessee Human Rights Commission (THRC), 3-5 p.m., Beck Cultural Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave. Free event; RSVP required. Info or to register: 615-253-1608 or http://knoxvilleroundtablediscussionthrc.eventbrite.com/.

FRIDAY, FEB. 8

Union County Chamber of Commerce Banquet and Auction, 7 p.m., Rutherford Methodist Church, Corryton. Everyone invited. Ticket sales or info: Kathy Chesney, 745-1626; Darlene Wine, 992-5268; or Rebecca Mills, 992-5816.

SATURDAY, FEB. 9

Saturday Stories and Songs: Laurie Fisher, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagan, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

“It’s a Daddy/Daughter Dance,” 2-4 p.m., Backstage Dance Company, 5548 Washington Pike. $20 per couple, $10 each additional daughter. All proceeds to the Relevé Competition Dance team. Info: karawilson702@comcast.net.

SweetHeart Valentine Dinner, 5-8 p.m., Union

Missionary Baptist Church on Ailor Gap Road. $8, adult; $4, child. Proceeds to benefi t building fund. Info: Angela, 924-7750.

SATURDAY AND/OR SUNDAY, FEB. 9-10

Hot Chocolate and Cool Crafts, 2-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline Feb. 3. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, FEB. 11

UT Extension 2013 Master Beef Producer Program classes begin, 6:30-9 p.m., UT Extension Eastern Region, 1801 Downtown West Blvd. in Knoxville. Registration due by Jan 25. Info and registration form: 992-8038 or email sperrin@utk.edu.

TUESDAY, FEB. 12

Laissez le Bon Temps Rouler! cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

THURSDAY, FEB. 14

Pancake breakfast hosted by the Union County Senior Center, 7-9:30 a.m. Drawing will be held for a date with Union County Mayor Mike Williams. All proceeds to benefi t the center. Info/tickets: 992-3292.

SATURDAY, FEB. 16

Free Folk Music Concert, 2 p.m., Union County Arts Co-Op, 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Featuring National Mountain Dulcimer champion and folk musician Sarah Morgan. Free admission.

Saturday Stories and Songs: One World Circus, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Miss Lynn Hickernell, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Tennessee’s Princess Party, a Father/Daughter Dance, 6 p.m., Jubilee Banquet Facility. Proceeds will benefi t Alzheimer’s Tennessee. Tickets available Jan. 21 at 1 Source Printing in Powell and Sweet Frog Premium Frozen Yogurt in Turkey Creek. Info: 938-3857.

TUESDAY, FEB. 19

Pancake Fest 2013, 7 a.m.-1 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Fundraiser includes craft fair, a bake sale and marketing/vendor tables featuring companies that provide services to/for seniors in the community.

FRIDAY, FEB. 22

6th Grade Regional Science Fair, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Tex Turner Arena, LMU campus in Harrogate. Features local county winners. Info: Terry Acuff, 423-626-4677.

SATURDAY, FEB. 23

Winter Tealight Workshop, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., with Shelley Mangold, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline Feb. 18. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Shannondale Elementary Foundation’s “Dancing in the Moonlight!” fundraiser, 6:30 p.m., Beaver Brook Country Club. Tickets: Janie Kaufman, 687-0272; Tracie Sanger, 405-4449; or Shannondale Elementary School offi ce, 689-1465.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagan, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Becca Tedesco, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

The Great Cake Bake, noon-5 p.m., Tennessee Terrace at UT’s Neyland Stadium. Proceeds benefi t Imagination Library. To enter: www.knoxlib.org/cakebake by Feb. 13. Info: Holly Kizer, 215-8784 or hkizer@knoxlib.org.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY FEB. 23-24

Are we Listening?: “The Diary of Adam and Eve” and “Louder, I Can’t Hear You,” 7:30 p.m. at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • JANUARY 21, 2013 • A-15

NEWS FROM TEMPLE BAPTIST ACADEMY

Fourth graders visit CandleridgeTemple Baptist Academy 4th graders Makayla Reis, Lily Ryan and Cassie Lan-

drum sing during a visit to Candleridge Senior Residence Jan. 16. Temple 4th

graders visited with seniors and celebrated seniors’ birthdays with cards, cup-

cakes and refreshments.

Upcoming events at Temple ■ Homecoming will be held Friday, Jan. 25. Events include a pep rally in the

gym at 2:15 p.m., the varsity girls basketball game at 4 p.m., the junior high boys basketball game at 5:30 p.m., and the varsity boys basketball game at 7 p.m. Home-coming Ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. Basketball games are all versus Knox-ville Christian.

■ Crown College will host the TACS District Academic and Fine Arts Competi-tion Thursday and Friday, Feb. 7-8, and the TAACS Regional Boys and Girls Bas-ketball Tournament Thursday and Friday, Feb. 21-22.

■ The Temple Baptist Academy Spring Consignment Sale will be held Friday, Saturday and Monday, Feb. 22, 23 and 25, on the campus of Crown College.

The Temple Baptist Academy high school basketball team ad-vanced to a 15-6 record with a win over First Baptist Academy of Powell Jan. 15.

This was the fi rst meet-ing between the two Powell schools. First Baptist Powell is in their fi rst year of interscho-lastic athletics. Administra-tors from both schools say they hope this fi rst meeting will be the beginning of a competitive, friendly crosstown rivalry.

On Jan. 4, the Temple varsity basketball team started off the new year with a big win over their regional arch rival, Tri-Cities Christian School, 50-43.

“It was a big win for our team. Hopefully we can carry the momentum through the rest of the season,” said junior guard Justin Sullivan.

On Jan. 10, the team trav-elled to Springfi eld, Tenn., where they defeated Berean Christian Academy of Hixon, Tenn., to claim the third place trophy in the Middle Tennessee Classic Basketball Tournament.

“With about 10 games left to go, I think if we continue to play good defense and play a

Crusaders look for strong fi nish

Temple Academy junior Adam Cate goes for a basket during a recent game. Temple Academy junior Aaron St. John leaps to score against Fel-

lowship Baptist.

Temple Baptist Academy alumni Rebekah Newby

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Shane Newby.

little better on offense, we’ll be fun to watch down the stretch and have a good chance to go back to the state tourna-ment. We still have some tough games ahead, but our team has worked hard and I think they are up for the challenge,” said coach Larry Nicely.

Come watch the Royal Cru-saders at one of their upcom-ing home basketball games. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for students. Children 4 and under are free. See the remain-ing home schedule below:

■ Christian Academy of the Smokies, 7:30 p.m. Monday,

Jan. 21. ■ Knoxville Christian

School, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25. ■ Fairview Christian Acade-

my, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31. ■ The King’s Academy, 7:30

p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5. ■ Cedar View Christian

Academy, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8.

■ First Baptist Academy of Powell, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15.

■ Mt. Pisgah Christian Academy, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18.

Rebekah Newby is a 1993 graduate of Temple Baptist Academy. She began attend-ing school at the academy as a freshman in high school. After earning a degree in respira-tory therapy from Roane State Community College in 1997, Rebekah began working as a pediatric respiratory therapist at UT Medical Center.

Rebekah is married to Shane Newby, who also works at UT Medical Cen-ter as a technologist and the CORE Lab Manager. Shane and Rebekah have three sons: Samuel (7th grade), Jesse (3rd grade), and Na-than (kindergarten).

Rebekah says, “Our sons are second-generation stu-dents at the academy. Their teachers support and teach the very same values and principles my husband and I teach our boys at home. The love of Christ is shown daily in their class-rooms. The education our children are receiving is Bible-based. The stan-

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dards for academic achievement and excellence are challenging. I believe the a cademy is helping us prepare our sons for whatever God has for them.”

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