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Kids
Cookies, kids and cupcakes populate My Kids this week.
New rabbi
The first time Rabbi Mathew Michaels spoke to the Temple Beth El congregation, he invoked “the rule of three.” He asked members to refrain from commenting on his teaching until they’d been exposed to it three times. He wanted them to be open to having a new experience. See Wendy’s story on page A 7
Coffee break Ron Phillips definitely believes that home is where the heart is. Bringing caregivers to the home of a family with a child in need puts everything right with his heart. “To me, it is all about the children,” says the director of Home Health for East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. “I want to make an impact on children by helping them get expert care in their own home environment.”
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Chuy’s works with neighbors on sign Chuy’s, the Tex-Mex restaurant that opened this week at the new Kroger Marketplace on Kingston Pike at Cedar Bluff Road, has already proved itself a good neighbor, voluntarily limiting the height of its sign. What else would you expect of a company that advertises: “Expanding like the King – An Elvis shrine at every location”?
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Mosaic memories Stained glass windows reflect past, present at medical center By Sherri Gardner Howell ployees both will be happy to have There is a circle of life shining the windows so prominently disthrough a mosaic of color at Tur- played. “People who have been key Creek Medical Center. Two here through all of our history of the six stained glass windows know how important the chapel from the Graves-Wyatt Chapel was to us and to those we served,” at the former Baptist Hospital of he said. “They are beautiful symEast Tennessee are now on perma- bols of our commitment to serving nent display at the hospital. The the needs of our patients and comwindows were dedicated Aug. 5 in munity.” a ceremony at the center at 10820 The windows installed at TurParkside Drive. key Creek Medical Center are two “There is some real continuity of the six stained glass windows here that makes these windows so from the Graves-Wyatt Chapel special to so many people on the that were originally installed in medical center’s campus,” said 1962. The windows were removed Brad Hood, chaplain at Turkey and kept in storage when BapCreek Medical Center. “When we tist was closed in 2008. A grant see something from the Mercy like this come Foundation out of the box helped bring “People are like stained and be restored the windows so beautifully, it back into the glass windows. They touches somepublic eye. The sparkle and shine when thing deep and first window spiritual in was installed the sun is out, but when us, especially in 2011 at Tenthe darkness sets in, for those of us nova South, who have been and plans are their true beauty is through the underway to long journey revealed only if there is install the rewith Baptist.” mainder of a light from within.” – The chapthe windows lain, who for at Newport psychiatrist and author more than 15 Medical Center, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross years has been North Knoxwith the orgaville Medical nization that Center and Phybegan as Baptist Hospital and is sicians Regional Medical Center now a Tennova property, heard his later this year. thoughts echoed by others in the “These windows are a very imhealth care community. Melanie portant legacy from the history of Elswick, a nurse who sang at the Baptist Hospital, and I hope these dedication ceremony, said, “I re- beautifully-crafted windows remember stopping in the chapel at flecting different Bible scenes will the old Baptist Hospital for a mo- inspire many more generations to ment of peace, and I always felt come to other Tennova locations God’s presence there. When I saw in East Tennessee,” said Dan Hix, these windows restored and on chaplain at Physicians Regional our campus, I felt as if I was again Medical Center. on holy ground.” The window in the West lobby Debra Hamilton, a cardiac ser- at Turkey Creek Medical Center vice line leader, said seeing the pictures an image of Jesus in the windows again brought mixed Garden of Gethsemane. The winemotions. “They are symbolic dow on display in the ground floor of the people we served at Bap- East lobby is of Jesus in conversatist; those lives are reflected in tion with Mary and Martha. these windows. It has been a difArtists at Willet Stained Glass ficult journey, but seeing this has Studios in Philadelphia designed A stained glass window depicting Jesus in conversation with Mary and Marbrought some peace.” tha now has a new home at Turkey Creek Medical Center. The window was Hood said patients and emTo page A-3 one of six saved from the chapel at Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee. Photo by Theresa Edwards
Inactive intersection By Suzanne Foree Neal Traffic may fill the intersection of Kingston Pike and Campbell Station Road in Farragut, but in truth, it’s a pretty dead location. Drivers are greeted by a closed gas station and restaurant and a historic house for sale on three of the four corners. They’re only three of several “empties” within the town. Many have been vacant for a long time, others only recently. One bright spot may be the old Silver Spoon Cafe. According to Roger Moore Jr. of Sperry Van Ness/R.M. Moore, the building is under contract with “a relatively short due diligence period.” Moore says he can’t reveal details now, but hopes to be able to announce
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of whom live in Tennessee. “We’ve had several offers, but there’s no contract on it right now,” Charlie Russell says. “It’s our purpose as a family to try to preserve the home. We’re talking to several different people and (the town of) Farragut.” Russell says the property is actively for sale by Dean Smith Realty. Since it’s a historical property, he says “it’s a little bit of a burden but we don’t want to lose it. It has put us in a little bit of a spot, but that’s our choice.” Town Administrator David Smoak says, “The town has had several discussions with the Russell family over the past couple of years. The main interest and goal is to see the house preserved. We will continue to have an open dia-
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