PROJECT 20/20: PD interview Spring 2011

PURPOSE

THE PURPOSE OF PROJECT 20/20 IS TO RAISE MONEY TO FIND A CURE FOR YOUNG-ONSET PARKINSON'S DISEASE.

OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 20 HIGH SCHOOL SPORTING EVENTS THROUGHOUT TENNESSEE HOLDING FUND-RAISING EVENTS BY THE YEAR 2020.

WE STARTED WELL A FEW YEARS AGO, WITH DONATIONS FROM THE GATE AT A RUGBY FESTIVAL AND FOUR BASEBALL GAMES IN THE FIRST YEAR.

PROJECT 20/20 IS NOW UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE THE KNOXVILLE-BASED KiMe FUND (http://www.kimecnd.org/) AS THEY FOCUS ON MOVEMENT DISORDERS, RAISING FUNDS PRIMARILY FOR PD.

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SUCCESSFUL NIGHT

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5th Annual Throwback Doubleheader at Farragut High to raise money for the KiMe Fund was held Thursday, April 24 and featured a featured a tripleheader. Bearden vs.Gibbs, CAK vs. McMinn Central and and the Admirals against Oak Ridge helped raise more than $950 through donations at the gate.

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IN FOUR PREVIOUS EVENTS HOSTED BY THE ADMIRALS, MORE THAN $5,000 HAS BEEN RAISED TO HELP FIND A CURE FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE.

HELPING HANDS

May 9, 2014

The mission of East Tennessee Technology Access Center is to connect people with disabilities in East Tennessee to the adaptive technology tools and services they need to live with maximum independence and dignity.

These wonderful folks helped me greatly today by passing along a lift chair that was donated to them. It will lift me right to my feet when my meds are not working. So, Happy Mother's Day, Angie, no more yelling in the middle of the night to come help me get to my feet!

If anyone in Sevier County has medical equipment in good working order that is not in use, and would like to donate it to ETTAC, we could use it. This includes anything from manual wheelchairs to shower chairs. This equipment is cleaned, repaired (if needed), and then given to people in our area who don’t have the funds or insurance to purchase what they need. In the last year, ETTAC has given or loaned equipment to at least 75 people in Sevier County.

Visit ettac.org for more information. They are located off Chapman Highway, behind the House of Brakes.

BROTHERS IN ARMS

PAT DORWIN LED FARRAGUT'S INITIAL STATE TITLE TEAM IN HITTING IN 1982 AS THE ADMIRALS (24-4) CAME INTO THE BEST-OF-THREE SERIES AGAINST UNDEFEATED MEMPHIS CHRISTIAN BROTHERS (25-0) AT UT'S LOWER HUDSON FIELD.

THE ADMIRALS WERE BUILT ON PITCHING WITH JEFF GLOVER (15-1) MIKE JORDAN (14 SAVES) AND DEFENSE, LED UP THE MIDDLE BY CATCHER RANDY HUFFAKER, 2B KENNY WOODHULL, SS BOBBY GAYLOR AND CF DAVID MOWERY.

THE TEAM HAD PLENTY OF SPEED AND SOMETHING YOU FIND IN CERTAIN CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS - A GROUP OF PLAYERS WHO HATED TO LOSE - IN ANYTHING. SEE http://www.fhs1982statechamps.blogspot.com/ FOR MORE INFORMATION.

FHS SPLIT THE OPENING DOUBLEHEADER AND DORWIN'S LEADOFF SINGLE HELPED JUMP-START THE ADMIRALS TO A 3-0 FIRST-INNING LEAD THE NEXT DAY AS THE ADMIRALS HELD ON FOR A 4-3 CHAMPIONSHIP WIN IN GAME THREE ON MAY 26, 1982.

HE AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN SEVIERVILLE, WHERE DORWIN IS A STAY-AT-HOME DAD TO ELI, WHO WILL TURN 10 ON JUNE 13, AND ADDIE GRACE, WHO WILL BE 8 ON MAY 26.

"THAT DATE (MAY 26) IS CERTAINLY MEANINGFUL TO ME," SAYS DORWIN. "TWO GREAT THINGS HAPPENED ON THE SAME DATE. AND IF YOU NOTICE IN THE 'LIVE AT FIVE' INTERVIEW, ELI HAS LONG BATTED BOTH LEFT- AND RIGHT-HANDED, BUT HE'S REALLY NOT TOO INTERESTED IN BASEBALL ANYMORE, WHICH IS A SHAME, BUT ADDIE PLAYED SPRING AND FALL T-BALL IN 2012, SO SHE MAY END UP BEING THE BEST ATHLETE IN THE FAMILY."

FHS GOT A CHANCE IN SPRING 2012 FOR A SHOT AT ITS FIFTH STRAIGHT TITLE, BUT FELL SHORT IN THE EIGHT-TEAM DOUBLE-ELIMINATION CLASS 3A TOURNAMENT.

PETE DORWIN WAS THE CENTERFIELDER ON THE ADMIRALS' FIRST STATE RUNNER-UP TEAM IN 1988 ON A TEAM LED BY P-1B BRIAN FOSTER, SS MIKE HENRY, 2B TROY DEGGES, OF ERIC GERHART, 3B TEE ANDERSON AND C DEAN JONES.

BOTH PAT AND PETE DORWIN WERE NAMED ALL-KNOXVILLE INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE OUTFIELDERS - AND BOTH WERE LATER DIAGNOSED WITH YOUNG-ONSET PARKINSON'S DISEASE, PAT AT AGE 38 IN 2003 AND PETE AT AGE 39 IN 2009.

"I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THIS PROGRESSIVE, DEGENERATIVE DISEASE FOR A DECADE NOW," PAT SAYS. "I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WISH IT ON MY WORST ENEMY."

PAT AND PETE WERE INVOLVED WITH MIDDLE BROTHER MIKE ON SOME POWERFUL WEST KNOXVILLE SOFTBALL TEAMS FOR ABOUT A DECADE, UNTIL THE MID-1990s. PAT PLAYED SHORTSTOP, MIKE WAS A POWER-HITTING THIRD-BASEMAN AND PETE AN EXCELLENT LEFT-FIELDER.

THE TRIO PLAYED FOR REVCO, PART OF A STATE-TITLE RUNNER-UP INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE TEAM, AND WITH ST. JOHN NUEMANN AND UNION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES, WINNING A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH UNION.

"THOSE WERE SOME FUN TIMES," PAT SAYS. HE ALSO PLAYED 15 YEARS OF RUGBY WITH THE KNOXVILLE POSSSUMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB, AND WAS ONE OF ONLY TWO PLAYERS CHOSEN FOR BOTH THE "A" AND "B" TEAMS FOR THE CLUB'S ALL-TIME KNOXVILLE SIDES DURING THE POSSUMS' 30th ANNIVERSARY SEASON IN 2010. SEE www.possumsrugby.blogspot.com

"THAT JUST MEANS I HUNG ON A BIT TOO LONG - PLUS I WROTE MOST OF OUR ANNIVERSARY BOOK, SO I COULD BUILD MY 'LEGEND,'" PAT JOKES, ADDING THAT HE WENT FROM BEING ABLE TO DO ATHLETIC THINGS ON MANY SOFTBALL AND RUGBY FIELDS FOR YEARS TO A DAILY STRUGGLE WITH ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NORMAL FOR MOST PEOPLE.

"PARKINSON'S ISN'T CURABLE - YET. I FIGHT WITH IT EVERY DAY, BASICALLY FOR EVERY STEP I TAKE," PAT SAYS. "IT'S CERTAINLY AGGRAVATING TO KNOW THAT IT'S UNLIKELY I WILL BE UNABLE TO EVER COMPETE ATHLETICALLY AGAIN. JUST GETTING UP OUT OF A CHAIR IS TAXING AT TIMES."

FARRAGUT HAS FINISHED FIRST OR SECOND IN THE STATE A DOZEN TIMES IN THE PAST 30 YEARS, WITH EIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS, INCLUDING FOUR OF THE LAST FIVE TITLES, AND THE FOUR RUNNER-UP FINISHES.

PROJECT 20/20

PD interview Spring 2011

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