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Vol. 5, No. 2 • January 10, 2011 • www.ShopperNewsNow.com • 10512 Lexington Drive, Suite 500 37932 • 218-WEST (9378)

Vet needs a hero

By Wendy Smith

While much of West Knoxville was basking in the warm glow of the holidays, Fred Johnson was just wishing somebody would listen to him.

Johnson, a Vietnam veteran, lives in the same house in which he grew up on Duncan Road. But he’s had a long string of bad luck that has left him weary of staring at its walls.

He attended Rocky Hill Elementary School and was in the final class that graduated from Bearden High School when it was located on Kingston Pike. The class motto was “The greatest of the great – the class of ’68.”

Johnson joined the Navy in 1969 to avoid getting drafted by the Army. He served on the final tour of the U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard and was able to live out a childhood fantasy of riding in a rickshaw in Hong Kong. He had stops in Singapore, the Philippines and Japan, and says his service during the Vietnam War was one of the best adventures he ever had.

But it wasn’t all fun and games.

Johnson’s job required him to go ashore to remove unexploded ordnances from carrier-launched air-

craft. During every night he spent at an airbase, he was fired on at 3 a.m. He eventually learned not to sleep until after the nightly trip to the bunker.

He planned to stay in the Navy and attended flight school. But he opted out of flying when he learned he would be expected to participate in the bombing of Haiphong Harbor, which he considered a suicide mission. As retribution, he “got every dirty job” until his enlistment ended in 1973.

After his Navy days, Johnson took a job, and a wife, in San Jose, Calif. He’s not proud of the way he lived at the time, and his marriage failed after three years.

“You got to learn as you go,” he says sadly. “There’s no instruction book for this life.”

In 1976, Johnson returned to Knoxville, where he struggled with pills and alcohol. The hardest part of the war was feeling like he couldn’t help when so many soldiers were losing their lives, and it made him angry. Pills helped dull the anger, he says. He eventually sought treatment at the V.A. hosFred Johnson stands outside of the Duncan Road home his father built. pital in Johnson City.

After that, he worked as a techniPhoto by W. Smith

cian for several years, but liked having some variety in his work. He was a cook at Cracker Barrel when he had a heart attack in 2004. In 2008, he had a stroke that left him numb on his left side. His military training has helped him adapt, he says.

Johnson’s only source of income is $243 per month of disability for his exposure to Agent Orange. He’s pursuing full V.A. benefits and hopes to start receiving checks by summer. But he’s struggling to pay his property taxes, and in the past several months, his car, his television and even his microwave have died. There’s no money to replace them.

He now depends on his 77-yearold mother to drive him on errands.

He wishes he could at least watch his favorite show, “The Simpsons,” to take his mind off his troubles.

He’s grateful for Christmas gifts he received from his church, Cumberland Presbyterian, but doesn’t expect more.

“Times are tough for everybody.

They can’t do much to help.”

Johnson applied for the state’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program two months ago but hasn’t heard back. He’s also contacted AMVETS, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans for help, but it seems like no one’s listening, he says.

“I’m so tired of asking for help.”

If you’d like to help or know someone who would, contact the Shopper-News at 218-9378.

Hard times and tragedy take toll on local builder

By Betty Bean Most days but Sunday, Roy Anderson is down on Broadway sitting in his green 1971 Chevy C-10 pickup truck in the old Fountain City Kroger parking lot, loaded down with firewood for sale. He’s got red oak, white oak and hickory plus bundles of cedar kindling.

Frequently one of his 10 children is riding shotgun. He knows he could make more money if he’d find a spot out toward Farragut, but the Chevy only gets about 11 miles to the gallon, so he stays closer to his home in Corryton and does the best he can.

He’s waiting for spring when he, his son Roy Jr. and his friend Randy Harwell will be opening up “Our Father’s Garden,” a landscaping supply, lawn maintenance, remodeling and construction business on Cunningham Road in Halls, at the site of the old Munsey’s Lawn Care.

A pewter ornament that his wife, Sylvia, gave him hangs from his rearview mirror. It says, “I love you all dearly. Now don’t shed a tear. I’m spending my Christmas with Jesus this year. In loving memory, Samuel Anderson, 2006-2010.”

The little pendant commemorates their youngest son who died of neuroblastoma – a vicious form of cancer – on Nov. 4.

Not that Roy needs reminders.

The boy is never far from his mind.

Just over three years ago, Roy Anderson was a licensed Realtor, a general contractor and a successful builder/developer who had built and sold 19 houses and started Shiloh Gardens, a subdivision on Pedigo Road. He’d built his family a house that they only owed $21,000 on (and that was for the land) and he drove a big F-350 King Ranch

dually that pulled a skid-steer loader. Samuel really liked that truck.

The doctors at Children’s Hospital discovered Samuel’s tumor Aug. 31, 2007, and flew him to Vanderbilt for treatment. He was desperately ill from the beginning and spent more than 70 days on life support that year. His stomach swelled up like he’d swallowed a basketball and most of his vital organs, including his eyes, were compromised. Roy and Sylvia never left his side.

“Down in Nashville they gave us a Ronald McDonald room about a quarter mile from the hospital.

Might as well have been 1,500 miles away. We appreciated it, but we couldn’t be that far away from him, so we let somebody else use it. Every day they were telling us he wouldn’t live till tomorrow. The tumor didn’t shrink, he had breathing difficulties and they had to intubate him. But in January 2008, he went into remission, although with neuroblastoma, there’s really no remission. They just call it ‘No Evidence of Disease – NED.’ So we went back to work.

“I was working as a trim carpenter and cabinet maker and I built our house debt-free as the Lord gave me the money. We cut down trees on our property for lumber and every time I got paid, if I had any extra money, I’d put it in the house. I also built my daddy a house on the property.”

Roy had nearly finished a couple of houses in Shiloh Gardens when the bottom fell out of the market.

He mortgaged the family home for $280,000 and used the money to pay the interest on his business debts and for living expenses. Finally, the Andersons walked away from their home and his dad let them have the

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“That’s the one thing that bothered Samuel the most. He’d say, ‘Daddy, when are they going to bring back our truck?’ I told him that wasn’t going to happen and he’d say ‘We’ll get another truck, daddy. I got money, Daddy.’ He got a Social Security check from where he’d been sick and he wanted to give it to me, but that money was just to be used for him.”

Roy filed for bankruptcy in September, about the time Samuel’s cancer came back.

“A week before he passed away,

I’d saved up $1,400 but the guy was wanting $3,000 for this truck.

Samuel had money in the bank that people had given him out of compassion, and he said, ‘Mommy, give Daddy some of my money so he can go buy that truck.’ When we got home from church on Wednesday night my wife said, ‘Why don’t you just go ahead and buy that truck,’ and handed me money from Samuel’s account,” Roy said.

The next day he and two of his other children, Joshua and Hannah, went to Sevier County to get the truck. They were on their way back when his mother-in-law called and said that Samuel had quit breathing “I told her to turn his oxygen rate up and she said she already had. ‘He’s gone, Roy.’ My wife was

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crying, saying, ‘I’ve killed him. I killed him. He asked for a drink of water and he stopped breathing.’ I told her she didn’t kill him. How many times had she given her children a drink of water?

“I didn’t even want the truck then, wanted to take it back. But she told me the Lord didn’t want me to be there because he knew that Josh and Hannah and I wouldn’t have been able to handle watching Samuel pass away. She told me not to throw the truck away, just fix it up.”

So he kept the old green truck and got it into working order. He kind of wished it were blue because that was the color of Tommy the Tank Engine, Samuel’s favorite cartoon. One day he was working on the passenger side door and noticed something odd in the door jam – a strip of bright blue, which he realized was the truck’s original color. Restoring it is high on Roy’s to-do list. And he wants to make something very clear: “We’re born again and we’re trusting in the Lord and we realize that there’s trials and tribulations that everybody has to go through.

This isn’t an accident that we’ve lost our business and our son. We know that we’ll see him again. We loved him as much as you could love anybody, so when we had to let him go back to the Lord, we gave him all we could.

“We’ve got clothes, groceries, a place to stay and TennCare’s paying for our medical, so our needs are all met. We’d love to have your business, but we don’t need a handout. And we’re just thankful that God picked us to be Samuel’s parents out of all the billions of people to choose from.”

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Rubbing shoulders with music history Guitarist/songwriter to release CD, continue at Elvis show

That weather If there is anything more gratifying than watching local TV weather persons blow a forecast, it’s listening to them explain why they got it wrong. OK, so the latter has never happened, but it’s fun to fantasize.

Despite the pleasure they provide viewers with these public demonstrations of incompetence, weather persons (WPs) are responsible for 99.87 percent of the deterioration in intelligent use of the English language, and they must be brought to justice for their criminal promotion of inarticulate speech.

Take, for example, the phrase “your Monday” (or Friday, for that matter). In fact, I hope you do take it, because if it’s your Monday, I certainly don’t want it.

I want my own Monday, thank you, and I’d appreciate it if you’d keep your days to yourself.

Sometimes WPs will try to make amends by referring to “our Monday.” I don’t know about you, but I never agreed to share my Monday with the public. If the Monday in question belongs to the WPs and their colleagues at the station, they should say so. And if it’s their Monday, why should I care anyway?

More vexing still are the WPs profligate use of “that” and “those.” There are only so many thats and thoses to go around, and squandering these useful words in nonsense phrases like “those temperatures” (are there other temperatures we should be concerned with?) and “that rain” (if it isn’t that rain, which rain is it?) will inevitably lead to a shortage.

How bad could it get? Imagine the

simple act of explaining to an auto dealer which of two nearly identical cars you want to test drive.

“I’ll take … one.”

“Which one?”

“Uh, over there.”

“Which one over there?”

After a few more fruitless exchanges of this sort, you stalk off wondering why if we can put a man on the moon we can’t invent a synthetic “that” to fill the void created by wasteful WPs. And consider the horrifying prospect of the WPs’ language mangling extending to newspaper reporting due to creeping verbal osmosis (CVO), an incurable and invariably fatal disorder of the syntax system. A report on the mayor’s presentation to County Commission might go something like this: Today, that mayor pledged to bring those expenses under control by keeping that eye on our budget. “Your mayor is determined to try that strategy,” our mayor said in those words.

A chilling scenario indeed, but it’s not too late to do something about it. Write, email, telephone, text or telegraph your local WPs. Threaten to boycott the station’s advertisers unless they pledge to stop abusing our revered English language.

That is all for those opinions.

This week we bring you a compelling story from Betty Bean about the losses suffered by a former developer, and Wendy Smith writes of a disabled veteran who could use some help.

Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.

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Ross Southerland has rubbed shoulders with music history. From country crooners to Vegas superstars to virtually anybody associated with Elvis Presley, he knows what it feels like to gab (and jam) with the greats.

Enjoying a burger and a cup of soup at Litton’s on a suddenly snowy afternoon last week, Southerland was saddened over the passing of one of them, soul singer Myrna Smith. You may not recognize the name. But chances are you’ve heard her voice.

Smith was a longtime member of the Sweet Inspirations, an R&B/soul group that at one point included Cissy Houston (Whitney’s mother), Estelle Brown and Sylvia Shemwell. In addition to having their own top 20 hit, “Sweet Inspiration,” the Sweets also sang backup on records for Aretha Franklin (“Chain of Fools”), Jimi Hendrix (“Burning of the Midnight Lamp”), Dusty Springfield (“Son of a Preacher Man”) and Van Morrison (“Brown Eyed Girl”). From 1969 to 1977, the Sweets sang backup and opened concerts for Elvis Presley.

Smith died Dec. 24 at a hospice near Los Angeles.

She had fallen ill while on tour overseas with “Elvis in Concert,” a show that features video performances by Elvis, who is projected onto a screen, to the live accompaniment of surviving members of his band.

Southerland, who can eerily channel Presley’s last lead guitarist James Burton, performed with Smith throughout the world as part of the touring group with Elvis tribute artist Shawn Klush.

“Myrna was just a good ol’ girl,” Southerland says. “She was a good woman. On tour, we’d eat breakfast together every morning. We’d laugh and tell jokes.”

Southerland says that Smith, like virtually everybody else associated with Elvis, would clam up if you started pumping her for information about the King.

“But if you don’t say anything, (stories) just come flying out. She told me secrets not known to the public.”

He says he once asked Smith what one thing she would change about her life. Unexpectedly, she told him she wished she had her friendship back with opera singer Kathy Westmoreland, who also toured with Presley in the 1970s. The two eventually had a falling out and were not on speaking terms.

A 1982 Halls High graduate who now lives in Powell, Southerland spent much of the 1980s and early 1990s in California touring with his rock and roll band, Outta Line. While in Los Angeles, on rocker Sammy Hagar’s birthday, Oct. 13, 1989, Southerland met that other Sammy – Sammy Davis Jr. – by chance when Davis’s Cadillac was stopped at a red light.

It’s a funny and poignant story. Southerland and his girlfriend had parked on Santa Monica Boulevard and

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Singer Myrna Smith with guitarist/songwriter Ross Southerland.

Southerland performed with Smith, who was a longtime backup singer for Elvis Presley, at various tribute shows throughout the world. Smith died on Dec. 24. Photo submitted

Jake Mabe were walking toward a convenience store when Southerland spotted the popular singer sitting in the back of his red two-door Caddy.

“The light had turned red.

I yelled ‘Sammy!’ All of a sudden, my girlfriend, who is wearing high heels, goes running past me toward the car.

She’s holding my camera, leans up to the car and when he rolls the window down, says, ‘Oh …’ and walks on into the store. She thought it was Sammy Hagar.”

Southerland shook Davis’s hand – he remembers it felt really warm on what was a cool night – and Davis replied, “You mean a longhaired white cat like you knows who I am?”

“Of course I do,” Ross replied. “You’re the greatest singer who ever lived!”

The two talked. Southerland kept waiting for his girlfriend to return with the camera. She didn’t. The red light turned green. Davis motioned for his driver to stay put.

“Everything that I said to him was stupid. I kept saying things like, ‘Remember when you were on “I Dream of Jeannie”?’ ”

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Davis kept talking in what was by then a raspy voice ravaged by the cancer that would kill him the following year. Just before he left, Davis looked at Southerland and said, “Well, if a long-haired white cat like you knows who I am, I guess I didn’t turn out to be a Mr. Bojangles after all.”

“He shook my hand again and I told him that I loved him.”

After Davis’s death, Southerland caught a TV interview on a Jerry Lewis telethon in which Davis said, “My biggest fear in life,” (pause) “was to turn out to be a real Mr. Bojangles.”

“Chills ran up my neck.”

Outta Line had three record deals on the table from Capitol, RCA and Enigma Records when the Gulf War broke out in 1991. Southerland says that Hollywood promptly “shut down” and when things got back to normal, grunge had replaced hard rock in popularity.

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So Southerland headed home. By chance his old friend Jay Thomas, who at one point moved to California with Outta Line, was working the lights at Memories Theatre in Pigeon Forge. The show was looking for a new lead guitarist to play for Eddie Miles’s Salute to Elvis. Thomas recommended Southerland and he got the job. It was a position he would hold, on and off, until Memories shut its doors Jan. 1.

Along the way, Southerland played for Miles and Elvis tribute artists Pete Willcox, William Stiles and Lou Vuto, and met and befriended Elvis’s best buddy, Charlie Hodge (the guy who would hand the King water and scarves on stage). They became close and Southerland served as a pall bearer and delivered a eulogy when Hodge died in March 2006.

“He really taught me how to sing harmony. He taught me the high harmony parts on ‘Peace in the Valley.’ ” While at Memories, Southerland also played with country legend Johnny Paycheck, sang with Elvis’s backup quartet J.D. Sumner and the Stamps, and, on one great night, was visited by country singer Johnny Russell (“Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer”), who said he showed up just to hear Ross play.

Southerland will continue to perform with the Memories show, which is relocating to a new theater in the coming months at the former site of Eddie’s Heart and Soul Café, next door to Country Tonite in Pigeon Forge. He is also touring with Klush (another South American trip is on tap for the fall) and putting the finishing touches on his second album, which he hopes to release in late summer or early fall.

“My first album, I was more of a singer/songwriter, writing songs for other people. But that ain’t me. I’m going back to my Southern roots.” Southerland promises it will be guitar-oriented and influenced by his heroes, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis and Waylon Jennings, and by the 1970s outlaw country music he loves.

“I hate sounding like everybody else. I have passed up several (recording) opportunities. I might be hardheaded, but I would rather save face and be proud of something I do than jump on the same ol’ cookie-cutter bandwagon and wear a big cowboy hat. I’m gonna say what I want!”

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Hope for messy people

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I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. I think now is always the perfect time for self-improvement, no matter what time of year.

Wendy Smith But the in-with-thenew of the holidays always requires some out-withthe-old, and that process makes me wish I was better organized.

I came across Karen Sprinkle’s blog as I was looking for tips on getting my ducks in a row. She is a professional organizer, and her business is called Organize It. She has a clever five-step approach for getting bills, garages and even waistlines under control, and she has given me permission to share it.

The first step to getting organized is visualizing success. You’ve got to know what you want before you can achieve it, says Sprinkle. So if the goal is to get your home office in order, the first step is to imagine how that would look.

Step two is removing roadblocks. These can anything from mountains of paper to bad lighting. Sometimes the biggest roadblock

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Salesky shares opera, and his favorite deli, with Friendshippers “Before” and “after” shots of a closet organized by Karen Sprinkle, a recovered messy person. is finding enough time to address problems.

Step three is choosing the right tools. Use desired work flow as a guide rather than sales flyers, Sprinkle says. Necessary tools might include a filing cabinet or a planner.

Systemizing for success comes next. That means breaking work into a series of steps – and doing them in order.

The final step, maintaining systems, is achieved

Summitt gets a star

By Betty Bean Bruce Pearl listened quietly as Pat Summitt was heaped with praise during the invocation at the Big Orange Tip Off Club luncheon last week. It was game day for his slumping Vols, who would face the Memphis Tigers that night and were hoping to break out of a December slump that hung four Ls on their record. He had just come in from the ceremony down on the Riverwalk where Summitt was awarded with the first star on the new Riverwalk of Fame. He wanted to get back to his team, but he also wanted to honor Summitt and make a little contact with the fans who had come to hear her speak at the Tip Off Club.

Pearl, who is facing an eight-game suspension for lying to NCAA, was sandwiched between the invocation and the legend that is Pat Summitt, and did a masterful job of handling the orange-clad crowd of superfans: “That was a wonderful prayer,” he said. “Except.

Have you not been paying attention to my record and her record this year?

The girl don’t need your prayers. I do. We need Him. We need her. We need everybody.”

Pearl was pitch-perfect, and so was Summitt, who let her guard down so the crowd could see how touched she was by the honor she had just received.

“What a day! The star – I didn’t know what it was going to mean,” she said.

Her voice cracked and she fought back tears as she said she wished that the stern man who raised her, her late father, Richard Head, could have been there to see the ceremony.

“I know he’s smiling.”

She talked about the hayloft basketball court her dad built, and how she had no choice but to be tough when she played hoops with “three older brothers who beat the crap out of me. I decided I was going to fight back.”

by sticking with repetitive tasks. This is the boring stuff that nobody wants to do, like filing the bills after they’re paid.

Sprinkle has been helping individuals and small businesses in West Knoxville and Maryville get organized for 11 years.

“I’m a recovered messy person,” she says. “There is hope.”

For more information: www.getorganizedknoxville. com or 938-3882.

COMMUNITY CLUBS ■ Old North Knoxville will host a pot luck dinner 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 10, in the fellowship hall of St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway.

Info: www.oldnorthknoxville. org.

■ Farragut Lions Club will meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, at Pimento’s Café.

■ East Tennessee Computer Society will meet 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 13, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 400 Kendall Road. Info: www.etcs.org.

■ Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection will host “A Getting to Snow Luncheon” 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, at Bearden Banquet Hall. Special guest Beverly Watson of the Ragg Carriers will have snowmen galore and Robin Harnist of Roanoke, Virginia will discuss “Thow Me a Lifeline– Mine’s Too Short!” Childcare by reservation only. Admission is $10. RSVP by calling Connie, 693-5298 or e-mail her at dick3234@bellsouth.net.

Pat Summitt launches into an a cappella rendition of “Rocky Top” upon being awarded the first star on the Riverwalk of Fame. The ceremony was Bill Haslam’s last official act as ■ Tennessee Mountain Writers will host “January Jumpstart” mayor. Photo by Betty Bean She told the crowd that she is pleased with her team’s progress and said she believes they have turned a significant corner.

She singled out freshman guard Meighan Simmons, whom she called the toughest player on the team, for special praise – to a point.

“Meighan has never seen a shot she didn’t love – I’ve seen some of her shots I didn’t love. But she has a chance to be one of the best guards that ever played here.”

She talked about her relationship with the late John Wooden, who took Summitt and her players under his wing when they would visit Los Angeles.

“I went to his apartment probably a dozen times. He got on the bus with us and took us to his favorite restaurant, and when he’d talk to us, you could hear a pin drop.”

Summitt hinted that recruiting efforts are going to bear fruit.

“Everybody in this room is going to be happy with our recruiting. I’m leaving here Friday to go visit one of the best post players in the future. There’s no doubt we’re going to be a much, much better team in the next two years.”

workshops 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, and 8:30 until 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, at the Magnuson Ho-

Brown Bag, Green Book A new season of the Brown Bag, Green Book lunch and learn series begins this month at the East Tennessee History Center: ■ “Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet” by Bill McKibben, will be presented by Charles Maynard, author and founding executive director of Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Wednesday, Jan. 26.

■ “The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms and other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet” by Heidi Cullen, will be discussed by WATE Channel 6 meteorologist Matt Hinkin on Wednesday, Feb. 16.

Reading the book is optional but encouraged. Copies of the books are available at the library. Info: Emily Ellis, 215-8723.

The Knoxville Jewish Alliance’s Friendshipper Club kicked off the New Year with a presentation from Knoxville Opera Director and Conductor Brian Salesky.

The maestro wore a Tshirt that he knew would be appreciated by his audience. He bought the shirt at the Carnegie Deli, along with pastrami and a side of chopped liver, during a recent trip to New York City.

The deli, which he referred to as the “holy of holies,” is always his first stop when he arrives in his home town.

He touted the Opera’s upcoming production of “Manon” by Massenet. “ ‘Manon’ is one of the

tel in Sweetwater. There will be a fiction workshop led by Pamela Duncan and a poetry workshop led by Steve Holt.

Space is limited. Info: www. tmwi.org or 671-6046.

■ Tennessee Inventors Association will meet 10 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 15, in the Tech 2020 building, 1020 Commerce Park Drive in Oak Ridge.

Info: www.tninventors.org.

■ East Tennessee Wanderers will meet 5:45 to 7:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Farragut branch library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: www. easttennesseewanderers.org.

■ The League of Women Voters will hold a membership education workshop noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave. Knox County attorney Daniel Sanders will be the guest speaker.

Info: www.lwvknoxville.org.

■ West Knox Lions Club meets 7 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month at Shoney’s on Lovell Road.

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sexiest and most erotic operas for those of us who love everything French,” he said.

“It features the quintessential French femme fatale, who causes a man to ruin his life because of infatuation and lust.”

“Manon” will be performed, appropriately, on Valentine’s Day weekend. “I Puritani” by Bellini is scheduled for April 8 and 10.

Wilma Weinstein, who is semiretired as program director for the KJA, was recognized by the club for her service. Salesky said she was the first person who invited him to become part of the Jewish community in Knoxville.

Friendshipper Club meetings are open to all seniors. The group meets once a month for lunch and

will meet 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, at the studio at 2444 Sutherland Ave. The group will discuss and work on handmade stamps. Info: 595-1900 or www.mightymudclay.com.

■ Knoxville Gem and Mineral Society will meet 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 20, in the cafeteria annex room on the Hardin Valley campus of Pellissippi State Community College.

■ Knoxville Writers’ Guild will sponsor a workshop 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at the Redeemer Church of Knoxville, 1642 Highland Ave. Guest speaker Dale Mackey of Community Television will conduct the workshop, “Social Media for Writers.” Admission is $15 for members, $20 nonmembers. Info: Terry Shaw, 963-7633 or www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.

■ Families Anonymous will meet each Tuesday from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. at Peninsula Lighthouse building 2, 6800 Baum Drive. The group gives support to families with mem-

Knoxville Opera Maestro Brian Salesky shows off his Carnegie Deli T-shirt to the Friendshipper Club. a speaker or a musical performance. The Feb. 23 program will feature Wendel Werner and the UT Singers. For more information: 690-6343.

bers experiencing substance or behavioral issues. Info: Barbara, 696-6606.

■ Optimist Club of Knoxville will meet at noon each Friday for lunch at the Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park Drive. Info: www.knoxvilleoptimist.org.

■ Knoxville Bipolar Disorder Support Group will meet 10 a.m. each Saturday at Messiah Lutheran Church on Kingston Pike. All items discussed during the meeting are completely confidential.

■ First Friday Knoxville Networking Organization will meet 8 p.m. every first Friday, at the Sobu Lounge, 6213 Kingston Pike. Come for networking, business card exchange and door prizes.

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New holidays you can’t live without

Haslam bids Knoxville adieu If Bill Haslam had a detectable mean streak, the audience at his farewell address might have thought that a portion of his speech was aimed straight at the guy sitting squarely in before him in the front row, center section – Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett:

Betty Bean “We must continue to find the best practices to effectively deal with homelessness. It is a major issue for our city and our community. I believe that permanent supportive housing is the right approach. We must not forget, however, that it is not the only tenet of the Ten Year Plan. The plan has given us better ways to work at effectively dealing with the problem of homelessness in our community. And it is working. It is essential that we continue to search out and implement methods to prevent and address the

day to day challenges homelessness presents, and we must not let homelessness become an issue that divides us and appeals to the worst of our impulses.�

But Haslam, who is so religious that he once contemplated becoming a minister, doesn’t have an abundance of malice in his makeup, so he probably wasn’t calling Burchett out over the threat to end county support of the Ten Year Plan if residents of permanent supportive housing are allowed to drink in their apartments – success rates, scholarly research and respect for the law be damned. And nobody seemed to take it that way, even though Haslam followed up his defense of the Ten Year Plan by sort of channeling Lincoln’s plea to the better angels of our nature and not to look for wedge issues to divide us: “Finally, one of the greatest challenges we face is to keep from pitting one area against another and one group against another. If we look at success as a zerosum game, where one’s gain

Gov.-elect Bill Haslam greets well-wisher Albert Baah.

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is only at another’s loss, we all eventually lose. ‌�

The governor-elect singled out and commended the contributions of his estimable deputy Larry Martin, who, along with policy wonk-in-chief Bill Lyons, has kept the city’s wheels turning while Haslam barnstormed the state in pursuit of higher office. He started to choke up when he described marching in his last Christmas parade and struggled for composure when he said that his heart would never be far from Knoxville.

After the speech, he waded into the friendly crowd,

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shadowed by two hard-eyed men who make up the security contingent assigned to him on election night. They watched intently as the hugging commenced. Someone warned him to watch out for Stacey Campfield. Current members of City Council (most of whom want to become interim mayor) were there to see and be seen.

The most perfect plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose moment of the morning came when he couldn’t make it out of the room without being buttonholed by former City Council member Joe Hultquist.

Former mayor gives advice Cherokee Country Club?

Are you a member?

What is the right answer if you are a candidate for mayor? Two candidates belong to Cherokee, a gathering place for past and present civic leaders, and were recently asked about it by Betty Bean.

Marilyn Roddy quickly asserted that she does not belong but it is her husband, Patrick, who has the membership. This response is disingenuous. It ignores the question of whether Marilyn regularly uses the club on her husband’s membership, which, of course, she does and has done for years.

Foster Arnett proudly told us that his great-grandfather helped found the club and he thinks Cherokee now has three black members.

That was his total response.

Both also told us they want to continue Bill Haslam’s record as mayor.

Part of the Haslam record includes resigning from Cherokee in 2003 when he decided to run for mayor. He has not rejoined. When Winfield Dunn ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1986, his membership in Nashville’s Belle Meade Country Club was an issue. He eventually resigned. There is a reason these resignations occurred.

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Roddy and Arnett might want to ask why.

For the record, I belonged to Cherokee 27 years ago but resigned in 1984.

There is a reason both Haslam and I resigned (and it was not inability to pay the dues). In 1984 Cherokee still had de facto policies of exclusion based on gender, religion and race. Women were not voting members at that time and certainly African-Americans were not members nor were Jews.

Remember the stunning and unfortunate quote from Doug Dickey that membership for Wade Houston was not an option when UT coaches were being given complimentary memberships at the club?

I did not feel I could ask all Tennesseans to support me for U.S. senator if I belonged to a club where most Tennesseans could not enter.

Today, that is no longer true at Cherokee. People willing to pay the price can apply and be considered

without regard to race, creed or gender. Perhaps today’s Cherokee membership is no longer an issue in a Knoxville mayor’s race. Cherokee members today certainly would strongly oppose the discrimination the club once practiced. Nevertheless, the issue comes up. Candidates are asked.

Both Arnett and Roddy missed the chance to deplore discrimination with their poorly conceived answers.

Roddy should not have tried to escape the issue by acting like it was just her husband who belonged and, by inference, only he uses it. Voters are not that naive. Arnett claiming Cherokee today has three black members and that somehow resolves the matter insults voter intelligence.

Eight years ago Cherokee demolished the historic J. Allen Smith House across Lyons View Pike from the main club house. In litigation, they successfully prevailed on property rights while incensing many historic preservationists with the manner in which they approached the issue. This is a very different issue from the one of exclusion.

Arnett or Roddy failed to voice strong opposition to discrimination and support

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for fair treatment of all. This is sad as our mayor must be prepared, willing and enthused in fighting discrimination in all its ugly forms.

Both should have said they deplored past practices at Cherokee. Both should have said that they and their spouse would not belong to a club which condoned or practiced discrimination.

In fact, neither said a word in their interviews on the whole issue of discrimination – a missed opportunity for both. Meanwhile, the other four current mayoral candidates have not rushed to secure a membership application.

Long distance? For those wondering why Roddy would list a RSVP phone number located in New Hampshire (area code 603) for her Jan. 6 Hot Jazz party, don’t get alarmed. She is not outsourcing jobs to the Granite State.

The number belongs to a volunteer friend of her daughter who attends college there. But does it count as a long distance call? Could no one in Knoxville handle this? Next time better to use a local 865 number and use Knoxville city voters as primary volunteers if you are running for mayor or city council.

Christmas is history, New Year’s Day has faded in the rearview mirror, and many of you are saying to yourselves: “I wouldn’t wear that tie to a dogfight.�

Some among you, indeed, are taking a most uncharitable view of holidays, happy to be back in your workplace where excessive tinsel decorating is frowned upon and possession of eggnog is grounds for termination. To you I’m pleased to say that you’re wrong, that a few more holidays on the local calendar are just what’s needed.

Sure, the 4th of July and Boomsday are fine for plastic surgeons and emergency room physicians paid by the finger, but what of the many deprived of a medical school education? For their benefit I propose the following: The Running of the Bull: This is destined to become everyone’s favorite holiday season. During election years, beginning with the primary season and continuing until the day of the general election, candidates and voters will assemble at Market Square on Sundays. Using (what else?) a bullhorn, Stacey Campfield or a reasonable facsimile thereof will proclaim, “Let’s get ready to r-r-r-umble,� and the fun begins! While shouting campaign slogans (examples: “I’ll eliminate waste!� “Me too!� “No tax increase!�), candidates will chase voters around the square. The first candidate to gore or trample a majority of the fleeing voters will be declared the winner and henceforth be known as “El Toro.� Required dress: candidates, three-piece pinstriped law suits; voters, a bright red polo called the “complete bull shirt.� (Holiday not observed in the town of Farragut, where wearing a complete bull shirt is prohibited by ordinance.)

Cinco de Midway (literally, “a fifth of Midway�): This holiday derives its name from the now well-

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established fact that only 20 percent of the population in the vicinity of the proposed Midway business park favored the project, and of that number all were either deceased or had moved to Hamilton County in 1957.

Gaily decorated road signs reading “7-4� are erected in the Thorn Grove community at sunrise on Cinco de Midway. These remain in place until The Running of the Bull begins or until pigs fly, should the latter occur first.

The County Commissioners who voted in favor of the project (dubbed “The Four Horsemen of the Chamber� during Cinco de Midway) are mounted on ponies and paraded through the Thorn Grove area until dark. The commissioners are then directed to The Development Corporation’s mostly idle existing business parks and ordered not to return until they’ve recruited three hightech companies and a Starbucks.

The Ten Year Plan Bowl: What holiday calendar would be complete without a bowl game to enjoy? The TYP Bowl game pits County Commissioners and City Council members against not only one another, but the citizens of Knox County at large. The game will be divided into halves, one each in the county and the city.

Posturing, grandstanding and pandering are worth three points each, and a successful NIMBY six points. If tied at the end of regulation, teams will be allowed one week to see which can evict the most tenants from Minvilla and convert the apartments into luxury condos.

Happy holidays!

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Televised inauguration East Tennessee Public Broadcasting System (PBS) will air the “2011 Tennessee Inaugural: Governor Bill Haslam� noon Saturday, Jan. 15. The live broadcast from Nashville will include the inauguration ceremony and parade.

The arts honor MLK Knoxville Symphony Orchestra resident conductor James Fellenbaum and the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra, along with the Holiday Celebration Choir, MLK Children’s Chorus, Night With the Arts Players and the Austin-East Chamber Ensemble, will perform East Tennessee’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Night With the Arts Celebration Concert 6 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 16, at the Bijou Theatre. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Illuminate the Dream: Enlighten the World.� The concert is free and open to the public.

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Week of decisions A casualty of printing a Monday paper on Friday evening is this writer’s previously stellar power of prediction.

So no predictions this week, just hopes.

Here’s hoping Jim McIntyre sticks around. He’s got some good work underway and the programs deserve his leadership. To leave for Nashville now is akin to birthing a litter of wolf cubs in the woods and leaving them to fend. Some will make it; others won’t.

And here’s hoping McIntyre and his pals at the Great School Partnership (or whatever they’re calling it now)

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can come up with the money to put the STEM high school in the old L&N Station.

Somebody asked why I want to blow up an old building in favor of new construction at Carter Elementary while supporting renovation of a train station/restaurant for a high school downtown.

Hey, at Carter we’ve got a badly-built-to-start-with cave

where we’re stuffing little kids in classrooms too small.

At the L&N we’ve got nothing less than a cathedral to the commerce and technology of its time where we can enable our nerds – you-all know who we, errrrr you, are – to do more with high school than simply survive it.

School board meets Wednesday at 5. Watch it on Comcast Cable Channel 10. It’s the best reality show around.

On the agenda are approvals for: ■ A special audit at Powell Elementary (did something go missing?)

■ A site for the STEM high school ■ A contract with Community Tectonics Architects Inc. for roof upgrades at Bearden High, $94,500 ■ A batting cage for Halls High softball, $20,200 (from softball account) ■ Contract with Studio Four Design for roof upgrades at West High School, $80,000 ■ Halls Elementary to buy and install ActivBoards, $12,709, funded by PTA ■ Brickey-McCloud Elementary to purchase an Apple MacBook, Promethean ProMobile and more, $51,598, funded by Regal Foundation.

COLLEGE NOTES Pellissippi State China: the culture, the country, the language. The Defense Department’s senior language authority has identified Chinese as one of the languages most in demand, and an estimated 100 million people worldwide are learning to speak Chinese.

To meet demand, Pellissippi State is expanding Chinese language course offerings. Applications will be accepted through Feb. 1 for the school’s Global Ambassadors program, a summer study program.

Info: Jonathan Bethard, 539-7138 or jdbethard@ pstcc.edu.

UT Knoxville Sequoyah Elementary students showing costumes from different countries are (front) Joseph Petre, Isabel Petre, Molly Majors; (second row) Katrina Ottaviano, Caitlin Reynolds, Leslie Manning; and (back) Mary Frances Penn with teacher Janet Reinholz. Photos by L. Furtner

It’s a small world Third grade classes at Sequoyah Elementary turn an annual social studies event into a parade. Teacher Janet Reinholz has been doing the project for 20 years.

Students dress in costumes representing different countries, write about that country and parade the halls singing “It’s a Small World.”

This year they concluded by “taking a trip” to 11 countries (conveniently located in a nearby church) and sampling traditional dishes.

– Lorraine Furtner

Race relations: It’s been 50 years since three African-American students enrolled at UT. The public is invited to campus at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, to launch a yearlong anniversary celebration.

The group will march from the Torchbearer to Ayres Hall where Theotis Robinson Jr., one of the first black undergrads, and Benita Fitzgerald-Mosley, a UT grad and Olympian, will speak.

The arts honor MLK

“Hershey” gets playtime with Campbell Ayres and Khaki Moncier while they wait for siblings to get out of school at Sequoyah Elementary.

Bearden swim/dive team helps Members of the Bearden High School swim and dive team volunteered with the News Sentinel’s Empty Stocking Fund. Ben Chance, Richard Middlebrooks, Alisha Kukreja, David Middlebrooks, Manisha Kukreja, Ashley Young, Jake Brannum, Hannah Slate, Sara Grace Pelot, Ashley Campbell and Amanda Pelot participated. Team members and parents also worked for Mobile Meals on Dec. 23. Photo submitted

Computer recycling The city of Knoxville is partnering with several organizations including the Optimist Club of West Knoxville and the Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad to host a “Plug Into Your Community” computer recycling event 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, at Chilhowee Park.

Knox County residents recycling their computers, laptops or other electronic items won’t have to leave their cars as this is a drive-through event, taking place regardless of weather conditions.

In addition to this event, residents can recycle their electronics for free at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center, 1033 Elm St. Info: www.

plugintoyourcommunity.info and www. cityofknoxville.org/solidwaste/hazwaste. asp.

Race Against Racism The YWCA’s Race Against Racism will be held 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at Phyllis Wheatley Center, 124 S. Cruze St. as part of Diversity Day. Pre-race entertainment begins at 11:30 a.m.

The YWCA’s Diversity Day allows all community members to come together to celebrate each other. There will be entertainment, health screenings, a kids’ Home Depot workshop and free food.

Info: 523-6126 or visit www.ywcaknox. com.

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra resident conductor James Fellenbaum and the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra, along with the Holiday Celebration Choir, MLK Children’s Chorus, Night With the Arts Players and the Austin-East Chamber Ensemble, will perform East Tennessee’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Night With the Arts Celebration Concert 6 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 16, at the Bijou Theatre. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Illuminate the Dream: Enlighten the World.”

The concert is free and open to the public.

Info: Jennifer Barnett, 521-2305.

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schools ‘New Play Festival’ Knox County Public Library and the Tennessee Stage Company will present a series of table readings this month as part of the library’s New Play Festival. The table readings feature local actors interpreting three unpublished plays in various library locations across Knox County.

Since 1998, Tennessee Stage Company has produced the New Play Festival as a way to spotlight and nurture new playwrights from across the nation.

The festival consists of a world premiere production, staged readings and table readings of selected scripts and a playwriting workshop for local writers. Hear some of Knoxville’s finest actors perform the following plays: ■ “Online Fighting”

by Harrison Young, 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10, Cedar Bluff branch library; 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, Fountain City branch library; 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18,

Carter branch library; 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, Bearden branch library and 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, Lawson McGhee library.

■ “Surveillance”

by Paul Leeper, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, Farragut branch library; 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, Fountain City branch library; 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, Halls branch library; 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, Cedar Bluff branch library and 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, Lawson McGhee library.

■ “The Marriage Contract” by Barbara Albers Jackson, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, Cedar Bluff branch library; 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, Fountain City branch library; 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 19, Farragut branch library; 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, Bearden branch library and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, Lawson McGhee library.

All performances are free. Info: Nelda Hill, 215-8729.

BOGO at the zoo Through Monday, Jan. 31, visitors can present an outdated phone book at the Knoxville Zoo and receive one free admission ticket with the purchase of another.

Since the zoo is currently celebrating Penguin Discount Days when admission is half-price, visitors who bring an outdated phone book can get two admissions for half the price of one regular admission. Info: 637-5331, ext. 300.

Free Trees Tennesseans will receive 10 free flowering trees when they join the Arbor Day Foundation during January.

New members will receive two white flowering dogwoods, two flowering crabapples, two Washington hawthorns, two American redbuds and two goldenraintrees.

The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting, Feb. 1 through May 31. The 6- to 12-inch tall trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge.

Arbor Day Foundation members also receive a subscription to the foundation's bimonthly publication, Arbor Day, and The Tree Book, which includes information about tree planting and care.

To join, send a $10 contribution to Ten Free Flowering Trees, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410, by Jan. 31. Info: www.arborday.org/ january.

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Resolutions for life I admit being a procrastinator. January is when I do two things: mail my Christmas cards and make a list of “New Year’s notions.”

They’re the same every year: get organized, lose weight and exercise. By each July I’ve lost more resolve than

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A.L. Lotts 5th graders learn world traditions and make resolutions for 2011: (front) Kayla Foltz, Ashton Idles, Vaishnavi Prashant, Michael Jones; (back) Weston Standifer, Beatrice Horobet, Lauren Miller, Daniel Dos Santos and David Acton. Photos by L. Furtner Blue Grass Elementary School cancer survivors embrace a new year: Susan Whitaker, Debbie Varnes and Julia Houston.

clutter or weight because I had grand ideas but didn’t make any lifestyle changes – except one. After losing an aunt to cancer, and having a great-aunt and grandmother who both had breast cancer, I do not put off my mammograms or check-ups.

Ladies, you shouldn’t put these tests off either, because 207,090 women and 1,970 men were diagnosed with breast cancer last year.

You gentlemen who care for your mother, sister, wife, daughter or friend – should encourage them to take care of themselves.

Three staff members at Blue Grass Elementary feel that their survival is a result of early detection through annual doctor visits, routine mammograms and self breast exams. Ironically, each of them found the cancer in one of the three separate methods listed, so it is important to do each type of test.

Pink Ribbon Dance Susan Whitaker, Debbie Varnes and Julia Houston at Blue Grass Elementary inspired staff and families at the school to join the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in October. Whitaker, the last of the three to be diagnosed with breast cancer, worked through the school year while undergoing che-

ARTS CALENDAR Works by Ashley Addair URBhana, 115 S. Gay Street, will host an exhibit by artist Ashley Addair through Monday, Jan. 31.

Free admission. Info: 9515454 or visit www.urbhana. com.

‘Mockingbird’ “To Kill a Mockingbird” will be shown 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14, at the Palace Theater in Maryville. Free admission. Info: www. palacetheater.com.

motherapy until having surgery Dec. 9, 2010.

Whitaker said that she had walked in the race in 2009 to support Varnes and Houston who share office space at Blue Grass and were both diagnosed in 2008.

“This year, they walked to support me,” said Whitaker.

Two teachers, Amy Maxwell and Becca Russell helped lead the Bosom Buddies team campaign at the school. Maxwell organized the 75 member team of staff and student families, raising $1,220 (above registration fees) for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for research.

Russell coordinated and posted the “Pink Ribbon Dance,” seen on the school’s website. Students and staff showed support by wearing pink hats, shirts, scarves and even wigs.

“The support was so encouraging,” said Whitaker.

“Debbie and Julia, who understand and have survived this, have helped me stay positive.”

Varnes, an intervention teacher, said “I feel like God has used this illness to help at least three people since I was diagnosed. It is pure terror when you first hear those words. It is very reassuring to hear from someone you know has been there.”

Houston, a psycholo-

gist, said posting on Caring Bridge helped her explore her feelings. She relied on and found uplifting from the responses to her posts on that site.

So how has this ordeal changed them?

Houston said “Carpe Diem. Seize the day. I feel it’s a blessing this was found early. I don’t live in fear of it returning, I feel cured.”

Varnes tries to exercise and eat right, but if she wants a dessert, she has one.

“The most important thing is that I do not take a single day for granted. Also, I really don’t sweat the small stuff like a difference of opinion or bad traffic,” she said.

For Whitaker, the biggest regret is being apart from most of her family during this time. Whitaker moved here from Iran decades ago, and met her husband while both attended the University of Tennessee. She looks forward to recovering from her surgery and for her immune system and the political climate to both be well enough for travel.

“I tell my family, and encourage all women, to go to the doctor on time. Don’t wait. Don’t put it off. It could change the outcome,” she said.

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‘Guitar Wizard’ The “Guitar Wizard” Richard Smith will perform 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at the Palace Theater in Maryville. Tickets are $13 ($15 at the door). Info: 9833330 or www.palacetheater. com.

‘Songs in Paint’

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Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave., will host “Songs in Paint” a collection of works by Kate and Roy McCullough

Paul F. Hassell’s “How Do I Use This Thing?” digital SLR camera workshop will be held 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at 4

‘Aluminum Show’ A troupe of Israeli performers have choreographed “The Aluminum Show” wearing structures of recycled aluminum and will perform 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre at the Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville. Tickets range from $20-$35. Info: 981-8590 or www. claytonartscenter.com.

Book sale Blount County public library will hold a used book sale of over 50,000 books 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22. Info: www. blountlibrary.org.

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Also at Lotts, Ashton Idles portrays Miyax, a character from “Julie of the Wolves,” by Jean Craighead George. All the girls in Macqueline Foss’ class wrote and performed a play based on the book. pearance at the school Dec. 17, announcing the tissue biopsy was a “piece of cake” (compared to chemotherapy) and made plans to return to work.

Info: bluegrasses. knoxschools.org, ww5.

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‘The Aluminum Show’ A troupe of Israeli performers will wear structures of recycled aluminum in “The Aluminum Show” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, at the Clayton Center for the Performing Arts in Maryville.

Tickets start at $20. Info: 981-8590 or www. claytonartscenter.com.

Black Lillies The Black Lillies will perform a CD release show 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, at the Bijou Theatre. Info: 522-0832 or www. knoxbijou.com.

‘Snow White’ Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway in historic Jackson Square, will present “Snow White” Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 22-23.

Info: 482-9999 or visit www.orplayhouse.com.

5th graders resolve to brush teeth What do 10- and 11-yearolds at A. L. Lotts resolve for 2011?

Macqueline Foss’ class plans to “do better” at everything from brushing

Info: 482-1441 or www. oakridgeartcenter.org.

KSO Horns Calvin Smith and the KSO Horns will perform 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at the UT Alumni Memorial building. Admission is free. Info: 974-5768.

Pilobolus Internationally renowned dance troupe Pilobolus will perform 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, at the Bijou Theatre. Tickets are $25 ($20 UT faculty, $5 students).

Info: 974-5455.

Bluegrass Bluegrass band Blue Moon Rising will perform 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Palace Theater in Maryville.

Tickets are $13 ($15 at the door). Info: 983-3330 or www.palacetheater.com.

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‘Freaks and Sweets’

Members of the Oak Ridge Art Center, 201 Badger Ave., will present “Night Visions” through Sunday, Jan. 23. Hours are 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1-4 p.m.

Saturday through Monday.

The Red Line Gallery, 11519 Kingston Pike, presents “Freaks and Sweets,” an exhibit of works by Sandie Galka and Patrick Galka-Martin through Monday, Jan. 31. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday

their teeth and drinking more water to practicing sports, music and reading their Bibles. The class studied New Year’s celebrations from around the world because Foss has students from Brazil, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Romania and Vietnam.

Emily Readett said her favorite tradition was in Korea where they give children money, but also liked that in Italy they eat zampone or “stuffed pig trotter.” Emily didn’t know what it was (a deboned pork leg filled with sausage, pork rinds and spices), but thought it sounded interesting.

Foss’ 5th graders learned about goals and keeping promises and then wrote five New Year’s resolutions as part of American tradition. They also listed how they would achieve those goals. For example, one young man was going “to not get mad as much” simply “by breathing.” (This is actually not a bad idea.)

Weston Standifer had the key to annual pledges.

Weston said he plans “not to make promises I can’t keep.”

Keep that in mind when making your own list of New Year’s resolutions. I think mine could use some revising.

through Saturday. Info: 288-0277 or www. redlinegallery.net.

Guitar class Three-time USA National Guitar Champion Steve Kaufman will teach an alllevel mandolin workshop Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12, at Mainstay Suites, 361 Fountain View Circle, and an all-level flatpicking workshop Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18-19, at the Townsend Visitors Center.

RSVP to JoEllen, 982-3080 or e-mail jo@flatpik.com.

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BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • JANUARY 10, 2011 • A-7

What child is this?

And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor.

(Luke 2: 52 NRSV) Jesus is our childhood’s pattern; day by day, like us he grew; he was little, weak, and helpless, tears and smiles like us he knew; and he feeleth for our sadness, and he shareth in our gladness. (“Once in Royal David’s City,” Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848) The Gospel writers drive me crazy sometimes.

They take us straight from Jesus as a baby in a manger to Jesus ready to begin his ministry at the age of 30. With the exception of Luke, who lifts the curtain on Jesus’ childhood just for a moment to give us that tiny glimpse of the Child in the Temple at the age of 12, we hear nothing about Jesus the boy.

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Lynn Hutton even have paper! One can forgive them for getting right to the heart of the story.

So we are left to our imaginations.

Especially at this time of year, when the Babe in the manger is still fresh in our minds, I wonder about the years in Egypt, the days at his mother’s knee, the hours

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When did he realize his destiny? How early did he ■ First Baptist Concord, 11704 Kingston Pike, will host “The feel the weight of his speFamily ID” workshop 9 a.m. to cialness? When did the first 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5. The sense of foreboding arrive? course will include a blend of I wonder about these instruction, fun and fellowship things because the whole to help identify God’s purpose point of the Incarnation is and values for each family atthat Jesus came to be with tending. Cost is $40 per family. us, to be one of us, to be Info: www.fbconcord.org. for us, as well as to be an example for us. I think it Women’s groups behooves us to consider the baby, the child, the teenager, ■ Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive, will host a “Morning the man.

Moms” group 9:15 to 11:30 And I know it is helpful a.m. each Friday in room to remember what poet Ce296. Bible or book studies cil Alexander taught us: that will be discussed relating to “he feeleth for our sadness, women’s lives in general. Child and he shareth in our gladcare is provided. Info: www. concordumc.com. ness.”

7409 Northshore Drive, invites kids to the Word of Life Club on Sundays at 5:45 p.m.

There will be games, Bible study and more. Info: www. rockyhillchurch.org.

Fundraisers ■ The Restoration House is in need of a van or car for a single mom with four children to travel to work and school. Also needed are $10 gas gift cards for moms to get to and from school. Info: Amanda Love, 332-0309 or e-mail Amanda@ therestorationhouse.net.

Rec programs ■ The Spirituality Book Club of Faith Lutheran Church, 239 Jamestowne Blvd., will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, to discuss “The Wisdom of Donkeys: Finding Tranquility in a Chaotic World” by Any Merrifield. Info: 966-9626.

■ The book club of Trinity UMC, 5613 Western Ave., will meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, in the church library. The group will discuss “Always Time to Die” by Elizabeth Lowell. Everyone is invited.

Info: Pat Land, 525-2700 or phland@comcast.net.

Men’s groups due to the holidays. Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Dr., will host the next meeting 10 a.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 8, in room 226.

Anyone who gives care to an elderly individual is invited.

Info: 675-2835.

Special Services ■ Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host GriefShare, a weekly grief support group for people grieving the death of a loved one beginning 6:45 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 10. Info: www. griefshare.org.

■ Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive, will resume its Wednesday night gatherings Jan. 12, with the band Eclectic. Info: www.concordumc.com.

■ Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike, will host GriefShare Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Get support from the group while recovering

Precious cargo It is odd feeling simultaneously excited and depressed. I was happy leaving the sub-zero temperatures of Brunswick, Maine, to move home to Tennessee in time for Christmas. On the other side of that coin, I faced a six-month separation from my fiancé, Chuck, who was in the Navy. His ship was built and would make her maiden voyage to her new homeport in San Diego.

We were both lost in thought, packing quietly.

That suddenly changed.

“Honey, where are my Mamaw’s canned green beans?” I asked.

I was talking about two quart jars of Blue Lake green beans that my grandmother had given me when I moved to Maine. They represented the end of an era to me.

“Mamaw Elsie” grew Blue Lake green beans for as long as I could remember. My uncle Keith says no one could get them to produce like she did. She canned enough for herself, her kids’ families and the neighbors, besides. But,

in the carpenter’s shop, the teen years.

I wonder if he remembered anything about Egypt?

Did he carry memories of the pyramids, the Sphinx, the Nile? How had Joseph and Mary explained that sojourn to him?

I wonder what he thought about when he climbed to the rim of the cup that is Nazareth and looked out over the valley below. What did he dream of when he lay on the roof of the carpenter shop on a summer night and watched the stars wheeling above him?

Who were his playmates?

His friends? What games did they play? Did they play jokes on each other? What secrets did they share? Did he ever see snow? (Jerusalem lies on the same latitude as Brunswick, Ga., but it does occasionally snow in Israel.) Did he make up stories for his younger brothers and sisters (prelude to his mastery of the parable form)?

Lorraine Furtner

40 years of gardening had taken their toll: her knees needed replacing.

She surrendered the pressure cooker to my aunt and trimmed the garden back to a lone zucchini, one cucumber vine and a couple of tomato plants.

Mamaw Elsie was one of a handful of people who supported my decision to move cross-country for love (perhaps because she’d done the same during World War II).

When I was 27, I shocked everyone. I quit my job and moved from Tennessee to coastal Maine for Chuck, a divorced sailor, nine years my senior. We’d only dated for three months long distance – I’d seen his face a total of 28 days – yet I knew he was “the one.”

When I told Mamaw El-

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■ Journey Builders, a new group for young professionals, couples and singles, will meet 9:50 a.m. Sundays in room 133 at Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive. Info: Jennifer DeTar, 719-1626 or 966-6728, ext. 242.

■ Bearden UMC, 4407 Sutherland Ave., invites everyone to “Jubilee Praise and Worship” 6 p.m. every second Sunday in the fellowship center. Park in the back of the church and enter through the gym. Fellowship and a snack-supper follow the service. Info: www. beardenumc.org.

■ Two Rivers Church, 275 Harrison Lane, Lenoir City, will host “the Launch” 5-7 p.m.

Sundays in the Fireside room.

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sie he’d proposed and I was leaving, she shrieked and hugged me. She ran to the back porch and retrieved two of the last quarts in her pantry for me to “start housekeeping.” Those jars might as well have been filled with gold.

I took the beans back to Brunswick but hadn’t cooked them because I was saving them for something special. I assumed they’d accompany me to San Diego, but since they were both necessary and precious cargo (like my curling iron and jewelry) they’d stay with me in Tennessee until I joined Chuck in July.

Chuck solved the case of the missing beans: “I gave those to the guy next door.”

My hands reached the dangerous level of my hips.

I said, “You go over there and tell him I want them back.”

Chuck argued. They might get broken. Couldn’t we just buy green beans in California? There wasn’t room in the car. He could have suggested there wasn’t room for the hair on my head. Some things are not negotiable.

When we moved to into our apartment in San Di-

a Growth group. Info: www. tworiverschurch.org.

Courses ■ Heska Amuna Synagogue, 3811 Kingston Pike, will host a six-session class on “Jewish History and the Arts: Ancient Jewish Coins and the History of the Second Commonwealth” with instructor Stephen Nagler 8:30 until 10 p.m. beginning Wednesday, Jan. 12. Info: www.heskaamuna.org.

■ First Baptist Concord, 11704 Kingston Pike, invites new believers, those considering FBC membership or anyone raised in an “unchurched” home to attend Starting Point, a four-week course led by Dr. Doug Sager.

First session begins 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 12, in room F207.

■ Concord Woodcarvers will meet the first and third Friday mornings of each month at Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive. Info: www.concordumc. com.

■ FX Book Club of Cornerstone Church of Knoxville, 1250 Heritage Lake Blvd., will meet 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, to discuss “God in the Dark”

by Os Guinness. Info: www. cornerstonechurchofknoxville. com.

■ Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 800 Northshore Drive, will host “The Brotherhood of St. Andrew” 7-8 a.m. each Thursday for prayer and study. Info: www. knoxvillascension.org.

■ First Farragut UMC, 12733 Kingston Pike, invites everyone to “Wednesday Night Live,” 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. each Wednesday. Enjoy a home-cooked meal with your family and have some fun and fellowship. A family of four can have dinner for only $22. Info: www.ffumc.org.

Youth ■ First Baptist Concord, 11704 Kingston Pike, will host “DNOW” for students in grades 6-12 Friday through Sunday, Jan. 21-23, where they will be challenged to step into a deeper relationship with Christ. Info: www.fbconcord. org.

■ Heska Amuna Synagogue, 3811 Kingston Pike, is collecting aluminum cans to recycle and purchase new energy-efficient lights for their upstairs hallway. Info: www. heskaamuna.org.

■ Rocky Hill Baptist Church,

■ Messiah Lutheran Church,

Blake Shelton in concert ego, you better believe those green beans were on my shelf. It was comforting having them there.

Christmas arrived, my first as Mrs. Furtner, and the first Christmas Eve in 28 years that I was not at Mamaw Elsie’s house. It was “sunny and 70” with holiday lights wrapped around palm trees. I needed to cook those green beans (complete with fatback) and serve them with sweet tea and cornbread.

Fourteen years have passed and I’m back in Tennessee, and I never buy fatback. I’ve even given up sweet tea. But the one thing I’d really love to have is not available anymore, anywhere. No, matter where I go or how hard I look, I’ll never find another quart of my Mamaw Elsie’s Blue Lake green beans.

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A-8 • JANUARY 10, 2011 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Curling sweeps Knoxville away This past Wednesday evening, when most people in Knoxville were trying to get home and out of the snow, the Great Smoky Mountains Curling Club was hosting its first open house of the year.

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The club meets at the Ice Chalet off Kingston Pike, and the open house drew a gathering of 25. Some participants had been with the club since its 2004 inception, while a few newcomers rounded out the rest of the crowd. “We had about 33 members in the fall session,� said member Eric Kortebein. “We also have 15 to 17 members from the University of Tennessee curling club.�

The group is a mix of curlers from northern cities

and those from Knoxville who are interested in the ice sport.

According to Kortebein, the club started as pick-up games between friends, and it gradually grew the first couple of years.

Typically the club meets on Sundays, but they are adding Wednesday night in in hopes of attracting more people. “Some people don’t want to give up their Sundays,�

Kortebein said, “but with Wednesdays, some people take up softball and other sports, so we’re hoping for a bigger turnout.�

The Smoky Mountain Curling Club saw a tremendous spike in popularity last winter, thanks in large part to the Winter Olympics and the U.S. teams’ involvement in both men’s and women’s events. “We had roughly 120 to 150 people come out to our clubs during the Winter Olympics,� said Kortebein.

Curling, according to Kortebein, is one of the easier

sports to learn. Unlike most ice sports, curling does not require any skating ability. In fact, tennis shoes are worn by participants while playing. Those that are unfamiliar with the sport can come out to learn from Kortebein and the other regulars.

The club is open to all who would like to join.

They will start their league play in the middle of January and work in any newcomers around the middle of the season. In June, the club and the Ice Chalet will host an open event called Bonspiel. During this event, about 24 teams of men and women will compete alongside the Knoxville club.

The club will meet at the Ice Chalet, located next door to the Shops at Western Plaza, every Sunday and Wednesday from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. More information can be found on the club’s website, curlknoxville.com, or on its Facebook and Myspace pages.

Bearden’s JaiJai McLaughlin presses down the court around Maryville’s Megan Jenkins during the Bulldogs’ 54-40 loss against the Rebels.

High school hoops return to regular season action

By Greg Householder

Eric Kortebein of the Great Smoky Mountains Curling Club shows newcomer Kathleen Clark how to start sliding the curling stone. Photo by T. Cabage

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With holiday tournaments over and the new year beginning, many area high school basketball squads returned to regular season action last week.

In girls action last Tuesday, Powell knocked off Anderson County 43-34; CAK beat the Knoxville Ambassadors 37-33; Halls topped Central 49-38; Hardin Valley Academy fell to Oak Ridge 49-47; Maryville beat Bearden 54-40; West downed William Blount 5852; Webb rolled over Kings Academy 65-14; Catholic fell to Lenoir City 48-44; Karns was mauled by Fulton 68-29; Grace Christian Academy lost to Tellico Plains 67-36; and Gibbs fell to Austin-East 44-41.

In boys play last Tuesday, Central beat Halls 91-81; Karns lost to Fulton 71-47; Gibbs lost to AustinEast 70-45; Catholic topped Lenoir City 47-39; Bearden downed Maryville 64-46; West beat William Blount 72-50; Webb downed Kings Academy 45-31; Powell beat Anderson County 73-62; CAK topped the Knoxville Ambassadors 78-47; Hardin Valley Academy fell to Oak Ridge 70-51; and Grace Christian Academy topped Tellico Plains 100-80.

Games scheduled for last Friday: Powell was to host Halls; Karns was to visit Central; Gibbs was to travel to Pigeon Forge; Hardin Valley Academy was to host Clinton; Farragut was to visit Bearden; Catholic was to host West; CAK was to visit Scott; Webb was to host Donelson Christian Academy; and Grace Christian Academy was to entertain Midway. Results of Friday’s scheduled games were unavailable at press time.

Webb was scheduled to

Bearden’s Will Winton goes up for a dunk and two of his 16 points against Maryville High School in the Bulldogs 64-46 victory over the Rebels. Photos by Justin Acuff host the Webb School of Bell Buckle last Saturday.

The result was unavailable at press time.

On Tuesday, Jan. 11, Halls hosts Oak Ridge; Hardin Valley Academy visits Central; Gibbs travels to Cosby; Powell is at Fulton; Karns hosts Campbell County; Farragut travels to Maryville; Bearden entertains Lenoir City; West hosts Heritage; Catholic travels to William Blount; CAK hosts Alcoa; Webb travels to McMinn Central; and Grace Christian Academy travels

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On Thursday, Jan. 13, Gibbs travels to Anderson County, and CAK entertains Kingston.

On Friday, Jan. 14, Halls travels to Campbell County; Gibbs hosts Grace Christian Academy; Karns visits Powell; Hardin Valley Academy travels to Anderson County; Farraugt hosts West; Bearden visits Catholic; and Webb entertains CAK. On Saturday, Jan. 15, Central visits Austin-East, and Webb visits Mount Juliet Christian Academy.

Romantic music from KSO The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will present romantic music from Broadway and Hollywood during the Clayton Valentine’s Pops Concert 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, at the Civic Auditorium. Smash hits from “The Way We Were,� “Titanic� and “Mama Mia� will be included along with works by George Gershwin and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • JANUARY 10, 2011 • A-9

Football overachievers

Bearden’s trio of captains, Sam Phillips, Yasmond Fenderson and Jordan Anderson, has led the Bruins to share first place in the KCMSBC and a perfect 12-0 record. Photo by N. Lester

Bearden’s big trio now a savvy force Bearden Middle School boys basketball coach Ben Zorio has watched Yasmond Fenderson, Jordan Anderson and Sam Phillips literally grow up before his eyes.

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Fenderson and Anderson first came onto the Knox County Middle School Basketball Conference scene three years ago as 6th graders. Phillips joined the Bruins a year later as a 7th grader.

The two 6th graders toiled in a very competitive schedule in 2008 and 2009.

Wins were few, but the Bruins stunned some teams and Zorio knew he had a pair of special players.

The following season, Phillips joined the fray at center and had a breakout game in a tough loss at South-Doyle. He’s been a dominant inside force ever since.

Now the trio is comprised of seasoned veterans, and the Bruins appear to be a favorite along with West Valley and Powell to cut down the nets at Karns Middle School next month.

“This is great,” said Fenderson, Bearden’s power forward. “I’ve never been on a winning team like this before.

“We play more as a team this year.”

Teamwork truly has been a key to the Bruins’ success this season.

“These guys are concerned more about the team than they are about themselves,” Zorio said. “You can have a superstar player and it can be a disaster.

“These kids are all great kids. There’s nothing Yasmond can’t do with a basketball at the middle school level. When he plays up to his potential, he’s one of the best in the county.

Jordan is the most coachable kid that I’ve ever had and no one works harder than Sam. I’m really lucky to have these guys. They’re always willing to give (starting guards) Will Morrow and Alex Kerr and all the guys who come off the bench the credit.”

The three big men are tricaptains this season, and the Bruins were 12-0 at press time and shared the league lead with West Valley. The Wolves, defending champions, and the Bruins had 6-0 league records. Bearden was set to play at Powell last Friday.

No one at Bearden is taking anything for granted despite the team’s status as a preseason favorite to win the James A. Ivey Jr. Memorial Middle School Tournament Championship.

“We’ve been working hard to prove that we’re a good team, and we’ve won some big games,” said Anderson, who poses a threat both inside and beyond the 3-point arc. “We have some big games coming up, and we need to stay humble to

Bruins win tourney, face tough road

By Ken Lay Bearden Middle School’s boys basketball team recently kept its perfect record intact. The Bruins knocked off a pair of Knox County Middle School Middle School Basketball Conference rivals to win the Farragut Tournament over the winter break.

Bearden defeated the host Admirals 51-33 Dec. 30 to claim the inaugural tournament title.

In the championship contest, Bearden (12-0 overall, 6-0 in the KCMSBC) had perhaps its most balanced offensive game of the season. Yasmond Fenderson led the way with 18 points. Jordan Anderson added 10. Will Morrow had nine, Sam Phillips scored eight and Alex Kerr had five.

Michael Travis had five for Farragut.

The Bruins advanced to the championship tilt with a 64-48 victory over South-Doyle Dec. 29.

Phillips scored 18 points. Fenderson added 17 and Anderson had 16. Fenderson, Phillips and Anderson were named to the all-tournament team.

Anderson won the 3-point shooting contest, and Nathan Yeo won the skills competition.

With the tournament behind them, the Bruins face a tough stretch of games. They were set to travel to Powell Friday to face a Panthers team that is off to a fast start.

Bearden hosts conference co-leader and defending champion West Valley (7-0, 6-0) Thursday, Jan. 13. The Bruins entertain the Admirals in a rematch Thursday, Jan. 20, before traveling to South-Doyle to face the Cherokees on Tuesday, Jan. 25.

Bruins coach Ben Zorio knows things won’t be easy.

“West Valley is a good team, and we’ll have to play our best game to beat them,” he said. “South-Doyle has great guards and Farragut has size. They’re long and they have a good rebounding team.”

do what we need to do to win those games.”

Phillips, a late arrival, wasted little time making an impact as one of the league’s top rebounders and scorers.

He wasn’t always equipped to play his role.

“When I first started playing, I was a little scared,” he said. “Then I played AAU with the Lakers over the summer and then I started lifting (weights).

“I overcame my fear and now I use it as energy.”

Dominant post players are nothing new to Knox County Middle School basketball. Bearden, however, is unique this season as Fenderson, Anderson and Phillips are all scoring in double figures.

“It’s great because I may have an off-night and Yasmond and Jordan play well, or they may be having an offnight and I may play well,” Phillips said. “One player doesn’t always have to carry the load.

“Our defense is also helping us win games.”

The Bruins will have a tougher task over the second half of the season as West Valley, Farragut and South-Doyle remain on the schedule.

“West Valley will probably be our toughest game of the season,” Anderson said.

“It will be a great game even if we both aren’t still undefeated.”

It sure is fun trying to determine where Nick Reveiz fits among Tennessee’s alltime overachievers.

I’ve been working on this for years. Nick and I go back a long ways. I voted for him when the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame selection committee was choosing a prep player of the year 2006. He won and looked sharp in a tux.

At Farragut High, Nick was really strong in citizenship, wrestling and football.

Good student. Exemplary character. Polite. Considerate. Refined.

Tough guy, too. He wanted to be a college linebacker.

Alas, he was too short. And maybe too slow. Coaches all over America agreed. Nobody – nobody – offered him a scholarship.

You know what happened. He defied the odds and fooled a bunch of us.

He walked on at Tennessee. He hit famous Vols so hard, Phillip Fulmer felt compelled to call him down.

Cool it, kid, you’re going to hurt somebody.

In private confusion, Reveiz wept. At 5-8 and a fraction, playing hard was all he had.

You know what else happened. Nick made the team.

In kick coverage, he knocked opponents for a loop. He moved up a notch and got to play some defense. He became a starting linebacker. He overcame the despair and pain of a terrible 2009 knee injury. He led the 2010 team in tackles. He led it in heart and soul and closing comments: “I know I gave Tennessee everything I had. I worked as hard as I could and there’s no way I can look back and say there’s anything else I could have done.”

Reveiz said there was no other place in the world he would have rather been than at Tennessee, playing football.

“It meant the world to me. I’m all Vol and just very blessed.”

Trusting memory, Nick was the first former walkon to become a captain since J.J. McCleskey in ’92.

So, where does Nick rank

Marvin West

among overachievers?

Cody and Cory Sullins went from career scrimmage resistance to firstteam offensive linemen in 2009. Billy Ratliff does not fit the typical format but he didn’t have a lot of recruiting stars by his name back in Magnolia, Miss. His overachievement was in never giving up.

Ratliff endured three reconstructive knee surgeries.

He had a terrifying spinal cord injury and lost all feeling in his body for several hours. He made the winning play against Arkansas in the national championship season of 1998.

The next year, as a senior, Billy suffered a fractured leg against Auburn.

He was finally finished but he didn’t give up. He was a captain. He came to the sideline on crutches. He wore his helmet. Others got the message. Never say die.

Chris White was an overachiever or a very late discovery. He came from Cleveland as a walk-on and, to tell the truth, I didn’t really notice him until he was a fifth-year senior.

In 1985, White made his first career start, safety in the opener against UCLA, as an injury replacement.

Three interceptions later, he had a regular job. He picked off six more that season to lead the NCAA. He had a whole bunch of tackles and three fumble recoveries. He was honored as an All-American. He didn’t think of himself as an overachiever. He thought he could have been doing it all along.

Overachievers always exceed expectations. Daryl Dickey? Bill Bates? Jim Maxwell?

Tim Townes was the ultimate. He came from Bearden as a 168-pound walk-on.

Not very big. Not very

fast. Nobody offered him anything.

“Other than that, I thought I had a pretty good chance.”

He arrived in the Doug Dickey era. He was fifthteam strong safety – on the freshman team. Townes recalls praying that he might do his best and if that was good enough, fantastic. If it wasn’t, at least he would know he had tried.

Tim made it. He was a hitter. He became a starter. I thought he was a co-star. One play remains symbolic of his career. A Georgia Tech tight end, 270 pounds, caught a pass behind a linebacker and in front of Tim Terrific.

“I got a pretty good head of steam and make a good hit.”

Indeed he did. The giant tight end fell backwards, took a long time getting up and wobbled off in the wrong direction, into the Tennessee defensive huddle.

Years later, Steve Sloan, former offensive coordinator at Tech, and Gary Wyant, former Vol secondary coach, were discussing that spectacular 1972 knockout. Sloan asked Wyant: “Who was that cold-blooded killer?”

The killer became a lifesaver. Townes received three degrees from UT, including a master’s in zoology and a doctorate in microbiology. As chair of the biochemistry and molecular genetics department at the University of AlabamaBirmingham, he is a worldrenowned tackler of cancer and, specifically, sickle cell anemia.

There are other Tim Townes stories in Marvin West’s first book, “Tales of the Tennessee Vols.” Signed copies are available from WESTCOM, P.O. Box 28, Maynardville, TN 37807. The cost is $20.

SPORTS NOTES ■ CYF Warriors tackle youth football will hold a parent-only information meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Christian Academy of Knoxville High School. Parents of potential players ages 7-11 are encouraged to attend. Info: Jeff Taylor, 765-2119.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Managing her migraines is a must for Norris woman Sandy Pfeiler knows the blistering pain of migraines all too well.

The 58-year -old Norris woman has suffered from the head-splitting malady since she was a teenager. Her years of occasional migraines suddenly became a daily agony following a total hysterectomy in 2001. “When my hormones changed, my migraines just blew up!â€? explains Pfeiler. An estrogen patch she wore for the next ďŹ ve years helped the migraines abate somewhat, but when she stopped wearing the patch the migraines returned and intensiďŹ ed.

Pfeiler says the headaches made it difďŹ cult to concentrate and function at her job as a budget ofďŹ cer.

The migraines, combined with other health issues, forced Pfeiler to retire.

After her long-time physician retired, a friend recommended that Pfeiler consult with neurologist and headache specialist Dr. Henry Hooker of Fort Sanders Neurology Associates. “When I started seeing Dr. Hooker, I was having migraines ďŹ ve or six times a week,â€? says Pfeiler. “The migraines were often lasting more than 24 hours, going on for days. It was terrible.â€?

Dr. Hooker quickly made Pfeiler a partner in the painstaking task of identifying the causes of her migraines. “I kept a detailed diary of each migraine episode – how long it lasted, what I ate 12 hours before, what I did to stop the pain and whether I experienced other symptoms like nausea or seeing an aura,� says Pfeiler.

Pfeiler says Dr. Hooker also gave her homework to do. “He has patients read a lot of material about migraines. It’s really an extensive education process.�

Over the past year, Dr. Hooker and Pfeiler have worked together to ďŹ nd medications and treatment that help her more effectively manage her migraines. “It’s a team effort. Dr. Hooker has

Not all headaches are created equal

Migraine treatment at Fort Sanders Neurology Associates has helped make life more enjoyable for Sandy Pfeiler. been willing to listen and look at the whole picture of me. We’re partners in ďŹ guring out why I get migraines and what, for me, is the best way to prevent and control them.â€?

Pfeiler is happy to report that over the recent holidays, she went a record ďŹ ve days without experiencing a migraine. She acknowledges

that controlling the migraines will be an ongoing effort. She says for migraine sufferers, ďŹ nding a physician who is a partner in your care is important.

For information about the Knoxville Headache Center at Fort Sanders Neurology Associates, call (865) 541-4321.

More than 90 percent of adults get a headache every now and then. But for the 25 percent of women and 15 percent of men who get chronic or severe headaches, it can be a painful and frustrating condition.

Fortunately, headache patients don’t have to suffer in silence, says neurologist Dr. Henry Hooker of Fort Sanders Neurology Associates and the Knoxville Headache Center. “It’s important to know there is hope. Chronic headaches are a very pervasive problem, often undertreated and underdiagnosed, so patients need to know they are not alone.�

While some headaches are caused by a speciďŹ c physical problem like a pinched nerve or pulled muscle in the neck or shoulder, migraine headaches are often without a speciďŹ c cause – and often misdiagnosed. “Migraines are a chronic condition you have to think about like diabetes,â€? explains Dr. Hooker. “They can be managed, if not necessarily cured.â€?

However, according to Dr. Hooker, an accurate diagnosis is the first step. “With each new headache patient we conduct a careful physical and patient history, with imaging (MRI or CT scan) of the brain.�

If the headache is caused by another physical problem, like a misaligned vertebra or muscle spasm, treatment usually begins with physical therapy. Patients learn more about posture, exercise and the alignment of their spine,� Dr. Hooker says.

Headaches not associated with a physical malady require further investigation to determine their cause. “Migraines

are often triggered by foods, stresses and lifestyle habits that can be changed,� Dr. Hooker explains. “Establish a good sleep routine, a good exercise routine, a good diet.

These three things are key to preventing migraines.�

While medications can help alleviate headache pain, they can also offer their own set of problems long-term. “One of the most common types of headaches I see is caused by overuse of medication,â€? says Dr. Hooker. “You can actually make a headache worse with overuse of analgesics, anti-inammatory drugs and opiates. Your pain will not get better until you get off the pain pills.â€?

Weaning off pain medication is difficult, says Dr. Hooker, and might require hospitalization. But in the end, patients can feel better and live healthier lives. “It’s important to know that treating headaches is completely different than treating other pain,� says Dr. Hooker. “But with an accurate diagnosis and proper education, there is hope for headache pain.�

For more information about diagnosing and treating headaches and migraines, call Knoxville Neurology Associates at (865) 541-4321.

Physical therapy for headache relief Just before Christmas last year, Jobina Rimmer of Knoxville leaned over to kiss her 2-year-old daughter and felt a familiar sharp pain in her neck. “I felt it pinch, and all of a sudden my neck wouldn’t move,� says 35-year-old Rimmer, who has experienced headaches, neck, shoulder and arm pain for more than a decade. She immediately called physical therapist Stephen Karp at Fort Sanders Therapy Center, where she had been a patient before. “I’ve had more than just headaches over the years,� explains Rimmer. “I had whiplash from two car accidents, and I fell on my arm and jammed my neck out of line in 2007. So, I knew I was going to need help. I called Stephen,

and fortunately he worked me in within 48 hours.�

Karp specializes in chronic neck pain and headaches and is manager of the Therapy Center located on the Fort Sanders campus. He is well known in the medical community for being able to resolve some of the most difďŹ cult cases for patients in a short period of time.

Rimmer says Karp performed gentle joint movements in her neck, and he also used heat and deep tissue massage on the area to relieve the muscle spasm. Then he coached her on a series of exercises to strengthen her neck and shoulder muscles and talked with her about sleeping positions and good posture.

The Fort Sanders Therapy Center treats all kinds of conditions,

but people are often surprised how beneďŹ cial physical therapy can be for headaches as well. “Last year I had quite a few headache patients,â€? explains Karp. “I’d say most of them had postural problems that were totally resolved with physical therapy.â€? Karp works closely with neurologists to assure their treatments are complementary.

After just a week of treatment, Rimmer said she felt better already. “I can turn my head and look over my shoulder already. I didn’t have any pain yesterday, and I’m feeling great.�

For more information on headache relief and other types of physical therapy, contact the Fort Sanders Therapy Centers at (865) Fort Sanders Physical Therapist Stephen Karp (left) specializes in therapy to relieve chronic neck pain and headaches.

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Quick bits â&#x2013; Horse Haven of Tennessee (HHT) is asking the community to rally around a long-time HHT supporter whose entire barn burned to the ground Jan. 3.

Luckily, all nine of her horses were in the pasture and were unharmed, but they have now lost all their winter hay and everything else that was in the barn. Monetary donations of even a few dollars could buy a bail of hay. Every penny counts in this situation. Checks can be mailed to HHT, P.O. Box 22841, Knoxville, TN 37933. Write â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carlaâ&#x20AC;? in the memo space. Info: www.horsehaven.net. â&#x2013; Four Paws Food Pantry of Lenoir City needs volunteers and supplies. The nonprofit organization helps families feed their pets during tough economic times. Four Paws purchases dog and cat food which is then distrib-

ANIMAL EVENTS â&#x2013; Command Performance Canine Training Center, 11904 Kingston Pike, will begin a seven-week beginner obedience class for puppies at 6:30 p.m. and older puppies and adult dogs at 7:45 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 13. Info: Melanie Harriman, 966-4148. â&#x2013; East Tennessee Border Collie rescue group will hold an adoption event 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at AgriFeed Pet Supply, 5716 Middlebrook Pike. Info: 5843959. â&#x2013; Young-Williams Animal Center, 3201 Division St., will hold a volunteer orientation 5 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 24, for PAC (Pals of the Animal Center). Volunteers are needed to help train dogs, socialize cats, assist in adoptions and more. Anyone 16 or older who is interested in helping out at the center is encouraged to attend. Spots fill up quickly. Info: Deonna Light, 215-6662.

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A $25 donation buys three bags of dog food or four bags of cat food. All donations are tax deductible. Info: www. fourpawsfoodpantry.com or call Walter at 408-0327. â&#x2013; Feral Feline Friends will receive a monetary donation each time you conduct a search or make a purchase at www.igive.com.

Select Feral Friends as your favorite charity during registration on the website and shop with a clear conscience.

Info: www.igive.com.

Donate blood, save lives Medic Regional Blood Center will raffle off a free trip to Graceland for one lucky donor during January. This is made possible by donations of AAA of East Tennessee and Pilot Corporation. Donors can donate at a daily mobile site or one of two fixed sites: 1601 Ailor Avenue and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut. Blood drives in your area: â&#x2013; 2-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, Marbledale Baptist Church, 5935 Thorngrove Pike, inside fellowship hall. â&#x2013; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 13, West Town Mall, inside amphitheater near J.C. Penney.

Meet Salt, a 1-year-old male Netherland Dwarf rabbit. Salt is a delightful fellow that is learning the joys of being a house bunny. He has his own litter box and gets tasty carrots and lettuce to eat. He enjoys people and is learning that being in the arms of a human friend is a nice play to be.

He must live indoors with his adoptive family but should live well with bunny-friendly dogs and cats. He and many other bunnies are available for adoption at Young-Williams Animal Center at 3201 Division St. The main center is open to visitors 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. Young-Williams Animal Village at 6400 Kingston Pike is open to visitors noon to 6 p.m. daily. See all of Young-Williams Animal Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adoptable animals at www.knoxpets.org.

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Tuesday, Jan. 18, Parkwest Medical Center, Boulevard Bistro, lower level. â&#x2013; 2-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, Grace Lutheran Church, 9076 Middlebrook Pike, inside fellowship hall. â&#x2013; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 20, CVS Pharmacy on Middlebrook Pike, Bloodmobile.

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Friday, Jan. 21, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, Healthy Living Expo, inside Knoxville Convention Center.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true, you know. If you looked up â&#x20AC;&#x153;worryâ&#x20AC;? in the dictionary, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d probably find my picture.

I hear it runs in my family, but I know that worry is part of the mommy job description. Since the day Daniel was born, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worried about everything from diaper rash to future ACT scores.

And, while Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a bathe-them-in-hand-sanitizer or clothe-them-inbubble-wrap mom, I have more than my fair share of concerns that make my husband raise his eyebrows and shake his head.

I worry that Daniel is color blind because he sometimes mixes up red and green. The fact that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just started learning colors in the last few months doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop me from fretting.

I worry that his refusal to use a pillow in bed will result in neck problems.

Because he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tolerate milk, I worry about what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do at other kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; birthday parties for the next decade. Will having to skip the ice cream take some kind of toll on his psyche?

Will he feel left out? Whose genetics are to blame: mine or his dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s?

I worry that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take the paci with him to college and that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to pack his ki-

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moms101 ki blanket for his honeymoon.

I worry that buying him a Star Wars lightsaber is fostering some kind of violent tendencies. Maybe it will lead to him holding up a liquor store while dressed as Darth Vader.

But, my worst worry by far is about choking hazards. Even when I see other kids his age happily eating whole grapes, my fingers itch to cut Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s into halves.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a worrier to do?

Meditation and breathing exercises may help you, but I have to keep reminding myself that bad things will happen no matter how I try to prevent them. If it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a life devoid of ice cream, there would be another childhood trauma for Daniel to write soulful poetry about when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20.

And I confess, I toted a ki-ki blanket to college, and I think I turned out OK. Contact Shannon Carey at shannon@ ShopperNewsNow.com.

Animals make a HABIT of volunteering

By Wendy Smith Daisy, a tiny Shih Tzu and Chihuahua mix, practically drags her owner, Mali Glazer, into Shannondale Healthcare Center each Wednesday, says Shannondale receptionist Patsy Karalis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She wants to go to work,â&#x20AC;? says Karalis.

Daisy may be small in size, but sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big in love, which makes her an excellent therapy dog. Glazer and her friendly pooch are volunteers with HABIT (Human Animal Bond in Tennessee), a University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine program.

HABIT volunteers work in a wide variety of facilities in a nine-county area in East Tennessee, says program administrator Karen Armsey. Therapy animals are used in schools, hospitals and assisted living facilities and nursing homes.

When the program began 25 years ago, volunteers had to beg their way into nursing homes, says Armsey. Now thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a waiting list.

Well-behaved, gentle animals provide both an emotional and physical boost to all ages. Elementary school students benefit from reading to animals. Armsey even learned of one child who recruited a younger sibling to listen to him read so he could be a better reader for his therapy dog.

Regular visits from dogs, cats and even rabbits can lower blood pressure and ease depression in hospitals and nursing homes. Daisy clearly benefits her friends at Shannondale.

Opal Bradshaw is reminded of the Chihuahua she had for 14 years when Daisy is placed in her lap. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to take her home with me,â&#x20AC;? she says fondly.

The warm feelings go both ways. When Daisy sees Lucinda Bowman down the hall, Glazer drops the leash and lets the dog run. Daisy knows that Bowman, also known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Granny,â&#x20AC;? has

Daisy, a HABIT therapy dog, sits with Mona Wilson during a recent visit to Shannondale Healthcare Center. Daisyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proud owner is Mali Glazer. Photo by Wendy Smith treats tucked away in her drawer.

Glazer, a first-time dog owner, is completely enamored of her dog. But sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happy to share. Since sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a former nursing home employee, she knows how meaningful Daisyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visits are. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything my dog does is a miracle to me.â&#x20AC;?

A friend of Glazerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommended that she enlist the outgoing Daisy as a therapy dog. But just before Daisy was assessed, Glazer learned that therapy animals shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t jump or lick. She was sure the dog would fail. But Daisy was so popular with her assessors that one of them wanted to take her home.

Glazer admits that Daisy would not sit still long enough for children to read to her. But sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happy with her present employment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be unkind to not give her this job. This is

what she loves.â&#x20AC;?

Armsey says that therapy animals generally know which day of the week they work. Her golden retriever, Maggie, wears a special scarf on therapy days, and when she missed work one day recently, the dog sat next to the scarf and sniffed it.

HABIT is holding an informational meeting for human volunteers on Wednesday, Jan. 19, in room A118 at the UT College of Veterinary Medicine. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Therapy animals must undergo both medical and behavioral evaluation. HABIT volunteers are assigned to a specific facility, and would ideally be available for weekly visits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People start to depend on you,â&#x20AC;? Armsey says.

For more information: www.vet.utk.edu/habit or 974-5633.

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Helping seniors cut prescription costs AMOS offers free info, individual advising

By Jake Mabe Senior citizens looking for help with the high cost of prescription drugs can get some help through AMOS – Affordable Medicine Options for Seniors.

AMOS is a free service at the Knoxville-Knox County CAC Office on Aging that helps the city and county’s seniors find lower cost options for medicines.

AMOS provides an information telephone hotline, individual advising by appointment, presentations to groups, information mailed to the home and training for professionals and community volunteers.

AMOS manager David Holden gave an hourlong presentation at the Halls Senior Center last week highlighting the two Medicare choices, changes to Medi-

HEALTH NOTES ■ “Concerns With Cholesterol,” sponsored by The Foundation for Wellness Professionals, will be held 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, at the West Knoxville Library located at 100 Golf Club Road. To register: 659-2733.

■ “Look Good, Feel Better,” 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, at Clinton Physical Therapy Center, 1921 N. Charles Seviers Blvd.

Free workshop for women undergoing cancer treatments.

Licensed cosmetologist Robin Martin will give suggestions to help enhance their appearance and self-image as well as explain skin care and beauty techniques. To register: 5841668 or Kelly Lenz, 457-1649.

Special Notices

David Holden, manager of Affordable Medical Options for Seniors (AMOS), speaks at the Halls Senior Center last week about 2011 changes to Medicare coverage. Photo by Jake Mabe care in 2011 and information about the Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage.

Among the highlights: ■ Choosing whether to enroll in the original Medicare (the public option) or

■ Mobile Mammography Unit from Thompson Cancer Survival Center, beginning 9 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 27, at Clinton Physical Therapy Center. Most insurance is accepted. Anyone uninsured or meeting financial criteria will be eligible for a free mammogram. To schedule appointments: 1-800-4428372 or 541-1312.

■ Cancer survivor support groups, Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, at the Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee (formerly the Wellness Community), 2230 Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings.

Cancer family bereavement group, Thursday evenings.

with a private-option Medicare Advantage Plan is a big deal. Patients who confuse the two sometimes give doctor’s offices the wrong information, causing the bill to be sent to the wrong

Info: 546-4661 or www. cnacersupportet.org.

■ Chronic Pain and Depression support group meets noon to 1:30 p.m. the first and third Thursday of every month at Faith Promise Church off Pellissippi Parkway. Info: Paula, 945-3810, or 748-1407.

■ Fibromyalgia screenings are held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wednesdays at the Fibromyaligia Clinic located at Total Rehab Physical Therapy. Also support group meetings and several classes are held on the third Wednesday of each month. No charge. Info: 548-1086.

■ Grief support groups at Fort Sanders Sevier Hospital at 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. the

place, which in turn causes payment to be denied.

■ For Knox County residents in 2011, 16 or more various Medicare Advantage plans are offered by a handful of private insurance companies. Each is a different plan with different benefits. “If you don’t read the fine print, you may discover what you need is not in the plan,” Holden says.

Summit Medical Group in Knox County, for example, accepts Medicare Advantage plans from one insurance company – Humana.

■ Holden says that patients who buy Medicare Advantage plans that offer zero monthly premiums “can’t expect to get the best benefits in the world.”

■ Which way is better? Holden says without hesitation that the best option is to pick the original public option Medicare and add the Part D prescription drug coverage and a Type F

third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Home Care Knoxville office and 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Home Care Oak Ridge office.

Registration is required. Info or to register: 541-4500.

■ Lung cancer support group meets 6 p.m. the third Monday every month at Baptist West Cancer Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. No charge, light refreshments served. Info: Trish or Amanda, 218-7081.

■ Stop Smoking: 215-QUIT (7848) is a program of the Knox County Health Department. The hotline is answered 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

■ Support group meeting for family members or caregiv-

15 For Sale By Owner 40a Lakefront Property 47 Investment Prop-Sale 61 Houses - Unfurnished 74 Business For Sale 131 Dogs

HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY: If you had hip replacement surgery between 2005 - present and suffered problems requiring a second revision surgery, you may be entitled to compensation. Attorney Charles Johnson 1-800-535-5727

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Friendsville. 4 BR, 3 6 RENTAL HOUSES, BA, updated. Dbl lot sell at $199,000 OBO w/year round water.

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South 40s 1 BR NORTH cent h/a, no pets, $400/mo. + dep.

OWNER FIN., 3 BR, 865-531-7895 1 1/2 BA w/Jacuzzi, newer home, W/D Cemetery Lots 49 ***Web ID# 701886*** conn., lg. deck, 2 BR, 1 BA upstairs level yard, 2 mi. to apt. in house, 1429 UT, river, park, & 4 LOTS, Greenwood McCroskey, $500 Cemetery, Section tennis, $5,000 down, month. 865-414-1848.

11. $1,800 each. Call $713/mo. 865-405-5472 ***Web ID# 692627*** 865-693-4264. ***Web ID# 710915*** IF YOU USED TYPE 2 DIABETES DRUG AVANDIA between 1999 & present & suffered a stroke, heart attack or congestive heart failure, you may be entitled to compensation.

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SEYMOUR on pvt. farm carport, decks, H/A, no pets, safe, 2 HOUSES ON 1 LOT, W/D, $27,500 OBO. Fixer quiet, clean. 865-256-6111 Upper, Knox City appraised @ $58,300.

Houses - Unfurnished 74 865-250-4306

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as it looks. Every convenience has been considered and built-in at an unbelievably affordable price.

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1-car garage (1,028 SF) $124,900 2-car garage (1,204 SF) $137,900

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VICKI KOONTZ office: 588-3232 Crown molding ■ Extra storage over garage cell: 973-2644 ■ Covered entrance ■ Split Bedrooms vickikoontz@tds.net ■ Tray ceiling in master ■ Gas fireplace* ■ Vaulted ceiling in living area ■ Large master closet ■ Microwave & stove GARY KOONTZ ■ Hardwood floors* ■ Dishwasher ■ Disposal office: 588-3232 ■ Screened evening porches* cell: 548-1010 ■ 1 & 2 car garages with opener gary@garykoontz.com ■ Large laundry room ■

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NORRIS LAKE Waterfront with dock, 3100 SF, 3 BR, 3 BA, w/effic. dept. Lease w/dep. $2000/mo. Email dsmoak236@aol.com 865-216-3290 Daniel ***Web ID# 708121*** NORTH Whittle Sprgs area, 2 BR, new appls. + W/D, $725 mo. + dep. 335-5938 ***Web ID# 708408*** Rocky Hill. 3BR/2BA house for rent. $1,000 month + $1,000 dep.

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Medigap Supplement Insurance if you can afford it.

■ Holden encourages Medicare users with Part D coverage to plan ahead if you think you might reach the so-called Doughnut Hole. “Start using a strategy to use your insurance in the best, smartest way you can,” perhaps buying cheaper, generic medicines some other way and saving the insurance for more expensive medicines. Holden says price calculations are based on the total cost of coverage.

■ New this year: Brand name drugs bought during the Doughnut Hole receive a 50 percent rebate, as opposed to generic drugs, which receive only a 7 percent rebate.

Holden says the federal government has promised that the Doughnut Hole will gradually diminish by 2020. But, he says, “How are they going to do that? I don’t know.”

Call AMOS at 524-2786.

For other Medicare info, visit www.medicare.gov.

ers of an adult with a mental illness is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Avenue. Info: Rebecca Gill, 602-7807 or www.namiknox.org.

■ UT Hospice conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults (18 and older) interested in becoming volunteers with its program. No medical experience is required. Training is provided. Info: 544-6277 or 544-6279.

■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support, for any adult who is suffering loss, meets 6 to 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month in the UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info or to reserve a spot: 544-6277.

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Kids’ fun run The Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Kids Run will host a kick-off fun run at the Knoxville Zoo at noon Saturday, Jan. 22.

Children ages 12 and under can skip, hop, walk or run a mile at the zoo and log their first mile in a challenge to complete a full 26.2 mile marathon over the weeks leading up to the Convenant Kids Run Saturday, April 2.

Each child will receive a log book to track their progress. On race day, the children run their last mile together finishing on the 50-yard line at Neyland Stadium.

Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. the day of the event or online at www. knoxvillemarathon.com.

Cost is $15 and covers registration for the official Covenant Health Kids Run Saturday, April 2. Admission to the zoo is free for children registering and one accompanying guest. Additional guests get half-price admission to the zoo. Info: www. knoxvillemarathon.com or www.covenanthealth. com/kidsrun or call 541-4500.

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Palliative care:

Cloaking those affected by life-threatening illnesses More than 1 million people will die this year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; most not having made known their wishes for care at the time of their death.

At Parkwest, the Palliative Care Program focuses on education about the situation, symptom management, communication among all involved parties and examination of end-of-life choices.

The Palliative Care team consists of a physician, nurse practitioner, chaplain, primary nurse, case manager, social worker, dietitian and pharmacy staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The word palliate, which originated in the 1500s, means to cloak. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we do here â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we wrap our arms around the patient and the family and we cover their needs,â&#x20AC;? said Mary Sowell, Nurse Practitioner and Coordinator of the Parkwest Palliative Care program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our support begins at diagnosis or anytime during disease progression.â&#x20AC;?

The difference between palliative care and hospice is that with palliative care there is still hope for a cure â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it is not a withdrawal of treatment. In hospice, the focus changes from cure to care, generally when a patient has six months or fewer to live.

Sowellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entire career is built around easing patientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pain and fear. Prior to working in palliative care, she was an oncology nurse for 30 years. In those years, she became very familiar with death. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The dying process frightens most people because they do not have experience with death and perhaps because their ideas are shaped by what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen on

wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apply. Of course, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to revive you.â&#x20AC;?

There are many misperceptions about who palliative care programs treat. People often think palliative care is only for those diagnosed with cancer. That is far from the case. Palliative care now â&#x20AC;&#x153;cloaksâ&#x20AC;? people with dementia, heart failure, end stage COPD, kidney disease and a multitude of other complex medical problems.

Since launching its Palliative Care Program in 2010, Parkwest has served 433 patients. Plans are underway to expand the service to assist more patients and their television or in the movies, which families.

For more information on Palliaisnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily the way things happen,â&#x20AC;? Sowell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Patients tive Care or any other services ofalways know when they are dying. fered at Parkwest, call 374-PARK It is often much harder for fam- or visit TreatedWell.com. ily members to accept and sometimes, patients prolong their dying to spare loved ones. They may resist death and make it harder than it has to be.â&#x20AC;?

Sowell is passionate about advance directives â&#x20AC;&#x201C; documentation Peggy, a Parkwest patient, had of healthcare desires when persons are no longer able to speak battled various medical problems for several years. In fact, the for themselves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all need advance directives. 80-year-old relocated from Florida It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter what the situation to Knoxville to be with her daughis,â&#x20AC;? Sowell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When things are ter following a fall which broke her catastrophic, having a living will in leg in seven places.

Then, Peggy received news she place makes the situation so much easier. Did you know some pa- was entering a stage of kidney failtients are reluctant to sign advance ure in which dialysis would become directives because they believe necessary. Even with dialysis, her they will not be revived no matter life expectancy would likely be just what? For example, if you are hav- a few months. Peggy was referred to ing surgery for a broken bone, and Mary Sowell, Coordinator of the Palthe night before, you choke on din- liative Care Program at Parkwest. ner, the do not resuscitate orders During the consultation, Peggy

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The word palliate, which originated in the 1500s, means to cloak. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we do here â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we wrap our arms around the patient and the family and we cover their needs.â&#x20AC;?

One familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story:

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We should give them a choiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

What is palliative care?

Peggyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter, Jacki. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When people are ready to go, we should give them the choice.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to share with all adult children with ailing parents to look at the quality of life â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it for yourself, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it for them; donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t encourage them to hang on because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not ready to let them go,â&#x20AC;? Jacki said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mary Sowell and the staff at Parkwest are wonderful. They allowed Mom to be comfortable and to make the decision not to pursue any further medical treatment with no regrets or feelings of guilt.â&#x20AC;?

What are advance directives?

Parkwest Palliative Care takes a physician-driven, multi-disciplinary team approach to improving the quality of life for patients and families facing problems associated with a life-threatening illness through the prevention and relief of suffering.

The program offers: Last year, during its first year of operation, Parkwest Palliative Care served 433 patients and their families.

voiced a clear desire not to endure dialysis to hopefully gain only a few months of life. Given her other medical issues, she believed her quality of life wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be what she wanted. That Friday, supported by her family, Peggy made the decision that she was tired of ďŹ ghting and living in pain. She elected not to receive any further life-prolonging treatment and asked only to be kept comfortable. On Sunday, Peggy passed away peacefully with her family members present. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mom made the decision to save herself months of misery,â&#x20AC;? said

N Improved communication between healthcare providers and patients.

N Education for patients and families about the disease process, progression and outcomes.

N Formulation of patient generated goals.

N Completion of advance directives.

N Management of pain and other distressing symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, constipation, anxiety, depression, difďŹ culty breathing, delirium, decreased appetite, fatigue and agitation.

N Psychosocial support.

N Bereavement care.

N Education and support of staff.

Who qualifies?

N Patients diagnosed with acute, serious, life-threatening illnesses such as trauma, leukemia and stroke.

N Patients experiencing progression in a chronic condition such as renal failure, cancer, advanced congestive heart failure, neuro-degenerative diseases, emphysema or dementia.

N Patients who are seriously or terminally ill.

For more information, call 373-1460. For a palliative care consultation, ask your physician for a referral.

Advance directives are legal documents that describe your treatment preferences in endof-life situations. These legal documents give voice to persons who are unable to speak for themselves. Unexpected end-of-life situations can happen at any age, so all adults should have advance directives in place.

Having written instructions can help reduce confusion or disagreement. Anyone age 18 or older may prepare advance directives.

Advance directives include: N Living will. This written, legal document spells out the types of medical treatments and life-sustaining measures you do and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want, such as mechanical breathing (respiration and ventilation), tube feeding or resuscitation. In some states, living wills may

be called healthcare declarations or directives.

N Medical Power of Attorney (POA).

The medical POA is a legal document that designates an individual â&#x20AC;&#x201C; referred to as your healthcare agent or proxy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to make medical decisions for you in the event that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re unable to do so.

A medical POA is sometimes called a durable power of attorney for healthcare. However, it is different from a power of attorney authorizing someone to make ďŹ nancial transactions for you.

N Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Order.

This is a request to not have cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if your heart stops or if you stop breathing. Advance directives do not have to include a DNR order, and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to have an advance directive to have a DNR order. Your doctor can put a DNR order in your medical chart.

Resources for patients and families â&#x20AC;&#x153;Five Wishesâ&#x20AC;? is an advance directives document available at a nominal cost from an organization called Aging with Dignity. It is the first living will that talks about personal, emotional and spiritual needs as well as medical wishes. The book has been featured on NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Todayâ&#x20AC;? show, CNN, and in Time and Money magazines. It is written in very easy-to-understand terms and allows the signer to specifically make wishes known in these areas: 1. The person I want to make decisions for me when I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

2. The kind of medical treatment that I want or donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want.

3. How comfortable I want to be.

4. How I want people to treat me.

5. What I want my loved ones to know.

To get â&#x20AC;&#x153;Five Wishes,â&#x20AC;? call 888-5-WISHES (888-5947437) or visit www.agingwithdignity.org. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gone From My Sightâ&#x20AC;? by Barbara Karnes, R.N., a hospice nurse, details the universal commonality of the dying experience beginning with a patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s withdrawing from everything outside oneself, which the author says comes up to three months prior to death. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Eleventh Hour,â&#x20AC;? also by Barbara Karnes, RN, is a caring guideline that lets the reader know what physiological signals to expect in the hours to minutes before death.

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Transfers show December surge Following a brief decline in sales during November, property transfers in Knox County experienced a moderate upswing in December.

The month ended on Thursday, Dec. 30, saw 620 parcels of land sold in the county, representing a total land value of $144.2 million.

This was a notable increase from the $107 million in sales recorded in November.

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realestatereport Interest rates continued to have an effect on the lending market as well. There was approximately $315 million loaned against property in Knox County during December. This figure topped the amount loaned in December of 2009 by some $50 million. Transfer numbers lagged slightly behind those noted from last December.

December does typically see a few more property transfers than the other winter months, as individuals and companies seek to position their holdings for the upcoming tax year.

The largest transfer of the month was a sale of an apartment complex in the Gallaher View area for $8 million. Another parcel in the Forks of the River Industrial Park sold for $3.85 million. The largest lending transaction recorded was one for $12 million by Court South Centres.

An overall analysis of the fourth quarter recording data shows that the period of October through December lagged behind the same period of 2009 in terms of the overall value of property transferred. However, in terms of mortgage lending and refinancing, the fourth quarter of 2010 saw nearly $170 million more in loans than the last three months of 2009.

Here’s wishing a healthy, happy and prosperous 2011 to all of you!

Nutrition to the rescue

Food City partners with Healthy Living Kitchen to increase healthy choices

Steve Smith, CEO of Food City, and Joseph Landsman, CEO of UT Medical Center, announce their new partnership.

By Natalie Lester Jim and Betty Fox are the first of hopefully many success stories to come out of the Healthy Living Kitchen program at UT Medical Center.

The couple lost almost 100 pounds in five years after their involvement in the Healthy Living Kitchen cooking classes.

“We brought back information from the class and started trying to add food items to our diets.”

Now, the Healthy Living Kitchen will expand its programs through a new partnership with Food City. Chief executives of the two companies announced their joint efforts at a lunch conference.

“Food City teaches you how to buy healthy food and the Healthy Living Kitchen shows you how to prepare it,” explained Dr. Jerry Punch.

Food City president and CEO Steve Smith explained how his company and the Healthy Living Kitchen share the same priorities.

“These people have a true passion for what they do and we think we have a true responsibility to our community. This program can work hand-inhand with our NuVal system to

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Bill Gorman is sampling the turkey and low fat stuffing roulade. Gorman’s daughter Jane Kelly is a cardiac nurse specialist who works the Healthy Living Kitchen .

help our customers make the right decisions about what to eat. With combined resources, we hope to increase the reach of both the NuVal and Healthy Living Kitchen.”

UT Medical Center president Joe Landsman acknowledged how easy the decision was because of the shared goals.

“We knew we needed to serve our community and expand this educational program. We believe Food City is uniquely equipped to help us enhance it.”

The next cooking class will be offered in March. Smith said the partners would begin with the immediate area, but hope to expand their efforts in the future.

“This is important to Knoxville, but it’s also important for a lot of the outlying areas.”

Children’s book honors old friend

If Mitch Townley wore any more hats, he’d probably have to build a wing onto his house just to have a place to store them all.

Anne Hart We first talked with Mitch back in September when we wrote about a coyote he and his neighbors had spotted near their homes in Crestwood Hills – one of the most heavily populated parts of town. We even ran pictures Mitch had taken of the critter. The coyote didn’t stay around long. No one knows what happened to it, but we’re hoping it found its way back home.

But back to Mitch. What we have learned since then is that he is the children’s pastor at West Hills Presbyterian Church, is a published songwriter of both country music and Christian contemporary

music, and has recently published a children’s book.

The book is a delight. The name of it is “Franny the Fireplug,” it is for primary age children, and like its author, it is cheerful and full of fun. It also has important lessons for little children, and a “back story” like none other.

The book was written as a tribute to Mitch’s close friend and fellow West Hills Presbyterian Church member Mitch Townley Fran Smith, a Knox County school teacher for 30 years.

The book’s name resulted from the fact that the first time Mitch visited the Smith home, Fran’s direction included “turn right at the fireplug.” As Mitch recalls, “I had never heard the word ‘fireplug’ used to mean ‘fire hydrant’ before, so we both had a good laugh about it.”

Mitch started calling Fran “Fireplug,” and the two even talked

about the name making a good character in a children’s book – not surprising when you consider that both had careers working with children.

Two years ago, Fran Smith was diagnosed with cancer. In an effort to boost her morale, Mitch presented her a “Franny the Fireplug” award he made up commending her “for courage and bravery and to keep her looking ahead, because that is what fireplugs do. That’s all they can do – look ahead.”

Sadly, Fran was not to win her battle with cancer. A year after her diagnosis, Mitch decided it was time to write the book they had discussed. He found an illustrator and a publisher, and wrote the story.

The layout and illustrations were completed just three weeks before Fran passed away last April. Mitch said he read it to her

while sitting on the edge of her bed. “It was a tearful occasion I will always treasure. She responded by asking me to sign her copy.”

Mitch recounts that scene on the inside back cover of the now-published book, telling his readers, “This book was for Fran, but now it is for all of you.”

Don’t get the idea that the book is sad. It isn’t. It tells the story of a little fireplug that looks straight ahead and right into the life of the little girl who lives in the house across the street. It’s a great story.

While the holiday gift season is over, this little book would make a cherished gift for a child on a birthday or at any other time. It isn’t available in book stores yet, but a call to Mitch at the church will produce as many copies as you want.

Contact: annehartsn@aol.com.

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In 2009, fewer than 1,700 cases were reported worldwide.

But the polio cases represented by that ďŹ nal 1 percent are the most difďŹ cult and expensive to prevent. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so important to generate the funding needed to End Polio Now. To fail is to invite a polio resurgence that would condemn millions of children to lifelong paralysis in the years ahead.

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eather Woods describes her new Bearden store, Chic, as offering clothing and accessories that are “stylish, unique and affordable.

“We carry brands that no one else in Knoxville has, and many of our items are so versatile that you can wear them to work and then out on the town in the evening.”

Chic’s apparel is fun and flirty and fashionable all at once, and there are pants and tops and dresses suitable for all ages. Prices

Heather Woods in her new Kingston Pike women’s shop, Chic.

range from $20 to $80.

There are also lots of specialty items, ranging from sparkly jewelry to decorative hair ornaments to such important must-haves as double sided tape for ripped hems or for blouses that may show too much decolletage for your personal taste.

eWomen The Knoxville Chapter of eWomenNetwork, a professional group of women helping women achieve their goals, will feature internationally known speaker Loral Langemeier from 11:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, at Rothchild Catering & Conference r ppe Center, 8807 Kingston Pike.

Sho Pot S Langemeier is the CEO/founder of Live Out Loud and the author of “The Millionaire Maker” book series and “Put More Cash In Your Pocket.”

Learn how to overcome obstacles and propel your business to consistently earn money. Seating is limited: $45 for eWomen members, $55 for nonmembers. Info: Linda Parrent, eWomenNetwork executive managing director for Knoxville, 247-0157, or visit www. eWomenNetwork.com/.

Franklin Square Winter clearance sales abound at Franklin Square: ■ Coachman Clothiers (entire month) – 25 to 70 percent off selected merchandise.

■ Sami’s Café (Wednesday, Jan. 12, 11 a.m. until noon) – On the Road with Shopper-News.

■ Smart Toys and Books (Friday, Jan. 14, 5-7 p.m.)

– Family game night; free refreshments; learn new games for the family; ages 3+. Reservations required.

■ Smart Toys and Books (Saturday, Jan. 22, 1 to 2:30 p.m.) – Tie-Dye T-shirts; bring a T-shirt to tiedye; ages 8+. $5 fee in advance; reservations required.

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■ Children’s storyteller Miss Helen will be at Smart Toys and Books each Thursday in January at 11 a.m. Themes are: Jan. 13, Cats; Jan. 20, Moos & Coos and Things that Go Bump in the Night!; and Jan. 27, Foxes. Info: 691-1154 or smarttoysandbooks.com/.

■ Arts and crafts teacher Miss Candice will be at Smart Toys each Friday with sessions at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon. Classes include an art project and a story. Reservations and $5 materials fee requested in advance.

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ver wonder what they teach at Academy Ballroom? Owner Jeremy Norris has a quick answer: “Anything you see on ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ ” So if your dream is to dance like the folks you have watched compete for the mirrored ball trophy, this spacious business, nestled in a corner at Western Plaza Shopping Center, is the place to go. Salsa to Cha Cha, and Nightclub Two-step to West Coast Swing, they teach all of that and much, much more.

Norris and his co-owner, Emily Loyless, are both highly-trained professional dancers who still compete in the big contests. They believe dancing should be fun and that it becomes even more fun as you get better at it.

Along with a number of other professional instructors, they teach any kind of partner dancing, their prices are extremely reasonably – some classes cost as little as $10 – and instruction is offered for both individuals and groups.

Prices are a la carte. There is no longterm contract, so clients pay only for exactly what they want.

Norris says the cost is cheaper than eating out, adding, “and here you’re going to be losing calories instead of gaining them.” Dancing is a great way to work off those pounds you added over the holidays.

This is also a great place to have a party, complete with dance instruction – great for team building for a business or office staff, for example. Another popular item are the classes for wedding parties. Schedule those well in advance of the big event so you will be sure to

West Knox Rotary resumes meetings

By Sandra Clark Bet you missed them.

The Rotary Club of West Knoxville took off a couple of weeks at year’s end, but they roared back last Friday, ready to host a major music event and restore those noon Friday meetings.

At 2010’s final meeting, president Phil Parkey heard reports from committee chairs and introduced the upcoming leadership team.

Parkey’s term continues through June, but the Rotarians believe in planning Leadership team: Oliver Smith IV, vice president; Richard Bettis, president-elect; and Lucy Gibson, president. The terms of office ahead.

The 2011-12 officers are: will be July 1 through June 2012. Photos by Charles Garvey Lucy Gibson, president; Richard Bettis, the Barney Thompson Meet the Members won president-elect; Oliver Rotarian of the Year award in Smith IV, vice presiJim Burns joined 2009-10. dent; Alan Smeltzer, Rotary in 2001. He He attended the University secretary; Ted Hotz, grew up in Stone of Alabama and then joined treasurer; Wayne Mountain, Ga., with the Army. He Underwood, service; three brothers, and his met his wife, Deanna Coulter, addad was a helicopter Margaret, ministration; Karl pilot in Vietnam when in London.

Kemmer, memberJim was born. He holds They’ve been ship; Nancy Christian, a bachelor’s degree in married 51 r public relations; Jim marketing from the ppe years. Their Sho Pot Bailey, Rotary FounUniversity of Georgia.

S daughter, dation; Gary JohnHe worked in sales Lynne, lives son, new generations; and moved to Knoxville in San AntoAlan Wright, director at in 1995 to open a used office Bob Boothe nio, and their large; Sam Carey and Gary furniture store, now named son, Brian, lives in Winnipeg, West, sergeants at arms; and Office FurniCanada, with his wife and two Leo Knight, webmaster (or is ture Outfitdaughters. that ringmaster?). ters and soleBob’s career was in pharRichard Bettis, fundraisly owned by maceutical sales and maning chair, reminded memBurns. Hobbers of the club’s annual bies include agement. While in Texas, he fundraiser which is to be golf, running, earned his bachelor’s degree held Saturday, Feb. 19, at fly fishing, from Texas A&M. Just before the Bijou Theater. Entercamping and his retirement in 1995, his tainment will be by three birding. He company, Syntex Laboratobands: David Hales, the Jim Burns and his wife, ries, was acquired by Hoffman Early Morning String Dust- Terri, have two daughters: La Roche.

Bob volunteers with Parkers (featuring the club’s Sam Melissa, 11, and Sarah, 9. west and Mercy hospitals Carey) and Second Opinion Bob Boothe joined Rota(featuring the club’s Larry ry in 1985 in San Antonio. He and enjoys fly fishing, oil Sheumaker). moved to Knoxville in 2002 painting, playing bag-pipes, The fundraising goal is and joined the local club. He is reading, crossword puzzles $50,000. active in several projects and and foreign travel.

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Chic also a large selection of leggings and tank tops in every imaginable hue in a one-size-fits-all line, and there is an area of the shop devoted solely to stylish orange and white clothing to brighten the wardrobe of any UT fan.

New items arrive several times a week, so you will want to stop in often.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

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One Pound Have you ever really thought about what it takes to lose one pound? One pound is equal to 3,500 calories.

Therefore, in order to lose one pound, you need a deficit of 3,500 calories. The deficit can be created by reducing calories, beginning an

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By Anne Hart

It’s a truism that simply having knowledge doesn’t get you to your goal. It’s what you do with that

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exercise program, or increasing your current exercise frequency, duration and/or intensity.

Does this mean you need to begin counting all calories eaten? Not necessarily. However, using the food label, Internet, or other resource for nutritional information is important for knowing of the number of calories you are eating at a meal or snack.

How often do you …

N Grab a handful of peanuts, chips or M&M’s?

N Eat a 100 calorie pack or two?

N Eat a candy bar?

N Drink a latte or mocha?

N Drink a sweet tea, soda or energy drink?

Including the calories from a handful of peanuts here, and a 100 calorie pack (or two) there is easily overlooked.

But those calories can really add up. Consider this: by eating approximately 100 calories less each day, you could lose one pound each month. One pound in a month may not seem significant but over several months, it can become significant.

If you can find a few more “100 calories” each day, you could lose two, three, four … pounds each month.

Finding those extra little calories can be as easy as changing from sweet tea to unsweet tea, making modifications to a recipe or going for a walk. These are simple, nearly unrecognizable changes.

Each time you go to the refrigerator, pantry, coffee shop, lunch with a friend, etc., remember that 100 calories could be the difference in losing or gaining one pound. Be aware of what you are eating and what your food choices are costing you. If you are aware of what you are doing and you are consistent, you will find success.

knowledge that’s important.

We are all inundated with a constant flood of information from numerous sources on a daily, or even a minute-to-minute basis.

It’s mind boggling, and it begs for a method of sifting through the clutter to a state of better comprehension – a bottom line that will bring sense to it all.

The Wellness Center at Dowell Springs is the place to come to gain that understanding of which pieces of information will guide you – your mind and body and spirit – to the best methods for reaching your goals. Here, the experts will help you sift through all that information and will work with you to determine which pieces of the puzzle best fit together to help you achieve a state of well being.

It all starts with a baseline assessment of you and your specific needs. The professional staff will work with you to determine both your personal goals and your level of knowledge about how best to reach those goals. You will work together to set priorities,

and then to build an effective road map to help you get where you want to be.

Nutrition is a good example of how easy it is to become so overwhelmed with information that we don’t know which way to turn, making it tough to reach our goals. Especially at this time of year, there is a deluge of information about diet plans promising magical results. You may choose one and lose that 25 pounds, but the likelihood is that you will soon return to the eating habits that put those pounds on you in the first place. You add them back on, and the cycle begins again. It’s called “yo-yo dieting.”

Some things are basic.

For example, we all know that a baked potato is better for us than french fries, but how do we really get to better overall nutritional habits? How do we know whether we are getting too much cholesterol to be healthy or too little? And what is all that talk about gluten? Should we be paying attention to it?

As the center’s registered dietitian, Casey Peer, puts it, “Everyone knows what we’re supposed to do – lose weight, tone up, deal with stress, quit smoking – but do we know how to do it? One day we hear in the media that pasta is good for us; the next day we hear it isn’t.

Next it may be eggs. We’re supposed to eat them or we aren’t. What we have to do is sift through all of

that in ways that it will make sense for each of us as individuals.”

It takes a road map to get to good health and well being, and that’s exactly what you receive at The Wellness Center. Instead of a “diet,” you will learn good nutritional habits that will last a lifetime, and you will also learn which sorts of exercise will best partner with your new way of eating to produce

results that will have you both looking better and feeling better.

Exercise produces the endorphins that give you a sense of well being. Stress is lessened or eliminated altogether. Combined with a change in eating habits, your looks will change, and, of course, when we look better we feel better about ourselves.

If you’re a smoker, there couldn’t be a better time to stop, and The Wellness Center has programs for that, too. If you can’t manage stress well, you aren’t going to be able to quit smoking. It’s tough, but The Wellness Center can help you manage the stress, stop smoking, and improve your overall health.

There’s an old saying that “Knowledge is power” – but that’s only true if you have a clear understanding of that knowledge and how it works. The Wellness Center staff has the expertise and the desire to show you what to do with the knowledge you already have. They’ll cut through the clutter for you, with the end result being a healthier, happier you.

PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS Arms and Abs – Designed for quick, convenient 30-minute group sessions, our Arms and Abs class helps you gain strength using your own body weight, dumbbells, resistance bands, BOSU balls and more.

Pilates – Improve your balance and core strength with our Pilates class.

Yoga – Learn essential yoga basics and experience the wellness benefits of poses, bends and relaxation in our one-hour group sessions.

Pilates/Yoga Combo – Our one-hour Pilates/Yoga Combo group fitness class utilizes specially selected pilates and yoga exercises to increase your muscle strength, endurance and overall flexibility.

Pump – Ideal for everyone from beginners to experienced exercisers, our Pump class targets every major muscle group. With minimal down time between exercises, you’ll get the most out of using the body bar, dumbbells, BOSU, step bench and more.

Spin – Ready to challenge yourself by starting your own spinning regimen?

Spin is an entry-level spinning class lasting 45-60 minutes, perfect for beginners.

Cycle In, Yoga Out – An ideal fit for both beginners and veteran spinners, this is your chance to change up typical spin class routines by starting with 45 minutes on the bike and ending

with 15 minutes of standing yoga – all in our 60-minute group classes.

Kid Fit – Don’t let busy schedules get in the way of your exercise regimen.

Fit in your own workout while your kids enjoy a fitness class designed just for them. This one-hour group fitness class for ages 6-12 is focused on making physical activity fun for kids – and giving you a break from supervising.

Power Hour – Push yourself in our one-hour Power Hour class with 30 minutes of hardcore cycling hills, sprints and races, immediately followed by 30 minutes of intense leg and ab work.

Functional Fitness – Class involves a variety of exercise, including but not limited to: cardiovascular, balance and strength. Appropriate for seniors or individuals who desire fitness gains with little impact on the joints.

Sunrise Yoga – Refresh yourself by starting the day with our one-hour Sunrise Yoga class. Mostly held indoors, Sunrise Yoga may be occasionally moved outdoors to take advantage of the fresh morning air when weather permits.

SmartFit by Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic – In collaboration with our expert partners at Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic, SmartFit classes aim to minimize the risk of future injury for young athletes ages 8-18. These one-hour expert-

led sessions focus on proper technique and muscle imbalances.

Each athlete will receive a Functional Movement Screening after joining to identify individual risks, then basic movement patterns are used to modify behavior.

Challenge U – Challenge yourself to go beyond your comfort zone with Challenge U. The strength and conditioning staff at The Wellness Center have developed circuitbased classes as part of Challenge U using the technique of muscle confusion to achieve maximum results. Participants should attend three days per week for best results, complementing an existing workout or cardio-training. You can even join one or more classes for one low fee per month.

Core and More – In Core and More, you’ll utilize resistance band training, dumbbells and body weight resistance in 60-minute circuit sessions for a total body workout with a special focus on the core.

Xpress Fitness – Ideal for working individuals and travelers, our convenient morning Xpress class fits a total-body workout into only 45 minutes.

Work It Circuit – Designed for females only, you can feel comfortable in this 60-minute total-body workout created just for you.

Healthy Eating Series – It’s all about food! Classes are designed to provide you a hands-on, foodbased learning experience to bring comfort to your kitchen. Each month will highlight a new topic to help YOU find success with nutrition.

Eating with Diabetes Made Simple – This 90-minute group class is specially designed for those with diabetes, and focuses on reading food labels, meal planning and eating away from home or on the go.

Grocery Store Tours – Get out of the classroom setting and take a closer look at how to properly read food labels and recognize healthier choices right on the grocery store shelf! You’ll discover there are a lot of choices available that pack as much flavor as nutritional value.

Kids in the Kitchen (Healthy Cooking) – When the kids get involved in preparing nutritious meals, eating right becomes something the whole family looks forward to. Our Kids in the Kitchen classes help families make time for healthy cooking and eating, even in the midst of busy schedules.

Weight Management: Getting to the Basics – In this six-week group program, you’ll meet 60 minutes per week to learn about identifying the barriers to successful long-term weight loss, plus effective strategies to overcome those barriers.