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Hard-working dancers headed to Big Apple By Wendy Smith

Holiday spirit Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church decorates See page A-8

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They dance five nights a week, and their weekends are peppered with performances, but members of the Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble (TCDE) will keep up the hard work through the holidays for the opportunity to strut their stuff in New York City in January. They’re used to going the extra mile, and not just for themselves. The ensemble has donated its time and talent through benefit performances for the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and the Family Justice Center this year. They also participated in the Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville’s “Penny 4 the Arts” program, and they provide free dance instruction to children referred by the Knox County Public Defender’s office. Even the expedition to New York is a working trip, with little time for tourist attractions. The company is participating in the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference on Jan. 6-10, which showcases the talents of performers of all kinds from across the country. But few will be as young as the TCDE members. “As far as we know, we will be the only professional modern dance company made up of kids,” says Irena Linn, TCDE’s artistic director. The company has rented studio space at the Alvin Ailey Studios, where the dancers will perform 10 times for agents and other arts professionals attending the conference. The goal is to secure paid performances, which have become few and far between, says Linn.

The dancers are practicing a dance by Chicago choreographer Randy Duncan, who will come to Knoxville a few days before the conference to work with the company, then travel with them to New York. Nineteen of the 21 company members will make the trip. The company is housed in the Dancer’s Studio, which was founded in 1955 by Dorothy Floyd. Linn moved to Knoxville in 1966 to work with Floyd, her mentor, whom she met while she was a student at the Mary Wigman School

in Berlin, Germany. Floyd was exceptionally good at communicating with her students and was a constant source of inspiration to the young dancers. “People danced who couldn’t walk,” recalls Linn. When Linn, a self-described “theater rat,” arrived on the scene, she was put in charge of performances. The TCDE was formed to give the dancers, and the art of modern dance, more visibility. The combined leadership of Floyd and Linn resulted in a company known for clean, polished performances and

ground-breaking choreog- dren to become successful raphy. Floyd died in 2002, adults using dance as a veand TCDE alum Amy Wil- hicle,” says Linn. son is now Linn’s associate artistic director. The Tennessee ChilIn addition to the dedicadren’s Dance Ensemble tion of the dancers, mentorwill host a silent auction and performance 6 ing adds to the success of p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, the company. Each member at Episcopal Church attends dance classes with of the Ascension, 800 younger students, and those Northshore Drive. Tickwho are junior and seniors in ets, which are $15 and high school teach their own include a drink and hors classes. The mentoring cond’oeuvres, may be purtinues after class when comchased at the Dancer’s pany members stick around Studio, 4216 Sutherland to clean up the studio. Ave. Info: 584-9636. “It’s not just about dance. It’s also about teaching chil-

Locals brace for Lakeshore changes By Sandra Clark How best to treat the mentally ill? And who pays? The state will stop admissions to Lakeshore Mental Health Institute on Jan. 1 with an eye toward closing the 150-year-old facility on Northshore Drive. Then called Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital, the campus held 3,000 beds in 1975. With the advent of psychotropic drugs, the state has worked to deinstitutionalize the mentally ill. Today, Lakeshore has 115 beds and even fewer residents. State officials say it costs $900 per patient per day for acute care at Lakeshore. The state wants to shift that money to community-based mental health services and transfer the long-term residents to facilities in Nashville or Chattanooga.

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Maricela Magana and Karlie Budge perform “Focus/Fusion” at the Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble’s 30th anniversary concert held earlier this year. The dance company, which is housed at the Dancer’s Studio, will travel to New York in January to participate in the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference. Photo submitted

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Knox County Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones says if Lakeshore stops admissions, deputies will take patients to Peninsula, Ridgeview in Oak Ridge or Woodbridge in the Tri-County area. “It is our hope that some of the monies from the savings of closing Lakeshore would go toward the Safety Center and that would complete the crisis service continuum run by the McNabb Center,” Jones said. He and Attorney General Randy Nichols have advocated construction of a crisis center to be operated by McNabb for short-term care of persons picked up for public drunkenness or nuisance offenses. Jones says as many as one-quarter of those incarcerated at the Knox County Detention Center are suffering from

mental illness. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett said one in three Tennesseans is affected by mental illness, either personally or via family or a friend. He says Gov. Bill Haslam wants to do the right thing, and the current crisis is about dollars. “I worry about the state employees and their families, and most of all I worry about the patients and their families,” Burchett said. “Knox County will pick up the pieces. We’ll deal with it in a compassionate manner.” On Wednesday, County Commissioner Jeff Ownby convened a meeting at West High School. The 350 Lakeshore employees are worried about losing their jobs. They also are concerned about their patients. A Farragut resident said

County Commissioner Jeff Ownby and Lisa Moffett, field rep for the Tennessee State Employees Association, facilitate a public forum to discuss Lakeshore last week at West High School. Photo by S. Clark

our current mental health system is nothing more than “begging around,” trying to get help for your family member. Her son has been in the county’s Detention Center since 2010. His crime was “being born with mental illness. The mentally ill are not cute, they’re not cuddly, but they are God’s children.” She said Lakeshore should

be expanded, not closed, to take pressure off the jail. Ownby will ask County Commission to adopt a resolution requesting a two-year delay for changes at Lakeshore, but even a unanimous local vote can’t dictate state policy. Ownby said concerned residents can contact the governor’s office at 615-741-2001.

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Dazzling dĂŠcor benefits FLLA The Cavet Station home of Rick Angel and Jerry Amiot is such an eye-popping winter wonderland that people are willing to pay admission. So they hosted an open house as a fundraiser for the Fort Loudoun Lake Association (FLLA), which helps make Knoxville a summer wonderland. Angel and Amiot have collected 5,000 glass ornaments and 285 glass treetoppers over the past 30 years. Their home is so tight with Christmas trees that there’s even one in the bathtub, aptly decorated with colorful fish ornaments. Funds raised by the dazzling display will help keep the FLLA afloat. Executive Director Julie Costner said this has been a tough year for the nonprofit that regularly patrols the lake for trash and logs. “We’ve made it through the year, but we’ve had to make hard decisions.â€? So far this year, the FLLA has taken more than 500 bags of trash and 3,300 logs out of the lake. After last week’s deluge, this will be a

BEARDEN NOTES â– The Council of Involved Neighborhoods (COIN) will meet 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, at the CAC/L.T. Ross Building, 2247 Western Ave. Members of Knoxville City Council and the leaders of city neighborhood associations will come together to discuss various issues occurring throughout the city. â– Council of West Knox County Homeowners meets at 7:15 p.m. each first Tuesday at Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. On Tuesday, Dec. 6,

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Fort Loudoun Lake Association board president Bob Kahn and Executive Director Julie Costner bask in the holiday glow of 5,000 glass ornaments. The nonprofit held a fundraiser last week at the decked-out home of Rick Angel and Jerry Amiot.

busy week for the zone managers, who patrol the lake daily throughout the year, weather permitting. But if the organization doesn’t receive the financial support it needs, the lake and those who use it will suffer. “Without us, the trash would clog our waterways,� says Bob Kahn, president of the FLLA board. The organization also provides stormwater education and cleanup assistance to neighborhood groups that are interested in keeping the lake clean. Large debris in the water should be reported to the FLLA at 523-3800. For more information, or to donate: www.fllake.org.

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Maha, were special guests at Central Baptist Church of Bearden two weeks ago. He became a Christian in Lebanon in 1982 and came to the U.S. in 1989 to attend seminary at Gardner Webb University in North Carolina. He returned to Beirut in 2002, where he continues to share his faith with Muslims. His visit to Knoxville nearly derailed his preaching career. After being an honorary guest coach at the UT vs. Baylor women’s basketball game, he says he’d like to be a “good coach� like Pat Summit. The Middle East is ex■Preacher openly periencing a time of great openness, he says. Boulous shares faith in ■BMS runner is supported by Cooperative Middle East Baptist Fellowship Global hits her stride Missions, which also proLebanese evangelist ChaMadeline Christian, an 8th grader at Bearden Mid- ouki Boulous and his wife, vides manpower from the

Joyce Feld, president of Scenic Knoxville will speak, followed by reports from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, county BZA and county commissioners. Those attending are invited to bring a holiday snack to share at 7:15 p.m. before the meeting starts. Soft drinks will be provided. Info: Margot Kline, www.cwkch.com/. ■West Knox Lions Club meets 7 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month at Shoney’s on Lovell Road. ■West Knoxville Kiwanis Club meets 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Shoney’s on Walker Springs Road.

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Bearden Middle School 8th grader Madeline Christian won first place at the state cross-country championship in October. The school has honored her with a bulletin board in the cafeteria.

dle School, never thought much about running before she joined the school’s cross-country team in 6th grade. She wasn’t very good that first year, she says. By the 7th grade, she had the sport “figured out.� So she went on to finish first at the Tennessee State Middle School Cross Country Championship, held Oct. 22 at Victor Ashe Park, with a personal record time of 12:44. Naturally, running is now “a big part of her life.� She is the daughter of Ray and Kate Christian.

Lebanese evangelist Chaouki Boulous visits with Meriam Fox at Central Baptist Church of Bearden. Fox taught English at a seminary in Beirut in the 1980s while her husband was a pastor there. U.S. to help with multiday “Celebrations,� where the message of the Bible is shared with hundreds of people, typically within sight of the local mosque. He is frustrated with the way many Westerners evangelize Muslims. Most of them put more emphasis

on “planting and sowing,� or making friends, rather than “harvesting,� or converting. Boulous says he’s never experienced persecution during his work in the Middle East. One of the organization’s goals is to have good relationships with all denominations and religions.

Girls Scouts earn and learn at zoo Savannah McDonald, Maryann Reddy and Savana Mowris have a close encounter with Maya, a boa constrictor at the Knoxville Zoo, held by Education Specialist Jason Moeller. Cadette Girl Scout Troops 20961 and 20577 spent four hours at the Knoxville Zoo learning about man’s impact on the animal world to earn their Oregon Zoo Interest Project Patch. Moeller presented the program, which included animal encounters with four of the zoo’s teaching animals. The Scouts gave back by making enrichment toys for the zoo’s birds. Photo submitted

Care packages for soldiers The American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge will be collecting items from the community to send to a Marine unit it

has adopted serving in the Middle East. The program is called “Ooh-Rah for the Holidays.� Toiletries, food, entertainment items and more will be collected

through Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the AMSE lobby. A list of items is available online at www.amse.org. All packages will be shipped by Saturday, Dec. 10.

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Band reunites at Cherokee Country Club By Jake Mabe Bud Albers calls it a historic night. Alumni from the Jerry Collins Orchestra, which was a staple at Cherokee Country Club for years, reunited there for a special concert Nov. 18. Many are now members of the Brad Walker Orchestra, a popular big band based in Knoxville that has made a name for itself as one of the top groups of its kind. “They did a knockout job,� Albers says. The concert was recorded on CD and will be available

for sale later this month for $10. The show was such a hit that the Walker Orchestra will most likely be playing some kind of ongoing gig at Cherokee Country Club. “We got a lot of compliments,� Walker says. “A lot of people said it brought back a lot of memories. We had about 250 to 300 people there and the dance floor was crowded the whole night. I’m really happy that we made them happy. That’s our goal.� Collins passed away in 2003. He played at Cherokee Country Club for 50 years, finishing his run in

Vocalist Valerie Duke, drummer Troy Hatcher and orchestra leader Brad Walker are grinning from ear to ear during a special concert at Cherokee Country Club on Nov. 18 that reunited members from the orchestra of the late Jerry Collins, who played at the club for 50 years. Hatcher, who came out of retirement for the show, performed with Collins for 42 years. Photo submitted

1997. The recent reunion also featured a performance by a trio which included pianist Ed Nevins, bass player Jack Cate and drummer Troy Hatcher, who came out of retirement for the show. Cate has been a member of the Walker Orchestra since 2004 and Walker considers him to be a mentor. Walker says he was thrilled to be a part of it all. “It’s great that Cherokee Country Club wants to keep the tradition alive and keep the big band sound alive. As I’ve told people, I’m not looking to be Jerry Collins or take his place – no one could ever do that – however, I’m wanting to keep Cherokee swingin’ for another genera-

tion and keep Jerry Collins’ memory alive.� Walker says the orchestra is now featuring vocalist Valerie Duke, who recently completed a tour with the legendary Glenn Miller Orchestra. “She’s terrific. She’s one of the best big band vocalists of our time and also has the style, class and looks of a big band singer. She’s very talented.� Albers says the CDs will be available at Cherokee Country Club by mid-December. Info: 584-4537 or email calmond@cherokee countryclub.com. For more info on the Brad Walker Orchestra, visit its page on Facebook.

Old friends chart separate paths By Wendy Smith On a snowy morning in January, this reporter accompanied 2nd District City Council member Duane Grieve on a walk along the Third Creek Greenway. He had taken to walking a few times each week after experiencing health problems in 2010, and his old friend and former Knox County Commissioner Finbarr Saunders frequently accompanied him. On this January walk, Saunders mentioned that he was thinking about running for City Council. Last week, we again bundled up for a pre-dawn walk with Grieve and Saunders, who will be sworn in as an at-large City Council member Dec. 17. While he’s excited to begin his service to the city, Saunders regrets that the morning walks with Grieve will likely be suspended once he takes office. While city government isn’t typically on their list of conversation topics, neither wants to be accused of conducting a closed meeting along the greenway. Saunders attended last

week’s City Council meeting and says the tenor of the two bodies is quite different. Most of the meeting’s discussion was about whether or not language should be added to the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan to make it “advisory.� Council voted to leave the language unchanged during the meeting that lasted an hour and a half. “And they called that contentious,� chuckles Saunders. The broad scope of issues addressed by City Council is apparent during the walk along Sutherland Avenue. Grieve points out a property that has been rezoned to allow for a larger parking lot behind the 414 Forest Park Apartments. The sidewalk itself is a testament to the council’s commitment to growing Knoxville’s greenway system, and the men check to see if the electronic meter that counts greenway users near Bearden Elementary School is working properly. Over coffee, Grieve and Saunders discuss council committees. Grieve hopes that Saunders will put his

financial experience to work by serving on the pension board, and Saunders says he would be willing. Both Grieve and Saunders say Council Attorney Charles Swanson leaves big shoes to fill as he becomes the city’s law director. But they are both looking forward to working with Mayor Madeline Rogero and new council members. Marshall Stair has a terrific sense of humor, says Grieve, and George Wallace grew up around the corner from Saunders’ family home in Sequoyah Hills. There are a number of activities planned that will allow council members to get to know each other. Saunders thinks strong relationships will make the group less likely to be combative. As far as their 30-year friendship goes, Grieve and Saunders are still working out how they will “sunshine� their social interaction, including dinner parties with their wives, Marsha Grieve and Ellen Bebb. I suggested they could always invite the Shopper-News.

Finbarr Saunders, who will be sworn into City Council on Dec. 17, and City Council member Duane Grieve, take a break from their morning walk beside Bearden Elementary School. The old friends may have to discontinue their regular walks now that they will serve together on council. Photo by Wendy Smith

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County may restore senior bus fare help KAT official says maybe not There’s a notice on the Knoxville Area Transit website announcing the end of something called the Seniors FREEdom Program:

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A commission Christmas Santa Claus is coming to town, and we hear he’s packing his sleigh with goodies for County Commission. Mike Hammond: The world’s largest gavel currently resides outside the Supreme Court building in Columbus, Ohio. Measuring 31 feet long and weighing 38,000 pounds, this stainless steel thumper is guaranteed to restore order when commission meetings get rowdy. Maneuvering it into the City County building won’t be easy, and its sheer bulk could require moving some commissioners beyond microphone range, but that’s not such a bad thing either. Sam McKenzie and Amy Broyles: In a perfect world, Santa might bring metro government to the inner-city commissioners. But even Santa has his limitations, so he’s promising to bring them “a commissioner or two who is on their side for a change.” Tony Norman: Santa was planning on bringing Tony City Council’s Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan, but Commissioner Richard Briggs penned a memo pointing out that Norman’s Christmas stocking was too small to hold it. Tony was spotted at Big Lots last week shopping for an XXXL stocking. Jeff Ownby: To broaden Jeff’s outlook, Santa is presenting him with the collected writings of economist Paul Krugman, whose column “The Conscience of a Liberal” regularly appears in the New York Times. Richard Briggs: With the blessings of Mike Edwards and Tom McAdams, Santa is pleased to present Richard a lifetime honorary membership in the Knoxville Chamber. (Note: Santa cautions that this gift is “advisory only” and subject to judicial review.) Brad Anders: Santa wants nothing more than to spread goodwill, and he worries that Hammond’s present might cause vice chair Anders to suffer gavel envy. So Brad will receive a downsized version of Mike’s gavel, manufactured from recycled handcuffs. R. Larry Smith: Santa feels for “Our” Larry because the commissioner is unlikely ever to achieve his dream of becoming Knox County Mayor. Therefore, Santa is preparing a certificate, suitable for framing, proclaiming Smith “Honorary Mayor of Halls and Fountain City.” The certificate is valid for one day only, Feb. 31, 2012, and is void where prohibited by law or calendar. Dave Wright: Dave fought the Battle of Midway and spearheaded the Carter Clash. He emerged on the winning side both times, but now he’s a Man Without a Cause. Santa wants to help, and Dave’s impeccable taste in clothing provides the answer. Santa will be naming him Chief Wardrobe Consultant for commission. Wright will be granted unlimited authority including banishment for commissioners whose socks or stockings clash with their suits or blouses. (The job comes with a colorful gavel containing remnants of recycled silk ties.) Mike Brown: Santa recognizes that Mike is a passionate individual but thinks he might benefit from some extracurricular reading. Mike’s stocking will contain a copy of Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” Ed Shouse: Ed says little, but what he does say is thoughtful. Santa is bestowing the title of Commission Philosopher on Ed and presenting him with a copy of Plato’s “Republic.” He encourages Ed to grow a beard suitable for contemplative stroking. Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.

“Persons age 65 or over who were previously riding fare-free will need to pay the discounted senior fare (75 cents each way). Proof of age is required to use the discounted senior fare.” The last county budget was lean and mean to the point of inflicting pain. Budgets were cut and belts were tightened. Few cuts looked meaner than whacking the $80,000 senior citizens bus fare subsidy. Mayor Tim Burchett said it was unfair to county taxpayers to spend that kind of money on a program that operates only inside the city limits. The Senior FREEdom Program was started in 2006 by former County Mayor Mike Ragsdale as part of his “No Senior Left Behind” initiative – a package designed to woo elderly voters. Ending it triggered a strong reaction from county taxpayers who live inside the city and from

advocates of public transportation generally. One of those is County Commissioner Amy Broyles, whose North Knoxville district is entirely within the city and which contains three subsidized senior citizens highrise apartment buildings. Broyles has been working on a plan to restore the bus subsidy and appears to be making some progress. Knoxville Mayor-elect Madeline Rogero, who enjoys a cordial relationship with Burchett, is another strong advocate of public transportation. When she ran for mayor in 2003, she spent a week traveling around the city via KAT and reported that she had no problem getting to where she needed to go. She will be sworn in Dec. 17, and it’s not unreasonable to assume that a goodwill gesture from her county counterpart in the form of bus fare restoration might be a welcome Christmas gift. KAT general manager Cindy McGinnis, however, sounds surprisingly wary about the prospect of restoring the senior subsidy, although she says that any increase in revenues is always welcome. She’s concerned about unintended consequences, like those that resulted from the state’s CMAQ (Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality)

Kincannon kicks off campaign Indya Kincannon, 2nd District school board member, formally kicked off her re-election campaign last week at the home of Bob and Melynda Whetsel. She and her husband, Ben Barton, greeted guests with the help of daughters Georgia (rear left) and Dahlia. Photo by Betty Bean program, which mandated free bus fare on “code orange” days. “Our buses would become so packed with our current ridership making more trips that the doors were constantly opening and we couldn’t keep the buses cool. Our regular, loyal passengers who purchase 7-day or 30-day passes weren’t able to take advantage of that, so they did not receive a benefit. The intention of the program was to encourage

auto owners to try transit, and that wasn’t happening. Free is not necessarily better in our world.” Senior citizens already ride for half-price, McGinnis said, and KAT’s data indicate that ending the free ride program hasn’t cut down the bus usage among that population. “There are other people who could benefit from riding the bus free – severely economically disadvantaged individuals.”

Personnel changes as inaugural nears As the Dec. 17 inaugural nears for Madeline Rogero, key personnel decisions are being announced with more remaining. Two persons who would have stayed were told to pack up. Longtime city council attorney Charles Swanson will take over as law director. He will initially be one of the best informed law directors in city history given his 28 years with City Council. He knows the city inside and out and where the bodies are buried. He will have no learning curve. He is not bashful about voicing his views. Currently, he earns $90,000 a year for attending 26 regular council meetings (about $3,460 a meeting). There is some preparatory work prior to the meeting. Rogero has not announced anybody’s pay, although it is hard to imagine the new directors or deputy mayors accepting a job for which they did not know the pay, at least in general terms. Swanson is expected to make $145,000 to $150,000. Once on the city payroll, the salary for each will be subject to open records review

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and divulged. City Council will select a council attorney for the first time in 28 years. Applications are already being sought by Cindy Mitchell, city recorder. Council might consider lowering the salary based on holding only 26 meetings a year. It is their decision what to pay the attorney. The pay for deputy mayors Eddie Mannis and Bill Lyons is also undisclosed at this time. It is unclear whether UT will continue to keep open Lyons’ tenured professorship for another four years after keeping it open for the past eight years while he worked for Mayor Bill Haslam. Jesse Mayshark and Angela Starke are the new communications leaders. Mayshark has pledged on a local blog to see the barber regularly and is even considering wearing ties (both

and Recreation Director Joe Walsh, and Janet Wright at Information Services. (This is written Dec. 1 so it is possible they will be announced prior to Dec. 5 when the column is printed). ■ Plan to arrive early on Dec. 17 (by 9:30 for the 10 a.m. start) if you want decent parking and a good seat at the Jacob Building. I predict a large attendance. Rogero will be sworn in by state Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee. Her husband, Gene Monaco, will hold the Bible. Rogero indicates her grandchildren may assist too. ■ Swearing in the new council members will be Federal District Judge Tom Varlan for George Wallace (wife Stephanie holding the Bible assisted by son, Nick); Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz for Finbarr Saunders (his adult children, Emily Woodle and Robert Saunders, will hold the Bible). ■ Judge Geoffrey Emery will administer the oath to both Marshall Stair and Mark Campen. Stair’s father, attorney Caesar Stair III, will hold the Bible for his son, while Campen’s wife, Emily Quinn Campen, will hold the Bible for him.

major lifestyle changes for him). Mayshark is bright, discerning and an excellent writer. It will be interesting see him responding to media inquiries (including ones from this column) when he has previously been asking the hard questions as well as writing hard hitting columns. Starke brings further diversity to the Administration as an African-American woman holding a key office. David Hill was let go and taxpayers will save $150,000 a year in salary for his remarkably stress free position. Rogero deserves praise for taking this overdue step. Lyons will take over Hill’s waterfront duties such as they were. Randy Kenner is also leaving, but his departure is not a reflection on his performance as virtually every new Administration brings in its own media team. Several holdovers had not yet been announced as staying but it is widely assumed they will such as Police Chief David Rausch, Fire Chief Stan Sharp, Service Director David Brace, Parks

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Gresham pilots standard-based grading By Jake Mabe Sixth-grade teachers and several volunteer 7th grade teachers at Gresham Middle School are piloting a new standards-based grading that gets more specific than the somewhat vague traditional “catch all� A to F, 0 to 100 grading system. Vice principal Glen Price says that standards-based grading is just that – a system in which students are assessed by each state standard rather than simply receiving a letter grade for their entire class performance. “For example, in math, a student might be proficient at dividing fractions but basic at another standard. This is about breaking down the learning more and teaching toward mastery.� Under the old 0 to 100 system, Price said, anything scored below a 69 is a failing grade.

Gresham Middle School 6th grade teachers Nicole Resmondo, Heather Fox and Lindsey Clark discuss the new standardsbased grading they are helping pilot at the school this year. Photo by Jake Mabe

“You have more chances to fail than you have to succeed,� Price says. Price says it’s like some kindergarten grade cards, through which parents learn that their child can count by 5s and 10s and knows their ABCs. “Parents know exactly what skills are missing.�

Designed to match the TCAP test, each standard is grouped into three graduated levels and is scored as advanced (an A under the old system), proficient (which could be a B or C), basic (a C or D) or below basic (F). Each student is given a score sheet on which they can see their progress.

Students who need extra help, particularly in math and language, can get it during Focus 30, a time in the mornings reserved for “re-teaching.� “Whether students learn (a concept) this week or two weeks from now doesn’t matter. What matters is that they learn it. Some students just take longer. To make this type grading work, you must have time to re-teach.� During Horizontal Planning sessions on Thursdays, teachers talk about specific students, look at data, including performance on tests and quizzes and select students for the Focus 30 sessions. Teachers also plan common assessments. At Gresham, 6th grade students are grouped into two “wings,� 6A and 6B, but all are given the same assessments. “It takes collaboration to work,� Price says. Several teachers in leadership groups last year inquired

Smith asked for permission to plant a dogwood tree at the Halls Senior Center in memory of Irma “Granny� Mayor Tim Burchett McConkey. Burchett not hands his card to only gave approval, but he Halls 2nd grader offered to buy the tree from Jessica Swearinhis campaign fund. Then he gen and asks her asked PR guy Michael Grider to invite him to to check with Neal Denton to lunch, “but not on determine the best time to a day you’re havplant it. And he started telling pizza.� Jessica ing about white dogwoods clutched the card growing from seed, while and afterwards said pink and red dogwoods are perhaps she would grafted. also “invite the “Hey,� he yelled through president.� the open door. It was Denny McMahan, heading into the 50 touchdowns and broke six library. “That’s my old hortistate records,� said the proud culture teacher at Bearden, uncle. back in the dark ages,� said Only problem with him Tim. playing for the Christian More kids came through Academy of Knoxville, Bur- with their mom. Burchett inchett said, is the fans ac- vited them to visit his office knowledge bad calls with “for 15 minutes.� Any longer, shouts of “darn!� and “drat!� he said, and they would be Mike Bridges and Alex bored senseless.

about the new grading system. Several of them visited Fairfield High School in Williamson County to look at that school’s version of it, then heard a presentation from a Hamblen County math teacher over the summer. Sixth grade reading teacher Lindsey Clark says the pilot program is going well. “We’re truly seeing what kids know and don’t know.� Science teacher Nicole Resmondo says her students enjoy seeing their progress from, for example, quiz to quiz, on the individual score sheets. “It’s made them more motivated than anything I’ve ever seen. Now kids are really getting involved, working hard and studying longer. They want proficient scores.� Adds language arts teacher Heather Fox, “They don’t want to be ‘basic’ or ‘below basic.’ 0�

The teachers say they have also incorporated various tools, including websites and streaming online video, to complement the curriculum. “Sometimes it takes two, three, four or 10 times to see something to absorb it permanently to memory,� Resmondo says. Price says he should soon be able to use the school system’s EMIS “data warehouse� to compare Discovery Ed tests, the benchmark tests taken three times a year to assess math, language, reading and science, to gage how students should perform on TCAPs, as well as to compare the scores to performance in the classroom. “You should see a correlation. Our value-added scores,� (what a teacher “adds� to the class) “are already very strong. It will be interesting to see how we improve based on what we’re doing now.�

Burchett sits a spell By Sandra Clark The conversation ranged from dogwood trees to mental health, from motorcycles to football. Often a politician ventures into the community only to be mobbed by folks who are mad or stalked by ones who want something. But Tim Burchett was greeted in Halls by old friends and some kids who thought it was cool to meet a mayor. The most poignant moment came when Burchett, who had lost his own mother just days earlier, asked three young women why they were not in school. “We’re homeschooled,� said one. The mayor reached over, patted their mother on the arm and said to the kids, “When you get old, you’ll be glad for the

time you got to hang out with your momma.� Burchett said he was taking off Friday to go to Cookeville to watch his nephew, Charlie High, play in the state football championship. High, a junior quarterback for CAK, was named Mr. Football for his classification. “He threw

Burchett visits with his high school horticulture teacher, Denny McMahan. The retired Bearden teacher who lives in Halls said he has no stories to tell about the teenaged Burchett. “He outranks me.� Photos by S. Clark Roy Kruse thanked Burchett for his help as a legislator in passing a bill to prohibit pharmacists from substituting a generic drug for epilepsy medication without telling both the patient and the doctor. “That bill meant a lot to people living with epilepsy,� he said.

It was time to go. After a week of highs and lows, Burchett was off to watch the CAK Warriors play football. But he left town only after coming to Halls for a promised constituent meeting – in a community where the biggest problem was gaining permission to plant a dogwood.

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back field (as if I needed another one, besides slothfulness). More on that shortly. I remember a year or so back, watching a downy woodpecker foraging around on some weed stems in my field, not a place you would expect to see a woodpecker. The Uxley article helps explain what was going on. During the summer, a small fly, called the goldenrod gall fly, lays its egg on a goldenrod plant. The egg hatches into a small white grub, which then burrows into the stem of the plant and sets up housekeeping. This causes the stem to react by growing a round, bulbous enlargement, called a gall. The grub grows into a high-calorie, tasty morsel and plans to overwinter in the protection of the gall, then tunnel out in the spring as an adult gall fly, find a mate and repeat the cycle for another year. Uxley reports that for the first two or three weeks of December, downy woodpeckers will leave their preferred cover of woods and trees and head out into stands of now-dead goldenrods, tunnel into the galls and use their log, barbed tongues to extract

the juicy grubs. Sometimes, chickadees have been observed to join in the fun. They generally have the grubs pretty well cleaned up in that short period of time and then go back to their usual pattern of foraging in their usual trees and shrubs. So, I checked my stand of goldenrods in the back field and sure enough, there were a bunch of galls on them, roughly two or three stems with galls in each 10-foot square area. I harvested one and opened it up to see what was there. And, sure enough, there was the gall fly grub, a small, white, juicy glob of high-energy, woodpecker winter food. It’s pretty remarkable that the downies could figure out that those delicious bites were in there, but it’s just a reminder that those birds are out there all day, every day, searching every nook and cranny, working hard to just find enough food to get them through that one more day of winter. Of course, the adaptable downy woodpeckers, and their big cousins the red-bellied woodpeckers, can switch readily to eating seeds when their buggy protein sources fail; we

see them at our feeders regularly all winter. The birds that are mainly seed-eaters, like the cardinals, towhees, finches and sparrows, don’t make the switch the other way so easily, and that’s where the untidy winter gardens and messy field corners begin to be important. The bird people who study and know about such things recommend leaving your dead autumn stalks and seed heads standing until spring. I had already been leaving several patches of goldenrod standing in the back field all summer when I mowed, for a couple of reasons. Goldenrod pollen is a favorite food for dozens of flies, bees, wasps and butterflies. Many of the flies, bees and wasps are beneficial insects. They pollinate our tomatoes, watermelons, squash, blueberries, apples and cherries more effectively than honey bees. And others prey on garden pests, wiping out various planteating aphids and caterpillars. And the butterflies! The goldenrod patches provide endless photo ops and just plain butterfly-watching all summer and fall. And late-summer goldenrods are excellent food stopovers for fall-migrating monarch butterflies, sipping on energyrich nectar as they make their way to wintering grounds in Mexico. But for the very important, potentially hungry, winter season, we tend to forget that the reason the plants make all those flowers is in order to produce seeds. And those dried seed heads, where the flowers were, are made up of large numbers of seeds, all excellent food for the finches, sparrows and

the other seed-eating birds. Picture a big sunflower head. As it dries, there are rows and rows of seeds, hundreds of them. The same situation holds on a smaller scale with your purple cone flowers, asters, black-eyed Susans, and all those field flowers like clover, goldenrod, ironweed and so on. After being nectar and pollen factories all summer long, the flowers turn into storehouses of energy-rich seeds, beginning around the time of the first frosts of fall. The dried stalks also harbor a lot of those garden-friendly invertebrates that overwinter, some as eggs, some as larvae and some as dormant adults, in the hollow stems and dried leaves of the plants so much of that raggedlooking litter is serving an important role through the winter, not just for the birds, but for other useful critters as well. Therefore, wherever you can find a place or two on your property to let the summer flowers and weeds spend the winter, you will be doing the good bugs and the birds a big favor by not cleaning up till spring. In your flower gardens, the fence rows and edges, and corners and patches in your fields, if you can suppress those urges to make everything clean and perfect, things won’t look quite as pristine. But, nobody much will be looking at them during the winter anyway. And, you’ll be offering some choice food and cover to your various critter friends out there, trying to do their remarkable job of surviving the winter.

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The watching ones I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord, more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. (Psalm 130:5-6 NRSV)

God of the watching ones, The waiting ones, The slow and suffering ones, The angels in heaven, The child in the womb, Give us your benediction, Your good word for our souls, That we might rest and rise In the kindness of your company. Amen. (“God of the Watching Ones,” Cloth for the Cradle, Iona Community Wild Goose Worship Group) We must watch for Christmas. Some of us look out of the corner of our eyes, with – dare I say it? – dread, fearing that it is slipping up on us all too quickly. Others of us watch for Christmas with eyes wide open, standing on tiptoe in anticipation and expectancy, with eager hearts and open hands. It has been my experience, and maybe yours, that Christmas will come when it will come, and not before. It will appear at an odd moment, perhaps when we least expect it. It may come early in December, and we will fear that it is over too early. Or it may tarry until the very last moment and we will despair, thinking that this is the year, at last, when it bypasses us completely. For me, every year, there is a Christmas moment. I am one of the watching ones, alert and hopeful, looking for that benediction, believing

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COMMUNITY CLUBS ■ Longstreet-Zollicoffer Camp 87, Sons of Confederate Veterans will meet 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at the East Tennessee Historical Society on Gay Street. Before the meeting, Dr. Michael Bradley, former commander in chief of the Tennessee division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, will present the program, “With Blood and Fire: Life Behind Union Lines in Middle Tennessee, 18631865.” The presentation is free and open to the public. ■ Knoxville Writers’ Group will meet 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at Naples Restaurant on Kingston Pike. Members will read from their work. All-inclusive lunch is $12. RSVP by Monday, Dec. 5, to 983-3740. Everyone is invited. ■ The West Knox Toastmaster Club meets 6:30 p.m. each Thursday at Middlebrook Pike UMC, 7324 Middlebrook Pike. Now accepting new members. Info: Ken Roberts, 680-3443.

Channukah ■ Heska Amuna Synagogue will host a Channukah celebration 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21. There will be latkes, Karaoke and lots of family fun. Bring your family and your Menorah. Dress casual. Everyone is invited. Admission is $18 ($9 children 12 and under, family cap of $45). RSVP by Thursday, Dec. 15, by calling 522-0701.

Christmas events ■ The Knoxville Nativity Pageant, now in its 43rd year, will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, and 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 12-13, at the Civic Coliseum. Admission is free.

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■ Second Presbyterian Church on Kingston Pike will host Special Music Sunday featuring “Songs of Christmas” 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11. The program will include the Chancel Choir, soloists, a string quartet and harpsichord. ■ St. Paul UMC on Garden Drive in Fountain City and St. John’s Lutheran Church on Broadway near Old Gray Cemetery will present combined musical services 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at St. John’s and 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at St. Paul. The combined choir will be accompanied by a string quartet, flute and organ. ■ St. Paul UMC on Garden Drive in Fountain City will present

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Community Services ■ Concord UMC’s Caregiver Support Group, affiliated with Alzheimer’s Tennessee Inc., meets 10 to 11:30 a.m. each first Tuesday in Room 226 at the church, 11020 Roane Drive. Anyone in the community who gives care to an elderly individual is invited. Refreshments. Info: 675-2835. ■ Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike, will begin its DivorceCare class again Jan. 5. This group is for anyone healing

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Pat Reynolds prepares to sew while Betti Pridemore (right), Pfaff sewing instructor, shows Donna Gray (center), president of the Knoxville Chapter of the American Sewing Guild, how to construct a Christmas tree napkin. Gray describes the group, which meets at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in the Rocky Hill area, as “Knoxville’s best kept secret” and invites others who enjoy sewing to join. Info: gray_d@comcast.net/. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

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Exhibit celebrates 400th anniversary of King James Bible By Greg Householder Ray and Pat Lipps are into old stuff. Very old stuff like Bible manuscripts from the 1300s. Or artifacts from 400 B.C. For the first time ever, more than 250 items of the Lipps’ personal collection will be on display 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, Dec. 8-11, at Powell Presbyterian Church. The exhibit is free to the public. The show is to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. The Lippses, who own Esquire Galleries on Clinton Highway, know their business when it comes to art and artifacts. The show will feature paintings, manuscript leafs, printed leafs, etchings, engravings, lithographs and artifacts – all with biblical themes. On display will be leafs from 31 Bibles. As Ray Lipps explained, manuscripts are handwritten. Illuminated manuscripts are manuscripts with hand-colored artwork. A leaf is a single page. A printed leaf was printed by a printing press. Very few of the collection are complete Bibles. Featured at the show will be a mid-17th century painting – the second of five sorrowful mysteries – titled “The Scourging of Jesus at the Pillar.” There will also be a 20th century painting of Jesus raising the widow of Nain’s son

The first edition 1611 King James Version “Great He” Bible leaf is one of the more than 250 items to be displayed at the Powell Presbyterian Church Biblical Art Show from Dec. 8-11. Photos by Greg Householder

from the dead. A 15th century Russian illuminated manuscript will be displayed as well as a 14th century illuminated manuscript leaf hand done from French Breviary in 1350. There will be a 15th century manuscript leaf displayed, too. Most interesting are a trio of Kings James Version Bible leafs. One is a 1611 first edition called “The Great He” Bible leaf. In this edition, there is a mistake in Ruth 3:15 which says “he went into the city” when referring to Ruth. The 1613 second edition is the “Great She” Bible. The mistake in Ruth is corrected. And finally, there is the black letter quarto (a smaller version) printed in 1613 that still has the mistake. One of the artifacts to be displayed is a Sumerian cylinder seal from 400 B.C. The cylinder seal represents some of the first printing in the world and most Sumerian entrepreneurs carried one of these for use in consummating at deal.

A 1776 Gun Wad Bible Leaf will also be displayed. This Bible was the fi rst German language Bible to be printed in the New World. The printing office was raided and burned in 1776 by the British who used many of the Bibles as gun wadding. There is also a crusader cross from the 1096-1099 A.D. period that has five holes representing the five wounds of Christ on the cross and a 16th century Latin manuscript from the book of Genesis. “This is Powell Presbyterian Church’s gift to the whole community,” said Ray Lipps. Groups may arrange private viewings by appointment at 938-8311. Info: w w w.powel lpcu sa.org/. There will be a Biblical and Art Seminar at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec.11. The 15th century Russian illuminated manuscript will also be on display at the Biblical Art Show.

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It’s a cheery Chamber Christmas They came by the dozens last Thursday to enjoy a memorable holiday get-together at the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce. Outside, food vendors lined the walls of the “big tent” as guests renewed acquaintances, made new ones and sampled a variety of tantalizing fare. Inside the Chamber offices the festive mood continued as a steady stream of hungry visitors sampled the delights of the dessert tables. The mouthwatering scent of chocolate greeted you at the door, and all who entered left with a satisfied sweet tooth. Not even the Grinch could have complained about this party!

Ed Whiting and Staci Wilkerson pause inside the “big tent” erected in the parking lot of the Farragut West Knox Chamber gathering. Ed’s is a familiar face around the Farragut Town Hall, and Staci is a vice president and branch manager with Jefferson Federal. (Overheard: “So, Staci: Do you have any money to lend?”)

Linda Campbell mans her chocolate hideaway at the Farragut West Knox Chamber Christmas gathering last Thursday. Campbell trains chocolatiers and hosts chocolate tastings. Her motto: “Never met a truffle I didn’t like.”

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McWhirter for president – seriously By Wendy Smith For years, students in Matt McWhirter’s AP government and economics classes have joked about putting him on the presidential ballot. Now that he has a dedicated national campaign staff, there is still some chuckling. But after the laughter, a big “what if?” hangs in the air. The students have been learning about the inner workings of the U.S. government, and they haven’t liked what they’ve seen. Senior Maya Riox thinks Congress is as corrupt as it was when William “Boss” Tweed controlled Tammany Hall in the 19th century and said she considered “going global” and leaving the U.S. in protest. She has since decided that a better approach is to get involved – and change the system.

The students are appalled at the prediction that 2012 presidential candidates may spend as much as a billion dollars each on their campaigns, and they want to show that a campaign can be run without money. Since that’s their primary goal, there’s no squabbling among the politically-diverse group. “We don’t talk about the issues,” says Jonathan Gonzalez, who oversees the campaign’s compliance. The enthusiasm of the eight members of the McWhirter campaign staff flies in the face of the notion that young people aren’t civic-minded. “You hear that young people are apathetic, but we see the flaws in the system,” says senior Temple Duke, who is in charge of strategy and content for the campaign. “We don’t

Bearden High School teacher Matt McWhirter is surrounded by his national presidential campaign staff: Rebecca Buckley, Jake want to inherit something so broken, so we’re doing what we can to fix it now.” While it may seem farfetched to think that a group of high school students could have an impact on national politics, they wield a mighty power – social media. “This is only possible because of the timing. Even four years ago, social media wasn’t that large. Now, with one page, we’re reaching across the world,” says Duke.

Optimist Club honors students The Optimist Club of Knoxville held a luncheon in celebration of Youth Appreciation Week to honor Knox County students who were awarded the Service to Humanity Award. Bearden High School student Carolyn Hill and West High School student Stephen Lloyd were among the 18 Knox County youth awarded based upon their leadership and commitment to community service.

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students have learned that an independent presidential candidate from Tennessee is also required to choose 11 electors from the state, as well as a running mate, who must be from a state other than Tennessee. The candidate himself mostly stands in the background as the students plan his campaign. His goal is for them to learn from the process, rather than gain any notoriety.

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Brannum, Honor Lundt, Maya Riox, Temple Duke, Jonathan Gonzalez, and Adam Hasan. Photo by Wendy Smith

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Science discoveries brought to Sequoyah By Theresa Edwards Sequoyah Elementary School hosted a science exhibit provided by East Tennessee Discovery Center for an exciting, fun-filled, hands-on educational outreach program Nov. 28. Various “stations� demonstrated science principles in an easyto-understand way, inviting student participation with interesting experiments. Parents and grandparents were also invited to share in this science experience. Students learned about alternative energy sources from CURENT, a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center which is led by UT Knoxville. The students watched model cars roll along the floor when a light is shined on their solar panel. They also saw fuel cell vehicle models which use electrically charged water for energy. Also from UT was an information exhibit describing the solar house that is now on display at UT Gardens through the end of January before it goes on tour to Nashville, then Washington, D.C. UT won a funding grant in competition with 20 teams. Research associate Diane Bossart explained, “The contest was based on how well you can build a solar house within their parameters.� This house may be viewed noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at UT Gardens. The DNA extraction experiment using smashed strawberries in test tubes attracted students, although they may not know how to

SCHOOL NOTES ■Bearden Middle School’s Scholastic Book Fair will be held 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the week of Dec. 5, with extended hours of 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8. ■West Valley Middle School’s 7th and 8th grade band concerts will be held 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13. ■Parents of West Valley Middle School students are invited to a parent-toparent chat noon Monday, Dec. 19, to discuss topics related to their teen or preteen. Hosted by the WVMS PTSA. Info: Email Debbie

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Caroline Powell and Jane Kelly glue a plant cell model at the hands-on science exhibit.

pronounce deoxyribonucleic acid. For those who like crafts, another station provided materials to create a plant cell model. Other stations included the sugar testing exhibit, farming for fuels and bean planting. Margaret Maddox, director of the East Tennessee Discovery Center, invites visitors to its center and planetarium, located at Chilhowee Park. Its website is www.etdiscovery.org, and it is open 9 a.m to 5 p.m. To schedule a science program at your school, email Maddox at mkmaddox@ etdiscovery.org.

Lilly Bahrami has fun making the model car go using light heat, learning about alternative energy sources. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Alexis Lister and brothers Alex and Connor Austin examine test tubes showing the DNA extraction process using smashed strawberries at the science exhibit at Sequoyah Hills Elementary School.

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Christmas in the city shoppers browsed for unique gifts at the Christmas Market. A week later, throngs lined Gay Street for the Christmas parade featuring floats, decorated vehicles, marching bands, dancers, twirlers, and, of course, a special appearance by Santa. Through December, there are trees wrapped in sparkling blue and white lights all over downtown, lighted wreaths and Up on the Rooftops, the growing collection of lighted trees on rooftops. At the Holiday Market on Dec. 10 and 17, vendors from the Market Square Farmers’ Market will sell root crops, hearty greens, hydroponic vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy from noon to 3 p.m.; craft and artisan food vendors will be set up along Market Street noon until 7 p.m. First Night is Dec. 31, a family-friendly celebration of the arts held at different downtown venues. The variety of performers represents the best singers, musicians, artists and dancers East Tennessee has to offer. A special children’s festival will feature performers, crafts, balloons and face painting. At midnight the celebration will close on Market Square with lasers and fireworks.

By Pam Fansler Downtown Knoxville is dressed in her shimmery holiday best. The Celebration of Lights on Fansler the Friday after Thanksgiving began with the lighting of the 36-foot tree, which First Tennessee Bank donated to the city a few years ago. It joined the more than 100,000 lights festooning Krutch Park. This year after the blue and white balls on the tree burst into light and fireworks exploded across the sky, the happy crowd got into the holiday spirit with carriage rides down Gay Street; visits with Santa; cookie decorating with Mrs. Claus; marshmallow roasting; free hot chocolate, snow cream and eggnog; and performances by the Unity Choir and Clarence Brown Theatre. A short distance away, the WDVX Holiday Ho-Ho-Hoedown was in full swing on the Market Square Stage with Logan Murrell, Pistol Creek Catch of the Day, and Freddy Smith and his Holiday Chicken. Skaters enjoyed Holidays on Ice, the Square’s outdoor ice rink and Knoxville’s “coolest” holiday tradition, while

Pam Fansler is president of First Tennessee Bank’s East Tennessee region.

Turkey Creek Medical Center is the recipient of an award earned by few hospitals nationwide. In 2011, only 18 hospitals across the country earned the Press Ganey Top Improver Award for continuous improvement in patient satisfaction performance over a two-year period. The center ranked among the top 5 percent in overall improvement within its database of medical centers. “To have this award focused on quality and patient satisfaction is a great honor,” said Turkey Creek Medical Center CEO Lance Jones. Jones said the award was “a tribute to the work and performance of physicians, the medical staff and their associates.” In the mid-1980s, Dr. Irwin Press partnered with Dr. Rod Ganey to develop metrics for measuring patient satisfaction as a way to improve hospital perfor-

mance. The value of a patient’s perspective regarding quality of care is at the heart of the company’s methodology. Today, Press Ganey performs monthly surveys

Adam Robertson has been promoted to president of Commercial Bank where he follows his grandfather and Commercial Bank founder E. Oscar Robertson. He pledged continuation of the “tradition of banking excellence” and customer service. Robertson has worked for Commercial Bank for more than 14 years, most recently as executive vice president. He first served as a teller and CSR, then loan Adam Robertson officer at the Halls office, then branch manager at the cating to the Main Office at Powell office, before relo- Harrogate as the central re-

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Jones agrees, and re-emphasizes that the credit goes to all of the hospital staff. “It’s something all of West Knoxville can be proud of,” he said.

gion executive officer. Terry Lee has served as president and CEO since 2004 and will continue as CEO and a mentor to Adam Robertson. “Adam is one of the brightest and best young men I have ever known, and he is very deserving of this promotion,” said Lee. Robertson’s has held leadership roles in the Bell County (Ky.) Chamber of Commerce, Pine Mountain Community Development Corporation, Harrogate Little League and Outdoor

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Soles 4 Souls By Shannon Morris

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tudents at Grace Christian Academy are challenged in many ways, from academics to athletics, and from social to spiritual development. One important challenge they face each year is to undertake a significant missions project that makes a difference in the lives of people far beyond the Grace campus. This year was no different, as during the month of November the high school students got involved in an effort to provide shoes to people in areas of the world that have been ravaged by natural disasters. The ministry that Grace partnered with this year was Soles4Souls, an organization whose mission is to deliver shoes and clothes to millions of people in need around the world. This charity, founded six years ago by Wayne Elsey, works tirelessly to provide not only shoes, but also a system by which people in poverty-stricken areas of the world can find gainful employment. Elsey was inspired to begin this worthwhile charity when, upon visiting a region that was affected by the 2004 tsunami, he spotted a single Grace Christian Academy students Spencer Grady, Keith Birdwell, Ashleigh Arp, Morgan shoe that had washed up on a beach. Parker, Sam Barton, Brady Akers, Tyler Stooksbury, Jennifer Bell, Lauren Hensley and His desire to help people who had lost Morgan Cleveland gather with shoes to be donated to Soles 4 Souls, a good start on the everything was thus born. Soles4Souls is headquartered in Nashville, but its school’s goal of 2,000 donated shoes. Photo by S. Johnson

reach is felt in countries like Haiti, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Peru, Honduras, and several African nations. Grace high school students were challenged to donate new or gently used shoes specifically for people in Haiti who have been devastated by the massive earthquake that struck that island. A majority of the residents of this beautiful island lost literally everything they owned. For people in such desperate straits, even a simple necessity like a decent pair of shoes goes a long way toward helping them feel restored, and it gives them hope which they may have lost in the tragedy that they have experienced. Grace’s goal for shoes collected was set at 2,000, a sizeable number for such a relatively small student body. What a tribute to their spirit of generosity, and to the influence of Grace Christian Academy in their lives. The missions project will expand into the month of February, as the entire school, grades K-12, will combine their efforts to reach and even exceed the goal of 2,000 shoes collected. The feeling among the students is that this goal will fall easily, but more than that, thousands of people in Haiti will have the opportunity to wear shoes that are neat, clean, and can be worn with pride.

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The Grace Christian Academy choir stuns the audience with their Christmas performance. Photo by K. McKamey

By Shannon Morris The arts are “present” at Grace Christian Academy this Christmas. The kindergarten through 2nd grade students recently completed their production of “The Light before Christmas” while the 3rd through 5th grade students performed the musical “The Great Christmas Giveaway,” to rave reviews. The middle and high school arts departments will soon be

presenting their production, “Tidings of Comfort and Joy!” at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12. The spectacular music, drama, lighting and sets all reflect the beauty and joy of this most special time of year, and the Grace students and art faculty derive tremendous satisfaction in producing quality work that shows the true meaning of Christmas – Haley Sluss and Shelby Rogers prepare for their roles the birth of their savior, in the Grace Christian Academy Christmas musical. Jesus Christ. Photo by T. McNelly

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That’s what the Grace Christian Academy football players and coaches hope to be yelling very soon, as Grace is preparing to be the first high school in Knox County to have an artificial turf football field. Having a turf field is certainly something out of the ordinary for a local school, but then again, the Grace football team is coming off of an out of the ordinary season in which they went 10-0 for the first time in the school’s brief history. Getting such a field is an expensive proposition, but many families as well as area businesses have made significant donations to see the project to completion. There are several benefits to having a turf field. While it is more costly to install than planting grass, the costs for mowing, irrigation, and turf repair are in effect eliminated, saving the school thousands of dollars over the course of 10 or more years. In addition, the turf will hold up much better in rainy conditions, so a muddy track will be

An artist’s rendering of the finished football field. a thing of the past. Add to that the sense of pride that the players will have when they step onto a surface that is the same as some NFL teams play on, and it’s easy to see why so many people at Grace have gotten behind this project. Field demolition is already underway, and the new turf is scheduled to be completed by the first of March. Make plans now to attend a Grace football game next year, and be a part of this exciting new phase of growth at Grace Christian Academy!

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Extra care after surgery helps grandmother get back on her feet With seven adult children and 12 grandchildren, Sydnee Doherty of Knoxville, 73, likes to be in the kitchen, feeding her large family. “They’re the light of your life of course, that’s why you have them,” she says. But when Doherty had a complete knee replacement in June at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, it was her adult children who talked her into taking it easy for awhile. On their request, Doherty stayed five days at the Fort Sanders Transitional Care Unit (TCU), which offers patients an extended stay with physical and occupational therapy services.

Their therapy department was just unreal. I wasn’t sure you could teach me anything new, but boy they did. They gave me so many good tips on what to do and how to manage my daily activities better.” – Sydnee Doherty “The kids talked me into it, and boy, am I glad I did,” says Doherty. “If I had come home after three days, I would have been on my feet cooking,” she admits. “I can’t stay out of the kitchen if I’m able. So this way, I had a whole week to concentrate on just getting better and getting the best care I could.” Transitional Care is offered to anyone who has spent at least three days in the hospital and who requires physical or oc-

Sydnee Doherty strengthens her muscles by climbing steps after knee surgery at Fort Sanders Regional.

cupational therapy, or skilled nursing. “I’m glad I did it,” says Doherty. “I really would have been in bad shape if I’d gone home like that.” Doherty also had an additional week of Covenant HomeCare services once she went home. They helped her with getting back to daily living tasks. Now almost six months later, Doherty says she’s completely recovered from her knee replacement and is exercising again. As for the knee, Doherty says the replacement by orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Michael Casey at Fort Sanders went beautifully. “There is no scar. It must have been about 6 inches, but you can’t see it. It’s the most incredible thing,” explains Doherty. “I tease Dr. Casey that he did it with Super Glue, but I know that isn’t true.” Doherty says her experience at Fort Sanders for the surgery and recovery in the TCU was so good she recommends them to others. “I’ve told people, if this is offered to you be sure and take them up on it. By the time I left the hospital and the Covenant HomeCare people came, they were amazed at how well I was doing,” she says. As a retired nurse herself, Doherty says she is glad to have received such compassionate care. “Fort Sanders was a wonderful experience,” she says. “Their therapy department was just unreal. I wasn’t sure you could teach me anything new, but boy they did. They gave me so many good tips on what to do and how to manage my daily activities better. “Even the cleaning lady was helpful in making sure your room was set up so you could get around real easy. The people were wonderful.”

Covenant HomeCare continues surgery patient’s care at home As patients recover from surgery or get used to dealing with a new illness, they may need a little extra help at home, according to Kim Haskell, Clinical Manager of Covenant HomeCare. Covenant HomeCare schedules patient home visits by nurses and therapists usually within 24 hours of a doctor’s referral, explains Haskell. “A lot of our patients are referred either by their doctors or by the hospital after surgery,” says Haskell. “Many are new diabetics and need help getting used to testing their blood sugar levels. Or they might be wound care patients and need extra help at home to heal.” Covenant HomeCare visits typically last about 45 minutes to an hour, several times a week for a month to six weeks. In addition to nursing

care, Covenant HomeCare offers physical, occupational or speech therapy at home and helps with daily grooming as well. “They may need a home health aide to help with their bathing,” says Haskell. “We can send out home assistants to help with that.” Covenant HomeCare also has a medical social worker if needed. “A social worker

covered by private insurance or Medicare. “I think a lot of people don’t realize this is something that is usually covered by insurance with a doctor’s referral,” states Haskell. As a member of Covenant Health, Covenant HomeCare is not-for-profit, community-owned, and based in East Tennessee. The agency is one of the largest providers of home health services in the East Tennessee area with offices in Knoxville, Oak Ridge and Morristown. “In the Knoxville area, can help patients who are we cover everything from struggling with a financial Union to Blount County, need, getting them con- Loudon and Knox County. nected with community We cover all the surroundservices,” explains Haskell. ing areas,” says Haskell. “Perhaps the caregiver is “The chances are very good overwhelmed and thinking that if they’re in East Tenof nursing home placement. nessee, they’re covered.” The social worker can help For more information about give them information and Covenant HomeCare services, call 865-374-0600 or visit offer support.” covenanthomecareandhospice. HomeCare is typically com.

What Is Covenant HomeCare? When you’re discharged from the hospital, your doctor may recommend that you continue your recovery at home. According to the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, approximately 12 million people in the United States use some form of home health care. More than two-thirds of home care recipients are over age 65. The conditions most frequently requiring home health care are diabetes, heart failure, chronic skin ulcers, osteoarthritis and hypertension. Covenant HomeCare helps make your transition from the hospital to home as easy as possible. Home care and hospice services are provided based on orders received from the patient’s physician. Insurance pre-authorization is required. For more information about Covenant HomeCare services, call 865-374-0600 or visit www.covenanthomecareandhospice.com.

B-2 • DECEMBER 5, 2011 • WEST SIDE SHOPPER-NEWS

‘You can beat the blues’ A time filled with holiday cheer can also be a time of “holiday blues” for many people, so Allie Kachelries, crisis service manager at Peninsula, presented a helpful program at the Strang Center on how to cope with holiday stress and challenges of the season.

Holly is a no-no And forget the mistletoe It’s time once again to deck your halls with everything merry and bright, but be aware that those festive lilies and sparkly bows could potentially cause a holiday disaster for you and your pet.

Theresa Edwards

Don’t be a Grinch, keep holiday dangers away from your pets.

Sara Barrett These cheer-building strategies include: ■ Maintain a positive attitude ■ Participate in enjoyable activities ■ Know your limitations ■ Schedule what you can accomplish without overtaxing yourself ■ Get plenty of rest ■ Plan ahead ■ Spend time with family and friends you enjoy ■ Use moderation (especially in eating sweets) ■ Set a budget for holiday shopping, and ■ Give the gift of time or handmade gifts. Kachelries spoke of her dad who often says, “Every day I wake up is a good day!” He is a person who knows that starting each day with

Donate blood, save lives Medic Regional Blood Center and Second Harvest Food Bank are teaming up this month for “Double Your Good Deed.” Blood donors can opt out of a Tshirt and a donation equal to nine meals will be made to Second Harvest.

Critter Tales Most folks are aware of the dangers “everyday” plants can pose to pets when ingested, but many don’t know the risk of an animal ingesting mistletoe or holly. Such decorative greenery Allie Kachelries, crisis service manager at Peninsula, shares can lead to vomiting and dihelpful ideas to keep cheerful and reduce holiday stress. Photo arrhea in your furry friends, by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com even causing an unexpected trip to the pet emergency a positive thought helps they get together, then they clinic. And according to the feed more positive thinking are no longer alone! throughout the day. What The Strang Senior Center we focus on often deter- has a variety of activities mines our mood. In other and programs during the words, count your blessings, holidays and year-round. name them one by one. The Center invites you to The holiday blues often its Christmas show at 1 p.m. come from isolation and Wednesday, Dec. 7, featurloneliness. If there are two ing entertainer and singer people who are alone, and Tammy Marshall.

Donors can stop by one of two donor centers: 1601 Ailor Ave. or 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut. Other sites: ■ 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, Christian Academy of Knoxville. ■ 8 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, Hardin Valley

Church of Christ. Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years old weighing 120 pounds with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and have positive identification. Info: 524-3074 or visit www.medicblood. org.

Season review: Bad team got worse Good news for Derek Dooley. The president has a lower approval rating. Bad news regarding job security: Dooley’s grip is based more on the cost and confusion of replacing him than on prowess as coach of the Volunteers. That information does not discourage optimists. They say we’ll get ’em next year. Tennessee doesn’t need much, just better players and better ideas. Pessimists are certain the end is near, that tradition is doomed. The power T has turned to script. The orange checkerboard is fading to pale yellow. Once-proud Vols are doormats of the Southeastern Conference. We realists recognize problems. Disorganization and ineptitude are ugly words. Losing is worse. All three are now linked to Tennessee football. So are indecision and token effort. This time, there is no skinny, little bowl to mask the hurt. A mediocre Kentucky team, minus a quarterback, somehow stopped monopoly. SEC big boys rang up lopsided scores and took a knee so it wouldn’t be worse. Highlight was what happened to Cincinnati. Thrill of the year was an overtime victory over Vandy and some post-game jumping up and down. Whoopee. In chilly summation, a bad team got worse. There were second-half shutdowns and a 42-point rout. For the first time in a long, long time, the Vols are irrelevant.

Marvin West

It is too early to tell about recruiting. Some commitments may come unglued. Prep stars afflicted with pomposity may not want to associate with losers. I thought this team would go 7-5 with a chance for a happy holiday. As is the custom in today’s world, I have excuses for erroneous expectations. I did not anticipate the loss of Tyler Bray for six games, five while injured and the last one in a funk. I didn’t expect Justin Hunter to go down without being hit. I did not foresee and cannot explain the continued absence of a running attack. I have trouble grasping the revolvingdoor secondary. I could not believe the Vols had to switch centers in the seventh game. Never have I seen such futile kicking. Missed tackles, missed opportunities and timeouts to correct alignment or get 11 players on the field were maddening. I repeat my mid-season remark: This was not a wellcoached team. The 5-7 record was worse than it appears. Montana, Buffalo and MTSU barely count. October was horrendous. Think how bad November might have been without the orange ceramic dog.

Pet Poison Hotline’s website, eating just two petals from a lily can cause sudden kidney failure in a cat. Surprisingly, poinsettias are not as dangerous as most people think. Instead of taking the chance, this animal advocate suggests making wise decisions when it comes to the safety of your (furry) family. Purchase pet-friendly greenery (a list can be found at www.aspca.org) or opt for

the artificial kind. Also, make sure all electrical cords are tucked away out of the reach of curious critters, and leave the tinsel at the store. A cat likes nothing more than something sparkly, long and stringy to chew on. A handy number to keep around this season (and all year) is the 24-hour Pet Poison Helpline, 1-800-2136680. Share questions or comments with Sara at 218-9378, or email her at barretts@ shoppernewsnow.com.

Hitting the road Ty Swank, son of Young-Williams Animal Center staff member John Swank, sits with his dad and a four-legged passenger on the center’s “Rover” vehicle as they load 40 dogs and puppies to be transported to rescue groups and an animal shelter in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Photo submitted

ANIMAL EVENTS

Optimists point to the young roster that will mature and return as sophomores and juniors. Maybe ■ Young-Wilthat is good. liams Animal Pessimists, after anaCenter, 3201 Division lyzing the lack of developSt., will have its board ment, stopped whispering of directors meetand shouted out loud that ing 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, in the Dooley can’t do it, never Adcock-Jones Comhas done it. munity Room. We realists realize ■ Knoxville the coach has a contract. Feral Cat Friends Economics and common will host pictures with sense dictate continua“Santa Paws” at Petstion. Dooley deserves sevmart in Turkey Creek eral more minutes to get from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. things fixed. Saturday and Sunday, Positives? Da’Rick RogDec. 10-11. A framed ers has unusual talent picture with Santa is but seniors implied he is $9.95. A portion of selfish. Ben Martin, old the proceeds will benwarrior, didn’t do much efit KFCF. Info: Visit but did the best he could www.kfcf.petfinder. on bad legs. Congratulacom. Young-Williams team member Sarah enjoys a few motions to Malik Jackson ■ The Knoxville ments with 9-month-old male tabby cat Stewart. This boy and best wishes for future Zoo will offer half-off is a dreamboat. He is drawn to people and likes to proemployment. I respect admission during vide commentary about what is going on around him. Matt Simms for hanging “Penguin Discount Not moving fast enough? Stewart will politely alert you in there. Freshman Brian Days” through Feb. to this fact (especially if treats are involved). Not giving Randolph can be a really 29. Hours are 10 him enough attention? Stewart is on it. He will work to get good safety. Other hona.m. to 4:30 p.m. your attention and encourage you to change your ways. orable young men need a daily. Tickets can be Stewart is available for adoption at the main center at leader, an Al Wilson-type. purchased at the zoo, 3210 Division St. Both the main center and the “new” cenAlas, they are rare. at area Kroger stores ter at Young-Williams Animal Village, 6400 Kingston Pike Derrick Brodus was and online at www. are open noon to 6 p.m. daily. Visit www.young-williams. the strangest story. The knoxvillezoo.org. org to see photos of all of the center’s adoptables and call walk-on kicker, left off Info: 637-5331. 215-6599 for more information about each pet. the dress-out list, was at home on a Saturday lateafternoon, napping on the through Friday, Dec. 5-9, at ■ Support group meeting for couch, when coaches disvarious locations around town. family members or caregivcovered they had no body Request a screening online at ers of an adult with a mental or soul to attempt extra ■ Cancer survivor support www.premierveinclinics.com. illness is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the groups, Monday evenings and points or field goals. Kickthird Tuesday of each month ■ Lung cancer support group Tuesday mornings and Tuesday at Cherokee Health Systems, off and chaos were near. 6 p.m. the third Monday meets evenings, at the Cancer Sup2018 Western Avenue. Info: Oh my, what to do? of every month at Baptist West port Community of East TenRebecca Gill, 602-7807 or Cancer Center, 10820 Parkside Brodus was awakened. nessee (formerly the Wellness www.namiknox.org. Drive. No charge, light refreshHe rushed to the stadium Community), 2230 Sutherland ments served. Info: Trish or ■ UT Hospice conducts ongoAve. Support groups for without combing his hair. Amanda, 218-7081. ing orientation sessions for cancer caregivers, Monday He performed flawlessly. evenings. Cancer family beadults (18 and older) inter■ Stop Smoking: 215-QUIT Little else worked so well.

HEALTH NOTES

Marvin West invites reader response. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

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reavement group, Thursday evenings. Info: 546-4661 or www.cancersupportet.org.

■ Free Varicose Vein Screenings will be held Monday

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WEST SIDE SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 5, 2011 • B-3

Meg Millikan, PTO fundraising chair, shows brothers Owen and Lewis Brooke the Rocky Hill “spirit wear.”

Gillian Howard, Kaylan Adams, Jackson Snograss and Hammad Awad give bags to shoppers at the Candy Cane Cottage Market at Rocky Hill Elementary School. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Rocky Hill hosts Candy Cane Cottage By Theresa Edwards

Alina Butcher gets a hug from Santa, as she shares her Christmas “wish list” which includes a zebra pillow pet. When asked if Alina had been good, her aunt Val Mire said, “She’s an angel!”

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Rocky Hill Elementary School welcomed all ages to its 26th annual Candy Cane Cottage Market where shoppers could purchase gifts for a good cause and visit Santa Claus. The event started with children shopping in a tiny art room. Over the years, it has exploded. PTO member Allison Watt said, “I love having this every year. It’s a joy helping families.” Items are donated to the school, and 100 percent of the sales proceeds are used to purchase grocery and toy store gift cards for families in need at Rocky Hill. Last year more than 60 families were helped. The Market was the start of the school’s food drive, which also helps families within the school. In addition to the parent volunteers, many students helped operate the holiday market. Kelsy Uselton and Regan Mills are 6th grade volunteers who attended

Rocky Hill Elementary through 5th grade. Kelsey said, “It’s great to be back here … so many good memories!” Student volunteers assisted shoppers, gave out shopping bags, rang the bell for the Salvation Army (with a “patriotic orange” kettle), created posters for the food drive which lines the halls and spread cheer with their welcoming smiles. Spirit was also spread in the form of Rocky Hill Rams spirit wear, water bottles and reflective tote bags. To order these items, visit www.rockyhillpto.org/ support/spirit-store. A special visitor really, really in the holiday spirit was Santa Claus! The children were delighted to see and share their Christmas lists with him. Most asked for one item. Fifth grader Chelsey Witt told Santa, “Yes, I’ve been a good girl. I got good grades and today I’m helping out with the Candy Cane Cottage.”

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Fourth grader Carley Fisher asked Santa for “Lemony Snicket” books. She has editions 1 to 5 and would like the others and the movie.” Her friend Presley Keith, also in 4th grade, would like the new movie “Tron.”

Happy holidays!

Bella Mason gets help buying Christmas gifts for their parents from her sister Lilly Mason. Mary Beth Coleman enjoys the yummy cookie suckers at the Candy Cane Cottage Market’s bake sale.

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Parkwest completes third Habitat home MacLellan with Parkwest volunteers on “Blitz Day,� the first day of the build in July. MacLellan said that seeing the volunteers work to make her three-bedroom, two-bath home a reality makes her feel wonderful. In addition to working her full-time job at Arbor Trace Assisted Living Facility, Tabby put in 500 sweat-equity hours on her new home which is located on England Avenue in Knoxville.

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Tabitha “Tabby� MacLellan, homeowner of the third Habitat House built by Parkwest. Pictured with Tabby is her daughter, Stephanie, who was born in Parkwest in 1996.

Built Well. Well Built. “The need for decent affordable housing is very much a reality right here in Knoxville,â€? said Archie Ellis Jr., chief development ofďŹ cer for Knoxville Habitat for Humanity. “Habitat for Humanity offers the opportunity of home ownership to a population that otherwise would not be able to afford a home – individuals and families whose income falls between 30 and 60 percent below average median income for our community.â€? “Lives are being changed and communities are being rebuilt because of the generosity of groups and individuals,â€? Ellis said. Parkwest Medical Center is one such group. “At Parkwest, our commitment is not only to ensure that our patients are “Treated Well. Well Treatedâ€?™ from a medical standpoint, but to make sure that we do all we can to ensure the same for our community,â€? said Parkwest CAO Rick Lassiter. “Partnering with Habitat for Humanity is one of the many ways we can work toward that end.â€?

Lassiter said that employees are excited about the project and many have volunteered hours to help build. “It is awesome to see Parkwest employees use their teamwork skills outside the health care setting,â€? Lassiter said. Parkwest vice president and Habitat project coordinator Em Cobble said, “From working closely with Habitat, I’ve seen the worthwhile work and lasting impact that Habitat has on families and our community. I think it’s great that my employer is involved in such a cause.â€? About Habitat Habitat for Humanity is an independent, nonproďŹ t, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that partners with people of all beliefs. Habitat builds simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with those in need. Volunteers and future homeowners provide the majority of the labor required to build the homes. Tax deductible donations of money, land and materials are provided by individuals, organizations and corporations.

Knox County has more than 6,000 people living in substandard housing conditions? Habitat for Humanity is the only program in the Knoxville community that sells homes to low-income families at the builder’s cost with a zero percent interest mortgage. Since the program’s inception in 1985, more than 350 Habitat homes have been built in Knox County.

Peninsula Holiday Survival Guide Gives Practical Advice If you envision your family gatherings unfolding as happily as an episode of the “Brady Bunch,� but in reality your relatives more closely mirror Roseanne Conner’s or Al Bundy’s, you aren’t alone. Peninsula’s Holiday Survival Guide is produced as a community service of Peninsula, a division of Parkwest Medical Center, because nearly everyone experiences heightened stress during the holiday season. The guide includes experts’ advice on common holiday stressors such as managing money, juggling multiple obligations and coping with loneliness. While the guide won’t change the people who stress you the most, you may find some coping skills that will help you Download a complimentary copy at peninsulabehavioralhealth.org

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Is it the holiday blues or something more? If five or more of these symptoms persist for more than two N Feel restless or slowed down? weeks, or interfere with work or family life, it is time to seek N Have no energy? help from a physician or a mental health professional. N Feel worthless or guilty? Do you: N Have trouble concentrating? N Feel sad or empty? N Think a lot about death? N Sense a loss of enjoyment or fun? Unexplained, prolonged symptoms may indicate that you or a N Notice inexplicable change in your weight? loved one is suffering from clinical depression. Don’t despair – N Have a change in your sleep pattern – too much or too little? depression is treatable. Call Peninsula at 865-970-9800.

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Santa Claus will be visiting Tabby MacLellan at a new address this year. By Christmas, this hardworking single mom will be living in a new Habitat for Humanity home thanks to Parkwest Medical Center. “Parkwest is proud to support Habitat for Humanity because it provides an essential need for deserving people, especially in these tough economic times,� said Parkwest CAO Rick Lassiter. “Not only does Habitat make home ownership possible, the organization’s real mission is transforming lives through a comprehensive educational program for participant families,� he said. Knoxville Habitat for Humanity puts 25 houses per year on the property tax rolls in Knoxville and Knox County – resources that are used to support schools, roads, public health and safety. During the course of the MacLellan home build, more than 200 volunteers gave approximately 1,000 hours to complete the home.

Holiday

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he Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will bring the sounds of Christmas through December with various events.

Listen to the sounds of the season The entire community is invited to a free performance at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at West Town Mall, 7600 Kingston Pike. Last Saturday, the Knoxville Symphony League Ball, “An Evening in Paris,” came to Cherokee Country Club. The silent auction items were awesome. The 25th annual Clayton Holiday Concert series is set for four performances in midDecember with tickets available for purchase online at www.knoxvillesymphony.com/.

Look for KSO’s Lucas Richman, conductor; Logan Murrell, singer; Hallerin Hilton Hill, all around entertainer; the Knoxville Choral Society; Sound Company Children’s Choirs; Go! Contemporary Dance Works; and the fellow in the big red suit himself, Santa Claus. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16; 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Angela Pugh, president of Knoxville Symphony League, Janet Greer and Gail Smith plan an up- Dec. 17; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18. Discounts up to 20 percent are available coming event. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com for groups of 10 or more. To bring your Sponsored by Clayton Homes, Clay- mances will feature Knoxville’s favorite group to a KSO performance, call Lusada at 521-2337. ton Bank and Clayton Volvo, the perfor- music man, Jim Clayton.

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Make your home ready for the holidays with easy, affordable decor updates Welcoming friends and family into your home is one of the best ways to celebrate the season. One of the keys to making visitors feel right at home is to be a happy host. So, do yourself – and your guests – a favor and put a little effort into getting your home holiday houseguest perfect. Since your house will be full with visitors over the holidays, go beyond cleaning and organizing. Adding touches of festive decor will create a cozy, welcoming atmosphere, and if there are do-it-yourself projects still on the to-do list, now is the best time to finish them. Not only will your home look fresh and revived to you, but your guests will certainly notice your home’s

updated updateed appearance. appearrance To get your home ready for hosting holiday guests, follow this room-by-room checklist. Whether you want to tackle one room at a time or do it all at once, breaking down your tasks can make the process much easier.

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Both guest bedrooms and bathrooms should be given extra special attention when hosting overnight holiday visitors. Consider everything a guest might need and then add some little extras to make their experience even better. ■Practical fixes: For your guest bedroom, adding portable lighting like small table lamps will make the room seem friendlier when added to overhead lighting and will keep guests from running across the room in the dark after switching off the lights. Adding a decorative mirror is a much-appreciated touch and takes little effort. ■Comforts of home: Ensure that your guest rooms, particularly the bathrooms, make visitors of all ages feel comfortable. Update your bathroom hardware with stylish faucets, knobs and even grab bars to ensure no guests slip or fall when entering and exiting the shower. New products, like a dual towel rod and grab bar by Moen, offers both style and function to make your guests feel at home. As important as it is for your guests to be comfortable at your home during the holidays, it should be a relaxing place for you too and one that you can enjoy long after the holiday season. By preparing your home well ahead of time, you’ll be able to focus on enjoying the holidays with your family and friends. – ARA

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Seasonal sense: Using scent, sight and sound to stimulate holiday spirits From baking cookies with loved ones to caroling through the neighborhood or celebrating with family and friends, fond memories of holiday traditions abound. Each year, scents, sights and sounds promote the season’s spirit – continuing long-standing traditions and creating new memories. Here are some ideas for stimulating your senses and evoking the warmth of the holidays in your home:

Savoring seasonal scents Home fragrances create a warm, inviting environment during the holidays and all year-round. A whiff of a familiar scent often

calls to mind memories of holidays past. The scent of cinnamon and vanilla conjures thoughts of freshly baked cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning, while a blend of evergreens, cedar and musk reminds many of Christmas tree hunting in the woods. One of the safest ways to recreate holiday memories is with scented, wickless candles. With no wick and no flame, there’s no worry or mess. After selecting a favorite seasonal fragrance, it’s easy to place a cube or two of the scented wax into a decorative, ceramic candle warmer. Just one whiff and you are on your way down memory lane. “A festive, welcoming our senses and reminds atmosphere stimulates us of holidays past as we

Thompson, president and co-owner of Scentsy, a leader in home fragrance. “A home filled with classic holiday scents not only evokes memories but inspires new seasonal traditions for young families.”

Behold the sights Twinkling lights fill the indoor and outdoor landscape during the holidays. To capture the spirit of the season and add a shimmering glow to any room, consider a simple string or two of miniature lights strung along a mantel or displaying a holiday-themed wickless candle. From snowmen to Santa, there are festive decelebrate with our family signs in all shapes and sizes and friends,” says Heidi to complement any decor.

Sounds of the season The sounds of the season create happy holiday memories. Adding traditional tunes from Bing Crosby or modern interpretations from Harry Connick Jr. can set the mood as you decorate your home, entertain dinner guests or simply escape the hustle and bustle of the season. Music creates a cheerful atmosphere and often encourages listeners to sing along. Enjoying the scents, sights and sounds of the season is simple. To learn more about how to fill your home with festive fragrances and decorate with wickless candles, visit www.Scentsy.net. – ARA

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