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BUZZ Ed & Bob in Powell At-large county commissioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas will be at Halftime Pizza, 2509 W. Emory Road in Powel, from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, for a community meeting. Several other commissioners may attend. All are invited.

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SOUP’s on again Knoxville SOUP will heat up community spirit at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7. SOUP is a combination of fellowship and crowd-funding. Up to four individuals or groups from throughout Knox County will make a short presentation on planned or current projects designed to benefit the community or society in general. Attendees, who are asked to make a suggested $5 donation at the door, listen and then discuss the projects while enjoying a simple meal of soup and other goodies. Everyone gets to vote on the project they feel is most worthy, and the winner gets the entire take from the door. There will also be a raffle and entertainment. Tomorrow’s event will be held at Vestal United Methodist Church, 115 Ogle Ave. Doors open at 6 p.m. Presentations begin at 6:30, with dinner starting around 7. Last quarter’s Knoxville SOUP raised around $500 for the Joe Hill Road Show, a community event held in November. Another proposal, by South Knoxville Elementary School, caught the attention of an attendee, who privately donated the money to cover it. Based on a concept that has been growing steadily throughout the country, Knoxville SOUP is presented locally by the South Knoxville Alliance. It is held on the first Thursday of each quarter at alternating locations. Info: knoxvillesoup.org

Political primer Normally held in May, the local primaries have been moved to March 1 to match the Presidential Primaries in other Southern states (the SEC primary). How will an outpouring of voters for Donald Trump or Ted Cruz impact local races?

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Daniel Lai in his Sterchi Lofts studio. Photo by Wendy Smith

By Wendy Smith Daniel Lai’s parents and teachers always encouraged him to pursue art − as a hobby. He needed a real career that would keep food on his plate, they said. He heeded their advice − sort of. He left Malaysia, where he was raised, to pursue higher education in the U.S. He earned two degrees, ran a gallery and taught art history as an adjunct professor in Nashville. In December, he received a doctorate in criminology through UT’s Department of Sociology. But he never gave up his art, and now that he’s finished with school, he plans to devote himself to it full time. “I owe my art career the same amount of effort as I put into my education.� Lai isn’t risking much. His current work, which features intricately folded books and handsculpted figures, has proven to be very popular. The idea came from a childhood habit of folding the pages of text books when he became bored during class. His books were nearly destroyed by the end of the year, he says.

By Marvin West After Doug Atkins died, I went back to my book about Legends. I really needed to read Chapter 3 again. This unusual man with the rare combination of size and athletic ability sort of nodded his approval back when it was Doug Atkins written. I suppose, for him, it was pure praise. “If you had put me a little closer to the front of the book, I might have asked for a free copy.� He was serious about “free.� Money was one of the windmills he wrestled in his mind. He never was paid what he was worth. He even got shortchanged in recruiting. In the spring of 1949, when Doug was just 6-6 and 197, good

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Shoreline purchases building By Wendy Smith

Shoreline Church, 9635 Westland Drive, has purchased its building, along with 8.32 acres, from First Baptist Church Concord for $3,750,000. Shoreline Church was previously leasing the property. First Baptist still owns an adjacent 18.31-acre parcel. In June, the church sought a change to the City One Year Plan and the Sector Plan to enable it to rezone the entire 26To page A-3 acre tract to a commercial zone.

Neighbors opposed the commercialization of the Pellissippi Parkway/Westland Drive intersection due to the area’s residential nature. Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission recommended postponement of the request so that a traffic study could be completed. Shoreline Church is on city property, but nearby subdivisions are in the county. See a copy of the Deed and Plat Map online at ShopperNewsNow.com

Remembering Doug Atkins

When a friend asked him to create art from some books she loved, but no longer needed, he rekindled his former bad habit. He cuts the books with a band saw and folds them into pleasing geometrical shapes, sometimes adding colored pictures or patterns to the pages for interest. The books are incorporated into panels of varying complexity and accompanied by polymer clay figures and other geometric elements. One year into his Ph.D. program, Lai was asked to participate in Webb School of Knoxville’s ArtXtravaganza. He said no, because of his studies, but gave in after being tenaciously pursued by the organizers. Each of his 16 pieces sold. “I thought, hmm, maybe I won’t have to eat ramen noodles every night.� Lai participated in several juried exhibits and won multiple awards for photography and painting before he began creating art from books. Now, he’s busier than ever. Last year, he participated in 12 shows, and has plans to par-

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in basketball and still learning football, a prominent businessman wanted him to attend Murray State. “The oil man was going to give me a used car and $400 a month,� said Atkins. “He said he’d put the money is escrow. If I had known what that word meant, I might have accepted the deal.� The great Bob Neyland sent Tennessee assistant Ike Peel to Humboldt to get Atkins – no excuses, reel him in. Peel chose the soft sell. “We’ll take care of you, Doug.� “Whatever you need, Doug,� The coach even promised that Atkins could try football and basketball and choose whichever he liked best. Somewhere in the gentle pitch, Doug thought he heard $50 a month in spending money. “I never saw a penny of it.�

Years later he asked Peel what happened to his loot. “Ike said it was me or him, that he had a wife and kids to feed, that he had to sign me to keep his job and that he had to tell me whatever it took to get it done.� There is a charming story about dental dollars. Former Tennessee basketball captain Ed Wiener became a dentist. Doug needed repairs. He drove to Memphis to get a “Vol� discount. He asked Wiener if his work was guaranteed. Dr. Wiener couldn’t tell the rest of the tale without laughing. “Thirty years later, a filling fell out. Doug called and said if my guarantee was still good, he wanted his money back. I told him there wasn’t any to refund, that he never paid me.� The Cleveland Browns signed Doug Atkins on the cheap. Coach

Weeb Eubank met him in a highway diner, paid for two cheeseburgers and eight bottles of beer, and signed the giant for $6,800. The first-round draft choice was budgeted for $10,000. Atkins won fame but not fortune with the Chicago Bears. He went to seven consecutive Pro Bowls but his top salary was $30,000. Money wars with coachowner George Halas were legendary. Money was part of Atkins’ motivation, his relentless pursuit of quarterbacks. “I thought they got paid enough to take whatever I could give ’em.� After he’d caught more than his fair share and alarmed several others, after his knees went really bad, after he bowed out at 38, Doug spent the second half of his To page A-3

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Friend’s faith gives birth to business

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By Carolyn Evans Last year Janet Massie took a risk that gave birth to a baby business. She named it “Refreshed by Janet.” Now she can’t wait to see how it grows in 2016. “I have always appreciated one-of-a kind, unique pieces,” says the Farragut resident, “but I’ve never had the money to go out and buy what I wanted. So the next best thing was to make them myself.” Massie also had an affinity for repurposing items. “I love taking something that is going to be tossed out and turning it into something useful. I work a lot with pallets and have made beds, desks and chaise lounges from them.” Currently on the work board is an old dining room hutch. “I’m making a bar out of it by cutting it down to size, wrapping wood around it and putting a large top on it.” It was a tragedy that gave birth to Massie’s business. Last year her lifelong friend from Baltimore, Rebecca Lowery, was killed in a car wreck. “We went to college together, on family vacations together; she was that kind of friend,” Massie says. “She had always encouraged me to do something more creative.” Massie’s career had started as a social worker, morphed into a stay-athome mom, and then a house, furniture and cabinet painter. Her painting business had grown into a full-time job, but her love was working on furniture. Shortly before Rebecca’s death, Massie went to a convention in Atlanta with her husband for the corrugated box industry. He had organized an art show with artists from all over the world who used corrugated cardboard as their medium. “When Rebecca passed away, I went into my garage and started making angel wings,” Massie says. “I wanted them to look like wood, but I knew wood

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Massie began making angel wings after the death of her best friend.

would be too heavy, so I made them out of corrugated cardboard. It was my therapy.” The tragedy also pushed her into giving other things a try. She signed up for her first-ever craft show and got a tent at the Rossini Festival in April. “I had my angel wings, smaller things and larger furniture pieces,” she says. “I ended up selling all my furniture that day, which shocked me. I really wasn’t expecting people to buy furniture at a festival. Then I started getting invites to artisan shows and barn sales.” A few months later, Massie and her sister, Kathy Santa, also a Farragut resident, went to Compassion International in downtown

Knoxville to learn how to sponsor children in other countries. Massie learned about a little girl named Rebecca and sponsored her. As we pulled out of the Compassion lot, we were facing a store on McCalla Avenue called Nostalgia,” she says. “We went in to look around, and I just loved it. It had mid-century things I grew up with, and it reminded me of my childhood. I liked the warehouse type feel. I started talking to the people who worked there, and it turned out they were opening up a home décor section. I had some pieces done, so three days later I was moving in, almost a year to the day Rebecca died.” Two days later she got a phone call. “This girl had

seen my booth at Nostalgia and wanted to buy everything. I sold my whole booth. I worked really quickly and got three more pieces in there. Then a guy bought all three pieces.” Business is more slow and steady now, but the whirlwind beginning gave Massie a needed lift. Her business, she says, was born out of circumstances. “I wasn’t planning on it, that’s for sure,” she says. “The timing wasn’t planned; it just happened. The place wasn’t planned; it just happened. When Rebecca died, I heard her pushing me. I really wanted to challenge myself. I wanted to make her proud and know that she had encouraged me and made a difference. She had believed

More than 900 helped by Horse Haven By Sara Barrett Horse Haven of Tennessee reached a milestone of sorts this past fall with 900 abused or neglected horses passing through its facilities on Reagan Road since the nonprofit began in 1999. At press time, that number had already climbed to 906. “We’re happy we’re helping, but we’re also sad that help is needed,” says Horse Haven equine manager Stephanie Solomon. Founder Nina Margetson received so many calls for assistance from local law enforcement dealing with equine in peril, she became a certified animal cruelty investigator through the National Cruelty Investigators School at the University of Missouri Law Enforcement Training Institute. Horse Haven now has four of these certified field agents who can testify during abuse trials, according to the agency’s website. Development director Mary Beth Roberts agrees with Solomon’s sentiment but wonders if the increase in equine abuse cases the last few years is due not to an increase in the abuse itself, but an increase in public awareness that animal abuse is a very real problem. Regardless, Horse Haven is about to outgrow its current 20-acre facility, and a top priority for 2016 is to find a bigger place. Hardin Valley is running out of pasture, says Roberts, and board members are actively looking for land. “We really need our own home,” says new executive director Terry Holley. Her position is an example of

Horse Haven development director Mary Beth Roberts, executive director Terry Holley and equine manager Stephanie Solomon visit with a resident feline and Tally, a rescued equine seized two weeks ago with his friend, Tansi (right). Photos by S. Barrett the organization’s growth and potential to expand. She said land donated to the 501(c)(3), can be restricted on future sale. A capital campaign is planned for the next year or so, but donations are welcome anytime. Holley came on board in December. With a background in philanthropy and small time animal rescue, she is currently learning all things equine to complement her more than 35 years in fundraising. “We’d also really like to say ‘thank you’ to our volunteers,” Holley continues. We have more than 90 people working varying shifts. We’d like to grow our volunteer program this year, also.”

Janet Massie stands next to a table she created by repurposing items, including the light fixture from a theater that makes the base of her table. Photos submitted

in me. It was something I wanted to honor her with.” The business is very much a family affair, says Massie. “My whole family has pushed me and encouraged me. My husband, my kids, my sister and my friends have helped me with organization, taking pictures and advertising.” Massie is focusing on furniture, but she still makes angel wings. They go

Knox artist ticipate in 20 this year. He also sells work and receives commissions through his website, daniellai.artspan. com He is represented by G&G Interiors Furniture Showroom, Fine Art Gallery, and Interior Design Workshop, 5508 Kingston Pike, where his work can be seen. He thinks the art form is popular because books touch people on an emotional level. A friend told him that books are becoming artifacts, and he’s found that to be true. He created a series based on a set of encyclopedias he found in the free book bin at McKay’s. An art career will ultimately take Lai to a larger market, but for now, he’ll

dog’s friend, a horse that had slipped out of its owner’s fence. The dog was trying its best to catch up to the trailer. Solomon stopped the truck and rescued the dog, too. Both animals were eventually reunited with their owner. Info: Mary Beth Roberts, 300-5825 or horsehaventn. life out of the limelight. He was pre-fab manager for a org home-building company in Panama City. He recruited pipefitters for a Louisiana shipbuilder. He trained to be an Orkin man but found he didn’t ■ Council of West Knox fit where termites often County Homeowners meets lived. He called on freight 7:15 p.m. each first Tuesday, terminal managers for a Peace Lutheran Church, 621 trucking company. He sold N. Cedar Bluff Road. caskets, actually hauled ■ Fourth District Democrats around a sample in a stameet 6 p.m. each fourth tion wagon. Tuesday, Bearden Library, He sold eye-glasses. He 100 Golfclub Road. Info: Chris dabbled in the coal busiFoell, 691-8933 or foellmc@ ness. He worked for a beer aol.com; Rosina Guerra, distributor, sometimes carrosinag@earthlink.net or rying in cases, sometimes 588-5250. just batting the breeze with ■ Historic Sutherland Heights Neighborhood Association. tavern owners. He was an

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Horse Haven now serves every county in Tennessee with holding facilities both in Middle and East Tennessee. Its largest fundraiser, Dancing for Horses, will be held May 21 and sponsors are needed. An open house will be held 11 a.m.-2 p.m. the second Saturday of each month beginning in March. Folks are encouraged to stop by, meet the horses and tour the facility. Horse treats including peppermint candy and raw carrots are welcomed. In addition to horses, donkeys and mules, Horse Info: Marlene Taylor, 951-3773, Haven has also cared for taylor8246@bellsouth.net. goats, a llama, sheep and ■ Lyons View Community yes, even a dog. Club meets 6 p.m. each secSolomon was pulling a ond Monday, Lyons View trailer that contained the

Community Center, 114 Sprankle Ave. Info: Mary Brewster, 454-2390. ■ Third District Democrats

everywhere she does shows. Now 50 percent of the money from the wings she sells goes to a girls’ scholarship fund in Kenya. As she looks ahead to 2016, Massie hopes to advertise her business. Her children are helping her with a website and maybe getting a blog started. “There’s so much to learn!” she says. “I can’t wait to see what happens.”

From page A-1 continue to participate in the local art community. Knoxville has a good mix of art, from academic to commercial, and that variety is essential for a healthy art scene, he says. It’s also wellsuited geographically for travelling to shows. In spite of his current work’s popularity, Lai continues to try new things. He’s currently experimenting with incorporating books into freestanding pieces. “I don’t know where it’s going, but I will get bored.” Fortunately, his boredom leads to good things. Lai will participate in this year’s ArtXtravaganza on March 4, 5 and 6 at Webb School of Knoxville, 9800 Webb School Lane. From page A-1 assistant tax assessor. He ran the campground in Concord. He did not get rich. When Doug finally settled into old age, he discovered pensions sounded better than they were. He was embarrassed to say how little the NFL sent each month. Long, long ago, I thought I bought two used camping tents from Doug for a scout troop. He wouldn’t take the two $20s. He said money wasn’t everything. Much later he asked if I remembered the tents. He said he was relieved when I offered to pay. “I thought I was going to have to pay you for helping clean out my garage.” meet 6 p.m. each third Thursday, Cedar Bluff Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 201-5310 or 310-7745.

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Outlook depends on NFL lure The knockout of Northwestern boosted expectations two more notches and reminded us that Jalen Hurd has the heart of a champion. One co-star of the Hardees coffee club says the future of Tennessee football is so bright, he’s going to start selling sunglasses. Another said the outlook is favorable enough that he can put away the crutch, “Just wait until next year.� This is next year. This is the year the Volunteers do more than talk about defeating Florida, winning the East and competing for the Southeastern Conference championship. This is the time to do it.

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Butch Jones, four-million-dollar-man, has done the brick-by-brick thing, created the culture, recruited superior talent and nurtured it through the growing stage. The coach is a splendid motivator. The players, constantly focused, have learned a lot. Butch and his staff are wiser in the ways of the big league. Experience is said to be priceless.

Tennessee now has an almost finished product. Butch said a few days ago that it actually takes six or seven years to build a winning program in the SEC. That is coach talk, just in case of a calamity. The third year should have been at least one victory better than it was. This fourth year should be outstanding. How outstanding will depend in part on the lure of the National Football League. If the pro prospects eligible to leave early – Jalen Reeves-Maybin, Cam Sutton and Alvin Kamara – dive in, three other future stars must move up on the depth chart. Jones has surely

planned for this eventuality. It appears SEC coaches may even be using “early out� as a recruiting tool. Come to our place and we’ll get you ready for a big payday after three years instead of four. With or without the three big names, the Tennessee schedule is no picnic. It never is. The red meat is packed from the last Saturday in September to the third Saturday in October. Florida and Alabama come to Neyland Stadium. The Vols go to Georgia and Texas A&M. Playing in the SEC means one tough test after another. If you find that intimidating, you do not believe the lofty evaluations of the past

three recruiting classes. The Vols have been among national leaders at gathering talent. It appears sales is Butch Jones’ strength. It is now time for the Vols to be among the national leaders in results. Top 15 in August, until they have demonstrated strength, top 10 in December when they are in a big bowl. Hurd is good enough at what he does. The defensive line has tremendous potential. Praise be to the departing Kyler Kerbyson but the offensive line should continue to improve. Joshua Dobbs must refine downfield passing accuracy. Practice does not make perfect but it helps.

There is a need for depth at linebacker. The secondary, even with Sutton, is cause for moderate concern. Safeties are gone. New safeties are moving up. The big jump has to come from receivers. They are the under-achievers of recent seasons. Blame them or coaching or pass protection or Dobbs. Special teams? Wow! Net results are not accidental. This is another Butch Jones strength. This is not a national championship prediction. This is an acknowledgment that good times have returned to Tennessee. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

Primary primer for March 2016 January’s the time for deciding what excess clutter needs to be pitched, and I’m not talking about the antimacassar Aunt Zelda gave you for Christmas. I’m talking about Knox County’s March 1 primary elections. (If you don’t know what an antimacassar is, look it up. If you don’t know who’s running for which office, read on.) Normally held in May, the local primaries have been moved to March 1 to match the Presidential Primaries in other Southern states (the SEC primary). How will an outpouring of voters for Donald Trump or Ted Cruz impact local races? Onward Christian Soldiers: The advantage may go to school board candidates Grant Standefer (executive director of Compassion Coalition) and Susan Horn (Jason Zachary’s

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ally and children’s minister at Christ Covenant Church). Jim McIntyre won’t be the issue. He guaranteed that by agreeing Monday to step down in July. Elections matter. McIntyre acknowledged that the majority of school board members come September will prefer a different direction and a new leader. Coupling the non-partisan school board races with the Presidential Primary, which will turn out a huge Republican vote in Knox County, causes a trickledown effect which will enhance the majority of con-

servative, even pro-charter, school board members. New broom sweeps clean: Incumbent County Commissioner Jeff Ownby might be swept away by stiff competition from wellknown Republicans and Webb School grads Hugh Nystrom and Janet Testerman. The District 4 race will be the hardest fought and most expensive. And one more thing: It’s ridiculous to make March 1 winners, like unopposed school board candidate Tony Norman, wait until Sept. 1 to take office. Other school board candidates who capture 50 percent plus one on March 1 are effectively elected. They at least should be included in the search for a new schools superintendent. Here are the matchups: School board (non-partisan) – District 2: Jennifer

Owen vs. Grant Sandefer; District 3: Tony Norman, unopposed; District 5: Buddy Pelot, Susan Horn, Lori Boudreaux; District 8: Mike McMillan, unopposed. County commission (partisan; general election in August) – District 1: Michael Covington (R), Evelyn Gill (D), Rick Staples (D), Tyrone LaMar Fine (I). District 2: Michele Carringer (R), John Fugate (R), Laura Kildare (D). District 4: Jeff Ownby (R), Janet Testerman (R), Hugh Nystrom (R), Marleen Kay Davis (D). District 5: John Schoonmaker (R), Sheri Ridgeway (D). District 6: Brad Anders (R), John Ashley (R), Donna Lucas (D). District 8: Dave Wright (R), Donald Wiser (I). District 9: Carson Dailey (R), James Hamilton (D),

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Tom Pierce (I). Pierce’s interesting political agenda, advertised on Facebook, says that those who practice Islam, Judaism or other “foreign religions� will “simply have to get over it.� Property assessor: Andrew Graybeal, Jim

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Weaver and John Whitehead, all Republicans. Law director: Bud Armstrong and Nathan Rowell, both Republicans. Several races will be decided by the primary, so don’t skip it. The General Election is Aug. 4.

GOSSIP AND LIES â– Tony Norman is scarier than you think. Just the threat of him joining the school board eight months out is enough to send Jim McIntyre packing. â– The political climate is just fine. School board elections

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2016: Bring it on! Jake Mabe called Wednesday to check in and catch up.

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We commiserated about our ailments. I told him about a Wufoo form somebody decided would help our efficiency. How can you take it seriously if it’s named Wufoo? Jake recalled the good old days when we worked in a tiny office in Halls with an assortment of friends and characters dropping by to show us oddly-shaped vegetables or giant pumpkins. There was Hubert Ma-

jors, who tried to convince me and Betty Bean that his shaggy animal was a rare “sheep-goat.” Joe Smelser: “Hey, Jake, jump in the truck. Gotta show you this cemetery.” And he’d tear out on two wheels. Tud Etherton: “Hey, Sandra, my good friend Jerry Cheung is cooking up something special tonight. Bring your camera.” (And after dinner at the Mandarin House, Jerry might come out to play “Rocky Top” on his urhu.) Jesse Butcher: “Hey, I’m taking these gourd seed over to Mynatt’s (Hardware). Giving them away. Let people know. Hollow out the gourds to make houses for purple martins, and those martins will keep

your place mosquito-free.” Lula Mae Winegar: “Hey, I found this bat at my house.” She dragged a pet carrier into our office. “Hey, get that thing out of here,” I said. “I don’t like bats.” Jake leapt up and dragged the crate outside. Our office was in a log cabin with a front porch. Lula wanted us to photograph the bat (or maybe she just wanted it gone from her place), so she opened the crate. The little bat flew out and immediately attached itself upside down under our red paper box. While I climbed the gutter downspout, Lula tried to coax the bat into flight so Jake could snap a picture. The bat literally disappeared, probably under the porch.

Jim McIntyre: Not a good fit By Sandra Clark Jim McIntyre made a wise choice to leave Knox County Schools. I’m just sorry that he’s asking for a year’s pay as a buyout. And why the battle over a four-year contract just two months ago? Fact is, one doesn’t walk away from a job he loves because his enemies don’t like him. He walks away when his friends stop liking him. I think the 12 white guys

that we used to joke ran K nox v ille have been dow n si z e d through the recession to the 7.5 white guys. Better McIntyre late than never, I suppose, but if the white guys (if you’re not certain who they are, review Tracie Sanger’s donor

list) had been paying attention, they would have seen this “dysfunctional political climate” brewing for some time. When 300 teachers wear red shirts to the school board, many in tears, they represent probably 3,000 teachers who are upset. When veteran teachers quit in droves, you’ve got a problem. And when principals are churned through schools without even a

“Jake,” I said. “Those folks have one thing in common. They’re all (except Jerry) dead.” Pour another round, bartender. The Halls Shopper was Facebook before Facebook. We created community by sharing information. Now folks just post their sheepgoats and ballerina squash directly online. And that’s OK. We never owned the information, Jake, just the mechanisms for sharing it. Imagine a couple of dusty monks discussing that newfangled printing press back in the day. “Why, Brother Anthony, you’ll have folks writing whatever comes into their heads and claiming it’s straight from God. Woe, woe.” Ha! 2016 will bring more change to our business. I, for one, am past ready. Here comes Gannett, a company that actually makes money in the information business. Bring it on!

chance to say good-bye, morale has tanked. That’s Jim McIntyre’s legacy with Knox County Schools. We cannot run a modern school system on stress and fear; when teachers feel like the evaluation system is a “gotcha.” On at least one occasion, he demoted a principal by saying, “You’re a nice guy, but you’re not a good fit.” So on behalf of my friends who are educators, let me say, “Good-bye, Jim. You’re just not a good fit.”

Democrats’ rookie chief not raising white flag After a long series of election beatdowns, Knox County Democrats are at their lowest ebb ever, and Republicans are prepared to administer the coup de grâce in 2016. Not one single countywide elected officeholder is a Democrat. County Commission is down to two Democrats (in the center city first and second districts) and the only Democrat left in the county’s legislative delegation, Joe Armstrong, is facing trial in federal court. So why would Cameron Brooks, a young guy with a full-time day job, want to spend 2016 chairing the Knox County Democratic Party? His answer is simple: Fighting uphill battles is what he does. “Throughout my life I’ve felt like an underdog,” said Brooks, who took office in 2015, and spent his rookie year recruiting County Commission candidates – a distinct change from the Democrats’ usual practice of allowing those races to be decided in GOP primaries. He’s also planning a vigorous attempt to take back the 13th District House seat that fell to Republicans

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in 2013, and there will be Democrats on the ballot in six of the seven contested commission districts, leaving Republicans to fight it out amongst themselves only in the deep red eighth district of East Knox County where Dave Wright now serves. “The first thing I wanted to do was make sure we recruited candidates to run in as many open slots as possible. The Republicans have targeted the first and second districts, but we’ve recruited great candidates, and they’re going to have to spread their resources out. I don’t know what the result will be, but they will not sweep us out,” Brooks said. As a student activist in economic justice issues, he got involved in the formation of United Campus Workers (UCW), which is affiliated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). After he got his degree he went to work in

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the School of Social Work’s Office of Research and Public Service, and in 2003, took a job as an organizer with UCW and worked in the Living Wage campaign. In 2011, he was promoted to a staff position with the national CWA, moved to the D.C. area and hit the road. After a year and a half of exhausting travel, he came back to Knoxville and went back to work for the campus workers for a year or so before taking a job as an agent with Coldwell Bankers Wallace & Wallace. When he looks back, he is most gratified by the “living wage” battle, which worked for salary increases for workers on the bottom of the pay scale. “We made a lot of progress during my tenure, and wages did go up,” he said. “The biggest thing was having an organization that could go to Nashville and build relations with the Legislature.” Brooks had good working relationships with former legislators like Harry Tindell and Tim Burchett. “Tim was like a hero to a lot of UT employees. I’m a Democrat, but can see when someone genuinely does care and does connect

Cameron Brooks with rank-and-file blue collar guys.” And the admiration is mutual. “I’ve got nothing but respect for Cameron,” Burchett said. “He worked for those people who were over at UT scrubbing toilets. He’s a stand-up guy, and we were both tilting at similar windmills. As a Republican, though, Cameron is the kind of guy I hope is not successful.” Brooks says it will be better for everybody for Democrats to grow stronger. “We need two-party government. And it would be great to elect some women – we need more gender diversity. That is a no brainer. If we can do that in Knox County, government will work even better.”

government Remembering Zaevion Dobson, John Bynon The funeral service at Overcoming Believers Church for Zaevion Dobson on Dec. 26 was one of the saddest and most moving I have attended. He was killed while saving the lives of two young girls in Lonsdale. Local officials were represented by Mayor Rogero who spoke, as well as Police Chief Rausch, former Mayor Daniel Brown, former Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, Council member Finbarr Saunders, former Council member Larry Cox and School Superintendent Jim McIntyre, along with former school board chair Sam Anderson and state Rep. Joe Armstrong. The irony of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ one day and saluting one of his children in death the next day was not lost on attendees. Hopefully, out of this darkness will emerge a new and effective way to eliminate violence in our neighborhoods. Giving powerful messages were Mark Brown Jr., son of former Vice Mayor Mark Brown, and the Rev. Walter Cross. Had this tragedy occurred in military combat, Dobson would be an obvious candidate for the Congressional Medal of Honor. ■ Over the Christmas holidays several wellknown Knoxvillians who made substantial contributions died, but did not receive the special mention they merited in this writer’s view. They included John Bynon, for whom West Hills Park is named, along with prominent businessmen Tom Bell and Jim Talley. Bell and Talley in their day were key leaders of the community and the Chamber of Commerce. Few issues arose without their participation. They leave a significant legacy of service and civic leadership. Bynon was a key leader of the West Hills Neighborhood Association. He was a regular attendee at City Council meetings and close friend to Council member Jean Teague. In later years, he moved to Alabama and then Houston where his son lived and where he died two weeks ago. He leaves an interesting article with the East Tennessee Historical Society on his days as a young soldier in Europe in World War II which he had embargoed from public review until his death. ■ The failure of Mayor Rogero to lift a finger to help former Vice Mayor

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Nick Pavlis keep his position has city hall observers talking in amazement. Pavlis had been there for Rogero on numerous occasions such as sponsoring an ordinance raising her salary by $15,000 a year (and her lifetime pension being increased as a consequence). He assisted her in pension reform. He often defected criticism of her. He was there for her on any issue of importance. This signals to Council, the new vice mayor and the public that there is little appreciation, reward or benefit for being with the mayor. Rogero simply walked away from Pavlis despite four years of him being as loyal to her as Jack Sharp was to me when I was mayor. It is likely that Pavlis, now that he free of the vice mayor office, will chart a different course. ■ The University of Tennessee once again made the national media in a way it may regret. This time it was in the Wall Street Journal on Dec. 23 with a column by Daniel Henninger on the UT diversity office urging readers to “ensure your holiday party is not a Christmas party in disguise.” The columnist tied it to the trend to secularize Christmas in many commercial advertisements, especially in major stores along New York’s Madison and Fifth avenues. UT officials need to develop a strategy for this story which continues. The Legislature goes back into session next week on Jan. 12 and just as surely as Tuesday follows Monday this will be a hot topic. The real issue is to justify is how the $5 million is being spent systemwide and could it achieve the same result for less. What is a typical day in the life of a diversity office employee? What do they do to justify this sort of expenditure? The University cannot expect Gov. Haslam or the UT Board to stop legislation to restore the Lady Vols name by Rep. Roger Kane or protect the diversity office from budget cuts or further review. They will have to do it on their own. Happy New Year in 2016.

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SENIOR NOTES ■ Cumberland Estates Recreation Center 4529 Silver Hill Drive 588-3442 Offerings include: Senior Walkers, 10:30 a.m., Monday-Friday. ■ Frank R. Strang Senior Center: 109 Lovell Heights Road 670-6693 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Nola Killion, first place winner, corn hole Mr. and Mrs. Henry and Jean Holloway Emily Jones, first place, coloring page Myra Payne, third place colortoss, pictured with her daughter at decorating cookie class w/Lauren, PEP contest; third place, dart tournament; ing page contest and second tech and Clay, OT, rehab director. pictured with Clay, OT, rehab director. place decorated door.

Offerings include: card games; exercise programs; dance classes; watercolor classes; blood pressure checks; computer classes. Golden Tones accepting new members, 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7. Hearing aid cleaning by Beltone, 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8.

Wanda Lippert, first place, dart tournament; with Ling, PT.

Register for: LifeWords Reading Circles, 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 7. Free hearing tests by AccuQuest Hearing, 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8. Potluck Lunch Club organizational meeting, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12. Elder Law attorney Monica Franklin presentation, noon Wednesday, Jan. 13. Farragut Hearing & Speech presentation/lite lunch, noon Friday, Jan. 15; register by Jan. 8.

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■ John T. O’Connor Senior Center 611 Winona St. 523-1135 knoxseniors.org/oconnor. html Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Offerings include: Card games, billiards, senior fitness, computer classes, bingo, blood pressure checks 10:30-11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. Knox County Veterans Services, 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 11. Register for: Lunch and Learn: “Optimal Health Requires Proper Fitting Shoes,” noon Monday, Jan. 11; RSVP by Jan. 7.

Shannondale ALC resident appreciation celebration

Skip Paulsen, first place, decorated door entrance contest

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Shannondale Assisted Living Center hosted a resident appreciation celebration sponsored by the therapy department. It was enjoyed by residents, family members and staff. Several activities were lined up for all attendees included: Corn hole toss, dart tournament and cookie decorating class. Everybody also enjoyed roaming the halls to check out door entrance decorations and a display of the coloring page contest. Winners of several contest categories are noted here:

The state Department of Children’s Services is in need of foster parents for children/youth of all ages. There is a special need for sibling groups, schoolage children and teens. Classes are free and a new class begins monthly in Knox County. Upcoming PATH training dates are Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 6 p.m.; Thursday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. or Saturday, March 5, at 9 a.m. All sessions will be held at the DCS office at 2600 Corn hole toss: Western Ave., Knoxville. First place: Nola Killion For more informa2nd place: Euvena Suggs tion contact Jennifer at 3rd place: Christine 865-329-8879 or jennifer. Woodard stamper@ tn.gov.

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Mary Montgomery, third place, decorat- Jean Holloway, second place, coloring ed door entrance contest. page contest.

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Coloring page contest: 1st place: Emily Jones 2nd place: Jean Holloway 3rd place: Myra Payne Decorate Room Entrance 1st place: Evelyn Paulsen 2nd place: Myra Payne 3rd place: Mary Montgomery Dart Tournament 1st place: Wanda Lippert 2nd place:Dot Cowan 3rd place:Emily Jones “It was a successful event and we our grateful to all those who participated and those who generously donated prizes,” said Ling. “We are also grateful for Santa (Tim) who visited us even in his busiest time of the year.” Shannondale’s Assisted

Living Center offers “around the clock” personal a s si st a nc e by licensed nurses and nursing assistants. Dot Cowan And when residents need it, there is access to Shannondale Health Care Center. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are prepared on-site and served restaurant style. While residents enjoy a private room with bath, there are also community spaces such as the recreation/activities room, a beauty shop and barber shop, a sunroom/living room, nursing services and emergency care.

Kayla Webb, RN, w/ Mary Montgomery during dart tournament

Euvena Suggs , 2nd placer, corn hole toss w/ Paige,OT

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BEARDEN Shopper news • JANUARY 6, 2016 • A-7

Three kings In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.� (Matthew 2: 2 NRSV)

First Baptist Concord took advantage of the “Star Wars� mania to teach a message about the light of Jesus.

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Star Wars awakens kids at First Baptist Concord By Carolyn Evans “Star Wars: The Force Awakens� showed as many as 14 times a day at Pinnacle theaters last week. The movie also awakened some literary inspiration in Farragut. Staff members Holly Kirtley and Jason Jennings put their creative talents together and brought light sabers and Darth Vader to the Sunday School classes at First Baptist Concord. Jennings, children’s pastor, and Kirtley, family ministry director, used the familiar lightsabers to create lessons. She and Jennings co-wrote a skit to go with the curriculum, using John 1:9 as the springboard: “The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.� “Our whole focus of the series was to talk about Jesus as the light of world,� Kirtley said. “Star Wars talks about the good guys versus the bad guys. We saw that parallel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world. His light cancels out all darkness that we see in our world today. When we become Christians, we have that light in us and can use it to battle the dark side in our world as well.� She said it took about three days to write the 38-page script. They gathered high school and college volunteers to be actors and had six rehearsals. They ordered costumes, except for

Yoda, who was handmade by children ministry volunteer Angela Stavros. The first week told the story of the angel of light visiting Zechariah and predicting the birth of John the Baptist. The next week, the lesson was about the angel Gabriel’s visit to Mary, giving her the news that she would be the one God uses to bring light into the world. The entire skit with the Star Wars

theme featured a cast of 20, was an hour-long program and included the skit, a game, songs and the Christmas story. “The play centered on three kids who are waiting in line to see the new movie,� said teacher Holly Zachary. “They fall asleep and dream they’re in Star Wars. The Death Star is trying to destroy the New Light, and their job is to protect it.� Katelyn Stooksbury didn’t want the story to end, she said. “I really liked it,� said the second grader. “It was really cool. They used a lot of decorations. I got to get my picture taken with all the characters – Princess Leia, R2D2, Darth Vader, Hans Solo and Chewbacca.� Her parents, Melody and Mark Stooksbury, teach second grade. Mark played a cinema employee in the skit and drove the remote-controlled car that moved R2D2. He also served as backstage manager. On the last week, all the kids did Jedi training and a big obstacle course was set up. They made light sabers and were reminded that their job was to be the light. “The purpose of the training was that they remember that, as believers The evil Darth Vader leads the Storm in Christ, we’re responsible for carTroopers across the stage in the 4Kids rying the light of Christ into the dark world we live in today,� Kirtley said. theater.

A need for accessibility

In the Christian calendar, Jan. 6 is Epiphany, the day in which the church celebrates the visit of the wise men. Tradition even gives us names for them: Caspar, which means “Master of Treasure,� Melchior, which means “King,� and Balthasar, which means “Protect the King.� The visit of these foreigners has more meaning than simply their own adoration of the Christ Child, however. There were cosmic implications. The Magi (from the Greek, meaning sages) were Persian astrologers, professional star-watchers. So naturally they took notice when a particularly bright star appeared, a star they had not seen before. They were curious – naturally – and intrigued. Modern astronomers have opined that what the Magi saw could have been a super-nova, an exploding star (which, in my opinion, is amazing enough to count as a miracle).

Cross Currents

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Thinking about all of this, however, brings me to a smaller, more personal miracle. The God who flung the stars into the heavens, who created all the worlds that are, who keeps the whole universe spinning, who may have created other universes that we don’t even know about, sent a part of God’s own self to live among us as a baby and as a savior for all humankind! God became one of us, in order to save each of us from our rebellion and our disobedience. The first verse of Scripture I ever memorized was John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world‌.â€? The whole world: kings, camel, and a Babe.

FAITH NOTES Classes/meetings â– Church Women United of Knoxville-Knox County meeting, 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, 124 S. Cruz St. Info: 546-0651.

Special services â– Westside Unitarian Universalist Church, 616 Fretz Road, holds meditation services 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth

Wednesday. Includes quiet reflection, simple music and readings. Info: westsideuuc. org.

Youth programs â– Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, hosts Morning Breakfast and Afternoon Hang Out for youth each Tuesday. Breakfast and Bible study, 7:20 a.m.; Hang Out Time, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Info: 6901060 or beaverridgeumc.org.

By Carol Shane Among close-knit church communities, you won’t find a more caring set of folks than those who attend Glen Oak Baptist Church in Old North Knoxville. Many members of the congregation have been coming for 30 years or more, with their children and grandchildren following. The intergenerational bond is strong. But sometimes even that type of bond has its limits when dealing with the physically disabled. The building nestles into a hill and has two multilevel entrances: the lower one in the back leads into the fellowship hall and the higher, main one in front leads into the sanctuary. Inside the building, the only access to the lower floor is by four very narrow, steep, enclosed stairwells, each in a corner of the rectangular building. “All four sets of steps are just the same,� says Rick Cole, a church deacon and member of the building committee. Even an able-bodied person has to be careful negotiating those stairs. The wheelchair-bound have no chance of getting down them, and they’re a danger to anyone who’s physically challenged or infirm. “The stairs have been an issue for the disabled for as long as they have been members, which in several cases is 20 years or longer,� says church member Roger Gilland. “As for the elderly, we have many who have been there for 30 years or longer and have always expressed concerns about the steps.� The congregants at Glen Oak Baptist have been taking care of their own for some

Glen Oak Baptist Church members of all ages enjoy their community and the Wednesday night suppers in their spacious fellowship hall. Shown in the back row are Jamia Gilland, her daughters Kaylee, a sixth-grader at Holston Middle School, and Lexie, a 10th-grader at Fulton High School, Tayler Inman, and Bryson Rush, a ninth-grader at Karns Middle School. In front Church members Carl Cole, Gayle Witt, Donna Cole and Rita Taylor with her children Stanley (in are Evan Hall, who attends fourth grade at Ritta Elementary, wheelchair) and Lisa pose in front of one of the “problem� stairwells. Because the church has and Jamarius Fishback, a sixth-grader at Whittle Springs Midmany elderly and infirm members, the congregation is asking for help in making their building’s dle School. Of the Wednesday night gatherings, Gilland says, “Anybody who wants to join us is welcome.� interior more accessible to those with physical limitations. time now. At their regular Wednesday night fellowship hall suppers followed by a service in the sanctuary, members who are unable to take the stairs are helped up the hill outside by younger members – in many cases by the youth of the church. It’s a touching and rare opportunity for intergenerational bonding, and the youth gain perspective and compassion in the process. When it rains, adult members drive their cars around to the lower entrance in order to transport people up to the sanctuary entrance. Everything possible is done to help every church member take part in all desired activities. “We try,� says Jamia Gilland, Roger’s wife. “We try.� It’s worked for a while, but some older members’ re-

cent bouts with illness have made the stairwell problem more prominent and worrisome. Fortunately, Knoxville’s Compassion Coalition – a nonprofit agency which describes itself as “a catalyst to help local churches build capacity and vision for community transformation� – got wind of the need for a more accessible way of transitioning between Glen Oak’s upper and lower floors. So they’re putting out the call for help. “I would really appreciate the help for the elderly at the church,� says the Rev. Bob Zavattieri, who has been at Glen Oak Baptist for about 18 months, having previously served Morristown’s Calvue Baptist for seven years. He, Cole, and the Gillands have their hopes up for an elevator, though

the expense worries them. “But it is more feasible and safer than a chair lift,� says Zavattieri, “because of the children. You know how children are. You can’t watch them all the time.� A chair lift moving up and down stairs would certainly tempt young daredevils. And it would only be able to accommodate one elderly person at a time. “I think an elevator would be best-case scenario for our members, but anything to help them would be greatly appreciated,� says Roger Gilland. If you’d like to donate, please call the Compassion Coalition at 251-1591, or visit the website at compassioncoalition.org, and specify your gift for Glen Oak Baptist Church’s accessibility program.

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Webb students to perform at orchestra clinic Webb School of Knoxville eighth graders Adrian Gellert and Alex Yu, and sixth grader Zac Yu were selected for the East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association’s Junior Orchestra Clinic held in November at Hardin Valley Academy.

Sara Barrett Chris McDonald and his niece, preschooler Adelyn Smith, dig for dinosaurs.

Cabin fever easers Children all over Knox County were sweating over the holiday break, and it wasn’t just from the unseasonably warm weather. Cabin fever lured many families out around town to partake in exhibits, day camps, art activities and playground fun during students’ last days of winter vacation before returning to school. The Muse Knoxville held several Winter Wonderlabs that featured crafts, 3D design and printing and code writing. A favorite hot spot was a sensory activity made of boards and thousands of yellow zip ties. Children walked through the ties as if walking through a hallway while the ends of the plastic tickled their skin. More than half of the children at The Muse were accompanied by an adult family member that seemed to have just as much fun as their younger play pal(s). Lucinda Alexander, grandmother to Everett and Edith Alexander, spoke very highly of The Muse’s Grandparent Pass, which allows a grandparent to pay one time and bring all of their grandchildren as often as they’d like. A special presentation also took place at The Muse on Dec. 29 when TVA announced a presenting sponsorship of this year’s third annual Robotics Revolu-

tion: A STEM Awareness Event, to be held Aug. 6 at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. TVA will donate $10,000 to the event, hosted by The Muse. “Robotics Revolution has hosted almost 3,000 attendees in the previous two years,” says Ellie Kittrell, executive director of The Muse. “State-of-the-art corporations always benefit from a well-educated workforce and TVA’s investment in Robotics Revolution demonstrates how events like this are meeting this need in our community.” Info: themuseknoxville.org. The Knoxville Museum of Art’s East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition is on display through Jan. 10, and several students and their families stopped by for a peek. Cain, Libba and Louise Gray Leonard were visiting their grandparents but came by KMA for a scavenger hunt. Their mom printed a list of items to look for in the exhibits, and the children marked them off as they went along. KMA will host its Winter Family Fun Day 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20. There will be artist demonstrations, live entertainment and lots of art activities for kids. The kids will most likely need another break from school by that time. Info: knoxart.org

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Adrian plays viola, and brothers Alex and Zac play the violin. Each auditioned at Robertsville Middle School and was chosen based on his performance of scales, a prepared solo selection and a sight-reading

piece. Only the top performers were selected for this highly competitive honor.

Students who quali- sic educators to practice new fied for the two-day clinic material they performed the worked with renowned mu- last day of the clinic.

Ian Oosterling, Maahir Nathani and Trevor Sublett prepare to release their car down the test ramp in the hallway.

Bailey Johnson and Melaina Eden’s car features an M&M tin as its passenger, which adds weight and speed. Photos by S. Barrett

Newton’s Laws

at Northshore Elementary Fifth grade students at Northshore Elementary School learned Newton’s Laws firsthand while testing custom-made cars in the hallway prior to Christmas break. Student teams had two weeks to design their vehicles using common household items. Features included bottle caps on the

Pankiewicz

January Council on Aging Meeting: “Dealing with Sentimental Clutter – Feel the Freedom” will be held on January 14th at 2:30 p.m. at the O’Connor Center. The meeting will feature Mary Pankiewicz, Certified Professional Organizer, she will talk about what clutter to let go of and what to save. She will discuss such items as gifts, greeting cards, family heirlooms and more.

wheels, wheels cut from Styrofoam and lots of paper towel tubes, string and tape. Test runs were held on a ramp in the hallway to see what adjustments needed to be made to increase speed. Friends Melaina Eden and Bailey Johnson made their entire vehicle from Styrofoam, but had trouble with its speed until they

added a large, egg-shaped M&M tin to the top. Both said they’ve always had a strong interest in math and science but agreed the car project kicked it up a notch.

SCHOOL NOTES

Teachers Andrea Veler and Lindsay Brudecki introduced the project this year to help implement STEM activities in the classroom. Veler said they plan to continue it annually “because the students love it.”

■ Webb School of Knoxville, 9800 Webb School Lane, will host an admissions open house 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, in the school’s central building. Interested parents are invited. Info/RSVP: Christy Widener, 291-3830 or webbschool.org/openhouses. ■ West Hills Elementary participates in the following programs to help raise money for the school: General Mills “BoxTops for Education,” Campbell’s “Labels for Education,” and linking Food City ValuCards, Kroger Plus Cards and Target Red Cards to the school for points. Info: 539-7850.

News from the Rotary Guy

Rotary and Scouts By Tom King

Declutter: Feel the freedom

Webb Middle School students Adrian Gellert, Zac Yu and Alex Yu performed in the East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association’s Junior Orchestra Clinic held at Hardin Valley Academy. Photo submitted

Did you know that Rotary International and the Boy Scouts of America have a long and storied history? They are two of Tom King the oldest organizations in the United States – Rotary was founded in 1905 and five years later the Boy Scouts began in the U.S. Recently, members of the Rotary Club of Farragut heard this story from David Williams, the Scout Executive of the Great Smoky Mountains Council. Williams is a member of the Rotary Club of Knoxville. In his role he leads Scouting in a 21-county East Tennessee area with 10,300 Scouts and their adult leaders. Williams explained the link: “Paul Harris was the

founder of Rotary and James E. West, the first chief scout executive, were good friends in Chicago,” he said. “They traveled the country together establishing Boy Scout councils. And our relationship continues to be strong today. Because of the support of Rotarians, countless young men and women across the nation are able to enjoy the benefits of Scouting.” In 1918, Rotary was the first service club to adopt Scouting. Today, Rotarians remain among the foremost sponsors. Rotary clubs in the United States charter over 1,400 Scouting units (Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout Troops and Venturing crews) serving about 45,000 Scouts. And then there is the International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians, one of more than 50 Rotary Fellowship Groups established to bring together Rotarians with similar interests from around the world. This fel-

Scout Executive David Williams, Farragut Rotarians Andy Luttrell and Chris Thomas, and John Tipton, the new Toqua Scout Executive. lowship is made up of Rotarians, Rotarian spouses, Interact and Rotaract members. Williams, who is an Eagle Scout, is an Army veteran, a graduate of the University of Memphis and has worked for 18 years for the BSA. He says the relationship is strong because, “We share strong codes of behavior that define and shape who we are. Rotary has the Four Way Test and those are the same types of principles at work in our Scout Oath and Scout Law

to this day. Rotary has been a part of scouting since the beginning.” Prior to his presentation, Williams introduced John Tipton, the new Toqua District Executive. His district includes West Knoxville and Loudon County. Tipton now has been welcomed as a new member of the Farragut club, again strengthening the ties between Rotary and Scouting. Tom King is a retired newspaper editor, a Rotarian for 27 years and past president of the Rotary Club of Farragut. He can be reached at tking535@gmail.com

BIZ NOTES ■ Steven M. Goodpaster, of Woodford & Associates, has been awarded the Appraisal Institute’s MAI membership designation, which is held by appraisers who are experienced in the valuation and evaluation of commercial, industrial, residential and other types of properties, and who advise clients on real estate investment decisions. A Powell resident, he is president of the Broadacres Homeowners Association. Info: 865-686-3300

Thanks for your service David Hutchins is thanked by KCDC chair Dan Murphy for Hutchins’ 15 years of leadership at KDCD. His final meeting was in December. Hutchins began his tenure during the HOPE VI revitalization project in Mechanicsville in 2001 and continued through the ongoing Five Points revitalization in East Knoxville.

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■ Dr. Robert E. Malka, a neurologist and neuro-hospitalist, has joined Tennova Healthcare at Physicians Regional Medical Center. Dr. Malka offers critical inpatient care for individuals admitted to the hospital for stroke, aneurysm, head trauma, brain and spine tumors, and other neurologic conditions. He will coordinate care and treatment for neurologic patients from admission through discharge from the hospital.

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BEARDEN Shopper news • JANUARY 6, 2016 • A-9

‘The Revenant’ By Betsy Pickle “The Revenant” may be one of the toughest movies you’ll ever love. A grueling experience for the characters, the actors and the audience, “The Revenant” is a visceral journey through physical pain and mental anguish, but it is worth it on oh so many levels. Its story of survival alone raises it above even the best human-vs.-nature tales that come to mind, and yes, that includes “127 Hours.” Mountains, rivers, freezing temperatures and – most memorably – bears besiege the protagonist beyond what mere mortals are expected to endure. Some would mark that off to the revenge that drives Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, but that would be dismissing the person Glass is – as created indelibly by DiCaprio. Many might feel the burning anger that Glass experiences, but unless they are as full of love for family, respect for nature and honor for the righteous, they could not begin to follow his trail. Glass is a scout in the western wilderness of the 1820s. Leading a party of trappers organized by Capt. Andrew Henry (Domhnall Gleeson), he aims to keep the scruffy group safe from Native Americans who want their pelts and their scalps. He has with him his teenage son, Hawk (Forrest Goodluck), whose protection is his top priority. After a Ree attack leaves more than half the trappers dead, Glass hustles them deeper into the woods on a route toward a frontier fort. Reconnoitering early one morning, Glass is surprised by a grizzly bear that thinks he means to harm her cubs. The bear violently mauls him, and when the trap-

Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) refuses to let harsh weather and terrain deter him from revenge in “The Revenant.” pers find him they expect him to succumb quickly to his injuries. The fact that he doesn’t sets up a dilemma for Henry and brings out some of the best and worst of human nature from the others. Directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu from a script by Inarritu and Mark L. Smith, “The Revenant” was inspired by real-life events as well as a novel by Michael Punke. A version of the story was previously told in the 1971 film “Man in the Wilderness.” The brutal portrayal of frontier life comes from a 20th/21st-century sensibility, but the story benefits from that realism. It’s a tough existence with strong emotions driving whites, Native Americans and French traders alike. Hand-in-hand with the violence is a magical realism that surfaces in Glass’s dreams/memories of the past with his Pawnee wife (Grace Dove) and young Hawk (Isaiah Tootoosis), as well as the compassion shown by Henry and young Jim Bridger (Will Poulter). Family is a touchstone for many, and Inarritu never lets the darkness completely overshadow the light. As much as “The Revenant” is a riveting adventure

tale, it also turns out to be a stunning acting showcase. DiCaprio finally finds a role that erases all vestiges of his pretty-boy, urbane persona. Covered in blood, furs and facial hair and communicating primarily with his eyes and grunts, he commands the screen more than he has ever done before, yet because it is all in service to the character there’s never any sign of “acting” to it. Tom Hardy, as the villainous Fitzgerald, is as talkative as his “Mad Max: Fury Road” character was

reticent, and his contribution is outstanding. Gleeson, Poulter and Goodluck are superb as well. Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki turns the gorgeous and unforgiving terrain into another character, and Inarritu brings it all together with heart and insight. “The Revenant” is one you’ll want to come back to again and again. Rated R for strong frontier combat and violence including gory images, a sexual assault, language and brief nudity.

An artistic tribute to MLK By Carol Shane

‘The Forest’ Sara Price (Natalie Dormer) goes looking for her identical twin sister in a Japanese forest and finds herself surrounded by paranormal forces in “The Forest,” opening Friday in local theaters. Taylor Kinney, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt and Yukiyoshi Ozawa star for director Jason Zada. The horror film is rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic content and images.

‘Conversations and Cocktails’ ahead The Humanities Center at UT has announced the lineup for its annual “Conversations and Cocktails” series, which will begin 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12. Offered in collaboration with the Grill at Highlands Row, the series provides the community an opportunity to interact with guest scholars as they discuss history while enjoying special dinner and appetizer selections. All discussions are free. Dinner reservations are required and seating is limited. A reservation can be made by calling the Grill at Highlands Row at 865-8517722.

The first discussion will feature UT scholar Charles Maland, J. Douglas Bruce Professor of English and Cinema Studies. Maland The talk is titled “‘That’s What You Think:’ James Agee as Movie Reviewer” and will explore how Agee responded to some of the famous films of his era. Agee, a Knoxville native, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who was first known for his movie reviews for Time and The Na-

Alan Jones’ painting, “Altar Ego.” Works by Jones and other local artists will be on view at the Emporium Center through the month of January. Photo submitted

tion published in the 1940s. Maland recently completed the editing process of “Complete Film Criticism: Reviews, Essays, and Manuscripts” for the UT Press “The Works of James Agee” series. He will provide guests with an overview of Agee’s movie reviewing career during the event. Other “Conversations and Cocktails” talks include: Feb. 2 – Thomas Burman, professor of history and Riggsby Director of the Marco Institute: “Ignored Model, Admired Enemy: Islam and Christian Europe.” March 1 – Tore Olsson, assistant professor of history: “How East Tennessee

Transformed the World: TVA’s Global Career after WWII.” April 5 – Robert Glaze, doctoral student in history: “‘Hardships, perils and vicissitudes:’ The Army of Tennessee in Civil War Memory.” May 3 – Mary Campbell, assistant professor of art history: “The Mormon Church’s Polygamous Suffragettes.” The Humanities Center supports faculty fellows and graduate students whose work explores what it means to be human, our place in the universe, and our obligation to extend compassion and social justice to one another.

Sometimes it’s good to be reminded that in a world where negativity seems to nab the front page more often than not, good things also tend to grow and flourish. The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission’s Gallery of Arts Tribute is an example. It’s grown so much that it needs a new home. On Jan. 8, in partnership with the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville and in celebration of 2016’s very first First Friday, it will be the featured exhibition at the Emporium Building in downtown Knoxville. According to the ACA’s deputy director Suzanne Cada, the exhibition, which honors the life and legacy of the slain civil rights leader, has traditionally been housed at the Beck Cultural Center, and has featured only one or two artists. “This year they wanted to open it up,” Cada says. “It’s a juried show for multiple artists.” In the spirit of making the entry process even more egalitarian, there’s no entry fee. According to the ACA website, “The exhibition seeks to feature: 1) works by African and African-American artists living within 50 miles of Knoxville; and/or 2) works that pertain to the themes of unity, community, love, reconciliation, social justice and civil rights by any artist living within

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50 miles of Knoxville.” “When I put the call out,” says Cada, “we had a lot of people respond that they’re making something especially for this exhibition.” The selected works, judged by a panel of three, will be displayed in the Emporium’s atrium and upstairs gallery. The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission’s purpose, according to its website, is “to reaffirm and reflect upon the American ideals of freedom, justice and peace. To that end, we pledge to work inclusively with community partners to: lift and live principles of non-violence, equality and love; tell the stories of the struggles; and provide education and leadership training for adults and youth.” The exhibition kicks off with an opening reception as part of January’s First Friday. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be available. “They’re hoping this will grow,” says Cada of the annual art show. “There’s already been a big response.” The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission’s Gallery of Arts Tribute opening reception is 6-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. The show will run through Friday, Jan. 29. The Emporium will be closed on Jan. 18 in recognition of the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday. Info: knoxalliance.com or 523-7543. For info about the Commission, visit mlkknoxville.com

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Gatlinburg man thankful

for East Tennessee’s largest stroke network He heard a voice. Someone was asking questions. As Albert Hernandez began to regain consciousness, he realized the voice was coming from a robot. It sounds like a scene from a science fiction movie, but it’s a modern day wonder in use at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center today. The tele-stroke robot is advanced technology that helped save a Gatlinburg man’s life. Hernandez was on the job at Ober Gatlinburg one day last summer, when he noticed that a trash bin needed to be emptied. He began the very common and simple task of moving trash to a cart so it could be wheeled away, when something uncommon happened. “I started shaking and sweating,” Hernandez recalls, “and I just dumped it.” Hernandez told his supervisor he “felt funny.” Assuming it was a result of the summer heat, she took him to their administrative

offices to let him cool down, rehydrate and have his blood pressure checked. After about 30 minutes, Hernandez felt much better, and decided to get back to work. But it happened, again. He was overwhelmed with a strange sensation of dizziness and shaking. Hernandez didn’t understand what was happening, but he knew something wasn’t right. With permission from his supervisor, he left work so his wife could take him to a clinic. By the time Hernandez got off the tram to meet his wife, he felt even worse. “I looked at her and I said, ‘I don’t think I’m going to make it,” he says. Suddenly, what was intended to be a simple visit to a clinic turned into an urgent drive to the emergency department at LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville. On the way, Hernandez complained that he couldn’t feel his left arm. He turned to his wife, and said, “Honey, I love you.”

WARNING Signs of Stroke

When it comes to stroke, time lost is brain lost, so it’s important to understand the warning signs and how to reduce your risk. If you or a loved one experience any of these symptoms, call 911. Sudden severe headache with no known cause Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination Sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes

Albert Hernandez lost his mother to a series of strokes. He’s thankful that advanced medicine and technology like the tele-stroke robot were available to give him a better chance of survival.

Hernandez lost consciousness. Kelly Hernandez tried to keep her composure as she raced her husband to the hospital. “I’ve never seen him unresponsive,” she says. “Just seeing him lie there, that was hard.” Hernandez learned in the emergency department that he had suffered a stroke, and a team was already in place to help him. “They had a robot there next to my bed, and there was some person in there asking me questions,” Hernandez says. Stroke medicine was administered, and Hernandez heard the voice in the robot say, “Bring him to Fort Sanders, immediately.” Hernandez was experiencing

the benefits of the tele-stroke robot network, which allowed a neurologist from Fort Sanders Regional to virtually be in the same room as Hernandez at LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville via a video monitor. The robot offers quick and early consultation that can make a critical difference in a patient’s chances of surviving a stroke with minimal effects. “The next thing I knew I was being taken to Fort Sanders,” Hernandez says. Because of the tele-stroke robot network, medical staff at Fort Sanders Regional were completely up to speed on Hernandez’ case. They were in place, and ready to

care for him the very moment the ambulance arrived. In the event of a stroke, minutes matter. Brain cells can die quickly, and that can easily lead to permanent brain damage. “They were all there, waiting for me, working there, asking me questions,” Hernandez says. “There was always somebody there talking to me. They never left me alone.” While his wife waited for reports on his progress throughout the process, she was comforted by comments she overheard in the lobby. People around her were saying Fort Sanders Regional is the best hospital for stroke patients. Not only did he meet additional neurologists specializing in stroke, but he also met someone from Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, who arranged for treatment to help him recover from the effects of the stroke. “Fort Sanders, Patricia Neal – I was surprised at how quickly they helped me come back,” Hernandez says. “Within a week or two I was already out of there and back at work.” Once in a while, Hernandez still feels a few effects of his stroke. But he has a clean bill of health from his doctor, and his heart is strong. He may never understand what caused his stroke, but that’s okay. He’s just glad it’s part of his past, and that he still has a future to invest in the people he loves. “I just want to be here for my wife and kids, and to live for as long as God lets me stay in the world,” Hernandez says. “I thank Fort Sanders and Patricia Neal for helping me come back to my wife and my family, and for allowing me to be with them, hopefully for many years to come.”

The Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional: Delivering immediate and excellent care When a stroke happens, timely treatment is critical. The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional is well above the national average in delivering prompt treatment of live saving medication. Clot busting drugs are given to stroke patients through a vein to improve blood flow and minimize potential disabilities. The amount of time it takes for a patient to be brought into a hospital until the moment medications are intravenously administered is referred to as “door to needle time.” While the average door to needle time is a little more than an hour, the door to needle time at Fort Sanders Regional is 30 min-

utes. That’s half an hour faster than the national average. It’s just one of the many advantages a patient has when treated at a comprehensive stroke center. The stroke center exists to provide the highest level of stroke care for complicated stroke cases. “It really exists to provide that next level up from what you can get at your local community hospital,” Dr. Moore, medical director of Fort Sanders Regional stroke program says. “Strokes can often be treated at those hospitals, but finding out why the stroke occurred to prevent it from happening again sometimes takes someone who’s done a lot more work in treating stroke.”

Moore says finding out the “why” takes some digging into a patient’s background, and sometimes it’s not as obvious as the main risk factors. “Stroke centers tend to be better and faster at treating stroke just because we see it all the time,” Moore says. “We have doctors who can go up into the brain and pull a clot out, and that’s a really specialized niche. Most hospitals don’t have access to someone who can do that.” The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional sees patients from throughout East Tennessee, and even from Kentucky. To learn more, visit fsregional.com/stroke, or call 865-541-1111.

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No comprehensive stroke and rehabilitation center in our region does more to reverse stroke’s devastating effects than Fort Sanders Regional Medical Fort Sanders performs Center. That’s why hospitals clinical trials and procedures for stroke not available across East Tennessee refer their most complex stroke patients to anywhere else in our region. us. And only Fort Sanders Regional is home to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, East Tennessee’s elite rehabilitation hospital for stroke, spinal cord and brain injury patients.

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Enjoying a rare bird

Red-cockaded woodpecker

One of the real joys of birding is to find and get great looks at the occasional rare, unusual, or hard-tofind bird, and wintertime is often a good time to discover a rare bird or two.

Dr. Bob Collier

In the winter, one of the more dependable families of birds that we can count on being around is the woodpeckers. And of the eight species of woodpeckers that can be found here in the Southeast in winter, one of those fits the above description to a “T.” Motoring out on a roundabout route from Powell to north Alabama for the holidays, Grandma and I did a bird-watching loop through the state of Mississippi the week before Christmas. One of our prime scheduled stops was a day at the 48,000-acre Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, located about 20 miles south of Starkville. It has ponds and lakes full of wintering waterfowl, mowed agricultural fields with open-country birds, and lots of woods, including old-growth pine forest – just what our Bird of the Trip, the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, ordered. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are found nowhere in the world other than the southeastern United States. They are widely scattered from Virginia and North Carolina south into Florida,

and west into Texas and Arkansas. Sadly, you needn’t look for one in Tennessee. They once lived in a few counties in our state, but the last known one was a lonely male that was nesting down in Polk County, in the farthest southeast county in Tennessee. Discovered in 1991, he was gone by 1994, and as far as anybody knows, there are no others. There aren’t that many red-cockaded woodpeckers anywhere. From a low of perhaps 4,000 birds when they were placed on the Endangered Species List in 1970, and with a lot of expert help and attention, they have come back to a total of maybe 12,500 today. Through the years, Grandma and I have been fortunate enough to see them at various special areas in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. But we

got our best and closest observation ever of one there in the Noxubee Refuge. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are busy little guys intermediate in size between downy and hairy woodpeckers. Instead of the white backs and black faces of those two, the redcockadeds have black backs with white barring, and big white patches on their faces. The red cockades that give these birds their name are little red marks on the side of their heads, so small that they are seldom visible. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are scarce because they are very picky about where they will live. They make their nest holes only in large, mature pine trees that are from at least 60 to 120 years of age. Of the 60 to 90 million acres of oldgrowth longleaf pine savannah that once covered

the Southeast, only about 3 million acres remain; the rest has been cut for timber and cleared for agriculture and housing, or broken up into little patches or small groves of the big trees. So, it turns out, there is less than 1 percent left of the habitat these birds insist upon as a decent place to live. The nest holes are a curious thing in themselves. The birds select a big, old tree that has what is called red heart rot, a fungal disease that softens the heartwood. They take an amazing 1 to 3 or more years to excavate any given nest hole. And then they peck the tree all around the hole to make the tree ooze sap, coating the whole trunk in the area of the hole with a whitewash of sticky pine rosin. This apparently protects the nest from their most dreaded predator, those skillful tree-

climbers, the rat snakes. And the birds require more than just a little patch of the big trees – each of their family groups, with a batch of nest trees called a “cluster,” takes around 200 acres of old-growth pine forest to meet their nesting and foraging needs. And speaking of family groups – in addition to being choosy about their real estate, they also have some peculiar social habits, at least for birds. The family unit consists of a male and female pair that own the nest and produce the usual 3 or 4 eggs, but in addition, there are 1 or 2, up to 4 helper birds, usually young single male birds from the previous year’s batch. They really do help, staying with the family and joining in with incubating the eggs and then feeding the new hatchlings. This makes an active, chat-

tering family group of several birds if you are lucky enough to find them. Visitors to a place like the Noxubee Refuge will find active red-cockaded nest trees marked with a ring of paint; once you see those, the rosin-coated trunks and nest holes become obvious. There at Noxubee, a few days before Christmas, we walked through an area like that, a park-like place with big stately pines and almost no undergrowth. Numerous nest trees were marked with rings of white paint. Our ears perked up when we came upon a mixed flock of foraging birds, including red- and white-breasted nuthatches, singing pine warblers, even a spiffy redheaded woodpecker. Then we heard it – the chittering call of a red-cockaded woodpecker! And there it was – hooray! – some 12 feet up in one of the big pines, ripping off half-dollar flakes of bark as it searched industriously for hidden insect snacks in the nooks and crannies. We stood and watched the rare bird, and ooh’ed and aah’ed, for 10 minutes or so. Our day was happily made! Only two woodpeckers have been on the Endangered Species List – the ivory-billed and the redcockaded. It was too late for the ivory-billed; its last stronghold, in the oldgrowth swampland of Louisiana, was converted into hundreds of acres of rice fields. With the red-cockaded, perhaps the warning was sounded in time. There are lots of smart and caring people working to help them survive. Maybe someday we, or our grandchildren, will be able to experience the joy of watching one of those busy little birds making the chips fly, once again here in Tennessee.

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6 Jazz Lunch at the Square Room, noon-1 p.m., 4 Market Square. Featuring “Kayley Farmer sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook.” Admission: $15; includes lunch buffet. Info/tickets: knoxjazz.org.

THURSDAY, JAN. 7

Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JAN. 13-14 KSO Merchant & Gould Concertmaster Series: Gabriel Lefkowitz & Friends, 7 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Dr. Tickets: $20. Info/tickets: 291-3310 or knoxvillesymphony.com.

THURSDAY, JAN. 14 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA Office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

FRIDAY, JAN. 15

“How to Self-Publish Any Written Project” presented by Marilyn Smith Neilans, 2:30 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

Alive after Five: Wallace Coleman Band, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039. Steep Canyon Rangers in concert, 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 15-16

Alive After Five: Aftah Party, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039. Art exhibit by Hanna Harper, 5-9 p.m., Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. All ages welcome. Light refreshments served. Info: Jessica Gregory, 556-8676; BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com; BroadwayStudiosGallery@gmail.com. Brown Bag Lecture: “Kidnapping the Kaiser: Tennesseans in the Great War,” noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Presented by Darrin Haas. Free admission. Info: 215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org. Opening reception for “Gallery of Arts Tribute”: a juried exhibition developed to recognize local artists and honor the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 6-8 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Info: 523-7543 or knoxalliance.com. Opening reception for Art Market Gallery’s January featured artists painter Lil Clinard and fiber artist Julia Malia, 5:30 p.m., 422 S. Gay St. Info: 5255265 or artmarketgallery.net.

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” 8 p.m. Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets, Tennessee Theatre box office and 800-745-3000. Monster Jam, 7:30 p.m., Thompson-Boling Arena. Saturday Pit Party, 5 p.m. Info/tickets: tbarena.com; knoxvilletickets.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 9 Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Saturday Stories and Songs: Dancing Spider Yoga, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750. Saturday Stories and Songs: Jodie Manross and Laith Keilany, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033. The Tennessee Stifflegs Old-Time String Band, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www. jubileearts.org.

SUNDAY, JAN. 10 Epworth Monthly Harp Singing, 6:30 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Info: Claudia Dean, 673-5822. KSO Chamber Classics Series: The KSO Principal Quartet, 2:30 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Tickets: $15-$33. Info/tickets: 291-3310 or knoxvillesymphony.com. Pen to Podium: SAFTA Reading Series, 3-4 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Featuring: George David Clark and Jeni Wallace. Info: 215-8750.

MONDAY, JAN. 11 All Over the Page: “Dr. Mutter’s Marvels,” 6:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750. Staged reading of “Last Train to Nibroc,” 7:30 p.m., The Square Room, 4 Market Square. Presented by the WordPlayers. Free admission. Info: 5392490 or wordplayers.org.

TUESDAY, JAN. 12 Knoxville Civil War Roundtable meeting, 8 p.m., Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Aaron Astor, associate professor of history at Maryville College. Topic: “The Civil War Along Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau.” Dinner, 7 p.m. Cost: lecture only, $5; dinner and lecture, $17. RSVP by noon Monday, Jan. 11: 671-9001.

TUESDAYS, JAN. 12-FEB. 16 “Reflections, Light and Magic” class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $150/nonmembers $175. Materials list provided. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13 “Branding Yourself as an Artist” professional development seminar, 5:30-7:30 p.m., the Emporium, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $8 members of Arts & Culture Alliance/$12 nonmembers. Info/registration: 523-7543; sc@knoxalliance.com. Brown Bag Lecture: “An Inside Look at Lloyd Branson” by Adam Alfrey, noon, East Tennessee History

SATURDAY, JAN. 16 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., AAA Office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252. “Fantasia, Live!” presented by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: knoxvillesymphony.com. Financial Education Series: “Get Out Of Debt,” 10:30 a.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Roux du Bayou Cajun Dance Music, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org. Saturday Stories and Songs: David Blivens, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033. Saturday Stories and Songs: Kindermusik, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. For ages birth to 5. Info: 215-8750.

TUESDAY, JAN. 19 Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 215-8700. Old College Monthly Harp Singing, 6 p.m., McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, 522 W. Madison Ave., Athens. Info: Cora Sweatt, 423 745-0248. Sevier County Monthly Old Harp Singing, 7 p.m., Middle Creek UMC, 1828 Middle Creek Road, Pigeon Forge. Info: David Sarten, 428-0874. Tribute Show honoring Dolly Parton’s 70th birthday, 7 pm., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Tickets: $25. Proceeds will benefit Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Knox County. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20 Greensky Bluegrass in concert, 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 27 “Beautiful, Vibrant Alcohol Inks” class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $50/nonmembers $65. Info/registration: knoxart.org. “Mosaics Keepsake Box” class, 2-4 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $50/nonmembers $65. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JAN. 20-21 AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 21-22 Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents Beethoven & Bruch, 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: tennesseetheatre.com; knoxvilletickets.com; 656-4444.

FRIDAY, JAN. 22 Alive after Five: Tennessee Sheiks, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039. Black Jacket Symphony performs Journey’s “Escape,” 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/

tickets: knoxbijou.com. Cafe Mortel, 2:30-4 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Info: 588-8813. The Naughty Knots, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/ tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 23 The Freight Hoppers Old-Time String Band, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Moon Taxi in concert, 8 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: tennesseetheatre.com. Saturday Stories and Songs: Kindermusik, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. For ages birth to 5. Info: 470-7033. Saturday Stories and Songs: Miss Lynn, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750. West Knox Preschool and Activities Fair, 2-4 p.m., St. John Neumann Catholic School, 625 Saint John Court. Free event. Hosted by the Knoxville-Farragut MOMS Club. Info: facebook.com/ events/1612266402369709/.

TUESDAY, JAN. 26 “An Evening with Regina Carter” presented by the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, 8 p.m., Square Room, 4 Market Square. Tickets: $32.50 adult, $15 student. Info/ tickets: knoxjazz.org. Computer Workshops: Excel, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215- 8700. Robert Earl Keen in concert, 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27 Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215-8700. Guster in concert, 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

THURSDAY, JAN. 28 KSO Very Young People’s Concerts: “Let’s tell a story!” 11 a.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/ tickets: tennesseetheatre.com.

FRIDAY, JAN. 29 Alive after Five: “Tribute to the R&B Classic Hits, Part 3” featuring Evelyn Jack & Donald Brown, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $15; $10 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 29-30 WaveTransform Festival, Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Tickets: knoxbijou.com. Info/schedule: wavetransformfestival.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 30 Beginning Genealogy, 1-4 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Registration begins Jan. 19. Info/registration: 215-8809. The Del McCoury Band with Sierra Hull, part of WDVX’s World Class Bluegrass concert series, 7 p.m., Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Info/tickets: 981-8590; ClaytonArtsCenter.com; Clayton Center box office. Financial Education Series: Debt Free, 1 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Saturday Stories and Songs: Faye Wooden, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750. Saturday Stories and Songs: Sarah Rysewyk, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

MONDAYS, FEB. 1-15 “Mask Making and Face Jugs” (clay sculpture) class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $90/nonmembers $110. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, FEB. 3-4 AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Road, Oak Ridge. Info/ registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

FRIDAY, FEB. 5 Alive after Five: “Fat Friday Mardi Gras” with Roux Du Bayou, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

THURSDAY, FEB. 11 AARP Driver Safety class, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., East Tennessee Medical Group, 266 Joule St., Alcoa. Info/ registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

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Parkwest Imaging Services provides patients personal ‘pictures of health’ Department features experienced staff, top-of-the-line diagnostic equipment and 24/7 services

If you are like most people, at some point in your life you may experience symptoms of an undetermined medical problem or have a health issue for which your doctor wants a closer look. Depending on the situation, your doctor may order an X-ray, MRI, CT scan, ultrasound, mammography, nuclear medicine or interventional radiology. “Most people have some basic knowledge about these procedures, but they may not realize that they have a choice about where to get the exam or that all diagnostic equipment is not equal,” said Parkwest Director of Radiology Connie Wagner. “We believe that investment in the best equipment and in advanced training for our staff pays off in more accurate results and excellent patient care.” Wagner explained that the different modalities (types of scans) provide internal “personal picAll-digital technology allows medical teams to consult quickly about a patient’s treatment. Images are available to tures of a person’s health.” Parkwest’s Imaging Services radiologists and other physicians almost immediately after your scan.

Department is open by appointment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and it’s not just for patients who are admitted to Parkwest Medical Center. “We do 11,000 to 13,000 exams every month, including outpatients,” said Wagner. “We have some of the most advanced equipment on the market and staff who have been expertly trained on its use. A prime example is the addition of 3-dimensional breast imaging (tomosynthesis) at the Parkwest Comprehensive Breast Center, which is a superior tool in detecting cancer.” Additionally, Parkwest Imaging Department is accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR), and all of the modalities and processes in the department meet stringent quality measures. To find out more about Parkwest Imaging Services or to schedule a service, call 865-373-1500. Learn more online by clicking the Imaging Services link under Clinical Services at www.TreatedWell.com.

The acronyms of radiology: a primer for Parkwest Imaging Services Special Procedures (Interventional Radiology) Parkwest Imaging Services offers a full spectrum of diagnostic and interventional procedures, including, but not limited to: angioplasty/stent placement; central venous access (Permacath, Portacath); dialysis fistula/graft declotting; IVC filter placement; uterine fibroid embolization; liver chemo-embolization and radiofrequency ablation; TIPS (shunting of liver vessels); biliary and genitourinary drainage; and vertebroplasty. All technologists are ARRT registered and RNs are ACLS certified.

CT (Computed Tomography) A CT (or CAT) scan combines the power of X-ray technology and computerized imagery to take layered pictures of hard and soft tissues, including bones and organs. Common uses of CT include identifying stroke, pulmonary embolism, kidney stones, trauma and signs of heart disease. CTs are typically quick procedures, taking just minutes to complete. In emergency cases, they can reveal internal injuries and bleeding quickly enough to help save lives. A major advantage of CT is that it is able to image bone, soft tissue and blood vessels all at the same time. CT imaging is sometimes compared to looking into a loaf of bread by cutting the loaf into thin slices. When the image slices are reassembled by computer software, the result is a very detailed multidimensional view of the body’s interior. Refinements in detector technology allow new CT scanners to obtain multiple slices in a single rotation. Approximately 2,300 scans are performed monthly at Parkwest. All technologists are ARRT registered. Parkwest has three scanners: two GE 16-slice Lightspeed and a GE 64-slice VCT (Volume Computed Tomography).

DaTscan DaTscan is an imaging drug that is injected into the bloodstream to help your doctor assess a chemical called dopamine, which is involved in controlling movement. After the chemical is injected and enough time has passed for it to be absorbed, a special device, called a gamma camera, will take 3-dimensional, cross-sectional pictures of your brain. These images (called single photon emission computed tomography or SPECT images) and a report will be sent to your doctor, who can discuss the test results with you. DaTscan procedures and SPECT imaging are performed in the Nuclear Medicine Department.

Ultrasound Diagnostic Imaging (X-ray) X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation. In the hospital setting, X-rays are emitted by a machine as individual particles that pass through the body and are interpreted by a computer to display the images. Solid structures such as bones appear white, areas that contain air (such as lungs) appear black and soft tissues appear as shades of gray. This digital technology is an efficient change from the traditional film process. All technologists at Parkwest are ARRT registered, and radiation protection and minimization of patient exposure is always considered for patient safety.

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) MRI uses powerful magnets and radio waves to non-invasively produce detailed images of the body. MRI is capable of showing very fine detail in tissue and organs. Typical uses of MRI scans are helping identify problems with the brain, joints, ligaments, nerves, blood vessels and distinguishing cancerous tissue. Depending on what information your doctor needs, the MRI scan may require the use of a contrast-agent given intravenously to assist in seeing certain structures in your body. Unlike conventional

radiography and CT, no radiation is used. All technologists at Parkwest are ARRT registered with advanced registry. MRI at Parkwest is performed using a GE 3-tesla or GE 1.5 tesla magnet.

Ultrasound uses ultra high-frequency sound waves which are reflected off

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Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine is an exam that requires a radioactive isotope be ingested orally or injected via IV into the body. The patient lies on a table under a camera which specializes in the imaging of organs’ metabolic functions. One of the distinct differences between nuclear medicine and other areas of radiology is that nuclear medicine is often used to assess how an organ functions; other modalities focus of the anatomy of the organ. Nuclear medicine services at Parkwest include bone scans, heart scans, hepatobiliary scans, thyroid scans and general nuclear medicine scans. Nuclear medicine can be highly beneficial in locating the source of an unknown infection. For example, in a white blood cell study at Parkwest, an isotope is injected that goes to the site of the infection. Four cameras are available for patient exams. All technologists are NMTCB certified.

of the body organs, vessels and other structures to produce images. Unlike other areas of radiology, no radiation is used in ultrasound imaging. A waterbased gel is placed on the patient’s skin over the area of interest to help conduct the sound waves. The technologist then scans with a probe called the transducer. The transducer emits sound waves and listens for the “echo” as the sound is either absorbed or bounces off anatomic structures. Ultrasounds help diagnose a wide range of conditions and are frequently used to visualize soft structures such as arteries, veins, glands and abdominal organs. Ultrasound technology at Parkwest is often used for vascular diagnostics, obstetrics and gynecology, biopsies, thoracentesis and paracentesis. All Parkwest sonographers are RDMS certified.

Parkwest Imaging Services is located on the first floor of Riverstone Tower and is easily accessible from the hospital’s main lobby entrance. Patients are phoned the day before scheduled exams and are told what to expect. They are given any special instructions they should know before arriving, such as what clothing is appropriate and what forms may be needed. Parkwest staff understands that even “routine” medical tests can be confusing and that patients are sometimes

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apprehensive. If you forget to ask something when your patient rep calls, you can also find information on our website by visiting www. TreatedWell.com and clicking on Imaging Services in the left column of the site’s main page. If you want to speak to someone, call Imaging Services at 865-373-1500.

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