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BUZZ SOUP is good food, fellowship The third Knoxville SOUP takes place Thursday, Nov. 5, at Woodlawn Christian Church, 4339 Woodlawn Pike. Doors open at 6 p.m. At 6:30, up to four groups or individuals will present brief proposals on projects – either new or already in progress – that will make a difference in the community. Afterward, attendees will dine on soup and other goodies, discuss the projects and then vote on their favorite. Presented by the South Knoxville Alliance, Knoxville SOUP is open to projects anywhere in Knox County, and attendees from beyond SoKno are encouraged as well. The event will end no later than 9 p.m. A $5 donation is requested at the door, with all the donations going to the winning project. There will also be a raffle and entertainment.
Barefoot benefit The Barefoot Benefit 5K Race and Fall Festival was held Oct. 25 at Sequoyah Hills. In its sixth year, the race course runs along the river on Cherokee Boulevard and is preceded and followed by a festival with music, food, family games and door prizes. Funds raised benefit The Samaritan’s Place Charity.
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Making ‘Room’ The best movies make you feel as though you’re part of their world. “Room” does that. You’re pulled in immediately and wrapped in the same sense of confinement as the characters. And through the visceral performances, you also begin to feel smothered by the same emotions – fear, frustration, confusion, anger, hopelessness – but also uplifted by love, joy, contentment and, ultimately, hope.
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South Carolina, even without the old Ball Coach, one of the best ever in college football, does not project as a pushover. This is another must-win game for the Volunteers. All are. There are no shortcuts to saving this season. (Although, cut them a break, Marvin. That was a great effort against Kentucky.)
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Matthew McClellan’s history and the history of Bearden are closely intertwined in so many ways, they’re virtually inseparable. As the Bearden area has grown and prospered over the last decades, attracting both local entrepreneurs and national chains, McClellan has been a major contributor, and has had his own success. Today he says Bearden “represents a lot of first-class establishments doing a lot of first-class things. The District in Bearden is really this area’s center for better goods.” It hasn’t always been that way, of course. Back when he was growing up in Melrose Place, now part of the UT campus – we’ll just say well more than half a century ago – “We thought anything west of 23rd Street was West Knoxville,” McClellan says. And there wasn’t much going on there. Horse farms still dotted Kingston Pike, along with “tourist courts,” the predecessors of motels, and small cafes. Shopping was done downtown – but that was to change dramatically in the near future, with McClellan at the center of much of the change. Take the smart Melrose Place center on Kingston Pike in Bearden, as just one example. Ever wonder about its name? McClellan will explain that when he bought the property and tore down the old Delrose Motel to build a new location for his men’s store, he did, indeed, name the center for the street where he grew up. He can also answer just about any other question you have about the Bearden area. McClellan, the guest speaker at last week’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Bearden, told stories of the area and of his era. He attended West High School, where two of the students were named Don and Phil Everly. Later, when the Everly brothers were in Nashville starting their climb into rock and roll history, McClellan was in the Army at Fort Campbell, Ky. “We kept our friendship alive,” McClellan says. The Everly Brothers will long be remembered in Bearden, as elsewhere around the world. To page A-3
Matthew McClellan, at right, with his son, Bob, at their store in Melrose Place on Kingston Pike.
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Dogwood Arts issues call to artists With quality fine arts and crafts booths, arts in action, performing arts, culinary arts demonstrations and tastings, and an expanded children’s creation station, several blocks of downtown Knoxville are transformed into a lively street fair for the Dogwood Arts Festival. The artist application is now available at dogwoodarts.com The 56th annual celebration of Dogwood Arts will be held dur-
ing the entire month of April 2016. The annual Festival will be held April 29 to May 1 in the heart of downtown Knoxville on Market Square and Krutch Park. More than 60 juried artists are selected to exhibit and sell their original work in mixed media, clay, drawing/pastels, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, painting,
photography, sculpture and wood. Artists are eligible for several cash awards during the Dogwood Arts Festival including Best of Show, Artists Choice and three honorable mention awards. Awards will total $2,000. Dogwood Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to promote and celebrate the region’s arts, culture and natural beauty. Info: dogwoodarts.com or 865637-4561.
Tuition equality bill heads back to Legislature By Betty Bean Last session, the Tennessee General Assembly came within a hair’s breadth of passing a bill that would make the undocumented children of immigrant parents eligible for in-state college tuition. The Senate approved the bill 21-12, and House members voted 49-47 in favor – one vote short of the 50 required Fran Ansley for the bill to pass – which sent it back to the Calendar and Rules Committee. Two members thought to be sympathetic to the bill were absent, so it should be an easy lift
to get over that 50-vote threshold, right? Maybe not, says retired UT law professor Fran Ansley, one of the state’s most eloquent tuition equality supporters. Ansley and her allies are ready to give it another go when the Legislature reconvenes in January, but the anti-immigrant tone of much the talk generated by the Republican primary has her concerned. “Despite how close we came last year, there’s been a lot of hateful rhetoric coming out of the primary season so far and I worry about the effect it’s going to have on this issue.” As the law stands now, students who aren’t citizens have to pay outof-state tuition (about three times as much as in-state tuition) at Ten-
nessee’s colleges and universities, even if that student’s parents have lived and paid taxes in the state for years. High school guidance counselors and college administrators went to Nashville to tell legislators about the stifling effects this has on ambitious young people who find educational opportunities foreclosed to them through no fault of their own. “It’s crazy to have these young people growing up here, getting an education in Tennessee public schools and facing this insurmountable barrier. I think there is in fact broad public support for the idea that Tennessee should be educating all its young people,” Ansley said, emphasizing that the bill does not include any kind of financial aid.
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Shoes? They’re optional Just before the toes could get a little frosty and the grass a little prickly, a group of University of Tennessee business students encouraged the community to come out for a romp in the park – all while raising money for The Samaritan’s Place Charity. The Barefoot Benefit 5K Race and Fall Festival was held Oct. 25 at Sequoyah Hills. In its sixth year, the race course runs along the river on Cherokee Boulevard and is preceded and followed by a festival with music, food, family games and door prizes. The event is a project of the service-learning class at Haslam College of Business. The designated charity provides emergency shelter for the elderly. “The Barefoot 5K allows students to break ties with the normal classroom setting and create a hands-on learning experience which benefits the local community,” said professor Ernest Cadotte.
Sherri Gardner Howell FARRAGUT FACES Kaila Slagle, a senior in marketing and CEO of the Barefoot Benefit executive team, said she and her classmates feel honored to raise funds for such a worthy organization as Samaritan’s Place, which is the nation’s only program offering a complete continuum of care – from emergency to long-term housing – for low-income seniors. “Our team’s hard work and planning will not only impact our lives but also the seniors who count on Samaritan Place when they have nowhere else to go,” said Slagle. “We are excited to create a race day filled with activities people of all ages can support.”
Runners, many of them barefoot, leave the starting line to benefit Samaritan’s Place.
Sandy the dog, Jimmy Campbell, Barbara Bradley, Vernon Patterson, Billy Anderson and Cletus Edwards, residents at Samaritan Place, pose for a photo with Smokey.
Smokey poses for a photo with the members of the UT Haslam College of Business Barefoot executive team, Kaila Slagle, Alexis Fluty and John Sisk.
Shuai Zuo and Linfei Wang play a game of Jenga with large blocks before the Barefoot Benefit 5K race begins. Photos by Justin Acuff
Owen Humble runs in place to warm up while his brother, Henry, and father, Travis, look on.
Bearden’s history Thanks to the work of many volunteers, in August, Everly Brothers Park was formally dedicated at the corner of Kingston Pike and Forest Park Boulevard just steps from the Third Creek Greenway. When McClellan completed his tour of duty with the Army he returned to Knoxville and UT. “I thought I wanted to be a lawyer,” he says, “but then I found my passion.” It was men’s clothing. He spent some 10 years working for others and then opened his first store in 1966. Hanson House was located where the Copper Cellar now stands on Kingston Pike.
From page A-1 “In our sixth year there,” McClellan recalls, “West Town Mall opened, and it was the place to be. At first, everybody in East Tennessee wanted to come to West Town. The first five years were great; after about 10 years, I wanted out.” The development of Melrose Place was likely among McClellan’s best ideas and, coincidentally, a huge shot in the arm for Bearden. Talbot’s, the chain of women’s stores, contemplating a move to Knoxville, “had done demographic research that showed Melrose Place was the very best location to put the kind of store we liked to operate: highend, high-quality clothing.”
Tuition equality border to look at the effects of international trade agreements on poor and working people. She argues that slamming the door on educational opportunities for ambitious students because of where they were born is having a detrimental effect on American democracy. “This migration wasn’t the result of individual decisions by migrants to come here and break our law, but were decisions made on very high levels, to cut these trade agreements, causing out-migrations from those places to begin to spill out over here,” she said. “What happens to our
That research and the success of McClellan and others offered early examples for both local entrepreneurs and national chains who watched as the Bearden model of highend shopping, dining and entertainment grew exponentially, given a major lift in later years by the marketing organization which defined The District in Bearden with signage, advertising and events. McClellan was a founding member of that organization and today says it has proved his point that: “Bearden is quite simply the place to be for highend, exclusive shopping.”
From page A-1 own economy and our own labor standards if we allow the fact that our immigration system has gotten broken to create a new underclass of people among us? What happens to our democracy if we allow a broken system to produce a group of 11 million people who are not allowed to vote or benefit from the sales taxes and income taxes they pay? It’s very dangerous.” If the bill passes, Tennessee will join 25 other states with tuition equality bills in place. It has been amended to cover students who have already
applied for “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) status, which allows students a temporary but renewable status that carries a two-year deferral from the treat of deportation, a work permit and a social security number, making it one of the country’s most restrictive. It is supported by Republicans who believe it will grow the tax base, increase tuition paid to the state, supply skilled labor to business and align with the governor’s “Drive to 55” initiative, which aspires to see 55 percent of Tennesseans equipped with college degrees or certificates by 2025.
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GOSSIP AND LIES ■Greg Mackay and some 30 employees of the public facilities department, which he manages, are being outsourced by Mayor Madeline Rogero. ■Bill Haslam simply studies outsourcing certain state functions and catches heck from Democrats, public employees and generally sensitive souls. ■Rogero just announces it will be done and pretty much gets a pass. ■Fred Thompson, who died last week at age 73, was a bigger than life guy. He played himself as Arthur Branch on TV’s “Law and Order.� He served one term in the U.S. Senate and retired, saying he didn’t like the pressure to raise money. ■Thompson voted for one and against another article of impeachment for Bill Clinton. He was one of the good guys.
Vols approaching safety net You may relax and take two deep breaths. Set aside tranquilizers and PeptoBismol. Tennessee football is now near the safety net – well, the relative safety of November. This is the time of year when coaches preserve jobs. Some even get raises and contract extensions in the name of progress – because teams look much better against inferior competition. Oh no, this is no guarantee of four consecutive victories and a holiday bowl outing for the Volunteers but South Carolina, North Texas, Missouri and Vanderbilt do sound more favorable than Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Tennessee has not always finished strong but there have been Novembers to re-
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member. John Majors’ teams sometimes ran out of fuel in his first eight seasons (11 late losses) but the Sugar Vols of 1985 got it all straightened out. They went 5-0 down the stretch, on their way to a Southeastern Conference championship and a historic trip to New Orleans. They walloped Rutgers, 40-0, defeated Memphis State by 10, Ole Miss by 20, Kentucky by 42 and Vanderbilt by 30. Once they found the for-
mula, Majors’ teams won 22 consecutive November games, lost to Notre Dame and won 11 more before the end. Phillip Fulmer teams went 42-4 in his first 12 Novembers. Losses were to Memphis State, Arkansas, Miami and Notre Dame. Alumni leaders should have known better than to pick Miami for homecoming. North Texas is a much better idea. Fans do remember what the Vols do in November. Fifteen times Tennessee went undefeated from 1985 through 2004. Fulmer teams were 10-6 in his last four Novembers. Lane Kiffin was 3-1. Derek Dooley was 7-4. Butch Jones is 4-4. Tennessee numbers have been skewed through the
years by near-total domination of Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Not so much lately. Tennessee has been down near their level. I haven’t noticed any change in pulse rate but incoming South Carolina figures to be a somewhat different story on Saturday. We’ll have to get by without anguished expressions, visors sailing through hot air and futile sideline searches for somebody to blame, inept assistants or thoughtless Gamecocks. It was sad to see Steve Spurrier give up the swim in midstream – just plain quit. He coached players to persevere but when things got tough, he took down the flag and surrendered. Getting his full $4 million stopped the bleeding and soothed
most of the pain. He undoubtedly has another parttime job at ESPN or the SEC Network. I blame Butch Jones in part for Spurrier’s decision. What Joshua Dobbs and the Tennessee defense did to South Carolina this time last season took a lot of fun out of coaching. Professional critics didn’t help. One asked Spurrier a loaded question: If you can’t beat the Vols, who can you beat? South Carolina, even without the old Ball Coach, one of the best ever in college football, does not project as a pushover. This is another must-win game for the Volunteers. All are. There are no shortcuts to saving this season. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com
and in 1995, Williams took a year of leave to serve as Gov. Don Sundquist’s Commissioner of Personnel. She was state Senate appointed to the UT Board E duc at ion of Trustees, and chose to Committee. continue in the role when The women she returned to Knoxville. were reAfter managing the quested in Knoxville office of the InN a s h v i l l e gram Group, Williams the next started a public affairs morning to consulting group, SRW explain why Associates, in 2004. She Williams a partisan has sought new challenges Republican had been hired throughout her career, and at the same time Lamar Al- she’s found that she learns exander was named presi- something new every day dent of UT. through running her own Around 500 people, in- business. cluding several of Williams’ She continues to learn at enemies from the Demo- home, too. The Williamses cratic Party, attended the are raising their 14-year-old hearing. Williams recalls grandson, and Susan says Cronan’s approach: “When she’s finally a “soccer mom.� you tell the truth, it’s easy.� Looking back, she can’t Alexander was in Australia imagine having had a cawhen she began recruiting reer in geology. But she still Williams, Cronan said. Wil- regrets missing out on arliams told the committee she chaeology. had left partisan politics. “I love history,� she says, But politics called again, with a sigh.
Politics, PR: Susan Williams keeps learning Susan Richardson Williams celebrated a birthday last week. She spent the day working at home in an effort to ignore the occasion, but it turned out to be a great opportunity to look back at her career. She’s had a total of 16 jobs, and was recently reappointed, by Gov. Bill Haslam, to the TVA Regional Energy Resource Council. In August, she was appointed to the EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) Advisory Council, which she expects to be even more demanding. She currently serves on 10 different boards. When she began her career, her options were limited. She dreamed of studying archaeology, but there wasn’t a program at UT at the time. She considered geology, but a professor told
ander’s father recommended Williams for the post. She joined Winfield Dunn’s gubernatorial camWendy paign during the summer of Smith 1970, then moved to Nashville to join his staff. There, she got to know Lamar Alexander, who was Dunn’s campaign manager. After her she’d be disappointed working for Sen. Bill Brock because, as a woman, she’d for four years, she worked likely end up as someone’s for the Tennessee Republisecretary. can Party for a year. So Williams, who graduWhen Alexander was ated from UT in 1967, chose elected governor in 1978, to be a teacher. Her efforts Williams went to work for to secure a teaching posi- him. She held three different tion at Maryville Junior jobs during his first term. High would ultimately take “It was fun. Lamar was her career in another direc- young, and the staff was tion. Her sister’s best friend young. It was an interesting worked for U.S. Sen. How- time in my career.� ard Baker, and the friend In 1982, she was elected mentioned to Baker’s legis- as the first woman to head lative assistant, Lamar Al- the state GOP. Times had exander, that Williams was changed since she chose her moving to Maryville. Alex- career as an undergraduate.
“It was a better time, by the ’80s, to be a female seeking a job like that. Women had come a long way since the ’60s.� In 1985, Williams took a hiatus from politics to devote time to her family. She had three children with her husband, Dick, a captain of UT’s 1968 football team. In 1987, she met Joan Cronan, who invited the couple to watch a game from Neyland Stadium’s new skyboxes. During the game, Cronan asked Susan to come work for women’s athletics at UT. She refused, saying she had no intention of leaving Nashville. But Cronan was relentless, and in 1988, the family moved to Knoxville. Williams was with Cronan at the SEC men’s basketball tournament in Baton Rouge in March of 1988 when Cronan received a call from the
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Siler shakes up District 2 commission race
Republicans have held a commanding majority on Knox County Commission for decades and have expanded their hold in recent years, whittling the number of Democrats to two in recent elections. In 2016, bolstered by the statewide “Red to the Roots” campaign, the GOP appears poised to finish the job and sweep Democrats out of county office entirely. Democrats Sam McKenzie (District 1) and Amy Broyles (District 2) are not seeking re-election. District 2 Republican candidates Michele Carringer and John Fugate have held appointed offices in recent years and are well known in the community. Both have been running hard for months. Announced Democratic candidate Laura Kildare, a newcomer to politics, hasn’t been visible. Several high profile Democrats urged Cheri Siler to run. Siler left a favorable impression while losing a state 2014 state Senate race no-
Betty Bean body expected her to win, but she wasn’t ready to try it again. She had gained weight and was plagued by migraines during the campaign. She started changing that by participating in an online challenge group with the aim of getting in better shape. “My motivation was to feel better, so I changed the way I eat and added exercise to my daily routine. I’m down about 20 pounds and have more energy than I’ve ever had in my life. I haven’t had five migraines this year. Losing weight was a bonus. My motivation was to feel better.” Last Thursday, after lots of conversation with her husband, Stanley, the Central High School math teacher and mother of six climbed down off the fence and picked up a petition to
become a candidate. What made her change her mind? “It’s been mulling around in my brain for a while, and I decided I wanted to stay involved. (Incumbent Amy Broyles) isn’t running again, and I feel like we need good strong female leadership in our county, so here I am,” Siler said. The daughter of Larry and Donna Edwards, owners of the Edwards Restaurant in Halls and West Knoxville, she helped in the restaurants as a teenager and entered the University of Tennessee at age 16 under an early admissions program for gifted students. She majored in business administration and graduated in 1991, returning years later to study for a master’s degree in mathematics education. She eventually took a temporary job at Central High School, working under principal Jon Miller, who offered her a permanent position at the end of the year.
All in for Bud At right, as Con Hunley and his band provide the music, Law Director Bud Armstrong claims the first dance with his wife, Patti Jo. Below, among the friends and supporters of Knox County Law Director Bud Armstrong who gathered at the Crowne Plaza last week for his re-election campaign kickoff event were: Dr. Galen Methvin, Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen and her husband, Kevin Allen, and Bobby Waggoner. Photos by Anne Hart
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She stayed at Central for 10 years until she was hired as a “numeracy” coach, working with teachers on inA few months ago, prior Cheri Siler structional to the city primary election, strategy and professional Mayor Rogero met with development. area mayors both city and This year she returned county at Cafe 4 on Market to Central, where her older Square. What was interestfour sons graduated and ing according to the media her daughter, Kayley, is in coverage was that several the ninth grade and was re- of the county mayors were cently named the outstand- complaining that new resiing freshman on the varsity dents in their counties are soccer team. not fitting in and not supShe said she’ll be appoint- porting the local governing a treasurer and gearing ment the way they should. up a campaign soon. Translated into ordinary “I’ve never been afraid language, this means many of hard work and believe of the new residents ask that governing has to be questions about the way a business of compromise local government is operand working together. I ated and may actually vote hope County Commission, against the incumbents. no matter who’s elected, These are not willing to can work for what’s best for say yes to every tax hike all of our county – and not proposal. They actually stick to an agenda. have prior governmental experience and use it. This seems surprising as local officials are always encouraging people to move into their area and extending a welcome mat. They should not be surprised when new eyes see things differently. Tennessee benefits by its new residents. Change is a constant. ■ Chris Rugerg, recently announced as the city’s real estate manager, will earn $62,400. He seems like a good, solid hire. He will work with Judy Walton, the city’s real estate acquisition agent, who makes $53,439 a year. Both report to deputy to the mayor Christi Branscom. ■ Both mayors Burchett and Rogero, to their credit, oppose the state Legislature charging fees for citizens to inspect public records. Burchett described it as “a ridiculous step backward, out of the sunshine and into the shadows.” There is a serious effort by some local government officials who dislike producing public records being perto charge a fee in order secuted to reduce and discourage and killed. requests. “ISIS only ■ Marlene Davis, 63, knows the will be the Democratic canlanguage of didate for County Commisbeheading.” sion from District 4. She is But those a professor of architecture who seek asylum in Susan Dakak the United States are suspected of be- have been granted asylum. But there’s a funnel effect ing ISIS infiltrators. And the U.S. cannot use religion with millions wanting to as a test of immigration or come in and just a few thousand accepted each year. citizenship, anyway. There’s what Dakak calls According to the New York Times, just 30,000 a shadowy underground Iraqis were resettled in railroad, helping Iraqis esthe United States in the six cape, and moving them into years following the 2003 in- the U.S. across our porous vasion. At least 1,500 more border.
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When there’s just no good answer Certainty is the gold standard of politicians. Think Donald Trump. Uncertainty is disconcerting. Think Jeb Bush, who said Sunday he goes back and forth on the death penalty. Susan Dakak, a civil engineer, U.S. citizen and native of Iraq, spoke recently to the North Knox Rotary. Dakak presented a realtime dilemma that defies a good answer. Take a look. First, she showed a PowerPoint of her family pictures. They looked like most American families of that time – kids stiffly dressed for church, parents dancing and enjoying life.
In 2004, Dakak volunteered to assist her native country with its reconstruction efforts. She spent six Sandra months in Iraq investigatClark ing the country’s wastewater collection system and helping standardize rehabilitation methods. “Things had changed,” Life in Iraq in the 1970s was much like that in the she said. “Little by little, U.S. “More women than people came to feel they had men were doctors and engi- no room to be free. “The new generation of neers,” she said. Dakak attended Catholic Islam was completely difschools, excelled in math, ferent than the (Muslims) I and came to the U.S. to knew growing up.” Christians, in particular, study engineering at Tenare persecuted by the renessee Tech. She left before Saddam ligious extremists in Iraq. came to power. In 2003, he And here is the dilemma. The Iraqi Christians are fell to U.S.-led forces.
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“What do we do with these people,” she asked. “How do we help them? I don’t know the answer. ... I’m not a Muslim-basher, but our security and future depend on letting the right ones in (and keeping the wrong ones out.) “It makes me question what’s right or wrong.”
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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. Offerings include: card games; exercise programs; dance classes; watercolor classes; Tai Chi; blood pressure checks; Mahjong; senior-friendly computer classes. The center’s lounge/resource area contains a “Senior Services� resource wall. The Center will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day. The Knox County Veterans Services will provide oneon-one assistance to veterans and family members 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12.
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But does it talk? Martha Zeiser with Honey the horse. The Star Minis recently visited Morning Pointe of Powell. The therapeutic horses can do tricks and one actually kicked a soccer ball while another did math. Photo submitted
Register for: Veterans social and lunch, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4; Medicare presentation, 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5; “How to Choose a Senior Living Site,� 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6; “Elegant Rattan Basket Weaving� class, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. ■John T. O’Connor Senior Center 611 Winona St. 523-1135 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Elmcroft of Halls hosted a smashing family night and open house last week, introducing some 11 vendors who all brought food. Folks moved from table to table for fried chicken, veggies, fruit, desserts and, of course, information. Nobody left hungry. Over the next few weeks, we will profile various health service providers in this space; after all, we do work for food. But for now, let’s look at the funniest episode of the evening. Charlie Harris, Elmcroft’s regional director for 11 centers in Tennessee, said he hired Chris Tharp as director of the Halls facility because he had worked with him in Oak Ridge and knew of his dedication. “He had no bow tie and short hair,� Harris joked. “We hit it off right away.
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‌ It’s a blessing for Halls to have Chris here.â€? Tharp then praised Harris. “He was born the day I got married. He’s the smartest young guy I know.â€? Tharp said during his job interview the men didn’t discuss finances, they talked culture. But there was this one odd thing ‌ “Why does Charlie have that huge picture of Conway Twitty on his wall?â€? Chris asked a staff member. “Is there something I should know?â€? She laughed. “Conway is his grandfather.â€? Sure enough, Charlie Harris’ mother is the daughter of Conway Twitty. The well-known country music star, born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, recorded with Loretta Lynn and performed on “Hee Haw.â€? He died June 5, 1993, at age 59 and is buried in Gallatin, Tenn.
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â– Larry Cox Senior Center 3109 Ocoee Trail 546-1700 Monday-Friday Hours vary The Knox County Veterans Services will provide one-on-one assistance to veterans and family members 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9.
Monahan is runner-up Lauren Monahan (left), director of the Frank R. Strang Senior Center in West Knoxville, was third runner-up for the title Ms Senior America 2015. The contest was Oct. 18-23 in the Casino Resorts Hotel in Atlantic City. The winner was Dr. Barbara Mauldin (center) from Mississippi. The pageant will be televised on the BBC network during November. Photo submitted
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Holiday Market at Messiah Lutheran items ordered from SERRV – Sales Exchange for Refugee By Carol Shane Early holiday shoppers are in for a treat this Saturday when Rehabilitation and Vocation. Purchases made here will benefit people in third world countries. If you’ve never Messiah Lutheran Church holds its annual Holiday Market. beautiful basketry, texIt’s a good place to find items that you just don’t run across come across the tiles, jewelry and more anywhere. “We invite various craftoffered by SERRV, ers and artisans to come and display you’re in for a decorative and gift items,” says Cristreat. tall Mount of the No church church’s WELsale would CA (Women of be complete the Evangeliwithout homecal Lutheran baked goods and Church of this one is no A mer ica) exception – chapter, who there will be adds that the a “Messiah merchanBakery” tadise varies ble. The womwidely “from en of WELCA the types of are also offeritems to their ing coffee, juice pricing; there’s and pastries in the something for morning for a freewill everyone.” offering, and a lunch of The one-day event sandwich, chips, drink is sponsored by WELAll kinds of beautiful merchandise and homeand brownie for $5. CA. “We have about 20 baked goodies will be available at Messiah LutherThere will also be a silent women that are involved an Church’s annual Holiday Market this weekend. auction featuring items donated by in putting this together,” crafters and a “rummage sale” table says Mount. Examples of the kinds of things you’ll find are hand- of items donated by church members. A portion of the proceeds this year goes to benefit Knoxmade pottery, dragonfly art made from recycled materials, handcrafted and upcycled jewelry, handmade soap and ville’s Ronald McDonald House. In addition, Thrivent Ficandles, photographic art, monogrammed towels, purses, nancial will be providing some matching funds. The fifth annual Holiday Market will be 9 a.m.-2 p.m. clothing and pillows, crocheted items, dolls and vintage items, scarves, hair bows, birdhouses, quilts and crafted this Saturday, Nov. 7, in the fellowship hall of Messiah Lutheran Church, 6900 Kingston Pike. Info: 588 9753. Christmas items. There will also be a Fair Trade booth with handcrafted Send story suggestions to news@shoppernewsnow.com.
A near miss
… my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence. (2 Samuel 22: 3 NRSV) Jesus, Savior, pilot me over life’s tempestuous sea; unknown waves before me roll, hiding rock and treacherous shoal. (Edward Hopper, 1871) It happened so fast that later I had trouble remembering the exact sequence of events. Lewis and I were traveling on the interstate in our motor home, which is about the size of a Mack truck, that is to say, impossible to stop on a dime. To add to the peril, it was raining. Suddenly, in our lane, there was a car stopped, clearly the result of a wreck that had happened within the past two minutes. Two other cars were involved, and a tractor trailer was just ahead, apparently unscathed and moving on. Thanks to Lewis’ good reflexes and quick thinking, we were able to avoid becoming part of the wreckage. Later, he asked me what I was thinking at that moment. When my pounding heart slowed down and I could breathe again, I told him, “I wasn’t thinking! I
Fall Festival reaches community Nick Jordan, Philip Allen, Jacob Allen and Laura Allen are ready for Trunk or Treat. Photo by Sherri Gardner Howell
Prince Charmings of all ages could have found true love on Sunday, Oct. 25, at Hardin Valley Church of Christ. Snow Whites from toddlers to adults were carrying shiny apples as they enjoyed the church’s annual Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat.
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was praying!” No kidding! We never know when the “rock and treacherous shoal” will be right in front of us. We can be assured of two things: there will be danger on occasion, and always, no matter the outcome, God is with us. Lewis and I were fortunate: to be unhurt, and to have avoided hurting anyone else. I have to admit, as well, that we were grateful that our motor home was intact. Such an experience focuses the mind. It also reminds me that there are many across this world who live in constant danger. Let’s pray for them, too.
There were plenty of other costumed characters, too, including some rather clever teenagers dressed as Dr. Who, Star War’s Kylo Ren, deadmau5 and Enderman from Minecraft. “This is a true community outreach for us,” said
Larry Cline, church minister. “We will see 300 to 400 people here this afternoon from the community who will get an opportunity to learn more about our congregation. We do this every year, as well as a spring festival.”
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■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7754 Oak Ridge Highway, is seeking vendors for the annual Craft Fair to be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, in the family life center. Spaces: $40. Bring your own table or rent one for $10. Info/ reservations: 690-1060.
■ 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.
FAITH NOTES Community services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host Second Harvest Food Drop, 8-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in the Family Life Center. All welcome. Info: beaverridgeumc.org or 690-1060.
Classes/meetings ■ Church Women United Knoxville-Knox County will meet 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, Graystone Presbyterian
Church, 139 Woodlawn Pike. Info: 577-0287.
Fundraisers ■ Ebenezer UMC, 1001 Ebenezer Road, will host a churchwide Mission Day event 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, to raise funds for missions. Featuring: UMC Women’s rummage sale; Men’s Club barbecue and “Roots” Youth ministry bake sale. Info/ barbecue orders: 691-8330 or eumcknox.org.
Special services ■ Music ministries of Christ Covenant Church in Farragut and Community Evangelistic Church in East Knoxville will join for three presentations of “How Great Our Joy – a Gospel Christmas!” Presentations: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11-12, Christ Covenant Church, 12915 Kingston Pike; 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Community Evangelistic Church, 2650 Boyds Bridge Pike. Info: 525-1589 or cecchurch.org; 671-1885 or
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office@christcov.org. ■ 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.
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‘American Pinocchio’ By Sara Barrett Each year, most schools present a fall production of some sort. There are the usual classics – “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid” – but if you’re in the mood for something different, check out Farragut High School’s production of “American Pinnochio.” “I adapted it myself,” said fine arts teacher Lea McMahan. “I stuck mostly to the story, but I set it in a 1930s carnival. Actually, two competing carnivals. One is the
The cast of “American Pinocchio” includes Alden Duren, Roland Dixon; (second row) Mollie Deakins, Josh Buie, Macy Bournan, Sophia Cowell, Fox Robinson, Abigail French, Kassidy Heard; (third row) Dylan Parker, Riley McFall, Madison Haynes, Josh Farner, Lauren Cook, Ethan Manulf, Ben Keagle; (back) Kerry Pickett, Emily Stiles, Rachel Liske, Austin Sena, Matthew Phillips, Kaci Deakins, Cameron Willis and Carson Woody. Photo by Lea McMahan
HEALTH NOTES ■ “Advancing the Fight Against Cancer” seminar, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, The Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park Drive. Free Lunch and Learn presented by Tennova Healthcare. Registration required by Saturday, Nov. 14. Info/registration: 1-855-TENNOVA (836-6682) or Tennova.com. ■ Parkinson Support Group of North Knoxville will meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway. Topic: “Supplements That May Help P.D. Symptom Management.” Info: the Rev. Scobie Branson, 806-6907 or on Facebook. ■ Veteran’s Benefit Health Fair, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, Cansler Y, 616 Jessamine St. Free and open to all veterans and military personnel in the community. Info: Pam Williams, pwilliams@ ymcaknoxville.org. ■ Healthy holiday appetizers cooking class, noon Wednesday, Nov. 4, Healthy Living Kitchen, Suite E-170, University of Tennessee Medical Center Heart Lung Vascular Institute. Info/registration: 305-6970.
Big Top which is struggling to survive the Great Depression but is like a big family. The second carnival is the Circus Monstro, which is run by a greedy ringmaster who lures Pinocchio away by promising him more money to help out his father and his Big Top family.” “American Pinocchio” will be presented at FHS in the Ferguson Theatre 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 12-14, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. Tickets are $8 at the door.
Local student is national math winner
Alexei Kalinin, a second grader from St. John Neumann, won third place nationally in the recent TriMathalon. He earned a three -month scholarship to Mathnasium and a Rubik’s Prize Pack plus prizes for his local win. “As the name implies, the competition has three events: The Counting Game, Magic Squares and Mental Math. The results from all students’ work are sent in to Mathnasium HQ in Los Angeles,” said Mathnasium of West Knoxville franchise owner Michael O’Hern. Alexei and Vivaan Singhvi, a fourth grader from Farragut Intermediate School, tied with perfect scores, forcing a tie-breaker.
Mathnasium of West Knoxville is donating $10 per participant to each participant’s school PTA, plus a $500 donation to the PTA of the school from which the most participants came. Farragut Intermediate School won the $500 donation, but since St. John Neumann, a very small school comparatively, had only one fewer participant than FIS, the school got a $250 gift. “The TriMathalon event was great fun including games, prizes and pizza, and we are particularly proud to have had one of the national winners with us here in Knoxville,” said O’Hern. “We look forward to next year’s sixth annual TriMathalon.” Info: 865769-6944.
Farragut Intermediate School gym teachers Kesha Badgett, Lucas Fox and Jackie Dutton are the Frisbee supervisors during a schoolwide meet at Admiral Park Oct. 29. Photos by S. Barrett
Family fun with Frisbees Farragut Intermediate School held its annual family Frisbee meet at Admiral Park Oct. 29. About 30 families gathered for a few rounds of Frisbee golf with a few FIS faculty members thrown in for good measure, including
principal Reggie Mosley. “We’re trying to move from just traditional team sports,” said FIS physical education teacher Lucas Fox. “Not everyone wants to get out and play football or baseball, and this is something
that can be done throughout life.” The Frisbee meet coincides with a unit on Frisbees students completed in gym class. A portable course of 18 holes was arranged on school campus for the lesson.
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Empty Bowls to fill hungry stomachs
West High School AP art students Angelique Carpenter, Karilyn Smith and Jordan Stevens look through dozens of bowls made for a fundraiser to benefit The Love Kitchen. Photo by S. Barrett
Students at West High School have created dozens of bowls to give away in an effort to feed the hungry throughout Knoxville. WHS will host Empty Bowls 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in the school cafeteria. Ticket holders will be served a simple bowl of soup or chili and they can choose a handmade bowl to keep, courtesy of a WHS art student. The WHS Jazz Band will provide the entertainment. WHS visual art teacher and Fine Art Department chair Michelle Ayres said many of her students had never been involved in philanthropy prior to the fundraiser, and the process has really made an impact. “They were asked to make two bowls: one to keep and one to donate to the fundraiser,” said Ayres. “Some students donated both bowls. Some chose to make several and donate all of them.”
Sara Barrett The bowls are hand sculpted by students before being glazed and fired. “The entire process takes about six class periods from beginning to end to create one bowl,” she said. Empty Bowls is an international project created to raise awareness of and help end hunger. “These kids are giving their art away,” said Ayres. “That’s a big investment.” Admission to Empty Bowls is $10 advance, $12 at the door. Additional donations will be welcomed and appreciated. To purchase tickets, call WHS at 594-4495 or email Ayres at michelle.ayers@ knoxschools.org.
Creepy and kooky, the musical Have you ever wondered what would have happened to the Addams Family chemistry if a “normal” person joined the family tree? Would they remain creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky? Bearden High School’s production of the musical “The Addams Family” will consider such a predicament.
Gomez Addams finds out about his daughter Wednesday’s engagement to a “normal” person and must decide whether to keep the secret or tell his wife, the fabulous Morticia. Wednesday invites her future in-laws over for dinner and the rest will be revealed during the performance. This is the first time this
musical will be performed by a high school in East Tennessee. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, and Saturday, Nov. 14, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in the BHS auditorium. Admission is $12 ($10 students). Tickets can be purchased in the cafeteria during lunch or by visiting www.cmajor.net.
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Bearden High School students will portray the Addams Family, including Michaela Leib as “Grandma,” Morgan Brown as “Pugsley”; (middle row) Jackson Bieger as “Gomez,” Brianna Drake as “Morticia”; (back) Anna Smith as “Wednesday,” Pierce Overholt as “Lurch” and Curtis Kosier as “Fester.” Photo submitted
■ Webb School of Knoxville “Take a Look” admissions open house 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, in Webb’s Central Building. Interested families of kindergarten through 12th grade students are invited to learn about the school and admissions. 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.
Winter is here. A still from Matific’s educational video game.
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Social Media helps West Hills teacher meet students’ needs There was an open invitation to any other West Hills teachers who were interested in learning about Matific programs. “We can’t help everyone, but we can help some,” said Vardi during his visit to Bzorgi’s classroom. “This is exciting for us to be able to help out.” Vardi explained that learning involves collaboration, discovery and failure but students aren’t big fans of the failure part. They don’t realize, though, that when they lose a video game, they are failing. Matific has developed software that allows students to play games similar to those they’re used to playing at home with friends, but the students learn in the process. “This event showcases the powerful role social media can play in connecting companies to customers and how companies can use social media to help individuals in their industries prosper,” said a press release from Matific’s representatives.
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West Hills Elementary School fourth grade teacher Amy Bzorgi has new technology to help teach her students math skills, and it’s because of a comment she posted on Facebook. Bzorgi was reading an article posted online by the company Matific, a producer of educational, interac t ive Amy Bzorgi online games. Bzorgi commented on the post and explained West Hills’ lack of technology and training, never expecting a response from the company. Shortly after she commented, she received a reply from Matific CEO Guy Vardi, who offered to give Bzorgi’s class five tablets and 24-hour access to the company’s online software for free. Vardi flew in from New York to deliver the tablets and meet with Bzorgi after school one afternoon.
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Mabry Kate Webb March 13, 2014 – Feb. 7, 2015
Ethan Parsley is visited by members of the UT football team at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.
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CARE 365 to host eight football teams
Kyle and Christin Webb with their son, Owen
ing level, the extra time allows us the opportunity to see our younger players and begin the evaluation process before we head into the off-season. This is a winwin scenario.” – Jeff Cortez, head coach, Lenoir City High
Ethan Parsley leads the Grace Christian Academy football team onto the field. At the 2014 trophy presentation are The King’s Academy coach Matt Lowe; Isaiah Carter, brother of Mikey Carter; and Lenoir City High School coach Jeff Cortez.
By Sandra Clark CARE 365 will present the fourth annual “CAREacter” Star Community Service Football Game at Grace Christian Academy, 5914 Beaver Ridge Road, featuring eight East Tennessee high school football teams. Information is available from organizers Dave Moore, 865-455-0338; Gregg Bostick, 865-4068019; or at care365.org Proceeds from these games will benefit the families of Ethan Parsley and
Owen Webb. Admission is $8 per game, available at the gate. On Thursday, Nov. 5, the Powell Panthers will play the Lenoir City Panthers at 7 p.m. On Saturday, Nov. 7, David Crockett Pioneers vs. McMinn County Cherokees, 11 a.m.; West Greene Buffaloes vs. Tellico Plains Bears, 2:30 p.m.; and Loudon Redskins vs. Sequoyah Chief, 7 p.m. Ethan Parsley, of the Karns community, is a foot-
ball-loving 11 year old with a huge heart. Ethan was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at 3 years old. On Dec. 1, 2014, he was diagnosed with metastatic Ewing’s Sarcoma, just one week after his 11th birthday. He has been bravely fighting it ever since. Ethan has had 11 rounds of chemotherapy, 27 radiation treatments and far too many surgeries to count. Ethan knows that God’s plan is perfect and that He is the ultimate physician. We ask for your prayers as he continues his fight. Owen Webb was born March 30, 2015, with Krabbe disease, an aggressive
genetic degenerative neurological disease that destroys the nerve cells in the brain and nervous system. He has been receiving chemotherapy and stem cell treatments at Duke University Hospital since he was born. He will hopefully arrive home in Powell the week of Nov. 2. Owen’s older sister, Mabry Kate, died from this disease on Feb. 7, 2015, at the age of 11 months. Previous beneficiaries of the Community Service Football Games are: Will McKamey and Anna Hamilton – 2012 Seth Haynes – 2013 Mikey Carter and Dominique McKeethan – 2014
“First, I think it is important to use the platform of football to reach out beyond yourself and do special things for people, and use the game for those purposes. Last year, Coach Moore approached us with an opportunity to play an 11th game. As Coach Moore explained the scenario and how the game was designed I didn’t have to think about a decision, we were IN! “Second, CAREacter Star Community Service Game is the combination of the best scenarios I can think of. We get to help those that need our help, we get the opportunity to play and coach a game we love. On a coach-
“This 11th game is a great opportunity to help people in need and gives our student athletes a chance to give back. It is a wonderful experience and a blessing our players and coaches enjoy!” – Joe Case, head coach, West Greene “Coach Moore does a tremendous job highlighting local student athletes through the CAREacter Star Athlete of the Week program, but it’s actually amazing to see his commitment to helping those in the community who are less fortunate or who are struggling with trials of various types.” – Randy McKamey, head coach, Grace Christian Academy
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wraps viewers in its reality By Betsy Pickle The best movies make you feel as though you’re part of their world. “Room” does that. You’re pulled in immediately and wrapped in the same sense of confinement as the characters.
And through the visceral performances, you also begin to feel smothered by the same emotions – fear, frustration, confusion, anger, hopelessness – but also uplifted by love, joy, contentment and, ulti-
‘Spectre’ James Bond (Daniel Craig) is one cool customer in “Spectre,” opening Friday. In 007’s latest outing, he has to uncover the truth about a sinister organization as his boss, M (Ralph Fiennes), fights to keep the British secret service from falling victim to politics. Christoph Waltz, Naomie Harris, Lea Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Dave Bautista and Ben Whishaw also star for director Sam Mendes.
By Carol Shane The Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville routinely outdoes itself with exhibitions of highest-quality art from our region and beyond, as well as seminars and support for local artists of all types. One of the organization’s most popular events is set for this weekend as the ACA partners with the East Tennessee Woodworkers Guild to present the 18th Master Woodworkers Show at the Emporium Center. “We’ve got a great show for 2015,” says show director Scott DeWaard. “It only happens every other year, and it goes so fast.” The juried show will feature the works of 30 fine woodworkers from East Tennessee and the surrounding region. Many types of woodwork, including marquetry, sculpture, turning and cabinetry, will be on display. Some pieces are traditional; some are whimsical. The artists will be in attendance, so it’s an ideal environment to view the work and meet the peo-
ple who make it. Participating artists include Ronald Young of Chattanooga; Stephen Moles of Church Hill; Matt Campbell of Dayton; Richard Dwyer and Jeffrey Neil of Gray; Curtis Buchanan of Jonesboroug; Stephen Shankles of Maryville; and Harold Galbraith, Brian Horais, Al Hudson, Dan Land, Lou Mansur and Gordon Rome of Knoxville. North Carolina woodworkers Gary Rawlins of Mars Hill and Kirk Shufelt of Cullowhee, who runs the website “Peace, Love and Dovetails,” will also showcase their furniture and cabinetry. DeWaard is from Blount County. On his website, he says that he has “cloistered himself in his modest shop for the last 30 years picking up the phone saying ‘Ya, I can do that.’ ” He’s also on the faculty of Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. “If you love fine handmade furniture and want to know more about what sets it apart,” he says, “this is the show for you.”
mately, hope. “Room,” based on the novel by Emma Donoghue and adapted for the screen by the author, is like living at the heart of an onion. Layers gradually fall away, providing information bit by bit. Some of them aren’t hard to predict, but it’s still difficult to provide a storyline without unveiling a few of the mysteries. Jack (Jacob Tremblay), about to turn 5, lives in a squalidly magical place called Room with his Ma (Brie Larson of “Short Term 12”). They do practically everything together because they never leave Room. Ma has created a fantasy for Jack that has him believing there is nothing except for Room. They have an ancient, barely watchable TV, but Ma explains that the people on it aren’t real. They can see outside through a skylight in the ceiling, but Ma has explanations for what’s visible through it as well. Room is reality. Everything else is made up. They play games, read books, exercise, bathe, eat and sleep within Room.
The 18th Master Woodworkers Show is open 4-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6; 10 a.m.5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7; and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Emporium Center,
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Sometimes a gruff man called Old Nick (Sean Bridgers) comes to bring supplies and spend time with Ma, but she always hides Jack in Wardrobe so that Nick won’t see or interact with him. Jack is getting bigger, and he’s a smart kid. Ma worries about him. She worries about herself. She has reason to. And she begins to sketch out a plan that could turn Jack’s world upside down. “Room” is pretty much perfect. It takes an event that has become uncomfortably familiar in the real
world and imagines what happens beyond the newsprint or sound bites. It gives humanity to a framework of exploitation. It offers hope for healing. The acting is phenomenal. Larson is heartbreaking as the young woman robbed of so much and yet so giving to her son. She makes all of Ma’s actions and reactions believable. Young Tremblay is astounding both as the unquestioning inhabitant of Room and as a Valentine Michael Smith type. There is something otherworldly
in his perceptive gaze, but he makes Jack’s journey raw and powerful. Performances by Joan Allen and William H. Macy round out an incredible depiction of a family derailed by a horrific event. Between Donoghue’s insightful script and director Lenny Abrahamson’s lean direction, “Room” comes to life without melodrama. And like other great films, it lingers, holding you close as you continue to think about its characters and their lives. Rated R for language.
Scott DeWaard and Stephen Shankles are two of the accomplished artists featured this weekend in the 18th Master Woodworkers Show at the Emporium Center in Knoxville. Photo submitted
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business TMA sets legislative agenda The Tennessee Medical Association has a 3-point agenda when the legislative session reconvenes on Jan. 12. TMA president John W. Hale Jr. says the group wants a better, safer health care environment for both doctors and patients. TMA will seek a health care future that is patientcentered and physicianled, make sure insurance companies are more accountable when changing fee schedules and payment policies, and protect medical malpractice caps, among other issues, Hale said. Dave Chaney is the lobbyist for TMA, which represents 8,000 physicians. The agenda is on the group’s website at tnmed.org A key piece of legislation will compete with the “Nurse Independent Practice� bill which would give advanced practice nurses the ability to diagnose and treat patients and prescribe drugs without a physician supervisor to review charts or provide consultation. Hale says it’s in the best interest of all Tennesseans to have physician-led health care. TMA will also work to see the Health Care Provider Stability Act passed. Sponsored by Sen. Bo Watson and Rep. Jon Lundberg, the bill would limit how often insurance companies can change fee schedules and payment policies and require adequate notice of those changes to make the process more transparent. “It’s impossible for a physician to make sure the
business side of a practice runs smoothly when health plans can cut reimbursement mid-contract with no recourse for the physician,� Dr. Hale said. TMA will work toward a constitutional amendment clarifying that the General Assembly can set caps on noneconomic damages in cases including medical liability actions. A 2011 cap on noneconomic damages is currently being threatened by lawsuits. The proposed amendment must pass two separate General Assemblies before it goes on the ballot for a vote in 2018. If the amendment doesn’t pass the 2016 General Assembly, the earliest the issue could be up for a statewide vote would be 2022. “The General Assembly needs to act now to prevent us from going backwards on the issue of a noneconomic damages cap,� Hale said. “The cap fosters growth in Tennessee’s health care industry by cutting back on frivolous lawsuits and the costs that come with them. I’m confident Tennessee voters will support it if given the chance to vote.�
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News from the Rotary Guy
Volunteer Rotarians raise $12,500 for service dog By Tom King It began in March 2015 with a program at a Friday meeting of the Knoxville Volunteer Rotary Club. The speaker was Mike KitchTom King ens, volunteer chair of the Smoky Mountain Service Dogs Inc. The organization trains and provides service dogs for veterans with physical and/or psychological disabilities. These dogs – usually Golden Retrievers or Labrador Retrievers – are custom-trained mobility assistance service dogs. His program led to the Volunteer club creating a fund-raising program by soliciting donations and pledges for its 21 members to lose weight. They have lost more than 100 pounds since July and raised $12,500 to fund a veteran placement sponsorship. Earl Kear, the club’s immediate past president, came up with the idea for the sponsorship. Kitchens will be at the club’s Nov. 20 meeting updating them on the dog’s training. He also said they will have a “Pass the Leash� ceremony with the Volunteer Club in early 2016 when
North Knoxville Rotary recently hosted Kurt-Lennart Kalmsjo, a 32-year Rotarian from Scandinavia, pictured with his daughter, Knoxville resident Sofie Teague. Sofie came to East Tennessee to attend Maryville College. She married Justin Teague. the dog is presented to the veteran after a three-month training program. â–
Coach Barnes donates $1,000
University of Tennessee’s new basketball coach Rick Barnes spoke to the Rotary Club of Knoxville on Tuesday and thanked them for all the good they do in the world. He then surprised the club with a $1,000 contribution to support the club’s orphanage – the Mateszalka Children’s Home in Mateszalka, Hungary, so the children can have Christmas this
year. He challenged the club to match his $1,000 and the members had the $1,000 matched before the meeting ended.
Recent graduate Chris and his mobility assistance service dog “Millie.� Chris is a U.S. Marine veteran, full-blooded ■Webb Madrigals native American Indian (Chippewa), born on a reservation to visit 2 clubs in Texas, and fourth generaThe holiday season is tion Marine. Chris sacrificed coming on fast and the tala right leg in Iraq when a misented and great voices sile hit his Humvee. Last name of the Webb School withheld on request Madrigal Singers will be making appearances at two Rotary Tuesday, Dec. 1, at its noon clubs this year. If you meeting at the Marriott and want to hear their holiday on Wednesday, Dec. 9, they program then get these will be at the Rotary Club of dates on your calendar. Farragut for its noon meetThey will entertain the Ro- ing at Fox Den Country tary Club of Knoxville on Club.
Gabe Gagliardi keeps it Southern in Seattle By Sherri Gardner Howell Gabe Gagliardi didn’t plan on ending up in Seattle, but love can do strange things. The Knoxville-born graduate of Farragut High School hadn’t exactly stuck around the homeplace since
he walked across the stage in 1996, but Seattle became home because his wife, Tiffany Sanders Gagliardi, wanted to live there. “I went to the College of Charleston and then moved around a lot,� says Gagliar-
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four other barbecue flavors in Gagliardi and Dahm’s house-made sauces, The Ramblin’ Boar. The sauce comes in four distinctive flavors: Memphis (tangy with a kick); Texas (smoky and sweet); Kansas (tomatobased sweetness) and South Carolina (mustard based). In the restaurant, the sauce choices also include North Carolina (vinegar based), Alabama (white mayonnaise based), Kentucky (bourbon sauce) and Roasted Habanero, the spiciest sauce. “We are now selling our four bottled sauces in markets and grocery stores in Washington and Oregon and hope they will be our next big thing,� says Gagliardi. The Seattle equivalent of Kroger, QFC, is testing the sauce on the shelves in Seattle. Gagliardi majored in business at the College of Charleston, but said it didn’t take too many months of wearing a shirt and tie every day to reawaken his true love of culinary. He quit his job in the international shipping business to attend culinary school in 2006. “About six months into culinary school, I saw a flier advertising tryouts for ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ and decided to give it a try,� says Gagliardi. “I was picked to be on season 2 and was the second person eliminated that year. Chef Gordon Ramsay said I was too nice.� He completed Cordon Bleu School in Chicago, and Chef Gabe began “going where the restaurant experiences led me.� He worked in New York, Las Vegas, Chicago and Charleston before coming to Seattle. “Seattle was ready for a barbecue experience,� he says, “and now we are certainly not alone in the field.
Hennie certified in whiplash treatment Dr. Craig A. Hennie of Homberg Chiropractic and Wellness in Bearden recently became certified in Whiplash and Brain Injury Traumatology through the Spine Research Institute of San Diego, a research center devoted to the investigation of motor vehicle crash injury. Dr. Hennie says consumers need to be educated about the issues surrounding whiplash – both concerning its treatment and, importantly, its prevention.
Gabe Gagliardi sits in his Seattle restaurant, The Boar’s Nest.
It is great fun to introduce our great Southern food to a new region. For specials, I will cook up some Brunswick stew, and our fried macaroni and cheese, as well as the collard greens are menu favorites.� Busy times are ahead for Gagliardi, who now also works as a broker with John L. Scott Real Estate in Seattle. He and Tiffany have a son, Roman, and are expecting their second child in a few months. Info: ballardbbq.com
FARRAGUT CHAMBER EVENTS â– Thursday, Nov. 5, 8-9:30 a.m., networking: FHS Education Foundation, The Chop House, 9700 Kingston Pike. â– Wednesday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m.-noon, ribbon cutting: Beltone, 12744 Kingston Pike, Suite 102. â– Tuesday, Nov. 17, 10:30-11:30 a.m., ribbon cutting: Choices in Senior Care, 151 Market Place Blvd. â– Thursday, Nov. 19, 5-6:30 p.m., networking: Cranberry Hollow, 12556 Kingston Pike.
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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE
Sherwood Forest arrives at GCA!
By Danielle Taylor On Thursday, Oct. 22, the Upper School Theatre Department gave two incredible performances of Larry Blamire’s “Robin Hood,” the tale of an outlaw robbing from the rich to
give to the poor. With seasoned senior cast leads Sean Sloas as Robin Hood and Tyler Mowery as Maid Marian, the performance was lled with sword ghts, greedy nobles, poor villagers, true love, and a merry
band of ruf ans all directed by the ever-gifted Tonya Wilson. Young and old alike truly enjoyed the show, as some patrons even said that it was the best show the GCA upper school has ever produced. When asked how
pleased she was with the show’s success, Mrs. Wilson summed it up by stating, “Praise be to God for the gifts He has given these talented young people. May they always use their talents for His glory.”
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Medical explorers
GCA students recognized for academics By Donna Poole Congratulations to senior Nathan Pettit who has been selected as a Commended Student by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Of the 1.5 million juniors who took the PSAT last fall, 50,000 with the highest Selection Index on the test (critical reading, mathematics and writing skills scores) have quali ed for recognition by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Although Commended Students do not continue in the competition for National Merit® scholarships, some of these students do become candidates for special scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses. Congratulations, Nathan!
Tanne Thornton, GCA sophomore, received an Award of Excellence for his participation last summer in the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists Congress in Boston. The Academy was founded for the purpose of identifying prospective talent at the earliest possible age to provide students the necessary experience and skills for careers in science and technology. American hero and astronaut Buzz Aldrin is the Academy Science Director. During the three-day congress, Tanner was able to hear from a wide variety of leaders in scienti c elds as well as leaders from government and the public sector, including top scienti c
Front row: Lakin Lawson, Katie Warwick, Brett Emery, Lauren Quirk, Alex Kelley and Jordan Ellis. Back row: Colby Cox, Justin Shaw and Alex Tillman
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Tanner Thornton (10) & Nathan Pettit (12) university deans and leaders in scienti c research and cuttingedge technology. Congratulations, Tanner!
Nine GCA students have been selected to participate in the University of Tennessee’s Medical Explorations program. This special program, with both fall and summer hands-on opportunities in the medical eld, was begun by Dr. Mitchell Goldman, a surgeon at UT Medical Center, in 1991. Over 400 students have been involved in Medical Explorations since its founding. GCA students chosen for this fall include three juniors (Jordan Ellis, Alex Kelley, and Lakin Lawson) and six seniors (Colby Cox, Brett Emery,
Lauren Quirk, Justin Shaw, Alex Tillman, and Katie Warwick). Students attend monthly lectures in the fall and for six weeks of the summer rotate through various departments of the hospital, observing the daily tasks of physicians and other hospital personnel. Students also have the opportunity to participate in research groups. Ohmar McConkey, GCA senior, was involved in the Medical Explorations program last year and bene tted greatly from both lectures and rotations. Congratulations to all of these aspiring doctors!
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Sale moves to new location: Lighthouse Knoxville The 14th annual Artsclamation! ne art sale will be held Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at a new location: Lighthouse Knoxville, 6800 Baum Drive. Admission and parking are free. Artsclamation! will feature original works by more than 30 noted regional and local artists who work with a variety of media including oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylics and photography, as well as an exclusive grouping of three-dimensional artists displaying jewelry, pottery, woodworking and ber art. “The new location at Lighthouse Knoxville gives us the opportunity to expand our selection of artists in a welcoming, gallery-like environment that appeals to both the casual shopper looking to get an early start on holiday gifts and the serious art collector,” says Misty Brown, event director. “Almost a third of the artists at the sale this year are brand new to Artsclamation!, so repeat guests will de nitely have the opportunity to see and purchase something new.” This year’s featured artist, Kate McCullough of Knoxville, is also a rst-time participant in Artsclamation! McCullough began painting in watercolor about 11 years ago after a 35-year hiatus from art. Initially her studies at Villa Marie College and SUNY College at Buffalo included general design, art history and oil and acrylic painting. When she returned to painting she decided that watercolor was a medium she would like to explore. McCullough immediately fell in love with it and has not looked back. She started with courses with Marcia Golden-
tion! Preview Party on Friday evening, Nov. 6, and may be viewed online at www.peninsulabehavioralhealth.org/arts. A limited number of museum-quality posters of the featured piece will also be available for purchase at the event. Proceeds from Artsclamation! bene t the behavioral health programs of Peninsula, a member of Covenant Health and East Tennessee’s leading provider of behavioral health services. Peninsula has helped thousands of people recover from mental disorders and dependencies so they can lead healthy, positive, and productive lives. Speci cally, funds generated through the 2015 art sale will allow Peninsula to purchase a transport van to bring clients to peer support centers in Knox, Blount and Sevier counties. The centers provide critical opportunities for clients to participate 2015 featured artist Kate McCullough shares her talents and love of water- in social activities and educational color by leading classes at Fountain City Art Center. experiences with their peers in a healthy, supportive community enstein and Whitney Leland at UT and as through a prism of shapes and vironment. then moved on to workshops at Ar- colors and see the beauty that I was Artwork created by mental health rowmont with Don Lake and Sue not aware of before. The beauty of consumers in some of Peninsula ReArcher, Kanuga with Linda Baker nature and everyday objects is encovery Education Center’s therapeuand Don Andrews, Cheap Joe’s with hanced because I now see the subtic programs will also be featured for tle colors and shifts Linda Kemp, Gibson sale at Artsclamation!. Therapists County with John of light,” says Mcin the recovery education program Cullough. “There is so Salminen and a couwork with patients to aid the emople of workshops with much freedom in betional healing process through crePaul Jackson. ing able to create. The ative expression. world of painting is a McCullough curPresenting sponsors for Artsclarently teaches watermagical place where mation! 2015 include Covenant the looking glass is color classes at the Health, First Tennessee Foundation only limited by my Fountain City Art and Covenant Health Credit Union. Center and is former imagination. The goal president of the Knoxville Water- for my art is to not only reach that For more information about color Society. She is a member of the deeper place, but to offer something Artsclamation!, please visit Art Market Gallery in downtown to the viewer that could reach a place www.peninsulabehavioralhealth. Knoxville, the Tennessee Watercolor in them that has meaning as well.” org/arts, call Fort Sanders FoundaSociety and Fountain City Art Guild. McCullough is creating a unique tion at (865)531-5210 or email “Painting has opened my eyes to featured painting for the event which Misty Brown, event director, at the world around me. I look at life will be auctioned at the Artsclamambrown@covhlth.com.
Preview party tickets going fast Tickets are selling fast for the Artsclamation! Preview Party on Friday, Nov. 6, at Lighthouse Knoxville. Tickets for the 6-9 p.m. event are $50 each and give participants the opportunity to purchase art before the public sale on Saturday and participate in the auction of the featured piece by Kate McCullough. A delicious buffet of heavy hors’ de oeuvres and beverages will be available, and Cindi Alpert and the Corduroy Jazz Trio will provide live music. Call 865-531-5210 to purchase your tickets today.
Preview Par ty Friday, Nov. 6, at Lighthou se Knoxville.
New This Year! The open sale on Saturday, Nov. 7 will feature demonstrations by several of the participating artists. Guests will be able to see the artists at work and talk to them about how their creative process works. Come by and see art in progress while you shop.
Live Artist Demo Schedule ■ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Jyl Walker (Jewelry) ■ 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Kate McCullough (Watercolor) ■ 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. - Sheila Rauen (Fiber) ■ 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. - Ron Lewis (Painter) ■ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. - Reggie Lightfoot (Pen & Ink)
2015 featured piece, “Reflections of Light” by featured artist, Kate McCullough
There’s something in everyone’s price range at Artsclamation! Prices begin at just $10 for a 12” x 21” wall calendar for 2016, which showcases reproductions from 13 of the participating artists.
Artsclamation! will feature original works by more than 30 noted regional and local artists who work with a variety of media, including oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylics and photography, as well as an exclusive grouping of three-dimensional artists displaying jewelry, pottery, woodwork and ber art. Participating artists include:
■ Kate McCullough (featured artist) ■ Hugh Bailey ■ Gray Bearden ■ Pat Clapsaddle ■ Vicki Denaburg ■ Rick Eastham ■ Wendy Ervin ■ Gordon Fowler ■ Larry Gabbard ■ Shannon Haas ■ Betsy Heerdt ■ Kathy Holland ■ Jonathan Howe ■ Joan Jannaman ■ Daniel Lai ■ Ronald Lewis ■ Regina Lightfoot ■ Sharron Mallison ■ Kellie Montana ■ Mike Naney ■ Jimi Payne ■ Mickey Payne ■ Leila Platt ■ Janis Prof tt ■ Sheila Rauen ■ Karen Reeves ■ Dennis Sabo ■ Marcia Shelly ■ Charla Steele ■ David Swanagin ■ Kristine Taylor ■ Robert Tino ■ Jyl Walker ■ Heather Whiteside.
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CALL FOR VENDORS Christ UMC is seeking vendors for its fall arts and crafts festival, to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. Info/application: bsstair@comcast.net or Sherry, 776-1100.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS The Knoxville Challenger, set for Nov. 8-15 at the UT Goodfriend Indoor Tennis Center, is calling for volunteers to help with the region’s largest professional tennis event. Must be 15 or older; hours are flexible. Event benefits Helen Ross McNabb. Info/registration: knoxchallenger.com.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4 Jazz lunch featuring “Spirko and Boyd Play the Music of the Adderley Brothers,” noon-1 p.m., Square Room, 4 Market Square. Cost: $15; includes lunch buffet. Info/tickets: knoxjazz.org or Café 4 prior to show.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, NOV. 4-5 AARP Driver Safety classes, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Road, Oak Ridge. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.
THURSDAY, NOV. 5 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. Artist lecture: John Messinger, 7:30 p.m., room 109 Art + Architecture Building on UT’s campus. Info: 974-3200 or ewing-gallery.utk.edu. Knoxville Writers’ Guild meeting, 7 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Guest Speaker: Tawnysha Greene, author of “A House Made of Stars.” Open to the public. A $2 donation is requested at the door. Info: KnoxvilleWritersGuild.org. “Planning For Medicare” program, 2:30 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road Presented by Darrell Keathley from COFFE. Registration required. Info/registration: 777-1750. “Sara Jordan Birthday Bash,” 7 p.m., Relix Variety Theater, 1208 N Central St. Hosted by the Smoky Mountain Blues Society. Features eight blues bands performing. Cover charge: $5 society members/$8 nonmembers. Benefits InterFaith Clinic. Soul of Creativity Art Show and Yoga Event, 4-8:30 p.m., Breezeway Yoga Studio, 4830 Kingston Pike in Knox Plaza. Featuring: local artists works for sale, yoga, QiGong demonstration, food, live music. Info: Cheri Pollack, 789-5180.
THURSDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 5-8 “Quoth The Raven: Tales Of Poe,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.
THURSDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 5-15 “My Three Angels,” The Historic Southern Railway Station, 300 W. Depot Ave. Performances by Tennessee Stage Company: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Benefit production for the Tennessee Stage Company. Tickets: $15. Info/tickets: 546-4280; .tennesseestage.com.
FRIDAY, NOV. 6 Fall Mountain Home Tour presented by the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center Guild. Buses leave Barn Event Center of the Smokies on Highway 321 for tours of three homes, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tickets: $75. Info/reservations: 448-0044 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Opening reception of new exhibit of traditional woodenware from Slovenia, 5-9 p.m., Balcony gallery of the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Exhibit presented by the Ribnica Handicraft Centre with support from the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Washington, D.C., and the Slovene Consulate in Knoxville. Exhibit on display through Nov. 25. Info: 523-7543 or theemporiumcenter.com. Opening reception for exhibit of works by John Messinger, 5-9 p.m., UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St. Exhibit on display through Nov. 28. Info: 974-3200 or ewing-gallery.utk.edu. Opening reception for exhibits by Art Market Gallery November featured artist painter Nelson Ziegler and jewelers of the Art Market Gallery and new members juried in, 5:30 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St. Exhibits on display through Sunday, Nov. 29. Info: 525-5265; artmarketgallery.net; on Facebook.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, NOV. 6-7 “Tinsel & Treasure” presented by the Junior
League of Knoxville (JLK), 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park. The Girls’ Night Out Preview Party is 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. Tickets: Advance, $5; at the door, $8; preview party, $30. Info/tickets: jlknoxville.org or 584-4124.
SATURDAY, NOV. 7 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. Arts & crafts fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Middlebrook Pike UMC, 7234 Middlebrook Pike. Featuring: breakfast and lunch, baked goods, pottery, jewelry, Christmas items, scarfs and more. Holiday Market and Craft Fair, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 6900 Kingston Pike. Featuring: guest artisans, local crafters, baked goods, a silent auction and Fair Trade items. Info: 300-7490. 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. Public Speaking and the Alexander Technique, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $80. Preregiatration with confirmation required. Info/registration: 387-7600, AlexanderTechnique Knoxville.com.
SUNDAY, NOV. 8 Free drop-in art activities for families, 1-4 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Docent Tours in English, 2 p.m., and in Spanish, 3 p.m. Info: knoxart.org. Knoxville Choral Society and orchestra fall concert: “In Praise of Heroes,” 6:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Pre-concert talk at 5:45 p.m. Tickets: adults $20, students $10; available at ticketmaster.com or the Tennessee Theatre box office. Info: knoxvillechoralsociety.org. Sing Out Knoxville, 7-9 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Open to everyone. Info: bobgrimac@gmail.com or 546-5643. Step Out: Walk To Stop Diabetes, 1-4 p.m., UT Gardens. One-day fundraising walk benefiting the American Diabetes Association. The Subway® Race Against Cancer, World’s Fair Park. Race-day registration, 1-2:30 p.m. Online registration: raceagainstcancer.org through 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4. One-stop registration: Fleet Feet Sports in Turkey Creek and New Balance Knoxville in Suburban Plaza. Benefits outreach services of Thompson Cancer Survival Center. Info: raceagainstcancer.org or 541-1227.
MONDAY, NOV. 9 The Alexander Technique, an Introduction, 1:30-3:45 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $35. Preregistration with confirmation required. Info/registration: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600, or AlexanderTechnique Knoxville.com.
TUESDAY, NOV. 10 Benefits to Work training, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress St. Two counselors available to answer questions and discuss how working will affect Medicare and Medicaid health benefits. Free; reservations required. Info/reservation: Steven Glowicki, 423-433-7616 or 1-888-839-5333. Cocktails and Conversation, 5:30-7 p.m., 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cash bar and snacks. Stephen Wicks, Barbara W. and Bernard E. Bernstein Curator, Knoxville Museum of Art, will present: “Facets: Musing on the Future of Glass at the KMA.” Free and open to the public. Info: knoxart.org. Harvey Broome group meeting, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Program: “Energy of the Earth – A Non-Linear View of Through Hiking the Appalachian Trail” presented by Joan Tomlinson. Free and open to the public. Knoxville Civil War Roundtable meeting, 8 p.m., Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Edwin C. Bearss, Chief Historian Emeritus of the National Park Service and Special Assistant for Military Sites. Topic: “The Impact of Native Americans in the Civil War.” Cost: lecture only $5, students free; dinner (7 p.m.) and lecture, $17. RSVP by noon Monday, Nov. 9. Info/RSVP: 671-9001.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11 West Knox Lions Club Pancake Breakfast, 7:309:30 a.m., Appleby’s 261 N. Peters Road. Cost: $5 adults, $3 children under 12. Includes: pancakes, sausage and drinks. Proceeds to benefit West Knox Lions Charities, including Kids Sight and vision screening programs. Info: Ron Riehn, 690-2557, or Jonnie Sorensen, 584-8266.
THURSDAY, NOV. 12 AARP Driver Safety classes, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., East Tennessee Medical Group (ETMG), 266 Joule St., Alcoa. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822. Fall Crush, 6-9 p.m., The Stables at Hunter Valley Farm, 9111 Hunter Valley Lane. Features: wines, food, silent auction. Tickets: $75. Proceed Benefit the National MS Society, Mid-South Chapter. Info/tickets: 470-9933. Improving Postural Balance with The Alexander Technique, 10:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $55. Preregistration with confirmation required. Info/registration: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600, or AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.com. Knoxville Square Dance, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Live old-time music by the Hellgrammites; calling by Stan Sharp, Ruth Simmons and Leo Collins. Admission: $7, $5 for students and JCA members. Info: on Facebook.
FRIDAY, NOV. 13 AARP Driver Safety classes, 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822. “Friday Night Lights” Alzheimer’s Tennessee 5K Glow Run and Walk, 6 p.m., Lakeshore Park. Entry fee: $35. Registration: alzTennessee.org. Info/sponsorships: Kay Watson, kay.watson@TNalz.org, or 544-6288.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, NOV. 13-14 Terra Madre: Women in Clay Holiday Pottery Show and Sale, 5-8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 115 Perimeter Park Road. Featuring handmade pottery and clay art of more than 30 members of the group. Info: on Facebook.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 13-15 The Scruffy City Comedy Festival. All venues within walking distance of Market Square. Nearly three dozen featured comedians performing with headliners: Ben Kronberg, Jackie Kashian, Mia Jackson and Shane Mauss. Info/tickets: scruffycitycomedy.com.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 13-22 “She Kills Monsters,” Clayton Performing Arts Center, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $12 adults; $10 seniors or students. Info/tickets: pstcc.edu/arts or 539-7529.
SATURDAY, NOV. 14 “Composting 101 for Home Gardeners,” 1-2:30 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Presented by Master Gardeners Dr. Annie Gray and Bill Menius. Info: 470-7033 or knoxlib.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. Performance Anxiety and the Alexander Technique, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $80. Preregistration with confirmation required. Info/registration: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600, or AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.com. Tour of the Gray Fossil Site, 8:30 a.m. departure from Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend or 9:15 a.m. departure from Blount County Public library, Maryville. Cost: $85, includes lunch with special presentation by Dr. Blaine Schubert, Paleontologist and Museum Director. Info/reservations: 448-8838.
SUNDAY, NOV. 15 Guitarist David Burgess in solo recital, 3 p.m., Pollard Auditorium, 210 Badger Ave. in Oak Ridge. Tickets: $25 for adults; $10 for young adults and youth (29 and under). Info/tickets: ORCMA.org or 483-5569.
TUESDAY, NOV. 17 Open house for perspective students, 8:30-10 a.m., Knoxville Jewish Day School, 1529 Downtown West Blvd. Meet staff, students; tour campus. Info/ RSVP: me@kjds or 560-9922.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18 Dine and Discover, noon-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. David Butler, executive director of the Knoxville Museum of Art, will present: “A Look Over the Horizon.” Free and open to the public. Info: knoxart.org. “Getting a Show: Avoiding the Pitfalls & Pratfalls,” noon-1 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $5 for members of the Arts & Culture Alliance/ $8 for nonmembers. Info/registration: knoxalliance.com/ development.html; 523-7543; sc@knoxalliance.com.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, NOV. 18-19 AARP Driver Safety classes, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.
Thursday, Nov. 19 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA office, 715 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. 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.
SATURDAY, NOV. 21 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., AAA office, 715 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. 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. “Baroque to Modern” performed by the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra Performs, 7:30 p.m., First UMC of Oak Ridge, 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Tickets: $25 adults; $10 ages 19-29. Info/tickets: ORCMA.org or 483-5569. Craft show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., West Towne Christian Church, 9300 Middlebrook Pike. Crafters’ booth fees will all go to the Youth Group Mission fund at the church. Features more than 40 crafters with a wide variety of quality crafts; Youth Group will be selling coffee, hot chocolate and doughnuts in the morning and a soup and sandwich lunch. Info: Sandy Tanaka, 742-6728 or sewcrazyn10@gmail.com.
B-4 • NOVEMBER 4, 2015 • BEARDEN Shopper news
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Beloved local broadcaster continues journey of cancer fight
Dave Foulk retired from broadcast radio after 45 years, but returned one day in August 2015 to Newstalk 98.7. Foulk was carrying the same smooth, deep voice he had had for years while delivering news and traf c and chatting with Hallerin Hilton Hill on his morning show. “It’s the only one God gave me,” Foulk said of his voice. Now almost 64 and having battled stage four colon cancer, Foulk joked that while his voice is intact, his abdomen is a different story. “My belly looks like a map of Jamaica! I had to decline several centerfold offers. They just can’t PhotoShop out the scars,” he said with a laugh. “But I’m here, and I’m still standing.” Foulk was rst diagnosed with cancer in 2012, and had a recurrence in 2014. Both times he was treated at Thompson Cancer Dave Foulk, known by many around East Tennessee for his booming radio voice and Survival Center. “In 2012, I was feeling really bad … decades of news coverage, is grateful for the draggy, didn’t feel like doing anything. My treatment he received at Fort Sanders Redoctor took a blood count and said, ‘You’re gional and Thompson Cancer Survival Center losing blood somewhere.’ His second state- when his colon cancer reoccurred in 2014. ment was, ‘You’re due for your screening for your colonoscopy, so we’ll start there.’ I was ascending colon, and he had surgery to remove it soon afterward. In the next year, he 60 and I was due.” The colonoscopy found a mass in Foulk’s had routine blood tests to check for tumor
markers in his blood. “At rst it was normal, but in 2014, it was too high,” said Foulk. “So that meant something’s up. I had a PET (positron emission tomography) scan, and they found a mass in my liver.” It was decided by Foulk and his doctors at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Thompson Cancer Survival Center to shrink the tumor with chemotherapy rst, and then remove it with surgery. So Foulk began chemotherapy for three months in the fall of 2014, and it was not an easy process. “When it came to side effects, I was an over-achiever. I had every side effect you could have, including blood clots, anemia, you name it,” he said. “Last year was quite an ordeal, up until February or March of 2015, when I started to turn the corner. I started feeling better, recovering from the side effects of the chemotherapy and surgery.” By summer he was feeling well enough to help his wife, Denna, through knee surgery, and other chores around the house. “I do get to get out and piddle around in the yard, and that’s been really good. I’ve come back tremendously. You still get tottery and tired, but you just allow for it.” Foulk said today he is an advocate for
routine colonoscopy screening. He had a normal routine screening for colon cancer at the recommended age of 50. “I’ve used any public recognition that I have to try to get folks to have regular colon cancer screenings,” said Foulk. “And also, I urge family members to be there for that cancer patient. My children and my wife were there to support me. It was a team battle, and that meant so much. I was grateful to God I had that support behind me.” Foulk said he would recommend Thompson Cancer Survival Center to anyone dealing with cancer. “When you’re hit with a diagnosis like that, you have a thousand questions,” he said. “The support from everybody here has been phenomenal. There’s a great attitude in this building. This is not a dreary place. The people are upbeat and energetic about treating you. “The doctors are aggressive at it,” said Foulk. “They don’t just sit back and be whipped, they go after the disease. I knew Thompson was good because my father was a patient here, but now I’ve seen it from the patient’s eyes. I can’t imagine having any better care.
Options when colorectal cancer strikes Here’s a quick guide to some common procedures performed on colorectal cancer patients. The patient’s individual case will determine which procedure is used. A polypectomy removes growths on the inner lining of the colon during a colonoscopy. Local excision removes cancer from the wall of the rectum, while resection involves removing part or all of the colon. Various surgeries can be performed to remove the cancer and portions of the internal organs where it is found. The most extensive is a total proctocolectomy, which removes both the colon and the rectum, and sometimes the anus. Stomas and ostomies create an open-
ing from the bowel or colon to the surface of the skin when the stool can’t make its normal route after surgery. Similarly, fecal diversion creates an opening between the skin’s surface and the small intestine or colon. After stomas, ostomies, and fecal diversion, the stool is redirected through the opening in the skin and collected in a bag. Radiation and chemotherapy may also be used before or after surgery. Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Thompson Cancer Survival Center work together to give patients the best chance at beating cancer of all kinds. Learn more by visiting fsregional.com and thompsoncancer.com, or call (865) 541-4500.
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all days of the week ■ Limiting alcohol – no more than two drinks for men and one for women in a day ■ Eating a healthy diet – more fruits, vegetables, and sh, but less red and processed meats With this index in hand, researchers rated the lifestyles of more than 347,000 adults. For each healthy behavior met, study participants received a point. The scale ranged from one (the least healthy lifestyle) to ve (the most healthy). Researchers then followed the people until they developed cancer, died, or dropped out of the study. In half of the cases, that period was 12 or more years. What did they nd? Each healthy behavior that a person followed lowered his or her chance for colorectal cancer by 12 percent. Combining all ve could amount to a 60 percent drop in risk for the disease. Thompson Cancer Survival Center offers a variety of prevention and screening resources. For more information or a physician referral, call (865) 374-TCSC (8272), and visit thompsoncancer.com.
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A screening colonoscopy is recommended for anyone who is older than 50, but is especially important for those who are considered to have a higher risk of developing colon cancer. If you have a personal history of colorectal cancer or polyps, or chronic in ammatory diseases like ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease, you’re more at risk. You’re also more at risk if a member of your family has dealt with colon cancer. Diabetics are more at risk, and AfricanAmericans have a greater risk of colon cancer than any other race. If you’ve ever had radiation therapy directed at your abdomen to treat a previous cancer, you may also have an increased risk. Additionally, in the journal BMC Medicine, researchers set out to test if a certain lifestyle pattern might lower a person’s risk for colorectal cancer. To do so, they rst created a healthy lifestyle index. This index took into account ve behaviors: ■ Staying at a healthy weight ■ Not smoking ■ Getting regular physical activity – at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise most or
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