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The name of the group visiting Grace Baptist Church explained the mission and hope of the 24 energetic kids from Kenya and Uganda. If you spoke Swahili, you got it right away. For those who don’t, the talented group called Daraja Children’s Choir of Africa was happy to explain.
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New nest for West Marvin West has a new home in Shopper-News. Look for his column each week on pages 4-5. This week he talks about Kentucky: “Kentucky, brave and daring, sends word that it will show up Saturday at Neyland Stadium. “The Wildcats have seen the Joshua Dobbs Show. ... They know how hard A.J. Johnson hits and what Derek Barnett does to those he catches. “The Big Blue seems unaffected, totally resistive to intimidation. There has been no mention of opting out.”
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Aubrey’s grilled salmon tacos Our mystery diner has discovered a rare treat: “When I first heard of “fish tacos,” I was confused. Being “a little bit country,” I couldn’t see stuffing bits of fried catfish into a hard taco shell and covering them with lettuce, tomatoes and cheese.
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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Briggs resigns commission seat State Sen. Richard Briggs has resigned from the Knox County Commission, effective Nov. 10. “It has been an honor to serve the citizens of Knox County for the past six and a half years,” he wrote. Remaining members of the commission will select a replacement. At least two commissioners have indicated a preference for a woman since only one female, Amy Broyles, serves on the 11-member body. Margot Kline, president of the Council of West Knox County Homeowners, is a potential candidate. She says she would accept the appointment, but she doesn’t live in District 5.
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Gloria Johnson, Randy Boyd, Jeanita Richardson, Ronda Mostella and Blenza Davis discuss the future, and the past, of the community school movement. Photo by Wendy Smith
By Wendy Smith Community schools aren’t a new idea, but many believe they can solve some of today’s biggest problems in education. That’s why local leaders and educators listened when a visiting author spoke about the community school her grandparents led in the 1940s. Dr. Jeanita Richardson participated in a forum discussion, held last week at Pond Gap Elementary School, on how to sustain current community schools and establish
new ones. Her book, “The FullService Community School Movement − Lessons from the James Adams Community School,” is about a K-8 school in Coatesville, Pa., where her grandfather served as principal and her grandmother was a teacher from 1943 to 1956. The segregated school was a community center by night, and it provided many of the same services that are offered in full-service community schools today. Richardson, an assistant pro-
fessor at the University of Virginia, was invited to Knoxville by Dr. Bob Kronick of the University of Tennessee’s College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. He is the director of Pond Gap’s University-Assisted Community School (UACS). Other forum participants were Gloria Johnson, Randy Boyd, Ronda Mostella and Blenza Davis. When it comes to reaching students, it’s important for teachers to learn about the communities from which they come.
“We’re outsiders,” said Richardson. Mostella, a music teacher at the Pond Gap UACS, said the program’s teachers work from the inside out. They treat students with respect and let parents know they care about them as well as their kids. Boyd, who has provided much of the funding for the Pond Gap UACS, said that this is a pivotal moment for community schools. While the county’s current programs have been added onto existing schools, he hopes future schools will be built with community schools in mind. The forum also focused on the importance of good data on community schools as well as individual students. Davis, a former principal at Sarah Moore Greene Elementary School, thinks technology could be better utilized by schools. Grocery stores have better data on produce than we have on students, she said. People need to see the success of community schools in order to get behind them, said Johnson. The former state representative sponsored a bill in the spring that will create a framework for fundTo page A-3
Rotary salutes its military veterans By Anne Hart The date was Aug. 14, 1945, and a young U.S. Army Special Forces soldier was taking his morning shower at a military base in Canada, where he was stationed on a secret assignment. Suddenly there was a huge noise, and then another and another. Then the shower stall started shaking. The soldier thought it might be an earthquake, or maybe the place was being bombed. In fact, it was ammunition being exploded by exultant Canadian soldiers who had just heard the news. It was V-J day. Victory in Japan. The Japanese had sur-
rendered. World War II was over. The young soldier was Haynes Smith, now a member of the Rotary Club of West Knoxville, where he told his story at the club’s recognition program for military veterans. Now 90, Smith said his mission was to train Canadian soldiers in the use of U.S. weapons. The Canadians were planning to invade Japan but needed additional weaponry and ammunition, which the United States was providing, along with training. Smith, who was in the Army’s 41st Infantry Division, served first in the rainforests of New Guinea, where he developed what soldiers
McIntyre gets a mentor By Betty Bean At the tag end of the superintendent’s report during the November school board workshop, James McIntyre announced that Rod Paige, who served as Secretary of Education under George W. Bush, is his new mentor.
Analysis “The former U.S. Secretary of Education was here in Knoxville Rod Paige and James McIntyre Photo last Friday, and I had the privilege from KCS Twitter of spending a few hours with him,” McIntyre said. “I’d been introduced ter, and it is our understanding that to him through one of my profes- they will cover the expenses of Dr. sional networks, and he’s agreed to Paige’s engagement,” Melissa Ogserve as sort of an informal mentor den, KCS director of public affairs, and executive coach for me. I be- said in response to a question. lieve his insights and wisdom will Teachers in the audience, who be pretty valuable to my continued were stripped of tenure and collecprofessional growth … This is a tive-bargaining rights and left with great opportunity for me, and I’m something called PECCA (Profespretty excited about that.” sional Educators Collaborative There is no cost to Knox County Conferencing Act) by the state LegSchools. islature in 2011, should be forgiven “Dr. McIntyre and Dr. Paige if they don’t share his enthusiasm. were connected by the Broad CenPECCA required the school
called “jungle rot” over about half of his body. He was sent back to the U.S. and was treated for six months at the luxurious Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia, then in use as an Army hospital. He was then sent to Canada from Fort Bragg, N.C. Smith is never one to pat himself on the back, so Rotarian Phil Parkey, master of ceremonies for the day, did it for him. He said Smith had received a Bronze Star for his meritorious service. Other club members were also honored and told about their military service. Dr. Walter Beahm, a native of Ohio, said he had graduated from
Ohio State Medical School in 1955 and worked for just one year when he was drafted. He was 25 years old. He joined the Air Force and spent six weeks at Gunter Air Force Base in Alabama. He was told he would be stationed in Knoxville. “I had to get out the encyclopedia to find out where it was. I had no idea. I soon found out the University of Tennessee was here and had a pretty good football team and a good marching band. My job for the Air Force was examining draftees going into the Army from East Tennessee and western North Carolina.” To page A-3
board to meet with teachers’ representatives to discuss a limited list of matters including salaries, benefits, insurance and leave. The board delegated its powers to McIntyre, who was in no hurry to comply with this toothless law, and KCS failed to reach an agreement with the weakened Knox County Education Association by Nov. 1, leaving teachers without even the weak protections afforded by the new law. So what does that have to do with McIntyre’s new mentor? This: To say that the 81-year-old Paige is not a proponent of teachers’ rights is like saying Babe Ruth was a pretty fair hitter. One of his best-known pronouncements was to brand the country’s largest teachers union, the National Education Association, “a terrorist organization.” Prior to landing the job with the Bush administration, Paige (who is part of the “executive” faculty of the Broad Center for Superintendents) served as superintendent of the Houston Independent School District for eight years and boasted a toogood-to-be-true record of im-
proved student achievement in inner-city high schools, featuring sky-high graduation rates and dropout rates of nearly zero. One of the ways he achieved this unbelievable result was to do away with tenure for principals and put them on one-year contracts that could be terminated without cause if they failed, or to reward them with lavish bonuses if they succeeded. The result? A whole lot of cheating, uncovered after Paige was long gone. KCEA president Tanya T. Coats was in the audience when McIntyre announced that Paige would be mentoring him. At the end of the meeting, she protested that the administration is misinterpreting the rules governing the selection of the teachers’ bargaining agent by attempting to reopen the process to give other organizations a second chance to apply since KCEA was the only applicant that has complied with the terms set by the Legislature. McIntyre smiled and said he’d be looking into that. Teachers better hope he isn’t calling Rod Paige for advice.
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sparkles early in Bearden Adrienne Atchley was busy as a bee on Saturday at The Southern Market, 5400 Homberg Drive. The market – which is home to a wide range of vendors offering home accessories, gifts, art, gourmet foods, kitchen items and holiday decorations – got the holiday spirit early and held its Holiday Open House last weekend. The store was filled with shoppers on Saturday, and vendors who could came by to visit with customers and offer samples of their wares. Atchley offers a wide variety of mixes for dips. Some are sweet, like the Strawberry and Cream that she suggests as great with animal crackers for dipping. Others, like the B.L.T, are savory. She says she does a brisk business as folks get ready for holiday parties. The shoppers at The Southern Market seemed all in a gift-buying mood – although some admitted the gifts might carry tags with their own names on them!
Gayle Luecke and Leslie Bryant find there are treasures in every corner at Southern Market.
Tonia Key samples some of Betty Melrose’s cream cheese and pineapple cheeseball.
The Sisters in Stitches are really sisters-in-law, and the word “stitches” has a double meaning, too, as the two share a lot of laughter as they make their scarves. From left, Chris Lambert watches as customer Emily Lowe gets help from sister-in-law Vicki Buchanan in arranging the scarf. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell From page A-1
ing to help establish rural community schools. Money is available to fund more community schools, but it’s a matter of public will, Boyd said. “We’ve got to have a culture that values community schools. To get that, you have to have success.” Success can’t happen without sustainable leadership − someone to wave the flag and collaborate with all parties, as Kronick has done for the Pond Gap UACS, said Richardson. “Every major movement needs a champion.” Much of the success the Pond Gap program comes from volunteers, who are from all walks of life, Boyd said.
It also comes from teachers like Mostella. She uses rap music and cheers to help kids master material like multiplication tables. She’s thankful to be able to use creativity to help kids learn, she said. After the forum, Johnson said she’s trying to decide what she’ll be when she grows up. She hopes to continue to promote community schools in spite of the loss of her legislative seat. Community schools support both students and communities, while charter schools and voucher systems take students away from their communities and leave schools with fewer resources, she said.
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The Made-in-Tennessee area – with everything from cutout Tennessee wall plaques to burlap pillows sporting the names of several Tennessee cities to clever candle holders made from Tennessee license plates – had several shoppers wondering if the gifts would ship well to relocated Tennessee friends. Over at The Paris Apartment Boutique and Tea Room in The Shops at Western Plaza, it was a Christmas wonderland as they also hosted their open house. Giant Santas in everything from traditional to eclectic garb and a Snow Queen room had shoppers in a holiday mood. The shop has 27 themed trees!
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They’re worth considering when your employees’ health is compromised. The Rotary Club of West Knoxville honored its members who are military veterans. Seated, from left, are Sam Balloff, Dr. Walter Beahm, Joe Kirk Sr., Haynes Smith, Cabell Finch; (back) Jason Fields, Roy Diatikar, J. T. Carver, Janice Mitchell (who provided the music for the occasion), Bob Boothe, Andy Zirkle and Gaines Pittenger. Photos by A. Hart Dr. Beahm gave a salute of his own to the Honor Air program, sponsored locally by Eddie Mannis, that has taken thousands of veterans to the nation’s capital to tour monuments placed in their honor. “The Honor Air trip was one of the most exhilarating trips I have ever taken.” Club member Gaines Pittenger joined the Marines and served in Vietnam. He told the crowd he became a Marine “because I needed the discipline.” Pittenger gave club members a brief history lesson, awarding a pair of UT football tickets to the person who could guess the year the Marines Corps was founded. The an-
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Caution: Kentucky is coming Kentucky, brave and daring, sends word that it will show up Saturday at Neyland Stadium. The Wildcats have seen the Joshua Dobbs Show. They have been properly informed of the many skills of the sophomore Volunteer. They know how hard A.J. Johnson hits and what Derek Barnett does to those he catches. The Big Blue seems unaffected, totally resistive to intimidation. There has been no mention of opting out. All connected to or concerned about Tennessee football should spend a minute absorbing that thought. As the complexion of the Volunteers’ season switched from drab to bright (well, a lot brighter than it was) in the final few minutes at South Carolina, it could switch back if this one gets away. Kentucky is now Tennessee’s pivotal game in the bid for a bowl. If the unthinkable happens, you try to explain it. You have been alerted. This should be a simple comparison. The Volunteers
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and Wildcats are in their second season of reconstruction. The mostly orange team, under the previous coach, was comparable to the blue team at the time of need. Neither had enough talent to compete in the Southeastern Conference. Kentucky has often lived at that level. Tennessee had deteriorated. Kentucky sort of acted like it might possibly want Butch Jones to come down from Cincinnati and tidy up the Lexington mess. Easy move, 89 miles. Clear challenge, nowhere to go but up. An unofficial trial balloon was floated to gauge interest. Butch was shrewd enough to wait until Tennessee called. In theory, that gives these Vols an advantage. Jones
was an established head coach with a winning record. UK gave Mark Stoops his first opportunity. Those who claim to know all about recruiting say Stoops has done surprisingly well in his two years. Jones has done better. Advantage Vols. Kentucky started this season with back-to-back 2-10s as background. Tennessee is trying to overcome the habit of falling one win short of bowl eligibility. The Vols prevailed as visitors last November. It was not a rout. Dobbs was the winning pitcher. The Wildcats are much improved over 2013. Comparing where they are to where they were, Kentucky is impressive on both sides of the ball. It has playmakers, a crusty attitude and, we have learned from past experiences, a general dislike for all things orange. It appears the Vols are improving on offense. There was plenty of room. Like Tennessee, Kentucky has a young quarterback. Redshirt sophomore Patrick Towles, grandson of
former Sen. Jim Bunning, played his best game against high and mighty Mississippi State – 390 yards and two touchdowns passing and 76 and two TDs running. The Wildcats were pretty good against South Carolina. They scored the concluding 21 points to start the USC slide. Hmmm, both plucked and cooked the chickens. Put that on your checklist: How does Towles compare to Dobbs? Both did summer training out in California with quarterback guru George Whitfield Jr. For sure, Towles talks more. Before the UK trip to LSU, he said crowd noise was no problem, bring it on, it would help him focus. I assume he feels the same about Neyland noise. In comparing these rivals, Tennessee has a considerable edge in tradition, if that matters. It also has higher expectations. For sure that matters. The heat is never off. This is a must game. Union County resident Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.
Mayors’ committee should do open search Mayors Madeline Rogero and Tim Burchett have named their six-member committee to do a search for the new MPC director who will follow Mark Donaldson, who has resigned effective Jan. 4, 2015.
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The members will include city Deputy Mayor Bill Lyons and county chief of staff Dean Rice along with two MPC commissioners, Bart Carey and Herb Anders. Also serving are former county commissioner Wanda Moody and Stephanie Welch, vice president of operations for community schools at the Great Schools Partnership. The committee met this past Monday, Nov. 10, in the city finance department conference room. The topic was the job description and next steps. Eric Vreeland, city spokesperson, said the committee meetings will not be open to the public but the committee itself never met to make that decision. Vreeland said, “Prior MPC director search processes have (not) been open to the public. To encourage the best professional candidates to apply, it is important to
protect their confidentiality and the integrity of the search process.” While legally these meetings of an advisory group are not required to be open to the public, the powers that be are missing an opportunity to be transparent by inviting the public to attend. The search for the UT president is fully open to the public, and that has not prevented able applicants from seeking the position or being chosen. Rogero pledged transparency when she ran for mayor, but in this case it is a bridge too far for her to cross in terms of keeping the public informed. Furthermore, this secretive process will only trigger rumors and talk that cannot help MPC, which has been less than candid in its public relations and willingness to discuss the Donaldson severance package. This is a publicly funded agency. Kim Scarborough, executive assistant for policy with the city, is handling the logistics for the six-member committee. The committee will make a recommendation to the two mayors, which they can accept or reject. The composition of the search committee is surprising only in that the current MPC chair, Rebecca Longmire, is not on the committee. Longmire must be wondering why she was not asked to serve but two of her colleagues were asked.
There is little chance this process will be completed before Donaldson leaves, which means someone will have to name an interim director on Jan. 4, which is less than 55 days from now. ■ Hubert Smith, Knoxville bus authority member, has stirred concerns from Knox bus management now led by Dawn Distler due to his active involvement and raising of questions requiring information from staff. John Lawhorn, KTA attorney, has written a two-page letter to Smith outlining concerns involving recognition of retiring employees, staff time and adding items to the board agenda. It is most unusual for the board attorney to send such a letter to a sitting board member, which has generated comment and discussion. Smith is certainly within his rights to do what he has been doing even if it does not win him friends with his colleagues or top management. He can always resort to open-records requests under state law if the board attempts to restrict his requests for information. Honoring veteran retirees seems to be an easy matter to resolve by establishing a process that honors all at public sessions. But stay tuned, Smith is not likely to go away, and he is enjoying this attention. Lawhorn and Distler should assume Smith will not alter his behavior. His terms goes
to 2016. ■ Two Knox County Democrats may seek to be the next state Democratic party chair. They are former state Rep. Gloria Johnson and former U.S. Senate candidate Terry Adams. It will be decided in January by the full 66-member state executive committee. ■ Former Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Gordon Ball tells the Memphis Flyer publication he is not only buying a condo on Mud Island in Memphis but he is also filing for a divorce. He may be selling his home on Old Kent Drive in Knoxville’s Westmoreland neighborhood.
GOV NOTES ■ Knox County Republican Women meeting, 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, Chick-filA, 4944 Kingston Pike. Info: Manuela, 227-6825, or kcrw@ earthlink.net. ■ Volunteer Republican Women’s Club meeting, 11:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 17, Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall. Lunch: $12. RSVP to: Deborah Stansberry, 938-2540. ■ Halls Republican Club meeting, 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, Boys & Girls Club of Halls/ Powell, 1819 Dry Gap Pike. Info: http://knoxgop.org. ■ Knox County Democratic Party regular county-wide meeting is the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 at 311 Morgan Street. The office number is 865-540-4001. Linda Haney is party chair.
Sue Methvin passes Sue Methvin, a trailblazer for women in politics, p a s s e d away Nov. 1. Survivors include husband Dr. Galen Methvin, son and spouse GaSue Methvin len Rhodes and Mindi Methvin, and three grandchildren. She followed Mike Prince as chair of the Knox County Republican Party, the first woman to hold that post.
“Sue was a good friend, someone you could count on,” Prince said. Her friend Anne Hart said Sue’s Southern charm and gracious demeanor hid a strength of will that led her to fight with everything she had for a cause or a candidate she believed in. “That dedication to her party, combined with a tremendous sense of humor, was a powerful force. Her love for all things Republican was exceeded only by her love for her family, especially the grandchildren she adored.”
Sanger wins, Johnson moves on To the relief of television viewers and mailboxes everywhere, the election is over. But if you miss the campaigning already (or didn’t like the outcome) – don’t worry – there’s always another election.
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In politics, there’s no such thing as a total victory. Today’s hero is tomorrow’s villain. Sanger cruises to victory: More than a few folks were surprised when Tracie Sanger won last week’s second district school board race. Sanger won in impressive fashion for a firsttime candidate, winning by nine percentage points in a three-candidate race. Sanger’s win can be attributed to strong fundraising, well-known supporters like Tommy Schumpert and Indya Kincannon, and a strong door-to-door operation. In fact, according to her campaign, Sanger won every precinct where she knocked on doors. Yet, one of the more surprising twists of the second district race was the involvement of County Mayor Tim Burchett, who recorded two automated telephone messages (“robocalls”) for candidate Jamie Rowe. Burchett endorsed Rowe presuming that Rowe (if elected) would oppose Burchett’s arch-nemesis, school Superintendent Jim McIntyre. Of course, the problem for Burchett is that Jamie Rowe didn’t win. In politics, sometimes the person who loses the most isn’t even on the ballot. Jamie Rowe’s loss to Tracie Sanger is also a loss for Tim Burchett. Gloria Johnson loses re-election: Local Democrats will call Gloria Johnson’s defeat to Republican
Eddie Smith a fluke, dismissing the loss as an unfortunate consequence of an energized Republican electorate. These folks conveniently ignore the fact that Johnson was first elected two years ago in a similar Democratic wave of voters supporting Barack Obama. The 13th district is one of the few competitive legislative districts in the state. It will be fun to watch the 13th district every two years until the Republican Legislature redraws the district lines as a safely Republican district after the next census in 2020. But don’t feel bad for Gloria Johnson just yet. Johnson may have parlayed a part-time legislative seat into a full-time, higher-paying gig. On election night, Johnson announced she’s running for chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party. It’s difficult to overstate Gloria Johnson’s popularity with some Democrats. These aren’t your father’s conservative, blue-dog Democrats. Instead, the Johnson wing of the Democratic Party has more in common with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren than former Tennessee Gov. Ned Ray McWherter. If Gloria Johnson is named state party chair, you can count on the state Democratic Party moving further to the left – to the delight of both Democratic and Republican activists. Many Democrats are tired of offering “Republican-lite” candidates and will welcome Johnson as state chair. Republican activists know Johnson’s liberal politics won’t play well outside of urban areas and will only help elect more Republicans. (By the way, in case you missed it, previous Democratic state party chairs have been paid a salary of more than $100,000 a year. For some folks, politics pays well. Very well.) Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can contact him at scott@pleadthefrith.com.
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Ready or not: Fat’s in the fire for Sanger The wise man said he expects the school board’s pro-McIntyre faction to keep the heat off new board member Tracie Sanger, who made a campaign promise not to become part of any faction.
Betty Bean “I’ll support him when he’s right and hold his feet to the fire when he’s wrong,” she’d say. “Him,” of course, is Superintendent James McIntyre, who was a major bone of contention in the District 2 school board campaign that Sanger won. The wise man said the smartest course for the four board members who support McIntyre’s policies
would be to shelter Sanger from the heat of controversy for as long as possible while she gets her feet on the ground. Evidently he didn’t watch Wednesday’s board meeting, or he’d know that the board members he referenced apparently do not agree with him. If he had tuned in, he would have heard the most strident of the McIntyre loyalists, Karen Carson, toss the fat right into the fire by invoking personal privilege to delay a vote on the proposed Bearden Middle School International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) until December – Sanger’s first meeting – apparently believing it stands a better chance of gaining approval after Sanger takes her seat. That’s because the middle school program has got-
ten a tepid reception from the three new board members, who have criticized its cost and the fact that only Bearden Middle students and West High ninth- and 10th-graders will benefit from it. Teachers are quietly grumbling about its cost – more than $700,000 before McIntyre dropped the idea (for now) of making it a magnet program, $500,000-plus without the magnet transportation. Others are troubled by the fact that the new program is being introduced outside the budget process, and many see it as just another expensive money pit that will make it more difficult to find a way to give teachers a long-awaited pay raise. Bearden Middle School faculty and parents worked for a couple of years to make the IB program happen. It
will not only give Bearden Middle School students an enriched educational experience, but also will prepare those who choose to do so to enter West’s prestigious International Baccalaureate Programme for high school juniors and seniors. And there lies the rub. Sanger, who is serving out a partial term and will face another election in 2016 should she choose to run, was supported by a member of the West High School PTSO, who got the organization in hot water by circulating an email urging the membership to support Sanger to protect McIntyre’s education reforms. Since this kind of political activity is verboten for nonprofit organizations, the email caused an unpleasant buzz that will likely resurface if Sanger votes for the new IB program.
The view from Hornswoggle Holler The mid-term elections left Tennessee and the rest of the U.S. hemorrhaging red. For their perspective on what happened and what to expect now, we sat down with our favorite pundits, Amos and Ruth Bucketlist of Hornswoggle Holler.
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Amos and Ruth celebrated their 104th birthdays this year, and they’ve voted in every presidential and midterm election since 1932. Amos: I voted for FDR four times, but don’t call me a Democrat! I vote for what the candidate stands for. Ruth: Now, Amos, I know for a fact you voted for Ronnie Reagan because you
liked that movin’ picture “Bedtime for Bonzo.” Amos: Well, that’un was a caution. Anyway, I was just a kid then, not much over 40. SN: Mr. and Mrs. Bucketlist, you’ve watched more elections than most of us ever will. What’s your take on the mid-terms? Ruth: Folks goin’ to need a whole lot of doctorin’, right, Amos? Amos: Right as rain. SN: I don’t understand. Ruth: Why, there’s never been such a passel of folks cuttin’ off their nose to spite their face as went to the polls. Ain’t no wonder the U.S. map is blood red! Amos: Yep. It’ll take a lot of stitchin’ to get that many noses re-attached. SN: Examples? Ruth: Look yonder across the border where they reelected that McTurtle fellow in Kentucky. A United States senator speakin’ against
the health care law when 400,000 of his own people are gettin’ health insurance they couldn’t get before! Amos: Now, Ruth, ain’t nice to call names. Anyway, Brother Bill Haslam right here in Tennessee is just as bad, stoppin’ Medicaid like he did. Man got 70 percent of the votes. SN: Anything else? Amos: Hmph. How much time you got? There’s a feller down in Georgia just elected to the U.S. House of Representatives name of Hice, a preacher man mind you. Anyway, this Hice thinks women ought to have their husband’s permission to run for office. He says the reason for the Civil War ain’t settled yet, and it’s a choice to be a gay man or woman. Dumber than a bag of hammers and twice as dangerous if you ask me. Ruth: Did you know that voters raised the minimum
pay in five states and then put people in office like that hog-castratin’ Joni Ernst out in Iowa who’s against it? Poor folks ain’t got much chance with the likes of her in control. SN: What happens now? Amos: Between now and the next presidential election, not much. Oh, they’ll be squeakin’ like a Sears saddle up in Washington about repealin’ Obamacare and shuttin’ down the borders, but it won’t amount to nothin’. Ruth: And not much to be done about what’s in office now. Amos: That’s the truth – can’t baptize a cat. SN: Thanks for your time, folks. Amos: Any time. On your way down the pike, stop by my nephew’s place and tell him I said to get out and vote next time. Said he was too tired and him only 88!
AmeriCorps member is city’s greenways ranger By Wendy Smith Becky Gronewold has been in Knoxville less than three months, but she already knows the city greenways better than most lifelong residents. The AmeriCorps member is serving as Knoxville’s greenways ranger. According to Parks and Greenways Coordinator Lori Goerlich, Gronewold will spend half her time patrolling the city’s Knoxville Parks and Green86 miles of greenways and ways Coordinator Lori Gothe other half working on erlich and AmeriCorps memthe Knoxville, Knox County, ber Becky Gronewold enjoy Knoxville Utilities Board the Third Creek Greenway at Geographic Information Tyson Park. Photo by Wendy Smith System (KGIS). While on the trail, Grone- She’ll be on the lookout for wold serves as the office’s maintenance problems and eyes and ears, Goerlich says. getting feedback from green-
way users. As much as she enjoys being outside, Gronewold looks forward to finding ways to improve the KGIS database. The information in the database has been compiled by several government departments, and each has layers that contain different information, she explains. She hopes to make the database more user-friendly during her yearlong tenure in Knoxville. She graduated from the University of Northern Iowa this year with a degree in Geographic Information Systems and plans to begin a master’s degree in urban planning next year. It was a conscious decision to devote
herself to public service for a year, she says. As an AmeriCorps member, she’ll receive a $5,500 education award that can be used for tuition, or to pay off a student loan, at the end of her year of service. She’ll also get plenty of exercise. The Parks and Recreation Department provides her with a bicycle, and she also explores the greenways on foot. Her favorite trail for riding is the Will Skelton Greenway, which begins at Island Home Park and passes through Ijams Nature Center on its way to the Urban Wilderness South Loop trails. For running, she prefers the shade of the Third Creek Greenway. While she’s out, she likes
government Why we didn’t endorse Rowe My first call after last Tuesday’s election was: “Why didn’t the Shopper endorse Jamie Rowe?” Rowe is a Fountain City activist who ran in a special election for the school board seat formerly held by Indya Kincannon. Also running were PTA mom Tracie Sanger, who won, and retired principal Charlotte Dorsey, who didn’t. We didn’t endorse Rowe because I thought she was so far ahead that she didn’t need it. How did I miss this one so badly? Teachers and parents who are pushing back against the draconian measures called education reform, won big in May and August. Former school social worker Terry Hill won in District 6. Patti Bounds retired from teaching at Brickey-McCloud to run unopposed in District 7. Former school librarian Amber Rountree ousted Pam Trainor in a South Knox upset. Along with Mike McMillan, a former teacher at Gibbs High School, they made four pro-teacher votes on the nine-member Board of Education. But then, Kincannon’s husband won a Fulbright to teach in Slovenia. She resigned and the county commission named banker John Fugate as interim member. Fugate sided with the teachers, and the new majority elected McMillan as chair. Rountree got a called meeting and the new majority rescinded Knox County’s K-2 testing called SAT-10. Once Rowe won on Nov. 4, the new majority would be solidified for two years, challenging Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre’s reforms. The Republicans (at least one bloc of them) went wild. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett made two robocalls on Rowe’s behalf. In a virtually all-city district, Burchett said something like: “Hello, I’m Tim Bur-
to chat with other greenways users about their experiences and concerns. They generally say positive things, she says. “Everyone is encouraging. They’re very curious about me.” There are approximately 35 AmeriCorps members currently deployed throughout Knox County. Participants are selected from a nationwide pool of applicants and matched to local programs based on interests and skills. The Knoxville-Knox County CAC organized the local program in 1994, making it one of the longest-
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chett and I want to keep your taxes low, but I need help … I need Jamie Rowe. Taxes low, vote Jamie Rowe.” Sanger countered with a robo-call from the old coach himself, Tommy Schumpert, the last county executive to push through a property tax increase (which went mostly to education). Rowe came back with city guy Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis. Sanger countered with Kincannon, presumably calling from Slovenia. Dorsey said on TV that she didn’t use robo-calls because she doesn’t like them. The business community kicked in to Sanger, probably in excess of $50,000. Big Jim Haslam and nine family members (excluding Gov. Bill, who presumably stayed neutral) gave the maximum $1,500 each – $15,000 from Haslams alone, two of whom live in Nashville, or as one wag said, “Extreme West Knoxville.” Sanger had won handily. Now the five-vote majority has flipped back to the pro-McIntyre board members. Mike McMillan retains the chair, but with three allies, not four, behind him. Lessons learned: Money matters. PTA moms rule. Tim Burchett should avoid virtually all-city elections. It’s a bad idea to assume.
Marvin and gov Effective with this issue, we’ve moved Marvin West’s weekly sports column to pages 4-5, along with our usual writers on government and politics. Guess we’ll call it “Gov and Marv.”
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Get involved Community members of all abilities can apply to be trail volunteers. The program, a partnership between Knox County, the city of Knoxville, the town of Farragut, Ijams Nature Center and Outdoor Knoxville, enlists adults to spend a few hours each month on a specific greenway to greet, inform and assist users and inform appropriate agencies of maintenance or crime issues. Info: www.knoxcounty. org/parks/trail_volunteer.
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Blues bash to benefit InterFaith Mighty Blue, North Shore, Rey Pineda and the Filibillies, Rollin’ & Tumblin’, the Romeo Kings, and Rose Hawley and Terry Phillips. Krempasky said this has been one of the easiest benefits to organize because the musicians are eager to participate. “They all come together just to celebrate her legacy,” he said. The fundraiser provides a great atmosphere to enjoy the blues, he added. “It’s meaningful, and I think it touches a lot of people.” Tickets are $5 and help support the clinic. Like a host of musicians, Jordan didn’t have insurance. Krempasky said many musicians hold down part-time jobs, without benefits, so that they can create the music they love. The InterFaith Health Clinic was established specifically to provide medical services for those without health coverage. Amanda
By Bonny Millard Knoxville’s legendary “Queen of the Blues” Sara Jordan continues to be honored 13 years after her death. The Smoky Mountain Blues Society will hold its fifth annual “Sara Jordan Birthday Bash” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13. Blues Society president Steve Krempasky said the event is also hosted by Scruffy City Hall at Market Square. The event is a fundraiser for InterFaith Health Clinic, a nonprofit organization that provided Jordan with health care. Jordan, a mainstay of the blues scene around Knoxville, had an incredible, robust voice that inspired other musicians, Krempasky said. “What’s amazing about this is that her legacy lives on,” he said. Jordan, a Kentucky native who got her start singing in church, collaborated
Armstrong, director of development and public relations for the nonprofit, said many members in the arts community, self-employed individuals and others who can’t afford insurance use InterFaith’s services. The clinic sees about 8,500 working people who don’t have insurance, and the number of visits annually is about 22,000, Armstrong said. Patients pay on a sliding scale, and the funds raised during the birthday bash will help to offset the costs of those visits. “Whatever we can get, we’re thrilled,” she said. Jordan, who was only 45 when she died, suffered from chronic health issues. The fundraiser is extra special because of Jordan’s connection to the clinic, Armstrong said. For info: www.smokymountainblues.org and www.interfaithhealthclinic. org.
St. Cecilia fest offers glorious music By Carol Shane
“When Joshua Sumter plays the organ,” says Elizabeth Farr, music director at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, “he’s on fire.” Farr, a veteran musician Sara Jordan widely known in the Knoxville area as a violinist, harpist, singer and conwith different bands and ductor, can hardly contain musicians, including the her excitement about the Jordan Project, The Leftupcoming St. Cecilia Music overs, Delta Flyers and Festival event at the FarraMojo. gut church. “She was our own Bessie The program will also Smith. She was our Aretha feature St. Elizabeth’s Franklin, our hometown choir and brass players Queen of the Blues,” Kremfrom the KSO. pasky said. Young organist Sumter The six-hour event will is a 2012 graduate (top 10 showcase eight bands inpercent) of Fulton High cluding Jenna and Her Cool School. He’s currently a Friends, Left Foot Dave, junior at Maryville College and a recipient of the 20142015 Brock Organ Education Fund Scholarship as well as the 2013 Sewanee Church Music Conference scholarship. In other words, the kid is a whiz. He’ll be performing on a brand-new state-of-the-art electronic Allen organ installed in the organ loft – via block and tackle – just in time for the concert. “It was completely paid for by gifts from the choir,” Farr enthuses. “They are a very loyal bunch of folks.” In a church of 300 memThe 24 children of the Daraja Children’s Choir of Africa visited Grace Baptist Church on Sunday, Nov. 2. The worship choir raised bers, the choir numbers the roof, singing songs of faith in Swahili, Rutooro and English. Photos by Nancy Anderson 35. “Pretty good percentage, wouldn’t you say?” asks Farr.
All in a name: building bridges
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By Nancy Anderson The name of the group visiting Grace Baptist Church explained the mission and hope of the 24 energetic kids from Kenya and Uganda. If you spoke Swahili, you got it right away. For those who don’t, the talented group called Daraja Children’s Choir of Africa was happy to explain. “Daraja” is Swahili for bridge. The group travels and performs to build a bridge across the cultural divide between Africa and America. The choir visits America each year to perform worshipful programs of song, dance and personal testimony at schools, churches and events. Their mission, they say, is one of “igniting hearts to worship and connecting lives to serve.” Rob and Elisa Allred are tour directors. Both attended Trevecca Nazarene University, where Rob received a bachelor of arts in religion, and Elisa received a bachelor of science in psychology. After graduation and marriage, they spent three years as youth ministers before working as caretakers of orphaned and disadvantaged children both internationally and do-
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mestically. They joined Daraja in 2011. Rob Allred said the choir’s mission works two ways. “When we think of missions, we often find Americans serving other countries. What Daraja Children’s Choir is really about is connecting our beautiful cultures in order to service one another – travel across the bridge in both directions.”
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Among the pieces to be performed by the choir are works by Bach, Purcell and Rutter, as well as “God So Loved the World” by Bob Chilcott. A brass choir featuring local luminaries such as trumpeter Joel Tillman, who directs the band at Karns Middle School, and KSO trumpeter Sarah Fellenbaum, who will shine in 16th-century composer Giovanni Gabrieli’s “Canzon Septimi Toni.” But the main attraction is Sumter. Listeners will be able to see his hands and feet flying, thanks to cameras in the organ loft and split-screen viewing screens for the audience. The concert takes place at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, 110 Sugarwood Drive in Farragut. Info: St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church at 865675-0540 or visit www. stelizabeths.dioet.org. Send story suggestions to news@shoppernewsnow.com.
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Special services ■ Grace Covenant Baptist Church, 9956 Dutchtown Road, will host the S.O.S. Drama Team of Hammersville, Ohio, at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, and 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. Info: 690-3662.
Organist Joshua Sumter will fill St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church with fabulous sounds on Sunday, Nov. 16. Photo
Meetings/classes First Lutheran’s 55 Alive senior group will meet noon Thursday, Nov. 13, in the church meeting room, 1207 N. Broadway. Guest speaker: Chaplain Shawn Hunze. Lunch is served at 12:30 p.m.; cost of the meal: $8 (reservations required). The public is invited. Info/reservations: 524-0366.
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‘Footloose’ kicks off at BHS Brady Moldrup plays Ren to Anne McCall Stansberry’s Ethel McCormack in “Footloose – The Musical,” to be performed by a 37-person cast at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, and Saturday, Nov. 15, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, in the auditorium at Bearden High School. Admission is $12 ($10 students). More than 60 students have been involved in the production based on the 1984 film. Tickets will be sold at the door or online at www.cmajor.net. Photo by S. Barrett
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By Sara Barrett Fifth-graders in teacher Jordan Haney’s class host Haney’s haunted house each year during Rocky Hill Elementary School’s Fall Family Fun Night, but it’s not all fun and frights. Haney’s students charge a small admission fee and
donate the proceeds to a different cause each year. This year’s theme was “Scream for Liam,” and the beneficiary is Liam Davis, a 17-month-old born with Tetralogy of Fallot, a rare condition caused by a combination of four heart defects. Liam has already had
Rocky Hill Elementary School students in teacher Jordan Haney’s class set up a haunted house during the school’s Fall Family Fun Night. Photo submitted
numerous surgeries, and his parents have been told he could live to be a teenager with additional surgeries and constant supervision. “Every dollar we raised during the haunted house will go to Liam and his family so they can continue to get the medical attention they need to help Liam continue to get stronger,” said Haney. “Admission …
was only a dollar, but the screams were free.” The event raised $950. “Students stayed after school and gave up recess to help make materials and set up the haunted house,” said Haney. To promote the event, students also made a commercial inspired by Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video that aired during the school’s morning news.
Farragut High ■ “Dracula” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 13-15, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, in the Ferguson Theatre at Farragut High School. Tickets: $8. Info: 671-7167.
Northshore Elementary ■ Cherokee dancers and singers will perform for two school assemblies in the school gym Friday, Nov. 14: 10:15-11 a.m., third-fifth grades and noon-12:30 p.m., K-second grades. Mark and Sherry Finchum of Indian Creek Productions will present a “Living History” session 1-1:45 p.m. for fourth-grade students in a classroom.
West Valley Middle School ■ Holiday Boutique, 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, West Valley Middle School campus, 9118 George Williams Road. Includes vendor booths, gift drawings, silent auction items, food truck catering, bake sale, student vendors and more. All vendor table fees, donations and proceeds go directly back to the students. Info: WVMS PTSA Fusion page, the WVMS-Holiday Boutique Facebook page, as well as in the school office.
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“Lights On” draws attention to the benefits of having an after-school program available for students and the many ways their families and the community also benefit. This is the 15th year of the nationwide event. Items were collected at Sequoyah’s event for a new Boys and Girls Club at Carter Elementary, and representatives from Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Smoky Mountain Junior Ranger Club were on hand to answer questions about their programs. According to The Afterschool Alliance’s website, “The events send a powerful message that millions more kids need quality after-school programs.” Info: www.afterschoolalliance.org.
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Matt Edwards holds the game ball from Mississippi State’s victory over Tennessee in 1979. Photo by Ruth White
Edwards enjoys State’s success By Marvin West Matt Edwards, twice a Bulldog, is relishing his college’s once-in-a-lifetime run as No. 1 in football. Edwards, president of Alliance Printing in Knoxville, was a Bearden High Bulldog before he was a Mississippi State Bulldog, 1976-80. Matt was back in Starkville for a mini-reunion when his old team knocked off Auburn. Excitement overflowed. That was the third big win in a row, the one that boosted MSU atop the AP poll, a record rise from unranked in August. “The town was crowded and there was so much enthusiasm,” said Edwards. “It was interesting that people did not seem surprised by the victory. We have reached a level where the fans expect to win.” Could it really contend for a national championship? Edwards and a few million will be tuned in Saturday when MSU lays everything on the line at Alabama. End of happiness? Not necessarily so. Matt Edwards was co-captain of the 1980 team that upset the defending national champion Crimson Tide when it
was No. 1. “Many have said that was the biggest victory in the history of Mississippi State football,” said Edwards. “I suppose this may be bigger if we can win again.” Strange things happen in college football, almost weekly, but nothing like this has ever happened to Mississippi State. Before this season, the previous high was ninth in the AP poll – in 1940. Before this sharp guy, Dan Mullen, came to town, the previous coach with a winning record was Darrell Royal. He departed in 1955. Jackie Sherrill went 75-75. His time ended with four years of NCAA probation. Edwards concedes this surge is surprising. The Bulldogs had been building but last year were only 7-6, and this team was pegged for fifth in the SEC West. Las Vegas odds on winning the national championship were 100 to 1. Junior quarterback Dak Prescott is the driving force. He has risen from middle of the league to top three on the Heisman Trophy consideration list. Edwards says Prescott is something of a Tim Tebowtype player, a rugged runner
and better passer, a more likely pro prospect. “He appears to be a fine person who does the right things. He is a very good Bulldog.” Matt Edwards would never tell you, but he was a very good Bulldog. He started 34 consecutive games at guard and was a senior leader on a team than won nine of 11. Edwards really should have been a Volunteer. Oh, how he wanted to be. He grew up a Tennessee fan. His bedroom carpet was orange shag. His parents had season tickets and, beginning at age 5, he went to many games, even bowl trips. His father became vice president of the UT Alumni Association. Matt was an all-KIL linebacker at Bearden, but a staph infection interrupted his senior season. He was hospitalized for three weeks and lost 30 pounds. He fought back and was delighted to receive a formal invitation to visit UT for a meeting with Coach Bill Battle. He arrived with the hope of receiving a scholarship offer. “Coach Battle said Tennessee needed more time for evaluation. He sug-
gested that I wait until after summer all-star games for scholarship consideration.” Matt could hear the unspoken term “walk-on” in that presentation. With all the dignity he could muster, he stood tall and told the coach that was the end of their conversation. “I drove around Gibbs Hall, past Stokely Center, past the famous rock, past the track, said goodbye and headed home. I was fighting back the tears. It was a crushing defeat, an overwhelming hurt, by far the worst in my first 18 years.” Edwards had valid offers. He checked to see which schools had Tennessee on their schedule. Bingo, Mississippi State had two games coming up against the Vols in Memphis. Matt Edwards went to Starkville. It was a culture shock, but he played well. He earned a degree in business. He treasures the experience. Mississippi State twice defeated Tennessee, 34-21 in 1978 and 28-9 in 1979. “Coach Bob Tyler gave the
Blue Slip Winery co-owner Linn Slocum prepares to cut the ribbon to open the winery’s new location in the Historic Southern Railway Station. With her are City Council member Daniel Brown, Chamber president Mike Edwards and Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero. Photo by Bonny C. Millard
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Blue Slip Winery Blue Slip Winery owners Linn Slocum and Jeff Galyon welcomed more than 75 people to the winery’s new location at the Historic Southern Railway Station, 300 W. Depot Ave., during a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony. The business, which got its start in another location in 2009, has spent the past several months renovating the building, taking it back to polished hardwood floors, exposed brick walls, high ceilings and wooden railings to create
the perfect atmosphere for tasting wines made on the premises from locally grown grapes. The spacious rooms offer an event venue for gatherings. Civic and business leaders congratulated Knoxville’s first winery and touted it as Tennessee’s first urban winery. The RailRoad Angels, a duo of sisters Cheridan Shipley and Lexus, provided music for the event. Info: 865-249-7808 or events@blueslip.com. – Bonny Millard
souvenir ball from our first win to Dr. James Douglas McComas, our president. He had come to Mississippi State from Tennessee.” The next season, Emory Bellard was coach. The souvenir ball from the second victory over the Vols is on Matt Edwards’ desk. Bitterness? Of course
not. Knoxville is home. Matt loves it. A son graduated from UT. Matt is pleased that the Vols are improving. OK, he is more pleased that his Bulldogs are No. 1. Note: Two former Mississippi State players are in the College Football Hall of Fame. Both are from Knoxville. Quarterback Jackie Parker played at Young High School. D.D. Lewis was a linebacker at Fulton.
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Our Mission Phil Parkey, at left, and Tom Daughtrey, at right, present Teddy Phillips a plaque in appreciation for his participation in West Knox Rotary’s vocational month series. Photo by Charles Garvey
Local company plays a national role By Anne Hart If the politicians ever get out of the way of the Keystone Pipeline project, it’s a sure bet Knoxville’s own Phillips and Jordan Inc. will play a major role in its construction. The local company, founded in 1952, has about 1,000 employees nationwide –including a pipeline group that installs an average of 500 miles of gas lines a year – and owns some 850 pieces of large equipment. Teddy Phillips, president and CEO of the company founded by his father, described the work of Phillips and Jordan as the final speaker in the vocational month series sponsored
by the Rotary Club of West Knoxville. Phillips said it is the role of his company “to put men and equipment in tough places to build tough projects.” He added that all of the company’s work is client driven. “None of it is by bid.” He described this country’s national grid as “the interstate highway system for oil, gas and power.” Site preparation for those projects, including access road construction, is a core business of Phillips and Jordan, but does not represent all that they do. Phillips said his company handles more major disasters than any firm in
America, with the ability to quickly mobilize the resources needed, no matter the size of the project. The company was hit hard by the economic decline of the 1980s, as were many other such firms. “We had 300 employees in our Florida office. When the economy tanked in 2008, that number dropped to 15.” The company has rebounded, and expects to grow by about 30 per cent in 2015. Phillips and Jordan specializes in clearing, earth moving, underground utilities, erosion control, storm management and debris management in both the public and private sectors.
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Breland Donahoo and Blakelen King react to some of the wacky goings-on behind the scenes at a restaurant in the play “Server Alley,” opening this weekend at Pellissippi State Community College.. Photo by Heather Beck
Unsung heroes and big scores Anyone who has ever waited tables will identify with Pellissippi State Community College’s current production of “Server Alley.” This world-premiere comedy-drama examines the inner lives of the 20-somethings who work behind the scenes of the restaurant industry. “It’s about the important decisions that we all make as young people which set the course for the rest of our lives,” says the play’s director, Charles Miller. “We have a multi-year history of doing original works and world premieres
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here at Pellissippi,” Miller points out. “Most go on to be published, and many win accolades.” Miller, who has just begun his 18th year as director of theater at PSCC, has an expansive theater history, with credits as actor, director, fight choreographer and voice/text coach at theaters
all over the country, including the Clarence Brown Theatre and the Knoxville Opera Company. The playwright, Alex Gherardi, is executive director of CNY Shakespeare in Central New York and is an adjunct faculty member at Pellissippi State. A graduate of Rutgers University, he is now living in Knoxville. The two met at an audition and worked together as actors. That’s where Miller learned that Gherardi wrote as well. “I asked him if he had anything he was working on. He sent me a rough draft of the piece.
“I told him if he finished it, we’d produce it,” says Miller. “And here we are!” “Server Alley” performance times are 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14, 15, 21 and 22 and 2 p.m. on Nov. 16 and 23. The event takes place in the Clayton Performing Arts Center on the Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. To purchase tickets, visit www.pstcc.edu/ tickets or call 694-6400. ■ On Nov. 13-14, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents the third concert of its Moxley Carmichael Masterworks series for the current season. Two well-known operatic composers are featured in various guises. The program begins with Giuseppe Verdi: first, the overture to his dramatic opera “La Forza del Destino.” Then, soprano Emily Birsan will follow with arias from “La Traviata” and “Rigoletto.” And clarinetist Gary Sperl, who’s been with the KSO since 1977, will be featured with Birsan on a little-known orchestral version of Franz Schubert’s lilting “The Shepherd on the Rock.” “It’s just so beautiful anyway,” says Sperl of the piece, written originally for piano, clarinet and voice, “and now with the orchestra, there are added colors to make it even more so. I’m excited!” The big piece of the evening is the “Alpine Symphony” by Richard Strauss. Known for his sweeping, harmonically virtuosic orchestral works as well as his operas, Strauss wrote some of the most thrilling music you’ll ever hear, and if your only exposure to him is the theme from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” I urge you to get down to the Tennessee Theatre to hear the KSO shake the rafters. And while you’re there, note that the violin section is missing a musician. Norris Dryer, Green Party can-
didate for the U.S. House of Representatives, retired program director and announcer for WUOT radio and KSO violinist for 47 years, died on Oct. 30 after a long illness. I am honored to have been his friend for almost 30 years. A week before he died, he told me, “All I ever wanted to do was to be an announcer on a classi-
cal radio station and play in a symphony. I got to do both of those things for 56 years, and how many people can say they got to do exactly what they wanted to do? I consider myself to be very fortunate.” Norris, we miss you. Info and tickets: www. knoxvillesymphony.com or 865-523- 1178.
Gael Garcia Bernal plays journalist Maziar Bahari in “Rosewater.”
‘Rosewater’ sneak includes Stewart Q&A By Betsy Pickle Jon Stewart fans can get a sneak peek of his feature-film writing and directing debut, “Rosewater,” at a special event Thursday night. “Rosewater: Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert Live” will have a one-time presentation at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Regal West Town Mall. The event includes a screening of the film, which opens Friday, along with a live broadcast of a question-and-answer session between the two Comedy Central hosts. Stewart took time off from “The Daily Show” last year to film “Rosewater,” the real-life story of a Canadian-Iranian journalist who was held in an Iranian prison for more than a year. His Iranian captors insisted he was a spy and did everything they could to make him confess, but he held on to his sanity and sense of humor throughout the ordeal. The drama stars Gael Garcia Bernal as journalist Maziar Bahari. Kim Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas and Shohreh Aghdashloo co-star.
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■ “4000 Miles” by contemporary playwright Amy Herzog, Carousel Theatre, 1710 Andy Holt Ave., UT campus. The production is performed without an intermission and contains adult content and language. Info/performance schedule/ tickets: 865-974-5161 or clarencebrowntheatre.com.
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Responding to a demand that probably never existed, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels return as Lloyd and Harry in “Dumb and Dumber To,” opening in theaters on Friday. Directing brothers Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly are back as well to helm the comedy that picks up two decades after the events of the original. This time around, Harry and Lloyd go in search of the daughter Harry never knew he had. Fart jokes and absentee parents – sounds like a solid foundation for laughs. The cast also includes Kathleen Turner, Rob Riggle, Laurie Holden and Rachel Melvin. Also opening Friday is “Beyond the Lights,” a romance set in the world of hip-hop music. Gina PrinceBythewood (“The Secret Life of Bees,” “Love & Basketball”) wrote and directed the film. Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Belle”) plays a rising star whose success masks her inner despair. Nate Parker (“Non-Stop”) plays a police officer who becomes part of her security detail but has aspirations to enter politics. They fall in love despite the advice of those close to
■ “An Alpine Symphony,” 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Presented by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra as part of the Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series. Info/ tickets: www.knoxvillesymphony.com or 865-291-3310.
FRIDAY Lloyd (Jim Carrey) and Harry (Jeff Daniels) are together again in “Dumb and Dumber To.”
■ Opening reception for new exhibits: “Fountain City Art Guild Annual Holiday Show and Sale” and “Men at Work,” a photography exhibit by Embry DuBose, 6-8:30 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. Everyone welcome. On exhibit through Dec 18. Info: fcartcenter@knology.net or 865-357-2782. ■ Four Leaf Peat in concert, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Irish music. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 14-16 ■ Fine Craft Show presented by the Foothills Craft Guild, the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Features handmade work of 175 Tennessee artisans. Info: www. foothillscraftguild.org.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 14-23 Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and Kaz (Nate Parker) seek some alone time in “Beyond the Lights.” them, who would rather they focus on their respective careers. Minnie Driver and Danny Glover co-star. “Saving Christmas” kicks off the holiday season early with faith-based family
comedy. Kirk Cameron stars as a man looking forward to his sister’s Christmas extravaganza until he realizes that his brother-in-law is sorely in need of experiencing Christ in Christmas.
Cameron’s real-life sister, Bridgette Ridenour, co-stars along with Darren Doane, who also directed. For info on writer-director Jon Stewart’s “Rosewater,” please see the feature on page 10.
■ World premiere of “Server Alley,” a comedy/drama by playwright Alex Gherardi, Clayton Performing Arts Center at Pellissippi State Community College Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 14, 15, 21, 22; and 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 16 and 23. Tickets: $12; seniors and students, $10. Info/ tickets: www.pstcc.edu/tickets.
SATURDAY ■ The Bishop’s Tea for the Ladies of Charity, 1-3 p.m., Bishop Richard Stika’s residence. All donations fund the emergency Fuel Fund. Men, women and children are invited. To donate or RSVP: ladiesofcharityknox@gmail.com. ■ Hoot Gibson, five-time shuttle astronaut, will speak to local aviators 11:30 a.m., Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Cost: $24, includes buffet lunch. Public invited; registration required by Nov. 12. Info/to register: www.eaa.org.
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■ Concert of holiday music performed by the Walters State Community Band, 3 p.m., “Z” Buda Assembly Hall and Gymnasium, Walters State Community College Morristown campus. Admission is free. Info: 865-585-6922. ■ Concert featuring the combined choirs of Carson-Newman University’s Music Department and the Knoxville Choral Society, 7 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Free. Info: www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org. ■ Shakespeare Outloud: “The Tragedy of Cymbeline,” 2 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750. ■ Torsk (Norwegian cod) Dinner hosted by the Sons of Norway Lodge 5-677 “Vikings of the Smokies,” 5-7:30 p.m., Seasons Café in Turkey Creek, 11605 Parkside Drive. Cost: $20; under 12, free. Info/reservations: Clark Brekke, cjbrekke@ gmail.com or 865-966-0608.
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THROUGH MONDAY, DEC. 8 “Big Red Bow Project” donation collection for individuals facing Alzheimer’s and dementia in Knox, Anderson, Blount and Loudon counties at Lexus of Knoxville, 10315 Parkside Drive. Info/wish list: www.alzTennessee.org/big-red-bow-project or 5446288.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12 “How to Mat and Frame Your Work” seminar, 6-7 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Hosted by the Arts & Culture Alliance. Instructor: Mike C. Berry. Info/to register: www.knoxalliance. com/development.html; 523-7543; sc@knoxalliance. com.
THURSDAY, NOV. 13 Traditional Appalachian Dance, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Hosted by the Knoxville Square Dance. Live old-time music by the Hellgrammites. Admission: $7. Info: 522-5851 or info@jubileearts.org. Sara Jordan Birthday Bash! to benefit InterFaith Health Clinic, 7 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Performers include: Rollin’ & Tumblin’, Jenna and Her Cool Friends, The Romeo Kings, Mighty Blue, Left Foot Dave, North Shore, Rey Pineda and the Filibillies, and Rose Hawley and Terry Phillips. AARP Driver Safety Course, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., East Tennessee Medical Group (ETMG), 266 Joule St., Alcoa. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964. Outdoor Classroom ribbon-cutting, noon, corner of North Campbell Station Road and the Farragut High School entrance. Hosted by the town of Farragut. Info: 966-7057. Corks for a Cause, 6-9 p.m., Hunter Valley Farms, 9111 Hunter Lane. Tickets: $35 per person or $60 for a pair. Includes: live entertainment, silent auction, wines and appetizers provided by Lakeside Tavern. Proceeds will benefit The Pat Summitt Foundation’s fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Info/tickets: Erin Phillips, 622-2162 or erin@marshpros.com. Celebration of new pet welcome station, 3 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Info: Mary Thom Adams, 577-4717, ext. 117 or mtadams@ijams.org. Crochet in the Round class: “Make a Hat.” 2-5 p.m., Hobby Lobby classroom, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24. Info/to register: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/profile/monicaschmidt. Bulgarian Singing workshop, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Square Dance Center, 828 Tulip St. Dance party follows 8-10 p.m. Info: 470-9536 or www.
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II. Approval of Agenda III. Mayor’s Report A. Presentation of Donations to the Knox County Schools IV. Citizens Forum V. Approval of Minutes A. October 23, 2014 B. November 3, 2014 VI. Ordinances A. Public notice and second reading 1. Ordinance 14-16, Ordinance amending the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 86-16, as amended, is hereby amended by rezoning Parcel 109, Tax Map 130, located at 820 N. Campbell Station Road, north of the Holiday Inn Express, approximately 33 Acres, from R-2 (General SingleFamily Residential District) to R-6 (Multi-Family Residential District) and OSMFR (Open Space MultiFamily Residential Overlay District) (PMG Applicant) B. First reading 1. Ordinance 14-14, Ordinance to annex into the corporate boundary of the Town of Farragut and adopt a Plan of Service for Parcel 108, Tax Map 130, 902 N. Campbell Station Road, 1.55 Acres (Kay Wellons, Applicant) 2. Ordinance 14-18, Ordinance to amend Title 16, Streets and Sidewalks, Etc., Chapter 4, Driveways and Other Access Ways, Sections 16-402 and 16-403.1-4 of the Farragut Municipal Code, to clarify the requirement for a traffic impact study in relation to rezoning requests. 3. Ordinance14-19, Ordinance to Amend the Town of Farragut Municipal Code Title 16 Streets and Sidewalks by adding Chapter 6 Everett Road Corridor Improvement Fee VII. Business Items A. Approval of the Calhoun’s New Year’s Day 5K B. Approval of the Race 13.1 Half-Marathon Event C. Approval of Amended Contract with Red Flex Traffic Systems to Provide Automated Traffic Enforcement to the Town of Farragut VIII. Town Administrator’s Report IX. Town Attorney’s Report It is the policy of the Town of Farragut not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 93-112 and 101-336 in its hiring, employment practices and programs. To request accommodations due to disabilities, please call 865-9667057 in advance of the meeting.
oakridgefolkdancers.org. Fall Festival luncheon hosted by the Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection, 10:45 a.m., Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Cost: $12. Info/ reservations: 315-8182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@ gmail.com.
FRIDAY, NOV. 14 AARP Driver Safety Course, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Info/ registration: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964. AARP Driver Safety Course, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., South Knoxville Senior Center, 6729 Martel Lane. Info/ registration: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.
SATURDAY, NOV. 15 Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 2-5 p.m., Hobby Lobby classroom, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24. Info/to register: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/ profile/monicaschmidt.
SUNDAY, NOV. 16 First Frost Festival to benefit military families, 4-8 p.m., Bennington Place, 7301 Bennington Drive. Crafts, activities, local musicians, desserts, photo booth, prizes and more. Cost: suggested donation, $10. Info: http://eventful.com/knoxville/events/first-frostfestival-/E0-001-076117723-1.
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TUESDAY, NOV. 18 UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277. Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Dr. Henry Fribourg. Topic: “Escape to Freedom,” which describes his family’s escape from France after Germany’s invasion. Cost: $12. RSVP by Sunday, Nov. 16: 983-3740. KSO Musical Storytimes for Kids, 10:30 a.m., South Knoxville Branch Library, 4500 Chapman Highway. For preschool-aged children and their caregivers. Info: 573-1772. Computer Workshop: “Introducing the Computer,” 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration required. Info/to register: 215-8700.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19 Books Sandwiched In: “The Infinite Resource: The power of ideas on a finite planet” by Ramez Naam, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Speaker: Susanna Sutherland. Public is invited. Info: 215-8700 or www.knoxlib.org. Young Professionals of Knoxville membership meeting, 5:30 p.m., Holiday Inn World’s Fair Park, 525 Henley St. YPK Impact Awards recipients will be announced. KSO Musical Storytimes for Kids, 10:15 a.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. For preschool-aged children and their caregivers. Info: 588-8813.
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Tennessee Shines: The Tillers with poet Dawn Coppock, 7 p.m., Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Tickets: $10, free for students with valid ID and children ages 14 and under. Info/tickets: WDVX.com. Free stroller tour, 10-11 a.m., McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Includes a tour and activities in the museum’s Ancient Egypt gallery. Info/reservations: 974-2144. Reception for Photography Faculty Exhibit, 4-6 p.m., Bagwell Center for Media and Art gallery at Pellissippi State’s Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Exhibit runs through Dec. 12. The exhibit and reception are free, and the community is invited to attend. Info: www.pstcc.edu or 694-6400. Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby classroom, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24. Info/to register: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace. com/profile/monicaschmidt. West Knox Book Club: “Einstein’s Dreams” by Alan Lightman, 10:15 a.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Info: 588-8813. Craft: Four Seasons Trees, 6-7:45 p.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road. For ages 8 and up. Info/to register: 525-1541.
MONDAYS, NOV. 17-DEC. 8 “Playing With Copper: Hot and Cold Connections” non-credit community course, 6:30-9 p.m., Pellissippi State Community College Hardin Valley Campus. Cost: $130. Info/to register: www.pstcc.edu/ bcs or 539-7167.
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“Beyond Basic Digital Photography” non-credit community course, 6:15-8:15 p.m., Pellissippi State Community College Hardin Valley Campus. Cost: $109. Info/to register: www.pstcc.edu/bcs or 539-7167.
THURSDAY, NOV. 20 AARP Driver Safety Course, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964. Joint lecture by Roberta Smith, senior art critic for The New York Times, and Jerry Saltz, senior art critic for New York Magazine, 7:30 p.m., UT’s University Center auditorium. Free and open to the public. Info: 974-3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu. KSO Musical Storytimes for Kids, 10:30 a.m., Howard Pinkston Branch Library, 7732 Martin Mill Pike. For preschool-aged children and their caregivers. Info: 573-0436.
FRIDAY, NOV. 21 “Tellabration SSS! 2014, A Worldwide Celebration of Storytelling,” 7 p.m., Graystone Presbyterian community room, 139 Woodlawn Pike. Suggested donations: $7 adults, $5 students and seniors. Info: 429-1783 or smokymtstorytellers@juno.com. Alive After Five concert: “Tribute to Donny Hathaway” featuring Donald Brown with Evelyn Jack, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.
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Exhausted during the day, Loudon woman goes looking for answers to cure her sleepless nights Living on a dairy farm and working the breakfast shift at Chick-filA in Loudon, Janet James-Owens, 54, knows the importance of getting a good night’s sleep. “I usually get up around 4:30, and I’m at work by 6 a.m.,” JamesOwens said. Several years ago after a surgery on her neck vertebrae, James-Owens said she felt tired all the time and couldn’t seem to get to sleep, even though she was exhausted. “Ever since the surgery on my neck, my breathing has been tight. I guess it’s crowded in there,” she said. “I wasn’t sleeping the night through, I had terrible issues sleeping and snoring,” she added. “I just wasn’t getting any peaceful sleep, not sleep that was productive.” Her doctor referred her to the Sleep Disorders Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, and James-Owens went in October 2013 for a sleep study. During the sleep study, patients stay all night, monitored for their heart rate, breathing and other vitals while they sleep. “You have a bedroom just like at home, with a real nice mattress,” James-Owens said. “I got there around 6, 6:30,” she said. “You have to change into your pajamas, they take all your vitals and do a bunch of paperwork. You get settled in, and it’s 8 or 9 o’clock. “The staff was great,” James-
Janet James-Owens came to the Sleep Disorders Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center exhausted and looking for a fix to her restless nights. Now she’s sleeping better thanks to the Sleep Center’s diagnosis and treatment. Owens said. “They were just very attentive and very caring. They were very prompt and efficient. Except they woke me up too early!” During the night, a technician monitored her sleep. And soon afterward, Dr. Thomas G. Higgins,
Myths about sleep Myth: Some people only need 4 to 5 hours per night. Truth: Everyone needs 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night, and others need up to 9 hours. Sleep is productive time, in which brain and body cells rejuvenate. Myth: Sleep problems only affect older women. Truth: Insomnia affects everyone, but is more common in older women. Men in their 30s and 40s are most likely to get sleep apnea. And narcolepsy, a serious sleep disorder, most often begins in a person’s teens and 20s.
When to call the doctor If you have a problem getting to sleep, it’s probably a sleep hygiene issue. Try keeping regular sleep hours, use the bedroom only for sleeping, don’t work on the computer or watch TV just before bed and avoid caffeine after dinner. Get exercise every day, but not right before bed. Do something relaxing before bed, like take a bath or read (as long as it’s not exciting). Keep the lights low or even off. Before there were electric lights, people regularly slept 9 hours per day. If you keep waking up during the night, that’s more likely a physical problem such as sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome or any one of a number of sleep disorders. If you’ve tried good sleep hygiene and still can’t fall asleep, call your doctor. Or if you’re waking up in the middle of the night repeatedly, that’s a reason to call a doctor as well.
medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center, diagnosed JamesOwens’ medical problem: obstructive sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea is when the airway collapses on itself during the night. This blocks the flow
of air, causing loud snoring and interruptions in breathing. Often, the patient jerks and gasps for air multiple times during the night. Although most patients don’t remember them, apnea episodes will rob a person of deep REM
(rapid eye movement) sleep, a vital part of sleep. Sleep apnea can be managed easily by using a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine every night. This machine forces air through a tube and into a mask that fits over the nose and sometimes the mouth. The machine forces air into the airway to keep it open throughout the night. The CPAP eliminates both the apnea episodes and the patient’s snoring. “It made a significant difference,” said James-Owens. “Now I wake up well rested. It’s like a night and day difference. My energy level is way up. Before, I used to want to take an afternoon nap, and now I don’t have the need for that.” While some people are bothered by wearing a mask at night, James-Owens said hers hasn’t been a problem for her. “The mask has never bothered me. It works perfectly. I just went into it with the attitude that this is for my benefit,” she said. James-Owens added that she would recommend the Fort Sanders Sleep Disorders Center to anyone who isn’t getting a good night’s rest. “Anybody who thinks they have an issue should really go on and have the sleep study done,” she said. “You’re going to like how you feel and what it does for you. I highly recommend it.”
Science of a good night’s rest Getting a good night’s rest is not a luxury but rather a necessity for good health, according to Dr. Thomas G. Higgins, a neurologist and sleep disorders specialist at Fort Sanders Sleep Disorders Center. “Most people need at least seven or eight hours of sleep,” said Higgins. “There are shorter sleepers, but most people getting five hours are not getting enough sleep. Your body temperature, horDr. Thomas G. mones and everyHiggins thing in the body functions better if you’re attaining enough sleep.” A lack of sleep can affect the body in many negative ways, Higgins said. “The immune system is affected,” he said. “People who do not get enough sleep are more likely to become ill. People with insufficient sleep are more likely to put on weight, because a lack of sleep affects metabolism. That can lead to diabetes and heart disease. “Obtaining good sleep reduces your sensitivity to chronic pain.
doesn’t get to a deep stage of sleep. Sleep apnea is managed by wearing a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine at night. This machine forces air through a tube and mask, and into the patient’s airway to keep it open. “In one study, they took photos of patients before and two months after using a CPAP machine, and asked other people to rate who was more attractive. The people judged most attractive were the ones who had used the CPAP for a couple of months. “So if you want to Fibromyalgia, for example, can be aggravated by a lack of sleep,” be good looking, healthy and feel better, use your CPAP,” said Higsaid Higgins. One of the most common sleep gins with a laugh. disorders is obstructive sleep apFor more information about nea, in which a patient’s airway diagnosis and treatment of your relaxes and collapses on itself sleep problem, call the during sleep, causing loud snorFort Sanders Sleep Disorders ing, choking and momentary Center at 865-541-1375. lapses in breathing. These wake the patient up, and he or she
Get Your Life Back Chronic sleep deprivation or poor quality sleep can leave you feeling exhausted, irritable and unable to focus. It can also lead to serious health problems. The professionals at the nationally accredited Fort Sanders Regional Sleep Disorders Center can help you get a refreshing night’s sleep – and get your life back.
Fort Sanders Professional Building 1901 Clinch Avenue, S.W., Suite 303 Knoxville, TN 37916
For more information, please call the Fort Sanders Sleep Disorders Center at (865) 541-1375.