Bearden Shopper-News 121712 by Shopper-News

BEARDEN www.ShopperNewsNow.com

Coffee Break

➤

twitter.com/shoppernewsnow

A great community newspaper

VOL. 6 NO. 51

IN THIS ISSUE

www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow

December 17, 2012

Decorating the White House

See page A-8

Miracle Maker When most parents think about the Parent Teacher Association, they envision the handful of women who work the equivalent of a full-time job to raise money for smart boards and playground equipment. But when members from each of the county’s PTA-affiliated schools come together, even bigger things happen.

➤

See Wendy Smith’s story on A-9

Being cool “It’s hard to believe, but there was a time when I was cool,” writes Wendy Smith. “I wore the latest clothes, listened to the latest bands, and occasionally felt the warm glow of admiration. Back then, in my college days, I dreamed of graduating, getting a job, and buying a stereo. I got around to the first two.” Walk with Wendy down memory lane.

➤

See her wrap-up on page A-3

Comedy of errors Changing coaches wasn’t as depressing as some disasters, Marvin West says. The search was a comedy of errors. Never have so many who knew so little said so much. Media and fans with “inside” information were very entertaining. Better than Oprah. The outcome was OK.

➤

See Marvin’s story on page A-8

Engineering at Sequoyah Sequoyah Elementary School students and their families made prosthetic hands, used lamps to steer solar-powered model cars and built “tumbling towers” during Family Engineering night held in the school gym.

➤

See Sara Barrett’s story on A-10

10512 Lexington Dr., Ste. 500 37932 (865) 218-WEST (9378) NEWS news@ShopperNewsNow.com Sandra Clark | Wendy Smith | Anne Hart ADVERTISING SALES ads@ShopperNewsNow.com Shannon Carey | Patty Fecco Jim Brannon | Tony Cranmore Shopper-News is a member of KNS Media Group, published weekly. the Bearden edition is distributed to 24,646 homes.

Dusty and Mary Beth Reagan (at right) pause at the East Visitors’ Entrance to the White House. Mary Beth is owner of The Flower Pot, 700 S. Gay St., and was one of fewer than 100 florists and decorators from across the country selected to decorate the White House for the holidays. She embellished the planters shown here and also the helped with the mantel, tree and decorations in the Diplomatic Room. See story on page 12

Urban forester gets to work By Wendy Smith No one’s more excited that Knoxville has hired a full-time urban forester than Public Service Director David Brace. Planting and maintaining city trees is just one of the department’s many responsibilities, which include trash and brush removal, mowing and fixing potholes. “He’s going to wake up every morning thinking about it,” Brace says of Kasey Krouse. “It won’t just be reactive.” Krouse came onboard early this month. Mayor Madeline Rogero announced the creation of the urban forestry position during her budget address this spring. The city has a $50,000 budget for planting new trees, and over 500 trees will be planted in the coming year. He’s no stranger to Knoxville’s tree scene. His previous employer, Davey Resource Group, worked on the city’s tree inventory in 2011. He spent a few weeks getting to know the city’s practices, and was impressed. “Knoxville has a solid goal in place,” he says. Krouse worked with Davey Resource Group for six years, and has conducted tree inventories in cities across the country. Knoxville compares well in some areas, like its tree board, he says. The city’s tree board was named the state’s best by the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council in 2012. But there is room for improvement in other areas, like mulching, he says.

Knoxville Public Service Director David Brace tours the PetSafe Downtown Dog Park with Kasey Krouse, the city’s new urban forester. Photo by Wendy Smith He will manage the tree board and monitor the health and stock of the city’s trees. He also plans to offer education both internally and to the community. He’d especially like to meet with neighborhood associations. Knoxville has good resources, including numerous nonprofit groups and the UT extension office, and Krouse hopes to spend his early days on the job getting to know people. He’ll also look into funding op-

portunities that could provide even more trees for the city. Brace accompanied Krouse on a quick tour of the trees surrounding PetSafe Downtown Dog Park last week. They observed a line of white pines with their tops removed to accommodate utility lines. The trees should never have been planted there, said Brace. Having an urban forester that oversees planting will help safe-

WATCH BATTERY COUPON W

5 Foster' s

guard the city’s tree budget. When it comes to tree placement, you need to look 60 to 80 years down the road, says Brace. Krouse says Knoxville has the key players in place for a successful urban forestry program – a good tree board, a green-minded mayor, and now, a dedicated urban forester. “I hope Knoxville will be a model for urban forestry programs in other cities.”

Keep Your Me Memories emo SAFE! Preserve those old Pr reels, slides & vhs tapes today!

Includes s battery & installation lation

Watch & Jewelry Repair R

Fine Jewelry Fin J lr

Ex Expires 1/31/13 M Must present coupon

7023 Kingston Pike

In the West Hills Center

584-3966

www.fostersjewelry.com

Last Day For Christmas Pick-Up SATURDAY, DEC. 22 • 1:00PM Audio & Video Conversion

686-5756

www.DigitizeItNow.com 12752 Kingston Pike, Renaissance Farragut, Ste 103, Bldg E

A-2 • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

One increase in dividend rate permitted during the term of the certificate. Increased rate will be based on the 24-month certificate dividend rate in effect at the time of request. Member must request the dividend rate increase. Excludes IRA certificates.

GIVE YOUR SAVINGS A LITTLE BUMP

AND ENJOY EVEN BIGGER YIELDS!

(865) 544-5400 tvacreditunion.com If you live, work, worship or attend school in the following counties you can Join Us: Blount, Jefferson, Loudon, Sevier, Hamblen, Knox, Roane and Sullivan as well as Johnson City.

BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • A-3

Amber Roper, Ben Ebel, Kirk Parsons, Hallie Boring, Matias Landau, Yuval Koenig, Frank Sturm, and Ron Arel perform songs from the Knoxville Jewish Day School’s production of “Willy Wonka Jr.” at Fair Garden Preschool last week. Photos by Wendy Smith

New device kindles old memories By Wendy Smith It’s hard to believe, but there was a time when I was cool. I wore the latest clothes, listened to the latest bands, and occasionally felt the warm glow of admiration. Back then, in my college days, I dreamed of graduating, getting a job, and buying a stereo. I got around to the first two. As a parent of three, I’ve purchased countless electronic devices – for other people. While that clearly implies that I’m no longer cool, I’ve led a full and satisfying life without a gadget in my pocket. When my teenagers purchased iPhone 5s, I got my daughter’s (somewhat unfashionable 2nd generation) iPod touch by default. It took some time to figure out how this device could be incorporated into my life. I don’t listen to music while I work, and I like the sound of silence when I walk or run.

When my family is around, I feel like my ears should be available. But the children loaded a few of my favorite songs, and I turned up the volume so I could hear over the vacuum cleaner. Suddenly, housework was fun! I learned how to add old favorites, like R.E.M. and Jackson Browne. I downloaded new songs, like the one that plays during vampire baseball in “Twilight.” The iPod now feels comfortable in my pocket. I’ll never be cool again. But when I listen to my music, I remember what it felt like, and that’s almost as good.

ka Jr.” at two Knox County schools, including Fair Garden Preschool, last week. Approximately 140 students and teachers took a break from studies to hear the 4th- and 5th-grade students perform songs like “Oompa Loompa Two,” which warns against excessive gum-chewing, and “Think Positive,” sung by Charlie and his father. One of the highlights of the show was Violet’s (played by Yuval Koenig) magical transformation into a blueberry. The older students enjoyed the opportunity to perform for the youngsters who, most likely, didn’t have the opportunity to see the play. ■ Sharing the “I liked the reaction of Oompa Loompa love the kids because they were Nine students from all so happy that we were the Knoxville Jewish Day there. They were asking to School performed songs have their pictures taken from the school’s recent with us. They were so cute,” production of “Willy Won- said Koenig.

“Willy Wonka Jr.” cast members Yuval Koenig and Hallie Boring chat with Fair Garden Preschool students.

Tina Moore of the Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild shows off a pincushion made by Pat Pike for the guild’s exchange of handmade gifts at its Christmas party. The guild was founded in 2010 to meet the needs of quilters who appreciate a modern aesthetic and are open to new techniques, says guild president Emily Doan. For more information: www. modknox.ning.com

BEARDEN NOTES ■ Downtown Speakers Club meets 11:45 a.m. every Monday at TVA West Towers, ninth floor, room 225. Currently accepting new members. Info: Jerry Adams, 202-0304. ■ UT Toastmasters Club meets at noon every Tuesday at the Knoxville Convention Center on Henley Street in room 218. Currently accepting new members. Info: Sara Martin, 603-4756. ■ West Knox Lions Club meets 6:30 p.m. each first and third Monday at Sullivan’s in Franklin Square, 9648 Kingston Pike.

GI F T CA RD

■ West Knoxville Kiwanis Club meets 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Shoney’s on Walker Springs Road.

5301 Fountain Road • Knoxville, TN 37918 gentrygriffey.com (865)689-4481 Eric Arnold Botts, Managing Partner & Licensed Funeral Director; Jerry Griffey, Founding Partner & Licensed Funeral Director; Bryan McAdams, Assistant Manager & Licensed Funeral Director

Trust, Value and Service Since 1948.

government

A-4 • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Tindell prosecution: selective justice?

Haslam is fundraising, Alexander close behind Mayor Madeline Rogero was at her best last week when she spoke against the extension of the South Knoxville Parkway. She was firm, direct and right on. She wants a green city and knows this proposal was anti-green from its inception by extending a roadway over fragile lands and a growing park system which is important to South Knoxville’s new awareness and progress. Vice Mayor Nick Palvis, who represents South Knoxville, has been strong in promoting the new South Knoxville to his great credit. ■ Gov. Bill Haslam was strong and made us proud last week as well when he defended the hiring of Samar Ali, whose only problem seems to be she is a Muslim, has been attacked viciously by some who are intolerant of other religions. Ali grew up in Humphreys County in Middle Tennessee. She was a 4H leader in high school and president of the student body at Vanderbilt. She is now an attorney who works in the Department of Economic and Community Development. Haslam pointed out to a questioner who accused the Governor of hiring a “Shariah compliance” expert that Ali “is as Tennessee as they come.” We should remember that this nation was founded by many who sought religious freedom and fled European nations which did not allow more than one religion to be practiced. ■ While the 2014 election is two years off, mailers have gone out for a Jan. 7 fundraiser at Scripps Networks Interactive offices on Sherrill Boulevard in West Knoxville for a $1,000-aperson fundraiser for Gov. Haslam, who is not expected to have a serious opponent based on his successful first two years in office. It is hard to imagine that he will face significant Republican or Democratic opposition. Expect to receive invitations from Sen. Alexander’s campaign as well. Alexander also has no announced opponents and, with the public support of the entire Tennessee GOP Congressional delegation (minus scandal-plagued Rep. Scott DesJarlais), is not expected to face major opposition.

Victor Ashe

■ Rep. Jimmy Duncan is Alexander’s campaign chair. Any who think Alexander will take his reelection for granted should think again. Alexander is one of the most competitive and well-organized public officials I have ever known. We first met in 1966 when we both worked in the Howard Baker for U.S. Senate campaign. Alexander will leave no stone unturned in his quest for a 3rd term. ■ Gov. Haslam’s decision for Tennessee not to run its own health insurance exchange is further evidence of the Obama Administration’s failure to get its act together in a way which can be persuasive to a practical CEO-type governor like Haslam. Haslam was one of a handful of Republican governors who was willing to work to implement the plan if it made sense. The fact that the draft regulations exceeded 800 pages and were still a draft, plus a goal line which kept moving, was a strong argument to avoid this changing plan until one actually knew what it involved. The bottom line is that Haslam was not persuaded that the plan was good for Tennessee. At this point in time, Haslam clearly made the right decision. Perhaps the day will come when the Obama Administration will have a plan which makes sense for states to implement, but that day is apparently a long ways off. ■ Next week, a report on my week long trip to Myanmar (Burma). ■ For those of you who recall our son, J Victor, being born during my first term as mayor in 1990, an update on him 22 years later is that he graduated from Purdue University yesterday, Sunday, Dec. 16, with a major in computer science and starts to work in February for Booz Allen outside Washington, D.C. Time flies and his parents are very proud of him. Our daughter, Martha, 20, is a sophomore at the University of Richmond.

In 2009, the politically active Troy Whiteside walked into an East Knoxville establishment and ran into an old foe. Minutes later out in the parking lot, witnesses saw Whiteside astride a prone Stacey Sudderth, emptying a Glock 19 clip into his back as he lay face down on the asphalt. Whiteside claimed selfdefense. Whiteside was arraigned and charged with seconddegree murder. Attorney General Randy Nichols recused himself because of his personal relationship with the defendant. Attorney General Berkeley Bell came in from Greeneville, took over the case and upped the charge to murder one. Whiteside’s trial date has been repeatedly postponed. There’s an ancient maxim about mills of justice grinding slowly, but exceeding fine. The first clause is undeniably true in Knox County. The second is subject to question. In 2006, outgoing Republican Party chair Chad Tindell discovered that an employee of county Mayor Mike Ragsdale had gotten into his private email account and was spreading around his personal emails. He made a lot of noise about

Betty Bean it and asked Attorney General Randy Nichols to prosecute. Nichols declined, telling a reporter “it’s just a bunch of Republicans fighting among themselves.” In 2007, a routine county audit exposed trouble in then-Trustee Mike Lowe’s office. Local media feasted on stories about phantom employees, five-figure overpayments and questionable purchases. Lowe and four others were indicted recently and still have not come to trial. In 2008, another audit exposed some $130,000 misuse of county purchasing cards by members of Mayor Mike Ragsdale’s administration. Local media cranked out stories about fancy wining and dining, togo smoothies and expensive hotels. Yet only one person was prosecuted, Cynthia Finch, who was convicted in 2011 of forging receipts. Three other employees, two of whom were, like Finch, African-American women, lost their jobs. When he sentenced Finch to unsupervised probation,

Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood said the prosecution “was not fair.” In March 2011, the prescription drug-addicted Judge Richard Baumgartner pleaded guilty to one count of official misconduct, agreed to retire from the bench and was allowed to keep his pension. A year later, federal prosecutors stepped in, and within months Baumgartner was found guilty of a felony. Now he faces possible prison time, hefty fines and the loss of his pension. Last week, a yearlong scandal in Trustee John J. Duncan III’s office burped up two guilty pleas to facilitation of a felony, a Class A misdemeanor. Delinquent Tax Attorney Chad Tindell and Chief of Staff Josh Burnett resigned and will get 11-month, 29day suspended sentences. Duncan has admitted giving himself and four employees bonuses for County Technical Assistance Service courses they never completed. Details are murky, but Tindell, who did not receive the CTAS bonus, is in trouble for authoring the trustee’s salary suit, an arcane document state law requires county fee officers to submit annually in order to receive operating funds.

Chad Tindell These “friendly” lawsuits go to the law director and the finance director before being approved by the mayor. It’s hard to understand Randy Nichols’ selective prosecutions. Why were Ragsdale and his top aides allowed to repay the money they had misappropriated with no criminal charges? Will Troy Whiteside ever face a jury? Why did it take federal prosecution to obtain justice in the Baumgartner case? And it’s hard to see Chad Tindell, whose beefed-up delinquent tax collection efforts resulted in an unexpected windfall for the county this year, as anything more than grist for the mill.

Goforth moves on, thankless My dad used to say a man shouldn’t have to preach his own funeral. Sitting through Thursday’s meeting of the Union County Board of Education, I finally understood what he meant. Embattled Director of Schools D. Wayne Goforth said he will “move on” when his contract expires on June 30, 2013. His statement cleared the way to start a search for his replacement, and it kept board members from having to vote on his tenure. You would have thought one of the seven members might have found something to say. “Thanks,” would have worked. Goforth distributed a four-page list of achievements that he said he and the board, working together, had achieved during his four years. “I hope things go well for Union County Schools,” he said. Stone-faced, the board moved to the next item. Wayne Goforth is not some guy we brought in from someplace else. He’s one of us, born and raised in East Tennessee. His parents were well-known in Baptist circles. Wayne and his brothers sang gospel music. He’s worked for Union County Schools for

Sandra Clark

30 years. And he deserves a thank-you for his efforts. In a county where local funds for education are scarce, Goforth found federal grants, state grants and private money for initiatives. He’s got enough computers to have all the county’s kids take statewide tests online in 2014, and few systems can claim that. He even got fiber cables installed to each school, owned by the school system. His only concern, as he told board members last week, is that the meter boxes at the middle school and Maynardville Elementary might not be big enough to power up all the computers at once. But that won’t be Wayne Goforth’s problem as he “moves on” next July. He told me awhile back that his wife just won’t let him leave Union County. Tater Valley is home. And there’s that nifty grandchild that he dotes on, living just

over the ridge in Fountain City. So I guess we can create two want ads for upcoming editions: The first: “Wanted – job for not-quite-over-the-hill educator; aggressive, visionary, able to feed a multitude with loaves and fishes. The second: “Help wanted – director of schools for rural county, not noted for local tax support. The successful candidate should be aggressive (but not step on toes), visionary (but not offensive to traditionalists) and able to feed a multitude with loaves and fishes (but not by juggling funds). Of note to Knox County readers, Goforth built Paulette Elementary for $6.8 million with a Knoxville architect and contractor. It meets state specs and may even win an award. He jumped on a state law allowing a local school district to create a virtual academy. His deal with Virginia-based K12 made Union County Schools the first and only school system to produce its own revenue – $400,000 this year alone. Parents mobbed Thursday’s meeting to complain about losing their school nurses. It was a program Goforth had worked out

D. Wayne Goforth with a private vendor that billed insurance rather than the school district to cover its costs. Goforth said he will pay the LPNs for at least a week with money budgeted for substitute teachers while he works to find another vendor. Knox County doesn’t have a nurse in every school, and I’ll bet few counties do. Doggone that Goforth. He ran too far ahead of the pack – an incredibly vulnerable position – and the pack overtook him. His salary for all of this grief is $86,000 a year with no “buy-out bonus.” There are classroom teachers in other systems making more. So we’ll say it. “Thanks, Wayne.”

I LOVE IT HERE. BUT THE KIDS DON’T NEED TO KNOW THAT. T When you need a place to live, choose a place where you can really live. A place that cultivates friendship and inspires an adventurous spirit, where caring isn’t only what’s done for you, but something we all do for each other.

Photo by Ruth White

Persian Galleries Assisted Living | Memory Care Call to schedule a visit

865.690.3550

OF WEST KNOXVILLE

8024 Gleason Drive | Knoxville, TN 37919 elmcroft.com

Persian Galleries offers fine Persian and Oriental rugs and handwoven carpets from all over the world. They specialize in old antique rugs and new, modern rugs. For over 25 years they have been serving patrons and rug collectors across the Southeast and offer restoration, cleaning and appraisal services. During the holidays, Persian Galleries is offering 30-50% off merchandise. Stop by their Bearden location at 4845 Kingston Pike, in Mercedes Place. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Info: 558-8777.

BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • A-5

The Rose Hill ‘death’ curve MALCOLM’S CORNER | Malcolm Shell Today, the almost 90-degree curve located a few hundred yards west of the entrance to Fox Den Village on Kingston Pike is guarded by a traffic signal and a caution light, which gives it a benign appearance and masks its past history. But 60 years ago, the locals called it the “death curve.” I am not sure how the curve came to be called Rose Hill, but the most plausible suggestion is that it was named after an infamous roadhouse located on the north side of the Pike almost in the center of the curve. The only remaining evidence of that structure today

is a small, partially paved parking area that was located in front of the building. The curve became famous to the locals for two reasons: the perils it created for truckers and the infamous nature of the roadhouse. Before construction of I-40/75, Highways 11 and 70 were the main east-west and north-south routes in the area, which brought Rose Hill curve into play. For truckers heading east, the curve gave little warning of its severity, and they frequently ran off an embankment some 15 feet deep on the south side of the highway.

One of my high school classmates, Jane Walker Black, lived on her family’s farm where Wentworth Town Homes is now located. Jane recalls that it was not unusual to be awakened at night by a large crash, which she immediately recognized as another trucker who had failed to make the turn. As Jane recalls, this happened with considerable frequency and often resulted in serious injury to the trucker. For young teenagers, the curve represented a different challenge: to see who could go around it at the highest speed. I am not sure who held the record, but as far as I can remember, no one in our gang ever crashed. The fastest speed anyone achieved was just more than 60 miles per hour headed east and slightly lower going west. Of course, the trials had to be done at night to see the lights of oncoming traffic. As for the roadhouse, it was one of the most popular places around for certain types of patrons who were all too tough

for a bunch of teenagers. Shootings were quite common, and in fact occurred on a weekly basis. Most law enforcement avoided the joint because it was a place where you could easily walk in and be carried out. In fact, I always drove by it as quickly as possible to avoid becoming the victim of a stray bullet. On one particular occasion, one of our local law enforcement officers, deputy Clarence Hobbs, was called to investigate a reported shooting. Deputy Hobbs was a World War I veteran and was not known to be fearful of anyone. But on that evening he entered the road house to arrest the shooter and ended up being shot. The shooter left Rose Hill and went to another road house, the Sandstone, located about a mile further west at Dixie-Lee Junction. Deputy Hobbs survived the shooting, and the shooter was arrested later that evening by his cousin Clemmy Hobbs, who was also a county deputy.

If truckers were the main victims of the eastbound curve, the westbound traffic was subjected to an even greater risk. Most of the patrons who left the roadhouse were extremely intoxicated and often backed out of the narrow parking lot onto the highway without looking for oncoming vehicles. The result was that some unsuspecting motorists became victims of the roadhouse without ever entering the place. I am not sure when Rose Hill closed, because I left the area to enter the service shortly after graduating from high school. Roadhouses were common on U.S. highways during the late ’40s and early ’50s and many had the reputation of being a dangerous place to hang out. But Rose Hill was the worst of the worst. Even today it is impossible for me to drive past the location without remembering the many accidents and tragedies that occurred there some 60 years ago.

Christmas with Chad scores with kids By Sara Barrett For children in the group homes and foster care program of Child and Family Tennessee, Santa came early and in the form of a former NFL quarterback. Knoxville native and Fox Sports analyst Chad Pennington put a personal touch on donations from his charitable foundation 1st and 10 as he spent some time Dec. 13 with the kids who benefited. The day included gifts of backpacks that Pennington, a Webb School of Knoxville football standout who played pro football in New York and Miami, personally packed with hats, gloves and jackets. Each child got a $250 gift card followed by a shopping spree at Target and a party at Zuma Fun Center. Jeff Gencay, staff member of Child and Family,

Chad Pennington and his father, former Webb School coach Elwood Pennington, load gift bags into the car before heading to a pizza party at Zuma Fun Center.

Arms outspread like a Christmas tree, Knoxville native and former NFL quarterback Chad Pennington displays some of the backpacks he packed himself for the children in group and foster homes through Child and Family Tennessee. The backpacks include hats, gloves and jackets. Photos by S. Barrett.

said, “These kids have been watching the Target circulars for weeks.” Each year, Pennington’s 1st and 10 Foundation pays

for the Christmas shopping spree with a pizza party and unlimited rides and games at Zuma. Pennington drove just

under three hours from his new home in Lexington, Ky., to be at the event, which he and his family have been hosting for eight years. The

foundation, which Pennington began in 2003, awarded $156,000 in grants in 2011. “You are not here because of me,” Pennington told the kids just before the shopping began. “I am here because of you.” He said the children are always surprised when they get to the party after their shopping spree, and he hops into a go-cart right along

with them. Pennington and his dad, Elwood, loaded bags of candy into Pennington’s car before heading to the party at Zuma. When asked what he thinks of his son’s achievements, a proud Elwood smiled but also got a little nostalgic. “They are still little boys to their dads,” he said.

Thiss sea sseason, give someone e (or yo yourself) the chance to ffeel and look better.

Join in December and get

2 Free Months!

Fit. Figured Out. Koko FitClub Bearden • 4614 Kingston Pike • 865-558-1236 Koko FitClub Farragut • 153 Brooklawn Street • 865-671-4005

A-6 • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Announcing Public Sale of Contents Building Located in Halls (Knoxville) READ EVERY WORD We say to you in all sincerity, forget everything you ever knew about sales… this is it, a wall-towall total liquidation that includes every single piece of furniture and bedding! Buy by the piece or carload. Bulk bids welcome!

STATEMENT FROM THE MANAGEMENT OF MYNATTS FURNITURE Ladies & gentlemen, it’s a shocking turn of events and a heartbreaking decision, but after years in the retail furniture business… we have decided to retire. Brand name furniture & bedding stocks will be liquidated regardless of costs or loss. This job must be done in the shortest time possible, so we urge your prompt attendance for choice bargains!

Bank Cards Welcome, Cash & Credit!

DRIVE UP TO 100-200 MILES & STILL SAVE! Bring Your Trucks & Trailers Our Delivery Crews will be unable to handle a sale of this magnitude… Please make arrangements to pick up your purchases – if this is not possible, we will arrange delivery at an extra charge! Everything sold on first come, first serve basis! Bring your trucks & trailers!

OFFICIAL LIQUIDATION

OUR BIGGEST SALE OF ALL TIME!

OF PRIME FAMOUS BRAND

SHOCKING

FURNITURE INCLUDING SUCH FAMOUS BRANDS AS

WALL-TO-WALL LIQUIDATION! EVERYTHING GOES ✔ LIVING ROOMS ✔ BEDROOMS ✔ DINING ROOMS IAL HOURpmS C E P S ✔ MATTRESS SETS 7 I 10am MON-FR m p 6 m ✔ RECLINERS SAT 10a m p 5 SUN 1pm ✔ LAMPS MUCH,MUCH MORE!

•Best •American •Vaughn •King Koil •Southern Motion •Med-Lift •Sealy •Serta •Bushine

•Harden •Lane •Posture Craft •Woodcrest •Duke Italian Leather •iHeater •Crown Mark •Symbol

WALL-to-WALL RETIREMENT SELL-OUT ACT NOW! TIME IS SHORT! BUYING MUST BE FAST! Buy at, near, & below cost!! 4-DRAWER CHEST

SOFA & LOVESEAT

SOLID WOOD BUNK BEDS

5-PIECE DINETTE

3-PIECE COFFEE & END TABLE SET

MAN-SIZE RECLINERS

$68 $450 $298 $148 $167 $68 MATTRESSES & FOUNDATIONS

ALL GOODS TO BE SOLD ON THE SPOT KIDDIE RECLINERS

BEAN BAGS

$48

$38

4-Piece Bedroom Suite

i-HEATER

Dresser, Mirror, Chest & Headboard

$189

Twin Set..............................$158 Full Set................................$178 Queen Set............................$228 King Set...............................$288 Pillow Top Queen Sets.........$288 Bed Frames............................$29

$333 Emory Road

FURNITURE

Fountain Valley

HALLS CROSSROADS

Mynatt’s Furniture

Maynardville Hwy.

I-75

Neal Drive

Model iH-1500 Heats up to 1500 SF

SHEET SETS

$39

Buy One Get One FREE!

Table Lamps starting at

$18

6805 Maynardville Hwy (Halls Crossroads)

865.922.7557 First Come, First Sold! EASY CREDIT TERMS •

BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • A-7

An impromptu nativity By Wendy Smith

Jon, Amy and baby Jude Tucker played the holy family in Central Baptist Bearden’s impromptu nativity. Jude’s sister, Taylor, was an angel.

The cattle weren’t lowing, but they did wiggle around a bit to keep from getting poked by the angels. Central Baptist Church of Bearden held an impromptu nativity last week. It’s an annual event that tells the Christmas story in a fun and informal environment. “Children come to tell the nativity story and enter into it,” says preschool and family minister Kara Wheeler. Tradition calls for the family with the youngest child in the congregation to play Mary, Joseph and Jesus. This year, the role fell to Jon and Amy Tucker and baby Jude. A handbell parody and a reading of the Christmas story from the book of Luke rounded out the evening.

Mary Stephen Schwalb recites part of the Christmas story from memory following Central Baptist Bearden’s nativity.

Lila Belle Kelly and Caleb Hodges look on as Brianna Hodges presents a gift to baby Jesus.

Photos by Wendy Smith

Breaking bread with the Baptist president By Suzanne Foree Neal A special celebration brought a special friend to town for a visit with Pastor Fredrick E. Brabson Sr., his wife, Delores, and their family. The Rev. Fred Luter Jr., the first African-American president of the Southern Baptist Convention, came from New Orleans to preach at New Covenant Baptist Church, 10319 Starkey Lane in West Knoxville. Luter was part of the festivities marking Brabson’s 20th anniversary at New Covenant. The two pastors have been friends and associates for 15 years. “He’s rarely out of his own pulpit on Sunday mornings,” Brabson said. “He does most of his travel during the week. He did honor my request as a friend, and I appreciate that he did that and missed his own Sunday service.” The celebration’s theme was “Jesus … The Center: Two Decades of Winning Souls and Changing Lives (John 3:16).” Brabson said that Bible verse is the mission statement for his church. “John 3:16 certainly enhances what we do in our church,” Brabson said. “We want to win souls for Christ. That is our whole mission as a church. It is important as a church to reach your community for Christ

and seek to grow the community in that personal walk with Christ.” Luter, who is senior pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, grew up in the lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans and found his path as a preacher after a horrific motorcycle accident left him with compound fractures and serious head injuries. He realized he wanted to go into ministry and began preaching on a street corner at Galvez and Caffin in New Orleans every Saturday. In 1986, he was named pastor at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church. When Hurricane Katrina blew through, she left behind eight feet of water in the church. Parishioners scattered. Luter traveled the country to personally let the parishioners know the church was being rebuilt and to come home. Many have returned, and the church is thriving. As president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Luter leads the largest protestant denomination at a time when it aims for greater participation among non-whites. SBC was founded in 1845 and is headquartered in Nashville. It represents 45,700 churches and 16 million members. Brabson said Luter’s selection to lead the Southern

The gathering I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth. At that time I will bring you home, at the time when I gather you. (Zephaniah 3: 19b-20a NRSV)

In my day-to-day work, I spend a lot of time with our homeless neighbors. They are truly the outcast of our society, sometimes because of their own decision-making and sometimes because of circumstances completely beyond their control. Just as the causes for their current situation vary

widely, so also do their attitudes toward their circumstances. Some are resigned, others are angry; some are looking for a rescuer; still others are fired up to get busy and do something to improve their lot. In other words, they are a lot like the rest of us: a mixed bag.

The Rev. Fred Luter Jr., senior pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church and president of the Southern Baptist Convention, laughs with Pastor Fredrick E. Brabson Sr. of New Covenant Baptist Church at his 20th pastoral anniversary celebration. In the background are Gary Reid and Gwen Valentine. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Enjoying fellowship at the celebration are Delores Brabson, first lady of New Covenant Baptist Church, and Elizabeth Luter, first lady of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans. There were several highlights of Luter’s visit for Brabson. In addition to delivering the Sunday message from the pulpit at New Covenant, Brabson said he and his wife, Delores, were happy to have Luter and his wife, Elizabeth,

in their home, where there was a lot of talk of old times and new times. And even though the visit was forged in friendship, Brabson also saw a wider vision and honor in Luter’s visit. “I was certainly glad to

have the president of the Southern Baptist Convention come to our church and our city to share the gospel of Christ and promote the convention’s mission in our community, our city and state,” he said.

“To hold fast.” Well, that is good news indeed! If Cross God’s intent is to bring us Currents home and hold us fast – to Lynn gather us – then all is well. However, and this is a Hutton huge however! Sometimes we don’t want to be gathered. We don’t want to be held fast. We want to be And it is that motley independent, to have our crew (which includes all of own way. “By myself!” was us sinners) that God prom- my watchword when I was a toddler (so I’m told). My ises to save and to gather. Gather is an interesting daughter Jordan’s declaration of independence was word. It comes from the Old an emphatic “Baby do it!” English gaderian, which (Eden, on the other hand, is (according to Webster’s who is a different perNew Collegiate Diction- sonality altogether, was ary) akin to the Sanskrit famous for saying philogadh, which means “to sophically, “Whatever.”) hold fast.” Jesus encountered some

of the same recalcitrance among the people of Jerusalem. He wept openly over the city, saying, “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!” (Matthew 23:37 NRSV) So, why, I wonder, did this whole line of thought come to me during the Advent season? This sounds more like a Lenten meditation than an Advent one, even to me. Perhaps it is because what I have described is

the human condition: our unwillingness to be “gathered,” to be “held fast,” by our Creator. Our rebellion against God’s love is the reason God had to do something. What God decided to do for us was to become one of us. God came into the world; God arrived (the word Advent means arrival) the way all the rest of us arrived, as a helpless baby. Except that there was one important difference. God came as the One who would fulfill the promise given to Zephaniah: he would save us, gather us, change us, and bring us home. Thanks be to God!

That is impressive. It would have been more meaningful if he had brought back Tee Martin. I sure hope Butch never has to change seven assistants at one time. In trying to decide how slick a salesman Butch really is, I listened carefully to what was said about in-state prospects and top priorities. I think I heard “We will own our state.” That is something like “building a fence” on both sides from Bristol to Memphis. I have heard that before. I have never seen it. I join Dave Hart in wishing Butch the very best. Hart’s wishes may be even more fervent than mine. The athletic director and the coach are linked at the hip.

This was Hart’s call. There are no consultants to blame. There was no search committee. There might should have been. There were several swings and misses. Time was not a factor. Hart had half a season for a head start. He guessed wrong on RSVPs. I don’t know but I’ve been told that people of influence (including Peyton Manning and Kenny Chesney) believed they could deliver Jon Gruden. No, thank you. Hart did not need help and he did not want to relinquish authority, and what’s more, Gruden was a bad idea, a misfit for college football. So, how about Jimbo Fisher? Or the original

Stoops? Do you think Mike Gundy used Hart for leverage? Larry Fedora just wasn’t moving after only one year. Bo Pelini? Probably not. Charlie Strong was a done deal. All that remained was picking the press conference hour. Was Jimmy Cheek a helpful wrap? Hart was shocked by this turndown. Butch Jones was there all the time, rejecting offers left and right, waiting patiently for his dream to come true. What a story! What an ending! *The original “Comedy of Errors” was one of William Shakespeare’s earliest plays. It was a farce with significant humor coming from mistaken identity.

Baptist Convention is “awesome” and shows the organization’s willingness to “show inclusiveness and leadership,” Brabson said. “He is drawn to people, and that’s a good quality. He can relate to people across all lines.”

Comedy of errors* Changing coaches wasn’t as depressing as some disasters. The search was a comedy of errors. Never have so many who knew so little said so much. Media and fans with “inside” information were very entertaining. Better than Oprah. The outcome was OK. Butch Jones may very well be the best fifth or sixth choice in America. Several other schools wanted him. I read an editorial which said he is a solid pick. Wow. Butch looks like a football coach. He talks like a football coach. He may be a very good traveling salesman. He might also be a

Choir members at New Covenant Baptist Church sing at a special service to mark the pastor’s 20th anniversary.

Neyland Stadium on Sept. 10, 2011, he undoubtedly thought, “My, oh my, what I could do with this.” Marvin Butch has been a conWest sistent winner in the little leagues. He seems confident his plan will work big time. Infallible was his word. I fisherman. He stretches hope he knows what defenthings just a little. sive ends, linebackers and He said, “Tennessee’s cornerbacks look like in been my dream job for a this league. I hope he can while. I grew up watching find and sign some from the Tennessee football.” shark pool. That sounds like a pubJones said he will put lic relations spin. He has together the best staff of seen one Tennessee football assistants. game. That was the day the “Not just the Southeast“dream job” idea hatched. ern Conference, the entire When he looked around country.”

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

A-8 • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Coffee Break with

I’d be less taciturn.

What is your passion? History

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch? Robert E. Lee (and then have supper with Ulysses S. Grant to compare notes)

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest influence on your life and why? The three women in my life: Hassie K. Gresham, my high school principal; Nannie Lee Hicks, my senior history teacher in high school and, by far, my dear, late wife, Peggy, to whom I was married for 54 years.

Dr. Jim Tumblin

Longtime Shopper-News columnist Dr. Jim Tumblin received the 2012 Knox Heritage Media Award for his long-running monthly column, History and Mysteries. We are quite proud of Dr. Jim and thought you needed to get better acquainted with him over this week’s Coffee Break. Dr. Tumblin graduated from Central High School in 1944 and took his pre-optometry courses in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps at Milligan College, Central Michigan University and at the University of Michigan. He graduated from Illinois College of Optometry in 1948. Tumblin was in the private practice of Behavioral Optometry in Fountain City for 46 years, with the exception of his two years in the Army’s Medical Service Corps at Ft. Belvoir, Va. He specialized in the area of vision-related learning problems of children and teens. He is a past president of the American Optometric Association (19721973) and the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF) (1983-1987). Jim was named the Fountain City Man of the Year in 1999 and received the Claude C. Myers Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. He also co-wrote the Images of America “Fountain City” installment from Arcadia Publishing with C. Milton Hinshilwood. Pour yourself a cup of Joe and get to know one of Fountain City’s favorites.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie? If documentaries count, my favorite quote is, “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s inaugural address, March 4, 1933.

I still can’t quite get the hang of … Ballroom dancing

What is the best present you ever received in a box? My Eagle Scout badge

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you? Keep your (unruly) hair combed and put your best foot forward

What is your social media of choice? One-on-one conversation

What is the worst job you have ever had? Working the brass kettle on Saturday night at the Karmelkorn Shop in the second busiest shopping area in Chicago (62nd and Halstead)

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why? er for the president’s first pitch at a St. Louis Cardinals game in Busch Stadium with a capacity crowd. The pitch was low and outside and I muffed it. The photograph in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the next day was captioned, “Fumblin’ Tumblin.”

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

What are you guilty of? Forgetting my priorities list when the mail carrier delivers a new book on Civil War (or local) history.

What is your favorite material possession? I have a love/hate relationship with my desktop computer, depending on how it is acting on any given day.

1. Spend another week on Sanibel Island, Fla. 2. Climb Mt. LeConte one more time and sit at Cliff Top on the pinnacle. 3. Spend an hour viewing the panorama of the Chimney Tops in one direction and Clingman’s Dome in another.

What is one word others often use to describe you and why?

What are you reading currently? Margery Weber Bensey’s new book, “Park City: A Knoxville Neighborhood History.”

Taciturn, maybe because I (sometimes) am.

What was your most embarrassing moment? As president-elect of AOA, I was chosen to play catch-

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Need a loyal companion?

Adopt Herschey Bear! Herschey Bear is a Golden Wannabee. He is an active boy who is about 3-years-old. He is used to being with children, is great with cats, and loves to ride in the car. Herschey is a very calm, loving boy who is a quick learner and eager to please. He loves to play ball with his Golden foster sister and chase and be chased by her. His forever home would include no small dogs and that he not be left alone all day. He loves to give kisses and be with people. For additional information call 865-765-8808 or email at 4info@heartlandgoldenrescue.org.

Can’t Adopt? Sponsor a foster!

www.heartlandgoldenrescue.org

765-8808 All donations are tax deductible. Heartland Golden Retriever Rescue is a 501(c)3 organization.

Ad space donated by

We are always looking for volunteers to help with transporting, socializing the dogs and foster parents to help us evaluate.

Wile E. Coyote (on “Looney Toons”), because he had such an inventive mind

What irritates you? Tailgaters and those who don’t start decelerating behind me until the final 20 yards when there is a red light ahead.

What’s one place in Fountain City everyone should visit? The Fountainhead Spring in Fountain City Park with the historic plaque for Col. J.C. Woodward nearby

What is your greatest fear? Not completing my history of Fountain City

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be? Climb the Chimneys one more time – J. Mabe

It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, father, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Bearden Shopper-News readers. Email suggestions to Wendy Smith, shopperwendy@comcast.net. Include contact info if you can.

BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • A-9

Shopper-News Presents Miracle Makers

The Knox County Council PTA

Working for equity in schools By Wendy Smith When most parents think about the Parent Kathy Roy, Tracy Griffin and Shelia Teacher Association, Shipley share a laugh at the Knox they envision the handCounty Council PTA’s recent fundful of women who work raiser, “Snowflakes and Packages.” Photo by Wendy Smith the equivalent of a fulltime job to raise money for smart boards and playground equipment. But when members from each of the county’s PTA-affiliated schools come together, even bigger things happen. The Knox County Council PTA (KCCPTA) provides service to students through the Knox County Schools/PTA Clothing Center and scholarships for graduating seniors. It serves teachers through the Knox County Schools/ PTA Teacher Supply Depot. It provides leadership training and educational opportunities for members, and conducts community service projects, like the upcoming Jason Jablonski Memorial Project Heart Cart. Upcoming Knox County It also encourages and empowers Council PTA events PTA members to interact with local, ■ 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, Powell High state and federal lawmakers in supSchool: State of the Schools address, port of educational issues. That’s a new Dr. Jim McIntyre role for parents, says current president Sandra Rowcliffe. ■ 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, Bearden Middle School: Honoring “Parents are the piece of the puzzle our Founders and Celebrating our that was forgotten, except for fundraisStudents (KCCPTA general meeting ing, baking cookies and making Xerox and student awards) copies. Those things are important, but ■ 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 14, there’s more to advocating for kids.” Teacher Supply Depot at Cedar Rowcliffe has served as PTA presiBluff Schools: Special Families, dent at Cedar Bluff schools and HarSpecial Needs (KCCPTA general din Valley Academy. She’s encouraged meeting and panel discussion) by improvements in the school sys■ 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Thursday, tem since she became involved with May 9, Teacher Supply Depot at the county council in 2005, such as Cedar Bluff Schools: KCCPTA School higher graduation rates and further of Instruction (leadership training) implementation of the Teacher AdMore info at knoxcountypta.org vancement Program (TAP), a system for reform that uses collaboration and performance-based pay. But she’d like for parents to become Knox County has made progress more actively involved in the election in the effort to give students the skills of local decision-makers. and knowledge they’ll need once they “If I could encourage parents to do leave high school, but there’s still a one thing, it would be to know as much gap, she says. about County Commission members, “We’re bridging it, but we don’t and how they voted, as they do about have time to take two steps forward presidential candidates.” and one step back.” The KCCPTA advocates for Knox Parents make a difference when County School students by taking a they take the time to look at the big stand on such issues as school vouchpicture. It begins when a child goes ers, Rowcliffe says. to kindergarten, she says. During the “We don’t want to micromanage, early years, most parents are only but we want public money used in aware of what goes on in their child’s public schools.” classroom. Later, parents begin to

A. L. Lotts Elementary School principal Adam Parker looks on as Knox County Council PTA president Sandra Rowcliffe comments at a recent rezoning meeting. think about the school as a whole and are willing to work toward improvements. Real change happens when parents open their minds to another school, Rowcliffe says. “I wish everybody who had a kid at a school like Blue Grass Elementary could spend a day at Dogwood Elementary. I think it would give folks a different perspective on how many needs there are in the county.” Rowcliffe has four children – one who is a freshman at UT, and three who attend schools in west Knox County. Her kids shouldn’t have any-

thing better than anybody else’s kids when it comes to education, she says, and the KCCPTA works to make that ideal a reality. Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre appreciates the organization’s leadership, since he’s a parent and a cardcarrying member of the PTA. He also calls the KCCPTA “an excellent partner.” The organization is important because it helps engage families in the education process and focuses communication on what schools are trying to accomplish educationally, he says.

Knox County Council PTA

Nominate a Miracle Maker by calling (865) 922-4136.

Photo courtesy of Ken Kitts Photography

The CelebrateHolidays With a new Kitchen or Bath remodel From

Southern S h K Kitchen i h We can make your holiday wishes come true or get you started on those new resolutions for enjoying more family time, healthier eating, better organization or just ﬁnally ﬁnishing that bathroom project ! Call TODAY to schedule a visit to our showroom !

Southern Kitchen proudly offers MasterBrand cabinetry. Choose the brand that suits your taste and your budget :

Free !

SPECIAL OFFER COUPON

Stainless Steel Dishwasher (Fridgidaire Model # FBD2400KS1A)

with any cabinetry purchase of $5,000 or more.

Free !

Must present coupon at time of order. Not good with any other non-manufacturer promotions. Valid for orders placed by January 31, 2013. Not valid on contractor orders or any existing orders.

5100 S. Middlebrook Pike • Knoxville • 588-0830 • www.southernkitchentn.com • Hours M-F: 8-5 Sat: 9-1

kids

A-10 • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

SCHOOL NOTES Bearden Elementary ■ The AR store will be open for kindergartners 8-9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, and for 1st through 5th grades 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19.

Bearden High ■ The deadline to register for the FBLA Regional Conference at Roane State Community College is this Friday, Dec. 21. The conference will be held Feb. 8.

Collin Caruthers wins spelling bee Fourth grader Collin Caruthers won Bearden Elementary’s spelling bee last week with the word “vaporize.” He received a $20 gift card to Barnes and Noble, and his name will be added to a plaque on which winners are listed from previous bees since 2004. “Your name will forever hang in our hallway,” said principal Susan Dunlap. Runner-up was 5th grader Luke Lampley, who received a $15 gift card for Barnes and Noble. Henley Prochaska finished third and Jon Kill finished in fourth place.

School news? Call Sara at 218-9378

Sequoyah Elementary School 4th grader Noah Ward steers a solar powered car across the floor using a lamp during the school’s Engineering Night.

The Williams family succeeded at building a prosthetic hand out of plastic ware, rubber bands and index cards by using team work. Pictured are (front) kindergartner Andrew; (back) mom, Jamie; 3rd-grader Katherine, dad, Trey; and 5th-grader Caroline. Photos by S. Barrett

Engineering night at Sequoyah The event was held in an effort to get younger students interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields of study and to encourage a new generation from a variety of backgrounds to consider a career in engineering. Physical education teacher Becca Russell assisted with the Engineering Teamwork station, where students encountered fictional Sara obstacles while constructBarrett ing an object from pipe cleaners. Initially, the students “lost” the ability to communicate then experienced budget The University of Ten- cuts and cuts in labor. nessee’s Engineering Re“This helps them undersearch Center collaborated stand different constraints with Knox County Schools and how to work around to offer 10 hands-on exhib- them,” said Russell. its. Members of the school’s Although the night was faculty volunteered, allow- meant to be educational, stuing students to explore on dents had fun learning outtheir own and offering guid- side the box – and outside the ance when needed. classroom. Sequoyah Elementary School students and their families made prosthetic hands, used lamps to steer solar-powered model cars and built “tumbling towers” during Family Engineering night held in the school gym.

■ The school store will have a Christmas sale on sweatshirts, iPhone cases, jewlery and more 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. through Tuesday, Dec. 18. Lanyards, bulldog magnets and “B” stickers just arrived.

Greenway School ■ A visitors’ open house will be held 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, for interested families to tour the facility and meet the faculty.

Sequoyah Elementary ■ PTA will meet 10:45-11:45 a.m. the second Wednesday of each month in the library. All parents are encouraged to attend.

West Hills Elementary

Sequoyah Elementary School 2nd grader Chance Fanduzz quickly learns how to work around a problem during the Engineering Teamwork activity. His uncle Joe Fanduzz looks on in amazement.

■ Box Tops for Education from General Mills’ products and Labels for Education from Campbell’s products are being collected to purchase supplies for the school. Labels can be dropped off in the silver collection box at the front of the school or can be mailed to: West Hills Elementary School, 409 Vanosdale Drive, Knoxville, TN 37909. Info: email Jill Schmudde at jschmudde@gmail.com.

Sequoyah Elementary School 5th grader Lauren Gahan carefully removes an empty paper roll from the Tumbling Tower last week during the school’s Engineering Night.

Call today! Spaces are selling fast!

Health, fitness & living special section Reaching more than 85,000 homes

Coming December 31

Fitness Call 922-4136 (North office) or 218-WEST (West office) for advertising info

BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • A-11

Rocky Hill Elementary hosts ‘The Nutcracker’

Rocky Hill Elementary School kindergartners Jordan Hosack, Christian Jett and Biyanca Queen make bracelets during the after-school program hosted by School Care Incorporated, a Department of Human Services childcare certificate program. Photos by S. Barrett

Rocky Hill Elementary School 2nd graders Jones Conner and Ella Wright visit with dancers (back) Kate Albritton and Brenna Feath- Michelle Steedley plays the mother of Katie Banks’ character, erston of Go Contemporary Dance Works Inc., before an abbrevi- Clara, in a performance of “The Nutcracker” at Rocky Hill Elated performance of “The Nutcracker” in the school gym. ementary School. Photos by S. Barrett

After school at Rocky Hill

Rangnekar honored by Optimists Webb School of Knoxville senior Niyati Rangnekar has received a Service to Humanity award from the Optimist Club of Knoxville. This award is given annually to one student from each local high school for his or her exceptional contributions to the community. Niyati has completed more than 215 hours of community service during her four years at Webb’s upper school. She also traveled to Barcelona this past summer to participate in a month-long program on global medicine and international politics.

Seniors place fifth in national meet The Senior National Group at Pilot Aquatic Club placed fifth in the 800 Free Relay during the Junior Nationals. Pictured are head coach Jim Rumbaugh; team members John Myhre, Will Arthur and Adam Thomas; assistant coach Jimmy Dabney and team member Hayden Burns. Photo submitted

Rocky Hill Elementary School 3rd graders Ashton Peterson and Evan Krupa compare collections of Pokemon cards after school in the cafeteria.

Photo submitted

The state championship and a free meal at Waffle House

Webb School senior football players Kyle Dickson, Skip Garner, Jack Grayson, Dave Matthews and Aaron Blance hang out after the school’s pep rally. To encourage school spirit during the football team’s pursuit to win the state championship, Jack promised to pay for everyone’s dinner at Waffle House after the semifinal game. He personally wound up paying the tab for about 70 people. Not pictured is senior Bryan Berube.

During a pep rally, Webb School of Knoxville football coach Dave Meske praises all of the school’s athletic programs and their participants for their many accomplishments this year. Photos by S. Barrett

Wieland to play for Cincinnati Webb School of Knoxville senior golfer Kensi Wieland has signed with the University of Cincinnati. Kensi is the first girl in the history of Webb’s golf program to win a state title and Knoxville’s first female high school state golf champion since 2006. Photo submitted

The West Valley Wolves Tennis B-Division team won the Greater Knoxville Middle School Tennis Championship recently. Pictured are team members Jacob Pearson, Rory Glatt, Billy Malkes, Jonathan Weatherspoon, Daniel Labrador and Alex Clevenger. The team had an undefeated season and tournament. Photo submitted

West Valley Wolves win tourney

Dogwood Cremation, LLC. Direct Cremation, $1,188.24 Basic Services $480 • Crematory Fee $250 Transfer Of Remains $395 • County Permit $25 Alternative Container $35 • Tax On Container $3.24

(865)947-4242 Check out updates on all your favorite articles throughout the week at

www.ShopperNewsNow.com

3511 W. Emory Rd., Powell, TN (Powell Place Center)

Fountaincrest Landscaping & Interior Painting Christmas Specials! Installation • Mulching Winterization & Crabgrass Control Clean up & Haul • Landscape Design Aeration • Overseeding

Painting Services - rooms up to 15x15 - $150 Please call for a free estimate. Lance 599-8861

HAMMER

www.facebook.com/ ShopperNewsNow

WASH ME!

WINDOW WASHING

Licensed •Insured • Guaranteed

584 5 84 -1840 hammerwindowwashing.com

business

A-12 â&#x20AC;˘ DECEMBER 17, 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Mary Beth meets Bo She sent her portfolio to Washington in July, but when months went by with no response, Mary Beth Reagan, owner of Knoxvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Flower Pot florist shop, thought she had lost out on her bid to be one of the nearly 100 florists and decorators from around the country invited to deck the halls of the White House for Christmas.

ing experience. It was really an honor to be invited and I am excited to be back in Knoxville and to have the opportunity to share what I learned for a good cause.â&#x20AC;? The good cause is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, which Reagan chose as the lucky recipient of all proceeds from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Craft for a Cure,â&#x20AC;? a holiday centerpiece workshop last week. Reagan donated all of the materi-

Hadlyn Tassell was a big hit when West Knox Rotarians Brad Buckshorn and Sam Carey let her ring the bell with them as they worked the crowd of holiday shoppers at West Town Mall to fill the Salvation Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s red kettle. Photo by A. Hart

Anne Hart

Finally, shortly before Thanksgiving, the invitation came, and Reagan was off to the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capitol. She says the entire experience of being in the White House during the holiday season was quite a thrill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had never been there, not even for a school field trip, so everything was brand new to me. The entire five days I was there were just a whirlwind.â&#x20AC;? The designers checked in on Thanksgiving Day. Reagan stayed with relatives in the area; the other designers were put up in a hotel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They took great care of us. We checked in with security at the gate at 7:30 each morning, had coffee, worked all morning and then ate lunch in shifts. The food was all fresh and delicious. The White House staff was just great to us. You can tell they love their jobs.â&#x20AC;? Reagan says she â&#x20AC;&#x153;learned some really great new skills and tricks at the White House and it was an amaz-

as big as saucers and their little mouths in the precise shape of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? they were voicing. Now they really believe! After all, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen the reindeer. â&#x2013;

Donna Roach and Kyle Wilson were at Creekside Nurseries on Northshore Drive with the reindeer they help raise for Santa to borrow on Christmas Eve. Photo by S. Clark Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s red kettles, would it? Match that with the other volunteer hours West Knox Rotarians donate to the community and, and there seems to be no end to their good works. The latest was staffing the red kettle at the entrance to Dillardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at West Town Mall with club members every hour from just past sun up to way past sunset on a recent Saturday. More than 20 members volunteered. When we dropped by to grab a picture mid-afternoon, Brad Buckshorn and Sam Carey were greeting shoppers with so much enthusiasm that most â&#x2013; Bells a â&#x20AC;&#x2122;ringing couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pass by without It just wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be Christ- stuffing some green in that mas without the Salvation red kettle. als, and participants who paid $35 each enjoyed cocktails and appetizers and went home with a beautiful centerpiece for the holiday table. Reagan said she selected CF as the recipient of the proceeds â&#x20AC;&#x153;because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great organization, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m convinced they will find a cure for cystic fibrosis in our lifetime.â&#x20AC;? And on that earlier subject, we asked if she had met any of the First Family while at the White House. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just Bo,â&#x20AC;? she said with a laugh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That dog just walks around like he owns the place.â&#x20AC;?

The duo also provided a real thrill for Hadlyn Tassell, a fourth grader at Farragut Intermediate School, when they let her ring the bell with them. She was a big hit. â&#x2013;

Up on the rooftop â&#x20AC;Ś

Creekside Nurseries on Northshore Drive became a major holiday attraction on a Saturday shortly before Christmas. Donna Roach and Kyle Wilson â&#x20AC;&#x201C; decked out like Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elves â&#x20AC;&#x201C; were there with the reindeer they raise at their place in Rocky Hill. Creekside looked as if every child in town were there â&#x20AC;&#x201C; lots of tots staring at the reindeer with their eyes

Family month at Rotary By Anne Hart December is observed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;family monthâ&#x20AC;? at West Knox Rotary, and if there had been any question about where club president Richard Bettis gets his great sense of humor, last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest speaker ended all speculation. The speaker was Richardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad, Wayne Bettis, president of Volunteer Industrial Services, which he

founded more than 39 years ago; president of Calico Hills Development and president of Tennessee Valley Auction Co. It may be that last business involvement â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with the auction company â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that has given Wayne Bettis his incredible ability to keep a crowd warmed up and entertained. During his several hilarious good olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; boy style stories you

could have heard a pin drop â&#x20AC;&#x201C; until the end of each story, when he pretty much had his audience rolling in the aisles with laughter. Bettis Sr. can tell all those stories he wants to, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be fooled. He has a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in business administration and an associate degree in psychology. He has written a book and has held many civic leadership roles,

Parkview is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Healthy Place!â&#x20AC;? Healthy meals prepared fresh from â&#x20AC;&#x153;scratch,â&#x20AC;? a fully equipped exercise room with scheduled classes, along with a walking trail, inside and out, makes Parkview a very â&#x20AC;&#x153;Healthy Placeâ&#x20AC;? to live! Parkview is an independent living, service enriched community! Our rates include two meals a day, housekeeping and laundry services, transportation to shopping and doctor appointments, an array of fun activities and all utilities except cable and telephone.

Ç¨ Í&#x2022;Í&#x201D;Í?Í&#x2022;Í&#x2DC; Â&#x2039;Â?Â&#x2030;Â&#x2022;Â&#x2013;Â&#x2018;Â? Â&#x2039;Â?Â&#x2021; Č&#x2C6; Â?Â&#x2018;Â&#x161;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2039;Â&#x17D;Â&#x17D;Â&#x2021;ÇĄ Í&#x2014;Í&#x203A;Í?Í&#x2014;Í&#x2DC; Č&#x2C6; Í&#x153;Í&#x161;Í&#x2122;Ç¤Í&#x161;Í&#x203A;Í&#x2122;Ç¤Í&#x203A;Í&#x201D;Í&#x2122;Í&#x201D; Č&#x2C6; Â&#x2122;Â&#x2122;Â&#x2122;Ç¤Â&#x2019;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2022;Â&#x2021;Â?Â&#x2039;Â&#x2018;Â&#x201D;Â&#x17D;Â&#x2039;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2039;Â?Â&#x2030;Ç¤Â&#x2026;Â&#x2018;Â?

Help! for the holidays

If the holidays are sometimes a bit tense around your place â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which the experts tell us isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t at all unusual as families grow in size, adding in-laws, babies and no telling who else â&#x20AC;&#x201C; donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up. There may not be â&#x20AC;&#x153;an app for that,â&#x20AC;? but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new book that will help, and its author is right here in Knoxville. Deanna Brann, nationally-known relationship specialist and also a weddings blogger with The Huffington Post, is the author of a new book â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reluctantly Related: Secrets to Getting Along With Your Mother-inLaw or Daughter-in-Law,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that offers helpful hints for more pleasant holidays. The idea, says Brann, a Ph.D. with 25 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience as a clinical psychotherapist, is to head off potential problems among relatives before they have a chance to get started, especially during the high-emotion holidays. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s her holiday checklist for grandparents: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Talk with the parents about the gift-giving rules for the grandchildren. Know

including serving as national president of Ruritan. He is also a leadership and motivational speaker. He praised Rotarians for â&#x20AC;&#x153;giving to your community your most valuable asset â&#x20AC;&#x201C; your time.â&#x20AC;? He said leadership involves these basic ingredients: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to have the right mental attitude and you have to be dedicated. You have to have writtendown specific goals. You have to have faith in yourself. If you can do all of

what they want and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want for their children in the way of gifts, money spent, number of gifts, etc. If it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t clear, ask. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Explore the holiday plans in advance so you know what is happening when and by whom. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t assume anything. Get clarity so you know in advance how the holidays will be and where you fit into them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take things personally. Holidays are stressful. Parents are trying to please everyone, plus they want to create their own holiday traditions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Think of some things you can do with your grandchildren that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include monetary gifts. Create the memories by doing, not necessarily by buying. The grandkids will remember what you did long after the holidays, but they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember what you bought them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Create a family tradition of your own with your grandchildren. Create something that your grandchildren will not only remember, but also look forward to year after year.â&#x20AC;? The book is available at Amazon.com, where it has been given a five-star rating by readers. For more information, you can reach Dr. Brann through her website: www.drdeannabrann.com Contact:annehartsn@aol.com

Wayne Bettis

Photo by A. Hart

these things, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re engineered for success.â&#x20AC;?

UT NOTES â&#x2013; Doug Blaze, dean of the College of Law, has received the 2012 Deborah Rhode Award from the American Doug Blaze Association of Law Schools. The award honors a dean or faculty member who has dedicated significant efforts to increasing access to justice through the law school environment while inspiring similar efforts from others. He will receive the award in New Orleans on Jan. 5 at the annual meeting of the AALS. â&#x2013; Tony Mezzacappa, a leader in the field of astrophysics and supernova

science, has been named director of the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences Mezzacappa (JICS) at UTK and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He is a UT-Battelle Corporate Fellow and group leader for theoretical physics in the Physics Division at ORNL and joint professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UT. With this new position, Mezzacappa will become the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newton W. and Wilma C. Thomas Endowed Chair in Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics.

www.ShopperNewsNow.com

BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • A-13

News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

Preserving communities

By Alvin Nance As

the

official public housing and redevelop ment agency for Knoxville and Knox County, we constantly look for ways to improve our Nance community. We also understand the importance of maintaining the history and culture of the neighborhoods we serve as we build this future. That’s why KCDC is committed to historic preservation in our projects, as well as ensuring that renovations match the

character of the surrounding neighborhoods. Recently, KCDC and the Eastport Architects, a collaboration between Sanders Pace Architecture and Barber McMurry Architects, were honored by Knox Heritage with the Knox County Mayor’s Award during its 2012 Preservation Awards. We received this honor for the repurposing of Eastport Elementary School, a historic building donated to us by Knox County Schools and believed to be the first African-American school in Five Points. When we first entered the school, the structure had been empty and used for storage for many years. It was liter-

Give a brick currently set in sand, waiting to be permanently set and replaced by engraved By Sherri Gardner Howell bricks. Knox County Parks For the person on your and Recreation has already list who has everything, installed a bench in the viewing area. give them a brick. Bricks are available for a Ahhh, that’s not as $100 donation and can be Scroogey as it sounds. I don’t mean through a win- engraved with a person’s dow or nestled in their name, business or a greetstockings. These bricks ing. There is the option of will help preserve the his- adding artwork in the form tory of Farragut and allow of an insignia of the U.S. those watching over Admi- Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, ral David Farragut’s birth- Knox County or Town of place to continue their Farragut seals. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett was good works. In April, a commemora- one of the first to purchase tive marker was placed in an engraved brick. With monies raised, Admiral Park off Northshore Drive to designate hopes are to do even more David Farragut’s birth- improvements to the park, place. The area around the including a sign at the enmarker has been “seeded” trance indicating the hiswith brick pavers that are toric significance of the

It is nothing like a lump of coal

ally falling down around us, but in spite of the challenges presented by preservation, we knew demolition wasn’t the solution. We recently celebrated the first year of the Residences at Eastport, a premier property development exclusively for seniors, and we are fully leased with 85 seniors living at the property. Knox Heritage executive director Kim Trent said, “KCDC and Eastport Architects did a fabulous job of repurposing this historic school, which had been vacant and in disrepair, into a facility that truly benefits the community. And what they found was that the cost of doing that was ultimately less than the cost to knock it down and build new. We were able to preserve an important historic building and be economical as well.” I am very proud of the Residences at Eastport and the local and regional recog-

nition it has received this year for its innovation in preservation and sustainability. Some of this recognition includes a top sustainability award from the U.S. Department of Housing that set up our project as a model for public housing authorities in the region and LEED Platinum Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the highest level awarded for green home building. This property also received a 2012 Orchid Award from Keep Knoxville Beautiful. The Eastport Elementary School is a vital part of the history of Five Points and we are proud to have been able to give the building a new life and purpose. I would also like to thank Knox Heritage for supporting our commitment to the preservation and for advocating for the rehabilitation of historic buildings in our community.

After

Before

KCDC and Eastport Architects were recently honored by Knox Heritage for preserving the historic Eastport Elementary School in Five Points. The school building is pictured before and after being restored and repurposed as the Residences at Eastport, an 85-unit premier housing development exclusively for seniors. Photo submitted

park, landscaping around the viewing area and funding community events for fitting occasions such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day or the Fourth of July. If enough is raised, there is the possibility of funding an archaeology study for Lowe’s Ferry Landing, which was founded by Admiral David Farragut’s father in 1796. The area is located just across the cove from the trail marker and is also part of the park (not located on private property). The archaeology study has been in the planning stages for five years and is necessary to get the site on the National Historic Register and make the area eligible to become a National Historic Landmark. To order, go to https:// adf b.engravedbricks.com. Now you have to admit, as gifts go, this engraved Bricks around the Civil War trail marker commemorating the birthplace of Admiral David Farbrick would carry a lot of ragut are for sale for a donation to the cause. As they are sold, the engraved bricks will replace weight … the bricks in the area shown above, which is at Admiral Park off Northshore Drive. Photo submitted

GREAT GIFT IDEAS! Huge Selection of Eggcessories

203 Northshore Drive • Bearden 865-584-1372 • www.prismpoolknoxville.com

A-14 • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Shopper s t n e V e NEWS

Send items to news@ShopperNewsNow.com

MONDAY, DEC. 17 Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road, will host a visit from Santa Claus at 6 p.m. Kids and cameras welcome. Tennessee Shines will feature bluegrass band Blue Moon Rising and humorist Judy DiGregorio at 7 p.m. at the WDVX studio at the Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St.; broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets are $10 and are available at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets. com. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, DEC. 17-21

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: $34.50 adult, $15 student at Knoxville Tickets locations; 656-4444; www.tennesseetheatre.com; and the Clinch Avenue box office 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 12-4 p.m. Saturdays.

TUESDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 18-JAN. 6 The Tennessee Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition will conclude its tour with an exhibit on display through Jan. 6, 2013, at the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. A selection of paintings from the society’s 33rd juried exhibition features works by East Tennessee artists George Brooke, Lee Edge, Genie Even, Dot Galloway, Fran Henley, Judy Lavoie, Brenda Mills and Jim Stagner. Museum hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission.

TUESDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 18-JAN. 13 The Seventh Annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition features 1,500 juried pieces of artwork created by middle- and high-school students from 32 counties across East Tennessee at the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Museum hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission and parking are free.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19

The Arts & Culture Alliance presents the 2012 Members Show in both galleries of the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. The largest annual exhibition of local artists in the greater Knoxville area, the show features two- and three-dimensional works in a wide variety of media; most works are for sale. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, DEC. 17-29 Bennett Galleries, 5308 Kingston Pike, celebrates the Best of Bennett Galleries through Dec. 29, featuring such artists as Andy Saftel, Allen Cox, Robin Suber and Michael Underwood. The Tootsie Food truck will be in the parking lot 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 21.

MONDAY-THURSDAY, DEC. 17-JAN. 3 The Knoxville Watercolor Society is exhibiting an all-media show through Jan. 3, 2013, at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. Info: www.Knxvillewatercolorsociety.com.

MONDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 17-JAN. 13 The Museum of East Tennessee History, 601 S. Gay St., is hosting the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission’s official traveling exhibition “Common People in Uncommon Times” along with the tie-in exhibit “In Death Not Divided: Civil War Tombstones and the Stories They Tell,” organized by the East Tennessee Historical Society. Museum hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays; and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Info: 215-8830, eths@eastTNhistory.org or www.easttnhistory.org.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, DEC. 17-JAN. 25 The Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Gallery is planning exhibitions for September 2013 through August 2014. Artists living within 250 miles of Knoxville are encouraged to submit proposals, postmarked by Jan. 25. Nonrefundable entry fee: $30. Info: www.tvuuc.org.

TUESDAY, DEC. 18 An Alexander Technique introduction will be presented by Lilly Sutton at 10:15 a.m. at the Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. The technique focuses on learning to move with more ease and with better posture. Free. Registration required: 387-7600 or www.LillySutton.com. Knoxville Jazz Orchestra’s “A Swingin’ Christmas,” featuring Australian multi-instrumentalist James Morrison, will be presented at 8 p.m. at the

Bearden Elementary School chorus will perform at 10:15 a.m. in the main terminal of McGhee Tyson Airport as part of the Sounds of the Season celebration. The Knoxville Writers’ Group will meet 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. Members will read “Christmas Memories” from works in progress. All-inclusive lunch: $12. RSVP: 983-3740 by Dec. 17. The Church of the Good Samaritan, 425 N. Cedar Bluff Road, will hold a Blue Christmas Service at 7 p.m. It will be a service of light, reflection, music and Holy Communion designed as a gift to community members whose worry and grief are making it hard to adjust to the merriment of the Christmas holidays. Childcare provided. Info: 693-9591 or goodsam@knology.net. “Joy – An Irish Christmas,” a performance of carols, modern hymns and spirited Irish reels and jigs by Keith and Kristyn Getty and musician friends, will be presented at 7 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: $25-$55 at Knoxville Tickets locations; 6564444; www.tennesseetheatre.com; and the Clinch Avenue box office 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 12-4 p.m. Saturdays. Reverend Horton Heat will perform at 8 p.m. at the Square Room, 4 Market Square. Tickets: $18 in advance, $20 at the door; www.thesquareroom.com.

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, DEC. 19-JAN. 18 UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St., presents “Revealed,” featuring paintings by Pat Badt and ceramic sculpture by Paul Briggs, through Jan. 18. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Info: http://web.utk.edu/~downtown.

THURSDAY, DEC. 20 Actor Mark Cabus will present a one-man stage version of “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol” at 7:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 211 W. Fifth Ave. Cabus has toured the critically acclaimed production throughout Tennessee and Georgia for the past eight years. Family appropriate but recommended for 12 and over.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 20-23 “Christmas in the Cave” featuring Christmas scenes, twinkling lights, pictures with Santa and holiday treats will be presented 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway. Cost: $8 (children 5 and under free). Info: www.cherokeecaverns.com. “A Christmas Carol,” featuring new costumes, sets and adaptation, continues on the main stage of UT’s Clarence Brown Theatre. Performances are ThursdaySunday, Dec. 20-23. Sunday’s show is at 2 p.m.; all others start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $5 to $40 and are available at 865-974-5161, 865-656-4444 or www.clarencebrowntheatre.com.

Complete Care Memberships only

$20 minimum gift card purchase Sale ends 12/31/11 Sale ends 12/31/12

www.3MinuteCarwash.com

SATURDAY, DEC. 29 An Evening with 10 Years – Acoustic and Electric featuring Knoxville-based alternative hard-rock band 10 Years will be presented at 8 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: $25 at Knoxville Tickets locations; 656-4444; www. tennesseetheatre.com; and the Clinch Avenue box office 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 12-4 p.m. Saturdays.

MONDAY, DEC. 31 The Dirty Guv’nahs will perform in concert at 8 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. A Thousand Horses will open the show. Tickets: $32 at Knoxville Tickets locations; 656-4444; www. tennesseetheatre.com; and the Clinch Avenue box office 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 12-4 p.m. Saturdays.

THURSDAY, JAN. 3 The Knoxville Choral Society will hold auditions for all voice parts 6-8 p.m. Auditions will include assessment of vocal quality, sight reading and tonal memory drills. No prepared piece is required. Info and audition forms: www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org. To schedule an audition time, call 579-6292 or email membership@knoxvillechoralsociety.org. Location info will be provided upon scheduling.

SATURDAY, JAN. 5 Comedian Ron White will perform at 7 and 9:30 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: $48 and $58 at Knoxville Tickets locations; 656-4444; www.tennesseetheatre.com; and the Clinch Avenue box office 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 12-4 p.m. Saturdays.

SUNDAY, JAN. 6 Circle Modern Dance will host an open house, including a sampler class, 3-5:30 p.m. at the Annex Studio of the Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St.

MONDAY, JAN. 7 GFWC Ossoli Circle will meet Monday, Jan. 7, at the Ossoli Clubhouse, 2511 Kingston Pike, with 9:45 a.m. fellowship and coffee; 10:30 a.m. “Union County, Tenn. History” by author and Union County historian Bonnie Peters; and 11:30 a.m. business meeting.

TUESDAY, JAN. 8 The Harvey Broome Group of the Sierra Club will host the program “From Sea to Icy Sea: Biking Across America’s Last Frontier for Record and 101 More Amazing Things To Do on a Bike” at 7 p.m. at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. GerFalcon Racing’s Gerry Eddlemon, an aquatic ecologist retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will present the program. Wallace Coleman, blues harmonica player and East Tennessee native, will perform at 8 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12; www. knoxtix.com, 523-7521 and at the door.

THURSDAY, JAN. 10 Yonder Mountain String Band will perform at 8 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: $25 at Knoxville Tickets locations, the theater box office, 865-684-1200 and www.tennesseetheatre.com.

SUNDAY, JAN. 13 “Raising Dogs, Raising Children – Is There Really a Difference?,” a free 90-minute program offering an overview of practical child-rearing skills for parents of children of all ages, will be held at 10 a.m. in the Adult Lounge at the Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive. The speaker will be educator Marty Iroff (www.martyiroff.com). Free. Reservations: Rachel Hale, 690-6343 or rhale@ jewishknoxville.org.

BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • A-15

NEWS FROM CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

CAK singers honored Josh Shupe is the new head chef for Sage Food Services at CAK.

CAK welcomes head chef

CAK choral music director Peggy Filyaw (center) stands with students Hannah Brown and Clay McCammon, both of whom had the top scores in their voice parts in the SATB All-East Choir.

Eight choral students from CAK participated in the AllEast Vocal Weekend Nov. 15-17. Choral students in grades 10 through 12 are required to audition for a spot in one of the prestigious choirs. Representing CAK in the SATB All-East Choir were: Jacquie Downey and Anna Catherine Fox, second sopranos; Clay McCammon,

first tenor; and Michael Jarvis, first bass. Hannah Brown and Sarah Kate Shore, both second sopranos, were members of the All-East Women’s Choir. Aaron Waldrupe, first tenor, sang in the All-East Men’s Choir. Nolan Howell, second bass, was a member of the 9th Grade Honors Choir. This year, two students from CAK were recognized

for having the top scores in their respective voice parts. They are Hannah Brown, second soprano, who won for the second year; and Clay McCammon, first tenor. This is a tremendous accomplishment for both of these singers. There were more than 600 singers in the regional choirs this year. Hannah Brown, Clay

McCammon, Sarah Kate Shore, Michael Jarvis, Jacquie Downey and Aaron Waldrupe have also been selected to participate in All-State in April. “This is quite an honor,” said director Peggy Filyaw. “I am so grateful for the opportunity to see our students develop their Godgiven gifts. May they honor Him in all their endeavors.”

The Beautiful Exchange: His marriage for yours The famed German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer told a young couple about to enter into holy matrimony, “It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.” One of the major areas of emphasis during the renewal celebration is supporting healthy marriages among our CAK family. Data shows that marriages are in crisis

in churches across the country. Christian Academy of Knoxville, although a wonderful faith-filled school, is not immune to this threat. It has been said that one of the greatest gifts parents can give their children is a God-centered marriage. But marriage is

hard work. Sometimes a fresh perspective or a “tune-up” of sorts is in order to keep the biblical plan God has for this sacred relationship. On Friday, Feb. 22, the Renewal Committee invites CAK parents to set aside an evening and invest in their marriages.

Pastor Scott Cagle of NorthStar Community Church will encourage couples in a marriage enrichment event titled “The Beautiful Exchange - His Marriage for Yours.” Whether realized or not, our children’s first glimpse into their future marriage comes from what is on display at home. Let’s learn and grow stronger in our marriages together. Are you in?

Accepting Applications for 2013, PreK-12th Grade! Contact 865-690-4721 ext. 190 or www.CAKwarriors.com for more information.

CAK welcomes Josh Shupe, new chef and manager for Sage Food Services. Shupe was formerly the executive chef at the Hilton Hotel in Knoxville. Born in Newport News, Va., Shupe grew up in the Knoxville area and attended Oak Ridge High School. He received his culinary arts degree at Le Cordon Bleu in Atlanta, Ga. “I always knew that I wanted to be a chef when I was a kid, from cooking pancakes with my dad, to getting my first job at a restaurant when I was 15,” Shupe said. “I have a strong passion for food, and I try to showcase that passion everywhere I work.” Shupe was recently voted Top Chef in Knoxville by Cityview magazine.

Warrior sports online CAK is now broadcasting all Warrior winter sporting events on The Warrior Network, viewable at www. tssaanetwork.com/CAK. Stay tuned for more details on this great opportunity for CAK students, parents and fans!

A-16 â&#x20AC;˘ DECEMBER 17, 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wishing your family a safe and...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Open until 6:00 PM Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day. Reopen Dec. 26th Regular Hours. Florida Tangelos Or

Food City Fresh

California Navel Oranges

Boneless Fryer Breast

Each

Jumbo Pack, Per Lb.

With Card

Selected Varieties, Food City Bone-In

Food City Fresh, 85% Lean, 15% Fat

Spiral Sliced Half Or Whole Ham Per Lb.

With Card

Ground Round

Per Lb. For 3 Lbs. Or More

Broccoli Each

With Card

Selected Varieties

Pepsi

Food Club Soft Drinks

6 Pk., 24 Oz. Btls.

2 Liter Btl.

With Card

6/ 00

With Card

Limit 12 Selected Varieties

Selected Varieties, Food Club Or

Food Club Shells & Cheddar Or

Selected Varieties, Food City Premium Or

Libbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vegetables

Pillsbury Cake Mix

Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese Dinner

White Lily Flour

14.5-15 Oz.

2/ 00

With Card

Selected Varieties, Tostitos Salsa (9.9-15.5 Oz.) Or

Tostitos Chips 9.5-13 Oz.

With Card

Food Club Cream Cheese

Kernâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pie 22-24 Oz.

Selected Varieties

Save at least 1.02

8 Oz.

t Items and Prices are specifically intended to apply locally

where issue originates. No sales to dealers or competitors. Quantity rights reserved. 2012 K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. Food City is an Equal Opportunity.Employer.

Cubes, Chunk Or Shredded Cheese

Domino Granulated Sugar

Brown â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n Serve Rolls 12 Ct.

With Card

Save at least 1.02

26-32 Loads

2/ 00

STOCK UP SALE!

Selected Varieties

Snyder Snacks 6.5-8 Oz.

With Card

Bakery Fresh

Mini French Bread Each

Gain 2x Laundry Detergent

4 Lb.

With Card

Food Club

With Card

Tide Pods (18 Ct.) Or

Food Club Or

STOCK UP SALE!

With Card

5 Lb.

4/ 00

Selected Varieties, Food Club

With Card

STOCK UP SALE!

With Card

8 Oz.

2/ 00

Frozen, Selected Varieties

12-14 Oz.

15.25-18.9 Oz.

With Card

Save at least 1.02

With Card

STOCK UP SALE!

In Our Produce Dept.

Harvest Club Mushrooms

With Card

Whole Or Sliced, 8 Oz.

t ,/097*--& 5/ / #30"%8": .":/"3%7*--& )8: )"3%*/ 7"--&: 3% ,*/(450/ 1*,& .*%%-&#300, 1*,& .033&-- 3% t 108&-- 5/ &.03: 3%

Selected Varieties

Cades Cove BBQ 24 Oz.

With Card

Save at least 1.02

SALE DATES Sun., Dec. 16 Mon., Dec. 24, 2012

December 17, 2012

HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early, but it is FLU TIME in Tennessee! Flu season has come early this year, bringing with it a spike of inďŹ&#x201A;uenza cases in Tennessee and across the United States. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing a lot of patients coming into the ER with ďŹ&#x201A;u-like symptoms, much earlier than normal,â&#x20AC;? says Elizabeth Hull, M.D., Medical Director of the Fort Sanders Regional Emergency Department. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ďŹ ve southern states, including Tennessee, report high levels of ďŹ&#x201A;u activity already. Several counties in East Tennessee have recently closed schools because of the number of students absent due to illness. Typically the conventional ďŹ&#x201A;u season peaks in January. This is the earliest ďŹ&#x201A;u season in nearly a decade. The winter of 2003-2004 was the last time the ďŹ&#x201A;u season started this early. With more than 48,000 deaths in the United States, it was one of the deadliest seasons in 35 years. The good news is that this year, many people are prepared for the ďŹ&#x201A;u. More than one-third of Americans have been vaccinated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t already, get your ďŹ&#x201A;u shot now,â&#x20AC;? urges Dr. Hull. Vaccination is especially important for children, adults 65 and older, pregnant women and people with asthma, diabetes and other long-term conditions who are at high risk from ďŹ&#x201A;u complications. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very young, very old

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t already, get your flu shot now.â&#x20AC;? -Dr. Elizabeth Hull, Medical Director Fort Sanders ER

or have a weak immune system, inďŹ&#x201A;uenza can be life threatening,â&#x20AC;? explains Dr. Hull. Fortunately, in most cases, this viral illness does not cause serious long-term health concerns. InďŹ&#x201A;u-

Cold versus ďŹ&#x201A;u?

How can you tell the difference between a cold and the ďŹ&#x201A;u? InďŹ&#x201A;uenza and the common cold are both respiratory illnesses but are caused by different viruses. But because these two illnesses have similar symptoms, it can be hard to tell which is which based on symptoms alone. Generally, the ďŹ&#x201A;u is more severe than a common cold, and symptoms such as fever, aches, extreme tiredness and cough are more intense. Colds are normally milder and people with colds are more likely to have a stuffy or runny nose. Colds donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t usually result in serious health problems such as bacterial infections and pneumonia that need hospitalization. There are several key differences between the ďŹ&#x201A;u and a cold according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: â&#x2013; Fever. A high fever that lasts three or four days is common with ďŹ&#x201A;u, but rare for a cold â&#x2013; Headache. Prominent in ďŹ&#x201A;u, rare for a cold. â&#x2013; Aches and pains. Usually severe with ďŹ&#x201A;u, mild with a cold. â&#x2013; Fatigue. Sometimes occurs with colds, but ďŹ&#x201A;u usually starts with a period of exhaustion and with fatigue that may last two or three weeks. â&#x2013; Sneezing, stuffy nose, sore throat. The most common cold symptoms (most colds start with a sore throat), but can also occur with ďŹ&#x201A;u. â&#x2013; Chest discomfort, cough. Mild to moderate with colds, but can be severe with ďŹ&#x201A;u.

enza is a viral infection that often causes high fever, muscle aches, headaches, severe fatigue, cough and runny nose for several days, although symptoms may sometimes linger for weeks.

InďŹ&#x201A;uenza viruses are spread from an infected person to a non-infected person by coughing and sneezing, or by getting the virus on your hands and then touching your nose or mouth.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Use common sense to help prevent contracting or spreading ďŹ&#x201A;u,â&#x20AC;? says Dr. Hull. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hand washing, covering your mouth when you cough and limiting your contact with others is so important.â&#x20AC;? Dr. Hull says if you experience ďŹ&#x201A;u-like symptoms, STAY HOME. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you think you have the ďŹ&#x201A;u, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to work, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to school, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to the mall and spread the virus further.â&#x20AC;? In most cases, mild ďŹ&#x201A;u cases can be treated at home without emergency intervention. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drinking lots of ďŹ&#x201A;uids and controlling fever can help treat the symptoms and keep you from getting dehydrated,â&#x20AC;? says Dr. Hull. However, Dr. Hull advises people with a higher risk of health complications to consult with their physician if they experience severe ďŹ&#x201A;u-like symptoms.

Avoid the flu: Keep your germs to yourself According to the Centers for Disease Control, the single best way to prevent seasonal ďŹ&#x201A;u is to get vaccinated every year. But good health habits can often stop the spread of germs and prevent airborne illnesses like the ďŹ&#x201A;u. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some tips to help you avoid contracting or sharing the ďŹ&#x201A;u: 1. Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too. 2. Stay home when you are sick. If possible, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to work, school or run errands when you are sick. You will help prevent others from catching your illness. 3. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. People with ďŹ&#x201A;u can spread it to others up to 6 feet away. Flu virus droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people nearby and be inhaled into the lungs. 4. Clean your hands often. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub. Linens, eating utensils and dishes belonging to those who are sick should not be shared without washing thoroughly ďŹ rst. 5. Avoid touching your eyes, nose

or mouth. Germs are often spread when its. Get plenty of sleep, drink plenty of ďŹ&#x201A;ua person touches something that is con- ids, eat nutritious food, exercise regularly taminated with germs and then touches and manage your stress. For more information about influenza, his or her eyes, nose or mouth. call (865) 673- FORT (3678). 6. Practice other good health hab-

&(17(5 2) (;&(//(1&( (0(5*(1&< '(3$570(17 $V D -RLQW &RPPLVVLRQ 3ULPDU\ 6WURNH &HQWHU RXU (PHUJHQF\ 'HSDUWPHQW VSHFLDOL]HV LQ UHGXFLQJ Âą DQG SRWHQWLDOO\ UHYHUVLQJ Âą WKH HIIHFWV RI VWURNH 2WKHU KLJKOLJKWV LQFOXGH Â&#x2021; $ WUDXPD FULWLFDO FDUH DUHD HTXLSSHG WR KDQGOH OLIH WKUHDWHQLQJ HPHUJHQFLHV Â&#x2021; $ SULRULW\ FDUH DUHD IRU OHVV VHULRXV FRQGLWLRQV Â&#x2021; ,PDJLQJ 6HUYLFHV ZLWKLQ DQG 6XUJHU\ FRQQHFWHG WR WKH GHSDUWPHQW $QG D IRFXV RQ UHGXFLQJ \RXU ZDLW WLPHV DQG JHWWLQJ \RX EDFN WR \RXU IDPLO\ 1RZ WKDWÂśV 5HJLRQDO ([FHOOHQFH

)257

B-2 • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS

Golden Tones at Strang The Golden Tones, led by director Martha Farrelly and accompanied by pianist Jean Osborne, performed at the Strang Senior Center’s Christmas concert celebration last Wednesday.

Theresa Edwards

Santa Claus joined the party and laughed about singing along with them. He was sorting mail into “naughty” and “nice” piles. Among the mail was a letter with red lipstick kisses on it, leading to the song “Santa Baby.”

Parkwest Medical Center provided food and refreshments. Elmcroft West and Independent Insurance Consultants donated poinsettias for door prizes. Bob Coyne gave informational materials for caregivers. “He is really an authority on caregiving. You will want to get to know him,” said Strang director Lauren Monahan. Christmas organ music by Hugh Livingston will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19. Refreshments will be provided by Humana. The Strang book club will have its potluck holiday party noon Thursday, Dec. 20.

The Golden Tones director Martha Farrelly introduces the song “Santa Baby” as Santa looks at a letter he received.

The audience adds jingle to “Jingle Bells.” Shown are Louise Deck, Sharron Horton, Peggy Jansen and Joanne Arpino.

The Golden Tones Jill Hoyles, Gena Allington and Geri Johnston. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

The Golden Tones Hilda Keith, Christel Robertson and Brenda Craidon sing “Santa Baby.”

Discounted courses from Red Cross

Santa at the zoo

Red Cross first aid and CPR/AED training courses will be discounted 20 percent through the end of the year. Participants will learn how to perform CPR and use an Automated External Difibrillator, learn what to do if someone is choking and how to prevent and respond to other emergencies. Red Cross First Aid and CPR/AED training helps meet OSHA standards and professional licensure requirements. The course fee tion with online skill refresh- takeaclass. Use the coupon includes a two-year certifica- ers. Info: www.redcross.org/ code holiday0113.

Santa Claus will be at the Knoxville Zoo through Friday, Dec. 21, to visit with children and their families in Santa’s Village. Stop by the zoo between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for a picture with the big guy himself.

Sara Barrett

Critter Tales There will also be a “Secret Santa Shop” with gifts starting at $5 for kids to do some last-minute holiday shopping. “Elves” from the zoo will give little shoppers a hand and can also wrap the gifts when they’re done. Your visit with Santa will be included with your admission, which is half-off through Feb. 28, so it’s a deal in itself.

Lost & Found

13 Cemetery Lots

Santa likes visiting the zoo, too. Photo submitted

Butch the bear? Last week I wrote about the new bear cub that has moved in at the zoo. A contest is being held to choose his name. Originally, the two choices were “Monty” and

ADOPTION Loving, welleducated couple promises a lifetime of love, laughter, & opportunity to your baby. Expenses paid. Rachel and Barry 1-866-304-6670 www.rachelandbarryadopt.com *ADOPT. Together we will provide a loving, secure, happy home with a bright future for your baby. Expenses paid. Christine & Bobby 1-888-571-5558.

WEST, Off Gleason Dr. brick 4 plex apt. 2BR, 2BA, WD conn, Highland Memorial, 2 patio, back yard, tile lots in Garden of & laminate. $595 mo. Devotion, lot 68C, 865-982-6586; 865-387-3091. $3,000. 615-974-5759

Real Estate Wanted 50

WE BUY HOUSES

Any condition. Quick closing. 865-712-7045

WE BUY HOUSES Fast Cash. Quick friendly service. Flexible to fit your needs. 865-257-3338

Wanted To Buy

25 1-3 60 7 $140 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic Cable. No Lse.

Duplexes

3BR/2BA w/ lvg-rm dining rm combo, bkfst rm & kit. 2car gar on xtra-lg lot. McCloud to Gray Rd to Benjamin Knob, 8018 Phyllis Ln. Shown by appt. only. $139,500. 922-3943

FARRAGUT AREA 3BR, 2BA, new carpet, laundry rooms, family neighborhood , $775 mo, $250 dep, 1 yr lease. 216-5736 or 694-8414.

Acreage- Tracts 46

Houses - Unfurnished 74

12.7 WOODED ACRES with over 1,000 ft of year round creek, nice building sites, hunting, utility water available, 6 miles from I-75 at Sweetwater, $49,500, $2,000 down guaranteed owner financing. 37.8 WOODED/ CLEARED AC., Near Sweetwater, beautiful views, privacy, hunting/wild life area, nice cabin/retreat property, driveway, utility water, $99,500 ($2,632 per ac) $2,000 down guaranteed owner financing. 423-506-6978 ^

3BR 2BA newly renovated. Clinton Hwy. $875/mo. + lease dep. req'd. 865-406-7535.

Bearden/Deane Hill Begin the new year in a beautiful 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA townhome! All appls, W/D, private patio, clubhouse w/pool & exercise room. Lease $950/mo. Buy $120,000 Call 865-599-6844

erOp Teams Avg. $296,812 last year! Co. Teams: .49 up to .83cpm split! Sign-On Bonus PAID at Orientation! R & R Trucking: 1-866-204-8006 Drivers: Teams. $2400 Sign-On Bonus. CDL-A 1yr exp Excellent Pay, Benefits, Home-Time. Dedicated for Andersonville. No-Touch. Apply: CarterExpress.com 877-628-6806

COMPLETELY REMODELED

Cemetery Lots

76 Dogs

Apts - Furnished 72 Trucking Opportunities 106 - CDL-A: WALBROOK STUDIOS DRIVERS Our Top 25 Own-

For Sale By Owner 40a

2 MAUSOLEUMS end to end, eye level, Lynnhurst Cemetery, Sell $8,000. Value $11,000. 865-384-6620

“Knox,” but now “Butch” has been added to the list in honor of UT’s new head football coach, Butch Jones. Votes can be cast online by donating $1 for the name of your choice. Info: www. knoxville-zoo.org.

49 Apts - Unfurnished 71 Condo Rentals

LOST 12/8 Male Rust 2 PLOTS, Greenwood Like New brick townhouse, Color Tabby Cat, Cemetery, Sect. 50A 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, Turkey Ashley Oaks area in Lot 193, spaces 1 & Creek area. No Pets. West Knoxville. 2, $3400. 865-705-0217 Credit ck. $350 dep. $635 Reward 865-691-2336 mo. 1 yr lease. 865-986-0905 ***Web ID# 183550***

Adoption

Meet Homer Meet Homer. He would love to be in his forever home for the holidays. You can meet him or one of his adoptable friends at Young-Williams Animal Center’s 3201 Division Street location. Hours there and at the location on Bearden Hill are noon to 6 p.m. daily. See all of the center’s adoptable animals online at www.youngwilliams.org.

Cats

140

HIMALAYAN KITTENS CFA, seal & flame, 9 wks. S & W, $300. 865-548-9205. ***Web ID# 185010***

Dogs

141

AUSTRALIAN Shepherd Pups, blue eyed HALLS, All Brick 3BR, merles, hold til XMas 2BA, w/hrdwd flrs. $350 up. 865-696-2222 2 car gar., $950 mo. ***Web ID# 183132*** 599-8174 or 938-7200. BLUE TICK Christmas Lake Home On Watts puppies, champ. line, Bar, 30 min. west of 5M, 2F, $250 ea. Knoxv. 2 BR, 1 BA, 7 mo old male, running dock, frpl, $795 mo. & treeing, from a + dep. 912-856-7648. proven cross, will show in the woods, WEST, 1921 Breezy $600. 865-274-6379 Ridge Trl. 37922, 3BR, 2BA, lg. loft, eat-in-kit. Chihuahua Pups, will connecting game hold til Christmas. M room, corner lot, $125; F $150. Maynardfenced back yard, ville area 865-309-1110 Apts - Unfurnished 71 New deck, inground pool, also hot tub. Lg. ENGLISH BULLDOG 1 BR POWELL, PUPS, UGA4 & CH. 2 car gar., Farragut Schools. Must see to SPECIAL: 1/2 RENT. bloodlines, 1M, 1F, born 11/4/12, ready appreciate. Ready Safe & Gorgeous! Free Water, Free Pets, for Christmas, to move in Jan. 1. $1600 mo. + dep. stove ref, DW, disp. $500 mo. $1,800. 423-298-2999 ***Web ID# 184919*** Call 865-936-5041 384-1099 938-6424

Ossoli Circle receives honor GFWC Ossoli Circle was recognized recently by the Unicorn Fund, one of the group’s philanthropic projects, for its contributions to the people of Scott and Morgan counties. Pictured at the event are Roberta Pedigo, Minga Barnes, Glenda Jessee, Madeline Bilbrey, Linda Oliver and Janice Hixson. Photo submitted

141 Dogs

141 Free Pets

145 Household Furn. 204 Vans

ENGLISH MASTIFF SHIH-TZU PUPS, Reg. FREE TO GOOD THOMASVILLE AKC fem. pups fawn Ready for your loving HOME: 6-wk old Cherry Ent./Armoire, & apricot, avail. home. 4 fem. S&W UTD, female kitten, New, 3 drawers. $299, 12/19, 423-329-6238 small when grown. peach-colored, compare to $1299. Beau. choc & wht. & healthy, wormed. Call 865-235-2201. ENGLISH MASTIFF blk. & wht. 423-201-2042. Adorable! Would ***Web ID# 183409*** pups, AKC, ready ***Web ID# 183242*** make a great now. 5 F, 1 M. $600Christmas present! $800. 865-406-8264 Staffordshire Terrier Call 865-456-3114. Exercise Equipment 208 ***Web ID# 183794*** puppies, in time for Christmas. 2 F, 1 M. EFX5.17i ENGLISH Springer Parents on premises. Farmer’s Market 150 PRECOR Ellipitical, excellent Spaniel Pups, AKC, $300. 865-805-6931 or $1,200 or offer. liv/white $400. Great 865-742-0942 865-494-0552 gift! 865-567-8981 McCormick/Farmall ***Web ID# 184332*** West Highland Terrier 1947 antique tractor Super A Culti-vision, puppies, beautiful, GERMAN DUTCH Collectibles 213 $2,000. 865-680-2656 healthy, vet ckd, Shepherds, 8 wks, $650. 423-877-7463 protect your home, LIONEL TRAIN and a $150. 865-304-3804 196 HOLIDAY CAROUSAL YORKIE, MALE, full Computers $250 each obo. blooded, CKC reg., GERMAN SHEPHERD $500. POP. 865-376- HP 4500N color laser 865-522-4610; 742-5045. Pups, blk, AKC reg. 0008, 865-466-4254 WUSV & BSZS lines, Workgroup printer ***Web ID# 183347*** $700. 423-664-2060. w/HP rolling printer 214 ***Web ID# 184362*** cabinet, extra car- Coins YORKIE M, CKC, 6 lbs, tridges, in exc. cond 2+ yrs. blonde & GOLDEN RETRIEVER $350. 865-724-5857 gold, changing bl. line. PUPPIES, AKC, $500. 865-546-2576. M&F, $800-$900. 423608-9228 Household Furn. 204 Will Consider ***Web ID# 184955*** Collectibles, Diamonds Free Pets 145 or Old Guns. JACK RUSSELL Free Appraisals PUPPIES, Queen Pillow Top Set 7600 Oak Ridge Hwy. 3 F, $100 each. ADOPT! NEW! $150. Call or 865-599-4915 Call 865-269-4949 text 865-804-4410. Looking for a lost LAB Puppies, chocolate, pet or a new one? QUEEN SIZE AKC reg, 1st shots, Boats Motors 232 Visit the folks at PILLOW TOP 7 M, 3 F, $300. Young-Williams MATTRESS SET 423-836-3439 $150. Brand new in Animal Center, the ***Web ID# 182737*** SEARAY 400 plastic. 865-805-3058. official shelter for Labradoodle Puppy, SUNDANCER 1999 the City of KnoxSOLE E55 Elliptical Excellent condition. Ready for Christmas, ville & Knox under warranty, 1 cream colored M, $450. on lift under cover. County: 3201 Diround 42" oak table Kept 585-750-9055 Sweetwater Full time mechanic. vision St. Knoxville. 4 chairs, exc. cond. ***Web ID# 182831*** Detailed each year. knoxpets.org Call 865-690-1025 New generator, new MA LTESE AKC, XM/stereo system, new 12wks., 21 F, 1 M, radio, upgraded Air Cond/Heating 187 Air Cond/Heating 187 marine S&W, vet ck. $500radar and color chart $750. 865-661-2012 plotter, auto pilot, 2 ***Web ID# 184649*** bathrooms, extra set of props. Twin 380 HP each iHeater costs less, Horizon MALTESE PUPPIES, gasoline engines. M & F, AKC Reg. 774 hours. Local boat, saves more, heats Small. 423-733-2857; freshwater. Contact 423-300-9043. more area and is Justin at 865-740-6938. MALTESE PUPS, reg. guaranteed Little white snow dependable. Motorcycles 238 balls, 2M, 1F, appx. 4 lbs. when grown. S&W UTD, ready Victory 2001 Black now! 423-494-4820. Deluxe, custom seat & ***Web ID# 183228*** bags, Bub pipes, 16K mi., $4500. 865-577-0001 PEEK-A-POM-A-POO Puppies, toy, black Model IH-1500 & white, M&F, $400. Autos Wanted 253 Heats up to 1500 SF 865-548-9205 ***Web ID# 185014*** A BETTER CASH SHELTIES, Christmas OFFER for junk cars, puppies AKC, ch. trucks, vans, running bldlns, beautiful Sable or not. 865-456-3500 FURNITURE & wht, M & F, ASSA I BUY JUNK CARS Member, health guar. & TRUCKS. Now taking dep. 8656805 Maynardville Hwy. 719-2040 eve. 865-456-5249 or 922-7557 • M-F 10-7; Sat 10-6; Sun 1-5 865-938-6915. ***Web ID# 184050***

BUYING OLD U.S. Coins, Gold & Silver

MATTRESS SET.

MYNATT'S FURNITURE 172326MASTER Ad Size 2 x 2 bw NW iHeater <ec>

189

256 Cleaning

318

HONDA ODYSSEY HAPPY HOLIDAYS! EX 2002, gray, 225K HOUSECLEANER, miles, runs good. Personal Assistant, $2,950. 865-675-9977 and Honey-do list Doer! Affordable rates, refs avail. 4 Wheel Drive 258 Wkly/bi-wkly. Mary 455-2174. FORD RANGER XLT 2008, Quad Cab, 4x4, 319 fully loaded, 60K mi Computers $10,500. 865-591-4239 COMPUTER REPAIR JEEP WRANGLER Free diagnostic. We Sport 2006, 2 tops, come to you. $40 1st mint, 69K mi., WHLSL. hr, $50/hr after that. PRICE. 865-604-4657. mceknoxville.com or call 865-935-9263.

Antiques Classics 260

Flooring 330 1931 A-MODEL (Vickey) exc. cond. would consider trades, CERAMIC TILE in$16,500. 865-250-8252. stallation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work! Sport Utility 261 John 938-3328 FORD ESCAPE XLS 333 2010, PB, PS, PDL, Guttering Cruise, Snyc, 2WD, 19K mi. $16,800. 865- HAROLD'S GUTTER 992-8976 (9am-7pm) SERVICE. Will clean front & back $20 & up. work, guaranImports 262 Quality teed. Call 288-0556. BMW 330cic conv. 2005, 75K mi, dark blue, immac cond., $15,800. 865-680-2656

Roofing / Siding

LAND ROVER 2004, 7 passenger, loaded, good cond. $6200. 104k mi. White. 865-455-1609 MINI COOPER S 2003, very good condition, 67,000 miles, new tires, Carfax provided. Very dependable fun transportation. $9950 OBO. 865-386-7375

Domestic

265

Cadillac 2011 CTS Coupe, performance pkg, 20K mi, fact. warr., sell $31,750. Window sticker $44,425. 865680-2656 CHEVY 2003 SSR TRUCK, red, 5.3 ci, 300 HP, under 16k mi, Reduced. 423-538-3338 ***Web ID# 182329***

352

SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • B-3

NEWS FROM PROVISION HEALTH & WELLNESS

Casey Peer

Holiday stress relief is only a massage away

A time to reflect As you bring this year to an end and prepare to ring in the new year, take a moment to reflect. Most of us have begun thinking about what our new year’s resolutions will be for 2013. But, let’s think about this a little further. In order to make something “stick” or to be successful at accomplishing a goal, you must have the desire and commitment to make it happen. You must be consistent if you want to see results. With that said, the first step in determining how you want the new year to be different is to reflect on the previous year. Did you reach your goals? What were the obstacles? Most of the folks I talk with say they are too busy. Eating healthy, losing weight and increasing exercise frequency are always great resolutions. But if you are “too busy” to exercise or just cannot take the time to eat healthy, you will never reach your goal. Life seems to pass very quickly, and the days, months and years seem shorter and shorter. As you begin this new year, try to slow the pace, smell the roses and take time for yourself. In doing that, you will find time to not only accomplish your desire to lose weight, eat right and exercise more, but you will also find that you have more time to spend with your kids and other loved ones. Consider making 2013 a year of better time management. In working on that goal alone, you will find the time to accomplish all of the new year’s resolutions of years past. You may also find that your stress level is reduced, you sleep better, you are more patient and tolerant, you have more energy, you can think clearer and you and your family are much happier.

One of the many health benefits of a massage from Provision Health and Wellness: it provides excellent holiday stress relief!

By Shana Raley-Lusk The holidays can be a busy and stressful time for each of us as we try to plan, shop, change routines, travel and visit with Robin Kessler our friends and family. One solution to decreasing this stress is massage. It not only feels good, it is also good for you. Massage stimulates physiological and psychological changes in the body and aids in relieving pain and boosting immunity for a variety of illnesses and injuries. While the results of a massage are immediate, the benefits

increase with the frequency of sessions. It is estimated that at least 70 to 90 percent of disease is related to stress. Both external and internal premature aging of the body is also thought to be related to stress. Massage has known benefits of decreasing anxiety and fatigue and for improving circulation, sleep, energy, concentration and a sense of well-being. Massage may be used to improve chronic disease and illnesses, neurologic and orthopedic illnesses and injuries, and lifestyle stresses. A saliva-testing research study shows that biweekly massage reduces whole body stress and pain by decreasing the amount of

10-DAY

FAT BLASTER BOOT CAMP ■ Burn mega calories! Have a blast and see results! ■ 30 minutes per day for 10 days straight ■ Starts Wed. Jan. 9 with morning and evening classes ■ Members: $50 / Non-Members: $75 ■ Members: $10 / Non-members: $15 ■ Space is limited so call to reserve your spot today! 232-1414

substance P, a chemical of the brain associated with pain. Another saliva study measured cortisol levels before and after a massage and found decreased levels of this stress hormone. Cortisol compromises immune function. Other research findings support a decrease in hypertension (high blood pressure) by stimulating receptors that trigger vagus nerve reactions, one of which is the regulation of blood pressure. Robin Kessler, Provision Health and Wellness massage therapist, has practiced various manual therapies as an occupational therapist and is certified in several types of massage, including Swedish, deep

tissue, energy balancing and myofascial release. She also provides reflexology and craniosacral therapy. Sessions are scheduled by appointment only for 30, 60 or 90 minutes. Robin recommends that each of you take time to consider your health and wellness during this holiday season. Call today to schedule your appointment. Gift certificates are also available and are thoughtful gifts for the health and wellness of your friends and family. (References: http:// www.thedailybeast.com/ newsweek/2008/09/03/ five-surprising-benefits-ofmassage.html and http:// www.massagetherapy.com/ learnmore/benefits.php)

YOGA FOR ENDURANCE

This is a great yoga series for any athlete and an excellent complement to those training for the Knoxville Marathon. Running tightens and shortens muscles while yoga restores, elongates and loosens them. Additionally, yoga’s internal focus centers your attention on your own body’s movements rather than on an external outcome. Runners can use the yoga practice to balance strength, increase range of motion and train the body and mind. A once per week massage session is also a great way to recover and manage injury risk. Space is limited, so be sure to reserve your spot today! ■ Member pricing: $120. Non-Member Pricing: $180. ■ Drop-in Pricing: Members: $15. Non-Members: $20. ■ Visit Provision on line at www.livewellknoxville.com or call 865-232-1414.

Bring a friend, and both of you will receive

when you enroll this month and commit to a one year membership.

Take the ﬁrst step toward better health and a truly balanced lifestyle. Become a member today. 1400 Dowell Springs Blvd., Suite 100, Knoxville, TN 37909 (865) 232.1414 · livewellknoxville.com

B-4 • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

health & lifestyles NEWS FROM PARKWEST, WEST KNOXVILLE’S HEALTHCARE LEADER • TREATEDWELL.COM • 374-PARK

Back in action

Parkwest and Therapy Center get ﬁtness instructor on road to recovery “You can do it, you’re looking great,” called out ﬁtness instructor and bodyWORKS program director Karen Milligan to members of a cardio class that she leads. Milligan looks great, too. You’d never know the energetic 50-yearold recently suffered from chronic neck and back problems for which she sought help at Parkwest Medical Center and the Fort Sanders Therapy Center. A car accident in 1996 was the origin of Milligan’s pain. “I was on my way to work managing the employee fitness center for Covenant Health that morning when I was involved in an accident,” she explained. “I herniated one cervical and three thoracic discs, but I didn’t know it right away. I went on to work, by the next day I started to feel stiff and sore, and by the second morning I couldn’t get out of bed. My husband had to carry me to the car and into the emergency room. They did an MRI and that’s when I learned about the discs.” Following her treatment in the emergency room and some physical therapy, Milligan went approximately six years without pain. Then she began experiencing what she

in February of this year by Parkwest neurosurgeon Dr. Joel Ragland. With the treatment she “He went in through the front received at Parkwest, of my neck and fused C7 and T1,” Milligan is able to help said Milligan. “It was easier than participants in one of her I had expected and I feel great. I local BodyWORKS classes. spent one night at Parkwest, but I knew as soon as I woke up from the surgery that my pain was gone. The surgery itself went perfectly and everyone was so good to me.” Milligan returned to work within a week of her fusion surgery and was back teaching classes within Following physical therapy and surgery on her spine at four weeks. She continues to have Parkwest, Karen Milligan is able to continue teaching issues with a few discs in her lumexercise classes. bar and is receiving caudal blocks to help with those. “I focus a lot in my classes on described as “blow outs” which referred my friends with back isometric exercises that work core problems to her. The therapy were intensely painful. muscles without as much spine In 2010, Milligan again sought with her really helped. movement as some other exer“I also can’t say enough treatment. A new MRI showed that cises require. Not only is that good in addition to the original disc prob- good things about Dr. Hamfor me, it’s also good for particilems, she now also had two bulging ilton. He’s so good about anpants. They can strengthen their and taught classes for the body- cores without as much risk to their discs. A combination of returning swering all my questions and to physical therapy with Mary Sat- talking me through the procedure, WORKS program through Cove- spines,” she said. terﬁeld at the Fort Sanders Therapy each and every time. I’m always a nant Health. “If I wasn’t exercising, “Parkwest and the Therapy CenCenter and injections performed by little nervous since we’re dealing I’d probably be in a wheelchair,” ter have really given me the opporDr. Steven Hamilton at Parkwest with my spine, but he does a fan- Milligan stated. tunity not only to continue doing Even with the regular exercise, what I love for myself, but also to tastic job both medically and peragain alleviated her pain. physical therapy and pain manage- be able to help others through ex“Mary is amazing,” said Milli- sonally.” Throughout everything, Milli- ment injections, Milligan still re- ercise and life experience. I am gan. “She is a true spinal therapy guru and helped me so much. I’ve gan continued personal workouts quired a fusion surgery performed truly grateful.”

Tips for exercising safely ■ Consult your physician before your start or return to an exercise program. ■ Get coaching on how to improve your skill and exercise safely. Seek advice from experts. Learn how to use exercise and sports equipment properly. ■ Always monitor your intensity of exercise. It should feel somewhat hard, but go at your own pace. ■ Warm up for 5-10 minutes before exercise using range-of-motion exercises for all joints and easy aerobic activity. Cool down afterward for 10 minutes by slowing down and stretching. ■ Wear clothing and shoes appropriate for the activity. Wear lightweight, breathable clothes in hot weather and layers for cold weather. ■ Remember that overuse injuries are caused by training mistakes. Gradual progression is best with any activity. ■ Working out before an injury fully heals can lead to re-injury. If you still have pain or swelling, do not exercise the area! ■ Drink plenty of water before, during and after exercising. – Courtesy of Covenant Health bodyWORKS

Fitness for every body Looking for a convenient, affordable, fitness option that will give you the intense and challenging workout? BodyWORKS offers one-hour classes at multiple locations that incorporate a variety of exercise options for a complete workout. You’ll find classes that are appropriate for just about any level of fitness, from the novice to the veteran looking for a new challenge. BodyWORKS: ■ $3/class or $5/couple with a variety of discounts ■ No membership fees ■ No contracts to sign ■ Pay as you go – you only pay for the classes that you attend! ■ Attend your first class FREE BodyWORKS offers a choice of cardio, muscular and mind/body/spirit-focused classes. New this year is a Babyon-Board class for expectant mothers. Exercise adds life to your years, reduces your risk of disease and boosts mood and energy. Locations are being secured weekly. For more information on bodyWORKS, visit www.covenanthealth.com/bodyworks or call 865-541-4500.

Innovative methods improve patients’ spine health at Parkwest Therapy Center Parkwest Therapy Center physical therapist Mark Conley knows the therapies he and his colleagues use, including MedX, produce better outcomes for spinal patients. Parkwest Therapy Center, located on the Fort Sanders West campus, is part of Covenant Therapy Centers, the area’s largest provider of rehabilitation services. The center offers a full spectrum of modalities with certified therapists, from physical, occupational and speech therapies to specialized services such as vestibular (balance) rehabilitation, aquatic, hand, sports and women’s health therapies as well Parkwest Therapy Center as amputee care. The physical therapist Mark Conley therapists at Parkwest demonstrates one of the two Therapy Center help MedX machines he and his about 2,050 patients colleagues use to relieve spinal each year. Each patient pain and strengthen spinal works with the same muscles to help prevent further therapist at every visit, injury. an approach that helps achieve better results in less time. Parkwest Therapy Center ranks in the top 95th percentile nationally in patient outcomes and in the top 94th percentile for patient satisfaction of the 2,100 providers who participate in Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes (FOTO). The center routinely receives FOTO’s Certification of Excellence in clinical outcomes, based on patient-reported improvements. “Achieving those awards demonstrates that our clinics consistently deliver clinical excellence, which benefits both the patients and the physicians we serve,” said Lucy Deatherage, director of outpatient services. Mark Conley, a master’s degree-trained physical therapist, said after 15 years in the profession, he’s “seen a lot of things come and go.” He views any new treatment with a skeptical eye, but he’s become a believer in the MedX slogan – “Advanced science for improved spinal health” – because it worked for him. Despite being healthy and athletic, Conley has a family history of back problems.

“I had intermittent back pain despite practicing what I preach,” Conley said. “As a part of my MedX certification, I had to get on the machine and do it myself.” To his chagrin, Conley discovered that despite working out and maintaining a healthy weight, he scored only in the 25th percentile for the strength of his core spinal stabilizing muscle, multifidus. The MedX software measures the torque produced when isolating this muscle and then compares that to a normal range for the patient’s gender and age. What happened to Conley is what happens to many people with back problems at the site of the injury or degeneration: fibrous scarlike tissue forms and muscles lose girth and begin to atrophy. “It’s extremely difficult to isolate those muscles,” Conley said. “Helper muscles come in and do the work.” After six weeks on the MedX machine, Conley scored in the 75th percentile for the torque his multifidus muscle produced, and he experienced fewer episodes of pain. “I haven’t had any problems since then,” Conley said. “Seeing is believing. Experiencing is believing. After going through the training and using it myself, I’m a believer.” The Parkwest Therapy Center has two MedX machines, one that works on lumbar spine muscles and one that zeroes in on cervical spine muscles. The machines effectively immobilize other muscles to target strengthening the ones that support the spine. A typical course of MedX therapy lasts six to eight weeks. After that, patients learn home exercises to maintain the strength of their core spinal muscles. They are supposed to come back about every six months to evaluate their strength level. Often they don’t and that’s not a bad thing, Conley said. “A lot of people, they feel better, so they don’t come back,” he said. For info about Covenant Therapy Centers, visit www.covenanthealth.com/therapycenters or call 865-541-1300.

0808-1357

We’ve got your back. www.treatedwell.com