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hires new coordinator Alden Rosner brings an impressive resume to his new position as the athletic and parks coordinator for the town of Farragut’s Parks and Leisure Services Department.

A native of West Palm Beach, Rosner moves Alden Rosner to town from Live Oak, Fla., where he served for six years as the athletics supervisor for Suwannee Parks and Recreation.

In this role he was responsible for the organization of the youth sports leagues, which included 1,000 participants annually, and overseeing the maintenance of a 40-acre sports complex. Rosner holds a bachelor’s degree in advertising and a master’s degree in sport management from the University of Florida and has earned the Certified Youth Sports Administrator designation.

Parks and Leisure Services Director Sue Stuhl says Rosner’s experience will be an asset to the management of the town’s sports leagues and athletic facilities.

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Town Hall Farragut/Knox County Schools Education Relations – 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2 Economic Development Committee – 8 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3 Stormwater Advisory Committee – 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 Board of Mayor and Aldermen – 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11

Snow in any form, even a soap-bubbly kind blown from the roofs, is magical. Photographer Justin Acuff caught the joy of the season on Charlotte Martin’s face as she ran through the “snow” at Lights Up!, the tree-lighting celebration at Pinnacle at Turkey Creek. For more about the event, see page A-3.

Food and family: Residents share Thanksgiving memories

By Betsy Pickle For some, Thanksgiving has become an also-ran in the holiday marathon, a turkey-filled pit stop between Halloween and Christmas, a carb-loading cram session for Black Friday sales.

For others, Thanksgiving is a holiday to be savored. Not only is it a day off and a time to enjoy favorite foods, it’s a chance to gather with loved ones, in whatever form that takes.

We thought we would check in with some Farragut residents and share some of their Thanksgiving traditions and memories.

Andy Burleson, manager of Aubrey’s Cedar Bluff, keeps the holiday close to heart.

“Though the venue may change, Thanksgiving is always about family,” says Burleson. “Seeing cousins I may only see once a year,

or hearing stories of how my relatives grew up, makes the holiday special.

“One of my favorite memories of Thanksgiving was the year that I finally graduated from the kids’ table to the adult table.”

For Tom King, past president of the Rotary Club of Farragut, being with loved ones is also the highlight.

“Our Turkey Day is all about family,” says King. “We watch the (Macy’s) parade, and at dinner we all share something that we are thankful for. And Faye and the girls are out early shopping on Black Friday. I sleep in.

“One more thing: Faye and the girls really read all of the ads to figure out their shopping strategy for Friday. It’s a spectator sport watching them!”

Allison Sousa, executive di-

rector of the Farragut Business Alliance, gets sentimental about the holiday.

“My favorite childhood memory of Thanksgiving was my sisters and me ‘sneaking’ (or so we thought) downstairs after everyone went to bed on Thanksgiving night and warming up hot turkey sandwiches in the microwave and watching ‘A Christmas Story’ on video,” Sousa says. “I’m happy to say that my boys have continued the tradition … at least the hot turkey sandwiches at 2 a.m. part!”

Like many, town of Farragut recorder Allison Myers associates a particular dish with Thanksgiving.

“For the past 37 years, I’ve had homemade coconut cake on Thanksgiving,” says Myers. “It is my great-grandma’s recipe that has been passed down. Last year

my husband’s brothers and their families came to our house for Thanksgiving. This was truly the ‘first’ time making the cake without my mom in the kitchen.

“First of all, after hours at the grocery store I forgot the white cake mix. After another trip to the store my niece Sara and I began.

Somehow, both of us missed putting in the eggs, and we both are pretty good cooks! So after 30 minutes in the oven it was flat.

“After another trip to the store we got the cake baked and the first layer of icing on. This layer has to cool completely. Well … as we all sat in the living room, talking and enjoying time together, our fabulous black Lab got on the counter, knocked the cake to the floor and proceeded to eat at least half. I went crazy!

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Personnel Committee – 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 16

IN THIS ISSUE Sign Task Force moves forward Crafting a city sign ordinance that can earn a stamp of approval from both the scenic camp and the business community is no mean feat.

That’s why the City Council’s Sign Task Force labored over the document for 2.5 years before seeking input from Metropolitan Planning Commission staff, which worked on it for another four months.

So why did the MPC punt it to an outside consultant, starting the process all over?

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Grigsby Chapel development unavoidable

By Wendy Smith Neighbors of a proposed senior living facility on Grigsby Chapel Road presented a clear message to the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission − traffic is already terrible, and we don’t want it to get worse.

But developer Ross Bradley and his attorney, Arthur Seymour, along with town attorney Tom Hale, had an equally clear message − the 24-acre property is going to be developed, and the best option would be the project that produces the least traffic.

The commission discussed rezoning the property from R-4 (Attached Single-Family Residential) and R-2 (General Single-Family Residential) to R-6 (Multi-Family Residential) in order to accommodate the proposed facility.

“I can’t think of a better use that would have less impact on this site than senior living,” said Bradley, vice president of development for TDK Construction Company.

Bradley backed up his claim with a traffic study by Alan Childers of Cannon & Cannon. According to the study, if the property was built out at current zoning, it would result in an additional 858 trips per day on Grigsby Cha-

pel Road. The proposed facility would produce just 592, he said.

The national norm is 10 trips per day per household for single-family homes.

The first phase of the project would be 70 assisted living units.

The second phase would be 70 independent living cottages and 84 Alzheimer’s/dementia units. Most residents won’t drive, and staff will arrive in shifts, Childers said.

Neighbors were skeptical of the numbers. One asked about trips resulting from visitors, and another asked about emergency and delivery vehicles.

Visitors are included in the traffic impact study, Childers said.

Mul Wyman emphasized how bad the current bad traffic situation is. According to TDOT figures, there are 16,499 trips per day on Grigsby Chapel Road between Campbell Station Road and Fretz Road, and there has been an increase of 1,600 vehicles per day since 2012, he said.

Other neighbors cited noise and commercialization of the area as concerns.

Rezoning the property R-6 will make it a potential multi-family housing site. With this is mind, Hale discussed the possibility of

Ross Bradley of TDK Construction Company, answers questions about a proposed senior living facility on Grigsby Chapel Road. Photo by W. Smith putting a deed restriction in place that would limit future development if the TDK project fell through. Objective restrictions, like density and use, would be the simplest to enforce, he said.

The agenda item was for discussion, so no action was taken.

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The commission voted to recommend that the Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen adopt, by ordinance, the area and text identified as Mixed Use Town Center (MUTC) on the future land use plan. The adoption of this part of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) will help advance the town’s efforts to bring about a downtown, said Community Development Director Mark Shipley.

They also approved amendments to the C-1 Zoning District for properties identified as being within the MUTC. Changes that reflect recent discussions of lighting, signage and lot coverage were reviewed. The commission further discussed the inclusion of drivethrus in the MUTC, and ultimately decided against them.

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lympic figure skating great Scott Hamilton will take to the ice once again, as “Scott Hamilton and Friends on Ice” returns to Knoxville Dec. 6.

Hamilton is executive producer and master of ceremonies for the show, which will showcase Olympians and World Champions like Paul Wylie, Katia Gordeeva, Michael Weiss and more, accompanied by a live performance by the Grammy-nominated band Mercy Me.

The show will feature a blend of MercyMe’s favorite hit songs, like “I Can Only Imagine,” “Greater,” and “Beautiful,” plus festive songs of the season.

Proceeds from the show will benefit the Provision CARES Foundation and Scott Hamilton CARES (Cancer Alliance for Research, Education and Survivorship) Foundation, both of which provide assistance to cancer patients right here in East Tennessee.

A cancer survivor himself, Hamilton has seen many friends struggle with cancer.

He has supported cancer research since his mother passed away from the disease in 1977. Hamilton serves on the board of the Provision Center for Proton Therapy.

His CARES Foundation recently became a dedicated foundation, meaning that “we can focus on the Alliance part.”

“We’re bringing more cancer agencies into the fold,” said Hamilton. “So we can all help each other.”

Provision Center for Proton Therapy is the newest member of that nation-wide alliance.

“With this relationship, the opportunities have never been better. (Provision founder) Terry Douglass is an incredible advocate for CARES. He has such vision,” said Hamilton.

“He comes with a whole new vision of the growth and future of CARES.” Hamilton said his CARES Foundation emphasizes early detection and education.

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truly survive and return to a normal life. To me, that’s the next great thing about the advancement of research and cancer treatments such as proton therapy.”

And the professional staff at Provision Center for Proton Therapy is part of that advancement.

“Everybody they’ve assembled on this team is really good at what they do, and they’re passionate,” Hamilton said. “It’s just spectacular what they bring to the table.”

Hamilton said the ice show will be “a lot of fun, a celebration of life.”

Attendees may purchase tickets to the show only, or for an additional donation add tickets to a celebration dinner after the show, which Hamilton describes as a “wedding reception atmosphere.”

Hamilton hopes to continue “Scott Hamilton and Friends on Ice” in Knoxville each year.

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Members of the Carter High School A Cappella Choir join in with the Dickens’ Carolers at Lights Up!, a tree-lighting holiday party at Pinnacle at Turkey Creek. From left are Noah Fawver from Carter; Phil Campbell, Andrew Halloway, Nancy Hodges and Sarah Holloway with Dickens’ Carolers; and Kendall Condra, Kately Dailey and Alli Houser, all from Carter High.

Lights Up! shines at Farragut The reindeer were there.

So was Santa. Blue barrels to collect donations for Mission of Hope were in place.

There was face painting, a beautiful Christmas tree to be lit, holiday crafts, goodies to eat and carolers strolling in costumes straight from the pages of Charles Dickens.

Emmette Thompson, executive director of Mission of Hope, and his wife, Valarie, at right, give a thank-you hug to Kiley Fleenor, marketing manager at Pinnacle at Turkey Creek. The shopping center’s tree-lighting ceremony was also a benefit and kick-off for the Mission of Hope Blue Barrels campaign.

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Sherri Gardner Howell FARRAGUT FACES It’s the South, so that’s pretty much all that’s needed for a holiday party. Not like anyone could order up a little snow…

Katie Stout holds Thomas and But someone did! The Abby Stout takes the place of children – and adults – honor next to Santa at Pinwere delighted when “snow” nacle. started to fall on Lights Up!, the tree-lighting celebration at Pinnacle at Turkey Creek.

Seems this snow was a Deron Little with soapy-bubbly mixture comSeasons Café carves ing from machines on the an ice sculpture at roof of the Loft and Talbots, Lights Up! at Pinnacle two stores that border the at Turkey Creek.

The Woodruff family pauses for a photo near the Christmas tree. Chris is holding Carter, and Jen holds Ava.

walkway to the fountain at Pinnacle, where the Christmas tree stands.

The whole area was packed with families enjoying this pre-Thanksgiving kick-off to the holidays. Deron Little from Seasons Café was doing a little ice carving. Santa was all smiles and posing for photos with

the children. Many families were posing in front of the Pinnacle tree for family Christmas photos.

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Signs and the sunshine law Not only is Ruthie Kuhlman not seeking a second term as GOP county chair, but she and her husband are selling their Kingston Pike home that has been a top site for GOP yard signs.

They plan to move into a smaller home in the Sequoyah Hills area once the current home sells.

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■ MPC continues to ignore the state’s open meetings law with the chair of their nominating committee calling members to see if they will serve in certain positions. Open meetings law is clear that discussions between two or more officials of the same body must be conducted in public if it relates to committee business.

■ Seems MPC plans on re-electing Rebecca Longmire as chair of MPC though she has not been reappointed by county mayor Tim Burchett to a new term and her current term has expired. She was dropped by the two mayors from the MPC director search committee. She could be replaced or reappointed by Burchett at any time.

There are two MPC commissioners on the mayoral-appointed MPC director search committee.

They are Bart Carey and Herb Anders, who is the uncle of County Commission chair Brad Anders.

The potential for these two members of the same body (MPC) to violate the open meetings law is very real. The search committee is meeting behind closed doors, but it is hard to imagine that these two commissioners will not discuss MPC matters while discussing who will be the next MPC director to follow Mark Donaldson.

If they do, then failure to invite the public to the dialogue between two or more members of the same public body is contrary to the open meetings law.

Bill Lyons, city deputy mayor, is leading these meetings. Adhering to the open meetings law apparently is not a priority for him.

■ The recent vote by MPC not to endorse the sign ordinance and ask

City Council to spend more public money for another review by an outside expert is going nowhere.

One wonders why MPC commissioners cannot just vote on the issue and let the final vote be whatever it is and stop worrying over whether it is unanimous or not.

■ David Abshire died last week. He was born in Chattanooga in 1926 and led the review of the IranContra controversy under President Reagan.

■ There is a fourth former ambassador living in Knox County, Dee Robinson. She was U.S. ambassador to Ghana from 1998 to 2001 and is a UT graduate now living in Farragut. The other three are Margaret Scobey, (Syria and Egypt), Cran Montgomery (Oman) and this writer (Poland).

■ Two Haslam cabinet members have departed and will not serve in the second Haslam term. They are Kevin Huffman at Education and Bill Hagerty at Economic and Community Development.

Huffman was controversial and had both his fans and his opponents.

Two Knoxvillians are mentioned as possible successors to him: schools superintendent Jim McIntyre and former state Sen. Jamie Woodson. It is doubtful that Haslam would choose McIntyre given all the controversy he is currently generating locally. However, for those wanting McIntyre to depart, they might be happy to see him go to Nashville. It would avoid a buyout from his current contract and save county taxpayers thousands of dollars. However, it would be a pay cut for McIntyre.

Woodson is identified with Common Core, which can be a plus or minus depending on one’s view of that issue. She was a popular legislator here in Knoxville.

Hagerty, on the other hand, has been an extraordinarily able commissioner of ECD who received rave reviews.

His success in bringing new jobs and businesses to Tennessee was recordbreaking. He is mentioned as possible candidate for governor in 2018.

Speaker Beth Harwell is also widely mentioned as a 2018 GOP candidate for governor. Others will emerge over the next several years.

GOV NOTES ■ Karns Republican Club Christmas party will be held 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Karns Middle School.

■ Knox County GOP Christmas/ Hanukkah Gala will be 6 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 8, at Rothchild Center. Tickets: $25. Info: alexanderowaters@gmail.com.

‘Urban Hikes’ Some hike and others read about hiking. Both groups will enjoy a new publication, “Urban Hikes in Knoxville and Knox County.”

The book debuted last week with a reception at Mast General Store. All proceeds will benefit Legacy Parks Foundation. Pictured at the book signing are Victor Ashe, who wrote the foreword, and authors Christine Hamilton, Ron Shrieves and Mac Post. Books are available for $25 at Mast General, the Knoxville Visitors Center and online at Legacy Parks Foundation. Photo by S. Clark

Vanderbilt is disaster zone How intriguing that Vanderbilt, the center of football ineptness, will determine whether this Tennessee season is a modest success or another sad failure.

What Saturday comes down to is this: If the Vols can’t whip the lowly Commodores, they’ll be saddled with another losing record – five in a row. They’ll be home again for the holidays, twiddling their thumbs while winners accumulate bowl gifts and enjoy plum pudding.

If Tennessee loses to Vanderbilt, some of us may even admit that Butch Jones needs a little more time than previously thought. He has recruited well but the product on the field …

Vanderbilt reached the depths of despair at Starkville. It lost by half a

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hundred that could have been 75. If you believe misery loves company, opportunity knocks for the Commodores. They still have a chance to drag down the Volunteers. What a terrible thought.

Strange that Vandy has so underachieved. Before the season, USAToday tallied the young talent the departing James Franklin couldn’t get into his suitcase and said this was again a bowl team (blessed with an easy schedule) that would “run the football with intimidating efficiency.”

Hasn’t happened. Season highlights: 34-31 over UMass, 21-20 over Charleston Southern and 42-28 over Old Dominion.

Notice anything missing?

Hint: Vanderbilt plays in the Southeastern Conference.

Tennessee is supposed to approach this disaster zone with restored vigor and some degree of optimism.

I’m telling you, the pressure is unfair. Vandy has been trampled. There is nothing left to lose. It will be a double-disaster if the Volunteers trip over their own feet and get beat.

Tennessee-Vanderbilt is a strange rivalry. Since 1928, the Volunteers have won 71, lost 11 and tied two.

My best Vandy friend says I am as old-fashioned as those numbers. That was then, he says. What matters

is now. The Commodores have a two-game winning streak against Tennessee.

A similar disaster occurred in 1925-26. A young soldier named Robert Reese Neyland took care of that.

This current mess started the day before Derek Dooley’s dismissal. Tennessee had won 28 of the previous 29 games, but 2012 was a stampede the other direction. It included a Vanderbilt kneel-down to avoid running up the score. Coach Franklin, gracious and benevolent, thought 41-18 was sufficient.

Last year was different but still bad. For 56 minutes, Tennessee’s defense played almost good enough to win. It had held Vanderbilt to seven points while forcing four turnovers.

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Giving thanks, the American way Starving 17th-century pilgrims would hardly recognize today’s Thanksgiving, now known to Native Americans as “What Were We Thinking Day,” when many celebrate by joyfully pummeling one another as they wrestle for the last Playstation 4 on the shelves of Best Buy at 6 a.m.

But Americans have kept the natives’ giving tradition alive. Walmart, Target, Sears, Macy’s and Big Lots, to name a few, thoughtfully give their employees additional hours on Thanksgiving to earn money they will be too tired to spend before Christmas.

Inevitably, some workers will think only of themselves and whine about missing time with their families.

The giant retailers allow for this by staffing their stores with “volunteers.”

The resulting 95 percent shortfall in manpower is made up by feckless employees accustomed to eat-

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ing regularly and sleeping indoors.

Don’t let righteous indignation stand in the way of enjoying your turkey and trimmings. Big box stores are upholding the American way of giving.

It started not long after that first Thanksgiving feast. Maybe the funny hats and all those “thees” and “thous” should have tipped off the original owners of the land of the free, but it was several years before they realized what the newcomers were giving them, good and hard.

And they kept on giving, treaty after shattered treaty, promise upon broken promise. They gave the Sioux a prairie unspoiled by buf-

falo, the Comanche a dry wasteland to farm, a trail of tears to the Cherokee.

In the name of Manifest Destiny, our forebears slashed their way across the continent, even as clueless folks like Brigham Young made a wrong turn in Wyoming and ended up in Utah, where they founded the Church of Donny and Marie.

At day’s end, to paraphrase a prescient Roman philosopher, they made a desert and called it peace.

Like those pioneers, Walmart and the Big Box Brethren (which, by the way, would make a great name for an alternative rock band) marched bravely into Bangladesh, China and Vietnam crying, “Bring us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, and we will pay them 27 cents an hour to make sweatshirts and Cabbage Patch Kid knockoffs.”

Theirs is the gift that keeps on giving: consumerism. They will give it to the American people with

both barrels just as long as our demand for cheap goods outweighs our notion of fairness for the workers, here and abroad, who make it possible.

In the recent mid-term elections, voters approved a hike in the minimum wage in a handful of states.

Those results are likely to become outliers in a political environment that sees Walmart effectively bribing its employees to donate to a political action committee that backs the company’s favorite politicians.

Your money is safe if you bet none of those turkeys favors a bump in the federal minimum wage.

Obviously, we don’t hold a monopoly on exploiting the less fortunate and driving them from their ancestral homes. It’s a practice that long predates Hitler’s quest for “Lebensraum.”

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Knoxville on the road to ‘bike-friendly’

By Wendy Smith Last week, Knoxville, along with 356 other communities in the country, received the Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) award from the League of American Bicyclists. This is the second time the city has been recognized for its bike lanes, designated bike routes and encouragement to bike through education and events, says Knoxville Alternative Transportation Coordinator Jon Livengood.

While difficult to achieve, bronze is the lowest level awarded by the league, so there is room for improvement, he says.

“We are on the very bottom end of being a bicyclefriendly community.”

No community has received the top award − diamond − and only four have received the platinum designation. Gold, silver and bronze follow. But the fact that the city has hired Livengood − a traffic engineer who oversees transportation infrastructure for cyclists, pedestrians and transit users − is a step in the right direction, says Kelley Segars, director of the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization’s (TPO) bicycle program.

Knoxville is also the only city within the TPO’s member jurisdictions to take advantage of the organization’s offer to fund 80 percent of the development of a Bicycle Facilities Plan. To qualify for the grant, the city had to spring for 20 percent of the cost and be willing to implement proposed projects, Segars says.

Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. and Toole Design Group developed the city’s plan, which was recently finished. Public input was solicited at a May meeting, and a map of the overall

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Tom Wright loads his bike after a ride on the Third Creek Greenway. bikeway network and a prioritized project list will be unveiled at a second meeting in December, Livengood says.

One of the prioritized projects is a connector from Chapman Highway to the Henley Bridge. The bridge has bike lanes, but there’s currently no safe, direct way to get there, he says.

Another is an improvement to the city’s signed bike route from Cedar Bluff Road to downtown. The shoulder of Kingston Pike between Wesley Road and Golf Course needs to be widened.

The intersection of Old Broadway and I-640 is another priority. An upcoming TDOT project to reconfigure the intersection doesn’t include bike lanes. But TDOT improvements on Western Avenue adjacent to Tennessee Avenue will include bike lanes, and Livengood hopes the city will add bike lanes at both ends. That project isn’t expected to begin until 2016.

When Segars moved

to Knoxville in 2001, she could count on one hand the number of bicycles she’d see downtown in a day. Now, she sees that many within 15 minutes. The sheer number of people on bikes has created a cultural shift that’s changed the way cyclists are viewed by the general public and by city government, she says.

While that shift is evident downtown, it hasn’t reached West Knoxville. Fewer corridors mean more traffic at higher speeds − and less patience with bicycles. An upcoming training session will certify additional bike-safety instructors who will be available to speak to neighborhood groups and service clubs about how to share the road.

One of the most important things for motorists to understand is that cyclists are people. Many of them are just trying to get to work, she says.

“They’re not trying to change the world. They may not be able to afford a car, and they’re vulnerable.”

Photo by Wendy Smith

West Knox to Oak Ridge Greenway plan review The Great Smoky Mountains Regional Greenway Council, Knoxville Regional TPO and their partners will hold a public open house 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, in the auditorium at Hardin Valley Academy to present conceptual greenway routes linking existing greenway trails in West Knoxville, West Knox County and the city of Oak Ridge.

The public can provide feedback on proposed amenities and greenway alignments linking: ■ the Ten Mile Creek Greenway in West Knoxville and West Knox County ■ the Pellissippi Greenway in West Knox County ■ the Melton Lake Greenway in Oak Ridge.

Schoonmaker has earned the right to serve

By Sandra Clark John Schoonmaker is the most tenacious man I know, almost like the guy named Ahab who went after a big fish.

Schoonmaker wants to serve on the Knox County Commission. He stood as a candidate in 2008, finishing second in a field of five but not claiming the GOP nomination – crucial for winning in the heavily Republican District 5.

Now that Richard Briggs has moved on to the state Senate, Schoonmaker will get another chance.

County Commission will select Briggs’ successor (details follow this column).

John is best known for his work as a volunteer member and chair of the county’s

Board of Zoning Appeals.

He and his predecessor, William Daniels, get credit for profesSchoonmaker sionalizing a body that was previously known for its political bent.

John served as president of the Council of West Knox County Homeowners for 11 years, stepping down when he joined BZA in 2009.

But he continued to attend council meetings, updating board members on upcoming zoning matters before the Metropolitan Planning Commission, the County Commission and the BZA.

John’s interests are broader than zoning.

In seeking the appointment, he mentions support for parks and libraries. He wants raises for county employees. As a lifelong Republican, he supports Tim Burchett’s efforts to hold the line on the property-tax rate.

“I don’t know all the answers, but I’m not bashful about asking questions,” he says. John is in sales, and maybe that career choice has strengthened his tenacity. When John is rebuffed, he just doubles down and keeps going.

John and Heather have been married for 35 years and have two children, Laura and Justin. Their home is in Tan Rara Oeste subdivision. John has volunteered

in several parent groups at Farragut High School.

A goal is to get more citizens involved with local government – where one person can make a difference.

District 5 includes Farragut and West Knox County.

It took Lauren Hopson tions.

Did Fugate’s attempt at almost no time to respond to Doug Harris’ remarks on diplomacy succeed?

It’s too soon to tell, but WBIR TV’s “Inside Tenneshis erstwhile allies like Hopsee” Sunday. son (a third-grade teacher at Halls Elementary School and a leader of the teachers’ revolt) have their doubts.

Betty “This is the second time Bean Doug Harris has bold-faced lied and said he hasn’t heard from parents in his district who oppose the SAT-10 Harris and school board test,” Hopson said. “He said chair Mike McMillan were the same thing at a board on the morning show with meeting, but teachers and parents John Becker. By 1 p.m., from his Hopson had posted an district cereight-point summary of tainly have his remarks on the SPEAK contacted (Students, Parents, Educahim.

One tors Across Knox County) parent even Facebook page. Within posted a a half hour, her post had screen shot drawn 25 responses. By 4 on Facep.m., there were 54 – none Harris book of her of them happy with Harris.

Much of the criticism cen- email to him.”

Hopson didn’t spare pantered on his spirited defense of the SAT-10 test, which elist Don Bosch, who genKnox County Schools has erally supports McIntyre’s been giving to kindergarten education reform agenda, through second-grade stu- and said he could educate dents, and which the board himself by listening to the voted 6-3 to abolish earlier speech that then-Farragut this month because the new High School senior Ethan board members and McMil- Young delivered to the lan believe it to be develop- board last November.

“Go back and listen to mentally inappropriate (two of the new members, Amber Ethan Young’s speech. He Rountree and Patti Bounds, connects the dots,” Hopson have administered the test). said. “Some of the standards Harris, a fervent sup- in math and science are not porter of Superintendent even as high as the ones we James McIntyre, said he were teaching before. Comvoted with the majority on mon Core has nothing to do the hope that he could bring with higher standards. It has the SAT-10 back for recon- to do with rebranding and sideration at a later date. He with a whole bunch of people said he hasn’t been hearing making money off it.”

Hopson praised McMillan complaints about the test from teachers or parents in for saying he found it “odd” his district and pointed to that complaints about teach“grade inflation” as a prob- ers potentially losing bonus lem that standardized test- money without SAT-10 data weren’t aired until after the ing is designed to remedy.

Harris is vice chair of the special called meeting to board thanks to a vote from vote on abolishing it and for interim board member John reminding Harris “… that Fugate (not a McIntyre sup- the supervisors and principorter) who explained that pals with whom he is so fond he voted for Harris to pro- of talking work directly for mote unity on a body that the superintendent.

“Perfect response,” said is badly polarized between pro- and anti-McIntyre fac- Hopson.

Notice of Appointment

Marvin West

Applicants should submit resumes by 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, by mail, fax, email or hand-delivery to Suite 603, City County Building, 400 Main St., Knoxville, TN 37902. Fax: 2152038, email commission@knoxcounty.org. Info: 865-215-2534.

The appointment will be made at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, or immediately following a public hearing at 4 p.m. on that day. Both meetings are in the main assembly room, City County Building.

Appointee will serve until the next election, August 2016.

Unfortunately, what happened in the final four minutes is what we remember.

The Commodores drove the length of the field, 92 yards to be precise, to break some hearts, shatter the home team, put an end to bowl hopes and guarantee a fourth consecutive losing season.

Perhaps you recall the sequence of events: Two long pass plays, a facemask

From previous page penalty and video evidence that overturned a ruling on the field. The clincher was quarterback Patton Robinette’s fake pass and fiveyard scamper to the end zone with 16 seconds to spare. It looked so easy. It hurt so bad.

I’m trying to forget, I really am. This Tennessee team could help several of us while saving itself.

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Meet the Christmas authors and elves

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Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church members raised funds for their Family Life Center by combining a fun event for the community with a Christmas shopping opportunity Nov.15.

The church sponsored a Craft Bazaar in the Family Life Center featuring jewelry, food, doll clothes and accessories, wood crafts and much more. Authors were on hand to sign copies of their books, and Veteran Christian writer and Powell resident Don Goodpaster brought readyto-frame prints of his inspirational poems.

Deborah Stansberry has been attending Beaver Ridge UMC for more than 18 years.

This was her first year to organize the annual event.

“I didn’t intend to get as involved as I did, but it was a ton of fun,” she said. “We had so many vendors who wanted to participate we even ended up with a wait list.”

Author Janet Greer brought her books and elf friends to the event. Greer promotes her books and appears in area schools. Her first book “When You Hear a Siren” honors her father, who was in law enforcement Janet Greer poses with her favorite elf friend from her book for more than 30 years. The “The Nana Stories.” story encourages children to pray for the people being transported in emergency vehicles.

Her second book “The Nana Stories” is packed with humorous stories about her grandchildren and the elf, and a few will tug at your heartstrings.

Many of the vendors will have booths at the craft fair scheduled for Dec. 6 at Fellowship Church on Middlebrook Pike.

Beaver Ridge UMC is considering combining the event with a youth fundraiser next year and possibly adding Don Goodpaster can recite many of his poems from memory. rummage sale items and en- Photos by Cindy Taylor tertainment.

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Judith Didier is a musician and writer. Didier brought her first book “A Week in the Country” to sell at the craft fair.

Jerry Williams designs unique birdhouses including this one created to resemble a traffic light.

Knowing the Bible

The New Testament of Jesus Christ: ■ 181,253 words ■ 7,959 verses ■ 260 chapters ■ 27 books rDid you know an average reader (8 verses a minnute) who spends 30 minutes a day can read the entire New Testament through in 30 days? Do that every day and one would read the New Testament through 12 times in a year. Do that for just 10 years and one will have read the New Testament through 120 times!

Our unfamiliarity with the Bible is a witness against us. No larger than what the New Testament is, why haven’t we mastered

Steve Higginbotham that material? We’ve been Christians for years, decades even, yet we fumble through the pages unsure of our destination.

You would think that a book, the only book which gives us directions to Heaven, would be consumed and devoured by people wanting to go to Heaven. You would think that such a small amount of material, which directly affects our eter-

nal destiny, would be read, studied, analyzed and mastered.

Friends, there’s no excuse. Our ignorance betrays us. We’ve chosen the world over the Word. But it’s not too late. Most who read this message will have another 10 years to live. Spend a half hour every day for those next 10 years and you will have read the New Testament through 120 times! Think of it! Such little effort put forth for such great results! What awaits you? Just ...

■ 27 books ■ 260 chapters ■ 7,959 verses ■ 181,253 words Steve Higginbotham is the pulpit pastor at Karns Church of Christ.

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Gospel on the go: Farragut ministry keeps on truckin’

By Carol Shane The holidays can be a lonely time for those who must be away from their loved ones. Many of us are aware of people in the military, or those who must be far away for other reasons.

Long-haul truckers fit the latter category. And the Rev. Leonard Turner of Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Farragut feels called to help them, not just during the holiday season but throughout the year.

Turner (“I’m ‘Leonard,’ by the way”) has been spearheading a truck stop ministry for 21 years. He’s at the Petro on Watt road at 7 a.m. every Sunday morning, prepping for an 8:30 service and inviting folks to join him. At 11, another service is held at the TA truck stop on Lovell Road.

He traces the ministry back to his desire for a CB

Attempting to “breaker, breaker” in on the truckers’ chatter, Leonard was stopped several times by “cuss fights. They were just saying awful things to each other. I had the thought, ‘pearls before swine.’ But I kept trying.

“Then I was led to go to Petro. I walked in and asked, ‘Is there a place I can have a church service?’”

The manager offered the TV room, and Turner, along with a small band of volunteers, has been there ever since.

“We invite everyone in Gary Hamby and the Rev. Leonard Turner of Union Cumberland the travel area. And if we’re Presbyterian Church in Farragut get the songs and message having something special at ready for an 8:30 a.m. Sunday service at Petro Truck Stop off the (Farragut) church, we’ll Watt Road. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell invite them. We’ll bring them and drive them back.” radio back in the 1980s. “I I could find. I said, ‘Lord, For more information on had bought a li’l ol’ Jeep, what do you want me to do the church’s truck stop minand I couldn’t get it out of with this?’ He said, ‘Sit on istry, call 966-9404. my head to buy a CB radio. the side of the road and talk Send story suggestions to news@shopI bought the cheapest one to these guys.’” pernewsnow.com.

The hypocritical

swan

But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, the ossifrage, the ospray, the glede, the kite, the vulture after his kind, every raven after his kind, the owl, the night hawk, the cuckow, the hawk after his kind, the little owl, the great owl, the swan, the pelican, the gier eagle, the cormorant, the stork, the heron after her kind, the lapwing, and the bat.

(Leviticus 11: 13-19 KJV) Thanksgiving is upon us; perhaps that is why I am thinking about birds on the dinner table.

Ben Franklin famously wanted the national bird to be the turkey, because they were so abundant in the New World, and because they had been partially responsible for the survival of the Pilgrims. He was ultimately overruled in favor of the bald eagle.

However, it is the swan – the lovely swan – that I want to consider today.

Swans are graceful, peaceful, and pure white, gliding across a lake. Graceful, that is, until you see them on land. Then they are ungainly, awkward, mean, and, on top of all that, they have ugly black legs and feet which are set too far back on their black bodies. A swan on land is not – not, I tell you – a thing of beauty.

Cross Currents

Lynn Pitts

It was the white feathers and the black body that made them a medieval symbol of hypocrisy. To the medieval mind, swans were pretending to be something they were not.

Perhaps that is why swans were included in the list of unclean birds that were not to be eaten by the Israelites.

The next time you see a swan – graceful on a lake, or gracelessly on land – think about your own soul, and whether or not you are what you appear to be from the outside.

Event coordinators Joan Paul, left, and Ann Harvey are all smiles with Rev. John Gill of Church of the Savior Church of Christ at the second annual A Season of Thanksgiving Gift Basket Auction to benefit the church. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Auction at Church of Christ

By Nancy Anderson Raising money can be an arduous task. The folks at Church of the Savoir Church of Christ decided to put a little fun into the mission.

Committee members pulled together goods, services, treats and eats, then divided them into 55 themed baskets to be auctioned off at A Season of Thanksgiving Gift Basket Auction.

To add to the fun, winemaker Shay Boswell hosted a wine tasting called Flights of European Wines, where she talked about each wine the guests sampled.

More than 70 attended the event. “The basket auction is a fundraiser for the church to help fund general operating costs, but it’s also a fun raiser,” says Joan Paul, one of the organizers. “It’s an opportunity for us to get together to enjoy good food and fun before the busy holiday season hits.”

Rev. John Gill, senior pastor, says the event was more creative than just asking the membership for a cash dona-

Door prizes were plentiful at the fun event. Ann Harvey, left, gives a bottle of cabernet to Suzan Bowman after her number was called.

This basket of bath goodies was a favorite.

FAITH NOTES Community programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host a free Thanksgiving dinner for the community 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 27, in the church Family Life Center. Reservations appreciated but not required.

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Leslie Etheredge, associate pastor, was just finishing a slice of cheesecake. She quips, “I heard someone say that Family programs Southerners don’t eat until ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 they get full, they eat until Oak Ridge Highway, hosts they get tired. Well, I’m tired.”

Wednesday Night Dinners tion. “We do many fundraisers for outreach services in the community and around the world, but this was a little different for us. It is important to support the infrastructure, staff and on-going ministries. We hope to grow this into a larger community event.”

each week. Dinner and dessert, 5:45 p.m.: $7 for adults and children ages 6 and up; $3 for ages 5 and under; $20 maximum for a family. Classes, study groups and activities, 6:30. Dinner reservations and payment deadline: noon Monday.

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Retired teachers scholarship selection committee member Janet Oakes presents UTK student Rachel Principe with the Colleen Bennett Scholarship. Principe is completing her internship at West Valley Middle.

Jim Oakes presents the Reuben/Pat Hunter scholarship to Ellie Vaughn at the Retired Teachers Association luncheon. Vaughn, a UTK student, is an intern in the English department at Fulton South College student Jessica Triboulet receives the Don Akers Scholarship from Patty Richardson.

High.

Retired teachers honor scholarship recipients

By Ruth White Retired teachers from across Knox County gathered for a celebration luncheon to award deserving college students pursuing a career in the education field.

Long ago the event featured two scholarships of $500 each in honor of Reuben Hunter and Tom Under-

wood. Over the years, the scholarship amounts and the number of recipients have grown, and this year, six $1,000 scholarships were awarded.

The scholarships are given through donations and provide the recipients with financial assistance as they finish their education.

Dotty Vinson awards the Geneva Jennings Scholarship to UTK student Marissa Mitchell.

Benjamin Collins, intern at STEM Academy, receives the Tom Underwood Scholarship from Vicki Andrews. Benjamin is a student at the University of Tennessee. Photos by R. White

MILESTONES Armstrong attends medical academy Shannon Smith receives the Association Scholarship from Mary Lou Kanipe at the Retired Teachers Association luncheon. Smith is a student at South College.

Armstrong

Rock y Hill’s Monique Armstrong, a sophomore at the L&N S T E M A c a d e m y, recently attended the Congress of

Future Medical Leaders in Washington, D.C. The Congress, sponsored by the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists, is an honorsonly program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research. Monique was nominated by Dr. Connie Maria-

no, the medical director of the national academy.

Monique joined students from across the country to hear speakers and meet medical school officials. She heard from patients who are living medical miracles and also learned about cuttingedge advances in medical technology.

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Matthew Tooni sings during the dances.

Sherry and Mark Finchum of Indian Creek Productions prepare for the beaver dance.

Mia McCarthy, Carter Starliper and Mary Auburn Bennett follow dancers Nikki Crisp and John Tooni during the ant dance. Photos by S. Barrett

Learning heritage at Northshore Elementary “Siyo!” (See-yoh) Native American dancers greeted students entering the gymnasium at Northshore Elementary School with this word, which means “hello” in the Cherokee language. In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, members of Indian Creek Productions entertained with dancing and living history demonstrations.

Students learned the bullfrog, beaver and ant dances and about the Native American lifestyle.

John Tooni and Matthew Tooni danced with the children and even pulled parSara ent volunteers and faculty Barrett onto the dance floor. Indian Creek Productions has been presenting living history for about 30 years.

Mark Finchum says some Mark Finchum, president might disagree as to the of Indian Creek, said the most rewarding aspect of most interesting reaction he’s performing. “However, all received from a child is a re- would agree to the imporquest for an autograph, and tance of passing on Native that kids always get excited culture to the next generawhen he shoots a blowgun. tion, native and non-native Finchum, his wife, Sher- alike. Plus, we like to have ry, and dancers Nikki Crisp, fun.”

Skye Harkins and Layne Cortez lead classmates in the bullfrog dance.

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Vendor Jessica Allen assists Sydney Stamey as she tries on lip-gloss at Allen’s table for Unique Cosmetics, a favorite among teens and tweens. “I hope they keep having this show and that it grows bigger and better every year,” said Allen. “I’d definitely come back.”

Holiday show at Ball Camp Knox County school board member Terry Hill and Ball Camp Elementary School PTA president Katie Mingie are all smiles at the school’s PTA holiday vendor show and fundraiser. One of two major fundraisers the PTA hosts each year, vendor fees and donations help pay for much-needed technology including iPads for the students. “We’re having a great time promoting small businesses and crafters in the area while raising money for the kids,” said Mingie.

“We desperately need an upgrade in technology. It’s a win-win for everyone, and lots of fun.” Photos by N. Anderson

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Familiar faces, and beaks, dot film landscape You don’t have to wait until the weekend to gobble up the latest movies. The film feast starts today with three new features.

Dale (Charlie Day), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Nick (Jason Bateman) go from one bad idea to another in “Horrible Bosses 2.”

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“Horrible Bosses 2” continues the misadventures of Nick, Dale and Kurt, who failed so miserably in their attempts to kill their bosses in the 2011 original. This time, the three are trying to be their own bosses by launching a company to sell their original invention.

Unfortunately, an unscrupulous rival steals their invention and leaves them less than penniless, and they have to come up with a way to repay a gigantic loan.

Their solution: kidnap their rival’s grown son and demand a ransom.

Turns out the hapless criminals are no better at kidnapping than they are at murder. They make plans based on the plots of movies they’ve seen. And it doesn’t help when their “victim” turns the tables on them.

Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis return as the clueless trio.

Also back from the first film are Jennifer Aniston and Jamie Foxx. Chris Pine and Christoph Waltz come on board as baddies.

A second new film also comes from sources we’ve seen before. “Penguins of Madagascar” evolved from the “Madagascar” movie franchise and its TV spinoff, “The Penguins of Madagascar.”

Anyone with brains realized the Penguins deserved

their own big-screen adventure, and that’s what they get here. Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private set out to stop an evil scientist from destroying the world, joining forces with a high-tech group that doesn’t appreciate the Penguins’ approach.

The introduction shows the origin of the Penguins, who are not the typical cute waddlers usually depicted

in Antarctic footage. An in joke for movie fans is the inclusion of director Werner Herzog as the narrator of the early footage; Herzog previously made his own non-cutesy Antarctic film,

“Encounters at the End of the World.”

Joining the vocal cast are John Malkovich and Benedict Cumberbatch.

There’s been a lot of footage on physicist Stephen

Hawking through the years, but “The Theory of Everything” takes a narrative approach to the story of the renowned scientist’s relationship with his wife.

Eddie Redmayne (“Les

Miserables”) and Felicity Jones (“The Amazing Spider-Man 2”) play the couple in a biopic directed

by James March, known for documentaries such as “Man on Wire” and “Project Nim.” The movie, which also stars David Thewlis and Emily Watson, arrives with a landslide of positive critical buzz.

Private, Skipper, Rico and Kowalski engage in global espionage to stop a crazed scientist.

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NHC residents enjoy life and have fun!

Surgeons Dr. Joel “Trey” Bradley and Dr. Kristopher Williams work with patients before surgery to prepare them for successful complex hernia repair.

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Tonia Brock had been battling a bulge in her abdomen for more than a dozen years. But the lump in the Knox County woman’s abdomen wasn’t due to weight gain or obesity, it was a large, multiply recurrent hernia. A hernia is weakness or hole in the abdominal muscles that allows an organ or tissue to protrude through the weakened area.

Brock says she developed her first hernia several years after having an ileostomy, or surgically created diversion of the intestines installed in her abdominal wall to remove body waste. Brock needed the ileostomy when her diseased colon was removed at age 29.

Brock’s hernia was surgically repaired for the first time in 1998, but because of infection the hernia eventually reoccurred.

It was the beginning of Tonia Brock is a long string of hernia excited about surgeries for her. To date, having a better the now 71-year old, has quality of life undergoing undergone at least nine after abdominal wall hernia repairs, without a reconstruction to repair her large, permanent resolution.

“I’d had many, many multiply recurrent hernia. hernia surgeries,” explains Brock. “Each time they fix it, I’ll be fine for a year or two, and then the hernia starts to bulge out again.”

In recent years, Brock’s hernia grew uncomfortably large and had such a negative effect on her quality of life that she seldom left her home.

“It was like my whole stomach was a hernia.

It looked like I was carrying a big watermelon around,” remembers Brock. “It really impacted my life.”

Brock is one of a growing number of people with a hernia so complex it can’t be repaired by traditional techniques. Dr. Joel “Trey” Bradley and Dr. Kristopher Williams specialize in abdominal wall reconstruction for complex hernia patients like Brock, as well as abdominal catastrophes caused by disease or trauma such as a gunshot wound or auto accident. The physicians joined Premier Surgical in Knoxville this summer.

The pair first teamed up in fellowship training at the nationally-known Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. There, Dr. Bradley and Dr. Williams learned to repair the most complex hernias using advanced techniques. The repairs can be very challenging and often takes many hours.

The surgeons also worked extensively to research and identify key factors that cause the failure of some hernia repairs. This expertise is applied in their daily practice at Premier Surgical.

“Hernia repairs fail for a reason,” explains Dr. Bradley. “It may be due to infection, weak tissue, or technical aspects of the previous repair, or the patient’s own health factors.”

Dr. Bradley says smoking, obesity, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition and previous wound infections are factors that can diminish the success of hernia surgery.

Dr. Bradley and Dr. Williams work closely with their complex hernia patients before surgery to prepare them for a successful and lifelong functional hernia repair.

“We counsel our patients preoperatively to ensure they do everything possible to lower their known risk factors,” says Dr. Williams.

“They must work to stop smoking, control their diabetes, ensure proper nutrition and lose weight prior to such a major surgical undertaking.”

The preparation is worth it for people like Tonia Brock, whose complex hernia was recently repaired by Drs. Bradley and Williams.

“I’m hopeful this is the last hernia surgery I’ll ever need. I’m excited about having a much better quality of life now,” says Brock. “I am so pleased and thankful to God for Dr. Bradley and Dr. Williams.”

For more information about complex hernia repair, visit www.premiersurgical.com.

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A wealth of holiday activities

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 26DEC. 21

This Thi Th is Thursday, is Thurs hursd day, day y, while whi hille le you you and your loved ones are digesting that big Thanksgiving dinner and giving thanks for all you have, you might turn an eye to Knoxville’s coming Christmas in the City festival. It promises a wealth of activities for all interests and ages.

■ “A Christmas Carol,” Clarence Brown Theatre Mainstage, UT campus. Info/tickets/ performances: 974-5161 or clarencebrowntheatre.com/.

THURSDAYS-SUNDAYS, NOV. 28DEC. 14 ■ “The Games Afoot” by Ken Ludwig presented by Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St. Performances: 8 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: theatreknoxville. com or at the door. Info: theatreknoxville.com.

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY The whole thing kicks off this Friday, Nov. 28, at 6 p.m. at Market Square, Krutch Park and Krutch Park Extension. Downtown Knoxville will become a Christmas village with caroling and marshmallow roasting, the lighting of the 38-foot Christmas tree and a performance by the Old City Buskers. There’ll be free activities such as pictures with Santa Claus, hot cocoa provided by the Salvation Army, face painting, balloon animals and much more.

Sponsored by Regal Entertainment, Pilot, Krispy Kreme, WDVX, WATE Channel 6, 93.1 WNOX, Home Depot, The Muse Knoxville, Cheerwine, Knoxville News Sentinel, Crowne Plaza and All Occasions Party Rentals, the opening celebration will also feature WDVX’s “Holiday Ho-Ho-Hoedown” at 6:30 p.m. on the Market Square Stage. This lively show will include Madisonville’s own national singing sensation, 10-year-old Emi Sunshine, and her backup band, the Rain, which consists of her dad, brother and uncle.

Emi (Emily Sunshine Hamilton) is the little girl with the big voice who appeared on the “Today”

Plate it

■ Christmas Gift Bazaar, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., The Yarn Haven, 464 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Featuring handcrafted items from local artisans. Info: 694-9900 or www.theyarnhaven.com.

■ Holiday Open House, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Tea & Treasures, 4104 W. Martin Mill Pike. Refreshments, door prizes and fun holiday gift ideas.

SATURDAY ■ Children’s Program: Drop-and-Shop, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. For grades K-5. Fee: $30 members; $40 non-members. Pancake breakfast included. Info/to register: 577-4717, ext. 116.

The city of Knoxville will take on a holiday glow after the kickoff of Christmas in the City this weekend. Photo submitted

show this past March. She’s packed with talent and vocal sass and has a presence that practically jumps off the stage. The video of her Market Square performance of “Folsom Prison Blues” has gone viral. She also picks and has the guts to take solos – good ones – on her ukulele after less than two years of learning the instrument.

Also appearing will be another East Tennessee up-and-comer, singersongwriter Mae Beth Har-

ris, who was featured on WDVX’s “Tennessee Shines” this past September.

Make sure to catch these rising stars while you can, along with the Step Above Dance School’s national championship clogging team.

WDVX personality Freddy Smith is master of ceremonies.

Another very different kind of holiday celebration takes place the following two Thursdays when the Knoxville Chamber Cho-

rale presents its Christmas concert. This elite group is a 28-member choral ensemble conducted by Dr. John R. Orr. Auditioning members were from the Knoxville Choral Society.

If you yearn for the rich, warm sound of beautiful voices ringing through an English cathedral, admittedly on this side of the pond, you won’t do better than this concert, which features choral arrangements of Christmas classics as well as newer music

arranged for unaccompanied choir. Among the pieces to be performed are Sweelinck’s “Hodie Christus natus est” and “Quem pastores laudavere” by James Bassi, as well as new arrangements of “Away in a Manger” and “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen” by modern composer Ola Gjeilo. There will also be holiday favorites such as “Deck the Halls,” “Go Tell It on the Mountain” and “Silver Bells.”

I don’t know about you, but, for me, it just isn’t Christmas until I hear “Silver Bells.”

There will be two performances of the concert:

Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 413 Cumberland Ave.; and Thursday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Oak Ridge, 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Both are free and open to the public.

Stay with this column in the coming weeks for more “Christmas in the City” activities, as well as a close-up look at this year’s Appalachian Ballet “The Nutcracker” and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Clayton Holiday Concerts.

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Cazzy’s Corner Grill

Having a place “where everybody knows your name” is hard to come by in today’s busy and transient world. Cazzy’s Corner Grill, 2099 Thunderhead Road, opened in the growing community off Pellissippi Parkway and Northshore Drive with hopes of being that neighborhood place.

You’ll have to ask the regulars if they have accomplished their goals. Me? I heard the grill had killer fish and chips, so I was just there for the food. No one yelled, “Norm!” while I was there, but the folks gathered around the dozen-plus tele-

Fish and chips Mystery Diner

visions seemed to be enjoying the food and the fellowship.

I wasn’t disappointed.

Cazzy’s fish and chips are crunchy on the outside and

flaky-good on the inside.

Nothing soggy, not too heavily battered – my two usual complaints with fish and chips. I’m not saying it’s just because they use Newcastle Brown Ale to batter the fish that makes me a fan, but, hey – fish, fries and beer in the batter? Hard not to like.

You have your choice of sides with the fish and chips, so I picked the Asian slaw even though the sweet potato mash was yelling my

Build your character.

name. Two potatoes at one meal should only be done in the privacy of your own home or at Thanksgiving.

Actually, it’s a rule at Thanksgiving, so pile up your plate tomorrow with all that home cooking. Then, when the thought of another bite of turkey is inconceivable, remember Cazzy’s fish and chips.

And introduce yourself, especially if your name is Norm.

Cazzy’s Corner Grill has a great fish and chips, shown with house fries and Asian slaw. Photo by Mystery Diner

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Quicker airline boarding ahead

By Anne Hart

There’s some good news for frequent flyers who suffer through long lines and security checkpoints at airports across the country.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has opened a Pre-check Enrollment Center at the UPS Store, 6923 Maynardville Pike, where you can be fingerprinted, present documentation verifying your identity and begin other procedures to expedite your progress through security at airports nationwide.

Stephen N. Wood, Federal Security Director for all airports in Tennessee since July 2013, described the process at a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Bearden.

Wood said that with pre-check documentation, passengers will not be required to remove their shoes, belt or lightweight jacket and may keep possession of a Wood computer in its case.

TSA was formed as a result of the 9/11 attacks.

Wood joined the TSA in 2008 after a 24-year career in the U.S. Army, where he rose to the rank of colonel.

He signed on with the TSA “because I wanted to continue public service.”

He credited Richard Reid, the “shoe bomber”

who planted explosives in his shoe in an attempt to blow up an airplane on a flight between Paris and Miami, with “changing the way we do business” at airports around the world.

Reid’s actions, although thwarted, led to dramatic changes regarding security screenings and what can be taken aboard planes in carry-on luggage.

Wood said that while the rules and the security checkpoints may seem excessive to some passengers, “There’s a lot going on behind the scenes that you don’t even know about” to provide additional safeguards against terrorism.

And perhaps not surprisingly, Wood said “dogs are some of the best capabilities

we have for detecting explosives.”

Wood said it’s not against the law to take a gun on a flight, but it can’t be loaded, it must be declared and it must be in luggage that is checked.

The penalty for non-compliance is up to $3,000.

In answer to a question about security in other countries, Wood responded, “While we can’t tell foreign countries what to do, we can require that they comply with our regulations to be able to fly to the US.” Additional information about TSA Pre-check is available by calling 1-855347-8371 or online at www. tsa.gov.

News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

Giving thanks at KCDC

By Alvin Nance Every Thanksgiving, the KCDC administration and senior asset managers at each property join to make the holidays just as speNance cial for our residents as they are for us.

Our senior asset managers selected families at several KCDC properties to receive boxes with everything needed for Thanksgiving

dinner. Families at Northgate Terrace, Valley Oaks, Autumn Landing, Nature’s Cove and Passport Homes will receive boxes stocked with food, hand-delivered this week by our staff.

Each year, KCDC purchases the turkeys, and the KCDC property staff donate all the fi xings. Our Community Involvement Committee organizes the donations and makes sure every box has all the needed food, said Tiara Webb, committee chair. The week of Thanksgiving, KCDC employees travel to each home

to provide a grateful family with turkey, stuffing, gravy, canned vegetables, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, packaged desserts and other nonperishables to make the holiday meal special.

Beth Bacon, senior asset manager of Passport Homes, says she welcomes being able to give back to families in her community. Bacon will deliver a Thanksgiving meal box to Lamar Moore, Venus Walker and their four children in Mechanicsville.

“Every year, our staff sits down and thinks of a deserving family to receive the basket,” Bacon said. “Lamar is a working dad, and Venus graduated from a college

program in the top of her class. With four children, we hope this donated meal will allow them to spend their money on other things to make this holiday season special for their family.”

Bacon has served on the Community Involvement Committee since its creation. She helped plan the first Thanksgiving donation more than 10 years ago.

This Thanksgiving, I am thankful to be a part of a team that cares about our residents and wants to make their holidays special.

Giving truly is the best gift of the holiday season.

Alvin Nance is executive director and CEO of KCDC.

Copper Cellar employees gift American Cancer Society

By Sandra Clark Rick Laney sure knows how to draw a crowd. Copper Cellar is giving away a bunch of money and, by the way, we’ll even feed you, he wrote. Wow! Every starving reporter in town was there.

Bart Fricks, chief operating officer for The Copper Cellar Family of Restaurants, said the staff launched the fundraiser called Making Strides in 2011. Each year, more money is raised and this year’s contribution topped last year’s by $5,000.

Employees created competitions to spur donations.

Team captains from each restaurant were honored at last week’s event.

And yes, the food was fantastic.

Amy Fields of the American Cancer Society accepts a check for $38,289.02 from Bart Fricks, chief operating officer of The Copper Cellar Family of Restaurants.

Exchange students share experiences

By Bonny C. Millard Webb School senior Emily Brener’s exchange year in South Korea taught her many things about life outside of the United States and about herself.

Brener, who soaked up the county’s culture while attending high school there last year, said the experience taught her to overcome shyness. She went through the Rotary Youth Exchange program.

Her counterpart, Francesca Panero, who is from Turin, Italy, is spending this year at Webb. Both spoke to the Rotary Club of Knoxville about their experiences.

Liz Gregor, Webb’s multicultural coordinator, said students show a lot of courage to participate in the exchange program, living in a foreign country where they may or may not speak the language.

“It takes a mature, confident, open-minded student to do that,” Gregor said. “It’s a leap of faith.”

The high school Brener attended in South Korea is much larger than Webb

with about 1,500 more students, she said. Brener, wearing a hanbok, the traditional dress of Korean women, said she’d always been interested in South Korea and its cultural.

“I learned to cook a lot of different recipes.”

Brener traveled to a northern providence on the North Korean border. Buddha statues had been placed at the border as a means to promote peace.

She learned about the Korean War by listening to stories of one of her Korean grandfathers, and she discovered how grateful he was for the Americans who helped to fight the war.

“I had an amazing year and learned so much,” she said.

Panero, who speaks four languages, shared details about her country and some of her experiences here including an overwhelming but fun day at Neyland Stadium during a UT football game.

“I had never seen 100,000 people all together.”

UPCOMING AT THE FARRAGUT WEST KNOX CHAMBER ■ Dec. 2, 10:30-11:30 a.m., ribbon cutting, IAOMAI, 100 Church St.

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Amy Fields, community events specialist, said the American Cancer Society will use the gift. “Partnerships like this help us move the marble” toward finding a cure for breast cancer.

Scott Evans, ACS senior representative for community engagement, thanked the Copper Cellar staff.

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‘Kane’ visits Rotary

By Bonny Millard

Fox Den for a Cure Fox Den for a Cure presented Susan G Komen, Knoxville, with a check for $66,890.34 that the group raised through multiple events during October, Breast Cancer Awareness month. Pictured are Rob Cameron, director of sports activity; Robin Purvis, committee member; Margaret Laning, committee member; Bill Enser, Fox Den for a Cure committee chair; Jane Brannon, executive director Susan G. Komen, Knoxville; Dave Largent, Fox Den general manager; Barbara Enser, committee member; and Heather Crutcher, Fox Den clubhouse manager. Photo submitted

The Coffin family: Almost 100 years in local retail

By Anne Hart When three generations of Knoxville’s Coffin family get together, the stories they share about their retail business quickly lead from one to another, all the while painting a picture of not only their stores, but a sizable piece of this city’s history for almost a century.

The family owns Coffin Shoe Co. in the Bearden Center and J. P. Coffin’s women’s clothing and accessories store in Franklin Square. The two generations now running things – Park Coffin at the shoe store and his daughter, Hanlon Coffin, at the women’s store – listened carefully as the family patriarch, Jim Coffin, who retired from the business seven years ago at the age of 80, related the company’s origins.

It all started in 1922 when Jim Coffin’s father, Hector Coffin, reached an age when he was expected to take over the family farm that was located where West Haven now is. Hector didn’t want to be a farmer, and instead went to work for Spencer’s Shoes, eventually becoming manager.

He and a friend later opened a shoe store on Gay Street. That partnership dissolved in 1932, and in 1936 Hector moved the store to Clinch Avenue, where it remained for more than 20 years.

After graduation from UT, Jim Coffin went to work in his dad’s store. “In the 1950s, I could see that downtown was starting to slow down and things were building up out west,” Jim says. “In 1958, White Stores, (the grocery chain that was sold to Food City in 1989), opened a store in the Bearden Shopping Center, and we moved there.”

Jim Coffin laughs when he remembers opening day in the new location.

“Our first-day sales totaled $8. We sold one pair of children’s shoes to Joe Kirk’s wife. We were so busy giving out balloons we forgot to sell shoes.” As things happen in the close-knit Bearden community, some 56 years later, Jim Coffin and Joe Kirk are both members of the Rotary Club of Bearden.

And that’s the great thing about the retail business, Jim’s granddaughter, Hanlon Coffin, now 25 and manager of J.P. Coffin’s, says: “You create friendships and build lasting relationships with your customers. It’s very much a relationship business.”

Hanlon says she has customers she meets regularly for dinner. She also points out that while she may seem young to be managing a successful retail store, she started working part-time in the shoe store when she was a youngster.

“I had been helping out since I was about eight years old, helping clean up on Saturdays. And then one Saturday when I was about 11, things got really busy.

I went behind my Dad’s back and sold about $500 in shoes to a woman with a bunch of kids.”

Park Coffin, his daughter Hanlon Coffin and his parents, Emma Lou and Jim Coffin have successfully grown Coffin Shoe Co. and J. P. Coffin’s into two of Knoxville’s oldest and most successful family-owned businesses. Photo by A. Hart Hanlon’s dad paid her for her work. “I was just paid minimum wage, but I saved enough that I paid cash for my first car when I was 19, and I also made a cash down-payment on my condo.”

The store Hanlon manages also started as a White Stores neighbor, this time in the Executive Park Center in Cedar Bluff. Starting in 1979, the store was managed by Jim’s daughter, Leslie Coffin, and her friend, Patti Kopp (now West). J. P. Coffin’s moved to Franklin Square in 1987.

Park Coffin states the obvious when he notes that small, locally-owned businesses are seeing tough times. “We see retail stores closing their doors every day,” Park says. “People are worried about the economy.

A lot of people don’t have the discretionary money they used to have.” There’s also the lure of Internet shopping and competition from large chain stores.

But the Coffins have succeeded over so many years precisely because they’re not like those other stores.

As Hanlon puts it, “We have very good quality namebrand merchandise at good prices and our customers know that. We actually own 100 percent of our merchandise. We can’t send it back like some of the larger stores, so we price it right.”

And there’s another major advantage Coffin Shoe Co. has always had: it’s the place to go if you have hard-

to-fit feet. They carry sizes no one else has. As a result, Jim Coffin says they have customers from West Virginia to New York City and points in between. “Where else are you going to find a name-brand, high-quality woman’s size 11.5 slim boot?”

And about that excellent customer service for which the family has always been known: Jim and Park tell the tale of a Christmas Eve phone call from a good customer who had forgotten to buy new shoes for a child and asked if they could deliver the pair to their home.

And yes, those shoes were delivered personally on Christmas morning – not by Santa but by Jim and Park Coffin.

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Glenn Jacobs didn’t wear the costume of his World Wrestling Entertainment alter-ego “Kane,” but he did wear his heart on his sleeve when he spoke recently to the Rotary Club of Farragut.

Jacobs has had a long and illustrious career in wrestling, winning the WWE Championship, the World Heavyweight Championship, and the World Tag Team Championship. He is also an actor whose credits include TV shows “WWE Smackdown!” and “WWF Raw” and the movie “See No Evil.”

Jacobs, who owns The Jacobs Insurance Agency in Knoxville with his wife, Crystal, shared his ideas of success.

Jacobs showed the importance of giving back to the community and others by giving out “The Kindness Revolution” rubber bracelets. He encouraged each in attendance to “pay it forward” by giving the bracelet to someone they see performing an act of kindness.

Jacobs said businesses and business leaders who give back are more successful.

“I believe that giving is the key to living and to success in business,” he said.

“Giving is the key to happiness at work.”

T h e WWE is in the entertainment business, but it also has heart.

Jacobs, who earned a b a c h e lo r ’s Glenn Jacobs degree in English literature, showed a video that he said represents what the WWE is all about. The WWE invited a terminally ill boy, a fan of the WWE and particularly of wrestling superstar Daniel Bryan, to Washington, D.C., for WrestleMania.

The tribute video shows eight-year-old Conner Michalek, dubbed “Conner the Crusher,” interacting with different wrestlers and even getting into the ring. Michalek died of cancer earlier this year. Jacobs, who is listed at seven feet and 300+ pounds, was momentarily choked up after the video.

“In order to be truly happy, I think service has to be a part of ourselves,” he said.

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Sign Task Force moves forward after MPC slap

By Wendy Smith Crafting a city sign ordinance that can earn a stamp of approval from both the scenic camp and the business community is no mean feat. That’s why the City Council’s Sign Task Force labored over the document for 2.5 years before seeking input from Metropolitan Planning Commission staff.

MPC staff then spent four months examining issues like what percentage of window space can be used for advertising, how far signs should be from intersections and what to do about abandoned signs.

That’s almost three years

of work invested since City Council appointed the task force to review the city’s outdated sign Duane Grieve ordinance.

That’s why it was a surprise when MPC Commissioner Art Clancy made a motion at the Nov. 13 meeting to hire an outside consultant who could use the revised ordinance as “a framework, a platform, if you will, to write a new and comprehensive sign ordinance.�

City Council member Duane Grieve, chair of the Sign Task Force, didn’t see it coming. “I was surprised. It was totally unexpected.�

In making the motion, Clancy acknowledged that, “with Solomon-like wisdom,� the task force was able to achieve consensus on the majority of the issues. But later, after saying he couldn’t understand how “even someone as smart as Mark Donaldson� couldn’t write a window signage ordinance that made sense, he referred to the ordinance with the old adage, “You can polish a piece of excrement all you want and

it will still be a piece of excrement.�

MPC approved Clancy’s motion without discussing the staff’s comments.

Grieve says the Sign Task Force crafted a better, wellorganized sign ordinance even though members have a variety of backgrounds and opinions. Task force appointees were approved

by City Council, and effort was made to give neighborhoods, the Knoxville Chamber and Scenic Knoxville a voice. Grieve is a former Scenic Knoxville president, and task force member Joyce Feld is the organization’s current president.

The group was able to reach a compromise on the height of pole signs, one of the more contentious elements. They voted 6-2 in favor of limiting the height of signs near the interstate to 40 feet, and all others to 30 feet. The current ordinance allows all signs to be 50 feet.

Meetings have been well-attended because each member is dedicated to the cause, Grieve says. “We have a great respect for one another. People speak their minds. There were disagreements, but we still produced a good product.�

During an interview,

Clancy said he thought Scenic Knoxville was underrepresented on the task force.

He thinks the only way to have consensus is to bring in a consultant who knows how other cities have handled the divide.

He says he’s not in either camp. “I just want to see us do a good sign ordinance.�

Grieve will meet with the task force soon before sending a final recommendation to City Council.

Task force recommendations are available in the agenda package archives on the MPC website: www. knoxmpc.org. The comparison is labeled “Exhibit K.�

NEWS FROM EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION OF KNOXVILLE

Cleanup brightens neighborhoods Twenty-five Emerald Youth Foundation AmeriCorps members spent the morning of Oct. 25, “Make a Difference Day,� collecting refuse from neighborhood streets in Mechanicsville and Western Heights.

They joined AmeriCorps members from the Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee and volunteers from Keep Knoxville Beautiful. Together, the team of about 65 cleaned 33 streets and green spaces around two elementary schools, two public parks, three neighborhoods and the perimeter of Knoxville College, removing about 470 pounds of garbage and recyclables.

AmeriCorps is a U.S. government program formed

High school students talk,

Emerald tutors listen

A rich and innovative tutoring program for urban Knoxville high school students is unfolding through Emerald Youth Foundation, based on student needs. “Our tutoring is needsbased. What the kids need is what we are doing. It is what we are hearing from kids and schools,� said Christi Cardwell, curriculum and evaluation manJoining forces to clean up neighborhood streets are CAC Amer- ager. iCorps member Ariel Allen, who serves with Keep Knoxville The program includes Beautiful, and Emerald Youth AmeriCorps members Rebecca eight in-classroom tutors Woodall-Winton, Keidre Shaw and Denson Ligon. at Fulton High School – five in algebra and three in English. The carefully in 1993 to help remedy for more than 400 Ameri- selected and trained tutors critical needs in education, Corps members since 1998, work as teaching assistants public safety, health and primarily to serve inner alongside teachers, helping the environment. Emerald city youth in education and students grasp concepts and work out problems on Youth has received funding sports ministries.

the spot. “Everyone loves that model – the tutors, the teachers, and the students,� said Cardwell.

It is a continuation of last year’s Algebra 1 tutoring program at Fulton, which helped more than 150.

Additionally, eight tutors work with students at Emerald’s JustLead neighborhood-based ministry sites.

These include the Baptist Center at Western Heights, Virginia Avenue Methodist Ministry, Emerald Avenue United Methodist Church, and Mount Zion Baptist Church on Brooks Avenue.

Tutoring needs can be especially acute for high

school students contemplating leaving home for college and the workplace. For this age group, “ACT prep is a big deal because of the way the state has aligned the curriculum with ACT standards,�

Cardwell said. An ACT prep program is already underway at Western Heights, with plans for more at other locations.

Cardwell said because of the rigor of the common core curriculum, help with subjects like math is in demand. Qualified, volunteer tutors are always needed. Interested community members may contact Cardwell at 637-3227.

Thanksgiving memories “After yelling at the dog I sat in the floor and cried.

So for the ‘first’ time in 37 years I did not have coconut cake at Thanksgiving.�

Freelance writer and communications consultant David Lauver is best known in the community as the chief scriptwriter for the Front Page Follies, the annual gridiron show put on by the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists. His song parodies have made generations of attendees laugh out loud. “Thanksgiving is a movable feast among our extended family members who take turns hosting,� says Lauver. “We enjoy good company and good food far from the shopping malls. Or at least we did until the year

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our son, Will, persuaded me to take him Black Friday shopping. “When we arrived at Turkey Creek, we were amateurs among the hard-core shoppers who had staked out positions hours before.

We joined the mob at one store and moved through the longest queue I’ve ever seen without a theme-park ride at the end. The night was a blur of stores, interrupted only by stops for coffee and pastries. “We returned home with just a few purchases, but I had enough all-night shopping to last me a lifetime.

The biggest success of the night – I put my ‘research’ to use in writing a ‘Black Friday Blues’ song parody to ‘Blue Christmas.’�

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Halls: Cute ranch in quiet neighborhood!

Seller has done many updates (well cared for home) such as 3 dim-ROOF, vinyl & soffits, heat & air, windows, kit vinyl, carpet & paint, walk-in closet in mstr BR, new tiered decking in rear, FP, level yard, fenced, priced to sell too! $99,900 MLS# 898619 Halls: Well maintained, 3BR/1.5BA, 1-level home, cute front porch, many updates including roof & heat & air, eat-in kit, 1-car gar, level lot & convenient to everything! Priced to sell Not many homes like this one for $89,900!

MLS# 905746 Halls Lot: Pretty lot in established subdivision on the Dogwood Trail, 100x166, mature trees, utilities available, zoned for Brickey-McCloud & Halls Middle & High schools. $29,900 MLS# 906572

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8+ ACRES! Rolling pasture and wooded privacy, spring on property, great building sites for your dream home in the Halls school zone. $99,000 2.8+ ACRES! Heart of Halls perfect for 3-4 duplexes located just off Hwy 33 on Rifle Range Rd. Reduced to move fast. $49,000 1.8+ ACRES! Just off Norris Freeway close to Walmart, not in a S/D, lots of large hardwoods and privacy. $38,000

SUPER LOCATION! Over 1200 SF. Move-in cond in the Brickey/Halls school zone. 2BR/2BA, tile floors throughout, cath ceils, formal DR, storage building & level acre lot. $84,900 MLS#906213

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JUST LISTED! 2BR/2BA, det 24x24 gar, covered carport between house and gar. Wrap-around porch, open FR. DR & kit. Great location close to Emory Rd & I-75. $84,900 MLS#906221

UNION COURT! Just off Hwy 33 in Maynardville close to Food City. Bsmt and level rancher lots avail. Possible owner financing. $19,000

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REDUCED! Affordable 3BR/2BA home w/new carpet, paint & water heater. Huge screened-in back porch & fenced-in yard w/large storage shed. Bonus rm w/bay window. Halls/Adrain Burnett area. Cedarchase S/D, 6509 Red Ashe. MLS 883221 $105,000. Call Cody 865-257-3302

POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL – HUD case #894641. 2BR home on .44 acres. Great location! FHA 203K eligible.

6527 Oak Ridge Hwy. near Shaad Rd. $49,500 Call Cody or Beverly to place bid MLS 894641

FTN. CITY – HUD Case #481-273684, sold “As Is” Equal Housing Opportunity. 1,821 SF, 3BR/2.5BA, huge sun rm, fenced yard. FHA insured w/$2,200 repair escrow to replace floor covering & misc. 4120 Oakland Dr, $90,000.

Call Cody or Beverly to place bid. MLS 902909

WHEATMEADOWS S/D – HUD Case # 481-225726, sold “As Is” Equal Housing Opportunity. 2BR, 2-car gar, vinyl siding. FHA insured w/$1,650 repair escrow to repair HVAC & misc. $80,000. Call Cody or Beverly to place bid. MLS 904462

LOTS & LAND CEDAR CROSSING – Corner building lot in a desirable Halls S/D. Homes $250,000+. Lot 4, LeClay $34,900 MLS# 889239. Call Beverly 30 ACRES – 3721 Hickory Valley. 600’ of road frontage.

Mountain views, wild turkey, deer. Owner motivated.

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UNIQUE TIMBER FRAME HOME WITH BREATHTAKING 360 DEGREE VIEWS. 4 FPs, pool, open flr plan. Post & Beam const, oak flrs, doors & trim. Kit is cook's dream: Cherry cabinets & professionalgrade appliances. Cath ceilings, sauna. lighting/sound/cent vac sys throughout.

Amazing custom details! Home includes all amenities of Whitestone Inn w/boat slip, spa & gourmet dining! 15+ acres. Year-round lake & mtn views. Great for entertaining.

4-bay gar w/office space. Motivated! MLS#873844 $1,390,000 CHARMING UNIT in a MOVE IN READY! much desired S/D. This Charming 1-level 2BR/2BA home. Great living, beautifully starter or downsize. maintained. Home Convenient to Ftn City offers a fantastic & Interstate. Excellent open flr plan, spacondition. Newly cious 3BR/2BA that painted, new counters, opens to a spacious wallpaper removed! Home warranty included. Screened-in sun & open LR w/cath porch & lg patio. spacious BRs, open flr plan. Lots of closet & shelf ceiling. Lg kit w/ stg. Motivated. Move-in ready. MLS#878288 $174,900 pantry overlooking dining area & into LR. Extra-wide halls w/ NICELY UPDATED extra-wide door entries to the BRs, MB & living area. ConveFOUNTAIN CITY niently located & only minutes from Norris lake. MUST SEE TO HOME. Great location.

APPRECIATE! MLS#890279 $169,900 Lg kit w/pass-thru to LR. Great DR area. Big CHARMback deck w/great ING HOME! outdoor living space Beauti& tiered planters for fully mainseasonal favorites. MLS#896515 $124,500 tained, offers Contact Alan Cottrell for more details.

2BR/1BA, spacious Alan Cottrell LR & RE/MAX Preferred added den.

Properties All newly painted, 2 yr old tiled flooring in kit & BA, linoleum 5315 North Broadway in laundry, hdwd in dining area, remodeled BA, replacement Knoxville, TN 37918 windows, lg laundry rm, 1200 SF, 2-car gar w/own heat pump, Office: 865.689.8100 breeze-way added, roof replaced approx 2.5 yrs ago. Lg fenced Cell: 865.254.4648 backyard. A MUST SEE! MLS#896990 $129,900 alancottrell12@gmail.com

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2037 Snodgrass Rd, New Tazewell. 3BR/1.5BA. 1 level. Master BR w/1/2BA, FR with ventless FP & sep LR. Spacious eat in kit. Covered porch in front & covered deck in back w/fenced-in back yard. Oversized 2-car gar & strg shed. Come take a look at this well maintained home. $99,000 MLS#905360. Call Margo McCaffery 861 Hickory Valley Rd, Maynardville. Remodeled home sitting on 15.88 spacious acres. New master and BA and remodeled kit. Landscaped backyard with deck and private view. Very close to 33, Norris Lake and Knoxville.

No restrictions. The home and land can be separated. Home can be purchased separately for $115,000 MLS #898403. Call Margo McCaffery

RANCHER IN THE $60's! Great opportunity to own instead of rent in this 3BR/2BA home. Hdwd flrs, central H/A, updated roof & appliances. Nice, level, private lot w/39x16 back patio area. Seller will help w/closing costs! MLS# 896162

DON'T MISS THIS! 2 mobile homes on 2 acres ready for owner/investor. Convenient to Norris Lake & Big Ridge Park in Union County. Have your privacy & income both! Priced at $44,900. MLS#899239

BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED! By this bsmt rancher home with over 1800 SF, new carpet & freshly painted. Lots & lots of space & great Oak Ridge location. Priced at only $118,900! MLS#901332

Fisher’s Loop, Sunset Bay, Charps Chapel. Flat lakefront property w/1.24 acres. Norris Lake waterfront community w/million dollar club house + large swimming pool, gym, party facilities, tennis courts, private marina and boat dock available. 24 hour security for all residents. $95,000 MLS#899400. Call Margo McCaffery

309 Lakeshore Dr, Maynardville. 3BR/2BA. 1500 SF. Hickory Star Marina.... ON THE WATER. Old style lake cabin with some interior remodeled. Nice decking, screen porch, great lake frontage, nice dock. Norris Lake at its best and very close to Knoxville. $255,000 MLS#886053. Call Debbie Boeck 212 Sara Ln, Maynardville. Want to live up high with spectacular lake views in a lake access community? Hickory Star close to Knoxville. 3BR/2BA. 1648 SF. Nicely finished first floor w/master on main Great porch and outside space. Second and third floors are not finished so you can add over 2,000 square feet of living space. Owner says to bring all reasonable offers. $249,000 MLS#881506 Call Debbie Boeck 337 Tumbling Rn, Maynardville. 4BR/2BA, 1700 SF. Great home for a lrg family. Just minutes off Hwy. 33 in a Norris Lake community. Good schools, close to marinas. w/lake and mountain views. Sits on over 2 acres. 2-car det gar. Owner says bring all offers. This home comes fully furnished.$175,000 MLS#881772 Call Debbie Boeck

OWN YOUR PIECE OF HISTORY! In this all brick, 2-story home in the Historic North Knoxville district.

Plenty of charm & character w/over 1700 SF, 3BRs, beautiful hdwd flrs & 20x10 enclosed back porch.

Plus the views & location couldn't be better! Priced at $159,900 MLS#904019

ESTATE HOME IN HALLS! 5000 SF+ full unfinished bsmt/wkshp/gar area. All brick elegance on a 1-acre lot w/completely private backyard & every amenity you could imagine! There are so many extras & so much room to spread out. Ideal for those dreaming of lg rms & lots of space for everything & everyone! Plus 2 additional lots available. Priced at $689,900! MLS#896764

LAND OPPORTUNITIES!!

• Wolf Valley Estates: Small sub w/1+acre lots priced from $25,900 • Corner lot in Union County priced at $15,000 w/2 outbuildings & mobile home - sold as is - what a deal!

• Income included w/this 5 acres in Halls. Already has 3 mobile homes rented on it for monthly income. Great location backs up to Silver Stone S/D. Priced at $90,000 • Home w/Acreage! Ideal for subdivision development.17.5+ acres w/brick rancher & all utilities at road. Priced at $550,000. Land lays beautifully!

Give me a call to see any of these wonderful homes! 865-389-0740 Cell

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THROUGH MONDAY, DEC. 8 “Big Red Bow Project” donation collection for individuals facing Alzheimer’s and dementia in Knox, Anderson, Blount and Loudon counties at Lexus of Knoxville, 10315 Parkside Drive. Info/wish list: www.alzTennessee.org/big-red-bow-project or 5446288.

MONDAY, DEC. 1 Deadline to reserve an adapted battery-operated toy from East Tennessee Technology Access Center and for holiday party to be held 4-6 p.m. Monday, Dec, 8 at ETTAC’s office, 116 Childress St. Info/to register: 219-0130.

Tennessee Shines: The Howlin’ Brothers and author Lisa Soland, reading from “The Unmade Moose,”7 p.m., Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Tickets: $10, free for students with valid ID and children ages 14 and under. Info/tickets: WDVX.com.

“Dec. 7, 1941 – A Day of Infamy,” 7 p.m., board room of the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by retired Farragut Middle School history teacher Frank Galbraith. Free; no registration required. Light refreshments served. Info: 966-7057.

Humana Guidance Walking Group, 11:30 a.m.noon, Cumberland Estates Recreation Center. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

TUESDAY, DEC. 2 UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

Deadline to reserve tickets for “Traditional family Christmas dinner at the Historic Ramsey House,” to be held 7-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, Dec. 7-11, 2614 Thorngrove Pike. Cost: $125. Limited seating. Info/reservations: 546-0745 or judy@ ramseyhouse.org.

Special holiday show to benefit Alzheimer’s Tennessee, 8 p.m., Smoky Mountain Opry in Pigeon Forge. Includes: the area singers, dancers and musicians, along with aerialists, acrobats and majestic live animals. Alzheimer’s Tennessee will receive $10 of each $35 ticket sold for this performance. Tickets: www.SmokyMountainOpry.com or 800-908-9018; must mention or include ticket code: ALZTN. Holiday crafts, 10-11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: Info: 3298892, TTY: 711.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3 Holiday Dance Party with dance instructors, noon-3 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

THURSDAY, DEC. 4 Bingo, 10-11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Movie and Popcorn: “A Christmas Story” with Peter Billinglsey, Darren McGavin, 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Dressing Girls for Charity, 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Holiday Spectacular concert performances, 6 and 8 p.m., Clayton Performing Arts Center on the Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.

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First Friday Gallery and Kwanzaa Holiday Marketplace, 6-9 p.m., Downtown African American Art Gallery, Suite 106, The Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St. Opening reception for the Arts & Culture Alliance 2014 Members Show, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. On display through Dec. 23. Info/hours: 5237543 or www.knoxalliance.com.

Opening reception for Chasing Light: New Works

by Kathie Odom, 5-8 p.m., The District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike. Meet the artist, holiday cuisine from Gourmet’s Market, live music by Michael Whitesides.

Exhibit runs through Dec. 30.

Knitting Caps for the Homeless, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Hard Knox Roller Girls intraleague bout featuring Black Bettys vs Lolitas Locas, 6 p.m., Smoky Mountain Skate Center, 2801 E. Broadway, Maryville.

Open skate, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Ticket prices include skate rental. Info: www.hardknoxrollergirls.com.

Knoxville Community Band Concert, 3 p.m., Bearden Middle School, 1000 Francis Road. Free admission.

Christmas Card to the City, 3:30 p.m., Market Square Stage, located on Old Market Square. Free admission.

Handmade Guatemalan gifts for sale, 12:303:30 p.m., Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road. Proceeds benefit NuestrosNinos, a local charity committed to helping “our children” in Guatemala. Info: 938-8311 or http://www.nuestrosninoscharity.org/.

Best Little Christmas Sale Ever, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Callahan Road Baptist Church, 1317 Callahan Road.

Info: 938-3410.

Oak Ridge Community Orchestra concert, 2 p.m., First Baptist Church of Oak Ridge Sanctuary, on the corner of the Oak Ridge Turnpike and LaFayette Drive. Admission is free; donations at the door to support the orchestra’s routine operating expenses will be appreciated.

Scott Hamilton & Friends on Ice, 5-6:30 p.m., Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. All proceeds will benefit the Provision CARES Foundation and the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation supporting cancer education and wellness, clinical research and patient assistance. Tickets: $22 and $32.50. Info: 6842616, www.provisonhp.com Santa Claus is Coming to Town, 9-10 a.m., Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center, 1127 Broadway.

For ages 4-5. Cost: $18. Info: 523-1401 or www. cityofknoxville.org/recreation/arts.

Christmas Gifts to Give, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center, 1127 Broadway.

For ages 6-10. Cost: $49. Info: 523-1401 or www. cityofknoxville.org/recreation/arts.

FaithWalk & Al Ichiki 5K, 2 p.m., Church of the Immaculate Conception, 414 West Vine. Packet pick-up, 12:30-1:45 p.m. day of event. Hosted by Samaritan Ministry, a ministry of Central Baptist Church of Bearden and an AIDS service organization. To register: www. samaritancentral.org or day of race. Info: 450-1000, ext.

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AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Downtown Knoxville AAA Office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Cost: $40 members; $50 nonmember. Must preregister.

Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Don, 862-9250.

Best Little Christmas Sale Ever, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Callahan Road Baptist Church, 1317 Callahan Road.

Info: 938-3410.

First Saturday, Gallery Open, International Fine Arts Academy with KWANZAA Presentation and Kuumba Watoto Parent Booster Club Fundraiser, Downtown African American Art Gallery, Suite 106, The Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St. Nutcracker Breakfast, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Studio Arts for Dancers, 1234 Rocky Hill Road. Cost: $25. For ages 6-12. Reservations required. Info/reservations: 539-2475 or www.gocontemporarydance.com.

Dor L’Dor, Klezmer: Music for Hannukah, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts. org.

Winter Concert, 8 p.m., Princess Theatre in downtown Harriman. Features: Roane State Community College Concert Choir, Jazz Band, Celebration Singers, faculty and guest musicians. Donations will be accepted at the door. Info: Brenda Luggie, 354-3000, ext. 4236; or luggieb@roanestate.edu.

Candle making workshops, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway. Reservations are required; space is limited. Cost: $10. Info/reservations: 573-5508, info@ marblesprings.net, www.marblesprings.net.

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John McCutcheon in concert, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $20, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

SATURDAY, DEC. 13 “The Nutcracker” presented by the Appalachian Ballet Company with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Clayton Center for the Arts, Maryville. Tickets: 982-8463; Clayton Center, 981-8590.

Holiday Wreath-Making workshop, 1 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Cost: $35.

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MONDAY, DEC. 15 Tennessee Shines: Decembersongs with Wild Ponies, Amy Speace and Rod Picott plus poet Susan O’Dell Underwood, 7 p.m., Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Tickets: $10, free for students with valid ID and children ages 14 and under. Info/tickets: WDVX.com.

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Talk about holiday hustle and bustle! And this is the kind that makes you smile, not swear. “Most of these folks are nowhere near the interstate,� says Mission of Hope executive director Emmette Thompson of the families he serves. “When we bring the toys in to the elemen“Keyboards at Christmas,� the special tary schools at Mission of Hope fundraising event, will be held at Christmas, we set 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30, at the Tennessee Theatre, up a mountain featuring holiday music from five Steinway grand of them on long pianos plus the Mighty Wurlitzer organ. Tickets tables in the gym are $15 plus a processing fee. Call 259-7941 or and cover the visit www.tennesseetheatre.com for tickets. whole thing with

By Carol Shane

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hen you walk through the doors of Mission of Hope, you run into a lot of happy, busy people. Right now the 19-year-old nonprofit is gearing up for its annual Christmas-season collection and distribution of over 575 barrels of food, clothes, toys and hygiene prod-

black plastic.

And when those kids come out and we take the plastic off, it’s pandemonium!�

Thompson, who strides energetically through the Mission of Hope warehouse, can hardly contain his passion for his work. He’s a devout Christian, and does not hesitate to give spiritual credit where credit is due. “I don’t do any of this,� he says, gesturing around Story continues inside

Henry McCarter, Danny Green, Steve Jones, Patricia McCarter, Cap Smith, Jana Gillette and Robbie Johnson enjoy posing with toys destined for schoolkids in remote Appalachia. Johnson, a retired TVA financial officer who is MOH’s current treasurer, received much ribbing about the doll he’s holding! Photos by Carol Shane

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Save the dates for these upcoming events at both stores. On Saturday, November 29, celebrate Small Business Saturday by shopping both UPSTAIRS and Bobby Todd Antiques. In Historic Downtown Sweetwater on Saturday, November 29th is “A Small Town Christmas� from 5pm to 9pm featuring hay rides, Santa pictures, children’s shopping area, antique fire engine, carolers, choirs, and much more.

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Mission of Hope was born in response to a local television station’s 1996 broadcast, WBIR’s “Hunger for Hope,” narrated by Bill Williams.

Julie Holland was one of the people watching. “You know how you see something that so consumes you that you cannot NOT do something?” asks Thompson. “That’s what happened to Julie when she saw that story.”

With the help of friends, Holland and her husband began stockpiling supplies in their garage. “I want to take these boxes on a mission of hope!” Holland said at the time, and the project had its name. The first truckload − carrying enough clothing for 150 children − moved out in September of 1996.

This year, Mission of Hope will serve around 18,000 children and their families in northeast Tennessee, southeast Kentucky and southeast Virginia. “We bloomed like a tree,” says Thompson, who

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“We have been privileged, and we really count it as a privilege to do what we do. I believe we’ve got to do it all.

We’ve got to go to the hardest country.”

To get the goods to the kids, Mission of Hope works directly with 27 elementary schools in remote areas. Thompson stresses that he doesn’t want to be funding “the biggest drug dealers” in Appalachia, and says that “since our beginning, we have used the Appalachian Regional Commission as a determinant.”

Most of the families served

by Mission of Hope have been hit hard by coal mine closings.

At least one effort was started, years ago, to bring industry to one of the areas. “But it’s not as simple as you think,” says Thompson, citing many factors, including drug use, that keep the cycle of poverty in motion.

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Continuing with the “blooming tree” analogy, Thompson delights in explaining Mission of Hope’s system of operations.

“The tree has two roots,” he says, “the elementary schools and the mountain ministry centers.

“There are seven branches on the tree. Number one is the day-to-day resource distribution.”

Mission of Hope receives donations of food and new clothing and toys, but also makes direct purchases. At Christmastime, principals from the 27 schools send in clothing requests for each child, detailing sizes, specific needs and color preferences. Relationships with toy and hygiene companies make discount bulk buying possible. The financial donations which enable these purchases are of utmost importance to MOH. “We didn’t used to do hygiene,” Thompson says. Then he tells the story of a small boy who had picked out a toy fire engine as his Christmas present. His teacher was surprised to see the child standing in front of her desk offering the truck back. “Can I trade it for a toothbrush?” he asked.

Hygiene packs were incorporated soon after.

The six other “tree branches” are back-toschool, in which every child receives a new, filled backpack; Christmas, currently in production; health care, which works with Remote Area Medical; construction, which offers home maintenance such as new paint, repairs and handicap-accessible ramps; scholarship; and evangelism. Of the

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latter, Thompson says, “We don’t force anything on anybody but there’s nothing more important than telling people God loves them and that Jesus is their hope.”

This holiday season, Mission of Hope is hosting a very special event. “Keyboards at Christmas” takes place at the Tennessee Theatre at 6 p.m. this coming Sunday, Nov. 30. This gala event of holiday music features five Steinway grand pianos and the mighty Wurlitzer organ. Tickets are priced at $15 plus a processing fee and are available by calling the Tennessee Theatre box office at 259-7941 or by visiting www.tennesseetheatre.com.

And of course Mission of Hope’s blue collection barrels for Christmas can be found all over town. You can contribute to them through Dec. 8, but please consider sending a generous check instead to Mission of Hope, P.O. Box 51824, Knoxville, Tn., 37950-1824. For more info, visit www.missionofhope.org or call 584-7571.

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Here are some quick and easy favorites you can make ahead that don’t require additional preparation when you get to your destination. Your hosts will appreciate that!

Peachy Sweet Potatoes Mash the sweet potatoes, adding milk until creamy, but not soupy. Add ½ teaspoon cinnamon, a dash of nutmeg and sweeten to taste with brown sugar. Put peach halves in a buttered casserole dish.

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Cool Asparagus with Sour Cream

Boil peeled potatoes until tender. Beat sour cream and cream cheese together, add to hot potatoes and beat all until smooth. Add butter, salt and pepper to taste. Pour into well-buttered twoquart casserole. Dot with butter and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

2 cans green asparagus 1 cup sour cream ¼ cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons lemon juice

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Combine sour cream, mayonnaise and lemon juice and refrigerate.

Refrigerate the cans of asparagus. When ready to serve, place the asparagus spears on a platter and drizzle with the sour cream sauce.

Curried Fruit 1 small can cherries, drained 1 can pineapple chunks, drained 1 can pear halves, drained 1 can peach halves, drained 1 cup light brown sugar 3/4 stick butter softened to room temperature 2 teaspoons curry powder

Drain all the fruit and place in a shallow casserole dish. Mix the butter, sugar and curry powder and add to the fruit. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

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‘Tis the Season to

Safeguard your identity and d necessary – but b t it opens the door to new risks. Today, data breaches are frequent and they can put your personal information in the wrong hands.

In fact, a new study of more than 1,200 consumers conducted by Morpace on behalf of LifeLock, a comprehensive identity theft protection service, found that almost two-thirds (64 percent) of data breach victims experienced it within the last 12 months. And while data breaches can certainly cause considerable Giving information is damage to someone’s financial standing, the stakes in inevitable In the digital world, shar- identity theft are exponening your identity to obtain tially higher.

The survey also found credit, make online holiday purchases or even receive that about half of responcoupons is commonplace dents who experienced

The h Th hustle tl and d b bustle tl of the holiday season is an exciting time. But from the crowded malls to the big online markdowns, a silent threat lurks – one with the ability to wipe out your good financial standing and make it a not-so-jolly holiday for you and your family.

Just as you would assess your holiday gift budget, it’s equally important to understand and evaluate the status of your identity, taking special precautions to help safeguard your information.

identity theft do not know how their information was obtained. While most people assume these criminal acts occur to only those with an online presence, anyone can be a target. Even unique, permanent credentials, such as Social Security numbers and birthdates, can live online regardless of an owner’s physical presence or real-world activity.

Identity theft can have uncontrollable and significant long-term financial

implications, with thieves going as far as opening a bank loan, or committing tax fraud in your name.

Take protective measures The specialists at LifeLock offer these tips to help protect you while shopping this holiday season: Know where your info goes. Many online stores offer helpful apps for quicker, more efficient holi-

day shopping. Before you download any app, make sure it comes from a reputable source. Copycat apps exist which, once downloaded, may capture your personal information and use it for fraudulent purchases. Overall, it is important to know where your information is being stored – whether on your device, the hard drive of your computer or in a file at home.

Be vigilant on public Wi-Fi. Whether at your local coffee shop or while traveling, do not transact on public Wi-Fi and be wary of any passwords you enter.

It’s always safer if you can wait until you get to a secure or private network.

Change passwords frequently. Make sure the passwords you use when setting up accounts with online merchants are complex and difficult for a thief to figure out. It is always a good idea to change passwords to all your accounts on a regular basis – espe-

cially with banks, email accounts and social networking sites – to add an extra layer of protection to your personal data.

Consider using a credit card. When you choose your debit card over your credit card, you may be exposing yourself to more risk. The most you’d have to pay for unauthorized use of your credit card is $50, no matter when you report it. If you report your debit card lost or stolen more than two days after you learn about the loss or theft, but less than 60 days after your statement is sent, you could lose up to $500. And if you wait more than 60 days after your statement is sent, you could be out all the money taken from your account.

As a consumer educated on identity theft, you’ll have some peace of mind and be more able to focus on the fun of the shopping season.

For more information, visit LifeLock.com.

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Protect otect your grandchild’s grandch hild’s future with life insurance Tired of purchasing toys that break or that her grandchildren will outgrow, 62-year-old Barbara Carlson (not her real name) decided the holidays were a perfect time to purchase a gift that will continue to protect both of her grandchildren well into their futures.

“I just became a grandmother for the second time, and I bought a permanent youth life insurance policy for my new granddaughter that could either one day help protect her financially if the unexpected happens or help her pay for college,” said Carlson.

She is not alone. Grandparents are increasingly

giving the gift of life insurance to their grandchildren for many reasons. For Carlson, it was a way of helping her son and daughter-in-law during a time when budgets are tight.

She purchased the two youth whole life insurance policies so the new parents could focus on more immediate concerns, such as increased child care expenses and other necessities.

“I bought both youth policies when the grandchildren were newborns and their policies will mature in 20 years,” added

Three tips for purchasing youth life insurance

Carlson. “That means when my grandchildren reach age 20, they can either keep their policy as life insurance protection or they may decide to borrow against the cash value to help pay

for college.”

Carlson pays approximately $15 a month for each child’s policy and those premium payments never increase. Her son maintains sole control of

1. Consider youth policies that are whole life policies. Whole life youth policies are a form of permanent life insurance. That means the child continues to be insured, regardless of changes in her or his health condition, as long as the policy remains in force and the premiums are paid.

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