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It’s beginning to look a lot … like Christmas

Awesome art show Halls Middle students re-create masterpieces for silent auction, art show See page A-13

“Elf” Madison Woodward, “Mrs. Claus” Afton Howard and “Santa” Jack Riordan discuss the true meaning of being Santa’s Christmas tree during Fountain City Elementary School’s production of “The Littlest Christmas Tree” last week. Photo by Ruth White

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Glen says goodbye Country singer Glen Campbell stops in East Tennessee on his Goodbye Tour.

See Jake Mabe’s story on page A-2

HPUD sets 2012 meeting dates Board approves changes to retirement plans

By Greg Householder

FEATURED COLUMNIST MALCOM SHELL

A Christmas to remember Malcolm recalls a poignant holiday from childhood.

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In a rather routine board meeting, the Hallsdale Powell Utility District set the board meeting dates for 2012 and approved minor changes to the utility’s retirement plans.

The board meetings are: Jan. 9; Feb. 13; March 12; April 9; May 14; June 18; July 16; Aug. 13; Sept.

10; Oct. 8; Nov. 12 and Dec. 10. All meetings begin at 1:30 p.m. and will be held at the utility’s headquarters at 3745 Cunningham Road in Halls.

All meetings except the June and July meetings are the second Mon-

day of each month. The June and July meetings are the third Mondays of those months and are changed to avoid conflict with American Water Works Association meetings.

The board approved minor administrative changes to the utility’s retirement plan and the 457 deferred compensation plans.

These changes were routine language changes required of all pension plans to comply with Internal Revenue Service requirements.

In other business, president and CEO Darren Cardwell reported that the utility set 17 water meters in November and made 11 sewer inspections. The utility treated 219.7 million gallons of water and treated 298 million gallons of wastewater.

Newly appointed commissioner Bob Crye asked Cardwell if there

was a way to track how much of the treated water was billed. Cardwell said that there wasn’t at this time.

He said that the utility was looking at ways of using technology to use radio transmission meter reading with aircraft in the future but that HPUD was not there yet.

Cardwell also gave the commissioners an update on maintenance and capital improvement projects.

The board approved payments of $72,987 to Merkel Brothers Construction for North Fork Interceptor improvements and another $226,572 payment to Merkel Brothers for the State Route 33 project. Robert Campbell of Robert G. Campbell and Associates reported that this project (SR33) is about 76 percent complete and is still in the February 2012 time-

frame for completion depending on the weather.

The board also approved four payments including a final payment to Hayward Baker Inc. for a total of $286,516 for the Melton Hill Water Treatment Plant basin repairs. This was a major unbudgeted project as a result of a sinkhole that took two lagoons out of service and involved grout capping the sinkhole.

The board members also received a copy of a proposed debt management policy for consideration in January. The policy is at the behest of the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office and needs to be in place before the utility can issue more debt.

The next meeting is 1:30 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 9.

Greens Tea raises funds for Racheff House

By Wendy Smith Members from across the state attended the annual Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs (TFGC) Greens Tea at Racheff House and Gardens on Dec. 9. The historic home was festooned with wreaths, garlands and arrangements crafted by the nonprofit’s board of governors. Proceeds from the sale of the greenery, along with baked goods and items from the gift shop, go toward upkeep of the house, which serves as headquarters for the club.

The holiday decorations were created with foliage from Beaver Creek Nursery in Powell and the gardens surrounding the house.

Ivan Racheff built the home, located at 1943 Tennessee Ave., beside his factory, Knoxville Iron Works (now Gerdeau Ameristeel) in 1901.

He left the house and 5-acre garden to the garden club upon his death in 1982.

While the property is one of Knoxville’s hidden jewels, recent flooding in the home’s basement hampered the board of governors as they prepared for the tea. The basement serves as creative head-

Members of the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs enjoy sweets and shopping at the annual Greens Tea at Racheff House and Gardens. Greens Tea chair Ruth Ann Fowler, president-elect Ann McCormick, president Valerie Tipps, and board of governors chair Janet Oakes were in attendance. Photo by Wendy Smith quarters for the organization, says Elaine Clarke, a member of the Dixie Highway Garden Club.

She designed a large centerpiece, featuring an underwater floral arrangement, for the event.

There are four districts within the state federation, which has 3,500 members. Knoxville is located in District IV, and 22 garden clubs from Knox County are part

of the federation. The organization emphasizes service as well as education, says Carole Whited, former District IV director, and clubs that belong to the federation must be willing to work.

Whited and Linda Ford of Farragut are chairing TFGC’s state convention in 2013, which will be held in Knoxville during the Dogwood Arts Festival. The con-

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TFGC president Valerie Tipps came from Chattanooga for the tea. The TFGC is a charter member of the National Garden Clubs, which is the largest volunteer organization in the world, she says.

Members of the state federation serve by working on high-profile projects, like assisting Crissy Haslam with outdoor decorations at Tennessee’s governor’s residence, and performing quieter tasks, like working with hospital patients in therapy gardens.

Each region of the TFGC also hosts flower shows, educational programs and bulb sales, she says.

Whited thinks the primary objectives of the organization are to present the gifts of creation and be active in conservation. Along the way, members enjoy getting to know each other, she says.

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community Rhinestone Cowboy says goodbye MARYVILLE – The Rhinestone Cowboy rode out in a star spangled rodeo once again, this time to say goodbye.

Tennessee. What a perfectly poignant night.

Those who were there got a glimpse of this terrible disease. Campbell sang 18 songs, fighting a cold most of the way, but mostly picking his guitar and crooning like the champ he always has been. He and his Jake daughter Ashley went right Mabe at it on “Dueling Banjos.”

She’d pluck on her banjo and he’d match her, note for Country music legend note, on the guitar.

But, he told the same two Glen Campbell, who was or three jokes two or three diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in July, made a spe- times. And he has noticecial stop on his Goodbye ably aged since I saw him Tour last Thursday to hon- in North Carolina just two or a Tennessee legend, UT years ago.

Summitt couldn’t attend women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt, who was also because she was with her diagnosed with the disease team in California, prethis summer. The sold- paring for a game against out concert at the Clayton UCLA. But she sent a vidCenter for the Arts was a eo message, saying, “I am fundraiser for Alzheimer’s living my life and fighting

A-2 • DECEMBER 19, 2011 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS And, oh, how bittersweet it is to see another chapter of American music come to a close.

“I think Glen Campbell, for me, represents in microcosm a connection to the past,” says longtime fan Dean Harned, who has seen the singer three times in concert. And he’s right.

Campbell is a one-degreeof-separation connection to so much that’s gone now – Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, the Beach Boys and John Wayne.

He sang “True Grit,” the theme song from the hit 1969 film in which Campbell co-starred with The Duke.

“That was really scary,” he said about being a firstGlen Campbell smiles before leaving the stage during a stop time actor playing opposite at the Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville on his Goodbye a Hollywood legend. “But Tour last Thursday night. Campbell, who has Alzheimer’s disease, dedicated the benefit for Alzheimer’s Tennessee to UT women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt. Photo by Jake Mabe this disease publicly.”

So, too, is Campbell, who wanted to sing one last time for his fans. He also brought three of his children with him on his final tour.

“It’s absolutely incredible to get to play with your kids,” he said.

Oh, how bittersweet those

Jimmy Webb songs sounded this time – “Galveston” and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and “Wichita Lineman” and “Where’s the Playground, Susie?” I didn’t think Campbell would throw us any surprises, but he included a lesser-known Webb gem, “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.”

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■ Denark Construction of Knoxville will serve as construction manager of an expansion of the Oak Ridge campus. A new building will provide space for three new programs, include two large lecture halls and have a geothermal heating and cooling system.

Ground-breaking on the $11.5 million project is planned for spring 2012, and the building is expected to be ready by fall 2013.

■ Reporting child physical or sexual abuse is explained in a refresher program developed by the College of Social Work.

Free, online training was developed in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. To date, more than 100,000 users have visited the training website, which has been in existence for several years. Info: https://www.sworps. tennessee.edu/child_abuse_reporting/.

■ Computer science professor Dr. George Meghabghab has been named Course Developer of the Decade by the Regents Online Campus Collaborative (ROCC). Meghabghab developed three online computer science courses in 2001 that are still being taught through the ROCC. ■ Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) students recently presented at the annual Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association conference. Jordan Yancey of Scott County and Miranda Longmire of Wartburg discussed their study-abroad trip to Mexico where they learned about community-based rehabilitation based on the World Health Organization model. The course was part of the college’s International Education program.

■ College of Social Work has developed a voluntary program to deliver child support services to inmates and help newly released offenders find work and community assistance. The Tennessee Partnership for Ongoing Parental Support was featured in the November issue of “Child Support Report,” a publication of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Support Enforcement. Monica Roush and Martha Deaton coordinate the program.

■ Alumni Association offers networking for grads and will unveil new tools in January to make it easier for more than 325,000 UT alumni to network with one another. Mike McCay is develop-

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John Wayne came in and said, ‘My daughter likes you so you must be OK.’ ” Campbell changed the final part of “True Grit” to say, “We’ll all find the sun one day.” Perfectly poignant.

So, too, were a couple of lines from his fi nal encore, “A Better Place.”

Some days I’m so confused, Lord … I need the ones I love more and more each day. …

The ovations were plenty, the applause was sincere and anyone who was there can forever say their heartstrings were touched the night Glen Travis Campbell came to East Tennessee to say goodbye.

Call Jake Mabe at 922-4136, email JakeMabe1@aol.com or visit http:// jakemabe.blogspot.com.

Alzheimer’s facts Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging. It is a progressive disease of the brain for which there is no cure. One in 20 people ages 65 to 74 has Alzheimer’s disease and nearly half of those who are age 85 and older may have it, according to the Centers for Disease Control. For a helpline and info on support groups, education, advocacy and financial assistance, call Alzheimer’s Tennessee at 544-6288 or visit www. alztennessee.org.

ing the program. Info: www.careershift.com/. “We realize our alumni are all over the country and the world, so we have tried to make everything accessible via the web or by phone,” said McCay. ■ College of Nursing was one of five schools in the nation selected to participate in The Beryl Institute’s Educational Outreach Program, focused on engaging students and faculty in the patient experience. “It is of utmost importance for our students to be leaders in bettering the patient experience,” Dean Victoria Niederhauser said.

■ Lee Riedinger and Michael Simpson, joint faculty members at UT-Knoxville and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Riedinger is the director of the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, and Simpson is the center’s assistant director. Riedinger has been on the UT physics faculty for more than 40 years and was recognized by the AAAS “for seminal studies of atomic nuclei at high spin.”

Season’s Greetings May the spiritual joys of the season light up your days and illuminate your nights, now and forever.

With thanks and bright wishes to all our friends and neighbors.

HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 19, 2011 • A-3

‘An Inestimable Jewel’ Why the Civil War Amendments Matter

By Betty Bean Guest speaker Thomas Mackey, professor of history at the University of Louisville and adjunct professor of law at the Brandeis School of Law, set the stage for his lecture about the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments with a speech Abraham Lincoln gave Aug. 22, 1864, to veterans of the 166th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment who were returning home upon the end of their tour of duty.

It was an election year and the incumbent president wanted these soldiers to feel good about the cause for which they had risked their lives. “He was in a reflective mood, and fall elections were looming,� Mackey told his audience at the East Tennessee Historical Society’s most recent event in the ongoing series that asks (and answers) the rhe-

torical question, “Why does Lincoln Matter Today?� He quoted Lincoln’s speech to the Ohioans, which echoes traces of his Gettysburg Address, delivered the previous year. “It is not merely for today, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children’s children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives. “I beg you to remember this, not merely for my sake, but for yours. I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am a living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father’s child has.

It is in order that each of you may have, through this free government which we have enjoyed, an open field and a fair chance for your industry, enterprise and intelligence; that you may all have equal privileges in the race of life, with all its desirable human aspirations. “It is for this the struggle should be maintained,

HALLS NOTES â– Halls Christmas Toy Drive is underway. If you need assistance with toys this Christmas, go to Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, 4329 E. Emory Road. Applications are in a red box at the top of the stairs. Fill one out and slide it under the door at the end of the overhang. To sponsor a child, call Jeanie at 922-3137. Toy collection boxes are at Halls Commercial Bank and Halls Senior Center.

FOUNTAIN CITY NOTES â– Fountain City Business and Professional Association meets at noon each second Wednesday at Central Baptist Church of Fountain City.

Lunch is $10. Info: Beth Wade, 971-1971, ext. 372, or bwade@utfcu.org/. â– Fountain City Art Center has three new exhibits on display. Fountain City Art Guild will show work through Jan. 7; a memorial

that we may not lose our birthright – not only for one, but for two or three years. The nation is worth fighting for, to secure such an inestimable jewel.�

Lincoln didn’t live to see the “inestimable jewel� secured by the Civil War Amendments – the 13th, which abolished slavery and which Lincoln took the unorthodox step of signing before it was ratified by the states; the 14th, which spelled out the rights of citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the United States; and the 15th, which declared the right of former slaves to vote.

But he would have most certainly approved, despite the equally certain prospect of being branded a heretic by conventional thinkers. “In 1863-65, the idea of amending the constitution meant the founders had not created a sacred document and that fundamental doctrine and fundamental law had been wrong,� Mackey said.

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Professor Thomas Mackey Photo by Betty Bean important of the War Amendments, the 14th Amendment, which passed in 1868, three years after Lincoln’s assassination, proclaims the citizenship of “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof ‌â€? and Mackey pointed out that it took a “second reconstructionâ€? a century later to test

the 14th Amendment’s enforcement clause to ensure voting and property rights for people of color in much of the South.

Mackey observed that Lincoln, by the time he addressed the 166th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had made a subtle change in the language he employed to refer to the United States, abandon-

ing the term “union� for the more powerful word “nation.� This signaled a change in Lincoln’s thinking, just as the War Amendments would mark what Mackey called “A second American Constitution – a constitutional new birth of freedom that is the foundation of the most important transformative era in the nation’s history.�

■Halls Business & Professional Association meets at noon each third Tuesday at Beaver Brook Country Club. Lunch is $10. Info: Shannon Carey, 922-4136 or Shannon@ShopperNewsNow.com/. ■Tennessee Mountain Wrestling’s 13th annual Christmas for Kids will provide toys for children in Nashville. Info: 973-8902. Donations will be accepted at 6100 Washington Pike. Make checks payable to “Christmas for the Kids.�

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Williamson County Commission: Turn out that light!

Williamson County is smarter than you (And richer, too) Avis car rental made famous the line: “We try harder.”

Members of the Williamson County Commission in Middle Tennessee don’t need to try at all – they’re smarter than you and certainly don’t need the public prying into their decision process.

With the backing of the Tennessee County Commissioners Association, and in the company of Lewis and Obion counties, the Williamson County Commission has decided there’s too much sunshine for comfort in the state’s Open Meeting Act. In October, Williamson County’s commissioners passed a resolution supporting legislation that would “subject governing bodies to the same Open Meeting Act that the General Assembly is subjected to.” Me, too, say Lewis and Obion.

What gives? The General Assembly exempts itself from the Open Meeting Act if the members gathered constitute less than a quorum.

In short, Williamson County’s 21-member commission believes that when 10 or less of its number come together to discuss public business out the public eye, no one should be concerned.

What’s good enough for the state, etc.

Williamson County is situated mid-state, suspiciously close to the capitol, and maybe that has something to do with this insurrection against openness. According to 2010 census data, 50.2 percent of the county’s residents age 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree, and the median household income in 2009 was $87,474.

In Knox County, only 33 percent have a bachelor’s degree, and the median household income in 2009 was a paltry $45,380. Maybe rich eggheads just need a little more privacy.

But, hold on. In Lewis County only 9.4 percent competed four years of college, and the median household income is just a shade over $33,000. Obion County fares slightly better, with about 12 percent of its residents holding a bachelor’s degree and a median income of $38,157.

Seems the “99 percent” want in on the act, as well.

If the snobbery of wealth or the envy of poverty isn’t behind this quest for furtiveness, what’s driving it? We know that Gov. Bill Haslam has proclaimed his support for leaving the Open Meeting Act alone as it pertains to local governing bodies, and the consequences of Black Wednesday should be lesson enough for any county or city legislative body.

The problem is that Williamson County and its would be partners in the resurgence of backroom politics are looking through the wrong end of the telescope. It isn’t the local policy that needs amending; the General Assembly needs to clean up its act and remove the “Scarlet H” (hypocrite) from its collective foreheads.

Talk of “greater efficiency” if discussions among less than a quorum are allowed away from public scrutiny is simply code for “let’s make a deal.” As Commissioner Ed Shouse said last week, “Government is inherently inefficient.”

Amen, Ed. Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.

A-4 • DECEMBER 19, 2011 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS

Bill Tallent: American hero The wrinkly, yellowed page isn’t much to look at, but it reads like a novel: “I didn’t know it was going to be called the Battle of the Bulge, but I knew something was about to happen. Something big,” Bill Tallent said.

“I was 19 years old and I was an Infantry Raider with the 28th Infantry Division assigned to Intelligence, which meant I was responsible for penetrating the enemy lines to gather information about their locations and personnel. I carried about $30,000 worth of currency called ‘Invasion Money.’ They were smaller than normal bills, and I was supposed to use them if I ran into trouble.

“We were camped in a German town called Hosigen, not far from the Belgian border. Both sides were trying to infiltrate the enemy lines. There were Germans galore in American uniforms.

Betty Bean “Two nights before the battle started, I’d been out late. The moon was out and I saw somebody come through an opening in a wall. I couldn’t see exactly where he went, so I followed him. I was inside. He was outside.

We both stepped through another opening at the same time and he walked right up against the barrel of my gun.

I had it in his belly. He was wearing an American colonel’s uniform. I saw his hand start to come around and he took a big, deep breath.

I could see a colonel’s silver leaf on his helmet.

“I said ‘Don’t do it.’ He saved his own life by breathing deep. He spoke English and we interrogated him.

We were talking, talking, talking, standing there in

Bill Tallent the moonlight. I told him to show us where he was staying and he took us to a house.

He didn’t have a key, but he went in the front door and never did come out. Never said thank you. I should’ve triggered him right there, but I didn’t. He was scared all to hell.

“I went back and told my commanding officer, but it didn’t seem to bother him.

He was a schoolteacher out of South Carolina, and he

wasn’t a killer type. He carried a carbine. Might as well have been a BB gun. The next night I crossed the Our River to gather information.

I knew they were massing up, and I wanted to know how many tanks they had.

I went back and briefed my C.O: ‘There’s a crowd over there waiting on us.’

“He asked me, ‘Do you think they’re going to come after us?’

“We got our answer the next morning.”

In the months that followed, Tallent survived capture, Gestapo interrogation and gunshot wounds, two escape attempts (one successful) and going on the lam in the German countryside.

I had the honor a few years ago of helping him get it down on paper. Above is the first page of the first draft of his World War II memoirs. The finished product is in his files. I hope somebody finds it.

Rogero takes the helm Some have asked why the mayor’s inaugural is on the third Saturday of December instead of Jan. 1. When I first was inaugurated as mayor on Jan. 1, 1988, it was obvious that it was a less than satisfactory day for events in the mid morning.

It conflicted with football bowl games, a national holiday and the distress of any who might have partied too much on New Year’s Eve. Therefore, I sought a charter change to move it to the third Saturday of December when only Christmas shopping might intervene. City Council approved the amendment and the voters, in turn, ratified it. So the third Saturday in December is now the significant date.

Law Director Charles Swanson may want to sit down with inherited attorney Lisa Hatfield, whose law license was suspended for a week during the prior administration for not completing the required CLE courses required of attorneys, and suggest this not happen again on his watch.

Hatfield was suspended without pay by Law Director Debra Poplin.

Hatfield got an order vacating her suspension when she returned to work. She had failed to receive credit for some CLE conferences she had attended. The city pays for CLE courses but does not pay late fees issued by the Board of Professional Responsibility.

Today is the first work day for the new Rogero Administration. Attention will fade quickly as we get ready for Christmas and the newness wears off. Salaries for

Saunders will be the new City on his face says he may file a Council representative on the federal lawsuit against TVA city pension board. He is well based on violation of his First Victor qualified to deal with these Amendment rights. TVA is on Ashe complex issues. The city pen- weak constitutional grounds sion is not in as much finan- to try to enforce a facial cial turmoil and difficulty as makeup code for attendees at the county pension plan but it public hearings. One would think TVA has better things the new directors will be re- does face challenges. to do than worry about how ■ Attorney Chris Irwin leased as required by open records law, and this column who was barred from a TVA silly, foolish, outlandish or will keep you advised. Also, public hearing on nuclear outstanding people look while whether they are assigned power for wearing red paint attending a policy hearing. city cars or a car allowance will be told so you can know the total pay package.

■ Mayor Rogero plans to attend the mid winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington on Jan. 18-20. This will be a valuable time for her to meet mayors from around the country. Mayor Kim McMillan of Clarksville (former South Knox resident) will attend, too. I found the meetings to be worth the city expense of traveling there as I always came back with enhanced knowledge of urban issues.

■ Mayor Rogero is expected to attend the first 2012 city pension board meeting on Jan. 10. She ought to be chosen the new chair to follow Barbara Pelot whose term as chair and as a board member has expired. Pension issues are serious and costly.

■ For example, Dave Hill, who Rogero terminated from his waterfront position, will receive a lifetime city pension starting in 2017 of $1,035.17 a month or $12,400 a year with “Pedagogy,” a new piece of public art to honor educators, was a 3 percent annual escalator unveiled last week at the City County Building. It was sculpted compounded for the rest of by Julie Warren Conn who stands with Dr. Gene Overholt his life. So in 2027, his pen- at the dedication. The work in stone includes books titled: sion will be almost $17,000 “Discovery” “Enlightenment” and “Truth.” Overholt, who once a year and still growing ... served on the Knoxville city school board, was co-founder of a 30 percent increase com- the Chamber’s Leadership Education program and remains pounded in 10 years. Finbarr active with its alumni group. Photo submitted

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Lakeshore closing ‘not a done deal’ Local officials skeptical

By Betty Bean Doug Varney, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Mental Health was dispatched to Knoxville by Gov. Bill Haslam Tim Burchett last week to meet with County Mayor Tim Burchett and others to quell the negative reaction to the news that the state plans to close Lakeshore Mental Health Institute.

Whether or not he succeeded remains to be seen.

Knox County commissioners will vote today (Dec. 19) on a resolution to ask the state to delay the closure for two years.

Varney, a psychological examiner who worked his way up the management ladder to become CEO of Frontier Health, a community mental health center in the Tri-Cities area, assured his audience that he didn’t decide to close Lakeshore because it’s costing more than $25 million a year to care for some 100 patients.

This is not a budget-balancing measure, he said.

There are better ways to treat mental illness than institutionalization.

“This is not driven by money or budget,” he said.

“The deal in and of itself, the real key, is that we are moving forward in something we’ve been working on for 50 years – deinstitutionalization.”

Varney commended the Lakeshore employees, whom he said, “do God’s

Commissioner Doug Varney and Deputy Commissioner Marie Williams field questions. Photo by Betty Bean

work, every day.” He said his department will provide as much help as possible to some 370 employees who will lose their jobs, including severance packages and placement assistance.

As for the patients, Varney said the state has placement alternatives for those who need inpatient care.

He believes advances in medications will ease the transition for others.

“We’ve come a long way.”

Varney added that 90 percent of Lakeshore’s patients stay for fewer than 10 days, 70 percent for less than a week, and that these patients are good candidates for community health care services.

The portion of the $25plus million spent on thirdparty payments will be reinvested in the community, he said. The rest will be reinvested in the mental health system.

He attempted to dispel fears that chronically mentally ill patients will be discharged into the streets of Knoxville, swelling the

already robust homeless population and endangering the patients’ lives. “(Under the new system) we’re going to be able to serve a lot more people,” he said. “Nobody in that longterm group is going to be discharged to some apartment somewhere or some emergency shelter. They’ll have some of the best placements we’ve ever had.”

Those 40 to 60 patients who require inpatient care will be moved to facilities in Johnson City and Oak Ridge and the state will develop a transportation option to keep that burden from falling on local emergency services, Varney said.

Several county commissioners expressed dissatisfaction, led by Jeff Ownby, who complained that stateprovided job leads are turning out to be for low-pay, low benefit, dead-end positions, and Amy Broyles, who said she has “deep concerns” that uninsured patients will end up on the streets. Commission chair Mike Hammond observed

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that the shutdown appears to be “a done deal,” a contention Varney denied.

A woman seated at the conference table attempted to ask questions, but wasn’t called on. After the meeting, she identified herself as “Stacey,” a Lakeshore employee. She said about 2,261 patients have been admitted to Lakeshore over the past year, 1,801 of them uninsured. Forty-nine were classified as violent and 141 were inmates of the Knox County jail.

“At least 460 were sent to us because no other facility wanted them,” she said.

“And 273 of those were sent to us because there was no appropriate bed available at a private facility.

Six people on the sub-acute or short-term floor are violent. One of them has a probation band around his ankle because he’s actually a rapist. No private facility is going to take somebody like that.”

And fi nally, she said there are patients whom Varney needs to reassure.

“Patients are wanting to talk to him. He won’t.

They’re terrified. A lot of our patients were here in the Children and Youth Program. Some of them refer to the security guards as Mom and Dad. It’s just a sad, sad thing that’s going on here. I don’t understand how he can sleep at night.”

After the meeting, Burchett was asked if he is convinced that the move to close Lakeshore is motivated by concern for patient well being rather than financial considerations.

“When I was a legislator, there’s one thing I learned pretty quick,” he said. “Follow the money.”

Brown bids a graceful farewell

By Betty Bean Call it a victory lap.

Vice Mayor Joe Bailey did the honors at the reception honoring outgoing Mayor Daniel Brown last Monday. “ M a y o r, Daniel Brown you didn’t mess it up.”

There was a rare consensus in the crowded Small Assembly Room as several hundred Knoxvillians gathered to thank Brown for his 11-month tenure as interim mayor.

Brown, who was elected by his City Council colleagues to serve out the unexpired term of now-Gov. Bill Haslam, went back to being the 6th District City Council representative after the inauguration of Mayor Madeline Rogero on Saturday.

But Monday belonged to history buff Brown, whose sole request upon vacat-

ing the mayor’s office was some kind of commemoration of those who came here in servitude.

Brown, who is known for old-school courtesy, thanked his wife, Cathy, his constituents, his City Council colleagues, city employees (with a special shout-out to City Recorder Cindy Mitchell) and got a standing ovation as he unveiled the plaque, which said, above the great seal of the city, “In Honor of Daniel T. Brown, Knoxville’s First African American Mayor.

Beneath the seal were the words “In remembrance of those who came to the area in servitude.”

Afterwards, city planning and policy chief Bill Lyons wanted to be clear: “He just wanted the bottom part. We added the top part.

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The steam engine received at Christmas in 1944 by Malcolm Shell. It is now on display at the Farragut Folklife Museum.

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am sure almost everyone has a special Christmas they remember above all the rest.

With some 73 Christmases to remember, one in particular stands out.

It was the Christmas of 1944 when World War II was nearing its end. It was a bittersweet Christmas for my family because we had just learned that my brother, Staff Sgt. Joseph A. Shell, had been killed in France on Thanksgiving Day and another brother, Sgt. 1st Class Carl C. Shell, was still in harm’s way in the battle for Italy.

But amidst the sadness, the family gathered at our home to celebrate Christmas. I was only 6 years old and had very little understanding of our loss since I was only 3 years old when they left home and barely remembered either of them. As always, we had a beautiful Christmas tree with lots of presents, and my mother had prepared a feast for some 12 family members. I really wasn’t expecting much that year because the war effort had greatly reduced the availability of toys and that fact had been explained to me.

All toys in the Christ-

mas catalogues were made of wood since metal was needed for the war effort.

But my big surprise on Christmas morning was a Western Flyer red wagon.

My father grew up in a family that owned part interest in a furniture manufacturing company and had great talent in wood working.

He had made the wagon in our woodworking shop and meticulously painted it exactly like those offered in catalogues including the name Western Flyer.

Another special gift that year was a toy steam engine with a brass boiler, a whistle to let off excess steam and an alcohol burner. This was as big a surprise as the wagon because it was metallic. My father had purchased it from one of the train people who regularly came into the train station where he worked. It had probably been made in the mid-to-late 1930s prior to the rationing of metal products. I am not sure what ever happened to the Western Flyer wagon, but the steam engine is currently on display at the Farragut Folklife Museum as part of the antique toy collection exhibit.

Although I had a dog,

I had also begged for two ducks, for what reason I can now not imagine, but they appeared one day as small solid white ducklings.

My dog enjoyed them even more than me because it became his pastime chasing them around the yard.

Now, ducks are extremely messy creatures and the yard was always full of white feathers. I named them Huey and Dewey. It didn’t take long before my parents suggested that we might need to give them away, but I was not too keen on giving away Huey and Dewey.

The Christmas table that year contained the usual big turkey and all the trimmings, but there were two other offerings that I had not seen before, much smaller than the turkey. I noticed that the other family members were testing two offerings in a cautious manner and I decided to do the same. It didn’t take long for me to determine that turkey was the best choice.

And it was not for several days later that I realized Huey and Dewey were missing and overheard a conversation about them.

It then dawned on me that I had eaten Huey and Dewey.

I can remember other Christmases with varying degrees of fondness and sadness, including two that were spent overseas while in the military. And I am sure that like most soldiers now serving our country in foreign lands, their memories of past Christmases are thoughts that bring them closer to home. Home for the holidays seems to be an innate yearning, and I remember that yearning which also translates as home sickness. And during those two years away from home, the Christmas of

marker on the tape on his wrists and, without ceremony, dedicated the game to the memory of his friend. A few days later, Chad gave No. 67, nice and clean, to David to give to J.D.’s fiancee to give to Mr. and Mrs. Sims.

The transfer took 12 years.

“That was never a problem,” said John Sims. “The jersey was a special memento. It meant a lot to TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West a lot of us, but the kindness of the gesture was what really mattered. ometime this week John and that November week in Tupelo, Chad Clifton was a busy man, in Sandra Sims will receive a MS. He had lived next door to the the closing push of a football seaTennessee football jersey, No. 67, Clifton family while attending UT- son, approaching a career decision. worn the day their son was bur- Martin. He was a life-loving class- That he would think of us was and ied. mate and close friend of Chad’s is very meaningful.

It was from the Arkansas game, friends, David Glass and Brad “To this day, we have never met Nov. 13, 1999, a bad day for addi- Franklin. As grad students at UT, Chad Clifton but he has a place in they and Clifton became room- our hearts.” tional reasons.

The good guy who sent the jer- mates.

John and Sandra Sims live in J.D. stayed at their apartment Franklin. He is a consulting ensey was Chad Clifton, big body, big heart, Volunteer tackle at the when he came over for games. It gineer. She is a teacher. They are time, more recently affiliated with was one big happy fellowship – Tennessee football fans. until it went sad. the Green Bay Packers.

“We became season-ticket holdClifton wrote JDS in magic ers in 1998. It was a good year to J.D. Sims died in an auto crash

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1944 was the one I seemed to remember most.

Even today, I enjoy browsing through toy stores during Christmas and looking at the myriad of offerings that kids can enjoy: radio controlled vehicles, electronic computer games and even small power-driven vehicles that can be ridden. These toys would have been beyond the most creative imagination for kids 60 years ago and particularly those that grew up during the WWII years.

But given all the ad-

join the crowd.”

In more ways than the meaningful jersey, Chad Clifton has done a lot for the image of Tennessee football.

He grew up in Martin. He was a two-way tackle and sometimes tight end on the Westview High team. He also took up considerable space in basketball. Parade magazine said he was a prep allAmerican in football.

Alabama tried to recruit him.

Gene Stallings did the official inhome visit.

When the coach returned to his car, he found it decorated in orange and white with a Tennessee pennant attached to the radio antenna. Those same Clifton friends did the dastardly deed.

Stallings smiled and acknowledged that Big Orange Country is real.

Chad chose to join Phillip Fulmer, an old line coach, at Tennessee. Remember this part: Clifton

vancement in technology, Christmas for kids 60 years ago, when little red wagons were a real treat, were enjoyed no less than Christmases today when kids have a virtual cafeteria of offerings. And through the work of various charities, many of which didn’t exist then, even disadvantaged kids can now find their stockings filled with toys that will one day create fond memories for them.

And through these opportunities, hopefully many will learn the joy of giving rather than receiving.

was a four-year starter. The Volunteers were somewhat successful, 43-7, during his time. He received all-SEC recognition and a national championship ring.

The Sporting News thought Chad was a second-team allAmerican. The Packers thought he was at least that good. They drafted him in the second round.

He became a great blindside protector, treasured but relatively unheralded.

Clifton overcame injuries and got better with age. One year he played all 1,031 offensive snaps.

He made it to the 2008 Pro Bowl.

In 2010, he cashed in. His threeyear contract called for $20 million. In February, he and the Packers took another jackpot, Super Bowl XLV. His reputation is near enough to spotless to be about right for Vol for Life. Do I hear a second to that motion?

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Time warp Now the birth of Jesus took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

(Matthew 1: 18-21 NRSV)

Donate blood, save lives Medic Regional Blood Center and Second Harvest Food Bank are teaming up this month for “Double Your Good Deed.” Blood donors can opt out of a Tshirt and a donation equal to nine meals will be made to Second Harvest.

Donors can stop by one of two donor centers: 1601 Ailor Ave. or 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut.

Other sites: ■ 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 19, Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, inside fellowship hall.

■ Noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, Cedar Bluff Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive, inside community room.

■ 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 22, Turkey Creek Medical Center, 10820 Parkside Drive, inside Women’s Center.

■ 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, Walmart on Chapman Highway, Bloodmobile.

Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years old weighing 120 pounds with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and have positive identification. Info: 524-3074 or visit www.medicblood.org.

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Lynn Hutton next Sunday we are looking forward to his coming as a tiny babe.

Our own memories are part of that time warp, too.

A carol can come winging out of nowhere, and suddenly we are back at our grandmother’s dining table, or putting on our angel wings for the children’s pageant.

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New Years Eve Extravaganza Saturday, Dec. 31, LC Family Fun and Karaoke, 1850 Old Highway 95 in Lenoir City. Arcade games, pool tables, basketball, air hockey, live music and watching the ball drop in New York City on a big screen. Talk show host Marla Higginbotham will be the master

Judea, past Jerusalem and on toward little Bethlehem.

I have wondered how Joseph must have felt, coming back to his ancestral home, only to be told there was no place for him and for his wife, who was even now looking pale and frightened, and wishing for her mother.

Did Joseph’s angel hover close that night, beating back the darkness with his powerful wings? Or did he sing the very first Christmas carol at the baby’s cry, a soft lullaby that was picked up by the heavenly hosts who sang in full chorus for amazed shepherds to hear: “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors” (Luke 2: 14)?

Remember, in this holy season, to someone, today, you may be the angel of the dream: giving direction, giving hope, giving encouragement or giving that swift kick in the seat of the pants, much like Joseph’s angel: “GO!” Or it may be that you are one of the heavenly choir who sings because you cannot stop the melody that gives your heart wings.

May your Christmas be merry and blessed!

of ceremonies. Tickets are $35 ($60 per couple) and can be purchased at Debra’s Nails Desire on Kingston Pike and Kings Inn Motel in Lenoir City. Doors open at 7 p.m., music starts at 9. Info: 332-0957.

The Festival of Lights will be held at the Cove at Concord Park on Northshore Drive 6-9 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 22, through Friday, Dec. 30, (excluding Christmas day). Hot dogs, hot chocolate, bonfires for roasting marshmallows and s’mores. Santa will visit Dec. 22-23. Leashed pets are welcomed. Info: www. knoxcounty.org/parks.

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New Year’s Service

Chanukah ■ Heska Amuna Synagogue will host a Chanukah celebration 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21. There will be latkes, Karaoke and lots of family fun.

Bring your family and your Menorah. Dress casual. Everyone is invited. Admission is $18 ($9 children 12 and under, family cap of $45). RSVP by Thursday, Dec. 15 by calling 522-0701.

Christmas events and services ■ Cedar Grove Baptist Church, 9711 Norris Freeway, will present the program “Why Christmas” about the true meaning of Christmas 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21.

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday.

■ Knoxville Free Food Market, 4625 Mill Branch Lane (across from Tractor Supply in Halls), distributes free food 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Saturday of the month. Info: 566-1265.

■ New Hope Baptist Church distributes food from its food pantry to local families in need 6-8 p.m. every third Thursday. Info: 688-5330.

■ World for Christ Church New Year’s Eve Opening and Welcoming Party will be held 10 p.m. until it ends Saturday, Dec. 31, on the third floor of the Quality Inn on Merchants Drive.

Info: Email worldforchrist@ bellsouth.net.

Rec programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will have a beginner yoga class Mondays from 6-7 p.m. upstairs in the family life center. Cost is $10 per class or $40 for five classes. Bring a mat, towel and water. Info: Dena Bower, 567-7615 or denabower@ comcast.net.

■ New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Avenue Pike, will hold Pilates class 5:45 p.m. each Monday for $5.

Info: 689-7001.

Special services ■ Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church offers an Internet prayer line. Anytime you have a prayer or concern, call the line and leave a message.

Someone will be praying about the request with you within 24 hours. Prayer line: 484-4066.

Workshops and classes

■ Rutherford Memorial UMC 7815 Corryton Road, will hold a traditional Candlelight Communion service 8 p.m. Christmas Eve. Info: 687-8438.

■ Fairview Baptist Church, 7424 Fairview Road off East Emory Road, hosts a Celebrate Recovery program 7-9 p.m. Thursdays.

■ The Grove Church will have Christmas Eve eve service 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at the Halls Middle School Auditorium. Everyone is invited.

■ New Hope Baptist Church, 7602 Bud Hawkins Road in Corryton, hosts Celebrate Recovery adult and youth classes 7 p.m. Tuesdays and 12-step class 6:30 p.m.

Wednesdays. Info: 688-5330.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host an informal Christmas Eve service at 5 p.m. with children in mind and a traditional service at 8 p.m. with trumpet, choir and candlelight. Service on Christmas day will be held at 11 a.m. Info: 690-1060 or visit www.beaverridgeumc.com.

■ Dayspring Church, 901 Callahan Drive, Suite 109, will offer Divorce Care classes from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Monday evenings. There is no charge for the 13-week program and child care will be provided.

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Those who used to be present – and now are gone – still inhabit Christmas.

Our memories are dear and poignant. In the midst of the merriment, there are sometimes tears; with the laughter comes a catch in the throat and a wave of remembrance.

Time was pretty topsyturvy for Joseph, too. Here was Mary, pregnant before she was married, pregnant even before they had “lived together,” as Matthew so delicately puts it.

Where I work, our neighbors who are poor, homeless, alone, scared or sick remind me of a young couple who had no safe home to return to, and therefore no livelihood, no family or friends available and no place for a child to be born. No safety net at all, except the angel who kept showing up in Joseph’s dreams.

The angel had reassured Joseph that everything was going to be fine. But now he had to deal with this taxation that Caesar Augustus had thought up! Here was bad timing, indeed, because Mary was due any day.

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I personally would like to have a little space between our celebrations, including Christmas, but now it seems the new advertising norm is to have a magical transformation at midnight of whatever the holiday is to the next one to be celebrated.

Christmas is near! Let’s look back and reflect now on some really wonderful Christmas traditions.

To me, there’s nothing quite like hopping into the truck, driving to the countryside and combing the fields on foot to pick out that perfect Christmas tree. Until 20 or 25 years ago, the choice of trees in East Tennessee was between a cedar and a pine. Now, there are

more exotic tree offerings at the tree farms. The smell of a fresh cedar permeates the house in such a way that it begins to feel like Christmas.

A white pine or even the common lob lolly pine makes a pretty Christmas tree when lit up and decorated.

For those old enough to remember, 1941 was the first time there could be a local tree lighting. Frankly, I think it was a few years later before most people had purchased Christmas tree lights. Many people now put up their tree or trees by Dec. 1. Before central heat and air, two weeks before Christmas was

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Even before the trip for the tree, family members participated in making the decorations for the tree.

For families that grew cotton, cotton balls were often placed on the tree to look like snow. Corn shuck dolls were made in the fall for both Santa and for tree ornaments. Angel tree ornaments were made from white pine cones painted white or dipped in flour paste. The wings were cut from corn shuck, the head was made from bread dough and glue. The hair for both the corn shuck dolls and angels was corn silk. Popcorn

Cornshuck dolls, macaroni angels and hummingbirds was popped and strung on thread to drape the tree, and colored chain was made from construction paper or the “funnies.” Hummingbirds made from a hemlock burr, one piece of white pine burr with wings of water maple seeds, and angels made from different types of pasta are so very special.

Then, there’s the rag dolls and wooden-wheel wagons that little girls and boys enjoyed and sometimes kept as family treasures.

I am grateful to the people, such as the Family Community Education groups, who are working to keep these precious traditions alive; and who

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have the foresight to pass the instructions on to the younger generations. It is important to keep those family traditions alive.

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Gibbs chorus sings Christmas

By Ruth White

Long selected for all-star team

The Gibbs High chorus department presented a festive and fun Christmas program last week and showcased many talented students.

The mixed chorus opened the evening with classic Christmas songs and gave an informative performance of the 12 days of Christmas and what happened to the gifts following the holiday.

The ensemble sang many beautiful songs featuring students including Brady Whitt, Amanda Buschermohle, Austin Holloway, Jordan Childress, Caleb Bales, MaKayla Mounger and Nick Wright.

Choral director Emily Jones honored the members of the All-East Freshmen Honor Choir, including Landon Flatford, Grant Ford, Amelia Lufkin and Emme Smithey. She also honored the Tennessee All-State Chorus members, including Amanda Buschermohle, Victoria Marler and Brady Whitt.

Upcoming events for the choral department include a prefestival choral concert on March 1; a the High School Choral Showcase at Central High on March 13; the school musical production of “Bye Bye Birdie” April 19-21; and Gibbs High Night of the Arts and Choral Concert on May 10.

By Ruth White The cream of the crop gathered last weekend at Carson-Newman College and played one last game of their high school football careers.

The event was the fifth annual Toyota East/West Tennessee All-Star Classic and seniors from all over Tennessee were selected to play in a game to showcase their athletic skills.

Halls High’s Jared Long played a strong defense for the East team and made an impact. Long is only the second Red Devil football player selected to play on the all-star team.

For Long, being selected was “an overall great experience.” Playing against the caliber of talent represented on the field pushed him harder and forced him to compete at a higher level, he says.

The team spent the week before the game working together, learning plays and getting accustomed to working together.

“The coaches were excellent and put us through a lot of mental work all week, but they did a great job working with players in such a short amount of time,” Long says.

Being named to the all-

Jordan Albee plays percussion during a song at the Gibbs High choral concert.

Halls High senior Jared Long on the sidelines following a play at the Toyota East/West All-Star Classic. Photo by Ruth White star team is something that Long will cherish.

“Being able to represent my family and school and to

have the opportunity to play with the best of the best in Tennessee was a blessing and an honor.”

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The choir at Brickey-McCloud Elementary hosted a fundraising event at El Chico last week.

The group entertained the restaurant guests with sounds of beautiful carols while they dined.

A portion of that evening’s proceeds was donated to the choir.

Sounds of the season Jackson Lore enjoyed the day dressed in his favorite ranch hand gear as Shannondale Elementary celebrated coupon book sales.

Gretchen Adkins kicks up her heels and gets in the spirit of the celebration of coupon book sales at Shannondale Elementary. Photos by Ruth White Singing Christmas carols at El Chico restaurant on Merchant Drive are Brickey-McCloud students Sarah Marcum, Natalie Stambaugh and Emory Wineland. Photos by Ruth White Mackenzie Whittaker sports a pretty pink hat and bandana.

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FC Elementary presents ‘The Littlest Christmas Tree’

By Ruth White First grade students at Fountain City Elementary combined the sounds of the season with some laughs and lots of smiles to present “The Littlest Christmas Tree.”

The scene was a Christmas tree lot at the North Pole where trees hoped to catch Santa’s eye and become his Christmas tree.

Santa, portrayed by Jack Riordan, made the audience laugh as his belly shifted underneath his suit Ty Matherly and Bri Baloga sing “We wish you a Merry Christwhen he moved. The song mas” to conclude the 1st grade music program.

“Tiny Tree Rap” had guests clapping to the beat.

The perfect tree was selected for Santa and it was the tree that understood the true meaning of Christmas. The performance ended with students joining hands and singing “We wish you a Merry Fountain City Elementary 1st Christmas.” grade student Jack Riordan portrays Santa Claus in the school’s holiday music performance. Photos by Ruth White

Hannah McFalls and Jay Weatherstone do the Tiny Tree Rap during the morning performance of “The Littlest Christmas Tree.”

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The Halls Middle School art department held The Art of the Chair silent auction and art show, featuring student work, last week. Photos by Jake Mabe

This chair was painted like Andy Warhol’s pink cow and auctioned off. It was designed by Halls Middle students Taylor Wright, Kayla McDugald, Jasmine Fox and Nicholas Wilson.

HMS students host art auction, show

By Jake Mabe Wait, wait! Don’t throw out that old chair that’s taking up space in your basement. Art students at Halls Middle School just might need it.

The Art of the Chair silent auction and art show were held last week to coincide with the school’s holiday concerts. Sixth, 7th and 8th grade students created 20 pieces of art based on the work of a master artist, on wooden chairs, side-tables, an antique ironing board, even on an old wooden child’s highchair.

These pieces were sold during a silent auction. Student art not for sale was also displayed during the art show.

Art teachers Shellie Ayres and Lauren Adams are using proceeds from the auction toward the eventual creation of a digital lab.

The PTA has promised to match a purchase of 12 digital cameras.

“The next step would be to add some soft-

ware,” Adams says. “We’re hoping that the yearbook will eventually be student-run as well.”

Ayres says the students always get into the group projects for the silent auction.

“They are recycling something that would otherwise probably end up in the dump,” Ayres says. “They learn some amazing painting skills. And they are learning art history. It’s all about the kids and engaging them.”

Adams says the entire show is studentrun.

“The kids put it up and take it down. It’s theirs – they own it.”

Ayres says the auction will be held again in the spring. The department is always accepting donations, preferably wood, but Ayres says they have also successfully painted plastic and fiberglass. Donations can be made by calling the school office at 922-7494 and leaving a message for the art department.

Student artwork, like Jacob Gilliam’s “Optical Illusions,” was on display during an art show that accompanied the Art of the Chair silent auction.

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Bridges signs with Tennessee Wesleyan veterinarian and biology Halls High senior Steph- programs, and the opporanie Bridges signed her tunity to play both of her letter of intent to play vol- favorite sports in college.

“All the schools I visleyball and softball at Tennessee Wesleyan College in ited were interested in me playing softball, and the Athens, Tenn.

Bridges, who plays Division I schools wanted shortstop for the Halls me to put sports before my High softball team and education,” she said. “Tenplays middle-back and nessee Wesleyan gives me outside hitter for the vol- the opportunity to play leyball team, accumulated volleyball and softball numerous team and all- while focusing first on my district awards during her academics.” four years at Halls.

Bridges is looking forShe selected Tennessee ward to playing both sports Wesleyan because of its in college and is excited small campus and class- about the school’s science room environment, its pre- program.

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With Stephanie Bridges (front) are her parents, Bonnie and Phil Bridges; (back) Tennessee Wesleyan College coach Toby Brooks, Halls High softball coach Ellisha Humphrey, Halls volleyball coach Jerilynn Carroll and Knoxville Thunder (summer) softball coaches Mark Smith and Matt Harris. Stephanie is a member of the National Honors Society and plans to major in biology and then pursue veterinary medicine. Photo submitted

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“ Response to Re-gifting” I recently had an interesting conversation about this re-gifting idea. It seems there are both pros and cons concerning this practice. I know that many of you reading this article can remember the days that hand-me-downs were the only way for a family to get by. I remember as a child wearing other peoples' clothes. I probably could have worn my older brother's clothes, but he was less than a year older, so I missed out on all his stash. Now many people are looking for those clothes that are now back in style.

I vividly remember one Christmas that my family was struggling to literally keep the lights on. Our younger twin brother and sister wanted a bike for Christmas, and my older brothers and I decided too do whatever it took to get them one that year. We found several old bikes and used all lll the parts to make two pretty decent bikes. We painted and polished and were so anxious for them to receive them on Christmas morning. They were so happy to receive the bikes and never said Just to name a few: anything about them being used or old bikes.

• Never mention it is being re-gifted I realize that no one is going to be especially thrilled to receive the fruit cake that • U pd at e th e w rapping paper or has been re-gifted for the last decade (although they are perfectly safe at that point), gift bag but we at Angelic Ministries know that many of the families that come to us are • Keep track of who perfectly fine with re-gifting.

I saw an article that lists the gave it to you • Clean it rules of re-gifting.

Of course, we agree it's the thought that counts, and a • Do not recycle gift gift is special no matter what. Our Savior was actually cards incubated in a borrowed womb, laid in a used manger, wrapped in strips of cloth, and was buried in a borrowed tomb. Yet this was the greatest gift ever given, because it was from the heart of God with more love than most of us could ever imagine. It is the gift that keeps on giving. The ministry at Angelic thrives on re-gifting. Most who visit Angelic are not expecting something new. We do try to make it presentable, clean, and keep track of where the items come from.

However, the most important thing we tell each recipient is that these precious gifts of clothes, furniture, shoes, dishes, diapers etc. are not gifts from us, but from a loving God. In essence that would be re-gifting, because what we share with others originates from the store house of our Heavenly Father who meets all our needs according to His riches in Glory and is abundantly above and beyond what we could ever think or imagine.

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St. Joseph School artwork on display The artwork of five St. Joseph School students has been selected for the East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition.

Eighth grade students Alexa Smith and Suzanna Pickering, as well as 7th grade students Courtney Black, Emily Toth and Katie Wade, were recognized at a reception and awards ceremony held at the Knoxville Museum of Art earlier this month.

The pieces selected were mixed media works and one large-scale sculpture. “We are so blessed to have the newly expanded fine arts center with such large classrooms,� says art teacher Gae Sharp. “They provide for more space for instruction and limitless

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By Theresa Edwards Pellissippi State Community College presented two performances of its “Christmas Memories” concert Dec. 8 in the Clayton Performing Arts Center. Director Bill Brewer led the choir with Linnette Legg as accompanist. The public was invited for this free entertainment and filled the auditorium to capacity.

In addition to the chorale music, other groups performed holiday melodies. There were bluegrass, brass, guitar, percussion and small instrumental ensembles, and a jazz band. Another special performance was by the Dance Ensemble of the “Dance of the Reed-Flutes” from “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky, choreographed

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The penultimate number was “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” with a video behind the singers of snow falling on an evergreen tree. Then “snow” started falling on the stage, followed by snow for the audience, and the auditorium rocked with laughter. The performance ended with a rendition of “Merry Christmas.”

Pellissippi State Community College invites you to its “Winter Choral Concert” 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the Clayton Performing Arts Center. Mark your calendar!

Christmas beauty The Halls Crossroads Women’s League talked seven families into opening their homes for the annual Christmas Home Tour on Dec. 10. All homes were decorated for the holidays, and traffic was brisk. Fundraiser co-chairs were Brenda Gaylor, Janie Branam, Gail Lay, Charlene Lewis, Shelba Murphy, Shirley Merryman and Anne Payne. This table centerpiece sets off the dining room of Robert and Joan Campbell on Pelleaux Road.

“We’ve both got big families and we wanted a place where we could enjoy being together,” said Robert. Photo by S. Clark

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This senior serves community

By Alvin Nance Today I’m glad to recognize Montgomery Village resident James Harmon for the important Nance volunteer work that he’s doing in that community.

Harmon, 71, has been a Montgomery Village resident since 2009. Upon moving into Montgomery Village, Harmon discovered an unused library that was, in his words, “a mess.” The Knoxville native and University of Tennessee graduate took it upon himself to reopen the library, a monumental task that he says he

couldn’t have accomplished without a lot of help from retired librarian Dorothy Stamper.

“The library basically consisted of four rooms full of books and boxes and boxes of books stored in closets,” says Harmon. “We organized those books into sections and then book donations started coming in. It’s been miraculous, really, how we’ve been able to stock the library.”

The library is open from 12:30 to 5 p.m. on Sundays and from 2-5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. Harmon is there whenever the doors are open. He reports that children are the library’s “biggest customers,” and that about 50 young people actively use the library at

this time.

Harmon loves to share stories, and one of his stories illustrates how the library is making a real difference: “One day two Burundian teenagers came in the library and were interested in some whittling I was doing. I spotted an Encyclopedia of Crafts sitting on the shelf and suggested they read it.

They were amazed at all the things they could do, particularly beadwork.

Having that book available helped me teach them how to learn to do things from books.”

Harmon says he is profoundly grateful to have a place to live that he can afford and that giving back is his way of showing his gratitude.

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John R. McCloud and Sam Hardman chat with Food City district manager Steve Trout in the Halls store. Food City presented Christ United Methodist Church and the Halls Welfare Ministry with checks from their annual Race Against Hunger campaign. The donations were made possible through donations from the community at Food City checkout lanes.

The 2010-2011 campaign was the largest in the company’s history, raising in excess of $360,000 to help feed thousands throughout the region. Photo by Ruth White

Home Federal lists year-end promotions Jennifer Collier, manager of the Fountain City branch of Home Federal Bank, and Dexter Cox, branch manager on Merchants Road, have been promoted to vice president.

Also promoted to vice president were Halls resident LeAnn Heidenreich, branch manager at Karns, and DeAnna Davis, manager of the downtown branch at 515 Market Street.

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NEWS FROM HELPING HANDS HOME ASSISTANCE

New Helping Hands center to serve young and old

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elping Hands Home Assistance wants to help young and old alike through their new center located at 6900 Office Park Circle in Knoxville.

Opened on Oct. 10, Helping Hands Childcare currently only serves small children ages six weeks to five years, but President and CEO Chris Middlebrook wants to add a senior center component to the facility.

Middlebrook plans to call the day center for seniors “The Gathering Place.”

“We want it to be a club for seniors – a gathering place,” Middlebrook said.

“It’s an alternative to a

nursing home.”

Designed mainly for seniors with Alzheimer’s and dementia, the Gathering Place will be located on the upper level of the Helping Hands center with the childcare facility on the lower level, and Middlebrook said he’d like the children and adults to interact once or twice a week through crafts, story time and other activities. Also, the center will partner with the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine’s H.A.B.I.T (Human-Animal Bond In Tennessee) Pet Visitation program where children and adults will bond with animals for therapeutic experiences.

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Greg Hamilton, former controller of Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance Inc., has been promoted to vice president of internal audit for Clayton Homes. He will coordinate and direct strategic long-term goals as well as policies and procedures for the internal audit function. Hamilton has been with Clayton Homes in various financial positions since 1997.

“I think both groups will benefit from the concept. Children have a way of bringing out memories for adults, especially those with memory loss,” Middlebrook said. “A lot of kids Saveon Magwood, Waylon Kitts, and Roshaun Smith listen as today are growing up with- Audra Southerland reads them a story. Photo by Aaron Killian out their grandparents, and families are spread values and morals – what or three months. out. It’s not like it used to kids really need as they go “The center will focus be with grandma coming through life.” on preparing the children over or the grandkids going Currently, the child- for kindergarten through to grandma’s house. care portion of the Helping academics and by helping “This is really a way to Hands center has open- to develop social skills necexpose them to grandmoth- ings for children in their essary for school,” Middleer and grandfather figures. nursery, toddler, 3-year- brook said. “A hot, nutriYears ago, we learned life old, and 4- and 5-year-old tious lunch and snacks are lessons – morals and val- classes. The center is also served daily.” ues – from our grandpar- accepting applications for Middlebrook said he is ents. We don’t have a lot its waiting list for the Gath- happy that state funding is of that today. This concept ering Place, which Middle- available for participants in will help encourage good brook plans to open in two both the childcare and se-

nior programs.

“I’m excited to partner with the Choices program which screens our senior applicants to meet eligibility requirements,” Middlebrook said. The childcare center accepts state certificates, which cover a majority of the cost.

Currently Helping Hands Childcare is open from 7:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Middlebrook said he wants the Gathering Place to offer a flexible schedule since so many seniors with dementia and Alzheimer’s live with caretakers who work or have scheduled doctor’s appointments. Seniors may come to the center five days per week and up to 40 hours per week.

Helping Hands For more information or to register a child or senior for their programs, call Helping Hands.

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Oxygen therapy heals diabetic’s foot wound Because high blood sugar levels can damage blood vessels and nerves, foot ulcers are common among people who have diabetes.

The wounds start out small. Because diabetics have reduced sensation in their feet, they don’t realize they have a wound, and it takes much longer to heal, often leading to infection.

That’s why 64-year-old Beverly Petty of Loudon was worried three years ago when she developed a silver-dollar sized wound on the bottom of her left foot. A podiatrist told her it was a dangerous condition called Charcot (pronounced sharko) Foot, which is when the bones in the foot become weak and start protruding through the bottom of the foot because of nerve damage from the diabetes.

The wound wouldn’t heal for nearly three years. “The doctors told me I needed to have my foot taken off,� explains Petty. “I said, a general surgeon and director of him last June. Dr. Schuchmann ‘No thank you!’ �

On the advice of a friend, Petty the Fort Sanders Regional Wound performed a number of tests on called Dr. G. Douglas Schuchmann, Treatment Center. She went to see Petty and decided the best treat-

ment for her was using a bioengineered skin graft to cover the wound. After that, he prescribed 60 visits to the Wound Treatment Center’s hyperbaric oxygen chamber to help her heal.

The center has two oxygen chambers. These clear cylindrical tanks allow one patient at a time to lie inside them, breathing 100 percent oxygen while under increased atmospheric pressure. The pressure forces oxygen into the body’s cells, which helps saturate the red blood cells with oxygen to promote healing. This is helpful for both diabetic and radiation treatment patients.

Petty’s relatives and friends drove from her home in Loudon to Fort Sanders ďŹ ve days each week, for about three months. “In no time at all the wound went from silver dollar size to the size of a dime,â€? she says. “It’s a little tiny wound now. My foot looks better now than it’s looked in a long, long time. â€?

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ments are painless. “Except for your ears popping, you really don’t feel anything. It doesn’t hurt.�

Each treatment lasted 90 minutes. “Patients watch TV or sleep while they’re in the chamber,� she explains. “It’s clear all the way around, so you can see out, look over and hear other people talking.

The patients, we sit there and talk.

You’re there so long you get to feel like they’re almost family.�

A physician checks each patient before and after oxygen therapy treatment, especially for any strain on the heart or ears. Petty’s wound is nearly healed and she has ďŹ nished her oxygen treatments, but she still visits Dr. Schuchmann to keep an eye on her foot. “I love Dr. Schuchmann and the Wound Care Center is really great,â€? she smiles. “I would highly recommend it to anyone who’s got a wound that won’t heal.â€?

For more information about the Fort Sanders Wound Treatment Center, call 865-541-2784.

Diabetic wounds can heal slowly

Fort Sanders offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy for hard to heal wounds Hyperbaric oxygen treatments are an important therapy in diabetic wound care. “People are fascinated with them,� says Dr. George Schuchmann, Medical Director of the Fort Sanders Wound Treatment Center. “But they’re not for everyone, and they’re not a panacea.�

The Fort Sanders Wound Treatment Center has two hyperbaric oxygen chambers in its outpatient clinic that are used to treat certain deep tissue wounds that may not heal with conventional therapies alone. “The chamber delivers extra oxygen to the soft tissues, which helps bolster the immune system,� explains Dr. Schuchmann.

The clear chambers are each 7 feet long, large enough to hold one person up to 350 pounds. The patient slides in on a bed, and the chamber is sealed and ďŹ lled with 100 percent oxygen.

Then, a technician slowly increases the atmospheric pressure inside the chamber to a pressure

two to three times that of the outside atmosphere. As the patient breathes and lies in the chamber, the increased atmospheric pressure forces 10 to 15 times more oxygen into the patient’s blood stream and tissues than normal.

Each treatment inside the oxygen chamber is called a “dive,� because of the increase in atmospheric pressure.

At Fort Sanders’ Wound Treatment Center the chambers are used for outpatient, long-term care of wounds, bone infections called osteomylitis, wounds caused by cancer radiation treatments and for the healing of skin grafts. Most major insurance companies, including Medicare, cover hyperbaric oxygen treatments for the treatment of serious diabetic wounds.

Quick wound healing is important to prevent serious infection that can be life-threatening. Recent studies ďŹ nd that diabetic patients who use hyperbaric oxygen treatment along with traditional wound care signiďŹ cantly reduce their risk of amputations of the

foot or leg from diabetic ulcers.

The major drawback to hyperbaric oxygen treatment is that it requires between 20 and 30 treatments to be effective. “It’s not painful, but it is a time commitment,â€? Dr. Schuchmann explains. “Most patients require two hours a day of treatments, ďŹ ve days a week, for about six weeks.â€?

Plus, the treatment is not safe for everyone, he adds. Increased atmospheric pressure in the chamber can worsen certain medical conditions like pneumothorax (a collapsed lung), congestive heart failure, cataracts or seizure disorders. The oxygen chamber is also not suitable for pregnant women or those with other underlying respiratory problems as well. “But, hyperbaric oxygen therapy can be very useful for some people as an adjunct treatment,� says Dr. Schuchmann.

For more information about hyperbaric oxygen therapy, contact the Fort Sanders Wound Treatment Center at 865-541-2784.

Non-healing wounds are particularly painful and dangerous for people living with diabetes. Foot ulcers are perhaps the most common, painful and debilitating side effect of the disease. “People with diabetes have difďŹ culty ďŹ ghting off infection,â€? explains Nina Cash, a Diabetes Nurse Educator at the Fort Sanders Diabetes Center.

She says diabetes can make skin dry and irritated, and more easily damaged.

If a skin break occurs, the bacteria on the surface of the skin thrive on the extra sugar in the blood, often leading to infection. And, because diabetes damages nerve function, patients may be less likely to feel a wound until it’s severe.

That’s why Cash says the ďŹ rst line in skin defense is getting control of a person’s disease.

At the Fort Sanders Diabetes Center, a team of dietitians, nurses and exercise physiologists work to create a management plan for each patient with Type 1, Type 2 or gestational diabetes.

Patients receive education in group or one-on-one sessions based on their assessed needs, and the center encourages family members to attend the sessions as well. Getting control of the diabetes can not only prevent wounds, it can also head off other complications, including kidney, eye, heart and nerve damage.

“Without education, patients really have a hard time controlling their disease,� says Fort Sanders Diabetes Nurse Educator Tamra Davis. “When our dietitians see the patients, they calculate the person’s individualized needs, which are based on height, weight, age, activity level and usual eating habits. Most people can’t do that for themselves.�

Davis says diabetes can be tricky, but not impossible to manage. “We’ve had some great success stories when our patients realize they can control this disease by making healthy lifestyle choices. With education, they don’t feel helpless, they feel empowered.�

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Christmas tree ornaments can be created using a variety of items that an individual may already have on hand. Photos by Ruth White.

Hand-crafted Christmas Sometimes the simplest things bring the biggest smiles.

The idea of giving presents at Christmas has always been part of the season, but when did giving big presents become the norm? Going deep into debt just to show appreciation to friends and family isn’t my idea of the path to take, so when you receive a hand-crafted gift this year, know that it was created with a heart filled of love.

Handmade ornaments are special gifts that can be given away or kept to decorate a tree with treasured memories. Seniors at the Halls Senior Center gathered last week to create unique ornaments that are sure to become treasures.

Director Darrell Gooding taught class members how

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to create ornaments using ordinary light bulbs and turning them in to extraordinary gifts. Gooding used simple steps to create an ornament that resembled the University of Tennessee’s mascot Smokey and even the self proclaimed inartistic individuals were able to take home a beautiful gift.

Gooding also showed the class other ornaments that have been created by friends of the center and by the creative Amanda Patton. Patton used old

HALLS SENIOR CENTER Events for the week of Dec. 19: ■ Monday, Dec. 19: 9:30 a.m., Scrapbooking; 10 a.m., Texas Hold ’Em Poker; 1 p.m., Mah Jongg; 1 p.m., Rook; 1 p.m., Exercise; 2:15 p.m., Social Dance class.

■ Tuesday, Dec. 20: Noon,

These five young Anatolian Shepherds and their parents have been given a second chance after being surrendered by a breeder at Jefferson County Animal Shelter. Photo by T. Edwards Halls Senior Center director Darrell Gooding assists Angelia Correll as she creates an ornament using a light bulb.

Christmas cards and cut them in to circles of various sizes, layering and creating a colorful tree ornament. Another use for old cards includes cutting into shapes and gluing them together to form a ball embellished with pretty ribbon for hanging.

If you’re suddenly feeling creative, there’s still time to grab some glue, pretty paper, paint brushes and ribbon to make some beautiful ornaments and some sweet memories.

Cookie and candy exchange. Bring cookies to swap and a container to take home a variety of sweet treats.

■ Wednesday, Dec. 21: 10 a.m., Bingo; 10 a.m., Hand & Foot; 12:30 p.m., Bridge; 1 p.m., Rook; 1 p.m., SAIL exercise; 2:15 p.m., Yoga.

■ Thursday, D ec. 22: 10 a.m., Line dance class; 10 a.m., Pinochle;

Local family finds peace at the holidays Thanks to several good Samaritans in the Knoxville area, a family of Anatolian shepherds are not only still alive, but they will be safe and warm this Christmas.

Sara Barrett Wanda Brown uses a marker to sketch a design on a light bulb that she will fill in with paint to create an ornament.

10 a.m., Quilting; 11 a.m., exercise; 1:30 p.m., Dominoes; 1:30 p.m., Board game social.

■ Friday, Dec. 23: Center closed until Tuesday, Dec. 27 for the Christmas holiday.

Info: 922-0416. For a complete calendar of weekly events, call the Halls Senior Center or visit www. knoxseniors.org/seniors.

Critter Tales The group of seven dogs (five puppies and the mom and pop) were surrendered by a breeder to the Jefferson County Animal Shelter for reasons unknown. Carmen Tramell, local animal advocate and publisher of Critter magazine, is shuttling them to their next destination on behalf of the National Anatolian Shepherd Rescue Network.

The puppies will be fostered by Michael Samstag, founder of Knoxville Films.

He has converted his garage into a “puppy house” for such an occasion. From his care, the puppies will most likely be transported up North where adoptable dogs are in greater demand.

The parents are currently being cared for at Meadowbrooke Kennel until a suitable forever home has been selected for them.

Although these seven dogs will never be able to comprehend the amount of work, time and effort it took to save their lives, and although they will never be able to say “thank you” to everyone who was involved, the many people responsible for saving them will be ready – in a heartbeat – to do it all again.

Info: Visit www.nasrn.org.

If you have a question or comment for Sara, give her a call at 218-9378 or email barretts@shoppernewsnow.com.

...And to all of our neighbors, many thanks for your goodwill this past year!

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