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Halls Breakfast Club this week

Marcy McMillan and the staff at Elmcroft Senior Living Facility on Andersonville Pike will host the Halls Breakfast Club, 7:30 to 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 5. This is McMillan a networking event for members of the Halls Business and Professional Association. Info: Bob Crye, 922-2793.

FC Town Hall

Fountain City Town Hall will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, at the Lions Club building, on Broadway at Fountain City Park. Jim Hagerman, city director of Hagerman engineering, will bring everyone up to date on work done at Fountain City Lake. Students from Fountain City Elementary School will be honored.

IN THIS ISSUE Chili chowdown

The Halls Crossroads Women’s League honored volunteers and installed new officers last week. The community can meet these outstanding women at the annual Crossroads Chili Chowdown Friday, Feb. 6.

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Tech for students

The most compelling argument for putting computers into the hands of all Knox County students came from Vine Middle Magnet School principal Cindy White. On Sundays, her students line up along the outside walls of the school to use Wi-Fi Internet access, a commodity lacking at home for many.

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What happened to the low bid?

For old-timers, the kerfuffle over the E-911 board’s rejection of its evaluation committee’s recommendation for a new radio system begged this question: Whatever happened to taking bids and accepting the lowest one?

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Coffee with the pastor By Cindy Taylor Folks at Salem Baptist Church are stirring their coffee and listening as God stirs their hearts. The Rev. Allen James has designed Coffee with the Pastor as a way to connect and spend intentional time with various age groups. As the new pastor, James says he is challenged with understanding the personality of the church to which God has called him. “I am convinced that every church is unique, so this understanding is an essential step for the future,” he said. “One of the ways I have attempted to connect with our church family is to create an opportunity to listen and learn what God is already stirring in the hearts of our people.” The church has hosted independent meetings representing each generation from ages 20-35, 35-50, 50-65 and 65 plus. At each gathering, James asked the group four questions. What is God doing now in the life of our church that is bringing

Salem Baptist Church member Michelle Wilson (left) shares thoughts for the future with pastor Allen James and church members Joey McCoy and Debbie Woodall. Photo submitted excitement? What are some next steps you sense God leading us to take as a

church family? What are some things we need to not do anymore as a church?

What are the greatest challenges facing our church in the next five years? James says it has been fascinating to hear several themes consistent throughout every generation, as well as some that are unique. He has concluded every gathering with an opportunity for those present to ask him any questions. “Through the last month, I sense God building a deeper unity among our church family and allowing me to take one more step from just being the preacher to becoming the pastor of Salem Baptist Church.” Salem will host its eighth annual chili cook-off at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, featuring comedian Tim Lovelace. The event is free. Girls Night Out at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, will be a fun-filled evening of painting with Blissful Art for moms and daughters of all ages. Cost is $15 for supplies. Salem Baptist Church is at 8201 Hill Road. Info: 922-3490 or www.salembaptisthalls.org.

Emory Road opens By Sandra Clark State Rep. Bill Dunn says the new Emory Road from Norris Freeway to Clinton Highway is the result of hard work over a long time by many individuals. He seemed almost embarrassed to stand for a photo two days before the last leg opened on Feb. 2. “The bridge makes the difference,” said Dunn, gesturing toward the sweep of concrete that veers off the old Emory Road at Gill Road. The bridge moves traffic over the railroad tracks and out of any chance of Beaver Creek flooding (we hope). Workers on Saturday put final touches on the pavement. Dunn said TDOT and the contractor, Potter SE out of Huntsville, are not quite finished. He anticipates

additional work on the new road that takes motorists down to the Powell business district. Emory Road will continue on its present course. The new stretch from Gill to Clinton Highway will be named Powell Drive. Halls guy John Jones said it should be called “Food City Freeway,” given its terminus at the new Food City store. Dunn recalled talking with the late Ralph Teague, then a Knox County commissioner, about the route through Powell. The plan was to widen Emory State Rep. Bill Dunn stands near the bridge on along the existing route. “Then we the new Powell Drive which opened this week. had a meeting and it all blew up,” said Dunn. Residents strongly favored a “Clark Hamilton, Carl Tindell vocacy group) had a lot to do with new route, south of Beaver Creek, and David Lambert (members of this,” said Dunn. “They never gave and that plan was adopted. BRINK, a road-improvement ad- up.”

Understanding Insure Tennessee By Wendy Smith Gov. Bill Haslam came to town last week to educate state legislators before a special session being held this week regarding Insure Tennessee, his proposed Medicaid expansion program.

Analysis Legislators aren’t the only ones who need to be educated. Citizens need to have a basic understanding of the program so they can pass their thoughts on to their elected officials. Haslam spent two years crafting Tennessee’s program to specifically address the spiraling cost of healthcare. It leverages federal dollars to provide health insurance to those whose income is less than 138 percent of the poverty level, which translates to approximately $16,000 for an individual and $27,000 for a family of three. The program is expected to cover roughly 280,000 people. Over half

of them have jobs. This group falls into a coverage gap because they don’t qualify for Medicaid and they either don’t make enough to qualify for tax credits to help them buy coverage or can’t afford it even with tax credits. Bill Haslam The controversy surrounding the plan comes from its utilization of federal dollars. Affordable Care Act (ACA) funds would cover 100 percent of the cost of the expansion through 2016. By 2020, the federal contribution will drop to a permanent rate of 90 percent, but Tennessee hospitals have committed to covering the state’s contribution once federal funding drops below 100 percent. Some fear that Tennessee taxpayers will be left on the hook if federal funding dries up or hos-

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pitals don’t follow through with their commitment. In the event of an emergency, Haslam has packed a parachute. The two-year pilot program will automatically terminate in either case. Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery and the head of the federal health department agreed last week that the state could legally opt out. Haslam says he’s not a fan of the ACA because it didn’t do anything to address the rising cost of healthcare, as his plan does. Here are the nuts and bolts of his plan. Those eligible for Insure Tennessee would have two options. Under the Volunteer Plan, participants would receive a fi xed contribution voucher that will enable them to buy into private health insurance offered by their employer. The voucher would go toward out-of-pocket expenses associated with the coverage. The benefits of private insurance coverage include a broader range of providers and possible

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community MILESTONES Birthdays

Brianna Baker celebrated her 10th birthday with family and friends. She is the daughter of Wes and Keeley Baker of Halls and has one brother, Halls Crossroads Women’s League member Bonnie Gombos, League member Edith Tarver hugs Annette Smallwood, the Christian. pictured with Mary Carroll, was recognized for her outstand- Volunteer of the Year for the Halls Crossroads Women’s League. Her granding volunteer hours this past year. Photos by R. White parents are Steven and Debbie Barnes, also of Halls.

Women’s League sets Chili Chowdown The Halls Crossroads Women’s League honored new officers and top volunteers at the group’s annual luncheon held at Beaver Brook Country Club.

COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Fountain City Lions Club meets 6 p.m. each first and third Monday, Lions Community Building, 5373-5377 N. Broadway.

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The league is responsible for many good things happening in the Halls community, including providing scholarships to Halls High seniors; serving 170 families last year with clothing items, free socks, underwear and school supplies through the Clothes Closet; a community cleanup; and various projects at the Halls Outdoor Classroom. Through their hard work, group members volunteered a total of 6,697 hours in 2014. In addition to the community projects, members have volunteered at Tennova’s cancer center and hospice. Member Annette Small-

■ Halls Community Lions Club meets 7:15 p.m. each second and fourth Monday, Shoney’s, 343 Emory Road.

New officers and board members for the league include: (seated) Charlene Lewis, Fran Houser, Gail Cox, Sandra Smyth, Janie Branum; (standing) Alice Loy, Terry Carr, Brenda Gaylor, Shelba Murphy and Mary Carroll. Not pictured is Susan Smith.

wood was named Volunteer of the Year (her second award) in recognition of volunteering 305 hours this past year. She is currently a volunteer with St. Albert’s Catholic Church, is a member of Ladies of Charity, a board member of Cedar Crossing and the block captain of security.

Bonnie Gombos and Janis Crye were also recognized for accumulating 3,000 and 2,500 volunteer hours, respectively, since becoming members of the League. The community can meet these outstanding women at the annual Crossroads Chili Chowdown, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at the Halls

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■ Halls Republican Club meets 7 p.m. each third Monday at the Boys & Girls Club of Halls/ Powell, 1819 Dry Gap Pike. Info: www.knoxgop.org. ■ Seventh District Democrats meet 6:30 p.m. each fourth Monday, Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: Mary Ann Page, map@ parodee.net or 247-8155; Dan Haney, bdl66@comcast.net or 922-4547.

Senior Center. The event will feature chili and all the fi xings, hot dogs and a bake sale. Cost for adult tickets is ■ United Northeast Democrats/8th District $5, and children under 10 meet 7 p.m. each second are $2.50. Tickets are availThursday, Gibbs Ruritan Club, able at the door. The Dave 7827 Tazewell Pike. Info: Betty Hall Band will provide live Jones, 688-2268. bluegrass music. Info: Bonnie Gombos, 922-2039.

Chloe Malia Shelton turned 6 years old Jan. 17 and celebrated with a Disney “Frozen”/ water park party with family and friends. Parents are John and Tiffany Shelton of Halls. Chloe has a big brother, John Alex. Grandparents are Gerald “Jake” and Diane Lowe, John and Vickie Shelton, and Roger and Sandy Alexander. Greatgrandparents are Marie Cole, Mary Wagner and Dorothy Alexander.

UT NOTES ■ Landscape architect Drew Wensley has been appointed a visiting professor of practice in the UT College of Architecture and Design. Wensley is chief executive officer of Canada-based Moriyama & Teshima, a globally recognized planning and landscape architecture firm. He will visit the College of Architecture and Design numerous times a semester and work remotely with faculty and students on various projects. Info: tiny.utk.edu/ landscape-faculty.

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Strange story of Woody Quinn There is continuing debate about whether the chicken or egg came first, but there is no doubt about the sequence of steps to success in college football. Recruiting precedes development. And as it relates to national signing day, be reminded that talent evaluation is almost as important as salesmanship. Here is a touchy little story based on the fundamental truth that you can’t judge a book by the cover. It has been said that Tennessee’s Woody Quinn looked more like a big-time Southeastern Conference tight end than the big-time SEC tight ends. He is 6-6 and 253. Woody didn’t do much in his two years at the position but he was a contributor. He helped the Vols maintain satisfactory academic standing in the eyes of the NCAA. He was an honor student in communications. He earned a degree in May. He helped Butch Jones earn a bonus. Quinn opened the 2013 season as the No. 2 tight end and played briefly in a game or three. He did not appear in the final eight. He did not play in 2014. He finished with no statistical record, but he was often in the practice spotlight. Jones, from time to time, favored Woody with extra “coaching.” He wanted the big guy to become more explosive and provided frequent opportunities in his famous circle drill, one on one, best man wins. On my list of unusual Tennessee stories, accumulated over more than 60 years, Woody Quinn is top 10. He was a California volleyball player, from Dana Point, high-rent district. He was nurtured at Saint Margaret’s Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano. He

then transferred again. Please follow this move carefully. Geoff Jones, football Marvin coach at Santa Ana ColWest lege, got a call from a friend about a big kid playing volleyball. The coach was logically skeptical – until is from an artistic athletic Woody walked through the family. His father, Tim, did office doorway. Soon therewater polo at Cal-Irvine after, he thought “Wow, so and was on Team USA. His this is what great prospects brother Johnny was an all- look like.” College basketball playAmerican pole vaulter at ers – Tony Gonzalez, AntoUCLA. Woody played football as nio Gates, Jimmy Graham a high school freshman but – were jumping to the NFL. chose volleyball. He was so Why couldn’t a volleyball promising, Olympian Karch player make half that leap? Kiraly spent time tutoring. The coach caught himself. Woody was twice league Could Quinn even catch a MVP, top scholar-athlete in football? He last played at the area. Pepperdine award- age 14. A brief tryout followed – ed a scholarship. Woody stayed a year but in a cold rain with the wind didn’t play (he was radio blowing sideways. analyst), transferred to Cal“The kid was catching evifornia Baptist and did play, erything.”

Next question: Would he stick? Quinn seemed indecisive. “He came out to practice and got better every day.” Quinn didn’t set records: 15 catches, 252 yards, one touchdown. One recruiting service awarded two stars. Another said he was the 213th junior college prospect in America. Former Tennessee safeties coach Josh Conklin is credited with discovering Quinn on behalf of the Derek Dooley staff. Upon departure, Josh left notes. New tight ends coach Mark Elder took up the project. UT wanted a junior college tight end, somebody more mature, ready to compete. Coaches checked film on everybody available and liked Woody best. They really liked his size before they heard how little he had played. Summation: Outstand-

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ing athlete with excellent academic credentials is a rare find in junior college. Elder added a few details: Great young man, going to have a great career here. Or maybe not.

Woody Quinn is the perfect example of an evaluation error. But he impressed me, too. He didn’t quit. He got his degree. Marvin West invites reader reaction at westwest6@netzero.com.

Madeline for Senate John McCain’s bid for president in 2008 was serious business, though in retrospect his choice for a running mate makes the campaign appear more desperate than earnest.

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Presumably the smartest guys and gals under the Republicans’ big tent signed off on Sarah Palin. The Wasilla Wonder became the gift that keeps on giving to Democrats, as she demonstrated with her offthe-charts lunatic speech at Iowa’s recent “Freedom Summit.” While I wouldn’t want to – in Palin’s words – “forego a conclusion,” we probably won’t have Sarah to kick around during the 2016 presidential sweepstakes. But her nosedive doesn’t close the door to high office for women. If Palin could rise from mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, to candidate for U.S. vice president, what’s stopping Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero? Palin had a stint as governor along the way, but Rogero needn’t move to Nashville to outpoint a Palin on qualifications. The Census Bureau estimates Wasilla’s 2013 population as 8,621. The estimate for Knoxville is 183,720.

Rogero has a 30-year track record of accomplishments that include serving as a county commissioner and heading up community development for her predecessor, Bill Haslam. She’s committed to “green” development strategies. Palin inquired about banning “objectionable” books from the Wasilla library as mayor. She’s committed to bagging grizzlies and “going rogue.” The mayor’s qualifications allow her to stand shoulder to shoulder with nearly any Washington politician. She should consider becoming Tennessee’s U.S. Senator. The path is difficult, but doable. The Republican-controlled Congress could be Rogero’s strongest ally. Two more years of Washington gridlock and clownish antics from the Tea Party faction might persuade a majority of Tennessee voters that change is in order. And it’s significant that Republican Gov. Bill Haslam thought enough of Rogero to invite her into his administration. Party loyalty would prevent an outright endorsement, but powerful friends couldn’t hurt her candidacy. Assuming re-election, Rogero’s mayoral term expires two years before Sen. Lamar Alexander’s term ends, enough time to organize and finance a statewide campaign. So, dream the impossible dream, Mayor Rogero. Let me know where to donate.

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Whatever happened to the low bid? For old-timers, the kerfuffle over the E-911 board’s rejection of its evaluation committee’s recommendation for a new radio system begged this question:

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Whatever happened to taking bids and accepting the lowest one? The easy answer is state law. There are a bunch of statutes governing public sector procurement, and those frustrated by the E-911 board’s refusal to accept the recommendation that the contract for radio services be awarded to Harris Corp. over two other bidders say the 18-month process (which involved a user committee setting up the scope of work and an evaluation committee vetting the proposals) followed every one of them. “The basic difference between an invitation for bids

and a request for proposals is that with invitations to bid, you know exactly what you are going to buy: a pickup truck. “With an RFP, you know what you want to accomplish but don’t know how you’re going to do it, so you have subject matter experts sitting on an evaluation committee who rank proposals,” said Hugh Holt, Knox County’s purchasing director. “Twenty years ago, contracting was just pushing paper, not looking at what services cost. It was doing the taxpayers a disservice.” Marty Spears, interim assistant director of County Technical Assistance Services (created in 1973 to provide technical assistance to Tennessee’s 95 counties), agrees with Holt’s assessment. “Counties do RFPs for the lowest and best bid,” Spears said. “State law says ‘lowest and best,’ and almost everywhere across the state, anything over $10,000 (requires an RFP) and you’ve

got to have justification for not taking the lowest and best bid. You’ve got to say why.” And therein lies the rub. The members of the Knox County Emergency Communications District board of directors pretty much gave the finger to Spears’ admonition – and raised a justifiable suspicion of violating the sunshine law when they all went mute when it came time to second a motion to accept the evaluation committee’s recommendation that Harris Corp. (rather than traditional Motorola, which has held the contract for nearly 30 years) be awarded a $7.4 million to $9 million (depending on who’s talking) contract for radio services. County mayor Tim Burchett’s proxy, Jason Lay, made the motion to select Harris, and city representatives (led by Knoxville Police Department chief David Rausch) are catching the most heat. Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones and County Commission chair (and KPD lieuten-

ant) Brad Anders also sit on the board. Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, also a board member, sent a proxy to the voting meeting. Burchett is ticked; Rogero is evidently stung by accusations of open meetings law violations (she’s always been an advocate of transparency) in a re-election year. And, following what surely must be a law of nature and politics, speculation is filling the information vacuum. One of the most popular theories – that Motorola’s hiring former county mayor Mike Ragsdale and his sidekick Mike Arms’ lobbying firm, Tennessee Strategies, tipped the process in their favor – is widely dismissed by insiders: “I could fit everybody that likes Mike Arms in a Mini Cooper,” one said. The truth is likely closer to this: Cops have used Motorola radios for decades, they like them and feel comfortable with them, and they have bowed up to get their way.

Haslam must use political capital to pass Insure Tennessee While the odds favor Gov. Bill Haslam getting the Legislature to expand Medicaid during the current special session, it has not been an easy push. Haslam will have to use major political capital. Senate Finance Committee chair Randy McNally of Oak Ridge, who represents part of Knox County, is clearly wary of the proposal. He is not a bomb thrower. His detailed questions to the state attorney general are legitimate and thoughtful. If the Medicaid expansion should falter, it can also be brought up in the regular legislative session. A political factor complicating matters is this: There are 73 Republicans in the House, where 50 votes are necessary to pass a bill. Haslam could pass his bill with 26 Democrats and 24 Republicans but would leave those Republicans vulnerable to a primary challenge in August 2016 (just 18 months from now). He really needs a majority of Republicans in the House (37) and support from Speaker Beth Harwell. Already, very conservative groups are running radio ads attacking GOP members who are for the Haslam plan. Harwell, who clearly

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plans on a race for governor, has not taken a position as of the writing of this column. She is scheduled to speak to the Knoxville Rotary Club on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the Marriott. She would have to be concerned that a yes vote might irk conservative GOP voters in a statewide 2018 primary. In the Senate, Knoxville’s Rick Briggs is a strong proponent of the plan, which has been endorsed by the Tennessee Medical Association and every hospital. However, Sen. Brian Kelsey of Collierville, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, strongly opposes it and recently held a hearing aimed at derailing it. This is Haslam’s most difficult legislative battle since he became governor. ■ Mayor Rogero has been caught flatfooted on the recent controversy when the 911 Board did not approve a new contract for radios. It failed without discussion for lack of a

seconding motion. Rogero simply does not attend the meetings of this board of which she is a member. She sends Gary Holliday, who works for the KPD, as her proxy. How does the mayor justify skipping the four meetings a year of the 911 Board, which impacts the health, safety and emergency planning for the entire city? She does attend city pension board meetings and TPO, but why has she decided not to go to 911? No answer. She owes the public a justification. The law permitting the mayor to send a proxy was meant for unavoidable absences such as illness or being out of town. It is not a pass to play hooky. When I was mayor I attended the 911 meetings regularly as did Dwight Kessel and Tommy Schumpert for the county. It never occurred to me to send a proxy unless I was out of town. I met in advance with the person to give my thoughts on the upcoming agenda. It is clear Rogero seldom speaks to her proxy and clearly did not go over the agenda prior to this recent meeting where the $9 million contract failed. A8more prudent and observant mayor would go over the agenda prior to the meeting with

her proxy on how to vote on upcoming issues. That did not happen here, and Rogero did not even know the contract was coming up. The Burchett proxy had been instructed to make the motion to adopt it and the city representatives sat on their hands. Apparently Rogero does not have regular briefings from Holliday after the meetings either. In this case she has met now with Holliday but has not told the public what she learned. Holliday was silent at the meeting so we do not know what he thinks. Rogero does not deserve her upcoming $12,500-a-year pay raise based on avoiding 911 Board meetings. ■ TVA spokesperson Travis Brickey has asked that this column not refer to salaries for the new legal counsel as taxpayer funds as Congress does not vote money for TVA. I am glad to honor this request, which is all about semantics as TVA is a monopoly and ratepayers have no choice but to fund TVA through their local utility fees, which is another word for taxes. It is good to know TVA big shots are reading the Shopper and our comments on TVA waste and excessive salaries. Too bad they fail to do much about it.

government South-Doyle High School graduating junior Luke Hixson shows school board member Terry Hill how to find the approximate square footage of a new road in front of Karns Elementary School. The exercise was a demonstration of how computers are used in the classroom. Photo by Wendy Smith

Principals share 1:1 computing successes While local leaders undoubtedly benefited from a tour of South-Doyle Middle School, where computers are integrated into every classroom, the most compelling argument for putting computers into the hands of all Knox County students came from Vine Middle Magnet School principal Cindy White. On Sunday afternoons, students line up along the outside wall of the school to take advantage of the school’s Wi-Fi Internet access because they don’t have access at home, she says. Students are hungry for technology, and her students value their computers so much that the school has the lowest repair rate in the county. White told that story at last week’s Knox County Schools Personal Learning Environment (PLE) Showcase. Vine Magnet Middle and South-Doyle High are two of 11 Knox County schools that won the county’s 2012 Technology Challenge − now called the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) Initiative. Principals from those schools met with community leaders to share how their classrooms have felt the impact of 1:1 computing (one computer per student). Leaders also toured the school to see the computers in action and participated in a computerdriven lesson themselves. South-Doyle High math teacher Robby Howard showed the group how to use Google Earth to calculate the size of the field at Fenway Park using trapezoids. He then asked each of them to find the area of another landmark. With the help of student ambassadors armed with laptops, leaders calculated the area of such sites as Neyland Stadium and Fountain City Lake. During the tour, leaders met teachers like Karly Stache. She showed how she could immediately see results of a math quiz and know which students had mastered a new skill. At home, students can learn by watching short videos and participating in Google

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“hangouts,” or video conferences, before tests. After the tour, leaders watched a video featuring Mooreland Heights Elementary School instructional coach Amber Sawyer, who talked about the benefits of 1:1 computing at the elementary level. Having computers means the teacher isn’t the sole source for learning, she says. Students are learning how to go to the right source for information by themselves. Principals discussed the “bumps” they’ve encountered during the 18 months since computers were deployed. New students who come from traditional classrooms have a steep learning curve, and students who experience 1:1 technology at the elementary or middle school level and transition to a middle or high school that doesn’t have it are frustrated. Inappropriate Internet use still concerns some teachers, and not all students have Internet at home. But the principals were overwhelmingly positive. West Valley Middle principal Renee Kelly says the computers are popular with teachers, students and families, and she has seen a rise in the school’s enrollment. The cost of county-wide 1:1 technology was also discussed. Principals say that they would consider less-expensive alternatives to MacBooks, which were used in the initial deployment, now that they know what they need. The cost of equipping 11 schools with 1:1 computing was $6 million. There are 90 schools in the system. Superintendent Jim McIntyre said that computers will undoubtedly be a part of future classrooms. “It’s where we need to be at some point, and I think we need to be there sooner rather than later,” says McIntyre.

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Super help for the Super Bowl By Cindy Taylor Super Bowl XLIX has passed. It was an exciting event for many, but for those with addiction issues, it’s often more challenging than fun. Powell Church hosted a Super Bowl Party Feb.1 for Recovery participants that provided a safe, family-friendly atmosphere free of charge and more importantly, free of addictive substances. Four local Recovery groups combined efforts to host the party: Powell Church, Cokesbury, Celebrate Recovery of North Knoxville and “Word for the World.” “The Recovery Super Bowl Party hosted by Powell Church had a simple design: to provide a sober, safe relaxed place for anyone who wanted to enjoy a gathering with no worries,” said Mark Beebe, Cokesbury UMC director of Recovery. “The idea was generated from Recovery at Powell, a location of the Recovery at Cokesbury Network.” A group of volunteers went to work after the Sunday morning service to transform the worship center into a party room. The game was projected on the two large screens in the church, and the worship team led a musical halftime show. A fried chicken dinner with all the trimmings plus dessert was provided by volunteers. “We love to throw parties at Powell Church because of what Jesus is doing in our community,” said Powell Church member Jamie Bauknight. “We gathered with family and friends on Super Bowl Sunday, watched the game, ate great food, enjoyed rockin’ music and celebrated the presence and

faith Hide me For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock. (Psalm 27: 5 NRSV)

You will be reading this shortly after Groundhog Day, which is appropriate, since the groundhog is famous mostly for checking the weather and deciding whether to hide in his burrow for a few more weeks. Today, however, I’m thinking of more serious things. As I write, almost a week before you will read this, it is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the most infamous death camp of Nazi Germany. So, even though the groundhog is still sleeping and not yet ready to determine whether the world is a place where he can survive, Recovery team leader Jamie Baukit is an appropriate day for night stands with Tara Hurley, who the world to come out of hiwas in charge of refreshments. bernation, open its eyes to the horrors which were perlove of Jesus.” gling with addiction issues, compul- petrated on fellow human Powell Church has hosted Recov- sive behaviors, life challenges and beings, and prayerfully reery at Powell for the past six months. loss. The program foundation is a 12- member the six million who Groups meet at 6 p.m. every Tuesday step model with a focus on Jesus and did not survive. for refreshments, Recovery worship, the Bible. All are welcome. We should also be aware sharing groups and other activities. Powell Church is at 323 W. Emory of those amazingly sturdy The program embraces people strug- Road. Info: 938-2741. souls who did survive and who are still with us today.

Alice Bell clothes closet Alice Bell Baptist Church will open its Community Clothes Closet on Saturday, Feb. 7, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The closet has been a part of the women’s ministry at the church for more than three years and supplies clothing for people in need, said Barbara Golec, who manages the charity for the church. “We’re glad to take any clothes people want to give us, and we’re glad for people to take anything we have,” Golec said. “Everything is absolutely free.” Clothes are available in all sizes, from infant to 2X and 3X, she said. Each family member who visits the closet will receive a clothes bag to carry their selec-

tions. The closet is open quarterly. Iglesia de Dios de la frofecia, the Spanish language congregation that meetings in the Alice Bell facility, is providing translation services for visitors to the closet. The ministry is part of the church’s effort to serve the surrounding community, which has seen an increase in immigrants making homes in the nearby neighborhoods. The Alice Bell ministry center also offers a fourthFriday movie and popcorn event which is open to the public. “We are looking for things we can do for the community and in the community,” Golec said.

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■ Wednesday, Feb. 4: 9 a.m. billiards, quilting; 10 a.m. dominos; 11 a.m. crochet, open game; 1 p.m. Rook. ■ Thursday, Feb. 5: 9 a.m. billiards, quilting; 1 p.m. pinochle, dominoes; 2 p.m. Zumba Gold. ■ Friday, Feb. 6: 9 a.m. SAIL exercise, billiards; 11 a.m. cross-stitch; 1 p.m. card making; 2 p.m. Zumba Gold. ■ Monday, Feb. 9: 9 a.m. SAIL exercise, billiards, quilting; 9:30 a.m. cloth painting; 10 a.m. dominoes; 11 a.m. open game. ■ Tuesday, Feb. 10: 9 a.m. billiards; 10 a.m. Veterans Services; 10:30 a.m. Super Seniors; 1 p.m. pinochle; 2 p.m. Zumba Gold. ■ Info: 688-5882.

■ Wednesday, Feb. 4: 10 a.m. bingo, hand & foot; 12:30 p.m. bridge; 1 p.m. Rook, SAIL exercise. ■ Thursday, Feb. 5: 10 a.m. line dance, pinochle, quilting; 11 a.m., exercise; 12:30 p.m. duplicate bridge; 1 p.m. Ballroom Dance class, Beginning

Cross Currents

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One survivor, now in his nineties, was interviewed on the anniversary of his liberation. These 70 years later, he wept, and it was obvious that he wept for so many reasons: tears of gratitude for his freedom, tears of anguish for his ordeal, tears of sorrow for those who did not live to tell their stories, tears of regret for the utter waste of so many lives. Humanity – we – must never forget the horrors of the Holocaust. It is incumbent on us to remember, to tell the story, dreadful as it is, to the next generation and enjoin them to tell the next and the next. We cannot, we must not forget.

FAITH NOTES Community services

■ Alice Bell Baptist Church, 3305 Alice Bell Road, will hold its Community Clothes Closet Opening 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. Each family member will receive a clothes bag to fill. Everything free. ■ Cross Roads Presbyterian, 4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday. ■ Dante Church of God, 410 Dante School Road, will distribute Boxes of Blessings

Knitting class. ■ Friday, Feb. 6: 9:30 a.m. Pilates, Art Club; 10 a.m. euchre; 11 a.m. SAIL exercise; 11:30 a.m. art class; noon Mexican Train dominoes. ■ Monday, Feb. 9: 9 a.m. scrapbooking; 10 a.m. Tai Chi, pinochle, bridge, Hand & Foot;

(food) 9-11 a.m. or until boxes are gone, Saturday, Feb. 14. One box per household. Info: 689-4829. ■ Glenwood Baptist Church, 7212 Central Ave. Pike, is accepting appointments for the John 5 Food Pantry. Info: 938-2611. Your call will be returned.

Classes/meetings

■ Church Women United Knoxville-Knox County will meet 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike. Info: 577-5835. ■ First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts

11:30 a.m. advanced Tai Chi; 1 p.m. Rook, SAIL exercise. ■ Tuesday, Feb. 10: 10 a.m. canasta; 11 a.m. exercise; noon Valentine’s potluck; 12:30 p.m. Mexican Train dominoes; 1:30 p.m. Hand & Foot; 2 p.m. movie time.

MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788. ■ Knoxville Day Aglow Lighthouse weekly Bible study, 9:30-11:30 a.m. beginning Thursday, Feb. 12, New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Ave. Pike. Topic: “Game Changers” by Graham Cooke; instructor: Jeannine Courtney. Info: Diane Shelby, 687-3687.

Rob Heller, professor of Journalism and Electronic Media at UT. Lunch: $8. No cost for attending the program alone. Deadline to request transportation: Friday, Feb. 6. Info: Laura Berry, 690-6343 ext. 18 or LBerry@ jewishknoxville.org. ■ Powell Church hosts Recovery at Powell 6 p.m. (meal) Tuesdays at 323 W Emory Road. The program embraces people who struggle with addiction, compulsive behaviors, loss and life challenges. Info: www.recoveryatpowell.com or info@powellchurch.com.

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Bobcat senior cheerleaders honored Central High cheerleaders were honored at halftime of the last home game of the season for their dedication to the Bobcat athletics program. Pictured are Sarah Shirley, Lauren Hutton, Baily Hammett, Jordon Brock, Jordan Pressley and Taylor Lay. Photo submitted

Sharp named Corryton Teacher of Year By Ruth White After meeting Myron Sharp for the first time, it’s no wonder the staff at Corryton Elementary selected him Teacher of the Year. His gentle spirit fits in well with the little school nestled on a hill within sight of the beautiful mountains. Sharp is the PE teacher at Corryton, taking over for Nathan Lynn who is now athletic director at Bearden High. Sharp coached Little League baseball when he was 16 years old and enjoyed the experience of working with younger children and chose an educational career path in part because his fa-

ther was a coach and principal. He started his teaching career in 1976 in Grainger County before moving to the Knox County school system. While in Knox County he taught math at Doyle High School (now South-Doyle High) for 24 years and then moved to South Knox Elementary, Chilhowee Elementary and Sunnyview Elementary schools. He retired in 2006 but only stayed retired for one summer when he was contacted about returning part-time. Sharp feels fortunate to have worked at great schools such as Pond Gap, Gibbs El-

ementary and Brickey-McCloud, before landing the job at Corryton. He loves the beautiful view from the school’s front porch, the rural setting and the great people that he works with every day. He calls the staff at Corryton “so accepting” and says they made him feel welcome. “The staff is such a close-knit group, good to be around, and they are a very strong educational group.” In his free time, Sharp enjoys being with his grandson, spending time with family, watching movies and reading.

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Stamps signs with Walters State

Do you know these Girl Scouts? The photo was submitted by former Girl Scout troop leader Delores Raby and was taken close to 50 years ago. Raby has fond memories of taking the troop hiking up Sharps Ridge, visiting the L&N train station, exploring a cave, camping and many sleepovers in the troop house located next to Powell Elementary. Pictured (back row, third from right) is Mary Whittle Mahoney, whose mother, Ruth Whittle, assisted with the troop. Mary went on to lead three different troops, meeting at Beaver Creek Cumberland Church in Powell. Raby would love to reconnect with former troop members and identify girls in the photo. She can be reached at 688-4062.

Central High pitcher Nick Stamps signed to continue his baseball career at Walters State after graduation. Stamps selected Walters State because he Nick Stamps believes the program will help him have a successful college career, and he likes the school campus. At Central, Stamps believes coach Matt Byrd has brought the program a long way and built a tough, competitive program. “Playing at Central has been a

good experience all the way around,” he said. Stamps expects this season to be better than last, knowing that his team has taken big steps and has spent the off-season working hard. Said Byrd, “He is a great player and student who makes the right decisions on and off the field. He will do a great job at Walters State. I wish every player were like him.” Joining the celebration were Nick’s parents, Eric and Jennifer Stamps, his brother Nathan, grandparents Pat and Les Presley, great grandfather Gene Hill and a host of friends and teammates.

Halls High senior Colby Jones plays a tough defense under the goal against Powell last week. Halls brought home the win for the night.

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The rivalry between Halls and Powell is always intense. But, for an evening, the two schools joined together to help raise money for Mabry Kate, the daughter of PHS girls basketball coach Christin Webb and her husband, Kyle. Both schools wore blue in support of the family and in hopes of bringing awareness to Krabbe disease.

SPORTS NOTES ■ Baseball signups for 3U-14U will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Halls Community Park. Info: hcpark.org or hcpsports@msn.com.

Halls High cheerleader Olivia Drafts wears a blue ribbon and blue paw print to honor Mabry Kate Webb, daughter of PHS girls basketball coach Christin Webb and her husband, Kyle. Between games, donations were collected for the family for “Miracles for MK.” Photos by R. White

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FRIDAY, FEB. 6 ■ Ken Waldman in concert, 7:30 p.m., Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Tickets: $15 for seniors and students, $20 for adults. Info/tickets: Box Office, 981-8590, or claytonartscenter.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, FEB. 6-7 ■ “Flashdance – The Musical,” 8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: Tennessee Theatre box office, Ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000.

SATURDAY, FEB. 7 ■ KSO Pops presents: “Broadway Romance,” 8 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444 or 877-995-9961. ■ “PUSH Physical Theatre,” 8 p.m., Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Info/tickets: Box Office, 981-8590, or claytonartscenter.com.

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Bryant Bentley as Willie, Rico Bruce Wade as Sam and Eric Sorrels as Hally in the Clarence Brown Theatre’s production of “ ‘Master Harold’ … and the Boys.” Photo by Liz Aaron

Powerful play touches today’s issues In “ ‘Master Harold’ … and the Boys,” the Clarence Brown Theatre’s offering for the month of February, things are not often what they seem. A black South African waiter in a tea room is actually a father figure to a white teenager. Another waiter’s harsh treatment of his girlfriend is a metaphor for his own frustrated sense of ownership and entitlement. And a ballroom dance becomes the world, fraught with racial tension and uneasy alliances. As one of the characters says: “We’re bumping into each other all the time. Look at the three of us this afternoon: I’ve bumped into you, you’ve bumped into your mother, she

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bumping into your dad … None of us knows the steps, and there’s no music playing. And it doesn’t stop with us. The whole world is doing it all the time.” Written by Athol Fugard, the drama is “one of those plays that has lasting relevance and can triumphantly survive any test of time,” according to the New York Post. Director Jayne Morgan saw it “many years back,”

but this is her first time in the director’s chair. “As with any play, you see it through the filter of your own experience,” says Morgan. “I find myself very moved and surprised by the show. When I saw it before, it wasn’t long after apartheid was dismantled in South Africa, and so that was very present in the play. “Now, I see it much more in terms of what’s going on in America right now, with our stumbling toward a way to talk about race in some reasonable and sensitive way. The play has powerful things to say about that and also about what it means to be a man and a father. About how we forgive ourselves

for thoughtlessness we are capable of. It asks us how we are to behave as responsible adults in a complicated and challenging world. And it does so with such compassion and grace and humor.” Morgan, widely known as an actor for more than 25 years in regional theaters in the Southeast and at Clarence Brown, says that the play seems easy, with a cast of only three and a simple set, but that there are, literally, “a lot of moving parts.” The two older actors must occasionally speak their lines while doing ballroom dance steps, an area in which neither has had any previous experience. “Bryant Bentley started

■ “Tata Ajache: The Story of an Amazon Warrior,” 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Presented by Go! Contemporary Dance Works. Tickets: $17-$27. Info: www.gocontemporarydance.com or 539-2475.

his performing career as a hip-hop dancer, and Rico Bruce Wade has martialarts training,” Morgan says, “so they both move very well, but ballroom has a lot of rules! They’ve been doing the quickstep and foxtrot every night for a couple of weeks now and are getting good at it.” Both actors are visiting professionals. Eric Sorrels, who plays the part of the young man, is a University of Tennessee undergraduate, and choreographer Kody Rowe is a recent UT graduate. Morgan concludes, “This is a powerful and moving play. I think the audience will fall in love with the characters and can find moments to iden-

tify with no matter what their background. “It’s so much about how we care for one another despite our differences, about the struggle to find the best in ourselves in spite of our worst moments.” “ ‘Master Harold’ … and the Boys” opens Thursday, Feb. 5, and runs through Sunday, Feb. 22. All performances take place at the Ula Love Doughty Carousel Theatre, on the UT Campus next to the Clarence Brown Theatre. To see a full list of performance times and purchase tickets, visit www. clarencebrowntheatre.com or call 865-974-5161. Send story suggestions to news@shoppernewsnow.com.

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Cheryl Arthur and the staff at Broadway Insurance are excited to announce the new Progressive Homeowners Bundle. “Progressive has expanded to home insurance,” said Arthur. “Not all agencies are offering this.” Generous discounts are available for non-smoker, new construction, secured community and window protection to name a few. Not all customers need every type of coverage, so agents at Broadway Insurance educate clients on the types of coverage and then

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tioned in Germany when Tony was born. After graduating from high school in 1988, Tony moved from Maryland back to Knoxville. Vick says being in the car business for 27 years had left him “ … going broke and pretty torn up.” He had no idea how much a text would change his life when a friend invited him to a revival at Dante Church of God, but he knew he needed to make a change. “I was tired of be-

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Grapes and hemp can set us free I got to thinking the other day about sustainable agriculture. Don’t ask why. Beef production is problematic. Cattle farming is dirty work and expensive. Cattle require tons of grain and grass to grow from birth to table. They pollute creeks and emit greenhouse gasses. Cattle might look like an easy buck, standing there on the hillside munching grass, but I know from experience there’s gotta be a better way to make a dollar. I decided to raise beef cattle once on a 5-acre minifarm on Brickyard Road in Powell. Brevity demands that I relate only key words: Summer sweat, balky steer, borrowed trailer, brother’s truck, stuck in mud, cousin’s tractor, caravan down Emory Road. Lonely steer, neighbors’

Sandra Clark fence, cut a hole, share the grass, Sunday call, not a steer!!?? Threatened mayhem, find quick buyer, sell steer on the hoof. What’s a body to do? The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is accepting applications from farmers and producers interested in growing industrial hemp. State law says growers can get a license for “research” or a pilot project. So you folks growing the vile weed in the woods, get on down to the library computer and dial up w w w.tn.gov/agriculture/

regulatory/industrialhemp. shtml. A friend in upper East Tennessee once grew recreational hemp in a plot of tomatoes. She went on vacation and returned to find the tomatoes wilted brown and the hemp standing proudly about seven feet high for the world to see. She quickly harvested it and hung it in the barn to dry, like tobacco. Her dog, Fuzz, was quick to grab the stalks and carry them around the yard, a pleasant smile on his face. If producing cannabis is not your cup of tea, the Ag people encourage you to try grapes. Get set for an all-day conference Thursday, Feb. 26, in Marshall, N.C., on “cold-hardy grape growing and some winemaking

tips.” So run back over to the library and dial www. GrapeSAVI.org. I’m not lying. Economic development is ours for the asking. We don’t need to recruit those dirty factories. Just grow grapes and hemp and sell them to your neighbors. We’ll all be poor, but, like Fuzz, we just won’t worry about it. ■ Will Gov. Bill Haslam muster the votes to pass Insure Tennessee this week? You’d think a governor would count noses before calling a special session of the Legislature to consider just one item. Everybody says the vote will be close. If I had a vote, it would be “yes.” But I don’t have high regard for the GOP supermajority. Will Insure Jim Burns, a member of the Rotary Club of Bearden, delivers a Tennessee pass this week? very special dictionary to Brickey-McCloud Elementary School third-grader Vanessa Weaver as her teacher, Brittney Winn, My prediction is no. looks on. Photo submitted

TDS goes ‘lightning-fast’ to efficient” for TDS customers, “taking Farragut, Concord cars off the roads.” and Halls now have “Students now access to “the fastest have the fastest InterInternet service in net on the planet to the nation,” accorddo their homework,” ing to Bruce Mottern, he added. “It’s a winstate government afwin for everyone.” fairs manager with State Rep. Ryan TDS Telecom. Haynes thanked TDS Mottern anfor investing in these nounced TDS’s new communities. 1 gigabit high-speed “This is an exciting service in a press conday,” he said. “This is ference at Farragut a good place to live, Town Hall on Jan. 30. work and do busiCustomers using ness.” the service can now Farragut Mayor download a highRalph McGill said definition movie in Farragut, Concord less than one minute, and Halls are now compared to 20 minamong “elite comutes with 10 megabit munities” that can service. TDS started laying Tony Bugher and Bruce Mottern of TDS Telecom show Farragut Mayor Ralph offer this kind of serfiber optic cable with McGill, seated, the company’s high-speed Internet capabilities. Photo by S. Carey vice. “These commuthe service more than five years ago, and it is still expanding. The communica- nities are now future-proof,” added Corey Johns of Contions firm has been in business in Tennessee since 1975, nected Tennessee. The service is available now for $99.95 per month with serving 60,000 Tennessee customers. Mottern said the benefits aren’t just for entertainment. TDS television service. Info: www.tdstelecom.com The faster service takes telecommuting “from impossible

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Premier Surgical Associates has named C. Stone Mitchell, MD, FACS, as medical director of the K nox v i l le based surgical practice. His duties will include directing quality initiatives, Dr. Mitchell suppor ting patient safety through analysis of quality data, ICD-10 implementation, strategic planning, and referring physician outreach. Mitchell, a board-certified general surgeon, joined

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Rotary delivers a special dictionary By Anne Hart It was a first for the Rotary Club of Bearden – a request for a dictionary quite unlike any the club has ever donated before. Since 2006, the club has given a free dictionary to every third-grader in a Knox County public school. Some 4,700 students received the dictionaries this year. Over time, the number of the free dictionaries, which are always personally delivered to the classrooms by the Rotarians, has amounted to 43,788. That number recently increased to 43,789 with an unusual request. Rotarian Jim Burns says he was presenting the dictionaries to students at Brickey-McCloud Elementary School when a teacher, Brittney Winn, asked if the club could provide a Braille

dictionary for one of her third-graders who is vision impaired. Burns says he checked with Todd Wolf, who chairs the project for the club, “and he ordered one right away.” Burns went back to the school to deliver the dictionary to third-grader Vanessa Weaver. “She was so excited and thankful. She asked to shake my hand and then gave me a hug. And the whole class applauded. It was pretty special.” Club members are justifiably proud of their ambitious dictionary project, which has far-reaching effects. For many of the students, it is the only book they have ever owned. For all of them, it can open a world of wonders as they search and learn new words and their meanings.

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At 81, Knoxville woman makes most of every day At the age of 49, Polly Hood was diagnosed with a melanoma that could have ended her life. A doctor told her she only had a 25 percent chance of survival. Rather than curl up in defeat, Hood decided to ﬁnd something that would be a diversion. She enrolled in classes at the University of Tennessee. Hood won a scholarship and eventually received a college degree in Home Economics Education when she was 53. She graduated at the top of her class, among students who were young enough to be her children. Hood knew about overcoming obstacles. She had defeated cancer, cheated death and with her degree had achieved a goal that many people never do. So when her husband passed away after an extended illness last July, this strong woman of faith, now 81, was pressed but not crushed. She didn’t know that a new and life-threatening challenge was just around the corner. In October, Hood was invited to participate in a special service, memorializing individuals who had recently died. She was asked to bring a picture of her husband and was invited to stand and share a few words about him. While it was certainly an emotional night, she appreciated the people who wanted to honor her husband’s memory and lingered at a reception that followed. All seemed to go well – until her chest started hurting on the way home. “I thought it was indigestion because I had eaten some snacks I was not accustomed to,” Hood says. “And it was stressful to speak about losing my husband.” Hood took antacid tablets when she got home, but the pain stayed

Polly Hood, a Knoxville native, is thankful for the lifesaving care she received at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. After Hood arrived at the emergency room door, a team cleared the blockage in her left main coronary artery in 23 minutes, which is about 40 minutes faster than the national average.

with her throughout the night. She felt better the next day, but her problems were far from over. “It was about 4:30 in the afternoon when I had another chest pain, and it was severe,” Hood recalls. After texting her children, she called 911 and was instructed to chew four 81-milligram tablets of aspirin and drink water till emergency personnel arrived. “I got sick at my stomach, I vomited, I broke out in a cold sweat,” Hood says. She was experiencing some of the classic symptoms of a heart attack.

Hood would later learn there was a blockage in the LAD coronary artery, often referred to as a “widow maker” because of the low survival rate. The LAD coronary artery feeds two of the three main arteries of the heart – it is essentially a heart attack in two-thirds of the heart. When the ambulance arrived, Hood was given an EKG. “I could tell when the EMT pulled the paper out of the machine that it was a heart attack. I could tell by the expression on his face.” Hood’s suspicion was correct.

However, she remembers hearing some important words of comfort: “We will get you out of here and get help for you right away.” Emergency workers made good on that promise. Hood didn’t know it at the time, but Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has an aggressive plan in place to provide immediate care for patients who are in

cardiac arrest. When a person experiences a heart attack, fast-paced care is critical. That’s why two doctors and other medical staff were waiting and ready to attend to Hood as soon as she arrived at the hospital’s emergency department. She was surprised. “They were waiting for me in the hallway,” Hood says. “They stopped me right there and gave me an EKG and two kinds of blood thinner.” No time was wasted taking the next step. “They ran to the catheterization lab with me,” Hood says. “They were running, and they moved fast.” Because the process of placing a stent requires a patient to be awake and alert, Hood was fully aware of conversations going on around her. As she listened, she learned one of the nurses treating her had been in the parking lot, about to leave for the night. Another was on the way home when called to turn around and come back. “They were called back to help me,” Hood says gratefully. “Everyone was very professional, very courteous and very reassuring.”

Hood offered up prayers for the people working so diligently to save her and says she felt at peace knowing if she died she would see her husband again. It took just 23 minutes to get Hood from the entrance of the emergency department to the cath lab with the stent in place. That’s about 40 minutes faster than the national average. Hood has no doubt that those minutes made a difference not only in saving her life, but in her recovery. Within days of being released from the hospital, she was enjoying a lunch date with her daughter. She was back to church soon after. “I’ve been really happy with the care I’ve gotten,” Hood says. “It couldn’t have been any better.” When Hood looks back over all the important moments in her life, most of them have a common element: her husband was there by her side. Now a widow, she is starting life over with new challenges. Cardiac rehab at Fort Sanders Regional has strengthened her heart and helped renew her spirit. While going through life without her partner of almost 55 years is difﬁcult, she takes every step on the treadmill with purpose. After a life-threatening heart attack, the woman who once couldn’t imagine living without her husband now understands that she must. “I lived, and God’s not through with me, yet,” Hood says, wiping her eyes. “I have to realize that and make the most of every day.” Hood says her heart was broken twice. Her husband’s death broke her heart emotionally. The heart attack broke her heart physically. “But by the grace of God and medical expertise, I’m mending now, and I’m thankful to be alive.”

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When a heart attack happens, time is critical – not just for the person experiencing the heart attack, but for professional caregivers as well. The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have established recommended standards of care for heart attack patients, specifically those identified as the “ST-Segment Elevation MI” (STEMI) population. These patients have the highest mortality (risk of death) and morbidity (risk of associated complications). They can be rapidly identified with an electrocardiogram. The standards emphasize organizing regional systems of care and patient transfer procedures in order to provide faster access to advanced therapies that help facilitate rapid restoration of blood flow during a heart attack. The care team – from first responders and emergency departments to cardiologists and cath lab staff – must collaborate to provide efficient and effective care. To help meet the revised stan-

dards, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center established a physician-led team that included a medical director, STEMI coordinator, interventional cardiologists, emergency department manager and an educator, along with other departments, hospitals and emergency transport companies working together to enhance care for STEMI patients. “From initial contact – whether by EMS in the ﬁeld or a triage center in the emergency department – there are several steps to rapidly get Joshua Todd, MD patients with the highest mortality during a heart attack to the catheterization laboratory,” said Joshua Todd, MD, interventional cardiologist and project team medical director. “Our role is to evaluate the entire process and collaborate with anyone who has contact with this patient population to develop a standardized approach to

efficiently get them to a cath lab.” The team’s goals included: ■ Decrease mortality of STEMI patients through early intervention. ■ Increase the number of STEMI patients brought directly to Fort Sanders by EMS transporters, bypassing centers that are not equipped to care for STEMI patients and thus reducing the time to procedure. ■ Increase transfer efficiency of STEMI patients to Fort Sanders from smaller facilities by helping those facilities identify STEMI patients more quickly. ■ Decrease readmission rates for patients transferred to Fort Sanders with STEMI diagnosis. The team developed several new processes, including: ■ Helping train EMS providers to identify STEMI patients quickly and building relationships with emergency transporters to ensure efficient arrival at a center equipped to deal with STEMI patients. A new focus of the guidelines is to track “First Medical Contact-to-Device Activation” time, with a goal of less than 120 minutes from medical encounter by first responders to interventional treatment. “Every 30 minutes results in

nearly an 8 percent increase in risk of death, so we can improve patient outcomes by having a systems approach to identification, notification and rapid transfer,” Dr. Todd said. Clinical members of Covenant Rapid Access, Covenant Health’s patient transfer center, are available 24/7 to accept STEMI patients from outlying hospitals and immediately notify the cath lab team and interventional cardiologist. “Rapid Access is the coordinating center for Covenant facilities,” Dr. Todd noted. “They are integral to our STEMI system of care.” ■ Emergency transporters can simultaneously notify both ED and cath lab teams of potential STEMI patients and transmit an EKG when available. This allows earlier activation of the cath lab team, with personnel available immediately when the patient arrives. ■ Interventional cardiologists hold educational events to improve rapid identification for pre-hospital EKGs and EKG interpretation, and develop protocols for managing STEMI patients and notifying the hospital of a STEMI diagnosis. ■ The team reviews STEMI cases monthly to give referring hospitals

and EMS providers feedback on outcomes, and to continually improve systems and processes. A key factor for success is support from emergency physicians and interventional cardiologists, said Jennifer Debow, RN, Fort Sanders director of cardiology services. “Their willingness to work together has been the force behind the teamwork between Covenant Health facilities and EMS companies throughout the area.” As a result of these efforts, during ﬁrst year implementation Fort Sanders exceeded state and national hospitals’ performance in meeting standards for “First Medical Contactto-Device” times. Mortality and readmission rates also declined. The team has expanded its efforts and now collaborates with hospitals and emergency responders in Claiborne, Sevier and Jefferson counties, and as far away as Newport and Kentucky. Debow summarized the collaborative spirit of all the health care providers: “The commitment and compassion of this initiative is making a difference, not only by saving lives, but giving patients back their quality of life as well.”

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Our cedars are high on my list of favorite trees. Maybe it’s because they’ve been such a nice, dry refuge in times when I’ve been caught in a sudden shower. You catch your breath, look around – everything’s getting wet, but there under your cedar tree, it’s still nice and dry. And the good memories go back even further. Our family Christmas trees were always cedars, selected and cut after a great deal of discussion at my grandmother’s place, and brought home to fill the living room with that wonderful, memorable cedar smell. Now, the fact that our local birds – cardinals, chickadees, titmice, sparrows – can manage to survive the rigors of wintertime seems nothing short of miraculous to me. So when my latest issue of National Wildlife magazine arrived containing the article “Helping Birds Cope with the Cold,” I was on it. And to my surprise, it was about those very cedar trees and how they are an ideal wintertime environment for birds. The author quotes a Clemson biology professor saying that cedars are among the top 10 plants for wildlife! Those familiar, widespread evergreens that we call cedars are properly called Eastern red cedars. They aren’t really cedars (like the cedar of Lebanon) but are actually in the juniper family; their scientific name is Juniperus virginiana. And just so you know, the Eastern red cedar became the official Tennessee state evergreen tree in 2012, so I presume that somebody besides just me thinks they’re cool. Our cedars are widespread, not just in Tennes-

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see, but all across the eastern half of the country from the Atlantic coast to the Great Plains, native to 37 states. In our area they can grow to 100 feet tall and live to be 300 years old. They can grow in most any type of soil other than an actual swamp and can thrive in any environment other than in the shade. They are early and abundant invaders of abandoned fields, a fact known to many a farmer trying to keep pastures clear of unwanted vegetation. As for their value to our birds and other wildlife, they provide both food and shelter. Their dense foliage makes a natural haven for nesting, used by many species of birds in the spring, as well as for concealment and nightly roosting. They are favorites for owls to hide in by day, hawks by night. And they provide livestock with winter shelter good enough for them to be referred to as “outdoor barns.” Cedars are dioecious, which means each gender is a separate plant. Only the female trees produce fruit: small blue berries borne abundantly every two or three years. They are a favorite food for their namesake bird, the cedar waxwing, as well as for bluebirds, turkeys, grouse and numerous other species, “helping pull wildlife through tough times,” as the Clemson professor puts it. In warmer weather, the juniper hairstreak butterfly

Red cedar is “pencil tree.” depends exclusively upon the cedars for egg-laying and caterpillar-feeding; I’ve seen them in my cedarfilled back field. One downside of Eastern red cedars is that they harbor a fungus that spreads to apples, infecting trees with an economically serious disease called cedar-apple rust. After the apple trees are infected, the spores of the fungus spread back to the cedar trees to start

the cycle anew. This phenomenon led to a major conflict in the early 1900s in Virginia’s apple-heavy Shenandoah Valley. With the slogan “cedars or cider,” the apple people got a state law passed that permitted orchard owners, with the consent of any 10 neighbors, to cut down cedars in the vicinity of an apple orchard, even against the will of the cedar trees’ owner. It reminds one of the range wars out West between the cattle people and the sheep people. I doubt that such a law would have worked out well here in East Tennessee. The aromatic wood of the red cedar had been known for its striking color and good working qualities since the first European landed on the coast of Virginia. It made countless fence posts, buildings, and pieces of furniture. But our Tennessee cedars reached national prominence be-

cause of quite another use discovered for them. From that same 2012 Senate bill proclaiming Tennessee’s state evergreen: “… one of the earliest forest industries in the state of Tennessee was the cedar pencil industry.” Check the tree books: an alternate name for the red cedar is “pencil tree.” Lead pencils remain important in everyday life; even today, more pencils are sold around the world than ballpoint pens. And back when the British quit exporting pencils to the young United States due to the War of 1812, Yankee ingenuity kicked in, machines were invented, and by 1861 the first U.S. pencil factory was open in New York City. Lead pencils required wood that was light in weight, dense yet soft enough to be easily sharpened but not splinter, affordable and easy to mill. It turned out that the knot-free heartwood of big, old Eastern red cedars filled the bill. It became the pencil wood of choice, and the big cedars of Tennessee and Kentucky

were the best. So much so that by 1912, over one billion pencils per year were being made from it, and by 1920, Tennessee’s supply of red cedar was nearly wiped out. Timber cruisers were haggling with farmers for their cedar windbreaks and old cedar buildings, even swapping new woven-wire fencing for their old cedar fencerows. Today, U.S. pencil production exceeds 2.5 billion annually. Fortunately for our cedar trees, manufacturers have found satisfactory alternatives to old-growth cedar. They are using a number of western species of juniper, and even plainer woods like basswood, dying it and giving it a cedar-like scent. There is still a healthy cedar timber industry here in Tennessee, but fortunately the supply exceeds the demand. Our cedars are hanging in there, abundant and green in the winter and useful in lots of ways year-round. And I’m glad for them – the cedar waxwings and I really enjoy having them around.

Clinch Mountain following a snowfall on Jan. 23. Photo by Bob Martin

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Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival Readings: “Cast List” by Gayle Green, 2:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. Valentine Sweetheart Supper, 4:30-7:30 p.m.., Union County High School. Cost: $20/couple, $12/single; carryout available. Each couple will receive a picture and heart-shaped Red Velvet cake. Hosted by Women In Action of Mountain View Church of God.

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Mildred Haun Conference, Walters State Community College. Featuring: the ETSU Old Time Pride Band, Appalatin, Walters State choral groups and more. Registration is free. Info/schedule of events: 423-5856922 or http://www.ws.edu/.

Auditions for WordPlayers production of “The Spitfire Grill. 2-5 p.m. Seeking four female actor/singers ages 20-60 and three male actor/singers ages 25-50. Appointment/location of auditions: 539-2490. Info: www. wordplayers.org. Sing Out Knoxville meeting, a folk singing circle open to everyone, 7-9 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Song book provided. Info; bobgrimac@gmail.com or 546-5643.

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THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Call for local authors of children’s books for “Farragut Book Fest for Children” to be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Founders Park at Campbell Station. $25 fee includes tent, table, two chairs and lunch at the event; authors will supply their books, decorations and signage. No fee: bring own set-up materials, which must include a tent fitting a 10’x10’ space. Info/to register: www.townoffarragut.org/register and click the Programs tab; Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive; 966-7057.

THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 10 Tickets available for Rhythm N’ Blooms music festival, on stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s historic Jackson Avenue. Features firsttimers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied musical backgrounds. Info/tickets: www. rhythmnbloomsfest.com.

THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 20 Online registration open for Race to benefit the Corryton Community Food Pantry, to be held Saturday, June 20. Event is part of “The Run and See Tennessee Grand Prix Series.” To register: https:// runnerreg.us/corryton8mile. Info: corryton8miler@ yahoo.com; ron.fuller@totalracesolutions.com; or Joyce Harrell, 705-7684.

THURSDAY, FEB. 5 “Bulbs in Containers,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Knox County Master Gardener Lynn Carlson. Free program. Info: 329-8892.

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TUESDAY, FEB. 10 The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable meeting, 7 p.m., Buddy’s Banquet Hall , 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Myron J. Smith, author and professor at Tusculum College. Topic: “Six Navy Captains on Western Waters.” Deadline to RSVP: noon Monday, Feb. 9. Info/ to RSVP: 671-9001.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11 Burlington LEGO Club, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. For grades 1-5. Info: 525-5431.

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VW Super Beetle ^ 17 FT. Bass Tracker. 40 INFINITY FX-35 2003 Convertible 1979, luxury crossover, hp mercury; trailer sea blue paint, new Alterations/Sewing 303 sport model, MUST + extras. $6000; top, brand new rebuilt SELL, WON'T LAST George 660-1695 eng. w/less than 50 ALTERATIONS LONG! 1 owner, mi. Exc. cond. BY FAITH exc. cond., new $19,000. 812-679-8598 rare liquid Men women, children. Campers 235 tires, Custom-tailored copper color, preFarmer’s Market 150 NEW & PRE-OWNED clothes for ladies of all mium sound, 153K mi, $7900. 423-884-2071 Domestic 265 sizes plus kids! Faith Koker 938-1041 ***Web ID# 517077*** OFF SEASON SALE 1941 FARMALL A, $2600, 1947 Farmall Show Prices Extended FORD MUSTANG H $2800. Both great 1994, 165K Domestic Domestic 265 CONV. 265 shape. 865-475-1182 Limited Time Only mi, $1800 obo. Call 2015 MODEL SALE 865-933-3175; 388-5136 FORD F700 1983 dump Check Us Out At flat bed w/sides, gas Northgaterv.com mtr. needs some work. 4x4 16K miles, Extra c lean ............................. or call 865-681-3030 $1500. 865-216-5387. InternationaL 5100 Drain Grill, 12'W, dbl disk openers, press wheels, good cond. $4000. 865-922-6075

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LITTLE PEOPLE PRESCHOOL NOW ENROLLING. Children ages 2-12 yrs of age. 1st week is free. 3 star program. pick-up from local schools. lunch & snack provided. full & parttime space avail. competitive rates. scholarships avail. CAC certificates accepted. call 9221335

HONEST & DEPENDABLE! Small jobs welcome. Exp'd in carpentry, drywall, painting, ^ plumbing. ReasonTWO WOMEN will able, refs avail. Call clean. Comml. or Dick at 947-1445. residential. Call 6613990 or 254-5922.

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GREAT DANE PUPS, Green Gold & red full 2 yr. guar., $800. sz sleeper sofa. $125. www. DreamerDanes. Must sell, new furn. com or 270-585-0217 coming. 865-201-9930 ***Web ID# 518308*** Large 7' Armoire & Weimaraner Puppies, Bakers Rack. Cost AKC, exc bldlines, Over $4K each. Will silvers & blues, sacrifice for $500 ea. $400. 423-244-6676 865-202-4748. ***Web ID# 515623*** SOFA, LOVESEAT, 2 recliners & oak coffee tbl w/bev. glass, $750. 865-717-3547. 922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378)

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Used Ameriglide chair lift, $1800. Used MPV5 Hoveround $1,000. Elec. adj. memory foam queen CR-V SE VOLVO S60 2.4T 2002, bed $500. 865-809-7638 HONDA 115K mi. VG cond. 2011, 33k mi, AT, lthr., sunrf., taupe. AC, FM/ST/CD, all Boats Motors 232 pwr $17,995. 865-382-0365 $3250. 865-691-1049.

Comm Trucks Buses 259 EAST 2BR 1BA, 1612 BLOODHOUND E. Glenwood, Close PUPPIES, AKC, Music Instruments 198 to downtown. $500. CHEV. 2500 2007, Allired, $500 each. Call Call 865-687-1140. Hammered Dulcimer, son AT, 2 wh. dr. 865-680-2155 made by Song of Duomax diesel. 4 new Powell / Claxton 3 BR, German Short haired tires. Extra clean. the Wood, $225 with 2 BA, priv., conv., safe case. 865-405-0726 Pointer puppies, AKC $8500. 865-308-2743 area, no smoke / pets. reg., liver colored, $700/mo. 865-748-3644. ready to go. 3 F. Household Furn. 204 Antiques Classics 260 $500 ea. 931-484-9065 Condo Rentals

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Flooring

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CERAMIC TILE installation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328

Remodeling

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Licensed General Contractor Restoration, remodeling, additions, kitchens, bathrooms, decks, sunrooms, garages, etc. Residential & commercial, free estimates. 922-8804, Herman Love.

Stump Removal

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TREE WORK & Power Stump Grinder. Free est, 50 yrs exp!

804-1034

BREEDEN'S TREE SERVICE Over 30 yrs. experience! Trimming, removal, stump grinding, brush chipper, aerial bucket truck. Licensed & insured. Free estimates!

219-9505

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