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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ IN THIS ISSUE Kiwanis event Northside Kiwanis Club will host a Pancake Jamboree and Bake Sale from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 544 N. Broadway. Tickets at $4 ($10 per family, up to four) are available from Northside Kiwanis members or at the door. All proceeds go to support the service activities of the Northside Kiwanis Club. Info: Tom Mattingly, 414-6218.

GOP reorganization The Knox County Republican Party will hold its biannual reorganization with precinct meetings at the polling places at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, unless otherwise scheduled by the precinct chair. Delegates elected at the precincts will meet for the county convention at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 7, at The Crown College in Powell. Info: Ruthie Kuhlman, chair. Gibbs High student Kaitlyn Hartness prepares to paint the guitar to be featured at the Dogwood Arts Festival. Photo by R. White

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Marvin West Sports columnist Marvin West looks at Tennessee’s new offensive coordinator, Mike DeBord, and his fit in maintaining “the best staff in America.” That’s what Butch promised when he was hired. No reason for him to back down, writes West. His column is on page A-4.

Betsy Pickle Read Knoxville’s best movie critic’s take on this year’s Oscars, and match wits with a professtional. Check out Weekender, inside.

Betty Bean Tyler Harber: Ace political reporter Betty Bean was writing about this youthful politico some 14 years ago and she’s kept up with him ever since. Now he’s probably heading to jail after last week’s guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Virginia. Bean looks back and ahead with “The Rise and Fall of Tyler Harber.” Inside.

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By Ruth White Gibbs High School art teacher Ethan Pignataro encouraged students to submit preliminary sketches for consideration by the Dogwood Arts Festival committee to be the design on this year’s festival guitar. From that group, Kaitlyn Hartness’ work was selected and then chosen best among entries from high schools across the county.

Kaitlyn’s sketch features black and white tribal prints that fade into colorful abstract figures. She will begin work on the actual guitar within the next week and will use acrylics to complete the project. The event is hosted by Rhythm n’ Blooms, and the guitar will be auctioned off during the Dogwood Arts Festival. Congratulations, Kaitlyn!

City continues work at Fountain City Lake times before Davis interrupted: By Sandra Clark “Excuse me, it’s a lake.” If it quacks like a duck … Swanner said, “You’ll have to Don’t visit Fountain City Town excuse me. I’m Hall and call the lake a duck pond. from Kentucky.” You’ll risk the present wrath of Fountain City Charlotte Davis and the possible Lake has been a haunting of Mary Lou Horner. source of pride Ben Swanner of the city’s Engisince its construcneering Department, stormwater tion in 1935. The division, got an earful last week as lake is spring fed he explained the city’s completed and discharges work and future plans for the lake. directly into First Swanner said “pond” three Ben Swanner

Creek. The Fountain City Lions Club has responsibility for upkeep, mowing, landscaping, etc. Ben Easterday of the Lions Club contacted the city about two years ago, Swanner said, asking for help with the algae and serious leaking that had dropped the water level. “We’ve got big problems with muskrats and holes,” Swanner recalled Easterday saying. Mayor Madeline Rogero said previously that the problems were

bigger than the Lions Club could handle. So she put $250,000 into the city’s capital budget for work at the lake. Here’s the plan: ■ The outlet structure was replaced to maintain pond depth; ■ A long-term maintenance program was installed to improve pond water quality; ■ Existing mechanical systems To page A-3

The pros and cons of a balanced school calendar By Wendy Smith Bearden High School students and parents didn’t lament the possible loss of long, leisurely summers during principal John Bartlett’s discussion of Knox County Schools’ proposed balanced calendar. There was little reaction, aside from a few questions about specifics, to the idea that the 20162017 school calendar could have two-week fall, winter and spring breaks and an eight-week summer break. There would still be 180 instructional days. Bartlett began the discussion by reminding students and parents, who attended the evening meeting to discuss scheduling as well as a balanced calendar, that nothing is set in stone. “This is a conversation that is just starting and nobody has decided anything yet.” Other local school systems, like Maryville, Alcoa and Oak Ridge, are already on balanced calendars. The school calendar should be structured around needs of stu-

dents, and the current calendar, with a 53-day summer break, was set up to meet the needs of an agrarian society. Not many students are hauling hay anymore, Bartlett said. The balanced calendar is intended to provide more continuous learning. Remediation would be offered during the first week of fall and spring breaks, which would give struggling students the opportunity to catch up. A shorter summer break would also reduce summer learning loss, which most affects students who spend summers at home watching television and playing video games. Less time spent reading and interacting with adults results in learning loss, which leaves teachers playing catch-up for the first two weeks of fall semester, he said. But studies comparing the academic success of students on traditional and balanced calendars have been inconclusive, especially for students who are engaged during the summer months. Another challenge would be

changing the mindset of parents who grew up with long summer breaks and want their kids to have the same experience. A balanced calendar wouldn’t affect school athletics programs, and teams would continue to practice John Bartlett during fall and spring breaks. Bartlett conjectured that childcare centers would adjust to meet the needs of a balanced calendar. He emphasized that Bearden’s block scheduling wouldn’t necessarily change due to conversion to a balanced calendar. Bearden has four classes each semester, and students receive a full credit for each one, as opposed to six or seven classes each day for a full year. But a balanced calendar could cost more than a traditional calendar due to the expense of transporting students during the remediation periods built into fall and

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spring breaks. If funds currently spent on transporting students for summer remediation can be shifted, there may be no added expense, he said. Block scheduling also costs more than traditional scheduling, and since school budgets are fi xed, it might be reconsidered at some point. Bartlett emphasized that block scheduling will continue at Bearden for the foreseeable future. If the county switches to a balanced calendar, students would be allowed to miss a few days of school in order to attend Governor’s school, he said. School would start a week early, and graduation would be bumped back a week. Mark Wilkerson, whose daughter is a rising sophomore, said that he needed more information before he could form an opinion about a balanced calendar, but that it was presented positively. He’s strongly in favor of block scheduling, which he thinks helps students understand the rigor of a college course load. “That part has got to stay.”

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COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Fountain City Lions Club meets 6 p.m. each first and third Monday, Lions Community Building, 5373-5377 N Broadway St. ■ Halls Community Lions Club meets 7:15 p.m. each second and fourth Monday, Shoney’s, 343 Emory Road. ■ 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.

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■ 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. ■ United Northeast Democrats/8th District meet 7 p.m. each second Thursday, Gibbs Ruritan Club, 7827 Tazewell Pike. Info: Betty Jones, 688-2268.

CORRYTON SENIOR CENTER ■ Wednesday, Feb. 18: 9 a.m. billiards, quilting; 10 a.m. dominos; 11 a.m. crochet, open game; 1 p.m. Rook. ■ Thursday, Feb. 19: 9 a.m. billiards, quilting; 11 a.m. potluck; 1 p.m. pinochle, dominoes; 2 p.m. Zumba Gold. ■ Friday, Feb. 20: 9 a.m. SAIL exercise, billiards; 11 a.m. Dignity Memorial Lunch seminar, cross-stitch; 11:30 a.m. bunco; 2 p.m. Zumba Gold. ■ Monday, Feb. 23: 9 a.m. SAIL exercise, billiards, quilting; 9:30 a.m. cloth painting; 10 a.m. dominoes; 11 a.m. open game. ■ Tuesday, Feb. 24: 9 a.m. billiards; 1 p.m. pinochle; 2 p.m. Zumba Gold. ■ Info: 688-5882.


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Sterchi Elementary kindergarten student Josiah Carmichael read facts about the heart to principal Christine Boring. Pho-

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Robin Milhollan reads a book to children at the Fountain City Library during Saturday Stories and Songs.

Cindy Winegar, executive director with Maple Court, serves cake to Judy Huggett at the Halls Senior Center.

Hearts, chocolate and that yucky love thing By Ruth White February is known for Valentine’s Day and for bringing awareness to heart health. From father/daughter dances to chocolate festivals, people in Knoxville celebrated all over town. At Sterchi Elementary, students participated in a jump rope event that raised money for the school and taught children the impor-

tance of good heart health. The school gym was filled with activity and posters were on the wall reminding everyone to love their heart. Martha Routh’s kindergarten class stopped by the main office and students were given the opportunity to read facts about the heart to principal Christine Boring. Maple Court Senior Living hosted a Chocolate and Coffee break at the Halls Se-

nior Center. The event allowed visitors to the center to learn more about the facility while enjoying rich, chocolate cake and coffee. On Valentine’s Day, Robin Milhollan stopped by the Fountain City Library and entertained the group by reading books about love, including Michael Catchpool’s “That Yucky Love Thing.”

Base Knox Baseball comes to North Knoxville Former Halls High baseball player Kevin Hunley grew up on the ball field and his passion for the sport never subsided after he graduated. He went to Maryville College to play baseball and worked with his brother Josh through his high school years. Now Hunley has a son and believes there is a need for an organized baseball program in the North Knox area. He became involved with a youth baseball team in Knoxville and eventually found himself ready for a new challenge. “I have always wanted to create an organization to showcase the talent from the surrounding areas,” he said. “This is where Base Knox

Baseball began.” Kevin and Josh decided that this organization was their chance to give the youth a Christian-based organization to play travel baseball and grow as young men. Through the baseball program, they will teach sportsmanship, teamwork and fundamentals. The main goal is to create a family atmosphere where youth can create lifelong friendships, learn the game of baseball, but most of all grow a stronger relationship with God. This organization is comprised of volunteers and who want to provide a great travel baseball experience with a cost that is affordable

City work on Fountain City Lake were improved; and ■ The lake was drained, with fish and ducks relocated, and accumulated organic material was removed from the lake’s bottom. This work was completed in October, Swanner said. “We increased the pond depth to decrease sunlight penetration to shallow areas and added fish barrier for stocked fish. (The city also added) anti-seep collars around the new structure to help prevent future piping issues.” The big ticket item comes next, he said. The city executed a contract with Lamar Dunn and Associates in February to devel-

HEALTH NOTES ■ The Alexander Technique: An Introduction, 1-2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, Knoxville Healing Center, 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Free, but preregistration requested. Info/to register: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600, or www.AlexanderTechnique Knoxville.com. ■ “The Alexander Technique as a Mindfulness Practice,” noon-2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, Knoxville Healing Center, 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $30. Preregistration required. Contact Lilly Sutton, 387-7600, or www.AlexanderTechnique Knoxville.com. ■ Family Fun and Destressing Activities, 10:30

for all income levels. They are looking for any sponsorship help available and can Sterchi student Hannah Blake jumps rope during a recent help get the sponsor’s name fund-raising event at the school. out on their website, facebook page and team banners. Each team plans to play almost every weekend from March to July for the spring season and in the fall from August to November. The organization currently has three teams but is looking to expand and find the right coaches for every age group. The seven- and eight-year-old teams are still looking for a few players to complete the spring roster. Info: Baseknoxbaseball.com or baseknoxroyals@gmail.com.

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op long-term solutions and a maintenance plan. This will address “waterfowl and vegetation management,” he said. Does that mean fewer ducks? Probably, said city council member Mark Campen, who works in environmental management. The population is artificially high because residents feed ducks. “There are more ducks here than could be supported naturally.” City council member Nick Della Volpe got the night’s best line: “I hear there’s even an enterprising duck that stands outside the door at Panera. Guess he’s trying to cut out the middle man.”

a.m.-noon Saturday, Feb. 21, Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. For families with school-age children when a parent or loved one in the family has cancer. Info/RSVP: 546-4661. ■ HeartWise, 7:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, Feb. 21, University of Tennessee Medical Center’s Heart Lung Vascular Institute, 1924 Alcoa Highway. Features health screenings and health education talks related to heart, lung and vascular disease. Healthy breakfast cooking demonstration 9-10 a.m. requires preregistration. To schedule a screening or register for cooking demonstration: 305-6970. Info: www. utmedicalcenter.org. ■ Knit Your Way to Wellness,

1-3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Instructors: Shelley Hecht, Loopville, and Beth Hamil, CSC. Beginners welcome. Info: 546-4661. ■ “Mindfulness in Everyday Life: Relaxing into Living in the Present Moment,” 10 a.m.noon Saturday, Feb. 21, Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Instructor: Ann Pendley. Info/RSVP: 546-4661. ■ “Prevention and Relief of TMJ Pain,” noon-2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, Knoxville Healing Center, 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $30. Preregistration required. Info/to register: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600, or www. AlexanderTechnique Knoxville.com.

HALLS SENIOR CENTER ■ Wednesday, Feb. 18: 9 a.m. Veterans Services; 10 a.m. bingo, hand & foot; 12:30 p.m. bridge; 1 p.m. Rook, SAIL exercise; 2 p.m. Tai Chi; 3:30 p.m. advanced Tai Chi. ■ Thursday, Feb. 19: 10 a.m. line dance, pinochle, quilting; 11 a.m., exercise; 1 p.m. Ballroom Dance class, Beginning Knitting class; 2:30 p.m. Snack and Learn: Veterans Services. ■ Friday, Feb. 20: 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. 23: 9 a.m. scrapbooking; 10 a.m. Tai Chi, pinochle, bridge, Hand & Foot; 11:30 a.m. advanced Tai Chi; 1 p.m. Rook, SAIL exercise. ■ Tuesday, Feb. 24: 10 a.m. canasta; 11 a.m. exercise; 12:30 p.m. Mexican Train dominoes; 1:30 p.m. hand & foot; 2 p.m. movie time. ■ Info: 922-0416.


A-4 • FEBRUARY 18, 2015 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news master technician as teacher. Old friend Mike DeBord is a line coach. He does bring a lifetime of experience and boost in his career. Butch future may think that is OK. warm compatibility. “Comfort” is a bigger has returned the favor, res- It isn’t. cuing Mike from oblivion I have no concerns about word in Butch’s vocabulary and adding the encourage- DeBord as offensive coordi- than in mine. I thought Marvin ment of a $500,000 salary. nator. He may even be great, “comfort” was part of the West We have been told that as soon as he catches up 2014 problem. The coaching staff was this enhances the status with what is going on. quo, that little or nothing I am amazed that Butch more comfortable with Juswill change about the Jones is passing him off as a quar- tin Worley at quarterback offense. I don’t believe that. terback coach. His first and because he was a better Jones group can sell. This is The Vols need more touch- last fling at that assign- practice player, had a betthe year to see how it does at downs. They need to be able ment was the mid-1980s at ter grasp of the offense, was developing talent. to gain a yard now and then, Fort Hays State. Quarter- less likely to make mistakes Fans should accept when they absolutely must back coach of those famous and would stick to plans. It DeBord as a loyalty hire. have one. Maybe DeBord names at Michigan (Tom didn’t seem to matter that This was payback. It is OK to can coach a power forma- Brady, Brian Griese, etc.) he couldn’t run the read option. scratch your head and won- tion. He once did. was Stan Parrish. It hurts to say what I’ve der, but no bickering. Butch Offense did not come Based on last season’s arhas already said he knows easy for Tennessee the past gument that Joshua Dobbs been thinking, that there what’s best for the Vols. two seasons. It finished needed considerable im- would have been no bowl Butch worked for Mike 104th and 93rd in national provement on fundamentals game had Worley survived. long, long ago at Central rankings. The Vols were and the current dilemma of Justin would have deserved Michigan. Together they 69th in red zone touchdown three freshmen posing as a medal for true grit and produced a 12-34 record. percentage in 2014. Those quarterback depth, it would everlasting respect for raw DeBord did give Jones a big perfectly relaxed about the seem that Jones needed a courage, but no way does

Happy time, good fit, comfort zone The late Al McGuire used “seashells and balloons” to describe good times. The way things are with Tennessee football, you can add rainbows and free ice cream. Recruiting success remains the talk of the town. The new offensive coordinator is said to be a precise fit. Butch Jones is really comfortable. Everybody that matters is some degree of happy. New titles and raises helped. For lack of contrary information, I assume Mike DeBord is the correct step in maintaining “the best staff in America.” That’s what Butch promised when he was hired. No reason for him to back down. I will concede that the

The rise and fall of Tyler Harber ured I was out to get him. It wouldn’t have taken a political savant to figure that out, because I loved to crack bad jokes about the escapades of Sun Tzu-quoting undergraduates being unleashed on the world by UT’s political science department. Betty The last time I heard Bean from Tyler was Nov. 12, 2014, when he sent me an email asking me to come up I’d taken a couple of to D.C. to interview him. He pokes at him as the new en- said the Department of Jusfant terrible of local politics, tice was focusing on Repuband one night when Joe met lican consultants who were me at a blues bar in the Old running super PACs: “I’ve trusted you to write City to drop off some camthe truth before. Can I pay paign literature, he mentioned that Tyler was wait- for you to come up here to meet me once more? One ing for him in the car. My recollection is that more interview,” he wrote. “I need an impartial, he couldn’t get into the bar because he wasn’t 21 yet, but reasonable, no BS-telling Joe recently told me that Ty- of why I’m going to federal ler thought it better to wait prison for calling Obama a in the car because he fig- criminal repeatedly on naMy first encounter with Tyler Harber was in 2001 when he was working in Joe Bailey’s first city council campaign.

tional television. Are you up for a story with as much complexity as the series you wrote about me previously? “Sooner rather than later. DoJ is pushing hard and I can’t hold them off too much longer. You’ve been the journalist I’ve trusted. Plus this is going to be a national story. I wanted to give you first dibs. “Let me know. I know this is a very f’d-up request. But in the end of my political career, I’d much prefer that you write my ‘epitaph’ than the Times, Post or any other rag inside the beltway. “Let me know. “Best regards, Tyler” Flabbergasted, I e-mailed him back, asking him to call me. He never responded.

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Harber’s situation became brutally clear last

week when the news broke that he’d pleaded guilty to illegally coordinating a political campaign with a super PAC he’d created, directing more than $300,000 to the campaign and diverting $138,000 of that to a company run by his mother. The news brought back a flood of memories – Mike Ragsdale’s 2002 county executive campaign kickoff at the L&N Station to the tune of the Beatles’ “Here comes the sun.” And there he was – Tyler Harber – fi xing to embark on the long-term project of helping Ragsdale become governor. When Ragsdale was sworn in, Tyler got a nebulous job on the sixth floor. Later he was transferred to the county probation office, supposedly monitoring prisoners’ ankle bracelets. A lot of us guffawed at that, because we spotted him doing stuff like chauffeuring the mayor here and there

and skulking around meetings keeping tabs on errant county commissioners who weren’t toeing the Ragsdale line. Over time, recalcitrant commissioners began to complain that they were being threatened with reelection problems if they didn’t get with the program. Specifically, they said that they were being told that the mayor would sic the ruthless boy genius on them if they didn’t straighten up. Occasionally Tyler got caught misbehaving in public and would get his knuckles rapped. It all came to a head in 2006 when GOP county chair Chad Tindell refused to turn over a mailing list to the Ragsdale re-election campaign that he’d complied during the previous presidential election. Tyler, who was somehow privy to Tindell’s email password, printed out Tindell’s email correspondence and passed

Tennessee upset South Carolina without Joshua Dobbs. Now we know and understand. This, indeed, looks like the beginning of seashells and balloons for Tennessee football. There is reason for optimism. The Lyle Allen Jones Reconstruction Company has done the preliminary brick work. His method has merit. There will be no more 7-6s. Spring practice, even in relative secret, figures to be exciting. Already there is chatter about the Orange and White game. And an SEC East title! Some can barely wait. Go Vols! I hope the new coach can help the team win. If the Vols make it to Atlanta, that might mean top 10 in the polls. Call it to my attention when it happens. That will be the real comfort zone.

it on to Ragsdale and his body man Mike Arms. Threats, intimidation and car chases ensured. Tyler departed for Washington. But he was heard from one more time.

Washington

Shortly after Ragsdale’s less than impressive 2006 re-election victory, an anonymous blog post asked, “Missing me now?” “Tyler,” I thought. After tracking him down, I spent a weekend in Washington interviewing Tyler, and the result was a threepart Shopper-News series detailing the work he had done in the service of Mike Ragsdale. (The trip was solely at my expense, reimbursed in part by the Shopper.) The interview included a description of his bogus probation job, a detailed account of attempting to To next page

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We’ve produced many exceptional things in East Tennessee – Mountain Dew, hydroelectric power and the 1982 World’s Fair, to name a few.

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that this region also cranks out something that should make us all shudder: drug dependent newborns. The Tennessee Department of Health’s 16-county East Tennessee region produced a whopping 27 percent of the state’s 973 Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) babies in 2014. Knox County alone produced 10.6 percent of the total number, which continues to rise. These babies are sick because they are addicted to drugs ingested by their addicted mothers. The babies, and their moms, are the sad fallout of the region’s over-prescription of opiates. Addiction to prescription drugs is something that can happen to anyone, says Carla Saunders, a neonatal nurse practitioner at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.

The quick death of Insure Tennessee Deborah Huddleston and Karen Pershing of the Metropolitan Drug Commission display Born Drug-Free in Tennessee materials. The initiative aims to raise awareness about babies being born addicted to drugs. Photo by Wendy Smith “This is not an addictunder-the-bridge problem. This is a person-sitting-nextto-you-in-church problem.” Agencies from across the region, including the nonprofit Metropolitan Drug Commission and East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, partnered with the East Tennessee NAS Task Force to kick off the Born DrugFree Tennessee education initiative last week. The goal of the program is to raise awareness about babies being born exposed to prescription and other drugs. Education is aimed at medical providers, women who are pregnant or at risk of becoming pregnant, and their families. Karen Pershing, executive director of the Metropolitan Drug Commission, says the problem stems from lack of communication. Last week, 29 OB/GYN doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses and nursing students participated in Born Drug-

Free Tennessee training. Through role-play, the medical providers learned how to talk to women about addiction. It’s not something they’re comfortable asking about, she says. Pregnant women also need education. They think pain pills are safe because doctors prescribe them, and access points are everywhere. Knox County has 35 registered pain clinics. Those who recognize that they are addicted, or even dependent, face enormous challenges. They get sick if they quit taking pills, and replacement therapies, like methadone, are also harmful to babies. Information on the Born Drug-Free Tennessee website can help addicted women make changes and move forward with their lives, Saunders says. Prescriptions for pain pills rose in response to the under-treatment of pain in the late 1990s and early 2000s. At the time, no one

realized how addictive the drugs were, she says. Even now, large prescriptions aren’t uncommon. “There’s no need for opiates to the degree that doctors are prescribing them.” Despite the number of NAS babies, Saunders has hope. A lot of people are looking for ways to help. Pershing hopes to see the number of NAS babies born in Knox County drop 20 percent by 2016. It’s a lofty goal, but she thinks it’s possible through education. The Born Drug-Free Tennessee message is being spread via the Internet, radio, television, posters and brochures, and her voice. She’s happy to speak to community groups about the work of the Metropolitan Drug Commission – substance abuse prevention – and she always mentions the smallest victims of drug abuse. “I always bring up the babies.” Info: www. borndrugfreetn.com

Tyler Harber derail a referendum on Ragsdale’s county wheel tax proposal and a recounting of an attempt to access confidential medical records of political foes, plus lots of intimidation of other elected officials. It was explosive stuff, and although Ragsdale compelled department heads and other employees to sign sworn statements

From previous page disavowing Tyler’s allegations, nothing he told me in that marathon interview has ever been proven false. Nothing. Unlikely as it would have seemed in 2001, Tyler Harber became a valued friend and source to me over the years. I watched his rise through the Republican firmament – “Elections and Campaigns” magazine

named him a Rising Star in 2012 – and he was making regular appearances as a commentator on Fox News. Last October, his refusal to join in on Fox’s wholesale bashing of Muslims was widely reported on other news outlets. He and his wife, who is carving a niche for herself as a “military romance” author (who knew there was such

a genre?), are the parents of two cute little kids. I was impressed by his personal and professional growth over the years since he was Mike Ragsdale’s dirty tricks specialist. Then it all came crashing down. This morning, I read that “Elections and Campaigns” has revoked his Rising Star award. And sentencing is set for May.

Recently I wrote the odds favored Gov. Haslam getting Medicaid expansion passed in the special legislative session. Little did I think that it would fail so overwhelmingly in less than 48 hours at the hands of fellow Republicans. Never has a major initiative from the governor been scuttled so quickly and decisively. What happened? There are many theories and all have some element of truth. But based on my own 15 years in the Legislature, there seems to be several factors. First, the governor erred in calling a special session instead of letting Insure Tennessee be considered in the regular session. Weeks were needed to pull together a majority in both House and Senate, if it could be done. In hindsight, it probably would have failed in the regular session too, but not so spectacularly. Second, the governor never had an accurate count of lawmakers showing a majority in favor. Whatever count he had was not close and was based on hope, not reality. He believed that his plan was so logical and so different from Obamacare that it would prevail after all the facts were outlined, combined with strong business community support. The votes simply were not there to pass the plan. Third, there were early warning signs of deep trouble when both speakers (Republicans, too) declined to endorse the plan. Then the Senate majority leader refused to sponsor the plan. Then there was not a written agreement with the Obama Administration. Then the House GOP caucus chair said he was opposed.

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Fourth, extensive lobbying by hospital executives who spoke of the fiscal plight facing hospitals when top leadership’s pay, even at the medium and smaller hospitals, often exceeds $250.000 and in some cases reaches $600,000 hardly indicated a financial crisis. Only TVA is more tone deaf when it comes to paying outrageously high salaries to the top folks. Erlanger in Chattanooga recently handed out over $1 million in bonuses to top personnel. This was not the governor’s doing but he got caught in the crossfire. Fifth, the governor would have been well advised to have discussed this during his re-election campaign last fall. Then he could have said voters knew of it and backed it. He denied himself a mandate on the issue he did not raise. The high point of the session was Haslam’s address which was as articulate a speech as he has ever given and came from the heart. It simply did not register with members who had already decided to vote “no” on an extension of Obamacare and bigger government. The governor will and should move on. This Legislature probably will not act on this until a new President takes office on Jan. 20, 2017. While its failure is a setback and embarrassing, it is not the end of the world and Haslam has four more years to lead the state in an exceptional manner.

Hopson and allies to take helm of teachers’ association By Betty Bean Asked what’s first when she takes over as president of the Knox County Education Association July 1, Lauren Hopson didn’t hesitate: “Increase membership and give teachers a voice.” This shouldn’t surprise anyone who has observed the Halls third grade teacher since her “Tired Teacher” speech at the October 2013 school board forum. Being president of KCEA is full-time, so Hopson will be taking a leave of absence from teaching. If there was a KCEA election surprise, it’s the slate of officers who will enter with her. Members of SPEAK

(Students, Parents, Educations Across Knox), the organization she and others put together last year at the beginning of what came to be known as the teacher rebellion, got elected as well. So Amy Cate will become Hopson vice president; Linda Holtzclaw, secretary; Julie Smalling, high school executive board rep and Mark Taylor middle school executive board rep. Dave Gorman and Sherry Morgan were elected to the

team that interviews candidates for public office. Here is how Amy Cate describes their platform: “We are for truth and honesty in education – not smoke and mirrors of false promises from the educational reformers… This is 2015 and managing teachers through fear and intimidation is not acceptable. … We pride ourselves in being seekers of truth, but we are far from being radical. I promise!” Hopson likes being part of a team: “It is a strange feeling to be excited and scared to death at the same time. My biggest fear was getting elected without the rest of them there to help me.”

One of the first issues she wants to address is helping teachers re-establish some control over their professional lives. “Over the last five days, I’ve had two days of planning time. We’re supposed to have it every day. Technically, under Tennessee law, I get 2.5 hours per week, which works out to 45 minutes a day.” Instead, she has been required to attend a technology meeting and a PLC (professional learning community) meeting. “What we’re supposed to be doing is do grade-level planning, identifying kids who need help; but usually,

we just look at test data. Pretty much there isn’t anything I can do in a PLC meeting that is more important than planning for my students the next day. Last year, we asked for PLCs to be done monthly rather than weekly. If I worked at a TAP school, I’d have a cluster meeting – you don’t have to think long at all to figure out what those are called.” And that’s just for starters. Hopson, who is from Greeneville, started her professional life armed with degrees in psychology and sociology. She worked with troubled kids at a residential treatment center for

several years. In 2000, she went back to the University of Tennessee on a Lyndhurst fellowship, earned a master’s in education, and went to work for Knox County Schools. She describes herself as generally conservative, but motivated into the political arena by learning of the plight of two friends, whom she describes as “amazing teachers, who, because of one test, had their jobs threatened. Now, they are both teachers of the year at their respective schools – and they’ll probably never talk to you because they don’t want that kind of attention.”

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Yellow laborador Maggie spends some time with her friend, Alex. Photo submitted

Thanks to kind neighbors By Amy Webb My sweet, sweet yellow lab, Maggie, died about two weeks ago. She ran out of her area and past many houses to busy Cunningham Road. She was hit by a car and then cared for by a sweet man in a black Ford F150 pickup. This man stayed with her for a while, holding and soothing her. Oh, how I wish I could say thank you. Thank you for loving on her in her final moments. It brings me so much peace to know she wasn’t alone. Then another good Samaritan (Joe from Powell in a white van) went knock-

ing door to door to find her owner. Maggie almost always had on identification but didn’t when it was needed the most. Thank you, Joe, for spending the time to locate the owners; otherwise I may never have known what had happened to her. Our thoughtful neighbors then went and identified her for us since we weren’t at home and brought her body back to our house where we were able to bury her near her favorite spot. And to these same neighbors I want to say thank you for loving her like we did. She was and will always be my sweet Maggie.

Zoe and mom Cindy Jett, Elizabeth Jett, Bethanie and mom Jaclyn McDonald talk about the new Parents’ Night Out at Heiskell UMC. Photo by Cindy Taylor

Help for parents at Heiskell UMC It may not take an actual village to raise a child, but sometimes even the most organized parents can use a bit of help. Heiskell United Methodist Church has created a program to provide a bit of respite for hard-working moms and dads. At the brand-new Parents’ Night Out, started

last week, Heiskell UMC volunteers provide snacks, activities, Bible stories, exercise and much more for kids ages three to 11. Held from 6-8 p.m. each Thursday, there are currently six volunteers who will rotate each week. As the program grows, more volunteers will join. And the best part is that it’s free and open to all community members.

Liz Jett felt the call to get the ministry going, and church members were quick to jump in and help. “Tammy Norman will be our coordinator, and we are hoping to get a big group of children,” said Jett. “This is a community service for our church and a great opportunity for parents to have a date night, shop or just relax. There was noth-

ing like this when my kids were growing up.” Jett says once the weather warms up, the program will make use of the great park on the church grounds, which is currently undergoing renovation and will be better than ever by the spring. She also hopes to bring in soccer instructors. Info: 591-5548.

school bus contractors. Her kids, Gail (Dick) Bradley and Estel (Janice) Clark had three yellow speDot died 10 years to the cial ed buses woven into her By Sandra Clark Dot Grigsby of Pow- day after the passing of casket flowers. Jo would have smiled. ell worked Malcolm. She leaves three Lee Spickard, noted hard in the daughters, 10 grandchilbusiness family busi- dren and numerous friends. owner and Martha Jo Clark, my ness that pilot, was carried her aunt, was the last of her genan early h u s b a n d ’s eration in my dad’s family. Shopper adShe and Eldred were name. vertiser. He R e - married the same day, June owned the m e m b e r 1, 1947, as my parents, HerLee SpickM a l c o l m’s man and Willa Dean Clark. Grigsby ard CompaWhen she died at age 84, Dair yland ny in Halls Drive-in on Clinton High- Jo was the oldest in both age Spickard and several and tenure of Knox County way?

Dollar Stores in East Tennessee. Lee owned a twin-engine Piper airplane and, if memory serves, had a landing strip on his land off Emory Road near Beaver Creek. He is survived by two daughters and their families. Jack L. Cooper, a stalwart member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, passed away at age 86. Jack served with distinction on the old city school board and as general manager of Schubert Lumber Company. This writer gives

him credit for shuttering Cas Wa l ker ’s “Watchdog.” His sister was the late Joyce McCloud, Cooper wife of former Brickey School principal John R. McCloud. Jack leaves wife Doris and their two daughters. Joan Bostick Griffey, retired co-owner with husband Jerry of Gentry Griffey Funeral Chapel, passed away

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My magic carpet Go now, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, so that it may be for the time to come as a witness forever. (Isaiah 30: 8 NRSV)

Wayne Goforth instructs Anita Garrett, Krystal Gibson, Emeri Gibson, Ashley Boruff and Skyelin Gibson during a violin class at Clear Springs Music Academy. Photo by Cindy Taylor

Foot stomping fun for all By Cindy Taylor Looking for a fun way to spend your free time while learning a skill? Here’s a thought: Join those who have enrolled in the Clear Springs Music Academy. Wayne Goforth opened the academy last September. Instruction includes private and group lessons for guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin, electric bass, bass viol and Dobro. Gary Barnard teaches piano at the academy. “We started the school to build equity in our church and community,” said Go-

forth. “As everyone knows, we are building a new worship center. We would like to see our choir and orchestra expand to fill the new church capacity.” Some folks may remember Goforth as the former superintendent of Union County Public Schools, but most know him as an amazing musician. The multi-instrumentalist’s credentials range from a degree in music education to three years in the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra string bass section (1968-1970). He once played banjo with the KSO

while Arthur Fiedler conducted, and he has 40 years’ experience teaching private lessons at Broadway Sound, Pick ’n’ Grin, UT and Hewgley’s Music. Goforth was CEO of Thunderhead Sound Studios and recorded groups such as the Knoxville Grass. He was also a member of Tennessee Valley Barn Dance and many other groups playing jazz, country, bluegrass, gospel and classical music. Goforth has taught thousands of people of all ages, including Phil Leadbetter, who

is considered the best Dobro player in the world today. “Phil was seven or eight years old when he was my student,” said Goforth. “At the academy we learn how to play instruments, but we always have a good time too.” Goforth’s popular book “The Complete Bluegrass Banjo Player” is available on Amazon. The academy is located at Clear Springs Church, but you do not have to be a member of the church to take lessons. All ages are welcome. Days and times by appointment. Info: 898-2900.

Among my earliest memories is that of being read to by my mother. The first books I remember her reading to me included Dale Evans’ “Angel Unaware,” as well as some lesser tomes, including the Golden Books’ “Mister Bear Squash-You-AllFlat” and “The Duck Who Played the Piano.” What I wouldn’t give for copies of those beloved books now! She bought Childcraft for us, a set of books which I still have in my collection, and which I still refer to from time to time. World Book was purchased for us before I started school, and even though I bought my own set of World Book when my girls were young, I have kept the older versions, because they have material in them that the newer versions do not, including a picture of my dear friend John when he was a 4-H boy in Idaho. So, I grew up with books and have never lost my love for them. Books

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can carry me – like a magic carpet – to distant times and places. They can introduce me to fascinating people, both real and imaginary, who can teach me much about the world and even about myself. I am always a little sad, a little lost, when I finish a good book. It is a little like letting go of the trapeze, without knowing whether the other trapeze – the one swinging toward me – is going to reach me in time. So, when I need to travel through space or time, my magic carpet is available, ready to transport me to adventures, experiences, dreams, fantasies, and, best of all, truths!

WORSHIP NOTES Community services ■ 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. ■ Glenwood Baptist Church, 7212 Central Ave. Pike, is accepting appointments for the John 5 Food Pantry. Info: 938-2611. Your call will be returned.

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News from Heiskell By Cindy Taylor February brought Chocolatefest to the Heiskell Community Center. Bakers competed for awards, and winners included Joyce Davis, Best Overall Chocolate Dessert; Donna Tillery, Best Presentation; and Doris Faye Cooper, Most Decadent. Heiskell seniors continue to sell tickets to win a beautiful handmade quilt. Tickets are $5 for two. Mary Kate Smith completed the

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quilting on the fundraiser quilt. The drawing will be held once $500 worth of tickets has been sold. Proceeds will go toward the new Heiskell Community Center. The Heiskell craft/cards/ art groups meet at Morning Pointe in Powell, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each first Thursday. Lunch is served at no charge to seniors. Art classes are available for $45 per class and include all supplies. The group has begun crocheting

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Classes/meetings ■ Alder Springs Missionary Baptist Church, Hickory Star Road, will host a Men’s Conference at 7 p.m. Friday, March 6, and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 7. Ministers include the Rev. Luke Kidwell and the Rev. Jerry Vittatoe. Everyone welcome. ■ Beck Cultural Exchange Center will host lectures by Imam Muhammad Adeyinka Mendes Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20-21, at 1927 Dandridge Avenue. All are invited. Inman Mendes is founding director of SacredService for Human Liberation, lead Arabic in-

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Fundraisers ■ Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road, will host a Chili Cook Off at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. Cost: $7 general admission, $4 seniors (70+) and children, children 3 and under free. Featuring

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Special services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will hold two Ash Wednesday services Feb. 18: noon in the Chapel and 6:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Info: 690-1060. ■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway, will hold Ash Wednesday service 6:30 p.m. Feb. 18 in the sanctuary. Info: 922-1412. ■ Church of God of Knoxville, 5912 Thorngrove Pike, will hold revival 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, March 24-28, and 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29. The evangelist will be Larry Owen, pastor of the Church of God of New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Info: 522-9520.

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Washington signs with Lindsey Wilson By Ruth White Central High School football coaching staff proudly watched as senior C e d r i c Wa s h i n gton signed to play at Lindsey Washington Wilson College in Columbia, Ky. next year. Cedric played receiver for the Bobcats during his four years at Central. Said coach Bryson Rosser, “Cedric is one of 11 seniors that stuck it out through all of the changes with the program, and this is a great opportunity for him.” Rosser added that Cedric set the bar for the direction of the CHS program with his great work ethic on and off the field. “Cedric is a stellar student athlete,” he said. While at Central, Cedric learned to always have an open ear to suggestions and will miss the great atmosphere in Knoxville. He loved LWC’s smaller classes and its campus. Cedric felt at home – and more than just a number. While at Lindsey Wilson he plans to study criminal justice. Attending the signing were his parents, Fred and Zinia Washington, grandmother Francis Clark, godfather Alvin Armstead, uncle Michael Clark, several cousins and Cedric’s Bobcat teammates. At the end of the signing, the team sang, “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” from the musical “Oklahoma!” This reporter isn’t sure of the significance of the song, but it seemed to mean a lot to the team.

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Two Gibbs students make perfect score on assessment Gibbs High students Lauren Warden and Landon Flatford, pictured with principal Jason Webster in center, were recently notified that they were two of only 100 students across the state to receive a perfect score during last year’s writing assessment. The pair received awards from the governor’s office, and each was asked to write a 250-word paper on why writing is important. Photo by R. White

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Halls represented at state wrestling tournament By Ruth White A little snow didn’t discourage Halls High wrestling coach Shannon Sayne as he and his coaching staff traveled to Franklin with 11 team members who qualified at a recent regional Halls High students recently attended the HOSA Regional competition at Carson-Newman Uni- tournament. Two Halls High wresversity and will travel to the Tennessee State HOSA Conference in March. Pictured are: (front) Yeslie Cortes, Rebecca Johnson, Ashley McInturff; (back): Julia Shoemaker, Alex Barker, Brooke tlers made it to the medal stand during state wrestling Murphy, Rachel Stock, Jasmine Fox and Briauna Blevins. Photo submitted over the weekend. Sophomore Tolliver Justice placed fourth in the 113 lb. bracket Catch up with all your favorite columnists every Wednesday at www.ShopperNewsNow.com and sophomore Colton McMahan placed fourth in the 160 lb. bracket. Sophomore Matt Gold finished in the top eight in the 138 lb. bracket and senior Joe Fox placed in the top eight in the 145 lb. ■ Willow Creek Youth

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bracket. The team finished in seventh place overall. Those traveling to Franklin included Chris Nielsen, 106 lb. regional champion; Tolliver Justice, 113 lb. regional runner-up; Trey Lepper, 126 lb. regional champion; Eric Brady, 132 lb. regional runner-up; Matt Gold, 138 lb. regional champion; Joe Fox, 145 lb. regional champion; Sirrel Robinson, 152 lb. regional champion; Colton McMahan, 160 lb. regional champion; Tyler Kalish, 182 lb. regional runner-up; Tanner Huff, 195 lb. regional champion and Walton Elkins, 285 lb. regional runner-up.

Sterchi PTA to host rummage sale The Sterchi PTA will host a rummage sale 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 18, in the school gym. The event will help fund projects at the school. Sterchi Elementary is at 900 Oaklett Drive.

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Central High band to host chili supper

Third through fifth grade students at Adrian Burnett Elementary recognized for showing respect include: (front) Ailin Donghu, Jacob Pace, Roel Jaimes, Andrew James, Alysa Blakely, Ava Lay; (middle) Mayra Martinez, Yasmine Charre-Galvez, Lacey Hindenburg, Joshua Howerton II, Elissa Weaver; (back) principal Angie Harrod, Lilly Garrett, Laura Charre, Lilly Robinson, Hayden Manis and Noe Reyes Mozo.

The Central High School marching band is hosting a Red and Black Jazzy Chili Dinner to help with the purchase of new band uniforms. The supper will feature delicious chili, live music and a silent auction and will be held in the school commons, 5-8 p.m. Saturday, March 7. Cost is $5 for advance tickets ($6 at the door), $20 for a family ticket of four or more. Bake sale tickets will be available for $1. For tickets contact Central High School, 689-1400, leave a message and someone from the band department will respond.

Cardwell crowned Halls Elementary spelling bee champion Halls Elementary fifth-grade student Colby Cardwell was recently crowned spelling bee champion there. He will represent the school at the regional Cardwell spelling bee in March. Runner-up was Zach Plunk.

Students recognized for showing respect

Students at Adrian Burnett Elementary were recently recognized for showing respect, one of the Character Counts pillars. One student from each classroom was chosen to receive special recognition. Pictured from grades K through second are: (front) Owen Blue, Criss Frausto Mares, Alex Ownby, Sarah Hall; (middle) Eden Hancock, McKenzie Muse, Lilly Livingston, Hannah Boles, Lucy Clifton, Hayden Harris; (back) principal Angie Harrod, Viki Godinez and John Alex Shelton. Not pictured are Westyn Fields, Jason O’Steen, Christian Smith and Emily Gutierrez. Photos by R. White

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Halls Middle School seventh-grade science teacher, Sabrina Boling, was selected as Teacher of the Year. Photo by R. White

Boling named Halls Middle teacher of year Sabrina Boling grew up on a farm, playing outside and exploring bugs and nature. So the path to becoming a science teacher just seemed like the right one for her. Boling has been teaching science for 24 years – 21 of them at Carter Middle – and says she continues to enjoy it. She was fortunate to have several good science teachers growing up, and she wants her students to love science as much as she does. While many people might not enjoy teaching middle school students, Boling enjoys working with the stu-

dents because they show many signs of maturity and she calls them “smart, little adults.” When named Teacher of the Year, Boling was shocked. She feels that she is no more deserving than any other teacher and is honored that the staff selected her. She enjoys the friendly, loving atmosphere at the school and the bond that the teachers share. During her free time, Boling enjoys spending time with her husband, Greg, and their two children. She also enjoys traveling, gardening and cooking.

Garrett Cardwell may not be old enough to attend school, but that didn’t stop him from picking out a book about puppies at the Halls Elementary book fair.

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She compares directing with being an artist, or painter. As an artist, she has numerous tools, or geniuses, at her disposal, she says. In addition to 18 hardworking actors, her work is supported by a talented crew of costumers and set designers. She’s also backed up by the theater’s executive director, Zack Allen. He wrote the adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” and “Alice Through the Looking-Glass,” but it was A.J.’s idea to set the play in New York City during Halls Elementary recently hosted a school book fair. Student the Roaring 1920s. Madison Merritt picked out some great books for herself and “Think of the parallels of then purchased one for her classroom to keep. Photos by R. White the craziness of New York and Wonderland,” she says. A.J. Tierney gives feedback to the cast of “Alice’s Rumpus in Wonderland.” The Knoxville ChilThe play begins at the dren’s Theatre production opens this Friday. Photo by Wendy Smith Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1925 when Alice loses Harry Houdini’s white rabbit. While chasing the rabbit, New Beverly is proud to announce a great she finds herself in the hoday of gospel singing tel elevator, which takes her with the awesome family group 109 E. Churchwell Avenue. audience during shows and down to Wonderland. By Wendy Smith As an intern, she ex- thought, ‘This is what I’d A.J. Tierney was in third As much as she’s enjoyed grade when she saw a pro- perienced every aspect of do.’ So it’s cool to have the directing, acting is A.J.’s duction of “Peter Pan” and backstage work, from props power to do that.” first love. She plans to pur said, “I want to do that.” Her to stage management. She parents immediately began also choreographed several sending her on auditions, and wordless sequences when over the next couple of years, she co-directed last fall’s she appeared in plays at the production of “Hound of the Black Box Theater in Bearden Baskervilles.” 7408 TEMPLE ACRES DR She was initially nervous and the Bijou Theatre. Looking back, A.J. thinks about directing the young KNOXVILLE, TN 37938 “Peter Pan” made her want cast because some of them ffeaturing fe eat aturrin ng Troy Trro oyy Peach Peea acch h to fly, not act. But after ap- are almost like siblings. pearing in 12 different pro- She’s known some since the When: Sunday, February 22 • 11am and 6pm services ductions and now directing fourth grade, and was conat the Knoxville Children’s cerned that they wouldn’t Where: New Beverly Baptist Church 3320 New Beverly Church Rd., Knoxville, TN 37918 Theatre, it’s clear that she’s see her as an authority figure. But they’ve behaved so capable of doing both. Info: Rev. Eddie Sawyer, Pastor Whether or not it was professionally that it hasn’t 546-0001 or what she intended, acting been an issue, she says. www.newbeverly.org Call to schedule The leadership skills A.J. came naturally to her. Directions: I-640 to exit 8. Go north on Washington Pike to red light @ “I was that loud kid no one learned as an intern have an appointment for your Greenway Rd. (facing new Target), turn left, church is ¼ mile knew what to do with. No one helped. One of her responon the right. sibilities as stage manager ever told me to go bigger.” No admission charge, but a love offering will be The West High School ju- was discipline, and she taken. DON’T MISS IT! nior directs “Alice’s Rumpus learned how to correct genin Wonderland,” which opens tly with phrases like, “I’m Friday, Feb. 20. She was disappointed in you.” She loves having the opgiven the opportunity after interning for a year with the portunity to direct. New Beverly Baptist Church “I’ve always sat in the children’s theater, located at

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Patricia Arquette plays the mom of Ellar Coltrane in “Boyhood,” nominated for six Academy Awards.

Pickle picks the Oscars The bookies aren’t as busy as with the Super Bowl, and the list isn’t as long as the Grammys, but the 87th Academy Awards, airing this Sunday night on ABC, should draw one of the biggest TV crowds of the year. Controversy always intrigues an audience, and “American Sniper” – nominated for six Oscars – has stoked one fire after another. Between the critics’ pans and the divide between viewers, Clint Eastwood’s omission from the best director nominations, the real-life debate over Chris Kyle’s achievements during wartime and the real-life trial now deciding the fate of Kyle’s killer, “American Sniper” has become the most interesting subplot of the Oscars. It may even be more interesting than the show itself. Nominated for Best Picture along with “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” “Boyhood,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Imitation Game,” “Selma,” “The Theory of Everything” and “Whiplash,” “American Sniper” isn’t seen as a contender. The race is between “Boyhood” and “Birdman.” As clever and well-made as “Birdman” is, nothing is cleverer or better made this year than “Boyhood.” “Boyhood” pushes the boundaries of filmmaking in dozens of ways, and its gamble results in a beautiful, compelling story. Best Actor (female): Nominees are Marion Co-

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tillard, “Two Days, One Night”; Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything”; Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”; Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”; Reese Witherspoon, “Wild.” This is a fantastic lineup, but the only name that counts is Moore’s. This is her third nomination for lead – she’s also been nominated twice for supporting. Hollywood loves her; the public loves her. She’s getting the gold. Best Actor (male): Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher”; Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”; Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”; Michael Keaton, “Birdman”; Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything.” It’s a phenomenal field, but an old favorite is poised to win. While this is only the first nomination for Keaton, he is a talented and beloved star seemingly making a comeback in an “arty” film about an actor making a comeback. Life will imitate art. Best Supporting Actor (female): Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”; Laura Dern, “Wild”; Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game”; Emma Stone, “Birdman”; Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods.” This worthy list also has a frontrunner, and – amazingly – it isn’t Streep, who

already has one supporting and two lead Oscars from 18 previous nominations. Early accolades have overwhelmingly favored Arquette, whose work in “Boyhood” is complex and controlled. The journeyman star will finally get her due. Best Supporting Actor (male): Robert Duvall, “The Judge”; Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”; Edward Norton, “Birdman”; Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”; J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash.” This may be the most suspenseful race of all the major categories. Each nominee is impressive, but the two generating the most excitement are Ruffalo and Simmons. Ruffalo was nominated previously for “The Kids Are All Right,” and he’s terrific in “Foxcatcher.” Simmons is a newbie in the Oscar world, but the man has done everything from the creepiest of convicts to the most lovable of father figures. His tough-guy act in “Whiplash” is a sight to behold, and Oscar voters will want to reward him here for a lifetime of greatness. Best Director: Alejandro G. Inarritu, “Birdman”; Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”; Bennet Miller, “Foxcatcher”; Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”; Morten Tyldum, “The Imitation Game.” Not a weak spot here, but only one spent 12 years making a film that turned out to be a masterpiece. Can’t wait to see Richard Linklater – the man who directed the classic “Dazed and Confused” – pick up the Oscar for “Boyhood.”

Coach Jim White (Kevin Costner) encourages his team in “McFarland, USA.”

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The Oscars may be drawing the bulk of attention from movie lovers this weekend, but theaters have to keep selling popcorn. Three films are opening in wide release Friday. Kevin Costner continues what feels like a comeback with “McFarland, USA.” With “Black or White” still getting love at the box office, Costner piles on with this inspirational film based on a true story. Costner plays Jim White, a disgraced high-school football coach who winds up in a small town in California, teaching P.E. and science in a primarily Hispanic school. As he and his family try to deal with culture shock,

he notices that several boys at school are exceptionally fast runners, and he recruits them for a crosscountry team. Scoffed at by their betterfunded competitors, the team trains hard and heads for a finale that won’t be a surprise for anyone who’s ever seen an inspirational sports movie. Maria Bello also stars in the film directed by Niki Caro (“Whale Rider”). The hot tub and many of the cast members are back, but not John Cusack in “Hot Tub Time Machine 2,” the sequel to the 2010 hit. The characters seek out the mysterious hot tub once more to go back in time when one of their own is shot. Adam Scott, Rob

Corddry, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Chevy Chase, Thomas Lennon and Gillian Jacobs star for director Steve Pink, also returning. “The DUFF” delves into high-school life and a twist on “Mean Girls.” A high school senior decides not to take it when she discovers that the student body has labeled her the DUFF – Designated Ugly Fat Friend – to her more attractive friends. She tries to reinvent herself and upend the social pecking order at her school, starting with taking down the queen bee. Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne, Robbie Amell, Nick Eversman, Ken Jeong and Allison Janney star for director Ari Sandel.


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Contemporary

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Did you know k th thatt Knoxville is home to 21 museums? And here’s some startling info: according to the website moretoknoxville.com, their total annual attendance exceeds that of all UT home football games combined.

■ Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents “Built To Amaze” at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Showtimes: 7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: Coliseum Box Office, 215-8999.

FRIDAY ■ Antonin Dvořák’s “Stabat Mater” performance by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Part of the Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series. Tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444; KSO box office: 291-3310.

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SATURDAY That’s a lot of art lovers! The big kahuna, of course, is the Knoxville Museum of Art. It’s home to not only a world-class collection of visual art, but the wildly popular Alive After Five concert series, as well as the brilliant KSO Concertmaster Series of classical concerts. Right now is a great time to visit the museum, what with the changeable weather and often gloomy skies. Is it spring? Still winter? Who knows? Put away the gardening tools and canoe for a few more weeks, anyway, and find beauty and intrigue inside the KMA. Three local artists – two painters and one mixedmedia sculptor – are currently featured in “Contemporary Focus,” an annual exhibition designed to serve as a vital means of recognizing, supporting, and documenting the development of contemporary art in East Tennessee. Each year, the exhibition series features the work of artists who are living and making art in this region, and who are exploring issues relevant to the larger world of contemporary art.

■ The Black Jacket Symphony performs The Beatles’ “Abbey Road,” 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Tickets: $27.50 plus applicable service fees. Info/tickets: http://www. knoxbijou.com.

SUNDAY Painter Karla Wozniak’s 2014 “Mountain Building,” currently on display at the KMA of KMA

Painter Karla Wozniak holds degrees in painting from Yale University and Rhode Island School of Design, including participation in RISD’s European Honors Program in Rome, Italy. Her paintings have been exhibited all over the U.S. and in Germany. She is currently an assistant professor of painting at the University of Tennessee’s School of Art. Anyone who enjoys the daring and vibrant use of color will love Wozniak’s densely patterned, exuberant works. She’s a modernday Fauve, referring to a group of early-20th-century French Impressionist painters who used vivid palettes. Wozniak draws inspiration from nature as well as the urban landscape.

The other featured painter, Mira Gerard, is chair and associate professor in the department of art & design at East Tennessee State University. From the KMA website: “Mira Gerard’s shadowy, expansive figure paintings integrate subject matter from her own video recordings and found imagery in ways that blur the boundaries between dream and reality.” Gerard’s ghostly figures are sometimes gently intercepted by objects, as if they’re made of air. Faces are obscured, backgrounds are multi-layered, gauzy, swirling. On her website, Gerard states, “I make paintings of the figure as a way to understand desire, which functions in my work in

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part as a fantasy about being both subject and maker.” Mixed-media sculptor Caroline Covington’s aim is often to provoke and unsettle. She produces “works that explore notions of displacement, mortality and chance,” according to the KMA website. In addition to her studio practice, Covington is assistant professor of sculpture at Chattanooga State Community College. Covington says, “My current work exposes the anxieties and apprehensions felt towards the myths of the past and the uncertainties of the future through interactive installations incorporating found and fabricated objects, performance, video and monumental structures. As view-

■ “Hollywood’s Night Out” presented by Young Variety at Regal Entertainment Group’s Riviera 8 Downtown. Watch the Oscar’s live on Regal’s big screen. Doors open 7 p.m. Tickets: $35. Tickets: Fandango Online or the Regal Riviera Box Office. Proceeds go to Variety of Eastern Tennessee’s Kids on the Go! Program. Info: Variety of Eastern Tennessee on Facebook. ■ Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Winter Concerts: 4:30 p.m. featuring four of the five Youth Orchestras and 7 p.m. featuring the top Youth Orchestra with solos by the Concerto Competition winners 8th grader Autumn Arsenault, piano and Farragut High School sophomore Jerry Zhou, cello; Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Free admission. ■ Young Pianist Series Concert featuring Steven Lin, 2:30 p.m., Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 1741 Volunteer Blvd. UT campus. Tickets at the door or online: students free, $25 adults. Info/tickets: 408-8083 or www.youngpianistseries.com.

ers consider the work and the narratives therein, a sense of dread stirs both memories and premonitions, fueling fears and disrupting intimacy.” So, some uncomfortable feelings may arise. But what better place to explore and expand than in an art museum?

“Contemporary Focus” runs through April 19 at the Knoxville Museum of Art, just off 11th Street at 1050 World’s Fair Park. For more information, including other current exhibits, visit knoxart.org or call 525-6101. Send story suggestions to news@ shoppernewsnow.com.

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Bowling finds purpose in writing By Alvin Nance Margaret Bowling, 86, is proof that you are never too old to find your passion. She published her first novel two years ago and completed her second, “Mountain Glory,” last year. The Northgate Terrace resident has been invited to bring her newest novel to the KCDC board of commissioners meeting when every commissioner will be given a book purchased by Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation. In just a few months, Bowling already has sold more than 100 books, even though she never picked up a pen to write until she retired and began crafting stories in spiral notebooks. Both novels center on ancestors who lived in Scott County in a small community called Norma in the late 1800s. The first book, “Mountain Refuge,” focuses on the childhood and early life of her great-grandfa-

Terri Evans (left) and Alvin Nance (right) have their copies of “Mountain Glory” signed by author Margaret Bowling at a book signing at Northgate Terrace. ther, Will Wilson. The 254page sequel follows Wilson as he raises his children and also tells the story of the Wilson family’s friends and neighbors. This book is about twice as long as Bowling’s first effort. Bowling said the second book was fun to write, because she had reached the

Hidden treasure Farragut High School is fortunate to have not only a great academic record, but also some of the finest athletic facilities in the county. And the baseball diamond at the corner of Kingston Pike and Lyndon Welch Way is no exception. Most of the present facilities are relatively new and bear little resemblance to those that existed 60 years ago. Today, football and baseball are played on different fields, but back then, there was only one field which had to be modified each year to accommodate the two sports.

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The preparation usually involved “dragging the field,” a process that unearthed golf ball-sized rocks. Jack Bondurant recalls as an outfielder taking every opportunity during a lull in the action to throw rocks off the field. I am sure many baseball players were

point where she was writing about people she knew firsthand, such as her grandmother, Nancy Wilson, who is a child in this book. Publishing was the hardest part of the process. She wrote “Mountain Glory” in a few months, but it took nearly two years to publish. Her hard work paid off, be-

thrown out because they dreaded sliding into a base. Other schools dreaded playing Farragut, not because we were that good, but because the rocks tore up their football uniforms and caused painful abrasions. Today there are no rocks, and the baseball diamond looks like a well-manicured park. But there is one secret about the field that is probably known only to us longtime residents: It’s built on top of a beautiful spring that once served the original settlers as a source of cool water to drink and a place to store their perishable foods. The spring was originally part of the residence built by John Steel Campbell

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cause both books now are available on Amazon in both print and digital forms. Bowling has received a great response from Scott County folks. To her, that’s the best part of writing this book. “I’m meeting a lot of new people,” Bowling said. “I never dreamed I’d have so many friends.” Bowling has lived at Northgate Terrace for more than 25 years and has certainly been one of our most engaging residents. “We are very proud to have a published author,” said Terri Evans, Northgate Terrace senior asset manager. “KCDC staff and residents are eagerly awaiting the next edition to see what happens next to Will Wilson and his family.” They won’t have to wait long. Bowling says she’s already well on her way in writing her third novel.

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Wilhoit got a strange phone call. A man he didn’t know, John McGarvey, was coming to K nox v ille to volunteer with McGarvey R e m o t e Area Medical. Could he also speak to the North Knoxville Rotary? Alvin Nance is executive director and Come on, said Wilhoit. CEO of KCDC. McGarvey brought the message of the L-N 4 hand, the invention of Ernie around 1810 at 11235 West Meadows to memorialize Point Drive. The spring his daughter, Ellen, who formed a shallow lake, and a died in an automobile accistone spring house was built dent at age 18. by the Russell family in the early 1900s. On warm summer days it was often the field, just as it did eons ago. gathering place for the RusI often wonder if the young sells’ outdoor parties. batter, waiting for that perPresently, the home fect pitch at home plate, is houses a real estate devel- aware that he or she is standopment firm and is often ing on the spot that played referred to as “the Taco Bell such an important part in the house” because it is located town’s development. directly behind the restauA large nearby spring rant. was a necessity for those But there is no evidence early settlers who crossed of the beautiful spring that the Appalachians looking once existed there, because for a spot to build their cabit is now hidden under home ins, and it played a signifiplate. When the baseball cant role in their choice of diamond was built in the locations. In fact, without 1980s, the ground was el- the spring, there probably evated and leveled, and the would never have been a spring was diverted into Campbell’s Station or town nearby Turkey Creek. But of Farragut. Springs were so it still flows in the subter- important that many towns ranean crevices under the were named after them. Oli-

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ver Springs and Spring City are two area examples. Athletic fields are commonly named in honor of an outstanding coach or athlete whose prowess created a legacy deserving of remembrance. And I am not sure if Farragut’s sports fields are named in recognition of someone other than the famous admiral. But considering the importance of the once-vital underlying spring, it seems appropriate that “spring” might somehow be included in the name. When I stand on the sidewalk at the south side of Kingston Pike and look to the north, it is hard to envision the area that was once the John Boring farm where Farragut High School now stands. The dramatic changes make me realize that either I am very old, or there have been a lot of changes in a relatively short period of time. I have no illusions about my age, but for those of us who grew up here in the 1950s, the change is almost incomprehensible. In all, the changes have been very positive. Indeed, a once small agrarian community has been transformed into a vibrant town. And it is impossible to impede the steady march of time and progress; the only constant is change. One small change: visiting sports teams no longer have to worry about torn uniforms or injuries from sliding home.

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Paws owner Tracy Gardner and her Boston terrier, Possum, at the new pet supply store Photo by Cindy Taylor

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Paws Pet Supply is open in a new location. This is good news for pet owners who are looking for a holistic and friendly approach to animal health and grooming in the North Knox area. The store offers a wide variety of services and supplies including training and boarding. Senior groomer Kat Owenby and groomer Emily Arnold are ready to take your pet from precious to

Elite Realty staff: (seated) owner Andy Mason, Realtor Aaron Newman; (standing) owner Karen Bradshaw, Realtors Shirley preciously perfect. “We do mostly groom- Jones and Tausha Price. Not pictured: Donna Beasley, Terri ing and are a specialty Rose. Photo submitted supply shop,” said owner Tracy Gardner. “We’ve even groomed bunnies and goats. We have a lot of customers in this area who are happy we’re closer.” The store has moved from its location of seven Elite Realty is celebrat- Gold; Donna Beasley – Silyears on Schaad Road to ing 22 years of service to ver. 7571 Barnett Way behind “We are not a big corpothe community. Co-owners Five Guys. Open house is set Andy Mason and Karen ration. People come to us for March 21. Inf9 Bradshaw held a Knoxville because they feel they get Area Association of Realtors more personal attention,” (KAAR) awards luncheon said Bradshaw. “We feel Feb. 10 to acknowledge the blessed that the community accomplishments of Award has supported us through of Excellence recipients for the years. Without them we wouldn’t be here.” 2014. Elite Realty handles Awards given: Andy Maof state and still be assured of their warranty if there are son – Diamond; Shirley commercial, land and resiJones, Tausha Price, Aaron dential sales. Info: 110 Legany issues in the future. Dalton Collision is open Newman and Terri Rose – acy View Way, 947-5000. Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for all services and on SatVolunteer Income Tax and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Satururdays from 9 to noon for Assistance (VITA) pro- days, through April 15. estimates and drop-offs. Farragut Town Hall, Collision repair is avail- gram, which offers free tax able for all makes and mod- preparation by certified vol- 11408 Municipal Center unteers to low-to moderate- Drive: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Friels. Info: 933-9818 or www. income families and house- days through April 10. holds, is available at three Westside Unitarian Unidaltoncollision.com. locations. versalist Church, 616 Fretz Goodwill, 5307 Kingston Road: 5-8 p.m. Tuesdays Pike: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tues- and Thursdays through days through Thursdays April 14.

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But when you are faced with repairing your vehicle after a collision, you want a place with excellent qualifications. Dalton Collision fills the bill – and then some. Jerry Dalton was in the fiberglass repair division at Sea Ray Boats, but soon he was also working on cars. It wasn’t long before his customers also needed collision repair, so he and wife Donna opened Dalton Collision in a garage in 1991. In 1998, the business relocated to the current building at 355 Rutledge Pike near Blaine. With 8,600 square feet, it appeared the building would have plenty of space. However, in the typical Dalton fashion of growth and progress, an additional 4,000 square feet is being built adjacent to the current location and is scheduled for completion in March. The new space will include a dedicated aluminum room. With stricter government standards for fuel economy, manufacturers are being required to reduce the weight of cars and trucks. Aluminum reduces the weight of the average vehicle by 700 pounds. The Daltons want to stay one step ahead of the future needs of consumers. New Ford F150s are currently made of aluminum. Dalton Collision has already been aluminum certified for Ford, as well as for Nissan, Infinity, Honda, Acura, General Motors and Chrysler. Certifications are important to Jerry and Donna. The Daltons require all 16

Donna and Jerry Dalton have spent over 20 years building their successful business. Photo by Nancy Whittaker

employees to stay current on the latest technology. Local and regional training has resulted in Dalton Collision being designated as an I-CAR (Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair) Gold Class Shop for 16 years, the longest of any shop in the state of Tennessee, according to Jerry. Some insurance companies require collision repair to be done by a Gold Class Shop. Blueprinting the car – taking a car apart and looking for hidden damages – is one reason Jerry says insurance companies refer people to Dalton Collision. “Quality work with a faster turn-around time is what

sets us apart. I put my money back in the business to insure I have the best tools and equipment and latest technology,” says Jerry. Currently they are averaging repairs on 20 vehicles per week. Dalton Collision is also certified with in-network Certified VIP Collision Care Repair Services. “We are locally owned and operated but also part of a national chain of shops,” explains Jerry. Among other benefits, Jerry says this guarantees repairs nationally with a lifetime warranty. When repairs are completed at Dalton Collision, they are guaranteed by the network, so customers can move out

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

He gained ‘friends for life,’ after life-threatening infection In 2013, Chris Taylor, now 45, was working as a probation parole officer in Claiborne County, driving more than an hour each way to his home in Mascot, Tenn. “I was getting up at 5 a.m. to be there by 7 and getting home at 8 o’clock at night. I was so tired from working and driving,” Taylor said. “Probably looking back on it, I was more fatigued than I thought I was.” That fatigue caught up with him after he mowed his lawn in late May of 2013. He awoke the next morning with his left foot swollen and painful. “I treated it like gout for a week, and then on June 1, I got what I thought was a back spasm. I was in so much pain I went to the emergency room at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center,” Taylor said. The staff took a blood sample and found Taylor had an infection of Staphylococcus bacteria, commonly known as “Staph,” not only in his left foot, but around the base of his spine where he’d had a previous surgery. The infection was life-threatening. “I was in kidney and liver failure. They told me I would have died in a few days,” said Taylor. Strong antibiotics were not successful in battling the infection, so Dr. G. Douglas Schuchmann performed two surgeries to remove the infection from Taylor’s left foot. Taylor spent about four weeks at Fort Sanders, then another six weeks at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center. He was a resident there for six weeks and an outpatient for about a year. “Everyone at Fort Sanders and Patricia Neal has been amazing. I hadn’t spent a whole lot of time in hospitals, but they were all real nice to me. I wouldn’t have wanted to be anywhere else,” said Taylor. “They called me the ‘mayor of Four-East,’ I was there so long.” After Taylor was released from inpatient care at Patri-

After six weeks of inpatient care and a year of outpatient treatment at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, Chris Taylor celebrated his “graduation” from rehab with staff. Taylor’s experience encouraged him to return with his three daughters to PNRC and hand out cards to patients on Christmas Eve. Now, thanks to his treatment from the Wound Care Center and HBO Therapy at Fort Sanders Regional, along with PNRC, Taylor is getting back to his old self, including playing drums at church.

cia Neal Rehabilitation Center, he received hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy to speed healing of his foot and strong antibiotics to treat his spinal infection. Five times each week, Taylor was wheeled to the HBO therapy center to spend an hour in a body-sized oxygen tube. “I’m extremely claustrophobic,” said Taylor. “So the first day, I freaked out, and they called Dr. Schuchmann. He came in and he took me by the hand and said, ‘Chris, it’s going to be OK. I need you to do this.’ Like my grandfather was talking to me. He said, ‘I’ll be here when you get out.’ And when I got out, he was standing right there.” Over the course of weeks, Taylor’s wounds slowly got better. “They thought I would be in a wheelchair the rest of my life, but I kept progressing,” he said. “Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center tried to prepare me for life being a paraplegic, and they did a great job of that, learning to use my upper body to get in and out of the chair. But my hard head wouldn’t believe it. After outpatient therapy for almost a year, I’ve gotten to where I walk with a cane, and around the house I walk without it,” he said. “I have three girls to walk down the aisle at some point!” said Taylor. “I may never run any marathons, but I’ve been playing drums at my church. My goal is to continue to improve. “I’d like to thank everyone at Fort Sanders, the HBO therapy team and Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center. They are amazing people with amazing hearts. They are people that I’ll probably be friends with for life. I’d recommend them to anyone. In my mind it’s the best place in East Tennessee for care.” For more information about the services offered at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, go to fsregional.com.

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The body’s ability to heal itself is remarkable. Most of the time, cuts and tears in the skin will heal within four weeks, even if they leave a scar. However, many factors can inhibit healing. Poor oxygen flow, bacterial infections, age and sex hormones, stress, diabetes, obesity, medications, alcoholism, smoking, and nutrition can each inhibit the body’s ability to heal wounds. Fort Sanders Wound Treatment Center offers a number of therapies for patients whose wounds do

not heal on their own. One of them, a new “skin substitute,” can provide a healing barrier for the skin. Called EpiFix, it’s a biological product, meaning it’s made from live human tissue. In this case, it’s human amniotic membrane from real human placentas. They are chosen from women who are healthy, then the membranes are separated, processed, sterilized and freeze-dried for medical use. “It’s collagen, so it provides a framework for wound healing, plus the amniotic membrane is not re-

jected by the body like most other tissues. It has immunosuppressant properties,” said Dr. G. Douglas Schuchmann, a surgeon and medical director of the Fort Sanders Wound Treatment Center. The center has been using EpiFix for about three months with impressive results, Schuchmann said. “It can be put on easily in the clinic,” he said. “It’s almost like a piece of tape. You activate it with saline and it just sticks down, so it’s a very simple and painless ap-

plication. And it just really increases healing times. “We’re pretty excited about it,” said Schuchmann. “It’s not a new product per se, but we are getting a better feel for it.” A number of biological tissues are used for below the knee, but EpiFix can be used anywhere on the body, Schuchmann said. “Whether it’s applied in surgery or at Fort Sanders Wound Treatment Center, EpiFix is probably the best of the biologics and most helpful for our patients,” he said.

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At Oakwood Senior Living

The former gymnasium will be completely redone as an entryway/commons area with bar. Architect’s rendering

By Betty Bean Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett held a press conference in the Oakwood Elementary School parking lot on a dismal January morning in 2012 to announce that he would try one last time to find a developer willing to take on the project of rescuing the abandoned, century-old building – broken windows, collapsed roof, sagging ceilings, crumbling walls and all. Neighbors, some of whom were Oakwood alumni, didn’t hold out much hope for the old school, although Burchett said he’d issue a Request for Proposals and give historic preservationists another 30 days to help find an angel. Today, the former Oakwood School at 232 E. Churchwell Avenue is buzzing with activity as construction workers and carpenters put the final touches on Oakwood Senior Living, slated to open in late March. The facility, which retains its original façade, will house 63 assisted living and memory care suites and

provide a full array of services including a nursing staff, recreational and social activities programs, transportation, three meals a day, medication management and more. The new entrance will be through the former gym, transformed into a spacious, high-ceilinged room with a big chandelier, seating for group or individual activities and a bar for residents and guests. (Yes, there will be beer. Red Oak, anyone?) The suites are former classrooms, ranging from 350 to 600 square feet. Each features one or more huge windows and some have small kitchenettes. The memory care apartments will be secured from other units with a higher care staff ratio. Monthly rates range from $2,895– $3,995, and rooms can be shared to reduce cost. The new owner of the building, Dover Development, is headed by Rick Dover, a longtime builder/developer who combined his interest in historic preservation with the experiences he had several years ago

while looking for care for his grandfather. The architect is Daniel Levy and the designer is his wife, Kendall Levy. Dover’s first repurposing projects were at River Oaks Place and Lakewood Place (the first Loudon Hospital) in Loudon County, and then the former Lenoir City High School, which is now River Oaks Place of Lenoir City. Dover added the historic Alexander Inn in Oak Ridge to his portfolio, and it is on track to be completed at much the same time as Oakwood. All of the previously mentioned Dover projects are assisted living/ memory care communities, but the next big undertaking, Historic Knoxville High School, scheduled to come online in late 2016, will be an independent living/ mixed use complex with residential units and small businesses. Northshore Senior Living in West Knoxville will serve both assisted living and memory care communities in new construction.

Dover Development contracts with Senior Solutions Management Group to manage its communities, and the executive director of Oakwood Senior Living, Amy Wise, is a licensed practical nurse who was a student at Oakwood Elementary School. Wise has spent her career in assisted living and says that there’s considerable interest in Oakwood Senior Living (three suites are already reserved, with a fourth reservation expected by the end of last week). To schedule a tour, call 865-3635950.

Want to get a look at Oakwood Senior Living and have some barbeque, too? Come for lunch 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Thursday, March 26. The cost is $7 and all proceeds will go to Meals on Wheels.

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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 MAY 20 Applications accepted for the Great Smoky Mountains Trout Adventure Camp for middle school girls and boys, sponsored by the Tennessee Council of Trout Unlimited to be held June 15-20 at Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont (GSMIT) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Info/applications: http://www.tntroutadventure.org.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 21 All you can eat pancake breakfast, 8:30-10 p.m., Chili’s, 6635 Clinton Highway. Tickets: adults, $5; children 4-6, $2; children under 3, free. All proceeds benefit Christus Victor Early Childhood Development Center education program. Little Free Library Workshop, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Center for Creative Minds, 23 Emory Place. Hosted by A1LabArts. To register: Donna, donnamoore32@mac. com. Info: www.a1labarts.org. Northside Kiwanis Club Pancake Jamboree and Bake Sale, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 544 N. Broadway. Tickets: $4 each or $10/family (up to four) available at the door. Info: Tom Mattingly, 414-6218. Ranch Rodeo, 7 p.m., the Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center, 1615 Pavilion Drive, White Pine. Sponsored by the Walters State Ag Club. Proceeds go to scholarships for the Walters State Agriculture Department. Admission: $10 for adults; $5 for students ages 7-17; 6 and under free. Tickets available at the door. Info: ws.edu.

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Pups, Toy / Mini, chmp. bldln. 865-322-5545. ***Web ID# 523308***

CHIHUAHUA PUPS very small, 7 wks. old, S&W, $200. Call 865-932-2333. ***Web ID# 522374***

YORKIES AKC, Ch. lns, quality Male & Female. Health Guaranteed. 865-591-7220

232

WANT TO BUY Standing Timber, hardwood & pine. 5 acres or more. 865-382-7529

Lawn-Garden Equip. 190

Photography Equip. 199 2

203

BRASS BEDS, 1 full $400 & 2 matching twins $1,100. Call 865-376-4132

Log Cabin Quilt Block Class, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby at Turkey Creek. Cost: $24. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail. com, myquiltplace.com/profile/monicaschmidt. Quebecois Vive Le Quebec!! cooking class, , 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www. avantisavoia.com.

TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, FEB. 24, 26 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA Knoxville office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Must attend both nights. Preregistration required. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA Knoxville office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Must preregister. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

THURSDAY, FEB. 26 Family Pajama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552. Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 525-5431.

256 Antiques Classics 260 Sport Utility

HONDA ODYSSEY Touring Elite 2014, fully loaded, 5K mi., $29,500. 423-295-5393

Trucks

257

FORD F250 Super Duty XLT 2001 ext. cab, white, 7.3 power stroke diesel, like new, 5th whl. hitch, AT, 2 tailgates, low mi., $12,000. 423-312-8256. GMC SIERRA 1984, V8, AT, air, low miles, new Michelins, new int., LB, Very nice, $5000. 865-643-7103.

Ford Galaxie 500 1959, 352, 4 dr, black 1 owner, $10K. 865-228-3024

261 Domestic

GMC 1994, 4x4 1/2 ton, Nissan Juke 2011 SL, 502 Crate w/400L FWD, CVT, saptrans., $6,500. 865phire black, loaded, 333-0615 4,500 mi, exc cond, $16,500. 865-483-5204

MGB 1977

$1800 Call 865-705-6123

Imports

KIA RONDO 2007, silver, V6, 135k mi., exc. cond. Under KBB $4890 obo. 865-202-4748. ***Web ID# 521652***

4 Wheel Drive 258

Domestic

265 Domestic

339 Stump Removal

FRED'S LAWN CARE

Pick up your copy of the

Mowing, weed-eating & blowing. LOW RATES! Also minor mower repairs.

every Wednesday!

Air Cond / Heating 301

GOLDEN RULE LAWN SERVICE Lawn Mowing, Trimming, Blowing FREE Estimates Mitch 689-6021

679-1161

Utility Trailers 255

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^ ^ Painting / Wallpaper 344 SCION tC 2015, bought in Nov. at Alterations/Sewing 303 RWT, 900 mi, red, Powell's Painting & spoiler, panoramic Remodeling - ResiALTERATIONS roof, new cond, dential & Commercial. BY FAITH $20,500. 865-659-1191 Free Estimates. 865Men women, children. 771-0609 Custom-tailored clothes for ladies of all Sports 264 sizes plus kids! 348 Faith Koker 938-1041 Plumbing CORVETTE 2001, red, black int., 84K mi, gar. kept, Excavating/Grading 326 $14,000. 865-679-0907

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265

1st CHOICE TREE SERVICE

Stump Grinding Topping /Trimming Take Downs Hazardous trees We have Bucket Trucks. Bobcat Climbers Dump Truck Service 22 years experience References provided

$18,630

’05 Lincoln Navigator Ultimate, 4x4, Loaded, 24KSAVE $$$ SPECIALS OF THE WEEK! '12 Ford SVL$33,150 Raptor,Crewcab, nav, roof, leather, warranty. Hard to find!!!! R1705........$49,955 miles.................. '14 Lincoln MKZ, 1-owner, new body style, full factory warranty! B2672 ............................$23,955 ’06 Ford Escape 4x4, 15K miles.................................................................. '14 Chrysler Town & Country S, stow and go, 1 owner, xtra clean! R1636 ..............$24,955 $17,436 '14 Ford Transit Connect XLT Wagon, all pwr, low miles, factory warranty! R1687... $23,888 Price includes $399 dock fee. Plus tax, tag & title WAC. Dealer retains all rebates. Restrictions may apply. See dealer for details. Prices good through next week.

Vans

256

FORD ECONOLINE 250 1995 Cargo extended, looks & drives like new. $3100. 865-660-4547.

Discount If You Mention This Ad

^ ^ Bobcat/Backhoe. Small dump truck. Small jobs welcome & appreciated! Call 688-4803 or 660-9645.

Flooring

330

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

Handyman

335

CARPENTRY, PLUMBING, painting, siding. Free est, 30+ yrs exp! Call 607-2227.

Travis Varner

Dan Varner

2026 N. Charles Seivers Blvd. • Clinton, TN 37716

457-0704 or 1-800-579-4561 www.rayvarner.com

^

922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378)

Ray Varner

357

MINI COOPER 2011 Club, silver w/blk top & blk lthr int, sunrf, 6 spd, exc cond, like new, 49K mi, $14,500 bo. 423-312-8256

7'x16' DOUBLE AXLE TRAILER, $600. Call 865-376-4132 UTILITY TRAILERS All Sizes Available 865-986-5626 smokeymountaintrailers.com

Tree Service

LEXUS LS 430 2004, 63K mi., perfect cond. $17,000 obo. Call 865-607-9631.

exc. cond. $4995. 865947-8098; 865-227-7075

Auto Accessories 254

804-1034

Music Instruction 342

RAY VARNER FORDXLT LLC ’07 Ford Explorer 4x4 16K miles, Extra c lean ............................. 592090MASTER Size 3 x 4 $25,930 Motorcycles 238 Ad 4c N TFN Harley Davidson 1999 Dyna Wideglide, <ec> ’05 Nissan Frontier King CAB 2wd 32K miles ..................................................

Antique On-Car wheel balancer & Allen eng. analyzer, best offer. 865-376-4132

355

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

262

OLDS 98 REGENCY 1979, 4 dr., low mi., BMW CONVERTIBLE 325i 1990, good cond. drive anywhere. $5000 obo. 865-607-9631. $2000. Call 865-428-3163

Sport Utility

265 Lawn Care

Mercury Mountaineer CHEVY MALIBU 2004, 87k mi, good 2006, low mi., needs condition, $6500. front clip, $1200. Call 865-428-3163 865-231-0792

20' CAMPER, great CHEVY SILVERADO 1989, 4x4, 75k mi. for deer hunters, Good cond. $4500. AUDI 2011 Q7 TDI, needs some work, black, brand new Call 865-428-3163 best offer. 865-376-4132 tires, premium plus model, immaculate RAM 2500 Longhorn 23' Travel Trailer condition, Sat/Nav, crew cab, 2014, loaded, Camper. Great XM/Sirrus/MP3/CD, new Jan. 2015. Low mi, cond. Full bath/kit. rear camera with $8,900. 865-805-5117 make offer. 865-548-0684 park assist, heated seats w/memory & Antiques Classics 260 much more. 76,000 miles, 423-612-2700. COACHMAN 2004 1966 Pont. Catalina, 4 ESCALADE Travel Trailer, dr, western car, 389 CADILLAC SUV 2000, 4x4, chamsleeps 6, exc. cond. AT, posi rear, good pagne ext., tan int., $8635. 865-966-2527 cnd. $2695. 865-250-2639 Bose syts., leather, ***Web ID# 521019*** Michelins, running 1967 GTO, complete NEW & PRE-OWNED off frame restoration, boards, 140k mi., always garaged, non$29,000. Call 865-333OFF SEASON SALE smoker mint cond. 0615 $7500. 865-335-5727 Show Prices Extended 1968 CAMARO Rally Limited Time Only FORD EXPLORER Sport, like new, 2006 Eddie Bauer, 2015 MODEL SALE $24,000. Call 865-3334WD, 4.0, white w/tan Check Us Out At 0615 lthr int., 3rd row seat, Northgaterv.com CHEVY EL CAMINO loaded. Almost new or call 865-681-3030 1987, new 350 mtr. tires, 102K mi, super clean, must see! all pwr., $13,000. $9,000. 865-661-3295. Motor Homes 237 Call 865-607-9631

Digital Cameras, Sony, new, 7.2 mp, 2014 RIDGELINE 12X opt. zoom, $150 util. trailer, 5x8, w/ ea or both $250. 865ramp, gar. kept, 436-7519 Gatlinburg 3500 lb cap., $1,000. 865-947-3354

Misc. Items

TUESDAY, FEB. 24

JAGUAR XF 2009, 420 HP Super Charged, 115K mi, black on black, good cond., $15,000. 865-705-4171

100 Gal. Spray Tank HARLEY DAVIDSON 2012 Ultra Classic, on small trailer, cherry red metallic, needs pump, $150. like new, gar. kept, 865-376-4132 lots of chrome, 13,738 mi, $20,750. JOHN DEERE X475, 865-947-3354 2005 model, 192 hrs, 48" deck, $6495. 865599-0516. TROYBILT ROTO TILLER $350 Phone 865-922-6408

Technology 101: Smartphones and Tablets, 12:30-2 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free; open to the public. Info: 3298892, TTY: 711. Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival Readings: “American Farce,” 6 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

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John Deere 870 Tractor, 398 hrs., 2WD exc. cond. $7675 or with Tiller, Bush Hog, Boom Pole, 6 prong & 2 prong garden plows & corn planter, $10275 for or will sep. CLASS C 2006, Chatteau 865-228-5449; 947-3465. Sport by Thor, 29R, 12,430 mi. 2 slides KUBOTA TRACTOR w/ awnings, new and loader, model awning 17 ft. New M105, 105HP, 4WD, tires, front brakes, only 870 hrs., $29,000. 865-688-0755 $32,000. 865-456-2268.

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Australian Shepherd

225 Vans

BOY SCOUT TROOP 13 NEEDS DONATIONS for their annual yard sale fundraiser on Sat. Apr 18, 9a-3p. To donate items, pls contact Scoutmaster Dave Ringley at 656-9626 or Ringleydave@ gmail.com or call Candy at 377-3908.

14 FT aluminum boat w/trailer, 25 HP Mercury motor $1600. 865-966-2527 Siberian husky AKC pups. ***Web ID# 521020*** Shots, health guar. $500-600. Blk/wht & gray/wht. 256-2763 235 ***Web ID# 522557*** Campers

ENGLISH BULLDOG

for Wednesday’s paper.

FRIDAY, FEB. 20

Boats Motors Apts - Furnished 72 WALBROOK STUDIOS

MONDAY, FEB. 23

Burlington Game Night, 5:30-8 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431. “Read the Packet: a key factor for successful seed starting,” 3:15-4 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Knox County Master Gardeners. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

141 Garage Sales

GOLDEN Retrievers AKC, 2 girls, 3 boys, 1st shots, vet ck, $550 931-738-9605; 931-808-0293 ***Web ID# 521070***

Highland Memorial, Gospels Sec. 2 lots CHORKIE PUPPIES, 1 fem., 2 males, 1st Moving Sale. Jukebox, side by side, $1200 Loveseat, Treadmill, shot, wormed, 5-6 lbs. each. 865-588-0567 Q bed, Cedar Chest, grwn. $250. 865-210-2151 Mirror, Desk, Chair, MORE. 865-384-2209 leave msg PUPS NKC, $1000 & up. Visa & M/C. 423-775-6044 216 ***Web ID# 522444*** Antiques

DEADLINE is 4 pm Friday

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18

Saturday Stories and Songs: Sean McCollough, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagan, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210. Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival Readings: “The Third Proposal,” 2:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

HONEST & DEPENDABLE! Small jobs welcome. Exp'd in carpentry, drywall, painting, plumbing. Reasonable, refs avail. Call Dick at 947-1445.

Remodeling

351

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

Roofing / Siding

352

ALL TYPES OF WEATHERIZATION -Attics, cross space -Wild underpinning -Floor jacking & leveling -siding doors & windows -chimney & fireplace repair Call 455-5042 or 688-9142 ALL TYPES roofing, guaranteed to fix any leak. Special coating for metal roofs, slate, chimney repair. Sr. Citizen Discount. Call 455-5042 or 688-9142.

LICENSED -- INSURED -WORKMAN'S COMP Guaranteed to meet or beat any price. 25 Years Experience 865-934-7766 OR 865-208-9164

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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