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Meet Ted Hatfield

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Miracle Maker Bus contractors for Knox County Schools log more than 4 million miles getting students to and from school each year. Last year the buses operated without an accident that required an overnight hospital stay.

Presiding over this controlled chaos is Dr. Rick Grubb, director of transportation and enrollment.

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This week, the Shopper-News looks back at some of our favorite stories of the year to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Happy New Year! We’ll see you in 2013.

Inskip Elementary celebrates its 100th birthday Knoxville Deputy Mayor Eddie Mannis, who attended Inskip Elementary School, planted a tree in celebration of the school’s 100th anniversary on Nov. 2. The school was founded in 1912 as High School.

The building had three classrooms and an upstairs auditorium, and students from grades one through 10 were taught subjects including Latin, algebra, geometry and science.

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‘Extreme Makeover’ project had Halls ties The “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” project to rebuild the home of David and Mandy Watson, which doubles as Restoration House, a transitional residential facility dedicated to helping single mothers who formerly lived in public housing, had Halls ties. Halls resident Dana Howard raised money to help support the project, and her son, 1993 Halls High graduate Charles “Chaz” Howard, was a personal assistant to the show’s star Ty Pennington. The special episode of the now-canceled series aired on ABC-TV on Nov. 26. At the “Extreme Makeover” set in Nashville are C.W. Howard, Collin Howard, Ty Pennington, Justina Howard, Garison Howard, Dana Howard and Charles “Chaz” Howard.

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Residents can drop off unwanted Christmas trees (not artificial) during January at one of six convenience centers. Trees must be cleaned of ornaments, lights, wire, string and other decor.

Centers are at: Dutchtown Convenience Center – 10618 Dutchtown Road Forks of the River Convenience Center – 3106 Water Plant Road Halls Convenience Center – 3608 Neal Drive John Sevier Convenience Center – 1810 John Sevier Hwy Powell Convenience Center – 7311 Morton View Lane Tazewell Pike Convenience Center – 7201 Tazewell Pike.

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IN THIS ISSUE

Our year-ending Coffee Break features a Halls favorite, Ted Hatfield.

Yes, he may have gotten here by way of his native Arkansas and a career in California, but Ted has more than earned his “Halls guy” moniker.

Get to know Ted over this week’s Coffee Break.

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Smoke shop snuffed out The Knoxville Police Department raided and shuttered the former Hi Life Wonderland 2 shop Feb. 2, which was located at 5814 N. Broadway at the intersection of Jacksboro Pike. Police said that the shop was selling synthetic marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The raid occurred after a series of undercover buys that began in November 2011.

Halls High School principal Mark Duff and Halls Women’s League president Janis Crye were named the Halls Man and Woman of the Year at the Halls B&P’s Christmas Banquet at Beaver Brook Country Club on Dec. 7. Duff has spent 34 years in education, including the last eight as principal of Halls High. Crye has more than 1,800 volunteer hours to date through the Women’s League and is treasurer at Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

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Looking back, looking ahead McIntyre highlights schools’ success, future goals

By Jake Mabe 2012 has been, by and large, a good year for Knox County Schools.

TCAP scores are up. TVAS scores (the value a teacher adds to student performance) are strong.

ACT scores have increased. The high school graduation rate has inched above 90 percent. (You can view Knox County’s state report card at www.knoxschools.org.)

Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre says the numbers are the result of “a lot of intensive hard work by a lot of people over an extended period of time.”

He says he is particularly pleased that the ACT composite scores have increased along with graduation rates.

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nomic development initiatives this community can possibly have.”

But as he looks to the New Year and beyond, McIntyre reiterates something he said during his first Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre outlines his priorities week on the job: keeping a sense for 2013 during a recent interview. Photo by Ruth White of urgency.

“We’re a successful school sysrigor is still there. Students are around 7.7 percent, but McIntyre tem. But it’s not enough just to be graduating with a meaningful di- said that number jumps to 12.2 solid. We know that ‘good enough’ ploma.” percent for those who do not have is no longer good enough.”

He says that’s doubly important a high school diploma.

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Ted Hatfield

Our year-ending Coffee Break features a Halls favorite, Ted Hatfield.

Yes, he may have gotten here by way of his native Arkansas and a career in California, but Ted has more than earned his “Halls guy” moniker.

Ted graduated with honors from Hot Springs (Ark.) High School and joined the Army Reserves at age 17.

He started in show business at age 11 as an usher at the Paramount Theatre in Hot Springs, advancing to district manager for ABC-Paramount Theatres.

Ted then joined MGM as an assistant exploitation manager, advancing to vice president of field operations/ exhibitor relations. He moved to Sony Pictures in 1990 in the same capacity. He joined Regal Entertainment in 1998 as director of film marketing. He is currently in charge of special projects (marketing division). His wife, Carla, formerly an executive assistant to the MGM marketing vice president, is now executive assistant to Knox County Trustee John Duncan III. Ted has six children.

He is a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, is a member of the public relations branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has received many industry honors and awards. An active board member of the Halls B&P, Ted was the 2009 Halls Man of the Year.

He is an Eagle Scout and has maintained a lifelong passion for Scouting.

Ted says he is a lifelong Republican, but strives to see both sides of any proposal. He is a member of the GOP State Executive Committee, and attended the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., as a delegate.

Oh, and by the way, yes, Ted is a member of the Hatfields, as in the family that has been feuding for years with the McCoys.

“But remember,” he says, “when mentioned, the Hatfields always get top billing.”

Get to know Ted over this week’s Coffee Break.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

What are you reading currently?

Any Civil War book focused on Tennessee or Arkansas

What was your most embarrassing moment?

Cary Grant falling in a restaurant pool in Cannes, Johnny Weismuller giving his Tarzan yell and scaring everyone in the middle of the Atlantic or trying to speak Portuguese in Brazil setting up a tour for Gene Kelly. (But Ted says he also has good, non-embarrassing memories of setting up screenings for President Ronald Reagan at MGM and eating homemade cookies baked by Nancy Reagan.)

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

Visit Cuba; Alaska and Canada’s Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavot; and Scandanavia and Russia.

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

Dependable

What is your passion?

Hockey. We are season ticket holders for the Knoxville Ice Bears. All five sons played hockey for the Marina Cities Junior League. Two played for UCLA. I guest coached one game for the Lethbridge, Alberta Hurricanes.

“You will never see the likes of this again.” – Frank Sinatra, “That’s Entertainment” and “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” – Clark Gable, “Gone with the Wind.”

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?

What are you guilty of?

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest influence on your life and why?

(Eating) ice cream, mostly low calorie, nonfat.

Al Brenia, the manager of the Paramount in Hot Springs

I still can’t quite get the hang of …

Computers. I still type with one finger.

What is the best present you ever received in a box?

My Chihuahua, Princess, from the Animal Center for a birthday present. Stayed in the box 30 seconds.

What is your social media of choice?

I still haven’t got the hang of Facebook or Twitter. I can’t even text on my phone.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

I have never had one. I have loved working in theaters.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?

I didn’t watch much television, as the closest stations were Memphis. Remember those rooftop antennas?

What irritates you?

People who talk on the phone more than five minutes

What’s one place in Halls or Fountain City everyone should visit?

Beaver Brook Country Club, Litton’s and the Creamery. Support local merchants and businesses

What is your greatest fear?

Fire, water, air, i.e. drowning or parachuting.

Robert E. Lee and Ronald Reagan.

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Halls High cheerleaders are state champs The Halls High School cheerleading squad won the TSSAA varsity routine division (nonbuilding) state championship at Siegel High School in Murfreesboro on Nov. 12. Cheer coach Cheri Duncan says the squad is believed to be the first in Knox County to win a state championship. Team members are (front) Delaney Burton, Maria Brinias, Mallory Hayes, Sydney Hall, Jenna Phillips, Ashley Hillard; (back) Mary Addison Raley, Taylor Johnson, Meisha Darden, Hannah Sobas, Kelsie Hibben, Alex Yaniello, Morgan King, Meredith Hayes, Ali Perry and Hope Lay.

Fountain restored at Fountain City Lake Workers restore the fountain at Fountain City Lake in January. The work was completed by Mark Smithson’s Eastwood Landscaping Company and represents the first major reworking of the stone work, plumbing and electrical connections since the last major restoration in 1985-86. The lake is maintained by the Fountain City Lions Club.

Nancy Hall marker dedicated A marker was dedicated in a small ceremony April 22 at the Thomas Hall Cemetery on Rifle Range Road to Thomas’ wife, Nancy Hais Hall. On hand for the ceremony are Hall descendants Betty Harrington, Mary Belle Wilkerson, Barry Miller, David Hall, John Gresham, Jerry Gresham, Eleanor Miller and Peggy Beeler. Thomas and Nancy Hall moved into the community that would one day bear their name in 1796-97.

Gibbs High softball wins state The Gibbs High softball team players and coaches were honored for winning the state championship by the Knox County Commission in July with a resolution sponsored by commissioner Dave Wright. Pictured are: (front) Kaitlin Beeler, Lexie Needham, Faith Lowry, Amber Swaney, Kaitlyn Trent, Anna Mershon; (back) assistant coach Alex Walker, Dave Wright, Karri Byrd, Cheyenne Boles, Samantha Smith, Ashley Swaney, Holly Moyers, Savannah Foster, head coach Carol Mitchell and assistant coach Kristen Delapp.

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The Halls High baseball field was named in memory of Bob Polston, who passed away in August 2011, during a special ceremony March 30. The monument at left was placed at Mr. Polston’s usual vantage point at the field, where he would often clock pitchers with a radar gun. He was a former high school football and baseball coach and served as the Knox County Schools athletic director for 27 years. In his later years, he maintained the Halls High baseball field.

The team is coached by Mr. Polston’s son, Doug.

Top honors at Fountain City Day in the Park on Memorial Day went to Man of the Year Carl Butcher and Woman of the Year Becky Hill Warwick. Butcher is a longtime Fountain City business owner (C.L. Butcher Insurance Agency) who has coached youth sports and is active in his church. Warwick is a member of First Baptist Church of Fountain City, volunteers at the Fountain City Ministry Center and has coordinated efforts of her church in Operation Inasmuch.

school system’s budget for fiscal year 2014 to be reflective of its strategic plan, specifically in three primary areas.

The first is what McIntyre calls “critical educational initiatives.” He says he wants to continue investments made this year through an additional $7 million allocated to the school budget by County Commission, which was earmarked for early literacy initiatives, teacher support, professional development, interventions and magnet schools.

“I believe they are having a positive impact.”

The second area is ensuring a competitive compensation structure for educators, “building a proposal,

both in base salary and a strategic compensation component. We’re making progress in continuing, creating and enhancing strategic compensation.”

The third area is enhancing personalized learning for students with the support of technology. McIntyre has long said that technology is a tool teachers can use “to support creative, innovative instruction and differentiate and support students who are struggling or who need to be challenged.”

He says technology can also be used as a management system, “to allow teachers to provide educational activities and track where students are more quickly.”

system is in the fourth year of the five-year strategic plan, “Excellence for All Asked about the opposi- Children,” that he crafted tion by some to the school and the school board adsystem’s sizable monetary opted in 2009. He says investment in new tech- he wants to hear from evnology that was proposed eryone – students, teachbut not funded last spring, ers, parents, community McIntyre says one future members, – as the next five option might be to “start year plan is developed and small, at 10 or 12 schools has already begun holding that really want to do it, community forums seek(where) we can build the ing input. An integral part, capacity to be able to do it he says, is “communicating well and (others) can see it in action. And when people see how well it can work, it will create a lot of interest and demand district-wide.”

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with and hearing feedback from teachers, listening and responding to their needs.”

He notes that the new TEAM evaluation model created “a lot of uncertainty and anxiety” when it was implemented last year, but says his sense is that teachers are more comfortable with it this year.

“One, they’ve experienced it. Two, they’ve found it to be a productive way to improve” and that it isn’t de-

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As he looks back on the school system’s achievements this past year, McIntyre praises classroom teachers and school administrators.

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Nick Pavlis:

New direction hardest-working guy in city government for city boards Mike Cherry begins his final year as executive director of the Knoxville Pension Board tomorrow where he will have worked 17 years upon retiring Dec. 31, 2013. He has been a talented, hard-working and dedicated employee who kept the city pension board moving well during turbulent financial times.

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He has not decided whether he and his wife will continue living in this area or move to another region.

The board’s personnel committee will meet after the regular Pension Board meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at 917 East Fifth Avenue. The committee consists of Jack Banks, representing the Fire Department; Greg Coker, representing the Police Department; and Michael Paseur, representing the Public Service Department.

The personnel committee will develop a search plan to pick a new executive director. The committee does not have a chair at this time.

Interestingly, city management is not represented on this committee, whose choice of the new executive director will be critical to the financial stability of the city. Mayor Rogero, who chairs the Pension Board, may decide to add her finance director or council member Finbarr Saunders to the personnel committee in order for it to reflect both management and employees.

Few people know much about how this board functions, but its impact on the finances of the city is immense.

Coliseum Board: Mayor Rogero is gliding easily toward having full control of the Public Assembly Facilities Board from which director Bob Polk retired this month. City Council voted unanimously on first reading Dec. 20 to abolish the current board, chaired for 20 years by Shirley Nash-Pitts.

It will be replaced by an advisory board, with no power beyond advice and lacking even the requirement that its members be city residents.

Nash-Pitts is clearly unhappy about the turn of events but will only say she was “surprised” on the record. She and Rogero do not see eye-to-eye on this and recently had a very direct and candid conversation. Nash-Pitts was a strong Polk supporter.

On the other hand, a logical argument can be made that this operation should fall under the mayor’s authority and not be governed by a separate board appointed overwhelmingly by City Council, the legislative branch of the city.

Council is giving up its authority here. The ordinance does provide the mayor may add other duties to the new director without seeking council approval.

Prior mayors attempted this and failed as council wanted to maintain control over Chilhowee Park and the Coliseum.

Dale Dunn is temporarily filling Polk’s position and reporting to Deputy Mayor Eddie Mannis, who now also serves on the Airport Authority Board as the mayor’s representative, replacing Earl Taylor who resigned. Mannis is rapidly expanding his duties and power into many different areas.

Should Mannis decide to run for mayor in 2019 (end of Rogero’s second term) these expanded duties will be positive talking points for him assuming he handles them well.

Mannis considered running in 2011 but backed Rogero instead.

Lakeshore: Discussions on the future of Lakeshore Park and its ultimate transfer to the city from the state are ongoing but apparently now will not be resolved before March.

The Rogero Administration is operating on close hold in terms of information. There are many significant issues involved in the transfer which have a financial impact on both the city and the state.

However, the transfer itself will be a huge win for the city’s park system and the people of Knoxville.

Knox school board to meet Knox County school board will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, in the Andrew Johnson Building boardroom. A preliminary workshop will begin at 5 p.m.

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When Nick Pavlis announced his intention to run for the 1st District City Council seat in 2009, some South Knoxvillians were skeptical.

Betty Bean They questioned whether a native Fountain Citian who served as an at-large City Council member from 1995-2003 would know enough about South Knoxville’s issues, since he only moved there in 2005.

The location of his home on the southernmost fringe of the city limits did nothing to allay their fears, and activists in the neighborhoods nearest to downtown went looking for someone to oppose him. They found a credible candidate and ran a credible campaign – but it didn’t work, and Pavlis was elected by a comfortable margin. After he was sworn in, he started reaching out to his former opponents, studying their issues and showing up at their meetings. Little by little, he won them over.

Now he’s on a T-shirt.

Nick Pavlis is my 2012 Person of the Year because he is unafraid to take a stand, and despite having a demanding job as Charter Communications’ director of government relations for Tennessee and Louisiana, he is a tireless worker who gets results. Ask merchants up and down Chapman Highway if he’s on their side. Chances are, someone will show you a T-shirt that says “If we can put a man on the moon, we can make Chapman Highway safer.

Knoxville Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis.”

Southsiders have always felt ignored (if not persecuted) by local government, and events during Pavlis’ first term – the economic and logistic problems caused by the Henley Bridge closure, the expansion of homeless services south of the river, the lack of progress on the South Waterfront, the James White Parkway extension controversy – have done little to shake those dark suspicions.

Now, however, the mood seems a bit lighter, thanks, in part, to a growing belief that Pavlis is looking out

Nick Pavlis, Madeline Rogero and Victor Ashe at the opening of the Wilderness Trail in South Knoxville File photo for them (the fact that Madeline Rogero lives in South Knoxville is another point of pride, as well).

Although Pavlis is diligent about serving his constituents, he doesn’t ignore the rest of the city. Despite having to travel a good bit on his job, he shows up at public meetings all over town, and if he can’t come, his nephew Tyler often attends in his place.

Early in this term when the city faced an NRApushed measure to allow guns in parks, Pavlis (who is a Republican) not only voted

Winners and losers Our friend John Becker posed some interesting questions on WBIR-TV’s “Inside Tennessee” a couple of weeks back.

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Never shy about stealing a good idea, here’s my take on the biggest losers and winners of 2012 ... and a look ahead to 2013.

National winner: Barack Obama, who won re-election despite a soft economy.

National loser: Mitt Romney, who should have won the presidency; or maybe he never had a chance.

The conservatives say he wasn’t right-wing enough; the pragmatists say he went too far right in the primaries and never tacked back.

State winner: The National Rifle Association which booted lifetime NRA member Rep. Debra Maggart in the GOP primary because she supported a summer study of the NRAbacked “guns in parking

lots” bill. Her name is now a verb, as in “to be maggartized.”

State loser: State Democratic Party chair Chip Forrester, who presided over the lowest ebb of party power in modern history.

Well, except perhaps when Doug Horne let Al Gore lose Tennessee in 2000, throwing the presidency to George W. Bush.

Local winner: Madeline Rogero, who has proven her critics wrong while not alienating her supporters – a miraculous political feat anywhere.

Local loser: Jeff Ownby, who doesn’t own the integrity to resign from County Commission.

Looking ahead to 2013: National winner: Obama again, continuing to confound the fragmented Congressional GOP. National loser: John Boehner, who was embarrassed last week on the House floor and can’t seem to avoid crashing over the “fiscal cliff.”

State winner: Dave Hart, if Butch Jones figures out how to win 6 games.

State loser: Dave Hart, if Butch Jones can’t win 6 games.

Local winner: Nick Pavlis (see Betty Bean’s column above).

We invited Mayors Madeline Rogero and Tim Burchett to share their priorities for 2013. We got no response from Burchett; Rogero’s response is below: Economic Development: The new cityf u n d e d Entrepreneur Center will open on Market Square early in 2013, to provide Rogero resources and expertise for new or expanding business ventures.

Our Office of Business Support will continue to help local businesses in their many dealings with the city. And our Office of Redevelopment will continue to use a variety of tools to encourage reinvestment downtown and throughout the central city.

South Waterfront: We will begin design of the new Suttree Landing Park along

the riverfront and continue work on reconfiguring the entrance to Fort Dickerson to make it more accessible and welcoming. We will also continue to promote the development and use of South Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness trails and recreational resources.

Blighted Properties: City Council passed several ordinances in 2012 that give the city new tools to deal with blighted and neglected properties in our neighborhoods. I added money to this year’s budget to provide for enforcement of our Demolition by Neglect ordinance, and city contractors are currently working to stabilize the historic South High School building.

In 2013 we will continue our efforts to hold negligent property owners accountable and, through our Community Development Department, return delinquent properties to the tax rolls through sales to responsible owners.

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Local loser: John Duncan III, who is unlikely to keep his job as trustee.

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Halfway through his term, he demonstrated his growing political clout by getting elected vice mayor.

The Rogero administration is getting well-earned plaudits for its successful first year. Some of that credit, however, should be shared with Nick Pavlis, who is emerging as the most effective vice mayor in recent Knoxville history.

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Cancer free for Christmas Phil Leadbetter almost didn’t open the best Christmas present he’s ever received.

No, no. It wasn’t some fancy gadget, a ticket to the Super Bowl or even a new resonator guitar.

This “present” was test results that would tell him whether his recent stem cell treatment had been successful and if his twoyear battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma was over.

“We got the scan (results) on Dec. 19,” Leadbetter said, “and I thought, ‘Maybe we’ll wait until January to hear the results, because it could be a bad Christmas.’ But, then, I thought it could be a good Christmas, too, and I ain’t the kind to mess around.

“Everything was clear.

Now, it’s time to catch up and go live.”

Leadbetter, a North Knox native and Gibbs High graduate, is an internationally-known dobro (or resonator guitar) player. During the course of his career, he has performed with everybody from Grandpa Jones and Vern Gosdin to J.D. Crowe and the New South. He helped start successful bluegrass bands and recorded charttopping bluegrass singles.

In 2003, Gibson guitars released the Phil Leadbetter Signature Dobro Guitar.

Two years ago, Leadbetter noticed a lump in the crease of his left leg. He

didn’t think much of it at first, but kept having f lulike symptoms that lingered on for two months.

Antibiotics were no help.

Phil’s doctor ordered a chest X-ray. Several of Phil’s lymph nodes looked suspicious. His doctor ordered a CT scan. Meanwhile, Phil looked up his symptoms online. Every page kept pointing to Hodgkin’s lymphoma. His doctor confirmed the diagnosis.

But Phil felt optimistic.

Hodgkin’s lymphoma can has a 92 percent cure rate.

Phil took treatments for six months.

“Mine didn’t respond.”

A year ago, Phil began to explore undergoing stem cell transplants. His cancer had spread into his stomach, but a specialist told him that after a couple more chemotherapy treatments, his cancer should be contained enough to try it.

Then, one morning last January, Phil was watching NBC’s “Today Show.”

The topic was about a new drug being used to treat Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

“I thought this was an answered prayer. I talked to the doctor and because it was a new drug they thought I could get it on a clinical trial and sponsor me. It’s about $7,000 a dose. I was really sure that this would be the thing that would save me. But the new meds acted like fertilizer.”

Phil’s cancer had spread – quickly – into his stomach, chest and armpits. He had been building a new recording studio when he got the news. He put up the last wall on the studio and called his doctor.

“We need to go another direction,” Phil said. “I ain’t gonna let this thing beat me.”

He began researching top hospitals and discovered that a doctor at Vanderbilt was rated highly for treating Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Phil was prescribed two rounds of three medications. His cancer immediately started going into remission.

“They said they didn’t quite get it all, but it was as close to going away as they could get. I had two more rounds (of treatment) and checked back in August. My scans looked good enough to go ahead with the stem cell transplant.”

Phil underwent the stem cell transplants at Thompson Cancer Survival Center on Sept. 10.

He stayed in the hospital for 30 days. He admits the prep was the hardest thing he’d ever done, going for shots every day prior to the transplant, and says it was tough to sign a form allowing him to receive “near-lethal doses of chemotherapy.”

After a slow start, his blood counts began to rise. He went home a week early. And then, on Dec.

Actor David Keith, UT men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin and Halls resident and renowned dobro player Phil Leadbetter at the Light the Night walk for leukemia/lymphoma earlier this year. Leadbetter found out just before Christmas that he is cancer free after a two-year battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Photo submitted 19, he got the great news.

Cancer free. Merry Christmas!

“I’ve been very lucky and very blessed, I know that. I had a few friends who said when they learned I was sick, ‘We won’t tell anybody.’ I said, ‘Tell anybody you want to.’ I had all kinds of people sending up prayers, even a guy who was at a church in Beijing. Monks who pray for 24 hours had me on their list. And social media gets a bad rap, but if it wasn’t for Face-

book (where Phil kept his friends updated throughout his treatment), I don’t think I would have gotten the support system I had.”

Phil is hitting the road in January to play a few dates in Florida with former band mate Steve Gulley and a few other friends. He says, simply, “It’s gonna be a lot of fun.”

Asked what advice he’d give to anybody fighting cancer, Phil says he can’t stress enough the importance of staying positive.

“I never thought for

one day that I wouldn’t be here. I was always thinking ahead. And let people know about it. Cancer doesn’t discriminate. It happens to everybody.

Don’t listen to everything people tell you. Find out what (treatment) is healing most people.

“Here’s all you need to know about cancer: It’s a race against time. Move fast.

Hit it hard. Stay positive.”

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■ 1971 Sugar Bowl, Tennessee 34, Air Force 13.

Famous officers, medals and ribbons attracted almost all the attention leading up to kickoff. What happened after that was awesome. The Vols scored on their first four possessions. It was 24-0 with 3:21 remaining in the first quarter.

Don McLeary had two touchdowns. Bobby Scott riddled the Falcons with passes.

Joe Thompson caught nine for 125 yards. Tim Priest, Ray Nettles and Jamie Rotella led the defense that left the losers with minus-12 yards rushing.

The Vols picked four passes and recovered four fumbles.

It was a rout.

■ 1986 Sugar Bowl, a

great day in New Orleans, Tennessee 35, mighty Miami 7. Ken Donahue’s defensive scheme was overwhelming.

The Vols got three Vinny Testaverde passes. Daryl Dickey seized the spotlight. Jeff Powell had a 60-yard run.

Tim McGee found a fumble in the end zone. Sweet, sweet victory, party time on Bourbon Street!

■ 1999 Fiesta Bowl, Tennessee 23, Florida State 16, the one that really mattered, national championship, glorious conclusion to a 13-0 season. Tee Martin completed 11 of 18 for 278 yards.

Peerless Price caught four for an amazing 199. Dwayne Goodrich returned an interception 54 for a touchdown.

If you close your eyes, you might still see Phillip Fulmer

holding the trophy, the crystal football, high above his head.

■ Tennessee, 25 victories, 24 losses, is tied for third with Nebraska in total bowl appearances, behind Alabama and Texas, ahead of Southern Cal, Georgia, Oklahoma, Penn State, Ohio State, LSU and Michigan.

All bowl talk is not ancient history. And the little ones count. Citrus Bowl wins over Big 10 teams were happy times. The 2005 Cotton Bowl romp over Texas A&M was a treasure. The 2008 Outback win over Wisconsin is more important than I thought at the time.

Keep the faith. There will probably be another someday.

been a year of discovery for you. I hope you have learned something important. I The world is round and the place which may seem hope you have remembered like the end may also be only the beginning. something wonderful, (Ivy Baker Priest) someone wonderful. I hope you have grown, softened, The calendar is round, believed the world would improved, mellowed (or just like the world, and end on Dec. 21 was mistak- sharpened, as need be) into when December ends, an- en. Surprise! a better person than you other January begins.

So, here we are, at the were at this time last year.

Apparently everyone who end of a year. I hope it has I hope you have made

a new friend, reached out to an old friend, forgiven a wrong, set to rights a mistake, sung a new song.

I hope you have plans, goals, dreams. I hope you decide there is some place in the world you want to see and get busy to make that happen.

I hope you have been faithful to your promises. I hope you have promises yet to keep.

I hope you can find joy in a sunrise, in a view of the mountains, in the surprise of rain falling on your face. I hope you have music in your life: country or classical, jazz or folk, your choice.

I hope you can spend time regularly with a child, a puppy, a foal, some fragile young thing still learning about this world, because in so doing, you too will learn about yourself and the world.

I hope you can finish at least one thing today. This day at the end of the year is a day of completion, a day of finality. Let something go: some resentment, some sorrow, some fear. Let it go, give it up and set it free.

I hope you will start something tomorrow, whether it is cleaning out a closet or planting a flower or picking up the book you

got for Christmas and settling down for a good read.

I hope you will seek something today: love, truth, hope, meaning.

I hope you will give something today: love, truth, hope, meaning.

I hope you will ask for something today: for understanding, for perspective, for joy, for contact, for remembrance, for peace, for grace.

And last, but not at all least, I hope you will discover something today: some new insight, a new friend, an old friend, a firm footing, a new strength, a new determination, a new love.

that is applied to roadways to stop snow from sticking to pavements. Currently, Knox County has 20,000 gallons of liquid brine and 3,000 tons of granulated salt prepped and ready for use. An additional 2,000 gallons of calcium chloride, which is used to maintain the effectiveness

of both liquid and granular material in extremely cold temperatures, is also on hand if needed.

In addition to cutting down on salt consumption, brine application has environmental advantages, too.

Less salt on the side of the road means a smaller amount will go down storm drains

and into adjacent waterways.

During winter storms, residents should stay off the roads whenever possible until crews have cleared the snow. Workers will start clearing main thoroughfares and known problem areas first, and then move on to complaints and secondary roads.

Depending on the severity of the weather, Knox County has a fleet of dump trucks equipped with snow plows, salt spreaders and brine tanks ready for dispatch. The county also has a dozen four-wheeldrive trucks equipped with smaller snow plows for use on more narrow roads.

Vols once played in bowl games So you don’t forget what it was like when Tennessee played in big bowl games, here are a few reminders: ■ 1939 Orange Bowl or Brawl, maybe the toughest holiday game ever played, sneak uppercuts and roundhouse rights, a broken nose for blocking back Sam Bartholomew, 220 yards in penalties.

Sub center Joe Little, dispatched as a peacemaker, lasted 30 seconds. He took a blow to the face, retaliated and was promptly ejected.

The Volunteers, No. 2 in the country, clobbered Oklahoma, 17-0, and stopped a 14-game winning streak.

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The legendary George Cafego set the tone on the first play, knocking all-American end Waddy Young upside down with a vicious block.

Bob Foxx and Babe Wood scored touchdowns for Tennessee. Bowden Wyatt kicked a field goal. Bob Suffridge led a defense that limited Oklahoma to 25 rushing yards.

Only the beginning “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you . You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you.”

(Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)

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Knox County Engineering and Public Works is preparing its fleet for colder days ahead.

Last year, the county began installing brine tanks to be used together with regular granulated salt on major roadways and trouble spots

during the winter. The new brine system includes three 1,600-gallon tanks mounted on tandem-axle dump trucks and seven 1,000-gallon tanks used with singleaxle dump trucks.

Salt brine is a liquid mixture of salt and water

■ 1951 Cotton Bowl, Tennessee 20, Texas 14 on two fourth-quarter touchdowns by Andy Kozar.

Highlight was a 75-yard run by tailback Hank Lauricella to set up the opening TD, a Herky Payne pass to John Gruble. Texas blocked a punt and took a 14-7 lead into intermission but the Vols were better later.

Pat Shires missed the tying extra point after Kozar’s first score and Robert R. Neyland responded with this famous bit of philosophy: “Don’t worry about it, Pat, we didn’t come here to tie.”

Many Vols were listening.

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Pastor Jonathan Warren begins the lighting of candles.

The congregation sings “Angels We Have Heard on High.”

Christmas eve at Powell Presbyterian Riley, Sue and Daniel Sain describe the meaning of the candles surrounding the Christ candle representing peace, love, joy and hope ... the attributes that surround Christmas.

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Pastor Jonathan Warren breaks the bread to celebrate the Lord’s Supper.

Shirley’s favorite recipes Shirley McMurtrie is at it again.

She’s quilted coverlets for the homebound and nursing homes, m a d e Christmas goodies McMurtrie for lots of people, cracked and canned gallons of walnuts and righted anything else she can get her hands on.

This time it is a new cookbook featuring her country cooking – Michigan-style recipes, many of which she learned as a very young girl.

Shirley is a transplant, not born in Union County, and we like her.

I met her many years ago at ChocolateFest, a Valentine’s Day celebration and fundraiser at the Masonic lodge in Maynardville.

Shirley had brought lots of chocolate candy. Was it ever good!

Shirley grew up on a farm in northern Michigan where her dad worked as a tenant farmer. Shirley’s mother was born in Hungary and was not accustomed to American-style cooking.

Shirley says she’s loved to cook since she was probably 6 or 7 and pitched in to help her mom at a very early age.

Now in her eighties, Shirley had long had a goal to publish her recipes. That goal was recently accomplished with her cookbook called “Shirley’s Favorite Recipes 1936-2012.” Most of the recipes are Shirley’s own, but she has included a few special ones she collected from friends and family. Some of her dishes have very interesting titles, such as “Goat Sausage,” “Long Johns” and “Scorched Gravy.”

Northern Michigan is the home of what we know as “Great Northern Beans” and many other varieties of beans. The cookbook is sprinkled with many good bean dish recipes. There are also lots of Shirley’s recipes that are so popular today.

A member of Revival Vision Church of God on Durham Drive in Maynardville, Shirley prepares the

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Wednesday evening suppers. The congregants obviously like her cooking. She says the crowd is holding and growing. In addition to achieving a goal, Shirley is supporting the church’s mission by donating the proceeds from the sale of the cookbook to the church’s building fund.

Shirley as well as her daughter, Anne, have homes near Hickory Star. The cookbooks sell for $10 and can be purchased at Okie’s Pharmacy in Maynardville or by calling Shirley at 9921624.

Here are a couple of easy favorites from the cookbook: Sweet Tea 1 qt. water 1 or 2 family size black tea bags 1 cup granulated sugar 1 qt. cold water

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In a medium saucepan over high heat, bring 1 quart of water to a boil.

Add family-size black tea bag(s) and cover. Steep 5 minutes. Remove tea bags and discard. Add 1 cup sugar. Stir until dissolved.

Add 1 quart cold water.

Cool to room temperature. Add desired amount of ice cubes to two-quart pitcher. Add prepared tea and serve. Note: 6 to 9 regular size tea bags can be used instead of familysize ones. This recipe came from Shirley’s friend, Opal Maples.

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■ Cross Roads PresbyteCut dough in half. Roll rian hosts the Halls Welfare each piece on floured surMinistry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday face to 1/8 inch thickness. and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Makes enough for one douSaturday. ble-crust, 9-inch pie. Place pastry scraps in another ■ New Hope Baptist Church Food Pantry distributes pie pan. Combine 1/4 cup food boxes 5-6:30 p.m. white sugar and 1/4 teaeach third Thursday. Info: spoon cinnamon. Sprinkle 688-5330. over pastry scraps. Bake next to pie until browned.

Special services Shirley’s Cookbook Shirley says, “I had to ■ Fountain City Presbyterian do this when my kids were Church, 500 Hotel Road, will Combine flour and salt growing up. Hey, I still do.” change worship services Note: We have learned in a bowl. Cut in shortenschedule for Sunday, Jan. 6. The 8:55 a.m. and 11 a.m. ing until like coarse meal. that I misspelled Nicley in worship services will be Sprinkle half and half the Carter Nicley story (uscombined into one service evenly on surface of flour ing an “S” instead of a “C”). at 10 a.m. mixture. Stir lightly with We apologize for this error.

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Sounds of the season One of my favorite parts of covering school news is attending programs featuring student performers. It’s Ruth a tough job, but someone White has to do it! Fortunately, that person is me.

The holiday season keeps me busy as schools from elementary age to most festive attire and high school put on their pull out the stops to enter-

tain.

The performances range from the sweetest, most innocent voices of kindergartners to the perfectly trained voices of the high school ensembles.

Regardless of the school, each was entertaining and added to the joy of the season.

The Gibbs High School choral department presented its holiday choral concert to a packed auditorium. Ensemble members Tori Marler, Shelby Griffin, Nicole Stinnett, Darian Massengill and Cydney Emore perform a Spanish carol, “Riu, Riu Chiu.”

Gibbs High Ryley Kirby, Devin O’Mary, J.D. Joiner and Triston Hightower add a little flair to their performance.

Corryton Elementary Mickey Farmer, Meredith Mincey and Joshua Sullivan sing a classic carol for parents and guests at Corryton’s holiday pro- Women’s Chorus member Brooke Tipton sings about what she gram. wants for Christmas this year. Photos by Ruth White

He’s no Grinch in real life, but Gibbs principal Lynn Hill loaned his acting talents to the Men’s Chorus’ rendition of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.”

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Bobcats crowned 11 year old Knox Metro champs The 11-year-old AFC/XFL Central Bobcats won the Knox Metro Championship game to end the football season. The team went undefeated and held their opponents to 16 points scored against them in the regular season. Team members are: (front) Adareus Mitchell, Shione Jackson, Jamal Holloway, Javante Tate, Isaiah Ligon, Chris Stevenson, Michael Webb; (middle) Antwan Turner, Rodney Smartt, Jaheim Houston, Dakota Fawver, DeShawn Page, Daveon Hall, JaShaun Fenderson; (back) Kross Smith, Dylan Smith and Jakobi Troutman. The team is coached by Rick Fawver, Stew Smith, Cedric Hall, Mike Webb, Mickey Stevenson and Mike Stevenson. Photo submitted

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Shannondale Elementary School has been recognized

by Gov. Bill Haslam as a Reward School for scoring in the top 5 percent in achievement in all of Tennessee’s public schools. Shannondale attributes its success not only to excellent teachers and staff, but in large part to a great community of involved parents, grandparents, alumni and local business owners.

Shannondale Elementary Foundation, since being founded in 2010, has been instrumental in supporting major academic initiatives for the school. The foundation has funded seven major academic initiatives for the current school year that enhance learning and help continue the academic excellence of the Shannondale students. These initiatives totaled over $38,000, and include eight new Apple iMac computers, Apple Care and Microsoft Mac Office for 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms; 10 Apple iPad2s, 16 GB with wi-fi, Apple Care, 10 protection cases, 1 Wireless-N Access Point, and $200 for level reader applications in kindergarten classrooms; 2 part-time positions for cafeteria monitors, which free

PUBLIC NOTICE The Knox County Republican Party will be having their biannual reorganizational meetings.

These meetings will be at their polling precincts on January 17, 2013 (unless otherwise scheduled by the precinct chair). If you would like to be a delegate, be at your polling precinct at 7:00pm. We will also be holding our Knox County Republican Party Convention at Central High School on February 2, 2013 at 10:00am. The Chairman of the Credentials Committee is Gerald Turner, 5812 Tazewell Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918. Challenges must be filed with the Credential Chairman by 5:00pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013.

up teaching assistants for a total of six more hours per day spent with teachers and students; Promethean ActiView USB Visual Presenter and multi-use presentation card for 4th grade classroom; new portable science lab with equipment and materials identified by each grade level; after-school programs for 2012-2013; and learning materials for independent reading and math centers.

The Foundation is seeking support from the community businesses, parents and alumni and Shannondale school district property owners. The Foundation is currently raising money to fund the replacement of 25 laptop computers in the library. The computers currently in use are over 11 years old, and are not compatible with and will not support current available software needed for academic testing, Accelerated Reader programs, internet access for research projects, and so on.

The foundation invites you to help celebrate students’ academic excellence by “Dancing in the Moonlight!” The third annual fundraising event will be held at Beaver Brook Country Club oat 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23. Tickets are available by contacting Janie Kaufman at 687-0272 or Tracie Sanger at 405-4449; or the Shannondale Elementary School office at 689-1465. Aside from the fundraiser event at Beaver Brook, you may make any donation directly to the foundation.

Any and all gifts to Shannondale Foundation are tax deductible, and will be greatly appreciated by the teachers, staff, and not only the currently enrolled students, but all students in the future who will greatly benefit from these efforts to maintain academic excellence in Shannondale Elementary.

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Getting there Shopper-News Presents Miracle Makers

Rick Grubb makes tough job look easy

By Sandra Clark Bus contractors for Knox County Schools log more than 4 million miles getting students to and from school each year. Last year the buses operated without an accident that required an overnight hospital stay.

Presiding over this controlled chaos is Dr. Rick Grubb, director of transportation and enrollment.

“I still want to teach,” says Grubb. “I’m doing this because it pays more.”

Grubb gets high marks from his contractors, subordinates and bosses. He’s a hard worker who has excelled at every task handed him at Knox County Schools. Yet he remains “an old Carter guy” who likes nothing more than supper at Litton’s.

Melissa Ogden confers with Rick Grubb about student rezoning.

The beginning After graduating from Carter High School, Rick worked at Cash’s Service Station and drove a van for Easter Seals, transporting special needs children to Fort Sanders School. His dad was in the dairy business, supervising delivery routes to grocery stores and schools for French Broad and Wolfe Dairies. He got Rick a route that started in Mascot and ended in Tater Valley, and his life was set. But his mentors encouraged him to attend UT. Rick lists Bob Pollard, Jim Williams, Jim Pryor, Bill Addonizio and Mike Kinnane as those early mentors. Rick’s mother, a Halls native, was friends with Millie Norris. Although he was younger, Millie’s son Chris Vandergriff was Rick’s classmate at UT. “We were two buddies who carried each other,” Rick says.

With much encouragement, Rick graduated from UT and was hired to teach at Carter Middle School where the assistant principal was Sandra Clift Hamilton, a former milk route customer.

So he taught school and coached freshman football and moved to Carter High where he taught shop for five years.

One day Kinnane told him Jim Bellamy and Fred Bedelle were “putting together a master’s degree program” at LMU where “you could pay $5,000 and earn an extra $1,000 a year (for the balance of your teaching career).”

brought Rick into the central office and mentored him in many of the “fix-it” tasks at which Mullins excelled.

Rick continues to teach, working through LMU to certify new CTE teachers in East Tennessee and North Georgia. He’s mentored about 250 through this program.

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Dr. Rick Grubb heads transportation and enrollment for Knox County Schools.

Rick contacted Chris, and a bunch of the guys enrolled. And that’s how Rick nabbed his master’s. Next he and “a guy from Powell” got a grant to introduce modular instruction in what’s now called CTE (Career Technical Education). Rick was a CTE pioneer.

When Allen Morgan was elected superintendent, he promoted Rick to assistant principal at Whittle Springs Middle School. Again his mentors pushed him back to school. This time Rick made it count. He took classes at UT and spent almost two years fulltime on his dissertation. Rick Grubb had earned a doctorate.

“I plugged along, did my residency in a summer and fall semester,” he recalls. And then Roy Mullins called. He

Grubb says he’s no better than his team. “I can teach and train, but you can’t teach integrity. Loyalty, that’s the most important.”

He looks to three guys to make the operation run.

Jeff Graves is the transportation lead supervisor.

Scott Sexton is the primary router.

Brian Hartsell is supervisor of student enrollment. He also serves as the disciplinary hearing authority on potential expulsions.

Six others work under Grubb including GIS specialists Ryan Dillingham and Darrell Morgan; compliance facilitators Gayla Huffaker and Rhonda Kinsey; administrative secretary Frankie DeBusk; and router Nancy Calway.

The budget (except for the fuel cost index) has remained flat during Grubb’s tenure. It’s about $1 million a year for administration and another $13 million for contractors.

The job “Rick Grubb deserves a medal,” said Shopper-News writer Wendy Smith after attending a parent fo-

rum on rezoning west area elementary schools.

Grubb’s department drew the plan and he, along with Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre, defended it. While it didn’t please everyone, the plan certainly flew through compared to contentious rezonings in the past.

It’s Grubb’s job to know where kids live – now and in the next five years. As McIntyre likes to joke, “some of these people have not yet been conceived.”

“We’re seeing a higher percentage of students in a smaller area,” says Grubb. “We knew five years out that we would need 500 classroom seats in southwest Knox County.” That projection led to a new school in the capital projects plan.

Interestingly, he says the fastest growing area two years ago was around Murphy Road. “There’s a lot of yield (kids) on small lots,” he says. And although the lots are larger, “Hardin Valley is just booming.”

Grubb credits the KGIS and PMC with his ability to make accurate projections, saying, “We’re absolutely blessed” with the technology. “KUB made a huge investment in KGIS and it has made us extremely efficient.”

The program is shared by the city, county and KUB. Grubb uses it to set bus routes and for enrollment projections. “In the old days, we gave a contractor a route and told the drivers to figure out how to run it.”

That’s not the case now as routes are mapped through KGIS. And the transportation office operates 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on days when buses run. Technology such as cellphones and GPS puts Grubb in constant contact with drivers. And he will drop everything to take their call.

The future Contractors need more money, Grubb says, as their expenses fluctuate (mostly upward).

Knox County Schools has stopped running its own buses, having operated a fleet of 25 in the past. Now all the work is contracted, including some 60 buses running after-school programs.

“It’s about time and distance,” says Grubb. “There’s no consistency in how far students live from the school. It’s hard to price the routes. And the contractors are strapped.”

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Some want the Chamber to focus solely on “economic development,” but it’s hard to attract national companies to a state where funding for education hovers in the nation’s lowest five percent.

When the Chamber located and bought a large tract for a business park at Midway Road and I-40, County Commission refused to rezone it. When Burchett slashed the county’s funding, County Commission barely restored it. And when Brad Anders, perceived to

be “the Chamber’s guy,” stood for election as commission chair, the commission rebuffed him.

Mike Edwards, the Chamber president, remains the most positively optimistic guy in town, and News Sentinel publishMike Edwards er Patrick Birmingham is set to chair the board.

Here are the Chamber’s goals for 2013, as crafted by three vice presidents:

Innovation Valley Blueprint 2.0 will maintain the momentum we have developed as a region with global marketing, technology-led economic development initiatives, workforce development efforts, and small business outreach. Increased competition for jobs and corporate investment necessitates that we add new tactics to our strategy during the next five years.

Blueprint 2.0 will provide our region with new Strategic Priorities in the following areas:

■ Aggressive new business recruitment and retention initiatives in specific target sectors including low-fare air service at McGhee Tyson Airport.

■ Expand the Innovation Valley brand, both internally and externally ■ Increased focus on talent development and retention ■ Make entrepreneurship and innovation a priority focus ■ Promote our region’s sustainability efforts.

nation is simple: we are not preparing enough people with the skills they need to be qualified for high-demand, high-wage, skilled jobs.

Two-thirds of all future jobs will require post-secondary training, but that doesn’t necessarily mean a four-year university degree.

We also need to provide pathways for students starting in high school to enter technical community col- Jennifer Evans lege and/or certificate programs. Introducing these on experiences to students careers and offering hands- in high school will engage

those who might not thrive in the traditional academic setting and offer them foundational skills that can never be outsourced or offshored.

We will always need people to maintain and operate equipment, whether robotically, computerized or manual; we will always need electricians and tool makers; we will always need people who know how things work so they can improve them and create new technology.

showing strong growth in its first full year online, drawing nearly 160,000 page views to Chamber member promo pages. The site also received praise from the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, earning Silver ACE Award honors at the August convention.

Chamber staff members have worked to maximize the site’s benefits to members with features such as the newly-launched job

board which allows member businesses to post openings for free. Just a few months in, the jobposting feature is increasing traffic to the site and members have acknowledged it as a valuable benefit of their membership. iK nowK nox v i l le.com wasn’t the only place the Chamber improved its web presence – a totally redesigned and reformatted KnoxvilleChamber.com is also a focus for 2013.

Partnered with Bluegill Creative, Chamber staff worked diligently to modernize the site while also adding resources and tools for members. With built-in social media connections and a distinct section where member businesses can share their news, the new website is cleaner, easier to use and makes the site’s

Knox Chamber looks ahead Here’s hoping 2013 is a better year for the Knoxville Chamber than was 2012.

The Chamber took the lead in promoting an aggressive budget for Knox County Schools, a budget that met an ice wall of op-

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Innovation Valley 2.0

By Doug Lawyer, vice president Economic Development

2013 marks the year that the Knoxville Chamber will lead efforts to launch Innovation Valley Blueprint 2.0, our next 5-year plan for regional economic development. During the past five years, the Knoxville MSA saw net growth of over 10,000 jobs – an impressive number given we were in the midst of an economic ■

High-skilled jobs

By Jennifer Evans, vice president Public Policy & Education

Nationwide, two-thirds of companies can’t fill vacancies, particularly in high-skilled jobs. Yet at the same time, we are still experiencing high unemployment levels.

Statistics also show that as many as half of four-year college graduates under the age of 25 are unemployed or under-employed. The expla-

Doug Lawyer recession.

Many communities with which we compete saw net decreases in jobs during the same time period.

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Mark Field

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The Chamber will begin 2013 by continuing to push business resources and programs you can’t find anywhere else. The Chamber will do this by expanding its online presence and influence.

The Chamber’s online business directory iKnowKnoxville.com continues

Wishing all of you a

Happy New Year!

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The Women of Tocqueville

By Pam Fansler I’m proud to be a member of the steering committee of the latest group organized in support of the United Way of Greater Knoxville.

Fansler Founded in 2011, the Women of Tocqueville represents women who contribute $10,000 or more each year to the area United Way. The group’s steering committee consists of the seven Knoxville women who have chaired the annual United Way campaigns.

Incidentally, Knoxville has had more female chairs than any other community nationwide.

The group takes its name from the 19th century French author of “Democracy in America,” who recognized Americans’ civic engagement. It is modeled after similar groups across the country.

The first United Way Tocqueville Society was formed in March of 1984 to deepen individual understanding of, commitment to, and support of United Way’s work: advancing the common good by creating opportunities for a better life for all.

The Tocqueville Society recognizes local philanthropic leaders and volunteer champions around the world who have devoted time, talent and funds to create long-lasting changes by tackling our communities’ most serious issues.

The local catalyst for Women of Tocqueville was Cynthia Gibson, chief legal officer at Scripps Networks, who organized a similar group in Cincinnati prior to

most popular features more accessible.

The new site provides a truly impressive front door for the organization and our community as a whole.

Aggressive marketing and exposure to the site is key to helping more businesses get the information they need to be successful.

Also available online is Chamber Member MD, the Chamber’s proprietary business assessment tool.

Strengthening the program even more, both Chamber Member MD and the results tool, Chamber Mem-

Pam Fansler is president of First Tennessee Bank’s East Tennessee region.

ber Rx, received trademark and copyright protection in 2012. The program is a free tool designed to help businesses identify deficits in their core operating competencies and understand how to remedy these areas using resources available locally.

These efforts fall directly in line with the Chamber’s 2013 desire to set an example to our member organizations of how the utilization of technology and the Internet can improve both communication and the overall customer experience.

Alvin Nance re-elected to federal Home Loan Bank Board Alvin Nance, executive director and CEO of Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation, has been re-elected to a second term

as an independent director on the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati’s board of directors. The four-year term begins Jan. 1, 2013.

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moving to Knoxville. Gibson chairs the local Women of Tocqueville and will become chair of the National Women’s Leadership Council for United Way Worldwide beginning March 2013.

Juana Slade, current chair of the United Way National Women’s Leadership Council, recently stressed the importance of every child being able to read well by fourth grade. Currently only half of Knox County students are able to read proficiently by third grade.

Gibson notes, “Your reading ability is critically important to your ability to succeed.”

For this reason, the 56 members of Knoxville’s Women of Tocqueville have selected early-age literacy as their primary focus with Cindi DeBusk and Amy Williams co-chairing the group’s efforts.

The Women of Tocqueville recently gathered at Norwood Elementary School to present books to children enrolled in the intensive reading program at the school, which the United Way funds through the Great Schools partnership. On hand to help with the presentation was Tennessee’s First Lady Crissy Haslam, a member of Women of Tocqueville, who has introduced a three-part initiative that focuses on the interplay between family engagement and literacy improvement in Tennessee.

The Women of Tocqueville of the United Way of Greater Knoxville are excited about early grade literacy work and the difference we can make in the community.

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Nance was first elected to the board in 2009 and previously served on the Advisory Council, which advises the board on housing matters.

KCDC is the public housing and redevelopment agency for Knoxville and Knox County. It operates more than 3,600 units of affordable housing and administers 4,000 Section 8 vouchers.

A former commercial banker, Nance has served many business, civic and service organizations, including board membership on the Tennessee Housing Development Agency, United Way of Greater Knoxville, First Tennessee Bank, Covenant Health, Fannie Mae Advisory Board, Boy Scouts of America Great Smoky Mountain Council, Knoxville Habitat for Humanity, Maryville College and the YMCA of East Tennessee.

He earned a bachelor’s degree from Maryville College.

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MONDAY, DEC. 31 New Year’s Eve Service, 7 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 1207 N Broadway. Communion will be served.

The public is invited. Info: 524-0366 before noon.

New Year’s Eve Celebration, 10 p.m., World for Christ Church, 4611 Central Ave Pike. Dancing, food and fun.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2 New session of Weight Watchers, Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway.

10 weeks. New or renewing members: $125; continuing and transferring members: $120; lifetime members over goal: $110. Payment due before Jan. 2. Info: Jane Damiano, 938-4768, or the church office, 690-1060.

THURSDAY, JAN. 3 Knoxville Choral Society auditions, 6-8 p.m. Info or to download an audition form: www. knoxvillechoralsociety.org. To schedule audition time: 579-6292 or send an e-mail to membership@ knoxvillechoralsociety.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 5 Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway.

Info: www.overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

Meet Betty Bullen, Union County Arts Artist of the Month for January, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Union County Arts Coop, 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-9161.

Saturday Stories and Songs with Laurie Fisher, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

New Play Festival: “Crackadoris” presented by the Tennessee Stage Company, noon, Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs with Georgi Schmit, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

New Play Festival: “Birds on the Bat” presented by the Tennessee Stage Company, 1 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

MONDAYS, JAN. 7, 14, 21 AND FEB. 4 Mindfulness and Clay, 6-7:30 p.m., with Sandra McEntire, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, JAN. 8 The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable, 8 p.m., Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Jim Lewis, Park Historian of the Stones River National Military Park. Topic: : “The Battle of Stones River.”

Cost for talk only: $5. Buffet dinner, 7 p.m.: $15 for members, $17 for nonmembers. Reservations by 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7: 671-9001. Open to the public.

TUESDAYS, JAN. 8 AND 15 Weaving 201, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with Carol Pritcher, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 4. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

THURSDAY, JAN. 10 Ebook Help Session, 6 p.m., Fountain City Branch

Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

FRIDAY, JAN. 11 Opening reception for Foothills Craft Guild Exhibit and Sale, 6:30-8 p.m., Fountain City Art Center; 213 Hotel Ave. Also showing: artwork by students from Karns area Knox County schools.

FRIDAY, JAN. 11, THROUGH THURSDAY, FEB. 7 Foothills Craft Guild Exhibit and Sale, Fountain City Art Center; 213 Hotel Ave. Also showing: artwork by students from Karns area Knox County schools. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Wednesday, Friday; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday.

Info: fcartcenter@knology.net, 357.2787 or www. fountaincityartctr.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 12 Grand opening of the new Children’s and Teen Room at Maynardville Public Library, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Ice cream will be served. Free and open to the public.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Miss Lynn Hickernell, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

New Play Festival: “An Uncommon Language” presented by the Tennessee Stage Company, noon, Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: David Claunch, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road.

Info: 947-6210.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JAN. 12-13 Weaving a scarf class, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, with LouAnn Robinson, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Bring a lunch Saturday. Registration deadline: Jan. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAYS, JAN. 12 TO FEB. 16 Take Your Pottery to the Next Step, 1-4 p.m., with York Haverkamp, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris.

Registration deadline: Jan. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Parade, 10 a.m. Info and application to participate: www.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 26 Saturday Stories and Songs with Georgi Schmit, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: One World Circus, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

SATURDAY, FEB. 2 Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www.overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Kindermusik, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Laurie Fisher, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road.

Info: 947-6210.

FRIDAY, FEB. 8 Union County Chamber of Commerce Banquet and Auction, 7 p.m., Rutherford Methodist Church, Corryton. Everyone invited. Ticket sales or info: Kathy Chesney, 745-1626; Darlene Wine, 992-5268; or Rebecca Mills, 992-5816.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 16

“State of the Schools Report and Address” by Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre, 6 p.m., Powell High School. The event is open to the public.

Saturday Stories and Songs: One World Circus, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Miss Lynn Hickernell, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

FRIDAY, JAN. 18 Art Escape!, 6-8:30 p.m., with Doris Prichard, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 14.

Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAY, JAN. 19

SATURDAY, FEB. 23 Shannondale Elementary Foundation’s “Dancing in the Moonlight!” fundraiser, 6 p.m., Beaver Brook Country Club. Tickets: Janie Kaufman, 687-0272; Tracie Sanger, 405-4449; or Shannondale Elementary School office, 689-1465.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagan, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Becca Tedesco, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road.

Info: 947-6210.

Comedy Night – Rhythm & Laughter, 7:30 p.m. at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse.

Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

Saturday Stories and Songs with Becca Tedesco, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

New Play Festival: “Birds on the Bat” presented by the Tennessee Stage Company, noon, Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs with Laurie Fisher, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Are we Listening?: “The Diary of Adam and Eve” Road. Info: 947-6210. and “Louder, I Can’t Hear You,” 7:30 p.m. at Jubilee Cen“The role of Knoxville in the Civil War: What ter, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Info: 947-7428, civilian life was like in a city of divided loyalties from 1861 256-7428.

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Weaving a scarf class, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, with LouAnn Robinson, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Bring a lunch Saturday. Registration deadline: Jan. 14. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Healthier New Year quiz Happy New Year! It’s time to look ahead to the next 12 months and see what you can do to maintain or improve your health.

Do you need to lose weight? Quit smoking? Start exercising? Find out more about healthy choices by taking the following quiz.

1. Which of these is important to a healthy diet?

A. Include plenty of whole grains B. Eat a variety of vegetables C. Choose lean protein D. All of the above.

The correct answer is D. All of the above.

USDA dietary guidelines recommend that half of the grains you eat each day be whole grains. You should also have about 2 1/2 cups of vegetables and 2 cups of fruit each day. Meat and poultry should be lean or low fat, the USDA says. Fish, nuts and seeds are excellent protein choices. Don’t forget dairy products and other foods rich in calcium, which is important for bone health.

2. Which of these is a sensible exercise program?

A. 30 minutes of brisk walking 5 days a week, plus 2 days of resistance exercises B. 30 minutes of brisk walking 3 days a week, an hour-long softball game and 2 days of vigorous garden work C. 25 minutes of jogging 3 days a week, plus 2 days of weight lifting D. Any of the above.

The correct answer is D. Any of the above.

The CDC says that any of these programs can keep you fit. A and B are programs of moderate-intensity exercise; C is an example of vigorous exercise. A well-designed fitness program contains aerobic exercise, flexibility exercises and strength training.

Choose activities that you enjoy so that you will stick with them.

3. Getting regular checkups and age-appropriate health screenings are important to help prevent disease.

For example, you should have your blood pressure checked at least once every two years.

A. True B. False The correct answer is B. False.

Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80. Readings above that indicate either prehypertension or hypertension, depending on how high the numbers are. Your health care provider may recommend that

you have your blood pressure checked more frequently.

4. Which of these is a healthy change to promote weight loss?

A. Switching from whole milk to low-fat or nonfat milk B. Choosing skinless baked chicken instead of fried chicken C. Cooking with vegetable oil instead of butter D. All of the above.

The correct answer is D. All of the above.

You can reduce your calories by eating smaller portions and by switching from high-calorie foods to lower-calorie foods.

Read the Nutrition Facts labels to help you

make the healthiest choices. Keep in mind that foods marketed as “fat-free” often contain extra sugar and often offer no savings on calories. Serve meals on smaller plates so that you won’t be tempted to overdo it.

5. Managing the stress of everyday life is important to good health. One effective way to do this is through a “relaxation response.”

A. True B. False The correct answer is A. True.

A relaxation response is a state of deep rest that can lower your heart rate and blood pressure, says the American Psychological Association. You can develop this response through quiet meditation, repetitive activities such as running or knitting, playing a musical instrument, or progressive muscle relaxation.

6. Your brain needs a workout just a much as your body to stay healthy.

Which of these is a way to promote brain “fitness”?

A. Take a different route to or from work B. Study a new language C. Learn to play a musical instrument D. All of the above The correct answer is D. All of the above.

Studies show that people who learn new things or try different activities seem to ward off memory problems as they age.

Your challenges can be as simple as taking an alternate route to work or switching items around on your desk, which forces your mind to focus instead of going on “autopilot.” You can also sign up for a class or study a new topic on your own. Of course, eating a nutritious diet and getting regular physical activity are two other important ways to maintain brain health.

Include kids in fit-fun New Year’s resolutions

Parents can involve their children in any New Year’s fitness resolutions they have by making exercise seem fun and exciting. Kids especially like game-oriented and sportsoriented activities.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises kids to get at least an hour a day of physical activity, including recreation that involves muscle strengthening. Here are some steps parents can take to make exercise adventurous and enjoyable for children in 2013: ■ Involve children in compiling a ■ Replace family pizza night with a fitness “wish list” to learn what kids ac- family fitness night to benefit everyone’s tually want to do, and allow them a roster of waistline. activities to choose from a couple of times ■ Walking to school, walking a month. around the neighborhood to see the

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holiday decorations or visiting local fitness attractions – such as a rockclimbing or trampoline facility – are ways to for parents to engage children.

■ Turn a child’s penchant for gaming to everyone’s advantage by choosing games that call for lots of movement and high energy. Nintendo Wii’s “Just Dance” game is a great option.

■ Schedule two to three moderately active half-hour family exercise dates each week.

■ Get outside the living room.

Whether that means signing up junior for team sports like basketball or soccer, or taking a family hike in the local nature preserve or park, get out and get fit as a family!

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What the heckary is a peccary?

By Carol Zinavage

This prairie style barn was captured on a cold, frosty morning on Dixon Springs Road, off Emory Road. Photos by K. Woycik

The prairie barn

Christa and Byron Bryant of Plainview just had an interesting adventure: seems the Bryants noticed a strange-looking pig nosing around their farm, scaring their horses.

Their son-in-law Zac got a picture of its rear end, which he sent to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Back came the verdict: a wild boar, dangerous and destructive.

Wary of a possible infestation, TWRA biologist Scott Dykes suggested measures to trap and exterminate the intruder. (Byron was already eagerly anticipating some smoked ham.)

Meanwhile, the Bryants cornered the critter in a horse pen and got a fullfrontal image, which led Dykes to amend his conclu-

An example of a peccary sion: the pig was a peccary.

American Southwest desert inhabitants, peccaries are very much wild animals.

Seems that a neighbor had bought the baby pig at a flea market, having been told that the little guy would never get any bigger than it was.

Wrong. A full-grown pecca-

ry tops out at 88 pounds, and is by no means a house pet.

It’s been returned to its owner, who still doesn’t know what to do with it.

“The moral of this story,” says Christa, “is don’t buy a strange pet at a flea market, no matter what you’re told!”

If you have any interesting animal stories, let us know at news@ShopperNewsNow.com

Kito the baboon Kito is doing well in his new home this year in the Knoxville Zoo’s new Valley of the Kings habitat, which features the new African lion and Hamadryas baboon habitats as well as an indoor viewing opportunity at the Ann and John Schaad Family Pridelands Courtyard.

Barnyard Tales Kathryn Woycik Ok, I admit it ... I love barns. I’m intrigued with their history, age, what secrets they hold, who constructed them and for what purpose they served.

I’m amazed at the many different styles, shapes, colors and sizes of barns built right here in our area. There are quite a number of different styles: bank barns, round barns, tobacco barns, English barns, Dutch barns, crib barns and prairie barns.

A great number of these can be seen throughout the United States, each suited to the area where it resides. They

A barn on Mountain Road in Clinton give historic reminders of the past.

The prairie barn, which is also known as the Western barn, is one that can be found quite easily in this area of East Tennessee.

Farmers chose this style because of large herds of livestock and the need for storage space for grain and hay.

Their long roofs often reach close to the ground,

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giving them their trademark shape. These barns were built during the 1800s. In the latter 19th century, the prairie barn took on the gambrel style roof which allowed for more space, making them larger than other types of barns.

Those wanting to share the age, history or story of a barn can email woycikk@ shoppernewsnow.com.

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There are two all-male groups consisting of Da- Kito the Hamadryas baboon munches on corn. Photo by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com vid, age 20, Kito, age 7, his 9-year old brother Nyali, tion of Zoos and Aquariums. males are a bit trickier to and 7-year old brothers Cai“A typical troop of ba- find companionship for due ro and Tchabu. boons is composed of sever- to potential conflict with “Knoxville Zoo is one of al one-male units, each led the alpha. This can lead to only a couple of zoos in the by one male (the alpha) with a population of males that country to house all-male many females and their off- need companionship. groups,” said Tina Rolen. spring.

“Knoxville Zoo has creat“The ability to house males “When females are born ed an environment to fill that together serves a valuable or isolated from a group, need for these males and we need within the baboon they are fairly easily in- are proud to be able to play population housed in zoos corporated into an exist- such an important role.” accredited by the Associa- ing one-male unit, whereas Contact Info www.knoxville-zoo.org

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Medic will be offering a free Regal Cinema movie pass to all donors at all locations Jan. 3-4. Donors who give blood during the month of January will also be entered to win a trip for two to Graceland, home of Elvis Presley. This package includes tickets to Graceland, hotel stay and a gas card. The winner will be announced in February. Donors may visit any community drive or one of Medic’s donor centers: 1601 Ailor Ave. and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut.

Area blood drives are: ■ 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 3: Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, inside classroom 1 and 2

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■ ·11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3: Walgreens/Halls, 6920 Maynardville Pike, Bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 4: A.C. Moore, 250 Morrell Road, Bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 4: Karns Community Center, 7708 Oak Ridge Highway, inside old Karns library.

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■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 4: Kroger/Marketplace, 5201 N. Broadway, Bloodmobile.

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■ 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 4: ORNL Federal Credit Union, 4510 E. Emory Road, Bloodmobile.

■ 1:30-5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 7: Great West Casualty Company, 2030 Falling Water Road, Bloodmobile.

■ 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday, Jan. 7: Knox County Health Department, 140 Dameron Ave., inside community room.

■ 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 8: Landmark Center, 1111 Northshore Drive, 6th floor north.

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■ Noon-7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 8: Petro’s Chili and Chips-Cedar Bluff, Bloodmobile. *Free regular Petro for donors!

■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 8: Walgreens/Powell, Bloodmobile.

■ 2-8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9: Grace Lutheran Church, 9076 Middlebrook Pike, inside fellowship hall.

■ 11 a.m.-6p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9: Kinder-Care, 3053 Staffordshire Blvd., Bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10: Food City/Halls, 7202 Maynardville Highway, Bloodmobile.

■ 1-8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10: Marbledale Baptist Church, 5935 Thorngrove Pike, inside fellowship hall.

■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10: Toyota of Knoxville,

Meet Nick!

He is a fun-loving, domestic short-hair mix, white and orange cat looking for his forever home.

Bloodmobile.

■ 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 11: Healthy Living Expo/ Knoxville Convention Center, Bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 11: Tennova Health and Fitness, 7540 Dannaher Lane, inside conference room.

■ 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 12: Healthy Living Expo/ Knoxville Convention Center, Bloodmobile.

■ 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 13: Temple Beth-El, 3037 Kingston Pike, Bloodmobile.

Donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh 110 pounds or more (16-yearolds weighing at least 120 pounds can donate but must have parental consent) and all donors must have positive identification.

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HALLS SENIOR CENTER Activities for the week of January 1: ■ Tuesday, Jan. 1: Center closed.

■ Wednesday, Jan. 2: 10 a.m., Bingo; 10 a.m., Hand & Foot; 12:30 p.m., Bridge; 1 p.m., Rook; 1 p.m. SAIL exercise; 2:30 p.m., AMAI class.

■ Thursday, Jan. 3: 10 a.m., Line dance class; 10 a.m., Pinochle; 10 a.m., Quilting; 11 a.m., Exercise; 1 p.m., Skip-Bo; 1 p.m. Ballroom dance class.

■ Friday, Jan. 4: 9 a.m., Watercolor class; 9:30 a.m., Pilates; 10 a.m., Euchre; 11 a.m., Oil painting; 12:30 p.m., Mexican Train dominoes; 1 p.m. SAIL exercise; 1 p.m., Western movie.

Dates to remember: Wednesday, Jan. 9: Self Defense workshop with AMAI instructor Kathryn Eldridge.

The class is free and Kathryn will explore seated cane defense, balance work, awareness, vocal defense and simple hold breaks. The class will run from 3:45-4:45 p.m.

coming to Powell Playhouse

By Betty Bean There was a moment in August 2011, when Powell Playhouse founder/director/head-womanin-charge Nita Buell Black heard something that caused her to stop in her tracks. This was the playhouse’s inaugural year, and the sound she heard in the “Art and Music” production was so unique and striking that it hushed the room.

It was produced by the Johnson Swingtet, a jazz/swing band that combines the gypsy jazz licks of Django Reinhardt with a shot of Bob Wills, a splash of blues and a finish of international influences to produce as complex and satisfying a brew as East Tennessee music lovers are likely to find in these parts.

“I vowed I would have them in a show sometime,” Buell Black said.

And now she has. The Johnson Swingtet will help Powell Playhouse patrons kick off the New Year by performing in “Comedy Night – Rhythm and Laughter” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Powell Jubilee Banquet Center, 6700 Jubilee Center Way. And what, exactly, is a swingtet?

Band leader Eugene Johnson, who got his start in music studying classical guitar, says the name reflects the band’s versatility.

“The name is just another way to leave the size of the group open,” he said. “It could consist of eight people, or it could be four

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Born in Alabama, Johnson is a Southerner who lived all over the country as a child and grew up appreciating music.

“Both Andy and I studied classical music when we were young, and we’ve incorporated a lot of Bob Wills western swing as well as Latin American and traditional jazz. We’ve got some fellows in the band who understand blues, and country music is not that far off. (It’s)

roots music.

“We draw from the best. We’re all avid musicians and listeners.

We don’t know where we’ll be in another 5 years – it just keeps growing. We’re real dynamic, in terms of membership.

“And danceable. We encourage that.”

The Johnson Swingtet will be part of a bill that will include other musicians, stand-up comics, a magician/illusionist and a ventriloquist. In case of bad weather, the show will be held on Saturday, Jan. 26.

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He’s not entirely sure which version of the band will perform at Powell Playhouse, but Johnson (who plays rhythm guitar and sings) says he’s thinking about a four-piece group that could include cellist Andy Bryenton, who plays with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra; guitarist Kukuly Uriarte, an Argentinian who absorbed Latin influences during her early years and is adept at Reinhardt’s gypsy style; and harmonica player Jean Philippe Cypres, a Reinhardtinfluenced Parisian (from France, not West Tennessee) who has

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December 31, 2012

Coombs makes ‘sacrificial journey’ Bike riding can be so fun, it doesn’t seem like exercise, but it has great health benefits.

“For anyone planning on doing longdistance riding, they need a lot of training beforehand,” Coombs says. “Before I took the trip, I was riding about 200 to 250 miles a week. Also, during the training at first I was a little bit overweight and I lost about 70 pounds.”

By Theresa Edwards “Long” can be a relative term. To John Coombs, 310 miles in three days was long, but actually shorter than the 800 miles he planned to ride crosscountry, cut short by a virus that sent him to the emergency room.

Coombs embarked on what he called a “sacrificial journey” to raise funds for First Apostolic Church’s new sanctuary building project. Contributors donated two cents per mile. A little over $2,000 was raised.

“I had to convince my mother my illness had nothing to do with my ride, it was a virus. She insisted it was because of riding 310 miles in three days, but the doctor proved her wrong,” Coombs said.

“I lost about 10 pounds in those three days. I didn’t have a single flat or a blowout. I was walking like a horseman, but none the less, I’m back and at it.”

“One of my biggest hobbies is cycling. There’s nothing like riding my bike in these gorgeous Smoky Mountains,” Coombs said.

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Muna Rodriguez runs the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rock N Rollâ&#x20AC;? full marathon in Savannah, Ga. Photos submitted stroller for a minute.

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Following the procedure, he spent the first two months in recovery at UT Medical Center. After being released from the hospital, Earl spent an additional month in rehab at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation. At that time, he was advised that it would be at least 18 months before he could resume normal activity.

Even with the intense level of care he had received, Earl left the rehab center with significant deficits in both balance and endurance.

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By Shana Raley-Lusk Each New Year brings a few resolutions for self-improvement. Whether it is a vow to cut back the dreaded calories or a pledge to hit the gym a few extra times in 2013, the resolution to achieve a healthier lifestyle can be difficult to reach.

If this sounds like a familiar scenario, a new trend in fitness may hold just the solution to make getting in shape easier and more enjoyable than ever.

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By combining cardio-based dance movements and body sculpting, Zumba is a unique option for those looking to whittle their waistlines.

“It’s a great workout that incorporates the entire body, and it’s a lot of fun. You can adjust the movements to your level so everyone can get a good workout,” says Sandy Hazelwood, a Zumba fitness instructor at Zumba Knoxville.

A local group enjoys Zumba. Photo submitted Most classes last about an hour and provide participants with a way to burn a lot of calories quickly.

“Calories burned really depends on the person, but an average person can burn 400-600 calories in an hour,” Sandy says.

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Keeping fit and having fun as we age Regular physical phys ph ysic sical al a activity ctiv ct ivit ityy att aany it ny age can help you live longer, feel better and reduce health problems. But far too many people, including baby boomers, don’t get the exercise they need. According to the 2012 Participation Report from the Physical Activity Council (PAC), 35 percent of Americans over the age of 55 are physically inactive. Since regular exercise helps control blood pressure, body weight, cholesterol and so much more, boomers need to find ways to get their bodies moving so they can live longer, healthier lives.

“Though any amount of exercise is beneficial, ultimately adults should work up to getting at least 30 minutes most days of the week, as long as they feel comfortable and pain-free,” said world-renowned nutritionist Joy Bauer. “From taking a Zumba class to walking and stretching, getting regular physical activity helps the joints stay loose, maintains muscle mass, and gets the blood flowing – all of which makes everyday tasks easier.”

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■ Wear comfortable shoes that fit well.

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