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Mayor Tim Burchett will hold one last Cash Mob 3-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, at Fountain City Exxon, 5306 N. Broadway. The event will be a benefit as well as a celebration to honor proprietor Alvin Frye, who is ill and will be closing the station Dec. 31. Frye, a U.S. Navy veteran of both World War II and the Korean Conflict, has owned service stations at three Fountain City locations for 60 years – most recently 28 years on the corner of Broadway and Essary Road. A former Fountain City Man of the Year who attempted to hide his generous spirit behind a crusty, independent demeanor, Frye’s “No Beer, No Lottery Tickets, Not a Casino” sign is a Fountain City icon. He has been undergoing treatment in a convalescent home for several weeks after contracting a stubborn staph infection after a fall. Contributions to the Alvin Frye Fund can be sent to the Fountain City Lions Club, P.O. Box 5276, Knoxville, TN 37928.

October Evans loves on Charlie the basset hound at the Fountain City Christmas parade. Charlie is part of Belly Rubs for Bassets, a rescue/fostering operation for the dogs.

2020 planning for state parks Tennessee State Parks is soliciting public input for its 2020 State Recreation Plan, 5:30 p.m. today, Dec. 14, at Farragut Town Hall. This is a regional meeting, facilitated by April Johnson, TDEC recreation services coordinator, and Jamison Sliger, PARTAS consultant. The plan documents the most critical needs facing recreational infrastructure over the next 10 years. Read the plan at tn.gov/ environment/article/restennessee-2020-plan

Dr. Ruth Stephens Dr. Ruth Stephens taught history and international relations at UT for 35 years. After retirement, she delivered 100300 speeches a year.

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Central High band members Kirsten Byrge and Aaron Redd prepare to march in the parade down Broadway through Fountain City.

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Adair bike plans offer safe alternative By Betsy Pickle

Construction on Broadway at the interchange with I-640 is making life difficult for drivers, but it’s even more hazardous for bicyclists. A safer alternative creating bike facilities from Adair Drive to Old Broadway earned support at a public meeting last week.

“Previously, with 640 the way that it was, I felt pretty comfortable riding on Broadway under 640,” said Adam Dattilo of Fountain City. “But at this point, with the construction, it’s not workable at all.” Jon Livengood, the city’s alternative transportation engineer, organized the meeting last

Thursday at the city’s Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Ave., to cap a week of workshops with consultants from Kimley-Horn and Toole Design Group. The city and the consultants wanted the public to weigh in on plans to address four problem areas. To page A-2

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In defense of Joshua Dobbs “Joshua Dobbs has been criticized for not being Peyton Manning. He has been blamed for not winning championships. Alas, his worst game somehow overshadowed a dozen good to excellent performances.” Marvin West makes the case for Joshua Dobbs.

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Santa Claus and Boy Scout Elijah Lowe are in deep discussion prior to the kickoff of the parade. Photos by Ruth White

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School rezoning could unwind ’89 their children By Sandra Clark Knox County is poised to undo to Gibbs. much of the rezoning for racial desegregation that has affected families and even home construction for almost 30 years.

Analysis The school board must accommodate the fall 2018 opening of two new schools – Gibbs Middle (600 students) and Hardin Valley Middle (1,200). Those 1,800 kids are currently zoned for middle school somewhere else. With several middle schools currently under capacity, the challenge is to fill the new schools while keeping the others open. Interim Superintendent Buzz Thomas was at Gibbs Elementary School last week to hear from citizens. He got an earful, mostly from parents who do not want

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Dr. Ruth Stephens made history clear Lindsey Nelson (19191995) was perhaps best known nationally as an American sportscaster who had a long career as a playby-play announcer for college football and the New York Mets baseball team. However, many Vols for life will remember him at a much earlier time when he announced UT football games for the Vol network. Nelson was a 1941 University of Tennessee graduate who served as a captain in the U.S. Army in World War II in North Africa and in Europe. One of his history professors at UT was Dr. Ruth Stephens. He kept up correspondence with her while overseas and in one long letter he described things he had witnessed and places he had been. Dr. Stephens wrote back to say how furious she was that she not there in his place to witness history being made. She wrote, “Just think what value such experiences would have (been) for me.” Nelson interpreted that to mean that she felt he did not have the background to absorb what he was seeing. He agreed and realized he should have paid closer attention in class. Those who remember Dr. Stephens’ civic club presentations, radio broadcasts and later her television commentaries will recall that she “told it like it is (was)” and

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“minced no words” as she discussed world events and the implications they held. Ruth Stephens was born in Kevil near Paducah in western Kentucky on Oct. 2, 1889, and received three degrees from Indiana University. For a while she taught high school in Paducah (1921-24). Dr. Stephens joined the University of Tennessee faculty in 1925, became the first woman in the UT College of Liberal Arts to obtain a full professorship and would eventually serve a total of 35 years there. Later, her interest in international relations led to a Carnegie Fellowship for World Peace and she took a one-year leave of absence (1931) to study international law at George Washington University and at the Library of Congress in Washington. Many students had Dr. Stephens for two subjects during their undergraduate years since she taught both history and international relations. Carson Brewer, longtime Knoxville News Sentinel reporter and author of several books on lo-

Dr. Ruth Stephens (1889-1975) taught both history and international relations at UT for 35 years. Even after her retirement, she delivered from 100 to 300 speeches a year to civic and fraternal groups, in addition to her regular TV commentary. Photo courtesy of the McClung Historical Collection, Knoxville Journal Collection

cal history, was one of her students. In an article titled “How Long Do I Remember the Personal Wrath of Ruth Stephens” (Knoxville News Sentinel, Dec. 25, 1983) he wrote: “She didn’t teach history. She relived it. She made you go with her back through those wars and intrigues that led us to where we are. She always used the big wall map behind her in reliving those marching armies and changing national boundaries. She peppered the map with small blows with her pointer. “We went with her and that pointer with Napoleon into Russia. We plotted with

her and Elizabeth I. She and we warred with the Chinese Communists, the Kuomintang and the Japanese all over the map of China. “Maybe we did not greatly like Mao Tse-tung, but we learned to respect him and the peasant communists he took with him on the long march across China in the middle 1930s. Dr. Stephens’ enunciation was so nearly perfect that every word was as clear as boxcar letters. She also colored every word with her feelings — scorn, love, admiration, humor.” When she reached mandatory retirement age in 1960, she hardly slowed

down. Civic and fraternal organizations all over East Tennessee asked her to speak and she made from 100 to 300 speeches a year. She also had a regular radio program until television arrived and afforded her the perfect platform to express her always enlightened views on world affairs. Her television program “The History Behind the News” was among the most popular weekly commentaries of its time. When there was sentiment for withdrawing from the United Nations, she spoke to the combined meeting of the Women’s Press and Author’s Club and the Tennessee Pen Women in Gatlinburg and voiced this cogent opinion: “I shudder when I hear people say the United States should withdraw. … If there were no UN, we would be seeking frantically to create one. The world needs the UN. From the platform, in the corridors and cloakrooms, our representatives can detect the currents that exist in 111 member states. Where else can we gain such information? How else can we shape our policy so that we can grasp even the smallest opportunity to advance world peace?” After a lifetime of imparting knowledge to university students and extending her positive influence into the

City ponders greenway expansion; addition of bike paths In addition to Adair Drive/Old Broadway, the projects include Woodland/Broadway; Middlebrook Pike between Proctor Street and Western/University avenues; and Chapman Highway from the south end of the Henley Bridge to

Woodlawn Pike across from Fort Dickerson Park. Livengood said that of the four, Adair and Woodland should be the simplest projects to complete. “The connection from Adair

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The Central High basketball team joined in the fun by marching in the annual Christmas parade in Fountain City.

School board chair Patti Bounds talks with East Knox resident Donna Butler, at left, after last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting on rezoning. Photo by S. Clark

Baby Bobcat homecoming queen Leah Richie rides down Broadway in the FC Christmas parade.

School rezoning â&#x2013; South-Young High was closed, becoming a middle school for an expanded South-Doyle High zone. Black parents continue to complain about their kids being bused across the river, while South Knoxvillians grumble about discipline issues. Five middle schools were recommended for closure: Doyle, Beardsley, Spring Hill, Christenberry and Vine. Of those, only Vine remains open.

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To â&#x20AC;&#x153;unwind â&#x20AC;&#x2122;89â&#x20AC;? does not mean reopening all of those schools. Many were in poor condition and the school-age population has shifted to the county. But it could easily mean more compact zones and less busing, especially of African-American kids. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can we do away with zoning?â&#x20AC;? Cynthia Finch asked Thomas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Probably not,â&#x20AC;? he answered, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but we do have parental choice in Knox County. If we have room in a school, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll let you transfer into it.â&#x20AC;?

The Candy Cane Queens make a fashion statement at the parade and prove that life is fun when you ride a parade float. Pictured are Candy, Candy Cane, Kandy and Sweet Candy.

Girl Scouts from troop 20887 dress as their favorite cookies for the Fountain City Christmas Parade. Pictured are Ebby Sellers, Avery Tietjen, Eliana Edmonson, Madison Lynch and Kaylani Fujiwara.

From page A-1 Transferring has become easier after a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to use race as a criterion in transfers. Thomas summarized the Gibbs meeting: â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard loud and clear is you want great community schools. â&#x20AC;Ś You want middle and high school zones to line up.â&#x20AC;? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s set four more 6 p.m. meetings: Jan. 10 at SouthDoyle Middle; Jan. 17 at Hardin Valley Elementary; Jan. 24 at Holston Middle; and Jan. 31 at Vine Middle. Thomas wants to present a rezoning plan to the school board in May. County Commissioner Evelyn Gill said the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;piecemeal approachâ&#x20AC;? is not good. She wants a comprehensive plan for the 14 schools in her district. Gill is the only African-American and the sole Democrat on the commission. Thomas responded: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I understand that we are talking about children and families. We will tread very carefully. They are all our kids, and we will treat them accordingly.â&#x20AC;?

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A-4 • DECEMBER 14, 2016 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news credit to his parents. I predict he will be a university ambassador for years to come. He may someday donate a million or two. Wouldn’t it be something if he came back as president? He is smart and tough, an excellent athlete playing quarterback. He is the epitome of a team player, unselfish to a fault. He did not complain when receivers dropped footballs and blockers missed blocks. He never changed expressions when deployed in the shotgun formation on short-yardage plays – when all of us “coaches” knew he should have been under center. As captains go, he was unflappable, rock-solid in his example of poise under duress. The first thing Joshua Dobbs did for Tennessee was accept a Tennessee scholarship. He was a four-star

prep prospect, 6-3 and thinlooking but strong enough, totally dependable, never missed a day of school. He was pledged to Arizona State when Butch swooped in and changed his thinking. Knoxville was closer to Alpharetta, Ga. UT engineering professors are among the best in the world. Dobbs’ multiple abilities made him a probable fit for whatever it is Butch runs. By the way, the Vols play in the spotlighthot SEC. Twice there were redshirt plans. Dobbs responded when called prematurely. If he was ever intimidated, it didn’t show. Dobbs has been criticized for not being Peyton Manning. He has been blamed for not winning championships. Alas, his worst game somehow overshadowed a dozen good to excellent performances. I say he did what he could. Joshua Dobbs can play for me.

Our lives track a parallel path. No sprouting leaves, of course. Yet we go through comparable phases enrich the garden? Return of growth, maturation, production and eventually we them to mother nature. Hours of routine raking too fail and return to the set my mind to wandering earth. Have we contributed ... among other things about something of worth to those around us? Raised a family? the cycle of life. Are we like the trees? Built something of ongoing What are we doing with our value? Lent a helping hand to others? Planted a tree? lives? For oak trees, springsprouting buds force off their carapaces, shed their wiggly catkins and yellow ■ Charles Susano III is an arpollen (ugh) and cover the cheologist, we hear, and now branches in working green he’s interested in running ... chlorophyll to convert for Circuit Court clerk. That’s great training for an office sunlight into plant food. where he’s liable to find dead Fall acorns feed the squirbones and relics – and that’s rels (and germinate new among the folks who actually trees), and cascading leaves show up for work! fall to the ground and com■ Larsen Jay, founder of plete the annual cycle. Random Acts of Flowers, is What about us?

What have we done in the spring and summer of our lives? There are more questions than answers. Gosh, that’s heavy lifting for a leaf-raking weekend. I’d like to think we can leave the earth a better place than we found it. I suppose only those who follow behind us can truly say. Oh well, back to raking. ...

In defense of Joshua Dobbs Coffee shop comments and football forum exchanges may not perfectly match what a million Tennessee fans are thinking, but this is the best I can do today: The Vanderbilt game won’t go away. The defense is still catching most of the heat, but some is spilling onto Joshua Dobbs. His fumble at the end of the third quarter launched Commodore domination of the fourth. Criticism of Dobbs seems so unfair. He was not a turnover machine. He threw 319 passes and suffered 12 interceptions. He handled the ball hundreds of times and fumbled 10. Four were lost. The tragedies happened, inconveniently, at Texas A&M, South Carolina and Vanderbilt. I understand, quarterbacks generally get too much credit for victories and too much blame for

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losses. Some fans never stopped nipping at Dobbs, even when he was player of the week. Back in the summer, there was light chatter about Dobbs for Heisman. Some snickered and said no way. Dobbs was not an accurate passer. He overthrew deep receivers and bounced the ball to backs in the flat. He was coached to stay in the pocket because, on the run, he couldn’t hit the proverbial broad side of a barn. I preserved a postgame fan quote from 9-17-16: “This team is bad and the QB is terrible. “He can’t throw. He can’t

read defenses. For a rocket scientist, he continues to make dumb decisions.” Dobbs did start this season slowly. Health care concepts restricted runs. He looked like himself against Florida – 319 yards and four touchdown passes. He threw the Georgia Hail Mary to the proper place. His stats were OK against the Aggies. When the Vols got to November and other deficient defenses, scouts started following Dobbs. He was suddenly having one of the best seasons in Tennessee history. His quarterback rating became 152.6. He completed 63.3 percent. He threw for 26 touchdowns, most in the SEC. Last Vol to lead that department was Heath Shuler. Dobbs ran for 713 yards and nine scores. He caught a TD pass. He showed up every Saturday. Each time he was knocked down, he

got up. He signed autographs. He visited the sick and heartbroken. He helped old ladies across busy streets. Joshua didn’t exactly lose the Vanderbilt game. Incredibly, he completed 31 of 34 passes and didn’t miss a single tackle. I never thought it would come to this, feeling a need to defend Robert Joshua Dobbs. From my perspective, he is a model citizen, superior student and a

Reflections upon fallen leaves Nature’s cycles. Fall means raking leaves, at least in my hilltop yard, which is surrounded by mature oak trees, as well as dogwoods and ornamentals. Those giants are not like my Chilhowee Drive neighbor’s modest-sized gingko tree. The gingko’s leaves turn a brilliant gold in the fall, then almost overnight, drop to ground, blanketing its base in gold. Brilliant but fleeting. One session and you’re done. My oak trees demand more attention. They parcel out their brown bounty over several months, from November through year’s end. A sea of leaves, that would mound knee deep if left un-

Many end up at the curb for the city to pick up. But significant others are hauled back to the garden. Nick This natural mulch will be Della Volpe turned under in spring to enrich the soil, sprinkled with lime to neutralize their acidity and left to decomattended. pose. Not here. Humus to break up dense Armed with blower, rake clay soil and feed summer and tarp, I roll up my sleeves tomatoes, peppers, beans, and get to work. Repetitive. herbs and other fresh proSatisfying in a certain way. duce. A biologist once told Gradually the lawn below me some 70 percent of a re-emerges. If I can get to tree’s nutrients are in the them before heavy rain and leaves. In a forest they dematting, I can blow leaves compose at the base of the into windrows, then rake tree and nurture it. Our them onto a tarp and drag lawns (such as they are) them to their final resting need sunlight … and rakplace. ing. But why not use them to

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government Housing needs First United Methodist Church of Gatlinburg is working to meet critical housing needs. Fire refugees in need of housing can contact the Rev. Dan Moore, 865-436-4691. Checks can be sent to First United Methodist Church, 742 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Envelopes containing checks should be marked “Relief.”

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December meeting of the Gatlinburg Garden Club that was being planned by local eventmeister George Hawkins, who lost thousands of dollars of lights and ornaments in the fire. He is grateful for the survival of the Castle’s employees, who had been watching the fires on the other side of Gatlinburg that night, unaware of the danger behind them. “If they’d stayed out on that porch watching those fires in town, they’d have never gotten out. Those fires across the street would have trapped them,” Hawkins said. The fires on the other side of town wiped out several apartment complexes that

were home to the people who make Gatlinburg work, including many immigrant families who live paycheck to paycheck and are unlikely to have the comfort of insurance to fall back on. The concrete hulk of the Park Vista Hotel protected 40-something guests who were trapped there while flames licked the windows and scorched the exterior. The Widder’s Knob and Turkey Nest neighborhoods were devastated. Downtown, the sharks and the rays at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies swim unaware of how close they came to destruction. The Aquarium staff has been stalwarts in the fire’s aftermath, serving as a community center amid the disruption. Pigeon Forge resident Leland Wykoff, who was a Gatlinburg retailer for more than 30 years, said the Ripley employees have been heroes. “They’ve provided a calming and stabilizing influence as they worked tirelessly, 24 hours a day, free of charge, to provide hot meals

and necessities like clean socks, Chap Stick and eye drops for first responders, firefighters, police and utility crews who worked long hours and didn’t get time off.” There will be hard questions in the coming days. Residents are wondering why the decision to evacuate the town came so late in a day when fires were breaking out ever closer to town. They are wondering why they got no notification and what happened to the high-decibel flood evacuation siren installed years ago. Many believe the official death count will rise. Others are angry when state troopers use the Spur checkpoint to cite people who have lost everything for missing headlights or lacking the correct “papers.” But amid it all, Gatlinburg residents are pulling together. A young woman I met downtown asked me, “Did you lose?” and gave me a warm hug before I could tell her I wasn’t affected. These hills are full of people like her.

ries being increased over the next year at UT Knoxville. ■ Scott Golden, chief of staff to retiring West Tennessee U.S. Rep. Steve Fincher, was elected to chair the state GOP to succeed former state Rep. Ryan Haynes of Farragut. He won on the second ballot 33-27 over Brent Leatherwood, the party’s executive director. ■ Efforts to promote Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd are well underway with H.M. “Hash” Hashemian holding a breakfast last month at Cherokee Country Club. While the invitation said 50 community leaders were expected, more than 120 attended, including UT President Joe DiPietro and UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek along with state Sens. Richard Briggs and Becky Massey, state Rep. Eddie Smith, UT vice chair Raja Jubran, Jim Haslam, Teddy Phillips, Laurens Tullock, Bruce Bosse, UT economist Bill Fox, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, council member Marshall Stair, attorneys Culver Schmid and Tom

McAdams, businessman Wes Stowers, former county mayor Mike Ragsdale, Ashley Capps, Hallerin Hill, Pete DeBusk, businesswoman and UT trustee Sharon Pryse and Knox Chamber CEO Mike Edwards. While Boyd’s potential race for governor was not publicly discussed, it was certainly a strong undercurrent of private discussion among attendees. Some actually thought he might announce then. Boyd spoke on jobs issues. He attended a barbecue for state Sen. Ken Yager in Harriman that night. Boyd is expected to announce by March whether he will run. He would have to resign as a member of the governor’s Cabinet should he run, which means Gov. Bill Haslam would name a new commissioner of ECD to serve the remaining months left in Haslam’s term. Opposing Boyd likely will be U.S. Rep. Diane Black and state Sens. Mark Green and Mark Norris. ■ Knoxville lost a strong civil rights activist with the death of Avon Rollins last week. He was

always present and outspoken when rights were being abridged. He was especially involved in calling for creation of the police civilian review board, which this writer did by executive order as there was not majority support on City Council at the time to create it. Council should honor him by resolution. Rollins will be missed. ■ Longtime Republican Mary Helen Byers, who lived in Sequoyah Hills over 20 years, died before Thanksgiving. Married to Buckley Byers, who was well known and active in national GOP financial circles, she moved to Knoxville after his death. She once hosted a tented luncheon at her Cherokee Boulevard home honoring Marilyn Quayle, wife of the then-vice president, when she visited Knoxville. She was a patron of the arts and generous in her financial support. ■ Former U.S. Rep. and TVA director Bob Clement, 73, is out with a book on his life titled “Kings, Presidents and Convicts,” about growing up in the governor’s residence.

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Shared pain in Gatlinburg Byy spring, the land will willl heal. But a week after the fire, stretches of the Spur between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg looked – and smelled – like an apocalyptic vision. Road crews had come through spraying a compound of grass seed that stained the dirt an unnatural green under the charred tree trunks and blackened vines. The jagged remains of Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort were visible on the ridgetop above the outgoing lanes. Military/police checkpoints completed the dystopian ambiance. Anyone entering Gatlinburg from the Spur would have been tempted to believe that the stories of

pairing damage caused by gale force winds – nothing catastrophic. Betty Two blocks from either Bean side of the Parkway, it was a different story. The River House Motor death and destruction were Lodge on River Road, which overblown. Shops and res- overlooks a tributary of the taurants and clubs are un- Little Pigeon, has been retouched by flame. The Space duced to rubble. The mounNeedle soars over a main tain above it was completely drag that looks a lot like engulfed in the flames that took down The Castle and Christmas. The first hint of some- other high-end homes in thing amiss was the swarm Greystone Heights. The Castle, a 32,000of ServePro (Faster to any Disaster) trucks, painted a square-foot, five-story manslightly more chartreuse- sion perched on the side of ish shade of green than the the mountain, is owned grass seed compound on by Kent Emmons, a Hollythe Spur. Pressure washing wood-based entrepreneur crews were blasting soot who rented the place out away and roofers were re- for special events, like the

A dearth of Democrats City Council member and former mayor Daniel Brown turns 71 on Christmas Day. Brown, the first black mayor of Knoxville, might run for state representative against Rick Staples in 2018 in the Democratic primary. Staples was chosen as the Democratic nominee by 14 people without a primary and prevailed Nov. 8 over former state Rep. Pete Drew, who ran as an independent. Staples needs to win a seriously competitive race to consolidate his political standing. The ranks of Democratic county elected officials have been so reduced that today there are no elected white Democrats holding partisan office in the entire county, including judgeships. This is a dramatic change from just 20 years ago when Democrats like Howard Bozeman, Billy Tindell, Mark Cawood, Harry Tindell, Bob Broome, Madeline Rogero, Gordon Sams, Daryl Fansler, Harold Wimberly, Randy Nichols, Wayne

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Ritchie, Tommy Schumpert and Mark Harmon held office. All elected Democrats are Knoxville city officials, like Rogero, Finbarr Saunders, Barbara Palmer and Duane Grieve, who run on a nonpartisan basis and seldom show their Democratic stripes. To stage a comeback, local Democrats must have black and white officeholders. ■ New UT Chancellor Beverly Davenport will attend the Dec. 16 legislative breakfast for her first appearance on campus after being confirmed by the board on Dec. 15. It will be at 8 a.m. in the eighth-floor conference room at Andy Holt Towers and closed to the public.

Lawmakers have acquiesced to it being closed, but state Rep. Martin Daniel says, “Transparency should prevail. When UT is discussing public issues with lawmakers, the public should be there. UT would benefit from more openness.” Daniel, who turns 60 this Saturday, is a UT graduate and holds two degrees from the university. UT does itself a disservice by insisting on secrecy when the entire discussion among 20 legislators and UT officials will quickly become public once the meeting concludes. Furthermore, one critical mission of the university is to promote the facts and truth. Closing the door to meetings with elected officials, because of fear of negative media coverage, is inconsistent with the university’s mission. Unlike salaries for coaches, the UT chancellor is paid from state tax dollars. The $700,000-plus pay package for Davenport will lead to other administrative sala-

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SENIOR NOTES ■ All Knox County Senior Centers will be closed Friday-Monday, Dec. 23-26. ■ Corryton Senior Center 9331 Davis Drive 688-5882 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Offerings include: exercise classes; cross-stitch, card games; dominoes, crochet, quilting, billiards; Senior Meals program, 11 a.m. each Friday. Register for: Christmas Party/Ugliest Christmas Sweater, 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15.

Tucker Busbee, 3, and Ivy Grace King, 3, tell Santa Claus their Christmas wishes at the annual Sherrill Hills Retirement Community Christmas parade last Thursday. Photos by Nancy Anderson

■ Halls Senior Center 4405 Crippen Road 922-0416 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Offerings include: card games; exercise classes; quilting, dominoes, dance classes; scrapbooking, craft classes; Tai Chi; movie matinee 2 p.m. Tuesdays. Register for: Veteran Services Office visit, 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21; RSVP: 215-5645. Matter of Balance Party, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21; bring appetizer dish to share; sweet treats provided. ■ The Heiskell Senior Center 1708 W. Emory Road. Info: Janice White, 548-0326 Upcoming: “Totes of Love” bags will be assembled Friday, Dec.16, at the Community Center; items will be accepted 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday through Dec. 15; items needed: shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss and hand sanitizer. Mobile Meals each Wednesday; $2 donation requested; RSVP by noon Tuesday. ■ Morning Pointe Assisted Living 7700 Dannaher Drive 686-5771 or morningpointe.com

Delane McCandless as Frosty and Geraldine Watson as Christmas Tree collect giggles as they dance down “Main Street.”

Laughter reigns at Sherrill Hills Christmas parade By Nancy Anderson Nearly 100 residents and staff members gathered at Sherrill Hills Retirement Community for their annual Christmas parade. Christmas favorites from “The Grinch” to a dancing tree sauntered down “Main Street” yelling “Merry Luise Woodby is all smiles as Christmas!” and passing she channels her inner “Ruout candy to delighted on- dolph.” lookers. Community managers “The response of the resEd and Sheri Ring said they idents is just outstanding. were thrilled to see every- They’re all in costumes; but one having such a good time best of all, they’re all wearat the parade. ing smiles.

Peggy Cummings and Sandi Simpson as Christmas Nutcracker soldiers.

Penny Bandy as “The Grinch” reveals her heart “grew three sizes” by handing out candy to onlookers and mugging gleefully for the camera.

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Helen “Bubbles the Clown” Cooke delights onlookers with her silly antics.

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A perplexing greeting In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. (Luke 1: 26-29 NRSV) The story of the birth of Jesus unfolds in layers: jumping forward to the future, backtracking into prophetic history, generally creating confusion and consternation. Perhaps the most confused person in the Bible is Mary: a virgin betrothed to Joseph, who finds herself being visited by the angel Gabriel. Now an angel showing up suddenly is disconcerting, to put it mildly! We think of angels as beautiful creatures sporting halos, but almost invariably, angels have to begin their conversations with humans by saying, “Fear not!” Is it their size, their radiance, their voices, their faces? The suddenness of their appearance? The brush of wings? Luke says Mary was “perplexed.” (Apparently, Luke was given to understatement!) Angels were disconcerting enough, but a woman in that culture who was found to be with child before marriage was subject to death by stoning. “Perplexed” doesn’t begin to describe Mary’s fear, horror and confusion! Imagine having to tell your parents, let alone your betrothed, “Oh, by the way, even though I’m a virgin, I am going to have a baby, and I know this because an angel told me so.” Fortunately, God provided a haven for Mary: her cousin Elizabeth and Elizabeth’s husband, Zechariah, who lived in a Judean town in the hill country. Another miracle: Elizabeth, who had been barren all her life, was now pregnant!

Holly Simmons, Union County Relay Center coordinator for Operation Christmas Child, sits on the back of a trailer packed with Union County’s contributions to the “shoebox” effort. The Union County Relay Center contributed 1,315 shoeboxes packed with sundries and toys for children overseas, about 250 more than last year. Photo submitted

Union County increases Operation Christmas Child giving By Shannon Carey When the trailer packed with filled shoeboxes rolled out of the Union County Operation Christmas Child Relay Center at Milan Baptist Church, it carried 1,315 boxes of hygiene items, sundries and toys to children in need overseas. According to Amie Winstead, OCC Church Relations Connect volunteer and wife of Milan pastor Jody Winstead, that’s around 250 more than last year. Milan served as the collection point for donations in the county, and several churches and many individuals came together to top last year’s number. “We really exceeded our expectations this year,” said Amie Winstead.

Milan alone packed 642 boxes. Other churches participating include First Baptist Church of Maynardville, Alder Springs Baptist Church, The Journey Church, Bible Baptist Church, God’s Saving Grace Church, Hubbs Grove Baptist Church, Free Spirit Baptist Church and Head of Barren Baptist Church. Winstead mentioned that Cedar Ford Baptist Church also collects for Operation Christmas Child, but its donations go directly to the Knoxville collection center. Winstead thanked everyone who donated or volunteered time this year. She said volunteer hours at the relay center topped 240. But while the items given

are important, there’s something else donors are giving. The people who distribute the boxes are trained to share the Christian faith with children who receive the boxes. “The shoebox itself is filled with tangible items, but what comes out of that box is a gospel opportunity,” said Winstead. “Maybe in the midst of war, poverty, disease, they can be a child again and in the midst of all that turmoil feel the love of Jesus from a stranger who packed that box thousands of miles away.” Last year’s Union County donations made their way to nations like Haiti, the Philippines, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It’s too early to tell

where this year’s donations will end up, but donors who paid to print their own shipping labels can track their boxes’ progress. Winstead said the Knox area OCC team’s donations, of which Union County’s donations are part, topped 100,000 boxes for the first time this year. As for local goals, Winstead said there isn’t a numeric goal, “but I would love to see us double.”

The relay center at Milan will start year-round donations this year. The church is also engaging its youth group to collect and craft items. Winstead en-

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FAITH NOTES Community services ■ Cross Roads Presbyterian, 4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-7 p.m. each second Tuesday and 10-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday. ■ Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road, offers Children’s Clothes Closet and Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m. each third Saturday. Free to those in the 37912/37849 ZIP code area.

Road, hosts Recovery at Powell each Thursday. Dinner, 6 p.m.; worship, 7; groups, 8:15. The program embraces people who struggle with addiction, compulsive behaviors, loss and life challenges. Info: recoveryatpowell.com or 938-2741.

Special services ■ Bethany Missionary Baptist Church, 6705 E. Raccoon Valley Drive, will present the Christmas play “Our Christmas Gift” at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec.18. Bring a canned good for the Halls Welfare Ministry Pantry.

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■ Bookwalter UMC’s Chancel choir will present a Christmas concert, “Noel, Night of Everlasting Love,” 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at the church, 4218 Central Avenue Pike. A reception will follow. Info: 689-3349 or info@ bookwalter-umc.org.

■ First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788. ■ Fountain City UMC, 212 Hotel Road, hosts Griefshare, 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays. The support group is offered for those who are dealing with the loss of a spouse, child, family member or friend. Cost: $15 for workbook. Info: 689-5175. ■ Powell Church, 323 W. Emory

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Over the next few weeks, I am going to complete some of the “What’s in Name” series for our school names. I have friends who go to Powell Middle Kip School, and the whole area of Powell has a very cool history. The area that became Powell was settled in 1789, two years before Knoxville was established. Powell was settled by Stockley Donelson – Andrew Jackson’s brother-in-law – and Donelson’s house is still in Powell. The Powell community was named after Columbus Powell, who donated land for the Powell train station. His house still stands as well, near the current high school. The train was important to the Powell area because it hauled bricks made from the mud in nearby Beaver Creek to other areas. Several schools are in the Powell area, but the main ones I am writing about today are Powell High, Powell Middle, Powell Elementary and Copper

Ridge Elementary. The first high school in Powell was established in 1874 and was called Perkins School. It was a two-room schoolhouse with one room to house grades 1-4 and a “big” room to house grades 5-10. In 1916, it was renamed for the founder of Powell, Columbus Powell. In 1949, the elementary and high schools were separated, and a high school was constructed on Emory Road where it is now. The current Powell Elementary School was built on what was the original site of Perkins School, constructed to house grades 1-8. In 1969, Powell Elementary underwent a major expansion, allowing grades 1-6 to move into the new wing, while grades 7-8 remained in the old wing until the completion of Powell Middle School. Copper Ridge Elementary was built in 1979 to meet the needs of the Green Hill and Heiskell communities. The first Heiskell School and Green Hill School were both built in the 1800s with Green Hill near the present day Copper Ridge Elementary site. More on the history of local school communities next week. Send comments to oswaldsworldtn@gmail.com.

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Knox County Museum of Education Honor Roll inductees and their proxies include: (seated) Patricia Hunter, Norma Kelley (for Dr. Paul Kelley), Connie Ramsey; (standing) D.M. Miller (for Mary Halsey), Dr. Sam Bratton, Roy Mullins, Tom Underwood, David Huntsinger, Jody Davis, Beecher Clapp, Benna van Vuuren and Jack Williams. Photo by Betsy Pickle

Museum of Education turns 10 By Betsy Pickle The Knox County Museum of Education celebrated its 10th birthday with cake, punch and a stroll down Memory Lane. Visitors – many of them current or retired teachers – dropped by the Sarah Simpson Professional Development Center, 801 Tipton Ave. in South Knoxville, throughout the afternoon of Dec. 1 to view exhibits and chat with friends. The museum moved to the Simpson Center in 2013, about seven years after it was created at the Historic Knoxville High School building. The official program included guest speaker Robert Booker and the induction of the first Honor Roll – volunteers and board members whose efforts led to the formation and success of the museum. Booker shared the history of public education in Knoxville and Knox County using information he had researched in the museum’s archives. “It is a real museum with books, photographs, documents and memorabilia,” Booker said, describing the museum. “It is a repository of more than 200 years of educational progress.” The march to public education early on was slow, but it sped up after the Civil War, Booker said, especially after the state enacted a law creating the position of county school superintendents. The first schools opened in 1867.

“By September 1869, the county had 126 schools that were mostly built by private enterprise and were crude structures,” he said. Booker said a report he found in the museum noted that schools were open about 70 days a year, and less than 30 percent of the school-age population attended. That had improved by 1876, when 10,075 students within Knox County – 8,425 white, 1,650 black – were attending. School was in session 82 days a year. Teachers were paid an average of $36 a month, and the superintendent made $600 a year. The system’s budget was less than $34,000. Meanwhile, the city launched its own school system in late 1870 and stayed in the education business until residents voted to merge with the county in 1986. Booker drew laughs – rueful chuckles, mostly – when he noted that male teachers made more than female teachers in the mid-20th century. “These stories and many more live and continue to illuminate the public in this County Museum of Education,” Booker said. “It will surely continue to expand and offer even greater enlightenment to our citizens, thanks to you.” The Honor Roll included 15 people, including museum director and cofounder Benna Van Vuuren. Other members are: David Armstrong, Jim Boyer (deceased), Sue Boyer, Dr. Sam

Bratton, Beecher Clapp, Jody Davis, Mary Halsey, Patricia Hunter, David Huntsinger, Dr. Paul Kelley (deceased), Roy Mullins, Connie Ramsey, Tom Underwood and Jack Williams. There are plans to add more to the honor roll over the next few years.

Semi-Scrooge Booker Among his many accomplishments, Robert “Bob” Booker is noted for releasing his first CD this year. But don’t look for a recording of Christmas songs from him. “I hate Christmas music!” he says. “Unless you’re singing out of a hymn book – you know, ‘Adeste Fidelis’ or ‘It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.’ “But all this stuff people do drives me crazy. They bastardize Christmas music so it drives me insane. After Thanksgiving, every radio station’s got to play Christmas music, so I have to turn the radio off. I can’t stand it!” He makes an exception for “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” “Well, everybody loves a shiny nose. That’s one of the few that I can appreciate because it’s a fun song. It has meaning, too.” – Betsy Pickle

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Hall High agriculture students Hannah Cooper and Fabian Lohure paint a rain barrel for the Halls Outdoor Classroom. Photos by Ruth White

Halls students work on watershed projects Halls High is hopping this year with exciting Adopt-A-Watershed projects in anticipation of the 10th anniversary of the Halls Outdoor Classroom. Kicking off the celebration are students in Patti Keepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AgriScience class who are painting rain barrels for the HOC and for the greenhouse on the school campus. Students are painting watershed themes on the barrels with help from Emily Fen-

nell with the Americorps Water Quality Team. The barrels each feature a theme that is relative to the watershed/outdoor classroom and will help educate visitors on wildlife and plant life in and around Beaver Creek. Throughout the classroom instruction time, Fennell educates students on types of soil, native/nonnative plants and benefits of water quality.

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The faculty of Gibbs High School recently recognized Eagles of the Month for their hard work, making good choices and striving for success in the classroom. Ninth-grade students honored were Katelyn Mundt and Billy Carter. Katelyn is described as the type of student who is always on top of things. Her goal in everything is to make whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s around her a little better than it was before. Billy is credited for adapting well to his first year of high school. He is known to actively participate in class and is eager to share his insight with others. Sophomore picks include Ava-Rose Brown and Justin Hicks. Ava-Rose has been assisting in the school musical and doing â&#x20AC;&#x153;an amazing

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ing to lend a helping hand. Senior students honored are Samantha Harding and Tyler Frantz. Samantha is known to take academics seriously and is a hard worker. She always gives her best and asks questions when she needs assistance. Tyler is the type of student known to try things, even when they are challenging. He comes to class ready to learn and ready to have fun.

CHS sets up memorial scholarship fund for Emma Walker Central High School has recently set up a fund to provide scholarships in memory of Emma Walker. Emma was a member of the cheer squad, HOSA officer and member of the CHS BETA Club. The short-term goal of the scholarship fund is to raise at least $1,000 to be awarded to a deserving Emma Walker senior in spring 2017. The long-term goal is to raise $25,000 to create a perpetual scholarship in Walkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name. The specific criteria/requirements for the scholarship are still being drafted, but should be available soon.

Anyone interested in contributing to the fund may send donations by check to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Central High Schoolâ&#x20AC;? with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emma Walker Memorial Scholarshipâ&#x20AC;? in the memo. All donations will be deposited in a restricted account at the school and the funds can be used only for the scholarship. Donations can be mailed to: Attn: Emma Walker Memorial Scholarship Fund, Central High School, 5321 Jacksboro Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918. They can also be dropped off at the main office during school hours. The school would like to thank the Fountain City Chick-Fil-A for donating biscuits for the organization to sell in the mornings with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the fund.

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Real estate market stays strong in November By Sherry Witt The onset of winter may be only a few days away, but so far local real estate and lending markets seem largely unaffected by the changing seasons. During November, there were 1,005 property transfers in Knox County, representing a mere Sherry Witt six percent decrease from October’s activity, and far outperforming the 779 sales recorded in November of last year. The aggregate value of proper-

ties sold was around $211.5 million. While that was a robust amount for late fall, it was only $4 million ahead of last November’s figure, which was bolstered by some large commercial transactions. While mortgage lending activity did experience a drop of about $100 million from its October levels, the $346 million loaned in November represented an increase of more than $50 million over November of 2015. It should also be noted that November is not only the month when activity often slows with the approach of winter, but is also the shortest business month of the year

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‘Free store’ for fire victims Rotarians from the five clubs in Sevier County – Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, Sevierville Sunrise and Seymour Breakfast – are the volunteers staffing and operating the Rotary Distribution Center and “free store” at Boyd’s Bear in Pigeon Forge. They are being helped by Rotarians from Knoxville and from clubs throughout District 6780 across East Tennessee. “You can’t fathom what’s going on here unless you see it,” District Gov. Fred Heitman said. “It is utterly fantastic and an incredible testimony about what Rotary is all about and how we can respond and get things done. It’s amazing.” To date the center has served more than 15,000 victims, and when asked how many Rotarians have volunteered, he said: “Hundreds, literally hundreds, and they are unloading trucks, sorting items, getting them into the warehouses and helping the victims get what they need … they need all kinds of non-perishable food items, shovels, work gloves, clothes, especially warm coats for kids, shoes, trash bags. You name it and they need it. We need financial donations to help pay for the victims who lost their medications in the fire.” He said they do not need canned beans – Bush Brothers has covered that item. Here are a few other things happening here … the Turkey Creek Sunset Club is donating $500 to a family … the Knoxville Breakfast Club is making financial contributions, volunteering at the Boyd’s Bear center, and its president, Joe Jarret, is part of a group of attorneys (through the Sevier County Bar Association) providing free legal clinic to victims … the Webb School Interact Club raised $2,771 from the Pre-K through 12th grades … Farragut is auctioning items left over from a recent fundraiser and matching the funds raised with $500 more, and many members are making financial donations, as are many other Rotarians. The district has set up the “Oak Ridge Community Rotary Fund” – a 501(c)(3) – and you can send your tax-deductible contribution via mail to the Oak Ridge Community Fund, ATTN: Firestorm, PO Box 4183, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 or you can visit this website to make your contribution: https://portal.icheckgateway. com/RotaryCommunityFund/ Rotary’s motto is “Service Above Self” and there’s a ton of Rotary service going on right now in Sevier County!

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■ Image Matters has been awarded ENX Magazine’s Elite Dealer Award for the fifth consecutive year. Image Matters was recognized for the continued growth of ImageLink, its branded Managed Print Kathryn Ellis Matthew Lyon Service program, and for staying accessible to customBaptist Church fellowship ers during its rapid growth. hall. President is John Fugate, jfugate43@gmail.com or ■ Kathryn Ellis, Ph.D., J.D., and 688-0062. Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) board of directors member Matthew Lyon, J.D., have been selected to participate in the Tennessee Bar Association’s 2017 Leadership Law program. Ellis serves as LAET’s Knoxville Pro Bono Project Director. Lyon is associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor of law at Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law in addition to serving as an LAET director.

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with the Veterans Day and Thanksgiving holidays. There were two large real estate transfers of note in November. The first involved the $9.6 million sale of a residential development at 414 North Forest Park Boulevard off Sutherland Avenue. The other was the much anticipated sale of the estate on Lyons View Pike known as Villa Collina, which sold for $6,375,000. I hope everyone enjoyed a blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends, and on behalf of all of us at the Register of Deeds office, I would like to wish each of you a very Merry Christmas.

■ Halls Business and Professional Association will meet noon Tuesday, Jan. 17, Beaver Brook Country Club. Speaker: Janet S. Hayes, an attorney who specializes in employment law and is a guest columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinel. President is Michelle Wilson, michelle.wilson@kub. org or 594-7434. ■ Powell Business and Professional Association meets noon each second Tuesday, Jubilee Banquet Facility. President is Bart Elkins, pastorbart2911@gmail.com or 859-9260.

Veterans and military personnel, do you need a new business suit for work? Anyone else have a business suit you don’t wear? The Farmers Insurance agency in West Knoxville is holding its “Suits for Soldiers” event 8-10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 218 S. Peters Road, Suite 100. Insurance agents and local businesses are donating new and used suits for service members who are transitioning into the civilian workforce or for any veteran in need of a new suit. A tailor will be on site to measure and fit the perfect

suit. Those wanting a free suit, please have one of the following with you: Military ID, your DD214, or anything that shows you served in the military. Veterans from surrounding counties and the Tri-Cities are also welcome. Donated suits are being accepted at the same location until Monday, Dec. 19. Gently used or even new suits can be dropped off Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The drive is sponsored by East Tennessee Military Affairs Council.

Accepting nominations for the 2017 Orchid Awards Keep Knoxville Beautiful is now accepting nominations from the public for its beautification awards, the Orchids. Since 1979, Keep Knoxville Beautiful has presented Orchid Awards to Knoxville and Knox County buildings and outdoor spaces that beautify and elevate the local landscape. Deadline for nominations: Dec. 16. Info/nominations: keepknoxvillebeautiful.org or 521-6957.

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for East Tennessee’s largest stroke network He heard a voice. Someone was asking questions. As Albert Hernandez began to regain consciousness, he realized the voice was coming from a robot. It sounds like a scene from a science ﬁction movie, but it’s a modern day wonder used today at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. The tele-stroke robot is advanced technology that helped save a Gatlinburg man’s life. Hernandez was on the job at Ober Gatlinburg one day last summer when he noticed that a trash bin needed to be emptied out. He began the very common and simple task of moving trash to a cart so it could be wheeled away when something uncommon happened. “I started shaking and sweating,” Hernandez recalls, “and I just dumped it.” Hernandez told his supervisor he “felt funny.” Assuming it was a result of the summer heat, she took him to the administrative ofﬁces to let him cool down, rehy-

drate, and have his blood pressure checked. After about 30 minutes, Hernandez felt much better, and decided to get back to work. But it happened again. He was overwhelmed with a strange sensation of dizziness and shaking. Hernandez didn’t understand what was happening, but he knew something wasn’t right. With permission from his supervisor, he left work so his wife could take him to a clinic. By the time Hernandez got off the tram to meet his wife, he felt even worse. “I looked at her and I said, ‘I don’t think I’m going to make it,’” he says. Suddenly, what was intended to be a simple visit to a clinic turned into an urgent drive to Covenant Health’s LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville. On the way, Hernandez complained that he couldn’t feel his left arm. He turned to his wife and said, “Honey, I love you.” Hernandez lost consciousness. Kelly Hernandez tried to keep her

WARNING Signs of Stroke

When it comes to stroke, time lost is brain lost, so it’s important to understand the warning signs and how to reduce your risk. If you or a loved one experience any of these symptoms, call 911. Sudden severe headache with no known cause Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination Sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes

Albert Hernandez lost his mother to a series of strokes. He’s thankful that advanced medicine and technology like the tele-stroke robot were available to give him a better chance of survival.

composure as she raced her husband to the hospital. “I’ve never seen him unresponsive,” she says. “Just seeing him lie there, that was hard.” When Hernandez woke in the emergency department he learned he had suffered a stroke, and a team was already in place to help him. LeConte Medical Center is part of Covenant Health’s stroke hospital network and recently has been certiﬁed by The Joint Commission as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center. “They had a robot there next to my bed and there was some person in there asking me questions,” Hernandez says. Stroke medicine was administered, and Hernandez heard the voice in the robot

say, “Bring him to Fort Sanders Regional, immediately.” Hernandez was experiencing the beneﬁts of the tele-stroke robot network, which allowed a neurologist to virtually be in the same room as Hernandez at LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville via a video monitor, offering quick and early consultation that can make a critical difference in a patient’s chances of surviving a stroke with minimal effects. “The next thing I knew I was being taken to Fort Sanders Regional,” Hernandez says. Because of the tele-stroke robot network, medical staff at Fort Sanders Regional were completely up to speed on Hernandez’ case. They were in place and ready to

care for him the very moment the ambulance arrived. In the event of a stroke, minutes matter. Brain cells can die quickly, and that can easily lead to permanent brain damage. “They were all there waiting for me, working there, asking me questions,” Hernandez says. “There was always somebody there talking to me. They never left me alone.” While his wife waited for reports on his progress throughout the process, she was comforted by comments she overheard in the lobby. People around her were saying Fort Sanders Regional is the best hospital for stroke patients. Hernandez’ care team included a Fort Sanders Regional neurohospitalist specializing in stroke, as well as a representative from the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, who arranged for followup treatment to help him recover from the effects of the stroke. “Fort Sanders Regional, Patricia Neal – I was surprised at how quickly they helped me come back,” Hernandez says. “Within a week or two I was already out of there and back at work.” Once in a while, Hernandez still feels a few effects of his stroke. But he has a clean bill of health from his doctor and his heart is strong. He may never understand what caused his stroke, but that’s okay. He’s just glad it’s part of his past, and that he still has a future to invest in the people he loves. “I just want to be here for my wife and kids, and to live for as long as God lets me stay in the world,” Hernandez says. “I thank Fort Sanders Regional and Patricia Neal for helping me come back to my wife and my family, and for allowing me to be with them, hopefully many years to come.”

The Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional: Delivering immediate and excellent care When a stroke happens, timely treatment is critical. The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional is well above the national average in delivering prompt treatment of life-saving medication. Clot-busting drugs are given to stroke patients through a vein to improve blood ﬂow and minimize potential disabilities. The amount of time it takes for a patient to be brought into a hospital until the moment medications are intravenously administered is referred to as “door-toneedle time.” While the average door to needle time is a little more than an

hour, the door-to-needle time at Fort Sanders Regional is 30 minutes. That’s half an hour faster than the national average. It’s just one of the many advantages a patient has when treated at a comprehensive stroke center. The stroke center exists to provide the highest level of stroke care for complicated stroke cases. “Finding out why the stroke occurred to prevent it from happening again sometimes takes someone who’s done a lot more work in treating stroke,” says Dr. S. Arthur Moore, medical director of the Fort Sanders Regional stroke program. He says ﬁnding out the “why” takes some digging into a

patient’s background, and sometimes the reason is not as obvious as typical risk factors. “Stroke centers tend to be better and faster at treating stroke just because we see it all the time,” Dr. Moore says. “We have doctors who can go up into the brain and pull a clot out, and that’s a really specialized niche. Most hospitals don’t have access to someone who can do that.” The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional sees patients from throughout East Tennessee and even from Kentucky. To learn more, visit fsregional.com/stroke, or call (865) 541-1111.

stroke: LIKE IT NEVER EVEN HAPPENED. Leading the region’s only stroke hospital network www.covenanthealth.com/strokenetwork

Certiﬁed as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission and accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

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No comprehensive stroke and rehabilitation center in our region does more to reverse stroke’s devastating effects than Fort Sanders Regional Medical Fort Sanders performs Center. That’s why hospitals clinical trials and procedures for stroke not available across East Tennessee refer their most complex stroke patients to anywhere else in our region. us. And only Fort Sanders Regional is home to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, East Tennessee’s elite rehabilitation hospital for stroke, spinal cord and brain injury patients.

B-2 • DECEMBER 14, 2016 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news

Deadline is 4 p.m. FRIDAY for next Wednesday’s paper Child Care Services

Automobiles for Sale CADILLAC CTS - 2006. Light silver/gray. 3.5 V6. 71k miles. Have all records. No trades. $10,000. (865)604-0448. TOYOTA TACOMA - 1999. 4x4, 5-speed, std. Needs some body work. Reliable work truck. $900. (865)696-0650.

Sports and Imports CHEVROLET CORVETTE - 1999. Excellent condition, Garage kept, Coupe, Automatic, Blue Exterior, Tan leather interior. 66,000 mi., $16,500. (865)531-8372. Mazda 6 2011, bought new with hail damage, 86K mi, very nice car, $7,000. (865)774-9791. PORSCHE- 2002. 911 4/s Coupe. Silver. Auto. 128k. Very nice. $19,900. (865)806-3648. THINK SPRING. 2001 Jaguar XKR Super Charge, Low Miles 77,564. $11,950 obo. (865)521-9112. Toyota Supra 1989 turbo, 1 owner, 115K mi, AT, targa top, orig., $6900. (865) 984-1782.

KIDDIE

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Breakfast, Lunch and Snack Cook on Staff Diapers & Wipes Available

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Transportation

FOR SALE - 1989 Plymouth Voyager Van. 57K miles, runs good, needs some work. Cash only. $350. Call (865)216-8345.

Classic Cars I WOULD LIKE TO BUY a 1970 or 1971 Mercedes 280SL, or a 1961 - 1975 Jaguar XKE, or a Porsche 911, 912 or a 1970s or 1980’s Ferrari. I am willing to buy running or not running. Any Condition. I’m a local guy living in Grainger county. If you have one or know of one please call Call (865)621-4012. OLDSMOBILE EIGHTY-EIGHT - 1966. Call Ted Phillips. 72,000 mi., $6,900. (865)719-4557.

Trailers

UTILITY TRAILERS ALL SHAPES & SIZES AVAILABLE 865-986-5626

Vehicles Wanted

FAST $$ CASH $$ 4 JUNK AUTOS 865-216-5052 865-856-8106

Campers & RV’s 1999 ALLEGRO BUS, 35ft. 275 HP, Cat diesel pusher, exc. cond. Non-smoker owned. No pets. $35,000. Call 865-984-4786. CAR TOW DOLLY - 2016, all cars/pu Swivels, tilts, never used, new ret. $2750. 1st $1050 cash. 864-275-6478 LIGHT WT. 15’, FUNFINDER Travel Trailer, good cond. Sleeps 4. Enclosed BA, priced at $5000. (865)924-3610.

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Financing Available

TREE WORK

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Garage Sales

CREATIVE ENDEAVORS SPECIAL EVENT SALE FOR THE PUBLIC - Fine unique gifts and crafts. O’Conner Center, 611 Winona St., Wed., Dec. 14th, 8:30am-2:30 pm. Contact 865-5231135 for more info.

Farmer’s Mkt/ Trading Post Farm Products

AT YOUR SITE LOGS TO LUMBER USING A WOOD MIZER PORTABLE SAW MILL

865-986-4264

General Services

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ADVANTAGE REMODELING & HANDYMAN SERVICE JIMMY THE PROFESSIONAL HANDYMAN!!

Can fix, repair or install anything around the house! Appliances, ceramic tile, decks, drywall, fencing, electrical, garage doors, hardwoods, irrigation, crawlspace moisture, mold & odor control, landscape, masonry, painting, plumbing. Any Remodeling Needs you wish to have done or completed!

EMERGENCY SERVICE 24/7 Retired Vet. looking to keep busy.

FANNON FENCING We build all types of Farm Fencing and Pole Barn. *WOOD & VINYL PLANK *BARBED WIRE *HI-TENSILE ELECTRIC *WOVEN WIRE, *PRIVACY FENCING, ETC.

(423)200-6600 PASTURE RAISED BEEF & HOGS Non GMO - No antibiotics No hormones - Not confined Call 865-599-4587 8am-6pm

Call (865)281-8080 Home Maint./Repair

HONEST & DEPENDABLE!

Small jobs welcome. Exp’d in carpentry, drywall, painting, plumbing. Reasonable, refs avail. Call Dick at (865)947-1445

Plumbing

DAVID HELTON

PLUMBING CO. All Types of Residential & Commercial Plumbing

MASTER PLUMBER 40 Years Experience Licensed & Bonded

922-8728 257-3193 Tree Services

EDWARDS TREE SERVICE Interior Pruning, Complete Removal, Power Stump Grinding Insured • Free Estimates

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Blank’s Tree Work

LOCAL CALL

924-7536

GOLDENDOODLE PUPS - no shedding, great temperaments, good with children, $800. (865)466-4380. GREYHOUND ADOPTION PetSmart, Morrell Rd., Sat, Dec. 10, 12-2pm, www.greyhoundrescue.org 865-690-0009 or 865-539-9942. HAVENESE PUPS AKC, home raised, health guar. 765-259-7337 noahslittleark.com LABRADOODLES, AUSSIE DOODLES STANDARD POODLESM, YORKIES. Beautiful pups. Can hold till Christmas. Call or text 865-591-7220 MALTESE puppies, AKC, little white snowballs, shots UTD, ready now, $500 & $600. (865)659-5875

MALTI POOS Beautiful Toy puppies, $350-$450. Tiny snow white female $600. Shots. 865-717-9493 MINI SCHNAUZERS. CKC. Salt & peppper, and solid white. 1st shots & dew claws, $650+. Taking deposits. (423) 736-0277. PEMBROKE WELSH CORGI puppies, AKC, adorable & loving, 2 M, 1 F. vet ckd. (423) 418-3108 No texts.

PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles, Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, Shih Tzu. Shots & wormed. We do layaways. Health guar. Go to Facebook, Judys Puppy Nursery Updates. 423-566-3647 SCHNAUZERS, 6 WKS, shots, reg., dewormed, $400 cash. 865-240-3254 SHIH TZU PUPPIES, AKC REG. vet ck. $450. Home raised. (865)318-3702 SHIH TZU puppies, AKC, Females $700; Males $500. Shots UTD. Warranty. 423-618-8038; 423-775-4016

Breeden's Tree Service

Toy Poodle Puppies (100% PURE) 2 M, choc., hypo-allergenic, Reduced for Christmas $500. 865-221-3842

Licensed and insured Over 30 yrs. experience

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WOLF HYBRID PUPPIES 10 weeks, $100 each. 1 girl, 1 boy. Call Eric, 865-654-9338. YORKIES, CKC REG. 1 Choc. parti male, $1200; 1 solid choc M $1200; 1 choc parti fem. $1600. UTD shots & home raised. (423) 268-0615

Cats CATS & KITTENS! - Fully vetted & tested. Come see us at PetSmart Turkey Creek on Saturday & Sunday www.happypawskittenrescue.org Visit us on Facebook. 865-765-3400

FIRST SUN FINANCE

We make loans up to $1000. We do credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals. See manager for details. 865-687-3228

FRIDGE AND STOVE - 25 cub. ft. side by side fridge. $550. Ceramic top stove. $200. (865)483-9208

Flower Lovers Garden Club - Enjoyed our Christmas Tea held on December 1st at the John O’Conner Center. 5 members present, as well as a visit from the Club President’s daughter.

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty

Cemetery Lots 6 PLOTS IN MASONIC SECTION HIGHLAND CEMETERY $3500 - 5315 Kingston Pike. $3500 buys all six. Mark Sherrod executor (706)847-6134 MAUSOLEUM, Lynhurst Cemetery, companion crypt, heart level. If interested call (865)922-7002

Collectibles AUTHENTIC ARROWHEADS $3 each. Fossilised shark’s teeth, $10; Antique guns, flintlocks and percussion. Civil War artifacts. Navajo rugs & baskets. (865)250-9280 Collection of 1990’s edition of Lynn Bywater Lennox Christmas Snowmen. (865)458-4515 DOLLS, PLATES, FIGURINES - Miss Piggy and Muppets, Princess Diana, Liberace, Elizabeth Taylor, etc. (865)922-1819

Furniture 2 NEW KITCHEN CHAIRS, Coca Cola red & white style, Both $75 cash only. (865) 688-5544 BEDROOM SET - Burlington 6 pcs. King size pillow top Excellent Cond. (815)975-4959

Lawn & Garden JOHN DEERE X475 - 197 hrs, new 62”deck, great condition $6295 obo (865)599-0516

Merchandise - Misc. GENERATOR BIG 8500 watt, 2016, Honda elec. start. Batt. & whl kit incl. Never used. New retail $4995. Wholesale $3750. 1st $1850 cash, 864-275-6478. Mantis Compost Tumbler - 18 bushel with stand. Like new. Make offer. (865)458-8633.

Public Notices ELDERLY CHRISTIAN WIDOW - needs help please with repairs for her car. Any information or donations are appreciated. Contact through mail. P.O. Box #129, 118 N. Peters Rd., Knoxville, TN., 37923.

THE NORTHEAST KNOX UTILITY DISTRICT - Board of Commissioners will hold the regular monthly meeting on Monday, December 19th, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. in their ofﬁce located at 7214 Washington Pike, Corryton, TN. If special accommodations are needed please call (865) 687-5345.

Tickets/Events

ALL BOWL GAMES UT BASKETBALL Mens/Womens

BUY/SELL All Concerts/All Events

(865)687-1718

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BROADWAY TOWERS 62 AND OLDER Or Physically Mobility Impaired 1 & 2 BR, util. incl. Laundry on site. Immediate housing if qualified. Section 8-202. 865-524-4092 for appt. TDD 1-800-927-9275

Homes Unfurnished Emory Rd & I-75. 4 BR, 2.5 BA, oversized lot, in Teagues Grove, new appls, granite, shows like model, 3,000 SF, subd pool, A+ Powell schools, by owner, $1650 mo. Lease to own avail. (954) 547-2747 HOME FOR RENT - 3BR, 3 bath, den, rec room, 2 fire places, extra storage room, and 2 car garage. $1200 mo. (865)680-1160. LENOIR CITY near Ft. Loudoun Dam, 1 level w/fin. bsmt, 5 BR, 2 1/2 BA, 2 kitchens, 3 great rms, outside stor. shed, $1400 mo + $1400 dep. (865) 740-7691 LONAS DR- 3BR, 2BA, full unfinished basement, rancher $1100 Wanda @ Heritage Realty 865-679-1616 POWELL CLAXTON. 3 BR, 2 BA, no pets, private, convenient, $700 mo + 1st, last, DD. 865-748-3644

Condos Unfurnished Real Estate Sales

HALLS - 2 BR, 1.5BA, no pets. $650/mo. $600 dep. 865-254-9552

North

Duplx/Multplx UnFurn

4 level acres in North Hills w/mature hdwds & lots of privacy, 2 mi. from dwntwn. 3 BR, 1 1/2 BA, 1700 SF remod. bsmt rancher, hwd flrs & granite. $239,900. 865-368-2443 Emory Rd & I-75. 4 BR, 2.5 BA, oversized lot, in Teagues Grove, new appls, granite, shows like model, 3,000 SF, subd pool, A+ Powell schools, by owner, $259,900 or lease to own. (954) 547-2747

2 BR DUPLEX South (off Chapman Hwy) Convenient to Downtown & UT No Pets $565 - $575 (865) 577-1687

Seasonal/Vacation Rentals Gatlinburg in Arts/Crafts Community. 1 BR w/loft, jacuzzi & hot tub, priv. courtyard. Check VRBO #925381.

West FSBO. Farragut, 4BR, FSBO. 4 BR, 2 BA, frpl, lrg fnced in yard, 2 car gar., new wood flooring. Farragut. Conventional loan or cash only. $168,900. (865)806-7637

Real Estate Commercial Commercial RE Lease

Lake Property LAKE HOME - 120 Shore Loop, 4BR, Norris Lake! Level lot. Year-round water. Appt only. $725,000. 865-4948817 or 865-850-5086

Farms & Acreage

ASHEVILLE HWY GAS & DELI -5708 Asheville Hwy, Convenience Store for Lease Will discuss price in person Located at Exit 394 on I-40 (865)200-5222

Ofﬁces/Warehouses/Rent

HORSE FARM 50 acres of beautiful pasture with 1 mile of 4-board fencing +/-, with new custom 8,000 SF barn. Fronting 2 black-top roads, across from Rarity high-end home community & minutes from historic downtown Sweetwater. Unbelievable building site with views. Sacrifice $275,000 Firm. Call owner 770-598-6999

WEST near Middlebrook Inn. 3,000 SF, avail 12/15. Premier facilities for office/warehouse, gym & yoga, plus others. Will adjust to fit your needs. Has a pleasing storefront & ample parking. Great location. 5436 & 5438 Hilton Ind. Way off Hilton Rd off Middlebrook Pike. (865) 588-2272

Retail Space/Rent CONVENIENCE STORE FOR LEASE Knoxville Call 865-560-9989

Manufactured Homes I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES 1990 up, any size OK 865-384-5643 Land/Home Package in Sweetwater, 32x60 3 BR, 2 BA, on 3/4 acre lot, only $65,000 cash. Chris 865-207-8825

Pool & Spa Supplies HAWAIIAN BREEZE HOT TUB - Hawaiian Breeze Spa, 740L Lounger Equipped - 6 person cap w/lounger. Includes 40 blk & stainless steel jets, JBL am/fm/cd w/marine spkrs, illum ftn jets & LED underwater lighting & comfort headrests. Used 2 seasons- includes cover & steps. (865)310-5757

BEST DEAL OUT WEST! 1BR from $395-$425. 2BR $550-$750. No pets. Parking @ front door. (865)470-8686.

ELDER APTS, 1BR, Ftn. City near I-75 N. Newly remodeled, quiet, priv, no pets, non smoking, $465. 522-4133

Children’s Items John Deere “Gator” riding toy, like new, $250 cash only. (865)688-5544

HUMMINBIRD HELIX 7 - SI,DI,GPS. $425. (865)258-4511. Credit card accepted.

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES - Full blooded. Parents on premises. 1st shots and wormed. $350 each. 865-933-3621/865-933-5894.

Consolidation Loans

Miscellaneous Notice

DOBERMAN PUPS, AKC, Sire XL natl & intl champ - 125 lbs. Dam’s father was 2013 World Champ. Great protection, good with kids. $325. Credit cards accepted. 615-740-7909

French Bulldog puppies, AKC reg, 3 wks old, ready to go Christmas week, will be vet ckd, 1st shots, worming, blue & white pie-bald female, blue w/white chest male. Applehead Chihuahuas, teacups, blue fawn. Taking deposits. (423) 368-6731

2 BR TOWNHOUSES Cherokee West $615 South - Taliwa Gardens $585 - $625 1 1/2 bth, W/D conn. (865) 577-1687

Appliances

Hunt/Fish Supplies

ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPS NKC, $1200. blessedbulldogs.blogspot.com. Visa-MC Accepted. (423)775-6044.

Financial

Legals

Dogs

ENGLISH BULLDOG AKC Puppies, only 2 M left, $1500. www.floreskennels. com. Ready 12/10/16. Vet ck, 1 yr. health guar. Microchipped. Shots up to date. Very healthy. Raised w/kids & other pets. 865-385-0667

Apartments - Unfurn.

Merchandise

MILLER D-40 GENERATOR WELDER, DIESEL. $3,000. Phone (865)435-1404

Pets

FULLY INSURED FREE ESTIMATES

Aerial bucket truck Stump grinding Brush chipper Bush hogging Trimming & removing

Pet Supplies SMALL BREED DOG BED w/therapeutic mattress, $75 cash only. (865)688-5544

Heavy Equipment

HAROLD’S GUTTER SERVICE Will clean front & back, $20 & up. Quality work, guaranteed.

MINI HORSE , 6 mo old adorable male, Reduced for Christmas $200 obo. Pics on request. (865) 221-3842

2001 E. Magnolia Ave.

North

• Bobcat w/Backhoe Attachment • Footer • Above-Ground Pools • Sewer Installations • Landscaping • Bush Hogging • Driveways • Firewood etc.

Other Pets CROSBY cut back saddle, made in England, good cond, $200. (865)435-1404

865-851-9053

Dozer Work/Tractor

Will beat written estimates w/ comparable credentials. All types of Tree Care and Stump Removal

Lennox 17.00 S.E.E.R Heat Pump

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Services Offered

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Workers Comp Liability

Air Cond/Heating

Owner Operator

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Scholarships Available

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Recreation

Tree Service

FREE ESTIMATES • LIFETIME EXPERIENCE

BMW X5 2005, white, 136K mi, good cond, new brakes & Michelin tires, $5500. (865) 599-6540.

Vans

Hankins

Monday-Friday 6:30 AM- 6:00 PM

Sport Utility Vehicles

GMC ACADIA - 2014. Lthr loaded nav sys remote start 55 mi., $25,550. (865)671-3487.

Tree Services

Real Estate Rentals

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Apartments - Unfurn.

Real Estate

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Automobiles for Sale

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SUNDAYS THROUGH DEC. 18 Moose Lodge Sportsman Association’s Weekly Turkey Shoots, 1 p.m., Knoxville Gun Range, 6903 Mundal Road. Stock guns only. All proceeds go the Community Christmas Food Basket Program. Info: 382-7664.

THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 18 “Mary Poppins” presented by the Encore Theatrical Company, William H. Inman Humanities Complex located on the Morristown campus of Walters State Community College, 500 S. Davy Crockett Parkway. Performances: 8 p.m. Dec. 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17; 2 p.m. Dec 4, 11, 17 and 18. Tickets: etcplays.org or 423-3188331.

THROUGH FEB. 28 “Buy One, Get One Free” admission tickets are being offered by Zoo Knoxville during Kroger BOGO Days. Tickets can be purchased at the zoo tickets window or zooknoxville.org. Discounted tickets must be used by Feb. 28. Info: zooknoxville.org.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook. Santa Visits the Library, 3-4 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 5255431.

THURSDAY, DEC. 15 Holiday Concert and Spaghetti Dinner hosted by the Carter High School Band. Spaghetti dinner, 6 p.m.; cost: $6 at the door. Holiday concert, 7 p.m.; free. Proceeds from cash and carry gift area, silent auction and live auction go toward the purchase of new band uniforms. Santa Visits the Library, 11 a.m. Carter Branch Library, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: 933-5438. Santa Visits the Library, 4 p.m., Corryton Branch Library, 7733 Corryton Road. Info: 688-1501.

FRIDAY, DEC. 16

THURSDAY, DEC. 29

Fireside Concert Series: holiday concert featuring Bill White, Steve Coffey, Robby Spencer and Tim Carpenter, 7 p.m., the Arnold Auditorium, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum (ALLM), 6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway, Harrogate. Free and open to the public. Info: 423-8696235. Suzy Bogguss’ Swingin’ Little Christmas, 7:30 p.m., The Standard, 416 W. Jackson Ave. Tickets: $25, plus applicable service fees, in advance or $30 at the door. To purchase tickets: 544-1029. Info: info@wdvx.com. Visit With Santa!, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Robotics @ the Library, 5 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. For ages 12-15. Free, but registration requested. Info/registration: Rose Broyles, rbroyles@knoxlib.org; 525-5431.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 16-18

THURSDAY, JAN. 5

Clayton Holiday Concert, “A World of Joy,” presented by Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday; 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: knoxvillesymphony.com.

Auditions for all voice parts with the Knoxville Choral Society, 6-8 p.m. Location will be provided when appointment scheduled. Appointment: 312-2440 or membership@knoxvillechoralsociety.org. Info/audition form: knoxvillechoralsociety.org.

MONDAY, DEC. 19 Monday Night Book Club: “Inside the O’Briens” by Lisa Genova, 6-8 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. “Twas the Night Before Christmas @ the Halls Library,” 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Includes a visit from Santa at 3:30 p.m. Info: 9222552.

TUESDAY, DEC. 20 “Music for the Mountains,” a benefit concert to support the Gatlinburg disaster relief, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Performers: musicians of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. Free, but donations encouraged. Info: Jeffery Whaley, Jeffery.whaley@gmail.com or 931-529-4676. Santa Visit, 6-7 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

SUNDAY, DEC. 21 Winter Solstice Celebration, 7-9 p.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or community@ narrowridge.org.

THURSDAY, DEC. 22 Sugar High!, 8:30-10 p.m. Sugar Mama’s, 135 S. Gay St. Free monthly stand-up comedy show featuring touring and local comedians. This month’s show features Jake Head, along with Atlanta comedians Paige Bowman and Andrew Michael.

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SATURDAY, DEC. 31 New Year’s Eve Gala, 10 p.m., World For Christ Church, 4611 Central Avenue Pike. Includes Urban and Contemporary Gospel music, hors d’oeuvres and a sparkling cider toast at midnight. Info: 255-1837 or worldforchrist@bellsouth.net.

FRIDAY, JAN. 6 Opening for “Opportunity Knocks” art exhibit, 5-9 p.m., Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Info: BroadwayStudioAndGallery.com or BroadwayStudiosAndGallery@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 7 Oz with Orchestra, 8 p.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will play the live score accompaniment with the “Wizard of Oz” film on the big screen. Info/tickets: knoxvillesymphony.com.

SUNDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 15-22 Roane State’s Wilderness First Responder course, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont. Meets Tennessee EMS standards and national standards for first responder training. Focuses on special situations that may develop in the wilderness. Must have completed professional-level CPR training. Info/registration: gsmit.org/wfr.html or 448-6709.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 26-27 AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: 382-5822.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 27-29 Refresher course for Wilderness First Responder, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont. Satisfies the requirements to renew certification in First Responder on the national registry. Info/ registration: gsmit.org/wfr.html or 448-6709.

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News from Mission of Hope

Mission of Hope lights up children’s lives at Christmas schools. So abilities of all kinds are needed. For the guys working in the MOH “bike shop” on a recent weekday morning, the particular ability needed comes under the heading of “brawn.” “Get on up at the top of the ladder,” says Brad Butcher to his son Colby, as he hands a two-wheeler up. The other men – Ray Fisher, owner of Fisher Tire Company, Jim Montgomery, and MOH executive director Em-

By Carol Z. Shane This time of year, Mission of Hope’s (MOH) ofﬁces and warehouses off Middlebrook Pike are a hive of activity, with volunteers busily preparing shipments of toys, food and hygiene products for economically distressed Appalachian communities in Northeast Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky and Southwest Virginia. There’s a food station, with conveyor belts and shelves stacked full of canned goods. There are

racks and racks of clothing, as far as the eye can see. There’s a whole warehouse devoted to toys. And MOH’s familiar blue collection barrels line a wall, some still unloaded. This year MOH is serving children and families from 28 elementary

The “bike crew” has just finished stacking more than 100 bikes into multi-level storage. Shown are Brad and Colby Butcher, Emmette Thompson, Ray Fisher and Jim Montgomery.

mette Thompson – observe. There are so many brightly-colored bicycles that they require multilevel storage. “We don’t advertise for bikes,” says Thompson, referring to the lists of suggested donations found in MOH’s brochure and on the organization’s website. Instead, the Fountain City Lions Club Laura Peck and Amanda Perryman are happily elbow-deep in pledged to buy toys. Peck, MOH’s assistant director of operations, began two four bicycles years ago as a volunteer toy coordinator. She says that MOH per elementary traditionally runs short on items for 10- to 12-year-old girls. school per year “People like to buy for the little ones,” she says. “But we’re in honor of Mialways short on things for that older age group.” Perryman, chael Dell Wila firefighter/paramedic, has volunteered at MOH for “at least liams, the son of fi ve years. My husband grew up poor in Appalachia, with no WBIR’s beloved plumbing or electricity, and that’s what drew me to MOH.” anchor Bill Williams – himself a supporter of MOH since its 1996 inception – and Bill’s wife, Wanda. Michael lost his battle with cancer in 2004. “That’s four bicycles times 28 schools,” says Thompson of the current count. Elsewhere in the warehouse, Joe Adams sorts canned food at a counter. His brow furrows as he tries to decide where to put a singular item. Nearby, Ron Mouser, Kay

Bradley, Tom Almonrode, Mona Wallace and Mary Miller load boxes full of the cans from rows and rows of packed shelves. Miller is thrilled with a new addition to their area. “This conveyor belt makes it so much better than last year!” she says. Thompson likes to bestow lighthearted honorary titles on his volunteers. “This here is the Toy

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Queen,” he says of Laura Peck, MOH’s new operations assistant. “Hey, Emmette, where’s my tiara?” asks Peck, laughing. She and Amanda Perryman are up to their elbows in stuffed animals, brightly colored plastic purses and singing dolls from the movie “Frozen.” Thompson says the two women are the “Heroes of the Hope.” It turns out that Perryman actually is a real-life hero. She’s a firefighter/paramedic in Gatlinburg. MOH extends a helping hand not only at Christmas but throughout the year, providing clothing, furniture, household and office items; back-toschool backpacks filled with school supplies; health supplies; and home repair and construction projects such as handicap ramps. They have established scholarship endowments at Lincoln Memorial University and 13 rural high schools in Tennessee, and at Alice Lloyd College in Kentucky. But now it’s time for the big holiday push. “There are 18,000 children and family members that we touch this Christmas,” says Thompson. Joe Adams, still sorting cans nearby, says, “It’s just a very special ministry at a needy time of year.” Thompson’s philosophy is “We truly believe as a ministry there will never be anything we deliver in a truck that is more important than telling all those we serve that there is hope and God loves them.”

Mike and Mary Emma Bunch work with MOH coordinator Mildred Queen (not shown) to find what items are missing among donations. Their church group, the Legacy Builders at First Baptist Church of Concord, has adopted Burchfield Elementary School in Oneida, Tenn. “People are asked to buy one pair of shoes and six pairs of socks,” says Mary, “but many people buy more. So if we have several items of clothing that go together, we will fill in to make sure they get the whole outfit.” Thompson calls Mary Emma “the Clothing Queen.”