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Miracle Maker
It’s just after 9 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, and Tracy Thomas’ 2nd-grade students at Halls Elementary are gathered in the corner of the classroom. Thomas reads a book the class has chosen, “Abraham Lincoln Comes Home,” about the funereal train trip that returned the slain 16th president home to Springfield, Ill., after his assassination. The students listen attentively, ask questions and do all the things you’d expect them to do. The amazing part is what happens next.
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Coffee Break He is the man of the hour. Our jolly ol’ elf, Kriss Kringle, aka Santa Claus, agreed to take a few minutes to share with Shopper-News readers by answering the questions over this week’s Coffee Break.
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Micky (Brent Borden) and his grandfather (Steve Borden) react to the news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor as Norma (LeaAnn Wright) and Lil (Kim Young) listen quietly. The scene is from “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” presented by Fairview Baptist Church. Photos by Ruth White
By Ruth White Fairview Baptist Church presented “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” on Dec. 15-17. The play is set in 1941 and its focus is on a great Christmas (radio) broadcast until the news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese is announced. This spring the church will present “The Story of Easter.”
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Derek and Daniel “I choose this thought as my Christmas reflection on Derek Dooley,” Marvin West writes. “There were no signature football victories, unless you inflate the value of Cincinnati and North Carolina State. But there were signature influences. “I do know that Derek Dooley did some remarkable things with individual Volunteers,” including the feel-good story of Daniel Hood.
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The midnight raid Richard Krieg was a 22-yearold law student when he became the youngest member ever elected to the state House. His most public action as a state legislator came in his second term, when he led “a post-midnight raid” to what was then called Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital.
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Providing the voices and sound effects for the popular radio show “The Angie (Denise O’Dell) and her dad (Steve Borden) decorate the family Lone Ranger” are Nick Wright, Don O’Dell and Carol Ellis. Christmas tree.
Graduation is tribute to Paul Kelley By Sandra Clark Dr. Paul L. Kelley’s funeral was at 5 p.m. Thursday. Two hours later, 38 students graduated from the Dr. Paul L. Kelley Volunteer Academy, housed at Knoxville Center mall. Dr. Jim McIntyre, who attended both services, told the graduates: “At the funeral, people talked about Dr. Kelley. He was an advocate for young people, especially those who struggled and needed a second chance. “His vision lives on in the work we do at the Paul L. Kelley Academy and in its graduates.” You can never find a place big
enough to hold the academy’s graduation. Last Thursday’s event moved into the City on a Hill Church sanctuary. More chairs were available than usual, but it did not matter. Proud family members filled every seat and streamed out into the hallways. At the sound of “Pomp and Circumstance,” students entered to flashing cameras and cellphones. Student speakers were Steven Hendricks, who led the Pledge of Allegiance, and Makayla Hood. Teacher Emily Lanius read each graduate’s name, principal Kim Towe gave most a hug, McIntyre handed them a diploma and ev-
erybody marched out. Next came more picture taking, refreshments, much laughter and a few tears. Another class had graduated from the Paul L. Kelley Volunteer Academy, each a wonderful tribute to a legendary educator. The academy is a partnership with Simon Youth Foundation and Knox County Schools and serves 11th and 12th grade students. Since its opening in 2010, it has helped 233 students graduate, opening their path to college, the military or a career. Students represent all Principal Kim Towe accepts a gift and other 13 county high schools. hug from a grateful parent following Thursday’s graduation at the Paul KelMore photos on A-10 ley Volunteer Academy. Photos by S. Clark
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Coffee Break with
Clement Clarke Moore who wrote “T’was the Night Before Christmas.” I really need to chat with him about the whole “down the chimney” thing. Dad tried it when the poem first came out. What a mess!
Other than your parents, who has had the biggest influence on your life and why? Herman Fisher, Irving Price, Margaret Evans Price and Helen Schelle, the individuals who founded Fisher-Price in 1930.
I still can’t quite get the hang of … That Wii Fit Plus Mrs. Claus gave me last year. Every morning it’s yoga and kung fu and, oh! that balance board! Forget it.
Santa Claus
He is the man of the hour. Our jolly ol’ elf, Kriss Kringle, aka Santa Claus, agreed to take a few minutes to share with Shopper-News readers by answering the questions for our popular Coffee Break feature. Santa is very busy this time of year, but his answers were thoughtful and offer some insight into the life of this magical man. A modest guy, he actually tried to push the missus to the forefront, suggesting that she would be “much more entertaining” in Coffee Break. But in the end, Santa kept true to his form of not wanting to disappoint, so he put pencil-to-paper, so to speak, and sent his answers. Not much of a coffee fan, Santa did suggest that we change the name to “Milk and Cookies Break,” but finally did admit that a hot cup of cocoa isn’t that different from a coffee break. “It’s the pause in the day that really counts, I think,” he said. “Whether it’s with a cup of Joe, an Earl Grey with honey and lemon or a steamed milk hot chocolate with tiny marshmallows, it is good to just sit and read something good in the newspaper.” We agree, Santa, and all of us at Shopper-News thank you. And, we wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Now, sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Santa Claus:
What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie? I have two. From “Elf,” when Buddy says: “We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.” And, I love when the conductor in “The Polar Express” says, “The thing about trains … it doesn’t matter where they’re going. What matters is deciding to get on.”
What are you guilty of? Switching up the Naughty and Nice lists, just for fun. Oh man, does it make the elves scramble! I always switch them back.
What is your favorite material possession? My state-of-the-art, custom-made supersonic sled. Truthfully, the reindeer are mostly just for tradition these days.
What are you reading currently?
What is the best present you ever received in a box? My Garmin. Gary Burrell and Min Kao will be on the Nice list forever!
What is the best advice your mother ever gave you? Marry someone who likes to cook. I listened, and Mrs. Claus is the best, although I will have to say that she is getting a little too fond of Slice and Bake cookies.
What is your social media of choice? YouTube. Oh, the things you learn … The “Naughty” list has gotten longer thanks to YouTube.
What is the worst job you have ever had? “Merry Christmas, Alex Cross.” I have never regretted giving James Patterson that typewriter.
What was your most embarrassing moment? There was a YouTube video of my college days when I tried to play linebacker for the Fighting Elves. The coach only put me on the team to stay off the naughty list, but I got in for this one play. … Well, it wasn’t pretty. Don’t bother looking for it. I have far-reaching influence.
What are the top three things on your bucket list?
Well, while Santa is eternal, this is a family business, and there is a long apprenticeship process. When I was a teenager, my dad started me in the stable. I hate reindeer poop.
What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why? Without a doubt, my all-time favorite was “Magilla Gorilla.”
What irritates you? Nonbelievers who insist on spreading their unhappiness.
What’s one place around here everyone should visit?
1. Get rid of my triple chin so I can shave this beard. 2. Spend a few weeks on a “repositioning” cruise – no ports of call, just sailing the seas. 3. Take Mrs. Claus to Blackberry Farm for a whole week.
The parks. With the way you light things up at Christmas, I don’t even need Rudolph to find your great town.
What is your greatest fear?
What is one word others often use to describe you and why? Really? Let’s just go out on a limb and say: “Jolly.”
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I think it would be kind of neat to have a tan …
That the world will become so jaded and logical that little children will no longer believe in the magic of Christmas and Santa Claus. I don’t dwell on it, however, because the hearts of children are pure, and the magic lives in them. Thankfully, that hasn’t changed much through the centuries.
If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be? Sleep through Christmas Eve. Ho, ho, ho – just kidding! Merry Christmas! –Sherri Gardner Howell
What is your passion? Giving to others.
With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?
Have a friend or neighbor you think we should get to know? Nominate them for Coffee Break by emailing Jake Mabe at JakeMabe1@aol.com or calling 922-4136. Please provide contact info if you can.
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Jake Mabe MY TWO CENTS During the lead up to Dec. 25 that year I was told that my grandfather Wayne Wyatt wouldn’t be home to celebrate Christmas with us. He was in the hospital, recovering from a heart attack. I wasn’t exactly sure what a heart attack was, but I knew it had to be serious for Papaw to miss Christmas. I’ve long forgotten whatever presents
were waiting under the tree that year. But I remember the day Papaw came home from the hospital. I thought about that special Christmas present the other night when I went to my grandmother’s house to help her bake cookies. Papaw won’t be here for Christmas this year. He passed away in September at age 81. Wayne Wyatt had a good story to tell, one he rarely told. He grew up on a farm in Claiborne County and lived there until 1963, when he moved his family to Knoxville. He worked at Dempster Brothers for awhile before deciding to go to night school in his mid 40s. Having done so, he taught welding at the old Doyle High School from the mid-1970s until his retirement. Papaw had been diag-
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Wayne Wyatt nosed with Alzheimer’s-type dementia and was starting to forget people, places and things. It was hard, to say the least, to see a man who had once held such a commanding presence begin to decline. I consider it a blessing that he still recognized each member of his immediate family right up to the end. Christmas 2012 may not be the most joyous one on record in our house, but one thing does make me happy. Papaw is getting to enjoy a heavenly Christmas. And I guess that’s the best present I could ask for this year.
Artist explores new medium By Cindy Taylor Marlene Wertze has studied art for more than 50 years and is the featured artist for December at the Union County Arts Co-op. At 78, she has become an expert at watercolor, paper marbling and nature crafts. She has studied ebru marbling and did studio work at the Marbling Resource Center in Illinois under the tutelage of Milena Hughes, a wellknown artist of this medium. Ebru marbling is an extensive, sometimes mixed medium, requiring talent and time. Marblers will use powdered carrageenan extracted from various seaweeds along with other, often homemade, products. Wertze has set aside ebru but plans to return to it soon. “I want to do more marbling eventually because I want to incorporate that into my colored pencil work,” said Wertze. “It is very abstract, but it can be manipulated.” Wertze is a member and past secretary of the Illinois Watercolor Society, where she retained a signature membership for many years before moving to Wisconsin. While in Wisconsin she was a member of the Geneva Lake Art Association where her paintings are held in private collections. After attending workshops in colored pencil and by trial and error on her own, she developed a special interest in this medium. Wertze recently moved to Union County where her colored pencil work has continued to evolve. Her
TDS Telecommunications market manager Jerry Parkerson is retiring Dec. 31 after 32 years with the company. Parkerson has also been an active member of the Halls Business and Professional Association. Parkerson joined the Air Force in 1966. “They gave me a tremendous education in electronic technology. The military was converting vacuum tube equipment to solid-state devices. I came away from the Air Force well-equipped to work for Continental Telephone Systems, which TDS purchased in 1980.” In 1994, Parkerson was asked to take over as general manager for one of TDS’ local telephone exchanges. He was soon promoted into more managerial positions. “I went to evening school to study finance, psychology, composition and accounting, so I could talk intelligently with people outside the technical world.”
“Jerry has been a dedicated employee,” says TDS president and CEO Dave Wittwer. “He’s done a great job working with our customers and employees. He’s also had the opportunity to take the lead on many new projects, including our rollout of TDS TV and managedIP. Parkerson I commend Jerry for his efforts and willingness to take on new opportunities.” Parkerson says he’d like to be remembered for “being a great proponent for the individual customer and for customer service. I hope our customers can say I was always willing to help.” In retirement, he plans to write a few books and spend at least one day a week fishing or hunting.
Moulton passes away Robert E. “Plumb-Bob” Moulton, 75, passed away Dec. 19, at Tennova Hospice in Halls. He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church. Preceded in death by his children Joseph David and Robin El-
len Moulton. Survived by his wife, Pearl E. Moulton; sons and daughters-in-law Eddie and Becky Moulton of Knoxville, Charles J. and Zoe Moulton of Green Bay, Wisc.; several grandchildren, great-grandchil-
FC Lions meet bicycle goal Fountain City Lions Club member Gib Galyon said last week the club has reached its fundraising goal for its annual bicycle drive. The club raises money each year to provide bicycles (and, this year, helmets) to needy children in Appalachia through the Mission of Hope. The drive is held in memory of Michael Williams, the late son of former WBIR-TV
news anchor Bill Williams. Fred Johnson reports that the following people or groups have donated to the drive since the Shopper-News ran an initial list of donors on Dec. 10: Wolf Tree Experts Inc./ Tom Wolf, Bill and Wanda Williams in memory of Michael Williams, Michael N. Burnett, the Joy Class of Smithwood Baptist Church, Justin Mitchell,
dren, and two great-greatgrandchildren. In lieu of flowers, send donations to the Antioch Baptist Church Building Fund or Tennova Hospice in Halls. Services were held Dec. 22 at Antioch Baptist Church.
Michael J. Kinnane, Mary L. Damewood in honor of Red Miller, Elmer H. and Sheila H. Sharp, Barbara Riehl, Wanda Dye, C.R. Hollingsworth, Dennis and Kimberly Wood, Chapel Fellowship Bible Class of Fountain City Presbyterian Church in honor of Nan Scott, and the Waystation Sunday School Class of Fountain City Presbyterian Church.
COMMUNITY NOTES Harold’s Tours will host its 2013 tour presentation 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Halls Senior Center. Bring a covered dish. Info: Harold or Audrey Cox, 688-3580 or visit www.harolds-tours.com. Artist Marlene Wertze with her “Geneva Lake,” 2011 Best of Show colored pencil piece. Photo by Cindy Taylor current focus is studying and drawing local wildflowers. “Drawing nature can be difficult,” she said. “I prefer to draw onsite,
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sion. The amount of time he spent with us was highly unusual and bodes well for progress in getting objective news to the Burmese people. This will help lay the groundwork for a robust, democratic election process in 2015. In January I will return to Southeast Asia, going to Cambodia this time to lead a program for local government officials for the International Republican Institute and meeting with Radio Free Asia and Voice of America officials in Phnom Penh. The Cambodian government has not been as open to free media as the new Burmese government is. ■Knoxville lost a truly distinguished educator last week when Paul Kelley died. A longtime school board member, he always looked for the solution to an issue which solved the problem. He was patient in hearing all points of view. He brought calm to troubled waters. He was a champion for Fulton High School and North Knoxville in particular. It is not often that someone so dedicated to the public good comes along and stands tall for his views, even when not popular. He always sought to give the student in trouble a second chance. ■Jack Barnes, longtime political operative in city politics, was honored last week at a Kerbela Temple luncheon pulled together by Terry Landell. Barnes worked in fleet management for many years for the city. He is 81. Former city council members Jack Sharp (former vice mayor) and Ed Shouse (now county commissioner) attended, along with Sheriff Jimmy “JJ� Jones. Former Knoxville mayor and ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe serves as vice chair of Radio Free Asia.
Holiday closings Knox County’s offices will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Knox County Solid Waste Convenience Centers will close at 2 p.m. on Christmas Eve and will be closed on Christmas Day and Tuesday, Jan. 1. The centers will accept Christmas trees for recycling. Library branches are closed Dec. 24-25. All branches will close at 5:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and will remain closed on New Year’s Day. Knox County Senior Centers, Health Department facilities and the Knox County Veterans Service Office will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
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Paul Kelley: a champion for children Some years ago, the Knox County Schools adopted a strict zero tolerance policy and began expelling students for infractions involving weapons and drugs. Kids could be pitched out of school for offenses as slight as having a pocketknife, even inadvertently, or swigging a beer at dinner before a ballgame.
Betty Bean School board member Paul Kelley objected to the one-size-fits-all policy and took to wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the words “End Zero Tolerance Now.� Sam Anderson, who served on the school board with Kelley for 12 years and worked with him for another dozen years when Kelley was an assistant superintendent of city schools, says if he had to sum up Paul Kelley in one word, he knows exactly what it would be – “integrity.� “On any issue, you didn’t have to guess where Paul stood because of his values. You knew where he was because you knew who he was.� He cited Paul Kelley and Cecil Kelly as colleagues with integrity. “But his primary issue was kids. He did not believe in discarding kids. If a kid gets in trouble, we find a place for him or her. “He always said we’re in the kid-building business, not the kid-destroying business. We have a responsibility to educate every child, no matter what problems he brought with him. Once when the alternative school was full, he said ‘I don’t care. Find another one. You discard a kid, you create a problem for a lifetime.’
“Paul was thoughtful and sincere. Every statement he made, he thought it through. There was no political game in him. He’d make the call and live with it. The community has lost a great man, and I have lost a great friend – the most consistently steady person I ever worked with,� Anderson said. That sentiment was widely shared by the huge, somber crowd that packed into Emerald Avenue Methodist Church last Thursday night to say goodbye to Kelley, who died Dec. 16 after a long illness. It might have been larger still, but for an event a few miles away at Knoxville Center. It was graduation night at the Dr. Paul L. Kelley Volunteer Academy, the alternative high school for at-risk students named for the educator who was practicing No Child Left Behind long before politicians made it a slogan. The sanctuary glittered with the trappings of the season – a big Christmas tree in the front corner dwarfed a tiny, hand-made purple and white tree crafted by Abby Diggs, daughter of Steve Diggs, executive director of the Emerald Youth Foundation, an organization founded by Kelley and other church members in 1988 that has drawn great acclaim for its service to inner city youth. Abby made ornaments symbolizing the things she will remember about Kelley – a bluebird (Kelley was a bird lover who had at least a dozen birdhouses in his yard); a garbage can (for the “Zero and One Club,� an anti-litter organization he started whose members are asked to promise not to litter and to pick up one piece of trash per day); and baskets of candy and bubblegum (for the treats he carried in his pockets for the
children at his church). Ministers Bob Bean and Jim Bailes sharing moving anecdotes, followed by grandson, Lucas Kelley, reading scripture. His son Michael paid tribute to his father’s love of children. Diggs recalled that when asked how he was doing, Kelley would respond, “I am well if you are,� and told of Kelley’s visiting inmates Dr. Paul L. Kelley during a in prison and opening his break in a school board meethome to a teenaged boy who ing. File photo by S. Clark needed a safe place to live. Kelley’s younger son “Meanwhile, I had to John, a Whiffenpoof alumnus who majored in music call the organization in San at Yale, sang a version of Francisco and say, ‘We need The Lord’s Prayer that awed to track this down.’� Kelley’s school board the room. successor, Indya Kincannon, was out of town due to “You knew where the death of her father, but he was because you had some thoughts to share: “Dr. Kelley met with me knew who he was.� in 2003 when I started cam– Sam Anderson paigning to take his place on the school board. I respected his decision to supAfterward, Norma Kelley port my opponent, who was dispensed hundreds of hugs. a longtime friend – loyalty As the crowd thinned, is a valuable trait. When I John Kelley shared the sto- did win, he was ever so grary behind the story about cious, willing to offer guidhis dad making national ance when I asked, giving news in 2008 for donating me all his files, and staying $10,000 to fight Proposi- engaged on education istion 8, a ballot measure sues. “He is a great role model bent on outlawing samesex marriage in California. for me. His decisions as a John lives in San Francisco, school board member were where he says he is “a law- never political, but truly yer by day and a singer by always in the best interests night.� He is gay, and says of students. I particularly his parents have always admired his steadfast opposition to the draconian and been supportive. zero“Dad intended to make a counter-productive $1,000 contribution, which tolerance policies that we was pretty big for somebody once had. “He was a soft-spoken who was not in California, but it was mistakenly re- school board member, but corded as $10,000, and he when he spoke, people lisgot interviewed by a news- tened because they knew paper in Nashville because he spoke with integrity and he gave the biggest contri- from long experience. He bution in the state of Ten- was a great advocate for nessee. He told them that kids and for public educahe believed that everyone tion. His many contribushould be free to marry tions to our community will whomever they loved. be long remembered.�
How to fund school technology Ever wonder how we get into messes like the “fiscal cliff?� Combine a lack of historic perspective with a desire to have stuff now while paying later, stir and bake. Fiscal calamity lies straight ahead. Didn’t we learn anything from the county law enforcement pension plan? Last year the school board presented an aggressive budget that required a 35-cent tax increase. Not in the mood to raise taxes, the county commission did not fund it. Instead, the commission cobbled together a band-aid budget that funded much of what the school system planned to spend in Year One of a 5-year plan.
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Now the commission seeks political cover for what lies ahead. Chair Tony Norman suggests a monthly “seminar� at which Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre instructs commissioners about the intricacies of the school budget. Commissioner Mike Brown wants a joint committee of commissioners, school board members and representatives of the business community. People with, as
he says, “skin in the game.� Funny he never mentioned teachers, parents or kids. Commissioner Richard Briggs wants a joint committee with the school board so the commission does not get blindsided by the next budget proposal. “Last year’s (budget) was one of the more difficult things we’ve done in the last 4-5 years,� he said. “What the schools are talking about is important, but we have to find a way to sell to the public how to fund it.� Briggs suggested borrowing money at “historically low interest rates� to fund portions of the budget. He must mean the technology component. Fiscal cliff alert!
Borrowing money makes sense only for one-time purchases, such as school construction. But as anyone in business knows, the technology itself is transient. Electronic devices and software require frequent upgrades and should be funded with a stable revenue stream, such as the property tax. You would not buy an iPad on a multi-year financing plan. So why sell bonds to buy 50,000 of them for Knox County Schools? The budget debate is about funding technology. The school board’s plan was transparent, clearly stated and honest. Let’s hope the commission can be equally honest in its response.
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Richard Krieg and his midnight raid LAW DOGS | Betty Bean Richard Krieg was night” raid and says it re“Fortunately, she was a 22-year-old law stu- ally wasn’t that dramatic. persistent, and she finally dent when he became the “Back then there were got me to agree to come youngest member ever two newspapers in town and see what she was comelected to the Tennessee – the Knoxville Journal, plaining about. This was House of Representatives. which was a Republican in the days before there “I was elected in the fall paper, and the News-Sen- were laws protecting whisof 1968 when the voting tinel, which was an eve- tleblowers, and as a state age was still 21, employee, and I do hold the she was distinction that terrified. I the first time I promised I would not was eligible to Richard Krieg grew up in Morristown. His vote, I voted for give up my dad, Dick Krieg, is deceased. His mother, Mary, myself,” he said. source. now 101, lives at LakeBrook in Knoxville. Krieg served “I was Richard and wife Karen live in Westmotwo terms behorrified reland Hills. Their family includes: daughter fore deciding to by what I Ashley Krieg, with the Atlanta March of Dimes; retire from polisaw – cellson Justin Krieg, with the Historic Columbus tics and devote like rooms, his full attenunsaniFoundation in Columbus, Ga.; daughter-intion to his f ledgtary condilaw Katie Krieg and grandson George. ling law practions, rats Krieg received his undergraduate and law tice. Today he and mice … degrees at the University of Tennessee in 1968 is a shareholder Although and 1971, respectively. He has held a variety in Lewis King there were of positions with the American Cancer SociKrieg and Walgood emety including service on the national board, is drop. He served ploye e s the former chair of the Metropolitan Knoxville for 21 years on there, they Airport Authority and is former board chair of the Knoxville had limited the East Tennessee Discovery Center. resources Airport Authorand support ity, which he from the also chaired. His most public action ning paper. If one news- state. After my unofficial as a state legislator came paper took a position, the visit, I met with a number early in his second term, other would take the op- of people I trusted and said ‘You won’t believe it …’ when he led what the posite position. “So I’m a freshman “I made the decision News Sentinel archive labels “a post-midnight visit legislator in a House of that without the media to overcrowded wards” at Representatives that has reporting it, it would be what was then called East- 49 Democrats, 49 Repub- very difficult for me to get ern State Psychiatric Hos- licans and one Indepen- anything done. Being a pital, finding “too little dent, and during my first Republican, my best constaff, too little training, term in office, I received tacts were with the Jourand unsanitary and inhu- several calls from a person nal, and one of the most mane conditions in aging who lived in my district intimidating things I had who was a nurse at East- to do was to go talk to edibuildings.” Krieg, who is no lon- ern State, telling me how tor Guy L. Smith. “I also had some conger active in politics (and bad the conditions were says he likes it that way), there. But being new, and tacts at WBIR-TV, and chuckles at the descrip- learning the ropes, I put they teamed up with the Journal to break this stotion of his “post-mid- her off.
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ry,” Krieg said. “We went at night because my source went to work at 11 p.m., and I didn’t want to take the kind of orchestrated tour the administration would have arranged. “In my unsophisticated way, I was surprised at the way the Sentinel reacted – calling it an after-midnight raid. That was what made the whole thing such a controversy. And I was there after midnight, that is correct.” The result was a weeklong series of investigative stories by both the Journal and WBIR that shocked the establishment into action. Krieg made sure to give just-elected Republican Gov. Winfield Dunn a courtesy heads-up before the story broke, and he recalls Dunn being surprised, concerned and grateful for the advance notice. “Naturally, I think he was cautious because he was new to office. He appointed a commission of people within his administration to look into it, and he was thankful that the abuses didn’t occur on his watch. They made
wholesale changes in leadership, cleaned the place up, and put a greater emphasis on mental health care facilities and improving the program. “My tenure in the legislature ended in 1972 when I did not run for reelection. I’ll take credit for talking my campaign supporter Ben Atchley into running. And at that point, at 25, I was becoming a has-been.” Despite leaving office, Krieg has stayed keenly interested in mental
health issues, and says he is following the aftermath of Gov. Bill Haslam’s closing Lakeshore. “I personally know several dedicated professionals who spent a career working out there whose jobs ended, and they have great concerns over whether the needs of the patients are being met,” he said. “And I can see why, from the numbers of homeless people and the numbers of people who need services and are not getting them.”
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Interesting sidelight: Hood got the Thor feeling. The Vols were doing a project for Habitat for Humanity. Players picked up hammers and went to work. Hood hooked a sledgehammer on his belt. He looked bigger than life. That was not the Dooley look. Daniel trimmed enough to meet specifications. It helped that he could play. There has never been an easy street for Daniel Hood. Shoulder repairs knocked him out of spring practice, a crucial setback with another new coaching staff. In mid-June, Hood found his mother and her boyfriend dead in her apartment. He said that was the darkest day of his life. Teammates rushed to the rescue. Dooley spent hours
with his grieving player. Hood and teammates found one small smile. They speculated that the coach’s car was the best ever in the neighborhood, not the nicest in South Knoxville. They guessed how it must have been when Derek went door to door saying “I’m Coach Dooley, y’all know where Dan Hood lives?” In the months that followed, Hood could not distinguish between the coach and the man who put an arm on his shoulder and helped him through really rough times. Hood said Derek Dooley is one of the best people he has ever been around, perhaps the second most important in his life.
ing after the attacks of 9/11, and I have not yet allowed myself to cry over these precious children, over their A stunned nation grieves I will confess I have ac- devastated parents, over the with the people of New- tively tried not to envision loss of innocence and trust town, Conn., whose chil- the carnage. I remember which must be rampant when I could not stop cry- among the survivors. dren “are no more.”
Here we are in the midst of a season of hope and peace and joy and love (as the Advent candles remind us), and yet, there is an overwhelming sense of desolation and fear and horror and – if we are honest – anger. I mean, really! Can you imagine pointing a gun at a kindergartner and pulling the trigger, multiple times? Gunning down unarmed women trying to protect terrified children? Can you fathom a little girl who was canny enough to play dead and survive? The infanticide decreed by Herod in Matthew’s account of the birth of Jesus
was another instance of a paranoid madman killing babies, only Herod’s motive was to protect his throne. And he sent soldiers to do his murdering. I have a lot of questions about this dark episode in the Christmas story. They are the same questions a lot of people are asking in Newtown. Why? Why does a merciful God allow such horror? Where was God? Asleep? Where were the miracles that needed to happen in those awful moments? And like the mothers and fathers in Newtown whose children survived, did Mary and Joseph feel survivor’s
guilt? As they slipped out of Bethlehem and across the Judean desert, did they hear the dreadful cries of the babies as they were dying? Could they hear the horrified screams of the mothers? How long did it take for those cries to stop echoing in their ears? How long will it take for us? As we celebrate this Christmas, let us spare a thought, say a prayer, light a candle, sing a song for the children, all the children, the world over. In the name of the Child. Amen.
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Influence: Derek and Daniel A preacher, struggling to reach older boys and young men, said a football coach has more influence. The minister was right. By the time athletic males are sophomores in high school, coaches probably have more influence than preachers or parents. Peers may be runners-up. That is scary. I choose this thought as my Christmas reflection on Derek Dooley. There were no signature football victories, unless you inflate the value of Cincinnati and North Carolina State. But there were signature influences. I hope his Vol for Life program proves genuine. I hope his support of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes was enough to keep
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it alive and well. I do know that Derek Dooley did some remarkable things with individual Volunteers. Here is one example: Daniel Hood is a resident expert on sin and redemption, on heartbreak and hope, on lows and highs that hit dead ends. He was part of a crime that merited prison but his age, 13, spared him. He repented and overcame enough
of the stigma to become an outstanding studentathlete at Catholic High – terrific grades, model citizen, Mr. Football on a state championship team. Twenty-seven colleges were interested in his future until they caught up with his past. One by one, they quit recruiting him. Tennessee was among the dropouts. Along came Lane Kiffin to take a chance and the heat. Lane was all about winning any way he could. The controversial scholarship was to help him and the team, not Hood. I thought athletic director Mike Hamilton’s evaluation was sincere: Hood
Slaughter of the innocents When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.” (Matthew 2: 16-18 NRSV)
Three members of UT’s 1998 National Championship football team, coach Phillip Fulmer, receiver Peerless Price and linebacker Al Wilson, will speak at King College in Bristol at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. In his 17 seasons at UT, Fulmer’s record was 152-52, he had 92 players make an NFL roster, 18 players earned All-American honors and another 68 players were selected
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A 30-year Fountain City business is moving to west Knox County. Fountainhead College of Technology will move its campus to a site in Knoxville’s technology corridor, near Interstate 40/75 and Pellissippi Parkway, according to CEO Richard Rackley. No plans were available for the use of the former Smithwood Elementary School on Tazewell Pike. Fountainhead will begin its spring term on Jan. 7 in a 30,000 square foot building formerly occupied by ITT Technical Institute at 10208 Technology Drive. This move reflects growth for Fountainhead College, Rackley said. An open house will be held in early spring.
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Santa visits Rutherford Memorial UMC Saint Nicholas paid a surprise visit to the Joy Club luncheon held at Rutherford Memorial United Methodist in beautiful downtown Corryton on Dec. 17. Among those appearing in the photo are Rita Bardill, William and Cornelia Von Schipman, Ruth Tillett, Priscilla Oakes and Ann Pierce. Photos by Bob Martin
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Elizabeth Hammer “Holiday Harmony,” presented by the Golden Tones from the Strang Senior Center, proved to be a delightful program of spirited renditions of many familiar Christmas songs.
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By Cindy Taylor Can a centurion become an angel? He can when he’s Scott Smith. Smith, who is also a minister, retirement planner, radio show host and founder of Scott Smith Insurance, has been a part of the Knoxville Nativity Pageant since 2000. His first role was as Roman centurion. “I am too nice a guy to play that role,” said Smith. “When they offered me the role of Gabriel, I jumped at it.” The Knoxville Nativity Pageant has been running since 1969 and according to Smith is the second oldest continuous community nativity pageant in the United
States. All those involved, from the board of directors to the performers, volunteer their time. No admission is charged. It takes thousands of dollars to pull off a production of this size, and the budget is met annually by independent donations. The pageant has evolved through the years and now includes a special section for the deaf and hearing impaired, and Spanish translation for all performances. “This is a well-oiled machine starting its fifth decade,” said Smith. “It’s great to return every year and meet up with friends from the year before.” Smith said those you work
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Scott Smith with a prized possession – one of the last brass cash registers made before production ceased in 1941. Photo by Cindy Taylor with on the pageant become like family you get to visit with once each year. “It is my hope that the community of churches in Knoxville learn what a resource they have in this pageant,” said Smith. “There are
still a lot of people who don’t even know it exists and we always need new volunteers. This pageant is a gift to the community and belongs to all faiths.” Reach Cindy Taylor at brentcindyt@gmail. com
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To my dearest family that I left behind, I need to touch your heart tonight. For it’s Christmas and you’re missing me, and the season doesn’t seem so bright. While others are celebrating the holiday, you find it hard to do the same. You watch other families gather in splendor while you tearfully mention my name. I know it was painful for you this year, to decorate your Christmas tree. For you cried as you hung each ornament. Your thoughts were focused on me. You shopped for presents for others, although you felt out of place. When each day was over, I could see loneliness written on your face. You can’t seem to get into the spirit to enjoy any festivities this year. But think of the Christmases in the past, and you’ll feel my presence near. Yes, and I come tonight to let you know I’m happier than I could ever be. I’m spending my Chrismas in Heaven with the one who died for me. So go out and feel that Christmas cheer. Listen to the choirs as they sing. And know that I’m happier than I’ve ever been… spending Christmas with the King. Love and miss you. Carolyn, children & grandchildren
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‘Who’s a dummy?’ Noted ventriloquist to visit Powell Playhouse By Betty Bean Willie Siegle is a smart alec of the first order. Ceaselessly sassy with dense Groucho Marx eyebrows that shoot up to his auburn wig when he’s driving home a point, he’s so convincing you almost get to thinking he’s human. And that’s all Wade Johnson’s fault. He and Willie have been together since 1973, and Johnson knows how to push his buttons. Johnson, an author, management consultant and retired professor of industrial psychology, is an adjunct professor at Roane State Community College and Tennessee Tech. He has been a ventriloquist since 1955, when, at the age of 12, he decapitated his sister’s doll in an attempt to turn it into a dummy. “I’d gotten Paul Winchell’s book – ‘Ventriloquism for Fun and Profit,’ and I decided I needed a dummy. My sister Linda had a Chatty Cathy doll, and I cut into its jaw so its mouth would move, and cut its head off … any money I made for the next 6 months went to my sister to buy her a new Chatty Cathy,” he said. Willie Siegle, underwhelmed by the ancient history, sits on Johnson’s knee and rolls his eyes. Johnson will bring Siegle to Powell Playhouse in the Jubilee Banquet Facility on “Comedy Night, Rhythm and Laughter” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 (snow date, Jan. 26). They will be joined by
David Douglas, Willie Siegle and Wade Johnson will headline Powell Playhouse Comedy Night Jan. 19. Photo by Betty Bean Powell business owner/ bluegrass musician David Douglas and Wade’s son, magician Lance Johnson. His granddaughter Carly Johnson (an honor student at the L&N STEM Academy) volunteers at the playhouse, and his son, Mark, is a family practice physician in Powell. Wade and Lance Johnson come by their performing genes naturally. Both Wade’s father and grandfather were well-known magicians when he was growing up in Baltimore. In 1955, his dad bought
him a real dummy – Maher Studio’s model Johnny 100 for Christmas – and Willie Siegle was born. Two decades later, Maher went to a different style and Johnson replaced the Johnny 100 with the current Willie. He joined Paramount Variety Productions that same year and performed in stage shows, country clubs, nursing homes, hospitals and other venues where an underage ventriloquist could legally take the stage. Later, he won the American Society of Professional Ventriloquists “Best Professional
Ventriloquist” award for 3 consecutive years and authored a how-to book, “Anybody can be a Ventriloquist – Including You.” From 1972-1976, Johnson worked for Little Debbie Snack Cakes doing TV appearances, conventions and store openings in a 26-state territory. He’d load Willie up in a shopping cart full of Little Debbie cakes and entertain customers with his antics. “During this time I made it my business to visit a children’s hospital in each city I visited. It took me four days to get through St. Jude’s in Memphis. The worst wards were burn and cancer wards,” he said. He particularly remem-
cided it was time to haul Willie out again. He called producer/director/founder Nita Buell Black to volunteer his services. She was thrilled to accept his offer. “Wade and Lance Johnson have a family history in the entertainment business since their father and grandfather led the way. “I believe Powell Playhouse is offering the communities around us a show they will certainly enjoy! “In fact, we might want to expand the Playhouse offerings and have Lance do his illusion act and his father continue with other skits with Willy Siegle. I think that would be a fun show for the summer.”
bers one little girl who was gravely ill and needed a risky surgical procedure, which she was refusing. Without it, her chances weren’t good. But when Willie Siegle came to see her, she was smitten. She asked Johnson how long it would take to get a dummy of her own. “I said two weeks,” Johnson said. “When I got back to Chattanooga on Friday, my boss called and asked ‘Did you go visit a little girl in the hospital?’ I said ‘Yes, why do you ask?’ and he said ‘Because of your visit, she came through the surgery just fine.’” Earlier this year, after attending a Powell Playhouse production, he de-
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gets students ready to read By Jake Mabe It’s just after 9 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, and Tracy Thomas’ 2nd-grade students at Halls Elementary are gathered in the corner of the classroom. Thomas reads a book the class has chosen, “Abraham Lincoln Comes Home,” about the funereal train trip that returned the slain 16th president home to Springfield, Ill., after his assassination. The students listen attentively, ask questions and do all the things you’d expect them to do. The amazing part is what happens next. After writing down a question or thought they might have had about the story on a yellow post-it note, the students return to their desks or split up into groups. Some are practicing spelling words using Wikki Stix. Others are reading to each other in groups of two. Three students are meeting in a small group session with Thomas near the back of the classroom. Everyone is on task, just like clockwork. It’s all by design, part of a teaching philosophy called The Daily 5. Developed by teachers Gail Boushey and Joan Moser and refined in their classrooms for a decade, The Daily 5 is a series of literacy tasks that students complete on a daily basis while a teacher provides individual instruction or meets with small groups. Thomas says it takes about a month (25 to 28 days) to implement. The five tasks are: reading to one’s self, reading to another (or “buddy read”), word work, listening and writing. Students know what to expect and what must be completed each day during the two hour and 20 minute literacy block. “It teaches them to be indepen-
Halls Elementary School 2nd-grade teacher Tracy Thomas meets with a small group of students. She has organized her literacy block using a classroom management philosophy known as The Daily 5. Photo by Ruth White
dent learners,” Thomas says. “They know what to do every day. It takes that step out so that we can focus on reading strategies.” She admits The Daily 5 takes a lot of work to implement. On day one, a student might spend two minutes reading. On day two, that time increases to three minutes and so on, “building stamina,” Thomas says. “You take baby steps and say, ‘This is what you do on this day.’ It takes a lot of time. I might have to stop the kids and say, ‘Let’s talk about what you’re doing right and what you need to work on.’” Thomas first heard about The Daily 5 when she was living and teaching in Washington state. She observed students in a “split” 1st grade/2nd grade classroom. “Everybody was doing what they were supposed to do. Everybody was on task. I told the teacher, ‘I
want to do what you’re doing!’” When Thomas began teaching at Halls Elementary School, she asked former principal Nancy Maland if she could implement The Daily 5. Maland gave her the OK. “I’m a big fan. A lot of teachers in the school use it as well.” The other “secret” behind The Daily 5 isn’t really a secret at all. Students get to choose not only what books (on grade level) they want to read, but also the order in which they complete The Daily 5. “The choice gives the kids the motivation.” Thomas uses other unique approaches as well. A group of students that earns the privilege gets to use exercise balls as seats rather than traditional desk chairs. A native of Kingsport, Thomas has traveled the country with her husband, Robbie, who is in the military, and has worked in several
elementary schools from Maine to Washington. She says the diverse employment experience has allowed her to observe and implement various innovative teaching styles. Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Idaho State University and a master’s degree in education from Auburn. She has taught for 15 years. She says the other great thing about The Daily 5 is that it gets kids excited about reading and gives them the skills and, hopefully, the desire to be lifelong readers and learners. “My kids are reading more. They’re going to be better readers. And they want to read more and are finding a love for reading.” Boushey and Moser have written a book called “The Daily 5” as well as several other instructional books. More information can be found at www.the2sisters.com.
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Patrick Perry Jr. is congratulated by uncles Steve Perry (left) and Alexandria Mariah Satterwhite Will Perry (right) along with grandmother Sandra Perry. Will holds her son, A’lijah SatterPerry said all are Halls High grads and Patrick attended Halls white, following graduation. before transferring to the Paul Kelley Academy this semester. Members of the Gibbs High Vocal Ensemble include: (front) Amelia Lufkin, Leeanna Beeler, Jordan Childress; (back) Elizabeth Longmire, Naomi Boling, Lauren Hudson and Morgan Watson. Photo by Ruth White
Carols for Christmas I have attended sev- scenes from holiday plays. eral choral programs this My favorite musical Christmas season. celebration didn’t have fancy costumes, a huge audience or even an accompanist. Early last Tuesday morning, the Ruth Gibbs High School Vocal White Ensemble sang Christmas carols in the lobby of Gibbs Elementary School. As parents brought students through the school I have seen elaborate doors, they were greeted costumes and stage set with sounds of sweet ups, heard singers that are songs that brought back sure to star on Broadway memories of Christmas one day and laughed at when I was a young girl in
elementary school. There was no flash, no flair, just songs. It was reminiscent of an old movie scene in which carolers gather outside homes on Christmas Eve and present a gift of music. This gift was also a reminder for students that even in the aftermath of the tragedy in Connecticut, there are good people in the world, and that their school is a good place and is filled with caring individuals.
Chasity Nicole Powers is surrounded by family and friends following her graduation Dec. 20. Pictured are: (front) Preston Powers, Bryson Powers, Morgan Rhodes; (back) Linda Powers, JoAnne Markham, Robbie Rhodes, Chasity Nicole Powers, Jessica King, Leslie Rhodes and Mike Powers. Photos by S. Clark
Snowflakes for Sandy Hook When school resumes for Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., it will be in a different building. Parent volunteers would like to welcome the students with a “Winter Wonderland” with the entire building decorated with as many unique snowflakes as possible. Send snowflakes by Saturday, Jan. 12, to the Connecticut PTSA, 60 Connolly Parkway, Building 12, Suite 103, Hamden, Conn., 06514. Make each snowflake unique.
Merry Christmas Clara Winn prepares to sing a Christmas carol at El Chico with the Brickey-McCloud choir. During the holiday season, the choir sings for restaurant patrons.
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HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 24, 2012 • A-11 Volunteers dressed in festive aprons assist in the assembly of gingerbread houses in Kara Israel’s class at Brickey-McCloud. Pictured are Shannon Cowden, Helen Ellison, Alyssa Graham, Pam Mathews and Lauren Davis.
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Christ United Methodist associate pastor Charla Michelle and Amy Cox, Kathy and Charles Pittman and Claire Cox. Claire rarely takes her eyes off Sherbakoff and John R. McCloud receive a her grandparents if they are around. Photos by Cindy Taylor check for $1,000 from district manager Steve Trout through Food City’s Race Against Hunger campaign. The money will help stock the church’s food pantry. Photos by Ruth White
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Randy Williams, manager of District 7 Food City stores with Pastor Clarence Sexton of Temple Baptist Church and Powell Food City store manager Terri Gilbert. The Race Against Hunger campaign contributed $1,250 to a children’s transportation ministry operated by Temple.
Throughout the promotion, $1, $3, and $5 scanable cards were available at each Food City checkout. Customers selected the desired dollar amount and it was added to their grocery bill. With every dollar contribution made using their Food City ValuCard, customers were electronically entered for a chance to win their choice of a spectacular season of racing at Bristol Motor Speedway or a $2,500 contribution made to their favorite charity. Collection canisters were available at each register. “We would like to thank our loyal customers and vendor partners for helping Food City make this promotion such a huge success,” said Smith. “Their generosity will help feed thousands of our friends and neighbors.” The check presentations are a favorite of veteran Food City executive Emerson Breeden. He especially enjoys the excitement of the sisters from Love Kitchen, which this year received $1,500.
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Happy Holidays! By Rob Webb This holiday season between Rural/Metro’s emer genc y duties, we will give thanks for the opportunity to serve Knox County and Webb for the continued support this great community has shown our employees and company. Last week, Knox County Commission voted unanimously to let us continue providing excellent, trusted service here. Knox County is our home. We have been the official emergency ambulance service provider for more than 25 years, and we look forward to continuing that service for many years to come. Under this new contract, we will continue to serve Knox County with stateof-the-art ambulances and cutting-edge technology. We are extremely grateful to Knox County, Knox County Commission and the residents of Knox County for recognizing the value we provide to the area in both medical service and community involvement.
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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.
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 Co-op, 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-9161.
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. Registration deadline: Jan. 10. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts. net.
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Christmas Day worship, 10:30 a.m., First Lutheran Church, 1207 N Broadway. Communion will be served. The public is invited. Info: 5240366 before noon. Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m., St. James EpisGrand opening of the new Children’s and Teen Room copal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Info: Info: at Maynardville Public Library, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Ice cream www.stjamesknox.org. will be served. Free and open to the public.
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Auditions for Powell Playhouse production of Weaving a scarf class, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday “Louder, I Can’t Hear You,” 4-7:30 p.m., Powell Branch and 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, with LouAnn Robinson, Library. Parts to be cast: two teenagers, two women and Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville two men. Highway 61 near Norris. Bring a lunch Saturday. Registration deadline: Jan. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.
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Benefit singing for Linda Shope to help with medical expenses, 7 p.m. Oaks Chapel Church, 934 Raccoon Valley Road. Singing will be Wade Brantley and the Gospel Strings, Tamelia and Emmaline Jenkins and others. Distribution of donated clothing, collected during the Horace Maynard FFA’s Warm for the Winter Campaign, 8 a.m.-noon, in Union County High School commons area. Those who have a need are invited. Gospel singing, 7 p.m., Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road in Heiskell. Heart to Heart will perform. Everyone welcome. Turkey Shoot and Trade Day, 8 a.m., 6825 Tindell Lane, off Tazewell Pike. Fundraiser for summer baseball team.
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SATURDAY, FEB. 2 Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www. overdrivema.com or 362-5562.
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.
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.
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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.
TUESDAY, DEC. 25
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.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Parade, 10 a.m. Info and application to participate: www.MLKKnoxville. org.
THURSDAY, JAN. 3
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 7 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 1207 N Broadway. Communion will be served. The public is invited. Info: 524-0366 before noon. Family Service and Nativity Pageant with Holy Eucharist, 4 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Choral Prelude with String Quartet, 10:30 p.m., followed by Holy Eucharist at 11 p.m. Info: www. stjamesknox.org. Christmas Eve worship, 7 p.m., Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road. Featuring a children’s play of Charlie Brown Christmas. Info: 938-8311 or www.powellpcusa.org. Christmas Eve services, 5 p.m. and 11 p.m., Central United Methodist Church, 201 Third Ave. Christmas Eve Candlelight services, Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Informal service with young children, 5 p.m.; traditional service with trumpet, choir and candlelight, 8 p.m. Info: 690-1060 or www. beaverridgeumc.com. Christmas Eve services, Fountain City Presbyterian Church, 500 Hotel Road. Children’s service, 5:30 p.m.; traditional Candlelight Service, 7 p.m. with communion. All are welcome.
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Are we Listening?: “The Diary of Adam and Eve” and “Louder, I Can’t Hear You,” 7:30 p.m. at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Info: 9477428, 256-7428.
SATURDAY, MARCH 2 Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www. overdrivema.com or 362-5562.
MONDAY, MARCH 4 Boot Camp for farmers: Learn marketing and business management to successfully sell your products at farmers markets. UT-sponsored workshop, 9 a.m.2:30 p.m. Register at least five days ahead with Nancy Austin, 974-7717 or naustin@utk.edu.
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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.
Norris Lake Clean-up, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., multiple launch sites on Norris Lake. Info: Union County Chamber of Commerce, 992-2811, or Anderson County Tourism, 457-4547.
FRIDAY, JAN. 18
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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: 4949854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
“Puss and Boots” at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Dinner: 6 p.m. April 11-13 only; Play: 7:30 p.m. April 11-14. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.
MONDAY, DEC. 31
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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.
Comedy Night – Rhythm & Laughter, 7:30 p.m. at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.
“The Odd Couple” at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Dinner: 6 p.m. June 6-8 only. Play: 7:30 p.m. June 6-9. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.
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Heart treatment at Fort Sanders scores big with coach Coaching has been part of Joseph Fisher’s life for years. The Knoxville man, 54, has volunteered his time with many Peewee football, basketball and baseball teams. “I’ve coached it all,” says Fisher. “I thought I was in pretty good shape.” On Aug. 27, 2012, at an 8-yearolds’ football game, Fisher discovered he was not as well as he thought he was. He felt a severe burning in his chest and nausea. Remembering an old-fashioned stomach remedy, he got some mustard from the concession stand. “I swallowed some water with mustard,” Fisher says. “It’s supposed to make you feel better, but it didn’t. The pain was so bad, I turned my team over to other coaches and got a guy to take me home.” Once at home, Fisher went to the kitchen for some more mustard. But before he had a chance to take a sip, Fisher collapsed in full cardiac arrest. His heart was not beating, nor was he breathing. His girlfriend called 911. Emergency medical personnel used a defibrillator to start Fisher’s heart again and put him on a ventilator to help him breathe. They rushed him to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, which has the laatest comprehensive cardiac services available. At Fort Sanders, interventional cardiologist Dr. Brian Adams diagnosed Fisher as having an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), but was concerned that he had gone 20 minutes without his heart
To receive the ACTION Registry – GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award, Fort Sanders consistently followed the treatment guidelines in the ACTION Registry – GWTG Premier for eight consecutive quarters and met a performance standard of 90 percent for specific performance measures. Following these treatment guidelines improves adherence to ACC/AHA Clinical Guideline recommendations and monitors drug safety and the overall quality of care provided to ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non- ST- elevation myocardial infarction patients (NSTEMI).
Fort Sanders receives around his neck,” Dr. Adams says. Fisher received several invasive cardiac procedures to open a blocked artery in his heart (see accompanying article) and improve his chances of recovering brain function. Amazingly, he went home just six days later. “My care was great at Fort Sanders, my family was so overjoyed with the outcome of the situation,” says Fisher, who is taking a break from coaching for a few months. “Everything that happened from the beginning was all from God. The fire trucks, pumping blood to his brain, and he was the ambulance getting there so quick. Evunresponsive. erybody was great. Now I’m on a strict Time is crucial during a heart attack, diet and I exercise three times a week. I’m explains Dr. Adams, and the longer a pa- trying to take care of myself,” Fisher says. tient is without a heartbeat, the worse the “I’m so blessed. Yes, blessed is the word.” outcome. Hospital staff rushed Fisher to the cardiac catheter lab and his occluded For more information about interventional artery was reopened within an hour of the services available at the Fort Sanders heart attack. Heart Center, call 865-673-FORT or go to “I remember he still had his whistle fsregional.com/cardiovascular.
“He still had his coach’s whistle around his neck,” – Dr. Brian Adams on treating heart attack patient Joseph Fisher.
Platinum Cardiac Award Fort Sanders Regional’s Cardiac Services Department is the recipient of the 2012 American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry – 2012 GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award. Fort Sanders is one of just 164 hospitals nationwide to receive this designation. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that Fort Sanders has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical guidelines and recommendations.
Heartburn might be heart attack Don’t ignore heartburn, because it may be a symptom of a heart attack, says Dr. Brian Adams, an interventional cardiologist a Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. And in any heart attack, the quicker you recognize the symptoms, the faster you can get emergency medical attention. “Time is muscle,” explains Dr. Adams. The longer the heart goes without blood, the more the heart muscle becomes damaged. The damage can cause fatal arrhythmias that prevent the heart from pumping blood, which is time that the brain can’t receive oxygen. “The longer you go without blood flow to the brain, the worse your outcome,” stresses Dr. Adams. Dr. Brian Adams In the case of patient Joseph Fisher (see accompanying article), Dr. Adams says he feared too much time had passed without Mr. Fisher’s brain receiving adequate blood flow during his heart attack and cardiac arrest. What Fisher had thought was heartburn, was actually a heart attack. “He was in full cardiac arrest at home and didn’t get CPR (cardio pulmonary resuscitation) for 15-20 minutes,” says Dr. Adams. Once at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Fisher’s prognosis was grim. “He was not making appropriate interactions in the emergency room. He wasn’t able to follow commands to move his hand,” remembers Dr. Adams. “If you’re not
“A lot of people with heart blockages have a heartburn sensation.” – Dr. Brian Adams
pumping blood to the brain, then the brain cells are dying. That’s what most people die from after a cardiac arrest.” The emergency room staff stabilized Fisher enough to send him to the cardiac catheterization lab, where Adams found a blockage in Fisher’s right coronary artery. A blockage in the right coronary artery is notorious for not giving the classic chest tightness symptoms of heart attack. Says Dr. Adams. “A lot of people with blockages there have a heartburn sensation instead. They feel like their stomach’s upset and they’re throwing up.” Dr. Adams performed coronary angiography on Fisher to open the blocked artery and installed two stents to hold open the blood vessel. Then, because Fisher had been without oxygen for so
long, Dr. Adams put him into a hypothermic coma. A Cooling device with cooling pads was used to drop his body temperature to 91 degrees (normal is 98.6) for 24 hours. The cooling coma puts the brain into a hibernating state and improves chances of recovery of brain function. “This is not something we do to many patients, just a few each year. But for certain patients this can lead to greater chance of survival to discharge, and they have a 30 percent improvement in neurologic outcome,” says Dr. Adams. There can be complications from a hypothermic coma, including bleeding and arrhythmias. “After a cardiac arrest, many patients suffer brain injury and permanent impairments. The hypothermic coma improves your chances of waking up with less impairment,” says Dr. Adams. Fisher did wake up, however. “He made a 100 percent improvement,” says Dr. Adams. The lesson from Fisher’s experience? “Don’t blow off your symptoms of heartburn,” states Dr. Adams. “If you’re having uncomfortable heartburn and don’t feel well, don’t ignore it.” For more details about at the Fort Sanders Heart Center, call 865-673-FORT or go to fsregional.com/cardiovascular.
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Brian J. Adams, M.D. Thomas M. Ayres, M.D. Jeffrey M. Baerman, M.D.
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Does your barn have a story to tell?
Barnyard Tales by Kathryn Woycik Barns are a thing of the past. New barns are not being built like they were in days gone by. Today it usually is cheaper to put up a metal building. It may serve the purpose, but it lacks the beauty of the old barns. Over the past few months I have come to realize just how many old barns there are scattered about in the East Tennessee area. Most of the ones to which I am drawn are abandoned or dilapidated, but in some cases are still active. Each barn has character and tells a story of its own. Some have unique features and are very beautiful. Some are bare rustic wood, or painted different colors that brighten up the countryside. Although I have seen hundreds of beautiful barns, I have not always been able to just conveniently pull over and take a picture of them. Here are some of the barns that I have been able to capture along the way. As a little tribute to the barns of East Tennessee, the Shopper-News will be featuring some of them from time to time. If your old barn has a story to tell, contact us at woycikk@ shoppernewsnow.com.
A happy tale could be told here on Mountain View Road in Clinton.
Meet Sophie! She is a nine-month old adorable and playful Hound mix. Sophie would love to be in her forever home for the Holidays! Good news! Sophie’s adoption fee is sponsored through YWAC’s Furry Friend The Orangery! You can meet Sophie and her other adoptable friends at our 3201 Division Street location.
HEALTH NOTES ■ Susan Spicer, a volunteer at Tennova North, is available to speak to your group about resources to help cancer patients and their families, from giving out free brochures on every type of cancer to helping find transportation and/or financing, help with emotional needs and a program for men and women titled, “Look Better, Feel Better.” To schedule Susan’s talk, call 235-3730.
RED CROSS NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
This barn in Kentucky, photographed just a few weeks ago, looks like it would barely stay up in a windstorm but appears to be in active use. Photos by K. Woycik
The American Red Cross needs volunteers to participate in its MLK Day of Service Friday through Monday, Jan. 18- 21. Volunteers will receive fire prevention training and distribute fire safety information to neighborhoods throughout Knox County. Participants can sign up as individuals or teams for one of seven available shifts and be assigned to a neighborhood, or they can cover their own neighborhood alone or with neighbors, church group or family members. Training will be held 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, and 8-9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at the American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike. Info: Call Lori Marsh or Aida Reyes at 584-2999, or email them at lori.marsh@redcross.org or aidareyes@ redcross.org.
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170 LAKERIDGE DR, MAYNARDVILLE – Cabinstyle, custom home. 6BR/5BA, 6000 SF. Complete 2nd living qtrs in bsmnt. Tongue-n-groove pine from wall to ceil. Hard Rock Maple throughout main & upper. High-quality workmanship & materials, 2 FPs, energy-efficient, dream kitchen. Amazing mtn view! Sits on 2 lots. MLS# 821114 $549,900
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3511 HWY 61E., LUTTRELL – 2BR/1BA situated in quiet, cntry setting. Completely re-done. Lam flrs, eat-in kit, lots of cabs, insulated windows. BRs feature lrg closets. A MUST SEE. 100% financing! MLS# 822500 $$69,000
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LB.
BIG VALUE BONELESS
$
7.99 EA. SMITHFIELD HAM $ CENTER SLICES ........... 2.49 LB.
CANNED HAMS ............
1
$ 99
FAMILY PACK BOSTON BUTT
$
4.99 LB. BLACK CANYON ANGUS BONELESS $ NEW YORK STRIP STEAKS ... 5.99 LB.
NEW YORK STRIP STEAKS ...
2 LB. BAG
$
1.69 LB. FAMILY PACK $ COUNTRY STYLE PORK RIBS . 1.69 LB.
PORK STEAK ....................
$
4.99 EA. $ EZ PEEL SHRIMP ......... 9.99 EA.
TILAPIA FILLETS ........... 2 LB. BAG 31/40 CT.
FARM FRESH PRODUCE LARGE SLICING TOMATOES
1
$ 29
1
$ 29
LB.
SALAD DRESSING-12 OZ. .....
$1.00
TORTILLA SALAD TOPPERS-4.5 OZ.. ................
COMPARE AT 98¢
BLACKEYED PEAS
2$ FOR
WOW
15 OZ.
1
STUFFED OLIVES
WOW
2$ FOR
2.3 OZ.
1
1
WOW WOW
WOW
3
ROTISSERIE CHICKEN OR TURKEY
BREAST WOW
PRIMAVERA
$1.19
1
1
COMPARE AT $ 1.42
$ 19 46 OZ.
CHEDDAR MIX WOW
COMPARE AT $ 1.98
1 $ 3 99 10.5 OZ.
ASSORTED CHIPS AND SNACKS - 3-7 OZ. .......................
ASSORTED FLAVORS
ICE CREAM
$1.00
8 OZ.
1
$ 99
FIESTA FISH CAKES - 16 OZ.................
WHIPPED BUTTER WOW
48-56 OZ.
TROPICAL FRUIT 7 OZ.
COMPARE AT $ 1.25 EA.
2$ FOR
1
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES - 8.5 OZ .......
79¢
$1.99
COMPARE AT $ 2.18
89
¢
ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER - 100 CT ..............
WOW
$1.49
$ 59 WOW
Find us in Halls Crossing next to Fred’s
$4.49
9-10 OZ.
WOW
1
CRAB CAKES
COMPARE AT $ 3.28 www.myugo.com
$ 79
WOW
COMPARE AT $ 4.98
SMOKED OYSTERS - 3 OZ ...................
$1.49
COMPARE AT $ 2.98
TOMATO JUICE
BLACK BEANS AND CORN SALSA DIP - 8 OZ. .....................
13.5 OZ.
CHEESE PIGS IN A BLANKET - 16 OZ. .
$1.00
20-24 OZ.
$ 99
WOW
1 $ 3 99
PRETZEL BITES
COMPARE AT $ 4.98
POTATO SKINS
1
4 $ FOR
$ 59
10.75-11 OZ. MOZZARELLA STIX OR
9 OZ.
LOADED
RADISHES-6 OZ. BAG ... 3 FOR
SALAD SPREADS
$ 79
ASSORTED GRANOLA BARS - 6 PK .....
$1.00
FRESH LEMONS OR YOUR LIMES CHOICE
ASSORTED
PEANUT BRITTLE WOW
3 $ FOR
1 LB. BAG
SEASONED
WOW
BUNCH GREEN ONIONS
BABY PEELED CARROTS
$1.39
PARTY FAVORITE
CHICKEN NUGGETS
1
$ 00 8 OZ.
BBQ SAUCE - 17.5 OZ. - COMPARE TO $1.50 ...
$1.29
EXTREME VALUE AT UNITED GROCERY OUTLET CLEANERS WOW
WOW
WOW WOW
1
PLATES, CUPS, NAPKINS
$ 00 4.4-25 OZ.
WOW WOW WOW
1
$ 00 14-160 CT.
ASSORTED GOURMET
DOG FOOD
2$ FOR
1
3.5 OZ.
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ASSORTED