Karns/Hardin Valley Shopper-News 120913

VOL. 7 NO. 49

IN THIS ISSUE

Miracle Maker Cindy White knew what she was getting into when she agreed last spring to take over as principal of Vine Middle School.

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See Betsy Pickle’s story on A-9

Big vote at school board tonight School board members don’t get paid enough to endure all of this drama.

The board’s vote tonight (Dec. 9) surely weighs heavily on each member.

On one hand, Dr. Jim McIntyre expects his contract to be extended for a year (until 2017). After all, the county’s test scores were higher than ever. Things are going great.

Right?

Ahhh. There’s the rub.

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See Sandra Clark’s story on A-4

Opponent for Campfield There’ll be no rest for Stacey Campfield this coming election season, even if he’s successful in fending off Dr. Richard Briggs in the Republican Primary.

The Shopper-News has learned that Fountain Citian Cheri Siler will be a candidate in the Democratic Primary for the 7th District state senatorial seat next year.

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Read Betty Bean on page A-4

Being Art Reynolds was never easy This is the time of the Tennessee football year for reflections. For obvious reasons, I choose to look back at the good, old days.

Like a typical fan, suddenly face to face with former Volunteer linebacker Art Reynolds, I asked the following questions, in proper order ...

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Read Marvin West on page A-5

NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Mabe to co-host Sinatra show The Shopper’s own Jake Mabe will cohost a birthday tribute to Frank Sinatra with Bradley Reeves 10 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 12, on WDVX-FM’s “East Tennessee Quiver.” The station can be heard locally at 89.9 FM, 102.9 FM or streaming online at www.wdvx.com.

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On fire for fitness

By Sherri Gardner Howell In a job that often requires him to rescue others, Perry Pruitt is working on saving his own life as well. His job as a Karns volunteer firefighter provided a wake-up call that has put Pruitt on course to a more healthy life.

Pruitt, 31, is one of the Covenant Health Biggest Winner Fitness Challenge participants. At 355 pounds, the firefighter said he looked at the statistics and didn’t like what he saw.

“About 65 percent of firefighter deaths in the line of duty are due to cardiac arrest, because they aren’t in good enough physical condition,” Pruitt said. “I don’t want to be that guy. I don’t want to be the firefighter that goes down, and it takes five or six guys to get me out, or they get injured while trying to do so.”

Pruitt has already had his weight affect his life goals and To page A-3 Karns firefighter Perry Pruitt, center, trains with members of the 2014 Covenant Health Biggest Winner Team..

Christ Covenant gives a gift of ‘Sanders’

By B By Betsy etsy et sy P Pickle ickl ic kle e Don’t think about it too hard or your brain will hurt, but life is imitating art that imitates life that’s imitating art – or something like that – at Christ Covenant Church these days.

The church is preparing a production of “Sanders Family Christmas,” the musical that’s the sequel to “Smoke on the Mountain.” The show is set in a smalltown church, and the participants are doing the play in a church, but they’re building sets to make it look like a church.

Oh well, any confusion will be cleared up at the performances, which are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13 and 14, and 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15. The church is at 12915 Kingston Pike.

Gabe Loving, Christ Covenant’s worship and music minister, seems to know what’s going on, even though this is the first time the church has had a Christmas production on this level.

“We have done the standard Christmas cantata stuff over the years,” says Loving. “We did an Irish-themed thing last year. But we have

The cast of “Sanders Family Christmas” are (back) Bryan Flatford, Mike Watkins, Gabe Loving; (front) Tiffany Talent, Jennifer Rokisky and Katie Appleby.

(Not pictured: Grady Milligan.) never done a professional musical before.”

Loving saw a production of “Sanders” by the Cumberland County Playhouse a few years ago at the Bijou Theatre.

“I thought it was delightful,” he says.

And it fit with their plans because “we were looking for a way to ramp it up from years past.”

“There are two reasons

we do this,” says Loving. “One is, it’s a Christmas celebration for our church family. But another thing is, it’s kind of a gift to the community. We want to invite folks who don’t necessarily go to our church but who enjoy good music.

“We felt like ‘Sanders’ has a wide-enough appeal that lots of folks would like to come to see it.”

About 400 people can be seated for each performance. The shows are free, but the church is encouraging people to pre-order their free tickets. Tickets are available

online at www.christcov.org or by calling 865-671-1885.

The small cast includes four church members – Mike Watkins, Jennifer Rokisky, Katie Appleby and Loving – and three non-members – Tiffany Talent, Bryan Flatford and Grady Milligan. Director Gayle Greene is also a church member.

“We were looking for people who were triple threats – they can sing, they can play an instrument, and they can act,” says Loving.

“That limits the talent pool quite a bit, but we were able to the cast parts really quickly.”

The cast is just the iceberg’s tip.

“This is a whole church activity, not just a music ministry activity,” says Loving. “Some of our children on Sunday night will be ushers and take tickets. Our middle school and youth will take tickets Friday and Saturday.”

Add to that a 30-member choir, construction and show crew and other volunteers, and there are around 70 people helping to put on the show, he says.

The musical takes place shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and it’s a touching piece. “It was an emotional time for our country,” he says.

New dog park downtown

By Ruth White The Pat Wood family has given the city of Knoxville four acres of land to provide a new location for the KPD’s K-9 kennel as well as property for a public dog park.

“We have one of the finest K-9 units in the nation and my dad (the late Pat Wood) always taught his children to be good stewards of what we had. This land will help house and train the K-9 unit,” said Kim Wood McClamroch. She attended with her son, Michael, and her sister and brother-in-law, Debbie and Robert Hyde.

Mayor Madeline Rogero accepted the gift during a press event with KPD chief David Rausch and Legacy Parks Foundation director Carol Evans.

The property is across from the Public Safety Building on Howard Baker Jr. Avenue.

The park, accessible to the public, will be adjacent to the kennel, but the two facilities will be separate. The kennel will feature a training area, exercise area and administration building. Its proximity to the Safety Building makes it handier than the current location on Prosser Road.

The wooded lot will provide a unique urban dog park with shade, mature trees and agility equipment.

The property is being donated to Legacy Parks Foundation, which will work with the city to of nearly 100 acres off Sevierville develop both projects. This dona- Pike in August as part of the Urtion follows the Wood family’s gift ban Wilderness Corridor.

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Carol Evans with Legacy Parks Foundation played a big role in helping the dream of a new K-9 kennel become reality.

Officer Sergio Marrero and his dog, Mako, await news that will benefit the Knoxville Police Department’s K-9 program. Photos by Ruth White KPD’s current kennel does not have adequate space for its 16 working dogs.

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Coffee Break with

and Tuscany and go to Bonnaroo.

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

I said “determined,” but all those around me said, “enthusiastic.”

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I would increase my attention span.

What is your passion?

Cooking! I love cooking for family and friends. Not baking, but cooking.

Pamela Treacy

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

If you take Jesus out of the equation – which would be my first choice – and you take into account that a lunch isn’t a very long time to really talk with a world leader and change things, well, I think I’ll just go with Hugh Jackman!

The kind of family you have as you grow up can and will shape your life.

So can the kind of “family” you have as you “grow up” in your professional life.

Pamela Treacy, owner of Campbell Station Wine and Spirits, says she spent her formative career years in an environment that encouraged, nurtured and rewarded creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. It has shaped the way she looks at her career and her life.

“I was working with ESPN in Chicago when I read about a new cable company that Ken Lowe was starting called Home and Garden Television,” says Pamela. “I was a little familiar with Knoxville because I called on Scripps Broadcasting as part of my job with ESPN. My husband and I had already decided that our five-year plan included moving somewhere in the south to a smaller city. This ‘new venture’ sounded perfect.”

Pamela, with her entrepreneurial spirit and “give it 100 percent” work ethic, must have seemed a good fit for HGTV as well. They hired her as one of a small start-up team. She was 7 months pregnant with her second child, a daughter, Katherine. Pamela, husband Gene and son, Luke, moved to Knoxville in 1994.

“It was such a creative, exciting group to work with,” says Pamela. “I stayed for 11 years and loved it.” After exploring the commercial real estate field, Gene bought his dream business in 2009 when he and Pamela purchased Campbell Station Wine and Spirits on Campbell Station Road.

“Gene was the heart of this business,” says Pamela of her late husband, who died battling cancer in July of 2012. “I helped with marketing and promotion, but Gene ran the show.”

After his death, Pamela came back to run the store.

Katherine and Luke, both now students at the University of Tennessee, work in the store as well.

“Cutting my teeth at ESPN and HGTV made me realize that I love working in start-ups,” says Pamela. “I think I am very much an idea person. In the beginning with Home and Garden, we were sitting chair-to-chair in a small room working our buns off, and the ideas and creativity just flowed. I still have lots of ideas … just not

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

Ken Lowe and the people I worked with in the startup days at Home and Garden Television.

I still can’t quite get the hang of …

Sitting still. enough time to make them all a reality!”

The town of Farragut has found a place in Pamela’s passions as well. While she has lived just outside the official town limits most of her life, she has been active in the business and government community. She is a founding member of the Farragut Business Alliance and served for years on the citizen-led Economic Development Council.

“I love Farragut and love being part of the community,” she says. “I have been here for 17 years, and it is home.”

Sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Pamela Treacy.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

It is the Forrest Gump quote: “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

What are you guilty of?

Watching – and loving – television dramas like “Nashville,” Scandal” and “Revenge.”

What is your favorite material possession?

It is my maternal grandmother’s bedroom set that is now 56 years old.

What are you reading currently?

“Harvests of Joy: How the Good Life Became Great Business.” It is the autobiography of the father of the wine industry, Robert Mondavi.

What was your most embarrassing moment?

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

Cheese. Now I know that sounds strange, but I love good cheese and back when you couldn’t get it here, my boss at Scripps, Susan Packard, sent me a two-pound chunk of Parmigiano-Reggiano from Dean and DeLuca.

I loved it.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

Don’t drink more than two drinks a day and don’t mix what you’re drinking. Sorry, Mom. I didn’t always listen.

What is your social media of choice?

Facebook

What is the worst job you have ever had?

I have not had a “worst” job. I have learned from every job I have had.

What irritates you?

People who throw trash in parking lots instead of putting it in the trash cans.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?

Campbell Station Wine and Spirits, of course!

What is your greatest fear?

It isn’t really a fear of failure, but the fear that I will get involved in something and not be able to give it my all and do the job to the very best of my abilities.

You only want one? I am always doing something to embarrass myself. It is a good thing I can laugh at myself as well.

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be?

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, father, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Farragut Shopper-News readers. Email suggestions to Sherri Gardner Howell, gardners@tds.net. Include contact info if you can.

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Remembering Bill Walkup William Childress “Bill” Walkup passed away 30 years ago this month. It seems like only a short time ago that I received a GI loan to buy a first home financed by his institution, then known as Home Federal Savings and Loan.

Walkup was born Aug. 5, 1903, the son of the Rev. William J. and Anna Duncan Walkup, in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. Bill attended the Duncan Preparatory School for Boys in Na s h v i l l e , founded by his mother’s brother, Dr. Marvin T. Duncan.

Bill Walkup He then attended Emory University in Atlanta for a year before transferring to Vanderbilt, where he majored in Greek with a minor in Latin.

He graduated in 1923 and went to work for a Nashville lumber company but soon transferred to Asheville to work for the Central Bank and Trust. After a stint with Franklin Guarantee Co. in Johnson City, he became an examiner for the Tennessee Department of Insurance and Banking. He came to Knoxville to liquidate the old East Tennessee Building and Loan Association, which had failed in the Great Depression.

Walkup joined Home Federal in 1938 as secretary but became president in 1941 with the death of its longtime president, Joseph P. Gaut. The bank’s total

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resources were $800,000 when he arrived and, at the time of his death, had grown to 15 branches, 240 employees and assets of more than $660 million.

He became a national officer in the U.S. Savings and Loan League. In addition he served in many local civic and religious causes: chair of the 100-member speaker’s bureau of the Knoxville District Laymen’s Association of the Methodist Church, chair of the Knox County Heart Sunday, chair of the Knox County Chapter of the American Red Cross and director of the Boys’ Club.

He rarely missed a meeting of the Kiwanis Club and served as its president and as district governor.

Walkup was a longtime member of the Board of Stewards of Central United Methodist Church, a frequent board chair, chair of the church finance committee and a Sunday school teacher. He was proud that his firm financed more than 100 church buildings in the Knox area and beyond.

Many will remember “Bill Walkup Writes,” the Knoxville Journal columns, more than 1,300 of them, which appeared each Saturday from 1957 to 1983.

They ranged from seasonal weather reports and predictions to the importance of education to the rewards of thrift, and often discussed how to “make someone happy.”

Home Federal printed 10,000 copies of the book “The Best of Bill Walkup” (100 of his best columns) in his memory in 1986.

Proceeds from the sale of the book went to his favorite charities, the Milk Fund and the Empty Stocking Fund. One year each of the two funds netted $12,500 from those sales.

On Dec. 23, 1972, his column titled, “Christmas Remembrances,” summarized his philosophy of giving back to his family, friends and community: “‘I’ll be home for Christmas’ is a line that tugs at the chords of the heart. I remember when our children were off in school that I could hardly wait for their arrival for the holidays. All over the world, mothers and fathers look with keen anticipation to the arrival of their children and grandchildren.

“In life’s scramble, families are scattered hither and yon; and for a few precious days they come together for a short, short season of happiness.

“Christmas is not just a season for the young – it is for all ages. It is a time for joy. But when one is away from home and loved ones, the joy of the throng rushing by increases their sadness.

“Christmas is more than

Karns firefighter said he is determined to be a “winner” in the challenge.

He said he has struggled with his weight for years, and the first time he faced the harsh reality of his weight problem was when he couldn’t get into the U.S. Army because of it. He lost the required weight, but was turned down again because of problems with his knees, an issue many obese people have.

“My weight has affected my job over the last three or four years because I can’t perform like I used to,” Pruitt said. “I get tired quicker. I have had to get bigger gear. I barely fit in the air packs that we wear, and I can’t get in some of the tight spaces that I need to get into.”

Since joining the team, Pruitt says his diet and exercise habits have changed drastically, and he’s feeling more energetic than he has in a long time. Large meals, fast food, mindless eating and lying around on the couch are not part of his days anymore.

“I actually pay attention to what I’m eating,” Pruitt said. “I go to spin class before I go to work, and instead of lying around watching TV, I go to the gym. I

From page A-1 just make better choices, and I eat to fuel my body, not out of boredom or for recreation.”

The Covenant Health Biggest Winner Challenge was developed in 2010. The program’s goal is to improve the quality of life of a group of individuals in training for Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon events. Every member of the 2014 team is overweight or in need of other health and fitness improvements. Covenant Health fitness expert Missy Kane, a former collegiate track and field coach, came up with the idea and works with the group. Tools include strength training and life coaching at Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center, a runner’s evaluation with Covenant Therapy Centers and meetings with a dietitian from Methodist Medical Center. The team also trains with the Knoxville Track Club.

To help motivate the team members, Covenant Health established a friendly com-

petition to see who can make the greatest strides in health and fitness by race day. The Biggest Winner champion receives a package of gifts from marathon sponsors.

Pruitt said he already feels like a winner. Beyond the marathon finish line, he looks forward to riding bikes with his wife and someday becoming a father who can play with his children and maintain an active role in their lives.

“I am feeling more positive than I have in a long time,” he said. “The future holds no boundaries.”

This year’s other team members include Pat Godfrey, 50, Townsend; Teresa Walker, 51, Powell; Joy Gornto, 42, Knoxville; Mark Jones, 43, Knoxville; Debi Haney, 42, Knoxville; Jack Harvey, 31, Kingston; Susan Merrell, 52, Knoxville; Evangeline Smith, 39, Knoxville; and Cynthia Tipton, 45, Knoxville.

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mistletoe, holly and candles. It is a time of giving and sharing. ‘He gave his only begotten.’ Christmas is His son’s birthday. There is one sure way to have a Happy Christmas. That way is to cause or to help someone else to have a Happy Christmas. That involves giving, not receiving – no, not even exchanging presents. But without any thought of return. In so many instances, what is needed money cannot buy. It is being remembered that counts. …

“Some act of kindness, some token that you have not forgotten may draw aside the heavy, dark curtains of gloom and flood Christmas with sunshine for an elderly person, a bereaved wife or a mother. In our pleasant parties may we not forget someone who wants to be remembered

Ridgefield (Built circa 1924). From the veranda of the Walkup’s home on Black Oak Ridge, the unforgettable view included Fountain City, Greenway Gap and Mt. LeConte. Nannie Lee Hicks Collection

with only a little love or attention.”

William C. Walkup passed away Dec. 21, 1983, at Ridgefield, his beloved home on Black Oak Ridge, the former home of Charles J. McClung (1866-1932).

He was predeceased by his wife, the former Ann Crowell, in 1978, and his son, William James, in 1982; and survived by his two daughters, Charlotte Fuller

and Myra Coleman, and three grandchildren. After services at Rose Mortuary, he was interred in Highland Memorial Cemetery.

Bill Walkup will be remembered for his expertise in business based on fair dealing and honesty, his keen sense of humor, his exemplary philosophy of life, and his service to his church and his community.

Mountain music show moves to LMU

By Libby Morgan Lincoln Memorial University is building a center of creativity to celebrate the arts of Appalachia.

Since its inception last year, Arts in the Gap has brought educational programs, performances and exhibits to the LMU Cumberland Gap Convention Center.

The university bought the existing venue as a home for its cultural outreach.

Dale Ann Bradley and Steve Gulley, internationally known bluegrass performers, collaborated with the Arts in the Gap’s pilot music workshop last year, and worked with LMU’s Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum in creating a CD called “God Doesn’t Choose Sides.”

“Working with Bradley and Gulley helped us build a strong relationship with them, and it seemed like a natural fit for them to bring their Pineville, Ky., music show to Arts in the Gap,” says Darnell Arnoult, project director for Arts in the Gap and professor at LMU. Stuart Wyrick of Luttrell joined the Dale Ann Bradley band last year as its banjo

Stuart Wyrick is on the banjo in the Gap this week. player, and he says, “I’ve been all over the country with them.

“I’m working with the two greatest singers in bluegrass.”

“My daddy (Theodore Wyrick) brought in a snare drum when I was 8 to see if I had any rhythm, then took the time to teach me how to play on strings. I ended up playing the banjo after trying the guitar and mandolin,” says Wyrick.

“I got hooked on performing after seeing the Osborne Brothers on the WNOX Barn Dance in the

’70s. Lots of people through the years have taken time to help me, including Jimmy Millsaps. Music is all about sharing skills.”

The first performance of the Cumberland Mountain Music Show in its new venue is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12. Admission is $12.

Show promos say: “Featuring the music and heritage of mountain people, the Cumberland Mountain Music Show is a live family-friendly show including gospel, bluegrass and country music and down-home comedy.”

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No thanks for McGinnis The Thanksgiving week firing of KAT general manager Cindy McGinnis, 57, has to rank high for tone deafness by the Rogero Administration. No matter what the $39,000 Gobis KAT study may have recommended, why pick Thanksgiving week as the time to give a high level

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employee the pink slip?

This all occurred due to the cancellation of the KAT contract with Veolia on Nov. 30 (the day after Thanksgiving). McGinnis had just eight days’ notice.

She was not even given a farewell reception or personal note by anyone for seven years of service.

Mayor Rogero informed her in the hallway of O’Connor Senior Center on Nov. 20 that the contract would be ended. According to McGinnis, the mayor said, “You know we have had our differences.”

That’s an unprofessional way to treat a professional 7-year employee with whom there was a disagreement.

McGinnis lives with her husband on Tobler Lane near West High School.

While Rogero issued a statement praising McGinnis, that glosses over the reality of the Rogero-McGinnis disputes over federal grants which go back to the summer. The mayor has the right not to renew the contract, but the delivery was poor.

Basically, the Gobis report recommends abolishing the KAT board, letting city council set the bus fares and routes and the city directly handle union negotiations. City council should think twice before taking over bus routes and fares. Unions will have a bigger voice in setting salaries if they can discuss these issues directly with a mayoral appointee. Gobis never interviewed a KAT board member including the chair and vice chair in its so-called study, yet they claim they did.

Melissa Roberson who is the interim replacement for McGinnis will be paid

$91,000 a year. McGinnis declined to disclose her salary.

■ Mike Cherry: Another longtime city employee is leaving a critical position. He is Mike Cherry, 65, executive director of the Knoxville city pension board. He completes 16 years this year and a retirement reception is being held for him 2-4 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 12, at the Pension Board office, 917 East Fifth Avenue. Public is invited.

Cherry lives in Grainger County on a farm and has not decided on his retirement plans. I was chair of the pension board when he was hired and believe his service for four mayors in these 16 years was exemplary and critical during challenging times.

He is proud of having developed an annual statement to each current employee on the pension plan.

Currently there are roughly 2,000 persons drawing a city pension. Half of those are former city teachers. He was paid $110,000 annually when he retires, and his successor, Kristi Paczkowski, makes the same salary.

Paczkowski, 44, lives with her two twin sons in West Knox County off Northshore Drive. A graduate of Carson-Newman University in 1991, she formerly worked at Pugh and Co. She also worked on several audits of the pension board.

She is the first woman to hold this position.

■ Fort Kid: It looks like the effort to save Fort Kid from demolition has succeeded with Mayor Rogero and civic activist Beth Waters meeting at Fort Kid along with Joe Walsh, Christi Branscom and Alexander Waters (attorney son of Beth).

Rogero asked Waters to present plans on using the $65,000 trust fund she manages for Fort Kid to rehab the site and structure. Waters will do this and it seems like Fort Kid will continue for another 20 years providing a playground for young children.

Common sense prevailed and kudos to the mayor for seeing this. Fort Kid was built in 1991 over five days with hundreds of community volunteers including 12,000 pennies raised by school children.

GOV NOTES ■ Knox County Democratic Women’s Club will meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Shoney’s on Western Avenue. New members are welcome. Info: 742-8234.

Cheri Siler and family: Carsten, a Junior Navy ROTC student at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University; Tyler, a freshman business major at UT; Zachary, a senior at Central High School who wrestles and plays soccer; Kayley, a 7th-grader at Gresham Middle School who plays basketball and piano; Stanley and Cheri Siler; Ryan, 18, a freshman at UT in mathematics education; Jacob, a freshman at L&N Stem Academy and a competitive diver with UT’s Junior Olympic team. Photo submitted

Campfield draws Democratic opponent There’ll be no rest for Stacey Campfield this coming election season, even if he’s successful in fending off Dr. Richard Briggs in the Republican Primary.

The Shopper-News has learned that Fountain Citian Cheri Siler will be a candidate in the Democratic Primary for the 7th District state senatorial seat next year.

A respected teacher who is now a high school mathematics instructional coach at Carter, South-Doyle and the L&N STEM Academy, Siler describes herself as “a mom first,” which is not surprising, considering that she and her husband Stanley (owner of Volunteer Paving) are parents of six children ranging from 20 to 12.

Her reason for running is classic Americana:

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“I am very interested in education issues, and have been extremely disappointed in our representation at the state level from Stacey Campfield. I’ve complained about it, and kept asking, ‘How does he get re-elected?’ I’ve decided that if I’m going to complain, I need to do something about it.”

Siler’s parents, Larry and Donna Edwards, owned the Edwards Restaurants in Halls and West Knoxville.

Officially a 1989 graduate of West High School, she spent the ’88-89 school year at the University of Tennessee as a freshman. She was 16 when she entered college

professional development.

“When I was in high school, I wanted to be a math teacher, but lots of people said to me, ‘You’ll never make any money as a teacher. Don’t do it,’” she said.

When she decided to do more, she reached out to state Rep. Gloria Johnson, then a colleague at Central, and asked what she’d need to do to run for state senate. Johnson was enthusiastic and helpful, and Siler says she’s ready for what’s ahead.

“I’m not afraid of hard work. I am for writing reasonable laws that are in the best interests of the children and teachers in our community.”

She expects to appoint a treasurer and have a website soon.

The school board’s big vote School board members don’t get paid enough to endure all of this drama.

The board’s vote tonight (Dec. 9) surely weighs heavily on each member.

On one hand, Dr. Jim McIntyre expects his contract to be extended for a year (until 2017). After all, the county’s test scores were higher than ever. Things are going great. Right?

Ahhh. There’s the rub.

Depends on who’s talking.

Teachers are stressed, most are angry, others feel defeated. All feel disrespected as professionals.

There are more than 3,000 teachers and they’ve all got families.

Principals can’t feel that solid. When your school earns reward status one year and you’re busted back to assistant principal the next, that can’t make for job security.

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She majored in business administration and graduated in 1991, married later that year and moved to Georgia, where she took a job as an accounts payable clerk. The marriage lasted 5 years and produced four children. After her divorce, she returned to Knoxville and remarried the following year.

She returned to UT to study for a master’s degree in mathematics education and eventually took a temporary job at Central High School, working under principal Jon Miller, who offered her a permanent position at the end of the year.

She stayed at Central for 10 years until she was hired as a “numeracy coach,” working with teachers on instructional strategy and

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alarmed if the Internet rumors about the Tripod test are accurate. “How many adults live in your house?”

Really? “Do you speak English at home?” Really?

The school board signaled Dr. McIntyre that it didn’t want the Tripod test used as a component of the teachers’ evaluation. OK, but he administered the test anyway, and it cost the district $100,000.

On Sept. 22, I wrote to board members Karen Carson and Indya Kincannon, criticizing McIntyre’s personnel practices, specifically the churning of principals and even whole school faculties, such as at Vine. “(Dr. McIntyre’s) explanations are not satisfactory.

I realize he’s limited in what

he can say about personnel, but I believe each school community should have input and buy-in on the chief administrative officer at its school.

“School staff should be treated with respect and not as interchangeable pieces of some cosmic puzzle.

“I support remediation for and removal of teachers who can’t or won’t pick up the pace.

“But we’re way too invested in testing ... Jim sees a community unhappy with KCS and expecting a remarkable surge in test scores. That’s just not true.

“Most folks are happy with the system, support their local school and want their kids safe, respected and challenged.”

I wrote this privately to Indya and Karen in September, before teachers started speaking at school board meetings, before the six Insight Sessions sponsored by Knox County Schools.

The anger/frustration expressed in each of those In-

sight Sessions was remarkable. The anger/frustration from teachers, students and parents at the November and December school board meetings was huge.

Knox County needs a cooling off period so everyone can relax. Dr. McIntyre has pushed too hard, too fast. Things are not going well in Knox County Schools.

That’s why the board needs to give Dr. McIntyre a year to fi x things. His contract already runs until 2016. There’s no need to extend it for another year.

Who else has that sort of job security? Well, maybe football coaches.

Let’s give Jim McIntyre a chance to get it right. There’s plenty of time for a contract extension next year.

But if the school board extends his contract for another year today, they will signal their belief that things are going great with Knox County Schools.

And that’s a reflection on each board member’s ability to listen and understand.

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The ‘Stardust’ of a song The sounds of Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust” – my favorite song – came wafting from the auditorium at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center on a rainy afternoon.

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It was played as it was meant to be heard, on classic RCA vinyl, as part of Robert Booker’s Vintage Music Listening Party.

Booker read an article about Piqua, Ohio, the home of the original Mills Brothers and decided to invite a few friends over to listen to records. That’s what you used to do, you see, back before MTV or the Internet or

iPods came to be.

“People are always complaining,” says Booker, the Center’s executive director and a popular newspaper columnist. “The radio stations ignore us. They never play any vintage music.”

Booker brought his own records, 45 and 33 1/3 rpms, so many he’s lost count. He knows he owns 4,500 top 10 tunes and keeps redmarked chart books to remember what he’s bought.

His earliest record is from 1906, a recording by Bert Williams, who Booker says was the first black Broadway star.

The theme was musical groups, so Booker played The Mills Brothers, of course, and also The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, The Ink Spots, The Four Tops, The McGuire Sisters and more.

Dressed in a burgundy sport coat and a red tie,

So much of this music harkens back to the days before America’s perceived innocence was blasted into oblivion on a dreadful November day in Dallas, 1963.

“Compare this with today’s music,” Booker says.

“There’s a world of difference. I hear little melody and there’s nothing hummable about it.”

But for a few moments last Thursday, our love was new, each kiss was an inspiration and I found my consolation in the stardust of a Robert Booker spins records during the Vintage Music Listensong.

“Pull Up A Chair” with Jake Mabe at jake- ing Party at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center. Photos by Jake

Booker worked two turntables and served as MC. “I’ve heard CDs in night clubs, but I’ve never played one. I just keep my records in their jackets.”

Before he plays them, he cleans the vinyl with 70 percent isopropyl alcohol.

“You see people blow (dust off) records. That’s the worst thing you can do.”

Brenda Newman of Heiskell read Booker’s newspaper column and said mabe.blogspot.com.

Mabe she came to hear the music. She was hoping Booker would play Percy Sledge’s “When A Man Loves A Woman.” Rebecca Davidson of Fountain City said she was interested in the Beck Center and is a fan of anything by Ella Fitzgerald.

Bob played The Platters’ “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” and suddenly I was at the sock hop with Ron How- Music played the way it was ard and Cindy Williams in meant to be heard – on clas- Brenda Newman of Heiskell and Rebecca Davidson of Fountain “American Graffiti.” sic vinyl.

City chat before the music begins.

Being Art Reynolds was never easy When have you talked This is the time of the Tennessee football year for with Jack?

How is Garrett getting reflections. For obvious reasons, I choose to look back along?

That kept the conversaat the good, old days. tion going but there was a spare in the bank: What do you remember about the long-long run?

At the risk of alienating Marvin more than one ol’ Vol, I’m West going to say Art Reynolds was an overachiever, 197173. He is not listed among the all-time greats. He did Like a typical fan, sud- not have all-American abilidenly face to face with for- ty but he had fierce determimer Volunteer linebacker nation, a tireless work ethic Art Reynolds, I asked the and he played with the heart following questions, in of a champion. proper order: It wasn’t easy being the How’s business? little brother of Jack Reyn-

olds. It took courage to follow him down I-75 from Cincinnati. Jack was already famous. Art? Not so much.

Jack earned that terrific nickname, Hacksaw. He was very successful in the NFL. He was and is aloof at best and may be a hermit. He has homes in the Bahamas and Florida.

Art was a good player at UT. He served time in the now-defunct World Football League for the New York Stars and Charlotte Hornets. He chose Knoxville as home and went into the heating and cooling business with classmate Steve Chancey in 1978.

In answer to my first question, the business is good but the partnership has ended. Art has retired.

In answer to question 2, Art can’t recall when he last talked with Jack.

Once upon a time, Art told a Jack story which still sums up his thoughts.

“Nothing ever changes with Jack. When our parents visited the islands years ago, the Jeep was broken, the boat wouldn’t start and the motorcycle had a flat tire.

“Jack is always fi xing things but he can’t find used parts and when he does, they cost too much.”

Answer 3: Son Garrett

Reynolds, 6-7 and 310, is in his fifth season as an offensive guard for the Atlanta Falcons. He was in the news not long ago. Carter High School retired his number.

Garrett is the only former Green Hornet in the NFL. Art remains calm but does blink when he thinks what else might have been.

Tennessee, then as now, had a giant recruiting budget and was chasing all over the country searching for talent. Garrett Reynolds was 11 miles away. We know he was big enough. He was an excellent student, good citizen, quality person. Maybe he lacked quickness. UT did not offer a scholarship.

Garrett settled for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

He made all-ACC. He was drafted in the fifth round.

He remains a good citizen.

By my standards, he is rich.

Art just smiles at the memory of “Art’s long run,” 96 yards with an interception against Memphis State in 1972, second longest pick six in school history.

Yes, he says, it took a “long” time to run from point A to point B. Nobody ever accused Art of being a speedster.

Determined? Tenacious?

Leather tough? Yes, yes and yes. Good guy, good craftsman, used to be good at installing ductwork and Rheem products, good dad, Vol for life.

Nice to see you, Art. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Nashville Jewelry designer coming to knoxville Nashville jewelry designer Vincent Peach is coming to Knoxville on Friday evening, December 13 from 4 to 8; and on Saturday, December 14 from 10 to 5 for a special trunk showing of his beautiful pieces at UPSTAIRS at Todd Richesin Interiors. There will be a champagne reception Friday evening.

Vincent grew up surrounded by the pearl business.

One of his first memories was helping his father grade pearls. Vincent’s father has been in the pearl business for over 35 years, and was one of the first people in the world to culture freshwater pearls. He is viewed as a pioneer in the industry. Currently, his father is known as one of the foremost pearl experts in the world, and has shared all of his knowledge and expertise with Vincent.

Vincent is legendary in his own right as a jewelry designer and pearl expert. His work is getting lots of national attention and has been featured in Vogue, US Weekly, the New York Times, and other major publications. Actress Connie Britton has worn a few of his pieces on the new hit television series “Nashville,” and followed it up by wearing a one-of-a-kind creation on the cover of the Arts section in the New

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Vincent’s collection is inspired by his Nashville roots, and intertwined with the romance of luxury travel.

Each piece is hand crafted and one of a kind.

What we love most are his contrasting combinations like softly worn leather and Tahitian pearls, baroque freshwater pearls woven onto sterling silver, and his amazing pearl bracelets. He is combining pave’ diamonds on his necklaces as well, and mixing in his interest in ancient coins by using the coins as pendants for some of his work.

Combining the casual elegance of leather, and the extraordinary beauty of natural pearls, his collection is artistically crafted to create a feeling of comfort and ease. It is wearable luxury jewelry.

One of the best parts of Vincent’s work is the value. His connections with the world pearl market allow him to price his designs in a way that represents an unparalleled value.

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A fallen, broken world Dr. Angela L. Batey conducts a choir from Farragut Presbyterian Church’s Chancel Choir, Faith Lutheran Church’s Chancel Choir and the University of Tennessee’s Chamber Singers at the 2013 Christmas Festival at Farragut Presbyterian Church. Photos by Justin Acuff

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Jon Roode and Hunter Bright blast out a Christmas tune on trumpet.

Beautiful seasonal music and the spirit of community came together Nov. 24 at Farragut Presbyterian Church.

An invitation to “come one and all,” brought singers and musicians from Farragut Presbyterian Church’s Chancel Choir, Faith Lutheran Church’s Chancel Choir and the University of Tennessee’s Chamber Singers to the church for a concert.

Dr. Angela Batey conducted the group in seasonal music.

Performing at the community concert on trombone are Dan Keeping the beat are Christian Angueira and Adam Daniel on percussion.

Reeve and Abby Puzzo.

Menorah Madness at AJCC

By Wendy Smith The end of Hanukkah was celebrated last week at the Arnstein Jewish Community Center with a party that featured a Mitzvah Menorah made out of school supplies, a rolling video game truck, traditional food and games and crafts for the entire family.

Menorah Madness was a joint event with Knoxville Jewish Alliance, Chabad, Heska Amuna Synagogue, Temple Beth El, Hadassah and Knoxville Jewish Day School. School supplies were collected to be donated to needy children who attend Knox County schools.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins. By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

(Luke 1: 76-79 NRSV) We decorated our Christmas tree the other day. That is always an emotional experience for me.

It is fun – creative, exciting, anticipatory. It is also hard – physically, emotionally, artistically.

I don’t subscribe to the notion of “theme” Christmas trees. I have collected ornaments over the years. Some of them have been given to me by dear friends, while others were made by my daughters when they were in grade school.

When I was a recent college graduate, working in my first job, the budget was especially limited. I bought a few red satin Christmas balls, stuck tiny pins through pearl beads and hung those on the tree. It looked a little like Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree. In other words, sad. So, I strung popcorn and cranberries and hung them in swags around the tree. That helped some. Then I bought some red felt ribbon and tied bows on the branches.

Every year since then, those pearled red satin balls and the red felt bows have been on my tree. I do that as a reminder of the lean years and as a celebration of the comfort and security of my life now.

Through the years, however, friends far and wide have given me ornaments, things of beauty and meaning. So, when I hang my ornaments, it is like spending a few moments with those old friends.

One of the ornaments, given to me by a choir member many years ago, was a glass ball, hand-painted on the inside (imagine!) as the planet earth: blue swirling oceans and accurately portrayed continents. Part of its

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charm was its delicacy.

You may have noticed I am speaking of it in the past tense. That is because I dropped it.

It broke into three pieces.

I was horrified, but I laid it aside and finished decorating the tree. Lewis assured me he could glue it back together. It has been lying on my desk awaiting its resurrection.

But with the perspective of the passage of a few days, I am considering just hanging the largest piece on the tree.

It was my pastor in my first church job who taught me a great life rule: “When the cookie crumbles, pick up the biggest piece and enjoy it.”

After all, the brokenness of the world is the whole reason we celebrate Christmas. God (who had been down this road before, in the Garden of Eden) saw a fallen, broken world, and decided to do something to about it. Prophets had been ignored, ridiculed and murdered. God decided to send us the gift of His son, not as a conquering hero, but as a tiny babe. A baby who would put this fallen, broken world back together.

It is a work in progress, and we are called to be coconspirators in this project.

So I suggest that you hang a broken ornament on your tree this year, as a reminder that we have work to do: hurts to heal, wrongs to right and love to give.

Sarah Dugal, Knoxville Jewish Alliance president Reneé Hyatt and Rachel Hale sample latkes at the Arnstein Jewish Community Center.

Clifford Davis, executive director of secondary education for Knox County Schools, prepares to light the chanukiah during Menorah Madness.

Knoxville Jewish Day School students Heidi Sturm, Hallie Boring and Elizabeth Floyd perform a Hanukah version of a Katy Perry song. Photos by Wendy Smith

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SCHOOL NOTES Hardin Valley Elementary â– BMI screenings for kindergartners and 4th grade will be held Tuesday, Dec. 10. Spelling bee will be held 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18.

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Hardin Valley Elementary School students Abby Smith, Alexandra Summey, Peyton Sheheane Andrew Kroninger’s Scrooge listens to an invitation from Caro- and Libby Williams get ready to perform at the Knox County elementary school principals’ line Darwin’s Ghost of Christmas Past. Photos by S. Barrett monthly meeting. Photo by S. Barrett

‘A Christmas Carol’ with a twist

By Sara Barrett Hardin Valley Academy theater arts teacher Robert Warren enjoys the classics, but for his students and their audiences he enjoys adding a twist.

With this month’s performance of “A Christmas Carol,� audience members can expect the traditional story of Ebenezer Scrooge with a bit of film noir narrative thrown in as well. Some great special effects will also add to the experience.

Students from Hardin Valley Elementary School have parts in the production, too, including Little Ebenezer and Tiny Tim.

Harmony among the Hawks

By Sara Barrett

The cast has been preparing for the show since the first of November. Their British accents are impeccable (from a Southerner’s perspective).

When in character, Andrew Kroninger (Scrooge) sounds so rotten he could very well be a character from some dark netherworld. If I say much more, though, I’ll spoil the experience. “A Christmas Carol� will be performed 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 12-14, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15. Tickets are $7 ($5 students). Donations of canned goods will also be accepted at the door for the local food bank Manna House.

Last week, elementary school principals from around Knox County had the privilege of seeing the Harmony Hawks perform.

The afterschool choir of 47 students from Hardin Valley Elementary School was hand-picked to perform during the “It Must Be Christmas� luncheon at the Sarah Simpson Center.

Music teacher Susie

Vaughan works with the group every Monday after school on her own time.

When staff needed to be cut and the school’s second music teacher was let go, Vaughan saw a void with such a large number of students and only one music teacher. She thought it might help if she volunteered after hours to help students who had a strong interest in singing. That’s

when the Harmony Hawks was started.

Selections performed during the luncheon included “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year� and a Santa Claus medley with sing-alongs.

When some of the students were asked why they decided to join the group, fourth grader Alexandra Summey said, “We just wanted to let our voices shine.�

Extracurricular learning at HVES Reed Shelvon shows his Christmas tree made from glitter, crepe paper and construction paper.

Parents volunteer with the students on a regular basis to help supplement lesson plans with fun activities that teachers don’t always have time to include in the classroom.

Photos by S. Barrett

Chandler Guzman, Mikayla Trostle and Maci Hughlett all have parts in Hardin Valley Academy’s “A Christmas Carol.�

â– Eager Beaver Technology Lab will be held 2:45-4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, and Monday, Dec. 16. Participants must have a signed note from a parent each time to attend. Flu Mist part II will be given Tuesday, Dec. 10, to younger students who need two doses and anyone who needs to make up the first dose. Administration must receive a completed and signed form. The KES Chorus Music Program will be held 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, at Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church.

First grade music program will be held 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19.

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Hardin Valley Elementary School student Zachary Coffman completes a holidaythemed phonics activity in which words are sorted by their middle vowel sound.

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A passion for change

By Betsy Pickle Cindy White knew what she was getting into when she agreed last spring to take over as principal of Vine Middle School.

At the time, she was in her fourth year as principal at Karns Middle. Before that, she’d been assistant principal at Karns High. But before she got into administration, she’d been in the trenches – 27 years as a classroom teacher, primarily in the city center.

She was familiar with schools that didn’t have a strong PTA, where test scores weren’t always the best and where kids had trouble focusing because they didn’t always get enough to eat.

She jumped at the offer to make a difference at Vine.

“I don’t like to become really comfortable at any place that I am because it takes my edge away,” she says.

White doesn’t have time to become comfortable. It’s normal for her to spend 12 hours or more a day at the school – and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I love what I do. I love my job.”

What made Vine more of a challenge than most schools was that it had been targeted for “reconstitution.” Student achievement had been in decline for two years or more. It was time for change, and that change started with the entire faculty and staff.

“Everybody had to reapply for their job, from top to bottom.”

Her first priority was to put an administrative team in place. “They worked with me on the hiring process.”

Selecting 27 certified teachers plus “master teachers, custodial staff, office staff, support staff – everybody in the building – was a lengthy process, but it was really nice to be able to have the opportunity to decide who was going to be on the team when you were taking on this kind of a job.”

In the end, she brought back few previous faculty members.

“When you’re trying to change the culture of a school, you have to change mindsets. It’s difficult to do that when someone has been somewhere for a long time.”

Changing a school’s culture is a multi-year process, she says. White started by having conversations with people who knew what things were like before – parents, students, community members – and listening to their concerns.

“I spent the whole summer doing that, listening to what they had

Vine Middle principal Cindy White discusses school issues with assistant principal Desiree Jones and Dexter Murphy, assistant principal and Leadership Academy Fellow.

Photos by Betsy Pickle

to say. After listening, I had a vision in place.”

The vision is multifaceted: giving every student the same excellent education; taking pride in the school and working to make it succeed; getting the community involved in the school; and increasing expectations for academic excellence.

“We will not be successful unless we have a commitment and the investment from parents, from kids and from community members.”

Not only has Vine been reconstituted, but it also is a “focus school.”

“We are in the lowest 10 percent of schools statewide with regard to test scores.”

Behavior has played a role in that, so White made discipline a top priority. She’s already seen a change, and she hopes to see more, even though she warns that change takes time.

The key is relationships, she says.

“I’ve found through my experience it begins with the relationship with the kid. You can never

Vine Middle principal Cindy White

fake that. Kids are smart. They know whether you like them, whether you like what you do, whether you have passion for what you do.

“I was always a strict teacher, but I could be strict because I had a relationship with the kids.”

White doesn’t have any teacher role models who helped shape her philosophy on education.

“I went to six different elementary schools and a junior high and a middle school by the time I was in eighth grade.”

She was born in Birmingham, but her father’s job kept the family moving.

She ended up in Knoxville for her freshman year at Halls High School, and she’s lived here ever since. She earned her bachelor’s degree in education and her master’s in administration and supervision at the University of Tennessee.

Her identical-twin daughters have also become teachers and are at

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Gresham, where they went to school.

White became a grandmother this summer and is excited that another grandchild is on the way. Work keeps her so busy that her family takes up any time she might have for a hobby.

(Luckily, her husband is a good cook and makes sure she eats properly.)

Her brain is always busy thinking of ways to improve things at Vine. Physical changes have made it more welcoming. She’s happy that it has become a Community School, strengthening ties between the school, students, families and neighbors. And she’s proud that it’s a STEAM school – with arts holding equal weight with science, technology, engineering and math.

She disdains the idea that being principal is a “one-person show,” and she’s grateful to her colleagues, who support and challenge her and the students.

“I have the best team ever.”

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Tree trimming at Farragut High

Members of the bass and viola sections from the Oak Ridge Community Orchestra perform. Photo submitted

ORCO to perform seasonal classics

Peer tutors Macy Podgorski and Shauna Miller help students in the CDC-A class decorate a Christmas tree in the commons at Farragut High School. CDC-A (Comprehensive Development ClassroomActivity Based Program) allows students needing special instruction to learn basic skills, including communication and social skills, with the help of peer tutors. Photos by S. Barrett

The Oak Ridge Community Orchestra will perform a free concert 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Oak Ridge, located on the corner of the Oak Ridge Turnpike and LaFayette Drive.

Familiar numbers will be performed including “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson and a medley of

FAITH NOTES One of the ornaments created by a student in the CDC-A class.

HEALTH NOTES ■ Lupus support group will meet 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, in the Women’s Pavilion at Tennova-Turkey Creek Medical Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. Holiday snacks and coffee will be provided.

Everyone welcomed. Info: Virginia, 712-9081.

■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meets 5-6:30 p.m. each first and third Tuesday in the UT Hospice office at 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info or reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

■ UT Hospice, serving patients and families in Knox and 15 surrounding counties, conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults (18 and older) interested in becoming volunteers with the program. No medical experience is required. Training is provided.

Info: Penny Sparks or Sarah Palma, 544-6279.

Special services ■ First Lutheran Church, 1207 N Broadway, will hold the following services for Advent and the Living Nativity. The public is invited to all services. All advent services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Dec. 11 and 18, and will include the lighting of the advent wreath and communion. The annual Living Nativity Event: Sunday, Dec. 15, includes Bible Study indoors, 5 p.m.; the Living Nativity, outdoors, 5:30; Hand Bell choir performance: 6:30, soup and sandwiches available during all events. The public is invited to all activities and worship services.

Christmas carols arranged by William Burkhart as “While in the Fields.” Other performances will include “Polonaise” from the “Christmas Eve Suite” by Rimsky-Korsakov and Russian Christmas music by Alfred Reed.

Although admission is free, modest donations will be accepted at the door to help support the orchestra’s

■ St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway, will hold the following services Tuesday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Family Service and Nativity Pageant with Holy Eucharist, 4 p.m.; Christmas Eve Choral Prelude, 10:30 p.m.; Holy Eucharist, 11 p.m. On Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 25, the church will hold Holy Eucharist at 10 a.m. Info: 523-5687 or www.stjamesknox.org.

Community services ■ Catholic Charities offers counseling for those with emotional issues who may not be physically able to come to the office for therapy.

All information is completely confidential. Call 1-877-7906369. Nonemergency calls only. Info: www.ccetn.org.

routine operating expenses. The Oak Ridge Community Orchestra is a 501(c)3 nonprofit volunteer organization.

Anyone wishing to regularly participate in the orchestra can contact Cyndi Jeffers at orcopersonnelmanager@gmail.com. Info: www. oakridgecommunityorchestra.com.

Hour of Code TN Code Academy, Launch Tennessee and the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network are organizing events all across Tennessee to coincide with Code.org’s Hour of Code being held this week.

“The Hour of Code is designed to demystify code, to show that computer science is not rocket science and that anybody can learn the basics,” said Hadi Partovi, founder and CEO of Code.org.

The goal is to get kids to think, create and have fun all while learning computer programming.

One event that will coincide with Hour of Code will be hosted by CURENT, the National Science Foundation engineering research center at the University of Tennessee. An open house will be held 8:30 a.m. - noon Saturday, Dec. 14, in the Min Kao Building on campus. Middle school students and their parents can get a brief overview of computer programming as well as interact with UT computer science students.

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Elementary and middle school students from Concord Christian School entertain guests with a medley of Christmas songs at Dowell Springs. Photos by Justin Acuff

Caleb Standifer, a student at Loryn Good and Naomi Taylor are all smiles at the holiday open Concord Christian School house at Dowell Springs.

was the time before Christmas ‘TAnd all through the Town Santa Claus has no problem Elves Kristin Coffield and Debi Gunter pose for a photo with making room on his lap for SiSanta Claus at Provision Center’s holiday open house. las Kogeler, age 6 months.

Celebrating families at Christmas The Provision Center for Proton Therapy will have an eventful 2014 but didn’t wait until next Christmas to celebrate with the community. The center at Dowell Springs will open next year, but invited the community

to come celebrate and get in the Christmas spirit on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the Family Christmas at Dowell Springs.

The holiday party featured seasonal treats and refreshments, performanc-

es by Concord Christian School’s elementary and middle school ensembles and the Halls High School Madrigals. Santa stopped by to check his “naughty or nice” list and spend some time with the young ones.

Bringing the impact home

By Sherri Gardner Howell Ray Knowes has no problem thinking globally. In his career in aerospace technology, where he was inst r umenta l in growing his company from a 25-person shop to a major aerospace company of 750 employees, his vision was certainly beyond local.

As governor of Rotary District 6780, which includes Knoxville, his message is a little more focused.

In his presentation to the North Knox Rotary Club at their regular Thursday noon meeting at Litton’s Restaurant, Knowes took the international message and 2014 theme for Rotary and brought it home to Knoxville.

“Engage Rotary, Change Lives” is the theme chosen by the international president. “What does it mean to engage Rotary?” Knowes asked the group.

“I have seen people who truly engage Rotary in their lives and lives have been changed. But how do you do that here, where you are?”

The steps Knowes outlined began with a very basic one: Wear the Rotary pin

Ray Knowes, Rotary District 6780 governor, talks about bringing the international Rotary mission home at a meeting with the North Knox Club at Litton’s. and be prepared to share what Rotary does in the world.

“Rotary is a well-kept secret, and it needs to not be a secret,” said Knowes. “Wear your pin and be prepared to answer the question, ‘What is Rotary.’”

While Rotary statistics are impressive – 1.2 million members worldwide, 34,000 clubs in 200 countries and regions – there are many who are not impressed by the numbers and the stats, said Knowes.

“When you begin to tell them about how Rotarians are making a difference in

people’s lives, then they are impressed,” he said.

Knowes said the message should be about building children’s playgrounds and water parks, supporting backpack programs to feed children who have no food on the weekends, teaching the hazards of meth and working to end polio worldwide, just to name a few of the many areas where local Rotary clubs work.

Knowes, who attended the meeting with his wife, Ann, went through the six areas of focus for all Rotary clubs: Peace and conflict resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy and economic and community development.

In each broad area, Knowes suggested ways to bring the broad focus down to specific, local missions.

For example, in water and sanitation, a broad concern would be helping third world countries with wells and clean water supply.

On the local level, it might be promoting rainwater harvesting, he said.

Knowes is a member of the Tullahoma Rotary Club.

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A Christmas for Tiffany

News from the Register of Deeds

Healthy sales in November

By Sherry Witt Although the local real estate market has experienced its typical late fall slowdown, activity in November still compared favorably to that of recent years.

In November, there were 809 property transfers in Witt Knox County. That number fell just short of the 850 parcels sold during October, but bested last November’s total by more than 100.

The aggregate value of land transferred in November was also encouraging as $188.7 million worth of real property was sold. That topped the October figure of $165 million, and was also more than $40 million ahead of last November’s pace. It should be noted that November is often the shortest working month of

the year due to the Veterans Day and Thanksgiving holidays.

The recent slowdown in mortgage lending continued. For the month, about $234 million was loaned against real property in Knox County. That was $22 million less than the amount loaned in October, and $130 million less than last November.

The most notable property sale of the month was the transfer of Ebenezer Climate Storage at 735 Ebenezer Rd., which sold for $10.9 million. The largest mortgage transaction was a Trust Deed for $13,725,000 financing the Papermill Plaza located at 6710 Papermill Drive.

I hope that you and your loved ones enjoy the blessings of a wonderful holiday season, and I would like to encourage all of us to remember those around us who may be less fortunate.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

By Wendy Smith The Bearden District recently held a contest on its Facebook page. Participants posted pictures of themselves shopping at affiliated businesses, and the most “liked” photos entered a final round to be judged.

The big winner was Tiffany Brooks, who received a $1,000 gift certificate to spend at the District businesses.

Tiffany’s 5-year-old daughter, Caitlyn, will likely benefit from the win, because her sweet face was in the winning photo, taken in Gary Curnutt’s “Embellishment” booth at the Southern Market.

Tiffany, who says she has Gary Curnutt and Frances Sexton look on as Susan Worthington presents a $1,000 gift certifinever won anything before, cate to Caitlyn Brooks, the daughter of Bearden District contest winner Tiffany Brooks. Frances plans to have a particularly and Susan own the Southern Market. Gary operates Tiffany’s favorite booth. Photo by Wendy Smith Merry Christmas.

Peggy Hinkle, who is on staff at Pellissippi State Community College, talks with Zeb Phillips, a Pellissippi State vocal student, on their arrangement of “O Holy Night.”

Lee Yarnell and Terry Davis, booth owners, along with Jeff Bolin, owner of Nostalgia

Nostalgia expands to McCalla

By Nancy Whittaker I ventured to Nostalgia on McCalla at the invitation of Terry Davis of KnoxModern. I found an amazing collection of mid-century furniture and numerous retro items. KnoxModern is among the 49 booths located in Nostalgia.

Jeff and Amie Bolin opened the original Nostalgia at 5214 Homberg Drive some seven years ago. They just celebrated their first anniversary on McCalla.

If you are looking for unique items for your home

or someone on your gift list, Nostalgia is the place to go.

It’s got more than 10,000 square feet “full of awesomeness.”

Inventory includes designer furniture, rare books, unique greeting cards and lamps. Whether you are looking for a Christmas sweater for the “ugly sweater party,” vintage barware or amazing toys – this place has you covered. Located at 1401 McCalla Ave., Nostalgia is opened Monday through Friday from 11 to 6 and on Sunday from 1-5.

Sounds of the season American Piano Gallery owner Brandon Herrenbruck, left, and general manager at the Turkey Creek store Greg Scribner welcome guests to the concert. The Steinway Society of Knoxville invited music lovers to get in the holiday spirit early with the group’s second annual Steinway Christmas Concert. The free event was held Dec. 1 in the recital hall at American Piano Gallery, 11651 Parkside Drive. Members of the society performed piano and vocal Christmas songs for approximately 100 guests.

Treats included cookies and other sweets with apple cider.

Thirteen-year-old piano virtuoso Mayuki Miyashita prepares to play “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” to more than 100 guests at the Steinway Society of Knoxville’s Christmas concert at American Piano Gallery, 11651 Parkside Drive.

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NEWS FROM PAIDEIA ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Paideia celebrates 10 years Paideia Academy held its 10th Anniversary Celebration Banquet at The Foundry in downtown Knoxville with board members, teachers, parents and students attending.

Special guest N. D. Wilson was the keynote speaker.

The evening started off with a reception and silent auction.

Musician Betsy Castleberry played the violin. Silent auction items consisted of a variety of donated gift baskets, gift cards and services from area businesses. There were several blind bid items, including a Disney World trip package, sign-up parties and special projects by each class as well.

Dinner included salad, prime rib, chicken, roasted potatoes, mixed vegetables, rolls, chocolate cake and cheesecake.

After dinner, the program began with event coordinator Tisha Clapp recognizing the banquet committee and a host of volunteers who helped make the event possible. She also gave special recognition and thanks to the presenting sponsors, Cumberland Securities and Dana and Paul Froula, as well as banquet chairman Kayla Franse.

Next, presentations were given by Paideia parents Caroline Badgett, Angie and Mike Tucker and Jay Warrick. They spoke about their families’ experiences in coming to the school, what the school has meant to them, and why they consider supporting the school to be important.

Headmaster James Cowart

Classical Christian educator and best-selling author N. D. Wilson shares his stories and inspiration with the students at Paideia Academy. Wilson was the keynote speaker at Paideia’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Banquet. Photo by Melanie Leach

Patrons look over some of the student class projects in the Paideia silent auction. Photo by Tammy Akard, Sweet T.E.A. Productions

recounted the history of Paideia Academy and acknowledged the founding families, board members and others who had contributed to the school in its Paideia student Samuel Sadler early years.

The highlight of the evening attends the 10th Anniversary Celebration Banquet with his grand- was keynote speaker N. D. Wilparents Barbara and John Sadler. son, a classical Christian eduPhoto by John R. Sadler cator and best-selling author, well known for his young adult

trilogies, “100 Cupboards” and “The Ashtown Burials.” Wilson encouraged the guests with his own story of a successful school start-up and biblical examples of others who have stepped out in faith to do mighty works.

The evening ended with closing announcements and a benediction.

The Annual Banquet and

Apostles Hall talent show Apostles Hall recently Ap recentl tly held held their Talent Show fundraiser at the Watershed at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church Church.

Students auditioned for 25 spots in the show. Judges were music teachers Suzanne Breedlove and David Denison and 6th grade teacher Joe Bruno. Apostles Hall Dean Mark Baker emceed the event.

Students, parents, and friends lined the floor of the auditorium for a full house. The atmosphere was one of genuine support for the performers.

Student entertainers of all ages took to the stage, with a few parents and guests joining the performances. There was a wide range of musical and variety acts. All of the acts were of age-appropriate quality and well-rehearsed.

Fourth grader Claire Sadler was the overall winner with her version of the Lucille Ball skit, “Vitameatavegamin.” Fourth grader Miriam Barbour won Best Vocals. Sydney and Max Rennich were awarded Best Instrumentation for their violin/guitar duet of “Viva la Vida.” Fifth grader Zacarias Negron received Most Creative for his dramatic recitation of “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, complete with costume changes and accents.

The People’s Choice Award went to 7th graders Abby McConnell, Allie Seaman, and Daryl Driscoll.

Sydney Rennich and her brother, Max Rennich (not pictured) won Best Instrumentation.

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Physical therapist Kelly Bentley, left, works with patient Joan Bird on a trunk rotation exercise. Parkinson’s patients often find their ability to rotate at the waist diminished.

Speech-Language Pathologist Tonya Connell says a computer software program that helps patients “see” their voice has tremendously improved their volume and breath endurance.

work, etc. We don’t just focus on the rote exercises we do here but conversation – tell me about your business, tell me about this, pretend I’m a client, that kind of thing. From day one, they are getting assignments to practice outside the clinic.”

Kelly Bentley, another LSVT-certified physical therapist, was initially skeptical that a series of exercises could make much of a difference in Parkinson’s patients. But after seeing the results, she now calls it “the most exciting therapy improvement for Parkinson’s to come along in 30 years.”

“I have been working with Parkinson’s patients for my entire career and have never seen the results in any other treatment approach that can be achieved with LSVT Big,” said Bentley.

Likewise, Gloria Hinshaw was

Stanley Hinshaw uses a chair to demonstrate that Parkinson’s patients need not fear being unable to undergo the BIG program. After just two sessions, he no longer needed the chair.

skeptical her 82-year-old husband, Stanley, could be helped by such simple exercises. “I looked at those pictures (of the exercises) on a printout, and I thought, ‘Huh? That doesn’t look that impressive to me.

What can that do?’ But after one or two sessions, he stood straight for the first time in years. He had been bent over with a cane and shuffled all the time. It was a miracle.”

“It’s certainly helped me,” said Stanley Hinshaw. “When I came in here I could hardly walk. I was just shuffling. Now I can walk better and have better flexibility all over. And they’ve got my backbone straightened up. I was beginning to think I had osteoporosis.”

When Joan Bird began having trouble with balance and walking, she went to the doctor and discovered that she had Parkinson’s. “I had

What is Parkinson’s disease?

Parkinson’s disease (or, simply, Parkinson’s) is the most common form of parkinsonism, a group of motor system disorders.

An estimated 60,000 Americans are newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease each year, and more than 1 million Americans are affected at any one time. In addition, more people suffer from Parkinson’s disease than multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis combined.

Parkinson’s is a slowly progressing, degenerative disease usually associated with the following symptoms, all of which result from the loss of dopamineproducing brain cells. Dopamine is a substance produced in the body that has many effects, including smooth and coordinated muscle movement.

While symptoms can vary

from patient to patient, the four primary symptoms are: ■ Tremor or trembling of the arms, jaw, legs and face ■ Stiffness or rigidity of the limbs and trunk ■ Bradykinesia (slowness of movement) ■ Postural instability, or impaired balance and coordination Other symptoms are divided into motor (movement-related) and nonmotor symptoms.

■ Motor symptoms: ■ Tremor ■ Bradykinesia (slow movement) ■ Rigidity and freezing in place ■ Stooped posture ■ Shuffling gait ■ Decreased arm swing when walking ■ Difficulty rising from a chair

■ Micrographia (small, cramped handwriting) ■ Lack of facial expression ■ Slowed activities of daily living (for example, eating, dressing and bathing) ■ Difficulty turning in bed ■ Remaining in a certain position for a long period of time

■ Nonmotor symptoms:

■ Diminished sense of smell ■ Low voice volume (hypophonia) ■ Difficulty speaking (dysarthria) ■ Painful foot cramps ■ Sleep disturbance ■ Depression ■ Emotional changes (fearful and insecure) ■ Skin problems ■ Constipation ■ Drooling ■ Increased sweating

no one with Parkinson’s in the family, and quite frankly, I didn’t know anybody who had Parkinson’s disease, so I wasn’t geared toward this,” she said. “I had been walking in such a strange manner, I was taking smaller steps and wasn’t standing up straight.

“I know that these exercises have helped me straighten myself which is good,” Bird added. “When you daughter looks at you and says, ‘Mom, you really look wonderful walking,’ it’s really nice.”

A 75-year-old Knoxville man who says he regained freedom of movement and loss of flexibility through the BIG program has similar praise for the LOUD program, which Connell describes as “an intensive program of exercising the voice.”

“The focus is on ‘thinking loud’ in order to do all the things needed

to speak forcefully – take a deep breath, articulate and move the lips and jaw,” she said.

“The doctor had recommended speech therapy all along,” said the Knoxville man. “I thought, ‘I don’t need speech therapy.’ But it’s obvious that I do because I slur my words occasionally so I have to be careful with it so my clients don’t think I’m coming off a two-day bender.”

Although 89 percent of Parkinson’s patients will develop speech problems ranging from low volume to monotone speech and vocal tremor, denial about those issues is just as common, said Connell. “Most patients feel like they are talking loud enough – it’s just that everyone else needs a hearing aid,” she said, adding that only 4 percent will seek treatment.

The LOUD program utilizes a software program in which the patient can actually “see” their voice on a computer screen as they talk.

A graph shows the undulations in speech, pitch, etc. The vocal exercises are sometimes compared to singing lessons.

“Part of the program works on strengthening vocal muscles and breath endurance by holding speech sounds as long as possible,” Connell explained. “There are also exercises that require the patient to try to make low and high pitches in effort to strengthen and teach control of changing vocal pitch so patients lose the monotone voice quality.”

It’s a lesson the Knoxville man has taken to heart.

“The high notes, low notes, sustained notes – all seemed to either strengthen or clear out problems in the throat area,” he said. “So if I am going to have a phone meeting like I am going to have today, then I’m going to do a lot of yelling in the car and at home to get loosened up and be prepared. And I’ve got to remind myself to ‘think loud’ to come out louder than I think I should speak.”

If you think you might benefit from BIG and LOUD therapy, or to find out more, call the Parkwest Therapy Center at 531-5710. Visit the official BIG and LOUD website at www.LSVTGlobal.com.

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What causes PD? The specific cause of PD is unknown; however, medical experts believe the symptoms are related to a chemical imbalance in the brain caused by brain-cell death. Parkinson’s disease is chronic (persists over a long period of time) and progressive (symptoms grow worse over time).

Although the disease may appear in younger patients (even teenagers), it usually affects people in late middle age. It is not contagious.

The biggest risk factor for developing PD is advancing age. The average age for the onset of PD is 60 years. In addition, 50 percent more men are affected than women, according to

the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. However, the reason for this is unclear.

Family history is another important risk factor. Individuals with a parent or sibling who are affected have approximately two times the chance of developing PD. This increased risk is most likely because of a combination of environmental and genetic factors.

Environmental causes are being researched and the strong consistent findings are that rural living, exposure to well water, and exposure to agricultural pesticides and herbicides are related to PD.

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Their world was getting smaller and smaller. Smaller steps. Smaller voices. Smaller handwriting.

But thanks to therapists at Parkwest Therapy Centers at Fort Sanders West, patients with Parkinson’s disease are regaining independence through two innovative and clinically proven programs called BIG and LOUD. Both programs sprang from the acclaimed Lee Silverman Voice Training (LSVT) technique established in 1987 and named after a Parkinson’s patient in Arizona.

“With Parkinson’s, your brain starts thinking that this little bitty voice and little bitty movement is what you’ve always done. That’s your new normal,” explained Suzanne Moskal, an LSVT-certified physical therapist. “By moving big, talking really loud, they’re exaggerating what we normally do. So, we’re re-calibrating the brain to say, ‘OK, this exaggerated movement is the normal.’ ” The four, one-hour sessions each week for four weeks are built around eight main exercises (and a few other individualized exercises custom tailored for the patient) that are conducted one-on-one with the therapist, who does the exercises right along with them.

The exercises, intended to improve motor skills lost due to a lack of dopamine, are basically exaggerations of common motions – getting up from a chair, balancing on one foot (inches above a Styrofoam cup), twisting your body and walking. Big arm swings and big strides are the new norm.

In addition, the patients are expected to do their “homework” assignments.

“Homework is a big component of the BIG and LOUD programs,” said Tonya Connell, the LSVT-certified speech language pathologist who works with patients in the LOUD portion of the program. “We give them homework each day – specific tasks for them to practice on: five repetitions of getting out of a car, five repetitions of practicing getting out of bed, retrieving a ball, loud speaking, conversations with people in public who don’t know you have Parkinson’s, phone conversations at

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The Farragut Folklife Museum will host “An OldFashioned Christmas” through Friday, Jan. 3.

The exhibit features items from the museum’s collection as well as pieces belonging to Folklife Museum Committee members. Visitors can view antique toys, games and dolls, including the Rice dollhouse, designed and built in 1929 by local architect Malcolm Rice.

Among the more recent pieces in the exhibit are “Star Wars” toys from the 1970s donated by Mayor Ralph McGill.

The museum is at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, and is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. It will be closed Dec. 24-25.

Liz-Beth, 4920 Park West Blvd., will host a candlelight sale and party from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13.

There will be a silent auction, hourly drawings, holiday cocktails and gourmet treats. Also, there will be two trunk shows featuring jewelry by Dale “Cougar” Armstrong of Jewelry TV and Bovano copper-enameled wall art.

To RSVP, call 865-691-8129 or email beth@liz-beth. com.

THROUGH SUNDAY, JAN. 5 Holidays on Ice The Holidays on Ice outdoor ice-skating rink is open through Sunday, Jan. 5, at Market Square in downtown Knoxville.

Regular hours through Dec. 19 are 4 to 9 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Extended hours Dec. 20 through Jan. 5 will be 1 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Friday-Sunday hours remain the same.

The holiday schedule is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24; closed Wednesday, Dec. 25; 1 p.m. to midnight Tuesday, Dec. 31; and 1 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1.

The entry fee, which includes admission, skate rental and unlimited time on the ice, is $10 a day per adult, $7 a day per child 12 and under, $45 for an adult season pass and $30 for a child season pass.

To save time, skaters may download liability waivers in advance at www.knoxvillesholidaysonice.com.

THURSDAY, DEC. 12 Chamber open house The Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce will have its holiday open house at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at the chamber offices in the Farragut Crossroads Professional Building, 11826 Kingston Pike, Suite 110.

For more info, call 865-675-7057 or email info@ farragutchamber.com.

New this year, participants will help Second Harvest with the Food for Kids program, a collaboration with public schools in Second Harvest’s 18-county service area designed to provide healthy, easily prepared food to some of the most vulnerable children in the community.

The complete program schedule and online application are at www.townoffarragut.org/introduction. Completed applications may be sent to valerie. millsapps@townoffarragut.org; printed and mailed to the Town Hall; or submitted in person at the Town Hall. Up to 20 participants will be selected.

For info, contact Valerie Millsapps, 865-966-7057 or valerie.millsapps@townoffarragut.org.

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FRIDAY, DEC. 13 ‘Kidz Night Out’ Parents can catch up on their holiday to-do list when Bricks 4 Kidz offers “Kidz Night Out,” 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, in the Community Room at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

Kids will play with Lego toys and games for an evening of fun – with STEM principles at the core. There will be structured lesson time, creative playtime and pizza for dinner.

Cost is $30 for per child, with a $25 charge for each additional child from a family.

Registration and payment deadline is Wednesday, Dec. 11.

Cash, check and credit-card payments may be made in person or over the phone at Town Hall. For more info, call 865-966-7057.

FRIDAY, DEC. 13 Application deadline for Introduction The town of Farragut invites community members interested in learning more about the town to participate in its second Introduction to Farragut program.

The course will kick off in January, but the application deadline is 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13.

The Introduction provides information on town history, government structure and operations, public safety, education, and volunteer opportunities.

Open to all, not just Farragut residents, the courses kick off with a reception 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

Classes will be held 6-8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Jan. 28, Feb. 11, Feb. 25, March 11 and March 25 at the Town Hall. Graduation is set for Tuesday, April 8.

The WordPlayers will perform “Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Clayton Performing Arts Center at Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.

Written by Allison Gregory and based on the popular “Junie B. Jones” books by Barbara Park, the fast-paced play features over-the-top characters and witty dialogue.

Tickets are $5 to $12 and are available at 865-5392490, www.wordplayers.org and www.pstcc.edu/ tickets.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 13-15 ‘Sanders Family Christmas’ Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church will present “Sanders Family Christmas,” the sequel to the hit “Smoke on the Mountain,” for three performances Friday, Dec. 13, through Sunday, Dec. 15. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 and 14 and 6 p.m. Dec. 15 at the church, 12915 Kingston Pike.

Set on Christmas Eve 1941, the musical has the Sanders family gathered for one last performance at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church before young Dennis heads to boot camp. The show is filled with bluegrass and gospel music as well as beloved Christmas carols.

The cast is made up of church members and actorsingers from the community.

The performances are free, but tickets are required.

Call 865-671-1885 for ticket and nursery reservations.

Tickets may be picked up at the reception desk during regular office hours on weekdays and on Sunday mornings at the ticket desk in the south hallway.

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Connor Howe and Connor Owens, both 12, get ready to make a joyful noise with their trumpets. When asked what they like best about being in the production, Howe says, “The food room!”

Taking a snack break in the hall are Abby Burkhalter, Alexandra Ashmore, Julie Ann Simpson, Laura Hitch, Eden Carnes, Anna McTyre, Hannah Kerr, Marissa Hastings and Hannah Rodriguez.

“I like hanging out backstage,” says Hitch. Rodriguez agrees and adds “We get to miss school!”

Hannah Kerr is happy to “meet new friends. We are each assigned a ‘big sister’ and they help us get to know everyone.” All the girls agree that “overall, it’s just a great experience.”

Soldiers, sugarplums and baby mice Backstage at the Appalachian Ballet’s dress rehearsal for the company’s annual presentation of “The Nutcracker,” children wait patiently to have their faces made up, excited teenagers gather in groups, adults bustle back and forth in 19th century dress and an all-volunteer “mom corps” holds everything together.

“Do you have pantaloons? You don’t? Well, see Miss Angie.”

“Anybody else need soldier circles?”

“Party boys! Do you all have your trumpets?”

The company just completed two performances of the beloved ballet at the Civic Auditorium in Knoxville, and they’re preparing

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Professional actor David Dwyer gears up for his role as Herr Drosselmeyer, the toymaker who produces the magic nutcracker. “Typically I’ve been called in when they want small bodies thrown into the air,” he laughs, referring to past ballet productions. “But I seem to have aged into this part. I like portraying the mystery and magic of the role.”

Dwyer, a veteran character actor who’s appeared in over 80 movies, can currently be seen in the Will Ferrell comedy “Anchorman 2.” He’s also active in the local professional company Flying Anvil Theatre.

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771-0609 Loaded. 10K mi. $16,700. 423-295-5393.

351 MAZDA MIATA Sport Remodeling MX5, 2012, copper red/black, 6 sp AT ROCKY TOP Building manual, mint cond. & Remodeling. Lic'd, VENDING MACHINE, Garaged. 7700 mi, ins'd, bonded. Small combo refrig. 7 & 9 in DODGE Ram Van $20,950. 423-487-3638 dry side w/changer. jobs, repairs, honey2500 1995, very good $500. 865-690-0999 lv msg Campers do's, painting, dry235 cond., work van, V6, wall, siding, trim, work boxes, $2750. Domestic 265 carpentry, windows, 2012 Summerland 865-250-4443 Household Furn. 204 2600TB Travel Trailer, ***Web ID# 338249*** drs. Free est, 35 yrs Cadillac DTS Luxury exp! 254-3455, 776-6527 Like New, bunk beds, 8 PC. Reed Furniture DVD, flat screen TV, FORD Econoline E150 II 2006, htd lthr & sunrf, made by Ficks Reed auto awning, memory 1988, runs great, good gar kept, 108K mi, Roofing / Siding 352 Co. $1500. Phone 865- foam gel queen matt., tires & new batt., $9,500. 865-693-6249 690-6667; appt. only new fuel pump & tank, ***Web ID# 338822*** used 6 times, Will sell was $2900/now $2850 $11,900 firm. NADA DR SET, solid oak, bo. 865-387-4292 FORD CROWN VIC $14,820. 865-556-5949 76x42 table, 2 leaves, ***Web ID# 341089*** LX 2004, exc cond., lighted china cab., 85K mi, $9,500. Call credenza, 2 capt.

865-250-4443 NEW & PRE-OWNED chairs & 4 side chairs, ***Web ID# 338251*** exc cond. $1,000 INVENTORY SALE obo. 865-966-8678 2013 MODEL SALE Trucks 257 FORD TAURUS 1999.

CHECK US OUT AT 4 dr., light gold, MOVING SALE. Northgaterv.com new tires, 81k mi, CHEV. PU 1994, ext Serving pcs, girl's or call 865-681-3030 $2600. 865-661-1865 cab, 73k mi on eng., desk, Davenport 7700 mi. on trans.

(Captains) desk, 11 TRAIL BAY 2007 INFINITI G37 2009.

Uphol. & body fair, pc DR set, pictures, Immaculate, 1 owner, 4 dr. Loaded. no rust. All records & much more. Call non-smoker, C-H&A, 62K mi. $16,900 from Nov. 2002. for appt. 865-691-9462.

1 slide out. $11,900 423-295-5393 Asking $2700.

865Now thru Dec. 10. obo. 239-872-5656.

690-7281 lv msg LINCOLN TOWN Car ***Web ID# 335344*** 1998, top of the line FORD RANGER 1994 Household Appliances 204a Cartier, pearl color, XLT, 2.3 5 spd., air, sunrf, 62K mi, orig Motor Homes 237 low mi., all orig, must owner, 4 new Michelin Refrig., White, french see. $3650. 865-643-7103 tires, extra clean door, Kenmore 2005 1976 FMC #1040, twin inside & out, $7500. w/ice & water in beds, dinette, new HONDA RIDGELINE 865-577-1427 2013, deep cherry maroon, door, exc cond, $475. refrig, TV & satell.

150 mi, 2 mo. old.

865-577-3357 antenna, microwave, PLYMOUTH 1949, 4 Have to sell. Cost coffee maker, new dr. w/suicide dr, Whirl. upright freezer, over $40k, RTL, all radio, 4 new Michelin good shape, orig., 17 cu. ft. Great Xmas opt.

Must sell. $38,000 tires, 6 1/2 kw Onan $3500. 865-256-9977 gift. Clean $300. Pd firm. 865-765-6933 gen., Chrys #440 ind. $600. 865-851-8777 rear eng. pusher, $10,000. 865-577-1427 Cleaning 318 Vans

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CAIRN TERRIER "Toto" Pet Supplies 144A puppies CKC . M, 8 wks., shots, $450. Call/text Chain Link dog kennel, 865-919-8167 20x20x6, $500 obo.

Invisible Fence $200 Prevent Foreclosure ***Web ID# 340033*** obo. 865-255-1817 Free Help CHIHUAHUA MIX, 2 865-268-3888 $75 ea. 2 Reg. M www.PreventForeclosureKnoxville.com Fem., $225 ea.

Wormed. Free Pets 145 Friendsville 989-400-2380 Comm. Prop. - Rent 66 ***Web ID# 340301*** 2 yr old Part Siamese, fem., beautiful blue Chihuahua Puppies, eyes. Needs good CA$H for your House!

CKC reg, 7 weeks, home. Spayed, had Cash Offer in 24 Hours different prices 865shots, negative for 932-2333 865-365-8888 feline leukemia, feline ***Web ID# 339960*** www.TNHouseRelief.com aids, worms & fleas.

She should be a 1 cat Cocker Spaniel puppies, home. Call Rebecca CKC reg, home 865-525-1267 raised, $325. 931-4453939 or 931-644-5333 ***Web ID# 342219*** ADOPT! Looking for an addiENGLISH BULLDOG tion to the family?

PUPS, AKC, vet Visit Young-Williams checked, 1st shots, Animal Center, the $1000 & up. 423-519-0647 official shelter for ***Web ID# 342360*** Apts - Furnished 72 Knoxville & Knox County.

English Mastiff puppies, WALBROOK STUDIOS AKC reg, beautiful Call 215-6599 fawn & brindle 25 1-3 60 7 or visit puppies. Won't last $140 weekly. Discount long. $900. 865-978-7676 knoxpets.org avail. Util, TV, Ph, ***Web ID# 341737*** Stv, Refrig, Basic Cable. No Lse. GERMAN SHEPHERD Farmer’s Market 150 PUPPIES & ADULT MALE, AKC Houses - Unfurnished 74 WANT TO BUY 865-856-6548 Standing Timber, Northwest Rent LAB Christmas Puppies pine or hardwood, 5 “Downstairs Only” acre min. 865-206-7889 AKC reg, black & 2BR, 1BA, FP, gar w/ blond, M&F, S&W, 4 Wheel Drive 258 remote, 1200 sf, water/ $500. 423-881-3347 Fishing Hunting 224 36' Phaetan mfg by Tiffin, sewer incl., shared ***Web ID# 342152*** 4 slides, 3 TVS, 9K Jeep Grand Cherokee Kit/Laundry. $475 mo.

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MALTESE Marcie Nichols Benelli Nova Pump 12 mi, 360 Cummings diesel w/lrg diesel gen. 5.7 Hemi V8. 49K mi., AKC cute & playful Century 21 The Real ga shotgun. Matthews $15,500. 865-382-0365. $135,000. 865-577-1427 pups, shots & wormed.

Estate Place compound bow. Both ***Web ID# 340770*** 865-523-1914; 705-4777 986-7577 or 548-1265 $1,000. 931-863-4336

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GM WHITE 1995, FENCE WORK InstalGREAT TRUCK & lation & repair. Free TRL. DIRT CHEAP! est. 43 yrs exp! Call New MOTOR, only 689-9572.

3K mi. $20,000. 865983-4102

CHRISTIAN LADY CLEANING SERVICE. Dependable, refs, Call Charlotte at 705-5943. ^

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