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Lakeshore Park A public meeting on Lakeshore Park is set for 6 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 16, at the Deane Hill Recreation Center, 7400 Deane Hill Drive.

The city of Knoxville, along with the board of Lakeshore Park Inc., will present a draft of the updated master plan for Lakeshore Park. The plan is based on public input and an independent survey by U30.

Those planning to attend the meeting are encouraged to visit http://www.cityofknoxville.org/lakeshore/u30report. pdf to see the results of the U30 survey. Anyone needing a disability accommodation in order to attend can contact Stephanie Brewer Cook at 2152034.

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Christmas is John Deere green!

Let the holiday season begin! A staple of the Karns Community Christmas Parade is the John Deere tractors that join the parade every year. Owners decorate them with a few items of Christmas cheer – including a pair of horns that would make Rudolph John Deere green with envy – and then let the big wheels roll.

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Parade-goers love the touch of country and salute to the farming community and cheer the tractors and their drivers along the way. The parade was held Dec. 7. Participants and viewers felt a few raindrops as they lined up, but got a break from the predicted rain just long enough for most of the parade floats, marchers and vehicles to complete the route. At left, Gavin Cordon, age 2, is distracted from the pageantry in front of him by the sound of helicopters flying overhead. Photo by Nancy Anderson More photos are on page A3.

Miracle Maker Thanks to YouTube, thousands have watched elementary school teacher Lauren Hopson express her concerns about changes that have been implemented in Knox County Schools. Hopson doesn’t hold back when her heart pushes her forward, as a video from an October school board meeting and another from last week show.

But the audience she’s most concerned with is the group of 18 third graders counting on her skills and guidance to help them succeed this school year.

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Meet Marshall In case anyone doubts that Jim McIntyre will be the key issue in next year’s school board races, meet Marshall Walker, a retired Knox County Schools social worker who was in the audience last week when the school board voted 8-1 to extend McIntyre’s contract.

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Happy times at the Old Barn Dinner Theater Remember when Farragut had a dinner theater? Folks would come from miles around to watch plays by professional companies. The food was passable, with ice and glasses for those who brought their own bottle. It was a concept ahead of its time, says Farragut historian Malcolm Shell.

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Garrison Road rezoning at commission today

By Sandra Clark Under the heading of “not much chance of killing it” falls the request by The Development Corporation of Knox County to rezone for business use some 70 acres adjacent to Karns High School’s athletic fields and fronting on Garrison Road. The MPC recommended the rezoning and its accompanying sector plan amendment, and Knox County Commission will vote on it today (Dec. 16).

One Karns resident is battling back, but even Carolyn Greenwood notes: “I think there aren’t many people paying attention to this.”

Greenwood says residents have been urged to accept a business park on the old Butler farm rather than see the land developed as a subdivision, fearing more congestion. But since when are these our only choices?

In a letter to commissioners, Greenwood called the proposed zoning next to a school a huge mistake.

And she said the push for industrial zoning on a farm near a school and single family homes has led her to question the integri-

ty of the planning process in Knox County. “While I do not question the sincerity of county commissioners or the sincerity of MPC’s commissioners and staff, it is almost impossible to make good decisions when you (and the public) are being provided with inaccurate and incomplete information.

This has happened with regard to these particular zoning requests more times than I have time to describe for you here.”

She said The Development Corporation, which indicated a potential 500 jobs could be created on the site, was allowed to do all the explaining at the public hearing while MPC staff stood around the room.

“Individuals were told that a business probably like a call center would be placed there, conveniently leaving out the fact that The Development Corporation was still considering having the rail line extended to the property. (How many call centers do you know that need direct rail access?) It was only when I pulled a copy of the zoning regulation out of my pocket and read it out loud, that the speaker admitted that it

allowed heavy industries such as textile mills and pharmaceutical manufacturing, and that it explicitly prohibits primary and secondary schools, but he still would not say anything about this to other members of the public.”

Greenwood has lived on Boomerang Lane for 18 years. “I am aware that changes will occur,” she wrote. “I just want smart growth for Karns, as described

in the Northwest County Sector Plan, with at least some hope of preserving some features that make Karns a special place to so many people.

“After all, what is the point of making County Sector Plans if they can be so easily changed, and in such a significant way, especially when based on faulty information and without involving the community?”

MLK Celebration names special guests The committee that’s organizing the local celebration for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday has announced three special guests: Memphis Mayor A. C. Wharton Jr. will speak at the annual Leadership Educational Symposium on Jan. 16.

John Seigenthaler, founder of the First Amendment Center and a former president of the American Society of Newspapers Editors, will bring the keynote speech at

the Leadership Awards Luncheon at noon Jan. 16.

Dr. George McKenna III will speak at the Memorial Tribute Service at noon Jan. 20, the official MLK holiday. McKenna has been a teacher, superintendent and administrator as well as educational consultant to numerous school districts. He is the subject of the CBS television movie, “The George McKenna Story” starring Denzel Washington. Info: www.

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$1.8 million for vocational equipment Gov. Bill Haslam was joined by local legislators Friday as he announced grants totaling $1,837,475 to fund equipment needed at Pellissippi State Community College and the Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville.

Pellissippi State will receive $1,386,975 and TCAT-Knoxville will receive $450,000, with the grants funding two programs at each school.

The money is part of $16.5 million in this year’s budget for equipment and technology related to workforce development programs at Tennessee colleges of applied technology and community colleges, part of Haslam’s “Drive to

Gov. Bill Haslam talks with Dr. Anthony Wise, president of Pellissippi State Community College, during a presentation Friday. Pictured from left are state Reps. Roger Kane and Harry Brooks, state Sen. Becky Massey, Haslam and Wise. Photo by Ruth White

55” effort to increase the number of Tennesseans with post-secondary credentials.

Pellissippi State’s funds will go toward the school’s programs in advanced manufacturing and nursing. The funds for TCATKnoxville will be for its industrial maintenance program and a second diesel powered equipment program on the campus of SouthDoyle High School in partnership with Knox County Schools.

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Ready to launch for the holiday water parade are (front) Shirley English and Nancy Dyar; (back) Kelly and Danny Henry, Karen Houser, Joyce and Scotty Worst, Barbara Milligan and Roger Giles.

Setting sail

Marine Sgt. Daniel Bryant, Lance Cpl. Krystle Cruz, Lance Cpl. Gerald Everett, and Staff Sgt. Sergio Nunez stand ready to take possession of donations for Toys for Tots.

Mayflower XVIII, which was decorated with more than 3,000 lights. The money from the auction went to benefit Ebenezer United Methodist Church’s building fund.

Coordinating the efforts for Lightfest for Tots was James Bisch at Concord Marina.

for Christmas toys

By Sherri Gardner Howell There was no need for the Navy … the Marines were in the house.

Setting sail on Dec. 7 from Concord Marina for the fifth annual Lightfest for Tots parade and fundraiser were more than 15 boats, all decked out with holiday lights.

The Marines’ presence was in appreciation for the fundraising efforts, which benefited the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program.

Toys were placed under the Christmas tree inside the marina clubhouse, and cash donations were also accepted.

Each boat owner paid a $40 entry fee, which also included two tickets to the awards ceremony and reception following the parade.

The boats were a mystical sight as they traveled

Looking at pictures on a camera phone, Karen Houser, Shirley English and Barbara Glowing as it comes down the river is “Supertramp,” a boat Milligan enjoy the party after captained by Doug Bridle and his crew of Jayne Bridle and Roy the parade. and Diana Dockery. Photos by Justin Acuff

from the marina, past Lakeside Tavern and the Cove at Concord Park, then to the boathouse.

The event was sponsored by Knox County Parks and Recreation and Concord Marina.

Other sponsors included Concord Captain’s Club, PJ’s Landing, Louisville Landing, Grayson Automobiles, the Barre family, MarineMax, Decka Batteries, Cabins USA, Lakeside Tavern Restaurant, Willy’s

Restaurant, Greg Boling Insurance Agency and Sea Tow. Boat owner Roger Giles added another charitable aspect to his participation.

He auctioned off two seats aboard his 34-foot

Doug and Jayne Bridle get ready for the parade about the “Supertramp.”

Celebrate the Season

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$1.8 million said. “This will help meet the growing demand among employers in the region for well-trained employees.”

In cooperation with TCAT-Knoxville, Pellissippi State’s engineering technology programs will not only train college students and employees of regional manufacturers, but also provide dual enrollment possibilities for local high school students at the Knox County Schools’ new Magnet Acad-

From page A-1 emy at Strawberry Plains.

The grant will enable doubling the student capacity in both programs.

The Pellissippi State nursing program is currently expanding and will require new laboratories.

The expansion will include an LPN to RN program, which is new to the college.

The equipment consists of high-tech human simulation models and related technology.

Some “duties” are downright awesome. As the 2014 North munity Christmas Parade. The coach is from Cinderella Coach West Knox Business and Professional Association Person of the and Carriage Company and is driven by Cynthia Conner. Photos Year, Bill Halsey gets to be grand marshal of the Karns Com- by Nancy Anderson

Mini Miss Tennessee Brook Addison Bilbrey, age 5, waves to the crowd from a 1977 Corvette. She is the daughter of David and Melanie Bilbrey. Dad is driving and big brother Brandon is also along for the ride.

Santa and Mrs. Claus get a ride on the Lions Club float.

The two llamas and an alpaca from S.E. Llama Rescue Organization were a big hit along the parade route, with many references from the children to “Llama, llama, red pajama.” Guiding the gentle animals are Hope Kane, daughter of state Rep. Roger Kane, and John Jordan. Photos

by Nancy Anderson

Chancellor John F. Weaver swears in new Karns Republican Club officers for 2014 during the annual Christmas party at Karns Middle School. Pictured are: Chancellor John F. Weaver, Lena Miller, treasurer; Lorraine Coffey, vice president; Mike Gordon, president; and Alan Zimmerman, secretary. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Karns Republican Christmas Party

Charme Knight, candidate for District Attorney General, won the bid on a much-coveted German chocolate cake.

The annual Christmas party and cake auction is the major fundraiser for the club.

Lorraine Coffey and Nick McBride hold a cake to be sold. Cakes, both home and professionally baked, went for $20 to $150.

Afterwards, Correy said everyone had fun and the club made more than $1,000.

government Continuity on council Next Saturday the five re-elected city council members will be sworn into office for their final term and a special council meeting will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the City County Building to choose a vice mayor, Beer Board chair and representative to serve on KAT.

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Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis will be chosen vice mayor again for a two-year term which means he will have served four years as vice mayor, along with Brenda Palmer to chair the Beer Board and former mayor Daniel Brown to continue on the KAT board (which was not consulted about the mayoral termination of the KAT management contract).

Jack Sharp is the longest-serving vice mayor in the past 75 years, having served 14 years as vice mayor (or seven two-year terms). Due to term limits no one will ever reach that length of service again. Sharp currently serves on MPC. This is a special called meeting by the mayor, which is a practice I started as mayor in 1990. The reason to choose the vice mayor on the day the council and/or mayor is sworn into office is to ensure there is a vice mayor to assume authority should something happen to the mayor. Prior to this, the city might go several weeks before a vice mayor was chosen by the council.

■ More developments on the KAT (bus system) stemming from the Thanksgiving firing of KAT director Cindy McGinnis as a result of the $39,000 Gobis report.

Gobis never interviewed a member of the KAT board in it is inquiry.

The mayor never consulted (only informed) any KAT board member including Mark Hairr (former KAT director and UT employee now) on her decision to cancel the Veolia contract and thereby terminate McGinnis. She did not talk to any board member about McGinnis’ performance prior to her departure. The city website as of Dec. 11 still showed McGinnis in her position.

Melissa Roberson is the interim director. The mayor apparently intends to do a search for the new director. The manner in which McGinnis was fired has spread across the online transit community, which will cause qualified persons to think twice about Knoxville, knowing the job might last for only six years (time remaining to Rogero as mayor assuming a second term).

The mayor after Rogero would be free to change the KAT director. This writer predicts the rest of the Gobis report, including the abolition of the KAT board, will be shelved and forgotten by this administration. McGinnis has been removed, which was the goal. It could have been done without the report.

The Gobis report is not seen as objective or a valid roadmap for Knoxville transit.

■ Retiring KAT board member Essie Johnson will be honored for 32 years of service (this writer appointed her three times to the board) at the next KAT board meeting.

She was not reappointed

by Mayor Rogero, who is not reappointing anyone to more than two terms on various city boards.

■ The UT inquiry into charges against suspended UT band leader Gary Sousa, should be concluding soon.

It is headed by a member of the Provost’s office. The Provost is on record as being very critical of Sousa which raises the question of how impartial such an inquiry can be if one of her employees is heading it up.

Sousa is reported to have employed an attorney. He has tenure and is assured of a position on the music school faculty if he loses his band position, which seems likely. Whatever happens will be awkward for UT. ■ TVA CEO Bill Johnson has taken the axe to several positions at TVA, including the position of Emily Reynolds, longtime aide to former Sen. Bill Frist and former Secretary of the Senate. She handled congressional relations for TVA. She resides in Nashville and never moved to Knoxville. She has not determined what she will do next.

Johnson was paid $5.9 million for only nine months’ work by valley ratepayers. This has triggered considerable unrest and dissension by ratepayers. The board has been silent on it.

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Walker seeks school board seat In case anyone doubts that James McIntyre will be the key issue in next year’s school board races, meet Marshall Walker, a retired Knox County Schools social worker who was in the audience last week when the school board voted 8-1 to extend McIntyre’s contract.

Walker, who is divorced with two daughters and three g r a n d d aug hter s, says he would not have voted with the majority.

Walker “There was no need to do that at this time. That carte blanche authority they’ve given the superintendent minimizes their authority.

The school board hired the superintendent. He didn’t hire them.”

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bent Gloria Deathridge, who voted for the extension.

Retired Vine Middle School principal George Kemp will manage his campaign. “(Gloria) Deathridge personally is a very nice woman. We are just different in our approach about how we should deal with the educational system in Knox County,” Walker said. “My experience has been with youth, parents, families and coaching. I believe that our school board representative should be responsive to the community and I will encourage more involvement from all of our community.”

Walker attended Eastport Elementary School and Vine Middle School and was among the first AfricanAmerican students to attend Fulton High School,

2001, and prior to that, worked for Child Protective Services in Knoxville as a senior counselor.

He was an active volunteer in youth sports, and became an assistant coach at Austin-East in 1983.

“Sam Anderson gave me a chance,” he said. “I coached under him until I moved away.” One of his proudest memories is of A-E beating Maryville in the last game he coached.

Walker, who says he was one of those kids who was not projected to go to college, believes youth sports helped him beat the odds and that involving young people in sports instills discipline and builds relationships.

“When I went to Fulton, sports had a lot to do with blending nationalities, races and ethnic groups. That was the difference. Other students that looked like me experienced negativity that I did not experience because I played sports.”

GOV NOTES ■ One-on-one constituent meeting hosted by Knox Mayor Tim Burchett will be 11 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Fountain City Library, 5300 Stanton Road.

■ Knox County Commission will meet today (Dec. 16) at 2 p.m. at the City County Building. December meetings were moved up a week because of the Christmas holiday.

Holiday hobnob State Rep. Gloria Johnson, Knox County Trustee candidate Jim Berrier, and Leland Price, candidate for Criminal Court Judge Division 3, attend the Knox County Democratic Christmas party.

■ Knox County school board will meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, in the boardroom of the Andrew Johnson Building, a move necessary because of a scheduling conflict at the main assembly room of the City County Building.

Changes ahead for Shopper news coverage Long ago and far away I wrote about a school board meeting. It was a totally different superintendent and board.

“Sophistry,” was the oneword response of a soon-tobe former principal. I didn’t even know the word ... and when I looked it up I still wasn’t quite sure how it applied to my column.

Last Monday when the current school board voted 8-1 to extend Jim McIntyre’s contract until Dec. 31, 2017, I finally got it.

Buzz Thomas called McIntyre “the smartest superintendent I know,” and my cat sneezed.

The smartest superintendent would not have jeopardized the re-election prospects of his most vulnerable allies on the board by asking for the 4-year contract.

Three years is plenty long enough. At least that’s what my cat thinks.

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where he played football, basketball and baseball, graduating in 1966.

His father, the late Norman Walker, was the head custodian. His younger brother, the late Jackie Walker, became a two-time AllAmerican linebacker at the University of Tennessee and was the first African-American elected to captain a UT football team and the first African-American to be named an All-American from the Southeastern Conference.

Marshall got a football scholarship to Florida A&M, but transferred to UT after he suffered a career-ending knee injury his freshman year. He has an undergraduate degree in human resources and a master’s in social work, both from UT. He worked for Knox County Schools from 20012012, and was assigned to six inner city elementary schools. He worked for the Tennessee Board of Paroles as a supervisor from 1986-

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The smartest superintendent would have taken the raise to which he was entitled and used it for postage stamps so the teachers could return their anonymous surveys anonymously.

Instead, instructions went forth for principals to collect the surveys and send them to the central office.

And Dr. McIntyre said he would set up a teachers’ appreciation fund with the $5,000 raise.

For the 10 people who might not know it, Mike McMillan was the sole dissenting vote. I don’t like to be on the side of Mike McMillan.

Neither does my cat.

So I’m moving on. No more school board meetings for me. And no more for Jake Mabe either. (Read Jake’s poignant blog linked from our website.) Jake and I got way too close to these issues and to these board members, our friends.

Here’s our ShopperNews lineup for 2014. It’s designed to challenge us.

Hopefully, it will make us a better newspaper.

■ Betty Bean will cover the school board and the 2014 elections for school board seats. The Miracle Maker feature was already set to expire on Dec. 31. It won’t be replaced.

■ Jake Mabe, previously Halls area reporter and features editor, will be the Knox County government reporter. Jake will monitor projects in each community that we serve, and he’ll write a political column on this page every week.

■ This writer will oversee community reporters/ editors for our eight zones: ■ Betsy Pickle – South ■ Betty Bean – East and North (south of I 640) ■ Ruth White – Halls/ Fountain City/Gibbs.

■ Libby Morgan – Union County.

■ Cindy Taylor – Powell and Norwood.

■ Sherri Gardner Howell – Farragut and Karns/Hardin Valley.

■ Wendy Smith – Bearden.

In addition, we’re expanding our business coverage with a new feature: “Where the Jobs Are,” coordinated by Nancy Whittaker.

Our regular columnists will be back, I guess. Nobody has quit.

And if anyone wants to know what I think of the school board, well, ask my cat.

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The old barn dinner theater For the developers, it was quite rural. Few locals was an entrepreneurial idea knew much about dinner whose time had come. theaters.

A few had probably visited Cumberland County Playhouse in Crossville.

But, for many, the real entertainment was a few hunMalcolm dred yards down the road at Shell the Dixie Lee drive-in theater, which teenagers called the passion pit.

It was a dinner theater in We visited the barn on the heart of Farragut that numerous occasions and produced both food and found the entertainment to creative entertainment set be superb. Some of the proin a rustic atmosphere. It ductions I remember were was located directly across “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Mr. Kingston Pike from the Roberts” and “Shenandoah.”

Renaissance Development Even by today’s stanon property now owned by dards the actors were proFirst Farragut United Meth- fessional and, except for odist Church. limited set designs, would The original owners, the have compared favorably Rhea family, purchased the with most Broadway proproperty from Alfred Watt ductions. That’s because about 1960. For most of the most of the productions locals it looked like just an- were presented by traveling other barn, complete with a troupes from New York and hay loft and a cantilevered other northern metropolibeam to lift hay to the upper tan areas. level.

I am sure that, for most But Farragut in the 1960s of the cast, rural Farragut

must have been a culture shock. My fellow classmate Earl Hall remembers dating one of the young ladies from New York, who asked: “What do people here do for recreation?”

“Well,” Earl said, “we have a chicken restaurant just a few blocks away and a hamburger joint at Lovell Road, and that’s about it.”

The barn did offer one thing quite rare in rural Farragut: a place where you could enjoy good wine or perhaps a before-dinner cocktail. But you had to bring your own bottle, and the establishment provided ice and glasses.

To my knowledge, the barn was never raided by local law enforcement and, unlike another establishment, never sold temporary club memberships to avert the law.

Most locals knew one of the area’s most notorious bootleggers was located just a few blocks away, where they could pick up a bottle

on their way to the theater.

The theater consisted of tables along four walls and a center area for a buffet. Food was cooked in a kitchen in the rear and you could usually tell by the smell when you entered what was on the menu. Most of the time it was southern fried chicken or pork chops, and the occasional offering of beef stew or country fried steak. Unfortunately the quality of the food never equaled the quality of the performances. But, with few other eating establishments around to compare it with, it probably satisfied most of the locals.

After dinner, the buffet was broken down and cleared, the lights were turned off and the set was lowered in the darkness from the ceiling by pulleys with the set and actors intact. Although tables were reserved, by ordering advanced tickets you could sit on the bottom level next to the stage. During intermis-

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sion, the players would often mix and mingle with the patrons.

Unfortunately, the din- ■ Business-Friendly City: The town of Farragut has ner theater concept was a been named the second bit ahead of its time in FarMost Business-Friendly City ragut. Struggles with the in Tennessee for 2013 by the Actors’ Guild to meet salary Beacon Center of Tennessee, demands resulted in thin an independent, nonprofit profits. After seven years, and nonpartisan research orthe developers realized the ganization. Farragut’s ranking venture was not an experiwas less than a percentage ence whose time had come point under the score earned by this year’s winner – Brentin rural Farragut and closed wood. Each year, the Beacon its doors.

Center analyzes the state’s The structure sat vacant 50 most populous cities’ for many years. As it deterifriendliness to business based orated, it eventually became on scores in three categories: an eyesore. economic vitality, business Given the diverse nature tax burden and community of Farragut’s population toallure. Farragut has consisday and the general educatently ranked toward the top, tion level in the area, the old due to its lack of property tax, barn dinner theater would low crime rate and strong job probably be a thriving busigrowth. The top five ranked ness. cities in order are Brentwood, Farragut, Franklin, Mt. The land was purchased Juliet and Spring Hill. The full by the church in 2001. With report, along with the ranking Rural/Metro supervision, of each of Tennessee’s 50 the structure was torched most populous cities, is availand debris removed. able at www.beacontn.org.

But when I drive by the ■ Looking toward spring: property today, I always The Farragut Arts Council think of the Barn Dinner will sponsor a juried art show Theatre, a business venture and juried standard flower that was a great idea ahead show – “Open Art Show 2014: of its time.

ALCHEMY – The Magic of Art

Hardin Valley Academy has opportunities to partner

By Sandra Clark The Farragut Knox County Schools Joint Education Relations Committee lacked a quorum, but still managed to meet for almost an hour Dec. 3, primarily to hear from Hardin Valley Academy’s acting PTSA president, Susan Perry.

Most residents of the town are zoned to Farragut High School, but a few families are zoned to HVA; thus, the town contributes equally to both, along with Farragut Middle, Intermediate and Elementary schools.

Perry pitched for volunteers to her school, listing numerous opportunities for

community members to get involved.

Cash is always welcomed, and membership levels range from $50 to $2,000 plus. Most in-kind gifts will be considered toward membership levels at one-half of the monetary value of the gift.

Parent volunteers are needed to work in the bookstore, guidance office, front office and library, she said.

Public relations help is needed to produce the ETalon, a weekly electronic newsletter, to maintain a social media presence and to notify media contacts about PTSA events.

Help is needed to provide

The PTSA holds two major fund raising events: Have a Heart and Dine Out with the Hawks.

The group sponsors the annual MAL (My Amazing Life) program for juniors that teaches life lessons pertaining to personal and family budgeting.

Finally, HVA partners can support the school’s all-night drug/alcohol-free party that gives graduates a Susan Perry of the Hardin Valsafe place to celebrate their ley Academy PTSA, visits at accomplishments.

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The PTSA is proud to support alumni activities and a homecoming tailgate incentives and prizes to ac- event. PTSA supports the knowledge student success- upkeep and beautification of both the building and es throughout the year.

and Flowers” – in conjunction with the Dixie Highway Garden Club on Friday and Saturday, May 16-17. Artwork, artist application and fee are due on Thursday, Jan. 9, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday, Jan. 10, from 8 a.m. to noon.

No artwork and applications will be accepted prior to Jan. 9. Entries will be juried on Saturday, Jan. 11, and will be available for pickup on Jan. 11 from 5-8 p.m. and Jan. 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Artists can submit as many entries as they wish at an entry fee of $5 per piece. Applications are available at www.townoffarragut.org/artsandculture and at the Farragut Town Hall.

the grounds.

The group works at community and school events to provide decorations and food, including Teacher Appreciation functions and the Senior Portfolio Showcases.

Committee member Mike Singletary introduced the idea of inviting PTSA and PTSO leaders to meet with the committee to explain their projects.

Committee chair Mark Littleton said new members ■ Upcoming: Personnel Comare needed. Dr. Shyam Nair mittee, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. has resigned to move to Qa17; Volunteer Breakfast (by tar. invitation only), 7:30 a.m.

Interested persons Thursday, Dec. 19; Municipal Planning Commission, 7 p.m. should contact Littleton or Thursday, Dec. 19.

Gary Palmer at Town Hall.

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The long journey In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered.

This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.

(Luke 2: 1-5 NRSV) Dee Jay Keller’s handcrafted bags make a colorful display at the craft sale portion of the Cookie Walk.

Karen Gilbertson with Faith Lutheran Church has the cookies artfully arranged and ready for the shoppers. Photos by Ashley Baker Joan Pfrommer, director of the Cookie Walk, and Bob Morris show off their holiday spirit.

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Santa and all his elves would have had a hard time finishing off all the cookies at Faith Lutheran Church on Dec. 7. More than 12,000 homemade cookies filled the church kitchen and recreation room, waiting for shoppers.

It was time for the church’s annual Cookie Walk and Craft Fair. Joan Pfrommer, director of the cookie walk, said this was the 12th year for the fundraiser, which drew a crowd of cookie-lovers who lined up early.

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Pfrommer and her “elves” began working on the Cookie Walk in October. More than 90 bakers in the congregation provide dozens of cookies each. Shoppers buy either small ($10) or large

($15) boxes and are admitted to the room in groups to fill their boxes with their favorite cookies. Helpers keep the trays filled from the kitchen so that there is always a good selection.

Proceeds benefit the Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry.

Community welcome at monthly luncheon

By Wendy Smith Last week’s Church and Community Luncheon at Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church featured poinsettias, fi ne china and fellowship with friends from other local churches.

Parish nurse Laurette Beekman organizes the monthly event, which is aimed at seniors. Her other responsibilities include blood pressure checks one Sunday each month, finding speakers for health discussions and visiting the sick and homebound.

Mountain Breeze quartet entertained at the Christmas-themed luncheon. The event is held at noon on second Thursdays and is open to the community, says Associate Pastor Michael Stanfield. The Jan. 9 luncheon will feature Fountain City librarian Elizabeth Nelson. She will present a program on First Ladies. Call 522-9804

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Lovely Christmas cards notwithstanding, the road to Bethlehem was not a walk in the park.

Consider the circumstances: Joseph has to leave Nazareth and his livelihood to make an arduous journey of more than 80 miles.

They would have come down from the hill country of Nazareth, followed the Jordan River Valley all the way to the Dead Sea, then turned west again and up the mountain to Jerusalem, and south the last six miles to Bethlehem.

In addition to the usual brigands and thieves and murderers who prowled the roads, there were other issues to worry about: Joseph’s loss of income while away from the carpentry shop, the weather (it may well have been springtime, and not December, so that rains were a concern, and I can tell you from personal experience that March in Israel is cold!), the lack of Holiday Inns along the way, and Mary’s pregnancy and approaching due date.

There must have been a lot of traffic on the roads, because everyone in the country had to register. Under normal circumstances, there might have been a caravan of other native Judeans they could join.

However, because of Mary’s growing waistline, Joseph may have chosen to travel separately from the others from Nazareth, to avoid the

At left, Pat Klein, right, is a 40-year member of Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church. She brought her friend Sally Guthrie to last week’s Church and Community Luncheon.

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As long as the physical journey was, however, the faith journey was longer and wider and deeper. God chose this couple for good reason: they were made of sturdy stuff, and they were obedient and faithful. Without fully understanding the why’s and the wherefore’s, with no roadmap or guarantees, they were willing to undertake the task that God had laid before them.

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Farragut Scholars Bowl team rocks Chattanooga Members of the Scholar’s Bowl varsity and junior varsity teams at Farragut High School have new bragging rights. During a recent competition at UT Chattanooga, the teams earned first place.

“We compete every chance we get,” said Kai Smith, who was reading questions to his teammates on the day a reporter stopped by practice to snap a photo.

One of the most surprising questions they were given in the competition, according to some team members, was about the Stanford Prison Experiment, involving a group of college students who role played as inmates and officers and the shocking results.

Smith said they were surprised not because they weren’t prepared for the question, they just don’t usually hear that one come up during competitions.

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The camaraderie among the team creates a family atmosphere, and team sponsor and Farragut High teacher Whitney Parson said the students enjoy being on the team so much, “They pretty much lead themselves,” she said. “I just fill out the paperwork.”

Most team members are also in the Science Bowl or the History Bowl, or both.

“Which means they literally practice almost every day.”

That’s a lot of buzzers going off at one time.

Both winning teams went undefeated during a round robin and throughout the playoffs.

UT NOTES Tom Cervone has returned to UTK as managing director of the Professional Master of Business Administration program.

Cervone is a 2010 graduCervone ate of the program, which is based in the College of Business Administration. Since graduation, he has been serving as a leadership development coach for the program.

Taylor Eighmy, vice chancellor for research and engagement, has been elected to the 2013 class of National Academy of Inventors Fellows.

The NAI Eighmy Fellows will be inducted during the third annual Conference of the National Academy of Inventors on March 7 in Alexandria, Va., at the headquarters of the United

Farragut High School’s Scholars Bowl team takes a break from practicing for a quick photo. Pictured are Ameena Iqbal, Angel Chen, Ben Savitz, Kevin Hong, Jerry Zhou, Kai Smith, Yongyu

Chen, Daniel Yan, Ronik Sheth, Raajhul Senthil Kumar, Shreyas Muralidharan, Jason Fu, Stanley Chang, Don Joo, Ani Perumalla, Alex Chang and Andreas Smith. Photo by S. Barrett

Recycling bins available Keep Knoxville Beautiful has received a shipment of recycling bins thanks to a special grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The bins will be distributed to the public from convenience centers around town through a partnership with Knox County Solid Waste.

Anyone can stop by to pick up a bin. Pick up locations are Mason-Recycling 2 on Tazewell Pike, 10 a.m.-noon Monday, Dec. 16; Dutchtown, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17; Powell, 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18; Halls, 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19; John Sevier, 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Dec. 20.

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Nancy Henry, a professor in English, and Gregory Kaplan, the Lindsay Young Professor of Spanish in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures and director of UT’s Language and World Business program, have been named National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows.

The fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences or both.

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Improvement, not change, is teacher’s goal

By Betsy Pickle Thanks to YouTube, thousands have watched Halls Elementary School teacher Lauren Hopson express her concerns about changes that have been implemented in Knox County Schools. Hopson doesn’t hold back when her heart pushes her forward, as a video from an October school board meeting and another from last week show.

But the audience she’s most concerned with is the group of 18 third graders counting on her skills and guidance to help them succeed this school year.

“We teach children because we want them to learn,” Hopson says of herself and her colleagues, “but we also work with children because we love being around them and getting to have that interaction with them. It gets frustrating when you can’t do as much of that as you would like to.”

That’s one of the reasons Hopson has been so vocal at school board meetings. She’s not opposed to change – she just wants it to be an improvement.

“We want what’s best for our children. I want to feel like I have the freedom, if my kids get interested in something one day, to go and look at Google Earth about it, or to go down to the library and get a bunch of books when it wasn’t on my lesson plan – and to not have to worry about somebody coming in my room and expecting me to do A, B and C when … D is what my kids are excited about today.

“It’s not about choosing to teach something that’s not on the curriculum. I can take any subject you give me and correlate it to my curriculum, whether it’s a writing standard or a reading standard or even math. But having to stick to a lesson plan every day just because somebody says you have to do it that way is very suffocating.”

Hopson is in her 13th year of teaching at Halls. After graduating from the University of Tennessee, the Greeneville native went to work as a counselor at Peninsula Village, working with emotionally disturbed and chemically dependent adolescents.

She lived on the campus 85 hours a week, from Tuesday night through Saturday morning.

“You really have to enjoy being around kids to stick it out that long.”

For the last four years of her stint, she was married, and she realized that if she wanted kids of her own, she’d have to find another job.

She went through UT’s Lyndhurst Program, a 15-month program that fast-tracks second-career professionals into teaching. After an internship

Lauren Hopson jokingly scratches her name off of Santa’s “Good” list.

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teaching first grade, she realized during a short foray into third grade that she preferred that age group.

“They have just enough independence where they’re not constantly following you around like baby chicks, but on the other hand, they still want your approval, they still want to give you hugs and they still want to have that relationship with you.”

Hopson channels inspiration from a high school English teacher who had her students take oppositegender parts while reading “Romeo and Juliet.”

“She had that knack of just making it different enough that it was a whole new ballgame.”

She likes to challenge her students with a similar playful attitude.

“I joke around with my kids all the time. I kind of have my children compete. I tell my girls that they’re smarter than boys, and what that causes is that the boys spend all year trying to prove me wrong. It sets up a good, healthy competition.

“I have one student this year who

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is intent on proving that he is smarter than the girls. We’ll be reading our explanations for something, and I’ll go, ‘All right, blind me with your awesomeness.’ When they read their answer, if it’s really good, I start acting, ‘Oh, my eyes are being poked out! I can’t see! What am I going to do?!’ He always likes to go last to see if he can get the biggest reaction out of me, blind me with his awesomeness. He’s done it several times this year.”

Hopson uses concepts gleaned from a writing workshop she took several years ago to get her students fired up about writing.

“It’s about letting students write what they want to write about and getting them to share their writing so they see how other students write.”

She’s trying to keep that going,

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but she says, “We’ve gotten to a place where our writing is so regimented in what we have to do and when we have to do it, and I’m trying to not allow that to die in my room because I want my kids to be excited about writing time.”

She has them hooked when it comes to reading. They’re “ravenous sharks” when they think she’s about to give them time with their book boxes. And she’s passing on her love of science with classroom décor that suggests starry skies and colorful planets.

While she feels frustrated that teachers’ opinions aren’t always welcomed by the school board, she believes she’s doing the right thing by her students, and her peers.

“My colleagues here have been overwhelmingly supportive.”

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A-10 • DECEMBER 16, 2013 • Shopper news

Kids helping kids

By Sara Barrett Students at Karns Elementary School have collected new toys since the first part of November for children in their area who may otherwise go without at Christmas. Karns Volunteer Fire Department distributes the toys to families within its service area and has done so since shortly after the department was started in 1978.

This is the first year the school has participated; students at Amherst and Hardin Valley elementary schools have participated in previous years. There are also bins for donations at both the Food City on Middlebrook Pike and Hardin Valley Road.

Toys, books and games are all accepted. “We receive a lot of phone calls from this area,” said Karns Volunteer Fire Department representative Kelley Grabill of the request for assistance at Christmastime.

The toy drive at Karns Elementary has been very successful, according to faculty member Dona Bean, who said she’s had to empty the tops of the bins in order to make room for more toys the students have brought.

New toys and monetary donations will both be accepted Karns Fire Department engineer Nathan Patterson, students Nathan Welden, Arabella Black and Abigail Weldon, firefighter through Wednesday, Dec. 18. Info: Grabill, 691-1333.

James Tolliver, (back) fire department representative Kelley Grabill and student Caleb Cleghorn. Photo by S. Barrett

Stately ornaments Gov. Bill and Crissy Haslam opened their home up this holiday season for tours of the Tennessee Residence with its halls decked in seasonal décor during Tennessee’s Home for The Holidays.

Students at Cedar Bluff Middle School were asked to create ceramicornaments for one of the trees in the governor’s mansion to honor the heroes of our state, focusing Cedar Bluff Middle students Trey Houser and Timari Ray hold their efforts on the Medal of some of the ornaments students made to decorate the goverHonor. nor’s mansion during the holiday season. Each ornament was The ornaments were rerequired to have a 3D effect, and represent the Medal of Honor quired to have a 3D effect, in some way. Photos by S. Barrett

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and each one needed to represent one of the characteristics of Medal of Honor winners.

Several students who participated toured the home recently to see their ornaments on the tree. Other local heroes honored by a tree in the mansion include Davy Crockett, Dolly Parton and Pat Summitt. Info: visit Some of the ornaments made by students www.tn.gov/firstlady.

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Haley gave the Grinch a one-two “punch” while visiting the historic caverns. The cave is filled with Christmas lights and decorations and will be open from 6 to 9 p.m.

Thursday and Friday, Dec. 19-20, and 5 to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 21-22. Admission is $8 for ages 5 and up. Above, Santa arrives in a holiday balloon to help even out the Grinch’s bad vibes. For more information, visit www.cherokeecaverns.com. Photos

Cherokee Caverns are open four more days this holiday season for visitors to come enjoy the natural beauty of the cave and the seasonal decorations. Christmas characters, refreshments, face painting, photos with Santa and even a food truck are part of the merriment. Raven Mills talks with Santa (Joe Moore), the Grinch and one of Santa’s elves (Corey Circello) on her visit to the cave.

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NEWS FROM CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Bennett Miller, Hannah Brown and Michael Jarvis were named to the All-East Chorus, qualifying for AllState.

CAK seniors in All-East Chorus CAK seniors Andersen Estes and Leslie Sizemore were selected to be on the All-State Cheer Squad.

Two from CAK head to State

The annual All-East Choral Weekend was held Nov. 21-23, in historic Greeneville, Tenn.

Juniors and seniors must audition for placement in one of the three All-East Choruses.

Three CAK seniors successfully auditioned for this year’s event. Attending were Hannah Brown in the AllEast Women’s Chorus, and Bennett Miller and Michael

Jarvis in the All-East Men’s Chorus. Both Brown and Jarvis were featured soloists. All three of CAK’s seniors have qualified for All-State.

Five freshmen students were chosen by CAK choral teachers Amy Brock and Peggy Filyaw to participate in this year’s All-East 9th Grade Honors Choir. The 9th graders attending were: Josh

Current, Alyssa Buzzeo, Leah Campbell, Riley Poe and Olivia Williams.

Accompanying the students to Greeneville were Filyaw, Brock, and CAK parent Wanda Brown. The event featured 600 choral students from middle school through 12th grade from East Tennessee public and private schools.

Estes is Cheerleader of the Year CAK seniors Andersen Estes and Leslie Sizemore were selected to the All-State Cheer Squad by the Tennessee Cheer Coaches Association, and Estes was named 2013 Tennessee Cheerleader of the Year.

“I am so proud to have these girls represent CAK,” said CAK cheerleading coach Lisa Bowland.

Coaches nominated 81 cheerleaders from across the state. After being scored on their letters of recommendation, extracurricular activities, community service and GPA, the top 25 nominees were then invited to try out for the All-State Cheer Squad in Murfreesboro last month.

The top 13 cheerleaders were chosen after an interview and a tryout which included cheer, dance and tumbling skills in front of a panel of judges.

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Andersen Estes is Tennessee Cheerleader of the Year.

CAK alum is Player of the Year areas, Estes was chosen as Cheerleader of the Year. Estes placed first in every category, the first time a nominee has done so in the history of the competition. She received a plaque, a letter jacket and a $500 scholarship to the college of her choice.

Former CAK quarterback Quinn Epperly was recently named the 2013 Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. Taking over the starting role halfway through the season, Epperly led Princeton to an 8-2 record and set a handful of personal records as well. In fact, Epperly was featured on Sports Center’s Top 10 players of the week after beating Harvard in triple overtime and earned a “Helmet Sticker” for going 29-for-29 (an NCAA record) to start the Cornell game the following week. He finished the season ranked first nationally in points responsible per game (26.6), sixth in both competition percentage and scoring and seventh in rushing touchdowns. “This whole season has been a huge blessing,” Epperly said. Photo submitted

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Raising their lovely voices in songs of the season were the Angela Floyd Singers, including, from left, Sarah Hepler, Sydni Stinnett, Ireland Wills and Mekenzie Winstead.

HappyChamber-style holidays,

Santa (Scott Jones) checks in with Pam Lambert of Tastefully Simple Inc. to see how holiday sales are going at the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce annual Christmas party. Pho-

By Sherri Gardner Howell When you want to impress business owners as savvy as members of the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, you better pull out all the stops.

Bettye Sisco and the staff at the chamber have no problem accomplishing that feat!

The chamber’s annual Christmas gathering, Holiday Open House, once again was attended by an overflow crowd who filled a large tent as well as the chamber office buildings.

On the agenda for the evening were great entertainment, incredible food and more fellowship and networking opportunities than any business person could hope for. Santa came by to check in on Christmas commerce, and to see if anyone had any last-minute wishes for gifts to throw on the sleigh.

The open house is a seasonal treat for many of Farragut’s chamber members. For more information about the chamber, visit the offices at 11826 Kingston Pike, Suite 110, call 865-675-7057 or visit the website at www. farragutchamber.com.

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the Boy Scouts and PTA. He and his wife were both honored with the 2013 Truman Day Champions Award this fall at the Knox County Democratic Party’s Truman Day event. The award was in recognition of their decades of service in improving the lives of working people in the state of Tennessee.

Woods says he learned to respect working people as a child. He was born in his family’s home in the Mead’s Quarry area of South Knoxville. His father worked at the Williams Lime Plant – 12 hours a day, seven days a week.

When their house burned, his father bought Sylvia and Harold Woods strike a pose at the San Diego Zoo in the materials to rebuild, but June 2013. his mother was the one who built it.

“She put every nail in,” says Woods.

Woods has fond memories of his old neighborhood.

“Of all the communities you could grow up in, that was the best,” he says. “We Cornerstone of Recovery loved each other. The parBy Betsy Pickle Everyone has an expira- and Project HELP, as well ents took care of all of us tion date. Harold Woods as on the Tennessee Demo- kids. We were all poor. We has been told that his is cratic Party executive com- all had the same circumstance, and we had the same mittee. sooner rather than later.

Volunteering is a hard enemies.”

“They keep telling us, Woods learned early on ‘within six months, within habit to break.

“I’m not one to sit there that people with money had six months,’” says Sylvia Woods, Harold’s wife of 52 quietly,” says Woods. “I get a distrust and often a conyears. “We’ve been hearing involved and know more tempt for those who were or less what’s going on. poor, and he fought many that now for two years.”

He was diagnosed with That’s the way it’s been my battles to improve life and cancer in 2011 after it at- whole life. Anything I’ve work conditions for the poor tacked his bile duct, which joined, I’ve participated – and middle class.

He remains hopeful had to be removed. He’s otherwise, I wouldn’t have about the future, but he been through chemothera- joined.”

Woods is widely respect- worries that the country for py several times, as well as ed for his 40-plus years of now is heading backward. radiation.

“I lived in the best of His doctor told him in service to the AFL-CIO, July that he could have which he joined after he times,” he says. “I lived in more treatment – and feel started working for the the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. We terrible all the time – or he Aluminum Company of brought up the middle class. could just keep on living his America in Alcoa in 1965. When people worked, they life, dealing with the pain as (He retired in 2002 but got paid decent pay, and the still continued to serve the people that couldn’t work, it comes up. they wasn’t starving or hunNo surprise, Woods is union.)

He was in the first class gry. plugging along. The long“Today, it isn’t that way. time community volunteer of Leadership Knoxville in has scaled back his activi- 1985, and he has a long list They’re getting back to rich ties somewhat. He’s serving of awards for community and poor; they’re doing only on the boards of direc- service from everyone from away with the middle class tors of East Tennessee PBS, the CAC and United Way to that built this country.”

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Young leaders step forward in Rotaract

By Sherri Gardner Howell Where are non-profits and those in need going to find the next generation of concerned citizens who will help?

Rotary Club of Farragut and Pellissippi State Community College took a step toward the future on Dec. 6 with the official certification meeting for the college’s Rotaract Club.

Rotaract is a club for adults ages 18-30. Rotary clubs serve as sponsors for the club, and the Pellissippi club has a faculty advisor, Denise Reed. Rotaract members, however, are free to organize and run their own clubs and decide what projects and activities best suit them.

Peggy Wilson, the college’s vice president of college advancement and a past president of the Rotary Club of Farragut, said chartering a Rotaract club at Pellissippi made sense on several levels.

“Several administrators and faculty at Pellissippi are Rotarians, so we understand ‘service above self,’ which is the Rotary’s primary motto,” said Wilson. “The college is already very involved ser-

Charter member of the Rotaract Club at Pellissippi State Community College Amanda Herrell accepts her club pin from District Governor Ray Knowis. At back is Pellissippi president Dr. Anthony Wise and seated are Jeff and Lee Mrazek, members of Rotary Club of Farragut. Photo submitted vice learning and makes it an integral part of the curriculum, so the philosophy of Rotaract fits in well.”

There was plenty of pomp and circumstance to make charter members of Rotaract feel special at the Charter Signing and Pinning Ceremony, which was held at Chop House at 9700 Kingston Pike. District Governor Ray Knowis was the honored guest, and Farragut’s club president Tom King presided over the ceremony. Pellissippi State president Anthony

Wise was present, as was Greg Maciolek, assistant district governor coordinator and past president of Knoxville Breakfast Rotary Club, Reed as club advisor and Wilson.

It is the district’s seventh Rotaract Club.

The first Rotaract member pinned was Steven Cooper, club president.

Editor’s Note: An error was made last week in the spelling of the last name of District Governor Ray Knowis. We apologize for the mistake.

Ventura joins Lattimore Black Alex Ventura has joined the accounting and business consulting firm Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain PC (LBMC).

Ventura, a graduate of Penn State University, is a staff accountant who will work in a variety

of industries including physician practices, manufacturing, professional services and hospitality. He previously worked at Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. as an A/P disbursement specialist. He is working toward his CPA. Alex Ventura

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Meet Mud and Butz OK, I still love my job, but you need to know that last week I visited two of the more interesting businesses on the South and East side.

John and Kristie Parton own Parton’s Smokin’ Butz BBQ on Chapman Highway. Great folks with great food occupy the site of the former Pixie Drive-In. But where did they get that name?

Info: 773-0473.

Mighty Mud is a place to play in clay. Even if you are a novice, kids and adults can sign up for an amazing variety of ceramic classes.

Located at 1300 McCalla Ave., Mighty Mud distributes ceramic supplies from clays and glazes to tools.

Owner Barron Hall moved here to attend graduate school at UT. Artists can work and display their finished creations in a beautiful gallery open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

This Wednesday, Dec. 18 from noon to 1:30, Hall will be participating in an event sponsored by the Arts and Cultural Alliance at the Emporium Center. Check out www.knoxalliance.com for details.

Check out the website at www.mightymudclay.com to register for classes. Facebook or their newsletter will also help you keep track of what’s new. Contact: 595-1900.

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Sara Martin is architect

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Sara Martin, outreach coordinator for Smart Trips for the Knox MPC, has become a registered architect

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after 12 years of education, internship and testing.

The achievement fulfills a longstanding goal and delivers unexpected benefits for her work in alternative transportation.

Martin moved to Knoxville from Chattanooga in 2000 to attend architecture school at UT. She was amazed at the range of the education, examining design at every scale – from a single room to an entire city plan.

Before joining MPC, Martin spent 9 years at architecture firm Ross/Fowler.

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McMillen joins Summit Medical

Dr. Jennifer McMillen, an internal medicine specialist, has joined Summit’s Medical Associates at 9333 Park West Boulevard.

Dr. McMillen An American Board of Internal Medicine certified physician, McMillen is a graduate of UT-Knoxville and St. George’s University.

McMillen accepts commercial, Medicare and Tenncare plans. Info: 5314600.

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Law grads join Lewis King

Ronald K. Isaacs and Mikel A. Towe, recent grad-

uates of the University of Tennessee College of Law, have joined the Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop Ronald Isaacs law firm.

Both are associates working out of the firm’s Knoxville office with a focus on general civil litigation.

Isaacs Mikel Towe graduated cum laude in 2013. A native of Kingsport, Isaacs received his bachelor’s degree in banking and finance from the University of Georgia in 2008.

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Ted Hall returns

News anchor Ted Hall will join WVLT’s Local 8 News team in January.

He went to Atlanta seven years ago after 18 years in loTed Hall cal news and sports at WBIR-TV. While here, he and his family (wife Lesa and three kids) lived in North Knox County.

Ted says the whole family is excited about coming home, and he’s looking forward to cheering on the Vols and getting involved with community organizations.

Jennings cites savings under ‘Obamacare’

By Betty Bean Last week Quality Label & Tag CEO Jim Jennings got the bottom line numbers for his company’s 2014 health insurance premiums, and they’ve made him very happy. Once he learned that he could get better rates and better coverage for his employees through the Affordable Care Act than from his current insurance carrier, he said the choice was easy.

Here’s how he sees it: “My 2013 cost was $15,649 per month with my old carrier. My new cost would be $18, 397, so I went to the marketplace and chose Community Health Alliance. We’ve got one additional family now, and the cost will be $15,028.

“I can get a 50 percent tax credit for two years that I qualify for because I have fewer than 20 employees – and that will drop it down to $7,500. Even without the tax credit I’d be saving $3,500 a month. This thing will save me about $80,000 a year.”

Jennings said the coverage is better under the new plan.

“The deductible under the old policy was $2,000 for an individual; $6,000 per family. Under the new policy it’s $500 per individual; $4,500 per family. Copays for office visits were $40 for a primary physician and $60 to see a specialist.

The new plan is $20 for primary, $50 for a specialist, and co-pays count toward the deductible. Under the old plan they didn’t.

“Under the old plan, prescription drug co-pays were $10 for generics, $45 for

name brands and $25 for exotic drugs like chemotherapy, etc. The new plan’s pharmacy benefit copays are $10 for generics, $30 for name brands and $60 for exotics.

“If I’d renewed with (the old company), it would have been $220,764. This year, I’ll still pay my 2013 rate, but with the tax credit, I’m paying $187, 788 divided by 2 – $93,000 after the tax credit. I’ll be able to expense that as a business expense.

“This is not nickels and dimes. If it was a couple of hundred dollars I wouldn’t even put all this work into it.”

Quality Label had always paid 100 percent of employees’ family health insurance premiums until last year when costs got so high that employees were required to

pay 10 percent of the cost of their dependents’ premiums. Next year, the company will go back to paying the entire cost.

“We’ve prided ourselves for 24 years in paying employees and dependents’ premiums, and these were good plans – not one of those (discount store) plans.

We’re glad to get back to that. And these insurance agents who were complaining (about the ACA) are writing policies left and right. … My agent, he’s a Republican, but he figured out this is the law and he can’t fight it. So many computer illiterate people like me are happy to let an agent do this for them.

“There are winners and losers in everything and finally the poor people get a win.”

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Holiday fun in the District

Owners of Sole in the City, Debbie Black and Betty Copeland, Susi Norris, marketing director, and Roberto Coin take a prepare a display inviting Open House guests to check the se- moment to enjoy the elaborate bright red sleigh stationed in lection of Hunter rain boots, jewelry and interesting curios. the showroom foyer at Kimball’s.

Rachael Wedekind, bridal consultant for Gift & Gourmet Interiors, prepares for District Holiday Open House festivities Dec. 6, putting the finishing touches on a Christmas tree designed

by Brian Curtis. Photos by Nancy Anderson Linda and Jerry Deets enjoy a celebratory dance in honor of their 22nd wedding anniversary at The District Gallery and Framery during the District in Bearden Holiday Open House.

Becky Hancock returns to the Tennessee Theatre

By Wendy Smith Becky Hancock, interim executive director of the Tennessee Theatre Foun-

dation, could be the poster manager of communicachild for rapid advance- tions and outreach at the ment. Two weeks before theatre, she was promoted. starting her new job as She stepped up to replace

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Tom Cervone, who recently became managing director of the University of Tennessee’s Professional Master of Business Administration program.

While she enjoyed her tenure as assistant director of Knox Heritage, a post she held for six years, Hancock is pleased to return to the theatre.

“I was ready to get back into the arts,” she says.

She grew up in South Knoxville and attended UT. After graduation, she moved to New York City, where she worked for a public relations firm that represented classical artists. Six years later, she returned to Knoxville to serve as the general manager of the Tennessee. She was there before, during and after the historic theater’s $35 million renovation in 2005.

As the interim executive director, she’ll be the face of the theater in the community. She’ll work with A.C. Entertainment, which is contracted to manage the theater, and have oversight of all theatrical productions.

Her presence during the renovation process gives her a deep appreciation for the theater and the role it plays in the communit y.

Dow ntow n has grown and thrived in recent Hancock years because of the historic venue, she says. Early this year, the Tennessee honored its one-millionth patron since the 2005 reopening. Those patrons have brought business to local restaurants and hotels.

The theater has also served as a springboard for the arts. The Tennessee and Bijou theaters are both more active than they were when Hancock returned to Knoxville in 2001. Other popular downtown events, like First Fridays and the Market Square Farmers’ Market, have “risen on the tide” of the arts, she says.

“We are really strong, and we compete with bigger markets like Nashville, which doesn’t have two historic theaters within a

block of each other.”

The Tennessee Theatre has developed a reputation among journalists as well as artists, she says. Matt Hendrickson of Rolling Stone wrote that attending a performance there during the 2010 Big Ears Festival was “like watching a show inside a Faberge egg.” Performers typically comment on how beautiful the theater is and how lucky the community is to have it.

That’s why Hancock encourages support of the Tennessee’s Sustainability Campaign. The theater’s 85th birthday was observed in October, and the $4 million campaign will allow it to be around for another 85 years, she says.

The endowment will ensure that needed repairs can be made to the 66,000 square-foot facility. “You can make sure the Tennessee Theatre will be around for your children and grandchildren by supporting the campaign.”

The effort has already raised $3.1 million. Make donations online at www. tennesseetheatre.com/media/sustainability.

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Christmas program offers music, drama

Temple Baptist Academy seniors Keegan McElyea, Andrew Johnson, Christian Cooper and Dionny Reese (back) in “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.”

Temple Baptist Academy students sing in the annual Christmas program.

On Dec. 10, Temple Baptist Academy held its annual, school-wide Christmas program. Students from the pre-school to twelfth grade contributed to the evening’s

performances. The evening’s program was entitled, “O Come, Let Us Adore Him!” Reneé Gamble, Temple’s fine arts director, coordinated the entire event. The program told

protests from other church members, they are given roles in the Sunday school’s Christmas pageant, in which they tell the Christmas story in a nonconventional fashion. The play provided plenty of laughs while reminding the audience of the significance of the true message of Christmas.

‘A Smoky Mountain Christmas’

Food drive feeds 100 Temple Baptist Academy conducted its annual food drive in November and December. Students collected hundreds of items for food baskets for needy families, providing food to more than one hundred families in the Knoxville area.

“We are grateful to Terri Gilbert and Powell Food City for their help and support of this effort to be a blessing to those in need in our local community,” said Temple principal David Whitaker.

the Christmas story through a variety of vocal and instrumental presentations.

The senior class, under the direction of Jessica Motes, presented a lively readers

theatre rendition of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” by Barbara Robinson. The play tells the story of six delinquent children, the Herdmans: Imogene, Claude, Ralph, Leroy, Ollie and Gladys. The Herdmans go to church for the first time after being told that the church offers snacks. Despite

Luke Smith, Josh Woods, Skuyler Kell and Aaron Savage collect donations for the Temple Baptist Academy food drive.

On Dec. 7, the Powell community gathered for its annual Christmas parade. In the days leading up the parade, Temple Baptist Academy parent volunteers worked around the clock to prepare a 48-foot flatbed trailer for the school’s parade float. The theme of this year’s float was “A Smoky Mountain Christmas.”

One end of the float was decorated with an old-fashioned log cabin. A split rail fence was built around the perimeter of the float that had wagon wheel gates along with a Christmas tree set by a stone fireplace on the other end of the float.

The middle of the float was

Parent volunteers crafted this float for the Powell Christmas Parade.

filled with several members of the school’s concert band who played Christmas carols all the way down the parade route.

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Sophomores visit Washington, D.C. Caroling at the City-County Building Temple Baptist Academy students Mark Burley, Charlie Farris, Haddon Bryant, Isaiah Helget, Jean Remember and Andy Moshi meet Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett. The Temple Elementary choir visited the City-County Building Dec. 11, and sang Christmas selections while there.

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Stella Marie exclaims it all

Madisonville teen finds hope in Asperger’s diagnosis Stella Marie Moore is almost starry-eyed as she talks about Temple Grandin, the 2010 HBO biopic about an autistic woman who went on to become a highly acclaimed doctor of animal science and autism activist.

“When I saw that movie, I felt like we were connected,” she says. “I’m going to write a letter to her. I hope she writes me back. I think she will.

She does math problems just like I do!”

The way she talks in exclamation points – faster and louder than necessary – is clearly the excitement of a smart, vivacious 17-year-old high school junior discussing a favorite subject. More times than not, however, her fast and loud speech isn’t excitement – it’s Asperger’s syndrome, a high-functioning form of mild autism with which she was diagnosed just two years ago.

The inability to modulate speech is just one of the many symptoms of Asperger’s, a pervasive development disorder commonly associated with an entire spectrum of autistic forms.

The symptoms – and the degree to which they are manifested – vary from person to person but frequently include narrow interests, poor social interactions, awkwardness and poor coordination, and a tendency to take things literally.

Often, other conditions may coexist with Asperger’s, such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression, bipolar and anxiety disorders, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Although the cause of Asperger’s is not known, studies point to abnormalities in specific regions of the brain. Researchers have long suspected genetics and environmental components are contributing factors because of its tendency to run in families.

Stella Marie, adopted at age 7 as a “severely abused” therapeutic foster

Stella Marie Moore hopes to be a teacher. She is inspired by the achievements of others, including Dr. Temple Grandin and her mother, Darline Moore.

child, was one of five children taken from her parental home and each sent to live with separate foster families. Two of her brothers are mentally retarded.

In fact, social workers – unable to understand Stella Marie’s garbled speech – were convinced that she was “moderately retarded” when they first brought her to live with Darline and Harold Moore in their brick rancher on the outskirts of Madisonville.

“Just because I wouldn’t answer

them when they said ‘Stella,’ they thought I was retarded,” Stella Marie says. “I tried to tell them that my name was Marie but they didn’t understand me at all. I didn’t know who they meant when they said ‘Stella’ because I had always been called Marie.”

It soon became clear that she wasn’t retarded at all. But she did have problems, problems that led to a battery of tests that showed she was not only suffering from ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety,

About Temple Grandin Ph.D. “At four years of age, Temple Grandin wasn’t talking at all. Her father thought she should be institutionalized, but her mother refused, coaxing speech from her daughter and later setting her up with odd jobs so she would learn work skills despite her extreme anxieties. At the time, there was no diagnosis.

More than six decades later, Grandin has become one of the nation’s foremost authorities on animal welfare and our pre-eminent advocate for people with autism. As someone operating on the very high end of the autistic spectrum, Grandin, 65, has become a sort of ambassador to what she calls the neurotypical world.”

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but also from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Later, she entered the intensive outpatient program at Peninsula Lighthouse on Dowell Springs Road. For three hours a day, five days a week, she joined other teens in learning coping skills and better ways to look at situations.

“She did very well in there,” said Dr. John G. Kupfner, an adolescent-child psychiatrist with Peninsula Hospital. “She learned some social skills and has really done better since finishing that program.”

It was also at Peninsula Lighthouse that Kupfner began to suspect his young patient was dealing with more issues than those previously diagnosed.

“She had a hard time with any abstract speech and communication concepts. It was difficult for her to understand things that weren’t concretely laid out. She tended to speak louder than other kids. She didn’t have social awareness to her patterns of speech which could be kind of robotic. So her failure to be able to interact with peers and form appropriate reciprocal relationships made me suspicious of Asperger’s.”

Kupfner’s diagnosis, which Mrs. Moore called “astute,” helped them understand how to manage the symptoms, develop coping skills and provided a measure of hope.

Today, the coping skills she learned have enabled Stella Marie and her mother to laugh at her tendency to take things literally. “You have to be conscious of how you word or phrase things because she will take you literally,” said Darline Moore. “You don’t say, ‘I’m going to pinch your head off.’ ” “I had a friend to say that she got

stabbed in the back and I said, ‘Really?!’ I’m like, ‘How are you doing?

How are you here?!’ ” Stella Marie said with a laugh.

But back in Sequoyah High School, such literalness and exclamatory speech makes life difficult.

Friendships don’t come easily although she says she has more friends this year than ever before.

So when Stella Marie puts herself down as a “nerd,” her mother gently disagrees, saying, “No, you’re not, baby. You’re a joy. You’re a joy. We’ve had some challenges and we’ve had some very difficult times, and there were times that I asked how we would get through them, but we did.”

“She has struggled through her uniqueness but she has persevered and she is doing well in school,” says her mother, adding that she makes mostly A’s and B’s. “We see a bright future for Stella Marie. We see her being self-sufficient. We see her being able, with guidance, to take care of herself, to hold down a job. We see her going to a junior college. We hope that she’ll be able to go on and get a degree, but our immediate goal is attending a junior college.”

However, Stella Marie, like her hero Temple Grandin, is setting her sights even higher. She hopes to one day be a teacher like her mother, who taught school for 32 years before retiring to become a foster mom again.

“I bet I can teach my sisters! That would be great!” says Stella Marie, again speaking in exclamation points.

Her mother beams proudly.

“Writing Temple Grandin to tell her what an inspiration she’s been was Marie’s idea,” said Mrs. Moore.

“We’re hoping she’ll write back. Once Marie realized what the diagnosis was and she began to see some examples of people who were successful, it’s made a big difference.”

Asperger’s no more: Diagnosis removed Almost 70 years after it was identified by an Austrian pediatrician and two decades after it was officially recognized, the American Psychiatric Association gave Asperger’s syndrome the boot at its annual meeting last May. In what the Associated Press called “one of the most hotly argued changes,” the APA struck Asperger’s from the list of mental illnesses with the release of the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the guide which provides a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders.

Asperger’s was recognized by Dr. Hans Asperger in 1944, but the disorder did not make it into the DSM until the fourth edition in 1994. It has now been replaced with the diagnostic label of “autism spectrum disorder,” a term already used by many medical experts. This diagnosis will also include both kids with severe autism who often don’t talk or interact as well as those with milder forms.

According to Dr. John Kupfner, a psychiatrist with Peninsula Hospital, Asperger’s prevalence has been reported to be anywhere from 1-in250 to 1-in-5,000 children.

“The controversy is that there has been a great increase in the prevalence of us diagnosing all autistic illnesses, including Asperger’s, for the past 10 years,” said Kupfner. “So there is a lot of conflict in the community about whether it is over diagnosed or if it was under diagnosed before and is now being addressed.

Advocates for autistic groups will say the latter; the media might say the former. Always, the truth lies in the middle.”

“We’ve become a lot more comfortable diagnosing it,” Kupfner continued. “We were probably over diagnosing Asperger’s in the beginning.

But again, if you have severe social phobia, severe anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder or any speech and language communication disabilities, that can present as Asperger’s. But over time, this diagnosis will be changed back. I don’t put a lot of investment in the diagnosis part other than as a relative description of how that person sees the world.

That’s what Asperger’s is to me.”

The change is strongly opposed by some Asperger’s families who fear loss of the diagnosis would mean their kids would no longer be eligible for special services. But experts say the revision will not affect their edu-

cation services.

“When you are struggling and you know that you are different and you’re not fitting in and it’s causing dysfunction in your life, people want to know why,” said Kupfner.

“They want to know other people have the same problems, that they’re not alone. Certainly, with autistic illnesses that is true, and it is more diagnosed now than ever and that creates opportunities for understanding treatment.”

The re-defining of Asperger’s underscores just how complicated it is to diagnose autistic illnesses because the criteria is ever changing.

Simply put, Kupfner says, Asperger’s is a disorder of communication.

“There are other associated things that go with it like obsessions, compulsions, anxiety,” he said. “So it’s primarily a disorder of being able to communicate with others, emotional communication is challenging if not impossible sometimes. Like when they have an emotional reaction to something, being able to express what the problem is and problemsolving and coping skills are incredibly difficult. They have a hard time expressing how they feel inside to somebody else. They also can’t read how other people are acting so they

Dr. John Kupfner calls Asperger’s a “disorder of communication.”

He believes that while medication can help control some symptoms, successful long-term treatment for Asperger’s focuses on helping patients learn how to process information in a way that everyone else around them does intuitively. will make a lot of presumptions, they don’t read nonverbal communication well and they won’t understand sarcasm.”

While people tend to focus on the diagnosis, Kupfner says the psychiatric community is focused on the treatment of obsessions, compulsions, anxieties, mood deregulation and aggression.

“We have treatments for all those things and that’s what we focus on,” said Kupfner. “We focus on the systems-based approach where the school helps control the environment so that it’s not unpredictable or feels unsafe. We try to implement the same thing at home. We focus on symptom management more than the label.”

Kupfner says while medication does help control some symptoms, the long-term treatment for Asperger’s is more therapy-based and helping patients to learn how to process information in a way that everyone else around them does intuitively.

“For those with Asperger’s, they have to logically try and understand emotional responses others may be having around them and feel safe doing it. That’s the ultimate goal,” he said. “Medications for anxiety and attention and concentration can be helpful but not all Asperger’s patients have to be on medication. Some just have to work through it and function –it doesn’t mean that they can’t have a normal life.”

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THROUGH FRIDAY, JAN. 3

SATURDAY, DEC. 21

‘Old-Fashioned Christmas’ 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.

Frazier Chapter, DAR The Samuel Frazier Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at the home of treasurer Sharon “Sam” Wyrosdick.

Jim Cundall, flight coordinator for Honor Air Knoxville, will present the program. The meeting marks the 62nd anniversary of the chapter.

The next meeting will be Feb. 15, 2014, with details forthcoming.

Guests are welcome at every meeting. For more info on the December meeting, contact chapter registrar Martha Kroll, 865-603-4655.

THROUGH SUNDAY, JAN. 5

MONDAY, DEC. 30

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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.

The Job Resources Group will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30, at Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive.

The group provides assistance in preparing for interviews, revising resumes and finding employment.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 19-21 Holiday movie classics Three classic holiday films will be shown Thursday, Dec. 19, through Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Palace Theater, 113 W. Broadway Ave., Maryville.

“It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) will play on Dec. 19, “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947) will play on Dec. 20, and “White Christmas” (1954) will roll on Dec. 21.

Each film will start at 7 p.m., with tickets at $5 (free for children 9 and under with adult).

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 20-22 KSO Holiday Concert The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will add a Celtic flavor to the 27th Annual Clayton Holiday Concert, which will be performed Friday through Sunday, Dec. 20-22, at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 2021, and 3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 21-22.

The Knoxville Choral Society, Go! Contemporary Dance Works, Irish fiddle band Four Leaf Peat and Knoxville Pipes & Drums will be the KSO’s special guests, helping to blend Irish and Scottish sounds and sights into the presentation of traditional holiday songs.

Children’s tickets start at $8. Adult tickets are $14$45. They are available at 865-291-3310 or www.knox-

TUESDAY, JAN. 7 Caregiver Support Group The Caregiver Support Group will meet 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Jan. 7, in Room E-224 at Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive (use front covered entrance).

The support group, which is affiliated with Alzheimer’s Tennessee Inc., meets on the first Tuesday of each month. Anyone in the community who gives care to an elderly individual is welcome to attend.

Refreshments will be provided. For more info, call 865-675-2835.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 9-10 Call for artists The Farragut Arts Council will sponsor a juried art show and juried standard flower show – “Open Art Show 2014: Alchemy – the Magic of Art and Flowers” – in conjunction with the Dixie Highway Garden Club on Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17, 2014.

Artwork and artists’ applications and fees are due Thursday, Jan. 9, between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. and Friday, Jan 10, from 8 a.m. to noon. No artwork or applications will be accepted prior to Jan. 9.

Entries will be juried on Saturday, Jan. 11, and will be available for pickup on Jan. 11 from 5 to 8 p.m. and Jan. 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Artists may submit as many entries as they wish for an entry fee of $5 per piece.

Applications containing detailed information are available at www.townoffarragut.org/artsandculture and at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

SATURDAY, JAN. 18 Prayer conference National speaker and author Debbie Taylor Williams

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Registration is open through Sunday, Jan. 12. Cost is $10 per participant. Details and registration are at www.westparkbaptist.org.

Participants will find out how to experience God’s presence and power through prayer in the new year.

Every woman will be uplifted by memorable and practical challenges to make this a year of prayer.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 24-25 Mandolin workshop Guitarist Steve Kaufman, three-time winner of the National Flatpicking Championships, will offer an all-level mandolin workshop Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24-25, at MainStay Suites, 361 Fountain View Circle, Alcoa.

A two-hour session starting at 7 p.m. Friday will cover core picking skills and techniques, repertoire and building blocks for growth.

At the 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday session, Kaufman will cover right- and left-hand technique, drills and skills, and many other valuable aspects of the mandolin. There will also be small groups and some individual attention.

The fee is $90 per person. A nonrefundable deposit of $45 is required to hold a space, with the remainder due the day of the workshop. Preregistration is required; seating is limited.

For info and registration, call 865-982-3808 or email steve@flatpik.com. Special room rates are available; call Teagan at MainStay Suites, 865-379-7799.

FRIDAY, FEB. 14 Employers for job fair Employers are invited to participate in a job fair for Roane State Community College students who are pursuing careers in healthcare. The job fair is planned for 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Roane State’s Oak Ridge campus, 701 Briarcliff Ave. Set-up begins at noon.

Employers are asked to register by Friday, Feb. 14.

There is no registration fee. To register online, visit www.roanestate.edu/placement.

The collaborative effort between Roane State’s Placement Office, Nursing Division, Rx Tennessee and Allied Health Sciences Division hopes to connect area employers with graduating students.

The fair will include students from several healthcare fields including dental hygiene, emergency medical technology, radiologic technology, nursing (CNA, LPN, RN), phlebotomy, certified clinical medical assistant, EKG technician, occupational therapy assistant, physical therapy assistant, respiratory therapy assistant and health-information technology.

For more info, contact placement director Kim Harris at 865-882-4695 or harriskb@roanestate.edu.

SATURDAY, FEB. 15 Steve Kaufman concert Three-time national flatpicking champion Steve Kaufmann will appear in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Palace Theater, 113 W. Broadway, Maryville, with special guest Rusty Holloway.

Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door. For tickets, call the Palace, 865-983-3330, or visit Murlin’s Music World, 429 W. Broadway, Maryville.

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All five members of the Rockwell family can be found in this painting.

An American master Christmas approacheth, and holiday frenzy is reaching its peak. Your own todo list undoubtedly grows daily, but here’s something you might want to put on the back burner.

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Carol’s Corner The Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville is currently hosting “American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell.” After Christmas Day, you’ll have about six weeks to see something you’ll never forget.

As a closet Norman Rockwell fan for most of my life, I feel vindicated.

“He’s so corny!” folks will often say. “He’s so old-fashioned!”

Actually, he is a heck of a draftsman. The first aspect of Norman Rockwell’s work that sucked me in decades ago was his impeccable drawing and painting. His people look real, not idealized. Faces have lines and blotches, clothes have stains

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and wrinkles, objects are arrayed messily. Everything down to the last crumpled handkerchief is absolutely believable.

And looking at many of his most-beloved paintings in person underscores that point.

Nelda Hill, central library manager at Lawson McGhee Library, attended the exhibition with her nephew, Chris Hill, who works in the healthcare industry in Nashville. Both came away with deep impressions.

“It’s easy to dismiss Norman Rockwell as a feel-good illustrator, but this exhibit proves that he is everything but,” said Nelda. “He tapped our best selves but more, he gave us a standard to which we can aspire.

“At the same time, he confronted us with our racism and the terrors in other parts of the world.”

Many people don’t realize how much weight Rockwell provided to the cause of civil rights. Along with such paintings as “The Problem We All Live With” and “New Kids in the Neighborhood” – both of which deal with racial integration – the Frist exhibit features a stunning timeline, including sketches, letters and the artist’s notes, of a work

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Norman Rockwell’s famous sense of humor comes through in this unorthodox self-portrait.

And if this is not enough to convince you that you need to see this show, all of his Saturday Evening Post covers are there. Yep, all 323 of ’em. Some will make you laugh out loud, and more than a few will bring tears.

“Leaving the exhibit,” said Chris Hill, “I not only felt a deeper connection to my American heritage, I felt like I learned something about my grandparents’ life experience that could not be communicated through stories of ‘the good old days’ or family pictures, but only by living a life.

“Mr. Rockwell obviously had a gift for capturing the emotions and climate of the age that he painted.

“I am thankful that he did.”

“American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell” runs through Feb. 9 at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville. Info: 615-244-3340 or fristcenter. org.

Rockwell’s chilling account of a triple murder during the civil rights era Photos courtesy of The Frist Center for the Visual Arts

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The 1963 painting depicts the deaths of three civil rights workers. The last one to die is shown standing, holding one of his dying colleagues. He’s staring his killers – a sheriff’s posse depicted only in shadows on the right side of the canvas – right in their faces.

It’s chilling, horrific and deeply affecting.

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You can also see “No Swimming,” “Family Tree” and “Coming and Going,” the amusing double painting of a family setting out for a lake adventure and then returning at the end of the day, exhausted.

“Christmas Homecoming,” in which a young man is warmly greeted by his nearest and dearest, contains portraits of every member of the immediate Rockwell family – Norman, wife Mary and their three sons.

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GM WHITE 1995, GREAT TRUCK & TRL. DIRT CHEAP! New MOTOR, only CAN-AM SPYDER 3K mi. $20,000. 865ST, less than 40 mi, 983-4102 lots of motorcycle clothes, $22,000 inLincoln TOWN CAR vested, $18,500/b.o. Antiques Classics 260 Signature 2003, 865-233-2545; 250-5531 white, excellent cond., housed in garage, CHEVY NOVA 1963, YAMAHA FJR AE 47,500 mi, $9500.

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T BIRD, TEAL, 2002 Beautiful, less than 75,000 mi., exc. cond.

Best offer over $15,000.

Call 865-988-3846.

CERAMIC TILE installation.

Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work!

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