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BUZZ Lights coming to Concord Park Knox County’s 17th annual Holiday Festival of Lights at The Cove at Concord Park will sparkle and entertain each night from 6-9 p.m. starting Thursday, Dec. 17, through Thursday, Dec. 31, excluding Christmas Day. The Cove is located at 11808 S. Northshore Drive. Each night during the festival, a food vendor will be onsite with kettle corn, hot apple cider, hot chocolate, cotton candy, ribbon fries, funnel cakes and other refreshments for sale. Visitors walk the three-quarter mile greenway trail to view the lights. Pets on leashes are welcome. The event is free, but Knox County will collect nonperishable food items for The Love Kitchen, which provides meals, clothing and emergency food packages to the homebound, homeless and unemployed.

Christmas exhibit The Farragut Museum invites the community to visit “An Old Fashioned Christmas” exhibit, on display through Thursday, Dec. 30. This special holiday exhibit features items from the Museum’s collection of artifacts including a variety of antique toys, games and dolls dating from the late 1800s through the 1900s as well as a collection of Lionel Model Trains. The Farragut Folklife Museum invites the public to view special toys on display such as a porcelain doll delivered by Santa in 1901, a Teddy Roosevelt bear, also dating from the early 1900’s, as well as unique and whimsical toys from the 1940s to the 1980s.

Tour de Lights is Friday on bikes On Friday, Dec. 18, add lights to your bicycle and join the Tour de Lights, a fun, free, casual bike parade, leaving from Market Square at 7 p.m. The five-mile tour of downtown, Fourth and Gill and Old North Knoxville is a holiday tradition. Judging for the costume and decorating contest begins at 6. Info: www.ibikeknx.com/ tourdelights.

Ornaments for literacy coming Friends of Literacy will hold its annual ornament fundraiser 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, at Marble City Glassworks, 1045 Artella Drive. Info/RSVP: 549-7007.

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A peacock rests against a tree in the front yard of the Branch residence. The decoration was a gift from Ron to Cynthia.

with the By Sara Barrett Stories about homes decorated for the holidays are typical this time of year, but this particular article could just as easily have been written in July. “We started working on things in April,” says Cynthia Branch. She and her husband, Ron, began decorating their newly purchased home at 929 Oak Haven Road in Crest Haven two Christmases ago. What can sometimes be a last-minute project for many has become a year-round passion for the Branches. “Actually, we started researching ideas in February,” says Ron. His career in electrical engineering helps with the technical aspects, although Cynthia, a fulltime veterinary technician, has learned her share of technical jargon while programming the lights to music. “The experts will tell you, on average it takes 17 hours to sync

lights to one minute of a song,” says Cynthia. She pulls out photos on her phone of charts similar to Excel spreadsheets. “This is what a song looks like when you’re programming it,” she says. So far, she has eight songs synced. An upstairs bedroom has been converted into a work space complete with tables and tools used to rewire decorations. The Branches convert as much as they can from incandescent to LED so it is cheaper and safer. It took three weeks to rewire one deer. “I enjoy doing this because it’s something we can do together,” says Ron. They hope to attend a Christmas expo next year during vacation, and Cynthia’s ultimate goal is to be a contestant on “The Great Christmas Light Fight,” a reality show in which the family with the best Christmas decorations wins $50,000. With all of the knowledge she’s

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obtained, one might say Cynthia could start her own Christmas decorating business. “Oh, no. I’m not interested in doing this professionally. I wouldn’t want our yard to be outdone by anyone else’s,” she says, and Ron starts to laugh. “Our neighbor had his lights up the day after Thanksgiving, and Cynthia has been in a funk ever since,” he says. “Now she’s trying to step up her game.” This year’s additions include multicolored laser lights in a backyard tree visible to passersby. A pair of penguins purchased from Germany greets guests at the sidewalk, and about half a dozen deer appear to graze in the front yard by a fabricated weeping willow tree. Returning favorites include a video of Santa in the upstairs window, and Geoffrey the Giraffe stringing lights with Garfield in the front yard.

The biggest attention-getter, though, is the musical light show. By tuning your radio to 93.7 FM when near the house, you can hear the songs synced to the flashing lights. The entire show lasts 25 minutes, and the Branches encourage you to stay for its entirety. Songs include “Text Me Merry Christmas” when two deer in the front yard appear to talk to one another. It is a must-see. “We are making lots of changes, constantly,” says Cynthia. A goal for next year is to make multicolored leaping arches in the front yard using PVC pipe. “We’ve got a long way to go before we’re done,” she continues. “That will be years from now. This is just our baby step.” Ron holds his hands up in the air as if surrendering. “See what I mean? I didn’t know she was like this when I married her,” he says jokingly. We think.

West High parents call threat response

too little, too late By Betty Bean

Only 845 of West High School’s 1,300-plus students showed up for school last Monday, Dec. 7. Some of the other 450 may have been legitimately ill, but most stayed home because they’d been frightened by rumors of a threat scrawled on the wall of a boys’ restroom. The ominous graffito – “I will cleanse this school on Monday” (punctuated with a happy face) – was real, although the treat turned out to be a hoax, and parents and teachers who spoke with the Shopper News about the incident believe the administration bungled its response, which they called slow and inadequate. Principal Katherine Banner said she believes she did a good job after the threat was discovered. On Friday, she called in Knoxville Police Department investigators, who determined it was a hoax. She asked for extra security on Mon-

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day. She emailed her staff on Sunday and thought the matter was under control until she checked her Twitter account Sunday night and discovered that the issue had “blown up on social media.” Banner She recorded an automated phone message to reassure parents that went out at 7 a.m. Monday. “School security is on my mind every single day,” she said. “I think about it when I walk in the door. I’m sorry there were some people who were not happy, but I’ve had at least 20 emails from parents thanking me for the way I handled it. My West High School Foundation gave me a round of applause this week.” Leslie Kurtz, whose daughter transferred into West to partici-

pate in the acclaimed International Baccalaureate Program, isn’t applauding. Kurtz said she was horrified to watch the rumor grow into a fullblown crisis that weekend and attempted to intervene on Sunday via an email to Superintendent James McIntyre: “As I am sure you are aware by now, social media is exploding with discussion about a threat at West High for tomorrow. There is a discussion among parents as to whether this was known about on Wednesday or Friday or if it’s two incidents. The wall painting was still visible on Friday (who would leave that up for two days if the situation were resolved!). Either way, there has been no official communication since then or ever. That is not acceptable. It is your job to investigate and resolve this issue. That includes communicating with parents and students. You may put into place whatever safeguards you think necessary. However, and I mean this in the strongest possible terms, it is MY decision if it is safe. “These kids are teenagers. And

there is this little thing called social media. Your inability to understand this is unbelievable. These kids are scared, maybe over nothing, but in light of the ZERO information they have received, what do you expect? “This lack of communication only shows parents that KCS has no plan. None at all. “I will not wait for the bus to wreck. My daughter will not be at school until this is resolved.” Others said the scare was just the latest in a string of troubling events. “Things aren’t going well,” said Drema Bowers, whose daughter is a senior. “And they’ve not gone well for awhile. My goal was to get my daughter out of there without saying a lot, but yesterday’s incident was one of those things where I decided somebody needs to help us figure out what is going on. This young man writing that message on Thursday or Friday, and none of us knowing what was going on till it got on social media?” Bowers said her daughter woke To page A-3

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Fred Kanwisher wraps up in his Quilt of Valor, presented by Helen Willis at the Veterans Day event at the Tellico Village Yacht Club.

Jan Osborne, Mary Ann Miller, Teresa Mueller, Sue Churchill, Sue Amiot and JoAnn Osmun pose with the members of Ms. Woody’s Pre-K class at Vonore Elementary School, who show off their new hats. Photos submitted

Tellico Village University has banner year Tellico Village University recently completed its first year, and by all accounts, it was a year of “Well done!� TVU’s inaugural year had 410 registrations and 22 courses. A lot of people deserve thanks for making 2015 a success, especially all the coordinators and instructors who pitched in and helped make it possible. TVU will be taking the holiday season off but will be back. In January, the website – www.tvuniversity.org – will showcase the 2016 Spring Curriculum featuring 12 courses. Anyone interested in participating as staff or faculty can use the website’s Contact Us page and send in your interest. TVU could use a few

John Cherry IT’S BETTER AT TELLICO VILLAGE more coordinators to host courses. Coordinators check in participants, take tuition and set up the room for the instructor. Also needed are a few people who can set up a computer with a projector for some courses. The program is looking for an associate director whose role is primarily a program manager to help the director. Education experience is not necessary.

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Village Quilters honor veterans

Tellico Village has numerous groups and clubs that help people in the community and in the surrounding areas. The Village Quilters of Loudon participated in the recent Veterans Day event at the Tellico Village Yacht Club, which benefited several veterans’ organizations. During the evening, Helen Willis, vice president of the guild, awarded Quilts

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of Valor to two veterans who live in Tellico Village: Fred Kanwisher, who served in the Air Force 1967-1971, and Lou Robitaille, who served in the Air Force 1972-1977. Anyone wanting to nominate a veteran for a Quilt of Valor can go to the Quilts of Valor Foundation website at www. QOVF.org. Thank you to all the women of the Village Quilters who do such beautiful work to honor our veterans. â–

Helen Ross McNabb Center volunteer Kristin Bradley makes her way to a toy staging area with an armload of toys.

Hats for kids

The Friday Knitting Group from the Kahite Neighborhood of Tellico Village presented nice, warm knitted hats for the kids in the Vonore Pre-K Elementary class recently. This group of women is just another example of Villagers seeing a need in their community and doing something good to address it. For more than 10 years, these needle wizards have knitted hats to warm the heads and hearts of the little ones at Vonore Elementary.

Volunteers Cathy Gillenwater and Kathy Bryant make quick work of sorting a mountain of toys.

Optimistic angels By Sherri Gardner Howell The Optimist Club of West Knoxville once again had their wings ready to help area children have a merry Christmas.

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Chasity Jenkins, 16, explains that washing cars with industrial detergents puts toxins down Emily Human, 17, paints her storm water conservation message on the spirit rock at Grace Chris- storm drains, which will eventually lead to polluting Beaver Creek. She recommends using biotian Academy during an “Adopt-a-Watershed service project on Dec. 8. “Don’t be a dodo and degradable soaps instead. Photos by Nancy Anderson spill your cocoa, only rain down the drain.” Pictured from left are Emily Human, 17, Wade Sluss, 17, Seth Paczkowski, 17, Luke Smith, 17, and Christian Davis, 17. From page A-1

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GCA kids give a hoot Students in Tasha Walker’s Environmental Science class at Grace Christian Academy met outside the school’s entrance last Tuesday morning for a service project creating sidewalk chalk art describing stormwater issues and how they impact Beaver Creek. Jessica Stapleton from Knox County Stormwater Management and AmeriCorps Water Quality Team met with the students as part of the Knox County Adopt-aWatershed Program. “The project is a wrap-up of what the kids learned this semester about storm-water

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and water-treatment infrastructure having toured a water-treatment plant as well as Harrell Road Stormwater Park. “They are depicting the different types of pollution that can get into the storm drains and make its way

to Beaver Creek – like the trash from our own parking lot, for example. “Litter gets washed down the storm drain and ends up in Beaver Creek where it endangers the whole ecosystem. “It’s a way to take everything we’ve learned and put it outside in front of the school so visitors can see it, get interested in storm-water conservation and be part of Knox County’s Adopt-aWatershed Program,” said Stapleton. Info: ww.knoxcounty. org/storm water/pub_AAW. php

Joe Lones bridge rededicated State Rep. Roger Kane met with the Lones family and friends at the crossover bridge to rededicate the newly painted structure and new signage to John C. Cobb Sr. and Joe Lones last week. The crossover bridge was built in 1982 to give Karns Elementary School students a safe way to cross Oak Ridge Highway in response to the death of 11-year-old Joe Lones, who was struck by a car while attempting to cross the busy highway in 1976. Kane arranged for a Tennessee state flag to fly over the Capitol building in honor of Joe Lones on Dec. 9. He presented the flag to the Lones family during the bridge rededication. “I just want to thank Roger Kane from the bottom of my heart,” said Traci Loe Lones’ sister Traci Lones, mother Hilda Lones and nephew Lones. “Having my brother, Joel Seffernick at the crossover bridge rededication Photos by Joe, honored by flying our Mark Cawood state flag over the Capitol “In my mind, Joe made a and thousands of children’s for him meant the world to my mother and me, and we sacrifice on that day,” said lives are made safer every Traci Lones. “He crossed day. Although it has been 40 will always cherish it. The family also thanked the road but went back to years, we’re thankful that Mark Cawood, who was in- pick up a pencil and was Joe has not been forgotten. strumental in having the hit and killed. Because of He’s still making a differthat, the bridge was built ence every day.” sign replaced.

her up late Sunday night and told her she was afraid to go to school the next day. “She’d gotten a call from a classmate and she asked, ‘What am I going to do? I’m afraid to go to school, and I’m just lying here thinking about each of my classes – where would I hide? What would I do?’” Bowers told her daughter that she wouldn’t force her to go to school the next morning. “We got a call from Katherine Banner at 7 a.m. Monday saying they think it was a prank: she only got that out because somebody had called Channel 6. They knew about it on Friday and never said a word to us? We heard that the young man who did it finally confessed, and he was actually in school – that’s the irony of it.” Banner, who got a call from the principal of West High School in Victoria,

This screen shot was sent to Superintendent Jim McIntyre on Saturday, but parents at West High School did not get a reponse from Knox County Schools until Monday morning. Texas, Monday morning, the difficult weekend: asking her what was going “This has taught me the on, said she has learned far-reaching effects of sosomething important from cial media.”

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Ron and Cynthia Branch stand next to a lighted weeping willow tree in their front yard. Photos by S. Barrett

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Kirkland football is full-time job The story of college football in the higher elevations… Young linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr. started and played well for Tennessee against Southeastern Conference foes. Butch Jones says Kirkland has exceptional instincts for a freshman, “great instincts.” The coach says Kirkland had great parenting, great training at the high school level and he’s a high-character young man with a great love for football. To make additional use of one of the coach’s favorite words, great! Defensive coordinator John Jancek sees Darrin Kirkland greatness from another point of view.

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“He has a lot of potential. His upside is huge and exciting. We’ve just got to keep working, the rest of this year and the offseason.” And next year. And the year after. And all the time in between, spring drills, summer improvement, work, work, work, be nimble, be quick, read keys, anticipate, run to the ball, deliver a blow. College football is an

almost full-time job. If a player isn’t playing football, he is preparing to play. He is thinking football, studying football and, meanwhile, working to get stronger to become a better football player. He is eating according to directions from the food coach and sleeping with a magic monitor to be sure he is getting real rest. Not incidentally, football players also go to school. Many make excellent grades. Several achieve academic all-star status. Be reminded of Bob Johnson, Mike Terry, Tim Irwin, Mack Gentry, Tim Priest, Joshua Dobbs … there is a considerable list. Now and then one wins everything except the Heis-

man and graduates in three years instead of four. And stays and plays some more. Think Peyton Manning. Darrin Kirkland Jr. likes the idea of being an accomplished football player. He says he takes a lot of pride in playing well. He says being competitive and getting to the ball is his game. Darrin has a pep line he directs at linebacker star Jalen Reeves-Maybin: “I always tell Jalen when we’re on the field, ‘I’ll meet you at the ball and we’ll see what happens.’” What happens is the culmination of ability, training and effort. It appears college players go far beyond the NCAA-limited 20 hours

per week in football development. The latest survey I’ve seen says the average is 44.8 hours a week playing games, practicing, training and recovering. The group of Northwestern players who thought they wanted to form a union said they were spending 50 hours on football. The survey says football players in power conferences invest a little less than 40 hours a week on academics. That doesn’t leave much time for video games or dancing with darlings. Complex forces affect the voluntary commitment: motivational coaches, personal pride, winning spirit, desire to excel, investment in the

This year, the city spent $5,000 on new lights and $40,000 on the new tree at Krutch Park. “The squirrels love to sparkles at the Holiday Fes- Department EMS staffing. tival of Lights at the Cove This year, sponsorships for chew up the lights,” she and parades at Halls, Pow- the seven events totaled laughs. Even if you favor Jimmy ell, Gibbs, Corryton, Karns $130,000. Figures aren’t available Cheek’s approach, it’s hard and maybe a few we missed. Judith Foltz, the city’s yet for this year’s Christmas to deny that Christmas in special-events director, events, but last year, the the City is good for business estimates that the num- city’s portion of the Regal and the community. Holidays on Ice has been ber of community and Celebration of Lights was extended through Jan. 18 civic Christmas events has $6,900, not including police because the ice-skating rink doubled since she took up and fire department labor her post five years ago, and costs. Theoretically, the city some require a taxpayer incharges for services provestment. The city pays expenses vided to community groups. ■ Pilot Flying J should hire that aren’t covered by spon- Organizers of this year’s Rickey Hall from the UT Office sorships for six Christmas Fountain City Christmas for Diversity for a similar job in the City events – Regal Parade were flummoxed at the company. It would Celebration of Lights, the when they received a $1,500 benefit both institutions. WIVK Christmas Parade, bill for KPD traffic control ■ Flout: to treat with disdain, Xfinity Christmas in Chil- for the first time in nearly scorn, or contempt. howee Park, Tour de Lights, five decades. ■ Flaunt: display ostentatiousThe goal is to charge Holidays on Ice and New ly, especially to provoke envy. Year’s Eve on the Square – community groups con■ It’s best not to confuse those as well as Festival on the sistently and find as many words, as this writer did last Fourth. Total costs include sponsors as possible for week, especially in a column Knoxville Police Depart- city-sponsored events, says that calls someone else’s acment traffic control and Foltz. But the upkeep of all tions “flat-out dumb.” security and Knoxville Fire those baubles is expensive.

Christmas: Let’s keep it Dedicated readers may have noticed odd extremes during this year’s “Holiday Season.” On one hand, University of Tennessee students and faculty were encouraged to eschew Christmas parties so that those who don’t traditionally observe a holiday that celebrates rampant consumerism and a fat man who breaks into homes could feel included. On the other hand are Tennessee legislators who are so committed to their Christian faith that they’d rather see UT’s seventh chancellor tossed out of office on Christmas Eve than encourage inclusivity at a university that draws students from over 100 countries. The whole kerfuffle could make dedicated readers think that Christmas celebrations will soon be a thing

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of the past. But that would be incorrect, especially in Knoxville, Tenn. The city now has three Christmas parades – downtown, in Fountain City and in the Rocky Hill neighborhood. There are more tree lightings than you can shake a stick at, as well as Christmas events featuring buildings made of canned food, lighted bicycles and sugar plum fairies on ice skates. There are reindeer-themed road races, nativities with live animals and Christmas bazaars galore. Venture out to the county and you’ll find a spectacle of

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perceived future (NFL). Darrin Kirkland gets the full load. He hears the word “potential” and wants to move that up a notch. He is fueled and driven by a natural desire for excellence. He wants to play as a pro. Darrin was recruited to be Tennessee’s middle linebacker. He has all the necessary tools, size, strength, speed, smarts – plus toughness and a high-RPM motor. Considering what he has accomplished as a rookie, try projecting his likely performance as a sophomore. Wow! Oh, wait, there is a postscript: If he keeps working, Jancek says. Marvin West invites reader reactions. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

attracts customers to Market Square. Such events instill community pride, draw out-of-town visitors and help locals get comfortable with parking downtown. It makes Knoxville look good, Foltz says. “We’re trying to make the city as attractive as possible. That’s first and foremost to us.” Bah, humbug to the haters, I say. Christmas is here to stay.

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■ The Legislature is coming after UT, led by Knox County reps who should be the university’s defenders. ■ Roger Kane, on TV Sunday, said, “The university only understands power and money.” ■ Becky Massey called the removal of the name Lady Vols “a solution looking for a problem.” She said the UT Board of Trustees should grant a public hearing if people request it. – S. Clark

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Democrats field commission candidate

Contest forms for vice mayor

The 6th District of the Knox County Democratic Party (Karns, Hardin Valley, Solway, part of Powell) welcomes Knox County Commissioner Amy Broyles to a work session for candidate Donna Lucas. Pictured are campaign treasurer Clay Mulford, Lucas and Broyles. Photo by Elizabeth Vacanti

Council member Duane Grieve says he will seek the post of vice mayor this Saturday at the called meeting to decide this issue. Current Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis plans to seek a third term. The nine council members will decide between the two, who both are serving their final two years on council. Could range from a 6-3 vote for Pavlis to a 5-4 vote for Grieve unless one of them withdraws. Most council members are not talking. Rogero might face a tie vote, which she can break if one of the nine abstains and it is split four to four between Pavlis and Grieve. Pavlis backed Grieve for interim mayor after Bill Haslam resigned in January 2011. ■Knox County school board, County Commission and the legislative delegation will meet to go over 2016 legislative issues 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 17 (tomorrow), at Louis’ at 4661 Old Broadway. The meeting is open to the public under the open-meetings law. The delegation, if past years are any indication, will meet separately with Mayor Rogero and the UT president and chancellor prior to the legislative session starting Jan. 12, 2016. Dates have not been set. ■Over 200 people showed up Dec. 6 at the news conference and rally to restore the Lady Vols name by state legislation. It was held near the Pat Summitt statue on campus. In addition to state Reps. Roger Kane and Martin Daniel, Nick Pavlis was there, showing his backing of the name restoration. Kane said he had support from state Reps. Jason Zachary and Eddie Smith and Sens. Becky Duncan Massey and Randy McNally. This is a separate issue from the Diversity Office controversy, which only seems to get worse. Calls for Chancellor Cheek to resign seem misguided and inappropriate to me. Nothing he has done warrants that action. He and his wife are active and well liked in the community. They make a positive contribution. However, ultimately Cheek has to resolve it. Final responsibility goes to the UT Board of Trustees, chaired by Gov. Bill Haslam. The vice chair is energetic Knoxville business owner Raja Jubran. Other local trustees are Sharon Pryse and Charlie Anderson. All are close friends of the governor.

The Sanger surprise James McIntyre’s $1 million severance package will be a ready-made campaign issue in the upcoming school board elections, right? Not necessarily, given the fact that nobody who voted for it will be on the ballot in 2016. How we got to this point in history is another illustration of the difficulties of pr e d ic t i ng the political future, and Tracie Sanger board member Tracie Sanger’s 11th hour decision not to run is one of the more surprising events in local politics since state Rep. Loy Smith pulled out of his reelection race, leaving his protÊgÊ Jimmy Kyle Davis as the only contender as his successor in 1984. On Monday, Nov. 30, the school board called a special meeting to vote on Superintendent McIntyre’s request for a two-year contract extension, which would ef-

Betty Bean fectively award McIntyre a $1 million severance package should the board decide to dismiss him without cause in the near future (he makes $227,000 a year and Knox County must pay out the full term of the contract – think UT Athletic Department paying off discarded coaches). After a three-hour discussion, the vote came down 5-4 in favor of the extension, which surprised exactly nobody, since this is how votes involving McIntyre always end up. This board is so polarized that they could have saved themselves two hours and 54 minutes by voting immediately after their minute of silence. It wouldn’t have mattered. The only extraordinary thing about the meeting was the behavior of the board’s vice-chair Tracie Sanger,

who has been in office for a single year, and who ran on a platform of being an apolitical young mother, neither pro- nor anti-McIntyre. She was unusually aggressive that night, both in her defense of McIntyre’s extension request and of his $227,000 annual salary, which she said is not out of line with salaries in other school districts. Her attacks on the competence of Law Director Bud Armstrong and the integrity of board colleague Mike McMillan raised eyebrows, topped off by her attempt to summon her only announced competitor, Jennifer Owen, back to the podium during public forum. We’ll never know what she would have said, since she was informed that board members aren’t allowed to question speakers. That Monday night, Sanger was acting like an incumbent gearing up to defend her office. Next day, Dec. 8, Grant Standefer, executive director of the Compassion Coalition, picked up a peti-

tion to run for the Second District school board seat, two days ahead of the Dec. 10 deadline. Sanger, who did not return a completed petition, said she was having health problems and was happy to pull out of the race when she learned that someone of whom she approved – Standefer – had decided to run. Standefer is an ordained minister who has served as director of the non-profit Compassion Coalition since 2006. He purchased a residence in the Second District in January 2015 and lived in west Knox County prior to that time. School board chair Doug Harris (a strong McIntyre supporter who is not seeking re-election) is a current and founding member of the Compassion Coalition. Election officials are predicting a 300 percent voter turnout increase for the March primary elections, driven by a hotly contested Republican primary. It remains to be seen how this will impact down-ballot contests.

Christmas open house Former Knox County Commissioner Wanda Moody visits with retired Knox County Sheriff’s Office chief of detectives Bobby Waggoner at the buffet. The annual event at Prince’s home in West Knoxville has long been an opportunity for GOP friends to gather informally to talk politics and enjoy a sumptuous buffet.

U. S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan entertains a group of longtime friends at the annual Christmas open house hosted by former Knox County GOP chair Mike Prince. From left are retired Chancellor Sharon Bell, Law Director Bud Armstrong, Duncan and former GOP chair Gerald Turner. Photos by Anne Hart

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Offerings include: card games; dance classes; exercise programs; Mahjong; art classes; farkle dice games; dominoes; computer lab; billiards room. Crafting Social, 1:30 p.m. each Thursday in December. The center will be closed Thursday and Friday, Dec. 24-25. Register for: Cookie and candy holiday exchange party/cookie competition, 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18. Noon Year’s Eve party, 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31. ■ Frank R. Strang Senior Center 109 Lovell Heights Road 670-6693 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Offerings include: card games; exercise programs; dance classes; watercolor classes; Tai Chi; blood pressure checks; Mahjong; senior-friendly computer classes. Book club holiday party, noon Thursday, Dec. 17. Holiday Breakfast Bar/ Silly Sweater Day, 9:45 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18; bring an item to share. The center will be closed Thursday and Friday, Dec. 24-25.

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Happy birthday, Beethoven He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped. (Isaiah 35:4-5 NRSV)

Jordan Kendrick as the stable boy filming in the rain at the Historic Ramsey House with the Faith Promise Church production crew. Photos by Damian Young

Little things can change everything By Nancy Anderson Every Christian knows the story of how a very pregnant Mary travelled to Bethlehem with Joseph to be counted for census. How, having found no room to stay, Mary gave birth to Jesus in a lowly barn where animals were kept. But what’s the rest of the story? Enter Faith Promise Church with its film, “The Stable Boy.” “It’s a short film for Christmas about the people who were around when Mary and Joseph were turned away at the inn. Jesus was born not in a palace but in a broken down place were animals slept. It’s a story of the little things that happened to change … everything,” said Micah Stephens, creative director. Originally planned as

Sean Sexton and Jewel Sowell as Joseph and Mary. a stage production for the church’s “Love Starts Here” series, it became clear a film was the better option to entertain and convey the message “do what you can, when you can, with what you have,” at all Faith Promise locations during church

service. Getting a late start, the creative team and volunteers worked around the clock for three weeks to bring the 10-minute film to life telling the story of a boy who did what he could, however humble that may

be, to make a difference. “It’s the story set in the 1800s, we wanted to put it in a timeframe completely different than what’s expected to grab attention, of a boy who actually found the manger. He found an old wooden trough and cleaned it up for the baby. “He was embarrassed by it and didn’t want to bring it, but Joseph said it was perfect. It’s a simple act of kindness that had a major impact. “You don’t have to have a large presence to serve the Lord. It’s the simple acts of obedience that make wonderful things happen. “Like holding umbrellas over the cast and crew while filming at night in the rain at the Historic Ramsey House.” Watch at faithpromise. org/stable-boy

I have always had a special love affair with Beethoven. One of the first piano pieces I learned as a child (second grade, as I recall) was a (very) simplified version of his “Ode to Joy.” I knew his story of increasing deafness, and knew that when that was first performed, at the close of the debut of the Ninth Symphony, a friend turned him around so that he could see the audience’s response, even though he could not hear either the music itself or the thunderous applause of the crowd. There was a period of about four months when I was in college that I was having ringing in one ear and some fairly serious vertigo. I lost some range of hearing in one ear, and felt it was another link with the great composer. I love to sing his “Ode to Joy” which is in the United Methodist Hymnal with two different

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sets of words. I am also proud of the fact that the Methodists got it right in starting the last line of the text on the fourth beat of the measure instead of the first; that one beat gives that line of the music a sense of importance and urgency that it would otherwise lack. We don’t know with certainty the date of Beethoven’s birthday, but his christening was recorded on Dec. 17, 1770, and given the custom of the day, to christen a child at the earliest possible time (infant mortality being incredibly high), historians have assumed that he was born on Dec. 16. So, happy birthday, Herr Beethoven!

Shelby Masters and Jeremy Patterson, Boy Scout leaders, help load groceries into shopping carts for diners to take home. Members of the Flohr and Cochran families enjoy dinner at First Farragut United Methodist Church.

Photos by Carolyn Evans

At the By Carolyn Evans It might be Farragut’s biggest holiday party, and it all started with one woman who was wild about Christmas. Leslie Smenner was reflective as she quietly sorted and bagged toys at the Community Christmas Day at First Farragut United Methodist Church. An endowment fund named for her mother is at the root of all the festivity and help for indigent families. “My mom, Rita Hommel, loved Christmas,” said Smenner. “She probably went overboard with it. When she passed away, my dad wanted to do something in her memory.” That “something” has snowballed over the years into a huge annual event. Community Christmas Day is a good meal and a

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shopping spree for people the church has served and identified as needing a helping hand. Church and community members collect clothes, food, toys, books and craft supplies for 12 months. Then, on a Sunday afternoon in early December, they fill nearly every room on the main level of the church. This year, 229 volunteers helped out at the event with Saturday set-up and Sunday event-day duties. The sanctuary becomes a dining room with beautifully set tables. Santa hands out presents, and pictures are snapped. Parents select clothes, toys and a handknitted toboggan for each of their children. Volunteers, including Spanish-speaking volunteers and Boy and Girl Scouts, are on hand to help parents and to entertain the children with Christmas crafts and stories. The prayer center is open for any

Special services ■ Central Baptist Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive, will present “An Appalachian Christmas” 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, at the church. Free admission; child care provided. Info: 588-0586; cbcbearden.org.

Leslie Smenner helps at Community Christmas Day at First Farragut United Methodist Church. The event was established in honor of her mother, Rita Hommel.

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who want to pray. This year, 108 families representing 377 individuals were served, including 199 children. Donations given away included 1,000 books, 200 toys, 158 bags of groceries and 158 bags of household necessities. In addition, clothes for 200 children were distributed, including new underwear

‘I can’t tell you what this means to us. This is the only Christmas we’ll have.’ That was a two-parent family with several children. That was an emotional moment.” The Rita Hommel Endowment that Leslie Smenner’s father established will continue to fund the special event for years to come. As the event has

■ Central Baptist Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive, will hold Christmas Eve services, 5 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24. Child care provided. Info: 588-0586; cbcbearden.org. ■ Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road, will host a Christmas program with a Candlelight Service, 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20.

and socks. “The event has helped our congregation to come together and know each other better,” said Laura Derr, who heads the church’s food pantry. She said the opportunity to help families have a brighter Christmas is what it’s all about. “There was a lady I spoke to just last week who said,

■ Westside Unitarian Universalist Church, 616 Fretz Road, holds meditation services 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth Wednesday. Includes quiet reflection, simple music and readings. Info: westsideuuc.org.

grown, sponsors such as Rusty Wallace Honda and the Chuck Shilling FISH Grant have stepped in to help with expenses. Other businesses have lent assistance, too, including Family Brands/Elm Hill, Ingles, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Publix, Kroger, Dollar General, Food City and FISH Hospitality Pantry.

Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, hosts Morning Breakfast and Afternoon Hang Out for youth each Tuesday. Breakfast and Bible study, 7:20 a.m.; Hang Out Time, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Info: 690-1060 or beaverridgeumc.org.

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French Club officers fill members’ shoes with treats from Pere Noel, or Father Christmas. Pictured are club secretary Grace Shoffner, historian Sidanni DiFranco, vice president Dami Omitaomu and president Natalie Campbell. Photo by S. Barrett

You’re never too old for Pere Noel By Sara Barrett Farragut High School’s French Club held its final meeting of the semester last week with a holiday celebration based on French tradition. The French-language version of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was shown, and several Frenchstyle refreshments were served. The biggest treat, though, took place in the hallway when the students

HEALTH NOTES ■ Peninsula Lighthouse Group of Families Anonymous meetings, 6:15-7:15 p.m. each Tuesday, 1451 Dowell Springs Blvd. Newcomers welcome; no dues/fees; no sign-up; first names only. Info: Barbara L., 696-6606 or PeninsulaFA2@ aol.com. ■ “Mindfulness in Everyday Life: Mindful Celebration,” 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Dec. 19, Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Info/registration: 546-4661. ■ Family Bereavement Group, 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Contact clinical staff before attending. Info: 546-4661. ■ Women with Advanced Cancer Networker, 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Call before first visit. Info: 546-4661.

weren’t looking. Upon entering the room at the beginning of the meeting, club members were asked to leave their shoes outside the door. High-top sneakers and boots soon lined the hallway at the base of the lockers in the yellow wing. Club officers fi lled members’ shoes with candy in honor of Pere Noel, the French version of Santa Claus. Legend says children

would leave their shoes out at night fi lled with treats for Pere Noel’s donkey, and if the children had been good, Pere Noel would leave the children treats in their shoes upon taking the treats for his donkey. The French Club meets monthly with a different theme each time. November celebrated All Saints Day, October celebrated Halloween and September’s meeting recognized French stereotypes.

■ Cancer Support Community holiday party, 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Includes “gift exchange game.” Info/registration: 546-4661.

lege of Business, has developed and is implementing his organizational action project to assist drug-addicted pregnant women Thomas in Jellico to detox. The goal is to be a place for pregnant women to get help and not be judged or criminalized. His practice has received a $400,000 grant from BlueCross BlueShield to help start the program.

UT NOTES ■ Nicholas Nagle, associate professor of geography, has been appointed to the National Academy of Sciences committee to assist the U.S. Nagle Census Bureau. He will serve on the Standing Committee on Reengineering Census Operations. ■ Dr. Geogy Thomas, physician and recent graduate of the Physician Executive MBA program in the Haslam Col-

■ The Haslam College of Business has purchased four additional Bloomberg terminals through a donation from the Regions Foundation. The college, which will now have 16 terminals, is one of the few business schools in the nation to integrate Bloomberg training into its curriculum.

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Siblings John Marshall and Charlotte Petko “fish” with kindergartner Drake Johnson using pipecleaner fishing rods during a mechanical-engineering activity.

Defying gravity at Sequoyah Elementary By Sara Barrett Sequoyah Elementary School held its fourth annual Family Engineering Night Dec. 3 with an incredible turnout. Activities were set up in the gym and down the hallway, even at the rail of the

balcony overlooking the cafeteria’s entrance. Students created and dropped parachutes made from plastic shopping bags, fished for magnetic fish using pipe-cleaner fishing poles, raced solar-powered cars and launched straw rockets.

One new addition was purchased by the Sequoyah Elementary Foundation. Students could inspect items with six brand new microscopes and a digiscope, which showed the magnified image on a big screen.

Lizzy Asti appears to hold her daughter, kindergartner Campbell Asti, off the floor using nothing more than the lid from a cardboard box during Engineering Night at Sequoyah Elementary School. The stunt is possible because of Dixie cups underneath the lid supporting Campbell’s weight. Photos by S. Barrett

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SCHOOL NOTES ■ West Hills Elementary participates in the following programs to help raise money for the school: General Mills “BoxTops for Education,” Campbell’s “Labels for Education,”

By Sara Barrett Members of Hardin Valley Academy’s RoHAWKtics robotics team dedicated time and serious talent to this year’s Fantasy of Trees. Ornaments were designed by students and printed using a 3D printer. Team members then used the ornaments to decorate a tree that would be sold to benefit East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.

and linking Food City ValuCards, Kroger Plus Cards and Target Red Cards to the school for points. Info: 539-7850.

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HVA RoHAWKtics tree-decorating crew includes Daniel Mountain, Alexis Longmire, Bethany Milsom; (back) Rowan Palmer, Kenzie Caraway, Bryce Stiles and Amberly Clark. Photos submitted

■ Council of West Knox County Homeowners meets 7:15 p.m. each first Tuesday, Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Info: cwkch.com.

■ Karns Lions Club meets 6:30 p.m. each first and third Monday, Karns Community Center, 7708 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: karnslionsclub.com.

■ District 6 Democrats will not meet in December. Info: Mike Knapp, 6968038, or Janice Spoone, 771-5920.

■ Northwest Knox Business and Professional Association meets each third Thursday, Karns Community Center, 7708 Oak Ridge Highway. Meetings are 6 p.m. March, June, September, December and noon the remaining months.

■ Karns Republican Club meets 7 p.m. each first Tuesday at Karns Middle School library.

A 3D-printed snow ornament created by Hardin Valley Academy RoHAWKtics robotics team.

Hardin Valley Academy girls bowling team includes Anna Hart, Bethany Milsom, Stephanie Owens, Logan Feys, Jennifer Kelley; (back) Kaley Henderson, Andrea Kasulis, Carissa Culpepper, Halle McGuire, Rachel Johnson, Moriah Brown and Ann Vavra. Photos by S. Barrett

Pictured are Noah Wood, Grant Thomas, Sophia Harness, Tanner Venandaal, Aveena Patel, Ryder Mansell, Tyler Weiss, volunteer Linda Weiss, Nathan Weiss, Evelyn Wesolowski and Rachel Parks.

For the love of teaching By Sara Barrett Linda Weiss taught elementary school for 25 years before retiring. At age 66, she became a grandmother to twin boys who are now first-graders at Hardin Valley Elementary School. Weiss relocated to Tennessee from Ohio to be closer to her grandkids, and then she decided to stay even closer and she began volunteering at their school. Now a regular volunteer each Wednesday at HVES, Weiss mentors a

small group of students in reading, including her two grandsons. The group rehearses reading a book aloud before reading it for other students in their class. “I taught school because of the kids. I retired because of the paperwork,” says Weiss. First-grade teacher Terese Schoonbee says Weiss’ help is invaluable. “She is giving them enrichment activities that are hard for me to get to,” says Schoonbee. “The students

love it and look forward to her visits every Wednesday.” Weiss was trained in Title 1 reading and reading recovery six years before she retired and says she wishes she had received the training at the beginning of her teaching career. She applies that training now as a volunteer. “This is so rewarding for me, and these kids are so much fun,” says Weiss. “I volunteer for an hour each week, but I always stay longer.”

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Gallery. She says buying is not an exact science. “Most of our customers are women. While we carry Hallmark products, we now have hundreds of other vendors.” She is proud that the recent News Sentinel readers’ poll voted Linda’s Hallmark the “best gift shop” in town. She’s also got the best location in town for her Bearden store. And how she got it is worth retelling. Originally from Chattanooga, Linda came to Knoxville in 1970 to attend UT. Her first job was in real es-

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Linda’s Hallmark: 31 years and growing tate – leasing and managing shopping centers. In 1982, “I got married, quit work and started playing tennis,” she says. Then Nick Cazana called. He was getting ready to build The Gallery on the site of an old motel on Kingston Pike. “He asked me to do the leasing.” Underwood didn’t take the job, but she did meet with Cazana. When she saw the plans, she snagged the corner storefront. “I like cards and gifts – the social expression business. I wanted a Hallmark shop and I wanted to be on that

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Knox Rotary plays Santa with books By Tom King Christmas

2015 came early for Beaumont M a g n e t Elementary School when the Rotary Club of Knoxville used a $10,000 Tom King grant to buy 600 new books for the school’s library. A group of more than 25 volunteers helped unload, catalog, place stickers in and shelve the books on Nov. 21. “Yes, it’s like Christmas is here early,” said Beaumont librarian Molly Moore. “Ours was a really old collection, with books that went back to the ’60s and ’70s. So many of our materials are not relevant to kids today.” Beaumont has 515 students and is an inner-city school. “It’s been amazing and this is really transforma-

tional for our library,” Moore said. “We have a diverse population of students and we want them to see themselves in the books – women, minorities and everyone. The kids are clamoring for these news books.” She says they have updated their biography collections with books about people the students know in different fields – sports, history, entertainment, business leaders and political figures plus fiction and non-fiction and books on careers. Of the 600 new books, 100 are e-books, a first at Beaumont. Teachers can use the e-books on their classroom active boards and students can read them on mini iPads in the library or at home if they have the Internet. In addition to the 600 books, members of the club are reading to students once a week at the Book Club after school on Wednesdays. There are two groups of about 15 students in grades K-1 and

2-3 in this program. “Words can’t do justice to our appreciation for Knoxville Rotary. This will have an impact on our students for years to come, not just now,” Moore said. ■

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Farragut Rotarians delivered 148 Angel Tree Christmas gifts for 50 kids at the Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley. Past President Jonathan Johnson headed up this project and helped Ernie Brooks load the truck. Ernie is vice president of corporate relations for Boys & Girls Club … Knoxville Rotary Club’s Mainstream Committee has chosen for its project this year the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum’s “Fitness Loop Trail.” The trail will be located on the grounds called the Center for Urban Agriculture and will also include outdoor equipment. More details to come on this.

corner.” That was 31 years ago in September. Over the years, Linda has bought several shops, operating five Hallmark stores at one point. Her first store carried about 40 percent office supplies from file cabinets to Scotch tape. When big box stores like Office Depot and Staples came into the market, Linda adapted her inventory mix. Then the privately-held, family-run Hallmark company undermined its retailers by making side deals with Walmart and others to sell Hallmark products. Linda expanded her inventory to other vendors, specializing in gifts and collectibles. She added Precious Moments and villages. Both were popular gifts for a time but fewer collectibles are being sold now. Time for reinvention: Linda’s Hallmark now sells costume jewelry, scarves, purses, wallets and sandals – highly “giftable,” but also great for personal buying. Not changing for Linda’s are the pleasant atmosphere

and the knowledgeable staff. “You just can’t do it without staff.” Toler has been with Linda’s for 11 years. Just as Linda was considering whether to remodel or relocate her store in Cedar Bluff, Lissa’s Hallmark in Village Green shopping center near Fresh Market came available. Lissa’s had a 25-year history in Farragut. Linda bought her fi xtures about four years ago and moved her Cedar Bluff inventory to Farragut, where she also has her business office. What challenges does the Internet bring to retail stores like Linda’s Hallmark? “It’s hard to tell,” says Linda. “We’re taking it day-by-day.” Now birthday greetings are sent with a click via Facebook. Young people are not taught to write thank you notes. Even gifts themselves have changed, and Hallmark’s retailers are competing with hallmark.com/. Linda Underwood operates Gold Crown Hallmark stores although that gives her little protection from corporate competition.

Linda Underwood and her pup at work at Linda’s Hallmark. Photo by S. Clark Hallmark opened a lifestyle store at Deane Hill, less than a mile from The Gallery. “They ended up closing that store,” says Linda, “and I’m still here.”

Backwoods Bistro wants kick start By Sandra Clark A Halls restaurant is asking for help in relocating. Backwoods Bistro has created a project on kickstarter.com to raise $20,000 for a move from the Black Oak Plaza Shopping Center to Halls Crossing Centre near KARM and United Grocery Outlet. The campaign was set for 30 days, ending Dec. 21. Catering manager Marty Goddard said the bistro needs more space, both for dine-in customers and for parking. Also, the move will

enable additional equipment. After two years in business, Backwoods Bistro has outgrown its space. Owner Nathaniel Morris says, “Simply put, we’re fresh food among friends. We’re local people making fresh food from simple, raw ingredients and serving it to friends and family. “We love what we do and we have fun doing it. Our kitchen is filled with laughter and our tables with customers who have become friends.” Morris said bistro cus-

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Trooper is a gorgeous, short haired, brown tabby male kitten about 9-months-old. He got his name because he was rescued from a Knoxville Sherriff ’s car. The officer thought he heard mewing and discovered Trooper in the front grill of the car. Although he was dehydrated and had a small burn on his neck, he has recovered fully. He is very outgoing and social. He loves to play with toys or other cats and is never bored. He likes to be held and to snuggle. He gets along well with cats, and I think he'd be great with dogs and kids. He is healthy, happy, and ready for a permanent home. He is negative for feline leukemia and aids, current on his distemper and a rabies vaccines, been wormed, had advantage for fleas, and been vet checked and neutered.

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By Betsy Pickle Poe Dameron. Finn. Rey. Will these names become as beloved as Han, Luke and Leia? That’s one of the questions teasing “Star Wars� fans as they (OK, we) await the debut of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.� The official opening day is Friday, Dec. 18, but the first screenings begin around 7 p.m. Thursday. How popular is “Star Wars� locally? The “Star Wars� marathon – screening all six of the previous films beginning at 4 a.m. today at Regal Pinnacle – was sold out well in advance. Many of Pinnacle’s primetime Thursday show times are sold out, and the film will play all night. In addition to Pinnacle, the film will be shown at Knoxville Center, Riviera, Wynnsong, Foothills in Maryville and Tinseltown in Oak Ridge.

Old friends Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) return in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.� Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Finn (John Boyega) run for their lives in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.� Other mysteries fans can’t wait to be revealed include the plot, which has been a tightly held secret, and the relationships of the new characters to the characters in the original series. Film critics who attended the press junket weren’t allowed to see the film, but the story picks up 30 years after the end of “Return of the Jedi.� To many fans, “A New Hope,� the postdated subtitle

for the original “Star Wars� (1977), should have been reserved for this seventh entry in the series. Though there was great hoopla for “The Phantom Menace� (1999), “Attack of the Clones� (2002) and “Revenge of the Sith� (2005), all are considered lesser entities than the original, “The Empire Strikes Back� (1980) and “Return of the Jedi� (1983). When director J.J.

Abrams picked up the reins on “The Force Awakens,� the fans went wild. Abrams, one of the creators of the TV phenomenon “Lost,� revitalized the “Star Trek� bigscreen series and is beloved by fanboys and fangirls around the globe. Great things are expected from this entry, which was written by Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan and Michael Arndt.

‘Sisters’ “Baby Mama� and “Saturday Night Live� buds Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunite on the big screen in “Sisters.� Poehler plays the perfect sister, and Fey plays the one who’s not, but they are on the same page when it comes to throwing one final, epic house party in their childhood home before their parents sell the place. James Brolin and Dianne Wiest, who play a married couple on TV’s “Life in Pieces,� portray the parents. The comedy also stars Maya Rudolph, John Cena, John Leguizamo, Bobby Moynihan, Rachel Dratch and Samantha Bee. It’s rated R for crude sexual content and language throughout, and for drug use.

Having Kasdan on board is also seen as a plus. He co-wrote both “The Empire Strikes Back� and “Return of the Jedi.� It doesn’t hurt that the stars of the original trilogy reunite for “The Force Awakens.� Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo) and Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa) are back, as are Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Kenny Baker (R2-D2) and Anthony Daniels (C-3PO). The newcomers – who hope to avoid the curse of Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman – are Daisy Ridley as Rey, John Boyega as Finn, Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, Lupita Nyong’o as Maz Kanata, Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma, Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux and Andy Serkis as Supreme Leader Snoke. Oh, and there’s some kid named Max Von Sydow as Lor San Tekka.

According to the Box Office Mojo website, when adjusted for ticket-price inflation, the highest to lowest moneymakers have been: “Star Wars,� “The Phantom Menace,� “Return of the Jedi,� “The Empire Strikes Back,� “Revenge of the Sith� and “Attack of the Clones.� Cumulatively, the “Star Wars� universe has raked in $2,217,773,310 ($4,777,153,300 in adjusted dollars) over the past 38 years. The upcoming “Star Wars� films, following the trend of recent spectacle series, won’t keep fans waiting the way the first two trilogies did. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story� is due out in 2016, followed by “Star Wars: Episode 8� in 2017 and “Star Wars: Episode IX� in 2019. As for this week, if you’re one of the millions planning to attend “The Force Awakens,� arrive early and let it be said of you, “Patience is strong in this one.�

Holiday bells and whistles By Carol Shane

True fans of a certain 1964 Rodgers & Hammerstein movie musical featuring the von Trapp family shouldn’t consider their education complete unless they’ve also seen the stage version. Fortunately they’ll have eight chances to do so when “Broadway at the Tennessee� presents “The Sound of Music.� The show runs Dec. 1520. Info: www.tennesseetheatre.com or 684-1200. They stand in the back and move around a lot. Their instruments often have no pitch. They can startle you with a crash, soothe you with a shimmer or set your feet to tapping. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra percussionists are the ones who give the Clayton Holiday Concerts their snap, crackle and pop. Timpanist Michael Combs, who’s been with the KSO since 1968, when David Van Vactor was on the

podium, has a Dickensian sense of “Christmas past, present and future.� “There was not always a holiday concert,� he says. “We used to have a regular subscription concert in December. Then Jim Clayton stepped up to support the holiday concerts. “Until then, percussion was drab for sure. No bells and whistles.� And even the first Clayton Holiday Concerts weren’t that exciting for the percussionists. “We brought books to read,� says Combs with a grin. Subsequent conductors began to realize that more holiday flash meant more fun for the players and the audience. “We moved from snare drum, bass drum, cymbals and a pair of timpani to a major percussion workout!� says Combs. Bob Adamcik, who was principal percussionist for many years and is now the KSO’s principal timpanist,

says, “So much of what the percussion section does sets the mood. In the Christian tradition, people often think of bells to celebrate holidays and joy. We use chimes, bells, triangles, sleigh bells and other ringing things to add a bright touch. The tambourine is an important part of the tradition of Hanukkah, so we usually get to play at least one piece on that instrument.� They’re sometimes asked to come up with out-of-thebox ideas. Jay Oberfeitinger, a KSO percussionist since 1995, remembers that “one year with Lucas Richman we played a composition of his that had some sort of African inspiration or connection. We had to use our ‘standard’ drums to emulate African tribal drums.� And, of course, they do sound effects. “We are the sounds of the horse hooves and the whip in ‘Sleigh Ride,’� says

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra percussion section looks forward to the upcoming Clayton Holiday Concerts. Shown are Bob Adamcik, Scott Eddlemon, Wes Palmer, Carol Shane, Clark Harrell, Andy Adzima and Jay Oberfeitinger. Photo by Cindy Hicks Adamcik. “We also provide loud pops with a special 2-foot-long pop gun.� An important part of the job is setting everything up so that each player can get to the desired instrument or noisemaker in time. Usually things go pretty smoothly, but Andy Adzima remembers a moment of high drama once when something went awry with the Civic Coliseum’s physical plant. “We had to evacuate during a performance because the basement was flooding and the boiler and

electric rooms were filling with water. Had to come back two days later and collect our instruments.� He’s enjoyed the musical variety over the years, “from Celtic to Appalachian to musical stories and reading ‘The Night Before Christmas,’ to dancers, different singing groups, bagpipes and bluegrass. Oberfeitinger enjoys the audience sing-alongs of traditional carols. He admits that he sings along, too, and occasionally gets “a bit teary-eyed.�

“Regardless of the piece,� says Adamcik, “it’s always rewarding to be invited to be a part of someone’s holiday tradition.� The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents the 29th annual Clayton Holiday Concert, “An Appalachian Christmas,� at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18; 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium. Info: http://www.knoxvillesymphony.com or 523-1178. Send story suggestions to news@shop per newsnow.com.

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Jackson conquers addiction after multiple rehab attempts Vonnie Jackson’s been raped, beaten, in and out of jail, homeless and has had her child taken away. “The usual,” the Maryville woman says casually. Peaceful and pleasant now as she sits calmly in an easy chair, Jackson says the horrors of her past are not uncommon at all for women who have suffered from addiction. Jackson, 62, has checked herself into rehabilitation programs more than two dozen times, but says she is finally clean and clean for good, after graduating from the Women in Treatment program at Peninsula Lighthouse. “I have been in and out of treatments all over the country,” Jackson says. “It’s embarrassing to say how many times, but I never could grasp it. I guess I never was willing to.” Jackson says Women in Treatment at Peninsula Lighthouse is the only program she’s found that is exclusively for women. That makes a difference, she says, because there are certain things an addicted woman just can’t talk about in mixed company. “I felt really safe in my group to let it all out, and talk about all the locked-in stuff,” Jackson says. “The stuff that you’ve held inside for years is what does the most damage.” The first thing Jackson had locked inside was sexual molestation that happened when she was a young girl. Introduced to marijuana at age 14, and then alcohol, she eventually progressed to heroin and cocaine use. By the time her baby was 6 months old, the 16-year-old mother was snorting heroin. By the time her daughter was 2, Jackson was injecting it. “The addiction doesn’t let you have a normal life,” she says. “You have pieces of relationships. You sort of live outside the family. You show up once in awhile, but you’re not really a part of anything.” Out of all the mistakes Jackson has made as a result of her addictions, the way she’s treated her family haunts her the most. When she was a caregiver for both her mother and her brother, she stayed drunk most of the time and was filled with resentment. “I remember one time my mom asked me ‘why do you hate me?’ ” Jackson recalls.

cidal plan. She says enrolling in Women in Treatment at Peninsula Lighthouse got the ball rolling and, after all those years in all those rehab programs, she finally got it right. “I started doing the things they told me to do,” Jackson says, “and I was shocked when it worked.” Jackson says journaling has been the biggest help, along with changing the way she views her addiction, her life and herself. “Quitting is really not all that hard. It’s staying quit,” Jackson says. “If you don’t change your way of thinking, whatever reasons you had for using in the first place are going to keep coming around.” Since her first day with Women in Treatment at Peninsula Lighthouse, Jackson’s become part of a 12-step program, renewed her faith in God and found a whole new life. “I have a life that I don’t feel ashamed about that I can hold up in the light of day,” Jackson says. “I can look people in the eye. I feel good about the choices that I make.” Today Jackson continues to care for her brother, who is a lung cancer patient. The role of caregiver is emotionally draining, but she feels she’s getting a second chance to meet not only the physical needs of a loved one, but the emotional needs, too. “My life has just changed. I live for my daughter, for my great grandson and my brother. I try to keep home and hearth together now and that makes me happy. I get Vonnie Jackson made more than two dozen unsuccessful attempts at rehabilitation programs up happy every day,” Jackson says. across the country before finding the one that worked at Peninsula Lighthouse. Not one to mince words or gloss over the truth, Jackson admits that she still struggles. “I have times when “When she died, I was holding her I get depressed,” Jackson says. “I hand and looking at her, and it was get very, very tired and discourtormenting to me. The guilt was exaged, but I’m not going to drink, no cruciating.” matter what. I just close my eyes After years of getting high to esand pray for a minute. I have good cape her emotional pain, Jackson friends I can call any time I need suddenly found that it wasn’t workto. When I get stuck – and I do get ing anymore. There was no relief, stuck – ain’t nobody perfect.” nothing that could wipe away the Jackson says each day she hurt, the guilt and the shame. makes a firm decision to do the best that A therapist had given her a phone num- well or kill herself. “My plan was to get a bottle of pills and she can. ber for the Women in Treatment program at “I can’t change what I did in the past,” Peninsula Lighthouse several weeks earlier. take every single one,” Jackson says, “and Jackson says. “But I do have the opportuJackson made the decision to call because then drink. I knew that would do it.” But she never had to carry out that sui- nity to make better choices today.” she had decided she was either going to get

“I have a life that I don’t feel ashamed about that I can hold up in the light of day,” Jackson says. “I can look people in the eye. I feel good about the choices that I make.”

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Addiction is different for women A report on gender and addiction from Harvard University Medical School says while men are more likely to become addicts, women tend to become addicted more quickly. Women also develop medical or social consequences of addiction faster than men. For example, alcohol-related problems such as brain atrophy or liver damage occur more rapidly in women than in men. Women often find it harder to quit using addictive substances and are more susceptible to relapse. Women are more likely than men to be prescribed narcotic pain medication, and women are more likely to show up in hospital emergency rooms for overdosing. Substance abuse is the No. 1 health epidemic in the United States, and the number of women who die from addiction-related illnesses is more than four times the number of women who die from breast cancer. With statistics like these, the importance of treating addiction seriously and promptly is evident. The Women in Treatment program at Peninsula Lighthouse is funded by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, and is appropriate for women age 18-64 who are in addiction, and who are uninsured or have exhausted available insurance benefits. If you think this program could be right for you or someone you care about, call 865-374-7262.

If you’re caught in an endless cycle of paying for drugs or alcohol to fuel an addiction, finding the extra money to help you stop may seem completely impossible. Many women struggling with addictive issues may know they need help, but think they can’t afford it. Peninsula Lighthouse offers help through Women in Treatment. It’s an intensive outpatient program exclusively for women who don’t have insurance or who have exhausted their insurance benefits. This program offers a safe, compassionate, therapeutic environment for addicted women who want to reclaim their lives. Sessions are held weekdays at the Peninsula Lighthouse campus on Dowell Springs Boulevard. The sessions are conducted by a master’s level clinician and cover a wide variety of addiction-related issues including: ■ Relapse prevention ■ Self-esteem ■ Conflict resolution ■ Parenting skills ■ Stress management ■ Body image ■ Symptom management/mental health diagnosis ■ Communication techniques ■ Trauma ■ Relationship concerns ■ Co-occurring disorders A referral is not necessary. Call Women in Treatment directly at 865-374-7262. Uninsured women age 18-64 find treatment for addiction in a compassionate, supportive environment at Peninsula Lighthouse.

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Australian Shepherd Pups Toy / Mini, champion bloodline. (865) 322-5545. www.dollsanddogs.com

Clothing NATURAL RANCH MINK Jacket. size medium. $550. (865) 693-6702

90 Day Warranty

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WHIRLPOOL WHITE STOVE - 6 wks old. $400 new; $165. (352)216-7330 Knoxville

Apartments - Unfurn.

Financial Consolidation Loans

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Collectibles

BUYING OLD US COINS

90% silver, halves, quarters & dimes, old silver dollars, proof sets, silver & gold eagles, krands & maple leafs, class rings, wedding bands, anything 10, 14, & 18k gold old currency before 1928 WEST SIDE COINS & COLLECTIBLES 7004 KINGSTON PK CALL 584-8070

DIECAST Jeff Gordon, Denver Bronocs, NHRA, Mostly 1/24 scale, approx. 150 pieces, $1500. (865)429-6403

SCHWINN AIRDYNE EXER. Bike, cost $710, exc. cond. sell for $450. (865)803-3015 TOP OF THE LINE Schwinn 6000 programmable recumbant exercycle, gently used, $150. (865)522-0900

Furniture CONDO TO SMALL! - Furniture needs to go! $40 to $150. No bedroom furn. Call for details. (865)523-9482. DESIGNER SOFA - w/matching chair & ottoman. Chenille fabric, neut. colors, $450/all. (865)963-5238

Household Goods

3810 Fairmont Blvd. 37917. 3 BR, 1 BA, 1216 SF, level lot w/fenced in bkyard. $79,000. Call 865-824-7200 x 203

Credit Union Foreclosure 1700 Westchester Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918 $129,900 or best offer. Located in the Inskip Area near Fountain City. 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 1762 sq. ft., Hardwood Floors, New Cabinets, Fireplace, Central Heat and Air, Fenced Back Yard with a Large Patio. Financing Available with approved credit and 10% down. Payments as low as $492.24 per month, 2.99% annual percentage rate on a 5 year adjustable rate mortgage amortized over 30 years. Call 865.541.2560 for a viewing appointment FSBO. I-75 & Emory Rd. 3,000 SF, 4 BR, 2 1/2 BA, granite, S/S appls, comm. pool, $267,777. (954) 547-2747

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Condos-Furn FARRAGUT OFF PARKSIDE DR. 2 BR, 1 BA, 1100 SF, secure, priv., move in ready, $99,900. (865) 368-2375

7 CUSTOM MATTED & FRAMED PRINTS Frace, signed, Snow Leopard Head, Full Leopard Cub, Full Leopard, $200 ea.; Unsigned Frace Full Snow Leopard Cub on Rocks $150; RJ McDonald signed Elephant & Calf $200; Doris Scott Nelson, signed, Zebra & Colt Head, Leopard & Cub Head, $75 ea. (865) 522-0900

WEST, GREYWOOD CROSSING. Move in Ready, 2BR, 2 full BA, 1 level, FP, deck, new hdwd flrs, new appl, new paint in/out. Refrig & W/D. 2 car gar. w/storage. $159,900. (865)966-0277

Med Equip & Supplies

Duplex/Multiplex-Unfurn

JAZZY CHAIR 1120, MADE BY PRIDE, Hov-a-Round, $695. 1st class shape. almost new batt. 865-556-6050 WHEELCHAIR RAMPS 1 8 ft., 1 10 ft., barely used. $350 each. Call 865-986-9714

Merchandise - Misc. FIREPLACE GAS LOGS Propane. 14”Dx28”W. New logs cost $1000. Sell $250. (615)216-5769 GENERATOR BIG 8500 watt, 2016, Honda elec. start. Batt. & whl kit incl. Never used. New retail $4995. Wholesale $3750. 1st $1850 cash, 864-275-6478.

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Musical

Condos-Unfurn

SEYMOUR ON PRIV. FARM 2 BR, mtn view, water/yd maint. furn. Great for elderly & others. Nice & quiet. Carport. F&B decks. W&D. Dr. Berry (865)256-6111

Manufactured Homes I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES. 1990 up, any size OK. 865-384-5643

For Sale By Owner 3BR, 2BA, All brick, FP, 2 car gar Avail. Immed. Emory Rd./Tazewell Pk. $1100 mo. For Rent or Sale. (865)599-8179.

Out of Town

JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS! *Banjo w/pearl tuners, Aria Pro II, $850. *Indonesian made Hammer Grand Ole Opera Elec. Guitar, $800. *Kingston Base Guitar, $500. *Thomas Playmate Organ w/color glow, $500. *Sears Silvertone Amplifier, tube type, $500. All in exc. cond. Call 865-256-4224. LUDWIG 5 PC. DRUMSET - Never gigged, 1998, Fab 4 reissue. $1000, Dandridge (865)484-0013 VINTAGE MARTIN GUITAR - 1955 martin 0-18 guitar. dings and scratches. no cracks, no repairs. has gold grovers. (865)680-4891

Nature’s Sanctuary 1,146 acres. Hardwoods. Fields. Bordered by National Forests. Steel gated entrance. Private. Beautiful rolling Virginia land. Near Wytheville & Abingdon. $750/acre. $859,500. Financing. Email: jnyhokie@verizon.net

Lots/Acreage for Sale 3 ACRES S. Anderson Co. near Karns & water plant. 2 springs & 1 lake. Gas avail. $35,000. (865) 688-6777

Sporting Goods YAMAHA GOLF CART good cond. $1400 obo. (865)680-3717

BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE SIDE BOARD, pd $7000 20 yrs. ago. Take $4000. (865)337-4866

GRAIN FED HOGS - 250 to 500 lbs. Prices .80 to $1.00 per lb. live weight. (865)250-4576.

WANT TO BUY STANDING TIMBER, Hardwood & Pine & Land Clearing. 865-982-2606 & 865-382-7529.

2 lots, Highland Memorial Cemetery, Garden of the Gospels, $2100 firm + transfer fee. (865) 686-4791; 865850-3080

PRECOR EFX CROSSTRAINER - PRECOR EFX 5.25 CROSSTRAINER like new purchased for 2,951.00 Rarely used Total body workout (865)2545824

Farm Products

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Cemetery Lots

LAB PUPPIES, AKC, - yellow, champ. bldlns., taking dep. for Christmas. Vet ck’d. 24 mo. health guar., $600. (865)414-5379. www.frenchbroadlabs.weebly.com

YORKIES - A pair of reg. Yorkie Breeders, moving must sale, Price neg. 2 9 wk old male pups for sale. Call (865)255-7777.

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GOLDEN RETRIEVER puppies, AKC, 1st shots, vet ckd, $700. 931-808-0293, or (931)738-9605

YORKIE PUPS, beautiful females, 12 wks old, will be tiny, shots & worming, $500. 423-368-0986

FORD 1940 CONVERTIBLE, restored, selling due to illness. $38,500 obo. (865)922-1226. PROJECT CARS -- HENRY J 1951 Coupe. 1953 Studebaker 2 dr. hardtop, 1953 Studebaker Coupe, 1938 Ford pu. (865)435-0086.

Australian Shepherd pups, AKC, ASCA, hips & eyes, black, blue merle. See us at waldencreekaussies.com $850. 865-441-5382

MORNINGSIDE GARDENS 1 BR Apt Now Available ELDERLY OR DISABLED COMPLEX A/C, Heat, Water & Electric Incl, OnSite Laundry, Computer Center & Resident Services Great location! On the Bus Line! Close to Shopping! Rent Based on Income, Some Restrictions Apply Call 865-523-4133. TODAY for more information

NORTH, 1 BR APT. Very clean, new carpet & ceramic tile, water incl. $500 + sec. dep. No pets. 865-531-7895. OAK RIDGE, renovated 2 BR apt, C H/A, New kit, appls, DW & bath. Lrg fncd lot, great for children. Close to schools. Lawn care incl. $525 mo. Call Sheila Morgan 865-250-5318 or 865-483-7253

Homes Furnished 2 BR HOUSE Trailer Completely furn. 2008 model. $22,000. Loc. Lot 5, 3725 Maynardville Hwy. (865)388-2746

Homes Unfurnished 3 BR, 3 BA, 2 car gar. End unit inf condo subd. Plenty of windows. 1 BR & BA w/bonus rm up. Off Kingston Pk. near Cheddar’s. $1300/mo. Lse & refer. (865)405-5908 4 BR W/POOL - 9012 Coburn Dr. , Ofc., Dbl OV, REF. 2 1/2 BA, (New BA). LR, DR, DN/FP. Fncd yd. 2 car gar. Cr. ck. $1795/mo. $1000 Sec. Dep. Call (865)250-4959. CEDAR LN/Highland, Cute 1 1/2 story 3BR, 2BA, deck, sunrm., gar., appls, no pets, lse, $900 o/a. 865-588-7416. NORTH - I-75 & 640. 4 BR, 2 1/2 BA, 2400 SF, all s/s appls incl refrig & microwave, comm. pool. Shows like model. $1350. Lydia 954-547-2747 NORTHWEST in country. 3 BR, 1 BA, $750 mo + $500 deposit. No vouchers. (865)938-7663 RENTAL/SALE/OWNER FINANCE 4/3/2 Tellico Village, Panoramic Lake View. Clean! $329K, (774)487-4158. WEST. 3 BR, 2 BA, fish or boat - lake access - TN River, W/D, new carpet, very CLEAN! Lawn care incl. Quiet, scenic area. Near Concord Park & YMCA. $950/mo. 865-599-4617

Condos Unfurnished AVAIL. IMMED. Emory Rd/Tazewell Pk., 3BR, 2BA, all brick condo, hrdwd & tile flrs.. $1000 mo. (865)599-8179

Real Estate Commercial Commercial Property /Sale 3.03 ACRES at Light #1 in PIgeon Forge on Sugar Hollow Rd, east side of Cracker Barrel. 865-604-4247 CARBON FIBER OAK RIDGE 65,000 Sq. Ft. state of the art technology/ MFG facility on 21 acres. Adjacent to Cabon Fiber Tech. Center in Oak Ridge. Expandable to 150,000 Sq. Ft. w/highbay area, labs, a secure facility. For Sale or Lease. For video walk through, brochure, and contact info. go to www.hnproperties.net. Office Space + Duplex combined. 3713 Washington Pike. $69,900. Contact CECU 865-824-7200 x 203

Commercial RE Lease LOCATED 1 BLOCK OFF SUTHERLAND AVE. 970 SF Office Bldg. Cent. gas heat, 3 lg. offices, reception area, break area & lg. storage room. $850 mo. Lease, Lg. fenced outside storage avail. $250/mo. 865-765-1123 or (865)539-1145. OAK RIDGE Top floor of bank building in Oak Ridge. 8,000 Sq. Ft. of office space. Location, Location, Location, secure space w/17 offices, large conference room, kitchen, break room & 2 vaults. For Lease or Sale. For info. email hnewton498@aol.com

Offices/Warehouses/Rent 4000 SF Office/Warehouse with dock & drive in, prime location Middlebrook Pk. $3,000 mo. 2000 SF Office/Warehouse drive in bay, Papermill, $1,300 mo.

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THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 20 “Cinderella and Ebenezer,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

THROUGH THURSDAY, DEC. 24 Christmas in Old Appalachia, Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Highway, Clinton. Info: 494-7680 or museumofappalachia.org.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16 Auditions for “37 Postcards,” 2-4 p.m., Tellico Community Playhouse, 304 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon. Casting six roles for men and women. Info: Len Willis, 423-519-9807. Creative Endeavors Holiday Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Includes handmade and upscale items from local artisans. Open to public. Dine and Discover, noon-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Adam Alfrey, East Tennessee History Center, and Steve Cotham, manager of McClung Historical Collection, will present: “An Inside Look at Lloyd Branson.” Free and open to the public. Info: knoxart.org. Knoxville Writer’s Group meeting, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Judy DiGrgoria will speak on her latest book, “Tidbits.” Lunch cost: $12. RSVP deadline: Monday, Dec. 14. Info/RSVP: Mary McKinnon 983-3740. Santa Visits the Library, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033. Sean McCollough and his “song games,” 11 a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 470-8663.

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 16-20 “The Sound of Music,” Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Performances: 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: Ticketmaster outlets, the Tennessee Theatre box office, and 800745-3000.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 17-19 24th annual Modern Dance Primitive Light, 8 p.m. Thursday and 7 and 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Laurel Theatre, 1538 Laurel Ave. Info/tickets: circlemoderndance.com.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 18-20 Clayton Holiday Concert: “An Appalachian Christmas,” Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday; 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Featuring: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Choral Society, GO! Contemporary Dance Works and local folk musicians. Info/tickets: knoxvillesymphony.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 19 Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Market Square Holiday Market, noon-6 p.m., with farm vendors selling until 3 p.m. near the Market Square stage, and craft vendors and food trucks open until 6 p.m. on Union Avenue adjacent to Market Square and along Market Street. Info: MarketSquareFarmersMarket.org or NourishKnoxville.org.

SUNDAY, DEC. 20 Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”: A solo performance by Mark Cabus, 7:30 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 6500 Northshore Drive. Info: 584-3957. Family Friendly Drum Circle, 3:30-5 p.m., Ijams Nature Center Miller Building. Bring a snack to share. All ages welcome. Free. Info: “A Johnnyswim Christmas,” 8 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

TUESDAY, DEC. 22 Ornament Craft Party, 10 a.m.-noon and 6:307:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23 Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, 7 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: Ticketmaster outlets, the Tennessee Theatre box office, and 800-745-3000. Ornament Craft Party, 10 a.m.-noon, Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

SATURDAY, DEC. 26 Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 2 Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

SUNDAY, JAN. 3 Advance screening of the first hour of “Downton Abbey” final season, 2 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Free. Info: 684-1200.

FRIDAY, DEC. 18 Cafe Mortel, 1:30-3 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Info: 588-8813.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 18-19 Punch Brothers with special guest Anais

My

Mitchell, 8 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Info/ tickets: knoxbijou.com.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, JAN. 4-5 New Play Festival auditions for Tennessee Stage Company, 7-10 p.m. Monday and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. No appointment necessary. Info: 546-4280.

TUESDAYS, JAN. 12, 19, 26, FEB. 2, 9, 16 “Reflections, Light and Magic” class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $150/nonmembers $175. Materials list provided. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

THURSDAY, JAN. 14 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA Office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

SATURDAY, JAN. 16 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., AAA Office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

TUESDAY, JAN. 19 Tribute Show honoring Dolly Parton’s 70th birthday, 7 pm., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Tickets: $25. Proceeds will benefit Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Knox County. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20 Greensky Bluegrass with Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, 8 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 27 “Beautiful, Vibrant Alcohol Inks” class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $50/nonmembers $65. Info/registration: knoxart.org. “Mosaics Keepsake Box” class, 2-4 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $50/nonmembers $65. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 30 The Del McCoury Band with Sierra Hull, part of WDVX’s World Class Bluegrass concert series, 7 p.m., Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Info/tickets: 9818590; ClaytonArtsCenter.com; Clayton Center box office.

MONDAYS, FEB. 1, 8, 15

MONDAY. JAN. 4 Mighty Musical Monday with Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, noon, Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Free. Info: 684-1200.

“Mask Making and Face Jugs” (clay sculpture) class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $90/nonmembers $110. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

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