North/East Shopper-News 113016

ª¥e@þ /@áìÓe@þ s@ Û» /ì¥e@þ ²Ą@ Ü» ü@× ª¥ þ /nÓû [n @¥e ìQn S ª×ne /ì¥e@þ ÛĄã ,@Ó ü@þ /nû nÓû nb 1!

½sÜ ¾ és Ą¦¦¦

VOL. 4 NO. 48

www.ShopperNewsNow.com |

Holiday notes

NEWS (865) 661-8777 news@ShopperNewsNow.com Sandra Clark | Ruth White ADVERTISING SALES (865) 342-6084 ads@ShopperNewsNow.com Amy Lutheran | Patty Fecco Beverly Holland CIRCULATION (865) 342-6200 shoppercirc@ShopperNewsNow.com

“To me there’s nothing better than a live tree,” says Debbie Reagan.

By Carol Z. Shane The last few years have held many changes for Debbie Reagan. First, she lost her longtime partner in life and in business, Chuck Rader. Then, last year, she received word that she’d have to

relocate a business she’d run in the same place for the past 21 years.

And two weeks ago, her little dog Roxanne, who was known to all of Reagan’s customers, passed away.

Known for decades by this sign, “Chuck’s Tree Forest” is now at the corTo page 3 ner of Grainger Avenue and Broadway. Photos by Carol Z. Shane

New garbage cans ahead Mayor Madeline Rogero was New wheeled garbage cans are city’s manager of solid waste. on Blackstock Avenue on Monday, available at no additional charge Distribution will start Thurstouting the city’s Christmas pres- to all city households, according day, Dec. 1 in South Knoxville. ent to some 60,000 residents. to Rogero and Rachel Butzler, the Rogero said the new 95-gallon

Eight is NOT enough

the number defied the law of averBy Marvin West Be nice. Butch needs your help. ages. Was strength-and-conditionPlease be patient and supportive. ing flawed? Was August too soft?

We know this team set a reSend cheerful get-well cards. cord for yards yielded, the most in school history. Defensive backs never mastered the art of looking back for the ball. Outside containEncourage him to seek advice. ment did not exist. There were If he is going to continue as Ten- wide lanes to big gains.

Injuries were relevant. Tennesnessee football coach, at four-plus million and several perks, he must see ran short on tackles. The best give the Volunteers of 2017 a dif- linebacker missed 9½ games. The best corner missed half the seaferent look.

If these Vols had an actual blue- son and wasn’t the same when he print, it didn’t work. From start hustled back.

“Next man up” was for public to finish, this was never a good team. It wasn’t ready to play at the consumption. It sounded good. beginning of several games. Cap- Replacements were supposedly tains attended coin tosses. The instructed in the ways of the SEC, band played Rocky Top. Oppo- but several looked lost. I used to nents scored touchdowns, some- know but no longer can tell how times in clusters before Tennessee long it takes to teach fundamentals. Different instructors. Differjoined the fray.

The 8-4 record was misleading. ent students.

I do know for sure that eight Three victories were against offwins are not enough. I explained brands and two were pure luck.

It is possible the Volunteers set that when Bill Battle was here. Like a world record for injuries. Misfor- Bill, Butch is a decent guy, a life tune must have been a factor but coach, an advocate of academics.

We Offer:

Analysis

to the third? I didn’t either.

How about pressure on Vanderbilt’s quarterback? Blitz packages were ineffective. Did you analyze the UT secondary? Don’t get beat deep is the first maxim of pass defense. Vandy noticed the deficiency.

I can help with that. Deep in the archives, filed under 1970, is grainy film that illustrates pass defense. The late Buddy Bennett was architect. The coaching point was run with receivers, look for the ball, catch the ball. Volunteers intercepted 36.

Bobby Majors got 10. Captain Tim Priest picked off nine. Jackie Walker had five. David Allen and Conrad Graham intercepted three each. Tennessee won 11 games.

What we now celebrate was not very good but it is not the end.

Tennessee football goes on and on.

This is a crossroad.

You can have the bowl game.

I don’t want it. I want the Vols to start preparations now for next season. So much needs to be done.

Big bowl bonuses should be applied to the future. We have overpaid for the past.

Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

CANTRELL’S

• Complete inspections, maintenance & repairs for all air conditioning & heating equipment • Money-saving high-efficiency system upgrades!

• FREE ESTIMATES on new equipment • FINANCING through TVA E-Score programs

• Maintenance plans available.

That is of considerable importance.

Alas, Bill didn’t make it. Butch might earn a bronze statue if he is tough enough and links decency with more victories.

I want to say this gently so Butch does not get his feelings hurt. Losing the fourth quarter to Vanderbilt is not acceptable. No excuses. No spin. No diversionary tactics. This just won’t do.

Losing to South Carolina was devastating. It mortally wounded the season of high expectations.

This was worse. It was dead on delivery and humbling. Did you see the coach of the Commodores jumping around as if he had received a pony for Christmas? He was in shock. His team outplayed and outhit the vaunted Vols. Derek Mason was speechless – for a while.

It might be impolite to mention that he outcoached Butch.

Did you notice what shifting two tight ends from right to left did for three Vandy touchdown runs?

The opening was four lanes wide.

Did you identify Tennessee adjustments from the first to the second

carts will improve the efficiency, safety, health and aesthetic aspects of garbage collection, while also saving taxpayers about $2 million a year.

The carts allow the city’s contractor, Waste Connections, to use trucks to dump the trash.

HEAT & AIR “Cantrell’s Cares”

SALES • SERVICE • MAINTENANCE 5715 Old Tazewell Pike • 687-2520 Over 20 years A+RATING experience WITH

MEMBER GREATER EAST TENNESSEE

Call for your Fall maintenance today!

KN-1290835

(865) 922-4136

November 30, 2016

Debbie Reagan sells fresh trees for Christmas at a new location

BUZZ

■ The 2016 Mission of Hope Christmas Campaign Big Blue Barrel Collection runs through Monday, Dec. 5. Collection barrels can be found throughout the Knoxville area at: Chick-fil-A, Food City, Kmart, Home Federal, TVA Employees Credit Union, Fisher Tire.

To donate, volunteer or for more info: 584-7571; info@missionofhope.org; missionofhope.org; mail to: Mission of Hope, P. O Box 51824, Knoxville, TN 37950.

■ Knoxville’s Holidays on Ice, Fridays-Sundays, through Jan. 8, Market Square.

Admission: $10 adults, $7 children 12 and younger; includes skate rental and tax. Info: knoxvillesholidaysonice.com or 215-4423.

■ WIVK Christmas Parade, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, Gay Street. Info knoxvilletn. gov/christmas.

■ Joy of Music festive fundraiser, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, Cherokee Country Club. Tickets $125. Info: 5256806 or info@joyofmusic school.org.

■ Photos with Santa and cookie decorating for kids who bring a toy (minimum value $10) to donate to a needy student at Brickey-McCloud Elementary School, 6-8 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 8, hosted by the agents at Crye-Leike Real Estate, 7563 Barnett Way, off Emory Road near I-75. Info: 938-7750.

■ Christmas in Chilhowee, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, Chilhowee Park and Exposition Center. Includes: forest of lighted trees floating on the lake, pictures with Santa, marshmallow roasting, hot cocoa, face painting, train rides and more. Info knoxvilletn.gov/christmas.

■ Mabry-Hazen House annual Christmas tours, 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 and 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, 1711 Dandridge Ave. Free, but donations appreciated. Info: 522-8661 or mabryhazen.com.

■ Christmas in the City: Tour de Lights, Friday, Dec. 16, starts at Market Square.

Judging, 6 p.m.; the bike ride, 7 p.m. Info: ibikeknx.com.

■ New Year’s Eve on the Square, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, Market Square. Includes live music and Ball Drop at midnight. Info knoxvilletn. gov/christmas.

www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow

2 • NOVEMBER 30, 2016 • Shopper news

health & lifestyles

Enjoy the holiday season (andfoodthe) without overdoing it being vigilant, you can do the same for him or her. Having a buddy at the event can help keep you focused on the people and not the food.

■ DON’T FORGET THE VEGETABLES. Vegetables are high in nutrients and low in calories. Make sure you choose vegetables that have plenty of color and crunch. Making your plate visually interesting can help you feel less deprived. Crunchy foods like vegetables take longer to eat and make you slow down to appreciate your food.

■ DON’T RUN ON EMPTY. Whatever you do, don’t go to a party hungry and don’t “save up” for a big end-of-day meal. Eat a mini-meal before the office gettogether or make yourself healthy snacks throughout the day. If you face a buffet table on an empty stomach, you’ll have little chance of preventing a diet disaster.

■ PICK A SMALLER PLATE. Avoid buffet-size plates and choose a plate from the smaller sizes usually available on the dessert or appetizer table. A full small plate looks more appealing than a large plate with lots of empty space.

■ IF YOU BOOZE IT, YOU WON’T LOSE IT. Alcohol can be very fattening. Whether you’re sipping a glass of wine or having a frosty cold beer, those empty calories are going to add up! Drinking will not quell your appetite either. In fact, it may loosen your determination and cause you to binge on foods you might never have touched when sober. If you do choose to drink, try making some switch-offs, like having a wine spritzer instead of a whole glass of wine.

■ AVOID SECONDS. Take modest portions of the foods you’re interested in eating and don’t make a second trip to the buffet. If you need to hold something after you’ve enjoyed first helpings of holiday foods, hold a cup of tea, coffee or other nonalcoholic beverage.

By Beth A. Booker, Fort Sanders Regional Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist As the holidays arrive, so too does the crunch of shopping, family and tempting food. But there’s a way to avoid a dieting disaster and keep your waistline in check for next year. Here are some strategies for having a tasty, terrific holiday: ■ RISE AND SHINE. Start your day out right. Use the morning meal to pack in lots of nutrition with whole grains, fruits and lean protein. People who skip breakfast usually make up the calories (or more) later in the day. Use this time to refresh yourself and build a healthy base for the day.

■ GAME PLAN. Planning is paramount during the holiday season. You need a course of action – think about what to do when you’re offered foods you feel you should not eat, what to eat instead, and ways to enjoy the season that are not food related. If you have a plan you will not be caught off-guard.

■ WHERE’S THE FIBER? Eat foods high in fiber including whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Fiber delays digestion, making you feel full longer and making you less likely to binge on holiday foods.

■ BRING SOMETHING YOU LOVE. Ask to bring something to the holiday party or family dinner. Make sure your contribution is something you like that is low in calories while being high in nutrients. By bringing something along, you can be assured that you have a go-to food for healthy snacking.

■ HELPING HAND. Ask someone else to fill your plate at a buffet. Walk down the line without a plate first, making mental notes of what you might want to eat and what you might want to avoid. Ask a friend to fill your plate and not deviate from your requested foods. If your friend is also

What does a dietitian do?

We help you eat healthy – in the hospital AND at home!

Clinical dietitians play a critical role in a hospital’s healthcare team by providing nutritional care to patients.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center’s six clinical dietitians work with physicians and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patients’ medical nutrition therapy. This may include nutrition education, recommendations for feedings, and/or dietary supplements.

Educating you about healthy eating Clinical and registered dietitians are food and nutrition experts who translate the science of nutrition into practical solutions for healthy living.

In education sessions with patients, clinical dietitians teach individuals how to make nutritionally sound food choices after they leave the hospital.

Practicing healthy nutrition can help speed a patient’s recovery process, prevent disease and help the person maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Healthier holiday cooking made easy!

One way to cut your calorie intake and beef up beneficial nutrients during the holiday season is to modify traditional recipes. Try to increase the nutrition level of your holiday favorites with these ingredient substitutions and ideas:

Healthy baking substitutes ■ 1 cup of sugar = 1 cup of unsweetened applesauce ■ 1 whole egg = 2 egg whites ■ 1 cup of sour cream = 1 cup of plain, non-fat Greek yogurt ■ 1 cup of butter = 1 mashed avocado

Tips and tricks 1) If you’re making stuffing or dressing from scratch, replace 1/2 of the bread in the recipe with whole grain bread. Add some vegetables and a bit of softened dried fruit (apricots or apples are nice) to increase the volume of the stuffing while increasing the nutritional value.

2) Make your mashed potatoes with sweet potatoes or 1/2 white and 1/2 sweet. You can add some applesauce to the sweet potatoes

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center wishes you and your family a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year. fsregional.com • (865) 673-FORT

to increase the sweetness and cut the calories while adding a creamy consistency.

3) Stir some wheat germ or nuts into stuffing or sprinkle on top of casseroles to add nutrients and

crunch.

4) Add some Grape-Nuts cereal to the pecan pie topping. You can also add cranberries to a pecan pie to cut the richness and add bright color.

community

NORTH/EAST Shopper news • NOVEMBER 30, 2016 • 3

‘Ace’ Edewards brings fresh ideas to Knoxville’s musical community

Emily Glenn and Emma Glenn rehearse a dance scene from the play during class time.

The arts bring interesting people into our community. Guest artists regularly appear with the Knoxville Opera Company and other performing organizations.

Members of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra come from all over the world.

Many are now naturalized citizens.

Carol Z. Shane

Then there are those like KSO violinist Ruth Bacon Edewards, who arrived here from Albuquerque, N.M., in 2011. When she got married, her husband moved here, too.

Fortunately for us.

Abram “Ace” Edewards, an operatic baritone and conductor who holds degrees from California State University at Sacramento, the Conservatoire de Toulouse in France and the Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, just led Knoxville’s own Scruffy City Orchestra (SCO) through an impressive Veterans Day program. “The concert was a great success,” he says. “The large audience was peppered with a number of veterans who stood while their service branch’s song was played during the ‘Armed Forces Salute.’” Other pieces performed were “Ashokan Farewell,” “America the Beautiful,” and “A Lincoln Portrait” by Aaron Copland, featuring a special guest. “Hallerin Hilton Hill did an amazing job as the narrator on the Copland,” says Edewards.

The SCO came about over a meal at Central Flats and Taps, when cellist Mat Wilkinson asked Edewards to join in its inception. “I was surprised that Knox-

Abram “Ace” Edewards and his wife, KSO violinist Ruth Bacon Edewards, live in one of North Knoxville’s historic neighborhoods and will soon be moving to another. Photos submitted

ville didn’t have its own community orchestra and had been thinking of starting one,” says Edewards. “I jumped at the opportunity and was at the first board meeting.”

Edewards grew up in France, the son of missionaries. His parents returned to the U.S. for Edewards’ fourth- through seventhgrade school years, then it was back to France again, to the end of high school. His original path at Cal State was to study physics. “However,” he says, “the class entitled ‘Intro to voice for musical theatre’ changed all that.” Edewards pursued globe-hopping studies in vocal performance, opera, choral conducting and orchestral conducting.

He met his wife at Opera in the Ozarks in 2011, where he was singing and conducting and she was playing in the orchestra. “Our first date was sort of a comedy of errors, including getting pulled over for a traffic violation for driving too slowly, and being unable to converse as the inebriated restaurant owners couldn’t stop talking our ears off.”

Debbie Reagan Reagan runs “Chuck’s Tree Forest,” also known by its cheery sign, “Christmas Trees and More,” which has been a familiar sight at the corner of Gibbs Drive and Broadway for over two decades. The enterprise started when she and Rader, her boyfriend, were brainstorming with Rader’s father, a longtime business owner. Running a Christmas tree lot was “just one of those ideas that popped in,” says Reagan, and it appealed to both of them.

“To me there’s nothing better than a live tree,” she says. She lifts a landscape fabric cover off a pile of firs at her new location, about three miles south of the old one, and breathes deeply. “These were just cut. The smell!”

Like any good business owner, Reagan values her customer base. During the 2015 holidays, with the knowledge that that year would be her last in the vacant lot at Gibbs Drive, she compiled a customer list, and prior to her 2016 re-opening, “I sent out 350 letters and 60 or 70 emails, and I made 25 or 30 phone calls.”

“Chuck’s Tree Forest” sells Frasier firs of different sizes, grown in the mountains of

After more than three years in a long-distance relationship, the couple were married in the spring of 2015.

Currently at home in Knoxville’s Fourth and Gill neighborhood, they’re moving next summer to the Parkridge community into a home restored by Renaissance Creations. “I’ll be doing as much work on it as I can as well,” says Edewards.

Pleased with the progress made by the SCO, he’s planning its April 7 spring concert, themed “Around the Word in Eight Pieces.”

Over the holidays, he’s preparing for the International Conductors Workshop and Competition, held in January in Atlanta.

And he’s brainstorming about a new idea called the Summer Repertory Orchestra. “We will be learning the great symphonic works, but not with a concert as a goal.

It’s a chance to just come and play and not have to commit to a full season.” If you’re interested, send an email to scruffycityorchestra@gmail.com. And then dust off that old violin – thanks to “Ace” Edewards, there’s a place for you!

■ Beaumont Community Organization. Info: Natasha Murphy, 936-0139.

■ Belle Morris Community Action Group meets 7 p.m. each second Monday, City View Baptist Church, 2311 Fine Ave. Info: bellemorris.com or Rick Wilen, 524-5008.

■ Chilhowee Park Neighborhood Association meets 6:30 p.m. each last Tuesday, Administration Building, Knoxville Zoo. Info: Paul Ruff, 696-6584.

■ Edgewood Park Neighborhood Association meets 7 p.m. each third Tuesday, Larry Cox Senior Center, 3109 Ocoee Trail. Info: edgewoodpark.us.

■ Excelsior Lodge No. 342 meets 7:30 p.m. each Thursday, 10103 Thorn Grove Pike. Info: Bill Emmert, 933-6032 or w.emmert@att.net.

■ Family Community Education-Carter Club meets 10:30 a.m. each second Thursday, Carter Senior Center, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: Anne Winstead, 933-5821.

■ First District Democrats meet each first Monday, Burlington Branch Library, 4614

Musical theater students at Carter High School have spent the past two months working behind the scenes building sets, designing posters, researching fashion and learning lines and dance routines for the production of “Catch Me if You Can” to be presented Friday, Dec. 16, through Sunday, Dec. 18, in the school auditorium.

The group began rehearsals and preparation for the musical back in September and has spent many hours preparing for opening night. Students applied to be part of the production.

The group wasted no time designing publicity material, raising money and building sets.

Teacher Jessica Strutz meets with her students

during two class periods every day, overseeing the work and rehearsals with the help of two stage managers, Austin Bowman and Alyssa Rutherford. Strutz calls the pair “great kids” and says they know the show better than anyone.

“Their jobs are to assist in every aspect of the show,” said Strutz. Bowman and Rutherford agreed that being stage manager can be stressful at times but are pleased with the opportunity to be part of a great production.

Friday and Saturday night performances will be at 7:30, and a Sunday matinee will be at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets will be available at the door, $7 for students, $10 for adults. Ages 5 and under are free.

Bowman

Rutherford

Hannah McCann shows the mock-up for the show posters that was created by the design team.

From page 1 North Carolina, plus wreaths and garlands, and also “b & b” – industry lingo for “ball and burlap” – meaning living trees with the root ball in the pot. Among these trees, which can be transplanted into the homeowner’s landscape, will be some Frasier firs, Norway spruce and white pine. “And maybe some Colorado blue spruce,” says Reagan.

The East Knoxville resident has two daughters and seven grandchildren in nearby Blount County. When she’s not tending her tree lot in November and December, she works in the seed and produce industry.

While she’s going to miss her old stomping grounds, she’s embracing the new and looking forward to a successful holiday season. And she hopes to see all her old customers, plus new ones, at her new location.

“Usually the whole family comes,” she says.

“I’ve watched people bring their babies in.

And now their kids are 18 or 19 years old.”

The new home of “Chuck’s Tree Forest,” also known as “Christmas Trees and More,” is at 1620 North Broadway in the former location of the Broadway Produce Market at the corner of Grainger Avenue and Broadway.

COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Alice Bell Spring Hill Neighborhood Association. Info: Ronnie Collins, 637-9630.

Carter High to present ‘Catch Me if You Can’

Making Your Holidays Happen!

With the largest, most beautiful selection of POINSETTIAS in town!

All grown on site

■ Historic Fourth & Gill Neighborhood Organization meets 6:30 p.m. each second Monday, Central UMC, 201 Third Ave. Info: Liz Upchurch, 898-1809, lizupchurch1@gmail.com.

■ Inskip Community Association meets 6 p.m. each fourth Tuesday, Inskip Baptist Church, 4810 Rowan Road. Info: Betty Jo Mahan, 679-2748 or bettymahan@knology.net.

■ Oakwood Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association meets 6:30 p.m. each first Monday, Community Club House, 916 Shamrock Ave. Info: Bill Hutton, 773-5228 or s_wlhutton@ yahoo.com.

■ Old North Knoxville meets 6:30 p.m. each second Monday, St. James Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 1101 N. Broadway.

■ Parkridge Community Organization meets 6:30 p.m. each first Monday except holidays, Cansler YMCA, 616 Jessamine St. Info: Jerry Caldwell, 329-9943.

■ Town Hall East. Info: Eston Williams, 406-5412 or eston_williams@yahoo.com; facebook.com/ townhalleast/info.

Sunday, Dec. 4 1pm - 5pm

Poinsettias Christmas Cacti Amaryllis Orchids

Asheville Highway. Info: Harold Middlebrook, haroldmiddlebrook@gmail.com; Mary Wilson, marytheprez@yahoo.com.

OPEN HOUSE!

Paper Whites

Gift Certificates for Christmas with no expira

tion date

Holiday Wreaths Greenery Fraser Fir Christmas Trees

Everything you need to decorate your home or office!

Come see us, you won’t be disappointed!

M-F 8-5:30 • Sat 9-5 Sun 1-5 now thru December www.StanleysGreenhouse.com

NO SALES TAX ON PLANTS!

573-9591

3029 Davenport Road • 5 minutes from downtown • Make left 3rd red light past bridge

KN-1365830

4 • NOVEMBER 30, 2016 • Shopper news

Shanks won’t run again; Burchett sings for Dolly

By Betty Bean Circuit Court Clerk Cathy Quist Shanks will not run for re-election in 2018, she told the Shopper News last week.

Shanks, whose job includes running the Civil Sessions and Juvenile courts, will have served 20 years in office by the time Shanks Election Day ’18 rolls around. She said she promised her husband, Greg Shanks, in 2014 that this would be her last term, and that she might have come to this decision sooner, if not for some unfinished business – completion of the build-out of Ju-

venile Court and conversion to “paperless” digital record keeping – that she wanted to complete.

Shanks, who is an attorney, said she chose not to make her decision public at an earlier date because of the stress such an announcement places on the office’s employees, since Tennessee is an “at will” employment state, which makes termination relatively easy.

She said she made her decision to step down long before the recent actions of Criminal Court Clerk Mike Hammond, who hand-delivered a memo to Mayor Tim Burchett on Nov. 8 outlining a plan to merge the two clerks’ offices: “My recommendation would be to merge my office, the Criminal Court

Clerk’s offices, with the Circuit Court Clerk’s offices.

Streamlining all these offices under one management and operation will provide a simple and efficient solution for the county,” he said.

But that doesn’t mean Hammond hasn’t ticked her off: “I’ve never been somebody who dabbles in somebody else’s office,” she said.

“The trouble that each day brings is enough. I don’t want to be the sheriff and I don’t want to be the mayor and I don’t want to go down the hall and be the Criminal Court clerk. That’s why this blindsided me,” she said, labeling Hammond’s actions “a typical Knox County power grab.”

She said she’s been thinking about a line from an old Georgia Satellites song:

“Don’t hand me no lines were in the audience when and keep your hands to Dolly Parton brought her yourself.”

Pure & Simple tour to Pigeon Forge just before Thanksgiving. They’re both Tim and Kelly Burchett big Dolly fans, so after the

concert they joined the crowd that had queued up to get a chance to meet and greet her.

As he stood there, Burchett said he was thinking about what he was going to say to get her attention. And then he decided not to say a thing. The way to her heart was to sing.

When the Burchetts got close enough to be within earshot, he belted it out: “Pick up the mornin’ paper when it hits the street.

Cas Walker’s prices, they just can’t be beat…”

It worked. At first, Parton refused to believe he was old enough to remember the Farm & Home Hour theme song.

When he finally convinced her, she had him do it again, and she joined him in a duet.

our money where our mouth is. Something has to give.

Last week was “Thank a Teacher Week,” but this week we may be back to telling teachers, “We just don’t value your job that much.” We are also sending the message to our children that we are good with their best teachers (and the possible keys to their future)

escaping elsewhere.

Teachers are left stuck in the middle between two MOUs and two leaders who have their own ideas about priorities and how to slice up the pie. Surely, there is enough wisdom between the two of them to concoct a way to honor both the memorandums … and our educators.

Dolly Parton (center) poses with Kelly and Tim Burchett following her concert in Pigeon Forge.

Burchett sings duet

Stuck in the middle again

By Lauren Hopson Just as Football Time in Tennessee nears an end, it becomes budget time in Knox County … again.

In a recent open Hopson letter to Knox County citizens, interim KCS Superintendent Buzz Thomas outlined some priorities for the school district, among which was making Knox County Schools a district of choice for teachers. Our professional educators know that a big part of making Knox County a school district of choice for teachers revolves around making improvements in discipline issues, allowing educators the autonomy to teach to their strengths and reach kids

where they are, and respecting their professional judgment and need for a balance in work and family life.

However, they have also had a front row seat to the mass exodus of their peers across county and state lines where they can perform the same job for substantially better pay.

Mayor Burchett will remind us how upwards of 62 cents of every dollar goes to education in our county.

He will also remind us that the recent Memorandum of Understanding between the county and the school system, expediting the building of two middle schools, required that the school system live within its budget.

However, there is a second MOU at play here, between the Knox County Education Association, on

behalf of all KCS teachers, and the Board of Education.

This MOU makes a commitment to establishing a goal that either average teacher base pay will rank in the top 20 systems in Tennessee, or average base pay will increase 20 percent from 2015- 2020, preferably on a schedule of 4 percent annually.

Unfortunately, our former superintendent, who inserted himself into the negotiations with KCEA, while frowning upon having these meetings open to the public or school board members, seemed hardly motivated to honor that section of the MOU over the last two years. The goal went unmet, even with additional funds coming from the state.

Here are the hard facts.

Knox County ranks third among Tennessee school

districts in fiscal capacity, or ability to fund education.

However, Knox County ranks 45th in average teacher salary. Just in East Tennessee, there are 19 systems that pay better.

As a single mom whose house payment just went up $25 a month, I am not a fan of raising taxes, nor am I a fan of the fiscal irresponsibility seen repeatedly in our school system over the last decade. The school system should honor its commitments to teachers before it pays for fluff positions, the next “research-based” program that will be obsolete in three years, or loads of test prep materials.

I am also not a fan of seeing the best and brightest educators go elsewhere and cheat our students out of the education they deserve because of our refusal to put

Smith seeks seat on commission R. Larry Smith has launched a campaign for election to at-large Seat 11 on Knox County Commission.

The election is in 2018.

Smith announced his intentions at his office in the 640 North Building on Greenway Drive.

Smith served two terms on the commission from District 7, representing Halls and Powell. He was term-limited and has sat out one fouryear term. He has a campaign team in R. Larry Smith place and plans an extensive door-todoor effort. He owns and operates the R. Larry Smith & Associates insurance agency.

Volunteers needed

Ring the Bell!

For The Salvation Army

F shion for F Fido November 28 thru Decemmber 4 Bearden’s Week of Boutiques for Woofs, Purrs a and Squeaks

Doing the most good

Monday

Bring a pet donation and receive 15% off one item

Tuesday

20% of sales from 2-6pm will be donated

Wednesday

Bring a pet donation and receive 20% off one item

Thursday

10% of sales will be donated.

Enter to win a pair of Hunter boots. $

Spots available at neighborhood stores.

Contact (865) 525-9401

Space Sp pac acee donated by

Friday

Make a $10 donation.

Enjoy exclusive deals, wine and hors d’oeuvres

Saturday

10% of sales will be donated.

Enjoy mimosas, cheese and free gift with purchase.

Sunday

Bring a pet donation and receive 20% off one item Space donated by

Shopper news • NOVEMBER 30, 2016 • 5

Rider, Tindell to square off in council race

By Betty Bean

Candidates in the next city election cycle will be making formal announcements soon, and although a multitude of rumors swirl about the mayor’s race in 2019, no one has gone public yet. On the other hand, the District 4 City Council seat that Holston Hills resident Nick Della Volpe will vacate in December 2017 is drawing high-quality, high profile competition.

Betty Bean Lauren Rider, former president of the Old North Knoxville Neighborhood Association, plans to announce her candidacy after the holidays. Rider, a librarian at the Pellissippi State Division Street campus, is co-chair of the Broadway Corridor Taskforce and has been active in

Johnson City, but changed their destination when they heard about a job opportunity for Steven in a Knoxville neurology practice.

Lauren has overseen the restoration of four blighted houses and is working on her fifth (plus a commercial building on Broadway).

Harry Tindell Lauren Rider “Strong neighborhoods have to have strong business community issues since she corridors,” she said. “We moved to Knoxville 12 years have to be symbiotic. We have to have give and take. ago.

Former state Rep. Harry Our neighborhood has exTindell, an insurance bro- ploded and blossomed, and ker who served 22 years I’ve had a lot of community in the Legislature, is also members urging me to run expected to enter the race, for council year after year as reported by the Shopper after year. I don’t doubt for a News in September. Tindell, minute that it’s difficult and a Democrat who left office not fun at times. But I have in 2012, was respected on a great wealth of knowledge both sides of the aisle for his of how the city works.”

Tindell said he’s been budget expertise.

Georgia-born Rider and conducting a months-long her husband, Steven, who is “listening campaign,” and from Indiana, figured they’d has gotten a good response both be halfway home when from the people he’s talked they relocated here from In- to.

“I haven’t started rundianapolis. They’d looked at

ning yet – it’s still very early. I’ll make a decision after the first of the year, but I’m leaning that way.”

He said he expects to be part of a crowded field.

“People are anxious to see who’s running, because the mayor and the whole council are going to disappear in 25 months. A lot of change lies ahead, and with term limits, the way it’s bunched up, you get great turnover. A lot of people are going to be running.”

District 4 stretches from Holston Hills through the Alice Bell and Spring Hill neighborhoods to Fountain City, and takes in parts of North Knoxville. Rider will announce after the turn of the year and has the support of former District 4 City Council member Carlene Malone.

Tindell, who also served on the school board, has a strong supporter in Fountain City Democrat Jim Jennings.

Hutchison may be enforcer for Trump As the incoming Trump administration gets ready to take office Jan. 20, there will be a changeover in the U.S. attorneys and U.S. marshals across the country. Former Knox County Sheriff Tim Hutchison is widely mentioned as becoming U.S. marshal. The position, along with the U.S. attorney, must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, which by tradition means Sens. Corker and Alexander will have to sign off on it to become effective.

Whoever it is, there must be vetting, an actual presidential nomination plus a vote by the Senate. It will be June 2017 before a new marshal and U.S. attorney actually take office, assuming there are no delaying issues.

Hutchison was an early and active Trump supporter and a delegate for Trump to the GOP convention in Cleveland this past summer. Most U.S. marshals have a law enforcement background as Hutchison has had. They work closely with the federal judges.

■ State Rep. Eddie Smith has now won his third contested election by fewer than 200 votes. Two years ago, he won both his primary and general election each by fewer than 200 votes. Both in 2014 and 2016, more than $300,000 was spent by his campaign or supporting groups.

The district as drawn by the Legislature is one of the most evenly divided in the entire state, and a close

Victor Ashe

election every two years is almost guaranteed. Even in 2012, when Gloria Johnson won over Gary Loe, it was by fewer than 200 votes.

Until redistricting occurs in 2022, Smith faces two more hard-fought elections. Assuming the GOP controls the House after the 2020 election, District 13 may be redrawn to give it a GOP majority like five other House districts in Knox County.

Smith will likely continue as chair of the Knox County legislative delegation for the next two years. He and Martin Daniel will be vested in the state pension plan when they complete their second term. Legislators can draw a pension at age 55 when retired.

■ House Speaker Beth Harwell won renomination by a 40-30 vote over Rep. Jimmy Matlock of Loudon County. This was a much closer vote than Harwell would have wanted and a very credible showing for Matlock, who has never been part of the leadership.

Matlock is a very personable and liked member of the House.

Harwell, who is mentioned as a possible GOP candidate for governor, faced discontent over be-

ing too close to the governor, her handling of the Jeremy Durham expulsion and disbursement of campaign funds to House GOP candidates. Others felt she was not as conservative as they wanted. She represents a moderate House district in Nashville.

Matlock is in a good position to run again for speaker in 2018 whether Harwell seeks a fifth speaker term or not.

Many now feel Harwell will not run for governor in 2018 and that the field will be ECD Commissioner Randy Boyd from Knoxville, U.S. Rep. Diane Black and state Sens. Mark Green of Clarksville and Mark Norris of Memphis. Others may surface, too.

■ Former state Rep. Joe Armstrong turns 60 today, and Knox County DA Charme Allen turns 52 on Dec. 1.

■ The contest to replace former state Rep. Ryan Haynes as GOP state chair is down to three candidates, with state committee member Scott Golden, who was chief of staff for retiring U. S. Rep. Steve Fincher, and Brent Leatherwood, executive director, as the top two. Bill Giannini, deputy Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance, is seen as running third.

It will be decided on Dec. 3 in Nashville by the 66-member GOP State Executive Committee. Haynes has not announced his plans after he leaves this post.

■ Charlie Susano, son

BroadAcres 3br 1.5 bth, Updated kitchen w/ appliances, New carpet & & fresh paint, 22 x11 deck,Walk-out basement w/ 2 car garage, Move-in Ready $144,900, Call Patrick Michael 607-9548 Modified Cabin on 2 acres, 2 br 1.5 bth,charming setting, deck in the trees, good room sizes, no city taxes, needs TLC Cash or Non-conforming loan only, SoKno, $57,900. Call Patrick Michael 607-9548

of appellate Judge Charles Susano, is planning to seek the office of Circuit Court Clerk in 2018. The job is now held by Cathy Quist Shanks. Susano, a Republican, works for Knox County Trustee Ed Shouse and lives in West Hills. He is married and father of two children.

■ The new city park along the Tennessee River in South Knoxville is Suttree Landing and is a nice and welcomed addition to the city park system. It is worth a visit. Mayor Madeline Rogero’s news release made a point of saying this is the first new city park in 12 years, which may be technically true but seems like an unnecessary slap at former mayor Bill Haslam, who was mayor seven of those 12 years and hired Rogero in his administration.

It took Rogero five years to build a park herself. Unfortunately, there are no signs along Sevier Avenue indicating where to turn to visit this new park. It is likely former Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis will push Rogero to install signage. Pavlis was an active backer of the new park.

■ Knoxville lost a former council member, Alex Harkness, two weeks ago.

His service on council goes back further than any other living former City Council member other than Dwight Kessel. Leonard Rogers was mayor when Harkness served. He was an active, dedicated public servant who took his duties seriously. He will be missed.

government

Brian Salesky and Phyllis Driver at a recent meeting at Litton’s.

Opera leader states his case Truthfully, I was on my way out the door when somebody said the Thursday speaker was “some guy from the opera.”

But I had already ordered lunch ... and it was Litton’s ... and how hard could this be?

Brian Salesky is a terrific speaker. If he makes opera productions half as interesting as this recent talk, then sign me up.

Salesky said he gets up every morning asking, “What can we do today to advance our agenda.” And for the Knoxville Opera Company, that agenda is an opportunity to serve the community.

He compared his mission to the Rotary Club’s 4-way test – is what we do beneficial for all concerned?

With a laugh, he admitted: If the Knoxville Opera Company produces only six performances per year – which it does – what does it do the other 359 days?

“We’re the only opera company with a gospel chorus. I can guarantee that,” he said.

Knoxville Opera Goes to Church is an annual performance in cooperation with a congregation at a predominantly black church.

“I call it the great hallelujah day of Knoxville Opera. It’s my favorite day of the year,” he said.

The annual Rossini Festival is now in its 16th year.

“It’s on one Saturday, rain or shine,” he said.

Phyllis Driver, North Knox Rotary Club president and a member of the Knoxville Opera Guild, affirmed that description. She told of a festival when she and husband Ely were in charge of vendors. It rained so hard that people abandoned their posts.

“Some even walked away from their cash boxes.”

The Drivers dashed

Sandra Clark

about in the rain, securing the booths and money.

African American Voices is a program, Salesky said, to present an outstanding performer who both entertains and talks with community members.

“Usually cities our size don’t have opera,” he said.

The Knoxville Opera Company is in its 39th season, operating in the black with a reserve.

This fall it produced “The Pirates of Penzance.”

Upcoming operas are “La Boheme” and “Mary Queen of Scots.”

‘A Christmas Carol’ Speaking of cultural opportunities, the Clarence Brown Theatre production of “A Christmas Carol” is outstanding.

I caught it Saturday night. The show runs through Dec. 18 with special prices for kids. Saturday featured cookies from Magpies and chocolate as well. Not sure if that was a one-time deal.

Watching the play sure beat the alternative: UT vs.

Vandy.

Jed Diamond simply owns the role of Scrooge.

Let him keep it forever.

The usual suspects were great: David Brian Alley as Marley; Jayne Morgan as Mrs. Fezziwig and (for those of us from Halls) Donald Thorne as the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker.

Love the crisp direction

by Kathleen F. Conlin. Love the falling snowflakes made with light. Gotta learn how to do that.

STOP BY TODAY & DESIGN YOUR CUSTOM 2016 HOLIDAY CARD! FREE RETURN ADDRESS ENVELOPE PRINTING

WHEN YOU PURCHASE 100+ CUSTOM 5X7 CARDS FONT TO MATCH CARD DESIGN . BLACK INK ONLY

16 Acres w/Spring. 3br 3bth, HDWD flrs, fireplc, built w/ quality finishes, Covered back porch for entertaining, 3-car garage with upper level, 42 X 32 barn, $625,000 Call Michael Wood 577-7575 PENDING All Brick Basement Ranch on 1.9 acres, 3br 3bth plus office, open floor plan, Liv Rm & Family Rm on main level, Rec Room downstairs, 2-car garage plus 2-car carport. South $224,900. Call Caroline McDonald 809-7657

WOOD REALTORS®

221 W. Young Hi PK, Knoxville TN 37920

www.woodrealtors.com KN-1365331

CALL US!

865-577-7575

6504 KINGSTON PIKE I KNOXVILLE, TN 37919 865.584.4554 I WWW.FLEETWOODPHOTO.COM

6 • NOVEMBER 30, 2016 • NORTH/EAST Shopper news

Seniors love their art – maybe too much

SENIOR NOTES ■ All Knox County Senior Centers will be closed Friday-Monday, Dec. 23-26.

■ Carter Senior Center 9040 Asheville Highway 932-2939 Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Offerings include: card games; exercise programs; arts and crafts; movie matinee Fridays; Senior Meals, noon Wednesdays.

Register for: Field trip: Mighty Musical Monday at the Tennessee Theatre, 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5; box lunch, $5

.

■ Corryton Senior Center 9331 Davis Drive 688-5882 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Offerings include: exercise classes; cross-stitch, card games; dominoes, crochet, quilting, billiards; Senior Meals program, 11 a.m. each Friday.

Register for: Clear Captions presentation and lunch, noon Wednesday, Dec. 7; RSVP by Monday, Dec. 5. Christmas Party/Ugliest Christmas Sweater, 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15.

■ Larry Cox Senior Center 3109 Ocoee Trail 546-1700 Monday-Friday Offerings include: exercise programs; bingo; arts and crafts classes.

■ John T. O’Connor Senior Center 611 Winona St. 523-1135 knoxseniors.org/oconnor. html Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Offerings include: Card games, billiards, senior fitness, computer classes, bingo, blood pressure checks 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Monday-Friday. Fun Film Fridays, 12:30 p.m. each Friday.

By Betsy Pickle Students in Sandra “Sam” Curtis’ painting class at the South Knoxville Senior Center have had art shows before, but they seem to have a problem with “Art Show & Sale.” They like their paintings, and they don’t want to part with them.

However, attendees can purchase original artwork and notecards based on seniors’ art at the SKSC Holiday Art Show & Sale.

The sale runs 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, at the center, 6729 Martel Lane.

An opening reception, 8:30-10:30 a.m. today, will be hosted by Berry Funeral Home, and is open to the public.

Many of the art students started with teacher Mary Harris when the senior cen-

ter opened in 2009.

Vic Kaminsky, a retired engineer, has been building scale-model wooden boats for many years. He studied painting under Harris and continued with Curtis until she introduced him to penand-ink drawing – he loves the attention to detail, she says.

Kaminsky’s enthusiasm for the painting class drew neighbor Paul Pickens to the Wednesday class. Pickens, a retired Knox County social studies teacher who wrapped up his career at South-Doyle High School, also teaches Sunday school at Sevier Heights Baptist Church. He was “looking for something to get involved in” and he’d always liked to draw.

Barbara Shipley became familiar with the senior

Lifespring adds two Amanda Crawley has joined Integral Senior Living as the business office director of The Pointe at Lifespring Senior Living.

She has 18 years of assisted living experience beginning as a caregiver and housekeeper, and the last 12 years have been focused in the business office.

Crawley holds an administrator’s license, which she earned in 2015. She and husband Kenny have three children: Haley, Maddie and Bobby.

Helen Porter has joined the company as the generations program director of The Pointe at Lifespring.

While pursuing her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in recreation therapy at UT, her concentration was devoted to children with multiple disabilities.

Shopper s t n e V enews

Send items to news@ShopperNewsNow.com

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

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

FRIDAY, DEC. 2 Candlelight tour and dinner, 6 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Individual or groups up to 10; $125 donation to benefit Historic Ramsey House. Reservations required. Info/reservations: 546-0745 or judy@ramseyhouse.org.

First Friday Comedy, 7-9 p.m. Saw Works Brewing, 708 E. Depot Ave. Free monthly comedy showcase featuring touring and local comedians. NYC’s Yedoye Travis is this month’s featured performer, along with Atlanta’s Max Fine and local comedians.

Open House and Greens Tea, noon-3 p.m., Ivan Racheff House and Gardens, 1943 Tennessee Ave. Baked goods, pecans, gift shop items, holiday wreaths, centerpieces and tabletop designs created by members of the Board of Governors of Racheff will be available for purchase. Info: 681-1704.

Opening reception for “Gaudy Gold Frame Show,” 5 p.m., Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Cash awards presented 7 p.m. Info: BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 2-3 Candlelight Christmas, 5-8 p.m., Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Highway, Clinton.

Includes live music, demonstrations, storytelling, holiday craft activities for kids and more. Info: museumofappalachia.org or 494-7680.

Crawley

Porter

After graduation, she worked with seniors at Clarity Pointe of Knoxville. She is a certified therapeutic recreation specialist, a certified dementia practitioner and an Alzheimer’s disease and dementia care trainer.

The Pointe at Lifespring is under construction in northeast Knox County.

Shana Robertson is the executive director. Reservations are being taken at a preview office, 3016 S. Mall Road. Info: 865-687-5353.

center through her performances as a clogger. The retired teacher had never painted before and she says she was timid about asking Harris if she could come to the class, but she has blossomed as a painter. She started with acrylics but has become fascinated with watercolors.

“I think art has affected my life more than anything,” Shipley says.

Shirley Lane Williams, who is retired from working for the county govern-

ment, is involved in so many community activities that you might not expect her to have time for art, but she loves it. She was volunteering at St. Mary’s and looking for treats for patients when she discovered the painting class. Soon, she was hooked on painting.

She had several paintings turned into notecards.

“If I don’t sell them, I’ll use them as gifts,” she says.

Curtis says at least 15 students will have works in the show, many of them for sale.

Vic Kaminsky works on a drawing during art class at the South Knoxville Senior Center.

Seniors vibrant and active at Grace Baptist Church

By Nancy Anderson There’s a new group at Grace Baptist Church designed to help singles in their 50s and 60s establish a vibrant and dynamic social life with like-minded individuals.

Senior Adult Pastor Mark Braddom said the group is new with 16 to 20 individuals and was started because “God didn’t mean for us to be alone.”

“We started this singles senior group because there are lots of people who don’t have a family, and even some who do, who find themselves alone watching too much TV. “I want to enhance their lives, give singles a safe place where they can meet like-minded individuals; but it isn’t a meat market.

There are no predators here.”

Braddom said the group isn’t about finding someone to date. It’s about making friends with people with whom you have a lot in common, and finding fun things to do together.

The Journey group ac-

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 2-18 “Mary Poppins” presented by the Encore Theatrical Company, William H. Inman Humanities Complex located on the Morristown campus of Walters State Community Colleg, 500 S. Davy Crockett Parkway. Performances: 8 p.m. Dec. 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17; 2 p.m. Dec. 4, 11, 17 and 18. Tickets: etcplays.org or 423-318-8331.

SATURDAY, DEC. 3 Candlelight tour and dinner, 6 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Individual or groups up to 10; $125 donation to benefit Historic Ramsey House. Reservations required. Info/reservations: 546-0745 or judy@ramseyhouse.org.

Cook’s Workshop: Holiday Sweets and Treats, 10-11:30 a.m., Clinton Physical Therapy Center, 1921 N. Charles G. Seivers Blvd., Clinton. Presented by Holistic Nutrition/Health Coach Camille Watson. Cost: $54.

Preregistration required. Info/registration: 457-8237 or Camille@camillewatson.com.

Iron Dog 5K Race, Third Creek Greenway beside UT Gardens. Race day registration and packet pick-up, 7-8:30 a.m.; race, 9 a.m. Registration: $25. Proceeds to help in the care of critically ill dogs, cats and exotic animals at the UT Veterinary Medical Center. Info/registration: https://vetmed.tennessee.edu/IronDog. Make ’N Take Holiday Gift Workshop, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. Make up to five small gifts. Each activity $5. Info: 357-2787.

Powell Elementary Winter Extravaganza, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at the school, 1711 Spring St. Includes pancake breakfast, 9-11 a.m.; musical performances; vendors; Secret Santa Shop; silent auction; visit with Santa; crafts and games; and more.

Trees Knoxville has partnered with Habitat of Humanity of Knoxville and the city of Knoxville to plant 70 street trees throughout the Silver Leaf subdivision 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Habitat subdivision contains 40 homes. Info: treesknoxville@gmail.com.

“Used Toy” sale, 8 a.m.-noon, Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 6500 Strawberry Plains Pike. All proceeds benefit the Guatemala Mission Team Trip for projects. Toy donations may be dropped off at the church before Nov 30. Info: 522-5522.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 3-4 “The Nutcracker” presented by the Appalachian Ballet Company with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Tickets: Knox Tickets, 656.4444.

MONDAY, DEC. 5 “Super-Charge Your Immunity” class, 11:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., Clinton Physical Therapy Center, 1921 N. Charles G. Seivers Blvd., Clinton. Presented by Holis-

To register contact journey@gracebc.org.

Grace Baptist Church also hosts the Golden Harvesters, a group dedicated to seniors 65 and up.

“Golden Harvesters is a well-established group with 100 or more members,” said Braddom. “Of course they don’t all show up at once, but there’s plenty of people to get to know and they are Mark Braddom, senior adult very active.” pastor, Grace Baptist Church The Golden Harvesters Photo submitted activities include: Lunch the third Thursday of each month in Chi Sigma (Room E-220), 11:30 tivities include: ■ Sunday night Bible a.m.-1 p.m. Cost is $4 per study meetings, Gathering person.

Movie night Monday, Room, 6 p.m.

■ Sunday, Dec. 11, Grace Dec. 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the Worship Choir Christmas Grace Christian Academy Program, 6 p.m. Sit and en- Coffey Field House. Park in lot E (near buses), there will joy the program together.

■ Sunday, Dec. 18, gift be shuttles to the movie. exchange party, Chi Sigma Christmas movie to be de(Room E-220) 6 p.m. There termined. Bring your own will be hors d’oeuvres. Bring snacks.

While the two groups are a gift not to exceed $5.

■ Sunday, Dec. 25, din- aimed at specific age ranges, ner and a movie. A popular anyone is welcome to attend movie and dinner at Cal- any activity of interest.

Info www.GraceBC.org houn’s. More information to come.

tic Nutrition/Health Coach Camille Watson. Cost: $54.

Preregistration required. Info/registration: 457-8237 or Camille@camillewatson.com.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers. org; on Facebook.

KSO Quartet Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Hands-on learning for preschool-aged children and their parents. Info: 9222552.

THURSDAY, DEC. 8 Pizza Ha’s, 8-9:30 p.m. Pizza Hoss, 7215 Clinton Highway. Free monthly stand-up comedy show featuring local and regional comedians. This month’s show is a Chattanooga invasion with Scenic City comedians Ben Dalby, Ryan Darling, Natasha Ferrier and Grace Holtz.

SATURDAY, DEC. 10 Free “Brunch with Santa,” 10 a.m.-noon, Christ United Methodist Church, 7535 Maynardville Highway.

Ages toddler to 12 years old. Reservations by Dec. 2: 922-1412.

Natural green wreath class, 12:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Instructor: Julia Shiflett. Class fee: $35. Info/registration: 546-0745.

North Hills Garden Club Holiday Home Tour, 4-8 p.m., North Hills Neighborhood on North Hills Boulevard. Tickets: $10 in advance, purchased from Club member or through PayPal: http://bit. ly/2fkV6u0; $12 at the door, 1726 North Hills Blvd. Info: northhillsgardenclub.wixsite.com/nhgc.

SUNDAY, DEC. 11 Annual Candlelight tour, 6-8 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Tour is free, but donations will be accepted. Info: 546-0745 or go to ramseyhouse.org.

Narrow Ridge Annual Holiday Party, 2-5:30 p.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Rod, Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12-14 “Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!” production, Clayton Performing Arts Center, Pellissippi State Community College. Performances for public private and home school students: 9:15 a.m. and noon Monday and Tuesday; 9:15 a.m. Wednesday. Tickets: students, $5; adults, $8. Reservations required. Info/ tickets: 539-2490 or wordplayers@comcast.net.

faith

NORTH/EAST Shopper news • NOVEMBER 30, 2016 • 7

cross currents Lynn Pitts, lpitts48@yahoo.com

Welcome, Advent!

Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! For lo, I will come and dwell in your midst, says the Lord.

Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord on that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in your midst. And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

(Zechariah 2:10-11 NRSV)

This beautiful creche was lent for display at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Nativity Festival.

The Church of Latter-day Saints presents Christmas Nativity Festival

By Carol Z. Shane During the holidays it isn’t hard to find seasonal beauty in East Tennessee. From Holston Hills to Farragut, from Old North Knoxville to SoKno, many of our community’s homes, parks and businesses present a festive yuletide spectacle.

Over in Fountain City, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a quieter, more meaningful – yet just as magical – spectacle in mind.

This Friday, they’ll be hosting their Christmas Nativity Festival indoors in their cultural hall. “There will be tables set up,� says Cheryll Dyer, public affairs representative for the church, “and the backdrop is ‘the woods.’� Christmas trees bedecked solely in white lights will ring the room and cast illumination on one Nativity scene after another, all displayed on elegant white tablecloths. “Last year I think we had

150 of them,� says Dyer.

For adults, it’s a breathtaking, hushed “walk in the woods� with beauty at every turn. For children, many of whom have already helped their parents set up their own Nativity sets at home, it’s a miniature wonderland. “It’s a community effort,� says Dyer. “Members contribute the nativities as well as friends.� She explains that the building on Grove Drive houses three congregations, or wards, totaling about 900 people. The Pleasant Ridge, Chilhowee and Grove Park wards come at different times for their services, but they all come together for this annual event.

Visitors will walk a loop through the room of Nativity scenes, and then, says Dyer, “when you come out the other side you’re directed by live music that is coming from the chapel.

Then you’re directed down towards the kitchen area,

where there are hot chocolate and cookies. “We will also be collecting new pairs of socks, gloves and canned goods to donate to the Corryton Hospitality Pantry, a coalition of 15 different denominations throughout the community who are dedicated to providing food and clothing to

the needy.�

The Christmas Nativity Festival happens 6-9 p.m. this Friday, Dec. 2, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6024 Grove Drive in Knoxville. “Please join us as we celebrate the birth of Christ this season,� says Dyer. “It is just so beautiful.�

The word Advent means “coming,� and the church, for centuries, has observed Advent as a time of preparation and expectation, a time of penitence, fasting, and soul-searching, even as we look forward to the joy and wonder of Christmas (a word which comes from “Christ Mass.�)

This year, Advent began on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, hardly a time American Christians are thinking about fasting. We are still eyeing the last turkey drumstick, the lonely square of dressing, and the one remaining piece of pumpkin pie. Although, come to think of it, maybe some of us should reconsider about the pie!

The point is this: Christmas is too important to be relegated to one day. It is bigger and grander than that.

It is, in fact, the best news this old world has ever received, so it behooves us to get ready for it.

The amazing thing is that God looked over the existing situation and decided something had to be done.

In the past, God had sent prophets, anointed kings and accepted burnt offerings. But now, instead of shattering this world to smithereens (a solution I have always wondered if the Almighty considered!), God thought it over, and sent us a baby.

Waiting is not for naught. Mary waited, a scared young girl, pregnant, unmarried but betrothed to a good man. I can only imagine what waiting was like for her.

So, like Mary, we wait expectantly and prepare.

More than 100 different Nativity scenes can be seen amid a “forest� of white-lit trees. Photos submitted

FAITH NOTES ■First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788. ■St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway, will host “Candlelight Advent Lessons and Carols,� 5 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 4, featuring Bible readings and prayer interspersed with carols, choral music and congregational singing.

Info: stjamesknox.org or 523-5687.

Colonial Heights UMC hosts free Thanksgiving Day dinner

By Kelly Norrell How to host a free, communitywide Thanksgiving dinner? First, get 51 turkeys. “We just buy the turkey breast rolls. Everyone takes two to four home to bake,� said event coordinator Liz Wheeler of Colonial Heights United Methodist Church.

Thaw the dressing you’ve made in advance.

The day before Thanksgiving, gather at 5 p.m. to decorate, peel potatoes and assemble the pies.

Meet early Thanksgiving morning to mash the potatoes and make the sweet potato casseroles, corn and green beans.

Colonial Heights United Methodist Church members were busy all week before Thanksgiving do-

ing these and many other tasks.

On Thanksgiving Day, they hosted the 16th annual Rick Flanagan Memorial Thanksgiving Dinner. Also driving and hosting were volunteers from four other South Knoxville churches – Seymour, Hillcrest, Vestal and Beulah United Methodist churches.

Altogether, more than 50 volunteers help host the event.

Guests come from Montgomery Village, a number of subsidized housing complexes, and many other Knoxville locations in response to a sign outside the church and fliers the church distributes. They meet at appointed locations for pickup by church vans. Or, they just call the church and ask for a ride.

Dinner was served 11 a.m.-1:30

VISIT KNOXRAILSALVAGE.COM FOR FREE KITCHEN LAYOUT & QUOTE

MOVING SALE

#$ "

#

400 E Jackson location only

#$

$ ##

50% OFF Light Fixtures

#$

# # #$ #

$ # $

at lowest marked price

! ! #

$ $ ! # "

Plywood Paneling and Wood Siding

15% OFF

,0,( $ % & - %& - $ *" +''#(

( ' 0'0 "% # 00 '! (# ...$% /- % % "% $ "

KN-1373880

Follow us on Twitter @ShopperNewsNow

Liz Wheeler said.

Guests were also offered free haircuts, provided this year by Marilyn Humbree of La Belle Coiffures, who donated her time. “Some people haven’t had haircuts in a long time,� said Don Albert, assistant event coordinator.

Guests who want them also received Bibles, including Spanish language editions. At the end of the event, guests were taken home.

Wheeler, who began the event with her family years ago in honor of her late first husband, Rick Flanagan, said she loves its camaraderie. “Just the bringing together of people on a special day. ... Watching them enjoy it. And when men go down and get their haircut – it’s an awesome feeling.�

KNOX RAIL SALVAGE

p.m. This year, the church handprepared a full, traditional menu for at least 300 guests, right down to yeast rolls it kept warm in a special bread room and an array of pecan, pumpkin and apple pies.

After dinner, guests chose new cold-weather gear from a hats, gloves and socks tree prepared by church members. Each guest was then invited to choose items at a free clothing store downstairs – one room for children, one for women, and one for men. Scott Felske, executive director of the nonprofit Clothe My Children, coordinated the clothing store this year, using donated clothing items. “A lot of men in particular need clothing, just warm clothes. We try to have a lot of men’s gloves,�

Vinyl Fencing

10% OFF Damaged Wafer Board

Fence Panels starting at

$20

Doors per sheet

20% OFF

Cabinet Doors $1.98 for ďŹ rst, then

Wood and Plastic Moldings

$3.00

2 for FREE

50% OFF

Hours: Mon-Fri 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. • Sat. 8 a.m. - Noon 400 E. Jackson Ave. • 524-8242 • 200 E. Magnolia Ave. • 524-8000 Mike Frazier www.KnoxRailSalvage.com Follow us on Twitter & Facebook

kids

8 • NOVEMBER 30, 2016 • Shopper news

Fairness through another’s eyes

By Kip Oswald I hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving.

Last week I wrote about the revelation I had about the true meaning of being thankful, which pushed me into this week’s focus on fairness.

I have been in school now for eight years, and because my older sister and cousins have been in longer, they are helping with this week’s article.

As you know, my cousin Cassie came to live with us a few weeks ago. Since then, there have been a bunch of different school events that have either made her very sad or just break down and start crying. Her school had a Fall Carnival the first week she was with us. Mom took all of us to the carnival, but Cassie felt like everyone was looking at her because she was with a different “mom” and family. She cried all the way home.

The next thing was the third-grade music program, where her whole grade performed. We went to the program to watch her sing, but at the end, the music teacher asked all the moms to be recognized for getting the kids ready for the program. Of course Mom stood, but I could tell that Cassie was so sad.

Next came Muffins for Mom and Thanksgiving Lunch at her school.

Cassie did

not even bring those invitations home, but Mom heard about them on the call that comes from the school. I guess Cassie just didn’t want Mom to go because she wanted her real mom.

And, of course, our daily reports and report cards are supposed to be signed by our parents, so Cassie has to have Mom sign those, too.

I never thought about how many things my Mom and Aunt Becky do for all of us that kids like Cassie don’t have parents to do. It seems to me that things at school should not add a lot of extra stress onto someone like Cassie, who already has a really hard time in life.

Send comments to oswaldswordtn@ gmail.com

Christopher Ramirez, a critical care paramedic with Rural/ Metro, is also a firefighter with Karns Fire Department. Here he talks with Sarah Moore Greene students about biohazards.

Rural/Metro demystifies

ambulance transport

By Sandra Clark If nothing else, we got the neighbors riled up, wondering what was happening at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy.

It was just the Leaders Club, meeting in the parking lot with Rural/Metro emergency medical technicians and touring a real ambulance.

Of course, the kids’ favorite part was hitting the sirens.

We learned a lot, and the guys were eager to recruit the students as future EMTs. The lesson caught with a couple of them at least.

Cody Paige became an EMT through U.S. Army training. He’s worked with Rural/Metro for two years.

Christopher Ramirez, a critical care paramedic, has worked in the field in Knoxville and Chicago.

There is a lot of “on the

Rural/Metro EMT Cody Paige gives Leaders Club member Dejob learning,” both agreed.

Shawn Jackson the full ambulance treatment including blood The men explained how pressure and a quick EKG. Photos by Vincent Johnson calls are routed through E-911 dispatchers. “Those operators triage calls (deciding which are most urgent), and we transport patients to all area hospitals,” said Paige.

Ramirez led a tour of the ambulance’s exterior, showing the red biohazard bags.

He also talked about how each vehicle is equipped with stretchers and other equipment in the same way so emergency personnel can quickly grab them.

Inside the ambulance, Paige discussed EMT proTrayonna Roberts and Donnisha Garrett wear masks while tourcedures. “We can do blood ing a Rural/Metro ambulance. The students kept the masks. transfusions,” he said. “We will examine you and make you stable. We do short“We handle everything students, and we deeply apterm treatment and the hos- from heart attacks to some- preciate Rural/Metro sendpitals do long-term treat- one severely injured.” ing the crew. ment.”

Leaders Club members Next week we’ll write Paige said the ambulance had their usual barrage of about Fountain City banker is not equipped for X-ray or questions. It was a great Chris Rohwer and his trip to other body-imaging. hands-on experience for the Nepal.

Angela Floyd & Friends present …

Cash For Classrooms

Distributing $250 to 20 classrooms in 2017. Deadline to apply: Friday, Dec. 16, 2016.

If I had $250 for my classroom I would:

Teacher Name:

____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

School Name:

____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

Teacher Email:

____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

Apply via email to: carol.springer@ShopperNewsNow.com with the information above. You do not need to use this form.

Sponsored by: Angela Floyd School for Dance and Music • Phil Nichols Insurance • Sofas and More • UT Federal Credit Union • Shopper News

business

Shopper news • NOVEMBER 30, 2016 • 9

Flexibility key to drawing and retaining young employees

By Wendy Smith As Baby Boomers retire and Millennials become the largest segment of the workforce, managers need to understand what makes younger generations tick and be willing to accommodate them with flexibility.

That was the message of the Knoxville Chamber’s Women on the Rise to Shine lunch talk by Belmont University Assistant Professor Cate Loes.

This is the first time that five generations − the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y (also known as Millennials) and Generation Z − have been in the workforce at once, she said. By 2020, Millennials will be in the majority, and they’ll be able to change the workplace infrastructure put in place

by Baby Boomers.

Diversity in the workplace is important, but challenging. Understanding the economic, social and technological impacts on each generation can help.

The Silent Generation, ages 71 and up, was affected by the Great Depression and WWII. They know what it’s like not to have everything they need, and they’re not driven by material things. Baby Boomers, ages 51-70, work hard to be able to have and do things

they couldn’t when they were young.

This is the first generation to divorce without social consequences, and Boomers are the first females to be in control of their lives, said Loes.

Generation X, ages 35-51, accepted the work infrastructure established by Boomers. Women of this Cate Loes generation are responsible for job-sharing and parttime positions, but there were too few of them in the workforce to produce more significant change.

Loes asked luncheon attendees to describe Generation Y, which is ages 21-34. Responders said that Millennials don’t like to meet face-to-face, and want to advance quickly rather than “pay their dues.” They also tend to jobhop.

Millennials, the children of Boomers, were given everything because their parents didn’t have everything, Loes explained. They rarely received grades below a B, and generally weren’t pushed to excel. They, and their parents, were profoundly affected by the Columbine school shootings, which

took away school as a “safe place.”

That’s one reason community is very important to Millennials, and they aren’t willing to sacrifice time with family and friends for work, she said. Cafeteria-style benefit packages and super-flexible schedules are attractive to this generation.

While members of Generation X entered the workforce with the expectation of fitting in, many members of Generation Y have never worked before their first full-time job. Loes recommends “parenting” new employees from this age group by mapping out expectations.

And then there’s Generation Z, made up of ages 6-20. This generation is even bigger than Generation Y, and the way they learn requires stimulation. Expect them to stay at a job for a maximum of five years, she said.

But they’re different from the generation before them because they were affected profoundly by the recession of 2008. Their parents lost jobs and homes, so they understand how work relates to money. They’re also highly creative.

“I promise you, when you get this generation engaged, they’re going to do remarkable things.”

Gibsons, Rogero honored at KAUL gala Working on behalf of civil rights for more than 50 years, the Rev. Dr. Gordon Gibson and Judy Gibson received the prestigious Whitney M. Young Jr. Lifetime Achievement award at the Knoxville Area Urban League’s Equal Opportunity Awards Gala last month at the Knoxville Convention Center.

“Our Equal Opportunity Awards recognize and celebrate the power of individuals to make a tangible impact on their communities,” Phyllis Y. Nichols, president and CEO for KAUL, said.

“The Gibsons have dedicated their lives to promoting equality and social justice.

They have demonstrated passion for fighting injustice and compassion for all people. The Urban League was honored to recognize their legacy of serving others.”

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero received the Corporate Leadership award. Sanford Smith was honored as the Volunteer of the Year, and Beal Bourne accepted the Minority Business award on behalf of Jarnigan & Son Mortuary.

At 26 years old, Gordon Gibson traveled from Boston to Selma, Ala., to help push for voting rights for black people. He was arrested and jailed for protesting in February 1965.

Upon being released, he was photographed with Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr., and the news of a young white minister’s arrest helped garner press coverage for the movement.

Now retired and living in Knoxville, the longtime Unitarian Universalist minister and his wife, Judy, have continued to support civil rights work. They developed the church’s annual Civil Rights Living Legacy Pilgrimage, through which they lead groups of participants through stops of historical significance throughout the South in order to understand the civil rights journey.

Rogero’s work for economic empowerment and support of minorities dates back several decades, as well. In the 1970s, she worked with noted farm worker leader Cesar Chavez. She was honored by the Knoxville Area Urban League for her efforts as mayor to support the organization’s philosophy of promoting economic empowerment in urban communities.

“I share this recognition with all city of Knoxville staff who work to promote economic diversity in Knoxville,” Rogero said. “I also was humbled to share the stage with the other honorees. Knoxville relies on the hard work of joyful volunteers like Sanford, and small businesses such as

Legal Aid salutes two Attorneys Betsy Beck and Tom Hale of the law firm Kramer Rayson were recognized by Legal Aid of East Tennessee for their longstanding volunteer support.

Hale has served on Legal Aid’s board of directors since 2006 and was board president in 2011-12. He is

a partner at Kramer Rayson and has served as attorney for the town of Farragut since 1997. A graduate of UT College of Law, Hale represents businesses and professionals.

Beck is also a partner at Kramer Rayson. She graduated cum laude from UT

the Rotary guy Tom King, tking535@gmail.com

It’s time to apply to be a Rotary exchange student It changes lives. It creates lifelong international friendships.

Each year more than 8,000 U.S. students travel and study abroad as Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) students. They share their culture and learn and embrace new cultures. They learn new languages.

Knoxville students ages 15-18 who are interested in being an exchange student will be interviewed on Saturday, Dec. 10, at Pellissippi State Community College’s main campus off Pellissippi Parkway. The interviews will begin at 8 a.m. and will last about an hour. Both the student and their parents will be interviewed. Student applicants and their parents should arrive 15 minutes early.

Bill Nichols, District 6780 Exchange Outbound chair and a Farragut Rotarian, will conduct the interviews. He will interview each potential outbound student first and then the parents will join the interview. Nichols said students will receive an email with a list of countries and will choose their top 10 preferences for the exchange. They also will list any countries where they do not want to go. On Feb. 1, 2017, the Bill Nichols students will find out where they are going. Next will be an orientation session for the outbound students in March in Asheville.

To date, there are 13 applications districtwide.

Nichols says he’ll take more. Students have to be sponsored by one of our local seven Rotary clubs and can be from public or private schools or home schooled.

Two Knoxville students are currently abroad – Farragut High graduate Alex Kail is in Paderbern, Germany, and Webb School junior Julia Kestner is in Thailand.

If you are interested in going abroad for a year or have questions about the program, call Bill Nichols at 865-567-1119.

■

Webb Madrigals at Farragut on Dec. 7

The talented Webb Madrigal Singers will be performing selections from their 2016 holiday program on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the Farragut Rotary meeting at Fox Den Country Club. The singers will begin at noon, so members and guests need to be there early to hear these great young voices and see their impressive madrigal dress.

Accepting nominations for the 2017 Orchid Awards

Dr. Gordon and Judy Gibson

Keep Knoxville Beautiful is now accepting nominations from the public for its beautification awards, the Orchids.

Since 1979, Keep Knoxville Beautiful has presented Orchid Awards to Knoxville and Knox County buildings and outdoor spaces that beautify and elevate the local landscape.

Deadline for nominations: Dec. 16. Info/nominations: keepknoxvillebeautiful.org or 521-6957.

Mayor Madeline Rogero

Jarnigan & Son are vital to the fabric of our community. Gordon and Judy Gibson are models of the spirit of the Whitney M. Young Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award.”

The Whitney M. Young Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award is named in honor of the fourth executive director of the National Urban League, who served from 1961 to 1971. Past winners include Theotis Robinson Jr. in 2015; Rita Geier in 2014; Dr. Harold A. Mid-

College of Law in 2003 and specializes in employment and labor law.

Legal Aid’s executive director, Sheri Fox, said their work has “made a lasting impact on the lives of thousands of people in the Knoxville area and beyond.”

dlebrook Sr. in 2013; Love Kitchen sisters Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner in 2011; and author, historian and former legislator Robert Booker in 2008.

Alan Williams of WVLTTV Channel 8 served as master of ceremonies for the 31st annual event, a sellout with more than 800 in attendance. The crowd also enjoyed entertainment by R&B/soul band Tower of Power. The 2017 Equal Opportunity Awards Gala is set for Thursday, Oct. 26.

Betsy Beck

Tom Hale

BIZ NOTES

Julie Hayes

■ Julie Hayes was selected to participate in the Emerging Leaders Program at the Wolters Kluwer, CCH Connections User Conference 2016. The Conference, held Oct. 23-26 in Washington, D.C., is the tax and accounting profession’s premier education and peer networking event.

East Tennessee Children’s Hospital Knoxville, Tennessee Now Hiring Housekeepers Full and part me evening shi s available

CALL FOR ARTISTS ■ The city of Knoxville’s Public Arts Committee invites artists and artist teams to submit qualifications for a permanent work of art to be located in front of the main entrance to State Street Garage. The deadline to submit qualifications is 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15. Info: Liza Zenni, 523-7543 or lz@knoxalliance. com; knoxvillepublicart.com.

■ Dogwood Arts 2017 events and exhibits entry deadlines: Art In Public Places, Jan. 20; East Tennessee Art Educa-

CLERK/ CASHIER NEEDED

tor Exhibition, Jan. 20; Student Art Exhibition, Jan. 20; Dogwood Art DeTour, Feb. 10; Chalk Walk, Feb. 20; Regional Art Exhibition, March 3. Info/ applications: dogwoodarts. com or 637-4561.

■ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission Gallery of Arts Tribute, to be on exhibit Jan. 6-27 in the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Works should be delivered 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3.

Info/entry form: knoxalliance. com/mlk-tribute/.

FULL-TIME, BENEFITS APPLY IN STORE

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.

8622 Asheville Hwy | (865) 933-3441 KN-1374572

High school diploma or GED required Applicants must have regular a endance and exhibit our core values of respect, enthusiasm, teamwork, integrity, and excellence Compe ve wages and benefits available!

To apply, please fax resume or complete an applica on online or in person Applica ons are available on our website at www.etch.com or at the address below.

Human Resources East Tennessee Children’s Hospital 2018 Clinch Avenue Knoxville, TN 37916 Fax Number: 865-541-8757 Equal Opportunity Employer

10 • NOVEMBER 30, 2016 • Shopper news

The holidays can leave you stressed and vulnerable.

This is especially true for those struggling with opiate addiction.

Talk to us about how suboxone can help you cope during this tough time.

Freedom from

opiate addiction! no daily dosing with methadone no more living hydro 10s to oxy 30s

OUTPATIENT TREATMENT WITH

SUBOXONE

®*

CALL NOW for an appointment

865-882-9900 www.EHCMedical.com *Suboxone treatment provided based on the medical appropriateness of the treatment for the individual patient as determined by a licensed physician. Suboxone is a registered trademark of Reckitt Benchiser Healthcare (UK), Ltd.