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Powell parade The annual Christmas Parade, sponsored by the Powell Lions Club, will step off at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, from Powell Place shopping center. The parade will form from 3:30 to 4:30 in the Powell Place parking lot on Emory Road near Clinton Highway. There are no fees or registration required. Restrictions are: no four-wheelers, no ATVs, no underage drivers of any vehicles and no Santas, according to the Lions club website.

PHS outdoor classroom Students and community volunteers will work on Powell High School’s outdoor classroom from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. Volunteers are invited for all or part of the time. Lindsay Moorman, an AmeriCorps member working with the PHS environmental club, will coordinate efforts, and Sarah Connatser, student representative on the Enhance Powell committee of the Powell Business and Professional Association, will participate. The Upward Bound program from UT will also do service work during the event. Improvements include laying down wood chips, weeding and removing invasive plants. The outdoor classroom is behind the splash pad in Powell Station Park. Public land extends to Beaver Creek.

Poinsettia project at Halls High The North Knox Future Farmers of America Christmas poinsettia project will make 140 bright red poinsettias available this season for a $12 donation. This is a communityservice project sponsored by agriculture teacher Mike Blankenship. For more information, contact Blankenship at 865-9257565, 7:45-10 a.m.

For the Children The “For the Children” Christmas fund for foster children in Union County is asking for popular toys (unwrapped) for babies to pre-teens, as well as cash to buy gift cards for the older kids. Members invite everyone to join them at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, at Cancun Restaurant on Crippen Road in Halls to collect the toys and cash and to “celebrate the spirit of generosity and community with toys, tacos and margaritas.” Donations can be made by calling Kim Raley Bouchard at 865-363-3833.

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Visual arts in Powell By Cindy Taylor

The Powell Playhouse sponsored its annual Community Arts and Crafts Show last weekend at Jubilee Banquet Facility. The event, which grows each year, drew artists from around the region. Playhouse volunteers sponsor plays and other events to celebrate the arts and to raise money for a permanent location for productions. Their efforts were recognized by the Powell Business and Professional Association, which named “the ladies of the Powell Playhouse” as its 2014 “women of the year.” President Gina Jones, director Mona Napier and director Jim Black accepted on behalf of the organization. Black was married to Nita Buell Black, founder of the Powell Playhouse, who passed away Feb. 27, 2014. Nita Buell was Mona Napier and Gina Jones pose with artist Marsha Sneed and her painting, which she donated to the Powell To page A-3 Playhouse. Photo by Cindy Taylor

UT dropout education program to end Farewell to WAVE By Bill Dockery Bob Kerr was a young man in 1975, fresh out of Vietnam and about to graduate from the University of Tennessee, when he signed up to work on a program helping high school dropouts. On Dec. 19, Kerr will close down that program after almost four decades dedicated to helping thousands of dropouts complete a high school Krysten Nieves equivalency diploma, find employment or continue their education. UT WAVE (stands for Work Achievement Values Education) has provided individualized tutoring for young dropouts seeking a

Bob Sharp helps Jeremiah Zupsic refresh his knowledge of graphing equations for his upcoming GED exam. Sharp, a retired math teacher from Halls High School, began tutoring WAVE students so he could conBob Kerr and Michelle Love will be leaving the UT WAVE office when it closes tinue to help people. permanently on Dec. 19. Kerr started the program 39 years ago to help dropouts get high school equivalency diplomas. Photos by Bill Dockery GED diploma and help in plotting their career strategies. “Dropouts bring a lot of baggage,” Kerr said. “The stigma is that dropouts are stupid, but ac-

tually there are 100 different rea- getting their GED. The male-fesons they drop out.” male ratio has been roughly 50-50 The program has worked with from year to year, and about 30 about 100 students a year, with To page A-3 half of that number successfully

Dunn breaks with Haslam on Common Core By Betty Bean State Rep. Bill Dunn is a key member of the House Education Committee and has generally supported Gov. Bill Haslam’s education reform measures. But he broke ranks last session by passing Bill Dunn a bill to reel back the Common Core State Standards, which have grown increasingly unpopular among conservatives as well as teachers. Dunn said the new law (which Haslam signed) puts Tennessee in control of its standards while requiring the state Board of Education to notify members of the House and Senate education committees and post information online before it can vote on standard changes. The law also limits the application of the standards to language arts and math, limits the data that can be collected from students and

parents, and requires Common Core-aligned tests to be bid out. “Basically I’ve tried to make the standards process very transparent,” Dunn said. He also has a plan to get teachers a raise but isn’t ready to say what it is. “The governor may have a different plan, but I’ve got a backup plan to reward teachers for their hard work over the years.” He admits his plan could be complicated by the reality of a tight budget year. “That’s going to rule a whole lot of things.” When asked if he’ll join his conservative colleagues who want to repeal the Hall tax on investment income, he hedged his answer, pointing out that he has supported tax cuts like the small sales tax decrease on food (“People have got to eat”) but saying he’s leery of cutting off vital revenue streams. “I think we have to look at the budget long term. When you weaken yourself financially as a state, you become beholden to the federal

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health & lifestyles NEWS FROM PARKWEST, WEST KNOXVILLE’S HEALTHCARE LEADER • TREATEDWELL.COM • 374-PARK

A collaborative first in the Glade

Parkwest physicians team with Cumberland Medical Center to keep Fairfield Glade golfer in game When a metal stent was placed inside Scott Amis’ 72-year-old heart on July 24, 2014, it marked the first time the procedure – almost commonplace in larger hospitals – was performed at Cumberland Medical Center (CMC) in Crossville. Doing the honors was Robert Martyn, MD, an interventional cardiologist from Parkwest Medical Center, and Crossville cardiologist Vianney Villaruz, MD, who also has Parkwest privileges. This giant step was part of an ongoing effort by Covenant Health to address patient care needs at CMC since last February when the Crossville hospital became the ninth member of the Knoxville-based not-for-profit health system. In doing so, “integration teams” from Cumberland and Covenant Health were formed to make assessments and plan projects. Chief among those projects was development of an interventional cardiology program. Of course, the newness of it all left Amis with some reservations. “I’d never had any kind of surgery that was invasive. Never. So I was kind of on edge,” he said. Adding to his anxiety was the question he and Linda, his wife of 51 years, asked themselves three years ago when they moved to the area from Michigan: does the 189bed Crossville facility have the resources they might need in their senior years? The Amises didn’t wait for an answer. Both avid golfers, they figured living on one of Fairfield Glade’s five courses – even if they had to make the one-hour drive to Parkwest – was well worth the move. Any concerns were swept away by the beauty of the “Golf

Capital of Tennessee,” where last year 176,000 rounds of golf were played. Last fall a sharp pain struck Scott’s right calf while doing golf calisthenics. It was a pain that lingered for months and required many visits to an internist, neurologist and orthopedist before Crossville internal medicine physician Mark Lee, MD, urged Amis to consult a cardiologist. “I was like, ‘Why? What’s a cardiologist got to do with my leg?’ I don’t know a lot about anatomy but I did know my heart wasn’t in my leg,” Amis said with a laugh. But in his quest to ﬁnd the cause behind his patient’s leg pain, Following his stent procedure, Scott Amis was back out on the course within a few days.

Lee had uncovered an apparently unrelated issue – Amis’ blood wasn’t circulating to his legs as it should. To ﬁnd out why, he sent Amis to Villaruz, who, after several tests, ordered a heart catheterization at CMC. Amis was apprehensive about having the procedure done at the smaller local hospital. “I was pushing Parkwest. I was thinking, ‘Wait a minute, I’m not going let somebody mess around

with my heart who doesn’t have any experience.’ ” Assured by Villaruz that CMC has been performing heart caths since 1996, Amis agreed to have the procedure at Cumberland on July 17. But when the results showed an advanced blockage in the right coronary artery and a cardiac stent would be needed to open it, Amis was again thinking

about driving an hour to Parkwest. “I had always heard that Parkwest was a great hospital,” Amis said. “Knoxville is Linda’s hometown and I lived there for 16 years, and Parkwest was always known as an elite hospital.” Unknown to Amis, however, Parkwest was already in Cumberland County. In fact, the highly regarded Parkwest cardiology department had spent the last several months quietly working behind the scenes to train Cumberland’s staff in low-risk cardiac stenting, or angioplasty. What’s more, Amis had been identified by Villaruz as the perfect candidate to be CMC’s first heart stent recipient. “I spent about two months looking for the right patient,” said Dr. Villaruz. “It’s kind of like recruiting patients for clinical trial, for a study – you have a feel for who’s right. If I sense insecurity or doubt, if they don’t seem comfortable, I’ll say, ‘That’s fine. We’ll send you to Parkwest or wherever.’ The basic requirements are for patients to be able to understand what’s going on and be motivated, because if you have any problems you want them to call you up and stay on top of it. Mr. Amis understood, he was motivated and we had a good rapport.” Villaruz’s confidence and candor in answering Amis’ concerns had won him over. “He’s the reason I decided to go with CMC. I would not go to another cardiologist but him,” Amis declared. “He’s really good to me. He really gets down and explains things. And if I give him a blank stare, he will go around another corner until he finally sees in my eyes that I

understand.” A week later, with Robert Martyn, MD, serving as primary operator and five Cumberland staffers assisting with monitoring, hemodynamics and deployment, Amis’ heart stent was successfully placed as a Parkwest cath lab team looked on in an advisory role. “It went like clockwork. I couldn’t have been more pleased,” said Amis, who was back on the golf course just days after his discharge from Cumberland Medical Center. Asked if he was concerned about his role as a pioneer, Amis said, “Are you kidding me? I had 40 people over there running around. I figured they could take care of it.” “What impressed me as much as anything is that everybody was very attentive,” Amis explained. “They told me exactly what’s going on – everything I could possibly think of – and they filled me in before I could even ask. They looked after me when I came out of surgery and always saw if there was anything I needed as far as comfort. They explained the medications to me and everything that I should do.” Today, Amis is grateful not only for Parkwest’s and Covenant’s help, but also for Cumberland’s willingness to serve its community. “I’m so glad that I went,” he said. “I think is a great idea to partner with Covenant Health. Having our community hospital able to reach out to larger hospitals like Parkwest helps the residents in our community greatly. Cumberland County has a large retirement population, and it’s easier for us to travel to downtown Crossville for our care than to Knoxville or Cookeville.”

Parkwest integration team put its heart into work It took just minutes for Parkwest hospital operating room to perform Medical Center interventional cardithe angioplasty on Scott Amis. As of ologist Robert Martyn, MD, to place Oct. 31, 10 additional patients have the stent that opened up Scott Amis’ had 15 stents placed at the Crossville clogged right coronary artery. But hospital. the journey to make it happen began Meanwhile, Dr. Villaruz says getmonths before the Fairfield Glade ting the first stent “under their belts” resident even knew he had heart was good for the Cumberland team problems. for a number of reasons. “It helped Even before the public announcedevelop the confidence of the staff ment of Cumberland Medical Cenand the confidence of the commuter’s merger with Covenant Health, nity,” he said. “It provides a sense of Ayaz Rahman, MD Vianney Villaruz, Nicholaos the wheels were in motion to bring Stephen Marietta, Robert Martyn, security that we can take care of inMD MD Xenopoulos, MD angioplasty to the Crossville hospital MD terventional cases here in Crossville as integration teams were formed to and it makes the staff aware that we assess needs and plan projects across clini- things were safe,” said Dr. Martyn. “Even since January for ongoing training. are capable of doing that. It increases our cal and operational areas. “There are certain national criteria for level of confidence in taking care of sicker though we didn’t anticipate having any comWith development of a non-emergency plications, Parkwest had made preparations doing angioplasty without surgical stand- patients. That’s part of the plan.” interventional cardiology program receiv- in case rapid transport was needed.” Tim Hall, Parkwest cath lab manager, by,” said Dr. Martyn. “The main issue was ing priority, it was not surprising that ParkOnce performed only in larger hospitals having the Cumberland staff over to Park- sees only good things ahead for Cumberland west Medical Center, with more than 130 with cardiac surgery backup, the heart stent- west to upgrade their training, doing more Medical Center. “We anticipate the CMC staff will conyears of combined experience in its cath lab, ing guidelines by the American College of cases, getting involved in angioplasty – not would lead the way. The Knoxville hospital Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart just the heart catheterizations – and get- tinue to increase their proficiency in caring has been doing heart stents since 1993 and Association were relaxed in 2012 to permit ting the staff more capable. The cath lab for patients in need of coronary intervennow does an average of 1,400 a year. low-risk cardiac stenting in community hos- staff also has to do so many procedures to tions,” Hall said. “With very few exceptions, Parkwest interventional cardiologist pitals such as Cumberland Medical Center. be safe, and the hospital itself has to have the CMC staff now functions independently Nicholaos Xenopoulos, MD, who performs The ACC did not, however, relax train- appropriately trained nurses for care after- when interventions are being performed at about 200 of those heart stents each year, ing requirements. Drs. Martyn, Xenopou- wards. So Cumberland just went through their facility. We serve as a resource and aswas at the forefront of the effort, meeting los and their colleagues, Stephen Marietta, the process of making everything as safe as sist with more complex interventions. We also believe that, moving forward, CMC will with Cumberland staff, reviewing protocols MD, and Ayaz Rahman, MD, adhered to possible for the patient.” and consolidating equipment. On the morning of July 24, that training have its own interventionist who will conACC guidelines as they determined the pro“It involved a lot of staff training and ficiency level of the CMC staffers who have paid off as the teams from CMC and Park- tinue training the staff after we stop travelequipment for Cumberland to make sure been reporting to Parkwest twice a week west joined Dr. Martyn in the Crossville ing there.”

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Church members throughout North Knox County pulled together time and resources to help families at Northwest and Whittle Springs Middle Schools by providing groceries, including hams and turkeys, for Thanksgiving meals.

Cindy Taylor

Baskets, bags and boxes of food were purchased and delivered to the schools Nov. 24-25. Community volunteers were on hand at both schools to help distribute the food as families arrived. Parent coordinator/interventionist at Whittle Springs, Florence N’Diaye, was instrumental in organizing the food gathering and distribution. “I can’t express how ex-

Melynda Jones, a seventh-grader at Northwest Middle School, helps with Thanksgiving grocery donations. cited I am that the community has stepped in to provide a Thanksgiving dinner for so many of our families,” said N’Diaye. “Their gesture

Visual arts the longtime teacher and drama coach at Powell High School, where the auditorium is named in her honor. The Community Arts and Crafts Show was the next morning, and everyone was there, hosting the Playhouse’s biggest fundraiser. “We had several new vendors this year, and the show was a big success,” said Napier. Artist Marsha Sneed returned with her colorful paintings, one of which she donated to the Playhouse to commemorate its first play. She said Buell Black, her elementary teacher, holds a special place in her heart. Tom Furham has created blown glass and glass art for more than 30 years.

has been well received, and we truly appreciate their love and support.” Community members are also providing Christmas

gifts for many families with children who attend the two schools. “Our strategic plan has a goal to educate the whole

child. That may mean feeding those who are lacking in basic needs,” said Northwest principal Karen Loy. “We depend on our commu-

nity partners like Fellowship North Church to help us meet these goals and for their ongoing support of our families.”

From page A-1 He works with many forms of glass using a number of different processes. Furham combines slumped, fused, polished, laminated, lamp-work and blown-ware to create unique pieces. He teaches in his Oak Ridge studio. Furham’s pieces are in the White House, and he has been featured in Southern Living magazine. Unique handmade jewelry, wood crafts and loomed fabric from India were among the art on display and available for purchase. Next up for Powell Playhouse: Improv Night and Silent Auction, Jan. 17; Sock Hop, Feb. 14; “Night of January 16th,” April 16-18. Info: 947-7428.

Chetna Jain shows off hand-loomed art from Bombay (Mumbai) India. Photos by Cindy Taylor

UT dropout education percent of the students are black. Students between 17 and 24 who wanted to get into WAVE were tested to see if they have sixth-grade academic skills. “If they bomb the test, they can’t enter the program,” Kerr said, “but we hate to weed someone out. That’s what we were about: second chances.” Jeremiah Zupsic is seeking just that second chance. Zupsic expects to take the test before the program closes. He also represents something Kerr sees often: a second-generation WAVE graduate. His mother got her GED during the early 1990s from a WAVE program in Ohio. Krysten Nieves, a recent dropout from South-Doyle High School, started the program around Halloween but expects to pass the test before the Dec. 19 closure. “I like the one-on-one tutoring,” the New York native said. “You get more attention.” She hopes to pursuing nursing or other health care work. Originally funded by

Eighth-graders Jordan Gillespie, Larry Beal, Nigal Davis, DaShaun McKinney, Teahzjawon Hodge-Harper and Roman Robinson carry coolers filled with frozen turkeys to distribute to families of Northwest Middle School students. Photos by Cindy Taylor

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CETA, the Comprehensive Employment Training Act of the 1970s, the program that is now UT WAVE has undergone several changes of name and funding sources. After CETA came the Workforce Investment Act. Private support has come from Dollar General, United Way, Boys & Girls Clubs, and the Chamber of Commerce. In recent years, the program has switched from the GED Testing Service to the HiSET Program, which is less expensive to administer. Kerr said a change in federal funding priorities is forcing WAVE to close. Money that once went to help high school dropouts complete their education is now being channeled into school programs intended to keep teenagers from dropping out in the first place. Kerr said that most school systems still have dropout rates that are too high. “A program doesn’t last 40 years unless it’s needed,” Kerr said. “We’re not closing because of a lack of need or an ineffective program. It’s a shame people are spending the money on

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other things.” The program has also provided opportunities for volunteers. Bob Sharp, a retired math teacher from Halls High School, found his way to WAVE through Knoxville’s Friends of Literacy. In recent years, the mentor for language arts has been Jan Avent. A retired Knoxville News Sentinel journalist, Avent first volunteered in memory of a fellow reporter and writer, the late Jim Dykes, who wanted to help people learn to read. Michelle Love, the education coordinator for the program, shows off a wall of photos showing recent individual grads on a bulletin board surrounded by framed pictures of whole classes of GED recipients. All are wearing academic caps and gowns. Love, who has worked at WAVE for eight years, has started taking the pictures down. She will be without a job when the program closes. Kerr isn’t calling it quits yet, though. In the next weeks he will start working in adult basic education at Roane State Community College, helping adult learners chart out their career paths.

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Sneak preview of 2015 At my age, I don’t win many foot races, but, by jumping the gun, I might be first with a Tennessee football outlook for 2015.

Marvin West

Next year is when the Volunteers are supposed to take a giant step forward. Some teams that have been pushing Tennessee around for the past several seasons should rethink the situation. The big bullies know who they are. They know the scene is changing. There will be no more sand flipped in the face of the 105-pound weakling. The boy is now a man. No, no, not a giant, just bigger and stronger and tougher and smarter. It is logical that returning Vols, just because they are a year older, will be improved. Development is part of what coaches do for their money. Dave Lawson, in charge of muscles, will guide contin-

ued growth this winter. He is already seeking a preventative solution to high ankle sprains and torn labra. The key to next season is what made the Vols better in most of November. There should be no quarterback confusion. Joshua Dobbs is a potential star. There was a time when I thought recruiting was the front end of long-term projects. Butch Jones taught me something. I now think recruiting, at the level these guys do it, is an immediate patch and sometimes a fi x – for every ailment except the offensive line. Tennessee played 23 freshmen with minimal embarrassment. In some cases, it was a matter of necessity. In other cases, talent prevailed over experience. I suppose it will happen again, to a lesser degree. Example: Jalen Hurd, running back, emerged as a future all-American if he stays well. Marlin Lane became one notch up from incidental. For 2015, Derrell Scott may be a solid backup. Somebody new must help. SEC contenders need four tailbacks. Alvin Kamara,

apparently inbound from Hutchinson, Kan., is the primary prospect. Tennessee projects to look more like Wide Receiver U. next season. It has the reputation but fell short of expectations. There are genuine playmakers among wideouts and slots. They will block better and drop less. I do believe Marquez North will bounce back. Josh Malone will eventually grasp what he is supposed to do. Jason Croom is big with big potential. Pig Howard and Von Pearson will add refinement. There are others. This is the deepest segment of the team. Josh Smith can play. I think Jonathon Johnson, Vic Wharton and Ryan Jenkins can help. Tight ends? Capable but should get much better. Tennessee has one or more joining the three with established credentials. The offensive line will remain a work in progress. Tackle is enough of a question mark to cause concern. Maybe Dontavius Blair will become what he was supposed to be. Charles Mosley? Possible. There is mini-

They’re always hungry The calendar says it’s still three weeks till winter begins, but it sure feels like winter today, Thanksgiving, as I hunt and peck this column. Gloomy, sprinkles, 40 degrees. Well, here’s a quiz question for you: What wintertime outdoor activity can best be enjoyed indoors, and usually improves, the worse the weather gets? I know everyone got the right answer: watching the bird feeders, of course. Grandma and I don’t keep our feeders going during the summer months, generally closing down around the start of hot weather in June. There is plenty of natural food all around in the summer. We’ve found that summer feeding, at least at our location, seems to attract flocks of undesirables, namely starlings and pigeons. So we start feeding again as the cooler weather returns in mid-October. Anyone who is a regular bird feeder understands the satisfaction one gets when the usual cast of characters begins to show up. Chickadees and titmice immediately, then soon thereafter the cardinals, blue jays and woodpeckers. The colder-weather customers aren’t here yet at our feeders: sparrows, towhees, juncos and the like. They seem to prefer their still-abundant natural weed seeds and berries for now,

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and some haven’t arrived in these parts yet. But just you wait till that first decent snowfall. The gang will all be here! Many a new first-time feeder person is amazed at the array of birds they can attract, and at how much they can observe and learn about them from the warmth of their living room. Almost without realizing you are learning things, you become familiar enough with the common species to be able to recognize them at a glance, just by their size and behavior. Thus, titmice and chickadees grab a seed and fly away; house finches park themselves on the feeder and nibble away. We here in East Tennessee live in a good part of the country for bird feeding. We’re midway between the deep-freeze snowy north where winter feeder birds are a small (but hardy) crew, and the semitropical coastal areas like Florida and Texas where the feeders are visited by hordes of colorful and exotic species reminiscent of an aviary at the zoo. In our winters here, we

enjoy a familiar and fairly stable population of resident birds that have been here all year long but seem to need us for a boost through the long, tough winter. Some of them we seldom see, such as brown thrashers or field sparrows, except for under the feeder in the winter. These birds are joined in the winter by migrants from farther north, here to enjoy the food supplies of our milder winters, such as the white-throated sparrows (a very common winter bird here, gone in the spring), as well as purple finches, darkeyed juncos, pine siskins and the like. And then there is the great fun of finding an unusual or out-of-place bird there amongst the usual ones. It happens every year, and people get the word out and head on over to see the rare visitor. For example, the first part of this last February, in the dead of winter, there appeared at a feeder in Maryville an amazing sight: an adult male painted bunting, a small, spectacular red, blue, green and yellow bird of the summertime Carolina and Georgia coast. We drove over there on a cold rainy morning and saw and photographed the bird, hundreds of miles from its usual haunts and months out of season! East of the Mississippi, the only species of hummingbird that nests is the

mal depth and freshmen are not easy plug-ins. Three pretty good players are gone from the defense, but that unit will be better instead of worse. Replacing A.J. Johnson will be the first order of spring business. If Jakob Johnson can’t do it, Dillon Bates can. Justin Coleman never was fast enough, but he refused to yield his spot in the secondary. Tennessee is not overflowing with DBs. It would be really good to bring in more corners. Assuming Kahlil McKenzie and Shy Tuttle arrive as scheduled, both will be seen and heard. They might achieve at defensive tackle some of what Derek Barnett did at end. That would take care of the void created by Jordan Williams’ departure. We know who will kick placements. We think incoming Tommy Townsend may emerge as punter. Evan Berry will get better on returns. Cheers! The 2015 outlook is exciting. This next team might be good for eight or nine wins, even with Arkansas coming onto the schedule. If it hits 10, send me an email about being old and too conservative. Marvin West’s address is westwest6@ netzero.com.

ruby-throated. But more and more every year, folks around here are hosting overwintering rufous hummers at their feeders. Normally western birds, the rufous hummers nest in the Pacific Northwest and winter in Central America. But for some reason the little guys are showing up here in the fall, and people keep their feeders filled all winter for them, rigging up light bulbs to keep the feeders from freezing. We hopped over to a lovely, feeder-filled yard in a local neighborhoodl last winter and stood there enjoying the surreal experience of watching a beautiful rusty-brown male rufous hummingbird, thousands of miles from its normal winter habitat in Costa Rica or Belize, happily feeding. A good way to enhance your feeder enjoyment is to keep your bird bath open all winter. Water can be scarce in winter, especially in times of freezing temperatures. You can purchase small bird bath heaters that will do the job. You’ll be surprised to see how many of your feathered customers that will attract, with water flying everywhere and others waiting for their turn. It’s almost winter! Get those bags of black oil sunflower seed (it’s cheaper this year) and white proso millet, nyger (thistle) seed and suet cakes, and settle down to enjoy your own flock of appreciative feathered entertainers. It’s way more fun than shoveling snow.

Catching up Bill Johns of Farragut and Mike Palazzolo, mayor-elect for the city of Germantown, Tenn., catch up on community leadership, trends and partnerships at Huey’s in Germantown over Thanksgiving holiday week. Both Palazzolo and Johns were members of the inaugural class of Leadership Germantown in 1996. Photo submitted

What will Jimmy do? This is a special time of year for Congressional representatives. Election winners can chill for several weeks before beginning 22 months of fundraising for the next contest. For U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., “Jimmy” to his admiring constituents, campaign finance is almost an afterthought. A breakfast here, a luncheon there, a boat cruise, a reception for some well-heeled donors and he’s good to go. And why worry? Since 2000, when he polled better than 89 percent against a Libertarian candidate, Duncan’s tally has not fallen below 72.5 percent of votes cast. In an era when the average Congressional candidate raises close to $2 million, Duncan’s take peaked at $731,000 in 2006. John J. Duncan Sr. held the seat now occupied by his son from 1965 until his death in 1988. As we ring in 2015, a Duncan will have represented Tennessee’s Second Congressional District for 50 years. That’s family job security in a way the nation’s architects never conceived, but that’s another story. For now it’s more instructive to consider the dark clouds stalking the sun-drenched Duncan dynasty. Duncan will be 69 years old with 28 years in the House before the next election in 2016. His father died in office at that age, a fact that surely hasn’t escaped his son’s notice. Any thought of slipping into a comfortable retirement with the Duncan sinecure untroubled by pretenders to the throne probably vanished when the heir apparent, John Duncan III, stumbled badly after winning election to the Knox County Trustee’s office in 2010. Maybe it’s something in the water in that office. What-

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ever the reason, the apple of Dad’s eye sold his birthright for a few thousand dollars in unearned “bonuses.” So, absent serious rehabilitation of John III’s image, the elder Duncan must hold serve for a while. Could anything break it? Maybe. Duncan is a member of the party whose goal for the next two years is to fiddle while Rome burns and hope the flames engulf the White House. Shutting down the government, impeaching the president and refusing to raise the debt ceiling are a few of the stratagems being touted by the likes of Sen. Ted Cruz and other escapees from the asylum. If the Republicancontrolled House and Senate run the country over a cliff in the next two years, will Duncan follow? Would the backlash be painful enough to make a race for the Second District competitive? Duncan artfully maintains a low profile. He defied the Republican leadership in opposing the Iraq war, but he’s generally stayed loyal. But it’s not hard to imagine Cruz and company, mainly through inaction, triggering a deep global recession or worse, and folks will want to know where Duncan stands. And then there’s Tim. Is Burchett a potential rival when his mayoral term expires in 2018? Does it rain in Seattle? To Mr. and Ms. Local Loyal Republican: That “WWJD” bracelet you’re wearing could soon be asking, “What will Jimmy do?”

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Johnson versus ‘Nashville-centric’ mentality Gloria Johnson is a glutton for punishment, as evidenced by the fact that she’s running again, this time for Te n n e s s e e Democratic Party chair, a position that some Johnson might consider even less enviable than the one she lost last month. It would have been her second term in the House of Representatives, where she was one of just 27 Democrats in a 99-member body. Her chief opponents are Nashville radio personality and progressive activist Mary Mancini, who lost a primary bid for state Senate, and Knoxville lawyer Terry Adams, who ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary for the privilege of facing Republican incumbent Lamar Alexander. They were selected by a committee

Betty Bean that whittled down a field of about a dozen contenders. The three were slated for public vetting in a series of six meetings (two in each Grand Division). In typically chaotic Democratic Party fashion, there could be other candidates as well. Lenda Sherrell, who spent a huge wad of money trying to unseat ethically challenged incumbent Scott DesJarlais, showed up for East Tennessee meetings in Morristown and Sweetwater. Others could materialize and probably won’t be barred from running. This time around, the voters Johnson must woo are the 72 members of the Democratic Executive Committee, composed of one male and one female committee representative from

each senate district plus six ex-officio members. There is an appropriate sense of urgency around this election, acknowledging the party’s endangered status. The traveling candidate road show is a response to growing complaints that the party’s leadership is too Nashville-centric. Rural Democrats (truly an endangered species) complain that they are being ignored. Johnson, whose district tilts Republican by a 53-47 margin, agrees with them. She was identified as the GOP’s top target this year, and despite running a wellorganized campaign lost by 183 votes to Republican Eddie Smith. Two years ago she won by a narrow margin. She says the primary difference between 2014 and 2012 was early help from Nashville two years ago, when the party sent two field organizers to Knoxville to help set up the campaign. “Roy Herron (the present chair) has a different philos-

ophy,” Johnson said. “He’s got the idea that you raise a whole bunch of money and give it to the candidate at the end. But it’s better to organize, determine who the persuadable voters are. The field organizers did that and really helped activate volunteers.” “I’m a proven fundraiser,” she said. “I raised more in my area for a state race than ever (a little over $200,000). There are people who still think you just need a ton of money. I don’t think that. I think you need a ground game.” Johnson also believes the party leaders didn’t understand Knox County voters’ crossover voting habits. “They were looking at my numbers as if they were Nashville numbers and didn’t realize how close it really was. They haven’t had a race like mine. You look at Knoxville numbers differently because we just don’t have Democratic primaries.”

New life for blighted properties Last week, City Council approved the $10,000 sale of a blighted property on East Quincy Avenue. In recent years, the property had racked up 31 lot violations, and a tree was growing through the front porch of the crumbling home.

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The sale will be finalized through the city’s Homemaker Program, and the pending owner is a neighbor who plans to rehabilitate the property for her mother. The sale of five Homemaker properties was approved during the meeting. Four will require purchasers to rehab existing structures or build new ones. One is an empty lot that will be taken over by an adjacent homeowner. Kathy Ellis, senior project specialist, has overseen the program for seven years. She has run off vagrants and raccoons during her investigations, and she’s witnessed the rehabilitation of 19 properties. While most view life “from the cradle to the grave,” Ellis sees things backward. “In my case, I go from the grave back to the cradle.” The Homemaker Program was established in the 1980s to acquire and sell blighted properties in Mechanicsville. In 1995, it was expanded to address the rest of Knoxville. It is

Now stabilized, this East Quincy Avenue property will be sold and rehabilitated through the city’s Homemaker Program. currently a disposition program rather than an acquisition program. But Ellis also works to acquire blighted properties. Abandoned properties are brought to the city’s attention by neighbors, law enforcement, the fire department, or tax and codes authorities, and her goal is to negotiate a sale − if she can locate the owners. That happens about 10 percent of the time. Funds for acquiring blighted properties come from the city’s Chronic Problem Properties Fund. The total cost of staff time, a title search, an appraisal and legal expenses is approximately $50,000 for each parcel. Mayor Madeline Rogero, and Mayor Bill Haslam before her, have strongly supported programs that battle blight, and it takes money, says Ellis. “We get almost everything we ask for.” After last week’s prop-

erty sale, there are no lots with structures available. But there are unimproved lots for sale − nine in Five Points, 17 in Lonsdale, one in North /Northwest Knoxville, and eight in East Knoxville. Because one of the goals of the Homemaker Program is to provide affordable housing, applications for the purchase of lots must include a plan for a new home. If the lot isn’t buildable, it can be added to an adjacent residential property. The Homemaker Committee meets monthly to review applications in order to find the best fit for each neighborhood. Applicants with the highest bid aren’t always chosen, Ellis says. Some are picked because they have rehab experience and ready funds. Once approved, applicants are required to put down 10 percent of the purchase price. Within 90 days, site plans must be approved

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government Bernstein retires … sort of One of Knoxville’s most distinguished attorneys, Bernard Bernstein, is retiring from law practice the end of the year, less than 30 days from now. Bernstein, 83, will maintain an office at the Bernstein, Stair and McAdams law firm on Agnes Street in West Knoxville.

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As appellate court judge Charles Susano said in regard to Bernstein, “He taught me how to be a lawyer.” Married over 50 years to wife Barbara, Bernstein has been a leader in many fields. He was president of both the Knoxville Bar Association and Heska Amuna Synagogue. In a 1976 non-partisan election, Knox County voters elected him – by a substantial margin – as a delegate to the 1977 state constitutional convention along with Leonard Ambrose and E. Bruce Foster Jr. During the Korean War, Bernstein served in the U.S. Air Force in intelligence. He and his wife received the Clayton Award from the Knoxville Museum of Art for outstanding service. They are strong supporters of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra as well as the Museum of Art. They have lived on Corteland Drive in West Hills for many years. Bernstein has always taken constitutional rights seriously and advocated for liberty and personal freedom. This was clearly displayed over 35 years ago when he picketed a display of items from the Soviet Union at the City County Building due to the mistreatment of Jews in the Soviet Union under Communist rule. He carried a sign on Main Street in front of the building and attracted much attention to the Soviet treatment of Jews and restrictions on their right to leave that country. Bernstein was the person I turned to as mayor to chair the commission to look at the issue of establishing a

by the Infill Committee, and within 120 days, all financing must be in place. Construction must begin within 180 days of the deed transfer, and the build must be completed within one year. If the purchaser doesn’t meet any part of the Homemaker agreement, the city can take the property back. While Ellis enjoys seeing the birth of a new home, thoughts of the original owner are never far from her mind. “Every home, every lot, has a story. It belonged to a family, and there were happy times and sad times there. I never go to an abandoned property without thinking about that,” she says. A list of available lots is on the city website, www. cityofknoxville.org. Info: 215-2120. Note: Due to scheduling conflicts, there will be ■ Knox County Republican Party Christmas/Hanukkah no Sign Task Force meeting Gala will be 6 p.m. Monday, on Tuesday, Dec. 8. It will be Dec. 8, at Rothchild Catering rescheduled in January. and Conference Center, 8807

police civilian review board for Knoxville after several persons had died in police custody. His reputation for fairness, integrity and intelligence was such that his chairing that group gave it instant credibility. I took to heart the Bernstein Commission’s recommendations for the creation of such a board, and I established it by executive order when it became apparent that the then-City Council would not vote for it. Two years later the panel was so successful that the council did an about-face and unanimously created it by ordinance, so a future mayor could not abolish it by a similar executive order. Bernstein says he will continue to be active in the community and with his family. He is now a grandfather to a granddaughter and grandson who live in San Francisco. While Bernstein’s legal expertise will be missed as a practicing lawyer, his community service will continue, which is good news for Knoxville. ■ Don’t be surprised if more than 55 legislators publicly endorse House Speaker Beth Harwell’s candidacy for another term. That would be a majority within the 73-member GOP caucus and the entire 99-member House. One change House Republicans ought to make in their election procedure is to announce the actual vote for the various leaders elected. Current practice announces the result without giving the vote totals. ■ Norris Dryer, the Green Party candidate for Congress, died a week before the Nov. 4 election, but his death did not slow down those wanting to support him. Dryer actually got more votes on Election Day after his death than he did when he was still alive and able to campaign during early voting. In Knox County early voting, Dryer got 1,493 votes, and after his death on Nov. 4 he got 1,515 votes. Dryer ran several times for office and was a longtime member of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. ■ This writer is getting his left hip replaced this week after getting a new right hip over two years ago.

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color is pink, a lifting of the penitential somberness. So, this Advent, I hope you will find ways to wait meaningfully. In the midst of what has become the Christmas flurry, take time for Advent. Pray, read Scripture, talk about Advent with your family, consider what hope, peace, joy and love mean to you. Bake a loaf of bread for a neighbor, listen, sing, decorate your home gradually, moving toward Christmas, instead of saying, “Bam! It’s Christmas!” Find time to think about the Child, and not just the children. When I hear people say off-handedly, “Oh, Christmas is all about the children,” I want to scream “No, it isn’t! It is all about the Child!” Get ready for Christmas. Get ready for the Child. Get ready for hope, peace, joy, love. Get ready to be blessed.

Therefore wait for me, says the Lord, for the day when I arise as a witness. (Zephaniah 3:8 NRSV) Patience is not just about waiting for something … it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting. (Joyce Meyer) “I can’t wait till Christmas!” How many times have you heard those words from a child? But of course, we all have to wait. Our eagerness will not make the day come earlier. The season of Advent was created as a time of preparation, of looking forward, of meaningful waiting. An-tici-pa-tion, as the old ketchup commercial said. It is not a celebration, but a time of penitential consideration, of recognizing our limitations, our sinfulness, our need for a savior. For that reason, the

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■ Breakfast with Santa, 8:3010:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, Norwood UMC, 2110 Merchant Drive. Pancakes, fruit and juice with Santa Claus. Free, but a nonperishable item for the church food pantry requested.

■ Christmas Lantern Express Trains will run Fridays through Sundays through Sunday, Dec. 21. Reservations available. Features holiday treats, story time with celebrity readers, and a visit with Santa. Info/ schedule/reservations: www. ThreeRiversRambler.com.

■ Brunch with Santa for ages toddler through 12 years old, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, Christ UMC gym, 7535 Maynardville Highway. $5 per person or $20 for family of five. Reservations required by Friday, Dec. 12, to 922-1412. ■ Christmas drive-through exhibit: “The Life of Christ,” 7-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6-7, Fellowship Christian Church, 746 Tazewell Pike in Luttrell. Sponsored by Cedar Ford Baptist Church, Clear Branch Baptist Church, Fellowship Christian Church, New Friendship Baptist Church, Union Baptist Church, Warwick’s Chapel Baptist Church. All welcome.

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The upcoming rummage sale will feature By Carol Shane Ludell Coffey, 35-year member of Broad- not only affordable clothing and household way Baptist Church, speaks enthusiastical- items “and probably some Christmas decoly about the church’s upcoming rummage rations,” says Coffey, but hearty, cheap eats. “We’ll have sausale. sage, biscuits and “Every item is no gravy, juice and cofmore than $1,” she fee in the morning. says. I ask if that apThe meal costs a plies to furniture dollar. Then in the and larger objects. afternoon there will “Whatever gets dobe beans and cornnated,” she says, “it’ll bread for lunch, also only be a dollar!” for a dollar. Coffey and her “We’ll have cookfellow BBC memies, four for a dollar. bers are dedicated So a family of four to helping those can eat lunch with in the region who dessert for $5.” Cofstruggle economifey is excited to ofcally. She was one fer the food as well of the driving forces as the merchandise. behind Renaissance She and her colTerrace, an assistleagues want the ed-living facility lorummage sale to be cated in the building Monday-Thursday, Dec. a real “go-to” event that used to house 19-Jan. 4; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. for families who the church’s dayFridays and Saturdays; 1-9 could use a little care center. “The p.m. Sundays. Info: www. help this holiday knoxvillesholidaysonice.com. dream,” says Coffey, season. “was that we could “It’s a Wonderful Life,” The rummage renovate the build1 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. sale takes place ing, and it would be 14, Tennessee Theatre, 604 from 8 a.m. to 4 for middle-income S. Gay St. Free, but seating p.m. Saturday, Dec. is limited. Info: www. people. homefederalbanktn.com. 6, at Broadway Bap“We raised $8.75 tist Church, 815 million thanks to The Living Christmas Tree, N. Broadway, just grants from the 3 and 6 p.m., Saturday and north of Central state of Tennessee, Sunday, Dec. 13-14, Wallace Avenue. For more Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Knox County and Merchant Drive. Free tickets: information, or to the Haslam Foundawww.wmbc.net; from Wallace tion. (Former state make a donation or church members; and at the volunteer, call (865) Sen.) Ben Atchley church during office hours. 524-2575. helped a lot. Plus, Send story suggestions to The Nativity Pageant of some church emn e w s @ s h o p p e r n e w s n ow. Knoxville, 3 p.m. Saturday ployees had pledges com. and Sunday, Dec. 13-14, and taken out of their 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, paychecks. It took Knoxville Civic Coliseum. Free. us at least 15 years, Info: www.KnoxvilleNativity. but Renaissance com or 579-5323. Broadway Baptist Church wants Terrace was finished Xfinity Christmas in everyone – including those in 2008 and is occuChilhowee, 6-9 p.m. Friday, struggling with expenses – to pied.” Dec. 12, Chilhowee Park. Live have a wonderful holiday seaThe facility is owned and operated by Semusic, lighting of the tree, son. Photo by Carol Shane nior Citizens Home Assistance Service Inc., kids’ activities, and more. Info: which is accredited by the National Assowww.cityofknoxville.org/ ciation for Home Care and Hospice.

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Glenwood Baptist provides Thanksgiving meals By Cindy Taylor “After this there was a feast.” This quote from the book of John means a great deal to members of Glenwood Baptist Church Powell. More than 100 people who participate in the John 5 ministry at the church enjoyed a free Thanksgiving dinner last week. John and Joyce Smith and Terry and Carolyn Alfrey head up the church’s mission team, which feeds 20-25 families twice each month. Three years ago the team added a special treat: a Thanksgiving meal. Members began cooking and preparing for the meal three days in advance. Jerelene Perryman and Maxine Gunter were in charge of the kitchen, with help from eight volunteers and many other church members. And after that, they feasted. More than 25 families were served and then provided with their own Thanksgiving food, including a turkey, to take home after the meal. Glenwood Baptist Church is at 7212 Central Avenue Pike. Info: 938-2611. The church is accepting appointments for the John 5 food pantry.

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Wrapped in red FaithWalk to raise awareness of HIV/AIDs By Bonny C. Millard Wearing red scarves, community members from different walks of life and religious afﬁliations will gather during the 2014 FaithWalk and Al Ichiki 5K to raise awareness about HIV/ AIDs and to support those living with the disease. The third a n n u a l Dr. Al Ichiki walk, hosted by Samaritan Ministry, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. The fundraiser is also about celebrating life, said Wayne Smith, ministry director. Participants will start at the Church of Immaculate Conception and walk through the historic Fourth and Gill neighborhood. Smith said the event coincides with the annual

World AIDs Day on Dec. 1 and was created in the early days to memorialize people who had died from the disease. The focus of the walk has now shifted to not only memorialize the deceased but to recognize those who are maintaining life, said Sm it h. Improve ments in medicines and treatments since about 2007 have increased the life expectancy and improved health of AIDS patients, he said. “Today we usually try to ﬁnd ways to celebrate life and celebrate living and (to ﬁnd) ways to draw awareness and attention to the ongoing epidemic of HIV in a way that’s positive and uplifting,” Smith said.

The Samaritan Ministry grew out of a small committee of members of Central Baptist Church of Bearden. The group looked at the medical aspects of AIDs and at ways to educate people about the disease. Smith, who was an elementary school principal, was invited to join. He began volunteering with the group in February 1996. When he retired in 2001, he started working full-time as director. This year, the 5K Run was added to reach another demographic of people and named in honor of Dr. Al Ichiki. Ichiki, a researcher at University of Tennessee Medical Center, offered his support in the early days, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when people were starting to be diagnosed. Ichiki became a “support system when really nobody else wanted to get involved,” said Smith. “So his involvement was really groundbreaking at the time. … He

was a facilitator of a support group – Living with HIV.” Samaritan Ministry took over the support group in 2000 as a sponsor. “It was a thing that really was kind of new in a Baptist church, sponsoring an HIV support group for men, and a lot of the men were gay,” said Smith, who became close friends with Ichiki. Smith said Ichiki, who died in 2006, was extremely knowledgeable about HIV/ AIDs and provided information about the latest medical developments so that the ministry could better serve its population. He also provided contact with groups and leaders on the national level, said Smith. “He just really was responsible for giving us some credibility in those early years. Al got us in the door. We had to do things right to keep those friends.” The race is a way to honor his work, said Smith. “He was just a dear friend, and like I said, a mentor, and really important to the HIV community in Knoxville.” Deadline to register is 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5. Info: samaritanofﬁce@gmail.com/.

Deciding between wants versus needs My wife does most of the shopping in our family. When our four children were still young, that could be quite a feat at times. As she walked up and down aisles, little hands reached for toys, cereal boxes, and Pokemon cards. Apparently, my wife had heard more than her fair share of, “Mommy, I need ...” Consequently, she tried hard to instill in our children a difference between “wanting” something and “needing” something. How do I know? Because my son would frequently correct me by saying, “Daddy, you may want that, but you don’t need it.” My wife did a good job. If you were to ask me right after being corrected by my ﬁve-year-old, I might have said, “Too good of a job.” But I’m constantly amazed at how many glimpses of God one can see in children if one will just look and listen. I wonder how differently God would view my “want” list from how I view it. ■ I want prosperity, but I may need poverty in order

Steve Higginbotham to seek God’s wealth. ■ I want good health, but I may need illness in order to long for heaven. ■ I want abundance, but I may need inadequacy in order to depend more on God. ■ I want success, but I may need to experience failure in order to be humble before God. ■ I want acceptance, but I may need rejection in order to better understand how God must feel. ■ I want security, but I may need to feel insecure in order to lean more heavily upon God. ■ I want power, but I may need weakness in order to rely upon God’s power. Yes, my son was right. There probably are a lot of things I want that I really don’t need. What about you?

FAITH NOTES Community services ■ Cross Roads Presbyterian, 4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday. ■ Dante Church of God, 410 Dante School Road, will distribute Boxes of Blessings (food) 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 13. Info: 689-4829. ■ Glenwood Baptist Church, 7212 Central Avenue Pike, is accepting appointments for the John 5 Food Pantry. Info: 938-2611. Your call will be returned.

Classes/meetings ■ First Comforter Church Fellowship Hall, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788. ■ Powell Church hosts Recovery 6 p.m. each Tuesday

at 323 W. Emory Road, followed by a meal and worship at 7 p.m. Small sharing groups will convene at 8:15 p.m. The recovery plan focuses on individuals and families who are struggling with addiction. There is no charge. Info: www. recoveryatpowell.com or 938-2741.

Music programs ■ Fairview Free Will Baptist Church choir, 135 Fairview Church Road, will present the Christmas musical “He Is Here,” 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 7. All are invited.

Special programs ■ First Lutheran Church, 1207 N. Broadway, will host “A Christmas Evening at First Lutheran,” Sunday, Dec. 14. Activities include: Sunday school program, 5 p.m.; live nativity outdoors until 8 p.m.; handbell concert, 6:30 p.m.; soup and sandwiches available all evening. The public is invited.

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Fantasy of Trees celebrates 30 years Fantasy of Trees is an annual event featuring beautifully decorated trees, mantels and wreaths that are donated to benefit East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. The event is held Thanksgiving weekend at the Knoxville Convention Center and gets bigger each year. In addition to beautiful holiday decorations, Fantasy of Trees features live entertainment, a carousel, children’s activities and a visit from Santa Claus.

Haley Plemons shows the mini tree that she decorated at Fantasy of Trees. Photos by R. White

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Fun and games at Norwood Elementary

Ethan Elliott and Joshua Washington get ready to play Scrabble with Joshua’s mom, Yolanda.

Carson Elliott and his brother, Ethan, show off the game baskets they won during Norwood Elementary School’s family game night. Photos by R. White

Jonathan Campbell plays Monopoly with his mom, Wendy.

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■ Knox North Lions Club meets 1 p.m. each first and third Wednesday, Puleo’s Grille, 110 Cedar Lane. Info: https://www. facebook.com/knoxnorthlions/. ■ Northwest Democratic Club meets 6 p.m. each first Monday, Austin’s Steak & Homestyle Buffet, 900 Merchant Drive. Info: Nancy Stinnette, 688-2160, or Peggy Emmett, 687-2161.

■ Substitute Teacher Recruitment Fair will be held 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, Central High School, 5321 Jacksboro Pike. Prior to attending, applicants are encouraged to complete the substitute teacher applica-

Norwood Elementary’s community school hosted a family game night to kick off the Thanksgiving holiday. The event, sponsored by the Boys & Girls Club and the Norwood PTA, featured a variety of board games, cards, refreshments and opportunities to win game baskets.

Ellie Marlow enjoys a game of bingo during family game night.

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Webb School ■ Admissions open house meeting hosted by Webb Lower School, 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in the Lower School library. Info/RSVP: Deborah Welsch, 291-3864 or webbschool.org/openhousesK-5.

T. Hodge-Harper (#24) goes in for the layup to score two points for Northwest Middle School. The Rangers hosted the Holston Middle School Hurricanes last week. ■

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The Northwest Middle School basketball teams headed into the Thanksgiving break with two big wins on the record. The teams defeated Powell Middle and Holston Middle at the end of November and hope the victories continue after the break. Both the boys and the

girls Ranger teams have managed to get on the boards early and maintain a strong lead over their opponents. Both will host Bearden Middle on Thursday, Dec. 4. Games begin at 4:30 p.m. with girls tipping off first, followed by the boys’ game.

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Shot at a RAM clinic in Bristol, “Remote Area Medical” focuses on people whose desperate need for health care complicates their lives.

RAM filmmakers hope to inspire support By Betsy Pickle Making the documentary “Remote Area Medical” was a learning experience for first-time filmmaker Farihah Zaman. “People are more than just the sum of their struggles,” says Zaman, noting one of the truths that came from the experience. RAM, which was founded by Stan Brock and based in South Knoxville until a recent move to Rockford, provides free, high-quality medical, dental and vision care to people who cannot afford it. RAM schedules clinics all over the country with the help of hundreds of medical personnel. Zaman and her co-director, Jeff Reichert, were inspired to make the film after volunteering at a RAM clinic in Pikeville, Ky. They were moved by the experience, and after many years working in the film industry they were looking for a project for their directorial debut. “We wanted to share that story with other people,” she says. After Pikeville, it didn’t take long to decide to make the film, Reichert says. “It took a really long time introducing ourselves to RAM and Stan (Brock) and making him comfortable with the idea of doing the film,” says Reichert. “We had to convince them we don’t have an agenda. We don’t have a policy outcome we’re trying to push. “Originally, our idea was to show how

you run a clinic, what it takes. Once we started meeting the patients, it changed entirely. You can see Stan on the news and see how big the clinics are, but you’re not hearing as much in depth.” Zaman says they chose to shoot at the clinic in Bristol because “Appalachia is so incredibly beautiful, and the people are gracious. In addition to that, it’s overlooked by the rest of the country. This was an opportunity to give them a voice.” The shoot made sense logistically, the filmmakers say, and there was another big factor. “It took place in a NASCAR speedway – a huge, expensive leisure center hosting something so different,” says Zaman. “That said a lot without making a big point out of it.” The filmmakers tried to find patients who had good stories before they started shooting so they could follow them through the process. Zaman says they couldn’t help but get involved at times. They hope the film opens people’s eyes to some harsh medical realities in this country and makes them think about how they can help, through volunteering or working to cut through the red tape that RAM often experiences. “Most states don’t allow doctors not licensed in their state to practice,” says Zaman. “They need the out-of-state help. RAM needs to draw from what exists.”

Post-holiday short list By Betsy Pickle After the big Thanksgiving push, the movie scene this week is a bit more lowkey. The documentary “Remote Area Medical,” which was shot in Bristol and had a premiere at the Tennessee Theatre last year, starts a regular run this week. (Please see the accompanying interview with the directors.)

The widest release belongs to the horror film “The Pyramid.” U.S. archaeologists discover an ancient pyramid buried in the Egyptian desert and, while exploring it, become lost. As they try to figure a way out, they realize they’re not alone in the pyramid – and they’re being hunted. The cast includes a bunch of people you’ve never heard of, along with the tre-

mendously talented Denis O’Hare. Gregory Levasseur, known for co-writing “The Hills Have Eyes” (2006) and “High Tension,” directed. Fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 will want to check out Rifftrax Live: “Santa Claus,” in which the MST3K guys tear apart the 1959 Mexican holiday nonclassic. It will play at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at West Town and Tinseltown.

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THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 14 ■ “The Game’s Afoot” by Ken Ludwig presented by Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: theatreknoxville. com or at the door. Info: theatreknoxville.com.

THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 21 ■ “A Christmas Carol,” Clarence Brown Theatre Mainstage, UT campus. Info/tickets/ performances: 974-5161 or clarencebrowntheatre.com/.

FRIDAY ■ First Friday Gallery and Kwanzaa Holiday Marketplace, 6-9 p.m., Downtown African American Art Gallery, Suite 106, The Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St.

David Dwyer as the mysterious Herr Drosselmeyer has just given the magical nutcracker to Clara, danced by Harris Wilbanks. Photo by Richard Calmes

By Carol Shane Those who know Amy Morton Vaughn know that she sleeps, eats and breathes ballet. The artistic director of the Appalachian Ballet Company (ABC) is excited about recent changes she’s made to the company’s annual production of “The Nutcracker.” “This year, the audience will be treated to lots of new choreography, dancers and soloists,” she says. Acclaimed as an educator, director and choreographer – and a prima ballerina herself in the ’80s and ’90s – Morton Vaughn is tireless in her devotion to the dance. Right now she’s not only rehearsing her “Nutcracker” cast but also teaching classes as usual at the Van Metre School of Dance, which is the ABC’s official school and one of the oldest businesses in Blount County, having been founded by Cheryl Van Metre in the late 1950s. Chartered in 1972, the Appalachian Ballet Com-

pany grew out of the school and is now the resident dance company of the Clayton Center for the Arts. Morton Vaughn took the reins in 1997, and the ABC’s talented dancers perform a three-program season, offering a wide repertory from traditional classics to creative contemporary ballets. And in an age when more ballet companies are opting for recorded music, “the Appalachian Ballet Company continues to show extraordinary commitment to live music,” says music director Sande MacMorran, who will conduct the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in the upcoming performances. “Forty-one years of ‘The Nutcracker’ with full orchestra!” Part of MacMorran’s job is to accommodate the special musical needs of the solo dancers. And this year, he’ll be accommodating a lot of them. Some starring roles are double-cast, and Morton

Vaughn says, “I have three male guest artists coming for the first weekend and three separate male guest artists coming for the second weekend, which is very exciting! I’ll get to work with six different professional dancers! “I’ve done lots of new choreography for the Spanish dance, and this year we’ll have both male and female dancers for the Russian dance, so get ready for those big leaps!” she continues. “But I’m most excited about the Arabian dance,” she admits, referring to the sinuous dance set to Tchaikovsky’s exotic music. “I’ve made lots of changes in it.” Actor David Dwyer, most recently seen in “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” and the TV series “Reckless,” reprises his role as Herr Drosselmeyer, the mysterious toymaker who introduces the magical nutcracker to the Stahlbaum family at their annual

Christmas party. Kylie Morton Barry, one of Morton Vaughn’s two professionally dancing daughters, will portray the Sugarplum Fairy. And of course there’ll be dancing dolls and snowflakes, gingerbread kids, toy soldiers, angels and marauding mice. “We have over 100 performers this year!” Morton Vaughn says. It all makes for a thrilling family adventure that you don’t want to miss. This year’s Appalachian Ballet Company production of “The Nutcracker” will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium. Two further performances will be presented at 2 and 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13, at The Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville. Tickets and info: www. appalachianballet.com or 656-4444 or 877-995-9961. Send story suggestions to news@ shoppernewsnow.com.

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■ KSO Musical Storytimes for Kids, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. For preschool-aged children and their caregivers. Free and open to the public. Info: 947-6210. ■ Opening reception for the Arts & Culture Alliance 2014 Members Show, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St. On display through Dec. 23. Info/hours: 523-7543 or www. knoxalliance.com. ■ Opening reception for Chasing Light: New Works by Kathie Odom, 5-8 p.m., The District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike. Meet the artist, holiday cuisine from Gourmet’s Market, live music by Michael Whitesides. Exhibit runs through Dec. 30.

SATURDAY ■ Dor L’Dor, Klezmer: Music for Hannukah, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org. ■ Oak Ridge Community Orchestra concert, 2 p.m., First Baptist Church of Oak Ridge Sanctuary, on the corner of the Oak Ridge Turnpike and LaFayette Drive. Admission is free; donations at the door to support the orchestra’s routine operating expenses will be appreciated. ■ Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, 9-10 a.m., Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center, 1127 Broadway. For ages 4-5. Cost: $18. Info: 523-1401 or www.cityofknoxville.org/recreation/ arts. ■ Scott Hamilton & Friends on Ice, 5-6:30 p.m., Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. All proceeds will benefit the Provision CARES Foundation and the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation supporting cancer education and wellness, clinical research and patient assistance. Tickets: $22 and $32.50. Info: 684-2616, www.provisonhp.com ■ Vega String Quartet in concert, 7:30 p.m., Pollard Auditorium, 210 Badger Road, Oak Ridge. Presented by the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association. Tickets: $10 and $25. Info: 483-5569, www.orcma.org. ■ West Town Mall Holiday 5k race, in the mall parking lot near Charming Charlie. Registration: adult race, 7 a.m.; kids fun run (entry fee is donating toy for Angel Tree), 7:30. All proceeds go to Second Harvest Food Bank’s Food for Kids program and the Simon Youth Foundation, which helps atrisk students stay in school. Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest for attendees. Breakfast with Santa, 9 a.m. in the amphitheater in front of JCPenney. ■ Winter Concert, 8 p.m., Princess Theatre in downtown Harriman. Features: Roane State Community College Concert Choir, Jazz Band, Celebration Singers, faculty and guest musicians. Donations will be accepted at the door. Info: Brenda Luggie, 354-3000, ext. 4236; or luggieb@roanestate.edu.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY Yes, there’s barbecue. But Buddy’s turkey sandwich, with baked beans and corn on the cob, is just what you need if no one gave you any leftovers. Photo by Mystery Diner

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Rogero visits SMG newspaper club

The promise of Tennessee Promise By Bonny C. Millard The intrinsic value of Tennessee Promise is that students who are still in elementary school and even high school can start preparing for college now. Randy Boyd, who volunteered as special adviser on higher education for Gov. Bill Haslam last year, recently spoke to the Rotary Club of Knoxville, sharing the history of tnAchieves, Tennessee Promise and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drive to 55â&#x20AC;? initiative. The goal of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drive to 55â&#x20AC;? initiative is that 55 percent of Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population will have a post-secondary education, either a degree or certificate, by the year 2025, Boyd said. Tennessee Promise is a last-dollar scholarship program that will allow high school graduates to attend community colleges or technical schools for free starting in 2015. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What (Tennessee Promise) did was create a $350 million endowment that now allows us to offer a scholarship to every single graduate in all 95 counties,â&#x20AC;? Boyd said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Ś Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re able to tell kindergartners and first-graders and their parents that they can now go to college so they can

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start planning and changing their trajectory.â&#x20AC;? T h e ability to access a free college education can help students b e c ome b e t t e r prepared to Randy Boyd do well in college, Boyd said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re reading two grades below in third grade, you never catch up,â&#x20AC;? he said. Tennessee Promise started in Knoxville in 2008 when Boyd, founder and CEO of Radio Systems, worked with then-Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale to guide the development of tnAchieves, which gives high school students scholarships to attend community colleges or technical schools. Boyd chairs tnAchieves. The program helped students fill out federal student aid forms, required them to perform one day of community service for each semester and matched them with a mentor. Tennessee Promise, based on the same concept, will partner tnAchieves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big challenge,â&#x20AC;? Boyd said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we decide to do it, we can do it.â&#x20AC;?

By Sandra Clark Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero held a press conference of sorts for the two groups of kids who participate in the after-school newspaper club at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy. Questions ranged from â&#x20AC;&#x153;How much do you make?â&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is Santa Claus real?â&#x20AC;? Eric Vreeland, communications manager for the city, said Rogero had spent four hours earlier in intense financial discussions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; bonds, pensions or some such. So she was psyched. Rogero said 1,600 people work for the city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the boss of them, who is the boss of you?â&#x20AC;? asked one kid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One hundred eight-five thousand voters,â&#x20AC;? said Rogero. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What do you like best (about your job)?â&#x20AC;? asked another. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like solving problems,â&#x20AC;? said Rogero. She reads email and takes phone calls and attends meetings and cuts ribbons. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a busy job, being mayor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So the city of Knoxville is over 200 years old and has had 68 mayors,â&#x20AC;? I said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How many of them were women?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;One,â&#x20AC;? yelled the kids

Newspaper club members thank Mayor Rogero for visiting their newspaper club. Xaiver Hill (at right) clutches the business card the mayor gave each reporter. Photos by Ruth White

(who had been briefed). Rogero gave a hand sign, holding up one finger and then pointing to herself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How many black mayors?â&#x20AC;? she asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One,â&#x20AC;? was again the answer. Daniel Brown, who represents District 6 on City Council, was named mayor when Bill Haslam resigned to become governor. Madison Thomas asked how one becomes mayor. Rogero talked about campaigning including her most recent contest, â&#x20AC;&#x153;four guys and me.â&#x20AC;?

Rotary Foundation supports projects worldwide be rolled back home from a central source. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole lot better than carrying a water can on your head.â&#x20AC;? Driver said small donations can make a huge difference. She encouraged everyone to kick in to the Rotary Foundation this year. In other business, the North Rotary received a thank-you note from Alvin

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Jerry Griffey said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wonderful to belong to an organization that does so much good.â&#x20AC;? He had just heard Phyllis Driver describe projects of the Rotary Foundation, â&#x2013; Melanie D. Wilson, professor of law, associate dean for academic affairs, and director of diversity supported by Rotary Club and inclusion at the University of Kansas School of members throughout Knox Law, has been named the new dean of the UT Col- County. The Rotary Foundation lege of Law. Her tenure will begin July 1. is one of the most efficient â&#x2013; David Anderson, anthropology professor; non-profits, earning a 95 Taylor Eighmy, vice chancellor for research and percent rating on a recent engagement and professor of civil and environevaluation, Driver said. mental engineering; Liz Howell, professor of That means virtually all of biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology; John Larese, chemistry professor; and Dan Robthe money donated goes to erts, head of the department of biochemistry and an actual project (rather cellular and molecular biology, have been named than to fund-raising or adby American Association for the Advancement of ministrative overhead). Science to its 2014 class of fellows for their teachThe North Knoxville ing and research. Rotary Club, with just 34 â&#x2013; John McRae, architecture professor, was members, is a strong suprecently honored by the East Tennessee Chapter of porter of the Rotary Founthe American Institute of Architects with the AIA dation. Chris Rohwer said Gold Medal Award for his work as part of the UT the club has attained both Haiti Project and as part of Appalachia Community â&#x20AC;&#x153;STARâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eradicatorâ&#x20AC;? Health and Disaster Readinessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Project Appalachia. status. Rotary Foundation supports polio eradication

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Grace Lower School gives back Students complete missions projects By Danielle Taylor Serving our in community and beyond is an important part of the academic process at Grace Christian Academy. Each year, students are encouraged and expected to reach out to the needs of their fellow students, churches, local non-profit agencies, and people all across the world through meaningful mission experiences and service to others. The goal is to engage our students both academically and spiritually as they seek to glorify God through service to him. It is the hope that their work, combined with their personal experiences in ministry, will serve to enlighten their minds and inflame their hearts, that they might ultimately be transformed into both lifelong learners and servants of Christ. Our Lower School students, grades Junior Kindergarten through fi fth grade, have really jumped on board this year with seven different local and global mission projects. Collecting canned goods and making crafts for The Willows, serving Karns Volunteer Fire Department, and singing Christmas songs and making crafts at Autumn Care Assisted Living are among the service projects this year. In addition, our third grade students have joined with Blackmon Pediatrics and Harvest Field Ministries by opting to eat beans and rice in lieu of school lunch, thereby supporting a widow for six months with their lunch money. The fourth grade classes have stuffed

300 backpacks to be opened Christmas morning for missionaries in Belize, and our ﬁ fth graders are collecting school supplies and coats for Lonsdale Elementary. While no mission project is greater than another, both the Lower and Middle School students have adopted

one of our largest projects: Operation Christmas Child. Operation Christmas Child is the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind, using giftfi lled shoeboxes to share God’s love in a tangible way with needy children around the world. Since 1993, Samaritan’s Purse has collected and delivered more than 113 million gift-fi lled shoeboxes to children in over 150 countries through Operation Christmas Child. Individuals, families, churches, and groups fi ll empty shoeboxes with gifts of toys, school supplies, hygiene items, and notes of encouragement. National Collection Week is over, but you can still send good news and great joy to a child by building a shoebox online. You can make it your own by choosing from a list of gifts and then add a personal letter and photo. Samaritan’s purse will pack your shoebox and send it for you, for a suggested donation of just $25.

Visit www samaritanspurse.org/ operation-christmas-child/ buildonline to get started! A small shoebox can teach a child about the love of God, lead him or her to faith in Christ, inspire pastors, and plant new churches. What goes into the box is fun, but what comes out is eternal: the love of Jesus Christ.

By Danielle Taylor Over the last six months, we have broken down our six Core Values, which represent a Christian worldview and belief system as implemented by our teachers and staff here at Grace Christian Academy. At GCA, we are dedicated to being a distinctively Christian Academy that provides an educational experience developing students who are committed to changing the world for Christ. These Core Values

provide a guideline for our students, parents, and staff and promote an overall understanding of our Mission and Vision. The previous ﬁve Core Values concentrated on being Christ-Centered in all we do, the Truth of God’s Word, being the Church, the support of Family, and demonstrating Excellence. The sixth and ﬁnal Core Value, Service, is a perfect way to end the series, as this time of year is so very important to remember and serve others.

SERVICE Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. James 2:18 ■ GCA will seek to foster an environment where Biblical faith is shown by actions in our love to others. ■ GCA will seek to help students realize their personal gifts and abilities to be used for glorifying Christ through acts of service. ■ GCA will seek to provide opportunities to serve the local community in various mission projects. ■ GCA will seek to provide opportunities for on-campus ministry activities/events for the Grace community.

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