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IN THIS ISSUE Miracle Maker Thanks to YouTube, thousands have watched Halls Elementary School teacher Lauren Hopson express her concerns about changes that have been implemented in Knox County Schools. Hopson doesn’t hold back when her heart pushes her forward, as a video from an October school board meeting and another from last week’s show. But the audience she’s most concerned with is the group of 18 third graders counting on her skills and guidance to help them succeed this school year.

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

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The Powell High School Marching Band provides festive music during the Powell Christmas Parade. Christmastime’s a-comin’, y’all. Photo by Nancy Anderson

Haslam announces

$1.8 million for vocational equipment

Christmas comes to Heiskell Christmas was busting out all over at the Heiskell Community Center last Thursday. Senior members came to play bingo, exchange gifts and have a fabulous lunch. “We just love getting together for our Christmas party,” said center president Janice White. “Everyone always has a good time.”

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Oh, what might have been … For three consecutive bowl seasons, we have been stuck with the things that might have been. If all the 2011 Volunteers had given a decent effort against Kentucky and anybody had tackled the running “quarterback,” that year could have ended differently.

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Thanks, Diane! Jake Mabe “sings” “Thanks for the Memory” to former 7th District school board member Diane Dozier, who is retiring from the Knox County Clerk’s office.

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Gov. Bill Haslam was joined by local legislators Friday as he announced grants totaling $1,837,475 to fund equipment needed at Pellissippi State Community College and the Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville. Pellissippi State will receive $1,386,975 and TCAT-Knoxville will receive $450,000, with the grants funding two programs at each school. The money is part of $16.5 million in this year’s budget for equipment and technology related to workforce development programs at Tennessee colleges of applied technology and community colleges, part of Haslam’s “Drive to 55” effort to increase the number of Tennesseans with post-secondary credentials. Pellissippi State’s funds will go toward the school’s programs in advanced manufacturing and nursing. The funds for TCATKnoxville will be for its industrial maintenance program and a sec-

“These grants represent a substantial investment that will result in highly skilled workers,” Haslam said. “This will help meet the growing demand among employers in the region for well-trained employees.” In cooperation with TCATKnoxville, Pellissippi State’s engineering technology programs will not only train college students and employees of regional manufacturers, but also provide dual enrollment possibilities for local high school students at the Knox County Schools’ new Magnet Academy. The grant will enable doubling the student capacity in both programs. The Pellissippi State nursing program is currently in the proGov. Bill Haslam talks with Dr. Anthony Wise, president of Pellissippi State cess of expanding and will require Community College, during a presentation Friday. Pictured from left are new laboratories. The expansion state Reps. Roger Kane and Harry Brooks, state Sen. Becky Massey, Haslam will include an LPN to RN program, which is new to the college. and Wise. Photo by Ruth White The equipment consists of highond diesel powered equipment Doyle High School in partnership tech human simulation models and related technology. program on the campus of South- with Knox County Schools.

MLK Celebration names special guests By Sandra Clark The committee that’s organizing the local celebration for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday has announced three special guests: Memphis Mayor A. C. Wharton Jr. will speak at the annual Leadership Educational Symposium on Jan. 16. Wharton has served as mayor of Memphis since 2009 and also served two terms as mayor of Shelby County. During the morning symposium, he will lead a roundtable discussion on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as speak on topics relevant to

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Service at noon on Jan. 20, the official MLK Holiday. McKenna has been a teacher, superintendent and administrator as well as educational consultant to numerous school districts and other organizations. He is the subject of the CBS television movie, “The George McKenna Story” starring Denzel Washington. Except for the ticketed Awards Luncheon, all of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative events are open to the public without charge. Info: www. MLKKnoxville.com.

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Stella Marie exclaims it all

Madisonville teen finds hope in Asperger’s diagnosis Stella Marie Moore is almost starry-eyed as she talks about Temple Grandin, the 2010 HBO biopic about an autistic woman who went on to become a highly acclaimed doctor of animal science and autism activist. “When I saw that movie, I felt like we were connected,” she says. “I’m going to write a letter to her. I hope she writes me back. I think she will. She does math problems just like I do!” The way she talks in exclamation points – faster and louder than necessary – is clearly the excitement of a smart, vivacious 17-year-old high school junior discussing a favorite subject. More times than not, however, her fast and loud speech isn’t excitement – it’s Asperger’s syndrome, a high-functioning form of mild autism with which she was diagnosed just two years ago. The inability to modulate speech is just one of the many symptoms of Asperger’s, a pervasive development disorder commonly associated with an entire spectrum of autistic forms. The symptoms – and the degree to which they are manifested – vary from person to person but frequently include narrow interests, poor social interactions, awkwardness and poor coordination, and a tendency to take things literally. Often, other conditions may coexist with Asperger’s, such as Attention Deﬁcit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression, bipolar and anxiety disorders, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Although the cause of Asperger’s is not known, studies point to abnormalities in speciﬁc regions of the brain. Researchers have long suspected genetics and environmental components are contributing factors because of its tendency to run in families. Stella Marie, adopted at age 7 as a “severely abused” therapeutic foster

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

child, was one of ﬁve children taken from her parental home and each sent to live with separate foster families. Two of her brothers are mentally retarded. In fact, social workers – unable to understand Stella Marie’s garbled speech – were convinced that she was “moderately retarded” when they ﬁrst brought her to live with Darline and Harold Moore in their brick rancher on the outskirts of Madisonville. “Just because I wouldn’t answer

them when they said ‘Stella,’ they thought I was retarded,” Stella Marie says. “I tried to tell them that my name was Marie but they didn’t understand me at all. I didn’t know who they meant when they said ‘Stella’ because I had always been called Marie.” It soon became clear that she wasn’t retarded at all. But she did have problems, problems that led to a battery of tests that showed she was not only suffering from ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety,

About Temple Grandin Ph.D. “At four years of age, Temple Grandin wasn’t talking at all. Her father thought she should be institutionalized, but her mother refused, coaxing speech from her daughter and later setting her up with odd jobs so she would learn work skills despite her extreme anxieties. At the time, there was no diagnosis. More than six decades later, Grandin has become one of the nation’s foremost authorities on animal welfare and our pre-eminent advocate for people with autism. As someone operating on the very high end of the autistic spectrum, Grandin, 65, has become a sort of ambassador to what she calls the neurotypical world.” Read more at www.templegrandin.com.

but also from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Later, she entered the intensive outpatient program at Peninsula Lighthouse on Dowell Springs Road. For three hours a day, five days a week, she joined other teens in learning coping skills and better ways to look at situations. “She did very well in there,” said Dr. John G. Kupfner, an adolescent-child psychiatrist with Peninsula Hospital. “She learned some social skills and has really done better since finishing that program.” It was also at Peninsula Lighthouse that Kupfner began to suspect his young patient was dealing with more issues than those previously diagnosed. “She had a hard time with any abstract speech and communication concepts. It was difficult for her to understand things that weren’t concretely laid out. She tended to speak louder than other kids. She didn’t have social awareness to her patterns of speech which could be kind of robotic. So her failure to be able to interact with peers and form appropriate reciprocal relationships made me suspicious of Asperger’s.” Kupfner’s diagnosis, which Mrs. Moore called “astute,” helped them understand how to manage the symptoms, develop coping skills and provided a measure of hope. Today, the coping skills she learned have enabled Stella Marie and her mother to laugh at her tendency to take things literally. “You have to be conscious of how you word or phrase things because she will take you literally,” said Darline Moore. “You don’t say, ‘I’m going to pinch your head off.’ ” “I had a friend to say that she got

stabbed in the back and I said, ‘Really?!’ I’m like, ‘How are you doing? How are you here?!’ ” Stella Marie said with a laugh. But back in Sequoyah High School, such literalness and exclamatory speech makes life difficult. Friendships don’t come easily although she says she has more friends this year than ever before. So when Stella Marie puts herself down as a “nerd,” her mother gently disagrees, saying, “No, you’re not, baby. You’re a joy. You’re a joy. We’ve had some challenges and we’ve had some very difficult times, and there were times that I asked how we would get through them, but we did.” “She has struggled through her uniqueness but she has persevered and she is doing well in school,” says her mother, adding that she makes mostly A’s and B’s. “We see a bright future for Stella Marie. We see her being self-sufficient. We see her being able, with guidance, to take care of herself, to hold down a job. We see her going to a junior college. We hope that she’ll be able to go on and get a degree, but our immediate goal is attending a junior college.” However, Stella Marie, like her hero Temple Grandin, is setting her sights even higher. She hopes to one day be a teacher like her mother, who taught school for 32 years before retiring to become a foster mom again. “I bet I can teach my sisters! That would be great!” says Stella Marie, again speaking in exclamation points. Her mother beams proudly. “Writing Temple Grandin to tell her what an inspiration she’s been was Marie’s idea,” said Mrs. Moore. “We’re hoping she’ll write back. Once Marie realized what the diagnosis was and she began to see some examples of people who were successful, it’s made a big difference.”

Asperger’s no more: Diagnosis removed Almost 70 years after it was identified by an Austrian pediatrician and two decades after it was officially recognized, the American Psychiatric Association gave Asperger’s syndrome the boot at its annual meeting last May. In what the Associated Press called “one of the most hotly argued changes,” the APA struck Asperger’s from the list of mental illnesses with the release of the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the guide which provides a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders. Asperger’s was recognized by Dr. Hans Asperger in 1944, but the disorder did not make it into the DSM until the fourth edition in 1994. It has now been replaced with the diagnostic label of “autism spectrum disorder,” a term already used by many medical experts. This diagnosis will also include both kids with severe autism who often don’t talk or interact as well as those with milder forms. According to Dr. John Kupfner, a psychiatrist with Peninsula Hospital, Asperger’s prevalence has been reported to be anywhere from 1-in250 to 1-in-5,000 children.

“The controversy is that there has been a great increase in the prevalence of us diagnosing all autistic illnesses, including Asperger’s, for the past 10 years,” said Kupfner. “So there is a lot of conﬂict in the community about whether it is over diagnosed or if it was under diagnosed before and is now being addressed. Advocates for autistic groups will say the latter; the media might say the former. Always, the truth lies in the middle.” “We’ve become a lot more comfortable diagnosing it,” Kupfner continued. “We were probably over diagnosing Asperger’s in the beginning. But again, if you have severe social phobia, severe anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder or any speech and language communication disabilities, that can present as Asperger’s. But over time, this diagnosis will be changed back. I don’t put a lot of investment in the diagnosis part other than as a relative description of how that person sees the world. That’s what Asperger’s is to me.” The change is strongly opposed by some Asperger’s families who fear loss of the diagnosis would mean their kids would no longer be eligible for special services. But experts say the revision will not affect their edu-

cation services. “When you are struggling and you know that you are different and you’re not fitting in and it’s causing dysfunction in your life, people want to know why,” said Kupfner. “They want to know other people have the same problems, that they’re not alone. Certainly, with autistic illnesses that is true, and it is more diagnosed now than ever and that creates opportunities for understanding treatment.” The re-defining of Asperger’s underscores just how complicated it is to diagnose autistic illnesses because the criteria is ever changing. Simply put, Kupfner says, Asperger’s is a disorder of communication. “There are other associated things that go with it like obsessions, compulsions, anxiety,” he said. “So it’s primarily a disorder of being able to communicate with others, emotional communication is challenging if not impossible sometimes. Like when they have an emotional reaction to something, being able to express what the problem is and problemsolving and coping skills are incredibly difficult. They have a hard time expressing how they feel inside to somebody else. They also can’t read how other people are acting so they

Dr. John Kupfner calls Asperger’s a “disorder of communication.” He believes that while medication can help control some symptoms, successful long-term treatment for Asperger’s focuses on helping patients learn how to process information in a way that everyone else around them does intuitively. will make a lot of presumptions, they don’t read nonverbal communication well and they won’t understand sarcasm.” While people tend to focus on the diagnosis, Kupfner says the psychiatric community is focused on the treatment of obsessions, compulsions, anxieties, mood deregulation and aggression.

“We have treatments for all those things and that’s what we focus on,” said Kupfner. “We focus on the systems-based approach where the school helps control the environment so that it’s not unpredictable or feels unsafe. We try to implement the same thing at home. We focus on symptom management more than the label.” Kupfner says while medication does help control some symptoms, the long-term treatment for Asperger’s is more therapy-based and helping patients to learn how to process information in a way that everyone else around them does intuitively. “For those with Asperger’s, they have to logically try and understand emotional responses others may be having around them and feel safe doing it. That’s the ultimate goal,” he said. “Medications for anxiety and attention and concentration can be helpful but not all Asperger’s patients have to be on medication. Some just have to work through it and function –it doesn’t mean that they can’t have a normal life.” For more information about the behavioral health services of Peninsula, call 865-970-9800 or visit www.peninsulabehavioralhealth. org.

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Chair of the Racheff board Janet Oaks, chair of the Greens Tea and tree designer Julia Shiflett and vice chair Elaine Clarke

Noweta at Racheff Anna Claire Gibson was happy to meet Santa. Photo submitted Once a year the public is invited to shop for bargains at Racheff House and Gardens during the annual Greens Tea. The board at Racheff provides snacks, drinks and gorgeous Christmas décor for purchase.

Racheff board members and Noweta Garden Club members Carole Whited and Peggy Jones on the stairway inside the historic Racheff House

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Lora Baumgardner moved to Knoxville last year and makes this event a first stop for Christmas décor shopping. “I came for the first time last year,” she said. “I try to make this my annual treasure hunt.” The Racheff theme tree for 2013 is “Angels we have Heard on High” designed by Julia Shiflett. Noweta Garden Club members contributed goodies for the bake Lora Baumgardner finds some bargains at Racheff’s Greens sale to benefit Racheff. Tea. Photos by Cindy Taylor

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A shy Savannah Hardin reluctantly talks to Santa. Photo submitted

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Merry, Merry at the Powell Library

The Powell Branch Library welcomed Santa and neighborhood children for Merry, Merry at the Library on Dec. 6. Children were invited to visit with Santa, and parents could bring cameras if they wanted a picture. The fireplace inside was the perfect setting for photographs with Santa, who travels to all Knox County libraries during the season. The event is held at no charge. Reach Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.com

Charles Fowler, C.R. Strader and John and Sue Nicely prepare for Christmas lunch.

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Donna Yardley slices up a sweet potato pie.

Christmas in Heiskell

Christmas was busting out all over at the Heiskell Community Center last Thursday. Senior members came to play bingo, exchange gifts and have a fabulous lunch. “We just love getting together for our Christmas party,” said center president Janice White. “Everyone always has a good time.” Decorator and cook Donna Yardley outdid herself with the decorations and, as always, prepared a delicious lunch. Gifts were exchanged and everyone went home with a fresh fruit basket. Heiskell Community Center offers art classes, weight management and exercise classes, crafts, card playing, bingo and more. Heiskell seniors meet at the center at 11 a.m. each second Thursday for food, fun and games. Speakers change monthly. Info: Janice White, creativedesign@frontiernet.net or 548-0326.

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

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Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis will be chosen vice mayor again for a two-year term which means he will have served four years as vice mayor, along with Brenda Palmer to chair the Beer Board and former mayor Daniel Brown to continue on the KAT board (which was not consulted about the mayoral termination of the KAT management contract). Jack Sharp is the longest-serving vice mayor in the past 75 years, having served 14 years as vice mayor (or seven two-year terms). Due to term limits no one will ever reach that length of service again. Sharp currently serves on MPC. This is a special called meeting by the mayor, which is a practice I started as mayor in 1990. The reason to choose the vice mayor on the day the council and/or mayor is sworn into office is to ensure there is a vice mayor to assume authority should something happen to the mayor. Prior to this, the city might go several weeks before a vice mayor was chosen by the council. ■ More developments on the KAT (bus system) stemming from the Thanksgiving firing of KAT director Cindy McGinnis as a result of the $39,000 Gobis report. Gobis never interviewed a member of the KAT board in it is inquiry. The mayor never consulted (only informed) any KAT board member including Mark Hairr (former KAT director and UT employee now) on her decision to cancel the Veolia contract and thereby terminate McGinnis. She did not talk to any board member about McGinnis’ performance prior to her departure. The city website as of Dec. 11 still showed McGinnis in her position.

Melissa Roberson is the interim director. The mayor apparently intends to do a search for the new director. The manner in which McGinnis was fired has spread across the online transit community, which will cause qualified persons to think twice about Knoxville, knowing the job might last for only six years (time remaining to Rogero as mayor assuming a second term). The mayor after Rogero would be free to change the KAT director. This writer predicts the rest of the Gobis report, including the abolition of the KAT board, will be shelved and forgotten by this administration. McGinnis has been removed, which was the goal. It could have been done without the report. The Gobis report is not seen as objective or a valid roadmap for Knoxville transit. ■ Retiring KAT board member Essie Johnson will be honored for 32 years of service (this writer appointed her three times to the board) at the next KAT board meeting. She was not reappointed by Mayor Rogero, who is not reappointing anyone to more than two terms on various city boards. ■ The UT inquiry into charges against suspended UT band leader Gary Sousa, should be concluding soon. It is headed by a member of the Provost’s office. The Provost is on record as being very critical of Sousa which raises the question of how impartial such an inquiry can be if one of her employees is heading it up. Sousa is reported to have employed an attorney. He has tenure and is assured of a position on the music school faculty if he loses his band position, which seems likely. Whatever happens will be awkward for UT. ■ TVA CEO Bill Johnson has taken the axe to several positions at TVA, including the position of Emily Reynolds, longtime aide to former Sen. Bill Frist and former Secretary of the Senate. She handled congressional relations for TVA. She resides in Nashville and never moved to Knoxville. She has not determined what she will do next. Johnson was paid $5.9 million for only nine months’ work by valley ratepayers. This has triggered considerable unrest and dissension by ratepayers. The board has been silent on it.

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Walker seeks school board seat In case anyone doubts that James McIntyre will be the key issue in next year’s school board races, meet Marshall Walker, a retired Knox County Schools social worker who was in the audience last week when the school board voted 8-1 to extend McIntyre’s contract. Walker, who is divorced with two daughters and three g r a n d d aug hter s, says he would not have voted with the majority. Walker “There was no need to do that at this time. That carte blanche authority they’ve given the superintendent minimizes their authority. The school board hired the superintendent. He didn’t hire them.” Walker plans to run against 1st District incum-

Betty Bean bent Gloria Deathridge, who voted for the extension. Retired Vine Middle School principal George Kemp will manage his campaign. “(Gloria) Deathridge personally is a very nice woman. We are just different in our approach about how we should deal with the educational system in Knox County,” Walker said. “My experience has been with youth, parents, families and coaching. I believe that our school board representative should be responsive to the community and I will encourage more involvement from all of our community.” Walker attended Eastport Elementary School and Vine Middle School and was among the first AfricanAmerican students to attend Fulton High School,

where he played football, basketball and baseball, graduating in 1966. His father, the late Norman Walker, was the head custodian. His younger brother, the late Jackie Walker, became a two-time AllAmerican linebacker at the University of Tennessee and was the first African-American elected to captain a UT football team and the first African-American to be named an All-American from the Southeastern Conference. Marshall got a football scholarship to Florida A&M, but transferred to UT after he suffered a career-ending knee injury his freshman year. He has an undergraduate degree in human resources and a master’s in social work, both from UT. He worked for Knox County Schools from 20012012, and was assigned to six inner city elementary schools. He worked for the Tennessee Board of Paroles as a supervisor from 1986-

2001, and prior to that, worked for Child Protective Services in Knoxville as a senior counselor. He was an active volunteer in youth sports, and became an assistant coach at Austin-East in 1983. “Sam Anderson gave me a chance,” he said. “I coached under him until I moved away.” One of his proudest memories is of A-E beating Maryville in the last game he coached. Walker, who says he was one of those kids who was not projected to go to college, believes youth sports helped him beat the odds and that involving young people in sports instills discipline and builds relationships. “When I went to Fulton, sports had a lot to do with blending nationalities, races and ethnic groups. That was the difference. Other students that looked like me experienced negativity that I did not experience because I played sports.”

GOV NOTES ■ One-on-one constituent meeting hosted by Knox Mayor Tim Burchett will be 11 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Fountain City Library, 5300 Stanton Road. ■ Knox County Commission will meet today (Dec. 16) at 2 p.m. at the City County Building. December meetings were moved up a week because of the Christmas holiday.

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

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

Changes ahead for Shopper news coverage Long ago and far away I wrote about a school board meeting. It was a totally different superintendent and board. “Sophistry,” was the oneword response of a soon-tobe former principal. I didn’t even know the word ... and when I looked it up I still wasn’t quite sure how it applied to my column. Last Monday when the current school board voted 8-1 to extend Jim McIntyre’s contract until Dec. 31, 2017, I finally got it. Buzz Thomas called McIntyre “the smartest superintendent I know,” and my cat sneezed. The smartest superintendent would not have jeopardized the re-election prospects of his most vulnerable allies on the board by asking for the 4-year contract. Three years is plenty long enough. At least that’s what my cat thinks.

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The smartest superintendent would have taken the raise to which he was entitled and used it for postage stamps so the teachers could return their anonymous surveys anonymously. Instead, instructions went forth for principals to collect the surveys and send them to the central office. And Dr. McIntyre said he would set up a teachers’ appreciation fund with the $5,000 raise. For the 10 people who might not know it, Mike McMillan was the sole dissenting vote. I don’t like to be on the side of Mike McMillan. Neither does my cat.

So I’m moving on. No more school board meetings for me. And no more for Jake Mabe either. (Read Jake’s poignant blog linked from our website.) Jake and I got way too close to these issues and to these board members, our friends. Here’s our ShopperNews lineup for 2014. It’s designed to challenge us. Hopefully, it will make us a better newspaper. ■ Betty Bean will cover the school board and the 2014 elections for school board seats. The Miracle Maker feature was already set to expire on Dec. 31. It won’t be replaced. ■ Jake Mabe, previously Halls area reporter and features editor, will be the Knox County government reporter. Jake will monitor projects in each community that we serve, and he’ll write a political column on this page every week.

■ This writer will oversee community reporters/ editors for our eight zones: ■ Betsy Pickle – South ■ Betty Bean – East and North (south of I 640) ■ Ruth White – Halls/ Fountain City/Gibbs. ■ Libby Morgan – Union County. ■ Cindy Taylor – Powell and Norwood. ■ Sherri Gardner Howell – Farragut and Karns/Hardin Valley. ■ Wendy Smith – Bearden. In addition, we’re expanding our business coverage with a new feature: “Where the Jobs Are,” coordinated by Nancy Whittaker. Our regular columnists will be back, I guess. Nobody has quit. And if anyone wants to know what I think of the school board, well, ask my cat.

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The old barn dinner theater For the developers, it about 1960. For most of the was an entrepreneurial idea locals it looked like just anwhose time had come. other barn, complete with a hay loft and a cantilevered beam to lift hay to the upper level. But Farragut in the 1960s was quite rural. Few locals Malcolm knew much about dinner Shell theaters. A few had probably visited Cumberland County Playhouse in Crossville. It was a dinner theater in But, for many, the real enthe heart of Farragut that tertainment was a few hunproduced both food and dred yards down the road at creative entertainment set the Dixie Lee drive-in thein a rustic atmosphere. It ater, which teenagers called was located directly across the passion pit. Kingston Pike from the We visited the barn on Renaissance Development numerous occasions and on property now owned by found the entertainment to First Farragut United Meth- be superb. Some of the proodist Church. ductions I remember were The original owners, the “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Mr. Rhea family, purchased the Roberts” and “Shenandoah.” property from Alfred Watt Even by today’s stan-

dards the actors were professional and, except for limited set designs, would have compared favorably with most Broadway productions. That’s because most of the productions were presented by traveling troupes from New York and other northern metropolitan areas. I am sure that, for most of the cast, rural Farragut must have been a culture shock. My fellow classmate Earl Hall remembers dating one of the young ladies from New York, who asked: “What do people here do for recreation?” “Well,” Earl said, “we have a chicken restaurant just a few blocks away and a hamburger joint at Lovell Road, and that’s about it.” The barn did offer one thing quite rare in rural

Farragut: a place where you could enjoy good wine or perhaps a before-dinner cocktail. But you had to bring your own bottle, and the establishment provided ice and glasses. To my knowledge, the barn was never raided by local law enforcement and, unlike another establishment, never sold temporary club memberships to avert the law. Most locals knew one of the area’s most notorious bootleggers was located just a few blocks away, where they could pick up a bottle on their way to the theater. The theater consisted of tables along four walls and a center area for a buffet. Food was cooked in a kitchen in the rear and you could usually tell by the smell when you entered

what was on the menu. Most of the time it was southern fried chicken or pork chops, and the occasional offering of beef stew or country fried steak. Unfortunately the quality of the food never equaled the quality of the performances. But, with few other eating establishments around to compare it with, it probably satisfied most of the locals. After dinner, the buffet was broken down and cleared, the lights were turned off and the set was lowered in the darkness from the ceiling by pulleys with the set and actors intact. Although tables were reserved, by ordering advanced tickets you could sit on the bottom level next to the stage. During intermission, the players would often mix and mingle with the patrons. Unfortunately, the dinner theater concept was a bit ahead of its time in Far-

ragut. Struggles with the Actors’ Guild to meet salary demands resulted in thin profits. After seven years, the developers realized the venture was not an experience whose time had come in rural Farragut and closed its doors. The structure sat vacant for many years. As it deteriorated, it eventually became an eyesore. Given the diverse nature of Farragut’s population today and the general education level in the area, the old barn dinner theater would probably be a thriving business. The land was purchased by the church in 2001. With Rural/Metro supervision, the structure was torched and debris removed. But when I drive by the property today, I always think of the Barn Dinner Theatre, a business venture that was a great idea ahead of its time.

Oh, the things that might have been For three consecutive bowl seasons, we have been stuck with the things that might have been.

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If all the 2011 Volunteers had given a decent effort against Kentucky and anybody had tackled the running “quarterback,” that year could have ended differently. Blowing the big lead and losing to Missouri in overtime let the air out of 2012 and led to the disaster at Vanderbilt and the expensive divorce from Derek Dooley. This time, for lack of a

yard on third down and a few inches on the infamous fourth-down stop, the Volunteers and faithful followers are again home for the holidays. Being home for Christmas is celebrated in song. Being home for New Year’s brings on eye strain. It is also embarrassing. With so many baby bowls, you have to be really bad to miss the entire party. Instead of holding court in Memphis, preparing for the Liberty Bowl and maybe singing along with Diamond Rio, Butch Jones can get two days off. I suppose he deserves a break. He has recruited as if his life depends on it. Come to think of it … These are not recent but Tennessee has made some terrific bowl memories. The Vols are third in appearanc-

es (49) and seventh in victories (25). They played in seven Sugar Bowls and six Cotton Bowls, back when it was significant. Steve Spurrier made jokes about UT and the Citrus Bowl but the Vols are 4-1 in Orlando – much better than not being there. Tennessee 20, Texas 14 on Jan. 1, 1951, in Dallas was the first bowl to get my undivided attention. I was a high school senior listening on radio. Later, I was blessed to hear how they did it from the principals, Herky Payne, Hank Lauricella, Andy Kozar, Bob Davis, Jim Haslam, Jimmy Hahn, John Michels, Gordon Polofsky, Ted Daffer, Pug Pearman, Pat Shires and others. Doug Atkins never said much about that particular game. He was involved in

other big ones. Kozar had keen recollection of the halftime theme by General Robert R. Neyland: “We’ve got ’em right where we want ’em.” The Vols were trailing 14-7 but the coach said superior conditioning would decide the second half. It did. Kozar scored two touchdowns. I so badly wanted the great 1956 team to win the Sugar Bowl. That was the down day in John Majors’ all-American career, one for seven as a passer with two interceptions and the fumbled punt that led to Baylor’s victory. It was hard to accept Oklahoma 26, Tennessee 24 in the 1968 Orange Bowl. Tennessee trailed 19-0 at halftime, woke up and out-

scored the Sooners 24-7 in the second half. Karl Kremser’s field-goal try was ruled wide right. His hurt remains a vivid image. No. 2 among my favorites was 1971 in New Orleans, Tennesssee 34, Air Force 13. There was a week of warmup. Polished brass and snappy ribbons got almost all the attention. Tennessee was told several times that Air Force was at least awesome. Finally, they lined up for a game. The Vols scored three touchdowns and a field goal in the first quarter. Bobby Scott was MVP. Bobby Majors returned a punt for six. Tim Priest, Ray Nettles and Jamie Rotella were much too much on defense. My favorite bowl blast

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The long journey In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. (Luke 2: 1-5 NRSV)

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O carry her safe to Bethlehem, little gray donkey, tonight. A miracle rests on your small feet, little gray donkey, tonight. All heaven is watching your mission divine, And over a stable a star waits to shine, While shepherds and wise men all look for a sign, Little gray donkey, tonight. (“Little Gray Donkey,” Roger Wagner)

Lovely Christmas cards notwithstanding, the road to Bethlehem was not a walk in the park. Consider the circumstances: Joseph has to leave Nazareth and his livelihood to make an arduous journey of more than 80 miles. They would have come down from the hill country of Nazareth, followed the Jordan River Valley all the Siblings Madilyn, 3, and Nolan Lane, 6, meet Santa. Photos by Alex Eller, 3, is happy to see Santa. Cindy Taylor way to the Dead Sea, then turned west again and up the mountain to Jerusalem, and south the last six miles to Bethlehem. In addition to the usual The church started the tradition served a free breakfast of pancakes brigands and thieves and By Cindy Taylor Santa may be a fan of cookies and three years ago. Attendance builds and drinks, and kids have an opportu- murderers who prowled nity to visit with Santa. Parents were the roads, there were other milk, but he doesn’t turn up his nose each year. “This is a free breakfast that we welcome to take their own photos, issues to worry about: Joat chocolate chip pancakes – especially when they’re free. Jolly ol’ St. Nick love to do for the community,” said co- but the church was prepared for those seph’s loss of income while (Bob Roman) traveled from his tem- ordinator and church member Sharon who forgot a camera. A free photo was away from the carpentry porary headquarters in Powell to have Vaughn. “We get to know our commu- taken and sent via email to the family. shop, the weather (it may Reach Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.com breakfast with kids at Norwood UMC nity members through this event.” well have been springtime, All who attend, including Santa, are on Dec. 7. and not December, so that rains were a concern, and I can tell you from personal experience that March in Israel is cold!), the lack of each third Saturday. Info: The class is a warm and encour- ■ First Lutheran Church, 1207 Holiday Inns along the way, N. Broadway, will hold Advent and Mary’s pregnancy and 566-1265. aging event featuring video services 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, approaching due date. instruction and group discus■ New Hope Baptist Church Dec. 18. The public is invited. sion that will help you deal with Food Pantry distributes food There must have been a Food banks the intense pain of grief during ■ Fountain City Presbyterian boxes 5-6:30 p.m. each third lot of traffic on the roads, ■ Corryton Hospitality the holiday season. Info: care@ Church, 500 Hotel Ave., has Thursday. Info: 688-5330. because everyone in the Pantry, located at Rutherfellowshipknox.org. scheduled the following ser■ Bookwalter UMC offers One country had to register. Unford UMC on Corryton Road, vices and events. “Yuletide Harvest Food Ministries to the will be open 9 a.m.-noon, der normal circumstances, Tales and Treats,” Friday, Special services community. Info and menu: Thursday, Dec. 19. Note that there might have been a Dec. 20, in fellowship hall. http://bookwalter-umc. ■ A Church Called Home, this is a change of dates. Bring Communion will be included caravan of other native org/oneharvest/index.html which meets Sunday mornID and proof of income. Info: Judeans they could join. in the 8:55 a.m. and 11 a.m. or 689-3349, 9 a.m.-noon. ings in the Halls Cinema, 3800 687-8438. However, because of Mary’s services Sunday, Dec. 22. weekdays. Neal Drive, will host Hazem ■ Cross Roads Presbyterian growing waistline, Joseph Children’s services will be ■ Ridgeview Baptist Church Farraj during the morning hosts the Halls Welfare Minismay have chosen to travel held 5:30 p.m. on Christmas offers a clothes closet free service Sunday, Dec. 22. try food pantry 6-8 p.m. each Eve followed by a traditional separately from the others of cost for women, men and Hazem, host of the evangesecond Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. candlelight service at 7 p.m. from Nazareth, to avoid the children in the red brick buildlistic TV show “Reflections” each fourth Saturday. Info: ■ Glenwood Baptist Church of whispers, the pointing fining, 6125 Lacy Road. Open to

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Meetings and classes ■ Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike, will host a one-time class, “Surviving the Holidays,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, in the Prayer Chapel.

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What do you do with 25k? By Cindy Taylor

Silas Cole enjoys lunch with his grandmother, Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, at Pleasant Ridge Elementary’s Grandparents Day. Photos by Ruth White

Powell Elementary School is about to find out what to do with $25,000. The school received a check from U.S. Cellular as a result of the Calling all Communities campaign. Schools across the United States rallied their communities to sign in and vote. The 20 schools receiving the most votes won $25,000 each for a total donation of $500,000. Powell Elementary was one of three schools in Tennessee to garner the honor. “When we started, we were way at the bottom,” said secretary Jennifer Stooksbury. “We finished No. 11.” The school will use the money to purchase addi-

Hayden Dye, assistant principal Karen Frost and Kendall Patty show the $25,000 check awarded from U.S. Cellular. Photo by Cindy Taylor tional computers for classrooms. “With coupon book funds this fall, we were

able to purchase computers for kindergarten, fourth and fifth grades,” said principal Reba Lane.

“This money will enable us to purchase computers for the remaining grade levels – first, second and third.”

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Powell Elementary fifth graders Gracie Stooksbury, Jordan Cagle and Kaleigh Hellard pose with food collected during the student council-sponsored food drive.

Powell Elementary drives for food Powell Elementary student council members have been leading students, staff and faculty in collecting food to be distributed to families from their angel tree. During December, boxes, bags and nonperishable food items were stacking up in the front hallway awaiting delivery before Christmas.

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Improvement, not change, is teacher’s goal By Betsy Pickle Thanks to YouTube, thousands have watched Halls Elementary School teacher Lauren Hopson express her concerns about changes that have been implemented in Knox County Schools. Hopson doesn’t hold back when her heart pushes her forward, as a video from an October school board meeting and another from last week’s show. But the audience she’s most concerned with is the group of 18 third graders counting on her skills and guidance to help them succeed this school year. “We teach children because we want them to learn,” Hopson says of herself and her colleagues, “but we also work with children because we love being around them and getting to have that interaction with them. It gets frustrating when you can’t do as much of that as you would like to.” That’s one of the reasons Hopson has been so vocal at school board meetings. She’s not opposed to change – she just wants it to be an improvement. “We want what’s best for our children. I want to feel like I have the freedom, if my kids get interested in something one day, to go and look at Google Earth about it, or to go down to the library and get a bunch of books when it wasn’t on my lesson plan – and to not have to worry about somebody coming in my room and expecting me to do A, B and C when … D is what my kids are excited about today. “It’s not about choosing to teach something that’s not on the curriculum. I can take any subject you give me and correlate it to my curriculum, whether it’s a writing standard or a reading standard or even math. But having to stick to a lesson plan every day just because somebody says you have to do it that way is very suffocating.” Hopson is in her 13th year of teaching at Halls. After graduating from the University of Tennessee, the Greeneville native went to work as a counselor at Peninsula Village, working with emotionally disturbed and chemically dependent adolescents. She lived on the campus 85 hours a week, from Tuesday night through Saturday morning. “You really have to enjoy being around kids to stick it out that long.” For the last four years of her stint, she was married, and she realized that if she wanted kids of her own, she’d have to find another job. She went through UT’s Lyndhurst Program, a 15-month program that fast-tracks second-career professionals into teaching. After an internship

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

teaching first grade, she realized during a short foray into third grade that she preferred that age group. “They have just enough independence where they’re not constantly following you around like baby chicks, but on the other hand, they still want your approval, they still want to give you hugs and they still want to have that relationship with you.” Hopson channels inspiration from a high school English teacher who had her students take oppositegender parts while reading “Romeo and Juliet.” “She had that knack of just making it different enough that it was a whole new ballgame.” She likes to challenge her students with a similar playful attitude. “I joke around with my kids all the time. I kind of have my children compete. I tell my girls that they’re smarter than boys, and what that causes is that the boys spend all year trying to prove me wrong. It sets up a good, healthy competition. “I have one student this year who

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Kids quiet down as librarian Becky Walden prepares to read a story.

Martha Werner shows Landon Godfrey and sister Chloe the Christmas ornaments they can decorate during Pajama Rama at the Powell Branch Library.

Gingerbread ornaments and snowflakes By Cindy Taylor The Powell Branch Library holds story time once each month and invites kids to come decked out in their favorite pajamas. Attendance is growing by leaps and bounds. The largest crowd to date showed up Dec. 5. Kids arrived early to dance, then found their spot on the multicolored rug to listen to librarian Becky Walden read Christmas-

themed books. Martha Werner helped kids decorate Christmas ornaments in the shape of gingerbread characters, Christmas trees and snowﬂakes. Snacks were provided. Pajama Rama is held at 6:30 p.m. each ﬁrst Thursday at the Powell Branch Library. Children age 3 to 8 are welcome to don their PJs and join in the fun. No sign-up needed.

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Jeremiah White celebrated his seventh birthday Dec. 8, with an Angry Birds party with family and friends. Parents are Jeremy White and Tina Miller of Halls. Grandparents are Kenneth and Lynn Spencer and Lyn and Angie White. Great-grandparents are Archie and Mable McGill and the late Fred Dalton. Brady Hodges turned 8 years old Sept. 30, and celebrated with friends and family at Twisters. Brady is the son of Thomas and Gina Hodges of Halls. He has an older brother, Aidan, and a younger sister, Reese. Grandparents are Mike and Irene Hodges of Knoxville, Jim and Janet Kilgore of Kingsport, and J.D. and Jean Wininger of Kingsport.

Hodges Isabella Eleni Norsworthy turned 5 years old Dec. 10, and celebrated with a Princess Soﬁa party with family and friends. Parents are Javan and Emily Norsworthy. Isabella has two sisters, Sophia and Olivia. Grandparents are Gerald “Jake” and Diane Lowe and Danny and Mary Inman. Great-grandmother is Marie Cole. Norsworthy

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Free Radicals By Dr. Donald G. Wegener Free radicals are mainly oxygen molecules or atoms that have at least one unpaired electron in their outer orbit. In the process of utilizing oxygen during Dr. Wegener the normal metabolism within a cell to create energy, active free oxygen radicals are created. If these free radicals are not soon neutralized by an antioxidant, they may create even more volatile free radicals or cause damage to the cell membrane, vessel walls, proteins, fats or even the DNA nucleus of the cell. Medical literature refers to this damage as oxidative stress. Your one and only defense to oxidative stress and the free radicals are your antioxidants. Antioxidants are able to neutralize the free radicals and turn them into harmless and even helpful products that your body can use. An antioxidant is any substance that has the ability to give up an electron to a free radical and balance out the

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Nancy Henry, a professor in English, and Gregory Kaplan, the Lindsay Young Professor of Spanish in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures and director of UT’s Language and World Business program, have been named National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows. The fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences or both.

Recycling bins available Keep Knoxville Beautiful has received a shipment of recycling bins thanks to a special grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The bins will be distributed to the public from convenience centers around town through a partnership with Knox County Solid Waste. Anyone can stop by to pick up a bin. Pick up locations are Mason-Recycling 2 on Tazewell Pike, 10 a.m.-noon Monday, Dec. 16; Dutchtown, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17; Powell, 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18; Halls, 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19; John Sevier, 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Dec. 20. One bin will be given to each household while supplies last.

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Jennings cites savings under ‘Obamacare’ cost would be $18, 397, so I went to the marketplace and chose Community Health Alliance. We’ve got one additional family now, and the cost will be $15,028. “I can get a 50 percent tax credit for two years that I qualify for because I have fewer than 20 employees – and that will drop it down to $7,500. Even without the tax credit I’d be saving $3,500 a month. This thing will save me about $80,000 a year.” Jennings said the coverage is better under the new

Jimmy and Pauline White and the White House Angel, 1993

Remembering Jimmy White By Bonnie Peters Last week I wrote about the People’s Tree passing through Knoxville, and this experience brought back memories of our own Jimmy White, the Union County artist and inventor who

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was a member of the Southern Highlands Craft Guild. Members are accepted into this prestigious organization by juried selection. Anyway, 1993 was decreed by President Bill Clinton and an Act of Congress

the cooler weather. Also, there are plenty of indoor viewing areas to see all the favorite elephants, penguins, reptiles, chimpanzees and bears. Info: www.knoxville-zoo. org or 637-5331.

Call for landscape designers, interior decorators Dogwood Arts is asking the area’s top landscape designers and interior decorators to submit an application to create a featured showcase at the 36th annual House and Garden Show. The show will be held Friday through Sunday, Feb. 14-16, at the Knoxville Convention Center. Info: Alaine McBee, amcbee@dogwoodarts. com.

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as the Year of the Craftsman/woman. Handmade ornaments would be requested from across the United States. The Clintons contacted the Southern Highlands Craft Guild requesting them to make a recommendation of an artist to hand-make an ornament for the White House Blue Room Christmas tree. Our own Jimmy White, who died suddenly in 1996, was recommended and made an angel which hung on the White House Blue Room tree for the 1993 Christmas celebration. Jimmy’s widow, Pauline Jessee White, recalls the process and the specifications provided to Jimmy for his work. Jimmy chose to make the angel of Royal Paulownia, which he cut in Anderson County. This tree was chosen because of its light wood and ease of carving. Also, the royal paulownia is supposed to be a good luck tree. Pauline White particularly recalled that the ornament could not weigh more than 12 ounces. Since their

neighboring grocer at the time was Virginia’s Grocery (Virginia Welch) on Loyston Road, Jimmy would carve on the 17-inch angel, then take it down to Virginia’s to weigh it on the cheese scales, take it back home and carve away more of the weight until he got the angel down to 11 ounces to make sure it didn’t exceed the specified maximum weight of 12 ounces. About 3,000 ornaments were submitted, 154 of which were from Tennessee and of the 154 ornaments, 61 were from East Tennessee. Jimmy White has been the only Union Countian to have been so honored. He signed the angel, “Jimmy White, Union County, Tennessee.” Pauline has graciously shared with us a photograph of Jimmy and the White House Christmas tree angel. Now, back to the People’s Tree and the Whistle Stops along the Way. The Whistle Stops are coordinated with local communities by U. S. Forest Service personnel who arrive at the Whistle Stop destina-

tion about an hour ahead of the trailer hauling the tree. This year a contest was held for Washington State school children to paint a mural on plywood of woodland scenes. A forester set up three “photo ops” of paintings chosen to travel with the tree. One was the body of a deer with a hole cut out for the children to be photographed with their face as that of a deer. Another was of a Christmas tree with several holes cut out for children to be photographed as a part of the tree. Another Forest Service employee hosted a table to pass out handouts about the tree, to sell souvenir pins and to answer questions for the guests. Still another Forest Service employee was at the trailer providing guests the opportunity to sign a canvas the length of the trailer. Some years this canvas would become filled with names and additional canvases would be required. Some signees made a game of calling ahead to fu-

ture Whistle Stops to have family and friends find their names. Sharing the tree with the people annually is so special that Santa and Mrs. Claus take a month from their work at the North Pole to ride along in the second trailer to greet folks along the way. Hot chocolate, coffee and goodies were provided at this year’s Whistle Stops by Pilot Flying J and Battelle Corporation. So local folks got to enjoy a little Christmas, and I can happily report the tree was delivered on time and the lighting festivities have occurred. I don’t know how many years it will be before Knoxville or another East Tennessee town will be a “Whistle Stop,” but when the occasion presents itself again – by all means go, take your children and grandchildren. It’s a big deal! Gift idea: I have a limited number of Lois Johnson CDs. The proceeds will benefit Preservation Union County. My phone is 865587-3842.

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HPUD retains evening meetings In an evening board meeting Dec. 9, Hallsdale Powell Utility District commissioners adopted a schedule for meetings in 2014 and authorized several pay requests. Next year’s schedule calls for 6 p.m. meetings in March, May and September. President Darren Cardwell said 20 water meters were set in November and 19 sewer hookups were inspected. The district treated 219.3 million gallons of water and 203.5 million gallons of wastewater. Payments were approved for W&O Construction (Melton Hill water treatment plant project) for $155,125 and $139,042; Judy Construction (Raccoon Valley wastewater treatment plant) for $143,103; Mike Smith Pump Service (East Brushy Valley waterline project) for $78,311; Cleary Construction (Cherokee Ridge area waterline project) for $31,488; and Charles Blalock & Sons Inc. (Crippen Gap water tank) for $217,020. The next board meeting will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13. ■

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OK, I still love my job, but you need to know that last week I visited two of the more interesting businesses on the South and East side. John and Kristie Parton own Parton’s Smokin’ Butz BBQ on Chapman Highway. Great folks with great food occupy the site of the former Pixie Drive-In. But where did they get that name? Info: 773-0473. Mighty Mud is a place to play in clay. Even if you are a novice, kids and adults can sign up for an amazing

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variety of ceramic classes. Located at 1300 McCalla Ave., Mighty Mud distributes ceramic supplies from clays and glazes to tools. Owner Barron Hall moved here to attend graduate school at UT. Artists can work and display their finished creations in a beautiful gallery open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. This Wednesday, Dec. 18 from noon to 1:30, Hall will be participating in an event sponsored by the Arts and Cultural Alliance at the Emporium Center. Check out www.knoxalliance.com for details. Check out the website at www.mightymudclay.com to register for classes. Facebook or their newsletter will also help you keep track of what’s new. Contact: 595-1900. ■

Sara Martin is architect

Sara Martin, outreach coordinator for Smart Trips for the Knox MPC, has become a registered architect after 12 years of education, Sara Martin internship and testing. The achievement fulfills a longstanding goal and delivers unexpected benefits for her work in alternative transportation. Martin moved to Knoxville from Chattanooga in

2000 to attend architecture school at UT. She was amazed at the range of the education, examining design at every scale – from a single room to an entire city plan. Before joining MPC, Martin spent 9 years at architecture firm Ross/Fowler. ■

McMillen joins Summit Medical

Dr. Jennifer McMillen, an internal medicine specialist, has joined Summit’s Medical Associates at 9333 Park West Boulevard. Dr. McMillen An American Board of Internal Medicine certified physician, McMillen is a graduate of UT-Knoxville and St. George’s University. McMillen accepts commercial, Medicare and Tenncare plans. Info: 5314600. ■

Law grads join Lewis King

Ronald K. Isaacs and Mikel A. Towe, recent graduates of the University of Tennessee College of Law, have joined Ronald Isaacs the Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop law firm. Both are associates working out of the firm’s Knoxville office with a focus on general civil litigation. Isaacs graduated cum laude in 2013. A native of Kingsport, Isaacs received his bachelor’s degree in banking and finance from

the University of Georgia in 2008. Towe, a Knoxville native, received certificates of academic excellence in pretrial litigation Mikel Towe and interviewing and counseling. He received his bachelor’s degree ■

Ted Hall returns

News anchor Ted Hall will join WVLT’s Local 8 News team in January. He went to Atlanta seven years ago after 18 years in local news Ted Hall and sports at WBIR-TV. While here, he and his family (wife Lesa and three kids) lived in North Knox County. Ted says the whole family is excited about coming home, and he’s looking forward to cheering on the Vols and getting involved with community organizations. ■

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Fresh and unique floral By Cindy Taylor Sarah-Marie Selvidge was at the North Peters Food City for three years. When the new Powell store opened she received a little push from her district manager to make a move. She says the move was the right one for her. “I was offered floral while I was still at the North Peters store,” she said. “My district manager, Randy Williams, pushed me to come to the Powell store.” Selvidge has designed special wreaths for the Christmas season that are made of mesh and shaped like a poinsettia. She says they are very different than what people are accustomed to – as are many items in her department. “People should shop with us during this season and others because everything

Powell Food City floral manager Sarah-Marie Selvidge is new and fresh looking,” she said. “I work with my customers in any way I can to help them find exactly what they are looking for in floral. The floral department is staffed from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

Magnet transfer window opens

Knox County Schools is now accepting applications from parents for their children to be transferred to magnet schools for the 2014-2015 school year. The transfer window will be open through Feb. 17. Applications are available at choice.knoxschools. org, at magnet school locations, and the Transfers and Enrollment Office at the Knox County Schools Central Office, 912 S. Gay St. Info: 594-1731 or www. choice.knoxschools.org.

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THROUGH SATURDAY, DEC. 21 “Little Women,” stage adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott classic novel, Children’s Theatre of Knoxville, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Showtimes: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $12 (any adult and child entering together $10 each); at 208-3677 or tickets@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 22 Volunteer Ministry Center Annual Holiday Store, 1-3 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays; 10 a.m.-noon Sunday, Dec. 22. New gift items and cash donations are appreciated and may be dropped off at VMC during normal office hours. Info: Bruce Spangler, 524-3926 or www.vmcinc.org/holiday-store.html.

TUESDAY, DEC. 17 “Winter Flavors from the Farmers Market” class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50 per person. To register: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916. Memoir Writers Group meeting, 1 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. New members welcome. Info: 922-0416.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18 Merry, Merry at the Library with Santa Claus, 3:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

THURSDAY, DEC. 19 Merry, Merry at the Library with Santa

Claus, 3:30 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552. Silver Stage Players performance, 1 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info: 5231135.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 19-22 “Christmas in the Cave,” 6-9 p.m., Historic Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway. The cave is decorated with Christmas trees, lights, music and scenes. Photos with Santa Claus. Admission: $8 per person ages 5 and up. Wheelchair and stroller accessible. Info: www.christmasinthecave.com.

FRIDAY, DEC. 20 Breakfast with Santa, 9:30-11 a.m., Willow Ridge Center, 215 Richardson Way. Info: 992-5816.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY DEC. 20-21 Live Nativity Drive-thru, 6-8 p.m., presented by Dante Church of God, 410 Dante School Road, and The Children’s Chapel. Coffee, hot chocolate and cookies will be served.

SATURDAY, DEC. 21 Samuel Frazier Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution meeting, 11 a.m., at the home of Sharon “Sam” Wyrosdick. Program by Jim Cundall, Flight Coordinator HonorAir Knoxville. Guests are welcome. Info: Martha Kroll, 603-4655. Open house, 1-4 p.m., Miller’s Chapel UMC, across from McDonald’s in Maynardville. Each child age 12 and under will receive a toy. Christmas cookies and refreshments will be served.

SUNDAY, DEC. 22 Miss Merry Christmas Pageant, 1 p.m., Knoxville Center Mall. Everyone receives a crown and trophy. Entry forms available at the mall or www. pageantinfo.com. Annual BBQ Christmas Fellowship meal following the morning worship services, The Church at Sterchi Hills, 904 Dry Gap Pike. Info: 281-8717 or www. sterchichurch.com. The Washams will sing during the 11 a.m. service, Son Light Baptist Church, 6494 Son Light Way. Lunch

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MONDAY-TUESDAY, DEC. 30-31 Powell Playhouse auditions for John Patrick’s ”Everybody Loves Opal,” 4-6 p.m. Monday and 3:305:15 p.m. Tuesday, Powell Branch Library. Roles include two women ages 20-60, four men ages 20-60, and one cooperative cat. Info: 947-7427.

TUESDAY, DEC. 31 O’Connor New Year’s Eve Dance, 9:30 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Live band. Tickets available at the Center. Info: 523-1135. New Year’s Eve Celebration, 10 p.m.-?, World For Christ Church, 4611 Central Ave Pike. Dancing, food and fun. Info: 249-7214, www.worldforchrist@bellsouth. com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 11 Stained Glass Suncatcher Workshop, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., instructor: Teresa Arrington. Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 5. Bring lunch. Info: 4949854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

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NEWS FROM TEMPLE BAPTIST ACADEMY

Christmas program offers music, drama

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

Temple Baptist Academy students sing in the annual Christmas program.

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

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

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

‘A Smoky Mountain Christmas’

Food drive feeds 100 Temple Baptist Academy conducted its annual food drive in November and December. Students collected hundreds of items for food baskets for needy families, providing food to more than one hundred families in the Knoxville area. “We are grateful to Terri Gilbert and Powell Food City for their help and support of this effort to be a blessing to those in need in our local community,” said Temple principal David Whitaker.

the Christmas story through a variety of vocal and instrumental presentations. The senior class, under the direction of Jessica Motes, presented a lively readers

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

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

On Dec. 7, the Powell community gathered for its annual Christmas parade. In the days leading up the parade, Temple Baptist Academy parent volunteers worked around the clock to prepare a 48-foot flatbed trailer for the school’s parade float. The theme of this year’s float was “A Smoky Mountain Christmas.” One end of the float was decorated with an old-fashioned log cabin. A split rail fence was built around the perimeter of the float that had wagon wheel gates along with a Christmas tree set by a stone fireplace on the other end of the float. The middle of the float was

Parent volunteers crafted this float for the Powell Christmas Parade.

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

ball players and cheerleaders walked in front of the ﬂoat, tossing candy to the children lining Emory Road. It was great fun for all involved.

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

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