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December 16, 2015

Clinton Highway blight cleared

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By Sandra Clark

Powell Parade Powell Lions Club Christmas Parade had over 100 floats this year including horses and Santa. The grand marshal (pictured) was Valerie Stewart, director of the East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank. With Stewart are her grandchildren and a cousin who drove the Ford Mustang. Diane Wilkerson said the awesome weather made for an enjoyable experience.

Tour de Lights is Friday on bikes On Friday night, Dec. 18, add lights to your bicycle, come downtown in festive attire, and share holiday cheer with 1,000 or more fellow riders and other Tour de Lights Bike Ride participants.

Friday night’s Tour de Lights is a fun, free, casual bike parade, leaving from Market Square at 7 p.m. The ninth annual event – a five-mile tour of downtown, Fourth and Gill and Old North Knoxville – has become a favorite holiday tradition. “I am always so impressed with the energy and creativity people put into their decorations and costumes,� says Kelley Segars, manager of the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission’s I Bike KNX regional bicycle program.

Judging for the costume and decorating contest begins at 6 p.m.; prizes are awarded after the ride in several categories, including Best Decorated Bike, Best Decorated Person and Best Group Theme. Free bike safety checks and a first-ever photo booth are also available, starting at 6 p.m.

Mast General Store and Three Rivers Market will provide hot cocoa and cookies for participants. Helmets, headlights and rear reflectors are required, and all ages and skill levels are welcome.

Info: www.ibikeknx.com/ tourdelights.

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

Info/RSVP: 549-7007.

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The old Clark Motel (no relation) and its surrounding campers and dilapidated mobile homes were cleared out last week by new owners.

Knox County Commissioner Charles Busler said it’s good for Powell that the blighted structures at 7130 Clinton Highway were removed. “Once you start having roofs fall in ‌ we’ve been charging people out there for cleanup,â€? he said. “If it’s falling down, we need to put pressure on the property owners to improve it.â€?

Roy Braden, the county’s chief codes officer, said his team was not directly involved, although “we’ve had complaints on that site for years.�

He said property owners have been working since August to relocate the people living there. Once the people were gone, the old motor court and its laundromat were demolished. Some 40 campers and trailers were removed as well.

Braden said the land is zoned CA (commercial) and as such could be used for transient campers. But an approved mobile home

park would have required more space per unit. The campers have been in place longer than Braden has been enforcing codes. He said all the living spaces were connected to public water and sewer. “This is a good thing that takes care of a problem,� said Braden.

He would not speculate on possible uses for the land.

Also last week the old Waldorf Restaurant building came down.

Braden said his office was not involved.

The former Ingles store on Clinton Highway continues to

Expansion ahead for Imagination Forest Info: 865-947-7789 or imaginationforest.com Painting trees like these will Winter Break Camps are schedbe taught by Alecia Jackson at uled Dec. 21-24 and Dec. 28-31 Imagination Forest in Powell. from 9 a.m. until noon. These are for potty-trained kids 3 and older.

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Alecia Jackson teaches paintJohnsey’s initial plan was a ing for kids at 4 p.m. each Monday. huge interactive tree house. “It Cost is $10 and participants must will be a while before we get to pre-register. that,� she wrote, “but the first step Adult painting with Jackson is in motion.� will be 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17.

Imagination Forest is open 9 Bring unopened wine, water or a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Thursday; soft drinks. Cost is $10 and in10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday cludes supplies, but pre-registraand noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. tion is required.

Jennifer Johnsey has big plans for 2016 at Imagination Forest, the play center and toy store located at 7613 Blueberry Road off Emory near I-75.

In a newsletter to customers, Johnsey said, “My team and I will be hard at work over Johnsey the next few weeks transforming our little place into a 2,000 square feet play center with interactive play areas for children ages 10 and younger. “More details coming soon.�

West High parents call threat response

too little, too late

By Betty Bean

Only 845 of West High School’s 1,300-plus students showed up for school last Monday, Dec. 7. Some of the other 450 may have been legitimately ill, but most stayed home because they’d been frightened by rumors of a threat scrawled on the wall of a boys’ restroom.

The ominous graffito – “I will cleanse this school on Monday� (punctuated with a happy face) – was real, although the threat turned out to be a hoax, and parents and teachers who spoke with the Shopper News about the incident believe the administration bungled its response, which they called slow and inadequate.

Principal Katherine Banner said she believes she did a good job after the threat was discovered.

On Friday, she called in Knoxville Police Department investigators, who determined it was a hoax. She asked for extra security on Monday. She emailed her staff on Sunday and thought the matter was under control until she checked her Twitter account Sunday night and discovered that the issue had “blown up on social media.�

She recorded an automated phone message to reassure parents that went out at 7 a.m. Monday. “School security is on my mind every single day,� she said. “I think about it when I walk in the door.

I’m sorry there were some people who were not happy, but I’ve had at least 20 emails from parents thanking me for the way I handled it. My West High School Foundation gave me a round of applause this week.�

Leslie Kurtz, whose daughter transferred into West to participate in the acclaimed International Baccalaureate Program, isn’t applauding.

Kurtz said she was horrified to watch the rumor grow into a fullblown crisis that Banner weekend and attempted to intervene on Sunday via an email to Superintendent James McIntyre: “As I am sure you are aware by now, social media is exploding with discussion about a threat at West High for tomorrow. There is a discussion among parents as to whether this was known about on Wednesday or Friday or if it’s two incidents. The wall painting was still visible on Friday (who would leave that up for two days if the situation were resolved!). Either way, there has been no official communication since then or ever. That is not acceptable. It is your job to investigate and resolve this issue.

That includes communicating with parents and students. You may put into place whatever safeguards you think necessary. However, and I mean this in the strongest possible terms, it is MY decision if it is safe. “These kids are teenagers. And there is this little thing called social media. Your inability to understand this is unbelievable.

These kids are scared, maybe over nothing, but in light of the ZERO information they have received,

what do you expect? “This lack of communication only shows parents that KCS has no plan. None at all. “I will not wait for the bus to wreck. My daughter will not be at school until this is resolved.�

Others said the scare was just the latest in a string of troubling events. “Things aren’t going well,� said Drema Bowers, whose daughter is a senior. “And they’ve not gone well for awhile. My goal was to get my daughter out of there without saying a lot, but yesterday’s incident was one of those things where I decided somebody needs to help us figure out what is going on. This young man writing that message on Thursday or Friday, and none of us knowing what was going on

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Bowers said her daughter woke her up late Sunday night and told her she was afraid to go to school the next day. “She’d gotten a call from a classmate and she asked, ‘What am I going to do? I’m afraid to go to school, and I’m just lying here thinking about each of my classes – where would I hide? What would I do?’�

Bowers told her daughter that she wouldn’t force her to go to school the next morning. “We got a call from Katherine Banner at 7 a.m. Monday saying they think it was a prank: she only got that out because somebody had called Channel 6. They knew about it on Friday and never said To page A-3

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Braden said complaints on the site are down lately, but “it comes up every now and then.�

Anyone with a codes complaint can call Braden’s office at 865-2152325.

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‘Ain’t nobody perfect’

Jackson conquers addiction after multiple rehab attempts Vonnie Jackson’s been raped, beaten, in and out of jail, homeless and has had her child taken away.

“The usual,” the Maryville woman says casually. Peaceful and pleasant now as she sits calmly in an easy chair, Jackson says the horrors of her past are not uncommon at all for women who have suffered from addiction.

Jackson, 62, has checked herself into rehabilitation programs more than two dozen times, but says she is finally clean and clean for good, after graduating from the Women in Treatment program at Peninsula Lighthouse.

“I have been in and out of treatments all over the country,” Jackson says. “It’s embarrassing to say how many times, but I never could grasp it. I guess I never was willing to.”

Jackson says Women in Treatment at Peninsula Lighthouse is the only program she’s found that is exclusively for women.

That makes a difference, she says, because there are certain things an addicted woman just can’t talk about in mixed company.

“I felt really safe in my group to let it all out, and talk about all the locked-in stuff,” Jackson says. “The stuff that you’ve held inside for years is what does the most damage.”

The first thing Jackson had locked inside was sexual molestation that happened when she was a young girl. Introduced to marijuana at age 14, and then alcohol, she eventually progressed to heroin and cocaine use.

By the time her baby was 6 months old, the 16-year-old mother was snorting heroin. By the time her daughter was 2, Jackson was injecting it.

“The addiction doesn’t let you have a normal life,” she says. “You have pieces of relationships. You sort of live outside the family. You show up once in awhile, but you’re not really a part of anything.”

Out of all the mistakes Jackson has made as a result of her addictions, the way she’s treated her family haunts her the most.

When she was a caregiver for both her mother and her brother, she stayed drunk most of the time and was filled with resentment.

“I remember one time my mom asked me ‘why do you hate me?’ ” Jackson recalls.

cidal plan. She says enrolling in Women in Treatment at Peninsula Lighthouse got the ball rolling and, after all those years in all those rehab programs, she finally got it right.

“I started doing the things they told me to do,” Jackson says, “and I was shocked when it worked.” Jackson says journaling has been the biggest help, along with changing the way she views her addiction, her life and herself.

“Quitting is really not all that hard. It’s staying quit,” Jackson says. “If you don’t change your way of thinking, whatever reasons you had for using in the first place are going to keep coming around.”

Since her first day with Women in Treatment at Peninsula Lighthouse, Jackson’s become part of a 12-step program, renewed her faith in God and found a whole new life.

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

I feel good about the choices that I make.”

Today Jackson continues to care for her brother, who is a lung cancer patient. The role of caregiver is emotionally draining, but she feels she’s getting a second chance to meet not only the physical needs of a loved one, but the emotional needs, too.

“My life has just changed. I live for my daughter, for my great grandson and my brother. I try to keep home and hearth together now and that makes me happy. I get Vonnie Jackson made more than two dozen unsuccessful attempts at rehabilitation programs up happy every day,” Jackson says. across the country before finding the one that worked at Peninsula Lighthouse.

Not one to mince words or gloss over the truth, Jackson admits that she still struggles. “I have times when “When she died, I was holding her I get depressed,” Jackson says. “I hand and looking at her, and it was get very, very tired and discourtormenting to me. The guilt was exaged, but I’m not going to drink, no cruciating.” matter what. I just close my eyes After years of getting high to esand pray for a minute. I have good cape her emotional pain, Jackson friends I can call any time I need suddenly found that it wasn’t workto. When I get stuck – and I do get ing anymore. There was no relief, stuck – ain’t nobody perfect.” nothing that could wipe away the Jackson says each day she hurt, the guilt and the shame. makes a firm decision to do the best that A therapist had given her a phone num- well or kill herself.

“My plan was to get a bottle of pills and she can. ber for the Women in Treatment program at “I can’t change what I did in the past,” Peninsula Lighthouse several weeks earlier. take every single one,” Jackson says, “and Jackson says. “But I do have the opportuJackson made the decision to call because then drink. I knew that would do it.”

But she never had to carry out that sui- nity to make better choices today.” she had decided she was either going to get

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

I feel good about the choices that I make.”

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Addiction is different for women A report on gender and addiction from Harvard University Medical School says while men are more likely to become addicts, women tend to become addicted more quickly. Women also develop medical or social consequences of addiction faster than men.

For example, alcohol-related problems such as brain atrophy or liver damage occur more rapidly in women than in men. Women often find it harder to quit using addictive substances and are more susceptible to relapse.

Women are more likely than men to be prescribed narcotic pain medication, and women are more likely to show up in hospital emergency rooms for overdosing.

Substance abuse is the No. 1 health epidemic in the United States, and the number of women who die from addiction-related illnesses is more than four times the number of women who die from breast cancer.

With statistics like these, the importance of treating addiction seriously and promptly is evident.

The Women in Treatment program at Peninsula Lighthouse is funded by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, and is appropriate for women age 18-64 who are in addiction, and who are uninsured or have exhausted available insurance benefits. If you think this program could be right for you or someone you care about, call 865-374-7262.

If you’re caught in an endless cycle of paying for drugs or alcohol to fuel an addiction, finding the extra money to help you stop may seem completely impossible. Many women struggling with addictive issues may know they need help, but think they can’t afford it.

Peninsula Lighthouse offers help through Women in Treatment. It’s an intensive outpatient program exclusively for women who don’t have insurance or who have exhausted their insurance benefits.

This program offers a safe, compassionate, therapeutic environment for addicted women who want to reclaim their lives. Sessions are held weekdays at the Peninsula Lighthouse campus on Dowell Springs Boulevard. The sessions are conducted by a master’s level clinician and cover a wide variety of addiction-related issues including: ■ Relapse prevention ■ Self-esteem ■ Conflict resolution ■ Parenting skills ■ Stress management ■ Body image ■ Symptom management/mental health diagnosis ■ Communication techniques ■ Trauma ■ Relationship concerns ■ Co-occurring disorders A referral is not necessary. Call Women in Treatment directly at 865-374-7262.

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Dedicated and determined I was talking to Pam Rohde while we waited for her daughter Peyton to don her cheerleading uniform and grab her pom-poms in preparation for her final football game at the University of Tennessee. Mom was painting her nails as we spoke.

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Cindy Taylor

Pam and John Rohde did not name their daughter for the former UT quarterback.

She was born just before he came to Tennessee. But her roots with UT sports teams run just as deep.

She began her cheering career with the Pre-

mier Sharks. She continued cheering in middle and high school at Powell. Many relatives are Powell grads, including her grandfather, who played basketball for UT with the first team to play in Stokely Athletic Center. When the time came to choose a college, there was really no question where Peyton would attend.

Peyton has been cheering in some capacity since she was 5 years old and has cheered competitively for most of her 22 years. She has spent the past four seasons cheering for UT. “My older daughter cheered and was coached by UT cheer coach Joy PostellGee,� said Pam. “I was pregnant with Peyton at the time and told Joy I was having a little UT cheerleader. I had no idea that 18 years later my prediction would come true.� Peyton Rohde

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While cheering at UT, Peyton competed in the Universal Cheerleaders Association College National Championships. She was named Cheerleader of the Month by American Cheerleader Magazine and made the cover of the magazine’s 2013 fall edition. She has modeled for the Varsity Spirit Fashion catalog and traveled to major cities to cheer for football and basketball games – all this while maintaining a 3.79 GPA and graduating in less than four years. “I met many of my best friends at UT and my fiancĂŠe,â€? said Peyton. “Cheering has always been a part of me, and I will always be a cheerleader at heart.â€?

After 17 years of cheering, Peyton Rohde cheered her last game Dec. 6. She graduated from UT on Dec. 11.

Family members say this is a time of sadness and ex-

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community citement for Peyton and for them. “I have been a cheer mom for as long as I can remember,� said Pam. “I will definitely have to find something to do.�

Peyton’s story doesn’t end here. She’s just moving on to a new dream. She has taken a full-time position with Jewelry Television.

In June, Peyton will marry her college sweetheart, T.J. Baxter.

A beautiful young woman inside and out, Peyton says she has always been a cheerleader for the Lord.

She gives all credit to God for allowing her to follow her first dream of cheering. “If you commit to the Lord, He will guide you,� she said. “Work with all your heart at whatever you do. Be dedicated and determined, and with God you can make it happen.�

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Contest forms for vice mayor Council member Duane Grieve says he will seek the post of vice mayor this Saturday at the called meeting to decide this issue. Current Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis plans to seek a third term.

The nine council members will decide between the two, who both are serving their final two years on council. Could range from a 6-3 vote for Pavlis to a 5-4 vote for Grieve unless one of them withdraws. Most council members are not talking.

Rogero might face a tie vote, which she can break if one of the nine abstains and it is split four to four between Pavlis and Grieve.

Pavlis backed Grieve for interim mayor after Bill Haslam resigned in January 2011.

■ Knox County school board, County Commission and the legislative delegation will meet to go over 2016 legislative issues 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 17 (tomorrow), at Louis’ at 4661 Old Broadway. The meeting is open to the public under the open-meetings law.

The delegation, if past years are any indication, will meet separately with Mayor Rogero and the UT president and chancellor prior to the legislative session starting Jan. 12, 2016.

Dates have not been set.

■ Over 200 people showed up Dec. 6 at the news conference and rally to restore the Lady Vols name by state legislation. It was held near the Pat Summitt statue on campus. In addition to state Reps. Roger Kane and Martin Daniel, Nick Pavlis was there, showing his backing of the name restoration. Kane said he had support from state Reps. Jason Zachary and Eddie Smith and Sens.

Becky Duncan Massey and Randy McNally.

This is a separate issue from the Diversity Office controversy, which only seems to get worse. Calls for Chancellor Cheek to resign seem misguided and inappropriate to me. Nothing he has done warrants that action. He and his wife are active and well liked in the community. They make a positive contribution.

However, ultimately Cheek has to resolve it.

Final responsibility goes to the UT Board of Trustees, chaired by Gov. Bill Haslam. The vice chair is energetic Knoxville business owner Raja Jubran.

Other local trustees are Sharon Pryse and Charlie Anderson. All are close friends of the governor.

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

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Vice Chancellor for Communications Margie Nichols will now oversee postings on the Internet from this office. Some students and faculty are unhappy over this.

Board meetings are typically scripted with little conversation or dialogue among members. One is told the real work goes in committees. The board would be wise to add a public forum to each of its meetings so the public may address them as occurs at KUB, TVA, City Council and County Commission.

Recent controversy on gender-neutral pronouns and now Christmas celebrations has only weakened legislative backing for UT. This could not come at a worse time given the additional funding higher education seeks in the upcoming legislative session.

This issue has legs and will continue in Nashville.

■ Knoxville lost a grand lady with the passing of Henrietta Grant.

Several hundred people attended the receiving of friends at Rogers Memorial Baptist Church including Mayor Rogero, former Chief Justice Gary Wade, council member Marshall Stair, former state Reps.

Bob Booker and Dick Krieg, former Republican House Leader Tom Jensen and former mayors Ashe and Daniel Brown. Grant was active in many civic activities and left a strong legacy of good works.

She served on the Knoxville Airport Authority, succeeding her husband, Lorenzo. Rogero will name a successor subject to City Council approval.

■ Tank Strickland’s retirement next month leaves a void on the city mayor’s staff. Strickland was first hired by this writer 19 years ago. He is calm, effective and in touch with the community. Replacing Strickland will not be easy. Joshalyn Hundley, also on staff, resigned to go to First Tennessee Bank a few weeks ago.

Only Avice Reid, the PARC director, will remain in the Community Relations Department.

It will be down to one person. Lots of turnover here.

James McIntyre’s $1 million severance package will be a ready-made campaign issue in the upcoming school board elections, right?

Not necessarily, given the fact that nobody who voted for it will be on the ballot in 2016. How we got to this point in history is another illustration of the difficulties of pr e d ic t i ng the political future, and Tracie Sanger board member Tracie Sanger’s 11th hour decision not to run is one of the more surprising events in local politics since state Rep. Loy Smith pulled out of his reelection race, leaving his protégé Jimmy Kyle Davis as the only contender as his successor in 1984.

On Monday, Nov. 30, the school board called a special meeting to vote on Superintendent McIntyre’s request for a two-year contract extension, which would ef-

Betty Bean fectively award McIntyre a $1 million severance package should the board decide to dismiss him without cause in the near future (he makes $227,000 a year and Knox County must pay out the full term of the contract – think UT Athletic Department paying off discarded coaches).

After a three-hour discussion, the vote came down 5-4 in favor of the extension, which surprised exactly nobody, since this is how votes involving McIntyre always end up.

This board is so polarized that they could have saved themselves two hours and 54 minutes by voting immediately after their minute of silence. It wouldn’t have mattered.

The only extraordinary thing about the meeting was the behavior of the board’s vice-chair Tracie Sanger,

who has been in office for a single year, and who ran on a platform of being an apolitical young mother, neither pro- nor anti-McIntyre. She was unusually aggressive that night, both in her defense of McIntyre’s extension request and of his $227,000 annual salary, which she said is not out of line with salaries in other school districts.

Her attacks on the competence of Law Director Bud Armstrong and the integrity of board colleague Mike McMillan raised eyebrows, topped off by her attempt to summon her only announced competitor, Jennifer Owen, back to the podium during public forum.

We’ll never know what she would have said, since she was informed that board members aren’t allowed to question speakers.

That Monday night, Sanger was acting like an incumbent gearing up to defend her office.

Next day, Dec. 8, Grant Standefer, executive director of the Compassion Coalition, picked up a peti-

tion to run for the Second District school board seat, two days ahead of the Dec. 10 deadline. Sanger, who did not return a completed petition, said she was having health problems and was happy to pull out of the race when she learned that someone of whom she approved – Standefer – had decided to run.

Standefer is an ordained minister who has served as director of the non-profit Compassion Coalition since 2006. He purchased a residence in the Second District in January 2015 and lived in west Knox County prior to that time. School board chair Doug Harris (a strong McIntyre supporter who is not seeking re-election) is a current and founding member of the Compassion Coalition.

Election officials are predicting a 300 percent voter turnout increase for the March primary elections, driven by a hotly contested Republican primary. It remains to be seen how this will impact down-ballot contests.

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

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

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Christmas: Let’s keep it Dedicated readers may have noticed odd extremes during this year’s “Holiday Season.” On one hand, University of Tennessee students and faculty were encouraged to eschew Christmas parties so that those who don’t traditionally observe a holiday that celebrates rampant consumerism and a fat man who breaks into homes could feel included.

On the other hand are Tennessee legislators who are so committed to their Christian faith that they’d rather see UT’s seventh chancellor tossed out of office on Christmas Eve than encourage inclusivity at a university that draws students from over 100 countries.

The whole kerfuffle could make dedicated readers think that Christmas celebrations will soon be a thing

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of the past. But that would be incorrect, especially in Knoxville, Tenn.

The city now has three Christmas parades – downtown, in Fountain City and in the Rocky Hill neighborhood. There are more tree lightings than you can shake a stick at, as well as Christmas events featuring buildings made of canned food, lighted bicycles and sugar plum fairies on ice skates.

There are reindeer-themed road races, nativities with live animals and Christmas bazaars galore.

Venture out to the county and you’ll find a spectacle of

sparkles at the Holiday Festival of Lights at the Cove and parades at Halls, Powell, Gibbs, Corryton, Karns and maybe a few we missed.

Judith Foltz, the city’s special-events director, estimates that the number of community and civic Christmas events has doubled since she took up her post five years ago, and some require a taxpayer investment.

The city pays expenses that aren’t covered by sponsorships for six Christmas in the City events – Regal Celebration of Lights, the WIVK Christmas Parade, Xfinity Christmas in Chilhowee Park, Tour de Lights, Holidays on Ice and New Year’s Eve on the Square – as well as Festival on the Fourth. Total costs include Knoxville Police Department traffic control and security and Knoxville Fire

Department EMS staffing.

This year, sponsorships for the seven events totaled $130,000.

Figures aren’t available yet for this year’s Christmas events, but last year, the city’s portion of the Regal Celebration of Lights was $6,900, not including police and fire department labor costs.

Theoretically, the city charges for services provided to community groups.

Organizers of this year’s Fountain City Christmas Parade were flummoxed when they received a $1,500 bill for KPD traffic control for the first time in nearly five decades.

The goal is to charge community groups consistently and find as many sponsors as possible for city-sponsored events, says Foltz. But the upkeep of all those baubles is expensive.

Kirkland football is full-time job The story of college football in the higher elevations…

Young linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr. started and played well for Tennessee against Southeastern Conference foes.

Butch Jones says Kirkland has exceptional instincts for a freshman, “great instincts.”

The coach says Kirkland had great parenting, great training at the high school level and he’s a high-character young man with a great love for football.

To make additional use of one of the coach’s favorite words, great!

Defensive coordinator John Jancek sees Darrin Kirkland greatness from another point of view.

“He has a lot of potential.

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His upside is huge and exciting. We’ve just got to keep working, the rest of this year and the offseason.”

And next year.

And the year after.

And all the time in between, spring drills, summer improvement, work, work, work, be nimble, be quick, read keys, anticipate, run to the ball, deliver a blow.

College football is an almost full-time job. If a player isn’t playing football,

he is preparing to play. He is thinking football, studying football and, meanwhile, working to get stronger to become a better football player. He is eating according to directions from the food coach and sleeping with a magic monitor to be sure he is getting real rest.

Not incidentally, football players also go to school. Many make excellent grades. Several achieve academic all-star status.

Be reminded of Bob Johnson, Mike Terry, Tim Irwin, Mack Gentry, Tim Priest, Joshua Dobbs … there is a considerable list.

Now and then one wins everything except the Heisman and graduates in three years instead of four. And stays and plays some more.

Think Peyton Manning.

Darrin Kirkland Jr. likes the idea of being an accomplished football player. He says he takes a lot of pride in playing well. He says being competitive and getting to the ball is his game.

Darrin has a pep line he directs at linebacker star Jalen Reeves-Maybin: “I always tell Jalen when we’re on the field, ‘I’ll meet you at the ball and we’ll see what happens.’”

What happens is the culmination of ability, training and effort.

It appears college players go far beyond the NCAA-limited 20 hours per week in football development. The latest survey I’ve seen says the average is 44.8 hours a week playing

government This year, the city spent $5,000 on new lights and $40,000 on the new tree at Krutch Park.

“The squirrels love to chew up the lights,” she laughs.

Even if you favor Jimmy Cheek’s approach, it’s hard to deny that Christmas in the City is good for business and the community.

Holidays on Ice has been extended through Jan. 18 because the ice-skating rink

attracts customers to Market Square. Such events instill community pride, draw out-of-town visitors and help locals get comfortable with parking downtown. It makes Knoxville look good, Foltz says.

“We’re trying to make the city as attractive as possible. That’s first and foremost to us.”

Bah, humbug to the haters, I say. Christmas is here to stay.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Pilot Flying J should hire Rickey Hall from the UT Office for Diversity for a similar job at the company. It would benefit both institutions.

■ Flout: to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt.

■ Flaunt: display ostentatiously, especially to provoke envy.

■ It’s best not to confuse those words, as this writer did last week, especially in a column that calls someone else’s actions “flat-out dumb.”

games, practicing, training and recovering.

The group of Northwestern players who thought they wanted to form a union said they were spending 50 hours on football.

The survey says football players in power conferences invest a little less than 40 hours a week on academics. That doesn’t leave much time for video games or dancing with darlings.

Complex forces affect the voluntary commitment: motivational coaches, personal pride, winning spirit, desire to excel, investment in the perceived future (NFL).

Darrin Kirkland gets the

■ The Legislature is coming after UT, led by Knox County reps who should be the university’s defenders.

■ Roger Kane, on TV Sunday, said, “The university only understands power and money.”

■ Becky Massey called the removal of the name Lady Vols “a solution looking for a problem.” She said the UT Board of Trustees should grant a public hearing if people request it.

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full load. He hears the word “potential” and wants to move that up a notch. He is fueled and driven by a natural desire for excellence. He wants to play as a pro.

Darrin was recruited to be Tennessee’s middle linebacker. He has all the necessary tools, size, strength, speed, smarts – plus toughness and a high-RPM motor.

Considering what he has accomplished as a rookie, try projecting his likely performance as a sophomore.

Wow! Oh, wait, there is a postscript: If he keeps working, Jancek says.

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

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SENIOR NOTES ■ Karns Senior Center 8042 Oak Ridge Highway 951-2653 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Dawn Davis serves hors d’oeuvres to guest Andrea Lane.

Offerings include: card games; dance classes; exercise programs; Mahjong; art classes; farkle dice games; dominoes; computer lab; billiards room. Crafting Social, 1:30 p.m. each Thursday in December. The center will be closed Thursday and Friday, Dec. 24-25.

Register for: Cookie and candy holiday exchange party/cookie competition, 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18. Noon Year’s Eve party, 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, Dec. 31.

■ Halls Senior Center 4405 Crippen Road 922-0416 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Hours vary Offerings include: card games; exercise classes; dance classes; craft classes; Tai Chi; movie matinee each Tuesday; Senior Meals program, noon each Wednesday. The Knox County Veterans Services will provide one-on-one assistance to veterans and family members 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23. The center will be closed Thursday and Friday, Dec. 24-25.

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■ Senior Citizens Information and Referral Service 2247 Western Ave. 524-2786 knoxseniors.org Provides information about services for older persons (age 60+) and persons with disabilities who live in Knoxville or Knox County and referrals to these services when needed: health services, employment services, housing, transportation, legal services, recreation, support groups, emergency assistance, in-home services and minor home repair.

NHC wishes everyone Happy Holidays with a wreath inspired by the great outdoors.

Elmcroft hosts Festival of Wreaths Elmcroft of Halls hosted an event to benefit Alzheimer’s Tennessee called Festival of Wreaths. Area businesses and family members of residents got crafty and created beautiful wreaths just in time for the holidays.

Guests were able to browse through the great selection of wreaths and bid on their favorite(s), enjoy sangria and hors d’oeuvres and hear the UT choir sing festive carols.

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Smoky Mountain Hospice donated this gray swag with faux fur flowers to the auction.

Lucy White picks out her favorite wreath, donated by Wilson Auto Parts. Photos and text by Ruth White

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Gifts from Guatemala

By Cindy Taylor Powell Presbyterian Church members take their role in supporting foreign missions seriously.

One of the ways they continue to help raise funds and awareness is by sponsoring a holiday shopping store to benefit children in Guatemala through Nuestros Ninos. This year’s event was held Dec. 6.

Just inside the church lobby, shoppers could purchase beautiful handmade gifts such as purses, computer bags, jewelry, Christmas ornaments, scarves and hand-carved wooden pieces. Angela Grussing leads the way for the local nonprofit organization.

“We have adopted two Guatemalan-born children,” said Grussing. “This charity is a good way to give to our children’s birth country and also teach them about service to others.”

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“One out of five children die before age 5 from respiratory problems from breathing in smoke, so the stoves really help them,” said Josie. “We also make blankets to take to the families when we go to Guatemala.”

Many of the gifts sold to raise funds help provide income to the person who made them and include their story. After paying small yearly fees for a Website and post office box, the ministry puts the remainder of the profit directly Ericka Sain preps displays for the holiday shopping sale. Photo back into serving families in

by Cindy Taylor Guatemala.

Grussing says volunteers Church member Sue Sain la,” she said. “We have been are welcome to join the is on the board of Nuestros able to install 150 stoves in trips.

“They can learn about Ninos and has an adopted 11 trips in many homes so daughter from Guatemala. the families don’t have to other cultures and help with She says the charity began cook over open flames and service projects,” she said. largely as a cultural avenue risk getting burned or ex- “It is always a great experience where we get much for hers and the Grussings’ posed to toxic chemicals.” children.

The Grussings’ biological more than we give.”

Info: www.nuestrosninos “We take three service child, Josie, 15, is a strong charity.org. trips each year to Guatema- advocate for the ministry.

Singing with authority

By Cindy Taylor Ashley Boruff has been singing in church since she was 6 years old. Now 13, Ashley decided to use her talent to raise money for the building fund at her home church, Clear Springs Baptist. With the help of local musicians and businesses she has cut a CD that should be released in time for Christmas. The teen speaks with authority, but wait until you hear her sing.

“Making a CD to help raise money for my church was a good experience for me,” she said. “I hope people will listen to it while they are in their car.”

Ashley sings lead on every song including the title track, “Everything’s Fine.”

She says the different types of music on the CD should attract a number of listeners.

“The CD has gospel, bluegrass and contemporary music,” she said.

Parents Tim and Candy Boruff footed the bill to purchase blank CDs. Many others involved donated their time, energy and resources to complete the CD. Ashley

faith Happy birthday, Beethoven He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

(Isaiah 35:4-5 NRSV) I have always had a special love affair with Beethoven.

One of the first piano pieces I learned as a child (second grade, as I recall) was a (very) simplified version of his “Ode to Joy.” I knew his story of increasing deafness, and knew that when that was first performed, at the close of the debut of the Ninth Symphony, a friend turned him around so that he could see the audience’s response, even though he could not hear either the music itself or the thunderous applause of the crowd.

There was a period of about four months when I was in college that I was having ringing in one ear and some fairly serious vertigo. I lost some range of hearing in one ear, and felt it was another link with the great composer.

I love to sing his “Ode to Joy” which is in the United Methodist Hymnal with two different

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sets of words. I am also proud of the fact that the Methodists got it right in starting the last line of the text on the fourth beat of the measure instead of the first; that one beat gives that line of the music a sense of importance and urgency that it would otherwise lack.

We don’t know with certainty the date of Beethoven’s birthday, but his christening was recorded on Dec. 17, 1770, and given the custom of the day, to christen a child at the earliest possible time (infant mortality being incredibly high), historians have assumed that he was born on Dec. 16.

So, happy birthday, Herr Beethoven!

“We have seen Ashley grow exponentially since she started this recording,” said Goforth, who has often accompanied Ashley during worship services at the church. “We have made this CD a bit unconventional and with a variety of styles.”

“She is a tremendous talent whose heart is in the right place and who has a love of music,” said Tipton.

“God has His hand on her and has blessed her with an immense capability to sing ■ Gallery of Arts Tribute: a and get the message of the ■ Arts in the Airport: juried exhibition allows regional juried exhibition developed song across.” artists to compete and display to recognize local artists and Tipton says Ashley has a work at McGhee Tyson honor the life and times of Dr. bright future in music. OthAirport secured area behind Martin Luther King Jr. Artwork er ministries are already rethe security gate checkpoint should be delivered 9 a.m.-5 questing Ashley sing at their from March 17 to Oct. 12. p.m. Monday and Tuesday, events. For now she doesn’t Theme: “Smoky Mountain Jan. 4-5. Entry form: knoxalseem extremely eager to get Air Show.” Entries deadline: liance.com/MLK.htm; or SASE her name out there. midnight Sunday, Feb. 7. Info/ to Arts & Culture Alliance, P.O. application: knoxalliance.com; Box 2506, Knoxville TN 37901.

“I am grateful to everySuzanne Cada, 523-7543 or Info: Suzanne Cada, 523-7543 one who put their time and sc@knoxalliance.com. or sc@knoxalliance.com. effort into this, but I didn’t do this for me,” said Ash- ■ Dogwood Arts Festival: ■ Scruff y City Art Contest: a juried artists are selected to juried art exhibit competiley. “It’s for God and for my exhibit and sell their original tion celebrating Knoxville’s church.” work in mixed media, clay, blend of Southern history and The Boruffs have set up a drawing/pastels, glass, jewmodern development on the Facebook page to keep peoelry, leather, metal, painting, banks of the Tennessee River. ple posted on a release date. photography, sculpture and Free and open to all artists.

FB info: Ashley Boruff-Evwood in April. Info/applicaSubmissions deadline: Feb. erything’s Fine.

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Ashley Boruff during rehearsal plays violin and piano but not on this album.

“I’m not ready,” said Ashley. “The people who played the music have the skills for that.”

The CD “Everything’s Fine” was truly a community effort. Clear Springs’ music minister, Mike Tipton, accompanied Ashley on piano. Wayne Goforth played accompaniment on guitar, used his expertise to finalize tracks and wrote one of the songs. The production team had assistance from Roger Fortner, Todd Span-

Photo by Cindy Taylor

gler and Makayla Mounger.

Bobbie Wyatt designed the cover art. These volunteers have spent months bringing the project to market.

“We are grateful that Ashley is willing to use the talent God has given her,” said Tim Boruff. “I know all parents say this, but we could not ask for a better daughter.”

“We are very proud of Ashley,” said Candy Boruff.

“When she asked to sing in the choir when she was so young, Mike told her it would be work, and she was willing.”

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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.

■ Unity Baptist Church, Scenic Wood Subdivision off Norris Freeway, will present the Christmas drama “He Is Here” 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18. Everyone is invited.

■ Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road, offers Children’s Clothes Closet and Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m. each third Saturday.

Free to those in the 37912/37849 ZIP code area.

Classes/meetings

Christmas services

■ First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

■ Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, 405 Black Oak Drive, will host the Celebration Choir’s presentation of “The Heart of Christmas” and the drama “Stolen Jesus,” 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20. Info: bohbc.org.

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■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway, will host a Live Nativity 6-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 20-21.

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■ Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road, will host a Christmas program with a Candlelight Service, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 20.

■ Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road, will host the following Christmas services: Christmas Choral Cantata “Candles & Carols: A service of hope, peace, joy and love,” 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 20; Christmas Eve Candlelight and Communion Service, 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24, with refreshments following. Info: 938-

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

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Powell football players Great books, earn top honors great readers Several members of the Powell High football team were named Region 2-5A All-Region players. The group was voted on by the head coaches in the region.

Riley Sexton gets ready to look through her new book beside the huge train cut out in the Powell Elementary library. Photos by R. White

Powell High senior Cade Trusley was voted Offensive Lineman of the Year.

PHS ninthgrade football player Carson Cole was voted Newcomer of the Year.

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and Cade rose to the challenge. He was also a captain of the Panther team and a great leader.

Ninth-grade quarterback Cade Trusley, a senior who was starting center at Carson Cole was voted NewPHS, was voted Offensive comer of the Year. Carson Lineman of the year. Cade completed 55 percent of his is being recruited by Tuscu- passes (134/242), for 1,590 lum and Carson-Newman. yards and 11 touchdowns.

The team places a lot of re- He also rushed for one sponsibility on the center touchdown. Carson was the (identifying the defensive first freshman quarterback front and getting the line in to ever start a varsity footthe correct pass protection ball game at Powell.

Other members of the every snap of the game),

Panther football team made first and second team AllRegion. First team members include Trusley, senior Jamil Birden (RB/DB), junior Brandon Smith (WR/ DB), junior Rasheed Hunain (WR) and junior Tereance Melton (LG/DL).

Second team members include senior John Lewelling (LB), senior John Merritt (DE), senior Dalton Jett (LB), senior Blake Jenkins (RG/DT) and senior Jaqwone Davenport (RB).

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By Ruth White Powell Elementary School was able to give a free book to every student and staff member before the holiday as part of the Great Books, Great Readers program.

Thanks to the school’s PTA, Scholastic and a grant from author James Patterson’s foundation, everyone was able to take a book home to keep.

The library was decorated in a festive theme similar to the movie Polar Express and children dressed in pajamas for the day. Parent volunteers helped students with selections and kept the Ethan Sneed takes a moment to write his name in his new check out process running book. smoothly.

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Emily Baker discusses with Santa her status of good/bad and what she would like for Christmas. Photos by R. White Kaiden Collins and West Haven principal Connie Smith decorate cookies at the carnival.

A bonus for Kaiden is making the cookies with his grandmother (Smith).

Jorda Valentine snuggles close to Snoopy for a holiday photo.

Nigel Lee tests his strength at the Monkey Striker game.

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By Ruth White West Haven Elementary got a jumpstart on the holiday season with a fun, festive winter carnival.

The event featured tons of games including beanbag toss, toilet bowl toss, cakewalk and a test of strength.

Pictures were taken with Santa and Snoopy, and cookies were decorated by kids of all ages.

Benaiah Helton holds the cake he won during the cakewalk. He is pictured with his family, Myrlen Helton and Avaline Helton.

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Linda’s Hallmark: 31 years and growing

By Sandra Clark It’s always good to catch up with old friends, and Linda Underwood is that.

Owner/operator of Linda’s Hallmark with locations in Bearden and Farragut, Underwood survives when others have stumbled.

She says it’s all about evolving. “Hallmark stores have had to reinvent themselves.

Some did and some didn’t.�

Linda handles buying for her stores now, leaving the day-to-day to managers April Moss at Village Green and DeLena Toler at The Gallery. She says buying is not an exact science. “Most of our customers are women. While we carry Hallmark products, we now have hundreds of other vendors.� She is proud that the

recent News Sentinel readers’ poll voted Linda’s Hallmark the “best gift shop� in town.

She’s also got the best location in town for her Bearden store. And how she got it is worth retelling.

Originally from Chattanooga, Linda came to Knoxville in 1970 to attend UT. Her first job was in real estate – leasing and managing shopping centers. In 1982, “I got married, quit work and started playing tennis,� she says. Then Nick Cazana called. He was getting ready to build The Gallery on the site of an old motel on Kingston Pike. “He asked me to do the leasing.�

Linda Underwood and her Underwood didn’t take pup at work at Linda’s Hallthe job, but she did meet mark. Photo by S. Clark with Cazana. When she saw the plans, she snagged

the corner storefront. “I like cards and gifts – the social expression business.

I wanted a Hallmark shop and I wanted to be on that corner.�

That was 31 years ago in September.

Over the years, Linda has bought several shops, operating five Hallmark stores at one point. Her first store carried about 40 percent office supplies from file cabinets to Scotch tape. When big box stores like Office Depot and Staples came into the market, Linda adapted her inventory mix.

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Backwoods Bistro has created a project on kickstarter. com to raise $20,000 for a move from the Black Oak Plaza Shopping Center to Halls Crossing Centre near KARM and United Grocery Outlet. The campaign was set for 30 days, ending Dec. 21.

Catering manager Marty Goddard said the bistro needs more space, both for dine-in customers and for parking. Also, the move will enable additional equipment. After two years in business, Backwoods Bistro has outgrown its space.

Owner Nathaniel Morris says, “Simply put, we’re fresh food among friends.

We’re local people making fresh food from simple, raw ingredients and serving it to friends and family.

Morris said the bistro is moving “because our customers are asking us to make it easier to park and eat with us.� He said customers now must make a “frogger� style U-turn in and out of the store.

He’s promising a variety of perks for donors. “If you’re an existing customer, our rewards will speak for themselves. “They are loaded with crowd favorites from our menu as well as a special VIP option that will give you unique, exclusive opportunities throughout the year.�

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What challenges does the Internet bring to retail stores like Linda’s Hallmark? “It’s hard to tell,� says Linda. “We’re taking it day-by-day.� Now birthday greetings are sent with a click via Facebook. Young people are not taught to write thank you notes.

Even gifts themselves have changed, and Hallmark’s retailers are competing with hallmark.com/.

Linda Underwood operates Gold Crown Hallmark stores although that gives her little protection from corporate competition.

Hallmark opened a lifestyle store at Deane Hill, less than a mile from The Gallery. “They ended up closing that store,� says Linda, “and I’m still here.�

tory to other vendors, specializing in gifts and collectibles.

She added Precious Moments and villages. Both were popular gifts for a time but fewer collectibles are being sold now.

Time for reinvention: Linda’s Hallmark now sells costume jewelry, scarves, purses, wallets and sandals – highly “giftable,� but also great for personal buying.

Not changing for Linda’s are the pleasant atmosphere and the knowledgeable staff. “You just can’t do it without staff.� Toler has been with Linda’s for 11 years.

Just as Linda was considering whether to remodel or relocate her store in Cedar Bluff, Lissa’s Hallmark in Village Green shopping center near Fresh Market came available. Lissa’s had a 25-year history in Farragut.

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By Betsy Pickle Poe Dameron. Finn. Rey. Will these names become as beloved as Han, Luke and Leia?

That’s one of the questions teasing “Star Wars� fans as they (OK, we) await the debut of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.� The official opening day is Friday, Dec. 18, but the first screenings begin around 7 p.m. Thursday.

How popular is “Star Wars� locally? The “Star Wars� marathon – screening all six of the previous films beginning at 4 a.m. today at Regal Pinnacle – was sold out well in advance.

Many of Pinnacle’s primetime Thursday show times are sold out, and the film will play all night.

In addition to Pinnacle, the film will be shown at Knoxville Center, Riviera, Wynnsong, Foothills in Maryville and Tinseltown in Oak Ridge.

Old friends Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) return in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.�

Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Finn (John Boyega) run for their lives in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.�

Other mysteries fans can’t wait to be revealed include the plot, which has been a tightly held secret, and the relationships of the new characters to the characters in the original series. Film critics who attended the press junket weren’t allowed to see the film, but the story picks up 30 years after the end of “Return of the Jedi.�

To many fans, “A New Hope,� the postdated subtitle

for the original “Star Wars�

(1977), should have been reserved for this seventh entry in the series. Though there was great hoopla for “The Phantom Menace� (1999), “Attack of the Clones� (2002) and “Revenge of the Sith�

(2005), all are considered lesser entities than the original, “The Empire Strikes Back� (1980) and “Return of the Jedi� (1983).

When director J.J.

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

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

Having Kasdan on board is also seen as a plus. He co-wrote both “The Empire Strikes Back� and “Return of the Jedi.�

It doesn’t hurt that the stars of the original trilogy reunite for “The Force Awakens.� Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo) and Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa) are back, as are Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Kenny Baker (R2-D2) and Anthony Daniels (C-3PO).

The newcomers – who hope to avoid the curse of Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman – are Daisy Ridley as Rey, John Boyega as Finn, Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, Lupita Nyong’o as Maz Kanata, Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma, Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux and Andy Serkis as Supreme Leader Snoke. Oh, and there’s some kid named Max Von Sydow as Lor San Tekka.

According to the Box Office Mojo website, when adjusted for ticket-price inflation, the highest to lowest moneymakers have been: “Star Wars,� “The Phantom Menace,� “Return of the Jedi,� “The Empire Strikes Back,� “Revenge of the Sith� and “Attack of the Clones.� Cumulatively, the “Star Wars� universe has raked in $2,217,773,310 ($4,777,153,300 in adjusted dollars) over the past 38 years.

The upcoming “Star Wars� films, following the trend of recent spectacle series, won’t keep fans waiting the way the first two trilogies did. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story� is due out in 2016, followed by “Star Wars: Episode 8� in 2017 and “Star Wars: Episode IX� in 2019.

As for this week, if you’re one of the millions planning to attend “The Force Awakens,� arrive early and let it be said of you, “Patience is strong in this one.�

Holiday bells and whistles

By Carol Shane

True fans of a certain 1964 Rodgers & Hammerstein movie musical featuring the von Trapp family shouldn’t consider their education complete unless they’ve also seen the stage version.

Fortunately they’ll have eight chances to do so when “Broadway at the Tennessee� presents “The Sound of Music.� The show runs Dec. 1520. Info: www.tennesseetheatre.com or 684-1200.

They stand in the back and move around a lot. Their instruments often have no pitch. They can startle you with a crash, soothe you with a shimmer or set your feet to tapping.

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra percussionists are the ones who give the Clayton Holiday Concerts their snap, crackle and pop.

Timpanist Michael Combs, who’s been with the KSO since 1968, when David Van Vactor was on the

podium, has a Dickensian sense of “Christmas past, present and future.� “There was not always a holiday concert,� he says. “We used to have a regular subscription concert in December. Then Jim Clayton stepped up to support the holiday concerts. “Until then, percussion was drab for sure. No bells and whistles.� And even the first Clayton Holiday Concerts weren’t that exciting for the percussionists. “We brought books to read,� says Combs with a grin.

Subsequent conductors began to realize that more holiday flash meant more fun for the players and the audience. “We moved from snare drum, bass drum, cymbals and a pair of timpani to a major percussion workout!� says Combs.

Bob Adamcik, who was principal percussionist for many years and is now the KSO’s principal timpanist,

says, “So much of what the percussion section does sets the mood. In the Christian tradition, people often think of bells to celebrate holidays and joy. We use chimes, bells, triangles, sleigh bells and other ringing things to add a bright touch. The tambourine is an important part of the tradition of Hanukkah, so we usually get to play at least one piece on that instrument.�

They’re sometimes asked to come up with out-of-thebox ideas. Jay Oberfeitinger, a KSO percussionist since 1995, remembers that “one year with Lucas Richman we played a composition of his that had some sort of African inspiration or connection. We had to use our ‘standard’ drums to emulate African tribal drums.�

And, of course, they do sound effects. “We are the sounds of the horse hooves and the whip in ‘Sleigh Ride,’� says

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The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra percussion section looks forward to the upcoming Clayton Holiday Concerts. Shown are Bob Adamcik, Scott Eddlemon, Wes Palmer, Carol Shane, Clark Harrell, Andy Adzima and Jay Oberfeitinger. Photo by Cindy Hicks Adamcik. “We also provide loud pops with a special 2-foot-long pop gun.� An important part of the job is setting everything up so that each player can get to the desired instrument or noisemaker in time.

Usually things go pretty smoothly, but Andy Adzima remembers a moment of high drama once when something went awry with the Civic Coliseum’s physical plant. “We had to evacuate during a performance because the basement was flooding and the boiler and

electric rooms were filling with water. Had to come back two days later and collect our instruments.�

He’s enjoyed the musical variety over the years, “from Celtic to Appalachian to musical stories and reading ‘The Night Before Christmas,’ to dancers, different singing groups, bagpipes and bluegrass.

Oberfeitinger enjoys the audience sing-alongs of traditional carols. He admits that he sings along, too, and occasionally gets “a bit teary-eyed.�

“Regardless of the piece,� says Adamcik, “it’s always rewarding to be invited to be a part of someone’s holiday tradition.�

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents the 29th annual Clayton Holiday Concert, “An Appalachian Christmas,� at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18; 3 and 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 19; and 3 p.m.

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

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Clayton Holiday Concert: “An Appalachian Christmas,” Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday; 3 and 7:30 p.m.

Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Featuring: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Choral Society, GO! Contemporary Dance Works and local folk musicians. Info/tickets: knoxvillesymphony.com.

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

SATURDAY, DEC. 19

MONDAY. JAN. 4

Christmas Craft Bazaar and secret Santa shop, 1-3 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church.

400 E. Beaver Creek Drive. Fundraiser for several Girl Scout troops.

Market Square Holiday Market, noon-6 p.m., with farm vendors selling until 3 p.m. near the Market Square stage, and craft vendors and food trucks open until 6 p.m. on Union Avenue adjacent to Market Square and along Market Street. Info: MarketSquareFarmers Market.org or NourishKnoxville.org.

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

SUNDAY, DEC. 20

THROUGH THURSDAY, DEC. 24

Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”: A solo performance by Mark Cabus, 7:30 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 6500 Northshore Drive. Info: 584-3957.

Family Friendly Drum Circle, 3:30-5 p.m., Ijams Nature Center Miller Building. Bring a snack to share.

All ages welcome. Free. Info: 577-4717.

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

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16 Creative Endeavors Holiday Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Includes handmade and upscale items from local artisans. Open to public. Info: 523-1135.

Dine and Discover, noon-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Adam Alfrey, East Tennessee History Center, and Steve Cotham, manager of McClung Historical Collection, will present “An Inside Look at Lloyd Branson.” Free and open to the public. Info: knoxart.org.

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

KSO Library Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Santa Storytime Celebration, 3-4 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Open to children 0-10 years old. Info: 525-5431.

MONDAY, DEC. 21 Monday Night Book Club: “A Land More Kind Than Home” by Wiley Cash, 6-8 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Polar Express pajama party and Santa visit, 2:30-4 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road.

Info: 922-2552.

Robotics at the Library, 5 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. For teens ages 12-15.

Building kits provided. Info/registration: 525-5431.

TUESDAY, DEC. 22 Santa visits the Library, 6-7 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

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WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 16-20 “The Sound of Music,” Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Performances: 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: Ticketmaster outlets, the Tennessee Theatre box office, and 800-745-3000.

THURSDAY, DEC. 17 Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 18-20 Christmas in the Cave, 5-8:30 p.m., Historic Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway. Cost: $10 ages 3 and up; kids 2 and under, free. Proceeds benefit the maintenance and preservation of Historic Chero-

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

Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, 7 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: Ticketmaster outlets, the Tennessee Theatre box office, and 800-745-3000.

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

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

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

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

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WEDNESDAYS, JAN. 20, 27 “Beautiful, Vibrant Alcohol Inks” class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $50/nonmembers $65.

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“Mosaics Keepsake Box” class, 2-4 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $50/nonmembers $65. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

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News from the Rotary Guy

Knox Rotary plays Santa with 600 new books

Hubbard closes Uppercuts after 21 years

By Sandra Clark

Janet Hubbard has a big laugh and a bigger heart.

She’s not a Powell native, but she loves the community and doesn’t plan to leave, even as she closes her business and prepares to downsize her home.

Hubbard has operated Uppercuts for 21 years. She started in the shopping center near Winn Dixie, later moving to Powell Place. For Knoxville Rotarians Andrew Murr, Frank Rothermel, librarian Molly Moore, Dave Baumgartner, and Bill MacGrath with a few of the the last few years she has operated from her home in new books donated to the Beaumont School library.

Broadacres, where zoning Of the 600 new books, 100 are e-books, a first at Beau- restrictions do not prevent

By Tom King Christmas 2015 came early for Beaumont Magnet El- mont. Teachers can use the e-books on their classroom ac- home-based businesses, she ementary School when the Rotary Club tive boards and students can read them on mini iPads in says. the library or at home if they have the Internet. of Knoxville used a $10,000 grant to She grew up “all over,�

In addition to the 600 books, members of the club traveling with her family buy 600 new books for the school’s are reading to students once a week at the Book Club as her father made a career library. A group of more than 25 after school on Wednesdays. There are two groups of in the U.S. Navy. She had volunteers helped unload, catalog, about 15 students in grades K-1 and 2-3 in this program. two children, a son and a place stickers in and shelve the “Words can’t do justice to our appreciation for daughter who now attends books on Nov. 21.

Knoxville Rotary. This will have an impact on our stu- Roane State Community “Yes, it’s like Christmas is here early,� said Beaumont librarian Molly Moore. dents for years to come, not just now,� Moore said.

College. “Ours was a really old collection, with While at Powell Place, Tom King books that went back to the ’60s and ’70s. ■News and Notes she got active in the Powell So many of our materials are not relevant to kids today.�

Farragut Rotarians delivered 148 Angel Tree Christmas Business and Professional Beaumont has 515 students and is an inner-city school. gifts for 50 kids at the Boys & Girls Club of the Tennes- Association. She chaired the “It’s been amazing and this is really transformational for see Valley. Past President Jonathan Johnson headed up PBPA’s Santa Land for three our library,â€? Moore said. “We have a diverse population of this project and helped Ernie Brooks load the truck. Er- years. students and we want them to see themselves in the books nie is vice president of corporate relations for Boys & Girls “I’ll miss my customers. – women, minorities and everyone. The kids are clamoring Club ‌ Knoxville Rotary Club’s Mainstream Committee Many became my friends, for these news books.â€? has chosen for its project this year the Knoxville Botani- some driving from Kingston She says they have updated their biography collections cal Garden and Arboretum’s “Fitness Loop Trail.â€? The trail with books about people the students know in different fields will be located on the grounds called the Center for Urban – sports, history, entertainment, business leaders and politi- Agriculture and will also include outdoor equipment. More cal figures plus fiction and non-fiction and books on careers. details to come on this.

Janet Hubbard is hanging up the scissors after 21 years at Uppercuts. Photo by S. Clark

Pike. But it’s time to retire. I had a big birthday and said it’s time to throw down the scissors.�

Hubbard’s last day will be Tuesday, Dec. 22, and then some downtime at the beach. Come spring, she will market her house, either with the beauty shop equipment or not. Some of it is original, bought new and indestructible.

Friends and customers are invited to stop by to say good-bye to Janet Hubbard.

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â– Dan Sines has joined Hedstrom Design as landscape designer.

He comes with five years of experience in the industry, including work with firms in Illinois and Washington. He earned a bachelor’s degree in natural resources from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree in landscape architecture from Iowa State University.

Sines lives in Sequoyah Hills and regularly bikes to work. A newcomer to the area, he plans to get involved with the local bicycle community and said that safe and well-maintained bike infrastructure is important to him as a commuter and parent. His Dan Sines wife, Bree, and three children currently reside in Chicago and will join him in Knoxville in the spring.

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