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December 24, 2012

‘Who’s a dummy?’

IN THIS ISSUE

Miracle Maker

It’s just after 9 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, and Tracy Thomas’ 2nd-grade students at Halls Elementary are gathered in the corner of the classroom.

Thomas reads a book the class has chosen, “Abraham Lincoln Comes Home,” about the funereal train trip that returned the slain 16th president home to Springfield, Ill., after his assassination. The students listen attentively, ask questions and do all the things you’d expect them to do.

The amazing part is what happens next.

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Coffee Break He is the man of the hour.

Our jolly ol’ elf, Kriss Kringle, aka Santa Claus, agreed to take a few minutes to share with Shopper-News readers by answering the questions over this week’s Coffee Break.

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David Douglas, Willie Siegle and Wade Johnson will headline Powell Playhouse Comedy Night Jan. 19. Photo by Betty Bean

Noted ventriloquist to visit Powell Playhouse

By Betty Bean Willie Siegle is a smart alec of the first order. Ceaselessly sassy

with dense Groucho Marx eyebrows that shoot up to his auburn wig when he’s driving home a point, he’s so convincing you almost get to thinking he’s human.

And that’s all Wade Johnson’s fault. He and Willie have been

together since 1973, and Johnson knows how to push his buttons.

Johnson, an author, management consultant and retired professor of industrial psychology, is an adjunct professor at Roane State Community College and

Tennessee Tech. He has been a ventriloquist since 1955, when, at the age of 12, he decapitated his sister’s doll in an attempt to turn it into a dummy.

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Derek and Daniel “I choose this thought as my Christmas reflection on Derek Dooley,” Marvin West writes.

“There were no signature football victories, unless you inflate the value of Cincinnati and North Carolina State. But there were signature influences.

“I do know that Derek Dooley did some remarkable things with individual Volunteers,” including the feel-good story of Daniel Hood.

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The midnight raid Richard Krieg was a 22-yearold law student when he became the youngest member ever elected to the state House. His most public action as a state legislator came in his second term, when he led “a post-midnight raid” to what was then called Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital.

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TITAN A SELF-STORAGE

Santa says ‘save the plane’

By Theresa Edwards “The airplane restoration has been a lengthy process, having started in 2003. We work on it as funding comes in, so that makes it slow,” said restoration carpenter Bryan Christian. “Sooner than later, hopefully we’ll get it finished ... and we are very close.

“We try to use as much of the old structure as we can. We have original architectural drawings we work from with the help of Ric Mixon of Wystwynd Designs...We are going to restore it as close as possible from what we can recall with pictures and descriptions people have given us.”

“We didn’t know the integrity of the building until we started rebuilding it,” said Rock Bernard. “We have to work on it from the inside out.”

Christian tells stories he’s heard from locals surrounding what used to be the “aeroplane filling station” built in 1930.

“We’ve heard interesting stories that make me feel like I’ve gotten to know the original owners, Elmer and Henry Nickle.

“One guy from a nursing home stopped by with his daughters.

He just wanted to see the plane because he had been sitting on the front step when (he heard) President Roosevelt announce the bombing of Hiroshima. There are pretty incredible stories.”

Three-year old Kaylee Lentz sits on the lap of Mrs. Claus while Santa waves to passers-by on Clinton Highway. Photo

by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. The nonprofit group is selling “Save the Plane” T-shirts and sweatshirts to help raise restoration funds necessary to obtain a matching grant.

They can be purchased at Al’s Market at 6335 W. Emory Road or by calling Rock Bernard at 933-7158.

Donations can also be made to the Airplane Filling Station Preservation Association online at www. powellairplane.org President Tom Bruno is thankful for the support from the Tennessee Historical Commission, East Tennessee Community Design Center, Knox Heritage, Home

Depot, Clayton Family Foundation, Knoxville Harley-Davidson, Fox Toyota and other community members and businesses.

“If we don’t keep something like this, it’s lost.

“It may be a picture in a book, but nobody could see it,” said Bruno.

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A-2 • DECEMBER 24, 2012 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS

Coffee Break with

Clement Clarke Moore who wrote “T’was the Night Before Christmas.” I really need to chat with him about the whole “down the chimney” thing. Dad tried it when the poem first came out.

What a mess!

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest influence on your life and why?

Herman Fisher, Irving Price, Margaret Evans Price and Helen Schelle, the individuals who founded Fisher-Price in 1930.

I still can’t quite get the hang of …

That Wii Fit Plus Mrs. Claus gave me last year.

Every morning it’s yoga and kung fu and, oh! that balance board! Forget it.

Santa Claus

He is the man of the hour. Our jolly ol’ elf, Kriss Kringle, aka Santa Claus, agreed to take a few minutes to share with Shopper-News readers by answering the questions for our popular Coffee Break feature.

Santa is very busy this time of year, but his answers were thoughtful and offer some insight into the life of this magical man. A modest guy, he actually tried to push the missus to the forefront, suggesting that she would be “much more entertaining” in Coffee Break. But in the end, Santa kept true to his form of not wanting to disappoint, so he put pencil-to-paper, so to speak, and sent his answers.

Not much of a coffee fan, Santa did suggest that we change the name to “Milk and Cookies Break,” but finally did admit that a hot cup of cocoa isn’t that different from a coffee break.

“It’s the pause in the day that really counts, I think,” he said. “Whether it’s with a cup of Joe, an Earl Grey with honey and lemon or a steamed milk hot chocolate with tiny marshmallows, it is good to just sit and read something good in the newspaper.”

We agree, Santa, and all of us at Shopper-News thank you. And, we wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Now, sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Santa Claus:

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

I have two. From “Elf,” when Buddy says: “We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.” And, I love when the conductor in “The Polar Express” says, “The thing about trains … it doesn’t matter where they’re going. What matters is deciding to get on.”

What are you guilty of?

What is the best present you ever received in a box?

My Garmin. Gary Burrell and Min Kao will be on the Nice list forever!

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

Marry someone who likes to cook. I listened, and Mrs. Claus is the best, although I will have to say that she is getting a little too fond of Slice and Bake cookies.

What is your social media of choice?

YouTube. Oh, the things you learn … The “Naughty” list has gotten longer thanks to YouTube.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

“Merry Christmas, Alex Cross.” I have never regretted giving James Patterson that typewriter.

What was your most embarrassing moment?

There was a YouTube video of my college days when I tried to play linebacker for the Fighting Elves. The coach only put me on the team to stay off the naughty list, but I got in for this one play. … Well, it wasn’t pretty. Don’t bother looking for it. I have far-reaching influence.

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

1. Get rid of my triple chin so I can shave this beard.

2. Spend a few weeks on a “repositioning” cruise – no ports of call, just sailing the seas.

3. Take Mrs. Claus to Blackberry Farm for a whole week.

What is one word others often use to describe you and why?

Really? Let’s just go out on a limb and say: “Jolly.”

Switching up the Naughty and Nice lists, just for fun. Oh man, does it make the elves scramble! I always switch them back.

What is your favorite material possession?

My state-of-the-art, custom-made supersonic sled.

Truthfully, the reindeer are mostly just for tradition these days.

What are you reading currently?

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I think it would be kind of neat to have a tan …

Well, while Santa is eternal, this is a family business, and there is a long apprenticeship process. When I was a teenager, my dad started me in the stable. I hate reindeer poop.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?

Without a doubt, my all-time favorite was “Magilla Gorilla.”

What irritates you?

Nonbelievers who insist on spreading their unhappiness.

What’s one place around here everyone should visit?

The parks. With the way you light things up at Christmas, I don’t even need Rudolph to find your great town.

What is your greatest fear?

That the world will become so jaded and logical that little children will no longer believe in the magic of Christmas and Santa Claus. I don’t dwell on it, however, because the hearts of children are pure, and the magic lives in them. Thankfully, that hasn’t changed much through the centuries.

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be?

Sleep through Christmas Eve. Ho, ho, ho – just kidding! Merry Christmas!

–Sherri Gardner Howell

What is your passion?

Giving to others.

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?

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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 24, 2012 • A-3

The best Christmas present ever

By Jake Mabe The best Christmas present ever showed up late during the winter of 1983. It was well worth the wait.

During the lead up to Dec. 25 that year I was told that my grandfather Wayne Wyatt wouldn’t be home to celebrate Christmas with us. He Wyatt was in the hospital, recovering from a heart attack.

I wasn’t exactly sure what a heart attack was, but I knew it had to be serious for Papaw to miss Christmas. I’ve long forgotten whatever presents

were waiting under the tree that year. But I remember the day Papaw came home from the hospital.

I thought about that special Christmas present the other night when I went to my grandmother’s house to help her bake cookies. Papaw won’t be here for Christmas this year. He passed away in September at age 81.

Wayne Wyatt had a good story to tell, one he rarely told. He grew up on a farm in Claiborne County and lived there until 1963, when he moved his family to Knoxville. He worked at Dempster Brothers for awhile before deciding to go to night school in his mid 40s. Having done so, he taught welding at the old Doyle High School from

the mid-1970s until his retirement.

Papaw had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’stype dementia and was starting to forget people, places and things. It was hard, to say the least, to see a man who had once held such a commanding presence begin to decline. I consider it a blessing that he still recognized each member of his immediate family right up to the end.

Christmas 2012 may not be the most joyous one on record in our house, but one thing does make me happy.

Papaw is getting to enjoy a heavenly Christmas.

And I guess that’s the best present I could ask for this year.

Artist explores new medium

By Cindy Taylor Marlene Wertze has studied art for more than 50 years and is the featured artist for December at the Union County Arts Co-op.

At 78, she has become an expert at watercolor, paper marbling and nature crafts.

She has studied ebru marbling and did studio work at the Marbling Resource Center in Illinois under the tutelage of Milena Hughes, a well-known artist of this medium.

Ebru marbling is an extensive, sometimes mixed medium, requiring talent and time.

Marblers will use powdered carrageenan extracted from various seaweeds along with other, often homemade, products.

Wertze has set aside ebru but plans to return to it soon.

“I want to do more marbling eventually because I want to incorporate that into my colored pencil work,” said Wertze. “It is very abstract, but it can be manipulated.”

Wertze is a member and past secretary of the Illinois Watercolor Society, where she retained a signature

‘Who’s a dummy?’

“I’d gotten Paul Winchell’s book – ‘Ventriloquism for Fun and Profit,’ and I decided I needed a dummy. My sister Linda had a Chatty Cathy doll, and I cut into its jaw so its mouth would move, and cut its head off … any money I made for the next 6 months went to my sister to buy her a new Chatty Cathy,” he said.

Willie Siegle, underwhelmed by the ancient history, sits on Johnson’s knee and rolls his eyes.

Johnson will bring Siegle to Powell Playhouse in the Jubilee Banquet Facility on “Comedy Night, Rhythm and Laughter” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 (snow date, Jan. 26).

They will be joined by Powell business owner/ bluegrass musician David Douglas and Wade’s son, magician Lance Johnson.

His granddaughter Carly Johnson (an honor student at the L&N STEM Academy) volunteers at the playhouse, and his son, Mark, is a family practice physician in Powell.

Wade and Lance Johnson come by their performing genes naturally. Both Wade’s father and grandfather were well-known magicians when he was growing up in Baltimore.

In 1955, his dad bought him a real dummy – Maher

From page A-1 Studio’s model Johnny 100 for Christmas – and Willie Siegle was born. Two decades later, Maher went to a different style and Johnson replaced the Johnny 100 with the current Willie.

He joined Paramount Variety Productions that same year and performed in stage shows, country clubs, nursing homes, hospitals and other venues where an underage ventriloquist could legally take the stage. Later, he won the American Society of Professional Ventriloquists “Best Professional Ventriloquist” award for 3 consecutive years and authored a how-to book, “Anybody can be a Ventriloquist – Including You.” From 1972-1976, Johnson worked for Little Debbie Snack Cakes doing TV appearances, conventions and store openings in a 26-state territory. He’d load Willie up in a shopping cart full of Little Debbie cakes and entertain customers with his antics.

“During this time I made it my business to visit a children’s hospital in each city I visited. It took me four days to get through St. Jude’s in Memphis. The worst wards were burn and cancer wards,” he said.

He particularly remembers one little girl who was gravely ill and needed a risky surgical procedure,

Moulton passes away Artist Marlene Wertze with her “Geneva Lake,” 2011 Best of Show colored pencil piece. Photo by Cindy Taylor membership for many years before moving to Wisconsin.

While in Wisconsin she was a member of the Geneva Lake Art Association where her paintings are held in private collections.

After attending workshops in colored pencil and by trial and error on her own, she developed a special interest in this medium.

Wertze recently moved to Union County where her

colored pencil work has continued to evolve. Her current focus is studying and drawing local wildflowers.

“Drawing nature can be difficult,” she said.

“I prefer to draw onsite, but that can be tough due to time constraints and changing shadows. I sometimes take photos and draw the object later, but I prefer real time.”

Merry Christmas

Robert E. “Plumb-Bob” Moulton, 75, passed away Dec. 19, at Tennova Hospice in Halls. He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church. Preceded in death by his children Joseph David and Robin El-

len Moulton. Survived by his wife, Pearl E. Moulton; sons and daughters-in-law Eddie and Becky Moulton of Knoxville, Charles J. and Zoe Moulton of Green Bay, Wisc.; several grandchildren, great-grandchil-

which she was refusing.

Without it, her chances weren’t good. But when Willie Siegle came to see her, she was smitten. She asked Johnson how long it would take to get a dummy of her own.

“I said two weeks,” Johnson said. “When I got back to Chattanooga on Friday, my boss called and asked ‘Did you go visit a little girl in the hospital?’ I said ‘Yes, why do you ask?’ and he said ‘Because of your visit, she came through the surgery just fine.’”

Earlier this year, after attending a Powell Playhouse production, he decided it was time to haul Willie out again. He called producer/director/founder Nita Buell Black to volunteer his services. She was thrilled to accept his offer.

“Wade and Lance Johnson have a family history in the entertainment business since their father and grandfather led the way.

“I believe Powell Playhouse is offering the communities around us a show they will certainly enjoy!

“In fact, we might want to expand the Playhouse offerings and have Lance do his illusion act and his father continue with other skits with Willy Siegle. I think that would be a fun show for the summer.”

dren, and two great-greatgrandchildren. In lieu of flowers, send donations to the Antioch Baptist Church Building Fund or Tennova Hospice in Halls.

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government Back from Burma Last week I returned from Burma (Myanmar), where I was part of the Radio Free Asia delegation to this nation in transition from a military dictatorship to a democracy. I had last visited Burma in 1995 with my late mother on a private trip. The contrast since those intervening 17 years was stunning.

Burma is the world’s 24th largest nation, occupied by the British until World War II when the Japanese occupied Burma.

After the war, Burma won independence from Britain, but it lasted only a few years as a democracy.

Today it is clearly moving slowly but steadily to a free nation and is emerging from its dependence on China.

The purpose of our visit was to solidify RFA broadcasts of local news within Burma and allow our journalists to have credentials to visit all parts of Burma wherever news may occur, which is often without notice. If Burma in 2015 has a free election for president, it will place the country in a small group of nations in Southeast Asia where the people can prevail. That is not true today in China, Vietnam, Laos or Cambodia.

We met first with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at her modest home in Naypyitaw (the new capitol), where we discussed with her the practical challenges in moving from 50 years of military rule to a government which includes the rule of law and participatory democratic values.

We also met with members of the president’s cabinet and the speaker of the Upper House. We met with U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell in Rangoon, where Voice of America signed a historic agreement with SKynet to broadcast direct to home satellites in Burma.

On the final day in Burma, we had an hour and a half meeting with President Thein Sein in his ceremonial office in Naypyitaw. He was clearly well-informed on our mis-

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sion. The amount of time he spent with us was highly unusual and bodes well for progress in getting objective news to the Burmese people. This will help lay the groundwork for a robust, democratic election process in 2015.

In January I will return to Southeast Asia, going to Cambodia this time to lead a program for local government officials for the International Republican Institute and meeting with Radio Free Asia and Voice of America officials in Phnom Penh. The Cambodian government has not been as open to free media as the new Burmese government is.

■ Knoxville lost a truly distinguished educator last week when Paul Kelley died. A longtime school board member, he always looked for the solution to an issue which solved the problem. He was patient in hearing all points of view. He brought calm to troubled waters.

He was a champion for Fulton High School and North Knoxville in particular. It is not often that someone so dedicated to the public good comes along and stands tall for his views, even when not popular. He always sought to give the student in trouble a second chance.

■ Jack Barnes, longtime political operative in city politics, was honored last week at a Kerbela Temple luncheon pulled together by Terry Landell.

Barnes worked in fleet management for many years for the city. He is 81.

Former city council members Jack Sharp (former vice mayor) and Ed Shouse (now county commissioner) attended, along with Sheriff Jimmy “JJ” Jones.

Former Knoxville mayor and ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe serves as vice chair of Radio Free Asia.

Holiday closings Knox County’s offices will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Knox County Solid Waste Convenience Centers will close at 2 p.m. on Christmas Eve and will be closed on Christmas Day and Tuesday, Jan. 1. The centers will accept Christmas trees for recycling.

Library branches are closed Dec. 24-25. All branches will close at 5:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and will remain closed on New Year’s Day. Knox County Senior Centers, Health Department facilities and the Knox County Veterans Service Office will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

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Paul Kelley: a champion for children Some years ago, the Knox County Schools adopted a strict zero tolerance policy and began expelling students for infractions involving weapons and drugs.

Kids could be pitched out of school for offenses as slight as having a pocketknife, even inadvertently, or swigging a beer at dinner before a ballgame.

Betty Bean School board member Paul Kelley objected to the one-size-fits-all policy and took to wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the words “End Zero Tolerance Now.” Sam Anderson, who served on the school board with Kelley for 12 years and worked with him for another dozen years when Kelley was an assistant superintendent of city schools, says if he had to sum up Paul Kelley in one word, he knows exactly what it would be – “integrity.”

“On any issue, you didn’t have to guess where Paul stood because of his values.

You knew where he was because you knew who he was.”

He cited Paul Kelley and Cecil Kelly as colleagues with integrity.

“But his primary issue was kids. He did not believe in discarding kids. If a kid gets in trouble, we find a place for him or her.

“He always said we’re in the kid-building business, not the kid-destroying business. We have a responsibility to educate every child, no matter what problems he brought with him. Once when the alternative school was full, he said ‘I don’t care. Find another one. You discard a kid, you create a problem for a lifetime.’

“Paul was thoughtful and sincere. Every statement he made, he thought it through. There was no political game in him. He’d make the call and live with it. The community has lost a great man, and I have lost a great friend – the most consistently steady person I ever worked with,” Anderson said.

That sentiment was widely shared by the huge, somber crowd that packed into Emerald Avenue Methodist Church last Thursday night to say goodbye to Kelley, who died Dec. 16 after a long illness.

It might have been larger still, but for an event a few miles away at Knoxville Center. It was graduation night at the Dr. Paul L. Kelley Volunteer Academy, the alternative high school for at-risk students named for the educator who was practicing No Child Left Behind long before politicians made it a slogan.

The sanctuary glittered with the trappings of the season – a big Christmas tree in the front corner dwarfed a tiny, hand-made purple and white tree crafted by Abby Diggs, daughter of Steve Diggs, executive director of the Emerald Youth Foundation, an organization founded by Kelley and other church members in 1988 that has drawn great acclaim for its service to inner city youth.

Abby made ornaments symbolizing the things she will remember about Kelley – a bluebird (Kelley was a bird lover who had at least a dozen birdhouses in his yard); a garbage can (for the “Zero and One Club,” an anti-litter organization he started whose members are asked to promise not to litter and to pick up one piece of trash per day); and baskets of candy and bubblegum (for the treats he carried in his pockets for the

children at his church).

Ministers Bob Bean and Jim Bailes sharing moving anecdotes, followed by grandson, Lucas Kelley, reading scripture.

His son Michael paid tribute to his father’s love of children.

Diggs recalled that when asked how he was doing, Kelley would respond, “I am well if you are,” and told of Kelley’s visiting inmates Dr. Paul L. Kelley during a in prison and opening his break in a school board meethome to a teenaged boy who ing. File photo by S. Clark needed a safe place to live.

Kelley’s younger son “Meanwhile, I had to John, a Whiffenpoof alumnus who majored in music call the organization in San at Yale, sang a version of Francisco and say, ‘We need The Lord’s Prayer that awed to track this down.’”

Kelley’s school board the room. successor, Indya Kincannon, was out of town due to “You knew where the death of her father, but he was because you had some thoughts to share: “Dr. Kelley met with me knew who he was.” in 2003 when I started cam– Sam Anderson paigning to take his place on the school board. I respected his decision to supAfterward, Norma Kelley port my opponent, who was dispensed hundreds of hugs. a longtime friend – loyalty As the crowd thinned, is a valuable trait. When I John Kelley shared the sto- did win, he was ever so grary behind the story about cious, willing to offer guidhis dad making national ance when I asked, giving news in 2008 for donating me all his files, and staying $10,000 to fight Proposi- engaged on education istion 8, a ballot measure sues.

“He is a great role model bent on outlawing samesex marriage in California. for me. His decisions as a John lives in San Francisco, school board member were where he says he is “a law- never political, but truly yer by day and a singer by always in the best interests night.” He is gay, and says of students. I particularly his parents have always admired his steadfast opposition to the draconian and been supportive. zero“Dad intended to make a counter-productive $1,000 contribution, which tolerance policies that we was pretty big for somebody once had.

“He was a soft-spoken who was not in California, but it was mistakenly re- school board member, but corded as $10,000, and he when he spoke, people lisgot interviewed by a news- tened because they knew paper in Nashville because he spoke with integrity and he gave the biggest contri- from long experience. He bution in the state of Ten- was a great advocate for nessee. He told them that kids and for public educahe believed that everyone tion. His many contribushould be free to marry tions to our community will whomever they loved. be long remembered.”

How to fund school technology Ever wonder how we get into messes like the “fiscal cliff?”

Combine a lack of historic perspective with a desire to have stuff now while paying later, stir and bake. Fiscal calamity lies straight ahead.

Didn’t we learn anything from the county law enforcement pension plan?

Last year the school board presented an aggressive budget that required a 35-cent tax increase. Not in the mood to raise taxes, the county commission did not fund it.

Instead, the commission cobbled together a band-aid budget that funded much of what the school system planned to spend in Year One of a 5-year plan.

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Now the commission seeks political cover for what lies ahead.

Chair Tony Norman suggests a monthly “seminar” at which Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre instructs commissioners about the intricacies of the school budget.

Commissioner Mike Brown wants a joint committee of commissioners, school board members and representatives of the business community. People with, as

he says, “skin in the game.”

Funny he never mentioned teachers, parents or kids.

Commissioner Richard Briggs wants a joint committee with the school board so the commission does not get blindsided by the next budget proposal.

“Last year’s (budget) was one of the more difficult things we’ve done in the last 4-5 years,” he said.

“What the schools are talking about is important, but we have to find a way to sell to the public how to fund it.”

Briggs suggested borrowing money at “historically low interest rates” to fund portions of the budget.

He must mean the technology component.

Fiscal cliff alert!

Borrowing money makes sense only for one-time purchases, such as school construction. But as anyone in business knows, the technology itself is transient.

Electronic devices and software require frequent upgrades and should be funded with a stable revenue stream, such as the property tax.

You would not buy an iPad on a multi-year financing plan. So why sell bonds to buy 50,000 of them for Knox County Schools?

The budget debate is about funding technology.

The school board’s plan was transparent, clearly stated and honest. Let’s hope the commission can be equally honest in its response.

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Richard Krieg and his midnight raid LAW DOGS | Betty Bean Richard Krieg was night” raid and says it re“Fortunately, she was a 22-year-old law stu- ally wasn’t that dramatic. persistent, and she finally dent when he became the “Back then there were got me to agree to come youngest member ever two newspapers in town and see what she was comelected to the Tennessee – the Knoxville Journal, plaining about. This was House of Representatives. which was a Republican in the days before there “I was elected in the fall paper, and the News-Sen- were laws protecting whisof 1968 when the voting tinel, which was an eve- tleblowers, and as a state age was still 21, employee, and I do hold the she was distinction that terrified. I the first time I promised I would not was eligible to Richard Krieg grew up in Morristown. His vote, I voted for give up my dad, Dick Krieg, is deceased. His mother, Mary, myself,” he said. source. now 101, lives at LakeBrook in Knoxville.

Krieg served “I was Richard and wife Karen live in Westmotwo terms behorrified reland Hills. Their family includes: daughter fore deciding to by what I Ashley Krieg, with the Atlanta March of Dimes; retire from polisaw – cellson Justin Krieg, with the Historic Columbus tics and devote like rooms, his full attenunsaniFoundation in Columbus, Ga.; daughter-intion to his f ledgtary condilaw Katie Krieg and grandson George. ling law practions, rats Krieg received his undergraduate and law tice. Today he and mice … degrees at the University of Tennessee in 1968 is a shareholder Although and 1971, respectively. He has held a variety in Lewis King there were of positions with the American Cancer SociKrieg and Walgood emety including service on the national board, is drop. He served ploye e s the former chair of the Metropolitan Knoxville for 21 years on there, they Airport Authority and is former board chair of the Knoxville had limited the East Tennessee Discovery Center. resources Airport Authorand support ity, which he from the also chaired.

His most public action ning paper. If one news- state. After my unofficial as a state legislator came paper took a position, the visit, I met with a number early in his second term, other would take the op- of people I trusted and said ‘You won’t believe it …’ when he led what the posite position.

“So I’m a freshman “I made the decision News Sentinel archive labels “a post-midnight visit legislator in a House of that without the media to overcrowded wards” at Representatives that has reporting it, it would be what was then called East- 49 Democrats, 49 Repub- very difficult for me to get ern State Psychiatric Hos- licans and one Indepen- anything done. Being a pital, finding “too little dent, and during my first Republican, my best constaff, too little training, term in office, I received tacts were with the Jourand unsanitary and inhu- several calls from a person nal, and one of the most mane conditions in aging who lived in my district intimidating things I had who was a nurse at East- to do was to go talk to edibuildings.”

Krieg, who is no lon- ern State, telling me how tor Guy L. Smith.

“I also had some conger active in politics (and bad the conditions were says he likes it that way), there. But being new, and tacts at WBIR-TV, and chuckles at the descrip- learning the ropes, I put they teamed up with the Journal to break this stotion of his “post-mid- her off.

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ry,” Krieg said. “We went at night because my source went to work at 11 p.m., and I didn’t want to take the kind of orchestrated tour the administration would have arranged.

“In my unsophisticated way, I was surprised at the way the Sentinel reacted – calling it an after-midnight raid. That was what made the whole thing such a controversy. And I was there after midnight, that is correct.”

The result was a weeklong series of investigative stories by both the Journal and WBIR that shocked the establishment into action.

Krieg made sure to give just-elected Republican Gov. Winfield Dunn a courtesy heads-up before the story broke, and he recalls Dunn being surprised, concerned and grateful for the advance notice.

“Naturally, I think he was cautious because he was new to office. He appointed a commission of people within his administration to look into it, and he was thankful that the abuses didn’t occur on his watch. They made

wholesale changes in leadership, cleaned the place up, and put a greater emphasis on mental health care facilities and improving the program.

“My tenure in the legislature ended in 1972 when I did not run for reelection. I’ll take credit for talking my campaign supporter Ben Atchley into running. And at that point, at 25, I was becoming a has-been.”

Despite leaving office, Krieg has stayed keenly interested in mental

health issues, and says he is following the aftermath of Gov. Bill Haslam’s closing Lakeshore.

“I personally know several dedicated professionals who spent a career working out there whose jobs ended, and they have great concerns over whether the needs of the patients are being met,” he said. “And I can see why, from the numbers of homeless people and the numbers of people who need services and are not getting them.”

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Influence: Derek and Daniel

shouldn’t have to keep paying for a “terrible mistake” made as a kid.

“Catholic High gave him a second chance, and he lived up to expectations.

We feel like he has earned the chance to continue that,” said Hamilton.

Hood became a Vol and part of the revolving door that was/is Big Orange football. Dooley replaced Kiffin. Position coaches came and went. Hood switched from offense to defense.

He was an imposing man.

At 6-4 and 300 with shoulder-length hair and scraggly beard, Hood became the image of the mythical Thor, god of lightning and thunder. I suppose he does resemble Chris Hemsworth, the actor who was Thor in the movie.

Interesting sidelight: Hood got the Thor feeling.

The Vols were doing a project for Habitat for Humanity. Players picked up hammers and went to work.

Hood hooked a sledgehammer on his belt. He looked bigger than life. That was not the Dooley look. Daniel trimmed enough to meet specifications. It helped that he could play.

There has never been an easy street for Daniel Hood. Shoulder repairs knocked him out of spring practice, a crucial setback with another new coaching staff.

In mid-June, Hood found his mother and her boyfriend dead in her apartment. He said that was the darkest day of his life.

Teammates rushed to the rescue. Dooley spent hours

with his grieving player.

Hood and teammates found one small smile.

They speculated that the coach’s car was the best ever in the neighborhood, not the nicest in South Knoxville. They guessed how it must have been when Derek went door to door saying “I’m Coach Dooley, y’all know where Dan Hood lives?”

In the months that followed, Hood could not distinguish between the coach and the man who put an arm on his shoulder and helped him through really rough times.

Hood said Derek Dooley is one of the best people he has ever been around, perhaps the second most important in his life.

ing after the attacks of 9/11, and I have not yet allowed myself to cry over these precious children, over their A stunned nation grieves I will confess I have ac- devastated parents, over the with the people of New- tively tried not to envision loss of innocence and trust town, Conn., whose chil- the carnage. I remember which must be rampant when I could not stop cry- among the survivors. dren “are no more.”

Here we are in the midst of a season of hope and peace and joy and love (as the Advent candles remind us), and yet, there is an overwhelming sense of desolation and fear and horror and – if we are honest – anger.

I mean, really! Can you imagine pointing a gun at a kindergartner and pulling the trigger, multiple times?

Gunning down unarmed women trying to protect terrified children? Can you fathom a little girl who was canny enough to play dead and survive?

The infanticide decreed

by Herod in Matthew’s account of the birth of Jesus

was another instance of a paranoid madman killing babies, only Herod’s motive was to protect his throne.

And he sent soldiers to do his murdering.

I have a lot of questions about this dark episode in the Christmas story. They are the same questions a lot of people are asking in Newtown.

Why? Why does a merciful God allow such horror?

Where was God? Asleep?

Where were the miracles that needed to happen in those awful moments?

And like the mothers and fathers in Newtown whose children survived, did Mary and Joseph feel survivor’s

guilt? As they slipped out of Bethlehem and across the Judean desert, did they hear the dreadful cries of the babies as they were dying? Could they hear the horrified screams of the mothers?

How long did it take for those cries to stop echoing in their ears?

How long will it take for us?

As we celebrate this Christmas, let us spare a thought, say a prayer, light a candle, sing a song for the children, all the children, the world over.

In the name of the Child.

Amen.

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A preacher, struggling to reach older boys and young men, said a football coach has more influence.

The minister was right. By the time athletic males are sophomores in high school, coaches probably have more influence than preachers or parents. Peers may be runners-up. That is scary.

I choose this thought as my Christmas reflection on Derek Dooley. There were no signature football victories, unless you inflate the value of Cincinnati and North Carolina State. But there were signature influences. I hope his Vol for Life program proves genuine. I hope his support of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes was enough to keep

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it alive and well.

I do know that Derek Dooley did some remarkable things with individual Volunteers. Here is one example: Daniel Hood is a resident expert on sin and redemption, on heartbreak and hope, on lows and highs that hit dead ends.

He was part of a crime that merited prison but his age, 13, spared him. He repented and overcame enough

of the stigma to become an outstanding studentathlete at Catholic High – terrific grades, model citizen, Mr. Football on a state championship team.

Twenty-seven colleges were interested in his future until they caught up with his past. One by one, they quit recruiting him.

Tennessee was among the dropouts.

Along came Lane Kiffin to take a chance and the heat. Lane was all about winning any way he could.

The controversial scholarship was to help him and the team, not Hood.

I thought athletic director Mike Hamilton’s evaluation was sincere: Hood

Slaughter of the innocents When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.”

(Matthew 2: 16-18 NRSV)

Three members of UT’s 1998 National Championship football team, coach Phillip Fulmer, receiver Peerless Price and linebacker Al Wilson, will speak at King College in Bristol at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29.

In his 17 seasons at UT, Fulmer’s record was 152-52, he had 92 players make an NFL roster, 18 players earned All-American honors and another 68 players were selected

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All-SEC. Price played nine seasons in the NFL; he caught 403 passes for more than 5,000 yards and 31 touchdowns. Wilson spent nine years with the Denver Bronc os where he earned five Pro Bowl selections.

Ticket are $45 ($40 each for two or more) which includes dinner and an autograph session. Info: 423-652-4864 or pmhousto@ king.edu.

Marvin West invites reader reaction.

His address is westwest6@netzero. com.

A 30-year Fountain City business is moving to west Knox County.

Fountainhead College of Technology will move its campus to a site in Knoxville’s technology corridor, near Interstate 40/75 and Pellissippi Parkway, according to CEO Richard Rackley.

No plans were available for the use of the former Smithwood Elementary School on Tazewell Pike.

Fountainhead will begin its spring term on Jan. 7 in a 30,000 square foot building formerly occupied by ITT Technical Institute at 10208 Technology Drive. This move reflects growth for Fountainhead College, Rackley said. An open house will be held in early spring.

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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 24, 2012 • A-7

How a ‘centurion’ became an ‘angel’

By Cindy Taylor Can a centurion become an angel? He can when he’s Scott Smith.

Smith, who is also a minister, retirement planner, radio show host and founder of Scott Smith Insurance, has been a part of the Knoxville Nativity Pageant since 2000.

His first role was as Roman centurion.

“I am too nice a guy to play that role,” said Smith. “When they offered me the role of Gabriel, I jumped at it.”

The Knoxville Nativity Pageant has been running since 1969 and according to Smith is the second oldest continuous community nativity pageant in the United

States. All those involved, from the board of directors to the performers, volunteer their time. No admission is charged. It takes thousands of dollars to pull off a production of this size, and the budget is met annually by independent donations.

The pageant has evolved through the years and now includes a special section for the deaf and hearing impaired, and Spanish translation for all performances.

“This is a well-oiled machine starting its fifth decade,” said Smith. “It’s great to return every year and meet up with friends from the year before.”

Smith said those you work

Scott Smith with a prized possession – one of the last brass cash registers made before production ceased in 1941. Photo by Cindy Taylor with on the pageant become like family you get to visit with once each year.

“It is my hope that the community of churches in Knoxville learn what a resource they have in this pageant,” said Smith. “There are

still a lot of people who don’t even know it exists and we always need new volunteers.

This pageant is a gift to the community and belongs to all faiths.”

Reach Cindy Taylor at brentcindyt@gmail. com

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Ho, Ho Lions party Knox North Lions Club president Rick Long greets vice president Kim Sepesi at the club’s Christmas party hosted

by Sepesi in her home. Photo by Cindy Taylor

WORSHIP NOTES Food banks

■ Knoxville Free Food Market, 4625 Mill Branch Lane, distributes free food 10 a.m.-1 p.m. each third Saturday. Info: 566-1265.

■ New Hope Baptist Church Food Pantry distributes food boxes 5-6:30 p.m. each third Thursday. Info: 688-5330.

■ Bookwalter UMC offers One Harvest Food Ministries to the community. Info and menu: http://bookwalter-umc.org/ oneharvest/index.html or 6893349, 9 a.m.-noon. weekdays.

Barnyard Tales

■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central Ave. Pike,

by Kathryn Woycik Barns are a thing of the past. New barns are not being built like they were in days gone by. Today it usually is cheaper to put up a metal building. It may serve the purpose, but it lacks the beauty of the old barns.

Over the past few months I have come to realize just A happy tale could be told here on Mountain View Road in Clinton. how many old barns there are scattered about in the East Tennessee area. Most of the ones to which I am drawn are abandoned or dilapidated, but in some cases are still active.

Each barn has character and tells a story of its own.

Some have unique features and are very beautiful. Some are bare rustic wood, or painted different colors that brighten up the countryside.

Although I have seen hundreds of beautiful barns, I have not always been able to just conveniently pull over and take a picture of them. Here are some of the barns that I have been able to capture along the way.

As a little tribute to the barns of East Tennessee, the Shopper-News will be featuring some of them from time to time.

If your old barn has a story to tell, contact us at woycikk@ This barn in Kentucky, photographed just a few weeks ago, looks like it would barely stay up in shoppernewsnow.com. a windstorm but appears to be in active use. Photos by K. Woycik

MILESTONES Birthdays

Isabella Eleni Norsworthy turned 4 years old Dec. 10 and celebrated with a Rapunzel party at McDonald’s with family and friends. Parents are Javan and Emily Norsworthy. Grandparents are Gerald “Jake” and Diane Lowe. Great-grandmother is Marie Cole.

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Special services

■ Fountain City Presbyterian Church, 500 Hotel Road, will change worship services schedule for Sundays, Dec. 30 and Jan. 6. The 8:55 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship services will be combined into one service at 10 a.m.

■ Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon meets at noon each Tuesday at Golden Corral. Info: www.kflluncheon.com.

HEALTH NOTES ■ Susan Spicer, a volunteer at Tennova North, is available to speak to your group about resources to help cancer patients and their families, from giving out free brochures on every type of cancer to helping find transportation and/or financing, help with emotional needs and a program for men and women titled, “Look Better, Feel Better.” To schedule Susan’s talk, call 235-3730.

RED CROSS NEEDS VOLUNTEERS The American Red Cross needs volunteers to participate in its MLK Day of Service Friday through Monday, Jan. 18- 21. Volunteers will receive fire prevention training and distribute fire safety information to neighborhoods throughout Knox County.

Participants can sign up as individuals or teams for one of seven available shifts and be assigned to a neighborhood, or they can cover their own neighborhood alone or with neighbors, church group or family members.

Training will be held 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, and 8-9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at the American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike.

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A-8 • DECEMBER 24, 2012 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS Palle Rosencrantz creates a graham cracker and icing creation with help from Pam Mathews, classroom volunteer and Kara Israel’s mother.

Volunteers dressed in festive aprons assist in the assembly of gingerbread houses in Kara Israel’s class at Brickey-McCloud. Pictured are Shannon Cowden, Helen Ellison, Alyssa Graham, Pam Mathews and Lauren Davis.

Making houses, building memories What better way to celebrate the holidays than by making gingerbread houses! BrickeyMcCloud kindergarten student Cadence Hendrick puts finishing touches on her sweet creation. Photos by Ruth White Kindergarten teacher Kara Israel assists Kade Wayland as he puts the wreath on his gingerbread house.

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Powell High

■ Open house will be held 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10.

■ Awards night will be held 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24.

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■ 6th grade honors night will be held Tuesday, Jan. 15.

■ The Geography Bee will be held 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Ms. Carter’s room.

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■ The Powell High School football banquet will be held 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19.

SCHOOL NOTES

When school resumes for Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., it will be in a different building. Parent volunteers would like to welcome the students with a “Winter Wonderland” with the entire building decorated with as many unique snowflakes as possible.

Send snowflakes by Saturday, Jan. 12, to the Connecticut PTSA, 60 Connolly Parkway, Building 12, Suite 103, Hamden, Conn., 06514.

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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 24, 2012 • A-9

‘Daily 5’ Shopper-News Presents Miracle Makers

gets students ready to read

By Jake Mabe It’s just after 9 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, and Tracy Thomas’ 2nd-grade students at Halls Elementary are gathered in the corner of the classroom.

Thomas reads a book the class has chosen, “Abraham Lincoln Comes Home,” about the funereal train trip that returned the slain 16th president home to Springfield, Ill., after his assassination.

The students listen attentively, ask questions and do all the things you’d expect them to do.

The amazing part is what happens next.

After writing down a question or thought they might have had about the story on a yellow post-it note, the students return to their desks or split up into groups. Some are practicing spelling words using Wikki Stix. Others are reading to each other in groups of two. Three students are meeting in a small group session with Thomas near the back of the classroom. Everyone is on task, just like clockwork.

It’s all by design, part of a teaching philosophy called The Daily 5.

Developed by teachers Gail Boushey and Joan Moser and refined in their classrooms for a decade, The Daily 5 is a series of literacy tasks that students complete on a daily basis while a teacher provides individual instruction or meets with small groups. Thomas says it takes about a month (25 to 28 days) to implement.

The five tasks are: reading to one’s self, reading to another (or “buddy read”), word work, listening and writing. Students know what to expect and what must be completed each day during the two hour and 20 minute literacy block.

“It teaches them to be indepen-

Halls Elementary School 2nd-grade teacher Tracy Thomas meets with a small group of students. She has organized her literacy block using a classroom management philosophy known as The Daily 5. Photo by Ruth White

dent learners,” Thomas says. “They know what to do every day. It takes that step out so that we can focus on reading strategies.”

She admits The Daily 5 takes a lot of work to implement.

On day one, a student might spend two minutes reading. On day two, that time increases to three minutes and so on, “building stamina,” Thomas says.

“You take baby steps and say, ‘This is what you do on this day.’

It takes a lot of time. I might have to stop the kids and say, ‘Let’s talk about what you’re doing right and what you need to work on.’”

Thomas first heard about The Daily 5 when she was living and teaching in Washington state. She observed students in a “split” 1st grade/2nd grade classroom.

“Everybody was doing what they were supposed to do. Everybody was on task. I told the teacher, ‘I

elementary schools from Maine to Washington. She says the diverse employment experience has allowed her to observe and implement various innovative teaching styles.

Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Idaho State University and a master’s degree in education from Auburn. She has taught for 15 years.

She says the other great thing about The Daily 5 is that it gets kids excited about reading and gives them the skills and, hopefully, the desire to be lifelong readers and learners.

“My kids are reading more.

They’re going to be better readers.

And they want to read more and are finding a love for reading.”

Boushey and Moser have written a book called “The Daily 5” as well as several other instructional books.

More information can be found at www.the2sisters.com.

want to do what you’re doing!’”

When Thomas began teaching at Halls Elementary School, she asked former principal Nancy Maland if she could implement The Daily 5.

Maland gave her the OK. “I’m a big fan. A lot of teachers in the school use it as well.”

The other “secret” behind The Daily 5 isn’t really a secret at all.

Students get to choose not only what books (on grade level) they want to read, but also the order in which they complete The Daily 5.

“The choice gives the kids the motivation.”

Thomas uses other unique approaches as well. A group of students that earns the privilege gets to use exercise balls as seats rather than traditional desk chairs.

A native of Kingsport, Thomas has traveled the country with her husband, Robbie, who is in the military, and has worked in several

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Bill Keeler with the Fountain City Ministry Center gladly accepts a check from Food City district manager Steve Trout. The Fountain City Food City helped the center with a $1,250 donation for the food pantry.

Christ United Methodist associate pastor Charla Sherbakoff and John R. McCloud receive a check for $1,000 from district manager Steve Trout through Food City’s Race Against Hunger campaign. The money will help stock the church’s food pantry. Photos by Ruth White

Food City customers come through Food City customers rallied during tough economic times to fund more than $360,000 for local nonprofit hunger relief organizations.

Checks were handed out last week throughout Food City’s 3-state region.

In north Knox County, recipients included $1,250 to Fountain City Ministry Center, $1,250 to Union

Sandra Clark

County Food Pantry, $1,000 to Christ United Methodist Church food pantry, $1,000 to Lost Sheep Ministry,

Randy Williams, manager of District 7 Food City stores with Pastor Clarence Sexton of Temple Baptist Church and Powell Food City store manager Terri Gilbert. The Race Against Hunger campaign contributed $1,250 to a children’s transportation ministry operated by Temple.

$1,500 to Emerald Youth Foundation, $1,500 to Angelic Ministries, and $1,250 to a program at Temple Baptist Church.

CEO Steven Smith said, “Food City and our co-sponsors are proud to be a part of the Race Against Hunger.

Throughout the promotion, $1, $3, and $5 scanable cards were available at each Food City checkout.

Customers selected the dollar amount and it was added to their grocery bill.

With every dollar contributed using a Food City ValuCard, customers were entered for a chance to win their choice of a season of racing at Bristol Motor Speedway or a $2,500 contribution made to their favorite charity.

“We would like to thank our loyal customers and vendor partners for helping make this promotion such a huge success,” said Smith.

Happy Holidays!

By Rob Webb This holiday season between Rural/Metro’s emer genc y duties, we will give thanks for the opportunity to serve Knox County and Webb for the continued support this great community has shown our employees and company.

Last week, Knox County Commission voted unanimously to let us continue providing excellent, trusted service here. Knox County is our home. We have been the official emergency ambulance service provider for more than 25 years, and we look forward to continuing that service for many years to come.

Under this new contract, we will continue to serve Knox County with stateof-the-art ambulances and cutting-edge technology.

We are extremely grateful to Knox County, Knox County Commission and the residents of Knox County for recognizing the value we provide to the area in both medical service and community involvement.

Rural/Metro paramedics Matt Plummer, Shaun Lyon and DeeAnn Kelly stand ready in the ambulance bay at the Rural/ Metro operations center in west Knox County. Rural/Metro was confirmed last week by Knox County Commission to continue providing emergency ambulance service to Knox County.

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At Rural/Metro, we see our contract as a privilege.

As such, we promise to maintain our support of this community. Last year, we spent $3.6 million in donations and stand-by service at local sporting events, charity fundraisers, parades, festivals and other community events, and we will continue to support local organizations and charities.

This is all thanks to our more than 500 paramedics, EMTs, firefighters and telecommunicators located right here in Knox County.

More than 350 of these em-

ployees call Knox County home and serve each day in their own neighborhoods.

These highly-trained men and women in our ambulance and fire divisions stand ready around the clock to answer the call in an emergency, so your family can feel safe this holiday season.

Thank you to Knox County for your continued support this holiday season, and we look forward to a wonderful new year serving our neighbors.

Happy holidays from the Rural/Metro family!

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Faster than a speeding reindeer, Regal Entertainment Group has announced a special offer for lastminute purchases. It’s an eGift Card available for purchase and delivery instantly online.

Just log on to REGmovies.com to send eGift Cards to friends and family. For every $50 in eGift Cards purchased through Jan. 6, the sender gets another $5 eGift Card for free.

Dr. Elizabeth Strand, director of veterinary social work at UT, will teach a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course in January and February.

The eight-week course teaches mindfulness practice techniques for the alleviation of accumulated daily stress, chronic pain, anxiety, high blood pressure, depression, and other conditions worsened by stress. Info: nuchols@utk.edu or 974-5574.

Home Federal red kettle helpers Steve Temple of Home Federal Bank’s commercial lending department volunteers for the Salvation Army’s red kettle campaign on Market Square. The campaign helps provide Christmas dinners, clothing, toys and basic necessities for those in need, and the bank’s volunteers again this year staffed this downtown location at lunchtime from Dec. 3-21. Photo submitted

Y-12 workers play elf

Nearly 50 workers at the Y-12 National Security Complex served as Santa’s elves in the Y-12 Angel Tree program.

The elves, working with donations provided by Y-12 coworkers, did the footwork to fulfill the holiday gift wishes of 497 children in Anderson, Roane, Morgan, Loudon, Scott and Monroe counties.

Coordinated this year by Jessica Smith, the program is now in its seventh year.

The campaign begins in early November, when Y-12 employees adopt and shop for children identified by agencies or make donations so that elves can shop for identified children who are not adopted.

Others collect and deliver the gifts to the agencies, who deliver them to the families. Gifts are in the hands of parents by mid-December.

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MONDAY, DEC. 24

New Year’s Eve Celebration, 10 p.m., World for Christ Church, 4611 Central Ave Pike. Dancing, food and fun.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2 New session of Weight Watchers, Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. 10 weeks.

New or renewing members: $125; continuing and transferring members: $120; lifetime members over goal: $110. Payment due before Jan. 2. Info: Jane Damiano, 938-4768, or the church office, 690-1060.

Knoxville Choral Society auditions, 6-8 p.m.

Info or to download an audition form: www. knoxvillechoralsociety.org. To schedule audition time: 579-6292 or send an e-mail to membership@ knoxvillechoralsociety.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 5 Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www. overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

Meet Betty Bullen, Union County Arts Artist of the Month for January, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Union County Arts Co-op, 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-9161.

MONDAYS, JAN. 7, 14, 21 AND FEB. 4 Mindfulness and Clay, 6-7:30 p.m., with Sandra McEntire, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 10. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts. net.

TUESDAYS, JAN. 8 AND 15 Weaving 201, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with Carol Pritcher, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 4.

Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, DEC. 25

Christmas Day worship, 10:30 a.m., First Lutheran Church, 1207 N Broadway. Communion will be served. The public is invited. Info: 5240366 before noon.

Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m., St. James EpisGrand opening of the new Children’s and Teen Room copal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Info: Info: at Maynardville Public Library, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Ice cream www.stjamesknox.org. will be served. Free and open to the public.

SATURDAY, JAN. 12

THURSDAY, DEC. 27

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JAN. 12-13

Auditions for Powell Playhouse production of Weaving a scarf class, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday “Louder, I Can’t Hear You,” 4-7:30 p.m., Powell Branch and 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, with LouAnn Robinson, Library. Parts to be cast: two teenagers, two women and Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville two men.

Highway 61 near Norris. Bring a lunch Saturday.

Registration deadline: Jan. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAY, DEC. 29

Benefit singing for Linda Shope to help with medical expenses, 7 p.m. Oaks Chapel Church, 934 Raccoon Valley Road. Singing will be Wade Brantley and the Gospel Strings, Tamelia and Emmaline Jenkins and others.

Distribution of donated clothing, collected during the Horace Maynard FFA’s Warm for the Winter Campaign, 8 a.m.-noon, in Union County High School commons area. Those who have a need are invited.

Gospel singing, 7 p.m., Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road in Heiskell. Heart to Heart will perform. Everyone welcome.

Turkey Shoot and Trade Day, 8 a.m., 6825 Tindell Lane, off Tazewell Pike. Fundraiser for summer baseball team.

Weaving a scarf class, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, with LouAnn Robinson, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Bring a lunch Saturday.

Registration deadline: Jan. 14. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, JAN. 21 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Parade, 10 a.m.

Info and application to participate: www.MLKKnoxville. org.

THURSDAY, JAN. 3

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 7 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 1207 N Broadway.

Communion will be served. The public is invited. Info: 524-0366 before noon.

Family Service and Nativity Pageant with Holy Eucharist, 4 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Choral Prelude with String Quartet, 10:30 p.m., followed

by Holy Eucharist at 11 p.m. Info: www. stjamesknox.org.

Christmas Eve worship, 7 p.m., Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road. Featuring a children’s play of Charlie Brown Christmas. Info: 938-8311 or www.powellpcusa.org.

Christmas Eve services, 5 p.m. and 11 p.m., Central United Methodist Church, 201 Third Ave. Christmas Eve Candlelight services, Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Informal service with young children, 5 p.m.; traditional service with trumpet, choir and candlelight, 8 p.m. Info: 690-1060 or www. beaverridgeumc.com.

Christmas Eve services, Fountain City Presbyterian Church, 500 Hotel Road. Children’s service, 5:30 p.m.; traditional Candlelight Service, 7 p.m. with communion. All are welcome.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JAN. 19-20

SATURDAYS, JAN. 12 TO FEB. 16

SATURDAY, FEB. 2 Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www. overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

FRIDAY, FEB. 8 Union County Chamber of Commerce Banquet and Auction, 7 p.m., Rutherford Methodist Church, Corryton. Everyone invited. Ticket sales or info: Kathy Chesney, 745-1626; Darlene Wine, 992-5268; or Rebecca Mills, 992-5816.

SATURDAY, FEB. 23 Shannondale Elementary Foundation’s “Dancing in the Moonlight!” fundraiser, 6 p.m., Beaver Brook Country Club. Tickets: Janie Kaufman, 687-0272; Tracie Sanger, 405-4449; or Shannondale Elementary School office, 689-1465.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY FEB. 23-24 Are we Listening?: “The Diary of Adam and Eve” and “Louder, I Can’t Hear You,” 7:30 p.m. at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Info: 9477428, 256-7428.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www. overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

MONDAY, MARCH 4 Boot Camp for farmers: Learn marketing and business management to successfully sell your products at farmers markets. UT-sponsored workshop, 9 a.m.2:30 p.m. Register at least five days ahead with Nancy Austin, 974-7717 or naustin@utk.edu.

SATURDAY, MARCH 23

Take Your Pottery to the Next Step, 1-4 p.m., with York Haverkamp, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Norris Lake Clean-up, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., multiple launch sites on Norris Lake. Info: Union County Chamber of Commerce, 992-2811, or Anderson County Tourism, 457-4547.

FRIDAY, JAN. 18

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 11-14

Art Escape!, 6-8:30 p.m., with Doris Prichard, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 14. Info: 4949854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

“Puss and Boots” at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Dinner: 6 p.m. April 11-13 only; Play: 7:30 p.m. April 11-14. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

MONDAY, DEC. 31

SATURDAY, JAN. 19

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 6-9

New Year’s Eve Service, 7 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 1207 N Broadway. Communion will be served.

The public is invited. Info: 524-0366 before noon.

Comedy Night – Rhythm & Laughter, 7:30 p.m. at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

“The Odd Couple” at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Dinner: 6 p.m. June 6-8 only.

Play: 7:30 p.m. June 6-9. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

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