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Miracle Maker

If you look up “educator role model” in the dictionary, you’ll find Julie Pepperman’s picture. She tutors before school and by appointment after school.

She’s a lead teacher and evaluates her colleagues. She’s on the state science leadership team.

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See Betsy Pickle’s story on A-9

Honoring vets Heiskell seniors honored local veterans with a special program and luncheon Nov. 14 at the Heiskell Community Center.

Guest speaker Robert “Buzz” Buswell, interim director of veterans and senior services for Knox County, reminisced with more than 80 attendees about his experience in the armed forces.

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See Cindy Taylor’s story on A-3

‘Dumb and Dumber’ It’s too late for the school board just to listen to teachers. The board must act to solve teachers’ concerns or the county is at risk of a board of “Dumb and Dumber” after the 2014 elections.

Since voters no longer can elect the superintendent (thank you, state legislators), the school board races are the only thing on the ballot.

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November 25, 2013

Let the Santa sightings begin

By Cindy Taylor The Powell Lions Club’s annual Yule Tide Gathering was a “stunning” success. The event, held Nov. 16 at Powell Middle School, drew more than 70 food, business and craft vendors, and crowds of shoppers. Beautiful handmade items and Christmas gift ideas filled the gym.

Damsel in Defense, a new area business, is exactly what it sounds like. Stun guns – apparently all the rage for gift giving this year – were available in designer colors along with pepper spray, auto emergency tools and key chain alarms.

Representatives for businesses such as Mary Kay Cosmetics, Avon and Tupperware sold many items at discount. Neal Vaughan brought his award-winning wood designs – including a working Ferris wheel that took 101 hours to make.

The Powell Middle School Watershed Club had rain barrels painted by students for sale in the silent auction. Proceeds were donated to the Powell Food Pantry.

And of course jolly ol’ Saint Nick himself made an appearance.

“The Powell Lions club thanks everyone involved in making this happen,” said president Diane Wilkerson. “Especially Powell Middle School and their custodian, Frontier Communications, for the free photos with Santa, our

See Sandra Clark’s story on A-4

The Bohannon kids meet Santa. Olivia, 4, Caden, 8, Santa (Scott Gephart), Natalie, 4, and Ally, 9. Photos by C. Taylor vendors and our customers who came to shop. We had a great time and a great turnout.”

All profits from Powell Lions fundraisers go directly back into the community.

The Powell Lions Christmas Parade begins at 5 p.m. Sat. Dec. 7, and will proceed down Emory Road. Participants should gather at 3:30 p.m. in the old Food City parking lot. All that is needed to participate is a float or organization. Everyone is welcome.

There is no fee and candy can be thrown as the parade proceeds down Emory Road. The parade A family of snowmen made from furniture legs greets customers at the Powwill be held rain or shine. ell Lions Yule Tide Gathering.

Some Kentucky games mean a lot An amazing number of Tennessee-Kentucky games have turned out the same way.

Some included suspense. One lasted into overtime. Some were more meaningful than others.

Twice since Ronald Reagan was re-elected president of the United States, the Wildcats have defeated the Volunteers.

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See Marvin West’s story on A-5

Traveling by train Off it went, just as the first red hues of dawn streaked across the sky, its whistle making a high lonesome sound better than any bluegrass record you’ve ever heard.

As it made its trek from Knoxville to Asheville, N.C., people stopped to stare, to wave, to record the moment.

It isn’t every day, after all, that a steam engine carrying a passenger train comes through your town.

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Katie Meeks demonstrats Damsel in Defense Kubatons (pictured on the tree) and other self defense products.

Paula Johnson holds two of her hand-painted eggs known as Mary’s Powell Lions Club president Diane Wilkerson shops with Kay Farmer at Crafts Tears.

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Tax breaks yield big downtown payoff

By Betty Bean In addition to airing plans and aspirations for future downtown redevelopment to a packed auditorium at last week’s 2013 Downtown Summit, city officials presented numbers documenting an arc of success spanning the last 10 years and three city administrations.

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A-2 • NOVEMBER 25, 2013 • POWELL Shopper news

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Maryville woman finally finds the relief she needs Pain in the neck? That’s hard to ignore.

In 2012, Lisa Yopp of Maryville, 53, had developed a constant pain in her neck. A former gymnast, cheerleader and horseback rider, Yopp chalked it up to wear and tear from life.

“I don’t know how many times I fell off a horse when I was a kid,” she said with a laugh.

She went to see Dr. William Reid, medical director of the Fort Sanders Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. He had helped Yopp’s husband, Ken, and his brother, Rick, doing surgeries on their lower backs, with great success.

“I trusted Dr. Reid,” she said.

“He made such a difference in my husband and my brother-in-law, I knew he could help me. I’m his biggest fan.”

Reid diagnosed Yopp with a herniated disk, which means one of the spongy cushions between her seven neck bones (cervical vertebrae) was protruding and pressing against a nerve.

Herniated disks are not unusual, but sometimes the pain they cause goes away on its own. Reid advised Yopp to watch it and wait,

Lisa Yopp, second from the right, is pictured with her mother, husband, four children, two sons-in-law and eight grandchildren. After suffering horrible neck pain, Yopp found relief at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. neck and shoulder that went down into my right arm.”

This time, the pain wouldn’t go away. “It was weird, I just got a crick in my neck and it got progressively worse. My right arm was to the point where I wasn’t able to use it. I was miserable.”

At first, Yopp tried physical therapy. “I went to physical therapy five days a week, for five weeks,” she said. “The only time I got pain relief was when they put me in traction an hour at a time.”

Traction separates the vertebrae, creatBack pain, leg pain, neck pain, arm pain… the root of the ing more space problem is often a pinched spinal nerve. between each The good news is that now Fort Sanders Regional bone, relieving Medical Center’s physicians use state-of-the-art the pressure minimally invasive techniques to perform spine temporarily. surgery. Compared with traditional open surgery, Needing a minimally invasive surgeries offer patients many more permaadvantages, including a smaller incision, less nent solution, postoperative pain, faster recovery and improved Yopp went to outcome. see Dr. Reid Non-surgical treatments such as physical therapy again. The visit and medication should always be tried first. If those don’t revealed she help, surgery may be the best option. had herniated and eventually the pain subsided.

Then in February 2013, Yopp’s pain all of a sudden came back with a vengeance.

“I don’t know why,” she said. “I remember it was Valentine’s Day. I woke up with intense pain in my

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disks between her fifth, sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae.

This time, Reid recommended surgery. As a nurse practitioner herself, Yopp knew any surgery carries risk.

“You know, surgery is scary, especially on your neck,” she said.

“One of the adverse things that can happen is that you can be paralyzed, from the neck down.”

Nevertheless, she said yes to surgery and had the procedure on March 18. Right away, she noticed a difference.

“I was in the hospital less than 24 hours. I woke up pain-free,”

Yopp said. “I didn’t have to use any pain medication. It was so nice to stretch out in the bed and go to sleep!”

During surgery, Reid removed the herniated disks from Yopp’s neck and fused the three vertebrae together, making her neck more stable.

“He went in through the front of my neck, and unless I tell you where, you don’t even notice a scar,” she said. “Dr. Reid made a one-inch vertical incision, and it just blends in.”

Yopp recovered quickly and went back to work in about a month.

“The only issue I have now is trying to look down, chin to chest, that’s not going to happen,” she said with a laugh. “I have to lean back to see the ceiling. And I can’t lean my neck down.”

However, Yopp said the surgery was well worth it for her. She said she would recommend Dr. Reid and Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center to anyone facing spinal surgery.

“I was totally impressed,” she said. “Everybody was so nice, from the staff in the holding area to the anesthesiologist, they were just fabulous.

“It was amazing, I could not have asked for better care. And I would recommend Dr. Reid to anyone.”

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POWELL Shopper news • NOVEMBER 25, 2013 • A-3

Heiskell seniors honor veterans Heiskell seniors honored local veterans with a special program and luncheon Nov. 14 at the Heiskell Community Center.

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DAR Regent Marisa Moazen, Registrar Martha Cummings, new member Robin Gresham and Pat Hughes presents a DAR grave marker to her mother and Chaplin Kay Stoppelbein Photo submitted DAR Legacy member Ruth Lady. Photo submitted

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The Emory Road Chapter of the DAR installed new member Robin Gresham at its Nov. 16 meeting.

Legacy member Ruth Lacy was surprised and elated to receive a DAR grave marker from her daughter Pat Hughes of Washington State.

Guest speaker Edie Lowry, with Honor Flight Northeast Tennessee, spoke about the DAR and the worthiness of the organization.

The Emory Road DAR will host a fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the Chili’s located at 6635 Clinton Hwy. The DAR will receive 10 percent of all sales that day. Patrons should mention the Emory ■ PHS Class of Road DAR to be sure their ’63 reunites ticket is counted for the orThe Powell High School ganization.

Class of 1963 met Oct. 12 at Beaver Brook Country Club ■ Bringing vision to celebrate its 50 year reto the people union.

The Knoxville Lions Out of the 71 attendees, clubs have the new, (to 43 were 1963 graduates. A them) renovated Vision Lab memorial table was set up Van up and running. Farto recognize those who are ragut Lion Dave Crawford deceased and a special ta- stopped by the Knox North ble for senior memories in- Lions Club meeting Nov. 20 cluded uniforms and senior to share information and event memorabilia. seek volunteers.

After a buffet dinner, “Local Lions now have master of ceremonies Jerry the ability to make their Cannon recognized senior own eyeglasses for appliclass officers and reunion cants,” said Crawford. “We committee members. hope to make 150 eyeglassPrior to the reunion sev- es on our next trip out Jan. eral class members were 22, 2014.” treated to a tour of their The van was donated by alma mater followed by an Remote Area Medical and impromptu gathering at has been going through renCorvette’s BBQ. ovations since 2011. CrawNew t-shirts for the Pow- ford said the reconstructed ell High School Alumni As- interior has enough supplies sociation were available for to accommodate 3,000 eyepurchase. glasses and 8,000 frames.

Erin Jacques, photog- To apply for eyeglasses at rapher for the event, has a discounted rate through digital photos available for the Lions Club, visit www. reprint. Info: powellhigh- lionsclubs.org. The van reschool1963@gmail.com. mains parked at Tennessee

HEALTH NOTES ■ UT Medical Center’s Mobile Mammography Unit will offer digital screenings at Corryton Senior Center, 9331 Davis Drive, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16. Insurance is filed for each participant. Funding is available for women 40+ with no health insurance. Info/appointment: 305-9753.

■ Amedisys Hospice offers free adult grief support groups at the following times and places: Newly bereaved support group meets 1:30 p.m. every third Monday at Panera Bread in Fountain City. Ongoing grief support group meets 6 p.m. every fourth Tuesday at Amedisys offices, 1420 Dutch Valley Road. Info: Sarah Wimmer, 689-7123.

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Vets who attended the Heiskell Community Center Veterans Day program Photo submitted

Knox North Lion Thomas Hill wears his shirt backwards at the November meeting in honor of National Absurdity Day. Knox North Lions treasurer Teri Branam receives a $1,000 check for the club from member Cindy Teague. The check was given Robert “Buzz” Buswell speaks by an anonymous donor. to seniors at the Heiskell Community Center. Photo submitted

School for the Deaf due to its size of 45 feet in length.

The Jan. 22 event will see the van travel to Fountain City Park. Lion Club members are needed to staff the lab for future dates.

The Knox North club is hard at work finishing 2013 projects. A $1,000 check was received from an anonymous donor who wanted to help with a project at Whit-

15 surrounding counties, conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults (18 and older) interested in becoming volunteers with the program.

No medical experience is required. Training is provided.

Info: Penny Sparks or Sarah Palma, 544-6279.

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Guest speaker Robert “Buzz” Buswell, interim director of veterans and senior services for Knox County, reminisced with more than 80 attendees about his experience in the armed forces. Buswell stayed after the program for one-on-one time with the vets to share information about available services.

A traditional Thanksgiving lunch featuring turkey and dressing with all the trimmings was served.

Heiskell Community Center offers art classes, weight management and exercise classes, crafts, cards and more. November was the last month to turn in supplies for the Totes of Love program. Volunteers will begin packaging the items to be distributed to area schools in December.

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tle Springs Middle School.

Lions volunteered to help with additional funds should they be needed to finish the project, which includes a coat drive, providing school supplies and helping at least four needy families during the holiday season.

The Knox North Lions Christmas party will be hosted by Thomas and Re-

bekah Hill at their home Friday, Dec. 20.

Knox North Lions meet at 12:30 p.m. for lunch with the meeting at 1 p.m. each first and third Wednesday at Puleos on Cedar Lane.

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Farragut Lion Dave Crawford was guest speaker. Photos by Cindy Taylor

government Breakfast with John McCain Asheville has elected a new mayor, Esther Manheimer, who was previously vice mayor of the city. She takes office Dec. 10.

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She is the third woman to serve as mayor of Asheville, which is known as a liberal outpost in otherwise conservative Western North Carolina as well as a very attractive tourist destination. Last week I drove over to Asheville to chat on ways to handle the mayoral transition. We met in her law office along with the city manager and two council members. Asheville has a city manager form of government.

Manheimer will also attend the mayoral leadership conference of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Dec. 3-6 in Cambridge, Mass.

Mayor Rogero attended this conference two years ago, along with Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan.

■ Eleven couples have signed up for benefits under Mayor Rogero’s new policy on extending benefits to same- and oppositesex city employee couples who are not married under Tennessee law but are living together, according to city spokesperson Jesse Mayshark.

The enrollment period has concluded and will not reopen until October 2014.

The extension of benefits was done by the mayor’s directive without a vote of city council.

In Chattanooga, major controversy has ensued with a 5 to 3 vote on council. It has not generated much comment in Knoxville.

■ Mary Ann Blankenship, the receptionist in the city’s communications department, is retiring Nov. 30 after 22 years with the city including work in the city law department for four law directors and four mayors. She will be followed to the door sometime soon by Communications Director Angela Starke, but Mayshark (who may replace Starke) declines to state an exact date or comment in any form.

Starke is moving to Florida.

Whenever the Starke departure occurs, Mayshark, who is paid $40,000 a year less than Starke, will be the

only person with journalistic experience left in the office. The mayor has been very tight-lipped on her plans to replace these two departees, including reorganization or merger of the office and pay adjustments or car allowances.

■ Sen. John McCain’s visit to Tennessee for Sen. Lamar Alexander last weekend raised $110,000 for his Senate re-election campaign. Attending the Airport Hilton breakfast were state Sens.

Doug Overbey and Stacey Campfield along with state Reps. John Ragan of Oak Ridge, Roger Kane of Knoxville and Jimmy Matlock of Loudon. Campfield’s opponent, Richard Briggs, was also present and both sat at the same table but were separated by Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank and Kevin Corbett.

Ragan said he was supporting Alexander over his House colleague, Joe Carr, while Kane declined to endorse Alexander, simply calling him “a good man.”

Also present were U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan, former TVA director and Alexander state commissioner Susan Richardson Williams, Knoxville attorney Jim London, judicial candidate Billy Stokes, Knoxville banker Jim Clayton, hospital executive Jerry Askew and the governor’s parents, Jim and Natalie Haslam. There were 80 persons present.

■ Fred LeClercq and his wife, Angie, were in Knoxville last weekend visiting old friends. LeClercq was a professor at the UT College of Law for 27 years.

He is now 76 and resides in Charleston, S.C. ■ High Ground Park will be dedicated in South Knoxville this Friday, Nov. 29 at 11 a.m. It is being created by the generosity of the Robert and Lindsay Young families through the family foundation. This will be a stellar addition with historical significance to parks in the city. It is worth attending.

GOV NOTES ■ Sixth District Democrats will meet 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, at the Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Guest speaker: Gera Summerford, president of the Tennessee Education Association.

■ Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will host a oneon-one constituent meeting 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Karns Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway.

A-4 • NOVEMBER 25, 2013 • POWELL Shopper news

Price-Green race could blur party lines In the nearly seven years since Channon Christian and Chris Newsom were murdered, they have become everybody’s children.

The trials of their killers were televised gavelto-gavel, riveting horrified East Tennesseans for months, with the families, defense attorneys, prosecutors and Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner becoming well-known in the process.

All four defendants were found guilty, but soon thereafter, Baumgartner was forced to resign from the bench ahead of charges of drug-related misconduct, placing the verdicts in doubt and prolonging the families’ misery. Two of the defendants had to be retried.

When it was all finally over, the court had meted out three lengthy prison terms and a death penalty for the ringleader, convicted carjacker Lemaricus Davidson.

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Davidson’s brother Letalvis Cobbins got a life sentence with no possibility of parole. Lawyers praised the work of his court-appointed attorney, former prosecutor Scott Green, who was drafted for the job and helped Cobbins avoid the death penalty, despite the daunting set of facts he was handed. At least one seasoned attorney sent Green a fan letter for his work. Green is highly regarded in the legal community.

He’s a Republican.

Also highly regarded is Leland Price, lead prosecutor in the Christian-Newsom murder trials. Price has a Harvard law degree and served a tour in Iraq when

his National Guard unit was called up. His diligence and smarts won the admiration of the victims’ parents, Gary and Deena Christian and Hugh and Mary Newsom.

He’s a Democrat.

When Criminal Court Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz announced that she would retire in 2014, Price let it be known that he would run for the seat. Green has done the same.

Recently, Price accompanied the Christians and the Newsoms to meet with state Rep. Ryan Haynes and Sen. Randy McNally to discuss crafting legislation to drug test judges, as well as bills to protect the reputations of victims and to clarify the requirement that judges must serve as a “13th juror.” The legislation has raised eyebrows in legal circles, but could be well-received by the public.

Price officially kicked off his campaign last week with

a downtown reception. The Christians and the Newsoms were among the hosts.

Gary Christian, via his Facebook page, outlined his reasons for supporting Price: “I am not asking you, I am telling you, we need Leland Price as a judge in Knox County. People every day say how can we help, WELL, if you don’t vote for anyone or anything AT LEAST GO TO THE POLLS IN THIS ELECTION, and vote for Leland Price for Judge. You can make a positive change in the justice system by having a man as a judge that is honest and will do his part to give victims a fighting chance. MY WORD!!!!!!”

A qualified Republican beats a qualified Democrat almost every time in a Knox County election. This one, however, has the potential to put that paradigm to the test.

Campaign kickoff Bobby Waggoner, whose grandfather (Bernard Waggoner Sr.) was sheriff of Knox County, talks with Aubrey Jenkins, whose dad (Joe H. Jenkins) was sheriff of Knox County. Waggoner’s campaign kickoff at Wright’s Cafeteria brought out a host of Republican faithful; so many, in fact, that David Wright had to send out for more sausage. Waggoner will face sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones in the May 2014 primary. Photo by S. Clark

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School board at risk for ‘Dumb and Dumber’ It’s too late for the school board just to listen to teachers. The board must act to solve teachers’ concerns or the county is at risk of a board of “Dumb and Dumber” after the 2014 elections.

Since voters no longer elect the superintendent (thank you, state legislators), school board races are the only choice on the ballot.

With 5 of 9 seats up in 2014, we could see turnover which sets back our progress in test scores and technology.

Superintendent Jim McIntyre has alienated virtually every teacher in Knox County Schools while trying to weed out a small number of ineffective ones.

Don’t kid yourself.

Excessive testing does not benefit kids. If it did, you would see it at private schools ... and you don’t.

Excessive testing, instructional coaches and weekly “professional learning communities” are about control. They’re about enforcing top-down instructional methods and even time tables with little regard for individual kids.

Sandra Clark The board will meet 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9 to consider the annual evaluation and a contract renewal or extension for McIntyre.

How safe are these board members?

District 1: Gloria Deathridge, vice chair, is wrapping up her first term. With support from longtime board member Sam Anderson, Deathridge is the best bet to win reelection.

District 4: Chair Lynne Fugate opted to lecture teachers last week, telling them supervisors work hard too.

Fugate represents the Sequoyah Hills area, a safe district. But teachers could find somebody to run against her, just to liven things up.

Things get interesting in three mostly county/suburban districts: District 6: Thomas Deakins has said he won’t

run again after serving two terms. Expect the winner of this district to be the candidate who most clearly differentiates herself from McIntyre and the current board.

District 7: Kim Severance is finishing her first term and has failed so far to state a clear position on the teachers’ concerns.

There’s even talk that term-limited County Commissioner R. Larry Smith might be a candidate.

District 9: If Pam Trainor’s opponent(s) make her support of McIntyre the paramount issue, she loses.

It’s hard to see how Trainor can differentiate herself, but her alliance with McIntyre has brought a lot of goodies to South Knoxville, an area often neglected.

Board members Indya Kincannon, Karen Carson, Doug Harris and Mike McMillan are in mid-term.

So even if McIntyre critics are successful in capturing Districts 6, 7 and 9, aligning with McMillan gives them only 4 votes unless they flip either Deathridge, Carson, Harris or Kincannon. Or beat Fugate.

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Burchett regroups

Mayor Tim Burchett is shifting into re-election mode with an announcement last week that he’s installing solar panels on public buildings to save money.

Guess he’s trying to reach out – call it the Green Tea Party.

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Briggs is bashed

Dr. Richard Briggs was not treated kindly in a meeting with Choto area homeowners who want a firehall.

“What’s taking so long?” asked Ed Stout.

Welcome to Knox County.

We can’t have it both ways. We either smother government, sell off assets and foot-drag on projects or we embrace government, seek grants and get stuff done.

Reckon Choto wants to get annexed?

Funny story: Betty Bean asked Rick Emmett about a voluntary annexation on the city council agenda. Rick said perhaps the property owners “just like this mayor.”

As the kids say, LOL.

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POWELL Shopper news • NOVEMBER 25, 2013 • A-5

Some Kentucky games mean a lot An amazing number of Tennessee-Kentucky games have turned out the same way. Some included suspense. One lasted into overtime. Some were more meaningful than others.

Twice since Ronald Reagan was re-elected president of the United States, the Wildcats have defeated the Volunteers.

Once was 1984, when John Majors was coach.

Randy Sanders from Morristown was a Vol freshman.

He had nothing to do with the 17-12 defeat but he is a point of reference.

That loss was unexpected. Tennessee had a pretty good team and some very good players: Tony Robin-

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son, Johnnie Jones, Dale Jones, Tim McGee, Charles Davis, Bruce Wilkerson, David Douglas, David Moon, Reggie and Raleigh McKenzie, Carl Zander, Jimmy Colquitt, Fuad Reveiz, etc.

That setback was the only surprise in a 7-3-1 season.

It knocked the Vols down to the Sun Bowl.

What happened after that was hard for outsiders to believe. Tennessee won

26 consecutive meetings, enough to generate paranoia among some UK fans, almost enough to turn them against the color orange and the “wooo” in “Rocky Top.” How to measure such a time frame? Tennesseans have a yardstick. Lamar Alexander went from governor to Australia and back on a slow boat. He served as president of the university. From that good gig, he became secretary of education. He went from there to the U.S. Senate where he became a landmark, something like the Washington Monument.

Meanwhile, Kentucky coach Jerry Claiborne lost five to Tennessee. Bill Curry

More than a barber shop Unlike the Frontier House and Lone Star Service Station, which have both passed into history, Lovell Heights Barber Shop is one of the few iconic establishments of that era that is still as active as it was nearly 50 years ago.

The original proprietor, Bob Watt, is a former schoolmate, and our friendship dates back to grammar school days. Bob opened for business Oct. 1, 1967, and as part of the grand opening gave away two prizes – a bicycle and a football – to the lucky ticket holder.

The business flourished from the beginning and continues to do so. Bob, who recently retired, had the perfect personality for a barber because he had a great gift for gab. But, he was also a good listener.

So, part of the barber shop experience was getting the

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inside scoop on what was going on in the community that you would never find in the newspaper.

The original clientele included both locals and newcomers. And the amount of hair a customer had in no way influenced the amount of time he spent in the chair.

I am sure Bob did a lot of snipping with his scissors when there was nothing to snip. I wore a flattop burr at the time, and I remember Bob sighting across the crown of my head to make sure it was perfectly flat.

The shop is filled with autographed pictures of

UT football players dating back to the 1951 national championship team. Taxidermies of water fowl adorn the walls along with a wild boar’s head and deer antlers. You can tell when you walk in that this is a man’s place. A cup of coffee proves it. It pours more like syrup.

Bob is also an accomplished master woodcarver whose work has been exhibited at local museums and art galleries. On Wednesday nights the shop served as a classroom for both beginning and accomplished woodcarvers. Under Bob’s tutelage, many beginning students became skilled in the art.

I remember watching him carve a dog as he looked up at me and said, “This is really pretty simple; you just carve away everything that’s not dog.”

Saturday mornings were

lost seven. Hal Mumme lost four. Guy Morris didn’t stay long but lost both tries. Rich Brooks went 0-for-7. Joker Phillips started on the same track.

Even though the weather sometimes intruded and the ball took unpredictable bounces and some games were entirely too close, Tennessee learned to take the outcome for granted. Lexington or Knoxville, the end was always the same.

Kentuckians never accepted forever.

They thought of it as only a trend, to eventually be halted and perhaps reversed.

Indeed, Kentucky defeated Tennessee in 2011. On the frost-bitten brown turf

of Commonwealth Stadium, the nation’s longest football monopoly came to a crashing conclusion. The Wildcats inflicted an ugly scar on Big Orange history. It was only 10-7 but it looked worse. Derek Dooley took the hit.

Randy Sanders, ex-Vol mentioned above, was a Tennessee player and coach for 22 years. He was eventually persuaded to go away. He chose Kentucky or maybe it was the other way around. He did bring considerable knowledge.

Sanders was the genius who plotted how-to-do-it for the 2011 shocker.

Kentucky won without a quarterback. Reserve receiver Matt Roark occupied the position in the absence of injured teammates. He couldn’t throw a lick but completed four of six for

15 yards. He ran the Vols ragged, gaining 124.

For much of the afternoon, Tennessee appeared discombobulated or disinterested. There were unconfirmed whispers that certain key Volunteers didn’t want to qualify for some peanut bowl that would involve three or four weeks of practice drudgery without significant reward.

Tennessee fans were left somewhere between disappointed and furious, depending on emotional involvement or personal losses. Kentucky fans were numb. Old-timers had forgotten how to respond to a victory over the Vols.

Then, as now, both teams were mediocre, bad or worse but we have all learned the awful difference in winning and losing.

special. Bob had a core of clients that gathered at 5 a.m. Most would choose to sleep in on a Saturday morning after a hard workweek.

Getting up at 4:30 a.m. is not something most would consider. But that should tell you something about how important most of his clientele viewed this early morning get together. Some got haircuts, but many just came to talk and enjoy the camaraderie. I was part of that group, and although I always got a haircut, mostly I just went to hear the tall tales and catch up on local news.

Many of Bob’s friends encouraged him to run for Farragut alderman. After considerable resistance, he finally agreed. He won by a landslide and was subsequently selected vice mayor.

As alderman, he demonstrated a lot of common sense that resulted in many of the improvements the town of Farragut now

enjoys. But there was one problem. Bob was too accessible. When the mayor and other aldermen were not available, people who had a complaint knew where to find Bob. I have actually seen citizens come through the door in a vile mood. Bob had a way of calming them down and listening to their complaints. But I think he was glad when his term ended.

One of the legacies of his term as an alderman is the Bob Watt Fishing Rodeo for children. The rodeo has become one of the town’s favorite events, and for many children it is the first time they have ever baited a hook or felt the tug of a fish on their line. And to that extent, it has helped many kids enjoy the outdoors and spend less time with video games and texting on smartphones.

As I reflect back on those early years, I realize that Lovell Heights Barber Shop

was more than a place to get your hair cut. It provided a forum where the exchange of ideas among the citizens often resulted in positive change for the community.

Bob sold the shop to Ron Cockrum several years ago and worked part-time until he retired for good in 2010.

But the ambience of the shop remains the same.

Ron carries on many of the same traditions that Bob started and has added a few of his own. He usually plants a mini-garden in a small plot of ground in front of the shop, and the corn stalks make for an interesting conversation piece.

The coffee is a bit weaker now, but the locals still gather to spin their tales and catch up on local happenings. And most new customers will readily admit that they have learned more about the area from conversations at the barber shop than they could ever learn in a book or a classroom.

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

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ff it went, just as the first red hues of dawn streaked across the sky, its whistle making a high lonesome sound better than any bluegrass record you’ve ever heard.

As it made its trek from Knoxville to Asheville, N.C., people stopped to stare, to wave, to record the moment. It isn’t every day, after all, that a steam engine carrying a passenger train comes through your town.

It was all part of a Norfolk Southern excursion ride, a day to remember, the past come alive. The train left the old Southern Railway depot at 7:30 a.m. and chugged its way along the river line. Sunday morning was coming down easy, so we passed folks who were just meeting the day, others dressed for church and a few curious onlookers.

Several must have known we were coming. They were ready with smiles, waves, cameras. A few followed in their

vehicles as long as they could.

Traveling by train is relaxing, rejuvenating and revealing. You get to know your fellow passengers, who talks, who doesn’t.

One fellow was equipped with a highpowered Canon camera. He said he was a train enthusiast who likes to take pictures.

A woman sat quietly across the aisle.

She read a book most of the time, saying she was there “just to take it all in.”

Two young boys were Christmas morning excited. They jumped up and down, waving and grinning, especially when they passed their mother, who had driven up to her father’s farm to watch the train go by.

We reached Asheville in about five hours, just in time for lunch. I walked up to Archer’s barbecue (highly recommended, by the way) and strolled through Biltmore Village in the drizzling rain. I couldn’t find a bookstore (sign of the times), so I ducked into a Starbucks to buy a New York Times.

Norfolk So uthern volunteers help passengers reboard the train in Asheville.

I got back to the train in time to watch the engines and the first passenger car reattach to the train after the engines were serviced. It was quite a sight.

We headed home at 3 p.m. sharp and were making good time until the train stopped in Newport. We knew we’d be stopping after 100 miles for service but we didn’t know we’d be picking up passengers who missed the train in Asheville. They said they thought they were on Central Standard Time. I just shook my head.

As darkness began to dim and the train rocked to and fro, I slipped off to sleep, relaxed in a way I may never be again.

We pulled into Knoxville at 7:45 and it was time to return to reality. I heard the lonesome whistle whine and remembered a quote by Paul Theroux.

“I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.”

For more info about this and other excursion train rides, visit the Tennessee The train’s engines and first passenger car are Valley Railroad Museum’s website at reattached in Asheville, N.C., after the engines were serviced. www.tvrail.com.

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POWELL Shopper news • NOVEMBER 25, 2013 • A-7

Caring for a community

Putting the puzzle together

By Cindy Taylor Pizza Inn on Clinton Highway hosted First Baptist Academy Night on Nov. 7. Students, teachers and parents worked alongside Pizza Inn staff as servers, hosts and cleaning crew so customers could raise money for the school.

Pizza Inn owners Jamey and Missy Brown donated 10 percent of the sales and 100 percent of tips from the evening to the academy. A total of $1,391 was presented to the school by the owners’ son Kambell Brown.

FBA administrator Darrell Vandergriff accepted the check along with students Abigail Allison and Hunter Bearden.

Money raised will fund athletics and the school technology program. This is a significant year for First Baptist Academy, as its first graduating class will walk the stage in 2014.

For the Lord will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.

(Isaiah 51: 3 NRSV) Each day I see before me, Lord God, good reason for thanksgiving. Thank you for helping me find the happiness of quiet, simple things; for the contentment that comes from looking at a pot of flowers on a window ledge, at the light of an open fire on the hearth, or at color splashed across the evening sky. (“To Be Thankful,” Everyday Prayers for Women, Dimensions for Living) Abigail Allison, president of the First Baptist Academy student council; Darrell Vandergriff, FBA administrator; Kambell Brown, sixth grader at FBA and son of Pizza Inn owners Jamey and Missy Brown; and Hunter Bearden, FBA sophomore and student volunteer, show the check from Pizza Inn. Photo submitted

CHRISTMAS PARADES Clinton Christmas Parade, 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. Theme: “A Christmas To Remember.” Deadline to register: 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 4. Info: 457-2559 or email accc@andersoncountychamber.org.

Fountain City Optimist Christmas Parade, Saturday, Dec. 7. Lineup begins at 9 a.m. in the parking lot in front of CiCi’s Pizza. The parade begins at 10. Registration is $12.50, for which you will receive a 2-pound block of medium cheddar cheese. It is the yearly fundraiser for the Optimist Club of Knoxville.

Please preregister by calling 522-2796.

Gibbs Christmas Parade, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 8, Gibbs High School to the Gibbs Center (IGA). Sponsored by Gibbs Ruritan Club. Lineup: 1:45 p.m. No entry fee; canned food donations accepted for the Corryton Food Pantry. Preregisteration/info: gibbschristmasparade@gmail.com; Larry Dougherty, 898-3532; Eddie Jones, 789-4681.

Halls Christmas Parade, 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, sponsored by the Halls Business and Professional Association.

Route: Halls High School, proceeding along Maynardville Highway, to Neal Drive. Line up: 4 p.m. Info: Shannon Carey, 235-5324.

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Karns Christmas Parade, 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. Line up at 9. Bring your float or a decorated vehicle and a lot of candy for the children.

Luttrell Christmas Parade, noon-1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, Luttrell Community Park. Info/registration form: Rebecca, 992-0870 or email maymejodys@aol.com.

Powell Christmas Parade, sponsored by the Powell Lions Club, 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. Route: Powell Place shopping center on Emory Road at Clinton Highway to Powell High School. No registration, but floats and walkers should be lighted. Lineup: 3:30 p.m. in the old Food City parking area.

Union County Christmas Parade, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8.

Begins at Union County High School. Info: Jeff Sharp, 4052196, or Trish Collins, 973-2279.

WORSHIP NOTES Food banks ■ Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday. Info: 922-9412.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central Ave. Pike, is accepting appointments for the John 5 Food Pantry. For appointment: 9382611 or leave a message and your call will be returned.

■ Knoxville Free Food Market, 4625 Mill Branch Lane, distributes free food 10 a.m.-noon 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 689-3349, 9 a.m.-noon. weekdays.

■ Ridgeview Baptist Church offers a Clothes Closet free of cost for women, men and children in the Red Brick Building, 6125 Lacy Road. Open to the public 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. every second Saturday.

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

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Memphis loves people and can handle dogs but she prefers to be the only cat in the room. Her adoption fee is $75, and she is available at HSTV, 6717 Kingston Pike.

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REUNION NOTES video instruction and group discussion that will help you deal with the intense pain of grief during the holiday season. Info: care@fellowshipknox.org.

Special services ■ First Lutheran Church, 1207 N Broadway, will hold the following services for Thanksgiving, Advent and the Living Nativity. The public is invited to all services.

Thanksgiving service: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, featuring singing and communion. All advent services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Dec 4, 11 and 18, and will include the lighting of the advent wreath and communion. The annual Living Nativity Event: Sunday, Dec. 15, includes Bible Study indoors, 5 p.m.; the Living Nativity, outdoors, 5:30; Hand Bell choir performance: 6:30’ soup and sandwiches available during all events. The public is invited to all activities and worship services.

■ Halls High School Class of 1984 is planning its 30-year reunion and is searching for classmates. If you are a graduate of this class or have information about a graduate of this class, contact Brenda Gray, 548-7825 or bfg1966@ tds.net; or Jeana Carter Kirby, 556-9032 or jeana.kirby@ knoxschools.org.

Apparently there are two kinds of people in the world: those who love puzzles and those who don’t.

I am an inveterate puzzler. I love crossword puzzles, Sudoku, cryptograms, jumbles, and jigsaw puzzles.

As a teenager, I owned (and completed) a puzzle that was round and red. All red, and not a corner piece in sight! My friend Anne and I once worked a puzzle which looked nothing at all like the picture on the box. We also worked one where every piece was shaped exactly the same!

I love puzzles.

My husband? Not so much. So, when I am fretting with a puzzle of any kind, Lewis looks at me with a puzzled expression (pardon the pun) and asks why I am struggling over something that makes no difference in the big scheme of things.

“Because it is good mental exercise, and because it’s fun,” I assure him. He nods, and says nothing, until, with more exasperation than the situation deserves, I exclaim to the non-present editor of whatever crossword puzzle is in front of me, “That’s just wrong! That is not what that word means!”

And then Lewis says softly, “Remind me again how much fun this is?”

So when a new puzzle catalog came in the mail, I pored over it carefully, debating between a 1,000-piece or a 750-piece snow scene. I do love a challenge.

Let me assure you, however, that putting together a Thanksgiving celebration with family scattered across four states and two time

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My family figured out several years ago that Thanksgiving could be a movable feast, and since we could not bring ourselves to eat two bounteous repasts in one day (at various relatives’ homes) we had two Thanksgiving days: one on the traditional Thursday, and another on Friday. My brother and his wife could have Thursday with her folks and Friday with us. I loved it because (since Friday was my day) it gave me extra time to make all those pies! It also seemed to me that with all my blessings, it probably would require two days to give adequate thanks.

Schedules and circumstances change, though, and this year the compromise is Thanksgiving brunch. Lewis (who is a fabulous cook and with whom I am celebrating our first Thanksgiving together) keeps asking me what one serves at Thanksgiving brunch and is happily researching the possibilities.

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By Betsy Pickle Julie Pepperman has earned the highest honor a U.S. K-12 science teacher can earn: the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. That doesn’t mean she’s been coasting since receiving it in spring 2008.

“I don’t care what profession you’re in, if you’re not always trying to get better, you’re getting worse,” Pepperman says. “You have to stay relevant.”

She reads constantly – four to six books a week during summer break and at least two per week during the school year.

“It’s my relaxation,” says the Bearden Middle School eighth grade science teacher. “I usually have one in the car, one in the house. I have four books going right now – two professional, two (personal) interest.”

She’s also revisiting “Ender’s Game” before she takes her four daughters to see the new film. She always makes her family compare the book to the movie.

“Nothing they put on screen can match what your mind can create.

I’ve seen some good adaptations, but I think it’s always better in your head.”

She doesn’t watch TV. At night she watches webinars – or attends her daughters’ school events with her husband.

If you look up “educator role model” in the dictionary, you’ll find her picture. Extracurricular activities are her version of breathing. She tutors before school and by appointment after school. She’s a lead teacher and evaluates her colleagues. She’s on the state science leadership team.

She reviews textbooks for McGrawHill. And she’s coordinating ORNL’s teacher science program to the Next Generation Science Standards, which she helped to devise as part of a national team that developed them over a two-and-a-half-year process that wrapped up in 2012.

Pepperman’s schedule is stuffed full, but she seems to love every minute of it. Growing up in New Orleans, she had a chalkboard in her bedroom, requested grade books for Christmas and would ask teachers for extra worksheets they were going to throw away.

“I would make my sisters sit in my room and be my students. I have two younger sisters, so they had to do what I said because I was the oldest.

“I don’t remember a time when I actually decided, ‘I want to be a teacher.’ It just sort of happened.”

After earning her bachelor’s in education and her master’s in educational administration at the University of New Orleans, she taught eighth grade science for three years in pub-

lic school in New Orleans and three years in a Catholic school in Mobile, Ala. She and her family got to know East Tennessee through visiting her parents, who moved to Maryville in 1994, and they decided to move here.

“I fell in love with what a good place it is to raise kids,” says Pepperman, who taught for a year in Maryville before coming to Bearden, where she is in her 10th year.

There are some things she was sad to leave behind.

“I do miss the food,” she says. “When Popeye’s opened up, I was like, ‘Yes!’” She also recommends the fare at Bayou Bay – “They have good gumbo” – and the Shrimp Dock.

In the classroom, Pepperman focuses on matter, biodiversity and electromagnetism, squeezing in a bit of astronomy after TCAPs in the spring.

Bearden Middle School science teacher Julie Pepperman is especially proud of Matthew “I think it’s imporStubblefield and Carson Matthews for their depiction of how a giant great sloth might evolve over tant to understand centuries. Photos by Betsy Pickle where you live and where we are in the universe and the solar system.”

In college, where she took “all different sciences,” her favorite was astrophysics.

“I thought it was cool. That meshed right in with chemistry. I thought it was amazing that we could tell what something so far away was made out of.”

Some teachers get frustrated when they see students with cellphones in the classroom. Not Pepperman.

“You have a phone that has Internet access and unlimited data?

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REUNION NOTES ■ Halls High School Class of 1984 is planning its 30-year reunion and is searching for classmates. If you are a graduate of this class or have information about a graduate of this class, contact Brenda Gray, 548-7825 or bfg1966@ tds.net; or Jeana Carter Kirby, 556-9032 or jeana.kirby@ knoxschools.org.

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Third graders (front) Graci Miller, Brennan Gray and Travis Davis gather for Thanksgiving lunch at PES with (back) David and Sabrina Gray and Jewel Shipley. Photos by Cindy Taylor Doctoral candidate Jessica Bryant, Aimee Classen and UT undergraduate student Kelsey Richesin use Li-Cor 6400, a machine that measures carbon flux from soil.

Thankful for Thanksgiving Wendy Kirsch enjoyed lunch with daughter Hana, 8.

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■ Professor Amber Roessner and doctoral candidate Jodi Rightler-McDaniels, both of the School of Journalism and Electronic Media, have won the J. William Snorgrass Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Paper on a Minorities Topic from the American Journalism Historians Association in New Orleans for “Beyond Celebration (but) Worth Remembering: Anniversary Coverage Surrounding Jack Johnson and the ‘Fight of the Century.’ ” ■ Suzie Allard, associate professor and associate director of the School of Information Sciences, has received the 2013 LJ Teaching Award Allard from Library Journal, one of the nation’s top library and information science trade publications. The award honors Allard for a decade of work building a specialty in science information and science data management and for creating a true classroom-practice science library education program.

■ College of Engineering has established a $3 million endowed deanship in honor of Dean Wayne Davis.

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Jimbo Duncan: One amazing man Witty, creative, talented, great pianist and singer, floral designer plus caring individual – how do you sum that up in one word??

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For those who have not yet met Jimbo Duncan, head over to Jimbo’s Central City Florist. Located at 2525 N. Central Street for the past 4 years, his building stands in the exact location where his dad’s business was. If not there, you can find him at Olivet Baptist Church on Pleasant Ridge Road where he is the pianist.

While working as a nursing technician at Fort Sanders for seven years, Jimbo also worked part-time at Star Sales’ floral division.

He now has 46 years of experience creating beautiful floral arrangements.

Whether it is a big formal wedding or a day for just a few family members, Jimbo works within the family’s budget to make sure the custom flower arrangements will be both beautiful and affordable. Brides are asked to schedule a wedding consultation.

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Jimbo Duncan in the midst of 200 holiday bows he was making for one customer. Photo by N. Whittaker has made many friends who started out as customers.

When in need of flowers after the death of a loved one, many of these friends have requested this talented man to also sing at the funeral.

Jimbo has honored this request 2,404 times.

Fresh and silk flowers are available and he has a wide assortment of memorial cemetery arrangements pre-made. Other arrangements are custom-made to his customers’ specifications.

Jimbo offers delivery service to all of Knoxville and Knox County and also delivers to funeral homes in Blount and Anderson counties.

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Andy’s Junction: Whether you love to dance or just like to listen to traditional country music, Andy’s Junction is where you need to be on Friday and Saturday nights. It would be hard to find a country band better than the Hooterville Express even if you head to Nashville.

Andy Gossett started this family-oriented business more than 40 years ago.

Now his daughter, Ann Finchum, owns the business and runs it year-round.

Andy’s Junction is located at 202 Williams Road in Seymour. Turn on Joy Street just off of Chapman Highway and go to the lower

At left, Ron Lee and his granddaughter Lesley Fitch prepare for dinner.

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level of the corner building.

The hall holds about 300.

Admission is $6 ($3 for kids 6-13).

AmVets Post 16 and DAV Chapter 24 held a fundraiser in November to benefit the Ben Atchley Veterans Home. Events included a horseshoe tournament which was won by Terry Butler and John Breazy.

Tom Walters won the pool tournament.

Eagle and Cherokee Distributing donated promotional items which were sold during the event. Fun and fellowship was shared by all and more than $1,400 was raised for a most deserving facility.

Shoney’s Restaurants will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. The buffet will feature turkey and ham plus a variety of other meats, vegetables and Shoney’s famous soup, salad and fruit bar.

Free pumpkin pie is offered with each buffet purchase.

Denis Rochet, president/CEO of Rainwater Resources, was elected to the board of directors of the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) on Nov. 5 in Austin, Texas. Rainwater Resources is family-owned and headquartered in Knoxville. It provides consultation, design and construction for commercial and residential rainwater harvesting systems.

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By Jerry Harnish I’ll be the first to acknowledge that these gift ideas will not cause c h i l d r e n ’s faces to light up or elicit many “oohs” and “ahhs” over Jerry Harnish the holidays. However, these items may save a life, protect a home and valuables or come in very handy, thus providing long-lasting gifts and perhaps even comfort in a crisis.

We all have people on our gift lists who don’t seem to need or want anything specific. These safety-oriented presents will both show them how much you care and avoid giving them something they can’t use.

Some are small enough to be stocking stuffers as well.

■ Flashlights and batteries: New homeowners and college students are great candidates for these, but just about anyone could use another flashlight with extra batteries for the car, garage, basement, nightstand, etc.

■ Fireproof security box: Protect important documents, money and other valuables that could be destroyed in a fire. Some security boxes are also waterproof.

■ Fire extinguisher: This item could mean the difference between minimal damage and extreme damage when it comes to fires, especially those that start in the kitchen.

■ Smoke and carbon monoxide detector with extra batteries: These detectors make a thoughtful gift for new homeowners.

■ First-aid kit: Useful for home or car with necessities for treating minor injuries. Customize them for children with cartoon character bandages.

■ Automobile safety kit: This is an especially good idea for students attending college away from home. Kits include jumper cables, flares, flat tire repair, reflectors, ice melt, etc.

■ Second-floor escape ladder: This could be a lifesaving gift and is especially needed in two-story homes with children.

■ Emergency kit: Stock a small travel bag with energy bars, water, radio, flashlight/light sticks, batteries and a first-aid kit.

■ Kinetic flashlight: These flashlights don’t need batteries but use energy built up by shaking them.

■ Weather alert radio: Great in snow and ice storms, tornadoes, hurricanes and other inclement weather situations, these radios also come in models that generate power by cranking them.

■ Medical alert system: These services protect elderly people who live at home by providing emergency contact at the push of a button in case of a medical issue, fall, fire or burglary.

The 24-hour monitoring services cost $20-$50 per month.

Stay safe this holiday season and keep your loved ones safe as well.

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Powell Food City produce manager Jamie Russell.

Jamie Russell knows produce

By Cindy Taylor With Thanksgiving just around the corner Powell Food City has added special items throughout the store to make holiday food prep easier.

Jamie Russell manages the produce department.

“We keep daily tabs on our products to be sure our customers are only buying the freshest fruits, vegetables and other produce,” he said.

“My crew and I have years of experience and our organic section is one of the largest around.”

Russell has been produce manager for two years and moved with the staff from the original Powell store.

The store has seasonal items ready for purchase to meet all of its customers’ holiday needs.

Mandarin oranges are currently available as well as cranberries. Celery is on sale for half price through Thanksgiving.

The grand opening and Thanksgiving ads feature specials through the end of November.

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are a big seller this time of year and can be made to order.

“Our store has everything you need for your Thanksgiving fi xin’s or gift purchases,” he said. “Everybody just needs to get in here and shop.”

WellspringSenior Living of Powell celebrated with an open house recently.

The facility is one of several assisted living and memory care housing facilities for seniors. “We are dedicated to providing a variety of services and activities that accommodate every lifestyle,” according to the website.

“Wellspring conforms to the needs and preferences of each resident. Care for the memory impaired is in a secured environment.”

At the open house, residents and their families enjoyed refreshments.

Wellspring opened in mid-August at 7545 Thunder Lane off Emory Road.

The facility is safe and secure and features a locked down unit for patient safety and 24-hour staff on duty. It aims to offer senior adults a homelike atmosphere. Info: 362-5398.

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National Park Service wildlife biologist Joe Yarkovich gently pulls the heavily-sedated bear out onto the ground. The trap had been baited with sardines, a human food that further reinforces to the bear the undesirable outcome of being in human areas.

Austin Bush and Chris Verdin assist.

Because the weather was misty and rainy, Yarkovich elected to treat his “patient” under a porch roof. This protected both the animal and the medical supplies. Grinning assistants Jon Jacobus, Brett Graham, Austin Bush, Chris Verdin and Anna Yohe are thrilled to help carry the bear up the hill. Photos by Carol Zinavage

Ten-year-old Anna Rogers of Richmond, Va., gets the thrill of her life when she has her picture taken with the sleeping bear. She’s flanked by Yarkovich and her father, Al. Photo by Rick Carl

Bear with us Overnight hikers at LeConte Lodge got a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity recently when a “nuisance” bear was caught, examined and released by a wildlife biologist from the National Park Service.

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Authorities at LeConte alerted the park service, and these pictures show what followed.

The big guy can almost be heard to slur, “Lemme outta here!” as he slowly and groggily trundles down the mountain.

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THURSDAY, DEC. 5 Pajama-Rama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Stories, music, flannel board activities and a craft. Wear your pajamas and bring your favorite toy or stuffed animal. Info: Becky, 947-6210.

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“Holiday Sparkles & Spirits!” to benefit The Joy of Music School, Cherokee Mills, 2220 Sutherland Ave. Info: 525-6806.

The Halls B&P annual Christmas Banquet, 6:30 p.m., Beaver Brook Golf & Country Club, 6800 Beaver Brook Drive. Guest speaker: WBIR-TV News Anchor John Becker. Silent auction; Halls Man and Woman of the year and incoming officers will be named. Tickets: Sue Walker, 925-9200.

MONDAY NOV. 25 Powell Recreation Commission annual meeting, 6:30 p.m., Lighthouse Christian Church, 8015 Facade Lane.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, NOV. 29-30 Holiday Open House hosted by the Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway in Norris. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAY, NOV. 30 Gospel concert, 6 p.m., Washington Pike Baptist Church, 1700 Washington Pike. The church choir and the Judy’s Barn Singers will sing. Free admission. Info: D.C. Hale, 688-7399, or Judy Hogan, 254-4921.

Holiday open house, Union County Arts, located in the historic Dr. Carr house adjacent to the Courthouse on Main Street. Homemade goodies, hot cider and live music.

Christmas Photos, 3-6 p.m., Union County Arts Co-Op in conjunction with the “Lighting of the Christmas Tree.” Photos taken by the Union County 4-H Technology team. Info: Martin Dickey, 992-3629.

Gospel singing, 7 p.m., Oaks Chapel Church, Raccoon Valley Road. Featuring the Clinch Valley Church Singers. Everyone welcome.

Gospel singing, 7 p.m., Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road NE, Heiskell. Everyone welcome. Info: Michael Parsley, 257-8419.

SUNDAY, DEC. 1 “The Messiah” performed by the Tri-County Chorus and Orchestra, 5 p.m., First Christian Church, 211 W. Fifth Ave. All invited.

Downtown Sertoma Club’s Holiday Dinner Concert, 4:30 p.m., The Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park. $50 per person. RSVP by Monday, Nov. 25 to 546-8656.

Sammy Sawyer (Barney Fife) and the Mayberry Crew, 11 a.m., Son Light Baptist Church, 6494 Son Light Way. Everyone invited. Info: 6887990.

MONDAY, DEC. 2 Tai Chi for Arthritis Open House, 10:30 a.m., Halls Senior Center. Learn about this ancient Chinese form which is designed to improve your balance, your stability and strength. The open house is free. Lessons begin Jan. 6. Info: email Don Parsley, dparsley@comcast.net.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, DEC. 2-3 Auditions for WordPlayers’ production of “A Woman Called Truth” by Sandra Asher, Fourth United Presbyterian, 1323 N. Broadway. Appointments: 6-7 p.m.; Open call: 7-7:30 p.m. Seeking: one African-American man, 18-35, two African-American women, 22-60, one European-American man, 30-60. For appointment: 539-2490. Info: visit www.wordplayers.org.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4 KSO Musical Storytimes for Kids, 11 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Presented by members of the KSO string quartet for pre-school aged children and their parents. Programs are free and open to the public. Info: 9222552.

Merry, Merry at the Library with Santa Claus, 4 p.m., Corryton Branch Library, 7733 Corryton Road. Info: 688-1501.

Free Picture with Santa, 2-4 p.m., Frontier office, 2104 W Emory Road.

Christmas Carol Festival, 7 p.m., Sacred Heart Cathedral, 711 S. Northshore Drive. All are invited to sing the songs of the season, enjoy warm cookies and hot beverages, and celebrate with good cheer.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 6-7 “The Life of Christ” Christmas drive-thru exhibit, 7-9 p.m., Fellowship Christian Church, 746 Tazewell Pike, Luttrell. Area churches taking part in this event are: Cedar Ford, Clear Branch, Fellowship Christian, New Friendship, Union, Warwick’s Chapel. Free event. Everyone welcome.

SATURDAY, DEC. 7 The Halls Christmas Parade, sponsored by the Halls Business and Professional Association. Route: Halls High School, proceeding along Maynardville Highway, to Neal Drive. Line up: 4 p.m.; step off: 6 p.m.

Info: Shannon Carey, 235-5324.

Soy Candles, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; instructor: Victoria Nicely; Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Registration deadline: Dec. 1.

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

Luttrell Christmas Parade, noon-1 p.m., Luttrell Community Park. Info/registration form: Rebecca, 9920870 or email maymejodys@aol.com.

Clinton Christmas Parade, 6 p.m. Theme: “A Christmas To Remember.” Deadline to register: 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. Info: 457-2559 or email accc@ andersoncountychamber.org.

The Powell Christmas Parade, sponsored by the Powell Lions Club, 5 p.m., Route: the Powell Place shopping center on Emory Road at Clinton Highway to Powell High School. Lineup: 3:30 p.m. in the old Food City parking area. No registration, but floats and walkers should be lighted.

Breakfast with Santa, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Norwood UMC, 2110 Merchants Drive. Pancakes, fruit and juice will be served to all children and their chaperones. The event is free, but donation of a nonperishable food item for the Church’s food pantry appreciated. Info: 687-1620.

“The Messiah” performed by the Tri-County Chorus and Orchestra, 7 p.m., Norris UMC, 62 Ridgeway Road, Norris. All invited.

Christmas Craft Fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Inskip UMC, 714 Cedar Lane.

Stargaze: Comet ISON, 7:30 p.m., Roane State Community College Tamke-Allan Observatory. An 8 p.m. presentation followed by telescopic viewing. The observatory is located between Kingston and Rockwood, near the intersection of Caney Creek and Joiner Hollow Roads. Directions: www.roanestate.edu/obs. Info: Dr. David Fields, fieldsde@roanestate.edu.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 7-8 Inaugural St. Nicholas Christmas Market hosted by the Philoptochos Society of St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 4070 Kingston Pike; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday and 12:30-5 p.m. Sunday. Crafts, jewelry, handmade cards, Tea & Treasures, aprons, Loucoumades, KARM, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, handmade baby items, Premier Jewelry and more. Info: 522-5043.

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The Union County Christmas Parade, 2:30 p.m.

Begins at Union County High School. Info: Jeff Sharp, 405-2196, or Trish Collins, 973-2279.

Holiday shopping to benefit local charity Nuestros Nino, noon-3 p.m., Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road. Handmade Guatemalan gifts for sale. Info: 938-8311; http://www. nuestrosninoscharity.org/.

“The Messiah” performed by the Tri-County Chorus and Orchestra, 5 p.m., Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, 1500 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge. All invited.

MONDAY, DEC. 9 Merry, Merry at the Library with Santa Claus, 6 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road.

Info: 947-6210.

TUESDAY, DEC. 10 “Classic Gingerbread House” class, 6-9 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $60. Limited seating. To register: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11 Free Picture with Santa, 2-4 p.m., Frontier office, 2104 W Emory Road.

THURSDAY, DEC. 12 The Cumberland Mountain Music Show, 7:30 p.m., LMU Cumberland Gap Convention Center. Tickets: $12, available at the door. Season passes will be honored. Info/reserve tickets: Donna Sullivan, 606-2693404 or dgs009@gmail.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 13-14 Victory Sports Indoor Motocross Racing, 7 p.m., Walters State Community College’s Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center. Admission: adults, $15; children 4-11, $10; children 3 and under, free. Info: Sam Gammon, 423-323-5497.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 13-15 “The Best Little Christmas Pageant Ever” dinner and play, Graveston Baptist Church, 8319 Clapps Chapel Road, Corryton. Times: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, noon; Sunday, 12:30 p.m. Tickets: $8 per person, $15 per couple, children 7 and under are free. Info: 686-0186 or info@graveston.org.

SATURDAY, DEC. 14 Christmas Memorial Service, 4 p.m., Trinity Funeral Home, 228 Main St. in Maynardville. Service open to anyone. There will be music and a Christmas message presented. Refreshments will be served following.

Live Holiday Instrumental Music Concert, 7 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. Presented by LeGrand Music Studio, based at the Art Center. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

Info: Andy, 223-5885; info@legrandmusicstudio. com; www.legrandmusicstudio.com; Facebook: legrandmusicstudio; Twitter: andylegrand.

“Christmas in the Neighborhood” presented by Powell Playhouse, 7-8:30 p.m., Jubilee Banquet Facility, Callahan Road. Tickets: $5 at the door; Christmas dessert and drink: $4. Info: Mona, 947-7428 or 256-7428.

Santa Paws Pet Photos with Santa to benefit Noah’s Arc Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, noon-4 p.m., Pet Supplies Plus, 4856 Harvest Mill Way. $20 donation includes a photo session with Santa, a 4”x6” print of your choice in a Christmas card display and a CD with all photos taken. Info: 689-9331.

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SUNDAY, DEC. 8 Gibbs Christmas Parade, 2:30 p.m., Gibbs High School to the Gibbs Center (IGA). Sponsored by Gibbs Ruritan Club. Lineup: 1:45 p.m. No entry fee; canned food donations accepted for the Corryton Food Pantry. Preregisteration/info: gibbschristmasparade@gmail.com; Larry Dougherty, 898-3532; Eddie Jones, 789-4681.

“The Hope of Christmas” children’s Christmas play, 6 p.m., Son Light Baptist Church, 6494 Son Light Way. Everyone invited. Info: 688-7990.

Smocked Christmas Ornaments, 2-4 p.m., instructor: Janet Donaldson. Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris.

Registration deadline: Dec. 3. Info: 494-9854 or www.

“He Made A Way In A Manger,” 7 p.m., Walnut Grove Baptist Church, 1550 Hinds Creek Road, Andersonville. Everyone welcome.

SUNDAY, DEC. 15 “The Birth of Jesus” adult Christmas play, 6 p.m., Son Light Baptist Church, 6494 Son Light Way. Everyone invited. Info: 688-7990.

Union County Historical Society open house/ Christmas meeting, 2:30 p.m., Union County Heritage Museum and Genealogical Library Building. Guest speaker: Bill Landry.

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