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Diggin’ the donuts

The new Dunkin’ Donuts at 2800 Chapman Highway, next door to Shoney’s, is getting plenty of traffic at all hours.

Even on New Year’s Day – with The Weather Channel’s “Fat Guys in the Woods” on the big screen instead of a bowl game – the dining area had a good crowd. (Read into the programming what you will, but the patrons ranged mostly from lean to slightly padded.)

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Read Betsy Pickle on page 3

‘American Sniper’ Director Clint Eastwood knows war movies. His “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters From Iwo Jima” are two of the best in recent years.

“American Sniper” had the potential to make it a trifecta, but Eastwood can’t figure out what kind of war movie he’s trying to make.

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Movie review on page 6

Shabby Chic An unusually impressive boutique arrived Nov. 1 in South Knoxville with the opening of new business Not Too Shabby Consigning. The owner is Jama Williams, who credits her grandchildren with the idea. One day while shopping, 10-year-old Jaeden suggested she open her own store.

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Dogwood celebrates 20 years

By Betsy Pickle Old friends and young students helped Dogwood Elementary School celebrate its 20th anniversary last week.

The Jan. 6 party really got rolling at the end of the school day, when current and former faculty and staff, dignitaries and well-wishers gathered in the library. Even before the official program started, the energy level was through the roof as retirees and returnees excitedly greeted those who still work at the school.

It was easy to pick out the current staff and faculty. All were sporting anniversary T-shirts designed by fifth-grade teacher Dennis Menefee and purchased by the teachers themselves.

Karen Kooyman, who taught at Giffin School until it closed,

Second-grade teacher Mary McCabe Wolf and retired colleague Karen Kooyman are two of the original Dogwood Elementary faculty members. Photos by Betsy Pickle The Dogwood Dolphins are proud to celebrate 20 years.

recalled the move to Dogwood fondly.

“We loved it, especially being in a brand-new school,” said Kooyman, who retired after teaching for five years at Dogwood (and

Read Nancy Whittaker on page 9

Berry Strong “Eric Berry is already a model for younger players, an example of how to do it. Before that, he was just a model citizen. I remember a high school story of him volunteering as a helper in a dentist’s office. I always suspected the receptionist was pretty.

“I recall, at UT, him showing up in the equipment room the night before a game to help team managers clean and polish helmets. Think about that, star with a scrub brush.”

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Visiting MPC “I used to think that sitting through a multi-hour government meeting would be approximately as enjoyable as having my toenails trimmed with a jackhammer.

“But as I’ve become a grownup, the things that interest me have changed. Thank goodness. Otherwise, I’d still be watching soaps with my girlfriends, as I did when I was 14.”

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Winter warmth Jim Smith sells his homemade hot sauce to customers at Nourish Knoxville’s Winter Market, held in the fellowship hall of Central United Methodist Church at 201 E. Third Ave. Smith is the owner of Rushy Springs Farm in Talbott, Tenn. The Winter Market is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every other Saturday at the church through March 21. Photo by Bill Dockery

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teaching 35 years in total).

Giffin, Anderson and Flenniken schools were merged into Dogwood in January 1995. Mary Ruth Kidd, who teaches first grade at Dogwood, and Mary McCabe Wolf, now a second-grade teacher at Dogwood, are the only ones left from the original faculty.

Kidd, who started her career at Fair Garden then taught for four and a half years at Flenniken, said moving day 20 years ago was a big deal.

“It was so exciting,” she said.

“The kids were in awe of the new building. It was so clean; it was awesome. They loved it.”

Wolf was at Flenniken for seven years in a classroom in “the new wing – built in the 1950s.” Moving into a new school “was very exciting.”

“It was a terrific opportunity for the children,” said Wolf. Being in such a large facility took “a little getting used to.” It was also a challenge because the teachers and students moved in the middle of the school year.

“You had to make friends quickly because we had three schools merging into one. … I think it took extra effort and TLC for the children to come to a new school right after Christmas.”

The 20th anniversary seemed to be more significant to the adults than the kids, Wolf said.

“My second-graders didn’t really get it,” she said.

Principal Lana Shelton-Lowe agreed that the faculty and staff were more enthusiastic – at first.

“The teachers were more excited until the kids got cake for lunch, and then they exceeded the teachers,” said Shelton-Lowe, who has been principal for seven years and served as assistant principal for the four previous years.

(The KCS Food and Nutrition Department provided the anniversary cake.)

The program in the library was emceed by Kim McDaniel, who has been at Dogwood for 15 years and is a two-time Dogwood Teacher of the Year and was 2011-12 Knox County Schools Teacher of the Year for grades K-4. Assistant principal Christopher Deal was in charge of the celebration.

In addition to a video message from Gov. Bill Haslam and live remarks from KCS Superintendent Jim McIntyre, the program included a 1995 music quiz and a 1995 pop-culture trivia game. Photos from old yearbooks and a look at a 1995 Dogwood time capsule fanned the flames of nostalgia.

Festivities continued into the evening with a bingo for books and a chili supper attended by about 90 people from the school and community. Each child went home with at least two books purchased by Title I through Family Engagement Funds.

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A great day to stay home

By Sandra Clark Knox County Schools will be giving a state-mandated “writing assessment” to children in grades 3-11 in February. The mom of a thirdgrader contacted Shopper-News.

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The tests will be given on computer, and third-graders will be required to type their answers, she said. The teacher wrote: “This is an online assessment, which means they will read two articles online and then TYPE their 5 paragraph response.”

The kids will have an hour and a half to complete the test with a 30-minute break “in between,” according to the teacher.

Dr. Elizabeth Alves, chief academic officer for Knox County Schools, said this is the first year the test will be administered in grades 3-11. “In the past, it was only given in grades 5, 8 and 11.

The test was piloted across the state last year. Our teachers opted not to participate in the pilot.”

Alves said the writing test for grades 5, 8 and 11 was administered by computer last year and grades 8 and 11 have been tested

on computer for two years.

She said student performance will be reported, but it will not count for teacher evaluation or system accountability purposes.

My final question: In what grade are children taught to type and expected to be proficient in the skill?”

Alves said: “Instruction in the use of technology and typing varies from school to school. Currently, there is no curriculum from the state for teaching typing at the elementary levels; however, there are state standards at each grade level that identify performance expecta-

tions. Elementary students are not graded on proficiency in typing.”

The parent who contacted Shopper-News is concerned that her 8-year-old will be typing a fiveparagraph response in a timed format. She said her kid visits the tech lab every six days, hardly enough to become proficient at keyboarding.

The teacher who contacted her said typing practice at home would be helpful because, “Capitalization, punctuation and indentions will be taken into consideration on their assessment grade.”

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Friendsville woman finds friends, mobility at Patricia Neal Progressive myelopathy. Cauda equina syndrome. Thoracic disk herniation. Peripheral polyneuropathy.

You name it – Phyllis Kirksey seemed to have everything – except the ability to move her legs. “It really wasn’t pain – it was inability to do anything,� she recalls. “Your mind tells you to lift your leg and go up the stairs, but it won’t do it. It was just like I weighed 400 pounds. I just couldn’t move.�

Nobody knows what caused this latest in a long history of back problems, but it set the retired pharmacist on a path to her sixth surgery followed by two weeks of rehabilitation as a spinal cord injury patient at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center.

It happened soon after returning from her son’s wedding that Kirksey, wife of Dr. Jim Kirksey, an ER physician at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, suddenly found herself unable to climb any of the stairs in their Friendsville tri-level home.

Soon, Dr. Merrill White, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Parkwest Medical Center, was laying out her options: Undergo an extensive 12-hour multi-level spinal decompression and reconstruction or spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. “Dr. White shoots straight from the hip,� said Mrs. Kirksey. “He said, ‘You’ve got a 50 percent chance of getting better, a 10 percent chance of getting worse and a 40 percent chance of being just like you are. But being like you are is better than what you will be if you don’t have surgery because you will continue to get worse.’ It wasn’t a pretty picture to paint.

So, I gambled on 50 percent and I won.�

Of course, it wasn’t an easy victory.

After the July 3 surgery by Dr. White and cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Brent Grishkin, Mrs. Kirksey recovered at Parkwest for a week. “I was the Pillow Lady,� she said with a laugh. “I had a pillow here, a pillow in front, a pillow in back, pillow between my knees. I was pillowed up – and don’t move me!�

But White had other plans. The next day, he had Mrs. Kirksey to stand on her own two feet.

Walking, however, would take awhile longer.

Discharged from Parkwest a week after surgery, she was sent to Patricia Neal Reha-

“It was not just a hospital where you are treated as an individual but you made friends, made friends for life,� said Phyllis Kirksey of her experience at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center in Knoxville.

After a series of surgeries, Kirksey is now on her feet and walking thanks to the excellent rehabilitation experienced at the facility.

bilitation Center where she was immediately impressed by the staff. “When I was ďŹ rst admitted, everyone came in and introduced themselves and explained their job position and if there was anything I needed related to their expertise, just let them know,â€? she said. “Everybody had a smile on their face. It was a very uplifting, encouraging atmosphere. “Of course, Day One they are going to get

you to your feet. They let you know from the very beginning that, ‘You’re not here to be waited on!’ � she said with a laugh. “That was the whole atmosphere. They present you with challenges, then you go in and you do it, and you don’t think you will be able to accomplish, but by golly, after a few days, I was doing exactly what they said. Everybody was very encouraging.�

By the end of the ďŹ rst of two weeks at PNRC, she was walking the full length of an exercise bar and climbing steps, well on her way to meeting her personal goal of caring for herself and getting in and out of her multi-level home.

She was also learning to maneuver her wheelchair, taking part in an obstacle course

throughout different oors of Fort Sanders Regional. “I look at people in wheelchairs in the mall or wherever now in a whole different perspective,â€? she says. “I know what they are going through because I’ve been there even if was for a short period.â€?

Perhaps just as important were the lessons learned in group sessions with new-found friends in similar situations. “There was camaraderie there,� she said. “I learned everyone’s name. It was interesting to see the change each other went through. In the beginning, some were real withdrawn and focused on their own pain, but by the end of two weeks, they were more concerned about how others were feeling. You really got to know one another. “It was not just a hospital where you are treated as an individual but you made friends, made friends for life,� she added. “And you take your own problems in a new perspective.

OK, I’ve got this condition and I’m having trouble walking, but you know what? I didn’t really have a choice in the surgery because, if I hadn’t had the surgery, I would have been in a wheelchair for life. That was my option, and I didn’t want that. So you deal ‌ thank God there was an alternative!�

Today, Mrs. Kirksey moves about her home with the aid of a cane and can climb any ight of stairs in her home. If she is going a long-distance, she uses a walker.

But the wheelchair she took home from Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center sits at a dining table, unused except by a son-in-law who says it’s comfortable to his own bad back.

The surgeons, rehabilitation physicians or physiatrists, therapists and nurses have done their part. The rest, she says, is up to her. “It’s easy to say, ‘Why is this happening to me?’ But if you really, really search your heart and take in these experiences and use them for a better good, then so be it. It is what it is. I am just thankful that I can do what I can do.� “I would not wish anybody to go through what any of us at Pat Neal had to go through,� she added. “But if life deals you an unfortunate circumstance where you are in that position, then you couldn’t go to a better place for rehab.

They have the ability to reach any type person.

They were wonderful. They were great in every way.�

Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center serves Covenant and beyond patient well enough that they could make the 24-hour ight home with this new disability. Then, coordinating with international, socialized medicine was also quite a learning experience.�

Navigating the many twists and tangles of red tape, however, is hardly new to the scores of health professionals involved in caring for PNRC patients. Since 2010, the government-mandated guidelines for admission to rehabilitation centers have become increasingly stringent, making it more challenging for patients to get the care they need. “When a patient is admitted for inpatient rehabilitation at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, they have to meet admission requirements established by the government for ‘medical necessity’ as well as rehab needs,� said Dr. Dillon, a physiatrist. “You have to be sick enough to require a hospital level of care but well enough to participate in an intensive, multiple-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary therapy program.�

Helping smooth that process is the relationships Dr. Dillon and her team have built with physicians throughout the Covenant network, a network that continues to grow and now serves 23 counties in East Tennessee. As new facilities are added, such as Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville and Claiborne Medical Center in Tazewell, Dillon and her team work to develop relationships with the new facilities to better understand their capabilities as well as offer PNRC’s services when needed.

Another important role in maneuvering government guidelines is that of the admissions liaison, specially trained registered nurses and social workers assigned to each Covenant hospital to evaluate and process referrals from those facilities to PNRC. “That’s a vital role,� said Dillon. “We have licensed persons in that role to collate the referral data. The ultimate decision for admission or not admitting, however, has to be made by a physician with training in rehabilitation. A lot of it is seman-

tics. It’s knowing how to capture the medical intensity of the care needed.

The goal is to get the patient to the level of care in the post-acute continuum that will best meet their needs and best utilize their resources.�

Each year about 750 to 800 patients with a variety of illnesses or injuries are admitted to PNRC. About 80 percent of those come from Parkwest Medical Center, University of Tennessee Medical Center and Fort Sanders Regional with the balance mostly coming from other Covenant facilities although referrals often come from Nashville, Chattanooga, the Tri-Cities in Tennessee and many other states as well.

Countless others, whose condition does not qualify for inpatient care, receive help as a PNRC outpatient or may be referred back to a Covenant therapy center closer to home. Still others may be referred to a skilled care nursing facility or home health care.

But for those who do qualify for

admission to PNRC, quality care is a hallmark. The nationally acclaimed facility has won numerous national awards, including four Crystal Awards, the top award given for patient satisfaction by Professional Research Consultants, a nationally known health care research company. What’s more, PNRC’s rate of readmission within 30 days of discharge is lower than the regional and national averages. “Our goal is to provide excellent care to everyone,� said Dr. Dillon. “We strive to restore abilities and rebuild lives. We maximize their functional independence. Patients admitted to PNRC tend to come in sicker, get home sooner and stay home longer with fewer readmissions. While changes in health care are making it more challenging to get into PNRC, once you are admitted, we’ll provide you with excellent care, among the best rehabilitation in the nation.�

For more information and a virtual tour video, visit PatNeal.org or call 865-541-1446.

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It’s a place for those whose lives were changed forever in the blink of an eye. It’s where the sickest of the sick come to be treated, and where each year, hundreds of people come to have their lives rebuilt and abilities restored.

It’s Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, the 73-bed acute care rehab hospital Mary Dillon, MD, that serves PNRC not just Fort Sanders Regional within which it is located, but all Covenant Health facilities, East Tennessee and beyond.

Way beyond. “We had a patient from Australia who was in an accident while visiting this country and had a spinal cord injury,� says Dr. Mary Dillon, medical director of PNRC since 2003. “We were able to rehab the

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as an illustration for her message about Jesus being the bread of life and Bethlehem being the “city of bread” as an introduction to “What Wondrous Love Is This.”

Jackson displayed a pewter candlestick to illustrate the light that connects people to the Son of God. She finished with “Christ Child Lullaby,” a Scottish tune with elements from the Middle East that Mary supposedly sang to Jesus.

Chad Watson and Dave Kyser check out the new Dunkin’ DoJackson skillfully mixes nuts on Chapman Highway. technique and emotion, and the gardeners seemed thrilled to hear her play and speak.

The meeting, held at Woodlawn Christian Church, also included guests from Keep Knoxville Beautiful and a delicious holiday brunch.

Obviously, gardening isn’t the only thing at which the Members of the Chapmembers are experts. man Highway Garden Club Although the garden club were transported far above usually meets on the third the earth at their December Betsy Thursday of each month, meeting.

Pickle it skips January. The next Noting that it was “the meeting will be at 10 a.m. most wonderful time of the Feb. 19 at Woodlawn Chrisyear,” guest Anne Jackson, tian Church. a widely celebrated harpist, entertained the group the harp so much is it’s so with heavenly music for simple,” Jackson said mod- ■ Diggin’ the donuts the holidays. Jackson gave estly before beginning a The new Dunkin’ Donuts background on each tune, mash-up of the Pachelbel at 2800 Chapman Highway, adding to the richness of the Canon in D and “The First next door to Shoney’s, is program.

Noel.” getting plenty of traffic at all “The thing I love about Jackson painted a pic- hours. ture of the birth of Jesus Even on New Year’s Day – with both words and music. with The Weather Channel’s The harpist at Church Street “Fat Guys in the Woods” on United Methodist Church, the big screen instead of a and enhance the hiking Jackson shared some of her bowl game – the dining area experience along the AT Christian testimony as she had a good crowd. (Read within the national park. talked about her repertoire. into the programming what Ridgerunners educate She showed a family cov- you will, but the patrons backpackers and day hikers, erlet from the 1800s and de- ranged mostly from lean to clear trail debris, report scribed baby Jesus wrapped slightly padded.) emergencies and pack out in swaddling clothes and Former South Knox litter along more than 70 how “his love wraps you in Countian Chad Watson, miles of the AT in the park. a coverlet” before playing now of Houston, Texas, and Friends of the Smokies “What Child Is This?” She longtime South Knoxville specialty license plates used an antique dough bowl resident Dave Kyser used can be purchased for given to her by her mother the new eatery for a meeting $35 in Tennessee and $30 in North Carolina, independent of plate expiration date. Plates may be purchased at DMV license plate tag offices and online at www.

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Harpist Anne Jackson entertains at the Chapman Highway Garden Club meeting.

ETTAC needs computers, medical equipment If you recently upgraded your computer system, iPad or tablet during the holidays and want to donate your old equipment, the East Tennessee Technology Access Center (ETTAC) will accept XP Windows computers or newer, as well as all iPads, iPods, other mobile devices and tablets.

All computers and iPads must be in good working condition.

ETTAC is a regional nonprofit agency that helps people with disabilities.

The staff adapts computers with specialized software and hardware that are then given or loaned to clients to enable them to pursue their educational or employment goals. Hard drives will be wiped clean before distribution. All donations are tax deductible.

ETTAC also has a reuse program for durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, lifts and shower seats, which are given to people who cannot afford them.

Computers and medical equipment can be dropped off at ETTAC’s Knoxville office, 116 Childress St., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info: 2190130 or www.ettac.org.

Sales of specialty license plates in North Carolina and Tennessee support priority projects in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Projects include Student Conservation Association internship positions, Parks as Classrooms and Appalachian Trail Ridgerunner programs in both states.

Seasonal environmental student interns gain a deeper understanding of park ecology while conducting scientific research, assisting with resource management projects and eradicating non-native plants and pests.

Through the Parks as Classrooms program, approximately 18,000 students visit the Smokies each year for rangerled, curriculum-based environmental education.

By utilizing the national park as a science classroom, students develop an appreciation for the natural and cultural resources in subject areas including math and science.

The Appalachian Trail Ridgerunner program works to protect resources

Start the New Year with a new license plate Drivers in Tennessee and North Carolina can kick off the New Year by joining the 32,000 others who own vehicles with Friends of the Smokies license plates.

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Get fit for 2015

To complement your visits to Dunkin’ Donuts, you might want to consider taking the Get Fit Seymour challenge. The program is open to South Knox/Seymour residents and is designed to help people engage in exercise and healthy nutrition for better physical and emotional health.

Online registration is now open at www.GetFitSeymour.com (click on Registration). Space is limited.

The challenge begins Feb. 28 and runs through May 2.

The program is free, but a $20 donation is requested to pay for the official T-shirt (to be worn at weigh-ins) and a wristband that provides entry to the exercise classes.

There will be 14 different types of exercise genres offered.

Get Fit Seymour will raffle two $100 gas cards at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Brewed Awakenings, 11212 Chapman Highway, Seymour. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. For more info, visit www.GetFitSeymour.com.

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Prayer meeting time I do believe it is prayer meeting time.

The sports forums I follow, starting with Scout’s VolChat and Rocky Top Board, tell me Tennessee people are praying for one of our favorite sons, Eric Berry.

So are Georgia people and Kentucky people and some from Florida and even Alabama. Out in Kansas, concern for Berry is big.

Eric is 26, a two-time All-American Volunteer, recipient of the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s best collegiate defensive back.

The Chiefs selected him fifth in the 2010 draft. He has been that good or better in the NFL. That was then.

The now part is a fight for his life against Hodgkin lymphoma. He is favored to win – a high percentage do – but he is too special and this is too serious to take for granted.

Peyton Manning has checked in. He sees this as a tough fight, understands the treatment is challenging, but says Eric is a fighter.

“I reached out to him and told him he’s in a lot of peo-

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ple’s prayers and thoughts.”

Phillip Fulmer is optimistic.

“He was always up to the challenge. I believe he will be in this case.”

Ex-Vol Inky Johnson, inspiration for many, close friend to Berry, says Eric is doing well.

“He’s doing great. He comes from a great family. Most importantly, Eric knows who’s in control of his situation, and that’s God. When you know who’s in control, you’re at peace with it. So Eric will be fine.”

Maybe you know that Berry chose Kansas City number 29 in recognition of Inky. He was 29 at Tennessee.

We don’t know when the cancer started, but we know when it was found. Quirky story. Late November, Berry put a big hit on Oakland running back Marcel Reece.

‘H’ is for hypocrite A more fitting name for the Harvard Crimson might be the fortuitously alliterative “Harvard Hypocrites.”

behind the red faces of Harvard faculty members.

Turns out they’re indignant about being introduced to the reality of health-care reforms many of them supLarry ported.

Ivy League, meet The Van Rest of Us. Guilder Confronted with increases in out-of-pocket costs for health care, resulting in part from provisions in As the New York Times the Affordable Care Act, recently reported, it isn’t the agitated academics are love for the Crimson that’s questioning the university’s

The other safety, Husain Abdullah, came flying in to get a piece. He also got some of Eric.

Berry got up clutching his chest.

“You all right?” Abdullah asked.

“I’m good,” Berry replied.

Later, his shoulder wasn’t so good. An X-ray didn’t show anything, but when orthopedic physician Cris Barnthouse examined him, things didn’t add up. Berry hurt when he moved his arm but was not sensitive to touch, nor was his strength affected. If his chest was bruised, he would have felt pain in all three tests. Barnthouse recommended an MRI. There it was, the intruder, a mass that didn’t belong.

Eric chose Atlanta as the battleground, Emory’s cancer institute. Dr. Christopher R. Flowers, a Stanford man, is calling the plays. He says the affliction is potentially curable with standard chemotherapy. Radiation is a secondary approach. Stem cell implants are out there somewhere, if needed.

Flowers did not discuss future football. Or hair loss.

I lack the wisdom to explain why really bad things sometimes happen to really good people. I do know the

NFL generates a bunch of ugly headlines. None belong to Eric. He is considered a rock-solid pillar among the Chiefs, a natural leader who plays the game the right way and didn’t flaunt his wealth or honors.

Eric is already a model for younger players, an example of how to do it.

Before that, he was just a model citizen. I remember a high school story of him volunteering as a helper in a dentist’s office. I always suspected the receptionist was pretty.

I recall, at UT, him showing up in the equipment room the night before a game to help team managers clean and polish helmets. Think about that, star with a scrub brush.

I never saw Eric turn cartwheels or otherwise celebrate an interception or touchdown. He just handed the ball to the nearest official. He has always been substance over style.

BerryStrong is the getwell theme, but Kansas City defensive end Mike DeVito tweeted a verse from Psalms that I’m going to keep handy, just in case: “O Lord, my God, I cried to You for help, and You have healed me.”

data. Some have gone so far as to devise spreadsheets to crunch the numbers – no mean feat for professors more at home with Aphrodite than annuities.

One Harvard veteran called the changes “deplorable, deeply regressive,” while another said the outof-pocket costs were “equivalent to taxing the sick.”

As a member of the unwashed masses who has forked over my “sick tax” for years, it’s hard to overlook their hypocrisy, much less generate sympathy for them.

The new Harvard health

plan carries an annual deductible of $250 for an individual and $750 for a family.

Those are small fractions of what’s paid by most people who purchased insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The yearly out-of-pocket limit is $1,500 for individuals and $4,500 for families.

In sum, Harvard says the plan will pay 91 percent of health-care costs for enrollees. Don’t bother looking for a plan through the federal or state exchanges that pays as well.

Pavlis: Time to give mayor more money Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis is looking for co-sponsors for an ordinance to raise the mayor’s pay, a measure he says is long overdue. The mayor and four of his City Council colleagues will be up for re-election this year.

Betty Bean “The mayor makes $130,000 a year, and I am going to propose raising it by $12,500, to $142,000. It would take effect at the end of 2015, the day after the next swearing-in. This is the appropriate time to do it,” he said.

“The last increase was voted on in 2003 and didn’t take effect until ’06 – and here it is, 2015. Sure, $12,500 is a big one-time catch up, but if you amortize it over a nine-year period, it’s not that big a catch up. I just think our city should be in line with other cities and with county officials.”

Most mayors in other cities and County Mayor Tim Burchett make more than Rogero, said Pavlis, whose great-uncle Jack Dance was mayor of Knoxville when he died in 1959.

He said he doesn’t want to see this office become the preserve of the very rich, and said that since city employees are required to be on the job for 10 years before vesting in pension benefits and mayors are limited to two four-year terms, mayors will generally be ineligible for pensions (Rogero, if re-elected, would be an exception since she served for four years as city development director

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“I worry that we’re making it an exclusive club and knocking out the vast majority of citizens of Knoxville from consideration,” he said. “If you’re a reasonably intelligent person with a reasonable job with a pension and benefits, the salary has to be up there because you’re giving up your benefits. We’ve been surveying salaries and benefits, and I think this is a good path for us to go down and I think we should look at this more frequently than we have.

“Madeline had no idea this was coming. She wouldn’t be a party to that, anyway – that’s political suicide.”

Chattanooga Mayor Andy Burke makes $151,000. Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton makes $162,925, and Knox Count y Mayor Tim Burchett gets $167,687 annually.

Metro Nashville Mayor Karl Dean’s $136,500 makes him a bit of an outlier (in November, the Metro Council turned down a proposal to raise his salary to $180,000).

State law requires the county mayor’s salary to be the highest in the county, but at least six city employees, including Janet Wright (director of information systems) at $168,230, Bill Lyons (deputy to the mayor) at $160,130, Christi Branscom (deputy to the mayor) at $153,120, Charles Swanson (law director) at $152,980, David Rausch (chief of police) at $139,080 and Stephen King (deputy director of engineering) at $133,150 make more money than Rogero.

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The case for tuition-free college By now, everyone in the world and the astronauts in outer space know that President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, visited Pellissippi State Community College last week to announce a national plan of two years of tuition-free community college for anyone willing to work for it.

The plan will be based on Tennessee Promise, a program with the same incentive offered for the first time ever to the class of 2015 throughout our great Volunteer state.

I am not usually one to follow politics, but I think this is a great idea if we can all make it through the red tape without getting stuck in it.

This is why I support the president’s plan: When covering school news, every

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day I visit at least one public school and meet students who blow me away with their ideas.

Students of all ages have shown me projects they’ve created, fundraising they’ve planned and hosted themselves, goals they’ve achieved and dreams they would like to follow upon graduating from high school.

Without Tennessee Promise, many of them would never be able to afford college.

I can’t speak for the rest of the country, or even for

everyone else here in Tennessee, but I know when I hear a kindergartner tell me an idea she has to help the homeless or I interview a student in the fifth grade who already has a business plan to start his own company, I am so glad they will have the support they’ll need right here at home. Not only will they have the potential to better themselves, but they’ll better their world – mine and yours – in the process.

During his announcement, the president said he hopes to level the playing field among the haves and the have-nots. “We don’t expect everybody to make it,” he said, “but we do expect everybody to get an equal shot.”

It shouldn’t be about what you look like, how you worship or your last name,

he said. I couldn’t agree more. There are many gifted children who may not be given the same opportunities because of the area they live in or how much money their parents make.

“No one with drive and discipline should be left out,” the president continued.

“Two years of college will be as free as high school is today.” Once students complete the two years of college, they could transfer those credits to a university and essentially get half of a bachelor’s degree free.

The students I meet and write about are a glimpse of the talent thriving in today’s schools.

With a national plan to give them a hand up, their possibilities are endless.

Sara Barrett is West Knox school beat reporter for Shopper-News.

MPC − better than a soap opera I used to think that sitting through a multi-hour government meeting would be approximately as enjoyable as having my toenails trimmed with a jackhammer. But as I’ve become a grownup, the things that interest me have changed.

Thank goodness. Otherwise, I’d still be watching soaps with my girlfriends, MPC chair Rebecca Longmire and commissioner Bart Cary recas I did when I was 14. ognize retiring MPC executive director Mark Donaldson, center, at last week’s meeting. Photo by Wendy Smith

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During my process of educating myself about local government, I’ve watched a few meetings online and attended a few in person.

Last week was my first inperson encounter with the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC), and I was transfi xed.

Before the meeting began, I examined the audience and found I could pick out the developers, lawyers and concerned citizens.

Most of the lawyers I knew by name because a relatively small pool represents

most local developers and citizens. The developers generally had a similar look − jeans, a sport coat and longish hair. Hip. The citizens wore their stress like a garment. They sat in groups and whispered together. I understand their fear. Some are facing development that could have a very real negative impact on their property and, maybe, on their lives.

This is where the drama happens. People don’t like change. Nobody ever says, “I’ve always enjoyed this wooded lot behind my house, where squirrels and birds play. But I don’t mind if someone knocks down the trees and grades with loud equipment in order to build a new hospital/shopping

Larry Van Guilder The “platinum” plans come close, covering 90 percent of costs on average, but are prohibitively expensive for many. “Silver” plans, covering 70 percent, are the most purchased.

Hypocrisy in academia is at least a change of pace from rampant political hypocrisy. But with the latter on full display in East Tennessee last week, it couldn’t

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be ignored.

Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, Tennessee’s full complement of U.S. senators, were eager to be seen with President Barack Obama as he visited Big Orange Country.

Neither made an appearance during Obama’s earlier treks to Tennessee (Nashville and Memphis), so is it growing admiration for his

center/apartment complex behind my house.

“I understand that development is part of the natural order of things in a growing city like Knoxville.”

To be honest, I tend to side with those citizens − all of them. Our homes are overwhelmingly personal.

They are our refuge. It’s cruel to deprive people of the things they love best about their homes for the sake of progress, especially if a developer profits from the loss.

Still, I have to admit that, after watching several hours of meetings, I’m beginning to understand the other side.

No matter how surrounding property owners feel, sick people benefit from

hospitals. People buy things they need at shopping centers, which supports jobs and produces tax revenues that pay for stuff like schools and pothole repair.

People live in the apartments, and they’re more likely to be young professionals, like my son, than drug dealers.

It comes down to those who serve, without pay, on the MPC, to make decisions about where such things will be built.

And here’s the good news − they take their jobs seriously. They ask questions, and they seek input from citizens, even when the agenda is long and each side has spent its five minutes of talk time.

They’ll never be popular, except maybe with the developers. They will, more often than not, approve development, even if it hurts the little guy. It’s done, in theory, for the greater good.

It’s what they did when your subdivision, your grocery store and your office building were approved.

Whenever two opposing forces come together, there’s high drama. That’s what makes MPC meetings interesting. They’re better than a soap opera.

leadership that drew them this time?

During a Nov. 20, 2014, interview on Fox, Corker, riled over Obama’s decision to take executive action on immigration, called his presidency the “worst in modern history.” Obama is “weak,” Corker said, and acting like “a 13-year-old.”

I don’t hear the Carpenters singing “Close to You” in that rant. They must want to praise his signature legislation.

“The health-care law is an historic mistake that should be delayed, dismantled, repealed and replaced,” Alexander said in a speech before the Senate on Sep. 27, 2013.

Oops.

Corker? He voted against passage of a continuing resolution that included funding Obamacare and instead supported U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s bill to repeal it.

No denying that ignoring one’s own hypocrisy can

government Remembering Edward Brooke asking that his trial be moved out of Knox County through his attorney, Greg Isaacs. Without commenting on the merits of the case, I know Lowe has an expert attorney when it comes to advocating delays in trials.

Isaacs is also the attorney for Troy Whiteside, who was indicted over five years ago for homicide, and his case has not yet gone to trial due to a variety of Victor delays. It is currently set Ashe to start next month, but no one is holding their breath it will happen.

If this motion for Lowe is successful, that The next oldest livtrial is delayed several ing former senators are, more months. in order of age: Ernest If the city of Boston Hollings, 93, from South can find a jury to deCarolina; Jocelyn Burdick cide the trial of Dzhokhar of North Dakota, 92; Paul Tsarnaev, one of the susLaxalt from Nevada, 92; pects in the Boston MaraJames Buckley from New thon bombings, with all York, 91; and Bob Dole the international publicity from Kansas, 91.

Tennessee’s Bill Brock is it has generated, surely Knoxville can provide an now the 37th oldest living objective jury and a fair U.S. senator at age 84. He trial for both Mike Lowe lives in Annapolis, Md. and Troy Whiteside for I had the privilege of their respective charges. knowing Edward Brooke The truth is, probably when I worked for Sen. Howard Baker in 1967 and more than two-thirds of the people of Knox both were freshman senaCounty have never heard tors and Republicans at that time. Both staffs were of Lowe, which means they do not have an opinion of friendly, and Lamar Alexhim. ander was Baker’s legislaFewer than half could tive aide that year. identify Lowe or Whiteside Brooke had been attorif shown a photo. ney general of Massachu■ Georgia Varlan setts prior to being elected Man, daughter of Danni to the Senate in 1966, the and U.S. District Judge same year Howard Baker Thomas Varlan, is the Jr. was elected to the Senassociate general counate from Tennessee. The sel for the new Republican two staffs played softball governor of Illinois, Bruce against each other in the Rauner, effective this summer. week.

I met up with Sen. She is a Phi Beta Kappa Brooke in 1973 when I was on a private trip to Athens, graduate of the University of Tennessee and a 2012 Greece, and he was meetgraduate of the University ing with Greek leaders.

We were both staying at of Virginia School of Law. She has been an attorthe Grande Bretagne Hotel on Athens’ famed Constitu- ney at Kirkland and Ellis in Chicago and will work tion Square and ended up at the governor’s Chicago having breakfast together. legal office.

■ Mike Lowe, former Knox County trustee, is The death of Edward W. Brooke, first AfricanAmerican elected to the U.S. Senate (Massachusetts), makes astronaut John Glenn the oldest living former U.S. senator at 93.

He lives in Columbus, Ohio, and has an office at Ohio State University.

be politically useful. And, while sharing a platform with the president, some of the “weakness” that has

steered the country clear of economic and diplomatic disaster for six years might rub off on our senators.

Congrats to Schoonmaker

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Longtime homeowners advocate John Schoonmaker will replace former Knox County Commissioner Richard Briggs as the District 5 commissioner. He was elected Monday. Tamara Boyer, the only woman in the race, finished second.

Schoonmaker will resign from the Board of Zoning Appeals. Briggs was elected to the state Senate in November.

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Chris “Thor” Hemsworth plays a hacker in “Blackhat.”

The title character learns about plumbing in “Paddington.”

Josh Gad and Kevin Hart star in “The Wedding Ringer.”

Movie hodgepodge should satisfy most tastes Pardon the cliché, but this weekend’s new movies offer something for practically everyone.

For Oscar bait and warmovie fans, there’s “American Sniper,” starring Bradley Cooper and directed by Clint Eastwood. (Please see review, this page.)

For the moviegoing mainstream, there’s “Blackhat,” a timely thriller starring Chris “Thor” Hemsworth.

Hemsworth plays a jailed hacker recruited by the government and furloughed to help stop another hacker who’s trying to collapse the world’s financial markets.

Viola Davis and Wei Tang co-star in the thriller directed by Michael Mann, whose last big-screen directing gig was 2009’s “Pub-

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lic Enemies.”

For families, there’s “Paddington,” based on the beloved books by Michael Bond. The lovable Peruvian bear is alone in a London train station until the kindly Brown family finds him and takes him home. It looks like a happy ending for Paddington until an evil museum curator (Nicole Kidman) finds out about the unusual talking bear.

A top-notch British cast

– Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Michael Gambon and Imelda Staunton – stars. Ben Whishaw provides the voice of Paddington, who is entirely computer generated. Paul King directed.

Finally, for lovers of raunchy comedy, “The Wedding Ringer” fills the void.

Kevin Hart plays a bestman-for-hire who attempts to save the day for a shy young groom trying to impress his in-laws.

Josh Gad, Kaley CuocoSweeting, Josh Peck, Jorge Garcia, Cloris Leachman, Mimi Rogers and Jenifer Lewis round out the eclectic cast. Screenwriter Jeremy Garelick makes his featuredirecting debut.

Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) sets his sights on a target in “American Sniper.”

Cooper impresses, but ‘Sniper’ misses mark

By Betsy Pickle Director Clint Eastwood knows war movies. His “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters From Iwo Jima” are two of the best in recent years.

“American Sniper” had the potential to make it a trifecta, but Eastwood can’t figure out what kind of war movie he’s trying to make.

Based on the story of Chris Kyle, whose liketitled autobiography spent months on the best-seller lists, “American Sniper” has a strong central performance but little nuance otherwise. The one thing that’s inarguable is that Bradley Cooper makes a tremendous physical transformation and powerfully conveys the growing inner disconnect between military and home life.

Eastwood and screenwriter Jason Hall jump around in time at first, but even that gives way to a mostly orthodox chronology.

Chris Kyle (Cooper) is a Texas rodeo rider who decides it’s his duty to defend his country. He joins the Navy SEALs and soon after his training is finished he is deployed to Iraq.

Trained as a sniper, he proves exceptionally good at his job, gaining the nickname “Legend” for his record number of kills. But when he goes home to his wife, Taya (Sienna Miller), he keeps his feelings and experiences to himself.

Chris returns for tour after tour, passionately dedicating himself to protecting his brothers in arms. But he can’t save everyone, and unless he finds a way to address his inner demons, he may not be able to save himself, or his marriage.

“American Sniper” feels right in the details of the Iraq war: the danger, the difficulty, the tunnel vision of trying to kill the enemy before he or she kills you. It also shows how Chris tries – and fails – to keep his work life separate from his home life with Taya and their growing family.

But each aspect starts to seem redundant, especially Taya’s pleas for Chris to open up to her. And while the script – rightly – refuses to let in any political or historical revisionism, that only adds to the simplistic nature of the film.

“American Sniper” doesn’t foreshadow – it

blares. His father preaches a message of defending others, so Chris joins the military. Young Chris showed a talent for hunting, so he becomes a sniper. Macho cowboy Chris discovers his girlfriend being unfaithful, so macho SEAL Chris finds an attractive woman, gently woos her and starts making plans for his version of their perfect life.

Chris never questions the mission, and he takes it as inevitable that a colleague who does should die.

If that’s how it went down, that’s fine. But after the lengthy buildup to Chris’s inner torture, the solution comes at warp speed. The breakthrough seems too convenient.

Cooper’s bulked-up giant deserves better. The intensity he creates is palpable. The pain within him is wrenching.

Simplistic in so many ways, “American Sniper” denies the audience the light-bulb moment that ensures a connection.

It robs the story of the catharsis it should have earned and makes the denouement feel like an afterthought.

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The power of

By Carol Shane January isn’t typically thought of as the cheeriest month, what with the brightness of the holidays over and done with and tax season looming. Add in the usual cold, gray weather, and you’ve got a prescription for downheartedness.

But there’s plenty of color around if you know where to look.

The Arts and Culture Alliance of Knoxville is currently presenting the works of seven East Tennessee artists in “New Group Exhibition in the Balcony,” which opened with a warm, convivial reception at the Emporium Center on Jan. 9.

Visitors mingled, snacked on treats from the Melting Pot, viewed the artwork and visited with participating artists.

Lynn Corsi Bland from Gatlinburg mixes wax with oil to create her colorful, blocked abstracts. She says the wax “gives the oil body so you can move it around.”

She uses various tools, including a palette knife and a brayer (a type of hand roller) to manipulate the paint.

Bland has taught at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts along with another featured artist, Jennifer Willard, whose fabric works borrow from fairy tales. Using embroidery on hand-dyed material, Willard incorporates darker, more ambiguous aspects of the stories to add an intriguing conceptual layer to

the hand-stitched pieces.

Tony Sobota’s brilliant draftsmanship takes center stage in his paintings, most of which feature some kind of industrial presence: a spark-spitting smelter, a conveyor belt tower, steel girders, coal-mining apparatuses. The viewer can almost hear the clang and feel the weight of these immense machines. “I love the architecture of industry,” says Sobota, “and I’ve become a downright factory junkie of late.”

Sobota is also interested in “manmade versus living realities,” so human elements are often included: a rumpled coal miner, a musing face.

Tony Henson’s big, vivid abstract-expressionist works dominate much of one wall of the exhibit.

Eight years ago, he broke his

Painter and caricaturist Tony Sobota draws a customized “doodle” for Amy Simmerman of Farragut. In the background, South Knoxvillian Barry Jenkins gives his wife, Maria, an affectionate peck on the shoulder.

right hand – yes, he’s righthanded – in three places in “a stupid accident.” Henson, who up until then had been a representational artist, found that he could no longer hold a brush or pen, even after a period of recovery. He experimented with applying paint to canvas directly with his hands.

As he healed, he moved on to using tools such as squeegees and palette knives and, eventually, brushes.

He now says the accident “was a blessing because my paintings got better!”

The Shopper’s own copy editor, Emily Shane, has seven pieces in the show.

Shane uses discarded book covers with bright graphic designs to create optical flights of fancy. “Oasis,” an installation consisting of nine squares, appears to contain many layers. Some

viewers see a pool in the depths; others imagine that they’re gazing through the piece to the sky. “I like making art that doesn’t try to tell a story,” Shane says. “Ten people can look at the same piece and see it 10 different ways.”

Beth Meadows’ paintings superimpose a punked-out model in unlikely settings like the great hall from “The Sound of Music.” Her work has been shown at Old City Java and Relix Variety Theatre. A transplant from Memphis, Meadows runs The Salvage Room for the nonprofit Knox Heritage and is also the director of the 17th Street Studios.

Terina Gillette teaches art classes for all ages in her Holston Hills home.

Her pieces show a love for texture. “I call them wall sculpture,” she says. Gillette

Amy Porter, music director at Redeemer Church of Knoxville, enjoys the evening with her outgoing 9-year-old daughter, Fiona. “Did you know I play the violin?” asks Fiona. The two stand in front of Tony Sobota’s “Heat Source.” Photos by Carol Shane also provides chalk art for various local businesses, including the popular Dean’s Restaurant in Fountain City. Like all seven artists featured in the show, she is driven by her creative vision.

“I like to say that she has an affair with a guy named ‘Art,’” says Gillette’s hus-

band, Daniel, “and if she doesn’t see him occasionally, she gets irritable!”

The “New Group Exhibition in the Balcony” runs through Jan. 31 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Hours and info: www. knoxalliance.com.

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The Grill at Highlands Row I can never enter The Grill at Highlands Row without a flashback to Andrew Morton’s Fine Gifts, one of Knoxville’s premier gift shops that operated at the location.

Folks older than I, however, will quickly point out that The Grill at Highlands Row has actually returned the building at 4705 Old Kingston Pike to its original use. The Highlands Grill was one of Knoxville’s finest dining establishments from the early 1930s to the early 1960s.

The new restaurant was opened in 2010 by Knoxville developer Tom Weiss, Chad Barger and Pat McMullan.

They feature sophisticated Southern cuisine and strive to buy locally whenever possible. Steaks and seafood are favorites on the menu, and guests are always eager to see what culinary twists the chef has put on traditional Southern favorites.

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■ “Love Letters” presented by the Tellico Community Players, 7:30 p.m., the new Tellico Community Playhouse, 304 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $15 at Village Salon, Salon Anew, the Tellico Village Yacht Club in Loudon; Kahite Pub & Grille in Vonore; and at the door. Info: http://tellicocommunityplayhouse.org.

FRIDAY, JAN. 16 ■ Alive After Five concert: Tennessee Sheiks, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

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FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 16-18 For my night out at Highlands, I went for the grilled pork tenderloin. I was having a hard time deciding between the tenderloin and the mountain trout, primarily because I don’t like collard greens, which was one of the side dishes with the tenderloin. The kind waiter let me substitute the collards for the roasted acorn squash, which came with the trout, so I was happy.

The master griller knew what he or she was doing with the pork tenderloin.

Beautifully presented with grill marks and cooked perfectly with just a whisper of pink, the pork was fork-tender and delicious. The dark

■ “Huckleberry Finn” presented by Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m.

Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info: 208-3677, knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com or info@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

The pork tenderloin is grilled to perfection and fork-tender at The Grill at Highlands Row. On this plate, the sides are rum sweet potatoes and roasted acorn squash. Photo by Mystery Diner

rum whipped sweet potatoes and aforementioned acorn squash were incredible accompaniments to the pork.

My only complaint was the brandy peppercorn sauce under the pork tenderloin. I was really look-

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ing forward to that sauce, expecting the warm, dark sweetness of brandy with just a hint of heat from the peppercorns. The peppercorns stole the show, however, and I found myself avoiding the sauce as I gobbled up the wonderful tenderloin.

SATURDAY, JAN. 17 ■ A Night of Improv, 7-8:30 p.m., Nita Buell-Black Auditorium, Powell High School, 2136 W. Emory Road. Presented by the Powell Playhouse. Tickets: $10, ages 5 and under free. Featuring a special Powell Playhouse performance. Ticket info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

■ Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II concert, 8 p.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Part of the Knoxville News Sentinel Pops Series. Tickets: $35-$89. Tickets: 291-3310 or www.knoxvillesymphony.com.

■ Wade Hill in concert, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

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These wheels are made for ridin’ From page 1

Assistant principal Christopher Deal, principal Lana SheltonLowe and assistant principal Aaron Maddox model the anniversary T-shirts designed by fifth-grade teacher Dennis Menefee. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Dogwood alum Liam Trainor and his mom, Pam Trainor, right, are reunited with Liam’s fourth-grade teacher, Teryl Magee, who taught at Dogwood for about nine years.

By Betsy Pickle Members of the Boys and Girls Club at South Knoxville Elementary School didn’t mind the gray skies overhead when they hurried outside to receive a fantastic gift.

The Rocky Top Triathlon Club donated 18 bicycles to the group to be used by the bike club being formed this semester for third- through fifth-graders.

Boys and Girls Club members who stayed for the final afternoon before winter break got to test-ride the bikes, with help from the triathlon club.

Joel Denardo of the Rocky Top Triathlon Club said this is the third year in a row that the club has donated bicycles to a Boys and Girls Club in Knoxville.

Kim Madeiros, director of the South Knoxville Elementary B&GC, said the bikes were a big deal for the kids. She doesn’t know how many intend to sign up for the bike club, which will hold safety training at the beginning, but there are 30 to 40 third- through fifthgraders who participate in the SKES program.

Sophia Piggush, Delease Green, Jaylee Moore and Ra’Tyler Lee are ready to roll. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Michael Threat and Bryson Givens ride down Barber Street in front of South Knoxville Elementary School.

Austin-East to host youth symposium The MLK Commission Youth Symposium team is partnering with the Knoxville Chapter of Jack & Jill of America to host a day of youth development and leadership training, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at Austin-East High School.

Jack & Jill will present an oratorical contest concurrent with the breakout sessions for middle and high school students. The Jack & Jill program is designed to inspire and encourage teens ages 13-18 to embrace and value the art of public speaking. An online registration form for the event is available at www.MLKknoxville.org.

The event will feature a day packed with activities, food and entertainment and is intended to nurture and develop School board member and former elementary librarian Amber Rountree, second from right, the next generation of leaders.

Austin-East High School is at 2800 Martin Luther King helps Dogwood staff members Michael Ogle, Robin Herbert, Jessica Newport, Susan Cotten Jr. Ave. Info: youth@MLKKnoxville.com. and Lisa McCoy organize the books for the book bingo. Photo submitted

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THROUGH SATURDAY, FEB. 28 “Buy One, Get One Free” admission tickets available for Knoxville Zoo. Tickets can be purchased at the zoo ticket window during regular zoo hours.

Info: 637-5331, ext. 300 or knoxvillezoo.org.

THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 10 Tickets available for Rhythm N’ Blooms music festival, on stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s historic Jackson Avenue. Features firsttimers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied musical backgrounds. Info/tickets: www. rhythmnbloomsfest.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14 Tea Time and “Good for the Brain Games,” 9-10:30 a.m. Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Dance classes, Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Line dancing, noon-1 p.m.; intermediate ballroom dancing, 1-2 p.m.; beginner ballroom dancing, 2-3 p.m. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Scrapbooking techniques, 3-4 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JAN. 14-15 Gabriel Lefkowitz & Friends in concert, 7 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Part of the KSO Merchant & Gould Concertmaster Series. Tickets: $20. Tickets: 291-3310, www. knoxvillesymphony.com or at the door.

THURSDAY, JAN. 15 Dressing Girls for Charity, 3-4:45 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Movie & Popcorn: “Casablanca,” 11:15 a.m.1 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

White Elephant Bingo, 10-11 a.m. Bring a prize and win a prize. Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

FRIDAY, JAN. 16 Application deadline for the Farragut Folklife Museum’s Quilt Show 2015: The Love of Quilts. The show is scheduled for Friday through Sunday, Feb. 13-15, at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Info/application: www.townoffarragut. org/quiltshow; at the Town Hall; or Lauren Cox, lauren. cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Brain Games, 10-11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Knit & Crocheting for Charitable Organizations, noon-1:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Knox Heritage “Lost & Found” lunch, 11:30 a.m., Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike. Guest speakers: Jack Neely and Becky Hancock. Topic: the history of the Tennessee Theatre. Free lunch buffet.

Reservations required. Info/reservations: Hollie Cook, 523-8008 or hcook@knoxheritage.org.

Tax Return Tips, 11 a.m.-noon, Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 16-17 All-level flatpicking guitar workshop led by guitarist Steve Kaufman, the three-time winner of the National Flatpicking Championships, 7-9 p.m. Friday and beginning 9:30 a.m. Saturday, MainStay Suites, 361 Fountain View Circle, Alcoa. Preregistration required.

Info/to register: Steve, 982-3808 or steve@flatpik.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 17 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., AAA office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Cost: $40 members; $50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Don, 862-9250.

Diversity Day and Race Against Racism 5K, 11 a.m., YWCA Phyllis Wheatley Center, 124 S. Cruze St. Sponsorship and registration info: www.ywcaknox.com.

Diversity Day or the Race Against Racism info: Alicia Hudson, ahudson@ywcaknox.com.

Farragut Skate Date, 4-6 p.m., Cool Sports, Home of the Icearium, 110 S. Watt Road. Offered by Cool Sports and the town of Farragut as part of the Let’s Move! Initiative. Info: 218-4500.

Free family fun day about dinosaurs and fossils, 1-4 p.m., McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Features activities and a craft for children to take home. All materials provided.

Info: 974-2144.

Introductory Internet Genealogy, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Instructors: Dr. George Schweitzer Ph.D., Sc.D., and Eric Head, Knox

REUNION NOTES ■ All Halls High 1975 grads who are interested in a 40-year reunion are encouraged to send contact information to Cathy Hickey-Johnson at hallshighclassof75@ gmail.com. Those interested in serving on the planning committee should email Tim Witt at hallshigh75@yahoo. com.

County Archives. Preregistration and a valid email address required. Info/registration: 215-8809.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Becca Tedesco, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Sean McCollough, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

MONDAY, JAN. 19 A Night with the Arts: A Celebration Concert in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 6 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Featuring the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Free and open to the public.

Info: knoxvillesymphony.com or mlkknoxville.org.

Heart Healthy Eating, 1-2 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 3298892, TTY: 711.

Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 3:30-7:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby classroom, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com or myquiltplace.com/ profile/monicaschmidt.

Tennessee Shines: Michaela Anne and poet Susan O’Dell Underwood, 7 p.m., Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Tickets: $10, free for students with valid ID and children ages 14 and under. Info/tickets: WDVX.com.

TUESDAY, JAN. 20 Computer Workshops: Excel 2007, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word 2007 Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 215- 8700.

Healthy Cooking Demonstration, 10-11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

TUESDAYS, JAN. 20-FEB. 24 Pilates class, 6:30-7:30 p.m., community room in Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Instructor: Simon Bradbury. Cost: $50. Info/to register: www. townoffarragut.org/register or 218-3375.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JAN. 21-22 AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 22-23 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 performed by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets start at $15. Info/tickets: 291-3310 or www.knoxvillesymphony.com.

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By Bonny C. C Millard Two former Wellspring facilities, purchased last fall by Fortress Investment Group, provide residential units for people needing services in memory care and assisted living. The properties are under the management of Blue Harbor Senior Living, whose headquarters are in Portland, Ore. Regional sales leader Caroline Wilder said the properties were renamed: Maple Court Senior Living in Powell and Raintree Terrace Senior Living in Bearden. Fortress has 24 properties nationwide, but these are the only two in Tennessee, she said.

Maple Court is a 56-bed memory-care facility for those with dementia or Alzheimer’s who need secure living conditions. Wilder said in the industry it is known as a “standalone memory-care neighborhood.” It offers residents both security and interior freedom to move about the building. Dementia behaviors include wandering, so this facility gives residents the space to do that, she said.

“What I love about Maple Court is that it doesn’t feel like a memory-care neighborhood,” Wilder said.

“Typically speaking, memory care is kind of closed off and away from – and secured from – everything.

The fact that it’s a specialty built-alone memory-care (facility) means that once you walk in the secured doors in the front of the building, everything’s open.

There’s a beautiful indoor courtyard.”

The enclosed courtyard gives residents a safe place to go outside and even work in raised-bed gardens.

Raintree Terrace is different from Maple Court in that it offers both memorycare and assisted-living units. The memory-care unit has 16 beds while the assisted-living area is larger, with 48 beds.

Wilder said Raintree Terrace has a condo-like atmosphere because of the amenities.

“When you walk into the dining room, there’s a large stacked-stone fireplace that’s just gorgeous. Off the dining room, there are two doors that go to a covered deck. That’s upstairs, and even downstairs in our

Historian Danial to visit Braden’s Fans of the Arts and Crafts movement will get a special treat at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, when Stickley Furniture historian Mike Danial visits Mike Danial Braden’s Lifestyles Furniture in Turkey Creek.

Stickley Furniture was founded in the early 1900s

by Gustav Stickley and his brothers. The Missionstyle furniture line quickly gained recognition due to solid construction and quality.

While Stickley Furniture is now owned by the Audi family of New York, the company’s integrity and commitment to quality remain.

While at Braden’s, Danial will speak about the Arts and Crafts movement as well as the “rescue” of Stickley Furniture by the Audi family. He will also speak about furniture restoration, care and construction.

Braden’s Lifestyles Furniture is at 11105 Turkey Drive. Info: Carrie Grey, 382-8530.

Raintree Terrace Senior Living activities assistant Mary Magyar visits with resident Mary Rust during a recent afternoon tea party.

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Raintree Terrace Senior Living health services director Crystal Murphy, Maple Court Senior Living maintenance director Jim Williams and receptionist LaVonne Murray

memory care, there’s a private secured patio so that the residents who are in memory care can enjoy the outdoors in a secured environment.”

Both facilities offer individual or double-occupancy rooms, which provide socialization and lower residency costs.

“We offer companion suites, or shared suites, as an alternative,” she said.

“It’s particularly helpful in

memory care because studies show that individuals with Alzheimer’s or dementia do better socially when they have a roommate.”

Amanda Spencer is the executive director at Raintree, and Cindy Winegar, who started this month, is the executive director of Maple Court. Both directors have been in the business for years, Wilder added.

The two senior living residences have full-time

dining services and available 24-hour nursing care, and each has about 30 employees, including activities directors. Residents go for group outings such as a recent trip to Gatlinburg to see the Christmas lights.

Wilder said the centers also hold family nights and holiday dinners.

Info: www.raintreeterraceseniorliving.com and www.maplectseniorliving. com.

News From The Register Of Deeds

December brings good tidings for real estate markets

By Sherry Witt A

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December closed the 2014 calendar for both real estate and lending markets in Knox County. For the month, there were Sherry Witt 866 property sales in Knox County, comparing favorably to the 729 transfers from last December, as well as the 735 sales registered in November 2014.

The total value of property sold during December came in at just a fraction over $200 million – an im-

provement of some $43 million over sales from December 2013. Mortgage lending also finished with a surge.

The month of December saw nearly $341 million loaned against real estate in Knox County, the most since July, and $34 million more than in December 2013.

The largest property transfer involved the Hampton Inn & Suites at 11340 Campbell Lakes Drive in West Knox County. The parcel sold for $11,725,000.

The largest real estate loan of the month was a $31 million trust deed financing the Sherrill Hills Retirement Community.

Initial analysis of data from 2014 indicates a mod-

est improvement in the overall value of property sales. The year produced 9,989 transfers with an aggregate value of $2.29 billion, compared with $2.1 billion in 2013. Mortgage lending in 2014 was well off the pace set the previous year, as $3.27 billion was loaned against property compared with $3.74 billion in 2013; however, a strong fourth quarter did help close the gap.

I hope you enjoyed a safe and joyous holiday season, and on behalf of all of us at the Register’s office I want to wish all of you a very happy, healthy and prosperous new year.

Jama Williams, owner of Not Too Shabby Consigning

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Shabby chic

comes south An unusually impressive boutique arrived Nov. 1 in South Knoxville with the opening of new business Not Too Shabby Consigning. The owner is Jama Williams, who credits her grandchildren with the idea.

Williams has always loved to shop in thrift and consignment stores. She also says she has the privilege of raising three of her grandchildren, and she’s passed down her love of bargains to them. One day while shopping, 10-year-old Jaeden suggested she open her own store. It didn’t take long before she realized what a great idea he had.

Being very involved with her grandkids’ school and sports activities and not wanting to miss any of them, Williams needed a job with a flexible schedule.

Not Too Shabby Consigning fit the bill nicely. With a previous background in business management, Williams says she is now “operating on faith” and is excited about the possibilities she sees for her new labor of love. It’s still a work in progress; she is figuring out what works best, and with a wide range of prices, her goal is to have items to suit everyone’s needs.

The first thing you notice is the eclectic look in every corner of the store. Unusual household décor and furniture are displayed: vintage chairs from the 1960s and modern items, as well as chalk-painted distressed furniture that Williams creates herself. She enjoys distressing the pieces and has many more in the works.

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Locally made jewelry is available throughout the store, as are antiques. Unusual women’s clothes are popular, too. If you like finding stuff you won’t see anywhere else, this is the place to shop.

Williams loves having a business in South Knoxville. “We have West Knoxville merchandise at South Knoxville prices,” says Williams. “The South Knox business owners are wonderful people and help each other.”

She has created a fun place to shop and is using the opportunity for her grandchildren to learn about the business world.

In addition to Jaeden, who helps greet customers when he is not in school, she also has help from Jaeley, 6. No doubt the youngest one, Jaece, will be working with her before long.

Not Too Shabby Consigning is at 5901-A Chapman Highway, next door to Impromptu Home and Garden.

Winter hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Williams has plans to expand soon and add a Not Too Shabby Kids Corner where she will have children’s clothing and jewelry. Find Not Too Shabby Consigning on Facebook or call 865776-1006.

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