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BUZZ Never too old Every week senior fitness buffs at the North Side YMCA prove that you are never too old to care about health and exercise. Cindy Solomon has led fitness classes at the Y for more than seven years. “The senior class is one of my favorites,� she said. “I can see so much more improvement in the senior class members than in the other classes and they share good results from doctor visits with me.�

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Happy New Year! We have been blessed with another New Year. I think back to many New Years’ Eves and Days, but as a person who has spent at least nine-tenths of his life in school, the New Years’ days I remember best are those that opened a new school year. The most significant for me was my first year as a student at Lincoln Memorial University. Never before, and I don’t think ever since, had I experienced such great change in so short a time.

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Defining a great library By Ruth White Library director Anjanae Brueland spent a day in the Union County library, shadowing Chantay Collins and learning more of how she runs the library and getting ideas of making the Jefferson City Public Library even better. The main focus of the visit was to learn more about the Mac lab inside the UC library, including programs and grants

to help with operations. “The Mac lab is a big investment,� said Brueland, “and we want to make sure that we have the right equipment and trained personnel to run it once installed.� This isn’t the first time that Collins has shared information with Brueland and she considers her a great resource. “We had planned a reading program for the summer and honestly thought Jefferson City public library director Anjanae Brueland and Union County librarian Chantay Collins spend a day together talking and sharing ideas, one librarian to another. Photos by R. White

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Giving light To put things in perspective, the 1940s were the time when Union County transitioned from the kerosene lamp and the gasoline washing machine (those who were lucky enough to have one) to electric power. It was a momentous day – Jan. 20, 1942 – when electricity was turned on at my home.

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Pre-Facebook The Halls Shopper was Facebook before Facebook. We created community by sharing information. Now folks just post their sheep-goats and ballerina squash directly online. And that’s OK. We never owned the information, Jake, just the mechanism for sharing it.

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Senior wrap-up Welcome to Week Two of the Shopper’s expanded coverage of senior centers in the county. Melanie Dykes takes great (if sometimes embarrassing) pictures. And the themedevents are worth shooting (think Elvis at Luttrell in January). And don’t forget. You can pick up extra copies of the Shopper at the Maynardville Senior Center.

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Anjanae Brueland checks out the MAC lab with Union County librarian Chantay Collins.

we would be in our new building for the launch. When we weren’t, I called on Chantay to pick her brain on ideas to keep the program running.� Collins’ advice to Brueland was to never let the library be defined by the space. Brueland immediately called on local businesses and found temporary spots for the program; one that she says is the biggest they have ever had. As the group talked all things library, many visitors stopped by – some to use the computer lab, some to make copies and some just to chat – and everyone was greeted with a smile. The Union County library is a hub of activity and

although conversation was often interrupted, it didn’t stop Brueland from taking mental notes on how Collins and her staff run a great meeting place. “The modern library isn’t about the books but about handling and sharing information,� said Brueland. “Chantay is a living, breathing example of using resources and strengths of the community and supporting them.� As Collins stepped away from the conversation to greet another visitor, the group continued talking about cataloging books in ways to get them noticed and easier to find and ways to get a foot in the door at area schools.

J Miller: Trail running’s for him By Carol Shane People react to physical setbacks several different ways. Some throw in the towel immediately. “Oh well – I’m older now – it’s age and I can’t do anything about it, so I might as well get used to it.� Some go to their doctors with specific complaints, hear some advice, and then either follow it or not. And then there are those who make up their own cure. James Miller, who lives between Norris and Halls, is one those folks. Miller, who goes by “J,� works for his family’s business, Miller Equipment Co. Inc., which sells and services commercial refrigeration and food service equipment. “My knee issues started about 18 years ago when I was working on a fryer in a restaurant kitchen,� he says. “I was on the floor on my knees, and bent them too far for too long. I never went to the doctor. I knew numerous people who had had knee pain and had surgery, most of whom told me it was the best thing they had ever done. So I was pretty resigned to having to have surgery someday but it wasn’t something I felt like rushing into.� Miller, still a young man and much younger then, decided simply to live with the pain. “Then one night about six years ago I had chest pain such that it

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Trail runner J Miller enjoys the view from the top of Mount LeConte. Miller cured his knee pain on his own by running on soft mountain ground. Photo by Melony Dodson

kept me up all night,� he says, “so the next day I thought I should go to the doctor. They found my blood pressure was high and wanted to put me in hospital then and there.� He didn’t stay, but returned soon after to undergo a battery of tests. “There were no blockages or anything, just high blood pressure. But it was enough to scare me into wanting to take better care of my heart, something I had never worried about too much.� Growing up near Norris, Miller had always been fairly active. He especially loved mountain biking. But adult life imposed time restraints, and he found that he

didn’t have the spare time for twohour-minimum bike trips. “I decided I should try running again as I could get more exercise in a shorter time. I say ‘again’ as I had tried running numerous times when I was younger. Running to me was something you did on roads or sidewalks or whatever. Every time I tried it I hated it. “At this time I was living in the town of Norris within walking distance of some great trails, and it suddenly hit me – I could go running in the woods! It was a life-changing revelation!� The hilly terrain made it difficult at first. “But with my heart

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scare, I was determined to make it work. Plus, I just really love being in the woods. I found that after about four attempts at running my body was getting used to the idea. Within about two months I was getting quite proficient at it. I then realized that I was no longer having any knee pain!� And his blood pressure dropped accordingly. Miller, who also plays percussion for Clarence Brown Theatre productions, sings the praises of trail running. “The ground is softer than pavement so you don’t get all that jarring shock on your joints and entire body. Also, the unevenness of the running surface seems to work more muscles, giving a superior all-around strengthening of the legs and knees. I have had a number of twisted ankles due to this but those are very minor and go away quickly. “The bottom line for me is that I no longer have knee pain. Ever! Except when I go a few weeks without running, then it can creep back up.� He also enjoys hiking and running in the Great Smoky Mountains National park and other scenic venues. And he’s careful to point out that the story of his “cure� is “very much just opinions and personal experience with no actual medical experience to back it up. “But very real for me.�

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The state is investing $8 million in a new Rural Economic Development Fund to build capacity for transformative economic development strategies in rural Tennessee. The announcement came in late 2015 from Gov. Bill Haslam. The Rural Economic Development Fund will provide an initial $6 million for site development grants for communities to help move economic development sites to shovel-ready status as part of the state’s Select Tennessee Site Certification program. The new initiative will also fund $1 million in grants for the enhancement of tourism sites in rural communities as well as $600,000 for additional ThreeStar community grants including a Main Street Business IncubaDavid Hutchins is thanked by KCDC chair Dan Murphy for tor program for downtown Hutchins’ 15 years of leadership at KDCD. His final meeting was business districts. in December. Hutchins began his tenure during the HOPE VI “Tennessee has embraced revitalization project in Mechanicsville in 2001 and continued real change in our approach through the ongoing Five Points revitalization in East Knoxto workforce readiness with ville. programs like the Tennessee Promise, and these new

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Never too old Every week senior fitness buffs at the Halls YMCA prove that you are never too old to care about health and exercise. Cindy Solomon has led fitness classes at the Y for more than seven years.

Maxie Monroe and Bruce Cronin start their workout routine at the Halls YMCA with lunges led by instructor Cindy Solomon.

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“The senior class is one “I can see so much more of my favorites,” she said. improvement in the senior

initiatives led by TNECD will help build capacity in rural areas and get them ready for investment and economic s u c c e s s ,” H a s l a m said. “Tennesseans are pa s sionate about their c om mu n ities,” said Bill Haslam Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd. “Here at (the department of community development), we are passionate about helping them develop dynamic, diverse economies and thriving communities. This investment will pay off for decades, helping generations of rural Tennesseans see that their communities reach full economic potential.” TNECD announced a renewed focus on rural development, with Boyd appointing Amy Blaylock New as the department’s first assistant commissioner for rural development. TNECD also

organized a statewide Rural Development Task Force. The department launched a new marketing campaign for the Memphis Regional Megasite, a state-owned 4,100-acre industrial site in rural West Tennessee. The Rural Economic Development Fund will also provide $250,000 in funding for a statewide survey of broadband capacity in rural Tennessee – a direct result of feedback from rural community leaders. New said the programs the fund helps create are directly tied to feedback the department received during its listening tours. “Our department decided to double down on rural economic development earlier this year,” New said. “The Rural Economic Development Fund will help communities stretch their resources to make sure we have asset-based investment strategies in rural Tennessee. This fund will reinforce the exceptional work and investment by our local partners to prepare

for the future economic growth.” The Rural Economic Development Fund includes: ■ $6 million Select TN Site Development Grants ■ $1 million TourismBased Economic Enhancement Program ■ $300,000 Main Street Incubator Grants ■ $250,000 ThreeStar Community Enhancement Awards ■ $250,000 Statewide Broadband Supply/Demand Analysis ■ $100,000 ThreeStar Asset Based Planning Assistance ■ $75,000 AgLaunch in cooperation with Launch Tennessee Funding for the new grant programs comes from one-time revenues in the department’s current budget. Community leaders in rural Tennessee will receive information from their regional offices and TNECD on the application process for the new programs in the coming months.

class members than in the other classes and they share good results from doctor visits with me.” Class members range from 64 to 92. The classes meet on Tuesdays and Fridays. Many of the participants attend both. Mary Lynn Geisler has attended the classes for six years and comes to more than one class each week. “Sometimes we have more than 20 people in class,” said Geisler. “I will be 75 soon and enjoy taking these classes for my health.” Jennifer Hunt and Maxie Monroe have been attending classes for a couple of

years. Both are retired from St. Mary’s Medical Center but never met until they began the fitness class. “I come for the activity level but also to be with the other people,” said Monroe, 84, who attends classes five days a week. “Not many people come five days a week but my husband and I live close so we come together most of the time.” Some participants have an insurance plan that pays for the Y membership. Others are happy to pay for the privilege of staying healthy and active. John Clabo recently had pneumonia and

had to miss some classes. He came back for the first time Dec. 18. “This class helps tremendously,” he said. “I have lost about 35 pounds since I’ve been coming. At 79 years old I am active and have a lot of energy because I come here.” Solomon says classes always start with social time which leads, sometimes slowly, into the workouts. “The senior students are so faithful and I have learned a lot from them,” said Solomon. “They are teaching me that I can keep going as I get older.” Info: 922-9622.

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Fourth grade winners of the 4-H poster contest at Maynardville Elementary School are Dalton Schreieck, first; Hayston Collins, second; and Kyra Peace, third.

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Fifth grade winners of the 4-H poster contest at Maynardville Elementary School are Blanca Gonzales, first; Kaylee Williams, second; and Laila Alzerqani, third.

HEALTH NOTES ■“Introduction to Healing Touch� session led by Brenda Rasch, PT, PC, will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, Clinton Physical Therapy Center upper building, 1921 N. Charles G. Seivers Blvd., Clinton. Session free, but donations accepted for the Well Being Foundation in Tazewell. Info/ registration: Brenda Rasch, 363-6416 or BrendaRaschPT@ gmail.com/register. ■Peninsula Lighthouse Group of Families Anonymous meetings, 6:15-7:15 p.m. each Tuesday, 1451 Dowell Springs Blvd. Newcomers welcome; no dues/fees; no sign-up; first

Playing for the Lions A saxophone trio from Horace Maynard Middle School took time from their Christmas vacation to perform for the Dec. 21 meeting of the Union County Lions Club. Kaylee McCarter, Ethan Ritter and Tyler Greene are pictured with their instructor, Hannah Haynes.

names only. Info: Barbara L., 696-6606 or PeninsulaFA2@ aol.com. â– UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30

p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Corporate Team Challenge members pose for their first group picture at Parkwest Medical Center. Team members will serve as ambassadors for corporate health and fitness. They are: (front) Lisa Benton, Naomi Blair, Neva Foust, Lee Ann Bowman, Tatia Harris, Cynthia Jones; (back) Robert Holder, Misty Monday, Jennifer Marsh, Bob Yarbrough, Chip Braeuner, Allison Benge, Melisa Hart and Chris Blevins.

Let the wellness begin High blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, diabetes, aches and pains – these are all common problems affecting millions of people in the American workplace. We learn to live with it, take the pills, and clock in, because there’s a job to be done.

But what if there’s a better way? Covenant Health has assembled a team of representatives from local businesses to train for events in the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon, April 3, 2016, as a path to better health and ďŹ tness.

CALL FOR ARTISTS ■Arts in the Airport: juried exhibition allows regional artists to compete and display work at McGhee Tyson Airport secured area behind the security gate checkpoint from March 17-Oct. 12. Theme: “Smoky Mountain Air Show.� Entries deadline: midnight Sunday, Feb. 7. Info/application: knoxalliance.com; Suzanne Cada, 523-7543 or sc@knoxalliance.com. ■Scruff y City Art Contest: a juried art exhibit competition celebrating Knoxville’s blend of southern history and modern development on the banks of the Tennessee River. Free and open to all artists. Submissions deadline: Feb. 15. Info: liz-beth.com/contest. ■Dogwood Arts Festival: juried artists are selected to exhibit and sell their original work in mixed media, clay, drawing/ pastels, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, painting, photography, sculpture, and wood in April. Info: dogwoodarts.com ■Gallery of Arts Tribute: a juried exhibition developed to recognize local artists and honor the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Artwork should be delivered 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 4-5. Entry form: knoxalliance. com/MLK.htm; or SASE to Arts & Culture Alliance, P.O. Box 2506, Knoxville TN 37901. Info: Suzanne Cada, 523-7543 or sc@knoxalliance.com.

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The new team members are ready to get serious about getting healthier, and have made a commitment to help others do the same. For a little extra motivation, they will be competing against each other to see who can make the greatest strides in health and fitness by race day. The team will be coached by Covenant Health fitness advocate Missy Kane, who is an Olympic runner and a member of the

Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. At the end of the threemonth training period, a winner will be named based on improvements in health and ďŹ tness, goals reached and team participation. The winner will receive a package of prizes from marathon sponsors, but Kane says past team members have told her the real prize is the new lease on life that comes with being healthy and strong.

Start the year with an adjustment Chiropractic Outlook By Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC Make 2016 the year you decide to experience the life-enhancing beneďŹ ts of chiropractic care. Chiropractic is a form of medical treatment that involves no surgery or drugs. The basic premise of chiropractic is that a properly functioning body is capable of correcting many of its own problems. And vital to that capability is a nervous system that is ďŹ ring on all cylinders. The main pathway for the transmission of signals between the brain and the nerves that inhabit and activate the body is the spinal cord. The spinal cord runs through, and is protected by, the bones of the spine – called vertebrae. If one or more of them are slightly out of line, they can impede the ow of signals through the nerves and cause problems. So keeping that information highway in proper

alignment is essential to overall health and quality of life. For instance, a pain in your right shoulder could actually be caused or exacerbated by a vertebra that is out of line. The misalignment could be because of trauma, like a fall or a car accident, or by the normal wear and tear of life. In any event, a chiropractor is a doctor trained to diagnose such problems and treat them. The doctor of chiropractic has many techniques at his or her disposal. The practice’s signature technique is the manual spinal adjustment. Make an appointment with a chiropractor to see how you can improve your quality of life. Presented as a community service by Union County Chiropractic; 110 Skyline Drive, Maynardville, Tenn. 992-7000.

Corporate team challenge highlights work wellness This year’s team members were chosen from the marathon’s Fittest Company Challenge participants, a variety of employers throughout East Tennessee who are encouraging their work force to use marathon events to achieve optimum wellness. The team will receive expert advice on diet and exercise, and will serve as community ambassadors for health and fitness. Covenant Health’s ďŹ rst

team was assembled for the inaugural marathon in 2005. Since then, the program has grown and changed to reach various groups of people. The 2016 team will be the ďŹ rst to focus primarily on corporate wellness, striving to help employers support workers’ efforts to be healthy. Info: knoxvillemarathon. com or covenanthealth.com/marathonteam

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opinion New Year’s Day in August? We have been blessed with another New Year. I think back to many New Years’ Eves and Days, but as a person who has spent at least nine-tenths of his life in school, the New Years’ days I remember best are those that opened a new school year.

Ronnie Mincey TEACHER TIME The most significant for me was my first year as a student at Lincoln Memorial University. Never before, and I don’t think ever since, had I experienced such great change in so short a time. Adrian Shoffner was the first person to ever mention LMU to me when I was probably about 12 or 13. Abraham Lincoln had been my hero since I first read “The Man on the Penny” in Florence Chesney’s third grade. It seemed my destiny to go to a college dedicated to his memory, and I never once entertained the thought of going anywhere else. Horace Maynard High School guidance counselor Darrell Malone and principal Joe Day did their diligence in getting me through the application process. Several of my fellow graduates of the HMHS Class of 1983 were also going to attend and, like me, would be living on campus. This sure made the move to dorm life easier. Another thing that made the transition easier was the orientation session for

students and parents. I remember Mother and me riding to that session with Ann and Amy Richardson. Later, on “move-in” day, Ann once again transported me. Yet another thing that made it easier to begin “dorm life” was a letter from the fellow who was to be my roommate, Walter J. “Corky” Sawchuk from Colchester, Conn. Corky was a baseball player and terrific guy, and we were roommates for two years. Later on we were blessed with a third roommate – I’ll tell more about him later. I was a licensed driver, though I can provide plenty of evidence that I was not either a good or experienced one. For me, driving from Maynardville to Harrogate in 1983 would be like me driving to and in New York City or Atlanta in 2016. My good elementary and high school friend Mark Gilbert agreed to drive me to and from LMU that first year. I hope someday I get to tell ol’ Gilbert how much I love and appreciate him for doing that for me. He was quite the character, and there are quite a few tales I could tell on him. However, there are also quite a few tales he could tell on me, so I think it best that we each keep the other’s secrets. One small tale, though. We were watching the final episode of “Little House on the Prairie,” the one where they blew up the town because the railroad was taking over. There I was with a big lump in my throat, almost in tears. Gilbert looked at me and said, “Wouldn’t it be funny if they told them it was all a big joke?”

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

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2016: Bring it on! Jake Mabe called Wednesday to check in and catch up.

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We commiserated about our ailments. I told him about a Wufoo form somebody decided would help our efficiency. How can you take it seriously if it’s named Wufoo? Jake recalled the good old days when we worked in a tiny office in Halls with an assortment of friends and characters dropping by to show us oddly-shaped vegetables or giant pumpkins. There was Hubert Ma-

jors, who tried to convince me and Betty Bean that his shaggy animal was a rare “sheep-goat.” Joe Smelser: “Hey, Jake, jump in the truck. Gotta show you this cemetery.” And he’d tear out on two wheels. Tud Etherton: “Hey, Sandra, my good friend Jerry Cheung is cooking up something special tonight. Bring your camera.” (And after dinner at the Mandarin House, Jerry might come out to play “Rocky Top” on his urhu.) Jesse Butcher: “Hey, I’m taking these gourd seed over to Mynatt’s (Hardware). Giving them away. Let people know. Hollow out the gourds to make houses for purple martins, and those martins will keep

Outlook depends on NFL lure One of the co-stars of the Hardees coffee club says the future of Tennessee football is so bright, he’s going to start selling sunglasses.

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Another said the outlook is favorable enough that he can put away the crutch, “Just wait until next year.” This is next year. This is the year the Volunteers do more than talk about defeating Florida, winning the East and competing for the Southeastern Conference championship. This is the time to do it. Butch Jones, four-million-dollar-man, has done

the brick-by-brick thing, created the culture, recruited superior talent and nurtured it through the growing stage. The coach is a splendid motivator. The players, constantly focused, have learned a lot. Butch and his staff are wiser in the ways of the big league. Experience is said to be priceless. Tennessee now has an almost finished product. Butch said a few days ago that it actually takes six or seven years to build a winning program in the SEC. That is coach talk, just in case of a calamity. The third year should have been at least one victory better than it was. This fourth year should be outstanding. How outstanding will depend in part on the lure of the National Football League. If those eligible

ing: George David Clark and Jeni Wallace. Info: 215-8750.

MONDAY, JAN. 11 Staged reading of “Last Train to Nibroc,” 7:30 p.m., The Square Room, 4 Market Square. Presented by the WordPlayers. Free admission. Info: 539-2490 or wordplayers.org.

TUESDAY, JAN. 12 Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School cafeteria. Info: 992-5212.

TUESDAYS, JAN. 12-FEB.16 “Reflections, Light and Magic” class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $150/nonmembers $175. Materials list provided. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

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Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School library. Info: 992-5212. Living with Diabetes: Putting the Pieces Together, 2-4:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

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

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Opening reception for “Gallery of Arts Tribute”: a juried exhibition developed to recognize local artists and honor the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 6-8 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Info: 523-7543 or knoxalliance.com.

AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA Office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252. Coffee, Donuts & a Movie: “Max,” 10:30 a.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431. Halls Book Club: “The Rocks,” 1 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552. Just Add Color: Adult Coloring Club, 5:30 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431. VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

SATURDAY, JAN. 9 Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Saturday Stories and Songs: Faye Wooden, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 9476210. Saturday Stories and Songs: Georgi Schmitt, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. The Tennessee Stifflegs Old-Time String Band, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www. jubileearts.org.

SUNDAY, JAN. 10 Pen to Podium: SAFTA Reading Series, 3-4 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Featur-

your place mosquito-free.” Lula Mae Winegar: “Hey, I found this bat at my house.” She dragged a pet carrier into our office. “Hey, get that thing out of here,” I said. “I’m scared of bats.” Jake leapt up and dragged the crate outside. Our office was in a log cabin with a front porch. Lula wanted us to photograph the bat (or maybe she just wanted it gone from her place), so she opened the crate. The little bat flew out and immediately attached itself upside down under our red paper box. While I climbed the gutter downspout, Lula tried to coax the bat into flight so Jake could snap a picture. The bat literally disappeared, probably under the porch.

“Jake,” I said. “Those folks have one thing in common. They’re all (except Jerry) dead.” Pour another round, bartender. The Halls Shopper was Facebook before Facebook. We created community by sharing information. Now folks just post their sheepgoats and ballerina squash directly online. And that’s OK. We never owned the information, Jake, just the mechanism for sharing it. Imagine a couple of dusty monks discussing that new-fangled printing press. “Why, Brother Anthony, you’ll have folks writing whatever comes into their heads and claiming it’s straight from God. Woe, woe.” Ha! 2016 will bring more change to our business. I, for one, am past ready. Here comes Gannett, a company that actually makes money in the information business. Bring it on!

FRIDAY, JAN. 15 Steep Canyon Rangers in concert, 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 15-16 “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” 8 p.m. Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: all Ticketmaster out-

to leave early who might get drafted high – Jalen Reeves-Maybin, Cam Sutton and Alvin Kamara – dive in, three future stars will move up on the depth chart. Jones has surely planned for this eventuality. It appears SEC coaches may even be using “early out” as a recruiting tool. Come to our place and we’ll get you ready for a big payday after three years instead of four. The Tennessee schedule is no picnic. It never is. The red meat is packed from the last Saturday in September to the third Saturday in October. Florida and Alabama come to Neyland Stadium. The Vols go to Georgia and Texas A&M. There are few free wins. Playing in the SEC means one tough test after another. If you find that intimidat-

ing, you do not believe the lofty evaluations of the past three recruiting classes. The Vols have been among national leaders at gathering talent. It appears sales is Butch Jones’ strength. It is now time for the Vols to be among the national leaders in results. Top 20 in August, until they have demonstrated strength, top 10 in December when they are in a big bowl. Jalen Hurd is good enough at what he does. The defensive line has significant potential. The offensive line will continue to improve. Joshua Dobbs must refine downfield accuracy. Practice does not make perfect but it helps. The secondary, with or without Sutton, is cause for moderate consternation. To next page

lets, Tennessee Theatre box office and 800-745-3000. Monster Jam, 7:30 p.m., Thompson-Boling Arena. Saturday Pit Party, 5 p.m. Info/tickets: tbarena.com; knoxvilletickets.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 16 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., AAA Office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252. “Fantasia, Live!” presented by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: knoxvillesymphony.com. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www. feralfelinefriends.org. Roux du Bayou Cajun Dance Music, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org. Saturday Stories and Songs: Faye Wooden, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. Saturday Stories and Songs: Sarah Rysewyk, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210. “What’s For Breakfast” cooking class, 10 a.m., Clinton Physical Therapy Center, 1921 N. Charles G. Seivers Blvd., Clinton. Led by Camille Watson, Holistic Health Coach. Cost: $33/$60 per couple if paid by Jan. 13. Preregistration requested. Info/registration: Kelly Lenz, 457-1649, or Camille Watson, 661-9956.

SATURDAYS, JAN. 16-FEB. 13 “Pottery On The Wheel” class for all levels, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Katie Cottrell. Registration deadline: Jan. 9. Bring lunch. Info/registration: 4949854; appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, JAN. 19 Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 215-8700. Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415. Tribute Show honoring Dolly Parton’s 70th birthday, 7 pm., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Tickets: $25. Proceeds will benefit Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Knox County. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20 Greensky Bluegrass in concert, 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com

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Wash Day in the 1940s To put things in perspective, the 1940s were the time when Union County transitioned from the kerosene lamp and the gasoline washing machine (those who were lucky enough to have one) to electric power.

Bonnie Peters

It was a momentous day – Jan. 20, 1942 – when electricity was turned on at my home. My dad went to Knoxville that day and bought an easy-wringer washer and I think a GE electric iron. This was a drastic change! Previously washing was done outside; the water heated in an iron kettle and clothes scrubbed on a wash board with homemade soap. Now with the

Wash Day drawing from the 4-H guide book coming of electricity, home demonstration agents were teaching homemakers and their daughters how to care for and cook on an electric stove, and how to wash clothes. I’m sure they thought they knew how to do this. I don’t remember when

clothes dryers were introduced – but clothes lines still work. I don’t know why, but as long as I can remember Mondays were designated wash days. Maybe it was just to get a tough job done early in the week. Judy Graves Sexton let

Enjoying a rare bird One of the real joys of birding is to find and get great looks at the occasional rare, unusual, or hardto-find bird, and wintertime is often a good time to discover a rare bird or two. In the winter, one of the more dependable families of birds that we can count on being around is the woodpeckers. And of the eight species of woodpeckers that can be found here in the Southeast in winter, one of those fits the above description to a “T.� Motoring out on a roundabout route from Powell to north Alabama for the holidays, Grandma and I did a bird-watching loop through the state of Mississippi the week before Christmas. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are found nowhere in the world other than the southeastern United States. They are widely scattered from Virginia and North Carolina south into Florida, and west into Texas and Arkansas. Sadly, you needn’t look for one in Tennessee. They once lived in a few counties in our state, but

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the last known one was a lonely male that was nesting down in Polk County, in the farthest southeast county in Tennessee. Discovered in 1991, he was gone by 1994, and as far as anybody knows, there are no others. There aren’t that many red-cockaded woodpeckers anywhere. From a low of perhaps 4,000 birds when they were placed on the Endangered Species List in 1970, and with a lot of expert help and attention, they have come back to maybe 12,500 today. Red-cockaded woodpeckers have black backs with white barring, and big white patches on their faces. The red cockades that give these birds their name are little red marks on the side of their heads, so small

that they are seldom visible. The woodpeckers are scarce because they are very picky about where they will live. They make their nest holes only in large, mature pine trees that are 60 to 120 years of age. Of the 60 to 90 million acres of old-growth longleaf pine savannah that once covered the Southeast, only about 3 million acres remain; the rest has been cut for timber and cleared for agriculture and housing, or broken up into little patches or small groves of the big trees. The nest holes are a curious thing in themselves. The birds select a big, old tree that has what is called red heart rot, a fungal disease that softens the heartwood. They take an amazing 1 to 3 or more years to excavate any given nest hole. And then they peck the tree all around the hole to make the tree ooze sap, coating the whole trunk in the area of the hole with a whitewash of sticky pine rosin. This apparently protects the nest from their most dreaded predator,

NFL lure

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The big jump has to come from receivers. They are the under-achievers of recent seasons. Blame them, bad luck, coaching, pass protection or Dobbs.

Special teams? Wow! Net results are not accidental. What we have here is another tribute to Butch Jones. This column is not a national championship pre-

diction. This is an acknowledgment that good times have returned to Tennessee. Enjoy the so-called off-season. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

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me borrow her 4-H guide books from the 1940s. I had forgotten the painstaking detail our home demon s t r at ion agent put forth to teach us how to keep our clothes clean. Girls were encouraged to help their mothers with the weekly wash. The Guide gives 10 must-do tips for keeping clothes looking nice: 1. Collect the laundry. If each family member had a laundry bag, it was easier to collect the family wash. 2. Look over each garment and sort it for stains and tears. 3. Remove stains and mend tears before laundering. Remember “Care Saves Wear.� 4. See that pockets are emptied and turned wrongside-out. 5. Sort laundry into separate piles. Light weight

cottons and linens, heavyweight cottons, colored garments, silks and so on, woolens, and very dirty work clothes. 6. Soak badly soiled garments. Soak handkerchiefs in hot, salty water or boil them. Soak dirty work clothes in water to which 2 or 3 tablespoons of kerosene have been added. 7. After the clothes are washed in warm water with a good 2-3 inches of suds, they should be thoroughly rinsed and wrung dry. Pull garments into shape and hang with the straight of the goods. The pieces should be hung with a few inches over the clothes line. Garments should be hung by the bands or shoulders and shirts by the bottom. If all similar articles are hung together they can be ironed quicker. The clothes can be taken to the yard on a child’s wagon to save stooping. Notice how easy it is for the girl in the picture. 8. When the clothes are dry, shake and fold flat articles to prevent wrinkling. Many articles such as

sheets, towels and tea towels do not need ironing. 9. Sprinkle the clothes that are to be ironed with warm water. Fold and pack snugly in the clothes basket. Leave the sprinkled clothes at least an hour before ironing them. Make a sprinkler by using a bottle (soft drink bottles work really well) and buy a small sprinkler top from the dime store or use a jar with a metal top which has had holes punched in it. 10. 4-H’ers were encouraged to help their mothers with the ironing. Iron with the length-wise threads, pulling the garment toward you as it is ironed. First iron collars, ruffles and sleeves. Work out a system so you do not have to lift and move the garment or get down and pick up the piece too many unnecessary times. Iron plain fabrics on the right side, iron embroidered pieces on the wrong side. Be sure to use a warm iron and never a hot iron on Rayons. These little books are a treasure. I promise to share more of their wisdom as time goes on.

those skillful tree-climbers, the rat snakes. And the birds require more than just a little patch of the big trees – each of their family groups, with a batch of nest trees called a “cluster,� takes around 200 acres of old-growth pine forest to meet their nesting and foraging needs. And speaking of fam ily groups – in addition to being choosy about their real estate, they also have some peculiar social habits, at least for birds. The family unit consists of a male and female pair that own the nest and produce the usual 3 or 4 eggs, but in addition, there are 1 or 2, up to 4 helper birds, usually young single male birds from the previous year’s batch. They really do help, staying with the fam-

ily and joining in with incubating the eggs and then feeding the new hatchlings. This makes an active, chattering family group of several birds if you are lucky enough to find them. Visitors to a place like the Noxubee Refuge will find active red-cockaded nest trees marked with a ring of paint; once you see those, the rosin-coated trunks and nest holes become obvious. There at Noxubee, a few days before Christmas, we walked through a parklike place with big stately pines and almost no undergrowth. Numerous nest trees were marked with rings of white paint. Our ears perked up when we came upon a mixed flock of foraging birds, including red- and white-breasted

nuthatches, singing pine warblers, even a spiffy redheaded woodpecker. Then we heard it – the chittering call of a red-cockaded woodpecker! And there it was – hooray! – some 12 feet up in one of the big pines, ripping off half-dollar flakes of bark as it searched for hidden insect snacks. We stood and watched the rare bird, and ooh’ed and aah’ed, for 10 minutes or so. Our day was happily made! Perhaps the warning was sounded in time for the redcockaded woodpecker. Lots of smart and caring people are working to help them survive. Maybe someday we will experience the joy of watching one of those busy little birds making the chips fly here in Tennessee.

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SENIOR NOTES ■Union County Senior Citizens Center 298 Main Street Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Melanie Dykes 992-3292/992-0361

Parties wrap up 2015 at Union County senior centers

â– Plainview Seniors Plainview City Hall 1037 Tazewell Pike 1st Monday each month 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Melanie Dykes 992-3292/992-0361 â– Luttrell Seniors Luttrell Community Center 115 Park Road 3rd Monday each month 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Melanie Dykes 992-3292/992-0361 â– Sharps Chapel Seniors Sharps Chapel Community Bldg. 1550 Sharps Chapel Road 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Melanie Dykes 992-3292/992-0361 â– Elvis: Luttrell Seniors Lunch on Jan. 18 will be an “Elvisâ€? theme with Elvis music during the meal and an Elvis movie following. Gathering begins at 10 a.m., please bring a covered dish!Â

Billy Greenlee (at right) and grandson Tyler Greenlee play their dulcimers for the seniors on Dec. 23.

Luttrell seniors Kriss Chadwick and Melody Smith celebrate December birthdays

Melba Greene helps Bernice Nisley pick out her “Dirty Santa� gift at Luttrell Seniors Lunch on Dec. 21. Melba also sang some beautiful Christmas songs for the seniors.

Anna Mason, Richard Donovan, Kitty Donovan, Rosa Jordan and Georgia Brantley enjoy the party at UC Senior Center.

Carlyn Cahill sports her very festive musical hat at the UC Senior Center Christmas party on Dec. 18.

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A need for accessibility

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By Carol Shane Among close-knit church communities, you won’t find a more caring set of folks than those who attend Glen Oak Baptist Church in Old North Knoxville. Many members of the congregation have been coming for 30 years or more, with their children and grandchildren following. The intergenerational bond is strong. But sometimes even that type of bond has its limits when dealing with the physically disabled. The building nestles into a hill and has two multilevel entrances: the lower one in the back leads into the fellowship hall and the higher, main one in front leads into the sanctuary. Inside the building, the only access to the lower floor is by four very narrow, steep, enclosed stairwells, each in a corner of the rectangular building. “All four sets of steps are just the same,� says Rick Cole, a church deacon and member of the building committee. Even an able-bodied person has to be careful negotiating those stairs. The wheelchair-bound have no chance of getting down them, and they’re a danger to anyone who’s physically challenged or infirm. “The stairs have been an issue for the disabled for as long as they have been members, which in several cases is 20 years or longer,� says church member Roger Gilland. “As for the elderly, we have many who have been there for 30 years or longer and have always expressed concerns about the steps.� The congregants at Glen Oak Baptist have been taking care of their own for some time now. At their regular Wednesday night fellowship hall suppers followed by a service in the sanctuary, members who are unable to take the stairs are helped up the hill outside by younger members – in many cases by the youth of the church. It’s a touching and rare opportunity for intergenerational bonding, and the youth gain perspective and compassion in the process. When it rains, adult

Church members Carl Cole, Gayle Witt, Donna Cole and Rita Taylor with her children Stanley (in wheelchair) and Lisa pose in front of one of the “problem� stairwells. Because the church has many elderly and infirm members, the congregation is asking for help in making their building’s Glen Oak Baptist Church members of all ages enjoy their cominterior more accessible to those with physical limitations. munity and the Wednesday night suppers in their spacious fellowship hall. Shown in the back row are Jamia Gilland, her members drive their cars daughters Kaylee, a sixth-grader at Holston Middle School, and around to the lower enLexie, a 10th-grader at Fulton High School, Tayler Inman, and trance in order to transport Bryson Rush, a ninth-grader at Karns Middle School. In front people up to the sanctuary are Evan Hall, who attends fourth grade at Ritta Elementary, entrance. Everything posand Jamarius Fishback, a sixth-grader at Whittle Springs Midsible is done to help every dle School. Of the Wednesday night gatherings, Gilland says, church member take part “Anybody who wants to join us is welcome.� in all desired activities. “We try,� says Jamia Gilland, Roger’s wife. “We try.� It’s worked for a while, “But it is more feasible would be best-case scenario but some older members’ reand safer than a chair lift,� for our members, but anycent bouts with illness have says Zavattieri, “because thing to help them would be made the stairwell problem of the children. You know greatly appreciated,� says more prominent and worhow children are. You can’t Roger Gilland. risome. Fortunately, KnoxIf you’d like to donate, watch them all the time.� ville’s Compassion Coalition A chair lift moving up and please call the Compassion – a nonprofit agency which down stairs would certainly Coalition at 251-1591, or describes itself as “a catatempt young daredevils. visit the website at compaslyst to help local churches And it would only be able sioncoalition.org, and specbuild capacity and vision to accommodate one elderly ify your gift for Glen Oak for community transformaBaptist Church’s accessibilperson at a time. tion� – got wind of the need “I think an elevator ity program. for a more accessible way of transitioning between Glen Oak’s upper and lower floors. So they’re putting out the call for help. “I would really appreciate the help for the elderly at the ■TennCare Kids is Tennessee’s commitment to see that children and church,� says the Rev. Bob teens have the best start to a healthy life. TennCare Kids is a free Zavattieri, who has been at program of check-ups and health care services for children from Glen Oak Baptist for about birth to age 21 who are TennCare eligible, including health his18 months, having previtory, complete physical exam, lab tests as appropriate, immunizaously served Morristown’s tions, vision and hearing screening, developmental and behavior Calvue Baptist for seven screenings as appropriate, and advice on healthy living. Union years. He, Cole, and the Countians interested in the program should contact the Union Gillands have their hopes Jamia and Roger Gilland stand in one of the four identical stairCounty Health Department’s community outreach representative, up for an elevator, though wells which present such a problem in their church building. Pam Williams. Info: 992-3867, ext. 131. the expense worries them. Photos by Carol Shane

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Three kings

Magi saw could have been a super-nova, an exploding star (which, in my opinion, is amazing enough to count as a miracle). In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Thinking about all of Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to this, however, brings me to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been a smaller, more personal born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its miracle. rising, and have come to pay him homage.â€? The God who flung the (Matthew 2: 2 NRSV) stars into the heavens, who created all the worlds that In the Christian calendar, are, who keeps the whole Jan. 6 is Epiphany, the day in universe spinning, who may which the church celebrates Cross have created other universCurrents the visit of the wise men. es that we don’t even know Tradition even gives Lynn about, sent a part of God’s us names for them: CasPitts own self to live among us as par, which means “Masa baby and as a savior for all ter of Treasure,â€? Melchior, humankind! which means “King,â€? and God became one of us, Balthasar, which means Persian astrologers, professional star-watchers. So in order to save each of us “Protect the King.â€? The visit of these foreign- naturally they took notice from our rebellion and our ers has more meaning than when a particularly bright disobedience. The first verse of Scripsimply their own adoration star appeared, a star they of the Christ Child, howev- had not seen before. They ture I ever memorized er. There were cosmic impli- were curious – naturally – was John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world‌.â€? The and intrigued. cations. Modern astronomers whole world: kings, camel, The Magi (from the Greek, meaning sages) were have opined that what the and a Babe.

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