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By Ruth WhiteBack in 1968, Halls wrestling

coach Ed Simmons had the idea to host a tournament, inviting teams to attend and compete against some of the best in the area. Each year the tournament has grown, and this weekend 17 teams will gather at Halls High School to participate in one of the toughest one-day tournaments in the state.

Making the trip are Bradley

Central, Wilson Central and Mc-Callie (some of the top teams in Tennessee), plus Pisgah, N.C., and Abingdon, Va., as well as Tennes-see teams from Blackman, Beech, Cane Ridge, East Hamilton and Red Bank. Area teams include Al-coa, Maryville, William Blount, Powell and Seymour.

Halls High School has produced its share of outstanding wrestlers, including former coach Chris Van-

dergriff and his son, John; current coach Shannon Sayne; and mid-dle school wrestling coach Cody Humphrey, to name a few. Four of the teams attending the tourna-ment are coached by former HHS wrestlers: Page High School coach is 2000 graduate Benji Gray; Pow-ell High is coached by Larry Neely (1977); Seymour High coach is Alex Cate (2004); and Halls coach Sayne is a 1998 grad.

Wrestling begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17, and will last un-til around 9 p.m., says coach Sayne. Duals for elementary and middle school wrestlers will be held on Fri-day, Jan. 16, to kick off the weekend, and a junior varsity tournament will be held on Monday, Jan. 19, all in the HHS gym. Wrestling will be-gin at 10 a.m. on Monday and will last until 4 to 5 p.m.

More pictures on page A-9

Halls wrestler Joe Fox is ranked among the top six in

Tennessee at 145 pounds. Fox is pictured with Powell

opponent Nathan Russell at a recent match. Photo by R. White

42nd annualwrestling tournament

Halls to host

To page A-2

By Betty BeanA railroad crossing marks the

boundary between residential Ce-dar Lane and the commercial cor-ridor of Merchant Drive and the I-75 interchange to the west, but City Council is halfway to enact-ing a rezoning that will not only change that demarcation, but also has one prominent neighborhood activist predicting negative reper-cussions all over town.

“I’m shocked that City Council would do something like this to one of the most stable neighbor-hoods in North Knoxville,” said Lynn Redmon, president of the Norwood Homeowners Associa-tion, who didn’t go to the council meeting to speak out against the rezoning because, “I didn’t think it would be necessary.

“Breaking open this residential zoning will have long-term effects on Cedar Lane and other neigh-borhoods in this town, and they did it because they could. This was not City Council’s fi nest hour.”

The rezoning, approved on fi rst reading by a 5-4 vote, consists of three Metropolitan Planning Commission-recommended mea-sures (including city and sector plan amendments plus a condi-tional rezoning).

The property owner is Cindy Bradley, a real estate agent and former MPC commissioner who bought the former church building at the corner of Cedar Lane and Rowan Road in 2012 after MPC re-jected the former owner’s request to rezone it to offi ce, resulting in the asking price being slashed al-

most in half. Churches and schools are permitted inside residential zones on use-on-review.

Bradley wants the property re-zoned from civic institutional to offi ce and low density residential and says she was forced to make this request because the city will not allow her tenants to have sig-nage for their businesses. MPC has imposed four conditions re-garding parking spaces and street access.

Bradley was supported by In-skip Neighborhood Association president Betty Jo Mahan, who is an MPC employee. Mahan said her membership prefers Cindy Brad-ley’s proposed dance studio and offi ce uses to apartment buildings, of which the area has a plethora.

On the other side was Ryan

Bradley vs. Bradley: Cedar Lane rezoningBradley (no relation), the proper-ty’s next-door neighbor, who pre-sented a petition with the signa-tures of 30 other close neighbors who oppose the rezoning and want to preserve the residential charac-ter of their neighborhood.

“We all bought here knowing we were in R1,” Ryan Bradley said. “I don’t know why we’re talking about multi-family (not an al-lowed use in R-1 zones).”

Fifth District City Council mem-ber Mark Campen, who represents the area, opposed the rezoning re-quest, saying that Cindy Bradley bought the property at a greatly reduced price because of its zoning issues and should not benefi t from her gamble at the expense of her

By Sandra ClarkKnox County Schools will be giv-

ing a state-mandated “writing as-sessment” to children in grades 3-11 in February. The mom of a third-grader contacted Shopper-News.

A great day to stay home

AnalysisThe tests will be given on com-

puter, 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,” ac-cording to the teacher.

Dr. Elizabeth Alves, chief aca-demic offi cer for Knox County Schools, said this is the fi rst 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 adminis-tered 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 fi nal question: In what grade are children taught to type and expected to be profi cient 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 el-ementary levels; however, there are state standards at each grade level that identify performance expecta-

tions. Elementary students are not graded on profi ciency in typing.”

The parent who contacted Shop-per-News is concerned that her 8-year-old will be typing a fi ve-paragraph response in a timed for-mat. She said her kid visits the tech lab every six days, hardly enough to become profi cient at keyboarding.

The teacher who contacted her said typing practice at home would be helpful because, “Capi-talization, punctuation and inden-tions will be taken into consider-ation on their assessment grade.”

This might be a good day to keep your 8-year-old at home.

IN THIS ISSUE

Sue Spicer: volunteer

Sue Spicer didn’t allow breast cancer to slow her down; instead, she has used her experience to provide com-fort to others who are going through the same diagnosis.

Spicer volunteers at Ten-nova Cancer Resource Center, where she and other volunteers logged 33,000 hours last year providing information to pa-tients, answering questions and, many times, just lending an ear or a shoulder to cry on.

➤ Read Ruth White on page A-3

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 citi-zen. I remember a high school story of him volunteering as a helper in a dentist’s offi ce. I always suspected the reception-ist was pretty.

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

➤ Read Marvin West on page A-4

‘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 fi gure out what kind of war movie he’s trying to make.

➤ Read Betsy Pickle on page A-10

Butter and love The most important ingredi-

ents for baking are real butter and love. This is according to Powell resident and baker Alexandria Heimerman.

“I started out in college getting my business degree but just couldn’t wait to go to culi-nary school, so I dropped out and moved to California.”

➤ Read Cindy Taylor on page A-3

Mary Boyce Temple“Along with Lizzie Crozier

French, Mary Boyce Temple organized the Ossoli Circle in 1885 and was elected its fi rst president.

Ossoli is the South’s old-est federated

women’s club.”

➤ Read Jim Tumblin on page B-2

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By Sandra ClarkArgie Hilbert has many

friends and a daughter who will stick with her always. Ginger Branch says, “I want no regrets.”

Recently she took her mom back to Rule High School, where Hilbert reigned as Miss Rule High in 1943. Back then, Hilbert had posed on the front steps, and Branch snapped another shot in the same spot, 71 years lat-er. “I liked to never got her up those steps … or back down

them,” Branch laughs.She then photographed

the school’s exterior and through the windows that weren’t boarded up inside classrooms with blue- and gold-painted walls. “It was eerie,” she says.

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett wants to get the Rule High School property back on the tax rolls.

“We are waiting for Knox County Schools to surplus Rule to Knox County,” said spokesperson Michael Grid-

mom had to transfer three times just to get across town to her job at Standard Knit-ting Mills.

Argie and her friends walked to churches, once as far away as Ball Camp Bap-tist. Attending revivals and even funerals was a social pastime.

Gus Manning was a high school classmate. Playing football, he earned and kept a reputation for toughness. Boys would play baseball at the Knoxville Iron Com-pany on Texas Avenue after school until suppertime. “Nobody had watches; we just knew when it was time to go home.”

John S. Humphreys was principal at Rule High, and when the boys left early to enter World War II, he pre-sented the seniors with ear-ly diplomas. Jim Bowman, now deceased, was Argie’s counterpart as Mr. Rule High in 1943.

The Koontz grocery store on Delaware Avenue al-lowed neighbors to pay by the week. At school, Argie and her sister, Edna, got free lunches by working in the cafeteria.

There was no electricity at

Argie Hilbert, Miss

Rule High in 1943

Argie Hilbert in the

same spot in 2014.

Bradley vs. Bradley From page A-1

neighbors. He also chided his colleagues for giving Ma-han’s nascent Inskip Neigh-borhood Association more credence than Ryan Bradley and the 30 neighbors who signed his petition.

The issue is further com-plicated by four conditions MPC tacked onto its rec-ommendation, something that Cindy Bradley’s lawyer Arthur Seymour Jr. homed in on with a letter he sent to council members the day of the meeting, pointing out council attorney Rob Frost’s votes for rezoning “condi-tions” when he was a coun-cil member.

Singling out Frost’s long-ago votes, which dealt with landscaping and screening requirements that benefi t-

ed existing neighborhoods, appeared to be a rare Sey-mour misstep after he was chided by Frost (who called Seymour’s letter an “ad ho-minem” attack) and later by council members like Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, who said he didn’t appreciate “an attack on City Council’s attorney.”

In the end, the coun-cil appears poised to give Cindy Bradley’s request the fi nal stamp of ap-proval next week. Council members Brenda Palmer, George Wallace, Daniel Brown, Marshall Stair and Pavlis voted to approve the rezoning. Nick Della Volpe, Duane Grieve, Fin-barr Saunders and Campen voted no.

er. “Hugh Holt (purchasing director) said that’s expect-ed to happen in the fall.

“At that point, Knox Coun-ty will evaluate our options and determine whether there is a viable, private way to save the building. The mayor would like to see something productive done with that fa-cility. As for a timeline, how-ever, there isn’t one beyond what I described.”

Meanwhile, Argie Hilbert has great memories of grow-ing up in Lonsdale and at-tending the old school. “I’ve lived in the same town and worked at the same bank,” she says. “I’m pleased with how everything went.”

Ginger now lives with Argie on Dutchtown Road in the Cedar Bluff area. She says church has always been a big part of her mom’s life, including her initiative as a charter member of Grace Covenant Baptist Church.

In Argie’s high school days, transportation choices were limited to walking or riding the streetcar. Argie’s

home. Ice was delivered for the ice box, and cook-

ing was done on the woodstove. The

sisters had few dresses, so their mom would wash and iron one each eve-ning, heat-ing the iron

on the stove.“We were

poor but didn’t know it,” says Ar-

gie. Supper was of-ten heated milk poured

over bread.Argie’s husband, Bill

Hilbert, was a class ahead at Rule. She got a job at the main offi ce of the Hamilton National Bank and stayed un til retirement as the bank

morphed into United Amer-ican Bank and then First Tennessee.

Customers called her everything from “Aggie” to “Orggie,” and she answered to every name. Her mother had named her for her fa-ther’s initials. He was Rufus Glenmore Arnwine, so she became Argie.

The family lived with Argie’s grandparents for a while. They had chickens and hogs, right in town. Grandmother Hale read from the Bible after supper as the kids sat mesmerized. Grandfather Hale had built a long table with benches. Everyone knew when sup-per was served, and the whole family was invited. “We didn’t cook extra, but shared what we had.”

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■ Fountain City Lions Club

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■ Halls Community Lions Club

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■ Halls Republican Club meets

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■ Seventh District Demo-crats meet 6:30 p.m. each

fourth Monday, Halls Branch

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Thanks to the volunteer spirit of many individuals, Tennova North’s Cancer Resource Center was recently recognized for making a difference in the lives of cancer patients.

American Cancer Society representative Scott Evans recognized the group for its efforts. The group has been instrumental in community outreach, thanks in part to cancer survivor Sue Spicer, who has spoken to eight organizations regarding

Volunteers at Tennova’s Cancer Resource Center were recognized for Best Practices by the

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Janet Kendrick and American Cancer Society representative Scott Evans. Photo submitted

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of 1,000 ACS brochures and 233 consolations. The group provided 180 totes fi lled with information for infusion and radiation patients.

Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer can contact Janet Kendrick at 865-567-1434. Training is provided.

Being a volunteer isn’t the easiest job you might take on, but it might be one of the most rewarding.

Volunteers make a diff erence

Sue Spicer didn’t allow breast cancer to slow her down; instead, she has used her experience to provide comfort to others who are going through the same di-agnosis.

Spicer volunteers at Ten-nova Cancer Resource Cen-ter, where she and other volunteers logged 33,000 hours last year providing information to patients, answering questions and, many times, just lending an ear or a shoulder to cry on.

“Life is not a specta-tor sport,” said Spicer, who hopes that by giving her time she can help eliminate some of folks’ stress. One of her favorite sayings: Volun-teers don’t necessarily have the time, but they have the heart, so they make the time (Anonymous). Seeing grati-tude in the eyes of those she has helped keeps her com-ing back every week.

Spicer had the oppor-tunity to speak with an 83-year-old woman who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. “The fi rst line of defense is the doctor, but patients often need someone to talk with,”

Volunteer Sue Spicer doesn’t

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Chase Gregory celebrated his fi fth birthday on Jan. 5 with family and friends. Chase attends Wallace Memorial

Preschool and lives in Halls. His parents are Michelle and Rob Gregory, and he has one sister, Gracie. Chase’s grandparents are Bob and Gloria Gregory and Pat Sisson.

Russell makes Union University

president’s listKatie Russell, a 2011

graduate of Central High, has been named to the Union University president’s list for the fall 2014 semester. The president’s list includes full-time students who achieve a 4.0 grade point average on a four-point scale.

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Artists’ works on displayThree artists are fea-

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Denae Oglesby has handcrafted silver jewelry, and Kate McCullough is featuring watercolors; both are Fountain City residents. Mary Secrist of Halls also is featuring watercolors.

The gift shop is at 213 Hotel Ave. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Artists throughout the area are juried into Parkside Gift Shop. Info: 357-7624 or 357-2787.

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PPH will present the inaugural rendition of “A Night of Improv” 7-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, in the Nita Buell Black Audito-rium at Powell High School.

Skits will be unrehearsed and created the moment

they are performed. Play-house regulars will be pro-vided with scenarios and must grab props and come up with skits on the spot.

The evening will kick off with an original play writ-ten by former Playhouse vice president and artist Bob Longmire titled “Happy Holly Day.”

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lifting up all the different talent we have in our area.”

Admission to “A Night of Improv” is $10 at the door.

Next up at the Powell Playhouse will be the court-room drama “The Night of January 16.” The play will involve jurors selected from the audience. Auditions will be 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, Tuesday, Jan. 27, Monday, Feb. 2, and Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the Powell library.

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As the New York Times recently reported, it isn’t love for the Crimson that’s

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 sup-ported.

Ivy League, meet The Rest of Us.

Confronted with increas-es in out-of-pocket costs for health care, resulting in part from provisions in the Affordable Care Act, the agitated academics are questioning the university’s

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

One Harvard veteran called the changes “deplor-able, deeply regressive,” while another said the out-of-pocket costs were “equiv-alent to taxing the sick.”

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

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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 fl aunt 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 offi ce. I always suspected the receptionist was pretty.

I recall, at UT, him show-ing up in the equipment room the night before a game to help team manag-ers clean and polish hel-mets. 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 of-fi cial. He has always been substance over style.

BerryStrong is the get-well 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.”Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected].

Marvin West

I do believe it is prayer meeting time.

The sports forums I fol-low, 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 fi fth in the 2010 draft. He has been that good or better in the NFL.

That was then.The now part is a fi ght

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 fi ght, understands the treatment is challeng-ing, but says Eric is a fi ghter.

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

Prayer meeting time

ple’s prayers and thoughts.”Phillip Fulmer is opti-

mistic.“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 fam-ily. 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 fi ne.”

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

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

The other safety, Husain Abdullah, came fl ying 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. Barn-thouse recommended an MRI.

There it was, the intrud-er, a mass that didn’t belong.

Eric chose Atlanta as the battleground, Emory’s can-cer institute. Dr. Christo-pher R. Flowers, a Stanford man, is calling the plays. He says the affl iction is poten-tially 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 ex-plain why really bad things sometimes happen to really good people. I do know the

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.

Pavlis: Time to give mayor more money

“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 am-ortize 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 offi cials.”

Most mayors in other cit-ies 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 offi ce 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 benefi ts and mayors are limited to two four-year terms, mayors will gener-ally be ineligible for pen-sions (Rogero, if re-elected, would be an exception since she served for four years as city development director

under Mayor Bill Haslam before resigning in 2010 to run for mayor). County em-ployees vest in eight years.

“I worry that we’re mak-ing it an exclusive club and knocking out the vast ma-jority of citizens of Knox-ville from consideration,” he said. “If you’re a reason-ably intelligent person with a reasonable job with a pen-sion and benefi ts, the salary has to be up there because you’re giving up your ben-efi ts. We’ve been surveying salaries and benefi ts, 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 sal-ary to $180,000).

State law requires the county mayor’s salary to be the highest in the county, but at least six city employ-ees, 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 yearly out-of-pocket limit is $1,500 for individu-als and $4,500 for families.

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

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The death of Edward W. Brooke, fi rst African-American elected to the U.S. Senate (Massachu-setts), makes astronaut John Glenn the oldest living former U.S. senator at 93.

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

I used to think that sit-ting through a multi-hour government meeting would be approximately as enjoy-able as having my toenails trimmed with a jackham-mer. But as I’ve become a grownup, the things that interest me have changed. Thank goodness. Other-wise, I’d still be watching soaps with my girlfriends, as I did when I was 14. MPC chair Rebecca Longmire and commissioner Bart Cary rec-

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Remembering Edward Brooke

The next oldest liv-ing former senators are, in order of age: Ernest Hollings, 93, from South Carolina; Jocelyn Burdick of North Dakota, 92; Paul Laxalt from Nevada, 92; James Buckley from New York, 91; and Bob Dole from Kansas, 91.

Tennessee’s Bill Brock is now the 37th oldest living U.S. senator at age 84. He lives in Annapolis, Md.

I had the privilege of knowing Edward Brooke when I worked for Sen. Howard Baker in 1967 and both were freshman sena-tors and Republicans at that time. Both staffs were friendly, and Lamar Alex-ander was Baker’s legisla-tive aide that year.

Brooke had been attor-ney general of Massachu-setts prior to being elected to the Senate in 1966, the same year Howard Baker Jr. was elected to the Sen-ate from Tennessee. The two staffs played softball against each other in the summer.

I met up with Sen.Brooke in 1973 when I was on a private trip to Athens, Greece, and he was meet-ing with Greek leaders.

We were both staying at the Grande Bretagne Hotel on Athens’ famed Constitu-tion Square and ended up having breakfast together.

■ Mike Lowe, former Knox County trustee, is

asking that his trial be moved out of Knox County through his attorney, Greg Isaacs. Without comment-ing 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 at-torney for Troy Whiteside, who was indicted over fi ve years ago for homicide, and his case has not yet gone to trial due to a variety of delays. It is currently set to start next month, but no one is holding their breath it will happen.

If this motion for Lowe is successful, that trial is delayed several more months.

If the city of Boston can fi nd a jury to de-cide the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the sus-pects in the Boston Mara-thon bombings, with all the international publicity it has generated, surely Knoxville can provide an objective jury and a fair trial for both Mike Lowe and Troy Whiteside for their respective charges.

The truth is, probably more than two-thirds of the people of Knox County have never heard of Lowe, which means they do not have an opinion of him.

Fewer than half could identify Lowe or Whiteside if shown a photo.

■ Georgia Varlan Man, daughter of Danni and U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan, is the associate general coun-sel for the new Republican governor of Illinois, Bruce Rauner, effective this week.

She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Tennessee and a 2012 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law.

She has been an attor-ney at Kirkland and Ellis in Chicago and will work at the governor’s Chicago legal offi ce.

MPC − better than a soap opera

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 devel-opment that could have a very real negative impact on their property and, maybe, on their lives.

This is where the dra-ma 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

center/apartment complex behind my house.

“I understand that de-velopment 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 profi ts 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 surround-ing property owners feel, sick people benefi t from

During my process of ed-ucating myself about local government, I’ve watched a few meetings online and attended a few in person. Last week was my fi rst in-person encounter with the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC), and I was transfi xed.

Before the meeting be-gan, I examined the audi-ence and found I could pick out the developers, lawyers and concerned citizens. Most of the lawyers I knew by name because a rela-tively small pool represents

By now, everyone in the world and the astronauts in outer space know that Pres-ident Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, vis-ited Pellissippi State Com-munity College last week to announce a national plan of two years of tuition-free community college for any-one willing to work for it.

The plan will be based on Tennessee Promise, a pro-gram with the same incen-tive offered for the fi rst time ever to the class of 2015 throughout our great Volun-teer 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 cov-ering school news, every

Sara Barrett

The case for tuition-free college

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 af-ford college.

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

everyone else here in Ten-nessee, 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 fi fth grade who already has a busi-ness 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 po-tential to better themselves, but they’ll better their world – mine and yours – in the process.

During his announce-ment, the president said he hopes to level the playing fi eld among the haves and the have-nots. “We don’t ex-pect 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 gift-ed children who may not be given the same opportuni-ties 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 contin-ued.

“Two years of college will be as free as high school is today.” Once students com-plete the two years of col-lege, 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 re-

porter for Shopper-News.

hospitals. People buy things they need at shopping cen-ters, which supports jobs and produces tax reve-nues that pay for stuff like schools and pothole repair.

People live in the apart-ments, and they’re more likely to be young profes-sionals, 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 seri-ously. They ask questions, and they seek input from citizens, even when the agenda is long and each side has spent its fi ve minutes of talk time.

They’ll never be popular, except maybe with the de-velopers. They will, more often than not, approve de-velopment, 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 offi ce build-ing were approved.

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

The “platinum” plans come close, covering 90 percent of costs on aver-age, 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 hy-pocrisy. But with the latter on full display in East Ten-nessee last week, it couldn’t

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 Or-ange Country.

Neither made an appear-ance during Obama’s earlier treks to Tennessee (Nash-ville and Memphis), so is it growing admiration for his

leadership that drew them this time?

During a Nov. 20, 2014, interview on Fox, Corker, riled over Obama’s deci-sion to take executive ac-tion 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 Carpen-ters singing “Close to You” in that rant. They must want to praise his signature legis-lation.

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

Oops.Corker? He voted against

passage of a continuing res-olution that included fund-ing Obamacare and instead supported U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s bill to repeal it.

No denying that ignor-ing one’s own hypocrisy can

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.

Larry Van Guilder From previous page

Congrats to SchoonmakerLongtime homeowners advocate John

Schoonmaker will replace former Knox County Commissioner Richard Briggs as the District 5 commissioner. He was elect-ed Monday. Tamara Boyer, the only woman in the race, fi nished second.

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was all but forgotten after her death in the Holocaust. But dresses created from a handful of her designs give insight into a world where even talented, professional Jews with American connections couldn’t escape the Nazis.

The story began in Prague and continued to Milwaukee. Now, thanks to a Knoxville connection, it will be told here.

Ellie Gettinger and Ellen Iroff grew up worshipping together at Heska Amuna Synagogue. Gettinger, infl uenced by a scholarship trip to Israel, chose a Jewish professional career and became the educator of the Jewish Museum Milwaukee (JMM). Iroff, who was active in Bearden High School’s drama department, studied costume design at the College of Charleston and eventually became the school’s costume shop manager. That makes them the perfect duo to tell Hedy’s story.

A letter from Hedy’s husband, Paul Strnad, was discovered in the basement of a home in a Milwaukee suburb in 1997. The letter, mailed to Paul’s American cousin in 1939, included a photo of the couple and eight of Hedy’s dress designs. The package was intended to prove that the couple could support themselves if granted a visa to the U.S.− their only possible escape from a situation that was growing increasingly dire for Jews in Czechoslovakia.

In spite of the cousin’s efforts, the Strnads didn’t escape.

The letter and designs were put on display at the museum in 2008. Interest in the material led to further research on the couple and a commission for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s costume shop to recreate Hedy’s designs.

Five people worked on the dresses for over a year. They even silk-screened fabrics to match the prints in the designs, says Barb Levin, Ellie Gettinger’s mother.

The result is an exhibit at JMM called “Stitching History from the Holocaust.” The dresses are especially poignant because they demonstrate Hedy’s remarkable talent, Levin says.

“When you walk into the room (with the dresses), there’s a loud noise because they are really loud and chattery.”

The community is invited to hear Gettinger and Iroff speak about the exhibit at two events at the Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive.

One of Hedy Strnad’s designs, as seen in the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.

A stitch in time

At 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, they will show a 30-minute PBS documentary on the exhibit, and Iroff will discuss the skills used to replicate the historical dress designs. At 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, both women will discuss the role of dressmaking and tailoring in the Jewish experience.

Paul and Hedy’s story isn’t just about one couple, Levin says. It’s about two brothers

who each raised a family − one in Prague and one in Milwaukee. The American side of the family is alive and well, while the Czech side was extinguished.

But it’s also a story of hope. Even though Hedy lost her life, she has been immortalized through the exhibit.

“It’s a remembrance, not only of what was lost in the Holocaust, but of the potential for life beyond that,” says Levin.

HEALTH NOTES ■ Community Health Alliance Marketplace

Open Enrollment for Health Coverage, 1-5 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 17, Cedar Bluff Branch Library,

9045 Cross Park Drive.

■ Community Health Alliance Marketplace

Open Enrollment for Health Coverage, 1-5 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 24, Fountain City Branch Library,

5300 Stanton Road.

■ “Exploring Music for Health,” 1-2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 14, Cancer Support Commu-

nity, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Hosted by Sara Ma-

tayoshi, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra violinist.

Info/RSVP: 546-4661.

■ Family Bereavement Group will meet 4:30-6

p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, Cancer Support Commu-

nity, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Contact staff before

attending: 546-4661.

■ Healing Through Art: Vision Board, 1-3 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 16, Cancer Support Community,

2230 Sutherland Ave. Instructor: Cheri Pollack.

No experience necessary. Info/RSVP: 546-4661.

■ “Knit Your Way to Wellness,” 1-3 p.m. Thurs-

day, Jan. 15, Cancer Support Community, 2230

Sutherland Ave. Hosted by Shelley Hecht of

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and advanced knitters. Info/RSVP: 546-4661.

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ETTAC is a regional nonprofi t 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 offi ce, 116 Childress St., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.\

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You understand as well as I do that time fl ows in one direction, and nothing we can do, say or think will change that. On refl ection, I am grateful for that; other-wise, I might possibly have to live some days over and over until I get them right!

Even so, the turning of the year is a gift. Because we have chosen to “subdi-vide diurnity,” as Danish poet/philosopher/architect/city designer Piet Hein de-scribes it, we can deal with time in chunks, rather than be overwhelmed by its im-mensity.

I am willing to take my days, my blessings and my woes one at a time!

There is something fresh and promising about a new year. We have a chance to start over. A new year places us at a new starting line: we have a clean slate; we can change ourselves, our bod-ies, our habits, our outlook.

So, this year, what will

For everything there is a season and time for every matter under heaven. ...

(Ecclesiastes 3: 1 NRSV)

My old clock used to tell the timeAnd subdivide diurnity;But now it’s lost both hands and chimeAnd only tells eternity.

(“Out of Time (A Holiday Thought),” Piet Hein)

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you do differently? What is one aspect of your life that you would most like to change? (If there isn’t some-thing you need or want to change about your life, then you are most singularly blessed!)

When my mother was a stay-at-home mom, her annual January gift to her-self was to put away all the Christmas paraphernalia and then settle in to re-read “Gone with the Wind.” (Her copy of that book eventu-ally fell apart and had to be rebound; it sits in a place of honor on my bookshelf to-day.)

What will you give your-self in the New Year?

By Cindy Taylor “Like individuals, churches take

stock as a new year begins,” said the Rev. Alan Price of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

“We think back with gratitude on what we were able to accomplish during the previous 12 months, knowing that each ac-complishment came

by the grace of God, and we look for-ward with renewed hope and prayers for what will be done in and through us during the coming year.”

Price says the New Year at Beaver Dam begins with an old mission.

“We believe we exist to make and mature believers. Of course we un-

derstand that we don’t actually ‘make’ believers. God alone can change the heart, but He chooses to use us in that process.”

Price says the church makes a con-certed effort to reach the community for Christ. He says it is a mission fi eld and needs to be treated as such. Dur-ing the past few years, Beaver Dam has started many new ministries such as Jeans for teens, a prison Bi-ble study and minors’ care for single mothers.

A group of young women began a ministry to the students at Adrian Burnett Elementary: feeding 40 chil-dren each week in the summer, pro-viding Christmas for 48 students from 15 families and providing school sup-plies.

“These are just a few of the ways

we are trying to show our love for the Halls community and the people who call it home.”

BDBC’s big project for 2015 will be the renovation of the church sanctu-ary. That portion of the campus is more than 20 years old. Plans for re-placing the pews and fl ooring and ap-plying a fresh coat of paint are set to begin after Easter.

“This will not only beautify our fa-cility, but will keep it functioning for years to come. Yes, even buildings play a part in fulfi lling the mission. We at Beaver Dam believe that your 2015 will be much more enjoyable if you make worshipping Christ with His body, the church, a weekly priority.”

Beaver Dam Baptist Church is at 4828 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2322 or www.bdbc.org.

Alan Price

Words for 2015 from pastor Alan Price

By Cindy Taylor “2014 was a year of bless-

ings for me and the congre-gation at Glenwood Baptist,” said the Rev. Travis Hender-son. “My youngest daughter came to know Christ and I had the honor of baptizing her.”

Henderson says God worked in the lives of many others as well.

“I saw people who had never been involved in church develop a deep love for Christ.”

Henderson says Glen-wood Baptist Church of Pow-ell had a great year of serv-ing the community through the John 5 food pantry, which usually serves 20-25 families each month. In No-vember they were blessed to

be able to cook, serve and sit down to Thanksgiving

dinner with the families who come to the pan-try.

T h e c h u r c h started a new Sunday school class for young

adults, and it is now the largest and fastest growing class.

Henderson says 2014 was a good year, but he’s even more excited by what God has in store for 2015.

“My hope and prayer for Glenwood is that we can proclaim the word of God and extend the love of

Christ to our community and the world greater than we ever have before.”

Henderson hopes that Glenwood Baptist can help people fi nd what they are searching for in life.

“People search in differ-ent ways: through money, power, relationships, pos-sessions, etc. My hope is that we can tell about, show and lead them to the only thing that can fi ll the void in their lives – a relationship with Jesus.”

The congregation at Glenwood wants to show people that church is not a closed community, a coun-try club or a place of judg-ment. It is not about a style of music, what you wear or the programs. He says that

Glenwood’s plan for 2015 is threefold: praying together, studying God’s word and serving in a greater way than ever before.

“I hope we can show that church is not a place you come to, but is God’s people gathered together to wor-ship and honor Him. We want Glenwood to glorify God by loving and serving our community. We want to show that God’s love, grace and mercy are available to all who would believe from our doorsteps to the ends of the earth.”

Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell is at 7212 Central Avenue Pike. Info: 938-2611 or www.glenwoodpowell.com.

CORRYTON SENIOR CENTER ■ Wednesday, Jan. 14: 9 a.m.

billiards, quilting; 10 a.m.

dominos; 11 a.m. crochet,

open game; 1 p.m. Rook.

■ Thursday, Jan 15: 9 a.m.

billiards, quilting; 1 p.m. pi-

nochle, dominoes; 1 p.m. Tour

of Tennessee Theatre; 2 p.m.

Zumba Gold.

■ Friday, Jan.16: 9 a.m. SAIL

exercise, billiards; 11 a.m.

cross-stitch; 11:30 a.m. bunco;

2 p.m. Zumba Gold.

■ Monday, Jan. 19: Closed for

Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

■ Tuesday, Jan. 20: 9 a.m. bil-

liards; 1 p.m. pinochle; 2 p.m.

Zumba Gold.

■ Info: 688-5882.

HALLS SENIOR CENTER ■ Wednesday, Jan. 14: 10

a.m. bingo, hand & foot;

12:30 p.m. bridge; 1 p.m.

Rook, SAIL exercise.

■ Thursday, Jan. 15: 10

a.m. line dance, pinochle,

quilting; 11 a.m., exercise; 1

p.m. Ballroom Dance class,

Beginning Knitting class;

2 p.m. Snack and Learn:

Identity Theft.

■ Friday, Jan. 16: 9:30

a.m. Pilates, Art Club; 10

a.m. euchre; 11 a.m. SAIL

exercise; 11:30 a.m. art

class; noon Mexican Train

dominoes.

■ Monday, Jan. 19: Closed

for Martin Luther King Jr.

Day.

■ Tuesday, Jan. 20: 10 a.m.

canasta; 11 a.m. exercise;

12:30 p.m. Mexican Train

dominoes; 1 p.m. Memoir

group; 1:30 p.m. hand &

foot; 2 p.m. movie time.

■ Info: 922-0416.

Henderson

Words for 2015 from pastor Travis Henderson

FAITH NOTES

Community services

■ Cross Roads Presbyte-

rian, 4329 E. Emory Road,

hosts the Halls Welfare

Ministry food pantry 6-8

p.m. each second Tuesday

and 9-11 a.m. each fourth

Saturday.

■ Glenwood Baptist

Church, 7212 Central Ave.

Pike, is accepting appoint-

ments for the John 5 Food

Pantry. Info: 938-2611. Your

call will be returned.

Classes/meetings ■ First Comforter Church,

5516 Old Tazewell Pike,

hosts MAPS (Mothers At

Prayer Service) noon each

Friday. Info: Edna Hensley,

771-7788.

■ Powell Church hosts Re-

covery 6 p.m. each Tuesday

at 323 W. Emory Road, fol-

lowed by a meal and wor-

ship at 7 p.m. Small sharing

groups will convene at 8:15

p.m. The recovery plan

focuses on individuals and

families who are strug-

gling with addiction. There

is no charge. Info: www.

recoveryatpowell.com or

938-2741.

Special services ■ First Presbyterian

Church, 620 State St., will

host an Interfaith Prayer

service at noon Wednes-

day, Jan. 14, to begin the

week of celebration honor-

ing the work of Dr. Martin

Luther King Jr. Featuring

leaders from a variety

of faith groups, musical

selections underlining the

interfaith theme and lunch

following the service, of-

fered free of charge. Info:

Interfaith@MLKKnoxville.

com.

I was in fourth grade when the Chicorelli broth-ers announced they were going to beat me up after school.

I didn’t know why they’d want to do a thing like that. I was a sweet little boy, just ask my mother. They were both a year older than me, and I didn’t really even know them. Anyway, I had the rest of the day to think about what was going to transpire after school.

My mind began to race. How could I avoid this fi ght? Then it came to me. When school let out, I’d make sure that several of my friends were with me, and we’d walk home together. The bullies would never try anything against all of us together. And I was right. I never had that confrontation with the Chicorelli brothers.

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Central High player Matt Randolph sports a shirt in support

of Mabry Kate at the Powell game last week. Mabry Kate is

the daughter of PHS girls basketball coach Christin Webb

and suff ers from Krabbe disease. Photo by R. White

CHS baseball lead-off banquet

Central High School Baseball is hosting a lead-off banquet with head coach Matt Byrd at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, in the

Family Life Center of Central Baptist Church of Fountain City.

The 1990 state championship team will be honored as part of the 25-year anniversary celebration of that season. Members of the team, along

Dance team members Jaida Duthu and Aloria Beason (top)

perform during halftime at a Halls Middle School game.

Halls Middle goes pink for Emily and Saxon

Halls Middle School dance team hosted a pink-out game last week to raise money for The Butterfl y Fund in memory of Emily Barger and Saxon Cochran.

The basketball teams wore specially-made pink T-shirts for the day, and the cheerleaders wore pink socks and used pink poms during the game. The dance

team dressed up their sequined black outfi ts with pink fl owers in their hair.

The family of Emily Barger was recognized at the pink out,

including sister Megan, mom Misty, sister Blair and dad Brian. HMS dance team member Maddie Conner

performs a halftime routine with the squad.

Halls Middle School player Sheldon James shakes hands with

Misty Barger, whose daughter, Emily, lost her battle with cancer.

Emily’s love for butterfl ies is the reason for the foundation’s

name, The Butterfl y Fund. Photos by R. White

Basketball reboots after holiday

Senior Baily Hammett performs a cheer during a timeout for

the Central Bobcats. Central’s boys team defeated Powell

64-59 in an action-packed matchup.

Central High’s Quamier Reed and the Bobcat team recently

traveled to Powell and handed the Panthers a tough defeat.

Austin-East to host youth symposiumThe 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 and Jill will present an oratorical contest concurrent with the breakout sessions for middle and high school students. The Jack and 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 the next generation of leaders.

Austin-East High School is located at 2800 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Info: [email protected].

with former head coach Bud Bales, will participate in a panel discussion about the championship season during the banquet to be catered by Buddy’s Bar-B-Q.

WNML and Vol Network radio personality John

Wilkerson will be host for the evening.

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School. Photos by R. White

Luke Harp of Halls battles with

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lb. weight class at a recent match.

Herrara pinned Harp for the win.

Gibbs wrestler Noel Lovva

(126 lbs.) battles Hunter

Wallace of Powell in a recent

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Colton McMahan of

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SPORTS NOTESBaseball signups for 3U-14U will be held 10 a.m.-

2 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 17, 24, 31 and Feb. 7, at Halls Community Park. Info: hcpark.org or [email protected].

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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.

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

Chris “Thor” Hemsworth

plays a hacker in “Blackhat.”

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

By Betsy PickleDirector 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 fi gure out what kind of war movie he’s trying to make.

Based on the story of Chris Kyle, whose like-titled autobiography spent months on the best-seller lists, “American Sniper” has a strong central perfor-mance but little nuance oth-erwise. The one thing that’s inarguable is that Bradley Cooper makes a tremen-dous physical transforma-tion and powerfully conveys the growing inner discon-nect between military and home life.

Eastwood and screen-writer Jason Hall jump around in time at fi rst, but even that gives way to a mostly orthodox chronol-ogy.

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

Trained as a sniper, he proves exceptionally good at his job, gaining the nick-name “Legend” for his re-cord 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 af-ter tour, passionately dedi-cating himself to protecting his brothers in arms. But he can’t save everyone, and unless he fi nds a way to ad-dress his inner demons, he may not be able to save him-self, or his marriage.

“American Sniper” feels right in the details of the Iraq war: the danger, the diffi culty, 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 – refus-es to let in any political or historical revisionism, that only adds to the simplistic nature of the fi lm.

“American Sniper” doesn’t foreshadow – it

blares. His father preaches a message of defending oth-ers, so Chris joins the mili-tary. Young Chris showed a talent for hunting, so he becomes a sniper. Macho cowboy Chris discovers his girlfriend being unfaithful, so macho SEAL Chris fi nds 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 col-league who does should die. If that’s how it went down, that’s fi ne. 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 gi-ant deserves better. The intensity he creates is pal-pable. The pain within him is wrenching.

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

It robs the story of the catharsis it should have earned and makes the de-nouement feel like an after-thought.

Pardon the cliché, but this weekend’s new movies offer something for practi-cally everyone.

For Oscar bait and war-movie fans, there’s “Ameri-can Sniper,” starring Brad-ley Cooper and directed by Clint Eastwood. (Please see review, this page.)

For the moviegoing main-stream, there’s “Blackhat,” a timely thriller starring Chris “Thor” Hemsworth. Hemsworth plays a jailed hacker recruited by the gov-ernment and furloughed to help stop another hacker who’s trying to collapse the world’s fi nancial markets.

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

Cooper impresses, but ‘Sniper’ misses mark

Movie hodgepodge should satisfy most tastes

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 fi nds him and takes him home. It looks like a happy ending for Pad-dington until an evil muse-um curator (Nicole Kidman) fi nds out about the unusual talking bear.

A top-notch British cast

– Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Michael Gam-bon and Imelda Staunton – stars. Ben Whishaw pro-vides the voice of Padding-ton, who is entirely com-puter generated. Paul King directed.

Finally, for lovers of raunchy comedy, “The Wed-ding Ringer” fi lls the void. Kevin Hart plays a best-man-for-hire who attempts to save the day for a shy young groom trying to im-press his in-laws.

Josh Gad, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Josh Peck, Jorge Garcia, Cloris Leachman, Mimi Rogers and Jenifer Lewis round out the eclectic cast. Screenwriter Jeremy Garelick makes his feature-directing debut.

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THURSDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 15-17 ■ “Love Letters” presented by the Tellico Community Play-

ers, 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. Tick-

ets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 16-18 ■ “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.

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. Featur-

ing 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.

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

Mystery Diner

Plate it

The Grill at Highlands Row

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

Folks older than I, how-ever, 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 fi nest 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 pos-sible. Steaks and seafood are favorites on the menu, and guests are always eager to see what culinary twists the chef has put on tradi-tional Southern favorites.

For my night out at High-lands, I went for the grilled pork tenderloin. I was hav-ing a hard time deciding between the tenderloin and the mountain trout, primar-ily because I don’t like col-lard greens, which was one of the side dishes with the tenderloin. The kind waiter let me substitute the col-lards 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 per-fectly with just a whisper of pink, the pork was fork-ten-der and delicious. The dark

rum whipped sweet pota-toes and aforementioned acorn squash were incred-ible accompaniments to the pork.

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

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

By Carol ShaneJanuary isn’t typically

thought of as the cheeri-est 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 prescrip-tion for downheartedness.

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

The Arts and Culture Al-liance of Knoxville is cur-rently presenting the works of seven East Tennessee art-ists in “New Group Exhibi-tion in the Balcony,” which opened with a warm, con-vivial reception at the Em-porium Center on Jan. 9.

Visitors mingled, snacked on treats from the Melting Pot, viewed the art-work and visited with par-ticipating 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, in-cluding a palette knife and a brayer (a type of hand roll-er) to manipulate the paint.

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

The power of

Amy Porter, music director at Redeemer Church of Knoxville,

enjoys the evening with her outgoing 9-year-old daughter, Fio-

na. “Did you know I play the violin?” asks Fiona. The two stand

in front of Tony Sobota’s “Heat Source.” Photos by Carol Shane

Painter and caricaturist Tony

Sobota draws a customized

“doodle” for Amy Simmer-

man of Farragut. In the

background, South Knoxvil-

lian Barry Jenkins gives his

wife, Maria, an aff ectionate

peck on the shoulder.

seven

the hand-stitched pieces. Tony Sobota’s brilliant

draftsmanship takes cen-ter 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 appa-ratuses. The viewer can al-most hear the clang and feel the weight of these immense machines. “I love the archi-tecture 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 ele-ments are often included: a rumpled coal miner, a mus-ing face.

Tony Henson’s big, viv-id abstract-expressionist works dominate much of one wall of the exhibit. Eight years ago, he broke his

right hand – yes, he’s right-handed – in three places in “a stupid accident.” Hen-son, 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 can-vas directly with his hands. As he healed, he moved on to using tools such as squee-gees 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 fl ights 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 mak-ing 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 nonprofi t 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

also provides chalk art for various local businesses, in-cluding the popular Dean’s Restaurant in Fountain City. Like all seven artists featured in the show, she is driven by her creative vi-sion.

“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 occasion-ally, she gets irritable!”

The “New Group Exhibi-tion in the Balcony” runs through Jan. 31 at the Em-porium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Hours and info: www.knoxalliance.com.Send story suggestions to news@shop-

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By Cindy Taylor The most important in-

gredients for baking are real butter and love. This is according to Powell resident and baker Alexandria Hei-merman.

“I have k n o w n since I was 13 years old that I want-ed to go into the food i ndu s t r y,” she said. “I started out in college

getting my business degree but just couldn’t wait to go to culinary school, so I dropped out and moved to California.”

There Heimerman en-rolled in Le Cordon Bleu, got her culinary degree and ended up working at St. Re-gis Hotel and with greats such as Wolfgang Puck. She worked in his catering busi-ness at red carpet events like the Grammys.

“It was very nerve-wrack-ing when he was there, be-cause I was still a student.”

But her heart was in cre-ating pastries and desserts. After a while, dealing with the cost of living in Califor-nia became too much, and she really missed her family.

Two years ago Heimer-man moved back home to Knoxville to be closer to them and to start The Flour Shoppe.

The Flour Shoppe is op-erated out of Heimerman’s home and relies on word-of-mouth for clients.

She is searching for a storefront in Powell so she can really get her business off the ground.

“I am working on my business plan. I mainly want to do pastries, cakes and cookies,” she said. “But I really miss the ocean and hope to have a second store near a beach.”

While we talked, Hei-merman prepped a batch of white chocolate cherry

cookies. Once they were in the oven, the delicious scent fi lled the bakery, currently set up in the basement of her house.

She also bakes gluten-free and diabetic-friendly desserts.

Heimerman has cher-ished recipes handed down from her great grandmother Marie Morton (who is still living at 93) and her great, great grandmother. Two of their recipes, chocolate pie and crème puffs, are Hei-merman’s best sellers today.

Most of her favorites have been tweaked from the be-ginnings of other recipes. She is currently working on her own special chocolate chip cookie recipe.

“My mom always made sure we had special, amaz-ing cakes for our birthdays that she made, but I am the only professional baker in my family.” Heimerman said the memories of those special cakes were probably what got her interested in

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Good tidings for real estateNews From The Register Of Deeds

By Sherry WittA strong

D e c e m b e r closed the 2014 calen-dar for both real estate and lend-ing markets in Knox County. For the month,

there were 866 property sales in Knox County, com-paring favorably to the 729 transfers from last Decem-ber, as well as the 735 sales registered in November 2014.

The total value of prop-erty sold during December came in at just a fraction over $200 million – an im-provement of some $43 mil-lion over sales from Decem-ber 2013. Mortgage lending also fi nished 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 proper-ty transfer involved theHampton Inn & Suites inWest Knox County. Theparcel sold for $11,725,000.The largest real estate loanof the month was a $31 mil-lion trust deed fi nancing theSherrill Hills RetirementCommunity.

Initial analysis of datafrom 2014 indicates a mod-est improvement in theoverall value of propertysales. The year produced9,989 transfers valued at$2.29 billion, comparedwith $2.1 billion in 2013.Mortgage lending in 2014was well off the pace setthe previous year, as $3.27billion was loaned againstproperty compared with$3.74 billion in 2013; how-ever, a strong fourth quarterdid help close the gap.

I hope you enjoyed a safeand joyous holiday season,and on behalf of all of us atthe Register’s offi ce I wantto wish all of you a very hap-py, healthy and prosperousNew Year.

Sherry Witt

By Bonny C. MillardA new center in Knoxville

is helping connect people who want to volunteer their time to nonprofi t organiza-tions in need.

Volunteer Knoxville was created last year, and after a nationwide search, Al-exandria Brownfi eld was hired as the fi rst executive director. Brownfi eld, who was managing a volunteer center in St. Louis, shared information with the Rotary Club of Knoxville about Vol-unteer Knoxville’s mission.

The organization now has about 75 nonprofi t part-ners, and that number is in-creasing. A new website lists the partners, along with

brief pro-fi les so that people can learn about d i f f e r e n t o r g a n i z a -tions and fi nd volun-teer oppor-tunities in real time,

Brownfi eld said.Both individuals and or-

ganizations can sign up at the website. Those looking for opportunities can search using keywords and/or en-ter how far they’re willing to travel.

Brownfi eld said that one Tennessean in four current-ly volunteers for a total of

149.5 million hours of ser-vice worth $3.4 billion.

“There are many benefi ts of volunteering,” Brownfi eld said. “Not only to your personal satisfaction, but you’re making a difference to your community. You’re sharing your time and talents to truly solve community problems. You’re also strengthening your community. You’re im-proving lives of local clients of nonprofi t organizations, and you’re connecting to others.”

Rotarian Frank Ro-thermel, who introduced Brownfi eld, chaired a Lead-ership Knoxville commit-

Brownfi eld

Making connections at Volunteer Knoxville

Touring with Harold and companyHarold Cox of Harold’s Tours and David Sharp discuss an up-

coming tour to Black Hills, South Dakota, at a recent gathering

of individuals who have toured with Cox in the past. Upcoming

tours planned for 2015 include Savannah/Charleston in April,

Nova Scotia in May, Black Hills in June, New York City in July

and the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas in August. Info: 688-3580.

tee to create a project for its 30th anniversary, and the result was the volunteer center, which is an inde-

pendent organization, he said.

The Volunteer Knoxville website keeps a civic tran-

script of each volun-teer’s efforts so they

have a record. Young people can boost their resumés and sometimes have to do com-munity service as part of their educational require-ments, Brownfi eld said. By volunteering, they are building skill sets for future employment.

For info: www.volunteerknoxville.org.

The Flour Shoppe: Baking with butter and lovebaking.

“I hope to start a compa-ny where my children want to work in the family bak-ing business and it can be passed down to them.”

The Broadacres Home-owners Facebook page was blowing up over the holi-days with posts from Hei-merman’s clients. Without fail, everyone bragged about the quality of her creations.

Heimerman says one of the secret ingredients in all of her baking is her own homemade vanilla.

Heimerman has won nu-merous awards for her pies and pastries including fi rst place trophies at the 2014 Great Cake Bake and the 2014 Southern Woman Pie Contest.

Quite a list of accom-plishments for someone who is only 23 years old.

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By Bonny C. MillardTwo former Wellspring

facilities, purchased last fall by Fortress Investment Group, provide residential units for people needing services in memory care and assisted living. The proper-ties are under the manage-ment of Blue Harbor Senior Living, whose headquarters are in Portland, Ore.

Regional sales leader Caroline Wilder said the properties were renamed: Maple Court Senior Liv-ing 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 Al-zheimer’s who need secure living conditions. Wilder said in the industry it is known as a “standalone memory-care neighbor-hood.” It offers residents both security and interior freedom to move about the building. Dementia behav-iors 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 neigh-borhood,” Wilder said. “Typically speaking, mem-ory 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

Raintree Terrace

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ties assistant Mary

Magyar visits with

resident Mary Rust

during a recent

afternoon tea party. Photos by Bonny C. Millard

Raintree Terrace Senior Living health services director Crystal Murphy, Maple Court

Senior Living maintenance director Jim Williams and receptionist LaVonne Murray

Bonny C Millard

Blue Harbor Senior Living

in raised-bed gardens.Raintree Terrace is dif-

ferent from Maple Court in that it offers both memory-care and assisted-living units. The memory-care unit has 16 beds while the assisted-living area is larg-er, with 48 beds.

Wilder said Raintree Ter-race has a condo-like atmo-sphere because of the ame-nities.

“When you walk into the dining room, there’s a large stacked-stone fi replace that’s just gorgeous. Off the dining room, there are two doors that go to a cov-ered deck. That’s upstairs, and even downstairs in our memory care, there’s a pri-

vate secured patio so that the residents who are in memory care can enjoy the outdoors in a secured envi-ronment.”

Both facilities offer indi-vidual or double-occupancy rooms, which provide so-cialization and lower resi-dency costs.

“We offer companion suites, or shared suites, as an alternative,” she said. “It’s particularly helpful in memory care because stud-ies show that individuals with Alzheimer’s or demen-tia do better socially when they have a roommate.”

Amanda Spencer is the executive director at Rain-tree, 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 avail-able 24-hour nursing care, and each has about 30 em-ployees, including activi-ties 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 holi-day dinners.

Info: www.raintreeter-raceseniorliving.com and www.maplectseniorliving.com.

Fans of the Arts and Crafts movement will get a special treat at 11 a.m. Sat-urday, Jan. 17, when Stick-ley Furniture historian Mike Danial visits Braden’s Lifestyles Furniture in Tur-key Creek.

Stickley Furniture was founded in the early 1900s by Gustav Stickley and his brothers. The Mission-style furniture line quickly gained recognition due to solid construction and qual-ity. The Stickley brothers also partnered with archi-tects William Morris and Harvey Ellis, becoming forerunners of the Ameri-can Arts and Crafts move-ment.

While Stickley Furni-ture is now owned by the Audi family of New York, the company’s integrity and commitment to quality remain. While at Braden,

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 res-toration, care and construc-tion.

Braden’s Lifestyles Fur-niture is at 11105 Turkey Drive. Info: Carrie Grey, 382-8530. Mike Danial

Historian Danial to visit Braden’s

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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 Rehabili-tation Center, the 73-bed acute care re-hab hospital that serves not just Fort

Sanders Regional within which it is located, but all Covenant Health fa-cilities, East Tennessee and beyond.

Way beyond.“We had a patient from Australia

who was in an accident while visit-ing this country and had a spinal cord injury,” says Dr. Mary Dillon, medical director of PNRC since 2003. “We were able to rehab the

patient well enough that they could make the 24-hour fl ight home with this new disability. Then, coordinat-ing 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 gov-ernment-mandated guidelines for admission to rehabilitation centers have become increasingly stringent, making it more challenging for pa-tients to get the care they need.

“When a patient is admitted for inpatient rehabilitation at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, they have to meet admission require-ments established by the govern-ment 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-disciplin-ary, inter-disciplinary therapy pro-gram.”

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 Ten-nessee. 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 un-derstand their capabilities as well as offer PNRC’s services when needed.

Another important role in ma-neuvering 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 facili-ties 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 con-tinuum that will best meet their needs and best utilize their resourc-es.”

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

Countless others, whose condi-tion does not qualify for inpatient care, receive help as a PNRC out-patient 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 ahallmark. The nationally acclaimedfacility has won numerous nation-al awards, including four CrystalAwards, the top award given forpatient satisfaction by ProfessionalResearch Consultants, a nationallyknown health care research com-pany. What’s more, PNRC’s rate ofreadmission within 30 days of dis-charge is lower than the regionaland national averages.

“Our goal is to provide excellentcare to everyone,” said Dr. Dillon.“We strive to restore abilities andrebuild lives. We maximize theirfunctional independence. Patientsadmitted to PNRC tend to come insicker, get home sooner and stayhome longer with fewer readmis-sions. While changes in health careare making it more challenging toget into PNRC, once you are admit-ted, we’ll provide you with excellentcare, among the best rehabilitationin the nation.”

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“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.

The road backFriendsville woman fi nds friends, mobility at Patricia Neal

Progressive myelopathy. Cauda equina syn-drome. 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 re-tired pharmacist on a path to her sixth surgery followed by two weeks of rehabilitation as a spinal cord injury patient at Patricia Neal Re-habilitation Center.

It happened soon after returning from her son’s wedding that Kirksey, wife of Dr. Jim Kirksey, an ER physician at Fort Sanders Re-gional Medical Center, suddenly found her-self 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 recon-struction or spend the rest of her life in a wheel-chair.

“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 pil-lowed 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-

Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center serves Covenant and beyond

bilitation Center where she was immediately impressed by the staff.

“When I was fi 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,” 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 wait-ed on!’ ” she said with a laugh. “That was the whole atmosphere. They present you with chal-lenges, 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 encourag-ing.”

By the end of the fi 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 fl oors of Fort Sanders Re-gional. “I look at people in wheelchairs in themall or wherever now in a whole different per-spective,” she says. “I know what they are goingthrough because I’ve been there even if was fora short period.”

Perhaps just as important were the lessons learned in group sessions with new-foundfriends in similar situations. “There was cama-raderie there,” she said. “I learned everyone’sname. It was interesting to see the change eachother went through. In the beginning, somewere real withdrawn and focused on their ownpain, but by the end of two weeks, they weremore concerned about how others were feel-ing. 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 youtake your own problems in a new perspective.OK, I’ve got this condition and I’m having trou-ble walking, but you know what? I didn’t reallyhave a choice in the surgery because, if I hadn’thad the surgery, I would have been in a wheel-chair for life. That was my option, and I didn’twant that. So you deal … thank God there wasan alternative!”

Today, Mrs. Kirksey moves about her homewith the aid of a cane and can climb any fl ightof stairs in her home. If she is going a long-dis-tance, she uses a walker.

But the wheelchair she took home from Pa-tricia Neal Rehabilitation Center sits at a din-ing table, unused except by a son-in-law whosays it’s comfortable to his own bad back.

The surgeons, rehabilitation physicians or physiatrists, therapists and nurses have donetheir 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 heartand take in these experiences and use them fora better good, then so be it. It is what it is. I amjust 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 unfortunatecircumstance 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 everyway.”

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Those who followed the Washington scene in the 1950s, particularly during President Truman’s administra-tion, will remember Perle Mes-ta. She was the socialite who gave the parties that ev-eryone aspired to attend. When Truman appoint-ed her U.S. Ambassa-dor to Luxembourg, she continued her lavish parties there.

Long before that time, Knoxville’s Mary Boyce Temple moved into either Washington’s May-fl ower or Willard hotel during each winter’s social season. There she practiced the skills that had made her mother famous for hosting at her Mel-rose Estate, enter-taining celebrities such as Gov. William G. Brownlow, presidential candidate John Bell, and Civil War generals John G. Foster and Ulysses S. Grant.

Born on July 6, 1856, Mary Boyce Tem-ple was the only child of Judge Oliver Perry Temple (1820-1907) and Scotia C. Hume Temple (1832-1889). O.P. Temple was a staunch Unionist in the days leading up to the Civil War and became one of the most celebrated jurists of his day.

He was a busy practicing attorney before he became chancellor of the Eighth Chan-cery district (1866-1870) and of the Second District (1870-1878). At one point he had the highest personal income of anyone in Knox County. As a member of the Univer-sity of Tennessee board of Trustees for 54 years, he was an early and persistent pro-moter of improvements in agriculture and transportation.

Of his four published books, “East Ten-nessee and the Civil War” (1899) has been the most infl uential, with its detailed ac-

count of the events leading up to Tennes-see’s secession, the Bridge Burning Incident

and the Great Locomotive Chase.From 1862 to 1865, the Tem-ple family lived at Melrose

Estate, among the fi nest in Knox County, where they

entertained many visit-ing dignitaries. Now the site of UT’s Hess Hall, Temple’s 20 acres contained the impressive Melrose mansion, experi-mental fl ower and vegetable gardens, an extensive fruit

orchard and an out-standing collection of

ornamental shrubs and trees.

Mary Boyce at-tended local schools but obtained much of her education from frequent travel with her family, as well as

from the family’s extensive library. She ma-triculated at Vassar College, then an exclu-sive school for women only, and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1887, the fi rst Southern woman to graduate from the college. Founded in 1861 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Vassar is on the banks of the Hudson River, halfway between the capital, Albany, and New York City. No doubt its location in a center of so much of America’s history en-hanced her interest in the subject.

When she returned to Knoxville, she found her mother in ill health, and the two traveled widely seeking a physician or cli-mate that would help her. However, Scotia Hume Temple passed away in May 1889 while they were in New York City. Her body was returned to Knoxville and interred in Old Gray Cemetery where a tall obelisk was placed in her honor.

Miss Temple lived with her father for many years in a home at the southeast cor-ner of Market and Cumberland. The house

HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin

Mary Boyce Temple(1856-1929)

Philanthropist, socialite and suff rag-

ist, Miss Mary Boyce Temple (1856-

1929) was active in Knoxville, Nash-

ville and Washington. Photos courtesy of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection

Adair Monument in Lynnhurst Cemetery. On Oct. 26, 1926, Mary Boyce Temple represented the

Bonny Kate Chapter of the DAR at the dedication of John Adair’s monument. In the front are

Sarah Smith Sanders, J. Harvey Smith, Temple and Sarah Smith McCampbell.

also became a center of Knoxville’s social life, where Mary Boyce assisted her father with hosting and with the research and writing that would result in the publication of his four books. Her father passed away in 1907, and she completed the editing of his fourth book, “Notable Men of Tennes-see (1833 to 1875),” which was published in 1912.

Along with Lizzie Crozier French, Tem-ple organized the Ossoli Circle in 1885 and was elected its fi rst president. Ossoli, the South’s oldest federated women’s club, chose promotion of its members’ intellectu-al and moral development as its fi rst goal. Later, they chose projects that would aid in the education of mountain children and in other social, economic and civic activity.

In 1893, she organized the Bonny Kate Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), named for the second wife of John Sevier. She served as regent of the chapter for many years and also served as vice president-general of the national DAR (1898-99). Eventually she was named life regent of the chapter. She always at-tended the national congresses; she was often called upon to preside and was said to have a “particular genius” in conducting the meetings.

In recognition of her work at the local, state and national level, Gov. Benton Mc-Millan appointed Temple to represent Ten-nessee at the Paris Exposition in 1900. She would later represent the state in Stock-holm and Rio de Janeiro. She attended the

St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904 as the lone woman on the Jury of Higher Education, and in 1913 she helped organize Knoxville’s National Conservation Exposition.

When developers threatened to raze Blount Mansion in 1925, Mary Boyce wrote her personal check for $100 to secure the option for the DAR She became the fi rst president of the Blount Mansion Associa-tion and means were found to save the man-sion. An ardent suffragist, Temple became president of the Knox County chapter of the League of Women Voters in the 1920s.

In 1922, Mary Boyce moved to 623 Hill Ave. and lived there until her death.

Originally occupied by the Chambliss family, the house had several owners and underwent many structural changes after her death and was scheduled for demoli-tion. Fortunately, Brian Pittman, a local architect, purchased it in 2006 and has ex-pended much effort in its authentic resto-ration. The two-story house includes a Co-lonial Revival-style porch, bay windows in the parlor and master bedroom and origi-nal exterior brick and iron. The interior fea-tures elegant woodwork, including an oak staircase and two impressive pocket doors.

A lifelong member of Second Presbyte-rian Church, Mary Boyce Temple passed away on May 16, 1929, leaving a lasting legacy as a welfare worker, preservation ac-tivist, philanthropist, historian and author. Her services were conducted by Dr. Clifford Barbour, and she was interred with her par-ents in Old Gray Cemetery.

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HALLS – Peaceful retreat! Custom 4+BR w/pond view features: 17' ceilings foyer & fam rm, mstr suite on main w/FP. Gourmet kit w/butler’s pantry. Bonus rm up w/offi ce & full BA access. Plenty of stg. 3-car attached gar w/220 wiring. $735,000 (891206)

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POWELL – Private & gated. This 13.98 acre mini farm features: All brick, 3BR rancher w/attached 3-car gar along w/det 3-car gar w/offi ce & BA, horse barn, 4-slat board fencing & auto wa-tering sys for live stock. $549,900

COMMERCIAL – 1.28 acres Prime loca-tion at intersection of Emory & New Emory, zoned CB with water, sewer & gas at road. $149,900 (903479)

N KNOX – Convenient location! This 3BR/2.5BA features large fenced yard. Great fl oor plan with lots of architec-tural design. Features: vaulted foyer, master on main, formal Dr & eat-in kitchen w/pantry. Living rm w/gas fp. Bonus rm up & dual zone HVAC. $219,900 (898943)

FTN CITY - Convenient location! 3BR/ 2BA rancher on corner lot features: covered front porch, hardwood fl oors, eat-in kitchen, master suite w/dbl walk-in closets & full bath. Detached 2-car garage with add storage bldg. Great backyard with creek. $124,900 (900297)

CLINTON – Great Investment! 39.26 Acres in the heart of downtown Clin-ton. Enjoy the view of the Cumberland Mountains & Clinch River. This property is ideal for multiple home sites with breathtaking views. Possible develop-ment potential. Property has house and barn. $400,000 (908582)

908694

FTN CITY – Remodeled! Move-in ready! 3BR/2BA features: Mstr suite up w/dbl walk-in closets, kit w/pantry & lots of cabinet stg. All new roof, carpet, paint & fl ooring. Lg level backyard. $124,900 (908555)

FTN CITY – Well kept, 1-owner. Conv location yet private deadend st. This all brick 3BR/2BA bsmt rancher sits on approx half acre lot. Formal LR & DR, cherry hdwd fl rs, kit open to fam rm w/FP, sun rm, bsmt rec rm & lg stg rm. Updates include: Roof, HVAC, windows, soffi t, shutters, gar dr, paint & so much more. A must see. $179,900 (908835)

NORTHEAST – New construction, conv location close to I-640 & shopping. All brick 2 & 3 BR, 1-level fl r plans & 2-car gar. Starting at $144,900 (909439)

HALLS – 2 acres in conv location. Level & cleared would make a beautiful homesite. Approx 180' rd frontage. No mobile homes. $120,000 (900425)

KARNS - 3BR/2BA stone rancher on lg level lot. Extra stg, 30x13 1-car gar/wkshp & 2-car gar. Features: Vaulted ceiling w/skylights in eat-in kit, den area off kit, lg 25x14 screened-in tiled porch area great for entertaining. Many updates include: New windows, new paint inside & out. $174,900 (909756)

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For Sale By Owner 40a3 BR, 1 BA. Kitch w/ ap-

pliances & dining area. 11,000 sq ft. New roof, central H&A, water heater. 1 car gar. level 105X151 lot w/ fenced rear. washer/dryer conn. 10X20 deck. near schools & shopping. GREAT VALUE. $115,000. 689-5848

Acreage- Tracts 46LAND FOR SALE. 2

vacant pristine properties for sale on Shook Branch Road in Hampton, TN. Great area for hunting and hiking. 2 minutes from

Watauga Lake, 60 seconds from Appa-lachian Trail, 45 minutes to ski slopes in Banner Elk, NC. Would make an excellent home site for those seeking peace and solitude. Call Jason if interested at 423-543-5959

Cemetery Lots 492 Cemetery lots in

beautiful Sherwood Mem. Gardens side-by-side in Garden of Last Supper. Below market value at $2000 ea. Transfer fee $195. 865-988-7680

4 adj. plots in Lynn-hurst Cemetery, $1800 ea or $6,000 for all 4. 865-321-5602

Apts - Unfurnished 71

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Oak Ridge, TN

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Apts - Furnished 72WALBROOK STUDIOS

251-3607 $140 weekly. Discount

avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic

Cable. No Lse.

Houses - Unfurnished 74EAST 2BR 1BA, 1612

E. Glenwood, Close to downtown. $600. Call 865-687-1140.

Condo Rentals 763BR/3BA or 4BR/4BA

Condos near UT Campus/ Medical Center. Full

kitchen, living/dining area, walk-in closets, W/D.

Gated community. Shuttle service. Amenities galore. For a full list or more info visit www.armtn.com or

call (865) 247-0027 to set up showing. Professionally

Managed by Asset Realty Management

Trucking Opportunities 106DRIVERS-O\OP'S &

CO: CDL-A. Round trip Dedicated Lanes and Get Home Weekly! Top Dollars, Great Benefits, Newer Equipment! Bonus Programs Avail-able! 855-200-3671

Business Opp. 130CONVENIENCE STORE Lease. 6233 Westland Dr. next to Gettysvue Country Club. Branded

Shell. 865-560-9989

Dogs 141AUSSIE-DOODLE MINI, 1 male apricot, 9 wks.

old, S & W. 865-463-2049; 865-227-3723.

Basset Hound Puppies AKC, parents on

prem., 1st shot. Ready. $600. 865-622-0726

***Web ID# 507183***

BORDER COLLIES, reg., red & white, 3M,

1 F, POP, $300. 423-869-4014; 423-626-0857 ***Web ID# 510006***

English (Olde) Bulldog Puppies, ready to go, parents on site, $800 each. 931-625-7234

***Web ID# 508976***

Golden Doodle puppies, CKC, M&F, shots & worming UTD, $800. 423-967-3906

LAB PUPPIES, AKC, black & yellow, champ. bldln. Ready 1/14. $500. 865-207-2874

Labrador Retriever pups, yellow, 3 M, 4 F, vet ckd, S&W, 7 wks, $500-$600. 865-356-6081; 865-387-4721

***Web ID# 507472***

YORKIES AKC, Ch. lns, quality Male & Female.

Health Guaranteed. 865-591-7220

Dogs 141Siberian Husky AKC pups. Health guarantee, shots. Most colors. $500-

$600. 865-256-2763. ***Web ID# 509143***

SIBERIAN HUSKY Puppies NKC, vet ck, 1st shot, wormed, $275 ea. Breeders for 28 yrs. 865-992-9709 ***Web ID# 507541***

Free Pets 145

ADOPT! Looking for an addi-tion to the family?

Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official shelter for

Knoxville & Knox County.

Call 215-6599 or visit

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Farmer’s Market 150100% Alfalfa Hay,

square bales, $6 bale. 865-466-7052; 865-363-

5364 Sweetwater

FARM EQUIPMENT � MX 5000 Kubota tractor, 176 hrs, 2 WD � 6' rotary cutter � 6' rotary tiller � Fertilizer spreader � Sprayer w/12' arms � 6x10 2 wheel trailer All $12,500. 865-924-1440

TO-30 Ferguson farm tractor, new paint, good tires, runs great, $2600. 865-475-1182

Air Cond/Heating 187Generator, Honda

GX390, 13.0, Sell $400. Paid $710. 865-919-3201

Household Furn. 204FRENCH DESK W/

CHAIR. Beaut. off-white or cream. Re-duced to $525. 687-4373

MONNOSSEN Fireplace Insert mod. DIS33PTC, nonvent, new, 33"W, LP gas, $400. 931-484-3468

small dining table w/ 4 chirs. $75. A wooden youth bed w/ mat-tress $25. tan suede couch $150. small corner cabinet $20. large wooden desk $75. chest of drawers $15. coffee table $25. 925-1906

Antiques 2162 PARLOR STYLE

chairs & sm. table. Reduced to $475. 687-4373

Medical Supplies 219ROLATOR,

Wheelchair & Walker, all like new. $150. Call 865-690-4066.

Wanted To Buy 222BUYING COMIC

books, small or lg. collections. Phone 865-368-7499

Sporting Goods 223PROFORM TREAD-

MILL. like new. cost $650 .Reduced to $225. 687-4373

Campers 235NEW & PRE-OWNED

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Check Us Out At Northgaterv.com or call 865-681-3030

Motor Homes 2372000 Pace Arrow Vision 36', 2 slides, twin air &

heat, W&D, ref w/ice maker, all opt. 23K mi,

$35,000. 865-850-9613

Motorcycles 238RUSH Muffler Set for

Harley Davidson. New. Fits last several year models of FL series. $250. 865-805-8038

Vans 256Dodge Grand Caravan 1998 Sport ramp van. Exc. cond. 33,600 orig. mi. $16,500/bo. 865-258-3404

Trucks 257DODGE RAM 2014 1500 Express Quad cab 4x2, bedlnr, bed cover, side rails, tow pkg, 4700 mi, $29K obo. 865-250-4056

FORD F150 1986, 2 WD, V8, 5.0, AT, Short bed, $1500. Call 865-216-5387

FORD RANGER XLT 2011, 25K mi., Exc. cond. $17,877. Call 931-456-9385.

Antiques Classics 2601974 F250 super cab,

long bed, 360 HD custom, strong old truck, needs elec-trical work, $1250. 865-694-0175 lv msg

CAMARO Rally Sport LT 1978, 350 mtr., AT, runs & drives. $1500.

Call 865-216-5387.

Sport Utility 261HONDA PILOT 2011

Touring, fully loaded, exc. cond. 40k mi. $20,500. 423-295-5393

Imports 262ACURA 1999 RL, exc.

cond. in/out. Loaded incl. snrf. $3495. 865-397-7918; 865-898-8825.

Imports 262BMW 2013 328i Hardtop conv.

Like new. 9K mi. $28,500. 423-295-5393

BMW 335i CONV. 2007

6 sp, grey, loaded, turbo mod. 92k,

$18,900. 865-271-7303

JAG 2000 S Model, 4.0 eng., very good cond., owner, 865-233-3352

MAZDA MIATA MX5 2007 sport, 9100 orig. owner mi. Burgundy

w/blk int. $12,000. 865-242-8021

***Web ID# 507224***

SUBARU OUTBACK wagon 2006, blue, 110K mi., exc. cond. lthr, 5 spd. $7250. 865-494-8012.

Toyota Camry 1996, 4 cyl AT, new tires, 176K mi, dependable, $2900. 865-936-6715

TOYOTA CAMRY LE 2011, 4 dr sedan, 43,102 mi, $12,700. 865-693-8459

Toyota Corolla LE 2001, sunrf, fully loaded, 4 new Michelin tires, $3990. 865-308-2743

Imports 262TOYOTA Highlander

2012 exc. cond. 55K mi., $18,900. Call 423-295-5393.

Domestic 265BUICK PARK Ave.

1998, light gray, good cond. New AC, $2200 obo. 865-661-1865

CHEVY IMPALA LT 2011

Black leather interior, 138,000 mi. Sell $7995.

Must see! Ryan: 252-902-5410.

CHEVY Impala SS 1996, 72K mi, very good cond. Asking $8800. 865-691-2336

Air Cond / Heating 301

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Alterations/Sewing 303ALTERATIONS

BY FAITH Men women, children.

Custom-tailored clothes for ladies of all

sizes plus kids! Faith Koker 938-1041

Childcare 316LITTLE PEOPLE PRESCHOOL NOW ENROLLING. Chil-dren ages 2-12 yrs of age. 1st week is

free. 3 star program. pick-up from local schools. lunch & snack pro-vided. full & part-time space avail. competitive rates. scholarships avail. CAC certificates

accepted. call 922-1335

LITTLE PEOPLE

PRE-SCHOOL Now Hiring

We're growing! Look-ing for child care teachers. Must be 18+ w/high sch di-ploma or GED. FT/

PT avail. Call 922-1335 or stop by 6630 Tice Ln, Knoxville 37918. Pay starts at $7.50-

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Electrical 323V O L E l e c t r i c � I ns t a l l a t i o n � R e p a i r � M a i n t e n a n c e � S e r v i c e U p -

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Excavating/Gradin g 326

^Bobcat/Backhoe. Small

dump truck. Small jobs welcome & appreciated! Call 688-4803 or 660-9645.

Firewood 329FIREWOOD

OAK,MIXED HDWDS 556-4774

Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE in-

stallation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328

Guttering 333GUTTER CLEANING

& repairs. Gutter guards plus instal-lation of 5" gutter-ing. Call 936-5907.

Handyman 335CARPENTRY, PLUMBING,

painting, siding. Free est, 30+ yrs exp!

Call 607-2227.

HONEST & DE-PENDABLE! Small jobs welcome. Ex-p'd in carpentry, drywall, painting, plumbing. Reason-able, refs avail. Call Dick at 947-1445.

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Remodeling 351Licensed General

Contractor Restoration, remodel-

ing, additions, kitchens, bathrooms, decks, sun-

rooms, garages, etc. Residential & commer-

cial, free estimates. 922-8804, Herman Love.

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THROUGH FRIDAY, JAN. 30Submissions accepted for jurying process for

Appalachian Arts Craft Center until noon. Includes completed forms and three samples of work. Cost: nonrefundable $25 jurying fee. Info/forms: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

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 10Tickets available for Rhythm N’ Blooms music

festival, on stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s historic Jackson Avenue. Features fi rst-timers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied musical backgrounds. Info/tickets: www.rhythmnbloomsfest.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN.14Computer Workshops: Internet and Email

Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Ashe-ville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 525-5431.

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.

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.

THURSDAY, JAN. 15Dressing Girls for Charity, 3-4:45 p.m., Hu-

mana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave.

Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.Free intro to computers class, 7-8 p.m., Home

Edge Learning Center, 1705 Maynardville Highway. Meets each fi rst and third Thursday for six sessions. Limited space. Info/reservations: 291-1488 or [email protected].

Movie & Popcorn: “Casablanca,” 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 West-ern 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. 16Brain Games, 10-11 a.m., Humana Guidance

Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

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

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

SATURDAY, JAN. 17AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-5

p.m., AAA Offi ce, 100 W 5th Ave. Cost: $40 members; $50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Don, 862-9250.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Brianna Hanson, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Faye Wooden, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All gospel singers welcome. Info: Joe, 201-5748.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 17-18Sets class, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft

Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Anderson Bailey. Part of the Featured Ten-nessee Artist Workshop series. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, JAN. 19Heart Healthy Eating, 1-2 p.m., Humana Guid-

ance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Luttrell seniors luncheon, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Luttrell Community Center off Tazewell Pike. Fried chicken is main dish; bring sides and desserts.

Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 3:30-7:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby classroom, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24.Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, [email protected] or myquiltplace.com/

profi le/monicaschmidt.

TUESDAY, JAN. 20Chef Arnold’s Pasta and Noodle Making class,

6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

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

Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JAN. 21-22AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor

Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

FRIDAY JAN. 23Beginner Crochet class, 4-7 p.m., Hobby

Lobby classroom, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24.Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, [email protected] or myquiltplace.com/profile/monicaschmidt.

EVOO and Balsamic Vinegar Tasting, 6:30-7:20 p.m. or 7:45-8:35 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynard-ville Pike. Cost: $5. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 23-24Unwanted medicine collection and used mer-

cury thermometer exchange, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Healthy Living Expo at the Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St. Residents turning in medications or ther-mometers will receive one free entry to the Healthy Living Expo.

SATURDAY, JAN. 24Saturday Stories and Songs: Brianna Hanson,

11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Melissa Mastro-giovanni, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

MONDAY, JAN. 26Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 3:30-7:30

p.m., Hobby Lobby classroom, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24.Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, [email protected] or myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.

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