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By Betty BeanState Rep. Bill Dunn is a key

member of the House Educa-tion Committee and has gener-ally supported Gov. Bill Haslam’s education reform measures. But he broke ranks last session by passing a bill to reel back

the Common Core State Stan-dards, which have grown increas-ingly unpopular among conserva-tives as well as teachers.

Dunn said the new law (which Haslam signed) puts Tennessee in control of its standards while re-quiring the state Board of Educa-tion to notify members of the House and Senate education committees and post information online before it can vote on standard changes.

The law also limits the applica-tion of the standards to language arts and math, limits the data that can be collected from students and

parents, and requires Common Core-aligned tests to be bid out.

“Basically I’ve tried to make the standards process very transpar-ent,” Dunn said.

He also has a plan to get teach-ers a raise but isn’t ready to say what it is.

“The governor may have a differ-ent plan, but I’ve got a backup plan to reward teachers for their hard work over the years.”

He admits his plan could be complicated by the reality of a tight budget year. “That’s going to rule a whole lot of things.”

When asked if he’ll join his con-servative colleagues who want to repeal the Hall tax on investment income, he hedged his answer, pointing out that he has supported tax cuts like the small sales tax de-crease on food (“People have got to eat”) but saying he’s leery of cutting off vital revenue streams.

“I think we have to look at the budget long term. When you weak-en yourself fi nancially as a state, you become beholden to the federal

government. Why would we weaken ourselves?

“When someone comes forward and says we need to repeal this tax, they need to show how that’s go-ing to affect the budget. When we repealed the inheritance tax, we benefi ted because it encouraged more people to stay in state. With the Hall tax, I think you start by looking at who you’re hurting. If it’s a retiree who depends on this for income, you could raise the ex-emption, but I think we should dis-tinguish between an elderly couple depending on their investments and a billionaire who’s investing.

“My main point is, as long as we have the fi nancial means, we call the shots. When we don’t, the federal government calls the shots.”

After 20 years in the House, Dunn is kind of a big deal, particularly since the Republicans ended the Democrats’ majority in 2008. Dunn became chair of the Calendar and Rules Committee, the last stop for committee-approved bills before they hit the House fl oor.

Traditionally, some legislation doesn’t make it, and when it doesn’t, it’s usually the decision of the chair. But Dunn says it’s not like the old days, when the Speaker of the House dictated outcomes.

“I’ve got the gavel, and I’m the one who determines what the vote was, if it’s a voice vote. What I like to do is work with individuals to get the bill where it needs to be. Has the bill been properly vetted in committee? That used to come from the speaker, but I go through all the bills to make a determination whether they should be on the consent calendar, make a list and give it to the Democratic leadership.

“A couple of times I’ve used my gavel to do what needed to be done. … There was one time when nobody wanted to call for question and I just got up, grabbed my gavel and left. Everybody said, ‘What?’ But if I hadn’t, we would have spent another two hours just going on and on. I think the bill ended up failing.”

Bill Dunn

Dunn breaks with Haslam on Common Core

By Bill DockeryBob Kerr was a young man in

1975, fresh out of Vietnam and about to graduate from the Uni-versity of Tennessee, when he signed up to work on a program helping high school dropouts.

On Dec. 19, Kerr will close down that pro-gram after al-most four decades dedicated to help-ing thousands of dropouts com-plete a high school equivalency diplo-ma, fi nd employ-

ment or continue their education.UT WAVE (stands for Work

Achievement Values Education) has provided individualized tutor-ing for young dropouts seeking a GED diploma and help in plotting their career strategies.

“Dropouts bring a lot of bag-gage,” Kerr said. “The stigma is that dropouts are stupid, but ac-

UT dropout education program to end

Bob Kerr and Michelle Love will be leaving the UT WAVE offi ce when it closes

permanently on Dec. 19. Kerr started the program 39 years ago to help drop-

outs get high school equivalency diplomas. Photos by Bill Dockery

Bob Sharp helps Jeremiah Zupsic

refresh his knowledge of graphing

equations for his upcoming GED

exam. Sharp, a retired math teacher

from Halls High School, began tutor-

ing WAVE students so he could con-

tinue to help people.

Krysten Nieves

Farewell to WAVE

tually there are 100 different rea-sons they drop out.”

The program has worked with about 100 students a year, with half of that number successfully getting their GED. The male-fe-male ratio has been roughly 50-50 from year to year, and about 30 percent of the students are black. Students between 17 and 24 who

wanted to get into WAVE were tested to see if they have sixth-grade academic skills.

“If they bomb the test, they can’t enter the program,” Kerr said, “but we hate to weed someone out. That’s what we were about: second chances.”

Jeremiah Zupsic is seeking just that second chance. Zupsic ex-

pects to take the test before the program closes. He also repre-sents something Kerr sees often: a second-generation WAVE gradu-ate. His mother got her GED dur-ing the early 1990s from a WAVE program in Ohio.

Krysten Nieves, a recent drop-out from South-Doyle High

By Wendy SmithCliff Owens drove from Middle

Tennessee to hear Ellen Adcock and Mary Newell discuss their efforts to preserve cemeteries at a recent Knox Heritage Preserva-tion Network event. Owens has been restoring, or attempting to restore, cemeteries in Morgan County since 1972.

It’s a self-taught hobby, he said, and he’s made mistakes “left and right.”

This was no surprise to Adcock and Newell, who are still learning after almost 20 years of maintain-ing and restoring cemeteries in the West View community.

Two years ago, the Shopper-News reported on their efforts to establish the West View Cemetery District, a collection of seven cem-eteries located within blocks of each other. Their work began with the cleanup of Crestview Cemetery,

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The challenges of preserving cemeteries

The recently preserved Long View Cemetery, in the foreground, doesn’t have the manicured look of Crestview

Cemetery, in the background. But that can’t be the goal for every cemetery, says Ellen Adcock, who has devoted

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What about JJD?U.S. Rep. John “Jimmy”

Duncan will be 69 years old with 28 years in the House be-fore the next election in 2016.

His father died in offi ce at that age, a fact that surely hasn’t escaped his son’s notice.

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Turkey at Buddy’sYou thought it was enough.

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IN THIS ISSUE

Bernstein to retire One of Knoxville’s most dis-

tinguished attorneys, Bernard Bernstein, is retiring from law practice the end of the year, less than 30 days from now.

Bernstein, 83, will maintain an offi ce at the Bernstein, Stair and McAdams law fi rm on Ag-nes Street in West Knoxville.

➤ Read Victor Ashe on page A-5

RAM premieresMaking the documentary

“Remote Area Medical” was a learning experience for fi rst-time fi lmmaker Farihah Zaman.

RAM, which was founded by Stan Brock, provides free, high-quality medical, dental and vision care to people who cannot afford it.

➤ Read Betsy Pickle on page A-10

Parade atRocky Hill

The fi rst-ever Christ-mas Parade at Rocky Hill is scheduled for 6 p.m. Satur-day, Dec. 6, starting at Rocky Hill Elementary School and marching to Rocky Hill Baptist Church where the church choir will sing for the lighting of the Christmas tree (about 7 p.m.). The Bearden High School marching band will participate in the parade, which is spon-sored by members of the Rocky Hill Business District. Info: rockyhillchristmasparade.org

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By Sherri Gardner HowellThe Fantasy of Trees did not disappoint, as the annual

event celebrated its 30th year during Thanksgiving week. The Knoxville Convention Center was glowing with trees of all sizes as guests kicked off the six-day event at the annual preview party on Nov. 25.

Fantasy of Trees is organized by East Tennessee Chil-dren’s Hospital and a host of tireless volunteers and has be-come a holiday tradition for many. Co-chairs for 2014 were Susan Hannah and Lisa Mueller, who had a theme of “A Winter Wish Come True.” Funds raised will go toward the purchase of an Opmi Pentero Neuro Surgical Microscope.

In its fi rst year in 1985, the event welcomed just over 13,000 attendees, and net proceeds were $13,843. In 2013, almost 44,000 came to see the designer and school trees, gingerbread houses, shops and Santa, and net proceeds were more than $300,000.

In 29 years, Fantasy of Trees has raised $6.6 million for East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. In 1989, organizers began to designate the proceeds to fund a specifi c area of the hospital each year.

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Coming to the Preview Party – and running into old friends – is a Christmas tradition for many.

From left are Meg Retinger, Mathis Retinger and Bob and Ellen Bundy.

Little Caroline Cox, 17 months old, is all dressed in red for her second year at the Fantasy of Trees

Preview Party. From her left are mom Melissa Cox, grandmother Tami Hartmann and great-aunt

Gretchen Hartmann. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

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Tree Board on dutyThe city of Knoxville’s Tree Board is going through

a few changes. Board member Sam Adams has been elected chair while immediate past chair David Van-dergriff is the new co-chair.

The Tree Board has 11 members, who serve four-year terms. There are a couple of openings at present, and those will be fi lled with the approval of the mayor.

The November meeting included a discussion of potential new members, suggested bylaws revisions, work on an urban forestry management plan, training programs for urban forestry workers, a new logo for the Tree Board, saving a tree on private property near Holston Gases and tree concerns in North Hills.

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School, started the program around Halloween but ex-pects to pass the test before the Dec. 19 closure.

“I like the one-on-one tu-toring,” the New York native said. “You get more atten-tion.”

She hopes to pursuing nursing or other health care work.

Originally funded by CETA, the Comprehensive Employment Training Act of the 1970s, the program that is now UT WAVE has un-dergone several changes of name and funding sources. After CETA came the Work-force Investment Act. Pri-vate support has come from Dollar General, United Way, Boys & Girls Clubs, and the Chamber of Commerce. In recent years, the program has switched from the GED Testing Service to the HiSET Program, which is less ex-pensive to administer.

Kerr said a change in federal funding priorities is forcing WAVE to close. Mon-ey that once went to help high school dropouts com-plete their education is now being channeled into school programs intended to keep teenagers from dropping out in the fi rst place. Kerr said that most school systems still have dropout rates that are too high.

“A program doesn’t last 40 years unless it’s needed,” Kerr said. “We’re not closing because of a lack of need or an ineffective program. It’s a shame people are spend-ing the money on other things.”

The program has also provided opportunities for volunteers. Bob Sharp, a retired math teacher from Halls High School, found his way to WAVE through

Knoxville’s Friends of Lit-eracy. In recent years, the mentor for language arts has been Jan Avent. A re-tired Knoxville News Sen-tinel journalist, Avent fi rst volunteered in memory of a fellow reporter and writer, the late Jim Dykes, who wanted to help people learn to read.

Michelle Love, the edu-cation coordinator for the program, shows off a wall of photos showing recent individual grads on a bul-letin board surrounded by framed pictures of whole classes of GED recipients. All are wearing academic caps and gowns. Love, who has worked at WAVE for eight years, has started tak-ing the pictures down. She will be without a job when the program closes.

Kerr isn’t calling it quits yet, though. In the next weeks he will start work-ing in adult basic education at Roane State Community College, helping adult learn-ers chart out their career paths.

Knox County Schools will have the only GED program remaining when WAVE closes. That program is the Paul L. Kelley Volun-teer Academy, located in Knoxville Center Mall.

UT dropout education From page A-1

Preserving cemeteries From page A-1

which was licensed by the state of Tennessee as a per-petual-care cemetery. Since the business that had com-mitted to caring for it had failed, the state relinquished control to Adcock with the understanding that she would oversee its cleanup.

With the help of the state Board of Probation and Pa-role, the West View Com-munity Action Group, local law enforcement and other volunteers, Crestview has become an attractive, well-groomed area. Improve-ments there led to restora-tion efforts at two adjacent African-American cem-eteries, Southern Chain and Longview, which date back to the early 1900s.

Those cemeteries have had greater challenges. Be-cause they were neglected for

so long, they were complete-ly overgrown, and graves weren’t clearly marked. Even after many hours of work from inmates and commu-nity volunteers, the cemeter-ies don’t look like their mani-cured neighbor.

Adcock has decided that’s not the goal. “Every cemetery has its own per-sonality,” she says.

Without funding for per-petual care, it’s almost im-possible for cemeteries to have the park-like look of professionally maintained cemeteries like Old Gray downtown or the New Jew-ish Cemetery in the West View community.

Families occasionally ask Adcock and Newell why the restored cemeteries don’t look like Highland Memo-rial Park on Sutherland Av-

Cliff Owens and Wanda Davidson, both from Wilson County,

listen as Ellen Adcock and Mary Newell talk during a

Preservation Network event held at Historic Westwood, Knox

Heritage’s headquarters.

enue. But if they’re asked to pitch in, they don’t show up again, Adcock says.

Adcock and Newell have a new vision for Longview

and Southern Chain. They hope to identify areas in-stead of individual graves, designating them with landscaping and signs that

will help people understand their historical signifi cance.

They also have a new partner. Knox Heritage has agreed to serve as their physical agent and help them interpret the cemetery district with signage. Adcock is relieved to know that their research will be preserved for the next generation.

Knox Heritage Executive Director Kim Trent says the nonprofi t is “in with both feet,” in spite of the com-plexity of preserving cem-eteries. Abandoned and ne-glected cemeteries are one of the most common things people call about, she says.

Funding is a major is-sue, and local government

typically won’t get involved. “There’s not a lot of advocacy for dead people,” Trent says.

Knox Heritage is also working to preserve cem-eteries through the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, which covers a 16-county region. Newell heads the ETPA Cemetery Task Force, which evaluates state legislation regarding cemeteries.

Cemeteries connect us to our past, and neglected cemeteries are a big con-cern, Trent says. “How would you like it if that was your fi nal resting place? It’s a challenge to think about. People don’t like to think about death.”

By Sandra ClarkThe Terra Madre holiday

show and sale gets better each year. The inventory is plentiful and varied. The artists are helpful. The pric-es are reasonable. And the atmosphere is upbeat. The Pavilion at Hunter Valley Farm was a perfect venue for the Nov. 22 event.

Terra Madre: Women of Clay is a close-knit group of artists. Each works inde-pendently, but they market their works through Terra Madre. This year’s show was the fi fth annual event.

Tina Curry, who works at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, featured horse-hair clay creations at her table. With a big smile, she packaged and quickly re-placed the sold items.

Lisa Kurtz teaches pot-tery at Cleveland State Community College and works through Highland Pottery. As a 36-year potter, she enjoys experimentation. Her featured art on Satur-day was hybrid – the bot-tom thrown on a wheel and the top hand built. The price for a unique vase: $248.

Belinda Woodiel-Brill, a public relations practitio-ner including work for the Knoxville Transit Authority, exhibited clay art unique for its vibrant colors.

Stephanie Levy mar-kets her work through C’est Levy! Her jewelry is made from porcelain clay and beads. Jane Longendorfer’s display showcased whimsi-cal works of clay including funky birdhouses. She said

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At my age, I don’t win many foot races, but, by jumping the gun, I might be fi rst with a Tennessee foot-ball outlook for 2015.

Sneak preview of 2015

Next year is when the Vol-unteers are supposed to take a giant step forward. Some teams that have been push-ing Tennessee around for the past several seasons should rethink the situation. The big bullies know who they are. They know the scene is changing. There will be no more sand fl ipped in the face of the 105-pound weakling. The boy is now a man.

No, no, not a giant, just bigger and stronger and tougher and smarter.

It is logical that returning Vols, just because they are a year older, will be improved. Development is part of what coaches do for their money. Dave Lawson, in charge of muscles, will guide contin-

ued growth this winter. He is already seeking a preven-tative solution to high ankle sprains and torn labra.

The key to next season is what made the Vols better in most of November. There should be no quarterback confusion. Joshua Dobbs is a potential star.

There was a time when I thought recruiting was the front end of long-term proj-ects. Butch Jones taught me something. I now think re-cruiting, at the level these guys do it, is an immediate patch and sometimes a fi x – for every ailment except the offensive line.

Tennessee played 23 freshmen with minimal em-barrassment. In some cases, it was a matter of neces-sity. In other cases, talent prevailed over experience. I suppose it will happen again, to a lesser degree.

Example: Jalen Hurd, running back, emerged as a future all-American if he stays well. Marlin Lane be-came one notch up from in-cidental. For 2015, Derrell Scott may be a solid backup. Somebody new must help. SEC contenders need four tailbacks. Alvin Kamara,

apparently inbound from Hutchinson, Kan., is the primary prospect.

Tennessee projects to look more like Wide Receiver U. next season. It has the repu-tation but fell short of expec-tations. There are genuine playmakers among wideouts and slots. They will block better and drop less.

I do believe Marquez North will bounce back. Josh Malone will eventually grasp what he is supposed to do. Jason Croom is big with big potential. Pig How-ard and Von Pearson will add refi nement. There are others. This is the deepest segment of the team.

Josh Smith can play. I think Jonathon Johnson, Vic Wharton and Ryan Jen-kins can help.

Tight ends? Capable but should get much better. Tennessee has one or more joining the three with estab-lished credentials.

The offensive line will remain a work in progress. Tackle is enough of a ques-tion mark to cause concern. Maybe Dontavius Blair will become what he was sup-posed to be. Charles Mos-ley? Possible. There is mini-

mal depth and freshmen are not easy plug-ins.

Three pretty good play-ers are gone from the de-fense, but that unit will be better instead of worse. Replacing A.J. Johnson will be the fi rst order of spring business. If Jakob Johnson can’t do it, Dillon Bates can.

Justin Coleman never was fast enough, but he re-fused to yield his spot in the secondary. Tennessee is not overfl owing with DBs. It would be really good to bring in more corners.

Assuming Kahlil Mc-Kenzie and Shy Tuttle arrive as scheduled, both will be seen and heard. They might achieve at defensive tackle some of what Derek Barnett did at end. That would take care of the void created by Jordan Williams’ departure.

We know who will kick placements. We think in-coming Tommy Townsend may emerge as punter. Evan Berry will get better on re-turns. Cheers!

The 2015 outlook is excit-ing. This next team might be good for eight or nine wins, even with Arkansas coming onto the schedule. If it hits 10, send me an email about being old and too con-servative.Marvin West’s address is westwest6@

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The calendar says it’s still three weeks till winter begins, but it sure feels like winter today, Thanksgiving, as I hunt and peck this col-umn. Gloomy, sprinkles, 40 degrees.

Well, here’s a quiz ques-tion for you: What winter-time outdoor activity can best be enjoyed indoors, and usually improves, the worse the weather gets? I know everyone got the right answer: watching the bird feeders, of course.

Grandma and I don’t keep our feeders going during the summer months, gener-ally closing down around the start of hot weather in June. There is plenty of natural food all around in the sum-mer. We’ve found that sum-mer feeding, at least at our lo-cation, seems to attract fl ocks of undesirables, namely star-lings and pigeons.

So we start feeding again as the cooler weather re-turns in mid-October. Any-one who is a regular bird feeder understands the satisfaction one gets when the usual cast of characters begins to show up. Chicka-dees and titmice immedi-ately, then soon thereafter the cardinals, blue jays and woodpeckers.

The colder-weather cus-tomers aren’t here yet at our feeders: sparrows, to-whees, juncos and the like. They seem to prefer their still-abundant natural weed seeds and berries for now,

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They’re always hungry

and some haven’t arrived in these parts yet. But just you wait till that fi rst decent snowfall. The gang will all be here!

Many a new fi rst-time feeder person is amazed at the array of birds they can attract, and at how much they can observe and learn about them from the warmth of their living room. Almost without realizing you are learning things, you become familiar enough with the common species to be able to recognize them at a glance, just by their size and behavior. Thus, titmice and chickadees grab a seed and fl y away; house fi nches park themselves on the feeder and nibble away.

We here in East Tennes-see live in a good part of the country for bird feeding. We’re midway between the deep-freeze snowy north where winter feeder birds are a small (but hardy) crew, and the semitropical coastal areas like Florida and Texas where the feeders are visit-ed by hordes of colorful and exotic species reminiscent of an aviary at the zoo.

In our winters here, we

enjoy a familiar and fairly stable population of resident birds that have been here all year long but seem to need us for a boost through the long, tough winter. Some of them we seldom see, such as brown thrashers or fi eld sparrows, except for under the feeder in the winter.

These birds are joined in the winter by migrants from farther north, here to en-joy the food supplies of our milder winters, such as the white-throated sparrows (a very common winter bird here, gone in the spring), as well as purple fi nches, dark-eyed juncos, pine siskins and the like.

And then there is the great fun of fi nding an un-usual or out-of-place bird there amongst the usual ones. It happens every year, and people get the word out and head on over to see the rare visitor. For example, the fi rst part of this last Feb-ruary, in the dead of winter, there appeared at a feeder in Maryville an amazing sight: an adult male painted bun-ting, a small, spectacular red, blue, green and yellow bird of the summertime Carolina and Georgia coast. We drove over there on a cold rainy morning and saw and photographed the bird, hundreds of miles from its usual haunts and months out of season!

East of the Mississippi, the only species of hum-mingbird that nests is the

ruby-throated. But more and more every year, folks around here are hosting overwintering rufous hum-mers at their feeders. Nor-mally western birds, the rufous hummers nest in the Pacifi c Northwest and win-ter in Central America. But for some reason the little guys are showing up here in the fall, and people keep their feeders fi lled all winter for them, rigging up light bulbs to keep the feeders from freezing.

We hopped over to a lovely, feeder-fi lled yard in a local neighborhoodl last winter and stood there en-joying the surreal experi-ence of watching a beautiful rusty-brown male rufous hummingbird, thousands of miles from its normal win-ter habitat in Costa Rica or Belize, happily feeding.

A good way to enhance your feeder enjoyment is to keep your bird bath open all winter. Water can be scarce in winter, especially in times of freezing tem-peratures. You can purchase small bird bath heaters that will do the job. You’ll be sur-prised to see how many of your feathered customers that will attract, with water fl ying everywhere and oth-ers waiting for their turn.

It’s almost winter! Get those bags of black oil sun-fl ower seed (it’s cheaper this year) and white proso mil-let, nyger (thistle) seed and suet cakes, and settle down to enjoy your own fl ock of appreciative feathered en-tertainers. It’s way more fun than shoveling snow.

This is a special time of year for Congressional rep-resentatives. Election win-ners can chill for several weeks before beginning 22 months of fundraising for the next contest.

For U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., “Jimmy” to his admiring constituents, campaign fi nance is almost an afterthought. A break-fast here, a luncheon there, a boat cruise, a reception for some well-heeled donors and he’s good to go.

And why worry? Since 2000, when he polled bet-ter than 89 percent against a Libertarian candidate, Duncan’s tally has not fallen below 72.5 percent of votes cast. In an era when the av-erage Congressional candi-date raises close to $2 mil-lion, Duncan’s take peaked at $731,000 in 2006.

John J. Duncan Sr. held the seat now occupied by his son from 1965 until his death in 1988. As we ring in 2015, a Duncan will have represented Tennessee’s Second Congressional Dis-trict for 50 years.

That’s family job secu-rity in a way the nation’s architects never conceived, but that’s another story. For now it’s more instructive to consider the dark clouds stalking the sun-drenched Duncan dynasty.

Duncan will be 69 years old with 28 years in the House before the next elec-tion in 2016. His father died in offi ce at that age, a fact that surely hasn’t escaped his son’s notice.

Any thought of slipping into a comfortable retirement with the Duncan sinecure untroubled by pretenders to the throne probably vanished when the heir apparent, John Duncan III, stumbled badly after winning election to the Knox County Trustee’s offi ce in 2010.

Maybe it’s something in the water in that offi ce. What-

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ever the reason, the apple of Dad’s eye sold his birthright for a few thousand dollars in unearned “bonuses.”

So, absent serious reha-bilitation of John III’s im-age, the elder Duncan must hold serve for a while. Could anything break it?

Maybe.Duncan is a member of

the party whose goal for the next two years is to fi ddle while Rome burns and hope the fl ames engulf the White House. Shutting down the government, impeaching the president and refusing to raise the debt ceiling are a few of the stratagems be-ing touted by the likes of Sen. Ted Cruz and other es-capees from the asylum.

If the Republican-controlled House and Sen-ate run the country over a cliff in the next two years, will Duncan follow? Would the backlash be painful enough to make a race for the Second District com-petitive?

Duncan artfully main-tains a low profi le. He defi ed the Republican leadership in opposing the Iraq war, but he’s generally stayed loyal.

But it’s not hard to imag-ine Cruz and company, mainly through inaction, triggering a deep global re-cession or worse, and folks will want to know where Duncan stands.

And then there’s Tim. Is Burchett a potential rival when his mayoral term ex-pires in 2018? Does it rain in Seattle?

To Mr. and Ms. Local Loyal Republican: That “WWJD” bracelet you’re wearing could soon be ask-ing, “What will Jimmy do?”

Catching upBill Johns of Farragut and Mike Palazzolo, mayor-elect for

the city of Germantown, Tenn., catch up on community

leadership, trends and partnerships at Huey’s in German-

town over Thanksgiving holiday week. Both Palazzolo

and Johns were members of the inaugural class of Leader-

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Gloria Johnson is a glut-ton for punishment, as evi-

denced by the fact that she’s run-ning again, this time for Ten ne s s e e Democratic Party chair, a position that some might con-

sider even less enviable than the one she lost last month. It would have been her sec-ond term in the House of Representatives, where she was one of just 27 Demo-crats in a 99-member body.

Her chief opponents are Nashville radio personal-ity and progressive activist Mary Mancini, who lost a primary bid for state Sen-ate, and Knoxville lawyer Terry Adams, who ran un-successfully in the Demo-cratic U.S. Senate primary for the privilege of facing Republican incumbent La-mar Alexander. They were selected by a committee

One of Knoxville’s most distinguished attorneys, Bernard Bernstein, is retir-ing from law practice the end of the year, less than 30 days from now. Bern-stein, 83, will maintain an offi ce at the Bernstein, Stair and McAdams law fi rm on Agnes Street in West Knoxville.

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that whittled down a fi eld of about a dozen contenders.

The three were slated for public vetting in a series of six meetings (two in each Grand Division).

In typically chaotic Dem-ocratic Party fashion, there could be other candidates as well. Lenda Sherrell, who spent a huge wad of money trying to unseat ethically challenged incumbent Scott DesJarlais, showed up for East Tennessee meetings in Morristown and Sweetwa-ter. Others could material-ize and probably won’t be barred from running.

This time around, the voters Johnson must woo are the 72 members of the Democratic Executive Com-mittee, composed of one male and one female com-mittee representative from

each senate district plus six ex-offi cio members. There is an appropriate sense of ur-gency around this election, acknowledging the party’s endangered status.

The traveling candidate road show is a response to growing complaints that the party’s leadership is too Nashville-centric. Ru-ral Democrats (truly an en-dangered species) complain that they are being ignored.

Johnson, whose district tilts Republican by a 53-47 margin, agrees with them. She was identifi ed as the GOP’s top target this year, and despite running a well-organized campaign lost by 183 votes to Republican Ed-die Smith. Two years ago she won by a narrow margin. She says the primary dif-ference between 2014 and 2012 was early help from Nashville two years ago, when the party sent two fi eld organizers to Knoxville to help set up the campaign.

“Roy Herron (the present chair) has a different philos-

ophy,” Johnson said. “He’s got the idea that you raise a whole bunch of money and give it to the candidate at the end. But it’s better to or-ganize, determine who the persuadable voters are. The fi eld organizers did that and really helped activate volun-teers.”

“I’m a proven fund-raiser,” she said. “I raised more in my area for a state race than ever (a little over $200,000). There are peo-ple who still think you just need a ton of money. I don’t think that. I think you need a ground game.”

Johnson also believes the party leaders didn’t under-stand Knox County voters’ crossover voting habits.

“They were looking at my numbers as if they were Nashville numbers and didn’t realize how close it really was. They haven’t had a race like mine. You look at Knoxville numbers differ-ently because we just don’t have Democratic prima-ries.”

Bernstein retires … sort of

As appellate court judge Charles Susano said in regard to Bernstein, “He taught me how to be a lawyer.”

Married over 50 years to wife Barbara, Bernstein has been a leader in many fi elds. He was president of both the Knoxville Bar Association and Heska Amuna Synagogue. In a 1976 non-partisan election, Knox County voters elected him – by a substantial margin – as a delegate to the 1977 state constitution-al convention along with Leonard Ambrose and E. Bruce Foster Jr.

During the Korean War, Bernstein served in the U.S. Air Force in intelligence. He and his wife received the Clayton Award from the Knoxville Museum of Art for outstanding service. They are strong supporters of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra as well as the Museum of Art. They have lived on Corteland Drive in West Hills for many years.

Bernstein has always taken constitutional rights seriously and advocated for liberty and personal freedom. This was clearly displayed over 35 years ago when he picketed a display of items from the Soviet Union at the City County Building due to the mis-treatment of Jews in the So-viet Union under Commu-nist rule. He carried a sign on Main Street in front of the building and attracted much attention to the So-viet treatment of Jews and restrictions on their right to leave that country.

Bernstein was the person I turned to as mayor to chair the commission to look at the issue of establishing a

police civilian review board for Knoxville after several persons had died in police custody. His reputation for fairness, integrity and intel-ligence was such that his chairing that group gave it instant credibility.

I took to heart the Bern-stein Commission’s recom-mendations for the creation of such a board, and I established it by execu-tive order when it became apparent that the then-City Council would not vote for it. Two years later the panel was so successful that the council did an about-face and unanimously created it by ordinance, so a future mayor could not abolish it by a similar executive order.

Bernstein says he will continue to be active in the community and with his family. He is now a grand-father to a granddaughter and grandson who live in San Francisco. While Bern stein’s legal expertise will be missed as a practic-ing lawyer, his community service will continue, which is good news for Knoxville.

■ Don’t be surprised if more than 55 legislators publicly endorse House Speaker Beth Harwell’s candidacy for another term. That would be a major-ity within the 73-member GOP caucus and the entire 99-member House.

One change House Republicans ought to make in their election procedure is to announce the actual vote for the various leaders elected. Current practice announces the result with-out giving the vote totals.

■ Norris Dryer, the Green Party candidate for Congress, died a week before the Nov. 4 election, but his death did not slow down those wanting to sup-port him. Dryer actually got more votes on Election Day after his death than he did when he was still alive and able to campaign during early voting.

In Knox County early voting, Dryer got 1,493 votes, and after his death on Nov. 4 he got 1,515 votes. Dryer ran several times for offi ce and was a longtime member of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.

■ This writer is getting his left hip replaced this week after getting a new right hip over two years ago.

Last week, City Coun-cil approved the $10,000 sale of a blighted property on East Quincy Avenue. In recent years, the property had racked up 31 lot viola-tions, and a tree was grow-ing through the front porch of the crumbling home.

New life for blighted properties

Wendy Smith

GOV NOTES ■ Knox County Republican

Party Christmas/Hanukkah

Gala will be 6 p.m. Monday,

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The sale will be fi nalized through the city’s Home-maker Program, and the pending owner is a neighbor who plans to rehabilitate the property for her mother. The sale of fi ve Homemaker properties was approved during the meeting. Four will require purchasers to rehab existing structures or build new ones. One is an empty lot that will be taken over by an adjacent home-owner.

Kathy Ellis, senior proj-ect specialist, has over-seen the program for seven years. She has run off va-grants and raccoons during her investigations, and she’s witnessed the rehabilitation of 19 properties.

While most view life “from the cradle to the grave,” Ellis sees things backward.

“In my case, I go from the grave back to the cradle.”

The Homemaker Pro-gram was established in the 1980s to acquire and sell blighted properties in Mechanicsville. In 1995, it was expanded to address the rest of Knoxville. It is

currently a disposition pro-gram rather than an acqui-sition program.

But Ellis also works to acquire blighted proper-ties. Abandoned properties are brought to the city’s at-tention by neighbors, law enforcement, the fi re de-partment, or tax and codes authorities, and her goal is to negotiate a sale − if she can locate the owners. That happens about 10 percent of the time.

Funds for acquiring blighted properties come from the city’s Chronic Prob-lem Properties Fund. The total cost of staff time, a title search, an appraisal and le-gal expenses is approximate-ly $50,000 for each parcel.

Mayor Madeline Rogero, and Mayor Bill Haslam be-fore her, have strongly sup-ported programs that battle blight, and it takes money, says Ellis.

“We get almost every-thing we ask for.”

After last week’s prop-

erty sale, there are no lots with structures available. But there are unimproved lots for sale − nine in Five Points, 17 in Lonsdale, one in North /Northwest Knoxville, and eight in East Knoxville. Because one of the goals of the Homemaker Program is to provide af-fordable housing, applica-tions for the purchase of lots must include a plan for a new home. If the lot isn’t buildable, it can be added to an adjacent residential property.

The Homemaker Com-mittee meets monthly to review applications in order to fi nd the best fi t for each neighborhood. Applicants with the highest bid aren’t always chosen, Ellis says. Some are picked because they have rehab experience and ready funds.

Once approved, appli-cants are required to put down 10 percent of the pur-chase price. Within 90 days, site plans must be approved

by the Infi ll Committee, and within 120 days, all fi nanc-ing must be in place. Con-struction must begin within 180 days of the deed trans-fer, and the build must be completed within one year. If the purchaser doesn’t meet any part of the Home-maker agreement, the city can take the property back.

While Ellis enjoys see-ing the birth of a new home, thoughts of the original owner are never far from her mind.

“Every home, every lot, has a story. It belonged to a family, and there were happy times and sad times there. I never go to an abandoned property without thinking about that,” she says.

A list of available lots is on the city website, www.cityofknoxville.org. Info: 215-2120.

Note: Due to schedul-ing confl icts, there will be no Sign Task Force meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 8. It will be rescheduled in January.

Now stabilized, this East Quincy Avenue property will be sold and rehabilitated through the

city’s Homemaker Program.

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By Carol ShaneLudell Coffey, 35-year member of Broad-

way Baptist Church, speaks enthusiastical-ly about the church’s upcoming rummage sale.

“Every item is no more than $1,” she says. I ask if that ap-plies to furniture and larger objects. “Whatever gets do-nated,” she says, “it’ll only be a dollar!”

Coffey and her fellow BBC mem-bers are dedicated to helping those in the region who struggle economi-cally. She was one of the driving forces behind Renaissance Terrace, an assist-ed-living facility lo-cated in the building that used to house the church’s day-care center. “The dream,” says Coffey, “was that we could renovate the build-ing, and it would be for middle-income people.

“We raised $8.75 million thanks to grants from the state of Tennessee, Knox County and the Haslam Founda-tion. (Former state Sen.) Ben Atchley helped a lot. Plus, some church em-ployees had pledges taken out of their paychecks. It took us at least 15 years, but Renaissance Terrace was fi nished in 2008 and is occu-pied.”

The facility is owned and operated by Se-nior Citizens Home Assistance Service Inc., which is accredited by the National Asso-ciation for Home Care and Hospice.

The upcoming rummage sale will feature not only affordable clothing and household items “and probably some Christmas deco-rations,” says Coffey, but hearty, cheap eats.

“We’ll have sau-sage, biscuits andgravy, juice and cof-fee in the morning.The meal costs adollar. Then in theafternoon there willbe beans and corn-bread for lunch, alsofor a dollar.

“We’ll have cook-ies, four for a dollar.So a family of fourcan eat lunch withdessert for $5.” Cof-fey is excited to of-fer the food as wellas the merchandise.She and her col-leagues want therummage sale to bea real “go-to” eventfor families whocould use a littlehelp this holidayseason.

The rummagesale takes placefrom 8 a.m. to 4p.m. Saturday, Dec.6, at Broadway Bap-tist Church, 815N. Broadway, justnorth of CentralAvenue. For moreinformation, or tomake a donation orvolunteer, call (865)524-2575. Send story suggestions to

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“I can’t wait till Christ-mas!”

How many times have you heard those words from a child? But of course, we all have to wait. Our eagerness will not make the day come earlier.

The season of Advent was created as a time of prepara-tion, of looking forward, of meaningful waiting. An-ti-ci-pa-tion, as the old ketch-up commercial said. It is not a celebration, but a time of penitential consideration, of recognizing our limitations, our sinfulness, our need for a savior. For that reason, the

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liturgical color of Advent is purple.

Some traditions use hope, peace, joy and love as the themes for the four Sundays of Advent. For centuries, the third Sunday – the Advent Sunday that emphasizes joy as its theme – is different: the liturgical

A rummage sale with a diff erence

Broadway Baptist Church wants

everyone – including those

struggling with expenses – to

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son. Photo by Carol Shane

CHRISTMAS EVENTS

■ Clayton Holiday Concert

presented by the Knoxville

Symphony Orchestra, Knox-

ville Civic Auditorium. Perfor-

mances: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec.

19; 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday,

Dec. 20; 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

21. Info/tickets: 521-2337.

■ Christmas Candlelight

Tours, 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec.

13, Marble Springs State His-

toric Site, 1220 W. Gov. John

Sevier Highway. Suggested

donation: $2. Info: 573-5508

or info@marblesprings.net.

■ Christmas in Old Appala-

chia through Wednesday,

Dec. 24, at the Museum of

Appalachia, 2819 Anderson-

ville Highway. Info/schedule

of events: 494-7680 or www.

museumofappalachia.org.

■ Christmas Lantern

Express Trains will run

Fridays through Sundays

through Sunday, Dec. 21.

Reservations available.

Features holiday treats, story

time with celebrity readers,

and a visit with Santa. Info/

schedule/reservations: www.

ThreeRiversRambler.com.

■ Colonial Christmas Celebra-

tion open house, Friday, Dec.

5, Blount Mansion, 200 W.

Hill Ave. Candlelight tours

at 6 and 7 p.m. Suggested

donation: $5. Info: 525-2375 or

info@blountmansion.org.

■ East Tennessee History

Center Holiday Open House,

11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec.

13. Holiday music, refresh-

ments, craft demonstrations,

storytelling, ornament-mak-

ing for kids, book signings

and free museum admission.

Info: www.eastTNhistory.org

or 215-8824.

■ Holidays on Ice presented

by Home Federal through

Sunday, Jan. 4, on Market

Square. Hours: 4-9 p.m.

Monday-Thursday through

Dec. 18; 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays; 1-9

p.m. Sundays. Info: www.

knoxvillesholidaysonice.com.

■ “It’s a Wonderful Life,”

1 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

14, Tennessee Theatre, 604

S. Gay St. Free, but seating

is limited. Info: www.

homefederalbanktn.com.

■ Knoxville Chamber Chorale

Christmas Concerts. Perfor-

mances: 7:30 p.m. Thursday,

Dec. 4, St. John’s Episcopal

Cathedral, 413 Cumberland

Ave.; and 7:30 p.m. Thursday,

Dec. 11, First UMC, 1350 Oak

Ridge Turnpike in Oak Ridge.

Both concerts free.

■ The Living Christmas Tree,

3 and 6 p.m., Saturday and

Sunday, Dec. 13-14, Wallace

Memorial Baptist Church, 701

Merchant Drive. Free tickets:

www.wmbc.net; from Wallace

church members; and at the

church during offi ce hours.

■ The Nativity Pageant, 3 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13-

14, and 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15,

Knoxville Civic Coliseum. Free.

Info: www.KnoxvilleNativity.

com or 579-5323.

■ Pictures with Santa Claus at

Cool Sports, 110 S. Watt Road.

Schedule: 2-6 p.m. Sunday,

Dec. 14; 8-10 p.m. Friday, Dec.

19; 3:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday,

Dec 20. Photos by No Dud

Photography. Info: 218-4500

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color is pink, a lifting of the penitential somberness.

So, this Advent, I hope you will fi nd ways to wait meaningfully. In the midst of what has become the Christmas fl urry, take time for Advent. Pray, read Scrip-ture, talk about Advent with your family, consider what hope, peace, joy and love mean to you. Bake a loaf of bread for a neighbor, listen, sing, decorate your home gradually, moving toward Christmas, instead of say-ing, “Bam! It’s Christmas!”

Find time to think about the Child, and not just the children. When I hear peo-ple say off-handedly, “Oh, Christmas is all about the children,” I want to scream “No, it isn’t! It is all about the Child!”

Get ready for Christmas. Get ready for the Child. Get ready for hope, peace, joy, love. Get ready to be blessed.

volunteering with the group in February 1996. When he retired in 2001, he started working full-time as di-rector.

This year, the 5K Run was added to reach a n o t h e r d e m o -graphic of people and named in honor of Dr. Al Ichiki. Ichiki, a researcher at Univer-sity of Tennessee Medical Center, offered his support in the early days, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when people were starting to be diagnosed.

Ichiki became a “support system when really nobody else wanted to get involved,” said Smith. “So his involve-ment was really ground-breaking at the time. … He was a facilitator of a support group – Living with HIV.”

Samaritan Ministry took over the support group in 2000 as a sponsor.

“It was a thing that really was kind of new in a Baptist church, sponsoring a HIV

support group for men, and a lot of the men were gay,” said Smith, who became

close friends with Ichiki.Smith said Ichi-ki, who died in

2006, was e x t r e me l y k n o w l -e d g e a b l e about HIV/AIDs and

p r o v i d e d information

about the lat-est medical de-

velopments so that the ministry could better serve its population. He also pro-vided contact with groups and leaders on the national level, said Smith.

“He just really was re-sponsible for giving us some credibility in those early years. Al got us in the door. We had to do things right to keep those friends.”

The race is a way to honor his work, said Smith. “He was just a dear friend, and like I said, a mentor, and re-ally important to the HIV community in Knoxville.”

Deadline to register is 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5. Info: sa-maritanoffi ce@gmail.com/.

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By Bonny C. MillardWearing red scarves,

community members from different walks of life and religious affi liations will gather during the 2014 FaithWalk and Al Ichiki 5K to raise awareness about

H I V/A I D s and to sup-port those living with the disease.

T h e third an-nual walk, hosted by Samar itan

Ministry, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. The fundraiser is also about celebrating life, said Wayne Smith, ministry director. Participants will start at the Church of Immaculate Con-ception and walk through the historic Fourth and Gill neighborhood.

Smith said the event co-incides with the annual World AIDs Day on Dec. 1 and was created in the early days to memorialize people who had died from the dis-ease. The focus of the walk has now shifted to not only memorialize the deceased but to recognize those who are maintaining life, said Smith. Improvements in medicines and treatments since about 2007 have in-creased the life expectancy and improved health of AIDS patients, he said.

“Today we usually try to fi nd ways to celebrate life and celebrate living and (to fi nd) ways to draw aware-ness and attention to the ongoing epidemic of HIV in a way that’s positive and up-lifting,” Smith said.

The Samaritan Min-istry grew out of a small committee of members of Central Baptist Church of Bearden. The group looked at the medical aspects of AIDs and at ways to educate people about the disease. Smith, who was an elemen-tary school principal, was invited to join. He began

Supporters of the

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sidewalks in down-

town Knoxville during

a past walk. Photos submitted

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FAITH NOTES ■ First Lutheran Church,

1207 N. Broadway, will host

“A Christmas Evening at

First Lutheran,” Sunday,

Dec. 14. Activities include:

Sunday school program, 5

p.m.; live nativity outdoors

until 8 p.m.; handbell

concert, 6:30 p.m.; soup

and sandwiches available

all evening. The public is

invited.

Concord United Meth-odist Church has an early Christmas present for the community. The church’s chancel choir will present a Christmas Cantata Sunday, Dec. 7, and the doors are open for the community to join the worship experience.

This annual event has an array of treats for those who come to either the 8:45 or 11 a.m. service. Not only is the 40-member chancel choir plus friends prepared to perform “The Christmas Story,” a musical by Tom Fettke and Thomas Grassi, they have added surprises. The singers will be accom-panied by a full orchestra and organ, conducted by the Rev. Mike Stallings, di-rector of music for Concord UMC.

Musicians are from theKnoxville Symphony Or-chestra, the Concord UMCOrchestra and organistTerrye Danner. Specialperformances include Ash-ley Massengill and BrianNachtrab as Mary and Jo-seph, singing “The RockingCarol,” Ann Reego leadingthe “Spanish Carol Suite”and Nancy Owen singingsoprano in the traditionalIrish “Wexford Carol.”

Thirteen familiarand lesser-known carolswill also be interspersedthroughout the familiarnarrative.

Concord United Meth-odist Church is located at11020 Roane Dr. in Farra-gut. Info: Mike Stallings,mike@concordumc.com.

St. Mark United Method-ist Church will present an old-fashioned Appalachian Christmas 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7.

In its eighth year, the event is a step back in time with 100-year-old quilts, handmade baskets and memorabilia. The program will feature bluegrass music by Five Golden Rings and

storytelling by Cuz and Jan-ice Headrick.

Music director Brenda Haymore looks forward to the event every year and welcomes the Rocky Hill community (and beyond) to come out and enjoy the sim-ple pleasures of the Christ-mas season.

Following the program, the church will host a recep-

tion featuring homemadecookies and hot cider. Hay-more stresses that attire forthe evening is “come as youare.” Plaids, fl annels, jeans,bib overalls and sweatersare welcome.

St. Mark UMC is locatedat 7001 S. Northshore Dr.in the Bearden area. Info:588-0808.

Brenda Haymore at St. Mark United Methodist Church. Photo by Ruth White

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honor roll at Rocky Hill El-ementary School for the fi rst quarter of the school year in the third grade are Carlo Ad-ams, Brody Armstrong, Meg Atkins, Abigail Bailey, Janie Brice, Dane Britton, Lewis Brooke, Elisabeth Callis, Grey Carrasco, Conner Cole-man, Mary Beth Coleman, Fiona Collins, Ryan Collins, Christian Corona, Torrance Crary, Lydia Cruze, Miles Dixon, Lisa Forester, Nyle Fulton, Kinsey Gentry, Sa-vannah Goan, Olivia Gray, Claire Holladay, Benson Hopkins, Faith Hovan, Jai-lyn Huff, Blythe Jacobs, Wy-att Jones, Annabel Jumper, Shomoy Kamal, Abby Kel-ton, Jack Kohl, Jackson Lange, Kathryn Lentz, Tay-lor Lewis, Gray Loftin, Ian Lusby, Nicholas McIntyre, Norah McLoughlin, Yvan-geline Mills, Maliyah Mix-on, Austin Mount, Santana Nance, Naomi O’Meara, Luke Parker, Sarah Grace Pashke, Payal Patel, Frieda Pellathy, Kenleigh Penning-ton, Riley Phillips, Carson Pickett, Rylee Sieber, Alisa Sieger, Mary Davis Spencer, Annalee Sword, Meghan Taylor, Asia Thigpen, Emma Valentin, Lauren Wade, Elizabeth Walker, Keller Ware, Hayden Watts, Ame-lia Webb, Ethan Webb, Pat-rick Weinand, John White-sell and Owen Winters.

Fourth-grade honor roll members are Emily Adams, Emma Atkins, Harper Bien-ko, Bizzie Bowers, Saman-tha Brody, Nathan Brus-seau, Sara Logan Cada, Blue Cain, Luke Cheadle, Jones Conner, Kieran Darko, Luke Egan, Kathryn Faulkner, Lily Fawaz, Eli Felker, Jack-son Fisher, Evan Goins, John Kirby Hamilton, Trin-ity Hardiman, John Philip Harris, Brock Hatcher, Morgan Hellman, Robert Hovan, McKenna Hubbard, Cline Johannson, Owen Johnson, Ranya Joshi, Devin Kasey, Joshua Lay-ton, Justin Li, Eric Lindley, Ava Long, Jackson Lowe,

Eric Lyttle, Izabella Mae-stroiani, Margaret Mano-lache, Max Manolache, Lily Mason, Aaron Matheny, Zack McAllister, Drake Mc-Donald, Courtney Miller, Wells Moffi tt, Max Moore, Dylan Murray, Ella Outland, Anderson Puckett, Gavon Reeves, Averi Richard-son, Ava Salvilla, Madeline Saunders, Ben Schaefer, Will Siegling, Morgan Vitte-toe, Brooklyn Walker, Con-ner Wallace, Finley Warren, Franklyn Whaley, Christal-leni White, Katie Wilhoit, Garrett Willard, Theo Wil-liams, Finn Winters, Sydney Woodall and Ella Wright.

Honor roll members in the fi fth grade are Owen Allard, Azai Arambula-Chavez, Kathryn Atkins, Sara Katherine Bailey, Ro-main Baudry, Carlie Bobo, Isaac Bohleber, Orlando Carrasco, Will Carter, Ir-ving Chavez-Charles, Lau-ren Chiles, Will Cooper, Chapman Craig, Josh Cruze, Maddy Curtis, Anna Ford, Max Giesecke, Abby Gray, Mary Lindley Gray, Max Harper, Ava Harris, John Harrison, Sydney Hayes, Jordan Hellman, Oyuky Hernandez-Gonzalez, Rich-ard Hollow, Faith Inger-son, Lydia Ingerson, Stokes John, Carson Kammann, Evan Krupa, Emma Kyser, Mackenzie Lesmerises, Jack Lynch, A.C. Maddox, Nayeli Magana, Lilly Mangum, Re-ese Marine, Devin Mixon, Tyla Munsey, Sarah Noe, Kerry O’Neill, Bonnie Ortiz, Fredy Ortiz, Lane Palmer, Sally Pendergrass, Chris-tian Perry, Ashton Peter-son, Ashley Poling, Carson Pruitt, Zeke Rebholz, Anna Rhatigan-Moore, Olivia Rhines, Alec Roberts, Ol-ivia Roberts, Preston Rot-ton, Hayden Rush, Caroline Schow, Matthew Schultz, Wyatt Shomaker, Sophie Shymloch, Conner Smith, Jaedyn Sobota, Jaxon Thornburgh, William Triko, Jade Vo, Hunter Watts, Tyce Webster, Parker White and Claire Whitehead.

A tribute to veterans Caitlin and Carson McVeigh dress the part to perform during

Rocky Hill Elementary’s second-grade musical tribute to veter-

ans. Photo submitted

Lydia Stanton and Grant Wright dress as doctors for

Rocky Hill Elementary School’s annual Career Day

parade. Kindergartners paraded through the school

dressed in the garb of their dream job. Photos submitted

Seaton Moffi t dreams of be-

coming a UT football player,

and J.P. Peace wants to be

a forest ranger in the Great

Smoky Mountains.

Bearden Elementary fi fth-grade teacher Rose Dupont and her stu-

dents celebrate a $1,000 grant for their classroom. Photo by S. Barrett

By Sara BarrettArmed with a background

in real estate and the dream of teaching, Rose Dupont was encouraged by her two grown children to go back to school.

At college, she received a merit-based scholarship from The Armed Forces Communications and Elec-tronics Association Educa-tional Foundation. The hon-or came with three $1,000 grants to be given during Dupont’s fi rst three years of teaching. She is now in her

fi rst full year of teaching at Bearden Elementary and has received the fi rst $1,000.

“I came from a district where technology was more readily available,” said Dupont of living in Michi-gan before heading to the Bearden area.

“Every child had a com-puter,” Dupont said, and in her current classroom there are at least four children to each computer.

Nevertheless, Dupont’s students learned how to make a Telegami, a 30-sec-

ond video presentation in-volving research, writing, public speaking, mathemat-ics, uploading and down-loading fi les and more. Du-pont let some of the students work on her personal laptop when the classroom comput-ers were occupied.

Dupont said parents were surprised when their chil-dren came home without any handwritten homework to complete, but she says, “These kids are the generation of tinkerers, and I am part of the fi rst generation of teach-

ers whose students’ careers haven’t been invented yet.”

Dupont discovered that even students whose pri-mary language isn’t English excelled with the Telegami project.

“If I can do that with one iPad, imagine what I can do with more,” she said with a smile.

Dupont is accepting sug-gestions from her students about what they should pur-chase with the money. Right now, the top item on the list is a 3D printer.

Teacher receives three grants

■ Angels in needEach year, the Salvation

Army registers children in need for its Angel Tree Pro-gram, through which chil-dren ages newborn through 12 years are “adopted” by community members and receive Christmas gifts.

This year, more than 150 of 1,600 registered children have yet to be adopted.

“It’s a relatively unfa-miliar situation for us to be in this time of year,” said Knoxville associate area commander major Yvette Villafuerte. She explained that they’ve been very for-tunate over the past several years, with the number of folks wanting to donate to children in need being greater than the supply of angels. However, despite the number of angels being consistent, the number of

donors seems to have dwin-dled this year.

Angels that are not adopted by early December will most likely not receive any gifts this Christmas. The Salvation Army does have some reserves and contingency plans in the event a few angels are not adopted, but there’s still time to adopt many more angels who are still waiting. Gifts will be distributed to parents and guardians Friday, Dec. 19. If you are interested in helping, call 525-9401 or visit www.angeltree.info.

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By Anne HartWhen Jim and Flo Ull-

rich packed up six children and moved from Pittsburgh to Oak Ridge in 1977, they had no idea that within just a few years they would start a business that would grow to become a household name in East Tennessee and sustain their family for fu-ture generations.

The Ullrichs had lived in Milwaukee, Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Pittsburgh before Westinghouse transferred Jim to Oak Ridge to work on the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project.

The oldest of their seven children had elected to stay in Milwaukee, where he was a senior in high school. Moving can be tough on school-age children, and Ullrich jokes that moving to the South was such a shock to his children that today, 37 years later, “they are just now getting over it.”

Ullrich realized he would eventually be transferred out of Oak Ridge, “and the family just didn’t want to go through another move.”

So what to do after leav-ing the world of corporate job security? “I wanted to start my own business,” Ull-rich says. “My family had a drugstore but I’m not a pharmacist, so I couldn’t get into that line of work.”

The family settled in West Knoxville and Ullrich started researching fran-chises. He decided to go into the printing business but not by buying a franchise. Instead, he signed on with a company named “No Fran-chise, Franchise,” which acted in a consulting capac-ity, helping to fi nd a good location and get equipment set up. They even sent Jim and Flo through two weeks

By Anne HartThe Great Smoky Moun-

tains Institute at Tremont netted its fi rst Rotary Club of Bearden volunteer last week when attorney G. Turner Howard offered to be the organization’s liaison with Pond Gap School.

Howard’s enthusiasm was sparked by a spirited and informative presenta-tion to the club by Dr. Jen-nifer Jones, president and CEO of the institute. She asked Rotarians for their help in educating and in-volving the public, partic-ularly schoolchildren, in Tremont’s mission “to change the world for good.”

While Tremont, as it is commonly known, is celebrating its 45th an-niversary, and Jones has been on the job there for only eight months, her love of animals and nature has been a lifelong passion.

A native of Melbourne, Fla., and a graduate of the University of Florida with a Ph.D. in Conservation and Society from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, Jones has traveled, lived and worked in more than 30 countries, including six years of study in South Af-rica’s Tembe Elephant Park. She holds an appointment as a visiting associate pro-fessor with Virginia Tech’s Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability.

It was that interest in sustainability that led Jones to the 500,000-acre Great Smoky Mountains National

Park and to the organiza-tion whose role is to con-

nect people and nature in ways that will pre-serve the m o u n t a i n habitat for future gen-erations.

J o n e s said the

park is “the world’s largest classroom, and we have a generation of youth who are more disconnected from na-

ture than ever. How are we going to reach them?

How are we going to make them feel con-nected?”

It is those issues that Tremont addresses

through its many hands-on, inquiry-based camps and programs about wildlife and ecology that correlate with classroom lessons, particu-larly in STEM learning.

Jones calls it “brain-based learning,” saying, “If you move the classroom outdoors, children learn better. They learn in ways that will stay with them the rest of their lives. We want them to come to Tremont to learn about nature by being in nature.”

Tremont is a 501(c)3 nonprofi t organization that offers a wide range of pro-grams for teachers, students and interested adults. It de-rives its income from user fees, donations and grants. Scholarships are available.

Info: 865-448-6709 or www.gsmit.org.

Dr. JonesUllrich Printing now boasts the third generation involved in the family business founded in 1979

by Jim and Flo Ullrich. Pictured are Jeannie Ullrich and husband, Peter, who now owns the busi-

ness; Flo and Jim Ullrich, Carol Ullrich Matthews and her son, Will Matthews, and Ann Ullrich

Hilt. Photo by A. Hart

The American Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery (AIMIS) recently induct-

ed two Tennova Healthcare physicians into the 300 Club, which recognizes gynecologists who demon-strate an approach to sur-gery that offers patients the best cosmetic results.

Drs. Gregory Glover and Sudha Nair, obstetricians and gynecologists at Turkey Creek Medical Center, join

the ranks of the nation’s top 300 minimally invasive women’s health surgery special-

ists. Dr. Lowell McCauley, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Physicians Regional

Medical Center, was named the fi rst member of the 300 Club earlier this year.

To be a member, phy-sicians must perform 70 percent or more of their surgeries using minimally invasive techniques, such as robot-assisted surgery. The goal is to promote a less-intrusive approach to

hysterectomies and other abdominal pro-cedures.

Dr. Nair Dr. Glover

Drs. Glover, Nair join AIMIS 300 Club

Ullrich Printing: the right decision

of training. After that, the couple were pretty much on their own.

That fi rst location of Ull-rich Printing opened in 1979 in Western Plaza. The Ull-richs sent out some clever mailers with a coupon offer-ing a discount they hoped would attract business, and Jim made sales calls to local companies. It worked.

“Pretty quickly we start-ed getting a reputation for doing good quality work and delivering on time, and then the customers really started coming.”

In 1984, Ullrich Printing outgrew the space in West-ern Plaza and moved down-town to the corner of Clinch Avenue and Walnut Street across from the YWCA. That location was also a good choice for the com-pany. A few years ago there was still another expansion and move, this time to the current location at 2944 Middlebrook Pike.

Jim retired from the business 17 years ago, and son Peter took over. “Peter

has done a good job, both product-wise and custom-ers-wise,” his dad says. “We’re still growing.”

Peter isn’t the only fam-ily member in the business. His sister, Carol Ullrich Matthews, handles sales and product development, and her son, Will Matthews, works at the business part-time while a UT student. Another of Peter’s sisters, Ann Ullrich Hilt, manages the front counter and works directly with customers.

Jim Ullrich is quick to say that the printing com-pany his family operates to-day has evolved to the point that “about all I would be able to do is pickups and de-liveries.”

At fi rst, the business printed simple things: business cards, letterhead, wedding invitations, fl yers, postcards, mailers.

Today, Ullrich Printing is a huge commercial op-eration with digital copy-ing services. Just about ev-erything is computerized. Printing presses are gigan-

tic. They print everything from custom wallpaper to vinyl advertising wrap-arounds for vehicles to backlit signs and magnets of all sizes. They also offer countless kinds of business applications, ranging from annual reports to an exten-sive variety of presentation materials.

And yes, they’ll still print your letterhead and busi-ness cards.

Jim Ullrich, who cel-ebrated his 79th birthday last week, says Knoxville was the right place for this family to put down roots. “We’ve worked hard, and it has all been worth it.”

What he doesn’t say is that the Ullrich family has always generously given back to the community as volunteers and through their church and other or-ganizations over the years. Indeed, the Ullrich fam-ily’s trek to the South was a move that benefi ted a city as well as a family.

Info: 523-0931 or www.ullrichprinting.com.

Tremont: Connecting people, nature

By Bonny C. MillardThe intrinsic value of

Tennessee Promise is that students who are still in el-ementary school and even high school can start prepar-ing for college now.

Randy Boyd, who volun-teered as special adviser on higher education for Gov. Bill Haslam last year, re-cently spoke to the Rotary Club of Knoxville, sharing the history of tnAchieves, Tennessee Promise and the “Drive to 55” initiative.

The goal of the “Drive to 55” initiative is that 55 per-cent of Tennessee’s popula-tion will have a post-sec-ondary education, either a degree or certifi cate, by the year 2025, Boyd said.

Tennessee Promise is a last-dollar scholarship pro-gram that will allow high school graduates to attend

community colleges or tech-nical schools for free start-

ing in 2015.“ W h a t

(Tennessee P r o m i s e ) did was cre-ate a $350 million en-d o w m e n t that now allows us to offer a

scholarship to every single graduate in all 95 counties,” Boyd said. “… We’re able to tell kindergartners and fi rst-graders and their par-ents that they can now go to college so they can start planning and changing their trajectory.”

The ability to access a free college education can help students become better pre-pared to do well in college, Boyd said.

“If you’re reading two grades below in third grade, you never catch up,” he said.

Tennessee Promise start-ed in Knoxville in 2008 when Boyd, founder and CEO of Radio Systems, worked with then-Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale to guide the development of tnAchieves, which gives high school stu-dents scholarships to attend community colleges or tech-nical schools. Boyd chairs tnAchieves.

The program helped stu-dents fi ll out federal student aid forms, required them to perform one day of commu-nity service for each semes-ter and matched them with a mentor. Tennessee Promise, based on the same concept, will partner tnAchieves.

“It’s a big challenge,” Boyd said. “If we decide to do it, we can do it.”

Randy Boyd

The promise of Tennessee Promise

Wes Brown, a certifi ed fi -nancial planner, has joined Rather & Kittrell as senior fi nancial adviser. Brown will be working with indi-viduals and families. He earned the CFP designation in 2013.

“Wes is a great fi t with our fi rm and he is passion-ate about helping clients make smart decisions with their money,” said Lytle Rather, president and com-pany co-founder.

“Wes is the seventh CFP on staff, and I think it shows our com-mitment to p r o v i d i n g depth and e x p e r t i s e for guiding our clients through the

Rather & Kittrell wealth management process.”

After starting his ca-

reer in fi nancial planning at Morgan Stanley in 2007, Brown relocated his fam-ily from New England to East Tennessee in 2009 and spent the past fi ve years on the professional team at As-set Planning Corporation. He completed his under-graduate studies in music, business and psychology.

Brown and his wife, Brandi, have two sons, Emerson and Ow en, and a daughter, Mary Alex.

Wes Brown

Wes Brown joins Rather & Kittrell

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By Betsy PickleAfter the big Thanksgiv-

ing push, the movie scene this week is a bit more low-key.

The documentary “Re-mote Area Medical,” which was shot in Bristol and had a premiere at the Tennes-see Theatre last year, starts a regular run this week. (Please see the accompany-ing interview with the di-rectors.)

The widest release be-longs to the horror fi lm “The Pyramid.” U.S. ar-chaeologists discover an an-cient pyramid buried in the Egyptian desert and, while exploring it, become lost. As they try to fi gure a way out, they realize they’re not alone in the pyramid – and they’re being hunted.

The cast includes a bunch of people you’ve never heard of, along with the tre-

mendously talented Denis O’Hare. Gregory Levasseur, known for co-writing “The Hills Have Eyes” (2006) and “High Tension,” directed.

Fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 will want to check out Rifftrax Live: “Santa Claus,” in which the MST3K guys tear apart the 1959 Mexican holiday non-classic. It will play at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at West Town and Tinseltown.

Shot at a RAM clinic in Bristol, “Remote Area Medical” focuses on people whose desperate need for health care complicates their lives.

Farihah Zaman

Jeff Reichert

Post-holiday short list

By Betsy PickleMaking the documentary “Remote

Area Medical” was a learning experience for fi rst-time fi lmmaker Farihah Zaman.

“People are more than just the sum of their struggles,” says Zaman, noting one of the truths that came from the experi-ence.

RAM, which was founded by Stan Brock and based in South Knoxville un-til a recent move to Rockford, provides free, high-quality medical, dental and vi-sion care to people who cannot afford it. RAM schedules clinics all over the coun-try with the help of hundreds of medical personnel.

Zaman and her co-director, Jeff Reichert, were inspired to make the fi lm after volunteering at a RAM clinic in Pikeville, Ky. They were moved by the ex-perience, and after many years working in the fi lm industry they were looking for a project for their directorial debut.

“We wanted to share that story with other people,” she says.

After Pikeville, it didn’t take long to decide to make the fi lm, Reichert says.

“It took a really long time introducing ourselves to RAM and Stan (Brock) and making him comfortable with the idea of doing the fi lm,” says Reichert.

“We had to convince them we don’t have an agenda. We don’t have a policy outcome we’re trying to push.

“Originally, our idea was to show how

you run a clinic, what it takes. Once we started meeting the patients, it changed entirely. You can see Stan on the news and see how big the clinics are, but you’re not hearing as much in depth.”

Zaman says they chose to shoot at the clinic in Bristol because “Appalachia is so incredibly beautiful, and the people are gracious. In addition to that, it’s over-looked by the rest of the country. This was an opportunity to give them a voice.”

The shoot made sense logistically, the fi lmmakers say, and there was another big factor.

“It took place in a NASCAR speedway – a huge, expensive leisure center host-ing something so different,” says Zaman. “That said a lot without making a big point out of it.”

The filmmakers tried to find pa-tients who had good stories before they started shooting so they could follow them through the process. Zaman says they couldn’t help but get involved at times.

They hope the fi lm opens people’s eyes to some harsh medical realities in this country and makes them think about how they can help, through volunteering or working to cut through the red tape that RAM often experiences.

“Most states don’t allow doctors not licensed in their state to practice,” says Zaman. “They need the out-of-state help. RAM needs to draw from what exists.”

RAM fi lmmakers hope to inspire support

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THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 14 ■ “The Game’s Afoot” by Ken Ludwig presented by Theatre

Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St. Performances: 8 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: theatreknoxville.

com or at the door. Info: theatreknoxville.com.

THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 21 ■ “A Christmas Carol,” Clarence Brown Theatre Mainstage,

UT campus. Info/tickets/ performances: 974-5161 or

clarencebrowntheatre.com/.

FRIDAY ■ First Friday Gallery and Kwanzaa Holiday Marketplace,

6-9 p.m., Downtown African American Art Gallery, Suite 106,

The Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St.

■ KSO Musical Storytimes for Kids, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch

Library, 330 W. Emory Road. For preschool-aged children and

their caregivers. Free and open to the public. Info: 947-6210.

■ Opening reception for the Arts & Culture Alliance 2014

Members Show, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St.

On display through Dec. 23. Info/hours: 523-7543 or www.

knoxalliance.com.

■ Opening reception for Chasing Light: New Works by Kathie

Odom, 5-8 p.m., The District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike.

Meet the artist, holiday cuisine from Gourmet’s Market, live

music by Michael Whitesides. Exhibit runs through Dec. 30.

SATURDAY ■ Dor L’Dor, Klezmer: Music for Hannukah, 8 p.m., Laurel

Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts avail-

able. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

■ Oak Ridge Community Orchestra concert, 2 p.m., First

Baptist Church of Oak Ridge Sanctuary, on the corner of the

Oak Ridge Turnpike and LaFayette Drive. Admission is free;

donations at the door to support the orchestra’s routine

operating expenses will be appreciated.

■ Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, 9-10 a.m., Knoxville Arts

and Fine Crafts Center, 1127 Broadway. For ages 4-5. Cost:

$18. Info: 523-1401 or www.cityofknoxville.org/recreation/

arts.

■ Scott Hamilton & Friends on Ice, 5-6:30 p.m., Knoxville

Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. All proceeds will

benefi t the Provision CARES Foundation and the Scott Ham-

ilton CARES Foundation supporting cancer education and

wellness, clinical research and patient assistance. Tickets: $22

and $32.50. Info: 684-2616, www.provisonhp.com

■ Vega String Quartet in concert, 7:30 p.m., Pollard Audi-

torium, 210 Badger Road, Oak Ridge. Presented by the Oak

Ridge Civic Music Association. Tickets: $10 and $25. Info:

483-5569, www.orcma.org.

■ West Town Mall Holiday 5k race, in the mall parking lot

near Charming Charlie. Registration: adult race, 7 a.m.; kids

fun run (entry fee is donating toy for Angel Tree), 7:30. All

proceeds go to Second Harvest Food Bank’s Food for Kids

program and the Simon Youth Foundation, which helps at-

risk students stay in school. Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest

for attendees. Breakfast with Santa, 9 a.m. in the amphithe-

ater in front of JCPenney.

■ Winter Concert, 8 p.m., Princess Theatre in downtown Har-

riman. Features: Roane State Community College Concert

Choir, Jazz Band, Celebration Singers, faculty and guest mu-

sicians. Donations will be accepted at the door. Info: Brenda

Luggie, 354-3000, ext. 4236; or luggieb@roanestate.edu.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY ■ “The Nutcracker” presented by the Appalachian Ballet

Company with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville

Civic Auditorium. Performances: 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.

Sunday. Tickets: 982-8463 or Knox Tickets 656-4444.

SUNDAY ■ Hard Knox Roller Girls intraleague bout featuring Black

Bettys vs Lolitas Locas, 6 p.m., Smoky Mountain Skate

Center, 2801 E. Broadway, Maryville. Open skate, 7:30-

8:30 p.m. Ticket prices include skate rental. Info: www.

hardknoxrollergirls.com.

■ Knoxville Community Band Concert, 3 p.m., Bearden

Middle School, 1000 Francis Road. Free admission.

■ Opening reception for “Sound of Many Waters” art exhibit,

6:30-7:15 p.m., Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800

Deane Hill Drive. Exhibit runs through Wednesday, Dec. 24.

By Carol ShaneThose who know Amy

Morton Vaughn know that she sleeps, eats and breathes ballet. The artistic director of the Appalachian Ballet Com-pany (ABC) is excited about recent changes she’s made to the company’s annual pro-duction of “The Nutcracker.”

“This year, the audience will be treated to lots of new choreography, dancers and soloists,” she says.

Acclaimed as an educa-tor, director and choreogra-pher – and a prima ballerina herself in the ’80s and ’90s – Morton Vaughn is tireless in her devotion to the dance. Right now she’s not only re-hearsing her “Nutcracker” cast but also teaching class-es as usual at the Van Metre School of Dance, which is the ABC’s offi cial school and one of the oldest businesses in Blount County, having been founded by Cheryl Van Metre in the late 1950s.

Chartered in 1972, the Appalachian Ballet Com-

pany grew out of the school and is now the resident dance company of the Clay-ton Center for the Arts. Morton Vaughn took the reins in 1997, and the ABC’s talented dancers perform a three-program season, of-fering a wide repertory from traditional classics to cre-ative contemporary ballets.

And in an age when more ballet companies are opting for recorded music, “the Ap-palachian Ballet Company continues to show extraor-dinary commitment to live music,” says music direc-tor Sande MacMorran, who will conduct the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in the upcoming performances. “Forty-one years of ‘The Nut-cracker’ with full orchestra!”

Part of MacMorran’s job is to accommodate the spe-cial musical needs of the solo dancers. And this year, he’ll be accommodating a lot of them.

Some starring roles are double-cast, and Morton

Vaughn says, “I have three male guest artists coming for the fi rst weekend and three separate male guest artists coming for the sec-ond weekend, which is very exciting! I’ll get to work with six different profes-sional dancers!

“I’ve done lots of new choreography for the Span-ish dance, and this year we’ll have both male and female dancers for the Rus-sian dance, so get ready for those big leaps!” she contin-ues. “But I’m most excited about the Arabian dance,” she admits, referring to the sinuous dance set to Tchai-kovsky’s exotic music. “I’ve made lots of changes in it.”

Actor David Dwyer, most recently seen in “Anchor-man 2: The Legend Con-tinues” and the TV series “Reckless,” reprises his role as Herr Drosselmeyer, the mysterious toymaker who introduces the magi-cal nutcracker to the Stahl-baum family at their annual

Christmas party. Kylie Mor-ton Barry, one of Morton Vaughn’s two professionally dancing daughters, will por-tray the Sugarplum Fairy.

And of course there’ll be dancing dolls and snow-fl akes, gingerbread kids, toy soldiers, angels and marauding mice. “We have over 100 performers this year!” Morton Vaughn says. It all makes for a thrilling family adventure that you don’t want to miss.

This year’s Appalachian Ballet Company production of “The Nutcracker” will take place at 8 p.m. Satur-day, Dec. 6, and 2 p.m. Sun-day, Dec. 7, at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium. Two fur-ther performances will be presented at 2 and 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13, at The Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville.

Tickets and info: www.appalachianballet.com or 656-4444 or 877-995-9961.Send story suggestions to news@

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David Dwyer as the mysterious Herr Drosselmey-

er has just given the magical nutcracker to Clara,

danced by Harris Wilbanks. Photo by Richard Calmes

By Mystery DinerYou thought it was

enough. You swore you would never eat again. Still, here you are, almost a week after the tryptophan-laced turkey has worn off, and you are craving a turkey sandwich.

Tender, juicy turkey … just a hint of mayo … crisp lettuce and a ripe-red toma-to … Arghhhh! Why did you turn down those leftovers?

Never fear. The answer is just around the corner, if you know where to look.

Look to Buddy’s Bar-B-Q. Yes, I said Buddy’s.

Buddy’s Bar-B-Q is an East Tennessee tradition

with 14 restaurants stretch-ing from Morristown to Athens. They have been around since 1972 and are known for hickory-smoked barbecue, ribs and hawg-back potatoes. I would ven-ture that if you have been in Knoxville for more than a month, you’ve had a Bud-dy’s pork sandwich.

So let me tell you about the turkey. Like the holi-day that made it famous, turkey doesn’t get much attention in the Buddy’s marketing strategy. Under-standably so, as you really should dance with the one who brought you, and bar-becue is what put Buddy’s

Yes, there’s barbecue. But Buddy’s turkey

sandwich, with baked beans and corn on

the cob, is just what you need if no one

gave you any leftovers. Photo by Mystery Diner

on the map.Their turkey sandwich,

however, is a rare fi nd for those who look for it. It’s real, smoked turkey, thin-sliced but still juicy. Served cold with lettuce, tomato and light mayonnaise, the sandwich is everything you dream about on Black Fri-day, when the mall is calling

your wallet and the refrig-erator your stomach.

If the peer pressure is too much, go ahead and order the barbecue. Whisper to the cashier to add a turkey sandwich, and no one will be the wiser.

She’ll even put it in a brown paper bag for you.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLESB December 3, 2014

NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Fort Sanders Regional and Thompson Cancer Survival Center provide the region’s most comprehensive cancer care. From diagnosis to treatment to rehabilitation, we offer care options not available anywhere else in our region. Working together to provide the best patient care - that’s Regional Excellence!

(865) 673-FORT (3678)

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: ONCOLOGY

Brain tumors take many forms, cause diff ering outlooksThere are more than 120

types of brain tumors. A diagno-sis of any of them is very specific and individual to the patient. It’s also life-changing, life-threaten-ing and often a shock.

“Brain tumors can be insidi-ous,” said Dr. Paul Peterson, a n e u r o s u r -geon at Fort Sanders Re-gional Medi-cal Center. “ I n i t i a l l y , many people think their s y m p t o m s are a stroke. There can be h e a d a c h e s ,

and subtle personality changes can occur even before the head-aches occur.

“But unlike stroke symptoms, which are sudden, brain tumors can enlarge silently for a long time,” Peterson added.

Each year, an estimated 200,000 people are diagnosed in the United States with some type of brain tumor, according to research by the National Cancer Institute. Most tumors, about 160,000 of them, are spread from cancers in other parts of the body. These are called “met-astatic” tumors.

Cancers of the lung, breast, kidney and melanoma skin can-

Symptoms and treatment of brain tumors

Symptoms of brain tumors can be subtle at first, but they increase as the tumor grows larger.

“The symptoms of brain tu-mors are weakness; headache, especially one that’s worse in morning; nausea; and vomit-ing, if the tumor is big enough,” said Dr. Paul Peterson, neu-rosurgeon with Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Fort Sanders Neurosurgery and Spine.

There are four main types of treatment for brain tumors, and most patients receive a combi-nation of therapies, depending on their specific needs.

■ Surgery – The goal of surgery is to remove as much of the tumor as possible with-out damaging the surrounding brain tissue. At the very least, the surgeon will get a sample of the tumor for a biopsy, but in many cases the tumor can be removed. The biopsy reveals whether the tumor is cancerous or not.

■ Radiation therapy – Us-ing X-rays, gamma rays or pro-

ton beams, radiation therapy either is used to shrink tumors before surgery or as a follow up to surgery to get rid of any residual cancer cells left. Some types of radiation are used on non-cancerous tumors as well.

■ Chemotherapy – Medi-cations that kill cancer cells are often used after surgery to re-duce the chance the tumor will grow and spread.

■ Targeted therapy – New medicines being tested in clini-cal trials work differently than standard chemotherapy. In-stead of killing all cells, they target certain types of cells in an effort to stop tumors.

■ Watchful waiting – For slow-growing tumors, this ap-proach involves regular moni-toring of the tumor without ac-tively removing it.

For more information about

treatment options for

brain tumors at

Fort Sanders Regional,

call 865-673-3678

or visit fsregional.com.

Gamma Knife – a treatment optionFort Sanders Regional Medi-

cal Center and Thompson Cancer Survival Center work together to offer the latest in surgical and non-surgical brain tumor treatment options.

“Thompson is just across the street from Fort Sanders, so we work together for radiation treat-ment and chemotherapy,” said Dr. Paul Peterson, a neurosurgeon at Fort Sanders. “Plus, we treat with the Gamma Knife, we do biopsies

and brain tumor removal.”Fort Sanders has the region’s

only Leksell Gamma Knife Perfex-ion unit, the most advanced and widely used radiosurgery treat-ment in the world, which uses focused radiation to target can-cerous tumors precisely, without damaging nearby tissue.

This technology is most often used on metastatic brain tumors and to supplement traditional brain surgery or in cases where

traditional surgery is not possible. Other advantages to Gamma

Knife treatment include: ■ Typically the procedure is

done in a one-day session. ■ Gamma Knife is non-inva-

sive, minimizing surgical compli-cations.

■ Recovery time is minimal al-lowing patients to return to their normal activities and lifestyle.

■ Multiple sites can be treated during one session.

Paul Peterson, MD

Neurosurgery

cer are the most likely types of cancer to spread to the brain. Working with Thompson Cancer Survival Center, physicians at Fort Sanders use a combination of surgery, radiation and che-motherapy to treat metastatic tumors.

“We customize a treatment program for each patient,” said Peterson. “It just depends on what they need.”

A smaller portion of brain tumors, about 40,000 per year in the U.S., originate within the brain. These are called “prima-ry” tumors. Of those, less than half are cancerous, although they still may be life-threatening because the tumor presses on the brain.

“Not all brain tumors are cancerous,” explained Peterson. “But benign tumors still need to

be followed and may need to be removed because of pressure on the brain.”

After removal, most benign tumors do not grow back or spread further, but serial follow-up with a neurosurgeon may be needed to watch for potential recurrence. Under a microscope, benign tumor cells usually have distinct borders and almost a normal appearance, according

to the American Brain TumorAssociation.

“We do a CT scan and an MRIand these may provide goodclues, but sometimes you needa piece of the tumor before youknow it’s truly benign or cancer-ous. You can tell something’sgoing on but not the specificsabout what it is,” said Peterson.

“Some benign tumors areclassic looking, others we’re notsure. Sometimes tumors canlook benign but they turn out tobe metastatic cancer.”

A malignant primary tumoris one that is cancerous. Thesetend to be fast-growing andsend out tentacle-like tissueinto the rest of the brain, orshed cells that travel through-out the brain.

No one really knows whatcauses primary brain tumors,although excessive radiation ex-posure does increase the risk, asdo a few rare genetic conditions,according to the National Can-cer Institute.

“Some speculate head traumacan cause certain benign tumors,but how many times do you hityour head over a lifetime? Onething we can say is that there’sno association with cell phonesor living near power lines,” saidPeterson.

“Really the term is multifac-torial, because there is no onething associated with brain tu-mors,” he added.

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

By Danielle Taylor

Over the last six months, we have broken down our six Core Values, which repre-sent a Christian worldview and belief system as imple-mented by our teachers and staff here at Grace Christian Academy. At GCA, we are dedicated to being a distinc-tively Christian Academy that provides an educational experience developing stu-dents who are committed to changing the world for Christ. These Core Values

provide a guideline for our students, parents, and staff and promote an overall un-derstanding of our Mission and Vision. The previous fi ve Core Values concentrated on being Christ-Centered in all we do, the Truth of God’s Word, being the Church, the support of Family, and dem-onstrating Excellence. The sixth and fi nal Core Value, Service, is a perfect way to end the series, as this time of year is so very important to remember and serve others.

SERVICEShow me your faith apart from your works, and I will

show you my faith by my works. James 2:18 ■ GCA will seek to foster an environment where Biblical faith is shown

by actions in our love to others.

■ GCA will seek to help students realize their personal gifts and

abilities to be used for glorifying Christ through acts of service.

■ GCA will seek to provide opportunities to serve the local community

in various mission projects.

■ GCA will seek to provide opportunities for on-campus ministry

activities/events for the Grace community.

By Danielle TaylorServing our in community

and beyond is an important part of the academic process at Grace Christian Academy. Each year, students are encouraged and expected to reach out to the needs of their fellow students, churches, local non-profi t agencies, and people all across the world through meaningful mission experiences and service to others.

The goal is to engage our students both academically and spiritually as they seek to glorify God through service to him. It is the hope that their work, combined with their personal experiences in ministry, will serve to enlighten their minds and infl ame their hearts, that they might ultimately be transformed into both lifelong learners and servants of Christ.

Our Lower School students, grades Junior Kindergarten through fi fth grade, have really jumped on board this year with seven different local and global mission projects. Collecting canned goods and making crafts for The Willows, serving Karns Volunteer Fire Department, and singing Christmas songs and making crafts at Autumn Care Assisted Living are among the service projects this year. In addition, our third grade students have joined with Blackmon Pediatrics and Harvest Field Ministries by opting to eat beans and rice in lieu of school lunch, thereby supporting a widow for six months with their lunch money. The fourth grade classes have stuffed

Grace Lower School gives backStudents complete missions projects

300 backpacks to be opened Christmas morning for missionaries in Belize, and our fi fth graders are collecting school supplies and coats for Lonsdale Elementary.

While no mission project is greater than another, both the Lower and Middle School students have adopted

one of our largest projects: Operation Christmas Child.

Operation Christmas Child is the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind, using gift-fi lled shoeboxes to share God’s love in a tangible way with needy children around the world. Since 1993, Samaritan’s Purse has collected and delivered more than 113 million gift-fi lled shoeboxes to children in over 150 countries through Operation Christmas Child. Individuals, families, churches, and groups fi ll empty shoeboxes with gifts of toys, school supplies, hygiene items, and notes of encouragement.

National Collection Week is over, but you can still send good news and great joy to a child by building a shoebox online. You can make it your own by choosing from a list of gifts and then add a personal letter and photo. Samaritan’s purse will pack your shoebox and send it for you, for a suggested donation of just $25.

Visit www samaritanspurse.org/

operation-christmas-child/buildonline to get started!

A small shoebox can teach a child about the love of God, lead him or her to faith in Christ, inspire pastors, and plant new churches. What goes into the box is fun, but what comes out is eternal: the love of Jesus Christ.

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Houses - Unfurnished 74Powell / Claxton 3 BR,

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Condo Rentals 76HALLS: 6812 Langston

Dr., 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA, carport, 11x15 storage, fenced rear, appls, $800 mo + $600 dep. 865-922-0155, 688-1728

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Trucking Opportunities 106DRIVERS: DO you

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Dogs 141Australian Shepherd

farm raised puppies, red merles, red tris, $400-$800. 865-696-2222

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Bichon Frise pups, reg., M&F, all vacs, non shedding, groomed, $400-$600. 865-216-5770

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Dobermans Warlock, blue, 6 wks, shots, 12 lbs, parents on couch, $300. 865-428-6981.

ENGLISH BULLDOG pups, AKC, champ. lines, 1 yr. guar., $1500. 865-308-7591.

***Web ID# 493891***

Dogs 141Havanese Pups AKC,

M&F, many colors, small, non shedding, $850-$1100. 865-216-5770

***Web ID# 493893***

LAB PUPS, AKC, blonde, 6 wks, S&W,

champ bldlns. Taking dep. for Christmas,

$800. Call 423-715-8131. ***Web ID# 495864***

PUG PUPPIES Unreg., $300. Visa &

M/C accptd. 423-775-6044 ***Web ID# 495155***

PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds

Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles,

Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots

& wormed. We do layaways. Health guar. Div. of Animal Welfare

State of TN Dept. of Health.

423-566-3647

YORKIE PUPS, AKC, Black & T-an, F & M,

UTD on S&W, $500. 865-740-6322.

YORKIES AKC, Ch. lns, quality M & F. Also taking dep. for Christmas., Health Guar. 865-591-7220

YORKIES FOR CHRISTMAS beautiful playful puppies, DOB 9/12/14. 865-661-0095

Yorkies, Teacup, males, CKC. Shih-tzu, toy Imperials, CKC. Vaccinations up to date. 423-736-3783

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Farmer’s Market 150FARMALL A Tractor

good tires, paint & runs great. Asking $2600 obo. 865-475-1182

ROUND UP Ready Alfalfa Hay, $7 per square bale, LaFol-lette. 865-617-4468

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

Building Materials 18825 PCS metal truss, 19'L, 4"Wx26"H; 15 PCS metal truss 30'L, 4"Wx26"H; 5 PCS metal truss 45'L, 4.5"Wx26"H. 1 Metal roll up door, 16'W x 12'H. 2 Metal roll up doors, 14'Wx12'H. 2 Metal roll up doors, 12'Wx8'H.

865-803-3633

Building Materials 1882 PCS I-beams 6.5"x 8"x18'L 2 PCS I-beams

4"x8"x18'L 1 PC I-beam

4"x8"x13'9"L 10 PCS metal door jams

865-803-3633

Reliabilt Replacement vinyl white single hung windows w/screens, no grids, Energy Star rated, 36"x36" exact size, $100 ea or all 7 for $600 obo. 865-233-3657

Misc. Items 203CHRISTMAS TREE,

12 ft, pre-lit, paid $2500; sell for $500. 2 yrs. old. 865-556-2999

Household Furn. 2043 PIECE

SECTIONAL BOOK-CASE, $150.

Call 865-690-4231

Chaise Lounge, 58"x35" w/arms & deep back pillow, Lt & med brown soft material, leaf foliage design. Like new. $200. 865-705-2733

Household Appliances 204a

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty 865-851-9053 2001 E. Magnolia Ave.

Collectibles 213HO TRAIN Collection,

9 assort. engines, 1 pass. train, 32 assort. freight cars. All in orig. boxes. Call for make & road name. Items sold separately. 865-659-2195.

Campers 235NEW & PRE-OWNED

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Autos Wanted 253

PAYING UP TO $600!!

FOR JUNK CARS And also Buying

Scrap Metal, Aluminum Wheels & Batteries. 865-208-9164

Vans 256CHEVY EXPRESS

2008 Extended 3500 Cargo Van, rear & side door windows, 6.0 V8, 146K mi, $6,000. 865-385-0848.

Trucks 257FORD F150 1986, 2

WD, V8, 5.0, AT, Short bed, $1800. Call 865-216-5387

Comm Trucks Buses 259FORD F700 1983 dump

flat bed w/sides, gas mtr. needs some work. $1500. 865-216-5387.

Antiques Classics 260CAMARO Rally Sport LT 1978, 350 mtr., AT, runs & drives. $2000.

Call 865-216-5387

Imports 262LEXUS ES300 2001,

coach lthr., 1 owner, garaged, exc. cond., blk., 144K miles. $5,750. 865-690-8846.

PORSCHE BOXSTER 2000 conv., wht., 2.7L flat 6 cycl., Tiptronic,

mint cond., garage kept. Top like new, only 60K.60K service done. $11,500. 865-654-8232.

VW BEETLE 2003 Turbo S, 54K mi, Leather, RARE! $6,999. 865-384-3379

Sports 264CORVETTE Z06 2003,

6 speed, 17K mi, $27,000.

865-256-2356

Domestic 265CADILLAC 2000 Eldo-

rado, 1 owner, loaded, gar. kept, exc. cond. 97k mi, $4500/bo. 865-603-4744

Domestic 265CHEVY IMPALA

2012, silver, 42K mi., clean, all pwr., $8650. 865-522-4133

CHRYSLER PT Cruiser LTD 2002, sunrf, lthr.,

chrome whls, new tires & belts, extra

low mileage, 75K mi., Beautiful cond.

$5200. 865-310-3336.

FORD FOCUS SE 2010, 4 cyl., 4 dr, very good cond., silver. $9500. 865-908-0125.

FORD MUSTANG CONV. 1994, 165K mi, $1800 obo. Call 865-933-3175; 388-5136

FORD TAURUS 1996, 4 dr, 200K mi, new tires, runs great, $1500. 865-201-9930

LINCOLN TOWNCAR 1996 Exec. model, lthr., new tires, exc. cond. 163K mi. $3700 obo. 865-457-4955.

Mercury Grand Marquix LS 2006, leather, new tires, exc. 171k, $5900. 865-475-7426

Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE in-

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

Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER

SERVICE. Will clean front & back $20 & up. Quality work, guaran-teed. Call 288-0556.

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THROUGH MONDAY, DEC. 8“Big Red Bow Project” donation collection

for individuals facing Alzheimer’s and dementia in Knox, Anderson, Blount and Loudon counties at Lexus of Knoxville, 10315 Parkside Drive. Info/wish list: www.alzTennessee.org/big-red-bow-project or 544-6288.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3Chanukah Story time with Laurie Fisher, 11

a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Holiday Dance Party with dance instructors, noon-3 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Merry Merry! Santa’s on his way, 10:30 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

THURSDAY, DEC. 4Bingo, 10-11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640

Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Chanukah Story time with Laurie Fisher, 4

p.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 470-8663.

Dressing Girls for Charity, 3:15-4:30 p.m., Hu-mana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Free preview screening of “Evolution of a Crimi-nal,” followed by a panel discussion, 6 p.m., Scruffy City Hall in Market Square. Free event. Info: www.EastTennesseePBS.org.

Holiday Spectacular concert performances, 6 and 8 p.m., Clayton Performing Arts Center on the Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Space limited; arrive 30 minutes before performance for complimentary ticket. Free event; donations ac-cepted at the door for the Pellissippi State Foundation on behalf of the Music Scholarship fund. Info: 694-6400 or www.pstcc.edu/arts.

Movie and Popcorn: “A Christmas Story” with Peter Billinglsey, Darren McGavin, 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

FRIDAY, DEC. 5Knitting Caps for the Homeless, 12:30-1:30

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

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 5-6Special Holiday Barn Sale at the RiverView

Family Farm, located on Prater Lane off Choto Road. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Features: vendors with handmade arts & crafts, jewelry, vintage items, antiques and more; fresh Christmas trees from table top size to 12 feet, garlands and wreaths. Free admission. Info: janice865@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 6AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-5

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

Best Little Christmas Sale Ever, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Callahan Road Baptist Church, 1317 Callahan Road. Info: 938-3410.

Candle making workshops, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway. Reservations are required; space is limited. Cost: $10. Info/reservations: 573-5508, info@marblesprings.net, www.marblesprings.net.

Christmas Gifts to Give, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center, 1127 Broadway. For ages 6-10. Cost: $49. Info: 523-1401 or www.cityofknoxville.org/recreation/arts.

Christmas Internet Festival, 1-4 p.m., East Ten-nessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Hosted by the staff of the East Tennessee Genealogical School. Preregistra-tion and a valid email address, as well as good internet searching capabilities, are required. Info/to register: 215-8809.

FaithWalk & Al Ichiki 5K, 2 p.m., Church of the Immaculate Conception, 414 West Vine. Packet pick-up, 12:30-1:45 p.m. day of event. Hosted by Samaritan Min-istry, a ministry of Central Baptist Church of Bearden and an AIDS service organization. To register: www.samaritancentral.org or day of race. Info: 450-1000, ext. 827.

First Saturday, Gallery Open, International Fine Arts Academy with KWANZAA Presentation and Kuum-ba Watoto Parent Booster Club Fundraiser, Downtown African American Art Gallery, Suite 106, The Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St.

Nutcracker Breakfast, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Studio Arts for Dancers, 1234 Rocky Hill Road. Cost: $25. For ages 6-12. Reservations required. Info/reservations: 539-2475 or www.gocontemporarydance.com.

SUNDAY, DEC. 7Christmas Card to the City, 3:30 p.m., Market

Square Stage, located on Old Market Square. Free ad-mission.

Handmade Guatemalan gifts for sale, 12:30-3:30 p.m., Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road. Proceeds benefi t NuestrosNinos, a local charity committed to helping “our children” in Guatemala. Info: 938-8311 or http://www.nuestrosninoscharity.org/.

MONDAY, DEC. 8All Over the Page: “The Good Lord Bird,” 6:30

p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Merry Merry! Santa’s on his way, 3 p.m., How-ard Pinkston Branch Library, 7732 Martin Mill Pike. Info: 573-0436.

Tennessee Shines: Wade Hill and poet Liam Hys-julien, 7 p.m., Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Tickets: $10, free for students with valid ID and children ages 14 and under. Info/tickets: WDVX.com.

TUESDAY, DEC. 9Harvey Broome Group Holiday Photograph

Show, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universal-ist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Info: Ronald Shrieves, ronaldshrieves@comcast.net.

Knoxville Civil War Roundtable meeting, 7 p.m., Buddy’s Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: James Ogden, chief historian of Chickamauga NMP. Topic: “Sherman vs. Cleburn on Missonary Ridge.” Cost: $15 members; $17 nonmembers; lecture only $3. RSVP by noon Monday, Dec. 8, to 671-9001.

Meet the author and book signing with Dr. Kathleen Sales, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Executive Suites, 9111 Cross Park Drive, Building D.

Merry Merry! Santa’s on his way, 11 a.m., South Knoxville Branch Library, 4500 Chapman Highway. Info: 573-1772.

Reception and awards ceremony for the East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition, 6-8 p.m., the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Free and open to the public. On exhibit Nov. 28 through Jan. 11. Info: Angela Thomas, 934-2034 or www.knoxart.org.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10Chanukah Story time with Laurie Fisher, 10:30

a.m., South Knoxville Branch Library, 4500 Chapman Highway. Info: 573-1772.

Merry Merry! Santa’s on his way, 4 p.m., Farra-gut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

Merry Merry! Santa’s on his way, 2014, 10:45 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Sean McCollough Storytime, 11 a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 470-8663.

THURSDAY, DEC. 11Knoxville Square Dance, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater,

1538 Laurel Ave. Live old-time music and local callers. No experience or partners or special clothing needed. Everyone welcome. Info: www.jubileearts.org.

FRIDAY, DEC. 12Alive After Five concert: “Holiday Dance Party”

with The Streamliners Swing Orchestra and The Kayley Farmer Project, 6-9:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 Worlds Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $15; $10 for mem-bers/students. Info: 934-2039.

John McCutcheon in concert, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $20, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

SATURDAY, DEC. 13Holiday Wreath-Making workshop, 1 p.m., His-

toric Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Cost: $35. All materials provided. Info/reservations: 546-0745.

“The Nutcracker” presented by the Appalachian Ballet Company with the Knoxville Symphony Orches-tra, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Clayton Center for the Arts, Maryville. Tickets: 982-8463; Clayton Center, 981-8590.

SUNDAY, DEC. 14Candlelight Tour of Historic Ramsey House, 6-8

p.m., Ramsey House Plantation, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Admission free; donations accepted. Info: 546-0745 or www.ramseyhouse.org.

MONDAY, DEC. 15Chanukah Story time with Laurie Fisher, 2:30

p.m., Murphy Branch Library, 2247 Western Ave., LT Ross Bldg. Info: 521-7812.

Tennessee Shines: Decembersongs with Wild Po-nies, Amy Speace and Rod Picott plus poet Susan O’Dell Underwood, 7 p.m., Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Tickets: $10, free for students with valid ID and chil-dren ages 14 and under. Info/tickets: WDVX.com.

TUESDAY, DEC. 16Merry Merry! Santa’s on his way, 11 a.m.,

Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Info: 588-8813.

Merry Merry! Santa’s on his way, 3 p.m., Karns Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17Chanukah Story time with Laurie Fisher,

11:15 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

THURSDAY, DEC. 18AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30

p.m., Downtown Knoxville AAA Offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Cost: $30 members; $35 nonmember. Must prereg-ister. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Don, 862-9250.

Chanukah Story time with Laurie Fisher, 10:30 a.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road. Info: 525-1541.

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A collaborative fi rst in the GladeParkwest physicians team with Cumberland Medical Center to keep Fairfi eld Glade golfer in game

When a metal stent was placed inside Scott Amis’ 72-year-old heart on July 24, 2014, it marked the fi rst time the procedure – al-most commonplace in larger hos-pitals – was performed at Cum-berland Medical Center (CMC) in Crossville.

Doing the honors was Robert Martyn, MD, an interventional cardiologist from Parkwest Medi-cal Center, and Crossville cardi-ologist Vianney Villaruz, MD, who also has Parkwest privileges.

This giant step was part of an ongoing effort by Covenant Health to address patient care needs at CMC since last February when the Crossville hospital became the ninth member of the Knox-ville-based not-for-profi t health system. In doing so, “integration teams” from Cumberland and Covenant Health were formed to make assessments and plan proj-ects. Chief among those projects was development of an interven-tional cardiology program.

Of course, the newness of it all left Amis with some reservations. “I’d never had any kind of surgery that was invasive. Never. So I was kind of on edge,” he said.

Adding to his anxiety was the question he and Linda, his wife of 51 years, asked themselves three years ago when they moved to the area from Michigan: does the 189-bed Crossville facility have the re-sources they might need in their senior years?

The Amises didn’t wait for an answer. Both avid golfers, they fi gured living on one of Fairfi eld Glade’s fi ve courses – even if they had to make the one-hour drive to Parkwest – was well worth the move. Any concerns were swept away by the beauty of the “Golf

Parkwest integration team put its heart into work

Following his stent procedure, Scott Amis was

back out on the course within a few days.

Capital of Tennes-see,” where last year 176,000 rounds of golf were played.

Last fall a sharp pain struck Scott’s right calf while doing golf calisthenics. It was a pain that lin-gered for months and required many visits to an internist, neu-rologist and orthope-dist before Crossville internal medicine physician Mark Lee, MD, urged Amis to consult a cardiologist.

“I was like, ‘Why? What’s a cardiolo-gist got to do with my leg?’ I don’t know a lot about anatomy but I did know my heart wasn’t in my leg,” Amis said with a laugh.

But in his quest to fi nd the cause behind his patient’s leg pain,

Lee had uncovered an apparently unre-lated issue – Amis’ blood wasn’t circulating to his legs as it should. To fi nd out why, he sent Amis to Villaruz, who, after several tests, ordered a heart catheterization at CMC. Amis was apprehensive about having the procedure done at the smaller local hospital.

“I was pushing Parkwest. I was thinking, ‘Wait a minute, I’m not going let somebody mess around

about driving an hour to Park-west.

“I had always heard that Park-west was a great hospital,” Amis said. “Knoxville is Linda’s home-town and I lived there for 16 years, and Parkwest was always known as an elite hospital.”

Unknown to Amis, however, Parkwest was already in Cumber-land County.

In fact, the highly regarded Parkwest cardiology department had spent the last several months quietly working behind the scenes to train Cumberland’s staff in low-risk cardiac stenting, or an-gioplasty. What’s more, Amis had been identifi ed by Villaruz as the perfect candidate to be CMC’s fi rst heart stent recipient.

“I spent about two months looking for the right patient,” said Dr. Villaruz. “It’s kind of like re-cruiting patients for clinical trial, for a study – you have a feel for who’s right. If I sense insecurity or doubt, if they don’t seem com-fortable, I’ll say, ‘That’s fi ne. We’ll send you to Parkwest or wherever.’ The basic requirements are for patients to be able to understand what’s going on and be motivated, because if you have any problems you want them to call you up and stay on top of it. Mr. Amis under-stood, he was motivated and we had a good rapport.”

Villaruz’s confi dence and can-dor in answering Amis’ concerns had won him over. “He’s the rea-son I decided to go with CMC. I would not go to another cardi-ologist but him,” Amis declared. “He’s really good to me. He really gets down and explains things. And if I give him a blank stare, he will go around another corner un-til he fi nally sees in my eyes that I

understand.” A week later, with Robert Mar-

tyn, MD, serving as primary op-erator and fi ve Cumberland staff-ers assisting with monitoring,hemodynamics and deployment,Amis’ heart stent was successfullyplaced as a Parkwest cath lab teamlooked on in an advisory role.

“It went like clockwork. Icouldn’t have been more pleased,”said Amis, who was back on thegolf course just days after his dis-charge from Cumberland MedicalCenter.

Asked if he was concerned abouthis role as a pioneer, Amis said,“Are you kidding me? I had 40people over there running around.I fi gured they could take care of it.”

“What impressed me as muchas anything is that everybody wasvery attentive,” Amis explained.“They told me exactly what’s goingon – everything I could possiblythink of – and they fi lled me in be-fore I could even ask. They lookedafter me when I came out of sur-gery and always saw if there wasanything I needed as far as com-fort. They explained the medica-tions to me and everything that Ishould do.”

Today, Amis is grateful not onlyfor Parkwest’s and Covenant’s help,but also for Cumberland’s willing-ness to serve its community.

“I’m so glad that I went,” hesaid. “I think is a great idea topartner with Covenant Health.Having our community hospitalable to reach out to larger hospi-tals like Parkwest helps the resi-dents in our community greatly.Cumberland County has a largeretirement population, and it’seasier for us to travel to downtownCrossville for our care than toKnoxville or Cookeville.”

with my heart who doesn’t have any experience.’ ”

Assured by Villaruz that CMC has been performing heart caths since 1996, Amis agreed to have the procedure at Cumberland on July 17. But when the results showed an advanced blockage in the right coronary artery and a cardiac stent would be needed to open it, Amis was again thinking

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Xenopoulos, MD

It took just minutes for Parkwest Medical Center interventional cardi-ologist Robert Martyn, MD, to place the stent that opened up Scott Amis’ clogged right coronary artery. But the journey to make it happen began months before the Fairfi eld Glade resident even knew he had heart problems.

Even before the public announce-ment of Cumberland Medical Cen-ter’s merger with Covenant Health, the wheels were in motion to bring angioplasty to the Crossville hospital as integration teams were formed to assess needs and plan projects across clini-cal and operational areas.

With development of a non-emergency interventional cardiology program receiv-ing priority, it was not surprising that Park-west Medical Center, with more than 130 years of combined experience in its cath lab, would lead the way. The Knoxville hospital has been doing heart stents since 1993 and now does an average of 1,400 a year.

Parkwest interventional cardiologist Nicholaos Xenopoulos, MD, who performs about 200 of those heart stents each year, was at the forefront of the effort, meeting with Cumberland staff, reviewing protocols and consolidating equipment.

“It involved a lot of staff training and equipment for Cumberland to make sure

things were safe,” said Dr. Martyn. “Even though we didn’t anticipate having any com-plications, Parkwest had made preparations in case rapid transport was needed.”

Once performed only in larger hospitals with cardiac surgery backup, the heart stent-ing guidelines by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association were relaxed in 2012 to permit low-risk cardiac stenting in community hos-pitals such as Cumberland Medical Center.

The ACC did not, however, relax train-ing requirements. Drs. Martyn, Xenopou-los and their colleagues, Stephen Marietta, MD, and Ayaz Rahman, MD, adhered to ACC guidelines as they determined the pro-fi ciency level of the CMC staffers who have been reporting to Parkwest twice a week

since January for ongoing training.“There are certain national criteria for

doing angioplasty without surgical stand-by,” said Dr. Martyn. “The main issue was having the Cumberland staff over to Park-west to upgrade their training, doing more cases, getting involved in angioplasty – not just the heart catheterizations – and get-ting the staff more capable. The cath lab staff also has to do so many procedures to be safe, and the hospital itself has to have appropriately trained nurses for care after-wards. So Cumberland just went through the process of making everything as safe as possible for the patient.”

On the morning of July 24, that training paid off as the teams from CMC and Park-west joined Dr. Martyn in the Crossville

hospital operating room to perform the angioplasty on Scott Amis. As of Oct. 31, 10 additional patients have had 15 stents placed at the Crossville hospital.

Meanwhile, Dr. Villaruz says get-ting the fi rst stent “under their belts” was good for the Cumberland team for a number of reasons. “It helped develop the confi dence of the staff and the confi dence of the commu-nity,” he said. “It provides a sense of security that we can take care of in-terventional cases here in Crossville and it makes the staff aware that we

are capable of doing that. It increases our level of confi dence in taking care of sicker patients. That’s part of the plan.”

Tim Hall, Parkwest cath lab manager, sees only good things ahead for Cumberland Medical Center.

“We anticipate the CMC staff will con-tinue to increase their profi ciency in caring for patients in need of coronary interven-tions,” Hall said. “With very few exceptions, the CMC staff now functions independently when interventions are being performed at their facility. We serve as a resource and as-sist with more complex interventions. We also believe that, moving forward, CMC will have its own interventionist who will con-tinue training the staff after we stop travel-ing there.”