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VOL. 6 NO. 53 A great community newspaper December 31, 2012

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IN THIS ISSUE

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Coff ee BreakPace McCamy has always

been active. As a Bearden High School student, she ran track and was a competitive ice skater. As an adult, she took up tennis and yoga. Her four sons have kept her on her toes, as well.

In 2001, she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, which forced her to give up some of the activities she enjoyed. But the competitive spirit that drove her during her youth helped her tackle the disease, and now she runs a business as well as her active family.

Meet Pace over this week’s Coffee Break.

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Vols used to play in bowl games

Just in case anyone has forgotten, Marvin West offers a few reminders of the days when UT’s football team used to play in bowl games.

➤ See Marvin’s story on page A-6

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By Wendy SmithA partnership between a Knox-

ville businessman and the inventor of the Dalen Great-Horned Owl has resulted in clean drinking water for thousands of families in Kampala, Uganda. TivaWater, which produc-es and distributes the water fi lters, has also created jobs in Kampala, and could eventually provide clean water and jobs in other developing countries, says Doug Harris.

“We think this is the best wa-ter fi lter in the world for the third world.”

Harris, who owns Harris Res-taurant Group and is Knox County’s 3rd-district school board member, says he’s always felt called by God to serve people in Africa. He fi rst trav-eled to Kampala with a team of local business owners in July of 2008 to look for ways to help grow Uganda’s economy. Several members of the team attend Fellowship Church with him.

The team met with several orga-nizations that were already at work in Kampala. They partnered with one by creating a revolving loan fund to help small business own-ers. That effort has produced suc-

cessful results, like a grocery store that increased revenue from $200 to $2,500 a month. Most Ugandans live on about $1 a day, Harris says.

One obvious entrepreneurial op-portunity was water fi ltration. All water in Uganda is contaminated, and most residents boil their water over charcoal fi res. Harris investi-gated producing simple sand fi lters in Uganda, and found that trans-portation costs would eat up any profi t made from selling the heavy fi lters.

He decided to pursue the produc-tion of fi lters at home, and turned to Neal Caldwell, the successful inven-tor of a plastic owl that scares away birds and other garden pests.

Caldwell had dozens of patents under his belt as an employee at Robertshaw Industrial Products before starting Dalen Products 36 years ago. The company sells bird netting and landscape fabric as well was the iconic owls, which are pro-duced in its West Knoxville factory just off Lovell Road. After he was approached by Harris, Caldwell spent a year developing his fi rst wa-ter fi lter.

The fi lter has several advantag-

es over its predecessors. While most sand water fi lters require 100 pounds of sand, Caldwell’s requires just 20. The lightweight plastic devices are stackable and inexpensive to ship, and a remov-able fi lter cloth keeps them from getting clogged with dirt.

One of the simplest changes was the addition of a tap, which allows users to drink directly from a clean water reservoir rath-er than putting purifi ed water into a contaminated container.

There are currently 5,000 Ti-vaWater fi lters in use in Uganda, and another 2,000 are awaiting distribution. The group conducts in-home visits to see how the fi l-ters are being used, and has de-termined that most are shared by two or more families, or around 10 people.

Caldwell says he’s too busy to travel to Kampala, but he feels good about his contribution to the proj-ect.

“It’s by far the most important thing I’ve done. Most other things I do just help.”

Even though the fi lters cost just $50, they’re not affordable for many

of those who need them, says Har-ris. Some are purchased and dis-tributed by NGOs, and others are purchased through charitable do-nations. TivaWater wraps up a cam-paign to raise $100,000 this week with the goal of expanding opera-tions into Haiti. For more informa-tion: www.tivawater.com

Saving lives and creating jobs

A family in Kampala, Uganda, uses a TivaWater fi lter designed and built in West Knoxville. Photo submitted

Dalen Products owner Neal Caldwell

tests TivaWater fi lters in the corner of

his Gilbert Drive factory. Photo by Wendy Smith

FitnessGet fi t for the new year

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Special Section

State of the SchoolsKnox County Schools

Superintendent Dr. Jim

McIntyre will deliver his

second annual State of the

Schools report and address

6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, at

Powell High School, 2136

W. Emory Road. The event

is open to the public. It will

be streamed live at www.

knoxschools.org and broadcast

on WKCS-FM 91.1 radio.

McIntyre highlights schools’ success,

future goalsBy Jake Mabe

2012 has been, by and large, a good year for Knox County Schools.

TCAP scores are up. TVAS scores (the value a teacher adds to student performance) are strong. ACT scores have increased. The high school graduation rate has inched above 90 percent. (You can view Knox County’s state report card at www.knoxschools.org.)

Superintendent Dr. Jim Mc-Intyre says the numbers are the result of “a lot of intensive hard work by a lot of people over an ex-tended period of time.”

Looking back, looking ahead

Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre outlines his priorities

for 2013 during a recent interview. Photo by Ruth White

He says he is particularly pleased that the ACT composite

scores have increased along with graduation rates.

“That speaks volumes. The rigor is still there. Students are graduating with a meaningful di-ploma.”

He says that’s doubly impor-tant in a struggling economy. Un-employment is hovering nation-

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Presiding over this controlled chaos is Dr. Rick Grubb, director of transportation and enroll-ment.

➤ See Sandra Clark’s story on A-9

Almost perfect It was a great holiday, brim-

ming with parties, presents and an abundance of sweets. The decorations twinkled appropri-ately, and we received a gener-ous helping of glossy Christmas cards featuring spit-shined children and pets. It would have been perfect, except that it wasn’t.

➤ See Wendy Smith’s column on A-3

A-2 • DECEMBER 31, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

with Pace McCamy

Coffee Break

It can be your neighbor, club leader, bridge partner, boss, father, teacher – anyone you think would be interesting to Bearden Shopper-News readers. Email suggestions to Wendy Smith, shopperwendy@comcast.net. Include contact info if you can.

Pace McCamy has always been active. As a Bearden High School student, she ran track and was a competitive ice skater. As an adult, she took up tennis and yoga. Her four sons have kept her on her toes, as well.

In 2001, she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthri-tis, which forced her to give up some of the activities she enjoyed. But the competitive spirit that drove her dur-ing her youth helped her tackle the disease, and now she runs a business as well as her active family.

Pace learned about the Barre 3 franchise from Whitni Rolfes, the wife of her sons’ sports trainer, and the women have opened two facilities – one on Bearden Hill, and one at Northshore Town Center. Barre 3 offers a total body workout that combines elements of yoga and Pilates and uses a ballet barre as a prop.

Since she began the regimen, Pace has had no arthri-tis fl are-ups. She hopes to help others live pain-free lives. Those with chronic pain often choose not to move be-cause they hurt, then fi nd they can’t move, she says.

“It’s important to me for those people to have some-thing to do.”

Her full-time career has been a huge change for the whole family. Pace credits her husband, Jeff, with the smooth transition.

“I couldn’t do it without him. He picks up the slack.”

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie? Silly I know, but a quote from “Flashdance:” “When

you give up your dream, you die.”

What are you guilty of?Love, love, loving cheese!

What is your favorite material possession? To be quite honest, it would be my car.

What are you reading currently? I am a huge fan of thrillers and historical fi ction.

Right now I am reading James Patterson’s “Private Games” and “Low Pressure” by Sandra Brown.

What was your most embarrassing moment? My most embarrassing moment would have to be ev-

ery time I fell during an ice skating competition. You are the only person out there and everyone is watching.

What are the top three things on your bucket list? Visiting Machu Picchu, spending an entire season in

Jackson Hole, and going to Wimbledon.

What is one word others often use to describe you?I am unsure how to answer this. I truly have no

idea how people would describe me. I would hope they would say I was funny. Smart would be good, too. Or even that I was a good friend.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I would change my supreme desire to control every-

thing in my environment. Be-cause, truth is, you simply cannot accomplish that.

What is your passion? My passion would be my chil-

dren. I have four wonderful boys.

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?

I would love to eat with Nos-tradamus.

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest infl uence on your life?

I will have to say my sweet husband! He believes in me and there’s nothing like being mar-ried to your best friend.

I still can’t quite get the hang of …Basketball.

What is the best present you ever received in a box?

My engagement ring.

What is the best advice your moth-er ever gave you?

Never lie – the truth will al-ways serve you better.

What is your social media of choice?Not a huge fan of social media

but I do have a Facebook page.

What is the worst job you have ever had?

All my jobs have been good. I cannot complain.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?

I have no idea from when I was young. But from when my chil-dren were young, I would have to say “Rugrats.”

What irritates you?Mean people.

What’s one place in Bearden/downtown that everyone should visit?

Long’s Drugstore.

What is your greatest fear?Failing.

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be?Gather up my children and travel the world for one

year.– Wendy Smith

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■ Downtown Speakers

Club meets 11:45 a.m.

every Monday at TVA

West Towers, ninth fl oor,

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cepting new members.

Info: Jerry Adams, 202-

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■ UT Toastmasters Club

meets at noon every

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It was a great holiday, brimming with parties, presents and an abundance of sweets. The decorations twinkled appropriately, and we received a generous help-ing of glossy Christmas cards featuring spit-shined chil-dren and pets. It would have been perfect, except that it wasn’t.

How could anything be perfect after we watched our worst nightmares come to life in Newtown, Conn.?

Like everyone else, I spent much of the holiday season examining this hor-rible event to see how it could fi t with my world view. I’ve held it up close and far away, turned it upside down and shaken it, and no, it still doesn’t mesh with my belief in a merciful God. The un-solved puzzle has buzzed like a mosquito in my ear since that fi rst news report.

But I learned a lesson on Christmas morning that gave me a new perspective. It didn’t happen during a moment of quiet contem-

Strollstice 2012 participants pause to sing beside the Krutch Park Christmas tree. Photo by Wendy Smith

The perfect Christmas that wasn’t

plation – I have few of those – but during the correction of a slightly naughty child. My youngest, surrounded by bits of the wrapping pa-per that had covered nearly every item on her wish list, looked enviously at my new camera and asked if I would take her to the store so she could buy one for herself.

Like any good parent, I told her that I’d be happy to go to the store – to return all of her gifts, since she obviously didn’t appreciate them.

It wasn’t until later that I realized I’m exactly like her. Every day, I wake up with a loving family, in a warm home, in a safe neighbor-hood. My kids go to good

schools; my husband and I have careers we enjoy. My family is generally healthy and happy. But if I hit a bump in the road, I pout. I forget about my beautiful life and focus on its current shortcoming.

The cold, hard truth is that this world is broken, and we can’t expect to live here without being touched by grief and pain. Many people in the world face it daily, so they aren’t as sur-prised by it as we middle-class Americans are. We are like spoiled children who think we should get every-thing we want and never have to suffer.

If the families of the vic-tims of the Sandy Hook El-ementary shooting could go back to the Monday before Dec. 14, I’m sure they’d live it differently. They’d cherish each moment, and not waste time fretting about the fi s-cal cliff, or any other pass-ing discomfort.

I still haven’t made sense of that terrible day. But I

have decided to live each day in 2013 like it’s Dec. 10, 2012.

Strolling along,singing a song

The fourth annual Downtown Winter Solstice Candlelight Walk, a.k.a.

Strollstice, was held on the evening of the longest day of the year – Dec. 21. Par-ticipants chatted and took in the holiday lights in be-tween caroling stops.

The event is held in mem-ory of Robert Loest, a well-known businessman and active proponent of down-

town living. He was a hostof the inaugural Strollsticeheld in 2009, along with hiswife, Judy.

The Loests were long-time downtown residents,and Judy still lives in thePembroke.

“He was a vital part of thecommunity,” she says.

Looking back, looking ahead From page A-1

ally around 7.7 percent, but McIntyre said that number jumps to 12.2 percent for those who do not have a high school diploma.

“Increasing high school graduation rates is one of the best economic develop-ment initiatives this com-munity can possibly have.”

But as he looks to the New Year and beyond, Mc-Intyre reiterates something he said during his fi rst week on the job: keeping a sense of urgency.

“We’re a successful school system. But it’s not enough just to be solid. We know that ‘good enough’ is no longer good enough.”

McIntyre says he wants the school system’s budget for fi scal year 2014 to be re-fl ective of its strategic plan, specifi cally in three prima-ry areas.

The fi rst is what McIntyre calls “critical educational initiatives.” He says he wants to continue investments made this year through an additional $7 million allo-cated to the school budget by County Commission, which was earmarked for early literacy initiatives, teacher support, professional devel-opment, interventions and magnet schools.

“I believe they are having a positive impact.”

The second area is ensur-ing a competitive compen-sation structure for educa-tors, “building a proposal, both in base salary and a strategic compensation component. We’re making progress in continuing, cre-ating and enhancing strate-gic compensation.”

The third area is enhanc-ing personalized learning for students with the sup-port of technology. Mc-Intyre has long said that technology is a tool teachers can use “to support creative, innovative instruction and differentiate and support students who are struggling or who need to be chal-lenged.”

He says technology can also be used as a manage-ment system, “to allow

teachers to provide educa-tional activities and track where students are more quickly.”

Asked about the opposi-tion by some to the school system’s sizable monetary investment in new tech-nology that was proposed but not funded last spring, McIntyre says one future option might be to “start small, at 10 or 12 schools that really want to do it, (where) we can build the capacity to be able to do it well and (others) can see it in action. And when people see how well it can work, it will create a lot of interest and demand district-wide.”

McIntyre says the school system is in the fourth year of the fi ve-year strategic plan, “Excellence for All Children,” that he crafted and the school board ad-opted in 2009. He says he wants to hear from ev-eryone – students, teach-ers, parents, community members, – as the next fi ve year plan is developed and has already begun holding community forums seek-ing input. An integral part, he says, is “communicating with and hearing feedback from teachers, listening and responding to their needs.”

He notes that the new TEAM evaluation model created “a lot of uncertainty and anxiety” when it was implemented last year, but says his sense is that teach-ers are more comfortable with it this year.

“One, they’ve experi-enced it. Two, they’ve found it to be a productive way to improve” and that it isn’t de-signed to be punitive. “And they saw really good out-comes in student achieve-ment.”

As he looks back on the school system’s achieve-ments this past year, Mc-Intyre praises classroom teachers and school admin-istrators.

“They are doing great work. I’m so proud of what they do. It’s truly extraor-dinary and it’s getting great results.”

By Betty Bean There was a moment in

August 2011, when Powell Playhouse founder/direc-tor/head-woman-in-charge Nita Buell Black heard something that caused her to stop in her tracks. This was the playhouse’s inau-gural year, and the sound she heard in the “Art and Music” production was so unique and striking that it hushed the room.

It was produced by the Johnson Swingtet, a jazz/swing band that combines the gypsy jazz licks of Djan-go Reinhardt with a shot of Bob Wills, a splash of blues and a fi nish of internation-al infl uences to produce as complex and satisfying a brew as East Tennessee music lovers are likely to fi nd in these parts.

“I vowed I would have them in a show sometime,” Buell Black said.

And now she has. The Johnson Swingtet will help Powell Playhouse pa-trons kick off the New Year by performing in “Com-edy Night – Rhythm and Laughter” at 7:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Jan. 19, at the Pow-ell Jubilee Banquet Center, 6700 Jubilee Center Way.

And what, exactly, is a swingtet?

Band leader Eugene Johnson, who got his start in music studying classical guitar, says the name re-fl ects the band’s versatility.

“The name is just an-other way to leave the size

Gypsy jazz, Western swing coming to Powell Playhouse

Johnson Swingtet band lead-

er Eugene Johnson

of the group open,” he said. “It could consist of eight people, or it could be four people. It can vary depend-ing on the occasion.”

He’s not entirely sure which version of the band will perform at Powell Play-house, but Johnson (who plays rhythm guitar and sings) says he’s thinking about a four-piece group that could include cellist Andy Bryenton, who plays with the Knoxville Sym-phony Orchestra; guitarist Kukuly Uriarte, an Argen-tinian who absorbed Latin infl uences during her early years and is adept at Re-inhardt’s gypsy style; and harmonica player Jean Philippe Cypres, a Rein-hardt-infl uenced Parisian (from France, not West Tennessee) who has built a successful business as one

dynamic, in terms of mem-bership.

“And danceable. We en-courage that.”

The Johnson Swingtet will be part of a bill that will include other musi-cians, stand-up comics, a magician/illusionist and a ventriloquist. In case of bad weather, the show will be held on Saturday, Jan. 26.

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Born in Alabama, John-son is a Southerner who lived all over the country as a child and grew up appre-ciating music.

“Both Andy and I stud-ied classical music when we were young, and we’ve incorporated a lot of Bob Wills western swing as well as Latin American and traditional jazz. We’ve got some fellows in the band who understand blues, and country music is not that far off. (It’s) roots music.

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Nick Pavlis, Madeline Rogero and Victor Ashe at the opening of

the Wilderness Trail in South Knoxville File photo

When Nick Pavlis an-nounced his intention to run for the 1st District City Council seat in 2009, some South Knoxvillians were skeptical.

Betty Bean

Nick Pavlis: hardest-working guy in city government

They questioned whether a native Fountain Citian who served as an at-large City Council member from 1995-2003 would know enough about South Knox-ville’s issues, since he only moved there in 2005.

The location of his home on the southernmost fringe of the city limits did noth-ing to allay their fears, and activists in the neighbor-hoods nearest to downtown went looking for someone to oppose him. They found a credible candidate and ran a credible campaign – but it didn’t work, and Pavlis was elected by a comfortable margin. After he was sworn in, he started reaching out to his former opponents, study-ing their issues and showing up at their meetings. Little by little, he won them over.

Now he’s on a T-shirt.Nick Pavlis is my 2012

Person of the Year because he is unafraid to take a stand, and despite having a demanding job as Charter Communications’ director of government relations for Tennessee and Louisiana, he is a tireless worker who gets results. Ask merchants up and down Chapman Highway if he’s on their side. Chances are, someone will show you a T-shirt that says “If we can put a man on the moon, we can make Chapman Highway safer. Knoxville Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis.”

Southsiders have always felt ignored (if not persecut-ed) by local government, and events during Pavlis’ fi rst term – the economic and logistic problems caused by the Henley Bridge closure, the expansion of homeless services south of the riv-er, the lack of progress on the South Waterfront, the James White Parkway ex-tension controversy – have done little to shake those dark suspicions.

Now, however, the mood seems a bit lighter, thanks, in part, to a growing belief that Pavlis is looking out

for them (the fact that Mad-eline Rogero lives in South Knoxville is another point of pride, as well).

Although Pavlis is dili-gent about serving his con-stituents, he doesn’t ignore the rest of the city. Despite having to travel a good bit on his job, he shows up at public meetings all over town, and if he can’t come, his nephew Tyler often at-tends in his place.

Early in this term when the city faced an NRA-pushed measure to allow guns in parks, Pavlis (who is a Republican) not only voted

no, but told a heartbreaking story about a young nephew being accidentally shot and killed by a playmate who’d gotten hold of a carelessly-stored gun).

Halfway through his term, he demonstrated his growing political clout by getting elected vice mayor.

The Rogero administra-tion is getting well-earned plaudits for its success-ful fi rst year. Some of that credit, however, should be shared with Nick Pavlis, who is emerging as the most effective vice mayor in re-cent Knoxville history.

VictorAshe

Mike Cherry begins his fi nal year as executive director of the Knoxville Pension Board tomor-row where he will have worked 17 years upon retir-ing Dec. 31, 2013. He has been a talented, hard-work-ing and dedicated employee who kept the city pension board moving well during turbulent fi nancial times.

New direction

for city boards

He has not decided whether he and his wife will continue living in this area or move to another region.

The board’s personnel committee will meet after the regular Pension Board meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at 917 East Fifth Avenue. The committee consists of Jack Banks, representing the Fire De-partment; Greg Coker, representing the Police De-partment; and Michael Pas-eur, representing the Public Service Department.

The personnel commit-tee will develop a search plan to pick a new execu-tive director. The commit-tee does not have a chair at this time.

Interestingly, city man-agement is not represented on this committee, whose choice of the new executive director will be critical to the fi nancial stability of the city. Mayor Rogero, who chairs the Pension Board, may decide to add her fi -nance director or council member Finbarr Saunders to the personnel committee in order for it to refl ect both management and employ-ees.

Few people know much about how this board func-tions, but its impact on the fi nances of the city is im-mense.

Coliseum Board: May-or Rogero is gliding easily toward having full control of the Public Assembly Fa-cilities Board from which director Bob Polk retired this month. City Council voted unanimously on fi rst reading Dec. 20 to abolish the current board, chaired for 20 years by Shirley Nash-Pitts.

It will be replaced by an advisory board, with no power beyond advice and lacking even the require-ment that its members be city residents.

Nash-Pitts is clearly unhappy about the turn of events but will only say she was “surprised” on the record. She and Rogero do not see eye-to-eye on this and recently had a very direct and candid con-versation. Nash-Pitts was a strong Polk supporter.

On the other hand, a log-ical argument can be made that this operation should fall under the mayor’s au-thority and not be governed by a separate board ap-pointed overwhelmingly by City Council, the legislative branch of the city.

Council is giving up its authority here. The ordi-nance does provide the mayor may add other duties to the new director without seeking council approval. Prior mayors attempted this and failed as council wanted to maintain control over Chilhowee Park and the Coliseum.

Dale Dunn is temporar-ily fi lling Polk’s position and reporting to Deputy Mayor Eddie Mannis, who now also serves on the Airport Authority Board as the mayor’s representative, replacing Earl Taylor who resigned. Mannis is rapidly expanding his duties and power into many different areas.

Should Mannis decide to run for mayor in 2019 (end of Rogero’s second term) these expanded du-ties will be positive talk-ing points for him assum-ing he handles them well. Mannis considered run-ning in 2011 but backed Rogero instead.

Lakeshore: Discus-sions on the future of Lake-shore Park and its ultimate transfer to the city from the state are ongoing but apparently now will not be resolved before March.

The Rogero Administra-tion is operating on close hold in terms of informa-tion. There are many sig-nifi cant issues involved in the transfer which have a fi nancial impact on both the city and the state.

However, the transfer itself will be a huge win for the city’s park system and the people of Knoxville.

Knox school board to meetKnox County school board will meet at 5 p.m. Tues-

day, Jan. 8, in the Andrew Johnson Building board-room. A preliminary workshop will begin at 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, also in the boardroom.

Our friend John Becker posed some interesting questions on WBIR-TV’s “Inside Tennessee” a couple of weeks back.

Winners and losers

Never shy about stealing a good idea, here’s my take on the biggest losers and winners of 2012 ... and a look ahead to 2013.

National winner: Barack Obama, who won re-election despite a soft economy.

National loser: Mitt Romney, who should have won the presidency; or may-be he never had a chance. The conservatives say he wasn’t right-wing enough; the pragmatists say he went too far right in the prima-ries and never tacked back.

State winner: The Na-tional Rifl e Association which booted lifetime NRA member Rep. Debra Mag-gart in the GOP primary because she supported a summer study of the NRA-backed “guns in parking

lots” bill. Her name is now a verb, as in “to be maggar-tized.”

State loser: State Dem-ocratic Party chair Chip Forrester, who presided over the lowest ebb of party power in modern history. Well, except perhaps when Doug Horne let Al Gore lose Tennessee in 2000, throw-ing the presidency to George W. Bush.

Local winner: Made-line Rogero, who has proven her critics wrong while not alienating her supporters – a miraculous political feat anywhere.

Local loser: Jeff Own-by, who doesn’t own the in-tegrity to resign from Coun-ty Commission.

Looking ahead to 2013:National winner:

Obama again, continuing to confound the fragmented Congressional GOP.

National loser: John Boehner, who was embar-rassed last week on the House fl oor and can’t seem to avoid crashing over the “fi scal cliff.”

State winner: Dave Hart, if Butch Jones fi gures out how to win 6 games.

State loser: Dave Hart, if Butch Jones can’t win 6 games.

Local winner: Nick Pavlis (see Betty Bean’s col-umn above).

Local loser: John Dun-can III, who is unlikely to keep his job as trustee.

Also looking aheadWe invited Mayors

Madeline Rogero and Tim Burchett to share their pri-orities for 2013. We got no response from Burchett; Rogero’s response is below:

Economic Develop-ment: The new city-f u n d e d E n t r e p r e -neur Center will open on Market Square ear-ly in 2013, to provide r e s o u r c e s

and expertise for new or ex-panding business ventures. Our Offi ce of Business Sup-port will continue to help lo-cal businesses in their many dealings with the city. And our Offi ce of Redevelop-ment will continue to use a variety of tools to encourage reinvestment downtown and throughout the central city.

South Waterfront: We will begin design of the new Suttree Landing Park along

the riverfront and continue work on reconfi guring the entrance to Fort Dickerson to make it more accessible and welcoming. We will also continue to promote the de-velopment and use of South Knoxville’s Urban Wilder-ness trails and recreational resources.

Blighted Properties: City Council passed several ordinances in 2012 that give the city new tools to deal with blighted and neglected properties in our neighbor-hoods. I added money to this year’s budget to pro-vide for enforcement of our Demolition by Neglect ordi-nance, and city contractors are currently working to stabilize the historic South High School building.

In 2013 we will continue our efforts to hold negli-gent property owners ac-countable and, through our Community Development Department, return delin-quent properties to the tax rolls through sales to re-sponsible owners.

Rogero

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Phil Leadbetter al-most didn’t open the best Christmas present he’s ever received.

No, no. It wasn’t some fancy gadget, a ticket to the Super Bowl or even a new resonator guitar.

This “present” was test results that would tell him whether his recent stem cell treatment had been successful and if his two-year battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma was over.

“We got the scan (results) on Dec. 19,” Leadbetter said, “and I thought, ‘Maybe we’ll wait until January to hear the results, because it could be a bad Christmas.’ But, then, I thought it could be a good Christmas, too, and I ain’t the kind to mess around.

“Everything was clear. Now, it’s time to catch up and go live.”

Leadbetter, a North Knox native and Gibbs High graduate, is an inter-nationally-known dobro (or resonator guitar) play-er. During the course of his career, he has performed with everybody from Grandpa Jones and Vern Gosdin to J.D. Crowe and the New South. He helped start successful bluegrass bands and recorded chart-topping bluegrass singles. In 2003, Gibson guitars released the Phil Leadbet-ter Signature Dobro Gui-tar.

Two years ago, Leadbet-ter noticed a lump in the crease of his left leg. He

didn’t think much of it at first, but kept having f lu-like symptoms that lin-gered on for two months. Antibiotics were no help.

Phil’s doctor ordered a chest X-ray. Several of Phil’s lymph nodes looked suspicious. His doctor or-dered a CT scan. Mean-while, Phil looked up his symptoms online. Every page kept pointing to Hodgkin’s lymphoma. His doctor confirmed the di-agnosis.

But Phil felt optimistic. Hodgkin’s lymphoma can has a 92 percent cure rate. Phil took treatments for six months.

“Mine didn’t respond.” A year ago, Phil began

to explore undergoing stem cell transplants. His cancer had spread into his stomach, but a specialist told him that after a couple more chemotherapy treat-ments, his cancer should be contained enough to try it.

Then, one morning last January, Phil was watch-ing NBC’s “Today Show.” The topic was about a new drug being used to treat Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

“I thought this was an answered prayer. I talked to the doctor and because it was a new drug they thought I could get it on a clinical trial and spon-sor me. It’s about $7,000 a dose. I was really sure that this would be the thing that would save me. But the new meds acted like fertilizer.”

Phil’s cancer had spread – quickly – into his stom-ach, chest and armpits. He had been building a new recording studio when he got the news. He put up the last wall on the studio and called his doctor.

“We need to go another direction,” Phil said. “I ain’t gonna let this thing beat me.”

He began research-ing top hospitals and discovered that a doctor at Vanderbilt was rated highly for treating Hodg-kin’s lymphoma. Phil was prescribed two rounds of three medications. His cancer immediately start-ed going into remission.

“They said they didn’t quite get it all, but it was as close to going away as they could get. I had two more rounds (of treat-ment) and checked back in August. My scans looked good enough to go ahead with the stem cell trans-plant.”

Phil underwent the stem cell transplants at Thompson Cancer Sur-vival Center on Sept. 10. He stayed in the hospital for 30 days. He admits the prep was the hardest thing he’d ever done, going for shots every day prior to the transplant, and says it was tough to sign a form allowing him to receive “near-lethal doses of che-motherapy.”

After a slow start, his blood counts began to rise. He went home a week early. And then, on Dec.

PULL UP A CHAIR … | Jake Mabe

Actor David Keith, UT men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin and Halls resident and renowned

dobro player Phil Leadbetter at the Light the Night walk for leukemia/lymphoma earlier this

year. Leadbetter found out just before Christmas that he is cancer free after a two-year battle

with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Photo submitted

Cancer free

for Christmas

19, he got the great news. Cancer free. Merry Christ-mas!

“I’ve been very lucky and very blessed, I know that. I had a few friends who said when they learned I was sick, ‘We won’t tell anybody.’ I said, ‘Tell anybody you want to.’ I had all kinds of peo-ple sending up prayers, even a guy who was at a church in Beijing. Monks who pray for 24 hours had me on their list. And so-cial media gets a bad rap, but if it wasn’t for Face-

book (where Phil kept his friends updated through-out his treatment), I don’t think I would have gotten the support system I had.”

Phil is hitting the road in January to play a few dates in Florida with former band mate Steve Gulley and a few other friends. He says, simply, “It’s gonna be a lot of fun.”

Asked what advice he’d give to anybody fighting cancer, Phil says he can’t stress enough the impor-tance of staying positive.

“I never thought for

one day that I wouldn’t be here. I was always think-ing ahead. And let people know about it. Cancer doesn’t discriminate. It happens to everybody. Don’t listen to everything people tell you. Find out what (treatment) is heal-ing most people.

“Here’s all you need to know about cancer: It’s a race against time. Move fast. Hit it hard. Stay positive.”

For more info on Phil Leadbetter’s music, visit w w w. u n c l e p h i l o n l i n e .com.

Anderson Delay Wood

PELLISSIPPI NOTES ■ Students Delonda Anderson, English;

Lindsay Delay, Paralegal Studies; and

Scottie Wood, Nursing, have received

scholarships totaling $2,500. The scholar-

ships were awarded on behalf of the

student organization Gnosis by the Pellis-

sippi State Foundation. All three students

have a 4.0 grade point average.

A-6 • DECEMBER 31, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Marvin West

So you don’t forget what it was like when Tennessee played in big bowl games, here are a few reminders:

■ 1939 Orange Bowl or Brawl, maybe the tough-est holiday game ever played, sneak uppercuts and roundhouse rights, a broken nose for blocking back Sam Bartholomew, 220 yards in penalties.

Sub center Joe Little, dis-patched as a peacemaker, lasted 30 seconds. He took a blow to the face, retaliated and was promptly ejected.

The Volunteers, No. 2 in the country, clobbered Okla-homa, 17-0, and stopped a 14-game winning streak.

Vols once played in bowl games

The legendary George Cafego set the tone on the fi rst play, knocking all-American end Waddy Young upside down with a vicious block.

Bob Foxx and Babe Wood scored touchdowns for Ten-nessee. Bowden Wyatt kicked a fi eld goal. Bob Suffridge led a defense that limited Okla-homa to 25 rushing yards.

■ 1951 Cotton Bowl, Tennessee 20, Texas 14 on two fourth-quarter touch-downs by Andy Kozar.

Highlight was a 75-yard run by tailback Hank Lau-ricella to set up the opening TD, a Herky Payne pass to John Gruble. Texas blocked a punt and took a 14-7 lead into intermission but the Vols were better later.

Pat Shires missed the ty-ing extra point after Kozar’s fi rst score and Robert R. Neyland responded with this famous bit of philosophy: “Don’t worry about it, Pat, we didn’t come here to tie.”

Many Vols were listening. A Lauricella pass and Lauri-

cella run led to the winning touchdown. Shires kicked the 20th point.

■ 1971 Sugar Bowl, Tennessee 34, Air Force 13. Famous offi cers, medals and ribbons attracted almost all the attention leading up to kickoff. What happened after that was awesome. The Vols scored on their fi rst four pos-sessions. It was 24-0 with 3:21 remaining in the fi rst quarter.

Don McLeary had two touchdowns. Bobby Scott rid-dled the Falcons with passes. Joe Thompson caught nine for 125 yards. Tim Priest, Ray Nettles and Jamie Rotella led the defense that left the losers with minus-12 yards rushing. The Vols picked four passes and recovered four fumbles. It was a rout.

■ 1986 Sugar Bowl, a

great day in New Orleans, Tennessee 35, mighty Miami 7. Ken Donahue’s defensive scheme was overwhelming. The Vols got three Vinny Tes-taverde passes. Daryl Dickey seized the spotlight. Jeff Powell had a 60-yard run. Tim McGee found a fumble in the end zone. Sweet, sweet victory, party time on Bour-bon Street!

■ 1999 Fiesta Bowl, Tennessee 23, Florida State 16, the one that really mat-tered, national champion-ship, glorious conclusion to a 13-0 season. Tee Martin com-pleted 11 of 18 for 278 yards. Peerless Price caught four for an amazing 199. Dwayne Go-odrich returned an intercep-tion 54 for a touchdown.

If you close your eyes, you might still see Phillip Fulmer

holding the trophy, the crys-tal football, high above hishead.

■ Tennessee, 25 victo-ries, 24 losses, is tied forthird with Nebraska in totalbowl appearances, behindAlabama and Texas, aheadof Southern Cal, Georgia,Oklahoma, Penn State, OhioState, LSU and Michigan.

All bowl talk is not an-cient history. And the littleones count. Citrus Bowl winsover Big 10 teams were happytimes. The 2005 Cotton Bowlromp over Texas A&M was atreasure. The 2008 Outbackwin over Wisconsin is moreimportant than I thought atthe time.

Keep the faith. There willprobably be another some-day.Marvin West invites reader reaction.

His address is westwest6@netzero.com

CrossCurrents

LynnHutton

The calendar is round, just like the world, and when December ends, an-other January begins.

Apparently everyone who

believed the world would end on Dec. 21 was mistak-en. Surprise!

So, here we are, at the end of a year. I hope it has

Only the beginning“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the

LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you . You will seek me and fi nd me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you.”

(Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

(Ivy Baker Priest)

been a year of discovery for you. I hope you have learned something important. I hope you have remembered something wonderful, someone wonderful. I hope you have grown, softened, improved, mellowed (or sharpened, as need be) into a better person than you were at this time last year.

I hope you have made

a new friend, reached out to an old friend, forgiven a wrong, set to rights a mis-take, sung a new song.

I hope you have plans, goals, dreams. I hope you decide there is some place in the world you want to see and get busy to make that happen.

I hope you have been faithful to your promises. I hope you have promises yet to keep.

I hope you can fi nd joy in a sunrise, in a view of the mountains, in the surprise of rain falling on your face. I hope you have music in your life: country or classical, jazz or folk, your choice.

I hope you can spend time regularly with a child, a puppy, a foal, some fragile young thing still learning about this world, because in so doing, you too will learn about yourself and the world.

I hope you can fi nish at least one thing today. This day at the end of the year is a day of completion, a day of fi nality. Let something go: some resentment, some sorrow, some fear. Let it go, give it up and set it free.

I hope you will start something tomorrow, whether it is cleaning out a closet or planting a fl ower or picking up the book you

got for Christmas and set-tling down for a good read.

I hope you will seeksomething today: love, truth, hope, meaning.

I hope you will givesomething today: love, truth, hope, meaning.

I hope you will ask for something today: for un-derstanding, for perspec-tive, for joy, for contact, for remembrance, for peace, for grace.

And last, but not at all least, I hope you will discov-er something today: somenew insight, a new friend, an old friend, a fi rm footing, a new strength, a new deter-mination, a new love.

Matthew Lloyd reads from Genesis during the WordPlayers fi fth annual WORDathon held last

week at Erin Presbyterian Church. Terry Weber and Gregor Smee shared reading responsibilities

with Lloyd. Photo by Wendy Smith

By Wendy SmithThe WordPlayers, a the-

ater company made up of Christian artists, tackled its most ambitious WORDa-thon yet with a non-stop reading of the entire Bible.

The fi fth annual WORDa-thon was held last week at Erin Presbyterian Church. Over 20 readers participat-ed in the reading, which be-gan on the evening of Dec. 26 and continued through the evening of Dec. 29. The event was aired via simul-cast on the company’s web-site, www.wordplayers.org.

The entire New Testa-ment was read during the

inaugural WORDathon. It took 19 hours, and was scheduled to end at mid-night on Dec. 31, 2008. It went over by a couple of hours, says WordPlayers Managing Director Jeni Lamm.

“It originally started as a way of ringing in the New Year with the word of God,” she says. “There’s a lack of reading the word, and it needs to be spoken. It was passed down that way.”

The WORDathon has fea-tured different scriptures each year. For the past two years, music was included. Matthew Lloyd, a Word-

Players regular, suggested the lengthy reading as a cel-ebration of the event’s fi fth year.

Readers volunteered to read specifi c books at specifi c times, and “night owls” were sought out to read during the wee hours, Lamm says. She chose I Kings and Isaiah, which she read with her hus-band, WordPlayers Artistic Director Terry Weber.

She chose daytime slots in order to be fresh for re-hearsals of the WorldPlay-ers upcoming touring pro-duction, “Lift Every Voice,” which is available beginning Feb. 4.

From Gene sis to Revelation: WORDathon celebrates 5th year

By Cindy TaylorSanta’s helpers have been

spotted all over town this Christmas season. One in particular caught the eye of Rouxbarb restaurant owner Chef Bruce Bogartz. So much so that he added a special fundraiser to his customer appreciation event Dec. 17.

“When time and money permit, I like to do some-thing for my customers to say thank you,” said Bogartz. “I fi nd that when I am gener-ous to my patrons they are generous as well. I read about Claire in the paper and it seemed like good timing.”

Claire is Claire Cox, the granddaughter of Charles Pittman. Pittman has been making special appearances as Santa to raise money for Claire’s medical expenses. Claire suffered a stroke be-fore birth due to a blood clot-ting disorder, resulting in the inability to use the right side of her body. The stroke af-fected mostly her right arm and fi ne motor control of her right hand. Claire lacks bal-ance, has a weak right leg that requires a brace and is at

Michelle and Amy Cox, Kathy and Charles Pittman and Claire Cox. Claire rarely takes her eyes off

her grandparents if they are around. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Chef Bruce Bogartz shares a moment with Kathy Pittman.

Beautiful hearts help Claire

great risk for seizures.Claire is one of a few pa-

tients who were accepted into the AQUIREc Program; a world-renown therapy program at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. This therapy has already helped Claire advance in walking, the use of her arm and daily living skills. Claire needs to attend this program fi ve times (once per year) be-fore she is fi ve years old. Her fourth session will be in May 2013. Each session costs $15,000 and is not covered by Claire’s health insurance.

“Claire is walking much better now thanks to injec-tions,” said grandmother Kathy Pittman. “They said she would never be able to jump and she is jumping ev-erywhere with her two-year-old sister Amy.”

The Shopper-News ran an article on Charles Pittman back in November and word traveled fast. Other news me-dia have kept the ball rolling, keeping Pittman busy with engagements.

Bogartz has been cook-ing since he was 17 and has been in the current location

at Rouxbarb Restaurant for six years. He says it has been remarkable how the commu-nity has picked up on Claire’s need and made donations of food and beverages to help with the evening. Even cus-tomers who were invited but could not make it to the event have sent money. Bogartz’ mom Barbara, who is a baker, came from Atlanta with hus-band Rich Mindel to bring home baked goodies. More than 150 people attended

the event, raising more than $2,000 for Claire.

Big John and the Nation-als performed live music, and food and beverages were freely offered. Claire was accompanied to the event by mom Michelle and sister Amy. The family has been overwhelmed at the outpouring of support.

“Bruce is a great guy of the Jewish faith who stepped up to help a little girl at Christ-mas,” said Pittman.

“Even with all the bad in the world, it reminds you that there is still good,” said Bogartz.

Barbara Bogartz summed it up nicely.

“My 12-year-old grand-daughter, Sara Beth, Bruce’s daughter, said to me, “My daddy has a beautiful heart.”

And so do the many oth-ers who have come through this Christmas for this spe-cial little girl.

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Cards received each year at Christmastime line the wall outside

the offi ce at Bearden Elementary.

Holiday cardsat Bearden Elementary

Each year at Christmastime, the special mailbox in

Bearden Elementary School’s offi ce is fi lled with cards

from students both past and present. School principal

Susan Dunlap keeps every card and photo and reminisc-

es each year. “It’s fun to look back and see what our little

children looked like,” she said. Photos by S. Barrett

Bearden Elementary School fi rst-grade teachers Leanne Colquitt and

Laura Holland take a moment to enjoy the cards sent to the school.

If you went to elementa-ry school in Knox County, chances are you met some of the puppets from Kids on the Block Inc. The group started in 1977 to help edu-cate children about their classmates’ disabilities and help them understand each other’s differences.

A.L. Lotts Elementary School 1st-grade student Tessa Lar-

mee visits with Kids on the Block puppet Eddy Franklin

and puppeteer Danielle Pressley.

Kids on the Block

Sara Barrett

Puppeteers Danielle Pressley and Katherine Setliff visit Knox County Schools on a regular basis with some of the 50 pup-pets used in the program. Some of their favorite shows to perform include topics on bullies, feelings and confl ict resolution.

According to Setliff, each puppet “has its own unique biographical background information such as family dynam-ics, friendships and cir-cumstances.” Puppets

range in age from a few months old to senior citizens.

Setliff said most kids enjoy meeting the pup-pets, but smaller children can sometimes be afraid of them at fi rst, so the puppets sit on the fl oor and the children can feel them.

After each show, stu-dents have the opportu-nity to write letters to the puppets. Melody, which seems to be the most pop-ular puppet according to Setliff, receives the most mail and always writes back to each person. An-other popular character is Eddy, who gets picked on by a bully.

The shows that seem to resonate with most stu-dents are those that pro-vide opportunities for in-teraction with the puppets and allow students to offer suggestions of how to deal with a problem.

“Our favorite part of our job is getting hugs and ‘high fi ves’ from students after a show,” said Setliff.

Info: www.kotb.com.

A.L. Lotts holds International Children’s Day

A.L. Lotts Elementary School kindergartners Emily Keith,

Daniel Zhang and Matthew Lively find their seats for a per-

formance during International Children’s Day. Emily and

Matthew are wearing traditional clothing from their native

countries for the special day.

A.L. Lotts Elementary School

5th grader Christopher Lemons

juggles scarves while warming

up for his performance during

International Children’s Day.

“Clubs are my favorite (to jug-

gle),” he said, “but I don’t want

to hurt anyone.”A.L. Lotts Elementary School 5th graders Kylie Stooksbury and

Ella Walkney display similarities in their apparel before per-

forming with poi balls and helping out with a German dance. A.L. Lotts Elementary School kindergartner Risa

Kishida gives a peace sign while wearing traditional

garb from her native Japan.

SCHOOL NOTES

Greenway School ■ A visitors’ open house will

be held 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan.

13, for interested families to

tour the facility and meet the

faculty.

Sequoyah Elementary

■ PTA will meet 10:45-11:45 a.m.

the second Wednesday of each

month in the library. All parents

are encouraged to attend.

School news?Call Sara at 218-9378

Snowfl akes for Sandy HookWhen school resumes

for Sandy Hook Elemen-tary School in Newtown, Conn., it will be in a dif-ferent building. Parent volunteers would like to welcome the students with a “Winter Wonder-land” with the entire building decorated with

as many unique snow-flakes as possible.

Send snowflakes by Saturday, Jan. 12, to the Connecticut PTSA, 60 Connolly Parkway, Building 12, Suite 103, Hamden, Conn., 06514.

Make each snowflake unique.

West Hills Elementary

■ Box Tops for Education

from General Mills’ products

and Labels for Education

from Campbell’s prod-

ucts are being collected

to purchase supplies for

the school. Labels can be

dropped off in the silver

collection box at the front of

the school or can be mailed

to: West Hills Elementary

School, 409 Vanosdale Drive,

Knoxville, TN 37909. Info:

email Jill Schmudde at

jschmudde@gmail.com.

A-8 • DECEMBER 31, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS business

Bill Sergeant’s progeny reminisceBy Anne Hart

The four children of the late Bill Sergeant personify the spirit, the giving nature and the sheer love of doing for others that defined their father, whose work with Rotary International’s PolioPlus program has virtually eliminated the scourge of that dreaded disease around the world.

It’s a legacy the Sergeant children and their spouses are proud of and work hard to continue in their individual Rotary clubs in the Knoxville area, where three of the siblings live,

Bill Sergeant’s children, from left, Barbara Hood Rutherford, Kathy Sergeant Heitman, David

Sergeant and Patty Daughtrey gave the “family month” presentation at West Knox Rotary.

Lucy Gibson, immediate past president of West Knox Rotary,

accepts a Rotary Challenge Award certifi cate from Fred Heit-

man, honoring the club for having reached its PolioPlus goals

for the year. Photos by Charles Garvey

tion as commission chair, the commission rebuffed him.

Mike Edwards, the C h a m b e r pr e s ident , remains the most posi-tively opti-mistic guy in town, and News Senti-nel publish-er Patrick

Birmingham is set to chair the board.

Here are the Chamber’s goals for 2013, as crafted by three vice presidents:

A-8 • DECEMBER 31, 2012 • BEARDEN SHOPPER-NEWS

Knox Chamber

looks aheadBy Sandra Clark

Here’s hoping 2013 is a better year for the Knox-ville Chamber than was 2012.

The Chamber took the lead in promoting an ag-

gressive budget for Knox County Schools, a budget that met an ice wall of op-position from Mayor Tim Burchett and Knox County Commission.

Some want the Cham-

■ InnovationValley 2.0 By Doug Lawyer, vice president Economic

Development2013 marks the year that

the Knoxville Chamber will lead efforts to launch In-novation Valley Blueprint 2.0, our next 5-year plan for regional economic de-velopment. During the past fi ve years, the Knoxville MSA saw net growth of over 10,000 jobs – an impres-sive number given we were in the midst of an economic

recession.Many communities with

which we compete saw net decreases in jobs during the same time period.

Innovation Valley Blue-print 2.0 will maintain the momentum we have de-veloped as a region with global marketing, technol-ogy-led economic develop-ment initiatives, workforce development efforts, and small business outreach. In-creased competition for jobs and corporate investment necessitates that we add new tactics to our strategy during the next fi ve years.

Blueprint 2.0 will pro-vide our region with new Strategic Priorities in the following areas:

■ Aggressive new busi-ness recruitment and re-tention initiatives in spe-cifi c target sectors including low-fare air service at Mc-Ghee Tyson Airport.

■ Expand the Innova-tion Valley brand, both in-ternally and externally

■ Increased focus on tal-ent development and reten-tion

■ Make entrepreneur-ship and innovation a prior-ity focus

■ Promote our region’s sustainability efforts.

Mike Edwards

Mark Field

Doug Lawyer

Jennifer Evans

By Pam FanslerI’m proud to be a member

of the steer-ing commit-tee of the latest group o r g a n i z e d in sup-port of the United Way of Greater Knoxville.

Founded in 2011, the Women of Toc-queville represents women who contribute $10,000 or more each year to the area United Way. The group’s steering committee con-sists of the seven Knoxville women who have chaired the annual United Way campaigns. Incidentally, Knoxville has had more fe-male chairs than any other community nationwide.

The group takes its name from the 19th century French author of “Democ-racy in America,” who rec-ognized Americans’ civic engagement. It is modeled after similar groups across the country.

The fi rst United Way Toc-queville Society was formed in March of 1984 to deepen individual understanding of, commitment to, and sup-port of United Way’s work: advancing the common good by creating opportuni-ties for a better life for all.

The Tocqueville Society recognizes local philan-thropic leaders and volun-teer champions around the world who have devoted time, talent and funds to create long-lasting changes by tackling our communi-ties’ most serious issues.

The local catalyst for Women of Tocqueville was Cynthia Gibson, chief legal offi cer at Scripps Networks, who organized a similar group in Cincinnati prior to

moving to Knoxville. Gib-son chairs the local Women of Tocqueville and will be-come chair of the National Women’s Leadership Coun-cil for United Way World-wide beginning March 2013.

Juana Slade, current chair of the United Way Na-tional Women’s Leadership Council, recently stressed the importance of every child being able to read well by fourth grade. Currently only half of Knox County students are able to read profi ciently by third grade. Gibson notes, “Your reading ability is critically impor-tant to your ability to suc-ceed.”

For this reason, the 56 members of Knoxville’s Women of Tocqueville have selected early-age literacy as their primary focus with Cindi DeBusk and Amy Williams co-chairing the group’s efforts.

The Women of Toc-queville recently gathered at Norwood Elementary School to present books to children enrolled in the in-tensive reading program at the school, which the United Way funds through the Great Schools partner-ship. On hand to help with the presentation was Ten-nessee’s First Lady Cris-sy Haslam, a member of Women of Tocqueville, who has introduced a three-part initiative that focuses on the interplay between fam-ily engagement and literacy improvement in Tennessee.

The Women of Toc-queville of the United Way of Greater Knoxville are excited about early grade literacy work and the dif-ference we can make in the community.Pam Fansler is president of First

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■ iKnowKnoxville.comBy Mark Field, senior vice

president MembershipThe Chamber will begin

2013 by continuing to push business resources and pro-grams you can’t fi nd any-where else. The Chamber will do this by expanding its online presence and infl u-ence.

The Chamber’s online business directory iKnow-Knoxville.com continues showing strong growth in its fi rst full year online, draw-ing nearly 160,000 page views to Chamber member promo pages. The site also

received praise from the American Chamber of Com-merce Executives, earning Silver ACE Award honors at

the August convention.Chamber staff members

have worked to maximize the site’s benefits to mem-bers with features such as the newly-launched job board which allows mem-ber businesses to post openings for free. Just a few months in, the job-posting feature is increas-ing traffic to the site and members have acknowl-edged it as a valuable ben-efit of their membership.

i K nowK nox v i l le .c om wasn’t the only place the Chamber improved its web presence – a totally rede-signed and reformatted

KnoxvilleChamber.com is most popular features more accessible.

The new site provides a truly impressive front door for the organization and our community as a whole. Aggressive marketing and exposure to the site is key to helping more businesses get the information they need to be successful.

Also available online is Chamber Member MD, the Chamber’s proprietary business assessment tool. Strengthening the program even more, both Chamber Member MD and the re-sults tool, Chamber Mem-

ber to focus solely on “eco-nomic development,” but it’s hard to attract national companies to a state where funding for education hov-ers in the nation’s lowest fi ve percent.

When the Chamber lo-cated and bought a large tract for a business park at Midway Road and I-40, County Commission re-fused to rezone it. When Burchett slashed the coun-ty’s funding, County Com-mission barely restored it. And when Brad Anders, perceived to be “the Cham-ber’s guy,” stood for elec-

■ High-skilled jobsBy Jennifer Evans, vice president Public Policy

& EducationNationwide, two-thirds

of companies can’t fi ll va-cancies, particularly in high-skilled jobs. Yet at the same time, we are still ex-periencing high unemploy-ment levels.

Statistics also show that as many as half of four-year college graduates under the age of 25 are unemployed or under-employed. The expla-

nation is simple: we are not preparing enough people with the skills they need to be qualifi ed for high-demand, high-wage, skilled jobs.

Two-thirds of all future jobs will require post-sec-ondary training, but that doesn’t necessarily mean a four-year university degree.

We also need to provide pathways for students start-ing in high school to enter technical community col-lege and/or certifi cate pro-grams. Introducing these careers and offering hands-

on experiences to students

in high school will engage

those who might not thrive in the traditional academ-ic setting and offer them foundational skills that can never be outsourced or off-shored.

We will always need people to maintain and op-erate equipment, whether robotically, computerized or manual; we will always need electricians and tool makers; we will always need people who know how things work so they can im-prove them and create new technology.

ber Rx, received trademark and copyright protection in 2012. The program is a free tool designed to help busi-nesses identify defi cits in their core operating com-petencies and understand how to remedy these areas using resources available locally.

These efforts fall direct-ly in line with the Cham-ber’s 2013 desire to set an example to our member or-ganizations of how the uti-lization of technology and the Internet can improve both communication and the overall customer expe-rience.

and in Chattanooga where the fourth makes his home.

Last week, the clan gathered to celebrate Family Month at West Knox Rotary and to reminisce about their dad and how he raised each of his four children in Rotary from a very early age.

In turn, Barbara Hood Rutherford, Patty Daughtrey, Kathy Heitmann and David Sergeant told stories sometimes humorous, sometimes sadly touching, about their dad, who is depicted in a statue in downtown’s Krutch Park administering polio vaccine to a child.

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Rick Grubb makes tough job look easy By Sandra Clark

Bus contractors for Knox County Schools log more than 4 million miles getting students to and from school each year. Last year the buses operated without an accident that required an overnight hospital stay.

Presiding over this con-trolled chaos is Dr. Rick Grubb, director of transporta-tion and enrollment.

“I still want to teach,” says Grubb. “I’m doing this because it pays more.”

Grubb gets high marks from his contractors, sub-ordinates and bosses. He’s a hard worker who has excelled at every task handed him at Knox County Schools. Yet he remains “an old Carter guy” who likes nothing more than supper at Litton’s.

The beginningAfter graduating from Carter High

School, Rick worked at Cash’s Service Station and drove a van for Easter Seals, transporting special needs chil-dren to Fort Sanders School. His dad was in the dairy business, supervising delivery routes to grocery stores and schools for French Broad and Wolfe Dairies. He got Rick a route that start-ed in Mascot and ended in Tater Valley, and his life was set. But his mentors encouraged him to attend UT.

Rick lists Bob Pollard, Jim Wil-liams, Jim Pryor, Bill Addonizio and Mike Kinnane as those early men-tors. Rick’s mother, a Halls native, was friends with Millie Norris. Al-though he was younger, Millie’s son Chris Vandergriff was Rick’s class-mate at UT.

“We were two buddies who carried each other,” Rick says.

With much encouragement, Rick graduated from UT and was hired to teach at Carter Middle School where the assistant principal was Sandra Clift Hamilton, a former milk route customer.

So he taught school and coached freshman football and moved to Carter High where he taught shop for fi ve years.

One day Kinnane told him Jim Bel-lamy and Fred Bedelle were “putting together a master’s degree program” at LMU where “you could pay $5,000 and earn an extra $1,000 a year (for the balance of your teaching career).”

Melissa Ogden confers with Rick Grubb about student rezoning.

Dr. Rick Grubb heads transportation and enrollment for Knox County Schools.

Rick contacted Chris, and a bunch of the guys enrolled. And that’s how Rick nabbed his master’s. Next he and “a guy from Powell” got a grant to in-troduce modular instruction in what’s now called CTE (Career Technical Ed-ucation). Rick was a CTE pioneer.

When Allen Morgan was elected superintendent, he promoted Rick to assistant principal at Whittle Springs Middle School. Again his mentors pushed him back to school. This time Rick made it count. He took classes at UT and spent almost two years full-time on his dissertation. Rick Grubb had earned a doctorate.

“I plugged along, did my residency in a summer and fall semester,” he re-calls. And then Roy Mullins called. He

brought Rick into the central offi ce and mentored him in many of the “fi x-it” tasks at which Mullins excelled.

Rick continues to teach, work-ing through LMU to certify new CTE teachers in East Tennessee and North Georgia. He’s mentored about 250 through this program.

The teamGrubb says he’s no better than his

team. “I can teach and train, but you can’t teach integrity. Loyalty, that’s the most important.”

He looks to three guys to make the operation run.

Jeff Graves is the transportation lead supervisor.

Scott Sexton is the primary router.Brian Hartsell is supervisor of stu-

dent enrollment. He also serves as the disciplinary hearing authority on po-tential expulsions.

Six others work under Grubb includ-ing GIS specialists Ryan Dillingham and Darrell Morgan; compliance facili-tators Gayla Huffaker and Rhonda Kin-sey; administrative secretary Frankie DeBusk; and router Nancy Calway.

The budget (except for the fuel cost index) has remained fl at during Grubb’s tenure. It’s about $1 million a year for administration and another $13 million for contractors.

The job“Rick Grubb deserves a medal,”

said Shopper-News writer Wendy Smith after attending a parent fo-

rum on rezoning west area elementary schools.

Grubb’s department drew the plan and he, along with Superintendent Dr. Jim Mc-Intyre, defended it. While it didn’t please everyone, the plan certainly fl ew through compared to contentious re-zonings in the past.

It’s Grubb’s job to know where kids live – now and in the next fi ve years. As Mc-Intyre likes to joke, “some of these people have not yet been conceived.”

“We’re seeing a higher per-centage of students in a small-er area,” says Grubb. “We knew fi ve years out that we would need 500 classroom seats in southwest Knox County.” That projection led to a new school in the capital projects plan.

Interestingly, he says the fastest growing area two years ago was around Murphy Road. “There’s a lot of yield (kids) on small lots,” he says. And although the lots are larger, “Hardin Valley is just booming.”

Grubb credits the KGIS and PMC with his ability to make accurate pro-jections, saying, “We’re absolutely blessed” with the technology. “KUB made a huge investment in KGIS and it has made us extremely effi cient.”

The program is shared by the city, county and KUB. Grubb uses it to set bus routes and for enrollment projec-tions. “In the old days, we gave a con-tractor a route and told the drivers to fi gure out how to run it.”

That’s not the case now as routes are mapped through KGIS. And the transportation offi ce operates 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on days when buses run. Tech-nology such as cellphones and GPS puts Grubb in constant contact with drivers. And he will drop everything to take their call.

The futureContractors need more money,

Grubb says, as their expenses fl uctuate (mostly upward).

Knox County Schools has stopped running its own buses, having operat-ed a fl eet of 25 in the past. Now all the work is contracted, including some 60 buses running after-school programs.

“It’s about time and distance,” says Grubb. “There’s no consistency in how far students live from the school. It’s hard to price the routes. And the con-tractors are strapped.”

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1. Which of these is important to a healthy diet?

A. Include plenty of whole grainsB. Eat a variety of vegetables C. Choose lean proteinD. All of the above.The correct answer is D. All of the above. USDA dietary guidelines recommend

that half of the grains you eat each day be whole grains. You should also have about 2 1/2 cups of vegetables and 2 cups of fruit each day. Meat and poultry should be lean or low fat, the USDA says. Fish, nuts and seeds are excellent protein choices. Don’t forget dairy products and other foods rich in calcium, which is important for bone health.

2. Which of these is a sensible exercise program?

A. 30 minutes of brisk walking 5 days a week, plus 2 days of resistance exercises

B. 30 minutes of brisk walking 3 days a week, an hour-long softball game and 2 days of vigorous garden work

C. 25 minutes of jogging 3 days a week, plus 2 days of weight lifting

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■ Involve children in compiling a fi tness “wish list” to learn what kids ac-tually want to do, and allow them a roster of activities to choose from a couple of times a month.

■ Replace family pizza night with a family fi tness night to benefi t everyone’s waistline.

■ Walking to school, walking around the neighborhood to see the

holiday decorations or visiting lo-cal fi tness attractions – such as a rock-climbing or trampoline facility – are ways tofor parents to engage children.

■ Turn a child’s penchant for gam-ing to everyone’s advantage by choos-ing games that call for lots of move-ment and high energy. Nintendo Wii’s“Just Dance” game is a great option.

■ Schedule two to three moder-ately active half-hour family exercisedates each week.

■ Get outside the living room.Whether that means signing up junior forteam sports like basketball or soccer, or tak-ing a family hike in the local nature preserveor park, get out and get fi t as a family!

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Choose activities that you enjoy so that you will stick with them.

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A. True B. FalseThe correct answer is B. False. Normal blood pressure is less than

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you have your blood pressure checked more frequently.

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A. Switching from whole milk to low-fat or nonfat milk

B. Choosing skinless baked chicken instead of fried chicken

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make the healthiest choices. Keep in mindthat foods marketed as “fat-free” often con-tain extra sugar and often offer no savingson calories. Serve meals on smaller plates sothat you won’t be tempted to overdo it.

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A. TrueB. False The correct answer is A. True. A relaxation response is a state of deep rest

that can lower your heart rate and blood pres-sure, says the American Psychological Associ-ation. You can develop this response throughquiet meditation, repetitive activities such asrunning or knitting, playing a musical instru-ment, or progressive muscle relaxation.

6. Your brain needs a workout justa much as your body to stay healthy.Which of these is a way to promotebrain “fi tness”?

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new things or try different activities seem to ward off memory problems as they age.Your challenges can be as simple as tak-ing an alternate route to work or switching items around on your desk, which forces your mind to focus instead of going on “au-topilot.” You can also sign up for a class orstudy a new topic on your own. Of course, eating a nutritious diet and getting regularphysical activity are two other importantways to maintain brain health.

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I’m amazed at the many different styles, shapes, col-ors and sizes of barns built right here in our area. There are quite a number of dif-ferent styles: bank barns, round barns, tobacco barns, English barns, Dutch barns, crib barns and prairie barns. A great number of these can be seen throughout the Unit-ed States, each suited to the area where it resides. They

Barnyard TalesKathryn Woycik

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Road. Photos by K. Woycik

give historic reminders of the past.

The prairie barn, which is also known as the West-ern barn, is one that can be found quite easily in this area of East Tennessee. Farmers chose this style be-cause of large herds of live-stock and the need for stor-age space for grain and hay.

Their long roofs often reach close to the ground,

giving them their trademark shape. These barns were built during the 1800s. In the lat-ter 19th century, the prairie barn took on the gambrel style roof which allowed for more space, making them larger than other types of barns.

Those wanting to share the age, history or story of a barn can email woycikk@ShopperNewsNow.com.

A barn on Mountain Road in Clinton

By Theresa EdwardsKito is doing well in his

new home this year in the Knoxville Zoo’s new Valley of the Kings habitat, which features the new African lion and Hamadryas baboon habitats as well as an indoor viewing opportunity at the Ann and John Schaad Fam-ily Pridelands Courtyard.

There are two all-male groups consisting of Da-vid, age 20, Kito, age 7, his 9-year old brother Nyali, and 7-year old brothers Cai-ro and Tchabu.

“Knoxville Zoo is one of only a couple of zoos in the country to house all-male groups,” said Tina Rolen. “The ability to house males together serves a valuable need within the baboon population housed in zoos accredited by the Associa-tion of Zoos and Aquariums.

“A typical troop of ba-boons is composed of sever-al one-male units, each led by one male (the alpha) with many females and their off-spring.

“When females are born or isolated from a group,

Kito the Hamadryas baboon

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Kito the baboon

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they are fairly easily in-corporated into an exist-ing one-male unit, whereas males are a bit trickier to fi nd companionship for due to potential confl ict with the alpha. This can lead to a population of males that need companionship.

“Knoxville Zoo has creat-ed an environment to fi ll that need for these males and we are proud to be able to play such an important role.”Contact Info www.knoxville-zoo.org

Christmas at ShannondaleShannondale Assisted

Living celebrated Christ-mas with a party in the activities room where Santa Claus made a sur-prise visit.

“The residents abso-lutely love Santa,” said activity director Trish Jones. “You never get too old to have Santa Claus.

“We have cookies, candy and eggnog which they love – and they all think it’s spiked. I don’t tell them any different because they love that,” Jones said, chuckling.

“We all look forward to the holidays because of childhood memories, and it brings family in. We’ve had an abundance of visitors and lots of vol-unteers. Every other night we’ve had an activity ... carolers and programs.

Santa gives Jonetta Smith a candy cane. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Santa’s helper Jackie Jenkins (center) greets Dr. John Robertson

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Christmas cheer: Shauna Teaster with her children, Leslie, Megan, Ashley, and their friends Heather Willis with daughter Reagan. The residents smiled from ear to ear as the youngsters gave them gifts and hugs.

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Condo Rentals 76FTN CITY AREA

Condo lease to purchase, 2BR, 2.5BA,

$850/mo. + $50/mo. HOA. Call 865-679-8105.

KARNS AREA, 2 or 3 BR, stove,

refrig., DW, garbage disp. WD conn., no pets. $800-$1150. 865-691-8822

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Condo Rentals 76WEST - NEW CONDO 2BR, 2BA, fully equip kitchen, 2 car garage, one yr lease. $850/mo. w/$600 dep. No Pets.

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Manf’d Homes - Sale 85

I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES.

1990 up, any size OK. 865-384-5643

Dogs 141BOXER, MALE, AKC

Reg. Brown & white. Shots UTD. $150. 865-376-6484

BRUSSEL GRIFFON Puppies (as seen in the movie "As Good As It Gets" with Jack Nicholson), M&F, UTD on shots & worming. More info. 423-539-4256

Shih Tzu Adults for sale. M&F.

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Dogs 141LAB PUPS, beautiful,

AKC reg. champ. bldline, blk. & choc.

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PUG PUPPIES, AKC reg., $300. 2 non-reg., $200. Call 423-368-9077

Rottweiler, AKC full blooded M, 8 wks old, no apts. $400. Xmas gift. 865-765-3818

SHELTIE PUPPIES Excellent quality. Males & Females, $350. 865-376-4233

SHIH-TZU PUPS, Reg. Ready for your loving home. M&F. S&W UTD,

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YORKSHIRE Terriers, Reg., small when grown, M&F, S&W UTD. 423-494-4820

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Misc. Pets 142COCK-A-TOO, 4 yr.

old, fem., lg. vo-cabulary, cage incl. $1000. 865-200-5448

Free Pets 145

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Household Furn. 204MATTRESS SET.

Queen Pillow Top Set, $150. NEW.

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plastic. 865-805-3058.

Collectibles 213MINI DOLL HOUSES

Beautifully deco-rated & furnished. 922-4403 or 223-8506

Motor Homes 2372006 Cross Country

SE 370 DS. MUST SELL!! Cummings engine, Allison Transmission, 2 slide-outs, Full-Body Paint. Excellent Condition. Reduced $20,000! Now $79,000! Call 423-745-4161

Autos Wanted 253A BETTER CASH

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Trucks 257FORD 2001 Heavy Duty

dump truck. White / gray manual trans. 1 owner, 38,900 mi. New tires, PS, PL, AM/FM,

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FORD RANGER 2010, black, AT, like new, 1500 mi, $15,500. 865-357-3130

4 Wheel Drive 258JEEP WRANGLER Sport 2006, 2 tops,

mint, 69K mi., WHLSL. PRICE. 865-604-4657.

Imports 262 MINI COOPER S 2003,

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Computers 319COMPUTER REPAIR

Free diagnostic. We come to you. $40 1st hr, $50/hr after that. mceknoxville.com or call 865-935-9263.

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Bearden Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Comedian Ron White will perform at 7 and

9:30 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: $48 and $58 at Knoxville Tickets locations; 656-4444; www.tennesseetheatre.com; and the Clinch Avenue box offi ce 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 12-4 p.m. Saturdays.

SUNDAY, JAN. 6

Circle Modern Dance will host an open house, including a sampler class, 3-5:30 p.m. at the Annex Studio of the Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St.

MONDAY, JAN. 7

GFWC Ossoli Circle will meet Monday, Jan. 7, at the Ossoli Clubhouse, 2511 Kingston Pike, with 9:45 a.m. fellowship and coffee; 10:30 a.m. “Union County, Tenn. History” by author and Union County historian Bonnie Peters; and 11:30 a.m. business meeting.

Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA will start a three-month beginning class in Tai Chi with an open house 7-8:30 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Info: 482-7761 or www.taoist.org.

TUESDAY, JAN. 8

The Harvey Broome Group of the Sierra Club will host the program “From Sea to Icy Sea: Biking Across America’s Last Frontier for Record and 101 More Amazing Things To Do on a Bike” at 7 p.m. at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. GerFalcon Racing’s Gerry Eddlemon, an aquatic ecologist retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will present the program.

The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable will feature Jim Lewis, park historian of the Stones River National Military Park, as its speaker at 8 p.m. at Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Admission: $5 (free for students with ID). To attend the 7 p.m. dinner buffet for $17 ($15 members), make reservations by 11 a.m. Jan. 7 to 671-9001.

Wallace Coleman, blues harmonica player and East Tennessee native, will perform at 8 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14; www.knoxtix.com, 523-7521 and at the door.

THURSDAY, JAN. 10

Knoxville Square Dance will feature traditional Southern squares, circles, waltzes and two-steps, with lessons for beginners at 7:30 p.m. and the dance program beginning at 8 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. The Hellgrammites will provide live old-time music, and all dances will be taught and called by Bobby Fulcher. Admission is $7. Follow Knoxville Square Dance in Facebook.

Yonder Mountain String Band will perform at 8 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: $25 at Knoxville Tickets locations, the theater box offi ce, 865-684-1200 and www.tennesseetheatre.com.

FRIDAY, JAN. 11

Connect: Fellowship for Women! will kick off its winter session 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Epworth Hall at Cokesbury UMC, 9915 Kingston Pike. Warm brunch will be served, and an overview of upcoming small-group topics will be presented. Free childcare.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 11-12

Monster Jam featuring USHRA Monster Truck Racking will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena. Saturday Party in the Pits is 5-6:30 p.m. (ticket and pit pass required). Advance tickets are $20-$40 adult; $7-$40 child; available at the arena box offi ce, www.knoxvilletickets.com, 656-4444, and 877-995-9961 (toll-free); $2 more day of show. Select adult tickets are $5 off through Jan. 6.

MONDAY, DEC. 31

A New Year’s Eve Celebration sponsored by the City of Knoxville will take place from 1 p.m. to just after midnight on Market Square. Activities will include Euro-bungee, ice skating, face painting, Music on the Square, an 11:59 p.m. countdown with a ball drop, and fi reworks.

The Dirty Guv’nahs will perform in concert at 8 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. A Thousand Horses will open the show. Tickets: $32 at Knoxville Tickets locations; 656-4444; www.tennesseetheatre.com; and the Clinch Avenue box offi ce 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 12-4 p.m. Saturdays.

MONDAY-THURSDAY, DEC. 31-JAN. 3

The Knoxville Watercolor Society is exhibiting an all-media show through Jan. 3 at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. Info: www.Knxvillewatercolorsociety.com.

MONDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 31-JAN. 13

The Museum of East Tennessee History, 601 S. Gay St., is hosting the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission’s offi cial traveling exhibition “Common People in Uncommon Times” along with the tie-in exhibit “In Death Not Divided: Civil War Tombstones and the Stories They Tell,” organized by the East Tennessee Historical Society. Museum hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays; and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. (Closed New Year’s Day.) Info: 215-8830, eths@eastTNhistory.org or www.easttnhistory.org.

MONDAY-THURSDAY, DEC. 31-JAN. 17

Registration for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Parade is being accepted through Jan. 17. Forms and info are available online at http://mlkknoxville.org. The parade will be held Monday, Jan. 21, with lineup 8:30-9:30 a.m. at Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, 124 S. Cruze St., and step-off at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2137 MLK Jr. Blvd. The parade starts at 10 a.m. More info: Mabrey R. Duff, tuxman1@bellsouth.net.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, DEC. 31-JAN. 25

The Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Gallery is planning exhibitions for September 2013 through August 2014. Artists living within 250 miles of Knoxville are encouraged to submit proposals, postmarked by Jan. 25. Nonrefundable entry fee: $30. Info: www.tvuuc.org.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2

American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike, offers weekly information sessions on nurse assistant, EKG and phlebotomy training 10-11 a.m. Info: 862-3508.

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 2-6

The Tennessee Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition will conclude its tour with an exhibit on display at the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. A selection of paintings from the society’s 33rd juried exhibition features works by East Tennessee artists George Brooke, Lee Edge, Genie Even, Dot Galloway, Fran Henley, Judy Lavoie, Brenda Mills and Jim Stagner. Museum hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission.

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 2-13

The Seventh Annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition features 1,500 juried pieces of artwork created by middle- and high-school students from 32 counties across East Tennessee at the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Museum hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission and parking are free.

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 2-18

UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St., presents “Revealed,” featuring paintings by Pat Badt and ceramic sculpture by Paul Briggs, through Jan. 18. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Info: http://web.utk.edu/~downtown.

THURSDAY, JAN. 3

The Knoxville Choral Society will hold auditions for all voice parts 6-8 p.m. Auditions will include assessment of vocal quality, sight reading and tonal memory drills. No prepared piece is required. Info and audition forms: www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org. To schedule an audition time, call 579-6292 or email membership@knoxvillechoralsociety.org. Location info will be provided upon scheduling.

The Knoxville Writers’ Guild will meet at 7 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Professor and poet Artress Bethany White and award-winning journalist-poet Dorothy Foltz-Gray will read from their most recent publications. A $2 donation is requested at the door.

FRIDAY, JAN. 4

The Arts & Culture Alliance will present an exhibition of woven mixed-media works and drawings and paintings by artists Geri Forkner and Elizabeth Porter titled “Alternate Realities” Jan. 4-25 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. An opening reception will be held 5-9 p.m. Jan. 4 as part of First Friday activities. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays with additional hours 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 5.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St., will honor a 30th Anniversary Exhibit with a First Friday reception 5:30-9 p.m. with complimentary refreshments and live jazz by saxophonist Marquis McGee. Active and inactive artist-members from the group’s earliest years participating in the exhibit, which runs through Jan. 27, include Mary Ann Aken, Hugh Bailey, B.J. Clark, Alice Clayton, Fran Henley, Patricia Herzog, Emilia Picket, Carol Pritcher and Marilyn Avery Turner. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

Red Chair Architects, 220 W. Jackson Ave., Suite 206, will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a First Friday reception 6-8 p.m. Pottery works by members of Terra Madre will be on display, and the Wesley Lunsford Trio will perform live jazz.

Bliss Home, 29 Market Square, will hold a First Friday reception 6-9 p.m. honoring the photographs of Phil Savage.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 4-6

Echo Ridge, an independent retirement community at 8458 Gleason Drive, will host a Let’s Talk Seniors Life Transitions Seminar at 1:45 p.m. Jan. 4, a Mocktail Happy Hour at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 5, and a Let’s Talk Seniors Health Benefi ts of Laughter at 1:45 p.m. Jan. 6. The two seminars require RSVP. Info and RSVP: 769-0111. Events are free; the public is invited.

SATURDAY, JAN. 5

The New Play Festival presented by the Tennessee Stage Company will feature a table reading of Evan Guilford Blake’s “An Uncommon Language” at 3 p.m. at

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Parkwest 2012Innovation, quality and service highlight year

New Hybrid OR opensParkwest Medical Center

opened its new Hybrid Operating Room in late spring, ushering the way for more novel and less inva-sive treatment options, including TAVR.

A Hybrid Operating Room

combines the best of a tradition-al surgical suite with large imag-ing equipment such as real time X-ray and CT in a sterile setting.

More than $2 million was invested in the creation of the 1,100-square-foot room.

“This allows us to expand on the surgical procedures provid-ed previously,” said Dr. Thomas Pollard. “We will be able to care for patients who were previously too high-risk for a standard open heart operation.”

An ‘A’ for patient safety

The report cards are out again and Parkwest continues to receive an “A” for patient safety.

The score comes from The Leapfrog Group which evaluates more than 2,600 hospitals throughout the United States using publically available data on patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections. Hospitals were assigned an A, B, C, D or F for their safety.

To see Parkwest’s scores, visit www.hospitalsafetyscore.org.

Peninsula absorbs Lakeshore patientsFollowing a six-month trial during which Pen-

insula Hospital took uninsured patients of certain acuity levels that would typically have gone to Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, Peninsula per-manently answered the state’s call for help when Lakeshore closed its doors in June.

Increased staff and more than $300,000 in capital improvements at Peninsula Hospital have helped ensure that behavioral health patients receive the best care possible. Adjustments have also been made to accommodate more psycho-educational groups and individual therapy ses-sions that make the experience better for pa-tients and their families.

The state’s closure of Lakeshore was an initial

step toward community-based treatment, a con-cept that helps those with mental illness to remain citizens of their community by offering support and access to mainstream resources such as hous-ing and vocational opportunities.

“Tennessee, like most states, is moving away from state-run institutions to community-based mental health services,” said Peninsula Vice Presi-dent Jeff Dice.

While two other psychiatric facilities – Wo-odridge in Johnson City and Ridgeview in Oak Ridge – have assisted with some Lakeshore pa-tients, most have gone to Peninsula Hospital, a 155-bed psychiatric hospital in Louisville. Peninsula is a division of Parkwest Medical Center.

End of an eraJuly 31 marked the

end of an era at Parkwest – Dewdrop Rule retired after almost 39 years as a volunteer. Rule, at age 90 1/2, had been at Parkwest almost every Tuesday since the hospital opened in 1973.

Her husband was one of the hospital’s founding physicians. Over the years, she witnessed nu-merous changes in healthcare not only at Parkwest, but in healthcare in general. One thing, however, remained constant for almost four

decades – her quick smile, quicker wit and elephant-like memory that count-less people encountered at the Parkwest Information Desk.

Rule’s legacy of volun-teering continues today with 2012 seeing increas-ing number of volunteers

joining the ranks at Parkwest. Today, more than 165 volunteers bring their talents and energies to helping ensure Parkwest patients and visitors are Treated Well. Well Treated.

Dewdrop Rule

Earlier this month, Parkwest treated its volunteers to a holiday luncheon not

only to celebrate the season but also as one of ways to thank volunteers for

the more than 37,000 hours of service they provided in 2012.

Developing a blueprint for successWhen Parkwest Medical Cen-

ter demonstrated unusual suc-cess at preventing bed sores that kill 60,000 Americans a year, the health care industry took notice.

VHA Inc., a cooperative of 1,350 not-for-profi t hospitals and 72,000 non-acute care provid-ers, called Parkwest’s 15-month stretch without any Stage III or Stage IV pressure ulcers “unheard of.” They came calling and wanted to know how Parkwest did it.

This past summer, VHA sent ateam of clinical experts to meetwith Parkwest’s multidisciplinaryPressure Ulcer Prevention Teamto create an electronic “blueprint”of the clinical practices and socialpatterns that helped Parkwestsuccessfully combat pressure ul-cers.

Today, that blueprint serves asa best practice model for hospitalsacross the nation.

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Innovation for dialysis treatment

Parkwest Medical Center was the fi rst hospital in Tennessee to

implant a new di-alysis graft that revolutionized di-alysis treatment for patients.

Dr. Christopher Pollock performed the fi rst procedure on a 68-year-old Strawberry Plains

man in a procedure that takes about 45 minutes and allows most patients to return home the same day.

“We were pleased to be the fi rst hospital in the state to offer this new device to help improve outcomes for our patients,” Pol-lock said. “This device will mean fewer complications for our pa-tients because of the decrease in clotting, meaning fewer surgeries to reopen previous grafts and de-creased hospital stays.”

Dr. Pollock

Ogle makes history as Parkwest’s fi rst TAVR patientOnce accustomed to walking

three miles a day, Roy Ogle found himself gasping for air after tak-ing only a few steps from his front door.

“I couldn’t walk to the street without getting out of breath,” said Ogle. “I didn’t really feel bad – I just couldn’t do anything. My breath was just getting shorter and shorter.”

Even worse, Ogle’s aortic valve had become so hardened that he was not a candidate for the usual fi x – open heart surgery. In short, his condition was “inoperable.”

So when surgeons at Park-west Medical Center offered hope Roy Ogle, and his wife, Katy

through a procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve replace-ment (or TAVR for short), Ogle was ready.

On June 6 – fi ve days after his 88th birthday and one month shy of the Ogles’ 66th wedding anni-versary – Roy Ogle made history, becoming Parkwest’s fi rst-ever TAVR patient in a four-hour sur-gery so successful that he was out of the hospital within four days and driving two days later.

Since Ogle’s surgery, more than 25 patients have undergone TAVR at Parkwest, one of only 140 sites in the nation to perform the pro-cedure.

On Dec. 19, Parkwest Medi-cal Center dedicated its fourth Habitat for Humanity home. The dedication meant a new home just in time for Christmas for Jessica Berry and her two children, Kyleigh and Liam.

Since 2009, more than 370 Parkwest volunteers have con-tributed almost 2,500 hours to the Habitat cause. In addition, there’s been catering for the volunteers, housewarming gifts for the homeown-ers and annual cash donations that now amount to more than $100,000.

Those are big numbers, but more importantly, that’s four homes built and countless lives changed in a city where more than 6,000 live in substandard hous-ing conditions.

“At Parkwest, our commit-ment is not only to ensure that our patients are Treated Well. Well Treated. from a medical standpoint, but to make sure we do all we can to ensure the same for our community,” Park-

Home for the holidays

Thanks to Parkwest Medical

Center, Jessica Berry and her

two children moved into their

new Habitat Home on Dec. 19.

Berry, pictured here, is shown

working during the early

portion of the construction.

west President Rick Lassitersaid. “Partnering with Habitatis one of the many ways we haveworked toward that end.”

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By Theresa Edwards“Long” can be a relative term. To

John Coombs, 310 miles in three days was long, but actually shorter than the 800 miles he planned to ride cross-country, cut short by a virus that sent him to the emergency room.

Coombs embarked on what he called a “sacrifi cial journey” to raise funds for First Apostolic Church’s new sanctuary building project. Contributors donated two cents per mile. A little over $2,000 was raised.

“I had to convince my mother my ill-ness had nothing to do with my ride, it was a virus. She insisted it was because of riding 310 miles in three days, but the doctor proved her wrong,” Coombs said.

“I lost about 10 pounds in those three days. I didn’t have a single fl at or a blow-out. I was walking like a horseman, but none the less, I’m back and at it.”

“One of my biggest hobbies is cy-cling. There’s nothing like riding my bike in these gorgeous Smoky Moun-tains,” Coombs said.

Coombs makes ‘sacrificial journey’John Coombs rides 310 miles in three days from Maryville to New Albany, Miss. Photo submitted

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Bike riding can be so fun, it doesn’t seem like exercise, but it has great health benefi ts.

“For anyone planning on doing long-distance riding, they need a lot of train-ing beforehand,” Coombs says. “Before I took the trip, I was riding about 200 to 250 miles a week. Also, during the training at fi rst I was a little bit over-weight and I lost about 70 pounds.”

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By Theresa Edwards“I’m addicted, I love run-

ning marathons,” said Muna Rodriguez, who has com-pleted fi ve marathons and half marathons this year. It all began in 2005 with her fi rst half marathon.

“After running this many, it gets much easier,” she says. “Now I only have to train when it’s a full marathon.”

What keeps Muna run-ning is the camaraderie and the feeling of accom-plishment.

“People you’ve never known before cheer you on,” she said. When she was pushing her daughter, Ame-lia, in a stroller in the Secret City half marathon, another racer who was struggling himself even offered to give her a break and push the

stroller for a minute.

Muna says there are peo-ple you get to know at races, even if you just know their names, that you miss if they don’t show up for a race.

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good friends at races,” she said.

The sense of accom-plishment is another ben-efit of racing.

“It’s great knowing what you’re capable of,” Muna said. Her enthusiasm is contagious. She is a trainer at Tennova Health and Fit-ness, The Rush and Nation-al Fitness and maintains a full-time job as an accoun-tant at Kimberly-Clark. She loves encouraging others in her various physical fi tness classes and teaches the right form for running.

Muna stresses that it’s re-ally important for runners to do cross-training to avoid knee, hip, back and other injuries. She recommends Pilates for core strength training and swimming. Stretching, drinking plenty

of water and eating a healthy diet are also important.

“You’ll want to wear good running shoes,” she adds. “Plus, don’t wear a new pair in a long race. Break them in fi rst so you don’t get blisters.”

Safety is another factor. “Always be aware of your surroundings,” Muna cau-tions. “If you wear an iPod, turn it down so you can hear or only plug it in one ear. And always run against traffi c.”

Muna prefers run-ning outside instead of on treadmills.

“Knoxville has some awe-some greenways that con-nect,” she said.

Her favorites include the James White Greenway in Knoxville and the Melton Hill Lake trail near Oak Ridge.

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SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 31, 2012 • MY-3

By Shana Raley-LuskWhen Earl Schliesman underwent

surgery to remove a brain tumor and repair a hemorrhage in June of 2010, the road ahead seemed difficult at best. He had suffered from hydroencephali-tis, a condition in which f luid builds up around the brain.

Following the procedure, he spent the first two months in recovery at UT Medical Center. After being released from the hospital, Earl spent an addi-tional month in rehab at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation. At that time, he was ad-vised that it would be at least 18 months before he could resume normal activity.

Even with the intense level of care he had received, Earl left the rehab center with significant deficits in both bal-ance and endurance.

“After my time at Patricia Neal, I did a couple of months of at-home therapy, including speech, physical and occupa-tional therapies,” Earl says.

After returning to Patricia Neal for outpatient therapy for about two more months, Earl started physical therapy at Provision Health and Well-

ness, where he spent approximately three months working on specific skills.

He then transi-tioned to attending functional fitness and chair yoga classes at Provision, where he spent about six months fine tuning his skills.

“When I first start-ed, I could barely ped-al four minutes on the stationary bike,” he recalls.

Today, Earl is a reg-ular member at Pro-vision, where he con-tinues to improve his overall wellness. One of his favorite ways to stay fit and healthy is yoga class, in which he participates three times per week.

“I take a lot of different classes,” says Earl. “I took the 12-week Live Well

program, which made an enormous differ-ence for me. Then, in October, I took the boot camp class and made more improvements there.”

In terms of his health, Earl is always looking toward the fu-ture with optimism.

“It is mostly about awareness,” he says of his newfound proactive approach to wellness.

He is very grateful to the professionals who helped him reach his goals and return to normal activities much sooner than originally expected.

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MY-4 • DECEMBER 31, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS

By Shana Raley-LuskEach New Year brings a few resolu-

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If this sounds like a familiar scenar-io, a new trend in fitness may hold just the solution to make getting in shape easier and more enjoy-able than ever. Zumba, a type of exercise that combines upbeat Latin-inspired dance with aerobic elements, is gaining popularity. Zumba offers an

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By combining cardio-based dance movements and body sculpting, Zumba is a unique option for those looking to whittle their waistlines.

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Most classes last about an hour and provide participants with a way to burn a lot of calories quickly.

“Calories burned really depends on the person, but an average person can burn 400-600 calories in an hour,” Sandy says.

With all the benefits that Zumba has to offer, Sandy finds that her students keep coming back for more.

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SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 31, 2012 • MY-5

If it seems like you work out regu-larly only to struggle to lose weight, you’re not alone. But losing weight in order to improve health may be the wrong approach. First you need to fi x what’s holding you back on the inside, so you can see the transfor-mation you want on the outside.

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Generally people refer to having “good” metabolism (someone who burns calories quickly) or “bad” me-tabolism (a slow caloric burn with leftovers stored in body fat). But me-tabolism is much more than the rate at which calories are burned. Me-tabolism is the process of breaking down food into smaller molecules

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She accepted the weight gain as a normal part of getting older, but Edberg, her personal trainer, didn’t. He encouraged her to take a simple

blood test to check for underlying metabolic issues. “I could see on pa-per what the problems were and it motivated me to try what my trainer suggested,” Stork says. She slowly added recommended supplements, including vitamin D, probiotics and fi sh oil, which increased her energy, but didn’t affect her weight. The next step was to change her diet.

“We discovered a high likelihood that she was sensitive to gluten and dairy,” Edberg says. Unlike an aller-gy, a sensitivity means the hormones derived from the metabolic process of such foods send confusing messages to the brain, which can cause various symptoms, including weight gain. Within a month of eliminating gluten and dairy from her diet, Stork lost more than 10 percent body fat and dropped 12 pounds and two sizes.

“If someone has a thyroid issue, nutrient defi ciency, sex hormone im-balance, etc., they will gain weight,” Edberg explains. As a certifi ed weight loss coach, he knows that un-less the true underlying metabolic issue is addressed, a person will not sustainably lose weight. “All the

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MY-6 • DECEMBER 31, 2012 • SHOPPER-NEWS

Regular physical activity at any age can help you live longer, feel better and reduce health prob-lems. But far too many people, including baby boomers, don’t get the exercise they need. According to the 2012 Participation Report from the Physical Activity Council (PAC), 35 percent of Americans over the age of 55 are physically inactive. Since regular exercise helps control blood pressure, body weight, cholesterol and so much more, boomers need to fi nd ways to get their bodies moving so they can live longer, healthier lives.

“Though any amount of exer-cise is benefi cial, ultimately adults should work up to getting at least 30 minutes most days of the week, as long as they feel comfortable and pain-free,” said world-renowned nutritionist Joy Bauer. “From tak-ing a Zumba class to walking and stretching, getting regular physical activity helps the joints stay loose, maintains muscle mass, and gets the blood fl owing – all of which makes everyday tasks easier.”

The American Council on Exer-cise recommends older Americans choose exercise programs that in-clude cardiovascular, muscle con-ditioning, and fl exibility exercises. Low-impact, non-jarring exercises such as walking and swimming are good options. A key to sticking with a fi tness program is making sure it’s enjoyable.

A fun new program for older adults is Zumba Gold, a low-impact dance-based workout designed specifi cally for boomers and se-niors. Workout routines combine salsa, merengue, fl amenco and cumbia moves with fun music. For those that would prefer to work out in the comfort of their own home, there is also a Zumba Gold “Live it Up” DVD collection that offers 3 discs with workouts, as well as advice from experts in the fi elds of nutrition, brain health, enhancing your well-being and more.

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