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Let the holiday season begin! A staple of the Karns Community Christmas Parade is the John Deere tractors that

join the parade every year. Owners decorate them with a few items of Christmas cheer – including a pair of horns

that would make Rudolph John Deere green with envy – and then let the big wheels roll.

Parade-goers love the touch of country and salute to the farming community and cheer the trac-

tors and their drivers along the way. The parade was held Dec. 7. Participants and viewers felt a few rain-

drops as they lined up, but got a break from the predicted rain just long enough for most of the pa-

rade fl oats, marchers and vehicles to complete the route. At left, Gavin Cordon, age 2, is distracted

from the pageantry in front of him by the sound of helicopters fl ying overhead. Photo by Nancy Anderson

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Lakeshore ParkA public meeting on Lake-

shore Park is set for 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, at the Deane Hill Recreation Center, 7400 Deane Hill Drive.

The city of Knoxville, along with the board of Lakeshore Park Inc., will present a draft of the updated master plan for Lakeshore Park. The plan is based on public input and an independent survey by U30.

Those planning to attend the meeting are encouraged to visit http://www.cityofknox-ville.org/lakeshore/u30report.pdf to see the results of the U30 survey. Anyone needing a disability accommodation in order to attend can contact Stephanie Brewer Cook at 215-2034.

IN THIS ISSUE

Miracle MakerThanks to YouTube, thou-

sands have watched elementary school teacher Lauren Hopson express her concerns about changes that have been implemented

in Knox County Schools. Hop-son doesn’t hold back when her heart pushes her forward, as a video from an October school board meeting and another from last week show.

But the audience she’s most concerned with is the group of 18 third graders counting on her skills and guidance to help them succeed this school year.

➤ See Betsy Pickle’s story on A-9

Meet MarshallIn case anyone doubts that

Jim McIntyre will be the key issue in next year’s school board races, meet Marshall Walker, a retired Knox County Schools social worker who was in the audience last week when the school board voted 8-1 to extend McIntyre’s contract.

➤ See Betty Bean’s story on A-4

By Sandra ClarkUnder the heading of “not much

chance of killing it” falls the re-quest by The Development Corpo-ration of Knox County to rezone for business use some 70 acres ad-jacent to Karns High School’s ath-letic fi elds and fronting on Garri-son Road. The MPC recommended the rezoning and its accompany-ing sector plan amendment, and Knox County Commission will vote on it today (Dec. 16).

One Karns resident is battling back, but even Carolyn Green-wood notes: “I think there aren’t many people paying attention to this.”

Greenwood says residents have been urged to accept a business park on the old Butler farm rather than see the land developed as a subdivision, fearing more conges-tion. But since when are these our only choices?

In a letter to commissioners, Greenwood called the proposed zoning next to a school a huge mistake.

And she said the push for in-dustrial zoning on a farm near a school and single family homes has led her to question the integri-

ty of the planning process in Knox County. “While I do not question the sincerity of county commis-sioners or the sincerity of MPC’s commissioners and staff, it is al-most impossible to make good de-cisions when you (and the public) are being provided with inaccu-rate and incomplete information. This has happened with regard to these particular zoning requests more times than I have time to de-scribe for you here.”

She said The Development Cor-poration, which indicated a poten-tial 500 jobs could be created on the site, was allowed to do all the explaining at the public hearing while MPC staff stood around the room.

“Individuals were told that a business probably like a call cen-ter would be placed there, conve-niently leaving out the fact that The Development Corporation was still considering having the rail line extended to the prop-erty. (How many call centers do you know that need direct rail ac-cess?) It was only when I pulled a copy of the zoning regulation out of my pocket and read it out loud, that the speaker admitted that it

Gov. Bill Haslam was joined by local legislators Friday as he an-nounced grants totaling $1,837,475 to fund equipment needed at Pellis-sippi State Community College and the Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville.

Pellissippi State will receive $1,386,975 and TCAT-Knoxville will receive $450,000, with the grants funding two programs at each school.

The money is part of $16.5 mil-lion in this year’s budget for equip-ment and technology related to workforce development programs at Tennessee colleges of applied technology and community col-leges, part of Haslam’s “Drive to

Gov. Bill Haslam talks with Dr. Anthony Wise, president of Pellissippi State

Community College, during a presentation Friday. Pictured from left are

state Reps. Roger Kane and Harry Brooks, state Sen. Becky Massey, Haslam

and Wise. Photo by Ruth White

$1.8 million for vocational equipment55” effort to increase the number of Tennesseans with post-second-ary credentials.

Pellissippi State’s funds will go toward the school’s programs in advanced manufacturing and nursing. The funds for TCAT-Knoxville will be for its industrial maintenance program and a sec-ond diesel powered equipment program on the campus of South-Doyle High School in partnership with Knox County Schools.

“These grants represent a sub-stantial investment that will result in highly skilled workers,” Haslam

To page A-3

Garrison Road rezoning at commission today

The committee that’s organiz-ing the local celebration for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holi-day has announced three special guests:

Memphis Mayor A. C. Wharton Jr. will speak at the annual Lead-ership Educational Symposium on Jan. 16.

John Seigenthaler, founder of the First Amendment Center and a former president of the American Society of Newspapers Editors, will bring the keynote speech at

the Leadership Awards Luncheon at noon Jan. 16.

Dr. George McKenna III will speak at the Memorial Tribute Service at noon Jan. 20, the of-fi cial MLK holiday. McKenna has been a teacher, superintendent and administrator as well as edu-cational consultant to numerous school districts. He is the subject of the CBS television movie, “The George McKenna Story” starring Denzel Washington. Info: www.MLKKnoxville.com.

MLK Celebration names special guests

allowed heavy industries such as textile mills and pharmaceutical manufacturing, and that it explic-itly prohibits primary and second-ary schools, but he still would not say anything about this to other members of the public.”

Greenwood has lived on Boo-merang Lane for 18 years. “I am aware that changes will occur,” she wrote. “I just want smart growth for Karns, as described

in the Northwest County Sec-tor Plan, with at least some hope of preserving some features that make Karns a special place to so many people.

“After all, what is the point of making County Sector Plans if they can be so easily changed, and in such a signifi cant way, espe-cially when based on faulty infor-mation and without involving the community?”

Happy times at the Old Barn Dinner Theater

Remember when Farragut had a dinner theater? Folks would come from miles around to watch plays by professional companies. The food was pass-able, with ice and glasses for those who brought their own bottle. It was a concept ahead of its time, says Farragut histo-rian Malcolm Shell.

➤ Read Malcolm’s tale on A-5

A-2 • DECEMBER 16, 2013 • Shopper news

Celebrate the Season

By Sherri Gardner HowellThere was no need for

the Navy … the Marines were in the house.

Setting sail on Dec. 7 from Concord Marina for the fi fth annual Lightfest for Tots parade and fund-raiser were more than 15 boats, all decked out with holiday lights.

The Marines’ presence was in appreciation for the fundraising efforts, which benefi ted the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots pro-gram.

Toys were placed under the Christmas tree inside the marina clubhouse, and cash donations were also accepted.

Each boat owner paid a $40 entry fee, which also included two tickets to the awards ceremony and re-ception following the pa-rade.

The boats were a mysti-cal sight as they traveled

Setting sailfor Christmas toys

Glowing as it comes down the river is “Supertramp,” a boat

captained by Doug Bridle and his crew of Jayne Bridle and Roy

and Diana Dockery. Photos by Justin Acuff

Looking at pictures on a

camera phone, Karen Houser,

Shirley English and Barbara

Milligan enjoy the party after

the parade.

from the marina, past Lakeside Tavern and the Cove at Concord Park, then to the boathouse.

The event was spon-sored by Knox County Parks and Recreation and Concord Marina.

Other sponsors includ-ed Concord Captain’s Club, PJ’s Landing, Louisville Landing, Grayson Auto-mobiles, the Barre family, MarineMax, Decka Batter-ies, Cabins USA, Lakeside Tavern Restaurant, Willy’s

Restaurant, Greg Boling Insurance Agency and Sea Tow.

Boat owner Roger Giles added another charitable aspect to his participation.

He auctioned off two seats aboard his 34-foot Doug and Jayne Bridle get ready for the parade about the

“Supertramp.”

Marine Sgt. Daniel Bryant, Lance Cpl. Krystle Cruz, Lance Cpl. Gerald Everett, and Staff Sgt. Ser-

gio Nunez stand ready to take possession of donations for Toys for Tots.

Ready to launch for the holiday water parade are (front) Shirley English and Nancy Dyar; (back)

Kelly and Danny Henry, Karen Houser, Joyce and Scotty Worst, Barbara Milligan and Roger Giles.

Mayfl ower XVIII, which was decorated with more than 3,000 lights. The money from the auction went to benefi t Ebenezer United Methodist Church’s building fund.

Coordinating the efforts for Lightfest for Tots was James Bisch at Concord Marina.

KARNS/HARDIN VALLEY Shopper news • DECEMBER 16, 2013 • A-3

Mini Miss Tennessee Brook Addison Bilbrey, age 5, waves to the

crowd from a 1977 Corvette. She is the daughter of David and

Melanie Bilbrey. Dad is driving and big brother Brandon is also

along for the ride.

Some “duties” are downright awesome. As the 2014 North

West Knox Business and Professional Association Person of the

Year, Bill Halsey gets to be grand marshal of the Karns Com-

munity Christmas Parade. The coach is from Cinderella Coach

and Carriage Company and is driven by Cynthia Conner. Photos by Nancy Anderson

The two llamas and an alpaca from S.E. Llama Rescue Organization were a big hit along the

parade route, with many references from the children to “Llama, llama, red pajama.” Guiding

the gentle animals are Hope Kane, daughter of state Rep. Roger Kane, and John Jordan. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Santa and Mrs. Claus get a ride on the Lions Club fl oat.

$1.8 million From page A-1

said. “This will help meet the growing demand among employers in the region for well-trained employees.”

In cooperation with TCAT-Knoxville, Pellissippi State’s engineering technol-ogy programs will not only train college students and employees of regional man-ufacturers, but also provide dual enrollment possibili-ties for local high school students at the Knox County Schools’ new Magnet Acad-

emy at Strawberry Plains.The grant will enable

doubling the student capac-ity in both programs.

The Pellissippi State nursing program is cur-rently expanding and will require new laboratories. The expansion will include an LPN to RN program, which is new to the college. The equipment consists of high-tech human simula-tion models and related technology.

Chancellor John F. Weaver swears in new Karns Republican Club offi cers for 2014 during the

annual Christmas party at Karns Middle School. Pictured are: Chancellor John F. Weaver, Lena

Miller, treasurer; Lorraine Coff ey, vice president; Mike Gordon, president; and Alan Zimmerman,

secretary. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Charme Knight, candidate

for District Attorney General,

won the bid on a much-cov-

eted German chocolate cake.

The annual Christmas party

and cake auction is the major

fundraiser for the club.

Lorraine Coff ey and Nick

McBride hold a cake to be

sold. Cakes, both home and

professionally baked, went

for $20 to $150.

Afterwards, Correy said ev-

eryone had fun and the club

made more than $1,000.

Karns Republican Christmas

Party

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GOV NOTES ■ One-on-one constituent

meeting hosted by Knox

Mayor Tim Burchett will be

11 a.m.-noon Wednesday,

Dec. 18, at the Fountain City

Library, 5300 Stanton Road.

■ Knox County Commission

will meet today (Dec. 16) at 2

p.m. at the City County Build-

ing. December meetings were

moved up a week because of

the Christmas holiday.

■ Knox County school board

will meet 5 p.m. Wednesday,

Jan. 8, in the boardroom of

the Andrew Johnson Building,

a move necessary because of

a scheduling confl ict at the

main assembly room of the

City County Building.

VictorAshe

Betty Bean

Sandra Clark

In case anyone doubts that James McIntyre will be the key issue in next year’s school board races, meet Marshall Walker, a retired Knox County Schools social worker who was in the au-dience last week when the school board voted 8-1 to extend McIntyre’s contract.

Walker, who is divorced with two d au g h t e r s and three g r a n d -daughters, says he would not have voted with the majority.

“ T h e r e was no need to do that at this time. That carte blanche authority they’ve given the superintendent minimizes their authority. The school board hired the superintendent. He didn’t hire them.”

Walker plans to run against 1st District incum-

Walker seeks school board seat

Walker

bent Gloria Deathridge, who voted for the extension. Retired Vine Middle School principal George Kemp will manage his campaign.

“(Gloria) Deathridge personally is a very nice woman. We are just differ-ent in our approach about how we should deal with the educational system in Knox County,” Walker said. “My experience has been with youth, parents, families and coaching. I believe that our school board representative should be responsive to the community and I will en-courage more involvement from all of our community.”

Walker attended East-port Elementary School and Vine Middle School and was among the fi rst African-American students to at-tend Fulton High School,

where he played football, basketball and baseball, graduating in 1966.

His father, the late Nor-man Walker, was the head custodian. His younger brother, the late Jackie Walk-er, became a two-time All-American linebacker at the University of Tennessee and was the fi rst African-Amer-ican elected to captain a UT football team and the fi rst Af-rican-American to be named an All-American from the Southeastern Conference.

Marshall got a football scholarship to Florida A&M, but transferred to UT after he suffered a career-ending knee injury his freshman year. He has an under-graduate degree in human resources and a master’s in social work, both from UT.

He worked for Knox County Schools from 2001-2012, and was assigned to six inner city elementary schools. He worked for the Tennessee Board of Paroles as a supervisor from 1986-

2001, and prior to that, worked for Child Protective Services in Knoxville as a senior counselor.

He was an active volun-teer in youth sports, and be-came an assistant coach at Austin-East in 1983.

“Sam Anderson gave me a chance,” he said. “I coached under him until I moved away.” One of his proudest memories is of A-E beating Maryville in the last game he coached.

Walker, who says he was one of those kids who was not projected to go to college, believes youth sports helped him beat the odds and that involving young people in sports instills discipline and builds relationships.

“When I went to Fulton, sports had a lot to do with blending nationalities, rac-es and ethnic groups. That was the difference. Other students that looked like me experienced negativity that I did not experience becau se I played sports.”

Next Saturday the fi ve re-elected city council members will be sworn into offi ce for their fi nal term and a special council meet-ing will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the City County Building to choose a vice mayor, Beer Board chair and representative to serve on KAT.

Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis will be chosen vice mayor again for a two-year term which means he will have served four years as vice mayor, along with Brenda Palmer to chair the Beer Board and former mayor Daniel Brown to continue on the KAT board (which was not consulted about the mayoral termina-tion of the KAT manage-ment contract).

Jack Sharp is the longest-serving vice mayor in the past 75 years, hav-ing served 14 years as vice mayor (or seven two-year terms). Due to term limits no one will ever reach that length of service again. Sharp currently serves on MPC.

This is a special called meeting by the mayor, which is a practice I started as mayor in 1990. The reason to choose the vice mayor on the day the coun-cil and/or mayor is sworn into offi ce is to ensure there is a vice mayor to assume authority should something happen to the mayor. Prior to this, the city might go several weeks before a vice mayor was chosen by the council.

■ More developments on the KAT (bus system) stemming from the Thanks-giving fi ring of KAT director Cindy McGinnis as a result of the $39,000 Gobis report. Gobis never interviewed a member of the KAT board in it is inquiry.

The mayor never con-sulted (only informed) any KAT board member including Mark Hairr (former KAT director and UT employee now) on her decision to cancel the Veolia contract and thereby terminate McGinnis. She did not talk to any board member about McGinn-is’ performance prior to her departure. The city website as of Dec. 11 still showed McGinnis in her position.

Melissa Roberson is the interim director. The mayor apparently intends to do a search for the new director. The manner in which McGinnis was fi red has spread across the online transit community, which will cause quali-fi ed persons to think twice about Knoxville, knowing the job might last for only six years (time remaining to Rogero as mayor assuming a second term).

The mayor after Rogero would be free to change the KAT director. This writer predicts the rest of the Gobis report, including the abolition of the KAT board, will be shelved and forgotten by this admin-istration. McGinnis has been removed, which was the goal. It could have been done without the report. The Gobis report is not seen as objective or a valid road-map for Knoxville transit.

■ Retiring KAT board member Essie Johnson will be honored for 32 years of service (this writer appointed her three times to the board) at the next KAT board meeting. She was not reappointed by Mayor Rogero, who is not reappointing anyone to more than two terms on various city boards.

■ The UT inquiry into charges against suspended UT band leader Gary Sousa, should be concluding soon. It is headed by a member of the Provost’s offi ce. The Provost is on record as being very critical of Sousa which raises the question of how impartial such an inquiry can be if one of her employees is heading it up. Sousa is reported to have employed an attorney. He has tenure and is assured of a position on the music school faculty if he loses his band position, which seems likely. Whatever happens will be awkward for UT.

■ TVA CEO Bill Johnson has taken the axe to several positions at TVA, including the position of Emily Reynolds, longtime aide to former Sen. Bill Frist and former Secretary of the Senate. She handled congressional relations for TVA. She resides in Nashville and never moved to Knoxville. She has not determined what she will do next.

Johnson was paid $5.9 million for only nine months’ work by valley ratepayers. This has trig-gered considerable unrest and dissension by ratepay-ers. The board has been silent on it.

Continuity on council

Holiday hobnobState Rep. Gloria Johnson, Knox County Trustee candidate Jim Berrier, and Leland Price, candi-

date for Criminal Court Judge Division 3, attend the Knox County Democratic Christmas party.

Changes ahead for Shopper news coverageLong ago and far away I

wrote about a school board meeting. It was a totally dif-ferent superintendent and board.

“Sophistry,” was the one-word response of a soon-to-be former principal. I didn’t even know the word ... and when I looked it up I still wasn’t quite sure how it ap-plied to my column.

Last Monday when the current school board voted 8-1 to extend Jim McIntyre’s contract until Dec. 31, 2017, I fi nally got it.

Buzz Thomas called Mc-Intyre “the smartest super-intendent I know,” and my cat sneezed.

The smartest superinten-dent would not have jeopar-dized the re-election pros-pects of his most vulnerable allies on the board by ask-ing for the 4-year contract. Three years is plenty long enough. At least that’s what my cat thinks.

The smartest superin-tendent would have taken the raise to which he was entitled and used it for post-age stamps so the teachers could return their anony-mous surveys anonymously. Instead, instructions went forth for principals to col-lect the surveys and send them to the central offi ce. And Dr. McIntyre said he would set up a teachers’ appreciation fund with the $5,000 raise.

For the 10 people who might not know it, Mike Mc-Millan was the sole dissent-ing vote. I don’t like to be on the side of Mike McMillan.

Neither does my cat.

So I’m moving on. No more school board meet-ings for me. And no more for Jake Mabe either. (Read Jake’s poignant blog linked from our website.) Jake and I got way too close to these issues and to these board members, our friends.

Here’s our Shopper-News lineup for 2014. It’s designed to challenge us. Hopefully, it will make us a better newspaper.

■ Betty Bean will cover the school board and the 2014 elections for school board seats. The Miracle Maker feature was already set to expire on Dec. 31. It won’t be replaced.

■ Jake Mabe, previous-ly Halls area reporter and features editor, will be the Knox County government reporter. Jake will monitor projects in each commu-nity that we serve, and he’ll write a political column on this page every week.

■ This writer will over-see community reporters/editors for our eight zones:

■ Betsy Pickle – South ■ Betty Bean – East

and North (south of I 640) ■ Ruth White – Halls/

Fountain City/Gibbs. ■ Libby Morgan –

Union County. ■ Cindy Taylor – Pow-

ell and Norwood. ■ Sherri Gardner

Howell – Farragut and Karns/Hardin Valley.

■ Wendy Smith –Bearden.

In addition, we’re ex-panding our business cov-erage with a new feature: “Where the Jobs Are,” co-ordinated by Nancy Whit-taker.

Our regular columnists will be back, I guess. No-body has quit.

And if anyone wants to know what I think of the school board, well, ask my cat.

Shopper news • DECEMBER 16, 2013 • A-5

■ Business-Friendly City:

The town of Farragut has

been named the second

Most Business-Friendly City

in Tennessee for 2013 by the

Beacon Center of Tennessee,

an independent, nonprofi t

and nonpartisan research or-

ganization. Farragut’s ranking

was less than a percentage

point under the score earned

by this year’s winner – Brent-

wood. Each year, the Beacon

Center analyzes the state’s

50 most populous cities’

friendliness to business based

on scores in three categories:

economic vitality, business

tax burden and community

allure. Farragut has consis-

tently ranked toward the top,

due to its lack of property tax,

low crime rate and strong job

growth. The top fi ve ranked

cities in order are Brent-

wood, Farragut, Franklin, Mt.

Juliet and Spring Hill. The full

report, along with the ranking

of each of Tennessee’s 50

most populous cities, is avail-

able at www.beacontn.org.

■ Looking toward spring:

The Farragut Arts Council

will sponsor a juried art show

and juried standard fl ower

show – “Open Art Show 2014:

ALCHEMY – The Magic of Art

and Flowers” – in conjunc-

tion with the Dixie Highway

Garden Club on Friday and

Saturday, May 16-17. Artwork,

artist application and fee are

due on Thursday, Jan. 9, from

8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday,

Jan. 10, from 8 a.m. to noon.

No artwork and applications

will be accepted prior to Jan.

9. Entries will be juried on

Saturday, Jan. 11, and will be

available for pickup on Jan.

11 from 5-8 p.m. and Jan. 12

from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Artists

can submit as many entries

as they wish at an entry fee of

$5 per piece. Applications are

available at www.townoff ar-

ragut.org/artsandculture and

at the Farragut Town Hall.

■ Upcoming: Personnel Com-

mittee, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.

17; Volunteer Breakfast (by

invitation only), 7:30 a.m.

Thursday, Dec. 19; Municipal

Planning Commission, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 19.

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For the developers, it was an entrepreneurial idea whose time had come.

Malcolm Shell

It was a dinner theater in the heart of Farragut that produced both food and creative entertainment set in a rustic atmosphere. It was located directly across Kingston Pike from the Renaissance Development on property now owned by First Farragut United Meth-odist Church.

The original owners, the Rhea family, purchased the property from Alfred Watt about 1960. For most of the locals it looked like just an-other barn, complete with a hay loft and a cantilevered beam to lift hay to the upper level.

But Farragut in the 1960s

The old barn dinner theater was quite rural. Few locals knew much about dinner theaters.

A few had probably vis-ited Cumberland County Playhouse in Crossville. But, for many, the real en-tertainment was a few hun-dred yards down the road at the Dixie Lee drive-in the-ater, which teenagers called the passion pit.

We visited the barn on numerous occasions and found the entertainment to be superb. Some of the pro-ductions I remember were “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Mr. Roberts” and “Shenandoah.”

Even by today’s stan-dards the actors were pro-fessional and, except for limited set designs, would have compared favorably with most Broadway pro-ductions. That’s because most of the productions were presented by traveling troupes from New York and other northern metropoli-tan areas.

I am sure that, for most of the cast, rural Farragut

must have been a culture shock. My fellow classmate Earl Hall remembers dat-ing one of the young ladies from New York, who asked: “What do people here do for recreation?”

“Well,” Earl said, “we have a chicken restaurant just a few blocks away and a hamburger joint at Lovell Road, and that’s about it.”

The barn did offer one thing quite rare in rural Farragut: a place where you could enjoy good wine or perhaps a before-dinner cocktail. But you had to bring your own bottle, and the establishment provided ice and glasses.

To my knowledge, the barn was never raided by local law enforcement and, unlike another establish-ment, never sold temporary club memberships to avert the law.

Most locals knew one of the area’s most notorious bootleggers was located just a few blocks away, where they could pick up a bottle

on their way to the theater. The theater consisted

of tables along four walls and a center area for a buf-fet. Food was cooked in a kitchen in the rear and you could usually tell by the smell when you entered what was on the menu. Most of the time it was southern fried chicken or pork chops, and the occasional offer-ing of beef stew or country fried steak. Unfortunately the quality of the food never equaled the quality of the performances. But, with few other eating establishments around to compare it with, it probably satisfi ed most of the locals.

After dinner, the buf-fet was broken down and cleared, the lights were turned off and the set was lowered in the darkness from the ceiling by pulleys with the set and actors in-tact. Although tables were reserved, by ordering ad-vanced tickets you could sit on the bottom level next to the stage. During intermis-

sion, the players would of-ten mix and mingle with the patrons.

Unfortunately, the din-ner theater concept was a bit ahead of its time in Far-ragut. Struggles with the Actors’ Guild to meet salary demands resulted in thin profi ts. After seven years, the developers realized the venture was not an experi-ence whose time had come in rural Farragut and closed its doors.

The structure sat vacant for many years. As it deteri-orated, it eventually became an eyesore.

Given the diverse nature of Farragut’s population to-day and the general educa-tion level in the area, the old barn dinner theater would probably be a thriving busi-ness.

The land was purchased by the church in 2001. With Rural/Metro supervision, the structure was torched and debris removed.

But when I drive by the property today, I always think of the Barn Dinner Theatre, a business venture that was a great idea ahead of its time.

Hardin Valley Academy has opportunities to partner

Susan Perry of the Hardin Val-

ley Academy PTSA, visits at

Farragut Town Hall.

By Sandra ClarkThe Farragut Knox Coun-

ty Schools Joint Education Relations Committee lacked a quorum, but still managed to meet for almost an hour Dec. 3, primarily to hear from Hardin Valley Acade-my’s acting PTSA president, Susan Perry.

Most residents of the town are zoned to Farra-gut High School, but a few families are zoned to HVA; thus, the town contributes equally to both, along with Farragut Middle, Inter-mediate and Elementary schools.

Perry pitched for volun-teers to her school, listing numerous opportunities for

community members to get involved.

Cash is always welcomed, and membership levels range from $50 to $2,000 plus. Most in-kind gifts will be considered toward mem-bership levels at one-half of the monetary value of the gift.

Parent volunteers are needed to work in the book-store, guidance offi ce, front offi ce and library, she said.

Public relations help is needed to produce the E-Talon, a weekly electronic newsletter, to maintain a social media presence and to notify media contacts about PTSA events.

Help is needed to provide

incentives and prizes to ac-knowledge student success-es throughout the year.

The PTSA holds two major fund raising events: Have a Heart and Dine Out with the Hawks.

The group sponsors the annual MAL (My Amazing Life) program for juniors that teaches life lessons pertaining to personal and family budgeting.

Finally, HVA partners can support the school’s all-night drug/alcohol-free party that gives graduates a safe place to celebrate their accomplishments.

The PTSA is proud to support alumni activities and a homecoming tailgate event. PTSA supports the upkeep and beautifi cation of both the building and

the grounds.The group works at com-

munity and school events to provide decorations and food, including Teacher Ap-preciation functions and the Senior Portfolio Show-cases.

Committee member Mike Singletary introduced the idea of inviting PTSA and PTSO leaders to meet with the committee to ex-plain their projects.

Committee chair Mark Littleton said new members are needed. Dr. Shyam Nair has resigned to move to Qa-tar.

Interested persons should contact Littleton or Gary Palmer at Town Hall.

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Lovely Christmas cards notwithstanding, the road to Bethlehem was not a walk in the park.

Consider the circum-stances: Joseph has to leave Nazareth and his livelihood to make an arduous jour-ney of more than 80 miles. They would have come down from the hill country of Nazareth, followed the Jordan River Valley all the way to the Dead Sea, then turned west again and up the mountain to Jerusalem, and south the last six miles to Bethlehem.

In addition to the usual brigands and thieves and murderers who prowled the roads, there were other issues to worry about: Jo-seph’s loss of income while away from the carpentry shop, the weather (it may well have been springtime, and not December, so that rains were a concern, and I can tell you from personal experience that March in Israel is cold!), the lack of Holiday Inns along the way, and Mary’s pregnancy and approaching due date.

There must have been a lot of traffi c on the roads, because everyone in the country had to register. Un-der normal circumstances, there might have been a caravan of other native Judeans they could join. However, because of Mary’s growing waistline, Joseph may have chosen to travel separately from the others from Nazareth, to avoid the

whispers, the pointing fi n-gers and the knowing looks.

Any woman who has been pregnant (not to men-tion any man who has lived with a pregnant woman!) knows that the last days of a fi rst pregnancy are not easy. Aside from the physi-cal discomfort of carrying around this bowling ball in her tummy, imagine Mary’s backache from riding on that little gray donkey, her fear of delivering her fi rst child so far from home and her mother, the sense that all of this is unfair, and if it weren’t for the honor of the thing, she would be just as happy if she had never met the angel Gabriel.

As long as the physical journey was, however, the faith journey was longer and wider and deeper. God chose this couple for good reason: they were made of sturdy stuff, and they were obedient and faithful. With-out fully understanding the why’s and the wherefore’s, with no roadmap or guar-antees, they were willing to undertake the task that God had laid before them.

Unable to see around the curves or over the hills, they heard, heeded and obeyed. They set out on the adven-ture that would make them immortal.

In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the fi rst registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.

(Luke 2: 1-5 NRSV)

O carry her safe to Bethlehem, little gray donkey, tonight.

A miracle rests on your small feet, little gray don-key, tonight.

All heaven is watching your mission divine, And over a stable a star waits to shine,While shepherds and wise men all look for a sign,Little gray donkey, tonight.

(“Little Gray Donkey,” Roger Wagner)

Such a sweet traditionBy Ashley Baker

Santa and all his elves would have had a hard time fi nishing off all the cookies at Faith Lutheran Church on Dec. 7. More than 12,000 homemade cookies fi lled the church kitchen and rec-reation room, waiting for shoppers.

It was time for the church’s annual Cookie Walk and Craft Fair. Joan Pfrom-mer, director of the cookie walk, said this was the 12th year for the fundraiser, which drew a crowd of cook-ie-lovers who lined up early.

Adding to the fun were 28 crafters with items for

sale that ranged from jew-elry to crocheted animals to cinnamon blessing balls.

Pfrommer and her “elves” began working on the Cook-ie Walk in October. More than 90 bakers in the con-gregation provide dozens of cookies each. Shoppers buy either small ($10) or large

($15) boxes and are admit-ted to the room in groups to fi ll their boxes with their favorite cookies. Helpers keep the trays fi lled from the kitchen so that there is always a good selection.

Proceeds benefi t the Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry.

Karen Gilbertson with Faith Lutheran Church has the cookies

artfully arranged and ready for the shoppers. Photos by Ashley Baker

Dee Jay Keller’s handcrafted bags make a colorful display at

the craft sale portion of the Cookie Walk.

Joan Pfrommer, director of the Cookie Walk, and Bob Morris

show off their holiday spirit.

Mountain Breeze members Belinda Price, Judy Linn, Fulvia Galli and Anna Miller sing Christmas

songs at the Church and Community Luncheon. Photos by Wendy Smith

Community welcome at monthly luncheonBy Wendy Smith

Last week’s Church and Community Luncheon at Sequoyah Hills Presbyte-rian Church featured poin-settias, fi ne china and fel-lowship with friends from other local churches.

Parish nurse Laurette Beekman organizes the monthly event, which is aimed at seniors. Her oth-er responsibilities include blood pressure checks one Sunday each month, fi nd-ing speakers for health dis-cussions and visiting the sick and homebound.

Mountain Breeze quar-tet entertained at the Christmas-themed lun-cheon. The event is held at noon on second Thursdays and is open to the commu-nity, says Associate Pas-tor Michael Stanfi eld. The Jan. 9 luncheon will fea-ture Fountain City librar-ian Elizabeth Nelson. She will present a program on First Ladies. Call 522-9804 by Jan. 7 to reserve a box lunch.

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Members of the Scholar’s Bowl varsity and junior var-sity teams at Farragut High School have new bragging rights. During a recent com-petition at UT Chattanooga, the teams earned fi rst place.

“We compete every chance we get,” said Kai Smith, who was reading questions to his team-mates on the day a reporter stopped by practice to snap a photo.

One of the most surpris-ing questions they were given in the competition, according to some team members, was about the Stanford Prison Experi-ment, involving a group of college students who role played as inmates and of-fi cers and the shocking re-sults.

Smith said they were surprised not because they weren’t prepared for the question, they just don’t usually hear that one come up during competitions.

Farragut High School’s Scholars Bowl team takes a break from

practicing for a quick photo. Pictured are Ameena Iqbal, Angel

Chen, Ben Savitz, Kevin Hong, Jerry Zhou, Kai Smith, Yongyu

Chen, Daniel Yan, Ronik Sheth, Raajhul Senthil Kumar, Shreyas

Muralidharan, Jason Fu, Stanley Chang, Don Joo, Ani Perum-

alla, Alex Chang and Andreas Smith. Photo by S. Barrett

Farragut Scholars Bowl team rocks Chattanooga

The camaraderie among the team creates a fam-ily atmosphere, and team sponsor and Farragut High teacher Whitney Parson said the students enjoy be-ing on the team so much, “They pretty much lead themselves,” she said. “I just fi ll out the paperwork.”

Most team members are also in the Science Bowl or the History Bowl, or both.

“Which means they liter-ally practice almost every day.”

That’s a lot of buzzers go-ing off at one time.

Both winning teams went undefeated during a round robin and throughout the play offs.

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Top spellers at Farragut Intermediate Farragut Intermediate School held its annual spelling bee last

week. Sarah Roderiques came in as runner-up behind Hayle

Kim, who won the competition by spelling “encryption” cor-

rectly. Hayle will compete in the regional bee March 8. Photo by N. Anderson

Taylor Eighmy, vice chancellor for research and

engage-ment, has been elect-ed to the 2013 class of National Academy of Inventors Fellows. The NAI Fellows

will be inducted during the third annual Conference of the National Academy of Inventors on March 7 in Alexandria, Va., at the headquarters of the United

Recycling bins availableKeep Knoxville Beautiful has received a shipment

of recycling bins thanks to a special grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The bins will be distributed to the public from convenience centers around town through a partnership with Knox County Solid Waste.

Anyone can stop by to pick up a bin. Pick up locations are Mason-Recycling 2 on Tazewell Pike, 10 a.m.-noon Monday, Dec. 16; Dutchtown, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17; Powell, 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18; Halls, 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19; John Sevier, 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Dec. 20.

One bin will be given to each household while supplies last.

Tom Cervone has re-turned to UTK as managing

director of the Pro-fessional Master of Business Admin-istration program. Cervone is a 2010 gradu-ate of the

program, which is based in the College of Business Ad-ministration. Since gradua-tion, he has been serving as a leadership development coach for the program.

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Nancy Henry, a pro-fessor in English, and Gregory Kaplan, the Lindsay Young Professor of Spanish in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures and director of UT’s Lan-guage and World Business program, have been named National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows. The fellowships support individuals pursuing ad-vanced research that is of value to humanities schol-ars, general audiences or both.

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By Betsy PickleThanks to YouTube, thousands

have watched Halls Elementary School teacher Lauren Hopson ex-press her concerns about changes that have been implemented in Knox County Schools. Hopson doesn’t hold back when her heart pushes her for-ward, as a video from an October school board meeting and another from last week show.

But the audience she’s most con-cerned with is the group of 18 third graders counting on her skills and guidance to help them succeed this school year.

“We teach children because we want them to learn,” Hopson says of herself and her colleagues, “but we also work with children because we love being around them and getting to have that interaction with them. It gets frustrating when you can’t do as much of that as you would like to.”

That’s one of the reasons Hopson has been so vocal at school board meetings. She’s not opposed to change – she just wants it to be an improvement.

“We want what’s best for our chil-dren. I want to feel like I have the freedom, if my kids get interested in something one day, to go and look at Google Earth about it, or to go down to the library and get a bunch of books when it wasn’t on my lesson plan – and to not have to worry about somebody coming in my room and expecting me to do A, B and C when … D is what my kids are excited about today.

“It’s not about choosing to teach something that’s not on the curricu-lum. I can take any subject you give me and correlate it to my curriculum, whether it’s a writing standard or a reading standard or even math. But having to stick to a lesson plan every day just because somebody says you have to do it that way is very suffo-cating.”

Hopson is in her 13th year of teaching at Halls. After graduating from the University of Tennessee, the Greeneville native went to work as a counselor at Peninsula Village, working with emotionally disturbed and chemically dependent ado-lescents. She lived on the cam-pus 85 hours a week, from Tues-day night through Saturday morning.

“You really have to enjoy being around kids to stick it out that long.”

For the last four years of her stint, she was married, and she realized that if she wanted kids of her own, she’d have to fi nd another job.

She went through UT’s Lyndhurst Program, a 15-month program that fast-tracks second-career profession-als into teaching. After an internship

teaching fi rst grade, she realized dur-ing a short foray into third grade that she preferred that age group.

“They have just enough indepen-dence where they’re not constantly following you around like baby chicks, but on the other hand, they still want your approval, they still want to give you hugs and they still want to have that relationship with you.”

Hopson channels inspiration from a high school English teacher who

had her students take opposite-

gender parts while reading “Romeo and

Juliet.” “She had that knack

of just making it dif-ferent enough that it was a whole new ballgame.”

She likes to challenge her students with a similar playful attitude.

“I joke around with my kids all the time. I kind of have my children compete. I tell my girls that they’re smarter than boys, and what that causes is that the boys spend all year trying to prove me wrong. It sets up a good, healthy competition.

“I have one student this year who

is intent on proving that he is smart-er than the girls. We’ll be reading our explanations for something, and I’ll go, ‘All right, blind me with your awesomeness.’ When they read their answer, if it’s really good, I start act-ing, ‘Oh, my eyes are being poked out! I can’t see! What am I going to do?!’ He always likes to go last to see if he can get the biggest reaction out of me, blind me with his awesome-ness. He’s done it several times this year.”

Hopson uses concepts gleaned from a writing workshop she took several years ago to get her students fi red up about writing.

“It’s about letting students write what they want to write about and getting them to share their writing so they see how other students write.”

She’s trying to keep that going,

Improvement, not change, is teacher’s goal

but she says, “We’ve gotten to a place where our writing is so regimented in what we have to do and when we have to do it, and I’m trying to not allow that to die in my room because I want my kids to be excited about writing time.”

She has them hooked when it comes to reading. They’re “ravenous sharks” when they think she’s about to give them time with their book boxes. And she’s passing on her love of science with classroom décor that suggests starry skies and colorful planets.

While she feels frustrated that teachers’ opinions aren’t always wel-comed by the school board, she be-lieves she’s doing the right thing by her students, and her peers.

“My colleagues here have been overwhelmingly supportive.”

Lauren Hopson jokingly scratches her name off of Santa’s “Good” list.Photos by Betsy Pickle

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Gov. Bill and Crissy Haslam opened their home up this holiday season for tours of the Tennessee Resi-dence with its halls decked in seasonal décor during Tennessee’s Home for The Holidays.

Students at Cedar Bluff Middle School were asked to create ceramicornaments for one of the trees in the gover-nor’s mansion to honor the heroes of our state, focusing their efforts on the Medal of Honor.

The ornaments were re-quired to have a 3D effect,

By Sara BarrettStudents at Karns Elementary School have collected new

toys since the fi rst part of November for children in their area who may otherwise go without at Christmas. Karns Volunteer Fire Department distributes the toys to families within its service area and has done so since shortly after the department was started in 1978.

This is the fi rst year the school has participated; stu-dents at Amherst and Hardin Valley elementary schools have participated in previous years. There are also bins for donations at both the Food City on Middlebrook Pike and Hardin Valley Road.

Toys, books and games are all accepted. “We receive a lot of phone calls from this area,” said Karns Volunteer Fire Department representative Kelley Grabill of the request for assistance at Christmastime.

The toy drive at Karns Elementary has been very suc-cessful, according to faculty member Dona Bean, who said she’s had to empty the tops of the bins in order to make room for more toys the students have brought.

New toys and monetary donations will both be accepted through Wednesday, Dec. 18. Info: Grabill, 691-1333.

Karns Fire Department engineer Nathan Patterson, students

Nathan Welden, Arabella Black and Abigail Weldon, fi refi ghter

James Tolliver, (back) fi re department representative Kelley

Grabill and student Caleb Cleghorn. Photo by S. Barrett

Kids helping kids

Some of the ornaments made by students

Stately ornaments

Cedar Bluff Middle students Trey Houser and Timari Ray hold

some of the ornaments students made to decorate the gover-

nor’s mansion during the holiday season. Each ornament was

required to have a 3D eff ect, and represent the Medal of Honor

in some way. Photos by S. Barrett

Wyatt Smith and Clara Kluemper display ornaments made by

classmates. Students travelled recently to Nashville to see the

ornaments hanging in the governor’s residence.

and each one needed to represent one of the charac-teristics of Medal of Honor winners.

Several students who participated toured the home recently to see their ornaments on the tree. Oth-er local heroes honored by a tree in the mansion include Davy Crockett, Dolly Parton and Pat Summitt . Info: visit www.tn.gov/fi rstlady.

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Cherokee Caverns are decorated for the holidays and open

from Dec. 19-22. The caves are located at 8524 Oak Ridge Hwy.

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Thursday and Friday, Dec. 19-20,

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Cherokee Caverns are open four more days this holiday

season for visitors to come enjoy the natural beauty of the

cave and the seasonal decorations. Christmas characters,

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a food truck are part of the merriment. Raven Mills talks

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CAK seniors Andersen Estes and Leslie Sizemore were selected to the All-State Cheer Squad by the Tennes-see Cheer Coaches Associa-tion, and Estes was named 2013 Tennessee Cheerleader of the Year.

“I am so proud to have these girls represent CAK,” said CAK cheerleading coach Lisa Bowland.

Coaches nominated 81 cheerleaders from across the state. After being scored on their letters of recommenda-tion, extracurricular activi-ties, community service and GPA, the top 25 nominees were then invited to try out for the All- State Cheer Squad in Murfreesboro last month. The top 13 cheerleaders were chosen after an interview and a tryout which included cheer, dance and tumbling skills in front of a panel of judges.

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Two from CAK head to State

CAK seniors Andersen Estes and Leslie Sizemore were selected to be

on the All-State Cheer Squad.

The annual All-East Choral Weekend was held Nov. 21-23, in historic Greeneville, Tenn. Juniors and seniors must au-dition for placement in one of the three All-East Choruses.

Three CAK seniors suc-cessfully auditioned for this year’s event. Attending were Hannah Brown in the All-East Women’s Chorus, and Bennett Miller and Michael

Jarvis in the All-East Men’s Chorus. Both Brown and Jar-vis were featured soloists. All three of CAK’s seniors have qualifi ed for All-State.

Five freshmen students were chosen by CAK choral teachers Amy Brock and Peggy Filyaw to participate in this year’s All-East 9th Grade Honors Choir. The 9th graders attending were: Josh

Current, Alyssa Buzzeo, Leah Campbell, Riley Poe and Olivia Williams.

Accompanying the stu-dents to Greeneville were Filyaw, Brock, and CAK parent Wanda Brown. The event featured 600 choral students from middle school through 12th grade from East Tennessee public and private schools.

Bennett Miller, Hannah Brown and Michael Jarvis were named to the All-East Chorus, qualifying for All-

State.

CAK alum is Player of the YearFormer CAK quarterback Quinn Epperly was recently named the 2013 Ivy League Off ensive

Player of the Year. Taking over the starting role halfway through the season, Epperly led

Princeton to an 8-2 record and set a handful of personal records as well. In fact, Epperly was

featured on Sports Center’s Top 10 players of the week after beating Harvard in triple overtime

and earned a “Helmet Sticker” for going 29-for-29 (an NCAA record) to start the Cornell game

the following week. He fi nished the season ranked fi rst nationally in points responsible

per game (26.6), sixth in both competition percentage and scoring and seventh in rushing

touchdowns. “This whole season has been a huge blessing,” Epperly said. Photo submitted

areas, Estes was chosen as Cheerleader of the Year. Estes placed fi rst in every category, the fi rst time a nominee has done so in the history of the competition. She received a plaque, a letter jacket and a $500 scholarship to the col-lege of her choice.

Estes is Cheerleaderof the Year

CAK seniors in All-East Chorus

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When you want to impress business owners as savvy as members of the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, you better pull out all the stops.

Bettye Sisco and the staff at the chamber have no problem accomplishing that feat! The chamber’s annual Christmas gathering, Holiday Open House, once again was attended by an overfl ow crowd who fi lled a large tent as well as the chamber offi ce buildings. On the agenda for the evening were great entertainment, incredible food and more fellowship and networking opportunities than any business person could hope for. Santa came by to check in on Christmas commerce, and to see if anyone had any last-minute wishes for gifts to throw on the sleigh.

The open house is a seasonal treat for many of Farragut’s chamber members. For more information about the chamber, visit the offi ces at 11826 Kingston Pike, Suite 110, call 865-675-7057 or visit the website at www.farragutchamber.com.

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By Betsy PickleEveryone has an expira-

tion date. Harold Woods has been told that his is sooner rather than later.

“They keep telling us, ‘within six months, within six months,’” says Sylvia Woods, Harold’s wife of 52 years. “We’ve been hearing that now for two years.”

He was diagnosed with cancer in 2011 after it at-tacked his bile duct, which had to be removed. He’s been through chemothera-py several times, as well as radiation.

His doctor told him in July that he could have more treatment – and feel terrible all the time – or he could just keep on living his life, dealing with the pain as it comes up.

No surprise, Woods is plugging along. The long-time community volunteer has scaled back his activi-ties somewhat. He’s serving only on the boards of direc-tors of East Tennessee PBS,

Cornerstone of Recovery and Project HELP, as well as on the Tennessee Demo-cratic Party executive com-mittee.

Volunteering is a hard habit to break.

“I’m not one to sit there quietly,” says Woods. “I get involved and know more or less what’s going on. That’s the way it’s been my whole life. Anything I’ve joined, I’ve participated – otherwise, I wouldn’t have joined.”

Woods is widely respect-ed for his 40-plus years of service to the AFL-CIO, which he joined after he started working for the Aluminum Company of America in Alcoa in 1965. (He retired in 2002 but still continued to serve the union.)

He was in the fi rst class of Leadership Knoxville in 1985, and he has a long list of awards for community service from everyone from the CAC and United Way to

Sylvia and Harold Woods strike a pose at the San Diego Zoo in

June 2013.

Harold Woods volunteers, enjoys each day

By Sherri Gardner

HowellWhere are non-profi ts

and those in need going to fi nd the next generation of concerned citizens who will help?

Rotary Club of Farragut and Pellissippi State Com-munity College took a step toward the future on Dec. 6 with the offi cial certifi -cation meeting for the col-lege’s Rotaract Club.

Rotaract is a club for adults ages 18-30. Rotary clubs serve as sponsors for the club, and the Pellissip-pi club has a faculty advi-sor, Denise Reed. Rotaract members, however, are free to organize and run their own clubs and decide what projects and activi-ties best suit them.

Peggy Wilson, the col-lege’s vice president of college advancement and a past president of the Ro-tary Club of Farragut, said chartering a Rotaract club at Pellissippi made sense on several levels.

“Several administra-tors and faculty at Pellis-sippi are Rotarians, so we understand ‘service above self,’ which is the Rota-ry’s primary motto,” said Wilson. “The college is already very involved ser-

vice learning and makes it an integral part of the cur-riculum, so the philosophy of Rotaract fi ts in well.”

There was plenty of pomp and circum-stance to make char-ter members of Ro-taract feel special at the Charter Signing and Pinning Cere-mony, which was held at Chop House at 9700 Kingston Pike. District Governor Ray Knowis was the honored guest, and Farragut’s club president Tom King presided over the ceremony. Pellissippi State president Anthony

Wise was present, as was Greg Maciolek, assistant district governor coordi-nator and past president of Knoxville Breakfast Ro-

tary Club, Reed as club advisor and Wilson. It is the district’s seventh Rotaract Club.

The fi rst Rotaract member pinned was

Steven Cooper, club presi-dent.

Editor’s Note: An error was made last week in the spelling of the last name of District Governor Ray Knowis. We apologize for the mistake.

Charter member of the Rotaract Club at Pellissippi State

Community College Amanda Herrell accepts her club pin

from District Governor Ray Knowis. At back is Pellissippi

president Dr. Anthony Wise and seated are Jeff and Lee

Mrazek, members of Rotary Club of Farragut. Photo submitted

Young leaders step forward in Rotaract

Ventura joins Lattimore Black

Alex Ventura

Alex Ventura has joined the ac-counting and business consulting fi rm Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain PC (LBMC).

Ventura, a graduate of Penn State University, is a staff accoun-tant who will work in a variety

of industries including physician practices, manufacturing, profes-sional services and hospitality. He previously worked at Jacobs Engi-neering Group Inc. as an A/P dis-bursement specialist. He is working toward his CPA.

the Boy Scouts and PTA.He and his wife were both

honored with the 2013 Tru-man Day Champions Award this fall at the Knox County Democratic Party’s Truman Day event. The award was in recognition of their decades of service in improving the lives of working people in the state of Tennessee.

Woods says he learned to respect working people as a child. He was born in his family’s home in the Mead’s Quarry area of South Knox-ville. His father worked at the Williams Lime Plant – 12 hours a day, seven days a week.

When their house burned, his father bought the materials to rebuild, but his mother was the one who built it.

“She put every nail in,” says Woods.

Woods has fond memo-ries of his old neighborhood.

“Of all the communities you could grow up in, that was the best,” he says. “We loved each other. The par-ents took care of all of us kids. We were all poor. We all had the same circum-stance, and we had the same enemies.”

Woods learned early on that people with money had a distrust and often a con-tempt for those who were poor, and he fought many battles to improve life and work conditions for the poor and middle class.

He remains hopeful about the future, but he worries that the country for now is heading backward.

“I lived in the best of times,” he says. “I lived in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. We brought up the middle class. When people worked, they got paid decent pay, and the people that couldn’t work, they wasn’t starving or hun-gry.

“Today, it isn’t that way. They’re getting back to rich and poor; they’re doing away with the middle class that built this country.”

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OK, I still love my job, but you need to know that last week I visited two of the more interesting busi-nesses on the South and East side.

John and Kristie Parton own Parton’s Smokin’ Butz BBQ on Chapman High-way. Great folks with great food occupy the site of the former Pixie Drive-In. But where did they get that name?

Info: 773-0473.Mighty Mud is a place to

play in clay. Even if you are a novice, kids and adults can sign up for an amazing variety of ceramic classes.

Located at 1300 McCalla Ave., Mighty Mud distrib-utes ceramic supplies from clays and glazes to tools.

Owner Barron Hall moved here to attend graduate school at UT.

Artists can work and display their fi nished cre-ations in a beautiful gallery open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

This Wednesday, Dec. 18 from noon to 1:30, Hall will be participating in an event sponsored by the Arts and Cultural Alliance at the Emporium Center. Check out www.knoxalliance.com for details.

Check out the website at www.mightymudclay.com to register for classes. Facebook or their newsletter will also help you keep track of what’s new. Contact: 595-1900.

■ Sara Martin is architect

Sara Martin, outreach coordinator for Smart Trips for the Knox MPC, has become a registered architect

Nancy Whittaker

Meet Mud and Butz

after 12 years of education, internship and testing.

The achievement fulfi lls a longstanding goal and de-livers unexpected benefi ts for her work in alternative transportation.

Martin moved to Knox-ville from Chattanooga in 2000 to attend architec-ture school at UT. She was amazed at the range of the education, examining design at every scale – from a single room to an entire city plan.

Before joining MPC, Mar-tin spent 9 years at architec-ture fi rm Ross/Fowler.

■ McMillen joins Summit MedicalDr. Jennifer McMillen,

an internal medicine specialist, has joined Summit’s Medical Associates at 9333 Park West Boulevard.

An American Board of Internal Medicine certifi ed physi-cian, McMillen is a gradu-ate of UT-Knoxville and St. George’s University.

McMillen accepts com-mercial, Medicare and Tenncare plans. Info: 531- 4600.

■ Law grads join Lewis KingRonald K. Isaacs and

Mikel A. Towe, recent grad-

uates of the University of Tennes-see College of Law, have joined the Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop law fi rm. Both are associates working out of the fi rm’s Knoxville offi ce with a focus on general civil litigation.

Isaacs graduated

cum laude in 2013. A na-tive of Kingsport, Isaacs received his bachelor’s degree in banking and fi nance from the University of Georgia in 2008.

Towe, a Knoxville native, received certifi cates of aca-demic excellence in pretrial litigation and interviewing and counseling. He received his bachelor’s degree

■ Ted Hall returnsNews anchor Ted Hall will

join WVLT’s Local 8 News team in January.

He went to Atlanta seven years ago after 18 years in lo-cal news and

sports at WBIR-TV.While here, he and his

family (wife Lesa and three kids) lived in North Knox County.

Ted says the whole fam-ily is excited about coming home, and he’s looking for-ward to cheering on the Vols and getting involved with community organizations.Sara Martin

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By Betty BeanLast week Quality Label

& Tag CEO Jim Jennings got the bottom line numbers for his company’s 2014 health insurance premiums, and they’ve made him very hap-py. Once he learned that he could get better rates and better coverage for his em-ployees through the Afford-able Care Act than from his current insurance carrier, he said the choice was easy.

Here’s how he sees it:“My 2013 cost was

$15,649 per month with my old carrier. My new cost would be $18, 397, so I went to the marketplace and chose Community Health Alliance. We’ve got one ad-ditional family now, and the cost will be $15,028.

“I can get a 50 percent tax credit for two years that I qualify for because I have fewer than 20 employees – and that will drop it down to $7,500. Even without the tax credit I’d be saving $3,500 a month. This thing will save me about $80,000 a year.”

Jennings said the cover-age is better under the new plan.

“The deductible under the old policy was $2,000 for an individual; $6,000 per family. Under the new policy it’s $500 per individ-ual; $4,500 per family. Co-pays for offi ce visits were $40 for a primary physician and $60 to see a specialist. The new plan is $20 for pri-mary, $50 for a specialist, and co-pays count toward the deductible. Under the old plan they didn’t.

“Under the old plan, pre-scription drug co-pays were $10 for generics, $45 for

Jennings cites savings under ‘Obamacare’

name brands and $25 for exotic drugs like chemo-therapy, etc. The new plan’s pharmacy benefi t copays are $10 for generics, $30 for name brands and $60 for exotics.

“If I’d renewed with (the old company), it would have been $220,764. This year, I’ll still pay my 2013 rate, but with the tax credit, I’m paying $187, 788 divided by 2 – $93,000 after the tax credit. I’ll be able to expense that as a business expense.

“This is not nickels and dimes. If it was a couple of hundred dollars I wouldn’t even put all this work into it.”

Quality Label had always paid 100 percent of employ-ees’ family health insurance premiums until last year when costs got so high that employees were required to

pay 10 percent of the cost of their dependents’ premi-ums. Next year, the compa-ny will go back to paying the entire cost.

“We’ve prided ourselves for 24 years in paying em-ployees and dependents’ premiums, and these were good plans – not one of those (discount store) plans. We’re glad to get back to that. And these insurance agents who were complain-ing (about the ACA) are writing policies left and right. … My agent, he’s a Re-publican, but he fi gured out this is the law and he can’t fi ght it. So many computer illiterate people like me are happy to let an agent do this for them.

“There are winners and losers in everything and fi -nally the poor people get a win.”

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Rachael Wedekind, bridal consultant for Gift & Gourmet Inte-

riors, prepares for District Holiday Open House festivities Dec.

6, putting the fi nishing touches on a Christmas tree designed

by Brian Curtis. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Owners of Sole in the City, Debbie Black and Betty Copeland,

prepare a display inviting Open House guests to check the se-

lection of Hunter rain boots, jewelry and interesting curios.

Susi Norris, marketing director, and Roberto Coin take a moment to enjoy the elaborate bright red sleigh stationed in the showroom foyer at Kimball’s.

Becky Hancock returns to the Tennessee TheatreBy Wendy Smith

Becky Hancock, interim executive director of the Tennessee Theatre Foun-

dation, could be the poster child for rapid advance-ment. Two weeks before starting her new job as

manager of communica-tions and outreach at the theatre, she was promoted.

She stepped up to replace

Hancock

Tom Cervone, who recently became managing director of the University of Tennes-see’s Professional Master of Business Administration program.

While she enjoyed her tenure as assistant direc-tor of Knox Heritage, a post she held for six years, Han-cock is pleased to return to the theatre.

“I was ready to get back into the arts,” she says.

She grew up in South Knoxville and attended UT. After graduation, she moved to New York City, where she worked for a public relations fi rm that represented classical art-ists. Six years later, she returned to Knoxville to serve as the general man-ager of the Tennessee. She was there before, during and after the historic the-ater’s $35 million renova-tion in 2005.

As the interim executive director, she’ll be the face of the theater in the com-munity. She’ll work with A.C. Entertainment, which is contracted to manage the theater, and have oversight of all theatrical produc-tions.

Her presence during the renovation process gives her a deep appreciation for

the theater and the role it plays in the com-m u n i t y . Downtown has grown and thrived in recent years be-

cause of the historic venue, she says. Early this year, the Tennessee honored its one-millionth patron since the 2005 reopening. Those patrons have brought busi-ness to local restaurants and hotels.

The theater has also served as a springboard for the arts. The Tennessee and Bijou theaters are both more active than they were when Hancock returned to Knoxville in 2001. Other popular downtown events, like First Fridays and the Market Square Farmers’ Market, have “risen on the tide” of the arts, she says.

“We are really strong, and we compete with big-ger markets like Nashville, which doesn’t have two historic theaters within a

block of each other.”The Tennessee Theatre

has developed a reputation among journalists as well as artists, she says. Matt Hendrickson of Rolling Stone wrote that attending a performance there during the 2010 Big Ears Festival was “like watching a show inside a Faberge egg.” Per-formers typically comment on how beautiful the the-ater is and how lucky the community is to have it.

That’s why Hancock en-courages support of the Tennessee’s Sustainabil-ity Campaign. The theater’s 85th birthday was observed in October, and the $4 mil-lion campaign will allow it to be around for another 85 years, she says.

The endowment will en-sure that needed repairs can be made to the 66,000 square-foot facility. “You can make sure the Tennes-see Theatre will be around for your children and grandchildren by support-ing the campaign.”

The effort has already raised $3.1 million. Make donations online at www.tennesseetheatre.com/me-dia/sustainability.

Linda and Jerry Deets enjoy a celebratory dance in honor of their 22nd wedding

anniversary at The District Gallery and Framery during the District in Bearden

Holiday Open House.

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Temple Baptist Academy seniors Keegan McElyea, Andrew Johnson,

Christian Cooper and Dionny Reese (back) in “The Best Christmas

Pageant Ever.”

Temple Baptist Academy students sing in the annual Christmas program.

Caroling at the City-County BuildingTemple Baptist Academy students Mark Burley, Charlie Farris, Haddon

Bryant, Isaiah Helget, Jean Remember and Andy Moshi meet Knox

County Mayor Tim Burchett. The Temple Elementary choir visited the

City-County Building Dec. 11, and sang Christmas selections while there.

Food drivefeeds 100

Temple Baptist Acad-emy conducted its annual food drive in November and December. Students collected hundreds of items for food baskets for needy families, provid-ing food to more than one hundred families in the Knoxville area.

“We are grateful to Terri Gilbert and Powell Food City for their help and support of this effort to be a blessing to those in need in our local commu-nity,” said Temple princi-pal David Whitaker.

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On Dec. 7, the Powell com-munity gathered for its annual Christmas parade. In the days leading up the parade, Temple Baptist Academy parent volun-teers worked around the clock to prepare a 48-foot fl atbed trailer for the school’s parade fl oat. The theme of this year’s fl oat was “A Smoky Mountain Christmas.” One end of the fl oat was deco-rated with an old-fashioned log cabin. A split rail fence was built around the perimeter of the fl oat that had wagon wheel gates along with a Christmas tree set by a stone fi replace on the other end of the fl oat.

The middle of the fl oat was

theatre rendition of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” by Barbara Robinson. The play tells the story of six delinquent children, the Herdmans: Imogene, Claude, Ralph, Leroy, Ollie and Gladys. The Herd-mans go to church for the fi rst time after being told that the church offers snacks. Despite

protests from other church members, they are given roles in the Sunday school’s Christ-mas pageant, in which they tell the Christmas story in a nonconventional fashion. The play provided plenty of laughs while reminding the audience of the signifi cance of the true message of Christmas.

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Parent volunteers crafted this fl oat

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‘A Smoky Mountain Christmas’

Sophomores visit Washington, D.C.Temple Academy sophomores spent an exciting week visiting our nation’s capital in November. Assistant

principal Tim Missey led the group. They visited various sites, including Ford’s Theatre, the Capitol, the

Smithsonian, Arlington Cemetery, the Naval Academy and more. The students returned with a deeper

appreciation for the rich heritage of our great nation. Pictured here in front of the White House are: his-

tory teacher Jessica Motes, Cii Boi, Abby Ryan, Karsyn Bonifacius, Allison Cate, Makayla Landrum, Isamaria

Helget, Alex Gann, Khup Mung, Tyriq Bowers, Gage Woosely, Austin Ford, Justin Sexton, Philip Thompson,

Philip Pettit, Jordan Sullivan and Tyler Ward.

fi lled with several members of the school’s concert band who played Christmas carols all the way down the parade route. Temple High School basket-

ball players and cheerleaders walked in front of the fl oat, tossing candy to the children lining Emory Road. It was great fun for all involved.

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Stella Marie Moore hopes to

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including Dr. Temple Grandin

and her mother, Darline Moore.

“At four years of age, Temple Grandin wasn’t talking at all. Her father thought she should be institutionalized, but her mother re-fused, coaxing speech from her daughter and later setting her up with odd jobs so she would learn work skills despite her extreme anxieties. At the time, there was no diagnosis.

More than six decades later, Grandin has become one of the na-tion’s foremost authorities on animal welfare and our pre-eminent advocate for people with autism. As someone operating on the very high end of the autistic spectrum, Grandin, 65, has become a sort of ambassador to what she calls the neurotypical world.”

Read more at www.templegrandin.com.

About Temple Grandin Ph.D.

Stella Marie exclaims it allMadisonville teen fi nds hope in Asperger’s diagnosis

Stella Marie Moore is almost star-ry-eyed as she talks about Temple Grandin, the 2010 HBO biopic about an autistic woman who went on to become a highly acclaimed doctor of animal science and autism activist.

“When I saw that movie, I felt like we were connected,” she says. “I’m going to write a letter to her. I hope she writes me back. I think she will. She does math problems just like I do!”

The way she talks in exclamation points – faster and louder than nec-essary – is clearly the excitement of a smart, vivacious 17-year-old high school junior discussing a favorite subject. More times than not, howev-er, her fast and loud speech isn’t ex-citement – it’s Asperger’s syndrome, a high-functioning form of mild au-tism with which she was diagnosed just two years ago.

The inability to modulate speech is just one of the many symptoms of Asperger’s, a pervasive development disorder commonly associated with an entire spectrum of autistic forms. The symptoms – and the degree to which they are manifested – vary from person to person but frequently include narrow interests, poor social interactions, awkwardness and poor coordination, and a tendency to take things literally.

Often, other conditions may co-exist with Asperger’s, such as Atten-tion Defi cit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression, bipolar and anxiety disorders, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Although the cause of Asperger’s is not known, studies point to ab-normalities in specifi c regions of the brain. Researchers have long sus-pected genetics and environmental components are contributing fac-tors because of its tendency to run in families.

Stella Marie, adopted at age 7 as a “severely abused” therapeutic foster

Asperger’s no more: Diagnosis removedAlmost 70 years after it was iden-

tifi ed by an Austrian pediatrician and two decades after it was offi cially recognized, the American Psychiat-ric Association gave Asperger’s syn-drome the boot at its annual meeting last May.

In what the Associated Press called “one of the most hotly argued changes,” the APA struck Asperger’s from the list of mental illnesses with the release of the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the guide which provides a common lan-guage and standard criteria for the classifi cation of mental disorders.

Asperger’s was recognized by Dr. Hans Asperger in 1944, but the dis-order did not make it into the DSM until the fourth edition in 1994. It has now been replaced with the di-agnostic label of “autism spectrum disorder,” a term already used by many medical experts. This diagno-sis will also include both kids with severe autism who often don’t talk or interact as well as those with milder forms.

According to Dr. John Kupfner, a psychiatrist with Peninsula Hospi-tal, Asperger’s prevalence has been reported to be anywhere from 1-in-250 to 1-in-5,000 children.

“The controversy is that there has been a great increase in the preva-lence of us diagnosing all autistic illnesses, including Asperger’s, for the past 10 years,” said Kupfner. “So there is a lot of confl ict in the com-munity about whether it is over di-agnosed or if it was under diagnosed before and is now being addressed. Advocates for autistic groups will say the latter; the media might say the former. Always, the truth lies in the middle.”

“We’ve become a lot more com-fortable diagnosing it,” Kupfner con-tinued. “We were probably over diag-nosing Asperger’s in the beginning. But again, if you have severe social phobia, severe anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder or any speech and language communication dis-abilities, that can present as Asperg-er’s. But over time, this diagnosis will be changed back. I don’t put a lot of investment in the diagnosis part other than as a relative description of how that person sees the world. That’s what Asperger’s is to me.”

The change is strongly opposed by some Asperger’s families who fear loss of the diagnosis would mean their kids would no longer be eligible for special services. But experts say the revision will not affect their edu-

cation services.“When you are struggling and

you know that you are different and you’re not fi tting in and it’s caus-ing dysfunction in your life, people want to know why,” said Kupfner. “They want to know other people have the same problems, that they’re not alone. Certainly, with autistic ill-nesses that is true, and it is more di-agnosed now than ever and that cre-ates opportunities for understanding treatment.”

The re-defi ning of Asperger’s un-derscores just how complicated it is to diagnose autistic illnesses because the criteria is ever changing.

Simply put, Kupfner says, Asperg-er’s is a disorder of communication. “There are other associated things that go with it like obsessions, com-pulsions, anxiety,” he said. “So it’s primarily a disorder of being able to communicate with others, emotional communication is challenging if not impossible sometimes. Like when they have an emotional reaction to something, being able to express what the problem is and problem-solving and coping skills are incred-ibly diffi cult. They have a hard time expressing how they feel inside to somebody else. They also can’t read how other people are acting so they

Dr. John Kupfner calls Asperger’s

a “disorder of communication.”

He believes that while medication

can help control some symptoms,

successful long-term treatment

for Asperger’s focuses on helping

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information in a way that everyone

else around them does intuitively.

child, was one of fi ve children taken from her parental home and each sent to live with separate foster fami-lies. Two of her brothers are mentally retarded.

In fact, social workers – unable to understand Stella Marie’s garbled speech – were convinced that she was “moderately retarded” when they fi rst brought her to live with Darline and Harold Moore in their brick rancher on the outskirts of Madisonville.

“Just because I wouldn’t answer

them when they said ‘Stella,’ they thought I was retarded,” Stella Ma-rie says. “I tried to tell them that my name was Marie but they didn’t un-derstand me at all. I didn’t know who they meant when they said ‘Stella’ because I had always been called Marie.”

It soon became clear that she wasn’t retarded at all. But she did have problems, problems that led to a battery of tests that showed she was not only suffering from ADHD, bipo-lar disorder, depression and anxiety,

stabbed in the back and I said, ‘Re-ally?!’ I’m like, ‘How are you doing?How are you here?!’ ” Stella Mariesaid with a laugh.

But back in Sequoyah HighSchool, such literalness and exclam-atory speech makes life diffi cult.Friendships don’t come easily al-though she says she has more friendsthis year than ever before.

So when Stella Marie puts herselfdown as a “nerd,” her mother gentlydisagrees, saying, “No, you’re not,baby. You’re a joy. You’re a joy. We’vehad some challenges and we’vehad some very diffi cult times, andthere were times that I asked howwe would get through them, but wedid.”

“She has struggled through heruniqueness but she has perseveredand she is doing well in school,” saysher mother, adding that she makesmostly A’s and B’s. “We see a brightfuture for Stella Marie. We see herbeing self-suffi cient. We see her be-ing able, with guidance, to take careof herself, to hold down a job. We seeher going to a junior college. We hopethat she’ll be able to go on and get adegree, but our immediate goal is at-tending a junior college.”

However, Stella Marie, like herhero Temple Grandin, is setting hersights even higher. She hopes to oneday be a teacher like her mother, whotaught school for 32 years before re-tiring to become a foster mom again.

“I bet I can teach my sisters! Thatwould be great!” says Stella Ma-rie, again speaking in exclamationpoints.

Her mother beams proudly.“Writing Temple Grandin to tell

her what an inspiration she’s beenwas Marie’s idea,” said Mrs. Moore.“We’re hoping she’ll write back. OnceMarie realized what the diagnosiswas and she began to see some ex-amples of people who were success-ful, it’s made a big difference.”

but also from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Later, she entered the in-tensive outpatient program at Peninsula Lighthouse on Dowell Springs Road. For three hours a day, fi ve days a week, she joined other teens in learning coping skills and better ways to look at situa-tions.

“She did very well in there,” said Dr. John G. Kup-fner, an adolescent-child psychiatrist with Peninsula Hospital. “She learned some social skills and has really done better since fi nishing that program.”

It was also at Peninsula Lighthouse that Kupfner be-

gan to suspect his young patient was dealing with more issues than those previously diagnosed.

“She had a hard time with any abstract speech and communication concepts. It was diffi cult for her to understand things that weren’t con-cretely laid out. She tended to speak louder than other kids. She didn’t have social awareness to her pat-terns of speech which could be kind of robotic. So her failure to be able to interact with peers and form appro-priate reciprocal relationships made me suspicious of Asperger’s.”

Kupfner’s diagnosis, which Mrs. Moore called “astute,” helped them understand how to manage the symptoms, develop coping skills and provided a measure of hope.

Today, the coping skills she learned have enabled Stella Marie and her mother to laugh at her ten-dency to take things literally. “You have to be conscious of how you word or phrase things because she will take you literally,” said Darline Moore. “You don’t say, ‘I’m going to pinch your head off.’ ”

“I had a friend to say that she got

will make a lot of presumptions, they don’t read nonverbal communication well and they won’t understand sar-casm.”

While people tend to focus on the diagnosis, Kupfner says the psychi-atric community is focused on the treatment of obsessions, compul-sions, anxieties, mood deregulation and aggression.

“We have treatments for all thosethings and that’s what we focuson,” said Kupfner. “We focus on thesystems-based approach where theschool helps control the environ-ment so that it’s not unpredictableor feels unsafe. We try to implementthe same thing at home. We focus onsymptom management more thanthe label.”

Kupfner says while medicationdoes help control some symptoms,the long-term treatment for Asperg-er’s is more therapy-based and help-ing patients to learn how to processinformation in a way that everyoneelse around them does intuitively.

“For those with Asperger’s, theyhave to logically try and understandemotional responses others may behaving around them and feel safedoing it. That’s the ultimate goal,” hesaid. “Medications for anxiety andattention and concentration can behelpful but not all Asperger’s patientshave to be on medication. Some justhave to work through it and function–it doesn’t mean that they can’t havea normal life.”

For more information about thebehavioral health services of Pen-insula, call 865-970-9800 or visitwww.peninsulabehavioralhealth.org.

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THROUGH FRIDAY, JAN. 3‘Old-Fashioned Christmas’

The Farragut Folklife Museum will host “An Old-Fashioned Christmas” through Friday, Jan. 3.

The exhibit features items from the museum’s col-lection as well as pieces belonging to Folklife Museum Committee members. Visitors can view antique toys, games and dolls, including the Rice dollhouse, designed and built in 1929 by local architect Malcolm Rice.

Among the more recent pieces in the exhibit are “Star Wars” toys from the 1970s donated by Mayor Ralph McGill.

The museum is at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Munici-pal Center Drive, and is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. It will be closed Dec. 24-25.

THROUGH SUNDAY, JAN. 5Holidays on Ice

The Holidays on Ice outdoor ice-skating rink is open through Sunday, Jan. 5, at Market Square in downtown Knoxville.

Regular hours through Dec. 19 are 4 to 9 p.m. Mon-day through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Extended hours Dec. 20 through Jan. 5 will be 1 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Friday-Sunday hours remain the same.

The holiday schedule is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24; closed Wednesday, Dec. 25; 1 p.m. to midnight Tuesday, Dec. 31; and 1 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1.

The entry fee, which includes admission, skate rental and unlimited time on the ice, is $10 a day per adult, $7 a day per child 12 and under, $45 for an adult season pass and $30 for a child season pass.

To save time, skaters may download liability waivers in advance at www.knoxvillesholidaysonice.com.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 19-21Holiday movie classics

Three classic holiday fi lms will be shown Thursday, Dec. 19, through Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Palace The-ater, 113 W. Broadway Ave., Maryville.

“It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) will play on Dec. 19, “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947) will play on Dec. 20, and “White Christmas” (1954) will roll on Dec. 21.

Each fi lm will start at 7 p.m., with tickets at $5 (free for children 9 and under with adult).

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 20-22KSO Holiday Concert

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will add a Celtic fl avor to the 27th Annual Clayton Holiday Concert, which will be performed Friday through Sunday, Dec. 20-22, at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 20-21, and 3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 21-22.

The Knoxville Choral Society, Go! Contemporary Dance Works, Irish fi ddle band Four Leaf Peat and Knoxville Pipes & Drums will be the KSO’s special guests, helping to blend Irish and Scottish sounds and sights into the presentation of traditional holiday songs.

Children’s tickets start at $8. Adult tickets are $14-$45. They are available at 865-291-3310 or www.knox-

villesymphony.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 21Frazier Chapter, DAR

The Samuel Frazier Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at the home of treasurer Sharon “Sam” Wyrosdick.

Jim Cundall, fl ight coordinator for Honor Air Knox-ville, will present the program. The meeting marks the 62nd anniversary of the chapter.

The next meeting will be Feb. 15, 2014, with details forthcoming.

Guests are welcome at every meeting. For more info on the December meeting, contact chapter registrar Martha Kroll, 865-603-4655.

MONDAY, DEC. 30Job Resources Group

The Job Resources Group will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30, at Concord United Method-ist Church, 11020 Roane Drive.

The group provides assistance in preparing for inter-views, revising resumes and fi nding employment.

TUESDAY, JAN. 7Caregiver Support Group

The Caregiver Support Group will meet 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Jan. 7, in Room E-224 at Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive (use front covered entrance).

The support group, which is affi liated with Alzheim-er’s Tennessee Inc., meets on the fi rst Tuesday of each month. Anyone in the community who gives care to an elderly individual is welcome to attend.

Refreshments will be provided. For more info, call 865-675-2835.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 9-10Call for artists

The Farragut Arts Council will sponsor a juried art show and juried standard fl ower show – “Open Art Show 2014: Alchemy – the Magic of Art and Flowers” – in con-junction with the Dixie Highway Garden Club on Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17, 2014.

Artwork and artists’ applications and fees are due Thursday, Jan. 9, between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. and Friday, Jan 10, from 8 a.m. to noon. No artwork or applications will be accepted prior to Jan. 9.

Entries will be juried on Saturday, Jan. 11, and will be available for pickup on Jan. 11 from 5 to 8 p.m. and Jan. 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Artists may submit as many entries as they wish for an entry fee of $5 per piece.

Applications containing detailed information are available at www.townoffarragut.org/artsandculture and at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

SATURDAY, JAN. 18Prayer conference

National speaker and author Debbie Taylor Williams

brings the P.R.A.Y. Conference for women to Tennes-see for the fi rst time on Saturday, Jan. 18. The confer-ence will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at West Park Baptist Church, 8833 Middlebrook Pike.

Registration is open through Sunday, Jan. 12. Cost is $10 per participant. Details and registration are at www.westparkbaptist.org.

Participants will fi nd out how to experience God’s presence and power through prayer in the new year. Every woman will be uplifted by memorable and prac-tical challenges to make this a year of prayer.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 24-25Mandolin workshop

Guitarist Steve Kaufman, three-time winner of the National Flatpicking Championships, will offer an all-level mandolin workshop Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24-25, at MainStay Suites, 361 Fountain View Circle, Alcoa.

A two-hour session starting at 7 p.m. Friday will cover core picking skills and techniques, repertoire and building blocks for growth.

At the 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday session, Kaufman will cover right- and left-hand technique, drills and skills, and many other valuable aspects of the mandolin. There will also be small groups and some individual attention.

The fee is $90 per person. A nonrefundable deposit of $45 is required to hold a space, with the remain-der due the day of the workshop. Preregistration is required; seating is limited.

For info and registration, call 865-982-3808 or email steve@fl atpik.com. Special room rates are avail-able; call Teagan at MainStay Suites, 865-379-7799.

FRIDAY, FEB. 14Employers for job fair

Employers are invited to participate in a job fair for Roane State Community College students who are pursuing careers in healthcare. The job fair is planned for 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Roane State’s Oak Ridge campus, 701 Briarcliff Ave. Set-up begins at noon.

Employers are asked to register by Friday, Feb. 14. There is no registration fee. To register online, visit www.roanestate.edu/placement.

The collaborative effort between Roane State’s Placement Offi ce, Nursing Division, Rx Tennessee and Allied Health Sciences Division hopes to connect area employers with graduating students.

The fair will include students from several health-care fi elds including dental hygiene, emergency medi-cal technology, radiologic technology, nursing (CNA, LPN, RN), phlebotomy, certifi ed clinical medical assistant, EKG technician, occupational therapy as-sistant, physical therapy assistant, respiratory therapy assistant and health-information technology.

For more info, contact placement director Kim Har-ris at 865-882-4695 or harriskb@roanestate.edu.

SATURDAY, FEB. 15Steve Kaufman concert

Three-time national fl atpicking champion Steve Kaufmann will appear in concert at 8 p.m. Satur-day, Feb. 15, at the Palace Theater, 113 W. Broadway, Maryville, with special guest Rusty Holloway.

Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door. For tickets, call the Palace, 865-983-3330, or visit Murlin’s Music World, 429 W. Broadway, Maryville.

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Christmas approacheth, and holiday frenzy is reach-ing its peak. Your own to-do list undoubtedly grows daily, but here’s something you might want to put on the back burner.

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville is currently hosting “Ameri-can Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell.” After Christmas Day, you’ll have about six weeks to see some-thing you’ll never forget.

As a closet Norman Rockwell fan for most of my life, I feel vindicated.

“He’s so corny!” folks will often say. “He’s so old-fash-ioned!”

Actually, he is a heck of a draftsman. The fi rst aspect of Norman Rockwell’s work that sucked me in decades ago was his impeccable drawing and painting. His people look real, not ideal-ized. Faces have lines and blotches, clothes have stains

and wrinkles, objects are arrayed messily. Everything down to the last crumpled handkerchief is absolutely believable.

And looking at many of his most-beloved paintings in person underscores that point.

Nelda Hill, central library manager at Lawson McGhee Library, attended the ex-hibition with her nephew, Chris Hill, who works in the healthcare industry in Nashville. Both came away with deep impressions.

“It’s easy to dismiss Nor-man Rockwell as a feel-good illustrator, but this exhibit proves that he is everything but,” said Nelda. “He tapped our best selves but more, he gave us a standard to which we can aspire.

“At the same time, he confronted us with our rac-ism and the terrors in other parts of the world.”

Many people don’t real-ize how much weight Rock-well provided to the cause of civil rights. Along with such paintings as “The Problem We All Live With” and “New Kids in the Neigh-borhood” – both of which deal with racial integration – the Frist exhibit features a stunning timeline, includ-ing sketches, letters and the artist’s notes, of a work

called “Murder in Missis-sippi” (also called “Southern Justice”) commissioned by Look magazine.

The 1963 painting de-picts the deaths of three civil rights workers. The last one to die is shown stand-ing, holding one of his dy-ing colleagues. He’s staring his killers – a sheriff’s posse depicted only in shadows on the right side of the canvas – right in their faces.

It’s chilling, horrifi c and deeply affecting.

Many of Rockwell’s best-known paintings are there, including “Triple Self-Por-trait” in which he’s shown from the rear, sitting on a stool, straining to catch a glimpse of his face in a mirror while putting it on the canvas in front of him. You can also see “No Swim-ming,” “Family Tree” and “Coming and Going,” the amusing double painting of a family setting out for a lake adventure and then returning at the end of the day, exhausted.

“Christmas Homecom-ing,” in which a young man is warmly greeted by his nearest and dearest, con-tains portraits of every member of the immediate Rockwell family – Norman, wife Mary and their three sons.

An American masterNorman Rockwell’s famous sense of humor comes through in this unorthodox self-portrait.

All fi ve members of the Rockwell family can be found in this painting.

Rockwell’s chill-

ing account of

a triple murder

during the civil

rights era Photos courtesy of

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts

And if this is not enough to convince you that you need to see this show, all of his Saturday Evening Post covers are there. Yep, all 323 of ’em. Some will make you laugh out loud, and more than a few will bring tears.

“Leaving the exhibit,” said Chris Hill, “I not only felt a deeper connection to my American heritage, I felt like I learned something about my grandparents’ life experience that could not be communicated through sto-ries of ‘the good old days’ or family pictures, but only by living a life.

“Mr. Rockwell obviously had a gift for capturing the emotions and climate of the age that he painted.

“I am thankful that he did.”

“American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rock-well” runs through Feb. 9 at the Frist Center for the Vi-sual Arts in Nashville. Info: 615-244-3340 or fristcenter.org. Send story suggestions to news@Shop-

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LAB PUPS, ready to go 12/22. Choc. & black, M&F, champ bloodlines, parents on site, 865-388-6153

***Web ID# 345269***

Labradoodle Puppies! CKC reg, mom & dad on site, cream colored 423-312-7331 Knoxv area ***Web ID# 345022***

POODLES red mini pups, AKC, shots, wormed, 2 M, $600 ea. 865-322-1074

***Web ID# 343013***

ROTTWEILERS for Christmas, 1 M, 2 F, Avail. 12/16. Ch. Bldns. 865-429-3066

SHELTIES, 3 F Pups, 5 mos. 1 M, 1 yr old,

AKC reg., housebroke. $250 neg. 865-335-8730.

Dogs 141SHIH TZU puppies, 14

wks. $350 F., $300 M. Call or text Nicole 865-660-7459

SHIH TZUS AKC, fat, fluffy, beautiful. S & W, $300. Yorkie, Blk /tan $400. 865-740-6322

***Web ID# 343857***

WELSH Terriers, 2 F, 1 M, taking deposits for Xmas, $800. 865-397-9695

***Web ID# 343039***

YORKIE MALE AKC, tiny,

7 mos. old, $300. Call 423-312-2388.

YORKIES AKC, M & F, quality pups. Ready now & taking Christ-mas dep. 865-591-7220

***Web ID# 343247***

Free Pets 145

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

Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official shelter for

Knoxville & Knox County.

Call 215-6599 or visit

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Farmer’s Market 150FORD 8N Tractor, 1949,

hood & metal good cond. New batt. $1950. 423-404-0033

HAY FOR SALE, 150 roles in the dry. $20 per roll. Phone 865-368-8968

Small Square Bales grass hay. No rain. Loaded on your truck. $3 bale. 865-680-1173

Building Materials 188Cherry & Walnut

lumber, rough sawn 1" & thicker, seasoned, approx 2500 board ft. Claxton area. Call 918-633-9964

Machinery-Equip. 193Yale Forklift, 5000 lb

lift cap., LP, air tires, ready to work. $7,000. 865-216-5387

Computers 196Toshiba Laptop, Wi-

Fi, new, box never opened, Win8, 500 GB, $250. 865-690-4264

Household Furn. 2046 PC. cherry BR suit,

pedestal bed, $900. Matching sofa & chair,

$150. Brunswick pool table, $200.

Black Dining room table, $200.

Oak Dining room table w/chairs, $150.

Call 865-250-7491.

RUSTIC, King size bed & mattresses. Sell $375 obo. Pd $1300. Must sell. 865-336-2441

Household Appliances 204aRefrig., White, french

door, Kenmore 2005 w/ice & water in door, exc cond, $425. 865-577-3357

Sporting Goods 2232002 Golf Cart Club Car,

red, elec., lights, windshield & top. Make good Christmas gift. $1,750. Call 865-254-6267

Fishing Hunting 224Stevens 16 ga. double

barrel shotgun, model 311, $425. Call 865-208-6286

Boats Motors 232BOSTON WHALER

2005 #150 Sport-Fish, Merc. 60 HP 4 stroke, built in 15 gal. gas tank, 12V troll motor, only 94 hrs w/ built in hour meter, built in battery charger, fish finder, perfect cond. With galv. trailer & canvas cover, $11,500. 865-577-1427

Campers 2352012 Summerland

2600TB Travel Trailer, Like New, bunk beds, DVD, flat screen TV, auto awning, memory foam gel queen matt., used 6 times, Will sell $11,900 firm. NADA $14,820. 865-556-5949

***Web ID# 341089*** NEW & PRE-OWNED INVENTORY SALE

2013 MODEL SALE CHECK US OUT AT

Northgaterv.com or call 865-681-3030

TRAIL BAY 2007 Immaculate, 1 owner, non-smoker, C-H&A, 1 slide out. $11,900 obo. 239-872-5656.

***Web ID# 335344***

Motor Homes 2371976 FMC #1040, twin

beds, dinette, new refrig, TV & satell. antenna, microwave, coffee maker, new radio, 4 new Michelin tires, 6 1/2 kw Onan gen., Chrys #440 ind. rear eng. pusher, $10,000. 865-577-1427

36' Phaetan mfg by Tiffin, 4 slides, 3 TVS, 9K mi, 360 Cummings diesel w/lrg diesel gen. $135,000. 865-577-1427

Motorcycles 238CAN-AM SPYDER

ST, less than 40 mi, lots of motorcycle clothes, $22,000 in-vested, $18,500/b.o. 865-233-2545; 250-5531

YAMAHA FJR AE 2006, 18K mi., Trunk,

exc. cond. $6500. 865-458-3269.

Autos Wanted 253A BETTER CASH

OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running

or not. 865-456-3500

Utility Trailers 255UTILITY TRAILERS

All Sizes Available 865-986-5626

smokeymountaintrailers.com

Vans 256KIA SEDONA LX

2005, 5 door van. Low miles, loaded, and clean. $3200. Call 865-973-5228.

Trucks 257CHEVY 2012 Silverado,

2500, 4X4, LT, ext. cab, 6.0L, V8, 38k mi, $29,500. 865-387-5009

FORD RANGER 1994 XLT, 2.3 5 spd., air, low mi., all orig, very nice. $3650. 865-643-7103

HONDA RIDGELINE 2013, deep cherry maroon,

150 mi, 2 mo. old. Have to sell. Cost

over $40k, RTL, all opt. Must sell. $38,000

firm. 865-765-6933

4 Wheel Drive 258FORD F250 2000

Power stroke, AT, 4WD 200K mi., new tires, $7,500. 423-200-6600.

***Web ID# 343712***

Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 2005.

5.7 Hemi V8. 49K mi., $15,500. 865-382-0365. ***Web ID# 340770***

Comm Trucks Buses 259GM WHITE 1995,

GREAT TRUCK & TRL. DIRT CHEAP! New MOTOR, only 3K mi. $20,000. 865-983-4102

Antiques Classics 260CHEVY NOVA 1963, restored inside & out. Great shape. $15,000

obo. 865-332-7952.

PLYMOUTH 1949, 4 dr. w/suicide dr, good shape, orig., $3500. 865-256-9977

PLYMOUTH, CLASSIC 1973 318 Space Duster. Great cond. $7,000. 865-457-2189.

***Web ID# 340940***

T BIRD, TEAL, 2002 Beautiful, less than

75,000 mi., exc. cond. Best offer over $15,000.

Call 865-988-3846.

Imports 262ACURA CL3.2 2003,

116K mi, extremely clean, good Michelins, $6500. 865-573-7416

***Web ID# 341259***

Honda Accord EX 2007, exc cond, 4 dr sedan, 4 cyl, 2.4 FI, pwr sunrf, red ext, gray cloth int, gar kept, 93,500 mi, $9,975. 865-981-1840

HYUNDAI SONATA 2012. SE Turbo. Loaded. 10K mi. $16,700. 423-295-5393.

INFINITI G37 2009. 4 dr. Loaded.

62K mi. $16,900 423-295-5393

TOYOTA YARIS 2012, 45K mi, AT, 4 dr., black. $11,000. Phone 865-471-0099

Domestic 265 Chrysl 300 Touring

Ed. 2010, 55K mi, pewter w/blk lthr. $12,500. 865-679-0639

LINCOLN TOWN Car 1998, top of the line Cartier, pearl color, sunrf, 62K mi, orig owner, 4 new Michelin tires, extra clean inside & out, $7500. 865-577-1427

Lincoln TOWN CAR Signature 2003, white, excellent cond., housed in garage, 47,500 mi, $9500. Call 865-379-7126

Fencing 327FENCE WORK Instal-

lation & repair. Free est. 43 yrs exp! Call 689-9572.

Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE in-

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

Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER

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

Painting / Wallpaper 344Powell's Painting &

Remodeling - Resi-dential & Commercial. Free Estimates. 865-771-0609

Remodeling 351ROCKY TOP Building & Remodeling. Lic'd, ins'd, bonded. Small jobs, repairs, honey-do's, painting, dry-wall, siding, trim,

carpentry, windows, drs. Free est, 35 yrs

exp! 254-3455, 776-6527

Roofing / Siding 352

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NOTICEThe Town of Farragut, TN is now soliciting

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RFP is available on the Town’s website at www.townoff arragut.org/Bids.aspx or at 11408 Municipal Center Drive,

Farragut, TN 37934. Proposals must be in by

Friday, December 27, 2013 by 3:00 pm. Questions? Email David Smoak at

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