IN THIS ISSUE

Miracle MakerWhen most parents think

about the Parent Teacher As-sociation, they envision the handful of women who work the equivalent of a full-time job to raise money for smart boards and playground equip-ment. But when members from each of the county’s PTA-af-fi liated schools come together, even bigger things happen.

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Coff ee BreakLongtime Shopper-News

columnist Dr. Jim Tumblin received the 2012 Knox Heritage Media Award for his long-running monthly col-umn, History and Mysteries.

We are quite proud of Dr. Jim and thought you needed to get better acquainted with him over this week’s Coffee Break.

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Comedy of errorsChanging coaches wasn’t as

depressing as some disasters, Marvin West says. The search was a comedy of errors. Never have so many who knew so little said so much. Media and fans with “inside” information were very entertaining. Better than Oprah. The outcome was OK.

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Lions Club holds craft fair

The Powell Lions Club sponsored a craft fair at Jubilee Banquet Facility along with free eye screenings, diabetes testing and photos with Santa.

The Farragut Lions Club helped with the eye screenings and diabetes testing. “The Lions Clubs do a lot of events together. We help each other,” said Lion Kathy Burrow.

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By Betty BeanState Rep. Bill Dunn is draft-

ing legislation to change the way utility district commissioners are selected.

Hallsdale Powell Utility Dis-trict, which has been the focus of controversy over water rates and hiring practices in recent years, lies within Dunn’s 16th House Dis-trict and is governed by a three-member board of commissioners who serve staggered 4-year terms.

Three months before a sched-

uled vacancy, the board of commis-sioners formu-lates a rank-or-dered list of three nominees, which is submitted to the county mayor, who may choose one of the candi-dates or reject the

entire list and force the board to repeat the process.

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ond slate of nominees, the board is authorized to make up a third list, with the top candidate get-ting the appointment if the may-or again fails to act.

Earlier this year, HPUD’s Board of Commissioners and county mayor Tim Burchett were locked into a high-profile war of wills over a scheduled appoint-ment. The commissioners’ pref-erence was to reappoint longtime chair Jim Hill. Burchett was not inclined to cooperate, and ended

up appointing Sheriff’s Office employee Todd Cook instead.

Dunn says he is working with a staff attorney to simplify and speed the process. The best option they’ve found is to introduce the threat of handing over the deci-sion to County Commission. The bill would apply statewide.

“The idea is that both the utility district and the mayor would want to come to an agreement before it got to that point,” Dunn said.

Dunn to tweak utility district board selection

By Jake Mabe The old cliché about edu-

cation – “It’s all about the kids” – was spot-on during Dr. Jim McIntyre’s commu-nity forum at Brickey-Mc-Cloud Elementary School last Thursday night.

Following a 20-minute presentation in which Mc-Intyre praised the school system’s recent successes (improvement in TCAP, TVAS and ACT scores as well as high school gradua-tion rates), student council members dominated the question-and-answer pe-riod, asking McIntyre about everything from fi elding elementary-level sports teams to having a longer school instructional day and more fi eld trips.

One asked about adding Spanish to the elementary

McIntyre hears from kids at forum

Brickey-McCloud Elementary assistant principal Megan O’Dell

welcomes Knox County Schools superintendent Jim McIntyre

to the community forum last Thursday. Photo by Jake Mabe

To page A-3

school curriculum. Mc-Intyre said world languages are being offered on a lim-ited basis in middle schools

in addition to traditional high school courses, and the school system might explore offering them to upper el-

ementary grades as well. Asked about the possibil-

ity of a longer school day, McIntyre said the school calendar is set for two years but the school board will soon begin discussing what future calendar years might look like.

“Five states are adding 300 hours to the school year, and a few schools in Tennessee are going to par-ticipate to see if it makes a difference in student learn-ing,” McIntyre said. “How we utilize our time best is important (to) squeeze as much time as possible in the school day for learning.”

He said a longer school day would also allow more opportunities for extended learning, tutoring or after-school enrichment.

One child asked when

every student would receive an iPad.

McIntyre says technology can allow teachers to do even more creative and innovative things in the classroom as well as help structure class activities based on individu-al student needs.

“We’ll continue to talk to the folks on County Com-mission and the mayor and help us identify funding (for technology).”

McIntyre said he believes publishers will stop printing textbooks in favor of an elec-tronic textbook within the next fi ve to seven years, “by the time many of you (stu-dents) are in high school.”

Brickey-McCloud 5th-grade teacher Jilynn Par-mly said she comes from a

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By Theresa EdwardsThe Powell Lions Club sponsored a craft fair at Jubilee

Banquet Facility along with free eye screenings, diabetes testing and photos with Santa.

The Farragut Lions Club helped with the eye screenings and diabetes testing. “The Lions Clubs do a lot of events together. We help each other,” said Lion Kathy Burrow.

The eye screening is primarily for children ages 1-5, often performed at preschools. “This test can detect up to nine different eye diseases,” said Lion Joe Hart.

The Powell Lions Club also sponsored the annual Powell Christmas parade.

Lions, crafts and more

Ann Dodson looks at handmade bracelets created by Powell

Middle School students Summer Parker and Kaitlyn Lentz.

They donate the proceeds to benefi t a needy family. In the

background are Martha and Douglas Rodenbeck. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Brenda Anderson, Claire Earl and mom Janet Earl display

homemade jellies, sauces and pickles.

Darlene Spradlin looks at Christmas crafts.

Santa and Lions district governor Diane Wilkerson

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Robert Jenkins receives a free diabetes test from Farragut Lion

Marty Stormer. Diabetes can lead to impairment or loss of vision.

McIntyre hears from kids at forum

From page A-1

family of teachers who “com-pare school districts” when together at Thanksgiving.

“The biggest dispar-ity I see is in technology. A school district in South Caro-lina about the size of Knox County Schools (will use) e-readers next year. There was a lot of negative feeling in the community about technology (during last spring’s school budget discussion). What can we do as teachers?”

“To the extent you feel comfortable, communicate that,” McIntyre said. “Con-vince folks it’s not a toy, it’s a tool.

“Your voice in that conver-sation probably carries more

weight than mine does.” McIntyre said technology

costs would include building the infrastructure to sup-port it, purchasing devices such as e-readers and offer-ing both technical support as well as effective profes-sional development “so that teachers know how to use (the technology) creatively and effectively.”

Knox County Council PTA president Sandra Row-cliffe encouraged those of voting age to support pro-education candidates and to attend school budget meet-ings next year.

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In 2009, the political-ly active Troy Whiteside walked into an East Knox-ville establishment and ran into an old foe.

Minutes later out in the parking lot, witnesses saw Whiteside astride a prone Stacey Sudderth, emptying a Glock 19 clip into his back as he lay face down on the asphalt.

Whiteside claimed self-defense.

Whiteside was arraigned and charged with second-degree murder. Attorney General Randy Nichols re-cused himself because of his personal relationship with the defendant.

Attorney General Berke-ley Bell came in from Greeneville, took over the case and upped the charge to murder one.

Whiteside’s trial date has been repeatedly postponed.

There’s an ancient max-im about mills of justice grinding slowly, but exceed-ing fi ne. The fi rst clause is undeniably true in Knox County. The second is sub-ject to question.

In 2006, outgoing Re-publican Party chair Chad Tindell discovered that an employee of county Mayor Mike Ragsdale had gotten into his private email ac-count and was spreading around his personal emails. He made a lot of noise about

Tindell prosecution: selective justice?

it and asked Attorney Gen-eral Randy Nichols to pros-ecute. Nichols declined, telling a reporter “it’s just a bunch of Republicans fi ght-ing among themselves.”

In 2007, a routine county audit exposed trouble in then-Trustee Mike Lowe’s offi ce. Local media feasted on stories about phantom employees, fi ve-fi gure over-payments and questionable purchases.

Lowe and four others were indicted recently and still have not come to trial.

In 2008, another audit exposed some $130,000 misuse of county purchas-ing cards by members of Mayor Mike Ragsdale’s ad-ministration. Local media cranked out stories about fancy wining and dining, to-go smoothies and expensive hotels.

Yet only one person was prosecuted, Cynthia Finch, who was convicted in 2011 of forging receipts.

Three other employees, two of whom were, like Finch, African-American women, lost their jobs. When he sentenced Finch to unsupervised probation,

Mayor Madeline Rogero was at her best last week when she spoke against the extension of the South Knoxville Parkway. She was firm, direct and right on. She wants a green city and knows this proposal was anti-green from its inception by extending a roadway over fragile lands and a growing park system which is important to South Knoxville’s new awareness and progress.

Vice Mayor Nick Pal-vis, who represents South Knoxville, has been strong in promoting the new South Knoxville to his great credit.

■ Gov. Bill Haslam was strong and made us proud last week as well when he defended the hiring of Samar Ali, whose only problem seems to be she is a Muslim, has been at-tacked viciously by some who are intolerant of other religions.

Ali grew up in Hum-phreys County in Middle Tennessee. She was a 4H leader in high school and president of the student body at Vanderbilt.

She is now an attorney who works in the Depart-ment of Economic and Community Development.

Haslam pointed out to a questioner who accused the Governor of hiring a “Shariah compliance” ex-pert that Ali “is as Tennes-see as they come.”

We should remem-ber that this nation was founded by many who sought religious freedom and fled European nations which did not allow more than one religion to be practiced.

■ While the 2014 election is two years off, mailers have gone out for a Jan. 7 fundraiser at Scripps Networks Inter-active offices on Sher-rill Boulevard in West Knoxville for a $1,000-a-person fundraiser for Gov. Haslam, who is not expected to have a serious opponent based on his successful first two years in office.

It is hard to imagine that he will face signifi-cant Republican or Demo-cratic opposition.

Expect to receive invita-tions from Sen. Alexan-der’s campaign as well. Alexander also has no an-nounced opponents and, with the public support of the entire Tennessee GOP Congressional delegation (minus scandal-plagued Rep. Scott DesJarlais), is not expected to face major opposition.

Haslam is fundraising, Alexander close behind

■ Rep. Jimmy Duncan is Alexander’s campaign chair. Any who think Alexander will take his re-election for granted should think again. Alexander is one of the most competi-tive and well-organized public officials I have ever known. We first met in 1966 when we both worked in the Howard Baker for U.S. Senate campaign.

Alexander will leave no stone unturned in his quest for a 3rd term.

■ Gov. Haslam’s deci-sion for Tennessee not to run its own health insur-ance exchange is further evidence of the Obama Administration’s failure to get its act together in a way which can be persuasive to a practical CEO-type governor like Haslam.

Haslam was one of a handful of Republican governors who was willing to work to implement the plan if it made sense.

The fact that the draft regulations exceeded 800 pages and were still a draft, plus a goal line which kept moving, was a strong argument to avoid this changing plan until one actually knew what it involved.

The bottom line is that Haslam was not persuaded that the plan was good for Tennessee.

At this point in time, Haslam clearly made the right decision. Perhaps the day will come when the Obama Administra-tion will have a plan which makes sense for states to implement, but that day is apparently a long ways off.

■ Next week, a report on my week long trip to Myanmar (Burma).

■ For those of you who recall our son, J Victor, being born during my first term as mayor in 1990, an update on him 22 years later is that he graduated from Purdue University yesterday, Sunday, Dec. 16, with a major in computer science and starts to work in February for Booz Allen outside Washington, D.C.

Time flies and his parents are very proud of him.

Our daughter, Martha, 20, is a sophomore at the University of Richmond.

Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood said the prosecution “was not fair.”

In March 2011, the pre-scription drug-addicted Judge Richard Baumgart-ner pleaded guilty to one count of offi cial miscon-duct, agreed to retire from the bench and was allowed to keep his pension.

A year later, federal pros-ecutors stepped in, and within months Baumgart-ner was found guilty of a fel-ony. Now he faces possible prison time, hefty fi nes and the loss of his pension.

Last week, a yearlong scandal in Trustee John J. Duncan III’s offi ce burped up two guilty pleas to facili-tation of a felony, a Class A misdemeanor.

Delinquent Tax Attorney Chad Tindell and Chief of Staff Josh Burnett resigned and will get 11-month, 29-day suspended sentences.

Duncan has admitted giving himself and four em-ployees bonuses for County Technical Assistance Ser-vice courses they never completed.

Details are murky, but Tindell, who did not receive the CTAS bonus, is in trou-ble for authoring the trust-ee’s salary suit, an arcane document state law requires county fee offi cers to submit annually in order to receive operating funds.

Chad Tindell

These “friendly” lawsuits go to the law director and the fi nance director before being approved by the may-or.

It’s hard to understand Randy Nichols’ selective prosecutions.

Why were Ragsdale and his top aides allowed to repay the money they had misappropriated with no criminal charges?

Will Troy Whiteside ever face a jury?

Why did it take federal prosecution to obtain justice in the Baumgartner case?

And it’s hard to see Chad Tindell, whose beefed-up delinquent tax collection efforts resulted in an un-expected windfall for the county this year, as any-thing more than grist for the mill.

My dad used to say a man shouldn’t have to preach his own funeral. Sitting through Thursday’s meet-ing of the Union County Board of Education, I fi nally understood what he meant.

Embattled Director of Schools D. Wayne Goforth said he will “move on” when his contract expires on June 30, 2013. His statement cleared the way to start a search for his replacement, and it kept board members from having to vote on his tenure. You would have thought one of the seven members might have found something to say.

“Thanks,” would have worked.

Goforth distributed a four-page list of achieve-ments that he said he and the board, working togeth-er, had achieved during his four years. “I hope things go well for Union County Schools,” he said.

Stone-faced, the board moved to the next item.

Wayne Goforth is not some guy we brought in from someplace else. He’s one of us, born and raised in East Tennessee. His parents were well-known in Baptist circles. Wayne and his brothers sang gos-pel music. He’s worked for Union County Schools for

Goforth moves on, thankless

30 years. And he deserves a thank-you for his efforts.

In a county where lo-cal funds for education are scarce, Goforth found fed-eral grants, state grants and private money for ini-tiatives. He’s got enough computers to have all the county’s kids take statewide tests online in 2014, and few systems can claim that.

He even got fi ber cables installed to each school, owned by the school sys-tem. His only concern, as he told board members last week, is that the meter box-es at the middle school and Maynardville Elementary might not be big enough to power up all the computers at once.

But that won’t be Wayne Goforth’s problem as he “moves on” next July.

He told me awhile back that his wife just won’t let him leave Union County. Tater Valley is home. And there’s that nifty grandchild that he dotes on, living just

over the ridge in Fountain City.

So I guess we can create two want ads for upcoming editions:

The fi rst: “Wanted – job for not-quite-over-the-hill educator; aggressive, vi-sionary, able to feed a multi-tude with loaves and fi shes.

The second: “Help want-ed – director of schools for rural county, not noted for local tax support. The suc-cessful candidate should be aggressive (but not step on toes), visionary (but not offensive to traditionalists) and able to feed a multitude with loaves and fi shes (but not by juggling funds).

Of note to Knox County readers, Goforth built Pau-lette Elementary for $6.8 million with a Knoxville architect and contractor. It meets state specs and may even win an award.

He jumped on a state law allowing a local school district to create a virtual academy. His deal with Virginia-based K12 made Union County Schools the fi rst and only school system to produce its own revenue – $400,000 this year alone.

Parents mobbed Thurs-day’s meeting to complain about losing their school nurses. It was a program Goforth had worked out

D. Wayne Goforth

with a private vendor that billed insurance rather than the school district to cover its costs.

Goforth said he will pay the LPNs for at least a week with money budgeted for substitute teachers while he works to fi nd another vendor.

Knox County doesn’t have a nurse in every school, and I’ll bet few counties do.

Doggone that Goforth. He ran too far ahead of

the pack – an incredibly vulnerable position – and the pack overtook him.

His salary for all of this grief is $86,000 a year with no “buy-out bonus.” There are classroom teachers in other systems making more.

So we’ll say it.“Thanks, Wayne.”

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Today, the almost 90-degree curve located a few hundred yards west of the entrance to Fox Den Vil-lage on Kingston Pike is guarded by a traffi c signal and a caution light, which gives it a benign appearance and masks its past history.

But 60 years ago, the locals called it the “death curve.” I am not sure how the curve came to be called Rose Hill, but the most plausible suggestion is that it was named after an infamous road-house located on the north side of the Pike almost in the center of the curve. The only remaining evidence of that structure today

is a small, partially paved parking area that was located in front of the building.

The curve became famous to the locals for two reasons: the per-ils it created for truckers and the infamous nature of the roadhouse. Before construction of I-40/75, Highways 11 and 70 were the main east-west and north-south routes in the area, which brought Rose Hill curve into play. For truckers heading east, the curve gave little warning of its severity, and they frequently ran off an embankment some 15 feet deep on the south side of the highway.

The Rose Hill ‘death’ curve

One of my high school class-mates, Jane Walker Black, lived on her family’s farm where Wen-tworth Town Homes is now lo-cated. Jane recalls that it was not unusual to be awakened at night by a large crash, which she immediately recognized as an-other trucker who had failed to make the turn. As Jane recalls, this happened with considerable frequency and often resulted in serious injury to the trucker.

For young teenagers, the curve represented a different chal-lenge: to see who could go around it at the highest speed. I am not sure who held the record, but as far as I can remember, no one in our gang ever crashed. The fast-est speed anyone achieved was just more than 60 miles per hour headed east and slightly lower going west. Of course, the trials had to be done at night to see the lights of oncoming traffic.

As for the roadhouse, it was one of the most popular places around for certain types of pa-trons who were all too tough

for a bunch of teenagers. Shoot-ings were quite common, and in fact occurred on a weekly basis. Most law enforcement avoided the joint because it was a place where you could easily walk in and be carried out. In fact, I al-ways drove by it as quickly as possible to avoid becoming the victim of a stray bullet.

On one particular occasion, one of our local law enforcement officers, deputy Clarence Hobbs, was called to investigate a re-ported shooting. Deputy Hobbs was a World War I veteran and was not known to be fearful of anyone. But on that evening he entered the road house to arrest the shooter and ended up being shot.

The shooter left Rose Hill and went to another road house, the Sandstone, located about a mile further west at Dixie-Lee Junc-tion. Deputy Hobbs survived the shooting, and the shooter was arrested later that evening by his cousin Clemmy Hobbs, who was also a county deputy.

If truckers were the main vic-tims of the eastbound curve, the westbound traffi c was subjected to an even greater risk. Most of the patrons who left the road-house were extremely intoxicated and often backed out of the nar-row parking lot onto the highway without looking for oncoming ve-hicles. The result was that some unsuspecting motorists became victims of the roadhouse without ever entering the place.

I am not sure when Rose Hill closed, because I left the area to enter the service shortly after graduating from high school. Roadhouses were common on U.S. highways during the late ’40s and early ’50s and many had the reputation of being a danger-ous place to hang out.

But Rose Hill was the worst of the worst. Even today it is im-possible for me to drive past the location without remembering the many accidents and trage-dies that occurred there some 60 years ago.

Carter Nisley dreams of runningLittle Carter Nisley, 6, has

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Last summer when watch-ing the Olympics with his dad, Aaron, Carter announced that he wants to become an Olympic runner. As everyone knows, it’s never too early to establish one’s goals, nor is it too early to start work toward the achievement of those goals.

Aaron invited Carter to go

running with him and apparently Carter took to running like a bird to a nest. They trained for about six months and Carter entered the Dash for Dads Race, a 5k (three miles) race for donations. Carter clocked in at 28 minutes, three seconds, which made him eligible for a drawing. He won a fl at-screen TV.

Next, Carter entered the Chick-fi l-A Race to benefi t the Pat Sum-mitt Foundation. This race is for children nine and under.

Carter finished in 26 minutes, 16 seconds, and won a medallion.

As weather permits, Carter and Aaron will continue train-ing. Carter will enter more races as opportunities come along. They hope to become involved at the Knoxville Track Club.

Carter is a student in the first grade at Sharps Chapel Elemen-tary School.

Carter’s parents are Linda and Aaron Nisley. Grandpar-

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Way to go, Carter!

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Nominate a Miracle Maker by calling (865) 922-4136.

By Wendy SmithWhen most parents

think about the Parent Teacher Association, they envision the hand-ful of women who work the equivalent of a full-time job to raise money for smart boards and playground equipment. But when members from each of the county’s PTA-affi liated schools come together, even big-ger things happen.

The Knox County Council PTA (KCCPTA) provides service to stu-dents through the Knox County Schools/PTA Clothing Center and scholarships for gradu-ating seniors. It serves teachers through the Knox County Schools/PTA Teacher Supply De-pot. It provides leader-ship training and educa-tional opportunities for members, and conducts community service proj-ects, like the upcoming Jason Jablonski Memorial Project Heart Cart.

It also encourages and empowers PTA members to interact with local, state and federal lawmakers in sup-port of educational issues. That’s a new role for parents, says current president Sandra Rowcliffe.

“Parents are the piece of the puzzle that was forgotten, except for fundrais-ing, baking cookies and making Xerox copies. Those things are important, but there’s more to advocating for kids.”

Rowcliffe has served as PTA presi-dent at Cedar Bluff schools and Har-din Valley Academy. She’s encouraged by improvements in the school sys-tem since she became involved with the county council in 2005, such as higher graduation rates and further implementation of the Teacher Ad-vancement Program (TAP), a system for reform that uses collaboration and performance-based pay.

But she’d like for parents to become more actively involved in the election of local decision-makers.

“If I could encourage parents to do one thing, it would be to know as much about County Commission members, and how they voted, as they do about presidential candidates.”

The KCCPTA advocates for Knox County School students by taking a stand on such issues as school vouch-ers, Rowcliffe says.

“We don’t want to micromanage, but we want public money used in public schools.”

The Knox County Council PTA

Upcoming Knox County

Council PTA events ■ 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, Powell High

School: State of the Schools address,

Dr. Jim McIntyre

■ 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28,

Bearden Middle School: Honoring

our Founders and Celebrating our

Students (KCCPTA general meeting

and student awards)

■ 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 14,

Teacher Supply Depot at Cedar

Bluff Schools: Special Families,

Special Needs (KCCPTA general

meeting and panel discussion)

■ 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Thursday,

May 9, Teacher Supply Depot at

Cedar Bluff Schools: KCCPTA School

of Instruction (leadership training)

More info at knoxcountypta.org

Kathy Roy, Tracy Griffi n and Shelia

Shipley share a laugh at the Knox

County Council PTA’s recent fund-

raiser, “Snowfl akes and Packages.” Photo by Wendy Smith

Knox County has made progress in the effort to give students the skills and knowledge they’ll need once they leave high school, but there’s still a gap, she says.

“We’re bridging it, but we don’t have time to take two steps forward and one step back.”

Parents make a difference when they take the time to look at the big picture. It begins when a child goes to kindergarten, she says. During the early years, most parents are only aware of what goes on in their child’s classroom. Later, parents begin to

think about the school as a whole and are willing to work toward improve-ments. Real change happens when parents open their minds to another school, Rowcliffe says.

“I wish everybody who had a kid at a school like Blue Grass Elementary could spend a day at Dogwood El-ementary. I think it would give folks a different perspective on how many needs there are in the county.”

Rowcliffe has four children – one who is a freshman at UT, and three who attend schools in west Knox County. Her kids shouldn’t have any-

thing better than anybody else’s kids when it comes to education, she says, and the KCCPTA works to make that ideal a reality.

Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre appreciates the organization’s leader-ship, since he’s a parent and a card-carrying member of the PTA.

He also calls the KCCPTA “an excel-lent partner.” The organization is im-portant because it helps engage fami-lies in the education process and fo-cuses communication on what schools are trying to accomplish educationally, he says.

A. L. Lotts Elementary School principal Adam Parker looks on as Knox County

Council PTA president Sandra Rowcliff e comments at a recent rezoning meeting.

A-8 • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS

Wishing you a Warm & BrightMerry Merry ChristmasChristmas

687-2520

Marvin West

Changing coaches wasn’t as depressing as some di-sasters. The search was a comedy of errors. Never have so many who knew so little said so much. Media and fans with “inside” infor-mation were very entertain-ing. Better than Oprah.

The outcome was OK. Butch Jones may very well be the best fi fth or sixth choice in America. Several other schools wanted him. I read an editorial which said he is a solid pick. Wow.

Butch looks like a foot-ball coach. He talks like a football coach. He may be a very good traveling sales-man. He might also be a

Comedy of errors*

fi sherman. He stretches things just a little.

He said, “Tennessee’s been my dream job for a while. I grew up watching Tennessee football.”

That sounds like a pub-lic relations spin. He has seen one Tennessee football game. That was the day the “dream job” idea hatched. When he looked around

Neyland Stadium on Sept. 10, 2011, he undoubtedly thought, “My, oh my, what I could do with this.”

Butch has been a con-sistent winner in the little leagues. He seems confi dent his plan will work big time. Infallible was his word. I hope he knows what defen-sive ends, linebackers and cornerbacks look like in this league. I hope he can fi nd and sign some from the shark pool.

Jones said he will put together the best staff of assistants.

“Not just the Southeast-ern Conference, the entire country.”

That is impressive. It would have been more meaningful if he had brought back Tee Martin. I sure hope Butch never has to change seven assistants at one time.

In trying to decide how slick a salesman Butch re-ally is, I listened carefully to what was said about in-state prospects and top priorities. I think I heard “We will own our state.”

That is something like “building a fence” on both sides from Bristol to Mem-phis. I have heard that be-fore. I have never seen it.

I join Dave Hart in wish-ing Butch the very best. Hart’s wishes may be even more fervent than mine. The athletic director and the coach are linked at the hip.

This was Hart’s call. There are no consultants to blame. There was no search committee. There might should have been. There were several swings and misses.

Time was not a factor. Hart had half a season for a head start. He guessed wrong on RSVPs.

I don’t know but I’ve been told that people of infl uence (including Peyton Man-ning and Kenny Chesney) believed they could deliver Jon Gruden. No, thank you. Hart did not need help and he did not want to relin-quish authority, and what’s more, Gruden was a bad idea, a misfi t for college football.

So, how about Jimbo Fisher? Or the original

Stoops? Do you think Mike Gundy used Hart for le-verage? Larry Fedora just wasn’t moving after only one year. Bo Pelini? Prob-ably not. Charlie Strong was a done deal. All that remained was picking the press conference hour. Was Jimmy Cheek a helpful wrap? Hart was shocked by this turndown.

Butch Jones was there all the time, rejecting of-fers left and right, waiting patiently for his dream to come true. What a story! What an ending!

*The original “Comedy of Errors” was one of Wil-liam Shakespeare’s earliest plays. It was a farce with signifi cant humor coming from mistaken identity.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

CrossCurrents

LynnHutton

The gathering

In my day-to-day work, I spend a lot of time with our homeless neighbors. They are truly the outcast of our society, sometimes because of their own decision-mak-ing and sometimes because of circumstances complete-ly beyond their control.

Just as the causes for their current situation vary

widely, so also do their atti-tudes toward their circum-stances. Some are resigned, others are angry; some are looking for a rescuer; still others are fi red up to get busy and do something to improve their lot.

In other words, they are a lot like the rest of us: a mixed bag.

I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth. At that time I will bring you home, at the time when I gather you.

(Zephaniah 3: 19b-20a NRSV)

And it is that motley crew (which includes all of us sinners) that God prom-ises to save and to gather.

Gather is an interesting word.

It comes from the Old English gaderian, which is (according to Webster’s New Collegiate Diction-ary) akin to the Sanskrit gadh, which means “to hold fast.”

“To hold fast.” Well, that is good news indeed! If God’s intent is to bring us home and hold us fast – to gather us – then all is well.

However, and this is a huge however! Sometimes we don’t want to be gath-ered. We don’t want to be held fast. We want to be independent, to have our own way. “By myself!” was my watchword when I was a toddler (so I’m told). My daughter Jordan’s declara-tion of independence was an emphatic “Baby do it!” (Eden, on the other hand, who is a different per-sonality altogether, was famous for saying philo-sophically, “Whatever.”)

Jesus encountered

some of the same recalci-trance among the people of Jerusalem. He wept openly over the city, say-ing, “Jerusalem, Jerusa-lem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How of-ten have I desired to gath-er your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!” (Mat-thew 23:37 NRSV)

So, why, I wonder, did this whole line of thought come to me during the Ad-vent season? This sounds more like a Lenten medi-tation than an Advent one, even to me.

Perhaps it is because what I have described is

the human condition: our unwillingness to be “gath-ered,” to be “held fast,” by our Creator. Our rebel-lion against God’s love is the reason God had to do something.

What God decided to do for us was to become one of us. God came into the world; God arrived (the word Advent means ar-rival) the way all the rest of us arrived, as a helpless baby. Except that there was one important dif-ference. God came as the One who would fulfill the promise given to Zepha-niah: he would save us, gather us, change us, and bring us home.

Thanks be to God!

UT NOTESDoug Blaze, dean of the College of Law,

has received the 2012 Deborah Rhode Award from the American Association of Law Schools. The award honors a dean or faculty member who has dedicated significant efforts to increasing access to justice through the law school environment while inspiring similar

Blaze Mezzacappa

efforts from others. He will receive the award in New Orleans on Jan. 5 at the annual meet-ing of the AALS.

Tony Mezzacappa, a leader in the field of astrophysics and supernova science, has been named director of the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS) at UTK and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He is a UT-Battelle Corporate Fellow and group leader for theoretical physics in the Physics

Division at ORNL and joint professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UT. With this new position, Mezzacappa will be-come the department’s Newton W. and Wilma C. Thomas Endowed Chair in Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics.

POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • A-9 faith

First Christmas in Heaven2012

I see the countless Christmas trees around the world belowWith tiny lights, like heaven's stars reflecting on the snowThe sight is so spectacular - please wipe away that tear,

For I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year

I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dearBut the sound of music can't compare with the Christmas choir up here.

I have no words to tell you the joy their voices bring,For it is beyond description to hear the angels sing!

I know how much you miss me - I see the pain inside your heartBut I'm not so far away - we really aren't apart.

So be happy for me dear ones, you know I hold you dearAnd be glad that I'm spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.

I send you each a special gift from my heavenly home aboveI send you each a memory of my undying love.

After all, love is the gift more precious than pure gold.It was always the most important of the stories Jesus told.

Please love and keep each other, as my Father said to do,For I can't count the blessings and love he has for you.So have a Merry Christmas, and wipe away that tear

Remember - I'm spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

In memory of Wayne WyattOur family and staff wish you a Blessed and

Merry Christmas!

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Food banks ■ Cross Roads Presbyterian

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try food pantry 6-8 p.m. each

second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m.

each fourth Saturday.

■ Knoxville Free Food Mar-ket, 4625 Mill Branch Lane,

distributes free food 10 a.m.-1

p.m. each third Saturday. Info:

566-1265.

■ New Hope Baptist Church Food Pantry distributes food

boxes 5-6:30 p.m. each third

Thursday. Info: 688-5330.

■ Bookwalter UMC off ers One

Harvest Food Ministries to the

community. Info and menu:

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org/oneharvest/index.html

or 689-3349, 9 a.m.-noon.

weekdays.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central Ave. Pike,

is accepting appointments for

the John 5 Food Pantry. Call

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Special services ■ Knoxville Fellowship Lun-

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By Cindy TaylorIt was a beautiful day Dec.

8 for Christmas shopping, especially if you were already at Knoxville Center Mall.

You could purchase special or handmade gift items just by hopping over to City on a Hill Church on the back side of the mall to take advantage of the church’s fi rst bazaar.

Church members and outside vendors brought jewelry, canned goods, candles, knit scarves and much, much more to sell at what the church hopes will become an annual event. Door prizes, concessions and gift wrapping were offered. Proceeds went toward church ministries. Coordinator Anita Rickard was excited about the opportunity to get to know the community better.

“We have really grown in the past few months,” said Rickard. “Our pastors, Tony and LaShea Colson, wanted to invite people in to shop at the bazaar and get to know us.”

The Colsons established City on a Hill Church in 2003.

“God has done amazing things during this time but we believe we are just at the edge of something great,” said Tony. “Our aim is to serve the community through building relationships and offering transforming events that will introduce people to our savior Jesus Christ.”

The church is located in Knoxville Center Mall, Suite 2961B. Sunday services begin at 11 a.m. and dress is casual. Info: 659-7729

City on a Hill Church holds fi rst bazaar

Wilma Gosnell brought homemade canned goods.

Church member Meghan Watson and daughter Brenna visit

Almeda King at her booth featuring homemade cookie mixes

during the City on a Hill Church bazaar.

Jackie Holloway brought yummy-smelling soy candles, Janet Burton brought homemade

goodies and Angela Creswell brought hand-crocheted items.

Anita Rickard pointed

folks towards the bazaar. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Signatures Formal Wear came from Middlesboro, Ky., with

lots of bling. Owners Phyllis Baker and Alice Huff talk with

sisters Kailey and Jillyan Kern.

Church members Johnny Dotson and Justice Cash enjoy the

bazaar.

Start the week off right.

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Have a friend or neighbor you think we should get to know? Nominate them forCoff ee Break by emailing Jake Mabe at JakeMabe1@aol.com or calling 922-4136.Please provide contact info if you can.

with Dr. Jim TumblinLongtime Shopper-News columnist Dr. Jim Tumblin

received the 2012 Knox Heritage Media Award for his long-running monthly column, History and Mysteries. We are quite proud of Dr. Jim and thought you needed to get better acquainted with him over this week’s Coffee Break.

Dr. Tumblin graduated from Central High School in 1944 and took his pre-optometry courses in the Naval Re-serve Offi cers Training Corps at Milligan College, Central Michigan University and at the University of Michigan. He graduated from Illinois College of Optometry in 1948.

Tumblin was in the private practice of Behavioral Op-tometry in Fountain City for 46 years, with the exception of his two years in the Army’s Medical Service Corps at Ft. Belvoir, Va. He specialized in the area of vision-relat-ed learning problems of children and teens. He is a past president of the American Optometric Association (1972-1973) and the Optometric Extension Program Founda-tion (OEPF) (1983-1987).

Jim was named the Fountain City Man of the Year in 1999 and received the Claude C. Myers Lifetime Achieve-ment Award in 2006. He also co-wrote the Images of America “Fountain City” installment from Arcadia Pub-lishing with C. Milton Hinshilwood.

Pour yourself a cup of Joe and get to know one of Foun-tain City’s favorites.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie? If documentaries count, my favorite quote is, “So, fi rst

of all, let me assert my fi rm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” from Franklin Delano Roos-evelt’s inaugural address, March 4, 1933.

What are you guilty of? Forgetting my priorities list when the mail carrier

delivers a new book on Civil War (or local) history.

What is your favorite material possession? I have a love/hate relationship with my desktop com-

puter, depending on how it is acting on any given day.

What are you reading currently? Margery Weber Bensey’s new book, “Park City: A

Knoxville Neighborhood History.”

What was your most embarrassing moment? As president-elect of AOA, I was chosen to play catch-

er for the president’s fi rst pitch at a St. Louis Cardinals game in Busch Stadium with a capacity crowd. The pitch was low and outside and I muffed it. The photograph in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the next day was captioned, “Fumblin’ Tumblin.”

What are the top three things on your bucket list? 1. Spend another week on Sanibel Island, Fla.2. Climb Mt. LeConte one more time and sit at Cliff

Top on the pinnacle. 3. Spend an hour viewing the panorama of the

Chimney Tops in one direction and Clingman’s Dome in another.

What is one word others often use to describe you and why?

Taciturn, maybe because I (sometimes) am.

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

I’d be less taciturn.

What is your passion? History

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

Robert E. Lee (and then have sup-per with Ulysses S. Grant to compare notes)

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

The three women in my life: Hassie K. Gresham, my high school principal; Nannie Lee Hicks, my senior history teacher in high school and, by far, my dear, late wife, Peggy, to whom I was married for 54 years.

I still can’t quite get the hang of … Ballroom dancing

What is the best present you ever re-ceived in a box?

My Eagle Scout badge

What is the best advice your motherever gave you?

Keep your (unruly) hair combed and put your best foot forward

What is your social media of choice? One-on-one conversation

What is the worst job you have everhad?

Working the brass kettle on Satur-day night at the Karmelkorn Shop in the second busiest shopping area in Chicago (62nd and Halstead)

What was your favorite Saturdaymorning cartoon and why?

Wile E. Coyote (on “Looney Toons”), because he had such an inventive mind

What irritates you? Tailgaters and those who don’t start decelerating

behind me until the fi nal 20 yards when there is a red light ahead.

What’s one place in Fountain City everyone should visit? The Fountainhead Spring in Fountain City Park with

the historic plaque for Col. J.C. Woodward nearby

What is your greatest fear? Not completing my history of Fountain City

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be? Climb the Chimneys one more time

– J. Mabe

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Smoky Mountain champsThe Powell Middle School girls “A” team won the Smoky Mountain Middle School Soccer Tournament. Team and coach-es are: (front) Rachel Ross, Raygen Scarbrough, Bailey Taylor, Taylor Dawson, Abby Garrett, Brooke Jackson, Sydney Walls, Brooke Huff aker; (back) coach Daniel Scarbrough, Lauren Wood, Emily Carr, Caroline Whitehead, Delaney Huff , Emily Mur-phy, Ashlyn Miller, Alyssa Kral and coach Joe Huff . Photo submitted

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Critter Tales

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Janice White announced that the Heiskell Senior Cen-ter is expanding its hours and will be open 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thurs-days beginning in January.

Santa Claus will be at the Knoxville Zoo through Friday, Dec. 21, to visit with children and their families in Santa’s Village. Stop by the zoo between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for a picture with the big guy himself.

Santa likes visiting the zoo, too. Photo submitted

Meet HomerMeet Homer. He would love to be in his forever home for

the holidays. You can meet him or one of his adoptable

friends at Young-Williams Animal Center’s 3201 Divi-sion Street location. Hours

there and at the location on Bearden Hill are noon to

6 p.m. daily. See all of the center’s adoptable animals

online at www.young-williams.org.

Santa at the zoogive little shoppers a hand and can also wrap the gifts when they’re done.

Your visit with Santa will be included with your admission, which is half-off through Feb. 28, so it’s a deal in itself.

Butch the bear?Last week I wrote about

the new bear cub that has moved in at the zoo. A contest is being held to choose his name.

Originally, the two choices were “Monty” and “Knox,” but now “Butch” has been added to the list in honor of UT’s new head football coach, Butch Jones.

Votes can be cast online by donating $1 for the name of your choice. Info: www.knoxville-zoo.org.

Louise Harper’s top features colorful stockings.

Mable Buckner looks ready for Christmas in a black sweater vest. Buckner sang a beautiful song for the crowd before the festivities began.

Billie Hall’s sweater features adorable caroling animals, perfect for any holiday party.

Tuesday’s activities will include cards and games and the third Tuesday will feature the group’s book club. At 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, Noell Lewis of Edward Jones will speak on the foundations of investing. On Thursdays the center will be open for sew-ing and quilting and at 1 p.m. will feature bingo.

The second Tuesday of the

Heiskell senior center expands hoursmonth will be the monthly meeting with lunch and bin-go. On Jan. 10 the featured speaker will be Knox Wim-berly with information on free tax preparation. Lunch will consist of Johnnie’s fa-mous hot tamales, chili and a salad bar. Bring a dessert and a friend.

The center will be closed if Knox County Schools close due to inclement weather.

The center celebrated Christmas a little early at its monthly meeting. Each member brought a gift and everyone waited anxiously to have his or her number called out. Participants also received a beautiful tote bag fi lled with fruit and winter wear accessories.

Many of the participants were dressed in festive holi-day attire and were ready to enjoy the company of good friends.

Donna Yardley receives this photographer’s vote for favor-ite holiday sweater, adorned with adorable dogs.

There will also be a “Secret Santa Shop” with gifts starting at $5 for kids to do some last-minute holiday shopping. “Elves” from the zoo will

Powell Elementary celebrates with holiday lunches

Juanita Jimenez (center) enjoys lunch with her grandparents, Larry and Sharon Husch.

Chloe Wilson (center) spends lunch time with her parents Chris and Carolyn. The cafeteria staff at Powell Elementary served a delicious lunch of turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, roll and cake.

Don, Griffi n and Kim McClanahan, enjoy Christmas lunch together at Powell Elementary. Griffi n is a 5th-grade student,

and this is the last holiday lunch the family will share at the school. The McClanahans have enjoyed this tradition since

1998 with their fi rst child. Photos by Ruth White

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Avoid sleeping pills

Dr. Wegener

noon. It takes the body four to fi ve hours to halve the amount of caffeine in the bloodstream. If you smoke, stop well before bedtime. Research has found that smokers who quit experience dramatic improvement in their quality of sleep within three days.

The illegal “street drugs” including crack, crystal and cocaine are devastating to normal sleep pat-terns.

So, what can I do to positively ensure better sleep? Work with your own sleep rhythm. Your internal circadian clock is the body’s marvelous mechanism that regulates fl uctuations in body tem-perature, blood pressure and heartbeat. This clock also regulates when we feel drowsy and how long and how well you sleep.

Preceding all sleep, there is a lowering of the body temperature to about 97 degrees, a drop in me-tabolism and a period of drowsiness. These rhythms are highly individual; you will however get your best sleep if you work with this sleep rhythm rather than fi ght it. Don’t go to bed either too early or too late. For example, if your drowsy period occurs at 1 a.m. instead of 11 p.m., the “nation’s bedtime,” don’t fi ght it. Your quality sleep of six hours will do you better than eight hours of tossing around. In fact, if you go to bed and aren’t sleepy, don’t just lie there. If you have not gone to sleep in 15 minutes or so, get up, go to another room, and read a dull book until drowsi-ness hits you.

Next time: Water, the key to health and weight loss

Sleeping pills are dangerous and ineffective. The use of pre-scription sleeping pills has been cut in half over the last 10 years, however millions of people still buy over-the-counter sleeping pills every year, and these can be hazardous.

Dr. Daniel Kriple, professor of psychiatry at the University of California and director of a pioneer sleep disorder center,

reported that frequent users of sleeping pills have a 50 percent higher mortality rate than other people.

“Sleeping pills may also compound that very problem causing a person’s insomnia,” he pointed out. They lead to further disruptions of the sleep cycle, as well as fragmented sleep, disturbing dreams and daytime fatigue. Residual effects may last up to 17 hours and can affect driving or other activities the next morning.

“Compared to a few studies that suggest pills will make you feel better the next day, there’s a huge body of studies that show you may feel worse”, said Dr. Wallace Mendelsen, head of the sleep study unit at the National Institutes of Health.

Also, don’t use “nightcaps” or other drugs. Alcohol highballs late at night might help knock you out temporarily. However, the sleep you get will be light, fragmented and unsettled. Since alcohol is me-tabolized so quickly, one can almost be sure of being awakened with withdrawal pangs later in the night or at least to get up and use the bathroom. Sleep laboratories have found that alcohol also interferes with the deep and REM dreaming sleep. So, if you do drink, let that cocktail or wine at dinner be your last for the evening.

While alcohol is a depressant, nicotine and caf-feine are stimulating drugs. Skip caffeine-containing coffee, tea or carbonated beverages after late after-

Dr. Donald G. WegenerPowell Chiropractic Center

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Merry Merry ChristmasChristmas

Frontier’s direct line to SantaKoen Peterson receives a gift from Santa while visiting with him last week at Frontier Communications. Koen told Santa to

“surprise him” this Christmas. Brother Karston also visited with Santa and asked for a light-up soccer ball. Photo by Ruth White

By Shannon CareyIn closed executive ses-

sion Dec. 10, Hallsdale Powell Utility District’s board of commissioners opted to retain attorney John Valliant as HPUD’s legal counsel, replacing attorney C. Coulter “Bud” Gilbert of Kennerly, Mont-gomery and Finley P.C.

HPUD executive Sandy Liford confirmed the change in legal counsel Dec. 13.

Before the board ad-journed to executive ses-sion, it voted to set four board meetings for 2013 at 6 p.m. instead of the regular 1:30 p.m. time

slot. These evening meet-ings will be held Mondays, March 11, June 20, Sept. 9 and Dec. 9.

The utility district set 13 water meters and in-spected 14 sewer hook-ups in November.

The board approved a pay request of $207,242 to Judy Construction Com-pany for the expansion of the Raccoon Valley Waste-water Treatment Plant, the plant’s first overhaul since it was built in the 1970s. HPUD president Darren Cardwell said the project is about 30 percent complete.

HPUD hires John Valliant

Touching a reindeer

Donna Roach (above) and

Kyle Wilson were at Creekside

Nurseries with reindeer a

weekend ago. Donna’s day job

is MLS director for the Knox

Area Association of Realtors.

She said it’s a tradition to visit

Creekside before Christmas.

You, too can rent reindeer.

Visit www.reindeerman.com/. Photo by S. Clark

Sandra Clark

Winning the Myers awardMy colleagues in the

Fountain City Business and Professional Association awarded me the group’s highest honor last week, and all I can say is “Wow.”

Angela Floyd students of

voice and dance entertain at

the Fountain City Business

and Professional Association

holiday banquet: Sarah Hepler,

Ireland Willis, Mona Armani,

McKenzie Winstead, Emily

Smith and Makayla Morton. Photos by S. Clark

Winning the Claude C. Myers award for service and dedication to the Fountain City community is a great honor.

Previous winners have included Dr. Jim Tumblin, Richard Tumblin, Mary Lou Horner, Alvin Frye, Dan Boring and Hassie K. Gresham.

Now the guilt rolls in. What have I done for Fountain City lately?

Not enough.But 2013 is a new year

and redemption lies ahead. Look for me at the egg hunt, the Christmas parade and next year’s holiday party.

Watch me call Bill Gentry and try to blow life into one of the best ideas I’ve ever heard (Bill’s).

Why not create additional fountains in Fountain City?

Charlie Severance got us started when he secured state funding to build the fountain at Fountain City Lake.

Let’s make 2013 the Year of the Fountain and work to construct another.

Anyone want to help? Give a call at (cell phone) 661-8777.

Switching jobs: Andrew Hartung (left) will be president of the

Fountain City BPA in 2013, while current president Doug Estep

(right) will replace Hartung as vice president. Hartung is with

Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain PC; Estep owns and operates

On Target Training Center.

Justice joins Tennova

Justice

Dr. Michele Justice, an o b s t e t r i -cian and g y n e c o l o -gist, is now prac t ic i ng at Tenno-va’s Physi-cians Re-gional Med-ical Center.

She is joining Dr. Robert Tatum with East Tennessee OB/

GYN Associates.Orginally from Atlanta,

Dr. Justice received her medical degree from the University of Virginia’s School of Medicine.

She completed her resi-dency at the University of Maryland Medical Center and also holds a master’s degree in public health from Emory University.

She is accepting new pa-tients. Info: 522-0365.

Thompson

Thompson promotedLisa Thompson has been

p r o m o t e d to assistant vice presi-dent – com-pliance at ORNL Fed-eral Credit Union.

She will serve as

Bank Secrecy Act offi cer and Privacy offi cer and will over-see the Credit Union Vendor Management Program.

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SATURDAYS THROUGH DEC. 29Turkey Shoot and Trade Day, 8 a.m., 6825 Tin-

dell Lane, off Tazewell Pike. Fundraiser for summer baseball team.

THROUGH MONDAY, DEC. 17Food drive held by the Edward Jones offi ce of Jus-

tin Myers, 713 E. Emory Road, Suite 102, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Bring nonperishable food items to be donated to local food pantries to help those in need this holiday season. No cash or checks as donations can be accepted. Info: Barbara Allison, 938-4202.

THROUGH WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19Fountain City Art Guild Holiday Show and

works by Gibbs area Knox County Schools students in the student exhibit area, Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. Through Dec. 21, all items in the Parkside Open Door Gallery at the center are 10 percent off with a $20 or more purchase. Open: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues-days, Wednesdays, Thursdays; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. second, third, fourth Saturdays. Info: fcartcenter@knology.net, 357-2787, www.fountaincity-artctr.com.

TUESDAY, DEC. 18Holiday Writing workshop, 1 p.m., Halls Branch

Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Turn your holiday memories into a holiday memoir. What to bring: a notebook, pen, any form of Christ-mas memorabilia: photos, ornaments, letters, cards, toys, etc. Presenter: Sherry Palmer. Info: 922-2552.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19A visit from Santa Claus, 3:30 p.m., Fountain

City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Advent services, 6:30 p.m., First Lu-theran Church, 1207 N Broadway. Commu-nion will be served. Info: 524-0366 before

noon.Christmas celebration and meal for the

homeless, hosted by Lost Sheep Ministry under the I-40 Bridge. Christmas music by the Birdsong Family, 6 p.m.; inspirational message by Vic Howard, 6:30; meal served at 7 p.m. Stock-ings will be given to the children present.

SATURDAY, DEC. 22Commemoration of the birthday of Captain

W.Y.C. Hannum, 2 p.m., Old Gray Cemetery, by the Captain W. Y. C. Hannum Chapter #1881, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Visitors welcome. Info: Charlotte Miller, 448-6716.

SUNDAY, DEC. 23 “The Story Will Never Grow Old,” 10:30 a.m.,

Community Baptist Church, 738 Highway 61 West. Every-one welcome.

“Would You Receive Him?” 6 p.m., New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road. Info/directions: 546-0001 or www.NewBeverly.org.

“The Gates of Heaven and Hell,” 6 p.m. Son Light Baptist Church, Son Light Way off Rifl e Range Road. Info: the Rev. Eddie Myers, 659-5501.

MONDAY, DEC. 24Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 7 p.m., First

Lutheran Church, 1207 N Broadway. Communion will be served. The public is invited. Info: 524-0366 before noon.

Family Service and Nativity Pageant with Holy Eucharist, 4 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Choral Prelude with String Quartet, 10:30 p.m., followed by Holy Eucharist at 11 p.m. Info: www.stjamesknox.org.

Christmas Eve worship, 7 p.m., Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road. Featuring a children’s play of Charlie Brown Christmas. Info: 938-8311 or www.powellp-cusa.org.

MONDAY, DEC. 24Christmas Eve services, 5 p.m. and 11

p.m., Central United Methodist Church, 201 Third Avenue.

TUESDAY, DEC. 25Christmas Day worship, 10:30 a.m., First Lu-

theran Church, 1207 N Broadway. Communion will be served. The public is invited. Info: 524-0366 before noon.

Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m., St. James Episco-pal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Info: Info: www.stjamesknox.org.

THURSDAY, DEC. 27Auditions for Powell Playhouse production of

“Louder, I Can’t Hear You,” 4-7:30 p.m., Powell Branch Library. Parts to be cast: two teenagers, two women and two men.

SATURDAY, DEC. 29Benefi t singing for Linda Shope to help with

medical expenses, 7 p.m. Oaks Chapel Church, 934 Raccoon Valley Road. Singing will be Wade Brantley and the Gospel Strings, Tamelia and Emmaline Jen-kins and others.

Gospel singing, 7 p.m., Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road in Heiskell. Heart to Heart will perform. Everyone welcome.

MONDAY, DEC. 31New Year’s Eve Service, 7 p.m., First Lutheran

Church, 1207 N Broadway. Communion will be served. The public is invited. Info: 524-0366 before noon.

THURSDAY, JAN. 3Knoxville Choral Society auditions, 6-8 p.m.

Info or to download an audition form: www.knoxvil-lechoralsociety.org. To schedule audition time: 579-6292 or send an e-mail to membership@knoxvillechoralsoci-ety.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 5Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Over-

drive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www.overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

MONDAYS, JAN. 7, 14, 21 AND FEB. 4Mindfulness and Clay, 6-7:30 p.m., with Sandra

McEntire, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Ander-sonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 10. Info: www.appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAYS, JAN. 8 AND 15Weaving 201, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with Carol Pritcher,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 4. Info: www.appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAYS, JAN. 12 TO FEB. 16Take Your Pottery to the Next Step, 1-4 p.m.,

with York Haverkamp, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registra-tion deadline: Jan. 7. Info: www.appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAY, JAN. 19Comedy Night – Rhythm & Laughter, 7:30 p.m.

at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

MONDAY, JAN. 21Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Parade,

10 a.m. Info and application to participate: www.MLKKnoxville.org.

SATURDAY, FEB. 2Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Over-

drive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www.overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

FRIDAY, FEB. 8Union County Chamber of Commerce Ban-

quet and Auction, 7 p.m., Rutherford Methodist Church, Corryton. Everyone invited. Ticket sales or info: Kathy Chesney, 745-1626; Darlene Wine, 992-5268; or Rebecca Mills, 992-5816.

SATURDAY, FEB. 23Shannondale Elementary Foundation’s “Danc-

ing in the Moonlight!” fundraiser, 6 p.m., Beaver Brook Country Club. Tickets: Janie Kaufman, 687-0272; Tracie Sanger, 405-4449; or Shannondale Elementary School offi ce, 689-1465.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY FEB. 23-24Are we Listening?: “The Diary of Adam and Eve”

and “Louder, I Can’t Hear You,” 7:30 p.m. at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Over-

drive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www.overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

MONDAY, MARCH 4Boot Camp for farmers: Learn marketing and

business management to successfully sell your products at farmers markets. UT-sponsored workshop, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Register at least fi ve days ahead with Nancy Austin, 974-7717 or naustin@utk.edu.

SATURDAY, MARCH 23Norris Lake Clean-up, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., multiple

launch sites on Norris Lake. Info: Union County Cham-ber of Commerce, 992-2811, or Anderson County Tour-ism, 457-4547.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 11-14“Puss and Boots” at Jubilee Center, presented

by the Powell Playhouse. Dinner: 6 p.m. April 11-13 only; Play: 7:30 p.m. April 11-14. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 6-9“The Odd Couple” at Jubilee Center, presented

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NEWS FROM TEMPLE BAPTIST ACADEMY

Music and messageat Temple Christmas program

On Tuesday evening, Dec. 11, Temple Baptist Academy held its annual school-wide Christmas program. Stu-dents from all grade levels con-tributed to the evening’s perfor-mances.

Temple El-ementary stu-dents presented “Tales of the Carols.” Stu-dents portray-ing authors and composers of classic Christ-mas carols took the audience back in time to tell the stories behind the music. Compos-ers portrayed included Franz Gruber (Silent Night), Isaac Watts (Joy to the World), Charles Wesley (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing), Fredrick Jerome Work (Go, Tell it on the Mountain), and others.

Temple Junior High and High School choirs, along with the school concert band, presented Christmas music.

Members of the Temple se-nior class performed “Tis the Season,” a play written by Jerry Cohagen and Stephen

Hicks. The play tells the story of the cast of a church’s liv-ing nativity, all of whom get hauled off to jail for disturb-ing the peace when their herd of uncooperative livestock gets loose.

While in jail, the group en-

counters a down-on-his-luck man arrested for pocketing donations while posing as a Salvation Army bell-ringer. The church group learns the man was trying to get money to buy presents for his fam-ily. The group is reminded of

the real meaning of Christ-mas and decides to share the message of Christ with their new friend. The play provided plenty of laughs while remind-ing the audience of the signifi-cance of the true message of Christmas.

On Dec. 1, the Powell community gathered for the yearly Christmas parade. In the days leading up to the parade, Temple Baptist Academy parent volunteers worked around the clock to prepare the 48-foot fl atbed trailer for the school’s pa-rade fl oat. One end of the fl oat was decorated with an old-fashioned one-room schoolhouse, and the other end was decorated with a Christmas tree.

The schoolyard area in the middle of the fl oat was fi lled with members of the school

concert band sitting around a simulated bonfi re. Band members played their favorite Christ-

mas carols. Temple High School basket-ball players and cheerleaders walked

in front of the fl oat, tossing candy to the children lining Emory Road.

Dr. Clarence Sexton, pastor of Temple Baptist Church, and David Whitaker,

principal of Temple Baptist Acade-my, along with their spouses, greeted

the crowd from a festively-decorated golf cart that preceded the fl oat.

Temple spreads Christmas cheer

Recital at Crown Conservatory Emma Ylitalo, a 4th grader at Temple Baptist Academy, plays vio-

lin during the Crown Music Conservatory winter recital Dec. 1.

Students from the community exhibited their talents and skills.

The conservatory is entering its seventh year of providing quality

instrumental and vocal instruction for all ages. Info: Greg Gray,

938-8186, ext. 423.

Keegan McElyea and Alana Ford of the Temple Baptist Academy concert band provide

music for the Christmas program. Temple senior Brittany James portrays Mary in the play “Tis the Season.”

Noah Alexander and Phillip Thompson provide festive tunes on the Temple Baptist Academy fl oat in the

Powell Christmas Parade.

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A-16 • DECEMBER 17, 2012 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS

Items and Prices are specifically intended to apply locally where issue originates. No sales to dealers or competitors.

Quantity rights reserved. 2012 K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. Food City is an Equal Opportunity.Employer.

SALE DATESSun., Dec. 16 -

Mon., Dec. 24, 2012

Selected Varieties

SnyderSnacks6.5-8 Oz.

With Card In Our Produce Dept.

Harvest ClubMushroomsWhole Or Sliced, 8 Oz.

With Card

Save at least 1.02

Selected Varieties

Cades CoveBBQ24 Oz.

With Card

Save at least 1.02

Bakery Fresh

MiniFrench BreadEach

With Card Selected Varieties

Food ClubCream Cheese8 Oz.

With Card

Save at least 1.02

Food Club

Brown ‘nServe Rolls12 Ct.

With Card

Save at least 1.02

Frozen,Selected Varieties

Kern’s Pie22-24 Oz.

With Card

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Open until 6:00 PM Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day. Reopen Dec. 26th Regular Hours.

WithCard

Selected Varieties, Food City Bone-In

Spiral Sliced Half

Or Whole HamPer Lb. 179

WithCard

Food City Fresh, 85% Lean, 15% Fat

Ground

RoundPer Lb. For 3 Lbs. Or More 299

WithCard

BroccoliEach 199

Food Club Or

DominoGranulated Sugar

4 Lb.

Tide Pods (18 Ct.) Or

Gain2x Laundry Detergent

26-32 Loads

Selected Varieties, Food Club

Cubes, Chunk OrShredded Cheese

8 Oz.

Selected Varieties, Tostitos Salsa (9.9-15.5 Oz.) Or

Tostitos Chips9.5-13 Oz.

2/5002/500 499With Card

With Card

With Card

With Card

Florida Tangelos Or

CaliforniaNavel Oranges

Each

6/100WithCard

Food City Fresh

BonelessFryer BreastJumbo Pack, Per Lb.

199WithCard

Selected Varieties

Food Club Soft Drinks

2 Liter Btl.

Food Club Shells & Cheddar Or

Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese Dinner

12-14 Oz.

Selected Varieties, Food Club Or

PillsburyCake Mix15.25-18.9 Oz.

Selected Varieties

Libby’sVegetables

14.5-15 Oz.

Selected Varieties, Food City Premium Or

White LilyFlour

5 Lb.

With Card

With Card

With Card4/5002/100 199With

Card

Limit 12

With Card

Selected Varieties

Pepsi

6 Pk., 24 Oz. Btls.

4/1000WithCard