By Sandra ClarkKnox County Commission may

vote this month to sell property that is home to 500 individuals and employs 500 more. The residents range from indigent seniors to the disabled.

The Other Paper let Mayor Tim Burchett get away with saying that while he may take political heat for selling the Hillcrest properties for half ($5.275 million against $11.3 million) of appraised value, he’s do-ing it for the seniors.

We submit that he’s doing it to pay for Carter Elementary School. And that’s a steep price to pay.

Knox County needs another $6 million to fulfi ll its contract for the Carter school. The contract calls for the transaction to conclude between June 1 and July 15, 2013.

A quick $5.275 million from the Hillcrest Healthcare Communi-ties could solve the Carter problem, but would leave a myriad of unan-swered questions. For instance:

■ What happens to the residents and staff if the new owner decides to build condos?

■ What happens if the new own-er defaults on a loan, having used the property as collateral?

Hillcrest management has hired Moxley Carmichael public relations

and attorney Ar-thur Seymour Jr. to make its case. They’re spinning at full speed.

Meanwhile, the commission chair, Tony Norman, has placed another item on the Janu-ary agenda. Co-

sponsored by Burchett, it would re-quire money acquired from the sale of county assets to go toward debt retirement. While specifi c proper-ties are not named, it begs the ques-tion of how the $6 million Carter defi ciency would be covered if this resolution passes.

Finance director Chris Caldwell says the proposed Hillcrest sale is not about Carter. There are other properties available for sale to close the gap, he said, and “the folks from Hillcrest approached us.”

The Tazewell Pike property that includes Beverly Park and par-3 golf course will be retained by the coun-

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VOL. 52 NO. 2 A great community newspaper January 14, 2013

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IN THIS ISSUE

Living to tell the tale

Cut Vallie Collins off in traf-fi c? She isn’t going to get upset. If the dog chews on her new shoes, no big deal. She’ll just buy another pair.

Collins, to use the cliché, doesn’t sweat the small stuff. She’s stared death in the face and lived to tell the tale.

➤ See Jake Mabe’s story on page A-3

Miracle Maker

To enjoy teaching kinder-garten, you have to not mind being touched, or needed, or occasionally being called “Mommy.” It’s not for every-one, says Angie Johns, but it’s defi nitely for her.

➤ See page A-9

Halls has bricks!The first phase of the Halls

Alumni Association’s Walk of Fame brick fundraiser project is complete. The first 60 bricks were installed last week.

➤ See page A-3

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driving by Halls Elementary School around 2:30 p.m. on a school day, you know the problem. Traffi c backs up – particularly as one trav-els northwest along Andersonville Pike from the crossroads at Emory and Andersonville.

“It’s been an ongoing issue,” says principal Chris Henderson, “since I’ve been here and well before. Cer-tainly our biggest priority is getting 800 kids out as safely and as effi -ciently as we can.”

Henderson says that school of-fi cials successfully lobbied County Commission to have a short right turn lane installed, and a traffi c engineer helped redesign traffi c fl ow in and out of the school cam-pus a few years ago.

“And that’s helped some, but we’re always looking at it. We’ve talked to just about everybody we can to help us with it.”

Henderson says that traffi c fl ow is smoother in the morning, particularly since the county in-stalled a red light at the Emory Road/Andersonville Pike in-tersection in December. Jim Snowden, deputy director of Knox County Engineering and Public Works, says that his offi ce

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The Halls Business and Professional Association will meet at noon Tuesday, Jan. 15, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Lauren Hensley of the Ameri-can Cancer Society will speak. Lunch is $10. Info: Shannon Carey, 922-4136

Traffic trouble … at Halls Elementary

has received no complaints about the red light since it was installed.

The afternoon bottleneck oc-curs along the portion of Ander-sonville Pike near TDS that is strictly a two-lane road. Two vehi-cles nearly wrecked there Thurs-day afternoon and one motorist was spotted bypassing the school traffi c illegally by veering into the oncoming lane.

“We encourage parents to show up at 2:45 or 2:50,” Henderson says.

“The backup happens in part be-cause we have a few folks who come early to pick up their children, some as early as an hour (prior) and wait until dismissal. And there’s no need to do that because once traffi c gets moving, it’s OK. I’ve even told a few parents they can come at 3 or 3:05 p.m. Or, having your kids ride the bus is great.”

Henderson also encourages par-ents to arrive in the afternoon “from the north entrance to the school”

traveling southeast along Ander-sonville Pike, “because there’s abig, long turn lane up there and itdoesn’t block traffi c. There’s plentyof room from the north.”

He says his biggest concern is the10 minutes in the afternoon whentraffi c comes to a halt near TDS atthe bridge that crosses North Forkup to the school entrance.

“Because if something did hap-pen and an emergency vehicle needsto get through, it’s a bottleneck.”

Traffi c backs up along Andersonville Pike toward Halls Elementary School as parents wait to pick up students

in the afternoon. Note the motorist who is illegally passing traffi c in the oncoming lane. Photo by Ruth White

State of the Schools addressis Thursday

Knox County Schools Su-perintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre will deliver the second annual State of the Schools Address at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, at Powell High School, 2136 West Emory Road. School board chair Karen Carson, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, and Randy Boyd, founder and CEO of Radio Systems, will also share their perspectives on public education in our community. The event is open to the public. The address will be broadcast live on Comcast Cable Channel 10, AT&T U-Verse Channel 99, and WKCS-Radio 91.1 FM and streamed live at www.knoxschools.org.

Paying for CarterUnder its agreement with

Carter School developer Part-ners Development, the county will swap $13,879, 334 for a key to the fi nished building by July 15, 2013.

Mayor Tim Burchett boldly promised to raise the money by selling unneeded county as-sets. To date, almost $10 mil-lion has been collected toward the project:

■ $892,550 – JP Morgan settle-

ment

■ $2,010,000 – Solway mulch facil-

ity and adjacent park

■ $943,818 – City of Knoxville

payoff of Animal Center

■ $2,500,000 – Knox County

Schools Capital Plan contribu-

tion

■ $3,419,250 – E-911 payment for

building

The clock is ticking on the remaining $4 million (plus $2 million for furnishings).

The Hillcrest-Carter connection

Tim BurchettAnalysis

ty, Caldwell said. Cynthia Moxley, CEO of Moxley

Carmichael, said 70 percent of Hill-crest’s residents are supported by TennCare. Repairs are needed.

Hillcrest cannot borrow for up-grades without using the property for collateral, she said. In setting the sales price, Knox County consid-ered the $2.3 million already spent for improvements by Hillcrest and the estimated $1.6 million needed to tear down the old tuberculosis hospital (not used for patients) and an old water tower.

Seymour said nonprofi t corpora-tions such as Hillcrest Healthcare operate under more restrictive laws than for-profi t corporations. For in-stance, a nonprofi t must notify the state attorney general prior to selling or leasing its assets or merging with another entity. The AG can intervene if the nonprofi t’s assets are being misapplied or wasted, or it is no lon-ger able to carry out its purpose.

He suggested that Knox County could be liable for clean-up of haz-ardous waste sites or if “it knows or should have discovered the exis-tence of some dangerous condition.”

Mike Ragsdale tried to sell Hill-crest facilities a few years back, but

Three funny dudesBy Betty Bean

When Nita Buell Black puts on a revue, she’s like a presenter on one of those Japanese steak knife com-mercials – just when you wonder how she’s producing such an em-barrassment of riches, there’s more!

This week’s Powell Playhouse of-fering, “Comedy Night – Rhythm and Laughter,” will not only feature a ventriloquist, a magician and a gypsy jazz swing band, but will also feature three popular stand-up

was rebuffed by commissioners concerned that the sale price was too low or worried about the future of residents and staff.

It’s a different day with a new mayor, but those concerns remain.

comics in the show that will start at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at Ju-bilee Banquet Facility off Callahan Drive.

Ron Daughtrey, Alex Stokes and Drew Whitney have other careers, but fi nd time to perform on the comedy club circuit. They have dif-ferent styles and are all “Best Come-dian” competition winners.

Daughtrey is a loan offi cer who has been married for 32 years. Doing stand-up was on his bucket list, and he was 53 the fi rst time he stepped on stage. He draws on sto-ries from his childhood and from the family experiences he’s had raising three children. When asked what kind of comedy he prefers, he

had a simple answer:“The funny kind.”Drew Whitney is a lawyer who

grew up in such a small town that his graduating class only had 43 people. His comedy is inspired by backwoods preachers and a mam-maw who used colorful language. Nevertheless, he says his parents meant well and shouldn’t be blamed for anything he says or does. He and his wife, Andi, have a dog called Mick Jagger Pup. Whitney claims to be a good dancer.

Financial manager Alex Stokes is a born storyteller, whose stories are based on true-life experiences that usually end with an unexpected twist. He has performed with more

than 100 comics from Comedy Cen-tral, HBO, Fox, Showtime and mov-ies, and has a way of winning overhis audiences, who end up feelingsorry for him while laughing.

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■ Wednesday, Jan. 16: 9 a.m.,

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■ Thursday, Jan. 17: 9 a.m.,

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■ Friday, Jan. 18: 8:30 a.m., SAIL

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Activities for the week of January 14:

■ Monday, Jan. 14: 9 a.m.,

Scrapbooking; 10 a.m., Tai Chi;

10 a.m., Pinochle, Bridge and

Hand & Foot; 1 p.m., Rook; 1

p.m., SAIL exercise; 2:30 p.m.,

AMAI class.

■ Tuesday, Jan. 15: 10 a.m., Ca-

nasta; 11 a.m., Exercise; Noon,

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luncheon; 12:30 p.m., Mexican

By Wendy SmithTed McLellan of Halls rec-

ommends the EasyBridge les-sons offered at the Knoxville Bridge Center, located at the Deane Hill Recreation Center at 7400 Deane Hill Drive. He met his wife, Gina, during a 2001 session of the class.

She was learning, and he was helping teach the class. Ted played in college, but took 27 years off before tak-ing up the game again when he moved to Knoxville in 1999. He wanted to meet people, he says.

He can’t promise that ev-eryone who takes the class will meet that special some-one, but he thinks the game is a good way to make new friends. It’s also the fi rst step toward a rewarding new hobby.

“EasyBridge is social, as opposed to competitive,” he says. “Once you start play-ing, it’s still social, but you’re trying to win.”

A new session of EasyB-ridge begins at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20. The fi rst six lessons are free, and there are no further commitments. Subsequent lessons are fi ve dollars each.

Jim Ricker, who will help teach the session, compares learning bridge to learning a foreign language – you begin by counting to ten, and add words as you progress.

EasyBridge teacher Da-vid Williams has been play-

Joan Funkhouser

EasyBridge classesoff er fun and friends

Ted McLellan Photos by Ruth White

ing for over 20 years, and is a 5th-grade teacher, so he’s good at breaking bridge down to the basics. It’s a game of experience, he says, so the more you play, the better you become.

“You have to be patient with yourself,” he says. “If you are having fun, you’ll make progress.”

On Sunday afternoons, the large room at the Bridge Center is divided, with the class on one side and a game for new players on the oth-er. Most of the class will be ready to join the new players by July, David says.

Last year, 88 students came to the fi rst EasyBridge lesson. He would like to have 100 this year. Participants don’t need to bring a partner. Students are matched with partners as they learn.

Joan Funkhouser of Halls learned to play bridge in the 1950s, and found it to be a

good way to meet people as she moved from place to place. Players are always looking for substitutes, so it’s easy to get involved if you’re new in town, she says.

She compares the game to a competitive sport because every table in the room is playing the same hand. The best part, she says, is that you can have the satisfaction of playing good defense if your own cards aren’t good. Joan plays twice a week at the bridge center.

“I could play every day, but I have to have a life oth-erwise,” she says.

Bridge is fun for all ages, says Jo Anne Newby, who re-cruits new players and offers resources to experienced players at the bridge c enter.

“We laugh a lot,” she says. For more information, con-tact Jo Anne at KnoxvilleEasybridge@gmail.com or 539-4150.

Train dominoes; 1:30 p.m.,

Hand & Foot; 2 p.m., Movie

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as 007.

■ Wednesday, Jan. 16: 10 a.m.,

Bingo; 10 a.m., Hand & Foot;

12:30 p.m., Bridge; 1 p.m., Rook;

1 p.m. SAIL exercise; 2:30 p.m.,

AMAI class.

■ Thursday, Jan. 17: 10 a.m., Line

dance class; 10 a.m., Pinochle;

10 a.m., Quilting; 11 a.m., Exer-

cise; 1 p.m., Dominoes; 1 p.m.

Ballroom dance class.

■ Friday, Jan. 18: 9 a.m., Water-

color class; 9:30 a.m., Pilates;

10 a.m., Euchre; 11 a.m., Oil

painting; 11 a.m., Genealogy

class; 12:30 p.m., Mexican Train

dominoes; 1 p.m. SAIL exercise;

1 p.m., Western movie.

■ Dates to remember: Thursday,

Jan. 31: Creative Coasters craft

class, 1 p.m.; Tuesday, Jan. 29:

Super Seniors luncheon featur-

ing the Tellico Tappers.

Barney Fife (Sammy Sawyer) welcomes Sue Batten to the

Tennessee Theatre.

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“Mighty Musical Monday” featured Poppa Geno and The Playback at its January concert.

In addition to being a musician, Gene “Geno” Riordin has headed the audio department at the historic Tennessee The-atre since 2005. Earlier, he was one of only four “te-chies” handling production chores for all venues in Dol-lywood.

Throughout his career, Geno’s dream has been to record good clean rock and roll. In 2006, he produced and released the album “Menage a Faux Pas.” He is currently completing re-cordings with The Playback and performed several of these songs at the “Mighty Musical Monday.”

Liza Zenni, executive director of the Arts & Cul-

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Dr. Bill Snyder and Paul Swiderski played the Mighty Wurlitzer includ-ing tribute songs to Patti Page. One of her most fa-mous songs, “The Tennes-see Waltz,” is the signature song for the Tennessee The-atre.

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Vallie Collins, a survivor of

the US Airways Flight (1549)

that landed in the Hudson

River on Jan. 15, 2009, speaks

to the Powell Business and

Professional Association at

Jubilee Banquet Hall last

week. Photos by Jake Mabe

Living to tell the tale

Collins, to use the cliché, doesn’t sweat the small stuff. She’s stared death in the face and lived to tell the tale.

Collins, a Maryville resi-dent and UT graduate, spoke to the Powell Business and Professional Association last week. She was sitting on the last row of US Airways Flight 1549 on Jan. 15, 2009 – the plane that made an emer-gency landing in the Hudson River just after takeoff. It had hit a fl ock of Canada geese, which caused the engines to lose power.

She says her life didn’t

fl ash before her eyes in the three and one-half minutes between the time the trouble started and the plane landed. Instead, she thought about what she’d miss if she died.

“I’m not going to be the mother of the bride. I’m not going to see my son’s fi rst home run. I’m not going to be there for birthday par-ties.”

She used her Blackberry to text her husband: “My fl ight is crashing.”

As you no doubt know, Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sul-lenberger and First Offi cer Jeffrey B. Skiles executed a successful textbook emer-gency landing in the Hudson.

Collins admits that the landing was rough. To ac-complish it, Sullenberger had to land the plane tail fi rst – near where Collins was sit-ting.

“We hit water at 160 miles per hour. It was violent.”

But, when Collins real-ized everyone was still alive, she relaxed at fi rst. “My fi rst thought was, ‘That wasn’t that bad. I’ve had worse land-ings on runways!’”

Then everyone attempted to exit. Remembering that the closest exit was behind her (Collins encourages ev-eryone who fl ies to actually

pay attention to the prefl ight instructions), she headed to the rear galley. But no one could get either door fully open because of the water pressure.

“The scariest moment was that in a matter of seconds, water went from my ankle to my chest. And this was 35-degree water on a 22-de-gree day.”

A fl ight attendant gave her these instructions:

“You have two minutes. Go to the wing.”

Passengers were crying, screaming, jumping over seats. Some were even trying to get their luggage out of the overhead compartments.

In her loudest Southern voice, Collins yelled, “Go to the wings. Go to the wings.”

She says she didn’t do any-thing heroic.

“I wanted out and they were in my way!”

Collins was one of the last passengers to exit the plane. She spotted the ferry boats being used as rescue vehicles and said to herself, “I’m not dying today.”

She helped two children, one a baby, into a raft. And, as you no doubt know, all 155 people aboard survived.

Once inside the ferry, Col-lins spotted a man with a phone and asked if she could call her husband.

“It’s me,” she said. “I’m OK.”

Steve’s response? “Call your mother.” “If there’s a language

called hysteria, (mom) was fl uent in it that afternoon.”

Collins says her life it-self hasn’t changed much since that cold January af-ternoon. But her purpose and her response to life’s challenges have very much changed, particularly in fi ve ways.

1. The importance of sim-ple kindness. “We don’t know the (identity) of the person with whom we’ll have our last interaction.”

2. Empathy. Collins says as an engineer she’s “a think-er, not a feeler.” But after being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which she says is “a very real disease,” Collins developed a deeper concern for others. Somebody who looks just fi ne on the outside might be miserable on the inside, she says.

3. Staying physically fi t. You never know, she says,

when you might be in a posi-tion to have to be physically fi t to save your life or help a stranger.

4. Learning perspective. “I have a whole new scale to calibrate how upset I get. Few things in life are worth rais-ing your blood pressure.”

5. Understanding the con-cept of time. “Not a single one of us knows how much time we have left.”

When she fi nally returned home to Maryville after the ordeal, Collins says her mother-in-law kept pulling her by the arm. She wanted Collins to see something in the children’s den, which had just been remodeled. It was a wall hanging, one Collins had bought on sale because she liked its shape and color. She hadn’t paid much atten-tion to it.

“Read that,” her mother-in-law said.

On it was a drawing of an airplane with this message:

“How great would life be if we lived a little each day?”

Take time to live, she says. Go for a run. Take a nap. Play a round of golf. Find your “living moment.”

Don’t sweat the small stuff.

Halls Alumni Association

board member and retired

Halls High teacher Chris Van-

dergriff chats last Thursday

with Halls High grad and Su-

perior Lawn Care owner Scott

Kreis prior to the installation

of the fi rst phase of the Alum-

ni Association’s Walk of Fame

project near the entrance to

the high school.

First phase ofbrick project complete

By Jake Mabe The fi rst phase of the

Halls Alumni Association’s Walk of Fame brick project is complete.

The fi rst 60 bricks were installed last Thursday by Scott Kreis, a 1989 Halls High School graduate, and workers from Kreis’ Superior Lawn Care. The project is a fund-raiser by the Halls Alumni Association to help fund a scholarship given each spring to a Halls High graduate.

Bricks are $125 each and

can be dedicated in honor of or in memory of a per-son of your choice. Bricks can be personalized up to three lines (13 characters per line). The Halls Alumni Association is a 501(c)3 or-ganization; donations are tax deductable.

Forms for the Walk of Fame

The fi rst phase of the Halls High

Walk of Fame brick fundraising

project is complete. Photos by Jake Mabe

brick project can be picked up at the Shopper-News offi ce, 4509 Doris Circle.

He articulated excellent reasons for its preservation and asked for time to build a case for saving it.

Without his intervention and the people he brought with him, the Tennessee Amphitheater might have gone the way of the United States Pavilion and disap-peared. He was an archi-tect’s architect. Knoxville is better for him locating and raising his family here. Knoxville’s only city archi-tect, David Collins, works at the McCarty fi rm after leav-ing the city.

■ U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan was honored at the passing of the gravel ceremony Thursday where Varlan became the chief judge of the Eastern District of Tennessee. He is the 10th federal judge to hold the po-sition since it was created by Congress in 1948. He is now the chief administrative of-

fi cer of the Eastern District which includes 41 of Ten-nessee’s 95 counties and 2.5 million people.

Attending the stand-ing room only crowd at the Howard Baker Fed-eral Building were Mayors Madeline Rogero and Tim Burchett and former Mayor Dan Brown. U.S. Rep. John Duncan Jr. spoke and Var-lan received the gravel from outgoing chief judge Curtis Collier.

Varlan had actually been given the oath of offi ce a few months ago by Associ-ate Justice Antonin Scalia in his chambers in Wash-ington. 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of Varlan serv-ing on the federal bench, having been appointed by President George W. Bush and confi rmed by the U.S. Senate in 2003.

■ Congratulations to Greg Mackay who was ap-pointed by Mayor Rogero to replace Bob Polk as director of public assembly facilities which include Chilhowee Park and the Civic Audito-rium and Coliseum.

Mackay will be an effec-tive successor to Polk. He

per for med ably as elec-tion com-mission ad-ministrator for Knox County and was let go only be-cause of

politics … not performance. Rogero made a good selec-tion.

■ For those interested inthe collapse of the Commu-nist Empire in 1989, a book by John O’Sullivan entitled the “President, the Pope and the Prime Minister,” is good reading about how Ronald Reagan, John Paul II and Margaret Thatcher worked to bring about the fall of the “evil empire.”

■ Today, only Thatcherlives and she is 87, recover-ing from recent surgery in London. After release from the hospital she checked into the Ritz Hotel next to London’s Green Park where the owners are long-time friends and have given her a suite until she returns to her home in the Belgravia section of London.

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Wine now?

Wine-noWhen Beth Harwell

and Ron Ramsey (leaders of the state House and Senate, respectively) announced that they’d decided to support grocery stores selling wine, Tennessee oenophiles started doing a happy dance.

Now that Trader Joe’s has come to Tennessee, could Two Buck Chuck be far behind (even if it is $3.99 a bottle now)? Next year, we’ll be able to grab a snow day bottle of cab along with our milk, bread and toilet paper!

Maybe, maybe not.One school of thought

is that the two leaders are saying one thing publicly while privately reassuring opponents of grocery store wine (a powerful coalition of liquor interests and Baptists) something else entirely.

Last week, the wine no-votes (hereafter known as the wine-no’s) got a boost from the state’s police chiefs and sheriffs, who got together and started calling themselves Tennessee Law Enforcement for Strong Alcohol Laws and denounced the notion, citing the dangers of making box wine more accessible to underage drinkers who are always looking for an angle. KPD chief David Rausch brought it home with a warning about butt chugging.

When reminded that the police chiefs also support gun control, Rep. Bill Dunn, who sounds like a wine-no vote but says he’s willing to listen to the arguments, had a semi-serious, answer:

“Are you asking for consistency?”

Dunn sounds like he’s thinking hard about the question but leaning toward the wine-no side.

“We work on so many issues where we see how much pain alcohol causes. Maybe there should be a little taboo out there,” he said, recalling the time he heard a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation chief declare that 90 percent of his agency’s budget was necessitated by drug and

alcohol abuse.Plus, he pointed out

that there’s more to the discussion than questions of alcohol abuse.

“By law, liquor stores cannot sell anything else, and there’s a one person, one store rule in effect now. We’ll have to look at those laws. And we’ll have to define grocery stores. Would somebody be able to set up one of those stands in the mall? It’s a lot more complex than just whether to sell wine.”

The pro-wine forces are led by big supermarket chains who are sponsoring a “Red, White & Food” lobbying effort. Smaller, regional chains worry about problems with new layers of bureaucracy and regulation as well as the dangers of weeding out would-be butt chuggers.

Rep. Ryan Haynes is non-committal, but says sooner or later the pro-wine side will prevail. He sees some ironies, though.

“The free-market Republicans are in control, but at the same time a lot of them are screaming ‘Let’s help the mom and pop businesses.’

“And any time there’s a liquor bill, no matter what it is, automatically, you probably have 30 ‘no’ votes, from both sides of the aisle. Throw in 20 more who say they’re going to help their small business guys, and that’s enough to keep it bottled up. Still, it has a better shot of passing this year than it ever has.

“If I represent grocery stores, I’d say we’re not going to allow it in gas stations. But big grocery stores and convenience stores share lobbyists – that’s one of the big sticking points. Some of the grocery stores have hired their own lobbyists.

“Do we really need wine in gas stations?”

A rep who preferred to remain anonymous hinted that the whole thing is a waste of time.

“A lot of legislators just want it to go away. You don’t go down to Nashville to bring wine to grocery stores. It’s going to pass, but I just don’t know when. Usually when a bill keeps coming back like this, that’s what happens, so if I’m talking to a liquor store owner, I’d tell them it’s not like you haven’t been forewarned.”

As the Knox County Re-publican Party prepares for its biennial reorgani-zation, we asked Ray Jen-kins, term-limited after two terms as party chair, to as-sume the role of the Roman god Janus for us.

You remember Janus – the one for whom January is named. He was the fellow with the ability to look both forward and backward. Jen-kins agreed to play along and look back on his time as the party’s leader and for-ward to what he thinks lies ahead for the GOP both lo-cally and in Nashville.

His response:“As I look back on the

past four years, I realize how much I am truly going to miss chairing the Knox County Republican Party. It has been a great ride and we had some very good times.

“We were very success-ful in electing great Repub-lican candidates and re-electing great Republican offi ceholders. The GOP now holds every county-wide non-judicial offi ce, and we have increased the num-ber of Republican judges as well. County Commission is 82 percent Republican, with only two seats held by our friends across the aisle.

“And I say “friends” be-cause I have tried to encour-age all candidates to be cor-dial and not attack “person-ally” their political oppo-nents. Local politics is not like national politics. The closer you get to home the more important it is to keep in mind that our political

Ray Jenkins refl ects, predicts

opponents are neighbors, sometimes friends, our chil-dren go to the same schools, we may even go to the same church. So I have always urged our candidates to disagree without being dis-agreeable.

“What has made (the job) such a joy is the volunteers who come and work in the offi ce and on campaigns and do it out of a love for the party – and they do that no matter who is chair, sometimes in spite of who is chair!

“I am thrilled at the num-ber of announced candidates for the leadership so far. I have encouraged people to get involved and compete for this and I think it shows great potential for the party as we move forward.

“Each of the four candi-dates – Buddy Burkhardt, John Gabriel, Ken Gross and Ruthie Kuhlman – have their strengths, and this contest will reveal how con-nected and infl uential they are within the party. As a candidate, I know there are two ways to run a campaign – unopposed and scared as … well, scared. But I think the competition is good for the party and will make the candidates better in the long run.

“The next chair will pre-side over one of those ‘big tickets’ in 2014. They hap-pen every eight years as the judges and district attorney join the every-four-year cy-cle candidates – most of the constitutional offi ces and part of County Commission, as well as the court clerks. It will be a challenge to ensure we hold our gains and make some new ones.

“I have been asked if I will run for offi ce in the fu-ture. At this time, I am ex-ploring the options. I think it is fair to say that I am in-terested.

“As for speculation on 2014 races, the easy ones to predict: Mayor Burchett will be running. He has done a very good job as mayor and I think he will easily win re-election – and he deserves it. The same goes for Sherry Witt in the Register of Deeds offi ce and Sheriff J.J. Jones. They are all strong candidates and more importantly, they are outstanding offi ceholders. Likewise, Foster Arnett and Cathy Quist should win eas-ily if they choose to run for re-election.

“We don’t know what the future holds for the Trustee’s offi ce, but I will say this: John Duncan has improved the operation of that offi ce and it is running more smoothly, collecting more money, and that mon-ey is being managed more professionally than in the past. If he runs for re-elec-tion, I’ll vote for him.

“The only other race I

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Knoxville lost a citizen who cared deeply about how Knoxville looked in terms of its public and private build-ings when Bruce McCarty died last week at age 92.

He moved to Knoxville right after the end of World War II where he met his wife-to-be, Elizabeth. They married and he stayed in Knoxville.

As mayor, I met with him on countless occ a sions. He was the archi-tect for the World’s Fair and cared deeply that the perma-nent build-ings such as

the Amphitheater and Suns-phere continue. When I was foolish enough, for fi nancial reasons, to suggest that the Tennessee Amphitheater be demolished, I heard from him almost immediately re-questing a meeting.

Naturally, I met with him. He was as well-prepared and as passionate about the util-ity and history of this facility as he could have been.

We’ll miss Bruce McCarty

hear talk about is CriminalCourt Clerk. Joy Rader Mc-Croskey has been workingin that offi ce since the earthcooled. She was appointedand then won election to theclerk’s position after Mar-tha Phillips passed away. Ihear rumors that someonemay try to challenge Joy.As party chair, I believe theKnox County RepublicanParty has no greater friendthan Joy McCroskey, and asan attorney, I know what awell-organized clerk’s offi celooks like, and Joy has heroffi ce running like a well-oiled machine. She will havemy vote and support.

“On the state level, Gov-ernor Haslam is doing a fi nejob in Nashville and willeasily win re-election. Thenewly-minted Republicansuper-majority in Nashvillewill have to prove to the vot-ers that they won’t abuse thepower given to them, and Ibelieve they will show thatthey are worthy of the ma-jority and continue to serveall of Tennessee well.”

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HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin

Twenty-six years after the Civil War ended, the cor-nerstone for a monument to those who died fi ghting for the South was set in Bethel Cemetery. Held on May 21, 1891, the impressive cer-emony, including prayers, choral hymns, and orations emphasizing themes of sac-rifi ce and redemptive prin-ciples, preceded the main address delivered by the Rev. William C. Grace.

The Rev. Grace had been a witness to the hardships endured by soldiers and civilians alike during the war. After extolling their strength and determina-tion, he predicted that the monument would eventu-ally replace the oratori-cal tradition and that the monument and its inscrip-tions would then be needed to communicate the facts and the lessons of that cruel war, which too often pitted brother against brother.

The task of designing the monument and of sculpting out of “cold, hard marble” a veteran sentinel who would embody the living classi-cal truths to which the Rev. Grace referred was assigned to famed local artist Lloyd Branson (1854-1925). The eight-foot, six-inch soldier was judiciously scaled by the artist to appear life-size, taking account of the 48-foot elevation and the dis-tance from which it would be viewed. The fi gure was displayed in Branson’s stu-dio on Gay Street for some time before it was mounted on the monument. The de-tailed rendition of the uni-form with the cap, belt and buttons, the wrinkles in the face and the veins on the back of his hands were evi-dence of the sculptor’s skill.

The monument was ded-icated on May 19, 1892. The ceremony was preceded by a parade down Gay Street led by former East Tennessee commander Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith astride his bay charger. Gen. Kirby Smith was followed by members of his staff and by former Con-federate general and two-term Tennessee governor (1882-1886) and then U.S. Senator, William B. Bate. The colorful legions of the Fred Ault Bivouac and the Felix Zollicoffer and J.E.B. Stuart Camps of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) marched behind them paced by a military band playing a dirge composed for the oc-casion by music professor Gustavus B. Knabe.

When they reached the cemetery, the Rev. James Park of First Presbyterian Church pronounced the benediction. The monument was unveiled. Gen. Kirby Smith observed that the monument would “arouse a sentiment as lasting as the hills that look upon it” and introduced Sen. Bate, who spent nearly two hours ex-tolling the differences and similarities between monu-mental and historical truth.

Professor Frederick C. Moffatt, in his essay “A Tale of Two Monuments: Civil War Sculpture in Knoxville” (East Tennessee Historical Society Publications No. 50, 1978) observed, “As is true of many public endeavors, the Civil War monument was born out of controversy, particularly when it was to occupy territory disputed in the war. Material exis-tence apparently affi rmed its moral right to exist; thus, once established, a monument proudly held its ground against all foes. In Knoxville, peculiar circum-stances intensifi ed a hun-dred fold this mock combat between the stones.”

The fundraising and con-struction of the monument

A tale of two monuments

The Union Monument at the National

Cemetery. After the bronze American ea-

gle topping the shaft was destroyed in an

electrical storm on Aug. 22, 1904, the ea-

gle was replaced by a sentry in authentic

uniform. The monument was rededicated

on Oct. 15, 1906. Photo submitted

had taken 10 years. Some two years into the project, local offi cials of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) recognized the need for a suitable monument for Union veterans and began planning and fundraising. Capt. William Rule, infl u-ential editor of the Knox-ville Daily Journal, was the guiding hand of the memo-rial committee. He had been preoccupied publicizing and fundraising for another monument, the Gov. John Sevier Monument, which was erected on the court-house lawn and dedicated in December 1892.

During the March 22, 1893 encampment of the GAR in Harriman, depart-ment commander H.C. Whittaker challenged each of the 16,000 surviving Union veterans to raise funds for a suitable monu-ment in the National Cem-etery which had been es-tablished on Holston Street (now Tyson) in 1863. Capt. Rule reminded the men that “the shadows lengthen as we approach the eternal sunset” and estimated that a mag-nifi cent memorial would be insured if each individual gave just one dollar.

The campaign had a promising beginning but then became dismally in-active. Finally a design was agreed on and William B.

McMullen’s Tennessee Pro-ducers Marble Company and the Southern Marble Company were retained. The cornerstone exercises were held on Oct. 15, 1896, but the pace did not quicken until 1898, possibly infl u-enced by the burst of pa-triotism generated by that year’s Spanish-American War. Finally, the dedica-tion was held on Oct. 24, 1901. The fund then totaled almost $11,000, with about $7,000 raised in one dol-lar increments from dutiful pensioners.

Much discussion had been held about the design and some were surprised at the unveiling when they ob-served the ferocious bronze American eagle at the pin-nacle with widely outspread wings instead of a Union sentry. In his dedicatory address, Judge Newton Hacker observed, “There is no monument in all the land that marks a higher degree of patriotism.”

There was much conster-nation and some suggestion that it was an omen when, at 8:20 p.m. on Aug. 22, 1904, a powerful bolt of lightning struck the eagle with a blast that was heard for miles. The eagle was fl ung into the street with its wings “closely cropped at its body as if the work had been done by an instrument.” The stone shaft

was shattered leaving only the steps and some of the foundation intact. Probably the steel rod that anchored the eagle to the shaft had at-tracted the lightning bolt.

The weary commit-tee sprung into action and called for federal support. Congress provided $5,000

to repair the damage. Wil-liam Carter and William Rule, co-chairs of the me-morial committee, retained Baumann Brothers Archi-tects and the project was completed and the keys presented to the cemetery superintendent on Oct. 15, 1906.

This time, the unveiling revealed an eight-foot tall soldier of the line with his head topping out at 60 feet. It possibly was only a coin-cidence that the sentry in the Union uniform with the short hair, thin mustache, authentic service cap and military bearing stood four feet above his Confederate counterpart just two miles

away in Bethel Cemetery.Fortunately for the na-

tion’s future, many groups representing Civil War vet-erans, including the state chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic, were work-ing diligently to defl ect any lingering hostility toward their fellow citizens by hold-ing joint parades and re-unions like the one held at the site of the Battle of Ft. Sanders on Oct. 8-9, 1890.

Author’s Note: Thanks to Douglas Davenport, Robert McGinnis, Professor F.C. Moffatt and the C.M. Mc-Clung Historical Collection for assistance with the text and photographs for this article.

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Choosing to be an assis-tant football coach is some-thing like going to the races. You might win big or lose big.

The trip may be very ex-citing, even an unforget-table adventure, but don’t bet the house on the wrong horse.

Assistant coaching is a better job than mixing mortar and lugging cinder blocks. It is more challeng-ing than loading trucks. Sal-aries are very good but there are problems and risks.

Best payoffs for as-sistants – championship rings, job security and maybe a shot at becoming a head coach – come from partnerships with success-ful coaches or a good grip

Assistant coaching may be hazardous to your health

on the coattails of a rising star.

Merit is relevant. The good-old-boy network is not as comfortably dependable as it once was. The business is more results-driven.

Because there is some up-or-down uncertainty in the coaching profession, it is best to rent. And don’t discard boxes and packing materials from the previous move.

Of course assistant coaches go in both direc-tions. There are magnifi cent promotions and discourag-ing terminations. That’s the link to most of the pain.

Those determined to stay in the game, no mat-ter what happens, should stay single or negotiate a prenuptial arrangement. Patience, poise and fl ex-ibility are key words, a fair exchange, I suppose, for really good seats and free refreshments in a private booth in the press box, sheltered from weather and caustic critics.

An honest prenuptial should include a few clues about reality: Bowl bonuses are not guaranteed. Almost everybody can win half

their games if you count the available Akrons and Geor-gia States, but, alas, some don’t.

Recruiting is critical as blood. Assistant coaching requires many nights on the road and doesn’t offer many opportunities to stop think-ing football. Can’t count on rivals resting.

If children are involved, assistant coaches should plan and practice a just-in-case explanation:

“Defeat doesn’t mean daddy is a bum.”

“Moving is an exciting educational experience. It will be fun to see new places and meet new friends.”

When your life is linked to whether a focus-free re-ceiver runs the right route

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I was talking to two friends, telling them about the newfound joy in my

life. I said, in all sincerity, “God is good, all the time.”

To which one of my

An excellent GodA certain ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must

I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments … .”

(Luke 18: 18-19 NRSV)

And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:

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And he replied:“Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the

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a known way.”(“The Gate of the Year,” M. Louise Haskins)

friends added, “But some-times He excels!”

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In such a moment, we must be fully aware. We must recognize the gift for what it is: God’s grace poured out because God loves us, is crazy about us, sinners that we are! We must also acknowl-edge that God knows our longings, our dreams. God knows the holes in our hearts, and seeks to fill them up with His love.

Our task is to be open, accepting, thankful, will-ing to be loved by such a

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Here is the question, how-ever: why would we reject God’s will? Why, indeed?

Since God’s will allows for our own free will, God does not force us into obe-dience; God allows us to decide.

God’s will for His own children is always good. Sometimes, when we don’t understand what God is up to, when we can’t see around the bend, we wonder if God is asleep, or indifferent, or just plain grumpy.

Occasionally, I recall the advice a college pro-fessor gave me when I was a student at the University of Tennessee. He said, “Be where you are supposed to be; do what you are sup-posed to do. Everything else will take care of it-self.”

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UT NOTES ■ William “Bill” Neilson, J.

Fred Holly

Chair of

Excellence,

became

head of the

Depart-

ment of

Economics

College of

Business

Adminis-

tration on

Jan. 1. He succeeded Robert

Bohm, who retired in Decem-

ber after being department

head for 10 years.

■ The two student ventures, In-

House GFX

and Adams

Innova-

tion LLC,

are the fall

2012 win-

ners of the

Boyd Ven-

ture Fund.

They will

share the

$20,000

grant, which will allow them

to grow their businesses. In-

House GFX, a screen printing

company

for campus

organiza-

tions, was

founded by

Anthony

Smith,

a senior

in public

relations,

and Justin

Ruffi n, a

junior in

commu-

nications.

Adams

Innovation

LLC, a com-

pany that

designs,

imports

and distrib-

utes leisure

hammocks with a unique

suspension system, was

founded by Alex Adams,

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WORSHIP NOTES

Food banks ■ Cross Roads Presbyterian

hosts the Halls Welfare

Ministry food pantry 6-8

p.m. each second Tuesday

and 9-11 a.m. each fourth

Saturday.

■ Knoxville Free Food

Market, 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: http://bookwalter-

umc.org/oneharvest/index.

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

noon. weekdays.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church

of Powell, 7212 Central Ave.

Pike has appointments open

for the John 5 Food Pantry,

some on Friday morning and

some Thursday evening. Info:

938-2611.

Special services ■ Knoxville Fellowship Lun-

cheon meets at noon each

Tuesday at Golden Corral.

Info: www.kfl -luncheon.com.

Beaver Dam Baptist Church youth pastor Scott Hood in front

of the 2013 Disciple Now banner designed by Halls High Senior

and church member Holly Beason Photo by Cindy Taylor

By Cindy TaylorMiddle and high school

youth at Beaver Dam Bap-tist Church are preparing for an in-home retreat in mid-January. Fourteen host homes will be utilized along with 25 college-age teachers. Youth pastor Scott Hood is heading up the venture known as Dis-ciple Now.

“The kids will be invad-ing the homes of our church members Jan. 18 and 19,” said Hood.

Students will spend an evening at the church on Wed, Jan. 16, in prepara-tion for the following Fri-day and Saturday in-home retreat. Sunday morning

will fi nd them back at Bea-ver Dam to share a special breakfast and worship. Those participating will be enjoying games, food and fellowship along with bible study and mission-focused teaching.

The students will also “merge” with 13 other local church youth groups during the weekend to help them understand that churches are not in competition but are allies and should be working together.

Hood says the main pur-pose of Disciple Now is to teach students to be more outwardly focused.

“We want the kids to think beyond themselves,”

said Hood. “We have asked them to bring clothing and food for our pantries when they attend this event. We want them to see that they need to learn about the Lord and then live that out.”

Beaver Dam has par-ticipated in Disciple Now since 2000. Cost is $50 per student but Hood says the church uses several thou-sand dollars from the bud-get to subsidize the event. About 100 youth usually attend the event. Hood says students are encouraged to come even if they don’t have the fee. Church members often sponsor students and scholarships are available.

“This is a church fi lled

with gracious people who outpour their love,” said Hood. “We believe every person has a God-sized hole in their life, and apart from Christ nothing can fi ll that. We want to instill that upon our students.”

The theme for this year’s event is The Pause. Leaders hope they can impress upon students that they need to take time out from the busyness of their lives. They want to show them that they are loved, cherished and will be taken care of.

Hood has been youth pastor at Beaver Dam for eight years. He and his wife, Stephanie, celebrat-ed the birth of their fi rst

Beaver Dam to host Disciple Now

child, Sullivan, last August. Hood noted that the usual Wednesday evening youth meetings are moving to 6 – 7:30 p.m. for both middle and high school ages.

There is still time to sign up for Disciple Now. Contact the church at 922-2322 or visit www.bdbc.org.Reach Cindy Taylor at brentcindyt@

gmail.com

Scholarships available for Knox County studentsThe East Tennessee Foundation (ETF) has an-

nounced the availability of scholarships for Knox County students for the 2013-14 school year.

Of the 39 active scholarships established through ETF, 10 are currently available. Scholarship re-quirements range from fi nancial need to scholastic achievement.

Scholarship information and applications can be found at www.easttennesseefoundation.org.

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The most popular woman in Blaine

Another living treasure I missed was Gertrude Grubb Janeway, whose love story lives on in the hearts of all who have heard it.

Gertrude Grubb Janeway

John and Gertrude Janeway cabin, historic site at Blaine Photo by Bonnie PetersAs fate would have it, the story begins long before Gertrude was born.

John Janeway was born in 1846 in Grainger County. Not much is known about him until, at age 18 in the spring of 1864, he was dis-covered by Union soldiers taking a turn of corn to the local gristmill on Buf-falo Creek to be ground into cornmeal for the family. The soldiers said he looked like a strong young man and im-mediately recruited him into the Union Army.

John forgot about the grist mill and turned his thoughts to war.

He joined the 14th Illinois Cavalry and rode off with them, but he pointed the family horse toward home. Fearful that someone might harm his family, he used the name “John January” in-stead of John Janeway, and he kept the name throughout the war.

His offi cial enlistment was on June 1, 1864, at Maryville. He was sent im-mediately to the Atlanta area to join the army of William Tecumseh Sherman to train for his march on Atlanta and to the sea. He escaped death when a bullet pierced his hat, and after just two months he was captured and became a prisoner of war at Chattahoochee.

After the war January did not return home. Instead, he disappeared and was not heard of until some 59 years later when he showed up back in Grainger County.

Gertrude Grubb was born July 3, 1909, to Halley and Tom Grubb. Unfortunately, Gertrude had some congeni-

tal deformities – her right hand was severely deformed and her right leg was shorter than the left. She could not walk until age 7.

Tom Grubb died in 1922 at age 69, leaving Gertrude and her siblings – Arthur, Rubin and Barney – for Mrs. Grubb to raise. Before Tom Grubb died he taught Gertrude to walk by persis-tence and by having her hold a string which he carried to another side of the room and asked her to bring him the string she had in her hand. It worked.

Halley Grubb put food on the table by scrubbing clothes on a washboard six days a week for which she was paid 50 cents. Gertrude fi nished the 5th grade and became quite a good reader.

In 1925, when Gertrude was just 16, John Jane-way stopped by the Grubb home and on that fi rst visit inquired about taking Ger-trude for his wife. Halley told him he’d have to wait for her to “come of age.”

Gertrude says they court-ed for more than two years until she was old enough to get married. The courting seemed to have consisted mostly of swinging in a porch swing or just sitting and talking.

After their marriage for a few years they boarded with friends or family. Gertrude spotted a cabin for sale on Indian Ridge Road during one of their walks and she told John she’d like to have it for a home. They purchased the home, and there Ger-

trude lived from the time she was 23 until she died Jan. 7, 2003, at age 93.

In spite of their long talks and walks, Gertrude did not know much about John except that she really loved him. He did tell her that war was hard and that some-times he had to go to homes and beg for food. He also told her he went to Califor-nia in 1865 after the war and raised a family.

We do not know if he married someone in Cali-fornia. At age 77, John just showed back up in Grainger County and started looking for a wife. He and Gertrude were married for 10 years before John died and was buried in New Corinth Cem-etery at Blaine in the Grubb family plot.

The Janeways never had a phone, electricity or run-ning water until recently when family became so con-cerned about Gertrude they convinced her to get electric-ity so she could have a little electric heater. The cabin had three rooms. The down-stairs is roughly 20 x 20, and the front room had only one electric light and four wall outlets. It is furnished with a double iron bed, a wood cookstove with a warmer, a sow-belly cabinet, a table and a few chairs by the fi re-place. These furnishings are

original to the cabin.The backroom was not

original to the cabin and was not moved to its new loca-tion. I have not been inside the cabin, but there is a stair-case leading to what I under-stand would be a small room upstairs.

When she was 19, John took Gertrude to Knoxville to People’s Studio to have a portrait made. This was the fi rst picture Gertrude ever had taken and she treasured it as long as she lived.

After her death, preser-vationists Marvin House and Delbert Morgan moved the cabin by truck six miles down Indian Ridge Road to its current location.

Civil War historians will keep her love story alive be-cause Gertrude was the last living Union soldier’s widow.

Gertrude received the last check issued for a Civil War veteran’s widow in the amount of $70. She fi elded questions without hesitation about how a young girl could marry an 81-year-old man. She simply said she loved him – adored him. She said she called him “Honey” and he called her Gertie.

When reporters and histo-rians came to interview her, she was told she was a celeb-rity and that she was popular, but Gertrude always thought of herself as “Gertie.”

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Halls Middle goes pink

The Halls High dance team and cheer squad performed at

halftime with teams from the middle school. HHS senior

Victoria Dishner performs with the dance teams during the

break of the girls’ matchup.

HMS cheerleaders Eleni

Brinias, Delaney Langs-

ton, Morghan Mason and

Brianna Yanniello cheer

on the basketball teams

during a pink out game

against Carter.

Halls Middle School

hosted a pink out bas-

ketball game last week

to raise money for stu-

dent Saxon Cochran.

The event was a huge

success as team mem-

bers, teachers, students

and parents wore every

shade of pink. Photos by

Ruth White

Players from Carter Middle and Halls Middle

school got in the spirit with pink socks and

shoelaces to show support for cancer re-

search. Pictured guarding a Carter player is

Tyler Young.

Sterchi to hold Winter Wonderland dance

Sterchi Elementary will host Winter Won-derland, a mother/son and father/daughter dance 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25. Info: 689-1470.

Kirby celebrates 105 years

Evelyn Kirby celebrated her 105th birthday Dec. 30 at her residence at Heritage

MILESTONES

Evelyn Kirby

Assisted Living in Fountain City. Evelyn is the oldest living graduate of Central High School and the oldest member of Fountain City United Methodist Church.

Fraker, Hiles wedAshley Suzanne Fraker

and Tanner Casey Hiles were married Sept. 22 at Capital Theater in Maryville.

The bride is the daughter of Mark and Suzanne Fraker of Powell. The groom is the son of Randy and Debbie Hiles of Knoxville.

After a honeymoon trip to Hawaii, the couple are at home in Knoxville.

Hiles and Fraker

BirthdaysChase Gregory turned

3 on Jan. 5. Parents are Rob and Michelle Gregory. He has an older sis-ter, Gracie. Grandpar-

ents are Gloria Gregory, Pat Sisson and Bob Gregory. He attends “school” at Wallace Memorial.

Milah Raine Shoffnerturned 5 on Nov. 13 and celebrated with a Dis-ney Prin-cess party at Bounce USA with family and friends. Her parents are

Jamie and Nicole Shoffner.

Chase Gregory

Milah Shoff ner

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By Wendy SmithTo enjoy teaching kindergarten,

you have to not mind being touched, or needed, or occasionally being called “Mommy.” It’s not for every-one, says Angie Johns, but it’s defi -nitely for her.

A hear t for kindergar tenKindergarten teacher Angie Johns

enjoys a rare moment of peace in

her A.L. Lotts Elementary School

classroom. Photos by Wendy Smith

Kindergartners may have to work harder now than they did in past years, but their teachers make sure it’s fun. If they love school early on, they’re more likely to stay enthusiastic about learning, Johns says.

This is her seventh year of teach-ing kindergarten at A.L. Lotts El-ementary School, but her association with the school is much longer. Her children – ages 23, 20 and 15 – all attended A.L. Lotts. Including her teaching career in Georgia, Johns has taught kindergarten for 14 years.

She’s witnessed many changes, like this year’s transition to full-day kinder-garten. It’s been nice, she says, because it allows for more in-depth teaching.

“We always felt like we were mov-ing too quickly, because we had so much to cover.”

It’s a long day for little people, and there were those who nodded off at the beginning of the year. But it was just a matter of building up stami-na, Johns says. “I’m amazed at how quickly they all adjusted.”

She’s also experienced leaps in classroom technology. She remem-bers being skeptical when the smart board was fi rst installed in her room because she liked writing on her white board with markers. Now, she mostly uses the white board as a magnetic bulletin board. The smart board works especially well for teaching math and handwriting, and students enjoy using it, too.

“It is amazing to me, every year, that I can show them one time how to use the pen or the wand, and they’ve got it.”

She can also check out iPads from the school to use in the classroom. The applications and games on the iPad are perfect for kindergarten, she says. A. L. Lotts, like many other schools, is using coupon book money to purchase more iPads.

The academic bar for kinder-garten has moved since Johns started teaching at A. L. Lotts. Kids are expected to be able to write

sentences by the end of the year, and the reading level has gone up, too.

Academically, this is Johns’ fa-vorite time of the year. After Christ-mas, everything comes together, she says. This is when the building blocks she introduced in the fall –

letters, sounds and read-ing strategies – all

start to click. And it’s exactly why she enjoys teach-ing kindergarten.

“I’ve always said that there’s growth at every level. But in kin-

dergarten, you really see it. They’re such physical creatures. They can’t

Johns listens as Hayden Hayes practices his new reading skills.

learn something new without saying, ‘Oh!’”

Johns says social and developmen-tal skills are more important for rising kindergartners than academic skills. Good school habits, like being able to sit for 10 minutes, pay attention and follow directions, are important.

“We can teach academic skills,” she says.

While it could be said that kinder-

garten builds the foundation for all future learning, kindergarten teachers rely on those who teach upper grades for merit pay. Those who teach kin-dergarten through second grade don’t have value-added growth because their students don’t take TCAPs. In-stead, merit pay is based on school growth, says Johns.

“We’re fortunate here because we have fabulous upper-grade teachers.”

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Jack Williams has joined Tennessee State Bank as vice president and community banking offi cer at the Powell branch, located at 7500 Old Clinton Highway.

“Jack’s experience will be an immediate contribution to our success,” said Todd Proffi tt, president and CEO.

“I am pleased that he chose to be a part of our team.”

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Jack Williams

degree and MBA from the University of Tennessee. He is also a graduate of the Tennessee Bankers Association, Southeastern School of Commercial Lending.

He and his wife, Hayli, have a son, Blake, 18, and a daughter, Lexi, 15.

Williams is the head coach for the Farragut High School freshmen boys basketball team and head coach for the freshmen girls AAU for the Tennessee Fury Organization.

NEWS FROM ATTORNEY REBECCA BELL JENKINS

Rebecca Bell Jenkins,

Attorney at Law534 W. Emory Road, Powell

by appointment only

691-2211Suite 202 in Franklin Square,

9724 Kingston Pike

Attorney Rebecca Bell Jenkins Photo by Debbie Moss

By Anne HartLocal attorney

Rebecca Bell Jen-kins reminds us that while we’re making our New Year’s resolutions, we must be sure to include on that list the task of get-ting our personal legal documents in order.

“It is critically important that we all have in place our will and power of attorney,” Bell Jenkins says. “We never know when these documents will be needed, so it is incum-bent upon us all to have them ready.”

Bell Jenkins operates a general law practice, with an emphasis on family law, and has of-fi ces on Emory Road in Powell and in Franklin Square on Kingston Pike in West Knoxville. She is a native of Powell and has been in the practice of law since 1995.

While the reasons for a will seem obvious, Bell Jenkins says having the document can serve to prevent family squabbles and also avert the un-necessary expenditures required if the courts are asked to make fi nal a de-termination on the divi-sion of property.

“A power of attor-ney is also a necessary and invaluable tool in the event an individual

Have personal legal documents ready

becomes mentally in-capacitated and unable to handle their own af-fairs,” she says.

“If you become men-tally incompetent with-out a power of attorney document in place, no one can legally act in your behalf in fi nancial, busi-ness and health-related matters. Your loved ones will have to fi le a peti-tion for conservatorship with the court in order to handle your affairs or to make heath care deci-sions for you.

“Again, it is critical to have this document in place, because once a person becomes incom-petent, it is too late to ap-point a power of attorney; the court will not approve it, so don’t wait too long.

“A conservatorship is time-consuming and expensive as it moves through the courts. It is

much easier to see an attorney now and have these two critical docu-ments drawn up than to have your loved ones deal with the court system. The two documents no one should be without are a will and a power of attorney.

Bell Jenkins states that if a per-son wants to have a power of attorney in place, but cur-rently is still able to handle his/her own

affairs, then the power of attorney can be written to go into effect only when the person becomes in-competent. The power of attorney can provide that the person’s competency can be determined by his/her treating physician.

Bell Jenkins’ general practice includes all as-pects of family law, in-cluding divorce, juvenile court matters and adop-tion. She also handles personal injury cases.

Bell Jenkins is also certifi ed as a Rule 31 list-ed Family Mediator.

Downtown Rotary offi cersThe 2013-14 Rotary Club of Knoxville directors are: (back) Mark Webb, Jay Secor, Jennifer Sepa-

niak, Anita Lane, Rachel Ford and Rob Johnson; (front) Wes Stowers, Jason Hamilton, president

Bob Samples, president-elect Dr. Roy King and Ed Anderson. Not pictured: Allen Pannell. Jason

Hamilton is vice president and membership director. Edwin A. Anderson, an attorney, is secre-

tary. Jennifer Sepaniak, chief fi nancial offi cer of Schaad Companies, is treasurer and chair of the

Financial & Audit Committee. Outgoing president Harry W. “Wes” Stowers Jr., chair of Stowers

Machinery Corp., will serve as the representative of past presidents. J. Mark Webb is communi-

cations director. Jay Secor III, headmaster of the Episcopal School, is New Generations director.

Rachel Ford, executive director of the Knoxville Symphony, is director of community outreach.

Taxes, taxes, taxes

Sandra Clark

Above, Andrew Hartung (cen-

ter) talks with John Thaller

(left) and his son, Wes Thaller,

following Wednesday’s

meeting of the Fountain City

Business and Professional

Association.

At right, Knox Wimberly, site

manager for an AARP-spon-

sored program to prepare tax

returns for seniors, speaks at

the Heiskell Community Club.Photos by S. Clark

After sitting through back-to-back speeches on taxes and recent changes in the tax law, I’ve reached these conclusions:

Nobody I know has enough money to matter.

Those who do have enough money to matter also have enough money to hire folks to help them.

Therefore, I mentally moved on. But not before hearing one of the best off-the-top jokes of the week. Maybe you had to be there.

Knox Wimberly, an awe-some speaker, was trying to involve his listeners at the Heiskell Community Cen-ter (while the listeners were smelling and drooling over the homemade hot tamales coming to the lunch buffet).

“How many of you make more than $200,000? How about $250,000? Or $400,000?” he asked.

“Nobody???”Carolyn Wells raised her

hand. “Well, I’m in that $200,000 category, but I just don’t want to say it and get everybody in here to come around trying to bor-row money!”

The room broke up.I saw a piece of lemon pie

with mile-high meringue to kill for, but had to get back to work. Next time I’m stay-ing for bingo!

Notes to know: ■ Wimberly said the

AARP tax preparers will come to the Heiskell Cen-ter if there is demand. “Call Janice White if you want us to come,” he said.

■ IRS won’t let us fi le our income tax this year until Jan. 30, because the agency is retooling its computer. But the April 15 deadline to pay has not been extended.

■ How long must one

keep one’s tax documents? Three years unless you’ve committed fraud. Then it’s forever. There’s no statute of limitations on fraud.

■ The AARP group is backed by IRS which pro-vides professional software.

■ The free service is for those over age 60 with in-come less than $275,000 and no rental property or farm income.

■ Computers trigger 90 percent of IRS audits.

“For the most part, Con-gress just extended and made permanent the Bush tax cuts which would have expired at the end of 2012,” Wimberly said. “If you’re not working, not paying into Social Security, there was no change for you.”

The guys from LBMCThe story from Fountain

City was different as two high-powered CPAs talked about tax law changes for business owners.

The conference room at Virginia College was

packed. It was the biggest crowd yet for the Fountain City Business and Profes-sional Association.

“Thanks for coming,” I said to Ben Alexander after-wards. “If we were paying you for this advice, we could not afford it.”

“Sometimes I don’t think I can afford myself,” said Alexander, who specializes in trusts at Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain.

Fountain City BPA presi-dent Andrew Hartung is a CPA with LBMC, and he also spoke. The presenta-tion in full is available on the organization’s website at www.fountaincitybusiness.com.

Thanks to the speedy work of board member Daniel Monday, it’s already posted. And trust me, these guys say it better than any-thing I could write.

It was a good day in Heiskell and Fountain City, but perhaps a bit funnier at Heiskell.

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By Sherry WittA strong December

closed out the year for the lo-cal real estate and m o r t g a g e l e n d i n g m a r k e t s . D e c emb e r brought us 788 prop-

erty transfers, 81 more sales than occurred in November. It also bested the December 2011 totals by nearly 200 transfers.

The aggregate value of properties transferred this December was just over $200 million, surpassing November by some $55 mil-lion.

December was especially strong on the lending side, producing about $461 mil-lion in mortgage loans and refi nancing. That’s nearly $100 million past the mark set in November. For the calendar year, 2012 saw about $360 million more in mortgage lending than 2011.

The largest property transfers of the month in-volved commercial devel-opments. One was for the property on Hardin Valley

Road where Food City is lo-cated, which sold to White Realty and Service Corpo-ration for $7.25 million. The other was the former Rob-ert Shaw property at Fulton Bottoms. The future site of a large retail development known as University Com-mons sold for around $8.2 million.

In mortgage transactions, the largest was the fi nanc-ing for the University Com-mons, which came in at $50 million. Coming in second was a loan involving Wesley Park at Deane Hill Apart-ments for just under $23 million.

We are certainly hopeful that the trend set during the latter half of 2012 will contin-ue into 2013 and beyond, and that the housing market will move toward full recovery.

Those of us in the Reg-ister’s offi ce, as well as all of Knox County, lost some-one very special last week. Mary Lou Horner was a friend and mentor to many. Her tireless devotion to her community and compas-sion for people, both as a citizen and as a commis-sioner, was a true example of what a public servant should be. Mary Lou will be dearly missed by all.

Strong December powers 2012

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After weeks of prepara-tion, the 220-ton cyclotron proton accelerator ended an 8,000 mile journey that be-gan in Belgium and ended at Provision Center for Proton Therapy off Middlebrook Pike last week.

The machine arrived by barge at the Forks of the River Industrial Park and was brought by truck to Dowell Springs. TDOT co-ordinated the transport.

This is a signifi cant mile-stone, said Mary Lou Du-Bois, president of the cen-ter.

The cyclotron is at the heart of the equipment that will generate high-speed protons used to treat some

of the most diffi cult cancer patients.

“We are currently on track to treat patients by the fi rst quarter of 2014.”

The cyclotron, which ac-celerates the protons to two-thirds the speed of light be-fore they are formed into a treatment beam, is the core piece of equipment used in proton therapy, an alterna-tive to standard X-ray ra-diation for the treatment of cancer.

The center will be one of only 14 centers in the United States and the fi rst proton therapy center in Tennessee.

Info: www.provisionpro-ton.com or 684-2616.

Proton accelerator arrives

Count the tires (we guess 144) on the trailer that

hauled the cyclotron to its home at Provision

Center for Proton Therapy at Dowell Springs.

Dr. Terry Douglass, CEO of ProNova Solutions, and Mayor Mad-

eline Rogero chat with friends as they await the arrival of the

cyclotron, the core of what will soon be Tennessee’s most ad-

vanced radiation treatment center. Photos by Ruth White

“Nitemare” monster

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By Theresa EdwardsAndy Hoffman, owner

and driver of the monster truck “Nitemare,” visited the Advance Auto Parts at 5104 Clinton Highway prior to the Monster Jam event.

His 2006 Chevrolet is 12 feet wide with a 540 cubic foot motor, 1500 horsepower and weighs close to 10,000 pounds.

Hoffman builds his monster trucks from scratch and Nitemare is his third one. He has almost fi nished building a fourth one, a 1955 Chevrolet station wagon, which he may name “War Wagon.”

Hoffman is on an 11-week tour. “I like coming down to the South. The weather is pretty nice, especially this weekend,” he said. He is from colder country up in northern Indiana.

Recently Hoffman won a race, earning him points to help qualify to compete in the world fi nals in Las Vegas this March. That is his goal.

“I really love it. It’s a lot of fun. I’ve been doing this 20

years,” Hoffman said. “It’sa real adrenaline rush withthe noise, the power ... and Ienjoy seeing the kids.

“It brings a smile to mewhen the little kids comeup and are in awe at how bigthe truck is. When you startit, they really get excited.”

Heather Wilson broughther children Emily, Bradyand Blake to see Nitemareand meet the driver.

“It’s very cool!” Emilyexclaimed about her favoritemonster truck.

“We have probablyhundreds of toy monstertrucks at home,” Heathersaid.

“They take up the wholeliving room when we linethem up.”

“The Monster Jam isa nice family event,” saidDavid Hammock, AdvanceAuto Parts store manager.The store served free foodand refreshments to peoplewho came to see Nitemare.They also gave away $5off coupons to get the toymonster trucks for close tofree.

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THROUGH THURSDAY, FEB. 7

Foothills Craft Guild Exhibit and Sale, Fountain City Art Center; 213 Hotel Ave. Also showing: artwork by students from Karns area Knox County schools. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Info: fcartcenter@knology.net, 357.2787 or www.fountaincityartctr.com.

MONDAY, JAN. 14

Ebook Help Session, 4 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Fountain City Town Hall membership meeting, 7 p.m., the Church of the Good Shepherd, 5337 Jacksboro Pike. Topic: a discussion on Crime and Crime Prevention in Fountain City to address the growing issue of homeless and panhandling in and among Fountain City neighborhoods and businesses.

TUESDAY, JAN. 15

The Tennessee Truffl e Event cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

THURSDAY, JAN. 17

“State of the Schools Report and Address” by Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre, 6 p.m., Powell High School. The event is open to the public.

FRIDAY, JAN. 18

Art Escape!, 6-8:30 p.m., with Doris Prichard, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 14. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

FRIDAY TO MONDAY, JAN. 18-21

Red Cross’ Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Volunteers needed to distribute fi re safety info to neighborhoods throughout Knox County. Training available 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, and 8-9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike. Info: Lori Marsh, Lori.Marsh@redcross.org or 584-2999; Aida Reyes, Aida.Reyes@redcross.org or 584-2999; http://www.redcross.org/news/event/Red-Cross-joins-National-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Day-of-Service.

SATURDAY, JAN. 19

Comedy Night – Rhythm & Laughter, 7:30 p.m. at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Tickets: $10 at the door only. Info: 256-7428.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Becca Tedesco, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

New Play Festival: “Birds on the Bat” presented by the Tennessee Stage Company, noon, Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Laurie Fisher, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

“The role of Knoxville in the Civil War: What civilian life was like in a city of divided loyalties from 1861 to 1865, including the role of the Ramsey Family during that time,” a free presentation by the

Knoxville Civil War Roundtable, 2 p.m., the Historic Ramsey House Visitor Center. Info: 546-0745 or www.ramseyhouse.org.

Free glaucoma and vision screening, 8 a.m.-noon, Center for Sight, 7800 Conner Road. Info and appointment: 546-7140.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JAN. 19-20

Weaving a scarf class, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, with LouAnn Robinson, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Bring a lunch Saturday. Registration deadline: Jan. 14. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, JAN. 21

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Parade, 10 a.m. Info and application to participate: www.MLKKnoxville.org.

TUESDAY, JAN. 22

Global Open House, K-Town Sound Show Chorus, 6:30 p.m., Fountain City Presbyterian Church, 500 Hotel St. New members welcome. Chorus is a member of Sweet Adelines International. Info: Jo Ann, 483-8790 or 742-5537; email membership@ktownsound.org; http://www.ktownsound.org.

Pizza Pizzazz! cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23

Bits ‘n Pieces Quilt Guild meeting, Norris Community Center. Social time, 1 p.m.; meeting, 1:30 p.m. Guests and new members welcome. Info: Cyndi Herrmann, 278-7796, or email bnpquilt@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 26

Saturday Stories and Songs: Georgi Schmit, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: One World Circus, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

“Talk is Cheap” Tour to Tickle Funny Bones, 2 p.m. matinee and 7 p.m. show, Alumni Gym on the Maryville College Campus. Features Bill Landry, Sam Venable, Jim Claborn and Elizabeth Rose sharing their Appalachian tales. Special reception 6-7 p.m. All proceeds benefi t the Hearing and Speech Foundation Ticket info and reservations: 977-0981 or email Amanda@handsf.org.

TUESDAY, JAN. 29

La Technique: The French pastry class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

THURSDAY, JAN. 31

Leave No Trace Principles workshop, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Tea Room at Norris Dam State Park. Includes planning session for next Norris Lake cleanup. Lunch provided; seating is limited. RSVP by Friday, Jan. 25: info@yallcome.org or 1-800-524-3602.

SATURDAY, FEB. 2

Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www.overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Kindermusik, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Laurie Fisher, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Sale, Son Light Baptist Church, 6494 Son-Light Way. Proceeds will support Guatemala Mission Team. $15 per dozen: milk

chocolate, white chocolate or mixed chocolate. Pick up 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. Info/orders: Dororthy Myers, 659-5565, or Michelle Kitts, 387-8269.

TUESDAY, FEB. 5

Sushi 101, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

Public Roundtable Discussion, hosted by the Tennessee Human Rights Commission (THRC), 3-5 p.m., Beck Cultural Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave. Free event; RSVP required. Info or to register: 615-253-1608 or http://knoxvilleroundtablediscussionthrc.eventbrite.com/.

FRIDAY, FEB. 8

Union County Chamber of Commerce Banquet 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. 9

Saturday Stories and Songs: Laurie Fisher, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagan, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

“It’s a Daddy/Daughter Dance,” 2-4 p.m., Backstage Dance Company, 5548 Washington Pike. $20 per couple, $10 each additional daughter. All proceeds to the Relevé Competition Dance team. Info: karawilson702@comcast.net.

SATURDAY AND/OR SUNDAY, FEB. 9-10

Hot Chocolate and Cool Crafts, 2-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline Feb. 3. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, FEB. 12

Laissez le Bon Temps Rouler! cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

SATURDAY, FEB. 16

Free Folk Music Concert, 2 p.m., Union County Arts Co-Op, 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Featuring National Mountain Dulcimer champion and folk musician Sarah Morgan. Free admission.

Saturday Stories and Songs: One World Circus, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Miss Lynn Hickernell, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Tennessee’s Princess Party, a Father/Daughter Dance, 6 p.m., Jubilee Banquet Facility. Proceeds will benefi t Alzheimer’s Tennessee. Tickets available Jan. 21 at 1 Source Printing in Powell and Sweet Frog Premium Frozen Yogurt in Turkey Creek. Info: 938-3857.

FRIDAY, FEB. 22

6th Grade Regional Science Fair, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Tex Turner Arena, LMU campus in Harrogate. Features local county winners. Info: Terry Acuff, 423-626-4677.

SATURDAY, FEB. 23

Winter Tealight Workshop, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., with Shelley Mangold, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline Feb. 18. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Shannondale Elementary Foundation’s “Dancing in the Moonlight!” fundraiser, 6:30 p.m., Beaver Brook Country Club. Tickets: Janie Kaufman, 687-0272; Tracie Sanger, 405-4449; or Shannondale Elementary School offi ce, 689-1465.

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Fort Sanders Regional patients are ben-efi ting from an innovative approach to joint replacement surgery. While knee, hip and other joint replacement procedures have been performed for years at Fort Sanders, the hospital’s innovative Joint Center program offers a new way for pa-tients to prepare for and recuperate from those surgeries.

Doctors, nurses and physical thera-pists worked together to design a standard treatment plan for patients, in a newly re-modeled 13-room section of the hospital.

“Our No. 1 goal is to get you well and get you home,” says Joint Center manager Tricia Denny. “We have a unifi ed approach for all patients who come into the center, and we have had excellent results.”

The Fort Sanders Regional Joint Center primarily focuses on knee and hip replace-ments, although other joints can be treated as well. The standardized care combines

modern surgical techniques, patient education and a more intensive ther-apy program that gets patients mov-ing sooner and healing faster.

“Standardized means that every patient is getting a similar type of ap-proach to therapy,” says Joint Center Co-Director, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Brian Edkin.

“Each patient goes through a simi-lar protocol. The center offers a more aggressive approach to rehabilitation and advanced pain management.

Part of therapy is helping patients mobilize quicker and become more at ease with their daily activities.”

The process begins with a pre-operative educa-tion class, often led by the same nurses and thera-pists who will see the patient following surgery.

Those familiar faces be-fore and after surgery are a boost for patient success, explains Denny.

“We talk about the surgery, what to expect afterward, how to pre-vent complications,” says Denny. “Patients like knowing what to ex-pect. I tell them to bring their own clothes, be-cause we’re going to get you up and out of that hospital gown.”

The day after surgery patients are encouraged to get out of bed for breakfast and dress in their own clothing. Pa-tients undergo physical therapy both individu-

ally and in small groups with other patients. Just be-ing with others in the same situation is a motivation for success, according to Dr. Edkin.

“They can see how they’re doing in relation to their neighbor,” says Dr. Edkin. “They motivate each oth-er. If they see a nearby patient walk 100 feet, they say ‘Hey, I’m going to walk 100 feet!’ ”

From a staff standpoint, the program is also very popular because nurses and therapist get to know the patients and care a great deal about their success.

“We’re excited about it and enjoy working with pa-tients through the whole process,” says Denny. “By the morning of the second or third day, most patients are ready to go home. “It’s amazing how great they do,” smiles Denny.

For more information about the Joint Center at Fort Sanders Regional, call 865-541-1226

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Hip patient impressed with care at Fort Sanders Joint Center

Dorothy Parker was tired of liv-ing with hip pain. A degenerative hip condition and problems from a previous hip surgery had left Park-er immobile and in constant pain.

“I got to where I couldn’t walk and it hurt all the time,” explains the 61-year-old retired nurse.

When Parker’s physician rec-ommended that she seek help from orthopedic surgeon Dr. Brian Edkin of the Fort Sanders Joint Center, she was skeptical.

“I was scared to get my hip re-done, because my fi rst surgery at another hospital didn’t go well,” says Parker.

But Parker was quickly im-pressed with Dr. Edkin.

“Dr. Edkin is a miracle worker! He found the problem with my hip and carefully explained everything he would do to correct it,” says Parker.

Parker also read a hip surgery guidebook given to her by the Joint Center staff. “It helped me know what to expect,” she says.

Dr. Edkin performed hip re-placement surgery on Parker in November at Fort Sanders Re-gional. Parker says it was a very positive experience.

“I was so impressed with Dr. Edkin and the Fort Sanders Joint Center nurses.”

As a former nurse, Parker was

“Dr. Edkin is a miracle worker! He found the problem with my hip and carefully explained everything he would do to correct it.” – Dorothy Parker, hip replacement patient

Physicians, nurses and therapists use a team approach to guide

patients through surgery at the Fort Sanders Joint Center.

Parker is now recovering athome and is looking forward to be-ing completely mobile again.

“I’m very active and indepen-dent, so not being able to walk has been hard for me,” says Parker. “Ilove life and can’t wait to be out inthe garden this spring tending my fl owers again.”

Parker, whose children were both born at Fort Sanders Region-al decades ago, says Fort Sanders is “her hospital.” “I won’t go any-where else but Fort Sanders ever again,” she states.

For more information about the Joint Center at Fort Sanders

Regional, call 865-541-1226 or visit fsregional.com/jointcenter.

quick to notice how well the staff caring for her did their jobs.

“I come from the old school of nursing,” laughs Parker. “I saw the nurses at Fort Sanders come

in, always wash their hands and wear their gloves. From Sandra on nightshift, to Allison and Matt on day shift – they knew their stuff!”

Parker was also impressed with

how attentive the nurses were to her pain management and her spe-cial diabetic diet needs.

“Their attitudes were so caring – I’m just amazed at the care I got from Fort Sanders Joint Center.”

Joint Center offers team approach to joint replacementThe skinny on hip surgery

Hip replacements are among the most important medical ad-vancements of the last century, with some 193,000 total replace-ments every year in the United States, according to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Replacements are most com-monly done in patients over the age of 50, whose hips have been damaged from the cumulative effects of arthritis.

The hip is one of the body’s largest weight-bearing joints. It has two main parts: the ball (or head) at the top of the thigh and the socket (acetabulum) in the hip bone. In a healthy joint, the ball and socket are both coated in a smooth covering, called cartilage, and bathed in a small amount of fl uid. This enables the two parts of the hip to move freely. But over time, arthritis can wear away at the cartilage in a hip joint. As cartilage wears, the resulting bone-on-bone scraping is painful and can damage the underlying bone.

Surgical options for hip pain include: ■ Arthroscopy – A minimally-invasive procedure in which

loose cartilage or bone fragments are removed through very small incisions.

■ Osteotomy – For younger patients with early arthritis and hip dysplasia and an abnormally shallow hip socket, the bones of the hip and thigh bone are reshaped and realigned to decrease pres-sure in the joint. This may delay the need for future hip surgery for a decade or more.

■ Traditional hip replacement – Uses a 10- to 12-inch inci-sion on the side of the hip, the muscles are split open and the ball and socket of the hip are cut away. A new artifi cial prosthesis ball and socket, made of a combination of metal, ceramics and plastics, are attached to the bone, typically with special surgical cement. The muscles are reattached, and the surgical site closed. Recovery usu-ally takes at least two months, but most patients have a signifi cant improvement in quality of life and reduction of pain. For information about the orthopedic surgeons who practice at Fort

Sanders Regional, call 673-FORT (3678) or visit fsregional.com.

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boots and blankets. All items in the store are donated and proceeds

benefi t Horse Haven.

Presents

Jan 19th 7:30

Alex Stokes

Ventriloquist Wade Johnson and Willie Siegle

Magician Lance Johnson

Ron Daughtrey

Drew Morgan

Featuring

Tickets $10 each. Available at the door only. Snow date for show is Jan 26th.

For more information contact 865-256-7428

Johnson Swing Quartet

Space donated by

Powell Playhouse Inc.

Around each curve in ru-ral East Tennessee, it seems, there’s another barn simi-lar to the one on Tate Coley Road. Many have some char-acter left, even while seem-ing to fall in on themselves.

Over by the Cross-Eyed Cricket, off of Paw Paw Plains Road, is one such barn.

Mike Smith purchased the property with the barn just over four years ago. Smith retired this year as an environmental scien-tist for the Department of

Stacked fi eldstones support this barn,

a technique frequently used to cut

costs for a foundation. Photos by K. Woycik

The barn on Tate Coley Road after restoration

The barn at Paw Paw Plains

… near the Cross-Eyed Cricket

Energy in Oak Ridge. Al-though he didn’t have a specifi c need for the barn, he wanted to preserve it. He spent many long summer days and weekends working to restore it, fi nding it very therapeutic.

Smith grew up next door to the property where this barn was built. It was origi-nally owned by Frank and Mattie Comer. Frank Comer began building it in 1946 with help from surround-ing neighbors in the “barn raising” style. He used it to cure tobacco for more than 40 years.

The barn is “drive-thru style,” so wagons can be loaded indoors. This large 44 x 60 foot barn has a wood foundation supported only by fi eldstones. The use of fi eldstones was likely a cost saving measure since most barns built in the ’40s had masonry foundations.

The barn is positioned veryclose to the road, almostclose enough to touch as youdrive by.

The tobacco barn doesnot generally have a par-ticular design. When thetobacco industry was at itspeak, barns were found ev-erywhere crops were grown.The barns were an essentialpart of the air-curing pro-cess. Some are disappear-ing, but others are fi ndingnew uses. For some, they’rea place to dry garlic. Smithmay eventually use his as abackdrop for wedding pho-tos.

Thank you for the re-sponse from readers whoshared their own barn his-tory. We will feature thesein the upcoming weeks.Anyone wanting to sharethe age, history or story oftheir barn, contact me atwoycikK@ShopperNews-Now.com.

AARP driver safety classesFor registration info about these and

all other AARP driver safety classes, call Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

■ 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 16-

17, Cheyenne conference room, 964 Oak Ridge

Turnpike, Oak Ridge.

■ 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18,

Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Drive.

■ 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, O’Connor

Senior Center, 611 Winona Drive.

■ 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Jan. 24-25,

First Baptist Church of Seymour, 11621 Chap-

man Highway.

■ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, American Red

Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike.

■ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, Trinity Methodist

Church, 5613 Western Ave.

When Leila Lott had to give up horseback riding for medical reasons several years ago, she was heartbro-ken. “I’ve had horses since I was 12,” says Lott, owner/operator of Estate Solutions in South Knoxville. “I love the connection – working with them, bonding with them.” She thought those days were over.

Then she met Pistol Pete.He has an offi cial name

– it’s long and complicated and included in a registry somewhere, but “I can’t ever remember what it is. I just call him ‘Pistol Pete.’”

Pistol Pete is a miniature horse.

Bred from many sources including miniature po-nies and full-sized horses,

Leila Lott and Pistol Pete Photo by Kathy Kear

Small blessings

Carol Zinavage

Carol’sCritter Corner

mini horses are small ani-mals with big personalities. Though they have all the typical equine characteris-tics, they top out at about 38 inches tall. Lott says, “This is the perfect way to inter-act safely with a horse – I’m having the time of my life.”

Lott works with trainer Ricky Wardlaw, who owns

Cygnet Farm in Friends-ville and is passionate about the breed. He comes from a horsey family and grew up around horse shows, but he has concentrated on minis for about a dozen years.

“I chose them specifi -cally,” he says. “I love these horses. People assume they’re just cute little pets, but they are serious animals and should be treated with dignity.”

With 25 horses on his property, he coaches them and their owners – who come from all over the coun-try and range in age from 5 to 80 – to compete in catego-ries such as driving, jump-ing and obstacles. And he’s proud to point out that all of his clients have won national and/or world champion-ships.

Mini horses’ even temper-ament and natural sensitiv-ity make them ideal therapy animals suitable for work with nursing home residents and stroke victims. Wardlaw has had several physically-handicapped clients, includ-ing an amputee.

All of that is impressive to Leila Lott, but she mostly just wants to visit, train and love Pistol Pete.

“There’s something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man,” said Winston Churchill. Lott would undoubtedly add, “At any size!”Send any interesting animal stories to

news@ShopperNewsNow.com

Meet AnnieAnnie is a sweet and loving

seven-year-old Calico who

is available for adoption

at Young-Williams Animal

Center’s Division Street

location. Her adoption fee is

being sponsored through the

Furry Friends program. Hours

at the center are noon to 6

p.m. daily. See all of Young-

Williams’ adoptable animals

online at young-williams.org.

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Music Instruments 19812 STRING Takamine

acoustic guitar, elec. w/ tuner, case, exc. cond. $375. 865-607-5480

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with roll-top $2400. SEARS TREADMILL

shows pulse, hear-trate & miles, safety cord incl'd, pd $600, asking $275. 70-PC GERMAN CHINA SET w/extra bowls & platter $350. EM-BROIDERY/ SEW-ING MACHINE, pd $1700, will take $1200. Call 216-3429, lv msg with your number.

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4X8 POOL TABLE W/SLATE $700.

CURIO CABINET $125.

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MULTI-FAMILY IN-DOOR moving sale. Rain or shine! Jan 18, 19, 8:30-3:30 at 4309 Tobe Ln. Furn, HH items, crafts, women's & men's clothes, tools, much more! Enter thru back door.

Aircraft 230HANGER SPACE for rent at DKX,

Downtown Island Home Call 423-884-3986.

Motor Homes 2372006 Cross Country

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***Web ID# 191739***

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4 Wheel Drive 258

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***Web ID# 193460***

Sport Utility 261INFINITY QX56 2005,

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***Web ID# 190923***

Imports 262ACURA TL 2007, loaded,

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Sports 264CHEV CAMARO 2002,

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Excavating/Gradin g 326

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Seasoned 1-yr +. $70/rick delivered, Halls area. 659-5291

Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE in-

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Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER

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Handyman 335CARPENTRY,

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