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By Betty BeanWhat history major hasnt

longed for a scholarly work writ-ten by an author talented enough to bring the subject to life, or at least to make it interesting?

Knoxville native David Madden is the guy who can do it. Who else

could compose a riveting Second Gettysburg Ad-dress and assume the persona of Abraham Lincoln to deliver the reit-eration of Lincolns desire to celebrate the everyday sol-diers who did the

fi ghting and the dying?Madden, now retired from a

distinguished academic career and living in Black Mountain, N.C., returns here frequently and is proud to claim his heritage as a

mountain writer whose perspec-tive was molded by the East Ten-nessee of his childhood.

From the fi rst novel (The Beautiful Greed, published in 1961), I have felt totally appreciat-ed in my hometown, Madden told a lunchtime crowd that showed up at the East Tennessee History Center to fi nd out about his new book, The Tangled Web of the Civil War and Reconstruction, subtitled Readings and writings from a novelists perspective. Madden worked in references to his teenaged jobs as a radio DJ at WKGN and an usher at the Bijou Theatre (the inspiration for his most celebrated novel, Bijou).

His biography displays impres-sive literary and academic chops like his long tenure as Director of Creative Writing and Robert Penn Warren Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing at Louisiana

State University. Plus, hes the au-thor of seven novels and numerous collections of short stories, essays, plays and poetry and is the recipi-ent of many awards and prizes.

In the book he came here to talk about, Madden, the founding director of the United States Civil War Center, shows that hes a his-torian, too.

The title symbolizes Robert Penn Warrens All the Kings Men, which Madden consid-ers the greatest Civil War novel ever written, despite the fact that the book is set in Depression-era Louisiana and is about a charac-ter whos a dead ringer for Huey Long. Madden cited Warrens story-within-the-story about Cass Mastern, a Confederate soldier carrying a death wish fueled by guilt over betraying a friend, who learned that the world is like a spi-ders web:

And if you touch it however lightly, at any point, the vibration ripples to the remotest perimeter and the drowsy spider feels the tingle and is drowsy no more but springs out to fl ing the gossamer coils about you who have touched the web and then inject the black, numbing poison under your hide. It does not matter whether or not you meant to brush the web of things.

Your happy foot or your gay wing may have brushed it ever so lightly, but what happens always happens and there is the spider, bearded black and with his great faceted eyes glittering like mirrors in the sun, or like Gods eye, and the fangs dripping.

This, Madden said, is the per-fect metaphor for the Civil War (and its aftermath), the most im-portant, shameful and inevitable event in American history.

Madden

Madden brings Civil War home in new book

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Emily Ann Roberts makes top 12

By Nancy Anderson Hometown girl Emily Ann Rob-

erts stayed true to her East Ten-nessee roots during The Voice playoffs last Tuesday night, sing-ing her grandfathers favorite gos-

pel classic, In the Garden.It represents the type of artist

I want to be, said Roberts during a pre-show coaching session with mentor Blake Shelton, who said Roberts has the voice of an angel.

Shelton subsequently used his save to send Roberts through to the top 12 performers during Wednesday nights The Voice playoffs results show.

Her performance sent more

Karns High School choir and musical theater director Caryn Marlowe (center in red) cheers for Emily Ann Roberts at a watch party for The Voice held atWere Cooking in Karns Tuesday, Nov. 10.

than 120 neighbors, friends and fans into an earsplitting cheering frenzy at a watch party for Tues-day nights playoffs held at Were

Tates breaks(more) ground

By Sara BarrettThe weather was just right for

a fall groundbreaking Nov. 10 as students and faculty of Tates School, 9215 Bob Gray Road, lined the curb by the village area and pond. Armed with hard hats, they knew nothing about what was go-ing to happen.

At noon sharp, Tates School founder Joe Tate gave the signal on his bugle for his wife, Lou L. Tate, to drive a backhoe onto the scene. With multi-colored bal-loons fl oating in the breeze, the backhoe stopped next to a row of golden shovels.

Lou L. hopped out and grabbed the microphone, tempting the

Tates School founder Lou L. Tate drives a backhoe to the site of the groundbreaking as project superintendent Tony Bledsoe walks to the side. Photos by S. Barrett

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Roberts fans seem to span all ages. Pictured from left are Ry-ley Watkins, 9, Grace Schoenfelder, 7, Isabella Francisco, 8, andHannah Little, 10. Photo by Nancy Anderson

Cooking in Karns.Caryn Marlowe, choir

teacher and musical the-ater director at Karns High School, was visibly moved and seemed to beam with pride during Roberts per-formance.

I was just in tears. It was absolutely beautiful. She sings with heart, and

Im just so proud of her. Shedoes sing like an angel.

Its an incredible oppor-tunity for Emily Ann, andits something Ive neverseen happen with any of myother students, even thoughevery year I think theyre allfabulous and talented.

I we all believe shellmake it all the way!

Tates School fi rst graders Junayd Siddiqi, Lexi Holmes and Mia Quinn wait patiently in their hard hats for the big announce-ment. Photos by S. Barrett

Lefevres mark golden anniversaryJerry and Barbara Millsaps Lefevre hosted a dinner party for friends Oct. 30 at their Chest-nut Grove home to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. On display were Barbaras wedding dress, mother of the bride Hazel Millsaps suit and Barbaras going away dress/jacket, as well as their wedding photo album. Photo by Louis Mansur

Housing the truck

By Sherri Gardner HowellIf you passed by the Har-

din Valley fi re station re-cently, you might have had cause for concern.

The Knox County mayor, several county commission-ers and a host of fi refi ghters were pushing the new fi re truck backward, into the bay.

No worries. The group was honoring a fi refi ghter tradition that was born years ago out of necessity. Called housing the truck, the tradition stems from the 1800s when companies used horse-drawn equip-ment that could not be backed into the fi rehouse. The fi refi ghters needed to push the carriage back into the fi re hall for storage pur-poses because the horses were unable to do so.

The housing followed an early afternoon of celebra-tion that included grilled hot dogs, sweets, dedica-tion of the truck to God and community and a short his-tory lesson on the depart-ment and the new truck.

Karns Volunteer Fire De-partment Fire Chief Daron Long pointed with pride to the Hardin Valley name on the front of the truck. There is a lot of pride in the community, and we often get asked why our name says Karns when we serve four communities, said Long. The name goes back to the

Nothing is wrong with the new fi re trucks reverse. Pushing the truck into the bay is tradition when a new truck is dedicated called housing. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

founding of the department, when Karns High School was the only high school in the area. We are happy to be able to get the community name on the front of the

truck and the department name on the side.

The new pumper truck will carry 750 gallons of wa-ter and 30 gallons of foam, said fi refi ghter Jerry Brad-

I just like fi re trucks, explained 5-year-old Grace Price, here with her friend Cathryn Jardet, 14, when asked why she came to the dedication.

Karns Volunteer Fire Depart-ment Fire Chief Daron Long gives the history of the de-partment.

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COMMUNITY NOTES

Council of West Knox County Homeowners meets 7:15 p.m. each fi rst Tuesday, Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Info: cwkch.com.

District 6 Democrats will not meet in December, but the group will join in the Knox County Democratic Party holiday party and partici-pate in the Karns Christmas parade. Info: Mike Knapp, 696-8038, or Janice Spoone, 771-5920.

Karns Republican Club meets 7 p.m. each fi rst Tues-day at Karns Middle School library.

Karns Lions Club meets 6:30 p.m. each fi rst and third Mon-day, Karns Community Center, 7708 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: karnslionsclub.com.

Northwest Knox Business and Professional Association meets each third Thursday, Karns Community Center, 7708 Oak Ridge Highway. Meetings are 6 p.m. March, June, Sep-tember, December and noon the remaining months.

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Tennessee football is an appealing, addictive drug. In pursuit of happiness with the Volunteers, fans will spend freely and defy all odds. Some will go wherever the schedule takes them.

Up next is Columbia, Missouri. Challenging? Yes, but nothing like the fi rst two weekends of Septem-ber 1981. That little trip led to the most unlikely travel story in the history of Ten-nessee football.

Two really good guys, Tom Mattingly and Doug Jones, planned brief va-cations to match the UT schedule. Tom had been mid-state, promoting the upcoming Worlds Fair. Doug had been busy man-aging others money. Time

Long ride, two setbacks, 87-7 score

out, they said, to shoe-horn as much football fun as pos-sible into eight days.

Being precisionists, they had carefully scripted a trip to see Tennessee engage the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens and Southern Cal Trojans in Los Angeles.

It turned out to be a fi ne time to be somewhere else, anywhere else, but they stuck with the itinerary.

They saw Herschel Walk-er carry the ball 30 times

and gain 161 yards. Geor-gia romped, 44-0, the most lopsided victory for the red team in the long and hon-orable rivalry. Losing par-ticipants included Reggie White, Bill Bates, Anthony Hancock and James Berry.

The highlight of the game for us was when Mike Cofer blocked a punt and re-turned it for a TD, recalled Jones.

And just like the day had gone, we had lined up offside and the play was nullifi ed.

The travelers drove to Atlanta, to the Marriott near the airport. There they encountered the unfortu-nate New Orleans Saints, awaiting execution by the Falcons. Mattingly men-

tioned how ironic it was to see the worst college team and worst NFL team in the same day.

Jones and Mattingly fl ew to San Francisco (cost advantage) and decided to check out Berkeley and the Cal campus. The football team was strolling in for practice. It was open to the public. Of course the travel-ers observed.

Irony 2 was that the Golden Bears were begin-ning preparations for Geor-gia. An assistant coach was choosing a scout team. He couldnt fi nd anybody to play the role of Herschel.

The travelers made it to Los Angeles in plenty of time to explore the historic Coliseum. Historic it is, the

only facility in the world to play host to two Olympi-ads (X and XXIII), two Su-per Bowls (I and VII), one World Series (1959), a Papal mass and visits by three U.S. Presidents: John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan.

It is a big building. The Billy Graham Crusade set an attendance record of 134,254. The multitude got to hear George Beverly Shea sing How Great Thou Art.

All this preceded Marcus Allen running over, around and through the Volunteers 22 carries, 210 yards and three touchdowns, mostly in the fi rst half. After that, he rested.

Final score was 43-7. The Vols got a TD pass from Alan Cockrell to Randall Morris. Southern Cal got six touchdowns.

Mattingly was seriously concerned that Charger, Trojans mascot, might keel over during one of his side-line celebration sprints.

We so hoped Tennessee would not cause the death of that fi ne horse.

Homeward bound, the airport departure gate was next to an outbound crowd going to Pago Pago.

Mattingly could not resist.With proper planning,

we could have gone there.Said Jones: Looking

back on that trip of 34 years ago, 5,800 miles, two losses by a combined 87-7, I am reminded of that old line, Other than that, Mrs. Lin-coln, how was the play?

Columbia, Missouri? Less mileage. Tennessee might win. No Herschel. No horse.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

Rural/Metro has been scrutinized this year for late ambulance service, but a $3.5 million technology upgrade is yielding faster response times, better over-sight and predictions that make it more likely am-bulances will be available where theyre needed.

Several Knox County commissioners learned about the upgrades at a lunch and learn held at the Knox County Emergency Communications District last week.

The Intergraph CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) system went live on July 6. It allows for all agencies emergency medical service, fi re department and law enforcement to be on one system, so each agency can see all responding units, said R/M regional director Erin Downey.

Rural/Metro has seen tremendous improvement with the new system, said communication manager

Knox County Commissioners Dave Wright, Mike Brown, John Schoonmaker and Bob Thomas listen as Richard Holbert of Rural/Metro explains new software used by lead dispatcher Misty Stout.

Technology enhances Rural/Metro service

Richard Holbert. Less rep-etition yields quicker re-sponse times.

First Watch, Rural/Met-ros third party compliance software, pulls information from the CAD system. The online compliance utility was built to Knox County contract specifi cations, and is a collaboration between Rural/Metro and the Knox County Health Department (KCHD), Downey said.

Dr. Martha Buchanan, director of the KCHD, at-tended the lunch and learn. emergency response coordi-nator Larry Hutsell looks at R/M response times every day, she said.

Another new program,

Optima Live, uses historical data from the CAD system to predict when and where the next incident will take place. Tracking incidents based on the season, the time of day and the day of the week enables the software to rec-ommend where ambulances should be posted.

The data, viewed on a computer monitor, looks like a weather map, with areas that are most likely to require an emergency re-sponse showing up in color.

The longer we use it, the better its going to get, Hol-bert said.

The conversation turned to current challenges of ambulance service. People who use ambulances and emergency rooms for non-emergency medical care tie up ambulances and lead to backups at emergency rooms, which causes ambu-lances to be further delayed.

We have to go to any citizen who requests us, whether they need it or not,

said Downey. Sometimes it greatly overloads our sys-tem.

There is appropriate and inappropriate ambulance use in all demographics, Buchanan said.

Rural/Metro has 54 dedi-cated ambulances in Knox County for 80,000 annual medical responses. There is a shortage of qualifi ed staff for the ambulances, Holbert said.

Many medical person-nel move to quieter areas after being trained in Knox

County. The county is un-usual because paramedics and EMTs stay in the ambu-lance for their entire shift, which is 12-16 hours.

Last year, state law changed to require each am-bulance to be staffed by an advanced emergency medi-cal technician (AEMT) and a paramedic. Previously, EMTs could serve alongside paramedics.

The AEMT certifi ca-tion requires an additional semester of school, and community colleges arent

equipped to offer the train-ing yet, Downey said.

Commissioners got a peek at the new software as it was being used in the communications center. On one side of the room, 911 dispatchers took calls that were immediately forward-ed to appropriate agencies, located in the same room.

It was calm and quiet, which is typical when there are visitors, said Holbert.

Perhaps commissioners should visit more often.

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Among the few points of agreement among the par-ties involved in the fi ght over the $9 million contract for a new E911 emergency radio system are these:

The Knox County E911 center needs a new radio system. Cops prefer long-time provider Motorola. The evaluation committee and the independent radio consultant that was paid $40,000 to examine the process, dont. County pur-chasing chief Hugh Holt is an honest man.

Almost everything else is in dispute.

N e i t h e r Brad An-ders the board mem-ber whose pass vote last week threw the process into limbo for

the second time this year nor anyone else involved wants to criticize Holt, who has a reputation for doing things right.

Instead, Anders points at E911 director Bob Coker, whom he accuses of having conveyed a perception of favoring a sole source con-tract to Harris Corporation (the second place fi nisher was Tait Communications. Motorola fi nished last). An-ders is also critical of former board chair Nathan Roth-child, accusing him of taint-ing the process by suggesting that Harris should get the contract without bidding.

Last week, County Com-missioner Brad Anders was the only member of the trou-bled 911 Board to abstain on whether to hire Harris Corporation to implement a new multi-million dollar ra-dio system. No decision was made since it failed on a 5-5 tie vote. Had Anders voted for it, it would have passed.

One has to wonder what is really going on here. Both Mayors Rogero and Burchett backed the Harris decision. However, all citizen mem-bers of the Board plus Sher-iff Jones opposed it. Anders, whose day job is an offi cer of the Knoxville Police De-partment, did not support his chief, David Rausch, who voted for Harris.

Anders has not given a credible explanation on why he abstained. For a person who was chair of the Knox County Commission and openly expresses interest in following Tim Burchett as Knox County mayor, this was a huge mistake. Anders picks the most important vote 911 has had in years to run and hide on. Anders has failed to say what he favors if he is opposed to Harris.

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Anders, a county com-missioner and Knoxville Police Department lieuten-ant with aspirations for higher offi ce, said he bucked his boss, KPD Chief David Rausch, by not joining him in voting for Harris Corp. last week (passing has the same effect as a no vote).

Both Rausch and Knox-ville Fire Department Chief Stan Sharp had stood with Sheriff Jimmy J.J. Jones in supporting Motorola earlier this year, but last week they joined their boss, Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, in supporting the evaluation committees recommendation. County Mayor Tim Burchett also voted to accept the recom-mendation.

Anders cited a second reason not to have voted in favor of awarding the con-tract:

I dont think it was properly before us. It came back up because Mayor (Madeline) Rogero wanted it brought back, so theres a procedural problem as well as a perception prob-lem. There was a discussion about sole source, and voila! He (Coker) is grading scores and that company wins. Im not saying he did anything wrong. Im just saying the perceptions not good.

Coker said Anders is ex-aggerating the sole source conversation, which he said happened after Motorola started sounding warnings about the antiquated sys-tem in 1997. He described Rothschild as a business-man who wanted problems fi xed quickly and was unac-customed to the restrictions of government red tape. When Rothschild told him (the predecessor of) Harris Communications had made a good offer, Coker said he told him he couldnt accept it.

He said, Lets go ahead and buy it. When I told him it had to be bid out, he said, Thats nuts.

Coker said he called Holt to confi rm the rules for Rothchild, who backed off immediately.

Anders has brought this up before, Coker said. But theres really nothing more to it.

Holt confi rms Cokers ac-count.

If I didnt think it was an equitable business deal, I wouldnt have put my name to it, he said.

Is Holt frustrated?No, maam. I get paid ei-

ther way.Rogero and others want

the issue resolved ASAP and warn that the old sys-tem is no longer reliable, cit-ing problems with the cur-rent equipment including a smoking circuit board two weeks ago. When contacted for comment, Jones issued a statement saying that public

safety isnt being jeopar-dized by delays in replacing the old system:

Public safety radio com-munication is the lifeline to emergency responders in the fi eld. System redun-dancy, system integrity and system performance has (sic) not been left to chance by the Motorola and Knox team.

Supporters of the Har-ris Corporation have suspi-cions of their own. They are leery of three citizen board members whom Burchett appointed last October after having their names men-tioned to Law Director Bud Armstrong by Motorola lob-byist (and former chief of staff to former Mayor Mike Ragsdale) Mike Arms. The three Ken Knight, Rus-sell Frazier and Daron Long all voted no, knotting the tally at 5-5.

Armstrong said when Arms brought the names to him; he simply did what he always does.

I walk them down the hall and turn it over to the mayors offi ce. I do that all the time. If Cynthia Moxley (who lobbies for Harris) had come to me, Id have done it for her. Its very diffi cult to get people to serve on these boards, Armstrong said. If you come to me, I will give you access. Thats all Ive got.

He did have one ques-tion:

I wonder why Mayor Burchetts appointees dont vote with him.

Brad Anders

Anders hands Ashley issues

munication system fails or slips, lives are at risk. That is 911s mission to prevent this from happening. Anders failed the leadership test big time on this one. Whatever his views, he should vote them and not abstain.

Interestingly, Anders is seeking re-election to the commission in the March 1 Republican primary. He is being opposed by John Ash-ley, 36. He has handed Ash-ley an issue by his failure to lead at 911.

Another issue Anders faces is whether he will serve out a new 4-year term on the commission if nomi-nated in March and elected in August 2016. If Anders runs in 2018 for county mayor and were elected, he would have to resign his commission seat with two years left in the term.

The remaining members of the commission (not the

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voters) would decide who serves northwest Knox County for the following two years. Will Anders and Ash-ley both pledge to serve the full four years of the term they are seeking if elected?

Ashley is a long shot to defeat Anders, but Anders is surely creating some is-sues for Ashley to raise if he knows how to do it.

Ryan Haynes, state Republican chair who lives in Farragut, was in Knox-ville last week with a busy schedule. He appeared at a fundraiser for state Rep. Eddie Smith, a reception at former county mayor Mike Ragsdales home, and spoke to the Knoxville Civitan Club. Haynes is also mentioned as a possible mayoral candidate in 2018 to follow Burchett.

Greenway: Six months ago, the greenway from Buck Karnes Bridge to the naval station on Alcoa Highway was completed. It has taken that long to build the connection from the end of the green-way under the bridge up to the bridge. It is still a work in progress. We are only talking about 300 feet at most. It is not complicated.

It is still unclear when

it will for-mally open. While one could have biked or walked this g r e e n w a y for the past six months, the city was silent and

issued no news on its avail-ability despite it being built with tax dollars.

Lori Goerlich is the gre-enway coordinator. Many are very disappointed with her when it comes to action on greenways. Delay, post-ponement, excuses and pro-cess have been her watch-words. Despite being on the job for almost four years, she has little to show for it. Rogero, who calls herself a green mayor, runs the risk of becoming the red clay mayor if Goerlich contin-ues her snails pace.

It is a shame that so little is happening here. Rogero and Joe Walsh, director of parks, deserve better.

If Christi Branscom or David Brace were put in charge, something would happen within our lifetime. They are doers.

Lori Goerlich

In a world thats going increasingly paperless, Knox County Schools plans to spend $2 million this year to lease copy ma-chines.

The deal passed the school board without debate and, under a court-sanctioned agreement, Knox County Commission cannot question how the school board spends money specifi cally. So the commis-sion ratifi ed the contract Nov. 16.

Terry Hill, school board member, pointedly passed on the vote, leading to this exchange:

Terry I noticed you passed on the copy ma-chine vote and wondered if you have a minute to discuss it? Sandra

Probably better not this time! I wouldnt let you print what I had to say anyway. Terry

The bids for high speed printers were opened Oct. 7 by Knox County Purchas-ing. The bid stated: The best value means more than low cost. It includes the initial cost, service quality and other factors detailed herein.

Two evaluators rated the bids: Josh French, senior buyer for Knox County Pur-chasing, and Robin Lane, supervisor of business services with Knox County Schools.

Riso, the current vendor, was awarded the contract for options 1 and 2; Nova-Copy for option 3. Hugh Holt, director of purchasing for Knox County, said he thinks the school system will lease machines from both vendors depending on need.

Bob Thomas, assistant superintendent for admin-istrative services, told the school board Nov. 2, We went through county pur-chasing because we wanted to totally avoid anything that was not totally trans-parent. The schools spent $2.5 million this year and he hopes to save $500,000 with the contract.

The school system anticipates printing 60-70 million black and white and 20-30 million color copies annually and will lease approximately 150 print-ers. While the bid is for one year, the intent is a fi ve-year contract which can be renewed annually with prices adjusted by mutual consent at each renewal period.

The vendor will own and maintain the equipment, provide supplies including ink, and train a designated user at each location.

Bidders were asked to quote on fi ve options.

Riso Inc. currently holds the KCS contract.

Evaluation Criteria Cost 50 Points

Experience 20 Points To include number of years in business, local annual sales, years of manufacturer repre-sentation.Capabilities 20 PointsTo include number of local cer-tifi ed service technicians, num-ber of local service vehicles, monetary size of local parts inventory.References 10 Points

Riso works locally through Advanced Offi ce Systems, headed by Terry Kerbs with offi ces at 10645 Dutchtown Road, and has four certifi ed service technicians for its Kagaku printers.

The Massachusetts-based company bid only on options 1 and 2, stating its ComColor printers meet the specifi cations exactly. Lease prices per year were $4,549 for option 1 and $5,499 to $6,829 for option 2. No other vendor bid on these options, although NovaCopy offered side-by-side printers with the same footprint. Its offer was not allowed.

Two vendors went head-to-head on option 3, with NovaCopy edging out Thermocopy of Tennessee. The county did not award a contract for option 4 or 5.

NovaCopy, a Memphis-based corporation with a Knoxville location, offered Konica Minolta equipment with 65 service technicians in Tennessee and nine in Knoxville. Its bid was $1,140 per year. Nova was rated 50 points on price and 18 of 20 points for experience.

Thermocopy offered Ricoh machines with 19 factory-trained service technicians available. Its bid was $3,545 to $7,371. It was rated 43.7 of 50 points on price.

PMB offered Xerox equipment at prices from $1,429 to $3,598 per year for options 3-5, but was not included in the fi nal evalu-ation because it refused to accept county-required language on contract terms, Holt said.

County purchasing has changed from the days when bids were awarded for the lowest price unless some disqualifying factor caused the low bid to be tossed. That was transpar-ency. Holt says the current practice is designed to avoid shenanigans. Its not subjective. Its based on an algebraic algorithm.

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By Sandra ClarkU.S. Rep. John Duncan

Jr. spoke at a Veterans Day ceremony last week at Sher-rill Hills retirement com-munity in West Knoxville. Although Duncan lives nearby, he said it was his fi rst visit to the senior living facility.

Duncan served as a cap-tain in the U.S. Army and the Tennessee National Guard.

He praised resident Ger-ald Clark as a main orga-nizer who worked to get the Ben Atchley State Veterans Home built in West Knox County.

Duncan said we are blessed to live in the United States: The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. He said 58 percent of the worlds people live on $4 or less per day, while 60 per-cent of U.S. citizens need to lose weight.

When the background video played President Franklin D. Roosevelts ad-dress to Congress declaring war after the Japanese at-tack on Pearl Harbor, FDR was introduced by then-Speaker Sam Rayburn.

Duncan told those gath-ered that Rayburn was born in East Tennessee, moving

to Texas when he was 5. He served as House speaker for 17 years.

You would never see that happen today.

The most senior veter-ans at Sherrill Hills, Jim Allen and Hazel Adams, a WAVE in World War II, were awarded special pins by Dal Smith. He and his wife, Cassie, are resident manag-ers. There are 16 WWII vet-erans in residence at Sherrill Hills.

Surviving spouses of veterans who had lived at the facility were also recog-nized: Patsy Lane (husband, Bill); Betty Lucas (husband, Donald); and Juanita Ca-room (husband, Hiram).

The keynote speech was given by another Sherrill Hills resident, retired Col. Dean Schiller.

From Bunker Hill to Baghdad, there have always been brave men willing to defend freedom, he said.

Veterans make our com-munity better.

He urged support for vet-erans benefi ts.

Schiller, now almost 90, served in World War II, Ko-rea and Vietnam. He served 30 years before retiring from the U.S. Army.

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan (at right) introduces retired Army Col. Dean Schiller, a resident at Sher-rill Hills, who gave the keynote address at last weeks Veterans Day ceremony. Photo by S. Clark

Young Marines visit veteransJohn Simmons (seated), a U.S. Navy veteran who now lives at Morning Pointe of Powell, is visited by members of the Powell-area Young Marines, a group of middle- and high-school students who are preparing for careers in the military. Led by James Scott and other volunteers, the Young Marines serve local veterans in many capacities. Last week Cpl. Jones, First Sgt. Scott and LCpl. Joiner (standing) made a color guard presentation at Morning Pointe and sang The Star-Spangled Banner.

Deck the hallsMaple Court Senior Living residents and their families

are decorating their doors for Christmas, and the winners will take home great prizes.

Entries will be judged on resident door dcor. Points will be awarded on creativity, originality and overall ap-peal with bonus points for doors that include a memory from years past. Judging is 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, with a party to follow at 2 p.m. Prizes will be given for fi rst, sec-ond and third places.

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I glanced out our kitchen window the other morning and was sur-prised to see that most of the leaves had fallen. We had been away for a con-tinuing education event, and had arrived at home in darkness. The maple trees were almost com-pletely bare.

With one vibrant ex-ception.

There was one stub-born, determined, die-hard, faithful golden leaf clinging to the maple tree outside the kitchen window.

It was a rainy, dreary morning, so the bright spot of yellow against the green foliage behind it made the leaf even more brilliant and cheerful.

I thought immediately of the O. Henry short-short story The Last Leaf. (O. Henry was a pen name; his real name was William Sydney Porter.)

When I was in high school, some television network aired a version of the story. I have never for-gotten it. I commend the story to you, along with many other Porters writ-ings, especially The Gift

All their host shall wither like a leaf withering on a vine.

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I studied my stubborn golden leaf. It seemed like a gift of true gold, a tal-isman of brightness and warmth on a dark and gloomy day.

Occasionally I stop to ponder Gods gifts to us, large and small. Gods greatest gift, of course, was His Son, who became one of us, to show us how to live and to save us from our sins. But God also blesses us with golden maple trees, dark pines for contrast, purring kit-ty cats, rollicking Irish setters, faithful golden retrievers, dear friends, blue skies, glorious sun-sets, starry nights and precious family!

By Nancy AndersonThis year marks 30 years

of dedicated service and leadership for George Clark and his wife, Becky, at West Towne Christian Church.

Their journey together began 43 years ago as stu-dents at Johnson Bible College (now Johnson Uni-versity), an unlikely pair of polar opposites who found an enduring love through friendship.

George knew he was called to the ministry at the age of 15.

I always knew I wanted to be a minister. I believe there is a heaven. There is an eternity through salva-tion, and the most impor-tant thing is for everybody to get there. I want every-body to know God and get to heaven.

My favorite movie is Chariots of Fire, and in it Eric Liddell says, When I run, I feel Gods pleasure. Thats what I feel when I preach.

This is fulfi lling to me; when I preach, I feel Gods pleasure.

Becky, the daughter and granddaughter of ministers, said shed had enough of that

George and Becky Clark

Thirty years of Gods pleasure

life and was determined not to marry a minister.

I grew up preacher poor, and we moved around a lot, said Becky. I did not want to marry a minister, not at all. I had had enough of that. Being a preachers wife is hard work! But here we are

Still in love, interjected George.

Although last year was a hard year, he continues. I lost my best friend, Becky lost her mother, and I was se-riously hurt in a bike wreck near Melton Hill Lake.

I spent 11 days in trauma ICU and critical care at UT with a head injury, broken ribs, collapsed lung, and a bruise from my armpit to my knee. I had stitches and chest

tubes. It was pretty bad.But were here and were

strong.When the Clarks arrived

at West Towne Christian Church in 1985, it was a small church serving ap-proximately 100 people.

Three decades later, the campus is now 38,000 square feet with a play-ground, an industrial kitch-en, gym and new sanctuary.

The staff has grown from two to six, building a strong youth program, counseling services and an elders pro-gram for a congregation of nearly 400.

With a keen eye on the fi nancial bottom line, the Clarks managed the build-ing process themselves, hir-ing subcontractors for the labor.

This philosophy contin-ues today as the pair, along with the congregation, maintain the building and grounds themselves, sav-ing those funds for missions programs.

The Clarks said they plan to stay at West Towne Christian Church as long as theyre loved, but they hope to do missions work in Aus-tria when they retire.

By Carolyn EvansChances are the fi rst time

you heard of gleaning crops, it was in the story of Ruth in the Old Testament. The practice endures.

Jane Currin grew up gleaning with her church in southwest Virginia.

I grew up on a small farm, and my church used to glean apples to make apple butter, says the mis-sions director at Concord United Methodist Church. That was the main fund-raiser for local churches.

Now, many years later, shes gleaning apples again.

Equipped with 800 net bags that had been cut off a roll and tied by Vacation Bible School kids and se-

nior church members, 24 volunteers of all ages trav-eled to north Georgia re-cently to rescue apples that would otherwise have gone to waste.

The weather cooperated. It rained all around them, but not on them, giving them the four hours they needed to pick the few re-maining apples on the trees and gather up the many apples on the ground. The children, teens, adults and seniors worked alongside another volunteer group from Atlanta. When all was said and done, 3,248 pounds of apples had been salvaged at Mack Aarons or-chard in Elijay. The bagged apples were then delivered

to area ministries and food pantries.

Currin says this isnt the churchs fi rst foray into a food ministry. Theyve had crop drops since 2010, thanks to church member Mike Smith. Smith learned about the food rescue and distribution ministry of the Society of St. Andrew sev-eral years ago. The Meth-odist ministry is named for the apostle Andrew, who brought loaves and fi shes to Jesus. Smith contacted the ministry and arranged for the fi rst crop drop at the church. The result was 40,000 pounds of sweet potatoes dropped in the church parking lot and 200 volunteers of all denomi-

nations on hand to help bag them. The church has also had green bean drops, thanks to a company in Crossville.

We would love it if lo-cal farmers would allow us to come and glean, Smith said, adding that gleaning helps everybody. The farmer gets a tax credit, and people in need get fresh food. We waste a billion pounds of fresh produce in this coun-try a year. That would fi ll the University of Tennessee stadium from the fi eld to the top of the stands two times a day, 365 days a year, Smith said.

Smith and Currin say the orchard in Georgia deserves a lot of credit. Orchard own-

A group of volunteers from Concord United Methodist Church headed to Georgia last weekend to gather apples that would other-wise go to waste and passed them out to food pantries. Photo submitted

Apple gleaning Concord UMC group harvests the leftovers

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Community services

Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will serve a free traditional Thanksgiving dinner 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thurs-day, Nov. 26. The community is invited. Info: beaverridgeumc.org or 690-1060.

Special services First Farragut UMC, 12733

Kingston Pike, will host the Community Interfaith Thanks-giving Service, 6-7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22. Info: 966-8430 or cpowell@ff muc.org.

Music ministries of Christ Covenant Church in Farragut and Community Evangelistic Church in East Knoxville will join for three presentations of How Great Our Joy a Gospel Christmas! Presentations: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11-12, Christ Covenant Church, 12915 Kingston Pike; 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Community Evangelistic Church, 2650

Boyds Bridge Pike. Info: 525-1589 or cecchurch.org; 671-1885 or offi ce@christcov.org.

Second UMC, 1524 Western Ave., will host the 35th annual Christmas Handbell Concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. The Celebration Handbell choir and the Powell High Singers will present Glory to the Newborn King.

Westside Unitarian Univer-salist Church, 616 Fretz Road, holds meditation services 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth Wednesday. Includes quiet refl ection, simple music and readings. Info: west sideuuc.org.

Youth programs Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, hosts Morn-ing Breakfast and Afternoon Hang Out for youth each Tuesday. Breakfast and Bible study, 7:20 a.m.; Hang Out Time, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Info: 690-1060 or beaverridgeumc.org.

ers can be hesitant to allow volunteers in, fearing dam-age to the trees.

I feel like theres so much food waste in our country, and its more a dis-tribution problem than a lack of food, Currin said. If we can get into these fi elds

and salvage what would be waste, we have the opportu-nity to make a huge differ-ence in peoples lives. When you know that hundreds of pounds of produce are left in the fi eld, and the church can help its neighbors, why not?

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It was hard for anyone (including reporters) to keep a dry eye during last weeks programs honoring our veterans.

Many schools around Knox County held an appre-ciation ceremony of some sort. Students were encour-aged to invite neighbors, family and friends who have served our country. First-timers who attended with-out knowing what to expect will most likely bring pock-ets stuffed with Kleenex next year.

With all of the politics going on nowadays, I didnt know what to expect. I didnt expect a crowd. But this is a herd, said Ma-rine and Coast Guard vet Randy Clark, who attended the program at A.L. Lotts Elementary School with his granddaughter, fourth-grader Abigail Cade.

Guests were welcomed into the cafeteria where a light breakfast was served prior to the annual parade of veterans through the main hallway.

Students who didnt bring a guest to the program honored veterans by wav-ing small American fl ags on each side of the hallway as the parade made its way to the gymnasium. A patri-otic program was then held including a brief reading of the history of Veterans Day.

Although there were many touching moments through-out the morning at A.L. Lotts, seeing the emotion on the faces of the veterans as they walked through the hallway lined with students was un-forgettable. This Land Is Your Land played over the loudspeakers.

Bearden Elementary School held its annual pro-gram with the entire stu-dent body gathered in the gymnasium along with vet-erans invited by students. Each veterans name was read before they stood for applause.

This is the last year Navy veteran James White John-son will attend the pro-gram at BES. Three of his fi ve grandchildren have at-tended BES, and the last of those three will begin mid-dle school next fall. Johnson

welled up and couldnt talk when asked what the pro-gram has meant to him all these years.

BES students and siblings Talon, Kenadi and Tayce Drozdowski introduced everyone to their dad, Air Force member Stanley Dro-zdowski, who was stationed in Abu Dhabi. He Skyped in and his wife, Holly, held her iPad up so everyone could see Drozdowski wave from the screen.

Third-grade students at Northshore Elementary School participated in a musical performance on Thursday to honor veterans. A rehearsal performance was held earlier the same day in front of the rest of the student body. Patriotic pa-per plates and small Ameri-can fl ags were props.

Northshore Elementary School third-graders Parker Akins, Ava Hsieh, Drew Langley, Gracie Redmond and Banks Duncan are pumped to perform in the Veterans Day program.

Holly Drozdowski holds an iPad with her husband, Air Force member Stanley Drozdowski, visible on the screen via Skype. Their son, Talon, is a kindergartner at BES this year. Photo by S. Barrett

Marine and Coast Guard veter-an Randy Clark stands with his granddaughter, Abigail Cade.

BES fi fth-grader Jake Johnson welcomes his granddad, James John-son, to the annual vet-erans program.

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Steven Wilhelm, the Ken-neth and Blaire Mossman Professor in the Depart-

ment of Micro-biol-ogy, has received a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Founda-

tion to develop methods that could help scientists understand and stop massive algal blooms that destroy marine habitat along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. Wilhelms team includes Tim Sparer, Erik Zinser and Todd Reynolds, all UT associate professors of microbiology, and Willie Wilson, director of the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science in the United Kingdom.

Bryan Fitzgerald, now a senior forestry major at UT, was a mortar sergeant in

the U.S. Armys 101st Airborne Division featured in the docu-mentary movie The

Hornets Nest. The docu-mentary shadowed the soldiers during a danger-ous mission in one of Af-ghanistans most unstable valleys.

UT senior Hailey Myatt, along with Heather Krones,

Mary Duncan and Michaela Slamka, fellow mem-bers of the bar-bershop quartet

ClassRing, recently placed eighth in the world at the Sweet Adelines International Quartet Finals in Las Vegas. Hailey is a music education major.

Robert J. Norrell, Berna-dotte Schmitt Chair of Excel-

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John Orme, a College of Social Work professor, has

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Karns High School DECA members Kameron Guerra, Ben Clark, Patrick OBrien and Konner Rick-etts collect coats from fellow students to donate to Knox Area Rescue Ministries. Photos by S. Barrett

Karns High School se-nior Deandra Thomas has always enjoyed doing things for others.

30-page report explaining a coat drive she would hold at KHS. All items will be do-

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I chose the coat drive

Karns High School senior Deandra Thomas takes a break from sorting coats collected for her DECA project.

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My mom always told me, Youve been blessed, so try to be a blessing to others, said Deandra. She began helping local chari-ties through her church at a young age and now, as a high school student and DECA member, she saw an opportunity to make a dif-ference while incorporating it into her schoolwork.

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Hardin Valley Academy seniors Leslie Beechum, Dominique Rowe, Gabriel Powers, Kaleigh Wynne, (back) Linden Perkins, Tyler Thompson, Trevor Lloyd and Dylan Harris on signing day.

Amherst Elementary School kindergartners Paxton Cox, Tyson McFerrin, Sergio Quiroz Lagu-nas, Chelsea Myles and Shanika Fertinand celebrate with school mascot Sharky during the an-nual walkathon.

Amherst hosts annual walkathonStudents at Amherst Ele-

mentary School didnt have their special-areas classes last Friday. Instead, they walked, danced, skipped, hopped and jumped laps around the gymnasium to raise money for the PTA.

This is an annual event we have to promote exercise and movement, said PTA secretary Valerie Stanley. This is also our last fun-draiser until our carnival April 8.

Students could win daily and weekly prizes for the monetary donations they collected including having their picture taken with a favorite teacher, shark kites and water bottles.

The actual walkathon is for fun. Laps are not count-ed, and students participate during their special-areas class time so instruction time is not missed. Money raised will help purchase technology updates and

shade structures for the playground, which Stanley said the school desperately needs.

We also give money to teachers for their classroom materials, and by the time you do that for 47 teachers, it really adds up.

Amhersts next event will be a family dance 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11. The $1 ad-mission per person covers pizza and drinks. Info: Val-erie Stanley, 560-7001.

Athletes enjoy aspecial day at HVA

Senior athletes at Har-din Valley Academy con-vened in the auditorium Nov. 10 for a special sign-ing event. With family and friends present, eight of HVAs best committed to compete at their chosen college.

From the baseball team, Trevor Lloyd will play for Tusculum College, Dylan

Harris will play for Walters State Community College and Tyler Thompson will play at Austin Peay State University.

Gabriel Powers will play soccer at Marshall Univer-sity, and Dominique Rowe will play soccer for the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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After signing letters of commitment, students and their supporters moved into the cafeteria for lots of cake and photographs.

because I wanted to do something different. I work at KARM every second Sat-urday serving food, and I have known people who have frozen to death on the street from the cold. You never know if youll be in

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Each first-period class at KHS will compete against one another to see which one can donate the most coats for the drive.

The winning class will re-ceive bagels for breakfast.

Deandra hopes to con-tinue charitable work onceshe begins college next fall.She plans to become a ma-rine biologist and open herown aquarium.

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Each time I visit the Far-ragut town hall or post offi ce I feel a sense of pride when I see the Admiral Farra-gut Memorial Plaza with its commanding bronze statue of the famous admiral. That is because I remember the tireless work of the Farragut Museum Committee, and the personal efforts of Dr. Michael Karnitz who chaired the committee and led the project to completion.

This is the fi fth anniver-sary of the dedication cer-emony which included the participation of a high rank-ing admiral and other dig-nitaries from Washington, D.C. And for the hundreds of citizens who attended the dedication, there was a sense of civic pride in our community and a realiza-tion that patriotism, if not carried to the extreme, can be a unifying force in a frag-mented world.

Is history as an academic subject on the decline?

Malcolm Shell

If the project were being undertaken today, there is doubt that it would ever get beyond the planning stage. That is because history education, including iconic statues of heroes, has fallen on hard times. It is impos-sible to visit the National Mall in Washington, D.C. without standing in awe of the monuments and statues. My favorite is the Jefferson Memorial, perhaps because the late Malcolm Rice, a Concord resident, led the architectural design team that created it.

But these statues were created at a different time

in our history, and stand as monuments of the past when national recognition of those who gave their lives or performed heroic deeds was more a part of the American fabric. For example, one of the newest proposed memorials in our Capitol is to honor Dwight D. Eisenhower, former U.S. President and Supreme Al-lied Commander of all forc-es in Europe during World War II, whose strategic planning and leadership led to ultimate victory. But the effort to construct the me-morial has become a fi asco, and it is doubtful that it will ever be completed.

Another example is a study recently completed by a fi rm hired by the town of Farragut whose purpose was: To bring us up to date and prepare for the future. The study showed that there was little, if any, interest in

history by our citizens, and that the profi le of Admiral Farragut used as our brand-ing icon since the Towns inception in 1980, should be replaced by one that is more in keeping with our younger generations interests.

Historic monuments and statuary are not the only as-pects of history that no lon-ger seem to have relevance in our country. Indeed, the relevance of many muse-ums, especially small town museums, seems to be in question and may be forced to restructure to survive. That leads us to the ques-tion: How did we get to where we are regarding the teaching of history as an academic subject?

Several historians have spoken out of the issue of history education at both the secondary and college level. And one often cited concern is that the subject

is now offered as an elective rather than part of a core curriculum. As I recall, his-tory in high school was part of a required curriculum, and I can even remember having to memorize Lin-colns Gettysburg Address.

And at the university lev-el, freshmen students were encouraged to take His-tory of Western Civiliza-tion. However, today, there seems to be many more courses that attract student interest courses that they perceive to be more relevant to the present.

One of the problems is that the primary emphasis of traditional history educa-tion has been the memori-zation of events, dates and historical fi gures. And while these are important, there is far more to the study of his-tory than these traditional elements. The Greek philos-opher, Socrates, noted that:

Not to know what came be-fore you is to always remain a child. This suggests that some knowledge of history is necessary to become both an informed and valuable participant in civic affairs and our democratic form of government.

So, as the Farragut Me-morial Plaza celebrates its fi fth anniversary, perhaps the younger generation will observe it by realizing the sacrifi ces that those who came before them made to create the lifestyle they enjoy. And if this happens, history may again become a part of our culture where the past and present come together in a way that unifi es rather than fragments its cit-izenry. And historical monu-ments and institutions will be preserved and new ones added to commemorate the present time and preserve it for future generations.

Deanna Jones, National Multiple Sclerosis Society senior direc-tor of community engagement, with Kyle Roberts, Southeastregional manager of Purple Wine and Spirits

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Strength in numbersbreaking from the norm af-ter the recent fundraiser at The Stables at Hunter Valley Farm.

The National MS Society Fall Crush was a sold-out event and in its second year as a signature event for the support group that raises money for programs supported by the MS Soci-ety. Those programs have a wide range from emer-gency assistance fi nancially to scholarships for children with MS or with parents who have MS to educational programs.

Susan Wyatt, marketing manager at the University of Tennessee Medical Cen-ter, said the event appeals to those who care about MS research and education and is also a way to celebrate pa-

tients and caregivers who live with the disease. Dean-na Jones, National MS Soci-ety senior director of com-munity engagement, was thrilled with Fall Crush, which focuses on fi ne wines

and wine pairings. This is the second time weve had this event, and weve sold out, said Jones. Atten-dance is topping 175 people, and were ecstatic.

Dave Stinnett and his

wife, Cecilia, were on handto help and to celebrate.Dave had his own toast to Cecilia: An MS sur-vivor, said Dave. Heresto the strongest woman Iknow.

At the gala were two who live with the disease: Cecilia Stinnett, MS survivor and activist, with husband Dave Stinnett.

Neurologist Dr. Sibyl Wray tells the crowd about the im-portance of programs sup-ported by the MS Society. Pho-tos by Nancy Anderson

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By Betsy PickleGetting a role in The Hunger Games:

Mockingjay Part 2 had pluses and mi-nuses for Linds Edwards.

The pluses included being part of one of the biggest movies of the decade, hanging out with Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrel-son and Liam Hemsworth and meeting the singer Lorde when she visited the set. The minuses mostly had to do with waiting a year to fi nd out if he had the job and then keeping the great news a secret for another 15 months.

I signed all sorts of contracts that said I wouldnt talk about it, recalls Edwards, who felt safe to post the info on Facebook last week only after seeing his name and character Injured Career in the fi lms credits on the Internet Movie Database.

Hes several lines below Lawrence, Har-relson and Hemsworth, but he thinks peo-ple other than his friends will notice him on screen.

Im pretty certain Im going to have a pretty memorable part, says Edwards. I

havent seen it, but I know what was shot, and the scene is really intense.

Jennifer Lawrence is who I have all my interaction with, but Woody and Liam Hemsworth and pretty much the rest of the cast are there as well. Its pretty epic.

Mockingjay Part 2, which opens Thursday night, is the latest step in Edwards steadily building career. The 2003 Farragut High School graduate moved from Tampa to Knoxville with his family when he was 10. He discovered acting through church and lo-cal theater productions and segued natural-ly into short fi lms before making his feature debut in Brooks Benjamins Point of Fear.

His indie efforts led to a role in Get Low, starring Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Bill Murray. But it was his turn in AMCs The Walking Dead that endeared him to the masses.

Since then, hes been a guest star on sev-eral TV shows, including The Vampire Di-aries, Under the Dome and Nashville. He has a recurring role on the Sundance

Channels Rectify, and hes currently shooting a new series for NBC called Game of Silence in Virginia.

Hes shot two fi lms Josephine and Dear Coward on the Moon that are due out next year. And hes waiting to hear if hes landed a part on the AMC show Turn: Washingtons Spies.

Edwards starred with his wife, Ashley Shelton Edwards, in Paul Harrills feature-directing debut, Something, Anything, which premiered at 2014s Knoxville Film Festival. They keep Knoxville as their home base and travel to jobs.

For Mockingjay, Edwards spent about two weeks in Berlin. That was after he met with director Francis Lawrence in Atlanta and then waited and waited to learn if hed gotten the role.

They were trying to fi nd people all over the world, especially in Europe, to play the part because it would cost so much money to send me over there, he says. By the end of it all, they go, like, Theres nobody else

that can play this part. This guys gotta come. So that was awesome. Thats kind of a cool thing to think about: I beat the world out for this part in Hunger Games.

He fi nally got word a week before he needed to leave for Germany. Even then, he couldnt tell anyone he was headed to Ber-lin, only that he was shooting in Europe.

Edwards, who says movies are in my blood, is excited about every job.

Every time I go shoot a movie or TV show I feel like Im on vacation or that it is Christmas, he says. I love it so much, and I have so much fun making movies.

I cant say that its work. Its what I do to make money and make a living, but by no means do I feel too much pressure to call it work.

The only downside, he says, is the incon-sistency not knowing when the next job is coming. What keeps him on an even keel, he says, is Jesus. My faith is really impor-tant to me. Thats about the only thing that truly keeps me sane.

The Hunger GamesThe revolution continues as Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Law-rence, here with Elizabeth Banks as Effi e Trinket) takes on President Snow in the epic fi nale of the Hunger Games se-ries, Mockingjay Part 2. Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, Woody Harrelson, Julianne Moore, Jena Malone, Jeff rey Wright and the late Philip Seymour Hoff man also appear in director Francis Lawrences fi lm, which offi cially opens Thursday night. Today (Nov. 18) only, The Mockingjay Double Feature will play at Wynnsong (3:30 p.m.) Foothills (4 p.m.) and (at 4:40 p.m.) Riviera, Knoxville Center, Pinnacle (in-cluding IMAX) and Tinseltown.

By Carol ShaneThe end of the semester

is always an opportune time to catch the University of Tennessee School of Music at its busiest and thats good news for anyone who loves music. With a wide variety of concerts and events to choose from, classical mu-sic fans can indulge their particular passions and its all for free.

First and biggest is the UT Chamber Singers presenta-tion of Handels Messiah, Part the First, which is a more polished way of saying the Christmas section.

The Chamber Singers represent outstanding UT choral students. Theyve sung all over the world, and once a year they present a holiday concert as part of their community outreach. This year, theyll be appear-

ing with the UT Chamber Orchestra at Farragut Pres-byterian Church.

Dr. Angela Batey, UTs director of choral activities, says a careful examination of the oratorios text reveals some surprises. Though the story is a New Testament narrative, she says, the key elements are told not with New Testament texts, but with prophetic passages from the Old Testament.

Theres a reason the piece is so popular and so well-loved. Batey points out that a review of the works fi rst performance raved, The sublime, the grand, and the tender, adapted to the most elevated, majestic and moving words, conspired to transport and charm the ravished heart and ear, and the same is certainly true today.

Linds Edwards relaxes during a recent camping trip in Virginia. Photo submitted

Edwards shares Mockingjay secret hes in it

A musical Meanwhile, over in the piano department, some faculty members are very busy.

On the heels of Dr. Da-vid Northington, who pre-sented A Waltz Through the Life of Chopin two Sundays ago and will retire in 2016, pianists Fay Ad-ams and Edie Johnson will present a two-piano recital. Theyll be performing Wil-liam Bolcoms Recuerdos three Latin dances and Milhauds virtuosic Scara-mouche, as well as pieces by Mozart and Lutoslawski.

Indefatigable associate professor of collaborative piano Dr. Kevin Class, whos just wrapped up a weekend of conducting The Consul for UTs Opera Theatre pro-gram, which he also directs, will present a solo recital on Sunday, featuring pieces by Schumann, Chopin, Rach-maninoff and Ravel.

Viola professor Hillary Herndon is looking forward to hearing her students in their studio recital on Fri-day. Musicians spend so much time in the practice

room, alone, trying to im-prove their skills, that they often forget the end product is meant to be performed for an audience, she says.

These recitals are a valu-able learning experience for our students and a chance to showcase the wonderful work happening in the UT School of Music.

The same is true over in the cello stu-dio, where Dr. Wesley Bald-win will host his friend and colleague Ruth Bur-gess, the principal cellist of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Her recital on Saturday is pre-ceded by a master class. We are celebrating our connec-tion across the state of Ten-nessee with this visit, says Baldwin.

And professor of clarinet Dr. Victor Chavez will have his hands full celebrating the clarinet and saxophone during Single Reed Day on Saturday. We bring in

guest artists/teachers on that particular day to work with students in both one-on-one and group settings, he says. Vendors are here to display the latest clari-net and sax equip-ment as well. The week-

end will c u l m i nate in Clarinet Night recital on Sunday.

The UT Chamber Singers present Handels Messiah, Part the First at 3 p.m. this Sunday, Nov. 22, at Farragut Presbyterian Church, 209

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