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VOL. 51 NO. 53 A great community newspaper December 31, 2012

Vols used to play in bowl games

Just in case you might have forgotten, Marvin West offers some reminders of the days when UT’s football team used to play in bowl games.

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By Betty Bean There was a moment in August

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

It was produced by the Johnson Swingtet, a jazz/swing band that combines the gypsy jazz licks of Django Reinhardt with a shot of Bob Wills, a splash of blues and a finish of international influences to produce as complex and satisfying a brew as East Tennessee music lovers are likely to find in these parts.

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

And now she has. The Johnson Swingtet will help Powell Playhouse patrons kick off the New Year by performing in “Comedy Night – Rhythm and Laughter” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Powell Jubilee Banquet Center, 6700 Jubilee Center Way.

And what, exactly, is a swingtet?

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

“The name is just another way to leave the size of the group open,” he said. “It could consist of eight people, or it could be four

Gypsy jazz, Western swingcoming to Powell Playhouse

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people. It can vary depending on the occasion.”

He’s not entirely sure which version of the band will perform at Powell Playhouse, but Johnson (who plays rhythm guitar and sings) says he’s thinking about a four-piece group that could include cellist Andy Bryenton, who plays with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra; guitarist Kukuly Uriarte, an Argentinian who absorbed Latin influences during her early years and is adept at Reinhardt’s gypsy style; and harmonica player Jean Philippe Cypres, a Reinhardt-influenced Parisian (from

France, not West Tennessee) who has built a successful business as one of Knoxville’s leading commercial photographers.

Born in Alabama, Johnson is a Southerner who lived all over the country as a child and grew up appreciating music.

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

(It’s) roots music.“We draw from the best. We’re

all avid musicians and listeners.We don’t know where we’ll be inanother 5 years – it just keepsgrowing. We’re real dynamic, interms of membership.

“And danceable. We encouragethat.”

The Johnson Swingtet willbe part of a bill that will includeother musicians, stand-upcomics, a magician/illusionistand a ventriloquist. In case ofbad weather, the show will be onSaturday, Jan. 26.

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Meet Ted Hatfi eldOur year-ending Coffee

Break features a local favorite, Ted Hatfi eld.

Yes, he may have gotten here by way of his native Arkansas and a career in California, but given his local boosterism,

you’d swear Ted grew up here. Meet Ted over this week’s

Coffee Break.

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with Ted Hatfi eldOur year-ending Coffee Break features a Halls favor-

ite, Ted Hatfi eld. Yes, he may have gotten here by way of his native Ar-

kansas and a career in California, but Ted has more than earned his “Halls guy” moniker.

Ted graduated with honors from Hot Springs (Ark.) High School and joined the Army Reserves at age 17. He started in show business at age 11 as an usher at the Paramount Theatre in Hot Springs, advancing to district manager for ABC-Paramount Theatres.

Ted then joined MGM as an assistant exploitation manager, advancing to vice president of fi eld operations/ exhibitor relations. He moved to Sony Pictures in 1990 in the same capacity. He joined Regal Entertainment in 1998 as director of fi lm marketing. He is currently in charge of special projects (marketing division). His wife, Carla, formerly an executive assistant to the MGM mar-keting vice president, is now executive assistant to Knox County Trustee John Duncan III. Ted has six children.

He is a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, is a member of the public relations branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has received many industry honors and awards. An active board member of the Halls B&P, Ted was the 2009 Halls Man of the Year. He is an Eagle Scout and has maintained a lifelong pas-sion for Scouting.

Ted says he is a lifelong Republican, but strives to see both sides of any proposal. He is a member of the GOP State Executive Committee, and attended the 2012 Re-publican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., as a del-egate.

Oh, and by the way, yes, Ted is a member of the Hat-fi elds, as in the family that has been feuding for years with the McCoys.

“But remember,” he says, “when mentioned, the Hat-fi elds always get top billing.”

Get to know Ted over this week’s Coffee Break.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?“You will never see the likes of this again.” – Frank

Sinatra, “That’s Entertainment” and “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” – Clark Gable, “Gone with the Wind.”

What are you guilty of?(Eating) ice cream, mostly low calorie, nonfat.

What are you reading currently?Any Civil War book focused on Tennessee or Arkansas

What was your most embarrassing moment? Cary Grant falling in a restaurant pool in Cannes,

Johnny Weismuller giving his Tarzan yell and scar-ing everyone in the middle of the Atlantic or trying to speak Portuguese in Brazil setting up a tour for Gene Kelly. (But Ted says he also has good, non-embarrassing memories of setting up screenings for President Ronald Reagan at MGM and eating homemade cookies baked by Nancy Reagan.)

What are the top three things on your bucket list? Visit Cuba; Alaska and Canada’s Yukon, Northwest

Territories and Nunavot; and Scandanavia and Russia.

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

Dependable

What is your passion? Hockey. We are season ticket holders for the Knox-

ville Ice Bears. All fi ve sons played hockey for the Marina Cities Junior League. Two played for UCLA. I guest coached one game for the Lethbridge, Alberta Hurricanes.

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

Robert E. Lee and Ronald Reagan.

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

Al Brenia, the manager of the Paramount in Hot Springs

I still can’t quite get the hang of …  Computers. I still type with one fi nger.

What is the best present you ever received in a box?My Chihuahua, Princess, from the Animal Center for

a birthday present. Stayed in the box 30 seconds.

What is your social media of choice? I still haven’t got the hang of Facebook or Twitter. I

can’t even text on my phone.

What is the worst job you have ever had?I have never had one. I have loved working in theaters.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?

I didn’t watch much television, as the closest stations were Memphis. Remember those rooftop antennas?

What irritates you?People who talk on the phone more than fi ve minutes

What’s one place in Halls or Fountain City everyone should visit?

Beaver Brook Country Club, Litton’s and the Cream-ery. Support local merchants and businesses

What is your greatest fear? Fire, water, air, i.e. drowning or parachuting.

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State of the SchoolsKnox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre

will deliver his second annual State of the Schools

report and address 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, at Powell

High School, 2136 W. Emory Road. The event is open to

the public. It will be streamed live at www.knoxschools.

org and broadcast on WKCS-FM 91.1 radio.

McIntyre highlights

schools’ success, future goals

By Jake Mabe 2012 has been, by and

large, a good year for Knox County Schools.

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

Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre says the numbers are the result of “a lot of in-tensive hard work by a lot of people over an extended period of time.”

He says he is particu-larly pleased that the ACT composite scores have in-creased along with gradu-ation rates.

“That speaks volumes. The rigor is still there. Stu-dents are graduating with a meaningful diploma.”

He says that’s doubly important in a struggling economy. Unemploy-ment is hovering nation-ally around 7.7 percent, but McIntyre said that number jumps to 12.2 percent for those who do not have a high school diploma.

Looking back, looking ahead

Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre outlines his priorities for 2013 during a

recent interview. Photo by Ruth White

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

But as he looks to the New Year and beyond, McIntyre reiterates some-thing he said during his first week on the job: keep-ing a sense of urgency.

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

McIntyre says he wants the school system’s budget for fiscal year 2014 to be

reflective of its strategic plan, specifically in three primary areas.

The first is what Mc-Intyre calls “critical edu-cational initiatives.” He says he wants to continue investments made this year through an additional $7 million allocated to the school budget by County Commission, which was earmarked for early lit-eracy initiatives, teacher support, professional de-velopment, interventions and magnet schools.

“I believe they are hav-ing a positive impact.”

The second area is en-suring a competitive com-pensation structure for educators, “building a pro-posal, both in base salary and a strategic compen-sation component. We’re making progress in con-tinuing, creating and en-hancing strategic compen-sation.”

The third area is en-hancing personalized learning for students with the support of technology. McIntyre has long said that technology is a tool teachers can use “to sup-port creative, innovative

instruction and differenti-ate and support students who are struggling or who need to be challenged.”

He says technology can also be used as a manage-ment system, “to allow teachers to provide educa-tional activities and track where students are more quickly.”

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

McIntyre says the school system is in the fourth year of the five-year strategic plan, “Excellence for All Children,” that he crafted and the school board ad-opted in 2009. He says he wants to hear from every-one – students, teachers,

parents, community mem-bers, – as the next five year plan is developed and has already begun holding community forums seek-ing input. An integral part, he says, is “communicating with and hearing feedback from teachers, listening and responding to their needs.”

He notes that the new TEAM evaluation model created “a lot of uncer-tainty and anxiety” when it was implemented last year, but says his sense is that teachers are more comfort-able with it this year.

“One, they’ve expe-rienced it. Two, they’ve found it to be a productive way to improve” and that it isn’t designed to be puni-tive. “And they saw really good outcomes in student achievement.”

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

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

Shirley’s Cookbook

By Bonnie PetersShirley McMurtrie is at it

again. She’s quilted cov-erlets for the homebound and nurs-ing homes, m a d e Chr ist mas goodies for lots of peo-ple, cracked

and canned gallons of wal-nuts and righted anything else she can get her hands on.

This time it is a new cook-book featuring her country cooking – Michigan-style recipes, many of which she learned as a very young girl.

Shirley is a transplant, not born in Union County, and we like her.

I met her many years ago at ChocolateFest, a Valen-tine’s Day celebration and fundraiser at the Masonic lodge in Maynardville. Shir-ley had brought lots of choco-late candy. Was it ever good!

Shirley grew up on a farm in northern Michigan where her dad worked as a tenant farmer. Shirley’s mother was born in Hungary and was not accustomed to Ameri-can-style cooking. Shirley says she’s loved to cook since she was probably 6 or 7 and pitched in to help her mom at a very early age.

Now in her eighties, Shir-ley had long had a goal to publish her recipes. That goal was recently accomplished with her cookbook called “Shirley’s Favorite Recipes 1936-2012.” Most of the reci-pes are Shirley’s own, but she has included a few spe-cial ones she collected from friends and family. Some of her dishes have very inter-esting titles, such as “Goat Sausage,” “Long Johns” and “Scorched Gravy.”

Northern Michigan is the home of what we know as “Great Northern Beans” and many other varieties of beans. The cookbook is sprinkled with many good bean dish recipes. There are also lots of Shirley’s recipes that are so popular today.

A member of Revival Vision Church of God on Durham Drive in Maynard-ville, Shirley prepares the Wednesday evening suppers. The congregants obviously like her cooking. She says the crowd is holding and grow-

Shirley’s favorite recipesing. In addition to achieving a goal, Shirley is supporting the church’s mission by do-nating the proceeds from the sale of the cookbook to the church’s building fund.

Shirley as well as her daughter, Anne, have homes near Hickory Star. The cook-books sell for $10 and can be purchased at Okie’s Pharma-cy in Maynardville or by call-ing Shirley at 992-1624.

Here are a couple of easy favorites from the cookbook:

Sweet Tea1 qt. water

1 or 2 family size black tea bags

1 cup granulated sugar

1 qt. cold water

In a medium saucepan over high heat, bring 1 quart of water to a boil. Add fami-ly-size black tea bag(s) and cover. Steep 5 minutes. Re-move tea bags and discard. Add 1 cup sugar. Stir until dissolved. Add 1 quart cold water. Cool to room tempera-ture. Add desired amount of ice cubes to two-quart pitcher. Add prepared tea and serve. Note: 6 to 9 regu-lar size tea bags can be used instead of family-size ones. This recipe came from Shir-ley’s friend, Opal Maples.

Flaky Double Crust Pastry3 cups all purpose fl our

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup shortening

3/4 cup half and half cream

Combine fl our and salt in a bowl. Cut in shortening un-til like coarse meal. Sprinkle

McMurtrie

half and half evenly on sur-face of fl our mixture. Stir lightly with a fork until all ingredients are moistened. Shape dough into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill 1 hour.

Cut dough in half. Roll each piece on fl oured sur-face to 1/8 inch thickness. Makes enough for one dou-ble-crust, 9-inch pie. Place pastry scraps in another pie pan. Combine 1/4 cup white sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cin-namon. Sprinkle over pastry scraps. Bake next to pie until browned.

Shirley says, “I had to do this when my kids were growing up. Hey, I still do.”

Note: We have learned that I misspelled Nicley in the Carter Nicley story (using an “S” instead of a “C”). We apologize for this error.

Ok, I admit it ... I love barns. I’m intrigued with their history, age, what se-crets they hold, who con-structed them and for what purpose they served.

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

Barnyard TalesKathryn Woycik

The prairie barn

give historic reminders of the past.

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

Their long roofs often reach close to the ground,

giving them their trademarkshape. These barns were builtduring the 1800s. In the lat-ter 19th century, the prairiebarn took on the gambrelstyle roof which allowed formore space, making themlarger than other types ofbarns.

Those wanting to sharethe age, history or story ofa barn can email woycikk@shoppernewsnow.com.

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

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

Betty Bean

Nick Pavlis: hardest-working guy in city government

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New direction for city boards

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winners and losers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Looking ahead to 2013:National winner:

Obama again, continuing to confound the fragmented Congressional GOP.

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

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

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

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

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

Also looking aheadWe invited Mayors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rogero

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PULL UP A CHAIR … | Jake Mabe

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

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

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

with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Photo submitted

Cancer free for Christmas

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

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

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

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

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

“I never thought for

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

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

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PELLISSIPPI NOTES ■ Students Delonda Anderson, English;

Lindsay Delay, Paralegal Studies; and

Scottie Wood, Nursing, have received

scholarships totaling $2,500. The scholar-

ships were awarded on behalf of the

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have a 4.0 grade point average.

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Second, restricting your water intake promotes fat deposits. Since your body uses water, as the major component of blood, to transport nutrients and wastes, a lack of it can

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Marvin West

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

Apparently everyone who

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

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

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

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

(Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)

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

(Ivy Baker Priest)

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

I hope you have made

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

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

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

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

Vols once played in bowl games

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

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

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

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

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

Many Vols were listening. A Lauricella pass and Lauri-

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

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

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

■ 1986 Sugar Bowl, a

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

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

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

holding the trophy, the crys-tal football, high above his head.

■ Tennessee, 25 victo-ries, 24 losses, is tied for third with Nebraska in total bowl appearances, behind Alabama and Texas, ahead of Southern Cal, Georgia, Oklahoma, Penn State, Ohio State, LSU and Michigan.

All bowl talk is not an-cient history. And the little ones count. Citrus Bowl wins over Big 10 teams were happy times. The 2005 Cotton Bowl romp over Texas A&M was a treasure. The 2008 Outback win over Wisconsin is more important than I thought at the time.

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

His address is westwest6@netzero.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Knox prepares for winter roadsKnox County Engineer-

ing and Public Works is preparing its f leet for cold-er days ahead.

Last year, the county be-gan installing brine tanks to be used together with regu-lar granulated salt on major roadways and trouble spots

during the winter. The new brine system includes three 1,600-gallon tanks mount-ed on tandem-axle dump trucks and seven 1,000-gal-lon tanks used with single-axle dump trucks.

Salt brine is a liquid mixture of salt and water

that is applied to roadways to stop snow from sticking to pavements. Currently, Knox County has 20,000 gallons of liquid brine and 3,000 tons of granulated salt prepped and ready for use. An additional 2,000 gallons of calcium chloride, which is used to maintain the effectiveness

of both liquid and granular material in extremely cold temperatures, is also on hand if needed.

In addition to cutting down on salt consumption, brine application has envi-ronmental advantages, too. Less salt on the side of the road means a smaller amount will go down storm drains

and into adjacent waterways.During winter storms,

residents should stay off the roads whenever pos-sible until crews have cleared the snow. Workers will start clearing main thoroughfares and known problem areas first, and then move on to complaints and secondary roads.

Depending on the sever-ity of the weather, Knox County has a f leet of dump trucks equipped with snow plows, salt spreaders and brine tanks ready for dis-patch. The county also has a dozen four-wheel-drive trucks equipped with smaller snow plows for use on more narrow roads.

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Candelight at Powell Presbyterian

By Theresa EdwardsPowell Presbyterian

Church celebrated Christmas Eve in a Charlie Brown fashion with a candlelight service and a play reminding everyone of the true meaning of the holiday, quoting Scriptures of the nativity.

“Charlie Brown was so depressed because everyone

was so commercial. Lucy wanted real estate. Charlie Brown’s sister wanted cold hard cash in 10s and 20s and all the kids wanted a fancy aluminum tree for their Christmas play,” said Pastor Jonathan Warren.

“Maybe that’s why we’re here tonight,” he said. “Maybe we need a break from those

endless commercials, the pile of presents ... because all of that is insignifi cant without hearing of the birth of the Savior. We need a reminder of the Christmas story.

“Christmas is and always has been about love, and I’m glad I get to celebrate Christmas with you all here tonight.”

Christmas eve at Powell Presbyterian

The congregation sings “Angels We Have Heard on High.”

Pastor Jonathan Warren breaks the bread to celebrate the

Lord’s Supper.

Riley, Sue and Daniel Sain

describe the meaning of the

candles surrounding the

Christ candle representing

peace, love, joy and hope ...

the attributes that surround

Christmas.

Ericka Sain lights the

candles around the “Christ

candle.”Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

The children’s choir performs on video in “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Singers are James

Miracle, Erika Sain, Harley Williams, Alex Branham, Haley Williams, Hannah Warren and

Matthew Branham.

Food banks ■ Cross Roads Presbyterian

hosts the Halls Welfare Minis-

try food pantry 6-8 p.m. each

second Tuesday and 9-11

a.m. each fourth Saturday.

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

distributes free food 10 a.m.-

1 p.m. each third Saturday.

Info: 566-1265.

■ New Hope Baptist Church Food Pantry distributes

food boxes 5-6:30 p.m.

each third Thursday. Info:

688-5330.

■ Bookwalter UMC off ers

One Harvest Food Ministries

WORSHIP NOTESto 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, is accepting appoint-

ments for the John 5 Food

Pantry. Call 938-2611 or leave

a message; your call will be

returned.

Special services ■ Fountain City Presbyterian

Church, 500 Hotel Road, will

change worship services

schedule for Sunday, Jan.

6. The 8:55 a.m. and 11 a.m.

worship services will be

combined into one service at

10 a.m.

■ Knoxville Fellowship Lun-cheon meets at noon each

Tuesday at Golden Corral.

Info: www.kfl -luncheon.com.

Ruth I. Wheeler of Pow-ell passed away Dec. 22. Interment was Thursday at

Bookwalter Cemetery.Mrs. Wheeler was a sixth

degree black belt, having worked with her husband, the late Allen Wheeler, at Wheeler’s Karate for many years.

When Chuck Reynolds became owner and chief instructor at Wheeler’s, he posted a sign by the door (pictured at left) honoring Mrs. Wheeler.

Ruth Wheeler, 89, was a member of First Baptist

Church of Powell. She was inter-ested in crafts, vis-iting with her friends, and loved to cook for her family.

S h e was preceded in death by husband, Allen Wheeler; daughter, June Harrison; son, Ben Wheeler; parents,

Ruth Wheeler passes at 89 Emerson and Anna Hunter; and seven siblings.

Survivors include daugh-ter, Carolyn Vineyard and husband, Steven, of Knox-ville; son, Neil Wheeler and wife, Jane, of Etowah, Tenn.; 10 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Edna Hunter

and Gladys Hunter; nu-merous nieces and neph-ews; special friends, Jamie Schmid and Chuck Reyn-olds; as well as many other friends and loved ones.

Mynatt Funeral Home handled arrangements for the family.

Ruth Wheeler

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

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

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

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

The beginningAfter graduating from Carter High

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

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

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

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

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

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

Melissa Ogden confers with Rick

Grubb about student rezoning.

Dr. Rick Grubb heads transportation and

enrollment for Knox County Schools.

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

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

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

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

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

The teamGrubb says he’s no better than his

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

He looks to three guys to make the operation run.

Jeff Graves is the transportation lead supervisor.

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

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

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

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

The job“Rick Grubb deserves a medal,”

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

rum on rezoning west area elementary schools.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The futureContractors need more money,

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

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

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

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be “the Chamber’s guy,” stood for election as com-mission chair, the commis-sion rebuffed him.

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

ham is set to chair the board. Here are the Chamber’s

goals for 2013, as crafted by three vice presidents:

business

Sandra Clark

Knox Chamber looks ahead

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

The Chamber took the lead in promoting an ag-gressive budget for Knox County Schools, a budget that met an ice wall of op-

■ InnovationValley 2.0 By Doug Lawyer, vice president Economic

Development2013 marks the year that

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

recession.Many communities with

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

■ Promote our region’s sustainability efforts.

Mike Edwards

Mark Field

Doug Lawyer

Jennifer Evans

By Pam FanslerI’m proud to be a member

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tennessee Bank’s East Tennessee region.

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■ iKnowKnoxville.comBy Mark Field, senior vice

president MembershipThe Chamber will be-

gin 2013 by continuing to push business resources and programs you can’t find anywhere else. The Chamber will do this by expanding its online pres-ence and inf luence.

The Chamber’s online business directory iKnow-

Knoxville.com continues showing strong growth in its first full year online, drawing nearly 160,000 page views to Chamber member promo pages. The site also received praise from the American Cham-ber of Commerce Execu-tives, earning Silver ACE Award honors at the Au-gust convention.

Chamber staff members have worked to maximize

position from Mayor Tim Burchett and Knox County Commission.

Some want the Chamber to focus solely on “economic development,” but it’s hard to attract national compa-nies to a state where funding for education hovers in the nation’s lowest fi ve percent.

When the Chamber locat-ed and bought a large tract for a business park at Mid-way Road and I-40, County Commission refused to rezone it. When Burchett slashed the county’s fund-ing, County Commission barely restored it. And when Brad Anders, perceived to

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

& EducationNationwide, two-thirds

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

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

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

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

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

on experiences to students

in high school will engage

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

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

Alvin Nance, executive director and CEO of Knox-ville’s Community Develop-ment Corporation, has been re-elected to a second term as an independent director

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Alvin Nance re-elected to federal Home Loan Bank Board

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

i K nowK nox v i l le .c om wasn’t the only place the Chamber improved its web presence – a totally rede-signed and reformatted KnoxvilleChamber.com is also a focus for 2013.

Partnered with Bluegill Creative, Chamber staff worked diligently to mod-ernize the site while also adding resources and tools for members. With built-in social media connec-tions and a distinct section where member businesses can share their news, the new website is cleaner,

easier to use and makes the site’s most popular fea-tures more accessible.

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

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

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

These efforts fall directly in line with the Chamber’s 2013 desire to set an exam-ple to our member organiza-tions of how the utilization of technology and the Inter-net can improve both com-munication and the overall customer experience.

on the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati’s board of directors. The four-year term begins Jan. 1, 2013.

Nance was fi rst elected to the board in 2009 and previ-ously served on the Advisory Council, which advises the board on housing matters.

KCDC is the public hous-ing and redevelopment agen-cy for Knoxville and Knox County. It operates more than 3,600 units of afford-able housing and administers 4,000 Section 8 vouchers.

A former commercial banker, Nance has served many business, civic and ser-vice organizations, including board membership on the Tennessee Housing Devel-opment Agency, United Way of Greater Knoxville, First Tennessee Bank, Covenant Health, Fannie Mae Advisory Board, Boy Scouts of Amer-ica Great Smoky Mountain Council, Knoxville Habitat for Humanity, Maryville Col-lege and the YMCA of East Tennessee.

He earned a bachelor’s de-gree from Maryville College.

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

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

New Year’s Eve Celebration, 10 p.m., World for Christ Church, 4611 Central Ave Pike. Dancing, food and fun.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2New session of Weight Watchers, Beaver Ridge

United Methodist Church, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. 10 weeks. New or renewing members: $125; continuing and transferring members: $120; lifetime members over goal: $110. Payment due before Jan. 2. Info: Jane Damiano, 938-4768, or the church offi ce, 690-1060.

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

p.m. Info or to download an audition form: www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org. To schedule audition time: 579-6292 or send an e-mail to membership@knoxvillechoralsociety.org.

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

Meet Betty Bullen, Union County Arts Artist of the Month for January, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Union County Arts Co-op, 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-9161.

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

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

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

New Play Festival: “Birds on the Bat” pre-sented by the Tennessee Stage Company, 1 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

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

McEntire, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Ander-sonville Highway 61 near Norris. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, JAN. 8The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable, 8 p.m.,

Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Jim Lewis, Park Historian of the Stones River National Military Park. Topic: : “The Battle of Stones River.” Cost for talk only: $5. Buffet dinner, 7 p.m.: $15 for members, $17 for nonmembers. Reservations by 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7: 671-9001. Open to the public.

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

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 4. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

THURSDAY, JAN. 10Ebook Help Session, 6 p.m., Fountain City Branch

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

FRIDAY, JAN. 11Opening reception for Foothills Craft Guild Ex-

hibit and Sale, 6:30-8 p.m., Fountain City Art Center; 213 Hotel Ave. Also showing: artwork by students from Karns area Knox County schools.

FRIDAY, JAN. 11, 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.

SATURDAY, JAN. 12 Grand opening of the new Children’s and Teen

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

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

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

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JAN. 12-13Weaving a scarf class, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and

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

p.m., with York Haverkamp, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, JAN. 14Ebook Help Session, 4 p.m., Powell Branch Li-

brary, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

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. 18Art 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.

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

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Saturday Stories and Songs with Becca Te-desco, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300

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Saturday Stories and Songs with Laurie Fish-er, 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.

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

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SATURDAY, JAN. 26Saturday Stories and Songs with Georgi

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

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

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SATURDAY, FEB. 16Saturday Stories and Songs: One World Cir-

cus, 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.

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

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

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A-12 • DECEMBER 31, 2012 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS

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

Quantity rights reserved. 2013 K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. Food City is an Equal Opportunity.Employer.

SALE DATESSun., Dec. 30, 2012 -

Sat., Jan. 5, 2013

Selected Varieties

Purex LaundryDetergent32 Loads Or 18 Ct.

With Card Selected Varieties

Fresh ExpressCole Slaw16 Oz.

With Card

Save at least 1.02

Selected Varieties

Fischer’sWieners16 Oz.

With Card

Save at least 1.02

Bakery Fresh

MiniFrench BreadEach

With Card Selected Varieties

PillsburyGrands! Biscuits8 Ct.

With Card

Save at least 1.02

Selected Varieties

SnyderSnacks6.5-12 Oz.

With Card

Save at least 1.02

Selected Varieties

Food Club ChiliSeasoning Mix1.25-1.75 Oz.

With Card

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Frozen, Selected Varieties, Weight Watchers Smart Ones Or

Lean Cuisine5-11.7 Oz.

Scott Extra SoftBath Tissue

12 Double Rolls

5/1000 499With Card

With Card

Kern’s Old Fashioned White Bread

20 Oz.

With Card

GreenCabbage

Per Lb.

4/100WithCard

Food City Fresh

Fryer Breast Tenders

Family Pack, Per Lb.

199WithCard

BlueberriesDry Pint

299WithCard

Food City Fresh, 80% Lean, 20% Fat

Ground Chuck Per Lb. For 3 Lbs. Or More

269WithCard

4/1000With Card

Selected Varieties

Coca-Cola Products

6 Pk., 1/2 Liter Btls.

Selected Varieties

Food Club Shredded Cheese

12 Oz.

Selected Varieties

ProgressoSoup

18.5-19 Oz.

With Card 4/500With

Card

Selected Varieties

Keebler Club Crackers

9-16 Oz.

2/500With Card

Regular Or Diet

MtnDew

24 Pk.,12 Oz. Cans

With Card

FINAL COST

With Card

Frozen, Selected Varieties, Tombstone Double-Top, California Pizza Kitchen Or

DiGiorno Pizza11.5-34.2 Oz.

499With Card

Selected Varieties

Lay’sPotato Chips

10-10.5 Oz.

96

100

Lbs.

599

BUY 1 SAVE $1