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By Marvin WestAfter Doug Atkins died, I went

back to my book about Legends. I really needed to read Chapter 3 again.

This unusual man with the rare combination of size and athletic ability sort of nod-ded his approval back when it was written. I sup-

pose, for him, it was pure praise.“If you had put me a little closer

to the front of the book, I might have asked for a free copy.”

He was serious about “free.”Money was one of the windmills

he wrestled in his mind. He never was paid what he was worth. He even got shortchanged in recruiting.

In the spring of 1949, when Doug was just 6-6 and 197, good

in basketball and still learning football, a prominent business-man wanted him to attend Murray State.

“The oil man was going to give me a used car and $400 a month,” said Atkins. “He said he’d put the money is escrow. If I had known what that word meant, I might have accepted the deal.”

The great Bob Neyland sent Tennessee assistant Ike Peel to Humboldt to get Atkins – no ex-cuses, reel him in.

Peel chose the soft sell.“We’ll take care of you, Doug.”“Whatever you need, Doug,”The coach even promised that

Atkins could try football and bas-ketball and choose whichever he liked best.

Somewhere in the gentle pitch, Doug thought he heard $50 a month in spending money.

“I never saw a penny of it.”

Years later he asked Peel what happened to his loot.

“Ike said it was me or him, that he had a wife and kids to feed, that he had to sign me to keep his job and that he had to tell me what-ever it took to get it done.”

There is a charming story about dental dollars.

Former Tennessee basket-ball captain Ed Wiener became a dentist. Doug needed repairs. He drove to Memphis to get a “Vol” discount. He asked Wiener if his work was guaranteed.

Dr. Wiener couldn’t tell the rest of the tale without laughing.

“Thirty years later, a fi lling fell out. Doug called and said if my guarantee was still good, he wanted his money back. I told him there wasn’t any to refund, that he never paid me.”

The Cleveland Browns signed Doug Atkins on the cheap. Coach

Remembering Doug AtkinsWeeb Eubank met him in a high-way diner, paid for two cheese-burgers and eight bottles of beer, and signed the giant for $6,800. The fi rst-round draft choice was budgeted for $10,000.

Atkins won fame but not for-tune with the Chicago Bears. He went to seven consecutive Pro Bowls but his top salary was $30,000. Money wars with coach-owner George Halas were legend-ary.

Money was part of Atkins’ mo-tivation, his relentless pursuit of quarterbacks.

“I thought they got paid enough to take whatever I could give ’em.”

After he’d caught more than his fair share and alarmed several others, after his knees went re-ally bad, after he bowed out at 38, Doug spent the second half of his

Doug Atkins

By Wendy SmithDaniel Lai’s parents and teach-

ers always encouraged him to pur-sue art − as a hobby. He needed a real career that would keep food on his plate, they said.

He heeded their advice − sort of. He left Malaysia, where he was raised, to pursue higher edu-cation in the U.S. He earned two degrees, ran a gallery and taught art history as an adjunct profes-sor in Nashville. In December, he received a doctorate in criminol-ogy through UT’s Department of Sociology.

But he never gave up his art, and now that he’s fi nished with school, he plans to devote himself to it full time.

“I owe my art career the same amount of effort as I put into my education.”

Lai isn’t risking much. His current work, which features in-tricately folded books and hand-sculpted fi gures, has proven to be very popular. The idea came from a childhood habit of folding the pages of text books when he became bored during class. His books were nearly destroyed by the end of the year, he says.

Books help Knox artistturn the page

Lai sometimes allows the subject matter of the books he uses to make

a statement. The title of this piece is “Common Threat.” Photo submitted

Daniel Lai in his Sterchi Lofts studio. Photo by Wendy Smith

By Wendy SmithShoreline Church, 9635 West-

land Drive, has purchased its build-ing, along with 8.32 acres, from First Baptist Church Concord for $3,750,000. Shoreline Church was previously leasing the property.

First Baptist still owns an adja-cent 18.31-acre parcel. In June, the church sought a change to the City One Year Plan and the Sector Plan to enable it to rezone the entire 26-acre tract to a commercial zone.

Neighbors opposed the com-mercialization of the Pellissippi Parkway/Westland Drive inter-section due to the area’s resi-dential nature. Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission recommended post-ponement of the request so that a traffi c study could be completed.

Shoreline Church is on city property, but nearby subdivisions are in the county.See a copy of the Deed and Plat Map online at

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Shoreline purchases building

When a friend asked him to cre-ate art from some books she loved, but no longer needed, he rekindled his former bad habit. He cuts the books with a band saw and folds them into pleasing geometrical shapes, sometimes adding col-ored pictures or patterns to the pages for interest. The books are incorporated into panels of vary-ing complexity and accompanied by polymer clay fi gures and other geometric elements.

One year into his Ph.D. pro-gram, Lai was asked to partici-pate in Webb School of Knoxville’s ArtXtravaganza. He said no, be-cause of his studies, but gave in after being tenaciously pursued by the organizers. Each of his 16 pieces sold.

“I thought, hmm, maybe I won’t have to eat ramen noodles every night.”

Lai participated in several ju-ried exhibits and won multiple awards for photography and paint-ing before he began creating art from books. Now, he’s busier than ever. Last year, he participated in 12 shows, and has plans to par-

Political primerNormally held in May, the

local primaries have been moved to March 1 to match the Presidential Primaries in other Southern states (the SEC primary).

How will an outpouring of voters for Donald Trump or Ted Cruz impact local races?

➤ Read Wendy Smith on page A-4

Ed & Bob in PowellAt-large county commis-

sioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas will be at Halftime Pizza, 2509 W. Emory Road in Powel, from 5-7 p.m. Wednes-day, Jan. 20, for a community meeting. Several other com-missioners may attend. All are invited.

SOUP’s on againKnoxville SOUP will heat

up community spirit at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7.

SOUP is a combination of fellowship and crowd-funding. Up to four individuals or groups from throughout Knox County will make a short presentation on planned or current projects designed to benefi t the community or soci-ety in general. Attendees, who are asked to make a suggested $5 donation at the door, listen and then discuss the projects while enjoying a simple meal of soup and other goodies.

Everyone gets to vote on the project they feel is most wor-thy, and the winner gets the entire take from the door.

There will also be a raffl e and entertainment.

Tomorrow’s event will be held at Vestal United Method-ist Church, 115 Ogle Ave. Doors open at 6 p.m. Presentations begin at 6:30, with dinner starting around 7.

Last quarter’s Knoxville SOUP raised around $500 for the Joe Hill Road Show, a community event held in November. Another proposal, by South Knoxville Elementary School, caught the attention of an attendee, who privately donated the money to cover it.

Based on a concept that has been growing steadily through-out the country, Knoxville SOUP is presented locally by the South Knoxville Alliance. It is held on the fi rst Thursday of each quarter at alternating locations.

Info: knoxvillesoup.org

‘The Revenant’A grueling experience for

the characters, the actors and the audience, “The Revenant” is a visceral journey through physical pain and mental anguish, but it is worth it on oh so many levels.

➤ Read Betsy Pickle in Weekender

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Doug Atkins From page A-1

life out of the limelight. He was pre-fab manager for a home-building company in Panama City. He recruited pipefi tters for a Louisiana shipbuilder.

He trained to be an Or-kin man but found he didn’t fi t where termites often lived. He called on freight terminal managers for a trucking company. He sold caskets, actually hauled around a sample in a sta-tion wagon.

He sold eye-glasses. He dabbled in the coal busi-ness. He worked for a beer distributor, sometimes car-rying in cases, sometimes just batting the breeze with tavern owners. He was an

assistant tax assessor. He ran the campground in Con-cord. He did not get rich.

When Doug fi nally settled into old age, he discovered pensions sounded better than they were. He was em-barrassed to say how little the NFL sent each month.

Long, long ago, I thought I bought two used camping tents from Doug for a scout troop. He wouldn’t take the two $20s. He said money wasn’t everything.

Much later he asked i f I remembered the tents. He said he was relieved when I offered to pay.

“I thought I was going to have to pay you for helping clean out my garage.”

Knox artist From page A-1

ticipate in 20 this year. He also sells work and receives commissions through his website, daniellai.artspan.com

He is represented by G&G Interiors Furniture Show-room, Fine Art Gallery, and Interior Design Workshop, 5508 Kingston Pike, where his work can be seen.

He thinks the art form is popular because books touch people on an emo-tional level. A friend told him that books are becom-ing artifacts, and he’s found that to be true. He created a series based on a set of en-cyclopedias he found in the free book bin at McKay’s.

An art career will ulti-mately take Lai to a larger market, but for now, he’ll

continue to participate in the local art community. Knoxville has a good mix of art, from academic to com-mercial, and that variety is essential for a healthy art scene, he says. It’s also well-suited geographically for travelling to shows.

In spite of his current work’s popularity, Lai con-tinues to try new things. He’s currently experimenting with incorporating books into freestanding pieces.

“I don’t know where it’s going, but I will get bored.”

Fortunately, his boredom leads to good things.

Lai will participate in this year’s ArtXtravaganza on March 4, 5 and 6 at Webb School of Knoxville, 9800 Webb School Lane.

By Carolyn EvansLast year Janet Massie

took a risk that gave birth to a baby business. She named it “Refreshed by Janet.” Now she can’t wait to see how it grows in 2016.

“I have always appreci-ated one-of-a kind, unique pieces,” says the Farragut resident, “but I’ve never had the money to go out and buy what I wanted. So the next best thing was to make them myself.”

Massie also had an affi n-ity for repurposing items. “I love taking something that is going to be tossed out and turning it into something useful. I work a lot with pal-lets and have made beds, desks and chaise lounges from them.”

Currently on the work board is an old dining room hutch. “I’m making a bar out of it by cutting it down to size, wrapping wood around it and putting a large top on it.”

It was a tragedy that gave birth to Massie’s business. Last year her lifelong friend from Baltimore, Rebecca Lowery, was killed in a car wreck.

“We went to college to-gether, on family vacations together; she was that kind of friend,” Massie says. “She had always encouraged me to do something more cre-ative.”

Massie’s career had started as a social worker, morphed into a stay-at-home mom, and then a house, furniture and cabi-net painter. Her painting business had grown into a full-time job, but her love was working on furniture. Shortly before Rebecca’s death, Massie went to a con-vention in Atlanta with her husband for the corrugated box industry. He had orga-nized an art show with art-ists from all over the world who used corrugated card-board as their medium.

“When Rebecca passed away, I went into my ga-rage and started making angel wings,” Massie says. “I wanted them to look like wood, but I knew wood

The desk was created from old wooden fencing.

Friend’s faith gives birth to business

would be too heavy, so I made them out of corru-gated cardboard. It was my therapy.”

The tragedy also pushed her into giving other things a try. She signed up for her fi rst-ever craft show and got a tent at the Rossini Festival in April.

“I had my angel wings, smaller things and larger furniture pieces,” she says. “I ended up selling all my furniture that day, which shocked me. I really wasn’t expecting people to buy fur-niture at a festival. Then I started getting invites to ar-tisan shows and barn sales.”

A few months later, Massie and her sister, Kathy Santa, also a Farragut resi-dent, went to Compassion International in downtown

Knoxville to learn how to sponsor children in other countries. Massie learned about a little girl named Re-becca and sponsored her.

As we pulled out of the Compassion lot, we were facing a store on McCalla Avenue called Nostalgia,” she says. “We went in to look around, and I just loved it. It had mid-century things I grew up with, and it re-minded me of my childhood. I liked the warehouse type feel. I started talking to the people who worked there, and it turned out they were opening up a home décor section. I had some pieces done, so three days later I was moving in, almost a year to the day Rebecca died.”

Two days later she got a phone call. “This girl had

seen my booth at Nostal-gia and wanted to buy ev-erything. I sold my whole booth. I worked really quickly and got three more pieces in there. Then a guy bought all three pieces.”

Business is more slow and steady now, but the whirlwind beginning gave Massie a needed lift. Her business, she says, was born out of circumstances.

“I wasn’t planning on it, that’s for sure,” she says. “The timing wasn’t planned; it just happened. The place wasn’t planned; it just hap-pened. When Rebecca died, I heard her pushing me. I really wanted to challenge myself. I wanted to make her proud and know that she had encouraged me and made a difference. She had believed

Massie began making angel wings after the death of her best friend.

Janet Massie stands next to a table she created by repurposing

items, including the light fi xture from a theater that makes the

base of her table. Photos submitted

in me. It was something I wanted to honor her with.”

The business is very much a family affair, says Massie. “My whole fam-ily has pushed me and en-couraged me. My husband, my kids, my sister and my friends have helped me with organization, taking pic-tures and advertising.”

Massie is focusing on furniture, but she still makes angel wings. They go

everywhere she does shows. Now 50 percent of the mon-ey from the wings she sells goes to a girls’ scholarship fund in Kenya.

As she looks ahead to 2016, Massie hopes to ad-vertise her business. Her children are helping her with a website and maybe getting a blog started.

“There’s so much to learn!” she says. “I can’t wait to see what happens.”

More than 900 helped by Horse HavenBy Sara Barrett

Horse Haven of Tennes-see reached a milestone of sorts this past fall with 900 abused or neglected horses passing through its facili-ties on Reagan Road since the nonprofi t began in 1999. At press time, that number had already climbed to 906.

“We’re happy we’re help-ing, but we’re also sad that help is needed,” says Horse Haven equine manager Stephanie Solomon.

Founder Nina Margetson received so many calls for assistance from local law enforcement dealing with equine in peril, she became a certifi ed animal cruelty investigator through the National Cruelty Investiga-tors School at the University of Missouri Law Enforce-ment Training Institute. Horse Haven now has four of these certifi ed fi eld agents who can testify dur-ing abuse trials, according to the agency’s website.

Development director Mary Beth Roberts agrees with Solomon’s sentiment but wonders if the increase in equine abuse cases the last few years is due not to an increase in the abuse it-self, but an increase in pub-lic awareness that animal abuse is a very real problem.

Regardless, Horse Haven is about to outgrow its cur-rent 20-acre facility, and a top priority for 2016 is to fi nd a bigger place. Hardin Valley is running out of pasture, says Roberts, and board members are actively looking for land.

“We really need our own home,” says new executive director Terry Holley. Her position is an example of

Horse Haven development director Mary Beth Roberts, execu-

tive director Terry Holley and equine manager Stephanie Solo-

mon visit with a resident feline and Tally, a rescued equine seized

two weeks ago with his friend, Tansi (right). Photos by S. Barrett

the organization’s growth and potential to expand. She said land donated to the 501(c)(3), can be restricted on future sale.

A capital campaign is planned for the next year or so, but donations are wel-come anytime.

Holley came on board in December. With a back-ground in philanthropy and small time animal rescue, she is currently learning all things equine to com-plement her more than 35 years in fundraising.

“We’d also really like to say ‘thank you’ to our volun-teers,” Holley continues. We have more than 90 people working varying shifts. We’d like to grow our volunteer program this year, also.”

Horse Haven now serves every county in Tennessee with holding facilities both in Middle and East Tennes-see. Its largest fundraiser, Dancing for Horses, will be held May 21 and sponsors are needed.

An open house will be held 11 a.m.-2 p.m. the sec-ond Saturday of each month beginning in March. Folks are encouraged to stop by, meet the horses and tour the facility. Horse treats includ-ing peppermint candy and raw carrots are welcomed.

In addition to horses, donkeys and mules, Horse Haven has also cared for goats, a llama, sheep and yes, even a dog.

Solomon was pulling a trailer that contained the

dog’s friend, a horse that had slipped out of its own-er’s fence. The dog was try-ing its best to catch up to the trailer. Solomon stopped the truck and rescued the dog, too. Both animals were eventually reunited with their owner.

Info: Mary Beth Roberts, 300-5825 or horsehaventn.org

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.

■ Fourth District Democrats

meet 6 p.m. each fourth

Tuesday, Bearden Library,

100 Golfclub Road. Info: Chris

Foell, 691-8933 or foellmc@

aol.com; Rosina Guerra,

rosinag@earthlink.net or

588-5250.

■ Historic Sutherland Heights

Neighborhood Association.

Info: Marlene Taylor, 951-3773,

taylor8246@bellsouth.net.

■ Lyons View Community

Club meets 6 p.m. each sec-

ond Monday, Lyons View

Community Center, 114

Sprankle Ave. Info: Mary

Brewster, 454-2390.

■ Third District Democrats

meet 6 p.m. each third

Thursday, Cedar Bluff Library,

9045 Cross Park Drive. Info:

201-5310 or 310-7745.

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servative, even pro-charter, school board members.

New broom sweeps clean: Incumbent County Commissioner Jeff Ownby might be swept away by stiff competition from well-known Republicans and Webb School grads Hugh Nystrom and Janet Tester-man. The District 4 race will be the hardest fought and most expensive.

And one more thing: It’s ridiculous to make March 1 winners, like un-opposed school board can-didate Tony Norman, wait until Sept. 1 to take offi ce. Other school board candi-dates who capture 50 per-cent plus one on March 1 are effectively elected. They at least should be included in the search for a new schools superintendent.

Here are the matchups:School board (non-par-

tisan) – District 2: Jennifer

Owen vs. Grant Sandefer; District 3: Tony Norman, unopposed; District 5: Bud-dy Pelot, Susan Horn, Lori Boudreaux; District 8: Mike McMillan, unopposed.

County commission (partisan; general election in August) – District 1: Mi-chael Covington (R), Evelyn Gill (D), Rick Staples (D), Tyrone LaMar Fine (I).

District 2: Michele Car-ringer (R), John Fugate (R), Laura Kildare (D).

District 4: Jeff Ownby (R), Janet Testerman (R), Hugh Nystrom (R), Marleen Kay Davis (D).

District 5: John Schoon-maker (R), Sheri Ridgeway (D).

District 6: Brad Anders (R), John Ashley (R), Donna Lucas (D).

District 8: Dave Wright (R), Donald Wiser (I).

District 9: Carson Dailey (R), James Hamilton (D),

Marvin West

Wendy Smith

The knockout of North-western boosted expecta-tions two more notches and reminded us that Jalen Hurd has the heart of a champion.

One co-star of the Hard-ees coffee club says the fu-ture of Tennessee football is so bright, he’s going to start selling sunglasses.

Another said the outlook is favorable enough that he can put away the crutch, “Just wait until next year.”

This is next year.This is the year the Vol-

unteers do more than talk about defeating Florida, winning the East and com-peting for the Southeastern Conference championship. This is the time to do it.

January’s the time for deciding what excess clutter needs to be pitched, and I’m not talking about the anti-macassar Aunt Zelda gave you for Christmas. I’m talk-ing about Knox County’s March 1 primary elections.

(If you don’t know what an antimacassar is, look it up. If you don’t know who’s running for which offi ce, read on.)

Normally held in May, the local primaries have been moved to March 1 to match the Presidential Primaries in other Southern states (the SEC primary). How will an outpouring of voters for Donald Trump or Ted Cruz impact local races?

Onward Christian Soldiers: The advantage may go to school board candidates Grant Standefer (executive director of Com-passion Coalition) and Su-san Horn (Jason Zachary’s

Outlook depends on NFL lure

Butch Jones, four-mil-lion-dollar-man, has done the brick-by-brick thing, created the culture, re-cruited superior talent and nurtured it through the growing stage. The coach is a splendid motivator. The players, constantly focused, have learned a lot. Butch and his staff are wiser in the ways of the big league. Ex-perience is said to be price-less.

Tennessee now has an al-most fi nished product.

Butch said a few days ago that it actually takes six or seven years to build a winning program in the SEC. That is coach talk, just in case of a calamity. The third year should have been at least one victory better than it was. This fourth year should be outstanding.

How outstanding will depend in part on the lure of the National Football League. If the pro prospects eligible to leave early – Jalen Reeves-Maybin, Cam Sutton and Alvin Kamara – dive in, three other future stars must move up on the depth chart.

Jones has surely

planned for this eventual-ity. It appears SEC coaches may even be using “early out” as a recruiting tool. Come to our place and we’ll get you ready for a big payday after three years instead of four.

With or without the three big names, the Tennessee schedule is no picnic. It nev-er is. The red meat is packed from the last Saturday in September to the third Sat-urday in October. Florida and Alabama come to Ney-land Stadium. The Vols go to Georgia and Texas A&M.

Playing in the SEC means one tough test after another. If you fi nd that intimidat-ing, you do not believe the lofty evaluations of the past

three recruiting classes. The Vols have been among national leaders at gather-ing talent. It appears sales is Butch Jones’ strength.

It is now time for the Vols to be among the national leaders in results. Top 15 in August, until they have demonstrated strength, top 10 in December when they are in a big bowl.

Hurd is good enough at what he does. The defensive line has tremendous poten-tial. Praise be to the depart-ing Kyler Kerbyson but the offensive line should con-tinue to improve.

Joshua Dobbs must re-fi ne downfi eld passing accu-racy. Practice does not make perfect but it helps.

There is a need for depth at linebacker. The second-ary, even with Sutton, is cause for moderate concern. Safeties are gone. New safe-ties are moving up.

The big jump has to come from receivers. They are the under-achievers of recent seasons. Blame them or coaching or pass protection or Dobbs.

Special teams? Wow! Net results are not accidental. This is another Butch Jones strength.

This is not a national championship prediction. This is an acknowledgment that good times have re-turned to Tennessee.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com

Primary primer for March 2016

ally and children’s minister at Christ Covenant Church). Jim McIntyre won’t be the issue. He guaranteed that by agreeing Monday to step down in July.

Elections matter. Mc-Intyre acknowledged that the majority of school board members come September will prefer a different direc-tion and a new leader.

Coupling the non-parti-san school board races with the Presidential Primary, which will turn out a huge Republican vote in Knox County, causes a trickle-down effect which will en-hance the majority of con-

Ownby Nystrom Testerman

Tom Pierce (I). Pierce’s in-teresting political agenda, advertised on Facebook, says that those who prac-tice Islam, Judaism or oth-er “foreign religions” will “simply have to get over it.”

Property assessor: Andrew Graybeal, Jim

Weaver and John White-head, all Republicans.

Law director: Bud Armstrong and Nathan Rowell, both Republicans.

Several races will be de-cided by the primary, so don’t skip it. The General Election is Aug. 4.

Davis

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Tony Norman is scarier than

you think. Just the threat of

him joining the school board

eight months out is enough

to send Jim McIntyre packing.

■ The political climate is just

fi ne. School board elections

are the voters’ way of setting

public school policy.

■ What do folks want? A

superintendent appointed by

a board that’s appointed by

the superintendent?

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The funeral service at Overcoming Believers Church for Zaevion Dobson on Dec. 26 was one of the saddest and most moving I have attended.

He was killed while saving the lives of two young girls in Lonsdale. Local offi cials were represented by Mayor Rogero who spoke, as well as Police Chief Rausch, former Mayor Daniel Brown, former Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, Council member Finbarr Saunders, former Council member Larry Cox and School Superintendent Jim McIntyre, along with former school board chair Sam Anderson and state Rep. Joe Armstrong.

The irony of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ one day and saluting one of his children in death the next day was not lost on attendees. Hopefully, out of this darkness will emerge a new and effective way to eliminate violence in our neighborhoods.

Giving powerful mes-sages were Mark Brown Jr., son of former Vice Mayor Mark Brown, and the Rev. Walter Cross. Had this tragedy occurred in mili-tary combat, Dobson would be an obvious candidate for the Congressional Medal of Honor.

■ Over the Christmas holidays several well-known Knoxvillians who made substantial contri-butions died, but did not receive the special mention they merited in this writer’s view. They included John Bynon, for whom West Hills Park is named, along with prominent business-men Tom Bell and Jim Talley.

Bell and Talley in their day were key leaders of the community and the Cham-ber of Commerce. Few issues arose without their participation. They leave a signifi cant legacy of service and civic leadership.

Bynon was a key leader of the West Hills Neighborhood Association. He was a regular attendee at City Council meetings and close friend to Council member Jean Teague. In later years, he moved to Alabama and then Hous-ton where his son lived and where he died two weeks ago. He leaves an interesting article with the East Tennessee Histori-cal Society on his days as a young soldier in Europe in World War II which he had embargoed from public review until his death.

■ The failure of Mayor Rogero to lift a fi nger to help former Vice Mayor

Remembering Zaevion Dobson, John Bynon

Nick Pavlis keep his posi-tion has city hall observers talking in amazement. Pavlis had been there for Rogero on numerous occa-sions such as sponsoring an ordinance raising her salary by $15,000 a year (and her lifetime pension being increased as a con-sequence). He assisted her in pension reform. He of-ten defected criticism of her. He was there for her on any issue of importance.

This signals to Council, the new vice mayor and the public that there is little appreciation, reward or benefi t for being with the mayor. Rogero simply walked away from Pavlis despite four years of him being as loyal to her as Jack Sharp was to me when I was mayor. It is likely that Pavlis, now that he free of the vice mayor offi ce, will chart a different course.

■ The University of Tennessee once again made the national media in a way it may regret. This time it was in the Wall Street Journal on Dec. 23 with a column by Daniel Henninger on the UT diver-sity offi ce urging readers to “ensure your holiday party is not a Christmas party in disguise.”

The columnist tied it to the trend to secularize Christmas in many com-mercial advertisements, especially in major stores along New York’s Madison and Fifth avenues.

UT offi cials need to develop a strategy for this story which continues. The Legislature goes back into session next week on Jan. 12 and just as surely as Tuesday follows Monday this will be a hot topic.

The real issue is to justify is how the $5 million is being spent systemwide and could it achieve the same result for less. What is a typical day in the life of a diversity offi ce employee? What do they do to justify this sort of expenditure?

The University can-not expect Gov. Haslam or the UT Board to stop legislation to restore the Lady Vols name by Rep. Roger Kane or protect the diversity offi ce from budget cuts or further review. They will have to do it on their own.

Happy New Year in 2016.

Betty Bean

After a long series of election beatdowns, Knox County Democrats are at their lowest ebb ever, and Republicans are prepared to administer the coup de grâce in 2016.

Not one single county-wide elected offi ceholder is a Democrat. County Commis-sion is down to two Demo-crats (in the center city fi rst and second districts) and the only Democrat left in the county’s legislative del-egation, Joe Armstrong, is facing trial in federal court.

So why would Cameron Brooks, a young guy with a full-time day job, want to spend 2016 chairing the Knox County Democratic Party?

His answer is simple:Fighting uphill battles is

what he does.“Throughout my life I’ve

felt like an underdog,” said Brooks, who took offi ce in 2015, and spent his rookie year recruiting County Commission candidates – a distinct change from the Democrats’ usual practice of allowing those races to be decided in GOP primaries. He’s also planning a vigor-ous attempt to take back the 13th District House seat that fell to Republicans

Cameron Brooks

Democrats’ rookie chief not raising white fl ag

in 2013, and there will be Democrats on the ballot in six of the seven contested commission districts, leav-ing Republicans to fi ght it out amongst themselves only in the deep red eighth district of East Knox Coun-ty where Dave Wright now serves.

“The fi rst thing I wanted to do was make sure we re-cruited candidates to run in as many open slots as possible. The Republicans have targeted the fi rst and second districts, but we’ve recruited great candidates, and they’re going to have to spread their resources out. I don’t know what the result will be, but they will not sweep us out,” Brooks said.

As a student activist in economic justice issues, he got involved in the for-mation of United Campus Workers (UCW), which is affi liated with the Commu-nications Workers of Amer-ica (CWA). After he got his degree he went to work in

the School of Social Work’s Offi ce of Research and Pub-lic Service, and in 2003, took a job as an organizer with UCW and worked in the Living Wage campaign.

In 2011, he was promoted to a staff position with the national CWA, moved to the D.C. area and hit the road. After a year and a half of exhausting travel, he came back to Knoxville and went back to work for the campus workers for a year or so be-fore taking a job as an agent with Coldwell Bankers Wal-lace & Wallace.

When he looks back, he is most gratifi ed by the “living wage” battle, which worked for salary increases for workers on the bottom of the pay scale.

“We made a lot of progress during my tenure, and wages did go up,” he said. “The big-gest thing was having an or-ganization that could go to Nashville and build relations with the Legislature.”

Brooks had good working relationships with former legislators like Harry Tin-dell and Tim Burchett.

“Tim was like a hero to a lot of UT employees. I’m a Democrat, but can see when someone genuinely does care and does connect

with rank-and-fi le blue col-lar guys.”

And the admiration is mutual.

“I’ve got nothing but re-spect for Cameron,” Bur-chett said. “He worked for those people who were over at UT scrubbing toilets. He’s a stand-up guy, and we were both tilting at similar windmills. As a Republi-can, though, Cameron is the kind of guy I hope is not suc-cessful.”

Brooks says it will be bet-ter for everybody for Demo-crats to grow stronger.

“We need two-party gov-ernment. And it would be great to elect some women – we need more gender di-versity. That is a no brainer. If we can do that in Knox County, government will work even better.”

Sandra Clark

Jake Mabe called Wednes-day to check in and catch up.

2016: Bring it on!

We commiserated about our ailments. I told him about a Wufoo form some-body decided would help our effi ciency. How can you take it seriously if it’s named Wufoo?

Jake recalled the good old days when we worked in a tiny offi ce in Halls with an assortment of friends and characters dropping by to show us oddly-shaped veg-etables or giant pumpkins.

There was Hubert Ma-

jors, who tried to convince me and Betty Bean that his shaggy animal was a rare “sheep-goat.”

Joe Smelser: “Hey, Jake, jump in the truck. Gotta show you this cemetery.” And he’d tear out on two wheels.

Tud Etherton: “Hey, San-dra, my good friend Jerry Cheung is cooking up some-thing special tonight. Bring your camera.” (And after dinner at the Mandarin House, Jerry might come out to play “Rocky Top” on his urhu.)

Jesse Butcher: “Hey, I’m taking these gourd seed over to Mynatt’s (Hard-ware). Giving them away. Let people know. Hollow out the gourds to make houses for purple martins, and those martins will keep

your place mosquito-free.”Lula Mae Winegar:

“Hey, I found this bat at my house.” She dragged a pet carrier into our offi ce.

“Hey, get that thing out of here,” I said. “I don’t like bats.”

Jake leapt up and dragged the crate outside. Our of-fi ce was in a log cabin with a front porch. Lula wanted us to photograph the bat (or maybe she just wanted it gone from her place), so she opened the crate.

The little bat fl ew out and immediately attached itself upside down under our red paper box. While I climbed the gutter downspout, Lula tried to coax the bat into fl ight so Jake could snap a picture. The bat literally disappeared, probably un-der the porch.

“Jake,” I said. “Those folks have one thing in com-mon. They’re all (except Jerry) dead.”

Pour another round, bar-tender.

The Halls Shopper was Facebook before Facebook. We created community by sharing information. Now folks just post their sheep-goats and ballerina squash directly online. And that’s OK. We never owned the information, Jake, just the mechanisms for sharing it.

Imagine a couple of dusty monks discussing that new-fangled printing press back in the day. “Why, Brother Anthony, you’ll have folks writing whatever comes into their heads and claim-ing it’s straight from God. Woe, woe.”

Ha! 2016 will bring more change to our business. I, for one, am past ready. Here comes Gannett, a company that actually makes money in the information business. Bring it on!

McIntyre

Jim McIntyre: Not a good fi tBy Sandra Clark

Jim McIntyre made a wise choice to leave Knox County Schools. I’m just sorry that he’s asking for a year’s pay as a buyout.

And why the battle over a four-year contract just two months ago?

Fact is, one doesn’t walk away from a job he loves be-cause his enemies don’t like him. He walks away when his friends stop liking him.

I think the 12 white guys

that we used to joke ran K n o x v i l l e have been dow nsized through the r e c e s s i o n to the 7.5 white guys.

B e t t e r late than

never, I suppose, but if the white guys (if you’re not certain who they are, re-view Tracie Sanger’s donor

list) had been paying atten-tion, they would have seen this “dysfunctional political climate” brewing for some time.

When 300 teachers wear red shirts to the school board, many in tears, they represent probably 3,000 teachers who are upset. When veteran teachers quit in droves, you’ve got a problem. And when princi-pals are churned through schools without even a

chance to say good-bye, mo-rale has tanked.

That’s Jim McIntyre’s legacy with Knox County Schools.

We cannot run a modern school system on stress and fear; when teachers feel like the evaluation system is a “gotcha.”

On at least one occasion, he demoted a principal by saying, “You’re a nice guy, but you’re not a good fi t.”

So on behalf of my friends who are educators, let me say, “Good-bye, Jim. You’re just not a good fi t.”

A-6 • JANUARY 6, 2016 • BEARDEN Shopper news

SENIOR NOTES ■ Cumberland Estates

Recreation Center4529 Silver Hill Drive588-3442

Off erings include:

Senior Walkers, 10:30 a.m.,

Monday-Friday.

■ Frank R. Strang Senior Center:

109 Lovell Heights Road670-6693knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include: card

games; exercise programs;

dance classes; watercolor

classes; blood pressure

checks; computer classes.

Golden Tones accepting

new members, 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 7. Hearing

aid cleaning by Beltone, 11

a.m. Friday, Jan. 8.

Register for: LifeWords

Reading Circles, 11 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 7. Free hear-

ing tests by AccuQuest

Hearing, 11 a.m. Friday,

Jan. 8. Potluck Lunch Club

organizational meeting,

11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12.

Elder Law attorney Monica

Franklin presentation,

noon Wednesday, Jan. 13.

Farragut Hearing & Speech

presentation/lite lunch,

noon Friday, Jan. 15; regis-

ter by Jan. 8.

■ John T. O’Connor Senior Center611 Winona St.523-1135knoxseniors.org/oconnor.htmlMonday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Off erings include: Card

games, billiards, senior

fi tness, computer classes,

bingo, blood pressure

checks 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Monday-Friday. Knox

County Veterans Services,

10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 11.

Register for: Lunch

and Learn: “Optimal Health

Requires Proper Fitting

Shoes,” noon Monday, Jan.

11; RSVP by Jan. 7.

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Dot Cowan

Shannondale Assisted Living Center hosted a resident appreciation cel-ebration sponsored by the therapy department. It was enjoyed by residents, family members and staff.

Several activities were lined up for all attendees included: Corn hole toss, dart tournament and cookie decorating class.

Everybody also enjoyed roaming the halls to check out door entrance decora-tions and a display of the coloring page contest.

Winners of several contest categories are noted here:

Corn hole toss:First place: Nola Killion2nd place: Euvena Suggs3rd place: Christine

Woodard

Coloring page contest: 1st place: Emily Jones2nd place: Jean Holloway3rd place: Myra Payne

Decorate Room Entrance1st place: Evelyn Paulsen2nd place: Myra Payne3rd place: Mary Mont-

gomery

Dart Tournament1st place: Wanda Lippert2nd place:Dot Cowan3rd place:Emily Jones

“It was a successful event and we our grateful to all those who participated and those who generously do-nated prizes,” said Ling.

“We are also grateful for Santa (Tim) who visited us even in his busiest time of the year.”

Shannondale’s Assisted

Living Cen-ter offers “ a r o u n d the clock” p e r s o n a l assistance by licensed nurses and nursing as-s i s t a n t s . And when

residents need it, there is access to Shannondale Health Care Center.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are prepared on-site and served restaurant style.

While residents enjoy a private room with bath, there are also community spaces such as the recre-ation/activities room, a beauty shop and barber shop, a sunroom/living room, nursing services and emergency care.

Shannondale ALC resident appreciation celebration

Nola Killion, fi rst place winner, corn hole

toss, pictured with her daughter

Mr. and Mrs. Henry and Jean Holloway

at decorating cookie class w/Lauren, PEP

tech and Clay, OT, rehab director.

Emily Jones, fi rst place, coloring page

contest; third place, dart tournament;

pictured with Clay, OT, rehab director.

Myra Payne, third place color-

ing page contest and second

place decorated door.

Skip Paulsen, fi rst place, deco-

rated door entrance contest

Euvena Suggs , 2nd placer,

corn hole toss w/ Paige,OT

Kayla Webb, RN, w/ Mary

Montgomery during dart

tournament

Wanda Lippert, fi rst place, dart tourna-

ment; with Ling, PT.Mary Montgomery, third place, decorat-

ed door entrance contest.

Jean Holloway, second place, coloring

page contest.

Make a Diff erence in a Child’s Life

Be a Foster ParentThe state Department

of Children’s Services is in need of foster parents for children/youth of all ages.

There is a special need for sibling groups, school-age children and teens.

Classes are free and a new class begins monthly in Knox County.

Upcoming PATH train-ing dates are Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 6 p.m.; Thursday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. or Saturday, March 5, at 9 a.m.

All sessions will be held at the DCS offi ce at 2600 Western Ave., Knoxville.

For more informa-tion contact Jennifer at 865-329-8879 or jennifer.stamper@ tn.gov.

BEARDEN Shopper news • JANUARY 6, 2016 • A-7 faith

In the Christian cal-endar, Jan. 6 is Epipha-ny, the day in which the church celebrates the visit of the wise men.

Tradition even gives us names for them: Caspar, which means “Master of Treasure,” Melchior, which means “King,” and Balthasar, which means “Protect the King.”

The visit of these for-eigners has more mean-ing than simply their own adoration of the Christ Child, however. There were cosmic implications.

The Magi (from the Greek, meaning sages) were Persian astrologers, professional star-watch-ers. So naturally they took notice when a particularly bright star appeared, a star they had not seen be-fore. They were curious – naturally – and intrigued.

Modern astronomers have opined that what the Magi saw could have been a super-nova, an exploding star (which, in my opinion, is amaz-ing enough to count as a miracle).

Three kings

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

Thinking about all of this, however, brings me to a smaller, more per-sonal miracle.

The God who fl ung the stars into the heavens, who created all the worlds that are, who keeps the whole universe spinning, who may have created other universes that we don’t even know about, sent a part of God’s own self to live among us as a baby and as a savior for all humankind!

God became one of us, in order to save each of us from our rebellion and our disobedience.

The fi rst verse of Scrip-ture I ever memorized was John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world….” The whole world: kings, cam-el, and a Babe.

In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.”

(Matthew 2: 2 NRSV)

By Carol ShaneAmong close-knit church

communities, you won’t fi nd a more caring set of folks than those who attend Glen Oak Baptist Church in Old North Knoxville. Many members of the congrega-tion have been coming for 30 years or more, with their children and grandchildren following. The intergenera-tional bond is strong.

But sometimes even that type of bond has its limits when dealing with the phys-ically disabled.

The building nestles into a hill and has two multi-level entrances: the lower one in the back leads into the fellowship hall and the higher, main one in front leads into the sanctuary. Inside the building, the only access to the lower fl oor is by four very narrow, steep, enclosed stairwells, each in a corner of the rectangu-lar building. “All four sets of steps are just the same,” says Rick Cole, a church deacon and member of the building committee.

Even an able-bodied per-son has to be careful ne-gotiating those stairs. The wheelchair-bound have no chance of getting down them, and they’re a danger to anyone who’s physically challenged or infi rm.

“The stairs have been an issue for the disabled for as long as they have been mem-bers, which in several cases is 20 years or longer,” says church member Roger Gil-land. “As for the elderly, we have many who have been there for 30 years or longer and have always expressed concerns about the steps.”

The congregants at Glen Oak Baptist have been taking care of their own for some

A need for accessibility

Church members Carl Cole, Gayle Witt, Donna Cole and Rita Taylor with her children Stanley (in

wheelchair) and Lisa pose in front of one of the “problem” stairwells. Because the church has

many elderly and infi rm members, the congregation is asking for help in making their building’s

interior more accessible to those with physical limitations.

Glen Oak Baptist Church members of all ages enjoy their com-

munity and the Wednesday night suppers in their spacious

fellowship hall. Shown in the back row are Jamia Gilland, her

daughters Kaylee, a sixth-grader at Holston Middle School, and

Lexie, a 10th-grader at Fulton High School, Tayler Inman, and

Bryson Rush, a ninth-grader at Karns Middle School. In front

are Evan Hall, who attends fourth grade at Ritta Elementary,

and Jamarius Fishback, a sixth-grader at Whittle Springs Mid-

dle School. Of the Wednesday night gatherings, Gilland says,

“Anybody who wants to join us is welcome.”

time now. At their regular Wednesday night fellow-ship hall suppers followed by a service in the sanctuary, members who are unable to take the stairs are helped up the hill outside by younger members – in many cases by the youth of the church. It’s a touching and rare oppor-tunity for intergenerational bonding, and the youth gain perspective and compassion in the process.

When it rains, adult members drive their cars around to the lower en-trance in order to transport people up to the sanctuary entrance. Everything pos-sible is done to help every church member take part in all desired activities. “We try,” says Jamia Gilland, Roger’s wife. “We try.”

It’s worked for a while, but some older members’ re-

cent bouts with illness have made the stairwell problem more prominent and wor-risome. Fortunately, Knox-ville’s Compassion Coalition – a nonprofi t agency which describes itself as “a cata-lyst to help local churches build capacity and vision for community transforma-tion” – got wind of the need for a more accessible way of transitioning between Glen Oak’s upper and lower fl oors. So they’re putting out the call for help.

“I would really appreciate the help for the elderly at the church,” says the Rev. Bob Zavattieri, who has been at Glen Oak Baptist for about 18 months, having previ-ously served Morristown’s Calvue Baptist for seven years. He, Cole, and the Gillands have their hopes up for an elevator, though

the expense worries them. “But it is more feasible and safer than a chair lift,” says Zavattieri, “because of the children. You know how children are. You can’t watch them all the time.” A chair lift moving up and down stairs would certainly tempt young daredevils. And it would only be able to accommodate one elderly person at a time.

“I think an elevator would be best-case scenario for our members, but any-thing to help them would be greatly appreciated,” says Roger Gilland.

If you’d like to donate, please call the Compassion Coalition at 251-1591, or visit the website at compas-sioncoalition.org, and spec-ify your gift for Glen Oak Baptist Church’s accessibil-ity program.

FAITH NOTES

Classes/meetings ■ Church Women United of

Knoxville-Knox County

meeting, 10 a.m. Friday, Jan.

8, Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, 124

S. Cruz St. Info: 546-0651.

Special services ■ Westside Unitarian

Universalist 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: westsideuuc.

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.

First Baptist Concord took advantage of the “Star Wars” mania to teach a message about the light of Jesus. Photos submitted

The evil Darth Vader leads the Storm

Troopers across the stage in the 4Kids

theater.

Star Wars awakens kids at

First Baptist ConcordBy Carolyn Evans

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” showed as many as 14 times a day at Pinnacle theaters last week. The movie also awakened some literary inspiration in Farragut. Staff mem-bers Holly Kirtley and Jason Jennings put their creative talents together and brought light sabers and Darth Vader to the Sunday School classes at First Baptist Concord.

Jennings, children’s pastor, and Kirt-ley, family ministry director, used the familiar lightsabers to create lessons. She and Jennings co-wrote a skit to go with the curriculum, using John 1:9 as the springboard: “The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.”

“Our whole focus of the series was to talk about Jesus as the light of world,” Kirtley said. “Star Wars talks about the good guys versus the bad guys. We saw that parallel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world. His light cancels out all darkness that we see in our world today. When we become Christians, we have that light in us and can use it to battle the dark side in our world as well.”

She said it took about three days to write the 38-page script. They gath-ered high school and college volun-teers to be actors and had six rehears-als. They ordered costumes, except for

Yoda, who was handmade by children ministry volunteer Angela Stavros.

The fi rst week told the story of the angel of light visiting Zechariah and predicting the birth of John the Baptist. The next week, the lesson was about the angel Gabriel’s visit to Mary, giving her the news that she would be the one God uses to bring light into the world.

The entire skit with the Star Wars

theme featured a cast of 20, was an hour-long program and included the skit, a game, songs and the Christmas story.

“The play centered on three kids who are waiting in line to see the new movie,” said teacher Holly Zachary. “They fall asleep and dream they’re in Star Wars. The Death Star is trying to destroy the New Light, and their job is to protect it.”

Katelyn Stooksbury didn’t want the story to end, she said. “I really liked it,” said the second grader. “It was really cool. They used a lot of decorations. I got to get my picture taken with all the char-acters – Princess Leia, R2D2, Darth Va-der, Hans Solo and Chewbacca.”

Her parents, Melody and Mark Stooksbury, teach second grade. Mark played a cinema employee in the skit and drove the remote-controlled car that moved R2D2. He also served as backstage manager.

On the last week, all the kids did Jedi training and a big obstacle course was set up. They made light sabers and were reminded that their job was to be the light.

“The purpose of the training was that they remember that, as believers in Christ, we’re responsible for car-rying the light of Christ into the dark world we live in today,” Kirtley said.

A-8 • JANUARY 6, 2016 • BEARDEN Shopper news

Sara Barrett

kids

business News from the Rotary Guy

By Tom KingDid you know that Ro-

tary Inter-n a t i o n a l and the Boy Scouts of America have a long and sto-ried his-tory? They are two of the oldest

organizations in the Unit-ed States – Rotary was founded in 1905 and fi ve years later the Boy Scouts began in the U.S.

Recently, mem-bers of the Rotary Club of Farragut heard this story from David Williams, the Scout Executive of the Great Smoky Mountains Council. Williams is a member of the Rotary Club of Knoxville. In his role he leads Scouting in a 21-county East Tennes-see area with 10,300 Scouts and their adult leaders.

Williams explained the link:

“Paul Harris was the

founder of Rotary and James E. West, the fi rst chief scout executive, were good friends in Chicago,” he said. “They traveled the country together establish-ing Boy Scout councils. And our relationship continues to be strong today. Because of the support of Rotarians, countless young men and women across the nation are able to enjoy the ben-efi ts of Scouting.”

In 1918, Rotary was the fi rst service club

to adopt Scouting. Today, Rotarians re-main among the fore-most sponsors. Rota-

ry clubs in the United States charter over 1,400 Scouting units (Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout Troops and Venturing crews) serv-ing about 45,000 Scouts.

And then there is the In-ternational Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians, one of more than 50 Rotary Fel-lowship Groups established to bring together Rotarians with similar interests from around the world. This fel-

Rotary and Scouts

Tom King

lowship is made up of Ro-tarians, Rotarian spouses, Interact and Rotaract members.

Williams, who is an Eagle Scout, is an Army veteran, a graduate of the University of Memphis and has worked for 18 years for the BSA.

He says the relation-ship is strong because, “We share strong codes of behavior that defi ne and shape who we are. Rotary has the Four Way Test and those are the same types of principles at work in our Scout Oath and Scout Law

January Council on Aging Meeting: “Dealing with Sentimen-tal Clutter – Feel the Freedom” will be held on January 14th at 2:30 p.m. at the O’Connor Center. The meeting will feature Mary Pankiewicz, Certi-fi ed Professional Organizer, she will talk about what clutter to let go of and what to save. She will discuss such items as gifts, greeting cards, family heirlooms and more.

Declutter: Feel the freedom

Pankiewicz

BIZ NOTES ■ Steven M. Goodpaster, of Woodford &

Associates, has been awarded the Appraisal

Institute’s MAI membership designation, which

is held by appraisers who are experienced in

the valuation and evaluation of commercial,

industrial, residential and other types of prop-

erties, and who advise clients on real estate

investment decisions. A Powell resident, he is

president of the Broadacres Homeowners As-

sociation. Info: 865-686-3300

■ Dr. Robert E. Malka, a neurologist and

neuro-hospitalist, has joined Tennova

Healthcare at Physicians Regional Medical

Center. Dr. Malka off ers critical inpatient care

for individuals admitted to the hospital for

stroke, aneurysm, head trauma, brain and

spine tumors, and other neurologic condi-

tions. He will coordinate care and treatment

for neurologic patients from admission

through discharge from the hospital.

Goodpaster Dr. Malka

Thanks for your serviceDavid Hutchins is thanked by KCDC chair Dan Murphy for

Hutchins’ 15 years of leadership at KDCD. His fi nal meeting was

in December. Hutchins began his tenure during the HOPE VI

revitalization project in Mechanicsville in 2001 and continued

through the ongoing Five Points revitalization in East Knoxville.

Scout Executive David Williams, Farragut Rotarians Andy Lut-

trell and Chris Thomas, and John Tipton, the new Toqua Scout

Executive.

to this day. Rotary has been a part of scouting since the beginning.”

Prior to his presentation, Williams introduced John Tipton, the new Toqua Dis-trict Executive. His district includes West Knoxville and Loudon County. Tipton now has been welcomed as a new member of the Farra-gut club, again strengthen-ing the ties between Rotary and Scouting.Tom King is a retired newspaper editor, a

Rotarian for 27 years and past president

of the Rotary Club of Farragut. He can be

reached at tking535@gmail.com

Children all over Knox County were sweating over the holiday break, and it wasn’t just from the unsea-sonably warm weather.

Cabin fever lured many families out around town to partake in exhibits, day camps, art activities and playground fun during stu-dents’ last days of winter vacation before returning to school.

The Muse Knoxville held several Winter Wonderlabs that featured crafts, 3D de-sign and printing and code writing.

A favorite hot spot was a sensory activity made of boards and thousands of yellow zip ties. Children walked through the ties as if walking through a hallway while the ends of the plastic tickled their skin.

More than half of the children at The Muse were accompanied by an adult family member that seemed to have just as much fun as their younger play pal(s).

Lucinda Alexander, grandmother to Everett and Edith Alexander, spoke very highly of The Muse’s Grandparent Pass, which allows a grandparent to pay one time and bring all of their grandchildren as of-ten as they’d like.

A special presentation also took place at The Muse on Dec. 29 when TVA an-nounced a presenting spon-sorship of this year’s third annual Robotics Revolu-

tion: A STEM Awareness Event, to be held Aug. 6 at the Jacob Building in Chil-howee Park.

TVA will donate $10,000 to the event, hosted by The Muse.

“Robotics Revolution has hosted almost 3,000 at-tendees in the previous two years,” says Ellie Kittrell, ex-ecutive director of The Muse.

“State-of-the-art corpo-rations always benefi t from a well-educated workforce and TVA’s investment in Ro-botics Revolution demon-strates how events like this are meeting this need in our community.” Info: the-museknoxville.org.

The Knoxville Museum of Art’s East Tennessee Re-gional Student Art Exhibi-tion is on display through Jan. 10, and several stu-dents and their families stopped by for a peek.

Cain, Libba and Louise Gray Leonard were visit-ing their grandparents but came by KMA for a scaven-ger hunt. Their mom print-ed a list of items to look for in the exhibits, and the children marked them off as they went along.

KMA will host its Winter Family Fun Day 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20. There will be artist demonstrations, live entertainment and lots of art activities for kids.

The kids will most likely need another break from school by that time. Info: knoxart.org

Chris McDonald and his niece, preschooler Adelyn Smith, dig

for dinosaurs.

Cabin fever easersWebb Middle School students Adrian Gellert, Zac Yu and Alex Yu performed in the East Ten-

nessee School Band and Orchestra Association’s Junior Orchestra Clinic held at Hardin Valley

Academy. Photo submitted

Webb students to perform at orchestra clinicWebb School of Knox-

ville eighth graders Adrian Gellert and Alex Yu, and sixth grader Zac Yu were selected for the East Ten-nessee School Band and Or-chestra Association’s Junior Orchestra Clinic held in November at Hardin Valley Academy.

Adrian plays viola, and brothers Alex and Zac play the violin. Each auditioned at Robertsville Middle School and was chosen based on his performance of scales, a prepared solo se-lection and a sight-reading

piece. Only the top perform-ers were selected for this highly competitive honor.

Students who quali-fi ed for the two-day clinic worked with renowned mu-

sic educators to practice new material they performed the last day of the clinic.

SCHOOL NOTES ■ Webb School of Knoxville, 9800 Webb School Lane, will host an

admissions open house 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, in the school’s

central building. Interested parents are invited. Info/RSVP: Christy

Widener, 291-3830 or webbschool.org/openhouses.

■ West Hills Elementary participates in the following programs to

help raise money for the school: General Mills “BoxTops for Educa-

tion,” Campbell’s “Labels for Education,” and linking Food City

ValuCards, Kroger Plus Cards and Target Red Cards to the school

for points. Info: 539-7850.

Fifth grade students at Northshore Elementary School learned Newton’s Laws fi rsthand while test-ing custom-made cars in the hallway prior to Christmas break.

Student teams had two weeks to design their ve-hicles using common household items. Features included bottle caps on the

wheels, wheels cut from Styrofoam and lots of pa-per towel tubes, string and tape. Test runs were held on a ramp in the hallway to see what adjustments needed to be made to increase speed.

Friends Melaina Eden and Bailey Johnson made their entire vehicle from Styrofoam, but had trouble with its speed until they

Bailey Johnson and Melaina Eden’s car features an M&M tin as

its passenger, which adds weight and speed. Photos by S. Barrett

Ian Oosterling, Maahir Nathani and Trevor Sublett prepare to

release their car down the test ramp in the hallway.

Newton’s Lawsat Northshore Elementary

added a large, egg-shaped M&M tin to the top. Both said they’ve always had a strong interest in math and science but agreed the car project kicked it up a notch.

Teachers Andrea Veler and Lindsay Brudecki intro-duced the project this year to help implement STEM activities in the classroom. Veler said they plan to con-tinue it annually “because the students love it.”

BEARDEN Shopper news • JANUARY 6, 2016 • A-9 weekender

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and Hollywood releases.

Love movies?

Betsy Pickle, East Tennessee's premier fi lm critic,

keeps you in the know in Weekender.

‘The Forest’Sara Price (Natalie Dormer) goes looking for her identical

twin sister in a Japanese forest and fi nds herself surround-

ed by paranormal forces in “The Forest,” opening Friday

in local theaters. Taylor Kinney, Eoin Macken, Stephanie

Vogt and Yukiyoshi Ozawa star for director Jason Zada.

The horror fi lm is rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic con-

tent and images.

By Betsy Pickle“The Revenant” may be

one of the toughest movies you’ll ever love.

A grueling experience for the characters, the ac-tors and the audience, “The Revenant” is a visceral jour-ney through physical pain and mental anguish, but it is worth it on oh so many levels.

Its story of survival alone raises it above even the best human-vs.-nature tales that come to mind, and yes, that includes “127 Hours.” Mountains, rivers, freezing temperatures and – most memorably – bears besiege the protagonist beyond what mere mortals are ex-pected to endure.

Some would mark that off to the revenge that drives Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, but that would be dismissing the person Glass is – as cre-ated indelibly by DiCaprio. Many might feel the burn-ing anger that Glass expe-riences, but unless they are as full of love for family, re-spect for nature and honor for the righteous, they could not begin to follow his trail.

Glass is a scout in the western wilderness of the 1820s. Leading a party of trappers organized by Capt. Andrew Henry (Domhnall Gleeson), he aims to keep the scruffy group safe from Native Americans who want their pelts and their scalps. He has with him his teenage son, Hawk (Forrest Good-luck), whose protection is his top priority.

After a Ree attack leaves more than half the trap-pers dead, Glass hustles them deeper into the woods on a route toward a frontier fort. Reconnoi-tering early one morning, Glass is surprised by a grizzly bear that thinks he means to harm her cubs. The bear violently mauls him, and when the trap-

By Carol ShaneSometimes it’s good to

be reminded that in a world where negativity seems to nab the front page more of-ten than not, good things also tend to grow and fl ourish.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Com-mission’s Gallery of Arts Tribute is an example. It’s grown so much that it needs a new home. On Jan. 8, in partnership with the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville and in celebration of 2016’s very fi rst First Fri-day, it will be the featured exhibition at the Empori-um Building in downtown Knoxville.

According to the ACA’s deputy director Suzanne Cada, the exhibition, which honors the life and legacy of the slain civil rights lead-er, has traditionally been housed at the Beck Cultural Center, and has featured only one or two artists. “This year they wanted to open it up,” Cada says. “It’s a juried show for multiple artists.”

In the spirit of making the entry process even more egalitarian, there’s no entry fee.

According to the ACA website, “The exhibition seeks to feature: 1) works by African and African-Ameri-can artists living within 50 miles of Knoxville; and/or 2) works that pertain to the themes of unity, commu-nity, love, reconciliation, so-cial justice and civil rights by any artist living within

50 miles of Knoxville.”“When I put the call out,”

says Cada, “we had a lot of people respond that they’re making something espe-cially for this exhibition.” The selected works, judged by a panel of three, will be displayed in the Emporium’s atrium and upstairs gallery.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Com-mission’s purpose, according to its website, is “to reaffi rm and refl ect upon the Ameri-can ideals of freedom, jus-tice and peace. To that end, we pledge to work inclusively with community partners to: lift and live principles of non-violence, equality and love; tell the stories of the struggles; and provide edu-cation and leadership train-ing for adults and youth.”

The exhibition kicks off with an opening reception as part of January’s First Friday. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be available.

“They’re hoping this will grow,” says Cada of the an-nual art show. “There’s al-ready been a big response.”

The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Com-mission’s Gallery of Arts Tribute opening reception is 6-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. The show will run through Friday, Jan. 29. The Emporium will be closed on Jan. 18 in recognition of the Martin Luther King Jr. na-tional holiday. Info: knoxal-liance.com or 523-7543. For info about the Commission, visit mlkknoxville.com

Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) refuses to let harsh weather and terrain deter him from revenge in

“The Revenant.”

Alan Jones’ painting, “Altar Ego.” Works by Jones and other lo-

cal artists will be on view at the Emporium Center through the

month of January. Photo submitted

‘The Revenant’

An artistic tribute to MLK

pers find him they expect him to succumb quickly to his injuries.

The fact that he doesn’t sets up a dilemma for Henry and brings out some of the best and worst of human na-ture from the others.

Directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu from a script by Inarritu and Mark L. Smith, “The Revenant” was inspired by real-life events as well as a novel by Michael Punke. A version of the sto-ry was previously told in the 1971 fi lm “Man in the Wil-derness.” The brutal por-trayal of frontier life comes from a 20th/21st-century sensibility, but the story benefi ts from that realism.

It’s a tough existence with strong emotions driv-ing whites, Native Ameri-cans and French traders alike.

Hand-in-hand with the violence is a magical real-ism that surfaces in Glass’s dreams/memories of the past with his Pawnee wife (Grace Dove) and young Hawk (Isaiah Tootoosis), as well as the compassion shown by Henry and young Jim Bridger (Will Poulter). Family is a touchstone for many, and Inarritu never lets the darkness completely overshadow the light.

As much as “The Reve-nant” is a riveting adventure

tale, it also turns out to be a stunning acting showcase. DiCaprio fi nally fi nds a role that erases all vestiges of his pretty-boy, urbane persona. Covered in blood, furs and facial hair and communicat-ing primarily with his eyes and grunts, he commands the screen more than he has ever done before, yet because it is all in service to the character there’s never any sign of “acting” to it.

Tom Hardy, as the vil-lainous Fitzgerald, is as talkative as his “Mad Max: Fury Road” character was

reticent, and his contribu-tion is outstanding. Glee-son, Poulter and Goodluck are superb as well.

Cinematographer Em-manuel Lubezki turns the gorgeous and unforgiving terrain into another charac-ter, and Inarritu brings it all together with heart and in-sight. “The Revenant” is one you’ll want to come back to again and again.

Rated R for strong fron-tier combat and violence including gory images, a sexual assault, language and brief nudity.

‘Conversations and Cocktails’ aheadThe Humanities Center

at UT has announced the lineup for its annual “Con-versations and Cocktails” series, which will begin 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12.

Offered in collaboration with the Grill at Highlands Row, the series provides the community an oppor-tunity to interact with guest scholars as they discuss his-tory while enjoying special dinner and appetizer selec-tions.

All discussions are free. Dinner reservations are re-quired and seating is lim-ited. A reservation can be made by calling the Grill at Highlands Row at 865-851-7722.

The fi rst discussion will feature UT s c h o l a r C h a r l e s M a l a n d , J. Doug-las Bruce P r o f e s s o r of English and Cinema Studies.

The talk is titled “‘That’s What You Think:’ James Agee as Mov-ie Reviewer” and will ex-plore how Agee responded to some of the famous fi lms of his era.

Agee, a Knoxville native, was a Pulitzer Prize-win-ning novelist who was fi rst known for his movie re-views for Time and The Na-

tion published in the 1940s.Maland recently com-

pleted the editing process of “Complete Film Criticism: Reviews, Essays, and Man-uscripts” for the UT Press “The Works of James Agee” series. He will provide guests with an overview of Agee’s movie reviewing ca-reer during the event.

Other “Conversations and Cocktails” talks in-clude:

Feb. 2 – Thomas Bur-man, professor of history and Riggsby Director of the Marco Institute: “Ignored Model, Admired Enemy: Is-lam and Christian Europe.”

March 1 – Tore Olsson, assistant professor of his-tory: “How East Tennessee

Transformed the World: TVA’s Global Career after WWII.”

April 5 – Robert Glaze, doctoral student in his-tory: “‘Hardships, perils and vicissitudes:’ The Army of Tennessee in Civil War Memory.”

May 3 – Mary Camp-bell, assistant professor of art history: “The Mormon Church’s Polygamous Suf-fragettes.”

The Humanities Center supports faculty fellows and graduate students whose work explores what it means to be human, our place in the universe, and our obli-gation to extend compas-sion and social justice to one another.

Maland

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NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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stroke:LIKE IT NEVER EVEN HAPPENED.No comprehensive stroke and rehabilitation center in our region

does more to reverse stroke’s devastating eff ects than Fort

Sanders Regional Medical

Center. That’s why hospitals

across East Tennessee refer their

most complex stroke patients to

us. And only Fort Sanders Regional is home to the Patricia Neal

Rehabilitation Center, East Tennessee’s elite rehabilitation hospital

for stroke, spinal cord and brain injury patients.

Certifi ed as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission and accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Leading the region’s only stroke hospital network

www.covenanthealth.com/strokenetwork

Fort Sanders performs clinical trials and procedures

for stroke not available anywhere else in our region.

When it comes to stroke, time lost is brain lost, so it’s important to understand the

warning signs and how to reduce your risk.

If you or a loved one experience any of these symptoms, call 911.

WARNINGSigns of

Stroke

Sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one

side of the body

Sudden severe headache with no known cause

Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance

or coordination

Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding

Sudden trouble seeingin one or both eyes

Albert Hernandez lost his mother to a

series of strokes. He’s thankful that ad-

vanced medicine and technology like

the tele-stroke robot were available to

give him a better chance of survival.

Gatlinburg man thankful for East Tennessee’s largest stroke network

He heard a voice. Someone was asking questions. As Albert Her-nandez began to regain conscious-ness, he realized the voice was coming from a robot.

It sounds like a scene from a science fi ction movie, but it’s a modern day wonder in use at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Cen-ter today. The tele-stroke robot is advanced technology that helped save a Gatlinburg man’s life.

Hernandez was on the job at Ober Gatlinburg one day last summer, when he noticed that a trash bin needed to be emptied. He began the very common and simple task of moving trash to a cart so it could be wheeled away, when something uncommon hap-pened.

“I started shaking and sweat-ing,” Hernandez recalls, “and I just dumped it.”

Hernandez told his supervisor he “felt funny.” Assuming it was a result of the summer heat, she took him to their administrative

offi ces to let him cool down, rehy-drate and have his blood pressure checked. After about 30 minutes, Hernandez felt much better, and decided to get back to work.

But it happened, again. He was overwhelmed with a strange sensation of dizziness and shak-ing. Hernandez didn’t understand what was happening, but he knew something wasn’t right. With per-mission from his supervisor, he left work so his wife could take him to a clinic.

By the time Hernandez got off the tram to meet his wife, he felt even worse. “I looked at her and I said, ‘I don’t think I’m going to make it,” he says.

Suddenly, what was intended to be a simple visit to a clinic turned into an urgent drive to the emer-gency department at LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville. On the way, Hernandez complained that he couldn’t feel his left arm. He turned to his wife, and said, “Honey, I love you.”

The Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional:Delivering immediate and excellent care

When a stroke happens, timely treatment is critical. The Com-prehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional is well above the national average in delivering prompt treatment of live saving medication.

Clot busting drugs are given to stroke patients through a vein to improve blood fl ow and minimize potential disabilities. The amount of time it takes for a patient to be brought into a hospital until the moment medications are intrave-nously administered is referred to as “door to needle time.”

While the average door to nee-dle time is a little more than an hour, the door to needle time at Fort Sanders Regional is 30 min-

utes. That’s half an hour faster than the national average.

It’s just one of the many advan-tages a patient has when treated at a comprehensive stroke center. The stroke center exists to provide the highest level of stroke care for complicated stroke cases.

“It really exists to provide that next level up from what you can get at your local community hos-pital,” Dr. Moore, medical director of Fort Sanders Regional stroke program says. “Strokes can often be treated at those hospitals, but fi nding out why the stroke oc-curred to prevent it from happen-ing again sometimes takes some-one who’s done a lot more work in treating stroke.”

Moore says fi nding out the“why” takes some digging into apatient’s background, and some-times it’s not as obvious as themain risk factors.

“Stroke centers tend to be betterand faster at treating stroke just be-cause we see it all the time,” Mooresays. “We have doctors who can goup into the brain and pull a clot out,and that’s a really specialized niche.Most hospitals don’t have access tosomeone who can do that.”

The Comprehensive StrokeCenter at Fort Sanders Regionalsees patients from throughoutEast Tennessee, and even fromKentucky. To learn more, visit fsregional.com/stroke, or call865-541-1111.

Hernandez lost consciousness. Kelly Hernandez tried to keep her composure as she raced her hus-band to the hospital.

“I’ve never seen him unrespon-sive,” she says. “Just seeing him lie there, that was hard.”

Hernandez learned in the emergency department that he had suffered a stroke, and a team was already in place to help him.

“They had a robot there next to my bed, and there was some per-son in there asking me questions,” Hernandez says. Stroke medicine was administered, and Hernandez heard the voice in the robot say, “Bring him to Fort Sanders, im-mediately.”

Hernandez was experiencing

the benefi ts of the tele-stroke robot network, which allowed a neurologist from Fort Sand-ers Regional to virtually be in the same room as Hernandez at LeConte Medical Center in Se-vierville via a video monitor. The robot offers quick and early con-sultation that can make a critical difference in a patient’s chances of surviving a stroke with mini-mal effects.

“The next thing I knew I was being taken to Fort Sanders,” Her-nandez says.

Because of the tele-stroke ro-bot network, medical staff at Fort Sanders Regional were completely up to speed on Hernandez’ case. They were in place, and ready to

care for him the very moment theambulance arrived.

In the event of a stroke, min-utes matter. Brain cells can diequickly, and that can easily lead topermanent brain damage.

“They were all there, wait-ing for me, working there, askingme questions,” Hernandez says.“There was always somebodythere talking to me. They neverleft me alone.”

While his wife waited for re-ports on his progress throughoutthe process, she was comfortedby comments she overheard in thelobby. People around her were say-ing Fort Sanders Regional is thebest hospital for stroke patients.

Not only did he meet addi-tional neurologists specializing instroke, but he also met someonefrom Patricia Neal RehabilitationCenter, who arranged for treat-ment to help him recover from theeffects of the stroke.

“Fort Sanders, Patricia Neal – Iwas surprised at how quickly theyhelped me come back,” Hernandezsays. “Within a week or two I wasalready out of there and back atwork.”

Once in a while, Hernandez stillfeels a few effects of his stroke.But he has a clean bill of healthfrom his doctor, and his heart isstrong. He may never understandwhat caused his stroke, but that’sokay. He’s just glad it’s part of hispast, and that he still has a futureto invest in the people he loves.

“I just want to be here for mywife and kids, and to live for aslong as God lets me stay in theworld,” Hernandez says. “I thankFort Sanders and Patricia Neal forhelping me come back to my wifeand my family, and for allowingme to be with them, hopefully formany years to come.”

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One of the real joys of birding is to fi nd and get great looks at the occasional rare, unusual, or hard-to-fi nd bird, and wintertime is often a good time to discov-er a rare bird or two.

Enjoying a rare bird

Dr. Bob Collier

In the winter, one of the more dependable families of birds that we can count on being around is the wood-peckers. And of the eight species of woodpeckers that can be found here in the Southeast in winter, one of those fi ts the above descrip-tion to a “T.”

Motoring out on a round-about route from Powell to north Alabama for the holi-days, Grandma and I did a bird-watching loop through the state of Mississippi the week before Christmas. One of our prime sched-uled stops was a day at the 48,000-acre Noxubee Na-tional Wildlife Refuge, lo-cated about 20 miles south of Starkville. It has ponds and lakes full of wintering waterfowl, mowed agricul-tural fi elds with open-coun-try birds, and lots of woods, including old-growth pine forest – just what our Bird of the Trip, the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, ordered.

Red-cockaded wood-peckers are found nowhere in the world other than the southeastern United States. They are widely scattered from Virginia and North Carolina south into Florida,

and west into Texas and Ar-kansas. Sadly, you needn’t look for one in Tennessee. They once lived in a few counties in our state, but the last known one was a lonely male that was nesting down in Polk County, in the farthest southeast county in Tennessee. Discovered in 1991, he was gone by 1994, and as far as anybody knows, there are no others.

There aren’t that many red-cockaded woodpeckers anywhere. From a low of perhaps 4,000 birds when they were placed on the Endangered Species List in 1970, and with a lot of expert help and attention, they have come back to a total of maybe 12,500 today. Through the years, Grand-ma and I have been fortu-nate enough to see them at various special areas in North Carolina, South Car-olina and Florida. But we

got our best and closest ob-servation ever of one there in the Noxubee Refuge.

Red-cockaded wood-peckers are busy little guys intermediate in size be-tween downy and hairy woodpeckers. Instead of the white backs and black faces of those two, the red-cockadeds have black backs with white barring, and big white patches on their faces. The red cockades that give these birds their name are little red marks on the side of their heads, so small that they are seldom visible.

Red-cockaded wood-peckers are scarce because they are very picky about where they will live. They make their nest holes only in large, mature pine trees that are from at least 60 to 120 years of age. Of the 60 to 90 million acres of old-growth longleaf pine sa-vannah that once covered

the Southeast, only about 3 million acres remain; the rest has been cut for timber and cleared for agriculture and housing, or broken up into little patches or small groves of the big trees. So, it turns out, there is less than 1 percent left of the habitat these birds insist upon as a decent place to live.

The nest holes are a curi-ous thing in themselves. The birds select a big, old tree that has what is called red heart rot, a fungal disease that softens the heartwood. They take an amazing 1 to 3 or more years to excavate any given nest hole. And then they peck the tree all around the hole to make the tree ooze sap, coating the whole trunk in the area of the hole with a whitewash of sticky pine rosin. This ap-parently protects the nest from their most dreaded predator, those skillful tree-

climbers, the rat snakes. And the birds require

more than just a little patch of the big trees – each of their family groups, with a batch of nest trees called a “cluster,” takes around 200 acres of old-growth pine forest to meet their nesting and foraging needs. And speaking of family groups – in addition to being choosy about their real estate, they also have some peculiar so-cial habits, at least for birds.

The family unit consists of a male and female pair that own the nest and pro-duce the usual 3 or 4 eggs, but in addition, there are 1 or 2, up to 4 helper birds, usually young single male birds from the previous year’s batch. They really do help, staying with the fam-ily and joining in with in-cubating the eggs and then feeding the new hatchlings. This makes an active, chat-

tering family group of sev-eral birds if you are lucky enough to fi nd them.

Visitors to a place like the Noxubee Refuge will fi nd active red-cockaded nest trees marked with a ring of paint; once you see those, the rosin-coated trunks and nest holes become obvious.

There at Noxubee, a few days before Christmas, we walked through an area like that, a park-like place with big stately pines and almost no undergrowth. Numer-ous nest trees were marked with rings of white paint. Our ears perked up when we came upon a mixed fl ock of foraging birds, including red- and white-breasted nuthatches, singing pine warblers, even a spiffy red-headed woodpecker.

Then we heard it – the chittering call of a red-cock-aded woodpecker!

And there it was – hoo-ray! – some 12 feet up in one of the big pines, ripping off half-dollar fl akes of bark as it searched industriously for hidden insect snacks in the nooks and crannies. We stood and watched the rare bird, and ooh’ed and aah’ed, for 10 minutes or so. Our day was happily made!

Only two woodpeckers have been on the Endan-gered Species List – the ivory-billed and the red-cockaded. It was too late for the ivory-billed; its last stronghold, in the old-growth swampland of Loui-siana, was converted into hundreds of acres of rice fi elds. With the red-cock-aded, perhaps the warning was sounded in time. There are lots of smart and caring people working to help them survive. Maybe someday we, or our grandchildren, will be able to experience the joy of watching one of those busy little birds mak-ing the chips fl y, once again here in Tennessee.

Red-cockaded woodpecker

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6Jazz Lunch at the Square Room, noon-1 p.m.,

4 Market Square. Featuring “Kayley Farmer sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook.” Admission: $15; includes lunch buffet. Info/tickets: knoxjazz.org.

THURSDAY, JAN. 7“How to Self-Publish Any Written Project”

presented by Marilyn Smith Neilans, 2:30 p.m., Far-ragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

FRIDAY, JAN. 8Alive After Five: Aftah Party, 6-8:30 p.m.,

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

Art exhibit by Hanna Harper, 5-9 p.m., Broad-way Studios and Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. All ages welcome. Light refreshments served. Info: Jessica Gregory, 556-8676; BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com; BroadwayStudiosGallery@gmail.com.

Brown Bag Lecture: “Kidnapping the Kaiser: Tennesseans in the Great War,” noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Presented by Darrin Haas. Free admission. Info: 215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org.

Opening reception for “Gallery of Arts Tribute”: a juried exhibition developed to recognize local artists and honor the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 6-8 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Info: 523-7543 or knoxalliance.com.

Opening reception for Art Market Gallery’s January featured artists painter Lil Clinard and fi ber artist Julia Malia, 5:30 p.m., 422 S. Gay St. Info: 525-5265 or artmarketgallery.net.

SATURDAY, JAN. 9Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West

Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Dancing Spi-der Yoga, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Jodie Manross and Laith Keilany, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Li-brary, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

The Tennessee Stiffl egs Old-Time String Band, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

SUNDAY, JAN. 10 Epworth Monthly Harp Singing, 6:30 p.m.,

Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Info: Claudia Dean, 673-5822.

KSO Chamber Classics Series: The KSO Principal Quartet, 2:30 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Tickets: $15-$33. Info/tickets: 291-3310 or knoxvillesymphony.com.

Pen to Podium: SAFTA Reading Series, 3-4 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Featuring: George David Clark and Jeni Wallace. Info: 215-8750.

MONDAY, JAN. 11All Over the Page: “Dr. Mutter’s Marvels,”

6:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Staged reading of “Last Train to Nibroc,” 7:30 p.m., The Square Room, 4 Market Square. Pre-sented by the WordPlayers. Free admission. Info: 539-2490 or wordplayers.org.

TUESDAY, JAN. 12Knoxville Civil War Roundtable meeting,

8 p.m., Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Aaron Astor, associate professor of history at Maryville College. Topic: “The Civil War Along Ten-nessee’s Cumberland Plateau.” Dinner, 7 p.m. Cost: lec-ture only, $5; dinner and lecture, $17. RSVP by noon Monday, Jan. 11: 671-9001.

TUESDAYS, JAN. 12-FEB. 16“Refl ections, Light and Magic” class, 10 a.m.-1

p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $150/nonmembers $175. Materials list provided. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13“Branding Yourself as an Artist” professional

development seminar, 5:30-7:30 p.m., the Emporium, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $8 members of Arts & Culture Al-liance/$12 nonmembers. Info/registration: 523-7543; sc@knoxalliance.com.

Brown Bag Lecture: “An Inside Look at Lloyd Branson” by Adam Alfrey, noon, East Tennessee History

Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JAN. 13-14KSO Merchant & Gould Concertmaster Se-

ries: Gabriel Lefkowitz & Friends, 7 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Dr. Tickets: $20. Info/tickets: 291-3310 or knoxvillesymphony.com.

THURSDAY, JAN. 14AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30

p.m., AAA Offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

FRIDAY, JAN. 15Alive after Five: Wallace Coleman Band,

6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

Steep Canyon Rangers in concert, 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 15-16“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor

Dreamcoat,” 8 p.m. Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets, Tennessee Theatre box offi ce and 800-745-3000.

Monster Jam, 7:30 p.m., Thompson-Boling Arena. Saturday Pit Party, 5 p.m. Info/tickets: tbarena.com; knoxvilletickets.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 16AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30

p.m., AAA Offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

“Fantasia, Live!” presented by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: knoxvillesymphony.com.

Financial Education Series: “Get Out Of Debt,” 10:30 a.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Roux du Bayou Cajun Dance Music, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

Saturday Stories and Songs: David Blivens, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Kindermusik, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. For ages birth to 5. Info: 215-8750.

TUESDAY, JAN. 19Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer,

2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 215-8700.

Old College Monthly Harp Singing, 6 p.m., Mc-Minn County Living Heritage Museum, 522 W. Madison Ave., Athens. Info: Cora Sweatt, 423 745-0248.

Sevier County Monthly Old Harp Singing, 7 p.m., Middle Creek UMC, 1828 Middle Creek Road, Pigeon Forge. Info: David Sarten, 428-0874.

Tribute Show honoring Dolly Parton’s 70th birth-day, 7 pm., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Tickets: $25. Proceeds will benefi t Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Knox County. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20Greensky Bluegrass in concert, 8 p.m., Bijou

Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 27“Beautiful, Vibrant Alcohol Inks” class, 10

a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $50/nonmembers $65. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

“Mosaics Keepsake Box” class, 2-4 p.m., Knox-ville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $50/nonmembers $65. Info/registra-tion: knoxart.org.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JAN. 20-21AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor

Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 21-22Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents

Beethoven & Bruch, 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: tennesseetheatre.com; knoxvilletickets.com; 656-4444.

FRIDAY, JAN. 22Alive after Five: Tennessee Sheiks, 6-8:30 p.m.,

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

Black Jacket Symphony performs Journey’s “Escape,” 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/

tickets: knoxbijou.com. Cafe Mortel, 2:30-4 p.m., Bearden Branch Library,

100 Golfclub Road. Info: 588-8813.The Naughty Knots, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538

Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 23 The Freight Hoppers Old-Time String Band, 8

p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Moon Taxi in concert, 8 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: tennesseetheatre.com.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Kindermusik, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. For ages birth to 5. Info: 470-7033.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Miss Lynn, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

West Knox Preschool and Activities Fair, 2-4 p.m., St. John Neumann Catholic School, 625 Saint John Court. Free event. Hosted by the Knox-ville-Farragut MOMS Club. Info: facebook.com/events/1612266402369709/.

TUESDAY, JAN. 26“An Evening with Regina Carter” presented by

the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, 8 p.m., Square Room, 4 Market Square. Tickets: $32.50 adult, $15 student. Info/tickets: knoxjazz.org.

Computer Workshops: Excel, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215- 8700.

Robert Earl Keen in concert, 8 p.m., Bijou The-ater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Ba-

sics, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215-8700.

Guster in concert, 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxbijou.com.

THURSDAY, JAN. 28KSO Very Young People’s Concerts: “Let’s tell a

story!” 11 a.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: tennesseetheatre.com.

FRIDAY, JAN. 29Alive after Five: “Tribute to the R&B Classic Hits, Part

3” featuring Evelyn Jack & Donald Brown, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $15; $10 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 29-30WaveTransform Festival, Bijou Theater, 803

S. Gay St. Tickets: knoxbijou.com. Info/schedule: wavetransformfestival.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 30Beginning Genealogy, 1-4 p.m., East Tennessee

History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Registration begins Jan. 19. Info/registration: 215-8809.

The Del McCoury Band with Sierra Hull, part of WDVX’s World Class Bluegrass concert series, 7 p.m., Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Info/tickets: 981-8590; Clayton-ArtsCenter.com; Clayton Center box offi ce.

Financial Education Series: Debt Free, 1 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Faye Wooden, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Sarah Rysewyk, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

MONDAYS, FEB. 1-15“Mask Making and Face Jugs” (clay sculpture)

class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $90/non-members $110. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, FEB. 3-4AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oak

Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Road, Oak Ridge. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

FRIDAY, FEB. 5Alive after Five: “Fat Friday Mardi Gras” with

Roux Du Bayou, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for mem-bers/students. Info: 934-2039.

THURSDAY, FEB. 11AARP Driver Safety class, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., East

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All-digital technology allows medical teams to consult quickly about a patient’s treatment. Images are available to

radiologists and other physicians almost immediately after your scan.

Parkwest Imaging Services provides patients personal ‘pictures of health’Department features experienced staff , top-of-the-line diagnostic equipment and 24/7 services

If you are like most people, at some point in your life you may experience symptoms of an unde-termined medical problem or have a health issue for which your doc-tor wants a closer look. Depending on the situation, your doctor may order an X-ray, MRI, CT scan, ul-trasound, mammography, nuclear medicine or interventional radiol-ogy.

“Most people have some ba-sic knowledge about these pro-cedures, but they may not real-ize that they have a choice about where to get the exam or that all diagnostic equipment is not equal,” said Parkwest Director of Radiology Connie Wagner. “We believe that investment in the best equipment and in advanced train-ing for our staff pays off in more accurate results and excellent pa-tient care.”

Wagner explained that the dif-ferent modalities (types of scans) provide internal “personal pic-tures of a person’s health.”

Parkwest’s Imaging Services

The acronyms of radiology: a primer for Parkwest Imaging ServicesThere are several types of di-

agnostic scans, and each is used for different purposes. Here’s an overview of how different servic-es are commonly used.

CT (Computed Tomography)A CT (or CAT) scan combines the

power of X-ray technology and com-

puterized imagery to take layered pic-

tures of hard and soft tissues, including

bones and organs. Common uses of CT

include identifying stroke, pulmonary

embolism, kidney stones, trauma and

signs of heart disease. CTs are typically

quick procedures, taking just minutes

to complete. In emergency cases, they

can reveal internal injuries and bleed-

ing quickly enough to help save lives. A

major advantage of CT is that it is able

to image bone, soft tissue and blood

vessels all at the same time. CT imaging

is sometimes compared to looking into

a loaf of bread by cutting the loaf into

thin slices. When the image slices are

reassembled by computer software,

the result is a very detailed multidi-

mensional view of the body’s interior.

Refi nements in detector technology al-

low new CT scanners to obtain multiple

slices in a single rotation. Approximate-

ly 2,300 scans are performed monthly

at Parkwest. All technologists are ARRT

registered. Parkwest has three scan-

ners: two GE 16-slice Lightspeed and

a GE 64-slice VCT (Volume Computed

Tomography).

DaTscanDaTscan is an imaging drug that is

injected into the bloodstream to help

your doctor assess a chemical called do-

pamine, which is involved in controlling

movement. After the chemical is inject-

ed and enough time has passed for it to

be absorbed, a special device, called a

gamma camera, will take 3-dimensional,

cross-sectional pictures of your brain.

These images (called single photon

emission computed tomography or

SPECT images) and a report will be sent

to your doctor, who can discuss the test

results with you. DaTscan procedures

and SPECT imaging are performed in

the Nuclear Medicine Department.

Diagnostic Imaging (X-ray)X-rays are a form of electromagnetic

radiation. In the hospital setting, X-rays

are emitted by a machine as individual

particles that pass through the body

and are interpreted by a computer to

display the images. Solid structures

such as bones appear white, areas that

contain air (such as lungs) appear black

and soft tissues appear as shades of

gray. This digital technology is an ef-

fi cient change from the traditional fi lm

process. All technologists at Parkwest

are ARRT registered, and radiation

protection and minimization of patient

exposure is always considered for

patient safety.

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

MRI uses powerful magnets and

radio waves to non-invasively produce

detailed images of the body. MRI is

capable of showing very fi ne detail in

tissue and organs. Typical uses of MRI

scans are helping identify problems

with the brain, joints, ligaments,

nerves, blood vessels and distinguish-

ing cancerous tissue. Depending on

what information your doctor needs,

the MRI scan may require the use of

a contrast-agent given intravenously

to assist in seeing certain structures

in your body. Unlike conventional

radiography and CT, no radiation is

used. All technologists at Parkwest

are ARRT registered with advanced

registry. MRI at Parkwest is per-

formed using a GE 3-tesla or GE 1.5

tesla magnet.

Nuclear MedicineNuclear Medicine is an exam

that requires a radioactive isotope

be ingested orally or injected via

IV into the body. The patient lies

on a table under a camera which

specializes in the imaging of or-

gans’ metabolic functions. One of

the distinct differences between

nuclear medicine and other areas

of radiology is that nuclear medi-

cine is often used to assess how

an organ functions; other modali-

ties focus of the anatomy of the

organ. Nuclear medicine services

at Parkwest include bone scans,

heart scans, hepatobiliary scans,

thyroid scans and general nuclear

medicine scans. Nuclear medicine

can be highly beneficial in locat-

ing the source of an unknown

infection. For example, in a white

blood cell study at Parkwest, an

isotope is injected that goes to

the site of the infection. Four

cameras are available for patient

exams. All technologists are

NMTCB certified.

Special Procedures (Interventional Radiology)

Parkwest Imaging Services off ers a

full spectrum of diagnostic and inter-

ventional procedures, including, but not

limited to: angioplasty/stent placement;

central venous access (Permacath,

Portacath); dialysis fi stula/graft declot-

ting; IVC fi lter placement; uterine fi broid

embolization; liver chemo-embolization

and radiofrequency ablation; TIPS

(shunting of liver vessels); biliary and

genitourinary drainage; and verte-

broplasty. All technologists are ARRT

registered and RNs are ACLS certifi ed.

UltrasoundUltrasound uses ultra high-frequen-

cy sound waves which are refl ected off

of the body organs, vessels and other

structures to produce images. Unlike

other areas of radiology, no radiation

is used in ultrasound imaging. A water-

based gel is placed on the patient’s skin

over the area of interest to help conduct

the sound waves. The technologist

then scans with a probe called the

transducer. The transducer emits sound

waves and listens for the “echo” as the

sound is either absorbed or bounces off

anatomic structures. Ultrasounds help

diagnose a wide range of conditions

and are frequently used to visualize soft

structures such as arteries, veins, glands

and abdominal organs. Ultrasound

technology at Parkwest is often used

for vascular diagnostics, obstetrics and

gynecology, biopsies, thoracentesis and

paracentesis. All Parkwest sonographers

are RDMS certifi ed.

Department is open by appoint-ment 24 hours a day, 7 days aweek, and it’s not just for patientswho are admitted to ParkwestMedical Center.

“We do 11,000 to 13,000 ex-ams every month, including out-patients,” said Wagner. “We havesome of the most advanced equip-ment on the market and staff whohave been expertly trained on itsuse. A prime example is the ad-dition of 3-dimensional breastimaging (tomosynthesis) at theParkwest Comprehensive BreastCenter, which is a superior tool indetecting cancer.”

Additionally, Parkwest Imag-ing Department is accredited bythe American College of Radiolo-gy (ACR), and all of the modalitiesand processes in the departmentmeet stringent quality measures.

To fi nd out more about ParkwestImaging Services or to schedule aservice, call 865-373-1500. Learnmore online by clicking the Imag-ing Services link under ClinicalServices at www.TreatedWell.com.

What you need to know

before you go is on the webParkwest Imaging Services is

located on the fi rst fl oor of River-stone Tower and is easily accessi-ble from the hospital’s main lobby entrance.

Patients are phoned the day before scheduled exams and are told what to expect. They are given any special instruc-tions they should know before ar-riving, such as what clothing is appropriate and what forms may be needed.

Parkwest staff understands that even “routine” medical tests can be confusing and that patients are sometimes

apprehensive. If you forget to ask something when your patient rep calls, you can also fi nd information on our website by visiting www.TreatedWell.com and clicking on Imaging Services in the left column of the site’s main page. If you want to speak to someone, call Imaging Services at 865-373-1500.