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By Betty BeanIt was a leap of faith,

breaking ground for the new entrance and visitors center at the Knoxville

Botanical Garden and Ar-boretum before having the entire $1.45 million estimated cost in hand. But the board of directors

voted to proceed, banking on the belief that poten-tial donors will step up as they see the impressive new project coming out of

Joan Ashe

The new Knoxville Botanical Garden visitors center (Image courtesy of De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop)

Work begins at Knoxville Botanical Gardenhouse Joe Howell built inthe 1960s. Architects DeLeon & Primmer Work-shop from Louisville, Ky.,

designed a plan toadd glass-and-

steel wings andwrap the oldbuilding in arippled wiremesh for as h i m m e r -ing, translu-cent look.

“ T her e ’sno building

in Knoxvillelike it,”Ashe said.“L i g ht i n g

will give it a wholedifferent feel: modern, yetsomehow rustic. Usingthe existing building cutsdown on the expense. Our

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the ground, complement-ing the stacked-stone walls and ancient trees of the former Howell Nursery property.

Board Chair Joan Ashe is optimistic.

“We’re get-ting close. To date, we have raised a p p r o x i -mately $1.2 million, and we’re hoping that we are showing the community that we are good stew-ards, progressing and staying true to the mission of what this place is sup-posed to be.”

The new visitors cen-ter will be an expansion and retrofi t of the block

By Wendy SmithIt took three years of meetings

for the eight-member Sign Ordi-nance Task Force to fi nish its work on a new ordinance that will now go to City Council for consider-ation.

It’s been diffi cult work, but Duane Grieve, council member and committee chair, commended the dedication of task force mem-bers who rarely missed meetings and worked together in spite of differing opinions.

If you can’t imagine how a group could spend three years talking about signs, here are just a few examples of signs that are addressed by the new ordinance:

The diffi cult task of regulating signs

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By Wendy SmithThis is not a story about a

health makeover that’s easy, or even doable, for regular folks.

And it’s not a regimen that a doctor would necessarily ap-prove.

But it is the story of a nearly miraculous return to health for a Cedar Bluff resident. And it all began with a bicycle.

Brent Williams graduated from the University of Tennes-see’s College of Architecture and Design in 1985 and immediately started a business selling deco-rative and structural finishes to design firms. Because the busi-ness requires a lot of driving, he eventually put on weight.

In 2007, he began experienc-ing shortness of breath.

His brother recommended cy-

Brent Williams prepares to com-

pete in a cyclocross race, an event

that involves riding, and some-

times carrying the bike, over mul-

tiple surfaces and around various

obstacles. Photo by Wendy Smith

New year, new man

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bulletin board signs (those used in front of schools or churches to an-nounce meetings), directory signs, historic signs, menu boards, elec-tronic message center signs, mon-ument signs, pole signs, sidewalk signs and window signs.

In addition to sign height, the ordinance addresses sign place-ment, sign landscaping, illumina-tion and abandoned signs, among other things.

If you can’t imagine how peo-ple could disagree over anything other than the height of pole signs, here’s an example from last week’s meeting. Current city standards do not defi ne, regulate or require a permit for window signs. The pro-

posed ordinance prohibited win-dow signs − defi ned as any sign within a window facing the street for the purpose of advertising, composed of letters, symbols or lighting − that exceed 25 percent of the window area or 20 square feet.

Grieve said he didn’t mind reg-ulating signs outside of businesses but wasn’t comfortable with regu-lating signs inside of businesses, even if they faced outside. He preferred not to address window signs.

Joyce Feld, a board member of Scenic Knoxville, said that if you can see it from a public right-of-way, it’s a sign, and one of the

group’s purposes was to improve the aesthetics of the public right-of-way.

Gary Hayes pointed out that it would be hard to separate perma-nent signs from periodical signs in windows.

After two motions failed − one limiting window signs to 25 percent of window area and one limiting them to 40 percent − a motion to exempt window signs from regula-tion passed, fi ve to three.

If the ordinance is approved, it will face another signifi cant hurdle − enforcement. Peter Ahrens, the city’s director of building inspec-tions, says that while the depart-

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Theatre legendsThe Tennessee Theatre’s

legendary performances dur-ing the golden age of movies, generally thought to be from the 1930s to the late ’50s, are a nearly forgotten part of Knoxville history. But with his new book, author Jack Neely is keeping those stories alive.

➤ See Wendy Smith on page A-3

Two good guysBuie Alley and Thurston

Raper grew up in Old Concord and, to the best of my knowl-edge, never ventured more than a few miles from there.

But the community would not have been the same with-out them.

➤ Read Malcolm Shell on page B-2

Ashe supports raise for mayors

Former Mayor Victor Ashe is endorsing the proposal by Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis to increase the mayor’s salary to $142,500, effective with the next election.

➤ Read his reasons on page A-5

Movies, moviesBetsy Pickle looks ahead at

three new movies:“Mortdecai,” starring

Johnny Depp, is based on the character Charlie Mortdecai created by English author Kyril Bonfi glioli in a trilogy of novels in the 1970s.

George Lucas came up with the story for “Strange Magic,” which features elves, fairies, imps and goblins – no Ewoks or Wookiees.

Jennifer Lopez returns to what feels like familiar terri-tory with “The Boy Next Door. Lopez plays a teacher who unwisely has a one-night stand with a much-younger neighbor.

➤ Read Betsy Pickle on page A-10

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Botanical Garden From page A-1

Regulating signs From page A-1

goal is to be fi nished by Aug. 1. We chose these architects because they developed Yew Dell Gardens in Louisville on property that was an old nursery, like this one. De Leon and Primmer loves working with nonprofi ts, taking what you have and showing how you can use what you have and make the most of it. And what we have here are these gorgeous stone walls.”

The Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum en-compasses 47 acres of what was once a massive, 2,000-acre property granted to a Howell ancestor for his Revolutionary War service.

“At one time it was the largest nursery in the U.S. and started before Knox-ville became a city,” Ashe said.

Joan Ashe and her hus-band, Victor, became inter-ested in the gardens while they were living in Warsaw during Victor’s stint as U.S. Ambassador to Poland, af-ter founding board member Jim McDonough sold them on the idea. They became active supporters when they returned to the States in 2009. The Martha H. Ashe Garden was dedicated in 2010 and is named for Vic-tor Ashe’s mother, who was active in local gardening and beautifi cation efforts including helping to found the Dogwood Arts Festival.

“Victor had already given a sizable donation to the gar-den while we were in Poland, and having semi-grown up here, I remember what it was like before Victor took offi ce, when we didn’t have any of

these parks – no Lakeshore Park, no Ashe Park, very few greenways – so supporting the garden seemed like a logical continuation of that,” she said.

Joan Ashe has chaired the KBGA board since 2011, and although she is step-ping down as chair later this

ment has historically been reactive, the goal is to get to a level of proactive enforce-ment of the sign ordinance.

He is examining ways to strengthen his department, possibly by collaborating with other departments, like neighborhood codes enforcement. He’d like to be able to address problem signs before there is a public outcry.

Ahrens hopes to have the structure to tackle sign en-forcement by the end of this year, and he’s not concerned about the complexity of the sign ordinance. When City Council approves it, his de-partment will dive in, he

says.But he acknowledges that

it’s a moving target. Once the new ordinance is adopt-ed, the sign community will begin pushing the envelope.

“People will come with proposals for things that have not been specifi cally addressed. You can’t ad-dress everything with one ordinance.”

The Sign Ordinance Task Force deserves credit for its hard work. The hardest part was surely working to-gether.

“Trying to reach an equi-table position is a diffi cult thing to do,” said member Don Parnell.

New year, new man From page A-1

cling to increase fitness, so Williams bought a re-cumbent bike, which he describes as “a lawn chair with wheels.”

Because he was up to 300 pounds, his wife sug-gested that he get a physi-cal before taking the bike out of the neighborhood.

The physical revealed a tumor the size of a liter bottle in his chest.

Fortunately, the tumor was benign and hadn’t in-terfered with other organs, so it was successfully re-moved.

“The bike saved my life because I had no symp-toms other than shortness of breath,” he says.

He also learned that he was pre-diabetic. After he recovered from surgery, he returned to riding once or twice a week.

By fall 2013, he was divorced and remarried. Last May, his doctor, a friend, told him that his blood sugar was danger-ously high.

Williams improved his diet and rode more fre-quently. By August, he had lost 15 pounds, but his blood sugar was up 40 per-cent.

His doctor said he would die if he didn’t do some-thing dramatic and pre-scribed insulin.

“I literally went home and cried,” Williams says.

His wife, Jeanne, a phys-ical therapist, researched different treatment op-tions and laid them out for him, least aggressive to most aggressive. He chose the most aggressive, an ultra-low calorie diet that had shown good results in a Mayo Clinic study.

He knew it wasn’t going to be easy. But by the third

day, he felt more energetic than he had in years. He tried to use the energy for daily bike rides, but his heart rate skyrocketed.

His wife told him he was “freaking his system out,” so he stopped riding until he ended the diet after 11 weeks.

Williams returned to his doctor and asked for an A1C blood test that would show his average blood sugar level over the past three months.

The doctor hesitated. Williams’ previous A1C showed a hemoglobin level of 10.75 percent, well above 7 percent, the target for those who have been diag-nosed with diabetes.

The doctor was skepti-cal that the number could have improved in such a short time.

At 10 that night, Wil-liams received two text messages from his doctor. The first read “7.2.” The second was an emoji of two thumbs up.

Over the past year, he’s lost 90 pounds, but weight loss was never his goal, he says. His A1C is now less than 6. He believes he shocked his system into using the glucose his body was making but ignoring.

Williams estimates that he rides 100 miles a week on upright bicycles. He participates in cyclocross races and high-speed night rides on gravel.

He also enjoys riding with Jeanne, who has lost 25 pounds since she took up his sport.

“What I did was not normal, and it was certainly not recommended,” he says.

“Drastic events require drastic action.”

The Tennessee Theatre has offered a steady stream of star power since it re-opened in 2005, but its leg-endary performances dur-ing the golden age of movies, generally thought to be from the 1930s to the late ’50s, are a nearly forgotten part of Knoxville history.

Executive Director of the

Tennessee Theatre Foun-

dation Becky Hancock

answers questions about

the theater’s renovation as

Jack Neely looks on. Photos

by Wendy Smith

Legendary Tennessee Theatre performances remembered

A new book, “The Ten-nessee Theatre: A Grand Entertainment Palace,” written by Jack Neely, keeps the stories alive. Neely and Becky Hancock, executive director of the Tennessee Theatre Foundation, shared some of them at Knox Heri-tage’s Lost and Found lun-cheon last week.

During the theater’s early days, movies gener-ally played for just three days. That required a large theater and multiple shows, Neely said.

One story he’d heard over the years is that Western movie star Tom Mix ap-peared onstage with his side-kick, Tony the horse. Neely was skeptical because there was no way to load equipment from the back of the theater at the time. That would mean that a horse would have to enter at the Gay Street en-trance, walk through the lob-by, walk through the theater and climb the narrow stairs to the stage.

Through newspaper re-search, Neely determined that Tony did indeed appear onstage with Mix, along with other horses and acro-bats.

The Ziegfeld Follies didn’t travel much, but they did come to the Tennessee dur-ing a 40-city tour in 1935. Comedienne Fanny Brice was the star who drew a standing-room-only crowd.

Jack Neely, author of “The Tennessee Theatre: A Grand Enter-

tainment Palace,” and Lee Ingram grab a bite before Neely’s

talk at Knox Heritage’s Lost and Found luncheon.

Carol Montgomery, Kim

Trent and Mary McGaharan

Helen Hayes performed the same year in the the-ater’s fi rst big Broadway show, “Mary of Scotland.”

Glenn Miller made a brief stop at the Tennessee in 1940. In those days, the audience didn’t expect a two-hour show, said Neely. Miller played for 15 min-utes before leaving with his orchestra to perform for a dance at the University of Tennessee.

Desi Arnaz came to town to promote his 1940 movie “Too Many Girls,” the story of a college football team that aimed to beat the Ten-nessee Volunteers. Arnaz performed the rumba on-stage with a pharmacist from St. Mary’s Hospital, Neely said.

The era ended with the premiere of a 1953 biopic about Grace Moore, a Cocke County-born opera star and

actress who lived briefl y in Knoxville. Four stars of “So This Is Love,” including Merv Griffi n, came to Knox-ville for three days to pro-mote the fi lm.

Hancock, a former as-sistant director at Knox Heritage, showed photos of beautiful buildings that

were torn down to make way for the theater, which opened in 1928. While she’s not an advocate of demoli-tion, she’s glad it happened.

Since the theater re-opened in 2005, 12 million people have attended events and brought $64 million to the local economy, she said.

year, she’ll remain on the board until 2016.

An Indiana native who had family here, spent child-hood summers in Knoxville and moved here to live full time in 1978, she remem-bers visiting the nurseries with her grandfather, J.R. Moody. Her aunt is former County Commissioner Wan-da Moody.

“I remember coming

out here with my grandpa and coming in from Boyd’s Bridge Pike. I loved the stone walls with the little round houses at the end; I always thought that’s where the princesses lived. That’s how we want it to be, with an allée of trees up to the new visitors center,” Ashe said. “It will welcome people the way they used to come to the garden years ago.”


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If you believe in foot-ball bloodlines, the Majors family, the DeLongs, the Colquitts, the Berrys, the Canales, the Reveiz clan, the Johnson brothers from Cleveland, the Lowe broth-ers from Fountain City …

If you think there might be meaningful hand-me-down connections between generations, in football, in academics, in life, you could be interested in Micah Ab-ernathy.

He is the son of Dr. Ralph

Do you believe in bloodlines?

David Abernathy III and the grandson of the best friend and closest ally of Dr. Mar-tin Luther King Jr.

The Abernathy fam-ily background is in civil rights. Micah and older brother Ralph David IV have created a new direc-tion. They are football play-ers. They run fast. They are

Volunteers-to-be.Micah, 6-1 and 182,

from Norcross, Ga., out of Greater Atlanta Christian School, is ranked among the top prep cornerbacks in the country. He chose Tennes-see over Georgia and offers from Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State and a few dozen others.

Ralph David IV is a re-cent graduate of Cincinnati. He has a remaining year of eligibility and decided to play for the coach who origi-nally recruited him.

Several years ago Butch Jones convinced the Aber-nathy family he was on the

up-and-up. The then-Cin-cinnati coach did what he said he would do for the fi rst son. The sales talk was eas-ier the second time around.

Micah grew up as a run-ning back. He remained one last season. He had some large numbers in playoff games, 194 yards rushing and three touchdowns in one, 260 total yards in an-other.

His coach, Tim Hardy, says Micah is a home-run hitter who gets into the secondary and goodbye, he is gone. Very big-play guy. Game changer. The coach says his future is defen-sive back. Quick reactions. Smart. Sees and interprets. Still learning.

Ralph David was part

running back, part slot re-ceiver and kick returner for the Bearcats. His career highlight was a 90-yard touchdown return against Vanderbilt in the 2011 Lib-erty Bowl.

He played better for Jones than he did for Tom-my Tuberville. In fact, he didn’t do much this past season. He had injuries. He sort of faded away.

Of course Ralph David and the familiarity with Jones and his staff were factors in the recruitment of Micah. Both Aberna-thys know the coaches as real people, away from the arena. They’ve seen them as husbands and fathers.

“Great guys,” said Micah.Dr. Abernathy says his

boys are OK guys, too. He says they have been raised the right way, in a Chris-tian home. He says they will bring integrity. He says they will play the game as it is meant to be played.

The history of the Aber-nathy family is the struggle, the hurt, a few arrests, some ridicule and a few n-words.

Dr. Abernathy says his sons don’t see color. They do recognize racism. But, if they are around people who don’t care about black and white, they are comfortable. The father sounds as if he is fi lled with joy that Ralph David IV and Micah chose Tennessee. He has been quoted as saying “We couldn’t be prouder.”Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected].

A journalist will occa-sionally write something that someone fi nds offen-sive. Sometimes his pen is sharp enough to offend en-tire groups.

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Editorial cartoonists are journalists no less than key-board commandos. Most often their cartoons are in-tended to cause the guilty to squirm and the rest of us to think.

Local cartoonist Charlie Daniel has skewered scores of politicians and miscre-ants over his long career, but I’d wager few of the of-fended contemplated mur-der in retaliation.

So, what can we say about the slaughter of cartoonists and others in Paris?

The murderers were de-ranged. Crazy.

There are offenses for which capital punishment can seem justifi ed, like white people singing Otis Redding songs at a karaoke bar, being tailgated at 70 miles per hour or the entire NBA. But this is a serious is-sue, so let’s get serious.

An Al Qaeda branch based in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the Paris atrocity. As an offshoot of mainstream Islam, the group enforces a strict, lit-eralist interpretation of Sharia law among its follow-ers.

According to Al Qaeda’s interpretation of Sharia law:

The punishment for a thief is amputation of the right hand.

Criticizing the Quran, the Muslim holy book, is

punishable by death.Converting a Muslim to

another religion earns a death sentence for both par-ties.

Husbands may beat wives for disobedience.

Adulterers shall be stoned to death. And there are many more “laws” too numerous to list.

The people who engi-neered and carried out the Paris killings are murder-ous psychopaths, and if you live by and promote the expansion of the laws above, you can’t live too far removed from me.

It’s one thing for a splin-ter religious movement to advocate violence for be-havior that offends its pe-culiar moral standards. We see similar insanity in the U.S., especially among fun-damentalist religious sects. Only a few weeks ago an Arizona pastor said AIDS could be eliminated “if you

executed the homos like God recommends.”

It’s another matter when brutality in the name of re-ligion is state-sponsored. Saudi Arabia’s public fl og-ging of a “liberal” (whatever that means on the Arabian Peninsula) blogger is the latest example.

Sharia law is the template for Saudi governance. The Quran is what passes for a constitution for this U.S. ally.

Murder and savagery cannot hide behind “cul-tural relativism.” I don’t need to form an opinion within the context of Mus-lim society to understand that executing journalists is an abomination, that the suicide-bombing of inno-cents is a vile, cowardly act, or that subjugating women is wrong.

A debate familiar to an-thropology students con-cerns the Incan practice of sacrifi cing children to their gods.

Although we can’t under-stand such cultural values,

With the retirement of state Sen. Douglas Henry, Sen. Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge) is now the senior

Senate member. He was sworn in last week for his eighth four-year term. He also served eight years in the House.

McNally represents the Powell area of Knox County and portions of An-derson and Loudon counties. Speaker Ron Ramsey reappointed McNally to chair the Finance, Ways and Means committee. He serves on the Rules, Health and Welfare, and Transporta-tion committees.

Sen. Becky Massey will chair the Calendar Commit-tee while serving on the Transportation and Health and Welfare committees.

First-year Sen. Richard Briggs, who defeated a Ramsey favorite, Stacey Campfi eld, was appointed to the State and Local Government committee.

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we do understand that the concept of human rights has evolved since the 16th cen-tury – for most of us. Those who kill and punish under the guise of religion would drag all humanity back half

a millennium or more. In the U.S. we devise

“humane” ways to kill peo-ple who kill people. Maybe that’s crazy, too. But there’s no doubt about the sanity of these Sharia activists.

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Knox County residents who eat out, and pay atten-tion, may have noticed that restaurant health scores have risen over the past year. The bad news is that higher scores didn’t come about through a sudden adherence to rules. But the good news is that the state’s updated food code puts a greater emphasis on keep-ing patrons healthy and less emphasis on structural is-sues.

In 2013, the Tennessee General Assembly made the fi rst signifi cant change in how the state inspects retail food establishments in 30 years by adopting the 2009 FDA Food Code. The new code has changed inspec-tions, which will now focus on problems that typically make people sick, says Knox County Director of Envi-ronmental Health Ronnie Nease.

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U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper of Nashville was one of only four House Democrats not to vote for Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker, but he voted for Colin Powell to be Speaker, as he did in 2013. House rules provide that a non-member may serve as Speaker. However, no House Speaker has ever not been a member at the same time. Powell is considered to be a moderate Republi-can. He endorsed Barack Obama for president in 2008 and 2012.

An ordinance by Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis will increase Mayor Rogero’s salary to $142,500 and also increase her pension by $2,000 a year the rest of her life, with an annual 3 percent escalator start-ing when she leaves of-fi ce and for her benefi ciary, if adopted by City Council.

This represents the fi rst increase in the mayor’s salary since 2003 and is merited. Five city employ-ees – Janet Wright, Charles Swanson, Bill Lyons, David Rausch and Christy Brans-com – make more than Rogero makes now, and four of them will still make more if this pay raise goes through.

Daniel Brown was paid $130,000 a year for the 11 months he served in 2011. When I became mayor in 1988 the salary was $50,000 a year. When Ran-dy Tyree was fi rst elected

mayor he earned $25,000 a year. During my tenure several city employees were paid more than the mayor.

Frankly, the raise of $12,500 is very small compared to what it ought to be. $155,000 is compa-rable to the county mayor. Seems strange it is being brought up at this time and by someone who himself is mentioned as a may-oral candidate in 2019, or before, should Rogero not complete her second term.

Four city employees making more than Rogero also receive a $4,000 an-nual car allowance on top of their salary, although in the case of Lyons, he lives four blocks from his offi ce and walks to work. Hard to explain why he needs a car allowance when he does not drive to work.

On the other hand, the argument that a higher salary is needed to attract more qualifi ed persons to run for mayor is bogus. I cannot think of anyone serving as mayor – going back to George Demp-ster – for whom the salary prevented their candidacy. The salary should be an amount that is consistent with the duties of the offi ce. The salary will not be what the private sector pays nor should it be.

In fact, Rogero’s sal-ary is more than she has ever made in any previous employment. As mayor she earns it and should be paid more than this ordinance provides.

■ John Gill, former U.S. attorney and longtime attorney with the Knox DA offi ce, has had double knee replacements and is recovering well here in Knoxville.

■ Former Knoxville Mayor Randy Tyree turned 75 on Jan. 20. Happy Birthday. He is the second-oldest living former mayor, with Kyle Testerman at 80 the oldest. Including the current mayor, there are six living persons who have held the offi ce in the city’s 224-year history.

eral offi ces to be fi lled) start Jan. 26. The voting process

will last un-til Friday, Feb. 6, at 5 p.m.

A n y KCEA mem-ber in good standing is eligible to vote (there are some

2,000 of them, representing about half of Knox County’s teachers).

Coats expressed surprise at hearing from a reporter and was reluctant to cam-paign via this column.

“It’s new for us to have an article in the paper,” she said. “We work hard to try to make sure we (the teach-ers) are doing right by our kids and are being treated as professionals. We should

have been treated as profes-sionals before.”

H o p s o n was less ret-icent:

“ Te a c h -ers need to feel like their as-sociation is actively ad-vocating for them and

their students, not just wait-ing in the wings until some-thing really goes wrong.”

Sunshine: Apparently there’s something about open government that second-term school board member Gloria Deathridge just doesn’t get.

She was heavily criticized a year ago for saying that the public “doesn’t know what goes on behind closed doors” when the board

evaluates the superinten-dent. Then, at the Janu-ary school board meeting, she chided a couple of new board members for asking questions about the yet-to-be-revealed pay to be drawn by former KCS chief of staff Russ Oaks in his new posi-tion as chief operating of-fi cer:

“That is not what we do,” she said. “That is private.”

Deathridge remained visibly skeptical even after board chair Mike McMillan and Superintendent James McIntyre told her that tax-payer-funded salaries are public information.

Offi cer Stiles: Twenty-some years ago, a young woman who lived in Walter P. Taylor Homes was being stalked by a former boy-friend intent on killing her. She was put on a special

It’s election time for some 2,000 members of the Knox County Education Associa-tion.

Coats Hopson

Hopson challenges Coats for KCEA prez

Betty Bean

In the past, this an-nouncement would have generated a big fat yawn from anybody but KCEA members, but that could change this year. Lauren Hopson, the unoffi cial lead-er of the teachers’ rebellion, is challenging incumbent KCEA president Tanya T. Coats, who is seeking a sec-ond two-year term.

The nomination process was completed in October, and elections (there are sev-

watch list and given an elec-tronic alarm to call for help. One young beat cop made it his business to look out for her, but he couldn’t be there 24-7. Ultimately, in an odd twist, the stalker was killed by his would-be victim.

The young cop who did more than he had to was Jeff Stiles. Over the years, I’d see his name in the news and was always glad to see good things happening for him.

Last week, it made me sad to see that he has been stricken with multiple my-eloma and is fi ghting for his life in Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Next week, MEDIC and KPD are spon-soring a replacement blood drive for him.

Please consider giving a pint for a good cop, Thurs-day, Jan. 29, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., third fl oor Civic Coli-seum Ballroom.

He’d do it for you.

safe holding temperatures, sanitization of utensils and equipment, personal hygiene of employees, and employee health policies that ensure the removal of sick employees from the establishment.

The Knox County Health Department has 11 inspec-tors and one supervisor, and they like the new code bet-ter because they know that marking violations for prob-lems with walls, fl oors and ceilings doesn’t keep people from getting sick, Nease says. They prefer talking to owners about food safety.

“They feel like they’re do-ing public health.”

The new code offi cially takes effect July 1, but over the past year, Knox County health inspectors have been getting additional education

and passing it on to owners. Inspections are now less about penalizing owners for violations than about edu-cating them. The goal is for inspectors to address the process as well as the prob-lem, he says.

In the past, each restau-rant was inspected twice a year. But the new code calls for the number of an-nual inspections to be based on risk. That means that a larger restaurant with a more complex menu will be inspected more often than a smaller food-service opera-tion.

Education extends be-yond inspections. Classes for food handlers are of-fered once a month at the health department, and on-site education, which Nease likes because it allows for inspectors to address res-taurant-specifi c issues, is also available.

Inspectors are busier than ever. While the number of permits issued for food-service operations leveled out during the recession, it is climbing again. There

are currently approximately 3,600 permitted facilities that require inspection. In addition to food-service operations, the list includes schools, day-care centers, convenience and grocery stores, tattoo parlors and the county’s 600 public swimming pools.

Health scores have nev-er been very meaningful to Nease, who began his Knox County career as an inspector. He’s seen res-taurants with high scores where he wouldn’t want to eat, and restaurants with low scores where he’d be happy to eat. But the in-spection process ensures that restaurants adhere to a high standard.

“We are not as concerned about a score as we are about what can make people sick,” he says.

An inspection history of every restaurant in the state is available at www.knox-county/health. Choose En-vironmental Health. Under Food Protection, click on the Restaurant Inspections link.


NEWS FROM CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

By Josh Shupe, Executive Chef,Sage Dining Services at CAK

Recipe of the MonthCrab cake

529 Academy Way, Knoxville, TN 37923 865-690-4721 www.cakwarriors.com

You have a choice. Choose CAK!

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Serving Age 3 - 12th Grade

1 pound lump crab meat

1/2 cup mayo

12 white bread slices

1/2 cup milk

1/2 tsp white pepper

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper

1 tsp lemon juice

1.5 cups panko crumbs

1 tsp chive oil

Mix Crab and mayo in metal bowl, folding the crab meat. You do not want the crab to break up. Add white pepper, salt, garlic powder, cayenne and lemon juice. In a separate bowl cut crust off of white bread and cut into cubes, add milk and let set. Add panko and crab. Form mix into four-ounce cakes. Heat a non-stick sauté pan until smoke point, add oil, then add crab cake. You should have nice crust before � ipping the cake over. It will only take 4-5 minutes to fully cook. You can serve with any type of slaw or put on a bun for a sandwich. I choose to serve with fennel apple slaw. Use a white, small square plate, place half of slaw mix in the center of plate. Place crab cake on top of slaw, put remainder slaw on top. Garnish cake with fennel tops and thinly sliced wedge of lime.

We open our doors on Tuesday mornings, January through April, for future elementary school families to see CAK through our parents’ eyes. This is a standing appointment with tours led by one of our elementary parent ambassadors along with a member of the admissions staff. Please park at the Campus Center building adjacent to the tennis courts and meet the tour leaders in the lobby. This is a 45-60 minute walking tour that begins at 8:30 a.m., and guests are asked to be prepared for cold or wet weather. Dates for winter/spring 2015 are:

■ Jan. 20 and 27 ■ Feb. 3, 10, 17 and 24 ■ March 3, 10, 24 and 31 (Closed March 17 for spring break.) ■ April 7, 14, 21 and 28

An RSVP is helpful but not required; please direct com-munication to Monica Rogers at 865-690-4721 ext. (*)155 or [email protected].

New Elementary Tuesdays toursWarrior Networkgains national attention

A School Broadcast Program member since April 2011, this year, CAK has turned a good broadcast program into an amazing, professional-level production team. CAK’s broadcasting crew, a.k.a. The Warrior Network, has expanded this year by implementing a multiple camera setup, which enables them to isolate their audio commentators and highlight key athletes and performers.

“We also very recently added the capability of instant replay for our athletic broadcasts. For our homecoming football game, we produced an hour-long live pre-game show that models ESPN’s College Gameday! One of the things that has enabled us to expand the most, and develop our skills as broadcasters is moving into broadcasting more than just athletics. The Warrior Network now covers band concerts, choral performances, worship services, school-wide events, and individual in-depth interviews of our head coaches. This spring we will cover even more sports along with more

school-wide events” commented Cole Skaggs, student leader of the Warrior Network.

Christian Academy of Knoxville – Knoxville, Tennessee

CAK’s student-run broadcast program, the Warrior Network,

was recently recognized in the National Federation of High

School’s national newsletter. CAK was one of two schools

mentioned in the newsletter, which went out to 42 states

across the country. Below is the piece from the newsletter:

“Play 4Kay,” formerly known as the “Pink Zone,” is a national campaign put forth by the Kay Yow Cancer Fund to raise awareness for breast cancer through basketball, on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond.

CAK would like to take this initiative one step further by celebrating and raising money for all types of cancer research during the 6th Annual “Get Pink’d” event. This year’s proceeds will bene� t two families very close to the CAK and Webb communities. Gate money and any other funds raised through donations and sponsorships will be split in half and donated to these two families.

This year’s event is sponsored by Rodefer Moss & Co., and State Farm (Jeannette Rogers).

Here’s how you can support the 2015 Get Pink’d event: ■ Come to the game! Are you a cancer survivor (of any

type)? If so, come to the game to be recognized. ■ Wear pink! 2015 Get Pink’d t-shirts will be on sale (at

school and at the game, while supplies last) $10! ■ MAKE A DONATION! ■ Tell your friends!

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OK, I will admit it: In my youth, I was a musical snob. In my own defense, I was too young when Elvis broke onto the scene to un-derstand or appreciate his talent. I came to appreciate him much later.

So I was surprised when his song “One Pair of Hands” showed up in our church service on Sunday. Even as I enjoyed listening to the song, this column was already taking shape.

Jesus’ hands. We see them in many different ways in Scripture!

We see them as tiny fi sts, as Jesus was laid down to sleep in a manger, in a cold and drafty stable. We see them as young and willing, helping Joseph in the car-penter’s shop. We see them as healing and comforting, reaching out to the young, the old, the lame, the hun-gry, the sick, even the dead!

I think of his hands

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

One pair of handsLook at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself.

(Luke 24: 39a NRSV)

One pair of hands formed the valleys,The ocean, the rivers and the sand.His hands are so strong, so when life goes wrong,Put your faith in the one pair of hands.

(“One Pair of Hands,” by Billie Campbell and Mann Curtis)

when I cup my own hands to receive the bread of Holy Communion. I remember those frightened, bereaved, confused disciples hid-ing after Jesus’ crucifi x-ion. I remember how he suddenly appeared among them, showing up in spite of locked doors. (What was our fi rst clue that this was the resurrected Savior, alive forevermore??!) I remember how, once again, he was hu-man and divine: He asked for something to eat!

In the presence of those hands, I stand convicted of my own shortcomings. What good have I done with my hands?

By Carol ShaneWhen asked about this

Saturday’s collaborative concert featuring the Knox-ville Opera Gospel Choir and performers from the opera company, Knoxville Opera Company Executive Director and maestro Brian Salesky says, “I think we learn to know each other better. I think we learn to appreciate each other’s cul-ture better.”

The hugely popular an-nual concert, now in its fi fth year, is called “Knoxville Opera Goes to Church … A Celebration of Talent!” Last year, it gathered a standing-room-only crowd.

Jeanie Turner Melton, co-music director of the event, believes, “We are the only opera company in the world that has its own gospel choir.” Melton, who is choir director of East Knoxville’s Mount Olive Baptist Church,

is excitedly gearing up for Saturday. “We’re proud to present our eclectic reper-toire featuring outstand-ing local and visiting guest artists. Our performances are an inspiration to both the performers and our very enthusiastic audience. We make sure to give them something to cheer about!”

According to Salesky, it was seven years ago that the opera company, in consulta-tion with leaders from the African-American commu-nity, was seeking a way to reach out to the community, wanting to bring the music of opera to their neighbor-hoods while simultaneously celebrating local Knoxville talent. “After considering various ways to accomplish this,” says Salesky, “the committee chose to form the Knoxville Opera Gospel Choir, under the direction of Ms. Jeanie Melton, and

present that group, along with local soloists and guest opera artists, in a predomi-nantly African-American church.

“This year’s concert will include our usual variety of music with a special seg-ment of highlights from our February production of George Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ with distinguished guest artists.”

The concert is free, but you’d better get there early, or you won’t fi nd a seat.

“Knoxville Opera Goes to Church … A Celebration of Talent!” will take place at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at Greater Warner A.M.E. Tab-ernacle, 3800 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., in Knoxville. For more information, visit www.knoxvilleopera.com/schedule/kochurch or call 865-524-0795.Send story suggestions to news@shop-

pernewsnow.com.

Conductors and singers

Brian Salesky, Kevin Thomp-

son, Maria Clark, Jeanie

Melton and Julia Lima take

their bows in front of the

Knoxville Opera Gospel

Choir in a past production

of “Knoxville Opera Goes to

Church … A Celebration of

Talent!” Photos by Michael Torano

A celebration of talent

By Nancy AndersonThe second Sunday of every month is a special time for

the single moms at First Baptist Concord. The moms meet in the church’s café to eat, laugh, share burdens, foster a strong support group and learn a few solutions to real world problems.

Program director Dora Ogles said the luncheons serve as safe haven for single moms under pressure. The group averages 20 to 30 moms in attendance.

“Our goal is to make single moms feel loved and to feel the warmth of Christ through the church. It tough being a single mom, and we’re here to offer support and let them know they aren’t going it alone. We also want to empower and educate the moms on ways to navigate through problems,” said Ogles.

Each gathering features an educational speaker. A recent luncheon featured an all-male panel of church members, with expertise ranging from household repairs to child mentoring, available to answer questions that any mom might have for a dad.

Ogles has big plans for the group. Diversity is the goal for 2015. She said her team is trying to grow the ministry to get more church members involved and to attract a variety of age groups from single moms with young children to those dealing with the late teenage or college age children.

The program has already become an integral part of life

Andy Rittenhouse, Gary Johnson and David Sparks served as guest panelists for the luncheon,

fi elding general questions. “We might not have all the answers, but we’ll sure try to do our best,”

says Rittenhouse.

More than lunchFirst Baptist Concord program

supports single moms

The Single Parent Family ministry team seems to be hav-

ing a great time playing with decorations for the January

Single Mom Luncheon at First Baptist Concord in Farra-

gut. At front, from left, are Kara Phillips and director Dora

Ogles; back, from left, are Becky Seepe, Beverly Crocker

and Janice Norris. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Mary Bland and Melanie Sherwood say they try to never miss

a Single Mom Luncheon and have forged a friendship that will

last a lifetime.

“It has literally fed me physically when I had no food.It has fed me emotionally and spiritually when I wasemotionally and spiritually bankrupt. It has taken a verybroken woman and helped mend me and make me intowho I am today. Today, I plan on asking the panel about myleaky faucet!”

For more information on the Single Mom Luncheonheld the second Saturday of every month, [email protected] or call 288-1633.

for many of the moms.“For me, as a single mom, this program at the church has

been invaluable,” says Mary Bland. “They’ve helped us with everything from fi nding a refrigerator to fi nding an auto mechanic who is willing to work with a single mom’s budget.

■ Cokesbury Church will

hold its Father/Daughter

Dance 7-9 p.m. Friday, Feb.

6, at the Cokesbury Center,

9915 Kingston Pike. Advance

tickets: $8, available at the

Cokesbury Church offi ce,

9919 Kingston Pike, or Cedar

Springs Christian Bookstore,

504 N. Peters Road. Tickets

at the door: $10. All proceeds

will be used to sponsor

Cokesbury missions and the

Cokesbury Food pantry.

■ Consignors needed for

clothing consignment sale to

be hosted by Central Baptist

Church Bearden, 6300 Deane

Hill Drive, on Friday and

Saturday, March 6-7. Deadline

to register: March 1. Info:

[email protected].

■ Westside Unitarian Univer-salist Church, 616 Fretz Road,

will host “Compassionate

Communication” seminar Fri-

day and Saturday, Jan. 30-31.

Cost: $20, includes materials,

Friday dinner and Saturday

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By Sandra ClarkThe Shopper-sponsored

newspaper club at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy is taking a break from guest speakers to de-velop solid skills among the reporters. We probably should have done this fi rst.

During January, we’re drilling the reporters on the basics of newsgathering and the computer skills associ-ated with producing a news-paper.

First we discussed the W’s – who, what, where, when, why. “If you don’t know why you’re writing a story, you can bet the read-ers won’t know why they’re reading it – or will just stop reading,” said I.

Sara Barrett described how she obtained a press pass to attend President Obama’s visit to Pellissippi State. (She contacted the White House directly and so persistently that her name was underlined on the fi nal list of credentialed media.)

Kids now take notes and fi ve pictures each on an iPad. They then scan a QR

code and upload their stuff on a magic wall called Pad-let. Carol Springer grabs it for the next newsletter.

April Lamb will talk next Wednesday. She’s the school’s magnet coordinator and was one of six teachers who recently won Teacher-Preneur awards. Hers was for $6,000 for more tech equipment, which she says is already ordered.

Our goal: By year’s end the kids will conduct each session, introducing the guests. Reporters will take notes, shoot pictures, up-load content and design their own newsletter. Teach-ers at SMG can contact sponsor Kaitlin Boling and request a reporter to cover a guest speaker or special program in their class.

And we will have moved from a chaotic after-school experience to a legitimate newspaper team. (Apologies to our initial guests.)

Hey, this is what teachers do all day, every day. We do it for two hours once a week with nobody evaluating us. And it’s wearing us out.

Sara Barrett is a school beat reporter for Shopper-News.

The W’s meet Padlet

Three elementary mag-net schools have scheduled open houses to showcase their programs. All are ac-cepting applications for the 2015-16 school year.

Beaumont Magnet Academy offers a unique learning experience in ar-eas including vocal music, theatre, art studio, dance and museum. Open house is 5-6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at 1211 Beaumont Ave. The magnet facilitator is Casey Robison.

Green STEAM Mag-net Academy has designed

a program around science, technology, engineering, arts and math. Open house is 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 24, at 801 Town View Drive. Magnet facilitator is Sandra Morris.

Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy has a media and communications theme with a variety of af-ter-school clubs, a computer lab and production studio. Open house is 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, at 3001 Brooks Ave. Magnet facilita-tor is April Lamb.

Experience the elementary magnet

Aden Charlton uses a laptop to run a program that controls his

LEGO creation at Green Magnet. File photos by Ruth White

Destiny Wood checks her work with Sara Barrett.

April Lamb demonstrates how pictures and cutlines are dis-

played on the Padlet. Photo by Eddys Garcia

Beverly Lockhead and Sarah Johnson show student work at

Beaumont Magnet Academy.

Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy student Kobe Glass

provides information on photosynthesis and energy.

HUMANA GUIDANCE CENTER NOTESHumana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

■ Wednesday, Jan. 21: 9-10: a.m., Java and “Good for the Brain

Games”; noon-1 p.m., line dancing; 1-2 p.m., intermediate ball-

room dancing; 2-3 p.m., beginner ballroom dancing; 3-4 p.m.,

Journaling 101.

■ Thursday, Jan. 22: 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m., Movie & Popcorn – “Captain

America: The Winter Soldier”; 3-4 p.m., Charity Crafting – No-Sew

Pillows for the Homeless Shelter.

■ Friday, Jan. 23: 11 a.m.-noon, Healthy U: Treating Your Pain.

■ Monday, Jan. 26: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., White Elephant Bingo;

12:45-2 p.m., Fireside Art for Fun: Watercolors.

■ Tuesday, Jan. 27: 9-10 a.m., Coupon Exchange Club: Coupon 101;

10-11 a.m., Healthy Recipe Exchange Club: Slow Cooker Recipes;

11 a.m.-noon, New Year, New You Part 2; 12:30-2 p.m., Oprah’s

Book Club; 3-4 p.m., Senior Tai Chi.

■ Wednesday, Jan. 28: 9-10:30 a.m., Tea Time and “Good for the

Brain Games”; 1-2 p.m., New Health New You: Healthy Goals cel-

ebration; 3-4 p.m., scrapbooking.

REUNION NOTE ■ All Halls High 1975 grads who are interested in a 40-year

reunion are encouraged to send contact information to Cathy

Hickey-Johnson at [email protected] as soon as

possible. Those interested in serving on the planning committee

should email Tim Witt at [email protected].

HEALTH NOTES ■ Cancer 101, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 28, Cancer Support

Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. A light lunch will be provided

and child care is available. Info/RSVP: 546-4661.

■ Community Health Alliance Marketplace Open Enrollment for

Health Coverage, 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, Fountain City Branch

Library, 5300 Stanton Road.

Call Sara at

342-6616

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SCHOOL NOTES

West High School ■ The 2015 West High Baseball Banquet will be held 6-9 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 21, at Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike.

Info: 680-6666.

West Hills Elementary ■ Link your Food City ValuCard, Kroger Plus Card and Target Red

Card to West Hills Elementary and help raise money for the school.

The school also participates in the General Mills “BoxTops for

Education” program and the Campbell’s “Labels for Education”

program. Clip out the Box Tops and Labels for Education and

drop them off at the school or mail to: West Hills Elementary, 409

Vanosdale Road, Knoxville, TN 37909.

Grants program. More than $15,000 will be given to teachers in Knox County Schools to help “enhance educational opportunities for area students,” accord-ing to a press release from the Junior League.

Canario said weather pat-terns are tricky to teach stu-dents because “there is no background on it,” she said. “Even our local weather peo-ple have trouble predicting it accurately. For a 12-year-old to do it, it is diffi cult.”

The new weather station will be mounted on top of the school, with a console

based in Canario’s room. It will include rain gauges,

a n e m o m -eters and a humid-ity gauge. About 450 s t u d e n t s will be able to gather data from the technol-ogy.

The long-term goal is for the school to have its own weather website, similar to WeatherBug.com. For the last three years, students have followed weather pat-

terns with Green Magnet Academy’s weather station. Bearden Middle’s new setup should last about six-eight years.

Canario said outside funding is extremely helpful for teachers. “We have what we need to do the bare mini-mum and to fl at out teach,” she said. “But if we want to get kids excited about learn-ing, we need to think out-side the box and look for ad-ditional funding.” She plans to apply for other grants and hopes to get a computer to use with the weather sta-tion’s console.

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Start theStart the New Year New Year off rightoff right

Best friends Nevaeh Da-vis and Onika Reddish were bored during recess one day at Pond Gap Elementary School and started thinking of ways to help others.

The fi fth graders decid-ed to host a fundraiser for the homeless and called it Change for Change. Nevaeh said they originally thought about collecting items such as clothing, but decided it might be too diffi cult to fi nd the correct sizes for folks.

The girls announced the fundraiser on the intercom and included it in the school newsletter. They collected spare change from class-mates and left a donation box in the front offi ce for visitors to help, too.

“We hope the people we give it to will try to do better and make the right choices,” said Onika.

“Plus, we knew it would

Sara Barrett Canario

In honor of February’s des-

ignation as Black History

Month, folk performers

Sparky and Rhonda Rucker

stopped by Bearden

Middle School last week.

The duo shared with

students some lessons in

African-American history,

music and folklore. Info:

www.sparkyandrhonda.

com. Photo by S. Barrett

Rhonda and Sparky Rucker visit Bearden

Middle

Bearden Middle School sixth-grade science teacher Kayla Canario has received funding for a weather sta-tion that will benefi t the en-tire school and potentially the community.

Weather station for Bearden Middle School

The Knoxville Opera en-tertained thousands of stu-dents this month during its fourth school tour.

This season’s featured performance was Bizet’s opera “Carmen.” The school tour is part of Knoxville Opera’s annual Education/Outreach program. All per-formances are sung in Eng-lish and feature Spanish costumes and props.

“This opera has been performed for the past 135 years at least once a day, ev-ery day, all over the earth,” said Knoxville Opera execu-tive director and maestro

Brian Salesky. “There must be something about it.”

Salesky said the in-school performances are “a wonderful way to trans-port these young people to another place and time, to educate them in arts and culture, and to inspire their own creativity.”

Students of all ages are invited to the student dress rehearsal of “Carmen” 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, at the Tennessee Theatre. This will be a complete and fully-staged production. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with open seating. Info: 524-0795.

Awarded by the Junior League of Knoxville, Ca-nario’s project is one of 36 funded by this year’s Mini-

Sergio Cepeda portrays Don Jose to Briana Hunter’s Carmen

during a performance with the Knoxville Opera at Hardin

Valley Academy. Photo by S. Barrett

‘Carmen’ visitsKnox County Schools

Pond Gap Elementary School fi fth graders Nevaeh Davis

and Onika Reddish count donations they received during a

fundraiser for the homeless.

Donating a jar of his own

change to Onika and Nevaeh’s

fundraiser for the homeless

is cause for a smile from fi rst

grader Griffi n Hawkes.

Philanthropy during recess

be getting cold outside and we didn’t want anyone to be cold,” said Nevaeh.

First grader Griffi n Hawkes heard about the donation drive and emp-tied a jar of change he had at home to help out. He also

helped a homeless man in his neighborhood by giving him some money while on a walk with his dad. Grif-fi n said his grandmother is in her 90s and receives care

from a local organization, and he wanted to help some-one, too.

Onika and Nevaeh raised $45.56 and plan to donate it to a shelter downtown.

UT NOTES■ Rupy Sawhney, a mainstay in the

College of Engineering, was recently awarded

the Industrial Engineering and Operations

Management Society Outstanding Educator

Award, one of the highest honors a professor

in his fi eld can receive. The award recognized

Sawhney for the years of dedication and

innovation he has brought to the discipline. Sawhney


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It’s unlikely that any of this week’s new movies will knock “American Sniper” out of the top spot at the box offi ce, but you have to give them props for imagination.

No. 1 in that department could be “Mortdecai,” star-ring Johnny Depp. Based on the character Charlie Mortdecai created by English author Kyril Bonfi glioli in a trilogy of novels in the 1970s, the fi lm takes aris-tocratic art dealer Charlie around the globe in a race to fi nd a paint-ing that contains the secret to re-trieving a lost stash of Nazi gold.

T h e “Mortdecai” books have become cult f a v o r i t e s , and there’s no denying that Depp has become the biggest-box-offi ce cult movie star of the modern era. From Ed Wood to Raoul Duke to Jack Sparrow to Tonto, Depp has had his way with more offbeat characters than Willy Wonka has chocolates. Sometimes he hits his mark; sometimes he misses. Fingers crossed on this one.

“Mortdecai” has a great supporting cast that includes Paul Bettany, Ewan Mc-Gregor, Jeff Goldblum, Gwyneth Paltrow and Olivia Munn. David Koepp, the screen-writer and sometime director (he adapted the script and directed Depp in “Secret Window”), directed the action comedy.

George Lucas came up with the story for “Strange Magic,” which features elves, fair-ies, imps and goblins – no Ewoks or Wook-iees. Seven-time Oscar-winning sound designer and sound editor Gary Rydstrom directed.

An animated fairy tale set in a magical world, “Strange Magic” tells an original sto-ry about a fairy princess who calls it quits

with her philandering fi an-cé even as her younger sister grows more enchanted with the idea of being in love.

Strange things are hap-pening in their world, thanks to a disgruntled Bog King who hates the very idea of love, going back to

some miscalculations by a bumbling Sugar Plum Fairy.

In the style of “Moulin Rouge” – which boasted the same music director, Marius

de Vries – “ S t r a n g e Magic” has the charac-ters singing a variety of classics and modern tunes. They include hits from every-one from Elvis Pres-ley to Lady Gaga.

The voice cast includes Evan Rachel

Wood, Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenoweth, Elijah Kelley, Sam Palladio, Maya Rudolph, Alfred Molina and Peter Stormare.

Jennifer Lopez returns to what feels like familiar territory with “The Boy Next Door.”

Seems like just yesterday Lopez was fighting off obsessed ex Billy Campbell in “Enough,” but holy moly, that was almost 13 years ago. In “The Boy Next Door,” Lopez plays a teacher (to call her “hot” seems extraneous) who unwisely has a one-night stand with a much-younger neighbor.

The hunky young man can’t seem to get the message that it was just a fl ing, and Lo-pez has to show some muscle (among other things) to get rid of him.

Ryan Guzman of “Pretty Little Liars” and “Step Up Revolution” plays the boy toy. The cast also includes Kristin Chenoweth (busy lady) and John Corbett. Rob Cohen (“The Fast and the Furious”) directed.

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Paul Bettany gives Johnny Depp a lift in “Mortdecai.”

Love makes the world go ’round for some, but not all, in “Strange Magic.”

Jennifer Lopez has a hard time convincing Ryan Guzman that

she’s not interested in “The Boy Next Door.”

Depp, fairies and J-Lo hope for box-office magic

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BEARDEN Shopper news • JANUARY 21, 2015 • A-11 weekenderFRIDAY

■ Miranda Lambert in concert with Justin Moore, 7:30

p.m., Thompson-Boling Arena. Tickets: $34.75 and $54.75.

Info/tickets: 656-4444; Toll free 877-995-9961; www.

knoxvilletickets.com; Thompson-Boling Arena box offi ce.

■ Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, performed by the Knox-

ville Symphony Orchestra and a part of the Moxley Carmi-

chael Masterworks Series, 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604

S. Gay St. Tickets start at $15. Info/tickets: 291-3310 or www.

knoxvillesymphony.com.

■ Theatre Knoxville presents “Daddy’s Dyin’: Who’s Got the

Will?” by Del Shores, a play about a Texas family reunited to

await the passing of their patriarch when they experience

a rebirth of the spirit of the family unit. Showtimes are 8

p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 23 and 24, and 3 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 25. Tickets are $15 Thursday through Saturday,

$13 Sunday. Info: www.theaterknoxville.com

■ “Huckleberry Finn” presented by Knoxville Children’s The-

atre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays

and Fridays through Feb. 1; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m.

Sundays. Info: 208-3677, knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com or

[email protected].

■ Knoxville Ice Bears hockey team will face off against the

Columbus Cottonmouths, 7:30 p.m. at Knoxville Coliseum.

Tonight’s game is sponsored by Fort Sanders Regional

Medical Center. First 750 fans get a rally towel. Ticket info:

knoxvilleicebears.com or 656-4444.

SATURDAY ■ Yonder Mountain String Band with Horse Feathers, 8

p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Tickets: $25 advance/$30

day of show plus applicable service fees. Info/tickets: www.

knoxbijou.com.

■ UT Gardens will host a Black and White Conifers drawing

class 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at the gardens. Attendees

will focus on the forms, textures and mass of conifers. Cost is

$30 for members, $40 for nonmembers per class. Info or to

register: 974-7151 or [email protected].

■ The Knoxville Swing Dance Association will present a

brand new small combo swing band, the Acorn Stompers,

8-11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, upstairs at the Flynn Square

Dance Center, 828 Tulip Avenue Northwest. A beginner

dance lesson is available at 7:15 p.m. at no extra cost. No

partner or previous dance experience required. Cost is $10.

Info: www.swingknoxville.org.

SUNDAY ■ Tedeschi Trucks Band, 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre,

604 S. Gay St. Tickets: all Ticketmaster locations, www.

tennesseetheatre.com, Tennessee Theatre box offi ce.

■ Lark in the Morn English Country Dance hosts 17th-18th

Century social dancing with live music Sundays, 8 p.m., at

Jubilee Community Arts, 1538 Laurel Avenue. This is a per-

formance group, and newcomers are welcome. No partner

necessary. The event is free. Info: 546-8442.

Ah, friendship. How many times in your life has a friend helped you through a rough spot? Negotiating life’s challenges can be a heck of a lot easier when you have that one special pal to talk to.

Tom Parkhill, center, as Elwood P. Dowd, tries to make a point to his sister, Veta, left, played by

Eileen Conway, as her daughter, Myrtle Mae, played by Marlee Simmons, hopes for the best in

the Tennessee Stage Company’s production of “Harvey.” Photo by Caitlin Corbitt

‘Harvey’ is a timeless work

Maybe the most impor-tant thing that comes with the combination platter at Louis’ Original Drive-In Restaurant is the take-home box. The platter promises Louis’ specialties, and it doesn’t fail to deliver.

Well, I guess you could add a slice of pizza, but it would just mean you would need two take-home boxes. The combination platter is overfl owing with spaghetti, a huge meatball and beef-stuffed ravioli, all covered – and I do mean covered –

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The combination platter at Louis’ keeps hungry patrons from

having to make a choice. On the plate are spaghetti, a meat-

ball and beef-fi lled ravioli, all covered in Louis’ rich meat sauce. Photo by Mystery Diner

in Louis’ famous meat sauce and sprinkled with parme-san cheese.

You also get a salad, which arrives before you see the portion size of the platter. We asked for a take-home box before the iced tea

glasses were refi lled.The Original Louis’ Res-

taurant can point to more than 50 years of history serving food in North Knox-ville. The Mystery Diner even remembers when there were two Louis’ restaurants in the same block, both claiming to be the “origi-nal.” In its present location at 4661 Old Broadway since 2000, this Louis’ has stood the test of time, and few ar-gue its “original” claim any-more.

The spaghetti sauce,

meatballs and ravioli are homemade, as is the blue cheese salad dressing. The whole ensemble was deli-cious, with a special nod to the ravioli. Go easy on add-ing extra parmesan for this is not the “sprinkle from the can” type. It’s strong, and they add just enough in the kitchen. The garlic bread didn’t have enough buttery garlic for me, but I’m a vam-pire chaser when it comes to garlic bread, so pay that no nevermind.

They encourage a taste of

this show, it makes me want to be more like Elwood.”

And no wonder. The char-acter is an affable, charming eccentric, comfortable with himself and friendly with everyone he encounters. “I always have a wonderful time, wherever I am, whom-ever I’m with,” he declares. He’s the epitome of a kind, well-adjusted person.

Except, of course, for that rabbit. Dowd introduc-es Harvey to everyone he meets, which causes com-plications for his scheming sister, Veta, who’s trying desperately to fi nd a socially impressive husband for her daughter, Myrtle Mae.

When the family tries to have Dowd committed to a sanitarium, hilarious complications ensue, and the outcome is probably not what you’d expect.

The play’s director, Cait-lin Corbitt, is a Nashville transplant who has worked with several Knoxville the-ater companies and who is on the board of Tiger Lily

Theatre, Knoxville’s only women’s theater company. She’s thrilled with her cast.

“They really throw you for a loop,” she says. “I’ve just tried to stay out of their way!

The play will be present-ed in the round at the newly refurbished Historic South-ern Railway Station. Corbitt raves about the space, say-ing, “You immediately feel like you’ve walked into a mansion.”

According to its website, the station, designed by ar-chitect Frank P. Milburn and built during 1903-1904, is listed on the National Register of Historic Plac-es and has been honored with various preservation awards. The building con-tains offi ce and event spaces and offers tours Tuesdays through Sundays, including self-guided tours of several historic rail cars.

The station also hous-es the Blue Slip Winery, “Knoxville’s fi rst winery and Tennessee’s fi rst urban

winery,” according to the website. “Our homegrown and handcrafted wines are made from Tennessee grapes and fruit. All wines are processed, bottled and sold on-site.”

And the wine bar will be open during the run of “Harvey.”

All in all, a wonderful ex-perience awaits you the next two weekends. To quote one of Parkhill’s favorite lines from Elwood P. Dowd, “In this world you can be oh-so-smart, or oh-so-kind. For years I was smart.

“I recommend kind.” The Tennessee Stage

Company’s production of “Harvey” will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 22, 23 and 24; 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 25; 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 29, 30 and 31; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1. For tickets and more info, call 865-546-4280 or visit the website at www.tennesseestage.com. Send story suggestions to news@

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In most cases, though – and I’m just guessing here – it’s usually not a 6-foot-tall invisible white rabbit.

There’s only one of those, and his name is Harvey. And Harvey’s best friend is a gentle soul named Elwood P. Dowd.

If you’d like to know more about this unusual pair, as well as garner a few laughs for yourself and have a glass of good, locally made wine, check out the Tennessee Stage Company’s produc-tion of Mary Chase’s Pulit-zer Prize-winning classic comedy, “Harvey.”

It’s part of the stage com-pany’s “Timeless Works” series, celebrating the com-pany’s 25th anniversary.

You probably know that Jimmy Stewart played Dowd in the movie of the same name. This produc-tion features Tennessee Stage Company’s founding artistic director Tom Park-hill in the role. He’s not new to it – Parkhill says he’s “sort of made a career out of playing Elwood P. Dowd,” having done it “fi ve or six times.”

But, he says, each pro-duction brings with it new casts and new ideas. And, he admits, “Every time I do

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The website says it best: “Our team has one goal: Helping you achieve yours.”

In an interview last week, Casey Peer and Britton Leitch talked about their philosophy and approach:

“We meet people where they are,” said Peer, a Registered Dietitian. “I ask the question, ‘How does the food you’re eating and the method you’re eating it work against you?’

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Britton Leitch, CSCS, has over a decade of experience in the health and fi tness in-dustry.

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He is a National Strength and Conditioning Association – Certifi ed Strength and Con-ditioning Specialist (CSCS).

Britton is a Knoxville na-tive who earned his bachelor’s degree in physical educa-tion from Maryville College. While at MC, Britton was a 3-year football letterman and a College Football Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete.

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out) program that creates a strong base. It’s all about the progression. We say, ‘This is where you are. Now what’s your game plan to progress toward your goal?’

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Janice Whitehead, exec-utive director of Alzheimer’s Tennessee, described the disease, its symptoms and treatment for members of the Rotary Club of Bearden at last week’s meeting.

She said for most people with AD, the symptoms – usually starting with short-term memory loss – appear after age 60, but that is not always the case. Some diag-noses take place in people still in their 50s. The disease

does not progress quickly. Changes usually occur “over

months and years, not hours and days.”

A n d while treat-ment can slow the progression of AD and help man-

age its symptoms in some patients, there is no cure for the devastating disease.

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By Shannon CareyAnytime Fitness hosted

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Chamber members gath-ered in the facility’s group fi tness room for socializing and a tasty breakfast from Lighthouse Coffee and Tea.

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The American Institute for Minimally Invasive Sur-gery (AIMIS) recently in-ducted its fi rst general sur-geon into “The 300 Club,” which recognizes physi-cians who demonstrate an approach to surgery that offers patients the best cos-metic results.

Marcella Greene, M.D., a general surgeon with Premier Surgical Associ-ates at Physicians Regional Medical Center and North Knoxville Medical Center, joins the nation’s top 300 minimally invasive women’s health surgery specialists.

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The board elected new offi cers. Thomp-son, chair; Hamilton, vice chair; and KUB se-nior VP Mark Walker, secretary to the board.

By Sandra ClarkRetired UT professor

Bruce Wheeler says history is about stories, not dates, so he proceeded to tell some nice ones to the North K n o x v i l l e Rotary Club last week at Litton’s.

The funniest was from Robert Lewis Dabney (whose son Charles was later president of UT), a Civil War chaplain and Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s biographer. Dab-ney told of Georgia Sen. Robert Toombs who was

confronted by a woman just prior to the war. “Can we beat them Yankees?” she asked.

“We can beat them with cornstalks,” he answered.

After Appomattox, the woman reminded him of his prediction. Toombs replied: “Madam, the SOBs would not fi ght with cornstalks.”

Wheeler now lives in Wears Valley. This story was told by a fi ddle player sitting

on his front porch:Seems the man’s

parents had been Christian missionar-ies in Tibet prior to the communist take-

over. He was born there but left when the family was given the choice to leave or be killed.

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A local disaster-cleanup franchise has won the Ten-nessee Small Business De-velopment Center’s Rising Star award for 2014.

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Greenways’ ServPro is ‘rising star’

ServPro of Rocky Hill, Sequoyah Hills and South Knoxville is owned by John and Kristina Green-way. Their offi ce is at 2444 Sutherland Ave.

“John and Kristina Green way have expanded their business from 1,900 square feet in 2009 to more than 16,000 square feet and 23 employees today,” said Larry Rossini, director of the Knoxville TSBDC, a di-vision of Pellissippi State Community College.

Kristina was a home-based entrepreneur and John was district man-ager for a pharmaceutical fi rm that downsized. After a bumpy start, they have exceeded expectations.

ServPro recognized their franchise for best practices at its 2013 national conven-tion.

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Decades later the man and his wife journeyed back to his birthplace. The church and school had been destroyed. The village was gone. Even the grave-stones had been dug up and thrown over a cliff. He was devastated. Was his par-ents’ work in vain?

They saw people walking toward them, going about their daily life. As they drew closer, Wheeler’s guest rec-ognized their song. It was “Amazing Grace.”

One more for MLK Day: Wheeler’s colleague Dr. Cynthia Fleming took stu-dents to Selma and Mont-gomery. There is a big star on the fl oor of the Alabama Capitol entry.

On that star Jefferson

Davis was sworn in as presi-dent of the Confederacy. Some 100 years later Gov. George Wallace stood there to declare, “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”

The UT students watched a school bus discharge a class of elementary school-aged children, all black. The teacher collected their chewing gum and they marched up the steps, walk-ing over that star as they en-tered their Capitol.

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Whitehead explained that Alzheimer’s Tennessee offers many services to AD patients and their families and caregivers, including adult day care, home safe-ty visits and referrals to a number of support groups.

Because the organization is not affi liated with nation-al or state groups, 86 per-cent of funds raised locally go to helping AD patients in this area. Ten percent is used for fundraising and the remaining four percent goes to pay staff.

The annual Alzheimer’s Walk fundraiser, now in its 25th year, is scheduled for April 18. Whitehead said both volunteers and spon-sors are needed to help with the event. Info: 544-6288 or www.alztennessee.org.

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By Shannon CareyThe Casual Pint fran-

chise now has a location in the heart of Farragut.

Pat O’Brien and his wife, Barbara, opened the craft beer market and pub in No-vember. The Farragut West Knox Chamber had a rib-bon-cutting there Jan. 16.

O’Brien says the place is a family business. His son-in-law Chris Mulgrew, who hails from Northern Ire-land, is the store manager.

Yes, come for the great beer, stay for Chris’s accent!

O’Brien is also a fl ight surgeon with the Air Na-

tional Guard and an emer-gency doctor locally. He decided to open the Farra-gut Casual Pint because he loves craft beer and brews it as a hobby.

The 26-year Farragut resident said he wants to have a local business en-deavor ready for when he retires from medicine.

He was full of praise for the town of Farragut’s role in the Casual Pint’s open-ing.

“Everything with the town has gone wonder-fully,” he said. “It’s been a real pleasure. It just went

smooth as silk.”The Farragut Casual Pint

has events going on weekly, including beer appreciation classes from South Col-lege, along with food pair-ings from local restaurants. Neighboring restaurants Firehouse Subs and the French Market even let Ca-sual Pint patrons order food and serve it at the Casual Pint.

The Casual Pint is located in the Kroger Marketplace shopping center on Brooklawn Street. Info: www.farragut.thecasualpint.com

Farragut Casual Pint pa-

tron Rachel Chento carries a

“fl ight,” or beer sampling to

enjoy with friends. Photo by S. Carey

Pints and fl ights in Farragut

By Shannon CareyIt may seem strange for United Way

of Greater Knoxville to have a ribbon-cutting. After all, the United Way has been around for a long time. But that’s the way the Farragut West Knox Chamber welcomes new members.

The United Way joined the Cham-ber at the urging of Cheryl Hair, Unit-ed Way of Greater Knoxville senior vice president and Farragut resident.

“It’s not just the Knoxville Cham-ber,” she told president Ben Landers. “There’s a Farragut Chamber, too.”

“We’re sorry it only took us 93 years to fi nd you,” Landers joked to Farragut Chamber members during the Jan. 14 ceremony.

The United Way of Greater Knox-ville helps fund local services with a focus on education, income and health – what the United Way vice president

for community engagement calls “the building blocks for a good life.”

Organizations receiving United Way funds in the Knoxville area in-clude Helen Ross McNabb Center, YMCA and YWCA, Legal Aid of East Tennessee, Emerald Youth Founda-tion, ChildHelp Inc., Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, and Second Harvest Food Bank.

Info: www.uwgk.org

Ben Landers; Alicia Griego and Dorothy Beavers of First Tennessee Bank; Adam McCampbell and Cheryl Hair of the United Way;

and Eric Whitener and Teri Jo Fox of Crye-Leike Realtors celebrate the United Way ribbon-cutting. Photos by S. Carey

United Way joins Farragut West Knox Chamber

By Anne HartPushing the reset but-

ton on a successful career in mid-life is something not everyone is brave enough to do.

Janice Mitchell is the ex-ception.

A woman of many skills, particularly in the area of music and linguistics, Mitchell has resigned as or-ganist and choir director at an area church to pursue a new challenge.

She’ll still keep her part-time job teaching music to children at the Montessori International School on Northshore Drive, and she’ll continue to teach piano, voice and brass instruments to private students in her studio, but she’s embarking on something different.

She will be coaching the art of public speaking.

From preachers to poli-ticians to radio and TV broadcasters to captains of business and industry con-ducting important meetings – a better speaking voice can be of enormous benefi t.

“A lot of it has to do with breathing properly,” Mitch-ell says. “For instance, if the back of your tongue is hit-ting the roof of your mouth at the very back of it, it clos-es off sound and you sound nasally. It’s an easy thing to fi x, but you have to be aware of how the different parts of your mouth work.”

Mitchell says some min-isters have a strong singing voice but want to improve their speaking voice. “Sing-ing is just speaking with a melody. I can show them how to breathe better for public speaking.”

Mitchell is a graduate of Auburn University, where she majored in vocal perfor-mance.

She has worked as a church organist, choir direc-tor and hand bell instructor

much of her adult life, and as a result has seldom had time for va-cation. She empathizes with others in the same situation.

Which leads to Mitchell’s next endeavor: substituting for choir directors, church organists and pianists who want to take a bit of time off, whether for a vacation or because of illness.

“This will work just like a substitute teacher in the school system,” Mitchell says. “When I taught school there was always a lesson plan for a substitute to fol-low when the teacher wasn’t there. It’s a smooth transi-tion. Right now I’m putting together a menu of the ser-vices I’ll offer.”

Mitchell says it will be a lot easier for her to sub-stitute in a variety of de-nominations than it might be for someone else. “Over the years I have worked for many different denomina-tions, so I have their hym-nals and am able to eas-ily match the music to the scripture for a service.”

Janice and her husband, Wayne, a retired educator, have three adult children.

She volunteers with the Rotary Club of Bearden, serves on the UT School of Music advisory board and on the board of James White’s Fort. She is chairing Music in the Gardens for the Dogwood Arts House and Garden Show.

Info: 988-3798.

Mitchell

Janice Mitchell hits the reset button


Q&AHeadmaster

Q: CCS recently held a school preview, in which families were invited to our campus to learn about Concord Christian School. All of the teachers, coach-es and administration were on hand to answer questions and visit with those attending. It was a great night and we heard overwhelmingly how im-pressed families were with our teachers! What makes a CCS teacher so special?

A: Most important-ly, each of our teachers has a strong testimony and a great love for their students. We are very intentional in our hiring process to find the most qualified person. We are very intentional to keep our class size small. With only 15 students per class, the CCS teacher is able to maximize their effectiveness in the class-room. We also have hired teachers for the high school with very specific degrees in order to offer even more dual enroll-ments on site. The final thing that is so impres-sive about our CCS teach-ers is they do a great job partnering with our fam-ilies to provide the best education for each child.

Headmaster Ruston Pierce

Helping out at Ronald McDonald House are (front) Briley Kreis, Marin

Tuck, Caroline Woods, Sydney Chan, Ava Diggs, Emma Hart; (back)

Liam Knudsen, Brenon Bodie, Cade Keeton, Ethan Watson, Elijah

Gwilliams and Rylan Fleming.

Concord students serve

4thGrade: Students Lucie Dover, Jake Baldwin and Raleigh Jack Walk-

er help with the 4th grade’s sanitization of the school lunchroom.

The CCS high school serve crew includes (front) Tabitha Ray; (second

row) Nathan Helton, Brenna Flynn, Alysda McHale, Abby Collins,

Chloe McClish, Elizabeth Farmer, Emily Newton; (back) Abraham

Gale, Taylor Turbyfi ll, Nicholas Ingle, Tim Monroe, John Haeberli , Dil-

lan Brandenburg and Jennifer Keck.

Middle schoolers Raymond

Wysmierski, Mia Ford, Autumn

Mitchell, Sarah Kamer and Leigha

Gray rake leaves in Village Green.

Athletic director and head

varsity basketball coach Rob

Murphy goes over plays during a

recent game. Pictured are (front)

Murphy, Jacob Crox; (back) Noah

Collins, Josh Arnold, Manny

Jones, Matt Snyder, Aaron

Whitehead, Evan Bachman, Tay-

lor Turbyfi ll and Randy Crox.

Teacher Betsy Farquhar inter-

acts with her students.

Concord high schoolers Nathan

Hudson, Jacob Snipp, Hunter

Templin and Joshua Malone

paint a building at Camp Wafl oy

Mountain Village.

Imagine a community whose members understand the importance of serving others and lending a helping hand where it is needed. At Concord Christian School you will � nd that kind of school community.

In keeping with our vision statement: Students will acquire

knowledge and wisdom with a biblical world view as demonstrated through service and leadership in worship, missions, care and growth, we strive to make a positive difference in our local com-munity and beyond.

One of the goals this year was to set aside a day to have faculty, staff, and students serve alongside one another in the community. CCS was rep-

resented at many local non-pro� t groups such as Ronald McDonald House, The Baptist Center at Western Heights, and Camp Wa� oy Mountain Village. We also had students visiting nursing homes, rak-ing leaves and working with preschoolers.

Concord Christian School is rapidly expanding in athletics and is positioning itself to further meet the needs and desires of all of its students. Two years ago, the volleyball team’s remarkable run to the state tournament represented the only varsity competition at CCS. As of 2015-16, the

Lions will compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, boys and girls soccer, softball, volleyball and wrestling at the varsity level. These teams will all play of� cial TSSAA schedules, and 80 percent of CCS coaches have either played or coached their sports collegiately. It’s a great time to be a Lion!

CCS athletics expanding With the ever-increasing cost of colleges and univer-sities, high school students are looking for ways to earn college credit before gradua-tion. Through a partnership with Bryan College, CCS is offering that opportunity on their campus.

“Our high school is young, but we wanted to provide options for our third graduating class,” says Concord high school princi-

Leigh Ledet, the elementary principal said, “Serve Day was a great opportunity for the students, staff and faculty at CCS to forge bonds with one another and members of the community. The students were able to practice the biblical truth of serving. The scripture commands us to use whatever gifts we have to serve others (1Peter 4:10) and by building this special day into our school year, we are showing students and their families the value we place on service.”

Serve Day is an annual event at Concord Christian School and we are excited to share this journey with our school family. Fifth grader Connor Finley summed up Serve Day by saying, “This was an awesome day! God wants us to do this and it’s good to serve others.”

Concord offers dual enrollmentpal Amanda Lane.

During this school year, those options were Eng-lish 109, English 110, and General Psychology. Seniors Brittney and Brooke Mur-phy are � nishing English 110 this semester and will have credit for all three col-lege classes when starting college this fall.

Looking to the fall, CCS will add Dual Enrollment classes in mathematics and Bible. Additionally, a partnership is planned with Tennessee College of Ap-plied Technology in Harri-man, adding college classes in nursing and information technology within the next two years.

Headmaster Ruston Pierce says, “We are com-mitted to providing college credit opportunities to our students on our campus with quali� ed teachers who will integrate biblical truth.”


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NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CENTER: FORT SANDERS REGIONAL

Ignored hypertension ‘a shot across bow’ for young outdoorsman

Jim Lambert, pictured with his fi ancée, Bambi Akers, survived a stroke thanks

to the treatment he received at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. Now

nearly three months later, he’ll walk down the aisle at his wedding to Akers.

Outdoorsman. Policeman.

Landscaper. Athlete. Except for that troublesome left

knee he’d had since his linebacker days under coach Johnny Majors, Jim Lambert was the proverbial picture of health. Or so he thought.

But on the morning of Nov. 6, the 42-year-old Oliver Springs man learned otherwise. That was when Lambert, his speech slurred and numb in his left hand and leg, was airlifted from Roane Medical Center in Harriman to the Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

“I didn’t believe it was stroke,” Lambert says today. “I thought, ‘No way! No way! I am always on the go.’ I didn’t think that’s what it was. I thought it was something else.”

But Dr. James Hora, the neu-rohospitalist who examined him,

says Lambert, a former police of-fi cer who now operates his own landscape busi-ness when he’s not out deer hunting, was only fooling himself. In fact, an MRI revealed that Lambert had pre-viously suffered

four small strokes.“I think there was an element of

denial there,” said Dr. Hora, adding that Lambert had been warned by others about his hypertension be-fore one of his fi ve arthroscopic knee surgeries. “His blood pressure was through the roof – 248 over 180.”

The day had begun like any oth-er with Lambert cooking breakfast, but not without some diffi culty. “I bumped into the refrigerator, then

The fi rst Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center in East Tennessee

When it comes to treating strokes, no other hospital in the Knoxville area offers a more ad-vanced level of care than Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

Fort Sanders was the fi rst in the area to earn an Advanced Com-prehensive Stroke Center Certifi -cation by The Joint Commission, a nonprofi t organization that ac-credits and certifi es more than 20,500 health care programs in the United States.

This “gold-seal” advanced cer-tifi cation means that Fort Sanders is recognized as having the most advanced and effective treatments available for stroke today. Certi-fi cation through The Joint Com-mission involves extensive train-ing for the staff, documentation of effectiveness and inspection of the hospital by The Joint Commission.

Part of certifi cation is having a team of “neurohospitalists” on staff. These physicians treat only

stroke and neurological cases in the hospital, 24 hours a day, 7 days

per week. Instead of waiting for a doctor to have time from his or her private prac-tice, Fort Sanders has neurologists on hand.

“It makes ac-cess to special-ized neurologists easier,” said Dr.

James Hora, one of the neurohos-pitalists at Fort Sanders. “We have 24/7 coverage, and this provides rapid access to a neurologist for acute neurologic problems.”

Dr. Arthur Moore was hired in July 2014 as medical director for the center. “With our Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Certifi ca-tion, we offer the highest level of care for all patients. Whether they’re able to have surgery or not,

we’re there to give their bodies the best chance to heal and recover,” he explained.

Some stroke patients can be treated with minimally invasive surgical options. Using brain an-gioplasty, stents and aneurysm surgery, Fort Sanders surgeons can remove tiny clots, stop brain bleeds and insert tiny stents to hold open delicate arteries.

“Using a catheter, we thread a tiny wire into the artery in the groin and up to the brain,” ex-plained Keith Woodward, M.D., a neuro-interventional radiologist at Fort Sanders. “Then we can use a special device to pull the clot out, or sometimes we can inject it with medicine and dissolve it while we’re in there.”

Most stroke patients need fol-low-up care after the initial event, and patients at Fort Sanders have access to the Patricia Neal Reha-bilitation Center, an award win-

ning rehabilitation center. About one-third of the Patricia Rehabili-tation Neal Center’s patients arestroke patients, according to the center’s medical director, Mary E.Dillon, M.D.

“Our specialists begin deter-mining as soon as possible what level of care the patient will need,” said Dr. Dillon. “Patients have ac-cess to rehab services from time they arrive in the emergency de-partment, throughout their carehere, and through all the post-acute levels of care.”

Having everything – speedy emergency care, advanced surgi-cal techniques and the best in re-habilitation – makes Fort SandersRegional Medical Center the smartchoice for stroke care.

“We’re equipped to handle allstroke cases, from the most com-plex to the least,” said Dr. Dillon.“Our patients don’t have to go any-where else to fi nd help.”

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cine expertise. So there are a lot of people involved in each stroke case. It is a coordinated effort, and ev-erybody at a center like ours knows immediately what their role is.”

It’s that team approach that has earned Fort Sanders’ Stroke Cen-ter recognition by the Joint Com-mission, American Heart Associa-tion/American Stroke Association as an industry leader in complex stroke care.

The team certainly gets plenty of practice. On a recent afternoon, Dr. Hora reviewed the hospital’s census. “Five North has 34 pa-tients up there, and I bet you a third of those are stroke,” he said. “Then, this morning, we had eight beds in our Neuro Intensive Care Unit, and I am involved with seven of those patients. Of those seven, six were strokes. It’s there! That’s why they call the Southeast the Stroke Belt.”

Lambert’s NIH Stroke Scale (a numerical measure of the neuro-logic examination) was down to a 3 by the time his dangerously high blood pressure was brought under control – a combination of factors that caused Dr. Hora to decide that using the well-known clot-busting drug tPA was “not a good idea” be-cause of a bleeding risk.

“Twenty years ago when I fi rst got into this business, we would give people an aspirin, send ’em home and say, ‘Good luck!’ ” said Dr. Hora. “Now, we’ve learned enough about preventing another stroke that people are literally go-ing home with a cocktail – aspirin, blood pressure, cholesterol. We’re sending them out after having seen one of our nutritionists for diet and exercise, diabetes control. We get them seeing our therapists for therapy and exercise.”

After two weeks, Lambert went

home. With the help of his fi ancéeand a physical therapist closer tohome, he is convinced that he’ll make a complete recovery.

“I didn’t have 100 percent use of my leg to start with, but I don’tsee why I won’t fully recover,” saidLambert. “I’m shooting for 110percent – if I can only get 100, I’llsettle for that.”

Thanks to the “great care” they received at Fort Sanders, Akers be-lieves her soon-to-be-husband will be ready to walk down the wed-ding aisle as planned Jan. 24 andhoneymoon in Florida.

“He was treated with so muchdignity,” Akers said. “They knewthat his being an athlete, a hunter,a policeman, that he needed thatextra encouragement to get up andgo. If he did get hateful or snippy,the nurse was OK with it. She said,‘I’ve got thick skin, you can tell methis but you’re still going to get up,you’re still going to walk across theroom … the care was great, evenfor me because I stayed in there thewhole time too. If I needed anything,they would do whatever to help. Allthe nurses and doctors were great.”

What’s more, she says Lam-bert has become an evangelist ofsorts, warning everyone he sees toget checked. “He’s telling every-body, all his buddies, ‘Go to thehospital. Go to the doctor. Checkyour blood pressure.’ He’s lectur-ing everyone. He’s stubborn, buthe’s saying, ‘Don’t be like me – getchecked!’ ”

“I think he saw the light after see-ing all of us,” said Dr. Hora. “In theend, the important thing with Mr.Lambert is that he is a young guyand this was a shot across the bowbasically telling him that if he want-ed to become an old guy, he neededto make some serious changes in hisapproach to his health.”

into the counter and then I hit the door frame as I was going down the step into the bedroom,” said Lambert.

“It had rained a little that morn-ing, and we really didn’t think it was anything more than arthritis,” said Lambert’s fi ancée, Bambi Akers.

After she left for work at a local day care at 9 a.m., Lambert fed his dog and “got in the car and also drove off for work, not knowing anything.”

Enroute to the garage where his mowers are stored, he stopped at a gas station for a coffee, even ask-ing the clerk, “ ‘Could you carry this out for me? My knee’s bother-ing me this morning and I’m afraid I’m going to drop it.’ He said, ‘Sure no problem.’ He walked with me out to my car, we talked just a min-ute and I left.”

By the time he arrived, how-ever, Lambert knew something wasn’t right and called his fi ancée.

“From the time I went to work un-til the time that he called was less than 30 minutes,” said Akers. “So, it progressively got worse really fast. When I got to him in the car, he was slumped over in the seat and could hardly talk.”

She rushed him to Roane Medi-cal Center three miles away. Af-ter a thorough evaluation, staff at Roane determined that Lambert needed to be transferred to the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional for treat-ment. With Roane and Regional both in the Covenant Health net-work, their staffs work seamlessly together to assure patients receive prompt, excellent care for condi-tions such as stroke.

“A stroke program such as ours is a truly multi-disciplinary pro-gram,” said Dr. Hora. “We’ve got neurologists, internal medicine specialists, extensive therapy sup-port, dietary expertise, rehab medi-

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One comment that I get quite often from people who grew up hundreds of miles from Concord-Farragut is: “Your column reminds me of my hometown.” Their hometown might have been in Michigan, Wisconsin or Kansas, but in rural America during the 1950s, there was a commonality that tran-scended geographic location.

And I am sure all small hamlets had people who contributed admirably to the community, and did so without expecting any spe-cial recognition for their ef-forts. When I refl ect on Old Concord, two names come to mind that fi t that descrip-tion.

Buie Alley and Thurston Raper grew up in Old Con-cord and, to the best of my knowledge, never ventured more than a few miles from

Two lives worth remembering

Malcolm Shell

there. But the community would not have been the same without them.

Buie and Mae Alley’s lives centered on their son, Kelton, and Thurston’s pride was his daughter, Helen. Kelton passed away recently, and I am not sure what happened to Helen.

Both men worked hard, but back then there were no safety nets to catch those who fell through the cracks; there were no food stamps, welfare or educational as-sistance programs such as are available today. And I am

sure neither of the two men ever worked at a job that withheld Social Security.

Both men dug graves.Using picks and shovels,

Alley and Raper worked even when the ground was frozen and during drought periods, when the ground was so hard that sparks fl ew when the pick struck a rock. Often they worked at night with a kerosene lantern to accommodate a family that had experienced an unex-pected death.

I can remember walking past the cemetery at night, seeing their light and ap-proaching cautiously to sat-isfy my curiosity. And Mae Alley took in ironing to help with household expenses, often working well into the early-morning hours.

Buie Alley arose early on Sunday mornings to fi re up

the furnaces for all three churches and would keep checking on them until the congregations arrived. I am sure that he was paid, but it could not have been very much. He also assisted the local plumber, digging pipeline ditches or crawling under houses. And while the work was not regular, it helped put food on the table.

Raper earned money by hanging the outgoing-mail bag on a spring-loaded crane that the mail train’s personnel then snagged with a hook. He also picked up the incoming-mail bag as it was kicked from the train in front of the post offi ce. And on rare occasions when the bag worked its way back under the train and was torn open, Raper led the effort to recover every piece of mail. He also walked the railroad

track, picking up pieces of coal that had fallen from coal cars, and he put out a vegetable garden every year.

Many businesses hired both men to do odd jobs like sweeping fl oors or carrying out garbage. My father, a Southern Railway telegra-pher, paid Raper $2 every day to sweep up around the depot. Raper also helped unload heavy items from trains into the depot ware-house and then loaded the items onto customers’ trucks.

Neither man ever owned a car, a home or a check-book. And I doubt that they ever saw a movie or attend-ed a sports event. Their lives were always centered on their immediate struggle for survival. Indeed, planning for retirement would not have been one of their con-cerns. Rather, it was a day-to-day existence, and after a lifetime of hard, backbreak-ing work, I doubt that either of them had more than $5

in their pocket when theypassed away. But they hadsomething that was farmore important: They hadpride and a work ethic thatwould not have allowedthem to ask someone formoney or food without hav-ing earned it fi rst.

These men lived at a timewhen all work was consid-ered honorable if it did nothurt someone and contrib-uted to the community. Andcertainly Alley and Rapercontributed to their com-munity. I doubt there wasa single family in Old Con-cord who did not use theirservices at some point –ploughing a garden, clean-ing up a vacant lot or assist-ing in moving something. Itwas like having a handymanon call. But unlike with thehandymen of today, many ofwhom guarantee their work,no guarantee was necessarywith Buie or Thurston. Youknew you would be satisfi edbecause they took pride inwhat they did.

Young-Williams Animal Center has recognized the service of several board members who completed their terms at the end of 2014.

Three outgoing board members and years of ser-vice to the not-for-profi t animal shelter are: Mike Brown, 2009-2014; Roy Kruse, 2008-2014; and Kristin Williams, 2006-2014. Williams also served as board chair in 2013.

2014 board of directors chair Kim Wood McClam-roch was recognized for her leadership and service as well. McClamroch will remain on the board of di-rectors serving as outgoing board chair in 2015.

Young-Williams Animal Center CEO Jeff Ashin pre-sented each with a recog-nition plaque and thanked them for their commitment to advancing animal wel-fare in Knox County.

“We are grateful for

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American rabbit. All three

animals have been spayed

or neutered, vaccinated

and microchipped and are

ready to be adopted from

Young-Williams.

Young-Williams Animal Center outgoing board members are Roy Kruse, Kristen Williams and

Mike Brown. Photos submitted

Young-Williams salutes outgoing board members

Jeff Ashin, chief executive offi cer of Young-Williams Animal

Center, thanks Kim Wood McClamroch, outgoing board chair,

for her service.

Protect pets in cold weatherWith cold temperatures

in East Tennessee, Young-Williams Animal Center is reminding pet owners to take extra precautions to make sure their four-footed family members are safe and warm. Here are some cold-weather pet-care tips to remember:

■ When temperatures are below freezing, the best strategy is to keep all pets indoors. If you abso-lutely must leave them out-doors for a limited amount of time, provide a shelter for them to retreat to. It should be dry, draft-free and well-insulated to pro-tect them from the cold and wind.

■ Refresh and clean pet shelter’s bedding. Straw works well to trap heat but needs to replaced periodi-cally. Make sure your com-panion animal has a warm place to sleep, off the fl oor and away from all drafts. A cozy dog or cat bed with a warm blanket or pillow is perfect.

■ Check water bowls fre-quently to make sure they have plenty of water and the water is not frozen.

■ Keep your pets dry. When coming in from a walk or play session in cold or rain, take extra care to wipe their legs, paws and stomach.

■ Recognize that some pets may need extra protec-tion. This includes senior pets, puppies and dogs with shorter coats. Take them for shorter walks outdoors. You may also consider adding extra insulation, such as a dog sweater or footies.

■ Check for cats under

the hood of cars. Outdoor cats seeking warmth some-times curl up under the hood of a recently p arked car. They can be seriously injured or killed if the car is started. To prevent this, bang on the car hood and give the cat time to escape before starting your car.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. To ensure that your pets are as

healthy as possible head-ing into the winter months,make sure their vaccinesand physical exams are up todate. Dogs and cats shouldbe examined by a veterinar-ian at least once a year.

Like coolant, antifreeze isa lethal poison for dogs andcats. Be sure to thoroughlyclean up any spills fromyour vehicle, as even smallamounts can be deadly.

Young-WilliamsAnimal Center’s

3201 Division St. location.

Info: 215-6599 or www.

young-williams.org.

the years of guidance and support these commu-nity leaders have provided us,” Ashin said. “Because of their strong leadership, Young-Williams Animal Center made great progress

in the past several years to increase adoption rates and spay/neuter surgeries and to improve the state of ani-mal welfare in Knoxville.”

Info: 865-215-6599 or www.young-williams.org.

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THROUGH SUNDAY, FEB. 1“Huckleberry Finn” presented by Knoxville

Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info: 208-3677, knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com or [email protected].

THROUGH SATURDAY, FEB. 28“Buy One, Get One Free” admission tickets

available for Knoxville Zoo. Tickets can be purchased at the zoo ticket window during regular zoo hours. Info: 637-5331, ext. 300 or knoxvillezoo.org.

THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 8Call for entries for the next “Arts in the Airport,” a

juried exhibition to run April 16 to Oct. 7 at McGhee Tyson Airport. Info/applications: www.knoxalliance.com/air-port_entry.html or send an SASE to Suzanne Cada, Arts & Culture Alliance, PO Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901.

THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 10Tickets available for Rhythm N’ Blooms music

festival, on stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s Jackson Avenue. Features fi rst-timers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied musical backgrounds. Info/tickets: www.rhythmnbloomsfest.com.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JAN. 21-22AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m.,

O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/to regis-ter: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, JAN. 22Free preview screening of “A Path Appears”

(Episode 1) and panel discussion, 6 p.m., Scruffy City Hall in Market Square. Three-part series. Info: www.easttennesseepbs.org/news-and-events/community-cinema/.

FRIDAY, JAN. 23Beginner Crochet class, 4-7 p.m., Hobby Lobby

classroom, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, [email protected] or myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.

Cafe Mortel, 2:30-4 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Cafe Mortel is a discussion group dealing with end of life issues and how your experience with death impacts how you live your life. Everyone welcome. Info: 588-8813.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 23-24Unwanted medicine collection and a used mer-

cury thermometer exchange, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Healthy Liv-ing Expo at the Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St. Residents turning in medications or thermometers will receive one free entry to the Healthy Living Expo.

SATURDAY, JAN. 24The Dismembered Tennesseans in concert,

8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

Knoxville Opera Goes to Church … A Celebra-tion of Talent!, 5 p.m., Greater Warner Tabernacle AME Zion Church, 3800 Martin Luther King Jr Ave. Free admission. Features Knoxville Opera Gospel Choir and local soloists.

“La Femme Bohème,” an all-female cast of Puc-cini’s opera “La Bohème,” 7:30 p.m., NV nightclub, 125 E Jackson Ave. Presented by the Marble City Opera. Admission: adults, $20; students, $10. Tickets: knoxtix.com or at the door.

Nourish Knoxville’s Winter Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Central UMC, 201 Third Ave. Features pasture-raised meats, eggs, winter produce, honey, baked goods, artisan foods, handmade items, food trucks and other vendors from the Market Square Farmers Market.

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

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

West Knox Preschool and Activities Fair, 9:30-11:30 a.m., First Baptist Concord, 11704 Kingston Pike. Hosted by MOMs Club of Farragut. Info: www.facebook.com/events/317471285105701/.

SUNDAY, JAN. 25“Something, Anything” with a talk by the director

and producer, 2 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) Reading Series: Luci Brown and Donora Hillard-Hare, 3 p.m., The Birdhouse, 800 N 4th Ave. Info: www.facebook.com/events/763973657022665/.

Young Pianist Series Concert featuring pianist Ching-Yun Hu, 2:30 p.m., Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus. Tickets: adults, $25 at the door or on-line at www.youngpianistseries.com; students free. Info: 408-8083 or www.youngpianistseries.com.

MONDAY, JAN. 26Free Motion Quilting Class, 9:30 a.m.-

12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby classroom, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, [email protected], myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.

Needle Tatting/Crochet/Quilting classes, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby classroom, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24.Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, [email protected] or myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.

Tennessee Shines: The Hello Strangers, 7 p.m., Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Tickets: $10, free for students with valid ID and children ages 14 and under. Info/tickets: WDVX.com.

West Knox Book Club: “The Invention of Wings,” 10:15 a.m. Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golf Club Road. Info: 588-8813.

THURSDAY, JAN. 29“An Evening with Coaching Legend John Ma-

jors,” 6:30 p.m., King University Hardin Valley Campus, 10950 Spring Bluff Way. Tickets: $30; $200 for table of eight. Includes dinner. Proceeds benefi t King Univer-sity’s fund for scholarships and programs. Deadline to purchase tickets: Jan. 22. Info/tickets: Jenny Brown, 423-652-4864 or [email protected].

Opening preview of new exhibits: “LIFT: Con-temporary Printmaking in the Third Dimension” and “Contemporary Focus 2015,” 5:30-7:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Free. Both exhib-its run Jan. 30-April 19. Info: http://www.knoxart.org/.

FRIDAY, JAN. 30Alive After Five concert: Soul Connection, 6-8:30

p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $15; $10 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

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MAYOR AND ALDERMENJanuary 22, 2015

WORKSHOP 6:15 PM Stormwater Ordinance WorkshopBMA MEETING, 7:00 PM

I. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Mayor’s Report

IV. Citizens Forum

V. Approval of Minutes

A. January 8, 2015VI. Ordinances A. Public Notice and Second Reading

1. Ordinance 14-21, An Ordinance to amend the text of the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 86-16, as amended, pursuant to authority granted by Section 13-4-201, Tennessee Code Annotated, by Amending Chapter 3. Specifi c District Regulations, Section XII. General Commercial District (C-1), by adding new requirements related to the mixed use town center district as outlined in the Farragut Comprehensive Land Use Plan. 2. Ordinance 14-22, an Ordinance to adopt the area and text identifi ed as Mixed Use Town Center, as shown on the Future Land Use Map in the Farragut Comprehensive Land Use Plan 3. Ordinance 14-23, an Ordinance to amend the text of the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 86-16, as amended, pursuant to authority granted by Section 13-4-201, Tennessee Code Annotated, by amending Chapter 3. Specifi c District Regulations, Section XXVII. N. 6. Town Center District (TCD), Area Regulations, Land Area., to change minimum land area for development 4. Ordinance 14-24, on fi rst reading, to amend the text of the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 3, Section XXIII. Telecommunication Tower Overlay Zone (T)., C. 1., to limit the overlay in the Mixed Use Town Center area outlined in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan 5. Ordinance 14-25, on fi rst reading, to amend the text of the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 3., Section XXVI., Planned Commercial Development District (PCD), as it relates to the Mixed Use Town Center area outlined in the Comprehensive Land Use PlanVII. Business Items A. Approval of Request for Supplement from Fulghum MacIndoe & Associates for Additional Engineering Services – McFee/Wentworth Greenway ConnectorVIII. Town Administrator’s ReportIX. Town Attorney’s Report

It is the policy of the Town of Farragut not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 93-112 and 101-336 in its hiring, employment practices and programs. To request accommodations due to disabilities, please call 865-966-7057 in advance of the meeting.

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From something broken, something beautiful.Like the view through a kaleidoscope, Peninsula Recovery Education Center classes help people see themselves in their best light and appreciate the value that they and others have to offer. For more information about Peninsula’s Recovery Education Center, call 865-970-9800.

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For many people like Mike, mental health treatments such as medication and therapy are essential parts of the recovery process. Peninsula offers additional servic-es to adults receiving mental health treat-ment to equip them to live more satisfying and productive lives.

The Recovery Education Center (REC) at the Peninsula Lighthouse campus in Knoxville serves adult TennCare enrollees with mental health diagnoses from around the region by helping them move beyond troubling symptoms through psychiatric rehabilitation. The REC offers interactive classes that provide essential knowledge and skills for pursuing educational, work or volunteer opportunities and healthy lifestyles. The REC program, based on the internationally recognized best practice model Wellness Recovery Action Plan® (WRAP), helps students develop and imple-ment self-directed plans for reaching their long term goals, especially in maintaining mental health recovery and sobriety, if the

issue is co-occurring. An on-site job spe-cialist assists REC students in locating, at-taining and retaining meaningful work in the community and acts as a liaison with Vocational Rehabilitation Services.

Peninsula’s Peer Support Academy (PPSA) is a non-clinical recovery and so-cial support program serving Knox, Sevier and Blount county adults with mental ill-ness. PPSA members attend recovery and holistic health education classes; support groups; fi tness, leisure and community service activities; and recreational outings each month. Members have the opportu-nity to be mentored and develop leadership skills. Choice, empowerment and personal responsibility are highly valued and pro-moted by specially trained Academy staff members who have also experienced recov-ery from mental illness. Creating Opportu-nities for Personal Empowerment and Edu-cation (COPES), a PPSA outreach program, offers community awareness and recovery education in local venues. PPSA partici-

pants are not required to be current or past Peninsula clients. Because the Academy is funded by a grant from the state of Tennes-see Department of Mental Health and Sub-stance Abuse Services, all activities and

transportation are free of charge.For more information about Peninsula

Recovery Services, call 865-970-9800 orvisit www.PeninsulaBehavioralHealth.org.

After years of living with mental illness,

Mike Frerichs has found peace, at last

Prayers, answeredBrothers fi nd hope in Peninsula Recovery Education Center

During an appointment at Pen-insula Outpatient Center in Lenoir City 10 years ago, Mike Frerichs was asked to identify his biggest issue. Then 43, the Coker Creek native replied simply, “Loneli-ness.”

For Mike, this loneliness stemmed from an isolating com-bination of schizophrenia, depres-sion and substance abuse. Former friends had taken advantage of his illnesses. He lived with his par-ents in a rural community. After years of smoking fi ve packs a day, Mike was living with only one lung and had dropped to 130 pounds.

“If you’ve ever seen a picture of serial killer Charles Manson, that’s what he looked like,” Jerry Frerichs, Mike’s older brother, said. “We had a monster.”

Because of his condition, Mike was unable to make eye contact or communicate with others. When their parents died, Jerry stepped in to help his struggling brother go to appointments, improve his physical health and stay in their parents’ home, as he wished.

Despite Jerry and his wife’s ef-forts – including a 60-mile round-trip to see Mike each day – the younger Frerichs was not improv-ing mentally and emotionally. He was withdrawn, which Peninsula Case Manager Keith McCollum attributed to the drug and alcohol culture of the 1970s. While many men and women emerged un-harmed from the decade, people who are predisposed to addiction and mental illness, like Mike, were permanently affected. According to McCollum, many of those af-fected are now living with aging parents or other family members, unable to function in society and unable to properly care for them-selves.

“If Mike had gone on much

longer before Jerry stepped in, I would expect him to be in jail or an adult group home in a few years,” McCollum explained.

Ridding Mike of his tendency to isolate himself was the necessary fi rst step to recovery. He was re-ferred to the Recovery Education

Center (REC) at Peninsula Light-house in Knoxville, where he could interact with peers and learn from others with similar struggles with mental illness and addiction. The REC also offers patients lessons in basic skills tailored to the needs of each individual.

Where Mike would fi nd daily interaction and education, Jerry found solace. As part of the REC program, transportation is pro-vided. Jerry did not have to make the 160-mile round trip to Knox-ville each day. Instead, he checked on his brother each morning to

make sure Mike was dressed andready to leave the house. In thisnew routine, Mike developed in-dependence and formed friend-ships.

“I wanted to be around peopleand different surroundings,” Mikesaid. His communication is stilllimited, but he is excited to sharehis experience at the REC. “It wasgood. Everyone is friendly and wetalk all the time. We’ll do multipli-cation, write and get on the com-puter.”

Beyond basic skills, the RECworks with patients to developself-esteem and connect with oth-ers. Before his treatment, Mikesaid, he’d “just stare at the walls,laying around restless all the time.It’s changed a whole lot – I get tosocialize, make friends and talkand laugh.”

The effects of the REC haveextended to other parts of Mike’slife. He has cut down on smokingand has adopted four dogs to takecare of on his own. As a formercaregiver and protective brother,Jerry is proud of Mike’s progress.“Society had beaten him down sobadly,” he said. “I’ve been in everysession Mike’s had since 2002,and every doctor he’s seen saideventually it would be like walk-ing into a closet, shutting the doorand never opening it. They said ifnothing changed, he’d be dead infi ve years.”

Ten years after their journeybegan, Mike and Jerry have founda routine and resource that worksfor their family. “Thanks to theREC and Peninsula, there’s hopewhere there wasn’t before,” Jer-ry said. “It’s the answer to ourprayers.”

To learn more about Peninsulaand the REC, call 865-970-9800 orvisit PeninsulaBehavioralHealth.org.

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