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By Sandra Clark Is Shopper-News at war with

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero? Absolutely not, despite what you might read occasionally on Page 4.

Rogero has tackled tough is-sues such as the city’s under-funded pension liability. She has not called for a grape or lettuce boycott or done any other dread-ful thing her campaign opponents implied when they whispered “She scares me to death.”

And last week Rogero rolled out a draft plan to address homeless-ness. She’s posted the plan online and is calling for public input. See http://www.cityofknoxville.

org/development/homelessnessp-landraft2014.pdf. Comments will be accepted for 45 days.

According to the city’s press re-lease, the draft is the work prod-uct of a mayoral-appointed round-table that included the executive leadership of agencies, ministries and organizations that provide services, shelter and housing for the homeless.

“Homelessness is a complicated issue, and effective responses re-quire collaboration among many different partners,” Rogero said. “This plan is not a solution to any single problem. It is a framework that we will use to coordinate ef-forts to address both short-term and long-term challenges for peo-ple experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless.”

Thankfully, Rogero is not talk-ing about a 10-year plan to end homelessness. That idea raised and then dashed hopes with un-pleasant opposition from various neighborhoods where new hous-ing might be developed.

The best we can do is mitigate the factors such as foreclosure that push people into the streets. We should move along the able-bodied residents of public housing to open up resources for short-term housing for the newly home-less. Public housing should not be permanent and even generational.

And any plan must consider the homeowners and businesses in the areas most impacted by the homeless. It must involve groups such as Compassion Coalition, which works to connect church

Rogero tackles homelessness, treesmembers with people in need.

The whole community must work short-term while looking long-term. Is Madeline Rogero our very best leader to tackle this com-plex problem? Absolutely. Can you name one better suited?

The city will conduct a public input session 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the Cansler Family YMCA, 616 Jessamine Street. A city council workshop on the pro-posed plan will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in the main assembly room of the City County Building.

City planting 600 treesOn a more pleasant topic, Rog-

ero has separated urban forestry

Analysis

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By Marvin WestHigh school football memories,

for winners, never get old.The Powell High Panthers of

1963, a close-knit group then and now, started back in the fall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their Knox Interscholastic League AA championship.

They are replaying the nine vic-tories, remembering things coach Bill Henson said and laughing out loud about their many experiences.

The party will undoubtedly peak at the class reunion in late May at Beaver Brook, but the re-hearsal is going strong.

Billy Loope, offensive guard and linebacker in the good, old days, says the Panthers are having a delightful time with memories.

“The fi rst Saturday of each month, the guys who can meet for breakfast at Cracker Barrel. If you were sitting at a nearby table, you would think we were still in high school. We generally don’t get to blowing straw covers at each other but we come close, and it’s not un-

Powell football captains Billy

Loope, Jim Courtney and Jeff

Courtney; coaches Kenneth

Hume, Bill Henson and Hymie

Gordon. Photo from Powell ‘64 yearbook

Powell celebrates football glory year

Look aroundwhile looking forward

common to see guys laughing un-til they are in tears.”

Loope, a real estate auctioneer, says the team reminds him of the Statler Brothers’ song, “Class of ’57.”

“Several went on to college, quite a few got married right out of high school. Nam was cranking up, so a lot of us ended up raising our right hand over on Central Av-

The golden glow of dusk in North Knox County. See more pictures by Cindy Taylor on Page 8.

‘Opal’ at Powell Playhouse

The Powell Playhouse held auditions Dec. 30-31 for the upcoming comedy production of “Everybody Loves Opal.”

The story revolves around Opal Kronkie, a middle-aged collector and recluse, who lives at the edge of a municipal dump. Attempted murder is afoot, but with the unfailing optimism of Opal, the laughs just keep coming.

The play will be onstage at Jubilee Banquet Facility Feb. 27 to March 1. Dinner by reser-vation will be available.

➤ Read Cindy Taylor on page 3

On tearing down Gibbs Hall

Marvin West goes way back with UT’s Gibbs Hall. He writes:

Down goes Gibbs Hall, well, soon. The old athletic dorm and Stokely Center will be mere memories as Tennessee clears the way for progress – parking garage, new dorm and three practice fi elds for football.

➤ Read Marvin’s tale on A-5

The Doc is inCarol Zinavage scored an

interview with band leader and trumpeter Doc Severinsen at his home in Blount County. She writes:

The paint crew that’s working up-

stairs doesn’t know who he is.“He’s the nice guy who hired

us to paint,” they say with grins and shrugs. They agree to Google him when they get home.

Anyone who grew up watch-ing The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson instantly rec-ognizes the iconic bandleader.

➤ Find Carol’s Corner on A-6

First Tennessee to mark 150 years

First Tennessee Bank’s promise is to be the best at serving our customers, one op-portunity at a time. The bank was founded in 1864 when Abraham Lincoln was presi-dent, and employees have been practicing that promise ever since – even if it wasn’t written down. No fi nancial institution could endure for a century and a half without dedicated employees earning the trust of generations of customers.

➤ Read Pam Fansler on A-10

Apologies for being unable to read names.

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As a retired professor of indus-trial engineering, John Hunger-ford of Knoxville, 74, is used to taking a methodical, scientifi c ap-proach to solving problems. When he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in April 2006, Hungerford used the same logic to make deci-sions about his treatment.

“I used all that good training to plot my treatment plan,” said Hungerford. “But at fi rst, I had kind of a sense of panic about the whole process. You think you have to do something right away.”

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Hungerford considered many current treatment options for prostate cancer.

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Tomotherapy delivers radiation slice-by-slice, a tiny bit at a time, as opposed to hitting the entire prostate at once.

Hungerford went to the Thomp-son Cancer Survival Center in the summer of 2006 and met Dr. Dan-iel Scaperoth, a radiation oncolo-gist.

“Right from the outset I liked Dr. Scaperoth,” said Hungerford. “He was very straight-forward with me and answered all my questions

Weighing your options for prostate cancerOf all the cancers, prostate is one of the slowest

growing. If caught early, patients typically have plen-ty of time to decide on the best treatment option for

their particular situation.“People can die of prostate

cancer, but it’s also very treat-able and, for the most part, cur-able,” said Dr. Daniel Scaperoth, a radiation oncologist at Thomp-son Cancer Survival Center.

Each of the treatments cur-rently available for prostate surgery has a similar success rate, with a variety of side ef-fects. In general, they fall into two main categories: radiation or surgery.

“Usually men will go to a urologist or radiologist and get a couple of different opinions,” said Scaperoth. “There are support groups in town, and men will share their stories about what went well and what didn’t go well.”

“And the decision depends a little bit on age,” he added. “Younger patients in their 50s and 60s will lean a little toward surgery because they can always add radiation later. People over 70 might lean more toward radiation.”

There are so many options it can be diffi cult to choose, Scaperoth said. If it’s an early stage of dis-ease, men can even choose not to do anything at all.

“Watchful waiting is also OK, with active surveil-lance of PSA levels,” Scaperoth said. PSA, prostate specifi c antigen, is a blood test that can detect the disease at an early stage. “The PSA test is what gives you lot of options,” said Scaperoth.

The American Urological Association recom-mends that men talk to their physicians about when to have a first PSA screening and how often they should be screened after that. In general, men ages 55 to 69 should be screened every two to four years.

“It’s really something you should talk to your doctor about, based on your own risk factors,” said Scaperoth.

Prostate cancer treatment choicesSurgery – Removal of the prostate either with an open incision

or with a less invasive robotic system that uses several smaller inci-sions. The risks of surgery would include infection and anesthesia problems and a slightly higher risk of incontinence afterward.

Radiation – Radiation treatment is done either from the outside, bombarding the prostate with radiation beams, or from within the prostate, by implanting radioactive seeds inside the prostate. Tomotherapy is one type of external radiation, which applies the radiation in thin, precise slices. Risks of radiation would include a higher irritation to the bowel and rectum than surgery. Seed implants can cause swelling that can cause diffi -culty urinating.

Cryosurgery – A technique for freezing and killing abnormal cells, cryosurgery is being tested for very early stage cancers. It is a one-time procedure performed under anesthesia.

Hormone therapy – Male sex hormones can cause prostate cells to grow. Drugs that suppress hormones can slow the growth of cancer, but they have some serious side effects. These drugs are only used in more advanced cancers.

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Starting in mid-July, Hunger-ford had 39 tomotherapy treat-ments, one per weekday, until the end of summer.

“They do precise CT (computed tomography) scans to locate the prostate,” he said. “There’s nopain. I was just lying there maybe20 to 30 minutes each time. You don’t really feel anything, actu-ally.”

“Toward the end of the treat-ment series you feel a little bit offatigue,” said Hungerford. “The last couple of weeks I felt slug-gish and slow, like I was walkingthrough mud.”

But over the weeks, Hunger-ford’s PSA tests showed that the cancer was being destroyed. A PSAtest is a blood test that detects theprostate specifi c antigen, an indi-cator of cancer.

“I’d say the treatment was verysuccessful,” he said. “My PSAlevel started coming down to well below where it needs to be, andI’m pleased with that,” he said. “Ihaven’t had any problems since.”

Hungerford said he would rec-ommend Thompson Cancer Sur-vival Center to anyone facing pros-tate cancer treatment.

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programs from horticulture operations, making each its own division within the Public Service Department.

The reorganization il-lustrates the priority placed on fully planning and devel-oping all of the city’s green spaces, and it also comes as contract crews are conduct-ing the winter plantings of 600 trees.

“Tree work is very spe-cialized, and we want to make sure our crews are well trained and have the knowledge and skills to plant and work on trees,” said city urban forester Kas-ey Krouse.

Krouse is overseeing a comprehensive inventory of the city’s trees, neighbor-hood by neighborhood, that will be used to plan which trees should best be planted where to ensure a healthy, diverse urban forest. Neigh-borhoods that have a lower than average number of trees, or a narrow range of tree species, are prioritized for new plantings.

Parkridge is currently getting trees between the sidewalks and roads on Washington, Jefferson and Fifth avenues.

Council member Fin-barr Saunders designated $2,420 from the Communi-ty Improvement (202) Fund to increase the number of Parkridge plantings by 20 trees.

Last spring, Vice May-or Nick Pavlis designated $361.47 from the 202 Fund to add trees along Chapman Highway. Council members Mark Campen and Saun-ders together designated $900 from the 202 Fund to support Arbor Day edu-cational workshops and to plant trees at Christenberry and Lonsdale elementary schools.

By Cindy Taylor The Powell Playhouse

held auditions Dec. 30-31 for the upcoming comedy production of “Everybody Loves Opal.”

The story revolves around Opal Kronkie, a middle-aged collector and recluse, who lives at the edge of a municipal dump. Attempted murder is afoot, but with the unfailing op-timism of Opal, the laughs just keep coming.

The play will be onstage at Jubilee Banquet Facility Feb. 27 to March 1. Dinner by reservation will be avail-able.

Producer Nita Buell Black will be making the decision on the cast, and rehearsals will begin in the next few weeks.

But while we’re waiting on that, Jan. 18 (weather reschedule date is Jan. 25) will bring the Battle of the Bands to the Powell Play-house. Don’t miss your chance to hear great music from two skilled groups.

Tim Patt leads Whitewa-ter Bluegrass Band along with Jordan Hamby, Dan Freels, Randy Terry, Gary Inman and Ben Allen.

Leading the South Knox Swingtet is Kukuly on gui-

Hoyt Landsdell reads for the part of Sol.

Loving Opal

Playhouse producer Nita Buell Black oversees auditions.Photos by Cindy Taylor

Flash Black

auditions for

the role of Brad

with the help of

Elizabeth Eoker.

Upcoming at Powell Playhouse

Stage manager Carly Johnson

helps with the auditions.

Elizabeth Eoker and Chuck Denney read for the parts of Opal

and the doctor.

tar, Mike Benjamin on pia-no and Brandon Beavers on mandolin.

The bands plan to per-form a few similar songs in their respective styles. The audience will judge the out-come of the battle.

The show runs from 6-8 p.m. Tickets at the door are $10. Info: 947-7428 or 256-7428.

■ Peters at HeiskellBonnie Heiskell Peters

will speak at the monthly

meeting of seniors Thurs-day, Jan. 9, at the Heiskell Community Center.

Peters is a local writer/genealogist with numerous books to her credit. She was appointed Union County Historian in 1994 and writes for the Shopper-News. Pe-ters will have books avail-able for purchase after the meeting.

Heiskell Seniors meet at the Heiskell Community

Center 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each second Thursday for food, fun and games. Speak-ers are at 11 a.m.

Heiskell Community Center offers art classes, weight management and exercise classes, crafts, cards and more. Info: Jan-ice White, [email protected] or 548-0326.Reach Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.

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missioner Larry Martin attended the Dec. 21 recep-tion for council member and former Mayor Daniel Brown at Broker Hall on Martin Luther King Blvd.

The board will then go to six members if Sansom and Haskew depart but still have a quorum to transact business. A new chair would be elected, too.

The departure of Mc-Bride cannot be blamed on Republicans in the U.S. Senate but totally on the White House. The seat is vacant due to White House inaction.

The seat became open in May 2013. McBride was chair of the TVA audit committee and a member of the external affairs committee. He wanted very much to be reap-pointed.

McBride disappointed several supporters for his low key and quiet approach to several high profi le issues such as CEO Johnson’s $5.9 million salary for nine months, closed TVA committee meetings and silence on the 2-year dress code for board meetings which triggered a federal First Amendment lawsuit. The charge was he had been co-opted by Johnson and top staff.

The President has mentioned the possibil-ity of selling TVA, and the agency has declined to comment on whether it can be sold without congressional action which seems strange given TVA has a huge legal staff available to comment on hundreds of other issues.

Their spokespersons said the senators would have to answer that ques-tion.

■ Longtime UT Law professor Carl Pierce is retiring this summer. He started in 1972 at the UT College of Law. He was director of the Howard Baker Public Policy Center for several years follow-ing Alan Lowe’s departure to head up the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas. He has done many interviews with for-mer Sen. and Ambassador Howard Baker.

■ There was a large crowd Dec. 29 at the service at Canaan Baptist Church at which longtime pastor Harold Middlebrook gave his fi nal sermon as the pastor. In addition to former Mayor Brown and this writer at-tending, council member George Wallace and his wife, Stephanie, attended. To their credit, both were very engaged in the service and took copious notes.

Martin was Brown’s deputy when he was mayor. Also attending were Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, council mem-bers George Wallace, Duane Grieve, Nick Della Volpe, Finbarr Saunders and Marshall Stair, along with the city’s community relations director Tank Strickland. Also attend-ing were former state Rep. and council member Bob Booker (now director of Beck Cultural Center), state Rep. Joe Armstrong and retired pastor Harold Middlebrook.

■ Randy Boyd, Knox-ville entrepreneur and un-paid higher education ad-viser to Gov. Bill Haslam for the past year, wraps up his time in Nashville in early February.

■ Mayor Tim Bur-chett is getting his fund raising for re-election started on Tuesday, Feb. 18, with a $100 a couple event at the Lighthouse on Baum Drive from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Invitations will go out two weeks before the event. Burchett does not have an opponent at this time and appears to be a sure bet for a second and fi nal term as county mayor.

■ Neil McBride lost his seat on the TVA board today when Presi-dent Obama not only failed to reappoint him but also did not name anyone else.

The 9-member board goes to eight members which will save the pay for one – $50,000 plus travel.

If the President contin-ues to ignore expiring TVA board appointments, then two more vacancies will occur in 2014 including the chair, Bill Sansom, president of H. T. Hack-ney Co. and former state transportation commis-sioner. Barbara Haskew of Chattanooga also departs.

They will go off the board the end of this year although their terms actu-ally end in May unless re-nominated and confi rmed.

Mediating the tire store warsWhen is a managing real

estate broker responsible for the action of an affi li-ate broker? Pretty much al-ways, according to the state Court of Appeals.

In a decision fi led Dec. 23, the court overturned a decision by Knox County Chancellor Mike Moyers to dismiss Mary Bea Corbitt from a lawsuit involving Reid R. Crumpton and Kelly Beeler Tire Service.

Moyers had granted sum-mary judgment to Corbitt, who was managing broker for Heath Shuler Real Es-tate LLC in October 2004 when Plaintiff Crumpton entered into a contract to purchase real estate that in-cluded a house and business from Kelly and Patsy Beeler. Patricia Grissom was the af-fi liate broker for the trans-action.

Crumpton was damaged, he said, when a 5-year non-compete agreement was not included with all copies of the contract. He sued every-one in sight.

Corbitt asked to be dis-missed, saying she was not personally involved in the plaintiff’s purchase and had no knowledge of the trans-action, therefore could not

be held liable for the actions of the affi liate broker.

In an opinion written by Judge G. Michael Swiney, the court said Tennessee law created a duty on the part of the managing broker, and Corbitt failed to show that she met the standard of care suffi cient to satisfy her duty. The court reversed the summary judgment and re-manded the case for further proceedings.

Corbitt argued: “My du-ties as managing broker at Heath Shuler Real Estate did not include involvement in the day-to-day activities or review of the routine con-tracts of independent con-tractor realtors affi liated with the brokerage.”

Judge Moyers said to hold a managing broker respon-

sible for “possible misrep-resentation or negligence of her affi liate brokers” would create a strict liability for managing brokers for the negligent or intentional torts of their affi liates.

The appellate court held “by simply and purpose-fully remaining ignorant of the substance and details of an affi liate’s transactions,” a managing broker could “completely escape her stat-utory duty and any liability.”

In the Crumpton case, the court held, the manag-ing broker’s liability, if any, arises from a breach of her own statutory duty – not from the actions of the af-fi liate broker.

It’s an interesting case with several well-known participants.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Big stories for 2014:

■ 384 fi les are misplaced in the

Criminal Court Clerk’s offi ce

and three dozen citizens are

herded off to jail. Clerk Joy

McCroskey goes on cruise.

■ Ruthie Kuhlman, Herb Mon-

cier and Brian Hornback get

stranded on a desert island.

Together. Republicans every-

where rejoice ... and lay odds

on which will survive.

■ Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones gets the endorsement of

former Sheriff Tim Hutchison.

Hundreds of heretofore-un-

decided GOP primary voters

start wearing those Bobby

Waggoner armbands that

read: “Wagg 4 (star).”

■ Competition for who can

draw the most public pen-

sions accelerates when ace

reporter Snidely Whiplash dis-

covers a former city teacher

working as a bailiff for the

Sheriff ’s Offi ce after a retire-

ment job in city government.

■ Ahh, public employment. Where some make little and

many make much.

■ Doug Harris, in voting to

extend Superintendent Jim

McIntyre’s contract until Dec. 31,

2017, mentioned that he serves

some 50,000 meals a day. Wow!

And there’s a CEO job open just

up the road at Ruby Tuesday.

■ Stacey Campfi eld is working

on gun bills, mentioning on

his blog that he’s remorse-

ful about allowing cities and

counties to opt out of state

law. “A citizen should know

what is and what isn’t a state

crime statewide,” he said.

■ Stacey also noted his resem-

blance to Jason Garrett and

said he’s

not a can-

didate for

coach of

the Dallas

Cowboys.

■ With Cheri Siler

joining Dr.

Richard

Briggs in

trying to

oust Campfi eld, one could call

it the race of the red-haireds

versus the no-haired.

■ Human capital just ain’t what

it used to be. When Superin-

tendent Jim McIntyre hired

former KPD guy Gus Paidousis

to head up school security

and boosted its ranks to 100

or so, who vetted those hired?

We had a guard arrested re-

cently for indecent exposure

at Tyson Park. Somebody get

that guy a petition to run for

county commission!

■ Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey turned

heads with his Christmas

greeting in which he cel-

ebrated that dates are being

set for executions. Finally,

it’s about time and joy to the

world, you-all.

■ Mike McMillan has as much

chance of being school super-

intendent on Dec. 31, 2017, as

does Jim McIntyre. So what

was that extension really

about? It boosted the buy-out

by $225,000.

Jason GarrettAP photo/Tim Sharp

Betty Bean

Good-bye apathy.Hello involvement.There was very little in-

terest in local politics last year and most city council incumbents ran unopposed. Election Day was greeted with a collective yawn.

But if the growing list of potential candidates for county offi ces who had picked up nominating peti-tions by Dec. 31 is any in-dication, 2014 will be very different. There are county commission seats, fee offi ces and judgeships up for grabs, as well as races for sheriff and attorney general. The deadline to return complet-ed petitions is Feb. 20.

School board races ap-pear to be generating the most interest, and the ques-tion there is whether teach-ers can sustain the passion they demonstrated in No-vember and December and translate it into political clout in the May primary. If they do, the election will become a referendum on James McIntyre and his educational philosophy.

By New Year’s Eve, 16 potential candidates had picked up petitions for fi ve school board races. Incum-

2014: Referendum on McIntyre?

Amber Rountree

bents Lynne Fugate, Pam Trainor and Gloria Death-ridge, all of whom voted to extend McIntyre’s contract to late 2017, are drawing op-position.

Watch for new opponents to sign up to run against fi rst-term 9th District board member Trainor, who was elected with strong support from teachers.

This year will be a differ-ent story. In addition to the district’s menu of perpetual candidates, her potential opponents include at least two former educators – Jim McClain (a former principal, school board member and a former Trainor supporter) and Larry Clark (a retired teacher and county com-missioner who now works for the sheriff as a bailiff).

Trainor’s most inter-esting opponent could be fi rst-time candidate Amber Rountree, a school librar-ian and outspoken critic of McIntyre’s heavy reliance

on data-gathering and high stakes testing.

Rountree said she will fi nd new employment if she is elected.

“My understanding is that as an employee of the board, I would probably not be able to hold my teaching position,” she said. “But my degree is in library science, which is more versatile and not as tied to working in a public school environ-ment. My gut instinct is to go ahead and do it. I think we need to see some change – pro-active, not reactive change. I’m going to run a very grassroots campaign.”

She has set up a Twitter account (@vote4rountree) and chosen a slogan –“Growing Great Schools”– and a logo – a tree.

Patti Bounds, a veteran teacher at Brickey-McCloud Elementary School and longtime Powell resident, may run in school board District 7 where term-limit-ed county commissioner R. Larry Smith is a candidate. Incumbent Kim Severance, who also voted to extend McIntyre’s contract, is not seeking re-election.

Bounds plans to retire from Knox County Schools at year’s end. She teaches kindergarten.

Another teacher, Cheri Siler, will be picking up a petition next week to run in the Democratic primary for state senate for the 7th Dis-trict, the seat now held by Republican Stacey Camp-fi eld. She will be the guest of honor at a fundraiser at Central Flats and Taps 5-10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30. Her mother, Donna Edwards, will serve as her campaign treasurer, and contribu-tions can be mailed to Cheri Siler for State Senate, 5507 Shannondale Road, Knox-ville, TN 37918; or through her Facebook page (Cheri Kay Siler) or her campaign website, Cherisiler.com.


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Down goes Gibbs Hall, well, soon. The old athletic dorm and Stokely Center will be mere memories as Tennessee clears the way for progress – parking garage, new dorm and three prac-tice fi elds for football.

This dorm was built in ’64 and named in a knee-jerk reaction to the death of assistant basketball coach Bill Gibbs, 35. He was lost on the morning of Feb. 3 that year, when a commuter plane crashed on takeoff in Gainesville, Fla.

An entire generation may not have known or cared about Bill Gibbs. I did. That was one of the worst days in 60 years of newspaper life.

The basketball Vols were in Florida for a Mon-day night game. Gibbs was the advance scout who

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had charted the Gators on Saturday. He gave his re-port to Ray Mears and the team at the Sunday walk-through. The next day he would be moving on to see a future foe.

When I heard about the crash, I read tea leaves. Bill wasn’t at the hotel so he al-most certainly was on the fl ight. I hurried to the airport. There were no survivors. I got around enough police tape to see the wreckage from a dis-tance but couldn’t confi rm anything with authorities,

no matter how I asked the same questions.

This was another time in the news business. It was important to be fi rst but more important to be accu-rate. Of course I wrote the story but the combination of personal hurt and profes-sional frustration made for a bad-hair day.

Gibbs Hall became a fo-cal point in my many years of covering the Volunteers. Access to athletes was far more open then and I con-ducted almost daily inter-views in the dorm lobby, after practice and after din-ner, without Haywood Har-ris or Bud Ford arranging or monitoring conversations.

Steve Kiner and I once talked for two hours in his room – about life, obliga-tions, responsibilities, ex-

pectations. The linebacker was struggling. I was a young husband and father and Sun-day school teacher. I thought I had all the answers.

It was an unforgettable ex-perience. We remain friends.

Kiner and Gibbs Hall – he was guardian of an adopted stray dog named Rabies. I believe it slept under his bed. He and other Vols smuggled in meat scraps. Maids and janitors didn’t notice.

Kiner and Gibbs Hall – he once walloped basketball giant Rupert Breedlove over a table dispute in the dining room and had to skip a few meals as punishment.

Tim Townes, very small freshman safety, was mis-identifi ed in the dining room by assistant coach Bob Davis: “Son, this is the football section. Wrestlers sit over there.”

Gus Manning persuaded Tom T. Hall and part of his band to stop one evening as

cultural enrichment for the Volunteers. That was the fi rst time I heard “Water-melon Wine.”

Joe Louis came to see and be seen. I tried but the former heavyweight boxing champion didn’t say much.

Bernard King lives on in Gibbs memories. Greg Phil-lips was second-team foot-ball but fi rst in electrical engineering. He was study-ing late when loud music interrupted concentration. He took a walk, found the sound and asked the bas-ketball star to turn it down. King said OK.

Greg went back to books, heard more music and made another trip. Sorry about that. And there was peace and relative quiet.

Phillips seemed more de-termined on the third trip. When Bernard opened the door, Greg picked him up and dumped him onto the stereo. It broke. It is good

for all of us that King didn’t.Police, now and then,

visited Gibbs Hall. Eventu-ally doors were locked. That didn’t prevent the occasion-al girl incident.

The dorm was a focal point as recently as January 2010, after the sudden departure of a famous football coach. From a second fl oor window, somebody screamed, “Go to hell, Lane Kiffi n.”

John Ward delivered the most famous dorm mention, Vol Network, 1967, from the campus of Mississippi State. One fi ne guard hit free throws with seven seconds left in the third overtime to clinch the SEC champi-onship. The big trophy be-longed to the Volunteers.

Ward said: “Wrap it up, tie it in orange and white, and send it to Bill Justus, care of Gibbs Hall, Knox-ville, Tennessee!”(Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected])

January and February can be gloomy, cold and damp. Up in Vermont they call this time of year “stick season.” Aptly named – just look at the hillsides of bare limbs and twigs – all you see are sticks.

Winter birding

Dr. Bob Collier

This is prime season for watching familiar yard-bird friends at our bird feeders.

So why would someone even consider going out on a cold damp morning into a world of sticks and stems to look at birds, espe-cially since there’s nothing out there but a few cardi-nals and chickadees, and a

bunch of little brown spar-rows that all look alike, and are nearly impossible to see anyway?

Well, now, that’s a good question, but it has some good answers (or I wouldn’t have asked it in the fi rst place). For one thing, just getting outside in the win-ter, birds or no birds, is something everyone should try.

Once you’ve been out and about in the winter and found that you can survive, and even be comfortable, it tends to grow on you. You will discover that all those trees and bushes and grassy fi elds that were there in the summer are still out there – they just look different. Even though they’re bare and brown, they are full of bird food. All those weeds and fl owers have produced zillions of seeds, and the

sumacs and grapes and poi-son ivy vines still have dried fruits and berries. And on most days throughout the winter, lots of tiny, tasty in-sects are out and about on all that vegetation.

This adds up to a lot of food for the scores of spe-cies of birds that choose to winter here with us. They’re all busy making a living, foraging through the short winter days, often too busy to pay much attention to a nearby, nosy birdwatcher.

They’re generally easier to see and observe without all those pesky leaves on the trees and bushes, and you often have time to really watch some of the harder to spot ones, like the sparrows, and really get to know them.

We know there are a lot of them out there – Christ-mas counts have shown 80 or more species on a single day. In a good place, you’ll be amazed at the numbers of species and individual birds that you can see.

We have no end of good winter birding opportuni-ties in these parts. Think of Tommy Schumpert Park and Halls Community Park. Without baseball or soc-cer, these parks are usually peaceful, quiet, birdy plac-es. Having nearby streams, good open fi eld, brushy, and forest-edge bird habitats, plus nice walking terrain and even paved walking paths, they make winter birding easy and fun. We spent a couple of hours at Schump-ert Park on the morning of Dec. 19 and came up with 25 species of birds, including four species of sparrows and a surprise fl yover by three sandhill cranes. Nice, easy, pleasant birding.

In the winter, any place with water seems to offer a higher concentration of bird life. Even as small an area as the duck pond in Fountain City often comes up with a surprise wild duck or gull.

Places a little farther out such as Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery on the Clinch River in Clinton, the Song-bird Trail along the river below Norris Dam and the Norris State Park above the dam, Cove Lake State Park at Caryville, and Fort Loud-oun Dam and the lake above it up through Knoxville, all offer the usual as well as un-expected water- and shore-type birds all winter.

With a little more time, birders try a bit farther afi eld, looking for birds that wouldn’t ordinarily be ex-pected to be here.

Word recently got around that a couple of short-eared owls had been seen hunting over the tall-grass meadows of Cade’s Cove. Short-eared owls nest in northern Can-ada and the Northwest, and in winter down through the middle of the U.S. They are rare for us East Tennesseans to get to see.

And so on Friday after-noon, Dec. 20, three of us set out for the Cove. The hills and fi elds were lovely, and traffi c nearly nonexistent. We set up our birding scopes on a grassy elevation along Hyatt Lane. Sure enough, as dusk approached, there they were, fl ying like big feath-ered moths back and forth over the fi elds. One was even kind enough to perch in a leafl ess tree and pose for us for over 30 minutes.

The owls were accompa-nied by three owl-like hawks called northern harriers. We also saw wild turkeys and deer. And then, across the road came a fat, shiny mama bear with three cubs! It was a scene that will stay with us for a while.

Winter birding is a great alternative to the couch or the mall with the woods mosquito- and tick-free, and alive with birds to learn from and enjoy. Good birding!


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The paint crew that’s working upstairs doesn’t know who he is.

“He’s the nice guy who hired us to paint,” they say with grins and shrugs. They agree to Google him when they get home.

In this age of 15-min-ute, viral video fame, Doc Severinsen isn’t known to everyone. His friendly de-meanor and down-to-earth nature make him seem like a regular guy. But anyone who grew up watching The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson instantly recognizes the iconic bandleader.

When a 30-plus-year friendship with fellow trumpeter Cathy Leach blossomed into romance a few years ago, Doc moved to Maryville to be near her.

The two work together on many musical projects. They’ve appeared in Knox-ville churches in programs of “jazzed-up” gospel mu-sic. There’s always a rustle of excitement when Doc’s lanky, jean-clad fi gure strides to the front.

“People might be sur-prised to fi nd out that I

Carol Zinavage

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The doctor is inCathy Leach and Doc Severinsen discuss renovations for their farmhouse in Blount County.

don’t really dress ‘like that,’” he says, referring to his well-known habit of wear-ing fl amboyant clothes. He still glitzes it up for concert tours, but “I don’t own any suits. All I own is jeans, work shirts and cowboy boots, so if I play in church, I’m going to be wearing that.”

Both stay busy with in-dividual projects. Cathy, who was the KSO’s princi-pal trumpeter for 31 years, plays with “Stiletto,” an all-female brass ensemble. The group does master classes and concerts all over the country. Their CD, featur-ing Doc as special guest, is available on Amazon.com.

Doc’s quintet, the San Miguel 5, features music with a Latin fl air, including Span-ish guitar. He also leads The

Doc Severinsen in front of his Bount County farm-

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Doc Severinsen Big Band, which he says is “the fi nest big band I’ve ever worked with.” And, of course, he’s of-ten featured on his own. This past weekend he appeared with the Milwaukee Sympho-ny in a series of four concerts over three days.

At 86, he’s fi t, healthy and up to such a punishing sched-ule. “I’ve still got the mojo,” he says of his desire to per-form and delight audiences.

One current joint project isn’t at all musical. The cou-ple are restoring a rambling Blount County farmhouse built in 1840. “I am still try-ing to fi nd my way around this place!” laughs Doc.

Cathy’s looking forward to getting all the rooms squared away. The busy pro-fessor of trumpet and direc-tor of undergraduate studies at the UT School of Music sees great potential. “One

room will be my ‘cave’ where I can practice and work on sewing projects. And that’s Doc’s room at the end of the hall,” she says, gesturing to-ward a room literally stacked with trumpets.

In fact, there’s at least one trumpet somewhere in every room of the house.

Both enjoy cooking in the spacious farm kitchen, look-ing at the mountain views and caring for dogs Gracie

Doc (center) jokes

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Herman DuBose

and Rob Rathbun,

as Cathy looks on.

Doc likes the resonance of the stairwells in

the UT music building.

and Muñeca.On a recent week-

day, they were headed for UT – Cathy to teach and Doc to practice. He enjoys practicing in the stairwell near Cathy’s offi ce because of the resonance. Those lucky enough to be in the building enjoy hearing that big bright sound, undiminished in over 70 years of playing.

“The trumpet is won-derful,” says Doc. “It’s the king of musical in-struments – that’s why they put trumpets on the highest level when you see an orchestra, because they’re the majesty!

“But you can be hu-miliated beyond de-scription. Playing the trumpet will keep you humble. About the time you think you’ve got it made, it’ll reach right up and bite you in the rear!

“If you’re not having such a good day and you don’t feel like you’re playing your best, you’ve just got to keep at it. I get kicked off the horse every darn day in my own practice.

“But you’ve got to get right back on. And I do!”

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die drove a truck, Jim sold trucks and Don built hous-es. Gary stayed with the Air Force, Mike became a soil specialist.

O.E. Evans, extra-point kicker nicknamed Toe, earned a UT degree in per-sonnel management, worked in Knoxville businesses and eventually retired from Commercial Plastics as pur-chasing manager.

Former end Johnny Gamble is the only Panther who owns and operates fu-neral homes in Clinton and Lake City. He has twice served families of deceased teammates.

The Panthers of ’63 were not a surprise. Henson knew they should be a good team. He scheduled accordingly, then had second thoughts, saying he would probably be a gray-haired nervous wreck by the time the sea-son was over.

“We have a veteran team and a young man who I think is the best player (quarterback Jim Courtney) in the Knox Interscholastic League, but we have a back-breaking schedule. Whether

we can stay with such teams as South, East and Central remains to be seen. I guess even the games we win will be close.”

Some were. Powell defeat-ed South, 6-0, Clinton 13-0, Ketron 13-6 and Rule 14-7.

Powell played well but lost at AAA Central, 19-13. Sevier County beat Central. Powell nipped Sevier Coun-ty, 7-6, in a game moved to Evans-Collins Field to ac-commodate the crowd, esti-mated at more than 10,000.

Sevier returned the open-ing kickoff for a touchdown but missed the extra point. Courtney scored for Powell in the third quarter. Evans kicked the winner.

“I’ll always remember when the team bus returned to Powell, there were Dr. Mildred Doyle, Knox Coun-ty schools superintendent, and her associate, Mildred Patterson,” said Evans.

“Miss Doyle and Mrs. Patterson had listened to the game on radio and hur-ried to Powell to congratu-late us on the win.”

Other victories were 27-0 over Lake City, 27-7 over East, 28-6 over Carter and 42-6 over Karns. The rout of

the Beavers was a get-even game. Karns players or fans had been accused of plow-ing and planting a row of corn down the middle of the Powell football fi eld.

The Panthers say they were not unusually big but had good speed. They ex-celled on defense. Eddie Cardwell was outstanding, an all-KIL two-way tackle. Gamble was a tough end. Golden Gloves boxer Jeff Courtney was a fullback and linebacker. Wally Dye was a fi ne halfback.

Don Dare, not very tall but 250 pounds wide, was a middle guard distinguished by wads of chewing tobacco – Black Maria twist.

“Big Don chewed all the time,” said Loope. “And I mean all the time. And he rarely spit.

“In one game, maybe Rule or Ketron, Coach Hen-son thought that tobacco juice might be a weapon. The other team was about to score. Coach called time and called Don and me over to set up a play.

“He said when the cen-ter put his hand on the ball, Don should spit on his hand. Coach said if that cen-ter moved the ball, if he so much as fl inched, one of us had better come up with the football.”

The tobacco juice landed with a “splat.” The center kept his cool. Loope says he may not have realized what hit him.

The Panthers remember Henson as creative in many other ways. He had several ingenious plays in his bag of tricks.

Assistant coaches were Kenneth Hume and Hy-mie Gordon. Captains were Jim and Jeff Courtney and Loope.

Other prominent Pan-thers were Roy Long, Mickey Reed, Dewey Wade, James Lawley, Mike Lickli-ter, Charles Brennan, Teddy Murray, Gary Hunt, Rus-sell Wright, Eddie Cross, Richard Atkins, Ronnie Ayers, Gary Sherwood, Ken Carter, Terry Cox and Mike Roberts. (Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected]).

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LynnPitts

See? This is a problem. What the author of 2 John may have said to the com-munity of faith we will never know, because it was said and not written. If it had been written, we would likely have it recorded in Scripture.

In much the same way, I have an issue with emails. Don’t get me wrong. I appre-ciate email as much as the next person. It is quick and effi cient and quite handy.

However, there are ad-vantages to getting a letter in the mail. Let me explain.

We have, in the family archives, several letters my grandfather wrote to the young lady he would eventu-ally marry – my grandmoth-er Belle. She was well and truly named; Papa claimed forever that she was the pret-tiest girl who ever came out of Union County. His letters

The Written WordAlthough I have much to write to you, I would rath-

er not use paper and ink; instead I hope to come to you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

(2 John 12 NRSV)

to her were elegant, humble, and very proper: in them, he called her “Miss Petree.” (It was a different time: as long as she lived, when she spoke of him to friends and neigh-bors, she referred to him as “Mr. Dunn.”)

I also have one letter written to Belle by one of her 10 brothers. It was a letter of admiration and ap-preciation. I have consid-ered giving it to one of his direct descendants, but so far, have (selfi shly) kept it.

Mother still has all of

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the correspondence she ex-changed with Daddy before they were married. She was working at Miller’s Depart-ment Store and he was in school at Lincoln Memo-rial University. Those let-ters are fi led, in order, in a cedar keepsake box. I have not read them, considering them private and personal.

When my brother was born (not long before the end of World War II), Daddy sent telegrams to relatives announcing the birth. At least one of those documents was sent back to Daddy and Mother as a keepsake. It gave Warren’s name, date of birth, birth weight, then remarked, “Mother and son are fi ne; father’s condition question-able.” That telegram is still in the family archives.

When I was born three years later, Daddy made long distance phone calls. It was the new technology, very up-to-date. However, I have al-ways felt a little cheated, be-cause I didn’t have a telegram I could hold in my hand. I don’t know what Daddy said in those phone calls, and I would love to know!

We also have all of the

war correspondence from Daddy’s younger brother, who fought in the South Pa-cifi c, and who was in a fox-hole on Okinawa when he learned of Warren’s birth.

All of these are documents of a different time, of a differ-ent world. They are, however, historical documents, even if they are a family history and not of great importance to anyone else. They are a little chunk of our story, and that is, after all, what history is all about: story – yours, mine, ours, our country’s, our world’s, our universe’s story.

I encourage you to fi nd out your story, your his-tory. Ask your parents and your grandparents to tell you their stories. Check out old family Bibles; look at the pages between the Old and New Testaments; frequent-ly there are pages there on which to record births, marriages, and deaths. Go to the McClung Historical Collection, 601 Gay Street. It is part of the Knox County library system, and an un-imaginable wealth of genea-logical information. Go to Ancestry.com.

Learn your stor y!

Full disclosureMarvin West is a Powell

person, a member of the Powell High hall of fame.

He was, nevertheless, surprised to receive a mes-sage from former all-star tackle Eddie Cardwell, on behalf of teammates:

“I would like to request a favor for the Powell High football team of 1963. We were the county AA cham-pions and this is our 50th year. You wrote a lot of big articles about us back then. We would appreciate it very much if you wrote one more about a bunch of old

men now reminiscing.”Marvin said OK. He

knows several former play-ers. He knew their parents. He saw Eddie’s father, Ros-coe, pitch very fast-pitch softball. He remembered Eddie’s mother, Virginia, from Powell basketball.

The Gamble family and the Wests went to Beaver Creek church. Jeanette Ev-ans was third-grade teach-er for all four West children. She was the mother of O.E. Evans, extra-point kicker on the team of ‘63.

There is a connection between the writer and the story. – S. Clark


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A glance out a kitchen window may afford you a peek at a special visit from a buck guarding his doe while she gleans the last rosebud from the dormant bushes.

A light dusting of snow may hide the white deer that often roams the north hills. It won’t be a true

albino or Seneca deer in this area, but is a rare and amazing sight just the same.

And the sunsets; don’t even get me started on the sunsets. From November to February the evening skies lend themselves to the most beautiful twi-lights of the year. Watch for that golden time of day to turn into deep orange and red.

So while you’re working off those desserts, count-ing calories and planning for the coming year, don’t forget to take time to enjoy the special moments we have been given right now. Reach Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.

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A mostly white deer roams the hills of North Knox County.

A lone buck keeps vigil.

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A raccoon braves a back porch looking for warmth. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Look around while looking forward

Skatetown in Fountain City opened during winter break

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He runs a small book-store here in this charming city on the Mississippi Gulf Coast that still bears scars from Hurricane Katrina.

“This Christmas was better than last year, which was better than the year before,” Jeremy says of his store, and that seems to sum up the city’s resolve.

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about the town’s triumph over tragedy, a marvelous Molly Ivins and a discarded ex-library book that looked like it needed a home. I’m a sucker for a stray.

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Many East Tennesseans are planning for the New Year, setting resolutions to

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Jan. 1 marks a time for planning

in the public relations industry as well. At Moxley Carmichael, we’ve been working with clients for weeks to prepare for 2014. Our clients have big goals and need plans to achieve them.

We recommend pre-paring a strategic com-munications plan for the year that outlines not only your company’s objectives but also the strategies and tactics you’ll use to get your messages out and enhance your reputation.

Whether we’re working with businesses in health care, professional services, education, consumer goods or nonprofi t, we start with a few key areas. Any local business can benefi t from focusing on these recom-mendations as we kick off 2014.

Branding: What is your brand? Is it consistent? Recognizable? Effec-tive? Consider gathering your executive team for a branding session focused on defi ning – or redefi ning – your brand. Make sure your strategy is effective in representing your organiza-tion to customers, potential customers and other stake-holders.

Digital presence: How are you using technol-ogy and digital media to promote your business? Examine your website, blog, email marketing and social media pages. Do they refl ect your brand and use consistent messaging? Companies are expanding their digital presence in 2014 with strategic moves like adding a mobile-

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In 2013 Applebee’s fi red an employee for posting a photo to Reddit showing the sales receipt of a pastor who refused to pay the au-tomatic 18 percent gratuity the restaurant had added, and thousands fl ooded Applebee’s Facebook page in her support.

Applebee’s posted im-personal responses and was accused of deleting negative comments and blocking users. This defensive ap-proach angered customers and tarnished Applebee’s reputation.

In contrast, when an in-sensitive tweet about Presi-dent Obama’s grandmother was accidentally posted to the KitchenAid account instead of the employee’s personal Twitter page, the head of the KitchenAid brand started tweeting 15 minutes later to apologize and assure followers that the staffer would no longer tweet for KitchenAid.

The immediate, honest approach was well received, and damage was mini-mized.

With our top PR tips, you can enter 2014 with a purpose and a plan. We love doing business in East Tennessee, and we know those who work and own companies here share that love. We wish you a happy and prosperous New Year.

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Flats and Taps is a neigh-borhood pub and eatery located at 1204 Central Avenue, on the east side of Central Avenue in the heart of Happy Holler (just north of Anderson Avenue). That commercial block hosts oth-er businesses like Friends Antiques shop, the Chop Shop hair salon, Raven Re-cords, Relix Variety The-atre, the Taoist Tai Chi So-ciety center, and the Time Warp Tea Room to name a few.

If you haven’t been to the Holler lately, you’re in for a treat.

The “fl ats” refer to the

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fl at bread pizzas, along with interesting sandwiches, sal-ads and dips, and local mi-cro-brew beers (which pro-vide the variety of “taps”).

For a fl at, you can choose from the meaty Porky Pie, the herb-infused Pizza Margherita, the blue-cheesy chicken Crazy Ca-jun, a 5-cheese Formaggio,

a Greek’s Greek and others. While you are warming up to lunch or dinner or just indulging in a frothy sip, try one of the interesting dips (like black bean hum-mus, sun-dried tomato, or crab artichoke), or, to bol-ster your New Year’s reso-lution reach for one of the varied salads.

Flats and Taps also offers an array of Panini grilled sandwiches for every taste to go along with a glass of wine, beer or other bever-age. Local craft beers are the specialty. They offer brews from Saw Works, Yazoo, De-pot Street, and Blackstone, among others on tap, as well as a number of your bottled favorites. (I quit counting at 40.) Variety and emphasis on local fresh foodstuffs are the watchwords. Explore menu details at www.fl at-sandtaps.com.

Owner Bryan Howington has worked at this site for

the past two years, having replaced a start-up vegetar-ian restaurant. A gener-ous outdoor courtyard and service area enable them to host various entertainment and group gatherings.

Ask the neighbors in Old North Knoxville, this is a family friendly place. Wednesday nights feature trivia, Thursdays sport a neighborhood beer run and weekends often offer enter-tainment.

The building is part of an array of historic struc-tures on Central that were renovated some 5 years ago by local architect Daniel Schuh.

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By Sherri Gardner HowellThere was no waiting

for the stroke of mid-night for members of the Rotary Club of Knoxville on New Year’s Eve. Approxi-mately 50 members gathered in the back room at Naples restaurant at 5 p.m. so they could be ready to count down to the New Year – at 6 p.m.

“We welcomed in the new year with a toast to our Ro-tary partners in Hungary,” explains Townes Osborn. “This is our 11th annual New Year’s Eve party at Naples. Every year we toast our international partner clubs in Hungary and South Africa. The toast to Hunga-ry is at 6 p.m., when it is a new year there.”

The party has given birth to the Unicum Society, named for the traditional drink that is found in most Hungarian homes. “Unicum is an elixir that every home

in Hungary keeps on hand because it helps one di-

gest the rich Hungar-ian food,” says Os-born, adding, “but the taste of Unicum is an acquired taste.”The toast isn’t easy for

newcomers as the Rotarians take a drink of Unicum and yell, “Egészégedre,” which roughly means “Cheers! Here’s to your health” in Hungarian.

The Hungarian connec-tion has a serious side. The club has partnered with the Hungarian Rotary Club in Mátészala for 18 years on humanitarian projects. In October, for example, Ro-tary Club of Knoxville col-lected $5,000 to send to the Mátészala club for them to buy Christmas gifts for the children in a nearby or-phanage.

Knoxville Rotary also partners with two clubs in South Africa, and they toasted the New Year in

Happy New Year … at 6 p.m.

Getting ready to toast a new year in honor of their sister club

in Hungary are Rotary Club of Knoxville members Doug McKa-

mey, Mack and Cheryl Gentry and Bob Parrott. Photos submitted

their honor as well. The toast was with Amarula, which goes down much smoother, says Osborn.

A new toast was added this year to the Hungarian portion of the celebration. It is a mixture of the Unicum, which is made by the Zwack company, and Jack Daniel’s

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For the Love of Sushi cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $60. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 11Live country, bluegrass and gospel music,

7:30 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynard-ville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Saturday Stories and Songs: David Claunch, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Sean McCol-lough, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Presentation of Tours by Harold’s Tours, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Halls Senior Center on Crippen Road.

Baseball signups for 3U-14U, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Halls Community Park. Also during Saturday basketball games at Halls Elementary, Brickey-McCloud and Halls Middle schools. Continues Saturdays through Feb. 8. Info: hcpark.org or [email protected].

Clapps Chapel UMC Men’s club BBC (Best Breakfast in Corryton), 8 a.m., Clapps Chapel UMC, 7420 Clapps Chapel Road. Guest speaker: Randall Bax-ter, host of nationally broadcast radio show “The Veteran Next Door.”

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 11-12Cabin Fever Car and Motorcycle Show, Knox-

ville Expo Center, Clinton Highway. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Satur-day; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Appearance by Deputy Fife of Mayberry; Swap meet, car corral, vendors, karaoke. Info: www.cabinfevercarshow.net.

MONDAYS, JAN. 13, 20, 27 AND FEB. 3“Handbuilding with Clay” workshop, 10 a.m.-1

p.m., instructor: Janet McCracken. Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Class will meet one additional Monday, not yet sched-uled. Registration deadline: Jan. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, JAN. 14Healthy Choices, a plant-based free cooking

class, 6 p.m., North Knoxville 7th-Day Adventist Church, 6530 Fountain City Road. Program: showing of documentary “Forks Over Knives,” featuring Drs. T. Colin Campbell and Caldwell Esselstyn. Limited space. Info/to register: 314-8204 or www.KnoxvilleInstep.com.

The Romance and Reality of Souffl és cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15Free blood pressure checks, 6:30-7 p.m., North

Knoxville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 6530 Fountain City Road. No appointment necessary.

THURSDAY, JAN. 16AARP Smart Driver class, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,

John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

SATURDAY, JAN. 18Beginner Drop Spindle, 1-3 p.m., instructor:

Kathleen Marquardt. Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 15. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Live country, bluegrass and gospel music, 7:30 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Melissa Mastro-giovanni, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Sean McCol-lough, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.


Battle of the Bands, 6 p.m., Jubilee Banquet Facil-ity, 6700 Jubilee Way off Callahan Road. Presented by the Powell Playhouse Inc. Featuring the South Knox Swingtet and the Whitewater Bluegrass Band. Tickets: $10 at the door. Info: Mona, 947-7428 or 256-7428.

Knoxville Sentinels 8U tryout, 4 p.m., RBI Indoor Facility. Info/to preregister: 385-1313 or [email protected].

TUESDAY, JAN. 21La Technique: Knife Skills cooking class, 6:30-

8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $60. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22Computer Workshop: Introducing the Com-

puter, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Ashe-ville Highway. Info/to register: 525-5431.

Free blood pressure checks, 6:30-7 p.m., North Knoxville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 6530 Fountain City Road. No appointment necessary.

SATURDAY, JAN. 25Live country, bluegrass and gospel music, 7:30

p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagen, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Introduction to Wet Felting, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., instructor: Tone Haugen-Cogburn. Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 19. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Georgi Schmitt, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.


Tasting Party featuring recipes from “FCAC Recipe Book Volume II,” 5 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. For reservations: 357-2787 or [email protected].

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By Rachel M. Hannon, Grace Christian Academy

teacherThe coming of a new year

traditionally brings a time for refl ection and resolution. It is a stepping stone in one’s life: an opportunity to appreciate the blessings and accomplishments of the past and determine to make the future better. The lists of New Year’s resolutions are often long, but contain a common theme of personal improvement. Most of us resolve to lose weight, exercise or learn something new.

As a classroom teacher of high school freshmen and seniors, I wonder how teenagers view the new year. First, one has to understand the signifi cance of a new year for a high school student. To them, it is more of a transition than an end. The school year is half over. The pressures

of midterm exams are past and students have had several weeks to relax. With the start of a new semester everyone has a perfect grade in every subject. Students are focused on the distant approach of summer, knowing that May represents the end of the year for them. Perhaps the best analogy shared by one student is that New Year’s is like halftime. You know where you stand based on the fi rst half, but you now have an opportunity to pull ahead or stage a comeback.

For seniors, the new year is the beginning of the end. It is now time to complete the FAFSA (Federal Student Aid

Form), commit to a college and make concrete plans for the future. This time of year brings a sense of excitement as an

important chapter in their lives is about to close. It is also a time of anticipation of having to face the unknown. Ultimately, the

start of the year allows an opportunity to fi nish strong. One senior stated that now is the “time to go as hard as you can. It’s a chance to start proving who you really are.”

When asked about their resolutions, the responses of my students were varied. However, there was one underlying theme. While adult resolutions focus on self-improvement, the vast majority of my students’ resolutions concerned others. To the students, New Year’s is an opportunity to

decide to do something different, make improvements and correct mistakes. For them, this is a time to improve relationships with parents, siblings, classmates and the Lord. Many teenagers resolved to do something good—give of their time, encourage a friend or help someone in need.

It seems adults can learn a lot about what really matters from a teenager. Looking at our list of resolutions and plans, maybe it is time for us to look out and up instead of in. As one student put it, “A new year means a new start, a fresh beginning. The old year is gone, and no matter what you do, you can’t get it back. The good times, the bad days, the experiences, are in the past. New Year’s is a time to refl ect,to laugh, to cry, but also to move on.”

NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

By Shannon MorrisIn the spirit of Christmas

cheer, a handful of our middle school students had the opportunity to spread some peace, love and joy to a group of students from Huntsville , TN., on Dec. 5.

For the last four years, stu-dents at Grace Christian Acad-emy have been involved in a co-operative effort with Mission of Hope to assist children from im-poverished backgrounds during the Christmas season. This year, a group of eight students from the Middle School Worship Arts

class, along with four staff mem-bers, went to Huntsville School to help in this annual project.

Once the students arrived on-site, they helped unload the delivery truck and unpacked dozens of boxes of toys, which were designated by age group. The gymnasium at Huntsville was fi lled with more than toys, as the GCA students performed two short programs for the kids during the day. In addition, the students played games with the children, led the boys and girls in the singing of Christmas carols, and spent time encouraging each child as they met with them and

spoke to them. GCA staff and students, along

with other volunteers, walked with the Huntsville students through the Christmas “store,” giving these children the op-portunity to choose two toys. It was a tremendous opportunity to interact with students, some of whom have come from a very diffi cult background. It was an inspiring way to kick off the Christmas season and to show the love of Jesus to our neighbors north of us through a spirit of giving. We look forward to tak-ing part in Mission of Hope again next year!

Grace middle schooler Dexter Reasons (right) helps a stu-

dent at Huntsville School choose items from Mission of Hope. Photo by Teri Rash

Grace students help Mission of Hope

Soccer balls for HaitiBy Julie Pointer

Why would a group of 72 third graders willingly choose to eat black beans and rice in-stead of pizza? If it means be-ing able to provide soccer balls for kids in Haiti who have noth-ing to play with, it’s an easy choice for the 3rd graders at Grace Christian Academy.

The Thursday before Thanksgiving, GCA 3rd grad-ers brought in their $4 like they always do to pay for their pizza lunch, but this day they gave their money to provide for kids in Haiti. They were able to talk to a college student from Haiti to learn more about his coun-try. They experienced a typi-cal Haitian meal to replace the normal pizza lunch.

The 3rd grade classes are excited about the partner-ship they have developed with Blackmon Pediatrics and Har-vest Field Ministries this year to provide supplies for a joint

mission effort in Haiti. In Sep-tember, they collected boxes of medical and dental supplies for the clinics in Haiti.

After the Friends and Fam-ily Campaign at GCA, in which students began asking for do-nations to help fund the new playground at Grace, their thoughts turned to their part-ners in Haiti. Students realized that children there did not have anything to play with, so they stepped up to meet the need. Sixty-one MacGregor soccer balls were purchased with do-nations from “Have a Ball for Haiti.” Many students brought in above and beyond the $4 they were asked to donate. They were so excited when the balls arrived and they got to see all that their sacrifi ce had provid-ed for others.

When asked if their sacrifi ce that day was worth it, the re-sponse from most was, “When can we do it again?”

Grace 3rd graders Lillie Peterson and Ian Setzer

enjoy a lunch of rice and beans instead of pizza

to help buy soccer balls for children in Haiti. Photos by Kim Giles

Grace 3rd graders Jake

Blankenship, Gracie Coff ey,

Hayden Whitehead, Marlee

Giles, Pierce Browning,

Maggie Blackmon, Sydney

Thompson and Ian Setzer

hold soccer balls that will be

sent to children in Haiti.

New Year’s refl ections

Grace teacher Rachel Hannon (standing) chats

with students Madison McMullen, Shelby Green,

Lori Lower, Morgan Jackson and Miranda Pratt. Photo by S. Morris

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