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By Betty Bean The letter teachers dread ends

like this:“In the 2012-13 school year, your

summative results rating was x, or below expec-tations. Should your summative results continue to be below or sig-nifi cantly below expectations in the 2013-14 school year and beyond, you may face neg-ative employment

consequences up to and including termination from your position.

“To avoid any negative con-sequences, you are expected to comply with all administrator directives, collaborate with col-leagues and improve your over-all performance in the upcoming school year.”

Farragut Middle School science teacher Mark Taylor has received two such letters. He was one of the

teachers who accepted Tony Nor-man’s invitation to speak to Coun-ty Commission last week, and he told the commissioners he fears for his job, despite having a repu-tation for turning out the highest-achieving 8th-grade science stu-dents in the county.

He racks up consistently high scores in teaching observations but is considered an “outlier” be-cause he scores more than two points higher on evaluations than his students’ Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) scores. Theoretically, these scores should be the same, and principals can lose their jobs if they don’t reconcile the gap.

“My TVAAS was a 1. Can you imagine what my observation scores are going to be this year? If they give me anything higher than a 3, they’re going to have repercus-sions,” Taylor said.

His primary problem is that he teaches high-school level physi-cal science to 8th-graders whose

progress is diffi cult to measure because they are not taught the standard curriculum. His second-ary problem is that his students are so advanced that there’s not much room to “grow” their scores, as measured by TVAAS, which tracks student “gains.”

The fi rst year of evaluations, only one of Taylor’s four classes was tested – a standard 8th-grade science class that included several ESL (English as a second language) speakers. His 130 high-school level students were left out of the equation, thereby lowering his (and his school’s) overall test scores. Last year his advanced students were evaluated but were found to have made insuffi cient progress because they performed at such a high level coming in.

Taylor has received low TVAAS scores, no bonus money and “con-ference of concern” letters for the past two years. He expects another one this year. He fi led a grievance and said he discussed his predica-

A teacher’s story: letters of concern

Mark Taylor

ment with schools superintendent James McIntyre.

“Dr. McIntyre suggested I lob-by the state to have another test for those students. I cringe when I think of me lobbying for more tests for our students,” he said.

“Here’s the worst thing in all of this. I have had principals and coaches tell me I need to put my-self ahead of my students. They’re saying this because they want me to continue teaching and the only way they see that happen-ing is if I put myself ahead of my students. But as soon as I think I’m more important than my stu-dents, then I do not belong in a classroom.”

Forty to 50 teachers showed up for the commission meeting, as did McIntyre (who canceled a scheduled appearance at the Knox County Education Association to be there) and his chief of staff, Russ Oaks. School board chair Lynne Fugate was seated between McIntyre and Oaks.

By Cindy TaylorArt students at Powell High School are bl essed with teachers who

believe art is more than just putting paint or graphite to paper. While those methods are taught as well, students consistently learn how to express their art through expansive media such as clay and fabric.

Students in Lee Jenkins-Freels’ advanced sculpture class have com-pleted an assignment in soft sculpture abstract self-portraits using

Powell High School advanced art students with self-portraits:

Carly Ducote, 12th grade; Emily Lackey, 11th grade; and Eli Braden,

Sara Groos, Hannah Gayer and Lora Stephens, all 12th grade. Photo by Cindy Taylor

Students practice ‘self’ expression

muslin and color. The results are far removed from boring or ordi-nary and portray not only how the

students see themselves in an ab-stract view but also their extensive talent.

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Valentine Specials

Bluegrass albumThe last name Brewster and

bluegrass music go together in this town like the last name Litton and burgers do.

Paul Brewster has released a new album and Jake Mabe says it’s one you don’t want to miss.

➤ Read Jake Mabe on A-11

Who’s in charge?Mayor Madeline Rogero’s

trip to Turkey set Victor Ashe to wondering about the city charter provision for manag-ing the city in the absence of the mayor.

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Rating recruitsHere’s what you will hear

on Wednesday, after the fax machine clicks off and the cel-ebration fund-raiser begins:

Typical Tennessee football fan: “Great recruiting class.”

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good to me, but Marvin says The General reserved evalu-ation of young players until after the Alabama game of their sophomore year.

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81 new jobs in Clinton

Aisin Automotive Casting Tennessee Inc. is expanding its plant in Clinton. The $53.8 million investment will create 81 new jobs over the next two years in Anderson County, said Bill Hagerty, the state’s commissioner of Economic and Community Development.

It’s the company’s second major expansion since locat-ing in Tennessee in 2004. According to its website, the Clinton plant has 580 full-time employees.

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By Bill MynattPowell High standout Hagen

Owenby will continue to be a multi-sport athlete in college. He will sign a Letter of Intent with East Tennessee State University to play both football and baseball at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, at PHS.

Owenby occupies a prominent place on the impressive list of Powell High football record hold-ers. Among his accomplishments:

■ 4th all-time in single season total offense with 2,934 yards as a junior in 2012

■ 5th all time for career total of-fensive with 5,227 yards

■ 4th in single-season passing yardage with 1,753 yards in 2012

■ 3rd all-time in career passing yardage with 2832 yards

■ Tied for 3rd in single season touchdown passes with 17 in 2012

■ 4th in career touchdown passes with 29

As a freshman, Owenby backed up All State quarterback Dustin McPhetridge. He started at a wide-out spot while continuing to back-up McPhetridge the next season, helping the Panthers to the Class 5A Blue Cross Bowl, where Pow-ell lost a heartbreaker to Henry County, 17-14. Powell fi nished 14-1, setting school records for wins and winning percentage.

As a junior, with McPhetridge moving on to Austin Peay State University, the 6-1, 205 pound Owenby assumed the quarter-back position full time and had a fabulous season, garnering Asso-ciated Press First Team All State honors. Owenby led a young team to a semi-fi nal berth, losing at Co-lumbia Central, before ending the season 12-2.

Unfortunately, Owenby’s senior year didn’t go as he and Powell supporters had hoped. Owenby

Hagen Owenby to play football at ETSU

Hagen Owenby carries the ball. Photoby Eric Kennedy

went down with a season-ending knee injury against arch-rival Halls in the season’s 7th game.

Owenby was also named First Team All District 3-AAA as a sophomore, junior and senior.

Playing baseball for Jeff Inman his fi rst two seasons, and for cur-rent head coach Jay Scarbro, Ha-gen has been named All District 3-AAA for three years. He boasts a .400 plus career batting average, and has been also included on the All KIL and All PrepXtra teams so far during his career.

As a pitcher, Owenby has been amazingly consistent as Powell’s No. 1 or 2 starter since he stepped foot on Danny Maples Field. He has also played center fi eld, short stop, third base and catcher.

Hagen’s parents are Tony and Kristi Owenby. His older brother, Drake, is a sophomore pitcher at UT.

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Faced with rising patient levels, Covenant Hospice is urgently seeking volunteers to fi ll a variety of support roles throughout a 16-county region of East Tennessee.

Hospice volunteers are part of an interdis-ciplinary team working to “de-institutionalize” the dying experience and provide a more hu-mane system of care for these patients and their families. Volunteers give the family added support during the last phase of a patient’s life, whether it’s sitting with patients and their fami-lies, performing light housework, shopping for groceries or preparing meals, or other errands.

“The most dif-fi cult and most reward-ing part of being a hospice volunteer is the same,” says Katie McLaughlin, who currently oversees about 15 volunteers as vol-unteer coordinator for Covenant Hospice. “Getting to know the family at this stage of the patient’s life is so rewarding but it’s often dif-fi cult when the patient dies. Still, the good out-weighs the bad. Knowing you’ve made a differ-ence in someone’s life when they needed you most is incredible.”

According to the National Hospice Founda-tion, a national organization that partners with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Or-ganization to improve end-of-life care, hospice

volunteers are an essential part of an interdisci-plinary team that addresses the physical, emo-tional and spiritual needs of the patient and their family.

For that reason, McLaughlin says the main trait needed by hospice volunteers is compassion. “Volunteers have to have compassion for the fam-

ily as well as the patient,” she says. “Hospice volunteers go into the assignment

knowing the patient has about six months or less to live.”

In addition to working directly with patients and families in their homes, other volunteer areas include providing cleri-cal help in the offi ce, as a resource contact for seminars and work-shops, fundraising,

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For more information on becoming a hospice volunteer, call 865-374-0864 or look under the “Hospice” tab at CovenantHomeCareandHos-pice.com.

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Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a regional referral hospital where other facilities

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After a nationwide search, Fort Sand-ers Regional Medical Center found its next Chief Nursing Offi ce (CNO) just a couple of hours away.

Kelly Miles, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, has joined Fort Sanders Regional as CNO and will serve on the hospital’s senior leader-ship team assisting in the implementation of safety initiatives, staffi ng strategies and strategic plans.

Miles will work closely with physicians and nursing staff to ensure the hospital’s continuation of patient-centered approach to care.

“We are very pleased to welcome Kelly to the Fort Sanders team,” said Keith Altshul-er, President and Chief Administrative Of-fi cer of Fort Sanders Regional. “She brings a wealth of experience and leadership to our organization that will support our existing efforts in providing excellent patient care.”

Miles has more than 16 years of experi-ence in hospital leadership and 27 years of nursing experience. Throughout her career, she has held a variety of leadership roles, including vice president of operations, chief nursing offi cer, consultant and other nurs-ing executive roles.

“Fort Sanders Regional and Covenant Health have a wonderful reputation for pro-viding quality care and confi dence that they will deal with whatever health care reform brings without jeopardizing their high ex-pectations for patient care,” said Miles. “I am excited to meet all my new colleagues

and learn more about the great care provided by Regional and through-out the Covenant Health system.”

Miles comes to Fort Sanders Regional from Saint Thomas Ruth-erford Hospital in Murfreesboro, where she served as Vice President of Patient Care and Chief Nursing Offi cer. She replaces Jenny Hanson, who left the CNO position at Fort Sanders to assume the role of President and Chief Adminis-

trative Offi cer of LeConte Medical Center.

“At this point in my career, I have worked in both large aca-demic and small c o m m u n i t y hospitals. So, I guess one could say that I have worked both ends of the spectrum when it comes to my hospital management ex-perience,” said Miles. “I believe this broad range

of experiences po-sitions me well to assist Regional in whatever capacity that I am needed most.

“I am comfort-able discussing high level strategic planning or ca-pable of rolling up

my sleeves to deal with day-to-day opera-tions. I love all facets of health care, espe-cially making a difference for patients and those who care for patients every day.”

Miles, who grew up in Nashville, served on the CMS Task Force for the AmericanOrganization of Nurse Executives. She is amember of the American Nurses Associa-tion, American Organization of Nurse Exec-utives and Sigma Theta Tau International.Miles has a master’s degree in nursing fromthe University of Phoenix and earned her bachelor’s and associate degree in nursingfrom Belmont University in Nashville, Ten-nessee.

As she steps into her new role, Miles saidshe will continue to follow the philosophy she’s developed in nearly three decades as aleader in health care.

“I have two simple goals. First is to keep the patient at the center of all that we do to ensure safe, quality and timely care. Second,it is equally important to create an environ-ment where employees and physicians feel valued and choose to work,” she said. “Ithink if an organization achieves these two goals, everything else needed for success will follow.”

Outside of work, Miles is excited to fi nd herself in East Tennessee. As the youngest of fi ve children, she said there will be plentyof familiar faces around Knoxville, includ-ing two nephews currently attending theUniversity of Tennessee. She’ll be joinedby Michael, her husband of nearly 25 years,and their two beautiful standard poodles and an unintentionally adopted black cat.

“We have always loved visiting the areaand can’t wait to see and enjoy more of it.”

Kelly Miles, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

Fort Sanders Regional Medi-cal Center has been honored by VHA Inc. for achieving clinical excellence in several areas.

Fort Sanders Regional re-ceived a Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence for being among the Top 10 highest scores nationally in 2012. The crite-ria for receipt of the award was based on the following:

■ Value-based Purchasing (VBP) Total Performance Score

■ 30-Day Readmissions In-dex for Acute Myocardial Infarc-tion (AMI), Heart Failure and Pneumonia

■ Overall costs of careFort Sanders received the

honor for exceptionally high-level performance among acute care hospitals with more than 250 beds.

“We are very humbled to re-ceive this recognition from VHA. Our staff and physicians work tirelessly to provide the quality, compassionate care our patients have come to expect from Fort Sanders Regional Medical Cen-ter,” says hospital President and

VHA recognizes clinical excellence by local medical facility

Keith Altshuler, FSRMC President and CAO

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not-for-profit health care orga-nizations that set new levels of clinical performance, identify and implement best practices to improve operational efficiency and clinical outcomes, and work together to drive maximum sav-ings in the supply chain arena.

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How great would it be to spend each workday inside an airplane? That might not be everyone’s dream job, but a plane that never leaves the ground could soon serve as a great eye-catching location for a local business. For ex-ample, any aerial photogra-phers out there who are look-ing for the perfect studio?

Members of the Airplane Filling Station Preserva-tion Society (AFSPS) have been working tirelessly to renovate the historic Powell Airplane and soon will be seeking a tenant.

The structure has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004. With its location, history and uniqueness, the air-plane should attract custom-ers for any type of business.

Grounds work and fenc-ing will continue over the next few months as well as

Opal (Christy Rutherford) off ers a vitamin to Sol (Grant McMa-han) during rehearsal.

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fi nish work on the interior and a new coat of paint for the exterior. When com-plete, the airplane will have a handicap accessible restroom and provide 365 square feet of rental space. The renovation will add a wheelchair lift, which is a huge plus for any business.

Fundraising for the site continues with the sale of T-shirts and photos. The AF-SPA plans to have the reno-vation complete and ready for a tenant by late summer or early fall 2014. Interested parties should contact Tom Bruno at 457-7893.

The plotting group of ne’er-do-wells gathers around an injured Opal during rehears-als. Pictured are Opal (Christy Rutherford, lying down); Gloria (Elizabeth Eaker, kneel-ing); Sol (Grant McMahan); and Brad (Flash Black). Photos by Cindy Taylor

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Artist Linda Lee’s rendering of the restored Powell Airplane, a Clinton Highway landmark.

ots” and Marian Paroo in “The Music Man.”

When not involved in a production, Eaker teaches music, choir and drama at Bearden Middle School and is a voracious reader. She sends a huge thank you to Nita Buell Black for her vi-sion, Mona Napier for her incredible fortitude, all the cast and crew of “Everybody Loves Opal” and husband Chris for his support and encouragement.

Since Buell Black cast Denney in “The Curious Sav-age” more than three years ago, he has performed more than two dozen times on stage, television and in com-mercials. This production is his fi fth appearance at the playhouse. Denney works in

media relations at UT”s In-stitute of Agriculture.

“When I auditioned for Nita the fi rst time, I had no idea this sweet lady was about to change my life,” said Denney.

Black invests a large chunk of his time volunteer-ing for the Diabetes Research Foundation and says acting is a means to improve commu-nications skills in his govern-ment-advocacy efforts.

In his career Black has worked as a mechanical en-gineer, a stockbroker, col-lege professor, senior sales rep, schoolteacher, con-struction foreman and land-lord. This is his second pro-duction with the playhouse, having played Felix in “The Odd Couple.”

McMahan says he is excited to debut with the playhouse. He has previ-ously appeared in the Halls High School presentation of “The Music Man” in the role of Marcellus Washburn and occasionally volunteers as an extra in independent fi lms. McMahan attends Pellissippi State, where he is studying for a career in graphic design.

The hilarious interaction among the characters in “Everybody Loves Opal” is guaranteed to keep the au-dience in stitches.

The play will be onstage Feb. 27-March 1 at Jubilee Banquet Facility. Dinner is by reservation. Info: 256-7428 or email [email protected].

■ Rehearsingfor ‘Opal’The cast is in place for the

Powell Playhouse production of “Everybody Loves Opal,” and rehearsals are well un-der way.

Opal will be played by Christy Rutherford, Sol by Grant McMahan, Gloria by Elizabeth Eaker, Brad by Flash Black and Doc by Chuck Denney.

Rutherford has a long history with the playhouse. She previously played Tessy in “The Night Is My Enemy,” worked as stage manager for “The Savage Dilemma” and did makeup for other productions. She is also an accomplished professional and competitive fi gure skat-er and ballroom dancer.

“I am excited to play the role of Opal Kronkie,” said Rutherford. “She is a quirky gal whom I have enjoyed getting to know.”

Rutherford is dedicat-ing her performance to Nita Buell Black, who inspired her to take up acting as a stu-dent at Powell High School.

Eaker is thrilled to be back on the playhouse stage as Gloria and making her directorial debut. Previous roles include Roane Shep-perley in “The Night Is My Enemy,” Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady,” Abigail Ad-ams in “Lovers and Patri-

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Mayor Madeline Rogero is in Turkey at the invita-tion of the U.S. Department of State for a week promot-ing women’s issues and encouraging more Turkish women to become involved in government in Turkey, especially at the local level.

Mark Harmon’s not new to Knox County Demo-cratic Party politics, unless maybe he’s being compared to a grizzled veteran like Bill Owen – which is what’s about to happen this elec-tion season.

A University of Tennes-see professor in the Col-lege of Communications and a former Knox County commissioner who stepped down after serving one term when the commis-sion reduced its numbers in 2010, Harmon has stayed active in politics, running campaigns, writing op-ed columns and doing televi-sion and radio commen-tary. Now he has taken out a nominating petition to run against Owen for the Tennessee Democratic Party Executive Commit-tee – Owen’s preserve for 20 years.

Harmon says he’s not doing it because he thinks there’s anything wrong with Owen.

“He and I signed each

Judging by what commis-sioners said last week, this week’s Knox County Com-mission/Board of Education retreat should be anything but rest for the weary.

Who’s in charge?

Having visited Turkey four times myself over 30 years, I know Rogero has a busy and well-designed schedule of meetings. She will ably represent the U.S. as she urges women to become more involved in government, where women have not been infl uential in the past.

Locally, Knoxville has an active Turkish center. Two current members of Council, Finbarr Saunders and former Mayor Daniel Brown, have visited Turkey along with their wives (not at city expense) as well as former Council member and now council attorney Rob Frost.

Knoxville also has a very active and infl uential Greek community. Greeks and Turks over the years have not always seen eye to eye on several issues.

This is Rogero’s fi rst international trip as mayor where she is representing the American people as well as the city of Knoxville. It is sponsored and fi nanced by the U.S. Department of State which traditionally has encouraged and spon-sored a variety of individu-als to visit other nations as part of the people-to-people exchange. She will ably represent us.

However, one interest-ing aspect to being out of the country is that the city charter states that “during the temporary absence of or the disability of mayor, the vice mayor (Nick Pavlis) “assumes the duties of the mayor.”

The charter is silent as to what absence means.

Does it mean when she is in Nashville or Lenoir City? Anytime she is outside the city limits? Overseas?

Or does absence mean when she is unavailable and cannot be reached?

Clearly in this case she is absent from Knoxville by some 5,000 miles.

As city Law Director Charles Swanson stated in an email to me, “It is an in-teresting question because of the wording. We (mean-

ing the city administra-tion and Council) might want to consider modern-izing and clarifying this lan-guage. Wish

amending the Charter for something like this was not such a major hassle.”

However, it is clear that if the vice mayor is entitled to assume the duties of the mayor, then he can exer-cise all the rights that the elected mayor has.

When this writer was mayor and often traveled outside the city and was overseas, Jack Sharp was vice mayor. Our working relationship was strong and I never had an issue with him seeking to direct city government in a way contrary to my views when I was away from Knoxville. Rogero has a similar strong relationship with Pavlis (whom she endorsed for re-election) so the issue is more in theory than reality.

Nevertheless, if there was a vice mayor hostile to the incumbent mayor, the current charter language could pose problems.

Pavlis led an unsuc-cessful but correct fi ght at the last Council meeting against raising towing fees.

He was joined by Council member Marshall Stair. Council voted to raise wrecker fees by 25 per-cent, which is a whopping increase that doubles the level of pay raises which city employees get over a comparable 5 year period.

The commission which recommended this hike heard only from the towing companies and not from the general public. It was a one-sided study.

Pavlis and Stair deserve praise for highlighting this at the last Council meeting.

■ Knoxville lost a re-spected ju-rist when Fred Mac-Donald died last week.

A long-time resi-dent with his wife, Ruth, of West Hills,

MacDonald was appointed to the bench by former Gov. Winfi eld Dunn and sub-sequently elected several times.

He was considered fair-minded, intelligent and ob-jective. He was also a neigh-borhood leader for West Hills prior to becoming a judge.

Tennessee Dems: Fight for the future

other’s petitions at the January executive com-mittee meeting,” Harmon said. “This isn’t about Bill. I just think I can bring some skill to the task. I’d like to see him continue serving the party – maybe he could continue on the Democratic National Committee.”

Owen, who could not be reached for comment for this column, is at the mid-point of a 4-year DNC term.

Harmon says he wants to see Tennessee Democrats “try out some new ideas, break some old habits – build a bench. I’d like to see a better job done on those things.”

He also says there are not many offi ces that a Tennes-see Democrat has a realistic chance of winning.

And that, perhaps, is

where the discussion will commence. Harmon makes no bones about his dissatis-faction with the leadership of party chair Roy Herron, a conservative former state senator whom Owen sup-ports (they served in the General Assembly at the same time).

“I certainly didn’t agree with Bill’s decision (to sup-port Herron as chair). I don’t think saying you are friends is enough,” Harmon said.

The state executive com-mittee consists of two rep-resentatives – one male, one female – from each of the state’s 33 senate districts. Harmon and Owen will be vying for the 7th District seat. On the women’s side, party activist Kim Webber will run for the 7th District seat, to be vacated by in-cumbent Gayle Alley, who has said she won’t seek re-election.

The late Harold Woods and his wife Sylvia had fi lled for the 6th District seats

until Harold’s death earlier this month. The TNDP ap-pointed former Election Commissioner Cameron Brooks to fi ll the vacant seat. Brooks, a labor orga-nizer who has Sylvia Woods’ stamp of approval, will be on this year’s ballot. He is openly supporting Harmon.

“Mark and I have been friends for a long time, and I think he did a great job on County Commission. He’s got a lot of experience deal-ing with political communi-cations, framing and mes-saging. We need that kind of expertise,” Brooks said.

Brooks says one of his major priorities will be to push back against “Amend-ment One,” a restrictive anti-abortion measure that will be on the November ballot.

It’s new versus old, pro-gressive versus status quo. With Republicans holding offi ces high and low, it’s hard to see how the new guys could do worse than the current leadership.

No rest at this retreat

County Commissioner Sam McKenzie with the Rev. Dr. Harold

Middlebrook and Middlebrook’s daughter, Arlene, at Knox

County Commission’s January meeting. Photo by Jake Mabe

Unless you’ve been liv-ing under a rock (or too busy, oh, taking or admin-istrating assessments), you know that education issues and a “teacher revolt” (to coin a phrase) are the talk of the town.

Before those issues were discussed last week, in the first half of Commis-sion’s meeting Mike Ham-mond said he thinks the Joint Education Commit-tee, set up to ease tensions between the school board and its funding body, has worked well.

“It was rough going at fi rst, but it’s shown that we can get together, we can talk.”

Committee members are Commissioners Sam McK-enzie, Mike Hammond, Dave Wright and Amy Bro-yles, and school board mem-bers Karen Carson, Lynne Fugate, Gloria Deathridge and Doug Harris.

Broyles says she thinks the public “likes it when we are getting along.”

(Reporters don’t, but you already know we’re scum.)

“We’re so passionate

about these issues,” Broyles said, “sometimes we don’t always choose our words perhaps as carefully as we could, and I use myself as an example.”

Tony Norman, the archi-tect of the words to which Broyles refers, has ques-tions about the retreat’s structure and format.

“Last time, I personally thought it was of marginal benefi t, especially for its cost and time. My objections are that I thought it was or-chestrated by the school ad-ministration, which was in-hibiting to the conversation. I thought it was just going to be us and the school board in the meeting.”

Commission chair Brad Anders says he and school board chair Fugate will be facilitating discussion this time, but that Superinten-dent Dr. Jim McIntyre and other school offi cials will be present.

“I really only have one question I’d like to have answered that whole week-end,” Commissioner Mike Brown said.

Brown didn’t elaborate. He did say: “We’re getting spun around the corner,” on info from the school system.

R. Larry Smith asked if McIntyre would be present the entire time, adding that might inhibit some from speaking more freely.

Sam McKenzie sarcasti-cally shot back: “With all the cameras gone, too?”

“We’re not gonna stop anybody from being there,” Anders said.

The retreat will be held

Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8, at RT Lodge in Maryville.

Smith said late last week that he and other com-missioners don’t under-stand why some county fee offi ce heads hang around for the entire meeting if they don’t have business be-fore Commission.

For the free entertain-ment, maybe?

Smith is concerned that they could be neglecting tax-payer business. Good point.

The Rev. Dr. Harold Middlebrook was rec-ognized for his retirement from Canaan Baptist Church of Christ. Middlebrook is a longtime community activ-ist and worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights era.

Middlebrook had the best line of the meeting: “Please don’t forget the least, the left out and those who seem to be lost.”

U.K. Mynatt said dur-ing public forum that he is furious about being rezoned into the Sixth District.

“I have no use for (the

district). Every time y’all have a meeting, your dis-tricts change.”

Anders, who represents the Sixth District, said he opposed Mynatt’s commu-nity being rezoned.

“But I was overruled. No-body wanted to listen to me then.”

Broyles reminded ev-erybody that Commission opted to ignore a plan rec-ommended by the Joint Re-districting Committee.

■ This ‘n’ thatMike Padgett, who

is running for his old job against Knox County Clerk Foster Arnett, named Lisa Warren his campaign trea-surer last week. Padgett said his team is falling into place and that he’s been “over-whelmed by the support that has been given since I announced my run.”

Billy Stokes’ campaign for Knox County Circuit Court Judge released its fi rst Internet ad, titled “Ex-perience.” Info: www.billys-tokesforjudge.com.

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Here’s what you will hear on Wednesday, after the fax machine clicks off and the celebration fundraiser be-gins:

Typical Tennessee football fan: “Great recruiting class.”

Blind optimist: “Best ever!”

Shopper reader: “Looks good to me, but Marvin says The General reserved evalu-ation of young players until

after the Alabama game of their sophomore year. That was the Saturday that sepa-rated men from boys.”

And that’s what Robert R. Neyland said – but times are different. Everything is accelerated. Now is what matters, as in instant coffee, soup, oatmeal, pudding and potatoes.

Tennessee needs help now. It would be good if this second wave of recruits ar-rives ready to rumble. Some will play in September.

We can already jump to the conclusion that Butch Jones did a fi ne sales job – as expected. Winners rise up and strike back when smacked around. And, good-ness knows, Tennessee 2013

sure got smacked around.Deciding where this re-

cruiting class ranks may take a while.

For comparison pur-poses, Larry Smith, bril-liant guardian of Volunteer records, says 1997 is No. 1 with him. Tennessee signed 27 players. Two failed to let-ter. Fourteen made it to the NFL.

Consider: Cosey Cole-man, Deon Grant, Travis Henry, Jamal Lewis, Andre Lott, David Martin, Travis Stephens, Fred Weary, Ced-rick Wilson, etc.

The year before wasn’t too shabby: Shaun Ellis, Dwayne Goodrich, Tee Martin, Raynoch Thomp-son, Darwin Walker, etc.

Best recruiting roundupThose groups are forever

part of the national champi-onship.

I’ve always liked 1965 – Richmond Flowers, Jimmy Weatherford, Bill Young, Charlie Rosenfelder, Dick Williams and Richard Pick-ens, to name a few.

And 1968 – Bobby Ma-jors, Curt Watson, Jackie Walker, Carl Johnson, Ray Nettles, Phillip Fulmer, etc. That group grew up to go 30-5 and helped make two coaches famous.

And 1986 – Reggie Cobb, Antone Davis, Alvin Harp-er, Charles McRae, Tony Thompson. Wow.

Some recruiting classes achieve fame through qual-ity depth. Some are remem-bered for individual stars. Consider recruits enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame:

Class of 1928: Herman

Hickman; 1930: Beattie Feathers; 1935: Bowden Wyatt.

1937: Bob Suffridge, George Cafego, Ed Molinski (the ’39 team held 10 foes scoreless).

1948: Hank Lauricella (plus Andy Kozar and Bob Davis).

1949: Doug Atkins, John Michels; 1953: John Majors; 1961: Steve DeLong; 1962: Frank Emanuel.

1964: Bob Johnson; 1966: Steve Kiner (and Jack Reynolds); 1967: Chip Kell (and Tim Priest and Bobby Scott); 1979: Reggie White.

Consider the star power of Condredge Holloway, Willie Gault, Roland James, Jimmy Streater, Carl Pick-ens, Heath Shuler, Larry Seivers, Peyton Manning, Al Wilson and Eric Berry. They add serious value to recruiting classes.

And consider what Bill Bates, Tim Irwin, Eddie Brown, Stanley Morgan and Mickey Marvin did to en-hance their classes – after we saw them in the pros.

Only old-timers remem-ber where this madness be-gan, the recruiting roundup of 1927, the Flamin’ Sopho-mores of ’28, the Vols who stunned big, bad Alabama in Tuscaloosa and put Ten-nessee football and Neyland in the national spotlight.

Gene McEver and Bobby Dodd gained the hall of fame. Five other sopho-mores – Buddy Hackman, Paul Hug, Fritz Brandt, Hobo Thayer and Quinn Decker – were starters when there were only 11.

Try to remember 1927. It was the fi rst yardstick for measuring recruiting classes. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected]

Today (Feb. 3) marks the midpoint of winter – 45 days done, 45 days to go!

We’ve all been enjoying the Alberta clippers, usu-ally with two or three days of continuous below-freez-ing temperatures, some in single digits, with some snowfl akes. But it’s cer-tainly not as bad here as it has been before. Knoxville experienced its coldest day on record on Jan. 21, 1985, when we hit 24 degrees be-low zero.

It was so cold that when I checked the antifreeze in my old truck by the time I got the hood up and the ra-diator cap off, the squeeze bulb was so frozen that it shattered into a dozen piec-es when I squeezed it.

And snow? We all re-member the thunder snow-storm during the Blizzard of ’93, big drifts of snow, all roads down, power out.

The record in Knoxville

for the most snow in one day, according to NOAA National Weather, was 17.5 inches on Feb. 13, 1960.

I remember that one, too. Back then, UT seldom closed due to weather, un-der the idea, I suppose, that most students lived on cam-pus and could get to class no matter what, leaving us commuters to deal with the elements as best we could. We took that as a challenge, of course.

Three of my friends and I set out for school in my late grandmother’s 1950 Plym-outh, snow up to the run-ning boards. The interstate

Learning from the snow

Dr. Bob Collier

was not completed through Sharp’s Gap, and the trip over the ridge was the stuff of legends. Those were the days.

But even that would have been just another regular snow shower for New Eng-land. Their snow starts at Thanksgiving and melts in April. That’s where Mr. Wilson A. Bentley lived, on a farm in the village of Jericho, Vt., about 50 miles south of the Canadian bor-der, not far from where my daughter lives now.

Bentley was born in 1865, and while still a teenager he set about building an appa-ratus with a microscope and an old-time bellows view camera using glass photo-graphic plates to take close-up photomicrographs of in-dividual snowfl akes.

Bentley sensed that there was more to snow than just big piles of white stuff. He worked out a system to cap-

ture, select and photograph individual snow crystals, in their pristine, unmelted state. And he developed a way to have them come out, crisp and clear, on a black background. He took his fi rst successful photomicro-graph of an individual snow crystal on Jan. 15, 1885.

The Jericho Historical Society says he was the fi rst person to photograph indi-vidual snow crystals.

Bentley’s snowfl akes opened a whole new world of magical natural beauty. Through his career he took some 5,000 images. Ar-ticles showing his snow-fl akes were published in Na-tional Geographic in 1902 and again in 1923, as well as in other publications. After 45 years of work, he was asked to collaborate with W.J. Humphreys, the chief physicist for the U.S. Weather Bureau, to publish a book of his photos, called “Snow Crystals.” It came out in 1931 and contained 2,400 of his amazing images of those intricate six-sided ice

crystals that make up snow-fl akes, no two alike.

Today, Bentley’s work is preserved and displayed at the Jericho Historical So-ciety, housed in a typical picturesque Vermont mill, beside a typically small, pic-turesque Vermont river and adjoining park. There you can read all about “Snow-fl ake” Bentley, as he came to be affectionately called, and see some of his origi-nal photographs. They even issue yearly, dated, pew-ter ornaments copied from Bentley’s photos, so you can adorn your Christmas tree with a Vermont snowfl ake.

Intrigued by the work of people like Bentley, sci-entists around the world have been studying snow for years. They study such things as how and why the ice crystals form, why they assume the many shapes they do, why they are always six-sided. They grow them in labs, on rabbit hairs and lit-tle needles of ice, and delve into their molecular and crystallographic makeup.

For us mere mortals, the message is that all of that not-always-welcome snow is actually made up of mil-lions of amazingly intricate six-sided crystals, no two ever alike. And each one lasts only for moments and they’re gone.

Quit grumbling and go let some crystals fall on a dark coat sleeve and take a peek at them with an eyeball or a hand lens. It will make the snow a lot more tolerable.

Like all of nature, the more you look into things, the more amazing they are. And there are always way more questions than an-swers. That’s supposed to keep us always looking.

Great Backyard Bird Count is Feb. 14-17. Lastyear, 134,935 checklists were submitted online; 3,610 species of birds were seen and 34,512,432 indi-vidual birds were recorded. Be a part of a worldwide (good) event!

Go to the GBBC/National Audubon Society website for details.


Happy Valentine’s Day

By Carol Zinavage

J ami Rogers-Anderson of West Knoxville says, “There’s real life,

and then there’s opera life! Sometimes the two intersect.”

When she tells the story of how she and her husband, Kevin, met, your fi rst response will probably be, “You’ve got to be kidding.”

It happened in Honolulu, one of the most romantic places on Earth. The two singers were there to rehearse and perform the title roles in an opera by French composer Charles Gounod.

Guess which one? “Romeo et Juliette.” All together

now: “You’ve got to be kidding!”Imagine watching a real-life Romeo

and Juliet fall for each other to the soundtrack of beautiful music.

Kevin, sales manager for Anderson Controls Inc., and Jami, professor of voice at Pellissippi State Community College, have an 11-year-old son and are, in Jami’s words, “really boring, but really happy.”

Their beginning was obviously any-thing but boring.

The setting was the Hawaii Opera Theater in January of 1998. Jami recalls, “We’d met before, except that Kevin

didn’t remember, so it was pretty much like meeting for the fi rst time. We defi -nitely hit it off and had our fi rst date at a restaurant on Honolulu Harbor at sunset – lovely. We also spent many evenings watching the sunsets at Black Point.”

Both remember the production as be-ing very special, with a wonderful cast and crew. And those folks had eyes and ears.

“We weren’t fooling anyone, appar-ently, as the chorus had it fi gured out pretty quickly. Everyone else probably knew this was serious before we did.”

Jami’s parents, James and Mary Jane Rogers (he was longtime music direc-tor at Church Street United Method-ist Church in Knoxville), visited. “We didn’t fool them, either.”

Jami continues, “I don’t think either of us was as sure of the other’s thoughts on what would happen after Honolu-lu. But when we both returned our rent-al cars and shared a single convertible for the rest of the rehearsal period and performances, we probably should have acknowledged that it was serious.”

The production was a big success and got rave reviews. But then it was over, and the two moved on.

Jami went to Boston and Kevin went

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“Now our phone bills are much small-er!” she laughs.

The two continue to sing regularly, appearing locally at the Rossini Festival in the spring and various other venues throughout the year. At 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, they’ll perform as part of the “How Can I Keep from Singing?” Master Arts Series at Church Street United Meth-odist. Their program, “Music Among Friends,” will feature music by Schubert, Ravel, Rorem and Britten. For more in-formation, visit http://www.churchstreet umc.org/worship_master_arts.

By the way, unlike in Shakespeare’s tragedy, the Rogers and Anderson clans have always gotten along very well, and this real-life “Romeo and Juliet” has a very happy ending.

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There are two kinds of family: There are those clans we are born into, blood rela-tives, the folks who share our DNA, and then there are those very special people we fi nd along the way and choose to claim as our own. Paul and Timothy were a prime exam-ple of “chosen family”; Timo-thy became the son Paul, the bachelor, never had.

Let me tell you a love story.

My husband, Lewis, has two biological daughters and one son he chose (or

who chose him – depend-ing on your perspective). It happened this way: Lewis was dating a woman who had two sons. The dating relationship did not last, but Brett, one of the teenage sons, found a true father in Lewis, and Lewis found the

Chosen familyFor this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my be-

loved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

(1 Corinthians 4: 17 NRSV)

The world stands out on either sideNo wider than the heart is wide….

(“Renascence,” Edna St. Vincent Millay)

son he had never had.It is a delight to see the

two of them together. The bond is strong and sure, the affection easily expressed, the warmth as natural as the sun.

And now, wonder of won-ders, Brett and wife Katie have made us honorary grandparents! Their daugh-ter, Caroline, was born in January, reportedly the most beautiful, clever, intel-ligent child on the planet!

I am currently knitting a pink and white blanket for the Munchkin, praying for her as I knit, and ponder-ing the links that bind us together in the same way the stitches on my knitting needles loop together and grow longer with each row.

Again, we learn that love expands to include, that it grows exponentially, and that (as Millay wrote) the heart truly is as wide as the world. We fi gure out that family is wider than we imagined, and deeper than DNA.

Babies are born every

day, I realize, and each one is a miracle, but this par-ticular baby is our miracle, stretching our hearts, wid-ening our circle of love. At times, it is almost too much to fathom – this tiny, squirming bundle that we have not yet met face to face.

I ponder the nature of love: the way it makes us proud and happy and, at the same time, vulnerable. Be-ing a native-born worrier, I now have someone else to worry about. I am remind-ed of what my fi rstborn’s father said to her when he fi rst held her in the delivery room: “Somewhere in this world, right now, there is a snot-nosed little boy who is going to take you away from me someday.”

It will be a while before we have to worry about that with our little Princess Caroline. But he is out there, somewhere, I know. So, I pray for him, too, and worry about him.

Because love – and fam-ily – never stop expanding.

By Cindy TaylorSharon Baptist Church

has opened the doors to its gym for use during com-munity Upward basket-ball practice. When James Daugherty and wife Beth brought son Eli to the sign-ups, they were asked to con-sider coaching. And they did. Both now coach and are an inspiration to the kids on their team.

“This is a community

Upward basketball player Gregory Jones, 6, waits patiently for his turn as Eli Daugherty, 5, takes a shot.

Reaching‘Upward’

Upward basketball player Gregory Jones, 6, waits patiently for his turn as Eli Daugherty, 5, takes a shot.

outreach for a number of churches,” he said. “We al-ways do a Bible study and a brief Christian message after practice. The gospel is presented during halftime at the games.”

Kids can earn stars dur-ing games and Bible study,but what’s more importantis that they learn teamworkand build self-esteem. Info:www.upward.org.Reach Cindy Taylor at [email protected]

Medic is partnering with the American Heart Association throughout February to edu-cate the public about heart health. Donors can decline their T-shirt thank-you gift and opt to have the value of that shirt donated to the American Heart Associatio n. All blood types are in critical need. Donors can visit one of Medic’s two donor centers:

1601 Ailor Ave. and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut.

■ Other locations:

■ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, 9111 Cross Park Drive, inside conference room.

■ 2-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, McKay’s Used Books, 230 Papermill Place Way, Blood-mobile.

GIVE BLOOD, SAVE LIVES ■ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, UT Medical Center, inside Wood Auditorium.

■ 8:30-11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, Legend Fitness, 5901 Middle-brook Pike, Bloodmobile.

■ 1-5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, Pat-tison Sign Group, 410 North Cedar Bluff Road, Bloodmo-bile.

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By Sandra ClarkWidely known librar-

ian Carol Ann Swaggerty p a s s e d away Jan. 24 at UT M e d i c a l Center. She was the l o n g t i m e manager of the Powell branch li-brary and

most recently was manager at the Cedar Bluff branch.

A patron said, “Carol was just what you want in a branch librarian – quirky, loved books, was full of rec-ommendations no matter a patron’s interests.”

She increased usage of the Powell library with a

weekly column in the Pow-ell Post, and when Knox County decided to build a freestanding branch, Carol was in the forefront with suggestions.

In all, she was a 35-year employee of the Knox Coun-ty library system. Accord-ing to her obituary, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul S. Cope, and parents, Helen and William Swaggerty Sr., all of Knox County.

Services were held Jan. 30 at Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church. The family requested me-morials be made to the Knox County Public Li-brary, c/o Myretta Black, 500 W. Church Ave., Knox-ville, TN 37902.

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Powell High names teachers and students of the month

By Cindy TaylorPowell High School staff

and students have selected six Students of the Month and two Teachers of the Month.

Rachel Kirkpatrick was chosen for being a teacher who has a real passion for learning. She is considered by her peers as someone who expects success from ev-ery student and helps them reach their goals. Alanna Heatherly called Kirkpatrick “an inspiration and a woman that I want to strive to be.”

Music teacher Jim Ken-nedy was also chosen as a Teacher of the Month.

“He is not just an average teacher,” said student Noah Muncy. “He goes above and beyond the requirements as a teacher. He connects with his students on a personal level by treating them as peers, not students.”

Samuel Good, Brittany Tolson, Charlie Richards, Angel Martinez, Randa Sa-lem and Russell Albers were selected as Students of the Month by PHS teachers and staff.

Ninth-grader Good was selected for his hard work in maintaining a high GPA his fi rst semester while taking

several honors courses and participating in baseball and band. He has set a goal to be valedictorian his se-nior year and is well on his way to achieving that goal.

Tenth-grader Tolson was selected as being an excel-lent student who works hard both in and out of the class-room. Tolson is respectful and helpful with other stu-dents and was the lone girl on the cross-country team.

Tenth- grader Richards has completed 81 laps of the Pacer Test, which was the most in the school’s fi rst se-mester and had the highest

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Eleventh-grader Mar-tinez always participates, asks questions and works hard. He has a great atti-tude and always has a smile.

Twelfth- grader Salem is great at relating and apply-ing personal-fi nance lessons to family life. She is always focused in class and friendly to teachers and students.

Twelfth-grader Albers was selected for being a great student who worked hard in class.

■ One hundred days of schoolJan. 27 was the 100th

day of the 2013-2014 school year. The day brought ex-citement because of an early closing due to snow – but the folks at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School were having fun way before the fi rst fl ake fell.

Teachers explored fun learning opportunities with the kiddies by having them count to 100 by 10s using fruit loop necklaces, seeing how many times they could do certain things in 100 sec-onds and how long it took to do something 100 times.

Students wrote about things they had learned in the fi rst 100 days of school, what they would buy if they had $100, what they would like to have 100 of and what they would not.

Steve Miller counts food itemsby 10s to make a 100-piecetrail mix.

Dezmund Schofi eld donned “old man” glasses for the 100th day of school.

Sammy Ray, Steve Smith, Donovan Day, Dezmund Schofi eld and teacher Kelli Smith celebrate 100 days of school.

Kindergarten students and teachers dressed as 100- year-old elderly folk – at least in their opinion – and had a costumed blast until time to head home early.

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Zoe Pilkay won the Powell Middle School spelling bee with the word “prognosticate.” Colby Ball

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Lunch at Lulu’sGirl Scout troop 20355 went to Lulu’s Tea Room in Powell for Thinking Day. The girls learned

about England, sampled hot tea and scones, and dressed up like Robin Hood. Pictured are:

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By Ruth WhiteShoot Out for the Cure, a fundraising

event at the Boys and Girls Club in Powell, raised money to help raise awareness of breast cancer and mammograms for early detection.

Individuals competed in a free-throw con-test with the top two competitors advancing to the fi nal round. The family feud shootout fea-tured a player and his/her father competing for the title. Each participant had 10 shots, and the best of 10 was crowned champion.

Mary McAlexander, a coach at the Boys and Girls Club, launched the event in 2006 in memory of her grandmother, Mary Alice Nichols.

Participant Spencer Myers won his divi-sion, Training League, and dedicated his

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Spencer lives in the Halls communitywith his parents, Rodney and Kristy Myers.

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Cherie L. Kern, Gibbs High School class of 2003 graduate, has completed basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio.

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In any gathering of local professional musicians, the talk often turns to medical concerns. Just like typists and other professionals who use their hands intensively, musicians are often plagued by repetitive stress injuries.

And when the subject of doctors comes up, there’s one name you’ll hear over and over. “Dr. John Har-rison,” says a KSO violist, “gets musicians.”

He gets them because he is one. So is his wife. So are his four daughters.

Dr. John Harrison, a hand specialist with Ten-nessee Orthopedic Clinic, and his wife, Margaret Harrison, came of age in a culture-rich atmosphere. Originally from Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba, both have music in their blood going back many generations.

“Both my parents adored music, and they passed that appreciation on to all their children,” Dr. John says. His father and grandmother were both pianists, and his grandfather’s beautiful ten-or voice garnered him many engagements.

The musical Harrison family: Nicola, Meredith, Andrea, Margaret and John. Photo by J.P. Mackay

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Dr. John Harrison:Music is avocation

Alysse Mackay, 8 months, tries her hand at the piano while be-ing held by her grandmother, pianist Margaret Harrison. Photo by Meredith Mackay

The Harrison family gathers at a wedding on Turks and Caicos in 2008. Meredith, grandmother Audrey Belyea, John, Margaret, Andrea and Nicola. Photo by J.P. Mackay

Three of the four Harrison sisters show off one of the newest family members. Andrea, Meredith, and Nicola happily pose with Meredith’s daughter, Alysse Mackay, on a family vacation in Manitoba in 2012. Photo sub-mitted

He grew up singing in the choir at St. John’s An-glican Cathedral in Winni-peg. At age 8 he joined the treble section, and he sang with the group “all the way through medical school. I guess I’ve been affi liated with some choral group or another for well over 50 years running and have loved it all.”

Though he doesn’t say so, Dr. John also has a solo-quality tenor voice.

Margaret’s musical pedi-gree is also distinguished. Her maternal grandfather was one of the founders of the Canadian Federation of Music Festivals. He de-voted his life to improving the standards of church and community choirs, soloists

and instrumentalists. “Af-ter he died,” Margaret says, “they had to hire three men to replace him!”

She majored in piano and voice at the University of Manitoba and also learned the organ. She taught piano to put herself through col-lege but didn’t enjoy it. For-tunately, she discovered the “joy of accompanying! I love helping a soloist put a song across. There is something very gratifying about it. I be-lieve that when you are given a gift, it’s important to devel-op it in gratefulness to God.

“Performing is my act of praise.”

This is good news to Pe-ter van Eenam, music direc-tor at Westminster Presby-terian Church, where the Harrisons have been faith-ful members since 1985.

“I’m very pro-Harrison,” he says with a laugh. “It has been a joy for me to have had them in our midst. They have enabled our mu-sic ministry in every way.” Van Eenam credits the Har-risons with helping to raise standards so that more diffi cult repertoire can be explored. “They have in-

formed my work as a choral director continually.”

The church’s lively West-minster Players perform musical-theater produc-tions. Margaret has acted as both pianist and musical di-rector on several occasions, and two of the four daugh-ters have had leading roles.

Ah yes, the daughters. All four – Andrea, Mer-

edith, Nicola and Dorothy – sing, or have sung, in choirs for a good portion of their lives. Meredith has sung with the Knoxville Opera Company on many occa-

sions. She says, “We’re all musical. All of us girls grew up playing piano.” The tra-dition continues; many of the daughters’ own children are music students in vari-ous disciplines.

Andrea, Meredith and Nicola performed “Three Little Maids From School Are We” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera “The Mi-kado” for one of their par-ents’ anniversary parties. “I rewrote the words,” says Meredith. “We were ‘Three Little Maids from Tennes-see!’ ” Meredith also sings

the national anthem for some of the Knoxville Ice Bears games.

Dr. John enjoys his or-thopedic practice and says he “never seriously con-sidered music as a career. Medicine had already cap-tured my imagination.

“I wanted music always to be an avocation. I never wanted to risk losing my en-thusiasm for it.”

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The last name Brewster and bluegrass music go to-gether in this town like the last name Litton’s and burg-ers do.

Those of a certain age may remember when Paul Brewster and his band The Knoxville Grass were regu-lars at Buddy’s Bar-b-q next to his uncle Bud Brewster’s Pick ’N’ Grin music store. Some of you will remember Paul’s daddy, Willie G.

Paul’s high lonesome

sound, sweet as Southern sunshine, highlights his new solo album, “3 Minute Heartache.”

Before his live perfor-

mance on the WDVX-FM “Blue Plate Special” last week, Paul said he took his time writing the lyrics to the original songs on the disc.

“I usually rush the words. I started writing these songs three-plus years ago.”

Vince Gill let Paul re-cord at Vince’s home studio in Nashville. Paul says he brought in the A-team – picker Andy Leftwich, per-cussionist Kenny Malone, steel guitarist Mike John-son, harmonica player Kirk “Jelly Roll” Johnson and vo-calist Sonya Isaacs, among others.

“3 Minute Heartache” is what once would have been called a country rec-ord before the murder on Music Row. The title track is a classic weeper in which the singer wishes heartache could last only as long as does a sad song. Song title of the year goes to “You Look Like I Need A Drink.”

And if you can listen to “Bluegrass Melodies” – an

old Osborne Brothers tune – and not get water in your eyes, you need a pacemaker.

Electricity shot through the room at WDVX the minute Paul kicked off an-other Osborne classic, “Roll Muddy River.” People were cheering, crying, clapping. Paul’s biggest fan – his mother, Mary – was grin-nin’ from ear to ear.

Halls resident and inter-nationally renowned dobro picker Phil Leadbetter sat in with the band. Phil has recovered from a two-year bout with Hodgkin’s lym-phoma.

Paul hopes to promote the album when he’s not on the road with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, of which he’s been a member since 1995. Other than a short break following the late, great Keith Whitley’s death, Brewster’s been pick-ing all his life.

He concluded his “Blue Plate” set with “Darby’s Cas-tle,” a song he’s been singing

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By Sandra ClarkShopper-News is bigger

than the paper you’re hold-ing. Each week we produce eight editions, seven zoned for specifi c communities in Knox County and another mailed to every home in

Union County.This week and next, we’ll

introduce the community reporters who develop re-lationships and cover local happenings. Each will ex-plain how she came to this job and why she stays.

Meet the Shopper-News community reportersOnce upon a time, I needed work

By Cindy TaylorCommunity reporter for Powell and Norwood

Once upon a time I need-ed work. I saw an ad for a reporter for The Shopper-News and answered it. To my absolute surprise I was offered the job. For some as yet undiscovered reason they still let me stay.

For the fi rst four years on the job I worked the beat in Union County with Shan-non Carey as my editor.

I didn’t know anyone there when I started, but ev-eryone was so friendly and accepting it wasn’t long un-til I came to know and love all the people.

Still miss my UC peeps.Then Sandra tossed the

newspaper basket into the air as she is wont to do and

this reporter landed in Pow-ell, Norwood and West Ha-ven.

Having been raised in Halls I thought this would be an easy transition. But these areas are much more widespread than Halls or Maynardville – and it takes some time to make your mark. But all the folks are friendly and we are getting to know each other.

As an English major, I always believed I could be a writer. I quickly learned, with much help and pa-tience from my editors, that journalism is a style unto

itself and I was not nearly as talented as I had believed myself to be.

Even so, I love what I do because of the people I get to meet. There are interest-ing lives all around us and it is my job and joy to discover many of them.

Be patient with me, lovely people of Powell, Norwood and West Haven. If you haven’t met me yet I may be showing up at your school, business or holodeck soon.

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Live long and prosper people of the north and thank you for letting those of us at The Shopper write your happily ever after...

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By Nick Della VolpeThe leadership team at

Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum (KBGA) is planning for a 20-acre Cen-ter for Urban Agriculture at the East Knox facility. It’s part of the master plan pre-pared with help from Lou-isville architects De Leon & Primmer to improve the functionality of this 47-acre community resource which hosts individual and public events and welcomes both locals and tourists.

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Community gardens and raised vegetable beds now cover some 31,000 square feet under plow. Students enjoy the sunshine and fes-tive outdoor atmosphere at the nascent Center, and leave thinking about where natural food comes from, and how they might bring that knowledge to their homes. It’s a working part-ner in the local food trend.

The master plan calls for expansion of the tilled area and refurbishment of sever-al older structures into farm support, food preparation and service buildings. Part-ners include UT, the state Department of Agriculture, the Knox County Health Department and various corporate sponsors.

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What about money?KBGA needs $500,000

to fund the Ag Center and

restore the existing build-ings. Some 22,500 square feet of refurbished build-ings will house food stor-age and equipment, the proposed farmers market, a children/family education center, a kitchen prep, can-ning and food service area, plus administrative space.

KBGA has asked the city to contribute $250,000 with the remaining amounts to be raised from private dona-tions. Somehow, someway, they vow to get this done.

KBGA traces its roots to 1786 with the Howell fam-ily. The Howell Nursery re-mains one of Tennessee’s

oldest continuously-operat-ed businesses.

Info or to volunteer: Keyes Williamson, 862-8717; Dr. Alan Solomon, 524-5087; or www.knox-garden.com.Nick Della Volpe represents District 4 on

Knoxville City Council and writes a week-

ly business feature for Shopper-News.

Saito says AWA operates 32 plants and facilities in North America with 80,000 employees. It is the sales headquarters of Aisin Seiki, the parent company.

“Our global history is rich, and we are proud to have become a trusted sup-plier to virtually every auto maker in the world,” he writes.

The Japan-based Ai-sin Seiki Co. Ltd. was founded in 1965 by Kanshiro Toyoda, who continues as board chair. His older cousin, Ki-ichiro Toyoda, founded Toyota Motor Corporation in 1937 as a spinoff of the fam-ily business, Toyota Indus-tries.

Toyota Motor Company in March 2013 was the 13th-largest company in the world by revenue with 333,498 employees world-wide.

The Clinton operation is a full-process, die cast-ing facility that includes casting, machining and as-sembly to produce engine components such as water

pumps, oil pumps and pis-tons that will be installed in automobiles produced by Aisin customers located throughout North America.

Beretta USA to build plant in Gallatin

Also last week, Gov. Bill Haslam and Beretta USA announced the company will expand its U.S. op-erations by building a new

fi rearms manu-facturing plant in

the Gallatin I n d u s t r i a l Park near Nashville.

B e r e t t a will invest $45 mil-lion in a manufac-

turing and R&D facility and create 300 new Tennessee jobs.

Beretta is the world’s old-est manufacturing dynasty, operating since 1526 in Italy. The company is pri-vately owned and operated by members of the 15th and 16th generations of the Be-retta family.

The company manufac-tures the U.S. Armed Forc-es M-9 pistol, the standard sidearm of U.S. soldiers since 1985.

Roane State off ers business courses in FebruaryRoane State business

class offerings include:Technology: iPad for

professionals, Feb. 13, 4:30-7:30 p.m., $69, Clinton

Management: Project Management Professional certifi cation prep, Feb. 7-28, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., $1,145, Oak Ridge; Front-line su-pervisory training, Feb. 11-27, 5-9 p.m., $379, Clin-ton; Introduction to project management professional, Feb. 24-26, 5:30-9:30 p.m.,

$395, Clinton; and Building an effective team through leadership, Feb. 26, 8 a.m.-noon, $69, Clinton.

Offi ce software: Excel 2010 level 2, Feb. 4, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., $169, Oak Ridge; Excel 2010 level 1, Feb. 6, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., $149, Clin-ton; PowerPoint 2010 level 1, Feb. 11, 9 am.-4:30 p.m., $149, Clinton.

Other courses are indus-try-specifi c or software re-lated. Info: 865-481-2031.


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People who have a child in a school band are prob-ably involved with Rush’s Music. Not being in this cat-egory, I was totally amazed when I entered the store.

Nancy Whittaker

Rush’s Music: dedicated to music education

Every imaginable musi-cal instrument is rented to 75 schools in the East Ten-nessee area. When Bob Rush started his business in 1958, the store was run from his family home until its faced-paced growth called for more space. His fi rst location was on Cumberland Ave.

In June 1975, Steve Boyce joined the business. “I came from Berea College and worked as a general fl unky,” he says. Bob Rush passed away in 1977 but left his legacy to his wife, Willene. She continued the great traditions of Rush’s Music and continued to build new ones.

In 1998, Boyce became the proud owner of Rush’s Music. He has a true dedica-tion to music education and to the music community. Rush’s also has teaching stu-dios where you can learn to play all types of band instru-ments plus piano. They have just recently added Yamaha guitars to the inventory.

There are two locations – 9117 Executive Park Drive, 531-7889 and 2107 Chap-man Highway, 573-4138.

Check out the website at www.rushsmusic.com, and be sure to read Krusty Rush’s musical tips! He’s right – music can solve lots of problems.

Chili Cook-Off at AmVetsAmVets 16 and the Unit-

ed States Citizens for Amer-ican Veterans are sponsor-ing a fundraiser starting at noon Sunday, Feb. 16, at 3846 Martin Mill Pike. Judging by attendees will start at 3 p.m. Proceeds will benefi t area veterans in need.

Tickets are $7, and each ticket will count as one vote. Additional tickets can be purchased for 2/$7, al-lowing extra votes for your favorite. There will be addi-tional surprises and prizes!

If you make a great chili

or need more information, call 240-4942 or 936-6024. Pickers and jammers are asked to stop by and make music. Tickets can be pur-chased at the door.

ETA BPA to meeton Wednesday

Come join the new East Towne Area Business and Professional Association and see what all the buzz is about. The next meeting will be 8 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, at New Harvest Park Community Center. Come early for breakfast!

Merchants along the I -640 corridor are encour-aged to attend and join. Andrea Carpenter with U.S. Bancorp Investments will speak, along with updates on road and visibility im-provements.

Open house is Tuesday, Feb. 4

Travis Patterson will open his law offi ce in the old jail in May-

nardville. Photo by Libby Morgan

Patterson ‘goes to jail’

By Cindy TaylorBlush Salon opened for

business on Jan. 22. Owner and stylist Sheena Reed grew up in Powell but left the area when her husband’s work took them to Charles-ton. Now she’s back and ready to reacquaint herself with her community.

Reed graduated from beauty school in Atlanta and worked as a stylist there for two years. While in Charles-ton she added makeup to her expertise, specializing in event/bridal hair and air-brush makeup.

With the opportunity to move back home, Blush Sa-lon was born. Reed opened the salon along with her aunts Karen Jarnigan and Cindy Ludwig.

Blush Salon is a full-service salon offering color, cuts, smoothing treatments, facial waxing and specializ-ing in special event hair and airbrush makeup.

A grand opening is planned for March. Blush Salon is located at 6911 Cen-tral Avenue Pike. Info: 356-8662 or www.facebook.com/blushsalonknox.

Husband Justin Reed with

Blush Salon owner Sheena

Reed

Karen Jarnigan and Cindy Lud-

wig, Blush Salon co-owners

with Reed.

‘Blushing’ in Powell

Public invited to Healthy Pelli

By Heather BeckFree health screenings,

information and even back massages will be available to attendees of Pellissippi State Community College’s Healthy Pelli: Campus Health Fair. The event is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the college’s Mag-nolia Avenue Campus.

Healthy Pelli is free and open to the public.

“We want our students and the community at large to be healthy,” said Jean-nette Myers, event planner. “In order to be successful and productive, you have to be healthy. It’s part of a bal-anced life.”

Healthy Pelli offers free blood pressure screenings, HIV testing and STD (sexu-ally transmitted disease) testing. Information about health issues, health-care providers and insurers, and other health-related topics will be available. To help them de-stress, attendees can even get free back mas-sages.

At 1 p.m., Susan Fowlkes, the Knox County Health Department’s clinical nutri-tion director, gives a half-hour presentation on diabe-tes and obesity.

“Healthy eating is so im-portant for bot h obesity and

Jeanette Myers, coordinator

of Healthy Pelli Health Fair at

Magnolia campus.

News from Pellissippi State- Magnolia

diabetes,” she said. “The way we eat determines our health and the chronic dis-eases that will or will not be manifest by our genetic background.”

Healthy Pelli is scheduled in the Main Lobby of the Magnolia Avenue Campus at 1610 E. Magnolia Ave.

Info: www.pstcc.edu/mag-nolia or 329-3100. To request accommodations for a disabil-ity, contact Human Resources at 694-6607 or [email protected].

Pellissippi State is a mem-ber of Tennessee’s Community Colleges, a system of 13 col-leges offering a high-quality, affordable, convenient and personal education to prepare students to achieve their edu-cational and career goals in two years or less.

Travis D. Patterson has landed himself in the old jail in Maynardville.

His dad, Denny Patterson, has been grooming the build-ing with its solid concrete fl oors and foot-thick walls for offi ces, and Travis has picked his spot on the ground fl oor.

Travis passed the bar three years ago to become an attorney, and since then has tried cases in several surrounding counties.

He graduated from Gibbs High in 2004, UT in 2008 and the University of Mem-phis Law School in 2011.

His mom, Brenda Pat-

terson, is helping Travis getready for an open house andribbon-cutting on Tuesday,Feb. 4, from 11 a.m. to 1p.m. at his new offi ce in theold jail just across Highway33 from the Union Countycourthouse.

Everyone is invited. Lightrefreshments and toursof the renovated historicbuilding will be available.

Chamber banquet:And don’t forget the UnionCounty Chamber of Com-merce’s annual banquet willbe Friday, Feb . 7, at Ruther-ford Memorial UMC.

– Libby Morgan

Phyllis Nichols

By Phyllis NicholsI often say that numbers

and data don’t tell the story of what the Urban League does, people do. People like Jonathan Bingham.

When he was a student at Austin-East Magnet High School, Jonathan knew he wanted to be a DJ, but he wasn’t sure where to start.

After completing the Knoxville Area Urban League’s Project Ready col-lege access program, Jona-than was well prepared for his fi rst semester at Middle Tennessee State University and is now on his way to making his radio dreams come true.

The Urban League program provides a com-prehensive approach to prepare young students and their families for the challenges and promise of higher education.

Bingham got on the right career track by connecting with a mentor who intro-duced him to WUTK-FM 90.3. He later had the op-portunity to be a volunteer disc jockey for the college

radio station and experi-ence fi rsthand what his dream career could be.

Beyond connecting students with mentors and career settings, Project Ready focuses on develop-ing students academically, socially and culturally. The interviewing, presenta-tion and networking skills that Bingham gained were invaluable.

At Middle Tennessee, he was selected out of 150 applicants to be a member of the Freshman Council within the Student Govern-ment Association.

“I felt prepared and confi dent in my interview skills,” Bingham said.

“If you want a head start, get into Project Ready because the people who lead you have been through the journey that you are just starting,” he said. “It gives students real insight into college life and how to prepare for a successful career.”

Students can start Proj-ect Ready as early as mid-dle school and participate throughout their high school years. Info: Education and Youth Coordinator Nichole Tillman at [email protected] or 865-524-5511. Phyllis Nichols is president and CEO of

the Knoxville Area Urban League

Project Ready prepares students for college success

News from Knox Area Urban League


MONDAY, FEB. 3Powell Library Book club meeting, 3 p.m.,

Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Guest speaker: David Hunter will discuss his latest book. Info: 947-6210.

TUESDAY, FEB. 4Chocolate = Love 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.

Outreach meeting, 9:30-11:30 a.m., New Cov-enant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Ave. Pike. Guest speaker: Sharon Welch, senior pastor of New Living Faith Community Church. Bring a brunch dish to share if pos-sible. Child care provided. Info: Diane Shelby, 687-3687.

TUESDAYS, FEB. 4-MARCH 11Living Well with Chronic Conditions, 9:30

a.m.-noon, Knox County Health Department class-room, 140 Dameron Ave. Free. To register: 215-5170.

THURSDAY, FEB. 6Bee Friends beekeeping group meeting, 6:30

p.m., Tazewell Campus of Walters State in the auditori-um. Coffee and dessert will be served. Info: 617-9013.

Pajama-rama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Stories, music, fl annel board activities and a craft. Wear your pajamas and bring your favorite toy or stuffed animal. Info: 947-6210.

THURSDAYS, FEB. 6-MARCH 13Weekly Bible study, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at New

Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Ave. Pike. The topic will be “The Gate Keeper” with host Judy Burgess. Info: call Diane Shelby, 687-3687.

FRIDAY, FEB. 7Crossroads Chili Chowdown, 5:30-8 p.m.,

Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Hosted by the Halls Crossroads Women’s League. Chili and the fi xin’s; hot dogs; bake sale. Tickets at the door: $5, adults; $2.50, children under 10. Live band. Proceeds go to the “History of Halls” book.

Free family movie night, 7 p.m., third fl oor education building of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 4328 E. Emory Road. Movie: “The Last Brickmaker in America.” Includes free popcorn and drinks. Info: 922-2322.

Church Women United meeting, 10 a.m.,

Washington Pike UMC, 2241 Washington Pike. Pro-gram: “Celebrate Human Rights.”

SATURDAY, FEB. 8Auction, singing and chili supper benefi t for

family of Jaden Thacker, 5 p.m., Sharps Chapel Elementary School. Chili supper: $5 for adults; $3 for children and includes chili, dessert and drink. The Val-ley Boys will perform. Auction at 7 p.m. All proceeds go to Jaden’s funeral expenses. Donations can also be made directly to Reese’s Funeral Home in Harrogate.

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

Girls softball registration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Wil-low Creek Youth Park, 7530 Quarry Road. Cost: $40, wee ball; $60, 6U-17U. Info: www.facebook.com/WillowCreek YouthPark.

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

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

Father-Daughter Valentine Dance, 6-8:30 p.m., church gym at Fountain City UMC, 212 Hotel Ave. For dads and daughters of all ages. Tickets: $5 per person, available at church offi ce. Includes dancing, door prizes, refreshments, dance picture. Info: 689-5175.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

SUNDAY, FEB. 9Billy Hodges in concert, 10:45 a.m., Third Creek

Baptist Church, 4917 Oak Ridge Highway.

MONDAY, FEB. 10Fountain City Town Hall meeting, 7 p.m.,

Church of the Good Shepherd, 5337 Jacksboro Pike. Program: “Are You Prepared for a Public Health Emergency?” presented by Amber Sparks, emergency preparedness educator for Knox County Health Depart-ment. Info: 688-9525.

TUESDAY, FEB. 11Healthy Choices, a plant-based free cooking class

– “Soups, Salads, and Sandwich Fillings,” 6 p.m., North Knoxville Seventh-Day Adventist Church fellowship hall, 6530 Fountain City Road. To register: 314-8204 or www.KnoxvilleInstep.com.

Happy Travelers’ Gathering and luncheon, North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike. Sign in, 10 a.m.; program, 10:30. Music and singing: Fredda Valentine, Michael and Delia and Ava Barber. Info/res-ervations: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

THURSDAY, FEB. 13Fontinalis Club meeting, 10:30 a.m., Central

Baptist Church of Fountain City, 5364 Broadway. Board meeting, 9:30 a.m.; social time, 10. Meeting program: “Helping People, Helping Lives.”

FRIDAY, FEB. 14Valentine Breakfast fundraiser, 7:30-10 a.m.,

Union County Senior Center, Main St. Cost: $5.Mobile Mammography, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Union

County High School. Info: 305-9753. Glaze Workshop, noon-3 p.m., instructor: Katie

Cottrell. One of the “Featured Tennessee Artist” work-shop series. Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Ander-sonville Highway 61 in Norris. Registration deadline: Feb. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAY, FEB. 15 Jail House Rock Sweetheart Dinner sponsored

by Preservation Union County. Tickets: Union County Arts, 1009 Main St.; Susan, 992- 9161; Marilyn, 992-8271 or 643-2821.

Girls softball registration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Willow Creek Youth Park, 7530 Quarry Road. Cost: $40, wee ball; $60, 6u-17u. Info: www.facebook.com/WillowCreekYouthPark.

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

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

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, FEB. 15-16Nuno Felting for Weavers, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat-

urday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Geri Forkner. One of the “Featured Tennes-see Artist” workshop series. Registration deadline: Feb. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

SUNDAY, FEB. 16Special service and luncheon celebrating

125th anniversary, 11 a.m., Mount Eager Missionary Baptist Church, Hogskin Valley Road in Washburn. Ev-eryone invited. If weather is bad, it will be held 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 23. Info: 497-2692.

TUESDAY, FEB. 18A Taste of Italy cooking class with Chef Jeremy

Delaneuville of Cru Bistro Downtown, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Entries accepted for “Illumination” theme show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. Info: Sylvia Williams, [email protected] or 357-2787; www.fountaincityartctr.com.

SATURDAY, FEB. 22Story Time with Janet Holloway, county com-

missioner and owner of Janet’s Hair Salon, 11 a.m., Lut-trell Library, 115 Park Road. Info: 992-0208.

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

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Students compete in Science Fair

Changing lives in Saint Lucia

By Shannon MorrisNoted scientist Edward

Teller once wrote that “the science of today is the tech-nology of tomorrow.”

At Grace Christian Acad-emy, we believe in provid-

ing a platform by which young minds can be intro-duced to science, or have their existing curiosity ex-panded. The more that our children learn to appreci-ate and master science, the more exciting our future

becomes. One such way to

encourage and celebrate

our students’ understand-

ing of the scientific disci-

plines is our Science Fair,

an event open to those in

4th through 8th grades.

Our recent Science Fair was held on Jan. 23, and we had more than 45 entrants, each providing various projects, including infor-mation on biomes, experi-ments on the benefits of eating breakfast, and test-ing the cleanliness of vari-ous water sources. Each of these projects allowed the students to explore a scien-tific discipline, and to gain valuable hands-on experi-ence as they learned and developed their ideas.

Prizes were awarded by age groups, with 4th and 5th grades each receiv-ing first, second and third place recognition. The middle school students vied for first and second place awards. Prizes in-cluded certificates, ribbons and gift cards of various amounts, and were given out by a panel of judges made up of GCA faculty

and other volunteers who have a background in sci-ence.

In the recent “Friends and Family” capital giving campaign, GCA was able to raise enough funds to up-date and refurbish the mid-dle school science lab. Now students from 2nd through 8th grades will have the ability to conduct hands-on experiments throughout the year. This provides a means to integrate a bibli-cal world view into the in-tellectual study of science, and allows these young minds to start building a foundation of knowledge and learning that can one day pave the way to now-unknown technology.

This year’s Science Fair was an unparalleled suc-cess, and we are extreme-ly excited for next year’s event.

By Rachel Hannon, Grace math and Bible teacher

In January, eight Grace Christian Academy students and three adults traveled to Saint Lucia on a mission trip. Saint Lucia, an island in the Eastern Caribbean Sea, is half the size of Knox County and has a population of about 175,000 people. On the island, the GCA team partnered with Faith Baptist Church. The trip was part of the GCA Winterim program, which gives high school students the opportunity to gain experiences and develop skills outside of the regular classroom.

The team helped with relief efforts following a severe Christmas Eve storm. The storm came with no warning, dropping more than 15 inches of rain in a 24-hour period. The torrential downpours and fl ash fl ooding caused numerous landslides and destroyed many homes. The fi shing village of Anse La Raye was one of the areas most impacted. When the team arrived, there was no running water in the village; rainwater collected in buckets was the only source of drinkable water. Families were still in the process of cleaning up their homes and salvaging

what they could. In partnership with First

Baptist Church, the GCA team was able to deliver more than 100 food packages in Anse La Raye. They also handed out bottles of water, clothing, toys and gospel tracts. The team was able to bring relief to some of the families and, more importantly, have an eternal impact as they showed God’s love. The team members witnessed elderly people crying in gratitude for the gift of a bag of food, children smiling at their new toys, and people reading the gospel tracts as soon as they were handed to them.

Sophomore Gabrielle Amanns refl ected on her visit to the village: “As we made our way [to Anse La Raye], we could see the damage to not only the homes, but also the crops that are the only source of income for the people. When we entered the houses to give the individuals their personal packages, our hearts broke to see the hurt the people had. One individual I was able to give a bag to was an older lady in her 70s. The entire roof of her home had been demolished, as well as all of her furniture, cushions, and fl oors because the water came around fi ve feet

Grace Christian Academy juniors Christopher Koger and Taylor Shaw with Faith Baptist Church member Jorella St. Louis, deliver a food package to the home of a man in Anse La Raye, Saint Lucia. Photo by Rachel Hannon

high in her home. Fortunately, her younger brother is in the process of fi xing her roof for her and a neighbor has allowed her to stay the nights with them for safety. However, not everyone has as much help. Today has allowed us to see how blessed

we are to have a safe home to sleep in. God defi nitely used today to show me how much I take for granted, and how He is in control no matter what.”

The people of Saint Lucia were not the only ones who experienced changed lives.

The GCA high school students left Saint Lucia with new memories, friendships, a greater appreciation for the blessings they have, and a deepened desire to serve others wherever and whenever they can.

Grace Christian Academy students and families enjoy the Science Fair. Photo submitted


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• KNOXVILLE, TN - N. BROADWAY, MAYNARDVILLE HWY., HARDIN VALLEY RD.,KINGSTON PIKE, MIDDLEBROOK PIKE, MORRELL RD. • POWELL, TN - 3501 EMORY RD.

Food City Fresh

Split Fryer BreastFamily Pack or Jumbo, Per Lb.

With Card

99¢

Food City Fresh

Assorted Pork ChopsPer Lb.

With Card199

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Sweet and Juicy

JonagoldApples5 Lb. Bag

With Card

299

96

Selected Varieties

Cap'n Crunch Treats

6.7 Oz.

With Card

2/500

Selected Varieties, Quaker

Warm & Crunchy Granola Oatmeal

13.5-14.1 Oz.

With Card

2/600

Harvest Club

Idaho Potatoes10 Lb. Mesh Bag

With Card

299

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93

Selected Varieties

Chobani Yogurt

5.3 Oz.

With

Card

Frozen, Selected Varieties

Banquet Pot Pie

7 Oz.

68¢With Card


Mayfield Novelties

6 Ct.

2/400With Card

White

Kern’s Old Fashioned Bread

20 Oz.

With

Card

Selected Varieties, Nabisco

Chips Ahoy!Cookies

9.5-15 Oz.

2/400With Card

Selected Varieties

vitaminwater20 Oz.

With

Card


Hot or LeanPockets7.5-13.5 Oz.

5/1000With Card

599

Selected Varieties

Pepsi Products

24 Pk., 12 Oz. Cans

With Card

5/1000

Selected Varieties

RC Cola Products

6 Pk., 1/2 Liter Btls.

With Card

Selected Varieties

Quaker Real Medleys Cereal

15-17 Oz.

With Card

2/600

Selected Varieties

Quaker Chewy Granola Bars

6.1-7.4 Oz.

With Card

2/500

Selected Varieties

Propel Liquid Enhancer

1.62 Oz.

With Card

2/500

Selected Varieties

Rice A Roni Quick Serve

4.2-4.8 Oz.

With Card

4/500599ValuCard price

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Selected VarietiesWide Awake

Coffee12 Ct.

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Viva Paper Towels or

CottonelleBath Tissue

6-12 Ct. Roll

699With Card

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