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‘White House’

Janice White thanks county commissioner Charles Busler for his help in securing a place for the Heiskell Seniors to

meet. Pictures from the fi rst meeting are on Page A-3.

By Sarah ConnatserThe sign reads “Community

Center,” but given the vision and hard work of Janice White to cre-ate a gathering place for folks in Heiskell and Powell, perhaps “White House” is a more descrip-tive moniker.

White spoke last week to the Powell Business and Professional Association, meeting at Jubilee Banquet Facility.

The Community Center that she envisions is a place where older folks can come to get out of the house and spend some qual-ity time doing exercise, socializing or playing games. The senior cen-ter will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays.

At other times, the building will be rented for community events.

White spoke of her extensive involvement within the Heiskell United Methodist Church and how her group, The Heiskell Commu-nity Organization, raised upwards of $100,000 over a decade and more. This remarkable fundrais-ing led to a plan for the surround-ing communities – a community center where everything comes together.

With the help of Laura Bailey and Justin Bailey of Knoxville Re-alty, the Heiskell Community Or-ganization bought what used to be the Wheeler School of Karate, lo-cated just off of West Emory Road in downtown Powell, and took

steps to renovate the whole build-ing. They’re currently installing new bathrooms, a new kitchen, improved fl ooring, and fresh paint to make the area’s fi rst senior cen-ter.

The work is expected to be fully fi nished in early April, but that doesn’t stop White. She holds a free lunch for seniors on every sec-

ond Thursday, with the next one being on March 10. She has big plans for the center. White wants the place to be as welcoming and fun for senior citizens as it can be. She’s made room for exercise pro-grams, seminars, guest speakers, Bingo and even line dancing.

The speakers will be elected of-fi cials, including county commis-

Celebrating the

sioners, and others involved in the community. White said, “(Seniors) won’t ask for help, so come see what we can do for them.” There will be a speaker before every lunch on the second Thursday of each month.

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By Sherri Gardner HowellSpend a few minutes with Scott

Hamilton, and you will never look at his ice shows the same way again.

Scott Hamilton and Friends on Ice is in Knoxville Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Knoxville Civic Colise-um. The show has a star-studded line-up, including Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi as co-host with Hamilton and a concert by Grammy winner Michael W. Smith. The show starts at 5 p.m. and is followed by a 7:30 p.m. din-ner.

It will, no doubt, be a spectacu-lar show with a dozen Olympic, World and U.S. champions skating to Smith’s live music. This is the third visit to Knoxville, and mon-ies raised benefi ts the Provision CARES and the Scott Hamilton CARES foundations.

Hamilton, however, has his eyes fi rmly set beyond the ice. His mis-

Scott Hamilton on a mission as cancer activistBeyond the ice

sion is cancer research and patient care. His mother, who died af-ter a two-plus year struggle with cancer when Hamilton was 18, sits on one shoulder. His own experi-ences as a cancer patient and survivor sit on the other.

“The day we lost my moth-er, I became a fundraiser,” says Hamilton. “I was going to do whatever I could to fund research, to get more answers, to do what I could as a grieving, mourn-ing 18-year-old boy to keep an-other person from going through what I was.”

And he skated. Over the next decade he

would win four consecutive U.S.

championships (1981–1984), four consec-utive world c h a m p i -o n s h i p s ( 1 9 8 1 –1984) and a gold medal in the 1984 O l y m p i c s .

For 20 years, he worked to

raise money for cancer research.At that time,

says Hamilton, the money drove the science.

“You would give people fi nancial resources, and they would go out and try to fi nd out something. Then they mapped the genome,

and then, wow, the science is now 20 light years away from the mon-ey. I knew I needed to bring more into the equation.”

Almost 20 years to the day his mother died, Hamilton found out he had testicular cancer and later developed a brain tumor.

“I survived, and then I became an activist,” says Hamilton. “It was different now. I understood the cancer community better. I understood what chemotherapy feels like; I know what a big mas-sive surgery feels like. I know what radiation feels like, what it does.”

The result is the Scott Hamil-ton CARES Foundation. Through CARES (Cancer Alliance for Re-search, Education and Survivor-ship), Hamilton takes a multi-level approach that includes fundrais-ing, advocacy, patient care and looking beyond the status quo

Powell High School students and fans are excited about the new $400,000 synthetic playing fi eld they’re getting as part of a $10 million gift to Knox County Schools from Pilot Flying J and the Haslam Foundation. This money will provide new fi elds for 13 Knox County high schools, with Powell, through the luck of the draw, get-ting the fi rst fi eld. Construction is expected to begin in mid-March.

The gift also includes $100,000

for each of 13 high schools to be used at the discretion of the prin-cipal after review by Dr. Jim Mc-Intyre and approval of the Haslam Foundation. The school board ap-proved the gift in February.

School offi cials say the new fi elds will be more durable and better able to handle extreme weather because they drain more quickly than grass. The fi elds can be used by the band and other sports teams.

The drawing by Mark Packer, sport anchor at WVLT-TV, result-ed in Powell and Fulton getting fi elds in mid-March, Bearden and Farragut in early May, and Central in June.

Five schools (Austin-East, Bearden, Gibbs, Halls and South-Doyle) currently have tracks that need to be replaced. New tracks are part of the fi eld enhancement, which will come over 36 months.

Will Haslam said the gift hon-

Powell High to get fi rst new fi eld ors his grandfather, Pilot founder Jim Haslam II, and the more than 1,200 Pilot Flying J team mem-bers who live and raise their fami-lies here.

At the February school board workshop, Lynne Fugate ques-tioned Will Ferguson with Base-line Sports Construction about the life expectancy of the fi elds. He said the limited warranty is eight years and the industry average is 10 years. “With the maintenance protocol we’ve proposed (inspec-

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Biz spotlight on First Tennessee

The spotlight beamed on First Tennessee last week as the Fountain City BPA recog-nized a local business.

Dana E. Gibson is the fi nan-cial center manager in Foun-tain City. Kimberly D. Heisey is a bank vice president and the small business banking manager for the East Tennes-see market.

The women distributed a booklet, “You First,” listing the fi nancial services available.

➤ Story on A-3

Candidates to meet at Sterchi

School board candidates from District 2 will speak at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at Sterchi Elementary School off Cedar Lane. The PTA president is J. Brent Morrison.

Early voting is underway with the election March 1. The race is non-partisan. Candi-dates are Grant Standefer and Jennifer Owen. Tracie Sanger chose not to seek re-election.

Schools in District 2 include: Central and Fulton high schools; Whittle Springs and Gresham middle schools; Christenberry, Fountain City, Inskip, Shannondale and Sterchi elementary schools; and special schools Paul Kelley Volunteer Academy, Richard Yoakley and the adult high school.

Info: [email protected]

Middle school groundbreakings

Knox County offi cials will break ground for two new middle schools on Friday, Feb. 19, with the Gibbs event at 11 a.m. and the Hardin Valley event at 1 p.m.

Those attending the Gibbs event are asked to park at the Gibbs Ruritan Park for a shuttle ride to the site as park-ing is limited.

The Hardin Valley event will take place in the north parking lot behind Hardin Valley Acad-emy, near the baseball fi eld.

Hart attackWhat’s it going to take for

the University of Tennessee’s deciders to admit they’ve got a Dave Hart problem?

➤ Read Betty Bean on A-5

Find ShoppersFour weeks of archives for

Powell, Halls, Karns and Union County Shoppers can be found at Knoxville Realty, Emory Road near Powell High School.

Info: 865-922-4136

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health & lifestyles

If you try to wind down at night by scrolling through Facebook or catching up on emails, you may be

doing yourself more harm than good. The director of Fort Sand-ers Regional Sleep Disorder Center says the very tools you’re using to wind down, could be wind-ing you up, in-stead.

“That blue light is more of an alerting stimulus,” says Thomas Higgins, MD, director Sleep Disor-ders Center at Fort Sanders Region-al. “So it’s a good idea to turn off all your electronic devices 30 minutes to an hour before you go to bed.”

Another common barrier to a good night’s sleep is a hard day’s

work. Participants in a recent study who reported sleeping six hours or less at night usually reported work-ing an average of one to two hours more per day than their counter-parts who slept longer.

You may be getting more hours of work in when you sacrifi ce sleep for your job, but Higgins says the qual-ity of your work is probably suffer-ing in the process.

“Every part of the body is affect-ed by sleep, including the brain,” Higgins says. “Emotional stability, concentration and alertness are af-fected, and things we learn are pro-cessed while we sleep.”

Higgins says recent studies have shown that the brain produces chemicals while we’re awake that need to be cleared out during sleep. “If you’re not getting enough sleep, it can actually physically damage the brain,” Higgins says. “People who have sleep apnea and insuffi cient sleep are more likely to develop Al-

zheimer’s disease at an earlier age, depression, high blood pressure, diabetes and heart problems.”

Sleep deprived workers are more likely to overeat, too. H iggins says insuffi cient sleep over a period of time affects brain chemistry and the hormones that help regulate ap-petite, so you tend to eat more high carbohydrate, fatty foods.

While there’s no magic number of hours every person needs to sleep, Higgins says most adults should try to get 7 to 9 hours of shut eye, and teens should sleep for 8 to 9 hours every night.

If you’re getting the recommend-ed amount of sleep most nights but still feel sleepy during the day, you could be suffering from a sleep dis-order.

Visit fsregional.com/sleepcenter to learn more about sleep disorders, and how the center may be able to help you get the rest you need.

Bob Bell’s treatment at the Sleep Center

at Fort Sanders Regional has changed

his life by providing more energy, better

health and wellbeing.

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It’s a new dayRadio host praises sleep center for his renewed energy“Rise and shine” is more than

just a catch phrase for Bob Bell. The morning radio show host has to be wide awake and on the air at 6 a.m. every weekday, well informed about the day’s events and fully prepared to discuss them with listeners.

Bell has a fun and gregarious personality, and that personal-ity shines on Joy620 AM as he interviews guests and fi elds phone calls from listeners. But there was a time not too long ago when Bell was struggling to keep up with the early hours. Listeners never saw what was happening to him off the air after the caffeine from the early morning coffee had worn off, and after the microphone had been si-lenced for the day.

“I would come home in the af-ternoon and I would hit a wall,” Bell says. Even after a daily nap, he could only muster enough energy to do the bare minimum of work, and there was little energy left af-ter that for anything else.

Anyone who’s worked odd hours on less than eight hours of sleep knows that it’s common to catch a nap once in a while to try and make up for lost time. The nap helps re-energize the mind and body for the rest of the day’s demands.

But Bell had reached a point where there was no power in the power nap. Even after resting, he was sluggish. “I’m usually a very cheery kind of person,” Bell says. “I wasn’t being very cheery, and I didn’t know why.”

He may not have known why at the time, but he does now. “I wasn’t sleeping,” Bell says.

It was Bell’s wife, Meg, who found the key to unlock the mys-tery. Frequently awake because

Sacrifi cing sleep Getting serious about sleepThe Sleep Disorders Center at Fort Sanders Regional is

serious about sleep. So serious that a big investment is be-ing made in helping patients sleep soundly for better health.

“We have all new equipment,” says manager Scott Vogt, MD. “It’s going to be higher quality testing, we’ll have bet-ter video, better audio, and better inputs from the patients we’re recording.”

Experts at the Sleep Disorder Center monitor patients’ brain wave activity, eye movement, muscle activity from extremities and chin, heart rate, air fl ow in and out of the nose and mouth, chest and abdominal movement, and blood oxygen levels.

The data is used to diagnose sleep disorders that may be keeping the patient from getting a good night’s rest. Vogt re-members a time when monitoring sleep meant using reams of paper and ink that would splatter on his lab coat if a pa-tient moved or snored too suddenly. The new equipment will use the latest digital technology for the most accurate and environmentally sound results.

The comfort level of the patients has come a long way, too. The Sleep Disorder Center now has Tempurpedic and Select Comfort Sleep Number beds in its testing rooms.

“It’s exciting for us,” Vogt says. “And we’re usually treat-ing two sleep disorders at once, because now the spouse gets a better night’s sleep, too.”

of Bell’s snoring, she noticed that sometimes he would stop breath-ing during the night. She encour-aged him to see his doctor.

Bell’s physician recommended Fort Sanders Sleep Disorder Cen-ter at Fort Sanders Regional Medi-cal Center. There, Bell could be monitored during sleep to see if Meg’s observations were correct, and just how serious the problem might be.

“My wife says I sounded like a three-year-old kid complaining,” Bell laughs. “I didn’t want to go.”

So it was with some trepidation that he went to the Center in De-cember, and monitoring devices were put in place. Bell was left in a room with one simple task to ac-complish – sleep.

It was easier than he expected it to be. “They are extremely profes-sional in what they do,” Bell says. “They’re very careful to tell you exactly what’s going to happen,

and what’s going to go on with the monitor and your heart rate and your breathing.”

Being set at ease from the time he arrived helped him settle in and get comfortable enough to doze off.

“You get a little intimidated when you fi rst put all that stuff on,” Bell says, “but you get settled down in bed, you get tired and you do go to sleep.” He says the sur-roundings helped.

“It’s not like it’s some antiseptic hospital room,” Bell says. “You’re in a very comfortable bed, you have a TV, there was a shower there, full bathroom facilities – everything’s there to make you feel at home.”

Sleep Center staff even made sure he was awake in time to show-er and get ready to go to work the next morning. Bell was impressed by the facilities and staff, and then he was stunned by the results that came from his stay there.

noon you’re asleep, and now you don’t even think about sitting down till three or four o’clock in the afternoon.’”

Bell says when he returned to the Sleep Center for a retest with the CPAP, he was happy to see the improvement on paper. Now that he understands how important a good night’s sleep is to overall health and wellbeing, he’s never going back to the sleepless nights he had before.

“You know, if I’m eating right and exercising and trying to lose weight, I am hindering myself if I’m not getting enough sleep,” he says.

Bell can’t help laughing about the fi rst time he truly understood the difference a good night’s sleep has made in his life. On Christmas Eve, he remembers deciding to take a nap at the offi ce before go-ing to church.

“My work was done, I sat down in my chair,” Bell says. “But I didn’t want to take a nap.” Af-ternoon naps had become so im-portant to him that it was a little strange not to need one.

He was alone at the radio sta-tion. It wasn’t quite time to go to the Christmas Eve service. He was at loose ends.

“So I got up and cleaned the toi-let!” Bell laughs.

The Sleep Disorders Center at Fort Sanders Regional has given countless patients renewed en-ergy to get up and live life instead of trying to sleep through it. If you think you or someone you love may be suffering from a sleep dis-order, see a physician and ask for a referral.

For more information, call 865-541-1375 or visit fsregional.com/sleepcenter.

“Are you ready for this?” Bell asks. “The doctor there sat down with me, and he told me I ceased to breathe an average of 89 times an hour.”

Bell had been missing the restorative sleep phase known as REM (Rapid Eye Movement). It was affecting every part of his life, from his energy level to his mood to his weight. Suddenly ev-erything made sense.

The diagnosis was sleep apnea, and Bell was prescribed a CPAP to help him breathe at night. He wasn’t excited about that, quip-ping, “Nothin’ says sexy like a CPAP,” but his mother-in-law rec-ommended it, having had her own sleep success with one.

As word got out about Bell’s apnea, he started hearing from friends and family members who were successfully sleeping with a CPAP. He decided to give it a try.

“The fi rst night I said, ‘I’m not going to be able to sleep with this,’” Bell recalls. “As I was think-ing that and closing my eyes, I drifted off and I got one of the most refreshing nights of sleep I’d had in years.”

Bell says the CPAP has made a night-and-day difference in his life. “My son came home from col-lege and he could tell I have more energy,” Bell says. “He said, ‘Usu-ally when I come home around

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for treatment and patient education. His partnership with Provision Center for Proton Therapy, where he is also a board member, is part of that mission.

“Chemotherapy extended my life,” Hamilton is quick to say. “But I am looking for the day that we teach our own bodies how to get rid of can-cer. That’s the game changer.

“In the meantime, we need to just keep lifting the bar. Proton therapy is a prime example of lifting the bar. It is phenomenal tech-nology that treats the can-cer and spares the patient collateral damage.”

He doesn’t give medi-cal advice, Hamilton says. “I just want people to be practical. Getting that diag-nosis is scary, life-altering. But the more you know, the more you get out and get opinions and information, the better your decisions will be. Do your homework.”

The many components of CARES helps cancer pa-tients do that. Information

on chemocare.com outline every drug and side effect so patients know what to expect. There is also a men-toring program, 4th Angel Mentoring, with more than 800 mentors in all 50 states.

His own experiences, coupled with his fame and contacts, give him a good platform to be an activist, says Hamilton.

“I heard Danny Thomas say something years ago that put a lump in my throat the size of a football,” says Hamilton. “He said: ‘Watch-ing St. Jude Children’s Hos-pital grow lets me know why I was born.’ We all want to know what our identity is in this big world.

“I have had some pretty great experiences and some pretty horrible experiences in my lifetime, but there is something about this that makes me believe that ev-erything I have ever experi-enced was to allow this to be successful.”

Info: scottcares.org or provisionproton.com

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OneLife Church member Asher Coker (center) hands out game boards to guests at the monthly

meeting of the Heiskell Seniors. Photos by R. White

White House From page A-1

White also encouraged volunteering. Volunteers are welcome to walk in and help out with anything, from serving snacks and coffee to patrons, to talking and playing games with them. The center is also looking for sponsorship and support from businesses and the communities themselves to help fund the center.

The biggest concern is ac-cessibility, White said. The Community Center brings all people together. “Take advantage of it, come see it. We won’t turn anybody down.”

The welcome mat is out at the White House.

Winners of the Valentine game were Mary Kelly, June Crews and Doris Bowering. They each

received a gift for missing only one answer on the word game.

Sisters Joan Freeman and Donna

Yardley serve up desserts for the

Heiskell Seniors during the Val-

entine’s Day celebration.

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tions and decompression every three years under a separate agreement with KCS) we want to get 12 years (of life). We want to push the limit.”

Fugate said the “very gen-erous gift” is appreciated, but, “let’s be real, folks.”

There is a long-term com-mitment to maintenance and eventual replacement of the fi elds. “Twelve years out, this becomes a capital item.”

Ferguson said the fi elds will be similar with schools choosing colors and the mid-fi eld logo. Central, Ful-

Kimberly D. Heisey, vice president and small business banking

manager for First Tennessee, and Dana E. Gibson, branch man-

ager for First Tenn in Fountain City.

By Sandra ClarkThe spotlight beamed on

First Tennessee last week as the Fountain City BPA rec-ognized a local business.

Dana E. Gibson is the fi -nancial center manager in Fountain City. Kimberly D. Heisey is a bank vice presi-dent and the small business banking manager for the East Tennessee market.

The women distributed a booklet, “You First,” listing the fi nancial services avail-able.

First up was a promo-tion for First Tennessee Visa debit card in a variety of jazzy designs. The cards can be ordered online or at the branch.

Checking accounts come in six varieties, and there are mobile apps to en-able 24/7 access from your phone.

Loan options include car loans, home improvements, new home mortgage or re-fi nance, and credit card or personal loan to cover unexpected expenses. Gift cards from Visa are avail-able for purchase at the branch.

For businesses, First Tennessee offers a com-prehensive range of cash management solutions in-cluding inventory to help businesses optimize cash fl ow. Special fi nancial cen-ter representatives can ex-plain the options.

First Tennessee is business spotlight

Celebrating 225 It’s a birthday party … but not for Jim Tumblin. Calvin Chap-

pelle, pictured here with Tumblin and Eric Wolburg of Com-

mercial Bank, visited the Fountain City Business and Profes-

sional Association last week. The city of Knoxville’s 225th

birthday is Oct. 3, 2016, and Visit Knoxville is coordinating a

year-long celebration with festivals and special events. Info:

225visitknoxville.com or 865-951-6614. Photos by S. Clark

By Ruth WhiteThe Heiskell seniors met

in their new Community Center last week and the group was thrilled with the building and location.

A lot of work had been completed by Janice White, Donna Yardley and a host of workers who have painted walls, put down new fl oor-ing and brought a homey touch to the former Wheeler Karate building.

Renovations on the bath-rooms and other fi nishing touches will begin this week and the center will be closed for the month of March (with the exception of the monthly meeting on Thursday, March 10) to complete the work. The Community Center will open fi ve days a week beginning in April. It will be open fi ve days a week for activities.

CALL FOR ARTISTS ■ The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville is seeking

nomination for Poet Laureate for the city of Knoxville. The dead-

line for nominations to be received is Friday, April 1. Info/nomina-

tion forms: knoxalliance.com/poet.html, or send an SASE to Liza

Zenni, Arts & Culture Alliance, PO Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901.

■ “Peep Show!”: featuring art of the human fi gure in all forms,

clothed, nnude and in between. Presented by Broadway Studios

and Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Application is $5 per piece; limit

three pieces per person. Drop off : 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Feb. 25-27.

Exhibit on display March 4-26. Info: BroadwayStudiosAndGallery@

gmail.com; BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com.

The East Tennessee Historical Society (ETHS) invites nominations from across East Tennessee for Awards of Excellence in the fi eld of history. The annual awards recognize individuals and organi-zations that have made signifi cant contributions to the preservation, promo-

tion, programming and in-terpretation of the region’s history. The postmark deadline for award applica-tions is April 8.

Info/nomination form: 215-8824; eastTNhis-tory.org; East Tennessee Historical Society, PO Box 1629, Knoxville, TN 37901.

History award nominations sought

COMMUNITY ■ Broadacres Homeowners

Association. Info: Steven

Goodpaster, generalgoodpas-

[email protected].

■ Enhance Powell meets 4-5

p.m. each second Wednesday

at the Powell Branch Library.

Info: 661-8777.

■ Knox North Lions Club meets

1 p.m. each fi rst and third

Wednesday, Puleo’s Grille, 110

Cedar Lane. Info: facebook.

com/knoxnorthlions.

■ Northwest Democratic Club meets 6 p.m. each

fi rst Monday, Austin’s Steak

& Homestyle Buff et, 900

Merchant Drive. Info: Nancy

Stinnette, 688-2160, or Peggy

Emmett, 687-2161.

■ Norwood Homeowners Association. Info: Lynn Red-

mon, 688-3136.

■ Powell Alumni Association banquet is the fi rst Saturday

in April. Info: Vivian McFalls,

607-8775.

■ Powell Lions Club meets 7

p.m. each fi rst Thursday, Lions

Club Building, 7145 Old Clin-

ton Pike. Info: tnpowelllions@

gmail.com.

and many more bankers. It’s still in Fountain City, though, and Dana Gibson looks forward to making new friends.

■ Regina Reed said the annual Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, March 19, in Fountain City Park. Vol-unteers are needed. Call her at 865-938-7750.

Business services are outlined on Linkedin. They include lines of credit, loans, leasing and credit cards.

Finally, FTB advisors are available to discuss the fi ve stages of managing wealth: Build, protect, adjust, dis-tribute and transfer. This includes retirement plan-ning, establishing a trust

and more. Essentially, First Ten-

nessee today performs the functions of its local pre-decessor, Fountain City Bank, when Claude Myers, Jack Ailor, Jim Bunker, David Smith and Evelyn Spitzer were in charge. But it’s slicked up with fancy brochures, online offerings

ton and Bearden will take a letter (C, F or B) while Pow-ell wants to customize with a Panther paw and Far-ragut with a star. That ex-tra expense will fall on the school’s booster club.

Powell’s school board member, Patti Bounds, said her boys played for then-coach Clark Duncan, who virtually lived on the fi eld, mowing and manicuring it. The artifi cial turf, she said, will get coaches more time to teach and see their families.


Wendy Smith

There are some wonder-ful life lessons hidden in the happiness and hurts of sports. Please read this one closely.

Sometime in the spring, Luke Anthony Hochevar, 32, one of Tennessee’s all-time baseball greats, will re-ceive his World Series ring. He was the winning pitcher in the deciding game for the Kansas City Royals over the New York Mets.

Those two innings in the clutch are, so far, the high-light of Luke’s professional career. In the background are big dreams, millions of dollars and huge disap-pointments.

Marvin West

Dear Luke, all is forgiven

Luke was the No. 1 pick in the 2006 draft. The Royals paid $3.5 million in a sign-ing bonus. The fi rst contract called for $5.3 million guar-anteed.

So much was expected and so little delivered. There were many hurdles and about the same num-ber of pitfalls. Hochevar struggled in the minors, got

promoted to Kansas City and struggled some more. A weaker man might have been discouraged.

Some said Hochevar, for half a decade, was the world’s worst starting pitcher. There were supporting stats. In 2009 Luke had the highest earned run average (6.55) of all American League start-ers. His record was 7-13.

In 2012, Hochevar’s re-cord was 8-16 with an ERA of 5.73. He led the American League in runs allowed.

In 2013, manager Ned Yost fi nally fi gured out that Luke wasn’t good enough to be in the regular pitching rotation. He was dispatched

to the bullpen. He exceeded expectations.

For the fi rst time in a long time there was a favorable outlook. It didn’t last. In a March 2014 spring training game, Luke suffered an el-bow injury. That led to Tom-my John surgery and a lost season. He watched as the Royals made it to the World Series – and lost.

To compound that run of bad luck, his contract was expiring. It was the Royals’ opportunity to cut and run.

In a strange turn of De-cember events, they signed Hochevar, with his losing record, for two more years for $10 million. Amazing. Merry Christmas.

Luke’s elbow healed. He regained lost strength. He rejoined the Royals in May.

He pitched well in relief.In the postseason, Yost

called on him several times. The results were surprising – 10.2 innings without giv-ing up a run. Maybe you saw the expressions when the last out was recorded.

Luke Hochevar said of his manager’s faith: “One man’s belief is stronger than a million opinions.”

At Tennessee, Luke was a 2005 consensus All-Ameri-can (Baseball America, Lou-isville Slugger, Sports Week-ly, etc.) and the winner of the Roger Clemens national pitcher of the year award. His 15 victories tied the school record. He set a sin-gle-season strikeout record with 154. He led the Vols to the College World Series.

Twice the Dodgers draft-

ed him, out of high school and again in ’05. The sec-ond time they thought they had a deal. Between a phone agreement and when the Los Angeles scout showed up with a contract, Hoche-var changed his mind. He sat out a year in hopes of better numbers.

Along came the Royals. They chose Luke ahead of Evan Longoria, Clayton Kershaw, Tim Lincecumand a few hundred others. Together, they have some-how hung in there and weathered the storms. They are the champions.Marvin West invites reader reactions. His

address is [email protected]

Afghanistan native An-gela Niazmand was a good student who dreamed of be-ing a doctor. But her stud-ies were interrupted when the Taliban gained control of her country in 1996. Un-der their regime, women couldn’t attend school or work.

She was married at age 15, a mother at 16 and a widow at 17. She rebelled against the regime by teach-ing elementary school stu-dents, primarily girls, in her basement.

Today, Niazmand is a Hu-bert H. Humphrey Fellow. The Fulbright Humphrey Program brings young and mid-career professionals from designated countries to the U.S. for a year of non-degree graduate-level study, leadership development, and professional collabora-tion. She spoke to students and faculty while visiting Pellissippi State Commu-nity College last week.

She doesn’t remember a time when there was peace

Pellissippi State President Emeritus Allen Edwards, right, pres-

ents a shirt to Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow and Afghan native

Angela Niazmand, who visited campus last week. Photo by Wendy Smith

Education is a way out of darkness

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”

Afghan women are vic-tims of their gender, Ni-azmand said. While gender equality has yet to be fully achieved in the U.S., it’s dif-fi cult for American women to imagine a world where we could be denied the op-

portunity go to school, work or show our faces because of our sex. But that continues to be the reality for women around the world and we should never forget it.

Our country has its fair share of darkness, and edu-cation is our light, too. We are fortunate that Tennes-

in Afghanistan. The Soviet War and resulting civil wars lasted from 1979 to 1992. But the fi ve-year Taliban regime brought the darkest days for women in the coun-try’s history, she said.

In addition to restric-tions on work and school, women were required to wear burkas that covered from head to toe. Niazmand was beaten by a stranger in front of her young daugh-ter for wearing sheer socks with her burka.

The decision to go back to school was hard, she says. She had to complete her up-per grades before attend-ing Kabul University. She graduated in 2006, learned English in 2007 and received a second bachelor’s degree

from American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) in 2013.

She was acting registrar at AUAF for 10 years before being named a Humphrey Fellow last year. At the uni-versity, she worked to in-crease the number of female students by chairing the Fe-male Enrollment Task Force.

In the future, she hopes to complete a master’s de-gree and doctorate in higher education with the ultimate goal of becoming a higher education leader in Af-ghanistan. She thinks she can help her country by en-couraging the education of women and children.

“I have come to the con-clusion that education is the only way out of the dark-ness,” she said.

Her passion has infl u-enced her daughter, who recently completed a bach-elor’s degree and plans to go to graduate school.

She shared a newspaper interview from a few years ago in which she spoke of her desire to study in the U.S.

see provides an opportunity for high school graduates to attend community college at no cost. It’s a rare privilege that should not be taken for granted.

Price to seek legislative seat

An attorney in Juve-nile Court is a fi rst-time candidate for elective offi ce.

Brandi Price an-nounced her candidacy to oppose state Rep. Martin Daniel as a Demo-crat from

District 18.“Out of 99 members

of the Tennessee House of Representatives, only 12 are women,” she said. More specifi cally, she supports Gov. Bill Haslam on InsureTN but opposes his efforts to privatize/outsource state jobs.

Info: 357-2013, 574-612-3854 or votebrandiprice@g mail.com

Brandi Price

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What’s it going to take for the University of Ten-nessee’s deciders to admit they’ve got a Dave Hart problem?

Did they take a clue from the bomb-shell lawsuit fi led by six u n n a m e d w o m e n – one of whom the a l l e g e d victim of former UT f o o t b a l l

players A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams, who were dismissed from the team in 2014 after being charged with rape – which brought UT another dose of un-wanted attention last week? The term “rape culture” is pretty much guaranteed to make news, and the story is an unfortunate follow-up to last summer’s news that the feds have included UT among the schools under investigation for violations of Title IX, the law that pro-hibits discrimination on the basis of gender in educa-tional institutions that re-ceive federal funds.

Were they irritated by the bill in the General As-sembly aimed at forcing

The current legislative session is taking a lot of time for the higher ups at UT Knoxville. Legislators are genuinely unhappy with the university. Some students, faculty and administrators as well as trustees are unhappy with legislators.

Some of this is personal. Some is based on policy. Some is based on UT man-agement being tone deaf when it comes to appreciat-ing the role legislators play, and especially the ones from Knoxville.

UT won the battle for now over the Lady Vols name change when State Rep. Roger Kane and Sen. Becky Massey withdrew their bill to force a return to the long-standing name. The so-called compromise is just that, “so-called.” UT got its way. The compro-mise is not much more than a fi g leaf. Lady Vol fans, who know the issue, are disappointed. Their feelings will persist for a long time.

Prior to the announce-ment on Feb. 1, there was a three-hour meeting the day before (Sunday afternoon) the session beginning on Monday in Chancellor Jimmy Cheek’s offi ce on campus. It was attended by Massey, Kane, state Rep. Harry Brooks, Anthony Haynes (UT lobbyist and vice chancel-lor paid $184,000 a year), UT board vice chair Raja Jubran and Cheek. This ac-tion followed Gov. Haslam’s chief lobbyist working the Legislature against the bill. Haslam is chair of the board but seldom attends meetings.

Trustees were enlisted by UT to call their legisla-tors to oppose it. Word is that David Hart threatened to resign if the repeal bill became law. Kane prob-ably had the votes to pass the bill in the House but Massey may not have had the votes in the Senate Edu-cation Committee.

Massey and Kane should not be criticized for dropping the legislation but praised for raising the issue in Nashville. They represented their constitu-ents well and fought hard against the odds.

Many Lady Vols backers feel Dave Hart is insensi-tive to women’s issues. He is not from Tennessee and has little understanding of East Tennessee. Many feel he will return to Ala-bama on retirement.

There is evidence to back this up. Hart’s deci-sions on several female employees have cost the

Fugate

Nichols

Carringer

Dave Hart

“The Chancellor should issue a communication to all employees of the Athletics Department that threats against a University employee in an effort to impede the exercise of responsibilities related to student dis-ciplinary actions and compliance matters would be a violation of the University’s Code of Conduct and grounds for disciplinary action, including termination of employment.”

– Recommendation submitted in 2014 by the law fi rm

hired to investigate the fi ring of the director of student

judicial aff airs.

UT brass slow to own up to Hart trouble

VictorAshe

Betty Bean

Sandra Clark

UT to restore the Lady Vols name to women’s athlet-ics teams? It made a lot of headlines before it was ta-bled a couple of weeks ago after the two sides worked out a “compromise” that appears to be tilted in favor of the Hart-led abolition-ists, but the House sponsor can revive it at any time he chooses, and the session has a long way to go.

Did they understand why they had to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit fi led by three former em-ployees of the now-defunct Women’s Athletics Depart-ment – Jenny Moshak, Heather Mason and Collin Schlosser – for just north of $1 million in January? Have they added that to the $320,000 settlement paid to Debby Jennings, former sports information director for women’s athletics who sued for unlawful discrimi-nation and retaliation when she was forced from her job in 2012? The tab comes to nearly $1.5 million – not

much compared to the cost of buying out a failed foot-ball coach – but did it really need to happen?

Do they remember Hart telling them he’d met with all the coaches and all the teams and gotten unani-mous support for abolishing the Lady Vols name? Isn’t it embarrassing when an event like the softball team’s recent preseason meet-and-greet turns into a Save Lady Vols pep rally after the crowd starts chanting “Lady Vols!” and players join fans posing for pictures display-ing a “LVFL” (Lady Vol for Life) banner?

Do they ever think back to Jenny Wright, the former director of student judicial affairs who was forced out of her job in 2013 amid a

swirl of rumor, allegations and innuendo (much of it administered by fan-boy sportswriters and homer bloggers)? She was cleared of wrongdoing a year later by the law fi rm UT hired to investigate the matter, but stories about her vindica-tion were far outnumbered by the smears spread about her dismissal.

Are they bothered by the allegation that Hart pres-sured Wright to ease up on athletes, and what do they make of the conclud-ing recommendation in the 28-page Kramer-Rayson re-port? (See sidebar)

If not, when are they go-ing to start wondering how many times Dave Hart’s peed on their legs and told them it’s raining?

University faces challenges

UT athletic program over $1.5 million in settlement fees for four separate law-suits dealing with gender discrimination. While UT claims this is not taxpay-ers’ money, it is still money from gifts not intended to cover bad management decisions with female em-ployees. Clearly Hart does not get the message when it comes to women’s concerns and issues but the board and administration seem unwilling to challenge him.

■ Another piece of bad news for UT is Margie

Nichols’ retirement as vice chancellor for com-munica-tions right after being placed in charge of the Inter-

net postings from the Offi ce of Diversity, led by the embattled Rickey Hall. This assignment poses all sorts of issues. She actually knows Knoxville and our culture.

There is speculation that she has had enough in not being listened to by UT and wanted out. She would not say that nor would manage-ment acknowledge it, but the feeling is there. For the record, she says she wants to spend time with her husband, John Gill, who now works only a few days a week at the District Attorney General’s offi ce. Nichols is 62 and Gill is 73. She is expected to stay at UT until May.

Furthermore, who will replace her? Will it be someone from Tennessee or will we once again go out of state? This will be a critical decision for UT in terms of how UT is presented to the total community.

■ Justice Scalia: Joan and I recall vividly that Justice Scalia was our last house guest at our Residence in Poland in Sep-tember 2009 prior to our return to Knoxville.

He was there to accept an award from the Polish government. Literally we were packing out during the two nights he stayed with us, but he was a warm and engaging guest with the many Polish jurists he met and he represented the USA well.

Carringer, Fugate show diff erencesMichele Carringer really

wants to be on Knox County Commission, but it’s hard for her to clearly say why.

And last week, with a chance to appear with her opponents, John Fugate and Laura Kildare, at the Foun-tain City Business and Pro-fessional Association, she claimed a last-minute need to miss the meeting.

Kildare, a teacher for Knox County Schools, sent a repre-sentative. She’s a candidate for the Democratic nomina-tion, facing Cheri Siler, who has withdrawn from the race.

Fugate relished the free exposure to Fountain City’s business community. He’s already racked up endorse-ments from the News Senti-nel and the Knox County Ed-ucation Association. He was a favorite at the BPA, too, serving as the club’s presi-dent and having been on its board for some 10 years.

Carringer grew up in Fountain City, the daughter of Jack and Irene McCrary. Her mom served a term as chair of the Knox County Republican Party.

Michele and husband Michael Carringer have two children, Christie and Kent, and a granddaughter.

Fugate, manager of Com-mercial Bank in Fountain City, is from a family of edu-cators. He holds both bach-elor’s and master’s degrees in education from ETSU.

Both candidates ap-peared on “Inside Tennes-see” Sunday morning.

And that’s where the dif-ferences showed.

Asked about the city and county’s $12 million sub-sidy to move Regal Cinemas from Halls to South Knox-ville, Fugate said he wished Regal would stay in Halls.

Carringer called it a good deal for Knox County to have Regal relocate to the waterfront.

Fugate fi rmly supported construction of new middle schools at Gibbs and Hardin Valley, while Carringer said she generally supports com-munity schools but favors a balanced use of capital money to create facilities parity among all schools, whether new construction or renovations.

Fugate stressed his busi-ness background, while Carringer emphasized her passion for people and ser-vice. She has a lengthy list of service on nonprofi t boards.

Voters can hear and meet the candidates at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at Sterchi Elementary School.

It speaks to the diversity of District 2 that school ar-eas invited include: Belle Morris, Shannondale, Ster-chi, Christenberry, Inskip and Fountain City elementa-ry schools; Central and Ful-ton high schools; Gresham and Whittle Springs middle schools; and Kelley Volun-teer Academy, Richard Yo-akley Alternative School and the adult high school.

Grant Standefer talks funding

Standefer Owen

Grant Standefer, District 2 candidate for school board, benefi ted from Michele Car-ringer’s absence at the Foun-tain City BPA meeting.

John Fugate invited Standefer to take the empty chair. It was a Fugate-like gracious act, but it slighted Standefer’s opponent, Jen-nifer Owen, who was not in-vited to the meeting. Stand-efer had just shown up, but he made the most of the op-portunity.

It was interesting to see two guys who obviously didn’t know each other very well discuss issues of funding, school priori-ties and taxes. Voters got a glimpse of how Fugate and Standefer, both fi rst-time candidates, could work as partners to help residents of District 2.

■ Standefer said after Wednesday’s meeting that he did not solicit the cam-paign donations of almost

$30,000 as of Jan. 15, that we wrote about last week.

“That money just came in,” he said. “I only asked for one donation … from a friend.”

Hmmm. Must have been that Laurens Tullock email solicitation we wrote about a couple of weeks back.

We raced home and found the email. Sure enough, every “maxed out” donor –$3,000 for a couple – to the campaigns of Buddy

Pelot (Farragut) and Stand-efer (Fountain City) got Tullock’s email.

Guess Buddy’s money “just came in” as well.

– S. Clark


SENIOR NOTES ■ Karns Senior Center

8042 Oak Ridge Highway951-2653knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include: card

games; dance classes; exer-

cise programs; mahjong; art

classes; farkle dice games;

dominoes; a computer lab;

billiards room; outdoor grill

and kitchen area.

Register for: Veterans

Services presentation on

the Improved Pension with

Aid and Attendance Ben-

efi ts, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.

23. Retired Senior Volunteer

Program (RSVP) info, 1

p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24.

Covenant Wellness Lunch

and Learn: “Understand-

ing Hypertension,” noon

Thursday, Feb. 25; RSVP to

541-4500. Senior driver pre-

sentation by Don Lindsey of

AAA, 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26.

■ Halls Senior Center

4405 Crippen Road922-0416knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-FridayHours vary

Off erings include: card

games; exercise classes;

dance classes; craft classes;

Tai Chi; movie matinee each

Tuesday; Senior Meals pro-

gram, noon each Wednes-

day. Veterans Services, 9

a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17.

Ballroom dance, 7-9 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 27; live music

provided by the David Cor-

rell Band; admission $5 per

person.

Register for: “A Matter

of Balance” classes: free six-

week series begins 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 17. Super

Seniors meeting, 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 23; speaker:

Missy Kane.

■ CAC Offi ce on Aging

2247 Western Ave.524-2786knoxooa@knoxseniors.

org

By Sara BarrettSherrill Hills brought

New Orleans to its residents Feb. 9 during its second an-nual Mardi Gras celebration.

Residents, their family members and facility staff dressed in their festive best. A colorful parade of hand-made fl oats traveled up and down the main hallway, its arrival announced by a trio of horn players at the front of the line.

Float themes included The Little Mermaid, The Kentucky Derby, a pirate ship and a tiki bar. Parade

participants handed beads,masks, candy and othertreats to spectators on bothsides of the hall.

After the parade, resi-dents were treated to HappyHour with drinks and horsd’oeuvres while a jazz bandplayed on stage. A tradition-al Cajun dinner was servedto top off the event.

Plans are already under-way for a St. Patrick’s Dayparty coming up in March.

Sherrill Hills is located at271 Moss Grove Boulevard.Info: sherrillhillsretirement.com

Home Instead Senior Care owner Amy Hull and employees Sherry McDonie, Linda Vineyard, Di-

xie Morton, Herbanna Dickinson and Delane McCandless hand beaded necklaces to residents

from their parade fl oat.

Fat Tuesdayat Sherrill Hills

Gentleman Widowers Club members Jim Bergin, Hank Albert

and Don Olson dance along behind one of the fl oats in Sherrill

Hills’ Mardi Gras parade. Photos by S. Barrett

Sherrill Hills maintenance person Dave Peretta pushes a patriotic fl oat with resident R.J. Seale

riding in a historical costume, greeting other residents by raising his cane high in the air.

Residents Peggy Huber and Meriam Fox greet other residents

watching the parade throughout the hallway.

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7700 Dannaher DrivePowell, TN 37849(865) 686-5771

www.morningpointe.com

Assisted Living at Morning Pointe

It’s notwhat youthink.

Call for a

TOURTODAY

By Cindy Taylor The Rev. Don Payne says

the people at Crossroads Christ Fellowship have a collective vision.

“We want to create an environment where people are free to build relation-ships with one another and be who God has called them to be,” he said. “Our desire is to inspire, encourage and lead people to positively impact our community for Jesus.”

Crossroads Christ Fel-lowship has been at its cur-rent location for less than 10 years. But the original church, Ridgeview Com-munity Church, was estab-lished more than 50 years ago. While the location is new the fundamental be-liefs and vision remain the same – inspire the sleeping, encourage the doubting and lead the lost.

The leadership team con-sists of three members, who each play signifi cant but slightly different roles, and elders who assist in those areas and act as an oversee-ing board.

Payne teaches and works

with the elders in the direc-tion of the ministry. Greg Cox teaches and works with the school’s academy direc-tor. Bart Elkins teaches and supports in ministry direc-tion and prayer.

Members and staff of the church have participated in numerous outreach oppor-tunities through the years, partnering with schools, businesses and other churches. Ministries have included collecting and do-nating clothes, shoes and food as well as connecting with international mission-aries.

“We helped plant a church in Jaipur, India, and partnered with missionar-ies in Africa,” said Payne. “We continue to support those ministries to equip Christians for biblical lead-ership and to build and sup-port schools and orphan-ages.”

On Wednesday evenings the church is currently ex-ploring the study, “What does the church look like on Monday?” This is a group gathering and diving into the Bible to reveal the truth

Williams

FAITH NOTES

Community services ■ Ridgeview Baptist Church,

6125 Lacy Road, off ers

Children’s Clothes Closet and

Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

each third Saturday. Free to

those in the 37912/37849 ZIP

code area.

Classes/meetings ■ Powell Church, 323 W. Emory

Road, hosts Recovery at Pow-

ell at 6 p.m. Tuesdays. The

program embraces people

who struggle with addiction,

compulsive behaviors, loss

and life challenges. Info: re-

coveryatpowell.com or info@

powellchurch.com.

■ West Haven Baptist Church,

5651 Matlock Drive, will host

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

We Christians are good at praying. We have quite a lot to say to God. However, we are not so good at listen-ing.

God says, “Be still!” In other words, be quiet, and listen!

God wants to hear from us, like any parent. God is pleased when we pray.

However, God wants to be in relationship with us, and that relationship is a two-way street. God should not have to do all the listen-ing. We must listen, too.

How do we hear the voice of God?

Our best source, of course, is the Bible, God’s Word for us. We need to read, study, understand, and take it to heart. One can do that alone, certainly, but it is also profi table to study it with others; our fellow Christians can help us learn and understand.

I have immense respect for the Quakers, who know

StillnessBe still, and know that I am God! I am exalted

among the nations, I am exalted in the earth. (Psalm 46:10 NRSV)

Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say.

(Will Durant)

how to be silent and listen for the word in worship.

As I write, we are waiting for snow. I look forward to the stillness, the hush, the quiet, the cessation of activ-ity that snow brings. I think God smiles when the snow blankets the world and slows us down.

I read years ago about the night Niagara Falls froze. The cessation of the roar of the falls created a hush, a silence so loud that it woke the people who lived in the area.

So, if it snows, take it as a gift from God, an invitation, as it were, to be still and know that God is God, to spend some time with Him.

Beth Green

Holston UMC plans special weekendBy Carol Z. Shane

The United Methodist Women of the Holston Con-ference are gearing up for a very special weekend.

On March 12 and 13, they’ll be attending a “Sis-ters in Service” contem-porary worship retreat in Sevierville. The theme is “Service with a Smile: Ex-periencing Joy in the Midst of the ‘Everyday.’ ”

“Happiness is an out-side job. Joy is an inside job,” states the brochure for the event. “You probably learned that a long time ago. But there are questions: How do you and I live a life of joy and service when ‘life’ gets in the way?

“Am I expected to serve God daily when my life

seems like a series of cartwheels, t r a p e z e s and the bal-ance beam with no net below to catch me when I fall/fail?”

Special guest for the weekend will be Beth Green of Kingsport, author of the blog “Life in the ‘Green-house.’”

A United Methodist min-ister’s wife, she is known as an inspirational singer, songwriter and comedian. “She plays the guitar and is so fl exible in terms of what we want,” says Peggy Dal-ton, the UMW conference

membership nurture and outreach chair.

“We will have a good time. It’s going to be ‘wow!’”

In addition to inspira-tional songs and stories, there will be “hands-on” time for activities such as making prayer bracelets, shopping or just getting to know new friends.

Dalton says that though the event features topics of interest to the young work-ing woman, “it’s intergen-erational. We take people from 13 to 103.”

And “you don’t have to be a Methodist to come,” adds Dalton.

Interested women are invited to contact Dalton at hpdalton@musfi ber.com or 423-581-4743

VBS FunShop, a VBS train-

ing and networking event,

Saturday, March 5. Group

Publishing VBS expert will

provide hands-on training on

its “Cave Quest VBS.” Registra-

tion: group.com/vbsfunshop.

Info: Elizabeth, 237-4090.

Music programs ■ Fountain City UMC and

Middlebrook Pike UMC

choirs will perform an adult

choir concert 3 p.m. Sunday,

Feb. 21, at Fountain City UMC,

212 Hotel Road. Proceeds to

benefi t scholarship funds

supported by each church.

Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC is seeking

a part-time Children’s Direc-

tor. Send resume to pastor@

beaverridgeumc.com.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC hosts

Morning Breakfast and Af-

ternoon Hang Out for youth

each Tuesday.

Charles W. Williams, 84, of Powell, an engineer and scientist, passed away Feb. 11. He received his BSEE and master’s degrees from UT in 1959 and 1963. He spent a number of years with Mead Research Labs and Oak Ridge National Laboratory developing re-search instruments before joining EG&G Ortec in 1963, rising to the role of R&D manager and division general manager.

The scientifi c commu-nity fi rst recognized him for his work in the area of sub-nanosecond time deri-vation and measurement instrumentation for nuclear research, specializing in X-ray elemental analysis, biomedical research and nuclear medicine.

He developed the world’s fi rst portable gold assayer for the South African Cham-ber of Mines and produced the fi rst commercially vi-able PET system.

He published over 40 technical papers in the fi eld of general engineering and nuclear medicine.

He was a registered Pro-fessional Engineer and was honored by the Institute of Electronic and Electrical

E ng i ne e r s ( I E E E ) by being named a Life Fellow.

Mr. Wil-liams was a deacon, t r u s t e e , church clerk

and gifted bible teacher for Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. He spent his re-maining years as an active

member of First Baptist Powell.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Nancy Rhea Williams; sons and daughters-in-law, Brent and Dr. Jeanne Williams, and Brian and Rachael Williams and their children. Services were held at First Baptist Powell with interment at Highland Memorial Park.

Stevens Mortuary served the family.

Outdoor revival service in Africa supported by Crossroads

Christ Fellowship. Photo submitted

Crossroads Christ Fellowship: Living like God is God

of the scriptures. Payne says that when Christians are truly committed to the absolute truth and depth of the scripture they address personal convictions and religious traditions.

“We need to honestly measure all we have known to be ‘church’ against the biblical description of church,” he said. “We must differentiate between bibli-cal Christianity and cultur-al Christianity and live like God is God.”

Payne says that can

only be accomplished by stripping away the layers of doing conventional church and realigning with a bibli-cal view of being the church and impacting the commu-nity and beyond.

“That’s what we’re doing in Africa, India and right here in our community of Powell.”

Crossroads Christ Fel-lowship is at 105 Fellow-ship Lane in Powell. Info: crossroads-fellowship.org or 865-945-5539

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A family day of artThe Knoxville Museum of Art’s Family Fun Day will

be held 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, for all ages.Festivities will include art-making stations, artist

demonstrations, face painting, continuous live enter-tainment, magic shows and gallery tours. Snacks will be available for purchase from the Soup Kitchen.

All art activities will relate to the “Knoxville 7” ex-hibit currently on display. The ongoing exhibition fo-cuses on a group of progressive artists who infl uenced East Tennessee’s arts scene from 1955-1965.

Admission to Family Fun Day is free, and family members of all ages are encouraged to come along. Info: knoxart.org

Family Fun Day at the Knoxville Museum of Art is fun for

all ages. Photo submitted

SCHOOL NOTES ■ Pleasant Ridge Elementary, a historic North Knoxville

landmark, will host an Alumni Ice Cream Social, 5-6 p.m.

Thursday, April 7. All former PRE students/faculty are invited

to attend.

RuthWhite

By Ruth WhiteSince she was in middle

school, Heather McFall wanted to work with chil-dren. After working in a day care for 15 years, McFall re-turned to school to become a teacher. Now she teaches kindergarten at West Haven Elementary in the Norwood area and loves knowing that she can infl uence children, encouraging them to enjoy learning. “Kindergarten is the foundation of learning. They are so curious and love to learn,” she said.

McFall studied political science at the University of Tennessee, receiving an undergraduate degree and then worked toward her master’s in education with an emphasis in curriculum instruction. She had the op-portunity to intern at Halls Elementary working with teachers Shannon Hancock and Steve McDaniel and has many fond memories of learning about building relationships and creating a

McFall named West Haven teacher of year

West Haven Elementary’s

teacher of the year is Heather

McFall. Photo by R. White

culture of harmony. The 1994 Central High

graduate has been at West Haven since 2002 and feels blessed to be at the small school. “We have an op-portunity to get to know the students well and the atmosphere here is family focused,” she said.

McFall is honored to have been selected as Teacher of the Year by her peers.

In love with Pleasant RidgeThe month of love is a la-

bor of love for staff at Pleas-ant Ridge Elementary. The school hosted a Valentine’s Dance for families in the gym featuring red, pink and white decorations and music for all ages. In addi-tion to the dance, carnival games provided activities for families.The halls were fi lled with parents, grand-parents and kids enjoying games which included a

chocolate dip, love lock up, stuffed animal adoption booth, bead station, face painting and Valentine’s card crafting.

Emily Crowe is locked up

in the Love Lock-Up during

Pleasant Ridge’s Valentine’s

Day celebration. Photos by R. White

Dezmund Schofi eld and Sierra Brawner take time out from playing games to create Valentine

cards.

Assata Kromah adopts some sweet stuff ed animals from the

Adopt-an-Animal booth.

Lance Davis makes a stop at the Chocolate Dip station before

heading out to more games at the celebration.

Elijah Price creates a special gift

for a friend at Pleasant Ridge

Elementary’s Valentine dance.

POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • FEBRUARY 17, 2016 • A-9 weekender

KSO gets Getty grantThe Knoxville Symphony Orchestra is one of 22

American orchestras selected by the League of Ameri-can Orchestras to receive a Getty Education and Com-munity Investment Grant. The $20,000 gift will con-tinue development of the orchestra’s Music & Wellness program.

“The Getty Grant has allowed the KSO to hire a certifi ed music therapist, has increased technology to better accommodate patients, has allowed KSO musi-cians to become certifi ed music practitioners through specialized training and this year will expand the pro-gram to serve patients with mental health and ortho-pedic needs,” said Rachel Ford, KSO executive direc-tor.

The KSO Music & Wellness program provides live musical performances that enhance the healing pro-cess and benefi t patients, visitors and staff in health-care settings. The KSO partners with the UT Medical Center and Covenant Health, providing 100 perfor-mances in health care settings each season, reaching approximately 3,600 people.

Telling Jesse Owens’ storyU.S. track star Jesse Owens (Stephan James) thwarts Hitler’s

propaganda machine at the 1936 Olympics in “Race,” open-

ing Friday. With Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons and William Hurt.

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and language.

By Carol Z. ShaneIn 1982, as a young pia-

nist fresh out of grad school living in Maryville, I got a

call from a Heritage High School s e n i o r wanting to know if I’d accompany her fl ute re-cital.

S h e ’ d taught her-

self the instrument, starting in her freshman year. “And she’s already playing Bach sonatas?” I thought, look-ing over the program. It was clear that this was no ordi-nary music student.

She’d also programmed an original composition – a solo fl ute piece called “Night Creatures.” I liked it so much that I asked for a copy of the sheet music. I also hung on to the program, fortunately. The young mu-sician, who has since gone way beyond playing fl ute recitals, was Jennifer Hig-

don – now one of the world’s most acclaimed living com-posers.

Her violin concerto won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 –the same year her percus-sion concerto won a Gram-my. She’s received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Koussevitz-ky Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and ASCAP, among others.

In August of 2015, her op-era, “Cold Mountain,” based on the book by Charles Frazier, was premiered to all-sold-out performanc-es in Santa Fe, N.M. This month marks its East Coast premiere in Philadelphia, where Higdon has lived and worked for the last 30 years. I was thrilled to be at the Feb. 5 opening night at the Philadelphia Academy of Music. Higdon is the type of person who maintains warm relationships with her old friends, and you’d never know there was a genius in the room unless someone pointed her out. “This is go-

ing to be soooo cool!” she texted earlier in the week.

It was a heady night and a real triumph for Higdon in many ways. As a 20-some-thing student working on her Artist Diploma in Com-position at that city’s Curtis Institute, she marched to her own drummer. Not ev-eryone “got” her music, and not everyone encouraged her.

Now she holds the Milton L. Rock Chair in Composi-tion Studies there. “Cold Mountain” has created a buzz in the opera world and earned the blessing of Charles Frazier himself, who was also at the Phila-delphia premiere. She has her own publishing compa-ny, run by her wife, Cheryl Lawson, who’s been by her side since high school. Hig-don makes her living from commissions. Everyone, it seems, wants to perform her music.

And this week, when the KSO performs her 1999 composition “Blue Cathe-

dral” under the baton of conductor candidate Eckart Preu, she’ll be here.

Also on the program are Richard Strauss’ virtuosic tone poem “Don Juan,” the “Piano Concerto No. 20” by Mozart performed by guest artist Alan Goldstein, and selections from the ballet “Romeo and Juliet” by Ser-gei Prokofi ev.

But the star of the eve-ning for me will be our hometown gal, Jennifer Higdon. And she’ll un-doubtedly be sporting her famous smile and having a great time with everyone. Because that’s just the way she is.

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents “Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20,” part of the Moxley Carmi-chael Masterworks Series, at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday and Friday, Feb. 18 and 19, at the Tennessee Theatre on Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. Tickets/info: knoxvillesymphony.com or 523-1178

Higdon

Jennifer Higdon: Hometown genius

By Betsy PickleRedemption is no simple

matter in “Son of Saul.”In a world defi ned by evil,

the protagonist has been an accomplice to some of the vilest acts imaginable – not by choice, exactly, but as the price for survival. When he sees the chance to atone, he takes it, seemingly not by choice, either, but out of ob-session.

Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign-Language Film, this intense Hungar-ian drama is set in 1944 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, where Jews and other targets of Nazi contempt are being brought for extermi-nation.

Shepherding them to the gas chambers are the Sonderkommandos, Jewish prisoners kept alive to load the bodies into the ovens of the crematoria, gather and sort personal effects and clean the blood out of the “showers” so the next group won’t panic prematurely.

Numbly moving through the madness is Saul Aus-lander (Geza Rohrig), a Hungarian Sonderkom-mando surrounded by men of other nationalities. Speaking only Hungarian and a smattering of Ger-man, Saul is – as his name Auslander translates – a foreigner, an outsider.

As the men remove the corpses after one gassing, they fi nd a boy who has sur-vived, though not for long. He was with a group from Hungary, and seeing him breaks Saul out of his usual fog. When the body is or-dered to the autopsy room so a doctor can assess why

‘Son of Saul’ searches for hope

Saul (Geza Rohrig) puts aside his safety and that of other mem-

bers of the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz-Birkenau as he

single-mindedly pursues a sort of redemption in “Son of Saul,”

opening Friday at Downtown West.

the boy didn’t die from the gas, Saul begs the doctor (Sandor Zsoter) not to cut him open.

Claiming the boy as his son, Saul wants to bury him according to Jewish custom. His frantic search to fi nd a rabbi to say Kaddish coin-cides with the Germans’ acceleration of extermina-tion efforts and plans for a rebellion by members of the Sonderkommando.

Shot with shallow depth of fi eld by cinematogra-pher Matyas Erdely, the fi lm stays with Saul almost exclusively, seeing what he sees – the endless piles of bodies, the cruelty and ca-sualness of the German of-fi cers, the warped pecking order of the Sonderkom-mando.

It also hears what he hears – the Babel of voices, the bark of gunshots, the screams of prisoners. The fi lm has subtitles for Hun-garian but not for any dia-logue Saul doesn’t under-

bers. He also based some of the plot on the same source material as was used for di-rector Tim Blake Nelson’s 2001 fi lm “The Grey Zone,” which focused more on the doctor and the insurrection.

As with “The Grey Zone,” “Son of Saul” looks for a glimmer of decency amid the horrors of the Holocaust, a small act of humanity in the face of overwhelming evil. Though the approaches are radically different, they are both gripping fi lms that make powerful bookends.

“Son of Saul” lets viewers resolve the issue of whether the boy is in fact the son of Saul or just a symbol of hope. It really doesn’t mat-ter. The connection Saul makes and the journey it starts is the human factor that Nemes counts on to cross cultural and language barriers.

Rated R for disturbing violent content, and some graphic nudity.

stand, making viewers feel as helpless and paranoid as he does.

First-time director Lasz-lo Nemes, who co-wrote the script with Ciara Royer, was inspired by the book “The Scrolls of Auschwitz,” a collection of testimonies by Sonderkommando mem-

‘Titus Andronicus’ is masterful

Kurt Rhoads

By Sandra ClarkUT’s Clarence Brown

Theatre has delivered a pro-duction of “Titus Androni-cus” that makes us proud.

Shows continue through Feb. 28 for this must-see ex-perience.

Director John Stipes says the play’s central idea is that when justice and rule of law are subverted by a pursuit of revenge, individuals are capable of unspeakable vio-lence. “Even the most prin-cipled and civilized man (like Titus) can become bar-baric.”

Kurt Rhoads, visiting professional actor, carries the title role with a blend of pathos and bravado. He’s vi-olent and even cruel in car-rying out what he believes are the duties of a good Ro-man, while the Rome he has known and fought for has eroded in his absence.

Adding to the general depravity of his homeland, Titus Andronicus brings home fi ve captives including Tamora, queen of the Goths, her three sons and Aaron, her Moorish lover.

These barbarians play by different rules – no rules – and Aaron is the most evil of all. As he brags at the play’s end, his hand was present in every evil deed.

And there were plenty: you have murder, rape and beheading; you have chest-high burial until starvation and bodies thrown to the an-gry beasts; you have tongues ripped out and hands chopped off; and there’s even a bit of cannibalism.

With only two real roles for women, Broadway actor Carol Halstead (Tamora) and UT grad student Lind-say Nance (Lavinia) provide unforgettable performances.

My favorite character is Charles Pasternak, the Em-peror Saturninus, who plays Ted Cruz to a “T.”

Paster-nak has the bird-like beak and all the zany emotions and self righteous-ness you could want.

For those who can over-come his recent role as the demented elf in “Santaland,” the crowd favorite was pro-fessor David Brian Alley, who plays Titus’ only survi-vor – and that’s saying a lot for a guy with 25 or so kids – and the fi nal emperor of Rome.

It’s a new day ... or is it?And that’s what’s neat

about Shakespeare. Sure, the clothes are different. The haircuts are odd. The lan-guage is often stilted.

But the sharp characters he draws are with us today even as they existed 400 years ago.

The play is a downer, but the players prevailed to earn a standing ovation on Satur-day.

Here’s a fi nal shout out to the behind-the-scenes creative team of Bill Black (costume design), Kenton Yeager (lighting), Joe Payne (sound), Tannis Kappel (pro-jection/media) and Christo-pher Pickart (scenic design).

The stark set was perfect.Shows continue through

Feb. 28 with a “talk-back” with actors on Sunday, Feb. 21, following the 2 p.m. mat-inee. The open-captioned performance is Sunday, Feb. 28, again at 2.

The production is for ma-ture audiences (although a neat kid, Jonathan Tilson, played young Lucius).

You’ve got to bring along the kids, after all, for how else can you teach them fam-ily values? And this play is surely full of those.


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SATURDAYS THROUGH FEB. 27Sign-ups for spring league baseball and

softball for ages 4-14u, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at Holston Ball Park, 5900 Asheville Highway. League fees: $60. Teams will play at several locations around Knoxville. Info: Julie Townsend, 659-6989; Randy Geames, 525-5275.

MONDAYS THROUGH FEB. 29QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30

p.m., The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free weekly comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other performance styles. Donations accepted.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10

p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

WEDNESDAYS, FEB. 17-MARCH 16, 30Documentary Series: “Years of Living Danger-

ously,” 7-9 p.m., Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Viewing fi rst fi ve episodes followed by discussion. Info: Mitzi, 497-2753 or [email protected].

THURSDAY, FEB. 18Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch

meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.

FRIDAY, FEB. 19Chili supper, 5-7 p.m., Corryton Community Cen-

ter, 9331 Davis Drive. Tickets: $7; available at the door. Includes: chili, Petros, slaw, drinks, dessert. Take-out available. Proceeds go to the Seth Cate Fund.

Chili dinner fundraiser for Union County Little League, 5:30-8 p.m., Maynardville Elementary School. Sign-ups available during the event.

SATURDAY, FEB. 20Family Fun Day, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Knoxville Mu-

seum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Free and open to the public. Includes art stations, demos, face painting, entertainment and more. Info: knoxart.org.

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

“Probiotic Hoopla” cooking class, 10 a.m.-noon, Clinton Physical Therapy Center, 1921 N. Charles G. Seivers Blvd., Clinton. Instructor: Camille Watson, Holistic Health Coach. Cost: $35. Registration dead-line: Feb. 17. To prepay: [email protected]. Info: Kelly Lenz, 457-1649.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Rea-gen, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stan-ton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Molly Moore, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Recommended for birth to not-yet-walking. Info: 947-6210.

Sweetheart supper, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Union County High School. Cost: $20/couple; $12/single. Each couple will receive a picture and heart-shaped red velvet cake. Hosted by Women In Action of Moun-tain View Church of God. Proceeds go to family life center.

Youth yard sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Central Baptist Church Fountain City, 5364 N. Broadway. Furniture, clothes, electronics and more. Proceeds go to CBCFC renovation efforts.

SUNDAY, FEB. 21Silent Meditation, 11 a.m.-noon, Narrow Ridge

Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-2753 or [email protected].

Yoga, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Re-source Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel and water. Info: Mitzi, 497-2753 or [email protected].

TUESDAY, FEB. 23Community Leaders Forum, 4 p.m., Knox County

Public Defender’s Community Law Offi ce, 1101 Liberty St. Info: knoxlib.org.

Homeschoolers at the Library Part 1: “Fossils in your Backyard” with paleontologist, Stephanie Drum-heller, 2 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Registration required. Info/registration: 922-2552.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24Big Read: Spiritual Songs – “The History of the

Negro Spiritual,” 6 p.m., Beck Cultural Center, 1927 Dan-dridge Ave. A musical lecture/concert presented by Dr. Naima Johnston Bush. Info: beckcenter.net, knoxlib.org.

Big Read book discussion: “A Lesson Before Dy-ing,” noon, YWCA, 420 Clinch Ave. Hosted by YWCA and Union Ave Booksellers. Bring bag lunch. Facilitated by Avice Reid. Info: ywcaknox.com, knoxlib.org.

The Bits ’N Pieces Quilt Guild meeting, 1 p.m., Community Center, Norris. Program: “Favorite Quilting Tips” presented by the members. Visitors and new mem-bers welcome. Info: Mary Jane Berry, 494-7841.

Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Ashe-ville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clin-ton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

“Spring Fever Basket” class, 6-9 p.m., Appala-chian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Sheri Burns. Registration deadline: Feb. 17. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

THURSDAY, FEB. 25Big Read book discussion: “A Lesson Before

Dying,” 5 p.m., Beaumont Elementary, 1211 Beaumont Ave. Dinner followed by discussion. Facilitated by Indya Kincannon. Info: knoxlib.org.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, FEB. 25-26AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Halls

Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

FRIDAY, FEB. 26 Film Night: “Making of North America:

Origins,” 7-9 p.m., Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Popcorn and hot beverages provided. Info: Mitzi, 497-2753 or [email protected].

SATURDAY, FEB. 27Ballroom dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center,

4405 Crippen Road. Live music by the David Correll Band. Admission: $5. Info: 922-0416.


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

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

TUESDAY, MARCH 1“Basic Wire Wrapped Rings” class, 6-7:30 p.m.,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Kathy King. For ages 15 and up. Registration deadline: Feb. 23. Info/registra-tion: 494-9854; Appalachianarts.net.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m.,

Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clin-ton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, MARCH 3Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch

meeting, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School library. Info: 992-5212.

FRIDAY, MARCH 4Adrian Burnett Elementary’s Hoopalooza

basketball game, 7 p.m., Halls High Gym. School staff vs WBIR Heartbreakers. Info: 689-1474.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5Free beginning beekeeping class, 9:30 a.m.-2

p.m., First Avenue Meeting Hall (across from Duncan Lumber) in New Tazewell. Presented by Bee Friends in Claiborne County. Guest presenter: John Hamrick, UT Extension agent and bee specialist. Lunch provided. Info/registration: Julianne Behn, 617-9013.


Weed Wrangle, 9 a.m. Volunteers needed to help remove invasive plants in Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness, at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum, Ijams Nature Center, and Lakeshore Park. Info/volun-teer registration: weedwrangle.com and click on the photo of Knoxville.

MONDAY, MARCH 7American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 387-5522.

TUESDAY, MARCH 8Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch

meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School cafeteria. Info: 992-5212.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9The Foothills Craft Guild JuryFest. Member-

ship applicants must reside in Tennessee, and crafts must be of original design produced within the past two years. Info: foothillscraftguild.org; Bob Klassen, [email protected], or Ken Shipley, [email protected].

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clin-ton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynard-

ville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MARCH 10-11AARP Driver Safety class, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.,

Karns Senior Center, 8032 Oak Ridge Highway. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

SATURDAY, MARCH 12Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West

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

TUESDAY, MARCH 15Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m.,

Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clin-ton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

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POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news • FEBRUARY 17, 2016 • A-11 business

A North Knox County couple have opened a most unique shop in Halls.

Cheddar Holler opened in mid-December at 6625 Maynardville Pike in Black Oak shopping center, a couple of doors down from Backwoods Bistro.

Michelle Franklin and Chris Schoening, originally from Wisconsin by way of Arizona, are the owners. Mi-chelle works in the shop, while Chris works in heavy collision repair for Grayson Subaru.

“We have different fl a-vors and varieties of cheese, but we’re really just selling cheese you can eat with crackers,” said Michelle, stressing the store is for ev-eryone, not just gourmets.

A popular item has been fresh cheese curd, brought in weekly from Wisconsin, she said. The store also sells Sweetwater Valley Farms brand cheese from Philadel-phia, Tenn.

You’ll also fi nd honey from Lenoir City and a honey

At your service: Cheddar HollerElite Realty has 12

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Elite Realty, 110 Legacy View Way, is celebrating its 23rd year. During 2015, the agency had 12 million dol-lar producers, an industry standard of professional-ism.

Top three for listings closed were Andy Mason, Shirley Jones and Tausha Price. Top three for sales

closed were Mason, Aaron Newman and Deedra Kitts. Tops for listings and sales closed were Mason, Jones and Kitts. Other million dollar producers from Elite are Sue McKnight, Amy Yarnell Dodd, Terri Stewart, Donna Beasley, Karen Brad-shaw, Denise King and Dee Graves. Info: 947-5000.

Beth Stubbs leads 3,300 RotariansNews from the Rotary Guy

Tom King

By Tom KingThere’s another governor

in East Tennessee whose name is not Bill H a s l a m . The 3,300 R o t a r i a n s in the 65 clubs of Dis-trict 6780 – includ-ing seven K n o x v i l l e

clubs – are led by District Gov. Beth Stubbs, a Knox-villian who is a long-time member of the Rotary Club of Maryville-Alcoa.

The Rotary year runs from July 1 to June 30, so Beth is just more than half-way through her year and has visited and met with all of the 65 clubs and their boards of directors. Her last club visit was Feb. 3 at the Morristown Noon Rotary.

“The level of work and what the clubs get done in their communities was re-ally outshined by my get-ting to meet the Rotarians who are working so hard to make a difference,” she said. “When you visit the clubs it’s extremely heart-warming to meet them and

feel their enthusiasm.”She’s a busy woman. Ro-

tary is but one of her pas-sions. She has her own CPA fi rm and serves on non-profi t boards, including the Advisory Board for the Hearing and Speech Foun-dation.

She is past chair and cur-rent treasurer of Asbury Place Inc. She also works hard at Church Street Unit-ed Methodist Church.

Beth and husband Tony, a business owner, fellow Ro-tarian and insurance bro-ker, have three children and three grandchildren.

BIZ NOTES ■ Ed Curtis is the new CEO of

Summit Medi-

cal Group. He

joined Summit

in 2014, most

recently serv-

ing as chief

administrative

offi cer. Sum-

mit includes

230 physicians

and more

than 150

advanced practitioners. Curtis

also will oversee Statcare,

which includes 70-plus

hospitalists and pulmonology

physicians and 40 advanced

practitioners who care for

patients in six area hospitals.

He and his wife, Cathy, reside

in the Deane Hill community

of Knoxville.

■ Craig Peters will become

president/CEO of Enrichment

Federal Credit Union on April

Curtis

Peters

1. A certifi ed

public ac-

countant, Pe-

ters received

his accounting

degree from

the University

of Kentucky

and MBA

from Eastern

Kentucky

University. He joined Enrich-

ment in 2013 as executive

vice president. He previously

worked 30 years as a CPA in

the fi nancial services industry

where he was involved exten-

sively in credit union consult-

ing and auditing. He succeeds

M. Wayne Hope.

■ Salon Visage has been

named to the Salon Today

200 by “Salon Today” maga-

zine. The local salon is owned

by Frank and Belinda Gam-

buzza. The 200 salons were

profi led in the magazine’s

January edition and were

honored for best practices.

First Lady Boutique opens at Tennova NorthFirst Lady, a specialty shop for women undergoing or recovering from cancer treatments, held a grand opening under new

ownership of Angela Farmer last week. The Anderson County Chamber of Commerce participated. First Lady is located at Ten-

nova North. Pictured are: Jerry Farmer, R. Larry Smith, Abbie Petercheff , Carolyn Farmer, Sarah Beth Followell, Angela C. Farmer,

Rick Merideth, Khristina Followell and Norm Nelson. The model at left illustrates the new inventory Farmer brought back from

market. She intends to stock stylish accessories and clothing. The shop also carries a variety of caps and hats for those who have

lost their hair. Info: 865-859-7010 or thefi [email protected]

Michelle Franklin brings cheese and all the fi xin’s to Black Oak shopping center in Halls.

jelly made locally. Michelle also creates gift baskets and fl oral arrangements.

Staying true to its name, Cheddar Holler carries eight varieties of cheddar

cheese: mild, tomato basil, horseradish, ghost pepper, aged, smoked, bacon, and green & black olive.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays

and Fridays; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thurs-days; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur-days; and closed Sundays. Info: [email protected] or 865-228-9072

■ Turkey Creek Poker NightTurkey Creek Rotary will

have a Poker Night fund-raiser 6 p.m. Friday, April 8, at the new SouthEast Bank in Farragut.

Tickets are $50. There will be door prizes and a silent auction. The funds raised will provide scholar-ships for technical school students and for uniforms for Vine Middle School stu-dents.

Info: Matt Jerrell at [email protected] King is a retired newspaper editor, a

Rotarian for 28 years and past president

of the Rotary Club of Farragut. He can be

reached at [email protected]

966.6597www.sbret.com

contact: Karen 966-6597or Tyrine at 426-3955

email: [email protected]

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