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“We bought the business but kept the name and most menu items,” he said. “We wanted to simplify pricing for families, which we’ve done with our platters.”

Platters are served with two sides, hush puppies and a drink. With eightx

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By Sandra ClarkThe same disputes are present

and the money continues to be absent, but engineers from CDM Smith and the state Department of Transportation are soldier-ing on with plans to reconstruct the interchange of Broadway and I-640.

The road show traveled to Fountain City Town Hall last week, playing to a packed house at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Most were there to pick up Ali Sharp awards for academics and good behavior at Fountain City El-ementary School.

Daniel K. Oliver, director of project development for TDOT, likened the project to rewiring a house. And while TDOT has ap-

proved plans for right-of-way acquisition, Oliver said, “This is not the fi nal set of plans” for the project.

R. Larry Smith, former county commissioner who owns the 640 Building, is unhappy that the plans call for relocating the traffi c signal at the fi ve-way intersection on Old Broadway.

“Traffi c is backed up from Lou-is’ Restaurant from 4:30 to 6 p.m. every day.” Without the traffi c sig-nal, he said, those using his build-ing won’t be able to make a left turn toward Knoxville. The plan calls for moving the signal north.

Smith said 350 cars a day use the 640 Building.

The project has been approved but not funded.

New sidewalk for Old Broadway

Design work for a city-funded sidewalk that will extend from the south side of the intersection of Old Broadway and Broadway to the Old Broadway/Tazewell Pike split could begin in the early months of 2015, says Jim Hager-man, city director of engineering.

TDOT has offered to do some of the work in conjunction with the modifi cation of the interchange at I-640 and Broadway. Improve-ments will include a crosswalk and signals at the intersection.

Design work for the project is included in the city’s 2014 bud-get and construction will be part

of the 2015 budget, depending on availability of funds.

The project doesn’t require much right-of-way purchase, but arrangements will have to be made with businesses that have parking lots along the proposed site, Hagerman says.

A railroad bridge over Old Broadway could also present chal-lenges. Arches were built into the bridge with sidewalks in mind, but the project will require coop-eration from the railroad.

The city has several sidewalk projects underway, but they take a lot of time, Hagerman says.

“It seems like it would be sim-ple, but they all have complica-tions.”

– Wendy Smith

By Betty BeanJames McMillan has been a

high-profi le, persistent critic of the way local government handles stormwater runoff issues, both city and county. Rarely has he doled out compliments.

Last week, the Shannondale farmer broke form when he heard that Knox County has hired Tony Norman to a $28,000 per year part-time position as an NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) coordinator.

“Tony will add a needed degree of honesty and integrity to Knox County’s engineering department, something they have had a very limited supply of, till now,” said McMillan.

Norman started work Nov. 3, two months after completing two terms on County Commission, where he championed teachers who have been protesting Superin-tendent James McIntyre’s reform agenda. As a science teacher with

Knox County Schools for more than 30 years, he developed an award-

winning ecology class at Farragut and continued it at West High School, where he directed hands-on studies of Third Creek. As a commissioner, he spent more than three years chair-ing the controver-

sial Joint City/County Task Force on Ridge, Slope and Hillside Develop-ment and Protection that developed new regulations to curb environ-mental damage done by developers.

Predictably, the hire has raised eyebrows.

Commissioner Sam McKenzie expressed his displeasure at a meet-ing last week, and there was grum-bling that the former commission chair, who is widely expected to be a candidate for school board in 2016, is being “rewarded” for his persis-

tent opposition to McIntyre’s poli-cies, an allegation that Engineering and Public Works Director Dwight Van de Vate said is unwarranted.

“Tony has a sound science back-ground. He has a background in environmental policy and a solid general understanding of the sci-ence behind what we are respon-sible for doing in stormwater,” Van de Vate said.

“He has good communication skills – specifi cally, the ability to write. Keeping dynamic, relevant, current web content is impor-tant. Many folks with engineering backgrounds, communication is not their forte.

“Tony is a skilled public speaker with the ability to articulate com-plicated concepts clearly. He’ll be talking to elected offi cials. He will look at how peer jurisdictions manage their bonds and letters of credit and see if we can incorpo-rate some of their practices. Not everybody can make those calls

effectively and ask the right ques-tions. I’m confi dent Tony will ex-cel with assignments like this, and we’ve started already.”

He also said there are things Norman won’t be doing:

“He won’t be involved in edu-cation outreach that involves Knox County Schools. He won’t be involved in regulation of the construction trades. I’ve got eight folks who do that very well. Our bench is deep.”

Norman said he’s not surprised that some have criticized his hiring.

“I’ve known these people (in county engineering) for 20 years,” he said. “I spent 30 years in wa-ter quality – it’s like my calling – where my heart is.”

Then he laughed and said: “I don’t want to go back into teach-ing. I don’t think I’d last a week (back in the school system). So when this came open, I said yeah, and really think my resume ought to be able to withstand (criticism).”

Tony Norman takes PT stormwater post

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Plans revealed

Jacob GilliamMarvin West writes of the

courage of former Farragut High School football player Jacob Gilliam, along with a sidebar from Jacob’s younger brother telling how the family met in prayer over Jacob’s knee injury.

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Engineers with CDM Smith share this design for improvements to the Broadway and I-640 interchange. The yellow line shows proposed new construc-

tion including divided ramps leading to West I-640 from southbound traffi c on Broadway and Tazewell Pike. The loop at Greenway Drive shows a fl yover

for northbound traffi c to enter I-640 westbound without a left turn off Broadway. I-640 runs from right to left above; Broadway runs from top to bottom.

Funding not set, plans still debated for Broadway at 640

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Disorderly rubble at the corner of Emory and Brickyard roads fell to the saws and

snippers of the Enhance Powell committee. More pictures on page 3.

At left, the dead tree falls

to Laura Bailey’s Bobcat.

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right.

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dead tree.

R. Larry Smith puts his chain saw

to use, trimming away vines so the

dead tree can be pushed over.Rick Carnes of Clinton Highway Wrecker Service talks with Laura Bailey as

she sizes up the dead tree on Emory Road at Brickyard. The Enhance Powell

committee spent Saturday morning clearing up the corner. Photos by S. Clark

Powell business leaders came out to rid the community of an ugly eyesore – overgrown and dead vegetation at Brickyard Road on Emory.

Enhance Powell is a committee to improve the appeal of down-town Powell to support businesses when traffi c is diverted to the new Powell Drive, set to open next month.

Chuck Denney toted away a gar-bage bag full of non-organic trash, while Dr. Don Wegener hauled a trailer load of green waste.

Clinton Highway Wrecker pro-vided workers, a fl atbed truck and some mighty power tools to fi nish up the task.

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Veterans Day parade, when the community takes time to say thank you and honor members of the armed ser-vices. The Halls Crossroads Women’s League sponsored two trucks for the veterans in the Halls area to ride in the parade. League mem-bers handed out American fl ags and red caps to each participant from the area. Following the pa-rade, the veter-ans were treated to lunch provided by league mem-bers.

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That he recovered enough to reclaim the starting job was amazing. I considered the possibility that Butch Jones has a sentimental streak and was simply rewarding cour-age and determination. That wasn’t it. The offensive line was better with Jacob Gilliam (and Joshua Dobbs).

Don’t bother with how this story ends. It is already better than most movie plots.

This guy was good at Far-ragut High. He had scholar-ship offers to smaller col-leges. He wanted to go to Tennessee. He was thrilled when 2009 line coach James Cregg invited him over for conversation.

Alas, when Gilliam ar-rived, there was no greet-ing. Cregg was gone – with Lane Kiffi n to Southern Cal.

A very nice Derek Dooley said Gilliam could walk on. He was a redshirt in 2010. Most of 2011 was lost to a shoulder injury. In 2012, he got in for two plays at the end of the Kentucky game. He said that was very meaningful. I said he had outlasted Dooley.

Gilliam was second team last season, behind Tiny Richardson. He played brief-ly in two blowout losses.

This spring, day after day, he had to prove he was capable. He beat out Donta-vius Blair, 6-8 and 313, the

handpicked r e p l a c e -ment for Richardson. Astounding what effort and smarts and fi erce determina-tion can do.

C o a c h Jones awarded a scholar-ship. Much earlier Jacob had earned the respect of teammates. He started the season opener against Utah State. He suffered the torn ACL.

“It’s very, very unfortu-nate,” Butch Jones said. “I feel for him … I love him to death.”

Cruel conclusion? The end? Not exactly.

Cheering is not permit-ted in the press box, under threat of expulsion, but when Jacob Gilliam jogs onto Shields-Watkins Field for the last time, I’m going to risk it. Yea! Quietly.

Nothing like this has happened in my time.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Gilliam

Don’t tell me how the story endsIn the front row of my

music fi le is a Ronnie Mil-sap recording of a Kris Kristofferson song, “Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends.”

It popped up, unsolicited, when I thought of Jacob Gil-liam and his fi nal home ap-pearance on behalf of Ten-nessee football.

I know enough. I don’t need to know the ending.

Maybe Jacob will become a coach or a business leader. He is a winning warrior. I believe he will be success-ful at something. I hope he is happy. I hope he can walk.

Nothing like Jacob Gil-liam has happened in my most-of-a-lifetime monitor-ing of the Volunteers. Other walk-ons have exceeded expectations, earned schol-arships, achieved starting status. Nick Reveiz and a few others became captains. Maybe one beat out a junior college all-American and took his job, but I don’t re-member that.

I’m almost certain no-body ever played offensive tackle on one good leg and a torn knee ligament in the other.

That Jacob wanted to try was stunning. It said his

Marvin West

love of football went beyond lip service, a bit deeper than touching the motivational sign on the way from the dressing room to the play-ing fi eld and repeating the promise, “I will give my all for Tennessee.”

It said he cared more for the team than himself. Or-dinary people, when dam-aged, hobble off to a hospi-tal and hope an orthopedic magician can make neces-sary repairs. Jacob skipped the surgery and started re-habilitation as soon as the swelling went down. It may have hurt.

That Jacob made it back was a shock. He showed up on the sidelines at prac-tice. I mistook that for loy-alty. He attended meetings, keeping up with instruction.

Suddenly, he was in-volved in limited workouts. He ran slowly. He never was a speedster. He is 6-4 and 290. Half of that is heart.

By Marvin WestBehind Jacob Gilliam’s

unlikely comeback from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee are deep family faith and hours and hours of prayer.

Nathan Gilliam, Farra-gut High football senior, believed it when his older brother declared his Ten-nessee career was not fi n-ished.

“I actually thought he would make it back,” said Nathan. “We prayed so much for that.”

Three weeks after the injury, Jacob returned to the Tennessee practice fi eld.

“I remember thinking, ‘Wow!’ ” said Nathan.

Vol line coach Don Ma-honey had other thoughts – about work ethic, pas-sion and desire.

“This really is who he is and what he stands for, and it’s just hard work and tremendous charac-ter … it’s not a surprise.”

Forty-nine days after

the injury, Jacob played against Ole Miss. A week later he regained a start-ing job.

“I am so proud of him,” said Nathan Gilliam.

He said Jacob’s recov-ery “feels like a miracle.”

The Gilliam family – parents David and Mi-chelle, their three football gladiators (Alex is the baby brother) and a very special grandmother – re-lied on their faith. Honey Rock Victorious Church was the focal point. The Gilliams met with the worship leader and his family every Thursday for intensive prayer.

Nathan tells of “the laying on of hands.”

Jacob believes those prayers and support from hundreds of others led to healing. He says he has been blessed with strength and stability in the knee. He says there has been very little pain.

Teammates are in awe.“Dude’s tough,” said

tailback Jalen Hurd.

Prayer for Jacob

I recently voted in Farra-gut’s early voting, and one of the controversial issues this year is allowing wine to be sold in Farragut’s grocery stores.

This issue reminded me of a similar referendum in 1961 when Knox County vot-ed to legalize whiskey sales in package stores and, and fi nally, liquor by the drink in 1972. Referenda to legal-ize whiskey sales in Knox County date to 1941, and the proposal was placed on the ballot fi ve times during that 20-year period until it was fi nally approved.

The vote brought to-gether two interest groups that would normally oppose each other; most Christian ministers opposed legal-ization based on “moral is-sues,” and area bootleggers opposed it for economic issues. But the real losers when the vote carried were the whiskey runners. Many kids considered these fear-less drivers to be heroes, and for rural mountain boys, it was an occupation that could quickly lift them out of poverty.

Of course, one such driv-er’s adventures were the subject of the 1958 movie “Thunder Road” starring Robert Mitchum, and I dare say there were few teenagers who missed seeing this fl ick because it involved “souped up” Fords that most kids dreamed of owning.

But the real “Thunder

Malcolm Shell

Thunder Road revisited

Road” that spurred the be-ginning of NASCAR racingoccurred in 1954 when I wasa sophomore in high school,and one of my classmateswas witness to the event.

John Fitzgerald relatedthe story many times, andmany who have writtenabout the famous crashconsider John’s account themost credible.

John had stopped to airup his bicycle tires when hebecame aware of a crash justdown the road. He could seea fi re and knew somethingbig had happened. Police offi -cers related the story to him.The driver was well knownto authorities, who had nick-named him Tweedle O’Twill.

There had been two road-blocks set for the elusivedriver. Since the authoritieswere not sure which roadhe would take – Papermillor Kingston Pike – the fi rstroadblock was set up just afew hundred yards west ofthe intersection. The secondroadblock was at the pres-ent-day Gallery shoppingcenter. Through his drivingskills and some luck, he

Night out in Knox CountyFarragut resident Bill Deatherage, right, talks to County Commissioner Ed Brantley at Big

Kahuna Wings on Kingston Pike. At-large commissioners Brantley and Bob Thomas plan to

visit each area of Knox County to hear citizens’ concerns and will address them on the radio

the next morning. Last month’s stop in South Knoxville put the spotlight on a safety issue

with cars and school buses. After discussion on air, a police cruiser started monitoring the

situation. Next month, the duo will visit North Knox County. Photo by S. Barrett

Dr. Martha Buchanan speaks

to a civic club. File photo

By Wendy SmithSome of the best work

of the Knox County Health Department happens out-side the walls of the its three facilities, says Direc-tor Martha Buchanan.

Most people think of vac-cinations or treatment of STDs when they think of the health department. But a quick browse through the KCHD website reveals an ar-ray of services, from a school dental program to tips on how to keep well water safe.

Buchanan is most proud of the way the organization works within the community. Through recent efforts, the health department has im-proved the city’s walkability, helped people grow their own fruits and vegetables, and fos-tered a sense of community.

“We’re empowering peo-ple so they know they have a voice in their own health.”

She was a family-prac-tice doctor for seven years before joining the KCHD 11 years ago. She has been di-rector for four years.

KCHD employs 250 and has a total budget of $25 mil-lion. Local government pro-vides 75 percent of funding, and the remaining 25 per-cent comes from federal and state government and grants.

The health department includes talented, passionate staff who go into the commu-nity to develop relationships and building trust, allowing them to gauge a neighbor-hood’s health needs, like play-grounds or safe places to walk.

Health is about more

Health is more than absence of disease, says Buchanan

than the absence of disease, Buchanan says.

The staff also includes medical experts, like four epidemiologists and one epidemiological nurse. They

are public-health detectives who track down causes of infectious disease and in-vestigate patterns of illness, like cancer, she says.

One of the roles of the health department is to think through the unthink-able, like fl u pandemics or an outbreak of Ebola. Strategies are in place for such circum-stances, but prevention is the primary objective.

In the case of Ebola, the county gets information from Homeland Security about those arriving from West Africa, and they are monitored by the health de-partment, based on risk.

Buchanan won’t say wheth-er anyone in Knox County is currently being monitored. It’s a balancing act between

privacy and public concern, she says. It’s important to err on the side of caution, but if someone has no symptoms, there is no risk of infection.

The health challenges in Knox County are the same as those across the state. Obe-sity is one. Another is mak-ing sure that everyone, from inner-city families to wealthy suburbanites, can be healthy if they choose to be. It’s a problem that can only be addressed through engage-ment, which requires reach-ing out to decision-makers as well as the community.

We’re changing how we view healthcare, and every-one needs to be better in-formed, Buchanan says.

“There’s a learning curve there.”

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Looks like the SAT-10 exam, defunct since Nov. 3, is going to stay defunct, despite the best efforts of Superintendent James Mc-Intyre’s administration and its allies.

RIP SAT-10, again

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SAT-10 is the most dis-liked of the many assess-ments administered by Knox County Schools, pri-

marily because of the tender age of the students to whom it is given – kindergarten-ers through second-graders.

It is not state-required, and its abolition became a priority for the two new board members who had fi rsthand experience with its effects – Amber Roun-tree, an elementary school librarian who proctored the exams, and kindergarten teacher Patti Bounds.

Rountree pushed the board to vote at a special called meeting the night before the election when Tracie Sanger (who was per-

ceived to be a potential Mc-Intyre ally based on a strong endorsement from Indya Kincannon) was elected.

The vote came over the objections of McIntyre’s ad-ministrators and the pro-Mc-Intyre board members and ended up 6-3 with vice chair Doug Harris saying he voted for ending the test so he could bring it up again at a more propitious time in the future.

Within days of the elec-tion, KCS Accountabil-ity Offi cer Nakia Towns announced that teachers were letting her know they were afraid their evaluation

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Christmas is only fi ve weeks away, and politicians everywhere are writing let-ters to Santa.

Dear Santa: Please bring us 60 votes in the U.S. Sen-ate. We’d also like some new ideas. On second thought, make that any ideas.

We hope you like the lat-est redistricting map that incorporates the North Pole into Texas’ 17th Congressio-nal District. Enclosed you will fi nd several hundred voter registration applica-tions for your elves.

P.S. Love the red suit!– Republican Party

Dear Santa Claus: Our supply of crying towels is dwindling, so please throw some on your sleigh for us. We urgently need several dozen Bill Clinton clones as well as backbones for our candidates in the next mid-term election cycle.

This letter is being hand-delivered by a representa-tive of the UEW (United Elves of the World) who will hand out union-member ap-plications to your workers.

Have you considered wearing a blue suit to match those twinkling eyes? Mer-ry Christmas!

– Democratic Party

Greetings, Mr. Claus,

LarryVan

Guilder

my fellow American: I have quite a list for you. Let’s see: (1) unemployment rate un-der 6 percent, (2) a booming stock market, (3) an agree-ment with China to reduce carbon emissions, (4) af-fordable health insurance for an additional 7 million Americans, (5) an increase in domestic oil production and (6) lower gas prices. Give my best to the Claus family!

– President Barack Obama

Dear Santa Claus: Yes-terday poor Barack inadver-tently mailed you last year’s Christmas list. (He’s had a lot on his mind recently.) Since you already fulfi lled those wishes, perhaps you could give him a majority of American citizens who get their news from some-place other than Fox. Merry Christmas, Santa!

– Michelle Obama

Dear Santa: Anything but turtleneck sweaters! Darn you, Jon Stewart!

– U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell

Hi, Santa: My daughter, Bristol, and my husband, Todd, could really use box-ing lessons. (Bristol has promised to learn to write so next year she can send her own letter.)

Can you see Russia from your house? You betcha I can!

– Sarah Palin

Dear Santa Claus: Win-ning the election was a great present, but I see my name in lights on the big screen with your help.

My motto, “Make ’em squeal,” fi ts perfectly with a sc reenplay I’ve written.

“Alien Deliverance” is sure to be a blockbuster. With the tagline, “In space, no one can hear you squeal,” how can it lose? Sigourney Weaver will jump at the part!

Merry Christmas from your Iowa elf!

– U.S. Sen. Jodi Ernst

Dear Santa: What’s up? Seems like all my rowdy friends have been term-limited, and I’m next. How about giving that Duncan fellow a nudge toward the door? It’s time for Tim in 2018!

– Mayor Tim Burchett

Dear Santa Claus: My family has always respected

WATE makes dumb mistake on Patterson

WATE is now owned by Media General, which has its corporate offi ce in Rich-mond, Va. WATE ratings are down, so their solution is to terminate the most popular newscaster they have. This

shows the corporate offi ce in Richmond is clueless about its Kno xville market.

If your ratings are down why do you cut costs by let-ting one of your top news-casters go? Their ratings are only likely to sink fur-ther. No doubt they will hire someone under 35 and pay him/her half of what Patter-son was paid and think the ratings will increase. Think again. WATE has no idea (or does not care) how unhappy its audience is.

Also think about a corpo-ration that makes a valued employee depart right at Christmastime. Again, insen-sitive and clueless. So much for the Christmas spirit.

■ State Rep. Rick

Womick has challenged Speaker Beth Harwell for the GOP nomination for House Speaker to be decided by the GOP caucus in December.

Womick represents the anti-Haslam faction of the House GOP caucus. This writer contacted all six Knox Republican law-makers as to whom they planned on supporting at the December caucus. With the exception of Bill Dunn, all said they were voting for Harwell. They are Harry Brooks, Ryan Haynes, Ed-die Smith, Martin Daniel and Roger Kane.

Dunn said he simply did not disclose his vote. However, he added that he thought Harwell had done

an excellent job as speaker and thought she would be re-elected. That is Dunn’s way of saying (without say-ing) that he is for Harwell.

■ Gloria Johnsonshould not be counted out as a future candidate just be-cause she lost the state rep-resentative race. Her loss actually occurred in two precincts outside the city at South-Doyle and Mount Ol-ive, whereas she carried the city portion of her district by 900 votes.

She could easily be a vi-able candidate for City Council in the November 2015 city elections. The four council seats up are the three at-large seats, held by George Wallace, Finbarr

scores would suffer without the SAT-10 numbers, and she compiled numbers con-fi rming their worst fears.

This would be one of Towns’ last chores for Knox County before the an-nouncement that she had taken a job as an assistant to state Commissioner of Education Kevin Huffman, who shortly thereafter an-nounced that he, too, was leaving, causing speculation among some that McIntyre would soon be joining Towns in Nashville as Huff-man’s replacement (smart money was on former state Sen. Jamie Woodson, head of Bill Frist’s education think tank, SCORE).

On Nov. 5, Dogwood El-

GOV NOTES ■ Karns Republican Club

Christmas party will be

6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2,

at Karns Middle School.

■ Knox County Republican

Party Christmas/Hanukkah

Gala will be 6 p.m. Monday,

Dec. 12, at Rothchild Cater-

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was able to get around the fi rst roadblock and prob-ably thought he was in the clear, but when he saw the second block, he knew this one would be much harder to break.

The road and grade have been altered since the early ’50s, when a steep red clay bank was on the south side of the Pike. His intent was to jump a ditch, climb the bank and somehow bring his car back to the road past the roadblock. But jumping the bank broke the tie-rods on his car, making it impos-sible to steer. The car ca-reened across the road and ran through a chain-link fence surrounding an elec-trical substation. Sparks from the substation ignited the broken whiskey bottles, creating an inferno.

And as the song says: “The

devil got the moonshine and the mountain boy that day.”

During my youth, Dixie Lee Junction was a favorite gathering spot after a foot-ball game. And part of the entertainment was watch-ing whiskey haulers come through at high speeds.

A widely-known bootleg-ger owned a fl eet of black Mercurys. The cars had ex-haust headers that could be heard several miles down U.S. Highway 70. Running out of Nashville, they always ran four or fi ve together and maybe only one or two actu-ally contained bottled whis-key. The other cars were used as decoys or to block police cars so the cars with the whiskey could get away.

The moonshine usually came out of North Caro-lina or Kentucky, while the bottled whiskey came from

Nashville or Bristol, Va. The border between Ten-nessee and Virginia runs through Bristol, but whis-key was legal in Virginia and illegal in Tennessee. So the bootlegger could simply buy whiskey by the case in Virginia and deliver it to Tennessee.

Today, diners can enjoy cocktails at most restaurants. I suspect the younger gen-eration would fi nd it amusing that liquor was so hard to get not so long ago. Private clubs often sold whiskey at high prices. Some restaurants al-lowed you to bring your own bottle but supplied expensive setups. And I bet the younger generation would fi nd it even more amusing that 60 years ago, people risked their lives to deliver whiskey to markets that are now served by dis-tributing vendors.

Thunder Road From previous page

your work, but I’ve been hearing troubling rumors. Is it true the elves are form-ing a union and that you’re expanding Medicaid to the North Pole? Say it isn’t so, Santa!

– Gov. Bill Haslam

ementary School principal Lana Shelton-Lowe sent her teachers an email warning them of possible negative impacts of ending SAT-10.

On Nov. 6, Mooreland Heights Elementary School principal Roy Miller sent a similar email to a group of teachers warning them of the consequences of not having SAT-10 numbers to enhance their scores.

On Nov. 10, board mem-ber Karen Carson, Mc-Intyre’s strongest board ally, shot off an email to board chair Mike McMil-lan objecting to the Nov. 3

vote because she believed the motion on the fl oor was broader than the meeting notice and therefore fatal-ly fl awed – “Please let me know when I can expect res-olution to this unfortunate error in procedure.”

Uh, maybe never?Meanwhile, Sanger told

Channel 10’s Mike Donila that she won’t vote to rein-state SAT-10.

Without Sanger’s vote, there won’t be a majority willing to reinstate the con-troversial testing of Knox County’s youngest stu-dents.

Saunders and Marshall Stair, or the district seat held by Mark Campen.

Campen has the lowest profi le of the four incum-bents and had no opponent in the last election. If she ran for the Campen coun-cil seat, she would be a very strong contender.

However, Johnson wants to be chair of the state Democratic Party, but that would not prevent her from serving on City Council, which currently only has one woman, Brenda Palmer, who is term limited in 2017. She is not alone in wanting the state position. Former U.S. Senate candidate Terry Adams is mentioned along with Linda Sherrill, who op-posed U.S. Rep. Scott Des-Jarlais on Nov. 4.

■ One consequence

of the Johnson defeat may be that Tammy Kaousias leaves the Knox County Election Commission in April. The current law pro-vides that the Democratic lawmakers from Knoxville recommend the two Demo-cratic election commission-ers. When Joe Armstrong and Johnson were the two lawmakers, they simply picked one each, and Ka-ousias was the Johnson choice. With Johnson gone, Armstrong will get to rec-ommend both positions. He is free to choose Kaousias again, or he might choose someone else as it is totally his choice.

■ Tony Hernandez, who covers Knoxville city issues for the News Senti-nel, is departing for Oregon. He will be missed.

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David had Goliath. Mo-ses had Pharaoh. Elijah had Ahab. And preachers have crying babies. OK, maybe the battle between preach-ers and crying babies at worship services doesn’t quite rise to the level of those other confl icts, but sometimes preachers, as well as the congregation, can lose perspective.

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FAITH NOTES

Community services

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian,

4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the

Halls Welfare Ministry food

pantry 6-8 p.m. each second

Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each

fourth Saturday.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church,

7212 Central Avenue Pike, is

accepting appointments for

the John 5 Food Pantry. Info:

938-2611. Your call will be

returned.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, will host a

free Thanksgiving dinner for

the community 11:30 a.m.-

1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 27, in

the church Family Life Center.

Reservations appreciated

but not required. Info/reser-

vations: 690-1060 or www.

beaverridgeumc.org.

Classes/meetings ■ Powell Church hosts Recov-

ery 6 p.m. each Tuesday at

323 W. Emory Road, followed

by a meal and worship at 7

p.m. Small sharing groups

will convene at 8:15 p.m. The

recovery plan focuses on

individuals and families who

are struggling with addiction.

There is no charge. Info: www.

recoveryatpowell.com or

938-2741.

■ First Comforter Church

Fellowship Hall, 5516 Old

Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS

(Mothers At Prayer Service)

noon each Friday. Info: Edna

Hensley, 771-7788.

Family programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753

Oak Ridge Highway, hosts

Wednesday Night Dinners

each week. Dinner and

dessert, 5:45 p.m.: $7 for

adults and children ages 6

and up; $3 for ages 5 and

under; $20 maximum for a

family. Classes, study groups

and activities, 6:30. Dinner

reservations and payment

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He was my mentor in all things United Methodist, the pastor who taught me the history of John Wesley’s movement. I had grown up in another tradition and had a lot of questions. He patiently listened, answered and guided.

He was also a collector of antiquities.

Start shiningIndeed, you are my lamp, O Lord, the Lord lightens

my darkness. (2 Samuel 22: 29 NRSV)

To double day, and cut in half the dark.(“Birches,” Robert Frost)

He gave me a small clay lamp that is over 2,000 years

eh-aatt’’tt

off

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Crying babies

fi dgeting 3-year-old.But please consider the

following. Sometime, take a very hard chair that is too big for your feet to touch the fl oor and sit there for an hour. During this hour, do not look side to side or

behind you, simply look straight ahead. While sit-ting there, listen to a re-cording that addresses a topic that is beyond your comprehension.

For the duration of this hour, do not move or speak.

Then have someone big-ger than you sit beside you, and every time you fi dget, have them pinch or threaten to spank you. After you’ve tried this, perhaps you will better understand the per-spective of a small child in worship.

While I’ll be the fi rst to tell you that a crying baby can be quite an inconve-nience and a distraction, let

me share a positive side. ■ A crying baby an-

nounces hope for the future. ■ A crying baby testifi es

of parents’ efforts to spiritu-ally train their child.

■ A crying baby signifi es that a church hasn’t bought into the idea that children and adults should be segre-gated.

Friends, don’t be so quick to frown at a mother who absolutely has her hands full as she struggles to do what is right. Instead of complaining, maybe we should change our perspec-tive and thank God for cry-ing babies … and nurseries too!

old. It is the kind of lamp that would have been used in ev-ery home in the Middle East in biblical times. It is small, fi tting easily in the palm of my hand. It has a decora-tive design around the open-ing where the oil would be poured into it.

I, of course, asked him if I could put oil and a wick in it and light it. (I may have mentioned in this space my love of candles!) He was aghast, and he hastened to instruct me that it was clay, after all, and because it had not been used in centuries, it would disintegrate if I put oil in it.

So, it has sat on a shelf

in my house for almost 40 years, simply as a beloved keepsake, not serving its in-tended purpose, not provid-ing light for anyone.

It could, however, be a parable for the Christian life. There are some folks who claim to be Christian but who do not serve any-one, any church, any pur-pose, any Lord. They are not only missing the mark, they are missing the blessings of relationship, of service, of growth.

If you were meant to give light, start shining. If you were meant to serve, put on your servant shoes and get busy.

Carman Licciardello bills his show as simply “Car-man,” and he can’t really offer a cohesive defi nition of what “kind” of Christian music show it is.

Neither can his review-ers. Billed as contempo-rary Christian rock, it’s more rap. The message is delivered with a pinch of television evangelist and a healthy dose of Las Vegas showman.

Whatever you call it, Car-man had a sold-out crowd of 1,000 fans on the edge of their seats and then on their feet at his concert at Knoxville Christian Center

on Nov. 14. With the recent Veteran’s Day on everyone’s mind, Carman included a ballad in honor of Ameri-can vets that brought the audience to its feet with ap-plause.

Coming up at Knoxville Christian Center, 818 Cedar Bluff Road, is their annual Giant Thanksgiving Dinner with Mike Southerland on Sunday, Nov. 23. This free event offers services at 9 and 10:30 a.m. with special music by Southerland, then a full Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings after the 10:30 service. There is no charge. Info: 690-6565

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Knoxville Christian Center last week and entertained and in-

spired a sold-out crowd of more than 1,000. Photo by Nancy An-

derson

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By Cindy TaylorFellowship North Church

frequently holds communi-ty events inviting people to the church for food and fel-lowship. This quarter, lead pastor Michael Thomas and associate pastor Steve Van-Horn pulled together a din-ner and painted a picture of what true community should look like.

Upon their arrival, at-tendees were greeted out-side the church and given a rousing welcome complete with standing ovation. Children were met with a scooter they could ride to the children’s meeting area inside.

Dinner was a breakfast meal of sausage, pancakes, fruit and drinks provided by members of the new campus launch at Fellowship Church Pellissippi.

The evening was one of fun and merriment. Twins

Rob and Bob Ross (pastors VanHorn and Thomas) por-trayed late TV personality Bob Ross as they painted a picture onstage.

Huddle groups were in-vited to compete in Oreo contests, balloon-bursting contests, and other fun ac-tivities.

To close out the evening, the more than 40 children who attended the event ar-rived back in the auditorium with their own paintings of what they thought commu-nity should look like.

Fellowship North Church will hold an Outside the Box on Sunday, Nov. 30. Mem-bers will spend the morning working at various locations in the community.

Fellowship North Church is at 3203 Tazewell Pike in the Fountainhead Building. Info and teaching: www.north.fellowshipknox.org.

Allen McMichael and Adam Wolfe, members of Fellowship

Church Pellissippi, get the pancake dinner started.

Marcia League and Kevin Callis fi ght to the fi nish in

the balloon icon challenge as pastor Michael Thomas

(back center) heads to safety. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Ross twins Rob (Steve VanHorn) and Bob (Mi-

chael Thomas) paint a picture of community.

Hazel VanHorn, eight months,

makes an adorable center-

piece.

Grayson Rossini takes

a scooter ride down

the halls of Fellow-

ship North Church.

Painting a picture of community

Hannah Chea Brown celebrated her 13th birth-

day with a karaoke-dance-movie party attended by her friends and fam-ily. Parents are Chip and Missy

Brown of Corryton. Grand-parents are Hobert Brown of Corryton, Judy Gideon of Corryton, Don Gideon of Halls and the late Beulah Brown and Wanda Brown. Hannah is an eighth-grade student at Horace Maynard Middle School.

MILESTONE

By Cindy TaylorLighthouse Christian Church is

doing fall cleaning and raising money for a youth trip. Christ in Youth (CIY) will hold a conference next summer. This gives the youth group at Light-house plenty of time to raise funds.

The church started the fundrais-ing efforts Oct. 8 with a rummage sale. The youth were on hand to help with setup and sales. Sale items were donated by church members.

While the sale was going on inside, church members were working outdoors to beautify the

grounds and prepare for winter, pruning plants, mowing grass and – hopefully for the last time this year – raking leaves.

The praise band took the oppor-tunity to practice for the upcom-ing week after shopping the sale. All items remaining after the sale were donated to KARM.

Lighthouse Christian Church members describe their worship as casual, upbeat, interactive and meaningful. The church is at 8015 Facade Lane in Powell. Info: 865-938-3367.

Lighthouse praise band members

are (front) Tim Stamm, Karen

LaLoggia; (back) Darrin Norman,

Gene LaLoggia, Tom Williams, Lisa

Stamm and Darris Brock.

Isaiah Williams takes a minute for fun while helping out

at the Lighthouse Christian Church rummage sale to raise

funds for a spring trip to the Christ in Youth conference.

Working for youth

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Corum to play softball at UTC

Halls High senior Katie Corum signed a letter of in-tent to play softball at UT Chattanooga after gradua-tion.

Corum played shortstop for Halls but plans to shift to third base in college. Ka-tie selected UTC because of the strong softball program and the campus. She plans to earn a degree in either physical therapy or physi-cal education from Chatta-nooga.

She feels that Halls coaches Bryan Gordon and

Kevin Ju-lian have helped her become a strong play-er. “They have taught me how to be a lead-er on this team,” she

said.Attending the signing

were her parents, Pricilla and Bryan Gordon, and her teammates.

Katie Corum

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Gresham cheerleader Taylor Huskey encourages her team to

play tough against the Red Devils.

Halls Middle dance team members Maddie Conner and Gra-

cie Bell get ready to welcome the boys’ basketball team to the

court.

Gresham’s Daniel Jackson and Halls’ Caleb Tollett

battle down court during the Halls Middle home

opener last week. The Gresham boys fought a tough

battle, but in the end the Halls boys won by a point.

Halls Middle’s Macy Kirby brings the ball down the

court as Kayley Siler of Gresham plays a tough de-

fense. Halls won the battle between the two rivals.

Bobcat Senior Midgets champsThe Knox Central senior midget X-Treme football team was recently named Knox Metro champions. The Bobcats fi nished a

perfect 12-0 season, scored over 500 points and allowed only 34 points by their opponents. Pictured are team members (front)

Antwan Turner; (fi rst row) Shione Jackson, JaQuise Dixon, Isaiah Ligon, TonQues Ball, Dakota Fawver, Michael Maburo, Chris

Stevenson; (middle) Jalynn Clemens, Dylan Smith, Robert Allen, Michael Webb, Xavier Page, Austin French, Xavier Washington;

(back) Alijah Fraley, Dee Hall, Michael Shafer, Kross Smith, JayShaun Fenderson, Shammon Moreland, Colin Astin and Jakobi

Troutman. Photo submitted

Hunter Ricks

performs a

drum solo

following the

announcement

of his selection

to the U.S. Army

All-American

Marching Band. Photo by R. White

Senior Hunter Ricks is the third member of the Halls High marching band to be named to the U.S. Army All-American March-ing Band in as many years.

Ricks will be one of ap-proximately 120 band mem-bers to wear the Army col-ors and march at the Army All-American Bowl game in Dallas in January 2015.

HHS band director Eric Baumgardner was excited for Hunter and his accom-plishment. “This is such a wonderful event, and each year my students will come back with a greater appre-ciation of the military and

their sacrifi ces.”Hunter applied for the

band and then had to au-dition for a spot. “It took Hunter many, many hours of practice to earn a place on the band,” said Baum-gardner.

Before heading to his drum set to perform a solo, Hunter thanked the Army for supporting high school music, his bandmates for pushing him to become a better musician and Baum-gardner and his private mu-sic tutor for their guidance. “I have learned that any-thing is possible if you don’t give up.”

Ricks named to Army All-American band

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The Halls Business and Professional Association (HBPA) is the sponsor of the

annual Halls Crossroads Christmas Parade. Participation in the Parade is available to

individuals and groups at no charge to the participant from the Association. Participants

must conform to the rules and requirements for participation as follows:

1. Floats must be lighted.

2. All vehicles must be street legal and driven by licensed drivers.

3. All give away items such as candy must be handed to spectators and not thrown.

4. All horses must wear manure catchers.

5. All participants must comply with directions from HBPA personnel.

In consideration for the opportunity to participate in the Christmas Parade, each group

or individual participant (or parent or guardian if the participant is a minor) agrees that,

to the extent of its negligence or fault, it will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the

Hall Business and Professional Association from any and all liability for claims brought

against the Association as a result of any accident or incident involving the participant

with respect to the Parade. The Participant (or parent/guardian) accepts personal

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Jordan Smith and Jasper Barnes portray Stonewall Jackson.

Audrey Riley portrayed Confederate spy Rose Greenhow and

Trevor Hopson portrayed Ulysses S. Grant during literacy night

at Fountain City Elementary.

HOSA offi cers

namedHalls High School’s Health Oc-

cupations Students of Ameri-

ca new offi cers were recently

elected and include treasurer

Briauna Blevins, representa-

tive Dharma Dailey, vice presi-

dent Kaitlyn Lay, president

Jasmine Fox and secretary

Blakely Griffi n. Sponsor is

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Ashlynn McManus selected Varina Davis, the second wife of

Jeff erson Davis, as her historical fi gure to portray.

Lexi Dishner dresses as

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of the American Red Cross. Photos by R. White

Students at Fountain City Elementary took part in an evening of literacy, where parents were able to take a peek inside the classrooms.

Students in fi rst through third grades hosted a reader’s theater for guests, and fourth-grade students shared book reports. Fifth-grade students spent weeks preparing for their big night, a living history mu-seum. The students created colorful posters describing historical fi gures, and cos-tumes completed the look.Holt/Hammett named

Mr. and Miss CHSSeniors Tanner Holt and Baily Hammett were recently selected

as Mr. and Miss CHS, representing the class of 2015. Tanner

is the son of Bill and Stephanie Holt and has an older sister,

Maddie. Tanner plays football and is a member of the Bobcat

Company performance ensemble. Baily is the daughter of John

and Brenda Hammett and is a four-year cheerleader and mem-

ber of the National Honor Society, Bobcat Company, and Bob

Squad. Both of Baily’s sisters were also named Miss CHS, Haley

in 2008 and Riley in 2011. Photo submitted

UT NOTES ■ Mary Costa, Knoxville native,

has received the Honorary

Doctorate

of Humane

and Musi-

cal Letters

from the

College of

Arts and

Sciences

at the Uni-

versity of

Tennessee.

A profes-

sional opera singer, Costa is

best known for providing the

voice of Princess Aurora in

Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Costa joins an elite group of

seven UT honorees: Howard

H. Baker Jr., Dolly Parton, Al

Gore, Charles O. “Chad” Hol-

liday, John Seigenthaler and

John Noble Wilford.

Mary Costa

REUNIONS ■ Horace Maynard High

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Sunday, Nov. 23, at Hardees in

Maynardville.

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The phenomenon rolls on as “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I” opens in theaters at 8 p.m. tomor-row.

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‘Mockingjay’ lands early, off ers marathon

According to Fandango and MovieTickets.com, the third fi lm in the “Hunger Games” saga has racked up the highest advance tick-ets sales of 2014. Tickets went on sale Oct. 29. Don’t be surprised to fi nd sev-eral showings sold out this weekend.

The story, based on the third and fi nal novel in Su-zanne Collins’ trilogy, picks up where “Catching Fire” left off. Having destroyed the Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Law-rence) reluctantly becomes the face of the rebellion in Panem.

Katniss continues on her quest to kill Panem Presi-dent Snow (Donald Suther-land), but meanwhile she has serious trust issues with District 13 President Coin (Julianne Moore), as well as with several allies.

Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrel-son, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Stanley Tucci and Jeffrey Wright also star. The second part of “Mockingjay” will be re-leased in November 2015.

To prepare fans for the latest entry in the “Hunger

Games” series, several the-aters will have a “Hunger Games” marathon Thurs-day, showing “The Hunger Games” and “Catching Fire” before culminating with “Mockingjay – Part I” at 8 p.m.

Regal’s Pinnacle, Riviera and West Town and Cin-emark’s Tinseltown in Oak Ridge will start the event at 2:30 p.m. But those itch-ing to be fi rst should go to Carmike’s Foothills in Maryville, which will start the marathon at 2 p.m.

Two special screenings will take place at West Town Mall 9 in the next few days.

The Metropolitan Op-era’s live production of “The Barber of Seville” will be shown at 12:55 p.m. Sat-urday, Nov. 22. Tickets are $24 for adults, $22 for se-niors and $18 for children.

“Queen Rock Montreal,” aka “We Will Rock You: Queen Live in Concert,” will have one showing on the big screen, 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, at West Town. The docu-mentary shot in 1981 shows the band at its peak during a tour stop in Canada. Tickets are $12.50.

Special screenings:

‘Barber,’ Queen

Commander Paylor

(Patina Miller),

Gale Hawthorne

(Liam Hemsworth),

Boggs (Maher-

shala Ali), Katniss

Everdeen (Jennifer

Lawrence) and Pol-

lux (Elden Henson)

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY ■ “The Crucible” presented by the Powell High School Drama

Department, 6:30 p.m., at the school. Tickets: $6. Public is

invited. Info: 938-2171.

FRIDAY ■ “Tellabration! 2014, A Worldwide Celebration of Storytell-

ing,” 7 p.m., Graystone Presbyterian community room, 139

Woodlawn. Suggested donations: $7 adults, $5 students and

seniors. Info: 429-1783 or smokymtstorytellers@juno.com.

■ Alive After Five concert: “Tribute to Donny Hathaway” fea-

turing Donald Brown with Evelyn Jack, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville

Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5

for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

■ Bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent in concert, 8 p.m., Bijou

Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: http://www.knoxbijou.

com.

■ Red Shoes & Rosin CD Release party for “Longleaf Pines,”

8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some

discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

■ Gilbert & Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore” performed by the

Knoxville Opera, 8 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St.

Tickets: http://KnoxvilleOpera.com. Info: 524-0795, ext. 28.

■ Dinner theater featuring: “Tennessee Smith and the Quest

for the Golden Relic” presented by the Freedom Christian

Academy drama club, 4615 Asheville Highway. Tickets: $10.

Dinner: chili, chips, cheese, drink, dessert. Dinner: 5:45-6:45

p.m.; show: 6:30 p.m. Info/tickets: 525-7807.

■ Lost & Found lunch presented by Knox Heritage, 11:30

a.m., Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike. Guest speaker:

David Madden reading from his book “The Last Bizarre Tale.”

Free lunch buff et. Reservations required. Info/reservations:

Hollie Cook, 523-8008 or hcook@knoxheritage.org.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY ■ Christmas Craft Sale, 5-9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat-

urday, Church of the Good Shepherd, 5409 Jacksboro Pike.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY ■ World premiere of “Server Alley,” a comedy/drama by

playwright Alex Gherardi, Clayton Performing Arts Center on

Pellissippi Community College Hardin Valley Campus, 10915

Hardin Valley Road. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Sat-

urday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12; seniors and students, $10.

Info/tickets: www.pstcc.edu/tickets.

SATURDAY ■ Community Arts & Craft Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Jubilee

Banquet Center, 6700 Jubilee Center Way. Hosted by Powell

Playhouse. Free admission. Donations to Powell Playhouse

appreciated.

■ Dinner-Dance, 7-10 p.m., Dance Dimensions studio, 8373

Kingston Pike. Multi-course dinner, dancing and entertain-

ment. Cost: $25. Reservations: DanceDimensionsTN@gmail.

com or 692-2220.

■ “Telebration! 2014” storytelling celebration, 2-4 p.m.,

Sweet Fanny Adams, (Light #3) 461 Parkway, Gatlinburg.

Fundraiser for Smoky Mountain Storytellers. Suggested

donations: $7 at door, $5 for seniors, students and groups.

Info: www.smokymountaintellers.com; 429-1783; 984-0246;

cuznjan@juno.com; katmav212@gmail.com.

■ The Captain W.Y.C. Hannum Chapter #1881, United

Daughters of the Confederacy meeting, 10:30 a.m., TN Bank

of Maryville, 1311 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway. Program:

“Celebrating Christmas in November with a Silent Auction.”

Visitors welcome. Info: Debra, 856-9300, or Shirley, 531-1467.

SUNDAY ■ Gilbert & Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore” performed by the

Knoxville Opera, 2:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St.

Tickets: http://KnoxvilleOpera.com. Info: 524-0795, ext. 28.

■ Concert of Gospel and Jazz featuring keyboardist Wendel

Werner and gospel singer Yolanda Treece, 3 p.m., Second

Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike. Concert and recep-

tion free and open to the public.

■ Vegetarian Thanksgiving potluck supper, 6 p.m., First

Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3611 Kingston Pike. Spon-

sored by the Vegetarian Society of East Tennessee. Cost: $6,

or $20 per family plus a vegetarian dish to feed eight to 10.

Info: Bob, 546-5643 or bobgrimac@gmail.com.

This time of year, it’s not a good idea to upset your momma. For that reason, I suggest that, if discuss-ing the meatloaf you just ordered at Sullivan’s Fine Foods at Rocky Hill, you tell her it is “almost as good as yours.”

You’ll be lying, because my momma made the best meatloaf in the world, and Sullivan’s is better than hers.

Here’s the thing about meatloaf. It’s either school-cafeteria bad or slap-yo-momma good. There really isn’t anything in between. For all its façade of simplic-ity, meatloaf is hard. It can be “too” on so many levels: too mealy, too dense, too soupy, too tomatoey.

Then, even if you get it right, you have to deal with the essential topping. Brown gravy or tomato? If brown, mushrooms or pep-pers? If tomato, ketchup or

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loaf, served here with sweet potato casserole and green beans. Photo by Mystery Diner

sauce? Here’s where Sul-livan’s excels. They get the meatloaf right in density and spices, and they use ground chuck for the right fat content. They don’t over-cook it.

And then they sidestep the whole “sauce” issue by doing both. The top of the meatloaf is slathered with a thick layer of tomato ketch-up that has been baked just enough to stick to the meat. Then the whole slice is cov-ered in a rich brown mush-

room sauce.Sullivan’s has a large se-

lection of “made for meat-loaf” sides, including bour-sin mashed potatoes, green beans, fried corn on the cob

and sweet potato casserole. The whole meal is delicious comfort food.

But Thanksgiving is com-ing up, so I’m warning you: Don’t tell your momma.

As we move into the holi-day season, it’s important to remember that all the spar-kle is not on the tree. This weekend two “sparkling” productions are opening. Both are full of music and fun. Steven Condy,

Donata Cucinotta

and Sean Anderson

rock the fl oorboards

in Knoxville Opera

Company’s produc-

tion of Gilbert and

Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pin-

afore.” Photo submitted

Sparkle on the stage

Carol Shane

First, the Oak Ridge Play-house presents “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” Those of a certain age will remember the 1965 produc-tion with Lesley Ann War-ren being waltzed around the ballroom by Stuart Da-mon as both sang, “ten min-utes ago I saw you …”

Those of an even – ahem – more certain age may re-member the same scenario with Julie Andrews and Jon Cypher in 1957.

Featuring such songs as “In My Own Little Corner” and “When You’re Driving Through the Moonlight,” this show is a joy from start to fi nish. My own favorite is the “Stepsisters’ Lament,” sung by the disgruntled sib-lings after the prince has been taken with Cinderella’s beauty:

“She’s a frothy little bub-ble with a fl imsy kind of charm; and with very little trouble, I could break her little arm!”

“Rodgers & Hammer-stein’s Cinderella” begins Friday, Nov. 21, and runs through Sunday, Dec. 7. For tickets and info, www.or-

playhouse.com or call 865-482-9999.

Knoxville Opera presents its fi rst production of the 2014-2015 season with Gil-bert and Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore.”

“This classic comedy is known for its familiar melo-dies as well as clever word-play that dares to poke fun at politics and authorita-tive fi gures in a delightfully provocative way,” says KOC maestro and executive di-rector Brian Salesky. “Peo-ple of all ages will enjoy the music, characters, elaborate stage setting and costumes.”

The plot plays out aboard a naval ship and centers on the confl icts of love between people from different social classes. The opera takes jabs at the British class system, party politics, the Royal Navy and the ironic rise of unqualifi ed people into authority; even the title injects humor by using the name of the female pinafore garment in reference to the masculine naval warship.

Brian Deedrick of Ed-monton Opera in Alberta, Canada, directs the show. He’s well known and loved by Knoxville Opera Com-pany fans and participants. Production manager Don Townsend says, “Deedrick is hilarious as always to work with and has even written some snappy new dialogue for the cast … adding in lo-cal gags dealing with UT football, etc.”

Townsend is also up-beat about the cast. “Sean Anderson, who sang here recently, is back as a be-fuddled Captain Corcoran, and Donata Cucinotta is his daughter, Josephine, who is in love with Ralph, tenor Josh Kohl.

“But the real star of the show is old friend Steven Condy, who helped inaugu-rate the fi rst Rossini Fes-tival back in 2002 as Don Magnifi co in Rossini’s ‘La Cenerentola.’ Condy is won-derful as the British Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Jo-seph Porter, who has come

to claim Josephine as his bride.”

Local luminaries include University of Tennessee voice professors Lorraine DiSimone and Andrew Wen-tzel, as well as a 16-member chorus.

Having worked for Knox-ville Opera Company myself in the past, I can tell you that opera singers – con-trary to their “diva” image – are actually some of the nicest, most fun-loving people you’ll ever come across. They’ll be throwing themselves full-tilt into this spectacular production, and you’re invited to join in.

Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, at the Tennessee Theatre. Maestro Salesky will host a special opera preview session 45 minutes prior to each performance. For tickets and info, visit www.knoxvilleopera.com or call 865-524-0795. Send story suggestions to news@shop-

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David Raubach, vice president of operations for Pro-vision, spoke to the Rotary Club of Farragut about the center’s aggres-sive treatment, which re-duces side effects associated with conventional radiation treatment. The center, a nonprofi t treatment facility, was founded by Knoxvillian Terry Douglass.

Proton therapy provides more precise targeting of cancer cells, destroying them while minimizing damage to surrounding tis-sues. Raubach explained that protons are heavier and

can be stopped after enter-ing the body. This way the protons are directed and concentrated in the tumor.

X-ray radiation therapy sends beams that travel all the way through the body, damaging healthy tissues,

he said.Proton therapy has

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With nearly 1 million Tennesseans without health insurance, a new Knoxville-based company, Enroll Health, plans to reduce that number by making the pro-cess fast, easy and afford-able for everyone.

Everyone needs health coverage – it’s the law – but many Tennesseans have struggled with new require-ments under the Affordable Care Act.

Enroll Health is a divi-sion of Enrollment First Inc., a national company that has provided health-care solutions to more

than 200,000 people over the past decade. Work-ing with all of the major health-insurance provid-ers (Cigna, Humana, Blue Cross/Blue Shield , Aetna, etc.), Enroll Health will review a person’s situation and show them all of the options available to them for free. They will even de-termine if that individual qualifies for subsidies to offset the cost of their cov-erage. The entire process takes only minutes and costs nothing.

“People really don’t un-derstand the Affordable

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Knox County offi ces are in West Town Mall and The Gallery on Kingston Pike. Info: 865-243-3900 or www.EnrollHealth.com/.

Neil

Let’s ‘friend’ people with dementiaBy Bill Dockery

Knoxville goes by a lot of la-bels: “Big Orange Country” for UT sports, or “Scruffy City,” an insult that has turned into a point of pride.

Now a group of health-care pro-fessionals is de-termined to paint Knoxville purple, making it the na-tion’s fi rst offi cial de-mentia-friendly city.

Carolyn Pointer Neil unveiled the broad outline of the Purple Cities Alli-ance to a Town Hall

East meeting on Nov. 11. Neil, who is president of Elder Advocates in Knoxville, is one of the public fronts for the project, which aims to alert Knoxville organizations and indi-viduals to the needs of people with brain-related illnesses.

“The Purple Cities Alliance wants to make our community

aware of the people with dementia in our midst and educate everyone to respond in ways that are help-ful and compassionate,” Neil said. The project uses purple from the “Purple Angel” icon, developed in Europe as a marker for dementia awareness and concern.

Neil told the Town Hall East gathering about a recent incident that shows the need for the pro-gram.

“A little lady drove into the parking lot at Kroger’s,” Neil said. “When she was ready to go into the store, she couldn’t remember how to get out of her car. Soon a crowd gathered around, all trying to tell her how to unlock the doors.

“Then the fi re truck showed up.”Neil called that a dementia emer-

gency that stresses the sufferer, confuses bystanders and burdens family caregivers. She said the al-liance’s developing programs will help address these concerns.

“We need to be teaching our com-munity the basics of dementia and how to respond,” Neil said. “I call it CPR for brain disease.” The pro-grams being developed will train businesses, churches, police, fi re-fi ghters and other emergency per-sonnel to be aware of and to respond to someone suffering a public crisis.

The kickoff celebration is sched-uled for May 11, 2015, on Market Square in downtown Knoxville. Both Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett are committed to sup-porting the effort. By then, the alli-ance task force plans to have 100 or more businesses, agencies, commu-nity organizations and civic groups enrolled. The alliance has posted a Facebook page at https://www.face-book.com/dementiafriendlycom-munity.

The alliance is already drawing on a wide complement of people and organizations who serve the

aging population, including the Pat Summitt Foundation, Alzheimer’s Tennessee, the East Tennessee Al-zheimer’s Association, the area Agency on Aging and Disability and the Knoxville Offi ce on Aging. All three Knoxville-based hospital/health systems are involved, as are Courtyards Senior Living, Trinity Hills Senior Living, and other area senior-care facilities.

Some 80 percent of dementia cases involve Alzheimer’s disease, with vascular dementia making up much of the remaining 20 percent. Worldwide, about 44 million people have brain disease.

Neil, a native of Norris, Tenn., is a licensed nursing home administra-tor with degrees from Berea College and the University of Tennessee, and additional studies with Johns Hopkins University. She worked at UT Medical Center and the Hill-crest nursing homes in Knoxville before founding her own company.

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You don’t have to look far to stretch your imagi-nation in Powell. Imagi-nation Forest has been open for eight months and consistently keeps the community engaged with special events.

Last week the store cel-ebrated a “Grander Open-ing” and participated in National Neighborhood Toy Store Day. A ribbon-cutting on Friday kicked off the event, followed by a cash mob, door prizes and refreshments.

Balloons adorned the store, a Fossil and Dig event was held in the par-ty room and face painting was free for all.

“We are so grateful to the Powell Community for their support during the grander opening and throughout this year,” said Imagination Forest

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BIZ NOTES ■ Halls BPA annual Christmas

Banquet, Friday, Dec. 5,

Beaver Brook Country Club.

Tickets $50: Sue Walker, 925-

9200 or swalker@tindells.com.

■ Halls Christmas Parade, Sat-

urday, Dec. 6. Info: Shannon

Carey, 922-4136 or Shannon@

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■ Fountain City BPA, Christ-mas After Hours, 4-7 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 9, Commercial

Bank.

When is a majority vote for “guilty” a verdict of “not guilty?” Every time.

HPUD updateHallsdale Powell Utility

District set 23 meters and inspected 21 sewer hookups during October. The district treated 213.9 million gal-lons of water and 261.4 mil-lion gallons of wastewater.

At the November meet-ing, HPUD commission-ers awarded a contract for $148,500 to low bidder Progression Electric LLC to install generators at the ad-ministrative and operations buildings.

Payments were OK’d for: Caldwell Tanks, El-kins Road water storage tank, $39,425; and Charles Blalock & Sons, Crippen Gap tank/Shotsman Lane, fi nal payment, $77,065.

The next board meeting is 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, at the district offi ce.

– S. Clark

Backwoods Bistro has reopened with staff eager to serve freshly made food for lunch or dinner. Pictured are Bill Shattuck, Mor-

gan Worley, Tricia Miles, Baley Graves, Reno Palazzo and manager Jonathan Judy. Photo by Ruth White

Attorney Scott Frith is speechless as “defense counsel” Danea Summerford makes air quotes to

convey her skepticism o ver testimony. Photo by Tyree Gibson

Sandra Clark

‘Order in the court!’

Knoxville lawyer Scott Frith explained that con-cept and more to students at Sarah Moore Greene Mag-net Academy’s newspaper club last week. Sponsored by Shopper-News, the club meets each Wednesday af-ter school. The fi rst session is primarily third-graders; the second is mostly fi fth-graders.

Frith (whose email ad-dress is scott@pleadthe-frith.com) staged a mock trial. I was the defendant, accused of stealing a yel-low highlighter. Scott talked about an attorney’s job as he coached each participant – the judge, the prosecutor, the defense attorney and even the witnesses.

The kids were quick to improvise. And we all learned something. The fi rst jury split 4-2 for guilty. The verdict? Not guilty, of course.

Scott explained: A ver-dict is not decided by ma-jority vote. A guilty verdict must be unanimous. If it’s not unanimous, the verdict is not guilty.

Wow. It felt great to be exonerated. I was so happy I caught up with victim Destiny Woods in the hall and offered her highlighter back.

Carol Springer, co-spon-sor of the club, said after-ward that a better defense would have been to argue that the yellow object in my hand was a banana and I was running because I was really, really hungry. But why argue with a win?

Danea Summerford be-came Ruth White’s favorite because she’s so handy with a camera. Now she tops my list because as my defense lawyer she sprang me on a technicality. The sky’s the limit for this kid.

“Witness” April Lamb (who teaches technology

at Sarah Moore Greene and lives in Fountain City)

is called to testify in the mock trial. Presiding is

“Judge” Safari Bahati. Photo by Ruth White

By Sandra ClarkBackwoods Bistro is open

for business in Halls.Owner Nathaniel Morris

is optimistic about pros-pects for the eat-in or carry-out restaurant. After all, he knows that great food will keep customers coming back.

“We bought the business but kept the name and most menu items,” he said. “We wanted to simplify pricing for families, which we’ve done with our platters.”

Platters are served with two sides, hush puppies and a drink. With eight choices including prime rib, pulled pork, hamburger steak, chicken tenders and country-fried steak, platter prices range from $15.99 to $7.99

Baskets include one side and a drink. There are 15 choices ranging from $6.49 for a BLT basket to $10.99 for a “double barrel” ham-burger or prime rib on a hoagie bun.

The children’s menu in-cludes entrée, fries and a small drink for $3.99 to $4.99.

Morris says restaurants defi ne “fresh” differently. Here’s what he means:

“All of our burgers are cut from fresh beef chucks, ground and pattied on site. Our French fries arrive as potatoes, before being cut and seasoned by our chefs. In fact, every entrée, salad

dressing and side item is made fresh in our restau-rant just for you.

“We believe our custom-ers want fresh, fl avorful food served by friends in a local setting. That’s our mission.”

Specialties of the house include “tiny but mighty” cupcakes, cookies, cakes and pies (by the slice or whole). There’s beef jerky and barbyaki sauce for eat-in or take-home. Even the fries have sides: bacon and ranch or chili and cheese for 89 cents.

Morris is proud of his crew, many of whom worked for the previous owner. “We were able to save some jobs,” he says.

A cook for almost 20 years, Morris has operated a catering business for fi ve years. He lives on a farm in Corryton and says his dad was a butcher for 20 years. Does he grow his own beef?

“Not yet,” he grins.Nathaniel Morris is not

boastful. He managed to miss the picture with this story. But he’s determined to create a signature restau-rant for Halls. As his menu says about the baked beans, “Well, why not?”

Drop in for a treat. Open: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Satur-day at 6625 Maynardville Pike in the Black Oak Cen-ter. Info: 865-377-4634.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLESB November 19, 2014

NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is the only

facility in our region to hold a Comprehensive

Commission, as well as multiple CARF*

Accreditations for stroke rehabilitation.

Comprehensive stroke care ~ from diagnosis to

treatment to rehabiliation.

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www.fsregional.com* Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CENTER: FORT SANDERS REGIONAL

East Tennessee woman ‘still Nana’ after strokeIn January 2014, Deborah

Grantham of Jones Cove, Tenn., 59, woke up with what she feared were the symptoms of a stroke.

“I got up that morning and my left arm felt like it was asleep, numb, it just didn’t feel right,” said Grantham. “My daughter kept call-ing me, checking on me. She kept asking, ‘Do you think you’re hav-ing a stroke?’ I said, ‘I don’t know, but I’m getting a little scared.’ ”

Grantham did not want to go to the hospital, but her daughter took her anyway. They arrived at the emergency department of LeCon-te Medical Center in Sevierville, where physicians confi rmed she had indeed had a stroke.

“I didn’t want to go to inten-sive care,” said Grantham. “First, I don’t have insurance, and I also didn’t want to be away from my grandchildren. My grandson is on the autistic spectrum, and I knew he was going to be hard to handle. I’ve never been too far from him.”

But a stroke is a serious medical event. And after a week in the hos-pital, Grantham learned she would need even more intensive physical, occupational and speech therapy at a rehabilitation center.

“They asked me if I would be interested in going to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center if I had

Stroke Belt keeps Knoxville doctor busyAsk Dr. Keith Woodward what life is like

in the Stroke Belt, and he’ll give you a one-word answer: “Busy!”

It’s no wonder – in 2012, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center’s Comprehen-sive Stroke Center treated 455 patients for stroke. In 2013, it averaged 35 to 40 strokes per month. Woodward’s department treats about 100 of those patients per year.

“Those are very high numbers,” Wood-ward said. “We are in the buckle of the Stroke Belt, and stroke volumes are high here. Of course, this is much higher than all other facilities due to Fort Sanders’ compre-hensive stroke center certifi cation and the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center being here.”

Too, the risk factors for stroke – high blood pressure, smoking, sedentary lifestyle and the Southern diet of “fried everything” – are all higher here.

When Woodward came to Knoxville, no one could perform procedures inside the arteries of the brain. He was particularly concerned when a local high school foot-ball player collapsed with a stroke and had to be sent to Asheville, N.C., because that was where the closest doctor was that could treat those disorders.

“I decided to go back and complete additional training to perform these procedures in the brain,” Woodward said. When he returned in 2005, patients no longer needed to travel to get the best stroke care.

Now at Fort Sanders Re-gional for a decade, he is cur-rently chairman of its Acute Stroke Team and Medical Di-rector of the Neurovascular Research Center of East Ten-nessee. Woodward is board-certifi ed by the American Board of Radiology and has the Certifi cate of Added Qualifi ca-tion in Interventional Radiology.

Strokes are now the fourth-leading cause of death in the United States. Strokes occur when blood fl ow to the brain is disrupted. Disruption in blood fl ow is caused when either a blood clot blocks one of the vital blood vessels in the brain (isch-emic stroke) or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, spilling blood into surround-ing tissues (hemorrhagic stroke). Ischemic strokes account for 87 percent of all strokes.

In many cases, Woodward treats those patients with a procedure known as me-chanical embolectomy.

“We place a needle in the artery in the groin and advance a catheter using X-rays as a guide, until the catheter reaches the neck,” Woodward says. “Then, we advance a smaller catheter into the brain to the clot. A pump is then attached, and the clot is sucked out of the artery.”

The procedure has come along way over the years.

“The tools are so much better – six-hour proceduresto remove clots have been re-duced to now commonly less than 30 minutes,” Wood-ward says, adding speed isvitally important when treat-ing strokes. That is because the longer the clot remains,the longer the brain is with-out blood and oxygen. As aresult, the cells in the affect-ed area begin to die, affecting whatever functions that areacontrolled.

“More often than not,stroke damage is permanent,” says Wood-ward. “However, it almost always improvesover the fi rst six months after a stroke. Re-hab is the key during that period to help thebrain recover.”

Busy though they may be, Woodward says his days are not without their re-wards. One of those, he said, is when “Ican see a person unable to walk or talk,and 24 hours later, they can go home fromthe hospital.”

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Recognize the signs of a stroke FAST!

a scholarship,” she said. “I was very interested because I knew how good they were. My husband, Bill, was there seven years ago, when he had his left leg amputated below the knee. They helped him so much.”

The Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center offers some scholarships for patients without insurance, provided by private donations and funds from the annual Patricia Neal Golf Classic.

So Grantham spent another week away from her family, work-ing to regain the use of her left arm. She followed up with four months of outpatient visits as well. The results have been dramatic, she said.

“They helped me learn how to do a lot of things for myself, like how to take my bath. At fi rst I couldn’t use my hand at all. But since I’ve been in therapy, I got back a good bit of use of my hand. It’s not perfect, and it’s going to take some time, but it’s so much better than it was.”

Grantham said she has focused

on doing household tasks. “I have learned to use the elec-

tric can opener; I have made mybed. I am folding clothes, but that is still a hard job. They’re not per-fect but they’re folded! I sweepmy fl oors, wash my dishes, I havemopped my fl oor – that’s noteasy.”

Grantham said the staff atPNRC tries to make therapy fun.

“You work hard, but you don’thave time to feel sorry for yourself because you’re so busy! We played games that were good for yourbrain, but you don’t think about what it’s doing for you,” she said.

“The Patricia Neal staff was wonderful to me, and I would rec-ommend them to anybody. I hadexcellent care. All the nurses camewhen I needed help. They werewonderful,” Grantham said.

Today she is back at home with her husband and enjoying her 12grandchildren who live nearby.

“My 4-year-old granddaughter says, ‘Nana, let me hold your handyou had a stroke in.’ They don’tthink any different, I’m still Nana.”

Dr. Keith Woodward says advances in stroke treat-

ment have drastically reduced the time it takes

to remove clots, often minimizing damage to the

brain.”

Deborah Grantham works with occupational therapist Tom Johnson on

strengthening her hand while grasping and releasing objects. Grantham suf-

fered a stroke in January and has made great strides in therapy at Patricia Neal

Rehabilitation Center.

B-2 • NOVEMBER 19, 2014 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news

Terra Madre: Women in Clay will hold its annual Holiday Show and Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Pavilion at Hunter Valley Farm, located at 9133 Hunter Valley Lane in West Knoxville.

The show will feature the handmade pottery and clay art of 25 members of the group.

Terra Madre is an eclec-tic group of female artists with diverse approaches to clay. Unique additions to the home and distinctive gifts for the season will be fea-tured including functional, sculptural, traditional, con-temporary and whimsi-cal works of clay art. The Madres whose work will be included in the 2014 Holiday Show & Sale are:

Gray Bearden, Judy Brater, Pat Brown, Jane Cartwright, June Crowe, Tina Curry, Susan Cwiek, Candy Finley-Brooks, Amy Hand, Janet Harper, Liz Howell, Lisa Kurtz, Steph-anie Levy, LeAnn Lewis, Jane Longendorfer, Wendie Love, Sandra McEntire, Bett McLean, Jackie Mirza-deh, Marion Schlauch, Rose Spurrier, Shauna Ste-vens, Linda Sullivan, Rikki Taylor and Belinda Woodi-el-Brill.

Terra Madre is a juried group of women clay artists that was founded in 2000 by

News from Terra Madre

Women in Clay

sale this weekend

West Knoxville potter Lisa

Kurtz’s “Seaside Serving Tray”

female ceramic artists from East Tennessee. Its mission is to support members in the pursuit of their dreams as artists and as women. Terra Madre members are affi liated with many juried and professional arts orga-nizations.

Collectively, the group exhibits in two to three shows annually. Individu-ally, their work has been ex-hibited all over the country and can be found in galler-ies, shops, juried fi ne craft shows and fairs, as well as in many private art collec-tions. For more informa-tion about the Terra Madre Shows, see the group on Facebook.

Big smile from West Knoxville potter

Jackie Mirzadeh in her booth at last

year’s Terra Madre Holiday Show at

the Hunter Valley Farm Pavilion

Oak Ridge potter Linda Sul-

livan’s “Wheel Thrown Bottle”

West Knoxville potter Tina Curry’s

“Raku Fired Zebra Sculptures”

Knoxville potter Judy Brater’s “Chicken Clan”

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HALLS – 1 acre overlooks Bull Run Creek & pasture. 2BR/2BA, 2-story bsmt features: Covered front porch, hdwd fl rs, newer windows, whole house fan, eat-in kit w/stainless appliances. Mstr suite up w/walk-in closet, offi ce/sitting area & balcony. 1-car gar & unfi nished bsmt w/woodburning stove. $124,900 (905803)

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POWELL – Plenty of rm to roam. This 3/4 brick, 2-story w/unfi nished bsmt has 4BR & plenty of stg or rm to expand in the bsmt. This home features: Hand scraped hdwd flrs, granite tops, kit island, laundry rm, oversized gar great for boat or additional wkshp area & lg level backyard. $269,000

GIBBS – 1.9 acres w/possible CA zon-ing. Level & great location w/access to both Tazewell Pike & Old Tazewell Pike. Property has 1890’s 2BR farm house on property. $125,000 (29648900)

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CONVENIENT LOCATION close to I-640 & shopping. This like-new, all brick, 3BR/3BA, Planned Unit Development features: Mstrr suite & 2nd BR on main, spacious rooms, eat-in kit, LR w/gas FP, offi ce area up off 2nd mstr BR w/full BA or could be a great media rm. 2-car gar & attic stg. $174,900 (904643)

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want more than $1,00 a Week? Ex-cellent monthly program/Benefits. Weekend Hometime you deserve! Elec-tronic logs/Rider program.877-704-3773

General 109LITTLE PEOPLE

PRE-SCHOOL Now Hiring

We're growing! Look-ing for child care teachers. Must be 18+ w/high sch di-ploma or GED. FT/

PT avail. Call 922-1335 or stop by 6630 Tice Ln, Knoxville 37918. Pay starts at $7.50-

$8.50/hr.

Dogs 141AUSSIE PUPS, 8 wks. ASCA Reg. 3 red tri males. 1st vacci-nated. 865-250-0403 ***Web ID# 488614***

Australian Shepherd farm raised puppies, red merles, red tris, black tris, $450-$800. 865-696-2222

***Web ID# 488189***

DOBERMANS, 5 wks, M/F, blk/red/blue. wormed, detailed, $300. 865-428-6981.

English Bull Dog Puppies, AKC, 3 Fem, DOB 9/5/14, shots & worm. $1299. 865-599-3353 ***Web ID# 490529***

GERMAN SHORT Hair Pointers, reg.

born Oct. 4th, Ready to go! M&F avail. $500. 865-607-7890.

***Web ID# 490581***

Golden Doodle pups, farm raised, 5 wks, 1st shots & dewrmd, $650 with microchip. 423-201-7235 call/text

***Web ID# 488335***

Golden Doodles home raised puppies, exceptional quality, vet ck. Must

see! 423-733-9252.

Dogs 141Great Pyrenees pups,

4 F, 1 M, full blooded, parents on prem., $225. 865-308-2645

LAB PUPS, AKC, blonde, 6 wks, S&W,

champ bldlns. Taking dep. for Christmas,

$800. Call 423-715-8131. ***Web ID# 490661***

LAB PUPS, AKC, choc $750., black $500, females only, champ. bldln., Ready to go 11/30/14. 865-388-6153.

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Lab Pups, AKC Reg., Yellow & Choc. Ready Dec 4. Pet, Hunter & Field Trial roots. 1st shots. $600. 423-309-8135

***Web ID# 488868*** SHIH TZU puppies,

purebred, 6 wks. 1st shots.. M $300; F $350. 865-660-7459 call/text

***Web ID# 488559***

Yorkie Poos & Poms, 6 wks old, shots & wormed, $300-$350. 931-319-0000

YORKIES, AKC champ bldln, DOB 6/22/14. 3 males. $500 ea. 423-539-3110

***Web ID# 490831***

YORKIES AKC, Ch. lns, quality M & F. Also taking dep. for Christmas., Health Guar. 865-591-7220

Free Pets 145

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Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official shelter for

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Farmer’s Market 1501956 Farmall 100 with

plow, disc, cultivator, mower, grader blade, sub soiler, planter. All in exc cond. All $3500. 865-585-3534

Fordson Power Major tractor, early 1960's, 55 HP, new front tires, whls, recond. $4000. 809-5167; 522-4816

Air Cond/Heating 187FISHER WOOD

BURNING STOVE, $400. You haul.

865-806-9933

TV/Electronics 197HAM EQUIPMENT

Hallicrafter S20R $120, SX-42 $300, Collins 75A3 $400, ICOM 736 $400, Yaesu FT990 $500, Drake TR4C $300, National NCX-3 $100, Phone 865-977-9024

Misc. Items 203FRENCH DOOR

Maytag REFRIGERATOR

stainless steel w/freezer on bot-

tom. 2 months old. 31 deep & 35 1/2

wide. 68 in. high.$900 or best of-fer 577-9596 or 850-

3330

Household Furn. 204COMPUTER DESK, hutch & file cabinet, dark color, like new. $900/all. 865-922-8742.

Household Appliances 204aMaytag Refrig /Freezer,

25 CF, side-by-side, 36"W, white, like new, ice in door, $400. Dan-dridge 865-548-9483.

Collectibles 213Barbies, Boyd's &

Harry Potter. Reasonable. 865-724-4047

Collectibles 213DEPT. 56 Snow Village,

35+ major pcs. Many extra pcs. Pcs. in cherry fin. cab. (lighted) made for snow village. All for $3000. Will not separate. All boxes for ea pc. incl. 423-807-5660

Hallmark light & mo-tion ornaments (17), retired, $125/all. 865-254-7419

Coins 214Selling my small coin

collection. Silver Eagles (4), Morgan Dollars (4), various .999 silver coins & a few British coins. 865-809-9063

Antiques 216ANTIQUE GLASSWARE

Over 200 pcs. Carnival, Fenton,

Crystal, etc. to be sold as lot. 865-388-3477

for more info.

COFFEE/TEA TABLE w/removable tray, $160. Round Duncan Phyfe tbl. w/drawer $65. OR BOTH FOR $200. 865-556-1329.

Sporting Goods 223GOLF CLUBS, Adams Idea Pro, A12 irons,

3-LW, reg. shaft, 2 yrs. old. $300.

Cobra amp cell driver, Fujikura stiff shaft, Adj. loft, brand new.

$200. 865-657-9368.

Fishing Hunting 22430-06 BROWNING

semi-auto w/Nikon scope. $1400 value, asking $1000. Great cond. 922-3020, if no ans lv msg and #.

Garage Sales 225CHRISTMAS CRAFT

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Boats Motors 232Alum Fishing boat,

14', trailer, 9.9 Merc. 2 stroke, Best offer. 865-458-1509

STRATUS 2008 176 XT, 50HP Yamaha mtr., Minkota trll. mtr.,

2 Hummingbird fish finders, $9250.

423-298-3157.

Campers 235CELEBRITY 2006,

35', qn. bed & 2 bunks, good cond. $3900. 865-659-7422.

Motor Homes 237DUTCH STAR BY

Newmar, 17K actual mi., 32', Ford chassis. $15,000. 865-933-2725.

ROADTREK 210 RV 1991 Chevy, great condition, 865-384-1037 or 963-9993

Motorcycles 238Harley Davidson 2005

Road King Classic, black/red, new tires, extras, just serviced, 17K mi, great cond., $9300 obo. 865-300-6213

Utility Trailers 255UTILITY TRAILERS

All Sizes Available 865-986-5626

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4 Wheel Drive 258Toyota Tundra 2006, 4X4, TRD V-8, Extra Cab, 122k Mi, All pwr, white w/gray cloth int.

$12,500. Tex 865-654-7737

Antiques Classics 260CHEVY NOVA 1976,

all orig., 250 6 cyl., $4000 obo. Call 865-922-6408.

Lincoln Continental 1941, like the one owned by

former US Senator Howard Baker,

$23,500. 423-839-1298

Sport Utility 261CHEVY SUBURBAN

2008 LT-- Z71 pkg, 4x4, loaded, leather, 2nd row bucket seats, 106k mi, wht w/blk int. $22,000 b.o. Private seller. 865-382-0064

DODGE GRAND Caravan SXT 2006, 42k, hitch, clean, $8400. 865-379-9418

FORD EXPLORER Eddie Bauer 2008, 4x2, deep blue me-tallic, light stone leather, 3 seats, full power, new rubber, 126k, very nice. $11,000. 865-806-3648

GMC ACADIA 2008, 94K mi., white ext, blk lthr int., sunrf, mnrf, dvd player, new tires, AWD/ SLT model, loaded, $13,950. 865-548-5799.

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LEXUS RX 2004, 103K mi, approx avg 10K yr. Well maint., full service records, exc cond, check Kelly Blue Book. Sell $11,500. 865-408-9577

Imports 262INFINITI G37 Coupe,

2008, AT, 65k mi, leather, exc. Car Fax history, $16,900. Phone 865-927-0117

LEXUS ES300 1992, red, leather, sunroof, good car, runs fine. $2950. 865-403-2927

NISSAN ALTIMA 2005, all power, leather, SR, Bose stereo, 1 owner, 61k mi, $8000. 865-694-9359 or 389-7994.

Imports 262NISSAN MAXIMA 3.5

SE 2006, strawberry red, beige cloth, 97k, sunroof, 1 owner, very nice $8500. 865-806-3648.

TOYOTA CAMRY 2001, 104K mi, well maint., all records, $2300. 865-690-6842

TOYOTA COROLLA 1997, loaded, inc. SR, low mi. great gas mi. Exc. in

/out. $2995. 865-397-7918; 865-898-8825.

VW Beetle 1998, white, 105K mi, many new parts, $4500. Call 865-296-4570

Sports 264CHEVY MONTE

CARLO SS 2003, Sports pkg., loaded, exc. cond.

$5500. 865-679-1158.

CHRYSLER PROWLER 2001

w/rare patented pull along trailer. Orange pearl, black cloth top & seats. Show Your Tennessee Pride! Only 2,866 miles,

Exc. cond. $47,700. Call 770-287-0183.

Domestic 265BUICK PARK Ave.

1998, light gray, good cond. New AC, $2200. 865-661-1865

CADILLAC 1995 SEDAN DEVILLE,

Pearl white, blue lthr., 68K miles

LOCAL ONE OWNER Immac. cond. $4450. Trades considered.

Call 865-250-0500

CHEV IMPALA 2004, runs great, has body damage, $1200. 865-693-4790 aft 5

CHEVROLET IMPALA 2008, like new, 37K mi., $10,000. Call 865-657-9368.

CHEVY IMPALA 2012, silver, 42K mi., clean, all pwr., $8650. 865-522-4133

CHEVY IMPALA LS 2006, gray, 144K mi, runs well. $4200. Call

865-688-8237

PONT. G6 2007, clean, 1 owner, sunrf, 119,500 mi, great cond. $4400. 865-379-8044

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Childcare 316CHILD CARE in my

home M-F. Open-ings for 2 children. In Halls, close to Walmart. Call Mary at 599-1659.

Cleanin g 318HONEST, DEPEND-

ABLE Christian lady looking for homes, offices, etc. to clean. 16 yrs exp, refs avail. Call Donna at 256-5044.

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Firewood 329FIREWOOD

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Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE in-

stallation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328

Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER

SERVICE. Will clean front & back $20 & up. Quality work, guaran-teed. Call 288-0556.

Handyman 335CARPENTRY, PLUMBING,

painting, siding. Free est, 30+ yrs exp!

Call 607-2227.

HONEST & DE-PENDABLE! Small jobs welcome. Ex-p'd in carpentry, drywall, painting, plumbing. Reason-able, refs avail. Call Dick at 947-1445.

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Remodeling 351SPROLES DESIGN CONSTRUCTION *Repairs/additions

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Roofing / Siding 352 ALL TYPES roofing,

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THROUGH MONDAY, DEC. 8

“Big Red Bow Project” donation collection for individuals facing Alzheimer’s and dementia in Knox, Anderson, Blount and Loudon counties at Lexus of Knoxville, 10315 Parkside Drive. Info/wish list: www.alzTennessee.org/big-red-bow-project or 544-6288.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19

Young Professionals of Knoxville membership meeting, 5:30 p.m., Holiday Inn World’s Fair Park, 525 Henley St. YPK Impact Awards recipients will be announced.

Free dance classes, Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Schedule: noon-1 p.m., line dancing; 1-2 p.m., advanced ballroom; 2-3 p.m., beginner ballroom. Bring a friend. Open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

THURSDAY, NOV. 20

AARP Driver Safety Course, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registra-tion: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

Burlington Game Night, 5:30-8 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Gamers of all ages, types and skill levels are welcome. Info: 525-5431.

White Elephant B I N G O, 10-11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Free Movie and Popcorn: “The Fault in Our Stars” with Willem Dafoe, 11:15 a.m., Humana Guidance Cen-ter, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

FRIDAY, NOV. 21

Knit and Crochet Caps for the Homeless, noon-1:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Supplies provided. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

SATURDAY, NOV. 22

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All gospel singers welcome. Info: Joe, 201-5748.

Turkey Shoot, 9 a.m., corner of Hickory Valley Road and Malone Gap in Maynardville. Hosted by the American Legion Post 212.

Pre-Black Friday, a small business and pre-holiday shopping show, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Jubilee Banquet Facility, 6700 Jubilee Center Way.

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.

SUNDAY, NOV. 23

Hard Knox Roller Girls intraleague bout featuring Black Bettys vs Lolitas Locas, 6 p.m., Smoky Mountain Skate Center, 2801 E. Broadway, Maryville.

Open skate, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Ticket prices include skate rental. Info: www.hardknoxrollergirls.com.

Smocked Christmas Ornaments class, 2-4:30 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Janet Donaldson. Registration deadline: Nov. 16. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, NOV. 24

Educational diabetes class: “Eating Right with Diabetes,” 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

TUESDAY, NOV. 25

Joint meeting of the Clinch River Regional Library Board and Claiborne County Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Barbara Reynolds Carr Memorial Library, 1304 Old Knoxville Road, Tazewell. Info: 457-0931.

Happy Travelers’ Thanksgiving luncheon, 10:30 a.m., North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Miller-town Pike. Music and song provided by Eternal Vision. Reservation requested. No charge, but $7 contribution suggested. Info/reservations: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

SATURDAY, NOV. 29

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All gospel singers welcome. Info: Joe, 201-5748.

MONDAY, DEC. 1

American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 387-5522.

Deadline to reserve an adapted battery-operated toy from East Tennessee Technology Access Center and for holiday party to be held 4-6 p.m. Monday, Dec, 8 at ET-TAC’s offi ce, 116 Childress St. Info/to register: 219-0130.

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