Out n About 1-10-2013

Where Your Mindis Nourished

FREE-TAKE ONE JANUARY 2013

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KINGSPORT, TN. – They’ve played for President Barack Obama’s Inaugural…They’ve played for Eli Manning’s Wedding…They’ve played for Donald Trump’s New Year’s Eve Party for the last four consecutive years…They’ve played each of the last two years for the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner…and now the Number One Party Band in the Nation is back to play again for the Kingsport Chamber’s 66th Annual Din-ner!

Party on the Moon will headline a night of great entertainment at your Kingsport Cham-ber of Commerce 66th Annual Dinner.

“Kingsport’s Social Event of the Year” will take place Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at the Mead-owView Marriott Conference Resort & Conven-tion Center, Kingsport.

The evening will begin with a reception at6 p.m. followed by the dinner and program at 7 p.m.

The public is invited to attend.Tickets are $100 and can be purchased

at your Kingsport Chamber (400 Clinchfield Street, next to Food City in downtown King-sport) or by calling (423) 392-8800.

Last year’s event was another record sellout and this year’s dinner is expected to be as well. Those interested in attending are encouraged to purchase their tickets as soon as possible.

As a special offer, this year’s Kingsport Chamber Annual Dinner ticket will also be good as a complimentary ticket to any Sym-phony of the Mountains Orchestra concert during the 2013 season.

Last year, more than 1,700 individuals at-tended the popular affair, which remains the largest Chamber annual dinner in the na-tion.

“WJHL News Channel 11 is thrilled to be host of this incredible event again this year,” said Dan Cates, Kingsport Chamber 66th An-nual Dinner chair and WJHL News Channel 11 president and general manager. “We’re also very excited Party on the Moon will be return-ing for its third consecutive year to entertain what is sure to be another sold-out crowd. Party on the Moon is enormously popular and we were overwhelmed with requests to have them back. Kingsport’s Social Event of the Year promises to be another fun and amazing

evening!” “The Kingsport Chamber Annual Dinner is

such a unique and one-of-a-kind affair and really helps to set Kingsport apart,” said Etta Clark, 2012 Kingsport Chamber chair and vice president of communications and pub-lic affairs for Eastman Chemical Company. “There’s a simple reason Party on the Moon is the nation’s favorite party band – they are the best! Everyone will be thrilled with another great performance.”

In addition to the main entertainment, Clark will turn the Kingsport Chamber gavel over to 2013 Kingsport Chamber Board of Di-rectors chair Monty McLaurin, CEO of Indian Path Medical Center. The Kingsport Chamber will also celebrate its numerous accomplish-ments achieved in 2012 and look ahead to 2013.

“Kingsport has had another great year,” Kingsport Chamber President & CEO Miles Burdine said. “There’s a lot of growth and de-velopment happening every day in this com-munity in many different sectors and 2013 looks like it will be even better.

“We are certainly most proud of our King-sport Chamber Annual Dinner. This very popular event would not reach such an excel-lent level of success if it were not for the many corporate sponsors and Kingsport Chamber members who attend and support it each year. We remain most grateful for their enormous support of their Kingsport Chamber and look forward to celebrating another great night with them on February 1.”

The Kingsport Chamber will also present its very prestigious Kingsport Chamber Life-time Member Award, an accolade that honors an individual for a lifetime of outstanding ser-vice to the Kingsport community.

The “business” portion of the event, how-ever, only takes a few brief minutes as the night is dedicated to the outstanding enter-tainment.

“Your Kingsport Chamber Annual Din-ner is also a fun night to be with friends and colleagues, wear your finest Red Carpet attire, enjoy a great meal and be enthralled by fabu-lous entertainment,” Cates added. “This event is always unforgettable and this year promises to be even better!”

Return Engagement:Sycamore Shoals State Historic AreaTraditional Arts Workshops SeriesWe are pleased to be able to offer an ex-

citing variety of workshops that range from traditional skills, to hand crafted items, and fine arts. We invite you to come to Sycamore Shoals to learn a new skill or craft from our talented instructors!

Class sizes are limited, so please register early!

Traditional Arts Workshops are by registra-tion only and must be pre-paid.

Call (423) 543-5808 for more informa-tion.

JANUARY Beginners Spinning Instructor:

Amy GawthropSunday, January 6th 1:30 – 4 pm Cost: $40.00 includes fleece (1st time stu-

dents in this class) $15.00 for returning students Min: 1 Max:

5Learning about wool, it’s structure and how

it reacts. Wool preparation with hand cards, viking combs and drum carder. Practical at the wheel time. Call the park to register.

Watercolor Painting – Landscapes Instructor:

Barbara JerniganSaturday, January 12th 10 am – 1 pm

Cost: $12 (plus supplies) or $20 (includes supplies) Min: 5 Max: open

Learn and practice watercolor techniques and style. Dress to take a short walk outdoors for photos and observations, weather permit-ting. Call the park to register.Step by Step Oil Painting Instructor:

Kay BraswellSaturday, January 17th 9 am – 4 pm

Cost: $50 (includes supplies) Min: 6 Max: 15

Discover oil on canvas through wet-on-wet painting techniques. Beginners are wel-

come or come to improve the skills you already pos-

sess.

Watercolor Painting –Winter Landscapes Instructor:

Barbara JerniganSaturday, January 19th 10 am – 1 pm

Cost: $12 (plus supplies) or $20 (includes supplies) Min: 5 Max: open

Learn and practice watercolor techniques and style. Dress to take a short walk outdoors for photos and observations, weather permit-ting. Call the park to register.Beginners Knitting - Making a Scarf!

Instructor: Amy GawthropSunday, January 20th

1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Cost: $25.00 Min: 1 Max: 10You will learn to cast on, cast off, knit and

purl, left & right handed knitting, and how to pick up dropped stitches. Bring at least 2 skeins of worsted weight wool in a solid color

(if you want a long scarf, you will need at least 3 skeins) or any fiber that will make a com-fortable scarf; set of US#8 knitting

needles (no longer than 10”), wood or

plastic, straight or circular. Call the park to register.Inkle Weaving Instructor: Ronnie LailSaturday, January 26th 10 am – 4 pm

Cost: $50.00 includes loom (to keep!) & all supplies Min: 3 Max: 8

$20.00 thread only$10.00 instruction onlyLearn how to weave wide sashes, narrow

bands, and shoelaces on a loom that is light-weight and easy to carry around! You can cre-ate wonderful patterns through varied place-ment of colorful thread. Bring scissors.

Sycamore Sholes•Winter Workshops 2013Party on the Moon – the “Nation’s Number One

Party Band” – returns to play again for Kingsport Chamber Annual Dinner

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Johnson City, TN. --- It’s happened to all of us.

You’re rushing through the grocery store past the deli when you stop dead in your tracks. A beautifully decorated cake calls out, “Buy me, I’m delicious!”

So, you give into the temptation, fighting the urge to demolish it in the car. Finally home, you grab a fork, and with your mouth salivating, slowly take a bite. Only to experience. . . the true taste of disappointment. Iced cardboard on a plate!

So many times you spend good mon-ey on a beautiful cake, and find it to be dry and tasteless. At Petite Sweets all our cakes are fresh, moist, beautiful, creative and delicious! In March 2011, Rachael Little, at age 19, started Petite Sweets.

“I have a true love and passion for baking and decorating cakes and cup-cakes as well as working with each client to produce a one of a kind cake for their specific occasion,” Rachael says with a smile.

Located inside Java Rush on Browns

Mill Road across from Kroger, Petite Sweets prepares six to eight different flavors of mini cupcakes every day from scratch. And only the highest quality of ingredients are used.

“You’ll find all the deliciousness of a big cupcake but in a smaller pack-age which prevents you for settling with just one flavor!” Rachael explained about her mini-cupcakes. “Around the holidays, we take orders for our luscious three layered cakes for those who want a homemade dessert without the hassle. We also offer an assortment of cookies, chocolate dipped potato chips and pret-zels. We only ask that you give us a 48 hour notice for specialty cupcakes and two weeks for specialty cakes. We pride ourselves on providing beautifully deco-rated and delicious cupcakes and cakes for any occasion with over 70 flavors to choose from! Give us a try the next time you are looking for that special cake for any occasion and visit us anytime you are craving a delicious home-made cup-cake.”

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My favorite time of day to run is early morning. At 4:30am, the roads are empty even though the streetlights keep their rhythm while waiting for the eight o’clock rush hour. The town is peaceful and quiet as it tries to wake up. But what I like best about running in the morning is that the day is brand, spank’n new. New for me and for you. My favorite Sunday school teacher and former profes-sor at ETSU - Dr. Wayne Andrews reminded me on several occasions, “a person may not be able to control what happens during the course of a day, but regardless of what hap-

pens, a person can control how they choose to deal with it.” So you see, it is what we do with a new day that makes it a good day, a bad day, a hard day, or a great day. Instead of writing about New Year’s Resolutions and promises we may or may not keep in the new year, I chose to write about what you can do. Something new, just for you. It is important to find some-thing you are passionate about and just “do it.” Find what works for you in terms of a complete health and wellness program for the new year – and do it. You may be the one reader who reads this article

and tries something new, just for the health of it. Think about what you want to accomplish over the

next few months. It may be that you want to start back to college and finish your degree. You may want to reduce your hours at the of-fice and spend more time with fam-ily. You may want to start reading more books, just for the heck of it! You may want to strengthen your spiritual growth. You may want to increase your activity level by add-ing exercise to your daily routine. You may want to stop something, like biting your fingernails, smok-ing, or overeating. Whatever it is – make it New for YOU!Use a checklist to keep your “new thing” simple – yet accountable.

• Setarealisticgoal • Findanapproachthatisrightfor you • Makeyourselfaccountable • Findsomethingyouenjoy • Thinkahead Last, but not least, tell us about it. Send a note to the editor of Out N About and tell us about the success of your new thing for the New Year. We want to hear about what you did and what was “New for You” in 2013. Be true to yourself. You are responsible for you – so make some-thing happen that is New for YOU.

Happy New Year!Until next time. . . Run Along

Something new just for you!

Suzy Cloyd

“On the Run Out ‘N About” (Reflections of a Runner)

Jonesborough Repertory Theatre (JRT) is currently registering students for their winter/spring class season. The open house registra-tion will take place at the theatre on Thursday, January 10 from 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Theatre Arts classes and more will be of-fered for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. This season JRT is continuing its launch and expansion on new arts program-ming in the town that not only includes the-atre, but playwriting, music, dance and art as well. JRT has had a thriving theatre education program for nearly ten years.

“We are so excited,” says Kathleen But-tolph, Director of Arts Education. “The reno-vations to the Booker T. Washington school are amazing. We can’t wait to get into the new facility (The McKinney Center). The new space will not only contain a stage for plays and mu-sicals, but it will be a community center for all to grow in the arts and delight in the rich his-tory that breathes life into the building.”

The newly renovated McKinney Center at Booker T. Washington School will be open this summer 2013 and will be the new home

of Jonesborough’s Arts programming through the Mary B. Martin Program for the Arts. JRT’s theatre arts classes will continue to have a home at JRT, but will offer more opportuni-ties for youth and adults to enjoy the variety of stage spaces and instruction style.

Beginning, January 14, theatre arts class-es will be held on Mondays from 4 to 5:15 p.m. for students in 5th-7th grade and from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. for students in 8th -12th grade. On Tuesdays, classes will be offered for students in kindergarten through 2nd grade from 4 to 5 p.m. and from 5 to 6 p.m. for students in 3rd and 4th grade.

This fall, JRT had over 30 students in their theatre arts classes. JRT’s faculty is ded-icated to the study and creation of a theatre arts curriculum that combines best practices and includes state standards. All classes are geared to set personal and whole class goals in theatre arts performance. Students will engage in theatre games and exercises that explore introductory and advanced tech-nique development for improvisation, voice and diction, storytelling, monologue, scene

work, auditioning, movement for the stage, musical theatre, playwriting, pantomime, and much more.

If interested, please download the registra-tion form online at www.jonesboroughtheatre.com. The form can be mailed or emailed to

[email protected]. For more informa-tion check online or call 423-794-7858. Sepa-rate workshops will be offered throughout the spring for adults as well. Please see the website for updates and details on classes and work-shops.

Theatre Arts Classes and more in Jonesborough

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The Christmas holiday season has come to a close, and while some of us are sad to see it go, many feel that it is a time for recovery. It’s a time to say goodbye to those awkward or unfamiliar relatives for another year. You have every good intention of organizing the decorations as you put them away, but you finally cram them into the closet, knowing that next year, you’ll be struggling to avoid a potentially life threatening avalanche of printed paper, tangled tinsel, and ceramic ornaments. Your goal is to just get the tree down before you have to hide Easter eggs in it.

Of course as the recovery is under way, you begin to reminisce about the sheer absurdity of your family’s holiday traditions. If your family is anything like mine, you’re prob-ably wondering, “Why are we so strange?” But, rest assured, you are not alone. My parents never fail to embarrass me by tell-ing the same old stories about my interesting childhood habits. So after what seems like an

eternity of laughing over my boy-clothes-bowl-haircut phase, someone – God bless their soul – asks when dinner will be ready. A flurry of clanking plates and exuberant ex-clamations of, “Pat, this casserole is fabulous!” and, “I must have this recipe!” ensues. There’s always that one ques-tionable dish that some anonymous great aunt brought – you know the one that looks like she threw a few quar-ters and a cat toy into a greenish Jell-O mold – and at least twenty times, you’ll hear Mom chastising Dad about how he should make two or three batches of Chex mix, Heaven forbid we not have enough Chex mix.

Then comes that hour or so in between dinner and gift exchange, when your grand-mother claims the attention of everyone

with one of her stories about how when she was your age, her Christmas gift consisted of an or-ange, a candy cane, and a handful of nuts. When your parents finally start handing out gifts, you have to sit there for what seems like forever, watch-ing everyone open theirs one by one, while your mom snaps pictures of

the whole thing saying, “Smile! Smile big!” Consequently, we all have the same goofy grin plastered on our faces. I think everyone has those elderly relatives who unwrap as slowly as possible, so as not to tear the pack-aging that they will probably never reuse, in an effort to “conserve paper.”

There will always be the strange memo-ries of the random unrelated people who spend the holidays with us. Throughout the

years, my parents have invited anyone they felt might need a place to celebrate Thanks-giving, Christmas, Easter, you name it. As a result, I’ve met an eclectic number of new people in my 17 years, and those people are the ones who really make the holidays inter-esting.

By the end of the night, everyone is ready to wish their relatives a Happy New Year, and go to bed. When we were younger, we would wake up early Christmas morning and wait on the stairs until Mom told us Santa Claus had visited. Then Dad would have the cam-era ready to record us each running over to our little piles of gifts, ripping into them excitedly to see what Santa had brought us. Whether you’re young or old, your holidays can be filled with stress as well as strange memories, and while everyone’s Christmas is different, we all need a little time to recover before returning to the realm of normalcy. So from my crazy family to yours – best wishes for the coming year!

Recovering from the holidays

Carrie Williams

Teen Talk with Carrie Williams


Do You Have a 2013 Plan?When I showed my strategic plan to the kind counselors

at the Tennessee Small Business Development Center their eyes grew wide and their mouths dropped open. Why? I was shocked to learn that very few small business people take the time to draw out a road map; a plan for their future. “They get too busy in the day to day, fighting fires to set aside time to plan,” said the counselors.

As the holiday leftovers draw to an end, if you haven’t already done so, now is the time to take ac-tion on your strategic plan for 2013. In the long run it will be well worth the few hours you’ll dedicate at the start of the year.

When I launched my company nearly four years ago, I cre-ated my original business plan at the Tennessee Small Business Development Center. I highly recommend the wonderful busi-ness counselors there and they remain a great source of informa-tion and business counsel throughout the year. MarketingMel’s original business plan was written in a”How To Write Your Busi-ness Plan” class sponsored by the TSBDC. I think it was either free or $10 but it was certainly worth the price of admission!

This is the third year I am working on my strategic plan

and it will mark my fourth year in business. Just use whatever tools work for you. There are several available online. I find that a white board or butcher paper and Sharpies help to get my creative juices flowing and they provide the visual stimulus for thought too. When working on the plan, I always seek an out-side adviser because, especially for the self-employed, you can’t operate in a vacuum. The outside adviser will offer insights you otherwise may not have thought of. I helped one of my clients create a strategic plan in early January and they followed it through almost to the letter in 2012 and were very pleased with the results. (I still have the butcher paper from that meeting wrapped up in my office and we referred to the plan throughout the year, sometimes tacking the paper back up on the walls to remind ourselves where we had come. The client say the results of our “planning” can be seen in their financial statements!)

Remember to consider these as part of your plan for 2013: Social Media and Mobile Marketing. How will you/your com-pany engage with others via social media? You may want to cre-ate a social media calendar for 2013 to help in your monthly planning of platforms. (I have samples on my MarketingMelPR Facebook business page and on my web site at www.market-ingmel.com.) Also, with more mobile devices than toothbrushes now on planet Earth (that’s a thought!) how will you engage your customers on mobile platforms?

One key element of any business strategy is marketing.

MarketingMel offers an Economical Market-ing Plan that will give you/your business a template from which to operate all year. It involves providing you with several questions in advance, then meet-ing (or Skyping) with you for an hour, and then providing you with a Power Point summa-ry follow up. We cover everything from points of differentiation to competition, etc. I will also provide quarterly follow up reminders to you to see how you are coming along with the plan.

Good luck in the New Year and please let me know if I can assist you with planning your company’s communications strategies in the New Year.

Mary Ellen Miller is founder and President of Market-ingMel an innovative marketing, public relations and so-cial media strategies firm for business professionals. www.marketingmel.com, 423-335-7267. She is a frequent public speaker and is available for public speaking opportunities.

Mary Ellen Miller

Eight out of twelve sessions of the Paper Windows project have been completed. Twenty four pictures are now posted on the city website featuring 1st through 3rd place winners in each session. “It is amazing to see what people in our commu-nity find to shoot, some of the pictures are just unbelievable, the beauty captured in them,” said Lisa Beckner, the project

coordinator.This session named “Falling for Bristol” was number eight in the series. The next session in the series is titled, “Grateful.” For more infor-mation on the rules and on how to enter, please go to the City of Bristol Tennessee website at www.bristoltn.org, click on the Home tab at the top of the page, scroll down to the

Paper Windows box where ev-erything you would want to know about the project is listed. How-ever, in the event you still have a question please contact Lisa Beckner @ 423-764-4171 or at [email protected].

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Paper Windows session eight winners announced

The third place winner is titled “A Shadow in Time” and was photographed by Linda Leonard. The picture is a playful way to look at the fall season.

The first place winner, Wallace Moura photographed a beautiful location on a tree lined trail. The photo features fall foliage at its finest and the photograph is titled appropriately, “The Fall Trail.”

The photo winning 2nd place honors was photographed by Denise Beverly. Ms. Beverly’s shot was unique and showed us a fun way to view falling leaves. The picture is titled “I Will Catch You.”


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Thompson Boling Arena in Knoxville:Jan 18 Miranda Lambert & Dierks Bentley with Lee BriceJan 27 Zac Brown Band with Blackberry Smoke and Levi LoweryMar 1 George Strait & Martina McBride Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville:Jan 5 Ron WhiteJan 10 Younder Mountain String BandJan 30 Umphrey’s McGeeFeb 2 Stars on Stage featuring Bob NewhhartFeb 23 Little Big TownMar 1 Brian ReganMar 3 Buddy Guy & Johnny Lang (rescheduled date)

Knoxville Civic Coliseum:Feb 10 Shinedown & Three Days Grace With P.O.D.Feb 27 Kid Rock with Buckcherry and Hellbound Glory

Knoxville Civic Auditorium:Feb 2 Aaron Tippin

Bijou Theatre in Knoxville:Jan 10 Guy ClarkFeb 13 Moe

Bridgestone Arena in Nashville:Jan 18 Justin Bieber Mar 2 Pink with The HivesMar 6 Bon JoviMar 10 Lady GagaMar 22 Eric ClaptonMar 24 Maroon 5

Ryman Auditorium in Nashville:Jan 29 MorrisseyMar 16 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

U.S. Cellular Center (formerly Asheville Civic Center): Feb 22 Jerry Seinfeld

Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C.:Jan 22 Justin BieberJan 24 Jeff DunhamMar 5 Bon JoviMar 16 PinkMar 22 Taylor Swift Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.:Jan 9&10 Blue Man GroupJan 19 Justin Bieber Jan 24 Rodney CarringtonJan 26 Zac Brown BandFeb 15 Rascal FlattsFeb 22 Bill CosbyMar 18 Lady GagaMar 23 George Strait and Martina McBride

Harrah’s in Cherokee, N.C.:Jan 18 StyxFeb 23 Americas Got Talent All StarsMar 2 Little Big Town & Kacey Musgraves

House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:Feb 16 Styx

Mar 2 Buddy Guy and Jonny LangMar 9 Tenacious DMar 16 Deftones

Bilo Center in Greenville, S.C.:Feb 16 Kid Rock with Buckcherry and Hellbound GloryMar 22 George Straight & Martina McBrideApr 16 Carrie Underwood and Hunter Hayes

Philips Arena in Atlanta:Jan 23 Justin Bieber Feb 22 Bon JoviMar 1 Pink with the HivesMar 11 Lady GagaMar 27 Maroon 5

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(Abingdon, Va.) The region’s premier professional theatre destination is kicking off the eightieth anniversary season this February with two of the biggest hits in recent history. “First produced in 2006, ‘I’ll Never Be Hungry Again’ is a musical spoof on the movie ‘Gone With the Wind,’ and is one of the most requested productions of all time,” said Richard Rose, producing artistic director. “Imagine five of Barter’s most talented actors tasked with the comic and epic occasion of playing all the characters of the iconic movie; it’s guaranteed to make you laugh, even if you “don’t know nothin’ ‘bout birthin no babies!’” added Rose. Written by Catherine Bush, “I’ll Never Be Hungry Again” stars Sean Campos, Hannah Ingram, Nick Koesters, Erin Parker and Stephen Scott Wormley. The show begins February 7 at Barter Stage II. February 14—just in time for Valentine’s Day— Barter brings you “Walking Across Egypt.” First produced as a mini-production in last year’s Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights, the show goes straight to Main Stage due to its overwhelming popularity. Based on the novel by Clyde Edgerton and adapted for the stage by Barter Playwright-in-Residence Catherine Bush, it’s the story of 78-year-old Mattie Rigsby. Mattie thinks that it’s time to start slowing down. That’s what she’s beginning to tell everyone; and may even start believing it herself. The good Lord has a different idea, and Mattie is about to discover that one is never too old to be needed. In the process, she helps a young man with a penchant for behaving

badly realize that he’s not too lost to be found. Mattie calls her connection to God her “upside down waterfall.” But lately, something seems to be missing. Can she get it back? What will it take and will she be able to do it? This frequently funny story captures the heart of humanity believes Lori Hester, director of patron services. “Perhaps you know of someone who needs help but you can’t be the one who helps. Mattie feels like she can’t even adopt a stray dog at this point in her life. With a little bit of faith, her mouthwatering cornbread and a giving heart, Mattie is going to learn it’s not the ‘how’ that matters, it’s the ‘why,’” said Hester. The season opens with two plays by Catherine Bush. Originally from Kentucky, Bush now calls Abingdon home. She has been Barter’s playwright-in-residence since 2009. Everything from the irreverent trilogy of “The Other Side of the Mountain,” the holiday story “Wooden Snowflakes” to “Where Trouble Sleeps” (another Edgerton adaptation) and several works written for The Barter Players—Barter’s acting company for young audiences, bears her name. The spring repertory is rounded out with “Half A World Away” and “Unnecessary Farce” at Barter Stage II and “Little Women” at Main Stage, all beginning in March. To see all these shows and more, take advantage of Barter’s discount PassBooks, on sale now through April 1 or while supplies last. For a complete listing of all 2013 productions and ticket information, call (276) 628-3991 or visit BarterTheatre.com.

Allowing wine in grocery stores will be voted on again in 2013This year, once again, Tennessee’s legislature

will be confronted with the issue of whether to allow the sale of wine in grocery stores. Be it in the news-paper, at the water cooler or on Facebook and Twit-ter, the issue has been debated. Everywhere, it seems, except the floor of the state House or Senate.

While a bill has been filed every year for the past seven, little substantive debate has occurred in the legislature because the bill has never gotten through the committee system. I believe this year could be different. Whether the bill can pass a floor vote in each house and become law is an open question. But I believe this year offers a real chance to see the bill advance farther than ever before.

My stand on wine in grocery stores has been the same since the issue first arose. I’m for it. I’m not a drinker myself and I abhor alcohol abuse in all its forms. But at root, this is not an alcohol issue -- this is a freedom issue.

Tennessee is surrounded by states that allow wine in grocery stores. There is no way to calculate what Tennessee has lost in terms of economic development and jobs due to our stubbornness on this issue.

Economic growth flows naturally to where the most freedom resides. We know this principle well in Tennessee as we continue to be one of the few states in the nation without a broad based income tax. Tennessee has gained in terms of jobs and economic growth due to this advantage. We will gain too, albeit on a smaller scale, if we grant grocery stores the freedom to sell wine.

Critics say that it is not fair to change the rules on liquor store owners in the middle of the game. They say that store owners went into business under the current system and their business models and profit margins will be disturbed by allowing wine-

in-grocery stores.I must admit a strong sympathy for

this criticism. I have long been a critic of government rules and regulation and the capricious nature with which they are enforced. However, more freedom is better for more people in the long run. Change is good and competition ben-efits consumers and merchants.

Under the current system, liquor store owners can sell spirits and wine only. No corkscrews, no coasters, no wine chillers, nothing. If, as we allow

wine in grocery stores, we also allow liquor stores to sell more than strictly spirits, we can aid the con-sumer and the liquor store owner: more freedom, more choice and more profit for everyone.

As Lt Governor and Speaker of the Senate, my most critical task is the appointment of commit-

tees. Putting the right people in the right places is of paramount importance to good government. While no one issue can take precedent over others when formulating our Senate committees, it is important to note that this year’s legislature will be markedly different than the previous year’s. In the Senate, we have no fewer than eight freshman members -- all Republican. Both sides of this debate will have to ap-peal to these new members and convince them anew that theirs is the proper public policy for Tennessee.

As I have discussed publicly before, it is pretty clear that opponents of wine in grocery stores have held off this debate about as long as they can. I cannot predict the outcome but one thing is clear: this issue will debated in our General Assembly like never before and both sides will find themselves in uncharted territory. I will be standing where I al-ways have: for consumer choice, for free enterprise and for wine in grocery stores.

In 2010, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said to find out what was in President Obama’s health care bill Congress would have to pass it. After nearly three years, it has become obvi-ous why Congressional Democrats wanted to hide the facts from the public before the presi-dent’s health care bill became the law. You’ve probably read about the 21 new taxes the bill requires in an effort to impose an indi-vidual insurance mandate, and how the law cuts more than $700 billion out of Medicare to fund a new entitlement. But you may not know about the im-pact that President Obama’s health care law will have on the states. Last month, Governor Bill Haslam sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in-forming her of Tennessee’s decision not to set up a state-based insurance exchange. Even after reviewing over 800 pages of draft rules, the governor said there was still a lot of confusion as to how the exchange would actually work. Governor Haslam chose not to set up the exchange because, despite all the uncertainty, one thing is clear: the law does not give state officials the flexibility needed to design an ex-change to meet the needs of Tennesseans. Gov-ernor Haslam’s decision underscores the chal-lenges not just for Tennessee, but nationwide, emerging from the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act also required states to expand Medicaid to cover more individu-als beginning in 2014, but fortunately the Su-preme Court’s ruling made this expansion op-tional. Even though the federal government is supposed to pick up a significant percentage of states’ expansion cost, the Obama adminis-tration is already seeking to limit its support to states that don’t expand their programs as

much as the law originally required. It sounds as though a bad deal has the potential to get worse – and our state can offer some clues as to what will happen for states that choose to expand their program. Because of our state’s experience with Tenn-Care, our state Medicaid program, Tennesse-ans know the dangers of simply expanding

access to care without addressing costs. TennCare crippled the state budget and nearly 300,000 people were cut from the program in 2005 and 2006 just to keep it financially vi-able. TennCare is now one of the most restrictive heath care plans in the country, limiting how many

medications patients can receive, what brands they can purchase and what doctors they can see. Because TennCare’s payments to physicians are even lower than the rates paid by

Medicare and private insurance, many pro-viders have opted out of the program and will no longer see TennCare patients. This is the model that President Obama is seeking to copy on a national scale. My priority remains a full repeal of the Af-fordable Care Act because I don’t believe the program can simply be repaired. While we continue to work on achieving full repeal, we should also act to ensure the worst parts of the legislation that have the impact to dis-mantle people’s current health care now are repealed. We can find ways to lower the cost of medical care, repeal the Independent Pay-ment Advisory Board, implement meaningful medical malpractice reforms and fight fiercely to preserve the doctor-patient relationship. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/con-gress-blog/healthcare/272553-affordable-care-act-proving-unaffordable-for-states


Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey

It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. We even made it through 12-12-12 and 12-22-12. Crazy Mayans.

An early Christmas present we didn’t want was Johnny Wood’s retirement an-nouncement after years of keeping us in-formed at WCYB TV 5. The fish don’t have a chance. Enjoy retirement Johnny, you deserve it and will be missed!

Not so long ago there were few restau-rant choices in our region. Now, it seems there is some type of eatery on every corner. It took a while but I and several friends vis-ited the Battery in Johnson City for a night out the week before Christmas.

The food was excellent as was the ser-vice and the 30 minute wait was easy to take since ample seating was available at the restaurant’s huge front bar. A good time was had by all and we certainly rec-ommend it to our readers when you are thinking about getting “Out ‘N About” for a nice dinner. We are also looking forward to their new Sunday Brunch:

[The Battery, [Steakhouse/Seafood] 601 Spring St. Downtown Johnson City].

And, yes, Bring on Tupelo Honey!Everybody’s talking about Tennes-

see’s new football coach, Butch Jones. We didn’t jar Jon Gruden from ESPN or any

other famous coach for that matter. Jones, who comes to Knoxville after a successful stint at Cincinnati, has been dubbed by critics as “Dooley Lite.” He faces an up-hill battle as did his predecessor. It will all come down to his recruiting efforts as Vols quarterback Tyler Bray and a trio of good wide receivers is predicted to leave Knox-ville for the NFL. We gave Dooley a three year chance and I say we extend the same courtesy to Butch Jones. He’ll at least get his first Tennessee win against Austin Peay on August 31st and his second win the next week against Western Kentucky. Then, it’s anybody’s guess.

I’m not a Dallas Cowboy fan but I am a fan of Jason Witten who’s from my hometown of Elizabethton. The Cowboy tight end and future Hall of Famer set the NFL record for most catches [ever] by a tight end. After sitting out a few games with a spleen injury some football pundits were predicting his retirement at 30 years old. Not so fast. He’ll play as long as he wants to.

For the record, I wasn’t a Denver fan at the beginning of the season but I am now. Peyton Manning is arguably the best quar-terback that ever put on shoulder pads. His brother’s not too shabby either.

Bits and PiecesFrom All Over

By Ron Scalf

Affordable Care Act Proving Unaffordable for States

Congressman Phil Roe



Bristol, TN. --- The City of Bris-tol’s Paper Windows Photography project hit a high note in session nine titled, Grateful.

The photographer was asked to shoot something they were grateful for or saw gratefulness in. “Our judges were particu-larly hard-pressed to find just one photo that stood out among the entries during this session. So many of the photos were shot with such a since of passion, the emotional value was immeasur-able,” said Lisa Beckner, project coordinator for the city project.

The first place winner was Wallace Moura’s “Christmas of Hope”. The full-color picture featured a young girl standing in front of a frost-covered window as though she were peering out at the wonder of Christmas. “There was just something that showed the innocence of Christmas in this shot that captured the imagination of anyone viewing it,” said a judge who serves on the panel.

The second place winner was titled “Big Miracles in Small Pack-ages” by Regina Shinall. The black

and white photograph featured a newborn child lying in an old soft-drink wagon surrounded by a cloud-like blanket. “This photo was so touching. You could almost feel the gratefulness a parent feels in bringing this little human being into the world safe and sound,” commented another panel judge.

The photograph taking third place was titled “Happily Ever Af-ter” and was also shot by Regina Shinall.

The photo featured a newly married Bride and Groom racing down the aisle.

The tenth of the twelve sessions is titled “The Sound of Music”. “We are anticipating some great work for this session. With all the musical events hosted in downtown Bristol along with all the musi-cal heritage that runs in families of this area, there has to be some great shots,” said Beckner. “Just remember, is not important when the picture was taken, just that it was taken in Bristol,” continued Beckner.

Paper Windows photography project session

nine winners announced

Daytona Beach, FL. --- Calen-dars officially turned to 2013 just a few days ago, signifying for many a point of resolution – a fresh start in determining a new course of action. Like millions of its loyal fans, NASCAR® took a bold step by officially flipping the switch on a brand new digital experience, highlighted by a revamped NA-SCAR.com®.

“As people wake up and log on to the new NASCAR.com today and every day moving forward, they will see that it was designed with one thing in mind: the fans,” said Marc Jenkins, vice president of digital media for NASCAR. “This digital experience is meant to constantly evolve based on user feedback, with the goal of a creating a better digi-tal experience for our fans.”

On the newNASCAR.com, the excitement of NASCAR will be cap-tured through dynamic video, big, bold imagery, interactive graphics and the latest news and in-depth analysis from a choice group of NASCAR insiders and writers. Much of the content being produced by NASCAR.com’s editorial team will be focused on the upcoming races, giving fans the opportunity to con-sume rich, comprehensive event

information on a week-to-week basis.

“The simplified NASCAR digi-tal platform makes for easier user navigation and maximized inter-action,” said Jenkins. “And most importantly, fans will have the same digital experience no matter what type of device is being used – be it a PC, a tablet or a mobile phone.”

Across the entire digital plat-form, there are also plenty of op-tions for fans to further engage in on-track action on race day. The interactive live leaderboard will provide fans with in-depth infor-mation in real-time on each driv-er, while the popular RaceView® and RaceBuddy™ applications will be improved for an enhanced broadcast complement on race day. Fans will also be able to en-gage in NASCAR FANTASY LIVE™, the official NASCAR fantasy game, which will have a brand new look and feel.

For fans heading to the race-track, the new NASCAR.com will continue to serve as a great des-tination for in-depth informa-tion on NASCAR-sanctioned race tracks. From information on local attractions, track history, and most

importantly, ordering race tickets, fans need to look no further than the digital home of NASCAR: NA-SCAR.com.

Finally, in addition to an en-tirely new website, NASCAR will release a pair of mobile apps before the start of the Shootout at Dayto-na (Feb. 16, FOX) and the Daytona 500 (Feb. 24, FOX), giving fans an unprecedented second screen expe-rience on their tablets and mobile devices.

• NASCAR Mobile ’13 – This app is highlighted with content such as latest news, race leader-board, video, social media updates, in-car audio, live data and more.

• NASCAR RaceView Mobile ’13 – In addition to the aforemen-tioned features, this premium app will render a virtual live race envi-ronment, giving fans the ultimate tool to follow their favorite driver in real time throughout the entire race.

NASCAR selected SapientNitro last summer to help design and build the platform for NASCAR’s new digital experience. NASCAR has also worked very closely with technology services firm Omnigon, which has acted as an advisor throughout the build.

NASCAR flips the switch on new digital experience

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Corner Nest Antique Mall FrequentlyElizabethton, TN. --- The New

Year presents us with the opportu-nity to made resolutions. So here’s our resolution: We are going to visit Corner Next Antique Mall more. Why? Because every month there is something different to see and the 90+ vendors in this 30,000 foot massive store offers a little bit of ev-erything.

Located on Elk Avenue near the downtown district, owner Robin Blackwell is always busy transform-ing the windows every month and like a conductor makes sure all the booths inside are neat and orderly. It’s a breeze to walk through the store and it’s nice to be able to take your time.

We spoke to several vendors after the holiday season including Mary Lou Presley who has Hannah’s Gar-den. Mary Lou is from Kingsport and has been in the business for over 30 years. “I’m semi-retired and has had

two store fronts for 28 years,” she said. “Hannah’s Garden is a booth that displays and offers gardening and greenery items. I make my own wreathes by hand, an assortment of greenery as well as potting dishes. I offer wrought iron [products] and a variety of antiques. I have a wood-work shop out back of my house where I make furniture and down-stairs in my house I have a studio where I enjoy making wreathes for the booth. “I guess you can say I’m a jack-of-all-trades,” she said with a laugh.

Every 10 days or so Mary Lou, like most of the Corner Nest vendors, changes her booth. “I go to auctions, estate sales and people call me with items for sale,” she said matter-of-factly. “I’ve been at Corner Nest for four years and I love the store and being involved as a vendor.”

If you are in the market for some home-made candles you should

Corner Nest Café Inside Corner Nest Antique Mall

100 West Elk Avenue • Elizabethton, Tennessee 37643

Downhome Cooking Hours: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday

Special Orders AvailablePhone: 423-543-6378

New Year’s Resolution: Visit

stop by Tracy Kellerman’s booth at the Corner Nest. You’ll find beauti-ful and unique candles of all sizes, colors and varieties. They are home-

made, smell great and are very af-fordable. They make great gifts or can be added to the décor of any home or office.

Last, but certainly not least, in our visit to Corner Nest this month we happened upon Gail and Leon Schmidt’s Shabby Cottage. This dy-

Corner Nest Antique Mall100 West Elk Avenue • Elizabethton, TN •

423-547-9111Hours: Monday-Thursday 10 am-6 pm

Friday & Saturday 10 am-8 pmSunday 10 am-6 pm

namic duo refurbish old vintage furniture and recycle pieces into useful items. “Ba-sically, we repair vintage and old things and give them new life, Gail said. “Leon is a very good woodcrafter and the old broken things we find are transformed into useful furniture. For example, he’ll take old windows and turn them into hall trees and make a seat out of an old door to add to it. A discarded old win-dow headed to the dump becomes a coat hanger or a chopping board. We love to refurbish old furniture then we paint it cream or white colored along the line of ‘shabby sheik’ [thus the name of their booth Shabby Cottage]. “We like to find old broken, vintage furniture and fix it up and give it a whole new life,” she said.

The Butler, Tennessee couple have been vendors at Corner Nest for over four years and enjoys searching for items by “going junking” at flea markets, garage sales and other buying spree opportuni-ties.

“I’m an artist and I love the feed-back we receive from our customers,” Gail adds. “We live on an acre in Butler community complete with a woodwork-ing shop and Leon does all the painting there. We give people a quality product at a reasonable price and I don’t know very many people who do what we do . . .take something discarded and useless and turn it into something people love and enjoy having in their home. It is a lot of hard work and fun at the same time! Come visit us at Corner Nest. I’m sure we have something you’ll want to take home!”

As another year comes to a close, I’ll give you my top five films of the year. No, these probably aren’t the best films of the year, but “best” and “favorite” are not always synony-mous. Unfortunately, I’ve not had a chance to see some of the films get-ting early Oscar buzz (Django Un-chained, Les Miserables, and Zero Dark Thirty weren’t widely released

when this was written), but from what I’ve seen, here are the five films that stuck with me the most in 2012.The Avengers – When news broke that Joss Whedon had gotten the job of directing the jewel in Marvel’s crown, The Avengers, I was cau-tiously elated. This is the man who had created three television shows, that despite rabid cult followings and widespread critical appeal, never found a way to cross over to

the mainstream. Marvel knew what they were doing, though, in handing Whedon the keys to their proverbial castle. He skillfully juggled the story, the characters (all of the main players get their chance to shine), and the egos of all the film’s stars and created the best example yet of a comic book played out on film. The Dark Knight Rises – All good things must come to an end and un-fortunately Christopher Nolan’s Bat-man trilogy is no exception. While the final film of the Nolan Caped Crusader Trilogy isn’t the best stand-alone film in the series (that honor goes to The Dark Knight), it is the perfect final chapter to the saga. Christian Bale gets a little more screen time/character build-ing time here than in the second film and Nolan’s not-so-subtle theme of class warfare hit home in today’s political climate. I highly recom-mend watching all three films in one big, marathon viewing session.21 Jump Street – While 21 Jump Street might not make most critic’s “Best of” lists, I found it the funniest film of the year. Not only that, this is the one piece of evidence I have that Channing Tatum actually has a talent other than a spot on Vanilla Ice impersonation. He’s very funny here and has wonderful comedic timing with Jonah Hill. Keep your eyes peeled for a hilarious cameo from Johnny Depp, who rose to fame on the 80’s series of the same name.Lincoln – With Spielberg directing and Daniel Day Lewis starring, it’s

hard to imagine that this biopic of one of America’s most beloved pres-idents could go wrong. Not only did it not go wrong, it was astound-ingly good. Lewis, while always being an actor of great ac-complishment, in my opinion was guilty of exclusively choosing show-offy roles full of period piece wardrobes and emotional outbursts. With Lincoln, he stayed with the pe-riod piece motif, but as opposed to fiery, he went low key…and it was brilliant. In the same way that most people think of George C. Scott when thinking of General Patton, Daniel Day Lewis will al-ways live in my mind when I think of Lincoln. Beasts of the Southern Wild – In

most years, Daniel Day Lewis’ por-trayal of Abraham Lincoln would claim my top spot of ‘Most Memo-rable Performance.’ In 2012, how-ever, that spot goes to Quvenzhane Wallis, who plays six-year-old Hushpuppy in Beasts of the South-ern Wild. The film’s plot is hard to explain and, on paper, sounds like something you would find on the SyFy Channel on a Saturday af-ternoon. It takes place in a small bayou community that is ravaged by a storm as the ice caps melt

and unleash a race of prehistoric creatures. Hushpuppy has to grow up and adjust to the changing and hostile world around her at the same time that her father’s health is fading. The movie is great and Wallis’ per-formance is mesmerizing – the best I’ve ever seen by a child performer.

By: Toby Laek, Producer, Daytime Tri-Cities

My Favorite Films Of 2012

The Avengers

Beasts of theSouthern WildLincoln

21 Jump Street

The Dark Knight Rises



from page 11

Enigma

January events at the Paramount

Down Home Pickin’ Parlor ScheduleFriday and Saturday, January 4th and 5th

8:00pm - Blue Highway

Sunday, January 6th.7:00am - Blue Highway

Friday, January 11th.8:00pm - Paul Geremia

Saturday, January 12th.8:00pm - John Cowan Band

Thursday, January 24th.8:00pm - The Stray Birds

Thu, January 24th. 8:00pm – 10:30pm

Friday, January 25th.8:00pm - BALSAM RANGE

Saturday, January 26th.8:00pm - Webb Wilder

Sunday, January 27th. 11:30am - Webb Wilder

Saturday, February 2nd.8:00pm - Humming House

Saturday, Jan. 5th at 8:00pm: An Evening with

Dailey and Vincent: Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent

became the most heralded new act in the bluegrass music field in 2008, as their debut album and busy tour schedule introduced them to wildly appreciative audiences. They have a tireless love of singing, lifelong vocal experience in demanding ensembles, remarkable individual voices, and a talent for arranging. Tickets $22.00

Sunday, January 6th at 3:00pm: Carol Stone Piano

Studio’s presents

The Peskanov Piano Festival Concert

Carol Stone Piano Studio pres-ents the annual Peskanov Piano Festival featuring Al-exander Pes-kanov and students of Carol Stone. This event provides a showcase for young, local talent playing with Mr. Peskanov in concert.

The Peskanov Piano Festival is derived from the Piano Olympics

event, which first took place in the winter of 1991 in Kingsport, Ten-nessee. It is based on the concept of collaboration with a concert artist, in preparation for a Festival perfor-mance of stu-dents and the artist himself.

Admission is free, but donations are gratefully accepted.

Saturday, Jan. 19th 7:00pm: Miss Bristol Pageant

The Miss Bristol, Miss Tri Cities, and Miss Mountain Lakes Scholar-ship Pageants are preliminaries to the annual Miss Tennessee Scholar-ship Program . In turn, Miss Ten-nessee is the official state prelimi-nary to the Miss America Program.

Award certificates will go to the top talent, interview, swimsuit, and evening gown winners. Tickets $12.00 at the door.

Friday, Jan. 25th 7:00pm: The Masters of Bluegrass

Bluegrass music got more than it bargained for when the 2012 IBMA awards show opened by unveiling an unprecedented collaboration between a quintet of the genre’s greatest and most admired talents. Dubbed The Masters of Blue-grass, the five musicians—J.D. Crowe, Bobby Hicks, Del McCoury, Jerry McCoury and Bobby Osborne—bring to the stage a creative fire stoked by liter-ally centuries’ worth of experience and partnerships that have encompassed every aspect of the music’s fabled history.

Tickets: Pre-Sale $29.50, Day of Show $ 35.50

Song of the Mountains kicks off 2013 with a fantastic concert at the Lincoln Theatre in

Marion, Virginia to begin our ninth season!

One of our most requested duos will return to the stage of Song of the Moun-tains on

Saturday, January 12th at that is Wayne Henderson and Jeff Little!

Also on the show will be the high-energy sounds of Folk Soul Revival as well as the old

time music of the Empty Bottle String Band and the Tune Town Old Time String Band.

Rounding out Song of the Mountains at the Lincoln Theatre on January 12th will be

Gravel Road featuring Derek Deakins with their unique style of Americana Mu-sic!

For tickets and info visit Song of the Mountains.org

Song of the Mountains


Art studio schedule•Fabulous Footwear: Start the New Year

on the right foot by designing your own high heel, cowboy boot, or tennis shoe that is just your style!

•Giacometti Sculptures: Learn about art-ist Alberto Giacometti and his unique sculpt-ing style. Then, create a sculpture in the style of this famous artist.

Special events Wednesday, January 2nd -

Sunday, January 13th - Stellar Static

You will get a “charge” out of all the fun

we will be having in the lab in honor of Static Electricity Day! Cause static spheres to dance inside our static tube, test out our static generating Fun Fly Stick, and use a balloon to move objects such as bubbles, ping-pong balls, and more! The Eastman Discovery Lab will be open by announcement periodically throughout each day.

Tuesday, January 15th - Sunday, January 27th -

Say Cheese!Learn all about teeth in honor of Na-

tional Children’s Dental Health Month.

Take an impression of your own “chomp-ers” and then get a chance to make your own flavored toothpaste. The Eastman Discovery Lab will be open by announce-ment periodically throughout each day.

Thursday, January 24th, 9:30 am - 11:00 am - Owl Pellet Dissection

Owls are amazing creatures that swal-low their prey whole. Learn what owls eat as you dissect an owl pellet and recon-struct the skeleton found inside it. Cost $8 for members, $10 for non-members. Ages 5-12. Payment is required with reg-

istration by Wednesday, January 9th. To register, please call 423-434-4263 ext. 100, T-F 9-5 or email [email protected].

Tuesday, January 29th - Sunday, February 3rd -

Do You See What “Eye” See?Unlock the mysteries of the human

eye in honor of National Eye Care Month. Learn about the inner workings of the eye and test your eyes with some optical il-lusions. The Eastman Discovery Lab will be open by announcement periodically throughout each day.

Hands On! January schedule of events

By Ron ScalfKingsport, TN. --- After spending

10 years as news anchor at WJHL News Channel 11 in Johnson City, Jim Bailey finds himself in familiar surroundings. At the end of January the affable Bailey will launch WKPT’s Channel 19’s return to half hour news segments at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.

After leaving “JHL” he spent about a year in a self-imposed hiatus until he received a call from WKPT management pitching him on coming back on the air in Kingsport.

“I began my career in PR [public re-lations] in the early 1990s,” Bailey said matter-of-factly. “I’m a South Carolina boy but my parents would visit the area as long as I remember. They use to take me to Tweetsie, so I guess I’ve come full circle since childhood. This is my adopted home and my wife Jackie and I didn’t want to leave.”

Bailey has been involved these days with “dry runs” until the new news show

makes its debut on Jan. 21st “give or take a day or two to get the kinks out,” he ex-plains. “It’s been a lot of fun and a great challenge,” he adds. “We will be taking a unique approach to the news and first and foremost we will be Kingsport’s news sta-tion. To a great extent, I think, Kingsport has been left out of the mix when it comes to covering local news and events here. WJHL is largely a Johnson City [news] sta-tion and WCYB concentrates on Bristol. The local issues important to Kingsport is not only important to us, it will be first and foremost. But, obviously, we will also be covering the entire region. We just want to be known as Kingsport’s television sta-

tion.”When longtime Holston Valley Broad-

casting general manager George Devault pitched the job to Bailey he accepted and began remodeling the station’s news room and adding state-of-the art equipment.

“That’s all well and good,” he says with a smile. “But I wanted to build a news team from here. . .who understands the issues and the people. And, I’ve done that. Our team is all local. They hail from Glades Springs, Erwin, Kingsport, Johnson City, Gate City and back. They are from here and know the issues. Our news cast will be built by local people. I’d like to think that this project is a reward for King-

sport. The viewer’s here deserve their own television station and we know what our role in that effort is and will be.”

So much for Jim Bailey retirement.

“At some point we’ll move into week-ends and will be playing off our show “A Closer Look” whereby we bring in local leaders and news makers to discuss the

hot local topics of the day,” he said. “We’ll also be very involved in social media to get our viewers informed including regular updates on our website. Today, that is a vital part of present news. It’s amazing to me how ‘new age’ media has become and, as I said before, it will be a daily challenge in presenting the news and getting the word out. I’m old school enough to want to do something well or not at all.”

Model City Mover & Shaker:Veteran newsman Jim Bailey returns to television

Jim Bailey

FACTOIDJames “Jim” Bailey

• Married to Jackie for 31 years [who just also happens to be his news producer at WKPT and a

veteran newswoman in her own right].• One son, James “Jay” or “Chip” who works at Keiser University in Florida.

• Always has worked in the media field from Indiana to New Orleans.

• Serves on the Board of Directors at Salvation Army.• Is a Deacon at First Christian Church.

• Is an Army veteran.• Is an expert pistol shooter and enjoys

competition through the Kettlefoot Rod & Gun Club.


UPCOMING GAMES & EVENTSSTEVE LACY FIELDHOUSEMILLIGAN COLLEGE

Men’s ScheduleJan. 5 Reinhardt University 4:00Jan. 8 Bryan College 7:30Jan. 12 Tennessee Wesleyan 4:00Jan. 19 Point University 4:00Jan. 23 Virginia Intermont 7:30Jan. 29 St. Andrews 7:30Feb. 6 Union College 7:30

Women’s ScheduleJan. 5 Reinhardt University 2:00Jan. 8 Bryan College 5:30Jan. 12 Tennessee Wesleyan 2:00Jan. 19 Point University 2:00Jan. 23 Virginia Intermont 5:30Jan. 29 St. Andrews 5:30Feb. 6 Union College 5:30Feb. 13 Columbia College 6:30

Chamber NightsJan. 12 Johnson City Chamber, leadership groups and high schools

Jan.19 Elizabethton/Carter County Chamber, leadership groups and high schools

Jan. 23 Bristol Chamber, leadership groups and high schools

Jan. 29 Kingsport Chamber, leadership groups and high schools.

For more information about Milligan Athletics, visit www.milliganbuffs.com.

www.milligan.edu/raiseyourworld :: 423.461.8730

has been good. I chose to play locally because of Milligan’s

great academic programs and athletic department. I liked the

women’s basketball program, and I wanted to play where I

knew I would see playing time and where family and friends

could come watch me. Milligan was the best choice.

My milligan experience

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Playing college basketball has been my dream since I was

a kid. Finally getting to do that has been such a blessing

and has helped me to grow as an individual. I’ve really

enjoyed my four years playing basketball at Milligan.

Tyler DeVaultHometown: Kingsport, TNSullivan Central High School

“I wouldN't trade it for anything.

Milligan — a nationally recognized Christian liberal arts college offering 30+ undergraduate majors and four graduate programs. Over 2,000 victories on the basketball court and much success in 20+ other collegiate sports...and all with a commitment to being Champions of Character!

Over the years, we have been blessed to have some very good local players. There are some

excellent coaches and very solid programs in our area. They have sent us talented basketball

players who have proven to be great representatives of our program.

Jaimee HillHometown: Johnson City, TNScience Hill High School

Rich AubreyWomen’s Basketball Head Coach 20th season at Milligan

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Eating Healthy with Chef Anna:

Coconut Oil: The Healthy Saturated Fat[Editor’s Note: We are excited

to introduce Chef Anna Conrad, a popular local chef, entrepre-neur and published author as a new contributor. Chef Anna will be writing a monthly column for Out ‘N About Magazine sharing her thoughts about culinary trends, healthy eating, and cooking at home. You can visit her business at 2530 E. Oakland Avenue in Johnson City, TN - Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. You may also visit her websites www.chefanna.net, www.idealmealz.com, www.paleochefanna.com, www.hcgchefanna.com, and www.chefannaeasyrecipes.com.]

For at least 60 years the health care industry and media have been teaching us that saturated fats are terrible for your health, causing any number of health dis-orders including obesity, heart disease, and high cholesterol.

After years of following the advice of those who preach the evils of saturated fats, the U.S. now has unprecedented rates of high cholesterol, heart disease and obe-sity. It is estimated that by 2030, 40% of the U.S. population will be obese.

While we have been following a no-saturated fat craze here in the U.S., the Pacific Island populations (which get 30-60 percent of their caloric intake from fully saturated coconut oil) have virtually no oc-currence of heart disease. (1)

How can this be possible? The answer is simple. Not all saturated fats are created equal. If a saturated fat is naturally oc-curring, it’s probably okay for you. If it’s industrially manipulated, it’s likely hydro-genated and probably bad for you.

Hydrogenating vegetable and seed oils involves adding hydrogen atoms while heating the oil. The result is a rancid, thickened substance that creates a product that is shelf-stable and therefore will last

a long time on the shelf, which leads to greater corporate profits for the companies that produce them. That’s where the ben-efits end--these shelf stable, hydrogenated oils are horrible for your health.

But that doesn’t mean all saturated fats are bad for you.

Tropical EvidenceOver 80 years ago, Dr. Weston Price

studied the diets of South Pacific Island-ers. He learned their diets are high in di-etary fat and that heart disease was almost non-existent. 31 years ago researchers studying two Polynesian communities learned that their primary source of dietary calories came from coconuts and that they also had excellent cardiovascular health. (2)

Multiple studies by medical experts show that naturally occurring saturated fat, like that found in coconut oil, is healthy for you and even has multiple health benefits including the following: improved heart health (3), improved thyroid performance (4), improved immune system perfor-mance (5), increased metabolic activity, lean body development, weight loss, and anti-aging characteristics when applied topically to skin.

How Coconut Oil WorksCoconut oil is the most abundant

documented source of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs), also known as me-dium-chain triglycerides (MCTs). Most common vegetable and seed oils are con-structed of long chain fatty acids (LCFAs), also known as long-chain triglycerides or LCTs.

LCTs are large molecules and there-fore difficult for our bodies to break down, resulting in the excess energy being stored as fat. The MCTs found in coconut oil are smaller molecules, easily digested and readily metabolized by your liver, creat-ing a great source of energy - similar to carbohydrates but without the insulin spike. The ease with which your body me-

tabolizes MCTs for energy can make you slimmer. (6)

Coconut oil optimizes body weight when included as a regular part of your daily diet, reducing the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. (7) Coconut oil promotes heart health. Unsaturated fats, high-sugar foods and processed foods are the biggest culprits when it comes to heart disease - not naturally occurring saturated fats. (8) (9)

Use Coconut Oil at HomeIf you have to pick two oils for use at

home, choose olive oil (the best mono-unsaturated fat) for non-cooking applica-tions like salad dressing, and coconut oil for cooking, baking and frying. Olive oil is not as heat stable as coconut oil, so it’s bet-ter not to use it for cooking.

Commonly used vegetable oils (ome-ga-6 oils) including corn, soy, safflower, sunflower and canola oil, are not suitable for cooking and are very unhealthy for your body.

I know that’s a big claim to make so let me share why these oils are unhealthy

for you:•When omega-6 oils are heated they

produce toxic chemicals and trans-fats. Frying with omega-6 oils oxidizes the oil, which is even worse for your body than trans-fats.

•Most omega-6 oils are genetically modified and your body doesn’t recognize these compounds, which creates metabolic confusion.

•Omega-6 oils in your diet create too many damaged omega-6 fats and an un-healthy ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fats in your body. When compared to our diets only one century ago, we consume more than 100 times the omega-6 fats than we used to, resulting in numerous chronic de-generative diseases.

To my knowledge, coconut oil is the only oil stable enough to cook, bake and fry our foods. So purchase a large jar of vir-gin, fresh, organic heart-healthy coconut oil today!

To learn more about using coconut oil in your diet read Chef Anna’s book The Pa-

leo Diet – Cook Like a Caveman available at www.paleochefanna.net.

To learn more about all the services of-fered by Chef Anna visit www.chefanna.net

•Kaunitz H, Dayrit CS. Coconut oil consumption and coronary heart disease. Philippine Journal of Internal Medicine, 1992;30:165-171

•Prior IA, Davidson F, Salmond CE, Czochanska Z. Cholesterol, coconuts, and diet on Polynesian atolls: a natural experiment: The Pukapuka and Toke-lau Island studies, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1981;34:1552-1561

•Raymond Peat Newsletter, Coconut Oil, reprinted at www.heall.com. http://www.heall.com/body/healthupdates/food/coconutoil.html An Interview With Dr. Raymond Peat, A Renowned Nutri-tional Counselor Offers His Thoughts About Thyroid Disease

•Baba, N 1982.Enhanced thermo-genesis and diminished deposition of fat in response to overfeeding with diet containing medium-chain triglycer-ides, Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 35:379

•Dr. Mary G. Enig, Ph.D., F.A.C.N. Source: Coconut: In Support of Good Health in the 21st Century

•Isaacs CE, Litov RE, Marie P, Thormar H. Addition of lipases to infant formulas produces antiviral and anti-bacterial activity, Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 1992;3:304-308.

Isaacs CE, Schneidman K. Enveloped Viruses in Human and Bovine Milk are Inactivated by Added Fatty Acids(FAs) and Monoglycerides(MGs), FASEB Jour-nal, 1991;5: Abstract 5325, p.A1288.

Mitsuto Matsumoto, Takeru Ko-bayashi, Akio Takenakaand Hisao Itabashi. Defaunation Effects of Medium Chain Fatty Acids and Their Derivatives on Goat Ru-men Protozoa, The Journal of General Ap-plied Microbiology, Vol. 37, No. 5 (1991) pp.439-445.

•Geliebter, A 1980. Overfeeding with a diet of medium-chain triglycerides im-pedes accumulation of body fat, Clinical Nutrition, 28:595

•Fushiki, T and Matsumoto, K Swim-ming endurance capacity of mice is increased by consumption of medium-chain triglycerides, Journal of Nutri-tion,1995;125:531.http://www.coconut-connections.com/hypothyroidism.htm

•Barry Groves, PhD. Second Opinions: Exposing Dietary Misinformation: The Cholesterol Myth, parts 1 and 2

Chef Anna


Gold RushNow is the time to start the New Year off with cash

Johnson City, TN. — Conveniently located in North Johnson City across from Kroger and next to Java Rush, Gold Rush is locally owned by Jeremy Clemens.

“We buy gold, silver, platinum and coins of any karat, condition or age,” Cle-mens said. “We pay top price. Cash on the spot. No Checks!”

Some of the many items that Cle-mens will purchase from you include:

watches, rings, bracelets, necklaces, ear-rings, broaches, pins, and he is also a coin dealer.

“I guess we all have some old jew-elry and c o i n s l y i n g around that we don’t wear anymore and really don’t have any use for. Why not turn those items into instant cash?” Clemens said.

Gold Rush is open Monday through Saturday and they even have a drive through window for your convenience. Clemens will also help coordinate your gold party and pay you for hosting it in the privacy of your home or office.

“You can call and make an appoint-ment and I will come to your house or office and evaluate your gold, silver or platinum,” Clemens explained. “And we also buy and deal in coins and coin col-lections.”

Clemens and his family have over 34 years of experience in the business. Other family members own the Ideal Cards & Coins Company, in Ohio. “I’m a local businessman that you can deal

with face-to-face instead of mailing your gold or jewelry off to people you don’t

know and may not be getting the

best deal for what you are selling,” he said matter-of-factly. C l e m e n s

and his family live in Washington County and he is an active coach of the Junior Topper football team and he also coaches baseball, T-Ball, and soccer. “You might recognize me on the field,” he said with a laugh. “I enjoy coach-

ing year-round and it gives me time to spend with my kids.”

Jeremy is married to Melissa and they have three children: Maddie, 8; Josh, 12; and Joey 5. They attend St. Mary’s Church in Johnson City.

“I really enjoy working with the pub-lic every day and giving people the best deal possible when they are selling their gold, silver, platinum or coins,” he add-ed. “I invite the readers of Out ‘N About Magazine to come by and get the best deal possible on their gold, silver, plati-num or coins. And, if you’d like to make an appointment away from the store, just give me a call. We are all about cus-tomer service.”

Jeremy Clemens

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Breathing can be risky.

If I told you how you could reduce the risk of breathing poison while saving energy dollars, would you listen? Well, here goes… Carbon monoxide poisoning is a real concern in winter time – and for a very real reason. It can lead to serious illness and death. Furnaces and heaters that have been unused for months can be culprits in leaking this dangerous gas into your home. Yet that’s only one reason you should get your system tuned up before winter sets in for real. Besides the safety check, where we scout for potential safety hazards (a $178.00 value!), we’ll also provide… A 24-point “Energy Squeezer” tune-up – You’ll save

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Marion, VA. --- Song of the Mountains, the award winning pub-lic television concert series based at the Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Vir-ginia announces the start of their ninth season of tapings on Satur-day, January 12, 2013.

“Our show is more popular than ever”, says Tim White the show’s executive coordinator and

host. “Our 2013 lineup is proving to be exceptional and all of us with Song of the Mountains are proud to produce this fine concert series for the world to experience on public television from the historic Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Virginia.”

The first concert for 2013 will feature fan favorites Wayne Hen-derson and Jeff Little. This talented

duo has appeared on Song of the Mountains several times in the past and showcase their extraordinary mix of acoustic guitar picking and powerful piano playing. Also on the concert January 12th will be Bristol, TN-VA based Folk Soul Revival.

Folk Soul Revival is a harmony drenched, boot stomping, rowdy, rootsy Americana band from the Appalachian mountain region of Virginia/Tennessee.

Folk Soul Re-vival has just released their third album ‘Prompting The Dapper-ness.’ The completely fan funded release returns to the formula that has continued to make the band so endearing- strong songwriting, sing along melodies, impassioned vocals and most of all honest mu-sic that resonates deep within the listener. There’s a reason the band has such a loyal fan base (‘The Congregation’) and garners acco-lades wherever they travel.

In 2011, the Virginia Tourism Board awarded FSR the Virginia Band of the Year and in 2012, and readers of Virginia Living Maga-

zine named the band among the Top Three bands in the Common-wealth of Virginia.

Also on the concert on Janu-ary 12th old time music will be featured also with two dynamic bands, the Tune Town Old Time Band and the Empty Bottle String Band. These two bands promise to entertain you with some music

that will surely make you want to move your feet!

Gravel Road Acoustic Trio will complete this fine lineup of talent for Song of the Mountains on Jan-uary 12th. Gravel Road Acoustic Trio, based in Charleston, South Carolina, is made up of three multi-talented musicians who perform in a variety of venues in the southeast. The group’s varied musical backgrounds have con-verged into a style that is unique and innovative in the acoustic mu-sic world. Before forming Gravel Road, band members enjoyed tour-ing individually with acts like The Osborne Brothers, Blake Shelton, Pam Tillis, and Whisperin’ Bill An-

derson. Their different backgrounds bring together a unique and excit-ing sound that keeps audiences wanting more. Members are Derek Deakins, guitar and vocals, Lisa Deakins, fiddle and vocals, and Meg High, vocals. Listeners enjoy the trio’s unique arrangements of bluegrass, country, folk, and pop tunes along with their vocal har-mony precision.

Tickets for the Song of the Mountains concert on January 12th are $ 25 reserved seat-ing. Tickets and information please visit www.songofthemountains.org or call 276-783-6093.

Future concerts scheduled for 2013 are February 2, 2013 with Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Grass Cats, Smith Family Band and Dixie Ridge. March 2, 2013 will feature the Kruger Brothers, Nathan Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Mark Newton and Steve Thomas, Paula Dellenback and Fox River and West Wend.

For info contact: Tim White 423-383-7829 [email protected]


Henderson & Little plus Folk Soul Revival kicks off Song of the Mountains

Washington, D.C. – On January 3rd Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (TN) released the following statement on being sworn in for the 113th Congress:

“Representing the First District of Tennessee in the House of Repre-sentatives the last four years has been a great honor and I look forward to serving in the 113th Congress,” said Roe “There are many challenges facing our nation, and I will continue to be a strong voice for the values of East Tennesseans.”

Roe was sworn in for his third term by House Speaker John Boehner. In the 113th Congress, Rep. Roe will continue serving on the House Veterans Affairs and Education and Workforce Committees.

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Spring 2013 promises arts effusionSpring 2013 at Mary B. Martin School of the

Arts includes an eclectic selection of musical ex-periences, myriad art perspectives, the latter parts of a three-part storytelling series and the last three South Arts independent films for 2012-13.

Two musical masters will be in concert, as well as working with local and ETSU music students, in February. Violin virtuoso Brian Lewis will perform at First Presbyterian Church in Johnson City at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, with ETSU Mu-sic Faculty Member Chih-Long Hu. “There are a lot of fine violinists on the concert stage today,” says reports the Topeka Capital-Journal, “but few can match Lewis for an honest virtuosity that supremely serves the music.”

Another virtuoso, versatile guitarist Frank Vignola will be in concert Thursday, Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. at ETSU’s Martha Street Culp Audi-torium with Glenn Tosto, also on guitar. Vignola, deemed by The New York Times as “one of the brightest ... stars of the guitar,” is in the midst of a world tour – from Switzerland and Sweden to California and Kentucky.

Another musical treat, the Fisk Jubilee Singers will bring its unique program of spirituals Tues-day, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Culp Auditorium. The original Jubilee Singers introduced “slave songs” to the world in 1871 and have been instru-mental in preserving this American musical tradi-tion known today as Negro spirituals. Since then, they have sung for kings and queens in Europe and been featured on PBS. The Madrigal Singers of David Crockett High School will also perform.

Later that week, on Thursday, March 28 in Culp Auditorium, storyteller Jay O’Callahan will present his tale “The Spirit of the Great Auk,” which recreates Dick Wheeler’s 1,500-mile kay-ak voyage from Newfoundland to Buzzards Bay, following the path of the now-extinct great auk. O’Callahan’s performance, which may include a very special guest, will conclude the three-part Mary B. Martin School of the Arts storytelling series “When Worlds Collide.”

As the second in the storytelling series, on Thursday, Feb. 28, storyteller Diane Edgecomb will bring her “Forbidden Stories” to Culp Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

Spring 2013 will feature another favorite se-ries of MBM SOTA patrons, the South Arts Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Film-makers, which each school year brings six independent films and their filmmakers to ETSU’s campus. On Monday, Feb. 11, the documentary Eating Alabama will be shown, while on Monday, March 18, MBM SOTA will screen Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock, and the political documentary Follow the Leader will conclude the 2012-13 series on Monday, April 8. All films begin at 7 p.m. in Culp Auditorium. A talkback and re-ception with the filmmaker follows each free screening.

March will also feature a unique gathering of visual artists and art educators, co-sponsored by the School of the Arts and ETSU’s De-partment of Art & Design. A panel of four art professionals from around the coun-try will present their research and discuss what it means to be an artist working at a distance from art hubs such as New York, L.A., Berlin or London. The Public Panel Dis-cussion will be Saturday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m. in ETSU’s Ball Hall Auditorium.

An art-focused lecture by critic and columnist Jerry Saltz of New York Magazine will conclude the Mary B. Mar-tin School’s season on April 15 at 6 p.m. in Ball Hall Auditorium.

For information on Mary B. Martin School of the Arts, call 423-439-TKTS (8587) or visit www.etsu.edu/cas/arts. “Follow” Mary B. Martin School on Twitter at TheArtsAtETSU.

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Johnson City, TN. --- Brandi Woodall, the new executive director for the highly popular Blue Plum Festival, is no stranger to downtown Johnson City.

Brandi and her husband, Travis, made a commitment and investment several years ago when they opened Positive Approach Event & Consult-ing Company in the [old] King building.

Since then the Woodall’s com-pany has grown leaps and bounds and Brandi believes her commitment as a businesswoman to the down-town area makes the ‘part-time’ Blue Plum’s director’s job a good fit. She will also serve as the director of the First Friday downtown series.

“First of all this is not my festival,” she said recently. “I’m not going to take away from what it is but I will also be paying attention to the recent survey done by sponsors and oth-ers involved. “Quite honestly I don’t think it needs to be tinkered with.”

On the other hand, Woodall would like to see Sunday’s activities expand-ed with more activities, “making it a true three day festival,” she said. Even though the festival isn’t until June [7th-9th] Woodall has already hit the ground running. “It literally takes a year of planning one festival from the next. This month I’ll be quite busy meeting with vendors, sponsors, and volunteers. My phone started ringing right after the press conference [an-nouncing her hiring]. I want to try to make sure the same people who have

worked hard to make the festival what it is remain on board.”

Woodall said she is excited to have Ed Snodderly [owner of Down Home Pickin’ Parlor] come aboard in charge of booking the entertain-ment. “Obviously he has a lot of contacts with local bands and is a great musician in his own right. We have bands wanting to come back this year and I’m sure there

will be new additions. We are already formulating plans with sponsors and we want to present a ‘Southern Hospitality’ feeling to the festival.”

Friends of Old Down-town which sponsors Blue Plum and First Friday is a non-profit with little money in the bank so Woodall also has the responsibility of

fund-raising in an effort to under-write the festival. Last year, under the direction of David Pennington, the festival made a small profit.

“It is important to engage the entire community with sponsor-ship opportunities,” Woodall adds. “There’s no big ‘Master Plan’ but I’d like to bring more synergy to the festival and have the right people in the right places. It’s an exciting op-portunity for people to get involved and showcase downtown.”

Woodall is reaching out to ETSU students who are interested in be-coming event planners, city plan-ners, or public relations specialists for internship opportunities with the festival. “It’s a real opportunity for them to get some first-hand ex-perience at the beginning of their careers.”

As far as the First Friday’s cel-ebration is concerned which runs from March through December ending with the Christmas Parade, Woodall says she has some ideas.

“I’d like to see us have a Scotch/Irish event not to compete with the

Highlands Festival but we have a lot of people of Scotch/Irish descent and I think the community would enjoy that,” she offered. “I’d also like to see more crafters and per-haps make downtown somewhat

of an arts district; and, perhaps a sidewalk sale one weekend and a Homecoming. I don’t just want to be one and done with events. I want people to think of downtown John-son City when they think of what

to do on first Fridays. The more people who come back represents more business and more foot traffic for the entire downtown area. I have a full calendar and I’m really excited about that!”

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