7049 Maynardville Pike 37918 (865) 922-4136 NEWS [email protected]Sandra Clark | Betsy Pickle ADVERTISING SALES [email protected]Shannon Carey Jim Brannon | Tony Cranmore Patty Fecco | Wendy O’Dell To page 3 VOL. 2 NO. 52 December 31, 2014 www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow SOUTH KNOX Photographer Phil Savage will be featured at an opening recep- tion 6-9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, at Bliss Home, 29 Market Square. His work will remain on display at Bliss through January. Savage was born in Mexico City and is a world traveler, which has helped him hone his ability to “turn the ordinary into the extraordi- nary,” according to event organiz- ers. “Phil loves to explore the end- less possibilities that photogra- phy has to offer, by embracing black and white panoramic photos with hand-tinted touches. His First Friday exhibit aims to challenge viewers to redis- cover the beauty and complexities that can be found all around Knox- ville.” Savage earned a full gymnastics scholarship from Southern Illinois University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in fine art pho- tography. He studied French at the University of Grenoble in southern France. He was inspired by his mother, Anne, a graduate of the Art In- stitute of Geneva, and his father, Paul, a businessman and avid pho- tographer. He settled in East Tennessee when he was hired by All-Ameri- can gymnast Ginger Temple Bax- ter to help her coach gymnastics. In 2010, he became the only Ju- nior National Team coach in the history of Tennessee. He is currently the head coach at Harpeth Gymnastics in Frank- lin, Tenn., where he just won his 32nd consecutive state title. His photography ranges from sports to architecture and nature. He loves to experiment with time exposures, night photography, ab- stracts and light painting. Savage is the first photographer to win the Dogwood Arts Festival con- test, which is usually awarded to painters. Phil Savage Phil Savage at Bliss Home on Friday despite TVA concession By Betty Bean The property owners who filed a lawsuit in 2012 challenging the Tennessee Valley Authority’s tree- removal policies will press on with their case despite TVA’s an- nouncement that it has ended the practice of destroying vegetation that grows taller than 15 feet on its easement zone. The utility contends that sus- pending the 15-foot rule renders the case moot and asks that the lawsuit be dismissed. Last year, U.S. District Court Judge Tom Varlan ruled in favor of TVA, which maintained that ease- ment rights acquired 70-80 years ago give the utility permission to remove vegetation (by cutting or spraying herbicide) within 150 feet of its power lines, including the right to execute the “15-foot rule,” which it put into place in 2012. In October, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that ruling and sent the case back to Varlan with in- structions that TVA must produce documentation that it conducted an environmen- tal-impact study before implement- ing the 15-foot rule, as required by the National Environmental Protection Act. TVA responded that the 15-foot rule wasn’t really a material change and therefore it hadn’t vio- lated the NEPA. In Dec. 16 court filings, plaintiff’s attorney Don Vowell said that TVA’s about-face is illusory, since it pro- posed to end the 15-foot rule only in the “buffer zone” (on the outer edges of the easement) while reserving the right to continue to cut in the “wire zone” (beneath the lines), where TVA power wires are typically sus- pended some 60 feet high. “The area that TVA plans to ef- fectively clear-cut is approximate- ly 280,000 acres, or more than 437 square miles,” with this area being ‘approximately half the size of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.’ “The stated area is the area of the entire right-of-way, not just the buffer zones. The buffer zones, considered alone, would be a much smaller number of acres and square miles, approximately 25 percent of the stated amount,” the brief, filed Dec. 16, said. “The Court of Appeals quotes the letter of the TVA official in which he states that ‘our policy requires TVA to cut down all trees 15 feet or high- er’ with no indication that the policy is limited to the buffer zones.” On Dec. 23, TVA filed two new documents. One declared the property owners’ lawsuit moot because the 15-foot rule is no longer in effect. The other was a statement from Jacinda B. Wood- ward, TVA’s senior vice president of transmission and power supply, who said she has “completely sus- pended” the use of the 15-foot rule in transmission rights-of-way and will do an NEPA review of any new buffer zone maintenance practices before implementing them. She said this applies to both buffer and wire zones. Vowell made an appearance on WBIR news to discuss TVA’s appar- ent reversal. He said he was speaking out “to debunk the idea that this is a volun- tary suspension of the 15-foot rule by TVA when it is really being done to comply with the ruling from the Court of Appeals.” In his Dec. 16 brief, Vowell said a case is moot “when there is noth- ing left for the Court to decide. The case at bar is not moot because the issues stated in the complaint have not been decided.” The plaintiffs contend that the 15-foot rule has had a substan- tial environmental impact, which means that TVA should have sub- mitted an environmental-impact statement, which it did not do. Admitting to an NEPA violation could have serious consequences, including being ordered to pay le- gal fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act. Plaintiffs press tree-cutting lawsuit By Betsy Pickle Of all the accomplishments Ijams Nature Center has seen in 2014, the one that stands out with Ijams’ leaders is kids. Providing a summer-camp ex- perience for children who haven’t had that option before was thrill- ing to executive director Paul James. “We had 250 kids (from the Boys & Girls Club) that normally don’t get access out there on ca- noes and kayaks,” says James. “(Education program officer) Jennifer Roder was down at the quarry every day. They were really wary and afraid of what they were getting themselves into. “But they would listen to Jen- nifer, and you could see how they would progress in a week. It was amazing.” One point of pride for James is that the campers didn’t “have to go miles into the wilderness; we’re right here in South Knoxville.” Mary Thom Adams, Ijams’ development officer and assis- tant executive director, said “get- ting kids outdoors” was also her proudest part of Ijams’ year. With funding from the West Knoxville Sertoma Club and staffing from RiverSports, the camps were a huge success. Seeing the young people explor- ing and enjoying Ijams “just made Ijams looks for more in ‘15 my heart sing,” she said. Ijams has programming throughout the year that draws guests from throughout East Ten- nessee and beyond. The fourth an- nual Wonders of Hummingbirds Festival in August brought more than 1,000 visitors to see natural- ists band hummingbirds, many of which will pass this way again. The festival also featured re- gional and national speakers and was put on with help from mem- bers of the Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological So- ciety. During the 25th annual River Rescue in the spring, Ijams helped organize more than 1,000 vol- The Barstool Romeos perform at June’s Meadow Lark Music Festival at Ijams Nature Center. 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Don Vowell Rogero Standefer Mayor Madeline Rogero and city employees invite every- one to greet the New Year Wednesday, Dec. 31, on Market Square. ■ Ice skat- ing on the Holidays on Ice skating rink from 1 p.m. until midnight ■ Festival foods available at the ice rink ■ Music on the Square beginning at 10:30 p.m., with a big screen showing events from 2014 ■ Countdown beginning at 11:59 p.m., with a ball drop and fireworks ■ Join in the singing of “Auld Lang Syne” following the fireworks. Sponsored by 93.1 WNOX. Promoting hope Grant Standefer, executive director of Compassion Coalition, put out a call for donations as the year ends. He quotes Proverbs 13:12: “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” And says 71,000 people in Knox County live below the poverty line with many of them worn down by “the oppres- sion of seemingly hopeless life situations and circumstances. They are indeed heart-sick.” Compassion Coalition, a collaboration of area churches, agencies and individuals, offers hope through “getting ahead” classes. Those who become a finan- cial partner in the mninistry may do so online at www. compassioncoalition.org or by mail at 107 Westfield Drive, Knoxville TN 37919. Info: Facebook: CompassionCoalition; Twitter: @CompassionKnox
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Photographer Phil Savage will be featured at an opening recep-tion 6-9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, at Bliss Home, 29 Market Square. His work will remain on display at Bliss through January.
Savage was born in Mexico City and is a world traveler, which has helped him hone his ability to “turn the ordinary into the extraordi-nary,” according to event organiz-ers.
“Phil loves to explore the end-less possibilities that photogra-phy has to offer, by embracing
black and white panoramic photos with hand-tinted touches. His First Friday exhibit aims to challenge viewers to redis-cover the beauty and complexities that can be found all around Knox-
ville.”Savage earned a full gymnastics
scholarship from Southern Illinois University, where he received a
bachelor’s degree in fi ne art pho-tography. He studied French at the University of Grenoble in southern France.
He was inspired by his mother, Anne, a graduate of the Art In-stitute of Geneva, and his father, Paul, a businessman and avid pho-tographer.
He settled in East Tennessee when he was hired by All-Ameri-can gymnast Ginger Temple Bax-ter to help her coach gymnastics. In 2010, he became the only Ju-nior National Team coach in the
history of Tennessee.He is currently the head coach
at Harpeth Gymnastics in Frank-lin, Tenn., where he just won his 32nd consecutive state title.
His photography ranges from sports to architecture and nature. He loves to experiment with time exposures, night photography, ab-stracts and light painting. Savage is the fi rst photographer to win the Dogwood Arts Festival con-test, which is usually awarded to painters.
Phil Savage
Phil Savage at Bliss Home on Friday
despite TVA concession
By Betty BeanThe property owners who fi led
a lawsuit in 2012 challenging the Tennessee Valley Authority’s tree-removal policies will press on with their case despite TVA’s an-nouncement that it has ended the practice of destroying vegetation that grows taller than 15 feet on its easement zone.
The utility contends that sus-pending the 15-foot rule renders the case moot and asks that the lawsuit be dismissed.
Last year, U.S. District Court Judge Tom Varlan ruled in favor of TVA, which maintained that ease-ment rights acquired 70-80 years ago give the utility permission to remove vegetation (by cutting or spraying herbicide) within 150 feet of its power lines, including the right to execute the “15-foot rule,” which it put into place in 2012.
In October, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that
ruling and sent the case back to Varlan with in-structions that TVA must produce do c u ment at ion that it conducted an environmen-tal-impact study before implement-ing the 15-foot
rule, as required by the National Environmental Protection Act. TVA responded that the 15-foot rule wasn’t really a material change and therefore it hadn’t vio-lated the NEPA.
In Dec. 16 court fi lings, plaintiff’s attorney Don Vowell said that TVA’s about-face is illusory, since it pro-posed to end the 15-foot rule only in the “buffer zone” (on the outer edges of the easement) while reserving the right to continue to cut in the “wire zone” (beneath the lines), where TVA power wires are typically sus-pended some 60 feet high.
“The area that TVA plans to ef-fectively clear-cut is approximate-ly 280,000 acres, or more than
437 square miles,” with this area being ‘approximately half the size of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.’
“The stated area is the area of the entire right-of-way, not just the buffer zones. The buffer zones, considered alone, would be a much smaller number of acres and square miles, approximately 25 percent of the stated amount,” the brief, fi led Dec. 16, said.
“The Court of Appeals quotes the letter of the TVA offi cial in which he states that ‘our policy requires TVA to cut down all trees 15 feet or high-er’ with no indication that the policy is limited to the buffer zones.”
On Dec. 23, TVA fi led two new documents. One declared the property owners’ lawsuit moot because the 15-foot rule is no longer in effect. The other was a statement from Jacinda B. Wood-ward, TVA’s senior vice president of transmission and power supply, who said she has “completely sus-pended” the use of the 15-foot rule in transmission rights-of-way and will do an NEPA review of any new
buffer zone maintenance practices before implementing them.
She said this applies to both buffer and wire zones.
Vowell made an appearance on WBIR news to discuss TVA’s appar-ent reversal.
He said he was speaking out “to debunk the idea that this is a volun-tary suspension of the 15-foot rule by TVA when it is really being done to comply with the ruling from the Court of Appeals.”
In his Dec. 16 brief, Vowell said a case is moot “when there is noth-ing left for the Court to decide. The case at bar is not moot because the issues stated in the complaint have not been decided.”
The plaintiffs contend that the 15-foot rule has had a substan-tial environmental impact, which means that TVA should have sub-mitted an environmental-impact statement, which it did not do.
Admitting to an NEPA violation could have serious consequences, including being ordered to pay le-gal fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
Plaintiff s press tree-cutting lawsuit
By Betsy PickleOf all the accomplishments
Ijams Nature Center has seen in 2014, the one that stands out with Ijams’ leaders is kids.
Providing a summer-camp ex-perience for children who haven’t had that option before was thrill-ing to executive director Paul James.
“We had 250 kids (from the Boys & Girls Club) that normally don’t get access out there on ca-noes and kayaks,” says James. “(Education program offi cer) Jennifer Roder was down at the quarry every day. They were really wary and afraid of what they were getting themselves into.
“But they would listen to Jen-nifer, and you could see how they would progress in a week. It was amazing.”
One point of pride for James is that the campers didn’t “have to go miles into the wilderness; we’re right here in South Knoxville.”
Mary Thom Adams, Ijams’ development offi cer and assis-tant executive director, said “get-ting kids outdoors” was also her proudest part of Ijams’ year. With funding from the West Knoxville Sertoma Club and staffi ng from RiverSports, the camps were a huge success.
Seeing the young people explor-ing and enjoying Ijams “just made
Ijams looks for more in ‘15
my heart sing,” she said.Ijams has programming
throughout the year that draws guests from throughout East Ten-nessee and beyond. The fourth an-nual Wonders of Hummingbirds Festival in August brought more
than 1,000 visitors to see natural-ists band hummingbirds, many of which will pass this way again.
The festival also featured re-gional and national speakers and was put on with help from mem-bers of the Knoxville Chapter of
the Tennessee Ornithological So-ciety.
During the 25th annual River Rescue in the spring, Ijams helped organize more than 1,000 vol-
The Barstool Romeos perform at June’s Meadow Lark Music Festival at Ijams Nature Center. Photo by Betsy Pickle
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the ice rink ■ Music on the Square
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■ Countdown beginning at 11:59 p.m., with a ball drop and fi reworks
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Promoting hopeGrant Standefer, executive
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He quotes Proverbs 13:12: “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but
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And says 71,000 people in Knox County live below the poverty line with many of them worn down by “the oppres-sion of seemingly hopeless life situations and circumstances. They are indeed heart-sick.”
Compassion Coalition, a collaboration of area churches, agencies and individuals, offers hope through “getting ahead” classes.
Those who become a fi nan-cial partner in the mninistry may do so online at www.compassioncoalition.org or by mail at 107 Westfi eld Drive, Knoxville TN 37919.
Fibroid tumors and fertility can coexistWhen Jamilyn Butcher of Maryville,
23, was a teenager, she worried whether she would be able to have a child in the future. “That was one of my concerns,” said Butcher. “I wanted to be able to get pregnant someday.”
Butcher had been diagnosed with a noncancerous (benign) tumor called a fi-broid, growing inside her uterus. While these types of tumors don’t usually inter-fere with fertility if they’re small, Butch-er’s had grown much larger, triggering excessive menstrual bleeding.
“The tumor didn’t hurt me, but it was the size of a soda can,” she said. “It wasn’t until after it was removed that I realized it was taking up so much space! I had a pooch all the time.”
Butcher went to see Dr. Robb McKe-own, an OB/GYN physician with Fort Sanders Women’s Specialists. He recom-mended removing the fibroid tumor in a procedure called a myomectomy, which takes out the tumor but preserves the uterus.
McKeown operated on Butcher in No-vember 2011. She stayed one night at Fort Sanders.
“It was the first surgery I’ve ever had, and I was a little nervous,” said Butch-er. “But the nurses were so comforting. Throughout the night I would get up. I was in pain and couldn’t move very well, but they were there when I needed them. It was wonderful.”
And now nearly three years later, Butcher returned to McKeown’s practice for a more joyful reason. Butcher and her husband, Logan, welcomed a new son October 16, 2014.
“He’s growing like a weed,” Butcher said of her two-month old baby boy, Bronson.
“I had to have a scheduled C-section because of where the tumor was,” said
Butcher. “But as far as developmentally, he is perfectly normal.
Jamilyn Butcher and her husband wel-comed their new son at Fort Sanders Re-gional Medical Center.
“Of course, I wouldn’t go anywhere else,” she said. “Dr. McKeown and his staff are just wonderful. I wouldn’t drive the extra 30 minutes if it wasn’t worth it.”
For more information on fibroid tu-mors and removal options, visit www.fortsanderswomensspecialists.com or call 673-FORT.
Logan and Jamilyn Butcher
Treating fi broid tumorsUterine fi broid tumors are very com-
mon. They are typically noncancerous but can be troublesome nevertheless, causing pain and excessive or irregular menstrual bleeding.
“About 60 percent of women have fi -broids, but only about 10 percent have some type of treatment for them,” explained Dr. Robb McKeown, an obstetrician and gyne-cologist at Fort Sand-ers Regional Medical Center. “They’re very common, usually small and most can be man-aged or just watched.”
What causes fi broid tumors? “Breathing air,” McKeown joked. “Actually, just hav-ing a uterus is the main risk factor. There’s no prevention, no dietary things you can do,” he said.
Treatment for fi broid tumors depends on the needs of each patient. Most small-er tumors may not need treatment at all, while others may shrink with hormonal medications.
Surgery can remove those that don’t
respond with medication and are causing signifi cant symptoms. A hysterectomy also eliminates uterine fi broids.
“If a woman is ‘fi nished’ having children we usually just take the whole uterus out, because it’s very likely these patients will have more fi broids down the road,” said McKeown.
But if a woman still wants to have a child, then a procedure called a myomec-tomy removes the tumor but preserves fer-tility.
At Fort Sanders Regional Medical Cen-ter, a myomectomy is most often per-formed using the daVinci Robotic Surgical Suite, or “robotic” surgery.
“It’s not easier for the surgeon, but it’s easier for the patient as far as pain, a quick-er recovery, less pain medication required and fewer adhesion problems,” said McKe-own.
The robotic system has a 3D high-def-inition vision system and special wristed instruments that bend and rotate with far greater fl exibility than any human wrist. Robotic surgeries typically involve several small incisions instead of one larger one, meaning less scaring and blood loss, re-duced pain and complications, and shorter hospital stays.
Compared to traditional laparoscopic surgery, the daVinci system can remove more complicated and harder-to-reach fi -broid tumors with fewer complications af-ter surgery.
“We can certainly tackle more diffi cult cases that you couldn’t do without it,” said McKeown.
Dr. Robb McKeown
Gynecologic health
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Vaginal bleeding and discharge are a normal part of your menstrual cycle prior to menopause. Howev-er, if you notice anything different or unusual, be sure to consult your health care provider before attempt-ing to treat the problem yourself.
Symptoms may result from mild infections that are easy to treat. But, if not treated properly, infections can lead to more serious conditions, including infertility or kidney dam-age.
Gynecological symptoms may re-semble other medical conditions or urological problems. Consult your health care provider if you have any of the following symptoms:
■ Bleeding between periods ■ Frequent and urgent need to urinate, or a burning sensation during urination
■ Abnormal vaginal bleeding, par-ticularly during or after inter-course
■ Pain or pressure in your pel-vis that differs from menstrual cramps, or persistent abdominal bloating
■ Itching, burning, swelling, red-ness, or soreness in the vaginal area
■ Sores or lumps in the genital area
■ Vaginal discharge with an un-pleasant or unusual odor, or of an unusual color
■ Increased vaginal discharge ■ Pain or discomfort during inter-course
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■ Frequent urination
■ Constipation
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■ Diffi culty emptying your bladder
If you are experiencing any of the above symptoms, be sure to talk to your OB/GYN as soon as possible.
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Centerwishes you and your familya wonderful holiday season
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Vice Mayor Nick Pav-lis’ Coffee With the Council member meetings are always early, but he planned his quarterly gathering a week early so that constituents who might be traveling dur-ing the holidays could attend.
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As a result, Pavlis had a good turnout for the Dec. 20 coffee talk at the Round-Up Restaurant.
Pavlis reported that, in addition to the improve-ments to the Chapman Highway entrance to Fort Dickerson, plans are in the works for changes at the Au-gusta entrance as well.
This is the road that leads to the quarry, and expected improvements will include better parking and, eventu-ally, an operator for ameni-ties such as rental kayaks.
Pavlis told the group that he is going to talk to Mayor Madeline Rogero about some redesign work on Hillwood Avenue. He hopes to create a four-way stop with Island Home Avenue, though he acknowledged that that would be an expen-sive project.
South Knoxville resident George Johnson launched a lively discussion of the pros and cons of bicycle licenses. Pavlis and resident Regis Borsari headed the con side. While Johnson said he thought the increase in cyclist traffi c would cause more gridlock, City Coun-cil member Finbarr Saun-ders said research showed a decrease in traffi c in cities where cycling has become
Appalachian Mountain Bike Club members Mary Beth Tugwell, Matthew Kellogg, Kevin Zirkle
and Katie Tugwell are festive in red AMBC sweaters. Photos submitted
Luke Grieve, Ginger Conner, Matthew Morris and Perry Sanders got the memo to wear brown.
Nick Pavlis, Len Johnson and Arnella Gregory get in a chat be-
fore the crowd arrives. Photo by Betsy Pickle
Ijams looks for more From page 1
unteers who collected and removed nine tons of trash from local waterways.
Fall’s 29th annual Sym-phony in the Park, which featured Knoxville Sym-phony Orchestra Maestro Lucas Richman’s farewell appearance at Ijams, raised more than $60,000 – the highest amount to date – for the nature center. It drew 500-plus guests.
The success of the sym-phony concerts has led to other music events, includ-ing June’s popular Meadow Lark Music Festival. Work-ing with WDVX, Ijams hosted a number of local and emerging Americana artists.
Ijams, in conjunction with the University of Ten-nessee, also hosted Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams and a performance of his percus-sion composition “Inuksuit” at Meads Quarry.
Refl ecting on Ijams’ achievements in 2014 is sat-isfying for James and his staff, but they are already laying plans for growth and improvement.
This coming April’s River Rescue will feature a part-nership with the city of Knoxville to put on a week-long special event featuring CNN Hero Chad Pregracke and his Illinois-based group Living Lands & Water.
And while the Visitor Center plaza has been up-dated with a pet welcome station, metal sculptures and a new kiosk, it’s getting another renovation to make it more accessible for people with disabilities.
Adams says the pavers in
“We’re just about to start a comprehensive mas-ter plan in January,” says James, who says it will take three months to complete the process. It’s all about making Ijams even more appealing.
“Our membership is ex-panding; our visitation is expanding,” says Adams. “It’s a lot of fun to come here now – and a lot of fun to work here.”
more popular.The meeting wrapped
up with a discussion of the city’s pension plan, which Pavlis described as the “greatest challenge we have.” All was not gloomy, however. Although the ex-pected payout numbers are high, Saunders said taxpay-ers will catch up with the
fund in 20 years.
■ SKNBC funThe South Knoxville
Neighborhood & Business Coalition had a holly, jolly time at the home of Monte and Whitney Stanley in place of a December busi-ness meeting.
SKNBC members and
public offi cials mixed and mingled merrily.
Delicious food and de-lightful company were the only things on the agenda, but “new business” included an energetic, Christmas-themed sing-along fueled by the piano skills of Gene Monaco.
There were no noise
complaints, but if there had been, neighbors might have backed off when they realized one of the most exuberant participants was Her Honor herself, songbird Mayor Madeline Rogero.
■ Bicyclists and beer: ho, ho The Appalachian Moun-
tain Bike Club celebrated the season and closed out the year with a gathering at Suttree’s High Gravity Tav-ern.
Some wore red AMBC sweaters, some wore brown and others came without
logos, but all agreed that high-gravity and craft beers were the best way to get fes-tive. More than 100 mem-bers attended the event.
■ Oh, Christmas tree (good-bye)Don’t forget, when you’ve
fi nished enjoying your natural Christmas tree, re-cycle it. Knox County con-venience centers, including the one on Gov. John Sevier Highway, are offering free “treecycling” throughout the month of January. Be sure to remove all decora-tions.
Visitors get to
see humming-
birds up close at
the Wonders of
Hummingbirds
Festival. Photo by Betsy Pickle
the plaza have proven to be diffi cult for some guests to maneuver.
“The pavers are really hard on just about anyone with mobility issues,” she says. “They’re hard to walk on or roll on. We saw that, and we want to do some-thing about that.”
A more accessible entry will be installed this winter, and Adams is working with the Mayor’s Council on Dis-ability Issues to get ideas to “make the experience bet-ter” for all Ijams visitors.
“We want Ijams to be the most accessible park in the city of Knoxville,” she says.
Other projects for Ijams should be emerging soon.
Kids en joy get-
ting out on the
water during a
summer camp. Photo submitted
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festival, on stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s historic Jackson Avenue. Features fi rst-timers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied musical backgrounds. Info/tickets: www.rhythmnbloomsfest.com.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31New Year’s Eve Celebration, 9 p.m., the Rose
Center Council for the Arts, 442 W. Second North St., Morristown. Featuring the Al Curtis Orchestra. Tickets: $35. Info/tickets: 423-581-4330 or [email protected].
New Year’s on the Square, beginning 11 p.m., Market Square. Ball drop and fi reworks at midnight. Holidays on Ice skating rink open 1 p.m.-midnight. Info: www.cityofknoxville.org/Christmas.
FRIDAY, JAN. 2Health and Well-Being Academy: 10 Warn-
ing Signs of Alzheimer’s, 1-2 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
SUNDAY, JAN. 4Open house and beginning Taoist Tai Chi
class, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Classes last three months. Info: 482-7761 or www.taoist.org.
MONDAY, JAN. 5Bingo, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Humana Guidance
Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Bring a gift win a gift. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
Open house and beginning Taoist Tai Chi class, 7-8:30 p.m., Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Classes last three months. Info: 482-7761 or www.taoist.org.
TUESDAY, JAN. 6Cards and Board Games, 11 a.m.-noon, Humana
Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Bring a gift win a gift. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
Computer Workshops: Library Online, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info/to register: 215-8700.
Coupon Exchange Club: Coupon 101, 9-10 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Bring a gift win a gift. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
Do It Yourself Painting Techniques, 1-2 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Bring a gift win a gift. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
Healthy Recipes Exchange: Slow Cooker Recipes, 10-11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Bring a gift win a gift. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
Senior Tai Chi, 3-4 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Bring a gift win a gift. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
Wii Wheel of Fortune and Sports, 9-10 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Bring a gift win a gift. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
p.m., Knoxville AAA Offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Cost: $30 members; $35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Don, 862-9250.
Dancing lessons: Line Dancing, noon-1 p.m.; Ball-room Dancing: Intermediate, 1-2 p.m.; Ballroom Danc-ing: Advanced, 2-3 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Bring a gift win a gift. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
Java and “Good for the Brain games,” 9-10:30 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Bring a gift win a gift. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
Journaling 101, 3-4 p.m., Humana Guidance Cen-ter, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Bring a gift win a gift. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
THURSDAY, JAN. 8Knoxville Choral Society auditions for all voice
parts, 6-8 p.m. To schedule an audition time: 312-2440 or [email protected]. Once a time is set, location and other details will be provided. Info/ audition form: www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org.
Incorporated Building, 828 Tulip Ave. Hosted by the Volunteer Travelers Square Dance club. A birthday cake and door prizes included. Info: Steve Bell, 539-9593.
Opening reception for “A Narrative of Light and Shadow” exhibit featuring the artistry of Taiwan’s female photographers, 5-9 p.m., main gallery of the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. The exhibit is on display through
Jan. 31. Info: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com.Opening reception for a new group exhibi-
tion, 5-9 p.m., Balcony gallery, Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Features works by Lynn Corsi Bland, Gatlin-burg; Tony Henson, Kingsport; and Terina Gillette, Beth Meadows, Emily Shane, Tony Sobota and Jennifer Wil-lard of Knoxville. The exhibit is on display through Jan. 31. Info: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com.
SATURDAY, JAN. 10Farragut Histories and Mysteries Book Group
meeting, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Allison Stein, professor of his-tory at Pellissippi State, will lead a book discussion for “Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption” by Laura Hillenbrand. Info: 777-1750.
Saturday Stories and Songs: Charlene Ellis, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.
Saturday Stories and Songs: Kindermusik, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. For ages birth to 5 years old. Info: 215-8750.
Sparky and Rhonda Rucker in concert, 8 p.m., the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.
Taoist Tai Chi Society open house, 11 a.m.-noon, Knoxville Tai Chi Center, 1205 N. Central Ave. Features demonstrations and a free lesson. Info: 546-9222 or www.taoist.org.
Workshop for writers focusing on interviewing skills, article writing, 10 a.m.-noon, Remedy Coffee, 125 W. Jackson Ave. Instructor: Debra Dylan, editor of online magazine KnoxZine.com. Sponsored by the Knoxville Writers’ Guild. Cost: $35 for KWG members, $40 for nonmembers. Info/to register: www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.
SUNDAY, JAN. 11Concert by Ellie Holcomb, 6 p.m., First Baptist
Church of Knoxville, 510 W. Main St. To benefi t Com-passion Coalition and the Volunteer Ministry Center.
TUESDAY, JAN. 13Computer Workshop: Introducing the Com-
puter, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info/to register: 215-8700.
FRIDAY, JAN. 16Application deadline for the Farragut Folklife
Museum’s “Quilt Show 2015: The Love of Quilts.” The show is scheduled for Friday through Sunday, Feb. 13-15 at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Info/application: www.townoffarragut.org/quiltshow; at the Town Hall; or Lauren Cox, [email protected] or 966-7057.
Considering how hard these football Volunteers worked to get the cur-rent bowl opportunity, you might not believe that Ten-nessee once turned down a holiday invitation.
It happened in 1955, after Bowden Wyatt’s fi rst season as coach.
The Gator Bowl called with a tempting offer to match the 6-3-1 Volunteers against the 8-1-1 Auburn Tigers. The two schools had been in the Southeastern Conference all along but hadn’t played since 1939.
Great idea to get reac-quainted, don’t you think?
Wyatt said thanks but no thanks. Players were sur-
Tennessee once rejected a Gator Bowl bid
prised. Fans were shocked.A second blast fol-
lowed the coach’s decision. Vanderbilt was second choice. “No” from Tennes-see sent the Commodores to Jacksonville.
Unbelievable!When the UT athletic di-
rector, General Robert R. Neyland, fi rst heard Wyatt’s position, he spilled some of his coffee and said something
along the line of, “What in the world are you thinking?”
When he grasped his pro-tégé’s logic, he said, “Bril-liant,” or maybe it was, “I’ll be darned.”
Wyatt actually knew what he was doing.
He had a pretty good team that had lost its fi rst two games, thumped Ala-bama, tied highly regarded Georgia Tech and lost only to Kentucky in the stretch run. John Majors was the junior tailback. He had pro-duced 1,133 yards. He was SEC player of the year.
The coach fi rmly believed he was going to have a bet-ter team the next season. What Wyatt saw that others
missed was the 1956 sched-ule. The fi rst game was against Auburn.
Think about it. The Vols and Tigers really didn’t know each other. Auburn had no old fi lm, no fi le, no scouting notes.
Said Wyatt: “I did not want Auburn preparing to play against our single-wing in the bowl game, fi nding out what would and wouldn’t work on defense, and having eight more months to refi ne the plan.”
Smart? Wyatt didn’t want no stinking Tigers spoiling what was to come.
Tennessee played Auburn on Sept. 29, 1956, at Legion Field in Birmingham. Ten-
nessee won, 35-7. Tennessee surged on to a 10-0 record. It won the SEC champion-ship. Majors became an all-American. Wyatt was na-tional coach of the year.
The ’56 Vols were truly outstanding, No. 2 in the country. They went to the Sugar Bowl. Sometime when you aren’t expecting it, I’ll tell you how that turned out.
Well, maybe just a tidbit now: Majors fumbled a punt too near his goal. Bad things happened. But his mother, Elizabeth, had a wonderful explanation: “Even the best cooks burn the biscuits now and then.”
Wyatt and Tennessee had nothing against the Gator
Bowl. They accepted a 1957 invitation and had a great game against Texas A&M, marked by a massive colli-sion between rival tailbacks.
Bobby Gordon had the ball and John David Crow was playing safety. They ran into each a few yards short of a Tennessee touchdown. You could hear the crash of helmets in the press box.
Crow got up, shaking his arm. He later said it was numb. Gordon, seemingly groggy, was helped to his feet by a good friend, end Landon Darty.
It helps this story that Tennessee won the game.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His
George Winters will be missedFountain City guy Don
K. Ferguson emailed: “I am sure that those who have seen the sign in front of Alert Transmission on N. Broadway were sur-prised and saddened, as I was, when they read it: ‘Fa-ther and Founder, George Winters, 1937 to 2014, Will Be Missed.’
“Thousands of us have enjoyed reading the various inspirational, religious mes-sages that have appeared on that street-side signboard through the years. After reading it on the morn-ing of Dec. 26, I checked the obituaries and learned that beyond the transmis-sion business, Mr. Winters, of Halls, was also a Baptist
minister. He died Dec. 22.“We hope the messages
will continue.”G e o r g e
and Mary Sue Winters were well known in Halls and F o u n t a i n City, having o p e r a t e d Alert Trans-mission for
decades. Mr. Winters, 77, was a Republican candidate for the state Legislature in the late 1960s. He was the founding pastor of New Tes-tament Baptist Church.
There were fi ve children, 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Winters
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I like watching humanity of all ages, shapes, and sizes parade by my front door on slow evenings. By “slow” I mean those in which I saw the “Seinfeld” and “The Andy Griffi th Show” epi-sodes airing that evening just a couple of weeks ear-lier.
On just such a slow eve-ning last week, I watched a 40-ish man wheel by on a bright red bicycle.
I might have passed this off as nothing unusual had he not been pedaling very leisurely through a driving rain holding a dachshund under one arm.
The man wore gray sweatpants, a green sweat-shirt and a bright orange toboggan, not the sledding variety familiar to Yankees (which would have been hard to balance), but the knit cap kind worn in the winter by Southern gentle-folk.
A pedaling political omen for 2015
It’s hard to say for cer-tain what the dachshund thought of this arrange-ment, although every few seconds the dog loosed an uncertain yelp, perhaps be-cause the bicycler had not thought to protect his pas-senger’s head with a canine-sized toboggan.
Watching them pedal and yelp into the gloom of the approaching night, I concluded the dog was a kidnap victim, for what self-respecting dachshund would have volunteered for such a ride?
Steeped in hillbilly lore, I soon realized I had wit-nessed an omen for the
coming year.Many hours later I suc-
cessfully divined its mean-ing. Here are a couple of bold predictions for what awaits us in 2015.
Obama remains pres-ident for the entire year.
Many may fi nd this one hard to swallow given the president’s perceived mis-steps while in offi ce. Estab-lishing a national health in-surance program, presiding over a booming stock mar-ket, bringing soldiers home from Afghanistan and end-ing the senseless Cold War standoff with Cuba cannot make up for shortcomings like vacationing in Hawaii or Martha’s Vineyard and allowing his wife to criticize our fatness.
Presidents never get a real day off no matter where they are in the world, but for what it’s worth Obama trails George W. Bush in so-called vacation days at
this juncture.There remain too many
for whom Obama’s greatest sin is presiding while black. Fortunately, that’s not an impeachable offense.
Jeb Bush just says no.There’s something called
the Live Free or Die Alli-ance already touting the former Florida governor as the 2016 Republican presi-dential candidate. If that name sounds like it was lift-ed from the New Hampshire state motto, that’s because it was.
These, according to the Alliance, are a few of Jeb’s bona fi des: opposes funding for stem cell research, sup-ports “stand your ground,” supports stricter sentencing and is a “skeptic” on global warming.
Despite the efforts of these Jeb-backers and others who would drag us headlong back to the 19th century, his hopes will fade
when diligent resear chers at MSNBC discover he is George W. Bush’s broth-er. Tarred with the Bush brush, he returns to his first love, “advising” banks
like Lehman Brothers, whose recklessness and greed ushered in the Great Recession on his brother’s watch.
Happy New Year!
those days were heavily infl uenced by the Webster brothers, Warren and Ron.
Warren was the GOP chair, and Ron was the district at-torney gen-eral. Both had been opponent s of mine, but it never oc-
curred to me that they were prepared to throw the sen-ate seat to the Democrats in preference to my mother winning the GOP nomina-tion.
But when the GOP con-vention was called to order, Webster immediately recog-nized Fred McPeake (a close ally) to question whether a quorum was present. If not, then the convention was not valid.
My key fl oor leaders were Ben Atchley (then a state representative), Knox elec-tion commissioner John King and former state Rep. Dick Krieg. The convention secretary started calling the roll to determine if a quo-rum was present. My moth-er sat quietly in the back of the hall. As it dawned on all what was afoot – that the GOP was about to hand a senate seat over to the Dem-ocrats due to having no can-didate – anger and dismay quickly surfaced.
After several heated con-versations between Ron Webster, Atchley and King, about 15 minutes into the roll call McPeake withdrew the quorum call, allowing the convention to nominate Martha Ashe, who was un-opposed.
However, there was still the hurdle of the Knox County Election Commis-sion, which had to meet three days later to vote to place her name on the bal-lot. The two Democrats, Bill Banks and Merle Johnson (now deceased), were op-posed, and Howard Perry, the GOP chair, was a long-time ally of the Websters and was wavering on how he would vote. The other two Republicans were Lois Seymour and John King, who were fi rmly for placing Martha Ashe on the ballot.
After another very heated meeting in a crowded room, Perry said after 20 seconds of silence, “I reluctantly vote ‘yes’ to place her (Ashe) on the ballot.”
Not until then could the actual campaign between Ashe, Democratic nominee Betty Cathey and indepen-dent Jack Comer begin. Comer never campaigned; Cathey was unable to swing public opinion her way.
My mother ran on the slogan of Vote for Martha to Elect Victor. She proudly said she was a stand-in, and I am convinced this candor won the day. She took 54 percent of the vote. She was sworn into offi ce in January 1975 and introduced a bill to lower the senate age to 25 from 30 (it never passed). Then she resigned after serving a little over two months.
Knox County Court met 10 days later and unani-mously chose me to be the state senator until the No-vember 1976 election. The court was not required to choose me, but the entire election turned into a man-
date for this process due to the openness with which it was promoted. It was a pro-cess never before tried and unlikely to be repeated.
■ Knoxvillian Reedy Swanson, son of city Law Director Charles Swan-son and federal Judge Pam Reeves, will be in Myan-mar (formerly Burma) for the next two weeks as part of the Human Rights Study Project of the University of Virginia Law School, where he is a second-year student on the Law Review.
Swanson, 25, will join several other Virginia law students looking at Myan-mar’s transition from a dictatorship to an evolving democracy. It is an exciting time to be halfway around the world from Knoxville in a country making slow and halting progress to democ-racy.
■ Knoxvillian Had-ley Gamble, daughter of Jim and Betty Gamble, was in Knoxville over the holi-days from London where she is the Middle Eastern correspondent for CNBC News.
Her aunt is Jane Chedes-ter, who runs Sen. Lamar Alexander’s Knoxville of-fi ce and is a newly elected member of the GOP state executive committee. She will cover the 2015 Davos economic forum in Swit-zerland, which is attended by world leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She recently met with the Aga Khan. She is due to spend a week next month in Saudi Arabia in-terviewing its leaders and members of the royal fam-ily.
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This time last year, 2014 looked to be shaping up as a referendum on schools Superintendent James Mc-Intyre. It was, and he sur-vived, beat up and bleeding and still advocating for his education reform agenda.
The Ebola virus may have fallen off the national radar, but Knox County Health Department epide-miologists are always on the lookout for the next disease outbreak. Tracking disease or foodborne illness is de-tective work that is driven by numbers, according to Public Health epidemiolo-gist Roberta Sturm.
The story of Martha Ashe going to the state Senate in 1974 continues from last week’s column when I had been removed from the bal-lot by the state Supreme Court. Public reaction was generally in my corner. But what should be the re-sponse? Who would carry the GOP banner in Novem-ber?
VictorAshe
Betty Bean
Wendy Smith
Martha Ashe
‘Vote for Martha to elect Victor’The unlikely campaign prevails
My mother, who was then 62, had been an active civic leader in Knoxville from the garden club to mental health endeavors at now Lakeshore Park. She was WBIR TV’s fi rst public affairs director.
She said that she and my father had more to do with my date of birth than any-one else, and the whole is-sue seemed purely political to her. That is when it oc-curred to me that she ought to seek the GOP nomination and run as a proxy for me. The key to its success would be transparency. She agreed to run, although she did not aspire to the offi ce.
So she announced her candidacy with me at her side pledging to run for me, and when I reached 30 she would resign the seat allow-ing the county court (now commission) to appoint me. No one else sought the GOP nomination, which would be made at a special called con-vention to be held at the old Young High School in South Knoxville.
GOP county politics in
Bad year forMcIntyre, Democrats
Most, but not all, of this column’s 2014 subject mat-ter dealt with the politics of education, with McIntyre as the focus, so this look back refl ects that.
McIntyre is apparently ending the year with a slen-der majority on the school board (his former 8-1 ma-jority has been whittled down to 5-4), and he’s suf-fering something like a death of a thousand paper cuts with a steady drip of bad news coming out of Knox County Schools.
The teachers’ rebellion keeps simmering but is no longer at a full boil, so there’s that. It took three years, but teachers are fi -nally getting a contract, despite allegations that Mc-Intyre threw up roadblocks all along the way.
And it’s probably not his fault that he’s had execu-tive-level staff accused of (and in at least one case, confess to) varying grades of felonious behavior, or that some school bus driv-ers apparently aren’t prop-erly credentialed or that the occasional school resource offi cer keeps getting caught with his pants down.
The bottom line contin-ues to be the bottom line – even though the bad news is taking a toll, the superin-tendent still enjoys the sup-port of big-money donors willing to shovel fi nancial support into pro-McIntyre school board candidates’
campaigns.The guy has shown that
he can take a punch, at least for now.
On other topics, Repub-licans fi nally had enough of Stacey Campfi eld, who took his friend Steve Hall down with him when both got pri-maried.
And speaking of which, what would a look at 2014 be without taking a poke at Tennessee’s Dems, who pretty much got hammered up and down the ballot, sometimes by candidates who had been written off as jokes going into the cam-paigns?
None of those races re-fl ected as badly on the party as what happened to John McKamey, a credible can-didate who’d served as Sul-livan County executive and a Sullivan County commis-sioner and had a long and distinguished career as an educator and a coach.
McKamey offered him-self to his party as a coun-ter to incumbent Gov. Bill Haslam and traveled the state on his own dime. But he got no help from party leaders and was rejected in the primary for a buffoon named Charlie Brown who advocated putting Haslam in the electric chair for a non-lethal jolt, just to get his attention. Some national pundits pegged him as the worst candidate in America.
Finally, we said goodbye to some good people this year: labor leader Harold Woods, noted attorney Rob-ert Watson, radio preacher Pappy Beaver, utility ex-ecutive and citizen activist Marvin Hammond, Ten-nessee Conservative Union founder/radio personal-ity Lloyd Daugherty, former Republican Party chair Sue Methvin (the fi rst woman to hold that position) and South Knoxville citizen-at-large William “Dobber” Doyle.
Epidemiologists Al Iannacone, Mark Prather, Alicia Mastronardi and Roberta Sturm and epidemiology nurse Connie Cronley track disease and illness for the Knox County Health Depart-ment. Photo submitted
Fighting disease with dataEPI nurse follows up with each case to determine the likely source and ensure proper patient care.
Numbers can also pre-dict illness that hasn’t yet arrived. Sturm says an out-break of shigella, an intes-tinal disease that typically affects children under the age of 5, is likely this year because it typically shows up every fi ve years.
The EPI department even collects data from schools, daycares and doctors’ of-fi ces about prevalent symp-toms, like sore throats and sinus congestion.
Sturm is especially proud of two surveys that refl ect the general health of Knox County − the Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFS) and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). The YRBS provides separate date for middle- and high-school students. Both surveys are available on the Knox County Health Department website.
The BRFS, which col-lects responses to ques-tions about health-related behavior as well as physical and emotional health, helps target conditions that are prevalent in Knox County. It also refl ects how the county compares to the rest of the state and the nation.
Because the survey is conducted every three years, it also shows health improvements. For exam-
ple, the 2011 survey shows that cigarette smoking is down and seat-belt use is up.
The 2014 BRFS will be completed next year. In gen-eral, the surveys show that Knox County residents have better health than most in Tennessee but worse health than most of the nation, Sturm says.
The YRBS is conducted every two years. In the 2013
survey, over 6 percent of high-school students re-ported that they attempted suicide during the previous year. On a positive note, fewer students (31 percent) reported texting while driv-ing in 2013 than in 2011 (40 percent).
Most health departments aren’t able to conduct such surveys, Sturm says.
While she takes her job seriously, Sturm doesn’t lose sleep over the possibil-ity of a dangerous outbreak. She’s puzzled by those who worry about pandemics but neglect common-sense practice.
“Some people don’t want
to get the fl u vaccine, but they’re terrifi ed of Ebola,” she says. “It’s also impor-tant to wash your hands.”
Good relationships with area hospitals and the re-gional health department help the county to be pre-pared for health emergen-cies. They will also help the health department as it pursues accreditation over the coming year. It’s a long process, says Michael Holtz, director of commu-nity assessment and health promotion, but accredita-tion will show that the Knox County Health Department is serving its public-health function.
“We do data,” she says.The county’s EPI depart-
ment consists of four epide-miologists and an epidemi-ology nurse. The team is in constant communication with local doctors’ offi ces, hospitals and labs, which are required to report in-stances of 81 different com-municable diseases. The
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By Betsy PickleMead Montessori School
students brought holiday cheer to their neighbors at Island Home Park Health and Rehab. Ellie Salter, el-ementary lead teacher, di-rected the nearly two dozen students as they sang sea-sonal songs for residents and staff at the pre-winter break event. Afterward, the kids distributed handmade gifts and chatted with their audience.
By Betsy PickleSome of South Knox-
ville’s best role models are our school principals. We asked them to share their New Year’s resolutions to inspire us in setting our own priorities for 2015:
■ Tim BerrySouth-Doyle High My New Year’s resolution
is to lead South-Doyle High School to Reward School status and visit each of our wonderful feeder schools at least once before summer break! Oh yeah, I would like to start the year with a clean desk and no work on it ;-)
■ Beth BlevinsSouth-Doyle Middle My New Year’s resolution
is to smile more, worry less and show how much SDMS means to me in every in-teraction (sometimes it is in my heart, but my task-minded self doesn’t convey it as well as I should!).
■ Ella JonesMead Montessori Make family time count.
Use the weekends to create memories, take day trips, play, do more art – make it count!
Read more to my chil-dren. My daughter is 3 1/2 and about to read! She loves books. Right now we read each night before bed but should look for more op-portunities to work read-ing into our daily schedule. Our 5-month-old baby loves books, too, and would love extra story times.
Slow down. Juggling school days and family time can make for a hectic week. In the New Year I plan to slow down as much as I can and reconnect to the joy that comes with being the parent of two young children. Res-olution 1 and 2 should help with this resolution!
■ Dr. Roy MillerMooreland Heights
Elementary My New Year’s resolution
– Time!My resolution is to spend
more time at church. I fi nd myself only having time for Sunday morning. I need to make time to attend Wednesday and Sunday evening services.
My resolution is to spend more time at home. I have a 4-year-old who tells me I’m never there to play.
My resolution is to spend more time with me. I’m al-ways trying to fi nd 30 min-utes here or an hour there to just pause and refl ect.
■ Patricia MooreNew Hopewell Ele-
mentaryMy personal resolution
will be to make time to exer-cise at least three times per week.
My resolution for the school is to spend more time with the students. Eating lunch in the lunchroom is one way I plan to make that happen.
■ Tanna NicelySouth Knoxville El-
ementaryContinue to explore ways
Making merry for seniors are, from left, front, Clara Steen, Sage Griffi n, Thomas Lowe, Poppy Bald-win, Lukas Avery-Quinn, Lulu Canada, Amelie Hayter; and, back, violinist Ella Baldwin. Photos by Betsy Pickle
Clockwise from front left: Harry Willis-Beck-er, Olivia Neiss, Channing Bousfi eld, Wyatt Pendelton, Mason Brabston, Sebastian Phil-lips and Luke Neiss perform a holiday song.
Chase Wilson sings as Nate Richardson plays the recorder.
, Starting new year on positive note
to empower the students at SKE to become leaders in our community.
Find creative ways to bring families and commu-nity members to become an active part of our SKE fam-ily.
Enlist the help of all of our resources to ensure the success of our students.
Join hand in hand with the city of Knoxville and our wonderful South Knoxville Family to build a park that will be a gem in the crown of our urban outdoor environ-ment.
Continue to fi nd ways to bring in new technologies to equip our SKE family with
the skill set needed for fu-ture success.
■ Linda NorrisBonny Kate Elemen-
taryMy personal resolution
is to focus on healthy eating and getting more exercise and sleep. My professional resolution is to read, read, read and encourage staff and students to do the same.
■ Lana Shelton-LoweDogwood ElementaryI resolve to buy more lot-
tery tickets, just to support education.
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John du Pont (Steve Carell) gives Mark Schultz (Channing Ta-tum) instructions in “Foxcatcher.”
“Foxcatcher” has a lot to say about wealth, about family and about priorities, but above all it is a grip-ping story that pulls viewers along on a bizarre ride.
Based on real-life events, the drama involves “Ameri-ca’s wealthiest family,” the du Ponts, but it is equally focused on another kind of family – two brothers bound tightly together by history and vocation.
Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) is a world-class wrestler who won a gold medal at the 1984 Olym-pics. His older brother, Dave (Mark Ruffalo), is also a wrestler who won gold at the same Olympics.
Dave coaches wrestling at a university and has a sta-ble home life with wife Nan-cy (Sienna Miller) and their two young children. Mark lives in a shabby apartment, scraping by as best he can. They train together as Mark prepares for the World Championships in 1987 and the Seoul Olympics in 1988.
Mark is invited – com-manded – to visit John E. du Pont (Steve Carell) on the Pennsylvania estate he shares with his mother, Jean (Vanessa Redgrave). John tells Mark he is a fan of wrestling and an amateur wrestler himself, and he wants to fund Mark’s train-
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ing and expenses so he can go to Seoul and bring back America’s greatness.
He has built a train-ing facility on the property and wants Mark and Dave to come live at Foxcatcher Farm.
Mark buys into John’s grandiose scheme, but Dave is happy where he is and doesn’t want to uproot his family. John, though shocked that someone would say no to him, as-sures Mark that they will form a power partnership with John as coach, mentor and sponsor.
It’s an athlete’s fairy tale – until it isn’t. Rob Simon-sen’s wistful score makes it clear that a happy ending is not in store.
“Foxcatcher” lets both Carell and Tatum dig deep-er than their fi lms usually allow. Tatum is especially revelatory, depicting Mark as a wounded, lost creature grounded only by his lov-ing brother and his focus on wrestling. Tatum does a fantastic job of convey-
ing Mark’s insecurities and simplicity.
With Carell, viewers fi rst must get past an obviously prosthetic nose (designed to make him look more like the real du Pont) that the actor literally uses to look down upon others. The upward tilt of his chin may be real-istic, but it is a distraction, even as the fi lm progresses.
Fortunately, Carell’s oth-er attributes outweigh the nuisance over time, and it does lend itself to the con-cept that there’s something “off” about John.
A son of privilege, he ac-tually does have some ac-complishments to his credit, but his sense of entitlement has led him to create a myth of himself that is altogether
undeserved. Carell gives him an otherworldly aura that’s alternately mesmer-izing and creepy.
As the solid, supportive Dave, Ruffalo is his usual dependable self. Dave is al-most too good; if all broth-ers were this wonderful, everybody would want one.
The script by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman is a magic act, foreshadow-ing but never giving away too much. Director Ben-nett Miller (“Moneyball”) handles all the elements as though the fi lm were a mystery, creating an uneasy tone that makes it clear that the fox always gets the raw end of the deal.
Knoxvillians are no doubt aware that their city claims certain musical pedi-grees. Sergei Rachmaninoff played his last concert here, at what is now Cox Audito-rium. Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, the Everly Brothers and Roy Acuff all had doings in the Scruffy Little City.
Flanking rising opera stars in 2013 are Metropolitan Opera National Council regional co-chairs
Phyllis Driver of Knoxville and Shelly Page of Nashville. The young singers are Linda Brimer Bar-
nett, Leah Serr and Mabs Seay. Photo by Ely Driver
Parisian Benedict is a favorite at The Egg and I. Photo by Mystery Diner
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Carol Shane
This coming weekend, Knoxville will become an important musical destina-tion for some talented young singers when the Metropoli-tan Opera National Council holds its 2015 regional audi-tions here.
The process started in 1935 with “Auditions of the Air,” a radio program that featured exceptional young American singers looking to join the Met’s working ros-ter. Some of the stars culled from this operatic “Ameri-can Idol” were Risë Stevens, Eleanor Steber and Robert Merrill.
In 1950, the Met board established a regional audi-tions program for those un-able to come to New York for the radio show. By the end
of that decade, a district lev-el of the auditions was add-ed as a fi rst round feeding into the regions. This basic structure has remained in place up to the present.
There are currently 50 districts and 16 regions. Knoxville and Nashville – East Tennessee and Middle Tennessee districts, respec-tively – are part of the Mid-South region, and the two cities host the auditions in alternate years. This year it’s Knoxville’s turn.
Some of the winners of past auditions held in Knox-ville include Cheryl Studer, Delores Ziegler, Roy Smith and Jami Rogers.
Rogers, who lives in West Knoxville, says, “It’s a diffi -cult and exacting process.” She remembers one sopra-no who neglected to bring her sheet music onstage for the pianist. Having to go back and retrieve it from her dressing room “threw her for the whole audition.” Rogers herself won in 1996.
“It’s great exposure,” she says. “It’s amazing to sing on the Met stage with the Met orchestra!”
Married to tenor Kevin Anderson since the late ’90s, she now teaches voice privately and at Pellissippi State Community College. The Rogers-Anderson fam-ily also includes a 12-year-old son who seems to be following in the musical tra-dition; he recently sang with the Church Street United Methodist Treble Choir on the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Clayton Holiday Concerts.
Co-director of the audi-tions in Knoxville is retired Carson-Newman professor of business and accounting Phyllis Driver, who says she “has little musical talent, but a great love for many forms of music.” Past presi-dent of the Knoxville Opera Guild, Driver still serves on its board.
Judges this year will be Carroll Freeman, the Val-
erie Adams Distinguished Professor in Opera at Geor-gia State; Dean Anthony, director of the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Music Center and co-di-rector of the University of Memphis opera program; and Jerome Shannon, direc-tor of Pensacola Opera.
And what happens after a win in Knoxville? According to the Met website, winners of the regional auditions win a trip to New York to participate in the national semifi nals, held on the stage of the Metropolitan Op-era. Approximately 10 are selected and compete the following Sunday in a pub-lic Grand Finals Concert, accompanied by the Met-ropolitan Opera Orchestra. The jury bestows approxi-mately fi ve Grand Winner awards of $15,000. The re-maining national fi nalists are awarded prizes ranging from $1,500 to $5,000.
If you like opera, or you’re looking to expand your ho-
rizons in 2015, now’s your chance to hear some rising stars. “There are 25 singers who have registered so far,” says Driver. “Each will sing at least one aria, so every-one is invited to come and listen to some very talented young singers – some who may sing at the Met or other opera houses around the world in the future. People may come and go as their
schedule permits during the day.”
The Mid-South region Metropolitan Opera Na-tional Council auditions take place this Saturday, Jan. 3, beginning at 11 a.m., at the Natalie Haslam Music Building at the University of Tennessee. The event is free and open to the public. Send story suggestions to news@shop-
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The Egg and I
Mother always told you: It’s the most important meal of the day. Formerly the stepchild of restaurants, breakfast has hit the fast track in American cuisine, with every kind of estab-lishment from Taco Bell to fancy steak houses trying to get in on the act.
Finding a good break-fast in a restaurant is easy nowadays. This “most im-portant” meal even has its own venues, where break-fast foods are the star, lunch offerings are thrown in for variety, and everybody is home by 3 p.m.
The Egg and I is a break-fast/brunch/lunch restau-rant that now has two loca-tions in the Knoxville area. Way out west, there is a restaurant in the shadow of Costco, just off Lovell Road. Closer to town, The Egg and I is nestled in a Bearden strip mall at 4108 Kingston Pike.
The Egg and I opens at
6 a.m. and closes at 2 p.m. with a 2:30 p.m. closing on weekends. The menu has all those things mother loved for you to eat at breakfast – eggs done every way from the omelet to scrambled to chile rellenos, bacon, sau-sage in both the pig and tur-key varieties, biscuits and gravy, oatmeal and pan-cakes.
Side dishes include breakfast potatoes, fruit or grits. The variety of the offerings at The Egg and I could have you come in every day for a month and never order the same food.
Or you could get stuck on a favorite like I did and fi nd
it hard to branch out to any-thing else.
The Parisian Benedict has everything I love for breakfast and not a single thing for me to pull to the side of the plate and hide under the garnish.
The Parisian Benedict is built on a buttery croissant. It is layered with smoked ham, Swiss cheese and sau-téed portabella mushrooms then topped with two per-fectly poached eggs and
smothered in creamy hol-landaise sauce.
Garnish with the few tops of fresh green onions. It is an uptown breakfast with all the lip-smacking good-ness of a plate from mom-ma’s table.
The Egg and I has a lunch menu, something I know only because I have seen it. Breakfast is the star of the show for me, and there just isn’t any time of the day that breakfast isn’t a good idea.
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Run 4 Their Lives – Knoxville
By Sandra ClarkPam Cantrell is mak-
ing things happen with the Knoxville version of Run 4 Their Lives. This year’s race is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at Market Square.
The race raises aware-ness and funds for sexually exploited women and chil-dren worldwide.
This year team competi-tions have been added with prizes (and bragging rights) for most spirited, most money raised, and largest number of runners/walkers.
The Knoxville race is one of several such events, and all information is available at the website www.freedom424.org/r4tl/races/.
This year’s centerpiece is the 5k Run/Walk, start-ing at 9 a.m. Entry fee is $24 plus a $2.50 sign-up fee with registration end-ing Jan. 8. The race fee is waived for those who set up a fundraiser with a mini-mum of $50 donations.
A second event, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, will also begin at 9 a.m. with a simi-
lar entry and sign-up fee.Both races are led and
organized entirely by volun-teers, and more volunteers are needed for race day. All information is available on the website.
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By Bonny C. MillardThe topic of how people
want to handle the end of their lives, particularly if a serious lingering illness is involved, has become more popular as baby boomers age.
Dr. Gregory Phelps, med-ical director of hospice at UT Medical Center, said the country now has the larg-est generation of those over the age of 65 that it’s ever had: 10,000-11,000 boom-ers turning age 65 every day. As a result, more people are thinking in terms of health care for those fi nal intervening years.
Phelps recently spoke to the Rotary Club of Knoxville and encouraged them to have conversations about this issue with their family members over the holidays. By making these decisions, families know what a person’s wishes are.
It’s diffi cult for some people to talk about end-of-life care, but several books have been written about the subject. Phelps said this re-fl ects the increasing interest
in the topic. “We never know when
and where it’s going to come,” Phelps said. “We all know the time will come, and we are to-tally unpre-pared for a
totally predictable event. So what I’m here to do is talk
to you about voicing your choice and making your wishes known.”
Phelps acknowl-edged that it is a seri-ous topic, especially at
Christmastime, but he interjected humor through-out his talk. He laughed and said his goal is to be shot by a jealous husband at the age of 95.
Hospice is about having the highest quality of life until the end, and fi nding what gives a dying person pleasure is an important part of the process, he said.
“You give your family this gift of what you want,” he said.
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By Bonny C. MillardKnoxville and the na-
tion prepare to celebrate the coming New Year this eve-ning (Dec. 31), but friends of the YMCA of East Tennes-see have another reason to celebrate: The organization turns 160 years old today.
Rick Coleman, chief fi -nancial offi cer, said the
I met Toby Hyke, owner of Knoxville Radiator and Auto Service, on a tip.
Tina Shelton with the Village Bakery started brag-ging about Toby one day and said, “He is an incredible, honest mechanic.”
Rick Coleman, YMCA chief fi nancial offi cer, displays the original minutes from the Y’s fi rst public meeting 160 years ago. Photoby Bonny C. Millard
Toby Hyke, owner of Knoxville Radiator and Auto Service Photo by Nancy Whittaker
Knox Y marks 160th anniversary
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Shelton added, “Knox-ville Radiator is one place in South Knoxville where any-one, especially women, can have their car repairs done and not have to worry about being taken.”
Hyke smiled when I told him Shelton’s sentiments. He quickly informed me that he has three sisters, a wife and two daughters who would “kill me if I wasn’t good to my women custom-ers.” He must be treating folks right. This is his 34th year in business.
Hyke expressed his grati-
tude for all of his loyal cus-tomers, many of whom have been with him since the be-ginning.
Growing up in South Knoxville, Hyke went to Doyle High School. His dad was a professor at UT and his mom was a school-teacher. His oldest sister also went into teaching. Hyke laughs and says he is not sure where his interest and skill in becoming a me-chanic started, other than
his dad expecting him to do something to become suc-cessful.
In the mid-90s, Hyke saw the car-repair business change rapidly. Computer programs and scanners be-came the new way to diag-nose problems. He has kept all of his equipment updated and says he is lucky to have really good people working for him. They repair both domestic and imported ve-hicles.
Knoxville Radiator and Auto Service specializes in A/C and heating sys-tems, tune-ups, oil changes, brakes, clutches and tires. It is always best to have an appointment, but if you’re having a major problem, Hyke says they will work you in.
Not only is Hyke a great mechanic and business per-son, but he is also a good steward. The day I visited with him, he was preparing to leave with other members of NorthStar Church, South, for Brühl, Germany. This is his eighth year going on a mission trip to participate in a prayer walk and live nativity scene. Steve and Susan Jett, missionaries from Valley Grove Baptist, are responsible for Hyke’s involvement with this trip.
Conveniently located at 6242 Chapman Hig hway, Knoxville Radiator and Auto Service is open Mon-day through Friday from 7:30 to 5 p.m. Call 573-8628 for an appointment. Cash, checks, Visa, MasterCard and Discover are accepted.
YMCA of East Tennessee is the third-oldest in the na-tion, being formed just 10 years after the original or-ganization was created in England. Knoxville’s Y, as it’s more commonly known these days, was started with “six men and a prayer group.”
Nationally, the YMCA is known as the originator of basketball and Father’s Day. James Naismith, a teacher at the YMCA training school in Springfi eld, Mass., in-vented basketball in 1891, using peach baskets.
“He was a program di-rector at the Y,” Coleman said. “The boss asked him to come up with something new.”
The Y has a copy of the original document in which Naismith wrote out the game rules.
“It’s quite interesting considering Pat Summitt is here in Knoxville, and we’re one of the oldest Ys,” Cole-man said.
The document was part of a historical timeline show-casing the local Y’s 160-year growth. The original minutes in a journal, which has been kept in pristine condition, contains infor-mation dating back to Dec. 16, 1854, as well as Dec. 31, 1854, when the YMCA held its fi rst public meeting.
The minutes noted the large gathering of men at that Dec. 31 meeting, re-fl ecting that attendance was “unmistakable proof of the interest awakened in the
minds of the community.”Coleman sees this as an
indication that the local founders recognized the future importance of the YMCA.
“I think they saw this as something becoming larg-er,” he said.
The YMCA rotated among several churches be-fore members raised money for their own place, which was just a room where the men could come to read and pray. The permanent resi-dence was built at 605 W. Clinch Ave. in 1929.
Now the Lindsay Young Downtown YMCA, it was named for a major benefac-tor and local attorney who worked out there through his 80s.
The Clinch Avenue loca-tion had rooms for men to
rent, but those fl oors have since been sold and made into condos. The fi tness cen-ter is on the fi rst fl oor.
Coleman said that even though they are celebrating the Y’s history in Knoxville, its leaders are ever mindful of their present goals. The Y serves more than 30,000 area residents and offers almost $1.3 million in sub-sidies to those who can’t afford services. The non-profi t’s focus includes youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The Y also operates a Com-munity Giving Garden and donated 2,500 pounds of fresh produce to local pan-tries last season.
The Cansler Family YMCA, named after educa-tor and principal of Aus-tin High School Charles Cansler, was originally lo-cated on Wilson Avenue. It moved in 2004 to Jessa-mine Street and houses the corporate offi ces in addition to its fi tness center.
The Davis Family YMCA on South Northshore Drive opened in 2010. The other locations are the Bob Tem-ple North Side YMCA in Halls and West Side YMCA.
For info: www.ymcaknoxville.org/.
FAITH NOTES ■ Church Women United
Knoxville-Knox County will meet 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 2, at the Family Justice Center, 400 Harriet Tubman St. Info: 521-6336.
■ First Lutheran Church, 1207 N. Broadway, will host New Year’s Eve service, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31. Com-munion will be served. The public is invited.
COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Colonial Village Neighbor-
hood Association. Info: Terry Caruthers, 579-5702, [email protected].
■ Knoxville Tri-County Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each second and fourth Monday, Connie’s Kitchen, 10231 Chap-man Highway, Seymour. Info: https://www.facebook.com/TriCountyLions/info.
■ Lake Forest Neighborhood Association. Info: Molly Gilbert, 209-1820 or [email protected]
■ South of the River Demo-crats (9th District) meets 6:30 p.m. each third Monday, South Knoxville Commu-nity Center, 522 Maryville Pike. Info: Jim Sessions, [email protected] or 573-0655.
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