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WAVE, good-byeUT WAVE (stands for Work

Achievement Values Educa-tion) has provided individual-ized tutoring for young drop-outs seeking a GED diploma and help in plotting their career strategies.

On Dec. 19 it will close after almost 40 years, a victim of changing priorities.

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By Bill DockeryThe Carter community got an

up-close look recently at the new Boys & Girls Club that was relo-cated to the old Carter Elementary School gym this year. Parents Night was an opportunity for children attending the Carter club to show their parents what the organization has done for them and with them since it opened in August.

“Our mission is to help create a community of responsible citi-zens,” said Sydney Squire, club di-rector. “We want to serve. We want to enable all young people, espe-cially those who need us most.”

Some 60 youngsters are enrolled from the Carter community, with an average of 40 children showing up on any given day, Squire said. The biggest positive for her is the sup-

port she has gotten from families in the community: “They’ve been very understanding.”

The Carter club is one of the newest of almost a score of clubs in Knox, Anderson, Loudon and Blount counties. Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley serves some 7,000 children across the region. Nationally, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America has more

The Carter Club’s outdoor

basketball court is a place

to show off your fast break.

Members pause for picture time on the Boys & Girls

Club playground at Carter: (front) Tylen, Madison,

Rachel and Jacob, (back) Jordanna, Alex, Haley, Je-

nikai and Cloe. Photos by Bill Dockery

Child by child

Carter Boys & Girls Clubbuilds community 

than 100 years of service to chil-dren and young people in need of positive opportunities to develop character and increase their pos-sibilities in life.

The club offers staff-supervised outdoor play, an indoor game room, and an iPad technology lab, as well as quiet space for read-

To page 3

By Carol ShaneLudell Coffey, 35-year mem-

ber of Broadway Baptist Church, speaks enthusiastically about the church’s upcoming rummage sale.

“Every item is no more than $1,” she says. I ask if that applies to fur-niture and larger objects. “Whatev-er gets donated,” she says, “it’ll only

be a dollar!” Coffey and her fellow BBC

members are dedicated to helping those in the region who struggle economically. She was one of the driving forces behind Renais-sance Terrace, an assisted-living facility located in the building that used to house the church’s day-

A rummage sale with a diff erence

Broadway Baptist Church wants

everyone – including those

struggling with expenses – to

have a wonderful holiday sea-

son. Photo by Carol Shane

care center. “The dream,” says Coffey, “was that we could reno-vate the building, and it would be for middle-income people.

“We raised $8.75 million thanks to grants from the state

To page 3

By Betty BeanState Rep. Bill Dunn is a key

member of the House Educa-tion Committee and has gener-ally supported Gov. Bill Haslam’s education reform measures. But he broke ranks last session by passing a bill to reel back

the Common Core State Stan-dards, which have grown increas-ingly unpopular among conserva-tives as well as teachers.

Dunn said the new law (which Haslam signed) puts Tennessee in control of its standards while re-quiring the state Board of Educa-tion to notify members of the House and Senate education committees and post information online before it can vote on standard changes.

The law also limits the applica-tion of the standards to language arts and math, limits the data that can be collected from students and

parents, and requires Common Core-aligned tests to be bid out.

“Basically I’ve tried to make the standards process very transpar-ent,” Dunn said.

He also has a plan to get teach-ers a raise but isn’t ready to say what it is.

“The governor may have a differ-ent plan, but I’ve got a backup plan to reward teachers for their hard work over the years.”

He admits his plan could be complicated by the reality of a tight budget year. “That’s going to rule a whole lot of things.”

When asked if he’ll join his con-servative colleagues who want to repeal the Hall tax on investment income, he hedged his answer, pointing out that he has supported tax cuts like the small sales tax de-crease on food (“People have got to eat”) but saying he’s leery of cutting off vital revenue streams.

“I think we have to look at the budget long term. When you weak-en yourself fi nancially as a state, you become beholden to the federal

government. Why would we weaken ourselves?

“When someone comes forward and says we need to repeal this tax, they need to show how that’s go-ing to affect the budget. When we repealed the inheritance tax, we benefi ted because it encouraged more people to stay in state. With the Hall tax, I think you start by looking at who you’re hurting. If it’s a retiree who depends on this for income, you could raise the ex-emption, but I think we should dis-tinguish between an elderly couple depending on their investments and a billionaire who’s investing.

“My main point is, as long as we have the fi nancial means, we call the shots. When we don’t, the federal government calls the shots.”

After 20 years in the House, Dunn is kind of a big deal, particularly since the Republicans ended the Democrats’ majority in 2008. Dunn became chair of the Calendar and Rules Committee, the last stop for committee-approved bills before they hit the House fl oor.

Traditionally, some legislationdoesn’t make it, and when it doesn’t,it’s usually the decision of the chair.But Dunn says it’s not like the olddays, when the Speaker of theHouse dictated outcomes.

“I’ve got the gavel, and I’m theone who determines what the votewas, if it’s a voice vote. What Ilike to do is work with individualsto get the bill where it needs tobe. Has the bill been properlyvetted in committee? That usedto come from the speaker, but Igo through all the bills to makea determination whether theyshould be on the consent calendar,make a list and give it to theDemocratic leadership.

“A couple of times I’ve usedmy gavel to do what needed to bedone. … There was one time whennobody wanted to call for questionand I just got up, grabbed my gaveland left. Everybody said, ‘What?’But if I hadn’t, we would havespent another two hours just goingon and on. I think the bill endedup failing.”

Bill Dunn

Dunn breaks with Haslam on Common Core

What about JJD?U.S. Rep. John “Jimmy”

Duncan will be 69 years old with 28 years in the House be-fore the next election in 2016.

His father died in offi ce at that age, a fact that surely hasn’t escaped his son’s notice.

➤ Read Larry Van Guilder on page 4

Bernstein to retire One of Knoxville’s most dis-

tinguished attorneys, Bernard Bernstein, is retiring from law practice the end of the year, less than 30 days from now.

Bernstein, 83, will maintain an offi ce at the Bernstein, Stair and McAdams law fi rm on Ag-nes Street in West Knoxville.

➤ Read Victor Ashe on page 5

Turkey at Buddy’sYou thought it was enough.

You swore you would never eat again. Still, here you are, almost a week after the tryptophan-laced turkey has worn off, and you are craving a turkey sandwich.

The Mystery Diner visits Buddy’s for a turkey sandwich.

➤ Read the review on page 7

RAM premieresMaking the documentary

“Remote Area Medical” was a learning experience for fi rst-time fi lmmaker Farihah Zaman.

“People are more than just the sum of their struggles,” says Zaman.

RAM, which was founded by Stan Brock and based in South Knoxville until a recent move to Rockford, provides free, high-quality medical, dental and vision care to people who cannot afford it.

➤ Read Betsy Pickle on page 6

Green showcaseFaculty members at Green

Magnet Academy recently hosted an evening to showcase the students’ work and to allow parents and guests an oppor-tunity to see the great things at the school.

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Symptoms of brain tumors can be subtle at first, but they increase as the tumor grows larger.

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“Thompson is just across the street from Fort Sanders, so we work together for radiation treat-ment and chemotherapy,” said Dr. Paul Peterson, a neurosurgeon at Fort Sanders. “Plus, we treat with the Gamma Knife, we do biopsies

and brain tumor removal.”Fort Sanders has the region’s

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cer are the most likely types of cancer to spread to the brain. Working with Thompson Cancer Survival Center, physicians at Fort Sanders use a combination of surgery, radiation and che-motherapy to treat metastatic tumors.

“We customize a treatment program for each patient,” said Peterson. “It just depends on what they need.”

A smaller portion of brain tumors, about 40,000 per year in the U.S., originate within the brain. These are called “prima-ry” tumors. Of those, less than half are cancerous, although they still may be life-threatening because the tumor presses on the brain.

“Not all brain tumors are cancerous,” explained Peterson. “But benign tumors still need to

be followed and may need to be removed because of pressure on the brain.”

After removal, most benign tumors do not grow back or spread further, but serial follow-up with a neurosurgeon may be needed to watch for potential recurrence. Under a microscope, benign tumor cells usually have distinct borders and almost a normal appearance, according

to the American Brain TumorAssociation.

“We do a CT scan and an MRIand these may provide goodclues, but sometimes you needa piece of the tumor before youknow it’s truly benign or cancer-ous. You can tell something’sgoing on but not the specificsabout what it is,” said Peterson.

“Some benign tumors areclassic looking, others we’re notsure. Sometimes tumors canlook benign but they turn out tobe metastatic cancer.”

A malignant primary tumoris one that is cancerous. Thesetend to be fast-growing andsend out tentacle-like tissueinto the rest of the brain, orshed cells that travel through-out the brain.

No one really knows whatcauses primary brain tumors,although excessive radiation ex-posure does increase the risk, asdo a few rare genetic conditions,according to the National Can-cer Institute.

“Some speculate head traumacan cause certain benign tumors,but how many times do you hityour head over a lifetime? Onething we can say is that there’sno association with cell phonesor living near power lines,” saidPeterson.

“Really the term is multifac-torial, because there is no onething associated with brain tu-mors,” he added.

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of Tennessee, Knox County and the Haslam Founda-tion. (Former state Sen.) Ben Atchley helped a lot. Plus, some church employ-ees had pledges taken out of their paychecks. It took us at least 15 years, but Renais-sance Terrace was fi nished in 2008 and is occupied.”

The facility is owned and operated by Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service Inc., which is accredited by the National Association for Home Care and Hospice.

The upcoming rummage sale will feature not only affordable clothing and household items “and prob-ably some Christmas deco-rations,” says Coffey, but hearty, cheap eats.

“We’ll have sausage, bis-cuits and gravy, juice and coffee in the morning. The meal costs a dollar. Then in the afternoon there will be beans and cornbread for lunch, also for a dollar.

“We’ll have cookies, four for a dollar. So a family of

Child by child From page 1

ing, tutoring and homework help. Children who become involved in the club com-munity can join members from other clubs in service projects, beach trips and conferences.

Boys & Girls Clubs seek to build relationships with the children over time, from kindergarten through high school, and to create safe, positive environments that foster community.

“We see these members every day for years. We want them to come learn from the staff,” Squire said.

The Carter club currently has six staff members. The maximum student/staff ra-tio is 18 to 1, but Squire tries

to keep it closer to 12 to 1. All facilitators receive three days of training in skills for dealing with the children.

Members are provided transportation to the club, as well as a snack and din-ner if they stay late. Home-work help is available, and games and other opportuni-ties for social recreation are provided.

Unlike many after-school programs, the Carter club will be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the holidays. The club is also open for non-holiday school closings like in-service and election days. Weekly tuition is $50, with part-time and single-day options. The club will

Third-grader Justin Chittum

shows off the book he read

to get 10 points in the Carter

Boys & Girls Club’s reading

program.

By Bill DockeryBob Kerr was a young man

in 1975, fresh out of Vietnam and about to graduate from the University of Tennessee, when he signed up to work on a program helping high school dropouts.

On Dec. 19, Kerr will close down that program

after al-most four d e c a d e s d e d i c a t e d to helping t hou sa nd s of dropouts complete a high school equivalency d i p l o m a ,

fi nd employment or contin-ue their education.

UT WAVE (stands for Work Achievement Values Education) has provided individualized tutoring for young dropouts seeking a GED diploma and help in plotting their career strate-gies.

“Dropouts bring a lot of baggage,” Kerr said. “The stigma is that dropouts are stupid, but actually there are 100 different reasons they drop out.”

The program has worked with about 100 students a year, with half of that num-ber successfully getting their GED. The male-female ra-

UT dropout education program to end

Bob Kerr and Michelle Love will be leaving the UT WAVE offi ce when it closes permanently on

Dec. 19. Kerr started the program 39 years ago to help dropouts get high school equivalency

diplomas. Photos by Bill Dockery

Bob Sharp helps Jeremiah Zupsic refresh his knowledge of

graphing equations for his upcoming GED exam. Sharp, a re-

tired math teacher from Halls High School, began tutoring

WAVE students so he could continue to help people.

Krysten Nieves

Farewell to WAVE

tio has been roughly 50-50 from year to year, and about 30 percent of the students are black. Students between 17 and 24 who wanted to get into WAVE were tested to see if they have sixth-grade aca-demic skills.

“If they bomb the test, they can’t enter the pro-gram,” Kerr said, “but we hate to weed someone out. That’s what we were about: second chances.”

Jeremiah Zupsic is seek-ing just that second chance. Zupsic expects to take the test before the program closes. He also represents something Kerr sees often: a second-generation WAVE graduate. His mother got her GED during the early 1990s from a WAVE pro-

gram in Ohio.Krysten Nieves, a recent

dropout from South-Doyle High School, started the program around Halloween but expects to pass the test before the Dec. 19 closure.

“I like the one-on-one tu-toring,” the New York native said. “You get more atten-tion.”

She hopes to pursuing nursing or other health care work.

Originally funded by CETA, the Comprehensive Employment Training Act of the 1970s, the program that is now UT WAVE has un-dergone several changes of name and funding sources. After CETA came the Work-force Investment Act. Pri-vate support has come from

Dollar General, United Way, Boys & Girls Clubs, and the Chamber of Commerce. In recent years, the program has switched from the GED Testing Service to the HiSET Program, which is less ex-pensive to administer.

Kerr said a change in federal funding priorities is forcing WAVE to close. Mon-ey that once went to help high school dropouts com-plete their education is now being channeled into school programs intended to keep teenagers from dropping out in the fi rst place. Kerr said that most school systems still have dropout rates that are too high.

“A program doesn’t last 40 years unless it’s needed,” Kerr said. “We’re not closing

because of a lack of need or an ineffective program. It’s a shame people are spending the money on other things.”

The program has also provided opportunities for volunteers. Bob Sharp, a retired math teacher from Halls High School, found his way to WAVE through Knox-ville’s Friends of Literacy. In recent years, the mentor for language arts has been Jan Avent. A retired Knoxville News Sentinel journalist, Avent fi rst volunteered in memory of a fellow report-er and writer, the late Jim Dykes, who wanted to help people learn to read.

Michelle Love, the educa-tion coordinator for the pro-gram, shows off a wall of pho-tos showing recent individual

grads on a bulletin board sur-rounded by framed pictures of whole classes of GED re-cipients. All are wearing aca-demic caps and gowns. Love, who has worked at WAVE for eight years, has started tak-ing the pictures down. She will be without a job when the program closes.

Kerr isn’t calling it quits yet, though. In the next weeks he will start working in adult basic education at Roane State Community Col-lege, helping adult learners chart out their career paths.

Knox County Schools will have the only GED program remaining when WAVE closes. That program is the Paul L. Kelley Volunteer Academy, located in Knox-ville Center Mall.

There is always time to pose for a picture. Just ask Jaynie, Lain-

ey and Mason.

also offer a summer pro-gram for $75 a week.

“The Boys & Girls Clubs wants to be there for par-ents who can’t afford child care,” Squire said. The club can take Families First child-care certifi cates.

Parents and other mem-bers of the Carter commu-nity can become involved through a board that serves the Carter club.

“Here at Carter, we’re looking for community mem-bers to be on our board,” Squire said. “The biggest task for me is telling who we are, getting our name out there.”

four can eat lunch with des-sert for $5.” Coffey is excit-ed to offer the food as well as the merchandise. She and her colleagues want the rummage sale to be a real “go-to” event for families who could use a little help this holiday season.

The rummage sale takes

place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Broad-way Baptist Church, 815 N. Broadway, just north of Central Avenue. For more information, or to make a donation or volunteer, call (865) 524-2575. Send story suggestions to news@

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■ Beaumont Community

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■ Belle Morris Community Ac-

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Info: www.bellemorris.com or

Rick Wilen, 524-5008.

■ Chilhowee Park Neighbor-

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At my age, I don’t win many foot races, but, by jumping the gun, I might be fi rst with a Tennessee foot-ball outlook for 2015.

Sneak preview of 2015

Next year is when the Vol-unteers are supposed to take a giant step forward. Some teams that have been push-ing Tennessee around for the past several seasons should rethink the situation. The big bullies know who they are. They know the scene is changing. There will be no more sand fl ipped in the face of the 105-pound weakling. The boy is now a man.

No, no, not a giant, just bigger and stronger and tougher and smarter.

It is logical that returning Vols, just because they are a year older, will be improved. Development is part of what coaches do for their money. Dave Lawson, in charge of muscles, will guide contin-

ued growth this winter. He is already seeking a preven-tative solution to high ankle sprains and torn labra.

The key to next season is what made the Vols better in most of November. There should be no quarterback confusion. Joshua Dobbs is a potential star.

There was a time when I thought recruiting was the front end of long-term proj-ects. Butch Jones taught me something. I now think re-cruiting, at the level these guys do it, is an immediate patch and sometimes a fi x – for every ailment except the offensive line.

Tennessee played 23 freshmen with minimal em-barrassment. In some cases, it was a matter of neces-sity. In other cases, talent prevailed over experience. I suppose it will happen again, to a lesser degree.

Example: Jalen Hurd, running back, emerged as a future all-American if he stays well. Marlin Lane be-came one notch up from in-cidental. For 2015, Derrell Scott may be a solid backup. Somebody new must help. SEC contenders need four tailbacks. Alvin Kamara,

apparently inbound from Hutchinson, Kan., is the primary prospect.

Tennessee projects to look more like Wide Receiver U. next season. It has the repu-tation but fell short of expec-tations. There are genuine playmakers among wideouts and slots. They will block better and drop less.

I do believe Marquez North will bounce back. Josh Malone will eventually grasp what he is supposed to do. Jason Croom is big with big potential. Pig How-ard and Von Pearson will add refi nement. There are others. This is the deepest segment of the team.

Josh Smith can play. I think Jonathon Johnson, Vic Wharton and Ryan Jen-kins can help.

Tight ends? Capable but should get much better. Tennessee has one or more joining the three with estab-lished credentials.

The offensive line will remain a work in progress. Tackle is enough of a ques-tion mark to cause concern. Maybe Dontavius Blair will become what he was sup-posed to be. Charles Mos-ley? Possible. There is mini-

mal depth and freshmen are not easy plug-ins.

Three pretty good play-ers are gone from the de-fense, but that unit will be better instead of worse. Replacing A.J. Johnson will be the fi rst order of spring business. If Jakob Johnson can’t do it, Dillon Bates can.

Justin Coleman never was fast enough, but he re-fused to yield his spot in the secondary. Tennessee is not overfl owing with DBs. It would be really good to bring in more corners.

Assuming Kahlil Mc-Kenzie and Shy Tuttle arrive as scheduled, both will be seen and heard. They might achieve at defensive tackle some of what Derek Barnett did at end. That would take care of the void created by Jordan Williams’ departure.

We know who will kick placements. We think in-coming Tommy Townsend may emerge as punter. Evan Berry will get better on re-turns. Cheers!

The 2015 outlook is excit-ing. This next team might be good for eight or nine wins, even with Arkansas coming onto the schedule. If it hits 10, send me an email about being old and too con-servative.Marvin West’s address is westwest6@

netzero.com.

The calendar says it’s still three weeks till winter begins, but it sure feels like winter today, Thanksgiving, as I hunt and peck this col-umn. Gloomy, sprinkles, 40 degrees.

Well, here’s a quiz ques-tion for you: What winter-time outdoor activity can best be enjoyed indoors, and usually improves, the worse the weather gets? I know everyone got the right answer: watching the bird feeders, of course.

Grandma and I don’t keep our feeders going during the summer months, gener-ally closing down around the start of hot weather in June. There is plenty of natural food all around in the sum-mer. We’ve found that sum-mer feeding, at least at our lo-cation, seems to attract fl ocks of undesirables, namely star-lings and pigeons.

So we start feeding again as the cooler weather re-turns in mid-October. Any-one who is a regular bird feeder understands the satisfaction one gets when the usual cast of characters begins to show up. Chicka-dees and titmice immedi-ately, then soon thereafter the cardinals, blue jays and woodpeckers.

The colder-weather cus-tomers aren’t here yet at our feeders: sparrows, to-whees, juncos and the like. They seem to prefer their still-abundant natural weed seeds and berries for now,

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They’re always hungry

and some haven’t arrived in these parts yet. But just you wait till that fi rst decent snowfall. The gang will all be here!

Many a new fi rst-time feeder person is amazed at the array of birds they can attract, and at how much they can observe and learn about them from the warmth of their living room. Almost without realizing you are learning things, you become familiar enough with the common species to be able to recognize them at a glance, just by their size and behavior. Thus, titmice and chickadees grab a seed and fl y away; house fi nches park themselves on the feeder and nibble away.

We here in East Tennes-see live in a good part of the country for bird feeding. We’re midway between the deep-freeze snowy north where winter feeder birds are a small (but hardy) crew, and the semitropical coastal areas like Florida and Texas where the feeders are visit-ed by hordes of colorful and exotic species reminiscent of an aviary at the zoo.

In our winters here, we

enjoy a familiar and fairly stable population of resident birds that have been here all year long but seem to need us for a boost through the long, tough winter. Some of them we seldom see, such as brown thrashers or fi eld sparrows, except for under the feeder in the winter.

These birds are joined in the winter by migrants from farther north, here to en-joy the food supplies of our milder winters, such as the white-throated sparrows (a very common winter bird here, gone in the spring), as well as purple fi nches, dark-eyed juncos, pine siskins and the like.

And then there is the great fun of fi nding an un-usual or out-of-place bird there amongst the usual ones. It happens every year, and people get the word out and head on over to see the rare visitor. For example, the fi rst part of this last Feb-ruary, in the dead of winter, there appeared at a feeder in Maryville an amazing sight: an adult male painted bun-ting, a small, spectacular red, blue, green and yellow bird of the summertime Carolina and Georgia coast. We drove over there on a cold rainy morning and saw and photographed the bird, hundreds of miles from its usual haunts and months out of season!

East of the Mississippi, the only species of hum-mingbird that nests is the

ruby-throated. But more and more every year, folks around here are hosting overwintering rufous hum-mers at their feeders. Nor-mally western birds, the rufous hummers nest in the Pacifi c Northwest and win-ter in Central America. But for some reason the little guys are showing up here in the fall, and people keep their feeders fi lled all winter for them, rigging up light bulbs to keep the feeders from freezing.

We hopped over to a lovely, feeder-fi lled yard in a local neighborhoodl last winter and stood there en-joying the surreal experi-ence of watching a beautiful rusty-brown male rufous hummingbird, thousands of miles from its normal win-ter habitat in Costa Rica or Belize, happily feeding.

A good way to enhance your feeder enjoyment is to keep your bird bath open all winter. Water can be scarce in winter, especially in times of freezing tem-peratures. You can purchase small bird bath heaters that will do the job. You’ll be sur-prised to see how many of your feathered customers that will attract, with water fl ying everywhere and oth-ers waiting for their turn.

It’s almost winter! Get those bags of black oil sun-fl ower seed (it’s cheaper this year) and white proso mil-let, nyger (thistle) seed and suet cakes, and settle down to enjoy your own fl ock of appreciative feathered en-tertainers. It’s way more fun than shoveling snow.

This is a special time of year for Congressional rep-resentatives. Election win-ners can chill for several weeks before beginning 22 months of fundraising for the next contest.

For U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., “Jimmy” to his admiring constituents, campaign fi nance is almost an afterthought. A break-fast here, a luncheon there, a boat cruise, a reception for some well-heeled donors and he’s good to go.

And why worry? Since 2000, when he polled bet-ter than 89 percent against a Libertarian candidate, Duncan’s tally has not fallen below 72.5 percent of votes cast. In an era when the av-erage Congressional candi-date raises close to $2 mil-lion, Duncan’s take peaked at $731,000 in 2006.

John J. Duncan Sr. held the seat now occupied by his son from 1965 until his death in 1988. As we ring in 2015, a Duncan will have represented Tennessee’s Second Congressional Dis-trict for 50 years.

That’s family job secu-rity in a way the nation’s architects never conceived, but that’s another story. For now it’s more instructive to consider the dark clouds stalking the sun-drenched Duncan dynasty.

Duncan will be 69 years old with 28 years in the House before the next elec-tion in 2016. His father died in offi ce at that age, a fact that surely hasn’t escaped his son’s notice.

Any thought of slipping into a comfortable retirement with the Duncan sinecure untroubled by pretenders to the throne probably vanished when the heir apparent, John Duncan III, stumbled badly after winning election to the Knox County Trustee’s offi ce in 2010.

Maybe it’s something in the water in that offi ce. What-

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ever the reason, the apple of Dad’s eye sold his birthright for a few thousand dollars in unearned “bonuses.”

So, absent serious reha-bilitation of John III’s im-age, the elder Duncan must hold serve for a while. Could anything break it?

Maybe.Duncan is a member of

the party whose goal for the next two years is to fi ddle while Rome burns and hope the fl ames engulf the White House. Shutting down the government, impeaching the president and refusing to raise the debt ceiling are a few of the stratagems be-ing touted by the likes of Sen. Ted Cruz and other es-capees from the asylum.

If the Republican-controlled House and Sen-ate run the country over a cliff in the next two years, will Duncan follow? Would the backlash be painful enough to make a race for the Second District com-petitive?

Duncan artfully main-tains a low profi le. He defi ed the Republican leadership in opposing the Iraq war, but he’s generally stayed loyal.

But it’s not hard to imag-ine Cruz and company, mainly through inaction, triggering a deep global re-cession or worse, and folks will want to know where Duncan stands.

And then there’s Tim. Is Burchett a potential rival when his mayoral term ex-pires in 2018? Does it rain in Seattle?

To Mr. and Ms. Local Loyal Republican: That “WWJD” bracelet you’re wearing could soon be ask-ing, “What will Jimmy do?”

Catching upBill Johns of Farragut and Mike Palazzolo, mayor-elect for

the city of Germantown, Tenn., catch up on community

leadership, trends and partnerships at Huey’s in German-

town over Thanksgiving holiday week. Both Palazzolo

and Johns were members of the inaugural class of Leader-

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Gloria Johnson is a glut-ton for punishment, as evi-

denced by the fact that she’s run-ning again, this time for Ten ne s s e e Democratic Party chair, a position that some might con-

sider even less enviable than the one she lost last month. It would have been her sec-ond term in the House of Representatives, where she was one of just 27 Demo-crats in a 99-member body.

Her chief opponents are Nashville radio personal-ity and progressive activist Mary Mancini, who lost a primary bid for state Sen-ate, and Knoxville lawyer Terry Adams, who ran un-successfully in the Demo-cratic U.S. Senate primary for the privilege of facing Republican incumbent La-mar Alexander. They were selected by a committee

One of Knoxville’s most distinguished attorneys, Bernard Bernstein, is retir-ing from law practice the end of the year, less than 30 days from now. Bern-stein, 83, will maintain an offi ce at the Bernstein, Stair and McAdams law fi rm on Agnes Street in West Knoxville.

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that whittled down a fi eld of about a dozen contenders.

The three were slated for public vetting in a series of six meetings (two in each Grand Division).

In typically chaotic Dem-ocratic Party fashion, there could be other candidates as well. Lenda Sherrell, who spent a huge wad of money trying to unseat ethically challenged incumbent Scott DesJarlais, showed up for East Tennessee meetings in Morristown and Sweetwa-ter. Others could material-ize and probably won’t be barred from running.

This time around, the voters Johnson must woo are the 72 members of the Democratic Executive Com-mittee, composed of one male and one female com-mittee representative from

each senate district plus six ex-offi cio members. There is an appropriate sense of ur-gency around this election, acknowledging the party’s endangered status.

The traveling candidate road show is a response to growing complaints that the party’s leadership is too Nashville-centric. Ru-ral Democrats (truly an en-dangered species) complain that they are being ignored.

Johnson, whose district tilts Republican by a 53-47 margin, agrees with them. She was identifi ed as the GOP’s top target this year, and despite running a well-organized campaign lost by 183 votes to Republican Ed-die Smith. Two years ago she won by a narrow margin. She says the primary dif-ference between 2014 and 2012 was early help from Nashville two years ago, when the party sent two fi eld organizers to Knoxville to help set up the campaign.

“Roy Herron (the present chair) has a different philos-

ophy,” Johnson said. “He’s got the idea that you raise a whole bunch of money and give it to the candidate at the end. But it’s better to or-ganize, determine who the persuadable voters are. The fi eld organizers did that and really helped activate volun-teers.”

“I’m a proven fund-raiser,” she said. “I raised more in my area for a state race than ever (a little over $200,000). There are peo-ple who still think you just need a ton of money. I don’t think that. I think you need a ground game.”

Johnson also believes the party leaders didn’t under-stand Knox County voters’ crossover voting habits.

“They were looking at my numbers as if they were Nashville numbers and didn’t realize how close it really was. They haven’t had a race like mine. You look at Knoxville numbers differ-ently because we just don’t have Democratic prima-ries.”

Bernstein retires … sort of

As appellate court judge Charles Susano said in regard to Bernstein, “He taught me how to be a lawyer.”

Married over 50 years to wife Barbara, Bernstein has been a leader in many fi elds. He was president of both the Knoxville Bar Association and Heska Amuna Synagogue. In a 1976 non-partisan election, Knox County voters elected him – by a substantial margin – as a delegate to the 1977 state constitution-al convention along with Leonard Ambrose and E. Bruce Foster Jr.

During the Korean War, Bernstein served in the U.S. Air Force in intelligence. He and his wife received the Clayton Award from the Knoxville Museum of Art for outstanding service. They are strong supporters of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra as well as the Museum of Art. They have lived on Corteland Drive in West Hills for many years.

Bernstein has always taken constitutional rights seriously and advocated for liberty and personal freedom. This was clearly displayed over 35 years ago when he picketed a display of items from the Soviet Union at the City County Building due to the mis-treatment of Jews in the So-viet Union under Commu-nist rule. He carried a sign on Main Street in front of the building and attracted much attention to the So-viet treatment of Jews and restrictions on their right to leave that country.

Bernstein was the person I turned to as mayor to chair the commission to look at the issue of establishing a

police civilian review board for Knoxville after several persons had died in police custody. His reputation for fairness, integrity and intel-ligence was such that his chairing that group gave it instant credibility.

I took to heart the Bern-stein Commission’s recom-mendations for the creation of such a board, and I established it by execu-tive order when it became apparent that the then-City Council would not vote for it. Two years later the panel was so successful that the council did an about-face and unanimously created it by ordinance, so a future mayor could not abolish it by a similar executive order.

Bernstein says he will continue to be active in the community and with his family. He is now a grand-father to a granddaughter and grandson who live in San Francisco. While Bern stein’s legal expertise will be missed as a practic-ing lawyer, his community service will continue, which is good news for Knoxville.

■ Don’t be surprised if more than 55 legislators publicly endorse House Speaker Beth Harwell’s candidacy for another term. That would be a major-ity within the 73-member GOP caucus and the entire 99-member House.

One change House Republicans ought to make in their election procedure is to announce the actual vote for the various leaders elected. Current practice announces the result with-out giving the vote totals.

■ Norris Dryer, the Green Party candidate for Congress, died a week before the Nov. 4 election, but his death did not slow down those wanting to sup-port him. Dryer actually got more votes on Election Day after his death than he did when he was still alive and able to campaign during early voting.

In Knox County early voting, Dryer got 1,493 votes, and after his death on Nov. 4 he got 1,515 votes. Dryer ran several times for offi ce and was a longtime member of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.

■ This writer is getting his left hip replaced this week after getting a new right hip over two years ago.

Last week, City Coun-cil approved the $10,000 sale of a blighted property on East Quincy Avenue. In recent years, the property had racked up 31 lot viola-tions, and a tree was grow-ing through the front porch of the crumbling home.

New life for blighted properties

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The sale will be fi nalized through the city’s Home-maker Program, and the pending owner is a neighbor who plans to rehabilitate the property for her mother. The sale of fi ve Homemaker properties was approved during the meeting. Four will require purchasers to rehab existing structures or build new ones. One is an empty lot that will be taken over by an adjacent home-owner.

Kathy Ellis, senior proj-ect specialist, has over-seen the program for seven years. She has run off va-grants and raccoons during her investigations, and she’s witnessed the rehabilitation of 19 properties.

While most view life “from the cradle to the grave,” Ellis sees things backward.

“In my case, I go from the grave back to the cradle.”

The Homemaker Pro-gram was established in the 1980s to acquire and sell blighted properties in Mechanicsville. In 1995, it was expanded to address the rest of Knoxville. It is

currently a disposition pro-gram rather than an acqui-sition program.

But Ellis also works to acquire blighted proper-ties. Abandoned properties are brought to the city’s at-tention by neighbors, law enforcement, the fi re de-partment, or tax and codes authorities, and her goal is to negotiate a sale − if she can locate the owners. That happens about 10 percent of the time.

Funds for acquiring blighted properties come from the city’s Chronic Prob-lem Properties Fund. The total cost of staff time, a title search, an appraisal and le-gal expenses is approximate-ly $50,000 for each parcel.

Mayor Madeline Rogero, and Mayor Bill Haslam be-fore her, have strongly sup-ported programs that battle blight, and it takes money, says Ellis.

“We get almost every-thing we ask for.”

After last week’s prop-

erty sale, there are no lots with structures available. But there are unimproved lots for sale − nine in Five Points, 17 in Lonsdale, one in North /Northwest Knoxville, and eight in East Knoxville. Because one of the goals of the Homemaker Program is to provide af-fordable housing, applica-tions for the purchase of lots must include a plan for a new home. If the lot isn’t buildable, it can be added to an adjacent residential property.

The Homemaker Com-mittee meets monthly to review applications in order to fi nd the best fi t for each neighborhood. Applicants with the highest bid aren’t always chosen, Ellis says. Some are picked because they have rehab experience and ready funds.

Once approved, appli-cants are required to put down 10 percent of the pur-chase price. Within 90 days, site plans must be approved

by the Infi ll Committee, and within 120 days, all fi nanc-ing must be in place. Con-struction must begin within 180 days of the deed trans-fer, and the build must be completed within one year. If the purchaser doesn’t meet any part of the Home-maker agreement, the city can take the property back.

While Ellis enjoys see-ing the birth of a new home, thoughts of the original owner are never far from her mind.

“Every home, every lot, has a story. It belonged to a family, and there were happy times and sad times there. I never go to an abandoned property without thinking about that,” she says.

A list of available lots is on the city website, www.cityofknoxville.org. Info: 215-2120.

Note: Due to schedul-ing confl icts, there will be no Sign Task Force meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 8. It will be rescheduled in January.

Now stabilized, this East Quincy Avenue property will be sold and rehabilitated through the

city’s Homemaker Program.

6 • DECEMBER 3, 2014 • Shopper news

By Betsy PickleAfter the big Thanksgiv-

ing push, the movie scene this week is a bit more low-key.

The documentary “Re-mote Area Medical,” which was shot in Bristol and had a premiere at the Tennes-see Theatre last year, starts a regular run this week. (Please see the accompany-ing interview with the di-rectors.)

The widest release be-longs to the horror fi lm “The Pyramid.” U.S. ar-chaeologists discover an an-cient pyramid buried in the Egyptian desert and, while exploring it, become lost. As they try to fi gure a way out, they realize they’re not alone in the pyramid – and they’re being hunted.

The cast includes a bunch of people you’ve never heard of, along with the tre-

mendously talented Denis O’Hare. Gregory Levasseur, known for co-writing “The Hills Have Eyes” (2006) and “High Tension,” directed.

Fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 will want to check out Rifftrax Live: “Santa Claus,” in which the MST3K guys tear apart the 1959 Mexican holiday non-classic. It will play at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at West Town and Tinseltown.

Shot at a RAM clinic in Bristol, “Remote Area Medical” focuses

on people whose desperate need for health care complicates

their lives.

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Post-holiday short list

By Betsy PickleMaking the documentary “Remote

Area Medical” was a learning experience for fi rst-time fi lmmaker Farihah Zaman.

“People are more than just the sum of their struggles,” says Zaman, noting one of the truths that came from the experi-ence.

RAM, which was founded by Stan Brock and based in South Knoxville un-til a recent move to Rockford, provides free, high-quality medical, dental and vi-sion care to people who cannot afford it. RAM schedules clinics all over the coun-try with the help of hundreds of medical personnel.

Zaman and her co-director, Jeff Reichert, were inspired to make the fi lm after volunteering at a RAM clinic in Pikeville, Ky. They were moved by the ex-perience, and after many years working in the fi lm industry they were looking for a project for their directorial debut.

“We wanted to share that story with other people,” she says.

After Pikeville, it didn’t take long to decide to make the fi lm, Reichert says.

“It took a really long time introducing ourselves to RAM and Stan (Brock) and making him comfortable with the idea of doing the fi lm,” says Reichert.

“We had to convince them we don’t have an agenda. We don’t have a policy outcome we’re trying to push.

“Originally, our idea was to show how

you run a clinic, what it takes. Once we started meeting the patients, it changed entirely. You can see Stan on the news and see how big the clinics are, but you’re not hearing as much in depth.”

Zaman says they chose to shoot at the clinic in Bristol because “Appalachia is so incredibly beautiful, and the people are gracious. In addition to that, it’s over-looked by the rest of the country. This was an opportunity to give them a voice.”

The shoot made sense logistically, the fi lmmakers say, and there was another big factor.

“It took place in a NASCAR speedway – a huge, expensive leisure center host-ing something so different,” says Zaman. “That said a lot without making a big point out of it.”

The filmmakers tried to find pa-tients who had good stories before they started shooting so they could follow them through the process. Zaman says they couldn’t help but get involved at times.

They hope the fi lm opens people’s eyes to some harsh medical realities in this country and makes them think about how they can help, through volunteering or working to cut through the red tape that RAM often experiences.

“Most states don’t allow doctors not licensed in their state to practice,” says Zaman. “They need the out-of-state help. RAM needs to draw from what exists.”

RAM fi lmmakers hope to inspire support

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■ “The Game’s Afoot” by Ken Ludwig presented by Theatre

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Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: theatreknoxville.

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THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 21 ■ “A Christmas Carol,” Clarence Brown Theatre Mainstage,

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their caregivers. Free and open to the public. Info: 947-6210.

■ Opening reception for the Arts & Culture Alliance 2014

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Meet the artist, holiday cuisine from Gourmet’s Market, live

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■ Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, 9-10 a.m., Knoxville Arts

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■ Scott Hamilton & Friends on Ice, 5-6:30 p.m., Knoxville

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and $32.50. Info: 684-2616, www.provisonhp.com

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Morton Vaughn know that she sleeps, eats and breathes ballet. The artistic director of the Appalachian Ballet Com-pany (ABC) is excited about recent changes she’s made to the company’s annual pro-duction of “The Nutcracker.”

“This year, the audience will be treated to lots of new choreography, dancers and soloists,” she says.

Acclaimed as an educa-tor, director and choreogra-pher – and a prima ballerina herself in the ’80s and ’90s – Morton Vaughn is tireless in her devotion to the dance. Right now she’s not only re-hearsing her “Nutcracker” cast but also teaching class-es as usual at the Van Metre School of Dance, which is the ABC’s offi cial school and one of the oldest businesses in Blount County, having been founded by Cheryl Van Metre in the late 1950s.

Chartered in 1972, the Appalachian Ballet Com-

pany grew out of the school and is now the resident dance company of the Clay-ton Center for the Arts. Morton Vaughn took the reins in 1997, and the ABC’s talented dancers perform a three-program season, of-fering a wide repertory from traditional classics to cre-ative contemporary ballets.

And in an age when more ballet companies are opting for recorded music, “the Ap-palachian Ballet Company continues to show extraor-dinary commitment to live music,” says music direc-tor Sande MacMorran, who will conduct the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in the upcoming performances. “Forty-one years of ‘The Nut-cracker’ with full orchestra!”

Part of MacMorran’s job is to accommodate the spe-cial musical needs of the solo dancers. And this year, he’ll be accommodating a lot of them.

Some starring roles are double-cast, and Morton

Vaughn says, “I have three male guest artists coming for the fi rst weekend and three separate male guest artists coming for the sec-ond weekend, which is very exciting! I’ll get to work with six different profes-sional dancers!

“I’ve done lots of new choreography for the Span-ish dance, and this year we’ll have both male and female dancers for the Rus-sian dance, so get ready for those big leaps!” she contin-ues. “But I’m most excited about the Arabian dance,” she admits, referring to the sinuous dance set to Tchai-kovsky’s exotic music. “I’ve made lots of changes in it.”

Actor David Dwyer, most recently seen in “Anchor-man 2: The Legend Con-tinues” and the TV series “Reckless,” reprises his role as Herr Drosselmeyer, the mysterious toymaker who introduces the magi-cal nutcracker to the Stahl-baum family at their annual

Christmas party. Kylie Mor-ton Barry, one of Morton Vaughn’s two professionally dancing daughters, will por-tray the Sugarplum Fairy.

And of course there’ll be dancing dolls and snow-fl akes, gingerbread kids, toy soldiers, angels and marauding mice. “We have over 100 performers this year!” Morton Vaughn says. It all makes for a thrilling family adventure that you don’t want to miss.

This year’s Appalachian Ballet Company production of “The Nutcracker” will take place at 8 p.m. Satur-day, Dec. 6, and 2 p.m. Sun-day, Dec. 7, at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium. Two fur-ther performances will be presented at 2 and 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13, at The Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville.

Tickets and info: www.appalachianballet.com or 656-4444 or 877-995-9961.Send story suggestions to news@

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David Dwyer as the mysterious Herr Drosselmey-

er has just given the magical nutcracker to Clara,

danced by Harris Wilbanks. Photo by Richard Calmes

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Buddy’s Bar-B-Q is an East Tennessee tradition

with 14 restaurants stretch-ing from Morristown to Athens. They have been around since 1972 and are known for hickory-smoked barbecue, ribs and hawg-back potatoes. I would ven-ture that if you have been in Knoxville for more than a month, you’ve had a Bud-dy’s pork sandwich.

So let me tell you about the turkey. Like the holi-day that made it famous, turkey doesn’t get much attention in the Buddy’s marketing strategy. Under-standably so, as you really should dance with the one who brought you, and bar-becue is what put Buddy’s

Yes, there’s barbecue. But Buddy’s turkey

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THROUGH MONDAY, DEC. 8“Big Red Bow Project” donation collection for

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

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3Chanukah Story time with Laurie Fisher,

4 p.m., North Knoxville Branch Library, 2901 Ocoee Trail. Info: 525-7036.

Computer Workshop: Introducing the Com-puter, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Preregistration required. Info/to register: 525-5431.

Holiday Dance Party with dance instructors, noon-3 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Mighty Musical Monday featuring Central High School Choral Department, noon and 3 p.m., Tennes-see Theatre, 604 S. Gay St.

THURSDAY, DEC. 4Bingo, 10-11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640

Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Dressing Girls for Charity, 3:15-4:30 p.m., Hu-

mana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Mom’s Night Out Book Club: “Where’d You Go Bernadette,” 6:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Movie and Popcorn: “A Christmas Story” with Peter Billinglsey, Darren McGavin, 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m., Hu-mana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Pajama-rama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

FRIDAY, DEC. 5Knitting Caps for the Homeless, 12:30-1:30 p.m.,

Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 5-6Christmas Arts and Crafts Bazaar, 9 a.m.-4

p.m., Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, 4365 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville. Photos with Santa, 9-11 a.m. Saturday. To participate: 992-7222.

SATURDAY, DEC. 6Best Little Christmas Sale Ever, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,

Callahan Road Baptist Church, 1317 Callahan Road. Candle making workshops, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.,

Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway. Reservations are required; space is limited. Cost: $10. Info/reservations: 573-5508, info@marblesprings.net, www.marblesprings.net.

City of Luttrell Christmas Parade, noon, begin-ning at Luttrell Park.

Craft Bazaar hosted by Cross Roads Presbyterian Church Ruth Circle, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 4329 Emory Road. Crafts, gifts, baked goods, lunch and more.

Friends Mini Used Book Sale, 1-4 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.a ministry of Central Baptist Church of

Fantasy of Trees celebrates 30 yearsFantasy of Trees is an an-

nual holiday event featuring beautifully decorated trees, mantels and wreaths donat-ed to benefi t East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.

The event is held Thanks-giving weekend at the Knox-ville Convention Center and gets bigger each year. In addition to beautiful holi-day decorations, Fantasy of Trees features live enter-tainment, a carousel, chil-dren’s activities and a visit from Santa Claus.

Mylieza Canon, Maurice Hundley and Tiana Younger love vol-

unteering at Fantasy of Trees. Photos by R. White

Fulton High School students Calessia Ford, Jayla Chandler, Keiona Siler and Malexus Singletary

get ready to work at one of the children’s areas.

Students at Fulton High School created a football tree in

honor of their team, heading to state in hopes of bringing

home a state championship trophy for the third year in a row.

Second-grade teachers at Green Magnet, Ashley

Anthony, Kiaunn Brown and Tiff any Collins-Colston,

pose in the photo booth during the showcase.

Fourth-grade student Aden Charlton uses technology to cre-

ate a moveable Ferris wheel using Lego robotics. Photo by R. White

Holston’s Jamal

Rorex (#11) drives

to the goal past E.

Lacy of Northwest.

At tipoff , Holston Middle School cheerleaders Tierra Gwinn and

Briley Jones are all smiles at Northwest Middle. Photos by R. White

Green Magnet showcases student talentBy Ruth White

Faculty members at Green Magnet Academy recently hosted an evening to showcase the students’ work and to allow parents and guests an opportunity to see the great things at the school.

Green Magnet is a STEAM (science, technol-ogy, engineering, art and mathematics) school. “We were previously an Arts360

school, receiving a grant to integrate the arts in the classroom,” said magnet fa-cilitator Sandy Morris.

The school features 1:1 technology for students in third through fi fth grades (laptops), and younger grades share one iPad among fi ve to eight stu-dents. The technology al-lows for in-depth research, and the older students are able to print out their proj-ects for display.

An engineering design lab takes learning to a whole new level as students work in collaborative groups to solve problems and become innovators. These groups will receive a story featur-ing a student in another country with a problem. Then they work together to design a solution to the problem and present their results.

Green also features a hands-on greenhouse for

students to learn about plants and how they grow, and then plant beds on the school grounds. The green-house partners with the University of Tennessee.

As part of their commu-nity school, Green offers after-school programs for students, including West African drumming, a gui-tar club, bird-watching and STEM scouts (similar to Boy Scouts).

■ Holston basketball in full swing Holston Middle School

basketball has kicked off another season, and the games are in full swing.

Catch up with the Hurri-cane teams at South-Doyle Middle on Thursday, Dec. 4. HMS will host Farragut

on Monday, Dec. 8, West Valley on Thursday, Dec. 11, and Bearden on Monday, Dec. 15, before heading into the Holiday Tournament at Carter. Girls’ games begin at 4:30 p.m. with boys’ games to follow.

Jannice Clark, a math-ematics teacher at the Dr.

Paul L. Kel-ley Volun-teer Acad-emy, was named the 2014 Si-mon Youth Foundation N a t i o n a l Teacher of the Year.

The award was presented at the Simon Youth Founda-tion annual conference and National Dropout Preven-tion Conference.

Clark has been a Knox County educator for 31 years, six of those at Kel-ley Volunteer Academy. In recognition of her exem-plary service, she received a $1,000 gift from the Simon Youth Foundation and will be a featured speaker on best practices in a nontra-ditional setting at the 2015 National Dropout Preven-tion Conference.

“I was very honored to receive this award and very surprised,” Clark said. “Re-ally, this award should go to all of the teachers at Kelley because they totally em-

brace this student body and are committed to helping them visualize a brighter future. I am extremely for-tunate to work with such dedicated professionals.”

Kelley Volunteer Acad-emy, a nontraditional Knox County public school locat-ed at Knoxville Center Mall, serves approximately 250 high-schoolers in grades 11 and 12, providing a non-traditional setting in which students can thrive. The mission of the academy is to provide a safe, nurturing environment for students to learn, grow and advance both socially and academi-cally through individual-ized educational programs, career initiatives and com-munity partnerships.

The Simon Youth Foun-dation exists to help at-risk students graduate. Through partnering with local school districts in 13 states, Simon Youth Foundation advo-cates, creates and initiates educational opportunities for students. In the past 16 years, Simon Youth Founda-tion has awarded more than $11 million in scholarships.

Jannice Clark

Clark named Simon’s national Teacher of Year

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Rogero visits SMG newspaper club

By Sandra ClarkKnoxville Mayor Mad-

eline Rogero held a press conference of sorts for the two groups of kids who par-ticipate in the after-school newspaper club at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy.

Questions ranged from “How much do you make?” to “Is Santa Claus real?”

Eric Vreeland, commu-nications manager for the city, said Rogero had spent four hours earlier in in-tense fi nancial discussions – bonds, pensions or some such. So she was psyched.

Rogero said 1,600 peo-ple work for the city. “So if you’re the boss of them, who is the boss of you?” asked one kid.

“One hundred eight-fi ve thousand voters,” said Rog-ero.

“What do you like best (about your job)?” asked an-other.

“I like solving problems,” said Rogero.

She reads email and

takes phone calls and at-tends meetings and cuts ribbons. It’s a busy job, be-ing mayor.

“So the city of Knoxville is over 200 years old and has had 68 mayors,” I said. “How many of them were women?”

“One,” yelled the kids (who had been briefed).

Madeline Rogero draws Knox County and the city of Knoxville

to explain the relationship. The squiggly line toward the west?

“That’s fi nger annexation,” said the mayor with a smile.

Newspaper club members thank Mayor Rogero for visiting

their newspaper club. Xaiver Hill (at right) holds the business

card the mayor gave each reporter. Photos by Ruth White

Eddys Garcia brought several

suggestions for a better Knox-

ville – a list so long she had to

write it down.

Civil Rights Act anniversary recap Dec. 10 at Beck Center

By Bonny C. MillardThe intrinsic value of

Tennessee Promise is that students who are still in elementary school and even high school can start preparing for college now.

Randy Boyd, who volunteered as special adviser on higher education for Gov. Bill Haslam last year, recently spoke to the Rotary Club of Knoxville, sharing the history of tnAchieves, Tennessee Promise and the “Drive to 55” initiative.

The goal of the “Drive to 55” initiative is that 55 percent of Tennessee’s population will have a post-secondary education, either a degree or certifi cate, by the year 2025, Boyd said.

Tennessee Promise is a last-dollar scholarship program that will allow high school graduates to attend community colleges or technical schools for free starting in 2015.

“What (Tennessee Promise) did was create a $350 million endowment that now allows us to offer a scholarship to every single graduate in all 95 counties,” Boyd said. “… We’re able to tell kindergartners and fi rst-graders and their parents that they can now go to college so they can start planning and changing

their trajectory.”The ability to access a

free college e d u c a t i o n can help s t u d e n t s b e c o m e b e t t e r p r e p a r e d to do well in college, Boyd said.

“If you’re reading two grades below in third grade, you never catch up,” he said.

Tennessee Promise started in Knoxville in 2008 when Boyd, founder and CEO of Radio Systems, worked with then-Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale to guide the development of tnAchieves, which gives high school students scholarships to attend community colleges or technical schools. Boyd chairs tnAchieves.

The program helped students fi ll out federal student aid forms, required them to perform one day of community service for each semester and matched them with a mentor. Tennessee Promise, based on the same concept, will partner tnAchieves.

“It’s a big challenge,” Boyd said. “If we decide to do it, we can do it.”

Randy Boyd

The promise of Tennessee Promise

Rogero gave a hand sign, holding up one fi nger and then pointing to herself.

“How many black may-ors?” she asked.

“One,” was again the an-swer. Daniel Brown, who represents District 6 on City Council, was named mayor when Bill Haslam resigned to become governor.

Madison Thomas asked how one becomes mayor.

Rogero talked about campaigning including her

most recent contest, “four guys and me.”

What does the mayor do?“Public safety,” said Rog-

ero. “We prepare the budget for City Council, we build sidewalks and repair roads, we operate the zoo.”

“Can you change your mind?” asked a kid.

“No, not if it’s a contract,” said Rogero.

She explained that she holds a master’s degree in city planning, but said

mayors can come from any profession. Mayor Brown, for instance, worked at the U.S. Postal Service. Other mayors have been business-people or lawyers.

She and her husband have a blended family of fi ve kids, ranging in age from 39 to 25, and six grandchildren “with one more on the way.”

“Do you have a house like the White House?”

“No,” said Rogero. I live in a regular house in South

Knoxville.”“Have you met President

Obama?”“Yes, twice. Once at the

White House and again in Chattanooga. I’ve met Mrs. Obama, too.”

“How about the girls?”“No, not yet?” said Rog-

ero.How much does she make

and what about Santa?Rogero artfully dodged

both questions and depart-ed for her next adventure.

A series of local events – ranging from fi lms to na-tionally known speakers to commemorative community marches – has celebrated the signing of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 on its 50th anniversary.

On Wednesday, Dec. 10, a fi nal “Unfi nished Busi-ness: Then, Now and Going Forward” event will recap what’s been learned in the past year and invite Knox-villians to look ahead for ways to continue to embrace inclusion and diversity.

Doors open for the “Un-fi nished Business” celebra-tion at 5 p.m. (with the pro-gram starting at 5:30 p.m.) on Dec. 10 at the Beck Cul-tural Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave. It coincides with the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. re-ceiving the Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10, 1964, and the Beck Center celebration will include a video of Dr. King’s acceptance speech at the University of Oslo.

Also scheduled at the Dec. 10 event: a video titled

“If Not Us?” by Northwest Middle School students and a keynote address by University of Tennessee as-sociate professor emeritus Dr. John O. Hodges, whose work in the Department of Religious Studies led to rec-ognition by UT’s National Alumni Association.

“The ‘Unfi nished Busi-ness’ series has been impor-tant because it gave us the opportunity to objectively assess our progress toward civil-rights equality but also take stock of what still remains to be done,” said Mayor Madeline Rogero.

By Sandra ClarkJerry Griffey said: “It’s

wonderful to belong to an organization that does so much good.”

He had just heard Phyl-lis Driver describe projects of the Rotary Foundation, supported by Rotary Club members throughout Knox County.

The Rotary Foundation is one of the most effi cient non-profi ts, earning a 95 percent rating on a recent evaluation, Driver said. That means virtually all of the money donated goes to an actual project (rather than to fund-raising or ad-ministrative overhead).

The North Knoxville Rotary Club, with just 34 members, is a strong sup-porter of the Rotary Foun-dation. Chris Rohwer said the club has attained both “STAR” and “Eradicator” status.

Rotary Foundation sup-ports polio eradication worldwide, operates a mi-cro-loan program in devel-oping countries, and works

Rotary Foundation supports projects worldwide

on clean water projects.Driver mentioned a mi-

cro-loan of $25 to a woman in Nepal who bought scis-sors and a mirror to estab-lish a hair-cutting business. She talked about “hippo wa-ter rollers” that hold 25 gal-lons of fresh water that can be rolled back home from a central source. “It’s a whole lot better than carrying a water can on your head.”

Driver said small dona-tions can make a huge dif-ference. She encouraged everyone to kick in to the Rotary Foundation this year.

In other business, the North Rotary received a thank-you note from Alvin Frye of Fountain City Exx-on. He said his business al-most tripled from his usual Saturday totals and people are still coming in for oil changes or brake work. The club initiated a cash mob, with Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, and work day at the Exxon and supported Frye’s efforts to obtain a lease to stay open.

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� The North Corner Sandwich Shop on the north end of the North Central food cor-ridor is what happens when a gifted chef who has traveled the USA and experienced all kinds of cuisines decides to come home and make sandwiches.

David Blevins dares to bill his tiny, spot-less establishment as “an amazing, chef-driven sandwich joint,” and boy, howdy, can he make a sammie sing.

He comes in at 6:30 a.m. to start roasting meats, making soup, bacon potato salad with sour cream and the jumbo-sized, sea-salt-sprin-kled Ghirardelli chocolate-chunk cookie that is his only dessert.

His most popular sandwich is probably the Roast Beef Hoagie, but the Grilled Cheester and Cuban sandwich shouldn’t be missed, either. It would take weeks of daily lunches to sample the entire selection.

North Corner Sandwich Shop2400 N. Central • (423) 737-0760

Hours: 11-3 p.m. Monday-Friday

� Donna Kennedy’s homemade bis-cuits are ready Tuesday through Saturday at 6 a.m. at Knoxville’s oldest sit-down eatery oper-ating in the same location – Rankin Restaurant.

This means Donna and her husband, Perry, roll in at 3 a.m. to get things started. They bought Rankin almost 10 years ago and have carried on the classic Southern diner’s tradi-tions that have made it a popular breakfast and lunch destination for 60 years and counting. Country-style steak is their most popular entree and the house-made desserts – pineapple upside-down cake, peach cobbler and banana pudding – turn strangers into loyal regulars like Robert Corvette, who pronounced the food “awesome,” the service fast and the servers friendly. Breakfast is served all day.

Rankin Restaurant 2200 N. Central • 524-9621

Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 6 a.m.-2 p.m.;

Saturday 6 a.m.-11 a.m.

� In the interest of avoiding argu-ments, we’ll stipulate that Original Freezo is the oldest walk-up dairy bar and diner (tables under the mulberry tree out back) in Knoxville. Located on the north end of Happy Holler since 1948, it has had several owners. The Original Freezo doesn’t close for winter, and its present proprietor, Darrell Dalton, simply shifts his em-phasis from frosty frozen treats to chili, tamales and pinto beans when the weather turns cold (Freezo sandwiches, burgers and hot dogs know no season). The daily blue-plate lunch specials pretty much always sell out, and there are as-sorted trinkets, T-shirts and other oddities for customers to examine while waiting for their order to emerge.

Original Freezo1305 N. Central • 637-6500

Hours: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

� There’s no place like the Time Warp Tea Room, where vintage motorcycles are part of the décor and a nude photograph of Hazel Davidson (naughty parts covered by a blue masking-tape bikini) and a painting of Cas Walker look down from an antique cherry bar back that owner Dan Moriarity rescued from an old Eastside bar slated for demolition.

Moriarity is a pioneer in the redevelopment of Happy Holler, and he has created a unique, only-in-Knoxville space that’s a music venue, the headquarters of several vintage bike clubs and a good place for a business meeting or a quiet cup of coffee over a classic sandwich, bowl of chili and a homemade brownie. Dan and his wife, Peggy, also open the Time Warp to com-munity groups and political gatherings of all

kinds. It’s Cheers, without the booze.Time Warp Tea Room

1207 N. Central • 524-1155

Hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

(or later, depending)

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� It would be a mistake to categorize Happy Holler’s Central Flats & Taps as just a bar, even though Wednesday night is Pint Night with $1 off tap beer and live team trivia that begins at 8. Yes, there’s wine and Tennes-see sipping whiskey paninis and a full array of craft beer to pair with fl atbread pizzas and paninis (made with naan, the distinctive Indian fl atbread) from an original menu that includes unique appetizers, the house soup of the day, salads and slow-roasted, free-range chicken wings. The Belly Boy (pork belly, smoked gouda, fi eld greens, red onion, avocado and roasted red pepper mayo) is highly recommended.

Central Flats and Taps 1204 N. Central • 247-0392

Kitchen hours:

Sunday-Wednesday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.;

Thursday-Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.

Bar hours every day 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

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� The hot bar at Three Rivers Market always features two entrees, one with meat, one without, plus four healthy sides that always include fresh veggies from the other side of the market.

On a recent Thursday the menu included chili seitan, pulled pork, cabbage, hoppin john, balsamic beets, macaroni and cheese and three house-made soups. There’s a “cold” bar, too, replete with crunchy greens and all the tradi-tional salad-bar fi xings. A wide selection of cold drinks is a few steps away, and desserts, includ-ing yummy cupcakes and layer-cake slices from Magpies, individually packaged. There’s a café area in the front of the store, and a patio for al fresco lunching in good weather.

Three Rivers Market 1110 N. Central • 525-7621

Hot bar hours: 11 a.m.–7 p.m.,

(Market hours: 9 a.m.–10 p.m.)

www.threeriversmarket.coop/hot-bar-menu/

� Holly’s Corner anchors the southern end of the strip and is owned and operated by chef Holly Hambright, whose sister Peggy Hambright owns and operates Magpies Bakery next door.

Both inspired by their mother, the late Hazel Hambright, they are shooting stars in Knox-ville’s culinary fi rmament. The name of Holly’s place pays homage to a previous tenant, the iconic Corner Lounge. Her menu is a mixture of the down home and the exotic. There’s a trio of quiches – the Lurleen (Benton’s country ham and Sweetwater Farms smoked cheddar), the Hollyhock (fresh spinach, asparagus and artichoke hearts) and the Bernstein (smoked salmon and fresh asparagus), plus vegetarian selections like Fake Steak (grilled Portobello with mushrooms, provolone, lettuce and to-mato). There’s Hazel’s chicken and tuna salads presented a variety of ways and a BLT, plus a BELT (with an egg), a BLAT (with avocado), a BLECT (with egg and cheese), a SPLAT (with smoked salmon) and a BLAST (smoked trout added to BLAT). Be sure to check out the recipe page on the website.

Holly’s Corner 842 N. Central

(next door to Magpies Bakery) • 851-7854

Open: Monday–Friday: 11 a.m.–close;

Saturday: 11 a.m.–close

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