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By Theresa Edwards“The airplane restoration has

been a lengthy process, having started in 2003. We work on it as funding comes in, so that makes it slow,” said restoration car-penter Bryan Christian. “Sooner than later, hopefully we’ll get it finished ... and we are very close.

“We try to use as much of the old structure as we can. We have original architectural drawings we work from with the help of Ric Mixon of Wystwynd De-signs...We are going to restore it as close as possible from what we can recall with pictures and de-scriptions people have given us.”

“We didn’t know the integrity of the building until we started rebuilding it,” said Rock Ber-nard. “We have to work on it from the inside out.”

Christian tells stories he’s heard from locals surrounding what used to be the “aeroplane filling station” built in 1930. “We’ve heard interesting stories that make me feel like I’ve gotten to know the original owners, El-mer and Henry Nickle.

“One guy from a nursing home stopped by with his daughters. He just wanted to see the plane because he had been sitting on the front step when (he heard) President Roosevelt announce the bombing of Hiroshima. There are pretty incredible stories.”

Three-year old Kaylee Lentz sits on the lap of Mrs. Claus while Santa waves to passers-by on Clinton Highway. Photoby T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Santa says ‘save the plane’

The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. The nonprofi t group is selling “Save the Plane” T-shirts and sweatshirts to help raise restoration funds neces-sary to obtain a matching grant. They can be purchased at Al’s Mar-ket at 6335 W. Emory Road or by calling Rock Bernard at 933-7158.

Donations can also be made to the Airplane Filling Station Preser-vation Association online at www.powellairplane.org

President Tom Bruno is thank-ful for the support from the Ten-nessee Historical Commission, East Tennessee Community De-sign Center, Knox Heritage, Home

Depot, Clayton Family Founda-tion, Knoxville Harley-Davidson, Fox Toyota and other community members and businesses.

“If we don’t keep something like this, it’s lost.

“It may be a picture in a book, but nobody could see it,” said Bruno.

Noted ventriloquist to visit Powell Playhouse

By Betty Bean

Willie Siegle is a smart alec of

the fi rst order. Ceaselessly sassy

with dense Groucho Marx eye-brows that shoot up to his auburn wig when he’s driving home a point, he’s so convincing you al-most get to thinking he’s human.

And that’s all Wade Johnson’s fault. He and Willie have been

together since 1973, and Johnson knows how to push his buttons.

Johnson, an author, manage-ment consultant and retired pro-fessor of industrial psychology, is an adjunct professor at Roane State Community College and

David Douglas, Willie Siegle and Wade Johnson will headline Powell Playhouse Comedy Night Jan. 19. Photo by Betty Bean

‘Who’s a dummy?’

To page A-3

Tennessee Tech. He has been a ventriloquist since 1955, when, at the age of 12, he decapitated his sister’s doll in an attempt to turn it into a dummy.

IN THIS ISSUE

Miracle Maker

It’s just after 9 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, and Tracy Thomas’ 2nd-grade students at Halls Elementary are gathered in the corner of the classroom.

Thomas reads a book the class has chosen, “Abraham Lincoln Comes Home,” about the funereal train trip that re-turned the slain 16th president home to Springfi eld, Ill., after his assassination. The students listen attentively, ask questions and do all the things you’d ex-pect them to do.

The amazing part is what happens next.

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Merry Christmas!

The Shopper-News offices will be closed Monday, Dec. 24; Tuesday, Dec. 25 and Tuesday, Jan. 1. We wish each of you the happiest of holiday seasons.

Derek and Daniel“I choose this thought as my

Christmas refl ection on Derek Dooley,” Marvin West writes. “There were no signature foot-ball victories, unless you infl ate the value of Cincinnati and North Carolina State. But there were signature infl uences.

“I do know that Derek Dooley did some remarkable things with individual Volunteers,” including the feel-good story of Daniel Hood.

➤ See Marvin’s story on page A-6

Coff ee Break He is the man of the hour.

Our jolly ol’ elf, Kriss Kringle, aka Santa Claus, agreed to take a few minutes to share with Shopper-News readers by answering the

questions over this week’s Cof-fee Break.

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The midnight raidRichard Krieg was a 22-year-

old law student when he became the youngest member ever elect-ed to the state House. His most public action as a state legislator came in his second term, when he led “a post-midnight raid” to what was then called Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital.

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with Santa ClausHe is the man of the hour. Our jolly ol’ elf, Kriss Kring-

le, aka Santa Claus, agreed to take a few minutes to share with Shopper-News readers by answering the questions for our popular Coffee Break feature.

Santa is very busy this time of year, but his answers were thoughtful and offer some insight into the life of this magical man. A modest guy, he actually tried to push the missus to the forefront, suggesting that she would be “much more entertaining” in Coffee Break. But in the end, Santa kept true to his form of not wanting to disap-point, so he put pencil-to-paper, so to speak, and sent his answers.

Not much of a coffee fan, Santa did suggest that we change the name to “Milk and Cookies Break,” but fi nally did admit that a hot cup of cocoa isn’t that different from a coffee break.

“It’s the pause in the day that really counts, I think,” he said. “Whether it’s with a cup of Joe, an Earl Grey with honey and lemon or a steamed milk hot chocolate with tiny marshmallows, it is good to just sit and read some-thing good in the newspaper.”

We agree, Santa, and all of us at Shopper-News thank you. And, we wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Now, sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Santa Claus:

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?I have two. From “Elf,” when Buddy says: “We elves

try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.” And, I love when the conductor in “The Polar Express” says, “The thing about trains … it doesn’t matter where they’re going. What matters is deciding to get on.”

What are you guilty of?Switching up the Naughty and Nice lists, just for

fun. Oh man, does it make the elves scramble! I always switch them back.

What is your favorite material possession?My state-of-the-art, custom-made supersonic sled.

Truthfully, the reindeer are mostly just for tradition these days.

What are you reading currently?

“Merry Christmas, Alex Cross.” I have never regretted giving James Patterson that typewriter.

What was your most embarrassing moment?There was a YouTube video of my college days when

I tried to play linebacker for the Fighting Elves. The coach only put me on the team to stay off the naughty list, but I got in for this one play. … Well, it wasn’t pretty. Don’t bother looking for it. I have far-reaching influence.

What are the top three things on your bucket list? 1. Get rid of my triple chin so I can shave this beard.2. Spend a few weeks on a “repositioning” cruise – no

ports of call, just sailing the seas.3. Take Mrs. Claus to Blackberry Farm for a whole

week.

What is one word others often use to describe you and why?

Really? Let’s just go out on a limb and say: “Jolly.”

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I think it would be kind of neat to have a tan …

What is your passion?Giving to others.

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?

Clement Clarke Moore who wrote “T’was the Night Before Christmas.” I really need to chat with him about the whole “down the chimney” thing. Dad tried it when the poem fi rst came out. What a mess!

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest infl uence on your life and why?

Herman Fisher, Irving Price, Margaret Evans Price and Helen Schelle, the individuals who founded Fisher-Price in 1930.

I still can’t quite get the hang of …That Wii Fit Plus Mrs. Claus gave me last year.

Every morning it’s yoga and kung fu and, oh! that balance board! Forget it.

What is the best present you ever received in a box?My Garmin. Gary Burrell and Min Kao will be

on the Nice list forever!

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?Marry someone who likes to cook. I listened,

and Mrs. Claus is the best, although I will have to say that she is getting a little too fond of Slice and Bake cookies.

What is your social media of choice?YouTube. Oh, the things you learn … The

“Naughty” list has gotten longer thanks to You-Tube.

What is the worst job you have ever had?Well, while Santa is eternal, this is a family

business, and there is a long apprenticeship pro-cess. When I was a teenager, my dad started me in the stable. I hate reindeer poop.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?

Without a doubt, my all-time favorite was “Magilla Gorilla.”

What irritates you?Nonbelievers who insist on spreading their unhap-

piness.

What’s one place around here everyone should visit?The parks. With the way you light things up at Christ-

mas, I don’t even need Rudolph to fi nd your great town.

What is your greatest fear?That the world will become so jaded and logical that

little children will no longer believe in the magic of Christmas and Santa Claus. I don’t dwell on it, however, because the hearts of children are pure, and the magic lives in them. Thankfully, that hasn’t changed much through the centuries.

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be?Sleep through Christmas Eve. Ho, ho, ho – just kid-

ding! Merry Christmas!–Sherri Gardner Howell

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“I’d gotten Paul Winchell’s book – ‘Ventrilo-quism for Fun and Profi t,’ and I decided I needed a dummy. My sister Linda had a Chatty Cathy doll, and I cut into its jaw so its mouth would move, and cut its head off … any money I made for the next 6 months went to my sister to buy her a new Chatty Cathy,” he said.

Willie Siegle, under-whelmed by the ancient his-tory, sits on Johnson’s knee and rolls his eyes.

Johnson will bring Siegle to Powell Playhouse in the Jubilee Banquet Fa-cility on “Comedy Night, Rhythm and Laughter” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 (snow date, Jan. 26).

They will be joined by Powell business owner/bluegrass musician David Douglas and Wade’s son, magician Lance Johnson. His granddaughter Carly Johnson (an honor student at the L&N STEM Academy) volunteers at the playhouse, and his son, Mark, is a fam-ily practice physician in Powell.

Wade and Lance John-son come by their perform-ing genes naturally. Both Wade’s father and grandfa-ther were well-known magi-cians when he was growing up in Baltimore.

In 1955, his dad bought him a real dummy – Maher

Studio’s model Johnny 100 for Christmas – and Willie Siegle was born. Two de-cades later, Maher went to a different style and Johnson replaced the Johnny 100 with the current Willie.

He joined Paramount Va-riety Productions that same year and performed in stage shows, country clubs, nurs-ing homes, hospitals and other venues where an un-derage ventriloquist could legally take the stage. Later, he won the American Soci-ety of Professional Ventrilo-quists “Best Professional Ventriloquist” award for 3 consecutive years and au-thored a how-to book, “Any-body can be a Ventriloquist – Including You.”

From 1972-1976, John-son worked for Little Debbie Snack Cakes doing TV ap-pearances, conventions and store openings in a 26-state territory. He’d load Willie up in a shopping cart full of Little Debbie cakes and en-tertain customers with his antics.

“During this time I made it my business to visit a chil-dren’s hospital in each city I visited. It took me four days to get through St. Ju-de’s in Memphis. The worst wards were burn and cancer wards,” he said.

He particularly remem-bers one little girl who was gravely ill and needed a risky surgical procedure,

which she was refusing. Without it, her chances weren’t good. But when Willie Siegle came to see her, she was smitten. She asked Johnson how long it would take to get a dummy of her own.

“I said two weeks,” John-son said. “When I got back to Chattanooga on Friday, my boss called and asked ‘Did you go visit a little girl in the hospital?’ I said ‘Yes, why do you ask?’ and he said ‘Because of your visit, she came through the sur-gery just fine.’”

Earlier this year, after attending a Powell Play-house production, he de-cided it was time to haul Willie out again. He called producer/director/founder Nita Buell Black to volun-teer his services. She was thrilled to accept his offer.

“Wade and Lance John-son have a family his-tory in the entertainment business since their father and grandfather led the way.

“I believe Powell Play-house is offering the com-munities around us a show they will certainly enjoy!

“In fact, we might want to expand the Playhouse offerings and have Lance do his illusion act and his father continue with other skits with Willy Siegle. I think that would be a fun show for the summer.”

‘Who’s a dummy?’ From page A-1

By Jake MabeThe best Christmas pres-

ent ever showed up late dur-ing the winter of 1983. It was well worth the wait.

During the lead up to Dec. 25 that year I was told that my grandfather Wayne Wy-att wouldn’t be home to c e l e b r a t e Ch r is t ma s with us. He was in the

hospital, recovering from a heart attack.

I wasn’t exactly sure what a heart attack was, but I knew it had to be serious for Papaw to miss Christmas. I’ve long forgotten whatever presents

were waiting under the tree that year. But I remember the day Papaw came home from the hospital.

I thought about that spe-cial Christmas present the other night when I went to my grandmother’s house to help her bake cookies. Pa-paw won’t be here for Christ-mas this year. He passed away in September at age 81.

Wayne Wyatt had a good story to tell, one he rarely told. He grew up on a farm in Claiborne County and lived there until 1963, when he moved his family to Knox-ville. He worked at Dempster Brothers for awhile before deciding to go to night school in his mid 40s. Having done so, he taught welding at the old Doyle High School from

the mid-1970s until his re-tirement.

Papaw had been diag-nosed with Alzheimer’s-type dementia and was starting to forget people, places and things. It was hard, to say the least, to see a man who had once held such a commanding pres-ence begin to decline. I con-sider it a blessing that he still recognized each mem-ber of his immediate family right up to the end.

Christmas 2012 may not be the most joyous one on record in our house, but one thing does make me happy. Papaw is getting to enjoy a heavenly Christmas.

And I guess that’s the best present I could ask for this year.

The best Christmas present ever

Moulton passes away Robert E. “Plumb-Bob”

Moulton, 75, passed away Dec. 19, at Tennova Hos-pice in Halls. He was a member of Antioch Bap-tist Church. Preceded in death by his children Jo-seph David and Robin El-

len Moulton. Survived by his wife, Pearl E. Moulton; sons and daughters-in-law Eddie and Becky Moulton of Knoxville, Charles J. and Zoe Moulton of Green Bay, Wisc.; several grand-children, great-grandchil-

dren, and two great-great-grandchildren. In lieu of fl owers, send donations to the Antioch Baptist Church Building Fund or Tennova Hospice in Halls. Services were held Dec. 22 at Antioch Baptist Church.

By Cindy TaylorMarlene Wertze has

studied art for more than 50 years and is the featured artist for December at the Union County Arts Co-op.

At 78, she has become an expert at watercolor, paper marbling and nature crafts. She has studied ebru mar-bling and did studio work at the Marbling Resource Center in Illinois under the tutelage of Milena Hughes, a well-known artist of this medium.

Ebru marbling is an ex-tensive, sometimes mixed medium, requiring talent and time.

Marblers will use pow-dered carrageenan extract-ed from various seaweeds along with other, often homemade, products.

Wertze has set aside ebru but plans to return to it soon.

“I want to do more mar-bling eventually because I want to incorporate that into my colored pencil work,” said Wertze. “It is very abstract, but it can be manipulated.”

Wertze is a member and past secretary of the Illinois Watercolor Society, where she retained a signature

Artist Marlene Wertze with her “Geneva Lake,” 2011 Best of

Show colored pencil piece. Photo by Cindy Taylor

Artist explores new medium

membership for many years before moving to Wisconsin.

While in Wisconsin she was a member of the Geneva Lake Art Association where her paintings are held in private collections.

After attending work-shops in colored pencil and by trial and error on her own, she developed a spe-cial interest in this medium.

Wertze recently moved to Union County where her

colored pencil work has continued to evolve. Her current focus is studying and drawing local wildfl ow-ers.

“Drawing nature can be diffi cult,” she said.

“I prefer to draw onsite, but that can be tough due to time constraints and chang-ing shadows. I sometimes take photos and draw the object later, but I prefer real time.”

Wyatt

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Last week I returned from Burma (Myanmar), where I was part of the Radio Free Asia delegation to this nation in transition from a military dictatorship to a democracy. I had last visited Burma in 1995 with my late mother on a private trip. The contrast since those intervening 17 years was stunning.

Burma is the world’s 24th largest nation, oc-cupied by the British until World War II when the Japanese occupied Burma. After the war, Burma won independence from Brit-ain, but it lasted only a few years as a democracy.

Today it is clearly mov-ing slowly but steadily to a free nation and is emerging from its dependence on China.

The purpose of our visit was to solidify RFA broad-casts of local news within Burma and allow our jour-nalists to have credentials to visit all parts of Burma wherever news may occur, which is often without no-tice. If Burma in 2015 has a free election for president, it will place the country in a small group of nations in Southeast Asia where the people can prevail. That is not true today in China, Vietnam, Laos or Cambo-dia.

We met fi rst with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at her modest home in Naypyitaw (the new capitol), where we discussed with her the practical challenges in moving from 50 years of military rule to a govern-ment which includes the rule of law and participa-tory democratic values.

We also met with mem-bers of the president’s cabi-net and the speaker of the Upper House. We met with U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell in Rangoon, where Voice of America signed a historic agreement with SKynet to broadcast direct to home satellites in Burma.

On the fi nal day in Burma, we had an hour and a half meeting with President Thein Sein in his ceremonial offi ce in Naypyitaw. He was clearly well-informed on our mis-

Back from Burma

sion. The amount of time he spent with us was highly unusual and bodes well for progress in getting objec-tive news to the Burmese people. This will help lay the groundwork for a ro-bust, democratic election process in 2015.

In January I will return to Southeast Asia, going to Cambodia this time to lead a program for local government offi cials for the International Republi-can Institute and meeting with Radio Free Asia and Voice of America offi cials in Phnom Penh. The Cam-bodian government has not been as open to free media as the new Burmese gov-ernment is.

■ Knoxville lost a truly distinguished educa-tor last week when Paul Kelley died. A longtime school board member, he always looked for the solution to an issue which solved the problem. He was patient in hearing all points of view. He brought calm to troubled waters.

He was a champion for Fulton High School and North Knoxville in particular. It is not often that someone so dedicated to the public good comes along and stands tall for his views, even when not popu-lar. He always sought to give the student in trouble a second chance.

■ Jack Barnes, long-time political operative in city politics, was honored last week at a Kerbela Temple luncheon pulled together by Terry Landell.

Barnes worked in fl eet management for many years for the city. He is 81. Former city council mem-bers Jack Sharp (former vice mayor) and Ed Shouse (now county commissioner) attended, along with Sheriff Jimmy “JJ” Jones. Former Knoxville mayor and ambassa-

dor to Poland Victor Ashe serves as vice

chair of Radio Free Asia.

Dr. Paul L. Kelley during a

break in a school board meet-

ing. File photo by S. ClarkBetty Bean

Some years ago, the Knox County Schools adopted a strict zero tolerance policy and began expelling stu-dents for infractions involv-ing weapons and drugs. Kids could be pitched out of school for offenses as slight as having a pocketknife, even inadvertently, or swig-ging a beer at dinner before a ballgame.

Paul Kelley: a champion for children

Holiday closingsKnox County’s offi ces will be closed Christmas Eve,

Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.Knox County Solid Waste Convenience Centers will

close at 2 p.m. on Christmas Eve and will be closed on Christmas Day and Tuesday, Jan. 1. The centers will accept Christmas trees for recycling.

Library branches are closed Dec. 24-25. All branches will close at 5:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and will remain closed on New Year’s Day.

Knox County Senior Centers, Health Department facilities and the Knox County Veterans Service Offi ce will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

“You knew where he was because you knew who he was.” – Sam Anderson

School board member Paul Kelley objected to the one-size-fi ts-all policy and took to wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the words “End Zero Tolerance Now.”

Sam Anderson, who served on the school board with Kelley for 12 years and worked with him for another dozen years when Kelley was an assistant su-perintendent of city schools, says if he had to sum up Paul Kelley in one word, he knows exactly what it would be – “integrity.”

“On any issue, you didn’t have to guess where Paul stood because of his values. You knew where he was because you knew who he was.”

He cited Paul Kelley and Cecil Kelly as colleagues with integrity.

“But his primary issue was kids. He did not believe in discarding kids. If a kid gets in trouble, we fi nd a place for him or her.

“He always said we’re in the kid-building business, not the kid-destroying busi-ness. We have a responsibil-ity to educate every child, no matter what problems he brought with him. Once when the alternative school was full, he said ‘I don’t care. Find another one. You discard a kid, you create a problem for a lifetime.’

“Paul was thoughtful and sincere. Every state-ment he made, he thought it through. There was no political game in him. He’d make the call and live with it. The community has lost a great man, and I have lost a great friend – the most consistently steady person I ever worked with,” Ander-son said.

That sentiment was widely shared by the huge, somber crowd that packed into Emerald Avenue Meth-odist Church last Thursday night to say goodbye to Kel-ley, who died Dec. 16 after a long illness.

It might have been larger still, but for an event a few miles away at Knoxville Center. It was graduation night at the Dr. Paul L. Kel-ley Volunteer Academy, the alternative high school for at-risk students named for the educator who was prac-ticing No Child Left Behind long before politicians made it a slogan.

The sanctuary glittered with the trappings of the season – a big Christmas tree in the front corner dwarfed a tiny, hand-made purple and white tree craft-ed by Abby Diggs, daughter of Steve Diggs, executive di-rector of the Emerald Youth Foundation, an organiza-tion founded by Kelley and other church members in 1988 that has drawn great acclaim for its service to in-ner city youth.

Abby made ornaments symbolizing the things she will remember about Kel-ley – a bluebird (Kelley was a bird lover who had at least a dozen birdhouses in his yard); a garbage can (for the “Zero and One Club,” an anti-litter organization he started whose members are asked to promise not to lit-ter and to pick up one piece of trash per day); and bas-kets of candy and bubble-gum (for the treats he car-ried in his pockets for the

children at his church).Ministers Bob Bean and

Jim Bailes sharing mov-ing anecdotes, followed by grandson, Lucas Kelley, reading scripture.

His son Michael paid tribute to his father’s love of children.

Diggs recalled that when asked how he was doing, Kelley would respond, “I am well if you are,” and told of Kelley’s visiting inmates in prison and opening his home to a teenaged boy who needed a safe place to live.

Kelley’s younger son John, a Whiffenpoof alum-nus who majored in music at Yale, sang a version of The Lord’s Prayer that awed the room.

Afterward, Norma Kelley dispensed hundreds of hugs.

As the crowd thinned, John Kelley shared the sto-ry behind the story about his dad making national news in 2008 for donating $10,000 to fi ght Proposi-tion 8, a ballot measure bent on outlawing same-sex marriage in California. John lives in San Francisco, where he says he is “a law-yer by day and a singer by night.” He is gay, and says his parents have always been supportive.

“Dad intended to make a $1,000 contribution, which was pretty big for somebody who was not in California, but it was mistakenly re-corded as $10,000, and he got interviewed by a news-paper in Nashville because he gave the biggest contri-bution in the state of Ten-nessee. He told them that he believed that everyone should be free to marry whomever they loved.

“Meanwhile, I had to call the organization in San Francisco and say, ‘We need to track this down.’”

Kelley’s school board successor, Indya Kincan-non, was out of town due to the death of her father, but had some thoughts to share:

“Dr. Kelley met with me in 2003 when I started cam-paigning to take his place on the school board. I re-spected his decision to sup-port my opponent, who was a longtime friend – loyalty is a valuable trait. When I did win, he was ever so gra-cious, willing to offer guid-ance when I asked, giving me all his fi les, and staying engaged on education is-sues.

“He is a great role model for me. His decisions as a school board member were never political, but truly always in the best interests of students. I particularly admired his steadfast oppo-sition to the draconian and counter-productive zero-tolerance policies that we once had.

“He was a soft-spoken school board member, but when he spoke, people lis-tened because they knew he spoke with integrity and from long experience. He was a great advocate for kids and for public educa-tion. His many contribu-tions to our community will be long remembered.”

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into messes like the “fi scal cliff?”

Combine a lack of historic perspective with a desire to have stuff now while paying later, stir and bake. Fiscal calamity lies straight ahead.

Didn’t we learn anything from the county law en-forcement pension plan?

Last year the school board presented an aggres-sive budget that required a 35-cent tax increase. Not in the mood to raise taxes, the county commission did not fund it.

Instead, the commission cobbled together a band-aid budget that funded much of what the school system planned to spend in Year One of a 5-year plan.

Now the commission seeks political cover for what lies ahead.

Chair Tony Norman sug-gests a monthly “seminar” at which Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre instructs com-missioners about the intrica-cies of the school budget.

Commissioner Mike Brown wants a joint commit-tee of commissioners, school board members and repre-sentatives of the business community. People with, as

he says, “skin in the game.” Funny he never mentioned teachers, parents or kids.

Commissioner Richard Briggs wants a joint com-mittee with the school board so the commission does not get blindsided by the next budget proposal.

“Last year’s (budget) was one of the more dif-fi cult things we’ve done in the last 4-5 years,” he said. “What the schools are talk-ing about is important, but we have to fi nd a way to sell to the public how to fund it.”

Briggs suggested bor-rowing money at “histori-cally low interest rates” to fund portions of the budget. He must mean the technol-ogy component.

Fiscal cliff alert!

Borrowing money makes sense only for one-time pur-chases, such as school con-struction. But as anyone in business knows, the tech-nology itself is transient.

Electronic devices and software require frequent upgrades and should be funded with a stable rev-enue stream, such as the property tax.

You would not buy an iPad on a multi-year fi nanc-ing plan. So why sell bonds to buy 50,000 of them for Knox County Schools?

The budget debate is about funding technology. The school board’s plan was transparent, clearly stated and honest. Let’s hope the commission can be equally honest in its response.

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Richard Krieg and his midnight raid

Richard Krieg was a 22-year-old law stu-dent when he became the youngest member ever elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives.

“I was elected in the fall of 1968 when the voting age was still 21, and I do hold the distinction that the first time I was eligible to vote, I voted for myself,” he said.

Krieg served two terms be-fore deciding to retire from poli-tics and devote his full atten-tion to his f ledg-ling law prac-tice. Today he is a shareholder in Lewis King Krieg and Wal-drop. He served for 21 years on the Knoxville Airport Author-ity, which he also chaired.

His most public action as a state legislator came early in his second term, when he led what the News Sentinel archive la-bels “a post-midnight visit to overcrowded wards” at what was then called East-ern State Psychiatric Hos-pital, finding “too little staff, too little training, and unsanitary and inhu-mane conditions in aging buildings.”

Krieg, who is no lon-ger active in politics (and says he likes it that way), chuckles at the descrip-tion of his “post-mid-

night” raid and says it re-ally wasn’t that dramatic.

“Back then there were two newspapers in town – the Knoxville Journal, which was a Republican paper, and the News-Sen-tinel, which was an eve-

ning paper. If one news-paper took a position, the other would take the op-posite position.

“So I’m a freshman legislator in a House of Representatives that has 49 Democrats, 49 Repub-licans and one Indepen-dent, and during my first term in office, I received several calls from a person who lived in my district who was a nurse at East-ern State, telling me how bad the conditions were there. But being new, and learning the ropes, I put her off.

“Fortunately, she was persistent, and she finally got me to agree to come and see what she was com-plaining about. This was in the days before there were laws protecting whis-tleblowers, and as a state

e m p l o y e e , she was terrified. I promised I would not give up my source.

“I was h o r r i f i e d by what I saw – cell-like rooms, u n s a n i -tary condi-tions, rats and mice … A l t h o u g h there were good em-p l o y e e s there, they had limited r e s o u r c e s and support from the

state. After my unofficial visit, I met with a number of people I trusted and said ‘You won’t believe it …’

“I made the decision that without the media reporting it, it would be very difficult for me to get anything done. Being a Republican, my best con-tacts were with the Jour-nal, and one of the most intimidating things I had to do was to go talk to edi-tor Guy L. Smith.

“I also had some con-tacts at WBIR-TV, and they teamed up with the Journal to break this sto-

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Richard W. KriegRichard Krieg grew up in Morristown. His

dad, Dick Krieg, is deceased. His mother, Mary, now 101, lives at LakeBrook in Knoxville.

Richard and wife Karen live in Westmo-reland Hills. Their family includes: daughter Ashley Krieg, with the Atlanta March of Dimes; son Justin Krieg, with the Historic Columbus Foundation in Columbus, Ga.; daughter-in-law Katie Krieg and grandson George.

Krieg received his undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Tennessee in 1968 and 1971, respectively. He has held a variety of positions with the American Cancer Soci-ety including service on the national board, is the former chair of the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority and is former board chair of the East Tennessee Discovery Center.

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ry,” Krieg said. “We went at night because my source went to work at 11 p.m., and I didn’t want to take the kind of orchestrated tour the administration would have arranged.

“In my unsophisticated way, I was surprised at the way the Sentinel reacted – calling it an after-mid-night raid. That was what made the whole thing such a controversy. And I was there after midnight, that is correct.”

The result was a week-long series of investiga-tive stories by both the Journal and WBIR that shocked the establishment into action.

Krieg made sure to give just-elected Repub-lican Gov. Winfield Dunn a courtesy heads-up be-fore the story broke, and he recalls Dunn being surprised, concerned and grateful for the advance notice.

“Naturally, I think he was cautious because he was new to office. He ap-pointed a commission of people within his admin-istration to look into it, and he was thankful that the abuses didn’t occur on his watch. They made

wholesale changes in lead-ership, cleaned the place up, and put a greater em-phasis on mental health care facilities and improv-ing the program.

“My tenure in the leg-islature ended in 1972 when I did not run for re-election. I’ll take credit for talking my campaign supporter Ben Atchley into running. And at that point, at 25, I was becom-ing a has-been.”

Despite leaving office, Krieg has stayed keen-ly interested in mental

health issues, and says he is following the aftermath of Gov. Bill Haslam’s clos-ing Lakeshore.

“I personally know sev-eral dedicated profession-als who spent a career working out there whose jobs ended, and they have great concerns over whether the needs of the patients are being met,” he said. “And I can see why, from the numbers of homeless people and the numbers of people who need services and are not getting them.”

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A preacher, struggling to reach older boys and young men, said a football coach has more influence.

The minister was right. By the time athletic males are sophomores in high school, coaches probably have more infl uence than preachers or parents. Peers may be run-ners-up. That is scary.

I choose this thought as my Christmas refl ection on Derek Dooley. There were no signature football victories, unless you infl ate the value of Cincinnati and North Caro-lina State. But there were sig-nature infl uences. I hope his Vol for Life program proves genuine. I hope his support of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes was enough to keep

Infl uence: Derek and Daniel

it alive and well.I do know that Derek

Dooley did some remarkable things with individual Volun-teers. Here is one example:

Daniel Hood is a resi-dent expert on sin and re-demption, on heartbreak and hope, on lows and highs that hit dead ends. He was part of a crime that merited prison but his age, 13, spared him. He repent-ed and overcame enough

of the stigma to become an outstanding student-athlete at Catholic High – terrific grades, model citi-zen, Mr. Football on a state championship team.

Twenty-seven colleges were interested in his fu-ture until they caught up with his past. One by one, they quit recruiting him. Tennessee was among the dropouts.

Along came Lane Kiffin to take a chance and the heat. Lane was all about winning any way he could. The controversial scholar-ship was to help him and the team, not Hood.

I thought athletic direc-tor Mike Hamilton’s evalu-ation was sincere: Hood

shouldn’t have to keep pay-ing for a “terrible mistake” made as a kid.

“Catholic High gave him a second chance, and he lived up to expectations. We feel like he has earned the chance to continue that,” said Hamilton.

Hood became a Vol and part of the revolving door that was/is Big Orange football. Dooley replaced Kiffin. Position coaches came and went. Hood switched from offense to defense.

He was an imposing man. At 6-4 and 300 with shoul-der-length hair and scrag-gly beard, Hood became the image of the mythical Thor, god of lightning and thunder. I suppose he does resemble Chris Hemsworth, the actor who was Thor in the movie.

Interesting sidelight: Hood got the Thor feeling. The Vols were doing a proj-ect for Habitat for Human-ity. Players picked up ham-mers and went to work. Hood hooked a sledgeham-mer on his belt. He looked bigger than life. That was not the Dooley look. Daniel trimmed enough to meet specifications. It helped that he could play.

There has never been an easy street for Daniel Hood. Shoulder repairs knocked him out of spring practice, a crucial setback with another new coaching staff.

In mid-June, Hood found his mother and her boyfriend dead in her apartment. He said that was the darkest day of his life. Teammates rushed to the rescue. Dooley spent hours

with his grieving player.Hood and teammates

found one small smile. They speculated that the coach’s car was the best ever in the neighborhood, not the nicest in South Knoxville. They guessed how it must have been when Derek went door to door saying “I’m Coach Dooley, y’all know where Dan Hood lives?”

In the months that fol-lowed, Hood could not distinguish between the coach and the man who put an arm on his shoulder and helped him through really rough times.

Hood said Derek Dooley is one of the best people he has ever been around, perhaps the second most important in his life. Marvin West invites reader reaction.

His address is westwest6@netzero.

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When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men. Then was fulfi lled what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah:

“A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children;she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.”

(Matthew 2: 16-18 NRSV)

A stunned nation grieves with the people of New-town, Conn., whose chil-dren “are no more.”

I will confess I have ac-tively tried not to envision the carnage. I remember when I could not stop cry-

Slaughter of the innocents

ing after the attacks of 9/11, and I have not yet allowed myself to cry over these pre-cious children, over their devastated parents, over the loss of innocence and trust which must be rampant among the survivors.

Here we are in the midst of a season of hope and peace and joy and love (as the Ad-vent candles remind us), and yet, there is an overwhelm-ing sense of desolation and fear and horror and – if we are honest – anger.

I mean, really! Can you imagine pointing a gun at a kindergartner and pulling the trigger, multiple times? Gunning down unarmed women trying to protect terrifi ed children? Can you fathom a little girl who was canny enough to play dead and survive?

The infanticide decreed by Herod in Matthew’s ac-count of the birth of Jesus

was another instance of a paranoid madman killing babies, only Herod’s motive was to protect his throne. And he sent soldiers to do his murdering.

I have a lot of questions about this dark episode in the Christmas story. They are the same questions a lot of people are asking in Newtown.

Why? Why does a merci-ful God allow such horror? Where was God? Asleep? Where were the miracles that needed to happen in those awful moments?

And like the mothers and fathers in Newtown whose children survived, did Mary and Joseph feel survivor’s

guilt? As they slipped out of Bethlehem and across the Judean desert, did they hear the dreadful cries of the babies as they were dy-ing? Could they hear the horrifi ed screams of the mothers?

How long did it take for those cries to stop echoing in their ears?

How long will it take for us?

As we celebrate this Christmas, let us spare a thought, say a prayer, light a candle, sing a song for the children, all the children, the world over.

In the name of the Child. Amen.

Fountainhead College moves westA 30-year Fountain City business is moving to west Knox County.Fountainhead College of Technology will move its campus to a site in Knoxville’s

technology corridor, near Interstate 40/75 and Pellissippi Parkway, according to CEO Richard Rackley.

No plans were available for the use of the former Smithwood Elementary School on Tazewell Pike.

Fountainhead will begin its spring term on Jan. 7 in a 30,000 square foot building formerly occupied by ITT Technical Institute at 10208 Technology Drive. This move refl ects growth for Fountainhead College, Rackley said. An open house will be held in early spring.

Football legends at King CollegeThree members of UT’s 1998 National

Championship football team, coach Phillip Fulmer, receiver Peerless Price and linebacker Al Wilson, will speak at King College in Bristol at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29.

In his 17 seasons at UT, Fulmer’s record was 152-52, he had 92 players make an NFL roster, 18 players earned All-American honors and another 68 players were selected

All-SEC. Price played nine seasons in the NFL; he caught 403 passes for more than 5,000 yards and 31 touchdowns. Wilson spent nine years with the Denver Bronc os where he earned fi ve Pro Bowl selections.

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Food banks ■ Knoxville Free Food Market,

4625 Mill Branch Lane, distributes free food 10 a.m.-1 p.m. each third Saturday. Info: 566-1265.

■ New Hope Baptist Church Food Pantry distributes food boxes 5-6:30 p.m. each third Thursday. Info: 688-5330.

■ Bookwalter UMC off ers One Harvest Food Ministries to the community. Info and menu: http://bookwalter-umc.org/oneharvest/index.html or 689-3349, 9 a.m.-noon. weekdays.

■ Glenwood Baptist Church of Powell, 7212 Central Ave. Pike,

is accepting appointments for the John 5 Food Pantry. Call 938-2611 or leave a message; your call will be returned.

Special services■ Fountain City Presbyterian

Church, 500 Hotel Road, will change worship services schedule for Sundays, Dec. 30 and Jan. 6. The 8:55 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship services will be combined into one service at 10 a.m.

■ Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon meets at noon each Tuesday at Golden Corral. Info: www.kfl-luncheon.com.

By Cindy TaylorCan a centurion become

an angel? He can when he’s Scott Smith.

Smith, who is also a min-ister, retirement planner, ra-dio show host and founder of Scott Smith Insurance, has been a part of the Knoxville Nativity Pageant since 2000. His fi rst role was as Roman centurion.

“I am too nice a guy to play that role,” said Smith. “When they offered me the role of Gabriel, I jumped at it.”

The Knoxville Nativity Pageant has been running since 1969 and according to Smith is the second oldest continuous community na-tivity pageant in the United

States. All those involved, from the board of directors to the performers, volunteer their time. No admission is charged. It takes thousands of dollars to pull off a pro-duction of this size, and the budget is met annually by in-dependent donations.

The pageant has evolved through the years and now includes a special section for the deaf and hearing im-paired, and Spanish transla-tion for all performances.

“This is a well-oiled ma-chine starting its fi fth de-cade,” said Smith. “It’s great to return every year and meet up with friends from the year before.”

Smith said those you work

Scott Smith with a prized possession – one of the last brass cash registers made before production ceased in 1941. Photo by Cindy Taylor

How a ‘centurion’ became an ‘angel’

MILESTONES

BirthdaysIsabella Eleni Norsworthy turned

4 years old Dec. 10 and celebrated with a Rapunzel party at McDonald’s with family and friends. Parents are Javan and Em-ily Norsworthy. Grandparents are Gerald “Jake” and Diane Lowe. Great-grandmoth-er is Marie Cole.

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with on the pageant become like family you get to visit with once each year.

“It is my hope that the community of churches in Knoxville learn what a re-source they have in this pag-eant,” said Smith. “There are

still a lot of people who don’t even know it exists and we always need new volunteers. This pageant is a gift to the community and belongs to all faiths.”Reach Cindy Taylor at brentcindyt@gmail.com

Ho, Ho Lions partyKnox North Lions Club president Rick Long greets vice president Kim Sepesi at the club’s Christmas party hosted by Sepesi in her home. Photo by Cindy Taylor

Barns are a thing of the past. New barns are not be-ing built like they were in days gone by. Today it usu-ally is cheaper to put up a metal building. It may serve the purpose, but it lacks the beauty of the old barns.

Over the past few months I have come to realize just how many old barns there are scattered about in the East Tennessee area. Most of the ones to which I am drawn are abandoned or di-lapidated, but in some cases are still active.

Each barn has character and tells a story of its own. Some have unique features and are very beautiful. Some are bare rustic wood, or painted different colors that brighten up the countryside.

Although I have seen hundreds of beautiful barns, I have not always been able to just conveniently pull over and take a picture of them. Here are some of the barns that I have been able to capture along the way.

As a little tribute to the barns of East Tennessee, the Shopper-News will be fea-turing some of them from time to time.

If your old barn has a story to tell, contact us at woycikk@shoppernewsnow.com.

Barnyard Talesby Kathryn Woycik

Does your barn have a story to tell?

This barn in Kentucky, photographed just a few weeks ago, looks like it would barely stay up in a windstorm but appears to be in active use. Photos by K. Woycik

A happy tale could be told here on Mountain View Road in Clinton.

HEALTH NOTES ■ Susan Spicer, a volunteer at Tennova North, is available to speak

to your group about resources to help cancer patients and their families, from giving out free brochures on every type of cancer to helping fi nd transportation and/or fi nancing, help with emotional needs and a program for men and women titled, “Look Better, Feel Better.” To schedule Susan’s talk, call 235-3730.

RED CROSS NEEDS VOLUNTEERSThe American Red Cross needs volunteers to

participate in its MLK Day of Service Friday through Monday, Jan. 18- 21. Volunteers will receive fi re prevention training and distribute fi re safety information to neighborhoods throughout Knox County.

Participants can sign up as individuals or teams for one of seven available shifts and be assigned to a neighborhood, or they can cover their own neighborhood alone or with neighbors, church group or family members.

Training will be held 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, and 8-9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at the American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike.

Info: Call Lori Marsh or Aida Reyes at 584-2999, or email them at lori.marsh@redcross.org or aidareyes@redcross.org.

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Powell High ■ Open house will be held

6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10.

■ Awards night will be held 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24.

Powell Middle ■ Hat day will be held Friday,

Jan. 11.

■ 6th grade honors night will be held Tuesday, Jan. 15.

■ The Geography Bee will be held 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Ms. Carter’s room.

■ The Powell High School football banquet will be held 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19.

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Powell High School’s win-ter formal will be held Sat-urday, Feb. 9, at the Jubilee Center. All grades are invit-ed. Tickets are $25 ($45 cou-ple), although the price will increase beginning Jan. 14.

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Windsor Gardens choir singsThe 25-member choir at Windsor Gardens, directed by Kathy Burnette, performed its annual Christmas concert recently for a packed house. Pictured (at front) are Beryl Davis, June Grooms and Ann Wright. Photo submitted

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By Jake Mabe It’s just after 9 a.m.

on a Tuesday morning, and Tracy Thomas’ 2nd-grade students at Halls Elementary are gathered in the corner of the classroom.

Thomas reads a book the class has chosen, “Abra-ham Lincoln Comes Home,” about the fu-nereal train trip that returned the slain 16th president home to Springfi eld, Ill., af-ter his assassination. The students listen attentively, ask ques-tions and do all the things you’d expect them to do.

The amazing part is what happens next.

After writing down a question or thought they might have had about the story on a yellow post-it note, the students return to their desks or split up into groups. Some are practicing spelling words using Wikki Stix. Others are read-ing to each other in groups of two. Three students are meeting in a small group session with Thomas near the back of the classroom. Everyone is on task, just like clockwork.

It’s all by design, part of a teach-ing philosophy called The Daily 5. Developed by teachers Gail Boush-ey and Joan Moser and refined in their classrooms for a decade, The Daily 5 is a series of literacy tasks that students complete on a daily basis while a teacher provides in-dividual instruction or meets with small groups. Thomas says it takes about a month (25 to 28 days) to implement.

The five tasks are: reading to one’s self, reading to another (or “buddy read”), word work, listening and writing. Students know what to expect and what must be completed each day during the two hour and 20 minute literacy block.

“It teaches them to be indepen-

gets students ready to readHalls Elementary School 2nd-grade teacher Tracy Thom-

as meets with a small group of students. She has orga-

nized her literacy block using a classroom management

philosophy known as The Daily 5. Photo by Ruth White

dent learners,” Thomas says. “They know what to do every day. It takes that step out so that we can focus on reading strategies.”

She admits The Daily 5 takes a lot of work to implement.

On day one, a student might spend two minutes reading. On day two, that time increases to three minutes and so on, “building stam-ina,” Thomas says.

“You take baby steps and say, ‘This is what you do on this day.’ It takes a lot of time. I might have to stop the kids and say, ‘Let’s talk about what you’re doing right and what you need to work on.’”

Thomas first heard about The Daily 5 when she was living and teaching in Washington state. She observed students in a “split” 1st grade/2nd grade classroom.

“Everybody was doing what they were supposed to do. Everybody was on task. I told the teacher, ‘I

want to do what you’re doing!’”When Thomas began teaching at

Halls Elementary School, she asked former principal Nancy Maland if she could implement The Daily 5. Maland gave her the OK.

“I’m a big fan. A lot of teachers in the school use it as well.”

The other “secret” behind The Daily 5 isn’t really a secret at all. Students get to choose not only what books (on grade level) they want to read, but also the order in which they complete The Daily 5.

“The choice gives the kids the motivation.”

Thomas uses other unique ap-proaches as well. A group of stu-dents that earns the privilege gets to use exercise balls as seats rather than traditional desk chairs.

A native of Kingsport, Thomas has traveled the country with her husband, Robbie, who is in the military, and has worked in several

elementary schools from Maine to Washington. She says the diverse employment experience has al-lowed her to observe and implement various innovative teaching styles.

Thomas holds a bachelor’s de-gree in elementary education from Idaho State University and a mas-ter’s degree in education from Au-burn. She has taught for 15 years.

She says the other great thing about The Daily 5 is that it gets kids excited about reading and gives them the skills and, hopefully, the desire to be lifelong readers and learners.

“My kids are reading more. They’re going to be better readers. And they want to read more and are finding a love for reading.”

Boushey and Moser have written a book called “The Daily 5” as well as several other instructional books. More information can be found at www.the2sisters.com.

A-10 • DECEMBER 24, 2012 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS business

Sandra Clark

Food City customers come throughFood City customers ral-

lied during tough economic times to fund more than $360,000 for local non-profi t hunger relief organi-zations.

Checks were handed out last week throughout Food City’s 3-state region.

In north Knox County, recipients included $1,250 to Fountain City Ministry Center, $1,250 to Union

Randy Williams, manager of District 7 Food City stores with Pastor Clarence Sexton of Temple Baptist Church and Powell Food City store manager Terri Gilbert. The Race Against Hun-ger campaign contributed $1,250 to a children’s transportation ministry operated by Temple.

County Food Pantry, $1,000 to Christ United Methodist Church food pantry, $1,000 to Lost Sheep Ministry,

$1,500 to Emerald Youth Foundation, $1,500 to An-gelic Ministries, and $1,250 to a program at Temple Bap-tist Church.

CEO Steven Smith said, “Food City and our co-spon-sors are proud to be a part of the Race Against Hunger.

Throughout the promo-tion, $1, $3, and $5 scanable cards were available at each Food City checkout.

Customers selected the dollar amount and it was added to their grocery bill.

With every dollar con-tributed using a Food City ValuCard, customers were entered for a chance to win their choice of a season of racing at Bristol Motor Speedway or a $2,500 con-tribution made to their fa-vorite charity.

“We would like to thank our loyal customers and vendor partners for helping make this promotion such a huge success,” said Smith.

Christ United Methodist associate pastor Charla Sherbakoff and John R. McCloud receive a check for $1,000 from district manager Steve Trout through Food City’s Race Against Hunger campaign. The money will help stock the church’s food pantry. Photos by Ruth White

Bill Keeler with the Fountain City Ministry Center gladly accepts a check from Food City district manager Steve Trout. The Fountain City Food City helped the center with a $1,250 donation for the food pantry.

Race Against Hunger By Rob WebbThis holiday season be-

tween Ru-ral/Metro’s emergency duties, we will give thanks for the oppor-tunity to serve Knox County and for the con-

tinued support this great community has shown our employees and company.

Last week, Knox County Commission voted unani-mously to let us continue providing excellent, trusted service here. Knox County is our home. We have been the offi cial emergency am-bulance service provider for more than 25 years, and we look forward to continuing that service for many years to come.

Under this new contract, we will continue to serve Knox County with state-of-the-art ambulances and cutting-edge technology. We are extremely grateful to Knox County, Knox County Commission and the resi-dents of Knox County for recognizing the value we provide to the area in both medical service and com-munity involvement.

Happy Holidays!

Webb

News from Rural/Metro

Rural/Metro paramedics Matt Plummer, Shaun Lyon andDeeAnn Kelly stand ready in the ambulance bay at the Rural/Metro operations center in west Knox County. Rural/Metro wasconfi rmed last week by Knox County Commission to continueproviding emergency ambulance service to Knox County.Photo submitted

At Rural/Metro, we see our contract as a privilege. As such, we promise to maintain our support of this community. Last year, we spent $3.6 million in dona-tions and stand-by service at local sporting events, char-ity fundraisers, parades, fes-tivals and other community events, and we will continue to support local organiza-tions and charities.

This is all thanks to our more than 500 paramed-ics, EMTs, fi refi ghters and telecommunicators located right here in Knox County. More than 350 of these em-

ployees call Knox Countyhome and serve each day intheir own neighborhoods.These highly-trained menand women in our ambu-lance and fi re divisionsstand ready around theclock to answer the call inan emergency, so your fam-ily can feel safe this holidayseason.

Thank you to Knox Coun-ty for your continued sup-port this holiday season,and we look forward to awonderful new year servingour neighbors.

Happy holidays from theRural/Metro family!

Regal off ers eGift CardFaster than a speeding reindeer,

Regal Entertainment Group has announced a special offer for last-minute purchases. It’s an eGift Card available for purchase and delivery instantly online.

Just log on to REGmovies.com to send eGift Cards to friends and family. For every $50 in eGift Cards purchased through Jan. 6, the sender gets another $5 eGift Card for free.

Vet college has class for humans Dr. Elizabeth Strand, director of

veterinary social work at UT, will teach a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course in January and February.

The eight-week course teaches mindfulness practice techniques for the alleviation of accumulated daily stress, chronic pain, anxiety, high blood pressure, depression, and other conditions worsened by stress. Info: nuchols@utk.edu or 974-5574.

Home Federal red kettle helpersSteve Temple of Home Federal Bank’s commercial lendingdepartment volunteers for the Salvation Army’s red kettlecampaign on Market Square. The campaign helps provideChristmas dinners, clothing, toys and basic necessities for thosein need, and the bank’s volunteers again this year staff ed thisdowntown location at lunchtime from Dec. 3-21. Photo submitted

Y-12 workers play elfNearly 50 workers at the Y-12 National Security Complex

served as Santa’s elves in the Y-12 Angel Tree program.The elves, working with donations provided by Y-12 co-

workers, did the footwork to fulfi ll the holiday gift wishes of 497 children in Anderson, Roane, Morgan, Loudon, Scott and Monroe counties.

Coordinated this year by Jessica Smith, the program is now in its seventh year.

The campaign begins in early November, when Y-12 em-ployees adopt and shop for children identifi ed by agencies or make donations so that elves can shop for identifi ed chil-dren who are not adopted.

Others collect and deliver the gifts to the agencies, who deliver them to the families. Gifts are in the hands of par-ents by mid-December.

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MONDAY, DEC. 24Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 7 p.m.,

First Lutheran Church, 1207 N Broadway. Communion will be served. The public is invited. Info: 524-0366 before noon.

Family Service and Nativity Pageant with Holy Eucharist, 4 p.m., St. James

Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Choral Prelude with String Quartet, 10:30 p.m., followed by Holy Eucharist at 11 p.m. Info: www.stjamesknox.org.

Christmas Eve worship, 7 p.m., Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road. Featur-ing a children’s play of Charlie Brown Christmas. Info:

938-8311 or www.powellpcusa.org.Christmas Eve services, 5 p.m. and 11

p.m., Central United Methodist Church, 201 Third Ave.

Christmas Eve Candlelight services, Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. In-

formal service with young children, 5 p.m.; traditional service with trumpet, choir and candlelight, 8 p.m. Info: 690-1060 or www.beaverridgeumc.com.

Christmas Eve services, Fountain City Presbyterian Church, 500 Hotel Road. Children’s

service, 5:30 p.m.; traditional Candlelight Service, 7 p.m. with communion. All are welcome.

TUESDAY, DEC. 25Christmas Day worship, 10:30 a.m., First Lu-

theran Church, 1207 N Broadway. Communion will be served. The public is invited. Info: 524-0366 before noon.

Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m., St. James Epis-copal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Info: Info:

www.stjamesknox.org.

THURSDAY, DEC. 27Auditions for Powell Playhouse production of

“Louder, I Can’t Hear You,” 4-7:30 p.m., Powell Branch Library. Parts to be cast: two teenagers, two women and two men.

SATURDAY, DEC. 29Benefi t singing for Linda Shope to help with medi-

cal expenses, 7 p.m. Oaks Chapel Church, 934 Raccoon Valley Road. Singing will be Wade Brantley and the Gospel Strings, Tamelia and Emmaline Jenkins and others.

Distribution of donated clothing, collected during the Horace Maynard FFA’s Warm for the Winter Campaign, 8 a.m.-noon, in Union County High School commons area. Those who have a need are invited.

Gospel singing, 7 p.m., Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road in Heiskell. Heart to Heart will perform. Everyone welcome.

Turkey Shoot and Trade Day, 8 a.m., 6825 Tindell Lane, off Tazewell Pike. Fundraiser for summer baseball team.

MONDAY, DEC. 31New Year’s Eve Service, 7 p.m., First Lutheran

Church, 1207 N Broadway. Communion will be served. The public is invited. Info: 524-0366 before noon.

New Year’s Eve Celebration, 10 p.m., World for Christ Church, 4611 Central Ave Pike. Dancing, food and fun.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2New session of Weight Watchers, Beaver Ridge United

Methodist Church, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. 10 weeks. New or renewing members: $125; continuing and trans-ferring members: $120; lifetime members over goal: $110. Payment due before Jan. 2. Info: Jane Damiano, 938-4768, or the church offi ce, 690-1060.

THURSDAY, JAN. 3Knoxville Choral Society auditions, 6-8 p.m.

Info or to download an audition form: www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org. To schedule audition time: 579-6292 or send an e-mail to membership@knoxvillechoralsociety.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 5Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive

Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www.overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

Meet Betty Bullen, Union County Arts Artist of the Month for January, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Union County Arts Co-op, 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-9161.

MONDAYS, JAN. 7, 14, 21 AND FEB. 4Mindfulness and Clay, 6-7:30 p.m., with Sandra

McEntire, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Ander-sonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration dead-line: Jan. 10. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAYS, JAN. 8 AND 15Weaving 201, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with Carol Pritcher,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 4. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAY, JAN. 12Grand opening of the new Children’s and Teen Room

at Maynardville Public Library, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Ice cream will be served. Free and open to the public.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JAN. 12-13Weaving a scarf class, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday

and 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, with LouAnn Robinson, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Bring a lunch Saturday. Registration deadline: Jan. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAYS, JAN. 12 TO FEB. 16Take Your Pottery to the Next Step, 1-4 p.m., with

York Haverkamp, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachian-arts.net.

FRIDAY, JAN. 18Art Escape!, 6-8:30 p.m., with Doris Prichard, Appa-

lachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline: Jan. 14. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAY, JAN. 19Comedy Night – Rhythm & Laughter, 7:30 p.m. at

Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JAN. 19-20Weaving a scarf class, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday

and 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, with LouAnn Robinson, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Bring a lunch Saturday. Registration deadline: Jan. 14. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, JAN. 21Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Parade, 10 a.m.

Info and application to participate: www.MLKKnoxville.org.

SATURDAY, FEB. 2Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive

Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www.overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

FRIDAY, FEB. 8Union County Chamber of Commerce Ban-

quet and Auction, 7 p.m., Rutherford Methodist Church, Corryton. Everyone invited. Ticket sales or info: Kathy Chesney, 745-1626; Darlene Wine, 992-5268; or Rebecca Mills, 992-5816.

SATURDAY, FEB. 23Shannondale Elementary Foundation’s “Dancing

in the Moonlight!” fundraiser, 6 p.m., Beaver Brook Country Club. Tickets: Janie Kaufman, 687-0272; Tracie Sanger, 405-4449; or Shannondale Elementary School offi ce, 689-1465.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY FEB. 23-24Are we Listening?: “The Diary of Adam and Eve”

and “Louder, I Can’t Hear You,” 7:30 p.m. at Jubilee Center, presented by the Powell Playhouse. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2Free women’s self-defense class, noon, Overdrive

Krav Maga & Fitness, 7631 Clinton Highway. Info: www.overdrivema.com or 362-5562.

MONDAY, MARCH 4Boot Camp for farmers: Learn marketing and

business management to successfully sell your products at farmers markets. UT-sponsored workshop, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Register at least fi ve days ahead with Nancy Austin, 974-7717 or naustin@utk.edu.

SATURDAY, MARCH 23Norris Lake Clean-up, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., multiple

launch sites on Norris Lake. Info: Union County Chamber of Commerce, 992-2811, or Anderson County Tourism, 457-4547.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 11-14“Puss and Boots” at Jubilee Center, presented

by the Powell Playhouse. Dinner: 6 p.m. April 11-13 only; Play: 7:30 p.m. April 11-14. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 6-9“The Odd Couple” at Jubilee Center, presented

by the Powell Playhouse. Dinner: 6 p.m. June 6-8 only. Play: 7:30 p.m. June 6-9. Info: 947-7428, 256-7428.

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