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BUZZ Old dog, sharp bite You’ve gotta love Carlene Malone. The former member of City Council can make a point.

In the ongoing zoning debate over doggie daycare, Malone and C. Malone other neighborhood activists battled to keep the activity out of the C1 (neighborhood commercial) zone.

Essentially, they just don’t want an animal boarding operation next to homes.

Their side prevailed at City Council Nov. 10, but not without spirited debate.

Council member Daniel Brown said he initiated the zoning change at the request of a constituent in the central business district (C2). He’s not sure how it blossomed to include C1, but, “I’m ready to put this to bed, so to speak,” he said to laughter.

Council member Nick Della Volpe offered three amendments to the planning commission’s recommendation, and all were adopted.

His amendments removed C1, limited hours of operation to 6 to 9 and clarified that indoor facilities should be airconditioned.

Council member George Wallace agreed on two of the three, but thought the service should be allowed in C1.

“It’s not all that different from a beauty shop or daycare (for kids),” he said.

Malone rose to speak.

“Yes, there are barber shops in C1,” she said, “but most of the clients don’t bark.

“And dogs don’t use modern plumbing. There are differences.

“Parents don’t drop off their kids for a haircut and pick them up 10 hours later.”

Malone has always had a bite. She showed last week that she’s still barking as well.

Homeowners have never had a stronger advocate.

– S. Clark

Music and art at Stanley’s

Stanley’s Greenhouse is hosting an open house 1-5 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3029 Davenport Road with refreshments, area crafts, artists and music.

Info: 865-573-9591.

Island home delay

The city of Knoxville has extended the permit for the closure of Island Home Avenue between Sevier Avenue and Maplewood Drive through Nov. 30 because of weather delays.

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Joe Hill event focuses on community

By Betsy Pickle

One hundred years ago, on Nov. 19, 1915, a Swedish immigrant turned labor activist and songwriter was executed by a firing squad in Utah as the sentence for two murders for which most people then and now believe he was framed.

Joe Hill died at 36, but his legacy has lived on. This year, events celebrating him have taken place around the world, with the big push on this week. The Joe Hill Roadshow, as it’s been dubbed, takes shape in Vestal as a 5 p.m. dinner and 7 p.m. concert Saturday, Nov. 21, at Candoro Marble, 4450 Candora Ave. Organizers Jack Herranen and Chelsea Voelker, both South Knoxville residents, say the focus here is on bringing community together, not on stirring the political pot.

“Chelsea and I both believe that there’s a way we can honor this legacy without falling into your traditional rift of the left versus the right or Democrat versus Republican or businessmen versus workers,” says Herranen. “If we can hold those spaces where we remember and grow to re-embrace our shared working-class history, then maybe we can start new political conversations there.”

Or maybe people can just enjoy eating chicken and dumplings made in a big black pot and other delectables cooked by Voelker,

Jack Herranen channels Joe Hill in his office at Vestal United Methodist Church. Photo by Betsy Pickle Herranen and friends. The event won the recent Knoxville SOUP micro-grant of $506, which is allowing the team to be more ambitious with the menu as well as paying for event insurance, materials and small honorariums for the performers.

“I think it said something that in that setting of the last Knoxville SOUP folks cast their vote for this project because it is about resuscitating that notion of solidarity,” says Herranen. “That word is strong and dignified and important. And it’s been dirtied

and misused, but we need a living culture of solidarity right about now, especially with the political climate out there on the national electoral landscape.”

Saturday’s free event will get neighbors and strangers together in a festive atmosphere. The concert will feature Jack Herranen & the Little Red Band, Black Atticus, Shelby Bottom Duo and Matt Kinman & Friends.

It makes sense that Herranen and his band would be included in the lineup. A decade ago – preHurricane Katrina – while in New

Orleans, he and some musician friends recorded an album of old Wobbly songs titled “To Fan the Flames of Discontent: The Living Songs of Joe Hill and the Wobblies” under the moniker Jack Herranen & the Ninth Ward Conspiracy. (It is available in the store on the Industrial Workers of the World website, www.iww.org.)

He has never belonged to a union, “but it’s in my blood. On my father’s side, my ancestors were radical Finnish laborers. They came through Ellis Island.

“My great-grandfather, Jacob Nisula, came out of that ferment of Europe where people were politicized and carried those seeds of political consciousness with them to the U.S. and then confronted the harsh realities here. He ended up working with the IWW.” His great-grandfather made his way to Ashtabula, Ohio, where there was a strong Finnish community. Herranen has no documentation, but he speculates that his relative and Hill’s peer, labor songwriter and activist T-Bone Slim, son of Finnish immigrants, would have known each other.

Herranen and Voelker, both East Tennessee natives, are working to preserve and promote the heritage of Vestal, once a bustling center of industry. They think celebrating Hill fits with that agenda.

“He was a friend of the working man,” says Herranen.

Avison Young supports Ijams Mitch Taylor, Emily Goddard, Stephanie Goddard and Teresa Taylor with commercial real estate broker Avison Young support Ijams Nature Center on a volunteer workday.

Avison Young (formerly Cushman & Wakefield/Cornerstone) partnered with WUOT Radio to raise $3,000 for upgrades to the Meade’s Quarry area of Ijams and to its dock to allow better water access for disabled persons.

Madden brings Civil War home in new book

By Betty Bean What history major hasn’t longed for a scholarly work written by an author talented enough to bring the subject to life, or at least to make it interesting?

Knoxville native David Madden is the guy who can do it. Who else could compose a riveting “Second” Gettysburg Address and assume the persona of Abraham Lincoln to deliver the reiteration of Lincoln’s desire to celebrate the everyday solMadden diers who did the fighting and the dying?

Madden, now retired from a distinguished academic career and living in Black Mountain, N.C., returns here frequently and is proud to claim his heritage as a

“mountain writer” whose perspective was molded by the East Tennessee of his childhood.

“From the first novel (‘The Beautiful Greed,’ published in 1961), I have felt totally appreciated in my hometown,” Madden told a lunchtime crowd that showed up at the East Tennessee History Center to find out about his new book, “The Tangled Web of the Civil War and Reconstruction,” subtitled “Readings and writings from a novelist’s perspective.”

Madden worked in references to his teenaged jobs as a radio DJ at WKGN and an usher at the Bijou Theatre (the inspiration for his most celebrated novel, ‘Bijou’).

His biography displays impressive literary and academic chops like his long tenure as Director of Creative Writing and Robert Penn Warren Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing at Louisiana

State University. Plus, he’s the author of seven novels and numerous collections of short stories, essays, plays and poetry and is the recipient of many awards and prizes.

In the book he came here to talk about, Madden, the founding director of the United States Civil War Center, shows that he’s a historian, too.

The title symbolizes Robert Penn Warren’s “All the King’s Men,” which Madden considers the greatest Civil War novel ever written, despite the fact that the book is set in Depression-era Louisiana and is about a character who’s a dead ringer for Huey Long. Madden cited Warren’s story-within-the-story about Cass Mastern, a Confederate soldier carrying a death wish fueled by guilt over betraying a friend, who learned that the world is like a spider’s web:

“And if you touch it however lightly, at any point, the vibration ripples to the remotest perimeter and the drowsy spider feels the tingle and is drowsy no more but springs out to fling the gossamer coils about you who have touched the web and then inject the black, numbing poison under your hide.

It does not matter whether or not you meant to brush the web of things.

“Your happy foot or your gay wing may have brushed it ever so lightly, but what happens always happens and there is the spider, bearded black and with his great faceted eyes glittering like mirrors in the sun, or like God’s eye, and the fangs dripping.”

This, Madden said, is the perfect metaphor for the Civil War (and its aftermath), the most important, shameful and inevitable event in American history.

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Quali ed and compassionate Bariatric Center offers hope T

he surgeons at Fort Sanders Center for Bariatric Surgery are well experienced, and all are certi ed through the American College of Surgeons, with specialization in bariatrics. That experience goes a long way in making patients feel secure about trusting the center for weight loss services.

But there’s another kind of experience you’ll nd here. It’s life experience.

“The beauty of our program is that a lot of the people on staff have been bariatric patients themselves,” says program manager Kathy Romero. “We understand, because we have been there. We know exactly what it’s like.”

Romero, 67, has lost a total of about 100 pounds over the course of several years. She underwent revisional surgery, after rst having a gastric banding procedure. She had the most success after the gastric sleeve procedure performed by bariatric surgeon Mark Colquitt, MD, in November, 2014.

She doesn’t like to talk about how much she weighed at her heaviest, but the memories of what life used to be like with all that extra weight have made an indelible mark.

In short, she was miserable. Romero had many “comorbidities,” meaning she had medical problems that were related to the obesity.

“Sleep apnea, diabetes, I had to have an injection in my hip because I had hip pain,” Romero remembers. Walking from the parking lot to the stadium where her son played high school football was an exhausting challenge. “I had to stop various times along the way because I would be out of breath.”

When patients come to the bariatric center with a sense of hopelessness, Romero can be compassionate because she fully understands. She also respects how dif cult it can be to take the rst step toward change.

“I remember seeing people in my age group walking around on walkers or with canes,” Romero says.

“I realized there were two roads, and I could either go down the road that would make me healthier, or I could remain on the

road I was on, continue to do what I was doing, and become that person on a walker.”

Today an energetic and vibrant Romero points patients down the road to better health, and walks with them along the way.

She provides information, encouragement, and can even warn them about the pitfalls.

A different addiction Romero explains that one such pitfall is replacement addiction. Having an unhealthy relationship with food can result in addictive behavior, and ending that relationship can leave a person vulnerable to other addictions.

“I had an Ebay addiction,” Romero says. “I was replacing my love of food with internet shopping.”

She realizes it may sound funny, but at the time it was no laughing matter. Romero couldn’t stop browsing, bidding, and ordering. It became her favorite pastime and stress reliever. It was everything that overeating had been to her before the surgery.

The addiction became such a problem that her mail carrier noticed it, and even asked Romero if an intervention was needed. It was an epiphany for Romero, and she immediately began curbing her habitual spending.

Romero says food can be an addictive drug, and it’s easy for some patients to fall prey to other addictions like alcohol or gambling. Because Romero has a very personal understanding of how that happens, she’s able to walk patients through the transition.

This is just one example of how the staff at Fort Sanders Center for Bariatric Surgery can help patients in every phase of the weight loss process.

“Patients who have struggled with obesity for a lifetime don’t relate as well to someone who hasn’t experienced what they’re living through,” Romero says. “We’ve got such a comprehensive program that patients should never feel that they don’t have support.”

Surgery for seniors Bariatric procedures are becoming increasingly popular with those who, like

Romero, are over the age of 65. These procedures are covered by Medicare (with some stipulations). She explains that seniors generally aren’t as interested in weight loss for the sake of appearance as they are for the sake of better health.

“This is not a cosmetic procedure,” says Romero. “This is a solution to many medical comorbidities. For example, if they can get some of the weight off of their knees, they might not have to have knee replacement.”

Weight loss can also have a very powerful effect on health risks like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. Romero says the bonus is that most seniors who go through weight loss procedures have renewed energy, allowing them to play with grandchildren, exercise, and live life to the fullest.

The right time Weight loss surgery of any kind shouldn’t happen without careful consideration.

Romero says when your weight affects your health, when diet and exercise don’t help, and you’re burdened with a sense of hopelessness, it may be time to talk to your doctor about bariatric surgery.

Sometimes people who would bene t from weight loss surgery tell themselves they can’t do it because they can’t give up food, holiday parties, and cooking. Romero confesses she used to tell herself the same things.

But Romero says weight loss surgery isn’t about restrictions. It’s about hope. The food doesn’t go away, and the center helps patients create new pathways of thinking and behavior regarding food.

“Don’t ever say you can’t, because I believe the human spirit can,” Romero says. “I don’t want to see anyone give up, because there’s no reason to. There are attainable goals, and there are people here who can help you reach those goals.”

Fort Sanders Center for Bariatric Surgery offers laparoscopic Roux-en Y (gastric bypass), laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (gastric sleeve), and repair of the LAP-Band ad-

Kathy Romero is the program manager at the Fort Sanders Center for Bariatric Surgery and also the recipient of a gastric sleeve procedure in November 2014. “We understand, because we have been there,” says Romero.

justable gastric banding system (LAP Band).

To learn more about these procedures and the Center for Bariatric Surgery, visit fsregional.com/bariatrics, or call (865) 541-1218.

Treating the mind, body and spirit at Fort Sanders Center for Bariatric Surgery choices, and can lead to obesity.” Morbid obesity, de ned as having a BMI over 35 and being at risk for obesity-related health issues, is closely correlated with serious medical conditions including heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.

The physicians noted that bariatric surgery often eliminates these conditions, along with side effects that can result from the medications used to treat them. “If you’re more than 100 pounds overweight, those pounds are sucking the life out of you.

You can be more active, less anxious, less depressed, have less stress on your heart Bariatric surgeons Mark Colquitt, MD, and be more motivated to laugh and enjoy and Jonathan Ray, MD, have been practic- life if you can lose those 100 pounds,” Dr. ing in East Tennessee for more than a dozen Ray said. He added that only about one peryears. After helping more than 2,200 pa- cent of people who would bene t from bartients lose close to 200,000 pounds since iatric surgery are receiving it. “We see the their practice opened in 2002, the board- bene ts and know we can do good work for certi ed surgeons said they’re happy to be people,” Dr. Ray said.

The atmosphere at the Center for Bariatpart of the Center for Bariatric Surgery at ric Surgery is one of support and encourageFort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

“It’s exciting. We think the center has the ment, the surgeons said. “About eight years potential to be not just one of the best bariat- ago we started modeling our practice after ric surgery centers in our region, but in the the Ritz-Carlton experience,” Dr. Colquitt United States,” said Dr. Ray. “We have al- said. “We consider our patients to be valued ways thought of ourselves as a regional prac- guests, and the relationship between physitice,” Dr. Colquitt said. “Being af liated with cians, staff and the patient is very open. We Fort Sanders and Covenant Health helps want the patient to be completely informed us reach more patients and physicians who as far as making a choice about surgery.”

“There are three components to a person: need to know that our services are available.”

Obesity has become a signi cant national body, mind and spirit,” Dr. Ray said. “People health issue. “Society is overweight,” Dr. are beginning to realize the importance of the Ray said. “The foods we eat are often poor spiritual aspect. There is something that calls

us to a potential better life. We encourage patients to think about that, because when patients realize that it is possible to make the changes necessary to help them reach their potential, that’s an ‘aha’ moment.

“We help the patient move toward the goal of a happier, more satisfying, more engaged life. Every inch of progress counts … the atmosphere of success is transforming.”

The Center for Bariatric Surgery offers laparoscopic gastric bypass (usually done as a robotic procedure in which a smaller stomach pouch is created and a portion of the small intestine is rerouted to the pouch) and sleeve gastrectomy, which removes a portion of the stomach and creates a narrower digestive tube. “The safety of bariatric surgery has improved greatly,” Dr. Colquitt said. “Today, the surgical risk of the procedure is comparable to having a gallbladder removed.” He said in most instances, the patient goes home within 24 hours after surgery.

With improvements in surgery techniques and safety, bariatric surgery is often a more viable option for people who need to lose at least 100 pounds and have found other weight-loss strategies to be unsuccessful.

“But in order for bariatric surgery to succeed, people have to commit to making the lifestyle changes to support the choice,” Dr. Colquitt said. Dr. Ray added, “Our team will be there for the patient before and after the procedure. We can get them to the door, but they have to walk through it.”

The physicians also want to educate pa-

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tients and families, making them nutrition experts and helping them nd physical activities that will bring them joy, so they won’t go down the path to obesity in the rst place. “Our goal is to promote health and wellness and support an obesity-free lifestyle,” they said, “and to help our patients become more productive and fully engaged in life.”

Learn more about bariatric surgery Register for informational seminars conducted by surgeons from the Fort Sanders Regional Center for Bariatric Surgery by calling 865-541-BAR1 (2271). Seminars are held on Thursday evenings:

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center 1901 Clinch Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37916 Classroom #1, Lobby Level December 10, 6:00 p.m.

The Fort Sanders Center for Bariatric Surgery is now a designated Center of Excellence!

If you are struggling to lose weight, please attend our free seminar to learn about the bene½ts of bariatric surgery that go beyond weight loss.

Visit www.fsregional.com/bariatrics for more information and seminar dates.

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AMBC parties on The Appalachian Mountain Bike Club is known for doing things in an “epic” manner. This month it was their annual Fall Festival that achieved epic status – in terms of mud, especially.

Betsy Pickle After several days of rain, Brian Hann and Mary Beth Tugwell’s SoKno spread was practically a bog, but several hundred attendees didn’t seem to mind. They came, they rode and they drank beer. It’s the AMBC way.

Despite some wipeouts, they christened the new Three Marys Trail, built by Roe Lyle and Karen Fletcher. They also held a good number of races and rides, and the pump track was packed throughout the day.

A major AMBC fundraiser – the raffle for a $3,500 Santa Cruz bicycle, sponsored by Harper’s Bike Shop – was won by Corey Korpela. Last year’s winner, Danny Gray, was also on hand, still hobbling after some injuries earlier this year.

Eric Fox, Gabriel Rochat, Karen Wilkinson, Eric Carr, Claire Coker and Chris Weller take advantage of the fire at the marshmallowroasting station at the Fall Festival. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Lee Sessions, Josh Ward, Nick Pavlis, Eric Johnson, Valarie Johnson, Katharine Johnson and Larry Setzer prepare to dig into some treats after the Vestal Community Organization meeting.

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COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Colonial Village Neighborhood Association. Info: Terry Caruthers, 579-5702, t_caruthers@hotmail.com.

Association meets 10 a.m. each third Saturday, Hillcrest UMC, 1615 Price Ave. Info: Pat Harmon, 591-3958.

■ Knoxville Tri-County Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each second and fourth Monday, Connie’s Kitchen, 10231 Chapman Highway, Seymour.

■ South Knox Republicans meet 7 p.m. each third Thursday, South Knox Optimist Club, 6135 Moore Road. Info: kevinteeters018@gmail.com.

■ Lake Forest Neighborhood Association. Info: Molly Gilbert, 209-1820 or mollygilbert@yahoo.com.

■ South of the River Democrats meet 6:30 p.m. each third Monday, South Knoxville Community Center. Info: Debbie Helsley, 789-8875, or Brandon Hamilton, 809-3685.

■ Lindbergh Forest neighbos meet 6:30 p.m. each third Wednesday, Graystone Presbyterian Church. Info: Kelley DeLuca, 660-4728, kelleydeluca@gmail.com.

■ Old Sevier Community Group meets 7 p.m. each third Thursday, South Knoxville Elementary School library, 801 Sevier Ave. Info: Gary E. Deitsch, 573-7355 or garyedeitsch@bellsouth.net.

Roe Lyle, Karen Fletcher and Ellen Kellogg joke around with a spooky spider at the AMBC Fall ■ South Haven Neighborhood Festival.

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18 Dine and Discover, noon-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. David Butler, executive director of the Knoxville Museum of Art, will present: “A Look Over the Horizon.” Free and open to the public. Info: knoxart.org.

“End-of-Life Plan,” 2:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Speaker: Susie Stiles, LCSW. Info: 329-8892 (TTY: 711).

“Getting a Show: Avoiding the Pitfalls & Pratfalls,” noon-1 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $5 for members of the Arts & Culture Alliance/ $8 for nonmembers. Info/registration: knoxalliance.com/development.html; 523-7543; sc@ knoxalliance.com.

Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11a.m.-1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Dr. Bruce Wheeler will speak about his book “Knoxville Tennessee, A Mountain City, in the New South.”

“Using Legal Tools for Life Decisions” 1:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Speaker: Elder Law Attorney Monica Franklin, CELA. Info: 329-8892 (TTY: 711).

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, NOV. 18-19 AARP Driver Safety classes, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, NOV. 19 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA office, 715 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville.

Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

FRIDAY, NOV. 20 Rock the Red Kettle Concert featuring Rhett Walker Band, 8 p.m., The Square Room, 4 Market Square.

Proceeds go to the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign.

Info/tickets: SalvationArmyKnoxville.org or 525-9401.

Tellabration!, 7 p.m., Eusebia Presbyterian Church, 1701 Burnett Station Road in Seymour.

Master of Ceremonies: Jeanette Stevens. Storytellers: Millie Sieber, Kathleen Mavournin, Jean Davidson, Jeanette and Charlie Stevens. Donations accepted. Info: smokymountaintellers.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 20-22 “She Kills Monsters,” Clayton Performing Arts Center, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12 adults; $10 seniors or students. Info/tickets: pstcc.edu/arts or 539-7529.

SATURDAY, NOV. 21 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., AAA office, 715 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

Ancestry in Detail, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration and a valid

■ South Woodlawn Neighborhood Association. Info: Shelley Conklin, 686-6789.

■ South-Doyle Neighborhood Association meets 7 p.m. each first Tuesday. Info: Mark Mugford, 609-9226 or marksidea@aol.com.

■ Vestal neighbors meet 6 p.m. each second Monday, South Knox Community Center. Info: Katherine Johnson, 566-1198.

Organization’s November meeting was an interesting forecast of the contest to win the County Commission seat being vacated next year by Mike Brown.

Contenders Carson Dailey and Josh Ward both attended. Dailey introduced himself, gave highlights of his political activism, talked about priorities he wants to address if elected and offered campaign materials to attendees.

Ward introduced himself and said he was “South Knoxville born and bred.”

Hmm. Dailey, a member of the county’s Board of Zoning Appeals, followed up the VCO appearance with a reception at Candoro Marble last Thursday. Ward has a Facebook page and a website.

October’s National Night Out inspired higher attendance at this month’s meeting. There were also several guests, including Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, Dogwood Elementary’s Community School resource coordinator Adam Fritts and Mia King, social-work intern at the Vestal Boys & Girls Club.

Pavlis also discussed improvements in SoKno. He said he and Mayor Madeline Rogero had visited the quarry lake at Fort Dickerson Park, and now the redesign for the Chapman Highway entrance is well in hand, they are making plans for the Augusta Avenue entrance.

There’s already been talk of watercraft concessions at the lake, but Pavlis says they are also looking at creating a safe swimming area at the shallow end, building a pavilion and restrooms and opening the drive from the parking lot so that kayakers and canoeists don’t have to carry their craft so far.

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High on pie

South Knoxville’s unofficial kickoff to the holidays – the annual pie supper at the South Knoxville Community Center – starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20.

Benefiting the center’s Young at Heart Club, the event includes hot dogs and fi xings and then an auction of phenomenal pies and other desserts. There will also be a silent auction and a raffle for a handmade quilt.

Admission is $7.50. The center is at 522 Old Maryville Pike.

email address as well as good Internet searching capabilities are required. Info/registration: 215-8809.

“Baroque to Modern” performed by the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra Performs, 7:30 p.m., First UMC of Oak Ridge, 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Tickets: $25 adults; $10 ages 19-29. Info/tickets: ORCMA.org or 483-5569.

Craft show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., West Towne Christian Church, 9300 Middlebrook Pike. Crafters’ booth fees will all go to the Youth Group Mission fund at the church. Features more than 40 crafters with a wide variety of quality crafts; Youth Group will be selling coffee, hot chocolate and doughnuts in the morning and a soup and sandwich lunch. Info: Sandy Tanaka, 742-6728 or sewcrazyn10@gmail.com.

Emory Road, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) meeting 10:30 a.m., East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay St. Speaker: Sonja DuBois, a WWII Holocaust survivor. Topic: “Preserving the Legacy.”

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town Petsmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Sarah Rysewyk, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Tellabration!, 2-4 p.m., Sweet Fanny Adams Theatre, Light #3, 461 Parkway in Gatlinburg. Storytellers: Susan Fulbright, Stephen Fulbright, Janice BrooksHeadrick and Kathleen Mavournin. Donations accepted.

Info: smokymountaintellers.org.

Unity of the Community, Building Community through the Heart of Yoga, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Lindsay Young Downtown Y, 605 W. Clinch. Light refreshments, yoga classes, and more. Info: 622-9025.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 21-22 Foothills Craft Guild Fine Craft Show, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. Includes a free “Kid’s Make It & Take It Booth” sponsored by the Appalachian Arts Craft Center. Admission: $8 adults, $7 seniors; children 13 and under are free.

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Long ride, two setbacks, 87-7 score Tennessee football is an appealing, addictive drug.

In pursuit of happiness with the Volunteers, fans will spend freely and defy all odds. Some will go wherever the schedule takes them.

Up next is Columbia, Missouri. Challenging? Yes, but nothing like the first two weekends of September 1981. That little trip led to the most unlikely travel story in the history of Tennessee football.

Two really good guys, Tom Mattingly and Doug Jones, planned brief vacations to match the UT schedule. Tom had been mid-state, promoting the upcoming World’s Fair.

Doug had been busy managing others’ money. Time

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out, they said, to shoe-horn as much football fun as possible into eight days.

Being precisionists, they had carefully scripted a trip to see Tennessee engage the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens and Southern Cal Trojans in Los Angeles.

It turned out to be a fine time to be somewhere else, anywhere else, but they stuck with the itinerary.

They saw Herschel Walker carry the ball 30 times

and gain 161 yards. Georgia romped, 44-0, the most lopsided victory for the red team in the long and honorable rivalry. Losing participants included Reggie White, Bill Bates, Anthony Hancock and James Berry.

“The highlight of the game for us was when Mike Cofer blocked a punt and returned it for a TD,” recalled Jones.

“And just like the day had gone, we had lined up offside and the play was nullified.”

The travelers drove to Atlanta, to the Marriott near the airport. There they encountered the unfortunate New Orleans Saints, awaiting execution by the Falcons. Mattingly men-

tioned how ironic it was to see the worst college team and worst NFL team in the same day.

Jones and Mattingly flew to San Francisco (cost advantage) and decided to check out Berkeley and the Cal campus. The football team was strolling in for practice. It was open to the public. Of course the travelers observed.

Irony 2 was that the Golden Bears were beginning preparations for Georgia. An assistant coach was choosing a scout team. He couldn’t find anybody to play the role of Herschel.

The travelers made it to Los Angeles in plenty of time to explore the historic Coliseum. Historic it is, the

only facility in the world to play host to two Olympiads (X and XXIII), two Super Bowls (I and VII), one World Series (1959), a Papal mass and visits by three U.S. Presidents: John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan.

It is a big building. The Billy Graham Crusade set an attendance record of 134,254. The multitude got to hear George Beverly Shea sing “How Great Thou Art.” All this preceded Marcus Allen running over, around and through the Volunteers – 22 carries, 210 yards and three touchdowns, mostly in the first half. After that, he rested.

Final score was 43-7.

The Vols got a TD pass from Alan Cockrell to Randall Morris. Southern Cal got six touchdowns.

Mattingly was seriously concerned that Charger, Trojans’ mascot, might keel over during one of his sideline celebration sprints.

“We so hoped Tennessee would not cause the death of that fine horse.”

Homeward bound, the airport departure gate was next to an outbound crowd going to Pago Pago.

Mattingly could not resist.

“With proper planning, we could have gone there.”

Said Jones: “Looking back on that trip of 34 years ago, 5,800 miles, two losses by a combined 87-7, I am reminded of that old line, “Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?”

Columbia, Missouri?

Less mileage. Tennessee might win. No Herschel. No horse.

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Technology enhances Rural/Metro service Rural/Metro has been scrutinized this year for late ambulance service, but a $3.5 million technology upgrade is yielding faster response times, better oversight and predictions that make it more likely ambulances will be available where they’re needed.

Several Knox County commissioners learned about the upgrades at a lunch and learn held at the Knox County Emergency Communications District last week.

The Intergraph CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) system went live on July 6.

It allows for all agencies − emergency medical service, fire department and law enforcement − to be on one system, so each agency can see all responding units, said R/M regional director Erin Downey.

Rural/Metro has seen tremendous improvement with the new system, said communication manager

Wendy Smith

Richard Holbert. Less repetition yields quicker response times.

First Watch, Rural/Metro’s third party compliance software, pulls information from the CAD system. The online compliance utility was built to Knox County contract specifications, and is a collaboration between Rural/Metro and the Knox County Health Department (KCHD), Downey said.

Dr. Martha Buchanan, director of the KCHD, attended the lunch and learn. emergency response coordinator Larry Hutsell looks at R/M response times every day, she said.

Another new program,

Optima Live, uses historical data from the CAD system to predict when and where the next incident will take place.

Tracking incidents based on the season, the time of day and the day of the week enables the software to recommend where ambulances should be posted.

The data, viewed on a computer monitor, looks like a weather map, with areas that are most likely to require an emergency response showing up in color.

“The longer we use it, the better it’s going to get,” Holbert said.

The conversation turned to current challenges of ambulance service. People who use ambulances and emergency rooms for nonemergency medical care tie up ambulances and lead to backups at emergency rooms, which causes ambulances to be further delayed.

“We have to go to any citizen who requests us, whether they need it or not,”

Knox County Commissioners Dave Wright, Mike Brown, John Schoonmaker and Bob Thomas listen as Richard Holbert of Rural/Metro explains new software used by lead dispatcher Misty Stout. said Downey. “Sometimes it greatly overloads our system.”

There is appropriate and inappropriate ambulance use in all demographics, Buchanan said.

Rural/Metro has 54 dedicated ambulances in Knox County for 80,000 annual medical responses. There is a shortage of qualified staff for the ambulances, Holbert said.

Many medical personnel move to quieter areas after being trained in Knox

County. The county is unusual because paramedics and EMTs stay in the ambulance for their entire shift, which is 12-16 hours.

Last year, state law changed to require each ambulance to be staffed by an advanced emergency medical technician (AEMT) and a paramedic. Previously, EMTs could serve alongside paramedics.

The AEMT certification requires an additional semester of school, and community colleges aren’t

equipped to offer the training yet, Downey said.

Commissioners got a peek at the new software as it was being used in the communications center. On one side of the room, 911 dispatchers took calls that were immediately forwarded to appropriate agencies, located in the same room.

It was calm and quiet, which is typical when there are visitors, said Holbert.

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No end in sight to E911 radio controversy Among the few points of agreement among the parties involved in the fight over the $9 million contract for a new E911 emergency radio system are these: The Knox County E911 center needs a new radio system. Cops prefer longtime provider Motorola.

The evaluation committee and the independent radio consultant that was paid $40,000 to examine the process, don’t. County purchasing chief Hugh Holt is an honest man.

Almost everything else is in dispute.

Neither Brad Anders – the board member whose “pass” vote last week threw the process into Brad Anders limbo for the second time this year – nor anyone else involved wants to criticize Holt, who has a reputation for doing things right.

Instead, Anders points at E911 director Bob Coker, whom he accuses of having conveyed a “perception” of favoring a “sole source” contract to Harris Corporation (the second place finisher was Tait Communications.

Motorola finished last). Anders is also critical of former board chair Nathan Rothchild, accusing him of tainting the process by suggesting that Harris should get the contract without bidding.

Betty Bean Anders, a county commissioner and Knoxville Police Department lieutenant with aspirations for higher office, said he bucked his boss, KPD Chief David Rausch, by not joining him in voting for Harris Corp. last week (passing has the same effect as a no vote).

Both Rausch and Knoxville Fire Department Chief Stan Sharp had stood with Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones in supporting Motorola earlier this year, but last week they joined their boss, Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, in supporting the evaluation committee’s recommendation. County Mayor Tim Burchett also voted to accept the recommendation.

Anders cited a second reason not to have voted in favor of awarding the contract: “I don’t think it was properly before us. It came back up because Mayor (Madeline) Rogero wanted it brought back, so there’s a procedural problem as well as a perception problem. There was a discussion about sole source, and voila!

He (Coker) is grading scores and that company wins. I’m not saying he did anything wrong. I’m just saying the perception’s not good.”

Coker said Anders is exaggerating the “sole source” conversation, which he said happened after Motorola started sounding warnings about the antiquated system in 1997. He described Rothschild as “a businessman” who wanted problems fi xed quickly and was unaccustomed to the restrictions of government red tape.

When Rothschild told him (the predecessor of) Harris Communications had made a good offer, Coker said he told him he couldn’t accept it.

“He said, ‘Let’s go ahead and buy it.’ When I told him it had to be bid out, he said, ‘That’s nuts.’”

Coker said he called Holt to confirm the rules for Rothchild, who backed off immediately.

“Anders has brought this up before,” Coker said. “But there’s really nothing more to it.”

Holt confirms Coker’s account.

“If I didn’t think it was an equitable business deal, I wouldn’t have put my name to it,” he said.

Is Holt frustrated?

“No, ma’am. I get paid either way.”

Rogero and others want the issue resolved ASAP and warn that the old system is no longer reliable, citing problems with the current equipment including a smoking circuit board two weeks ago. When contacted for comment, Jones issued a statement saying that public

safety isn’t being jeopardized by delays in replacing the old system: “Public safety radio communication is the lifeline to emergency responders in the field. System redundancy, system integrity and system performance has (sic) not been left to chance by the Motorola and Knox team.”

Supporters of the Harris Corporation have suspicions of their own. They are leery of three citizen board members whom Burchett appointed last October after having their names mentioned to Law Director Bud Armstrong by Motorola lobbyist (and former chief of staff to former Mayor Mike Ragsdale) Mike Arms. The three – Ken Knight, Russell Frazier and Daron Long – all voted no, knotting the tally at 5-5.

Armstrong said when Arms brought the names to him; he simply did what he always does.

“I walk them down the hall and turn it over to the mayor’s office. I do that all the time. If Cynthia Moxley (who lobbies for Harris) had come to me, I’d have done it for her. It’s very difficult to get people to serve on these boards,” Armstrong said. “If you come to me, I will give you access. That’s all I’ve got.”

He did have one question: “I wonder why Mayor Burchett’s appointees don’t vote with him.”

Anders hands Ashley issues Last week, County Commissioner Brad Anders was the only member of the troubled 911 Board to abstain on whether to hire Harris Corporation to implement a new multi-million dollar radio system. No decision was made since it failed on a 5-5 tie vote. Had Anders voted for it, it would have passed.

One has to wonder what is really going on here. Both Mayors Rogero and Burchett backed the Harris decision.

However, all citizen members of the Board plus Sheriff Jones opposed it. Anders, whose day job is an officer of the Knoxville Police Department, did not support his chief, David Rausch, who voted for Harris.

Anders has not given a credible explanation on why he abstained. For a person who was chair of the Knox County Commission and openly expresses interest in following Tim Burchett as Knox County mayor, this was a huge mistake. Anders picks the most important vote 911 has had in years to run and hide on. Anders has failed to say what he favors if he is opposed to Harris.

Meanwhile, if 911’s com-

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munication system fails or slips, lives are at risk. That is 911’s mission to prevent this from happening. Anders failed the leadership test big time on this one. Whatever his views, he should vote them and not abstain.

Interestingly, Anders is seeking re-election to the commission in the March 1 Republican primary. He is being opposed by John Ashley, 36. He has handed Ashley an issue by his failure to lead at 911.

Another issue Anders faces is whether he will serve out a new 4-year term on the commission if nominated in March and elected in August 2016. If Anders runs in 2018 for county mayor and were elected, he would have to resign his commission seat with two years left in the term.

The remaining members of the commission (not the

voters) would decide who serves northwest Knox County for the following two years. Will Anders and Ashley both pledge to serve the full four years of the term they are seeking if elected?

Ashley is a long shot to defeat Anders, but Anders is surely creating some issues for Ashley to raise if he knows how to do it.

■ Ryan Haynes, state Republican chair who lives in Farragut, was in Knoxville last week with a busy schedule. He appeared at a fundraiser for state Rep. Eddie Smith, a reception at former county mayor Mike Ragsdale’s home, and spoke to the Knoxville Civitan Club.

Haynes is also mentioned as a possible mayoral candidate in 2018 to follow Burchett.

■ Greenway: Six months ago, the greenway from Buck Karnes Bridge to the naval station on Alcoa Highway was completed. It has taken that long to build the connection from the end of the greenway under the bridge up to the bridge. It is still a work in progress. We are only talking about 300 feet at most. It is not complicated.

It is still unclear when

it will formally open.

While one could have biked or walked this greenway for the past six months, the city was Lori Goerlich silent and issued no news on its availability despite it being built with tax dollars.

Lori Goerlich is the greenway coordinator. Many are very disappointed with her when it comes to action on greenways. Delay, postponement, excuses and process have been her watchwords. Despite being on the job for almost four years, she has little to show for it.

Rogero, who calls herself a “green mayor,” runs the risk of becoming the “red clay mayor” if Goerlich continues her snail’s pace.

It is a shame that so little is happening here. Rogero and Joe Walsh, director of parks, deserve better.

If Christi Branscom or David Brace were put in charge, something would happen within our lifetime.

They are doers.

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In a world that’s going increasingly paperless, Knox County Schools plans to spend $2 million this year to lease copy machines.

The deal passed the school board without debate and, under a courtsanctioned agreement, Knox County Commission cannot question how the school board spends money specifically. So the commission ratified the contract Nov. 16.

Terry Hill, school board member, pointedly passed on the vote, leading to this exchange: “Terry – I noticed you passed on the copy machine vote and wondered if you have a minute to discuss it?” – Sandra “Probably better not this time! I wouldn’t let you print what I had to say anyway.” – Terry The bids for high speed printers were opened Oct. 7 by Knox County Purchasing. The bid stated: “The best value means more than low cost. It includes the initial cost, service quality and other factors detailed herein.”

Two evaluators rated the bids: Josh French, senior buyer for Knox County Purchasing, and Robin Lane, supervisor of business services with Knox County Schools.

Riso, the current vendor, was awarded the contract for options 1 and 2; NovaCopy for option 3. Hugh Holt, director of purchasing for Knox County, said he thinks the school system will lease machines from both vendors depending on need.

Bob Thomas, assistant superintendent for administrative services, told the school board Nov. 2, “We went through county purchasing because we wanted to totally avoid anything that was not totally transparent.” The schools spent $2.5 million this year and he hopes to save $500,000 with the contract.

The school system anticipates printing 60-70 million black and white and 20-30 million color copies annually and will lease approximately 150 printers. While the bid is for one year, the intent is a fiveyear contract which can be renewed annually with prices adjusted by mutual consent at each renewal period.

The vendor will own and maintain the equipment, provide supplies including ink, and train a designated user at each location.

Bidders were asked to quote on five options.

Riso Inc. currently holds the KCS contract.

Sandra Clark

Evaluation Criteria Cost – 50 Points Experience – 20 Points

To include number of years in business, local annual sales, years of manufacturer representation.

Capabilities – 20 Points

To include number of local certified service technicians, number of local service vehicles, monetary size of local parts inventory.

References – 10 Points

Riso works locally through Advanced Office Systems, headed by Terry Kerbs with offices at 10645 Dutchtown Road, and has four certified service technicians for its Kagaku printers.

The Massachusettsbased company bid only on options 1 and 2, stating its ComColor printers “meet the specifications exactly.”

Lease prices per year were $4,549 for option 1 and $5,499 to $6,829 for option 2. No other vendor bid on these options, although NovaCopy offered side-byside printers with the same footprint. Its offer was not allowed.

Two vendors went head-to-head on option 3, with NovaCopy edging out Thermocopy of Tennessee.

The county did not award a contract for option 4 or 5.

NovaCopy, a Memphisbased corporation with a Knoxville location, offered Konica Minolta equipment with 65 service technicians in Tennessee and nine in Knoxville. Its bid was $1,140 per year. Nova was rated 50 points on price and 18 of 20 points for experience.

Thermocopy offered Ricoh machines with 19 factory-trained service technicians available. Its bid was $3,545 to $7,371. It was rated 43.7 of 50 points on price.

PMB offered Xerox equipment at prices from $1,429 to $3,598 per year for options 3-5, but was not included in the final evaluation because it refused to accept county-required language on contract terms, Holt said.

County purchasing has changed from the days when bids were awarded for the lowest price unless some disqualifying factor caused the low bid to be tossed. That was transparency. Holt says the current practice is designed to avoid shenanigans. “It’s not subjective. It’s based on an algebraic algorithm.”

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Duncan speaks to veterans

■ Legacy Pointe Apartments Clubhouse 2901 Pleasant Ridge Road.

Holiday Craft Fair, 4-8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20.

■ South Knox Senior Center: 6729 Martel Lane 573-5843 Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Offerings include: dulcimer and guitar lessons; arts and crafts classes; dance classes; exercise programs; Tai Chi; card games; Joymakers practice; free swim 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Senior Meals program noon each Wednesday and Friday. The center is collecting “Coats for the Cold” through Nov. 20. Quilters Craft Fair, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. WednesdayThursday, Nov. 18-19. The Knox County Veterans Services will provide one-onone assistance to veterans and family members 9 a.m.

Thursday, Nov. 19. The center will be closed ThursdayFriday, Nov. 26-27.

By Sandra Clark

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan (at right) introduces retired Army Col. Dean Schiller, a resident at Sherrill Hills, who gave the keynote address at last week’s Veterans Day ceremony. Photo by S. Clark

■ South Knoxville Community Center 522 Old Maryville Pike 573-3575 Monday-Friday Hours vary ■ John T. O’Connor Senior Center 611 Winona St. 523-1135 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Offerings include: Card games, billiards, senior fitness, book club, Senior Savvy computer classes, bingo, blood pressure checks 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Monday-Friday. The center will be closed ThursdayFriday, Nov. 26-27.

Register for: AARP Driver Safety Class, noon Wednesday-Thursday, Nov. 18-19 (Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964); toenail clipping by appointment Thursday, Nov. 19.

U.S. Rep. John Duncan Jr. spoke at a Veterans Day ceremony last week at Sherrill Hills retirement community in West Knoxville.

Although Duncan lives nearby, he said it was his first visit to the senior living facility.

Duncan served as a captain in the U.S. Army and the Tennessee National Guard.

He praised resident Gerald Clark as a “main organizer” who worked to get the Ben Atchley State Veterans Home built in West Knox County.

Duncan said we are blessed to live in the United States: The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.

He said 58 percent of the world’s people live on $4 or less per day, while 60 percent of U.S. citizens need to lose weight.

When the background video played President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s address to Congress declaring war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR was introduced by thenSpeaker Sam Rayburn.

Duncan told those gathered that Rayburn was born in East Tennessee, moving

to Texas when he was 5. He served as House speaker for 17 years.

“You would never see that happen today. …”

The most senior veterans at Sherrill Hills, Jim Allen and Hazel Adams, a WAVE in World War II, were awarded special pins by Dal Smith. He and his wife, Cassie, are resident managers. There are 16 WWII veterans in residence at Sherrill Hills.

Surviving spouses of veterans who had lived at the facility were also recognized: Patsy Lane (husband, Bill); Betty Lucas (husband, Donald); and Juanita Caroom (husband, Hiram).

The keynote speech was given by another Sherrill Hills resident, retired Col. Dean Schiller.

“From Bunker Hill to Baghdad, there have always been brave men willing to defend freedom,” he said.

“Veterans make our community better.”

He urged support for veterans’ benefits.

Schiller, now almost 90, served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He served 30 years before retiring from the U.S. Army.

Deck the halls

Young Marines visit veterans John Simmons (seated), a U.S. Navy veteran who now lives at Morning Pointe of Powell, is visited by members of the Powell-area Young Marines, a group of middle- and high-school students who are preparing for careers in the military. Led by James Scott and other volunteers, the Young Marines serve local veterans in many capacities. Last week Cpl. Jones, First Sgt. Scott and LCpl. Joiner (standing) made a color guard presentation at Morning Pointe and sang “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Maple Court Senior Living residents and their families are decorating their doors for Christmas, and the winners will take home great prizes.

Entries will be judged on resident door décor. Points will be awarded on creativity, originality and overall appeal with bonus points for doors that include a memory from years past. Judging is 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, with a party to follow at 2 p.m. Prizes will be given for first, second and third places.

The event is co-sponsored by East Tennessee Personal Care Services and Smoky Mountain Home Health & Hospice. Maple Court is at 7545 Thunder Road off Emory Road near I-75. Info: 865-935-9589.

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Sharing books, and faith, in Russia

By Wendy Smith Central Baptist Church of Bearden member Ron Leadbetter is no stranger to multitasking. So he didn’t mind dropping off a cash donation from the church to a Russian missionary to China during a whirlwind trip that included stops in Russia, Armenia and Georgia.

Leadbetter traveled in October with Steve Hillis of Louisville to celebrate the anniversaries of two American libraries they helped establish with books donated in East Tennessee. American Library with 33,000 books at Penza State University in Penza, Russia, is 10 years old. The Georgian American Library, which was established in 2014 at New Vision University in Tbilisi, Georgia, has 60,000 books.

That would’ve been enough for some, but Leadbetter and Hillis make the most of their time during frequent trips to Eastern Europe. They visited with journalist friends in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, which is dominated by snowcapped Mount Ararat. They spoke to students at New Vision University about law and democracy, and spoke with schoolchildren in Serdobsk, Russia, who travel 50 miles each way to visit the American Library

FAITH NOTES ■Music ministries of Community Evangelistic Church in East Knoxville and Christ Covenant Church in Farragut will join for three presentations of “How Great Our Joy – a Gospel Christmas!� Presentations: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11-12, Christ Covenant Church, 12915 Kingston Pike; 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Community Evangelistic Church, 2650 Boyds Bridge Pike. Info: 525-1589 or cecchurch.org;

The last leaf All their host shall wither like a leaf withering on a vine‌.

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Ron Leadbetter, left, and Steve Hillis, right, with school director Natalya Zaharova and her family at the Lastochika School in Serdobsk, Russia. Photos submitted in Penza once a month. “The thing that got me a little emotional is that everybody wants to come to America,� Leadbetter says.

They also visited churches. In Georgia, they visited three churches in one day, including one that dates back to 400 A.D. While taking communion at Paradigma Church in Moscow, Hillis looked out the window and saw the Kremlin just two blocks away. He was struck by how much has changed since the fall of communism.

Both men were struck by the youth of the congregation. Of approximately 200 members, the 32-year-old pastor is one of the oldest.

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One young member is Nastya Minina, a 23-year-old Russian missionary to China who visited Knoxville two months ago. She sang during services at Central Baptist, and the congregation is supporting her. Leadbetter delivered the funds in person.

He met her mother, Marina Minina, a member of the Bolshoi Opera, and as a special treat, he was invited to view a practice runthrough of Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta� the night before he flew home. He had to show his passport to enter the historic theater.

Both men feel that the establishment of the two American libraries has built significant relationships be-

tween countries and individuals. Hillis says the donation of books is like a splash in a pond, and the ripples are the creative ideas that flow in all directions.

Russia is a different place than it was when Leadbetter visited in the late 1990s.

When you passed people on the street, no one made eye contact, he says.

Ten years ago, people on the subways seemed preoccupied and subdued. Now, they wear Western clothes and have cell phones, Hillis says. They’re also more open. “I take that as growth of the society, in terms of them being able to accept their lives. I think they have more hope.�

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â– First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

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■Music ministries of Community Evangelistic Church in East Knoxville and Christ Covenant Church in Farragut will join for three presentations of “How Great Our Joy – a Gospel Christmas!� Presentations: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11-12, Christ Covenant Church, 12915 Kingston Pike; 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Community Evangelistic Church,

I glanced out our kitchen window the other morning and was surprised to see that most of the leaves had fallen. We had been away for a continuing education event, and had arrived at home in darkness. The maple trees were almost completely bare.

With one vibrant exception.

There was one stubborn, determined, diehard, faithful golden leaf clinging to the maple tree outside the kitchen window.

It was a rainy, dreary morning, so the bright spot of yellow against the green foliage behind it made the leaf even more brilliant and cheerful.

I thought immediately of the O. Henry shortshort story “The Last Leaf.� (O. Henry was a pen name; his real name was William Sydney Porter.)

When I was in high school, some television network aired a version of the story. I have never forgotten it. I commend the story to you, along with many other Porter’s writings, especially “The Gift

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I studied my stubborn golden leaf. It seemed like a gift of true gold, a talisman of brightness and warmth on a dark and gloomy day.

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Bringing the beat to Dogwood Elementary School

Worthy of the Golden Trashcan Taryn Truett’s fourth-grade class at Dogwood Elementary School won the coveted Golden Trashcan for having the cleanest classroom. The honor is bestowed upon one classroom per grade level. “It’s an incentive for students to have ownership of keeping their classroom clean and organized,” said Truett. “They love winning the Golden Trashcan.” Pictured with the award are students Bailey Roberts, Emily Rivas, Charity Hart, Chelsea Baxter, Russell Comerford, Xandra Jackson, Desiree Williams, Amani Martin, Torrian Lucy and Keelan Brown. Photo

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CALL FOR VENDORS ■ Knox Heritage Salvage Shop is accepting applications from vendors to its Holiday Market to be held Dec. 2-19.

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For younger students interested in the performing arts, Guthrie suggests beginning lessons right away.

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Edwards shares ‘Mockingjay’ secret – he’s in it

By Betsy Pickle Getting a role in “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” had pluses and minuses for Linds Edwards.

The pluses included being part of one of the biggest movies of the decade, hanging out with Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson and Liam Hemsworth and meeting the singer Lorde when she visited the set. The minuses mostly had to do with waiting a year to find out if he had the job and then keeping the great news a secret for another 15 months.

“I signed all sorts of contracts that said I wouldn’t talk about it,” recalls Edwards, who felt safe to post the info on Facebook last week only after seeing his name and character – “Injured Career” – in the film’s credits on the Internet Movie Database.

He’s several lines below Lawrence, Harrelson and Hemsworth, but he thinks people other than his friends will notice him on screen.

“I’m pretty certain I’m going to have a pretty memorable part,” says Edwards. “I

haven’t seen it, but I know what was shot, and the scene is really intense.

“Jennifer Lawrence is who I have all my interaction with, but Woody and Liam Hemsworth and pretty much the rest of the cast are there as well. It’s pretty epic.”

“Mockingjay – Part 2,” which opens Thursday night, is the latest step in Edwards’ steadily building career. The 2003 Farragut High School graduate moved from Tampa to Knoxville with his family when he was 10.

He discovered acting through church and local theater productions and segued naturally into short films before making his feature debut in Brooks Benjamin’s “Point of Fear.”

His indie efforts led to a role in “Get Low,” starring Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Bill Murray. But it was his turn in AMC’s “The Walking Dead” that endeared him to the masses.

Since then, he’s been a guest star on several TV shows, including “The Vampire Diaries,” “Under the Dome” and “Nashville.”

He has a recurring role on the Sundance

A musical

By Carol Shane The end of the semester is always an opportune time to catch the University of Tennessee School of Music at its busiest and that’s good news for anyone who loves music. With a wide variety of concerts and events to choose from, classical music fans can indulge their particular passions – and it’s all for free.

First and biggest is the UT Chamber Singers’ presentation of Handel’s “Messiah, Part the First,” which is a more polished way of saying “the Christmas section.”

The Chamber Singers represent outstanding UT choral students. They’ve sung all over the world, and once a year they present a holiday concert as part of their community outreach.

This year, they’ll be appear-

ing with the UT Chamber Orchestra at Farragut Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Angela Batey, UT’s director of choral activities, says a careful examination of the oratorio’s text reveals some surprises. Though the story is a New Testament narrative, she says, the key elements are told “not with New Testament texts, but with prophetic passages from the Old Testament.”

There’s a reason the piece is so popular and so wellloved. Batey points out that a review of the work’s first performance raved, “The sublime, the grand, and the tender, adapted to the most elevated, majestic and moving words, conspired to transport and charm the ravished heart and ear,” and the same is certainly true today.

Meanwhile, over in the piano department, some faculty members are very busy.

On the heels of Dr. David Northington, who presented “A Waltz Through the Life of Chopin” two Sundays ago and will retire in 2016, pianists Fay Adams and Edie Johnson will present a two-piano recital.

They’ll be performing William Bolcom’s “Recuerdos” – three Latin dances – and Milhaud’s virtuosic “Scaramouche,” as well as pieces

by Mozart and Lutoslawski.

Indefatigable associate professor of collaborative piano Dr. Kevin Class, who’s just wrapped up a weekend of conducting “The Consul” for UT’s Opera Theatre program, which he also directs, will present a solo recital on Sunday, featuring pieces by Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Ravel.

Viola professor Hillary Herndon is looking forward to hearing her students in their studio recital on Friday. “Musicians spend so much time in the practice

The revolution continues as Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence, here with Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket) takes on President Snow in the epic finale of the “Hunger Games” series, “Mockingjay – Part 2.” Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, Woody Harrelson, Julianne Moore, Jena Malone, Jeffrey Wright and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman also appear in director Francis Lawrence’s film, which officially opens Thursday night. Today (Nov. 18) only, “The Mockingjay Double Feature” will play at Wynnsong (3:30 p.m.) Foothills (4 p.m.) and (at 4:40 p.m.) Riviera, Knoxville Center, Pinnacle (including IMAX) and Tinseltown.

Channel’s “Rectify,” and he’s currently shooting a new series for NBC called “Game of Silence” in Virginia.

He’s shot two films – “Josephine” and “Dear Coward on the Moon” – that are due out next year. And he’s waiting to hear if he’s landed a part on the AMC show “Turn: Washington’s Spies.”

Edwards starred with his wife, Ashley Shelton Edwards, in Paul Harrill’s featuredirecting debut, “Something, Anything,” which premiered at 2014’s Knoxville Film Festival. They keep Knoxville as their home base and travel to jobs.

For “Mockingjay,” Edwards spent about two weeks in Berlin. That was after he met with director Francis Lawrence in Atlanta and then waited – and waited – to learn if he’d gotten the role.

“They were trying to find people all over the world, especially in Europe, to play the part because it would cost so much money to send me over there,” he says. “By the end of it all, they go, like, ‘There’s nobody else

room, alone, trying to improve their skills, that they often forget the end product is meant to be performed for an audience,” she says.

“These recitals are a valuable learning experience for our students and a chance to showcase the wonderful work happening in the UT School of Music.”

The same is true over in the cello studio, where Dr. Wesley Baldwin will host his friend and colleague Ruth Burgess, the principal cellist of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Her recital on Saturday is preceded by a master class. “We are celebrating our connection across the state of Tennessee with this visit,” says Baldwin.

And professor of clarinet Dr. Victor Chavez will have his hands full celebrating the clarinet and saxophone during “Single Reed Day” on Saturday. “We bring in

that can play this part. This guy’s gotta come.’ So that was awesome. That’s kind of a cool thing to think about: I beat the world out for this part in ‘Hunger Games.’”

He finally got word a week before he needed to leave for Germany. Even then, he couldn’t tell anyone he was headed to Berlin, only that he was shooting in Europe.

Edwards, who says “movies are in my blood,” is excited about every job.

“Every time I go shoot a movie or TV show I feel like I’m on vacation or that it is Christmas,” he says. “I love it so much, and I have so much fun making movies.

“I can’t say that it’s work. It’s what I do to make money and make a living, but by no means do I feel too much pressure to call it work.”

The only downside, he says, is the inconsistency – not knowing when the next job is coming. What keeps him on an even keel, he says, is “Jesus. My faith is really important to me. That’s about the only thing that truly keeps me sane.”

guest artists/teachers on that particular day to work with students in both oneon-one and group settings,” he says. “Vendors are here to display the latest clarinet and sax equipment as well.”

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end will c u l m i n at e in “Clarinet Night” recital on Sunday.

The UT Chamber Singers present Handel’s “Messiah, Part the First” at 3 p.m. this Sunday, Nov. 22, at Farragut Presbyterian Church, 209

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Lisa Hall gives business tips

Veterans honored at Fountain City BPA

Hall listed five simple systems to get your business organized to generate more profits: ■ Clear the clutter.

Physical clutter becomes mind clutter, she said.

■ Delegate.

■ Focus. Set aside time to set goals for the day.

■ Let your calendar of activities reflect your goals.

■ Create an SOS system. Plan what to do when disaster strikes.

By Beverly Holland Lisa Hall, who operates Tight Ship Business Consulting, brought tips to the Fou nt a i n City Business and ProfesLisa Hall sional Association last week. She stressed focus and organization for small business.

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