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DECEMBER 26, 2011

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Former Lakeshore chaplain witness to changes

To page A-3

By Greg Householder

One thing is always constant – if one is look-ing for a good musical show, Powell High School choral instructor Jim Kennedy and his gang never disappoint.

On Dec. 15, the PHS Choral Department gave its annual Christmas concert at the school.

The show kicked off with the Powell Singers singing “Carol of the Bells”; “We Three Kings”; “The First Noel” with soloists Tucker Hyde, Katlyn Householder, Caleb Brewer and Kelsie Shipley; “Let Snow, Let it Snow”; “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies”; “Angels We Have Heard on High”; “Mary, Did You Know?” with soloist Chris Linkous; “13 Days of Christmas”; “Down, Down the Chimney”; and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”

A Very Large Quartet, which is actually an

octet consisting of Courtney Broyles, Katherine Cobb, Haley Harbin, Shay Hicks, Tori Lentz, Han-nah Strozyk, Ashton Wade and Danielle Welsh, performed “O Holy Night.”

The girls chorus took the stage and performed “Mele Kalikimaka” with Caleb Brewer on the uku-lele, “What Child is This?” and “Jing-a-Ling” with soloist Haley Harbin.

The quartet Common Time performed “Feliz Navivdad.”

Members of the Concert Choir, as part of a spe-cial effects program called “Handel’s Vision” pro-duced by Katie Higgins, performed “Hallelujah.”

The boys chorus, with special thanks to Bran-don Evans and Greg Leonhardt, performed “No-vum Gaudia”; “The Boar’s Head Carol”; “Riu, Riu, Chiu” with soloists Luke Nightwine and Curtis

Allred; “Jingle Bells” with soloists Tye Sharp, Curtis Allred, Brandon Barnes and Luke Night-wine; and fi nally, “Christmas Rap” with soloists Brandon Barnes and Matthew Underwood.

The PHS Singers scattered throughout the au-dience and sang “In Silent Night.”

The quartet Party of Four, consisting of Kat-lyn Householder, Emily Morrow, Whitney Pitt-man and Kelsie Shipley, performed “I Heard the Bells.”

The Concert Choir took the stage and sang “The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy,” “The Sleigh,” “In the Bleak Midwinter,” “White Christmas” with so-loists Alex Strozyk and William Jones, and closed out the show with “Sleigh Ride.”

Wesley Kirkland and Brandon Hall handled the sound and lighting.

Christmas concert showcases talent

The Powell Singers, under the direction of PHS choral instructor Jim Ken-

nedy, perform at the Choral Department’s Christmas concert. The Sing-

ers are: (front) Alex Strozyk, Leslie Truan, Emily Morrow, Rebekah Harbin,

Brenna Featherstone, Kelsie Shipley, Allie Patton, Caleb Brewer, Tucker

Hyde; (middle row) Harrison Cooke, Cory Chitwood, Corbyn Skeen, Tori

Palmer, Whitney Pittman, Cassidy White, Katlyn Householder, Jacob

Hodges, Kayla Gentry; (back) Chris Linkous, Noah Muncy, Greg Leonhardt,

Justin Wood, Jacob Mahler and Kyler Roberts. Photo by Greg Householder

By Ruth White

Powell resident Sandy Perry had a blue Christmas, but it was a beau-tiful one, celebrating and honoring military personnel.

Perry comes from a long line of military personnel. Her father served and her father-in-law served, as did her grandfather and several of her children. She is military proud and is ever thankful for the sacrifi ces made by her family and others.

A beautiful, blue Christmas

One decoration on the tree is

a photograph of a painting by

Perry, thanking military personnel

for their service.

Sandy Perry stands in front of

her blue Christmas tree, a trib-

ute to family members who cur-

rently serve and have served in

the military. Photos by Ruth White

To show her pride and respect for all branches of the military (her family has served in every branch except the Marines), she wanted a blue Christmas tree but couldn’t fi nd one locally or one that didn’t cost a fortune.

Drawing from her artistic back-ground and work with Fantasy of Trees, Perry found the perfect white tree and transformed it into a beau-tiful work of art using metallic blue paint and decorations she has col-lected over the years. The tree fea-tures ornaments that are special to Perry, including ornaments from the White House, Bob Hope fi gu-rines, fl ag lights and so many other items that speak of peace, service and honor.

By Betty Bean

“When the news came out that they wanted to close it, somebody asked me what I thought, and I said they really closed Lakeshore 15 years ago,” said the Rev. George Doebler, who came to Tennessee in 1972 to be-come chaplain at Eastern State Hospital and stayed there for 13 tumultuous years.

He’s still in Knoxville, and although he formally retired in 2007, the or-dained Lutheran minister is

still spending three days a week in his offi ce at the Uni-versity of Tennessee Medi-cal Center. Next to his door, there’s a photograph of a priest blessing the hounds at a foxhunt, unaware of the dog that has sneaked up be-hind him to lift a leg against the cleric’s vestments.

Doebler doesn’t take him-self too seriously.

But he has lived through serious times. For example, before he started his clini-cal training program at St. Elizabeth’s, a huge, federal-

ly funded psychiatric hospi-tal in Washington, D.C., he took a detour through the Dallas County, Ala., jail.

It happened like this:“Dr. Martin Luther King

had been down in Selma (Alabama) registering vot-ers. We’re sitting in an eth-ics class (in Dubuque, Iowa) saying ‘What do you do with this?’ One guy said, ‘We’ve got to go down there.’ So we decided to go for three days to show our support for King. We got down there and got thrown in jail.”

Doebler and his friends ran into King on the street, and he asked them why they had come.

“We told him it was be-cause of his speech. And he said ‘What I said caused you to come here?’

“He thanked us for being there. He was just a little guy, not very tall. We slept in the bell tower of the church and listened to him preach every night. He could really preach. Very well trained. Some people look at you, and they look straight

Ol’ Vols rally for Bud Ford Marvin West says former

Vols are battling to keep

Halls guy Bud Ford as

UT’s athletic historian.

See page A-9

Great gradsSandra Clark says each grad from the

Kelley Academy has a story to tell.

See page A-5

Winter getawayTurns out December is a great time to head to Townsend and Cades Cove.

See page A-6

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Happy New Year!With Christmas being

yesterday, we now have a week before New Year’s Day. Our workweek here at the paper was very short last week – noon Wednesday deadline and an early print-ing for Christmas.

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Things tend to get back to normal a bit this week – no short deadlines and so forth – but the problem is, not much happens during the week between Christmas and New Year’s.

So this week I will be

prowling through this year’s “folder” on my computer looking for the highlight stories of 2011.

This year has been an un-usual year for me. First my mother’s health took a turn for the worse last spring and we lost her in May. Next, the planned summer wedding took place and the Gregster was offi cially off the market. Couple all of that with being the executor of my mother’s estate and if you have ever had to do that duty you will understand. Closing out an estate is no fun and takes a long time.

So I’m glad 2011 is almost behind us. I feel that 2012 will be a tumultuous year with a bitter election coming up in November. Seems the country is so divided, like

possibly as much as if not more so than in the 1850s.

So Happy New Year and buckle your seatbelts for 2012. It’s going to be an in-teresting ride.

Welcome Riley ■

Clara Lewis!

Last Tuesday I received the welcome news that

Riley Clara Lewis had de-cided to join the human race. Riley is the newborn daughter of Craig and No-ell Lewis.

Riley comes in weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces, and was 18 inches long. She entered this world at 9:34 a.m. on Dec. 20. Both mother and baby were doing well.

Riley’s mom, Noell, just fi nished her tour as the president of the Powell Business and Professional Association. She runs the Edward Jones offi ce in the Powell Place shopping cen-ter.

The cool thing about Ri-ley’s birth is that Noell and Craig refused to peek at ul-trasounds to determine the sex of the little one – kind of old school in a way – we did that with my daughter 25 years ago. It’s kind of fun guessing and wonder-ing and having all the rela-

tives reading the tea leaves and such telling you what it’s going to be.

So congratulations Craig and Noell on your new ad-dition.

See ya later, ■

Larry Van GuilderI also learned last Tues-

day that the editor of Shop-per-News, Larry Van Guil-der, would be leaving us in mid-January to take an ac-counting position with the trustee’s office.

Larry is a great guy, a good friend, terrific writer and strong manager. The folks in the trustee’s of-fice are lucky and we at the Shopper-News are the worse for this deal. We’re losing an asset for sure.

I’ve really enjoyed work-ing with Larry through the years. I remember when I first started with the Shopper, Larry was heav-ily involved in ratting out the Ragsdale regime for its P-card and other scandals. So much so, that I offered to give Larry and the rest of the gang some hand-to-hand combat tips from my Ranger days because there was a real concern that the Ragsdale renegades might resort to violence. Fortu-nately for them they did not.

So good luck and so long, Larry. Note that the word “goodbye” is not mentioned in any of this because it’s not goodbye but more of a “see ya around” because I know we will stay in touch.

FBC bikers deliver bikes to Western HeightsDon Wadley of the motorcycle ministry at the First Baptist Church of Powell delivers a bicy-

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George DoeblerFrom page A-1

through your head. That’s how he was. He was one of those people who comes at a certain time, and the time is ready. Three weeks later, I was in Washington and missed my fi rst interview at St. Elizabeth’s.”

Once he got there, Doe-bler found that practices like hydrotherapy – whereby patients were strapped into a chair and bombed by a water cannon shooting high velocity streams – were still in use. But changes were coming, dictated by the Community Mental Health Care Act, championed by John F. Kennedy, which had passed in 1963.

Doebler and psychiatrist John Marshall, who later became the superintendent of Eastern State Hospital in Knoxville, pioneered com-munity mental health at St. Elizabeth’s. Doebler’s wife, Nancy, was a psychiatric nurse there, as well.

Not long before Mar-shall took the helm at East-ern State, the hospital was rocked by a devastating ex-posé that brought attention to the deplorable conditions there. Although funding was always an issue, with the encouragement of re-form-minded Commission-er Richard Treadway and the help of new medications and treatment methods, Marshall started making progress. Doebler was soon training clergy to do after-care and eventually had 20 to 30 pastors working with him.

But in 1975, Ray Blanton was elected and everything got hard.

“Blanton was using those jobs as political payoff. I told him we couldn’t do it, that we had a job description

and strict requirements, and Treadway stuck with us. By 1978, we had a lot of programs to bring commu-nity clergy in, working with the mentally ill. It was just a fun thing to be doing, but they asked John Marshall to step down,” Doebler said.

“I was chief of chaplains and had brought in some very skilled people, four of them trained in Washing-ton as community clergy. We had a whole network across the state. John did a lot in the community. He was very open and pretty outspoken – he said the community needs to know what’s going on inside. But I’ll bet you can’t fi nd 10 ar-ticles from 1990 until now about Lakeshore. Blanton ruined everything.”

In 1985, Doebler went to UT Medical Center to start the chaplaincy program there. He has enjoyed great success. He served as execu-tive director of the associa-tion of Mental Health Clergy for 22 years, raised $5 mil-lion to endow UTMC’s chap-laincy program and, along

with Nancy, received the 2010 Helen Ross McNabb Spirit Award honoring their mental health work.

He still sees patients from Lakeshore, including “one lady I’ve been seeing for 18 years, for nothing – these people have no mon-ey. She’ll call at 3, 4 in the morning when she hears voices. She’s being treated by Helen Ross McNabb.”

He believes Helen Ross McNabb will benefi t from the shutdown of Lakeshore.

“They’ll do crisis in-tervention stuff,” he said. “They’ll get the resources to do an even better job of treatment than they do now.”

He pulled out a black bound book published in 1984, titled “The Homeless Mentally Ill.”

“You could write this to-day,” he said “The deinsti-tutionalization of the men-tally ill was a good idea, but the only way it would have worked was to have the re-sources in the community. You can do better treat-ment in the community than what would be done in a large institution, but the money has never stayed with the patient.”

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to themselves at future council meetings.

Marshall Stair caught ev-eryone’s attention by throw-ing his arms into the air after his oath in a winning athlete’s pose. He is an avid canoe-ist. He is the only member of council to be fl uent in Spanish with the retirement of Charlie Thomas. He is also the young-est member of council and Saunders is the oldest.

Rogero spoke for 13 minutes and extolled arts and culture as well as a green Knoxville. She specifi cally mentioned South Knoxville’s urban wil-derness. She pledged diver-sity and inclusiveness. The crowd was clearly excited by the historic nature of the mo-ment. Her remarks were well delivered. All living past may-ors except for Kyle Testerman were present: Haslam, Brown, Tyree and Ashe.

Haslam offered Rogero three pieces of advice: Be the mayor, be yourself and have fun. As a former mayor myself,

I can assure you he is right.Missing from the fi rst City

C o u n c i l meeting was Law Director Debbie Pop-lin who will continue to the New Year before she becomes the federal court clerk. Deputy

law director Ron Mills repre-sented her. Also missing was longtime city recorder, Cindy Mitchell, who was looking after her husband, Richard Mitchell, who had been hospitalized a day earlier but is now home.

Nick Pavlis■ , as expect-ed, was elected vice mayor and will oversee the selection process for a new council at-torney.

Rob Frost■ , former council member, indicated he would apply for the newly open position, hoping to work for the body on which he once served. Other attorneys are

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Patient advocates cry foul

Will there be a battle over the 40 acres surrounding Lakeshore Mental Health In-stitute when the state shuts it down next year?

Lakeshore land for play fi elds?the land conveyed to the city, but pronounced the decision above his pay grade, citing the law that requires any such proceeds to be reinvested in the Tennessee Mental Health Trust Fund.

For Victor Ashe, it’s déjà vu. Some 20 years ago, the former mayor got wind that the state was planning to downsize the hospital, so he took action.

“Caesar Stair, Tom Mc-Adams and myself saw the potential for making it into a park, so we went to the gov-ernor. Parks was kind of my middle name, so I said, ‘Gov-ernor, do you have any plans?’ We worked out a deal to lease the donut around the hole, so to speak, for 20 years. I knew if it worked out well, it would stay,” Ashe said.

The only hitch was the state’s plan to build a veterans’ cemetery, which they fi xed by crafting another deal to locate the cemetery in another part of town.

The 110-acre park with its spectacular views, baseball/

softball and soccer fi elds, playground, paved trails, r e s t r o o m s and open spaces has been a smash hit from the get-go. The deed was

conveyed to the city when the lease ran its course.

The only perceived down side was an uptick in the city’s homeless population, many of whom suffer from untreated mental illness, which brings us back to the question of the Mental Health Trust Fund.

Will Gov. Bill Haslam, who is a pay grade above Varney and whose brother, Jimmy, is on the Lakeshore Park board, decide to get around the trust fund re-quirement by cutting the city another sweetheart deal?

It’s also déjà vu for Ben Harrington, executive direc-tor of the Mental Health As-sociation of East Tennessee.

“I think the remaining 40 acres need to be sold – not gifted – to the city. It would be most appropriate to sell this, and the dollars be restricted to the Mental Health Trust Fund for use in East Tennessee,” he said.

Ashe worries about open-ing the door to problems if things go in that direction.

“In ’91, the state could have made millions – if you feel that multimillionaires need another subdivison. I would argue that recreation is good for mental health. It keeps people out of trouble.”

He said the property fall-ing into private hands would be catastrophic for the com-munity at large.

“It would benefi t some pri-vate person, but do nothing for the broader community interest.”

“Don’t look back,” Satchel Paige said. “Something might be gaining on you.” Let’s look ahead to 2012.

January: Taking heed of Commissioner Dr. Rich-ard Briggs’ complaint that The Development Corpo-ration’s Midway property is “the crazy aunt in the basement,” local residents petition the courts to have it institutionalized “for its own good.” Over Cham-ber president Mike Edward’s protests, the property is involuntarily committed to the Lakeshore Mental Health Institute.

February: A group of infl uential Knox County de-velopers back a bill in the General Assembly to repeal the law of gravity. “Just because Isaac Newton said so doesn’t mean water has to run downhill,” spokesper-son May Flood says.

March: After losing to Phil Ballard in the Republi-can primary race for property assessor, John White-head challenges Ballard to a duel. Two days before the election, Law Director Joe Jarret shaves his mustache and defeats challenger Richard “Bud” Armstrong by a whisker.

April: The state closes Lakeshore and the Midway property is released, swelling the homeless population by hundreds of acres. “The crazy aunt” is denied lodg-ing at Minvilla.

May: Although he has no opponent in the upcoming August general election, early polling shows Phil Bal-lard trailing. Ballard pledges to knock on every door in Knox County “if that’s what it takes to beat me.”

June: Commissioner Dr. Richard Briggs takes in Midway, promising to keep it busy with beekeeping until the county lands an auto factory.

July: Following months of heated debate, County Commission narrowly votes down a resolution that would have required 48 hours public notice when two or more commissioners simultaneously use the same restroom in the City County building.

August: The University of Tennessee football team loses an intra-squad scrimmage while gaining 6 rush-ing yards on 68 attempts. “Can’t anybody here play this game?” laments coach Derek “Casey” Dooley. A computer glitch results in John Whitehead mistakenly being declared the winner in the property assessor race. The error is swiftly corrected, but Whitehead challenges the Election Commission to a duel anyway.

September: UT women’s basketball star Glory Johnson joins the football team in time to catch three touchdown passes in a victory over Georgia State. “Football is 90 percent mental. The other half is physi-cal,” says coach Derek “Yogi” Dooley afterward.

October: The Midway property is rezoned “CC” (children’s commercial) and immediately lands a cli-ent when Mattel announces the revival of “Big Wheel” production. “It’s not Volkswagen, but it’s close,” says Commissioner Dr. Richard Briggs.

November: President Barack Obama winds down his re-election campaign with a brief stop at McGhee-Tyson Airport. Both local Democrats greet him with a standing ovation.

December: Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma offers to renew the Tennessee-Con-necticut rivalry if Pat Summitt defeats him in an arm wrestling contest. Pat wins hands down, and so does her team. The football Vols fi nish 6-6 and are invited to the inaugural Big Wheel Classic to face Powell High School. County Commission’s Christmas party fi zzles when no one remembers to send out a public notice.

Happy New Year!Contact: Larry Van Guilder at [email protected].

The inauguration of Mayor Madeline Rogero was carried off fl awlessly. With the able guidance of Judith Foltz, spe-cial events director, and Bob Polk, coliseum director, more

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Don’t look back

Harrington

Mental health advocates say the city should pay for the land and the proceeds be used for the benefi t of the mentally ill, as required by state law.

Park advocates say the acreage should be added to Lakeshore Park, which sur-rounds it. The sum of $1 has been suggested.

State Mental Health Com-missioner Doug Varney hinted that he’d like to see

than 1,000 attendees were made to feel comfortable. The sound system worked, the parking worked and the reception afterwards had good food and lots of tables. The crowd fl ow was smooth. They did not run out of food. Mistakes, if any, were well hidden.

This was my seventh in-auguration.

New council members George Wallace and Finbarr Saunders formed the bow tie club at their swearing in and will present an image unique

By Larry Van Guilder

When is a “term” not a term? When it’s a partial term, says Knox County Law Director Joe Jarret.

Jarret has sent a memo-randum to Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones bolstering Jones’ bid for re-election although he served the unexpired por-tion of former Sheriff Tim Hutchison’s term followed by his current full term.

Circumstances are similar for Register of Deeds Sherry Witt, who served a portion of Steve Hall’s term before win-ning election to a full term.

Jarret said the Charter doesn’t provide much guid-ance. It reads “no person shall be eligible to serve in any elected offi ce of Knox County if during the previous two terms of that offi ce the person … has served more than a single term.” But it doesn’t defi ne “single term,” Jarret said, so the answer must be sought elsewhere.

The law director starts with the Jordan decision, in which the state Supreme Court upheld Knox County’s Charter and ruled the 1994 referendum on term limits

enforceable. That led to Black Wednesday in January 2007,

but Jarret’s concern is for the lan-guage of the term limits petition.

In part, it reads “no person shall be eligible to serve in any

elected offi ce if the individ-ual has already served two full terms.” In the Jordan case, the court essentially ruled that the people had spo-

ken and the people intended to limit offi cials to two con-secutive full terms.

Jarret cites the 2009 opinion of State Coordina-tor of Elections Mark Goins who said “partial service” would not count as a “single term.”

Jarret notes Goins relied on Chancellor Daryl Fansler’s opinion that former Law Di-rector Richard Beeler was eligible to run for two full terms after serving two years of the unexpired term of Dale Workman.

Jarret: Jones can ride again

sure to join this process, which by law must be open.

While formal an-■ nouncements were not is-sued by the mayor, JoeWalsh, Janet Wright, Becky Wade, Judith Foltz, Jim York, Bob Whetsel, David Braceand Tank Strickland will be continuing at the city. Not issuing public announce-ments on each of them was a missed opportunity to show-case their work as each is signifi cant in their own area. They merit public mention.

Steve King■ has been bumped back to deputy di-rector of engineering. BrentJohnson will be moved backto stormwater and DavidMcGinley will become a staff engineer in stormwater. Both are also bump-backs. No change in pay is expected, but title and duties are modifi ed.

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Every student has a story, but the stories of graduates of the Paul L. Kelley Volunteer Academy are almost always best. That’s because those young adults rarely find their way to the school at the mall by means of a straight line.

Hope Fritts is the 100th grad-

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Every grad has a story

Sandra Clark

Take Hope Fritts, for example. Recognized as the 100th graduate of the academy, she is a cancer survivor who fell behind in her schoolwork at Cen-tral High because of time required for treatments. Mary Oxendine said her granddaughter is special and proves “there is hope.” Diagnosed with brain can-cer at age 5, Hope is now 18 and a high school gradu-ate.

Brent McKenzie spoke at graduation. “I’ve always wanted to be in the mili-tary, and not only because I look really good in a uni-form,” he joked. McKenzie said he wanted to make his parents proud and “Kelley Academy gave me a second chance when my other high school pushed me aside.”

Without a high school diploma, he could not have pursued a military career. Now he can.

Proud parents, grand-parents and family friends packed the ground floor area near Sears at Knox-ville Center for last week’s graduation.

Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre spoke, as he al-ways does. The nontradi-

tional school is named af-ter a real person, he said. “Dr. Paul Kelley is a great advocate for education and for kids.”

Principal Kim Towe said 12 of her 36 winter gradu-ates received TN Achieves scholarships. “I am very proud of all of you,” she said.

Afterwards, McIntyre said he enjoys watching the graduates descend on the escalator. And school board member Indya Kin-cannon called it one of her favorite graduations. “It’s payback for those long school board meetings.”

“I don’t know where I would be without (the Kel-ley Academy),” said Katie Hancock, who graduated with top grades.

Hancock originally at-tended a church-affiliated school before transferring to Carter High. “Some of her Bible classes didn’t count and she found her-self a year behind,” said her uncle, Mark Hancock. “Here you can go at your own pace. It’s unbelievable. She’s caught up and even graduated early. We are so thankful for this school.”

Katie Hancock, who gradu-

ated early, speaks at gradua-

tion.

Nakia Moss and her mom,

Cassandra Ashford, celebrate

graduation. Photos by S. Clark

Nakia Moss, 17, had a literal cheering section of parents, grandparents, aunts and cousins. Her mother just beamed.

“Nakia is a special per-son, very loveable and kind-hearted. She’s my only daughter and my old-est child,” said Cassandra Ashford. She thought No Child Left Behind was just political talk, but she’s now a believer. “Nakia was so many credits behind. … No Child Left Behind ended up working for her.”

Nakia wants to pursue a career as a medical thera-pist, attending either UT or Pellissippi State.

Every graduate had a story. I only got to three of them before the chairs were removed and people resumed Christmas shop-ping at the mall. Thirty-six young people had just given their families and themselves a most marvel-ous present – a high school diploma.

Changes at ■

Shopper-NewsLarry Van Guilder, a

Farragut resident, came

to Shopper-News through the urging of his aunt, Ada Clonts of Fountain City, who is well-known for her Christmas rum cakes. No-body says no to Aunt Ada.

Larry was into his mid-50s when he discovered the career he was made for. And now he’s returning to the career he was trained for, as an accountant for the Knox County Trustee. We’re all going to miss Lar-ry, who quickly advanced to serve as our editor.

Our door stands open. When Larry retires, he can return as a freelance writer. Meanwhile, here’s our plan:

I will resume the edi-tor’s job while Shannon Carey steps up as general manager, handling admin-istrative duties as well as sales management. Jake Mabe and Ruth White are still around for Halls, Wendy Smith for Bearden and Greg Householder for Powell.

West Side papers will get additional writers in 2012, and we’re looking for a Farragut sales rep. So stay tuned. We’ve got more great stories ahead.

Rowe is judicial commissioner

By Larry Van Guilder

Christopher Rowe was appointed judi-cial commissioner from among three nom-inees at last week’s County Commission meeting. Rowe will fi ll the unexpired term of the late Carolyn Jeter, which expires Jan. 31, 2013. Rowe was most recently an assistant attorney in the Knox County Pub-lic Defender’s offi ce.

Rowe served three years as a substitute judicial commissioner before joining the public defender’s offi ce in January 2010. He represented indigent clients in the Knox County Gen-eral Sessions and Criminal Courts, specializing in DUI defenses. He has also served as a special judge in General Sessions Court.

Rowe received his law degree from the University of Ten-nessee in May 2004. He passed the Tennessee bar exam in July 2004 and was licensed as an attorney in November of that year. In December 2005 he earned an MBA degree with a concentration in fi nance from UT.

He earlier earned a bachelor’s degree from David Lip-scomb University in May 1993 followed by a master’s in di-vinity from Covenant Theological Seminary in May 1996. He is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association and the Tennessee Organization of MBAs.

Rowe is a volunteer instructor at Wheeler’s School of Is-shinryu Karate in Powell, where he earned a fourth degree black belt. He received the Alan Wheeler Award for out-standing karate instruction in 2004. He was also honored in 2004 for academic achievement in National Security Law.

Rowe resides on Greenbrier Drive in Bearden.

Rowe

LMU sues ABABy Sandra Clark

What happens when you mess with 200 law students, 16 law faculty and Halls guy Pete DeBusk? Why you sue the American Bar Association, and that’s just what Lin-coln Memorial University did last week following the ABA’s denial of accreditation for the John J. Duncan Jr. School of Law located in Knoxville’s old city hall.

LMU serves full- or part-time East Ten-nesseans who otherwise could not obtain a law degree, said Dean Sydney Beckman.

DeBusk, who chairs the LMU board, was blunt. “The ABA has been given the privilege of being the sole regulat-ing body on legal education in the United States by the De-partment of Education. In this role, its task was to evaluate and accredit (our school) based on their applicable stan-dards and our ability to deliver a top notch legal educa-tion.”

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Looking for the perfect winter week-end getaway? Head on over to the “quiet side of the Smokies,” which of

course means Townsend. Townsend has long been a favorite

weekend getaway, particularly in the cold-er months, because it lacks all of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg’s congestion and is a short car ride to Cades Cove. We found an incredible deal at the Econo Lodge Inn and Suites Parkside on Lamar Alexander Park-way. For $79 plus tax, I got a generously-sized room (it looked almost like a suite) with a gas fi replace.

Forget about the dime-a-dozen chain res-taurants. Townsend boasts several locally owned eateries. My favorite is Miss Lily’s Café, which is located at 7765 River Road. You can fi nd all kinds of delicious Southern dishes (plus dessert!) for lunch or dinner.

And, if you can catch the weather in a cooperative mood, winter is also a perfect time to spend part of a day in Cades Cove. We were there on a Monday in the late morning/early afternoon earlier this month and more or less had the place to ourselves. Well, other than about 150 deer.

I took my time walking up to the John Ol-iver Cabin, which is one of your fi rst stops in Cades Cove. Be sure and take in the magnifi -cent view on your way back to your car, too.

John and Lucretia Oliver were among the fi rst Euro-Americans to settle in Cades Cove. It is believed they arrived by 1818 and had their cabin built by sometime in the early 1820s. It is one of the oldest struc-tures in the Cove.

“Hewing logs for walls, painstakingly preparing notches and splitting shingles was tedious, sometimes backbreaking work,” says a park sign. “Building a log home was not the idyllic, pastoral labor we might naively imagine.”

In addition to the deer, we also spotted a good-sized red-headed woodpecker and, as we were leaving Cades Cove, a huge bird

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A perfect winter weekend getaway

According to a park brochure, win-

ter is a perfect time to visit Cades

Cove and the Great Smoky Moun-

tains National Park, if the weather

cooperates, because the absence

of leaves on deciduous trees allows

for views not seen in the spring,

summer and early fall.

Park volunteer Ed Langton shows off animal furs in

Cades Cove.

The John Oliver Cabin is one of the oldest structures in the Great Smoky

Mountains National Park, believed to have been built by the early 1820s.

John and Lucretia Oliver were among the fi rst Euro-Americans to settle in

Cades Cove. Photos by Jake Mabe

that looked somewhat like a stork! (We couldn’t get close enough to fi gure out what it was.) Another added bonus to visiting during the non-peak time of the year is that you can quite easily set your own pace and take your time. The animals don’t seem to mind too much.

Park volunteer Ed Langton had a display set up near the restrooms and park store on the back side of the Cades Cove loop. Lying on the table were fur samples from bears,

foxes and even a skunk! Ed says the park orders them from taxidermists across the country as part of an educational display. No animals that die in the park are dis-turbed, of course.

Ed has been volunteering in the park since he retired three years ago. He says the park service relies quite heavily on volun-teers in the wintertime. He moved to East Tennessee with his job several years ago and says he loves the place.

“My wife is around here somewhere,” he said. She volunteers, too.

After we left Cades Cove, we ducked into Miss Lily’s Café for lunch. Afterwards, we drove by the locomotive that sits out front of the Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum.

Wintertime is laid back in Townsend. If you want to enjoy a relaxing, quiet, peaceful weekend getaway during the next couple of months or so, I know of no better spot.


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It is astonishing to me how little attention we pay to the Gospel account of the birth of Jesus. We hear the words over and over again, and know many of them by heart. We hear the story, but do we re-ally listen? Is our mental ver-sion of the story based more on carols and Christmas pag-eants than Scripture?

Luke spends a few lines setting the stage: the rea-son Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem, the emer-gency bivouac in a stable (or cave, as scholars posit), but only one verse on the actual birth: “And she gave birth to her fi rstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” (2: 7)

Then the scene changes and we are in the fi eld with the shepherds. They are lowly folk: despised, as-sumed to be trespassers on pastureland, or thieves of yearlings. They are the

last people in the world one would expect to receive the best news in the world. Their message comes to them from an angel, then an army of angels, singing “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace. …” (Well, to be absolutely accurate, the Bible insists the angels said those words, rather than singing them. It is a fact that breaks my heart, but there it is.)

You will note there is not a single verb in the angels’ message: the angels are not describing events, but rath-er telling what heaven and earth will be like, now that this child has been born into the world.

And people start moving toward Bethlehem. It is al-most like a movie script, with disparate characters moving from distant places toward the epicenter of the plot.

Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem because Caesar Augustus ordered a census.

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When the angels had left them and gone into heav-en, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.” So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. (Luke 2: 15-16 NRSV)

Let us see this child, this king, wrapped in swaddling as we wrap our own,Born of a virgin, born in David’s city,Born this holy night, born to wear a crown.Let us see this king.

(“This Child, This King,” Jane Griner)

They were being good citi-zens and doing what they had been told to do. While the timing was inconvenient for them, they were going about the business of their lives.

According to Matthew, the magi get to Bethlehem because they have been studying the stars, because they are learned men who have seen the news written in the heavens: a king will be born.

The shepherds – the low-

ly ones – get to Bethlehem because they, of all people, have received the dramatic revelation presented in Technicolor and Panavision by the heavenly host.

We get to Bethlehem in some of those same ways: some folks will fi nd their way to the manger while just living the faith day to day. Others will arrive in the stable because they have studied and considered and thought and watched and decided. And still others will come because one night they looked up and the sky was alive with the praises of God and the promise of peace on earth, good will to all humankind.

How will you get to Beth-lehem?

Community Services

Cross Roads Presbyterian ■

hosts the Halls Welfare Minis-

try food pantry 6-8 p.m. each

second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m.

each fourth Saturday.

Knoxville Free Food Market ■ ,

4625 Mill Branch Lane (across

from Tractor Supply in Halls),

distributes free food 10 a.m.

to 1 p.m. the third Saturday of

the month. Info: 566-1265.

New Hope Baptist Church ■

distributes food from its

food pantry to local families

in need 6-8 p.m. every third

Thursday. Info: 688-5330.

New Year’s ServiceWorld for Christ Church ■

New Year’s Eve Opening

and Welcoming Party will

be held 10 p.m. until it ends

Saturday, Dec. 31, on the

third floor of the Quality

Inn on Merchants Drive.

Info: Email worldforchrist@

bellsouth.net.

Unity Baptist Church ■ will

hold a New Year’s Eve sing-

ing, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31.

Everyone is welcome. The

church is located in Scenic

Woods Subdivision off Nor-

ris Freeway. Info: 922-8139.

Rec programsBeaver Ridge UMC ■ , 7753

Oak Ridge Highway, will have

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in the family life center. Cost

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classes. Bring a mat, towel

and water. Info: Dena Bower,

567-7615 or email denabow-

[email protected].

New Covenant Fellowship ■

Church, 6828 Central Avenue

Pike, will hold Pilates class

5:45 p.m. each Monday for

$5. Info: 689-7001.

RevivalsGrace Full Gospel Baptist ■

Church, 124 Ashley Lane, will

host a youth oriented/adult

reachable Resolution Revival

Saturday, Dec. 31. Food will

be served at 6:30 p.m.,

service will be at 8. Several

churches will participate.

Info: Mary, 919-3887.

Special servicesShepherd of the Hills Bap- ■

tist Church now off ers an

Internet prayer line. Anytime

you have a prayer or concern,

call the line and leave a mes-

sage. Someone will be pray-

ing about the request with

you within 24 hours. Prayer

line: 484-4066.

Living Nativity comes to PowellPassersby at Hilda Gill’s place on Emory Road were treated to a living Nativity scene on Dec. 17. Many kids participated live in the

Gamble Mobile Home Park, a ministry of Powell First Baptist. Larry and Laura Bailey provided the donkey and lambs. The living

Nativity scene was a way for the kids to give back to the community and remind everyone what the Christmas season is actually

about. Participants and their roles are: Kristin Carter, angel; April Eastman, angel; Amber Noce, angel; Michael Carter, Joseph; K.K.

Carter, Mary; Kristye Gill, angel; Becky Carter, angel; Dylan Noce, shepherd; Jack Carter, shepherd; and (not pictured) Josh Carter,

shepherd. Photo by Greg Householder

Reeves to speakat KFL

The Rev. Dr. Latisha D. Reeves will be the guest speaker for the Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon at noon Tuesday, Dec. 27. The KFL is a group of Christian men and women who meet weekly at the Golden Corral in Powell.

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p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31.

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The West Knox Toastmaster ■

Club meets 6:30 p.m. each

Thursday at Middlebrook

Pike UMC, 7324 Middlebrook

Pike. Now accepting new

members. Info: Ken Roberts,

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Camp 87, Sons of Confeder-ate Veterans will have its

monthly business meeting

7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, at

Beaver Creek Cumberland

Presbyterian Church, 7225

Old Clinton Pike. Prior to

the meeting, Sam Forrester

will present a program on

the battles during the War

Between the States along the

Chattahoochee River. Free

admission.

The Knoxville Writers’ ■

Guild will meet at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 5, at Laurel

Theater. Winners of this

year’s Knoxville Writers’

Guild contests will read their

entries. A $2 donation will

be requested at the door. Ev-

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Jamon Mitchell Thompson “White” celebrated his 95th birthday with family and friends Dec. 21.

Thompson was born in the Paint Rock community of Oneida, Tenn., in 1916, joined the Army at age 23, and served in World War II and the Korean War. He served his country for 22 years, obtaining the rank of sergeant 1st class. He also had a brief encounter with Gen. George Patton.

He married Reba Sexton Thompson and, after living

abroad in Germany for sever-al years, the couple moved to Columbia, S.C., where he tooka job working for the state that he held until retiring.

Jamon now lives in Powell. Reba passed away in 2005. They were married for 67 years.

Powell Playhouse to hold auditions for ‘Steel Magnolias’ this week

The Powell Playhouse will be holding audi-tions for its upcoming production of “Steel Magnolias” from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, and 3-5 p.m. Friday, Dec 30, at the Powell Library. The play will be presented Feb. 23-26. Rehearsals for “Steel Magnolias” will begin Jan. 2.

Powell’s Dreier to be a RailsplitterPowell’s Kelly Dreier,

fl anked by dad Butch and

mom Tandy, on Dec. 16

signed to play softball with

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and Jerry Willis. Photo by Greg Householder

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The line has been drawn. Old Vols are gathering in support of Bud Ford. Dozens already with many more to come are urging the admin-istration of the University of Tennessee to honor the “historian” agreement.

After just 46 years with the sports information de-partment, Ford is retiring on Dec. 31. In negotiating his exit, Ford asked to con-tinue as historian on a part-time basis for three years to oversee the transfer of records, documents, photo-graphs and treasured mem-orabilia from old quarters in Stokely Center to new vaults and workrooms in the Foot-ball Training Center.

Ford was also going to write the defi nitive record book.

Mike Hamilton, then ath-letic director, approved the proposal and sent a signed copy to Dr. Jimmy Cheek, UT chancellor. Token wages of $20,000 a year were involved. It was mostly a labor of love.

Indeed, Ford loves Ten-nessee records. He loves Tennessee tradition. He loves Tennessee. Since his days as a student, it has been a large part of his life.

While the late, great Haywood Harris was the front of UT sports infor-mation, Ford did much of the work behind the scene.

Old Vols rally in support of Bud FordGilbert’s opening para-

graphs were: “The Tennes-see Vol athletics depart-ment, indeed, the university itself, is in the clutches of neophytes who appear hell-bent on destroying its last vestiges of tradition and loyalty among the legions of UT alumni and fans.

“At the center of this carnage is Jimmy Stanton, whom then-athletics direc-tor Mike Hamilton hired to displace veteran Bud Ford as head of Vol athletics pub-lic relations. …”

Stanton, associate ath-letic director for commu-nications, made no formal announcement. Hart didn’t say much. Dr. Cheek has been silent.

Jerry Holloway, former tackle and the key link that holds former Tennessee athletes together, has said a lot:

“To: Teammates, coach-es, former Vols, family and friends,

“Thanks to all of you who have responded, many by phone, many by email to the previous message asking you to let Dave Hart (new UT AD) know that he will be making a huge mistake if he doesn’t honor the commitment made for Bud Ford to become UT’s athletic historian.

“Bud has no advocates within the ... system because

he has out-worked them all.“There is no one familiar

with the importance of the position and project, nor the outstanding job that only Bud could accomplish with the same pride and loyalty he has brought to work ev-ery day.

“We are Bud’s advocates. We know that much of the pride we feel when we say ‘Ain’t No Vol Like An Ol’ Vol’ is due to the rich legacy left to us by those who came before us. It is important that their history and ours be preserved so that future Vols and alumni can ap-preciate the heritage left to them.

“I have copied President DiPietro, Chancellor Cheek, the Board of Trustees, and AD Dave Hart with this email. I hope one of these will see to it that the com-mitment to Bud Ford is kept.

“Send emails and/or call these (and anyone else you know) to let them know the Ol’ Vols want Bud Ford to be UT athletic historian as he was promised.”

Dr. Joe DiPietro, [email protected]; Dr. Jimmy G Cheek, [email protected]; UT Board of Trustees, [email protected]; Dave Hart, [email protected]. Hart’s phone number is 865-974-1224.

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He recognized the value of old programs, pictures and newspaper clippings, and faithfully fi led thousands of information segments.

Harris was recognized by peers as the best in his profes-sion. Ford, a little later, won the same awards. Together, they were outstanding.

Incidentally, Harris re-mained with the athletic department as historian after retirement. Ford in-vited Harris to continue as press box public address an-nouncer. Harris made civic club speeches. He and Gus Manning, also retained in retirement, wrote books and did a radio show. As others came and went, they and Ford were the institutional memory of the Volunteers.

Dave Hart, new athletic director, vetoed the histo-rian plan in early Decem-ber. He told Ford the retire-ment date was fi rm, the end, no part-time continuation. He did not give a reason. He didn’t need one. He is the boss, authorized by the

chancellor to do whatever he feels is in the best interest of the athletic department.

Former Tennessee ath-letes say Hart has it wrong, that voiding the agreement with Ford is not in the best interests of Tennessee.

Jack Kile rose immedi-ately in support of Ford. His message to the chancellor: “I am writing as a Tennes-see alumnus, former foot-ball letterman (1959), past UT Lettermen’s Club presi-dent, former Athletic Board member, present T-Club Board member, 25-year do-nor to UT, and season ticket holder for football and both basketball programs. …”

Kile called for Dr. Cheek to solve the problem and re-port to UT alumni and fans.

Former quarterback Dewey Warren was among the fi rst to speak out. His message to old Vols went promptly to the point: “Guys, the Big Orange had better start pulling together or we will be a thing of the past. We need some UT guys in here fast. Everybody here now is Alabama and Florida right down to the ticket sales.”

The Swamp Rat referenced a biting column of criticism by Bob Gilbert, long-time university employee, honor-ary UT letterman and again a writer in semi-retirement.

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By Greg Householder

Just more than a year ago, the Powell Animal Hospital got into the pet grooming business when professional groomer Amy Nunn came on board. Earlier this month it doubled its grooming capac-ity with the addition of April Cox to the staff.

Cox, a single of mom of two, recently graduated from the Concord School of Grooming in West Knox-ville with a certifi cation as a Master All-Breed Profes-sional Groomer.

With Cox, the facility now offers expanded grooming hours. Nunn usually sees clients on Mondays and Tuesdays, and Cox works Wednesdays through Friday and Saturdays by appoint-ment.

Practice manager Valerie Ellis calls the two groomers “The Dynamic Hair Duo.”

Grooming is an important part of an animal’s health care. Cox is trained to ex-amine animals for problems with ears, skin, mouth and teeth. She informs the veter-inary staff at Powell Animal Hospital and the owner is informed before the animal is treated.

Powell Animal Hospital dog groomer April Cox brushes down

Daisy, a Maltese. Photo by Greg Householder

Powell Animal Hospital adds groomer

Some pets “enjoy” their grooming session better than others. Pets who fi nd the pampering a bit stressful sometimes require sedation. Sedation is relatively com-mon in the pet grooming world but at PAH it is treated much more seriously. Cox does not administer seda-tion – that is done by the veterinary staff, either by a veterinarian or a technician. Sedated animals are moni-tored and what better place to be if one is to have an un-pleasant reaction to sedation than a hospital?

Cox grew up in the Mossy Grove community in Mor-gan County. She has two daughters – Haley age 13

and Brianna age 12. She also has two Maltese dogs – Daisy and Maggie.

“I just love dogs,” says Cox when asked why she got into the grooming business.

She grooms cats as well.“I was one of the few in

school that was willing to do cats,” she says. Cats can be diffi cult to groom, espe-cially when using clippers around their faces.

She generally doesn’t like to muzzle the animal unless it’s absolutely necessary.

“I treat my clients like I want my own dogs treated.”

Cox can provide breed-specifi c cuts or custom cuts.

Info: 938-1884.

Keating buys First Tennessee TitleLongtime Knoxville title attorney Neil M. Keating has

purchased the assets of First Tennessee Title, which will now be doing business as MAC Title Inc. d/b/a First Tennessee Title Insurance Agency.

Keating specializes in title law and this transaction continues his long-term work relationship with First Tennessee Title into a new phase. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Law School and has been practicing title law for more than 40 years in the Knoxville area.

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BSP Deals launches website marketplaceTiffany Gleason, a native Knoxvillian and owner of Mys-

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By Rob Webb

Roof repairs are com-mon around Knoxville right now. During one recent repair, a furnace vent was acciden-tally cov-

ered leading to a build-up of carbon monoxide (CO) in the home.

Fortunately, the fur-nace automatically shut down, the homeowner requested service, and no one was stricken with CO poisoning. But this close call points out the risks and dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning, es-pecially during these cold winter months.

CO is an invisible and odorless gas produced by fuel-burning equip-ment, like furnaces, wood stoves and fi replaces. You can’t see or smell carbon

monoxide, but at high levels it can kill a person in minutes.

If appliances that burn fuel are maintained and used properly, the amount of CO produced is usually not hazardous. However, if appliances are not working properly or are used incorrectly, dangerous levels of CO can result. Carbon mon-oxide from cars and other vehicles can also enter the home through an at-tached garage.

The Centers for Dis-ease Control estimates an average of 21,000 CO ex-posures occur each year, resulting in the death of nearly 450 people. In-fants, elderly people and those with anemia, heart or respiratory disease are especially susceptible.

In order to pro-mote safe heating practices and prevent CO poisoning, Rural/Metro suggests having fuel-burning appliances

inspected and cleaned by professionals, and mak-ing sure alternative heat-ing sources are vented properly. Additionally, every home with a fuel-burning appliance or an attached garage should have at least one carbon monoxide alarm.

CO poisoning can of-ten be mistaken for other illnesses, such as the fl u or food poisoning. The most common symptoms include headache, diz-ziness, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and confusion. If there is a CO leak, more than one person in the house will often suf-fer symptoms at the same time.

If you suspect CO poi-soning or your CO alarm sounds, get everyone into fresh air immedi-ately and call a qualified profession to check for CO. If you’re experienc-ing symptoms, call 911 for immediate medical attention.

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Harold’s Tours to host presentationHarold’s Tours will host a pot luck dinner 11 a.m.

to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Halls Senior Center on Crippen Road. Come hear about tours planned for 2012 and bring a covered dish.


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Critter Tales

Let me just say right now that in the last fi ve minutes I have had shivers run up my spine four times from thinking about this week’s subject.

Spider babies:the real zombies

It has come to my atten-tion – thanks to an article by Rachel Kaufman on National Geographic’s website – that small spiders (specifi cally jumping spiders) have such little room inside their bodies that their brains will usually spill down into their legs.

That is disgusting. What’s even worse is the

bodies of baby spiders are usually too small to contain their brains, so their bodies will bulge until they grow a bit and are able to hold ev-erything in.

Which brings me to the reason I’m writing this about this subject.

Many people have told me I’m ridiculous for hav-

This communal spider web was found in Texas and was mea-

sured to be longer than a football fi eld. Communal webs allow

larger prey to be caught. It could happen to you, folks. Photo courtesy of Donna Garde

ing a phobia of spiders. But how could someone possi-bly remain calm when they are confronted at night on their front porch by some-thing furry, with eight legs and several eyes, it’s body bulging from it’s brain sticking out everywhere, that can jump on its din-ner and wrap it up like a mummy before sucking all the life from it?

I don’t understand why horror movies are fi lled with zombies, or aliens, or anything large enough to keep an eye on while you

run the opposite direction to get away from it.

Spiders are small enough to climb into your clothing when your not looking and hitchhike into your house. They could weave a nest in a corner and send out armies of brain-legged babies to take over your household. Spiders can creep in under a door or through the crack in a window. I’ve never heard of a zombie that could do any of that.If you have a question or comment for

Sara, call her at 218-9378 or email her at

[email protected].

The Halls Senior Center hosted a cookie exchange last week. If you missed it, all I can say is that you missed out!

Freshly baked cookies, fudge and chocolate-cov-ered goodies were brought in by some great bakers in the Halls community. Center coordinator Darrell Good-ing shared a recipe for his Apple Cranberry Harvest cookies that he has worked on to perfect the recipe. Af-ter one bite, I can honestly

Celebrating the season with cookies

Wanda Yount shows an ornament given to her by one of her

friends at the center.

Charlcie Munsey and Darrell Gooding set out cookies at the

Halls Senior Center. Photos by Ruth White.

say that they he has gotten the recipe just right.

Blanche Tuell with Medi Home Private Care provided a nice lunch for participants of the exchange before ev-eryone fi lled colorful holi-

The staff at Young-Williams would like you to meet

2-year-old female spaniel mix Chanelle. She is stunning

and sweet, and she loves all the visitors at the center

who say hello to her. Chenelle is available for adoption at

the main center at 3210 Division St. The “new” center at

Young-Williams Animal Village is at 6400 Kingston Pike.

Both facilities are open every day from noon to 6 p.m.

Visit www.young-williams.org to see photos of all of the

center’s adoptables and call 215-6599 for more informa-

tion about each pet.

For more information on Medi Home Private Care, contact the Knoxville offi ce at 470-4160.

day containers with dozens of sweets. Tuell explained to the senior adults the variety of services provided by Medi Home Private Care and how the services can help make daily living for a person re-covering from an illness or injury more comfortable.

Y-12 United Way campaign posts record results

United Way contribu-tions at the Y-12 National Security Complex reached a record high in 2011. Con-tributions from employees, retirees and the corporation totaled $961,225, the high-est United Way contribution level ever at the complex.

The campaign also added 10 Leadership Givers, bring-ing the total to 517. More than one out of fi ve employees now are Leadership Givers. Em-ployees also donated $71,000 of vacation time, a 60-percent increase over 2010.

Nearly 59 percent of Y-12 employees contributed to the campaign, an increase of three percentage points from 2010.

Hourly employees who donate at least $250 and weekly and salaried em-ployees who donate at least $1,000 or 1 percent of their salaries are considered Leadership Givers. Included in the number of leadership givers are 34 gold-level and 147 silver-level contributors from the Atomic Trades and Labor Council.


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