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By Jake Mabe

Robert Courtney will never forget the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941.

He lived, as he says, “out in the country” on the Pleasant Ridge side of Clin-ton Highway. That Sunday afternoon he was outside throwing football when his mother yelled, “Bob, come here quick!”

Courtney says he thought at fi rst something had hap-pened to his father.

“My mother said, ‘I hate

to tell you this, but Japan just now bombed Pearl Har-bor.’ I said, ‘Surely, they got more sense than that.’ The radio stayed on all night and come the next morning, we were at war, buddy.”

Not too long after that, Courtney was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving for four years. He was fi rst at-tached to the 100th Infantry Division. He was wounded in France in 1944. A Ger-man tank shot into a log cabin and part of the logs hit Courtney across the back.

He spent 10 days in the hos-pital and was then attached to the 45th Infantry Divi-sion for the remainder of the war.

Courtney, who now lives in Gibbs, will turn 90 years old on his next birthday (April 16). A few years ago his daughter helped him write down several of his wartime memories. Here are a few excerpts.

Anzio: “Anzio was by far the costliest of the three beachheads we made in It-aly in both men and equip-

How it was in World War II

Robert Courtney in his Army

uniform circa World War II. Photo submitted

ment. An entire unit of U.S. Rangers was killed after being sent up a deep ravine trying to get behind a large body of Germans defending Anzio. They were detected and both ends of the ravine were blocked.

“I had not had a letter from home since we left North Africa for the Italy in-vasion and I was very anx-ious to hear from the home front. We did not keep up with the dates as there was no way to get information. We didn’t know Mondays from Fridays, no birthdays, holidays … just tried to keep going so this thing would end as soon as possible.”

Southern France:“Heavy fi ghting took place

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“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 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.

George Doebler Photo by BettyBean

Former Lakeshore chaplain witness to changes

“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

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‘Polar Express’ stops at Shannondale

Shannondale Elementary

students Mackenzie Whit-

taker, Pierce Netherland and

Joseph Staff ord cuddle up

with some stuff ed animals

and prepare to watch “The

Polar Express” on the last

day of school before the

winter break. Photo by Ruth White

Former GI remembers Anzio, crossing the Rhineand helping liberate Dachau

Great gradsSandra Clark says each grad from the Kelley Academy has a story to tell.

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

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FEATURED COLUMNISTJAKE MABE

A-2 • DECEMBER 26, 2011 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS communityall the way to the Vosges Mountains and beyond. The Germans had all the main roads and highways mea-sured off for distance and knew just what to put on their guns to reach us.

“Upon reaching the moun-tains we again ran into very bad weather and high snow drifts. Tanks were slowed down to a crawl and fi ghting increased each day.”

That Dec. 25 (1944), Courtney says his unit was anxiously awaiting a Christ-mas meal of hot beans.

“We hadn’t had any hot meals in months. We saw the Jeep (with the food) stop.” So, too, did a German tank.

“They went at it and you can guess the rest. Pots and pans and beans went every-where. We had to get under-neath an old house that had been torn down.”

Nearing the Rhine: “One night we had a coun-terattack while we were dug in on top of a snow-covered ridge. … Along about mid-night, while I was napping, the guy in the hole with me

woke me up and said we were going to have com-pany. … We got ready and waited for the Germans to come over the brink of the hill. We met them with our two guns and they got back down the hill in a hurry.”

Crossing the Rhine: “After we fi nally got across the Rhine River, which looked like an ocean at night with all the search lights up and down the river, we spent a day or two in small canals on the other side. Many were killed.

“We then headed on into Germany and found they were putting everything into fortifying the inner part of (the country). They had near-ly 200 tanks lined across the high country ready for us. We had to call in the P-47 Thunderbolts once again for help. A day or two of that and they pulled back.”

Dachau: Among Court-ney’s war memorabilia is a photograph he took while helping liberate Dachau, the Nazis’ oldest concentration camp, which was located near Munich. He says he’s

How it was in World War IIFrom page A-1

Robert Courtney displays some artifacts from his

service in World War II, including a Nazi fl ag he got

shortly after Hitler’s death and a photo he took of

Dachau concentration camp near Munich, Germany. Photo by Jake Mabe

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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

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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.”

gotten into several argu-ments with people who try to say, “Oh, it wasn’t really like that.”

“At Dachau, we were or-dered to take over the guard-ing of the main gate and were shocked beyond belief at what we found. Thousands of peo-ple lay dead on the ground. Many had been (there) until the decomposed bodies were beyond identifying.

“Several boxcars were lined up along the out-side fence and bodies were stacked like fi rewood in them. (They) were naked. … Large mounds were on the property and we learned they had been fi lled with dead bodies before we had gotten there. (They had pushed) the bodies in with a bulldozer. Men, women and children perished in this slaughter.

“We could not have won the war without the help of our great Air Force and Navy and the other branches of ser-vice. We could not have won the war without the parents and friends who worked in the factories and war plants to give us the materials to do the job; the ones who wrote encouraging cards and let-ters; the offi cers who trained

us for the job; the medics who took care of us when we were hit and bleeding; the crowds who greeted us upon our return to the States.”

Courtney came home the last week of 1945. He soon married his wife, Nellie. They lived in Inskip before moving to Gibbs 24 years ago.

He worked at a store in Burlington for a couple of years after returning home before getting a job as a meat cutter at the A&P. He stayed there until A&P closed its Knoxville store.

Courtney visited area schools for about three years to tell students about his wartime experiences. He says he hopes somebody reads his story and “gets something out of it. That’s why I’m doing this.”

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

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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

A-4 • DECEMBER 26, 2011 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS government

VictorAshe

Betty Bean

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.”

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“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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Wishing you a Happy & Prosperous 2012

I am proud to represent the citizens of Halls & Powell.

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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.

Talk is circulating■ about a publicly funded non-profi t which is paying out very high salaries. County Mayor Tim Burchett knows about it and is appalled. Expect to be surprised by the amount and who it is.

Jones

HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 26, 2011 • A-5

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-

uate of the Paul L. Kelley Vol-

unteer Academy.

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.

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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.”

DeBusk

A-6 • DECEMBER 26, 2011 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS

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

PULL UP A CHAIR … | Jake Mabe

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 really listen? Is our mental version of the story based more on carols and Christmas pageants 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

How will we get to Bethlehem?Cross

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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)

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. 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 Norris

Freeway. Info: 922-8139.

Rec programsBeaver Ridge UMC ■ , 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway will have a

beginner yoga class 6-7 p.m.

Mondays upstairs in the family

life center. Cost is $10 per class

or $40 for fi ve classes. Bring

a mat, towel and water. Info:

Dena Bower, 567-7615 or email

[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 ■

Baptist 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.

Workshopsand classes

Fairview Baptist Church ■ ,

7424 Fairview Road off East

Emory Road, hosts a Cel-

ebrate Recovery program 7-9

p.m. Thursdays.

New Hope Baptist Church ■ ,

7602 Bud Hawkins Road in

Corryton, hosts Celebrate

Recovery adult and youth

classes 7 p.m. Tuesdays

and 12-step class 6:30 p.m.

Wednesdays. Info: 688-

5330.

Dayspring Church ■ , 901

Callahan Drive, Suite 109,

will offer Divorce Care

classes from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

on Monday evenings. There

is no charge for the 13-week

program and child care will

be provided. Info: 242-3995.

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

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’

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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Years ago, somebody might’ve called Andrew Mc-Mahan a “Renaissance man.”

He plays guitar, drums, piano and bass. He has an excellent academic record. He has racked up more than 500 hours of community service. He is a member of the Berean Swim Team at Berean Christian School. He is a member of the praise team at The Church at Ster-chi Hills.

A couple of years ago, his grandfather (“Poppy”), Fountain City resident Joe Hitch, went into the hospi-tal. While there, Joe intro-duced him to a friend, Lt. Vince Ayub of the Knoxville Police Department. Ayub is also a bagpiper.

Andrew had been inter-ested in the bagpipes for some time and soon began taking lessons. He now is a member of the Knoxville Pipes and Drums and the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association.

At a summer camp, he was introduced to a bagpipe instructor from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. After doing some more research, Andrew de-cided to apply to the college.

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Since May, students and staff members at Knoxville Taekwondo Academy have worked tirelessly to raise money through Training for Life safety education classes.

The money wasn’t for the academy, but for textbooks for wellness classes at Halls High School. The idea be-came reality after several tae kwon do students who

attended Halls High men-tioned that they didn’t have enough books in the Health and Wellness classes and many students had to share.

Robert Brewer, a profes-sor of Biological Sciences at Cleveland State Community College and friend of teach-er Aaron Kirby, is a student at the academy and helped owner/instructor Charlene Watson get in touch with

Kirby and fi nd out the need in the classroom.

Another tae kwon do stu-dent, Bob Elmore of Mod-ern Woodmen of America, joined in and presented an option for the fraternity to assist the community. El-more and the Modern Wood-men matched the funds raised by the academy and a total donation of $3,000 was made to the Halls High

wellness program. Beth Dishner of The

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Kirby was thrilled with the generous donation from community members who care about the health and safety of students at Halls High School.

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to the campus and then was invited to an offi cial, over-night visit. While there, he had to participate in a for-mal interview and debate.

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“I knew I wanted that military college atmo-sphere,” Andrew says. “I (was already looking) at go-ing to UT and taking ROTC. After my overnight visit (to The Citadel), I knew that was it,” he says, smiling. “I was ready to go there.”

Andrew won fi rst place at the Charleston Scottish Festival in Grade IV slow air solo competition and took second place in several oth-er categories. He won two second place awards at the Smoky Mountain Highland Games at Maryville College and took second place in marching at the Dandridge

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“It’s an interesting in-strument,” Andrew says. “Not that many people play it so there are many oppor-tunities. And I think my Scottish heritage got me in-terested in it.”

He has also set up a side business, playing the bag-pipes at special events, birthdays and funerals. (You can contact him at

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Andrew, who is home-schooled, has been taking dual credit classes at Pel-lissippi State since he was a sophomore. When he grad-uates, he will have already earned 24 college credits. He plans to one day join the military.

He is also a member of Boy Scout Troop 506 and is working on an Eagle Scout project – building a

12-by-7 cinderblock sign at the entrance to his church. Andrew’s parents, Brian and Denise Hitch, are quite proud of him.

“We were expecting that he’d get a partial scholar-ship (to The Citadel),” Brian says. “When his letter came in, we were just fl oored. He’s pretty well disciplined without us having to crack the whip. And he believes in giving back to the commu-nity, which is neat.”

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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 “his-torian” 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. 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,

Old Vols rally in support of Bud Ford 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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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

Christmasfrom A to Z

Joe Meade and Emma Shoup play xylophones during Shan-

nondale Elementary School’s “Christmas A to Z” program

last week. Photos by Ruth White By Ruth White

The 3rd grade choir at Shannondale Elementary School performed “Christmas A to Z” last week and rocked the house with a show fi lled with speakers, instruments and songs that brought laughter and smiles to the crowd.

Students recited a poem by Valerie Bryant Bennett that described Christmas with each letter of the alphabet and the choir sang traditional songs such as “Jingle Bells” and “Caroling, Caroling” and some entertaining songs such as “Everlasting Fruitcake” and “Blitzen’s Boogie.”

Taeg Horner entertains the crowd with the 3rd

grade choir during a high-energy performance of

“Blitzen’s Boogie.”Attention: Fulton AlumniThe Fulton Alumni Association is gathering information

for a directory. Deadline for submissions is Jan. 10. Info: www.fultonfalcons.com or call Ray Abbas, 607-3074.

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.

Gilbert’s opening para-

HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 26, 2011 • A-11 business

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.

The company offi ces are located 9047 Executive Park Drive, Suite 100, and may be reached at 690-0831 or [email protected]/.

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

tery Shoppers, has launched BSP Deals, a website designed to advertise and sell discounted products and services that small businesses need but might not be able to afford.

The operation is simple. A business lists its product or service at a savings to other businesses for a limited time. There is no fi nancial investment required to be on the BSP website. Buyers pay BSP Deals which retains a commission and passes the bal-ance to the seller.

If an offer has not sold by the time it rolls off the website, the business does not pay a fee. Info: www.bspdeals.com, [email protected] or 253-7093.

By Rob Webb

Roof repairs are common around Knoxville right now. During one recent repair, a furnace vent was accidentally covered leading to a

build-up of carbon monoxide (CO) in the home.

Fortunately, the furnace 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, especially during these cold winter months.

CO is an invisible and odorless gas produced by fuel-burning equipment, 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 incor-rectly, dangerous levels of CO can result. Carbon monoxide from cars and other vehicles can also enter the home through an attached garage.

The Centers for Disease Control estimates an aver-age of 21,000 CO exposures occur each year, resulting in the death of nearly 450 people. Infants, elderly peo-ple and those with anemia, heart or respiratory disease

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heating practices and pre-vent CO poisoning, Rural/Metro suggests having fuel-burning appliances inspected and cleaned by professionals, and making sure alternative heating sources are vented properly. Additionally, every home with a fuel-burning appli-

ance or an attached garage should have at least one carbon monoxide alarm.

CO poisoning can often be mistaken for other ill-nesses, such as the fl u or food poisoning. The most common symptoms include headache, dizziness, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and confusion. If there is a CO leak, more than one

person in the house will often suffer symptoms at the same time.

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

Gallaher Spa MD opensGallaher Spa MD has opened a new branch near Tennova’s North Knoxville Medical Center at 7560 Dannaher Drive. The

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Just 15 minutes of physical ac-tivity a day can reduce your risk of death by 14 percent and increase your life expectancy by three years, a new study suggests. Current rec-ommendations call for adults to do at least 150 minutes, or a total of 2.5 hours, of physical activity weekly. But the new study fi nds that doing even less than that – 15 minutes daily is about 105 minutes a week – still provides benefi ts.

The study included more than 400,000 people in Taiwan who were followed for an average of eight years. Based on their self-reported amounts of weekly exer-cise, they were placed in one of fi ve categories: inactive, low, medium, high or very high activity.

Month-by-month plan

A little exercise goes long way to cut your risk of disease and death

The people in the low-activity group exercised for an average of 92 minutes per week, or just under 15 minutes a day. Compared to those in the inactive group – who did al-most no physical activity – those in the low-activity group were 14

When packing up your holiday leftovers, make sure they’re prop-erly stored to prevent foodborne illness.

The American Dietetic Asso-ciation offers these suggestions for safe storage of your holiday left-overs:

Make sure all storage con-■ tainers are airtight and shallow.

Place all leftovers in the re-■ frigerator within two hours of cooking.

Pull turkey off the bone and ■ package it separately from stuffi ng and gravy.

Eat refrigerated turkey, cas-■ seroles or cooked vegetables with-in three or four days; eat stuffi ng or gravy within one or two days.

Eat pies made with cream ■ or fruit within two or three days; cheesecake within seven days.

Make sure leftovers are re-■ heated to 165 degrees Fahrenheit.

If in doubt, throw it out.■

Don’t let leftovers spoil your holiday

Resolve to get fi t in 2012

percent less likely to die from any cause, 10 percent less likely to die of cancer and had a three-year lon-ger life expectan-cy, on average.

Every addi-tional 15 minutes of daily exercise beyond the mini-mum 15 minutes

further reduced the risk of all-cause death by 4 percent and the risk of cancer death by 1 percent. The bene-fi ts of even low levels of physical ac-tivity were seen in all age groups, in both men and women, and in people with cardiovascular disease risks.

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B-2 • DECEMBER 26, 2011 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS

RuthWhite

Sara Barrett

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. Photocourtesy 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-

HALLS SENIOR CENTEREvents for the week of Dec. 26:

Monday, Dec 26: ■ Center closed for Christmas holiday.

Tuesday, Dec. 27: ■ 10 a.m., Canasta; 11 a.m., Exer-cise; 12:30 p.m., Mexican Train dominoes; 2 p.m., Movie Time; 2 p.m., Tea Dance class.

Wednesday, Dec. 28 ■ : 10 a.m., Bingo; 10 a.m., Hand & Foot; 12:30 p.m., Bridge; 1 p.m., Rook; 1 p.m., SAIL exercise; 2:15 p.m., Yoga.

Thursday, Dec. 29: ■ 10 a.m., Line dance class; 10 a.m., Pinochle; 10 a.m., Quilting; 11 a.m., Exercise; 1:30 p.m., Dominoes; 1:30 p.m., Board game social.

Friday, Dec. 30: ■ 9:30 a.m., Pilates; 10 a.m., Eu-chre; 10:30 a.m., Walking Club; 12:30 p.m., Mexican Train dominoes; 1 p.m., SAIL exercise; 1 p.m., Western Movie.

Info: 922-0416. For a complete calendar of events, call the Halls Senior Center or visit www.knoxseniors.org/seniors.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.

ter one bite, I can honestly 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-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.

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

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-Wil-

liams 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 information about each pet.

HEALTH NOTESAlzheimer’s care- ■

giver support group meets 6-7 p.m. each third Thursday at Elmcroft As-sisted Living and Memory Care in Halls. Light re-freshments. RSVP appreci-ated. Info: 925-2668.

Alzheimer’s sup- ■

port group meets 6:30 p.m. each fi rst Thursday at Beaver Creek Cumberland Pres-byterian Church, 7225 Old Clinton Pike. Info: 938-7245.

Cancer survivor ■

support groups, Mon-

day evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, at the Wellness Community, 2230 Suther-land Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings. Cancer family bereavement group is Thursday eve-nings. Info: 546-4661.

Grief support ■

groups at Fort Sand-ers Sevier Hospital 6 p.m. the fi rst Thursday of each month; 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Home Care Knoxville offi ce; and 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. the

fourth Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Home Care Oak Ridge offi ce. Registration required. Info or to register: 541-4500.

Lung cancer sup- ■port group meets 6 p.m. the third Monday every month at Baptist West Can-cer Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. No charge, light refreshments served. Info: Trish or Amanda, 218-7081.

Stop Smoking: 215- ■QUIT (7848) is a pro-gram of the Knox County Health Department. The hotline is answered 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday

through Friday.UT Hospice ■ con-

ducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults (18 and older) interested in becom-ing volunteers with its pro-gram. No medical experi-ence is required. Training is provided. Info: 544-6279.

UT Hospice Adult ■Grief Support, for any adult who is suffering loss, meets 6 to 7:30 p.m. the fi rst and third Tuesday of every month in the UT Hospice of-fi ce, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper will be served. Info or to reserve a spot: 544-6277.

Check out updates on all your favorite articles throughout the week at

www.ShopperNewsNow.com

HOLIDAY NOTESFirst Night Knoxville 2012 ■

at Market Square, will begin

at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31.

Features music, dancing,

storytelling, children’s

activities and more. Info: www.

cityofknoxville.org/Christmas.

New Years Eve Extrava- ■

ganza Saturday, Dec. 31, LC

Family Fun and Karaoke, 1850

Old Highway 95 in Lenoir City.

Arcade games, pool tables,

basketball, air hockey, live

music and watching the ball

drop in New York City on a big

screen. Talk show host Marla

Higginbotham will be the mas-

ter of ceremonies. Tickets are

$35 ($60 per couple) and can

be purchased at Debra’s Nails

Desire on Kingston Pike and

Kings Inn Motel in Lenoir City.

Doors open at 7 p.m., music

starts at 9. Info: 332-0957.

The Festival of Lights ■ will be

held at the Cove at Concord

Park on Northshore Drive

6-9 p.m. through Friday, Dec.

30. Hot dogs, hot chocolate,

bonfi res for roasting marsh-

mallows and s’mores. Leashed

pets are welcomed. Info: www.

knoxcounty.org/parks.

966.6597www.sbret.com

contact: Karen 966-6597or Tyrine at 426-3955

email: [email protected]

Small Breed RescueSmall Breed Rescueof East TN

Space donated by Shopper-News.

Small Breed Rescue has small breed dogs

in all sizes, breeds and ages.

This is Mckenzie, a one year old

female Chihuahua mix

Bubbles, a 10 week old

female Boston Terrier/

Pomeranian mix

beforethe New Year?"

Won't you consider adding a rescue dog to your family?

"Wouldn't it be great if"Wouldn't it be great ifwe could all find homes …we could all find homes …

HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS • DECEMBER 26, 2011 • B-3

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and looking up names and addresses. Work when you want to,

there is no investment required, but must have your own computer

& color copier. Also must be familiar with Microsoft Word

and Excel Spreadsheets. Great for retirees!

Newspapers furnished. Send resume to: PO Box 32369,

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General 109 General 109

Lost & Found 13FOUND: Dec 16 in

Halls: lady's bracelet. To identify, call 922-5961.

Special Notices 15DAV Chapter 24 has

FREE RENTAL OF POWER OR MANUAL

WHEEL CHAIRS available for any area disabled veteran. Also looking for donations of used wheelchairs

(power only). Call 765-0510 for information.

Homes 40SELL YOUR HOUSE

IN 9 DAYS 865-365-8888

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For Sale By Owner 40aFSBO 3BR/2BA. 1500

sq ft North Knox close to town. $142,900. Call 235-7444.

FSBO, OAK RIDGE, OWNER FINANCING. 5BR/4.5BA, 2-car gar. Call 482-7878 or 207-2482 for appointment.

NEWPORT. 3 BR, 2 BA, 2 story, approx 2 yrs old with 1568 +/- SF. 361 Woodson Dr. Asking $114,900 & owner will finance w/$5,750 dwn. Bill 877-488-5060, ext 323

West 40wFARRAGUT, 3 BR, 2BA, 1 level, 2 car gar., on almost 1/2 acre, remodeled + new roof & carpet,

heat pump new 2008, Stonecrest Subdiv.,

445 Oran Rd., $156,000. 865-898-3022 ***Web ID# 901928***

Condos- Townhouses 42FSBO CONDO, Ftn City

2BR/2BA, 2-car gar. Vaulted ceiling, gas FP, screened porch w/hot tub, lg patio w/gas grill, sec sys, all kit appls. By appt. $144,900. 688-1857

Lakefront Property 47DREAMING of a beautiful Lake Front Home on Watts Bar Lake? MOTIVATED SELLER has 4 bdrm, 3 bath, completely renovated, nice level lot, includes boat dock with two boat lifts, located in Ten Mile, TN. Call today 931-265-7383 or 931-261-2288.

Cemetery Lots 49Lynnhurst Cemetery In

Prime Section B-33, (4) lots, $6000. Call 865-688-1587.

Real Estate Service 53Prevent Foreclosure Free Report / Free Help

865-365-8888 PreventForeclosureKnoxville.com

Office Space - Rent 65

^HALLS OFFICES

Singles $350/mo. Call Steve at 679-3903.

Comm. Prop. - Rent 66

MULTI-USE RENTAL

FACILITY

avail. at 2600 Hol-brook Dr in Ftn City.

2 blocks from Ftn City Lake. Ideal for

family reunions, birthday parties,

clubs, etc. Plenty of adjoining parking. 524-4840 or 803-2159

Apts - Unfurnished 71SOUTH, 2 BR, 1 BA, 1200SF, appls., priv. $675/mo+dep, no pets/ smoking. 865-577-6289

Apts - Furnished 72WALBROOK STUDIOS

251-3607 $130 weekly. Discount

avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic

Cable. No Lse.

Houses - Unfurnished 743 BR, 2 1/2 BA home off John Sevier near UT/downtown, stove, frig., & W/D hookups. $850/mo. + dep. No pets. Credit check.

865-385-2860

BEAUTIFUL 2 Story 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA, gar., big deck, stor. bldg, fncd bkyard on cul-de-sac, exc. West loc. $1100 mo. 865-816-4400

***Web ID# 910079***

CLAXTON-Powell, 3BR 2 BA, spacious,

convenient, 1st/L/DD No pets. 865-748-3644

FARRAGUT, 3 BR, 2 BA, 1600 SQ. FT., remodeled, $1,250 per mo. 865-356-3417

***Web ID# 907937***

HALLS 2BR. W/D conn. $450/mo, $200/dep. Call 922-8145.

Condo Rentals 76

�� 3720 TILBURY Way, 2BR

2BA, sgl garage, excel. cond., no pets, 1 yr lease, $725/mo, $700 dam dep. 922-2403 or 705-4217.

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HALLS AREA 2-STORY TOWNHOUSE

2 large BR/1.5BA kitchen appls incl'd, W/D conn. No pets, $550/mo + $550 dam-age dep. 1-yr lease. 254-9552, 388-3232

Magnificient Condo West In UPSCALE $$ Subd Dynamic lease/buy opt. Unreal Low price to buy with 100% rent payments deducted.

2100 sq.ft. up, 2100 bsmt (partially finished).

MUST see to appreciate. FULL info & MANY

pictures online: www.billsavaloncondo.com (865) 679-8343

Trucking Opportunities 106

�� CDL CLASS A truck

driver. Immediate opening. FT/PT. Call 9a-3p, M-F. If you want to work, call me. 992-1849.

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Education 107LITTLE PEOPLE

PRESCHOOL now hiring. Must be 18 with high school di-ploma. Experience preferred but not necessary. FT & PT available. Benefits available. Call 688-7806 or 922-1335 or stop by 6830 Tice Lane, Knoxville.

Business Equipment 1333 STATIONS, set up,

beauty shop equip-ment, $2500 or b.o. Phone 865-603-1297

Cats 140HIMALAYAN

KITTENS CFA, Seal Point, $450. 865-548-9205

***Web ID# 911187***

JAPANESE Bobtail neutereds retired show cat, Purrfect for cat connoisseur. $250. 865-556-2904.

***Web ID# 909846***

Persian Xmas babies, CFA reg, ch. bldlns, 1 F torti, 1 M red, $300 up. 423-295-2233; 865-306-3536

SELKIRK REX "the curly coated chenille kitty". Kittens ready after Christmas. Big,

fluffy retired show cat, blue, neut. ready

now. $250-$600. 865-556-2904

***Web ID# 909841***

Dogs 141AKC REG'D Boxer pup-

pies. Tails cut already, all shots/wormed. Males & females, faun & wht. 244-0349.

Dogs 141BLOODOODLE

PUPPIES, 8 wks. old, $100. Phone 865-230-

3243

CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIELS.

LATE CHRISTMAS PUPPIES. Taking

deposits. Contact for more info. 423-639-4306 ***Web ID# 910315***

Chihuahua Christmas puppies, 6 wks, reg., vet ckd, dewormed, $250 cash. 865-247-4964

***Web ID# 911940***

CHIHUAHUAS, long haired, $350. 1 male, 1 Female. 865-659-8923

***Web ID# 909678***

DACHSHUNDS, Mini, M&F, different pat-terns, starting $250. 865-428-9228

***Web ID# 909983***

DOBERMAN AKC, 11 wks, Shots, 20 lb male, Black/Rust, Housebroken, Only 1 Left. $400. 865-428-6981.

***Web ID# 909847***

German Shepherd puppies, AKC reg, imported working bldlines, $400 & up. 865-717-0012

***Web ID# 910676***

GOLDEN DOODLES, CKC, wormed, 1st & 2nd shots. Color golden. M $350; F $400. 931-349-6417

***Web ID# 910522***

LAB PUPS, AKC, 6 wks. old, yellow,

dewormed, 1st shots, $250-$300. 865-248-8073 ***Web ID# 910708***

Miniature Pinscher Puppies CKC Reg., all S&W are current, $250. 423-775-3662

Pembroke Welsh Cor-gis, AKC reg, 3 F, 1st shots, $500. 423-318-2901; 423-748-1161

POMERANIAN AKC female, orange, sable, parti, 3 mos. old $350. 865-925-2987

***Web ID# 910527***

POMERANIAN Pup-pies, toy, shots, 8 wks. 12/12/11, $450. 548-9205

***Web ID# 911178***

POMERANIANS AKC tiny parti puppies, champ. lines, shots & wormed, $600-$800. 865-925-2761

***Web ID# 909661***

Rottweiler Puppies, AKC, ready at Christmas. 3 M 1 F. $1250. 606-524-8976

Schnauzers, Miniature, reg., black, salt/pepper, super coated, 1st shots, dew claws, tails dked, $300-$400. 423-736-0277

***Web ID# 911183***

SIBERIAN HUSKY puppies, AKC reg, ready 12/9. $550. 865-437-8550 ***Web ID# 910115**

STANDARD POO-DLE, AKC, 8 mo. old, white Male, $200. 865-230-3243

YORKIE, AKC female puppy. $500.

Call 865-548-3940 ***Web ID# 909807***

YORKIE PUPPIES, reg., shots/wormed M $250, F $350. 865-382-7781, 865-933-5894

YORKIES, M/F, solids/parti's, champ.

pedigree, all CKC, $400-$600. 423-337-4330 ***Web ID# 910858***

Pet Services 144�� PET GROOMING

SHOP, wait or drop off. Andersonville Pike, Halls. 925-3154.

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Free Pets 145

** ADOPT! * *

Looking for a lost pet or a new one? Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official

shelter for the City of Knoxville & Knox County: 3201 Division St. Knoxville. www.knoxpets.org * * * * * * * *

Farmer’s Market 150I'm Paying Top Dollar

for Standing Timber, hardwood & pine. 5 acres or more. Call 865-982-2606; 382-7529

Lawn-Garden Equip. 1902005 J.D. riding mower 22HP 42" cut, very good cond. $1,000/bo 865-805-8585

Buildings for Sale 191U.S. STEEL building

20x20, Q type, never erected, $5,000 obo. 865-388-8808

Jewelry 2022.29 CARAT genuine

ruby solitaire ring, new, never worn, $175. 423-736-3271

Household Furn. 204HUGE 6' diameter

Wagon Wheel Chan-delier, good cond. $500 obo. 742-4184

Mattresses. Sealy, Stearns & Foster, Serta, Qn & King

$499-$799. 865-947-2337

Household Appliances 204a

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty 865-455-3447 1716 E. Magnolia Ave.

Exercise Equipment 208BOFLEX Ultimate 2,

exc cond. Extra attachments. $550. OBO. 865-389-4546

Collectibles 213ELEC. TRAIN SETS,

Miniature Merry Go Round. All new. 865-522-4610, 865-742-5045

Boats Motors 2322007 Yamaha Wave

Runner VX Sport, 1 ownr, less than 25 hrs, up to date on all maint., trailer & cover incl. $7,000 obo. 865-806-5266

***Web ID# 910469***

Campers 235CAMPERS WANTED

We buy travel trailers, 5th Wheels, Motor homes & Pop-Up Campers. Will pay cash. 423-504-8036

Motor Homes 237

STORAGE RV BOAT STORAGE

West Knoxville 865-803-7977

Motorcycles 238Harley Night Train

2003, 20K orig mi, adult ridden, ga-raged, with extras, $9,000. 865-548-6296

HONDA CRF150, 2007 excel. cond. Great Christmas gift $1500 OBO. 865-414-3977

Autos Wanted 253A BETTER CASH

OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running

or not. 865-456-3500

Cash For Junk Cars, Trucks, Vans. Fast Free Pickup. 865-556-

8956; 865-363-0318

Trucks 257CHEVY SILVERADO

Z71, 1998, Ext cab, towing pkg, 157k mi., new air & tires, $5500/bo 865-805-8585

MAZDA B2200 1988, shortbed truck. Auto. One owner. 130,000 mi. $1,000 o.b.o. 865-686-0582.

4 Wheel Drive 258CHEVY BLAZER 1979,

350, manual trans., $1500, also 1985 Chevy Blazer, 350 auto., $1800.

both hail damage. 865-573-1489; 805-8497

Dodge Ram 1500 2003, local 1 owner, reg cab, many opts, very clean, $8900. 865-688-1432

Antiques Classics 260CHEVROLET COR-

VAIR 1967, nice car, $4000/b.o. 423-300-7030

Sport Utility 261DODGE DURANGO 1999, 4X4, VGC, lthr. seats, 47,600 mi $7,500

Mike 865-548-8396 ***Web ID# 912124***

GMC YUKON 2000, V8, AT, 2 WD, leather, 3rd row seat, very reliable, $3700/obo 865-388-8808

***Web ID# 910032***

TOYOTA 4-RUNNER 2008, sport edition 4WD, V6, 44K mi, Shadow Mica color, 1 ownr, $28,000 obo. 865-806-5266

***Web ID# 910464***

Domestic 265CHEVY IMPALA LT

2007, 46K mi., all pwr., remote start, nice. $8250. 522-4133.

Air Cond / Heating 301

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Alterations/Sewing 303ALTERATIONS

BY FAITH Men women, children.

Custom-tailored clothes for ladies of all

sizes plus kids! Faith Koker 938-1041

Attorney 306

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Cement / Concrete 315

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Childcare 316

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Cleanin g 318WE'LL GET your house

ready for the holi-days! Cleaning, deco-rating, window & car-pet cleaning. Homes & offices! Lic'd ins'd & bonded. Estimates & refs avail. Call 363-8207 or 809-8543.

Electrical 323V O L E l e c t r i c � I ns t a l l a t i o n � R e p a i r � M a i n t e n a n c e � S e r v i c e U p -

g r a d e s � Ca b l e � P h o n e L i n es

S ma l l j o b s w e l c o m e .

L i c e n s e d / I n s u r e d O f c : 9 4 5 - 3 0 5 4 C e l l : 7 0 5 - 6 3 5 7

Excavating/Gradin g 326

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^Bobcat/Backhoe. Small

dump truck. Small jobs welcome & appreciated! Call 688-4803 or 660-9645.

Fencing 327UPRIGHT FENC-

ING, all types, free estimates. Licensed & insured. When you want the job done right, call 689-1020.

Firewood 329FIREWOOD FOR SALE: oak, etc. $65/rick deliv-ered, $55 if you pick up. Call 719-4762.

Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE instal-

lation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 32 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328

Furniture Refinish. 331DENNY'S FURNITURE

REPAIR. Refinish, re-glue, etc. 45 yrs exp! 922-6529 or 466-4221

Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER

SERVICE. Will clean front & back $20 & up. Quality work, guaran-teed. Call 288-0556.

Landscaping 338LANDSCAPING MGMT

Design, install, mulch, small tree/shrub work, weeding, bed renewal, debri clean-up. Free estimates, 25 yrs exp!

Mark Lusby 679-9848

Lawn Care 339

^COOPER'S BUDGET

LAWN CARE. Cheaper than the rest, but still the best. Aeration, mulch-ing, mowing, trimming, fertilizing, overseeding, etc. Dependable, free estimates. 384-5039.

Lawn Care 339� � � � � � � � � �

BEELER'S LAWN SERVICE

Mowing, mulching, bed clean-up, aera-tion, over-seeding, trimming, fertiliz-ing. Free est, rea-sonable! 925 -4595

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FRED'S LAWN CARE Seeding, aerating, trimming, etc. Mi-nor mower repairs.

Reasonable, great refs! 679-1161

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*************** GROUND CONTROL Lawn Care and Landscaping. Clean up your yard for winter. Leaf clean-up, gutter clean-out, tree service, mulch-ing, all your land-scaping needs. Free estimates. 257-8230.

*************** Paving 345

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Plumbing 348

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Plumbing 348MIKE DARDEN

LICENSED PLUMBER 922-7758

WOOD PLUMBING Lic'd, $40 flat hourly rate.

No svc chgs! � service � repair � water heaters � installations

Call 360-0406 www.woodplumbing.

yolasite.com

Remodeling 351Licensed General

Contractor Restoration, remodel-

ing, additions, kitchens, bathrooms, decks, sun-

rooms, garages, etc. Residential & commer-

cial, free estimates. 922-8804, Herman Love.

SPROLES DESIGN CONSTRUCTION *Repairs/additions

*Garages/roofs/decks *Siding/paint/floors 938-4848 or 363-4848

Tree Service 357

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TREE SERVICE

Over 30 yrs. experience!

Trimming, removal,

stump grinding,

brush chipper,

aerial bucket truck.

Licensed & insured.

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Village atTimberlakeStarting in the $220s• Maintenance-Free Living• Open Floor Plan Design• Granite Kitchen Counters• Master on Main• Screen Porch, Stone Fireplace

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