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By Wendy SmithBearden High School students

and parents didn’t lament the possible loss of long, leisurely summers during principal John Bartlett’s discussion of Knox County Schools’ proposed bal-anced calendar.

There was little reaction, aside from a few questions about spe-cifi cs, to the idea that the 2016-2017 school calendar could have two-week fall, winter and spring breaks and an eight-week summer break. There would still be 180 in-structional days.

Bartlett began the discussion by reminding students and par-ents, who attended the evening meeting to discuss scheduling as well as a balanced calendar, that nothing is set in stone.

“This is a conversation that is just starting and nobody has de-cided anything yet.”

Other local school systems, like Maryville, Alcoa and Oak Ridge, are already on balanced calen-dars.

The school calendar should be structured around needs of stu-

dents, and the current calendar, with a 53-day summer break, was set up to meet the needs of an agrarian society. Not many stu-dents are hauling hay anymore, Bartlett said.

The balanced calendar is in-tended to provide more continu-ous learning. Remediation would be offered during the fi rst week of fall and spring breaks, which would give struggling students the opportunity to catch up.

A shorter summer break would also reduce summer learning loss, which most affects students who spend summers at home watch-ing television and playing video games.

Less time spent reading and interacting with adults results in learning loss, which leaves teach-ers playing catch-up for the fi rst two weeks of fall semester, he said.

But studies comparing the aca-demic success of students on tra-ditional and balanced calendars have been inconclusive, especially for students who are engaged dur-ing the summer months.

Another challenge would be

changing the mindset of parents who grew up with long summer

breaks and want their kids to have the same experi-ence.

A balanced cal-endar wouldn’t af-fect school athlet-ics programs, and teams would con-tinue to practice during fall and

spring breaks. Bartlett conjec-tured that childcare centers would adjust to meet the needs of a bal-anced calendar.

He emphasized that Bearden’s block scheduling wouldn’t neces-sarily change due to conversion to a balanced calendar.

Bearden has four classes each semester, and students receive a full credit for each one, as opposed to six or seven classes each day for a full year.

But a balanced calendar could cost more than a traditional cal-endar due to the expense of trans-porting students during the reme-diation periods built into fall and

spring breaks. If funds currently spent on transporting students for summer remediation can be shifted, there may be no added ex-pense, he said.

Block scheduling also costs more than traditional scheduling, and since school budgets are fi xed, it might be reconsidered at some point. Bartlett emphasized that block scheduling will continue at Bearden for the foreseeable fu-ture.

If the county switches to a bal-anced calendar, students would be allowed to miss a few days of school in order to attend Gover-nor’s school, he said. School would start a week early, and graduation would be bumped back a week.

Mark Wilkerson, whose daugh-ter is a rising sophomore, said that he needed more information before he could form an opinion about a balanced calendar, but that it was presented positively. He’s strongly in favor of block scheduling, which he thinks helps students understand the rigor of a college course load.

“That part has got to stay.”

John Bartlett

The pros and cons of a balanced school calendar

By Ruth WhiteGibbs High School art teacher Ethan Pignataro

encouraged students to submit preliminary sketch-es for consideration by the Dogwood Arts Festival committee to be the design on this year’s festival guitar. From that group, Kaitlyn Hartness’ work was selected and then chosen best among entries from high schools across the county.

Kaitlyn’s sketch features black and white tribal prints that fade into colorful abstract fi gures. She will begin work on the actual guitar within the next week and will use acrylics to complete the project. The event is hosted by Rhythm n’ Blooms, and the guitar will be auctioned off during the Dogwood Arts Festival.

Congratulations, Kaitlyn!

Gibbs High student Kaitlyn Hartness prepares to paint the guitar to be featured at the Dogwood Arts Festival.

Photo by R. White

A close-up of Kaitlyn’s drawing

entitled “Recovery.”

This artist rocks!

City continues work at Fountain City Lake By Sandra Clark

If it quacks like a duck …Don’t visit Fountain City Town

Hall and call the lake a duck pond. You’ll risk the present wrath of Charlotte Davis and the possible haunting of Mary Lou Horner.

Ben Swanner of the city’s Engi-neering Department, stormwater division, got an earful last week as he explained the city’s completed work and future plans for the lake.

Swanner said “pond” three

times before Davis interrupted: “Excuse me, it’s a lake.”

Swanner said, “You’ll have to excuse me. I’m from Kentucky.”

Fountain City Lake has been a source of pride since its construc-tion in 1935. The lake is spring fed and discharges directly into First

Creek. The Fountain City Lions Club has responsibility for up-keep, mowing, landscaping, etc.

Ben Easterday of the Lions Club contacted the city about two years ago, Swanner said, asking for help with the algae and serious leak-ing that had dropped the water level. “We’ve got big problems with muskrats and holes,” Swanner re-called Easterday saying.

Mayor Madeline Rogero said previously that the problems were

bigger than the Lions Club could handle. So she put $250,000 into the city’s capital budget for work at the lake.

Here’s the plan: ■ The outlet structure was re-

placed to maintain pond depth; ■ A long-term maintenance

program was installed to improve pond water quality;

■ Existing mechanical systems

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Kiwanis eventNorthside Kiwanis Club

will host a Pancake Jamboree and Bake Sale from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 544 N. Broadway.

Tickets at $4 ($10 per family, up to four) are avail-able from Northside Kiwanis members or at the door. All proceeds go to support the ser-vice activities of the Northside Kiwanis Club. Info: Tom Mat-tingly, 414-6218.

GOP reorganizationThe Knox County Republi-

can Party will hold its biannual reorganization with precinct meetings at the polling places at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, unless otherwise scheduled by the precinct chair.

Delegates elected at the pre-cincts will meet for the county convention at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 7, at The Crown College in Powell. Info: Ruthie Kuhl-man, chair.

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Marvin WestSports columnist Marvin

West looks at Tennessee’s new offensive coordinator, Mike DeBord, and his fi t in maintaining “the best staff in America.”

That’s what Butch promised when he was hired. No reason for him to back down, writes West. His column is on page A-4.

Betsy PickleRead Knoxville’s best movie

critic’s take on this year’s Oscars, and match wits with a professtional.

Check out Weekender, inside.

Betty BeanTyler Harber: Ace political

reporter Betty Bean was writ-ing about this youthful politico some 14 years ago and she’s kept up with him ever since. Now he’s probably heading to jail after last week’s guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Virginia. Bean looks back and ahead with “The Rise and Fall of Tyler Harber.” Inside.

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Cindy Taylor

In her early 20s, author Marilyn Wing didn’t con-sider herself an especially religious person. She read her Bible, but it wasn’t until she met and married Frank Lazzari that she learned the true meaning of living life on a wing and a prayer. That was also when she began to understand the term “sur-vival of the fi ttest.”

On a wing and a prayer

Marilyn Wing learning to fl y circa 1951

Photo submittedMarilyn Wing poses for a photo with a Cessna

at Downtown Island Home Airport. She sports

a favorite hat that has traveled the world with

her for years. Photo by Cindy Taylorwherever her dreams would take her. Marilyn chose a trip to Venezuela to visit her sister’s family.

Wing’s future husband, Frank Lazzari, was an air-line pilot who felt the call of the wild and longed for more excitement than stan-dard roundtrip fl ights could offer. In Venezuela, Lazzari met Wing and soon sparks were fl ying.

Their whirlwind romance was right out of a Hollywood script: They had met one evening at a party, he pro-posed that same evening, and they were married two weeks later. Sound like a real adventure? You haven’t heard the best part.

On their fi rst date, Laz-zari had shared with Wing his dream to own a bush pilot business and asked about her dreams. She ad-mitted that she didn’t really have any yet. But once they were married, Lazzari’s dream became Marilyn’s as well. Unable to afford to pay his wife a salary, Lazzari in-stead taught her to fl y. And so began the adventures of these bush pilot pioneers in the then-uncharted wilds of the Venezuelan interior.

Having settled now in Powell, Wing recounts her early years with Lazzari in her book “Blue Skies Green Hell.” The autobiography describes Wing’s life in the early 1950s, when she took a chance and left her secure city environment for a time of adventure in Venezuela. What others called hard-ships, she considered incon-veniences.

Her story is one of meet-

ing exciting new friends, losing a few dear ones and discovering her own dreams along the way. Wing claims she found her own paradise in an unforgiving country. She gives thanks in the book to her sister and her sister’s husband, Bill, for moving to Caracas and says it took the passage of 50 years before she saw the whole picture of her life with Lazzari.

“If it were not for my sis-ter, I would not have trav-eled to Venezuela,” she said. “I would have missed the greatest adventure in my life.”

As a current docent at the American Museum of Sci-ence and Energy, Wing draws on her background to bring history to life for visitors. She is also president of the Oak Ridge Chapter of the National Organization for Active and Retired Federal Employees, and often lectures on world travel.

At the young age of 85, this petite senior is still go-ing strong. She no longer fl ies planes but loves to travel by air and often gets invited to the fl ight deck to meet the pilot once they hear her his-tory. When asked about her future plans, she responds with a sly smile.

“I have something in the works but I’m not ready to share that yet.”

Apparently new and ex-citing adventures await the former pilot. Guess we’ll just have to keep our ears open and our eyes on the horizon.

“Blue Skies Green Hell” was a Books-A-Million best-seller and is available on Amazon.com.

After she graduated in 1951 from Hofstra Univer-sity in New York, Wing’s par-ents offered their support for

Foster grandparents needed for mentoringThe Foster Grandparent Program is looking for adults

age 55 or older to serve 20 hours per week mentoring and tutoring young people in public schools and other nonprof-it settings. Qualifi ed volunteers receive a tax-free stipend and mileage reimbursement. Training will begin Monday, March 2. Info: 524-2786.

Tennessee Shines Radio Show moves to Old City Tennessee Shines Radio Show will mark its third anni-

versary with a new location and new weekday beginning Wednesday, March 4, at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, a restaurant and music venue located in the historic Old City.

The hour-long, live radio show begins at 7 p.m. and in-cludes headline musical performers, special guests and readings by local and regional spoken word artists. Tickets will be available at the door beginning at 6 p.m. Admission is $10.

Tennessee Shines can be heard in Knoxville and sur-rounding areas on 89.9 FM, 93.9 FM and 102.9 FM, and online at www.wdvx.com. Past shows are available for on-demand streaming for two weeks after the broadcast.

COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Fountain City Lions Club meets 6 p.m. each fi rst and third Mon-

day, Lions Community Building, 5373-5377 N Broadway St.

■ Halls Community Lions Club meets 7:15 p.m. each second and

fourth Monday, Shoney’s, 343 Emory Road.

■ Halls Republican Club meets 7 p.m. each third Monday at the

Boys & Girls Club of Halls/Powell, 1819 Dry Gap Pike. Info: www.

knoxgop.org.

■ Seventh District Democrats meet 6:30 p.m. each fourth Monday,

Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: Mary Ann Page,

map@parodee.net or 247-8155; Dan Haney, bdl66@comcast.net

or 922-4547.

■ United Northeast Democrats/8th District meet 7 p.m. each

second Thursday, Gibbs Ruritan Club, 7827 Tazewell Pike. Info:

Betty Jones, 688-2268.

CORRYTON SENIOR CENTER ■ Wednesday, Feb. 18: 9 a.m. billiards, quilting; 10 a.m. dominos; 11

a.m. crochet, open game; 1 p.m. Rook.

■ Thursday, Feb. 19: 9 a.m. billiards, quilting; 11 a.m. potluck; 1

p.m. pinochle, dominoes; 2 p.m. Zumba Gold.

■ Friday, Feb. 20: 9 a.m. SAIL exercise, billiards; 11 a.m. Dignity

Memorial Lunch seminar, cross-stitch; 11:30 a.m. bunco; 2 p.m.

Zumba Gold.

■ Monday, Feb. 23: 9 a.m. SAIL exercise, billiards, quilting; 9:30 a.m.

cloth painting; 10 a.m. dominoes; 11 a.m. open game.

■ Tuesday, Feb. 24: 9 a.m. billiards; 1 p.m. pinochle; 2 p.m. Zumba

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■ Info: 688-5882.

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Marilyn Wing at the base of the Venezuelan

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HALLS SENIOR CENTER

■ Wednesday, Feb. 18: 9

a.m. Veterans Services;

10 a.m. bingo, hand &

foot; 12:30 p.m. bridge; 1

p.m. Rook, SAIL exercise;

2 p.m. Tai Chi; 3:30 p.m.

advanced Tai Chi.

■ Thursday, Feb. 19: 10 a.m. line dance,

pinochle, quilting; 11

a.m., exercise; 1 p.m.

Ballroom Dance class,

Beginning Knitting class;

2:30 p.m. Snack and

Learn: Veterans Services.

■ Friday, Feb. 20: 9:30

a.m. Pilates, Art Club;

10 a.m. euchre; 11 a.m.

SAIL exercise; 11:30 a.m.

art class; noon Mexican

Train dominoes.

■ Monday, Feb. 23: 9 a.m.

scrapbooking; 10 a.m.

Tai Chi, pinochle, bridge,

Hand & Foot; 11:30 a.m.

advanced Tai Chi; 1 p.m.

Rook, SAIL exercise.

■ Tuesday, Feb. 24: 10

a.m. canasta; 11 a.m. ex-

ercise; 12:30 p.m. Mexi-

can Train dominoes; 1:30

p.m. hand & foot; 2 p.m.

movie time.

■ Info: 922-0416.

Former Halls High base-ball player Kevin Hunley grew up on the ball fi eld and his passion for the sport never subsided after he graduated. He went to Maryville College to play baseball and worked with his brother Josh through his high school years.

Now Hunley has a son and believes there is a need for an organized baseball pro-gram in the North Knox area. He became involved with a youth baseball team in Knox-ville and eventually found himself ready for a new chal-lenge. “I have always wanted to create an organization to showcase the talent from the surrounding areas,” he said. “This is where Base Knox

Baseball began.”Kevin and Josh decided

that this organization was their chance to give the youth a Christian-based organization to play travel baseball and grow as young men. Through the baseball program, they will teach sportsmanship, teamwork and fundamentals. The main goal is to create a family atmosphere where youth can create lifelong friendships, learn the game of baseball, but most of all grow a stronger relationship with God.

This organization is com-prised of volunteers and who want to provide a great travel baseball experience with a cost that is affordable

for all income levels. They are looking for any sponsor-ship help available and can help get the sponsor’s name out on their website, face-book page and team ban-ners.

Each team plans to play almost every weekend from March to July for the spring season and in the fall from August to November.

The organization cur-rently has three teams but is looking to expand and fi nd the right coaches for every age group. The seven- and eight-year-old teams are still looking for a few play-ers to complete the spring roster. Info: Baseknoxbase-ball.com or baseknoxroy-als@gmail.com.

By Ruth WhiteFebruary is known for

Valentine’s Day and for bringing awareness to heart health.

From father/daughter dances to chocolate festi-vals, people in Knoxville celebrated all over town.

At Sterchi Elementary, students participated in a jump rope event that raised money for the school and taught children the impor-

tance of good heart health. The school gym was fi lled with activity and posters were on the wall reminding everyone to love their heart.

Martha Routh’s kinder-garten class stopped by the main offi ce and students were given the opportunity to read facts about the heart to principal Christine Boring.

Maple Court Senior Liv-ing hosted a Chocolate and Coffee break at the Halls Se-

nior Center.The event allowed visi-

tors to the center to learn more about the facility while enjoying rich, choco-late cake and coffee.

On Valentine’s Day, Rob-in Milhollan stopped by the Fountain City Library and entertained the group by reading books about love, including Michael Catch-pool’s “That Yucky Love Thing.”

Cindy Winegar, executive director with Maple Court, serves cake to Judy Huggett at the Halls

Senior Center.

Sterchi Elementary kindergar-

ten student Josiah Carmichael

read facts about the heart to

principal Christine Boring. Pho-tos by R. White

Robin Milhollan reads a book to children at the Fountain City

Library during Saturday Stories and Songs.

Sterchi student Hannah Blake jumps rope during a recent

fund-raising event at the school.

Hearts, chocolate and thatyucky love thing

Base Knox Baseball comes to North Knoxville

City work on Fountain City Lake From page A-1

were improved; and ■ The lake was drained, with fi sh and

ducks relocated, and accumulated organic material was removed from the lake’s bot-tom.

This work was completed in October, Swanner said. “We increased the pond depth to decrease sunlight penetration to shallow areas and added fi sh barrier for stocked fi sh. (The city also added) anti-seep collars around the new structure to help prevent future piping issues.”

The big ticket item comes next, he said. The city executed a contract with Lamar Dunn and Associates in February to devel-

op long-term solutions and a maintenance plan. This will address “waterfowl and veg-etation management,” he said.

Does that mean fewer ducks?Probably, said city council member Mark

Campen, who works in environmental management. The population is artifi cially high because residents feed ducks. “There are more ducks here than could be support-ed naturally.”

City council member Nick Della Volpe got the night’s best line: “I hear there’s even an enterprising duck that stands outside the door at Panera. Guess he’s trying to cut out the middle man.”

HEALTH NOTES ■ The Alexander Technique:

An Introduction, 1-2 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 19, Knoxville

Healing Center, 313 N. Forest

Park Blvd. Free, but preregis-

tration requested. Info/to reg-

ister: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600, or

www.AlexanderTechnique

Knoxville.com.

■ “The Alexander Technique as a Mindfulness Practice,”

noon-2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.

25, Knoxville Healing Center,

313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost:

$30. Preregistration required.

Contact Lilly Sutton, 387-7600,

or www.AlexanderTechnique

Knoxville.com.

■ Family Fun and De-stressing Activities, 10:30

a.m.-noon Saturday, Feb. 21,

Cancer Support Community,

2230 Sutherland Ave. For

families with school-age chil-

dren when a parent or loved

one in the family has cancer.

Info/RSVP: 546-4661.

■ HeartWise, 7:30 a.m.-noon

Saturday, Feb. 21, University

of Tennessee Medical Center’s

Heart Lung Vascular Institute,

1924 Alcoa Highway. Features

health screenings and health

education talks related to

heart, lung and vascular

disease. Healthy breakfast

cooking demonstration 9-10

a.m. requires preregistration.

To schedule a screening or

register for cooking demon-

stration: 305-6970. Info: www.

utmedicalcenter.org.

■ Knit Your Way to Wellness,

1-3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19,

Cancer Support Community,

2230 Sutherland Ave. Instruc-

tors: Shelley Hecht, Loopville,

and Beth Hamil, CSC. Begin-

ners welcome. Info: 546-4661.

■ “Mindfulness in Everyday Life: Relaxing into Living in

the Present Moment,” 10 a.m.-

noon Saturday, Feb. 21, Cancer

Support Community, 2230

Sutherland Ave. Instructor: Ann

Pendley. Info/RSVP: 546-4661.

■ “Prevention and Relief of TMJ Pain,” noon-2

p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26,

Knoxville Healing Center,

313 N. Forest Park Blvd.

Cost: $30. Preregistration

required. Info/to register: Lilly

Sutton, 387-7600, or www.

AlexanderTechnique

Knoxville.com.

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The late Al McGuire used “seashells and balloons” to describe good times. The way things are with Ten-nessee football, you can add rainbows and free ice cream.

Recruiting success re-mains the talk of the town. The new offensive coordina-tor is said to be a precise fi t. Butch Jones is really com-fortable. Everybody that matters is some degree of happy. New titles and raises helped.

For lack of contrary in-formation, I assume Mike DeBord is the correct step in maintaining “the best staff in America.” That’s what Butch promised when he was hired. No reason for him to back down.

I will concede that the

Happy time, good fi t, comfort zone

Jones group can sell. This is the year to see how it does at developing talent.

Fans should accept DeBord as a loyalty hire. This was payback. It is OK to scratch your head and won-der, but no bickering. Butch has already said he knows what’s best for the Vols.

Butch worked for Mike long, long ago at Central Michigan. Together they produced a 12-34 record. DeBord did give Jones a big

boost in his career. Butch has returned the favor, res-cuing Mike from oblivion and adding the encourage-ment of a $500,000 salary.

We have been told that this enhances the status quo, that little or nothing will change about the Jones offense. I don’t believe that. The Vols need more touch-downs. They need to be able to gain a yard now and then, when they absolutely must have one. Maybe DeBord can coach a power forma-tion. He once did.

Offense did not come easy for Tennessee the past two seasons. It fi nished 104th and 93rd in national rankings. The Vols were 69th in red zone touchdown percentage in 2014. Those perfectly relaxed about the

future may think that is OK. It isn’t.

I have no concerns about DeBord as offensive coordi-nator. He may even be great, as soon as he catches up with what is going on.

I am amazed that Butch is passing him off as a quar-terback coach. His fi rst and last fl ing at that assign-ment was the mid-1980s at Fort Hays State. Quarter-back coach of those famous names at Michigan (Tom Brady, Brian Griese, etc.) was Stan Parrish.

Based on last season’s ar-gument that Joshua Dobbs needed considerable im-provement on fundamentals and the current dilemma of three freshmen posing as quarterback depth, it would seem that Jones needed a

master technician as teacher.Old friend Mike DeBord

is a line coach. He does bring a lifetime of experience and warm compatibility.

“Comfort” is a bigger word in Butch’s vocabulary than in mine. I thought “comfort” was part of the 2014 problem.

The coaching staff was more comfortable with Jus-tin Worley at quarterback because he was a better practice player, had a bet-ter grasp of the offense, was less likely to make mistakes and would stick to plans. It didn’t seem to matter that he couldn’t run the read op-tion.

It hurts to say what I’ve been thinking, that there would have been no bowl game had Worley survived. Justin would have deserved a medal for true grit and everlasting respect for raw courage, but no way does

Tennessee upset South Caro-lina without Joshua Dobbs.

Now we know and under-stand.

This, indeed, looks like the beginning of seashells and balloons for Tennessee football. There is reason for optimism.

The Lyle Allen Jones Reconstruction Company has done the preliminary brick work. His method has merit. There will be no more 7-6s.

Spring practice, even in relative secret, fi gures to be exciting. Already there is chatter about the Orange and White game. And an SEC East title! Some can barely wait. Go Vols!

I hope the new coach can help the team win. If the Vols make it to Atlanta, that might mean top 10 in the polls. Call it to my attention when it happens. That will be the real comfort zone.

My fi rst encounter with Tyler Harber was in 2001 when he was working in Joe Bailey’s fi rst city council campaign.

The rise and fall of Tyler Harber

Betty Bean

I’d taken a couple of pokes at him as the new en-fant terrible of local politics, and one night when Joe met me at a blues bar in the Old City to drop off some cam-paign literature, he men-tioned that Tyler was wait-ing for him in the car.

My recollection is that he couldn’t get into the bar because he wasn’t 21 yet, but Joe recently told me that Ty-ler thought it better to wait in the car because he fi g-

ured I was out to get him. It wouldn’t have taken a politi-cal savant to fi gure that out, because I loved to crack bad jokes about the escapades of Sun Tzu-quoting under-graduates being unleashed on the world by UT’s politi-cal science department.

The last time I heard from Tyler was Nov. 12, 2014, when he sent me an email asking me to come up to D.C. to interview him. He said the Department of Jus-tice was focusing on Repub-lican consultants who were running super PACs:

“I’ve trusted you to write the truth before. Can I pay for you to come up here to meet me once more? One more interview,” he wrote.

“I need an impartial, reasonable, no BS-telling of why I’m going to federal prison for calling Obama a criminal repeatedly on na-

tional television. Are you up for a story with as much complexity as the series you wrote about me previously?

“Sooner rather than later. DoJ is pushing hard and I can’t hold them off too much longer. You’ve been the journalist I’ve trusted. Plus this is going to be a na-tional story. I wanted to give you fi rst dibs.

“Let me know. I know this is a very f’d-up request. But in the end of my politi-cal career, I’d much prefer that you write my ‘epitaph’ than the Times, Post or any other rag inside the beltway.

“Let me know.“Best regards, Tyler”Flabbergasted, I e-mailed

him back, asking him to call me. He never responded.

RagsdaleHarber’s situation be-

came brutally clear last

week when the news broke that he’d pleaded guilty to illegally coordinating a po-litical campaign with a su-per PAC he’d created, direct-ing more than $300,000 to the campaign and diverting $138,000 of that to a com-pany run by his mother.

The news brought back a fl ood of memories – Mike Ragsdale’s 2002 county ex-ecutive campaign kickoff at the L&N Station to the tune of the Beatles’ “Here comes the sun.”

And there he was – Tyler Harber – fi xing to embark on the long-term project of helping Ragsdale become governor.

When Ragsdale was sworn in, Tyler got a nebu-lous job on the sixth fl oor. Later he was transferred to the county probation of-fi ce, supposedly monitoring prisoners’ ankle bracelets. A lot of us guffawed at that, because we spotted him do-ing stuff like chauffeuring the mayor here and there

and skulking around meet-ings keeping tabs on errant county commissioners who weren’t toeing the Ragsdale line.

Over time, recalcitrant commissioners began to complain that they were being threatened with re-election problems if they didn’t get with the program. Specifi cally, they said that they were being told that the mayor would sic the ruthless boy genius on them if they didn’t straighten up. Occasionally Tyler got caught misbehaving in pub-lic and would get his knuck-les rapped.

It all came to a head in 2006 when GOP county chair Chad Tindell refused to turn over a mailing list to the Ragsdale re-election campaign that he’d com-plied during the previous presidential election. Tyler, who was somehow privy to Tindell’s email password, printed out Tindell’s email correspondence and passed

it on to Ragsdale and his body man Mike Arms. Threats, intimidation and car chases ensured. Tyler departed for Washington.

But he was heard from one more time.

WashingtonShortly after Ragsdale’s

less than impressive 2006 re-election victory, an anonymous blog post asked, “Missing me now?”

“Tyler,” I thought.After tracking him down,

I spent a weekend in Wash-ington interviewing Tyler, and the result was a three-part Shopper-News series detailing the work he had done in the service of Mike Ragsdale. (The trip was solely at my expense, reim-bursed in part by the Shop-per.)

The interview included a description of his bogus probation job, a detailed ac-count of attempting to

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(Students, Parents, Edu-cations Across Knox), the organization she and oth-ers put together last year at

the begin-ning of what came to be known as the teacher r e b e l l i o n , got elected as well. So Amy Cate will become vice presi-

dent; Linda Holtzclaw, sec-retary; Julie Smalling, high school executive board rep and Mark Taylor middle school executive board rep. Dave Gorman and Sherry Morgan were elected to the

Deborah Huddleston and Karen Pershing of the Metropolitan Drug Commission display Born

Drug-Free in Tennessee materials. The initiative aims to raise awareness about babies being

born addicted to drugs. Photo by Wendy Smith

Campaign aims to keep babies off drugsWe’ve produced many

exceptional things in East Tennessee – Mountain Dew, hydroelectric power and the 1982 World’s Fair, to name a few.

“This is not an addict-under-the-bridge problem. This is a person-sitting-next-to-you-in-church problem.”

Agencies from across the region, including the non-profi t Metropolitan Drug Commission and East Ten-nessee Children’s Hospital, partnered with the East Tennessee NAS Task Force to kick off the Born Drug-Free Tennessee education initiative last week.

The goal of the program is to raise awareness about babies being born exposed to prescription and other drugs. Education is aimed at medical providers, wom-en who are pregnant or at risk of becoming pregnant, and their families.

Karen Pershing, execu-tive director of the Metro-politan Drug Commission, says the problem stems from lack of communica-tion. Last week, 29 OB/GYN doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses and nursing students participated in Born Drug-

Free Tennessee training. Through role-play, the med-ical providers learned how to talk to women about ad-diction. It’s not something they’re comfortable asking about, she says.

Pregnant women also need education. They think pain pills are safe because doctors prescribe them, and access points are every-where. Knox County has 35 registered pain clinics.

Those who recognize that they are addicted, or even dependent, face enormous challenges. They get sick if they quit taking pills, and replacement therapies, like methadone, are also harm-ful to babies. Information on the Born Drug-Free Ten-nessee website can help ad-dicted women make chang-es and move forward with their lives, Saunders says.

Prescriptions for pain pills rose in response to the under-treatment of pain in the late 1990s and early 2000s. At the time, no one

realized how addictive the drugs were, she says. Even now, large prescriptions aren’t uncommon.

“There’s no need for opi-ates to the degree that doc-tors are prescribing them.”

Despite the number of NAS babies, Saunders has hope. A lot of people are looking for ways to help.

Pershing hopes to see the number of NAS babies born in Knox County drop 20 percent by 2016. It’s a lofty goal, but she thinks it’s pos-sible through education. The Born Drug-Free Tennessee message is being spread via the Internet, radio, televi-sion, posters and brochures, and her voice. She’s happy to speak to community groups about the work of the Met-ropolitan Drug Commission – substance abuse preven-tion – and she always men-tions the smallest victims of drug abuse.

“I always bring up the babies.” Info: www.borndrugfreetn.com

Wendy Smith

Unless you’ve been liv-ing under a rock, you know that this region also cranks out something that should make us all shudder: drug dependent newborns. The Tennessee Department of Health’s 16-county East Tennessee region produced a whopping 27 percent of the state’s 973 Neona-tal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) babies in 2014. Knox County alone produced 10.6 percent of the total number, which continues to rise.

These babies are sick be-cause they are addicted to drugs ingested by their ad-dicted mothers. The babies, and their moms, are the sad fallout of the region’s over-prescription of opi-ates. Addiction to prescrip-tion drugs is something that can happen to anyone, says Carla Saunders, a neonatal nurse practitioner at East Tennessee Children’s Hos-pital.

By Betty BeanAsked what’s fi rst when

she takes over as president of the Knox County Educa-tion Association July 1, Lau-ren Hopson didn’t hesitate:

“Increase membership and give teachers a voice.”

This shouldn’t surprise anyone who has observed the Halls third grade teach-er since her “Tired Teacher” speech at the October 2013 school board forum.

Being president of KCEA is full-time, so Hopson will be taking a leave of absence from teaching.

If there was a KCEA elec-tion surprise, it’s the slate of offi cers who will enter with her. Members of SPEAK

Hopson and allies to take helm of teachers’ association

Hopson

team that interviews candi-dates for public offi ce.

Here is how Amy Cate de-scribes their platform: “We are for truth and honesty in education – not smoke and mirrors of false promises from the educational re-formers… This is 2015 and managing teachers through fear and intimidation is not acceptable. … We pride our-selves in being seekers of truth, but we are far from being radical. I promise!”

Hopson likes being part of a team: “It is a strange feel-ing to be excited and scared to death at the same time. My biggest fear was getting elected without the rest of them there to help me.”

One of the fi rst issues she wants to address is helping teachers re-establish some control over their profes-sional lives.

“Over the last fi ve days, I’ve had two days of plan-ning time. We’re supposed to have it every day. Techni-cally, under Tennessee law, I get 2.5 hours per week, which works out to 45 min-utes a day.”

Instead, she has been required to attend a tech-nology meeting and a PLC (professional learning com-munity) meeting.

“What we’re supposed to be doing is do grade-level planning, identifying kids who need help; but usually,

we just look at test data. Pretty much there isn’t anything I can do in a PLC meeting that is more impor-tant than planning for my students the next day. Last year, we asked for PLCs to be done monthly rather than weekly. If I worked at a TAP school, I’d have a clus-ter meeting – you don’t have to think long at all to fi gure out what those are called.”

And that’s just for start-ers.

Hopson, who is from Greeneville, started her professional life armed with degrees in psychology and sociology. She worked with troubled kids at a residen-tial treatment center for

several years. In 2000, she went back to the University of Tennessee on a Lynd-hurst fellowship, earned a master’s in education, and went to work for Knox County Schools.

She describes herself as generally conservative, but motivated into the politi-cal arena by learning of the plight of two friends, whom she describes as “amaz-ing teachers, who, because of one test, had their jobs threatened. Now, they are both teachers of the year at their respective schools – and they’ll probably never talk to you because they don’t want that kind of at-tention.”

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derail a referendum on Ragsdale’s county wheel tax proposal and a recounting of an attempt to access con-fi dential medical records of political foes, plus lots of in-timidation of other elected offi cials.

It was explosive stuff, and although Ragsdale compelled department heads and other employees to sign sworn statements

disavowing Tyler’s allega-tions, nothing he told me in that marathon interview has ever been proven false. Nothing.

Unlikely as it would have seemed in 2001, Tyler Har-ber became a valued friend and source to me over the years. I watched his rise through the Republican fi rmament – “Elections and Campaigns” magazine

named him a Rising Star in 2012 – and he was making regular appearances as a commentator on Fox News. Last October, his refusal to join in on Fox’s wholesale bashing of Muslims was widely reported on other news outlets.

He and his wife, who is carving a niche for herself as a “military romance” author (who knew there was such

a genre?), are the parents of two cute little kids. I was impressed by his personal and professional growth over the years since he was Mike Ragsdale’s dirty tricks specialist. Then it all came crashing down.

This morning, I read that “Elections and Campaigns” has revoked his Rising Star award. And sentencing is set for May.

Tyler Harber From previous page

Recently I wrote the odds favored Gov. Haslam getting Medicaid expan-sion passed in the special legislative session. Little did I think that it would fail so overwhelmingly in less than 48 hours at the hands of fellow Republicans.

Never has a major initia-tive from the governor been scuttled so quickly and decisively. What happened?

There are many theories and all have some element of truth. But based on my own 15 years in the Legis-lature, there seems to be several factors.

First, the governor erred in calling a special session instead of letting Insure Tennessee be considered in the regular session. Weeks were needed to pull togeth-er a majority in both House and Senate, if it could be done. In hindsight, it prob-ably would have failed in the regular session too, but not so spectacularly.

Second, the governor never had an accurate count of lawmakers showing a majority in favor. Whatever count he had was not close and was based on hope, not reality. He believed that his plan was so logical and so different from Obamacare that it would prevail after all the facts were outlined, combined with strong busi-ness community support.

The votes simply were not there to pass the plan.

Third, there were early warning signs of deep trouble when both speakers (Republicans, too) declined to endorse the plan. Then the Senate majority leader refused to sponsor the plan. Then there was not a written agreement with the Obama Administra-tion. Then the House GOP caucus chair said he was opposed.

Fourth, extensive lobby-ing by hospital executives who spoke of the fi scal plight facing hospitals when top leadership’s pay, even at the medium and smaller hospitals, often exceeds $250.000 and in some cases reaches $600,000 hardly indicated a fi nancial crisis. Only TVA is more tone deaf when it comes to paying outrageously high salaries to the top folks. Erlanger in Chattanooga recently handed out over $1 million in bonuses to top personnel. This was not the governor’s doing but he got caught in the crossfi re.

Fifth, the governor would have been well advised to have discussed this during his re-election campaign last fall. Then he could have said voters knew of it and backed it. He de-nied himself a mandate on the issue he did not raise.

The high point of the ses-sion was Haslam’s address which was as articulate a speech as he has ever given and came from the heart. It simply did not register with members who had already decided to vote “no” on an extension of Obamacare and bigger government.

The governor will and should move on. This Legis-lature probably will not act on this until a new Presi-dent takes offi ce on Jan. 20, 2017. While its failure is a setback and embarrassing, it is not the end of the world and Haslam has four more years to lead the state in an exceptional manner.

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By Cindy TaylorIt may not take an actual

village to raise a child, but sometimes even the most organized parents can use a bit of help. Heiskell United Methodist Church has created a program to provide a bit of respite for hard-working moms and dads.

At the brand-new Par-ents’ Night Out, started

last week, Heiskell UMC volunteers provide snacks, activities, Bible stories, ex-ercise and much more for kids ages three to 11. Held from 6-8 p.m. each Thurs-day, there are currently six volunteers who will rotate each week. As the program grows, more volunteers will join. And the best part is that it’s free and open to all community members.

Liz Jett felt the call to get the ministry going, and church members were quick to jump in and help.

“Tammy Norman will be our coordinator, and we are hoping to get a big group of children,” said Jett. “This is a community service for our church and a great op-portunity for parents to have a date night, shop or just relax. There was noth-

ing like this when my kids were growing up.”

Jett says once the weather warms up, the program will make use of the great park on the church grounds, which is currently undergoing ren-ovation and will be better than ever by the spring. She also hopes to bring in soccer instructors. Info: 591-5548.

Zoe and mom Cindy Jett, Elizabeth Jett, Bethanie and mom Jaclyn McDonald talk about the new Parents’ Night Out at Heiskell

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lab, Maggie, died about two weeks ago. She ran out of her area and past many houses to busy Cunningham Road. She was hit by a car and then cared for by a sweet man in a black Ford F150 pickup.

This man stayed with her for a while, holding and soothing her.

Oh, how I wish I could say thank you. Thank you for loving on her in her fi -nal moments. It brings me so much peace to know she wasn’t alone.

Then another good Sa-maritan (Joe from Powell in a white van) went knock-

Thanks to kind neighborsing door to door to fi nd her owner. Maggie almost al-ways had on identifi cation but didn’t when it was need-ed the most.

Thank you, Joe, for spending the time to locate the owners; otherwise I may never have known what had happened to her. Our thoughtful neighbors then went and identifi ed her for us since we weren’t at home and brought her body back to our house where we were able to bury her near her favorite spot. And to these same neighbors I want to say thank you for loving her like we did. She was and will always be my sweet Maggie.

Notable passingsBy Sandra Clark

Dot Grigsby of Pow-ell worked hard in the family busi-ness that carried her hu s b a n d’s name.

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Drive-in on Clinton High-way?

Dot died 10 years to the day after the passing of Malcolm. She leaves three daughters, 10 grandchil-dren and numerous friends.

Martha Jo Clark, my aunt, was the last of her gen-eration in my dad’s family.

She and Eldred were married the same day, June 1, 1947, as my parents, Her-man and Willa Dean Clark.

When she died at age 84, Jo was the oldest in both age and tenure of Knox County

school bus contractors.Her kids, Gail (Dick)

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Lee owned a twin-engine Piper airplane and, if mem-ory serves, had a landing strip on his land off Emory Road near Beaver Creek.

He is survived by two daughters and their fami-lies.

Jack L. Cooper, a stal-wart member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, passed away at age 86.

Jack served with distinc-tion on the old city school board and as general man-ager of Schubert Lumber Company. This writer gives

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His sis-ter was the late Joyce M c C l o u d , wife of for-

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Joan Bostick Griffey, retired co-owner with hus-band Jerry of Gentry Griffey Funeral Chapel, passed away

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She bought Childcraft for us, a set of books which I still have in my collection, and which I still refer to from time to time. World Book was purchased for us before I started school, and even though I bought my own set of World Book when my girls were young, I have kept the older ver-sions, because they have material in them that the newer versions do not, including a picture of my dear friend John when he was a 4-H boy in Idaho.

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By Cindy TaylorLooking for a fun way to

spend your free time while learning a skill? Here’s a thought: Join those who have enrolled in the Clear Springs Music Academy.

Wayne Goforth opened the academy last Septem-ber. Instruction includes private and group lessons for guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin, electric bass, bass viol and Dobro.

Gary Barnard teaches piano at the academy.

“We started the school to build equity in our church and community,” said Go-

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Some folks may remem-ber Goforth as the former superintendent of Union County Public Schools, but most know him as an amaz-ing musician. The multi-in-strumentalist’s credentials range from a degree in mu-sic education to three years in the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra string bass sec-tion (1968-1970). He once played banjo with the KSO

while Arthur Fiedler con-ducted, and he has 40 years’ experience teaching private lessons at Broadway Sound, Pick ’n’ Grin, UT and Hewg-ley’s Music.

Goforth was CEO of Thunderhead Sound Stu-dios and recorded groups such as the Knoxville Grass. He was also a member of Tennessee Valley Barn Dance and many other groups playing jazz, coun-try, bluegrass, gospel and classical music.

Goforth has taught thou-sands of people of all ages, in-cluding Phil Leadbetter, who

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“Phil was seven or eight years old when he was my student,” said Goforth. “At the academy we learn how to play instruments, but we al-ways have a good time too.”

Goforth’s popular book “The Complete Bluegrass Banjo Player” is available on Amazon.

The academy is located at Clear Springs Church, but you do not have to be a mem-ber of the church to take les-sons. All ages are welcome. Days and times by appoint-ment. Info: 898-2900.

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February brought Choco-latefest to the Heiskell Com-munity Center.

Bakers competed for awards, and winners in-cluded Joyce Davis, Best Overall Chocolate Dessert; Donna Tillery, Best Presen-tation; and Doris Faye Coo-per, Most Decadent.

Heiskell seniors con-tinue to sell tickets to win a beautiful handmade quilt. Tickets are $5 for two. Mary Kate Smith completed the

Joyce Davis, Donna Tillery and Doris Faye Cooper won the Chocolatefest Bake-Off at Heiskell

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Jerry Vittatoe. Everyone

welcome.

■ Beck Cultural Exchange Center will host lectures by

Imam Muhammad Adeyinka

Mendes Friday and Saturday,

Feb. 20-21, at 1927 Dandridge

Avenue. All are invited. Inman

Mendes is founding director

of SacredService for Human

Liberation, lead Arabic in-

structor for Fawakih Institute

Atlanta, and lecturer and

assistant inman at Madina

Institute USA.

■ First Comforter Church, 5516

Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS

(Mothers At Prayer Service)

noon each Friday. Info: Edna

Hensley, 771-7788.

■ Powell Church hosts Recov-

ery at Powell 6 p.m. (meal)

Tuesdays at 323 W Emory

Road. The program embraces

people who struggle with

addiction, compulsive behav-

iors, loss and life challenges.

Info: www.recoveryatpowell.

com or info@powellchurch.

com.

Fundraisers ■ Powell Presbyterian

Church, 2910 W. Emory Road,

will host a Chili Cook Off at 5

p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. Cost: $7

general admission, $4 seniors

(70+) and children, children

3 and under free. Featuring

Southern Gospel Singer Mike

Sutherland at 6 p.m. A love of-

fering will be collected. Info:

938-8311 or www.powellp-

cusa.org.

Special services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, will hold two

Ash Wednesday services Feb.

18: noon in the Chapel and

6:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary.

Info: 690-1060.

■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynard-

ville Highway, will hold Ash

Wednesday service 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 18 in the sanctuary. Info:

922-1412.

■ Church of God of Knoxville,

5912 Thorngrove Pike, will

hold revival 7 p.m. Tuesday

through Saturday, March

24-28, and 10:30 a.m. and 5:30

p.m. Sunday, March 29. The

evangelist will be Larry Owen,

pastor of the Church of God

of New Smyrna Beach, Fla.

Info: 522-9520.

quilting on the fundraiser quilt. The drawing will be held once $500 worth of tickets has been sold. Pro-ceeds will go toward the new Heiskell Community Center.

The Heiskell craft/cards/art groups meet at Morning Pointe in Powell, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each fi rst Thursday. Lunch is served at no charge to seniors. Art classes are available for $45 per class and include all supplies. The group has begun crocheting

and sewing lap quilts and blankets for Safe Harbor.

Heiskell seniors meet 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each second Thursday at the Heiskell Community Center. Speaker at 11 a.m., lunch at noon, bingo at 1 p.m. Info: Janice White 548-0326.

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By Ruth WhiteA little snow didn’t dis-

courage Halls High wres-tling coach Shannon Sayne as he and his coaching staff traveled to Franklin with 11 team members who quali-fi ed at a recent regional tournament.

Two Halls High wres-tlers made it to the medal stand during state wrestling over the weekend. Sopho-more Tolliver Justice placed fourth in the 113 lb. bracket and sophomore Colton Mc-Mahan placed fourth in the 160 lb. bracket. Sophomore Matt Gold fi nished in the top eight in the 138 lb. bracket and senior Joe Fox placed in the top eight in the 145 lb.

bracket. The team fi nished in seventh place overall.

Those traveling to Frank-lin included Chris Nielsen, 106 lb. regional champion; Tolliver Justice, 113 lb. re-gional runner-up; Trey Lep-per, 126 lb. regional cham-pion; Eric Brady, 132 lb. regional runner-up; Matt Gold, 138 lb. regional cham-pion;

Joe Fox, 145 lb. regional champion; Sirrel Robinson, 152 lb. regional champion; Colton McMahan, 160 lb. regional champion; Tyler Kalish, 182 lb. regional run-ner-up; Tanner Huff, 195 lb. regional champion and Wal-ton Elkins, 285 lb. regional runner-up.

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Gibbs High students Lauren Warden and Landon Flatford, pictured with principal Jason Web-

ster in center, were recently notifi ed that they were two of only 100 students across the state to

receive a perfect score during last year’s writing assessment. The pair received awards from the

governor’s offi ce, and each was asked to write a 250-word paper on why writing is important. Photo by R. White

Two Gibbs students make perfect score on assessment

Halls High students recently attended the HOSA Regional competition at Carson-Newman Uni-

versity and will travel to the Tennessee State HOSA Conference in March. Pictured are: (front)

Yeslie Cortes, Rebecca Johnson, Ashley McInturff ; (back): Julia Shoemaker, Alex Barker, Brooke

Murphy, Rachel Stock, Jasmine Fox and Briauna Blevins. Photo submitted

HOSA students to attend state conference

Washington

Washington signs with Lindsey

WilsonBy Ruth White

Central High School foot-ball coach-ing staff p r o u d l y w a t c h e d as senior C e d r i c W a s h i n g -ton signed to play at L i n d s e y Wilson Col-

lege in Columbia, Ky. next year.

Cedric played receiver for the Bobcats during his four years at Central. Said coach Bryson Rosser, “Ced-ric is one of 11 seniors that stuck it out through all of the changes with the pro-gram, and this is a great op-portunity for him.” Rosser added that Cedric set the bar for the direction of the CHS program with his great work ethic on and off the fi eld. “Cedric is a stellar student athlete,” he said.

While at Central, Ced-ric learned to always have an open ear to suggestions and will miss the great at-mosphere in Knoxville. He loved LWC’s smaller classes and its campus. Cedric felt at home – and more than just a number. While at Lindsey Wilson he plans to study criminal justice.

Attending the signing were his parents, Fred and Zinia Washington, grand-mother Francis Clark, god-father Alvin Armstead, uncle Michael Clark, sev-eral cousins and Cedric’s Bobcat teammates. At the end of the signing, the team sang, “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” from the musical “Oklahoma!” This reporter isn’t sure of the signifi cance of the song, but it seemed to mean a lot to the team.

Sterchi PTA to host rummage saleThe Sterchi PTA will host a rummage sale 8 a.m. to noon

Saturday, April 18, in the school gym. The event will help fund projects at the school. Sterchi Elementary is at 900 Oaklett Drive.

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April 13. Info: 203-5105.

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Third through fi fth grade students at Adrian Burnett Elementary recognized for showing re-

spect include: (front) Ailin Donghu, Jacob Pace, Roel Jaimes, Andrew James, Alysa Blakely, Ava

Lay; (middle) Mayra Martinez, Yasmine Charre-Galvez, Lacey Hindenburg, Joshua Howerton II,

Elissa Weaver; (back) principal Angie Harrod, Lilly Garrett, Laura Charre, Lilly Robinson, Hayden

Manis and Noe Reyes Mozo.

Students at Adrian Burnett

Elementary were recently rec-

ognized for showing respect,

one of the Character Counts

pillars. One student from each

classroom was chosen to re-

ceive special recognition. Pic-

tured from grades K through

second are: (front) Owen

Blue, Criss Frausto Mares, Alex

Ownby, Sarah Hall; (middle)

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Harris; (back) principal Angie

Harrod, Viki Godinez and John

Alex Shelton. Not pictured are

Westyn Fields, Jason O’Steen,

Christian Smith and Emily

Gutierrez. Photos by R. White

Students recognized for showing respect

Halls Middle School seventh-grade science teacher, Sabrina

Boling, was selected as Teacher of the Year. Photo by R. White

Sabrina Boling grew up on a farm, playing outside and exploring bugs and na-ture. So the path to becom-ing a science teacher just seemed like the right one for her.

Boling has been teaching science for 24 years – 21 of them at Carter Middle – and says she continues to enjoy it. She was fortunate to have several good science teach-ers growing up, and she wants her students to love science as much as she does.

While many people might not enjoy teaching middle school students, Boling en-joys working with the stu-

dents because they show many signs of maturity and she calls them “smart, little adults.”

When named Teacher of the Year, Boling was shocked. She feels that she is no more deserving than any other teacher and is honored that the staff se-lected her. She enjoys the friendly, loving atmosphere at the school and the bond that the teachers share.

During her free time, Boling enjoys spending time with her husband, Greg, and their two children. She also enjoys traveling, gardening and cooking.

Boling named Halls Middleteacher of year

Central High bandto host chili supper

The Central High School marching band is hosting a Red and Black Jazzy Chili Dinner to help with the purchase of new band uni-forms.

The supper will feature delicious chili, live music and a silent auction and will be held in the school commons, 5-8 p.m. Saturday, March 7. Cost is $5 for advance tickets ($6 at the door), $20 for a family ticket of four or more. Bake sale tickets will be available for $1.

For tickets contact Cen-tral High School, 689-1400, leave a message and some-one from the band depart-ment will respond.

Cardwell crowned Halls Elementary spelling bee champion

Halls Elementary fi fth-grade student Colby

C a r d w e l l was recently c r o w n e d spelling bee c h a m p i o n there.

He will r e p r e s e n t the school at the regional spelling bee

in March. Runner-up was Zach Plunk.

Garrett Cardwell may

not be old enough to

attend school, but that

didn’t stop him from

picking out a book

about puppies at the

Halls Elementary book

fair.

Halls Elementary recently hosted a school book fair. Student

Madison Merritt picked out some great books for herself and

then purchased one for her classroom to keep. Photos by R. White

Books galore at HES

Cardwell

By Wendy SmithA.J. Tierney was in third

grade when she saw a pro-duction of “Peter Pan” and said, “I want to do that.” Her parents immediately began sending her on auditions, and over the next couple of years, she appeared in plays at the Black Box Theater in Bearden and the Bijou Theatre.

Looking back, A.J. thinks “Peter Pan” made her want to fl y, not act. But after ap-pearing in 12 different pro-ductions and now directing at the Knoxville Children’s Theatre, it’s clear that she’s capable of doing both.

Whether or not it was what she intended, acting came naturally to her.

“I was that loud kid no one knew what to do with. No one ever told me to go bigger.”

The West High School ju-nior directs “Alice’s Rumpus in Wonderland,” which opens Friday, Feb. 20. She was given the opportunity after interning for a year with the children’s theater, located at

109 E. Churchwell Avenue.As an intern, she ex-

perienced every aspect of backstage work, from props to stage management. She also choreographed several wordless sequences when she co-directed last fall’s production of “Hound of the Baskervilles.”

She was initially nervous about directing the young cast because some of them are almost like siblings. She’s known some since the fourth grade, and was con-cerned that they wouldn’t see her as an authority fi g-ure. But they’ve behaved so professionally that it hasn’t been an issue, she says.

The leadership skills A.J. learned as an intern have helped. One of her respon-sibilities as stage manager was discipline, and she learned how to correct gen-tly with phrases like, “I’m disappointed in you.”

She loves having the op-portunity to direct.

“I’ve always sat in the

A.J. Tierney gives feedback to the cast of “Alice’s Rumpus in Wonderland.” The Knoxville Chil-

dren’s Theatre production opens this Friday. Photo by Wendy Smith

West High student directs ‘Alice’ adaptation

She compares direct-ing with being an artist, or painter. As an artist, she has numerous tools, or ge-niuses, at her disposal, she says. In addition to 18 hard-working actors, her work is supported by a talented crew of costumers and set designers. She’s also backed up by the theater’s executive director, Zack Allen.

He wrote the adapta-tion of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” and “Alice Through the Looking-Glass,” but it was A.J.’s idea to set the play in New York City during the Roaring 1920s.

“Think of the parallels of the craziness of New York and Wonderland,” she says.

The play begins at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1925 when Alice loses Har-ry Houdini’s white rabbit. While chasing the rabbit, she fi nds herself in the ho-tel elevator, which takes her down to Wonderland.

As much as she’s enjoyed directing, acting is A.J.’s fi rst love. She plans to pur

audience during shows and thought, ‘This is what I’d do.’ So it’s cool to have the power to do that.”

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Betsy Pickle

By Betsy PickleThe Oscars may be

drawing the bulk of atten-tion from movie lovers this weekend, but theaters have to keep selling popcorn. Three fi lms are opening in wide release Friday.

Kevin Costner continues what feels like a comeback with “McFarland, USA.” With “Black or White” still getting love at the box of-fi ce, Costner piles on with this inspirational fi lm based on a true story.

Costner plays Jim White, a disgraced high-school football coach who winds up in a small town in Cali-fornia, teaching P.E. and science in a primarily His-panic school.

As he and his family try to deal with culture shock,

he notices that several boys at school are exception-ally fast runners, and he recruits them for a cross-country team.

Scoffed at by their better-funded competitors, the team trains hard and heads for a fi nale that won’t be a surprise for anyone who’s ever seen an inspirational sports movie. Maria Bello also stars in the fi lm di-rected by Niki Caro (“Whale Rider”).

The hot tub and many of the cast members are back, but not John Cusack in “Hot Tub Time Machine 2,” the sequel to the 2010 hit.

The characters seek out the mysterious hot tub once more to go back in time when one of their own is shot. Adam Scott, Rob

Corddry, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Chevy Chase, Thomas Lennon and Gil-lian Jacobs star for director Steve Pink, also returning.

“The DUFF” delves into high-school life and a twist on “Mean Girls.”

A high school senior de-cides not to take it when she discovers that the student body has labeled her the DUFF – Designated Ugly Fat Friend – to her more at-tractive friends.

She tries to reinvent her-self and upend the social pecking order at her school, starting with taking down the queen bee.

Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne, Robbie Amell, Nick Eversman, Ken Jeong and Allison Janney star for di-rector Ari Sandel.

Coach Jim White (Kevin Costner) encourages his team in “McFarland, USA.”

Oscar alternatives

The bookies aren’t as busy as with the Super Bowl, and the list isn’t as long as the Grammys, but the 87th Academy Awards, airing this Sunday night on ABC, should draw one of the biggest TV crowds of the year.

Controversy always in-trigues an audience, and “American Sniper” – nomi-nated for six Oscars – has stoked one fi re after anoth-er. Between the critics’ pans and the divide between viewers, Clint Eastwood’s omission from the best di-rector nominations, the real-life debate over Chris Kyle’s achievements during wartime and the real-life trial now deciding the fate of Kyle’s killer, “American Sniper” has become the most interesting subplot of the Oscars.

It may even be more in-teresting than the show itself. Nominated for Best Picture along with “Bird-man or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” “Boy-hood,” “The Grand Buda-pest Hotel,” “The Imita-tion Game,” “Selma,” “The Theory of Everything” and “Whiplash,” “American Sniper” isn’t seen as a con-tender.

The race is between “Boyhood” and “Birdman.” As clever and well-made as “Birdman” is, nothing is cleverer or better made this year than “Boyhood.” “Boy-hood” pushes the boundar-ies of fi lmmaking in dozens of ways, and its gamble re-sults in a beautiful, compel-ling story.

Best Actor (female): Nominees are Marion Co-

Pickle picks the Oscars

tillard, “Two Days, One Night”; Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything”; Ju-lianne Moore, “Still Alice”; Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”; Reese Witherspoon, “Wild.”

This is a fantastic line-up, but the only name that counts is Moore’s. This is her third nomination for lead – she’s also been nomi-nated twice for supporting. Hollywood loves her; the public loves her. She’s get-ting the gold.

Best Actor (male): Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher”; Brad-ley Cooper, “American Snip-er”; Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”; Mi-chael Keaton, “Birdman”; Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything.”

It’s a phenomenal fi eld, but an old favorite is poised to win. While this is only the fi rst nomination for Keaton, he is a talented and beloved star seemingly making a comeback in an “arty” fi lm about an actor making a comeback. Life will imitate art.

Best Supporting Actor (female): Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”; Laura Dern, “Wild”; Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game”; Emma Stone, “Birdman”; Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods.”

This worthy list also has a frontrunner, and – amaz-ingly – it isn’t Streep, who

already has one support-ing and two lead Oscars from 18 previous nomina-tions. Early accolades have overwhelmingly favored Arquette, whose work in “Boyhood” is complex and controlled. The journeyman star will fi nally get her due.

Best Supporting Ac-tor (male): Robert Duvall, “The Judge”; Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”; Edward Nor-ton, “Birdman”; Mark Ruf-falo, “Foxcatcher”; J.K. Sim-mons, “Whiplash.”

This may be the most suspenseful race of all the major categories. Eachnominee is impressive, but the two generating the most excitement are Ruffalo and Simmons. Ruffalo was nom-inated previously for “The Kids Are All Right,” and he’s terrifi c in “Foxcatcher.” Simmons is a newbie in the Oscar world, but the man has done everything from the creepiest of convicts to the most lovable of father fi gures. His tough-guy act in “Whiplash” is a sight to be-hold, and Oscar voters will want to reward him here for a lifetime of greatness.

Best Director: Alejan-dro G. Inarritu, “Birdman”; Richard Linklater, “Boy-hood”; Bennet Miller, “Fox-catcher”; Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Ho-tel”; Morten Tyldum, “The Imitation Game.”

Not a weak spot here, but only one spent 12 years making a fi lm that turned out to be a masterpiece. Can’t wait to see Richard Linklater – the man who directed the classic “Dazed and Confused” – pick up the Oscar for “Boyhood.”

Patricia Ar-

quette plays

the mom of

Ellar Coltrane

in “Boyhood,”

nominated for

six Academy

Awards.

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FRIDAY-SUNDAY ■ Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents “Built To

Amaze” at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker

Jr. Ave. Showtimes: 7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m.

Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: Coliseum Box Offi ce,

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FRIDAY ■ Antonin Dvořák’s “Stabat Mater” performance by the

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atre, 604 S. Gay St. Part of the Moxley Carmichael Master-

works Series. Tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444; KSO

box offi ce: 291-3310.

SATURDAY ■ The Black Jacket Symphony performs The Beatles’

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$27.50 plus applicable service fees. Info/tickets: http://www.

knoxbijou.com.

SUNDAY ■ “Hollywood’s Night Out” presented by Young Variety at

Regal Entertainment Group’s Riviera 8 Downtown. Watch the

Oscar’s live on Regal’s big screen. Doors open 7 p.m. Tickets:

$35. Tickets: Fandango Online or the Regal Riviera Box Offi ce.

Proceeds go to Variety of Eastern Tennessee’s Kids on the Go!

Program. Info: Variety of Eastern Tennessee on Facebook.

■ Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Winter Concerts:

4:30 p.m. featuring four of the fi ve Youth Orchestras and

7 p.m. featuring the top Youth Orchestra with solos by

the Concerto Competition winners 8th grader Autumn

Arsenault, piano and Farragut High School sophomore Jerry

Zhou, cello; Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Free admis-

sion.

■ Young Pianist Series Concert featuring Steven Lin, 2:30

p.m., Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music

Center, 1741 Volunteer Blvd. UT campus. Tickets at the door

or online: students free, $25 adults. Info/tickets: 408-8083 or

www.youngpianistseries.com.

Did you know that Knoxville is home to 21 museums? And here’s some startling info: according to the website moretoknox-ville.com, their total annu-al attendance exceeds that of all UT home football games combined.

Painter Karla Wozniak’s 2014 “Mountain Building,” currently on display at the KMA Photo courtesy of KMA

Carol Shane

That’s a lot of art lovers!The big kahuna, of

course, is the Knoxville Museum of Art. It’s home to not only a world-class collection of visual art, but the wildly popular Alive After Five concert series, as well as the brilliant KSO Concertmaster Series of classical concerts.

Right now is a great time to visit the museum, what with the changeable weather and often gloomy skies. Is it spring? Still winter? Who knows? Put away the gardening tools and canoe for a few more weeks, anyway, and find beauty and intrigue inside the KMA.

Three local artists – two painters and one mixed-media sculptor – are cur-rently featured in “Con-temporary Focus,” an annual exhibition designed to serve as a vital means of recognizing, support-ing, and documenting the development of contempo-rary art in East Tennessee. Each year, the exhibition series features the work of artists who are living and making art in this region, and who are exploring is-sues relevant to the larger world of contemporary art.

Painter Karla Wozniak holds degrees in painting from Yale University and Rhode Island School of Design, including partici-pation in RISD’s European Honors Program in Rome, Italy. Her paintings have been exhibited all over the U.S. and in Germany. She is currently an assistant professor of painting at the University of Tennessee’s School of Art.

Anyone who enjoys the daring and vibrant use of color will love Wozniak’s densely patterned, exuber-ant works. She’s a modern-day Fauve, referring to a group of early-20th-cen-tury French Impressionist painters who used vivid palettes. Wozniak draws inspiration from nature as well as the urban land-scape.

The other featured painter, Mira Gerard, is chair and associate profes-sor in the department of art & design at East Ten-nessee State University.

From the KMA website: “Mira Gerard’s shadowy, expansive figure paintings integrate subject matter from her own video record-ings and found imagery in ways that blur the bound-aries between dream and reality.”

Gerard’s ghostly figures are sometimes gently in-tercepted by objects, as if they’re made of air. Faces are obscured, backgrounds are multi-layered, gauzy, swirling.

On her website, Gerard states, “I make paintings of the figure as a way to understand desire, which functions in my work in

part as a fantasy about be-ing both subject and mak-er.”

Mixed-media sculptor Caroline Covington’s aim is often to provoke and un-settle. She produces “works that explore notions of dis-placement, mortality and chance,” according to the KMA website. In addition to her studio practice, Cov-ington is assistant profes-sor of sculpture at Chat-tanooga State Community College.

Covington says, “My cur-rent work exposes the anxi-eties and apprehensions felt towards the myths of the past and the uncertain-ties of the future through interactive installations incorporating found and fabricated objects, perfor-mance, video and monu-mental structures. As view-

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I love seafood, so seeing a type I have never tried be-fore on the menu at Bistro by the Tracks made my din-ner selection an easy one. Grilled cobia turned out to be a fi rm and meaty fi sh with such a delicious and mild fl avor that I cleaned my plate in no time.

Cobia, according to some quick Internet research, is sometimes called black kingfi sh or black salmon, which is something of a mystery as it isn’t anything like kingfi sh or salmon and

The fi rm and delicious cobia is the star of this dish at Bistro by

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isn’t black. It’s a saltwater fi sh, and most of the sup-ply for restaurants comes from aqua-farms. Cobia’s mild fl avor makes it a chef’s favorite at high-end restau-rants.

The cobia at Bistro by the Tracks is served with Anson Mills’ Farro Verde – another menu item that sent me to the Internet – and pickled vegetables, thinly sliced radishes, lemon and arugula. Farro is simply an Italian name for emmer wheat. It has a slightly nutty taste, can have a smoky fl avor and is cooked soft, but still with a slight crunch. It is rather

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Bistro by the Tracks, 215 Brookview Centre Way, is located off Northshore

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ers consider the work and the narratives therein, a sense of dread stirs both memories and premoni-tions, fueling fears and dis-rupting intimacy.”

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By Alvin NanceMargaret Bowling, 86, is

proof that you are never too old to fi nd your passion. She published her fi rst novel two years ago and completed her second, “Mountain Glory,” last year.

The Northgate Terrace resident has been invited to bring her newest novel to the KCDC board of commis-sioners meeting when every commissioner will be given a book purchased by Knox-ville’s Community Develop-ment Corporation.

In just a few months, Bowling already has sold more than 100 books, even though she never picked up a pen to write until she retired and began crafting stories in spiral notebooks.

Both novels center on an-cestors who lived in Scott County in a small commu-nity called Norma in the late 1800s. The fi rst book, “Mountain Refuge,” focuses on the childhood and early life of her great-grandfa-

Bowling fi nds purpose in writingNews from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

Terri Evans (left) and Alvin Nance (right) have their copies of

“Mountain Glory” signed by author Margaret Bowling at a

book signing at Northgate Terrace.

ther, Will Wilson. The 254-page sequel follows Wilson as he raises his children and also tells the story of the Wilson family’s friends and neighbors. This book is about twice as long as Bowl-ing’s fi rst effort.

Bowling said the second book was fun to write, be-cause she had reached the

point where she was writing about people she knew fi rst-hand, such as her grand-mother, Nancy Wilson, who is a child in this book.

Publishing was the hard-est part of the process. She wrote “Mountain Glory” in a few months, but it took nearly two years to publish. Her hard work paid off, be-

cause both books now are available on Amazon in both print and digital forms.

Bowling has received a great response from Scott County folks. To her, that’s the best part of writing this book.

“I’m meeting a lot of new people,” Bowling said. “I never dreamed I’d have so many friends.”

Bowling has lived at Northgate Terrace for more than 25 years and has cer-tainly been one of our most engaging residents.

“We are very proud to have a published author,” said Terri Evans, Northgate Terrace senior asset man-ager. “KCDC staff and resi-dents are eagerly awaiting the next edition to see what happens next to Will Wilson and his family.”

They won’t have to wait long. Bowling says she’s already well on her way in writing her third novel. Alvin Nance is executive director and

CEO of KCDC.

Farragut High School is fortunate to have not only a great academic record, but also some of the fi nest ath-letic facilities in the county. And the baseball diamond at the corner of Kingston Pike and Lyndon Welch Way is no exception.

Most of the present facili-ties are relatively new and bear little resemblance to those that existed 60 years ago. Today, football and baseball are played on dif-ferent fi elds, but back then, there was only one fi eld which had to be modifi ed each year to accommodate the two sports.

Malcolm Shell

Hidden treasure

The preparation usu-ally involved “dragging the fi eld,” a process that unearthed golf ball-sized rocks. Jack Bondurant re-calls as an outfi elder taking every opportunity during a lull in the action to throw rocks off the fi eld. I am sure many baseball players were

thrown out because they dreaded sliding into a base. Other schools dreaded play-ing Farragut, not because we were that good, but because the rocks tore up their football uniforms and caused painful abrasions.

Today there are no rocks, and the baseball diamond looks like a well-manicured park. But there is one secret about the fi eld that is prob-ably known only to us long-time residents: It’s built on top of a beautiful spring that once served the original set-tlers as a source of cool wa-ter to drink and a place to store their perishable foods.

The spring was originally part of the residence built by John Steel Campbell

around 1810 at 11235 West Point Drive. The spring formed a shallow lake, and a stone spring house was built by the Russell family in the early 1900s. On warm sum-mer days it was often the gathering place for the Rus-sells’ outdoor parties.

Presently, the home houses a real estate devel-opment fi rm and is often referred to as “the Taco Bell house” because it is located directly behind the restau-rant.

But there is no evidence of the beautiful spring that once existed there, because it is now hidden under home plate. When the baseball diamond was built in the 1980s, the ground was el-evated and leveled, and the spring was diverted into nearby Turkey Creek. But it still fl ows in the subter-ranean crevices under the

fi eld, just as it did eons ago.I often wonder if the young

batter, waiting for that per-fect pitch at home plate, is aware that he or she is stand-ing on the spot that played such an important part in the town’s development.

A large nearby spring was a necessity for those early settlers who crossed the Appalachians looking for a spot to build their cab-ins, and it played a signifi -cant role in their choice of locations. In fact, without the spring, there probably would never have been a Campbell’s Station or town of Farragut. Springs were so important that many towns were named after them. Oli-

ver Springs and Spring City are two area examples.

Athletic fi elds are com-monly named in honor of an outstanding coach or athlete whose prowess cre-ated a legacy deserving of remembrance. And I am not sure if Farragut’s sports fi elds are named in recogni-tion of someone other than the famous admiral. But considering the importance of the once-vital underly-ing spring, it seems appro-priate that “spring” might somehow be included in the name.

When I stand on the sidewalk at the south side of Kingston Pike and look to the north, it is hard to envision the area that was once the John Boring farm where Farragut High School now stands. The dramatic changes make me realize that either I am very old, or there have been a lot of changes in a relatively short period of time. I have no il-lusions about my age, but for those of us who grew up here in the 1950s, the change is almost incompre-hensible.

In all, the changes have been very positive. In-deed, a once small agrar-ian community has been transformed into a vibrant town. And it is impossible to impede the steady march of time and progress; the only constant is change. One small change: visiting sports teams no longer have to worry about torn uni-forms or injuries from slid-ing home.

McGarvey

This prosthetic hand, L-N 4, is available for just $50.

McGarvey talks handsBy Sandra Clark

Allen Wilhoit got a s t r a n g e phone call. A man he didn’t know, John Mc-Garvey, was coming to K n o x v i l l e to volun-teer with R e m o t e

Area Medical. Could he also speak to the North Knox-ville Rotary?

Come on, said Wilhoit.McGarvey brought the

message of the L-N 4 hand, the invention of Ernie Meadows to memorialize his daughter, Ellen, who died in an automobile acci-dent at age 18.

No one profi ts from pro-duction of the hand, which is distributed by Rotary Clubs and others through the Ellen Meadows Pros-thetic Hand Foundation. The only requirement is that recipients do not pay.

In fact, McGarvey said, a donation of $50 will cover production and shipping to a volunteer who then takes the hand to someone in need.

Is there a need for hands?Yes, McGarvey said.

Hands are lost through ac-cidents, acts of violence, landmines and congenital conditions.

Want to help?Check out LN-4.org or

write to john.mcgarvey@gmail.com

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Elite Realty is celebrat-ing 22 years of service to the community. Co-owners Andy Mason and Karen Bradshaw held a Knoxville Area Association of Realtors (KAAR) awards luncheon Feb. 10 to acknowledge the accomplishments of Award of Excellence recipients for 2014.

Awards given: Andy Ma-son – Diamond; Shirley Jones, Tausha Price, Aaron Newman and Terri Rose –

Gold; Donna Beasley – Sil-ver.

“We are not a big corpo-ration. People come to usbecause they feel they getmore personal attention,”said Bradshaw. “We feelblessed that the communityhas supported us throughthe years. Without them wewouldn’t be here.”

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By Cindy TaylorPaws Pet Supply is open

in a new location. This is good news for pet owners who are looking for a holis-tic and friendly approach to animal health and groom-ing in the North Knox area. The store offers a wide va-riety of services and sup-plies including training and boarding.

Senior groomer Kat Owenby and groomer Em-ily Arnold are ready to take your pet from precious to

preciously perfect.“We do mostly groom-

ing and are a specialty supply shop,” said owner Tracy Gardner. “We’ve even groomed bunnies and goats. We have a lot of customers in this area who are happy we’re closer.”

The store has moved from its location of seven years on Schaad Road to 7571 Barnett Way behind Five Guys. Open house is set for March 21. Inf9

Paws owner Tracy Gardner and her Boston terrier, Possum, at

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Senior groomer at Paws Pet Supply, Kat Owenby, takes a little

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Happy pets at Paws

Let’s face it. There are businesses that you hope you’ll never need to visit.

Donna and Jerry Dalton have spent over 20 years building their

successful business. Photo by Nancy Whittaker

Dalton Collision: Gold Class Shop

Nancy Whittaker

But when you are faced with repairing your ve-hicle after a collision, you want a place with excellent qualifi cations. Dalton Colli-sion fi lls the bill – and then some.

Jerry Dalton was in the fi berglass repair division at Sea Ray Boats, but soon he was also working on cars. It wasn’t long before his customers also needed col-lision repair, so he and wife Donna opened Dalton Colli-sion in a garage in 1991.

In 1998, the business re-located to the current build-ing at 355 Rutledge Pike near Blaine.

With 8,600 square feet, it appeared the building would have plenty of space. However, in the typical Dalton fashion of growth and progress, an additional 4,000 square feet is being built adjacent to the current location and is scheduled for completion in March.

The new space will in-clude a dedicated aluminum room.

With stricter government standards for fuel economy, manufacturers are being re-quired to reduce the weight of cars and trucks.

Aluminum reduces the weight of the average vehi-cle by 700 pounds.

The Daltons want to stay one step ahead of the future needs of consumers. New Ford F150s are currently made of aluminum.

Dalton Collision has al-ready been aluminum cer-tifi ed for Ford, as well as for Nissan, Infi nity, Honda, Acura, General Motors and Chrysler.

Certifi cations are impor-tant to Jerry and Donna. The Daltons require all 16

sets us apart. I put my mon-ey back in the business to insure I have the best tools and equipment and lat-est technology,” says Jerry. Currently they are averag-ing repairs on 20 vehicles per week.

Dalton Collision is also certifi ed with in-network Certifi ed VIP Collision Care Repair Services. “We are lo-cally owned and operated but also part of a national chain of shops,” explains Jerry. Among other ben-efi ts, Jerry says this guaran-tees repairs nationally with a lifetime warranty. When repairs are completed at Dalton Collision, they are guaranteed by the network, so customers can move out

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) pro-gram, which offers free tax preparation by certifi ed vol-unteers to low-to moderate-income families and house-holds, is available at three locations.

Goodwill, 5307 Kingston Pike: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tues-days through Thursdays

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employees to stay current on the latest technology. Local and regional training has resulted in Dalton Colli-sion being designated as an I-CAR (Inter-Industry Con-ference on Auto Collision Repair) Gold Class Shop for 16 years, the longest of any shop in the state of Tennes-see, according to Jerry.

Some insurance compa-nies require collision repair to be done by a Gold Class Shop.

Blueprinting the car – taking a car apart and look-ing for hidden damages – is one reason Jerry says insurance companies refer people to Dalton Collision. “Quality work with a faster turn-around time is what

of state and still be assured of their warranty if there are any issues in the future.

Dalton Collision is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for all services and on Sat-urdays from 9 to noon for estimates and drop-offs.

Collision repair is avail-able for all makes and mod-els.

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NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a regional referral hospital where other facilities

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After six weeks of inpa-

tient care and a year of

outpatient treatment at

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tion Center, Chris Taylor

celebrated his “gradu-

ation” from rehab with

staff . Taylor’s experience

encouraged him to

return with his three

daughters to PNRC

and hand out cards to

patients on Christmas

Eve. Now, thanks to

his treatment from the

Wound Care Center and

HBO Therapy at Fort

Sanders Regional, along

with PNRC, Taylor is get-

ting back to his old self,

including playing drums

at church.

He gained ‘friends for life,’ after life-threatening infectionIn 2013, Chris Taylor, now 45,

was working as a probation pa-role officer in Claiborne County, driving more than an hour each way to his home in Mascot, Tenn.

“I was getting up at 5 a.m. to be there by 7 and getting home at 8 o’clock at night. I was so tired from working and driving,” Taylor said. “Probably looking back on it, I was more fatigued than I thought I was.”

That fatigue caught up with him after he mowed his lawn in late May of 2013. He awoke the next morning with his left foot swollen and painful.

“I treated it like gout for a week, and then on June 1, I got what I thought was a back spasm. I was in so much pain I went to the emergency room at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center,” Taylor said.

The staff took a blood sample and found Taylor had an infec-tion of Staphylococcus bacteria, commonly known as “Staph,” not only in his left foot, but around the base of his spine where he’d had a previous surgery. The in-fection was life-threatening.

“I was in kidney and liver fail-ure. They told me I would have died in a few days,” said Taylor.

Strong antibiotics were not successful in battling the infec-tion, so Dr. G. Douglas Schuch-mann performed two surgeries to remove the infection from Taylor’s left foot.

Taylor spent about four weeks at Fort Sanders, then another six weeks at Patricia Neal Rehabili-tation Center. He was a resident there for six weeks and an out-patient for about a year.

“Everyone at Fort Sanders and Patricia Neal has been amazing. I hadn’t spent a whole lot of time in hospitals, but they were all real nice to me. I wouldn’t have want-ed to be anywhere else,” said Tay-lor. “They called me the ‘mayor of Four-East,’ I was there so long.”

After Taylor was released from inpatient care at Patri-

Skin substitutes help wound healingThe body’s ability to heal itself is

remarkable. Most of the time, cuts and tears in the skin will heal with-in four weeks, even if they leave a scar.

However, many factors can in-hibit healing. Poor oxygen flow, bacterial infections, age and sex hormones, stress, diabetes, obesi-ty, medications, alcoholism, smok-ing, and nutrition can each inhibit the body’s ability to heal wounds.

Fort Sanders Wound Treatment Center offers a number of thera-pies for patients whose wounds do

not heal on their own. One of them, a new “skin substitute,” can pro-vide a healing barrier for the skin.

Called EpiFix, it’s a biological product, meaning it’s made from live human tissue. In this case, it’s human amniotic membrane from real human placentas. They are chosen from women who are healthy, then the membranes are separated, processed, sterilized and freeze-dried for medical use.

“It’s collagen, so it provides a framework for wound healing, plus the amniotic membrane is not re-

jected by the body like most other tissues. It has immunosuppressant properties,” said Dr. G. Douglas Schuchmann, a surgeon and medi-cal director of the Fort Sanders Wound Treatment Center.

The center has been using Epi-Fix for about three months with impressive results, Schuchmann said.

“It can be put on easily in the clinic,” he said. “It’s almost like a piece of tape. You activate it with saline and it just sticks down, so it’s a very simple and painless ap-

plication. And it just really increas-es healing times.

“We’re pretty excited about it,” said Schuchmann. “It’s not a new product per se, but we are getting a better feel for it.”

A number of biological tissues are used for below the knee, but EpiFix can be used anywhere on the body, Schuchmann said.

“Whether it’s applied in surgery or at Fort Sanders Wound Treat-ment Center, EpiFix is probably the best of the biologics and most helpful for our patients,” he said.

cia Neal Rehabilitation Center,he received hyperbaric oxygen(HBO) therapy to speed healingof his foot and strong antibioticsto treat his spinal infection.

Five times each week, Taylorwas wheeled to the HBO thera-py center to spend an hour in abody-sized oxygen tube.

“I’m extremely claustropho-bic,” said Taylor. “So the firstday, I freaked out, and theycalled Dr. Schuchmann. Hecame in and he took me by thehand and said, ‘Chris, it’s goingto be OK. I need you to do this.’Like my grandfather was talkingto me. He said, ‘I’ll be here whenyou get out.’ And when I got out,he was standing right there.”

Over the course of weeks, Tay-lor’s wounds slowly got better.

“They thought I would be ina wheelchair the rest of my life,but I kept progressing,” he said.

“Patricia Neal RehabilitationCenter tried to prepare me for lifebeing a paraplegic, and they did agreat job of that, learning to usemy upper body to get in and outof the chair. But my hard headwouldn’t believe it. After outpa-tient therapy for almost a year,I’ve gotten to where I walk witha cane, and around the house Iwalk without it,” he said.

“I have three girls to walkdown the aisle at some point!”said Taylor. “I may never runany marathons, but I’ve beenplaying drums at my church. Mygoal is to continue to improve.

“I’d like to thank everyone atFort Sanders, the HBO therapyteam and Patricia Neal Rehabili-tation Center. They are amaz-ing people with amazing hearts.They are people that I’ll prob-ably be friends with for life. I’drecommend them to anyone. Inmy mind it’s the best place inEast Tennessee for care.”

For more information

about the services offered at

Fort Sanders Regional Medical

Center, go to fsregional.com.

G. Douglas

Schuchmann, MD

B-2 • FEBRUARY 18, 2015 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news

By Betty BeanKnox County Mayor Tim Bur-

chett held a press conference in the Oakwood Elementary School parking lot on a dismal January morning in 2012 to announce that he would try one last time to fi nd a developer willing to take on the project of rescuing the abandoned, century-old building – broken win-dows, collapsed roof, sagging ceil-ings, crumbling walls and all.

Neighbors, some of whom were Oakwood alumni, didn’t hold out much hope for the old school, al-though Burchett said he’d issue a Request for Proposals and give his-toric preservationists another 30 days to help fi nd an angel.

Today, the former Oakwood School at 232 E. Churchwell Avenue is buzzing with activity as construc-tion workers and carpenters put the fi nal touches on Oakwood Senior Living, slated to open in late March. The facility, which retains its origi-nal façade, will house 63 assisted living and memory care suites and

provide a full array of services in-cluding a nursing staff, recreation-al and social activities programs, transportation, three meals a day, medication management and more.

The new entrance will be through the former gym, transformed into a spacious, high-ceilinged room with a big chandelier, seating for group or individual activities and a bar for residents and guests. (Yes, there will be beer. Red Oak, anyone?)

The suites are former class-rooms, ranging from 350 to 600 square feet. Each features one or more huge windows and some have small kitchenettes. The memory care apartments will be secured from other units with a higher care staff ratio. Monthly rates range from $2,895– $3,995, and rooms can be shared to reduce cost.

The new owner of the building, Dover Development, is headed by Rick Dover, a longtime builder/de-veloper who combined his interest in historic preservation with the ex-periences he had several years ago

while looking for care for his grand-father. The architect is Daniel Levy and the designer is his wife, Kendall Levy.

Dover’s fi rst repurposing proj-ects were at River Oaks Place and Lakewood Place (the fi rst Loudon Hospital) in Loudon County, and then the former Lenoir City High School, which is now River Oaks Place of Lenoir City. Dover added the historic Alexander Inn in Oak Ridge to his portfolio, and it is on track to be completed at much the same time as Oakwood.

All of the previously mentioned Dover projects are assisted living/memory care communities, but the next big undertaking, Historic Knoxville High School, scheduled to come online in late 2016, will be an independent living/ mixed use complex with residential units and small businesses. Northshore Senior Living in West Knoxville will serve both assisted living and memory care communities in new construction.

Dover Development contracts with Senior Solutions Management Group to manage its communities, and the executive director of Oak-wood Senior Living, Amy Wise, is a licensed practical nurse who was a student at Oakwood Elementary School. Wise has spent her career in assisted living and says that there’s considerable interest in Oakwood Senior Living (three suites are al-ready reserved, with a fourth res-ervation expected by the end of last week).

To schedule a tour, call 865-363-5950.

The former gymnasium will

be completely redone as an

entryway/commons area with

bar. Architect’s rendering

At Oakwood Senior Living

Want to get a look at Oakwood

Senior Living and have some bar-

beque, too? Come for lunch 11

a.m.-1 p.m., Thursday, March 26.

The cost is $7 and all proceeds

will go to Meals on Wheels.

Zeke is a 4-year-old male

Pit Bull Terrier mix, Eva

is a 5-year-old female

Persian mix and Mary is

a 4-month-old female

American Rabbit mix. All

three are available for

adoption from Young-

Williams Animal Center’s

3201 Division St. loca-

tion, and each animal has

been spayed or neutered,

vaccinated and micro-

chipped. Info: www.

young-williams.org.

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RUTLEDGE – Remodeled 5BR/3BA, 1900’s farm house on 13.9 acres & features: 36x30 “Morton” metal barn w/12x60 overhang & sliding drs, 36x24 metal shed, pond, 3-car det carport w/wkshp & offi ce/gym, house has mstr suite on main & up, 9 custom brick FPS, but-ler’s pantry off kit, breakfast area off fam rm & kit, sec sys w/camera, pine ceilings & so much more. A must see! $579,900 (909367)

CLINTON – Great Investment! 39.26 acres in the heart of downtown Clin-ton. Enjoy the view of the Cumberland Mountains & Clinch River. This prop-erty is ideal for multiple home sites w/breathtaking views. Possible develop-ment potential. Property has house & barn. $400,000 (908582)

KARNS – 3BR/2BA, brick b-rancher sits on approx 1 acre & features an open fl oor plan. Kit overlooks fam rm w/FP, formal living & dining area, screened porch, rec rm down w/FP & walk-out to backyard. Great yard, oversized 2- car gar extra parking. New carpet, fresh paint & more. $244,900 (914170)

FTN CITY COMMERCIAL – N. Broadway, currently Best Clips Salon, has 2 rental spaces on main street front & possible apartment or 2 additional spaces lower level. Main level - Space 1: 620 SF, 2 restrooms. Space 2: 430 SF, 1 restroom. $139,900 (885995)

FTN CITY – Convenient location! 3BR/2BA rancher on corner lot features: Covered front porch, hdwd fl rs, eat-in kit, mstr suite w/dbl walk-in closets & full BA. Det 2-car gar w/additional stg bldg. Great backyard w/creek. $124,900 (900297)

FTN CITY – Well kept, 1-owner. Conve-nient location yet private deadend st. This all brick, 3BR/2BA, bsmt rancher sits on approx half acre lot. Formal LR & DR, Cherry hdwd fl rs, kit open to fam rm w/FP, sun rm, bsmt rec rm & lg stg rm. Updates include: Roof, HVAC, windows, soffi t, shutters, gar dr, paint & so much more. A must see. $179,900 (908835)

FTN CITY – Washington Station Planned Unit Development. All brick w/2 & 3 BRs, 2-car garages. Convenient to I-640. Starting at $144,900 (909430)

KNOX – 142.9 acres on co line. 61.57 acres in Knox Co & 81.33 acres in Union Co. Branch runs across both ends of property & has a spring-fed pond. Property has a brick bldg near road. $599,000 (874438)

KARNS – All brick, 3BR/2BA rancher on 3+ acres. Convenient location off Oak Ridge Hwy. Hdwd fl rs, mstr suite w/full BA, dbl closets & private deck, whole house fan, lg 22x25 covered patio w/open BBQ pit along w/20x19 carport w/ 6x20 stg. Barn-storage. $179,900 (902393)

HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news • FEBRUARY 18, 2015 • B-3

THROUGH SATURDAY, FEB. 28

“Buy One, Get One Free” admission tickets available for Knoxville Zoo. Tickets can be purchased at the zoo ticket window during regular zoo hours. Info: 637-5331, ext. 300 or knoxvillezoo.org.

THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH 27

Call for local authors of children’s books for “Farragut Book Fest for Children” to be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Founders Park at Campbell Station. $25 fee includes tent, table, two chairs and lunch at the event; authors will supply their books, decorations and signage. No fee: bring own set-up materials, which must include a tent fitting a 10'x10' space. Info/to register: www.townoffarragut.org/register and click the Programs tab; Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive; 966-7057.

THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 10

Tickets available for Rhythm N’ Blooms music festival, on stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s historic Jackson Avenue. Features fi rst-timers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied musical backgrounds. Info/tickets: www.rhythmnbloomsfest.com.

THROUGH MAY 20

Applications accepted for the Great Smoky Mountains Trout Adventure Camp for middle school girls and boys, sponsored by the Tennessee Council of Trout Unlimited to be held June 15-20 at Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont (GSMIT) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Info/applications: http://www.tntroutadventure.org.

THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 20

Online registration open for Race to benefi t the Corryton Community Food Pantry, to be held Saturday, June 20. Event is part of “The Run and See Tennessee Grand Prix Series.” To register: https://runnerreg.us/corryton8mile. Info: corryton8miler@yahoo.com; ron.fuller@totalracesolutions.com; or Joyce Harrell, 705-7684.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18

Computer Workshop: Word Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Re-quires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 525-5431.

THURSDAY, FEB. 19

Burlington Game Night, 5:30-8 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

“Read the Packet: a key factor for successful seed starting,” 3:15-4 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Knox County Master Garden-ers. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

FRIDAY, FEB. 20

Chili Fundraiser hosted by the Union County Little League, 5:30-8 p.m., Maynardville Elementary School. Cost: $5 for bowl of chili, drink and cookie. Silent auc-tion. Info: Union County Little League Facebook page.

SATURDAY, FEB. 21

All you can eat pancake breakfast, 8:30-10 p.m., Chili’s, 6635 Clinton Highway. Tickets: adults, $5; chil-dren 4-6, $2; children under 3, free. All proceeds benefi t Christus Victor Early Childhood Development Center education program.

Little Free Library Workshop, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Center for Creative Minds, 23 Emory Place. Hosted by A1LabArts. To register: Donna, donnamoore32@mac.com. Info: www.a1labarts.org.

Northside Kiwanis Club Pancake Jamboree and Bake Sale, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 544 N. Broadway. Tickets: $4 each or $10/family (up to four) available at the door. Info: Tom Mattingly, 414-6218.

Ranch Rodeo, 7 p.m., the Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center, 1615 Pavilion Drive, White Pine. Spon-sored by the Walters State Ag Club. Proceeds go to scholarships for the Walters State Agriculture Depart-ment. Admission: $10 for adults; $5 for students ages 7-17; 6 and under free. Tickets available at the door. Info: ws.edu.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Sean McCol-lough, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Rea-gan, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival Readings: “The Third Proposal,” 2:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

MONDAY, FEB. 23

Technology 101: Smartphones and Tablets, 12:30-2 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free; open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival Readings: “American Farce,” 6 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

TUESDAY, FEB. 24

Log Cabin Quilt Block Class, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby at Turkey Creek. Cost: $24. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.

Quebecois Vive Le Quebec!! cooking class, , 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, FEB. 24, 26

AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA Knoxville offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Must attend both nights. Preregistration required. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25

AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA Knoxville offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Must pre-register. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

THURSDAY, FEB. 26

Family Pajama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville High-way. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 525-5431.

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Lost & Found 13THE FOLLOWING ve-

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Special Notices 15THE NORTHEAST

KNOX UTILITY DISTRICT Board of Commissioners will hold the regular monthly meeting on Monday, February 23, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. in their office located at 7214 Washington Pike, Corryton, TN. If special accommo-dations are needed, pls call 865-687-5345.

Adoption 21ADOPTION: LOVING

COUPLE promises your baby a secure home. Denise & Nick, 1-888-449-0803.

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A LOVING, caring couple long to share our hearts & home with a newborn. A se-cure life with educa-tion & dreams come true await. Expenses paid. Maria/Robert,

1-800-586-4121 or OurWish2Adopt.info

Lots of LOVE, laughter & security await a

baby. Expenses paid. Dawn & John, 1-800-818-5250.

Farms & Land 45MORGAN CO. 202

Acre farm, fenced, 3 acre pond, farm house, flagstone rock quarry, gas well. $400,000. 865-456-2268

Cemetery Lots 492 LOTS, Highland

Memorial, value $2500 each. Sell $1600 each. 865-414-4615

2 Mausoleum crypts in Grandview (Maryville), $3200 obo. 865-977-7455

2 SIDE X SIDE Cem. lots in Greenwood Cemetery, $1500 ea. Call 865-588-6385

6 PRIME Lots Lynnhurst Cemetary, w/ DBL granite base:$500

value, Lot value-$3,495 ea. selling- $3,000 ea.

865-687-6628

Highland Memorial, Gospels Sec. 2 lots side by side, $1200 each. 865-588-0567

Apts - Unfurnished 71

SENIOR or

DISABLED

HIGH RISE

FACILITY

1 BR APTS.

Oak Ridge, TN

865-482-6098

Apts - Furnished 72WALBROOK STUDIOS

865-251-3607 $140 weekly. Discount

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

Cable. No Lse.

Bids/Proposals 94The City of Maynard-ville is accepting sealed mowing bids until 4:00 PM on March 10th, 2015. Liability insur-ance limits must be $500,000.00 or greater. Please pick up a bid package at City Hall (865-992-3821). Bids must be submitted on provided bid sheet and must be filled out com-pletely to be consid-ered. Any discrepan-cies on the bid sheet will result in automatic disqualification.

Trucking Opportunities 106

DRIVERS CDL-

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Dogs 141

Australian Shepherd Pups, Toy / Mini, chmp.

bldln. 865-322-5545. ***Web ID# 523308***

CHIHUAHUA PUPS very small, 7 wks.

old, S&W, $200. Call 865-932-2333.

***Web ID# 522374***

CHORKIE PUPPIES, 1 fem., 2 males, 1st shot, wormed, 5-6 lbs. grwn. $250. 865-210-2151

ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPS NKC, $1000 & up. Visa & M/C. 423-775-6044 ***Web ID# 522444*** YORKIES AKC, Ch. lns, quality Male & Female.

Health Guaranteed. 865-591-7220

Dogs 141GOLDEN Retrievers AKC, 2 girls, 3 boys, 1st shots, vet ck, $550 931-738-9605; 931-808-0293 ***Web ID# 521070***

Siberian husky AKC pups. Shots, health guar. $500-600. Blk/wht & gray/wht. 256-2763

***Web ID# 522557***

Free Pets 145

ADOPT! Looking for an addi-tion to the family?

Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official shelter for

Knoxville & Knox County.

Call 215-6599 or visit

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Farmer’s Market 1506 SECTIONS of 6x9'

chain link fencing w/door access, $650. Call 865-947-3354

John Deere 870 Tractor, 398 hrs., 2WD exc. cond.

$7675 or with Tiller, Bush Hog, Boom Pole, 6 prong & 2 prong garden plows & corn planter, $10275 for or will sep. 865-228-5449; 947-3465.

KUBOTA TRACTOR and loader, model M105, 105HP, 4WD,

only 870 hrs., $32,000. 865-456-2268.

WANT TO BUY Standing Timber, hard-wood & pine. 5 acres or

more. 865-382-7529

Lawn-Garden Equip. 190100 Gal. Spray Tank

on small trailer, needs pump, $150. 865-376-4132

JOHN DEERE X475, 2005 model, 192 hrs, 48" deck, $6495. 865-599-0516.

TROYBILT ROTO TILLER

$350 Phone 865-922-6408

Photography Equip. 1992 Digital Cameras,

Sony, new, 7.2 mp, 12X opt. zoom, $150 ea or both $250. 865-436-7519 Gatlinburg

Misc. Items 203 Moving Sale. Jukebox,

Loveseat, Treadmill, Q bed, Cedar Chest, Mirror, Desk, Chair, MORE. 865-384-2209 leave msg

Antiques 216BRASS BEDS, 1 full $400 & 2 matching

twins $1,100. Call 865-376-4132

Garage Sales 225BOY SCOUT TROOP

13 NEEDS DONA-TIONS for their an-nual yard sale fund-raiser on Sat. Apr

18, 9a-3p. To donate items, pls contact Scoutmaster Dave Ringley at 656-9626 or Ringleydave@ gmail.com or call Candy at 377-3908.

Boats Motors 23214 FT aluminum boat

w/trailer, 25 HP Mercury motor $1600. 865-966-2527

***Web ID# 521020***

Campers 23520' CAMPER, great

for deer hunters, needs some work, best offer. 865-376-4132

23' Travel Trailer Camper. Great

cond. Full bath/kit. $8,900. 865-805-5117

COACHMAN 2004 Travel Trailer, sleeps 6, exc. cond. $8635. 865-966-2527

***Web ID# 521019***

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Motor Homes 237CLASS C 2006, Chatteau

Sport by Thor, 29R, 12,430 mi. 2 slides w/ awnings, new awning 17 ft. New tires, front brakes, $29,000. 865-688-0755

Motorcycles 238Harley Davidson 1999

Dyna Wideglide, exc. cond. $4995. 865-947-8098; 865-227-7075

HARLEY DAVIDSON 2012 Ultra Classic, cherry red metallic, like new, gar. kept, lots of chrome, 13,738 mi, $20,750. 865-947-3354

Auto Accessories 254Antique On-Car wheel

balancer & Allen eng. analyzer, best offer. 865-376-4132

Utility Trailers 2552014 RIDGELINE

util. trailer, 5x8, w/ ramp, gar. kept, 3500 lb cap., $1,000. 865-947-3354

7'x16' DOUBLE AXLE TRAILER,

$600. Call 865-376-4132

UTILITY TRAILERS All Sizes Available

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Vans 256FORD ECONOLINE

250 1995 Cargo extended, looks & drives like

new. $3100. 865-660-4547.

Vans 256HONDA ODYSSEY Touring Elite 2014,

fully loaded, 5K mi., $29,500. 423-295-5393

Trucks 257FORD F250 Super Duty XLT 2001 ext. cab, white, 7.3 power stroke diesel, like

new, 5th whl. hitch, AT, 2 tailgates, low mi., $12,000. 423-312-8256.

GMC SIERRA 1984, V8, AT, air, low

miles, new Michelins, new int., LB, Very nice,

$5000. 865-643-7103.

4 Wheel Drive 258CHEVY SILVERADO

1989, 4x4, 75k mi. Good cond. $4500. Call 865-428-3163

RAM 2500 Longhorn crew cab, 2014, loaded, new Jan. 2015. Low mi, make offer. 865-548-0684

Antiques Classics 2601966 Pont. Catalina, 4

dr, western car, 389 AT, posi rear, good cnd. $2695. 865-250-2639

1967 GTO, complete off frame restoration, $29,000. Call 865-333-0615

1968 CAMARO Rally Sport, like new, $24,000. Call 865-333-0615

CHEVY EL CAMINO 1987, new 350 mtr. all pwr., $13,000. Call 865-607-9631

Antiques Classics 260Ford Galaxie 500

1959, 352, 4 dr, black 1 owner, $10K.

865-228-3024

GMC 1994, 4x4 1/2 ton, 502 Crate w/400L trans., $6,500. 865-333-0615

MGB 1977 $1800

Call 865-705-6123

OLDS 98 REGENCY 1979, 4 dr., low mi., drive anywhere. $5000 obo. 865-607-9631.

Sport Utility 261

AUDI 2011 Q7 TDI, black, brand new tires, premium plus model, immaculate condition, Sat/Nav, XM/Sirrus/MP3/CD, rear camera with park assist, heated seats w/memory & much more. 76,000 miles, 423-612-2700.

CADILLAC ESCALADE SUV 2000, 4x4, cham-pagne ext., tan int., Bose syts., leather, Michelins, running

boards, 140k mi., al-ways garaged, non-smoker mint cond.

$7500. 865-335-5727

FORD EXPLORER 2006 Eddie Bauer,

4WD, 4.0, white w/tan lthr int., 3rd row seat, loaded. Almost new tires, 102K mi, super

clean, must see! $9,000. 865-661-3295.

Sport Utility 261Mercury Mountaineer

2004, 87k mi, good condition, $6500. Call 865-428-3163

Nissan Juke 2011 SL, FWD, CVT, sap-phire black, loaded, 4,500 mi, exc cond, $16,500. 865-483-5204

Imports 262BMW CONVERTIBLE 325i 1990, good cond.

$2000. Call 865-428-3163

JAGUAR XF 2009, 420 HP Super Charged, 115K mi, black on black, good cond., $15,000. 865-705-4171

KIA RONDO 2007, silver, V6, 135k mi., exc. cond. Under KBB $4890 obo. 865-202-4748.

***Web ID# 521652***

LEXUS LS 430 2004, 63K mi., perfect cond. $17,000 obo. Call 865-607-9631.

MINI COOPER 2011 Club, silver w/blk top & blk lthr int, sunrf, 6 spd, exc cond, like new, 49K mi, $14,500 bo. 423-312-8256

SCION tC 2015, bought in Nov. at RWT, 900 mi, red, spoiler, panoramic roof, new cond, $20,500. 865-659-1191

Sports 264CORVETTE 2001,

red, black int., 84K mi, gar. kept, $14,000. 865-679-0907

Domestic 265CHEVY MALIBU

2006, low mi., needs front clip, $1200. 865-231-0792

Air Cond / Heating 301

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Alterations/Sewing 303ALTERATIONS

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Excavating/Gradin g 326

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Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE in-

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Handyman 335CARPENTRY, PLUMBING,

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Roofing / Siding 352ALL TYPES OF

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B-4 • FEBRUARY 18, 2015 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news

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