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VOL. 55 NO. 11 March 16, 2016 www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow (865) 922-4136 NEWS (865) 661-8777 [email protected] Sandra Clark | Ruth White ADVERTISING SALES (865) 342-6084 [email protected] Patty Fecco | Tony Cranmore Beverly Holland | Amy Lutheran CIRCULATION (865) 342-6200 [email protected] BUZZ • Physical Therapy • Aquatic Physical Therapy • Functional Capacity Evaluations • Jump Start Health & Fitness Program • Occupational & Industrial Services • Vocational Services • Work Conditioning www.associatedtherapeutics.com 2704 Mineral Springs Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917 Ph. (865) 687-4537 Quality rehabilitation & fitness in a friendly and non-competitive environment By Betsy Pickle On the day after the Super Bowl, Pastor Daryl Arnold turned on the TV expect- ing to see inter- views with the players who had fought so valiantly on the field the night before. In- stead, the media was focused on the halftime show and what pop su- perstar Beyonce wore, said and did. At the city’s recent Neighbor- hood Awards & Networking Lun- cheon, Arnold told leaders from 100 neighborhoods across the city that he wasn’t there to talk about halftime, that he was there to “cel- ebrate your fight on the field.” “Because if we’re going to be a great city, if we’re going to be a great community, if we’re going to have great neighborhoods … then you’re going to have to fight for those neighborhoods to be great,” Arnold told the crowd at the Knox- ville Convention Center. Arnold, pastor of the Overcom- ing Believers Church, knows a few things about bringing community together. He took on that job in the wake of the shooting death of Fulton High School sophomore Zaevion Dobson in December. “Zaevion’s death really just raised to the surface something that has been happening a long time,” said Arnold, a Chattanooga native and Knoxville College grad- uate who started OBC 13 years ago. “A long time people have been dying in our communities. “I’ve buried well over 70 people, most of them very young people, in 13 years. … The good news is that although it’s been a fight, the fight has been worth it.” He said that two years into his Knoxville ministry he began to turn his attention “from trying to build the church to trying to build the community because as I read in the scriptures and I started thinking about the life of Christ, Christ was never trying to build a church. He was always trying to transform the lives of people in the community.” Noting that he is a preacher, not a politician, Arnold used his strengths in his keynote address. He described certain societal ills as “weapons of mass destruction that have been designed to destroy our communities.” No. 1 is “a principality,” he said. “There’s a real devil that is try- ing to destroy our communities. When children kill children, that’s the devil.” Another “WMD” is poverty. “Within a five-mile radius of my church, 211 Harriet Tubman … the average income is $9,800 a year annual household. Something’s not right about that. “We’ve got to figure out a way to bring jobs into our communi- ties. We’ve got to figure out a way to lift our communities up when it comes to economic success and stability.” Arnold, the youngest of five children raised by a single mother, said parenting is another land- mine. Daryl Arnold Arnold tells leaders they must ‘fight’ “We all know that people who are raised up in (single-parent) homes … are more likely to go to jail, … more likely to flunk out of school, … more likely to enter into gangs and into violence. We un- derstand that. “But you know what? My child is your child, and your child is my child because we’re supposed to be a community.” Pain is another thing wrack- ing neighborhoods, especially in the inner city. Arnold said that after talking with a Vietnam War veteran who suffers from PTSD, he thought about the trauma im- posed on youngsters routinely subjected to gun violence. “Don’t you know that that’s going to follow our young people throughout their lives? So we’ve got to be very careful about judg- ing people because they have not reached the status that we think they should reach. You don’t know what they’re dealing with. I believe that all of our children To page A-3 Ed and Bob to Fountain City Ed and Bob’s Night Out in Knox County will be in Foun- tain City. Knox County’s at-large com- missioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas will be at Sam & Andy’s at 2613 West Adair Dr. just off of North Broadway from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 22. All residents are invited to discuss concerns. Powell reunion The Powell High Alumni Reunion will be held Saturday, April 2, at the Jubilee Banquet Facility, 6700 Jubilee Center Way. Registration begins at 4:45 p.m., with a buffet meal at 6. Cost: $24 plus alumni fees of $10. Reservations deadline: Monday, March 21. Donations to the scholarship fund can be mailed to PHAA, PO Box 111, Powell, TN 37849. Program advertising is avail- able by contacting Vivian Mc- Falls, 607-8775 or mcfalls57@ frontiernet.net. Info/reserva- tions: Lynette Brown, 947-7371 or [email protected]. Emory Road chat Gerald Green, executive director of the Metropolitan Planning Commission, will meet from 4-5 p.m. Wednes- day, March 16, at the Powell branch library on Emory Road with interested residents, sponsored by the Enhance Powell committee of the Powell Business and Professional As- sociation. Discussion items include: Possible rezoning to general commercial of the Sternberg property – 35 acres adjacent to the library. County Commission has asked MPC to restudy this after MPC’s initial rejection. Site plan for 220-apart- ment units on Emory near Central Avenue Pike. Grading is underway. Possible Neighborhood Conservation overlay for Emory Road business district near Powell High School and the Depot Street area. What would it include? What is the process for getting it? Info: Justin Bailey, 947- 9000, or Sandra Clark, 661- 8777. Ted Hall to speak at prayer breakfast News anchor Ted Hall will speak at the annual prayer breakfast sponsored by the Halls Business and Professional Association. The event starts at 7:30 a.m. Friday, March 25, at Beaver Dam Baptist Church. Ted Hall returned to Knoxville as news anchor for WVLT-TV in 2014 after working for seven years as news anchor at WXIA in Atlanta. Before that he was a reporter and anchor at WBIR-TV in Knoxville for 18 years. He and wife Lesa lived in the Brickey area. Tickets for the catered event are $10 and available from Sue Walker at swalker@ tindells.com or 922-7751 or at the door. It is open to all. By Sandra Clark Hallsdale Powell Utility Dis- trict is about to launch its biggest project yet. A $30 million invest- ment will replace the district’s main sewer line from I-75 to the wastewater treatment plant on Beaver Creek Drive. President Darren Cardwell said the 48-inch main line will be roughly 27,000 linear feet or almost five miles of pipe. Design is underway, and HPUD repre- sentatives are seeking easements now, Cardwell said. “We hope to start construction behind the new Kroger store on Emory Road next summer. HPUD is under a consent order to improve water quality in Bea- ver Creek. The new sewer trunk line will help by moving more wastewater to the treatment plant faster, especially during heavy rains. A storage tank now under con- struction on Dry Gap Pike is an- other way HPUD is tackling the You know it’s spring when volunteers start construction on this year’s Habitat homes. Future homeowner Nikecia White and Home Federal vice president Chris Rohwer got an early start on the bank’s 26th Habitat home, this one in North Knoxville, on March 12. For White, an adult caregiver at Sertoma Center, the home means greater safety and security for her family. Home Federal Bank is Knoxville Habitat for Humanity’s longest- standing covenant partner. This tank, under construction by Hallsdale Powell Utility District on Dry Gap Pike at Brickey-McCloud School, will hold five million gallons of waste water. Photo by S. Clark Major sewer upgrade ahead problem of sewer system over- flows. The tank will hold up to five million gallons of wastewater, Cardwell said. “We’ll set up auto- mated controls so that as sewer pipes fill up, some of the wastewa- ter will be pumped into the stor- age tank.” It will be held and re- leased back into the pipeline when the rains abate. Cardwell expects the tank to be finished by October. It will be painted with a dome roof. Birds, blooms and builders Meet Gen. Tyson Ever wondered why so many things around here are named “Tyson”? Jim Tumblin writes about Gen. Lawrence Tyson’s life. Read Tumblin on page A-2

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VOL. 55 NO. 11 March 16, 2016www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow

(865) 922-4136

NEWS (865) 661-8777

[email protected] Clark | Ruth White

ADVERTISING SALES(865) 342-6084

[email protected]

Patty Fecco | Tony Cranmore

Beverly Holland | Amy Lutheran

CIRCULATION(865) 342-6200

[email protected]

BUZZ

• Physical Therapy• Aquatic Physical Therapy

• Functional Capacity Evaluations• Jump Start Health & Fitness Program

• Occupational & Industrial Services

• Vocational Services • Work Conditioning

www.associatedtherapeutics.com

2704 Mineral Springs Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917Ph. (865) 687-4537

Quality rehabilitation & fi tness in a friendly and non-competitive

environment

By Betsy PickleOn the day after the Super

Bowl, Pastor Daryl Arnold turned on the TV expect-ing to see inter-views with the players who had fought so valiantly on the fi eld the night before. In-stead, the media was focused on the halftime show and what pop su-

perstar Beyonce wore, said and did.

At the city’s recent Neighbor-hood Awards & Networking Lun-cheon, Arnold told leaders from 100 neighborhoods across the city that he wasn’t there to talk about halftime, that he was there to “cel-ebrate your fi ght on the fi eld.”

“Because if we’re going to be a great city, if we’re going to be a great community, if we’re going to have great neighborhoods … then you’re going to have to fi ght for those neighborhoods to be great,” Arnold told the crowd at the Knox-

ville Convention Center.Arnold, pastor of the Overcom-

ing Believers Church, knows a few things about bringing community together. He took on that job in the wake of the shooting death of Fulton High School sophomore Zaevion Dobson in December.

“Zaevion’s death really just raised to the surface something that has been happening a long time,” said Arnold, a Chattanooga native and Knoxville College grad-uate who started OBC 13 years ago. “A long time people have been dying in our communities.

“I’ve buried well over 70 people, most of them very young people, in 13 years. … The good news is that although it’s been a fi ght, the fi ght has been worth it.”

He said that two years into his Knoxville ministry he began to turn his attention “from trying to build the church to trying to build the community because as I read in the scriptures and I started thinking about the life of Christ, Christ was never trying to build a church. He was always trying

to transform the lives of people in the community.”

Noting that he is a preacher, not a politician, Arnold used his strengths in his keynote address. He described certain societal ills as “weapons of mass destruction that have been designed to destroy our communities.”

No. 1 is “a principality,” he said.“There’s a real devil that is try-

ing to destroy our communities. When children kill children, that’s the devil.”

Another “WMD” is poverty. “Within a fi ve-mile radius of my

church, 211 Harriet Tubman … the average income is $9,800 a year annual household. Something’s not right about that.

“We’ve got to fi gure out a way to bring jobs into our communi-ties. We’ve got to fi gure out a way to lift our communities up when it comes to economic success and stability.”

Arnold, the youngest of fi ve children raised by a single mother, said parenting is another land-mine.

Daryl Arnold

Arnold tells leaders they must ‘fi ght’“We all know that people who

are raised up in (single-parent)homes … are more likely to go tojail, … more likely to fl unk out ofschool, … more likely to enter intogangs and into violence. We un-derstand that.

“But you know what? My childis your child, and your child is mychild because we’re supposed to bea community.”

Pain is another thing wrack-ing neighborhoods, especially inthe inner city. Arnold said thatafter talking with a Vietnam Warveteran who suffers from PTSD,he thought about the trauma im-posed on youngsters routinelysubjected to gun violence.

“Don’t you know that that’sgoing to follow our young peoplethroughout their lives? So we’vegot to be very careful about judg-ing people because they have notreached the status that we thinkthey should reach. You don’tknow what they’re dealing with.I believe that all of our children

To page A-3

Ed and Bob to Fountain City

Ed and Bob’s Night Out in Knox County will be in Foun-tain City.

Knox County’s at-large com-missioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas will be at Sam & Andy’s at 2613 West Adair Dr. just off of North Broadway from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 22. All residents are invited to discuss concerns.

Powell reunion The Powell High Alumni

Reunion will be held Saturday, April 2, at the Jubilee Banquet Facility, 6700 Jubilee Center Way. Registration begins at 4:45 p.m., with a buffet meal at 6. Cost: $24 plus alumni fees of $10. Reservations deadline: Monday, March 21.

Donations to the scholarship fund can be mailed to PHAA, PO Box 111, Powell, TN 37849. Program advertising is avail-able by contacting Vivian Mc-Falls, 607-8775 or [email protected]. Info/reserva-tions: Lynette Brown, 947-7371 or [email protected].

Emory Road chatGerald Green, executive

director of the Metropolitan Planning Commission, will meet from 4-5 p.m. Wednes-day, March 16, at the Powell branch library on Emory Road with interested residents, sponsored by the Enhance Powell committee of the Powell Business and Professional As-sociation.

Discussion items include: ■ Possible rezoning to

general commercial of the Sternberg property – 35 acres adjacent to the library. County Commission has asked MPC to restudy this after MPC’s initial rejection.

■ Site plan for 220-apart-ment units on Emory near Central Avenue Pike. Grading is underway.

■ Possible Neighborhood Conservation overlay for Emory Road business district near Powell High School and the Depot Street area. What would it include? What is the process for getting it?

Info: Justin Bailey, 947-9000, or Sandra Clark, 661-8777.

Ted Hall to speak at prayer

breakfastNews anchor Ted Hall will

speak at the annual prayer breakfast sponsored by the Halls Business and Professional Association. The event starts at 7:30 a.m. Friday, March 25, at

Beaver Dam Baptist Church.Ted Hall returned to

Knoxville as news anchor for WVLT-TV in 2014 after working for seven years as news anchor at WXIA in Atlanta. Before that he was a reporter and anchor at WBIR-TV in Knoxville for 18 years. He and wife Lesa lived in the Brickey area.

Tickets for the catered event are $10 and available from Sue Walker at [email protected] or 922-7751 or at the door. It is open to all.

By Sandra ClarkHallsdale Powell Utility Dis-

trict is about to launch its biggest project yet. A $30 million invest-ment will replace the district’s main sewer line from I-75 to the wastewater treatment plant on Beaver Creek Drive.

President Darren Cardwell said the 48-inch main line will be roughly 27,000 linear feet or almost fi ve miles of pipe. Design is underway, and HPUD repre-sentatives are seeking easements now, Cardwell said. “We hope to start construction behind the new Kroger store on Emory Road next summer.

HPUD is under a consent order to improve water quality in Bea-ver Creek. The new sewer trunk line will help by moving more wastewater to the treatment plant faster, especially during heavy rains.

A storage tank now under con-struction on Dry Gap Pike is an-other way HPUD is tackling the

You know it’s spring when

volunteers start construction

on this year’s Habitat homes.

Future homeowner Nikecia

White and Home Federal vice

president Chris Rohwer got

an early start on the bank’s

26th Habitat home, this one in

North Knoxville, on March 12.

For White, an adult caregiver

at Sertoma Center, the home

means greater safety and

security for her family. Home

Federal Bank is Knoxville

Habitat for Humanity’s longes t-

standing covenant partner.

This tank, under construction by Hallsdale Powell Utility District on Dry Gap

Pike at Brickey-McCloud School, will hold fi ve million gallons of waste water. Photo by S. Clark

Major sewer upgrade ahead

problem of sewer system over-fl ows. The tank will hold up to fi ve million gallons of wastewater, Cardwell said. “We’ll set up auto-mated controls so that as sewer pipes fi ll up, some of the wastewa-ter will be pumped into the stor-

age tank.” It will be held and re-leased back into the pipeline when the rains abate.

Cardwell expects the tank to be fi nished by Octobe r. It will be painted with a dome roof.

Birds, blooms and builders

Meet Gen. TysonEver wondered why so many

things around here are named “Tyson”?

Jim Tumblin writes about Gen. Lawrence Tyson’s life.

➤ Read Tumblin on page A-2

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his military service and the loss of his only son, Navy Lt. Charles McGhee Tyson, in air combat over the North Sea in the waning days of the war, he had never fully regained his health.

Gen. Lawrence Davis

Lawrence Davis Tyson was born on July 4, 1861, the fi rst son of Richard L. and Margaret Turnage Ty-son, in Pitt County, N.C., near Greenville. The Tyson ancestors had been in Pitt County since the 1720s and, by 1860 at only 25 years of age, Richard Tyson owned a sizeable cotton plantation.

By the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) the family’s net worth was markedly di-minished but was still well above average.

Young Lawrence fi rst at-tended school on the family farm with his two younger sisters and, by 1873, he en-tered Greenville Academy. He won an appointment to West Point Military Acad-emy by competitive exami-nation, enrolled in 1879 and graduated in 1883. His fi rst military action came in the mid-1880s when he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Ninth Infantry fi ghting dur-ing the Apache Wars and participating in the capture of Geronimo.

On Feb. 10, 1886, Ty-son married Betty Humes McGhee, the daughter of Charles McClung McGhee, railroad fi nancier and Knoxville’s leading busi-nessman. By 1991 then 1st Lt. Tyson was appointed commandant of the Univer-sity of Tennessee’s military science program, possibly due to the infl uence of his father-in-law.

Lt. Tyson wasted little time markedly upgrading the program. He instituted classroom courses in tactics and began artillery train-ing. Refl ecting his West Point years, he held a week-ly dress parade to instill military bearing and pride.

JimTumblin

HISTORY AND MYSTERIES

Gen. Lawrence D. Tyson (1861-

1929). Awarded the Distinguished

Service Medal for his service in

World War I, Gen. Tyson was also a

prominent attorney, businessman

and U.S. senator. Photo courtesy of the Lawson McGhee Library

Gen. Lawrence D. Tyson(1861-1929)

Redesigned by George F. Barber in 1907, Tyson House is now home to the UT Alumni Aff airs and

Development Offi ces. Photo Courtesy of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection

The ambitious professor simultaneously attended UT Law School and received his LL.B. degree in 1895. Two years later he resigned his army commission and began law practice in Knox-ville with future Supreme Court Associate Justice Ed-ward T. Sanford. He soon became president of the Nashville Street Railway Co., the fi rst of many busi-nesses he would lead.

When the Spanish-American War began in 1898, Tyson was appointed by the President as a colonel in the volunteer infantry. He recruited and trained a regiment and led it to Puer-to Rico. With the end of the war, he served as military governor of the northern sector of the island before he was mustered out of ac-tive service in 1899.

Tyson resumed his law practice in Knoxville and be-came increasingly active in business. He founded and be-came president of the Knox-ville Cotton Mills and the Knoxville Spinning Co. and was on the board of several coal- and iron-mining com-panies. He also had major in-terests in manufacturing and real estate and served on the boards of two banks.

From 1902 to 1908 he served as a brigadier gen-eral and inspector general of the Tennessee National

Guard. As a Democrat, he was elected to the Tennes-see House of Representa-tives (1903-1905) and was the fi rst person up to that time to be elected speaker during his fi rst term. Prior to the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, state Leg-islatures elected U.S. sena-tors and Tyson lost the 1913 contest by only a few votes.

When the U.S. entered World War I, Tyson volun-teered and the governor placed him in command of the Tennessee National Guard. He was soon com-missioned as a brigadier general and his unit became the 59th Brigade of the 30th Division, the “Old Hickory” division. After training at Camp Sevier in S.C., the bri-gade embarked for France in May 1918. They fought alongside the British and Australians in Belgium through July and August.

During the Second Som-me offensive (Aug. 21 to Sept. 2, 1918), after three days of tough combat, Gen. Tyson’s brigade broke through the German’s Hin-denburg line at perhaps its strongest point. The 8,000-man 59th Brigade was in almost continuous combat until Oct. 20. The Brigade won nine of the 12 Con-gressional Medals of Honor earned by the 30th Divi-sion, more than any other division. Gen. Tyson was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.

When the armistice was signed on Nov. 11, 1918, Gen. Tyson returned to Knoxville and resumed his many busi-nesses. He bought the Knox-ville Sentinel and became its president and publisher and resumed his role in politics.

In 1920 Tennessee Democrats promoted him for the vice-presidential nomination. He withdrew his name and seconded the nomination of the successful candidate, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt and the presidential candidate, Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio, lost the election to Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.

Gen. Tyson won the popular election to the U.S. Senate in 1924 where he sponsored successful legislation to grant retirement benefi ts to World War I veter-ans. His other major concerns during his service in the Senate were national defense, world peace and eco-nomic development in the South. In 1926 he sponsored legislation authorizing the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

While he was still serv-ing in the Senate in July 1929, Gen. Tyson required hospitalization for exhaus-tion. Due to the rigors of

Tyson, 68, passed away on Aug. 24, 1929. After ser-vices at St. John’s Episco-pal Church, where he had

served as a vestryman, he was interred in Old Gray Cemetery. A tall obelisk marks his family plat.

He had served the city as president of the second Appalachian Exposition in 1911, was a member of the Sons of

the Revolution, a Mason and president of the board

of trustees of the Lawson McGhee Library (1916-1925). In memory of their

son, he and his wife had given land on Suther-land Ave. for Knoxville’s fi rst municipal airport and provided the land for Tyson Park.

Betty Humes Mc-Ghee Tyson (1865-1933), their only daugh-ter, Isabella McGhee Tyson (Kenneth N.)

Gilpin, and two grandsons survived the general.

Dr. C. Drew Gilpin Faust, Gen. Tyson’s great-grand-daughter, is currently the president of Harvard Uni-versity and an acclaimed author of several books.

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HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news • MARCH 16, 2016 • A-3 communityArnold From page A-1

can succeed as long as they start in the same place.”

Making sure young people fi nd their purpose is crucial, Arnold said. They need to un-derstand “that there’s some-thing great inside of them. That they were not just creat-ed to live and to die, but every person that God created, He created them with purpose.

“The moment you fi nd your purpose, you stop ex-isting and you begin to live.”

Arnold’s fi nal “p”oint was “place.”

“We’ve got to have a safe place for these children be-

cause if you don’t feel safe, you can’t love, you can’t learn and you can’t live.”

When people ask what they can do to help, Arnold said he tells them “to con-nect with organizations that are already doing it.”

He cited 100 Black Men of Knoxville, Girl Talk, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Unique Academy.

“There are so many or-ganizations that are doing great things for the city of Knoxville; it’s just not mar-keted well or the media just doesn’t portray it.”

COMMUNITY NOTES

CALL FOR ARTISTSBy Bonnie Peters

Many of you may not know there is a chapter of the Na-tional Association of Watch and Clock Collectors that meets bi-monthly at Brad-bury Community Center at Kingston. Now you know!

For many years the group met at the old Ramsey’s Cafeteria near UT. Several members are nationally and perhaps internationally known for their knowledge and expertise in building and repairing timepieces. In February we were thrilled to have William “Bill” Smith, 94, present a program on Morse code.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engi-neering from UT Knoxville. He is a Fellow in the Brit-ish Horological Institute and a Silver Star Fellow in the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC).

In addition, he holds multiple qualifi cations from the American Watchmaker-Clockmaker Institute. He is also an avid radio amateur (W4PAL). He was awarded the Legion of Merit by Gen. Douglas MacArthur for air-craft instrument work that put grounded New Guinea fi ghter planes back into the air quickly during WWII.

Bill Smith with his daughter, Donna Griffi th.

to factory condition for pos-terity by his good friend Russ Youngs, also a member of Chapter 42, NAWCC.

Bill was assisted in get-ting to the meeting and with the presentation by his wife, Judy, and his daughter and son-in-law, Donna Smith Griffi th and Craig Griffi th. Bill and Judy live in Powell.

Anyone interested in clocks and watches should contact Patricia Manley at 865-675-7246 or [email protected] to obtain more information about meeting dates and times and mem-bership in NAWCC.

For a good time … Call Bill Smith

The Emory Road and other Knoxville DAR chap-ters came together Feb. 20 to celebrate George Wash-ington’s birthday.

Cindy Taylor

Emory Road Dar member Martha Raper, guest speaker Gen. Terry Haston and Emory Road DAR

member Martha Cummings. Photo submitted

DAR honors George and more

tions to Knoxville, especially in establishing HonorAir.

“When I started HonorAir I had no idea what the future held,” said Mannis. “I didn’t anticipate that after that fi rst fl ight in October of 2007 we would be embarking on our 20th fl ight in 2016.”

Mannis said HonorAir has served more than 2,600 WWII, Korea and Vietnam veterans.

“Community support such as this DAR contribu-tion has been the driving force behind us being able to reach this milestone,” said Mannis. “We are grateful to the DAR for the fi nancial support and encouragement they give to this program. We couldn’t do it without folks like them.”

Diana West is a member of the Emory Road DAR

chapter.“The annual luncheon

is a national DAR event to honor the life and service of George Washington,” said West. “It is a great opportu-nity for area DAR chapters to come together.”

The Emory Road Chapter DAR will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 19, at the Powell branch library.Contact Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.

com

During the event, the local chapters presented a check for $1,000 to the Guardian Trust Campaign, a permanent endowment to support the DAR Constitu-tion Hall. More than a half million people visit the hall every year.

HonorAir Knoxville got a check for $8,500, the fi rst donation from DAR. Found-er Eddie Mannis spoke briefl y. HonorAir is a non-profi t organization that fl ies veterans to Washington, D.C., at no cost to them.

Mannis recently received the 2015 FBI Director’s Com-munity Leadership Award for his outstanding contribu-

both to the railroads and to overall communication. He shared examples of the equipment used in the early days including a straight telegraph key and a sounder.

He reminisced about the telegraph key practice set his father gave him as a young boy more than 80 years ago and then used the same set to send the audi-ence a message using Morse code. He concluded by shar-ing a unique Mecograph telegraph key designed in 1917 that had been restored

He received the NAWCC 2012 Dana J. Blackwell Clock Award and received the Metalworking Crafts-man of the Year 2000 Award by the Joe Martin Founda-tion for exceptional Crafts-manship.

Smith’s talk was informa-tive and entertaining from start to fi nish. To get our at-tention and in jest, Bill be-gan by singing the fi rst stan-za of “How Great Thou Art.” It worked and got a good laugh. He then described the start of telegraphy in the ear-ly 1800s, the development of the international Morse code by Samuel Morse and the critical importance of

■ Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) meeting,

10:30 a.m., Powell Library, 330

W. Emory Road. Program: Wil-

lie Lane of the Knox County

District Attorney’s Offi ce will

discuss “Domestic Violence.”

Info: 938-3187.

■ Fountain City Lions Club

meets 6 p.m. each fi rst and

third Monday, Lions Com-

munity Building, 5345 N.

Broadway.

■ 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: knoxgop.org.

■ Seventh District Demo-crats 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, [email protected] or

922-4547.

■ The Arts & Culture Alli-ance of Greater Knoxville

is seeking nomination for

Poet Laureate for the city of

Knoxville. The deadline for

nominations to be received is

Friday, April 1. Info/nomina-

tion forms: knoxalliance.com/

poet.html, or send an SASE to

Liza Zenni, Arts & Culture Alli-

ance, PO Box 2506, Knoxville,

TN 37901.

■ Knoxville Photo 2016 Exhibition: juried exhibition

of photographic works to be

held June 3-24 in the main

gallery of the Emporium Cen-

ter, 100 S. Gay St. Entries must

be original works completed

within the last two years. En-

try deadline: Sunday, April 17.

Info/application: knoxalliance.

com/photo.html.

■ Request for Proposals:

permanent work of art to be

located on the west wall of

the underground section of

The Emporium Center. Open

to all artists. Deadline for

applications: 5 p.m. Monday,

May 2. Application: knoxal-

liance.com/underground.

html. Info: 523-7543 or lz@

knoxalliance.com.

Mabry-Hazen House to host park day Volunteers are needed

for Saturday, April 2, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mabry-Ha-zen House, 1711 Dandridge Ave. Rain date is April 16. Activities will include leaf and brush removal, mulch-

ing, and general spring-cleaning. Tools will be pro-vided, but volunteers are encouraged to bring rakes, pitchforks, tarps and simi-lar yard tools.

Mabry-Hazen House is

located on six acres atop Mabry’s Hill. It served as headquarters for both armies during the Civil War.

RSVP: 865-522-8661 or [email protected]

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Women are winning. It is not even close, as in no con-test.

Women have the undi-vided attention of the Uni-versity of Tennessee athlet-ics department. Behind the walls, the immediate goal is no more controversy. Enough already. Maybe you noticed how the AD tiptoed around the new Athletics Hall of Fame by precisely equalizing the number of men and women to be hon-ored.

Simple system. Just leave out A.W. Davis and Heath Shuler and a few dozen oth-er stars.

The hall is part of the One Tennessee merger of men’s and women’s sports. Generally speaking, the women did not appreciate

Marvin West

Women are winning

the watering down of their identity. There had been a Lady Volunteers hall of fame since the turn of the century.

The women’s hall of fame was always politically cor-rect. It inducted former UT president Edward J. Boling in the inaugural class. Soon thereafter selectors saluted Dr. Joe Johnson and Dr. Howard Aldmon.

Dave Hart is not a hall of famer. It isn’t because the women don’t like him.

It’s because he is still here. Eligibility didn’t begin until fi ve years after departure.

How strange it is that the combined hall has equal numbers. Volunteer foot-ball men were grinding out full seasons, one without permitting a point, when college women were still re-stricted to “play days.”

Indeed, there was a time when competitive sports were thought to be entirely too rigorous for the fairer sex. No sweat. No bruises. Heaven help us, they can’t be crashing into each other.

It is mostly a secret but UT women dabbled with basketball in 1903. They lost both games. The opener was a 10-1 setback at the hands of Maryville College. There was a time when I knew who

scored that one point.There were worse embar-

rassments. Tennessee lost four years in a row to Far-ragut School of Concord. There was a humbling de-feat at the hands of Central High of Fountain City (be-fore annexation).

University women fi nally won a game in 1910, aban-doned basketball for a de-cade, tried it again for a few years and surrendered to nationwide hostility toward women’s sports. Victorian notions of docile femininity forced some great athletes into cheerleading, badmin-ton and croquet. Line danc-ing came later.

Sports for UT women were reborn quietly in 1958. A volleyball team appeared. Few noticed. Basketball resumed in 1960 but they didn’t even keep records.

Ann Baker stirred some excitement in 1964. She was

a really good golfer – on the men’s team. She was also a really good student, fi rst re-cipient of a Robert R. Ney-land Academic Scholarship.

Overall, there was calm or disinterest. In a year’s worth of Daily Beacons, campus newspaper, 1967-68, there were just two mentions of women’s ath-letic contests.

U.S. Reps. Patsy T. Mink of Hawaii and Edith S. Green of Oregon kindled the fi re. They co-authored legis-lation that became Title IX, an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

President Richard Nixon signed it into law on June 23, 1972. The noble intent was to end gender discrimi-nation in federally funded educational venues. College women seized the athletic opportunity and ran with it.

In 1976, UT christened the women’s athletic de-

partment and set aside money for scholarships. You are aware of what happened after that? Football paid the bill.

Summitt is the signifi -cant history of UT women’s athletics – 38 years as bas-ketball coach, 1,098 victo-ries, eight national titles, Presidential Medal of Free-dom, plaza and statue, name on the fl oor.

Even without Summitt, UT women go right on win-ning, no matter the sport or score. Petitions are deadly. Re-branding became a blunder and a mismatch. The logo compromise was a forfeit.

The new hall of fame is a walk on egg shells. In less than half the time, women have achieved equal repre-sentation. Hail to the cham-pions.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected]

NickDella Volpe

There have been several controversial road projects in recent years that have stirred different parts of northeast Knoxville neigh-borhoods to rise up in arms, often on opposite sides of each other. Many are still pending.

Road fi xes like the pro-posed widening of Wash-ington Pike east of I-640, the possibility of traffi c controls at the intersections of Tazewell Pike and Briar Cliff, or at Beverly Road, or Shannondale Road where a school sits, inviting turns near a vision-obscuring hill.

What’s going to happen at the rush-hour-congested Millertown Pike exit? ... or at the intersection at Jacks-boro and Tazewell Pike? It’s time to step back and survey the entire fi eld from 10,000 feet.

Planning for traffi c growth

Change is tough. And any signifi cant road project stirs up angst. But piecemeal so-lutions are akin to plugging holes in a leaky dike with a fi nger. If you are not care-ful, you may soon run out of fi ngers.

Finite budgets mean road building must be undertak-en in a “piecemeal” or proj-ect-by-project manner. The important question is where are we going over time? Hopefully, we are guided in our actions by observing a master plan, attuned to demographic changes and

trends. Eventually the puz-zle pieces interlock.

What should we do? We know from the 2010 Cen-sus that there has been substantial residential population growth in the northeast quadrant of the city and county. More peo-ple means more cars. The 2008 recession slowed that growth somewhat – but the economic wheels have started to turn again. East-west routes are limited. The normal pattern is for the residents to travel west to Broadway, the interstate or the mall shopping area. More cars means more con-gestion.

MPC Director Gerald Green agrees we should plan ahead, not just put out fi res.

Remember reading “Al-ice’s Adventures in Wonder-land.” When Alice emerged

from the magical house, she asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, the key question: “which way should I go?” Flashing his smile, the Cat replied: “It depends on where you want to end up.”

Likewise, from our perch, a Small Area Plan is needed to fi nd our way.

The small area plan should cover transpor-tation management and population-related growth from Tazewell south to Mil-lertown, and generally east of Broadway and I-640 into the county where open farm land entices housing devel-opers to build.

MPC planners working with traffi c engineers can create an effi cient roadmap for the future. Individual projects will thereafter mesh nicely like gears in a

Swiss timepiece.One diffi culty: MPC is

currently understaffed. Often desirable “extra projects” languish behind day-to-day zoning and site plan review. We could fa-

cilitate MPC action by add-ing modest funding to hirea temporary consultant orstaff member to prepare theSmall Area Plan.

The cars are coming,plan or no p lan.

AAA pays tow bill for wrecks“Recently a Shopper News article titled ‘Brantley

wants relief for towing customers’ displayed a quote stating that AAA members involved in a crash are charged full price for a tow dispatched by AAA Road-side Assistance,” wrote Stephanie Milani of AAA.

“AAA members receive the same roadside assis-tance benefi ts in crash situations as they do with a mechanical breakdown. If they are driving – or a pas-senger in – a type of vehicle covered by their member-ship plan, the tow dispatched through AAA is paid for by the club up to the number of miles covered on their membership.

“For instance, a AAA Plus member’s passenger car involved in a crash could be towed up to 100 miles from the crash scene with no out-of-pocket expense to the member. In addition, if the member in this situa-tion is a passenger, and the owner is not a member, the vehicle can still be towed under the member’s plan.

“Members and nonmembers alike can see the full AAA Roadside Assistance plans at AAA.com/Benefi ts, then click on Compare Benefi ts.”

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HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news • MARCH 16, 2016 • A-5 governmentA couple of days after the

primary, an East Knoxville friend called to ask if I knew what the heck had happened in the First District County Commission race. This po-litically savvy woman was shocked that Evelyn Gill had beaten out Rick Staples in the Democratic primary.

“Rick did everything right,” she said. “He was everywhere, but I didn’t see much of Evelyn. Plus, she had a blonde-headed white girl on her signs.”

Having not yet looked at the numbers, I had no an-swer. Gill beating Staples was the second-biggest pri-mary election surprise – af-ter Jennifer Owen’s beating out the big money in the District Two school board race – but when I followed the advice of another friend who told me to go look at the individual precincts, the an-swer was clear as a Smoky Mountain stream:

The Bernie Sanders ef-fect.

That seems a little odd, at fi rst blush, since the First District is tradition-ally dominated by African American voters, a demo-graphic that is going for Hillary Clinton by pretty wide margins, particularly in the South. But except for the Eternal Life Harvest Center on Western Avenue, where Clinton beat Sanders 73-53 (and Staples eked out a 55-50 margin over Gill), the western end of the dis-trict was feeling the Bern, and Gill and her husband, the popular entertainment promoter Michael Gill, have been full-on Sanders sup-porters for months. Her vote totals closely tracked those of Sanders.

The west end trend started with Staples getting wiped out at Sarah Moore Greene, where downtown-ers vote. The tally there was Sanders 196 – Clinton 147, Gill 224 – Staples 68.

At Fort Sanders it was Bernie 256 – Hillary 56, Gill 204 – Staples 55.

At the O’Conner Center where Parkridge residents vote, Gill beat Staples 227-98, outperforming Sanders, who prevailed 193-161 over Clinton. Moving eastward from the gentrifi ed neigh-borhoods in the west end, Clinton and Staples fared much better.

At Eastport, Clinton wiped Sanders out 333-63 and Staples beat Gill 238-125. The result was similar at Fairgarden, where Clin-ton won 340-90 and Staples prevailed 244-141. At Aus-tin-East, Clinton won 65-25, Staples 126-45.

And so it went, with Gill’s success tracking that of

The Knox County prima-ry is now two weeks behind us, but there are several results worth noting which have not received much notice.

While former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received over 62 percent of the Democratic vote state-wide, in Knox County, she only won 51 percent, while Sen. Bernie Sanders won 48 percent and in some pre-cincts such as downtown Knoxville, Fort Sanders and 4th & Gill, Sanders exceed-ed 70 percent of the vote.

At the Larry Cox Rec Center, Sanders beat Clinton 444 to 333 while in the predominantly African American precincts in East Knoxville, Clinton was get-ting 70 percent of the vote. In fact, Clinton only won over Sanders by 903 votes in all of Knox County. Clin-ton got 13,137 votes while Sanders had 12,234 votes.

It certainly shows that Knox County Democrats are more liberal than their counterparts across the state and are not enthused over Clinton.

While many thought the Hugh Nystrom, Ja-net Testerman and Jeff Ownby contest for County Commission would be close between Nystrom and Tes-terman, it was not. Nystrom won an outright majority of the total vote and won by large margins in Sequoyah and Deane Hill Rec Center. Testerman beat him in Pond Gap by only 7 votes.

Nystrom had started campaigning over a year before Testerman joined the race and it was impos-sible for her to overcome the commitments Nystrom had secured. The contest was never on policy issues as Nystrom and Tester-man were similar on poli-cies.

Marleen Davis, former dean of the UT Art and Architecture School, will be a credible candidate for the Democrats against Nystrom on Aug. 4, but she faces an uphill battle to prevail.

Evelyn Gill defeated Rick Staples 1,703 to 1,506 for the Democratic nomination in County Commission Dis-trict 1 – a race most picked Staples to win. This district is racially mixed with pre-cincts both overwhelmingly black and overwhelming white. Staples carried the largely African American precincts which Clinton also carried. In the 12th ward, where Clinton beat Sanders 333 to 63, Staples beat Gill 238 to 125. At Fort Sanders, where Sanders

Gov. Winfi eld Dunn signed the Natural

Areas Preservation Act into law in 1971

(at right) and the event was re-enacted

March 11 in Nashville at the Tennessee

Green banquet. Dunn is now 88. Senate

sponsor Bill Bruce (left) is now 80; and

House sponsor Victor Ashe is 71. At right

in both photos is career Conservation Department employee Bob Miller, now 75, who

drafted the bill. Take-aways: Bruce is still tall, Ashe has gained some fashion sense, Dunn

remains the best looking guy in the room, and nobody remembers Miller.

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Together again

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Betty Bean

Election Day in the rearview mirrorParkway extension in remission, not dead

won 256 votes over Clin-ton’s 56 votes, Gill won 204 votes to Staples’ 46.

Clearly, there was a rela-tionship between the Sand-ers votes and the Gill votes. Staples never saw this train coming down the track and Gill was shrewd and wise to link her campaign to Sand-ers. It paid off handsomely for her.

While Cheri Siler had withdrawn her candidacy for the Democratic nomina-tion for Commission in Dis-trict 7, her name remained on the ballot and Laura Kildare (her opponent) only got 56 percent of the vote for 1,797 votes over Siler’s 1,374. In fact, Siler won the 11th ward 217-212 despite having withdrawn from the race weeks before. Kildare has lots of work to catch up with Republican Michele Carringer in August to hold the seat now occupied by Amy Broyles for the Demo-crats.

What can one say about the law director contest except Bud Armstrong is popular and well liked. County Mayor Tim Bur-chett’s TV endorsement of him was very effective. Rowell’s slogan of being a professional not a politician had little impact. Arm-strong won over 60 percent of the vote and could be a viable candidate for county mayor in two years if he wanted to be.

Rowell suggested he may run again in 2020 for law director. If so, he will need to retool his campaign and become active in GOP circles over the next four years.

This election proved that the candidates with the most funding do not neces-sarily win; witness Rowell and Grant Standefer for school board.

■ Mayor Rogero thought she had buried the James White Parkway extension, but last week the state TDOT commissioner, John Schroer, slipped into town and urged its revival at a luncheon to which the mayor was not invited. Schroer sees himself as a potential governor.

Rogero must wonder if this project has nine lives. Legacy Parks and others that opposed this should be alert that the project is only in remission. It is not dead.

Sanders across the district. ■ On the Republican

side, the most frequent complaint had to do with the long lines on Election Day, and most of the blame was heaped on the Hart In-tercivic voting machines, which use a dial system to cast the votes. In some of the larger precincts, voters were still lined up as late as 10 p.m.

Election administrator Cliff Rodgers said expedit-ing the process wasn’t his main concern.

“The main things I was concerned about were, are they secure? Are they ac-curate? Nobody’s ever com-plained before.”

Rodgers (and others) said that the biggest problem was on the Republican side of the ballot, where there were 14 presidential can-didates and 140 would-be delegates to the Republi-can National Convention to choose from. And after each vote, the machine defaulted back to the top of the list, forcing endless scrolling. Democrats simply voted for a presidential candidate and left delegate selection to a party caucus.

Knox County Democrat-ic chair Cameron Brooks thinks the Republican way is silly:

“They’re putting voters through a big rigmarole by having them sift through a ballot with x names on it for the ego trip of a few. The average voter could care less whether Brian Hornback or Susan Williams goes to the

RNC. For these poor voters to have to sit out there till after 10 o’clock in Farragut is ridiculous. It was a really long ballot. Scrolling down looking for a certain name has to spend a lot of time.”

There’s another factor in the plethora of convention delegate candidates: last year, the General Assembly voted to reduce the signa-ture requirement on quali-fying petitions from 100 to 25. State GOP party chair

Ryan Haynes, a former state representative from the Far-ragut area, is having second thoughts about the change, which he thinks he might have voted for.

“I don’t think anybody imagined that we were go-ing to have this result when we reduced the number of signatures, and as party chair, I’d like to see it go back to 100. Funny how your perspective changes as you go through life.”

School bus driver who crashed at Safety City with busload of kids jailed for DUI

By Betty Bean The driver who crashed a bus loaded with 26 Green

Magnet School second graders on a fi eld trip to Safety City Thursday, March 10, has been arrested and charged with

DUI. No children were injured, but the bus crashed into an entrance gate

Hollis Clay Walker, 78, of Powell, was taken to Ft. Sanders Regional Medical Center after the crash. He was arrested upon his release on March 13. The warrant says he was unsteady on his feet, “thick tongued, slurred speech” following the in-cident.

A post on the Knoxville Police Depart-ment Facebook page says Walker was ar-

rested and charged with DUI, reckless endangerment and simple possession.

The day of the incident, Walker was in possession of 69 of 90 Kolonapin pills (a sedative used to treat seizures, panic disorders and anxiety) from a prescription fi lled earlier in the day. The warrant says he couldn’t remember whether he’d taken pills that morning.

The prescription was not in his name. Walker is being held on a $4,500 bond.

After the crash, the bus rolled onto a small grassy area near the front door of Safety City, and employees there got the children off and moved them to a safe place. Before they could return to the bus, Walker pulled away, sideswiped a fence and came to a stop in the parking lot. Emergency personnel found Walker slumped over the steering wheel and incoherent.

This is not Walker’s fi rst brush with the law. In 2014, General Sessions Court Judge Geoff Emery ordered him to stay out of Walmart and dismissed a theft charge against him after he completed diversion. A charge of DUI by con-sent incurred in 2014 was dismissed last year.

Hollis Walker

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SENIOR NOTES ■ Senior Centers will be

closed Friday, March 25.

■ Corryton Senior Center

9331 Davis Drive688-5882knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday

Off erings include: ex-

ercise classes; cross-stitch,

card games; dominoes,

crochet, quilting, billiards;

Senior Meals program,

11 a.m. each Friday. Main

Munch: St. Patrick’s Day Pot-

luck, 11:30 a.m., Thursday,

March 17.

Register for: Rope

Easter Egg craft, 1 p.m.

Monday, March 21. Free CPR

and AED course, 1-3 p.m.

Friday, April 8.

■ Halls Senior Center

4405 Crippen Road922-0416knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday

Off erings include: card

games; exercise classes;

quilting, dominoes, dance

classes; scrapbooking,

craft classes; Tai Chi; movie

matinee 2 p.m. each Tues-

day; Senior Meals program,

noon each Wednesday.

Veterans Services, 9-10 a.m.,

Wednesday, March 16.

Register for: “Being

Mortal” luncheon and

movie, 11:30 a.m. Monday,

March 21. Craft class: set

your Easter table with style,

1 p.m. Thursday, March 24.

■ CAC Offi ce on Aging

2247 Western Ave.524-2786knoxooa@knoxseniors.

org

■ Knox County Senior Services

City County Building

400 Main St., Suite 615

215-4044

Monday-Friday

8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

■ Senior Citizens Infor-mation and Referral Service

2247 Western Ave.524-2786knoxseniors.org

7700 Dannaher DrivePowell, TN 37849(865) 686-5771

www.morningpointe.com

Assisted Living at Morning Pointe

It’s notwhat youthink.

Call for a

TOURTODAY

Community center gears up for openingBy Ruth White

The Heiskell seniors are enjoying their brand new meeting spot and, thanks to Janice White and a host of volunteers, the Commu-nity Center on Emory Road just east of Bojangle’s will be ready for daily activities to begin on Monday, April 4.

To kick off the March meeting, Pam Epperly with Omni Visions discussed her work with the agency and with foster children. Ep-perly has fostered over 90 children in the past 14 years and has adopted fi ve chil-dren herself. She told the group that full- and part-time foster parents are al-ways needed.

She also mentioned items that are always needed by foster families, including brushes/combs, hair prod-ucts, toothbrushes/tooth-

Pam Epperly, home

study writer/recruiter

for Omni Visions, shares

with the Heiskell seniors

the work of the organi-

zation. Photos by R. White

Janice White prepares to hand

out prizes to the winners of

the word game played at the

center.

Powell Florist donated fl oral

decorations and greenery to

the Heiskell seniors for their

monthly meeting.

paste, diapers/pull-ups, tote bags, make up and school supplies. The senior adults will be collecting items and donations may be brought to the community center.

Prior to lunch, which was sponsored by Thrivent Fi-nancial, White handed out calendars fi lled with tons of activities for area senior adults to enjoy. Every Mon-day a line dancing class will

be held from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Cost is $3 per class. Every day seniors can enjoy playing cards, working puz-zles, board games, browsing the library or just hanging out and visiting with friends.

The calendar for April includes: Thursday, April 7: crafts/cards/games with a light lunch served; Thurs-day, April 14: senior lun-cheon with guest speaker, lunch and bingo. The theme will be April in Paris; Tues-day, April 19: Veterans Ser-vices offi ce representative will be at the center from 10:30-11:30 a.m. for one-on-one assistance to veter-ans and family members; Thursday, April 21: bingo marathon, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with lunch served for $3. Bingo is free and partici-pants don’t have to attend the entire time.

Support groupMorning Pointe of Powell sponsors a

free group for those with a loved one ex-periencing Alzheimer’s or dementia on the last Monday of each month at 1 p.m. Led by professionals, it features guest speakers. It’s a time to fi nd answers and

support and to relax. Light refreshments served.

Morning Pointe of Powell is located on the campus of Tennova North at 7700 Dannaher Drive. Info: morningpointe.com or 865-686-5771.

Robbins’

jewelry box

Potato jewelry is topsBy Sandra Clark

Mary Nelle Robbins is a hoot. She’s also extremely creative. Robbins worked at UT for 22 years before retir-ing, but she’s created jewel-ry since she was “a kid.”

Now living at Sherrill Hills in West Knoxville, Robbins participated in a recent “show-n-tell.”

Her potato jewelry was a hit. She takes a regular Irish potato, cuts it into cubes and inserts a toothpick into each cube. Then she wraps the cubes to draw out moisture. After about two weeks, the cubes are half the size and contorted into odd shapes.

She then paints the cubes and removes the toothpicks, leaving a hole for the string. She strings the potatoes with various art elements to create col-orful necklaces and brace-

Mary Nelle Robbins

Robbins’

potato jewelry

lets.And, she says, if all else

fails, she’ll just eat them!

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HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news • MARCH 16, 2016 • A-7 faith

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

There is a painting of Je-sus that hangs in the chan-cel of the church where I worship. The text quoted above is printed underneath it.

I don’t know who painted it, my research online not-withstanding. There are some six thousand paint-ings of Christ available on line, and frankly I gave up the search after looking at about 600.

I have worshipped in that church for almost three years, but it was only last Sunday that I read that quote with new understanding.

I have understood it liter-ally, in reference to Jesus’ being lifted up on the cross, which is not incorrect. John, the Gospel writer, certainly understood it that way, be-ing the only disciple with courage enough to be pres-ent at the crucifi xion. Now I think that perhaps Jesus intended it with a double meaning as well.

Because last Sunday, I read it again, and thought with utter surprise and con-

Heavy liftingAnd I, when I am lifted up …, will draw all people

to myself. He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.

(John 12: 32-33 NRSV)

viction, “That’s our job! We should be lifting up Jesus to the whole world!

If we don’t let people know about Jesus and what He means to us – not only with words but by our ac-tions as well – we have failed as disciples.

I don’t mean we need to tackle strangers on the sidewalk and convert them on the spot. But we should not be afraid to speak His name, either; we should not hesitate to lift Him up, to say what He means to us, when given the opportunity.

I am reminded of the fa-mous motto of Boys Town, USA: “He ain’t heavy; he’s my brother!”

Because to a Christian, “He ain’t heavy; He’s my savior!”

Community services

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian,

4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the

Halls Welfare Ministry food

pantry 6-8 p.m. each second

Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each

fourth Saturday.

■ Ridgeview Baptist Church,

6125 Lacy Road, off ers

Children’s Clothes Closet and

Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

each third Saturday. Free to

those in the 37912/37849 ZIP

code area.

Classes/meetings ■ First Comforter Church,

5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts

MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Ser-

vice) noon each Friday. Info:

Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

■ Powell Church, 323 W. Emory

Road, hosts Recovery at Pow-

ell at 6 p.m. Tuesdays. The

program embraces people

who struggle with addiction,

compulsive behaviors, loss

and life challenges. Info: re-

coveryatpowell.com or info@

powellchurch.com.

Special services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753

Oak Ridge Highway, 9 and 11

a.m., Palm Sunday, March 20.

All children are invited to par-

ticipate in the Palm Parade,

which begins both services.

Info: beaverridgeumc.org;

690-1060.

■ Bookwalter UMC Chancel

Choir, 4218 Central Avenue

Pike, will present the Easter

cantata “Champion of Love” 6

p.m. Sunday, March 20. Every-

one welcome. Info: 689-3349.

■ Cedar Ford Baptist, 3201

Highway 61 E. in Luttrell, will

present “Jesus, Savior of the

World” 7 p.m. Friday and Sat-

urday, March 25-26. Everyone

welcome. Info: 992-0216.

■ Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap

Pike, will host the choirs of

Faith and Inskip UMC present-

ing the Resurrection musical

“The Day He Wore My Crown,”

6 p.m. Sunday, March 20. Visi-

tors welcome. Potluck supper

follows. Info/reservation:

688-1000.

By Cindy Taylor The Rev. Dr. Hollie Miller

will bring the message at the 2016 M i d l a n d -N o r t h e r n Evangelism Conference, set for 6 p.m. Sun-day, March 20, at Clear

Springs Baptist Church, 8518 Thompson School Road. The Rev. Michael Viles is the di-rector of missions for Mid-land-Northern Association.

“We were hoping that the new Clear Springs building would be ready in time for

Generating excitementthe conference but that isn’t going to happen,” said Viles.

Dr. Miller is fast ap-proaching 30 years as se-nior pastor at Sevier Heights Baptist Church. He accepted the call to preach at age 25 and has since earned Doc-tor of Ministry and Master of Divinity degrees. Miller and wife Paula have three children, all of whom serve in ministry capacities.

The Rev. Jerry Vitta-toe is evangelism director for the Midland-Northern Association. Viles said he and Vittatoe spend time in prayer each year before the conference seeking God’s will for whom the speaker

should be. He said Miller spoke last year and there were many requests to have him return for the 2016 conference.

Viles says the conference objective is threefold.

“This is a great oppor-tunity for our pastors and church members in the as-sociation to come together for worship and for fellow-ship. And of course a main goal is evangelism.”

Viles says church mem-bers are encouraged to bring the un-churched with them to the conference and many have come to the Lord during past gatherings.

As the largest facil-

ity in the association, Clear Springs has hosted the conference since its begin-ning in 2006. The Mid-land-Northern Association ranges from Blount to Han-cock counties. More than 15 churches are usually repre-sented and more than 500 guests are expected to at-tend this year’s event. Viles says the conference has grown through the years and is always a great oppor-tunity to worship with other believers and non-believers alike. The community is in-vited to share this special time of worship.

“We need to be brighter and bolder witnesses for Christ. This conference al-ways generates excitement for sharing our faith.”

Walk with Jesus at Powell ChurchBy Cindy Taylor

If you’re looking for an event that will inspire and engage your family this Eas-ter look no further than Pow-ell Church.

The church will sponsor “Walk with Jesus” 3-5 p.m. on Palm Sunday, March 20. The event is in its second year. It is an interactive time of sto-rytelling and encouragement based on the fi nal week in the life of Jesus Christ.

Stations will be set up throughout the church. Visi-tors will be greeted at the door then escorted through each individual experience. The initial idea for the differ-ent stations was a collabora-tion between church mem-bers Kristie Pittman and Frankie Holt.

“Last year there was an overwhelmingly positive response,” said Pittman. “Families and children in particular learned a lot about Holy Week and the traditions associated with each day.”

Pittman says the majority

of the work done by herself and Holt in the beginning each year is talking and pray-ing through God’s plan for the event.

“Being fl exible is extreme-ly important since we know that for God’s plan to come to fruition we have to let go of our plans for the event.”

Once major decisions are made the two begin recruit-ing volunteers. Many mem-bers will use vacation days to help out with the plans. Holt is also in charge of costume design.

Pittman says volunteers are essential to the success of the experience. They staff the registration table and then assign guides to those attend-ing. The guide sets the scene. Guests will walk through the last moments of Jesus’ life as though they were actually there, complete with scen-ery. Actors (volunteer church members) will be at the sta-tions in period dress, telling their story from a fi rst person point of view and will interact

Powell Church member Dave Locke portrays Jesus entering

the gates of Jerusalem as volunteers wave palm branches dur-

ing last year’s Walk with Jesus at Powell Church. Photo submitted

with guests.Stations will include Palm

Sunday in Jerusalem, the Last Supper in the upper room, Jesus taken away in the Garden of Gethsemane and the Resurrection by the empty tomb.

Each station will feature an activity to help guests remember what happened during that day in the life of Jesus. Pittman says this is in-tended to help them apply the experience to things going on in their own lives.

“Our prayer is that after walking through this event families will not only have a better understanding of what Easter is about but have the tools to be able to talk about it with one another. We hope to create a wonderful expe-rience for everyone who at-tends. This is truly a commu-nity event.”

Powell Church is at 323 West Emory Road. Info: pow-ellchurch.com or 938-2888.

FAITH NOTES

Miller

HEALTH NOTES ■ Alzheimer’s seminar,

6-7:30 p.m. April 14, Wallace

Memorial Baptist Church, 701

Merchant Drive. Presented by

East Tennessee Personal Care

Service and Andrew Dough-

erty, president of Medinteract.

Topics include: testing, pre-

ventative treatment options

and how to improve overall

cognitive function. Free event.

Info/registration: 688-4343.

■ “Caring & Coping” Caregiv-

ing Conference, 8 a.m.-3:30

p.m. Tuesday, March 29, Roth-

child Conference Center, 8807

Kingston Pike. Presented by

Alzheimer’s Tennessee. Info/

registration: 544-6288 or

alzTennessee.org.

■ Peninsula Lighthouse Group of Families Anony-mous meetings, 6:15-7:15

p.m. each Tuesday, 1451 Dow-

ell Springs Blvd. Newcomers

welcome; no dues/fees; no

sign-up; fi rst names only.

Info: Barbara L., 696-6606 or

[email protected].

■ Fountain City Presbyterian Church, 500 Hotel Road in

Fountain City, will hold Palm

Sunday services 8:30 and

10:30 a.m. March 20; Easter

services 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, March 27. The annual

Palm Sunday churchwide

Easter egg hunt will be held

4 p.m. Info: fountaincitypres.

org or 688-2163.

■ Mount Hermon UMC, 235 E.

Copeland Road, will host Eas-

ter Sunrise service 7:30 a.m.

Sunday, March 27. Following

the service, breakfast will be

served. Everyone welcome.

■ Nave Hill Baptist Church,

1805 Walker Ford Road,

Maynardville, will present an

Easter play 7 p.m. Saturday,

March 19.

■ Powell Presbyterian Church,

2910 W. Emory Road, will host

the following special ser-

vices: Sunday, March 20, Palm

Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m.;

Thursday, March 24, The Last

Supper Worship, 7 p.m.; Eas-

ter Sunday, March 27, Pancake

Breakfast, 9:30 a.m., Worship,

10:30 a.m., Community Easter

Egg Hunt, 11:30 a.m. Info: 938-

8311; www.powellpcusa.org.

■ St. James Episcopal Church,

1101 N. Broadway, will host

the following services:

Maundy Thursday, March 24,

Holy Eucharist Rite II and Foot

Washing, 7 p.m.; Good Friday

Liturgy, noon and 7 p.m. with

Stations of the Cross, 1 and 3

p.m. Info: 523-5687.

■ Easter Sunrise Mountain Top Service, 6:30 a.m. Sun-

day, March 27, Ober Gatlin-

burg. Led by local pastors

of the Gatlinburg Ministerial

Association. The off ering col-

lected during the service will

be used by the Association

in assisting those in need.

A breakfast buff et will be

available at Ober Gatlinburg’s

Seasons of Ober Restaurant,

7:15-10:30 a.m. Info: 436-5423;

[email protected];

obergatlinurg.com.

Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, is accepting

registration for its Summer

Weekday Programs for PDO

(children 1 year old and walk-

ing) and for TNT (elementary

school-aged children). Also

accepting registration for

Fall Preschool and Fall PDO.

Forms available in the pre-

school offi ce. Info: 531-2052.

Got news?

Send news to [email protected]

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What makes someone want to become a teacher?

For Gibbs Elementary staff mem-ber Shannon Graham, it was Brenda Gratz, her teacher at Carter Mid-dle School. “She just

did it for me,” Graham said of Gratz. “She always created time for her students and we always knew that she cared.”

Graham has been a teach-er for 20 years, having spent the last 15 at Gibbs, and her bubbly personality is a great fi t for a sweet school. She says that you can’t fi nd a better staff than those at Gibbs and she knows that whether in celebration or sadness, they come together for one an-other.

She teaches second grad-ers and loves teaching foun-

dations of reading. When the students get excited about reading, it’s heart-warming to Graham and she loves when they dig deep and come up with interesting things to share with one another. “They are who they are,” she says about this age group. “They are just fun. They like to give lots of hugs, cards and other sweet things.”

She was shocked when she was given the honor of Teacher of the Year but feels blessed to be recognized for her work. Always the extro-vert, Graham knows every-one in the building, loves organizing school programs and builds relationships with the other staff mem-bers. She considers the kids and parents a wonderful asset to Gibbs but calls the school staff the core. When she isn’t working, Graham enjoys reading and spend-ing time with her sons on the ball fi eld.

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SCHOOL NOTES

Central High School

■ Mandatory meeting for all

girls interested in trying out

for the cheer squad will be

held 6 p.m. Monday, March

21, in the auditorium. Student

and parent must attend.

Corryton Elementary

■ Corryton Elementary is

hosting a golf tournament,

Saturday, April 16, at Three

Ridges Golf Course. Shotgun

start will be at 1:30 p.m. Cost

is $300/team ($75/golfer) and

includes lunch, t-shirt, goodie

bag and door prizes. There

will be mulligans and red tees

available and prizes awarded

for closest to hole, longest

drive, putting contest, fi rst

through third places and

more. Info: 687-4573. Register

at knoxschools.org/corry-

tones or by calling the school.

Halls Middle School

■ Dance team tryouts for Halls

Middle School will be held

April 5-8. Information is

available from Jill Wright at

Halls Middle and in the offi ce

of each feeder elementary

school. For details contact jill.

[email protected].

Halls High School ■ Halls High School cheer-

leading tryout clinic will be

held Saturday, April 2, and

Sunday April 3, with tryouts

on Monday, April 4. There is

a mandatory parent/candi-

date meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday,

March 29, in the high school

commons. Individuals must

have a current physical and

at least a 2.25 GPA from the

fall and current semester. If

you are interested in signing

up, email cheri.duncan@

knoxschools.org.

Aaron Woods, Halls High class of 2011, completed his

c o l l e g i a t e f o o t b a l l career last fall at Ten-nessee State University. After red-shirting his f r e s h m a n year, Aaron was a per-

fect 436/436 snaps (fi eld goals, extra points, and punts) as a four-year start-er at long snapper. He also made fi ve tackles on spe-cial teams. He was a four-year letterman and served as captain his senior year. Aaron recently attended the Zauner NFL Specialist Combine in Phoenix, Ariz.

Woods was also success-ful off the fi eld, making the Ohio Valley Conference Com-missioner’s Honor Roll three

Day honored by Shoney’s, WIVKHalls Elementary fi fth-grade teacher Kelly Day was

recognized as Shoney’s Teacher of the Month. He is

pictured with Zoe Johnson, the student who nominated

him. Zoe likes Day because he is super funny, nice and helps

the students on their work when needed. She also said that

he makes learning social studies a lot of fun. Photo by R. White

Gibbs High hosted Gibbs Goes Idol last week and crowned Kobe Wheeler to represent the school at the CTE Idol competition to be held in Market Square on May 6. The winner of the county-wide event will have an opportunity to go to Nashville and record a song.

Contestants at the Gibbs event included some excel-lent talent, and the judges had a hard time selecting the winner. Once the bal-lots were counted and to-taled, senior Kobe Wheeler came out on top. Kobe sang “That’s What I’ll Be” by Chester See and was accom-panied by Logan Paul on mandolin.

Ninth grade contestants included Tayler D’Lugos singing “Something in the Water” by Carrie Under-

wood and Lauren Lewellyn singing “Skinny Love” by Birdy. Representing the sophomore class was Ha-leigh Jacobs who sang “Look at Me” by Carrie Un-derwood.

The junior class offered two contestants, including Taylor Hensley singing Car-ole King’s “Natural Wom-an” and Hunter Smith who played keyboard and sang “Say Something.”

Senior participants in-cluded Grace Johnson sing-ing “I Can Do Bad All by Myself” by Mary J. Blige;

Gibbs High teacher Dean Harned congratulates Kobe Wheeler

for being named Gibbs Idol. He will represent the school dur-

ing the CTE Idol competition on Market Square on May 6.

Eleven students took the stage and competed to be named Gibbs Idol. Only one walked away with the honor, but all of the

students did an outstanding job. Pictured after the event are: (front) Samantha Owens, Grace Johnson, Hunter Smith, Amanda

Theilen, Lauren Lewellyn, Tayler D’Lugos, Haleigh Jacobs; (back) Vernisha Polite, Logan Paul (who accompanied Kobe Wheeler

on mandolin), David Kouns, Kobe Wheeler and Taylor Hensley. Photos by R. White

Wheeler wins as Gibbs goes Idol

Samantha Owens with Mi-randa Lambert’s “Over You”; Vernisha Polite with John Legend’s “Ordinary People”; David Kouns on keyboard

with a song he wrote titled “Missing” and Amanda Theilen on keyboard with “Up to the Mountain” by Patty Griffi n.

Aaron Woods set to graduate from TSUtimes and the TSU honor’s program. His most recent honor was Tennessee State University’s 2015 National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete of the Year. Aaron will graduate in May with a degree in human performance sport science with a concentration in physical education and a minor in history.

While away at college, Aaron also found his love for music (especially Christian music) and learned to play the guitar and sing. He has put those talents to use sing-ing in church, preparing the music for summer church camps, and singing/playing with the group OakFire.

Aaron is the son of Don-nie and Regina Woods and brother to Kristin, Heather, and Calah. Grandparents are Carl and Loueva Woods, and the late Roy and Mary Wilkerson.

Woods

Sterchi students celebrate reading

Third-grade students at Sterchi Elementary celebrate Dr. Se-

uss’ birthday earlier this month. Brian “Shoe” Shoesmith and

WIVcK the Frog came to read to the students. Pictured are

Chloe Reicher, Ava Grace Williams, Finley Cook and Denim

Jackson. Photos submitted

During Read across America week, “Secret Service agent Bai-

ley Weaver” and “U.S. President Caleb Crawley” make a visit to

Sterchi Elementary on Career Day.

Graham honored at Gibbs

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Pickleball tournament By Carol Z. ShaneIn our town, where Vols

football and “cradle of coun-try music” lore reign su-preme, it’s good to remem-ber that Knoxville is also very much a jazz mecca. Some of the planet’s fi nest players live here, the Knox-ville Jazz Orchestra and UT jazz faculty are both world-class, and the Knoxville Jazz Festival has its home here.

This weekend brings a rare opportunity for jazz fans when the inaugural “Women in Jazz Jam Fes-tival” takes place in down-town Knoxville and sur-rounding areas.

The lineup is truly im-pressive. Featured artists include vocalists Katy Free, host of the weekly Singer Series at the Red Piano Lounge; Brooklyn trans-plant and versatile vocal-ist Jeanine Fuller; Lettie Andrade De La Torre, who sings both classical and jazz music; Sarah Clapp-Gilpin, a veteran not only of jazz

but of many stage musicals; Yasameen Hoffman Shahin, lead vocalist for the band “Electric Darling,” known for her vocal sass and soul; Dara Tucker, the national-ly-recognized vocalist and songwriter who has to her credit many appearances in New York City, New Or-leans, San Jose and the PBS show “Tavis Smiley”; local favorite Evelyn Jack, a member of the Knoxville Opera Gospel Choir and an-nual soloist for the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame; and Maria Williams, famil-iar to Knoxville audiences for 20 years.

Also performing will be guitarist/vocalist/bandleader Kukuly Uri-arte, well-known locally as a force for Django-Rein-hardt-inspired hot jazz and Hispanic culture through music and song; Nashvillian Christina Watson, who will be bringing her world-class jazz quartet; Oak Ridge’s Deidre Ford, director of the 17-piece Ensemble Swing

Time, in which she also sings and plays baritone sax; “Venus,” a quintet con-sisting of voice, bass, guitar, drums and keyboard; and local jazz luminary Kelle Jolly, host of WUOT’s “Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly” and, along with her husband, saxophonist Will Boyd, 2015 recipient of the MLK Art Award.

It’s Jolly, in fact, who has brought the whole thing together. She started sing-ing jazz in high school, and became a fan of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Patti Austin and Dianne Reeves. “Sarah Vaughan especially made an impres-sion on me. She sang with such warmth and control. Her voice was velvety and rich.”

She’s been singing and promoting the art of jazz ever since. “Singing jazz has given me purpose.” In ad-dition to hosting her radio show and performing regu-larly, she and Boyd have traveled to Japan for the

last 10 years as jazz ambas-sadors. “All of our fondest memories together are con-nected to jazz.”

The festival offers much more than great jazz per-formances. On Saturday morning, there will be ven-dors and workshops at the Emporium Center on Gay Street. WDVX’s “Jazz Me Blues” host Bradley Reeves will present a talk on wom-en in the 1920s and 30s jazz era. Children will be en-couraged to write their own blues lyric and sing it live. “Children have great ideas,” says Jolly. “We have to show them the options they have for creativity.”

The “Women in Jazz Jam Festival” begins at noon this Friday, March 18, at the Knoxville Visitors Cen-ter, 301 South Gay Street, and runs through Sunday, March 20. Tickets/info: call 622-7174, visit http://wom-eninjazzjamfestival.com or email [email protected] story suggestions to [email protected].

The “Women in Jazz Jam Band” will take part in the festivities at this weekend’s “Women in Jazz Jam Festival.” Shown are Maria Williams, Kelle Jolly, Sarah Clapp-Gilpin, Evelyn Jack, Deidre Ford and Lettie Andrade De La Torre. Seated is Jeanine Fuller. Photo submitted

Women in jazz

By Sherri Gardner HowellIf you are still on the shelf when it comes to pickleball,

you need to know that the game is a pretty big dill.Sorry. Couldn’t resist.That’s the problem with pickleball. Its name keeps new-

comers confused: Is it real or a Nickelodeon challenge game?

The masses aren’t that confused. Pickleball has taken the area by storm, and the city of Knoxville is hosting its fi rst-ever pickleball tournament April 15-17.

The tournament is open play with both singles and dou-bles divisions. Single tournaments begin on Friday, April 15, with doubles beginning on Saturday and mixed doubles on Sunday. Age brackets are 18-plus, 50-plus, 60-plus and 70 and older. Registration fee is $30.

The tournament will be played on Knoxville’s 18 pickle-ball courts – 12 indoor and six outdoor – with West Hills Park courts being the host area.

A mixture of tennis, badminton and ping pong, pickle-ball appeals to a wide age range of participants. The city has courts at West Hills Park, Christenberry Community Center, Deane Hill Rec Center, Inskip Rec Center, Lonsdale Rec Center, Milton Roberts Rec Center and South Knox-ville Community Center.

Tournament info: https://registration.knoxvilletn.gov. Click on Athletics and then Adult Pickleball.

By Sylvia Williams Make time to come by the

Fountain City Art Center to experience the new and very visually engaging ex-hibit of handmade books and professional-quality nature photography. This early spring show has been an annual event for the past fi ve years. All FCAC exhib-

its are free to the public year-round. This show runs through March 31.

The Southern Appala-chian Nature Photography artists hold a judged salon every February just before the FCAC exhibit. Half of the photographs are stun-ning black and white prints while the other half are in

Nature photographyhighlights art show in

Fountain City

Knoxville Book Arts Guild. The

books are the perfect 3-D com-p a n -ions to the p h o t o s . They are always vi-sually fas-

cinating and can move the

viewer to expe-rience a display of

wit or humor, an emo-tional reaction to a pictorial and verbal tale, or outright amazement at the clever-ness of the a particular book design concept.

The collection is large and boasts a wide range of

found objects and recyclable materials. For example, one book is “rescued” from fall-ing apart, but now features artfully torn-back layers of its pages and a wire tor-nado-like structure coming out of the book as well as a wire person struggling to escape the book as well.

How about an aluminum can from an uncommon brand of tomatoes with a book made of cut out and connected paper tomato slices? Another eye-catcher is an apothecary’s shelves with bottles and books in miniature.

Info: 865-357-2787 or [email protected] Sylvia Williams is executive director of the Fountain City Art Center.

glorious color. Not all of the subject matter is limited to the Appalachian area. Some of the photographers in the group have traveled beyond the United States. The high quality of the photography

is immediately apparent to those viewing the show. The categories include wildlife, scenic and travel.

Paired with the photog-raphy exhibit are handmade books by members of the

coming in April

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Curtain call: Steven Miller (cabbie), Eli Manning (Orderly Wilson), Carolyn Wells (Chauvenet and maid), Ben Pressley (Dr. Sanderson), Renee Denney (Betty Chum-

ley), Katie Smith (Veta Simmons), Charles Denney (Dr. Chumley), Melisa Antrican (Nurse Kelly), Janna Axmacher (Myrtle Mae Simmons) and Scott Rutherford

(Judge Omar Gaff ney). Not pictured is Karl Hess (Elwood P. Dowd).

‘Harvey’ sells out two performancesBy Sandra Clark

Attending a Powell Play-house production is a safe bet, but waiting to buy a ticket at the door is high risk. Twice last week (of four performances) the Play-house turned away people from the spring production of “Harvey” at the Jubilee Banquet Facility.

Bob Longmire, making his acting debut at PPH, kept the 1945 Pulitzer prize-winning play moving brisk-ly. And the new sound sys-tem, donated by Charlotte Johnson of Lambert Auto Parts, made listening easy.

Longmire said the cast rehearsed three nights a week for a month.

You know the story. A

pleasant but eccentric bach-elor, Elwood P. Dowd, enjoys the company of an imagi-nary white rabbit, “Harvey.” Elwood’s sister, Veta, moves back home after the death of their mother. Trying to fi t in socially, Veta is appalled by Elwood’s odd ways.

She secures the sup-port of Judge Omar Gaff-ney, administrator of their mother’s estate, to commit Elwood to a sanitarium op-erated by the vaguely sin-ister Dr. Chumley. Charles Denney plays this role to perfection while his real-life wife, Renee, plays Chum-ley’s wife, Betty.

A young psychiatrist, Dr. Sanderson, commits Veta by mistake and lets Elwood

leave the facility. A chase ensues as Dr. Chumley bar-hops to fi nd Elwood before the reputation of his clinic is damaged.

Eli Manning, a computer teacher at Karns Middle School, gave a strong perfor-mance as the orderly Duane Wilson. He’s the sanitar-ium’s muscle, but seemed open to know Harvey. His love interest is Veta’s daugh-ter, Myrtle Mae (ably played by Karns High senior Janna Axmacher). Dr. Sanderson is stalked by the clinic’s nurse, Ruth Kelly.

Karl Hess, making his debut at the Powell Play-house, is Elwood P. Dowd. We hope to see more of Hess in future productions.

Carolyn Wells, a special fi nd of Playhouse founder Nita Buell Black, was the nosey maid who just had to hear all the details of Veta’s captivity at the Chumley’s Rest. Wells is just fl at funny.

Scott Rutherford owned the character of Judge Gaff-ney. A graduate of Powell High School, he has fond memories of Mrs. Buell Black’s drama class.

“Harvey” was dedicated to Hoyt Lansdell, an usher, performer and behind-the-scenes guy at Powell Playhouse. The cast also acknowledged the recent passing of Helen Seymour, a retired bank executive who volunteered as head usher for PPH.

Bob Longmire, director,

showed his creative versatil-

ity by painting this portrait

over the mantel.

Gina Jones, president of the

Powell Playhouse, with Bob

Longmire, who directed “Har-

vey”

Carolyn Wells is the maid.

CTE Spotlight: Focus on FulComBy Ruth White

Students with an interest in communications should check out Fulton High School’s magnet program, FulCom.

Falcon radio WKCS-fm is run by Russell Mayes, and on a recent sneak peek, students got some hands-on experience in the station. Participants announced a song to be played on the ra-dio, which Mayes recorded and put onto a jump drive for them to take home.

In the digital design lab, instructor Sandy Campbell helped students create an illustration from scratch us-ing Adobe Illustrator. Stu-dent ambassadors were on hand to help answer ques-tions and provide guidance.

The television station was a fun stop for students as they took part in a newscast and then watched the edit-ing process with instructor Tommy Givens. The edited materials were uploaded to

the students’ jump drives for a keepsake of the day.

Steve Morrell works in digital arts and design, and after snapping photos of each participant in the pho-tography studio, he helped the models put themselves on the cover of a magazine using digital software. Mor-rell and his talented crew of students worked together to photograph each eighth grader present so that the web design team could cre-ate name badges for each.

In the web design lab, Matt Mosley showed stu-dent participants how code can affect a website. The group also helped design and produce the name badges that students wore during the event.

Whether in television, radio, web design or digital design, FulCom is a great place to learn skills that will be useful in building a suc-cessful career in the fi eld of communications.

Student ambassador Graham Baer provides assistance as Jona-

than Wellman reads from a script to record his announcement for

an upcoming song on Falcon radio. Instructor Russell Mayes puts

each recording on a jump drive for the students to take home.

FHS student ambassador Sarah Emory (center) prepares Sierra

Janaskie and Isabella Beal for their newscast in the FulCom

television station. Photos by R. White

Jorden Suggs learns how to code from instructor Matt Mosley

and FHS senior Courtney Rader in the web design seminar. FulCom instructor Steve Morrell assists a student in making a

magazine cover in the digital arts and design showcase.

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BUSINESS NOTES ■ Fountain City Business

and Professional Associa-tion meets 11:45 a.m. each second Wednesday, Central Baptist Church fellowship hall. President is John Fugate, [email protected] or 688-0062.

■ Halls Business and Profes-sional Association meets noon each third Tuesday, Bea-ver Brook Country Club. Presi-dent is Carl Tindell, [email protected] or 922-7751.

■ Powell Business and Profes-sional Association meets noon each second Tuesday, Jubilee Banquet Facility.

■ Lauren Chesney has been hired as director of marketing

and fundrais-ing at Susan G. Komen Knoxville after working 16 years as direc-tor of commu-nity relations for Tennessee Smokies Baseball. Amy

Dunaway is executive director. Chesney holds a bachelor’s degree in sports management from ETSU. Since 1997, Komen Knoxville has invested more than $6.68 million dollars in local breast cancer awareness projects.

The Vickie Bailey Team has been recognized as the 2015 top team for Coldwell Banker Wallace & Wal-lace, Realtors. The award is based on adjusted gross

TDS Telecom adds mobile supportTDS Telecommunications Corp. has added mobile sup-

port to its array of services.“Today’s mobile devices frequently have the processing

power of many desktop or laptop computers,” said JulieMaiers, director of consumer marketing for TDS Telecom.“Helping customers with their smartphones and tablets isa natural extension of what we already do.”

With nearly two-thirds of Americans owning a smart-phone and almost half owning a tablet, there are approxi-mately 371 million mobile devices in people’s hands andpockets, she said.

Variations in age, brands and operating systems canmake maintaining this technology a challenge.

Remote PC Support is a subscription service that pro-vides technical assistance to customers. Experts providethe support needed to repair, protect and optimize com-puters for the best performance. Customers can downloada free app to most mobile devices and use the camera toshow TDS remote PC advisors the trouble, rather than ex-plaining what they are seeing. Info: tdstelecom.com

The Vickie Bailey Team: Brittney, Vickie, Chuck and Clark Photo by Hob3 Photography

Local team is tops for Coldwell Banker

By Sandra ClarkU.S. Cellular donated

$500 to three members of the Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley last week at Northwest Middle School. They were customer-selected winners of the Black History Month Art Contest.

Caleah Flemmings took fi rst place and a $250 Visa gift card; Noah Jones took second place and a $150 gift card; Erica Cooper, who could not attend the presen-tation, claimed third place and a $100 card.

Scott Bacon, chief devel-opment offi cer for the Boys and Girls Club, told the as-sembled youngsters that, “We talk a lot about citizen-ship. Well, there is also cor-porate citizenship and U.S. Cellular is as good as it gets.”

Knoxville City Council member and former mayor Daniel Brown told the kids, “There’s a great history of African-American leaders. Your creativity in this art-work is impressive.”

Bacon was proud to show off the after-school club at Northwest Middle. Using

the gym and cafeteria, the Boys and Girls Club has at-tracted one-third of enrolled students, some 300 mem-bers with about 100 to 150 attending daily, Bacon said.

Thomas White, the area sales manager for U.S. Cel-lular, presented the gift cards. In a prepared release, Nathan Waddell, director of sales for U.S. Cellular in Tennessee, said this is the fi rst year of the promotion, designed to honor infl uential African-Americans and in-spire students’ creativity and knowledge of these heroes.

“Our store associates in Knoxville loved sharing the artwork with our customers and others who came in to vote.”

The top 10 fi nalists were chosen by a panel of judges. Their entries were displayed at area U.S. Cellular stores where the public voted for their favorites during Feb-ruary.

Following the gift card presentations, White and others carried in boxes of pizza and soft drinks to share.

By Tom KingIt is said in the world of

Rotary International that the most important job is being a club president – and Rotary has more than 34,000 clubs around the world. Club presidents have a big workload – they lead their clubs, engage and in-spire members, promote Rotary in their commu-nities and work to make weekly meetings and board of directors meetings both fun and productive.

The Rotary year runs from July 1 to June 30. New club presidents begin their work at the weekly meet-ings the fi rst week in July. But their work really begins in the months leading up to that fi rst meeting.

The primary training event is PETS – Presidents-Elect Training Seminar. Six of the presidents-elect of the seven Rotary clubs in Knox-ville will be in Nashville this week (March 18-20) at the Sheraton Music City Hotel. This is a multi-district event with presidents-elect from Districts 6780 in East Ten-nessee joining their coun-terparts from fi ve other Rotary districts in Tennes-see, Alabama and Kentucky for intensive training and preparing for their year as

News from the Rotary Guy

Presidents-elect get PETS training

Ted Hotz

Kevin Knowles David SmoakAllen Pannell

Phyllis Driver Matt JerrellDavid Hall

president.One of the presidents-

elect, Phyllis Driver of the Rotary Club of North Knox-ville, had a schedule confl ict this week and attended the PETS training in Natchez, Mississippi.

Meet the presidents-elect of the Knoxville Rotary clubs:

Rotary Club of Bearden: Ted Hotz, vice-president, Pugh and Co.

Rotary Club of Knoxville Breakfast: Kevin Knowles, director, Veterans Memorial Cemetery

Rotary Club of Farragut: David Smoak, administra-tor, town of Farragut

Rotary Club of Knoxville: Allen Pannell, faculty, UT ProMBA; director of busi-ness analytics, Graduate School of Business, Lincoln Memorial University

Rotary Club of North Knoxville: Phyllis Driver, professor emerita of ac-counting at Carson-New-man University

Rotary Club of Turkey Creek: Matt Jerrell, Gem Care Staffi ng

Rotary Club of Knoxville

Volunteer: David Hall, chief operating offi cer, UT Medi-cal Center

District Conference in Pigeon Forge

Rotarians from District 6780 will attend the 2016 District Conference on April 29-May 1 at the new Mar-garitaville Island Hotel in Pigeon Forge. On Thursday, April 28, the District Golf Tournament for “End Polio Now” will be played at the Gatlinburg Country Club in Pigeon Forge.

Club challenge in Alzheimer’s walk

It’s Bearden Rotary vs. the Rotary Club of Knox-ville – sorta. The 26th an-nual Knoxville Alzheimer’s Tennessee Walk will be Saturday, April 9, and the Bearden Rotarians have is-sued a challenge to Knox-ville Rotary to see which club can make the most money. The walk will be held at the University of Tennessee Gardens, 2518 Jacob Drive (off Neyland Drive). Registration opens at 9 a.m. and the walk be-gins at 11 a.m.Tom King is a retired newspaper editor, a Rotarian for 28 years and past president of the Rotary Club of Farragut. He can be reached at [email protected]

Noah Jones and Caleah Flemmings hold their prizes from U.S. Cellular. Photo by S. Clark

U.S. Cellular called ‘good corporate citizen’

■ Chris Boler, Powell resident and 6-year employee of ORNL Federal Credit Union, has been promoted to president of Credit Union Service Organization. At ORNL FCU, Boler has served as the mortgage sales manager and recently as vice president of sales and service. Boler gradu-ated from Carson-Newman Uni-versity and attends a regional credit union school.

Chesney

commission income.“This is an extraordinary

distinction that can only be accompli shed through the highest level of dedication and professionalism,” said Gina Mills, principal broker at Wallace & Wallace North. “Vickie Bailey Team’s con-sistency and commitment to excellence are what set them apart across Tennes-see.”

Vickie Bailey, a native of Clearwater, Florida, earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of South Florida in Tampa. She moved to

Knoxville with her family in 2000. Also on the team is Bailey’s husband, Chuck, a licensed agent. They have been married for more than 30 years. Their two adult children, daughter Brittney and son Clark, are both li-censed agents, and play an integral role in the team as well, working with buyers and sellers, and overseeing marketing and advertising efforts.

Vickie Bailey has been the No. 1 Coldwell Banker agent in the state of Tennes-see for the last fi ve years.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLESB March 16, 2016

NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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Extraordinary Care From Every Angle

• Orthopedics • Sports medicine • Workplace injury care • Neurological rehabilitation

• Vestibular rehabilitation • McKenzie method for

neck & back • Lymphedema therapy

For more information please call (865) 541-1300 or visit www.covenanthealth.com/therapycenters

Downtown Knoxville Newland Professional Building, Suite 504 , 2001 Laurel Avenue

Halls North Place Shopping Center 6679 Maynardville Highway

Powell Powell Place Shopping Center 3517 Emory Road

3 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS:

Back to SchoolUT Engineering staffer fi ghts pain in neck with classwork, homework

When Brian Shupe called the Fort Sand-ers Therapy Center a “school” for herniated discs, he was only half joking.

When the 47-year-old armchair quar-terback lofted his best Peyton Manning pass to his younger brother last summer, he thought he might have torn his rotator cuff. But a trip to an orthopedic specialist returned an unexpected diagnosis: a herni-ated disc in his neck.

Doubtful that the ache deep in his shoul-der, numbness in his arm and tingling in his fi ngertips could have anything to do with his neck, he sought a second opinion from a neurosurgeon.

“He told me that the herniated disc can cause pain in the shoulder and it can cer-tainly cause the numbness down to the fi ngertips,” said Shupe, director of develop-ment for University of Tennessee’s College of Engineering.

“He said surgery is an option but recom-mended treating the symptoms with physi-cal therapy because the pain is from the herniated disc. He said I need to learn how to take care of this, and get serious about taking care of it.”

“When you have that kind of moment, you realize that it is a part of the aging pro-cess and the deterioration that comes with it. You can’t go out and do things like you did when you were 25. That was the bad news, but the good news was there are things we can do to stay healthy.

“So I went to Herniated Disc School,” Shupe said with a laugh, adding that he was paired with Erin McCallum, a licensed physical therapist who holds a clinical doc-torate in physical therapy as well as being a certifi ed lymphedema therapist.

Twice a week for three weeks, Shupe and McCallum would work 45 minutes to an hour. When he was evaluated on his fi rst visit last Dec. 22, Shupe rated his pain level a 7 on the 10-point pain scale. After his last treatment Jan. 18, he assigned his pain a zero on the scale.

“I learned a lot more about how I can take better care of myself with stretching exercises and with posture,” he said. “I got the little lumbar pillow to put in the small of my back when I’m sitting for long periods of time. All of those things were conspiring to cause pain in my shoulder and subsequent numbness in my arm and fi ngers.”

McCallum said Shupe’s situation was not

Brian Shupe participated in physi-

cal therapy at Fort Sanders Region-

al to completely eliminate pain

caused by a herniated disk.

that unusual considering his job which, like millions of others, requires long periods of sitting either at a desk, in a car or passenger jet.

“We see many patients with neck pain, especially in people who work desk-type jobs where they are sitting or driving the majority of their work day, like Brian does,” said McCallum. “Posture plays a big role in this, and especially now that many people’s jobs require extended amounts of time sit-ting at a computer, or looking down at a smart phone.”

In one research study, reported in a March 2015 issue of Spine, more than 70 percent of people in their 20s had disc bulges in their neck but none had neck pain. “Many of our patients are referred to us with a diagnosis of ‘neck pain’ but not anything as specifi c as a cervical herniation,” said McCallum. “Part of our job is to determine if the patient, in fact, needs further testing, like an MRI, or a referral to a specialist if physical therapy is not having the desired results.”

The physical therapist’s goal, McCallum said, is simply to determine what functional limitations each patient has, what activities and/or positions cause them to feel worse, and devise a plan that will improve their

pain and return them to their prior level of function.

“Brian’s treatment plan included ther-apeutic exercises for range of motion, stretching, strengthening and stabilization; manual therapy for joint mobilizations, soft tissue mobilization and cervical manual traction; modalities, such as heat and elec-trical stimulation; and patient education for posture, body mechanics, and home exer-cise program,” said McCallum.

“She would walk me through all the ex-ercises and then, my homework would be to duplicate those at home with some materi-als she gave me,” said Shupe.

“It wasn’t like I went there and did it all – I had a responsibility to do some work on my own between visits. Then, every time I would come back, there would be another layer of exercises she would add to it. So I’m really equipped with the knowledge to help make this better on my own and at least slow down the degeneration which was re-ally the root cause of all my pain.

“After I started working with Erin, the pain subsided very quickly because of the work we did at the clinic and the exercises she gave me to do on my own, none of which was very time-consuming,” he added. “They (the exercises) are very easy to do on my

own, but what has really made a huge differ-ence in my confi dence level is the pain reliefI get when I keep up my routine. I have hadno numbness since I started working withErin.”

McCallum says Shupe owes much of hissuccess to himself. “Brian was very compli-ant with both attending his treatments andperforming his exercises at home,” she said.“He listened carefully to what I told him,and really made an effort to take that educa-tion back to his workplace, in order to pre-vent further injury down the road.”

Shupe says the therapy sessions with McCallum have taught him to be “more aware of myself as an agingadult, and that a lot of how we feel is up to us and how we maintainour bodies. So it was a very good experience. Erin is a great physicaltherapist. She’s very good at what she does and has a good demeanor

about her. We communicate very well andshe really knows what she’s doing. I learneda lot about how to take care of myself.”

He admits that he was a taken aback when his visit to the neurosurgeon ended in an order for physical therapy instead of adate scheduled for surgery.

“I was a little surprised by that, but I’malso really grateful that he didn’t just ear-mark me for surgery and run me through the mill,” he said.

“I appreciate that he was very thought-ful about my particular case and wanted tosee, ‘Hey, before we open this guy’s neckup, let’s try some therapy on it fi rst, and seeif that doesn’t help.’ I’m sure at some point,surgery might still be a possibility, but I’mvery grateful to not do that until I need todo it.

“Through my experience with therapy, Iactually saw some good results and I havebecome more aware of symptoms before they get severe. ... It was a really good expe-rience at the Herniated Disc School.

“I was just very impressed with the pro-fessionalism and the care that everybody took with this,” he added. “That is the high-est praise I could offer: If I encounter some-one who is having a similar issue – and I amsure I will – that if they are looking for someplace to go, I would defi nitely recommendthey go see Erin.”

For more information on the Therapy Center at Fort Sanders, call (865) 541-1300.

Fort Sanders Therapy Center turns headsWhile Brian Shupe compared

his sessions at Fort Sanders Therapy Center with attending “Herniated Disc School,” it’s re-ally much more.

As part of the Covenant Therapy Center network, Fort Sanders provides com-prehensive rehabilitation ser-vices with outpatient facilities in downtown Knoxville at the Newland Professional Build-ing, in Halls at the North Place Shopping Center on Maynard-ville Highway and in Powell at Powell Place Shopping Center on Emory Road.

With our qualified and com-passionate therapists, and an

array of rehabilitation special-ties, our goal is to provide the highest quality of care and ser-vices in the most convenient and efficient manner. Cov-enant Therapy Centers partici-pate in Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes Inc. (FOTO), the nation’s largest results database for physical and occupational therapy.

The Centers have received multiple awards for excellent patient outcomes and for ex-ceeding national averages for functional results.

Fort Sanders Therapy Center offers an array of physical thera-py areas, including:

■ Orthopedics ■ Sports Medicine ■ Manual Therapy ■ Limited Adult Neuro ■ Spinal Rehab & Back Edu-

cation ■ Arthritis

In addition, the Fort Sand-ers Therapy Centers downtown and in Powell offer treatment programs for lymphedema, a swelling usually occurring in one arm or leg and the result of an accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the superficial tissues just below the skin. Lymphede-ma can be caused by congenital malformations of the lymphatic system or by secondary reasons

such as following trauma, sur-gery, radiation, inflammation or infection. All patients receive individual instruction on a home program to improve and reduce their swelling, including self-manual lymph drainage and self-bandaging.

All three Fort Sanders Ther-apy Center locations also offer vestibular rehabilitation, an ex-ercise-based approach aimed at eliminating or minimizing bal-ance deficits and dizziness asso-ciated with vestibular disorders such as vertigo, dizziness, light-headedness, motion sensitiv-ity, nausea, imbalance or falls. Sometimes, the problems are

the result of an inner ear infec-tion, but many times the causeis a vestibular, or inner ear dis-order.

This type of rehab is providedby a specially-trained physicaltherapist. The therapist assistsa person in compensating for aloss in the vestibular system. Theexercise program may includebalance exercises, eye exercises,a technique called the Epley ma-neuver, and repetitive exercisesto reduce vertigo symptoms. Therehab program is individuallydesigned to meet each person’sneeds. Treatment is typicallyshort-term, with goals achievedwithin a few sessions.

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Transportation

Automobiles for Sale

FORD TAURUS - 2000. Green withhail damage 126,360 mi., $1,000. (865)531-3470.

FORD THUNDERBIRD 2004 Conv. w/hardtop. Premium Edt. wheels, heat-ed lthr., top stand & tonneau cover, 80K mi., $21,500. (865)922-7019.

Sports and Imports

BMW 325 2004. Convertible, 69K mi., Aqua, black top, light tan lthr. int., wind screen, seats 4, NADA $10,700Jan/16. $10,900 (865)254-0223

BMW Z3 - 1998, 5 spd., mah. trim,garage kept, mint cond., 39K miles, $19,000. Call (865)573-3549.

Camaro 2011, 2SS, 47,600 mi, 426 HP, gray metallic finish, orig owner, like new cond throughout, $25,500.

Selling due to death in family. (865) 388-4161

HONDA ACCORD EXL Hybrid 2015. 8K mi., fully loaded, 50 MPG, like new,$18,900 Call 423-295-5393.

INFINITI Q50 2015, AWD, black, loaded, 9K mi.,

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Toyota Camry 2012, excellent car, 4cyl, 2.5 eng, 25,320 mi, white, nonsmoking, $15,000. (865) 659-8282.

TOYOTA TERCEL 1988. Extra clean, no scratches, runs great, AC, AT, 113kmi., $2,000. (865)936-4326.

4 Wheel Drive

FORD EXPLORER SPORT 2015. Top of the Line, DVD, Headrest, 10K mi., $36,900 (423)295-5393.

Vans

CHEVROLET UPLANDER 2008. fully loaded, good cond., 120K mi., $4900 Call (865)609-6044.

Honda Odyssey 2014 Touring, likenew, fully loaded, leather, DVD, 31Kmi, $27,500. (423) 295-5393.

Classic Cars

BUICK GS 1971. 455 CI, 475 HP, TKO5 speed, perf. clutch, 3.42 Auburnrear, B/O off restro. New int., gastk. Burnt org. $35K. (423)721-8455.

I WOULD LIKE TO BUY a 1970 or 1971 Mercedes 280SL, or a

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one or know of one please call Call (865)621-4012.

Vehicles Wanted

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Auto Parts & Acc

FOUR 265/60/18 MICHELIN LatitudeTires mounted on 2014 Jeep GrandCherokee Ltd. 30k mi. Great cond. Whls & tires $460/nego. (865) 985-0627

Recreation

Boats/Motors/Marine

FOUR WINNS 268, 2000 Cruiser, topcond. radar arch, only 748 hours,kept covered on lift in Tellico Vil-lage, $25,000. Call (423)371-9050.

Campers & RV’s

CAR TOW DOLLY - 2016, all cars/pu Swivels, tilts, never used, new ret.

$2750. 1st $1050 cash. 864-275-6478

CLASS A NATIONAL SEABREEZE 34’ 2005, 2 slides, new tires, in exc. cond. 29K mi., $37,900. (865)603-3653.

FLEETWOOD Revolution 2006 3 Slide,400hp, Cls A, 30,674 Mi, loaded, $130,000 OBO Chatt, TN. Val 423-634-3607.

MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY 2013 5th wheel, 3 slideouts, in pristine condi-tion. Includes a beautiful deeded lot Gatlinburg. 865-964-8092. $65,000or best offer. (865)964-8092.

NEW & PRE-OWNED

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REDUCED. 2004 Holiday RamblerVacationer 37 PCT, exc cond, gas Ford V10, low miles - 25K+, 3 slides,sitting rm off BR, french doors from BR to bath, dbl refrig w/ice maker, elec. awning, full body paint, stored indoors, Need to sell. $48,900 nego. 865-357-2417 or 304-444-7761

Motorcycles/Mopeds

2008 HARLEY DAVIDSON ULTRA CLASSIC,

Black, less than 18,000 miles. Dealer serviced. Garage kept. Many extras

included. 423.368.0324

HARLEY DAVIDSON ELECTAGLIDE Classic 2004. 1 owner, gar. kept, red, 37k mi, $9000. (865)548-2279.

Harley Davidson Fat Boy 2005, 1 owner, gar kept, like new, 15K mi, $9,000. 865-696-2964; 865-414-3668

Off Road Vehicles

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Jobs

Child Care

HELP WANTED - Little People Pre-school looking for loving, ener-getic individuals wanting to workFT or PT Mon-Fri. Must be at least 18 w/high school diploma. Applyat 6830 Tice Lane, Knoxville, TN.

ServicesOffered

Adult Care/Services

CHRISTIANExperienced home caregiver will

do light housekeeping, errands. Nancy (865)317-5077

Air Cond/Heating

HOMETOWN AIR“Back to the basics”

Lennox17.00 S.E.E.R Heat Pump

Financing Available

Dozer Work/Tractor

• Bobcat w/Backhoe Attachment• Footer• Above-Ground Pools• Sewer Installations• Landscaping• Bush Hogging• Driveways• Firewood etc.

Electric Providers

RETIRED ELECTRICTIAN

Available for small jobs and ser-vice calls. Ceiling fan specialty.

Call Wayne at (865)455-6217

Home Maint./Repair

HANDYMANCARPENTRY, PLUMBING, painting,

siding. Free est. 30+ yrs exp! (865)607-2227

Landscaping/Lawn Service

COOPER’S BUDGET LAWNCARE

Cheaper than the rest, but still the best! Mowing, mulching,

hedge-trimming, etc. Affordable, reliable, honest work since 2006. Call Donnie at 865-384-5039 for

a free estimate.

Plumbing

All Types of Residential & Commercial Plumbing

MASTER PLUMBER40 Years Experience � Licensed & Bonded

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Tree Services

EDWARDS TREE SERVICEInterior Pruning, Complete

Removal, Power Stump Grinding

Insured • Free Estimates

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Bush HoggingStump Removal

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HankinsTree Service

Breeden's Tree Service

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removingLicensed and insured

Over 30 yrs. experienceFree estimates

865-219-9505

TREE WORKAND POWER STUMP GRINDER

Free est, 50 yrs exp!Call (865)804-1034

Garage Sales

North

7905 ANDERSONVILLE PIKE - Inside Moving Sale. Fri & Sat, March 18th & 19th, 8am-5pm. Furniture and household items and much more!

ESTATE SALE AT 3408 SOUTH FOUN-TAINCREST DR - Fri & Sat March 18th-19th. 8am-4pm. Cash only. Everything in the house must go!

MOVING SALE - in Maynardville:Furniture, household items, beds,TVs, dividers. Call Steven at 862-600-1133.

Farmer’s Mkt/Trading Post

Farm Products

AT YOUR SITE LOGS TO LUMBER

USING A WOOD MIZER PORTABLE SAW MILL

865-986-4264

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Wanted to Buy

WANT TO BUY STANDING TIMBER, Hardwood & Pine & Land Clearing.

865-982-2606 & 865-382-7529.

Pets

Dogs

AMERICAN BULLDOG puppies, 2 females, red & white, NKC, 1st shots, $500 & up. (865)609-1133

AUSTRAILIAN SHEPHERD pups, 6 wks, ASCA reg., males, fem., merles & tris. 1st shots, (865)250-0403.

CAVALIER KING CHARLES pups, M, 2 blemhien & 3 tri colors, fully ACA reg. pure bred, POP, vet ck’d, S&W. $800. (270)932-9600; 270-405-6660.

CORGI PUPPIES AKC, adorable bun-dles of fur, Deposit being taken,ready April 8th. (423)733-9252.

DOBERMAN PINSCHER puppies,champion AKC, 75+ yr bloodline, shots & wormed, 1 red M, 2 red F, 7wks old, $675. (731) 687-3664

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS AKC, WestGerman bldlns,3 M, 3 F, vet ck’d. health guar. $700. 865-322-6251.

GOLDENDOODLE - precious puppies, great temperament, no shedding or doggie odor, 1st shots & wormed,$950 & up. (865)466-4380

GREAT PYRENEES puppies, full blood-ed, parents on premises, no papers $200 (865)210-9412

HAVENESE PUPS AKC, home raised, health guar. 262-993-0460.

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MALTESE PUPPY - male, 12 weeks old. Registered. Non Shedding. $800.(423) 442-9996

MALTI POOS Beautiful toy puppies $450-$500.

Shots. (865) 604-3674

MINI PINSCHER PUPS - championlines, AKC tails & dew claws. 4 males & 1 Female. $350.(865)385-2842.

OLD ENGLISH BULLDOG puppies, 1st shots S& wormed, $300 each. (423) 271-5129

POODLE PUPS, 2 red males, 1st shots& wormed, $300. 423-271-5129

PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds

Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles, Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos,

Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots & wormed. We do layaways. Health guar.

Go to Facebook, Judys Puppy Nursery Updates.

423-566-3647

RAT TERRIERS - shots & wormed, 9wks, $125. (931)319-0000

SHIH TZU puppies, AKC, beautifulcolors, Females $600; Males $500. Taking deposits. 423-775-4016

SHIH TZU PUPPY - female, 4 mo. old, all shots,

$600. (865)309-9618.

Yorkshire Terrier puppies, parti, blk & wht, 1 F, 2 M, $600 F, $500 M. Shots& Papers. (865) 453-2320; 654-7112

Merchandise

Antiques

ANTIQUE STORY & CLARK PUMP ORGAN - with stool, good cond.$1000 obo. (865)368-7315.

Appliances

GOOD AS NEW

APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty

865-851-90532001 E. Magnolia Ave.

Kenmore top loading, hi efficiency,low water washer. Less than 1 yr old. $250. (865)579-9738

Auctions

QUALITY ANTIQUESMeek’s Antique Auctions

Chattanooga, TNSUN. March 6th, 1pm

English & French AntiquesWWW.LESMEEKSAUCTIONS.COM

423-875-9828Tal#2730 Fl#2388

Cemetery Lots

2 BURIAL LOTS, West, Berry Highland Memorial, Christus Garden section. Both for $6500 obo. (954)740-9120.

2 GRAVE SITES, BERRY-HIGHLAND -vases, open & close, worth $14,000; sell $10,000/b.o. (865)919-1653

2 LOTS side by side in Greenwood Cemetery, $3600 for both. Call (865)689-8523

HIGHLAND MEMORIAL on Sutherland,4 cemetery lots together. $1500 /b.o. Good Shepherd. Call for disc. price. 865-368-2142; 865-947-9275

Clothing

FURS - 2 MINK STOLES, 1 mink jacket, 1 leopard cape, all $700 obo. Willseperate, (865)368-7315

LEATHER BOMBER JACKET - schott A-2. removable liner, collar. sz 40.same Co. made these for flying tigers in WW2 (865)680-4891

Collectibles

BUYING OLD US COINS90% silver, halves, quarters & dimes,

old silver dollars, proof sets, silver & gold eagles, krands & maple leafs, class rings, wedding bands, anything

10, 14, & 18k gold old currency before 1928

WEST SIDE COINS & COLLECTIBLES7004 KINGSTON PK

CALL 584-8070

HOT WHEEL COLLECTION - Late 1990’s to 2005 plus. Orig. packaging/manyprotector packages, Treasure Hunts, rare sets. 4000 + cars. (865)256-0191

Fuel & Wood

WOOD SPLITTER - northern hydrau-lics 24,000 lb. vert/horiz. well made 2 in steel backstop.less than 20 hrs. 8hp b s (865)680-4891

Furniture

3 CUSHION pillow back sofa, char-coal gray, like new, $400, orig $800.(865)922-9106

FOR SALE - 3 cushion pillow-backsofa. Charcoal grey, like new. $400, originally $800. Call (865)922-9106

LOVESEAT, NEW. BROWN, - 4 pillows,Corduroy. Comfortable. $90. Moving must sell. (865)524-2767

Lawn & Garden

JOHN DEERE GX 335 - 54” deck, 291hrs, like new. $4995 obo (865)599-0516

SCAG COMMERCIAL MOWERS SCAG 61” Turf Tiger, 35HP, exc. cond.

$7500. SCAG HYDRO Walk Behind,52” Cut, 21HP elec. start, $3700.SCAG HYDRO 36” Walk Behind, 15HP, $2500. Call (865)691-5296.

Med Equip & Supplies

HOVEROUND - brand new, 2 batter-ies, gray, serial #5574284, $400.(865)687-9119

Merchandise - Misc.

GENERATOR BIG 8500 watt, 2016, Honda elec. start. Batt. & whl kit incl. Never used. New retail $4995. Wholesale $3750. 1st $1850 cash, 864-275-6478.

HACH PORTABLE WATER TEST KIT, all reagents, many extras, $250 obo (865)368-7315.

KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS! - Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers/KIT Complete Treatment System Hardware Stores, The Home Depot, homedepot.com (618)351-7570

UTILITY TRAILERSALL SIZES AVAILABLE

[email protected]

Musical

Everett studio piano, style 31, exc cond, 1 owner, $800. (865)223-1227

Sporting Goods

GOLF CART- Club Car, Battery withcharger. Good tires. $900 Contact (865)323-4280

Tools

AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR TOOLS & Equip-ment. Call for more information.(865)254-3086

Announcements

Adoptions

ADOPT: - A loving couple hopes to adopt. We would love to hear whatyour hopes and dreams are for your baby. Please call Jen & Dom

866-270-6969, text 646-915-7890, www.jenanddomwishtoadopt.info

ADOPT:

A loving Mom, a devoted Dad, and a bright future are waiting to welcome

your baby! Expenses paid. Anne & Colin.

1-877-246-6780

Financial

Consolidation Loans

FIRST SUN FINANCEWe make loans up to $1000. We do

credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals.

See manager for details.865-687-3228

Real EstateSales

North

BY OWNER, Beautiful 2BR + sun-room, 2 car gar. Large Villa. Close to I-75, Emory Rd. Excellent schools, $124,900. (954)547-2747.

HALLS. 4 BR, 3 BA on .44 acre, totally updated incl HVAC, roof & windows, gas frpl, screened in porch, fncdbkyard, level lot, finished bsmnt for potential mother-in-law, 2 car gar.$184,500. (865) 924-8271

NORTH a beautiful 100% redone 2BRhome in a great loc. just off Fairmont Blvd. at 3300 Miami Av. Handsome hardwood, beautiful painted rooms,X-nice kitchen and bath, liv-rm w/FP, large corner level lot--lots more. Asking $74,900. Must be pre-qualified by bank or Mtg Co. Call 414-7616 anytime, Shown by appt.

OFF WASHINGTON PK., 2 BR, 2 FULLBA laundry rm w/W/D, LR w/gasfrpl, game rm/3 BR, hot tub, sun-room, 2 car gar. Util. bldg. Fencedbackyd, close to schools, new paint, tile, crpt, $89,900. (865)927-3906

Duplex/Multiplex-Unfurn

DUPLEX 1800 SF, 2br, 1.5 bath each side. $12,000 GI, fantastic rates,

Live in one rent the other. MLS# 954198 $139,900.

Call Don for more info.865-388-5959 Realty Executives Assoc. 588-3232

Lake Property

3BR, 2BA 1600 SF, Lake View, Nor-ris Lake, Sugar Hollow dock area. $178,500. (937)417-7978.

Farms & Acreage

DANDRIDGE, Skyline Dr., gorgeousmtn. views, 2 adjoining lots, 3/4acre each, cul-de-sac, no HOA, few restrictions, 865-363-2011.

Manufactured Homes

I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES1990 up, any size OK

865-384-5643

For Sale By Owner

$121,9008 year old house and 44 acres at 1245 Snake Hollow Road, Sneedville. House has 3 bedrooms 2 baths, total of 1,056 square feet. New hardwood laminate floors in living area, new interior paint, and a new wood burning stove. Owner will finance with $6,100 down. Call Bill at 877-488-5060 ext 323

BY OWNER, Beautiful 4BR, 2 1/2BAon 1/2 acre fenced yard in PowellSubd. Granite counters & SS appls. with community pool, exc. schools, Brickey, Powell, Powell High, 1417Wineberry Rd. Powell, $267,777.

Call (954)547-2747.

Lots/Acreage for Sale

CREEKFRONT property in Morgan Co. 5 acre wooded lot in a gated devel-opment. $64,900. (865) 805-6586

Real Estate Wanted

WANTED IMMEDIATELY Large tracts of land for development. Farms, timber or recreation property

OK; CASH PAID; Decisions made quickly. Confidential response to

David Alley OA 865-389-7361.

Real EstateRentals

Apartments - Unfurn.

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1,2,3 BR

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BEST DEAL OUT WEST! - 1BR from $375. 2BR $550-$695. No pets. Parking @ front door.

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Or Physically Mobility Impaired1 & 2 BR, util. incl. Laundry on site.

Immediate housing if qualified.Section 8-202.

865-524-4092 for appt.TDD 1-800-927-9275

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MORNINGSIDE GARDENS1 BR Apt Now AvailableELDERLY OR DISABLED

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NORTH, 1 BR APT. Very clean, new carpet & ceramic tile, water incl. $500 + sec. dep. No pets. 865-531-7895.

NORTH- 1 br in quiet 4-plex. Convien-tent location. $500 + deposit. Back-ground/credit ck required. No pets. Non-smoking contact (865)688-2933

SENIOR OR DISABLED HIGH RISE FACILITY

1 BR APTS.Oak Ridge, TN865-482-6098

SPACIOUS 2 BR, full BA, LR, DR, lrgkit., lots of closet/storage space,laundry rm w/W&D conn., priv. drive, quiet safe neighborhood. Conv. to UT Hospital, airport &downtown Knoxv. Ideal for profes-sional. All utilities, cable, garbage pickup & pest control incl. NO smok-ing. NO pets. $900 mo + DD. Refs req’d. For appt. (865) 577-9426

WEST, 2BR, 2BA - patio, laun., FP, nosmoking, no pets. Very Clean. $700 + dep. (865)531-7895.

Homes Unfurnished

SECLUDED YET ACCESSIBLE - Real Log Cabin in Pigeon Forge on 16 wooded acres, 3BR, 2BA, new appls. & city services. $1200 mo. + sec. dep. Contact Georgette, (865)771-3200.

WEST - 3 BR, 2.5 ba, LR, fam. rm w/FP, 2 car garage. No pets. $1000/mo. (865)310-4274

Condos Unfurnished

SEQUOYAH SQUARE 3636 Taliluna Ave., Sequoyah Hills,1BR condo, appx. 750 SF, great ngh-brhd., close to downtown & UT, $750mo., 1 yr. lse. 865-607-1747.

West. 1 level, 2 BR, 2 BA, walk in shower, 2 car gar., near Webb & CAK Schools. 501 Floriade Way, in Dutch-

town Villas, $1,000 mo.Call Wanda 865-679-1616

Tipton & Assoc. 865-691-1970

Duplx/Multplx UnFurn

FTN CITY, brick duplex, 2 BR, nicelyfinished, all appls + W/D, $675 mo + $500 dep. (865) 384-8532

Manufactured Homes

MOBILE HOME FOR RENT - Living room and kitchen combo. 2 bedroom, 1bath. Heat & air, front deck. Newlyrefinished and carpet. $475 month-ly. $500 deposit. 865-850-8875

Hunting/Fishing Leases

DEER LEASE Neb. Farm, 3000 acres,rifle season, white tails & turkey,water foul, Call (303)979-0360.

Real EstateCommercial

Offices/Warehouse/Sale

FOR RENT- Office bldg in Halls. 7rooms + reception area. Some stor-age. Ideal for doctor, dentist, or offices. Will rent all or part. Call(865)687-1021

OFFICE SPACE- 600 sq feet. Located at 7632 Maynardville pike. Contact(865)898-8637

Wanted to Buy

IMMEDIATE ACQUISITION Apartments, commercial income

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Commercial RE Lease

672 SF, remodeled, office space or small retail. Off Broadway near I-640. Special incentive for long term lease. $550 mo. (865)696-9555

PRIME LOCATION FOR SERVICE RELATTED BUSINESS 970 SF Office Bldg. in exc. cond. 3 large offices,recep. area, storage rm., Data wired. Cent. H&A, Large 8 ft. fenced storagearea w/3 gates. $1100 mo. 1 year min. lease. 865-765-1123, 865-539-1145.

Offices/Warehouses/Rent

4000 SF Office/Warehousewith dock & drive in, prime location

Middlebrook Pk. $3,000 mo.2000 SF Office/Warehouse

drive in bay, Papermill, $1,300 mo.

865-544-1717; 865-740-0990

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THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 20“Monty Python’s Spamalot” production,

William H. Inman Humanities Theatre, Walters State Community College Morristown campus. Presented by Encore theatrical company. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: etcplays.org or 423-318-8331.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16Computer Workshops: “Internet and Email

Basics,” 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Ashe-ville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, MARCH 17Family Pajama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Halls

Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552. Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch

meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 18-20“Printmaking” class, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Appala-

chian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: John Allen. Part of the Featured Tennessee Artist Workshop Series. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAY, MARCH 19AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30

p.m., AAA offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 mem-bers/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/regis-tration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

Arbor Day celebration, 1-5 p.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway. Free; donations appreciated. Info: marblesprings.net; 573-5508; [email protected].

Camp Sam Hike and Volunteer Day, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Norris Dam State Park, 125 Village Green Circle, Rocky Top. Meet at the Camp Sam Trailhead, located at TVA’s picnic shelter/across street from Powerhouse Road. Bring water and lunch; gloves and tools pro-vided. Adults only. Leader: Ranger Lauren Baghetti. Info: 426-7461.

East Tennessee Kidney Foundation’s Lucky Kidney Run and Irish Festival, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Market Square. Festival features: live music, dancing, vendor booths, and kids’ infl atables and midway games. Info/Run or walk registration: etkidney.org.

Free beginning beekeeping class, 1-3 p.m., Treadway Fire Hall on Highway #131. Presented by Clinch Valley Beekeeping Association. Info/registra-tion: Wanda Coleman, 423-944-3230.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

“A Night in Old Havana” ETTAC fundraiser, 6:30-10 p.m., Lighthouse Knoxville Event Center, 6800 Baum Drive. Includes: authentic Cuban food and music, a Latin dance showcase, casino game tables, a silent auction, a coffee and dessert bar, cigars bar and door and raffl e prizes. Tickets: $25. Tickets: ettac.org/nohregistration2016.html; 219-0130, ext. 221. Info: Mat Jones, 219-0130, ext. 228, or [email protected].

Spring Hike, 10 a.m.-noon, Big Ridge State Park, 1015 Big Ridge Road, Maynardville. Meet at park of-fi ce. Leader: Ranger Scott Ferguson; hike: 1-3 miles. Info: 992-5523.

Yard sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Spots are $10 or donate items to the youth section of the sale. Info: 690-1060.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 19-20“The Secrets of Fine Art Photography” pre-

sented by J Way Photography, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Cost: $200. Info/registration: 214-6364.

MONDAY, MARCH 21“Introduction to Beekeeping” class, 6-9 p.m.,

Clinton Community Center in Clinton. Open to anyone interested in beekeeping. Sponsored by the Anderson

County Beekeepers Association. Info/registration: 463-8541 or [email protected].

TUESDAY, MARCH 22“A Focus on Fashion” fashion show benefi tting the

Historic Ramsey House, noon, Cherokee Country Club. 5138 Lyons View Pike. Boutique shopping open 10:30 a.m.-noon. Reservations deadline: March 16. Info/reser-vations: 546-0745.

AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

Auditions for “Snow White & Rose Red,” 4:30-7:30 p.m., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. By appointment only. Fourteen available roles; ages 9-18. For appointment: email Dennis Perkins, [email protected], including name, age gender and preferred time.

Homeschoolers at the Library Part 2: Everyday Expressions, 2 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emo-ry Road. Presented by East Tennessee Historical Society. Registration required. Info/registration: 922-2552.

“Passionate for Pasta” cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/registration: avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23Bits ’N Pieces Quilt Guild meeting, 1 p.m., Com-

munity Building, Norris. Speaker: Joyce Morgan of The Quilt Patch in LaFollette. Guests and new members welcome. Info: Mary Jane Berry, 494-7841.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clin-ton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, MARCH 23-24AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m.,

O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registra-tion: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, MARCH 24“Raised Beds: Build ’Em and Fill ’Em,” 3:15-

4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardener Michael Powell. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

SATURDAY, MARCH 26Cat Fanciers Association Cat Show, 9 a.m.-5

p.m., Chilhowee Park Jacob Building. Tickets: $6 adults, $4 seniors and students; available at the door.

“Name Your Price” rummage sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Lighthouse Christian Church, 8015 Facade Lane. Lim-ited exceptions. Benefi ts LCC Youth Group.

Saturday Lego Club, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Special stage version of the Lantern Tour, 4:30 p.m., Historic Rugby’s Rebecca Johnson Theater. Tick-ets: $10; reservations recommended. Info/reservations: 423-628-2441.

TUESDAY, MARCH 29“Glass Fusing Workshop” class, 6-8:30 p.m.,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Kathy King. Part of the Featured Tennessee Artist Workshop Series. Registra-tion deadline: March 22. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

Happy Travelers Lunch and Gathering, 10:30 a.m., North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike. Cost: $7. Entertainment: Fredda Valentine. Reser-vation deadline: Saturday, March 26. Info/reservations: Derrell Frye, 938-8884 or 254-8884.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m.,

Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clin-ton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

“Spring Fling,” 5:15 p.m., Christ UMC, 7535 May-nardville Highway. Includes: entertainment by The Blair Experience, silent auction, raffl e of an Archie Campbell print and dinner. Cost: $7, or $24 for family. Reserva-tion deadline: March 25. Info/reservations: 922-1412.

FRIDAY, APRIL 1First Friday Comedy, 7-9 p.m., Saw Works Brew-

ing, 708 E. Depot Ave. Free comedy showcase featuring Atlanta comedians Ian Aber and Hayley Ellman.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., West-

minster Presbyterian Church, 6500 South Northshore Drive. Registration: Paul Johnson, 675-0694. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

“Maximizing Your Social Security” workshop,

10:30 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Presented by Darrell Keathley, COFFE. Info: 922-2552.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 2-3Auditions for Shakespeare on the Square,

Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St. Hosted by Tennes-see Stage Company. Times: 1-3 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. All auditions by appointment only. Info/appointments: 546-4280; [email protected]; tennesseestage.com.

MONDAY, APRIL 4American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 387-5522.

MONDAYS, APRIL 4-25QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,

The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other perfor-mance styles. Donations accepted.

TUESDAY, APRIL 5Casual Comedy, 7-9 p.m., Casual Pint-Hardin Val-

ley, 10677 Hardin Valley Road. Free stand-up comedy showcase featuring Derek Sheen from Seattle. Host: Shane Rhyne.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m.,

Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clin-ton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch

meeting, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School library. Info: 992-5212.

Celebrate National Poetry Month with Rose Klix, noon, Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Participants receive complimentary poetry book from Klix. Info: 922-0416.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 7-8AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., First

Baptist Church of Seymour, 11621 Chapman Highway, Seymour. Registration: Diane Lewis, 982-1887. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

TUESDAY, APRIL 12Happy Travelers Trip: “The Nerd,” 1 p.m. CST,

Cumberland County Playhouse. Bus leaves North Acres Baptist Church, 9:30 a.m.; Expo Center, 10 a.m.; Flying J, 10:30 a.m. Lunch: Cumberland Mountain State Park. Reservation deadline: Monday, April 4. Info/reserva-tions: Derrell Frye, 938-8884 or 254-8884.

Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School cafeteria. Info: 992-5212.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m.,

Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clin-ton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, APRIL 14“Getting Your House in Order” seminar, 10-11

a.m.., North Knoxville Medical Center, 7565 Dannaher Drive, Sister Elizabeth Room. Free; registration re-quired. Info/registration: 1-855-TENNOVA (836-6682) or Tennova.com.

Pizza Ha’s, 8-9:30 p.m., Pizza Hoss, 7215 Clinton Highway. Free monthly stand-up comedy showcase featuring local and regional comedians on the second Thursday of each month.

VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynard-ville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

TUESDAY, APRIL 19Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m.,

Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clin-ton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch

meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.

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