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Cistern dedication at Halls High

The Beaver Creek Task Force and the Knox County Stormwater Management department will dedicate a 1,500 gallon state-of-the-art cistern (which Shopper-News reporter Jake Mabe told you about in the Aug. 5 edition) 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, at Halls High. The cistern was installed to capture storm-water for irrigation use in the Halls High School green-house. The dedication is also a celebration of the Stormwa-ter Management department’s Adopt-A-Watershed program in Knox County Schools. Pro-fessionally installed by Rain-water Resources, the cistern system was funded through part of a $1 million grant.

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Traffi c signal for Emory Road

A traffi c light is coming to Gibbs, but it’s not at the cross-

roads – at least not yet.

Knox Coun-ty Commission has approved a signal for Emory Road at the inter-section with Fairview Road and Thompson

S chool Road. Commissioner Dave Wright called it Harbi-son’s west bypass.

“We’ve been pushing for this since Jack Huddleston served (on County Commis-sion),” Wright said. “Now the state has taken it on because of safety concerns.” He said the “bypass” would serve the community when intersection improvements to Emory Road at Tazewell Pike (Harbison’s Crossroads) fi nally get started.

On another matter, Wright wants Knox County to sur-plus and sell the 2.5 acres on Tazewell Pike where the old convenience center was located. He said he might have to go down himself and clean it up before it goes on the auction block. Wright wants to get the property back on the tax rolls and to avoid liability associated with ownership.

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Busting up Beaver Creek blockage

A Knox County Engineering and Public Works crew removes a debris jam along Beaver Creek

behind Fountaingate subdivision.

The debris jam before the workers arrived A shot of Beaver Creek after the workers fi nished

By Jake MabeA Knox County Engineering and Public Works

crew removed two major debris jams in the stretch of Beaver Creek that runs behind Fountaincrest subdivision last Wednesday.

Senior director Dwight Van de Vate said in an email Friday that the county was alerted about a fl ooding problem by resident Bonnie Holloway.

“(Gene) Holloway told us when we met that it sounded ‘like there was a waterfall’ behind their house

when it rained. Once we saw this debris jam, we understood why!”

Knox County Watershed Coordinator Roy Arthur said Engineering and Public Works crews have identifi ed every Beaver Creek debris jam from Maynardville Highway to Dry Gap Pike.

“(Removing the jams) will also help the blueway water trail in addition to the localized fl ooding,” Arthur said.

Bonnie Holloway has been documenting fl ooding and rainfall along Beaver Creek since 2007. The Holloways have lived in their home for 45 years. “It didn’t used to (fl ood) like this,” Bonnie says. “We knew something had changed.”

She said heavy fl ooding this summer got so bad at one point that she and her husband “couldn’t go out in our yard because of the odor.”

Holloway discovered that Hallsdale Powell Utility District has a manhole in neighboring Halls Heights that overfl ows and contributes to the fl ood.

A neighbor, whose property in Halls Heights is

Holloway

By Sandra Clark Even when the state hands over

a half million dollars for a walk-ing trail and despite Knox County sitting on a hefty fund balance, it can’t seem to get around to build-ing greenways.

The county doesn’t get it done despite hiring a succession of four greenway coordinators to handle the job, which is open again, at an annual salary of $40,078.

Some say lack of support from the mayor’s offi ce and the coun-ty commission account for the county’s failings. Yet greenways, sidewalks and trails are among the most requested and used as-pects of county government. If you doubt that, check the sidewalks along Emory Road.

The city’s 45 trails and green-ways thrive in every sector from Adair Park in Fountain City to the William Hastie Trails in South Knox. The inventory includes more than 50 miles of paved gre-enways and another 15.3 miles of unpaved trails, most of which were constructed during the ad-ministration of former Mayor Vic-tor Ashe and former greenway co-ordinator Donna Young.

We won’t even mention the ex-pansive trails system in Farragut where the town has made ameni-ties for its residents a priority.

The county’s web page lists 19 trails/greenways, including the Sarah Moore Greene Loop, which is within the city limits. There’s no mileage tally, but county Parks and Recreation Director Doug Ba-

WHY can’t Knox Countybuild greenways?

Halls resident Bob Crye and Doug

Bataille review a map of Clayton Park

where the county has not spent a

state greenway grant. Photo by S. Clark

taille estimates 15 miles of paved and 30 miles of natural trails.

Ashe hired Young in 1994 and she remained on the job until 2011 at a salary in the range of her county counterpart. Although now retired, she is clearly frustrat-ed by the county’s lack of progress on greenway expansion.

“Even if people didn’t like me, they respected me, because I got it done,” she said. “My biggest goals were getting old people to food and kids to school. ... (Knox Coun-ty) has never shown any interest in putting one at a school that I didn’t think of fi rst, which is crazy, since they have so much more opportu-nity. Why not put the Northshore greenway all the way down to the new school?”

In Halls last week, Bataille said the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s 3-year deadline for completion of the Clayton Park project has been diffi cult to meet because of staff turnover. Then-Sen. Jamie Woodson pushed the $500,000 grant through with support of Gov. Phil Bredesen’s administration.

“TDOT put a requirement on that we have to get the process completed within three years, which is enough time if every-thing works very well. But during this time, we lost a greenways co-ordinator and had to hire another one and this is one of those things where you’ve got to hit the ground

running to stay on schedule. Dan Martin with PBA (Public Building Authority) has stepped in to help us meet the extended deadline.”

Bataille said he works to stretch the county’s limited parks and gre-enways budget by looking for op-portunities to partner with private enterprise in projects like Concord Dog Park, which started with a $100,000 PetSafe grant that was stretched by having county crews do much of the construction work.

He plans to hire a new green-ways coordinator very soon.

Will Skelton was the co-founder and longtime chair of the Knox-ville Greenways Coalition and is the emeritus chair of the city’s Gre-enways Commission. For years, he negotiated easement deals with property owners (almost never paying for the right-of-way) and has been “peripherally involved” in some county greenway negotia-tions. He is politely critical of the county’s efforts, but doesn’t blame Bataille.

“Generally, county mayors and the commission haven’t been friendly to greenways, which is too bad, since there’s more unde-veloped land in the county than in the city, where we were always go-ing through people’s back yards.”

County Mayor Tim Burchett said he’s got more important things to worry about than devel-oping greenways.

“The city doesn’t have a school

system. The city doesn’t have ahealth department. They’ve got afi re department and brush pickup,basically. It’s a matter of priori-ties.”

Treating greenways as a frill ig-nores their importance to health,community-building and evenproperty values. Knox County hasaccumulated a soon-to-be-an-nounced $50 million surplus.

Give a bit of it back to the tax-payers by launching an aggressiveprogram of greenways construc-tion. And put somebody in chargewho can get it done. Is DonnaYoung available?Betty Bean contributed to this report.

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adjacent to the Holloways’ property, said he had spotted a debris jam in Beaver Creek.

“I can’t tell you how many people at the county I talked to. But they kept saying, ‘It’s not our problem, it’s the property owners’ problem,’” Bonnie Holloway said.

Finally, after talking with Shopper-News editor Sandra Clark, Holloway attended the Halls B&P meeting and spoke with Arthur, who said he would talk to Van de Vate.

“Dwight called back. He was very nice and made an appointment for Heath Haun

and him to (visit) Aug. 28.” Haun navigated the

creek, Holloway says, and found more than 40 jams, fi ve of which were large enough to cause fl ooding.

“Three of the fi ve were in the back part of Fountaincrest.”

Haun had smaller crews with chainsaws working at the site. Holloway said that helped the water recede in 24 hours during the last major rain.

The big equipment arrived last week. Holloway says so far, so good.

“I think it will at least get it down to a tolerable level.”

Busting up From page A-1

By Sandra ClarkCommissioner R. Larry

Smith has carried his war on the furniture store for-merly known as Mynatt’s to the county’s law depart-ment. He told residents last week the store “has until Nov. 27 to close for good.”

Smith has personally re-moved the store’s sale signs from highway rights-of-way and said “it’s the biggest complaint I get.”

Smith was at the Halls Senior Center with repre-sentatives from the Sheriff’s Offi ce and several county departments.

Doug Bataille, director of Parks and Recreation, said progress on Clayton Park in Halls has been slow because his department and Public Works are doing the work in-house.

“The rough grading is al-most fi nished,” he said.

The county will fi nish a

driveway into the park and build a picnic pavilion and restrooms.

Bataille confi rmed that Knox County Schools owns the tennis courts on An-dersonville Pike. He said Schumpert Park will get a full disc golf course with “another nine holes built into the woods.”

Captain Bobby Hubbs of the Sheriff’s Offi ce said resi-dential car burglaries are “hot” as thieves target un-locked vehicles to steal GPS devices.

“They will walk into an open garage to steal trim-mers or chain saws,” he said. “Leave those garage doors down.”

Jim Snowden, deputy di-rector of Engineering and Public Works, said Knox County is currently acquir-ing right-of-way for the Halls Connector, which will add lanes on Norris Free-way and revamp Maynard-

Knox County Commissioner R. Larry Smith (center) talks with

Erica Spires and Gary Watson during Smith’s public forum at

the Halls Senior Center. Photo by S. Clark

Smith wages war on signs

ville Pike from Doris Circle to Emory Road.

“Hopefully, we can start construction this time next year,” he said.

Knox County is expecting the state to fund construc-tion.

Maynardville Highway

from Halls to the Union County line will be widened to fi ve lanes, and Snowden expects those bids to be let soon with construction to start next spring.

“This is a $10- to $12-mil-lion project,” he said, also state-funded.

Commissioner Dave Wright will hold a meeting 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, at Henry’s Deli and Bakery on Tazewell Pike to encour-age community support for a new Gibbs Middle School.

Gibbs mad about middle school

Tressa Graves’ book cover

Dave Wright Photos by Jake Mabe

David Marshall

Tressa Graves Photos submitted

Wright has been hold-ing a series of meetings on the issue. Last Tuesday, he spoke to roughly 25 peo-ple for more than an hour at Henry’s. School board member Mike McMillan was also present.

“This is the most impor-tant thing that is going to happen while I am on the Knox County Commission,” Wright says.

Wright is encouraging all interested parties to at-tend Knox County Schools’ Insight Session meeting 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, at Halls Elementary School, or one at 6 p.m. tonight (Mon-day, Oct. 7), at Carter Mid-dle School.

“If we don’t give com-munity input into the (su-perintendent’s) next 5-year plan, if (building) a new Gibbs Middle School is not brought up, it won’t be brought up again (for fi ve years).”

Gibbs Middle School was closed in 1991. Currently, students who attend Gibbs Elementary attend Holston Middle School before at-tending Gibbs High.

■ Brothers fromdiff erent mothersDavid Marshall and I

have to be related. We may be separated by

just more than 30 years, but I call him my brother from a different mother.

I met David and wife

Sandra years ago at a church. Our friendship took fl ight whenever he’d stop by the old Shopper offi ce from time to time.

We like baseball. We’re Republicans. We like classic rock and classic country. We like Lincoln automobiles. (The difference is he can af-ford them and I can only af-ford to dream about them.)

I found out last week we both love trains.

David called to say he enjoyed an article I wrote about Jimmie Rodgers mu-sic, trains and hobos.

“Meet me at your offi ce,” he said.

Up he pulls in a charcoal gray (my Camry’s color) 2012 Lincoln MK2.

I’m already drooling. He takes me for a ride. He shows me his THX music system. We both say we’re incredulous that Gene Watson hasn’t been induct-ed into the Country Music

Hall of Fame. When we get to lunch

(we both said “Arby’s” at the same time), he hands me the latest copy of Trains magazine and two DVDs, one about two Norfolk & Western engines, the other about the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad.

“I can’t believe we’ve never talked about trains before.”

David is a Coast Guard veteran who served in Viet-nam. He’s “a former Buck-eye” who loves the Cincin-nati Reds but says Knox County is the best place he’s ever lived.

When we arrive at the offi ce, he thanks me and says he’ll have me out to his house on my day off.

Just as I am getting out of the car, Watson’s “14 Car-at Mind” comes on David’s player.

“That’s the perfect end-ing,” David says. I just shake my head.

Brothers from different mothers, that’s us.

■ Tressa Gravesreleases new bookA few years ago, I told you

about Halls novelist Tressa Graves, who specializes in mysteries of the macabre.

Graves has released a new book, “The Sawgrass Footpath.”

“It’s about a doctor who leaves Virginia and moves to Tampa, Fla., after his mom and dad are brutally murdered,” Graves says. “”It turns out that the house he buys has a cult thing going on (in it) and the man who owned it before was the doctor he is replacing, who was also murdered.”

She says the book is age

appropriate for adults 18 and older and includes some adult language.

It is currently available in e-book form for $8.50 at Graves’ website (www.tressagraves.com) or at Am-azon.com. Graves says the book can be downloaded to any computer because it is an Adobe fi le, so one does not need to own an e-reader to buy it. A sample chapter is available at the website.

Those who purchase her book through her website will also receive a free e-copy of her new short story, “Rachel’s Widow.”

“That (the short story) is the most enjoyable writ-ing I’ve ever done. The sto-ry takes you into another world.”

Graves says the novel will be released in paperbound form at a later date and that plans are already in the works for a sequel.

Graves has embraced social media. She interacts with readers on her Face-book page and her website. She also received a certifi -cate of appreciation from the second annual War-rior Transition Battalion (Wounded Warriors) Run, held April 11 in El Paso, Tex-as. It’s a group to which she contributes in part because of one of her readers, Dar-rell G. Mond.

She is also asking fans to create a YouTube video and upload it to her website tell-ing her how they enjoy the book. The winner will re-ceive an autographed copy.

About as close as I usually get to this genre is the tame 1960s ABC-TV daytime dra-ma “Dark Shadows,” Alfred Hitchcock movies or a few Stephen King novels. But, I

have to tell you that Tressa’s book has me on the edge of my seat, heart pumping, pulse pounding, waiting to see what happens next.

“When it comes to scar-ing people, I think I know what I’m doing.”

Graves can be contacted through her agent, Derek Spratley, at dlspratley@aol.com or through man-ager Sam Hamilton at wfghamilton@gmail.com. “Pull Up A Chair” with Jake Mabe at

jakemabe.blogspot.com.

Beaver Brook Nine Hole golf groupBeaver Brook Nine Hole

women’s golf group results for Play with the Pros are: (tie for fi rst) Shirley Spig-nardo, Joan Funkhouser, Louise Nelson and Karen

Brown; and Susie Schnei-der, Beverly Dunbar, Susan LeCoultre, Carol McGhee and Nicole Workman. Both teams scored 62.

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By Indya KincannonJake, Sandra,

You wrote: Think about your kid or a

kid you know. Does their ex-perience with Knox County Schools prepare them for college or a job? If so, you should thank a teacher. If not, you should get behind Jim McIntyre and his band of bean-counters to reform Knox County Schools.

There’s not much middle ground.

I think about my kids (and kids across Knox county) every day. I have no doubt that Knox County Schools is doing a much better job preparing kids for college and career today than in the past. Much better.

For this I thank our teachers and I support Dr. McIntyre.

I was inspired to run for school board when I saw how far behind KCS was compared to my public edu-cation in Virginia a genera-tion ago. I am thrilled that students and teachers are now being held to a higher standard. We have suffered

from com-placency for far too long.

The way you’ve so-licited feed-back about schools has r e s u l t e d in skewed responses.

Yes, we have challenges. We can do a better job imple-menting change and heed-ing guidance from teach-ers. But did you hear from teachers who believe we’re moving in the right direc-tion? What about parents? Students?

While I share concerns about excessive testing I also appreciate the com-munity’s need for account-ability. We have to strike a balance.

In my own small survey, which is just as reliable as yours, my 5th grader says there seems to be less test-ing than in the past and that testing is “no big deal.” My 7th grader’s main concerns (aside from social drama) are about how hard she is

Kincannon

The last signifi cant dam built by TVA was the Tellico Dam in Monroe County in the 1980s. The fi ght was long and hard. A new book is out by one of the attorneys in the decade-long battle over the dam. Zygmunt Plater was a UT law professor during part of the battle and now is a law professor at Boston College in Massachusetts.

The book is “The Snail Darter and the Dam” pub-lished by Yale University Press and available here in Knoxville at Union Avenue Bookstore as well as Barnes and Noble. A book signing was held recently at Union Avenue Bookstore where many of those who fought the dam attended to see Professor Plater again.

This is must reading for a behind-the-scenes under-standing of what happened 28 years ago.

Items of interest include News Sentinel columnist Sam Venable quoted as saying he was told by News Sentinel management at the time not to write about the dam as Venable was an op-ponent. Ralph Millett was the editor then and strongly backed the dam. He did not want contrary articles being carried in his paper. Today’s News Sentinel management led by Jack McElroy welcomes contrary views on many issues.

Then Gov. Winfi eld Dunn opposed the dam and took political heat for doing so. When asked recently about this, he emailed back, “Never forget the day Wagner (Red Wagner, TVA board chair) took me on a fl ying view of his realm. We just didn’t hit it off!”

The rest of Tennessee’s political establishment of the day strongly backed the dam as bringing jobs to the Valley. However, the book points out that TVA was condemning more than 400 acres of land owned by farmers along the Little Tennessee River when only 3 or 4 acres would be fl ooded.

Why? Because TVA wanted to develop the land which later became second homes for affl uent property owners while the small farmer had his land taken. Property rights were discarded.

In the 1960s, then U.S. Rep. Bill Brock sponsored

legislation to require a jury trial in TVA land condem-nation cases to determine the amount to be paid to the landowner. TVA op-posed it and Brock was not able to secure passage. TVA in those days was even more arrogant than today.

Local trout fi shermen such as Charlie Tombras and Joe Congleton are mentioned in the book, along with Will Skelton who has championed the out-doors for years. Al Gore is described in the book as ad-vocating a GAO study of the cost/benefi ts of the project while privately urging GAO not to pursue the study.

Plater argues that one reason he was denied tenure at the UT College of Law was his very public fi ght against the dam. All-in-all a fascinating book.

■ Last Thursday, Oct. 3, was the city of Knoxville’s 222nd birthday which apparently was not known by the city. In fact, when city spokesperson Jesse Mayshark was asked what the city was planning to do for Oct. 3, he did not remember it was the city’s birthday.

Once it was explained it was the day the city was established in 1791, he indicated Mayor Rogero would be out of town that day. However, he did agree that the city ought to look at plans to celebrate its 225th birthday in 2016 which would be the fi rst year of Mayor Rogero’s second term in offi ce assuming she is re-elected in 2015.

■ It was the city’s bicentennial celebration in 1991 led by Sue Clancy, Roseanne Wolfe, Carolyn Jensen and others that led to the idea of Fort Kid, Knoxville’s Bicentennial Playground, being built over fi ve days. It is now threatened with closure despite having a fund of $60,000 managed by Beth Waters to renovate it.

■ Mayshark, however, is actively promoting the Centennial Celebration of the Conservation Expo this Saturday, Oct. 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Chilhowee Park. Public invited. Mayor Rogero will speak along with Leila Pinchot, the great-granddaughter of famed conservationist Gif-ford Pinchot. This is worth attending.

■ Gov. Bill Haslam attended the Green Tie Gala for the Knoxville Botanical Gardens on last Friday night on Wimpole Avenue. This year he placed $500,000 in the state bud-get for development of the gardens in East Knoxville.

Not long after city voters sleepwalk through an elec-tion cycle that has generat-ed less interest than a one-legged hopscotch contest, the 2014 county election cy-cle will begin. Nov. 22 is the fi rst day to pick up nominat-ing petitions for the Knox County primary election. The qualifying deadline is Feb. 20, 2014, at noon.

What is considered an off-year election in most venues is a “long ballot” election in Knox County, with most of-fi ces in the courthouse, ex-cept the county commission, law director and property assessor, up for grabs.

This year will be differ-ent. A 2008 charter referen-dum designed to fi x glitches resulting from the long-de-layed enforcement of term limits reduced the number of county commissioners from 19 to 11 – one per dis-trict plus two at-large.

Seven district commis-

‘The Snail Darter and the Dam’

Commissioners impact county races

sioners elected in 2010 got six-year terms designed to eliminate the possibility of the entire commission be-ing removed at once. Those terms run until 2016.

The only commission seats on the 2014 ballot will be District 3 (now held by Tony Norman), District 7 (now held by R. Larry Smith) and the at-large seats held by Ed Shouse – an all-but-announced candidate for Trustee – and Mike Ham-mond, who has announced his intention not to run for re-election but is believed to be preparing to run for Criminal Court Clerk against incumbent Joy McCroskey.

Norman and Smith are term limited and Norman says he’s counting the days

until he gets his life back. No candidates have announced to succeed him, but there was an ominous event last week in Norwood:

Ivan Harmon showed up for Neighborhood Night Out with his family in tow – his fi rst such appearance since the last time he ran for offi ce (which, this being Ivan Harmon, wasn’t actu-ally that long ago). A former member of county commis-sion, city council and city school board who has twice run for mayor, he has been out of offi ce for eight years and is eligible to serve on commission again if elect-ed. He must be considered a threat to any vacancy.

Smith hasn’t said what he’s going to do, but like Harmon, he is unlikely to willingly leave public life on anything but a temporary basis. His former friend Michele Carringer served a year as his 7th District seat-

mate after she was appoint-ed to replace Scott Moore, who was ousted in 2009. The relationship soured when she ran against Smith in 2010. Thanks to Smith-supported redistricting, she is now a resident of the 2nd District where incumbent Amy Broyles will serve until 2016. Carringer is running hard to take Hammond’s place in the at-large seat.

In August, radio per-sonality Bob Thomas an-nounced that he wants Hammond’s seat, too. He’s sealing the deal with a ba-loney-cutting at Powell Auc-tion and Realty this week. His list of supporters is im-pressive and growing.

So if Shouse announces that he’s running for Trust-ee, look for Carringer to shift her attention to the other at-large seat quicker than you can say Ivan Har-mon for mayor/county com-mission/city council.

being pushed academically. This is a good thing.

You’re creating a false di-chotomy for your readers. The debate should not be McIntyre versus Teachers, but Complacency versus Progress. Our efforts need to be collaborative, not ad-versarial. We need to listen and learn from each other if we’re going to make real progress.

Change is hard. KCS and Dr. McIntyre have made missteps, but they’re getting a lot right too.

I don’t want to change so fast that everyone revolts or gives up, but I don’t want to twiddle our thumbs for another generation. I don’t want to be like the slow in-tegrationist school board of the 1960s, who thought integrating one grade at a time was just fi ne. Education delayed is education denied. Kids only get one chance.

You say it’s about the kids. I agree. Today our college completion rates are too low. Employers say our graduates aren’t ready, academically or as far as

Complacency v. progress, not McIntyre v. teacherssoft skills like adaptability and teamwork. Too often higher-skilled (and higher-paying) jobs have to be fi lled from out-of-state recruits. We can do better.

Our schools will always be works in progress, but the bleak portrait you’ve painted is not at all what I see as a parent of two KCS students or as a school board member fi rmly com-mitted to doing what’s best for our kids. Indya Kincannon represents District 2 on

the Board of Education.

The Sheriff hits the highwaysBy Sandra Clark

The best thing ever to happen to Jimmy “JJ.” Jones might be Bobby Waggoner.

Sheriff Jones is run-ning for re-election despite that pesky two-terms limit thing.

Waggoner is roaring up on the outside track, with a huff and a puff and perhaps a gotcha.

So J.J. has kicked it up a gear. He showed up on National Night Out in his crisp blue uniform to visit

as many of the 60 neigh-borhood events as he could reach, within the speed lim-its, of course.

He detoured to the Coun-cil of West Knox County Homeowners to discuss his program to share crime data through the website, knoxsheriff.org.

“We’ve had these statis-

tics, but we never publicized them,” he said.

Afterwards, Captain Bobby Hubbs called Jones a brave leader to make the data available to anyone, fi guring we’re better off knowing about crime than assuming everything’s OK.

Alright, then. And now let’s go catch ’em.

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NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier

(At least inthis case)

Lane Kiffi n gets fi red, the Federal government

gets shut down. That’s the way news is:

some good, some bad. But take heart. In my news items for today “good” is ahead 2 to 1.

First off is further infor-mation that was recently announced concerning a rare bird adventure that oc-curred nearly two years ago. Back in December 2011, the word was out that a big bird never before seen in Tennessee was hanging out down at the Hiwassee Wild-life Refuge at Blythe Ferry with a few thousand of the wintering sandhill cranes.

Grandma and I, on the way home from Christmas festivities at Son’s home in north Alabama, stopped by late on the afternoon of Dec. 26, 2011. There, with a crowd of folks from as far away as Florida, Missouri and Oregon, we saw and watched the famous trav-eler, a hooded crane.

Hooded cranes hatch and live in the remote depths of eastern Russia and winter on an island in southern Ja-pan. Individuals have been known to travel 1,000 miles or more from their usual haunts, but this one was halfway around the world from its home. But there it was, feeling comfortable in that crowd of fellow cranes, sandhills, and a couple of only slightly less rare whooping cranes.

The good news? The Tennessee Bird Re-

cord Committee of the Ten-nessee Ornithological Soci-ety, as their counterparts in all state birding organiza-tions do, studied the occur-rence to be absolutely sure this hooded crane was a tru-ly wild, free-fl ying bird. They identifi ed the locations of ev-ery hooded crane known to be in captivity in the United States; all were accounted for. So, after more than a year of evaluation, they have announced that this was a legitimate sighting of a wild bird. This means that all

outweighs bad

who saw it can add hooded crane to their life list of birds seen, something only a few dozen birders in Tennessee can say!

Speaking of the Hiwas-see Wildlife Refuge, the next Sandhill Crane Fes-tival is coming up Jan. 18-19. Headquarters will be at the Birchwood School, with shuttles to the crane view-ing site. Go down and see birds as Mother Nature in-tended, by the thousands. But don’t be expecting to see another hooded crane.

The next news item is the one I consider bad.

On its website, the Ten-nessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) has proud-ly announced that the fi rst-ever-for-Tennessee hunting season for sandhill cranes will be from Nov. 28 to Jan. 1. There will be a drawing at the Birchwood School (the

same one that will be the headquarters for the ensu-ing Crane Festival) and 400 lucky hunters will win the privilege to blast up to three of the 5-foot tall, 6-feet wingspan birds out of the sky, a process the TWRA calls “harvesting.”

Maybe those 1,200 dead cranes will make great Christmas dinners. The TWRA website helpfully provides links to sources for good recipes for cooking cranes.

Hopefully, the rare whooping cranes, the ones trained to migrate with ul-tralight aircraft that some-times winter at Hiwassee, will be spared. Those who win the drawing for hunting permits will be required to take an online crane identi-fi cation course to learn the difference between the two crane species. However, in

the air, a whooping crane looks a lot more like a sand-hill crane than a cow on the ground looks like a deer. We all know that story. Time will tell.

Upon considerable re-fl ection, though, I was led to wonder why the TWRA couldn’t offer an alternative solution for those who de-light in killing big birds. In-stead of blasting the beauti-ful cranes from the sky, why couldn’t the TWRA issue free, unlimited permits for Canada geese? The Canada geese in these parts adorn all our green spaces, foul the environs and prefer not to migrate, or even to fl y. Hunters could even save on ammunition costs by walk-ing up and “harvesting” them with a big stick. Fewer geese. Cleaner grass. Meat on the table. Seems like a win-win to me.

Back to some more good news.

On Sept. 20, at the sixth annual Legacy Parks picnic, Gov. Bill Haslam announced that Knox County’s Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge was to be transferred next year to the state of Tennes-see to become the 56th state park. It will be renamed the Seven Islands State Birding Park. The park is to be man-aged primarily for wildlife, and Haslam said that he envisions the new state park becoming “the fl agship of a statewide birding tour.”

The 391-acre park in southeast Knox County, bounded by the French Broad River, is on land largely donated by Pete and Linda Claussen, and then carefully tended and in-tensively studied by Knox County Parks and Recre-ation, the University of Ten-

nessee and the Knoxville Bird Club. They’ve chalked up 183 species of birds out there, with lots of other wild things to go along with them.

And a state birding tour? Not a farfetched idea, folks.

Close to 20 other states have excellent ones, drawing in millions of tourist dollars. Some of our neighbors – Vir-ginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Florida – have nice ones. Most consist of well-marked routes to good birding hotspots across their states, with good access, and lots of information on websites, in brochures, booklets, signs, and kiosks; trails, board-walks through marshes and even nice visitors’ centers in some locations.

When Grandma and I were planning our spring birding trip to Wisconsin for last June, a single phone call brought me fi ve large, detailed brochures, one for each region of the state, all under the title “Great Wis-consin Birding and Nature Trail.” I used the informa-tion to plan our trip, and we enjoyed two weeks of beau-tiful scenery, fi ne camp-grounds and excellent bird-ing. We checked off 132 spe-cies of birds in Wisconsin, and left behind a number of the aforementioned tourist dollars.

Tennessee has all the ex-cellent outdoor resources in place to be able to follow suit. They just need to do it and get the message out. Seven Islands would be a great place to start.

Sandhill crane

Hooded crane

Good news

UT NOTES ■ Bruce Behn, the Deloitte LLP

Professor, has received the

American Institute of Certifi ed

Public Accountants (AICPA)

Special Recognition Award

and the American Accounting

Association (AAA) Outstand-

ing Service Award. Behn is

head of the Department of

Accounting and Information

Management in the College

of Business Administration

and a faculty fellow in the col-

lege’s Center for Business and

Economic Research.

■ Annette Engel, the Jones As-

sociate Professor of Aqueous

Geochemistry in the Depart-

ment of Earth and Planetary

Sciences, has been awarded a

National Science Foundation

grant for $794,000 to lead a

research group to learn more

about unique clams, called

lucinids, and the role they play

in the ecosystem. The project

is part of the NSAF’s Dimen-

sions of Biodiversity program.

■ Wanda Costen, associate pro-

fessor in Retail, Hospitality,

and Tourism Management,

has been awarded a Fulbright

Scholar grant for the 2013-

2014 academic year. She is

studying gender inequality,

specifi cally the social closure

barriers that prevent women’s

upward career mobility, in the

resort industry in Jamaica.

In addition to her research,

Costen is teaching in the

Department of Management

Studies within the Mona

School of Business and Man-

agement at the University of

West Indies-Mona.

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Open dates are the best of timesThis week is an open date.

Open dates are great. Ten-nessee almost never loses.

Time off from regularly scheduled programming offers the opportunity to catch up with burning is-sues, whether to pay college football players by the hour, game or touchdown, wheth-er they will unionize and go on strike if no cash is forth-coming and whether Arian Foster committed heresy in admitting he received under-the-table tacos as a Volunteer.

Reactions to the Foster confession came tumbling into my e-mail box.

“Why would a supposed Vol for life kiss and tell?”

“He never looked hun-gry.”

“He must be starving for attention.”

“What I remember most

Marvin West

about Arian were his un-timely fumbles.”

Ouch! Considering Fos-ter’s 650 carries, he did not fumble often but his drops were costly. Penn State and Florida returned loose balls for touchdowns. Miscues against UCLA and Auburn are still blamed for lost games.

■ Lane Kiffi n has been available for a week and still no hint of employment. Won-der why nobody ever linked Lane with the Reggie Bush scandal at Southern Cal? He was in the neighborhood.

Do you think the next fa-mous coach of the Trojans will keep ex-Vol Tee Martin as an assistant?

■ Stone engraver Buddy Mulkey has added a host of new names to the Tennes-see lettermen’s wall of fame. Old Vols, bless them, pay the bill.

Be reminded that Pat Shires, Gordon Polofsky, Gene Moeller and Bob Davis devoted many, many hours to transform a dream into this forever monument.

■ Sixty years ago stu-dent spirit was thought to be very, very weak at the University of Tennessee. With a goal of waking up the echoes and bringing down the thunder, the UT Pep Club conducted a con-test to choose the school’s fi rst mascot. The winner was a perfectly formed blu-

etick coonhound – friendly, active, intelligent.

Tom Mattingly’s book about the Smokey lineage and what happened when is educational for the mod-ern fan and a treasure for us old-timers. This is an unso-licited endorsement.

■ There is a movement among certain former ath-letes to capture a piece of the plump college pie. Fo-cal point is the so-called Ed O’Bannon lawsuit about dol-lars changing hands between EA Sports, the NCAA, mem-ber institutions and Colle-giate Licensing Company.

Ed, the former UCLA basketball player, and oth-ers who joined this legal chase say everyone seems to be profi ting from video games except the student-athletes, whose likenesses drive the large industry.

The NCAA severed affi li-ation with EA Sports and is trying to escape the net.

Several current colle-gians, attracted to the idea of sharing loot, joined the suit. Off to the side is developing idea of boosting scholar-ships to cover the actual cost of going to school – an occa-sional date, iPhone 5, a full tank and sharper shoes.

■ Sharing proceeds with football and basketball players isn’t totally illogi-cal. I do believe they are the game. But how about cross-country runners, golfers and rowers who generate no revenue? At most schools, they live off football profi ts. Should they receive supple-mental pay?

Dare not exclude women who spend much but earn little. The feds have a law to defend.

The next development is the formation of the Na-tional College Players Asso-ciation, an advocacy group founded by former UCLA football player Ramogi Huma. It wants value add-ed to scholarships, better health care for college ath-letes and the removal of NCAA restrictions on part-time jobs.

This group is not yet called a union but it looks and sounds like one. If it is a union but fails to negoti-ate signifi cant gains, how far away is the fi rst college foot-ball strike? An hour before kickoff? After the band plays the national anthem? What happens to poor little ESPN?

And what happens to fans in this forthcoming confl ict?Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com.

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

You fi nd scoundrels ev-erywhere, I suppose. And as Raymond Burr commented in one episode of “Ironside:”

“I haven’t been disillu-sioned since I discovered ice

cream cones were hollow.” Recently, however, I have

been disillusioned ... but, fi rst, let me give you some background.

My husband is a tax ac-

‘Blessed’ moneySo (the Pharisees) asked him, “Teacher, we know

that you are right in what you say and teach, and you show deference to no one, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?” But he perceived their craftiness and said to them, “Show me a denarius. Whose head and whose title does it bear?” They said, “The emperor’s.” He said to them, “Then give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were not able in the presence of the people to trap him by what he said; and being amazed by his answer, they became silent.

(Luke 20: 21-26 NRSV)

countant. His profession is a peculiar mix of counselor, adviser, teacher, police offi -cer, friend, lawyer and dad-dy. He knows more about people’s lives than anyone except their pastor or their doctor. His clients trust and respect him. He is honest and forthright, compassion-ate yet fi rm, knowledgeable

and thorough. He deals with people from all walks of life, and for the most part he is unfazed by what they say to him.

One day, a man came to the offi ce for Lewis to do his tax return. He had listed his gifts to the church (which are nontaxable – no prob-lem there), but had failed to include that money as in-come to begin with.

Lewis said, in effect, “Sorry, pal. You can’t do that. You have to declare the income, and then you can deduct your gifts to the church.”

“Oh, no,” the man ob-jected. “I gave that money

to the church. It is blessed money, and does not count as income.”

Now, in my church tradi-tion, the offering is received by the ushers, laid on the altar table, prayed over and blessed by God. So it is true that money given to the church is blessed and used for the furtherance of the Kingdom.

Even so, it still counts as income when the tax col-lector comes around. Then you can deduct it. I am sur-prised, shocked, and, yes, disillusioned when a fellow American (especially one who claims to be a Chris-tian) cheats on his taxes.

I may be weird, but I have never objected to paying my taxes. I am blessed to be an American citizen. I have earned a reasonable living, and I have enjoyed the pro-

tection and services of a sta-ble government. I have also, at times, claimed my right to criticize said government.

Jesus’ point in his re-sponse to the Pharisees was that they owed their taxes to the much-hated Roman government, and that they also owed their tithes and their hearts and their souls and their very lives to God.

It is a lesson we all need to hear and heed.

As I write, our govern-ment has just shut down. (So much for a stable gov-ernment!) My husband, however, assures me that October extensions are still due. So, perhaps the adage is true: the only sure and certain things in life are death and taxes!

Well, death, taxes and the love, grace, and mercy of God.

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ents are Joyce Henry and the late George Henry of Corryton and Jack and Carolyn Brown of Powell.

By Cindy TaylorFellowship North Knox-

ville held its second Outside the Box in North Knox event Sept. 29. The congregation met in the sanctuary for a brief time of prayer then headed out to minister to the community at off-cam-pus locations.

“There are no strings at-tached to this opportunity for service,” said pastor Mi-chael Thomas. “Just the practical love of Jesus reach-ing places and people in need in our community. If we get an opportunity to share the gospel we’ll do that.”

Church volunteers found areas in need at Northwest Middle School, Fountain City Park, Whittle Springs

Middle School, Northgate Terrace and Knox Area Res-cue Ministry.

Northwest Middle School assistant principal Amanda Cagle worked alongside the church group.

“We are trying to change the culture of the school,” said Cagle. “We want the kids pumped to be at school, and I think when they see the effort put into the school by the teachers and com-munity, it makes the culture shift.”

Fellowship North Knox-ville ministers in this fash-ion every fi fth Sunday. The north campus is located at 3203 Tazewell Pike. Wor-ship time is 10 a.m. Sun-days.

Outside the box in North Knox

Saxon Tran Cochran passed away Sept. 25.

Saxon was d ia g no se d with a rare form of cancer for c h i l d r e n , metastat ic adult colon cancer, and fought a tough battle

for more than 15 months. Cochran was born in

Vietnam and came to the United States on April 8, 2001, at the age of 19 months. He became part of the Cochran family – Paul, Lori, Spencer and Maycie – and a beloved member of the Halls community. He was funny and loved to laugh but could disappear into his Lego room for hours and be content.

He will forever be remembered for loving the color green, playing golf, having a great sense of humor, being creative and having a heart for others. He touched the hearts of many, especially the students at Halls High School who took

Cochran

Community mourns Saxon Cochranto wearing green to honor and pray for him.

During his celebration of life, Saxon’s friends spoke and shared memories of their time together. They remembered the good times and smiled at the memories. One of the pastors at the celebration said that it is OK to be sad, but to remember the big picture and know that they would be reunited with Saxon in heaven one day.

The Cochran family would like to thank the community, family and friends for their loving support during Saxon’s battle, and for the prayers, gifts and love showered over them.

Ward Engle, Susan Engle, Kevin Callis, Kylea Anderson and Julie

Callis give the halls of Northwest Middle School a new coat of

paint.

Waverly Norris and Lola Clayman hand wash playground

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ris will be inducted into the Central High School Wall of Fame at the annual break-fast Saturday, Nov. 2.

C.E. was born Nov. 6, 1915, at the Carden House in Englewood, Tenn. His par-ents were Charles Leonard Harris and Minnie Beatrice Borin Harris. The family later moved to Knox County.

The second of fi ve chil-dren, C.E. was raised on the family farm in the Roseber-ry Community in East Knox County off Millertown Pike. After attending Skaggston Elementary School, he grad-uated from Central High in 1935. He worked in the ac-counting department at the Rogers Motor Co., the local Cadillac dealer, to fi nance his college education at the

Harris named to CHS Wall of Fame

on him to lend his budget ex-pertise to the planning for the 1982 World’s Fair. He es-tablished accounting meth-ods and procedures which contributed to the fair’s suc-cess.

Additionally, he was a layperson, deacon, Sunday school teacher, trustee and chair of many committees of Central Baptist Church of Bearden. A past member of the executive board of the Tennessee Baptist Con-vention and the Board of Trustees of Tennessee Bap-tist Children’s Homes, he was also an associate chair of Layman’s Bible Week in Washington, D.C.

Harris served two terms as a trustee of Carson-New-man College (now Univer-sity), was a director of Re-ligious Heritage of America in St. Louis and received its Outstanding Community Leadership Award.

He has left an enduring legacy in many areas, par-ticularly by the donation of his home and 10 acres on the corner of Westland Drive and Morrell Road for the benefi t of Baptist min-istries. The Knox County Association of Baptists now maintains handsome offi ces on the premises, visiting

missionaries are housed in the former residence, the community can picnic at the outdoor Harris pavilion and the Central Baptist soccer program uses the recreation fi eld.

Preceded in death in 2002 by his beloved wife of 64 years, Dorothy Wilson Harris, Charles Edgar Har-ris passed away on June 14, 2005, at age 89. He was survived by his two sons, Charles Edgar “Ed” Harris Jr. and William “Bill” Har-ris, and by six grandchil-dren and 15 great-grand-children. After services at Rose Mortuary, he was in-terred in Highland Memo-rial Cemetery.

The 12th annual CHS Wall of Fame Breakfast will be held at the Central High School Commons at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2. The ceremony will follow in the school auditorium. Tickets are $20 each and are avail-able at the school offi ce and from CHS Alumni Associa-tion and CHS Foundation representatives. Call R. Lar-ry Smith (922-5433) or the school offi ce (689-1400) for more info.

Sylvia Blankenship Wil-liams and Stephen Land will also be inducted.

Charles E. “C.E.” Harris was the chief executive offi cer for the

H.T. Hackney Co. for several years. He donated his home on

Westland Drive along with 10 acres of land to the Knox County

Association of Baptists for their offi ces and other ancillary uses.Photo courtesy of Bill HarrisKnoxville Business College.

Harris began his suc-cessful career with the ven-erable H.T. Hackney Co. in 1945, when he was em-ployed by Ben Morton and his son Julian, who man-aged the company in suc-cession from 1899-1971.

As early as the 1970s and 1980s, Hackney operated in

several states, had 10 whole-sale grocery houses, three cash-and-carry houses, a large institutional foods di-vision, an oil distributor, a group of Pride Markets and a realty company.

When Harris assumed the role vacated when Ju-lian Morton died of a heart attack at his desk in 1975, he was well prepared. He had gone to work for Morton in 1945 at the Tulip Town Su-permarket in Oak Ridge’s Grove Center. Then he be-came responsible for the fi scal control of several of Morton’s interests around the Atomic City.

Later, he worked on spe-cial assignments for J. Allen Smith Co. (White Lily Flour) and served as offi ce and credit manager for Hack-ney in the general offi ces on

Gay Street. He supervised a major acquisition not long after assuming the top lead-ership role when Hackney acquired the Jellico Grocery Co., which had warehouse operations in Jellico, Har-lan, Middlesboro, Somerset, Corbin, Oneida and Eliza-bethton.

He served on the board of directors of both the Park National and the First American banks, was a longtime member of the Downtown Rotary Club, a member of the U.S. Indus-trial Council, the Downtown Knoxville Association, the Greater Smoky Mountains Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Knoxville YMCA (National Red and Silver Triangle Awards) and the United Way.

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principal Beth Blevins is fi red up.She traveled with a group of

Tennessee principals to Shanghai – which has one of the most successful and highly-touted education systems in the world – to observe and analyze the teaching method used there. And like a true red-blooded American, she found areas in which the USA is No. 1!

“One of the things that I thought was profound was, they’ve been doing this for 10 years, and we already have a lot of things in place that it’s taken them 10 years to put in place,” says Blevins, who spent a week in China in September.

She isn’t ready to rest on Tennessee’s laurels yet, by any means. Blevins was chosen, along with principals Alisha Hinton of Sequoyah Elementary, Cindy Bosse from A.L. Lotts Elementary and principals from eight other districts across the state, to pilot a program known as TPEG – Teacher Professional Educator Groups – funded through a grant through Race to the Top. One of the highlights of the Shanghai model is the focus on co-planning and then having teachers evaluate other teachers and provide feedback on what works and doesn’t work.

“You revise that plan as needed, and you end up with a storable and shareable document that new teachers can access, that other schools can access, that’s been vetted through our kids.”

Blevins emphasizes that the pilot program is one created with Tennessee students and U.S. culture in mind.

“We’re not replicating the Shanghai model,” she says, adding that the TPEG model focuses much more heavily on collaboration. “What we’re doing is trying to distill the essence of what makes it work and how we can replicate that … embedded within what we’re already doing well so that teachers aren’t doing more. They’re able to work smarter, not harder.”

Blevins and the other principals spent several days in June and July at Vanderbilt University for training before they went to China. They had to return to Nashville last week for debriefi ng. And they’re far from fi nished.

“We have a year’s worth of work, plus,” she says. “The great thing about it is, you can continue with this. It will always be a refi ning process. It’s not just a one-time thing.”

It took Blevins a long time to accept that she was born to be an educator. She didn’t want to go into what she

saw as the family business. Her parents were both teachers until her father was lured into pharmaceutical sales.

“I wanted to be a marine biologist. I was specifi cally focused on sharks, and I would buy all these books on sharks. I would write up these lesson plans to teach my younger sister all this information about sharks.

“The teacher part of it was always there.”

Blevins didn’t have much interest in being a high school student either. She lettered in swimming at Farragut High School, but by taking correspondence courses she

was able to graduate shortly before her

16th birthday. She proved to her parents that she was

ready for college by spending a quarter at David Lipscomb

University, and they let her come back and go to UT. At fi rst she tried to pursue her marine biologist dream.

“That didn’t work very well. I went into nursing, but I faint at the sight of blood, or I did at that time, so one lab and I realized, ‘This is not for me. I can’t do it.’ I was trying to do anything but go into education, and I should’ve just gone along that path

all along.”She earned her bachelor’s degree

in child and family studies. After college, she and her husband, Jeff, moved to Atlanta, and she ended up with a couple of jobs – managing a local rock band and training agents at an insurance company. The teaching bug bit in earnest, so she earned her certifi cation at Kennesaw State University and started teaching kindergarten before returning to Knoxville.

In Knox County, she taught at Chilhowee, Copper Ridge, Brickey, Beaumont Magnet and Northwest Middle and with Project Grad. Her jobs included Talented and Gifted, reading coach, literacy manager and assistant principal. Along the way, she earned endorsements in Gifted, Urban Specialist and Reading Specialist from UT and a master’s in supervision and instruction from Lincoln Memorial University. She expects to complete her dissertation before the end of this year to earn her Ph.D.

“Most of the jobs that I’ve ended up in, the door’s been opened and I’ve been shoved through. I’ve mourned the loss of the job I was leaving and ended up fi nding out the job that I’m in is the one that was supposed to be there. I consider it divine intervention.

Pilot program has principal ‘ fired up’

“I’ve always felt like, whatever job you’re in, try to be as happy as you possibly can.”

She’s found a special feeling at South-Doyle Middle.

“When we put a challenge in front of us, everybody works together to get it done. The collaborative spirit is uncanny; it’s phenomenal.

“There’s a sense of pride that runs very, very deep through every person at this school. They don’t just want the kids to succeed; they want the kids to succeed because they represent their families, they represent themselves and they represent the school and South Knoxville, and that is important. I love that about this school.”

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Volunteer Award winners honored

The Parks and Recre-ation departments for the city of Knoxville and Knox County held a Volunteer Awards Ceremony to rec-ognize those individuals who strive to make a differ-ence in their communities through recreation. Twenty-fi ve winners were nominat-ed by their peers for their exemplary volunteer com-mitment.

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Halls Middle School student Leila Hennon was recognized at the event as a Rising Star.

“I consider it an honor to recognize our local volun-

teers who invest their per-sonal time and resources in

service to our commu-nity,” said city Mayor M a d e l i n e R o g e r o . “They do this sim-ply because they care.”

“Each of these outstanding volun-teers deserves recognition for the time and energy they put in to making our community a better place to live,” said county Mayor Tim Burchett. “I appreciate all they do and thank them for their service to Knox County.”

The 25 award winners range from sports commis-sioners and coaches to youth recreation leaders and se-nior center volunteers.

Smith crowned Halls High homecoming queen

Cameron Yeary escorts Summer Smith onto the football fi eld dur-

ing homecoming festivities at Halls High. Summer was crowned

homecoming queen and raised more than $4,000 to earn the title.

She is the daughter of Susan and Travis Smith. Photos by Ruth White

Volleyball seniors honoredHalls High senior volleyball players were honored before their

match against Carter. Pictured are: Alyssa Mabe, Riley Tarver,

coach Jerilynn Carroll and Whitney Stone.

Halls High players of the weekHalls High football Players of the Week for the Campbell

County game are Matt Bounds and J.T. Freels.

Cheering on the coupon book winners are Zack Brewer,

Andy Gilliam, Nathan Lynn and Ray Wynn.

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Brayden Clapp was the top seller of coupon books at Corryton Elemen-tary. He sold a total of 113 books and won an iPad mini for this hard work. Rounding out the top 10 sellers are Raley Qualls (71), Dallas Shuler (66), Molly Brock (64), Landon Seals (55), Brianna Bates (40), Chloe Shelbaugh (33), Hayden Riggs (26), John Black-stock (25) and Kaitlyn Lovell (22).

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HALLOWEEN EVENTS ■ Trail of Doom Haunted Corn Maze and Forest, Thriller Nights

of Light, and The Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch at Oakes

Farm, 8240 Corryton Road. Info: 688-6200 or www.trailof-

doom.com.

■ “Halloween Haunts and Haints,” 3-7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26,

at Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 West Governor

John Sevier Highway. Tickets: $5. Trick or treating; children’s

craft activities; games and spooky stories Info: 573-5508 or

www.marblesprings.net.

■ “A Haunting at Ramsey House,” 4-8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, at

Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike. Cost: $10 per

person. Ghost stories, Halloween decorated cake contest,

book signing by Dr. William Bass (Jeff erson Bass) of The Body

Farm and more. Info: 546-0745 or www.RamseyHouse.org

under “Calendar.”

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By Sandra ClarkStudents who take Ad-

vanced Placement classes in fi ve high schools will not have to pay for the tests, thanks to a pilot program announced last week by state Rep. Harry Brooks. Knox County had fi ve high schools of 22 statewide se-lected for the pilot: Carter, Gibbs, Halls, Karns and South-Doyle.

“The world is changing so fast. All of our students will need post-secondary education,” said Brooks. “Let’s learn from the pilot and move it to a statewide program.”

He said afterwards that the pilot will cost $200,000 and he hopes to bring in pri-vate dollars as well. Brooks chairs the Education Com-mittee in the state House. Students who take AP courses and pass the end-of-course test earn college credit. Brooks said those who load up on AP courses can enter college as sopho-mores, saving a year’s tu-ition.

Principals stood behind Brooks for the announce-ment: Ryan Siebe from Cart-er, Tom Brown from Gibbs, Mark Duff from Halls, Kim Towe from Karns and assis-

McIntyre: ‘This is a big deal’

Harry Brooks

tant principal Sherry Smith from South-Doyle.

Superintendent Jim Mc-Intyre called the program “a big deal” and said it will also include certifi cation tests for CTE students. School board member Mike McMillan said he’s known Brooks longer than either of them cares to remember. “Harry has always had a deep passion for education.” McMillan said the AP tests are about $90 each.

Siebe said Carter High has moved from 30 percent to 60 percent of students enrolling in post-secondary education. He credited the leadership of former prin-cipal Cheryl Hickman, now

a supervisor for middle and high schools.

Dave Wright told stu-dents “more education is better than less.”

Afterwards Towe chat-ted with Duff. She helped set up the Halls AP program while an assistant principal there. Halls has AP courses in social studies (4), math (4), English (2), science (2), music theory and art. Karns has AP courses in English (2), science (2), foreign lan-guage (4) and social studies (3).

Duff said students ben-efi t from the rigor of AP courses, even if they don’t get college credit. AP cours-es are optional, he said.

SPORTS NOTES ■ Halls Community Park rec

league basketball signups

for ages 5 and up will be held

6-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday,

Oct. 21-22, at the Halls Middle

School gym. Info: hcpsports@

msn.com or hcpark.org.

■ Open league basketball signups for 4th and 5th grade

boys and girls, and 6th and

7th grade boys will be held

6-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday,

Oct. 14-15, at Halls Community

REUNIONS ■ The Halls High School Class

of 1963 will celebrate its

50-year reunion Saturday, Oct.

12, at Bearden Banquet Hall

on Kingston Pike. If you have

not been contacted, call Carol

Rosson Herrell, 922-1424, or

Barbara Mitchell Johnson, 922-

7115, for details.

■ Powell High Class of 1963

will hold its 50-year reunion

Saturday, Oct. 12, at Beaver

Brook Golf and Country

Club. The reception begins

at 5 p.m.; buff et dinner and

program at 6; D. J. and danc-

ing 7-10:30 p.m. Cost: $45 per

person. All interested gradu-

ates are invited to tour Powell

High School at 4:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 11, followed by a

gathering at Corvette’s BBQ

and Sports Bar. Info: Jacki Da-

vis Kirk, 250-0103, or Sandra

Strange Davis, 382-3742.

■ The Shoffner Family reunion will be held 11 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 13, at Sharps

Chapel Community Build-

ing, located beside Sharps

Chapel School. Lunch will be

served at 12:30 p.m. Bring a

covered dish. All friends are

welcome. Info: 992-8659.

■ Rule High Class of 1973 will hold its 40-year reunion

Saturday, Nov. 16, at Bearden

Banquet Hall.

Martha M. Gill, newly elected president of Friends

of the Knox County Public Li-brary, says she wants her tenure to be about “advocacy, authors and volunteers.”

Gill, a retired English teacher at Webb School in Knoxville, has been a mem-ber of Friends since 2001.

Gill to head Friends of the Library“Friends can continue to

build support of our library system by strengthening partnerships within our po-litical and cultural commu-nity and by raising aware-ness of the value of the library to us all,” she said. “We can also foster a love of reading by recognizing the many talented authors with ties to East Tennessee. And, of course, we must maxi-mize the talents, contribu-tions and dedication of our nearly 800 members.”

Gill began her in-volvement as a volunteer editor for the organization’s newsletter. She is married to James E. Gill, former professor of English at UT-Knoxville.

Other new offi cers are Glenn Walter, past presi-dent; Bill Crosland, pres-ident-elect; Claire Serrell, secretary; and Marye Rose, continuing as treasurer.

Info: Maggie Carini, 607-3122.

Martha Gill

Honoring Sam HardmanThe Wednesday Bingo Group at the Halls Senior Center welcomed County Commissioner Mike

Brown (far right) speaking for HonorAir Knoxville and his son, Will Witucki, of Woodmen of the

World. The duo brought shirts to sell in memory of Sam Hardman, who was a spokesperson for

HonorAir Knoxville and was active in the Woodmen of the World. Proceeds from the sale will

go to HonorAir Knoxville to help send a World War II or Korean War veteran to Washington, D.C.

Photo submitted

SCHOOL NOTES

Brickey-McCloud Elementary

■ Fall craft fair will be 4-6 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 24. Vendors will

feature jewelry, crafts, make up,

homemade gift items, photog-

raphy packages and more.

Shannondale Elementary

■ Grandfriends Day will be

Friday, Oct. 11.

HEALTH NOTES ■ PK Hope Is Alive Parkinson

Support Group of East TN

will meet 11:30 a.m.-1:30

p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the

family life center of Kern UMC,

located at 451 East Tennes-

see Ave. in Oak Ridge. A light

lunch will be served. Info:

Karen Sampsell, 482-4867; pk_

hopeisalive@bellsouth.net; or

www.pkhopeisalive.org.

■ Jump Start Health and Fit-ness, located at Associated

Therapeutics Inc., 2704 Min-

eral Springs Road, will off er

a women’s self-defense class

series for ages 14 and up 5-6

p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays,

Oct. 22 through Dec. 3. Fee of

$60 for the 12 classes is due

at registration. Info: 687-4537,

ext. 212.

■ Amedisys Hospice off ers free

adult grief support groups

at the following times and

places: Newly bereaved sup-port group meets 1:30 p.m.

every third Monday at Panera

Bread in Fountain City. On-going grief support group

meets 6 p.m. every fourth

Tuesday at Amedisys offi ces,

1420 Dutch Valley Road. Info:

Sarah Wimmer, 689-7123.

■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Sup-port Group meets 5-6:30 p.m.

each fi rst and third Tuesday in

the UT Hospice offi ce at 2270

Sutherland Ave. A light supper

is served. Info or reservation:

Brenda Fletcher, 544-6279.

■ UT Hospice, serving patients

and families in Knox and

15 surrounding counties,

conducts ongoing orientation

sessions for adults (18 and

older) interested in becoming

volunteers with the program.

No medical experience is

required. Training is provided.

Info: Penny Sparks, 544-6279.

Park. Minimum of 8 players.

Info: hcpsports@msn.com or

hcpark.org.

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NEWS FROM WELLSPRING SENIOR LIVING

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Wellspring Off ers Dynamic Activities, Onsite Amenities

The residence offers a dynamic activ-ity schedule – activities that are specially tailored for memory care. Since opening in August, Wellspring residents have had a presentation from Gideons Inter-national that included a Bible dedica-tion and a special presentation from the VFW that included detailed histories of the fi ve resident veterans personalized to their specifi c contributions during World War II. In addition, Crown College pro-vides two services per week as a partner to Wellspring.

To share with the community, family members, and caregivers the experience at Wellspring, the residence will have an open house and fall festival on Thursday, October 17 from 4:30 to 7:00 pm. In addi-tion to refreshments there will be a vari-ety of Appalachian craft demonstrations such as broom making, butter churning, and making apple butter. Entertainment will be provided by musician Jim Clark. In addition, Activities Director Ruth Wilburn will demonstrate the activities that have been popular with residents to show the families what their loved ones experience at Wellspring.

Just open for six weeks, a good num-ber of people already call Wellspring at Powell home. Wellspring Community Relations Director Skip Wheeler cites the onsite amenities as a key reason for the location’s popularity. “For memory care residents, having to leave the comfort of familiar surroundings for things like a doctor’s appointment can be a traumatic experience,” says Wheeler. “We offer an in-house physician, physical therapist, podiatrist, and even beautician and bar-ber services so our residents don’t have to leave the community if they don’t want to.”

Wellspring Senior Living is the only assisted living and memory care pro-vider in Knoxville to offer the SimpleC Companion. This new technology for

The VFW researched the specifi c experiences of fi ve WWII veteran residents at Wellspring

at Powell and did a presentation for all residents.

The VFW presentation also included a fl ag

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dementia care promotes memory, en-gagement, and better communication for seniors. SimpleC’s academic partners’ re-search shows that SimpleC users benefi t from memory stimulants such as their own family photographs and audio re-cordings of personalized messages from family, friends, or caregivers which helps to maintain healthy daily routines. This non-pharmaceutical, computer-based therapy has been proven to enhance nu-trition, increase participation in activi-ties, and improve sleep quality among se-nior adults.

For more information about Well-spring Senior Living, visit www.wellspringseniorliving.com or call (865) 362-5398.

There’s never a dull moment at Wellspring Senior Living at Powell

Bonita Fuller and Wayne

Hamme enjoy one of the

many craft activities avail-

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By Pam FanslerThe Cancer Support

Commu-nity just held its annual fall luncheon and silent auction at The Foundry at World’s Fair Park.

Many of Knoxville’s most philanthropic women (and a few men) showed up to shop for a good cause and enjoy a luncheon and fashion show. Keynote speaker was Vicki Ken-nedy, vice president of program development and delivery for Cancer Sup-port Community Global Organization. The First Tennessee Foundation was proud to be a sponsor of this event.

The Cancer Support Community of East Ten-nessee is part of a national nonprofi t organization. Its mission is helping cancer patients and their loved ones enhance their health and well-being by providing professionally-led programs of emotional support, education and hope. They provide a full range of support services to cancer patients and their families in a com-fortable, home-like setting – all completely free of charge.

The Cancer Support Community began as the Wellness Community of East Tennessee thanks to the Young family: Rachael Young, her late husband Robert, and

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Value of cancer support

Fansler

his late brother Lindsay Young. Rachael, a cancer survivor herself, believed that Knoxville could benefi t from having a comprehensive program of support and education for people with cancer and their loved ones offered at no charge. In October of 2010, The Wellness Community and Gilda’s Club became part of The Cancer Support Community.

The Cancer Support Community provides psychological, educa-tional and social sup-port services for cancer patients and their families and friends. Their programs help cancer patients focus on quality of life, re-duce stress and regain control of their lives. Services include support groups led by licensed psychotherapists, stress management sessions, educational workshops, a resource library, yoga classes, nutrition classes, cancer-specific and networking groups, and social events. The Cancer Support Com-munity’s program is an adjunct to conventional medical treatment.

The Cancer Support Community of East Ten-nessee continues to offer education and support programs. There have been many advances in the treatment of cancer over the past years, but the value of a supportive cancer community has remained consistent.Pam Fansler is president of First Ten-

nessee Bank’s East Tennessee region.

By Sandra Clark Vice Mayor Nick Pav-

lis was arguably the swing vote when T e n n o v a s e c u r e d r e z o n i n g of land on M i d d l e -brook Pike for a new h o s p i t a l . That vote was on fi rst

reading, and when Tennova came to City Council last week to ask for a 2-week delay on second and fi nal reading, Pavlis was mad.

Council members have been bombarded by both sides, along with folks from North and East Knoxville who don’t want to see the old St. Mary’s closed. So Pavlis

resisted Duane Grieve’s mo-tion to delay, asking Ten-nova vice president Melanie Robinson for a reason.

She said the sellers have raised a concern about po-tential property taxes if the land is rezoned prior to clos-ing. Tennova has optioned the land, subject to rezoning and obtaining a certifi cate of need from the state.

“In two weeks, will we read this regardless?” asked Pavlis. “I’m ready to read this and move on.”

“It’s our intention,” said Robinson. “It’s a yes or no question,” said Pavlis.

“We want this done. The sellers do too. We have the same goal,” said Robinson.

“If that’s true, we’d be reading it tonight,” said Pavlis.

Nick Pavlis

Pavlis grills Tennova rep on rezoning delay

Dr. Larry Huskey sets retirement Dr. Larry Huskey had devoted 42 years to the medical fi eld, and his colleagues sent him off to retirement with a dinner celebra-

tion at Litton’s. Huskey was one of the four original doctors who started Halls Family Physicians in 1971. Their offi ce was located

on Doris Circle. The practice moved to what’s now the Regal Building until 1991 and then moved to the current location on

Emory Road. Pictured at the celebration are physicians: (seated) Bill Cloud, Huskey; (standing) Mark Cloud, Rod Sturgeon, Fred

Hurst, Shane Kelley, Brett Bilbrey, James Hurst, Rickey Manning and Jeff Stevens. Photo by R. White

It was a perfect time for someone on the prevailing side, perhaps Pavlis himself, to move to reconsider the earlier vote. But he didn’t.

So expect war or peacewhen the health care com-pany returns to Council onTuesday, Oct. 15, for the de-layed fi nal vote.

Harnish is interim Rural/Metro manager Fire Chief Jerry Harnish has been named interim divi-

sion general manager for Rural/Metro ofTennessee.

Harnish has 33 years of experience infi re and emergency operations, includ-ing six years as fi re chief in Knox County.He replaces former general manager RobWebb.

Harnish began his career as a fi refi ghterand emergency medical technician withRural/Metro in 1980. He rose through thefi re department ranks and was named fi re

chief in 2007.As chief, he has been responsible for protecting 216,500

residents, operating 15 fi re stations in Knox County, 12 ofwhich house paramedic engine companies. He managedstrategic planning for the department, disaster planningand response, budget and oversight of the chief offi cers.

Jerry Harnish

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Big Oak Shoes owner John Raymondo stands with a display of

Ugg Boots, now on sale. Big Oak Shoes, started by Raymon-

do’s father, has been in business in Halls for 42 years, off ering

brand-name shoes and excellent service. “Halls has been good

to us,” he said. Photos by S. Carey

H.A. LaRue of Sportsman’s Choice sits with his mother-in-

law Peggy Lawson in the aisle that divides the bow-hunting

shop from Carl’s Used Furniture, which Lawson owns and

operates. The unique set-up is a tradition from the days

when the two stores shared a building on Doris Circle.

LaRue says Sportsman’s Choice is the only archery pro

shop in Knoxville, off ering excellent customer service, top-

of-the-line gear, and prices to match or beat the big box

stores. With Lawson’s expert eye for style and quality, Carl’s

Used Furniture off ers great service and great prices.

Bill Enix of Enix Jewelers holds

Maggie, the store’s mascot

and offi cial greeter. Enix is cel-

ebrating 30 years in Black Oak

Plaza, having opened there in

October 1983. Enix said shop-

pers can layaway now for

Christmas. Stop in to see their

huge selection of diamonds

and jewelry, including South-

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and Infi nity necklaces, rings

and bracelets.

Katie Treece of Prima Dance stands

in the studio with Brandi Davis of

Shopper-News. Treece co-owns

the studio with Sarah Jane Altobelli

(not pictured). There they off er

dance instruction in many areas

including ballet, jazz, hip hop and

acro. They also off er tryout prep

and private dance lessons. Info:

661-8933

Robert Miller, manager

of Gatti’s Pizza in Black

Oak Plaza, sits in a bum-

per car in the restau-

rant’s new game room.

That’s right, Gatti’s has

bumper cars, along

with lots of great games

and plenty of room for

birthday parties.

Husband-and-wife team Andy and Sandy Nguyen own Nails

First in Black Oak Plaza. The nail salon opened in 1998 and is

still going strong. The salon off ers a full range of nail services

and products, including OPI, Shellac and CND, and right now

they’re running a special of $38 for a mani/pedi.

Mary Jane Gallagher of It’s Sew Mary Jane displays two

prize-winning quilts made by her customers. The hang-

ing quilt by Joyce Dean and the quilt in Gallagher’s

hands by Dave Walter (“our man quilter”) are just two

of many from Gallagher’s customers who won prizes

at the Tennessee Valley Fair. It’s Sew Mary Jane off ers

a full range of quilting supplies and services, including

beginner to advanced classes, fabric, notions, kits, ma-

chine repair, and even sit-and-sew days.

Shopper-News advertising consultant Brandi Davis tries out

the new Fruit Ninja touchscreen game at Gatti’s. Forget about

tokens. The Gatti’s game room now uses swipecards that cus-

tomers can easily load with money for games.

Shopper-News advertising consultant Brandi Davis dropped in on the merchants of Black Oak Plaza Sept. 30. Kroger may be gone, but these business people are still go-ing strong! Here are a few highlights from Brandi’s visit.

Next week, Brandi visitsMill Branch Offi ce Park.

CruisingBlack Oak Plaza

UPS Store team members Karen Hurley, Kathy McCorkhill, Rob-

in Wilson and Jesika Norman gather in front of a Halls Has It

T-shirt, which the store carries for $10. Proceeds go to the Halls

Business and Professional Association’s education fund. Hur-

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At the Fountain City Mu-sic Festival last week, the Knoxville Songwriters As-sociation celebrated its 30-year anniversary with one of its own fabulously suc-cessful members.

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Songwriters celebrate 30 years

Kim Williams, to under-state his description, is a songwriter.

His songs have been re-corded by the biggest names in country and bluegrass music: Garth Brooks, Reba McEntyre, Randy Travis, Joe Diffi e, George Jones, Sammy Kershaw, Conway Twitty, Rascal Flatts, Larry Sparks and others. That in-cludes 16 No. 1 hits and 28 top 10 hits.

And here’s the impressive fact: His songs have sold 154 million copies.

Knoxville Songwriters Association’s Dan Howie, David Lauver, Tammie Dischner, Edna Riddick and Randy Ott gather around Kim

Williams to sing his song, “Thank You,Sara,” at the group’s 30th anniversary reception at the Fountain City Branch Library. Photoby Libby Morgan

In spite of his huge suc-cess, he still hangs out with his old friends, the members of the KSA. He even wrote a song for Sara Williams (no relation) called “Thank You Sara” and performed it for her at the gathering.

“You listened to our bad songs and still gave us hope…Thank you Sara from the bottom of our songwrit-ing hearts,” the song says.

Kim told anecdotes about his career – such as his start with Garth Brooks before anyone had ever heard of him – and gave a pep talk to encourage the songwriters in the room.

He shared his trepidation in a particular session when his songs were critiqued in front of some Nashville mu-sic bigwigs:

“I felt like they just opened my veins and watched me bleed.”

He told of dashing off the song “Warning Labels,” (“They oughta put warning labels on those sad coun-try songs”) in 20 minutes

with his friend Oscar Tur-man, and co-writing with his daughter, Amanda Wil-liams, the Grammy-nomi-nated “Beer Run,” recorded as a duet with George Jones and Garth Brooks.

Just before her dad was inducted into the Songwrit-ers Hall of Fame last year, Amanda wrote an article, posted at www.songwrit-ingandmusicbusiness.com, that refl ects the love in their family. It’s defi nitely worth

a read.Sara Williams, who

started the association in 1983, was given a lifetime membership by KSA presi-dent Edna Riddick. Sara remembered placing ads in local newspapers to recruit others interested in collabo-rating and learning.

She shared a story about when Kim brought a young demo singer named Garth Brooks to one of the early meetings. Sara was so im-

pressed with Brooks she helped get him a gig at Ella Guru’s, a downtown Knox-ville listening room on Cen-tral Avenue back when the Old City was just starting.

“I think the only people in the audience that night were KSA members,” says Sara.

(Brooks later recorded “The Old Stuff,” mention-ing Ella Guru’s in reference to places he sang during his fi rst tours.)

Songwriters from thegroup took turns perform-ing their tunes, beginningwith Tammie Dischner andher beautiful song abouta fi eld of clovers with thisgreat line:

“Whisper gently whenyou lie to me.”

David Lauver, KSA edu-cation and PR director,says of the festival, “As wewatched the performers –grade school and UT stu-dents to working adults andretirees – library direc-tor Elizabeth Nelson said,‘What is really wonderfulis the wide range of agesin the group.’ That’s been acharacteristic of KSA fromthe beginning – a diversegroup brought together bya mutual interest in song-writing.

“We offer various work-shops and seminars tomembers during the year atlittle or no additional cost tothe member. Some of theseworkshops are on the craftof songwriting, while oth-ers may cover the musicbusiness or how to marketyour songs. We try to havesomeone who is knowledge-able and active in the mu-sic business to conduct theseminars.”

The Knoxville Songwrit-ers Association meets Tues-day nights at the FountainCity Branch Library, with ajam session from 5-6 p.m.and a program and song cri-tiques from 6-8.

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TUESDAY, OCT. 8Sertoma Center’s Friendship Dinner, 7 p.m.,

Crowne Plaza Hotel. Featured speaker: UT women’s basketball coach Holly Warlick.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian

Church Triple L group meeting, 11 a.m. Lunch at noon: $6. Speaker: the Rev. Jean Richardson; music: the Rev. Fred West. Guests welcome. Reservation/ info: 938-7245.

THURSDAY, OCT. 10New Harvest Park Farmers Market, 4775 New

Harvest Lane, 3-6 p.m. Venders include local farmers, crafters and food trucks. Info: http://www.knoxcounty.org/farmersmarket/index.php.

Cash for Kids Sake, a reverse raffl e hosted by Big Brothers Big Sisters, 6 p.m., The Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: Ashley Summers, 523-9455, or www.CashFoKidsSake.org.

Fall Porch Sale begins, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Features outdated stock, seconds, student crafts and unjuried work by members of the Craft Center. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Heiskell Community Center Seniors Pro-gram, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 9420 Heiskell Road. Lunch: barbecue and all the fi xings. All seniors 55+ are wel-come; bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

“Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle” docu-mentary preview screening, 7 p.m., American Museum of Science & Energy, 300 S. Tulane Ave., Oak Ridge. Hosted by East Tennessee PBS. The screening is free and open to all ages. Info: 595-0220 or email ahubbard@easttennesseepbs.org.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 10-13The Battle of Fort Sanders Civil War Re-enactment,

Clapp Farm in Corryton. Re-enactors welcome; student tours held Thursday; Commemoration held Friday. Full schedule/re-enactor registration: www.battleoffortsanders.com. Info: 992-2811 or sclapp44@yahoo.com.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 10-12Rummage sale, Northside Christian Church,

4008 Tazewell Pike, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday and Fri-day and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Furniture, clothing,

toys and more. Info: 687-0475.

FRIDAY, OCT. 11“Crafty Disciples” craft night, 6:30-10 p.m., Pow-

ell Church. Bring craft and supplies to work on; snack to share. Service project: making prayer cards for the KARM beds. Info/RSVP: 938-2741.

Free movie in the park: “Hocus Pocus” in Luttrell Park. Sponsored by the Luttrell Seniors. Movie starts at dusk. Concessions available. Bring chairs and/or blankets.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 11-12Clinch River Antiques Festival in Historic

Downtown Clinton. Kick-off: 6:30-9 p.m. Friday in the Hoskins/Lane Park. Antique Street Festival: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Appraisals by national professional an-tique appraisers Joe Rosson and Rick Crane, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., The Clinton Antique Mall, 317 N. Main St. Info: 457-2559 or www.clinchriverfallfestival.com.

Ghost House Hike, 1.5 mile hike and storytelling trip to a cemetery in Big Ridge State Park led by park ranger. Free. Reservations required. Info/reservations: 992-5523, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 11-13Double Portion Revival, Freeway Church of God,

Hinds Creek Road at Norris Freeway. Danny Overholt will preach 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Sunday with sing-ing by Heart to Heart; Cliff Adkins will preach 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with singing by The New Calvary Echos. Info: Dave Hickson, 597-9600.

Tennessee Fall Homecoming, one of the nation’s largest music and folk festivals, the Museum of Appalachia. Tickets are now on sale. Info: www.museumofappalachia.org.

SATURDAY, OCT. 12Benefi t gospel singing, 4-9 p.m., Union County

Senior Center, 298 Main St. Featured groups: Tony Gray, Brian Yow, Soul Winners, The Stahls, Patty Whitehead, Greg Coffman and others. All proceeds will help Eugene Brantley with medical expenses. Concessions available. Info: Michael Bailey, 992-1831 or Tony Gray, 304-3057.

Dante Baptist Church’s annual craft fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 314 Brown Road. Vendors are needed. Info: Vivian Baker, 382-3715 or vbaker1058@comcast.net.

Union County Farmers Market, 8:30-11:30 a.m., front parking lot of Union County High School. Info: 992-8038.

Work days at the Community Garden “Glori-ous Gardening” located at Rutherford Memorial UMC in Corryton. Work in the garden and receive some of its produce as a result. Info: 687-8438.

Live country, bluegrass and gospel music, 7:30 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Tennessee Adventure Challenge, an adventure race open to both novice and experienced athletes. Scheduled activities: trail running, mountain biking, orienteering and paddling. No navigation skills or GPS required. Info/registration: http://www.tnadventurechallenge.com.

Heiskell Community Day presented by the Heiskell Community Organization, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Heiskell Community Center, 9420 Heiskell Road. Craft

fair (10 a.m.-2 p.m.), rummage sale, live entertainment, games, infl atables, silent auction and live auction (6 p.m.) and more. No admission; food available for pur-chase. Proceeds to benefi t Heiskell Community Center Building Fund. Craft table info: Janice White, 548-0326.

Multi-home yard sale, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Open Arms Care Corporation, 7325 Oak Ridge Highway. Also, hot dogs, beverages and baked goods available.

Union County Emergency Services Day, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Union County High School parking lot.

Fall Festival, 1-3 p.m., Greenway Baptist Church, 2809 Addison Drive.

Cystic Fibrosis Walk-a-Thon in memory of Beth Ann Holloway, 9 a.m., Wilson Park. Info: Janet Holloway, 992-4604.

City of Knoxville’s Centennial Conservation Expo celebration, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Chilhowee Park. Spe-cial guests, live music, circus performers, children’s games and activities, art exhibits, and displays from a host of conservation agencies and organizations. Info: www.knox-conservationexpo.com, www.cityofknoxville.org/expo; on Facebook: www.facebook.com/conservationexpo.

Pumpkins arrival and sale, noon, Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Help is needed to un-load. Info: 690-1060 or www.beaverridgeumc.com.

Old Concord Fall Festival, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Concord Presbyterian Church, 11000 Second Drive. Antique car show, bake sale, music and entertainment, games for kids, silent auction quilt show and more.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 12-13Full Spectrum, performances of contemporary bal-

let and modern dance, presented by GO! Contemporary Dance Works, Clarence Brown Theatre; 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: 539-2475 or www.gocontemporarydance.com.

SUNDAY, OCT. 13Market Basket, 2-6 p.m.; instructor: Sheri Burns;

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Registration deadline: Oct. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Singing featuring the Porter Family, 11 a.m. ser-vice, New Hope Missionary Church, 7115 Tipton Lane. Everyone invited.

MONDAY, OCT. 14“Scarecrow in the Park” competition applica-

tion deadline. Create a creepy or silly scarecrow to place along the quarter-mile walking trail at New Harvest Park, 4775 New Harvest Lane. No fee to enter. Application: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCARECROWS2013.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, OCT. 14-15Open league team basketball signups for 4th

and 5th grade boys and girls and 6th and 7th grade boys, 6-8 p.m., Halls Community Park. Minimum 8 players. Info: hcpsports@msn.com or hcpark.org.

TUESDAY, OCT. 15Choral Evensong, observing the Feast Day of St.

Teresa of Avila and featuring the “Washington” service by David Hogan, 6 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Info: 523-5687.

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NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Cold versus fl u?How can you tell the difference between

a cold and the fl u? Infl uenza and the common cold are both respiratory illnesses but are caused by different viruses. But because these two illnesses have similar symptoms, it can be hard to tell which is which based on symptoms alone.

Generally, the fl u is more severe than a common cold, and symptoms such as fever, aches, extreme tiredness and cough are more intense. Colds are normally milder and people with colds are more likely to have a stuffy or runny nose. Colds don’t usually result in serious health problems such as bacterial infections and pneumonia that need hospitalization.

There are several key differences between the fl u and a cold according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:

■ Fever. A high fever that lasts three or four days is common with fl u, but rare for a cold

■ Headache. Prominent in fl u, rare for a cold.

■ Aches and pains. Usually severe with fl u, mild with a cold.

■ Fatigue. Sometimes occurs with colds, but fl u usually starts with a period of exhaustion and with fatigue that may last two or three weeks.

■ Sneezing, stuffy nose, sore throat. The most common cold symp-toms (most colds start with a sore throat), but can also occur with fl u.

■ Chest discomfort, cough. Mild to moderate with colds, but can be severe with fl u.

Avoid the fl u: Keep your germs to yourself

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the single best way to prevent seasonal fl u is to get vaccinated every year.But good health habits can of-ten stop the spread of germs and prevent airborne illnesses like the fl u. Here’s some tips to help you avoid contracting or sharing the fl u:

1. Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.

2. Stay home when you are sick. If possible, don’t go to work, school or run er-rands when you are sick. You will help prevent others from catching your illness.

3. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Peo-ple with fl u can spread it to oth-ers up to 6 feet away. Flu virus droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people nearby and be inhaled into the lungs.

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“We’ve seen some cases in our community, and this is much

earlier than years past,” said Eliza-beth Hull, M.D., Medical Direc-tor of the Fort Sanders Regional Emergency De-partment.

Typically the conventional fl u season peaks in January and even

though the high-point for the 2013-2014 season has yet to come, there are big concerns for such an early arrival to flu cases.

“People are so used to wait-ing until well into the fall before receiving a vaccination, they are being caught off guard and not allowing themselves the time to get a shot,” Hull said. “At this point, there is no reason to delay it – get your flu shot now.”

Vaccination is especially im-portant for children, adults 65 and older, pregnant women and people with asthma, diabetes and other long-term conditions who are at high risk for flu com-

plications. These groups have a higher potential of the flu being life threatening.

Fortunately, in most cases, the viral illness does not cause

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If you are one of the unfortu-nate ones who gets the flu before receiving a shot, Hull said the

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Hull recommends contactingyour primary care physician ifyou think you’re suffering fromthe flu. They’ll likely prescribeanti-viral medications, such asTamiflu. However, you musttake the prescription within thefirst two days of getting the fluor they’ll be ineffective.

“An anti-viral prescriptionwill help to limit the severity ofyour symptoms and likely short-en the length of your illness, butit is not a cure-all,” Hull said.“You will still suffer mild flu-likesymptoms for a few days.”

As for this season, the earlyfall arrival does not necessarilymean East Tennessee will havean unusual amount of cases ofthe flu.

“The flu season is fairly un-predictable when it comes tohow long it will last, numbers itwill impact and how severe thecases will be,” Hull said. “Butwith flu sufferers already pop-ping up, we’re hopeful peoplewill be proactive and not risktheir health.”

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POWELL – Plenty of rm for every-one! This 4BR/3.5BA has 2 mstrs- 1 up & 1 on main. The 4th BR up could be a bonus rm. Mstr BR up has 10x16 of� ce/sitting rm w/ French doors. Solid surface tops in kit & hdwd on main. Level backyard. Close to schools & shopping. A must see! $224,900 (848005)

HALLS – Lots of potential! Golf lovers this 3BR/2BA rancher features LR/DR combo w/family rm/sun rm, lg laundry off kit, tiled covered back porch w/attached 22x24 2-car gar w/9x7 stg area & detached 23x25 2-car gar. Easy access to Beaver Brook Country Club. $199,900 (854782)

HALLS – Convenient to Beaver Brook Country Club this all brick B-rancher has 3BR/3BA & features: LR/DR combo on main, fam rm off kit. Possible sep living down features: Rec rm w/wet bar area, 13.6x11 of� ce & laundry/BA. Oversized 2-car gar 23x26.5 w/wkshp area w/additional parking, stg bldg & redwood deck 14x10. Kit has gas cook top & wall oven. Prof landscape Zoysia lawn. Updates include: Gut-ters 2011 & new sliding glass doors. $205,000 (854735)

HALLS – Great well kept move-in ready rancher. Priced to sell this 3BR/2BA has updates galore. Covered rocking chair front porch, open � r plan & beautiful laminate wood � rs. Updates include: Carpet 1 yr, fans & lighting � xtures, stove 3 yrs. Laundry area off kit. Floored attic stg & stg bldg. A must see. $93,000 (851740)

LaKeta Booker on "American

Idol"

LaKeta Booker, lower right, in the Cumberland County Play-

house production of "Return to Forbidden Planet."

LaKeta Booker started singing as a little girl in church and school, but says she really found her voice through acting. And, like many gifted performers, the Karns resident credits her beginning to a special teacher.

LaKeta Booker belts out a

song. Photos submitted

“My fi rst grade teacher at Knoxville Baptist Christian School, Mrs. Davis, entered me into a forensics compe-tition and I took home the trophy,” she remembers. “I guess you could say that’s when I knew I had some-thing special.

“She believed in me. I’m so thankful to her, and I’ll never forget what she did.”

If you’re an “American Idol” fan, you remember Booker as a fi nalist in 2003’s competition. Ten years later, her memories are still vivid.

“My mom, my brother and I drove to the Geor-gia Dome in Atlanta for the preliminary audition. The crowd was a massive 80,000-plus and I remem-ber it sounding like a swarm of buzzing bees!

“We slept on air mat-tresses and got up the next morning around 8 to audi-tion. There were tables of judges all lined up on the fi eld. They got to me around 4 that afternoon. It was both tiring and exciting.”

Were there any surpris-es? Anything the average viewer might not realize?

“The producers and ex-ecutives pretty much know what they want before they even get started with audi-tions.”

Her rendition of “Some-where Over the Rainbow” impressed the judges and she advanced to the next round. Soon she heard those magic words, “You’re going to Hollywood!”

She made it to the top 30 fi nalists. “It was great. I wouldn’t trade anything for my experience and the ex-posure.”

As you might expect, talent like Booker’s comes honestly.

“My mom’s side of the family – including her – is very musical. Everyone sings, plays an instrument or both.”

Booker’s eight-year-old daughter, a talented piano student, already shows a natural fl air for performing.

Speaking of her own childhood, Booker says, “My dad was a pastor – the Rev. Elbert L. Booker of St. John Missionary Baptist

Church in Knoxville – so I grew up in church. It’s the foundation of who I am.”

In addition to singing, she took lessons in piano, fl ute and piccolo, and was a big fan of Whitney Hous-ton and Salt-n-Pepa, among many others.

After graduation from West High School and her experience with “Ameri-can Idol,” she went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in Paralegal Studies at UT Chattanooga. But she never stopped performing.

Singer-actor LaKeta Booker

LaKeta Booker with cast

member Brian Malone and

director Ericka Nicole Malone

of the show “In Love with

Tyrone”

Singer-actor LaKeta Booker

will appear as Nurse Savan-

nah in the movie "Laughing

at the Moon," in theaters this

spring.

Local performers Kelle Jolly, La-

Keta Booker and Lar’Juanette

Williams in the Cumberland

County Playhouse production

of “Dreamgirls”

Talent to spare

She’s had starring roles in “Dreamgirls,” “Hair-spray” and “Return to the Forbidden Planet” at the Cumberland County Play-house and was part of a seven-part ensemble for the popular Christmas cel-ebration “Circus Conelli” in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2012 she toured with Robin Givens in the show “In Love with Tyrone.”

She will also play Nurse Savannah in the movie “Laughing at the Moon,” due out next spring.

On top of all this, Booker keeps up with twin girls, born in 2011. Their musical genes are already evident.

“They love to play the pi-ano,” says their grandmoth-er Denise Booker, “and they get jealous when I’m helping their older sister with her piano practice.”

LaKeta’s latest creative venture is a collection of handmade beaded brace-lets.

“Each piece is uniquely designed,” she says, “and each evokes a certain per-sonality; hence a name – “The Forbidden Fruit,” “Miss Priss,” “Cosmic Heat” – is created. The possibili-ties are endless!

“Creativity – it’s what I do,” she laughs. “You want it? I can make it!” The jewel-ry can be found under “Arm Peace” on Instagram.com.

As we were wrapping up our interview, Booker got a call back from an audition. She’s up for a part in the off-Broadway production of “Sisters” and must be in New York early next week.

It’s all part of the game for this rising star.Send story suggestions to news@

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For Sale By Owner 40a For Sale By Owner 40a

Tickets 12

UT FOOTBALL HOME-AWAY

PARKING PASSES All Concerts - All Events

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Lost & Found 13LOST:

Female cat, spayed, charcoal gray,

Woodvale Drive in Murphy Hills Area. Missing since Sept 26. Call Laura at 963-1526 if found.

Adoption 21ADOPT: happy, kind,

secure couple looking to adopt 1st baby to love. Expenses paid. Legal / confidential. Christine & Robert 1-888-571-5558

ADOPT: We promise your baby a life filled with love & a secure future. Expenses pd. Patricia & Manny 1-888-449-0803

For Sale By Owner 40aRED GATE S/D 3 or 4

BR/1 full BA, 2 half BAs on .75 ac lot. Asking $65,000. Call 603-0168 to see.

North 40nNICE HOME in Murphy Hills in Halls. 3 BR, formal DR w/hdwd

flrs, open flr plan, lrg deck, 1 car gar., FSBO

$99,900. 865-705-3778

West 40w3BR, 2BA HOME w/a 14x40 motor home gar., 2 car gar., 5 ft. chain

link fence, around .82 acres, C-H&A, stove, WD, refrig.,

646 Pigeon Ridge Rd. in Crossville. Nice area. Contact John

at Rocky Top Realty, 931-456-2903.

FSBO,

JENKINS CREEK S/D $240,000, Built 2006,

2600 SF, 4BR, 2.5BA, 12x24 cvr'd. deck, fnc'd yard w/shed, tons of storage. 865-719-8469. ***Web ID# 313609***

Condos- Townhouses 42

CONDO IN DEVANSHIRE I

2 BR, 2 BA with ga-rage. Conv. to Turkey Creek, Oak Ridge and Knoxville. $124,500. Call for showing 865-748-9078 or 865-693-9374

Farms & Land 45LAND VALUES are

increasing. Don't let this pass you by! FSBO 6+ ac. Would make nice mini-farm. Custom-build yr own house. Sm stream, mostly level on Brock Rd. Ap-praised at $59,000. Selling for $55,000. 740-7660 or 922-1863.

Acreage- Tracts 4624 UNRESTRICTED

ACRES FOR SALE in Claiborne Co. only 25 mins. from Halls near lake with

public water. $49,900 GUARANTEED OWNER FINANCING

W/$2500 DOWN 423-626-0975

WOODED 3.75 Acres with pond, located

in Louisville. Great building site in exclusive subdivision

of upscale homes. Owner/agent, $250,000.

Call 865-335-7577. ***Web ID# 313763***

Lakefront Property 47125 ACRES gaited

community on Watts Bar Lake, Rhea Co. completely developed. 40 approved boat slips, underground utilities, paved & curbed streets. 931-267-9868

Real Estate Wanted 50WE BUY HOUSES

Any Reason, Any Condition 865-548-8267

www.ttrei.com

Office Space - Rent 65 Tazewell Pike Office

Park, 3214 Tazewell Pike. 2 mins from I-640. Singles & suites. Will work with you! 963-5933

Apts - Furnished 72WALBROOK STUDIOS

251-3607 $140 weekly. Discount

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

Cable. No Lse.

Houses - Unfurnished 74WEST, Near Lovell

Rd., 3 BR, 1 1/2 BA, appls. $495 mo. Call 865-938-1653.

Condo Rentals 76LARGE 2BR/1.5BA

townhome, Halls area. 1200 sf incls water. 207-1346

Manf’d Homes - Sale 8516X80 2BR/2 full BA,

nice! 5 yrs old, gar-den tub in MB w/sep. shower. Lots of cabs, large L-rm, awning over car & porch. Underpin-ning on Rifle Range Rd in Valley Mobile Home Park. To see call 660-7663 or 556-9951. Asking $27,900.

1989 Norris 14x60, 840 SF, 2 BR, 1 BA, island kit. w/ appls., new washer & hot water heater, gas frpl, semi furn., set up in Karns park w/stor. shed. $14,500. 865-804-3465

I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES.

1990 up, any size OK. 865-384-5643

Manf’d Homes - Rent 86HALLS 14X70 2BR/

1BA, cent H&A, deck, very nice. Couples only or w/1 sm child. $450/mo+dep 850-8875

Trucking Opportunities 106Drivers: Make

$63,000.00/yr or more, $2,500.00 Driver Re-

ferral Bonus & $1,200.00

Orientation Comple-tion Bonus! CDL-A OTR Exp. Req. Call Now: 1-877-725-8241

Healthcare 110

JOB FAIR Caregivers/Home

Health Aides October 9th

10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Comfort Care

3524 Neal Drive Knoxville, TN 37918

865-922-3030 Looking for a reward-ing career while help-

ing others? We are seeking com-passionate and ex-

perienced caregivers, CNA's or Home

Health Aides to be-come a part of our

Comfort Care family.

Part Time 123PART-TIME HELP

WANTED: person to drive lady to shopping, doctor, etc. Call after noon: 865-258-9440.

Dogs 141Bichons, AKC quality pups, health guar. M-$630, F $680. Micro-chipped 865-654-4977

***Web ID# 311267***

Boston Terrier Pups, AKC, 6 M incl. 2 rare creams, 2 F, UTD shots & wormed, $500 & up. 865-925-1536; 865-765-5668

***Web ID# 311890***

BOXER PUPS, AKC, M & F, 6 wks., fawn, white & blk. POP. $350. 865-579-6028.

***Web ID# 313987***

Chihuahua Puppies, different colors, CKC reg, 7 weeks, 865-932-2333

***Web ID# 312895***

ENGLISH BULLDOG Pups AKC, $1300. Visa

& M/C. 423-775-6044 blessedbulldogs.blogspot.com ***Web ID# 310951***

ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPS, AKC, vet checked, 1st shots, $1,300. 423-519-0647

***Web ID# 314006***

ENGLISH MASTIFF Pups, AKC reg., apricot & fawn, $1000. Parents on site. Father 230 lbs, mother 175 lbs. 865-674-9995; 865-310-2764.

GOLDEN Retriever pups, AKC reg., 1st shots, family raised. $600. 865-388-2537.

***Web ID# 312224***

Great Pyrenees AKC, (gentle giants) M&F, P.O.P., S&W, taking dep. $450. 865-216-5770

***Web ID# 311320***

LABRADOR PUPPIES, chocolate, AKC. 9 weeks old. $200. 865-806-8934

***Web ID# 312292***

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. Div. of Animal Welfare

State of TN Dept. of Health.

Lic # COB0000000015. 423-566-3647

judyspuppynursery.com

ROTTWEILER PUPS German bloodlines, blockheads, S&W, 6

wks, $450. 423-663-7225.

SHELTIES, 9 wks, M & F, sbl. w/ wht markings, 1st S & W, $300. 865-661-2510; 992-9922

SHIH TZU quality pups AKC. M $350; F $400. Health guar. Microchip. 865-654-4977 ***Web ID# 311271***

SIBERIAN HUSKY AKC Pups, all colors,

shots, $450-$600. 865-256-2763

***Web ID# 312358***

Free Pets 145

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

Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official shelter for

Knoxville & Knox County.

Call 215-6599 or visit

knoxpets.org

Farmer’s Market 150INT'L 140 Tractor w

/cultivators, sickle-bar mower, & wheel wghts. Late model purchased new from Rowe Equip. Co. $4000. 2155 John Deere Tractor w/1480 act. hrs. $9800. Both tractors A-1 cond. through-out. All sales cash / firm. 865-524-5159.

MUSCADINES Black or bronze

You pick - $5 per gal. Picked - $10 per gal. Over 500 gal. avail. Powell, TN. 924-7718

PASTURE LAND for rent for horses, $50/mo. 771-9353.

Shop Tools-Engines 194Diesel Generator, 7500

watt, $1500. Air Comp., gas, 2 cyl, $300.

Water trash comp., gas, 2 1/2", $300. All brand new. Warranted. 865-207-4564

Household Furn. 204BIG SALE!

B & C MATTRESS, Full $99, Queen, $125, King, $199. Pillow Top.

865-805-3058.

MOVING Must Sell household furnishings from nice home. Pool table (6'x8'2") w/accessories, exc cond.; side by side Whirlpool refrig., antique 1890 upright piano w/new strings, TV, Hovaround wheelchair, dishes. Everything must go. Make offers. Cash only. 865-690-5196

Exercise Equipment 208ELLIPTICAL

MACHINE, Rebok 1000, like new, $295.

865-216-3150; 360-4795.

Arts Crafts 215CRAFT FAIR! Dante

Baptist Church 314 Brown Rd. Oct. 12, 9am-3pm.

Antiques 216ANTIQUE WATER-FALL ARMOIRE,

1900's. $500 Phone 865-947-9543

Fishing Hunting 224SELLING GUNS: 308

Marlin, 870 Rem 20-ga pump, 308 Wnchstr semi-auto 922-3020 LM

Garage Sales 225BETHANY SPRINGS

CONDOS Fall Sale Fri & Sat Oct 11 & 12, 8a-? Rain or shine! Off McCloud Rd.

Say: I SAW IT

in the

BIG GARAGE SALE Sat Only, Oct 12, 8a-3p at 3108 Bogie Ln. Take Cunningham Rd to Beaver Brook Rd to left on Bogie. Large variety of stuff!

DOWNSIZING SALE 3600 S. Fountain-crest Dr. Oct 10-12, 9a-4p. Mostly new items. Adidas TN fleece jackets, ca-tering & kitchen suppls, new & used clothes, tools, HH, new grills, Christ-mas items, iPhone accessories.

ESTATE SALE AN-TIQUES! Oct 12, 8a-5p. 10023 Norris Fwy, follow signs.

LARGE CARPORT SALE! 2927 Mynatt Rd. Oct 10 & 11. Rain or shine!

MEADOWCREST S/D. YARD SALE Sat Oct 12, 8a-noon. Emory & Pelleaux.

SALE OCT 11 & 12 at 6134 & 6136 Cline Rd. Books, furn, clothes, dishes, toys, HH items, deck table, carseat, prom dresses, sew-ing machine, vids, cakepans, trampo-line, dog pen. Fol-low signs from light at Halls High Sch.

North 225nTIMBERLAKE

COMMUNITY WIDE Fall Garage Sale on Fri. Oct 11 & Sat. Oct 12, 8a-3p

each day. Emory Rd. Greenwell to Crystal

Point (37938).

Boats Motors 2321989 19' Regal Merc.

Cruiser I/O, with trailer, good cond, $3500 obo. 423-365-0808

2006 CAROLINA Skiff 1980DLX with 2010 Evinrude 115HO ETEC, 100 hours, under warranty. All options on boat, battery charger, bimini, fishing seat, wireless remote trolling motor, Garmin GPS, Humminbird fish-finder, Stereo with remote, swim ladder, dual livewells, large cooler seat, upgraded console, lots of rod holders. Trailer. This is an excellent,

unsinkable fishing machine. $16,500 obo. Call Jeff 865-617-9173

2012 ZX190 Skeeter & Trlr 175 Yamaha Vmax mtr, 80 Minnkota trolling mtr, lots of electronics, low hrs. $29,900/bo. 865-233-2310; 865-405-1765

Eagle Boat Trailer, 31', tri-axle, alloy wheels, each axle 6,000 lbs., surge brakes, great cond., $4,200. 865-318-9399

SUNCHASER FISHING PONTOON 4 Corner 2007, very good condition. Yamaha 4 stroke 75, Mo-torguide 56 trolling mtr, Hummingbird 160 fish finder, onboard Minnkota charger, brand new cover. Call Jean 865-250-4056. $13,000/b.o.

***Web ID# 311619***

Boats Motors 232Yamaha Waverunner,

3 pass. w/trlr. Almost new. Less than 135 hrs. Beautiful blk & gold. Yamaha's most popular model. Just tuned up / oil change. Ready to go. Paid $9860; sell $5750. Bill in Spring City. 423-309-1501

Campers 2352007 Fleetwood pop up

camper, nice cond., 2 king beds, pull out, $4500. Call for pics 865-740-7146

Northgate RV Center New & Pre-Owned units We can also help you sell your RV on consignment

northgaterv.com or give us a call at

865-984-5953

Motor Homes 237FOUR WINDS Chateau

2010, 29 ft, Class C Ford V10. Loaded. Sleeps 7. 57k miles.

Immaculate. $34,900. 205-999-6823

PHAETAN by Tiffin, 2008, 36 ft., 9k mi., 4 slides, 3 TVs, 360

Cummings diesel w/lg. gen. $130,000. 865-306-1197

WINNEBAGO 2011 Aspect 28B, 2 slides, $75K. See online ad 931-287-0557

Motorcycles 2382005 SUZUKI 800cc S-50 Boulevard,

12.5K mi, gar. kept, $4,000. 865-919-6138

***Web ID# 311004***

CAN AM SPYDER 2011 RTS, 13k mi, many extras, under warr. Transf. maint. contract. $19,500. 865-740-9501 ***Web ID# 306839***

HARLEY SPORTSTER 1992, Fat Boy - tank, lowered, lg. rear tire,

low mi. $3000 firm. 865-382-5084.

Honda Goldwing Trike 2006, matching

Escapade trailer, 865-235-4725 aft 6pm

ATV’s 238aSuzuki 1998 250 cc, 6

sp w/rev., new tires, batt., good title. $1200. 865-368-9828 bef 7p

Autos Wanted 253A BETTER CASH

OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running

or not. 865-456-3500

Auto Accessories 2544 F-150 6 lug 18"

chrome rims, $100 each. Call 865-207-4564

Utility Trailers 255UTILITY TRAILERS

All Sizes Available 865-986-5626

smokeymountaintrailers.com

Vans 256DODGE GRAND

Caravan 2006, 61K mi., good tires. $8000.

Kingston 865-376-6765.

FORD Econoline E250 1995 Cargo, white, beautiful working van. $3600. 865-660-4547

4 Wheel Drive 258ATV 4 wheeler Bayou

300, older model, used very little, like new, garaged, never been wet. 865-693-9160; 256-9160

Toyota Tundra 2004 SR5, Ext cab, 70K mi, AT, FSBO, mint cond, $13,500 obo. 865-368-5385

***Web ID# 313562***

Antiques Classics 2601965 COBRA, beautiful

factory 5 replica, red w/black int., $35,000. 865-924-6993

***Web ID# 309778***

Sport Utility 261JEEP PATRIOT 2007,

66K miles, White w/gray int., $8,950. Call 865-657-9639

***Web ID# 306746***

KIA SPORTAGE 2009 EX, sunrf, lthr, AT, V6, gar. kept, 27K mi, $13,900. 865-357-3130.

LEXUS RX300 2001, all opts., AWD, tow pkg., great cond. 174K mi.,

$7500. 865-250-0062.

TOYOTA RAV 4 SPORT 2009, 104k mi, new tires, no mech. issues, $11,500. 601-569-1788

***Web ID# 311223***

Toyota Sequoia 2001, black, 4WD, heated leather seats, sunrf, 208K hwy mi, video monitor, $6100. 865-250-2831

***Web ID# 314123***

Imports 262BMW 330ci 2005 Conv.

NAV, Sports M Pkg, 18" Wheels, Gray, Sport HK, xclean, $14,900. 865-335-8771

BMW 750iL 2001, exc

cond, silver, 103K mi, leather seats, upgraded nav., backup camera, sat. radio, $10,760. 865-588-6250 M-F 8-5.

***Web ID# 310541***

HYUNDAI ALANTRA LTD 2013, dark blue, SR, 16k mi, $20,000. 865-250-6922

HYUNDAI ELANTRA GLS 2009, 1 owner,

exc. cond. 82,000 mi., $8995 obo. 865-984-3324

MERCEDES E350 2011, diesel, 4 dr, 28K mi, $11,700 in extras, non smoker, $41,000. 865-740-0990

VOLVO Convert. C-70 2004, sandstone, 107K mi, 1 owner, heated leather seats, great cond, CD plyr, $5300. 865-250-2831

***Web ID# 314131***

Sports 264CORVETTE 1991, extra

hood & bumper, needs work, $2000 tires/whls, red on red, $3800. 865-382-0668.

Domestic 265Buick LeSabre 1998

Custom V6 auto., fully equip., 80K mi, very good cond. $4100. 865-691-2336

DODGE Magnum R/T 2005, 62K orig mi, loaded, $12,900. Lenoir City 865-332-0036

FORD FUSION 2010, fully loaded, lthr. ht'd seats, sunrf., 66K mi., $14,000. 865-803-3318.

FORD MUSTANG GT 2006 Convertible,

22K mi., $20,700. Call 423-625-9448.

***Web ID# 308598***

Air Cond / Heating 301

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Alterations/Sewing 303ALTERATIONS

BY FAITH Men women, children.

Custom-tailored clothes for ladies of all

sizes plus kids! Faith Koker 938-1041

Auto Services 308

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Cement / Concrete 315

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Cleanin g 318BRENDA'S CLEAN-

ING SERVICE for home & office. Call 202-5645.

CHRISTIAN LADY CLEANING SER-VICE. Dependable, refs, Call Charlotte at 705-5943.

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

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

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

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

Elderly Care 324COMPASSIONATE

CAREGIVING and/or personalized transportation avail. Prefer elderly gen-tleman. Meal prep, shopping, doctor, lt hskeepng, etc. 8-10 hrs/day M-F, some Sat. Jose 947-1063

Excavating/Gradin g 326

^Bobcat/Backhoe. Small

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

Fencing 327FENCE WORK Instal-

lation & repair. Free est. 43 yrs exp! Call 689-9572.

Flooring 330

^CERAMIC TILE in-

stallation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328

Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER

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

Handyman 335CARPENTRY, PLUMBING,

painting, siding. Free est, 30+ yrs exp!

Call 607-2227.

Lawn Care 339

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FRED'S LAWN CARE

Mowing, weed-eating & blowing.

LOW RATES! Also minor mower repairs.

679-1161 �����������

Painting / Wallpaper 344CATHY'S PAINTING

& WALLPAPER REMOVAL. Call 454-1793 or 947-5688.

Powell's Painting & Remodeling - Resi-dential & Commercial. Free Estimates. 865-771-0609

Plumbing 348

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Pressure Washing 350PRESSURE WASH-

ING - Driveways, Houses, Decks, Fences. Residential & Commercial. Call 865-771-0609.

Remodeling 351CARPENTRY, VI-

NYL windows, drs, siding, flr jacking & leveling, painting, plumbing, elec, bsmnt waterproof-ing, hvac repair, in-sulation, tree work. Sr. Citizen Discount. 455-5042

Licensed General Contractor

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

rooms, garages, etc. Residential & commer-

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

SPROLES DESIGN CONSTRUCTION *Repairs/additions

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

Roofing / Siding 352

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Say: I SAW IT

in the

ALL TYPES roofing, guaranteed to fix any leak. Special coating for metal roofs, slate, chim-ney repair. Sr. Citi-zen Discount. Call 455-5042.

ROOF LEAK SPE-CIALIST. I repair shingle, rubber, tile & slate roofs. All types remodeling, chimney repair, floor jacking, car-pentry, plumbing. All work 100% guar. Day/night. 237-7788.

Stump Removal 355TREE WORK

& Power Stump Grinder. Free est,

50 yrs exp!

804-1034

Tree Service 357

^

^ BREEDEN'S

TREE SERVICE

Over 30 yrs. experience!

Trimming, removal,

stump grinding,

brush chipper,

aerial bucket truck.

Licensed & insured.

Free estimates!

219-9505

AFFORDABLEPLUMBING

Licensed & Insured

256-2039

’07 Ford Explorer XLT 4x4 16K miles, Extra c lean .............................

$25,930

’05 Nissan Frontier King CAB 2wd 32K miles ..................................................

$18,630

’05 Lincoln Navigator Ultimate, 4x4, Loaded, 24K

miles..................$33,150

’06 Ford Escape 4x4, 15K miles..................................................................

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The hallway to the kitchen and den is an art gallery where original paintings and sculpture are displayed. An 1890s French vanity made of heart pine and marble from an Atlanta antique store graces the lavatory just a few steps away from the 8-foot-tall kitchen doors. There’s a gas fi replace and a big-screen TV in the combina-tion den/home offi ce next to the kitchen, which features a commercial-grade gas range, custom cabinetry and ample countertops. Upstairs are four bedrooms and another bath and a half.

Out back there’s a screened-in porch adjacent to a deck overlooking a splashing fountain and formal garden. Plantings of hydrangeas, roses and ferns line the walkways, and a pair of tower-ing weeping yaupon holly trees frame a utility building.

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Bob, who is director of redevelopment for the

Melynda and Bob Whetsel sit on the front steps

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in historic Fourth & Gill city of Knoxville, lost count of the restorations they’ve done in historic Fourth & Gill. Melynda, a retired art teacher and a professional artist with an eye for design (many of the paintings in the house are her own, or done by her students), says she’s counted at least a dozen. She’s the one who discovered the little Victorian neighbor-hood in northeast Knoxville back in 1979.

Melynda is an Erwin native and UT gradu-ate who was teaching art and coaching tennis at Bearden Middle School when she met Bob, who grew up in Kingsport and moved to Knoxville in 1974 after getting his degree at Emory & Henry College, where he played football. He was teach-ing history and government and coaching foot-ball and tennis at Bearden High School. Their fi rst date was a tennis match. Melynda won (Bob says that’s because he was a novice and Melynda had grown up with a tennis court in her yard).

Anyhow, they clicked, and were married in 1978. They’d been looking for a house for a while when Melynda went to an in-service seminar at Zeke & Dan’s, a neighborhood restaurant and bar in a restored Victorian house on Fourth Avenue (now known as Sassy Ann’s). She fell in love with the big trees, wide sidewalks and af-fordable houses.

“I came home and told Bob, ‘I found this little Victorian neighborhood.’ We went down to look at it and parked in front of the neighborhood center. I was afraid to get out,” she said, smiling at the memory.

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to live in this neighborhood, but pretty soon, a lot of people just like us started moving in. None of us were ‘from here.’” Melynda said. Until last year, there had been a Whetsel on the board of directors of the neighborhood association every year since 1982. Melynda served three terms as president and presided over the neighborhood’s first tour of Homes in 1990, which

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Years went by, and the Whet-sels stayed in the community they helped to build, joining in neighborhood cooperatives to turn eyesores into new homes for new neighbors. It couldn’t have surprised any of their neighbors when the Whetsels bought the run-down Queen Anne across Lu-ttrell Street from the home where

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they’d raised their son, Jack.Melynda said she had a family

in mind when they started work-ing on the house at 1015 Luttrell.

“We built it for somebody else,” she said. “We intended to go for the historic tax credits, and we wanted lots of bells and whistles

The home’s Eastlake-inspired staircase was hidden under 15

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Glass doors lead into the Whetsels’ renovated kitchen.

as a selling point. Now we are the ones who get to enjoy it.”

Or, as Bob puts it, “We bought it to sell, but we got fi nancially and emotionally connected.”

“We bought it Dec. 6, 2005,” Melynda said. “I came over and hung a wreath on it.”

The two-story Queen Anne was built in 1890 as a single-family dwelling. Converted into a four-plex in the 1920s, it was vacant and falling in on itself by the time the Whetsels took ownership.

They spent the next two years working on it, tearing out panel-ing and dropped ceilings. It was a huge job, because of the sad shape the house was in and because it turned out to be deceptively large – 4,000 square feet.

“We did a gut rehab,” said Bob, who did much of the work himself. “Took it right down to the studs.”

“There were years and years of wallpaper and paint, wallpaper and paint, with paneling over it,” Melynda said. “The fl oors were vir-

gin timber, heart pine – all original except the back den. We had to use that wood to repair pieces of fl oor-ing. Every piece of wood in front is original to that room till you get back to the kitchen. Then it’s ‘Wel-come to the 21st Century!’ ”

This is the Whetsels’ third home on Luttrell Street.

“And it may not be our last,” Bob said. “We’re going to need to get into a smaller house one day.”

But in the meantime, they’re go-ing to enjoy the bells and whistles.

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Keeping your home in shape may not top

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“Investing a small amount for preventative fall home maintenance can save thousands in the long run,” Leah Ingram, person-al fi nance expert, says.

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■ Clean your chim-ney: Chimney mainte-nance is not optional. Deadly fi res, carbon mon-oxide poisoning and ex-pensive chimney repairs are serious consequences associated with neglected chimney maintenance.

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It has been said time and time again that home is where the heart is. This

is especially true when it comes to family and togeth-erness. The home is where we create so many cherished memories with friends and loved ones. Therefore, it is important to put a little ex-tra time and consideration into the living areas of the home since they often func-tion as the gathering place for everyday and special oc-casions.

The fi rst step in the cre-ative process should always be some careful planning.

“One of the most impor-tant things to do fi rst when planning any room or area in the home that will be used heavily by the whole

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The planning process will vary slightly depend-ing on which area of the home you are working on. Though the basic consider-ations will be similar, some areas require special atten-tion during the design por-tion of the project. Many

homeowners are now in-cluding specialized media rooms in their homes in or-der to create a special space for family entertainment.

“For a dedicated media room, sound insulation is important to keep noise in other parts of the home to a minimum. (In a theater room I designed), which was created in a previously unfi nished basement, the walls were insulated and then covered with decora-tive fabric panels inside decorative mouldings,” Carol says.“This treatment was not only functional,

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As with any home im-provement project, per-sonal style and budget play

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Agreement immediately upon conclusion of the bidding & will make an earnest money deposit of ten percent (10%) of the total sales price. A ten percent (10%) buyers premium will be added to the high bid to establish the total sales price. The balance is to be paid in full at the deed closing. Buyer is to obtain his/her own fi nancing. The contract will not be contingent upon fi nancing. Current taxes will be prorated at the date of closing. Directions: I40 to exit 398 Asheville Hwy to left on Strawberry Plains. Trentville Ridge Development on right. Follow auction signs.

ABSOLUTE AUCTIONSat., Oct. 26 • 10 AM, 121 Honey Ridge Way, Knoxville, TN 37924

ABSOLUTE AUCTIONTues., Oct., 29, 12 NOON • Dunsmore Lane, Corryton TN 37721

AUCTION CONDUCTED ON SITE16.77 beautiful acres. Auction will be conducted on site. Prime location just off Washington Pike within minutes to interstate & shopping. It would make a nice mini farm or great opportuity for developing. Currently zoned residential. Approx 10 acres is cleared & 6+ acres of woodland. Directions: From interstate N 640 take Washington Pike exit to left. Turn right onto Wahsington Pike at red light in front of Target. Continue on Wahsington Pike to right on Dunsmore Lane. Follow auction signs.Terms: The successful high bidder on this property will be required to sign the Real Estate Purchase Agreement immediately upon conclusion of the bidding and will make an earnest money deposit of ten percent (10%) of the total sales price. A ten percent (10%) buyers premium will be added to the high bid to establish the total sales price. The balance is to be paid in full at the deed closing. Buyer is to obtain his/her own fi nancing. The contract will not be contingent upon fi nancing. Current taxes will be prorated at the date of closing.

Shopper news • OCTOBER 7, 2013 • MY-7

Today’s technology makes those pesky

tasks of washing, drying and folding your beloved garments easier than ever before. Gain inspiration for a laundry room update with cutting-edge solutions that work hard to get your clothes squeaky clean and may even make the chore fun.

Laundry room meets entertainment center

Newly constructed homes are starting to include laundry rooms with all the bells and whistles. For those wanting to be entertained while fold-

ing their garb, mounted fl at-screen televisions will ensure you don’t miss a minute of your favorite show. Other ornate laundry facilities include a space for your laptop for the most serious multitasking indi-viduals.

High-effi ciencytopload washers

The traditional topload washer has received a well-deserved makeover. New technology has enabled that familiar washer you grew up with to be consid-ered high-effi ciency (HE) and is the fastest growing category in home laundry

appliances. Though HE models typically cost more upfront, consumers can save money over the life of the product because they use less energy and water. These washers, such as the GE HE topload washer, spin clothes at a higher speed, thus removing more mois-ture. This cuts down on time and energy used with a dryer. For more informa-tion, visit www.geappli-ances.com.

ColorfulGone are the days of dull

laundry rooms and washers and dryers only available in white. The laundry room is much more colorful today

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as appliance manufacturers roll out bright and cheerful appliances, such as ruby red and champagne. The home trend of grey has also hit the laundry room as more subdued and classic shades, such as metallic

carbon, are gaining popu-larity.

Dispensing and stain removal advancements

High-tech features, such as GE SmartDispense,

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dole out the right amount of detergent based on soil level, fabric and cycle type. The feature can even store up to a two-month supply of laundry detergent and softener inside the washer. A built-in stain removal guide tackles common clothing stains such as oil, grass and dirt, while a steam option relaxes fabric and helps loosen set-in stains.

Sophisticated sinksUtility sinks are a must

for laundry rooms of larger families or for those outdoorsy individuals who tend to get a little dirty. Many new sinks offer soap dispensers, while higher-end versions offer a hands-free option for both the dispenser and the faucet. Some models even include spa-type water jets with special settings that blast stains and debris from gar-ments based on the nature of the fabric.

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MY-8 • OCTOBER 7, 2013 • Shopper news

Having trouble keeping your home comfortable year-

round? You’re not alone. The aver-age mid-size U.S. home has a stag-gering half mile of gaps and cracks that outside air, including dust and allergens, can infi ltrate and that inside, conditioned air can leak out of, according to the Air Barrier Association of America.

Just as you wouldn’t want to leave a window open in winter or summer, you don’t want to let gaps and small holes around windows, doors, plumbing penetrations and electrical outlets go unaddressed.

By doing some straightforward air sealing and insulating projects around the home, homeowners can typically save up to 30 percent on home energy costs, according to the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET). Even if you’re not that handy, you’re in luck. Sealing your home is as simple as knowing your 1,2,3’s and ABC’s.

All you need to get started: ■ One sealant: An inexpen-

sive product can do the trick. Opt for a versatile sealant, such as Great Stuff Insulating Foam Seal-ant, to tackle a series of sealing projects around the home.

■ Two Hours: It only takes a couple of hours to seal all those gaps and cracks that cause drafts in your home. Doing so will per-manently increase the comfort, performance and energy-effi cien-cy of your house. For a complete home sealing project checklist, visit www.GreatStuff.dow.com/pdfs/checklist.pdf.

■ Three Locations: Three key locations will be impacted the most by air sealing projects – the attic, basement and central living space.

So where should you start look-ing? An easy trick to remember is the ABC’s of air sealing:

• A is for Attic: The attic is one of the main places in the home you’re likely to lose heat. So in ad-dition to adding insulation, seal around the attic door to help keep air from escaping. You’ll keep heat inside your living space and make your family comfortable year-round by sealing the attic tightly to prevent drafts.

• B is for Basement: It’s damp, dark and cold, and often one of the largest air leakage cul-prits in the home. It’s also the most accessible, making it an ex-cellent place to start sealing to prevent cooler air from seeping into the rest of your house.

• C is for Central Living Ar-eas: Don’t neglect the most traf-fi cked areas of your house where you eat, sleep, watch TV and

hang out. Fill the gaps and cracks in your living spaces – includ-ing around electrical outlets and plumbing penetrations – to pre-vent drafts throughout the year that directly impact the comfort of the home.

By sealing plumbing penetra-tions with sealants like Great Stuff Insulating Foam Sealants, homeowners can begin to see fi -nancial returns after less than half a month, saving $45 annu-ally, according to a recent study conducted by Dow Building Solu-tions and DR Nelson & Associates.

By following easy steps to seal your home, you can put a little extra spending money in your pocket and increase the overall comfort, performance and energy effi ciency of your home.

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