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Volume 19, No. 1, Section A

January 2019

Welcome to Red Rock Country Sedona, Arizona

rom the very first glimpse of the glorious Sedona red rock landscape, visitors feel the majesty and mystery of a place sacred to its earliest prehistoric settlers. It’s been said, “God created the Grand Canyon, but He lives in Sedona.” It is awesome, yet it invites personal exploration. Above plains and canyons soar brilliantly hued cliffs and rugged spires of sandstone sculpted by eons of ocean tides and desert winds. It is a 25 square mile enclave surrounded by vast stretches of national and state forestlands that make Sedona seem like a world apart. Located two hours north of Phoenix and 30 miles south of the Flagstaff peaks, Sedona’s mild four-season climate and high desert terrain assure good year-round weather for vacationers and outdoor enthusiasts. Oak Creek Canyon, a spectacular 16-mile gorge with streams and waterfalls between sheer rock walls, beckons hikers, campers, and fishermen. It has been termed by Rand McNally as one of the eight most scenic drives in America. Nearly four million travelers visited

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Sedona last year, rivaling the Grand Canyon, just two-and-a-half hours north, as a world class destination. Yet the influx does not disturb the small town ambiance that is part of Sedona’s charm. Shopping plazas, gift boutiques, galleries, and restaurants abound. Tlaquepaque – an Indian name meaning “the best of everything” – is modeled after a Mexican village, made up of quaint courtyards surrounded by specialty shops, galleries, and restaurants. First popularized by Zane Grey’s “Call of the Canyon,” Sedona became the backdrop for many films shot on location in the early ’20s. Since then, Hollywood has made the area its back lot, bringing the film stars of each era. Gene Autry, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Rock Hudson, Elvis Presley, and Robert DeNiro mingled with townsfolk who often appeared as extras. Several celebrities made Sedona their home, including Lucille Ball, Orson Welles, Jane Russell, Walt Disney, Sean Young, Donald O’Connor, and Ann Miller. As an art community, Sedona has found

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recognition worldwide. Surrealist painter and sculptor, Max Ernst, first settled here in 1950 and attracted other artists and writers of his time. In 1965, the Cowboy Artists of America was founded by a group of western painters as comfortable on the range as with oils. In the spirit of Frederic Remington, the group has created a significant genre of modern art. Where artists flourish, so do galleries. Sedona boasts more than 40 showcases for contemporary arts and crafts, as well as Native American arts. The cultural calendar is filled with gallery openings, art, and music events, as well as local theater productions. New Age settlers and spiritual seekers have found Sedona a very desirable location for healing and emotional rejuvenation. In the mid-1970s, they proclaimed their discovery of four major electromagnetic energy sources called vortexes. Today a community of alternative healing practitioners provide a varied schedule of workshops and events. When the day wanes and the jeep tour,

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hiking, and shopping have taken their toll, visitors turn their attention to the magnificent sunsets. It’s easy to understand why the Anasazi Indians chose to settle here centuries ago and why Carl and Sedona Schnebly – for whom the city was named – made the same decision in 1902.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Slide Rock is America’s favorite Arizona State Park, providing a natural water slide that invites everyone to be a kid again. Carved by the cascading waters of Oak Creek, the smooth sloping ledges curve downstream, carrying even the most resistant along in the current. Pools for swimming abound, and trout fishing enthusiasts can wet their lines. Shaded by cottonwoods and sycamores along the canyon walls, hikers can explore the trails, and the less athletic can relax at picnic tables in the meadow. Slide Rock exists as a State Park because of the personal experiences of Bruce continued on page 2A ...

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Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior during the Clinton Administration. As a child, his Flagstaff family visited friends in Sedona to picnic and splash down the magical rock slides. In 1981, then Arizona Governor Babbitt wanted to share those memories with his young son. The return visit, however, revealed that years of public misuse had taken its toll on the property. He was appalled and immediately initiated steps that would restore the original beauty of this setting. His appointed task force resulted in a non-profit foundation that purchased the land. The 53-acre park was originally homesteaded by farmers in the late 1800s. Frank Pendley, one of the earliest landholders, was the first to successfully grow apples. His irrigation ditch, dug in 1912, still serves the orchards that flourish today. Several original structures, recently refurbished, remain in the park. They were used as sets for the 1953 film “Gun Fury,” which starred Rock Hudson and Donna Reed. In June 1985, Bruce Babbitt stood where he had once played and dedicated the site to the State of Arizona. “This State Park will be developed in a manner that will honor some extraordinary pioneers,” he told the gathering, which included some proud descendants of Frank Pendley. Sedona’s newest park, Red Rock State Park, was dedicated in 1991. With a mission of preserving the riparian habitat along Oak Creek, it offers an

environmental information center, as well as wonderful locations for hiking, biking, birding, and fishing. The 286 acres were originally part of the “Smoke Trail Ranch” owned by Jack and Helen Frye. Jack Frye, then president of TWA, purchased the land in 1941 to develop into their vacation retreat, and, in 1946, he started construction. Using stone, rock, and timber from the area, the house resembled a pueblo. Much of it was built by the Yavapai-Apache Indians, who camped along the creek. The smoke from their fires led to the name “House of Apache Fire.” The park affords three main trails designed to appeal to every energy level. The Smoke Trail follows the creek and is an easy half mile through the lush wooded area. The Apache Fire Trail of 1.7 miles includes the Frye property, and the almost two-mile Eagle’s Nest Overlook Trail offers spectacular views, as the name promises. Protecting the ecosystem of the area requires unique rules. Swimming and wading are prohibited. There is no overnight camping, and visitors must remain on designated trails and roadways and pack out what they bring in. Sedona offers an abundance of hiking trails and photo opportunities, but you would be missing some of the best if you didn’t take time for these two magical, natural preserves. For more information, visit www.visitsedona.com.

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CHEO Presents Special Showings of Two Docu-Series: “The Truth About Pet Cancer” and “Essential Oils for Abundant Living” January 16 at 6:15 at the Lenoir City Welcome Center

he Truth About Pet Cancer: The Pet Food Industry/ Healthy Diets/Ketosis & Nutrigenomics Episode 2 will cover some inside information on the pet food industry. We will learn about species appropriate diets, epigenetics, facts on GMOs, herbicides like Roundup, and cooked commercial pet food also known as kibbles. Essential Oils for Abundant Living with Dr. Eric Zielinski and Sabrina Zielinski – Setting the Foundation: Essential Oil Topical Application Guide and Safety Tips – Lesson 3, and Essential Oil Internal Use Guide and Safety

Tips – Lesson 4. Please arrive at 6:15 so we can begin promptly. A short discussion will follow, time permitting. Please note that CHEO “Movie Nights” (DocuSeries) will be held on the third Wednesday of the month in 2019. CHEO programs are open to the public and free for members, with a $10 suggested minimum donation for all guests. CHEO is a non-profit organization supporting wholistic and integrative wellness. CHEO provides the community with many

opportunities to discover pathways to well-being. For more information, call Diane Minch at 423-884-6031 or visit www.cheoknox.org. Directions to Loudon Visitors’ Bureau/Welcome Center, located at 1075 US-321 in Lenoir City: The Center is conveniently located and easy to find on Hwy 321 across from Shoney’s. Take exit 81 off of I-75. Make a left at the Visitor’s Bureau and park behind the building. Enter through lower level back door.

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considering new color schemes, wallpaper, tile, carpeting, and hardwood flooring, but what about your home’s furnishings, art, accent rugs, and home décor? Updating your home can be an expensive undertaking, and if you’re closely watching your budget during retirement, like most of us, you’re likely in search of cost-effective solutions to your New Year’s updating resolution. Here’s how Premiere Consignment can help you. Premiere Consignment takes delivery of gently used, name brand furniture, home décor items, art, and Oriental rugs every day from homeowners who have relocated here from other areas of the country, in addition to items from homeowners who have downsized and from estate sales. Premiere Consignment features art from well-known regional and national artists, furniture from Henredon, Lane, La-Z-Boy, Bernhardt, Hooker, Stickley, Drexel, Bassett, and more, and quality Oriental rugs from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Turkey, and beyond. One other thing you’ll discover at Premiere Consignment is savings of up to 90% off original full retail pricing, providing you with the financial incentive to tackle any New Year’s home updating resolution. Interested? The best place to start is by making a list of furniture, art, décor, and area rugs you are considering in your home’s update. Second, visit Premiere Consignment with your list. We can show you the inventory we have on hand and contact you in the future when we take delivery of items on your list. The other way is to visit us often, as new inventory items arrive almost every day.

If you’re ready to act on your New Year’s home decorating update resolution, why not visit us today at Premiere Consignment in nearby Tellico Village and begin enjoying that new upscale, showroom quality look you’ve been dreaming of for 2019? Premiere Consignment 320 Lakeside Plaza Loudon, TN 37774 865-458-9721 www.premiereconsignment.com

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GOLF FRONT $429,000 MLS 1036746 124 Geya Circle 4BR / 3.5 BA 3308 sq. ft.

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LAKE FRONT w/PRIVATE DOCK $1,499,999 MLS 1032187 140 Ganega Trail 5BR / 5.5BA 6900 sq.ft. 3 Car Garage, Pool, Guest House, Outdoor Kitchen

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P.O. Box 432, Vonore, TN 37885 • 865-856-6463

January, 2019

Vol. 19 No. 1

elcome to the January, 2019 edition of East Tennessee’s Mountain Views. Our publication’s goal is to be the most comprehensive source of information for those that reside in the area as well as those who are looking to relocate to the area. Future articles will highlight the beautiful Smoky Mountain region - its scenery and points of interest as well as its history. We also will provide articles that will acclimate you to the area and give you information that will benefit you personally. We hope you enjoy our publication!

Publisher & Editor, Judy Irmen Sales & Marketing Director, Tom Irmen Serving residents and out-of-state property owners of Tellico Village, Kahite, Rarity Bay, Windriver, Rarity Meadows, Avalon Golf Community, ConKinnon, Miller’s Landing, Harbour Place, Tellico Harbor, Foothills Pointe, Thunder Pointe, Tennessee National, Willow Creek, Telliquah Preserve, The Cascades, The Meadows and Lakeview Farms. East Tennessee’s Mountain Views is published monthly. P.O. Box 432, Vonore, TN 37885 For advertising information contact East Tennessee’s Mountain Views, LLC at 865-856-6463 Monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm Website: www.etmv.com E-Mail: irmenjudy@everythingknoxville.com East Tennessee’s Mountain Views, LLC does not accept any responsibility or liability for the content of, promises made, or the quality/reliability of the products or services offered by third part advertisements contained in this publication. © 2001-2019 East Tennessee’s Mountain Views, LLC

East Tennessee’s Mountain Views is independently owned and operated.

January Highlights From the Publisher

he start of a New Year is usually a time of looking ahead. It’s a time of new beginnings and resolutions when we consider new opportunities and make adjustments in our personal, financial, and business lives. Although I look ahead to the New Year, I always like to look back over the past year and remember all that has occurred. It is my time to consider all the opportunities that were offered and acted upon and also to consider some lost opportunities, vowing not to lose them again if they come my way in the New Year. For me, the last year was one of consolidation, simplification, and organization in all business, financial, and personal matters. It was a year of taking on new technology, like cutting the cable in favor of streaming and taking on a personal assistant. “Alexa” has become my newest “best friend.” My health was kept on track with my smartwatch by monitoring my activity goals and always reminding me to stay active and alerting me when I fell short of my goals. 2018 was a year of saying goodbye to a few friends and family members (some taken suddenly) but also saying hello to new additions to the family. We welcomed baby girl Macyn LaVerne Ann and baby girl Dvorah to our extended family. It also was a year of making new friends and meeting new business owners who now have become friends. So much more has happened in 2018, and in looking back, I am excited to look ahead to 2019 and see what adventures are in store for Tom and me and for all our personal and business friends and families. We at East Tennessee’s Mountain Views wish all of you a very happy and prosperous New Year and look forward to serving the small business community in 2019.

Tom & Judy

Judy Irmen, Publisher / Editor Tom Irmen, Director of Sales and Marketing

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n-trend typically has not been an expression used in the past to describe Amish handcrafted furniture unless you have visited Amish Excellence recently. Our Amish craftsmen have combined the skills they have acquired throughout generations with cutting-edge designs to create on-trend designs that can work in nearly every setting within your home, regardless of your personal tastes. Of course the major benefit for our customers is not only the availability of furniture pieces that embrace currently popular designs, but also the fact that they are investing in the highest quality made furniture available anywhere, directly from our personally selected Amish craftsmen who produce your furniture, one piece at a time, in small woodworking shops located on family farms just as they have for centuries. With a passion for quality, our craftsmen create custom-made furniture from 100% American hardwoods, using what I like to describe as the “softer side” of Amish furniture design, which combines rich and luxurious leathers and an extensive array of fabrics to create exquisite upholstered bedroom furniture, sofas, love seats, recliners, rockers, side chairs, and more. Add to this a broad palette of paints, stains, and finishes that you will not likely find at the big box furniture stores and you can take pride in knowing that your fine furniture pieces are one-of-a-kind originals that are not manufactured by the hundreds and thousands on an off-shore assembly line. Another trend I’ve recognized as of late is the growing desire to both buy American and to become more environmentally friendly. All of our furniture is manufactured from 100% sustainable American hardwoods by Amish craftsmen who have earned a reputation of being true stewards of the land. I would like to personally invite you to visit our newly expanded showroom and to discover for yourself the latest in on-trend and American original furniture pieces from the finest Amish craftsmen in America. Prepare to be amazed! Amish Excellence 613 N. Campbell Station Road Knoxville, TN 37934 865-392-6000 www.amishexcellence.com Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4

Display Advertising: Contact East Tennessee’s Mountain Views for information on display advertising. Advertising and Article Submission Deadlines: The 10th of each month prior to the next month’s publication. Subscriptions: East Tennessee’s Mountain Views is a free publication to residents and non-resident property owners of the communities listed above. Those residing outside of these communities can receive East Tennessee’s Mountain Views for a mailing and handling fee of $24 per year. To receive our publication, please send a non-refundable payment of $24 made payable to East Tennessee’s Mountain Views to the above address. Classifieds: Typed or neatly written up to 100 characters should be mailed with a check for $11.50 payable to East Tennessee’s Mountian Views, LLC to the above address by the 7th of each month for inclusion in the next month’s publication. Add $2.00 for each additional 20 characters or fraction thereof. Classified ads are not accepted by telephone. Change of Address: Send address changes to the above address 4 weeks in advance of address change. The publisher is not responsible for missed copies due to delayed receipt of address change. Publisher’s Notice: The views and opinions expressed by our contributing writers and advertisers do not necessarily represent the views of the publisher. At its sole discretion the publisher may refuse any advertisement or article for any reason.

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Jim Doyel

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Tellico Village Lions Support the Philadelphia School Leo Club

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eo Clubs are a subordinate organization of Lions Clubs International that focus on youngsters of middle and high school age working to instill in these students a sense of community service in keeping with the Lions motto of “We Serve.” Clubs are organized in schools at both levels and have a nearby Lions Club as a sponsor. Another requirement is that a member of the school faculty act as a faculty sponsor. Typically the Leo Club meets weekly either before or after normal class periods. Several years ago the TV Lions assumed sponsorship of the Leo Club in the Philadelphia school. Currently the club has 21 members, and Beth Sandidge, an art teacher, serves as sponsoring teacher. Also, thanks to the efforts of two members of the TV Lions, Rosie Sylvester and Ron Lockhart, working closely with Ms. Sandidge, the club has recently been reenergized and accomplished a number of significant activities, most focusing on the local community. In order to maintain their membership in good standing, the students are required to attend all meetings, with only one absence permitted. In addition, they are required to perform 10 hours of community service each school year. Recently the club completed or is planning for five major activities focusing either on in-school service or service to the community. The first school activity was “Creekfest.” In this activity, the club supported family night at the school doing face painting for younger children attending the event, operating a concession stand, and

Rosie Sylvester, TV Club sponsor, standing with two club members, Addison Garner and Garrett Giles, who are showing off their new club t-shirts

performing a variety of miscellaneous chores to ensure it was a smoothly operated evening. The funds that the club raised went toward replacing damaged playground equipment on the school grounds. The second activity is called “Pride Patrol.” This activity takes place each Friday and requires the club members to work with the school police liaison officer and an adult volunteer to look for safety issues on school grounds and correct them insofar as possible. This activity also requires the club members to assist in a Panther-Pack type program, where food is packaged for indigent children to take home and be able to have healthy meals on the weekend. On an on-going basis, the club members also provide assistance during parent-teacher conferences, assisting parents in finding the correct rooms for their conferences and

assisting in other ways to ensure the evening runs smoothly. On December 1, the club provided support to “Run LoCo.” This was a full and half marathon and 5K race run in Lenoir City and Loudon County for the benefit of teachers and students in the Loudon County schools. It also supports Leadership Loudon County. The Leos provided general support, including traffic control of the runners, water distribution, and other similar tasks deemed necessary by the sponsors. The last activity, which is currently in the planning stage, is the annual school dance. Club members plan the dance and manage and operate activities that take place during the dance. These include various contests, a refreshment stand, DJ duties, and other tasks as necessary to ensure all attendees have an enjoyable evening. This event is a major fundraiser for the club, providing funds for ongoing activities, as well as a year-end field trip the club takes. Away from the school, the Leo Club also helps the TV Lions in two of the club’s fundraisers: Oktoberfest and the Chili/Soup dinner. In both, the students work mainly in assisting attendees get into the Yacht Club or finding seating in the CLC. An interesting note on the impact that membership in a Leo Club can have can be found in the current District 12N Governor, Lion Brandon Johnson. He is one of the youngest District Governors in the country and got his start in Lionism as a Leo Club member.

January Events at The Public Library at Tellico Village January 15 from 10 to 11:30 am

Ken King – Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms. Team Leader of one team at Waco, TX, standoff. He will give a presentation about the Branch Davidians and the raid itself. No charge, but please register by calling library at 865-458-5199.

January 16 from 1 to 2 pm Diabetic Neuropathy presented by Dr. Mag Abdu, PT, of Lenoir City Physiotherapy Clinic. No charge, but please register by calling library at 865-458-5199.

January 21 Library closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

January 22 from 10 to 11 am Dick Cross, former CIA security officer will discuss report from House Select Committee on Assassinations released from National Archives in 2017. The report states evidence of conspiracy in the JFK assassination. No charge, but please register by calling library at 865-458-5199.

January 31 from 10 to 11 am Gerald Augustus from the Civil War Roundtable will give a presentation on the Battle of Campbell’s Station in the Civil War. This battle, which occurred in November 1863, was the pivotal fighting that resulted in a final Union victory in East Tennessee. The race from Loudon to Campbell’s Station decided whether to Union or Confederate forces were going to control East Tennessee. Please call the library at 865-458-5199 to reserve a seat.

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learn: » What spirit guides, guardian angels, and angels are » How to know they are here » How to work with them You’ll leave understanding that we are never really alone, even when we think we are. There is always support for us, in things large and small. Lisa will also teach you a quick exercise you can do at home to tune in and feel more connected. Door prizes will be drawn! Please note that the Rarity Bay CHEO programs will be on Thursdays in 2019. CHEO programs are open to the public and free for members, with a $10 suggested minimum donation for all guests. CHEO is a non-profit organization supporting wholistic and integrative wellness. CHEO provides the community with many opportunities to discover pathways to well-being. For more information, call Diane Minch at 423884-6031 or visit www.cheoknox.org. Directions to Rarity Bay: From I-75, exit #72, which is Hwy 72, towards and through Loudon for exactly 13 miles. Turn left into Rarity Bay. From Hwy 411, go west on Hwy 72 for 2.5 miles. Make a right turn at the Rarity Bay entrance. The Community Activity Center is the second building on the right.

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New Year Fresh Start

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By Christina Fitzwilliam, Co-Owner of Surface Doc

have a confession: I am not a clean freak. As much as my husband may wish I was, he didn’t get that in the “package” when we said “I do.” Don’t get me wrong, I love a clean house, but I just don’t have the eye or determination to obtain the level of perfection I see in others. I can KEEP something tidy if it starts clean, but if it’s already a mess, I often don’t know WHERE to start. A while back we had a huge party. Our guests made several trips in and out, and by the time they left, our floors were filthy. Much of the dirt had been ground into the carpet, as well as the tile and grout. I was completely overwhelmed. I looked at my husband with my puppy dog eyes hoping he would whip out the “equipment.” Instead, he told me all we needed to do was to wipe the tile and grout with hot water and to simply vacuum the carpets. To my astonishment, ALL traces of the party were erased. Earlier that year we had deep-cleaned and sealed our tile and grout, and John had used Teflon guard on our cleaned carpets. Never had our floors been put to such a test, but because we had been proactive, they were back to perfection with minimal effort. If your carpets experienced some abuse this season, you will want to address the problem before it gets out of hand. After an intensive deep-down sanitizing clean, which ensures the entire carpet structure is clean and sanitized, you may opt to apply a Teflon guard. This additional step acts as a layer of protection to the carpet fiber to reduce wear, as well as to repel soil. Tile and grout is where we really shine. Using state-ofthe-art equipment, Surface Doc uses a perfect combination of pressure, heat, and extraction to remove all foreign contaminants from floors, leaving them deep-down clean and sanitized. Homeowners are then offered the option to seal, which further protects the integrity of the floor and makes maintenance a breeze. Perhaps this holiday season was particularly brutal to your home and you need a professional cleaning company. Let Surface Doc help you get your home in tip-top shape to start the New Year. You will find it much easier to maintain a clean home if you start with clean. Call John today at 865-567-1986 or visit www. SurfaceDoc.com. Surface Doc 865-567-1986 www.surfacedoc.com

appy New Year from CH Interiors & Gifts! After the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, it’s time to focus on new beginnings. Are there themes of health, friendship, and generosity on your list of resolutions? Start off 2019 with these ideas and events – all great ways to indulge, connect, and give!

New Year, New Items! We’ll never say “out with the old” to customer favorites, but we do love bringing in new items that we believe customers will love to purchase for themselves and give as gifts. Each product line is thoughtfully selected based on quality and the story behind the vendor – we value local production and other small businesses who give back to their communities and causes. A visit to the store this month is sure to delight, as we have new arrivals scheduled every week in January: Charming greeting cards and gift books, elegant and fun jewelry, adorable books and toys for kids and baby, giftable home décor, an expanded offering of gourmet foods, and many other surprises!

Sip & Sample: January 17th from 5 to 7 pm Every third Thursday of the month CH will host a “Sip & Sample” event! Grab a friend, head over to CH, and thaw out from the chilly winter weather with warm treats and atmosphere! Sip on a cup of Harney & Sons fine tea or a hot drink made with our Mulling Spices, and sample our delicious Chili Fixin’s with a side of Soberdough Cornbread. All food items are locally sourced in Tennessee and will be available for purchase. Be sure to RSVP for this event on facebook (@chinteriorsandgifts) or in the store to enter our raffle: We will draw one lucky name at the beginning of each Sip & Sample for a free item and gift card! Wishing you a blessed New Year and look forward to seeing you in the shop this month!

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ith the arrival of the New Year, we often find ourselves in moments of reflection in our lives. This can be a wonderful opportunity to take a look at the decisions we make in choosing a style for our hair. Stylists are continually shocked at how many people

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When it comes to hair, a default setting simply describes the style where their hair presents the least amount of problems for them on a daily basis. Brian K. Whitehead There are several mitigating Managing Partner circumstances that can The Village Salon eliminate certain styles until you are left with the only The Village Salon workable choice, and that 222 Village Square becomes your default setting. in Tellico Village Factors that can contribute 865-458-9332 to making certain styles an thevillagesalon@aol.com impossibility include hairline, neckline, thickness, texture, curl, and even maintenance habits. When these factors are taken to consideration by a good stylist and their guest, a default setting can be discovered and become a style that is worn for many years. If it is discovered that one of our guests is wearing their hair the same way simply because of their reluctance to change, then the arrival of the New Year is a wonderful time to implement a change. Simply consult your stylist to determine if your 20+ year old style is a result of it being your default setting or if it is a result of your own inability to change your style.

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Superior Design • Exceptional Quality • Affordable By Megan Thomas, Co-Owner of Knox Cabinet Co.

et me begin by thanking all of you for your overwhelming support and encouragement to the launch of Knox Cabinet Co. Your response has far exceeded our expectations. We remain committed to becoming East Tennessee’s premier kitchen, bath, and cabinet design center featuring quality design and cabinetry at price points that meet each of our client’s needs. We are pleased as well to announce the addition of our newest line of cabinetry to our already full line of quality cabinets. Manufactured right here in our own state of Tennessee, we are proud to introduce cabinets from Kabinart Kitchens. For more than 60 years, Kabinart has earned a reputation for expertly crafted, all-wood cabinetry and design excellence. Like all the cabinets we offer, we only use solid woods and not the particle board and MDF found in many of the cabinets manufactured by even brand name manufacturers. In addition to featuring all solid wood construction,

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all of our cabinetry includes dovetail drawers, soft-close doors and drawers, and premium quality hardware. Also, Kabinart offers a 10-year limited warranty, easily adjustable shelving, and a multi-step finish system designed to achieve a high-quality and long lasting finish. But what really differentiates Knox Cabinet Co. in today’s cabinetry marketplace goes far beyond quality and affordability. It is our commitment to design – a commitment to create that showcase quality look in your home’s kitchen, bath, den, office, or family area. I would like to personally invite you to discover the Knox Cabinet Co. difference by visiting us at our design center and showroom in nearby Hardin Valley. Discover the truly affordable showcase kitchen and bath that you can create in your own home at Knox Cabinet Co., where you won’t have to sacrifice design excellence or quality. Knox Cabinet Co. 10238 Hardin Valley Road Knoxville, TN 37932 865-674-5669 www.knoxcabinetcompany.com

It’s a New Year… A New, Organized You!

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keep, donate, or toss. Then organize clothes by style, color, and season so everything can be seen at a glance. Add shelving so shoes can be easily seen. Install belt or scarf racks to end the search for disappearing accessories. If your closet is a wire system, consider investing in an affordable, custom-designed closet to maximize available space. A custom closet can add 30% more storage space than wire shelving

or do-it-yourself kits.

Stay Organized

Keep everything in order by spending just 15 minutes a day decluttering. An organized home reduces stress by also decluttering your mind so you can focus on the important things in life. From the closet to the garage, Tailored Living can help organize every room in the house. Using 3D design software, Tailored Living’s

organization specialists listen to your needs, create a computer model of your new system, and provide a quote – all in one visit. With Tailored Living helping you get organized, this is one New Year’s resolution you can keep! Tailored Living featuring PremierGarage 865-947-8686 www.TailoredLivingKnoxville.com

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he New Year is the perfect time to hit the reset button. In fact, one of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to get more organized. Why? Research reveals that on average, we waste 10 minutes a day – 2.5 days a year – looking for things we’ve misplaced. It clearly pays to get organized, because time is one commodity we can’t recover. Everyone knows a Sentimental Sherry or Hoarding Homer who hang on to stacks of old magazines, bags of Beanie Babies, or an over-stuffed closet of clothes that haven’t been worn in years. And in the garage… well, that ends up being storage for everything that won’t fit in the house! There are also benefits from being organized, such as reducing stress and generating greater productivity. However, getting organized can often feel overwhelming, so here are some tips on getting started.

Schedule the Time to Organize

Like any other appointment, plan time to organize. If you don’t plan the time, it’s too easy to put it off until another time, which means it may never get done.

Start Small

Trying to organize your entire house in a week is enthusiastic but unrealistic. Start with a space that’s an organizational priority, or choose one closet or even a drawer. Small victories in organizing will encourage you to focus on bigger projects.

Clear the Clutter

In each room remove items that are no longer needed. Place them in piles for donating, recycling, or tossing away. Then make a list of organizational items you need, such as additional shelving in the children’s rooms or cabinets in the laundry.

Straighten Up the Garage and Front Entry

One of the most important areas of the house to keep neat is the entrance to your home. If you always enter and exit through disorder, you’ll carry that clutter – emotionally and physically – into the rest of your home and out into the world. Having a clean entryway and garage flows into the rest of your home and life.

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To help you get organized, invite a friend over so it feels more celebratory as you decide what items to

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Zoo Knoxville Offers $5 off Winter Admission

oo Knoxville is offering $5 off admission tickets during Kroger Discount Days now through February 28. During Kroger Discount Days, guests can discover why winter is an enjoyable time to visit the zoo. Many animals, including red pandas, river otters, elephants, gorillas, red wolves, lions, and tigers, enjoy the cooler temperatures. On days when the temperature drops below 40 degrees, some animals will be moved indoors, but visitors can still see most in their indoor viewing areas. The Pilot Flying J Wee Play Adventure is a popular indoor area that’s a warm stop for creative play and reptile viewing during visits as well. Discounted tickets can be purchased at the zoo ticket window during regular zoo hours and online at www.zooknoxville.org. Discounted admission tickets must be used by February 28 and cannot be combined with any other promotion, discount, or coupon. Zoo Knoxville is a non-profit entity situated on 53 wooded acres just east of downtown Knoxville. Zoo Knoxville features exhibits of wild animals in natural habitats and is world renowned for its efforts in conservation and species survival. Zoo Knoxville is nationally accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and is committed to the highest standards in animal care and well-being, ethics, conservation, and education. Knoxville’s largest attraction, the zoo is open every day except Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Currently the zoo is open from 10 am to 4 pm daily. Admission and ticket sales stop one-hour before the zoo closes. For more information, visit www.zooknoxville.org.

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By Peggy Cones, Owner of Cones Cupboard Antiques

would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your support of Cones Cupboard Antiques during this holiday season, as well as your participation in our annual Small Town Christmas and Cookie Crawl. As our way of thanking you, Cones Cupboard Antiques is offering up to 50% off all of our remaining holiday merchandise and 25% off all furniture through January 31, 2019. You will also discover other unadvertised specials throughout the store. Also, while you’re visiting, I encourage you to look at our extensive collection of hand-selected antiques, vintage items, rare books, china, and silver, in addition to our wide selection of gifts for all occasions. Cones Cupboard Antiques offers hand-crafted candles, garden décor, retro items, and more. Antiques, perhaps not often thought of as gifts, can actually make the ideal gift that

can become a family legacy item that will be shared by the gift’s recipient and future generations as well. Unlike so many of today’s fad gifts, antiques, particularly furniture, tell the story of the item’s skilled artisan, the family that cherished the piece over several generations, and the family that will cherish its rich history for many generations to come. Make plans to visit Cones Cupboard Antiques in historic downtown Sweetwater and let me share with you our treasures, all of which have been discovered by me during my many trips throughout the country in search of the very best value in antiques. Once again, thank you for your continued support and encouragement for more than two decades. Be sure to take advantage of our New Year’s sales through January 31, 2019. Happy New Year everyone! Cones Cupboard Antiques 307 N. Main Street Sweetwater, TN 37874 423-351-7408 www.ConesCupboardAntiques.com

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Zoo Knoxville’s 70th Anniversary Celebration Brought Record Attendance and Donations

o observe their 70th anniversary in the community, Zoo Knoxville wanted to do something big and unique to give back. Zoo staff decided to celebrate by offering deeply discounted zoo admission with the donation of a non-perishable food item for Mission of Hope or pet supplies for Young-Williams Animal Center, The Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley, and Knox County’s Office on Aging PAWS program during the entire month of November. The results were another record-breaking attendance year for the zoo and overflowing barrels and pallets of donated items for their partner non-profits. The zoo welcomed 61,249 visitors in November 2018, putting attendance at more than 500,000 visitors and breaking the previous record of 496,055 visitors for the fourth straight year. The zoo’s partner non-profits benefitted overwhelmingly from the generosity of donations brought by zoo-goers. YoungWilliams Animal Center, The Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley, and the Knox County Office on Aging’s Knox PAWS program shared more than 40 pallets of dog and cat food, toys, and treats. Mission of Hope, a volunteer organization providing assistance, aid, and resources to those living in poverty-stricken areas in rural Appalachia, collected 227 55-gallon barrels of non-perishable food items, new children’s toys, and hygiene items. The

volume of donations Mission of Hope received will allow them to reach their food needs for the 28 rural elementary schools they serve in December and stock regional food banks in January. “We were very happy we could celebrate our 70th year by making this anniversary bigger than just Zoo Knoxville,” said Lisa New, Zoo President and CEO. “As a non-profit organization ourselves, we appreciate what the support of our community has helped us accomplish during the last seven decades. We couldn’t think of a better way to honor that support than by using our 70th anniversary milestone as an opportunity to pay it forward.” Zoo Knoxville is a non-profit entity situated on 53 wooded acres just east of downtown Knoxville. Zoo Knoxville features exhibits of wild animals in natural habitats and is world renowned for its efforts in conservation and species survival. Zoo Knoxville is nationally accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and is committed to the highest standards in animal care and well-being, ethics, conservation, and education. Knoxville’s largest attraction, the zoo is open every day except Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Currently the zoo is open from 10 am to 4 pm daily. Admission and ticket sales stop one-hour before the zoo closes. For more information, visit www. zooknoxville.org.

Bakers Creek Storage A New Year’s Special Offer Just for You

older temperatures are the new normal for East Tennessee, and it’s time to think about those personal items you have stored in your garage that really should be protected from freezing temperatures. If security is important to you, then you need to give the storage professionals at Bakers Creek Storage a call today. Bakers Creek Storage has a limited number of climate controlled spaces available for immediate use. As their way of welcoming in the New Year, new indoor climate controlled storage customers can take advantage of their special 10% savings offer, for a limited time, on their January rent. The other great news is that you will be able to take advantage of the very same safety and security features that all of their self-storage customers have come to rely on. Just give them a call today at 865-973-4367. Bakers Creek Storage in nearby Greenback is conveniently located less than a two minute drive north of the Highway 411 bridge in Vonore. It’s the area’s newest, state of-the-art self-storage facility featuring:

» Climate & non-climate controlled storage units » Wide, concrete paved drive aisles » Secure fence & lights around the facility » Convenient keypad entry » Online bill pay » Online reservation option » 24/7 video surveillance Also, here’s something else for you to consider. Bakers Creek Storage is one of the few storage facilities that employs an active pest management program designed to offer even greater protection for your stored items. This is just one more way they hope to earn your business. If it’s time to declutter your overstuffed garage, home, or basement, the storage professionals at Bakers Creek Storage can help you solve all your storage needs. Call today to learn more and to take advantage of their 10% savings on indoor climate controlled storage units for the month of January. Bakers Creek Storage 7442 Hwy 411S Greenback, TN 37742 865-973-4367

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LAKE VIEW! Custom built Executives home in prestigious Jefferson Park subdivision. 5 bedroom, 4 1/2 bath, 4,547 sq. ft. Chefs kitchen with granite countertops, island, and stainless steel appliances. Keeping room with a view of your own private garden. Master on the main. Custom walk-in closets. Plantation shutters throughout. Each bedroom has its very own bathroom. Bring your friends and watch the game in your unbelievable home theater with self-dimming lights and kitchenette. Pool and boat access are available.

WATERFRONT W/ DOCK! This property is located in Foothills Pointe waterfront community, which lies just west of Maryville and West Knoxville in the town of Greenback. This private home is surrounded by the beauty of nature with nearly an acre of space to enjoy! Whether you enjoy fishing from your own dock, taking the boat out for dinner, or watching the sun set, the possibilities are endless! This estate has two master bedrooms and a lower level bedroom, 3.5 baths, formal dinning, great room, and lower level living room, kitchen with stainless steel appliances, and granite countertops.

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619 Crestwicke Lane Knoxville, TN 37934 $319,900 MLS#1056544 ONE OWNER HOME, DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY! Located right in the heart of Farragut in Concord Farms. Well-maintained home with lots of room. Gutters, siding, and roof installed 2012. New HVAC unit within the past 5 years. 2-story entryway with hardwood. Granite tops in kitchen, appliances convey, family room with cathedral ceiling and gas FP, formal living area and dining area, large breakfast area in kitchen. Bedroom and full bath downstairs, large master, 2 additional bedrooms and a bonus room with 2 closets upstairs. Screened porch off family room, deck and additional parking for possible boat or utility trailer. Serene backyard is professionally landscaped with lots of blooming flowers and trees, also features a rain water irrigation system. First time on market. Make this your home!

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GREAT COUNTRY RANCHER on 1.6 acres on a level lot. 2150+ sq. ft 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bath, formal dining room, nice sun porch, deck and a huge back yard with a large storage shed, some mountain views.

ATTN INVESTORS: Nice brick duplex. Features include 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, kitchen, laundry, LR.

BRAND NEW! Home is located on a partially wooded lot within the city limits of Loudon. 1.17 acres. Less than 10 min to I-75 and 5 min to downtown Loudon. This gorgeous main level ranch style home has tons of upgrades. This is a builder’s custom spec home. Split bedrooms, open floor plan. Three bedrooms and two baths, each bedroom has its own walk-in closet. Generous master bathroom has a walk-in glass shower his & her sinks and lots of storage space. Kitchen features a large center island. New Whirlpool appliances. Cabinets feature softclose drawers. Dinning room has sliding glass doors that overlook the private backyard. Living room area features large built-in entertainment center and foyer has built-in bench and storage. Home also has concrete driveway and sidewalks. Engineer and pest control inspection letters available. Weekly trash pickup. 100% financing available. No HOA. A must see!

109 Timberlake Drive Greenback, TN 37742 $22,900 MLS#960668 THIS IS YOUR CHANCE to own one of 14 residential home sites available in beautiful Foothills Pointe on Tellico Lake! Centrally located on the east side of Tellico Lake between Maryville and West Knoxville. Situated on an elevated peninsula this community boasts incredible mountain and lake views. All lots have water access through common areas, private boat ramp & private neighborhood marina where you can keep your boat on the water for $400/yr for the first 4 years and $100/yr each year after. HOA fees ($80/ month) covers beautifully manicured grounds, swimming pool, (2) tennis & pickleball courts, clubhouse/activities center with guest rooms that can be rented, pavilion with picnic tables and grills, septic maintenance and more!

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How Organization Brings You More Joy

veryone loves organization. An organized space looks great, but it’s also incredibly useful because it can help free up your time so you can get more joy in your life. Whether it’s a daily morning walk or quality time with family, everyone could use more time in their day – and getting organized can help. When all your pantry items, countertop appliances, and dishware are easy to spot and easy to reach, you can save tons of time in your day. A few minutes saved when emptying your dishwasher or making a sandwich might not feel like much, but that time really adds up. What would you do with an extra 20-30 minutes each day? ShelfGenie Solutions can help you get organized. Glide-Out™ shelves can increase your storage space by 50% and pull out the full depth of your cabinets and pantry. That means you can reduce the clutter in your home and make locating and retrieving items much easier. This will also make your space feel

more open, so you’ll feel as if you’re cooking in a whole new kitchen. Plus, having more space just might encourage you to be more adventurous with your meals, throw dinner parties with friends, and dine out less often. Along with getting more space and time, being organized can help you feel happier each day. In fact, the Huffington Post has reported that clutter can increase stress levels and can even lead to lower productivity. That means that being organized and decluttering your space can help you work better, enjoy your space more, and feel more relaxed at home. To see how ShelfGenie Solutions can give you more time, space, and joy, give us a call at 865-270-5465 or learn more at www.ShelfGenie.com/ East-Tennessee. ShelfGenie Solutions

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A Very Special Thank You from the Good Neighbors Shoppe

By Manny Estima, President

would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved for their incredible generosity during 2018 to create our most successful year ever at the Good Neighbors Shoppe. As a result of this success, in 2018, the Good Neighbors Shoppe was able to contribute $700,000 in cash and in-kind donations to area civic and charitable organizations that support the members of our community. A great many people are responsible for this success. It’s really about neighbors supporting other neighbors – from those of you who shop at the Good Neighbors Shoppe, to those who donate gently used clothing, furniture, books,

art, collectibles, and other household items, to the dedicated efforts of our more than 200 volunteers. With the inspiration of its founders, the late husband and wife team of Gene and Roberta Burwell, the Good Neighbors Shoppe has evolved from its humble beginnings in 2002 in a small space in Lenoir City to its present state-of-the-art, 12,500 square foot retail showroom and warehouse located at 420 Leeper Parkway in Lenoir City. To date, the Good Neighbors Shoppe has donated more than $3 million in cash donations alone to worthy organizations and charities in the community. If one of your New Year’s resolutions includes giving back to your community, I would like to encourage you to consider supporting the Good Neighbors Shoppe. Again,

there are three ways in which you can participate: First, as a shopper; second, by donating gently used clothing or other household items; and third, as a member of our incredible team of volunteers that makes everything we do for our community possible. Once again, thank you to all of you for your support, and best wishes for a wonderful New Year from all of us at the Good Neighbors Shoppe. Good Neighbors Shoppe

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Happy New Year and Happy Savings!

anuary is a great time to reassess your winter wardrobe. There is finally time to go through all of the pieces hanging in your closet that haven’t been worn yet this year and either donate them or take them to your nearest consignment shop. Whichever you choose, you’ve begun the process of updating your own winter wardrobe while selections are still great and on sale! At The Lily Pad, our sales are huge semi-annual events which take place in January and July. Our winter merchandise is now 25% off, and on Saturday, January 19th, at 10:00 am, every piece that’s left goes to 50% off! We’ve found this method to be quite effective to not only clear out the store, but also to pass tremendous savings on to our customers. As the winter merchandise goes on sale, our “La Sale Boutique” (the big room in the rear of the store) goes to 70% off! Thus, the clearing out begins as we ready ourselves and the store for a brand new season! Spring fashions have been ordered, new, fresh looks are arriving and the holiday decorations have been put away for another year. We’ll look forward to seeing so many of our customers and friends during our unbelievable sale days. If you’ve ever spent a day at Filene’s Basement in Boston, The Lily Pad is almost as wild on the first days of our sale! Plan Winter clearance... just in time for all the to spend some time with us as you visit with friends and cold weather ahead! neighbors, every arm loaded with bargains and having the time of our lives! What a fun day during a not-so-fun month… it’s a social event you won’t want to miss! At The Lily Pad, we reflect on how blessed we have been this year to again be a part of your lives. We truly appreciate the vote of confidence you place in us to be your fashion headquarters! Our most sincere wishes from the entire Lily Pad staff for a happy and healthy 2019!

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Fashion Sense

Brenda Bryan Owner, The Lily Pad

The Lily Pad Boutique 209 N. Main Street Sweetwater, TN 37874

423-337-5537 www.sweetwaterlilypad.com Mon-Sat: 10am-5:30pm

Breathing Radon & Don’t Know It?

anuary is National Radon Action Month, and exposure to radon in homes, work spaces, or schools is a serious health and safety concern. Radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S., and the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Surgeon General support the importance of testing for radon. Winter is a great time to have a radon test done while you have “closed conditions” when windows aren’t opened and there’s less foot traffic going in and out.

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Q: Are there really that many homes with high levels of radon? A: The EPA estimates that one in every 15 homes (three out of every 10 locally) are above the level of 4.0 pCi/L and need radon mitigation. Q: How does radon gas get into a home? A: It seeps through cracks, construction joints, gaps around pipes, cavities inside walls, and other openings in the foundation. Once confined inside a structure, radon gas can become more concentrated. Q: Why does the EPA advise using a radon remediation professional? A: Lowering high radon levels requires technical knowledge and special skills to properly assess the problem and determine the right method for remediation. Some techniques prevent radon from entering your home, while others reduce radon levels after it has entered. Dayton’s technicians perform radon services in compliance with the radon gas industry’s recommended practices. Test your house now and receive $25 OFF a continuous electronic monitoring test ($150 list price) or $50 OFF a radon mitigation system (one coupon limit). Other services provided by Dayton’s include convenient quarterly perimeter pest control (rodents/spiders/ants, etc.), carpenter bee control (Apr-Aug), mosquito treatment (May-Oct), fall invaders (Aug-Nov), one-time pest control, bedbug elimination, VA/FHA termite inspections, fungicide/moldicide treatments, and CleanSpace® Crawl Space Encapsulation. Dayton’s Pest Control

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Ke e n e r H o m e s, I n c. “Trust is the foundation your home is built on.”

“M

oving to Tellico Village has been one of the best decisions we’ve made, and choosing Keener Homes to build our dream retirement home was also a great decision.

We had built five homes previously, so we knew what was important in selecting a builder, particularly since we would be building long distance. Once we purchased our lot in 2013, we traveled to Tellico several times for several years to meet and interview builders. Fortunately, we met Kit during one of our first trips, and we found ourselves comparing each of the other six builders to Keener Homes. During those trips, we were able to walk through a number of Kit’s homes in various stages of construction both in Tellico Village and in Rarity Bay. The quality and attention to detail was evident in all his homes, regardless if the home was in the $200,000 range or in the million dollar range. During one trip, we attended an open house for a new builder and met a couple who volunteered that they had built with Kit Keener and invited us to see their home. Listening to an unsolicited description of their positive building experience with Kit spoke volumes to us. After seeing his homes, comparing him with other builders, and speaking with his clients, we knew selecting Kit was the right decision. We frequently say we love Kit Keener and the Keener Home team, and recently, someone asked us why we think so highly of them. There is not one reason, but many reasons. Kit Keener and the Keener Homes team have met and exceeded every expectation, and we had none of the pain points we have experienced with prior builds. They are very organized, which was especially important in making the best use of our time when we traveled here for inspections and/or product selections. Kit spent a lot of time with us learning what was important to us and making suggestions that improved our ideas. Kit and Krisha communicated on a regular basis, so we knew what was happening and when. When something was in question, Kit asked our opinion rather than just proceeding. He was gracious in making changes during the building process when we had a request. His tradespeople are highly skilled and do exceptional work, and his vendors have good selections available. He delivered everything he said he would and more. He and Krisha have been equally helpful even after we closed, and they have been very quick to address any punch-list issues. We would readily choose Kit if we were to build again. So you see why we always say, ‘We love our builder, Keener Homes.’” – Joe & Freddie Jacob

www.keenerhomes.net | 865-458-1759 218 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon, TN 37774

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What People Look for When Joining a Church

nderstanding what prospective church members are looking for is an important aspect in building a church organization. Knowing this kind of information can assist you in creating messaging, branding, attracting new people, and even building an organizational structure. The Community Church at Tellico Village has studied this subject during the past year. First, we read a study by PEW Research that interviewed more than 5,000 individuals as to why or how those individuals chose to join a church. In their study, they found the following major points: » 83% considered the quality of the sermon » 79% they felt welcomed by the clergy and lay leaders » 70% said location was important » 69% spoke to members of the church Second, the Community Church at Tellico Village surveyed all new members that joined the church during the past three years to understand their interests, reasons for joining, impressions, and

experiences. We knew it would be helpful to know why they decided to join our church. The responses from our localized survey found the PEW Research Study categories to be similar to our group. We also heard from our new member group that the location to Tellico Village and the surrounding area had a major impact. Also, referrals from friends, new neighbors, real estate agents, members, and our website all contributed to their initial awareness of the church. Knowing how your prospective members are discovering your organization helps you focus your promotional resources effectively Third, knowing that first impressions from visitors are an important requirement to membership, it is critical to ensure there is awareness of your physical environment. Impressions can come from your website or entrance to your building and welcoming smiles. This is very critical, because the PEW Research found out that many new guests don’t return for the second experience. In our study, we found that our new members found a warm, welcoming, friendly atmosphere. They experienced a comfortable environment within the sanctuary and smiles from the greeters/ushers. Once the guest had an initial visit to the church, we wanted to know what brought them back. We found out that once they learned more about the actual church’s missions, like our active focus on the local area with multiple community service programs, our interdenominational beliefs, and the church’s commitment to music, with 80+ member choir, bells, and fine arts programs. Expanding the guest experience with an increased level of benefits is an important aspect of building membership. This knowledge helped us create meaningful brochures, new member guidebooks, and other educational materials. Fourth, understanding why your members decide to join your church is important, and that information helps in serving the needs of your members. It is important for any church to certainly understand the importance of what really matters in the decision process of their members. While many of the results of the PEW Research Study were part of their decision, the personal aspect of wanting to be part of church family or wanting to contribute and be more connected to the community were elements for our new members. The Community Church at Tellico Village is an inter-denominational church welcoming all faiths, with services on Sunday at 8 and 10:15 am. For more information and to listen to our message, visit www.TellicoChurch.org. The Community Church at Tellico Village 130 Chota Center Loudon, TN 37774 865-458-1516 mail@tellicochurch.org

Inclusive as the love of God!

Community Church at Tellico Village Inclusive as the love of God! An Interdenominational Congregation

Sunday Worship at 8:00 and 10:15 AM 130 Chota Center, Loudon, TN 37774 www.tellicochurch.com 865.458.1516

GOD’S WORK – OUR HANDS Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran ChurCh ... SHARING GOD’S LOVE WITH THE WORLD

Worship with Holy Communion Sundays at 9 am 143 Chota Center, Loudon, TN

DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM TELLICO VILLAGE POA

865-816-4756

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Charlie Barnard, Pastor Sunday 8:50 a.m. - Early Worship / Bible Study 10:15 a.m. - Late Worship / Bible Study Wednesday 5:30 p.m. - Fellowship Meal 6:15 p.m. - Prayer Meeting and Bible Study 7:00 p.m. - Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal 205 Chota Road • Loudon, TN 37774 (865) 408-0110 • www.fbctellicovillage.org

Local Team Travels to Serve Others

By Lynne MacConnell

ecently a team from Community Church at Tellico Village traveled to Wilmington, NC, to give assistance to victims of the hurricane that had damaged that community in September. The initial needs were still great, with many roofs having substantial holes in them leading to water damage and mold within the homes. Downed trees and brush were still blocking entrances and lying in yards. The work team completed work orders for eight families, which involved tarping roofs, removing moldy wallboard along with ceiling board, and insulation. They also used chain saws to cut down trees and cleared brush. As they worked, they talked with residents to hear of their heartbreak and give support. This entire project involved 225 hours of community service. The team provided emotional and spiritual support team. They met with 13 families to listen to their stories, pray with them, and offer prayer shawls or lap quilts that had been provided by the Community Church Prayer Shawl group and the Tellico Village Quilt Guild. In addition, the whole team participated in a feeding of the homeless project at the First Baptist Church in Wilmington. This is a weekly event and fed about 60 individuals a night. This ministry was begun 20 years ago by several teenagers. Observations by team members were that these survivors were largely people of strong faith which had brought them through their struggles. Many of them were also dealing with personal struggles that preceded the hurricane: One diminutive 82 year old lady who was undergoing chemotherapy and was being supported by relatives and friends, one family that suddenly lost their 31 year old daughter to a brain aneurysm four years ago the week we were there, one family whose husband and father was wheelchair bound having been hit by a drunk driver several years before and now living in a trailer with interior mold, one family whose son was murdered in gang violence a year ago, one lady who had undergone four surgeries within the last year and was babysitting a five year old whose mother had died from a drug overdose and whose father was in prison related to drug activity. Many of these were people who did not have sufficient insurance, did not have resources to hire private contractors, had applied to FEMA with no assurance of when funds would become available. They were overwhelmingly grateful to us and were relying on their faith to carry them through. As one of the team members observed, “I wanted to be a blessing to these people, but instead I was the one who was blessed. I was truly inspired by the faith and fortitude of these individuals who were staying positive, strong and faithful despite the tragedies that had befallen them.” We were also inspired by the team of high school teenagers from Kentucky who were there with their teachers doing hard physical labor to satisfy a requirement for community service. This was the second venture for the Community Church at Tellico Village Disaster Relief Team. Their first mission was a similar trip to southern Florida a year ago. The Disaster Relief Team hopes that others will join them and come to know the joys of serving in this way. From the teenagers we encountered doing mission work to the 88 year old who served on the team, it became obvious that there are jobs that can be done by anyone. Anyone can respond to the call to serve others. If you have an interest in serving, please contact the church offices. The Community Church at Tellico Village is an inter-denominational church, welcoming all faiths with services on Sunday at 8 and 10:15 am. For more information and to listen to our message, visit www.TellicoChurch.org.

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Cox Family Partners with the Community Church to Build Another Habitat House

irk and Jennifer Cox wanted to do something impactful in their community. The opportunity to partner with a local church with a history of building houses for Loudon County Habitat seemed like the perfect fit for everyone. Both partners will provide funding and volunteers to build an affordable home for a low-income family here in Loudon County. “Jenny and I are excited to be helping the community through Habitat and are looking forward to working with the good folks at the Community Church at Tellico Village,” said Dirk. The house will be built in Habitat’s Hope Haven neighborhood near Loudon Elementary School. The project will bring together members from the church and friends and family of Dirk and Jennifer with the common goal of building a home for a deserving family. The Community Church at Tellico Village built their first Habitat house in 2008, but the church has been involved with Loudon County Habitat almost since the church itself was founded in 1988. “The Community Church is excited about building its 6th house,” said Brock Benn, church Mission Team Leader and Habitat board member who has worked on all five of the previous church projects. “Each time we build, we have many church volunteers sign up to work that have worked on previous houses. We also see volunteers who are new to the church and are eager to become involved in this part of the church’s ministry.”

Church members Hugh and Jody Brashear were instrumental in the founding of Loudon County Habitat in 1992. Since then, more than 20 members of the Community Church have served on the Habitat board of directors, and hundreds more have volunteered on the construction site for the Habitat houses the church has already built. “From its inception in 1988, the Community Church has made doing God’s work through local missions a priority,” said Steve Prevatte, Senior Pastor. “Our partnership with Habitat for Humanity has been a great one over the years, and we are excited to be partnering with them again on this, our sixth build. For this project, we have the added bonus of joining with Jenny and Dirk Cox. What a great opportunity to unite in fulfilling God’s command to love your neighbor.” “Dirk and Jenny approached us a little over a year ago with the idea of sponsoring a house,” said Tony Gibbons, Loudon County Habitat

Executive Director. “The Community Church at Tellico Village has been looking to increase its volunteer engagement with Habitat, clearly making this a great match.” No particular skills are required, and Habitat crew leaders train volunteers to do whatever tasks are needed. Anyone interested in participating should contact Sammie Shanks, Volunteer Coordinator, at 865-640-5578 or sammie@loudoncountyhabitat.org. Loudon County Habitat for Humanity is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a worldwide Christian housing organization. All funds to build in Loudon County are raised locally to provide safe, affordable houses for low-income families who are willing to partner with Habitat. These partner families help build their houses and then buy them from Habitat through an affordable mortgage. For more information, call 865-4580704 or visit www.loudoncountyhabitat.org.

CHEO Invites You to “Move into 2019 with Ease” with Penny McIntosh, Health Coach January 14 at 6:30 pm at South College

ou don’t have to be fit to move, you have to move to be fit! Explore movement in the way nature intended. We are not meant to live in a confined environment. We are not meant to be disconnected from the natural world and our own true nature. Chronic pain, immobility, depression, and lack of vitality are symptoms of the “zoo human” syndrome. Modern society conditions us to consider this as normal and unavoidable. Penny doesn’t think so! She’ll show you some basic moves that will get you on the floor and back up… moving in the way you did as a child, as nature intended. Door prizes will be drawn! The Knoxville CHEO programs are held the second Monday of the month and are open to the public. Everyone is welcome. CHEO is a non-profit organization supporting holistic and integrative wellness and free for members, with a $10 suggested minimum donation for all guests. CHEO provides the community with many opportunities to discover pathways to well-being. For more information, visit www.cheoknox.org.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Alive After Five at the Knoxville Museum of Art Alive After Five with Smooth Sailor January 11 from 6 to 8:30 pm

Based in Knoxville, Smooth Sailor is a seven-member band (Chris Canada, guitar; Pat Baker, percussion/vocals; Dave Campbell, percussion/vocals; Jason Day, keyboards; Andy Campbell, drums/vocals; David Peeples, bass; and Thomas Osborn, guitar) that combines topnotch musicianship with crowd-engaging showmanship as they perform an amazing repertoire of timeless songs. Smooth Sailor charts a course for pure listening – and dancing! – pleasure, presenting timeless ’70s and ’80s “yacht rock” at its finest! If you’re not familiar with “yacht rock,” that’s because it’s a fairly recently coined term for a broad music style and aesthetic that was known as the West Coast Sound or adult-oriented rock. Artists covered include Hall & Oates, Michael McDonald, Lionel Richie, Little River Band, Toto, Kenny Loggins, and many more! All aboard!

Alive After Five with the Streamliners Swing Orchestra January 18 from 6 to 8:30 pm

The Streamliners Swing Orchestra is one of the truly marvelous musical treasures of Knoxville and one of the all-time favorites at AA5. Formed as a smaller band more than 20 years ago years ago by bassist Mischa Goldman and trumpeters Mike Spirko and Thomas Heflin, the Streamliners soon blossomed into the fabulous 17-member unit that they are today. This swingin’ big band plays the classics of Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Peggy Lee, with a little Louis Jordan and Louis Prima mixed in for extra fun!

Alive After Five with the Wallace Coleman Band January 25 from 6 to 8:30 pm

A native of Morristown, TN, Wallace Coleman was

captivated by blues music as a young boy listening to Nashville’s WLAC on the radio. He left Tennessee to find work in Cleveland, Ohio, and was playing harmonica in Guitar Slim’s band when he caught the ear of Robert Lockwood, Jr., stepson of legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. He played in Lockwood’s band for 10 years and performed on the Grammy-nominated CD “I Gotta Find Me a Woman.” Coleman formed his own band in 1997, and his fifth CD, “Blues in the Wind,” is a tribute to Lockwood. He continues to tour in Europe and South America, as well as the U.S., and he returns to his native East Tennessee every winter to perform with his band at AA5 and other area venues.

Alive After Five with The Fine Colombians: A Steely Dan Tribute February 1 from 6 to 8:30 pm

Rolling Stone magazine called Steely Dan “the perfect musical antiheroes for the seventies.” We’re not really sure what that means, but we do know that even to this day, long after they broke up in 1981, the music of Steely Dan remains iconic and instantly recognizable with its blend of jazz, traditional pop, and R&B with cryptic and ironic lyrics. The music is also complex

enough to intimidate most bands from attempting to perform it. About 12 years ago in Knoxville, bassist Scott Robbins and guitarist Bryan David Lee began pondering that possibility. Some years later, Robbins mentioned this dream to vocalist/pianist Kenneth Scott Eggert, a childhood friend whom he hadn’t seen in 15 years until Eggert moved to Asheville, North Carolina. After finishing his doctorate in music in 2017, Eggert, aka “Dr. K,” began working on some arrangements for Steely Dan tunes, complete with horns and backup singers. Only a few months later, six more excellent musicians – Mike Spirko (trumpet), Dave Eckman (alto sax), Bob Knapp (tenor sax), Scott Fugate (drums), and backing vocalists Meredith Whitehead and Michele Williams – assembled with Dr. K, Robbins and Lee and started rehearsing like mad. The debut of The Fine Colombians: A Steely Dan Tribute at Scruffy City Hall in Knoxville in December 2017 was a hit, as their other shows since then in Knoxville and Asheville have been. We look forward to The Fine Colombians coming to AA5 to “make tonight a wonderful thing.” Tickets cost $15 for general admission or $10 with membership or college student ID. Tickets are free for ages 17 and under. All tickets are sold at the door. For more information, visit www.knoxart.org.

Dollywood Looking for Talented Performers to Join 2019 Entertainment Team

ollywood, the industry leader in theme park entertainment, is searching for new talent ready to make a mark on the park’s award-winning shows and productions. Dollywood has served as the springboard for a number of well-known performers, and the next star could launch his or her career in 2019. Auditions are scheduled to take place in Pigeon Forge at Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort and Spa, as well as the Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The Pigeon Forge auditions are set for Saturday, January 12, with callbacks occurring on Sunday, January 13. Auditions in Spartanburg are scheduled for Saturday, January 26. Members of Dollywood’s entertainment team are looking for talented singers and expressive actors who desire the opportunity to work with some of the industry’s top professionals. Registration at both locations takes place from 9 am to 2 pm, while open call auditions begin at 10 am. “Our open call audition process is crucial to our ability to maintain the high level of quality entertainment our guests have come to expect at Dollywood,” said Paige Bales, Dollywood Entertainment Director. “We are always amazed at the vast amount of talent we find during the auditions. It can be difficult determining how we’re going to narrow it down to the number of positions we have available. So many people have started or grown their careers here, and we are so proud that we have been able to be part of helping them find their dreams.”

Dollywood Entertainment is looking for singers who are proficient in musical theater, ’50s and ’60s rock and pop vocals, and contemporary, as well as classic, country music. They also seek expressive actors who are skilled at improvisation, have a strong presence, can project, and are able to sing and move well. Performers must be at least 17 years old. Country music stars Carly Pearce and Suzy Bogguss, American Idol alumnus Janelle Arthur, and Eric Martsolf – Brady Black on NBC’s Days of Our Lives – are just a few of the stars who started their careers at Dollywood. Additional details and audition requirements can be found at www.DollywoodAuditions.com. A block of rooms is available at Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort and Spa exclusively for those auditioning. Information about the room rate and details on how to book also may be found at www.DollywoodAuditions.com. Winner of 10 consecutive Golden Ticket Awards for Best Shows, Dollywood Entertainment provides the perfect venue for performers and technicians to share their skills. The team also will interview qualified lighting and audio technicians at the Southeastern Theater Conference in Knoxville February 28 through March 2. For more information, visit www.setc.org.

About The Dollywood Company

A highly-awarded and widely-recognized leader in the amusement industry, The Dollywood Company

consists of the 150-acre Dollywood theme park, the 35-acre Dollywood’s Splash Country, Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort and Spa, and Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Cabins. As unique as its namesake and owner Dolly Parton, Dollywood is the 2010 Applause Award winner, the theme park industry’s highest accolade, winner of more than 35 Golden Ticket Awards, and recipient of 26 Brass Ring Awards for Live Entertainment (more than any other theme park in the world). The park is located near Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which celebrated record attendance in 2017. Dollywood was named a top three U.S. theme park by USA Today in 2014 and 2017. Dollywood is open nine months a year (late March through early January) and offers rides and attractions, shows, and crafters authentic to the East Tennessee region. Dollywood’s Splash Country, recognized by the Travel Channel and TripAdvisor as one of the country’s most beautiful water parks and named 2009’s Must-See Waterpark by the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions, operates from mid-May to Labor Day. Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort and Spa, which received the 2017 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, provides guests spectacular mountain views and family-friendly amenities next door to Dollywood theme park and Dollywood’s Splash Country. Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Cabins offers luxurious cabin accommodations overlooking Dollywood. For more information, call 1-800-DOLLYWOOD or visit www.dollywood.com. Operating days and hours vary.

Rhythm N’ Blooms Music Festival Announces 2019 Lineup

Photo by Magdalena Wosinska

My Brightest Diamond

Photo by Nicole Wickens

The Black Lillies

Photo by Paradigm Talent Agency

Tyler Childers

Photo by David McClister

Dawes

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he music festival that brought artists like Jason Isbell, Amos Lee, Young the Giant, The Decemberists, Mutemath, and so many more returns to Knoxville’s historic Old City May 17-19. Dogwood Arts and Attack Monkey Productions, the festival’s producers, are pleased to release the first wave of the 2019 festival lineup, which includes headliners Dawes and Tyler Childers, as well as additional artists The Black Lillies, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, and My Brightest Diamond. Additional artists, including an additional headliner, will be announced in early 2019. Day and weekend festival passes are on sale now at www.rhythmnbloomsfest. com. In celebration of the festival’s 10th year, Rhythm N’ Blooms is excited to welcome back some favorites from years past. Dawes headlined the festival in 2013, and the band has seen explosive growth since their previous Rhythm N’ Blooms performance. The genre-bending My Brightest Diamond also appeared in 2013, dazzling festival attendees with a now-legendary post-midnight set that was so packed audience members watched from outside the open windows of Boyd’s Jig & Reel. Knoxville-based Americana darlings The Black Lillies (and frontman Cruz Contreras) have been involved since the festival’s inception, headlining the very first year at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and returning in some capacity almost every year since. New to the festival this year is headliner Tyler Childers, whose Sturgill Simpson-produced album Purgatory has put him solidly on the map as his generation’s preeminent Southern Gothic songwriter and storyteller. Also festival newcomers, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real have had a watershed year – Lukas (son of Willie) wrote or co-wrote the majority of the music for blockbuster film “A Star is Born,” and he and the band appeared in the film and on the soundtrack, backing Bradley Cooper. Rhythm N’ Blooms Music Festival is presented by Yee-Haw Brewing Company and produced in partnership by Dogwood Arts and Attack Monkey. Dogwood Arts, presented by ORNL Federal Credit Union, is a 501(c)(3) organization with a mission is to promote and celebrate our region’s art, culture, and natural beauty. For more information, visit www.dogwoodarts.com.

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t’s always a compliment and an honor when an artist agrees to sit with me for an interview more than one time. Such is the case with legendary guitarist, Derek Trucks, of the Tedeschi Trucks Band. For those who may not be familiar with Derek, here is the short version of his story. Considered a prodigy at a very young age, he managed to play alongside the great Buddy Guy before he was 13. He formed his self-named band when he was 15, and by the time he was 20, he had played with such icons as Stephen Stills, Bob Dylan, and Joe Walsh. His late uncle was the legendary Butch Trucks of the Allman Brothers Band, which played a bit of a role in Derek becoming a permanent member of that band at the young age of 20. At the age of 27, he worked with Eric Clapton on his LP, The Road to Escondido. Along the way, he married the lovely and immensely talented Susan Tedeschi and formed the 12-piece Tedeschi Trucks Band, which will be playing at the Tennessee Theatre on January 22nd and at Chattanooga’s Soldiers and Sailors Auditorium on the 23rd. It had been right at two years since I last spoke with Derek, so when I called him at his Florida home, I asked what all has happened since we last spoke.

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“Good to talk to you, again!” said Derek. “It’s been a long, crazy two years, man! The live record was a great highwater mark for the band. I think it’s been a long two years for the planet, but personally and as a band there’s been a lot of losses. It’s been a tough go on some levels. I feel that everything’s in a good place as a group. We just finished a new record and are just charging down the road, trying to keep the flame lit.” I asked Derek how the losses of his Uncle Butch and Gregg Allman affected his music, performing, and view of life. “Those guys and Colonel Bruce Hampton – who was basically a family member and a mentor in a lot of ways – those things happened all bunched up together,” he said. “Then, not long after that, we almost lost Kofi Burbridge, our keyboard player, who I’ve been with for 18 years. He’s still with us and crushing it, but it was touch and go there for a minute. “That stuff… it certainly changes your outlook on things, and in some ways, it makes you double-down on what you’re doing – especially with Colonel, Butch, and Gregg. It makes you want to keep that music going and keep it alive. There’s no time to waste. It makes you think of those

things a little differently. There’s a lot of reflection when that stuff happens. It’s been a few years of that in a lot of ways. I think the record we just made is very much in that headspace. But you gotta carry on. You gotta keep rolling, and that’s what we do.” I asked what fans can expect from the Tedeschi Trucks Band shows during the Knoxville and Chattanooga shows on this tour. “It’s hard to know between now and then,” he said. “Next year we’ll have the new record coming out. We’ll probably be digging into some of that stuff. There are 100+ tunes that we kinda pull from, so on any given night you just never really know. The band’s been feeling really good these last few years. It’s a powerful sound that comes off the stage. Susan – she’s singing and playing as good as I’ve ever heard her. I think if you start there, you’re in pretty good shape.” Since Derek touched on it a couple of times, I asked him about their soon-to-be released album.

“You know, today I got a test pressing in the mail of the vinyl,” he said. “We’re in the homestretch. Making sure the vinyl sounds as good as the master that we sent them. Hopefully better. Sometimes that happens! I think it’s a really honest record. There are some really gorgeous tunes on the album. I think there are a few songs and a few moments that are gonna, I think, stand up with anything we’ve done to date. There’s a few of Sue’s vocals on the record that are just amazing. The band sounds great. We recorded this one all analog and on twoinch tape. We’ve never done that before. That was a process. We did it at our own studio, so when something breaks, you gotta figure out how to fix it! It was all hands on deck!” For more information about the Tedeschi Trucks Band and upcoming events, visit www.TedeschiTrucksBand.com. You can read the expanded version of this interview at www.boomerocity.com.

Randy’s first interview was at the tender age of 13 with none other than Col. Tom Parker. Thirty-six years later he founded the webzine, Boomerocity.com, and has conducted close to 200 interviews with some of the most interesting people in music.

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Finally, a New Tax Law Change That Could Save You Some Real Money

he New Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provides a new tax deduction of up to 20% of Qualified Business Income (QBI) earned from a trade or business. A trade or business can include a sole proprietorship, rental property, or pass-through activities such as a partnership, S Corporation, trust, or estate. The key to qualifying for the 20% is the activity being a trade or business. While many businesses will clearly qualify, it is less obvious about rental activities, which can qualify in some circumstances. Here’s how the new deduction works. Assume you have a business and report a profit of $100,000 and you have a partnership interest and your share of the income is $30,000. You could have $130,000 of Qualified Business Income. The new deduction would be $26,000 ($130,000 times 20%). If your income is being taxed at a rate of 25%, you would have a tax savings of $6,500. For business owners with taxable income in excess of $415,000 (for married filing jointly) or $207,500 (for all other taxpayers), there are some limitations and exceptions. If you are classified as specified trade or business (SSTB) you may not be eligible for the new deduction if your taxable income exceeds these thresholds. In addition, for businesses not classified as a SSTB whose taxable income exceeds those limits, the deduction is limited to the greater of 50% of the taxpayer’s share of W-2 wages paid by the business, or 25% of the owner’s share of W-2 wages paid by the business, plus 2.5% of the unadjusted basis of qualified property. A specified trade or business (SSTB) includes any trade of business involving

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he Big Ears Music Festival returns to historic downtown Knoxville for its eighth edition March 21-24th. During the last decade, Big Ears has developed a reputation for presenting preeminent musical pioneers and cutting-edge innovators from a wide swath of genres, earning it praise from The New York Times as “a music festival with a rare vision” and from Rolling Stone as “a listening experience unlike any other in America.” This year’s Big Ears lineup is again unlike any other in the country, mixing an audacious slate of special programs, central themes, and world premieres with powerful sets from some of music’s most compelling new voices. With more than 100 concerts, workshops, installations, and interactive experiences, Big Ears is clearly the most adventurous and ambitious festival in the United States. Big Ears 2019 will turn Knoxville into one of the world’s creative epicenters for a remarkable long weekend. Tickets are now on sale at www.bigearsfestival.org. Big Ears 2019 leads with a network of vital musicians and legendary innovators working across multiple genres, from rock ’n’ roll and free jazz to classical composition and dance music. Spiritualized and Mercury Rev supply their ecclesiastic psychedelic rock, while Nils Frahm, Jlin, Carl Stone, and The Comet is Comingall offer unique visions of what it means to make electronic music right now. In a rare performance, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, who have re-imagined the boundaries of improvised music since the late ’60s, celebrate their 50th anniversary recording under that name. They lead an immense field of jazz legends that includes the likes of Jack DeJohnette, Carla Bley, Bill Frisell, The Alex Schlippenbach Trio with Evan Parker and Paul Lytton, and Wadada Leo Smith. They’re joined by members of jazz’s rightfully acclaimed new school: Mary Halvorson, with her band Code Girl; Vijay Iyer and Craig Tabornin, a rare piano duo; and one of this year’s great breakout acts, London’s Sons of Kemet. Parallel pioneers of extended vocal techniques, Joan La Barbaraand Meredith Monk, perform, plus groundbreaking outsider visual artist and improvisational singer Lonnie Holley. Rhiannon Giddens returns with two new projects after delivering the keynote address at Big Ears 2018, and Kayhan Kalhor, the revered master of the Iranian fiddle known as the kamancheh, performs solo and with the polyglot string quartet Brooklyn Rider. Big Ears 2019 will also provide a platform for some of music’s most exciting emerging artists. Knoxville native Yves Tumor has released one of the best albums of 2018 with the mutated soul of Safe in the Hands of Love. Guitarist Rafiq Bhatia builds worlds of radiant noise and rhythm on his ANTI- debut Breaking English, while young Scottish cellist Peter Gregson is readying his audacious Deutsche Grammophon introduction, a modern reinterpretation of Bach’s Cello Suites. Electronic composer Kara-Lis Coverdale, breathless instrumental trio The Messthetics, Nashville ambient experts Coupler, South African guitar phenom Derek Gripper: The fresh talent pool at Big Ears 2019 is as compelling as it has ever been. More than ever before, however, Big Ears is not merely a festival of headliners and supporting acts. In 2019, Big Ears presents more than 10 distinct special programs that are unique to the festival altogether or are in some of their earliest performances. To wit, Big Ears 2019 presents one of the first productions of TRIPTYCH, a multimedia project that explores the legacy of provocative New York photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe. Combining large-scale projections of his work with new music by The National’s Bryce Dessner and interpretations of Monteverdi’s madrigals by stunning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, TRIPTYCH includes the writings of Essex Hemphill and Mapplethorpe’s longtime mutual muse, Patti Smith. Under the direction of the brilliant Daniel Fish, TRIPTYCH arrives in Knoxville almost exactly 30 years after Mapplethorpe’s untimely death. The Nashville Ballet presents the first performance of Lucy Negro Redux outside of its hometown premiere, a program based around the hypothetical life of Shakespeare’s “Dark Lady,” for whom he penned many of his most famous sonnets. Composed by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Big Ears veteran, Rhiannon Giddens, and based on the 2015 book Lucy, Negro Reduxby Nashville’s Caroline Randall Williams, who will narrate the work, Lucyis a reflection on love and equality in a world where those states of being are not always easy to find. Fifty years after Manfred Eicher launched ECM Records, Big Ears will offer a timely focus on the ever-vital record label, with a series of performances highlighting the label’s pioneering past and rich present, exploring both its jazz and classical pedigrees. The programs include concerts by free jazz titans The Art Ensemble of Chicago, the Carla Bley Trio with Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard, drummer Jack DeJohnette with Ravi Coltrane and Matt Garrison, trumpet master Wadada Leo Smith (performing his early masterpiece Divine Love), Tim Berne’s Snakeoil, Ralph Towner, the Bill Frisell/Thomas Morgan duo. Meredith Monk, and violist Kim Kashkashian and pianist Robert Levin. Representatives of the label’s new vanguard include a collaboration between Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn, Nik Bärtsch’s RONIN, trumpeters Avishai Cohen and Mathias Eick and their bands, plus the trio of emerging Israeli piano star Shai Maestro. More artists will be added to the Big Ears’ ECM roster in the months to come. Across three nights, ambient pioneer Harold Budd presents a career overview featuring new arrangements of many of his classics, as well as multiple world premieres of new works, with the support of his son Terrence, the ACME String Quartet, Knoxville-based experimental collaborative Nief-Norf, and composer Tim Story. Alvin Lucier – another legendary composer, known for his musical inquiries into the very nature of sound – delivers his work across multiple days, including performances of his seminal I Am Sitting in a Roomand Bird and Person Dyning. The Ever Present Orchestra, featuring Stephen O’Malley and Oren Ambarchi, plays more of Lucier’s work, as does Joan La Barbara, the inventor of multiple extended techniques for voice. In her own concert, dubbed Voice is the Original Instrument, La Barbara will present an overview of her own astonishing compositions. Speaking of innovative singers, Theo Bleckmann performs two unique programs: Hello Earth! The Music of Kate Bushand Berlin: Songs of Love and War, Peace and Exile. Essential British guitarist and singer-songwriter Richard Thompson delivers his Killed in Action, a string-supported song cycle about the human horrors of World War I, just four months after the hundredth anniversary of the great conflict’s end. Just weeks after the world premiere of The Way Forth, a folk opera about the hardships of centuries of women in Kentucky, leading composer and pianist Rachel Grimes offers the second performance with a unique chamber ensemble. The International Contemporary Ensemble presents three concerts, including works by four vital living women composers. They play pieces by Iceland’s Anna Thorvaldsdottir, whose music they have recorded for an album due in November; a work developed in collaboration with the daring experimental violinist Carla Kihlstedt, At Night We Walk in Circles and Are Consumed by Fire; plus music from Ellen Reid, a Tennessee native; and Ashley Fure, part of an acclaimed recent premiere by the New York Philharmonic. In the coming weeks, Big Ears will announce even more of its 2019 programming, including the second edition of its all-night, 12 -hour drone concert and a series of panels and workshops. The Big Ears film festival – recently dubbed one of the 25 coolest film festivals in the United States – “an experimental answer to SXSW” – will return under the direction of Paul Harris and Darren Hughes of Knoxville’s Public Cinema. Tickets for Big Ears Festival 2019 are on sale now at bigearsfestival.com. Enhanced ticket packages include new perks for the VIP Sonic Explorer ticket, such as access to exclusive kick-off and after-party events and more. In addition, individual donors who support Big Ears Festival can join the Friends of Big Ears program, where benefits include special experiences between now and the festival and a discount on 2019 passes. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Big Ears Festival provides free programming to the community thanks to generous festival sponsors and partners. More information is available on the Big Ears website under the “support” section. For more information, visit www.bigearsfestival.com.

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The Dogwood Arts House & Garden Show Returns to the Knoxville Convention Center February 1-3

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or more than 40 years, the Dogwood Arts House & Garden Show has showcased the evolution of trends in home improvement, landscape design, décor, and more. The 2019 Dogwood Arts House & Garden Show will be at the Knoxville Convention Center February 1-3. The show hours are 10 am to 7 pm on Friday and Saturday, February 1 and 2, and 10 am to 5 pm on Sunday, February 3. Hundreds of exhibitors will offer innovative new ideas for your home and garden at the show. Seven incredible Grand Gardens will be created by local landscape design firms. The Art Market will feature unique art made by regional artists. At the How-To Stage presented by Discovery, television personalities and

experts will provide tips on lifestyle, interior design, home improvement, and gardening. Finally, check out our “She Shed, He Shed” area sponsored by Tuff Sheds to get ideas and tips on how to decorate your own backyard getaway. On the Dine & Design Stage, local chefs will prepare meals complete with presentation tips to make your food look as good as it tastes. See what’s blooming at the Herb and Flower Market, and bring the kids to the Children’s Creation Station, which will feature fun crafts and entertainment just for them. You’ll even spot some favorite children’s TV characters on the show floor. The 2019 Dogwood Arts House & Garden Show is pre-

sented by ORNL Federal Credit Union. This event is the largest fundraiser for Dogwood Arts and helps keep 99% of Dogwood Arts events free to all each year. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors 65+ and military, and FREE for children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online in advance at www. dogwoodarts.com. Purchase your tickets at any ORNL Federal Credit Union location and receive a $1 discount. For more information, call 865-637-4561 or visit www. dogwoodarts.com. Dogwood Arts, presented by ORNL Federal Credit Union, is a 501(c)(3) organization with a mission is to promote and celebrate our region’s art, culture, and natural beauty.

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Come in and meet these cats plus Dahlia, Teri, Cabaret, Dorie, Chloe 2, Jinkies, Casey, Vols, and a “clowder” of adorable kittens! Cat Tidbit: Researchers used owner surveys and an experiment to determine if cats might be left-pawed or rightpawed. For the survey, owners tracked which paw their cats used when stepping into a litter box or taking the first step down stairs. They also put treats inside a container and recorded which paw each cat used to get the treats. Although the results showed that cats overall aren’t biased toward one paw, they did have preferences: 73% used one paw more to reach for the treats, and 70% showed paw preference when taking the first step on stairs. All animals adopted are spayed or neutered, have age appropriate vaccinations and testing, and are microchipped with registration. Cats are litter box trained. There is a $40 adoption fee if over two years old, $50 if under two years old. Are you looking for a way to give back to your community? The Monroe County Animal Shelter is looking for volunteers. Perhaps you could help man the front desk or help with other administrative duties. Maybe you’d enjoy being a dog walker. Perhaps you’re good at grant writing or fundraising. Whatever your skill, you’re needed at the shelter. Please contact us! The shelter operates a monthly food pantry. Supplies are low, and we are reaching out to the community to help. Any donations of canned or dry puppy and dog and kitten and cat food are needed and will be appreciated. Donations can be dropped off at the shelter, or Food City in Vonore has a donation barrel by the customer service desk if you want to buy some food and just leave it right in the store. We thank you for your kindness and support. The Monroe County Animal Shelter is located at 170 Kefauver Lane in Madisonville (behind Walmart) and is open Tuesday through Friday from 11 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday from 11 am to 2 pm. For more information, call 423-442-1015. Check out all available pets on our website at www.monroecountyfriendsofanimals.org. The official Facebook page is “TN Monroe County Animal Shelter.” Adoption gift certificates are available all year.

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$64,000 Grant from PetSmart Charities® Helps Smoky Mountain Service Dogs to Enhance the Physical and Psychological Quality of Life for Wounded Veterans

moky Mountain Service Dogs recently received a $64,000 grant from PetSmart Charities®, the leading funder of animal welfare in North America, to support their mission to improve the quality of life for severely wounded veterans and their families by providing them with custom trained/public access tested and approved mobility assistance service dogs at no cost to the veteran. “Smoky Mountain Service Dogs have the remarkable ability to provide comfort, to reduce stress and anxiety, and provide unconditional love,” said Mike Kitchens, Volunteer Chair of Smoky Mountain Service Dogs. “In addition, since our dogs have been specially-trained in mobility assistance, they’re able to help perform several invaluable tasks for the veteran they are matched with: From turning on lights to helping with balance, movement, and rehabilitation.” The new grant from PetSmart Charities® will help provide training, animal care, supplies, and overall support of the mobility assistance dog program for injured veterans, enabling Smoky Mountain Service Dogs to provide two mobility assistance service dogs to veterans. A portion of the grant will also fund exercise yard fencing and

Tennessee Home Garden Vegetable Calendar Available for 2019

Monthly Tips, Management Templates, and More from UT Extension Experts ome gardeners and growers across the state can now utilize a free resource for planting in 2019. The Tennessee Home Garden Vegetable Calendar has been developed by the Photo courtesy of UTIA UT Extension Fruit and Vegetable Workgroup to help users create a comprehensive plan for home vegetable gardens. “The 2018 calendar was extremely useful and well received, so we want to continue that momentum for Tennessee growers,” said Natalie Bumgarner, UT Extension plant sciences expert. “The 2019 calendar features all of the information and tips of the 2018 calendar, with additions of the newest research crop spotlights and management tips.” The calendar includes tips for scheduling planting, harvest, and general management. It is formatted like a regular calendar, and you can print and display in a convenient area or use on your computer throughout the year. Also included in the calendar are monthly tasks for growers and an area for taking notes about that month’s weather and crop observations. The calendar is area-specific as well, with suggestions for East, Middle, and West Tennessee. The frost/freeze probable dates for 12 Tennessee communities is also included in this year’s calendar. The Tennessee Home Garden Vegetable Calendar is available for download from the UT Extension website, and the final pages of the file include management templates for crops, climate, pests, and diseases. The file also includes fillable boxes that enable it to be used as an electronic record keeping system for gardeners who do not wish to print the file. To download your copy of the Tennessee Home Vegetable Garden 2019 Calendar, visit www.extension.tennessee.edu/publications and type “2019 calendar” into the search bar. Bumgarner also points out the PDF contains links to connect readers to other UT Extension gardening resources, denoted by green text throughout the calendar. The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture celebrates 50 years of excellence in providing Real. Life. Solutions.™ through teaching, discovery, and service. For more information, visit www.ag.tennessee.edu.

enhancements for the new SMSD Veteran/Canine Training facility. “At PetSmart Charities®, we believe that pets have the power to make us happier, healthier human beings, and that’s even more true when we’re talking about specially-trained service dogs,” said Kelly Balthazor, Regional Relationship Manager at PetSmart Charities. “We’re proud to support Smoky Mountain Service Dogs as they work to provide highly-specialized companion animals to help veterans who have so bravely served our country.” About Smoky Mountain Service Dogs Smoky Mountain Service Dogs is a registered 501(c) (3) organization with a mission to enhance the physical and psychological quality of life for wounded veterans by providing custom-trained mobility assistance service dogs at no cost to the veteran. For more information, visit www.smokymountainservicedogs.org. About PetSmart Charities® PetSmart Charities®, Inc. is a non-profit animal welfare organization with a mission to find lifelong, loving homes

for all pets by supporting programs and thought leadership that bring people and pets together. In addition to finding homes for almost 500,000 shelter pets each year through its in-store adoption program in all PetSmart stores across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, PetSmart Charities® provides funding to non-profits aligned with its mission through four key areas of grant support: Preventing Pet Homelessness, Helping Shelter Pets Thrive, Supporting the Bond Between People and Pets, and Emergency Relief and Disaster Support. Each year millions of generous PetSmart shoppers help pets in need by donating to PetSmart Charities® using the pin pads at checkout registers inside PetSmart stores. In turn, PetSmart Charities® efficiently uses 90 cents of every dollar donated and has become the leading funder of animal welfare in North America, donating about $300 million to date. PetSmart Charities®, a 501(c)(3) organization, has received the Four Star Rating from Charity Navigator, an independent organization that reports on the effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of non-profits, for the past 14 years in a row – placing it among the top one percent of charities rated by this organization. For more information, visit www. petsmartcharities.org.

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172 Hiwonihi Trail $1,150,000 - MLS #1057017

256 Cheestana Way $1,090,000 MLS #1049955

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215 Iroquois Circle $1,024,900 – MLS#1034382

223 Coyatee Shores $929,900 – MLS #1050345

147 Cheeskogili Way $875,000 – MLS #1051594

205 Tigitsi Place $865,000 – MLS #1063214

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2126 Cruze Road $790,000 – MLS #1056618

402 Catoosa Lane $785,000 MLS #1049937

149 Chatuga Drive $759,900 – MLS #1050491

258 Cheestana Way $759,000 – MLS # 1053106

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Lake Front – Tellico Village

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153 Cheeskogili Way $749,000 MLS #1062469

180 Oonoga Way $699,750 MLS # 1059415

120 Tigitsi Lane $639,000-MLS#1015494

155 Saloli Way $628,500-MLS#1027212

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416 Wewoka Circle $629,000 – MLS #1053576

100 Piute Circle $549,900 – MLS#1041499

219 Northshore Drive $539,900-MLS#1032245

112 Tanasi Drive $529,900 – MLS #1042744

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105 Santee Way $529,900 – MLS #1061609

405 Tigitsi Circle $529,000 MLS #1054948

945 Ironwood Lane $489,000 – MLS#1059086

211 Konawa Lane $459,000 – MLS#1033531

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190 Tommotley Drive $475,000 – MLS #1061153

304 Dudala Place $449,900 – MLS #1051182

124 Depew Drive $448,000 – MLS #1054874

204 Osage Place $439,900 – MLS #1049963

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108 Cheeskogili Way $354,900 – MLS #1056626

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227 Bokoshe Circle $357,500 – MLS #1055296

144 Walosi Way $349,900-MLS#1028226

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106 Santee Way $329,000 – MLS#1045289

323 Gadusi Lane $335,000 – MLS #1060020

102 Cheestana Circle $309,000 – MLS #1051919

214 Saligugi Circle $299,000-MLS#1027710

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One Level - Tellico Village

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172 Daleyuhski Way $299,000 – MLS #1054937

158 Vinita Lane $289,900 – MLS#1035883

205 Cheeyo Trace $269,000 - MLS#1046471

206 Mingo Way $239,900 – MLS #1043922

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229 Seminole Circle $375,000 MLS #1060036

166 Oostanali Way $359,000 – MLS #1061439

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214 Oohleeno Trace $209,000 – MLS #1049665

145 Gayle Avenue $159,900 – MLS #1059952

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One Level – Tellico Village

212 Saligugi Circle $239,000 MLS #1062641

304 Paoli Trace $225,000 - MLS #1063129

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400 East 2nd Avenue $152,500 – MLS#1044436

7349 W. Meadow Road $150,000 – MLS # 1052043

106 Chota View Lane $130,000 – MLS#1046245

1303 E. Broadway $119,999 – MLS#1033304

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Lake View – Tellico Village

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Lot 3 Blk 32 Mialaquo Point $349,900 MLS #969365

Lot 891 Bay Pointe Road $700,000 MLS # 1064487

Lot 27 Blk 15 Mialaquo Coves $54,900 – MLS #998655

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January

elcome to the New Year! I have had a couple of people request an article on making gardening easier, so that is my focus for this month. There are many reasons for people to decide that it is time to reduce the workload in their yard. For many, the reason is simply an aging body. Backs hurt, and knees get replaced. Arthritis develops in joints, and things don’t work the way they used to. Gardening is less enjoyable and more tedious. Or perhaps it is a spouse or partner that is ill and requires care. Age isn’t the only reason that gardening becomes harder. Some young people find that children with a dozen after-school activities are keeping them from the yard. Some get dogs that make gardening difficult. (That would be me.) Some change jobs and find that they work too many hours, travel too much, or simply don’t have anything left to give to their yard. Whatever the reason, there are times when your yard has started working you instead of you working in your yard, and things need to change. There are three ways of making gardening easier: 1. Change your garden type. » Vertical planting – Using trellises and wall space reduces the amount of bending and reaching required and is a big trend in gardening right now. Whether it is green walls or green towers or gutter gardens, there are many options for those who want their plants to go up instead of out! This can be done with flowers, herbs, and vegetables. This type of gardening is not only easier on the body, but it also keeps spreading plants off the ground, which can reduce insect and disease problems. » Container gardening – This option has become more popular every year since we have opened. There are many bene-

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fits to planting in pots: The plants can be moved if necessary, moisture levels can be monitored, and fertilization is easier. Everything from annuals to vegetables to small trees and shrubs can be grown this way. In addition, new types of containers allow plants to be left out year-round. I will point out that most trees and shrubs can only stay in a planter for three years or so. » Raised beds – These are a great way to allow gardeners to keep working in the yard and are also helpful for the plants! If constructed with a wide edge, gardeners can sit on the side while reaching into the beds. Walkways can be constructed between them that are wide enough for walkers and wheelchairs. Beds that are 10’ long and 5-6’ wide tend to be most accessible, but other sizes can work well also. Beds can be constructed of wood, rock, or cement blocks, but do not use treated lumber! It can leach harmful chemicals into the soil. 2. Change your garden. » Make changes in your yard to reduce the work load. Some people opt to reduce the number of landscape beds and therefore reduce the number of plants that need care. Others opt to make larger portions of their landscape into beds to reduce the amount of grass they need to mow! » Give part of your yard back to nature. This obviously won’t work if you have an HOA or live in a regulated subdivision, but others of you may simply decide to stop maintaining the farthest reaches of your yard. Create a wildlife habitat and see who comes to visit. 3. Change the way you garden. » Use special tools – There are several companies who have started developing tools that are geared toward the older or differently abled gardener. Some are made with a different grip for arthritic hands. There are kneelers with grips that

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ooking to add something unique to your shade garden this year? Farfugium japonicum ‘Giganteum’, commonly known as Giant Leopard plant or simply farfugium, is one of my favorite foliage plants in the gardens. This clump-forming perennial has glossy, leathery foliage that adds dramatic texture and gives a tropical feel to even the most lackluster spaces in a garden, and as a bonus, it blooms in late fall when few other plants are in flower. Like the species, leaves are thick and are deep green in color, but as its name implies, Giganteum leaves are can grow up to 18 inches across. While other species of farfugium like full shade, this one does best with a few hours of dappled sun in well-drained moist soil. Farfugium will wilt during our extreme summer temperatures or in dry spells but thrives if sited correctly and is not allowed to go dry. Hardy from zones 7 to 10, foliage is semi-evergreen during mild winters but dies back to the ground once temperatures are around 20 degrees Fahrenheit with new foliage emerging in spring. With the mild winter in East Tennessee last year, our clumps in the Cornelia B. Holland Hosta Garden bloomed in December and foliage lasted until mid January. The daisy-like blooms are bright yellow and emerge on tall, leafless stalks and provide an unexpected burst of color in the gray of winter. Farfugium is fairly low maintenance and does not have any serious disease or pest problems, but it is susceptible to foliar slug damage. Remove spent leaves throughout the season and cut off flower stalks when

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blooming is done. For best results, planting should occur in spring for healthy establishment. Again, be sure and provide deep watering during hot summer months to keep farfugium looking lush. Farfugium is most effective if planted in mass, near ponds or streams, woodland gardens, perennial borders, or in containers. In shade gardens, the striking foliage provides a nice contrast with companion plants such as hostas, ferns, Japanese maples, columbine, and astilbe. Like hostas, you can’t have just one in your garden. In addition to Giganteum, other interesting cultivars include ‘Aureomaculata’ and ‘Crispatum’. Both are hardy from zones 7 to 10. Guaranteed to attract the eye, Aureomaculata also features deep green glossy foliage but sports bright yellow irregular spots. Crispatum is lighter green with striking ruffled margins. These cultivars and Giganteum will begin to satisfy a farfugium addiction that seems to begin whenever any gardener starts with one plant. While readily available in its native home of Japan, several cultivars have slowly made their way to North America during the last decade. Visit your local nurseries or shop online for available selections. The UT Gardens include plant collections located in Knoxville, Jackson, and Crossville. Designated as the official botanical garden for the State of Tennessee, the collections are part of the UT Institute of Agriculture. The Gardens’ mission is to foster appreciation, education, and stewardship of plants through garden displays, educational programs, and research trials. The Gardens are open during all seasons and free to the public. For more information, visit www.ag.tennessee.edu/utg.

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New Exhibitions Opening at the Emporium Center

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he Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present five new exhibitions at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from January 4-25. A reception will take place on Friday, January 4, from 5 to 9 pm as part of First Friday activities downtown to which the public is invited to meet the artists and view the artwork. Local musicians Kelle Jolly & The Will Boyd Project will perform at the opening. Most of the works are for sale and may be purchased through the close of the exhibition. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission Gallery of Arts Tribute in the Main Gallery

creative solutions that not only achieve results, but also break the ground of conventionalism. He’s garnered more than a 130 local and international design awards for his creative solutions, along with being published in several prestigious design annuals. Hornsby has cultivated his many years of design experience through producing superior creative work from corporate identity and websites to TV commercials. In addition, Hornsby, the fine artist, enjoys the freedom and renewed energy that comes from creating his own personal artistic expressions. His pieces range from installation art to paintings and sculptures. As a problem solver, he also enjoys the technical challenges that come with installation art as well. His work has appeared in museums, exhibitions, and has been displayed in numerous venues. Bill Capshaw: The Journey in the Display Case

The MLK Gallery of Arts Tribute exhibition will kick off the 2019 King Week Celebration (January 16-21). The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission is partnering with the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville to provide this fifth annual exhibition. The Galley of Arts Tribute is a juried exhibition developed to recognize local artists and, most importantly, honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The exhibit will feature works by local artists reflecting the 2019 theme, The Courage to Lead with a Greater Determination. Works in the exhibitions may also be a reflection of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and have pertinence to the themes of Unity, Community, Love, Reconciliation, Social Justice, and Civil Rights. Chris Hornsby: Fracture-Recontextualized in the Balcony Bill Capshaw

Chris Hornsby Fracture-Recontextualized is an experiment that joins Chris Hornsby’s pre-existing paintings into larger, more complex compositions. Hornsby explains: “I was inspired by the kinetic technique of Alexander Calder’s mobiles and how he overcame the static nature of art. The modular forms I’ve conceived within each of my paintings have the potential to continually vary and evolve through perpetual redesign and placement. They are not fixed entities but objects of change. With every fluid unfolding, I believe they are the embodiment of performance and installation art. The modularity of my forms opens the door to the possibility of co-creative art, in which collectors/exhibitors/other artists and I collaborate to jointly determine the appearance of the work. This collective evolution, with each turn of recomposing and decomposing, offers an alternative perspective and interpretation. The original paintings can be re-contextualized by the rearranging of their parts, thereby providing unlimited possibilities not yet imagined.” Hornsby’s creative passion permeates his professional and personal life in a variety of expressions. Having studied graphic design at the University of Georgia in Athens, he has worked with a host of ad agencies and design studios across the Southeast, including those in Atlanta, Knoxville, and Mississippi. In 2003, he launched his own creative firm, Hornsby Brand Design, LLC. This AAF (American Advertising Federation) Hall of Fame inductee answers each of his professional challenges with

Artist statement: “The works are representative of my life. As an artist, we focus on the piece on which we are working and try not to get to the end until the end reveals itself. At that time, you know it is complete, and the next piece now demands your full attention. Sometimes you know where to start; other times you have no idea. So you began to work, discover, create, manipulate, study, and attempt all those things that support your energy in making your art. Works represent my beginning and where I am now. There are many influences that have inspired me along the way: The many artists I know, my students, my teachers, and life. Emotionally-filled with so much information, yet not consumed by it. The good, bad, and unexplained continuously invade the thinking. And here we are today thinking about where we are heading now.” Capshaw earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics in 1971 and a Master of Fine Arts in Printing Processes in 1974 from East Tennessee State University. He worked for Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC from 1977-2007 as a Government Printing Office Specialist, as well as served as an adjunct faculty member at Pellissippi State Technical Community College. For more than 30 years, he has served as Pottery Chair and Instructor of the Oak Ridge Art Center. Capshaw has volunteered with the Tennessee Arts Commission to review grant applications for AtRisk Youth and other grant programs. He has conducted workshops at the Appalachian Center for Craft, Arrowmont School, Vanderbilt University, Virginia Intermont College, Oak Ridge Art Center, Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge, and various area middle and high schools. Capshaw’s works have been included in the Governor’s Inaugural Ball, countless fundraisers, private collections, and permanent collections such as ETSU Slocum Gallery, Tennessee Arts Commission, and Huntsville Fine Arts Museum. He has had solo and group shows with Blue Spiral 1 (Asheville), Rodman Townsend Gallery, Johnson City Arts Council, Kingsport Fine Arts Center, Smithsonian Institute, Tennessee State Museum, Vanderbilt University, Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts, and many others. His work is displayed and sold with Highland Craft Shop in Gatlinburg, Norris Craft Center, and Folk Art Center in Asheville. He is a member of Foothills Craft Guild, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Appalachian Arts and Craft Center, and Tennessee Association of Craft Artists, at whose fairs he has held numerous demonstrations.

Karen Ann DuGuay: Following Your Inner Voice in the Atrium

Karen Ann DuGuay As a child, Karen Ann DuGuay’s mother shared with her a passion for drawing. She showed DuGuay how to understand composition, lighting, and color balance by studying the masters. She also taught Karen by a technique referred to as “master copy drawing.” DuGuay’s natural curiosity and these early lessons honed her skills in “seeing” and expressing her artistic vision. Throughout the years, her artistic talent has been expressed in media such as drawing, painting, and ceramics. She is always seeking new ways to express herself artistically. After moving to Tennessee in 2014, DuGuay began hiking in nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park. On her hikes, she would hear an inner voice urging her to follow a sound, a ray of light, or even the wind. The voice would say, “There’s something there, there’s something to this.” Sometimes it is a snail smaller than a pea making its way across a rock; at other times, it is a 200-year-old Beech tree highlighted by the early morning sun. They each have something to say, something to share. DuGuay’s photographs give them a stage, a venue, a spotlight to be seen and heard. In the fall of 2017, she traveled across the United States exploring landscapes, cityscapes, and street photography. Wherever life takes her, she always listens to that inner voice… “there’s something there.” In this exhibition, DuGuay will feature photographs of the things she has been drawn to on her travels. She hopes viewers will be moved to follow their inner voice, pause and take notice, and “see” more closely the world around us. Regina Tullock: Life Around a Little Pond & Big Birds of the Lake on the North Wall Regina (Gina) Tullock has been exploring the ways life becomes art for the past 28 years, beginning with her work as a middle school educator. Through her professional career, she has nurtured young people to give expression to their creativity through art, drama, and photography. Her pioneering work with students, when computers were first developing into a viable artistic medium, paved her own way to Regina Tullock her current mode of artistic expression. Through combining photography, graphic art, and a fine artist’s eye for texture, color, and composition, Tullock creates photographic prints that take on the look and character of oil paintings. Her work blends both a photographic realism with an artistic interpretation, creating a medium that uniquely engages on both levels, leaving the viewer to experience a deeper truth behind what meets the eye. Tullock’s artwork includes images take around a little pond around her garden, bird life on Fort Loudon Lake, and along roads around the lake. The exhibitions are on display at the Emporium Center, located at 100 S. Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. Exhibition hours are Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. Please note that the Emporium will be closed Monday, January 21, for the holiday. For more information, contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at 865-523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com. About the Arts & Culture Alliance The Arts & Culture Alliance serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions. The Alliance receives financial support from the Tennessee Arts Commission, the City of Knoxville, and First Tennessee Foundation.

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Highlights Towards our mission, we were able to provide five wounded veterans with mobility assistance service dogs: Air Force veteran Shawn Pederson with “Vanner,” U.S. Army/ Special Forces veteran Dave Brace with “Dolly,” U.S. Marine veteran Walt Hutton with “Buster,” U.S. Army veteran Corey Godsey with “Nitro,” and U.S. Army veteran Chuck Stewart with “Sadie.” Facilities Progress We have been asked a lot: “When are you going to break ground for your new SMSD/ Canine Training Center?” Actually, thanks to our Board Architect, Bill Taylor, and Facilities Development Coordinator, Jim Goyert, we already have, unofficially. In order to run the new power line to the construction site, our friends at Pipeline Construction and Pree’s Trees came out to offer their assistance at no charge. An old storage shed was demolished, and an outside storage area was reconstructed. In addition, a construction storm water discharge plan was developed, submitted, and approved along with the project septic sewage disposal plan. Thanks to Dick Snyder and Bill Koepp, our Veterans Memorial was landscaped and lighted. Other projects during the year: Thanks to Karns HS JROTC, Loudon HS JROTC, Sitel, USAA, and Tellico Village VFW, all fencing and buildings received a new coat of paint, the front and back porch of the home were stained, and new carpeting and molding were installed inside of the property home. Moving forward, excavation/grading will start shortly, and final plans will be submitted to Loudon County Planning and Zoning (approval should not take long). In March, Morton Buildings will be moving materials to the site and begin construction. Ben Testerman of Testerman Restoration will serve as our general contractor, donating his time and talents for interior finish out work. Our Veterans/Canine Training Center will be approximately 6,500 square feet, with kennel area being 2,500 square feet, indoor training 2,700 square feet, and grooming area, feeding area, med/exam area, conference room, and offices taking the remaining space. It will be a very exciting year with a lot going on at the property. The construction area will be “hard hat” only. We would love to be able to have our Grand Opening around Veterans Day 2019. When completed, our new Veteran/Canine Training Center should allow us to double the number of wounded veterans and families we can serve. Volunteers and Donors This incredible journey would not be possible without the volunteers and giving spirit of individuals, organizations, corporate entities, grantors, and, of course ,our wonderful trainers Heather, Susan, Cassie, and Jennifer. We currently have more than 140 community volunteers serving in many capacities. We have also been blessed by significant growth in our donor base. Our Sustaining Partners are the foundation of our financial well-being. These entities have committed to supporting our mission each year: Altar’d State, Choice Spine, Citi Bank, Elizabeth Turner Campbell Foundation, Gary Lindsey Foundation, Good Neighbors Shoppe, Isotek, LLC, Natural Pet Supply, PawTree, PetSafe, PetSmart Charities, Remington Partners, Smoky Mountain Jeep Club, TN State Bank, Vanquish Worldwide, Weigel’s, Pull for Our Veterans. To assure all donors that we operate in the manner that we declare, we enlisted Ingram, Overholt, and Bean, P.C. to conduct our first Audited Financial Statement. To quote them, “In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Smoky Mountain Service Dogs, as of December 31, 2017, and the changes in its net assets and its cash flows for the year ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.” We continue to operate with a business model that insures more than 95% of revenue goes to the care/training of our canines and the wounded veterans we serve. Our Canines Currently we have 19 wonderful canines in training: Whiskey, Tango, York, Murphy, Gunner, Crockett, Cowboy, Banjo, Tucker, Toby, Hunter, Cade, Trooper, Dagger, Hooligan, Boomer, Spirit, Sandy, and Tracker. In addition to our ongoing facility work, 2019 will also be a busy time for client placements, with many “Passing of the Leash” graduations. We have several applicants approved and wonderful canines at the ready. We hope to place another five to six dogs during the year. National Exposure

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Ohio University in Athens, Ohio is putting together a wonderful documentary on service dogs. They will feature three veterans with PTSD dogs and four veterans with mobility assistance service dogs. SMSD was selected as the organization to provide the mobility assistance piece. Just recently Ohio University representatives traveled to Tellico Village to film the SMSD portion. We arranged for them to interview Billy Marshall/Lucy, Jason Ehrhart/Freedom, Bradley Walker/Bella, and Chad Farley/Brice. The first part of each interview was just the veteran on the Forrest Gump bench as the veteran talked about their life and their time in the military, all before their SMSD service dog. Then the dog joined as the veteran talked about their life after receiving their “battle buddy” SMSD canine. These are extremely powerful interviews that will reinforce for all the result of our efforts towards the mission. The previous documentary was narrated by Gary Sinise. We are not sure who the narrator will be, but the documentary will be released in late 2019 or early 2020. Dates to Save in 2019 » Friday, May 3 – PetSafe/SMSD Gala » Saturday, June 8 – SMSD Challenge Golf Tournament » Friday & Saturday, August 23 & 24 – Smoky Mountain Jeep Invasion » Saturday, September 28 – SMSD “Night for Patriots” fundraiser » Pull for Our Veterans Sporting Clays – TBA » Gary Lindsey Memorial Bass Tournament for SMSD – TBA » Altar’d State Golf for Good for SMSD – TBA » Fishing for Soldiers for SMSD – TBA Smoky Mountain Service Dogs is a 501(c)(3) organization. All tax-deductible donations can be made using PayPal on our website or mailed to SMSD, 110 Tooweka Circle, Loudon, TN 37774. For more information, visit www.smokymountainservicedogs.org.

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New Year’s Resolutions for Small Business

t’s that time again when individuals make New Year’s resolutions, and when you think of that, we normally hear things like losing weight, exercise more, quit a harmful habit, etc. But a small business can also make resolutions for a New Year, and this list will hopefully help your business grow and become the best it can be. (This list comes from “The Balance Small Business.”) » Learn how to manage my cash flow more effectively – This is a great resolution for small business owners who have drastic ebbs and flows in their cash flow, have been unable to create enough capital to invest back into the business, or those who don’t really understand the day-to-day finances of the business. » Improve your digital presence – If it’s been more than two years since your site has been updated, if you haven’t done anything to make your web presence mobile-friendly, if you still haven’t created an email marketing list, or if digital isn’t a component of your marketing plan, then it’s time to make a change. » Get social in your small business – Get your business into social media and explore which network is the best platform for your business.

Celebrating the Holidays by Spreading Joy and Hope

RAF Knoxville is lucky to have such generous donation partners that gift us with flowers as far as the eye can see!

RAF celebrates a special birthday during a delivery!

andom Acts of Flowers (RAF) dedicates the holiday season to a mission of a higher caliber. The month of December was packed with as many deliveries as possible, as well as special poinsettia deliveries to healthcare partners in the community. We at RAF understand the importance of mental health and hope during the winter season, especially among patients. The holiday season is one of the busiest times in the workshop. During a time that many people suffer from seasonal depression and discouragement, RAF raises delivery goals, both in numbers and locations. A 2008 study found that hospital patients who had flowers in their room felt less anxious. They were also more positive about their recovery and needed less post-operative care than patients without plants. In light of the giving season, generous donations sponsored the delivery of more than 500 poinsettias ($10 per plant) to be delivered to facilities on Christmas Eve. Families took the opportunity to deliver together in sharing the spirit of Christmas. What a beautiful time to connect with the community! More than 1,500 volunteer hours accomplished this tremendous impact of giving. The mission would not be possible without the persistence and passion behind every vase, ribbon, and flower that is crafted into a personal gift for each and every recipient. Some never see the personal impact of their work, selflessly serving to bring smiles they know they are creating. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived – that is to have succeeded.” In starting the New Year, RAF is looking forward to the 10th anniversary of our very first delivery in March. Random Acts of Flowers improves the emotional health and well-being of individuals in healthcare facilities by delivering recycled flowers, encouragement, and personal moments of kindness. To donate or learn more about how to get involved with Random Acts of Flowers, call 865-633-9082 or visit www.RAFKnoxville.org.

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Take a Trip Back to the Gilded Age with Biltmore’s New Exhibit

This colorized version of a photograph from the Vanderbilt archives depicts afternoon tea on the Loggia of Biltmore House with the Vanderbilts, September 1900. Left to right: Edith Vanderbilt, Mademoiselle Rambaud (Edith Vanderbilt’s former chaperone), Lila Vanderbilt Webb (George Vanderbilt’s sister), Mary Webb (Lila Webb’s sister in law), Isabella Stewart Gardner, William Blodgett II, and George Vanderbilt.

Edith Vanderbilt and infant daughter, Cornelia, circa 1900.

Jay and Adele Burden honeymooned at Biltmore in June 1895. Adele was George Vanderbilt’s niece.

f you’ve ever wondered what it would have been like to be a guest of the Vanderbilts during their years living in Biltmore House at the turn of the 19th century, your chance is coming soon. Beginning February 8, Biltmore House becomes the scene of a festive celebration hosted by the Vanderbilts in a new exhibition, A Vanderbilt House Party – The Gilded Age. For many years, Biltmore’s curators have researched what it was like when the Vanderbilts entertained guests at Biltmore House. Using information gleaned from letters, photographs, and documents in the Vanderbilt archives, the curatorial team has created an experience that will put today’s visitors into the action of the time when George and Edith Vanderbilt extended their boundless hospitality to family and friends. The exhibit will run through May 27th. Clothing vignettes in Biltmore House, paired with storytelling in a new audio-guided tour (free with all online ticket purchases) that uses innovative 360-degree sound techniques, will draw listeners into the preparations for a celebration in Biltmore House. The narration is based on those who lived and worked in Biltmore House and features a butler recounting the leisurely days and glamorous evenings the Vanderbilts’ guests enjoyed. Oscar-winning costume designer collaborates with Biltmore on exhibit The new clothing vignettes are based on the Vanderbilts’ actual wardrobes and were specially reproduced for this exhibition. Oscar-winning costume designer, John Bright, created the items with inspiration from archival photographs and portraits in Biltmore’s collection. Biltmore partnered with Bright and his London-based

Stationed in the Second Floor Living Hall of Biltmore House is the reproduction of a 1900-era skirt and shirt worn by Edith Vanderbilt.

Clothing reproduction of outfits worn by Adele and Jay Burden, stationed in the Salon in Biltmore House.

company, Cosprop, for its “Dressing Downton” exhibition, featuring Bright’s creations for the wildly popular series Downton Abbey. Tasked with bringing vivid color to scenes previously only seen in century-old black-andwhite photos, Bright worked with the estate’s curators to research fashion magazines of the era and studied the photography in great detail. A Vanderbilt House Party is included in Biltmore daytime admission; the premium audio-guided exhibition tour is free with online ticket purchases or can be purchased onsite for an additional fee. To learn more about this new exhibit, as well as how to purchase tickets, visit www.biltmore.com.

Detail of the embroidery and faceted beading stitched to create the butterflies on the reproduction of a 1900-era dress worn by Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, George Vanderbilt’s sister.

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