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Friends since middle school to take final curtain Alyse McCamish and Anna Smith will soon leave Knoxville to pursue their acting dreams, but they’ll take one last curtain call together this weekend in the Oak Ridge Playhouse production of “Urinetown.� McCamish graduated from Bearden High School last year, and Smith will graduate from Bearden this month. They first acted together in a West Valley Middle School production of “Annie.� At Bearden, they performed together in “Thoroughly Modern Millie� and “Footloose.�

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Thomas kickoff Knox County Commissioner Bob Thomas will kick off his campaign for county mayor at the same place Tim Burchett announced his candidacy seven or so years ago. All are invited to a free baloney lunch with R.C. Colas and Moon Pies from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, at Powell Auction and Realty, 6729 Pleasant Ridge Road behind the Clinton Highway Walmart. Commissioner Ed Brantley will serve as master of ceremonies for his friend and colleague Thomas. Entertainment will be provided by the Chillbillies, and Sammy “Barney� Sawyer will make the rounds.

JaJuan Latham’s locker is covered by notes and posters from Bearden Middle School students following his April 16 shooting death. Photo submitted

By Wendy Smith It takes a big locker to hold the love of Bearden Middle School students. The school has a tradition of celebrating happy occasions by decorating the lockers of students who are celebrating birthdays or preparing for big games. But after Bearden Middle School sixth grader JaJuan Latham was killed in a drive-by shooting on April 16, students channeled their grief by placing notes and posters on his locker, number 1206. Latham’s best friend was seventh grader Shay Tate. When she noticed the notes on his locker, she added her own, and soon it was covered. She asked students who had lockers nearby if notes could be placed on their lockers, and those, plus the wall above them, were also filled with notes. The two had been friends since elementary school. He called her his “sister,� she says. School administrators initially tried to halt the makeshift shrine,

Vestival (festival) is Sweet 16 Vestival is turning Sweet 16 this year, and it will be the hottest destination in SoKno this Saturday, May 7. However, on Friday, May 6, an even older event will be celebrated at the Vestival kickoff reception at Candoro Arts & Heritage Center: the 225th anniversary of Knoxville. “We’ll have a toast to the 225th anniversary of Knoxville and a toast to the 16th annual Vestival, says Sharon Davis, Candoro board president and chair of Vestival. Davis has ordered a birthday cake from Village Bakery for the reception, and the bakery is donating 1,000 cupcakes to be given away at the Candoro booth on Saturday.

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By Sandra Clark Mayor Madeline Rogero called for $2.7 million for sidewalks and crosswalks across the city, when she presented her budget last week, including $750,000 for sidewalks within school Parental Responsibility Zones and another $750,000 for new sidewalk construction. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will present his budget Monday, May 9. We’ll see then what he proposes. Regardless, sidewalks present a dilemma – residents at planning meetings consistently request them; some like those in West Hills even rally at 7 a.m. to demonstrate the need for sidewalks. Yet sidewalks are a low budget priority for decision-makers, al-

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but realized it was a way for students to heal and share emotions. Principal Sonya Winstead wanted Latham’s family to experience the love that was being expressed on the lockers, so she asked art teacher Michael Weininger if stuShay Tate dents could recreate a locker that could be shared. He immediately saw eighth grader Carlie Tenney and knew she’d be perfect for the job. She recruited her best friend, eighth grader Stephanie Warman, to help her paint a giant locker on pebble board that could hold the notes and posters, which were taken down last week. Both girls knew Latham because they waited for after-school pick-up together. Warman says he always asked her for candy. To page A-2

A giant painted locker created by Carlie Tenney and Stephanie Warman holds notes left on Latham’s locker. Photo by Wendy Smith

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most at the bottom of the wants and needs list. A January 2014 study prepared for the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works by Transportation Consultants Inc. identified locations within the county having the greatest potential and actual usage of walk-toschool trips. The study showed 22,322 of Knox County’s 59,276 students live within the Parental Responsibility Zones where bus transportation is not provided. Using a complex formula, planners determined the top schools for walkers if sidewalks were installed. These are, in order: Cedar Bluff Elementary, Londsdale Elementary, Blue Grass Elementary, Belle

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Morris Elementary, Norwood Elementary, Powell Elementary, Powell High School and BrickeyMcCloud Elementary. “Using this knowledge about where the greatest pedestrian demand and/or potential exists should provide a focused starting point for pedestrian project planning,� the report concluded. Seems sensible, yet Knox County has built sidewalks over the past 3-4 years at Halls Elementary and from Karns Elementary to Karns Middle – both areas where political pressure was intense and neither was on the priority list. Just a thought, but why not drop by to chat with Burchett at one of his nine meetings over two days following his budget presentation. And we dare you to walk:

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Monday, May 9: â– Budget presentation, 9 a.m., City County Building â– South Knoxville Senior Center, 11:30 a.m., 6729 Martel Lane â– Strang Senior Center, 1:30 p.m., 109 Lovell Road â– Halls Senior Center, 2:45 p.m., 4405 Crippen Road â– Carter Senior Center, 4 p.m., 9040 Asheville Highway â– Burlington Branch Library, 5:30 p.m., 4614 Asheville Highway Tuesday, May 10: â– Karns Senior Center, 1 p.m., 8042 Oak Ridge Highway â– Cedar Bluff Library, 2 p.m., 9045 Cross Park Drive â– Bearden Library, 3 p.m., 100 Golfclub Road â– Fountain City Library, 4 p.m., 5300 Stanton Road

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BHS drama alums to perform last show together Alyse McCamish and Anna Smith will soon leave Knoxville to pursue their acting dreams, but they’ll take one last curtain call together this weekend in the Oak Ridge Playhouse production of “Urinetown.� McCamish graduated from Bearden High School last year, and Smith will graduate from Bearden this month. They first acted together in a West Valley Middle School production of “Annie.� At Bearden, they performed together in “Thoroughly Modern Millie� and “Footloose.� McCamish studied theater and video production at Pellissippi State Community College this year, but like Smith, she’s spent the past two years auditioning and visiting theater programs. Last year, they traveled together to Chicago for the National Unified Auditions, a program that allows students to audition for multiple college theater

ing their last time to share the stage. “Urinetown� is a political farce set in a time when a drought leads to a government-enforced ban on private toilets, and public toilets are regulated by a malevolent company. The theme is surprisingly timely, given current issues with public toilets, says McCamish. It’s also slightly irreverent. “It’s definitely ahead of its time for Oak Ridge.� Both girls were impacted by Bearden High’s theater department and the direction of Leann Dickson. The shows are so good that it’s like working in a professional setting, says Smith. Performing in Bearden’s musicals inspired her ultimate goal: to perform on Broadway. If it doesn’t happen, she still hopes to inspire people through her performances. She’s also interested in directing, especially after co-directing “Thoroughly Modern Millie� at South-

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programs. This year, they attended the Unified Auditions in New York – during a blizzard. The auditions were stressful, but they’re paying off. Smith recently accepted an offer from Pace University in New York City. She was one of 700 students chosen to audition for 25 spots in the school’s musical theater program. McCamish has her heart set on Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Wales. She won’t find out if she’s accepted until summer, so she may commit to her second choice – Shenandoah University in Virginia – while she waits. For now, they’re enjoy-

Doyle High School this spring. McCamish just hopes to be part of something new, to “build something from the ground up.� Handling everything from building the set to renting the venue for a production of “The Last Five Years� with two friends was the most wonderful experience of her life, she says. Whatever comes next, the girls agree that it’s nice to have a friend in the “biz.� “Sometimes you feel alone, so it’s nice to have somebody that knows what you’re going through,� says Smith. One of the best things about the theater is the trust that’s built between actors, McCamish says. “That’s what’s so great. We’ve worked together so long, we trust each other.� “Urinetown� is Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 8, at 2 p.m. at Oak Ridge Playhouse.

Alyse McCamish and Anna Smith in Chicago last year

McCamish and Smith as Little Sally and Hope Cladwell in “Urinetown� Photos submitted

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Tenney says the loss of Latham impacted the entire school. Students expressed their thoughts on social media as well as the locker. “I honestly think it brought the school together.� Several of Latham’s cousins attend Bearden Middle. If students didn’t know him, then they knew one of his cousins, so everybody felt something, says Warman. It changed the environment of the school. “Everybody was just caring for each other that first day we came back. There were no arguments.� The Monday after the shooting was especially

■The Halls High class of 1971 reunion, 6 p.m. Saturday, May 14, Li’l Jo’s in Maynardville. Cost: $20 at the door. BYO spirits or beer can be purchased at the restaurant. RSVP: 963-5087, 922-8070 or wolfec4@gmail.com. ■Annual Reynolds Family Reunion, 11 a.m. Sunday, May 15, at Big Ridge State Park, Tea Room. Bring a covered dish, fishing poles, games to play, cameras. Lunch, 1 p.m. ■Central High School Class of 1964’s 70th birthday party, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Grande Event Center, 5441 Clinton Highway. Cost: $30, includes full buffet. Info: David, CHS64grad@gmail.com. ■Fulton High School Class of 1966 50th reunion, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, Calhoun’s on the River, 400 Neyland Drive. Cost: $25. Reservations deadline: July 15. Reservations/ payment: Fulton High School 1966 Reunion, c/o Doug Welch, 890 Hansmore Place, Knoxville TN 37919. Info: Dougwelch1948@yahoo.com. ■The Knoxville Central High School Class of 1966 50th reunion, Saturday, Oct. 8, Beaver Brook Country Club. Info: Gail Norris Kitts, gnkitts@yahoo.com.

From page A-1 hard, says Winstead. The funeral, which many students attended, was also difficult. The school is reaching out to the family in other ways. A combined Hat Day and Jersey Day raised $5,700

for funeral expenses, and last week, plans were in the works for teachers to deliver food. There’s no Band-Aid solution to the sadness, and possibly fear, that students may be feeling. All staff can

do is tell them that they’re safe at school and be available if students need to talk, she says. “We can’t make sense of something that’s really not logical. This should’ve never happened.�

HEALTH NOTES ■Asa’s EB awareness 5K walk/run, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 13, Victor Ashe Park, 4901 Bradshaw Road. All proceeds go to Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association (Debra) of America, the only national nonprofit organization that funds research and helps EB families. Registration: debra. convio.net/site/TR?fr_id=1140&pg=entry. ■Peninsula Lighthouse Group of Families Anonymous meetings, 6:15-7:15 p.m. each Tuesday, 1451 Dowell Springs Blvd. Newcomers welcome; no dues/fees; no sign-up; first names only. Info: Barbara L., 696-6606 or PeninsulaFA2@aol.com.

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BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 4, 2016 • A-3 Matt Salley of Marble City Glass demonstrates glass blowing at the Art in Action tent. Photos

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Merik Vacca takes a break from walking as his dad, Michael Vacca, gets a look at a tool used by Bill Cook Jr. to sculpt a slab of Italian blue ice alabaster.

Dogwood Arts offers Art in Action By Wendy Smith West Knoxville sculptor Bill Cook Jr. isn’t sure how he learned to shape rough stone into graceful works of art. He took a couple of classes in Florida, and watched a lot of internet videos. But mostly it was practice, he says. “The best way to learn is to break a few.� Now that he’s learned, it’s a joy to watch him coax curving shapes from the stone. That’s the point of Art in Action, an annual Dogwood Arts event that originated at Liz-Beth & Co.

when the gallery was located on Park West Blvd. The event, which gives the public the opportunity to watch artists as well as create their own art, became so big that it was added to the Dogwood Arts lineup, says Liz-Beth administrative director Gregg Phenicie. In addition to Cook, this year’s Art in Action artists were glass blower Dan Miller, painter Cynthia Markert, painter Jillie Eves, photographer Ann Allison-Cote’ and quilt artist Louise Ragle. Miller, of Ohio City Glass, shared work space with Matt Salley of Marble City Glass.

Watching artists work allows viewers the opportunity to appreciate their skills and creativity in a new way. Phenicie, who is always surrounded by art, still loves to watch how Markert incorporates the grain of the wood on which she paints into her subjects. The best part of the event is watching the children. He observed wonder in a little girl’s eyes when Eves showed her how to mix paint colors. “They get inspired.� Liz-Beth & Co. is located in The Gallery Shopping Center at 7240 Kingston Pike.

COMMUNITY NOTES â– Council of West Knox County Homeowners meets 7:15 p.m. each first Tuesday, Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Info: cwkch. com.

â– Family Community EducationCrestwood Club meets 10 a.m. each fourth Thursday, Grace Lutheran Church, 9076 Middlebrook Pike. Info: Ruby Freels, 690-8164.

â– Historic Sutherland Heights Neighborhood Association. Info: Marlene Taylor, 951-3773, taylor8246@bellsouth.net.

â– Family Community EducationBearden Club meets 10 a.m. each third Tuesday, Central BaptistBearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive. Info: Shannon Remington, 927-3316.

â– Fourth District Democrats meet 6 p.m. each fourth Tuesday, Bearden Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Info: Chris Foell, 691-8933 or foellmc@aol.com; Rosina Guerra, rosinag@earthlink.net

â– Lyons View Community Club meets 6 p.m. each second Monday, Lyons View Community Center, 114 Sprankle Ave. Info: Mary Brewster, 454-2390.

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â– Third District Democrats meet 6 p.m. each third Thursday, Cedar Bluff Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: Liz Key, 201-5310 or lizkey1@gmail. com; Isaac Johnson, 310-7745 or ijohnso2@gmail.com. â– Toastmasters Club 802 meets 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday, Central Baptist Annex, 6310 Deane Hill Drive. Info: 802.toastmastersclubs.org.

â– West Hills Community Association. Info: Ashley Williams, 313-0282. â– West Knox Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each first and third Monday, 8529 Kingston Pike. Info: knoxvillewest knoxlionsclub.org. â– West Knox Republican Club meets 7 p.m. each second Monday at Red Lobster on Kingston Pike.

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Making them cry, leaving them laughing What do we do and why do we do it? Betty Bean spoke last week to Dr. Mark Harmon’s UT journalism class. She brought the final copy of the old Knoxville Journal. There’s a staff picture on the front page. Bean stands alone, far in the back, not quite part of the gang but still there as the proud old daily coughed and folded. “Tell those kids to study for a job with a future,� I advised; but I know she didn’t. Bean is a true believer. Also last week, a reader from Halls wrote in part ... “Please forward – as I type this through the tears still on my cheeks – my thanks and appreciation to Betty Bean for her article, ‘A Killing at Danny Mayfield Park.’ “Not being a Knoxville native, I found it to be not only an outstanding piece of history but an opportunity for my own heart’s reflection on faith, gratitude, compassion and caring.� I forwarded the email to Bean with a note: “You’ve made another one cry.� Bean later said she had expected readers to cry: “I was crying when I wrote it.� So for every person who calls to complain about our delivery system, another calls to request delivery or extra copies. Very few write to thank us, and that’s OK. We’re already out chasing the next story.

What we do The Shopper News team publishes eight unique newspapers weekly. Roughly half of the content is consistent, while the rest is unique to each zone. I’m the overall editor and “last eyes� on each page before it’s printed.

deep in the food section). Additionally, the Shopper wraps the TMC –Total Market Coverage – delivery of various pre-prints and grocery circulars in Knox and Union counties.

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A sample of this week’s work: North, South, East, West

What’s next? Also, I coordinate government and business coverage, manage the columnists and go boldly where most reporters fear to tread: MPC sector meetings. North: Shannon Carey coordinates local content for Halls/Fountain City (our oldest paper), Powell, Union County and North/East (our newest zone). Ruth White, a Shopper veteran, covers our North kids beat, takes most cover photos and generally gets around the area, assisted by Cindy Taylor. West: Sherri Gardner Howell coordinates local content for Bearden, Farragut, Karns/Hardin Valley and South Knox. Sara Barrett covers the West kids beat, takes photos and fills in when Sherri travels. Betsy Pickle covers South, while Wendy Smith covers Bearden. Newer writers are Carolyn Evans, Farragut, and Nancy Anderson, Karns/Hardin Valley. Graphics: Carol Springer, Kathryn Woycik and Jodi Littleton put the pages together. In addition, Jodi manages our website. Ad sales: Coordinated by the News Sentinel team headed by Steve Bowman, the Shopper sales manager is Amy Lutheran, assisted by Patty Fecco, Tony Cranmore and Beverly Holland. Circulation: Shoppers are distributed inside the News Sentinel for Knox County subscribers each Wednesday (actually buried

As the former Scripps papers are assimilated into the USA Today network, we will change. Shopper pages will be produced by p a g i n at ion software. The classified pages already are. The web site will be more robust with easyto-search digital archives. We will always be c h a l lenge d to do more with less. L u c k i l y, the Shopper does that well – having started with a pencil and a drop box.

Shopper News is leading efforts to develop Powell Station Park. At top, seniors enjoy a school-sponsored cookout at the park. Home Depot guys donate picnic tables. Halls High principal Mark Duff captures the pride of all parents at graduation as he hugs his daughter, Morgan.

So what? You keep reading and we’ll keep writing. That’s our bargain.

Betty Bean features Brian McDaniel, who crafted the Knoxville montage above; and yes, that’s the MPC northwest county sector plan meeting at right.

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BEARDEN Shopper news • MAY 4, 2016 • A-5

Bearden controversy highlights KCS malaise The school year is limping toward the finish line with much unresolved.

Betty Bean The last-minute ditching of the year-end tests, ironically known as TNReady (and before that, TCAP), has angered and confused parents from Memphis to Mountain City, and here at home, the impending superintendent swap of James McIntyre for interim Buzz Thomas will happen against a backdrop of long-running turmoil at schools like Bearden High as controversy over the once-stellar girls softball program enters year two. A formal ethics hearing is scheduled for June 6 to deal with a complaint filed by two former Bearden softball booster club parents who have gotten stuck with the cost of a new indoor batting facility, and the Shopper News has learned that a second complaint, triggered by an email principal John Bartlett sent to faculty members accusing former softball team members of ridiculing and booing the coach and team at scrimmage games, is being prepared by another parent. This complaint will allege that Bartlett’s accusation is false and that at least one

student who is a former team member has been harassed by a teacher as a result. The complaints came in the wake of the abrupt and unexplained forced resignation of coach Leonard Sams, two weeks after he The practice facility for the led his team to Bearden High School softball team Bearden’s firstever state tournament run. Filed by Randy Susong tion had not allowed other and Adam McKenry, the first entities to construct facilicomplaint says the boosters ties on school property, but would never have agreed to accepted donations from take on the task of building these entities to go toward a new batting facility if board-constructed facilities Bartlett had informed them through the board’s normal it was not legal for them to purchasing and construcdo so. They say the problem tion process.� Sams was hired as an aswas aggravated when the popular Sams, for whom sistant coach in 2007 and the facility was named, became head coach in 2011. was booted from his job, He has been appointed to crippling their fundraising coach USA Softball’s 18-unability and leaving the two der team in Spain this sumof them on the hook for a mer, and several student$700 monthly payment. athletes transferred into The school board signed off Bearden to play for him. The Bearden and KCS on the plan. A state audit, released in administrations at first atearly April, found several tempted to pass his deparirregularities in the bid and ture off as a mutual decibuilding process, and said sion, but it quickly became the booster club should not evident that Sams did not have been allowed to take leave willingly. And when it on the construction project: became clear that the deci“The deficiencies noted sion was final, only two of above may have been avoid- 15 returning players stayed ed if the Board of Educa- with the team.

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At the end of last week, Bearden’s record (excluding practice games) was 1-15. Meanwhile, many former players with hopes of playing in college have joined the Tennessee White Lightning, a travel team that plays against high-level competition in North Georgia and is coached by Sams. Their record stands at 15-71. In addition to Bartlett, the first ethics complaint names Superintendent James McIntyre, Bearden athletic director and assistant principal Nathan Lynn and KCS director of facilities management Doug Dillingham. Speaking through KCS’s office of public affairs, Bartlett said he sent the email to his staff “to address concerns brought to him and the administration by parents and players.�

Worrying about Battle at Bristol No doubt you have been worrying for weeks about the upcoming Battle at Bristol. What if the Hokies upset the Volunteers and derail the exciting run toward the national championship before it really begins? Oh, you say the big game hasn’t even entered your mind? You have been wondering if somebody can catch the ball if Joshua Dobbs throws down the field? And you are somewhat interested in how bad is Jalen Reeves-Maybin’s bum shoulder and whether Tennessee can win the fourth quarter against Florida and Alabama? OK, be that way. Virginia Tech people are probably losing sleep over the big BB (that’s short for Bristol Battle). “We are aware of the big game on our schedule,� said Chester R. Henderlight, my favorite Hokie. “We’ve never played Notre Dame before. Does it snow before Thanksgiving in South Bend?� Well, imagine that. With the countdown to the really big September kickoff in days-hours-minutes-and-seconds mode, in

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flashing lights no less, are we to believe the Pilot Flying J Battle at Bristol is an incidental novelty, a gimmick game, largest crowd in the history of football, great video hub named Colossus, a massive show that few will see up close and in person – without a telescope? This can’t be. Bristol Motor Speedway is expecting 150,000 paying customers. Think about that – parking, gate receipts, concessions, souvenirs, extra for seat backs. Curiosity about football in the middle of a race track guarantees ESPN/ABC a worldwide TV audience. Performance Racing Network will scatter the radio broadcast to all four turns and far beyond. Multitudes will undoubtedly be up on the edge of their beds or recliners, depending on the hour of the day or night (to

be determined). There will be a variety of promotional links – NASCAR drivers talking about end sweeps, lavish charity dinner, Phillip Fulmer and ex-Vols in a golf tournament, large displays in 650 fuel stops, a really big deal. Big Jim Haslam, chief Pilot, will no doubt discuss his connections if asked, tackle times as a Volunteer and how his first gas station just happened to be in Gate City, Va., not far from Bristol. I’m telling you, this is a major event. Combatants are expecting to race home with more than $4 million per school (to apply toward campus safety and women’s sports). Tennessee fans have every reason to be excited about the upcoming season. It projects as the best in a decade, top 10 ranking, SEC East plaque all but inscribed. Butch Jones has brilliant playmakers, experience at most every position and finally decent depth. He has supposedly strengthened his staff. No excuses, this is it. Optimism abounds at Virginia Tech for other rea-

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sons. The Hokies traded in old-time coach Frank Beamer for bright, younger Justin Fuente, the man who made Memphis the talk of his town. For years, Tech people had wanted an innovative offense. Fuente brings it. Enthusiastic followers say the Hokies will no longer be boring, predictable and reluctant to adjust. I had no idea Virginia Tech was that bad. I had not followed closely. I was aware that the Hokies won the Independence Bowl in overtime. It seems to me the Battle at Bristol demands sharper focus. It will be a once-ina-lifetime presentation. To the best of my knowledge, in the history of college football, there has never been a big game in the middle of a steep-banked, concrete race track. Could be nothing like this will ever happen again. Do what? You say East Tennessee State and Western Carolina are going to play on the same field a week later? Oh my. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

Has Mayor Rogero forgotten the Metropolitan Planning Commission? Or does she care? It is now 10 months since three city vacancies occurred on MPC (starting July 1, 2015). Those are the city seats held by former Knoxville Vice Mayor Jack Sharp, Michael Kane and MPC vice chair Bart Carey. These three continue as holdovers with no knowledge of Rogero’s plans. She can reappoint, replace or do nothing as she is doing now, which continues them month to month. While filling MPC seats may not be Rogero’s most important duty, it directly impacts neighborhoods. Why has she not acted? It is expected she will replace as all three have served two or more terms. Rogero is committed to term limits, but by allowing them to continue for 10 months she is effectively giving them a partial third term. If a replacement is ever named on the Rogero watch then he/she will have a shorter term than the normal four years. All three are men and Rogero is expected to add at least one or two women as replacements. But when, if ever, will these replacements occur? Rogero owes the public a reason for her almost year-long delay. What is also surprising is that one of the public reasons for hiring Indya Kincannon was to assist the mayor in making appointments. Obviously with MPC, Rogero has been slow to act on whatever Kincannon suggested. ■Wayne Christensen has retired as head of Knox Youth Sports after 20 busy and productive years. He and his wife, Sara, moved to Knoxville for ChrisChristensen tensen to work for Whittle Communications in 1983. They came from Minneapolis. By 1996 when he started with KYS, Whittle had folded in Knoxville and he had worked on a Baseball Parent newsletter. But the KYS executive committee that year, consisting in part of Charlie Anderson, Caesar Stair III and Jimmy Haslam, hired Christensen as executive director. During those two decades, he grew the program including adding 3- and 4-year-olds, middle school

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baseball and lacrosse. KYS reached 2,000 youth a year in the program. KYS also includes baseball, softball, flag football and basketball. The KYS budget has been from $500,000 to $750,000 a year. KYS helped rebuild the soccer fields at Lakeshore Park and Ruggles Field was added. He says it was “the best job of my life.� Christensen says “retirement� is not part of his future. He is simply moving from one phase of his life to the next. He wants to be involved in something that impacts Knoxville. KYS has been a major player in youth activities in Knoxville and Christensen was a pivotal part of making that happen. ■Mike Chase, founder and owner of Calhoun’s, Copper Cellar and Chesapeake’s, says that the city revamping of Cumberland Avenue, which will last another year and a half, is costing his Copper Cellar restaurant on Cumberland over $1 million in sales. This does not include the lost city, county and state sales tax that could have been generated by customers. ■Rickey Hall, UT vice chancellor for diversity, is searching for a new job anywhere. He has been a finalist at three places. Clearly his UT days are numbered. With Chancellor Cheek expected to retire this year as he reaches 70, Susan Martin is retiring as provost Aug. 1, and Margie Nichols is leaving the chancellor’s office. In a month it will be a new operation by the start of 2017. Can Athletic Director Dave Hart, who instigated the Lady Vols name change, be far behind? Phil Fulmer is speculated as a new UT athletic director. ■State personnel held an explanatory meeting on the new $160 million state museum in Nashville here in Knoxville at Pellissippi State on April 12. It was poorly attended with only 18 citizens showing up who were not state employees or consultants. Notice of the meeting was spotty. People were surprised to learn that the new museum has 11,000 less square footage in exhibit space than the current one being replaced. Advocates of the new museum say it will be much better configured.

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SENIOR NOTES ■Beyond Bingo, presented by Shopper News, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, June 1-2, at Sherrill Hills, 271 Moss Grove Blvd. Free lunch and speakers on relevant senior issues. Door prizes. Info: 342-6084. ■Cumberland Estates Recreation Center 4529 Silver Hill Drive 588-3442 Offerings include: Senior Walkers, 10:30 a.m., Monday-Friday. ■Frank R. Strang Senior Center 109 Lovell Heights Road 670-6693 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Offerings include: card games; exercise programs; dance classes; watercolor classes; Tai Chi; blood pressure checks; Mahjong; senior-friendly computer classes. Private one-on-one computer classes available; cost: $10. Register for: Mayor’s Budget meeting, 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 9. Veterans Services visit, 11 a.m. Thursday, May 12; RSVP: 215-5645. ■John T. O’Connor Senior Center 611 Winona St. 523-1135 knoxseniors.org/oconnor. html Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Offerings include: Card games, billiards, senior fitness, computer classes, bingo, blood pressure checks 10:30-11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. This and That Market Group sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, May 4. Register for: Veterans Services visit, 10 a.m. Monday, May 9: RSVP: 215-5645. Lunch & Learn: “Stroke Awareness,� noon Monday, May 9; RSVP by May 5.

The current Braden’s Lifestyle Furniture in Turkey Creek was built in 2003.

The former Braden’s showroom on Western Avenue was a huge, state-of-the-art facility when built in 1972-73.

Braden’s marks 60 years in business By Carrie Grey The Braden’s furniture companies have been a part of Knoxville’s history for 60 years. The family celebrated the company’s founding on May 1. The original Braden’s started downtown on Jackson Avenue in a two-story, deep, narrow building in the Old City area. In the early 1960s, Braden’s Wholesale Furniture Company Inc. was relocated to Dale Avenue in a 50,000 square feet showroom warehouse. Today’s Rohm and Hass chemical factory occupies this spot. Braden’s initially operated as a wholesale furniture distributor, selling to retail furniture dealers in five surrounding states. The local showroom always featured high quality lines, catering to Knoxville’s interior designers and local customers in addition to serving as a showroom for out-of-state clients, sent in by their dealer network. Braden’s big move came in 1972-73 when McKinley Braden, the founder of the family business, purchased and consolidated several small parcels off of Western Avenue and built his flagship store – a 100,000 square feet facility. His son, Gary Braden, joined the family business in 1977. Braden’s continued to operate as a wholesale distributor, expanding into seven states over the next 20 years. In the mid-1980s, Gary opened an import and manufacturing business called AFI (Association of Furniture Importers), traveling to Asia to pursue furniture imports for the Knoxville area under the AFI brand for the Braden’s wholesale division. In fact, the Bradens set up a light manufacturing business behind their Western Avenue location, producing dining room tables, chairs and china cabinets from imported parts. Later the family opened Braden’s Bedding Manufacturing Company. It was through this company that they manufactured mattresses and box springs and sold to their dealers for 10 years (1982-1992). That business was located on Papermill Road under the brand America’s Best.

Gary Braden with his dad, McKinley Braden, founder of Braden’s Furniture In the meantime, the Braden’s showroom became Knoxville’s finest furniture company as the first gallery-concepts store in the United States. Iconic brands like Stickley, Henredon, Century, Drexel-Heritage, Hickory Chair, Theodore Alexander and others, as well as patio and rug galleries, were showcased, each with a 5,000-7,000 square feet gallery. In 1982, the Braden family purchased the Fowler Bros. Company of Knoxville and began revitalizing that great company brand, culminating with the construction of a 100,000 square feet building on North Peters Road in 1989. In 1993, Fowlers was sold to Rhodes Company of Atlanta, which eventually sold again to Don Fowler from Georgia. In 2003, Braden’s purchased its current facility in Turkey Creek – an up and coming area in Knoxville/Farragut. In November 2004, Braden’s Lifestyles was born, and was originally set up as a contemporary style shop, flourishing from 2004-2009 under the management of third

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generation Nick Braden. Not everything was always rosy, however. In 2007 Braden’s opened a 50,000 square feet store in Sevierville and bought a new warehouse in Maryville. This was the setting for the perfect storm, according to Gary Braden. Three major events happened at once. In 2007, Interstate 40 was closed for two years at the downtown Knoxville location. Gary says, “I love the orange and white, but I hate orange and white barrels!!â€? The road work, compounded by the country’s recession, destroyed the business. Meanwhile, Winfield Dunn Parkway was under construction for four years, creating a massive traffic jam to the Braden’s Sevierville location. Plus the cabin market, a large part of the Sevierville business, fell victim to the “housing bubbleâ€? meltdown. Both stores were closed and sold in 2009 and 2012 respectively. After closing the downtown store in 2009, the Braden family combined the formats of the downtown and Turkey Creek shops, and the rest is history. Braden’s has again been blessed with incredible growth, more than doubling in sales in six years, still featuring high-quality galleries, such as Stickley and Stressless, as well as a large patio department and rug gallery. Nick and Gary Braden have a love for the business and the community and plan to keep things in the family for another 60 years. Braden’s Lifestyles Furniture has always offered fine home furnishings and outdoor dĂŠcor. As a full-scale design shop, they now offer various design services and everything needed to complete a space from floor to ceiling. Braden’s recently launched a home-staging service, proven to help individuals and families sell their real estate properties faster. Inquiries related to furniture, outdoor dĂŠcor, interior design or homestaging should be sent to info@bradens.com Carrie Grey is director of social marketing for Braden’s Lifestyles Furniture.

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‘Take one’ By Carol Z. Shane Messiah Lutheran Church on Kingston Pike was the setting for a recent Salt and Light Luncheon. Presented by the Compassion Coalition, the midday events occur four times a year and feature guests speaking on a variety of topics. The Compassion Coalition is a faith-based nonprofit which seeks to unite local churches and people of faith in common efforts. Grant Standefer, the coalition’s executive director for the last 10 years, chose to focus this luncheon on the Take One Initiative, a voluntary mentoring program linked with the Tennessee Department of Corrections for eligible inmates who are scheduled to be released in the next 12-18 months. Speakers included Rick Staples, vice president of 100 Black Men of Greater Knoxville, Chief David Rausch of the Knoxville Police Department, Steve Humphreys and Phil Fairchild of the Faith Alliance mentoring program, Deacon Lee Ragsdale and the Rev. John Mark Wiggers, both of St. James Episcopal Church, and former inmate William Morris. All spoke of the impor-

tance of giving support to inmates who have served their time and are re-entering society – an estimated 93 percent of the total state prison population. Chief Rausch gave an impassioned talk about the consequences of failing to reach out. “You can’t put a person back in the same exact situation they came from and expect them to be different. We’ve got to help them be successful.� The Take One Initiative is simple: a church that wants to become involved is asked to simply “take one� inmate in order to help the person become acclimated to living back in society. A team of two mentors reaches out while the person is still in prison, and then offers help after release. “They’ve got to have a job,� said Rausch. “They’ve got to have people to care about them; they’ve got to have a place to stay.� Phil Fairchild said, “People coming out of prison need a second chance. They need a relationship established before they get out.� City government also plays a part in some cases. Rausch had praise for Mayor Madeline Rogero who, he says, “is walking the walk�

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The Rev. John Mark Wiggers (right) of St. James Episcopal Church shares a laugh with former prison inmate and mentee William Morris at a recent Salt and Light Luncheon presented by the Compassion Coalition. Photo by Carol Z. Shane by hiring former felons through a city program set up for that purpose. The most moving speech of the afternoon came from former inmate William Morris, who has been mentored by St. James Episcopal members. “I’ve been doing time since I was 12 years old,� Morris said. “I didn’t have family support. I didn’t know how to be responsible.� Morris said that his life changed “mentally and spiritually� in prison on Nov. 16, 2013, when he became a Christian, but he still felt the need for physical connections with those on the outside. When he saw a flyer for the Take One Initiative, he says, “I was the first one to sign up.� He’s been mentored by the

Rev. Wiggers, his wife, Liz, and others at St. James ever since. “I believe I know what life is about today,� said Morris. “It’s totally different than what I thought it was about.� Addressing the crowd directly, he continued, “Your time is the most valuable commodity you have. You never know, but that 30 minutes a day might change someone’s life.� Now building success and happiness for himself and his loved ones, he said, “It’s just great to be a part of something.� Info: 251-1591 or compassioncoalition. org, or email info@ compassioncoalition.org.

‘ExtendEd’ offers new degree option in Regas Building classrooms By Kelly Norrell Johnson University has announced a new venture called ExtendEd, to be offered in Knoxville and at sites in three other states, to grant accredited degrees in church leadership programs with study based in adult evening classes. In Knoxville, ExtendEd will offer classes beginning in August at the Regas Building, 318 Gay Street. Partnering locally is the Knoxville Interdenominational Bible Institute (KIBI), a predominantly AfricanAmerican pastoral and church leadership training school founded in 2001 by Joe Maddox, pastor of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. ExtendEd students can complete a bachelor’s de-

Joe Maddox, founder of the Knoxville Interdenominational Bible Institute, and Dr. Gary Weedman, president of Johnson Bible College, at a recent launch of ExtendEd. Photos submitted gree in either ministry leadership or pastoral care and counseling. The degrees will better equip vocational church pastors and staff and anyone in faith leader-

ship, said Daniel Overdorf, dean of the School of Congregational Ministries at Johnson University. Two recent events celebrated the launching – an

official announcement and reception April 21 at the Regas Building for community leaders, partners, and JU and KIBI students and faculty, and an informational meeting a few days later for prospective students. Johnson University has announced establishment of a Joe B. Maddox Scholarship Fund for ExtendEd students. Overdorf expects 10-15 students in the first class which will meet on Tuesday evenings at the Regas Building. They will have additional online coursework during the week with hands-on experience in churches. He said anyone interested in more information on ExtendEd should contact him at doverdorf@JohnsonU. edu

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Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. (Psalm 33:8 NRSV) The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours. We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon. (“The World Is Too Much with Us,� William Wordsworth)

Just to be clear, the psalmist and Wordsworth were talking about two different worlds. The psalmist was talking about the earth, the whole of the known creation. Wordsworth was referring to civilization: the affairs of men, the powers that rule, the day to day business of life. Lewis and I had a chance recently to get away from business to enjoy the beauty of the earth. After tax season was officially over (well, except for the extensions – all those folks who somehow needed more time to render unto Caesar), we went to our favorite campground in the mountains. We left the world of business behind in order to soak up the beauty and quiet and peace of God’s world. We had time to listen to the laughing creek, to watch the mallards sail across the lake, to marvel at the moon rising over the mountains. It soothes and heals the soul, I assure you. But, as always, we return to the routine. The trick, however, is this: we – all of us – need to learn to pay attention to this dear little planet, to love it, treasure it, protect it, enjoy it, honor it, preserve it for generations yet unborn. In so doing, we honor and revere the Creator who thought it all up, and gave it to us to be our home. Let us do the job God gave us.

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Meetings/classes â– Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host Grief Care, a weekly grief support group for people grieving the death of a loved one, 6-7:30 p.m. Mondays through May 16. Info: 5229804 or sequoyahchurch.org. â– InterFaith Legal Advice Clinic will be held 9:15 a.m.-

12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at First Baptist Church of Knoxville, Trentham Hall, 510 W. Main St. Parking will be available in the Trentham Hall Parking lot between Hill, Walnut and Locust streets. The free legal advice clinic is offered in conjunction with Legal Aid of East Tennessee’s monthly Saturday Bar advice clinic and is hosted by the

church to give people a less intimidating environment to talk to a lawyer. Participants in the Faith & Justice Alliance can invite congregants from their churches, synagogues and mosques to bring their legal questions as well. Info: Terry Woods, 384-2175 or twoods@LAET.org; Bill Coley, 292-2307 or bcoley@ hdclaw.com; Ian Hennessey,

637-0203 or ihennessey@ londonamburn.com.

Special services â– Westside Unitarian Universalist Church, 616 Fretz Road, holds meditation services 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth Wednesday. Includes quiet reflection, simple music and readings. Info: westside uuc.org.

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Webb students win Outstanding Bill Webb School senior delegates Jaye Ren, Kathryn Lee and Sarah Ali won an award for Outstanding Bill at this year’s Tennessee Youth in Government conference at the State Capitol in Nashville. The three student legislators researched the issue of reducing food waste in Tennessee, put it in bill form, defended it in committee (and again in both houses of the Legislature), lobbied other student legislators for their vote and got the student-Governor to sign it. Photo submitted

Ellie Raulston celebrates her academic achievements with a friend. Photo submitted

Seventh grader excels Music pioneers gather for ‘Knoxville Stomp’ on college prep test “Tennessee Trilogy: The Tennessee Recording Sessions,1927-1930,” a brown bag panel discussion Featuring Dr. Ted Olson, Tony Russell and Richard Weize of Bear Family Records is noon to 2 p.m. Friday, May 6, at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street. Admission is free and attendees are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch. Soft drinks are available for purchase. The Knoxville Stomp Festival of Lost Music, in Knoxville May 5-8, celebrates the release of the Bear Family Records boxed set The Knoxville Sessions, 1929-1930:

Knox County Stomp. The brown bag lunch opens the festival. From 1927 to 1930, several record companies sent representatives into East Tennessee in search of local talent. The panel will discuss the sessions in Bristol, Johnson City and Knoxville which produced notable recordings of the Carter Family, the “yodeling cowboy” Jimmie Rodgers, jazz musician Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong and others. Bradley Reeves, director of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound, will also share video from the Heartland Series, in-

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cluding rare footage of Willie Sievers of the Tennessee Ramblers. The speaker panel includes Richard Weize, who founded Bear Family Records in 1975. Dr. Ted Olson is a multi-award winning and Grammy-nominated music scholar who teaches in the Department of Appalachian Studies and the Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies Program at East Tennessee State University. Olson, along with fellow speaker Tony Russell, a leading historian of old-time music from London, England, co-produced and co-

authored album books for three boxed sets from Bear Family Records: The Bristol Sessions, 1927-1928: The Big Bang of Country Music (2011); The Johnson City Sessions, 1928-1929: Can You Sing or Play Old-Time Music? (2013); and The Knoxville Sessions, 1929-1930: Knox County Stomp (2016). The Knoxville Stomp Festival will celebrate Knoxville’s diverse music history through performances, films, lectures, walking tours and the new feature exhibition on display now at the Museum of East Tennessee History. Info: 865-215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org

West Valley Middle School seventh grader Ellie Raulston enjoys ice skating and art, but says she’s always felt more at home with academics than with any other activity. That special interest may have helped her earn a higher-than-average score on the ACT. Ellie received a 25 overall with a 28 in science. Ellie was invited to take the ACT by Duke Talent Identification Program or Duke TIP, which according to its website is “a global leader in identifying academically gifted students and providing them with

Written by Avi and Illustrated by Timothy Bush

CHAPTER FIVE: Story So Far: The special soccer team of non-athletic boys, practice for their next game by finding a way not to practice. But the second game looms. Our second game was at Shoreham. If South Orange River had a reputation for being great in sports, so did Shoreham. In fact, the schools were rivals. I always wondered who makes up rivalries. Principals probably cook it up. Maybe they hated each other. Or maybe the school board—any-

opportunities to support their development.” “I took (the ACT) just to see what the format was like, so I could prepare to take it for college,” says Ellie. She scored well enough to be invited to the TIP Grand Recognition Ceremony, held this year at Belmont University. While in Nashville, she also hopes to visit Vanderbilt’s campus to better decide which colleges to apply to later. Although she still has time to consider her career choices, Ellie has been looking forward to becoming a doctor since she was a little girl.

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thing to avoid talking about budgets—got it going. I didn’t even know anyone from Shoreham. Didn’t even care. We did get in another practice after the practice when we did not practice. Wasn’t bad. That is, I think we kicked the ball around a bit. The next day we went to a big museum and saw a neat film. In fact, on the bus to Shoreham, Saltz, Radosh and I got into this long discussion about some of the dinosaurs we saw in the

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museum. A guide told us no one knows exactly why they died off. We were trying to figure out why. Saltz had the best idea. “Probably got into sports,” he suggested. “Right,” I said, “The Mastodon Mothers versus the Tyrannosaurus Tiddlywinkers.” In other words, by the time we got out of the bus at Shoreham, we were in a good mood. Being in the bus alone helped. That happened because after the first game, they gave us -- and us alone — a small bus to use when we needed one. For the whole season. I think they thought that the way we played might be catching. As for my being captain, that hadn’t amounted to much, except a little kidding. But as we got near the field, Saltz slipped up to me and said, “Remember, the captain always goes down with his ship.” Actually, it was another beautiful day, one of those early fall days that make you remember summer and wish it were back. Mr. Lester was all smiles. The team was loose. Positively jangling. As we closed in on the field, we could see the Shoreham players working out. We got ourselves ready. Mr. Lester beckoned me over. “When the referee calls, you’re supposed to go out and meet the opposing captain.” “What for?” He looked blankly at me, blushing slightly. “I can’t say I read that,” he admitted. After a bit, the referee did call. I went out to the middle. The Shoreham captain was a big guy for a seventh grader, at least twice as wide as me. He held out his hand and we shook. He nearly busted my fingers. It’s a wonder he didn’t stomp my foot. “How’s it going?” he said, dancing up and down as if his shorts were itchy. “Okay,” I said, putting my hand in my armpit to get back some feeling. “You got a nice field.” “Little chewed up from our last game.” “Oh? Who with?” “Buckingham.” “Really,” I said, pretending that was the least interesting thing in the world. “How’d you guys do?” “We beat them six–zip.” “No kidding,” I said, sorry I asked. In fact, I decided that my first official duty as team captain was not to tell my teammates that we were about to play the team that had beaten, by 6–0, the team that beat us 32–0. Meanwhile, the ref was telling us he wanted a good, hard game, but no rough stuff. I felt like saying, “Don’t worry, we do best at bad, soft and easy.” But I didn’t. “Good luck,” the Shoreham captain said to me. “Thanks,” I replied, “we’ll need it.” He looked at me a little funny. Probably

thought I was kidding. I wasn’t. I can’t tell you about the whole game. Just the highlights. Or rather, the lowlights. It wasn’t all that different from the Buckingham game. I do remember being impressed because they didn’t score right away. Not in the first ten seconds, anyway. In fact, I think we had the ball on their side of the field briefly. What is worth telling about is our first goal. It came about this way. They were on the attack. Actually, they were always on the attack. Just as we were always on the defense. But in this case, they had brought the ball nicely down the left line, passed it to the middle guys, pretty much in front of me — that is, in front of the goal. Meanwhile, my trusty buddy Saltz, as well as Root and Hays, were right in there, flailing away, hacking with their feet, rear ends, heads, whatever they found useful and close to the ball. It didn’t work. The ball kept getting closer. To me. I crouched, ready to miss. The ball squirted loose. Hays was right there and gave it a kick with the swift instinct of a true player. Right into our goal. Point for them. The best part was when the ball went in and the Shoreham team all lifted their arms. That’s a soccer tradition, airing your armpits after all that footwork. Anyway, I saw Hays lift his arms too, with this great idiot’s grin of success on his face. Eliscue tipped him off, delicately. “Wrong side, Bozo,” he said. Hays’s grin dropped like lead weights. He stood there, truly shaken. At another furious part of the game, I remember looking across the field and noticing that their goaltender was lying flat on his back, hands beneath his head, taking a sunbath. That really made me mad. I was still glaring at him as their twenty-second goal went whizzing past my eyes. Final score: 47–0. Guess who won? I wondered, did that make them better than Buckingham, or us worse? “Well,” said Dorman, as we dragged into our bus for the ride home, “they said we couldn’t get worse, but we showed them. Lot of points.” “Yeah, but I scored one of them,” Hays reminded us. We applauded with slow, regular beats, “Yeah! Hurray!” Mr. Lester, sitting up front with the driver, was doing his best to pretend he didn’t know us by reading one of his books, How to Be a Successful, Winning Coach. He never did tell me what a captain was supposed to do. (To be continued.)

Text copyright © 2012 Avi. Illustrations copyright © 2012 Timothy Bush. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc., www.breakfastserials.com. No part of this publication may be reproduced, displayed, used or distributed without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

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Festival honors unique artists When Bearden Middle School participated in this year’s “A Very Special Arts Festival� held at West High School, they put the spotlight on the superpowers of students with autism.

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BMS art teacher Mike Weininger approached a handful of students about creating a poster to celebrate autistic students. The poster would be displayed during the event at WHS. Eighth-grade students Jade Aleman, Presley Keith, Lydia Messer and Kelly Moscato created a poster with a superhero in the middle, wearing a cape bearing the word “cape-able.� The girls asked their classmates to leave their handprint in ink on the poster and write one word about themselves on the handprints. The words show that everyone has something that makes them special, like a superpower.

Bearden Middle School eighth graders Lydia Messer, Kelly Moscato, Jade Aleman and Presley Keith talk about the poster they created for “A Very Special Arts Festival.� Photo by S. Barrett “People who don’t have autism still have things that make them different from everyone else,� says Kelly. “No two people are the same, and no two people with autism are the same. Each one reacts differently to the world, just like we do.�

Facts about autism were also included on the poster. All four students agreed the project was a learning experience. “Autism is not something to make fun of,� says Presley. “We need to take time to recognize our differences and embrace them.�

“A Very Special Arts Festival� gives students with disabilities an opportunity to showcase their artistic talents including dance, music, drama and visual arts. It is held each year at WHS with surrounding schools and organizations participating.

Crawford is PTA statewide teacher of the year By Sara Barrett Amy Crawford was surprised to be named Tenn e s s e e PTA’s middle school teacher of the year, but there weren’t many other people s u r p rised Crawford by the announcement. Crawford teaches seventh-grade language arts at West Valley Middle School. She affectionately refers to her classroom at The Locker Room, her students call her Coach Crawford, and she refers to her students as her champions. “I want my students to remember that no matter where they go in life, they’ll always belong to our locker room team and their

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‘coach,’� says Crawford. “I will be on the sidelines cheering them on and praying for them as they move on to bigger and better things than our seventhgrade locker room.� Crawford has 21 years’ teaching experience, and she is the founder of the nonprofit Reach Them to Teach Them, which aims to inspire educators and help them stay motivated. “I want every student to remember that he or she is fearfully and wonderfully made and that his or her life has purpose and meaning. I want each of them to always take responsibility for the choices they make and accept the consequences of those choices. Champions don’t make excuses! And when they see a need in the world, and they have the ability to meet that need, I want them to look fear in

SCHOOL NOTES ■Webb School of Knoxville will hold Discovery Day for grades K-12 from 9-10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 5. Discovery Day allows parents to learn about the school and what Webb has to offer students. Info/registration: webbschool.org/discoverydays or admissions@webbschool.org. ■West View Elementary School will host a Cinco de Mayo Carnival 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, May 6. Lots of games, a dunking booth and traditional foods made by many of the school’s Hispanic families. Proceeds will go to school field trips and other school initiatives. ■West Hills Elementary participates in the following programs to help raise money for the school: General Mills “BoxTops for Education,� Campbell’s “Labels for Education,� and linking Food City ValuCards, Kroger Plus Cards and Target Red Cards to the school for points. Info: 539-7850.

the face and take action!� One of Crawford’s favorite experiences to share with her students is “Mission Unstoppable,� wherein students earn money by completing odd jobs for family and neighbors to purchase toys for kids in need. Participants assemble the toys in Crawford’s room, and Mission of Hope delivers them at Christmastime. “She wants kids to realize no matter who they are, they can make a difference in people’s lives,� says Tara Martz, whose son Parker was in Crawford’s class last year. Now, as an eighth grader, Parker is completing an Eagle Scout project to benefit Mission of Hope because he was inspired by “Mission Unstoppable.� “She’s so genuine,� continues Martz. “When someone puts that much of what

they are into something without expecting something in return, you know they’re where they’re supposed to be.� Crawford hopes her champions gain more from her class than academics. “I want them to ‘see’ people who are overlooked by the world, and I want them to be kind. Most of all, I want every single one of them to know that he or she matters to me.� Regarding the Tennessee PTA and its members, Crawford says “Your work matters, and although you serve unselfishly behind the scenes, you are part of building magnificent (human) cathedrals that will stand for centuries. You will never know how far or how long your impact reaches.� Perhaps the same could be said for Crawford.

Cinco de Mayo Carnival at West View West View Elementary School will host its annual Cinco de Mayo Carnival 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, May 6. Families are invited to enjoy games, a dunking booth, face painting, bounce house, yard sale and more. There will even be an applesauce eating

contest and traditional food prepared by many of West View’s Hispanic families. West View’s entire student body receives free breakfast and lunch, and the carnival will help raise money for field trips and other school activities.

Rocky Hill Elementary School has announced its Honor Roll for the third nine weeks of the school year. Third graders who made the list are Luke Anderson, Easton Atkins, Ava Azzani, Orly Berry, Rilke Bienko, Christopher Bobo, Bella Boleber, Chase Brody, Maddy Brooks, Greer Butler, Christopher Carter, Evy Cooper, Evan Cope, Liberty Doleans, Lilly Duncan, Sydney English, Allie Faulkner, Jack Forester, Parker Fortune, Ren Fulton, Deacon Hanks, Bethany Harrell, Addison Hatcher, Sam Hatcher, Sadie Hayes, Jordan Hosack, Marinn Hubbard, Megan Johnson, Lucianna Jones, Addison Kammann, Jack Keith, Reese King, Lauren Lanning, Nate Lawhorn, Joy Li, Grace Liebenow, Emma Liles, Josh Lopez, Gabi Maestrotroani, William Mangum, Devyn Martin, Isabella Mason, Kain McDonald, Caitlin McVeigh, Carson McVeigh, Morgan Miller, Graham Moffett, Porter Moffitt, Maggie Murray, Will Pendergrass, Eric Quinley, MarĂ­a RamĂ­rez, Joey Rebholz, Harper Robinson, Kylie Schmied, Emma Schultz, Margaret Spencer, Charlie Stanton, Amelie Stohler, Anna Strange, Cole Stopka, Reeves Underwood, Spencer Vance, Rosalina VegaSoto, Grayson Walters, Sawyer Warren, Lillie Watts, Kristina Weaver, Shelby Weedon, Tanner White and Blake Wilson. Fourth-grade Honor Roll students are Carlo Adams, Nathan Allan, Brody Armstrong, Meg Atkins, Abigail Bailey, Janie Brice, Dane Britton, Lewis Brooke, Conner Coleman, Mary Beth Coleman, Fiona Collins, Ryan Collins, Lydia Cruze, Joshua Dickerson, Miles Dixon, Lisa Forester, Nyle Fulton, Savannah Goan, Olivia Gray, Jordan Hamilton, Claire Holladay, Baylor Hollingsworth, Benson Hopkins, Jaliyn Huff, Charlie Jackson, Blythe Jacobs, Ben Jaekel, Annabel Jumper, Shomoy Kamal, Jackson Kohl, Jackson Lange, Kath-

ryn Lentz, Jack Lavelle, Taylor Lewis, Gray Loftin, Ian Lusby, Cesar Magaùa, Nicholas McIntyre, Norah McLoughlin, Mateo Mejia, Yvangeline Mills, Zack Mitchell, Maliyah Mixon, Santana Nance, Naomi O’Meara, Luke Parker, Sarah Grace Pashke, Payal Patel, Frieda Pellathy, Kenleigh Pennington, Spencer Perry, Riley Phillips, Carson Pickett, Stephanie Riggs, Rylee Sieber, Alisa Sieger, Anderson Smith, Eli Smith, Mary Davis Spencer, Annalee Sword, Meghan Taylor, Asia Thigpen, Emma Valentin, Lauren Wade, Elizabeth Walker, Keller Ware, Hayden Watts, Amelia Webb, Jep Wells, John Whitesell, Mae Willard and Owen Winters. Fifth-grade honor roll students are Emily Adams, Emma Atkins, Harper Bienko, Bizzie Bowers, Samantha Brody, Nathan Brusseau, Sara Logan Cada, Blue Cain, Luke Cheadle, Jones Conner, Kieran Darko, Jacob Davis, Leif Duncan-Morin, Kathryn Faulkner, Lily Fawaz, Eli Felker, Jackson Fisher, Tate Gerrish, Evan Goins, John Phillip Harris, John Kirby Hamilton, Trinity Hardiman, Morgan Hellman, Julie Horn, Robert Hovan, McKenna Hubbard, Cline Johannson, Ava Jones, Devin Kasey, Corbin Kelly, Ranya Joshi, Joshua Layton, Andrew Ley, Justin Li, Eric Lindley, Ava Long, Jackson Lowe, Eric Lyttle, Izabella Maestroiani, Margaret Manolache, Max Manolache, Lily Mason, Aaron Matheny, Zack McAllister, Drake McDonald, Wells Moffitt, Max Moore, Dylan Murray, Ella Outland, Anh Pham, Anderson Puckett, Gavon Reeves, Averi Richardson, Ava Salvilla, Madeline Saunders, Ben Schaeffer, Will Siegling, Makenzie Stalker, Amelia Stopka, Hayden Vance, Morgan Vittetoe, Brooklyn Walker, Finley Warren, Franklyn Whaley, Sunshine Whitaker, Katie Wilhoit, Garrett Willard, Finn Winters, Sydney Woodall and Ella Wright.

Davis to play at Sewanee West High School senior Aubrey Davis signed with Sewanee University with his parents, Joan and Jim Davis, on hand to help celebrate. Aubrey will play on the university’s tennis team. His current coach, Rob Cameron of Tennessee Tennis Club and Academy, was also present to show his support. Photo submitted

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Partners in books and reading It’s a lot like that peanut butter and jelly thing, this literacy relationship about books and reading between the Bearden Rotary Club and Pond Gap Elementary School. It’s been going on for 10-plus years with no signs of slowing. On Friday, April 15, a group of Bearden Rotarians delivered a backlog of books to the Pond Gap library. “About five years ago we started asking their librarian for a list of books for their library,� said Rotarian Dick Hinton. “Our club buys the books and we have our weekly speakers sign the inside cover and then donate them to their library.� Bearden Rotarians who helped deliver the books were Hinton, Gary Ricciardi, John Heins and club president Tom Daughtrey. “Pond Gap School is high poverty and it happens to be in the Bearden area. The ‘Rotary Reader’ program was one of our first regular activities, but over the years we’ve done a range of things,� says Hinton, who heads up the reading program. “Every Friday there will be four slots open for club Rotarians to fill, to

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Rotarians and school personnel are pictured with students from Ms. Harrison’s third grade classroom: (front) Alijah Davidson, Tyrese Mack, Rylee Greaney, Miracle Jackson, Jillian McGuire; (middle) Nevaeh Strickland, Sirvontez Jones, Saif Abdulameer, Joshua Ogle, Adonta Jones; (back) assistant principal Arrin Alaniz, Gary Ricciardi, Dick Hinton, librarian Michelle Broyles, John Heins and Bearden club president Tom Daughtrey. spend 20 minutes or so reading books to the students.� Hinton adds that school administrators have asked then to recruit men to read since it’s rare for the students to see a man in that role. The Rotary Club of Farragut has the same books-

for-the library program with Ball Camp Elementary School as does the Rotary Club of Knoxville with Sarah Moore Greene Elementary.

Knoxville will help restore the amphitheater at the Elkmont Campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The club’s first Work Day at Elkmont will be on Satur■Elkmont project day, June 4, at 9 a.m. The We recently reported work will be followed by that the Rotary Club of a picnic lunch at Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area.

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â– Nathan Smith has been hired by Rather & Kittrell as an associate advisor. Smith received his undergraduate degree from the Purdue University where he majored in business mathematics and industrial management. Chris Kittrell, co-founder and partner of Rather & Kittrell, said,

“We are excited about Nathan and the industry knowledge he brings to the firm. Nathan is an intelligent young man who will help improve our client service with his expertise.� ■Steve Cruze has been named chief operating officer of Premier Surgical Associates. He previ-

ously worked as practice manager for Premier’s Fort Sanders Regional office. He is a retired U.S. Army master sergeant, serving for 21 years as a health care specialist. Cruze served in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom with the 10th Mountain Division.

Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic staffers Teresa Copeland and Connie Lucas are all smiles at the OrthoTennessee Rummage Sale for Charity, held at Fort Sanders West on April 30. Lucas said, “from pink Christmas trees to antique furniture – there was something for everyone,� and 100 percent of the proceeds went to Lost Sheep Ministries. While sales figures were not readily available, business was brisk during the entire fourhour event. Photo by Nancy Anderson

BIZ NOTES ■Clarence L. Vaughn III is the new executive director of the Police Advisory and Review Committee, which reviews citizen complaints and internal affairs reports involving the Knoxville Police Department. Vaughn holds an MBA from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s in business administration from Florida A&M. ■Andrew Clark is a new vice president at Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon Inc., appointed during the annual stockholders’ meeting April 23. Clark leads the water services team in the Knoxville office. Clark earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from UT. ■Jerry Epps M.D. has been named senior vice president

and chief medical officer of the UT Medical Center. Epps, who has more than three decades of experience as an anesthesiologist and in Dr. Epps physician leadership, most recently served as chair of the Department of Anesthesiology with the medical center and UT Graduate School of Medicine. Epps replaces Dr. Jack Lacey, who retired after four decades with the medical center. A native of Benton, Ky., Epps lives in Knoxville with his wife of 40 years, Eleesa. Their adult daughter, Courtney Epps Read, also lives in Knoxville.

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Knoxville history in the making: the photography of Brian McDaniel By Betty Bean Brian McDaniel remembers the day he bought his first camera –July 5, 1978. He’d had a conversation with a friend about where his life was going. “Photography came up and I opted to go with that,� he said. Nearly 38 years later, he has honed his photography skills and turned a hobby into an avocation that gives him great satisfaction – and turns a profit. Assisted by his wife, Carol, he is recording familiar local scenes and producing stunning images in the form of photographs, notecards and even coffee mugs. “It’s cool to think that I have a hobby that actually

pays for itself – a self-supporting hobby,� he said “I’ve been able to buy a couple of cameras I wouldn’t have been able to afford, and to travel on photography trips. Bliss Home (a Market Square shop that sells his photographs) has been very kind to me.� McDaniel, whose fulltime work is at McKay’s Used Books, started his photographic career working at newspapers around East Tennessee, and in 2007 was employed at Thompson Photo Products when a customer, Jane Sampson, told him she was opening a downtown gallery called “Through the Lens,� and asked if he knew any photographers who might be

“Knoxville Montage� contains 37 images of familiar local scenes.

interested. McDaniel, who had long admired the Jim Thompson historic photos on the walls at work, decided to give it a try. His first sale was a shot of the JFG sign that overlooked the Gay St. Bridge. When Sampson closed her gallery, she introduced him to Bliss Home owner Scott Schimmel. That partnership has thrived, and the shop features a wall of framed McDaniel photos, many of them of iconic Knoxville images. The best seller these days is a shot of McDaniels’ bluetick hound Blueberry (a rescue from a shelter in North Carolina) strolling across an orange and white crosswalk with Neyland Stadium in the

Brian R. McDaniel at work. background. Additionally, a selection of McDaniel’s notecards is available at the Knoxville Visitors Center. “I look on this as a history project – my way of contributing to the historical record of Knoxville,� he said. Gay Street image of the Tennessee Theatre

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Sign of a stroke Billboard leads Johnson University EMT to choose Fort Sanders If it had been anyone else, Perry Morin would’ve been among the first to help. Only this time, he was the one who needed help. A 52-year-old emergency medical technician who lives on the Johnson University campus where he is safety manager, Morin suddenly found himself on the receiving end of emergency care late one night last August when an ischemic stroke left him in a heap on his bathroom floor. His entire right side was powerless to move and his speech slurred as his wife, Angie, asked where he wanted the ambulance to take him. “That billboard popped into my head,” said Perry, referring to the large billboard he had seen on Chapman Highway countless times last summer. “I don’t remember the exact wording, but it was a Covenant Health and Fort Sanders billboard that said something like, ‘The Region’s No. 1 Stroke Care Facility.’ I don’t know why, but it just popped into my head. So that’s why I chose Fort Sanders.” Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center was the first in the area to earn an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification by The Joint Commission, a nonprofit organization that accredits and certifies more than 20,500 health care programs in the United States. This “gold-seal” advanced certification means that Fort Sanders is recognized as having the most advanced and effective stroke treatments available. Today, he’ll tell you that choosing Fort Sanders was one the best decisions of his life. A quick and accurate diagnosis and treatment with the clot-busting drug tPA (tissue Plasminogen Activator) resulted in Perry’s discharge two days later without any impairments. “They were terrific. They were more than professional,” Perry said of the nursing staff and emergency department physician, Dr. David Bishop. “They recognized what was going on. They assessed me quickly and took care of it. They put me in a CT and figured out that I’d had an ischemic stroke which is treatable with tPA.” It all began around 11:15 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2015, when Perry was brushing his teeth before bed. “Suddenly, I realized I couldn’t hold my toothbrush very well – it seemed heavy to me,” Perry recounted. “I thought, ‘what is this?! This is really strange.’ I think I may have recognized it was a stroke. That’s when I fell down and slammed into the bathroom door.” The racket sent the rest of the Morin family scrambling – Angie from the living room, 17-year-old Benjamin from his man cave and 13-year-old Lydia from her bedroom. “I heard a big thud so I walked in and saw Mom had already dialed 911,” said Benjamin. “My sister was upset so I went and tried to calm her down.” “So I’m just lying on the floor thinking ‘This is weird’ because I was recognizing what was going on,” said Morin. “I was cognizant, I was alert, and I was awake. It didn’t hurt -- nothing hurt. I was just lying there and I couldn’t move my right side at all.” “He was very lucid with me,” said Angie. “I don’t think he said ‘stroke.’ I don’t think I said stroke. I don’t think either of us wanted to say that word. We just waited and prayed because we don’t live very close to the hospital way out here. The ambulance service got here very quickly.”

bers of Johnson University’s first responder team were also helping. “I would’ve normally responded to myself,” he said with a laugh. “But since I couldn’t, others in our group responded and helped the ambulance crew.” It was almost midnight when Morin was wheeled into the emergency department at Fort Sanders and taken directly to imaging where a CT scan confirmed Dr. Bishop’s suspicion of a stroke, likely caused by hypertension. He was given medication to lower his blood pressure, and after receiving Perry’s left-handed authorization, the tPA was administered around 1:30 a.m. Within 20 minutes, Angie could see her husband’s eyes brighten. Within 30 to 45 minutes, Perry was himself again. Two days later, he was discharged after passing all the physical, neurological and speech assessments. Two weeks later, he was back at Johnson University working full-time. Perry now realizes taking his blood pressure medicine alone isn’t enough – he must also check his blood pressure regularly. “I didn’t pay any attention to it all summer,” he said. “I take my blood pressure more often now and more routinely than I used to. I check it several times a week to see if it’s trending up or down or stable. I’m walking almost every day now. I feel pretty good.” That makes Lydia feel better, too. “I am glad that Dad is not sick and that he takes medicine. He’s getting stronger every day – and every night too,” she said with a laugh. Since that night, Morin has brushed up on signs of a stroke and urges others to do Perry Morin is grateful for the treatment he received at the Comprethe same. Likewise, he hopes others will folhensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional. It’s that treatment low that other sign’s advice and choose Fort that allows him to continue enjoying afternoons with his wife, AnSanders Stroke Care Center should they gie, and daughter, Lydia. need it. “The neurohospitalist, Dr. Arthur Moore, The Seymour Volunteer Fire Depart- taking blood pressure medicine for several was really nice. I liked him,” said Perry. “I ment arrived first, followed closely by Rural years,” he said. “I thought it was under con- wish I could keep him, but I don’t want to Metro, one of Perry’s former employers and trol. Obviously, it wasn’t. At least that day go through that again to see him. And all staffed by a former co-worker. While talking it wasn’t.” the nurses were great. I had the same four with his former colleague, he overheard anAs the EMTs placed him on a stretcher and nurses for two days. The nurse at discharge other paramedic say that his blood pressure maneuvered him out of the house into the said we were very blessed. We agree and we was more than 200 over 100. “I had been waiting ambulance, Morin saw other mem- praise God and thank Him.”

The Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional

Delivering immediate and excellent care When a stroke happens, timely treatment is critical. The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional is well above the national average in delivering prompt treatment of life-saving medication. Clot-busting drugs are given to stroke patients through a vein to improve blood flow and minimize potential disabilities. The amount of time it takes for a patient to be brought into a hospital until the moment medications are intravenously administered is referred to as “door to needle time.” While the average door to needle time is a little more than an hour, the door to needle time at Fort Sanders Regional is 30 minutes. That’s half an hour faster than the national average. It’s just one of the many advantages a

Moore says digging into a patient’s patient has when background is a key step in determintreated at a coming the cause, and sometimes it’s not as prehensive stroke obvious as the main risk factors. center. The stroke center exists to “Stroke centers tend to be better and provide the highfaster at treating stroke just because we see it all the time,” Moore says. “We est level of stroke care for complihave doctors who can go up into the brain and pull a clot out, and that’s a cated stroke cases. really specialized niche. Most hospitals “It really exists to provide that don’t have access to next level up from someone who can do Dr. Arthur Moore is the medical dithat.” what you can get rector of the Comprehensive Stroke The Comprehensive at your local commuCenter at Fort Sanders Regional. Stroke Center at Fort nity hospital,” Moore says. “Strokes can be Sanders Regional sees treated successfully patients from throughat those hospitals, but finding out why the out East Tennessee, and even from Kenstroke occurred to prevent it from happen- tucky. To learn more, visit fsregional. com/stroke, or call (865) 541-1111. ing again can be tricky”

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No comprehensive stroke and rehabilitation center in our region does more to reverse stroke’s devastating effects than Fort Sanders Regional Medical Fort Sanders performs Center. That’s why hospitals clinical trials and procedures for stroke not available across East Tennessee refer their most complex stroke patients to anywhere else in our region. us. And only Fort Sanders Regional is home to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, East Tennessee’s elite rehabilitation hospital for stroke, spinal cord and brain injury patients.

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Boats/Motors/Marine Transportation Automobiles for Sale Dodge Stratus 2003, V6, AT, PW, cruise, tilt, AM/FM/CASS/CD, cloth seats, 160K mi, exceptional cond. must see. $3050 OBO. 865-323-4014.

Sports and Imports BMW Z3 - 1998. gar. kept, mint cond., 39K mi., $17,000. 865-607-3007 (865)573-3549. CAMARO 2011, 2SS, 47,600 mi, 426 HP, gray metallic finish, orig owner, like new cond throughout, $19,750. (865) 388-4161 CHEVROLET CORVETTE - 2007. red, 10K mi., gar. kept. 1 owner, must see, $28,995. (865)376-5167. HONDA CR-V 1999. AWD, rare 5 sp. Good gas mi. Well cared for. 266k mi. Very good cond. $2500/b.o. (865)705-5309. MAZDA MX-5 MIATA - 2010. GT, red, black leather, cd, XM, heated seats, Bluetooth, power hardtop, 6 speed transmission. Very good condition, garaged. Fun car! 24 mi., $15,500. (423)413-7919. MG MIDGET - 1971. Classic green, tan interior, black top. Good condition. Have some extra parts & items. 41,003 mi., $5,000. (815)494-7677. NISSAN MAXIMA - 2013. Premier. Glass roof, leather, 16k mi, like new. $18,900. (423)295-5393. Toyota Corolla 1993, looks & runs good, 166K mi, $2250. 865-376-7644; 865-399-3408 TOYOTA MR2 - 1989 5 spd. trans, white, good eng., project car. Morristown (256) 520-7837 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2002. Gold. Very good cond. Low mi. AT, loaded. $6000. (865)693-8525.

HURRICANE 2009 DECK BOAT, 115 Yamaha outboard motor, alum. trlr, complete fishing pkg., $20,900. Email: mark.morrow13@aol.com or call (865)243-7323. SEARAY SUNDECK 24’ 1999 5.7 fuel inj., all options, exc cond. $13,000. (865) 408-2588.

Sport Utility Vehicles ACURA MDX - 2011. 2011 Acura MDX AWD-loaded,all leather, heated front seats,3rd row, premium sound, XM ready, moon/sunroof, rear power lift gate,6CD changer,great ride. 78,000 mi., $21,900. (865)640-5258. GMC YUKON - 2014. GMC Yukon XL 2014, 4WD, loaded, leather, DVD, 47K mi, exc cond, $30,900. (423)295-5393 HYUNDAI 2012 Tucson Limited, AWD, low mi, clean, $17,499. (865) 582-1943.

Trucks FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY - 2008. F350,Diesel,Auto,FX 4x4,6”Lift,20”Wheels,37”Nitto Tires,Twin Turbo, 246,000 mi., $23,000. (865)804-8396. FORD RANGER XLT 2011, Super Cab PU, 40k mi, loaded, bedliner, new Michelins. $13,200/bo. (865)705-5309 5 spd,

Classic Cars

WAR EAGLE BOAT, 16’ 35 HP Johnson, foot cont., trol mtr, swivel sts, great shape. $3200. For pix (865)740-7146.

Campers & RV’s 2002 DOLPHIN 36’ CLASS A - Motor Home, exc. cond. Satelite TV, new Michelin tires, low mileage. Will sell or trade for Class C motorhome or toy hauler. 865-805-8038. 2003 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY DL 34’ Diesel Pusher, 69,000 miles, Freightliner chassis, air ride suspension, Allison transmission, 330 Caterpillar engine, 7500 Onan generator, trailer hitch, backup camera, 2 slides, many extras. Asking $41,000. email: gilbo75321@gmail.com Call: (865)556-5972 (865)556-5972.

2012 THOR ACE 29.1; 30’ CLASS A MOTORHOME; Ford V12; Full body paint; ; 1 slide out; sleeps 5; queen bed w/ memory foam; couch; U-shaped dining; 2 TV’s; DVD players; Fridge; gas stove; microwave; 26,000 miles; many extras. $61,900. email: rwright946@charter. net; Call (865)210-4386. 2013 Jayco J Flight camper, 36’, 2 slides, elec awning, all wood inside, queen bed, 2 bunk beds, exc cond, 1 owner, $25,000 obo. 865-567-4402 2013 MONTANA 5TH WHL, 3 slideouts including resort lot, Gatlinburg. Reduced to $61,000 or best offer. Pristine condition. Call (865)964-8092. 2015 FOUR WINDS Class C-31 ft. Sleeps 7. low miles Lrg Slide Out. Lots of Extras. Beautiful $74,900 call 865-850-4379 BLUE OX TOW BAR; $350 Roadster Brake Pro; $350 Contact: rwright946@charter.net 865-210-4386 (865)210-4386. FLEETWOOD SUN VALLEY 2007 POPUP, Sleeps 9, AC, awning, furnace,sofa, no slide out or bthrm. (423)869-4529

Montana 2008 3075RL 5th Wheel, $24,000

1949 FORD CONVERTIBLE, show condition, $26,000. Dandridge 865-333-0615 1962 CADILLAC CONVERTIBLE, like new, $24,000. Dandridge 865-333-0615 1967 GTO, total frame-off restoration, $26,000. Dandridge 865-333-0615 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO 2004 SS Yellow, one local owner, non-smoker, garage kept, Immaculate condition. $4950. 865-250-0500. VW Beetle 1979, Conv., very orig., bumblebee yellow, beautiful, 75K mi, $10,900. (865) 257-3338.

3 slide outs, Artic package, 2 recliners, central air, new tires, appls., great, microwave, gas/electric water heater, 2 TVs, power front jacks, new awning, no children/dogs, thermal pane windows, holding tanks inside heated area, 34 feet, dinette chairs), king bed, washer/dryer prep, parallel batteries, never had leaks. Tows like dream. Call 865-661-8269

NEW & PRE-OWNED CLEARANCE SALE ALL 2015 MODELS MUST GO!!!!

Commercial Vehicles 1995 FORD F700 SERIES, - 14’ Chipper box, and 2004 12” Chipper - Bandit 150, Reduced to $34,000 both. Retiring. (865)705-9247. (865)705-9247

Trailers 2 AXLE TRAILER - factory built, 12’ long, 75” wide, $1700. (865) 693-5493

Check Us Out At Northgaterv.com or call 865-681-3030 SPRINTER KEYSTONE 303 BHS Norris Lake large deck with cover $16500 call-text (423)523-4339.

Motorcycles/Mopeds 2009 H-D SPORTSTER 1200 Black/ Chrome Leather bags 3600 Miles never dropped garaged $4500 865977-2956 (865)977-2956.

Vehicles Wanted

FAST $$ CASH $$ 4 JUNK AUTOS

2009 KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1700, Great Cond., Kept in Garage, Bike has 11500 miles. Had all schedule services done. 2 Helmets go with it. $6800. Call (865)805-9409.

865-216-5052 865-856-8106

HARLEY DAVIDSON 2009 - Ultra Classic, 1 owner, mint cond., garage kept, $15,600. Fully accessorized, 103 ci, black pearl, clear title, 10,500 mi. Just serviced. Interested inquiries only. Call 865-274-0007 or can text for pictures.

Recreation

HARLEY DAVIDSON 2015 Tri-Glide, older owner, 4K mi, many extras, like new, $30K. Knoxville 540-538-4858

Boats/Motors/Marine 1979 SOMERSET ALUMINUM HOUSEBOAT - For sale by owner. 14’ x 58’ Sleeps 8, Master BR, 2 bunk beds, MerCrusier V8 engine, generator, A/C, full galley, bath w/ walk-in shower. New roof, new countertops, many updates. Great cond! $57,500 For appt contact (865)4143439 or (865) 922-8141 1994 RANGER 230C, Super Fisherman, twin 200 HP w/new alum trailer, $15,000. Dandridge (865) 333-0615

LOADED STARTING @ $9,999 WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER!

HARLEY DAVIDSON TRIKE 2014, all access., 6723 mi., 1 owner, $29,500. (865)882-6354. HD Road King Classic 2007, Suede blue pearl, 1 owner, 14K mi., VH pipes, KN filter, Cobra tuning module, 103 motor, swing arm stabilizer, 3 seats, 2 windshields, many other items. 865-766-9452. $17,000. HONDA 1994 TRIKE & MATCHING TRAILER, - many extras, gar. kept, exc. cond. 120K. Call after 6pm, 865774-8801, asking $10,500 obo.

Hunt/Fish Supplies

Out of Town

WANT TO BUY STANDING TIMBER, Hardwood & Pine & Land Clearing. 865-982-2606 & 865-382-7529.

DIAMOND STUD COMPOUND BOW - with case. Ready to hunt. $400. (865)603-5709

Pets

42” cut John Deere rider, hydrostatic, needs hood, $500. (865)922-6408

PREMIER GEORGIA MOUNTAINTOP ESTATE - 1 Mountaintop Dr, 0BR, PREMIER MOUNTAIN TOP ESTATE PRICE REDUCED TO SELL! Private 4.8+/- acres adjoining the national forest. Steps to mountain stream and waterfall. Enjoy breathtaking long range mountain views and high elevation! Originally $100,000. MUST GO NOW ONLY $14,000. Call 770-362-1092 (770)362-1092

5’ wide finish mower, like new, 3 pt hitch, $800 obo. (865) 312-2770

Dogs

Save some of your hard-earned money without sacrificing speed or quality.

Chia Poo puppies, adorable, tails docked & dew claws removed, will be small. F $150. 423-271-5129

GOAD MOTORSPORTS

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

East Tennessee’s largest

SEARAY SUNDECK 24’ 1999 5.7 fuel inj., all options, Excellent condition! $13,000. (865)408-2588. VOL NAVY TIME APPROACHING! Go in style with 29 ft. Crownline Cruiser, two Volvo Penta V8’s 250 HP ea. I/O, galley, head, swim platform, cabins for 4 plus kids quarters, many extras. Lake Loudon, covered slip. $16,900 obo. Due to health. (423)639-3095 or 423-620-1850.

Wanted to Buy

Lawn & Garden

COBALT 220 1997, boat & trailer, exc. cond. Shown by appt. $16,900 or will consider an offer. (423)745-3013.

2012 26’ OUTBACK CAMPER - 2 SLIDES. Exc. cond. Priced to sell. (865)244-4610.

VW THING 1974 Runs good, Lots of extra parts, $3000. (865)850-6541.

NISSAN HARDBODY - 1997. 4WD, runs good, $2900. (865) 363-9018.

Off Road Vehicles

A NEW STINGRAY, I/O W/trailer, cost $24,000; offering same design for $9500. Very little use, stored in gar. since bought new in 2000. Call 865376-3334 to see & verify exc. cond.

CFMOTO DEALER

Mechanic On Duty Full Service Center Parts & Accessories I-75, EXIT 134 Just Behind Shoney’s

Call 423-449-8433 www.goadmotorsports.com

Jobs Driver/Transport DRIVERS: CDL-A - 1 yr. exp., Earn $1,250 + per week, Great Weekend Hometime, Excellent Benefits & Bonuses, 100% No Touch/70% D & H 888-406-9046 CDL-A, 1yr exp. 866-937-0622 x474

GOLDENDOODLE - English cream F1B, no shedding, great temperaments. $1250. (865)466-4380 HAVENESE PUPS AKC, home raised, health guar. 262-993-0460. noahslittleark.com

PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles, Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots & wormed. We do layaways. Health guar. Go to Facebook, Judys Puppy Nursery Updates. 423-566-3647

HAROLD’S GUTTER SERVICE Will clean front & back, $20 & up. Quality work, guaranteed.

(865)288-0556

Miscellaneous

IF YOU USED THE BLOOD THINNER XARELTO

and suffered internal bleeding, hemorrhaging, required hospitalization or a loved one died while taking Xarelto between 2011 and the present time, you may be entitled to compensation. Call Attorney Charles H. Johnson 1-800-535-5727

North KESTERBROOKE NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE. At Tazewell Pk. & Murphy Rd. Sat. April 30,8am-3pm. This one you do not want to miss!

West NEIGHBORHOOD SALE - Edgewater Condos off Canton Hollow near Woody. Sat. May 7th. 8am-1pm.

Building Materials BLACK SHINGLES - Top grade classic, 24 bundles $10 ea. 10 bundles, plain, $5 ea. (865) 693-5493

Cemetery Lots 1 CEM LOT, - Seymour Memorial Gardens, beautiful spot. $900. Call Gary, 865-255-1973 or Betty. (865)938-4012. CEMETERY LOTS - Spaces 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Lot 29 Section C Family Burial Estate in the Garden of Moses, Eastview Memorial Gardens 1320 Andrew Johnson Hwy, Strawberry Plains, TN 37871 $4,400 or $1,100 per space. (720)272-1399 Highland Memorial Veterans Garden, 2 lots w/crypts & 1 opening & closing. Value $7800. Taking offers. 637-3629

Collectibles 90% silver, halves, quarters & dimes, old silver dollars, proof sets, silver & gold eagles, krands & maple leafs, class rings, wedding bands, anything 10, 14, & 18k gold old currency before 1928 WEST SIDE COINS & COLLECTIBLES 7004 KINGSTON PK CALL 584-8070

COIN COLLECTION - DOMESTIC - FOREIGN COINS & CURRENCY COLLECTION Lifetime Collection......Silver Proof Sets, Mint Proof Sets, Graded, Mint, Proof, Uncirculated Silver Coins and Currency, Foreign Coins and Currency. Fair Market Value $8100.00 Asking $5800.00 o.b.o. (865)982-6848

Farmer’s Mkt/ Trading Post Farm Equipment

Furniture

2012 JD 458 BAILER 4X5 BALE. 10 wheel Durabilt rake, JD 7’ disc mower, 16’ gooseneck trlr. 865-8092620 (865)856-3875

ELECTRIC LIFT CHAIR - tan, exc. cond. Used little. $500. Bought at Knox. Wholesale. 865-898-6927922-8879

TRACTOR International 464, 650 hrs., diesel. $5500. (865)947-6595.

Farm Products

AT YOUR SITE LOGS TO LUMBER USING A WOOD MIZER PORTABLE SAW MILL

865-986-4264 Logs2Lumber.com

FANNON FENCING We build all types of Farm Fencing and Pole Barn. *WOOD & VINYL PLANK *BARBED WIRE *HI-TENSILE ELECTRIC *WOVEN WIRE, *PRIVACY FENCING, ETC.

(423)200-6600 FREEZER BEEF corn fed (865)441-5093

Full size solid walnut high poster bed, family heirloom, seller moving, will sell $750. Will text pictures to serious inquiries. (865) 742-8087 FURNITURE - ESTATE SALE Pieces for Every Room. Like New. Call (865) 675-1959

ALL SIZES AVAILABLE 865-986-5626 scott@knoxtrailer.com

IRIS FOR SALE - $4 per rhizome. 6005 Green Valley Dr. Knox. Open 9am-7:30pm Mon-Sun.

Tickets/Events UTFB PARKING PASS - Get ready for VOLS football! Options are G10T, 9, G5/30. Will know definite soon. Call or text # below if interest! (704)575-6516

Wanted ACCORDION WANTED - Older model OK, I will pay fair price, also looking for old amp. (865)237-1562 WANTED VINTAGE STEREO ELECTRONICS - I buy Large groups of vacuum tubes, testers amps speakers etc. 1960s and older (865)2371562

Announcements Adoptions ADOPT: Happily married and family oriented couple, seeks bundle of joy to love unconditionally, cherish forever and completer our family. Expenses paid. Please call Jeff and Jenn 877-440-5111.

Financial

Canadel sold ash dinette table, 4 chairs, 2 bar stools, $400; Whirlpool 25.4 cu.ft. refrig, white, $500; power tools, garden tools, John Deere plug aerator, John Deere dethatcher rake attachment. (865) 922-2393 QUEEN SIZE MATTRESS, - gel top, $300; queen box sprngs & matt. $400, futon, full sz, solid wood, $300. (865)236-4350

1 BR Apt Now Available ELDERLY OR DISABLED COMPLEX A/C, Heat, Water & Electric Incl, OnSite Laundry, Computer Center & Resident Services Great location! On the Bus Line! Close to Shopping! Rent Based on Income, Some Restrictions Apply Call 865-523-4133. TODAY for more information

Homes Unfurnished 2000 SQ FT ALL BRICK RANCHER 1821 Falling Waters Road, WEST KNOX LAKEVIEW 3BR 2BA SUNROOM SCREEN IN PORCH. NO SMOKING. $1800/MO 865-385-7600 HALLS/POWELL Off Emory Rd, betw I-75 & Halls, 2612 SF, clean 2 story, brick, wrap around porch, 4 BR, 2 1/2 BA, huge eat-in kitchen, fam. rm. w/FP, laundry rm, conv. located in serene neighborhood, $1500 mo. Call 865-680-8066 anytime

Condos Unfurnished HARDIN VALLEY CONDO - 10001 Juneberry Way, 3BR, HARDIN VALLEY-$1200/mo,$500DD,3BR/2BA,2 car garage,fenced, pool. Avail. June 1st. (865)363-3529 or (865)363-3529. West. Palisades. 3 BR, 2.5 BA, 1750 SF, no pets, 1 yr lease. $900 mo + sec dep & 1st mo rent. (865)539-1589

Duplx/Multplx UnFurn WEST - family neighborhood, w/d connection, 4 bdrm, 2 bath, $850.00 monthly 1 year lease 865-216-5736

Townhouse/Villas Unfurn 2BR, 1 1/2BA, carport, all appls, W/D conn, new paint & deck, Pretty area near OR. $675 mo.+ dep. 865-457-1913.

WANTED IN WEST KNOX Near bus line, studio /effic sm 1 BR apt. for 1 person. Util. incl. Month to month or 3-4 mo. lease. Furnished or unfurnished (520)907-4787

Real Estate Sales North DRASTICALLY REDUCED. Beautiful 4 BR in Teaques Grove, close to I-75 & Emory Rd. Nearly 1/2 acre, subd. pool, too many features to list. Powell A+ schools. byowner.com MLS 957738. Call Danielle 954-547-2747. $267,500. OPEN SUNDAY APRIL 24, 1-3PM. 1417 Wineberry Rd., Powell, TN 37849

Real Estate Commercial Commercial Property /Sale NORTH 17,000 SF bldg on 2.25 acres, needs repair. Ideal for entertainment center or church. $225,000. 865-544-1717; 865-740-0990

Commercial RE Lease

344 Forest Oak Dr., lots of privacey near West Town Mall, 4 BR, 2 1/2 BA, approx 3600 SF, $297,500. FSBO (865) 207-8196

Household Goods

MORNINGSIDE GARDENS

FIRST SUN FINANCE

We make loans up to $1000. We do credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals. See manager for details. 865-687-3228

MOVING SALE - oak roll top desk, $400; matching filing cab. $50; oak table w/4 chrs & leaf, match. baker’s rack, $600; oak hall rack, $100. Beautiful dishes by Laurie Gates. (865)748-7120

Hobbies

BEST DEAL OUT WEST! 1BR from $375. 2BR $550-$695. No pets. Parking @ front door. (865)470-8686

Consolidation Loans

West

BONSAI EXPO - UT Gardens Bloom’s Day, May 7th-8th. Trees, demos, silent auction! (919)880-8029

1 BR APARTMENT TALIWA GARDEN South (off Chapman Hwy) Ground level, new carpet $495 577-1687

Rooms Furn/Unfurn

KINGSIZE BED, like new - incl. mattress & box sprngs. pd $3900; sell $2000/b.o. Gatlinburg (865)436-7519

OFFICE WORK STATION - Steel Case, 3 pc., U-shape, exc. cond. $275. Desk 6’x3’, middle pc 4’x2’. 3rd pc 6’x2’. Incl. two 3 drawer file cab. & keyboard tray. (865)257-7010

Apartments - Unfurn.

Merchandise - Misc.

Plants & Trees

Exercise Equipment

JOHN DEERE 2155 - 3300 hrs, new tires & all around great tractor (865)806-1783

LIKE NEW MEDICAL EQUIP. Elec. Power Golden chair, collapses 4 sec. retails $1400, $750; Leisure Pacesaver Scout M1, List $3200; sell $1000, HD, Power elec. hosp.bed, inflat.matt., retails $4000; $750 both. Same as new. (865)671-0041

UTILITY TRAILERS

NORDIC TRACK E5.5 ELLIPTICAL, MODEL NPEL -06011.2. Retail $799, used 2 1/2 yrs. exc. cond. $275. 865765-0201.

8N Ford tractor, good paint, like new rear tires & wheels, lots of new parts, starts & runs good, $2600. (865) 938-8722

Med Equip & Supplies

SUN VISION PRO TANNING - bed, Wolfe syst., facial tanner, used little. $1000. (865)922-8879; 898-6927

BUYING OLD US COINS

Garage Sales

Apartments - Furnished WALBROOK STUDIOS 865-251-3607 $145 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV, Ph, Refrig, Basic Cable. No Lease.

WOLF HYBRID PUPPIES 11 wks., $400 each. 2 girls, 1 boy, Call Eric 865-654-9338.

Merchandise

Real Estate Rentals

JOHN DEERE X475 - 192 hrs, 48” deck, like new. $5295 obo (865)599-0516

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

WANTED Military antiques and collectibles 865-368-0682

Home Maint./Repair

BONSAI EXPO - UT Gardens Bloom’s Day, May 7th-8th. Trees, demos, silent auction! (919)880-8029

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

Antiques

Services Offered

72” BOBCAT PREDATOR MOWER 2013, 710 hrs. $6500. 31 HP. Exc. cond. (865)455-5373

Open House Sun. 5/1, 2-5PM

SEQ. HILLS 3BR, 2 1/2BA + guest cottage, 2 car gar., + 2 car crprt., 1928 Charmer, $499K. (865)637-8534

Townhouse/Villas-Unfurn DRASTICALLY REDUCED. 2 BR, 2 BA + sunroom, 2 car gar., all appls incl W&D, close to I-75 & Emory Rd. $124,900. 7120 Allison Way, Knoxville, TN 37918. Call 954-547-2747, ask for Kevin

Lake Property Lake Norris View Lot at Hickory Pointe, cleared, ready to build, drilled well. boat dock avail. to members. Clubhouse w/pool, only $79,500. Sandra (828) 627-3388

Manufactured Homes I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES 1990 up, any size OK 865-384-5643

672 SF, remodeled, office space or small retail. Off Broadway near I-640. Special incentive for long term lease. $550 mo. (865)696-9555 NEW BUILDING FOR LEASE, Zone Light industrial office, conf. rooms, open space, 8000 SF, Bethel Valley Industrial Park, at the end of Pell. Pkwy, Oak Ridge, close to ORNL Lab. & Y12 plant. Call 865-806-2640. WAREHOUSE OFFICE - 5450 Hwy 321, Lenoir City. 2 units: 3300 SF ($1450) 5500 SF ($2400) Could be one unit. 865-777-2500

Offices/Warehouses/Rent 20,000 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE, 18’ eaves equip. with fire sprinkler syst., 4 truck docks, 1 drive thru door. $5000/mo. 8422 Asheville Hwy. (865)567-4640

4000 SF Office/Warehouse with dock & drive in, prime location Middlebrook Pk. $3,000 mo.

865-544-1717; 865-740-0990 DOWNTOWN OFFICE SUITE WITH PARKING - 119 W. Summit Hill Drive, Downtown prime 1st fl 4500 sq. ft. office space w/parking. Easy I-40 access. (865)637-8400

ACTION ADS 922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378)

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THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 Online registration open for the Marine Mud Run, to be held Saturday, Sept. 17. Individual waves, 8 a.m.; team waves, 11:30 a.m. Course: 3 miles of offroad running, which entails some obstacles, hills and mud pits. Registration deadline: Friday, Sept. 16, or until total registrants reaches 3150. Info/registration: knoxmud.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Books Sandwiched In: “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Discussion led by the Rev. Christopher R. Battles Sr., Tabernacle Baptist Church, and Chris Woodhull, former Knoxville City Council member. Sponsored by Friends of the Library. Info: 215-8801. “How to Use Facebook for Seniors,” 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30. Registration and payment deadline: Wednesday, May 4. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register, in person at the Town Hall, 218-3375. Star Wars Day at the Library, 4-5 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

THURSDAY, MAY 5 AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Buckingham Retirement Center, 7303 Manderly Way. Registration: Paul Johnson, 675-0694. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822. Appalachian family square dance, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Sponsored by Knoxville Square Dance. Music by The Hellgramites. Callers: Leo Collins, Stan Sharp and Ruth Simmons. No experience necessary. Admission: $7, $5 students and JCA members. Info: jubileearts.org. Exhibition preview reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Exhibitions “Full Stop” by Tom Burckhardt and “Contemporary Focus 2016” by John Douglas Powers will be on display May 6 through Aug. 7. Info: Angela Thomas, 934-2034 or knoxart.org. “Symphony on the Square,” 7:30 p.m., Market Square. Presented by Home Federal Bank; featuring the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Free admission. Bring blankets or chairs. Rain location: Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Info: knoxvillesymphony. com.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 5-8 Knoxville Stomp festival. Venues include: Market Square, the Bijou Theatre, the East Tennessee History Center, Boyd’s Jig and Reel and more. Featuring: live performances, panel discussions, film screenings, a 78 rpm record collector show and more. Info/schedule: knoxstomp.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 6 Cinco de Mayo Carnival, 4:30-7 p.m., West View Elementary School, 1714 Mingle Ave. Includes: games, prizes, face painting, food, dunking booth, Safety City, Wendy from Wendy’s Restaurant, Bo from Bojangles and more. Tickets: 4 for $1. All proceeds go to the school for school supplies and field trips for the students. John McCutcheon performing, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $20, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org. Opening reception for Art Market Gallery’s May featured artists, 5:30 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St. Artists include Tennessee Watercolor Society members from the Art Market Gallery: Lil Clinard, Genie Evan, Harriet Howell, Kate McCullough and Brenda Mills. Exhibit on display through May 28. Info: 525-5265; artmarketgallery.net; on Facebook. Opening reception for “Body of Art” exhibition by Annamaria Gundlach, 5-9 p.m., Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Exhibit on display through May 31. Info: BroadwayStudiosAndGallery. com or Jessica Gregory, 556-8676. Public reception for new exhibits at the Emporium Center, 5-9 p.m., 100 S. Gay St. New exhibits include: “International Latino Art Exhibition” in the main gallery; “Small Plates: A Response to Hunger” (on display Friday, May 6 only) in the Balcony; Photography by Rachael Quammie in the display case; and “Recessive” by Abigail Malone in the Atrium. Info: knoxalliance.com or 523-7543. Tennessee Trio: The Tennessee Recording Sessions, 1927-1930 | Brown Bag Panel, noon- 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8824.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 6-7 Garage sale, New Hope Baptist Church 7115 Tipton Lane off of East Beaver Creek. Follow signs.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 6-22 “Snow White and Rose Red,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave.

Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/ tickets: knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com; 208-3677.

SATURDAY, MAY 7 Family Fun Day, 1-4 p.m., McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Free and open to the public. Info: mcclungmuseum.utk. edu or 974-2144. Grand opening of Knox County Sheriff’s Office Farragut Precinct, 10 a.m.-noon, 11429 Parkside Drive in Turkey Creek next door to Hibbett Sports. Activities include: KCSO S.W.A.T. Team, Bomb Squad, Motors Unit and K9 Unit. DNA and fingerprint kits for children available. Info: Capt. Robbie Lawson, robbie.lawson@ knoxsheriff.org or 675-3210. Introductory Internet Genealogy, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration, a valid email address, good internet searching capabilities are required. Info/registration: 215-8809. North Hills Garden Club Private Garden Tour, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., North Hills neighborhood. Featuring seven private residential gardens located along the neighborhood’s boulevards. Rain date: May 14. Also includes silent auction. Proceeds go to beautification of the neighborhood’s boulevards and park. Info: facebook. com/NorthHillsGardenClub. Saxophonist Kenny G performing with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: knoxvillesymphony.com. Tie Dye Dash 4k, 8:30 a.m., West Side Y lower parking lot. Packet pick-up and race day registration, 7:30 a.m. Info/registration: ymcaknoxville.org.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 7-8 Blooms Days Festival and Marketplace, 9 a.m.5 p.m., UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Drive. Cost: $8, one day; $12, both days. Featuring: specialty plants, unique garden goods, live music, garden workshops, children’s activities and more. Info/schedule of workshops: utgardens.tennessee.edu.

SUNDAY, MAY 8 Sing Out Knoxville meeting, 7-9 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Folk singing circle open to everyone. Info: bobgrimac@gmail.com, or 546-5643. Spring Turkish Food Festival, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tennessee Istanbul Cultural Center, 7035 Middlebrook Pike. Featuring: Turkish food delicacies, baked-goods, crafts and more. Info: knoxvilleturkishfestival.org.

MONDAY, MAY 9 All Over the Page: “Tenth of December,” 6:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 2158750. “Find your park: Great Smoky Mountains National Park” 1-2 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Dana Soehn, GSNP spokesperson. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Transit of Mercury Stargazing Workshop, 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Governor John Sevier Highway. Event is free, but donations appreciated. Bring lunch and proper eye protection. Info: 573-5508; info@marblesprings.net; marblesprings.net.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, MAY 9-10 “Advanced iPad/iPhone Basics for Seniors,” 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Registration and payment deadline: Monday, May 9. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register, in person at the Town Hall, 218-3375.

TUESDAY, MAY 10 Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square. Free admission.

THURSDAY, MAY 12 “Getting Your House in Order” seminar, 2-3 p.m.., Physicians Regional Medical Center, 900 East Oak Hill Ave., Emerald Room. Free; registration required. Info/registration: 1-855-TENNOVA (836-6682) or Tennova.com. “Grow Veggies Anywhere,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardener Amy Haun. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 12-14 International Biscuit Festival, downtown Knoxville. Info: BiscuitFest.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 13 Alive After Five: Stacy Mitchhart Band, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Admission: general, $15; museum members and students, $10. Info: knoxart.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 14 Bob Watt Youth Fishing Rodeo, 9 a.m., Anchor Park, 11730 Turkey Creek Road. Open to ages 13 and under. Participants are encouraged to bring their own poles; limited number of fishing poles available for use first come, first serve. Bait provided. Free and open to the public. Info: townoffarragut.org; Lauren Cox, lcox@

townoffarragut.org or 966-7057. Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Lucinda Heatherly Tent 3, meeting, 1 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Speaker: Cherel Henderson, Director of the East Tennessee Historical Society. Info: 573-1116. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, 7 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: 684-1200, 522-0832 or 800-6538000; Tennessee Theatre box office; all Ticketmaster outlets; KnoxBijou.com. “Grow Veggies Anywhere,” 1:30-2:30 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Presented by Master Gardener Amy Haun. Free and open to the public. Info: 588-8813 or knoxlib.org. Tire Rack Street Survival® Teen Driving School, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Short classroom session; hands-on experience to learn how to manage everyday driving hazards, obstacles and challenges. Open to licensed and permitted drivers ages 15-21. Cost: $75. Info/forms/schedules: streetsurvival.org. The cost is $75 per student and some insurance companies offer premium discounts to graduates.

SUNDAY, MAY 15 Open Streets Knoxville, 1-6 p.m., Central Street, from Willow to Scott, Old City to Happy Holler. Features: free games, activities, classes and more. Info: openstreetsknoxville.com. “Sweets by Kate,” a two-act opera presented by Marble City Opera, 3 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $20/students, $10. Info/tickets: marblecityopera.com. Vikings of the Smokies Lodge of the Sons of Norway’s Taste of Scandinavia Smorgasbord and the Syttende Mai Celebration, 4-6 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 225 Jamestowne Blvd. Special performance by the Trollkretsen Scandinavian Dancers. Tickets: $15; children under 12 eat free. Reservations by Tuesday, May 10, to: Bonnie Pederson, 748-8044 or bonniepederson@ comcast.net; or info@tnvikings.org.

MONDAY, MAY 16 Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 5:30-7:45 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 2158700. “Grow Veggies Anywhere,” 1-2 p.m., Davis Family YMCA, 12133 S. Northshore Drive. Presented by Master Gardener Amy Haun. Free and open to the public. Info: 777-9622. “Sweets by Kate,” a two-act opera presented by Marble City Opera, 8 p.m., Sugar Mama’s Bakery, 135 S. Gay St. Tickets: $40. Info/tickets: marblecityopera.com.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, MAY 16-17 “Samsung Galaxy Phone/Tablet Basics for Seniors,” 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Registration and payment deadline: Monday, May 16. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/ register, in person at the Town Hall, 218-3375.

MONDAYS, MAY 16-JUNE 27 Zumba classes, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Cost: $45. Registration/payment deadline: Friday, May 13. Info/ registration: townoffarragut.org/register; in person at the Town Hall; 218-3375.

TUESDAY, MAY 17 “Carbs: the good, the bad and the ugly,” 10 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Followed by a healthy cooking demo at 11. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Computer Workshop: Word Basics, 5:30-7:45 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215-8700. Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square. Free admission. Free grant workshop for Arts Build Communities (ABC) grants applicants, 3:30-5 p.m., Emporium Center. Grant info: Suzanne Cada, 523-7543 or sc@ knoxalliance.com. Workshop info/registration: allianceabcfy17.eventbrite.com or 523-7543.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 Books Sandwiched In: “Sisters in law: how Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to the Supreme Court and changed the world,” noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8801. “Pinterest/Instagram/Twitter for Seniors,” 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30. Registration and payment deadline: Wednesday, May 18. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register, in person at the Town Hall, 218-3375.

THURSDAY, MAY 19 Shakespeare for Kids, 3 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 470-7033.

FRIDAY, MAY 20 Alive After Five: Soulfinger, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Admission: general, $10; museum members and students, $5. Info: knoxart.org.

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health & lifestyles NEWS FROM PARKWEST, WEST KNOXVILLE’S HEALTHCARE LEADER • TREATEDWELL.COM • 374-PARK

The only choice and was 7 pounds, 8 ounces and 19.5 inches long. Alex was welcomed to the world by his family which included a very proud big sister. To prepare for Alex’s arrival, Abigail had attended the Teddy Bear University sibling class. Targeted for siblings ages 4-10, this class is designed to include brothers and sisters in the excitement surrounding the birth of a sibling. Family bonding is promoted to reduce jealous feelings. In each class, siblings are given a lifelike baby doll, gender-specific to their forthcoming sibling, along with a diaper, clothing, a blanket and a bottle. Hands-on demonstrations teach hand sanitation and the proper way to safely hold a baby, as well as diapering, dressing, feeding and knowing when to call an adult for assistance. The class is concluded with a tour of the facility and a sweet treat. “Abigail loved the sibling class, especially getting to take care of the ‘baby.’ She loved getting a tour of the facility The Riemann family with their newest member, who was also featured in and of course the popParkwest’s carseat safety education piece below. sicle each future sibling second childbirth experience, I felt much more at ease and prepared. After an attempted labor that did not progress with Abigail, and resulted in a C-section, we planned for a C-section this time.” “It was wonderful knowing I would go in that Friday morning and Dr. Cottam and the other medical staff would be ready

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to greet me and welcome our baby into the world. Thankfully the baby had the same plan and stayed put until that day! Dr. Cottam scheduled us to be the first delivery of the day, and we were so impressed that the medical team got me prepped and wheeled back even before the clock struck 8 a.m. as planned!” “I was the most nervous about experiencing a different type of anesthesia with the spinal, however, the anesthesiologist and nursing staff were so kind, and it turned out to be a complete breeze.” Just as planned, Alexander Kenneth Riemann was born Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, at 7:54 a.m.,

received at the end of the tour. She was so excited to become a big sister and loves playing and interacting with her baby brother even six months later!” stated Chelsey. Since Alex’s arrival, the Reimanns are happily adjusting to being a family of four. In a new home, with a new baby and a new big sister, one thing hasn’t changed – Parkwest is the Reimanns’ hospital of choice. Chelsey explained, “We had a lot of life changes in the year preceding Alex’s arrival, so it was so nice to look forward to the familiarity of a stay at Parkwest.” For information about the Childbirth Center at Parkwest, call 374-PARK or visit TreatedWell.com/childbirth

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At the Parkwest Childbirth Center, expectant mothers and family members are welcomed within 30 days of the day of delivery to preregister and discuss what to expect. Mothers must be at least 36 weeks into pregnancy to preregister. Patients are encouraged to share their wishes for the day of birth, including what medication they may or may not want during labor. Because of this pre-registration, patients do not have to fill out paperwork or provide medical history on the day of delivery. “They get a tour of our department and get to meet everyone so there’s less ambiguity about what will happen when they’re in labor,” Teresa Paris, RN, MSHS, BSN, RNC-OB, NEA-BC, Childbirth Center manager, said. “The service we provide allows women and their families to focus on delivery when they come back to have their baby,”

During delivery, patients are accompanied by a nurse clinician from East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, who monitors each delivery and can step in if neonatal issues arise. Infants who need additional care can also be quickly transferred to Children’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Following delivery, a lactation consultant visits each mother and answers questions about and assists in teaching techniques for breastfeeding. “Babies are not born knowing how to breastfeed, so we try to be hands on and support each mother,” Paris said. “We understand that it’s a personal choice and will help no matter what the patient decides. Formula is available, and we abide by parent preference.” For more information about the Parkwest Childbirth Center, visit www.TreatedWell.com/Childbirth or call (865) 374-PARK.

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The Riemann family faced several changes in 2015 - two moves, keeping up with a five year old, and a baby on the way all created plenty of stress, but when it came to choosing a place to deliver their second child, there was no worry involved. Parkwest was their only preference. Five years ago, first-time parents, Chelsey and Aaron, carefully considered every detail in preparation for their baby girl. Chelsey chose Parkwest not only because her physician’s office was across from the hospital, but also because she watched many of her friends have their babies there, all saying they’d had excellent experiences. When she learned that she was pregnant for a second time, she had no hesitation in choosing Parkwest again. “Our first experience having a child at Parkwest was a wonderful one. We were very well-cared for during our stay, including assistance and encouragement from the lactation consultants on staff as I worked to learn how to nurse a baby for the first time. Aaron and I were thrilled to be delivering again at Parkwest. Our daughter, Abigail Jane, was delivered there on Jan. 25, 2010, by Dr. Kori Cottam. She has been my physician since I moved to Knoxville in August 2004, and I couldn’t imagine any other doctor or hospital taking care of us during such an important time in our lives,” stated Riemann. Her first delivery presented some complications, so the Riemanns knew what to expect the second time around. Chelsey said, “Going into our

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By Carol Z. Shane

athy Hart, manager of the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Association, had no idea what she was starting when she gathered 15 young string players in her basement in 1994. In the ensuing 22 years, under the guidance and care of the violin teacher and dedicated educator, the program has grown to include hundreds of kids from all over the region, rehearsing and performing in five different ensembles, each with its own conductor. “This is my passion,� says Hart. This summer, many of those young players are headed to string camp. “The KSYO summer string camp is one of the favorite weeks for the staff, alumni and current students to work together, make great music and have fun,� says Hart. “A theme is picked each year and music is selected based on that theme. Classes are organized to work with the theme as well. The 2016 theme is ‘That’s Entertainment’ – music from movie, musical and TV show themes. During the week, KSO musicians and local teachers coach and assist the participants.� The camp happens this year from June 20-24 and is open to any and all string students at various levels of ability, not just current KSYO members. Originally scheduled to take place at Bearden High School, the camp may instead move to Hardin Valley Academy, due to renovations at BHS. But To page 2

These young string players work hard and have fun. Shown rehearsing are Anna Anderson, 11, Michelle Waters, 18, Kelsie Edie, 14, and Pedro Lima, 17. In the background are Katherine Spann, 13, and Caroline Farmer, a UT junior who coaches the young players. Photo by Carol Z. Shane

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he folks at Emerald Youth Foundation are looking forward to another summer full of kids. In addition to emerald Youth Sports comprehensive year-round program of leagues, teams and clinics for baseball, basketball, soccer, swimming, track and volleyball, Emerald Youth Foundation serves more than 300 young people in summer programs. Just Lead, EYF’s after school ministry, will continue its programs throughout the summer at Mt. Zion Baptist, Emerald Avenue United Methodist, Virginia Avenue Ministry, Laurel Church of Christ, Hope Central, Second United

Emerald Youth kids learn during the summer through experiences such as Junior Achievement BizTown in Clinton. Methodist Church and Western Heights Baptist Center, the seven city churches who partner with EYF to provide afterschool programs during the school year. Activity groups are broken down by age. Elementary school kids, for example, will take field trips to places like Pigeon Forge and area swimming pools. “We really enjoy taking our kids to Ijams Park, and we’ll probably have some kids over at Beardsley Farm too,� said John Crooks, EYF’s marketing and communications director. The biggest event of the summer is Just Lead Camp Week, June 13-17, where kids involved in summer programs will get a chance to pick unique

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Children who want to go to camp will be asked to list their top three choices, and the EYF staff will make assignment based on several factors, including available space and prior camp experience. “We try to give the kids a broad range of experiences,� Crooks said. “Variety of Eastern Tennessee generously sponsors camp week, and it takes a lot of effort to pull it off.� Info: emeraldyouth.org/contact-us or 865-637-3227

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By Carol Z. Shane

f you’re looking for a cool new way for kids to have fun this summer, look no further than Knoxville’s ice rinks. Both Cool Sports in Farragut and the Ice Chalet in Bearden offer summer skating camps and ice hockey lessons. Adults can get in on the fun, too. “Ice skating promotes healthy living and fun for ALL ages” says Cool Sports’ website. Nikki Copeland-Ronayne, director of figure skating for Cool Sports, has been skating since she was 5 years old and competing since she was 6. After attending the University of Tennessee, she auditioned for Holiday on Ice and toured Europe with the show. “I spent almost four years of my life traveling to new cities and arenas and have performed in front of thousands of skating enthusiasts,” she says. “My life has been nothing short of exciting!” Copeland-Ronayne has spent the last 13 years developing a skating program at Cool Sports utilizing the US Figure Skating curriculum. She says her program is dedicated to “building skaters who not only skate for recreational enjoyment, but also compete amongst other elite level skaters throughout the Southeast. “I often think of all of the lessons that I have learned from being a figure skater,” she says. “Get up when you fall down. Smile even when we feel like crying. Learn from your mistakes and bask in the glory of your successes. Cherish those around you that encourage you to be better than you already are. “Whenever I’m with a student I try to always nurture their strengths, and point out areas that need a little attention. I’m definitely a big ‘cookie’ coach – good stuff first, then stuff to work on, followed by good stuff.” Over at the Ice Chalet, the ice rink floor is currently being rebuilt. According to Julia Hardin, director of the Ice

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Cool Sports offers many choices in ice sports for youngsters. Shown from left are Corinne Oliphant, Alia Smith, Micah Foster, Morgan Newman, KyLee Toole, Charlotte Rogers, Catherine Rivers, Jenna Schoonheim, Aimee Wagner, Molly Haymore, Bonnie Dudley, Alisha Sarley, Eunyoung Hong, Skyler Shipstad, Skye Armstrong and Chloe Wagner. Photos submitted

Chalet’s skating school, it’s the first major renovation since the business opened in 1962. “We usually close in April and May” for maintenance, she says, but this renovation will allow the rink to stay open year-round. Their “Swizzle and Sizzle” summer skating camp for beginner and intermediate skaters begins June 27. Hardin says, “I grew up at the Ice Chalet.” A graphic designer, she previously worked for Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., where she also taught skating. When she returned to Knoxville in the late ’90s, “I decided I’d like to teach skating in my home rink.” Beginning skaters are taught everything they need to know in order to become accomplished, but “we do it with an emphasis on fun,” she says. “It’s the cool place to be in the middle of a very hot time of year!” Cool Sports is located at 110 South Watt Road. Info: coolsportstn.com or 218-4500. The Ice Chalet is located at 100 Lebanon Street in the Bearden area. Info: chaleticerinks.com or 588-1858.

Ice skating is a great way for kids to cool off this summer. Shown at the Ice Chalet are Aaron Blake, Sara Beth Bogartz, Heather Helton and Ellie Tidwell.

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