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IN THIS ISSUE

Art meets need

In the sunshine Does the Sunshine Law go too far? Not far enough? Does it give too much power to mayors and political operatives? Attorney Scott Frith lays out the pros and cons of the law here in Shopper-News.

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Read his story on page A-4

Boy wonder Dev Patel, star of 2008’s “Slumdog Millionaire” stars in two feature films.

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See Betsy Pickle on page A-8

Empty Bowls returns to raise money for FISH Pantry

Tellico bliss For the third year in a row, Tellico Village has garnered a coveted award in the world of real estate and planned communities. Tellico Village has earned the 2015 Bliss Award for Community Spirit of the Year from the folks at RealEstateScorecard.com.

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See John Cherry on page A-3

NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Mayor plans meetings Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will host constituent meetings in March to invite comment from citizens. These meetings are open to the public. Area times and locations are: ■ Monday, March 9, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Cedar Bluff Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive.

■ Thursday, March 12, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Bearden Library, 100 Golf Club Road.

■ Monday, March 16, 9-10 a.m., Strang Senior Center, 109 Lovell Heights Road.

■ Thursday, March 19, 11 a.m. to noon, Karns Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway.

For more times and locations, visit www.knoxcounty. org.

‘Standardized’ The public is invited to a free screening of the movie “Standardized: Lies, Money & Civil Rights: How Testing Is Ruining Public Education” from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the Bearden Public Library, 100 Golf Club Road. A panel discussion will follow.

By Sherri Gardner Howell Every year for the past four years, the fires have burned bright at Farragut High School to help bring attention and some needed funds to the problem of hunger in East Tennessee. The project, called Empty Bowls, is an example of art meeting need and a testament to what students can do.

Empty Bowls is planned, implemented and staffed completely by the students in the FHS National Art Honor Society.

It takes place this year at 6 p.m.

Monday, March 9, at Einstein Bros. Bagels, 11693 Parkside Drive in Turkey Creek.

Guests who have purchased $15 tickets in advance at the high school can choose a handcrafted

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and artistically designed bowl, pick a soup from three choices on Einstein’s menu and eat a meal of soup, bread, dessert and drink.

Guests are served at the restaurant by the students, and they get to take the bowl home. All proceeds go the benefit the FISH Pantry.

Senior Madelyn Vagott is this

By Wendy Smith In spite of a crowd of Sweet Briar residents who came to Town Hall in opposition, the Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a rezoning that will result in commercial development adjacent to their subdivision.

It was the second reading of a zoning amendment that changes the zoning of a two-acre Parkside Drive parcel from office and buffer to commercial and buffer. Before it was appealed to the FBMA, the rezoning was unanimously denied by the Municipal Planning Commission.

Sweet Briar residents cooperated with town staff and leadership during the development of Turkey Creek shopping center,

year’s chair, and it is her third year to work on Empty Bowls. She says she loves everything about the project, especially making the bowls and the fact that the whole event is student-led.

“As a group, the National Art Honor Society wants members who can develop their artistic style

through helping other people,” says Vagott. “In addition to Empty Bowls, we help with events at the primary school and create artwork for charity auctions. For Empty Bowls, we start three or four months in advance with the To page A-3

Developer Jim Nixon speaks to the Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen about a commercial development that will back up to Sweet Briar subdivision. Photo by Wendy Smith

and because of that cooperation, they were assured that adjacent Parkside Drive property would be zoned for offices, said resident John Hoffman. There was no written agreement, but the zoning was the result of the agreement, he said.

That zoning was recently changed to allow TVA Employees’ Credit Union and Panda Express to be developed on another adjacent parcel. The smell and noise from Panda Express have impacted property values in Sweet Briar, said resident Deborah Raines. Her neighbors were never notified of that zoning change, and if they had been, they would’ve fought it, she said.

Developer Jim Nixon, who

plans to purchase the property on behalf of Farragut Land Partners, told the FBMA at its Feb. 12 meeting that he hopes to put a restaurant there. While he has assured neighbors that he will improve the buffer between the development and the neighborhood, Raines expressed concern that she’d listen to a drive-thru speaker all day.

“What we see here is that the people who are getting asked to make a sacrifice are getting none of the benefit,” she said.

Attorney Michael Kelley, who represents Nixon, said the rezoning would be consistent with the town’s long-range plan and the board’s previous decision to rezone the Panda Express property.

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Rotary barbecue cook-off headed to World’s Fair Park

By Anne Hart Not since the 1980s has Knoxville seen an event like the one set for the World’s Fair Park in late May. If you’re a lover of barbecue, you might want to start dieting right now because QueFest, the 2015 Tennessee State Barbecue Championship, is going to be an opportunity to nibble your way to pork paradise.

On May 29 and 30, the heavenly aroma of barbecue will waft over the park as it did when the events called “Riverfest” dotted the site for a few years after the fair closed, when local groups competed for the best barbecue in town.

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Farragut High School senior Madelyn Vagott is chair of Empty Bowls for the FHS National Honor Society this year. She holds a bowl she made in past years. Photo submitted

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Those events will look like beginner stuff when the Rotary Club of Bearden hosts some 50 or so contestants from all over the country at the Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS)-sanctioned QueFest, which will feature two days of intense competition for the best barbecue in four categories, live music and lots of other entertainment for the entire family.

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No amateurs here: The winners’ purse totals more than $10,000.

The big rigs and fancy motor homes hauling all manner of grilling equipment will start arriving at the park’s South Lawn early on Friday, May 29. By 5 p.m., when the event opens to the public, the cooking will be underway, along with entertainment for the evening.

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Visitors will be able to wander the site and talk with contestants about their “secret recipes” and special techniques.

And there will be plenty of good Ted Hotz food. Event chair Ted Hotz says vendors will include local favorite Dead End BBQ, whose owner, George Ewart, has

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The Creswells – Janet Testerman and Joey – at the gala

Guests at the American Heart Association’s Knoxville Heart Gala on Saturday, Feb. 28, were greeted and guided by volunteers and Heart Association staff. From left are Ellen Liston, Pauline Bushman, Brooke Fontana, Terran Anderson, Danica Clark and Haley Allen. Terran is the regional director of the American Heart Association. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell

A gala celebration of heart

By Sherri Gardner Howell For many years, the American Heart Association has been working to educate, fund research and present programs in East Tennessee. One way they do that is through money raised at the annual

Knoxville Heart Gala.

The gala, an elegant February tradition, filled Cherokee Country Club with guests ready to celebrate on Saturday, Feb. 28. In fact, “celebration” was the theme of the evening as this 30th annual ball looked to the

past for sharing, calling on past ball chairs to stand and recall events and milestones from their year at the helm of the event.

Chair for this year’s ball was Eddie Mannis. His leadership team included Robbie Arrington, Eric

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Art meets need

Escaping cabin fever, more than 250 Villagers attended the inaugural Second Tee event.

Village’s community spirit wins another Bliss award For the third year in a row, Tellico Village has garnered a coveted award in the world of real estate and planned communities. We have just learned that Tellico Village has earned the 2015 Bliss Award for Community Spirit of the Year from the folks at RealEstateScorecard.com.

John Cherry IT’S BETTER AT TELLICO VILLAGE RES is an industry leader for online real estate reviews, providing in-depth information about the most popular master planned communities in the southeastern United States.

Margie Casey, founder and owner of RES, visits more than 200 planned communities annually and evaluates them on a wide variety of criteria in order to advise future retirees on the best places to call their new home. RES awards the best communities with the coveted Bliss Award in several categories and by state.

In 2013, Tellico Village

that in the planned community industry, it really is better at Tellico Village.

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The 2015 Bliss Award for Community Spirit of the Year is ready for its place in the TelliChad Anderson addresses co Village trophy case. a packed house during the Second Tee event at Tellico Village. was designated as the Best Planned Community in a strong representation of Tennessee. Last year, we property owners come towon the award for Hap- gether willing to help disadpiest Community. During vantaged and less fortunate her 2014 visit to East Ten- families in all walks of life nessee, Casey took a more as well as animals.”

She added, it represents in-depth look at the impact that Villagers have in the “a community of people surrounding communities, who are loving, kind and particularly with the area’s selfless to one another and nonprofit agencies that ser- others.”

Tellico Village excelled in vice those who need a hand all categories of the selecup.

When asked what she tion process and has been looks for in the Community awarded with the 2015 Bliss Spirit Award winner, Casey Award. More than 900 Vilanswered, “The Community lage residences voted to Spirit of the Year takes it recognize their community one step further and reach- as an award-winning comes beyond the community’s munity.

We at Tellico Village are entrance. You could call it the ‘Divine’ award where so glad RES has recognized

Yacht Club hosts Second Tee

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planning and getting the details taken care of. We get good support from our teachers and from Yvonne (Kidder) at Einstein, but the whole project is completely planned and staffed by students.”

The students make approximately 130 bowls for the event, says Vagott. “Some students know how to throw on a wheel and some make a coil bowl and others just free-form the bowls. It takes a long time because the bowls have to be made, then fired and glazed.” Overseeing the project are FHS art teachers Wendie Love and Catherine Widner.

There is a learning element beyond the artistic that goes with the project, says Vagott. “When we hold meetings to talk about the event and plan, we learn about hunger in the world and in our community,” she says. “Someone in the group will talk about how Empty Bowls began and the hunger awareness aspect of the project.”

Empty Bowls began in Detroit in 1990 when a high school ceramics teacher named John Hartom and his wife, Lisa Blackburn, challenged the art students to participate in a local food drive. The grassroots fundraiser grew from that.

Vagott says that while her favorite part is organizing, all the NAHS students get excited on the day of the event. “It is really fun to watch people pick a bowl,” says Vagott. “We all get really excited when someone picks one of our bowls.”

Sweet Briar backyard

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Alderman Ron Honken said that while he has great respect for Nixon, once the property is rezoned, it could be sold to another developer. It’s clear from the original zoning that an effort was made to protect the neighborhood, he said, and the decision to rezone should be made based on what’s best for this particular parcel.

Alderman Bob Markli questioned the need for more office space in Farragut. He suggested rezoning with a restriction on drive-thrus. He is a proponent of property rights, he said.

“Everybody wants somebody else’s farm to be their park.”

Markli made the motion to approve the zoning with the restriction, which passed 3-2. Honken and Mayor Ralph McGill voted against the change. The board was blasted by several angry Sweet Briar residents as they left the meeting.

The board approved the purchase of an additional 225 tons of salt to treat icy roads. The season’s first storm required 120-130 tons of salt due to low temperatures, said Public Works director Bud McKelvey.

The board also approved the town’s new architectural design guidelines with clarification to the design review process and approved building materials.

A jam-packed Yacht Club hosted a golf event on the snowy afternoon of Feb. 24.

Patrons grabbed a drink and enjoyed hearing about what is going on in golf at Tellico Village. The professional golf staff and the Golf Advisory Committee pulled together all the moving parts in spite of snowy roads in the area.

More than 250 Villagers came out of winter hibernation to hear from the regional director of the Tennessee Golf Foundation, and USGA rules expert Chad Anderson, who gave an excellent talk about rules changes in the beautiful game of golf.

Also on the agenda, the golf staff revealed numerous opportunities for new or former golfers to get back into the game, such as infor■ Farragut Rotary Club meets 12:15 p.m. each Wednesday, Fox mal “Introduction to Golf” Den Country Club, 12284 N. Fox Den Drive. Info: http://www.farclinics and monthly events ragutrotary.org. for couples that are geared ■ Fiscal Year 2016 Community Grants Program applications are more toward fun and are being accepted by the Town of Farragut. Applications deadline: 5 less competitive. p.m. Friday, March 27. Requirements/applications: www.townofThe golf staff is planning farragut.org/communitygrants. Info: Jenn Hatmaker, 966-7057. another Second Tee event ■ “Hearth and Home: Through the Years” is the featured exhibit in the near future. Hit ’em at the Farragut Folklife Museum in the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 straight out there.

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World’s Fair Park shared his expertise with Rotarians as they have planned this event.

“We will also have two other vendors from outside this area,” Hotz says, “because we want to give folks the opportunity to experience the regional differences in barbecue.”

While the list of vendors isn’t complete yet, and while barbecue will unquestionably be the “main course,” Hotz says ice cream and other treats will be available.

QueFest represents a tremendous success story for Bearden Rotary. It was

From page A-1 just three years ago that club member Oliver Smith IV and Ewart convinced the group that a barbecue cook-off could be a tremendous fundraiser for Rotary’s projects, both locally and internationally.

Episcopal School of Knoxville hosted the first two years on its West Knoxville campus, but the crowds quickly outgrew the

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The number of volunteers who make it all happen has also grown. Hotz says a few dozen have been working on QueFest for several months. By the time this year’s event opens, that number will grow to a few hundred.

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The saga of Section X

Select civic club members may have heard this tale in times past. I think of it each time football winter workouts are mentioned.

Exercises between bowl games and spring practice are now very sophisticated, professionally designed to add strength, adjust bulk and enhance certain skills in conjunction with ideal diets. I suppose they work.

Long, long ago, the first winter workout I observed was more primitive. Some still think it was hell on Earth. Others have blocked it from their memories.

From more than 50 years away, a few now think it wasn’t all that bad, just a little toughening-up process.

Marvin West

Winter workouts for Tennessee football arrived with young Doug Dickey. The new coach called the program “off-season conditioning.”

Best he could tell, the Volunteers had no experience in getting better in January and February, before they practiced getting better in the spring.

Since Tennessee had no workouts, Dickey did not

find it surprising that Tennessee had no place set aside for such activities. He sent forth a search committee. It didn’t find much.

As Dickey tells the story, scouts discovered running room at a tobacco warehouse and the agriculture campus. They reported, almost incidentally, some dirty, drab, dreary space once used for storage, on the ground floor, in the northwest corner of Neyland Stadium, under Section X. Dickey inspected it and said the room looked like something left over from the Civil War, except the cobwebs appeared older.

Dickey could have made it better. He made it worse.

He installed old mats on the floor and hung a heavy rope from on high. Those who thought they wanted to be on his football team were going to do agility drills, wrestle, fight and scratch – and then climb that blasted rope, hand over hand, until they bumped their head on the concrete ceiling.

Center Bob Johnson remembers the one-on-one wars, Vols on opposite sides of the mat, no rules, do anything you want to get to the other side.

The training tempo was fierce, frantic, run here, jump there! Down on the mat, up on your feet, seat roll right, jump up again, forward tumble. Everywhere a player looked or landed, there was an assistant coach yelling for more speed and greater effort.

Dickey said some players were overcome by the afternoon exercises and ambiance – and lost their lunch.

He admitted the smell was terrible. He spent one of his most dramatic terms on describing the winter workout scene: “A stinking mess.”

Joe Graham hit right in the middle of it.

“There wasn’t room under Section X for all of us at once,” said Graham.

Everybody dreaded checking the dorm list for when to report. Early was better.

“Our group arrived to the sound and smell of some of the guys throwing up. In the middle of the winter, the room seemed nearly steamy. Everybody was sweating. I don’t remember the exact time we worked, but it seemed forever.”

Dewey Warren was there and it matched his imagination of Marine boot camp, only worse.

“Under Section X was like a dungeon, dark and smelly, the worst place I’ve ever been.”

Bert Ackermann said it was a learning experience for those who survived.

“It laid the foundation for the great comeback of Tennessee football under Doug Dickey.”

Robbie Franklin believes Coach Dickey used the first winter program to find out who really wanted to play football at Tennessee.

Today’s Vols think winter workouts are challenging.

Today’s Vols live in a different world – music, lights, refreshments, exhaust fans.

Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

The politics of ‘sunshine’ If you paid attention only to local media, you might be forgiven for believing that the most pressing problem facing our community is a lack of openness and transparency in government.

Each breaking scandal, it seems, involves a county commissioner, city council member or public board member violating the Open Meetings Act (sunshine law) by sending an email or lobbying a fellow board member outside of a public meeting.

The Open Meetings Act states that “… the formation of public policy and decisions is public business and shall not be conducted in secret.”

As a result, members of County Commission, City Council and other local public boards cannot delib-

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erate about public business in private. Violations of the law void the actions of the violators and require open deliberations on the issue and another vote.

Nearly all would agree that open, public meetings and the public discussion of the people’s business is a good thing; however, less understood are the problematic and perhaps unintended consequences of the law that give increased influence to the mayor and third parties over the members of legislative bodies.

In county government, the mayor (unlike commissioners) is indirectly empowered by the law by being able to lobby the commission directly and in private.

(As you can imagine, it is easier to keep track of how each commissioner will vote when you can ask them privately.) This same dynamic applies with the superintendent of schools and the board of education.

More troubling is that local political bosses can also lobby commissioners and council members independently, lining up their votes and pushing their own agendas. In fact, because of the restrictions of the open meetings law, well-connected politicos often have a better idea of how the commission will vote than the commissioners who actu-

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Christenberry faculty

The letter from Emerald Academy came during the snow days and was addressed to the parents/ guardians of children zoned to Knoxville’s urban elementary schools and signed

by Emerald’s director, Dr. Jon Rysewyk .

Five of the recipients were Christenberry Elementary School faculty members who bring their children to school with them. One faculty member said reading it was like a slap in the face.

It began like this: “You have a choice – Emerald Academy! Do you know the grades for the school your child is zoned to attend next year and how they compare with Knox County Schools’ overall grades?”

Next came a chart comparing three years of Christenberry’s math and reading scores with Knox County Schools’ scores. Christenberry’s are all lower, although they improved from Ds in 2012 to Bs in math and

Betty Bean Cs in reading in 2013 and 2014. KCS scored As in both subjects in 2013 and 2014.

The faculty member said the test scores tell only half the story. The other half is the value-added scores, which show that Christenberry students have made steady gains from one school year to the next.

These scores were not included in the letter.

Christenberry assistant principal Tonya Davis Cash posted a scathing comment on her Facebook page, calling the letter misleading and ending with an offer: “I have more current data if you would like to include that with your next propaganda. Steve has my number.”

“Steve” is Emerald Youth Foundation CEO Steve Diggs, who lives a

few blocks from Christenberry and sent his two children to school there. Many Christenberry students are involved in after-school programs at Emerald Youth Foundation.

Diggs announced his charter school plan a year ago.

“I, historically, was a huge fan of Steve Diggs and consider him very bright, hard-working and visionary. My husband and I have always bought a table at his fundraising things, but I am real disappointed about this,” said Martha Bratton, who retired five years ago and was Christenberry’s first principal (she was also the last principal at Brownlow and principal at Inskip elementary schools before that).

Bratton said Emerald’s major advantage will be that parents will “self-select” and must agree to be actively involved in their children’s education. She believes Rysewyk could have touted what his school has

to offer without disparaging other schools.

Rysewyk said he got the students’ addresses from Knox County Schools and wasn’t “taking a shot at Christenberry.” He said that when he was principal at Fulton High School, his students got similar letters informing them of openings at higher-performing schools like Farragut and Bearden.

“The intention was never to upset teachers anywhere,” he said.

Diggs said all parents from all the urban feeder schools got the same letter, but he believes Christenberry is performing well.

“Maybe we should have had a PR firm write the letter. I just hope everyone will look at our track record.

We’re going to try and do it right … I have no desire to start a private school.”

Next week: A closer look at the program at Emerald Academy, set to open July 15 in the old Moses School downtown.

Down and (even more) out in South Knox News that David Dewhirst was rescuing another endangered Knoxville property was widely hailed in the city last week.

Dewhirst and associates bought the 84-yearold Kern’s Bakery building on Chapman Highway just across the Henley Bridge from downtown and quickly announced speculative but elaborate plans to transform the industrial site into a vague complex of boutique eateries and performance venues like the ones that have brought fresh life to the center city.

No one seemed unhappy.

After all, the bakery building is intimately connected to Knoxville’s history, and making it productive again would be a worthy effort.

Dewhirst has a record of turning historic but decrepit urban-core properties into moneymaking real estate ventures.

Dewhirst was expansive about the effects the development could have on South Knoxville. The News Sentinel quoted him as saying, “A lot of people don’t come to South Knoxville because they don’t think there’s a reason to. But we’re going to give them a reason to come to South Knoxville.”

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We’ll ignore for the moment the fact that – practically speaking – the bakery is hardly in South Knoxville at all. Let’s examine that remark again: “A lot of people don’t come to South Knoxville because they don’t think there’s a reason to.”

Apparently a man of Dewhirst’s real estate savvy isn’t aware that (according to the 2009-2013 census estimates) almost 38,000 people have found a reason to go south of the river – without benefit of bodegas or brew pubs or trendy cafés or music stages. They go (or stay) because South Knox (city and county) is home.

Dewhirst’s notion is but the latest in a tradition of dissing South Knoxville that goes back at least half a century. In the 1950s and ’60s, South Knoxville was derided as “South America” by its more sophisticated northern neighbors. When the James White Parkway

bridge was built in the early 1980s, it was quickly labeled “the Bridge to Nowhere.”

In current parlance, South Knoxville is a “wilderness” suitable mainly for hiking, jogging or mountain biking expeditions by some of our more urbane urbanites, many of whom hail from West Knox suburbs.

No one has labeled South Knox as District 12 – yet.

Another recent news item illuminates the overall attitude toward South Knoxville: At the behest of the city, the Urban Land Institute has released a study that calls for Henley Street – the six-plus lane connection between I-40 and the Henley Bridge – to be made pedestrian-friendly, with a reduced capacity to handle traffic headed south and an increase in cafés, shops and other accoutrements of the good life.

Again, this isn’t the first time South Knox has been slighted. A couple of years ago, the extension of James White Parkway to deep South Knox County was vetoed by the city mayor, despite support for the extension from county mayors of Knox and Sevier. And during the planning stages, the six-lane rehab of the

Henley Bridge was scrapped for a five-lane version at the behest of urbanites who wanted bike lanes instead of vehicular traffic.

There are still some of the wags that tail the dog who insist that the city should take a jackhammer to the concrete roadways in the First Creek canyon, letting the creek run free again – the connectivity needs of South Knoxvillians be damned. South Knox County and its neighbors in the Seymour community are the only sector of greater Knoxville that are not now served by a limited-access, freeway-engineered roadway.

Isolation is the kissing cousin of scorn. The thinking that dominates political culture in Knoxville right now sells “South of the River” short not only in the language it uses but in its dreams of how to connect that area to the wider community. It ignores the longterm harm that can come to the whole region if one sector is systematically cut off from the whole.

The revitalization of Knoxville’s downtown can’t be allowed to strangulate the development of the rest of the city.

A home for Estes The Estes Kefauver office and collection that was once displayed at the Hoskins Library on the UTKnoxville campus will not go to the Tennessee State Museum, despite earlier reports to the contrary.

The Museum Commission voted in January not to accept the collection due to lack of space for storage or display. There was a feeling it would set a precedent for other Tennessee senators to place their papers and memorabilia at the museum that would have to be honored.

In addition to this writer, Knoxvillians Deborah DiPietro and Jan Simek serve on the commission board.

Other recent Tennessee senators have reached greater national prominence than Kefauver did as Howard Baker and Bill Frist were majority leaders of the Senate and a third (Al Gore) was president of the Senate as Vice President of the United States.

Kefauver sought but did not attain such status during his career.

Meanwhile the UT library, led ably by Steve Smith, will continue to keep the material in storage. The issue at some point will become whether storage is the permanent site for the collection or will it be made available for public viewing as it once was? When will the Hoskins Library be renovated? Only UT knows.

Pay: When City Council adopted a $12,500 annual pay raise for the mayor, only five members signed on as sponsors. Interestingly, the only former mayor in the nine-member group, Dan Brown, did not sign it.

He said “the timing was not right.”

Eyesore: If there is one new recent eyesore that is harming the aesthetics of downtown Knoxville, it is the south wall of the Langley garage, which faces Union Avenue and the Pembroke. It is the size of a football field and all a grim gray.

It offends residents of the Pembroke who look out to the north. It is hideous and stunning. How did the city administration let this happen? Putting brick around it would help. Graffiti even would help, too.

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football coach Johnny Majors is having a hip replacement this week. He will not let it slow him down as he heads in mid-April to Australia.

■ The E 911 Board now meets March 13, and Mayor Rogero will attend her first meeting ever as mayor. It should be a standing-room-only event.

It seems the mayor and her police chief may vote differently on the radio contract.

No doubt Rogero wishes it would all go away and her failure to attend this significant board would be forgotten.

■ Kim Trent, head of Knox Heritage, recently moved to Carta Road near Holston Hills and had an open house a few weeks ago that was packed with political types, including council members Marshall Stair and Finbarr Saunders.

Trent is being urged to run for City Council in 2017 when Nick Della Volpe cannot seek a third term.

■ DeFord: Also present at the event and being talked up as a council candidate was longtime Fort Sanders resident and architect Randall DeFord.

Asked if he might run for Nick Pavlis’ seat, also up in 2017, he said, “I am flattered so many people have mentioned it to me. The city faces important and serious issues. I will consider it.”

DeFord was ignored by the Rogero administration when they appointed a task force on the World’s Fair Park. Neighborhood activists were stunned that Fort Sanders was excluded; however, the task force appears to have accomplished little and has become a distant memory.

■ Hannah Parker, 28, becomes one of the youngest persons to serve on the Knox County Election Commission. She’s the first Republican woman in 28 years. As the choice of the Knox GOP legislators, she must be appointed by the state election commission.

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Cheer prep Varsity Spirit representative Kelley Tafazzoli looks through clothing samples with Farragut High School cheer coach Mollie Townley in preparation for next school year’s cheer program.

Cheerleading tryouts will be held 4-6 p.m.

Wednesday through Friday, April 8-10, at the school. A mandatory parent meeting will be held for parents of students who plan to try out 6 p.m. Friday, March 10, in Red Wing’s room 204. Photo by S. Barrett

ArtXtravaganza Webb School of Knoxville will host ArtXtravaganza Friday through Sunday, March 6-8, in the Lee Athletic Center.

Now in its 15th year, ArtXtravaganza will feature more than 2,000 works by almost 70 artists from the Southeast and beyond.

Oil paintings, sculptures, photography, wood works, glass, metal works, jewelry and more will be available for purchase in all price ranges.

A Patron’s Party will open the show Friday from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Folks can enjoy hors d’oeuvres while getting a sneak peek at this year’s show. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Mooreland Heights Elementary School as part of its partnership with Webb.

Tickets are available at artxtravaganza.org.

ArtXtravaganza continues 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

Admission Saturday and Sunday is free.

This year’s featured artists for the event are Jennifer Bowman of Hopkinsville, Ky., and Emily Allison from Primm Springs, Tenn. Artwork by Emily Allison, one Info: 291-3846 or artxtrava- of ArtXtravaganza’s featured ganza.org. artists for 2015. Photo submitted

Anastasia Weber and her brother, Northshore Elementary School first-grader Josiah Weber (far right) enjoy frozen yogurt at Menchie’s in Turkey Creek with Melissa Ogden and Menchie’s employee and Hardin Valley Academy sophomore Wesley Rice.

Photo by S. Barrett

‘Melissa called’ celebrates end of snow

Education and drop them off at the school or mail to: West Hills Elementary, 409 Vanosdale Road, Knoxville, TN 37909.

SCHOOL NOTES West Hills Elementary ■ Link your Food City ValuCard, Kroger Plus Card and Target Red Card to West Hills Elementary and help raise money for the school.

The school also participates in the General Mills “BoxTops for Education” program and the Campbell’s “Labels for Education” program. Clip out the Box Tops and Labels for

Sequoyah Elementary ■ Kindergarten open house has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, March 5.

Prospective kindergarten parents will receive information on curriculum, PTA, Sequoyah Foundation, enrollment and tour classrooms.

Info: 594-1360.

By Sara Barrett Melissa Ogden, director of public affairs for Knox County Schools, generally operates deeply behind the scenes. But last week she stepped out front to support a fun event at Menchie’s.

The frozen yogurt shop is a huge supporter of Open Doors Tennessee, which provides inclusion opportunities for individuals

with disabilities, Ogden said. “For example, there are students who work at Menchie’s alongside employees and actually can earn a paycheck. Menchie’s employees donate their time off to shadow these students.”

So one of the students, Wesley Rice, came up with the idea of having a “Melissa called” special, acknowledging Ogden’s role in phoning

families and staff for two weeks to announce school cancellations.

Wesley’s idea went viral on Facebook as a celebration of the end of snow. A portion of sales during the special event was donated to Open Doors Tennessee.

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The power of an idea Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer suffer disgrace.” I told them that the hand of my God had been gracious upon me, and also the words that the king had spoken to me. Then they said, “Let us start building!”

(Nehemiah 2: 17-18a)

Sonia Justiniani, Pat Ryan, Beth Meyer and Rosilyn Flanagan serve lunch following last week’s ecumenical Lenten service at Immaculate Conception Church. Photo by Wendy Smith

Community welcome at downtown Lenten services

By Wendy Smith The season of Lent means different things to each worshipper, but those attending an ecumenical Lenten worship last Wednesday said that observing the Christian tradition together made it even more meaningful.

Lent is the 46-day period from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. If the six Sundays are taken away, the length is 40 days – the same amount of time that Jesus fasted in the wilderness. It is generally viewed as a time of prayer, devotion and almsgiving that leads up to Holy Week, the commemoration of the last week of Jesus’ life.

For several years, downtown churches have offered midday services on each Wednesday of Lent, followed by a light lunch. Last week’s service at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 414 Vine Ave., drew worshippers from several denominations.

The Rev. Ann Myers, an ordained minister who worships at First Presbyterian Church, considers Lent a time to reflect on Jesus’ fi-

nal journey toward Jerusalem.

“I really like the opportunity to meet with different congregations during Lent because the journey to Jerusalem is important to all traditions.”

The Presbyterian Church places an emphasis on taking things on, along with giving things up, which builds discipline and dedication, she said.

Elsbeth Freeman of St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral said the Episcopal Church also encourages members to take on projects during Lent. She plans to attend all five downtown Lenten services.

Ben Winder, First Baptist

Short ecumenical Lenten worship services are held at a different downtown church each Wednesday at noon through Easter, followed by a light lunch: ■ March 4: Church Street United Methodist Church, 900 Henley Street ■ March 11: St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 413

Church minister to youth and families, said that Baptists are embracing the observance of Lent more fully now than they did at one time. His congregation provides a Lenten devotional that helps members become spiritually focused as they prepare for Holy Week.

The Rev. Ronald Franco of Immaculate Conception said that Lent was originally observed through a strict fast. Now, for Catholics, the fast is limited to abstaining from meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all Fridays during Lent.

Preparation of adults for baptism on Easter Sunday was another element of early Lent. Now the focus is

Cumberland Avenue ■ March 18: First Baptist Church, 510 W. Main Street ■ March 25: First Presbyterian Church, 620 State Street ■ At 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3, the Stations of the Cross will be observed at Market Square.

on renewal rather than baptism, he says.

Lent is considered a time of quietness and mindfulness in Methodist churches, says the Rev. Ashley Helton of Church Street United Methodist. During Lent, no songs are played at the beginning of services and there are no hallelujahs.

That makes the songs and hallelujahs more vibrant on Easter Sunday, she says.

Marilyn Hafner, Immaculate Conception member and president of the Smoky Mountain Deanery Council of Catholic Women, said that joining in the suffering of Christ through self-denial prepares worshippers to celebrate the resurrection.

At 5:30 p.m. on Good Friday, April 3, the downtown Lenten services will conclude with the Stations of the Cross on Market Square.

As part of the service, worshippers will carry a large wooden cross through downtown.

“To me, it’s such a powerful witness,” Hafner says.

“Downtown watches as the church comes together.”

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. (“The Little Prince,” Antoine de Saint Exupery) It has been 50 years since I heard the sermon based on this text from Nehemiah, but I remember it still. As I recall, there had been a medium-sized crisis in the church, one of those too-frequent kerfuffles in churches which cause members – some of them leaders, elders, teachers – to leave. Those of us who remained were shaken.

The young pastor knew what he had to do. He reassured us that we would survive as a congregation.

He convinced us that we would have to work hard, work together and love each other and the Lord.

He was a skillful preacher and a good singer into the bargain; he knew the power of a refrain. Were it not for that

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refrain, I might have forgotten that sermon. However, his refrain echoes in my heart: “But the people had a will to work.”

Like Nehemiah, he could see the potential.

Instead of a pile of rubble, he saw a rebuilt congregation.

To paraphrase Saint Exupery, he bore within his heart the image of a healthy, serving, worshipping congregation. He had the faith, the stamina and the grace to rebuild us.

FAITH NOTES ■ Church Women United Knoxville-Knox County will meet Friday, March 6, at Payne Avenue Baptist Church, 2714 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. Coffee at 10 a.m., meeting at 10:30. Info: 524-7234.

■ Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive, will offer a Music and Creative Arts Camp from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 13-17 for kids who have finished first through sixth grades. Cost: $125. Signups continue through April.

Lifting the voice of victory

By Nancy Anderson “I just hope I touch somebody today,” said Dottie Culberson. “Of course I say that every day.”

Culberson, wife of the Rev. Barry Culberson of Knoxville Christian Center, can be heard at 1240 AM and 92.7 FM “The Voice of Victory” on the radio dial from noon to 2 p.m. daily playing contemporary Christian music and entertaining listeners from Knoxville, Kingston, Crossville, Oak Ridge, Harriman, Athens, Maryville, Pigeon Forge and everywhere in between – all from a tiny 8 x 10 room at the Knoxville Christian Center on Cedar Bluff Road.

“How the station came to be here is evidence of one of those ways God just lays the answer to a problem in your lap,” said Culberson.

“Barry’s been on the radio for years and years. His program ‘Walk in Victory’ has a very dedicated following, but about 10 years ago his time slot was moved to 3 a.m.”

“Well, that just would not do, so we were thrilled when the radio station became available and we were able to work with Progressive Media, a Christian nonprofit organization, to bring the station to Knoxville Christian Center.”

Cut to 10 years later, the unassuming little radio station plays hard with the big boys offering syndicated Christian radio programming such as Doug and Jaci, who offer family friendly programming with Christian celebrity interviews; Rick & Bubba, a sports and current events talk show staring two guys who are

Sales manager Brian Bennett and D.J. Dottie Culberson take a break from on-air programming in the Victory 92.7 radio station located at Knoxville Christian Center. Photos by Nancy Anderson

not ashamed to say how much they love America, food, football, family and Jesus.

Add Joyce Myers, Adrian Rogers, Jay Sekulow, John Hagee, and of course, Dr. Barry Culberson, and you’ve got an impressive 24/7 lineup offering something for everyone.

Dottie Culberson said when her last child left for college, her afternoon drive time slot saved her from empty nest syndrome and continues to be a blessing she strives to pay forward daily.

“When my last child left for Lee University I told Barry I wanted to get a job.

He said I should work for the radio station. Now, I’m thinking he meant sweep the floors or something, but with a degree in Russian, a background teaching English, and a gift for gab; you know I talked my way onto the air. There was no sweeping of floors.”

“Seriously, it is a blessing to have this two-hour time slot. I have the best time playing fun trivia games with our listeners and they win great prizes. We play the latest in Christian contemporary music from art-

ists like Mercy Me, Casting Crowns and Third Day.” “You just never know when a message or a lyric will hit home for someone and just change their day for better in a snap. There’s a lot of joy in that.”

“It’s a victory … Victory 92.7,” said Culberson as she turned back to the microphone.

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Mrs. Kapoor (Lillete Dubey), Sonny (Dev Patel), Guy (Richard Gere) and Sunaina (Tena Desae) dance the night away in “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.”

Dan (Vince Vaughn), Timothy (Tom Wilkinson) and Mike (David Franco) wind up in a pasture while in Europe to close the most important deal of their lives in “Unfinished Business.”

Let’s hear it for the boy wonder There are some big names showing up this week in movieland, including Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, Vince Vaughn, Richard Gere, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy and Tom Wilkinson.

But no one dominates the screen like Dev Patel, mainly because he’s starring in two of the week’s new films: “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and “Chappie.”

Patel, now 24, first caught the world’s attention as Jamal in “Slumdog Millionaire,” which won eight Oscars, among them Best Picture of 2008. His two new films are very different from “Slumdog” – and from each other.

“The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” is a sequel to the 2012 international hit “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” about a group of senior citizens who get an unexpected new lease on life at a ramshackle hotel in India. The hotel’s manager, Sonny (Patel), now has a huge success on his hands and dreams of expanding his empire as he prepares for his own wedding. A new guest named Guy (Gere) adds to the romantic drama at the hotel.

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Most of the original cast – Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Tena Desae, Lillete Dubey, Diana Hardcastle and Ronald Pickup – return for the PG-rated sequel, along with director John Madden (“Shakespeare in Love”).

“Chappie” is set in the near future, where law and order around the world are enforced by an oppressive mechanized police force directed by Hugh Jackman and owned by a company headed by Sigourney Weaver. When one robot cop, called Chappie, is stolen and reprogrammed with artificial intelligence, his owners will stop at nothing to retrieve him and end his sentient streak.

Patel plays the lonely engineering prodigy who reprograms Chappie and gives him the ability to think and feel. Chappie becomes more human than humans,

though his human “parents” – Ninja and Yolandi of the South African rap act Die Antwoord, playing a version of themselves – are confusing role models with their differing bents toward good and evil.

South African director Neill Blomkamp used his “District 9” and “Elysium” star Sharlto Copley to play Chappie on the set, after which animators created an animated version of Chappie from Copley’s movements and expressions. The film is rated R. The “Marigold” effect also exhibits itself in the week’s third film as Tom Wilkinson – who starred in the original “Best Exotic” movie – stars with Vince Vaughn in “Unfinished Business.”

Vaughn plays a small business owner who travels with associates Wilkinson and Dave Franco (James Franco’s little brother) to Europe. Their goal is to close the biggest deal of their lives, but they get detoured constantly and improbably, including to a massive sexfetish event and a global economic summit.

Ken Scott (“Delivery Man”) directed the R-rated comedy.

Chappie (Sharlto Copley) tries to understand humanity with the help of Deon (Dev Patel) in “Chappie.”

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FRIDAY ■ Deep Fried 5 will perform, 10 p.m., Barley’s in the Old City, 200 E. Jackson Ave. Info: 521-0092.

Jazz Jill-of-all-trades Emily Mathis headlines a tribute to women in jazz this coming First Friday. Photo by Daniel Taylor

■ Houndmouth in concert, 8 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Tickets: $16.50 plus applicable service fees. Info/tickets: http://www.knoxbijou.com.

■ Midnight Voyage Live: Downlink, Dieselboy and Trollphace, 9 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Tickets: $25. Info/tickets: www.intlknox.com.

■ Red, Islander, 3 Years Hollow and Tears to Embers will perform, 6 p.m., The Concourse, 940 Blackstock Ave. Presented by Night Owl Music. Tickets: $25. Info/tickets: www. intlknox.com.

Cellist Andy Bryenton, violinist Gabriel Lefkowitz and pianist Kevin Class will join other local classical music stars in performances tonight and tomorrow night at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Photo by Stacy Nickell Miller

■ Subtle Clutch will perform, 6 p.m., Scruff y City Hall, 32 Market Square. Free and open to all ages.

Musical talent will be in abundance tonight, Thursday and Friday of this week when two different events – one classical, one jazz – take place at the Knoxville Museum of Art and the Emporium’s Black Box Theatre.

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s popular Concertmaster Series will present concerts tonight and tomorrow featuring KSO Concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz and Kevin Class in a series of very entertaining short violin and piano pieces.

The program opens with the delightful swing and sway of Fritz Kreisler’s “Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven.”

Classical music is often self-referential. Here Kreisler, the great violin virtuoso and composer, takes a familiar theme by another composer and adapts it to his style. Maybe you could call it “sampling,” in a very broad sense. Kreisler as P. Diddy? Why not? At any rate, it’s the kind of piece that will make you smile.

Maurice Ravel’s sensuous “Pièce en Forme de Habanera” follows on the program.

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Ravel certainly does shine in his Spanish writing, and this piece is no exception.

Gabriel Fauré’s tender “Berceuse” (“Lullaby”) has one of those beautiful, melting melodies so typical of the composer. And violin fireworks will fly on “Perpetuum Mobile” by Franz Ries. It’s a real showpiece, and Lefkowitz, who plays the most difficult passages with ease and flair, is sure to keep audience members on the edge of their seats.

The concert concludes with Dvorak’s “String Quintet in G Major.” Joining Lefkowitz on that work will be violinist Gordon Tsai, violist Katy Gawne, cellist Andy Bryenton and bassist Steve Benne. Having just performed Dvorak’s religious cantata “Stabat Mater” in conjunction with the Knoxville Choral Society, these musicians are wellversed in the composer’s lyrical, romantic style.

“Gabriel Lefkowitz and Friends,” part of the

KSO Merchant & Gould Concertmaster Series, will be presented on Wednesday, March 4, and Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m. at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Tickets are $20. Info: 865-523-1178 or www. knoxvillesymphony.com Over on Gay Street, the Black Box Theatre at the Emporium will be the venue for “Women in Jazz,” featuring local jazz stars pianist/vocalist Emily Mathis, trumpeter/vocalist Pamela Klicka, bassist Cheryl Dow and vocalist Kelle Jolly. In recognition of Women’s History Month, the group will highlight the contributions of women jazz composers and performers, including Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Mary Lou Williams and others.

Mathis, who is overseeing the project, is well-known to local jazz fans for her laidback style and versatility – she plays flute in addition to singing and playing piano.

“I’m really excited about performing in a concert that features the music of women jazz composers,” says Mathis. “I appreciate the opportunity to learn about women in jazz and the contributions they have made to this area of music.”

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Richman, who also knows a great deal about jazz, has said that singer Jolly reminds him of “a young Sarah Vaughan.” Jolly is also the host of WUOT’s Jazz Jam. Bassist Cheryl Dow, a decades-long veteran of the Knoxville music scene, is highly regarded in both the classical and jazz worlds.

And trumpeter Pamela Klicka brings her bright sassy style into the mix. Klicka teaches trumpet at Knoxville’s Community School of the Arts and is known for getting her students involved in jazz projects of all types. Under her guidance, the kids lead local luminaries in bands of their own.

Mathis is looking forward to sharing the stage with her colleagues. “It will be a great joy to perform with them,” she says. “Each of these very talented musicians will bring something unique to this special night of jazz. It should be fun!”

“Women in Jazz – a Tribute Concert” will be presented from 7 to 9 p.m. on First Friday, March 6, at the Emporium Building’s Black Box Theatre, 100 S. Gay St. in Knoxville. Admission is free.

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■ Appalachian Ballet Company presents “Cinderella,” 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday, Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets; Tennessee Theatre box office, 684-1200 option 2; ticketmaster.com; 800-7453000.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY ■ “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Clarence Brown Theatre Mainstage, 1714 Andy Holt Ave. Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: 656-4444, 877995-9961 or http://www.clarencebrowntheatre.org.

■ “Alice’s Rumpus In Wonderland,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12 and under.

Info/tickets: http://knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

SATURDAY ■ Boss Awesome will perform, 8 p.m., Preservation Pub, 28 Market Square. Tickets: $5, free before 8 p.m. Info: 524-2224.

■ The Dr. E.V. Davidson Teen Step Show, 6 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Tickets: Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum Box Office, 215-8999; KnoxvilleTickets. com, 656-4444 or 877-995-9961. Info: 215-8999.

■ Rico Stache Bash, Barley’s, 200 E. Jackson Ave. Charity event for the UT Small Animal Oncology Department. Info: 521-0092.

■ Swing Dance with The Gamblers, Flynn Dance Center, 828 Tulip Ave. Lindy Hop workshop, 5-7 p.m. Free beginner lesson, 7:15-8 p.m.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY ■ Phoenix Rising Out of Ashes Tournament No. 2, 7 a.m., Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St.

SUNDAY ■ Fleetwood Mac: On With the Show, 8 p.m., ThompsonBoling Arena. Tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444 or 877-995-9961; Thompson-Boling Arena box office, 974-0123.

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It’s not too often that a menu item has trophies to back up claims of deliciousness. At Dead End BBQ, George’s Championship Chicken has the trophies and ribbons to back up the bragging.

George is George Ewart, a co-owner with Robert Nutt of the restaurants in Knoxville and Maryville. He is the mastermind behind the whole Dead End concept.

Ewart and the Dead End Society barbecue team have brought home around 50 Top 10 finishes in meat cat-

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■ “The Tempest,” 3 p.m., Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Performed by Aquila Theatre. Tickets: Box Office, 981-8590 or 981-8591; www.claytonartscenter.com; www. knoxvilletickets.com.

George’s Championship Chicken features juicy thighs with a delicious barbecue sauce. Sides are the diner’s choice. In this case, it was Beans with Smoked Sausage and Red, White and Bleu Slaw. Photo by Mystery Diner

sauce with Texas toast and a corn muffin. They were so juicy that additional napkins were required.

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Just out of curiosity – and because this is, after

all, a barbecue joint – I tasted the three sauces offered for those who think the meat is a side dish to the sauce. Peacefully Dead is very mild and has a sweet flavor. Gratefully Dead is very smoky and just a little sweet, but not very spicy.

Dead End Red is the spiciest of the three, but still not

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The restaurant’s name is a tribute to the home cook who started it all. Ewart and his neighbors would gather at the end of a dead-end street to barbecue. From that neighborhood gathering, the barbecue team and eventually the restaurant were born.

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Dale’s career has innessee is awarding honorary degrees to two different cluded roles yet deserving people. in “Winter’s Bone” and the TV series “My Name Is Earl,” Sandra but folks Clark around here recall her Dickey powerful presence on the Clarence Brown Theatre stage, most Dale Dickey’s mom, recently in “A Streetcar Missy, started coaxing her Named Desire” and “Sweefriends to see Dale perform ney Todd.” She will receive when the kid was a street an honorary Master of Fine urchin in “Oliver Twist.” Arts degree.

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Her work has made a dif ference in the lives of numerous kids over time.

Edelman She will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane letters and speak at the College of Communications and Information commencement on May 8.

These will be just the ninth and 10th honorary degrees that UT-Knoxville has awarded.

■ Paul Degges, deputy commissioner and chief engineer with the Tennessee Department of Transportation, has been honored with the Tennessee Tech Engineer of Distinction award.

The award recognizes professional excellence, character and dedication to Tech’s College of Engineering.

I covered Degges’ visit

with then-state Sen. Jamie Woodson. They stood on the corner of Emory Road and Norris Freeway and talked about a greenway connector from Clayton Park to Degges Halls Elementary School. Pictures on the front page of this week’s Halls Shopper show that construction now underway.

■ Jared Fogle, “The Subway Guy,” will be showing up around town this summer. He’s a partner with Thompson Cancer Survival Center and Covenant Health in the annual Race Against Cancer. Subway will be the named sponsor of the 5K race.

Covenant CEO Tony Spezia said Subway is widely known for promoting active and healthy lifestyles.

“The Subway Race Against Cancer is an asset for the community because all of

Jared Fogle and Michael Holtz at the Covenant press conference. the funds raised stay here to support health care needs in East Tennessee.”

■ John Schoonmaker may yet secure consistency in parking space sizes between the city (162 square feet) and the county (200 square feet). While on the Board of Zoning Appeals, he watched new businesses “file an appeal, stand in line, wait a month or more and pay $200 to ask (BZA) to let them conform.”

Now Schoonmaker is a member of the County Commission. He pounced on Dave Hill, representing the

MPC, at last week’s meeting.

Hill, who rejoined MPC in April, said he was aware of BZA’s request. He first asked the city and county mayors what they thought.

Then he launched a comprehensive review of parking lot regs including stormwater runoff. “I guess we could break out that one line,” he said.

“I make that motion,” said Schoonmaker. “And I second,” said Commissioner Mike Brown.

Wow! At this rate we might see a change sometime this year.

Dr. Roy King stands with Maureen Jamieson, superintendent of Mater Dei Hospital; Rotarian and physician Phillip Mitchell; and a hospital physician at the dedication of St. Philip’s Training School. Photos submitted

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By Bonny C. Millard The success of a recent medical training project in Zimbabwe by the Rotary Club of Knoxville demonstrates the spirit of what Rotary is all about, said a returning member of the team.

Dr. Roy King, who is also president of Rotary club this year, said that collaboration of the Knoxville club and the Rotary Club of Bulawayo South, Zimbabwe, shows what can be done through the international organization. The vocational training team, sponsored by Downtown Rotary, included Rotary members as well as nurses and physicians from the University of Tennessee’s College of Nursing and trauma units at UT Medical Center.

The group of 10 traveled to Bulawayo in February to provide training to doctors and nurses in advanced trauma life support.

“The importance of this is that trauma is the number one killer amongst young people, mainly due to motor vehicle accidents,” King said.

Zimbabwe didn’t have a trauma training program and asked for help in establishing one.

Rotarian Dr. Phil Mitchell was instrumental in writing a global grant to Rotary International and then coordinating the project, King said.

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The project’s ongoing goal is to train local doctors and nurses to become certified in trauma training so that they can teach others. Bulawayo will become the advanced trauma life support training center in Zimbabwe. King, a skin pathologist, taught pathology to the medical students.

King said the Rotary Club of Bulawayo made sure the team had what it needed and provided entertainment during the evenings and weekends to ensure members had a good stay.

“The project really highlighted the strength of Rotary, where we have a club here in Bulawayo who had needs, and we have a club here in Knoxville where we have a lot of the resources,” King said. “Rotary works well because the project got initiated by people living in the area where the projects are needed.”

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

The Story of Katelyn

“Jersey” Black

mate, Leeanna Palmer Reynolds, introduced me to Jesus.

We were on tour with the GCA Ensemble in Chicago, the timing was perfect and I was ready to receive the message. I am grateful to my friend for being bold enough to share.

My College Journey I was recruited to play softball at Campbellsville University in Kentucky. My freshman year, I helped the Lady Tigers to a program best with 44 victories. And, during my sophomore year I was recognized for earning the Dean’s List! Me, Kate Black, on the Dean’s List!

It goes without saying that my two years at GCA prepared me for my transition into college.

The summer before my sophomore year, I began to consider my future beyond college. My heart was being drawn to exmy grades were becoming a

By Kate Black plore a life of serving those At 20 years old, my life has barrier to that goal. Early in my who suffer with Mental Illness taken a few turns; most for the high school years, academic ex- and to work as an advocate on good, and some that provided pectations became nearly overme great life lessons. For me, whelming, injuries began to aflife began in North Carolina fect my sports, and my dream of competing at the college level began to slip. I responded to these disappointments by making poor choices, almost giving up on myself and my dream.

their behalf. Unfortunately, Campbellsville did not have a major that would accommodate this career path. But when exploring, I discovered others schools that did. I faced my hardest decision ever...would I be willing to make another transition and walk away from my dream of playing college softball to pursue this new passion in social work? After much consideration and prayer I put into action the necessary steps to begin a search outside of Campbellsville. As I began the

application process and visiting new college campuses, the likelihood became real that my softball career could potentially be coming to an end. Among others, I submitted an application to Belmont University even though I knew it would be a stretch. But, as God would have it, Belmont is exactly where He wanted me. Not having missed a beat, I am completing my sophomore year, majoring in Social Work at Belmont University, and playing softball as a Lady Bruin.

Without a doubt, the two years spent at Grace Christian Academy were the most meaningful years of my life thus far. GCA gave me the hope that I needed to reclaim my dream, and prepared me academically for a successful college transition. I am thankful to the staff, teachers, coaches, and friends who believed in me. Thank you for being part of my story; you helped make my dream come true.

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where I attended a small Christian school and lived a simple and comfortable life with my parents and brother. My family, going to church, and playing with neighborhood friends consumed my days. After completing the 3rd grade I experienced my first major transition when we moved to Princeton, New Jersey and my world was completely turned on end. I was exposed to such diversity; different cultures, religions, value systems, academic expectations, and economic status. Trying to fit in and find my way became my priority. It wasn’t long before I realized my new classmates were well beyond where I was academically.

Struggling to catch up, I spent the next 5 years receiving extra help from tutors. With class work always a stressor, I found relief in sports. Horseback riding, softball, and volleyball quickly became my outlets, and it didn’t take long to realize that I had some natural athletic ability. Playing college sports became my dream, however,

But, there was hope. Hope that I was introduced to during a spring break trip to Knoxville. Quite reluctantly, I agreed to visit Grace Christian Academy during the trip. As a high school sophomore, the thought of moving again and changing schools was nearly unimaginable. But, my tour through the hallways of GCA quickly faded my concerns, as I immediately felt comfortable and welcome.

Shortly after our visit, my parents made the decision to move from Princeton to Knoxville where I would enroll as a junior at GCA. This was a significant transition and brought many fears, but my fears subsided as my new classmates reached out to me to make sure I was included. Academically, although still not an easy ride, I found myself becoming confident in the classroom. The teachers were amazing, making me feel comfortable in class. I ended my senior year making straight A’s...for the very first time in my life! Athletically, things improved as well. The Lady Ram’s Volleyball and Softball players and coaching staff welcomed me with open arms. My softball career was highlighted with All State recognition for both years of eligibility. My dream was alive again!

Although these were important steps as I prepared for college, my best experience was the day a class-

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Delivering excellence Local mother chooses Parkwest twice in three years For Alicia Widener, coming to Parkwest is like checking in to a hotel.

“The stay is always so relaxing,” she said. “They make sure you have as little stress as possible. You can even put a food order in and they’re prompt in bringing it right up to your room.”

As a patient of Craig Myers, MD, a Parkwest OB/GYN, Widener’s decision to deliver her children at Parkwest didn’t take long to make.

In 2012, she had her first daughter, Harper, at the Childbirth Center.

Just two and a half years later, she was back to have Abbey.

“My sister and other family members delivered here, and it’s always been my hospital,” she said. “This is one of the most life-altering things you can go through, and you want to be comfortable with wherever you’re going to be doing it.”

Dr. Myers agrees. After learning a patient of his is pregnant, he schedules appointments with them once a month until 28 weeks, then twice a month until 36 weeks.

He then sees his patients every week until delivery. “We all know our patients quite well,” he said.

“I’d recommend to anyone who is pregnant to come tour our unit and ask questions. We want you to see it and know that you can trust us with something this important.

“All of the obstetricians at Parkwest have good working relationships with each other and good communication,” Dr. Myers explained. “We all work together as a team, so if a patient’s specific physician is not at the hospital when she delivers, she’ll still be taken care of.”

Alicia and her family after the birth of her second daughter, Abbey, at Parkwest.

Before delivering, each patient is given the option to come to Parkwest to preregister and discuss what to expect. Patients are encouraged to share their wishes for the day of birth, including what medication they may or may not want during labor. If this preregistration is completed and delivery occurs within 30 days of the pre-

registration appointment, patients do not have to fill out paperwork or provide medical history when they arrive at the hospital to deliver.

“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, man-

additional care can also be quickly transferred to Children’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

During her stay, Widener enjoyed the hotel-like amenities she expected from Parkwest. “The experience is just different than other hospitals,” she said. “They let our daughter sleep in our room, then knew we needed a break after labor and took her to the nursery for a while. All of the staff was so supportive throughout delivery and afterwards.”

While Widener had her babies vaginally, the Childbirth Center has two dedicated operating rooms for cesarean sections. All delivery rooms are private.

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.”

As Widener recalled fondly, the dietary department at Parkwest provides a 24/7 menu for the Childbirth Center that can be delivered at any time. The Dining ager, Childbirth Center, said. “The on Demand program is unique to service we provide allows women the labor and delivery department and their families to focus on de- and allows patients to eat outside livery when they come back to of normal meal hours.

For Widener, these benefits have their baby.”

During delivery, patients are made all the difference. “I really accompanied by a Nurse Clinician do tell people that I can’t wait to go from East Tennessee Children’s to my hotel-hospital,” she said. “If Hospital, who can assist if neona- anyone is having a baby, she needs tal issues arise. Infants who need to come here. It’s wonderful.”

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Parkwest Childbirth Center numbers ■ More than 1,600 babies ■ 1 nurse clinician present at birthed each year all births ■ 20 labor, delivery, recovery ■ 2-day average stay for mothand postpartum suites ers ■ 2 operating rooms ■ 4 OB/GYN practices deliver ■ 2 pre-op/recovery rooms at Parkwest

As you or a loved one prepares to give birth, you may benefit from classes through Teddy Bear University in breastfeeding, breathing and birthing relaxation tips and infant and child CPR. All classes are held in the Ocoee Room on the second floor of Parkwest and are led by a lactation consultant. The following classes are offered in 2015: ■ Breastfeeding – Learn breastfeeding basics including correct positioning, tips for returning to work and an overview of breast pumps. Fathersto-be are encouraged to attend.

Classes are available on one Wednesday evening and one Sunday afternoon each month.

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■ Super Saturday Class – The Birth and Babies Today class is condensed into one allday Saturday class for women in their seventh or eighth month of pregnancy. This session is not recommended for first-time parents.

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Armchair birding NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier

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he weather over the past couple of weeks following Presidents’ Day seems to have been dropped on us from Michigan or New Hampshire or some other place that I’m glad I don’t live this time of the year. But even without the drama of snow and ice, winter makes a great time for some armchair birding. Just like looking hopefully through all those spring gardening catalogs, it’s a good opportunity for thumbing through the bird books (and these days, the bird apps) for those ID tips on the not-so-far-off spring migrants, listening again to those soon-to-beheard spring songs and calls, and thinking about those great spring birding hotspots we’d like to visit.

And it just so happens that we have a great new armchair birding resource available to us, just in time for spring wish-list planning.

From the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency comes

www.tnbirdingtrails.org .

(The TWRA publishes the familiar “Field Checklist of Tennessee Birds” that birders in Tennessee have used for years. Those handy little folding pocket-sized cards currently list 248 species of birds you’re most likely to encounter while birding in Tennessee.) The TWRA has produced all sorts of useful outdoor information and has had a website for quite a while. But this website is specifically about birds and birding.

The new site has numerous features. There is a photo gallery of Tennessee birds, and you can click on any bird photo and get detailed information about that particular species. Want to travel?

There is a Tennessee state map with over 130 birding localities; click on one and you get a detailed description of the site and its habitats, and the bird species you’ll likely encounter there by season: spring & fall mi-

American Red Robin gration, summer, winter and year-round.

There are detailed directions for finding each spot and what facilities are available there. Ever hear of Wilbur Lake up on the Watauga River near Elizabethton?

How about Bean Switch Refuge, out from Greenfield over in West Tennessee? They’re all right there, as well as all the familiar ones you’ve heard of before.

There are other features that let you search for sites you might be interested in by region, species or season. In addition, there are handy links to sites that will tell you what other folks are seeing, and where.

The new website seems smooth and user-friendly, and should be a good way to sit and plan birding-trip strategy, as well as finding a bunch of places to go that you may not have heard of, or just want to know more about.

And it fits in with the recent proliferation of birding apps.

Birding apps are numerous and wonderful; you can carry half a dozen field guides in your smart phone, complete with pictures, range maps and songs. The TWRA’s new tnbirdingtrails app is an excellent addition to that array of resources. And it comes a big step closer to bringing our state up alongside all our neighbors with up-and-running birding trails. It’s good information for us and enticement for others to visit our state, see our birds and hopefully spend some of those tourist dollars currently going to Kentucky,

Northern Flicker Photos by K. Woycik

Virginia, North Carolina and the like. Out-of-state birders have been shown to spend a lot of money where they go on gas, food, lodging – all that stuff tourists do. The 300 species of birds in Tennessee, plus our outstanding natural countryside, certainly deserve to be publicized and enjoyed.

But back to the weather.

This recent ice and snow has made for some spectacular feeder watching. With all this wintry weather, folks are reporting record numbers of feeder birds. With almost all their food supplies encased in ice or covered with snow, the birds see the feeders morph from nice handy dietary supplements to major sources for survival. And so, the weather brings them in to the feeders in unusually high numbers, and often with unusual species not regularly seen there.

The two days following the Presidents’ Day ice and snow produced two of the busiest days at our feeder that we’ve had in years. Birds swarmed around all day long, on the feeders, on the ground and in the evergreens behind.

We had as many as 60 birds on the ground under the feeders at any one time, including four fox sparrows, eight field sparrows, a pair of rusty blackbirds and a brown thrasher. Cardinals and white-throated spar-

Rufus Towhee

rows were in the 20s and beyond, European Starling and we had record numbers of species that we ordinarily memorable scenes, deer ribsee only in singles or pairs. cage, flocks of great birds, There was so much going etc., it occurred to me that on, I just fired up the stove, it just might work here. And pulled a chair up to the win- here’s my thinking: In a state dow and sat and watched. that has already legalized Armchair birding! the harvesting of road kill, That recent feeder frenzy and with a legislature that with all the snow brought is considering giving out to mind our February bird- tax-free hunting supplies, ing trip to Minnesota a few and of declaring an official years back, the second-cold- state (religious) book, and a est place we’ve ever birded. 30-pound official state fireBut those folks up there are arm, maybe the time is right very serious birders, they to declare the deer carcass have really interesting win- the Official State Winter ter birds and they don’t let a Bird Food of Tennessee. little sub-zero weather spoil Just think about how a the fun. One of their favor- few ribcages hanging around ite techniques for attracting our neighborhoods would celots of winter birds is to nail ment our state image across part of a deer carcass, usual- the rest of the country. Talk ly a ribcage, up to a big tree about attracting tourists! and then spread a bunch I can’t see our lawmakers of birdseed all around on passing up such a piece of the ground under it. Works legislation. Probably just a great. You just pull up in few phone calls or letters to your nice warm van and sit the right people should do there and feast your eyes it. And I think it’s something on dozens of colorful pine that the other neighbors grosbeaks, snow bunting, would probably adjust to, and common redpolls, northern maybe even come to apprecijays and woodpeckers. ate, after a while. It’s someAs I reflected upon those thing to think about.

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THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Call for entries for the next “Arts in the Airport,” a juried exhibition to run April 16 to Oct. 7 at McGhee Tyson Airport. Info/applications: www.knoxalliance. com/airport_entry.html or send an SASE to Suzanne Cada, Arts & Culture Alliance, PO Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901.

Fiesta ’15 silent and Facebook auctions presented by Concord UMC Youth. Silent auction open 5-7:30 p.m. Wednesday and 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Sunday on second floor of church east wing, 11020 Roane Drive. Facebook auction items: Concord United Methodist on Facebook.

THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH 13 Volunteers needed for the Saturday, March 14, “Lucky Kidney Run,” benefitting the East Tennessee Kidney Foundation. Info/to register: volunteerknoxville.org.

THROUGH TUESDAY, APRIL 21 Online registration open for the Wildflower Pilgrimage, to be held Tuesday-Saturday, April 21-25, at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Registration fees: $75 for two or more days, or $50 for a single day; students, $15 with valid student ID. Info/to register: http://www. springwildflowerpilgrimage.org or 436-7318, ext. 222.

THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Call for local authors of children’s books for “Farragut Book Fest for Children” to be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Founders Park at Campbell Station. Info/to register: www.townoffarragut.org/ register and click the Programs tab; Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive; 966-7057.

THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 10 Tickets available for Rhythm N’ Blooms music festival, on stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s Jackson Avenue. Features first-timers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied musical backgrounds. Info/tickets: www. rhythmnbloomsfest.com.

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

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W 5th Ave. 4-hour course. Helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how

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WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, MARCH 4-5 Gabriel Lefkowitz & Friends concerts, 7 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive.

Part of Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Series. Tickets: $20. Info/tickets: http://www. knoxvillesymphony.com; KnoxvilleTickets.com, 6564444 or 877-995-9961.

THURSDAY, MARCH 5 Knoxville Alzheimer’s Tennessee Walk Kickoff Luncheon, noon, Buddy’s BBQ Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Walk will be held Saturday, April 18, at UT Gardens. Info/reservations: Kay Watson, 544-6288 x225 or kay.watson@TNalz.org.

Knoxville Writers’ Guild meeting, 7 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Featured speaker: Novelist and screenwriter Shannon Burke reading from his newest book “Into the Savage Country.” A $2 donation is requested at the door. Info: www.KnoxvilleWritersGuild. org.

Pint Night fundraiser benefiting the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 5-9 p.m., Little River Trading Company 2408 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Info: 681-4141.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MARCH 5-6 AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Fort Sanders Senior Center, 1220 W. Main St., Sevierville.

Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 5-8 2015 Boat Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St. Times: 2-9 p.m. Thursday, noon-9 p.m.

Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

Admission: $9 adults, children under 10 free.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6 Deadline to register for “Tracing Your Irish and Scots-Irish Roots,” to be held 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, March 20, Blount County Public Library, 508 N Cusick St., Maryville. Cost: $25, lunch option, additional $10.

Info/to register: www.blountlibrary.org or the library Reference Desk.

Free Motion Quilting Class, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail. com, myquiltplace.com/profile/monicaschmidt.

Opening of “A Show of Hands” exhibit, 6-10 p.m., The A1LabArts Gallery, The Center for Creative Minds, 23 Emory Place. Exhibition of prints and photographs curated by Adam Finkelston and James Meara. On exhibit through March 28. Info: www. a1labarts.org.

Opening reception for Art Market Gallery March Featured Artists: watercolor painter Lil Clinard of Loudon and beaded-jewelry artist Jennifer Lindsay of Knoxville, 5:30 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 South Gay St. Info: 525-5265, artmarketgallery.net, or facebook. com/Art.Market.Gallery.

Public reception for four exhibitions by SGC International, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Exhibits: the “2015-2018 Southern Graphic Council International Member’s Traveling Exhibition,” “Knoxville Collects Yee-Haw,” “Approximate Exactitude: The Diagram and the Book” and “Prints by UTK Faculty” featuring School of Art faculty members Koichi Yamamoto, Althea Murphy Price and Beauvais Lyons. On display through March 29. Info: 523-7543 or www. knoxalliance.com.

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LEGAL NOTICE The Board of MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF FARRAGUT, at its meeting on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015 adopted the following ordinance on second and final reading: 1. Ordinance 15-01, to rezone Parcel 191.17, Tax Map 130, located at 11454 Parkside Drive, from O-1-3 and B-1 to C-1 and B-1, 2.2 Acres (Farragut Lands Partners, LLC, Applicant)

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Clothing consignment sale, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

Friday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Central Baptist Church Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive. Proceeds go to The Light House Ministries at Austin Homes.

Consignors needed; deadline to register: March 1. Info: cbbclothingsale@gmail.com.

The Community Law School, 9 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Friday at O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. and 9 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Saturday at Fellowship Church, 8000 Middlebrook Pike. Topics: “Wills & Estate Planning for Everyone” and “Consumer Rights & Responsibilities: Protect Yourself and Your Assets.” Info/to register: 5226522 or http://www.knoxbar.org/.

Flea market at Westview Tower, 7823 Gleason Drive. Art, crafts, household and unique items.

Spring Children’s Consignment Sale, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Freedom Christian Academy, 4615 Asheville Highway.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7 Book signing by J. Sadie Gray, 1-3 p.m., It’s All So Yummy Café and Hilton Head Ice Cream, 120 S Peters Road. Books will be available. Info for speaking and reading Junior League of Knoxville’s Bag-A-Bargain, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park, 3301 East Magnolia Ave. Tickets: $5. Bring a nonperishable food item for Mission of Hope to receive $1 off admission.

Info: www.jlknoxville.org or 584-4124.

Mardi Growl Pet Parade and Party, 11 a.m., Market Square. Parade begins at PetSafe Downtown Dog Park and ends at Market Square. Info/to register: http:// mardigrowl.org/.

Nourish Knoxville’s Winter Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Central UMC, 201 Third Ave. Features pastureraised meats, eggs, winter produce, honey, baked goods, artisan foods, handmade items, food trucks and other vendors from the Market Square Farmers Market.

“Shamrock Ball – A Father-Daughter Dance,” 7-9 p.m. Farragut High School commons. Tickets: $15 per couple, $5 each additional person; $20 and $8 at the door. Hosted by the town of Farragut and the Kiwanis Club of Farragut. Advance tickets through noon Friday, March 6: www.townoffarragut.org/register. Info: www.townoffarragut.org; Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@ townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Workshop for History Teachers, 9:15 a.m., East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay St. Cost: $20. Hosted by UT History Department. Rescheduled from Feb. 21. To register: Mary Beckley, mcopela8@ utk.edu.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Sing Out Knoxville, 7-9 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike.

Folk singing circle open to everyone. Info: 546-5643 or bobgrimac@gmail.com.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10 Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info/to register: 215-8700.

Harvey Broome Group meeting, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Program: “Preview of Harvey Broom Group 2015 Outings Program” by Ron Shrieves, Harvey Broome Group, Sierra Club, Outings Coordinator. Info: Robin Hill, 966-9435 or robin.hill8@gmail.com.

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

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