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‘ROUND TOWN Parade is Friday It’s time to celebrate! Farragut will host the 27th annual Independence Day Parade starting at 9:30 a.m. Friday, July 4. The parade will begin on Kingston Pike at Lendon Welch Way (Farragut High School entrance) and continue to Boring Road, just east of Farragut Towne Square Shopping Center (old Ingles store site).

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This year’s Grand Marshal is Mark Packer, news anchor and Farragut resident. The Farragut High School Band, floats, animals, antique cars, dance groups and elected officials will march.

Road closures are from 8:30 a.m. to approximately noon. Kingston Pike will be closed from Concord Road to Boring Road. Parade detours include: • North side – Campbell Station Road to Grigsby Chapel Road to Smith Road to Kingston Pike (going west) or Campbell Station Road to Parkside Drive to Lovell Road (going east).

• South side – Concord Road to Turkey Creek Road to Virtue Road to Kingston Pike (going west) or Concord Road to Kingston Pike (going east). South Campbell Station Road will be open to the private road just south of the former Silver Spoon for access to the bank, post office, etc.

The portion of Kingston Pike from Concord Road/West End Avenue to Campbell Station Road will be reopened approximately 15 minutes after the final parade participant has passed through the Campbell Station Road/ Kingston Pike intersection.

Kingston Pike will be fully reopened once all participants are safely off the road.

Turner returns Susan Turner has been appointed executive director of elementary education for the upcoming school year.

Turner retired from her position as an elementary Susan Turner supervisor in 2013. Superintendent Jim McIntyre said she will work for one year. She was principal at A.L. Lotts, Rocky Hill and Ball Camp schools.

Weddington to visit Knoxville Democratic Women of Knoxville’s 12th annual Women of Faith Luncheon will be 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at The Foundry, World’s Fair Park.

The featured speaker, Texas lawyer Sarah Weddington, successfully argued the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade at age 26.

Tickets are $40, and reservations may be made by contacting president Betty Reddick at 865525-5580 or jsrdk@aol.com.

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Matthew Lloyd enjoys the stillness at one of the gardens on the property of Neal and Alice Caldwell. Photos by Justin Acuff

Discover the secret of Caldwells’ garden

By Betsy Pickle If Neal and Alice Caldwell had videotaped their wedding 60 years ago, there might be evidence that their vows included “for better, for worse and for gardening.” As it is, the proof is in the “secret garden” they have created on 4.5 of their eight acres in West Knox County.

Actually, their garden isn’t quite a secret. They have allowed friends to hold weddings and receptions there and groups to hold meetings and picnics. Recently they let the WordPlayers spend an afternoon exploring the various garden “rooms” to help put them in the proper mindset for their upcoming musical production of “The Secret Garden” at the Bijou Theatre.

Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. July 18-19, 2:30 p.m. July 19 and 3 p.m. July 20. Ticket info is at 684-1200 and wordplayers.org.

Neal Caldwell has long been

familiar with “The Secret Garden,” the classic novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The English author and playwright started her writing career when her family moved to New Market in the mid1860s, and Caldwell recalls having relatives in New Market who had known her.

Neal started gardening when he and Alice lived in Rocky Hill.

He grew tomatoes and other vegetables. Alice got into gardening when they bought their property off Pellissippi Parkway.

Neal was busy building the house (he had two carpenters get it under roof, but he did the rest) and didn’t have time to create a garden. Alice, who was especially interested in having herbs and flowers, started a garden on her own when she wasn’t hard at work painting the home’s interior.

Gradually, the garden expanded as Neal contributed landscaping

Addison Coram poses for a photo in the bamboo forest on the Caldwells’ property.

and hardscaping – “building bridges and walks and paths and pools,” he explains.

When their three children were old enough, they worked “reluctantly” in the garden. But the secret to the success of the garden was Neal’s habit of sleeping only four hours a night and the couple’s drive.

“We are workers,” he says.

Filled with trees, bushes, hostas and a host of native plants and dotted with “vistas” and seats that visitors come upon unexpectedly, the sprawling garden came to maturity around 1985. Most of the work now is maintenance, and Neal does the bulk of that.

Neal, who was born in Fort Sanders Hospital, met Alice at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church when she came on staff as director of Christian education. Daughter of a country preacher in Virginia,

Alice graduated from King College (now University), while Neal graduated from the University of Tennessee.

The newlyweds honeymooned in Williamsburg, Va., and when it was time to design their home, they chose a Williamsburg style of architecture, and Alice decided they needed the garden to match.

“We had many garden clubs come out and look at it, and they all agreed our garden looks like a Williamsburg garden,” she says.

“Every Williamsburg garden had a herb garden,” says Neal.

“She became the herbalist of East Tennessee. At one time she had well over 100 herbs in her garden.”

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Greenway from Knox to Oak Ridge

By Sandra Clark Walkers, bikers and general fitness buffs crowded a room at Pellissippi State to mark on maps and talk about greenways. And while there’s no funding (yet) for their ideas, last week’s meeting united people with similar interests. Suddenly, the idea of linking West Knox to Oak Ridge via greenways seemed both logical and possible.

The brainstorming session was coordinated by the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) and the Great Smoky Mountains Regional Greenway Council. Facilitators were

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Don Kostelec and Kimberly Williams from Equinox Environmental Consultation & Design Inc., based in Asheville, N.C. The two conducted a meeting for business owners along proposed sites earlier in the day.

Organizers hope to identify routes for linking three greenway segments: ■ the 10 Mile Creek Greenway in West Knoxville and West Knox County ■ the Pellissippi Greenway in West Knox County ■ the Melton Lake Greenway in Oak Ridge.

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of greenway activists in Maryville and Alcoa. “They used the flood plains creatively. That should be a model. Stay away from roads and follow natural features such as a creek.

“Instead of following Pellissippi Parkway, we should follow Beaver Creek,” Wiggins said.

Will Skelton, a lawyer who has visioned and built more greenways than anyone in the room (except maybe former city greenway coordinator Donna Young), said property owners are resistant to opening their land. And a majority of the land along Beaver Creek is private.

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Williams agreed, saying that while many businesses are interested, liability is a concern.

One participant said he commutes from Oak Ridge to Knoxville via bike. “It’s easy going in but I have to cross the double lanes of Pellissippi Parkway coming home.”

Kostelec said a bicyclist will choose to bike based on the worst point of the trail. He projected five to six months to process information gathered at the hearings and return with drawings and options.

Info: ellen.zavisca@knoxtrans. org, 215-4014 or http://knoxtrans. org/plans/greenway.htm

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John Knauff and Dick Parkhill pick up their hardware for winning the Member-Guest.

A couple of Village Clowns assist in the cutting of the ribbon for the new Pickleball courts. General Manager Winston Blazer, Pickleball Club president Dan Dyer, Loudon County Chamber President Michael Bobo, POA board president Alan Hart, recreation committee member Lynn Brinkley, Baseline representative David Clapp and recreation manager Holly Bryant enjoy the festivities.

Pickleball a big hit Tellico Village’s brandnew eight-court Pickleball complex opened on a warm, sunny day. More than 400 Villagers came out June 4 to help cut the ribbon on the Village’s newest amenity at the Wellness Center. There was plenty of music, food and fun to go around.

After the ribbon cutting, dozens of Villagers and guests enjoyed playing a few games on the new courts.

The Pickleball Club reports that it picked up another 20 new members with more on the way.

What is Pickleball?

It’s a socially interactive racquet and ball sport played on a court that is smaller than a tennis court.

In fact, for several years, Tellico Villagers played Pickleball on four temporary courts lined up on a single tennis court. It is primarily a doubles sport, and players hit a plastic ball with wooden or graphite

Caldwells’ garden think of,” says Alice, adding that for many years, she would speak about herbs to groups 10 times a year.

Neal’s fondness for gardening changed the course of his career.

They moved to Knoxville when Neal took a job with Robertshaw Fulton Controls Co. as a controls engineer, designing and developing control products for heating and air conditioning. After 20 years, he quit because he wanted to invent things independently and the company “owned” his mind.

He left and started Dalen Products (using the family’s initials for the name: David, Alice, Laura, Ellen, Neal).

“Gardening was my hobby, and control systems were my profession, so the first item combined the two,” he says. It was a coldframe with an automatic ventilation system. He sold it through the George Park Seed Co., and with its success he decided to stick with garden products.

Dalen became famous with Neal’s invention of hand-painted plastic scarecrow owls and is also known for its inflatable snakes, but he says the company sells more landscape fabric than anything else. Walmart is its biggest customer. Neal continues as resident inventor, while son David is company president.

Members of Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, they stay busy.

Hundreds of books line shelves in their home. If only they had a quiet spot away from it all where they

John Cherry IT’S BETTER AT TELLICO VILLAGE paddles.

According to an NBC News report, it is the fastestgrowing sport in America.

Tellico Village’s courts are not the only ones around but are without a doubt the nicest in our area. If you are inclined to give the sport a try, contact Dan Dyer at 423-404-8460 to see how you can join in on the fun.

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Men’s golf champions

Each year Tellico Village’s golf courses play host to dozens of tournaments.

Unquestionably, the Men’s

Member-Guest Tournament is the biggest of them all.

Some 144 players tee it up on two courses over three days to determine flight and overall champions.

On June 20, despite over an hour storm delay, we were able to complete the Championship Shootout.

Three teams that made it to An overhead shot shows the crowd and the new Pickleball courts. the final hole: Tex Thomasson and Phil Wilson; Dick Parkhill and John Knauff; and Dave Hudgens and Tim Hudgens.

Parkhill’s incredible wedge shot from the fairway that nearly rolled into the cup and ended up less than a foot away earned him and Knauff the 2014 Championship.

Many thanks go out to director of golf Jim West, his staff and a team of Village volunteers who helped plan and pull off this multifaceted annual event. Congratu- The Original Chessmen, shown here at the Yacht Club, have their return engagement July 5. lations to Villager Parkhill and his guest, Knauff, from event at the Yacht Club. will cover entry as well as Valparaiso, Ind. ■ Independence The Original Chessmen a glass of house wine or a Day blowout are back for a special week- beer. The fireworks display From page A-1 At press time, there were end event. Music starts at 7 will begin after dark. still tickets available for the p.m. Tickets are on sale for Info: 458-4363 July 5 Independence Day $10 at the Yacht Club. This

Correction The list of committee members for the town of Farragut in the Shopper last week had incorrect information in five of the lists. We apologize for the errors. The following are the correct changes for those five committees: ■ Board of Zoning Appeals: Keith Alley was reappointed to a five-year

Alice and Neal Caldwell relax in the West Knox County home they built 50 years ago. Photo by Betsy Pickle could sit and read on a shad- waterfall. You know, like a ed bench near a gurgling garden.

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■ Parks and Athletics Council: Appointed to two-year terms were current members Michael Peters, Pat Sloan and Nadia Kogeler with Tim Hill and Clark Brekke as new appointees.

■ Personnel Committee: Reappointed for two-year terms were Robert Pollock, Debby Wright and Drew Carson.

■ Farragut/Knox County Schools Liaison Committee: New members are Tony Carasso, Kelly Darden, Carla Werner and Lee Wickman.

■ Visual Resources Review Board: Brittany Moore and Duane Winkler were reappointed for two-year terms with Edwin Anderson joining as a new member.

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It’s time to term limit the school board

Every spring, around the time that county officials start thinking about how to stretch too little money to meet too many needs, certain County Commissioners get irritated with what they that bears his name. He see as Knox County Schools’ says there is more to being boundless appetite for mona legislator than sponsorey. ing legislation. He appears It makes for a dicey reat GOP clubs and meetings and has supporters ringing lationship when one party is always wanting stuff that doorbells in his behalf. another party has to find Daniel has waged an the money to pay for, and intensive door-to-door campaign, especially in the it doesn’t help when school board members (who are two new precincts of his elected in non-partisan district – Rocky Hill and elections and don’t get Westmoreland/Deane Hill called to task by red-meat Rec Center. The district is Republicans for stuff like largely West and Northraising taxes) start talkwest Knoxville plus much ing about how they’d gladly of the Cedar Bluff area. It support tax increases to pay was once represented by for iPads, teacher salary inTim Burchett and Maria creases and new schools.

Peroulas. Daniel misses no Inevitably, it gets certain opportunity to tie Hall to County Commissioners in a Campfield. bad enough mood to menDaniel has challenged Hall to a debate which Hall tion that a dose of term limits would do the other has not answered. Only guys a world of good. School 6,000 people are expected to vote in this district which board members say their is only one seventh of Knox constituents are fine with County.

Daniel has funded much of his campaign himself while Hall, being an incumbent, has raised his money largely outside his district With the announcement from PACs and individuals of the sudden resignation like John Bryan from Lake of Indya Kincannon from Oswego, Oregon, who gave the school board, a flock of Hall $1,500. folks have expressed interHall is considered the est in the appointment. favorite to win due to inHeading the list is John cumbency, but Daniel may Fugate, manager of Combe the most determined mercial Bank in Fountain and active opponent he has City and active member of ever faced. An upset is not the Fountain City Business out of the question. and Professional Associa■ Best wishes for a tion. He’s got a background speedy recovery for Honey in education, having been Alexander, wife of Sen. La- a teacher and a principal, mar Alexander, who broke and he participated in what her arm. She is doing well.

■ Older leaders: The President of Israel, Shimon Peres, 90, who leaves office the end of July, is the oldest current head of state. He Grab a paper and penwas born in what was Poland at the time but is now cil and sketch the sides of Lithuania. He will turn 91 a graph. Label the vertical a week after he retires. He axis “tax rate” and the horiwas elected President by the zontal axis “revenue.”

Baker’s passing marks end of era Senator Baker’s passing marks the end of an era as he was the leading part of the two-party system growth in Tennessee.

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Nationally, he set the gold standard for working with all groups on the issues of the day. Today’s political society could use more of that.

Personally, I started out in public service working for him in 1966 on his campaign and 1967 on his Senate staff. He was a mentor and provider of sage advice.

I am glad I was able to visit him a few weeks ago at his office in Huntsville.

We could use a few more Howard Bakers in today’s world.

Among his many accomplishments in the Senate which appeals greatly to me was the creation of the Big South Fork National Recreation Area which created a marvelous park area which attracts a million visitors a year now just 50 miles from Knoxville.

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Steve Hall vs.

Martin Daniel

Other than the BriggsCampfield state Senate Republican primary contest Aug. 7, the most interesting race is between incumbent state Rep. Steve Hall and challenger Martin Daniel.

The Briggs-Campfield contest has been more lowkey than one would have imagined since Campfield attracts national attention. Campfield and Hall have been political allies and friends for years. Hall replaced Campfield as the state representative when Campfield was first elected to the state Senate.

Hall has sponsored several Campfield bills including the one to mandate the sale of Lakeshore Park off Northshore Drive and Lyons View Pike. He has been heavily criticized for wanting to sell this popular park and Daniel has sent out an effective mailer, pledging strong support for the park if elected.

Hall is a quiet lawmaker who seldom speaks on the House floor, which was also the case with his tenure on City Council. He opposes tax increases. It is hard to think of any legislation which has been enacted

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things the way they are, and maybe County Commissioners ought to think about the children, and the matter peters out there.

And so it has gone ever since two thirds of the county’s officeholders were forcibly shackled with term limits in 2007. School board members (and the judiciary, including court clerks) were excluded because their status is governed by different sections of state law, which leaves them free to decide when they will retire from office, although occasionally an incumbent loses an election, and every 10 years, County Commissioners redraw school board district lines and throw a couple of school board members into the same district just for sport.

The school board is in considerable hot water these days, thanks to a controversial move last December to extend Superintendent James McIntyre until 2017. The 8-1 vote – taken just weeks after KCS’s own teacher survey showed some 70 percent of teachers dissatisfied with the direction the school system is headed under McIntyre’s command – instigated a full-blown rebellion that is heating up again with the impending departure of McIntyre supporter Indya Kincannon and the chance to change the balance of power.

McIntyre’s contract was already good until 2016, and he put some of his favorite board members in political jeopardy by seeking a vote of confidence during a time of turmoil. But they stood by their man, as board members who choose superintendents generally do, thus demonstrating why they need to cycle out of there after two terms.

There’s no good reason

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nology – a computer or tablet for every student and infrastructure to support it.

The school board had endorsed the plan, 9-0. The Chamber was on board.

And this writer was supSandra portive.

Clark Tim Burchett led the opposition and, without his support, could a majority be found on County Comwe called “The Fugate Chal- mission to fund the schools’ lenge” back in 2012. ambitious budget?

Kincannon was running Recognizing leadership unopposed for her third qualities in Fugate, I chalterm. Superintendent Jim lenged him to spend a day.

McIntyre had proposed a Visit schools. See what’s haptax increase to fund tech- pening. Then say how you feel.

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why Knox County voters shouldn’t ask their legislators (who probably would break out in hives at the prospect of applying any such restrictions to themselves) to fi x the glitch in state law that prohibits us from having a term limits referendum like the one we had in 1994, only this time for school board. Granted, it would likely be impossible for such a law to pass statewide, but since two-thirds of Knox County’s elected officials are already subject to term limits, this provides the necessary rational basis to have a law of local application.

It’s been 20 years. We need to get this deal done.

Indya and I took John to Whittle Springs Middle School and the L&N STEM Academy. Both principals showed great achievements.

I was sure we had a sale.

But we didn’t.

John Fugate would not endorse the budget. County Commission didn’t even produce a motion for it. The technology initiative sizzled and fizzled.

Now Fugate wants Kincannon’s job on the school board. And the challenge is his. Can he get past personalities to support programs?

Or is he captive to the past?

Is Laffer the best medicine?

Knesset of Israel, which is their Parliament. He is in excellent health which is better than many younger than he.

The two longest-serving heads of state are the King of Thailand, 86 who assumed the monarchy in 1946 and is sixth oldest head of state. Queen Elizabeth II became Queen in 1952 but is the fifth oldest head of state at 88. The second-oldest head of state is Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, also 90, followed by King Abdullah, 89, of Saudi Arabia and Georgio Napolitino, 88, President of Italy.

Of those six, only one – Zimbabwe – is directly elected by the people. That election is not considered to be free or fair. The other five are chosen by the nation’s legislative bodies or are royalty.

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Now draw a diagonal line from the intersection of the axes. (Yes, that’s how it’s spelled.)

Voila! You’ve solved the deficit problem. Steadily increasing tax rates generate steadily increasing revenue.

Like many a simple solution, this one could not be more wrong. There comes a point on the line at which the tax rate is so high it buries the work incentive. No work, no taxes, no revenue.

All right, let’s fiddle with our graph.

Erase that diagonal line and replace it with one that starts at the upper end of the vertical axis and travels down toward the horizontal axis. (If you’re following along at home on a laptop, do not use White Out to erase the original line from your screen.)

Oh, happy day! Steadily decreasing tax rates increase revenue (presumably from rising investment and productivity), Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell vacation together, and Ronald Reagan smiles benevolently from the beyond.

Our revised graph is a tiny snapshot of “supply side” economics, an idea which has been around since at least the 1970s. But, like its discredited predecessor, our remodeled graph is not only embarrassingly wrong, it doesn’t accurately portray supply side theory.

Tap the memory bank and haul out your recollections of plane geometry, the

bane of every high school student who thought the slide rule was what you followed for a close play at home.

When you weren’t daydreaming about the crocodile rock in class, you may have learned that all curves are lines but all lines aren’t curves. The real world tax rate/revenue model is a curve, not a straight line, and a realistic graph would look something like the familiar Bell curve, with revenue on the vertical axis and tax rate on the horizontal axis.

Now our graph resembles the “Laffer Curve,” named for the economist revered

by Reagan and most every neocon for three decades.

There is a point on the curve where the tax rate is just high enough to maximize revenue. Move to the right or left and revenue drops.

Depending on whose ox is being gored, you’ll get argu-

ments about where that rate should be. During the 1980 presidential primaries, the elder Bush called Reagan’s tax cut/supply side thinking “voodoo economics.”

Back to geometry class.

Conservative political candidates at every level often convey the impression that all taxation is bad, so it follows that lowering taxes is always the right thing to do for the economy.

But this is heresy; it ignores the supply side Laffer Curve model, a bedrock tenet of fiscal conservatives.

Conservative politicians who oppose any tax increase – ever – don’t understand the logic of their own economic philosophy: our location on the curve determines whether a tax increase is a good or bad thing.

Candidates who pledge “never” to raise tax rates are either willfully ignorant or throwing the voter a curve.

Either way, better duck.

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Neyland Stadium experiences This started out to be a fun story about Neyland Stadium experiences – first game, favorite Volunteer, unforgettable plays, best season for hot dogs.

Responses drifted in a different direction – ticket costs, band fuss, width of seats, November kickoff times, fans that won’t sit down and a general shortage of common sense.

One comment really hurt: Does anybody care?

Tennessee, like many other sports operations, has an attendance problem.

Sellouts are a thing of the past. High-def on big home screens shares the blame with the run-down economy and disappointing teams.

Tennessee, in self-defense, has tried to reverse the decline. It hired a professional marketing team to

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sell more tickets. It offered deep discounts for some games to reduce that empty feeling. Stadium improvements are all around, from the food court to the DJ. Oops, wild and crazy noise is part of the pain for some.

Nate Harrison pushed me over the edge from entertainment writer to constructive critic. This longtime fan, born in Bristol, now residing at Sale Creek, was a $5,000 contributor and bronze ticketholder.

He prefaced his remarks with a tidbit about being displaced by the Tennessee Terrace. His new seat selection letter went to an old address. He ended up in section C, sun in eyes for afternoon games.

He told of two young women who chose to stand in front of him and his wife.

He asked them to sit down and received a rude response. He asked an usher for help. The girls sat down until the usher departed.

He again asked the usher for help. The usher said he really couldn’t do anything.

He asked a police officer for help. The officer said his hands were tied, no rules, no policy.

Harrison and his wife decided in the second quarter to give up and go away.

A person at Gate 10 asked

Coyotes come to town You may have noticed one on an evening walk. Out of the corner of your eye, a rangy animal lopes across the street, almost as if on springs. He wants nothing to do with you; he’s after the rabbit under the tree.

Coyotes’ habitats are shrinking and that’s why they’re showing up in our neighborhoods. As our population grows and we raze more open land for housing, their housing disappears.

So we have to co-exist.

And the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has a lot to say about that.

According to the organization’s website, “coyotes are highly adaptable and can survive in urban areas as long as food and shelter requirements are met.”

They’ll feed on almost anything – garbage, pet food,

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In urban environments these den animals choose storm drains, culverts, crawl spaces under storage sheds and porches, holes in vacant lots, parks, golf courses or any dry area. Rumor has it they’ve set up housekeeping in a Fountain City cemetery, among other places.

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In recorded history only 30 attacks on humans are on the books. Most happened when a coyote attacked a pet and the pet owner got between the two animals.

The website says that any victim of a coyote bite should seek medical attention immediately and notify the state health department as soon as possible at 615741-7247 or toll free 800404-3006.

On this Fourth of July weekend, when people of all ages are spending so much time outside, it’s a prudent thing to cultivate “coyoteawareness.”

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where they were going. Nate explained the dilemma. The gate attendant asked them to return to their seats with him. He talked to the usher, the usher again talked to the girls. They announced boldly that they were cheering for the Vols and would not sit down.

The Harrisons went home early. Nate said he sent a letter to athletic director Dave Hart. He did not receive a response. He reduced his VASF contribution by half.

His seats moved to CC. This past September he and his wife took her mother to a game. The heat hurt. An usher suggested a visit to the first-aid station and requested a wheelchair.

The threesome went into the concourse to wait in the shade.

Help arrived in 20 min-

utes. By then, Mrs. Harrison and her mother had decided to leave. Harrison asked if there was a cart outside that could help his mother-inlaw to their car. Yes, yes of course.

Ten minutes later, Nate asked how long the wait would be. Forty minutes.

Mrs. Harrison decided to go get the car. At Gate 21, Mr. Harrison explained the situation and asked if he could assist his mother-inlaw to an appointed meeting place and return to the game. The answer was no, if you go out, you are out, no exceptions.

They walked out and there was a four-wheeler.

The driver didn’t know about the call for help but was happy to assist. Nate asked why he was told it would take 40 minutes to get a cart. The driver said “We don’t communicate well.”

Harrison was puzzled.

He called the VASF number

to see if there was a way he could return to the game.

The recording said to call back during business hours.

Nate Harrison’s conclusion: “It seems that the UTAD can communicate very clearly when raising money, but is tone deaf when it comes to follow-up with customers.”

I, being a very old grad with a gentle disposition and helpful attitude, forwarded this and other valuable information to UT, to old friend Chris Fuller, senior associate athletics director for development and external ops (whatever that is).

I received a warm greeting, a sincere thank you, brief but interesting commentary and a referral to David Elliott, assistant athletics director for event management.

His insightful remarks are coming soon.

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

coyotes are present in your uled pick-up. Placing cans ters coyotes from hunting out in the morning before around your property. neighborhood: ■ A fenced yard may de■ Do not feed coyotes!! pick-up will give coyotes When coyotes begin asso- less time to scavenge. They ter coyotes. The fence must ciating humans with food will not have cover of dark- be at least 6 feet high. Preferably the bottom of the they lose their natural fears ness.

■ Do not leave barbecue fence should extend 6 inchand may become dangergrill outside and uncovered. es below ground level. ous.

■ Do not leave ■ Eliminate small children water sources. outside alone These areas atOn Monday, July 7, at 6.30 p.m., Dr. if coyotes have tract rodents, birds, and snakes Louise Conrad from Ijams Nature Center been frequenting the area. which the coyote will be at the Fountain City branch ■ Do not allow will prey upon. pets to run free.

■Position library to talk about coyotes in the Provide secure bird feeders so ’hood. It’s a good chance to learn more. housing especialcoyotes can not ly at night. Small get to the feed. pets (cats, rabCoyotes may also ■ Feed pets indoors bits, small dogs) are favorite be attracted to birds and small mammals that have whenever possible. Remove prey of coyotes.

■ Discourage coyotes been lured in by the feeder. any leftovers if feeding out■ Do not discard edible doors. Store pet food in ar- from frequenting your area. eas not accessible to other Harass them by throwing garbage. rocks, shouting and mak■ Secure garbage con- animals.

■ Clear brush and weeds ing loud noises when one is tainers. Use trash barrels with lids that clamp down from around property. This seen.

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Big thanks for big check Kids participating in Ijams Nature Center’s summer camps display a banner they created to thank the South Knoxville Alliance for its support. SKA members donated $735 along with food from the Round-up Restaurant and Village Bakery. Photo submitted

Senior companions Juanita Avery, Saundra Smith and Cynthia Smith enjoy the festivities during the Senior Companion Volunteer Recognition Luau Luncheon at the O’Connor Senior Center. Knox County CAC Office on Aging director Susan Long Photos by S. Barrett congratulates the volunteers on their years of service.

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Gilliam receives scholarship at ETSU

celebrate 25 years

Meghan Gilliam has received the $1,000 Martin and Louise Smith Scholarship from ETSU. Gilliam is studying child psychology and is a member of Delta Alpha Pi Honor Society and the National Society of Leadership and Success.

She volunteers with a local animal shelter and the American Youth Soccer Organization. Gilliam is the daughter of Steve and Kellie Gilliam.

By Sara Barrett The floral leis were abundant at the 25th anniversar y celebration of the Office on Aging’s Senior Companion Program.

More than 80 volunteers were Lona Terry honored for their years of service with a Hawaiian-themed party and luncheon at the O’Connor Senior Center.

The Senior Companion Program connects volunteers 55 and older with seniors who require help with simple tasks such as light housekeeping, personal care and shopping so they can continue to live independently. Some have volunteered since the program began.

Senior companion Lona

Maryville College graduates 34 students from Knox County Senior companion Wilma Senior companions Mike Gilbert and Genevieve Parks check Mills dresses in style for the out the event program. luau luncheon.

Terry has served for about a year now and says her favorite part of the program is getting to know her seniors. “They all have their own thing they need from you, and finding that thing is the secret to being a successful

companion,� said Terry. After recovering from a long illness, she decided to become a senior companion to “help the Lord the way He helped me,� she said.

Senior companion Wilma Mills has served for two years. “You meet a whole lot

of people who need a whole lot of help,� she said.

Each companion gives 20 hours each week, which totals more than 70,000 hours of help for folks in need each year. They are reimbursed for their mileage. Info: 524-2786.

Approximately 200 students graduated from Maryville College in May, and 34 of them were Knox County Schools alumni. Of those 34, 17 graduated with honors.

Knox County graduates include Allyson Brooke Angel (cum laude), Marcus Antonio Azevedo (magna cum laude), Allyson Brooke Boling (magna cum laude), Christian Wallace Borek, James Patrick Burris, Erika Marie Collins, Olivia Olga Daniel, Kayla Morgan Dougherty (magna

cum laude), Garrett Bryson Gresham (magna cum laude), Kelly Nicole Hertzel (magna cum laude), Christopher Joseph Hickman, Olivia Evyn Hicks (magna cum laude), Ashley Rose Howarth, Joshua Shane Hunley, Rachel Lee Jarnagin, Eric Matthew Kearney, Patrick Tate Lawson, Kara Annette Loveday, Dominic Gideon McVay (magna cum laude), Deidre Merrill (cum laude), Zachary Charles Myers, Robert Everette Norris (cum laude), Garrett Weston Painter (magna cum laude), Stephen Francisco Revilla (magna cum laude), Travis Michael Scates, Kelly Marie Stephens (cum laude), Joshua Ison Stidham, Seth Alvin Tinsley (magna cum laude), Jessica Ann Vail (summa cum laude), Lauren Ashley Ward, Brandy Nicole Watkins, Lillian Hope Winchester (magna cum laude), Raeleen Louise Woodbury and Miranda Lee Wright (cum laude).

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Ben Hawk talks with Joy Gartner, Cokesbury UMC’s director of Flash Black pours himself Thomas Tinnerman, Dean Kamhout and Gail Braunsroth help get the hamburgers and hot dogs Singles Ministry. Photos by Justin Acuff ready for the Cokesbury United Methodist Church picnic for singles. some tea at the picnic.

Enjoy summer with singles Cokesbury United Methodist Church joined nine other Knoxville churches recently at McFee Park for a fun afternoon just for singles.

The Summer Singles Community Picnic is an annual event that offers those who attend and work in singles ministry programs across the city an oppor-

tunity to come together for some fun, fellowship, music and traditional picnic fare. The grill was hot and sizzling with burgers and hot dogs. To round out the menu, those attending brought a dish to share.

Joy Gartner is the director of Singles Ministry at Members of Cokesbury UMC join other area churchgoers for the annual Summer Singles Community Picnic at McFee Park.

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MaryAnn Reddy and Angel Sayles help lead singing during Son Treasure Island VBS at Ebenezer United Methodist Church.

Ebenezer UMC hosts VBS with tropical theme

By Wendy Smith It’s called Vacation Bible School, and at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 1001 Ebenezer Road, it really felt like a vacation.

Son Treasure Island was the theme, and while the décor resembled “Gilligan’s Island,” there were plenty of treasures to discover at this VBS. Children participated in a treasure hunt, and God’s love, the ultimate treasure, was echoed with an emphasis on I Corinthians 13, said associate pastor Nancy Twigg.

More than 100 children participated in the VBS, and the majority was not church members. Twigg thinks quality outreach programs, like the church’s annual fall festival,

Kyle Ennekig and Sophia Xiques, both 8, participate in an Ark of the Covenant relay game.

Last year, a Bible that a man who had so much of was given to Elvis Presley in what this world values.

1957 by his aunt and uncle But the real point of this was auctioned off. article is that this Bible sold for $97,000! What I find of particular interest is that the value of this Bible was determined by the person who owned it. Oh, I underSteve stand how the whole “celebHigginbotham rity thing” works, but I just thought it was ironic that It is clear that Elvis ac- (from the world’s point of tually read and used this view) the owner of this Bible Bible for it contained sev- brought value to the Bible.

However, the Bible is eral notes written in his own handwriting. One such “priceless” no matter who note is found in the margin owns it, and frankly, the valof Luke 9. It says, “For what ue of a Bible is not increased is a man advantaged if he by its owner; rather the Bishould gain the whole world ble brings value to its owner. and lose himself or be cast- Give it some thought.

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Eye-opening visits to KARM and Mobile Meals

By Laken Scott Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries, otherwise known as KARM, is a nonprofit organization that helps people who are homeless or in crisis.

KARMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overnight shelter has 200 beds, but can sleep more.

KARM has a cafeteria, Interns Kaila Bonds, Laken Scott, Zoe Risley and Donna Mitchell prepare to deliver Mobile Meals. Red means cold and blue means where they serve more than hot for the coolers of Mobile Meals. Photo by Shannon Carey 1,000 meals a day, 365 days a year. And if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re worried it might be dirty, with so many people coming inside, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be! The staff and volunteers will be proud to show you their 100 score The Adopt-A-Senior proWhen I was delivering through federal grants and from the Knox County

By Zoe Risley Although Mobile Meals gram is one way of helping these meals, I could see state funding, but the rest Health Department! the joy in their eyes when are dependent on kindis not an expensive food fund Mobile Meals.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry, they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t An individual or group someone came to their door, hearted individuals who forgotten the women. In service ($3 a day for noon meals Monday through Fri- can donate $74 to feed a handed them a nice, nutri- donate. fact, Sue Renfro, KARM Believe me when I say marketing manager, statday), it can be tough to pay senior for an entire month. tious meal and asked if they you will be giving them ed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women are the fastest for when you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t working You can also donate $147 were doing alright today.

It was clear that we were much more than a meal. and are living strictly off of for two months, $221 for growing segment of homeTo donate, go to the Of- lessness.â&#x20AC;? three months, $442 for six the only company some of retirement funds.

Mobile Meals recipients months and $884 for a year. these people got during the fice of Aging website, www.

KARM hosts a womknoxseniors.org, or call the enâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lodging area they lovLarger donations include day. donate what they can to the Help this wonderful pro- Office of Aging and ask for ingly call â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hope Haven.â&#x20AC;? program, but every senior contributing $4,420 to feed who signs up for the pro- five seniors for a year and gram that benefits about the Mobile Meals Kitchen at Hope Haven, which used to 524-2786. gram gets a meal, regard- $8,840 to feed 10 seniors 900 people every day. have 40 beds, now has 103! for a year.

Some meals are provided less of their ability to pay.

There is also a new womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community room, which for homebound and isolated includes magazines, games, tables, chairs, even a private seniors. Info: 546-6262 â&#x2013; Mobile Meals, deliv- room with a telephone.

KARM also has a fourering meals to seniors. Info: nior citizens who need it. numbers to find out more:

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Intern Laken Scott reads goals of participants in the LaunchPoint program at KARM. Goals included reuniting with family, getting a job, and even paying old utility bills to get power restored so they could move home.

can house 40-44 men at a time in a dorm-like setting.

This provides them lodging while the men find jobs and permanent housing, and surrounds them with volunteers, friends and mentors.

Crossroads Center functions like a hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergency room. If someone comes inside and needs help, KARM will help them find the information they need and give them an ID card. Although it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a hospital, Crossroads abides by the HIPAA rules, which state that a volunteer or staff member may not divulge information about the person in crisis without their consent.

KARM has helped many people. As we interns toured the facility, a man came up to us and said he felt called to speak: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I came from a life of unhealthy choices ... and what this [KARM] has restored in me is hope.â&#x20AC;?

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Jesus. He made the ultimate sacrifice for me.

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Technology. You name it. Even my TV. Why can’t I just go up and turn the channel? We’ve got three remotes sitting there, and they all do something different. I never have figured out how to play a movie. I ask my husband everything – you have to use two remotes to do that. I just am not a techie person – other than our copier/fax/scanner at work. For whatever reason, I am the guru of that.

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Alexis Crawford has just about seen it all, as far as the town of Farragut is concerned.

Now the town’s Community Development Department administrative assistant and Municipal Court clerk, she started in July 1989 as a receptionist and then worked in Building Codes for five years. The town itself was incorporated in 1980.

“There’s only one person employed here who has been here longer than me – Bud McKelvey, Public Works director,” says Crawford. “I can’t even remember the number of employees that I have seen come and go. It has changed a lot.”

Crawford was around before the Town Hall existed. She started when town offices were where Rick Terry Jewelry is, and then they moved to the milk barn behind the old Russell house, she recalls.

“I saw them build this building from scratch, and there’s been a lot of renovation since then.”

Born in Virginia, Crawford started life as an Army brat and then lived wherever her father’s engineering job took the family – Illinois, New York state, Arizona, Texas. A doomed marriage brought her and her three sons to East Tennessee, but she eventually met Danny Crawford at church, and they have been happily married for 15 years.

“He’s a very godly man – kind, generous – I could go on and on about him all day long,” she says. “I don’t think there’s a man on Earth who’s like him. After 15 years I still sing his praises. I just love him.”

They’re hanging tough through a challenging time now – remodeling their “retirement home” in Lenoir City.

Knowing that they were getting ever closer to retirement, they had been looking for a house for seven years before finding this one. It has turned out to be more of a fi xerupper than they expected, but they’re doing as much of the work as they can themselves.

“On one hand, it’s going to take a long while to get it to where we will be able to move in,” she says. “On the other hand, we will have practically a brand-new house.”

Sit back and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Alexis Crawford.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?

“Walk tall and carry a big stick,” from “Walking Tall.”

I’m not tall, but I’m quiet. My children always accused me of sneaking up on them.

What is your favorite material possession?

What is the best present you ever received in a box?

My first New Testament when I was 8.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes until your feet hurt, then you might be ready to relate to their situation.

My Bible. I have several now, but my favorite one was given to me by my folks.

What is your social media of choice?

What are you reading currently?

What is the worst job you have ever had?

Paint cans, flooring instructions ... anything to do with remodeling.

What was your most embarrassing moment?

Losing a wraparound skirt in the wind in a public parking lot. I had been at the doctor, and I wore that skirt because it was easy to get in and out of. At the time, I had a little old beat-up car, and it was always giving me problems. I had to learn how to do something with the battery to get it to start for me. I got out of the doctor’s office and had to lift the hood to start it. When I closed the hood, one of the wraparound straps got caught in the grille. It was a windy day, and that skirt flew across the parking lot.

Thankfully, I had a slip on. It wasn’t quite total exposure.

To this day, I can envision myself chasing that skirt.

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

To accomplish whatever God put me here to do. To ensure my family and friends know how much they mean to me. To take a trip out west (Mount Rushmore, the Badlands, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons).

What is one wor d others often use to describe you and why?

Straight from the heart.

E-mail. It’s an age thing.

Waiting tables at a truck stop as a young girl in Fort Worth, summer between junior and senior year. It didn’t last very long because I just was not one of those who catered to those men. Their comments and looks and advances – I didn’t deal well with that.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?

“The Jetsons.” I loved the thought of how easy all those modern conveniences would make life.

What irritates you?

The politically correct mindset. Everybody has their own opinion, but we have just compromised on what really should be black and white because someone might be offended if we say what we really believe. It doesn’t feel like we’re really Americans. We can’t have our own belief system anymore. I try not to ever offend anybody, but right is right and wrong is wrong.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?

Campbell Station Park. I think it’s just awesome to walk through there. The little babbling brook is so peaceful I could sit there for hours and watch and listen to it.

It’s just a very peaceful, pretty park to walk in and wander around in and sit in.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

What is your greatest fear?

I would like to go back and make wiser decisions.

I am trying to overcome it by not acknowledging it.

What is your passion?

If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be?

God.

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?

My mother. I had a pretty good relationship with her. I would mostly just enjoy her company. There are a lot of things I did not find out about my mother and

Parachute. But it will never happen because I won’t get in an airplane. I’m not scared of the flying; it’s because I’m claustrophobic. I get ill sitting in an airplane. It’s not the fear factor. I ride motorcycles. I love to be a daredevil.

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Lisa Hill, Allison Johnson, Crystal Lawson and Cindy Hagemann of Pugh CPAs show off their red at the Go Red for Women luncheon.

Know your numbers Looking back, Rochelle Nelson says her life could be compared to the board game Clue. Her body was leaving clues that something was wrong, and it was her job to unravel the mystery.

Butterfly enthusiast Lois English uses a pictorial to share the life cycle of butterflies with workshop visitors at the Farragut library.

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Participants learned that the monarch butterfly can be identified as a female by the thin and delicate veins.

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The Butterfly Princess visited Farragut recently, but no Disney entourage was needed.

Lois English, a master gardener, came to the Farragut branch of the Knox County Public Library to lead a program on “Butterflies of East Tennessee.”

English is from Kodak, where she has been dubbed the Butterfly Princess.

It was a time to learn for

participants at the workshop, which was also facilitated by master gardener Glenna Julian. The two are neighbors who built a habitat in Kodak where monarchs flourish. The National Wildlife Federation certified their garden as an official monarch habitat.

The duo designed a garden specifically for raising butterflies featuring plants attractive as sites to lay eggs, such as milk thistle, and nectar flowers that attract adult butterflies.

The women engaged with the hobby when they volunteered to tag butterflies in Cades Cove. “It’s been a love affair ever since,” said Julian.

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“In my case, the game would have been more aptly named Clueless,” she told those attending last week’s sold-out Go Red for Women Luncheon at Cherokee Country Club.

Nelson, an academic adviser at the University of Tennessee, noticed her first clue when she walked up hills. She felt a sharp pain in her right hand between her thumb and index finger. The pain was intense but brief, she said.

A few months later, she began waking up a few nights a week with pain that extended to her elbow. But she could stop the pain by holding her hand up, so she disregarded it. When she had to run hot water on her arm to relieve the discomfort, she thought she might have a pinched nerve. She scheduled a doctor’s appointment.

In the early morning the day of the appointment, she couldn’t make the pain stop.

She considered going to the emergency room but didn’t Master gardener Glenna Julian demonstrates the many differ- want to seem “theatrical.”

When she arrived at the ent butterflies prevalent in East Tennessee.

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doctor’s office, she learned she’d had a heart attack.

Since then, Nelson has lost weight. She exercises and watches her diet. She’s now thankful for the health crisis because she’s learned from it, she said.

She says she realized that while she’d always been an advocate for her daughters, she hadn’t been an advocate for herself. She urged the women in the audience to stand up, and speak up, about their health.

UT football legend Peyton Manning made a brief appearance at the luncheon, an annual American Heart Association event. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, taking more lives than all forms of cancer, Manning said. “It’s important for you to know your numbers.”

The American Heart Association recommends that women closely monitor blood pressure, cholesterol levels, blood sugar levels and weight.

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Info: beardencheercamp@gmail.com or call Lori Hampton, 256-0324.

■ Sign up as an individual player or bring your own team. Knox Youth Sports baseball is a developmental recreational league for boys and girls ages 3-12. Games are Monday-Thursday and Saturday at Lakeshore Park with some games at Sequoyah Park. The season ends in June. Register online at knoxyouthsports.com or call 584-6403.

■ The Diamond All-Stars, 600 Business Park Lane, will have summer camp including tumbling, arts, crafts, movies, games and more for children ages 4-12 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, July 8-10. Cost is $140 and includes lunch. Snacks will be sold or campers can bring their own. Space is limited. Aftercare is available for an additional fee. Additional camps include handspring 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday, July 16, and Wednesday, July 30, $25 per day; standing tuck, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, and Wednesday, July 30, $25 per day and flyer, noon-3 p.m. Thursday, July 17 and Wednesday, Aug. 6, $35. Space is limited. A one-day cheer clinic will be held for ages 5 and up 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, $35. Info: 250-6808 or diamondallstars@gmail.com.

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LaborExchange: serving others first

News from Moxley Carmichael

The Moxley Carmichael method:

Time savers

By Cynthia Moxley With the solstice now behind us, we officially have entered the throes of a hot, muggy East Tennessee summer that can somet ime s sap productivity.

But the Moxley days are long, and, if you’re anything like me, you find it comforting to know that even after you leave the office, there is plenty of daylight left to check off items from your to-do list.

Those of us in East Tennessee have a very Southern way of checking in with someone when we run into them downtown, at a local grocery store or in a restaurant: “How are you?”

The inevitable reply is, “Good! Just busy.”

In fact, I’ve almost tried to make a game out of this sequence, challenging myself to think of any other thing to say besides “busy.” But the reality is that no matter the time of year the question is posed, it’s difficult to reply with any word other than that one.

In an essay he penned for “The Economist” in 1955, Cyril Northcote Parkinson wrote, “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”

Time is the single most valuable commodity today, and how it is used or allocated has a tremendous impact on any business. Here are some tips to keep business owners and employees on schedule:

Learn the art of triaging. Think of your desk as an emergency room. Who or what deserves priority treatment and what can wait until later? Determining what must be done immediately will help streamline and organize your thoughts, desk and business.

Take advantage of technology. Use news aggregators and Google alerts to notify you of news relevant to your business or interest. This means that you no longer have to spend valuable time combing through various news sources but instead can set an alert using keywords and topics so they will be forwarded to you immediately.

Use your team’s strengths. In short, don’t hoard projects. At Moxley Carmichael, we spend a great deal of time during the hiring process making sure that we bring the right people with the right skill sets on board. Once we’ve determined someone is a fit, we give that staff member complete ownership of projects and responsibilities.

Find balance. After the work is done, leave as closely as you can to closing time.

Your colleagues and clients need your best thinking, and that requires that you spend time reading, listening and watching what’s happening in the world around you outside of the office.

Summer will be gone and fall will be here before we know it with shorter days and less daylight. Make the most of these long days and use time as an ally instead of a thief.

Bill Peterson served three years in the U.S. Navy. He worked as a human resources manager in nuclear engineering at TVA for 13 years and took early retirement.

He then “retired” again in September 2012 after 20 years as HR manager at Dollywood. After four months of hunting and fishing, he decided he was too young to retire.

Peterson and his wife, Kelly, immediately rolled up their sleeves and in February 2013 opened LaborExchange Inc. Kelly had worked at Huntington College of Health Sciences. Both wanted to start a company that would make a difference in people’s lives.

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and decided not to become part of a franchise. “We can do a lot of things franchises can’t do,” he says. “Decisions can be made immediately because I am corporate.”

As a disabled veteran, Peterson works hard to set his company apart from other staffing services, living by LaborExchange’s mission statement daily: “We Best Serve Ourselves by Serving Others First.” Superior customer service extends to giving all clients Bill’s personal

Bill Peterson, owner of LaborExchange, is proud he can help people find jobs.

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cell-phone number.

LaborExchange helps local businesses by providing temporary, temp-to-hire

and permanent placement employment. Construction jobs are 75 percent of the positions offered, but industrial and clerical positions are also available. Companies hesitant to hire new fulltime employees are able to upsize and downsize quickly by using the services of LaborExchange.

Applications are accepted from 6 to 10:30 a.m. and from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. There are no fees to applicants. Two forms of identification and a willingness to work hard are all you need to bring with you.

LaborExchange, 2623 Chapman Highway, is two doors down from Disc Exchange. Info: www.laborexchangetn.com or 247-4957.

News from Knoxville Area Urban League

Urban League boosts small businesses

By Phyllis Nichols When small-business owner Marcus Bly contacted the K nox v ille Area Urban League, he was interested in acquiring a loan to expand his auto-detailing Nichols services.

Bly got not only the muchneeded funds but also a multiyear business plan to help ensure lasting success.

“I knew what I wanted to do before I approached the Urban League for the money,” Bly said. “But they did more than just give me the loan. They helped me look at my business with fresh

eyes and write a business plan that covered the next few years.”

Bly already had heard great reviews of the Knoxville Area Urban League and how it takes care of clients. So, when Bly decided to purchase new equipment and increase the advertising budget, his first call was to the Urban League.

Bly explained that busy business owners don’t always have time to write a detailed business plan, but owners can see exactly what they should be doing when putting goals on paper.

“The Urban League really gives its clients an opportunity to grow their businesses,” Bly said. “They tell you what will and what won’t work to help you run

your business efficiently.”

Earlier this year, the Urban League was certified as a community development financial institution, which allows the organization to provide capital, credit and other financial products, along with technical assistance, to residents and businesses.

The assistance Bly received from the Urban League has helped him take his business to the next level.

“I’ve been able to accomplish my goals and expand my services,” he said. “This has helped add income to my business and has already made a difference in my profitability.”

He encouraged other small businesses to seek assistance from the Knoxville Area Urban League.

“If you want to be successful, don’t be afraid to take the next step to do it,” he said. “The Urban League does a lot of great things, but you have to help yourself, too. In careers and in life we do a lot of things we never thought we would, but it’s those things that make a difference and make us successful in the end.”

Bly owns and operates Karworkz, an autodetailing and professional car-wash company on Sutherland Avenue. For information about smallbusiness loans, owners should contact Felix Harris at the Knoxville Area Urban League by emailing fharris@thekaul.org or calling 524-5511, ext. 119.

Phyllis Nichols is CEO of the Knoxville Area Urban League.

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Teaming up is now for the dogs

By Bonny C. Millard Sports apparently aren’t just for people these days.

Athletic and energetic dogs now have the opportunity to join a sports team or work on their agility skills at Hush Puppy’s Pet Services’ recently opened K9 Center in west Knoxville.

The K9 Center, owned by Trish Isbell and Suzanne Iasiello, is an indoor community center for dogs and offers services to fit the needs of owners. The center provides training, exercise and socialization for dogs.

The new facility is an expansion of Hush Puppy’s Pet Services, which includes pet sitting, dog walking and transportation. Isbell transports dogs from their homes to the center for exercise while their owners are at work, but transportation

can also be for veterinarian or grooming appointments.

Isbell said the arena will offer area dog owners new options for their pets. Trainers use FitPAWS exercise balls to help condition or rehab dogs that need it. The balls can help dogs strengthen their muscles and gain better balance, she explained. The center has several trainers who teach classes in obedience, agility, potty training and other skills as well as work with behavioral issues such as aggression, jumping or barking.

Scheduled playdates provide an opportunity for dogs run and play for an hour.

For the more competitive dog, the sport of flyball might be an appropriate activity. In teams of four, dogs run relay style races that include jumps, releasing the

ball, retrieving it and completing the course. According to Isbell, The Big Orange Blast is the first flyball team in Knoxville.

The center also has a Barn Hunt. Isbell explained that a section of the arena is set up like a barn with hay bales that dogs can climb over or tunnel through to find the rat, which is in a PVC tube with air holes.

She said the dogs can sniff out the rodent, but the rat is not harmed during the hunt.

Adjacent to the arena, dog owners can use the selfservice dog wash. The wash room has three large tubs set at different heights to make them convenient for both short and tall owners.

Each tub has steps for easy entrance for the dog.

The self-service dog wash has always been part of the original business concept.

Trish Isbell poses with her dog Fezzik at Hush Puppy’s Pet Services, which she co-owns. Photo by Bonny C. Millard Iasiello’s goal was to have a dog wash facility, but the women, who have been friends for about 18 years, decided to start with pet sitting services in May 2010.

The petting sitting service has grown to eight sitters who each work their own areas and have regular clients. Isbell said this helps

Uncorking the question of wine in grocery stores

By Bonny C. Millard The effort to sell wine in grocery and convenience stores in Tennessee communities is only half finished.

Alan Carmichael, president and chief operating officer of the public relations firm Moxley Carmichael, shared information with the Carmichael Rotary Club of Knoxville about the Red White and Food campaign to get the issue on the November ballot. The ballot question would allow voters across the state to make a choice about where they buy their wine.

Red White and Food is a coalition created by the Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association to push for wine sales in grocery and convenience stores.

Moxley Carmichael and three

other firms have been hired to promote the campaign.

Earlier this year, the General Assembly passed legislation allowing the sale of wine in grocery and convenience stores, and it was signed into law by Gov. Bill Haslam in March. Cities and counties that currently allow liquor-by-the-drink or have liquor stores are eligible, but voters must approve a special referendum on Nov. 4 before the community can allow it.

“Where’s the wine?” Carmichael said. “It’s coming, but we need help.”

Across the state, voters are being asked to sign a petition that would allow the issue to be put on the ballot for their community, he said. Each jurisdiction makes its own decision about the change. In order for a referendum to be placed on the ballot, petitions must have enough signatures to equal 10 percent of the voters in the last gu-

bernatorial election.

Carmichael said for Knox County that amounts to 14,000 signatures of qualified voters, and they must sign the petition within their residential jurisdiction. Shelby County (Memphis) needs 20,000 signatures, and Davidson County (Nashville) needs 16,000. The petitions are due Aug. 21.

The signatures must be certified by the Election Commission so the Red White and Food campaign wants to gather 30 percent more than it needs to make sure it has enough eligible signatures, he said.

The petitions must be signed by existing registered voters who are at least 21 years of age, and the signatures must match the registration card, he said. No

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Jersey Mike’s boosts Knox Y Jersey Mike’s Subs has boosted summer programming for YMCA of East Tennessee through money raised by a five-day grandopening promotion at its new West Knox location.

Ryan Wood, managing partner, presented a check for $5,067 to Y leaders last week. It will be used to fund swim lessons and tuition for summer day camp.

“Approximately 100 kids will be helped with the tuition for camp and 60 young people will benefit from the lifesaving skill of swim lessons with the money donated by Jersey Mike’s,” said Lori Humphreys, executive director of

the YMCA of East Tennessee.

The Y’s “Readers, Dreamers, Believers” summer day camp is open to children in grades K-6 and operates on a children’s-choice system that allows campers to select activities of interest to them. Each week is themed around subjects such as sports, nature, the arts, imagination and history.

Jersey Mike’s Subs is at 4839 Kingston Pike and is open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day. Info: 862-8800.

For more information on the Y’s summer camp program visit ymcaknoxville. org or call Lori Humphreys at 548-8707.

Movers and Shakers Club Field Day When: Monday, July 14, 9 – 10 a.m. at Anchor Park, 11730 Turkey Creek Road What: The field day will feature games including sack, three-legged and relay races, softball throw, kickball and wiffleball. Students do not have to be in the Movers and Shakers Club to participate in the field day. Call 966-7057 or visit the Town Hall to register and pay.

Cost: $3 Registration and payment deadline: Friday, July 11 Beat the Heat with Summer Splash Pad Fun! When: Tuesday, Aug. 5, 10 a.m. at McFee Park, 917 McFee Road What: Beat the heat and join us at McFee Park for a morning of splash pad and playground fun with Knoxville Moms Blog and the Town of Farragut! Moms and kids can enjoy snacks and drinks from local Farragut sponsors in the shade of the pavilion throughout the morning.

Cost: $5 per family Registration and payment deadline: Wednesday, July 30 at citymomsblog.com/Knoxville.

Yoga When: Tuesdays, Aug. 12 – Sept. 2 (4 weeks): 9 – 10 a.m.

What: Includes the basics and beyond in yoga – stretching, posture and gentle positions. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a mat, yoga straps, one blanket and blocks.

Cost: $40 Registration and payment deadline: Monday, Aug. 11

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“Honoring Our Veterans” Exhibit When: Through Tuesday, Nov. 11. Museum open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

What: This special exhibit features artifacts from various wars and branches of the military. A special Veteran’s Day reception will be held Nov. 11 from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. in the museum.

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Carmichael said it took Tennessee seven years to pass this law. Currently 36 other states allow the sale of wine in food and convenience stores. Tennessee retailers want to make it easier for their customers to purchase wine by having it available in retail stores, he said.

If the referendum is approved, wine should be available in grocery and convenience stores by July 1, 2016, he said.

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the pet owner get to know the person who is watching his animals and allows the pet to become familiar with the sitter. Hush Puppy now serves Farragut, Cedar Bluff, Northshore, Ebenezer, Hardin Valley and the east side of Lenoir City.

Besides pet sitting during vacations or business

trips, sitters also walk dogs mid-day while owners are at work. Isbell said the services are flexible depending on what the owner might need.

Hush Puppy, which now has a client base of more than 350 customers, is bonded and insured.

With the business growing, the dream of a permanent facility became a possibility.

Isbell said she began looking for the right building over a six-month period. The location, at 9752 Parkside Dr., had been a motorcycle shop and had to be renovated. The owners’ husbands did much of the work needed to get the center ready, she said.

The center is used for other activities such as movie nights, social gatherings and seminars and is available for rent. Isbell said she and Iasiello also help promote other dog events that are happening in Knoxville.

Pilates When: Tuesdays, Aug. 12 – Sept. 2 (4 weeks): 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

What: Pilates is a mind-body exercise that works the whole body and incorporates yoga poses in order to enhance flexibility, strength and breathing.

Cost: $40 Registration deadline: Monday, Aug. 11 All summer classes, workshops and events will be held at the Farragut Town Hall community or assembly room, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, unless otherwise stated. Hurry - classes fill up fast! Call 966-7057 to register (if required). Payment must be received within 5 business days of date of registration but no later than the registration deadline (unless otherwise indicated on class description). No refunds are given after the registration and payment deadline. The Town of Farragut is not responsible for costs associated with the purchase of supplies when a class is canceled.

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Kent Griffith, Peggy Hoy, Jane Creed and Janice Threlkeld (with back to camera) play duplicate bridge during “The Longest Day,” held recently at the Knoxville Bridge Center.

Bridge game brings Alzheimer’s awareness ey for Alzheimer’s outreach and research.

Dozens of players from the area attended the Knoxville tournament, held at the Knoxville Bridge Center, 7400 Deane Hill Drive.

Hope Cohn and Brenda McSpadden coordinated the event.

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and make new friends by learning to play bridge!

The first five lessons are free, and subsequent lessons are $5. No prior experience is necessary. For more information, contact Jim Ricker at jdricker. jdr@gmail.com or call the Knoxville Bridge Center at 694-0222.

Zumba Kids instructor Gina Guider and Sylvia Pastor are having a great time working up a cardio sweat. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Shaking it up

By Sherri Gardner Howell

Kids’ camp at Cancer Support Community The Cancer Support Community East Tennessee, 2230 Sutherland Ave., will offer a four-day camp for kids who have a loved one who is facing cancer.

Kids Support Camp is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, July 14-17. The camp is designed to help kids learn healthy ways to de-stress, talk about changes in the family and just have fun, says Margaux Cowan-Banker, development coordinator at the Cancer Support Community.

The camp is free of charge. A parent orientation is 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8. For more information: 546-4661.

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The heat and rain can make it hard for kids to get their exercise in the summer. Several Farragut parents have found an inside alternative and are joining them in the fun.

Zumba Kids is offered on Mondays at Farragut Town Hall as part of the town’s Movers and Shakers program. Instructor Gilda Guider, who received special Zumba Kids training in 2011 in Asheville, is in her second year teaching as part of Movers and Shakers. Her class is from 10 to 10:45 on Friday mornings.

“Zumba is exercise that doesn’t feel like exercise,” says Guider. “It feels like you’re having a party. You’re dancing and enjoying yourself, and you don’t even realize you’re working up a healthy sweat. I want kids to be healthy and happy.”

Sylvia Pastor brought her daughters to the class and joined in the exercise.

She said she was looking for weatherproof exercise because of all the rain and thought the Zumba was something she and her girls could do together. “It’s too easy to be bored during the summer,” she said.

Sadie Pastor says her favorite part of Zumba Kids is getting to wear the dance scarf. It’s fun to make it jingle, she said.

Christine Williams Fitness Favorites: Water aerobics Why FSHFC? What impressed me the most about Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center is that it’s a place for everyone. I’ve never known of a fitness center like this. When I joined FSHFC, I didn’t know how to begin my fitness journey. I started by having a complimentary fitness assessment done to determine my current fitness level. The exercise physiologist then helped me set goals and designed a workout plan specifically for me!

One of my favorite things to do at FSHFC is water aerobics.

These classes combine shallow and deep water exercises that utilize buoyancy belts, water weights and other equipment for a great workout. They even have an Aqua Zumba class!

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By Wendy Smith The Knoxville Area Bridge Club partnered with the Alzheimer’s Foundation to sponsor an all-day duplicate bridge tournament.

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NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Teachers, Lisa Duggins and Lorie Duggins with students who attended the reading camp at Grace.

Summer fun at Grace

By Danielle Taylor Summer is in full swing, and so are GCA’s Summer Camps.

Though the school year is over, many students are taking advantage of the academic, creative and interactive classes offered through June and July.

With more than 200 students participating in this year’s summer camps, including nonGCA students, the halls and classrooms of Grace have remained full with students eager to learn and sharpen their skills. And we still have spots available in July!

Along with the outstanding academic camps offered this year, students can develop their knowledge and skills in others areas, such as art, cooking, dance, drama, writing and much more. Each course offers a different type of challenge and learning opportunity with the overall goal of providing fun ways to learn, while keeping minds sharp during the summer break.

This year’s Lego camp,

taught by Rachel Hannon, allowed students to experiment with the scientific method, force and work, and gravity.

Students were challenged daily to use critical and creative thinking while working with gears, power, wheels and axles and so much more. Each day the campers earned “bricks” by having an overall good attitude and completing their tasks for the day.

Our cooking camp, taught

by Gina Prieto, challenged students to try new foods and understand how to measure and follow a recipe. A new parent for the upcoming school year was so grateful for her kids to “get comfortable with the school while attending summer camp, since they’ll be new to GCA.” Another current student’s parent was elated to discover her child “tried and now likes eggs!”

Additional camps teach practical skills to include lessons in grammar, real-life mathematics and critical

thinking. An ACT prep course, Teresa McNelly leads art campers in a fun project. also taught by Rachel Hannon, provides students the opportunity to get ahead of the game on college placement exams; past participants have increased their overall score by two to six points in some cases.

For the creative campers, Teresa McNelly’s art camps are always a hit, and this year’s DIY class, taught by Lee Ann Wright, included recreating projects as seen on Pinterest! For those with a dramatic flair, the “Give My Regards to Broadway” drama class, taught

by Tonya Wilson, included excerpts from “The Jungle Book” and allowed students to develop their skills in acting, singing and choreography.

In July, your student can Attendees of the Beautiful U camp at Grace. participate in the following remaining camps: Kindergarten through 2nd grade reading and math camps, 3rd through 5th grade math camps, and 1st through 5th grade cheer camp.

To learn more and register, visit gcacamps.com.

By Danielle Taylor At Grace Christian Academy, we are dedicated to being a distinctively Christian academy that provides an educational experience and develops students who are committed to changing the world

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for Christ. Over the next six months, we’ll break down our six Core Values that represent a Christian worldview and belief system as implemented by our teachers and staff. This month’s Core Value is being Christ-Centered in all we do.

CHRIST-CENTERED Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. 1 John 2:6 ■ GCA acknowledges that Christ is preeminent and worthy of all glory, honor and praise.

■ GCA strives to have Christ’s love and grace permeate and influence all relationships and activities at the academy.

■ GCA unites in allegiance to Christ and the mission of a distinctively Christian education.

Cooking camp attendees enjoy a variety of yummy treats.

■ GCA encourages each student to develop a personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

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The silence of suicide

Suicide among seniors often goes unnoticed When the 49-year-old girlfriend of Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger committed suicide March 17, the news was heard around the world.

But celebrity suicides like that of fashion designer L’Wren Scott are far from the norm.

In fact, suicide is more often discussed in hushed tones among family members after the fact – if it’s discussed at all. Even today, despite a greater understanding of the causes of suicide, it still carries a stigma that serves only to exacerbate the problem.

That is particularly true in cases of an elderly person’s suicide.

“We tend to seek the simple solution: Mr. Smith killed himself because his wife died or Mrs. Jones killed herself because she was diagnosed with cancer,” Dr. Yeates Conwell, a nationally recognized specialist in elderly suicide from the University of Rochester Medical Center, once said in a CBS-TV interview. “We have to go beyond simple explanations and start looking … at the tapestry of older people’s lives.”

That interview was in 2002, but a dozen years later, little has changed. Each day, 15 people over the age of 65 are lost to suicide.

That’s one suicide every 96 minutes.

Why? There is no simple answer, but baby boomers, taught to “keep a stiff upper lip” and to pull themselves out of their own depression, are more prone to suicide than later generations and are now entering their riskiest years.

Although older adults attempt suicide less often than those in other age groups, they have a higher completion rate – one suicide for every four attempts – compared to one for every 100 to 200 attempts by those ages 15 to 24 years.

White men over the age of 85 are at the greatest risk of all demographic groups. In 2003, the

Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network (TSPN) reports Tennessee had 956 suicides in 2012. The state figures for suicides among seniors over 65 are not available. But if Tennessee follows the national trend that shows seniors account for 15 percent of suicides, it would mean more than 140 of those 956 were seniors over 65. suicide rate for these men was 51.6 per 100,000, more than four times the current overall rate.

Men account for 84 percent of elderly suicides. The rate of suicide among men in late life is almost eight times that for women (overall, men’s rates were 4.1 times those of women as of 2003).

According to information from the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network (TSPN), Tennessee had 956 suicides in 2012. The state figures for suicides among seniors over 65 are not available. But if Tennessee follows the national trend that shows seniors account for 15 percent of suicides, it would mean more than 140 of those 956 were seniors over 65.

Contrary to popular opinion, only a fraction – 2 to 4 percent – of suicide victims over 65 have been diagnosed with a terminal illness at the time of their death.

Two-thirds of older adult suicide victims were in relatively good physical health at the time So what’s the cause of suicides among the elderly? Researchers point to untreated depression as the leading factor. The vast major-

ity of elderly suicide victims have at least one psychiatric diagnosis, and two-thirds of those diagnoses are for late-onset clinical depression. Still, as many as 75 percent of older Americans are not receiving the treatment for depression that they need. Most suicide attempts are expressions of extreme distress, not harmless bids for attention.

Often, that’s because seniors and caretakers mistakenly believe that depression is just a part of the aging process. Too, the baby boomers are reluctant to discuss feelings of depression with others.

“Your doctor can only treat you if you say how you’re really feeling,” advises the National Institute for Mental Health, which urges seniors to discuss their feelings with their doctors.

Dr. Kim Quigley, a psychiatrist with Parkwest’s Senior Behavioral Health Unit and Peninsula Hospital, says depression among seniors should always be taken seriously.

Quigley says older adults have many suicide risk factors. Among those are: ■ Physical illness

Suicide knows no age Yeah, I’m going to kill myself, Get a little headline news.

I’d like to see what the papers say On the state of teenage blues.

“I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself” (Honky Chateau, 1972) by Elton John

Suicide among seniors rarely makes the news, but the papers are saying plenty as teen suicide continues to get headline news.

Just days before this article was written, USA Today reported how social media is raising fears of a teenage suicide contagion. In illustrating its case, the newspaper cited the case of a 15-year-old boy who discussed his thoughts of suicide in a video he posted on Google+. Later, he hung himself. The next day a 15-year-old girl from the same school attempted suicide by overdose.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the third-leading cause of death for those between age 10 and 24, resulting in about 4,600 deaths annually.

Not only did it underscore how social media is playing a role in teen suicide (and suicide prevention), but it also made clear that suicide can come at any age.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists suicide as the third-leading cause of death for those between age 10 and 24, resulting in about 4,600 deaths an-

■ Pain ■ Inability to function in daily life ■ Bereavement of loved ones – spouses and many seniors lose children ■ Fear of becoming a burden ■ Social disconnection from community and younger family members with busy lives ■ Trouble asking for help ■ The belief that suicide is a rational act and not an act of mental illness ■ Overall helplessness and hopelessness ■ Lethal methods most likely firearms which they have access to with little to no oversight from family or community ■ High levels of anxiety about their futures ■ Nothing to look forward to ■ Poor sleep “The medical staff at Parkwest’s Senior Behavioral Health Unit address each and all of these risk factors with a multidisciplinary team, including occupational therapists, physical therapists, registered nurses, doctors, peer support and home health,” said Quigley. “We use depression screening, cognitive screening and screenings that test for a patient’s needs in caring for themselves at home.”

Family and caretakers can also do their part by openly discussing whether an older adult is thinking of suicide.

Senior Behavioral Health at Parkwest Medical Center provides an advanced level of care for adults ages 55 and older with a wide range of psychiatric and medical issues. All referrals and intakes are done through Peninsula Hospital, a division of Parkwest Medical Center. To make a referral or to get more information, call 865-970-1805 or visit www.treatedwell.com/seniorbehavioralhealth. The Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network at TSPN.org is also a good resource.

nually. From 1990 to 2000, suicide rates among teens dropped from 12.5 suicide deaths per 100,000 people to 10.4, according to the CDC. But they have gradually risen over the 10 years that followed, until rates reached 12.1 deaths per 100,000 in 2010.

According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, “If a child or adolescent says, I want to kill myself, or I’m going to commit suicide, always take the statement seriously and immediately seek assistance from a qualified mental health professional. People often feel uncomfortable talking about death. However, asking the child or adolescent whether he or she is depressed or thinking about suicide can be helpful. Rather than putting thoughts in the child’s head, such a question will provide assurance that somebody cares and will give the young person the chance to talk about problems.”

Warning signs among elderly ■ Feelings of nervousness, worthlessness, restlessness or irritability ■ No longer interested in favorite hobbies or subjects ■ Problems sleeping – either too much or too little ■ Changes in diet – eating more or less than normal ■ Withdrawal from friends and family members ■ Alcohol and drug use ■ Neglect of personal appearance ■ Preoccupation with death and dying ■ Increased physical complains frequently associated with emotional distress, such as stomachaches, headaches and fatigue ■ Feelings of wanting to die ■ Lack of response to praise ■ Indicates plans or efforts toward plans to commit suicide, including: ✱ Verbalizes “I want to kill myself” or “I’m going to commit suicide” ✱ Gives verbal hints such as “I won’t be a problem much longer” or “If anything happens to me, I want you to know …” ✱ Gives away favorite possessions; throws away important belongings ✱ Becomes suddenly cheerful after period of depression ✱ May express bizarre thoughts ✱ Writes one or more suicide notes.

Threats of suicide communicate desperation and a cry for help. Always take statements of suicidal feelings, thoughts, behaviors or plans very seriously.

Any person who expresses thoughts of suicide should be evaluated immediately.

The warning signs of suicidal feelings, thoughts or behaviors may resemble other medical conditions or psychiatric problems. Always consult your health care provider for a diagnosis.

He believes depression is a sign of weakness.

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‘Secret Garden’ production brings families together

By Wendy Smith With its stellar cast and hauntingly beautiful score, “The Secret Garden,” an upcoming WordPlayers’ musical, will be a gift to the community. But working with the cast and crew, which includes several former students and their parents, has been a gift to Leann Dickson, the show’s director.

The Bearden High School drama teacher appreciates how theater brings families together.

“My favorite days as a high school teacher are parent work days, when kids and parents labor together toward the same goal.”

Working with families allows her to see similarities between generations and to witness the moments when students recognize their parents’ abilities. Community theater encourages families to work together to an even greater degree, she says.

For example, Jill Lagerberg, who worked with Dickson last summer on “Ragtime,” is music director for “The Secret Garden.”

Her daughter, Carin Lagerberg, a former student of Dickson who is currently studying musical theater at Samford, is the show’s assistant director and choreographer.

Another former student, Caleb Leach, is technical director. His mother, Melanie Leach, is assistant stage manager. Caleb, who is studying theater at the University of Memphis, began building the set for “The Secret Garden” the day after coming home from college.

He got the job done by recruiting current and former Bearden students to help, Dickson says. “Our com-

munity − it never ceases to amaze me what they’ll show up to do.”

Other former students involved in the production are Alex Koza, Natalee McReynolds, Ryan Rotella and Taylor Kelly. Kelly’s father, Damon, is a chorus member. Debby Carbaugh, parent of a former student, is costume designer.

All 26 cast members are high-caliber performers, says Dickson. Coke Morgan, Ryan Ford, Natalee McReynolds, Noelle Harb, Amy Brock, Martin Hennessee and Michelle Fratus have formal opera experience, and McReynolds teaches voice to several of Dickson’s current students.

Even members of the chorus, called “dreamers” in the musical, are seasoned performers.

One young cast member is the exception. Maddie McKellar is one of two girls who play Mary Lennox, the heroine of the story. In spite of having no acting experience, she won the role over 25 other auditioners.

While the production has young actors and a fanciful name, it isn’t intended for young children. The musical, based on the 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, tells the story of Mary, who lost both parents during a cholera epidemic in India. She becomes the ward of her uncle, who lives in an English manor. Archibald Craven, a hunchback, is still grieving the loss of his wife, who died giving birth to their son. Mary finally meets her cousin, Colin. He is confined to bed due to his father’s fear that he will also become a hunchback. Mary discovers a garden that once belonged to Colin’s

Colin Craven, Archibald Craven and Mary Lennox, played by Joseph Coram, Coke Morgan and Tori Beth Sullivan, find healing in the WordPlayers’ production of “The Secret Garden.” Photos by Wendy Smith

mother, and the trio finds renewal there.

While the story might be too dark for kids under 6, it’s a show that could serve as a conversation starter on topics like forgiveness and finding your place in the world, Dickson says.

Performances will be at the Bijou Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 18; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 19; and 3 p.m. Sunday, July 20. All seating is reserved. Tickets are available at www.knoxbijou.com or at the Tennessee Theatre box office on Clinch Avenue.

Bearden High School alumni and family members who are part of “The Secret Garden” cast and crew include Ryan Rotella, Alex Koza, Damon Kelly, Taylor Kelly, Melanie Leach, Aidan Leach and Natalee McReynolds.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLS ■ Bearden UMC, 4407 Sutherland Avenue, will host “Gotta Move!” VBS July 21-24, with ages 3-5 meeting 6-8 p.m., and kindergarten through 5th grade meeting 6-8:30 p.m. Register online at www.BeardenUMC.org.

■ Ridgedale Baptist Church, 5632 Nickle Road off Western Avenue, will host a summer-long VBS themed “Fun with the Son,” 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 9, 16 and 23, for age 3 through 5th grade. Activities include classes in cooking, science, target shooting, arts and crafts, basketball and missions. Info: 588-6855.

■ St. Mark UMC, 7001 S. Northshore Drive, will host “Weird Animals: Where Jesus’ Love is One of a Kind” VBS from 6-8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 14-18. Classes for 4-year-olds through 5th grade. Dinner will be held at 5:15 p.m. Info: 588-0808. To register: www.groupvbspro.com/ vbs/ez/stmark.

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THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 27 Leonardo Silaghi: 3 Paintings exhibit, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Presenting sponsor is Emerson Process Management. Info: Angela Thomas, 934-2034, or www.knoxart.org.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 Pinwheel Craft, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

Craft Party, 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Zumba® Kids class, 10-10:45 a.m., Community Room of Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. For ages 7-11. Theme: Red, White and Blue. Instructor: Gina Guider. Cost: $3 per class. No registration required. Info: Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@ townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Summer Family Programming: School Day in the Church, 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

THURSDAY, JULY 3 Summer Family Programming: Service Day, 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

Bee Friends beekeepers group meeting, 6:30 p.m., Tazewell Campus auditorium, Walters State Community College. Speaker: Mike Studer, the Tennessee state apiarist. Coffee and dessert will be served.

Info: 617-9013.

Knoxville Writers’ Guild’s Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Laurel Theater, corner of Laurel Avenue and 16th Street. Open to the public. A $2 donation is requested at the door. Must be a member to read your work. Info: www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.

FRIDAY, JULY 4 “Fire in the Sky” at Club LaConte. Includes dinner and watching fireworks from the 26th floor.

Sponsored by Kids First and Child Advocacy Centers in Knox and Blount counties. To register: Denise, 9861505. Info: www.kidsfirsttn.org.

The town of Farragut’s Independence Day Parade, 9:30 a.m., beginning on Kingston Pike at Lendon Welch Way (Farragut High School entrance) and continue to Boring Road, just east of Farragut Towne Square Shopping Center (old Ingles store site).

Info: 966-7057.

City of Knoxville’s free Festival on the Fourth, 4-10 p.m., World’s Fair Park. Regal’s Kids Zone; paddleboat rides and train rides on the “Freedom Express” around the park; Tug-of-War Contest between the Knoxville Police Department and the Knoxville Fire Department; live performances. KSO’s 30th annual Pilot Flying J Independence Day Concert: 8 p.m., World’s Fair Park’s Performance Lawn. Fire-

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Learn to Do Magic with the Great Bevarino, 10:30 a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Free magic classes for all ages. Info: 470-8663.

SUNDAY, JULY 6 The Vegetarian Society of East Tennessee meeting, 6 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Rathna Rao will demonstrate how to make lemon rice and raita, a cucumber yogurt salad popular in India. A potluck supper follows.

Cost: $4 plus a potluck item. Info: bobgrimac@gmail. com or 546-5643.

MONDAY, JULY 7 Open house and first beginning Tai Chi class, 7-8:30 p.m., Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Classes will meet every Monday. Info: The Taoist Tai Chi Society, 482-7761 or www.taoist.org.

Zumba® Kids class, 10-10:45 a.m., Community Room of Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. For ages 7-11. Theme: Favorite Disney character.

Instructor: Gina Guider. Cost: $3 per class. No registration required. Info: Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@ townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Summer Family Programming: Make the Mask of Your Clan, 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 7-11 Summer camp at Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. “Beginning Acting” for ages 8-11, 9 a.m.noon; “Creative Movement for the Stage for Experienced Actors,” 1-4 p.m. Info: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre. com; info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

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Alesis SR18, brand heavy duty 4 wheel TR New Enhanced H Guar. Great prices. new, $115. scooter, like new, Pay, Package 865-591-7220 Call 865-274-2717. only driven 20 Based on Exp. Ex- ***Web ID# 424495*** miles, still under cellent benefits. warr. Front & rear Consistent Miles suspension, anti tip Daily/Wkly/Bi-Wkly wheels, 12" pneumatic Misc. Pets 142 Hometime. CDL-A tires.

Range 23 1yr OTR exp 855- JAPANESE miles. 20" capt. seat COY 842-8498 that rotates 360 fish, Some Very lrg, degrees.

12 degree 14 in all, up to $100 Household Furn. 204 max. incline. 500 lb Business Opp. 130 each. 865-274-8077 weight capacity. $2500. 865-924-0342 Bed, Pillow top mattress set. Never used.

VENDSTAR 3 slot Free Pets 145 $150. Can deliver. candy vend. mach. Also Boats Motors 232 404-587-0806 Vendstar parts & supplies.

865-654-0978 ADOPT! DOWNSIZING: Looking for an addi1999 Norriscraft 20XLD, Dining Room table tion to the family?

2006 Mercury Pro w/6 chairs + china Dogs 141 Visit Young-Williams XS 250HP, Hustler cabinet, $1000.

Animal Center, the tandem trailer, BR suit, 6 pc., $1200. official shelter for BASSET HOUND Lowrance HDS8 & BR suit, 7 pc., $1500.

Knoxville & puppies, AKC Reg. HDS7 / structure scan, Beautiful! 865-206-1896 Knox County.

Motorguide 24V 2 M, 2 F, $250 firm.

865-679-1308 motor, gar.

Call 215-6599 Full Sz bed, headboard, trolling kept, $17,500. 865footboard, like new BULL DOGS AKC Reg. or visit 603-8194; 865-617-6273 matt., box sprgs, $200.

Ch. Ped. Beautiful.

865-691-8615; 640-5839 ***Web ID# 429971*** knoxpets.org 1 M, 1 F. Show quality. 865-567-6271 DINGHY, 6X4 Inflate ***Web ID# 430118*** FREE KITTENS: 4 Household Appliances 204a 2 man, w/paddles, mtr. little ones ready for w/batt. Used twice, a good home: 2 yelDOBERMAN PUPPIES, $275. 865-657-9402. low, 2 gray. Please GE Convection Wall AKC, born 4/25/14. 1 call 603-3073.

Oven, Elec., New, KINGFISHER, 15.5', 50 blk/rst M, 1 blk/rst F, 1 red/rst M. white, 27.6x25x23.5. HP Johnson, full equp., $1300. 865-392-1166 Ready to go. 1st runs great, like new shots. $600. 865-313-9219 Farmer’s Market 150 SEARS front load hull, $2,300 865-777-4668 washer & dryer, on GOLDEN DOODLE FARMALL M pedestals, new CKC PUPS, F1B, 235 Tractor w/cultivator, 11/13, transferable 5 Campers Parents on prem. yr protection plan, Must see. Dep. being good cond. $1200; 1967 1 TON FORD TRUCK asking $1300. $2500 1998 JAYCO Eagle taken. 423-733-9252. w/cattle rack bed, 88K 10UD popup, with new. 865-209-0145 Golden Retrievers mil. good cond. $2,200; screen rm, 1 ownr, CATERPILLAR AKC, 3 boys, 4 $1900. 865-310-2050 951 crawler loader, girls, 1st shots, vet Collectibles 213 $3,600; 865-573-7588 COACHMAN 36' 1998, ck. $650. 931-738-9605 1 owner, non-smok, ***Web ID# 429192*** 027 Gauge Elec. slide out, $7500. 865Trains, Trap Door Building Materials 188 Musket, 740-7000 German WWII Many different breeds items, autographs, NEW & PRE-OWNED 6 PIECES double Swiss cuckoo clock.

Maltese, Yorkies, metal truss, 5 1/2" W Gary 865-604-3740 INVENTORY SALE Malti-Poos, Poodles, x 26" H, 45' long. Call 2014 MODEL SALE Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, RETIRING PASTOR for more info. on Check Us Out At Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots Selling contents of both, 865-803-3633.

Northgaterv.com & wormed. We do library: sermons, or call 865-681-3030 layaways. Health guar. NEW Metal Building, scripture, counseling.

Div. of Animal Welfare 50' W x 120' L. compl.

Price Negot. 865-556-7920 State of TN w/roof ends & sides, all Motor Homes 237 Dept. of Health. bolts & hrdware, never erected, 6,000 sq ft.

865Arts Crafts 215 423-566-3647 803-3633 1999 DAMON judyspuppynursery.com INTRUDER 36' 28K OVER 300 BOLTS mi. new roof, awning SHIH TZU, beautiful OF FABRIC & frig. no pets/smkng.

Machinery-Equip. 193 CKC reg. puppies, at $10 a bolt. $27,995. 865-382-7247. home raised, S&W, Call 865-430-5078.

Health guar. $300 M. 580K CASE Backhoe 2000 Pace Arrow, 36', 865-406-0042 with extended boom slides, twin air & ***Web ID# 428480*** 216 2heat, & 3 buckets, $13,000. Antiques W&D, sleeps Call 865-203-4598.

Standard Poodle puppies, 6, 23K mi, $35,000 tails docked, dew obo. 865-850-9613 claws removd. S&W. TV/Electronics 197 Bedroom Suite, 4 pc, Class B Camper Ford $600. 423-967-3906 $2400. Ribbon Mahog.

Diesel Van Rigged Dining Room Set. For Camping, very low T/T CLEARAUDIO miles, many Concept w/dynavector $2400. Exc. cond. See online ad for details. updates, very good 10X5. Almost new, 865-309-0456 cond. 865-216-2049. $850. 865-274-2717.

PUPPY NURSERY

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For Sale By Owner 40a

works show: 9:35 p.m. Will be held rain or shine. Info: 215-4248.

Opening reception for multi-artist exhibit featuring painter Kathy Holland, 5:30-9 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 South Gay St. Exhibit will run through July 27. Info: 525-5265; www.artmarketgallery.net; or www. facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery.

Opening reception for “Do I Know You?” exhibit

by R.L. Gibson, 5-9 p.m., the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. The exhibit will run through July 26. Info: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com.

Opening reception for Artistic Gems of our region exhibit by local artist Stephen Hicks, 5-8 p.m., Casa Hola, suite 109, Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St. Featured works: dragon images from driftwood and spiritual masks. Exhibit runs through July 31. Info: http://holafestival.org/events/.

Public reception for “Then & Now” exhibit, a celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Emporium Center, 5-9 p.m., main gallery, Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. The exhibit will run through July 26. Info: 5237543 or www.knoxalliance.com.

Comm. Prop. - Rent 66

BUILDING AVAILABLE 1848 Cumberland CEDAR BLUFF area, Ave., next to UT. 8208 Foxall Circle.

3BR, 2BA, 1 Car 865-573-6558 after 6pm. garage over 1/2 acre. Extra garage & shop air condi- Apts - Furnished 72 tioned building. By appt. only. $159,900. WALBROOK STUDIOS Call 414-4673.

25 1-3 60 7 $140 weekly. Discount FOUNTAIN CITY avail. Util, TV, Ph, For Sale by Owner.

Stv, Refrig, Basic Immaculate home in Cable. No Lse. established neighborhood. 1711 square feet with a full unfinished Manf’d Homes - Sale 85 basement, including wood burning fireplace.

I BUY OLDER Perfect as is, or ripe for flipping; this home MOBILE HOMES. will not disappoint.

1990 up, any size OK. 865-384-5643 $185,700. 865-919-5562.

ANTIQUES:

Harvey Broome Group meeting, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Program: “The Incredible Fish Diversity of the Little Tennessee River – The Case for a Native Fish Conservation Area” by Patrick Rakes, Conservation Fisheries Inc. Open house and first beginning Tai Chi class, 8:45-9:45 a.m., Strang Senior Center, 109 Lovell Heights Road. Classes will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays. Info: The Taoist Tai Chi Society, 482-7761 or www.taoist.org.

Summer Family Programming: Chunkey, 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

Parent orientation for Kids Support Camp, a free four-day camp for kids who have a loved one facing cancer, 5:30-7 p.m., The Cancer Support Community East Tennessee, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Info: 546-4661.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 Summer Family Programming: Atlatl, 10 a.m.noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

THURSDAY, JULY 10 Summer Family Programming: Blow Gun, 10 a.m.-noon, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 448-0044.

FRIDAY, JULY 11 Sunset Music Series presents The Uptown Stomp, 7 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center’s covered outdoor amphitheater, Townsend. Swingin’ old-time jazz and blues music. Admission: $5. Info: 448-0044.

Zumba® Kids class, 10-10:45 a.m., Community Room of Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. For ages 7-11. Theme: Pirates and Princesses. Instructor: Gina Guider. Cost: $3 per class. No registration required. Info: Lauren Cox, lauren.cox@townoffarragut. org or 966-7057.

Volunteer Traveler Square Dance Club dance, 7:30 p.m., Square Dance Center Inc., 820 Tulip St. Theme: Melon Fest. Caller: Bill Fox. Info: Janice Fox, 689-2665.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 11-27 “Thumbelina” presented by the Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/reservations: 208-3677 or www. knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 12 Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

The Second Saturday Concerts at The Cove: Kitty Wampus, 6-8 p.m., The Cove at Concord Park, 11808 S. Northshore Drive. Free. Info: www.knoxcounty. org or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Knox-CountyParks-Rec/55197043075.

Harvey Broome Group – Take-a-Hike: Obed Wild and Scenic River Segment, Cumberland Trail. Total hiking distance is about 7 miles. Rated easy to moderate. To preregister: Warren or Carol Devine, 483-7894 or warrendevine@comcast.net.

237 Vans

256 Sport Utility

261 Domestic

ITASCA Navion K 2010, NISSAN QUEST SE 2004 FORD ESCAPE 2010, Loaded 24.5' Diesel, 1 slide black, sunrf, loaded, incl. kit & couch, Exc. cond. 161k. $7600 4 cyl, low miles, 865-209-5783 15,877 mi. Sleeps 5, $12,900. 865-397-2421 $72,000. 865-376-7681.

HONDA CRV SE 2011, Motor Home 2008 Diesel Trucks 257 4WD, 34,000 actual 38', Exc. Cond. 4 Slides, mi., new tires & service Gar. kept, $96,000. 865- DODGE 1990 Ext. $17,995. 865-382-0365.

992-3547 or 776-1991.

Cab, 52k mi, 1 owner, exc. cond. HONDA PILOT 2011 touring, lthr., DVD, new. 318 V8, Motorcycles 238 Like 43K mi., $22,900. $3500. 865-705-8886 Call 423-295-5393.

HARLEY DAVIDSON DODGE CUMMING Evolution Sportster, Diesel 1989, D250, 262 1200 CC, 5800 mi, like new.

AT, PS, PB, $7500. Imports $4000. 865-522-8818.

865-740-7000 BMW 2013 328i HARLEY DAVIDSON FORD F150 1985, Mustang Hardtop conv.

Ultra Classic 2009, $4500 eng., exc. cond.

Like new. 9K mi. in upgrades. 1200 mi.

Longbed, AT, every$31,500. 423-295-5393 Better than new. thing new. Must see. $16,500. 423-404-2862. $2900. 865-705-8886 LEXUS ES300 2000, SUZUKI 125 DRZ Dirt FORD F150 STX 2007, Exc. cond. Loaded.

Bike.

2007, exc. looks like new, New tires. $4795/b.o.

865-397-7918 cond. new rear tire. gray, 45,362 mi. $1050. 865-577-2079. $9500. 865-376-7681.

LEXUS LS400 1997, Coach Ed. 27 mpg, YAMAHA ROAD Star FORD RANGER V6, Dk gray. 153k, lady 1600, 15k mi, garage AT, 2004, Std. Cab, driven. Runs /looks kept, Silverado pkg.

1 ownr, 82,230 mi. great. $4950/bo. 865$3500. 423-923-8146 $7500. 865-523-8736 354-4609 / 423-534-4275 Honda Ridgeline 2013, BENZ Autos Wanted 253 RTL, 4x4, 300 mi, all fact. MERCEDES 2013 C300, 10K mi, opts., maroon ext., tan black w/tan lthr, int., navig., moonroof, A BETTER CASH $23,900. 423-295-5393 OFFER for junk cars, REDUCED to $35,000, trucks, vans, running cost 42K. 865-429-8585 MERCEDES BENZ or not. 865-456-3500 560SL, 1989 conv.

Dark maroon. Like new.

25,500 mi.

4 Wheel Drive 258 $24,500. 865-453-6344 CHEVY SUBURBAN Mercedes E420 1997, 1 FOR JUNK CARS 1996, V8, tinted local family ownr, And also Buying wind., Mod. K15. perf. maint., gar. kept.

Scrap Metal, Aluminum $3200. 865-376-1124 170K mi, white/grey Wheels & Batteries. leather, beautiful & FORD F150 2005 4x4, safe sport sedan.

5.4 V8, ext. cab, $5,200. 865-567-3555 new tires, 93k act. mi. All opt. Good Auto Accessories 254 cond. running & NISSAN MAXIMA 2001 GLE, gray, exc. cond. driving. More info 145k mi, Leather int.

2012 TOYOTA & price 423-215-2211 $4400. 865-567-6098 Tacoma Wheels, or 423-223-1369 sz 17"x7.5" Bolt pattern TOYOTA COROLLA TOYOTA TACOMA 6x5.5. Alloy 5 spoke, 2001, 90k mi, good like new. Dealer price 2003, V6, 4WD manual, cond. Good back to Xtra Cab, 183K mi., $700 ea. Sell $100 ea. school car. $3500/bo. $14,900. 865-804-8396. also 4 Bridgestone 865-919-4102 ***Web ID# 425028*** tires. 865-966-7597.

PAYING UP TO $600!!

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Utility Trailers 255 2 HORSE Trailer w/dressing room, custom shelving, good cond. 865-216-2049

TOYOTA Tacoma 2013 4x4 V6, 40K mi., Access cab, fully loaded. $27,500. 865-936-3112.

Antiques Classics 260

7X16 Enclosed trailer CHEVY EL CAMINO, w/3' V-nose, dbl axle 1978, 1 owner, 305 w/radial tires, setup V8 Auto, dark blue, to carry motorcycles, Call 865-983-0578 small car or anything.

FORD GALAXY 500, Has other items/ new paint & int. details. $3,895 or Lowrider. 92k mi. will trade for 289. $6500/b.o./trade. smaller enclosed 423-923-8146 trailer. 865-805-8038

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Mercury Grand Marquis 2009 LS, AT, alloys, cruise, climate, 121k mi, Michelins, silver /tan leather, clean, maintained, $7800. Steve 865-607-3802

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CADILLAC SRX 2004, HAROLD'S GUTTER fully loaded, trades SERVICE. Will clean considered, A-1 cond. front & back $20 & up.

1 owner. $8200.

Quality work, guaran865-523-0582; 566-5209. teed. Call 288-0556.

CHEV. IMPALA 2002 silver, int. gd cond.

Painting / Wallpaper 344 134k, Lt. hail damage, $2500. 865-567-6098 Powell's Painting & PONT. FIERO 1987, Remodeling - Resigood restorable, dential & Commercial.

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