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Early voting begins Early voting is underway in the Republican Primary for state House District 14 where Ryan Haynes resigned to become state Republican Party chair.

Karen Carson and Jason Zachary are the Republican candidates, and no Democratic candidate qualified. The primary is Wednesday, Aug. 12.

Early voting through Friday, Aug. 7, is 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays at the City County Building downtown, Farragut High School and Downtown West.

Carson was endorsed last week by state Sen. Richard Briggs, a special guest at a fundraiser at the home of Sherri Lee which raised $20,000.

Briggs called Carson his “go to person” when he had questions about public education.

“Her time on the school board has kept her in touch with the needs of our district.”

Digging dirt The Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum is the oldest continually running business in Tennessee and is now working to preserve the region’s plant life.

“In your lifetime, there will be wars fought about food and water,” Robert Hodge, the director of the Center for Urban Agriculture told Shopper News interns

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Attention, all young brainiacs and your families!

Now’s your chance to explore STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) in a fun, lively environment made just for you!

This weekend, The Muse Knoxville presents “Robotics Revolution” at Chilhowee Park.

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Tripping along Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo reprise their iconic roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold, as son Rusty, now grown, takes his family on (you know it) “Vacation.”

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Juanita Richey grins as she learns to save a picture of her first great-grandchild from her email. With her are classmates Barbara Murphy and Betty Scott.

Photos by Carolyn Evans

By Carolyn Evans Juanita Richey, 82, was one of five women knee-deep in electronics last week in the community room of the Farragut Town Hall.

“My daughter and son-in-law had given me an iPad for Mother’s Day,” said Richey. “They thought I would enjoy using it, if I knew how. My daughter gave me a quick lesson that day that I promptly forgot.”

Her son-in-law suggested Farragut’s Social Media for Seniors classes, and Richey signed up. For two hours on two days, instructor Jennifer Dancu, owner of Social Media 4 Seniors, led the group of five women through all sorts of modern technology that had puzzled the seniors, including opening an email and saving a picture from email to a cellphone camera roll.

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Richey said the classes were a huge help.

“The teacher was very good and very patient. Now I can read it when somebody sends me messages,” she said. “And the pictures, I’m really enjoying them. My granddaughter sends me pictures of the baby almost every day. He changes almost daily.”

She enjoyed the classes so much that she’s going to take more in

August.

“I didn’t know how to use the iPad,” she said. “It was all new to me. The teacher gave us a booklet with instructions that she had printed herself. That’s a lot of help!

I can’t remember what all she covered in two hours.”

Barbara Murphy, 71, said the main reason she took the class was To page A-3

Town gets ready for golf tournament

By Wendy Smith

Touching STEM

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Grandmothers learn to connect

The Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen made quick work of an agenda full of business items at last week’s meeting.

Directional signage for this year’s News Sentinel Open, to be held Aug. 17-23, was approved.

The signage will be the same size and at the same location as last year, said Jamie Stokes, director of tournament operations at TOUR Vision Promotions. The town’s new logo will be added to the signs.

The board elected Mayor Ralph Jamie Stokes of TOUR Vision Promotions speaks to the Farragut Board of McGill as the voting delegate for Mayor and Aldermen. Photo by Wendy the National League of Cities Smith Conference, which will be held

in Nashville in November. Vice Mayor Dot LaMarche and Alderman Ron Pinchok were elected as Alternate Voting Delegates.

LaMarche, who is on the board of National League of Cities, said that she thinks the organization has made small cities more relevant to those in charge.

The board approved a change order for an additional $3,100 for an improved drainage system at the new Mayor Bob Leonard Park playground.

Parks and Leisure Services Director Sue Stuhl said the playground will be completed “when the rain stops.” She anticipates that will happen in less than two

weeks.

The board approved the town’s Supplemental Retirement Plan Funding Policy. Human Resources Manager Janet Curry said the town’s retirement fund is fully funded.

The board also approved the sale and transfer of approximately 1,200 square feet of vacant town property behind Aubrey’s Restaurant, 102 Campbell Station Road, to the restaurant to allow it to expand its outdoor patio seating.

The value of the property, which is irregular and unusable to the town, is estimated at $3 per square foot, based on recent appraisals.

Mass shootings are not unique

By Bill Dockery Monday marked the seventh anniversary of the shootings at my church, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist on Kingston Pike. Two persons were killed and seven more wounded at a Sunday morning children’s service. An Army veteran and longtime East Tennessean is now serving life without parole for those deaths, which he confessed were generated by his hatred of liberals and gays.

Tragedies like the one at my church have become common-

place, most recently in a Charleston church, a Chattanooga strip mall and a Louisiana theater. Each community that is hit experiences the event as a one-off tragedy – the deaths of innocent individuals, the acts of personal heroism, the gore, the physical and emotional suffering, the perpetrator driven by derangement or ideology or whatever, the public acts of mourning and above all the horror that it could happen “here” (and not somewhere else in the bigger America that – we assume – is more violent than

our own peaceable community).

I was intimately involved with the response and recovery at TVUUC, handling media relations locally and nationally for the first hours, then days, then weeks, then months following our tragedy.

Five years after the fact I was still taking media calls about similar events. And as the list of tragedies has lengthened on a weekly and daily basis, I’ve noticed something. There is nothing one-off about these occurrences.

The individual stitches may vary

a bit, but they fit into an overall tapestry of violence and terror and heroism that furnishes the background before which all Americans go about our daily lives. We’re learning how to read the mass-murder narrative, and we even relish to an extent the details – the extravagant violence, the acts of unanticipated courage, even the arguments about the roots of these kinds of events.

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An Indo-Brazilian Zebu and a Watusi with a nine-foot horn span are two of several exotic cattle breeds at Citico Wildlife Wilderness. Photos by Wendy Smith There are several varieties of goats, nonnative deer, and a pair of enormous porcupines, which are less than happy when Cleve wakens them from their nocturnal sleep pattern.

He finds the animals through a broad network of animal park owners and other friends.

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By Wendy Smith h Paul Cleveland “Cleve” Tedford has lived a wild life − and he wants to share it with as many other wildlife lovers as posCleve Tedford sible. He’s the owner/ operator of Citico Wildlife Wilderness, located in the Cherokee National Forest.

His West Knoxville roots date back to just after the Revolutionary War. His brother, John, still lives on the original family farm off Keller Bend Road. The cornfields were covered with water when Bluegrass Lake, just south of the intersection of Ebenezer Road and Northshore Drive, was formed.

Like his father, Oscar Howard Tedford Jr., Cleve and his three siblings attended Blue Grass Elementary School. Cleve was active in 4-H Club, and showed cows with his friend Frank S. Niceley.

Oscar Howard started a business selling food and feed ingredients, and Cleve followed his advice by studying food science at the University of Georgia.

Upon graduation, he took a job with a meat brokerage in Atlanta.

But part of his heart was still in East Tennessee. Even though he could barely afford it, he bought a 65-acre farm in Monroe County

near Tellico Plains. He fell in love with the area while hunting there as a teenager.

Even after moving to New York City to work in the Park Avenue office of an international distributor of milk products, Cleve made frequent trips to the farm and built a log cabin there.

It was his exit plan, he says.

He moved to the farm in 1981 after seven years in New York and started a dried dairy product distribution business called Tedford/Tellico. After selling the business, he bought a nearby horse farm and began raising nonnative deer.

One of the skills he gained while caring for 1,000 deer was fence-building, and he eventually began travelling around the country installing fences for university

farms, animal parks and zoos.

Soon after Cleve bought the horse farm, he purchased a nearby 100-acre tract surrounded by Cherokee National Forest. He mostly left the property idle, except for surveying it by foot. It had magnificent mountain views and lush vegetation, and he imagined it might someday become a farm, with horses and cattle grazing in grass fields.

As he visited parks and zoos and learned more about animals, his vision changed. In 2005, he got the idea of starting an animal park on the mountain farm. He invested the next few years in improving the property and acquiring animals, and in August 2013, began offering tours. Citico

Wildlife Wilderness has a broad range of non-carnivorous animals, like capybara, antelope, bison, wildebeest, yaks, emus and Patagonian cavies, which look shockingly like a cross between a rabbit and a kangaroo.

sometimes hair-raising ride in Cleve’s converted pickup, which is outfitted with covered bench seats. He’s generous with his time and his knowledge, which is extensive.

During his career, he achieved financial success.

Through the animal park, he strives for something else.

“I’m not in it to make money, but maybe to hire more help so I won’t have to work 80 hours a week, and buy more animals,” he says.

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Luna Haidar, 10, and Ean Redfield, 9, are defining the term “buckets of fun.”

Fun at McFee Sherri Gardner Howell Sometimes the recipe for a really good day is so simple: Set aside time for free play and add water.

If you can sprinkle it with a dose of parent participation, you’ve got a memorymaker.

McFee Park, 917 McFee Road, in Farragut is a great place to cook up this kind of fun. Fort McFee is a wonderful playground for all ages. The splash pad may

not be high tech or have a lot of toys, but the kids certainly don’t seem to care.

If you doubt that splashes of water, slides and monkey bars can really entertain these days, how do you explain the smiles from photographer Nancy Anderson’s visit to the park?

Gisele McCabe, 4, flashes a 100-watt smile through a playground window at Fort McFee in McFee Park in Farragut. Photos by Nancy Anderson

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In her Sofia the First bathing suit, Cami Waggoner, 3, is enjoying the splash pad.

Mass shootings blood and real hurt and poignantly real death.

One other thing I’ve learned: After responding professionally to our tragedy and the one that followed that and the next (et cetera to the nth power), I’m beginning to experience a sloJennifer Dancu, owner of Social Media 4 Seniors, helps Betty Moeller, center, and Ann Boggan mo case of PTSD, not from exposure to violence in my with their tablets. church (as a police photograto become familiar with the Resort that is open to the are available to ages 55 and pher I’d seen plenty of that) iPad she has had for about community, and she offers older and are held in the but from the way we bend private lessons. community room. Classes two months.

“Seniors understand that are limited to five par“I’ve been using it a good bit, but some things I’ve their ability to connect with ticipants. Dancu’s classes been doing the hard way,” family and friends could range from lessons on using Murphy said. “I didn’t know vastly improve through the iPhones and Samsung Galthat you were supposed to use of social media,” said axy phones and tablets to go to a screen to close the Dancu, “but they just don’t using Pinterest, Instagram, apps. Having a lot of apps know where to get the help Twitter and Facebook.

Participants can regisrunning will slow the speed they need. That’s how the vision of Social Media 4 Se- ter online at www.townof down.” farragut.org/register, at Murphy learned how to niors came to be.”

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From page A-1 our words of sorrow and anger and condolence and gratitude around violent events that are truly “needless” and “senseless.”

Again and again we try to give redemptive meaning to that abyss so that we won’t be sucked into it, but when you’ve heard it so many times, the explanations begin to lose their meaning.

Yet the events keep coming because we do not have

the political will to rein in the gun industry, or help the people with mental-health needs or those whose poverty of spirit and engagement leaves them with nothing to value in their lives except pain and grudges and anger they don’t know how to cope with.

I am no longer shocked or sad or angry – I’m bone weary. But I don’t see an end to it.

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Hole in the middle of Tennessee defense Little people sing about the hole in the bottom of the sea.

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The hole in the middle of the Tennessee defense is not a fun thing.

Tommy Thigpen, coach of Volunteer linebackers, faces a very large void with five or six or seven possible fillers but no obvious solution.

Middle linebacker, quarterback of the defense, is a critical position in this era of complex offenses doing all sorts of exciting things at warp speed. It requires comprehensive preparation, reading accuracy, ability to think and adjust on the fly,

will be much better than last season. There is more available talent and depth up front and more speed Marvin in the secondary. Jalen West Reeves-Maybin might be an all-American at outside linebacker.

Alas, games can be won skill and strength to ward or lost in the middle. off big, hairy blockers and a Unless there is a radiboldness to discourage run- cal reassignment, here are ning backs and receivers who Thigpen’s choices: dare invade the territory.

Kenny Bynum, 6-1 and Those old enough to re- 250, has been around four member Jack Reynolds can years and knows more. He grasp what one looks like. is tough enough against the OK, the position was less run but not very fast. He did demanding then. Al Wilson not forfeit the job in spring did it well. A.J. Johnson was practice. doing OK until …

Darrin Kirkland was reThose who don’t recog- cruited to be the middle nize the current deficiency linebacker of the future. He think Tennessee’s defense arrived in January to get a

head start but needed medical repairs and spent spring drills watching instead of doing. He is 6-2 and 235.

Jacob Johnson, 6-4 and 240, may be a slender end but played MLB against Vanderbilt last November.

To put it sweetly, the Commodores liked him a lot.

Johnson is shaped like a football player, has size, strength and decent speed, hits hard and might be really good someday. He grew up in Germany. He lacks football background and experience.

Gavin Bryant, redshirt freshman, hurts people. He is 6-0 and 236 and a natural hitter. He is also a work in progress.

Dillon Bates, 6-3 and

225, probably should be an outside linebacker but may be a middle man out of necessity. Like Kirkland, Bates lost precious development time to injury. Tennessee has not yet seen the real Dillon Bates.

Very secret weapons (nobody has heard much about ’em) are sophomore walk-on Colton Jumper and one or more athletic freshmen.

Thigpen may have a couple of aces up his sleeve.

Curt Maggitt plays more as an end because of his relentless pursuit. But, if nobody fills the vacancy, if the need is deemed serious enough, he could switch. He’d do it in a minute, too. He is a team-first guy. Butch Jones says so.

The big win with ReevesMaybin as an outside backer is speed. He is a former safety who got bigger. If he has to play in the middle, he can think bigger.

There is a glaring contradiction between the middle linebacker dilemma and tall talk about winning the East division of the Southeastern Conference. Really good teams rarely go into August with such uncertainties.

But, wait, there is another alternative. Really good coaches solve such problems before the middle of September. By the middle of October, we may have forgotten all about this one.

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at Children’s Hospital The best moments of my summer were not the days spent at the beach; they were my two weeks at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. I just completed my second summer as a Volunteen and had even more fun than the summer before.

That first summer I walked into the hospital nervous and unsure what to expect. I was excited to have the opportunity, but I did not know anyone. It can be super awkward and nerveracking to sit in a room with 15 other people and not know a single name.

Then a woman named Kathi walked in and immediately made all of us feel at home. She had a bright smile and warm personality. I didn’t know then how amazing she truly was.

The first day I was assigned to Child Life, asked to visit patients’ rooms to ask if they need anything,

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want to play or do crafts. A few of us went with an adult volunteer to learn the ropes.

At first it was awkward.

Most of these kids weren’t feeling great and were rightfully scared to be in a hospital. But I soon learned that the only way to make a child feel comfortable was to relate to them and be genuinely interested. That day I entered a little girl’s room and asked if she would like to play a game in the playroom or maybe do a craft. She looked at me with fear in her eyes and shook her head no. I glanced around the room and noticed that she had owl balloons, an owl blanket and an owl stuffed animal. I asked if I could

sit and started to talk to her about how much I loved the blanket, balloons and stuffed animal. She smiled and said, “Owls are my favorite animal. What’s yours?”

I realized I had an opening, so I suggested we go to the playroom and paint an owl. When she enthusiastically shook her head yes I could feel tears in my eyes.

In that moment I knew I had made her day better, a little brighter.

The next day I couldn’t wait to come back. I did everything in those two weeks from playing Xbox for hours (and losing nine out of 10 times) with a boy who couldn’t get out of bed to trying to get a little girl to stop crying by walking her around the hallway a billion times.

Not every day was I in a patient’s room. There were days I would sit at the information desk and direct people to their appointments,

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cut out puppets for kids to color and clean DVDs for the movie cart. Some may say those days didn’t make an impact, but I believe they did. If I could help a frazzled parent find the ER, or make puppets so a child waiting for bloodwork would have something to do other than worry, and even have clean DVDs in case a child wanted to watch “Finding Nemo,” then I made an impact.

There was not a day that I didn’t help someone.

This program not only allowed me to make a difference in the lives of sick children, but I made so many lifelong friends. The first day no one was speaking, but by the end of the first week we couldn’t be quiet! It was amazing to meet people who had the same passion that I did, and it made every day so much more enjoyable when you got to work with amazing people.

On the last day I bawled my eyes out. I couldn’t believe it was over. I was going to miss all my new friends and particularly Ms. Kathi.

The program would be nothing without her. Her constant smile and laughter can brighten a day, and she would do anything for you.

As I returned for my second summer I knew there would be more friends to make and, most importantly, more children to make smile. I am so thankful for a program that allows me to give back and all the people that made my summer 10 times better. I love you all!

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Tom Jones, a former chair of the KUB board, has surrendered his law license, we hear.

On Monday, his law firm’s website had a blank spot where Jones once stood.

■ Gary Wade says he will leave the state Supreme Court, to which he just won re-election to an 8-year term, and may become dean of the John J. Duncan Jr. School of Law.

■ Where’s Foster? County Clerk Foster Arnett is no stranger to controversy although his missteps tend toward the absurd rather than more traditional folly.

■ This makes no sense but gives Bill Haslam a chance to put his friend Herb Slatery on the high court.

■ Arnett skipped town last week rather than respond to a KnoxViews blog post headlined, “Hacked or Unhinged?

You Decide.”

■ Slatery has been on a career fast track, serving as Haslam’s legal counsel before the Supreme Court appointed him as attorney general in 2014.

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Will Ward flip or skip commission race?

Among the citizens who showed up for the Powell edition of Ed and Bob Show (i.e. the traveling constituent meeting road show put on by county commissioners-at-large Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas) was Chuck Ward, the “Fix it, Flip it or Skip it” radio show guy.

Brantley introduced Ward to the crowd as a “probable” county commission candidate from District 9 next year.

was being interviewed by telephone on his way to a real estate agent’s office to pick up a gift he’d been told would be waiting for him at the front desk. When he walked in, he remarked that the place seemed deserted, yoo-hooed and got a terse response from some guy in the back.

“That’s funny. They don’t have a clue who they’re talking to. I could be Vice President Gore’s son,” he said.

“This font desk hasn’t been used in years …”

A few seconds later, the Betty Realtor he was looking for Bean materialized with the gift and Ward was back in his car on his way to deliver a refrigerator, explaining By the time the Shopper- the house flipping business News caught up with Ward, while he drove. a busy guy who’s always on “I’d have been a superstar his way to somewhere else, if I’d had somebody to marhe’d downgraded his can- ket me five years ago,” he didate status from prob- said. “I’ve flipped over 800 able to just the other side houses in 27 years – ain’t of possible. He’s just got nobody in the nation done too many irons in the fire, that.” he said, which was why he He started small, with

a house in Colonial Village that he moved into.

“As I was working on that house, I realized that I enjoyed it and it was fun, and thought to myself I could make Ward some money doing this, so I bought a flip home to sell on Martin Mill pike, just past Bonnie Kate, and it went well – $12,000 on that first flip. So I was kinda hooked, as my dad used to say …”

After that, he’d buy maybe two or three houses a year, sometimes in partnership with friends, and the number grew to 10 or 12 a year, and kept going. Over the last 10 years, he’s averaged between 30 and 40 a year, and for a while held down a fulltime job as stage manager at the Civic Coliseum. He left the job five years ago, but still does freelance

stage managing at the coliseum, Thompson-Boling Arena, the Tennessee Theatre and Gatlinburg venues.

He’s kept some houses as rentals, but says flipping is his first love.

“There’s nothing like taking a house and transforming it into a desirable property,” he said.

Add that to his weekly “Fix it, Flip it or Skip it” radio hour, the script he’s preparing for a TV show, the offer he’s mulling to start flipping mobile homes, and it doesn’t leave much room for politics.

“I was out at Powell supporting Bob and Ed, and I mentioned that several people have approached me. I ran a few years ago, and got beat by 300 votes. Another time I started to run and Paul Pinkston jumped back in at the last minute, and I decided not to do it. But I’m 49, still young enough so I can say I’ll never close my doors, and I’ll always try to keep my options open.”

Foster in line to be city’s new redevelopment director Dawn Michelle Foster, who will soon step into Knoxville Redevelopment Director Bob Whetsel’s shoes, doesn’t mind being a woman in an industry typically dom i nated by men.

She spent 22 years as a senior transportation planner Foster and construction project manager for Wilbur Smith Associates (now CDM Smith) before her career with the city.

“This will be the first time I’ve ever had a woman boss,” she says, referring to Mayor Madeline Rogero.

Foster, who is also African American, will work closely with Anne Wallace, who will fill Foster’s previous role as deputy director of redevelopment. It’s a sign of a forward-thinking city that the office is so diverse, as is the sheer number of current redevelopment projects.

The south waterfront has been Foster’s primary focus since she was hired by the city three years ago, and she’s enthusiastic about the changes that are happening in that part of town. In early July, ground was broken for Suttree Landing Park − part of a 750-acre redevelopment project across the Tennessee River from downtown and the University of Tennessee.

Updates to Sevier Avenue are creating interest in ex-

to be patient until the proj- over, she says. ect’s anticipated completion She is grateful to have date of August of 2017. had the opportunity to work “In a couple of years, with Whetsel. He’s been a Wendy we’ll be skipping down the great mentor, and she apSmith sidewalk with smiles on our preciates the leadership faces because of the new style he developed during streetscape.” his former career as a high One of the benefits of school football coach. She isting structures from local Foster’s new job will be get- is glad to continue to work developers, she says, and ting to work with other city with Wallace, who is also plans for apartments at the departments, since the proj- well-respected.

“We’ll make Bob proud.” former Baptist Hospital site ects require so much crossand the Island Home area are coming along. The realignment of the entrance of Fort Dickerson Park is finished, and further enhancements should be completed by the end of the year.

Such improvements, paired with the city’s Urban Wilderness, will revitalize South Knoxville.

“All that vibrancy is starting to take place,” she says.

Now Foster will have other major projects on her plate, like Magnolia and Cumberland Avenues and R.B. and Susan Schumpert stand with John Fugate (center) at Downtown North. She rec- his campaign kickoff. Photo submitted ognizes that redevelopment calls for residents to be open-minded − and patient.

Concept plans don’t always look like the “cake on the John Fugate of Fountain City has launched his campaign box,” and they require enor- for the Republican nomination for Knox County Commismous amounts of time and sion from District 2. The seat is currently held by Amy Bromoney, she says. But the yles, a Democrat who has opted not to seek a third term. ultimate payout is blighted Fugate served briefly on the school board as an appoinproperty that is made useful tee of County Commission when Indya Kincannon reagain. signed and before Tracie Sanger was elected.

Redevelopment yields He said some 150 people attended Saturday’s kickoff other resources. There have in Fountain City Park. Notables included Mayor Tim Burbeen hundreds of millions chett, Law Director Bud Armstrong, Property Assessor of dollars of private invest- Phil Ballard and commissioners Dave Wright, Jeff Ownby ment around Cumberland and Bob Thomas.

Avenue, and Foster expects Michele Carringer is also a candidate for the GOP nomimore to come. That’s anoth- nation. The primary is in May 2016 with the general elecer good reason for residents tion in August.

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Harwell idea delays vote on gas tax House Speaker Beth Harwell has urged that part or all of the $400 million in additional state tax collections should go for new roads and existing road repairs. This is new money coming into the state treasury that was not anticipated when the state budget was enacted a few months ago.

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What is significant here is that Harwell is voicing a game plan for the Legislature to tackle the road issue in a way that would enable it to avoid a gas tax increase vote in the 2016 session starting in five months. This would be new money one time for roads and would allow the lawmakers to skip a gas tax vote in an election year.

Harwell is considered a potential candidate for governor and has been traveling the state. She did a Rotary Club talk in Knoxville and appeared for state Rep. Roger Kane over the past few months.

She is expected back in East Tennessee several times this fall.

Gov. Haslam with a new chief of staff, Jim Henry, may wish to avoid this contentious issue where success is not assured coming on top of the Insure Tennessee loss last January. Most observers see increasing the gas tax as a high mountain to climb in 2016 when many lawmakers ran on a program of lower taxes.

It is hard to explain a vote for a higher tax if within the recent past you have pledged backing for lower taxes.

■ MPC has been sued in federal court over gender discrimination by its former finance director, Dee Ann Reynolds, who lives in Union County.

The new director, Gerald Green, inherits this from his predecessor Mark Donaldson, who terminated Reynolds and was himself then pushed out the door after neighborhood activists across the city called for his ouster.

This will be a fascinating lawsuit as it plays out or is settled, but expect it

to go on for months. The plaintiff’s attorney, David Burkhalter, is a pro in these personnel discrimination lawsuits.

The new MPC director no longer works for the Metropolitan Planning Commission but for the two mayors, Burchett and Rogero.

■ David Collins, former chair of the Knox County Commission and city architect, is getting married to Kirby Bell, community volunteer.

Wedding will be in June 2016.

■ Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will hold a fundraiser Aug. 4 in Williamson County cohosted by Gov. Haslam’s parents, Jim and Natalie Haslam. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was in the same county 10 days ago.

Williamson County is a popular fundraising spot for national GOP candidates.

■ Art Clancy, 85, former international president of Rotary (the first from Knoxville) and founder of Clancy Optical, is recovering well from open-heart surgery and is now at home. His wife is Sue Clancy, former director of special events for the city of Knoxville.

■ The dedication of Everly Brothers Park will be 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at the corner of Kingston Pike and Forest Park Boulevard. This happened due to the work of the Bearden Council, Dennis Owen, Terry Faulkner plus City Council member Duane Grieve. Don and Phil Everly attended West High School near this site. Public is invited to the dedication. It should be a great occasion.

■ When Jack Sharp is replaced on MPC this summer, he will complete 40 years of public service to the city of Knoxville with 28 years on City Council (14 years as vice mayor) plus 12 years on MPC. Sharp turns 81 on Aug. 10.

■ Gov. Haslam will host a luncheon for state Sen. Doug Overbey’s reelection on Thursday, July 30, at Cherokee County Club at $1,000 a person.

■ Karen Carson and Jason Zachary will debate at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at Farragut Town Hall.

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A-6 • JULY 29, 2015 • Shopper news

Corinne Arnwine Norma Holmes

They laugh a lot at Arbor Terrace, an assisted living facility just off Cedar Bluff Road. One of the funniest lines delivered at last week’s Shopper-News get-together with Arbor Terrace residents came from Olean Robinson, who got to know Peyton Manning while working in the bookstore at the University Center when he was a student. She particularly remembers the time when he came in to pick out some birthday cards even though he was about to be late to class.

“He asked me to tell anybody who came looking for him, ‘Well, I haven’t seen him.’ And when he finished paying for his cards, he took off running as fast as he could go,” she said.

Betty M. Wilson, a retired nurse, has a Manning memory of her own. She said she met him when at UT when she was taking speech therapy after her stroke. She remembers him as very nice.

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She told of a time when she and Al sat next to Sen. Howard Baker at a Sertoma Club event.

Baker got positive comments from the gathering.

The group was a mixture of lifelong Knoxville residents like Robinson and Knoxvillians by choice, like Holmes.

Minnie Chilton, who lived in Kentucky, was head cashier at United Citizens Bank in Campbellsburg, and recalled the time her bank got robbed by a hapless wannabe crook.

“The man come in and he demanded money – but turned out we knew him.

Then when he went out, somebody recognized him.

He liked to have scared the teller to death.”

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traveler) and Beulah Alice Bittner, also a retired nurse and another native Kentuckian (who most recently lived in Indiana) had grandfathers who fought in the Civil War. They shared some family memories: Chilton’s grandfather, a Confederate Army soldier, was captured and spent the war locked up and starving. He never spoke of those times.

Arnwine’s family was split down the middle. Bittner’s Confederate-sympathizing family hid hams and other food supplies in a cave that was discovered and raided

by Union soldiers.

Robinson and her sister, LaMuriel Smothers, both live in Arbor Terrace, and their parents lived there, too, some years ago. Both sisters were involved in the restaurant business, and if Smothers’ first name looks familiar, it’s probably because it’s on the menu at Buddy’s Bar-B-Q – LaMuriel’s Lemon Ice Box Pie, $1.99 per slice. LaMuriel and her late husband, Buddy Smothers, started the

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Arbor Terrace residents have a communal garden that’s provided the residents Olean Robinson with fried green tomatoes, summer squash and ripe tomatoes that have gone on top of pizzas made in cooking class.

Arbor Terrace opened in August 1997, and has about 88 residents at present. Joy Hall has been the executive director since the opening; Erin Parten is engagement director and arranged our visit.

“We play all day,” says Erin.

“She plans a year ahead,” adds resident Betty Leverette, a retired teacher and Minne Chilton principal from Virginia.

“Got to to get the music and speakers we want,” says Erin.

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Feeding the flock Hunger Ministries goes garden to table at First Farragut UMC

By Carolyn Evans The sun was bearing down hard at 11 a.m., and the air was muggy, but that didn’t slow Laura Derr. She was standing in a row of green beans that stretched over her head, picking as fast as she could. The garden at First Farragut United Methodist Church is a big deal to those who are mission-minded at the church.

The tomatoes, okra, kale, lettuce, radishes and peppers growing in the garden next to the church help support the church’s program known as the Hunger Ministries.

Derr, a member of the church’s service team, coordinates the garden, the FISH ministry and the mobile pantry. She grew up in rural Kentucky and can remember working in the family garden with three siblings.

“I picked green beans a lot, and I snapped them on the front porch,” she said.

“I remember working in the garden wasn’t as much fun then as it is now.”

This is the fourth summer the vegetables have made a big impact on the church’s food ministry through the mobile pantry and the FISH ministry. The bounty from the garden is also available on the Hunger Table on Sunday mornings, where parishioners can purchase the vegetables with the donations going into the Hunger Ministries budget.

While Derr was outside in the garden, a team of FISH volunteers was inside with a big map, pushpins, notebooks and phones. The goal of FISH is to deliver groceries to those without transportation. Like a trained military unit, they were executing their mission: taking calls, plotting locations on the map and handing off addresses to the driving team.

“We can’t do this by ourselves,” Derr said. “We part-

ner with Faith Fellowship Cumberland Presbyterian Church just down the road and St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church right across Kingston Pike.”

First Farragut UMC is part of the West Knoxville FISH Hospitality Pantry, an organization of 18 churches.

The amount of food delivered varies depending on household size but supplies each family with three days of food. In addition to the monthly FISH distribution, one month each year the three churches are responsible for stocking the FISH panty at a cost of about $4,000.

“One of the reasons it has been a successful ministry is that we’re partnering with other churches,” Derr said. “It’s one of the great blessings of this ministry that it has survived for 20 years as strictly a volunteer ministry.”

At the phone table, Dorothy Morton took a call from someone raising two grandchildren. “They need a little bit of everything,” she said.

“We have a lot of grandparents who call.”

Drivers use their own vehicles to go to the church where the food is stored, gather the necessary bags of groceries and deliver them to the door of five to eight residences. By afternoon, the team had made 49 deliveries all over Knox County.

Derr’s green beans were in the mix for 15 households.

Jim Stinnett, a member of Faith Fellowship Cumberland Presbyterian Church, has been a driver for about 12 years. “It’s part of our church’s mission,” he said. “We strongly believe we need to go to the urban areas. The biggest fulfillment I personally get out of it is the children, especially in the summertime when they’re out of school and don’t have access to the meals at school. Typically

The land of forgetfulness Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?

(Psalm 88: 12-13 NRSV) It is obvious to me that the Bible really does address all aspects of our lives. Especially the Psalms; that is where the human condition is most evident.

The truth is, the older I get, the more forgetful I become.

Sometimes that is a blessing; there are things I need to, want to, should forget. Wrongs done to me, hurtful words said to me, mistakes I made that I cannot undo. Those are things that are best forgotten. As one sage said, “Give it up, let it go and set it free!”

When I forget where I put my glasses, or what time I have an appointment in town? Well, that is embarrassing! But when I forget to write a column (something I have been doing every week for 25 years this August), it is horrifying!

I could defend myself by telling everyone about the crises (major and minor) that have been swirl-

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ing. I could plead the excitement of the upcoming wedding of my firstborn. I could even quote the dear elderly lady I knew in my childhood who frequently defended herself by saying (with a sigh), “Well, I’m just an old woman.”

But I am stubbornly unwilling to cop to that.

I don’t feel old! I don’t think old! I don’t act old!

At least, I don’t think I do.

And, I suppose, that is true of all of us. We think of ourselves as we were in our prime. We feel, oh, maybe 39. Jack Benny was forever 39. If he can get away with it, why can’t I? Methuselah lived 969 years.

I would bet he forget a few things, too!

Laura Derr picks green beans at First Farragut United Methwhen we pull up, children odist Church. Vegetables are the first ones out of the from the garden help supply house to the car.” the Hunger Ministries of the What prompted Derr to church. Photos by Carolyn Evans get involved?

“I would like to tell you there was a bolt of lightning,” she said, “but I just Dorothy Morton is part of the like doing the Hunger MinFISH phone team. She is takistries. There’s a satisfaction ing a call from a grandparent to knowing people are being who needs groceries. fed. We have a very giving church. They’re very supportive financially and with their volunteer presence.”

Fred Ludwig was one of the good guys The Council of West Knox County Homeowners has some detail-oriented board members with many technical issues to discuss. The meetings are long. So when Sheriff’s Office Captain Fred Ludwig finally stood to speak most were ready to depart.

Fred made sure everyone left with a smile. He was respectful of their time, yet always had something funny to say in his law enforcement report.

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bers of CWKCH were among those mourning the passing July 22 of Captain Ludwig, 60. His obituary said he “ended his watch.”

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Shopper-News interns get a sneak peek at the under-construction visitor center at Knoxville Botanical Gardens. The center is slated to open in August. Photo by Amanda McDonald

Preventing an agriculture apocalypse

By Annie Dockery The Knoxville BotaniMartha Ashe stands in the garden dedicated to the memory of her grandmother, for whom she was named. Ashe is the cal Garden and Arboretum, daughter of former Knoxville mayor Victor Ashe and works in which was once Howell the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum visitor center. Nurseries, is the oldest conPhotos by S. Carey tinually running business in Tennessee and is now working to preserve the region’s plant life.

“In your lifetime, there Then, they got a personal will be wars fought about

By Shannon Carey Shopper-News interns tour of the gardens from food and water,” Robert were slated to spend the Martha Ashe, daughter of Hodge, the director of the day at the FBI’s Knoxville former Knoxville mayor Center for Urban Agriculheadquarters, but due to the Victor Ashe. Martha is ture told interns. The center tragic shootings in Chat- working in the visitor cen- is located on the grounds of tanooga we had to come up ter this summer, just yards the Botanical Gardens.

In the last two years, away from a beautiful area with a different plan.

Thankfully, the staff and dedicated to the memory Hodge explained, there has volunteers at the Knoxville of her grandmother, also been a 40 percent loss in the honeybee population. HonBotanical Gardens and Ar- named Martha Ashe.

“I like it,” she said. “I feel eybees are integral to the boretum welcomed interns pollination of the world’s with open arms. Interns like I’m part of the place.”

Martha gave the interns a food supply, and their steady were good sports in the heat, volunteering their ef- sneak peek at the Botanical decline can cause substanforts at the Center for Urban Gardens’ new visitor center, tial food reduction. The herAgriculture tucked in a cor- scheduled to open in Au- bicides and pesticides used in both large-scale farming gust. ner of the gardens.

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and in the average backyard are culprits in the honeybees’ demise.

In today’s culture, where few Americans have fruit and vegetable gardens and 80 percent of America’s produce is shipped from California, native species of plants and produce are dying off.

Consumers may think they are eating locally when in fact they are not.

Stores may label produce as “locally grown” as long as that produce is local in one of the store’s locations.

Consequently, a national store may label tomatoes from California as “locally grown” in a Tennessee store.

The primary focus of large farms is to produce food that can withstand crosscountry shipment, not taste or species preservation.

Hodge said Tennessee

once had more than 5,000 types of apples. Today, this is not so. In the years to come, fewer and fewer variations of apples, potatoes, zucchini, and other fruits and vegetables will be available for consumption, because most Tennesseans have stopped growing regional produce.

This means that the children and grandchildren of today’s adults will never taste many of the fruits and vegetables they loved growing up.

Hodge explained how everyone has the ability to aid in current agricultural issues.

With the decline in honeybee population, it is important to cease using herbicides and pesticides in the yard.

To prevent the extinction of local plants, network with friends and gardeners to find heirloom seeds, ask them to share, plant

them, and pass the seeds on. Websites like rareseeds. com and slowfoodusa.org provide an online way to obtain heirloom and endangered seeds.

The Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum provides additional resources for those who want to help.

“Families can get plots here for free,” said Hodge.

Those interested can call to reserve a free plot on which to garden. The Center for Urban Agriculture also provides classes on how to create community gardens at churches.

By eliminating the use of herbicides and pesticides and by planting an heirloom garden, anyone can help preserve the world’s food supply.

Info: 862-8717 or find Center for Urban Agriculture on Facebook

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A technology wonderland

By Carol Shane Attention, all young brainiacs and your families!

Now’s your chance to explore STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) in a fun, lively environment made just for you!

This weekend, The Muse Knoxville presents “Robotics Revolution” at Chilhowee Park.

Formerly known as The Discovery Center, The Muse Knoxville is “a newly reimagined space designed for kids from 1 to 101,” according to its website. The organization’s fun, interactive exhibits provide opportunities for kids to discover and explore the physical sciences. “With almost 4,000 square feet of exhibit and play space, you are sure to find something that will inspire the love of learning in you!”

At “Robotics Revolution” young techies can see, and maybe participate in, such things as the Lego Tower Challenge, where Lego cities are built by teams and then shook on an “earthquake table” to see which city survives. There’s a Sumo Bot wrestling match and many other robotics and technology demonstrations.

A new and very exciting addition to the lineup is a live Skype call with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps. El-

Young techies will enjoy “Robotics Revolution,” presented by The Muse Knoxville at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park this weekend. Photo submitted lie Kittrell, executive director of The Muse Knoxville, says, “Dr. Epps will join our event to help further inspire children to pursue a path in STEM. Her background as an astronaut, aquanaut, CIA technical intelligence officer, and as a technical specialist for Ford Motor Company is a spectacular example for young children.

Her voice, particularly for young women, is one that we hope will make a lifelong impression.

“We feel very fortunate to have this opportunity to speak with her.”

There’s plenty of fun to be had at “Robotics Revolution,” but this is cutting-edge, real-world stuff, and adult participa-

tion is highly valued. “Are you a FIRST [”For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology”] coach, mentor, or parent?” asks the website. “At the World FIRST Championships this year in St. Louis, FIRST founder Dean Kamen challenged everyone in attendance to ‘Grow FIRST Faster,’ to reach more kids in more communities. Help build relationships with new and emerging teams in our area as we support the growth of FIRST programs to new schools and neighborhoods. Volunteers will staff information tables to meet visitors who are interested in learning more about FIRST, and have the opportunity to create advisory connections with new coaches and mentors.”

“Robotics Revolution” happens from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, August 1 at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. Admission is $6 per person, with family passes available for $24.

Children ages five and under are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased at the event or online in advance at www.themuseknoxville. org, or by calling 594-1494.

Parents who wish to become involved as FIRST mentors are urged to visit http://goo. gl/forms/FP65W5LMd7.

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weekender FRIDAY ■ Alive After Five: Jazzspirations Live with Brian Clay, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets: $10; $5 for members/students. Info: 934-2039.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY ■ Kayak, SUP & Hydro-Bike Moonlight Tour, 8:30-10:15 p.m., Norris Dam Marina, 1604 Norris Freeway, Andersonville. Info: 498-9951.

■ Summer Movie Magic: “Gone With the Wind,” Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Showings: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets, Tennessee Theatre box office and 800-745-3000.

■ “Sealed for Freshness” by Doug Stone, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St. Performances: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Info/tickets: http://www. theatreknoxville.com.

SATURDAY ■ 2015 Knox Classic Bodybuilding, Figure, Bikini and Physique, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: www.knoxvillecoliseum. com or 215-8999; KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444 or 877995-9961.

■ Back to School Princess & Pirate Party, 1-2:30 p.m., Grassy Valley Baptist Church, 10637 Kingston Pike. Tickets: $10, available at the door. For all ages; open to the public.

■ Robotics Revolution, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. Hosted by The Muse Knoxville. Features: Lego building competitions, robotics and technology demonstrations, hands-on activities with The Muse, live Skype call with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps and more. Info: themuseknoxville.org.

■ Second annual corn-hole tournament to benefit Angelic Ministries. 12:30 p.m., under the big top at The Ministry, 1218 N. Central St. Info/registration: angelicministries.com.

■ Shakespeare on the Square: “The Taming of the Shrew,” 7 p.m., Market Square. Info: 546-4280; www.tennesseestage. com tennesseestage@comcast.net.

SUNDAY ■ Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Jam, 4-6 p.m., the Emporium, 100 S. Gay St. Free. Open to any and all who wish to play or listen. Info: 573-3226.

The Griswold family – James (Skyler Gisondo), Kevin (Steele Stebbins), Debbie (Christina Applegate) and Rusty (Ed Helms) – gets ready for fun in “Vacation.”

■ Native American Flute Circle, 4-5:30 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Info/registration: 577-4717 ext. 110.

■ Party in the Park, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., World’s Fair Park, 525 Henley St. Food, games, bounce houses, live music and more.

Free. Info: knoxpartyinthepark.com.

■ Shakespeare on the Square: “Macbeth,” 7 p.m., Market Square. Info: 546-4280; www.tennesseestage.com, tennesseestage@comcast.net.

‘Vacation’ rides again; plus one more impossible ‘Mission’

By Betsy Pickle Old friends return in this week’s new movies, beginning with today’s opening of “Vacation.”

Not a remake of the 1983 fan favorite “National Lampoon’s Vacation” but more of a sequel, this “Va-

cation” focuses on the next generation. Griswold son Rusty (Ed Helms) is grown up and has a family of his own: wife Debbie (Christina Applegate) and sons James (Skyler Gisondo) and Kevin (Steele Stebbins).

When Rusty finally re-

alizes that his wife and sons aren’t as happy as he thought they were, he plans to recreate the magic of his childhood with an epic road trip to the adventure theme park Walley World. Rusty’s selective memory clears the way for

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disaster after disaster as the Griswolds make their way across the country in a rental car that has a mind of its own.

Time spent with sister Audrey (Leslie Mann) and her irritatingly perfect husband, Stone Crandall (Chris

Hemsworth), is just part of the punishment Rusty must suffer. Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo reprise their iconic roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold.

Supporting players include such familiar faces as Ron Livingston, Norman Reedus, Charlie Day, Keegan-Michael Key, Regina Hall, Michael Pena, David Clennon, Colin Hanks and Sports Illustrated swimwear model Hannah Davis. “Horrible Bosses” scribes Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley wrote the script and make their feature-directing debut with the movie.

Opening on Friday is

“Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.” Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) must reunite his IMF team to eradicate an international band of terrorists known as the Syndicate. Highly trained operatives determined to create a new world order through their terror attacks, Syndicate members may or may not include a skillful British agent named Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson).

The cast also includes Alec Baldwin, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Simon McBurney. Christopher McQuarrie (“Jack Reacher”) directed and wrote the screenplay.

REUNION NOTE ■ Central High School classes of 1957-1964 will be held 6-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at The Grande Event Center,

5441 Clinton Highway. Info: Benny Easterday, 207-9634.

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Food City expands in Chattanooga Food City officials have announced their intent to purchase 29 BI-LO Supermarkets (i nc lud i n g 21 pharmacies) in the Chattanooga market area.

The locations range from 25,000 to Steve Smith 6 3 , 0 0 0 square feet in size and include eight stores in North Georgia.

No price was given for the acquisition, which is expected to be complete by early fall. It will bring Food City to 122 stores and 15,000 employees.

In a press release, company president/CEO Steven Smith said Food City will invest more than $40 million in capital improvements to the former BI-LO stores during the first year.

John Jones, executive vice president for store operations, said BI-LO associates will be “welcomed to our team” and allowed to retain their years of service.

Jesse Lewis, senior vice president and chief operations officer, is familiar with the BI-LO stores that were previously Red Foods. He worked for Red Foods in Chattanooga prior to joining Food City.

Also, Drew Hembree was listed as advertising director. He had previously served as interim director.

Smith cited by Food Marketing Institute Food Marketing Institute (FMI) presented its most distinguished award in public affairs, the Glen P. Woodard Jr. Award, to Food City president/CEO Steven C. Smith at FMI Connect, the industry’s premier event.

Smith was recognized for his 36 years with Food City, a grocery chain started by his father, Jack Smith, and for his advocacy for the food retail industry.

“Perhaps one of Smith’s most creative and hardfought victories was completed last year – getting wine in grocery stores in Tennessee,” said FMI senior vice president Jennifer Hatcher.

“Steve won’t take ‘no’ for an answer when it comes to change that will benefit his customers, his associates, his company or his industry.”

At the federal level, Smith was one of the first FMI members to agree that the battle over swipe fees was one the food retail industry had to engage, as evidenced by his testimony on Capitol Hill in 2007 before the House Judiciary Antitrust Task Force, Hatcher said.

REUNION NOTE ■ Standard Knitting Mills reunion, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. All former employees or

family members are invited.

Finger foods only will be accepted. Info: 254-3905.

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A rendering of the new facility is shown at the ground-breaking for Gastrointestinal Associates in Dowell Springs.

New facility at Dowell Springs

By Sara Barrett A well-known medical group has broken ground for a new facility at Dowell Springs.

Gastrointestinal Associates is investing $15 million to build a facility that will feature an Ambulatory Surgery Center, Center of Excellence for the treatment of Crohn’s and Colitis, and a comprehensive weight management center.

Gastrointestinal Associates (GIA) co-founder Dr. Bergein “Gene” Overholt was unable to speak, having lost his voice earlier in the day. CEO Jeff Dew spoke for the group.

GIA will absorb its current operations at the nearby Weisgarber Road location into the new facility, scheduled to open next summer. It will continue to operate facilities at 629 Delozier Way off Emory Road near Tennova Medical Center and at 11440 Parkside Drive in West Knox County.

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“I had hemorrhoid problems since I was 18, but they didn’t always bother me so I never had them treated,” explains Sarah. “When I traveled or sat for long periods, sometimes they’d flare up or bleed, but you know the joke about sitting on a donut pillow after hemorrhoid surgery? I figured the cure was worse than the disease.”

Sarah was surprised and relieved to learn that pain and a difficult recovery is no longer a side effect of hemorrhoid treatment. “Relieved is the right word,” says Sarah. “It was minimally invasive with no side effects – you don’t have the long recovery.”

Sarah’s doctor referred her to Dr. C. Stone Mitchell at the Premier Hemorrhoid Treatment Center in Knoxville after she complained of severe pain and Dr. C. Stone itching during a Mitchell yearly physical exam.

“Dr. Mitchell immediately knew what it was – I had a severe yeast infection that combined with the hemorrhoids to create almost unbearable symptoms,” says Sarah.

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“The treatments took less than 15 minutes each and the staff worked with my schedule,” explains Sarah.

“I liked Dr. Mitchell from the first minute. He is so considerate and cares about your comfort and modesty. He explained what to expect and I had confidence in him.”

“Don’t wait – there’s no point in suffering. You won’t find better care than I got there.” ~Sarah, Premier Hemorrhoid Treatment Center patient Sarah was also pleased that her insurance helped cover the hemorrhoid treatments. “They were good about working with my insurance company – that’s a big plus.”

Sarah says she’s glad she went to the Premier Hemorrhoid Treatment Center. “Don’t wait – there’s no point in suffering. You won’t find better care than I got there.”

partnering with GIA in developing the new facility and will help will plans for the Weisgarber office after GIA relocates. President Greg Gheen said, “Most of the investment will be on the inside of the building … the physicians and technology that will take care of our

community.”

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett said Dr. Overholt’s sister was his teacher in elementary school. Overholt visited his class with a vial of blood that had been separated into red and white cells. He told the class not to shake the vial but Burchett

had already shaken it up.

Burchett told everyone to get checked for colon cancer because “it’s the real deal.”

Dr. Charles O’Connor said with the new facility, GIA physicians look forward to helping the community and “bring them back the freedom of good health.”

Briggs says the war goes on

By Bonny C. Millard State Sen. Richard Briggs shared some of his experiences as a combat trauma surgeon while deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq and said the war continues to take a toll.

Retired Col. Briggs, elected to the General Assembly last fall, told the Rotary Club of Farragut that 8,300 people Richard Briggs have been killed and about 50,000 wounded during the war on terror.

“I started wondering, ‘Is it still relevant to be talking about a war that’s been going on since Sept. 11, 2001?’ ” Briggs said, opening his discussion. “When you turn on the television every night, the war’s not over. Just when we think the atrocities can be no worse, we see what’s happening now with ISIS in Syria, Iraq, Libya and some of these other places. It’ll soon be 14 years that we’ve been at war.”

Briggs, a heart and lung surgeon at Ten-

nova, presented several videos including one that showed devastating still images of the destruction of 9/11 and another showing a roadside bombing of the vehicle that was in front of the one in which he was traveling.

Improvements in body armor, medical field care and medical technology have helped increase soldiers’ survival rates, he said.

“We made more progress from 1990 until today than we made from WWII, or even WWI, up through and including Desert Storm.”

Briggs’ presentation was made before the attacks in Chattanooga that left four Marines and one sailor dead.

He said Americans should be thankful for the young men and women who are willing to serve.

“We have a lot of 18- to 21-year-olds who are willing to go out there and do the fighting. We talk a lot about appreciating our veterans, but I think when we see what’s going on in the rest of the world, we really do need to appreciate them.”

Boerger is project manager Messer Construction Co. has promoted Karns resident Laura Boerger to project manager in its Knoxville Region.

A Purdue University graduate with a major in construction engineering and management, Boerger has led several commercial construction projects as a Laura Boerger Messer project engineer from 2006 to 2009 and rejoined the company as project engineer in 2014.

Boerger’s project experience includes the Yamaha Jet Boat Manufacturing USA production and office expansion in Vonore; Messer’s Knoxville office renovation; St. John Neumann Catholic Church; and the University of Tennessee’s Clement Hall Renovation Phase III. Boerger holds TDEC Fundamentals of EPSC Level 1 (Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control) and OSHA 10-hour certifications. She is a member of Associated Construction Women and volunteers with the National Kidney Foundation.

TDS expands VolP services Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services market will expand nearly 10 percent each year until 2021––nearly doubling the market’s size, according to research by Transparency Market Research.

To help more organizations transition to VoIP, TDS Telecom, which serves Halls and Farragut with land lines in Knox County,

is offering a price break on the VoIP phones used with the company’s managedIP solution.

The global VoIP services market was valued at $70.9 billion in 2013 and is expected to grow to an estimated $136.76 billion by 2021, with a subscriber base of roughly 348.5 million.

To help businesses expand into the VoIP market,

TDS is offering businesses who buy a Polycom VVX500 phone to use with their new managedIP hosted service, a second phone for a penny.

With managedIP comes remote office teleworker, an intuitive online web portal and simultaneous ring to help make employees more mobile, flexible and reliable.

Info: www.tdsvoip.com or 1-866-448-0071.

FARRAGUT CHAMBER EVENTS ■ Thursday, July 30, 8-9:30 a.m., networking: Tennessee State Bank, The Pinnacle at Turkey Creek, 11470 Parkside Drive.

■ Thursday, Aug. 6, 5-6:30 p.m., networking: Hurricane Grill & Wings, 319 Lovell Road.

■ Monday, Aug. 10, 11 a.m.noon, ribbon cutting: Take Shape for Life - Daniel Van Zandt, 11826 Kingston Pike.

■ Wednesday, Aug. 12, 10:3011:30 a.m., ribbon cutting: Mountain Commerce Bank Bearden, 6101 Kingston Pike.

■ Tuesday, Aug. 11, 11 a.m.-noon, ribbon cutting: Orangetheory Fitness, The Pinnacle at Turkey Creek, 11674 Parkside Drive.

■ Thursday, Aug. 13, 5-6:30 p.m., networking: Potbelly Sandwich Shop, The Pinnacle at Turkey Creek, 11661 Parkside Drive.

AREA FARMERS MARKETS To schedule an consultation with Premier Hemorrhoid Treatment Center call 865-588-9952 or visit www.premiersurgical.com for more information.

■ Dixie Lee Farmers Market, Renaissance|Farragut, 12740 Kingston Pike. Hours: 9 a.m.noon Saturdays through Oct. 31. Info: dixieleefarmers market.com; on Facebook.

■ Ebenezer Road Farmers

Market, Ebenezer UMC, 1001 Ebenezer Road. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays through late November. Info: on Facebook.

■ Knoxville Farmers Market, Laurel Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike. Hours: 3-6 p.m.

Fridays through late November.

■ Lakeshore Park Farmers Market, 6410 S. Northshore Drive. Hours: 3-6 p.m. every Friday through Nov. 20. Info: on Facebook.

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IMMACULATE CONDO – FULLY FURNISHED! Mathews Place behind Halls High School. Quality constructed featuring garages on main level & in bsmt, new 20”x20” tile flrs in kit & BAs, kit has granite countertops & stainless steel appliances, glass tile backsplash, hdwd flrs in LR & 2BRs on main level, tray ceilings, gas FP, crown molding.

Finished bsmt suite has a full BA, work-out rm, extra stg & plenty of rm for 3rd BR & LR. Move-in condition & furnished. 7545 School View Way $186,900 MLS 917882

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LOCATION! LOCATION! 4-BR home in the heart of Powell, move-In condition, 2-sty home w/2-car gar features brand new: Hdwd flooring, Trane AC unit, ext lighting, front door & storm door, stainless steel appliances.

Corner lot has a fenced-in backyard. 7800 Beechtree Ln. $169,000 MLS 934524

ALL BRICK – 3BR,/1BA, conveniently located near Western Ave & I-75/I-40. Lg level lot, carport, stg bldg. Updates include: Roof, H&A, replacement windows, water heater. 211 Clifton Rd. $77,000 MLS 930455 FTN. CITY – Well-maintained, 2BR home w/det gar & 2 carports. Updates include: Vinyl siding, HVAC, generator, gas FP & logs, sec sys. 3307 Shaw Dr. $79,900 MLS 926404

1.94 ACRES – 3BR, brick front rancher near Norris Lake w/covered front porch, covered back patio, wood-burning FP, new metal roof, water heater & well. PLUS… 14 x 40 mobile home w/sep electrical meter & septic sys for extra income. 150 Black Fox. $89,000 MLS 931934

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MOTIVATED SELLER! PRICE REDUCTION! RARE FIND!!! Franklin Hills S/D in West Knoxville! 5BR/4BA w/room for everyone and great space to play too! Pool, basketball goal, hot tub, and huge rec room!!

Open kitchen w/granite tops and built-in sub-zero refrigerator, eat-in area and LR make entertaining easy.Huge covered deck overlooks pool. So many new items it is hard to mention them all...new roof 2012, new gutters 2012, 2 new pool pumps, new pool heater, new hot tub 2010. Don’t let this one get away! This is a must SEE!! $579,900 MLS#928427 All Brick, very well maintained home! Large rooms.

Master on main! Great house to raise a growing family.

Rests on a one acre lot. Kitchen w/eat-in bar that leads to DR and the sunroom. Level back yard. Move-in ready but priced so you can update yourself. Workshop right off basement and rec room area. Beautiful stone gas fireplace downstairs! The price is right on this house, don’t let it get away!! $225,000 MLS#933562

Ready for quiet mountain living, 5 minutes from interstate? On this 7+ acre slice of heaven, you can sit on the front porch swing and enjoy the wildlife and mtn view, go to restaurants, stores etc in minutes! Perfect spot to raise a family, w/lots of woods and a fantastic treehouse to play in! Master on main with 3BRs up and a finished basement as well! Open living floor plan and beautiful stone fireplace! Closet space is awesome and there is lots of storage. Fenced-in area for your pet with their own house as well! Don’t let this rare find get away!! $264,900 MLS#927751

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ALL BRICK! 3BR/2BA, 2-car gar over 1,400 SF, manicured, fenced lot, huge open fam rm & dining rm, 2 walk-in-closets in mstr.

OVER 1.5 ACRES! Perfectly level $144,900 MLS# 931828 JUST LISTED! 3BR/3 full BAs, land on Emory Rd, 2BR home w/ 1,750 SF, the perfect location be- detached gar. Needs some work LOTS & ACREAGE side Brickey Elementary close to but would make a great starter shopping, hospital & interstate. home or rental. $79,900 $175,000 over 1 acre lakefront $144,900 MLS# 932487 MLS# 930779 in Lowe's Ferry on Loudon Lake HALLS HALLS

$99,900 5 acres river frontage on the Clinch river in Anderson Co. $99,000 8+ acres gently rolling in the Halls school zone OVER 2,700 SF! All brick in Saddlebrook S/D, huge bonus rm, mstr suite w/whirlpool, sep shower & walk-in-closet, great cul-de-sac lot. $239,900 MLS# 928937

JUST REDUCED! All brick, 3BR/2BA, 2-car gar, split BR floor plan, over 1,400 SF located close to Halls Schools & Walmart.

Won't last at $134,900! MLS# 928337

$49,900 3 acres in Halls perfect for 3-4 duplexes $28,900 Almost 2 acres close to Norris Freeway & Walmart.

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MUST SEE! A gorgeous all brick home with 2 extra lots, tons of storage, and covered front and back porches. Too many updates and additions to list! Better than brand New! Located in the Millertown Pike area. Call to make this beauty yours! Priced @ $114,000. MLS #929876

CUSTOM HOME! A oneowner home that combines picturesque privacy with abundant convenience.

Master on main, huge sun room/BR, tons of storage space w/open, airy feel. Includes a private drive and 7/10 of an acre. The best of both worlds! Priced at $200,000. MLS #928603

ONE-OWNER HOME! An astounding find! This home has been well maintained and updated, w/spacious rooms, a great sized backyard that is partially fenced & backs up to a private farm. Over 2300 sqft plus full unfin bsmt (heated & cooled). Bonus room or 4th BR & lots of extra strg. Conv located close to I-75@ Emory Rd. This home has it all! Best of all priced at $219,900. MLS #931534

MOVE IN READY! An open flr plan, huge bonus rm, over-sized gar and a super conv location make this home a perfect choice for your housing needs. Sits on a corner lot, wonderful details in the home eith so many updates, a workshop area & more!

Priced @ $224,900. MLS #916744

< “LARGER THAN LIFE” ESTATE HOME! This massive home has almost 5000 finished sq ft of details! Quality abounds throughout.

Full unfin bsmt w/ giant workshop & extra garages. 5BR/4BA, incl master on main plus additional space for entertaining!

Can be complete with 2 additional 1-acre lots for privacy, making this home have 3 acres of land! Tremendous home with amazing features! Priced at $649,000.

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CHARMING HOME! 3BR/2BA, brick rancher beautifully remodeled. New cabinets, counter tops and floors in the kitchen. Immaculate backyard is perfect for hosting cookouts or enjoying some privacy! This home is amazing!

Priced at $179,900. MLS #931535

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ESTATE OF ROBERT ENGLISH Saturday, Aug. 1st • 10:00 AM 5720 Lyons View Pike Knoxville, TN 37919

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Now taking consignments for the sale! Only $25 to add your item today. For more info give Justin a call today @ 865-806-7407 or 865-938-3403 or email me at justin@powellauction.com ESTATE OF BOBBY DRINNON AND ANTIQUE AUCTION Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015 • 10:00 AM 6729 PLEASANT RIDGE RD. KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 37921 Selling furnishings from the Bobby Drinnon estate, high quality furniture, antiques, glassware and collectibles!!! Visit website for photos and terms.

NEW FURNITURE & JEWELRY HUGE WAREHOUSE AUCTION Saturday Aug. 22 • 10 AM Sale will be conducted in our back warehouse (Blue Building) TOO MUCH FOR MAIN GALLERY BRING YOUR TRUCKS ALL WILL BE SOLD Brand new furniture. Visit website for photos.

PUBLIC AUTO AUCTION Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 • 9am 6729 PLEASANT RIDGE RD., KNOXVILLE, Tennessee 37921 Visit website for run list. Vehicles come in daily, OR call to sell your car!

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Brenda Miles was told she had ve to seven years to live. She was diagnosed with cortical basal ganglionic degeneration, then Parkinson plus syndrome and eventually multiple sclerosis.

“I was in so much pain,” Miles said. “I was told so many things.

No one knew exactly what was going on and no amount of therapy or medication helped in the long term.”

At 54, the Maryville native’s posture had become severely hunched, and she could only walk short distances with a cane.

“When I stood up, I had terrible pain in my left leg,” she said. “But when I sat down, my back hurt. It was very frustrating.”

After a visit to Parkwest to be treated for pneumonia, a staff member noticed her hunched back and referred her to Bruce LeForce, MD, Covenant Health neurologist. LeForce suggested she see P. Merrill White, III, MD, Parkwest orthopedic surgeon, who specializes in spine surgery.

“Dr. White was my last hope,” Miles said.

Because of Miles’ anxiety about being in small spaces, White ordered an MRI with sedation for her. “I think my results had always been unclear before because I was scared and would move around while getting an MRI,” she explained. “He was able to tell me exactly what was happening after that test.”

Miles was diagnosed with spinal stenosis in the neck and lower back, in which the backbone is compressed and puts pressure on the spinal cord and nerves.

The impact on the nerve root in her lower back was sending severe pain down her left leg, which caused her immobility. The compression of the spinal cord in her neck eventually led to dif culty controlling her arms and legs.

“Brenda had been treated nonoperatively with therapies and injections for her pain, but she had a substantial deformity,” White

Tips for a stronger back Even if you’ve had trouble, you can have a strong spine. If you take care of your back, it’s more likely to carry you through the day with few complaints.

Here are some guidelines for strengthening this important part of your body: ■ Maintain good posture.

■ Sit in a chair that supports your lower back. If you don’t have a supportive chair, place a small pillow or rolled-up towel against the curve in your lower back.

■ Exercise. Strong back muscles can reduce your risk for injury. Strong arms, legs and stomach muscles can reduce the work your back has to do.

Aerobic exercise, like walking or biking, increases the ow of blood and oxygen to your back muscles. Choose your exercises carefully. For example, running may not be good for a weak back. Swimming and water aerobics support your back while you exercise. Walking is also a good choice. If you’ve had a serious back injury, you should talk with your health care provider before you start exercising regularly.

■ Maintain a healthy weight. This will lessen the strain on your back. Your fam-

ily physician can tell you if you need to lose weight.

■ Learn how to lift properly. When you bend to pick something up — even a child — bend at your knees and keep your back straight. You may have to squat or kneel. This puts the stress on your legs. They are stronger than your back. When you pick up an object and carry it, hold it close to your body. The farther it is from the middle of your body, the more it strains your back. Pay attention to pain or twinges. If you feel back pain during an activity, stop and rest. Your body may be trying to prevent you from harming your back.

White said. “She’s a ghter.”

In between her surgeries, Miles had to wear a body cast around her torso. It was attached to a brace around her left leg, which made it dif cult to move.

Despite the inconvenience, she taught herself and her family to adapt. “My granddaughter was two at the time, so I had to teach her how to get up on my lap gently,” she said. “I was able to do laundry and gured out how to drive. When I was done with that cast, I was so happy. I took it out to the road and left it so the city could take it away.”

Thanks to spinal surgery After her second surgery, at Parkwest, Brenda Miles Miles completed physical therapy can enjoy activities such to strengthen the core muscles as mowing her yard and around her spine. “The goal is to swimming in the pool make the spine last as long as she again. “I can do everything can,” White said.

I want to do,” she says.

Now, ve years after her neck surgery, Miles is pain free – and active. “I can do everything I want to do. I can swim, I can take long walks, I can enjoy family vacations to Florida,” she said. “At one point, my family physician took an X-ray and asked me if I had seen what’s in my back. I just told him that Dr. White glued me back together.

“It’s unreal what he has done said. “She was focused on getting heard that he could x it, and he for me. I was in a state of shock that I was going to have to live back her function and being able did.” to walk again, not just on reducWhite performed a lumbar like that for the rest of my life. He ing pain. Because of this focus on decompression fusion in 2009, was so good to me, and xed me. functionality and being active, which straightened the curves in For anyone in the same situation, she was better suited to be treat- her spine and relieved the com- thinking they have to live with ed with surgery.” pression on her nerves. About a the pain, I would tell them not to “After I heard that he could year later, he completed a cervi- give up. Keep looking for the right operate, that’s all I heard,” Miles cal decompression to open up physician, because there is help said with a laugh. “My husband the spinal canal in her neck. out there. I can prove that.” took care of all the details. I just “Her procedures were extensive,”

Spine rehabilitation at Parkwest Therapy Center

For patients like Brenda, rehabilitation is an essential part of recovering from back surgery.

Patients who are experiencing back and neck pain but who have not had a procedure may also benefit from working with a physical therapist. Parkwest Therapy Center offers spine and back rehabilitation therapy that adheres to the McKenzie Method, which is the evidencebased standard in the field of musculoskeletal care. Two Parkwest physical therapists are certified in the McKenzie Method.

“This method is applied to different patients based on their pain and situation,” Parkwest Therapy Center manager and McKenzie Method certified therapist Mark Conley

said. “For people who have not had surgery like Brenda, McKenzie is used to find a movement in a certain direction that reduces or abolishes back pain, then they perform that movement on a regular basis.”

The program focuses on the patient so that he or she may continue to do the exercises learned in therapy at home, as well as learn how to manage spine health over the long term.

For more information about spine rehabilitation, contact Parkwest Therapy Center at (865) 531-5710 or visit www.CovenantHealth. com/TherapyCenters.

Parkwest Therapy Center physical therapist Mark Conley demonstrates one of the machines he and his colleagues use to relieve spinal pain and strengthen spinal muscles to help prevent further injury.

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Chevrolet Impala - 2006. Super Sport Clean title 5.3 V8 FWD 117,000 mi., $3,200. (423)4448646.

Chevrolet Impala LT - 2012.

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Ford Taurus - 2003. SES, pale green, saddle lthr, 37K actual mi., $4500 (865)806-3648.

Sports and Imports Honda Accord - 2001. 4 dr, AT, cold air, extra extra clean. $3295. (865) 308-2743.

Honda Fit - 2008 Sport Edition. Red exterior, black interior with deluxe floor mats and cargo cover included.

Includes fold down rear seats. This car is in very good condition. Maintenance is up to date. Some slight scratches that can be touched up.

Belonged to my spouse who can no longer drive due to a medical condition. Never taken on any long road trips.

It has been a to and from work and drive around Knoxville car. This Sport Edition has automatic transmission PLUS the amazing paddle shifters. Interior is immaculate. CD player plus FM/AM radio. Tires are fine. 64,300 mi., $8,000. (865)414-8928.

Hyundai Sonata 2014. Hybrid Limited, fully loaded, 2000 miles, $18,900 (423)295-5393.

Mercedes-Benz SL-600 1994.

V12 eng., 389 HP. Only 83k mi. Blk w/tan int. Both tops. $9600. (865)438-3658 Volvo S40 2008. Black on black.

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Sport Utility Vehicles Ford Explorer - 2014. Ford Explorer 2014 Sport, 4x4, fully loaded, 10K mi, $37,900.

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Honda Pilot 2011 EXL, 4x4, sunrf, leather, 49K mi, exc cond, $18,900 (423) 295-5393.

Hyundai Santa Fe - 2013. GLS, loaded, black w/blk lthr., 11K mi., $18,900. 423-295-5393 Infiniti EX35 - 2012. loaded, sunrf, leather, 34K mi, exc cond., $21,900. (423) 2955393.

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74,000 mi., $17,500. (865)9194900.

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2002 Lowe Tahiti TH224SN 22 foot Deck Boat. VERY lightly used. Comes with trailer.

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Azure Bow Rider 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 2006 5 Liter Inboat/outboard motor. Great cond. $21,000.

(865)221-1455.

CENTER CONSOLE - 1995 Cape Horn 22 ft, 255 HP, live bait well, trailer, $9900. (865)6718898.

Mastercraft Maristar 210 21â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ski boat, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;91. 21â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, exc. cond.

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Needed Big Boat Trailer for 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 11,000 lb. boat. 2 or 3 axles, (423)620-1850.

Pontoon - Pontoon Boat & trailer 2005 Suncruiser 18â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 50 HP Johnson, runs great, $6,500 obo. Extras incl.

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Triton 2000, 21â&#x20AC;&#x2122; - fully equipped, fish finder, depth sounder, Minkota trolling motor, GPS, tandem trailer, 225 HP mtr., exc. cond, gar. kept, 1 owner Reduced $16.575. (865)966-2527.

Campers & RVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2011 R Pod modell 177 by Forest River. Storage cover, add on screen room, fully loaded, like new. $10,500.

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2013 Montana High Country 5th Wheel. Like new. Only towed from dealer to ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lot. Used less than 30 nights.

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Crossroads Cruiser Series M-28 2004 BH, $14,000 OBO, 30 amp,1 Slide, 2 Axle, Dry 8,000lbs, 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x8â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Bunkhouse, Dinette / Bed, Sofa / Bed, Master Bed,Bathroom/ Shower,AC/Heat Ducted, Exc. Cond., GARAGE KEPT (865)643-4404.

Heartland Travel Trlr., 33â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; model 31Q135 2013, 1 slide, looks new. $18,500, will trade on car or truck. (865)8063648.

Large RV lot for sale. Located in Outdoor Resorts Gatlinburg 12 miles east of Gatlinburg. Extensive landscaping, large custom concrete/ flagstone patio, new asphalt RV pad. $ 39,995 Call 865964-8092. (865)964-8092.

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Boats/Motors/Marine 1994 Champion Bass Boat dual console, 150 Mariner Magum III eng., Motorguide Brute model 750 trl. mtr., equipped w/Eagle 350, Hummingbird 400 TX auto charging sys., like new cond. $7900 obo. (865) 256-4224.

2003 18ft Bumblebee Bass Boat with 200 horsepower Mercury engine. 76 pound thrust Mincota Trolling Motor. Call 865-988-4927 or 865-742-2796 .

Harley Road King Classic 2009, 1 owner, garage kept.

Only 943 mi. Sev. add ons.

Title in hand. Must see. $16,850. (865)809-0405.

Suzuki Boulevard 2007 - C90, under 10,000 mi. Metallic black. Must see. $4250.

(865)397-6434.

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Motorcycles/Mopeds 2006 Yamaha Venture Star.

1299 cc V-4 water cooled engine. CB Radio, Cruise Control, saddlebag liners, Corbin saddle. 29K miles.

Full service records. Call 6934452. (865)693-4452.

2008 Harley Davidson FLHTCU Ultra Classic. Only 7400 Miles. Beautiful Nice Ride.

Like new with custom extras.

Call 931-456-0757 or 931-2480758.

Can-Am 2013 silver Spyder ST, 430 miles, 5 spd. manual, eng. 998CC, selling due to death, $15,000, title in hand, cash only. (865)454-3589.

Harley Davidson - Night Train 1999. Adult ridden, immac. cond. Gar. kept. Never wrecked. 35k act mi. Vance & Hines pipe & custom seat.

Extra parts. $8000. (865)3825061.

Harley Davidson 2009 Ultra Classic, FLHTCU 1 owner, show rm cond. Gar. kept.

Black pearl. 10,200 mi. Highly accessorized. 103 CI, fully serviced. Factory security syst. $16,900. Serious inquiries only. Can send pictures (865)274-0007.

Harley Davidson SportstEr 1200 1997, 15K mi., Mustang pkg. Extra chrome. Loaded.

Burgundy. Gar. kept. $3800.

(941)224-0579.

Harley Road King Classic 2009, 1 owner, garage kept.

Only 943 mi. Sev. add ons.

Title in hand. Must see. $16,950. (865)809-0405.

Appliances GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty 865-851-9053 2001 E. Magnolia Ave.

Building Materials 100 pcs. of Alumagal Roofing & Siding. 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Lx3â&#x20AC;&#x2122;W. 15 pcs. comm. guttering, 4x5â&#x20AC;? w/fittings; 35 pcs. of 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x3â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wide skylights, 20 pcs. 11â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x3â&#x20AC;&#x2122; acrylic sidelight panels (865)803-3633

Cemetery Lots 2 lots - Highland Memorial, value $2500 each. Sell $1300 each. 865-414-4615 WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER! Save some of your hardearned money without sacrificing speed or quality.

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4 spaces in Lynnhurst Cemetery, Sec. L, rights to monument (919) 608-1422 Lynnhurst 2 Plots side by side, top of Hill, incl. blank side of large headstone, $4000. Call 865-247-2031.

North TIS YARD SALE - Sat Aug 1, 8am-noon. Small appliances, home decor, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; toys.

TIS Parking lot, 1900 N. Winston Rd.

Railroad Pocket Watch and Case Knife Collection - Railroad pocket watch collection, including Elgin, Waltham, Hamilton, and Howard names. Case pocket knife collection with genuine stag bone handles. Each collection to be sold as a whole; will not sub-divide. Serious inquiries only. (865)363-2011

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Samsung 3D Smart TV, 55â&#x20AC;?, model 7100, used only 18 mos, $750. (865) 357-3130 Surround Sound System - Serious power amp, 5 speakers, and 12â&#x20AC;? down firing subwoofer. Quality gear (Bose, Boston, Yamaha, Monitor). Wife said had to go. (865)548-2021

Trailer, Cargo, 6X12 ft, Aluminum, Enclosed - Excellent for motorcycle, golf cart, or other equipment. Rear ramp door and side door. Excellent condition. Made by Middlebury. All ALUMINUM. One small wrinkle on lower, right panel (see photo). (423)9305295

Deer Hunters paradise - 500 + acres, includes 2 houses, will rent by the week, month or full season. Deer & roads to drive on are everywhere. Call 931-621-3415.

Jewelry: Costume/Fine Ladies Diamond Platinum Ring - Beautiful Diamond Platinum Ring for sale to serious buyers only. Please contact Dawn at 865-209-9657 for further information. Motivated to sell, was a gift from ex husband and current husband wants it gone. Please look at appraisal for specs.

(865)209-9657

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FANNON FENCING We build all types of Farm Fencing and Pole Barn. *Wood & Vinyl plank *Barbed wire *Hi-tensile electric *Woven wire, *Privacy fencing, etc.

Pride Legend Electric Scooter Purchased from American Wheelchairs. Fully loaded with a front basket.

(865)573-9955.

Wanted I BUY DIABETIC Test Strips!

- OneTouch, Freestyle Lite, AccuChek, and more! Must not be expired or opened.

Call Daniel today for Local Pickup: (865)383-1020

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We appreciate your business and value your friendship 5621 STRAWBERRY PLAINS PIKE 3 mi. W of I-40, Exit 398 (865-546-7532 / 865-6606630

Business Opportunities Gas Station & Convenience Stores for LEASE or sale.

9233 Westland Dr. next to Gettysvue Country Club. & 5708 Asheville Hwy. 865560-9989.

North Newly remodeled 3 BR, 2 BA 1600 SF, 1 block from Adair Park. $129,000/b.o. 865-2741541 or (865)579-6578

BROADWAY TOWERS 62 and OLDER Or Physically Mobility Impaired 1 & 2 BR, util. incl. Laundry on site.

Immediate housing if qualified.

Section 8-202.

865-524-4092 for appt.

TDD 1-800-927-9275

West FSBO Owner Finance, Tellico Vlg., panoramic lake view, 4/3/2, All updated, Peaceful! $339K. (774)487-4158.

Lake Property Norris Lake House - 3104 Hwt 61W, 0BR, 3 B/2Bth, 2 story with beautiful views,gentle slope to year round water,open floor plan, granite, stainless, HW, DR, office,bonus room, huge deck, hot tub, oversized gar.

2 slip covered dock & lift. 8 miles from I-75. Call 865-5990750. (865)809-4915

i buy OLDER MOBILE HOMES. 1990 up, any size OK. 865-384-5643 Nice mobile home for sale.

3 BR, 2 BA, 5 years old.

865-977-6729

Mobile Homes/Lots VOLUNTEER VILLAGE Pool, Club house.

Lots -- $99/mo. (865)250-4205

For Sale By Owner 3 BR 2 BA ranch, Bearden, fence, 2 car gar., hdwd floors, new roof. $185,000.

865-691-2650 5BR, 3ba Awesome house FSBO, 118 Hillside Ln. Clinton 5Br, 3Ba, 2392 sqft.

All Hardwood/Tile floors.

Open kitchen new SS appl. Dbl garage w/workshop. Huge Rec room/ Man-cave New roof, Quiet Loc near lake on Cul-de-Sac. Fenced-in yard. Great location for kids/pets. Must see to Appreciate $198,000 firm 865-621-8119, agents welcome.

Farragut across from lake 4BR, 3 1/2BA, master on main, 3 car gar., irrigation. $315,000. (865)675-1977.

Lots/Acreage for Sale Lots for sale 3 to 50 acres.

18 minutes west of Knoxville. $6000 per acre and up.

(408)829-7398

Real Estate Wanted We Buy Houses No inspections. Immediate Cash. (865) 257-3338

Real Estate Rentals Apartments - Unfurn.

1,2,3 BR $355 - $460/mo.

GREAT VALUE RIVERSIDE MANOR ALCOA HWY 970-2267 *Pools, Laundries, Appl. *5 min. to UT & airport www.riversidemanorapts. com BEST DEAL OUT WEST! 1BR from $375. 2BR $550-$695.

No pets. Parking @ front door.

(865)470-8686

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Morningside Gardens 1 BR Apt Now Available A/C, Heat, Water & Electric Included OnSite Laundry, Computer Center & Resident Services Great location! On the Bus Line!

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Rent Based on Income, Some Restrictions Apply Call 865-523-4133. TODAY for more information

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Accepting Applications 1, 2, & 3 BR. On busline Equal Housing Opportunity 865-689-2312 sENIOR OR DISABLED HIGH RISE FACILITY 1 BR APTS. Oak Ridge, TN 865-482-6098

SOUTH KNOX /UT/DOWNTOWN 2BR, 700 Sq. Ft. APT, Call about our $299 move in special!

865-573-1000.

Homes Unfurnished Fountain City - 2BR, 2BA, 1 car garage $700/mo. $600 dep.

No Pets. Doyle 865-254-9552 Fountain City - 2BR, 2BA, 2 car garage, bonus rm, FP, screened porch. $900/mo. $800 dep. No Pets. Doyle 865254-9552

Condos Unfurnished Hardin Valley condo - 10001 Juneberry Way, Hardin Valley: 10001 Juneberry Way. 3BR/2BA. $1200/mo. $500DD. Large kit w/island all appl.

W/D inc. 2 car garage. Hot tub in master. One-level living. Fenced back yard. Hard floors. Great room w/ gas FP. Close to pool/mail box. Small dog/cat OK. (865)363-3529 WEST - 2 BR, 2BA, 1 car garage, no pets. $800/mo. $700 dep.

Doyle 254-9552 WEST - 2 BR, 2BA, 2 car garage, no pets. $900/mo. $800 dep.

Doyle 254-9552

Real Estate Commercial Commercial RE Lease LOCATED 1 BLOCK OFF SUTHERLAND AVE. 970 SF Office Bldg. Cent. gas heat, 3 lg. offices, reception area, break area & lg. storage room. $850 mo. Lease, Lg. fenced outside storage avail. $250/mo. 865-765-1123 or (865)539-1145.

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

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STAFF/DEVELOPER AGENDA Staff/Developer Agenda, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 â&#x20AC;˘ 9:00AM Committee Room, Farragut Town Hall

Consolidation Loans First Sun Finance We make loans up to $1000. We do credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals.

See manager for details.

865-687-3228

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Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mkt/ Trading Post

Apartments - Unfurn.

Manufactured Homes Collectibles

Heavy Equipment

aLL 2015 MODELS must go!!!!

Harley Davidson 2006 Street Glide, 9500 mi, many extras, exc cond., $13,500. (865)4841532.

Recreation

Motorcycles/Mopeds

AUGUST 20, 2015 FMPC ITEMS â&#x20AC;˘ Discussion and public hearing on a preliminary plat for the ShefďŹ eld Subdivision - Phase III, located off of Turkey Creek Road, Parcel 52.04, Tax Map 152, Zoned R-1/OSR, 49 Lots, 26.93 Acres (Saddlebrook Properties, LLC, Applicant) â&#x20AC;˘ Discussion and public hearing on a request to rezone a portion of Parcel 59.04, Tax Map 152, 11737 Turkey Creek Road, 7.22 Acres, from R-2 to R-1/OSMR (KnoxFi Two, LLC, Applicant)

&* ' â&#x20AC;˘ Discussion and public hearing on a concept plan revision Early childhood and after-school programs

Antiques

WANTED Military antiques and collectibles 865-368-0682

is looking for full-time and part-time staff members. Must enjoy working with children and pass a background and drug screening.

Please call (865) 933-7716 to schedule an interview

for the Briarstone Subdivision to include Phase III, Parcel 59.04, Tax Map 152, 11737 Turkey Creek Road, 18 Lots, 7.22 Acres (Saddlebrook Properties, LLC, Applicant)

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THROUGH AUG. 9 Knoxville Watercolor Society exhibit, Oak Ridge Art Center, 201 Badger Ave., Oak Ridge. Info: 482-1441.

THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memories” show featuring Pat Boone backed by Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Proceeds go to the Oak Ridge High School music department. Info/ tickets: www.KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.

THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPT. 6 Tickets on sale for Mabry-Hazen House Boomsday, Bluegrass and Barbecue celebration, 6 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 6. Features: view of fireworks, food, live music, silent auction. Info/tickets: www.mabryhazen. com or 522-8661.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 How To Study Smart workshop: Organization and Time Management Skills, 2-3:15 p.m. or 5-6:15 p.m., Cafeteria Annex of the Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public; space limited. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu.

Mindfulness and the Alexander Technique, 10:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd.

Cost: $35. Preregistration required. Info/ registration: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600 or www.

AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.com.

Tennessee Shines: Bear Medicine and poet Joshua Lavender, 7 p.m., Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S. Central St. Tickets: $10; available online or at the door. Info/tickets: http://jigandreel.ticketleap.com or WDVX.com.

THURSDAY, JULY 30 Deadline for early registration discount for Downtown Dragon, Drum and Paddle Dragon Boat Race, to be held 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, Volunteer Landing. Registration fee before July 30: $1,000 for corporate teams and $850 for nonprofit organization teams; $1,250 and $900 after. Proceeds go to Tennessee Clean Water Network. Info/registration: www. tcwn.org.

How To Study Smart workshop: Classroom Study Skills for Academic Success, 2-3:15 p.m. or 5-6:15 p.m., Cafeteria Annex of the Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public; space limited. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc. edu.

“Kale in December and Carrots in January … no problem!” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Extension Master Gardener Marsha Lehman. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 30-31 “Samsung Galaxy Phone/Tablet Basics for Seniors” class, 10 a.m.-noon, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Info/registration: 2183375; www.townoffarragut.org/register; in person at Town Hall.

FRIDAY, JULY 31 Chateau La Paws wine tasting/pet adoption event, 5:30-7 p.m., tasting room in Dixie Lee Wine & Liquors, 13044 Kingston Pike. Info: 966-5551.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JULY 31-AUG. 1 “Ladies of Broadway,” 7:30 p.m., Tellico Community Playhouse, 304 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon. Info: www.tellicocommunityplayhouse.org.

SATURDAY, AUG. 1 Ancestry in Detail, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration, a valid email address and good Internet searching capabilities are required. Info/registration: 215-8809.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town Petsmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Rugby Roots: “Edu-Tellers” Betty and Mike Rowe, 7 p.m., Rebecca Brown Theater in Historic Rugby. Admission: $10. Info: www.historicrugby.org.

SUNDAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 2-4 Auditions for “Honky Tonk Angels,” 2-4 p.m.

Sunday and 6-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Tellico Community Playhouse, 304 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon.

Casting three female vocalists. Info: Joan Dorsey, 4081071.

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MONDAY, AUG. 3

Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info/registration: 215-8700.

How To Study Smart workshop: Effective Note-Taking Skills, 2-3:15 p.m. or 5-6:15 p.m., Cafeteria Annex of the Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.

Free and open to the public; space limited. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu.

TUESDAY, AUG. 4 Auditions for Powell Playhouse production of “A Day at the Java Shop and Greyhound Bus Depot,” 5:30-7:45 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Play dates: Oct. 15-17. Info/list of characters: http://www. powellplayhouseinc.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5 How To Study Smart workshop: Organization and Time Management Skills, 2-3:15 p.m., Cafeteria Annex of the Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.

Free and open to the public; space limited. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu.

Tennessee Shines: Blue Moon Rising and humorist Judy Lockhart DiGregorio, 7 p.m., Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S. Central St. Tickets: $10; available online or at the door. Info/tickets: http://jigandreel.ticketleap.com or WDVX.com.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, AUG. 5-6 AARP Driver Safety class, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Road, Oak Ridge.

Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, AUG. 6 How To Study Smart workshop: Classroom Study Skills for Academic Success, 2-3:15 p.m., Cafeteria Annex of the Goins Administration Building, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.

Free and open to the public; space limited. Info/RSVP: 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu.

Knoxville Writers’ Guild meeting, 7 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Speaker: Hugo and Stoker Award-nominated editor and publisher Jason Sizemore.

Info: www.KnoxvilleWritersGuild.org.

FRIDAY, AUG. 7 Deadline to apply for “Introduction to Farragut” program, 3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Classes to begin 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26. Open to any interested person. Info/registration: www.townoffarragut.org/introduction; at the Town Hall; 966-7057 Opening reception for “Further East,” an exhibit of works by the faculty and staff of the Department of Art & Design at East Tennessee State University, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Exhibit will be on display Aug. 7-28. Info: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance. com.

Public reception for “MAP!” a new exhibit featuring the works of Jennifer Brickey, Nick DeFord, Marcia Goldenstein and Tony Sobota, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Exhibit on display Aug. 7-28. Info: 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com.

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11-12 IPad/iPhone Basics for Seniors, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Registration and payment deadline: Tuesday, Aug. 11. Info/registration: www.townof farragut.org/register; 218-3375; in person at Town Hall.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12 Tennessee Shines: Sarah Gayle Meech and poet Jack Rentfro, 7 p.m., Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S. Central St. Tickets: $10; available online or at the door. Info/tickets: http://jigandreel.ticketleap.com or WDVX.com.

THURSDAY, AUG. 13 AARP Driver Safety class, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., East Tennessee Medical Group (ETMG), 266 Joule St., Alcoa.

Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

Brown-bag lunch and presentation “Technology and How It Can Advance Your Career by Dan Thompson, noon, Pellissippi State Community College Goins Building Auditorium, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public; reservations required. RSVP by Aug. 6. Info/reservations: Angela Pugh, 539-7275.

Cork Savvy Event, 6-9 p.m., Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 950 Volunteer Landing Lane. Hosted by the Knoxville Area Urban League Young Professionals. Public is invited. Info/tickets: www.corksavvy2015.eventbrite.com.

Knox County Veterans Service Office visit, 11 a.m.-noon, Frank R. Strang Senior Center, 109 Lovell Heights Road. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefits, answer questions, and assist veterans and family members with filing for their VA benefits.

Pinterest/Instagram/Twitter for Seniors, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30.

Registration and payment deadline: Thursday, Aug. 13.

Info/registration: www.townoffarragut.org/register; 218-3375; in person at Town Hall.

SATURDAY, AUG. 15 Fun with Farragut’s Fleet, 9-11 a.m., Mayor Bob Leonard Park, 301 Watt Road. Featuring trucks and large equipment used by the Town of Farragut, Knox County Sheriff’s Department, Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad, Moneymaker’s Wrecker Service and Rural/Metro Inc. Info: Lauren Cox, lcox@ townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town Petsmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Southern Exposure: The Great Smoky Mountain Film Festival, noon-10 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Films are free and open to the public.

Tickets: all Ticketmaster outlets, Tennessee Theatre box office, phone at 800-745-3000, at the door.

MONDAY, AUG. 17

The Russell Biven Summer Clayfest Tournament, Chilhowee Sportsman’s Club in Maryville.

Flights: 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. Saturday. All proceeds benefit mental health, addiction and social services provided by the Helen Ross McNabb Center.

To sponsor the event or register a team: Jennifer Boyle, 329-9120, or www.mcnabbcenter.org.

Appalachian dulcimer mini-lesson and demonstration, 6-8 p.m., Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Cost: $29. Limited space.

Info/registration: www.pstcc.edu/bcs or 539-7167.

Computer Workshops: Word Basics, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/ registration: 215-8700.

How To Use Facebook for Seniors, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30. Registration and payment deadline: Monday, Aug. 17. Info/registration: www.townoffarragut.org/register; 218-3375; in person at town hall.

SATURDAY, AUG. 8

MONDAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 17-18

Appalachian dulcimer mini-lesson and demonstration, 10 a.m.-noon, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Cost: $29. Limited space. Info/registration: www.pstcc.edu/bcs or 5397167.

Auditions for Powell Playhouse production of “A Day at the Java Shop and Greyhound Bus Depot,” 1-3 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Play dates: Oct. 15-17. Info/list of characters: http://www. powellplayhouseinc.com.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town Petsmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Performance and Presence with the Alexander Technique, 11:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $85. Preregistration with confirmation required. Info/registration: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600.

Second Saturday Concerts at The Cove: Shane, 6-8 p.m., The Cove at Concord Park, 11808 S. Northshore Drive. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Info: Jennifer Linginfelter, 215-4579 or 803-5509; Michael Grider, 215-4750 or 363-8681.

Wheat weaving workshop, 10 a.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. Cost: $20. Registration deadline: Wednesday, Aug. 5. Info/registration: 573-5508; info@ marblesprings.net; www.marblesprings.net.

AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Tellico Village Chota Recreation Center, 145 Awohili Drive, Loudon. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

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MONDAY, AUG. 10 Auditions for Powell Playhouse production of “A Day at the Java Shop and Greyhound Bus Depot,” 5:30-7:45 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Play dates: Oct. 15-17. Info/list of characters: http://www. powellplayhouseinc.com.

TUESDAY, AUG. 18 Computer Workshops: Excel, 2 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215-8700.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19 Tennessee Shines: Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle, 7 p.m., Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S. Central St. Tickets: $10; available online or at the door. Info/tickets: http:// jigandreel.ticketleap.com or WDVX.com.

THURSDAY, AUG. 20 An Evening with Al Wilson and Friends, 6:308:30 p.m., East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress St. Tickets: $50. Tickets not available at the door.

Fundraiser for ETTAC’s Equipment ReUse and Loan Program. Info/tickets: Lois, 219-0130, or www.ettac.org.

Knox County Veterans Service Office visit, 9-10 a.m., South Knoxville Senior Center, 6729 Martel Lane. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefits, answer questions, and assist veterans and family members with filing for their VA benefits.

Knox County Veterans Service Office visit, 10:15-11:15 a.m., South Knoxville Community Center, 522 Maryville Pike. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefits, answer questions, and assist veterans and family members with filing for their VA benefits.

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s distressing as the national and world news often is, one fact still remains: you don’t have to look far to find goodness and kindness.

When a group of young folks from Church Street United Methodist Church met up for some serious hang time with the kids from Wesley House, for instance, everyone involved had good times and made wonderful memories. “‘Making a Difference (MAD) in the City’ is a local mission project where the youth of Church Street UMC partner with the students at the Wesley House Community Center,” says Caroline Lamar, Church Street communications director. “We start the week with a youth fellowship day on Sunday complete with cookout and evening training session. Monday through Wednesday, we spend the day at Wesley House. In the evenings, our youth return to church for dinner, worship and to spend the night.”

Wesley House serves the people of innercity Knoxville in a Christian environment, according to its website. Executive director Tim Adams writes, “From the early days as a daycare to the days as a food and clothing pantry to our current efforts to provide wellness and fellowship for senior citizens and tutoring and educational enrichment for our students, Wesley House has always sought to meet the changing needs of the community we serve.”

In many cases, the center provides the only stability in the lives of its kids and se-

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difference Erin Johnson bonds with 10-year-old Jamiyah Rucker during “water park day.” At the right are Lucy Poore and Kloi Blue.

Kaitlyn Rotton, Meggi Weeks, Molly Tutor, Lucy Poore and Chloe Armstrong serve lunches to an enthusiastic crowd at Wesley House: Travis Binson, Jarius Brown, Alexander O’Neal, Jason Cozart, and (next to wall) Jamari Cozart and Haven Cox.

niors. And once a year for the past 17 years, the Church Street UMC kids have teamed up and paid a visit.

They provide tutoring in academic subjects in the morning, and lunches

in the afternoon. And every day they have a field trip.

Activities this year included bowling and a movie (“Minions”) and – best of all – an on-site water park day.

Erin Johnson, a rising junior at Powell High School, is in her 5th year of participating in “MAD in the City.”

“One of my favorite things is to be able to simply watch the kids grow, even though I only see many of them once a year,” she says. “Although it could be a bit hectic sometimes, seeing the presence of God through the children and staff at the Wesley House is so utterly, completely worth it.”

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hile kids and parents alike eagerly await the fresh start of a new school year, the back-toschool season is not without its share of stressors for busy families. The start of school means new schedules, teachers, shoes, backpacks and friends; as well as new academic challenges.

Adding some fun and excitement to the newness can help smooth the way. For example, allowing kids to help choose their outfits for the first day of school can help diffuse that nervous anticipation. Similarly, the chance to put a fresh set of pens to use or show off a cool new notebook can provide a distraction from those first-day jitters.

If the shopping itself is adding stress to your household, ease the back-toschool burden on your family with these helpful tips to simplify shopping for the school year ahead.

■ Make note of your inventory. School lists often carry over each school year, so make sure you aren’t buying multiples of things you already own. Some supplies are more exciting when refreshed every year, but buying the same old boring ruler year after year is simply a waste of money.

■ Make a list with your children. Put everything you need on that list, and be

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Remember that you can also rely on social media to follow back-to-school offers and hashtags.

■ Create a back-up bin at home.

You may find that your kids consistently run out of certain items midyear. Devote a special area of your home to keep extras in stock, and take advantage of sales during back-to-school season or buy in bulk to get a better price.

■ Put quality ahead of price.

While it’s tempting to go for cheap when your list is long, remember that sometimes quality buys actually save more in the long run. You can buy a ton of cheap pens that skip, or simply stop working. Or you can look at alternatives, such as Zebra’s Z-Grip brand, which are affordable, quality pens that allow children to focus on writing, not on the pen. Known for delivering a smoothflowing writing experience at a great value, a Z-Grip pen truly delivers for young learners.

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dies. Involve your kids in the back-toschool shopping process by giving them a budget. Help them allocate money for all the expenses, including clothing, school

supplies, shoes and more. Use the opportunity to talk about how shopping smart for the necessities can leave room for some fun buys, too.

■ Reduce and reuse. Save plastic and money by encouraging kids to embrace reusable items, such as lunch bags in place of paper sacks and plastic containers instead of sandwich bags. If water bottles are allowed at school, look for a durable refillable option that can be used again and again.

■ Make the old new again. Turn barely used items into something new by decorating or adding stickers. Not only is this a fun activity that can help get the kids excited about and engaged in planning for the year ahead, it’s easy on the budget and eco-friendly.

Keep leftover supplies on hand to revive the enthusiasm with fresh designs at the end of the quarter or semester.

■ Swap with other moms.

Make back-to-school time more fun by hosting a swap event with other moms for clothing, backpacks, shoes, etc. It seems that kids are forever trading with their friends, so embrace that mindset and see what exciting new treasures you can find for your kids to call their own.

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Make It a Peaceful Shopping Experience Though back-to-school shopping can be fun, it can also be overwhelming. These tricks may help you add some Zen to the experience, or at least cut some of the chaos.

Know yourself: Are you better at doing all of your shopping all at once, or would you rather make separate trips throughout a couple of weeks to ease the stress? There is no one “right” way to tackle back-to-school shopping; just go with what works best for you.

Create a democratic shopping experience: Instead of taking it upon yourself to get the supplies you think your kids need, turn it into a fun experience for every-one to enjoy. Ask what your kids want and what colors they like. Encourage them to stimulate creativity with whimsical supplies, such as the fun and funky patterns of Cadoozles mechanical pencils.

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f you know a middle or high school student who enjoys a challenge, solving mysteries, scuba diving and/ or hanging upside down, the Knox County Sheriff’s Teen Academy might be for a good summer activity for them.

For the last 11 years, a dozen students have participated in a weeklong camp hosted by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. Held off Washington Pike, students come from all over Knox County and beyond.

This is West Valley Middle School student Joey Ostuni’s first year participating and so far, he’s having a hard time choosing a favorite activity. After repelling down a wooden wall, he admits he was hesitant at first. After repelling the third time, his confidence has been boosted.

“We see all sorts of kids,” said Lorie Moore, Teen Academy coordinator. “If they’re wild, those are the fun ones.”

“We want participants to build a rapport with the officers in case they ever do need an officer’s help in real life. We don’t want them to be afraid,” she said.

Topics covered at the academy include cyber-bullying, traffic stops, S.W.A.T. team demonstrations and crime scene investigation. Participants get excited when the fake blood is brought out.

Several participants have returned for a second and third year in the program. Four of the county’s current officers participated in the Teen Academy as students.

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