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BUZZ Track Club hosts Turkey Trot The Knoxville Track Club will host the annual Regal Entertainment Group Knoxville Turkey Trot and Little Gobbler Run downtown at The Mill and Mine at 8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 24.

This year’s 5K features a fast course downtown, running across both the Henley Bridge and the Gay Street Bridge. The Little Gobbler Run is an out and back course from West Depot to turnaround at Regal Cinemas and returning to West Depot.

A variety of door prizes will be distributed on race day including Calhoun’s gift cards and pumpkin cheesecakes in addition to one free year of running KTC road races.

The cost for the 5K is $25 for ages 18 and older through Nov. 23. Cost for the 5K is $15 for ages 12 and under and $20 for those 13-17 through Nov. 23. Cost for all runners is $30 on race day. The cost for the Little Gobbler Run is $10 through race day.

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By Carolyn Evans

In her garage in Fox Run subdivision, Diahn Ott carefully paints red, Danish-inspired flowers on the side of a batter bowl. Then into the shiny new kiln it goes – where mugs and Christmas ornaments are waiting for the heat.

Ott is an accidental potter, really. Last October, when a friend invited her to go to Mighty Mud in downtown Knoxville, she signed up for the class at the last minute. “It seemed like a great way to spend some creative time with her,� Ott says. “I’ve been a painter and photographer for many years, but hadn’t really worked in any kind of three-dimensional art form and was just looking forward to a new challenge.�

She unexpectedly fell in love with the mud and the wheel that night. For a few months she crossed town to the shop. Then in December she bought a potter’s wheel, but still had to make treks to have pieces fired. Finally, in August, she bought her own kiln and launched a pottery business. In a corner of her immaculate garage, her babies stand in lines: small mugs for $25, large mugs and batter bowls for $35 and ornaments for $12-$15. Since she hand-paints straight onto the pottery, anything can be personalized for no extra charge and everything is microwave and dishwasher safe.

The town of Farragut will add a non-voting youth member on various town committees. Open to juniors and seniors including private and home schooled students. Applications are being taken for these committees: Arts, Beautification, Museum, Economic Development, Education Relations, Parks and Athletics, Stormwater Advisory and Visual Resources. Info: townoffarragut.org

Farragut West Knox Chamber gets a raise

By Wendy Smith The Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen gave the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce a raise at last week’s meeting, bumping the organization’s annual funding from $15,000 to $18,000.

Alderman Ron Pinchok, who is the board’s liaison to the town’s Economic Development Committee, requested the increase. He was “quite impressed� with the chamber’s accomplishments when the committee discussed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the organization at a recent meeting.

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Tickets $125. RSVP by Nov. 29: 525-6806 or info@joyofmusic school.org. â– The 2016 Mission of Hope Christmas Campaign Big Blue Barrel Collection runs Friday-Monday, Nov. 18-Dec. 5. Collection barrels can be found throughout the Knoxville area at: Chick-filA, Food City, Kmart, Home Federal, TVA Employees Credit Union, Fisher Tire. To donate, volunteer or for more info: 584-7571; info@missionofhope. org; missionofhope.org; mail to: Mission of Hope, P. O Box 51824, Knoxville, TN 37950.

By Betty Bean Dilemma Ultra Lounge and Grill, at 2630 N. Broadway, occupies the building that once housed Drumheller’s appliance store. Its landlord is Drumheller Real Estate Management, and it is surrounded by residential neighborhoods occupied by people who are losing patience with the club, which opened last November.

Last week, Dilemma owner Kevin Cherry attended the November meeting of the Oakwood Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association to defend his business.

Sean Wynne, who lives about 200 yards from the club on the other side of Broadway, said he posted the first complaint about

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Because the chamber’s funding hasn’t changed in five years, an increase is overdue, he told the board.

Bettye Sisco, chamber president, said the extra funds could be used for additional advertising or education grants. The chamber’s only other funding source is memberships.

The board voted to approve a new five-year MOU with the chamber, then voted for the funding increase.

The board voted to approve an agreement with TDOT for the development of a project to reconstruct Union Road from Hobbs Road

to Everett Road. Town engineer Darryl Smith said the town’s successful effort to get Union Road reclassified as a collector has resulted in federal funding for the project.

The federal government will pay 80 percent of the cost of upgrading Union Road from a 15-foot-wide road with no shoulder to a road with two 12-foot-wide lanes, bike lanes and curb and gutter with a sidewalk on one side and a greenway on the other. The town will cover the other 20 percent of the project.

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the Dilemma Lounge on a Facebook page dedicated to Knoxville crime. He described being awakened by late night disturbances including yelling, cursing, loud music and gunshots. Others talked about drunks accosting passersby.

This year, the Knoxville Police Department has answered 25 calls to the club, which is typically open on weekends. “One guy got shot in the stomach and ran to the Krystal (where employees called 911),â€? Wynne said. “A week later, there were five shots. They’re doing the same stuff as DĂŠjĂ Vu,â€? he said, mentioning the Cherry-owned club in South Knoxville that was shut down by court order last April

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after District Attorney General Charme Allen presented evidence that the club was a nuisance due to gun violence, drugs and gang activity. Cherry said he was able to keep the peace at DĂŠjĂ Vu until the sheriff ordered off-duty deputies to stop working there as security.

He said some of his Dilemma customers are being falsely accused, and that he frequently hears the sounds of gunshots coming from surrounding neighborhoods. He believes that his business is wrongly blamed for any nearby crimes committed by African-Americans.

After the meeting, Cherry and Wynne talked. Cherry, whose Facebook page is replete with pleas to

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Dilemma patrons to behave themselves in his club, said he is considering transforming his business into a sports bar/restaurant. Wynne agreed to further discussions, but said he remains skeptical.

One charge circulating on social media is patently false.

A photograph of Mayor Madeline Rogero allegedly dancing with Cherry’s son in the Dilemma Lounge spawned allegations that Rogero and KPD were “protecting� the place from law enforcement.

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Passion and history fuel award-winning

renovation

By Wendy Smith

Sallie Namey saw the white farmhouse at 924 Southgate Road every day when she walked her children to Sequoyah Hills Elementary School. She always thought it was charming, and hated to see it falling into disrepair.

When a For Sale sign showed up in the yard, she knew she could help the house live up to its potential. She bought it, even though two experienced flippers had walked away from the house due to the size of the project.

“I went in with my heart, not my head.”

The house was named to Knox Heritage’s Fantastic Fifteen list at the organization’s recent annual meeting and preservation awards.

It was nominated by Knox Heritage board member Gary Bentley, a Sequoyah Hills resident who followed the progress of the restoration.

Namey and her husband, Tom, planned to spend three months on the project. It took a year. But it was worth it to her because a young family now lives in the house, and she’s passionate about preservation.

“Some people like to watch TV. I like to peel wallpaper,” she says.

She grew up living in and appreciating old houses in Asheville. The couple bought their home in Sequoyah Hills with the plan to fi x it up and stay for five years. They’ve now been in

This renovated farmhouse at 924 Southgate Road resulted in a Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen award for Sequoyah Hills resident Sallie Namey. Photos submitted

the house for nine years.

There’s so much depth and character in the homes, and in the people, she says of the neighborhood. She was president of the Kingston Pike/Sequoyah Hills Association for two years.

The house on Southgate was built in 1930, and Namey has collected numerous stories about it. She has been told that it was one of the first built on the street, and the foreman of the construction company lived there while the neigh-

borhood was being built.

The next occupant of the house is rumored to have been the caretaker of Sequoyah School. There was a barn in the back yard, and children who rode their ponies to the school kept them in the barn. Namey has determined that a big metal The house before renovations ring on the side of the house is an antique hitching post.

After the caretaker, the Ramsey and Wright fami- rental home in the 1980s. pany was chosen to overlies lived in the house for A neighbor, Ed Nich- see the renovations. When many years. It began to de- olson, remembered roller the floorboard was lifted, teriorate after it became a skating with friends in the there was no treasure, but home’s basement, and says there was a note from colhe was watching TV in the lege students about the fun den when JFK was shot. He they’d had while living in also remembered a loose the house, Namey says. floorboard in a closet of that Happy memories will created a hiding place for continue to be made in the treasures. house now that it’s been Fifty years later, Nich- preserved. It sold in Octoolson’s contracting com- ber through the efforts of

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Namey is humbled to receive the award from Knox Heritage, especially since many awards go to larger projects.

“It feels very gratifying and rewarding to be recognized.”

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Mayor Ralph McGill addresses the class and guests at the graduation ceremony and dinner held at Fox Den Country Club. Photo

by Margie Hagen

Introduction to Farragut program wraps up

By Margie Hagen When Mayor Ralph McGill convened the welcome reception for the Introduction to Farragut class of 2016 in August, he made two promises; “You will learn a lot, and you will be surprised by what you learn.� The mayor made good on those promises.

Going through the 10-week program gave the participants a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to operate the town of Farragut.

Attending town meetings, a tour of the town and a volunteer project with Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries rounded out the agenda.

It was a diverse group; business and working people teamed up with retir-

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ees to comprise the class. Some were motivated by making business contacts, others wanted to become more familiar with town history and some just wanted to meet new people.

All agreed informally that the program exceeded their expectations and was time well spent. Local realtor Barbara Peirce said, “I recommend this program to anyone wanting to become engaged in the Farragut community. It was fun meeting new people too!� She and her family plan to continue volunteering with KARM. Getting to know more about Farragut opens up volunteer opportunities to serve on committees like Parks and Athletics, Arts Council, Folklife Mu-

seum and Beautification, among others, so whatever your interests may be, there is a way to contribute with ideas and time. Says Town Administrator David Smoak, “Attracting volunteers allows us to provide the high level of services and amenities the town is known for.�

Both Alderman Louise Povlin and Alderman Ron Williams are graduates, along with the new director of the Farragut Business Alliance, Stephen Krempasky. You don’t have to be a resident to participate, but you may want to become one after taking the class.

Keep an eye on the website, townoffarragut.org, for information on how to apply for next year’s program.

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The Change Center is a project taken on by community leaders after a number of young men, including Zaevion Dobson, fell victim to gun violence. Rogero’s dance partner was Kevin Cherry’s 11-year-old son, an honor student and a member of the Change Center’s Youth Council.

Also in attendance were KPD Chief David Rausch and Pastor Daryl Arnold, members of the Change Center board. DJ Sterling Henton provided the music.

Dilemma Ultra Lounge and Grill owner Kevin Cherry talks with neighbor Sean Wynne after a meeting of the Oakwood Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association. KPD Captain Don Jones joined in. Photo by Betty Bean

Chamber gets raise Costs are expected to be $400,000 for design, $500,000 for right-of-way acquisition and $3.6 million for construction, for a total of $4.5 million. Currently, only the design phase is being funded.

While the board considered a new agreement with Rural/Metro of Tennessee for fire, emergency and environmental/hazardous materials response, Fire Chief Jerry Harnish said

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the town could help Rural/ Metro by creating an ordinance that would make it more expensive for commercial properties to opt out of purchasing Rural/ Metro subscriptions.

Approximately 52 percent of Knox County residents subscribe, and that number is driven by insurance cost, he said. Commercial property owners don’t have the same motivation.

The board approved the

new agreement, which calls for a response time of six minutes and 20 seconds within the service area 90 percent of the time, an Insurance Service Organization class of 4 or better, and an EMT on each engine company.

The board also approved a Fire Prevention and Public Education Services Agreement with Rural/Metro that will cover a large part of the salary of the town’s fire marshal, Dan Johnson.

The board approved a three-year contract, at $10,000 per year, with Laine Communications for legislative services. Keeping up with as many as 2,000 bills per season is too much for town staff, said town administrator David Smoak, and Laine Communications worked well with the town last year. The company was chosen after staff issued a Request for Qualifications for professional consulting firms.

Diahn Ott holds one of the 75 items she has created since August.

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“I really enjoy making mugs and cups, for a couple of reasons,� she says. “I like the simplicity of the form and the way the mostly vertical sides act as a blank canvas. I enjoy incorporating my painting background onto the surface of a mug, and the added complexity of the rounded surface as opposed to a flat canvas. I also love the idea that someone is having their morning cup of coffee or tea while using an object I created from beginning to end.�

Not only has she made about 75 pieces by hand since August, she’s also busy creating a presence online: a website, http://www.diahnottstudio.com; Pinterest (Diahn Ott), Instagram (diahn), a blog (http://diahnott. blogspot.com/), a facebook page (www.facebook.com/ diahnott), Twitter (@diahn) and an Etsy site (www.etsy.

com). To addition to virtual sales, she’ll do her first real-life craft show at Strang Senior Center today, Nov. 16, where she shares a table with her mom, who makes cloth creations.

Ott says having her own business is the perfect match for her family’s schedule. The former real estate agent says she enjoys fitting her new passion in around homeschooling and watching her teenage sons’ tennis on the weekends.

Ott says she and her sister grew up “under their mother’s sewing table,� and even helped her cut patterns out. And it’s her mother who has her very first pottery creation – a bud vase. But Ott said she has kept the first mug she ever fired. “It’s so bad,� she says, “but I like to keep it in my kitchen to remind me of how far I’ve come!�

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Jalen Reeves-Maybin and what might have been Jalen Reeves-Maybin is the Tennessee poster person for what might have been.

He is a match for the team dilemma. This was going to be his finest season, a time to force skeptical scouts to rethink his NFL potential. This was going to be a march to the mountaintop for the Volunteers. It didn’t turn out that way.

Jalen still has a chance.

The athletic department still believes in the team. It is offering SEC championship game tickets for sale.

If Jalen can get healthy enough quickly enough, scouts will take another look. They are certain to have reservations about durability and size. They will measure him at 6 feet and a quarter-inch and look at each other and wonder how big is big enough.

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ably can’t be back at top strength for combine testing. That means archives double in importance and Butch Jones’ perception takes on added value. What the coach sees and says are gladiator, natural leader, heart of a lion, fight to the finish.

Captain Jalen put what he had on the line again the night after the South Carolina crusher. He named names, challenged individuals to stand up and accept responsibility. He called on the team to get its act together.

How different it could have been if his shoulder was well and his hard hat within reach. He has the other stuff – instincts, toughness and range. He had more than 100 tackles as a sophomore and junior.

He has excellent diagnostic skills. He was very good at wrecking screen passes. He slithered past blockers. He is light on his feet and accelerates quickly. Good balance allows him to change directions.

OK, the rest of the story: Pro people say he has narrow shoulders, short arms and limited bulk potential – capped at about what he is, 230. Jalen smiles and says he has the best dreadlocks on the squad.

Jalen Ahmad ReevesMaybin has a hyphenated name, a compromise to honor his mother, dearly

On churches and beer Last Tuesday, when the world was beginning to tilt on its axis, but before anyone realized it, Knoxville City Council discussed whether or not to uphold a decades-old ordinance that prohibits beer joints from being within 300 feet of churches.

For some, it was a matter of housekeeping. The current ordinance, which also prohibits beer permits for sites within 300 feet of schools, daycares, hospitals and funeral homes, is trumped by state law. Establishments with a state liquor license can sell beer, as well as liquor, without such limits, so it’s unfair to place greater restrictions on businesses that plan only to sell beer, they said.

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tity of churches. Jack Wallace, a deacon at Oakwood Baptist Church on Columbia Avenue, spoke against the change. He doesn’t like the idea of a tavern on the empty lot across the street from his church, and thinks many neighborhood churches could potentially face the same thing.

The result was postponement of a vote until Nov. 22.

Council member Nick Della Volpe was concerned that citizens hadn’t had time to digest the possible change, although it was discussed in March and

passed on first reading at the Oct. 25 meeting.

Council member Brenda Palmer said she thought more churches would complain. She’d heard from seven members of one church, and two other individuals, but not from the variety she’d expected.

Council member Marshall Stair opined that churches aren’t complaining because they recognize that, because of state liquor licenses, the ordinance doesn’t have teeth.

It could also be because the world is changing, and churches are changing with it. The ordinance came under attack because two churches requested beer permits for special events, and it doesn’t make sense to protect churches against something they’re inviting

beloved LaDawn Reeves over in Clarksville, and his father, Marques Maybin, former Louisville basketball player once pledged to the Vols.

As the name suggests, Jalen has already been through more than one either-or experience.

Back in January, after the romp over Northwestern, Jalen requested an NFL evaluation. Relatives and close friends told him he was great, clearly better than more famous all-American linebackers.

Professional analysts said careful now, don’t leave school early and plunge into the draft.

You don’t project as a firstrounder. You’d probably fall below big money.

Jalen, wise beyond his years, chose his college senior season. He earned his degree, major in recreation

and sport management, minor in business administration. He would take three African-American history courses for enlightenment.

He would finish unfinished stuff, help push Tennessee football over the top.

He said his only focus for this season was greatness in everything, on and off the field. He would be a mentor. He would show the NFL what it was missing.

You know how that turned out. He did not finish spring practice. His arm was in a sling, labrum torn again, two summer repairs.

The final blow came in the Ohio game, second quarter, downed and lost during punt coverage.

Jalen had shoulder problems all along. He was hurt in high school. He missed a lot of practice. Soon after his arrival in Knoxville, sur-

geons made a fi x.

He played mostly special teams as a freshman. He blocked a Georgia punt. He became a star.

“He’s really cerebral, a really smart man,” said Tommy Thigpen, coach of linebackers. “Really understands situational football.”

Career landmarks? He intercepted one pass. It was against Florida. He gave up number 34 because young Darrin Kirkland really wanted it. He wears pink shoelaces in memory of a grandmother. He was in on 21 tackles against Oklahoma last season.

He made 13 in the Battle at Bristol. He tried to play against the Gators when he wasn’t able.

He had a pithy quote about setbacks: “It really pours when it rains.”

onto their property.

As OneLife Church pastor Rodney Arnold pointed out at last week’s meeting, the ordinance actually hurts churches that want to locate in nontraditional spaces like shopping centers. Landlords don’t want to rent to a church that might limit occupancy in nearby spaces, he said.

Beer joints are changing, too. Microbreweries, which are popping up all over town, are typically bright, modern facilities that cater to young and educated connoisseurs. According to a story published earlier this year in The Atlantic, craft breweries are one of 11 signs that a city will succeed.

They are typically small businesses that would struggle to pay the hefty fees associated with a liquor license.

Vice Mayor Duane Grieve, who voted against

lifting the buffer around businesses requiring a beer permit in March, says he’s changed his mind, in part, because of his positive experience with a craft brewery located near his Emory Place office.

“It’s a neighborhood

gathering place.”

It seems like the world has turned upside down when churches ask for beer permits and breweries enhance our neighborhoods, but that’s the new reality.

It’s one of many we’re likely to face in coming months.

Knoxville mayor, chief honor firefighters Four members of the Knoxville Fire Department have been recognized by Mayor Madeline Rogero and fire chief Stan Sharp for their actions during a fire in May. Captain Rusty Singleton, master firefighter Hugh Laxton, senior firefighter Jordan Adcox and senior firefighter Jeff McSwain were cited for their efforts at an abandoned building on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. As the firefighters from Engine Company 2 advanced their hose line toward the flames, Singleton noticed a small flashlight in the hand of a trapped victim beating on a sub-ground level window from inside the burning structure. He and Adcox broke through the window and metal covering, grabbed the man and pulled him to safety.

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For Democrats, what happens tomorrow?

Deadline closed in on this column before Democrat Gloria Johnson’s election challenge played out, but her legal action plus Monday’s scheduled counting of nearly 600 provisional ballots from all over the county were unlikely to produce enough votes in her District 13 House race for her to overcome her Republican opponent, Eddie Smith’s, 153-vote lead.

Johnson’s smart. She knew she was unlikely to win this battle.

So why did she do it?

Because she’s a fighter.

She wanted contact information for some 50 voters who ran afoul of the photo ID law when they went to vote.

These would-be voters had 48 hours to get down to the courthouse and “cure” the deficiency by presenting the required credentials. This process was impeded by the Veterans Day holiday Friday.

“We wanted the list so we could contact those people and make sure they under-

Betty Bean stood what they had to do,” Johnson said Friday night.

“The election commission refused to extend its hours, so it’s looking like the Democratic vote was suppressed.

We wanted to make sure they understood the process they had to complete to get their vote to count.”

If there aren’t enough provisional votes to change the outcome in District 13, Rick Staples – who won the District 15 House seat left vaRick Staples cant when incumbent Joe Armstrong was convicted in August of filing a false income tax return – becomes the only

Democrat in the Knox County legislative delegation.

Staples beat Independent Pete Drew (a former legislator and perennial candidate) 9,241 to 4,958. A third opponent, Rhonda “Mousie” Gallman, picked up 517 write-in votes.

Staples, who is heading to Nashville this week for an orientation session, has a lot to think about, and not just finding a place to live three days a week in Nashville when the legislative session begins in January. The sole Democrat in the delegation will have the opportunity to choose two members of the election commission in the spring.

Under the state’s hyperpartisan election laws, county legislative delegations appoint five board members to oversee the county election commissions. The majority party gets three appointments, the minority, two. This means that Staples, the junior member of the delegation, outnumbered 10-1 by

his Republican colleagues, will get to choose two election commissioners.

Staples said he will probably reappoint incumbent commissioner Cassandra McGee Stuart because he thinks her experience there is a valuable asset. The other Democrat, Andrew Roberto, has signaled that he will step down from the election commission and prepare to run for the District 2 City Council seat, now occupied

by Duane Grieve, who is term limited.

(Democrats fare well inside the city, and given the difficulties facing Democrats running in districts outside the city limits, nonpartisan city races have a lot of appeal to members of the minority party).

Staples is likely to fill Roberto’s seat with sitting party chair Cameron Brooks, a former election commissioner who last week told party leaders that he will step down as chair when his term ends in the spring.

Funding, finally, for First Creek greenway City Council has approved after five years of waiting $1.2 million for the First Creek greenway construction. This was a greenway promised by Mayor Rogero in her first budget message in 2011 and then quickly forgotten.

The past greenway coordinator had few achievements in her five years in Knoxville. Fortunately, she has left the city and moved to a related position in Chattanooga.

Knoxville now has a new blank sheet to start over on pushing greenways beyond a snail’s pace. Rogero does not place a high priority on greenways and the tragedy of the incredible delay of the First Creek greenway is that with active mayoral involvement, it could already have been completed and be in use now instead of just starting. Rogero may well be out of office by the time First Creek greenway becomes a reality.

A new greenway coordinator will be hired, and if David Brace is leading the search effort then we know it is in good hands.

Only time will tell if the city brings Carol Evans and Brian Hann (respected greenway advocates) into the interview process so those in the private sector who truly champion greenways can help shape the future.

■ With Donald Trump winning the presidency, all speculation of Mayor Rogero taking a position in the federal government ends.

She will serve out her term as mayor, which ends in December 2019.

This is disappointing news for Rogero. Her travels on climate change to China

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and the State Departmentsponsored travel to Turkey under President Trump are likely to end, so she will have more time in Knoxville. Her staff, which serves at her pleasure, such as Jesse Mayshark and Bill Lyons, are quietly happy that their jobs will continue until the end of 2019. A new mayor would have made changes in personnel.

Meanwhile, potential mayoral candidates have 2½ years to plan for their campaigns, and the council will not be choosing an interim mayor. The race for county mayor will continue to move along for 2018.

In Washington, TVA board appointments are pending from President Obama. Their fate lies in the hands of the GOP Senate, which continues under President Trump. It is entirely up to Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander whether these appointments are approved (all Democrats) or they expire in January and President Trump nominates three new members upon the likely recommendation of the two GOP Tennessee senators. One of the three is Mike McWherter, son of the late governor and 2010 Democratic candidate for governor against Bill Haslam.

Republicans will want to see the nominations expire so they can have three new directors. The board would

be reduced in size to six for several months as these three leave the board next month if not confirmed.

■ The Eddie Smith vs. Gloria Johnson race, as of this writing, continues but Smith is clearly holding the upper hand, even if by a narrow margin.

Smith now has won a primary and two general elections by fewer than 200 votes each time. He is a determined and successful candidate who specializes in cliffhanger elections.

However, the Sequoyah vote sheds some light on how it happened. Sequoyah is no longer a dependable GOP precinct in my view but a moderate group of folks who are very independent.

Marleen Davis beat County Commissioner Hugh Nystrom there in August. On Nov. 8, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump there by 1,125 to 881, a significant margin.

However, Johnson was unable to repeat the margin and several hundred Clinton voters then switched to vote for Smith, who narrowly carried Sequoyah 1,114 to 1,084 or 30 votes.

Had Johnson won 175 of the Clinton votes in Sequoyah she would have won the seat.

Under the state constitution, an election contest will be decided by the state House of Representatives which now has 74 GOP members out of 99, an increase of two members.

On the Johnson loss, another factor may have been that she did not have the full support of Knoxville’s most prominent Democrat, Mayor Rogero, who staged

a check presentation ceremony with Rep. Smith at Talahi Park to thank him for all his work right before the election.

Rogero did endorse Johnson and was a host on a reception or two but she was also covering her bets with Smith, which turned out to be wise on her part but not helpful to Johnson. There are levels of support for candidates and Rogero was a 5 for Johnson on a scale of 1 to 10.

■ Speculation is widespread that Sen. Corker may become secretary of state under Trump.

If so, it is an excellent choice and is well qualified.

The same talk then centers on whom Gov. Haslam would appoint as Corker’s successor to serve until November 2018.

Haslam has said he is more inclined to a caretaker if he has to make such an appointment. The list there is endless as is the list of those wanting such a plum appointment. Later columns will discuss who might be considered.

■ Former Gov. Phil Bredesen turns 73 next week on Nov. 21.

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Sandra Clark rings the bell for Salvation Army.

A reflection on charity After a two-hour shift, I’ve gained respect for the Salvation Army bell ringers.

Wow, what a tough job.

My involvement started with a visit to Bill Weigel. I had called to discuss easements along Beaver Creek.

He said, “Come over right now.”

I walked into his office and he said, “I’ve been waiting for you!” I glanced over both shoulders. Yes, he was talking to me.

“I need your help,” he said. Since I was there to ask for his help, how could I say no?

Turns out Weigel has been a Salvation Army volunteer for 40 years, currently serving on the board.

He said the charity’s needs are growing faster than donations, and he wanted help to recruit volunteer bell ringers.

Did I feel like a dork, wearing a Santa hat and ringing a bell in front of the new Kroger? Absolutely.

Especially on Veterans Day. Here’s what I learned: ■ Kids are attracted to the bells and are eager to donate.

■ Some people are grumps; one dad actually told his kids they would wait until after Thanksgiving before giving.

■ Most people are kind, especially the teenagers who work at Kroger. They made eye contact, grinned every time they passed the bucket and, by shift’s end, they had contributed.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Ava Barber said it in a different context: Some days you eat chicken; some days you eat feathers.

■ Last week a kid at a local elementary school turned in his library books. His family is moving back to Mexico.

■ Hillary Clinton is eating feathers. Nov. 8 marked the end of her dream. Now everyone says they saw it coming.

Hey, no one saw it coming.

■ America’s strength is the waves of immigrants, risktakers all, who have come here.

■ Hillary was right about this: Donald Trump deserves an open mind and a chance to lead.

■ My Republican Party supports balanced budgets, free and fair trade, equal rights for all people and open arms for immigrants.

– S. Clark

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Both the Halls and Powell business associations have provided volunteers.

The Kroger stations opened first, to be followed by Walmart, Hobby Lobby and Food City. Clare Crawford is contacting Lions Club for volunteers. The need for volunteers is overwhelming, but the Salvation Army is highly organized.

We’re looking for teams of two for two-hour shifts.

If you can help, contact Hannah Hankins at 9714937.

Meanwhile, I’ve got to get back to those easements!

Looking for help When passing a homeless person, you avoid eye contact and keep moving.

We do it a lot.

But when you’re standing by a Salvation Army bucket and a person approaches you, you’ve got to talk. That happened on Friday.

A slow-moving young man with dirty hair and torn pants walked up, saw the Salvation Army sign and asked for help. He had a silver ring through his nose. I explained that I was collecting donations. He said he had just rolled off a freight train. Then he sat down by my stand and lit a cigarette.

While I pondered my next move, a youngster approached and handed the man a bottle of water.

It was a simple gesture that meant a lot to the kid, the young man and me.

Writing a check is impersonal charity; ringing a bell is macro-charity. Handing a thirsty man some water is basic charity. The kid got it right.

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SENIOR NOTES ■ All Knox County Senior Centers will be closed Thursday-Friday, Nov. 24-25.

A mighty appreciative crowd

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■ Frank R. Strang Senior Center 109 Lovell Heights Road 670-6693 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Offerings include: card games; exercise programs; dance classes; watercolor classes; Tai Chi; blood pressure checks; Mahjong; senior-friendly computer classes; lending library with tapes and movies. Holiday Bazaar, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16.

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Bill Snyder acknowledges the crowd from his perch on the Mighty Wurlitzer. Photo by Edie Snyder Gilboy

Register for: “Why Should I Adopt a Pet Now?” noon Wednesday, Nov. 30; presented by Janet Testerman of Young-Williams Animal Center. Field trip to Christmas in the Valley “Barn Dance Christmas Show” in Renfro, Ky., Saturday, Dec.3; cost: $79 includes motor coach, tickets, lunch, onboard breakfast, bingo, gratuity.

■ Karns Senior Center 8042 Oak Ridge Highway 951-2653 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Suzanne and Charles Kryder have enjoyed many Mighty Musical Mondays over the past 4-5 years.

The Mighty Musical Monday program at the Tennessee Theatre started out 15 years ago as just an idea to draw more exposure to the newly restored 1928 Wurlitzer organ.

“If we got 250 people we would declare victory and go home,” said theater organist Dr. Bill Snyder.

The free program at the noon lunch hour grew little by little, and now draws up to 1,000 people every first Monday of the month. Robin Flenniken, who reached out to senior centers and living communities, helped create a large and faithful audience of seniors.

So there was a lot to celebrate on Sunday, Oct. 30, when some previous guest performers returned and Snyder was honored with a surprise legislative proclamation of “Dr. William T. Snyder Day.” All the MMM regulars were there, including Barney Fife (Sammy Sawyer), coorganist Freddie Brabson and Denise “Neesee” Hurst, who plays for the people in the lobby as they come in.

Returning to perform were vocalists Elizabeth Appunn and Natalee Beeler Elkins, organist Paul Swiderski, the ensemble of Kukuly and the Fuego, and WUOT-FM’s Kelle Jolly – with her ukelele and her husband, woodwinds ace Will Boyd.

The real star, as usual, was the theater.

It’s “marvelous,” said Suzanne Kryder, who lives near Fountain City and is a regular attendee of MMM with her husband, Charles.

She said some of their favorite MMM performers over the years were the klezmer band Dor L’Dor, and the high school groups, particularly the Central High choral groups at Christmastime.

Chris and Ray Bray came for the Oct. 30 celebration, never having been inside the theatre before.

Over time they had visited downtown and would see that “majestic sign” outside, but anytime they thought of going, the shows would be sold out. Which, as Snyder would say, is what Mighty Musical Monday is about – to give people who might not have a chance to enjoy the theater a time to come for some free entertainment.

The Brays, who moved from Rochester N.Y., now live in northeast Knoxville.

In keeping with the occasion, Snyder played “Thanks for the Memories.” But it wouldn’t be complete without “The Tennessee Waltz.” Some people, Snyder said, think “the organ won’t go down unless you play The Tennessee Waltz.”

The next Mighty Musical Monday, featuring the O’Connor Center Singing Seniors, will be Monday, Dec. 5, at noon.

Offerings include: card games; dance classes; exercise programs; mahjong; art classes; farkle dice games; dominoes; a computer lab; billiards room; outdoor grill and kitchen area. Chair Zumba classes, 8:30 a.m.

Thursdays.

Register for: Social Security Optimization presentation by Jeff Jeter, 1 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 17. Relief Block Carving Class, 10 a.m.

Tuesday-Thursday, Nov. 29Dec. 1; fee: $30. Field trip to Halls Senior Center for Halls Madrigals performance, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29.

■ CAC Office on Aging 2247 Western Ave. 524-2786

Freddie Brabson goes to town on the Mighty Wurlitzer.

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Tennessee Theatre executive director Becky Hancock hands the mic off to Bill Snyder after presenting the legislative proclamation and a framed Charlie Daniel print.

Natalee Beeler Elkins, who teaches choral music at Holston Middle School, sings a tribute to her friend Bill Snyder with a Gershwin tune.

faith

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cross currents Lynn Pitts, lpitts48@yahoo.com

Lesson from the marshes But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt.

(Ezekiel 47:11 NRSV) Oh, like to the greatness of God is the greatness within The range of the marshes, the liberal marshes of Glynn. (“The Marshes of Glynn,” Sydney Lanier)

Jared Bowlus and Cole Selecman lead a discussion on the validity of Christianity every other Wednesday night at the UT campus.

Farragut grads start apologetics ministry at UT

By Carolyn Evans Who do you turn to when you begin to doubt your faith?

Two former Farragut High School students say that church members often go underground, keeping their mouths shut and their questions secret. But that’s a shame, say Cole Selecman, 22, and Jared Bowlus, 20. That’s exactly why they started an apologetics ministry at UT. Selecman grew up in church, and says he can’t remember the exact point when he accepted Christ.

But during his freshman year at UT, there was “a whole host of different things” that made him question his faith.

“I heard science was the only way to truth,” he says.

“Personally I had a lot of questions and would even doubt God existed. I would never have told my friends that at the time. I ended up going to Sweden over the summer for a Cru mission project.”

There he met many atheists. “They asked questions that made me reason through things. Those questions really made me look for resources. I listened to podcasts and read blogs by William Lane Craig. Stuff began to make sense. I could really get this confidence of ‘Wow, this is actually true!’”

“I accepted Christ in a camp setting just before my senior year in high school,” Bowlus says. “I think I knew in my heart of hearts that God was real, but didn’t know what to think about Him. Eventu-

Jared Bowlus and Cole Selecman have founded Firmly Planted, an apologetics ministry, at the University of Tennessee. ally enough events came into my life that led me to say ‘I’m lost and broken without Christ and I have nowhere else to turn to.’”

A year later Bowlus and Selecman met at a Cru Bible study and found they had one thing in common: their desire to verify the truth of Christianity. They began to research their questions, and even though Selecman eventually graduated, got a job and got married, they continued their conversations.

One night at home, Selecman turned on his favorite radio show, “Stand to Reason” with Greg Koukl. On a whim, he called the California broadcast to ask: “How do you support a family by working as an apologist?”

At the same time, Bowlus was driving and listening to his favorite show. He heard Koukl say, “Next up, a question from Cole in Knoxville, Tennessee.”

“Hearing Cole call in, I thought maybe I could do apologetics with him,” Bow-

lus says. They met for dinner at Sam and Andy’s in Farragut and shook on it.

Now, once a week they talk about their research and edit the PowerPoints for Firmly Planted, the apologetics ministry they’ve formed.

Every other Wednesday evening they reserve a room off the UT library and address the very questions that they have struggled with themselves.

“When kids come into college, they’ve been sheltered by their parents,” Selecman says. “I’ve heard that about two out of three kids lose their faith.”

“We see a huge need for it on campus,” Bowlus says.

“They’ve been talked out of their faith because they’ve never been talked into it.”

I learned the words of Lanier’s wonderful poem the way I learned most of the poetry I carry in my head: I sang it.

It was introduced to me when I was in UT Singers.

I fell in love with its words: the beauty, mystery, and melancholy.

So, on a recent trip through Georgia, I mentioned casually to Lewis that the marshes around us reminded me of “The Marshes of Glynn.” About three minutes later, I saw a sign that said “Leaving Glynn County.”

Duh! I had been riding through those very marshes! I was in Lanier’s home country!

Ezekiel promises that “On the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food.

Their leaves will not wither nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”

I felt blessed, giving quiet thanks for the gift of seeing the marshes I had sung about. I also thought about Ezekiel’s healing leaves.

Then I wondered if we ever slow down enough, get quiet enough to notice the water flowing from the sanctuary. Do we pay attention to the fresh fruit God gives us every day? (I will concede that some days the fruit is not what we expected, or wanted. But the truth is, we don’t turn in our order to God, as if the Almighty was some kind of waiter!)

Or do we?

FAITH NOTES ■ First Farragut UMC, 12733 Kingston Pike, will host a Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, 6-7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20. Info: 966-8430.

■ St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, 110 Sugarwood Drive, will present the 2016 St. Cecilia Music Festival, 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20.

Featuring: “Concerto for Organ and Strings” by Francis Poulenc; “Requiem for the Living” by Dan Forrest; St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church Adult Choir with members of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. Free and open to the public. Info: 675-0450.

■ Solway UMC, 3300 Guinn Road, hosts a women’s Bible study 10 a.m. each Thursday. The group is led by Cindy Day. Info: 661-1178.

Window into Webb informs parents Webb School of Knoxville will host a parent meeting, “Window into Webb,” 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, in Webb School’s central building. It’s an opportunity for interested families to learn more about the Webb program for grades Pre-K through 12.

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Meet cousin Cassie

By Kip Oswald Last week I wrote about a lot of women who were the first to do some amazing things in our country, state, and town.

In my own family I wrote about my GramKip mie, who was the first female class president in her high school, and my sister Kinzy, who plans to be the first female to go to college and become a doctor.

I am reminding my readers of this because we had another first in our family this week that was not so fabulous. My dad’s sister, Aunt Janni, was the first person to get arrested in our family. She evidently did something really bad, because my mom won’t tell me exactly what it was, but I do know she is in jail for a while.

Since I imagine we aren’t the first family to have this happen, I thought it would be good for my readers to realize what happens to people’s kids when they go to jail. So Aunt Janni’s daughter, Cassie, who is 8

years old, was taken away from her home at the same time her mom was arrested.

Cassie had to spend the night in some stranger’s house, so my mom went to court and asked the judge if Cassie could live with us.

The judge sent some people to our house to look in all our rooms and ask us a lot of questions. After a couple of days, Cassie got to come to live with us.

Cassie is in third grade at another school, but Mom didn’t want Cassie to change schools since she had to move houses and get used to a new family, too.

I can tell all the changes are really hard on Cassie and she really misses her mom.

Even though she is really sad, she hides it well. It has made me look at the kids around me differently, because I don’t know what might be going on in their lives, just like anyone looking at Cassie can’t tell how much sadness she feels right now.

With Thanksgiving coming soon, we will look at Cassie’s story again next week and think about the things we are thankful for this Thanksgiving. Send those “Thankful!” comments to oswaldsworldtn@ gmail.com.

Library’s Children’s Room oom undergoing undergoi renovations The Children’s Room at Lawson Lawso McGhee Library will be closed through hrough Monday, Nov. 21, for renovations. Renovations ations include ne new shelving, carpet and paint along ng with the circular circula story well being filled in for additional space. The Children’s Room bathrooms are being renovated as well.

As all materials ls are a stored on carts and tables during the installation, on, library staff may not be able to retrieve juvenile book books and items in the usual timely manner.

Empowering families one at a time

By Ruth B R th White Whit Just meeting Florence Ndiaye for the first time, I could tell that she had a servant’s heart and she was doing what she was meant to accomplish. Upon my arrival to the Parent Resource Center (PRC) at Whittle Springs Middle School, Ndiaye gave me a big hug as a greeting and was eager to show me inside.

The PRC is only a few years old and was a vision of principal Nadriene Jackson. Ndiaye had applied to be a teacher at the school, but Jackson saw something special in her and knew that she had the perfect role for her at WSMS. Jackson had written a grant and received approval to open a resource center for the parents at her school – a first in Knox County – and brought Ndiaye on board to help put the project’s wheels in motion.

The resource center offers clothing, shoes, school supplies, basic toiletries, food and other necessities for children of Whittle Springs Middle. The school is a 1-to-1 technology school where students use Chromebooks during school hours.

Parents without access to a computer are able to check out a laptop through the center for a one-month period when available. Ndiaye shared that last year a grandmother/guardian of a student had checked out a laptop on several occasions during the year. This guardian came to Ndiaye after she received her income tax and was proud to have been able to purchase her own laptop.

Ndiaye refers to her center as a “no judgment zone” and works hard to make sure parents and students are comfortable and are

respected. In addition to clothing/food needs, parents have an opportunity to use the computer lab, receive resume writing help, check emails and more. “I want to empower families one at a time,” she said. “I want the families here to know just how amazing they are.” Ndiaye does just that through encouragement, guidance, assistance and connecting with them in her loving way.

She works to connect families with one another, creating lasting friendships and support systems of friends. Through an incentive program, parents are able to connect through events, and each time they attend, names are placed on record. At a later event, names are drawn for prizes. “One family received a washer and dryer that was donated by a business in the community, and others have received a microwave and a tablet.”

In addition to running the center, Ndiaye teaches sign language to close to 20 students every morning before the first bell. She also educates them on the deaf culture and possible career paths in the future. Twice a month, the Scarf Club meets during lunch period and girls come together for girl talk. Each girl wears a scarf that day (whether it be from home or from her basket of scarves) and Ndiaye teaches them how to love one another, stand tall and support one another. She uses her life experiences to show the students that they can succeed regardless of their background/circumstances.

This holiday season, she hopes to have 200 children sponsored through Angel Tree. Her goal is to help families and to relieve some of

Florence Ndiaye sorts through clothing donated to the Parent Resource Center at Whittle Springs Middle School. Photo by Ruth White the stress that the season can often bring to some. Anyone interested in adopting an Angel Tree child through the PRC can contact Ndiaye at the school, 594-4474.

Through the services offered, the food baskets

distributed (thanks to a partnership with Ladies of Charity), the clothing distributed, Ndiaye always reminds her parents that it’s never too late – if you have the willpower to succeed, you can.

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Sitting in a cafĂŠ, are front row, Ethan Atchley (the “Narratorâ€?), Gabrielle Duncan, Chloe Dunn Chorus members Emma Weber, Sammie Harville, Alexa Peck, Ivy Gleason and Arminta Davis and Grace Gee (the “Enchanterâ€?) and behind them Ava Schuhmacher, Jessie Rennich and Chloe react on the sidelines to action taking place center stage.

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Students excited to ‘break a leg’

By Suzanne Foree Neal The acting bug has hit Farragut Middle School.

The eighth-grade theater class is staging “Beauty and the Beast Jr.� Many of the lead parts are first-time actors.

Max Wegzyn, who plays the “Beast,� says he has always been involved in chorus but wanted to advance his musical interests and also try acting. “I’m really excited,� he says of the upcoming performances for classmates and the public.

There will be two public performances 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 17 and 18, in the school’s Studio Theater. Tickets are $5.

Director Sarah Lasater is experiencing the play from a different perspective than when she played “Belle� in a Farragut High School production of “Beauty and the Beast� in 2008. “It’s fun to watch these kids step out of their box and be brave to put themselves out there for a role that’s not like them,� she says.

Playing “Belle� in this production is Ruth Anne Kamer. She has done some acting at a summer camp

Rehearsing for the Farragut Middle School play Nov. 17 and 18, “Beauty and the Beast Jr.,� are Gaby Guigui, Janie Hicks, who plays “Cogsworth,� and Rylee Stewart. Photos by Suzanne Foree Neal

but this is her first play, and first year, at Farragut Middle School. “I heard they had a good theater program here,� she says.

Grace Morgan, who plays “Mrs. Potts,� is a newcomer to acting. “I’ve never done anything like this before and it’s great,� she says. “It’s helped my confidence level when I have to present in class.�

Chorus member Gaby Guigui says, “It’s fun to learn about other individuals in your class. My classmates have talent and it’s going to be a show to watch.�

“Lumiere,� played by Charlie Becker, and “Belle,� played by Ruth Anne Kamer, are center stage during a recent rehearsal in the school’s Studio Theater.

Blake Mistead, who plays “Gaston,� puts Jonathan Shved, “LeFou,� into a headlock during an argument. Blake, who is a swimmer and runs track, says he is loving the acting gig.

Farragut Middle School chorus director Sarah Lasater joins her cast to lead choreography for the upcoming eighth-grade play. Lasater played the part of Belle when she was a junior at Farragut High School in 2008. “It’s interesting to be on the other side,� she says.

Farragut Middle School PTO to host holiday gift bazaar Holiday shopping takes center stage when the Farragut Middle School PTO hosts its first Holiday Gift Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 10, in the FMS gymnasium. Admission is free.

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Items to be offered include handmade fabrics, wood and metal crafts, creative pottery, stylish jewelry, boutique clothing and much more.

The festively themed Holiday Gift Bazaar also

features a $1 bake sale, concessions with snack and lunch items, and a silent auction. Proceeds will enable the purchase of new technology for Farragut Middle School. For more information, contact co-chairs Stephanie Nelson (snelson411@tds. net) or Amy Bush (amyj fbush@gmail.com).

Summer travel Farragut area kids were among a delegation from the Smoky Mountain Chapter of CISV who traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to attend a monthlong camp along with delegations from 11 other countries.

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HEALTH NOTES ■ The Great American Smokeout (GASO), Thursday, Nov. 17.

Focusing on preventing tobacco use among youth, Knox County Health Department and its partners will provide education, quit resources and information on never starting tobacco products at two GASO events: an educational event at 10 a.m. on the pedestrian walkway on UT campus; Smokeout Pep Rally, 2:30 p.m., Whittle Springs Middle School, for both parents and students. Info: 215-5445 or Smoke-Free Knoxville Coalition, smokefreeknoxville. com.

■ Peninsula Lighthouse Group of Families Anonymous meetings, 6:15-7:15 p.m. each Tuesday, 1451 Dowell Springs Blvd.

Newcomers welcome; no dues/fees; no signup; first names only. Info: Barbara L., 696-6606 or PeninsulaFA2@aol.com.

Shannondale Singers The Shannondale Singers will sing “From Sea to Shining Sea” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at Shannondale Retirement Community, 801 Vanosdale Rd off Middlebrook Pike. Guest singers will be the Golden Tones.

Admission is free.

Dawson to retire James Dawson, the 20th president of Lincoln Memorial University, will retire at the end of the 2016-17 academic year. He will continue his service to LMU as president emeritus.

“Jim Dawson has poured his heart and soul into this university for eight years,” said Pete DeBusk, chair of the LMU board of trustees.

If you ask the 23 senior women singers with The Golden Tones what keeps them young and vibrant, they’ll all chime in with a resounding “Singing!” Pictured (front) are Director Martha Farrelly, Neysa Peterson; (second row) Shirley Terwilliger, Grace Pitcher, Gena Allington, Theresa Allington, Sylvia Marshall, Diane King, Shirley Bowen; (back) Liz Seaman, Marleen Lee, MaryJane Lindholm, Linda Burnett, Pat Schraw, Doris Finger, Virginia Conley, Mary Ellen Burr, Nellie Bragg, Doris Sklad, Beth Lundgren. Photos by Nancy Anderson

The Golden Tones salute veterans

By Nancy Anderson The Golden Tones, perhaps West Knoxville’s busiest senior women’s chorus, performed a red, white and blue program for the residents at Ben Atchley State Veterans Home on Thursday, Nov. 10, in honor of Veterans Day. The group sang a medley of patriotic tunes with a unique take on the perennial favorite “I’ve Been Everywhere.” The group hit a chord with the residents when they changed the words to “We’ve Been Everywhere,” and included national parks such as the

Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone and Zion.

The chorus originated as a ragtag group of friends from Strang Senior Center who love to sing, but the group struggled without leadership.

Enter Director Martha Farrelly in 2008, who brought more than 40 years of choral experience, and today the group boasts 23 vibrant members who are not auditioned, but love to sing choral music.

The Golden Tones practice once a week while learning a new program and can be found at church

Resident Joe Broom, retired Army Medical Corps, gets a quick hug from singer Liz Seaman.

programs, civic events and senior centers twice a week during performance season.

They seem to celebrate one another as they joyfully create music that inspires them and their audience.

“It’s a joy to sing,” said Farrelly. “It’s just so good for your spirit and it’s so nice to sing for people who appreciate it. It touches my heart when someone comes up to me saying how much the music lifted their spirits.

That kind of thing makes it all worthwhile.”

To join or book The Golden Tones, contact Farrelly at Grace Pitcher, 88, attributes her vibrant longevity to singing. mandb96@att.net.

Shirley Terrwilliger, 86, said she plays tennis twice a week.

The Town of Farragut Beautification Committee Presents the 23rd Annual

Town of Farragut Fall 2016 Classes and Events Diabetes Management Basics & Assessment When: Monday, Nov. 28, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

What: This course led by Jennifer Aramburo, Walgreens pharmacy manager, will cover basic diabetes education and include a free diabetes risk assessment.

Cost: Free Light the Park (Farragut Business Alliance) When: Monday, Nov. 28, 6 p.m.

What: Kick off the holiday season by joining us for the lighting of Founders Park at Campbell Station and festive musical entertainment!

Check the local media and farragutbusiness.com for complete details in early November.

Cost: Free

Thursday, December 1 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Farragut Town Hall

Veteran’s Reception and A Day of Infamy Presentation When: Monday, Dec. 5. Reception: 6 p.m.; Presentation: 7 p.m.

What: Local veterans are invited to attend this special reception to view Farragut Museum exhibits and enjoy light refreshments. The “A Day of Infamy” presentation will be led by retired Farragut Middle School history teacher Frank Galbraith and cover the events leading up to World War II. Cost: Free

Photos with Santa!

Begins at 4:30 p.m. with final number given at 6 p.m.

Cookie Decorating & Refreshments!

Kid’s Crafts!

Musical Performances!

Successful, Healthy Aging When: Tuesday, Dec. 6, 5:30 p.m.

What: Elaine Wilson with Choices in Senior Care will discuss successful aging strategies in the areas of exercise, nutrition, social interactions and cognitive stimulation.

Cost: Free Registration deadline: Monday, Dec. 5

Farragut Middle School Chorus Bearden United Methodist Church Children’s Bell Choir Farragut High School Madrigal Singers

Medication Adherence and Polypharmacy When: Monday, Dec. 19, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

What: This course led by Jennifer Aramburo, Walgreens pharmacy manager, will provide education on the importance of medical adherence.

Cost: Free

Museum Tours!

All fall classes, workshops and events will be held at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, unless otherwise stated. Class registrations may be made at townoffarragut.org/register, in person at the Town Hall or by phone (218-3375). Payment is due at the time of registration. All credit card payments will incur a transaction fee. Cash and check payments are also accepted when registering in person. No refunds are given. The Town of Farragut is not responsible for costs associated with the purchase of supplies when a class is canceled.

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the Rotary guy Tom King, tking535@gmail.com

Dictionaries make a difference Every third-grade student in Knox County Schools this year has or will soon have their own brand-new Webster’s Dictionary for Students – courtesy of the Rotary Club of Bearden. The club is presenting dictionaries to approximately 4,700 students at the district’s 51 elementary schools.

This is the 10th year for this project, led and directed from its inception by Bearden Rotarian Todd Wolfe, who was the club’s president in 2001-02. Todd is chief financial officer for ShofnerKalthoff Mechanical Electrical Services. This is the club’s largest capital expense at around $11,000, he said.

The club has presented more than 48,000 dictionaries so far, and next year that number will grow to more than 50,000.

“It has been said that the third grade is a time when children transition from ‘learning to read’ to ‘reading to learn,’ and we think the dictionaries are a big part of helping kids learn,” Todd said. “This also is part of our club’s focus on literacy.”

There’s much more to this project than just getting the books to the students. Todd and fellow Rotarian Brad Buckshorn lead the team of 50-60 Rotarians in unpacking the books, putting name labels in the front of each, then repacking the books and making presentations at each school. Knox County Schools delivers the boxes to the schools and Rotarians go to the schools to formally present the dictionaries. It is a labor of love!

Pamela Milliken, a substitute teacher, wrote to the club: “I had the pleasure of substitute teaching at Farragut Intermediate and after lunch took the kids to pick up their dictionaries. I wanted to share with you the pure happiness many of the students had. They each wrote their name in the front of the dictionary.

I wanted you to know what a difference these books make to these kids and to let you know your efforts were worth it and appreciated.”

How about a bow and standing ovation for Bearden’s Rotarians!

Gerdau supports research Representatives of steel recycler Gerdau recently presented a $3,239 donation to the UT Medical Center in support of its amyloidosis medical research program. Company employees raised the funds through two golf tournaments in memory of former Gerdau Knoxville vice president and general manager Arlan Piepho, who died of the disease at age 63. The company has donated to the cause nearly $8,000 since Piepho’s death in 2011. Present for the donation were (front) John Miller, Carlus Thompson, Gwen Reichel of Gerdau and Tina Richey and Alan Stuckey of UT Medical Center; (back) Steve Nash, Damien Rose and Ron Fritz of Gerdau and Dr. Steve Kennel and Dr. Jonathan Wall of UT Medical Center.

Food City launches wanu water Food City is selling wanu water in more than 120 of its stores. Named one of the top 10 breakout brands of 2016

by Beverage World maga z i ne, wanu is a nut r ientinfused water, packed with 12 essential vitamins and nutrients, including non-GMO soluble fiber.

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New military service center

CALL FOR ARTISTS ■ Dogwood Arts 2017 events and exhibits entry deadlines: Art in Public Places, Jan. 20; East Tennessee Art Educator Exhibition, Jan. 20; Student Art Exhibition, Jan. 20; Dogwood Art DeTour, Feb. 10; Chalk Walk, Feb. 20; Regional Art Exhibition, March 3. Info/ applications: dogwoodarts.

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■ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission Gallery of Arts Tribute, to be on exhibit Jan. 6-27 in the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Works should be delivered 9 a.m.5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3. Info/ entry forms: knoxalliance. com/mlk-tribute/.

The Helen Ross McNabb Center will celebrate the Center’s new military services through a formal ceremony recognizing donors and community partners and a building dedication at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at 3712 Middlebrook Pike.

The building will be dedicated in memory of Senior Airman Brandon Alan Hall, who passed away in 2012.

The Farragut High School

color guard will participate and tours will follow the ceremony. Services will be free and confidential. Info: mcnabbcenter.org or 865444-2333.

FARRAGUT CHAMBER EVENTS ■ Thursday, Nov. 17, 8-9:30 a.m., networking: Staybridge Suites, 11319 Campbell Lakes Drive.

■ Tuesday, Nov. 29, noon-1 p.m. ribbon cutting: Morgan Stanley - Logan Whitman, location TBD. ■ Wednesday, Nov. 30, 4-7 p.m., ribbon cutting and Re-Grand Opening: Summit View of Farragut,

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Make a budget and stick to it. The only thing worse than Aunt Mabel’s fruitcake is a pile of credit card bills when the holidays are over. Gifts don’t need to be expensive, and going into unnecessary debt will be a burden in the new year.

Delegate. Surprise! You’re only human and you shouldn’t have to do everything yourself. Enlist the help of family and friends to do cooking, cleaning, decorating and even gift wrapping!

Take care of YOU. While preparing for the holidays, don’t forget to care for yourself. Eat well, sleep plenty, exercise and take a little time for yourself each Five Signs You May be Stressed: day. A hot bath, mug of cocoa or ■ You’re irritable. a good book can do wonders for ■ You’re losing sleep. your mental health.

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Learn to say NO. Saying no ■ You feel tense, with muscle aches or isn’t necessarily selfish. When you headaches. say no to a new commitment, you’re honoring your existing obligations and ensuring that ■ You feel overwhelmed. you’ll be able to devote quality time to them.

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When you need more than family and friends The added stress of the holidays can be daunting, especially for those who already are dealing with their own or another person’s depression, anxiety, chemical dependency, other medical conditions or loss of a loved one. That’s why a strong support system can be an important resource for recovery and empowerment.

While friends and family can provide strength and support for many people, it may be helpful to turn to others outside your immediate circle. Support groups bring together people with similar problems to share emotional issues and provide moral support.

Peninsula Lighthouse offers outpatient groups for people who have psychological, behavioral and/or alcohol and drug problems, and those with loved ones who have addiction or psychological problems.

All support groups meet at the Peninsula Lighthouse campus at 1451 Dowell Springs Blvd. in West Knoxville. Call 865-970-9800 for directions.

Peninsula Lighthouse outpatient groups Diagnostic Issues Group: Group discussion focusing on problem solving and developing supportive relationships.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Group: Skills training to combat negative thinking – typically 6 months duration.

Circle of Friends: For special needs adults (psy-

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Women’s Only Group: Any female with diagnostic issues can attend and all insurances accepted.

Enhancing Recovery Wisdom Group: Group discussion focusing on problem solving in enduring recovery.

Bridges Group: Group discussion focusing on problem solving in early recovery.

Weekly Teen Group: (Ages 12-17) Skills for managing frustration, setting and holding limits, building healthy relationships.

Children’s Group: Kids needing help with social skills, peer acceptance, bullying and conflict resolution.

Anxiety Group: Group for those seeking alternative to medications and or tapering off benzodiazepines.

Seeking Safety: Present-focused, coping skills model for clients with a history of trauma and/or substance abuse. This group does not focus on discussing details of the experience of trauma; rather the focus is on building the skills to effectively cope with the experience of trauma.

Daring Way: This group will focus on shame resilience. The group will be helpful for clients who have established goals and are looking for tools to meet those goals.

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Motorcycles/Mopeds Transportation Automobiles for Sale CADILLAC DTS 2009. Luxury pkg, blue, bumper to bumper warr.

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CHEVROLET IMPALA - 2008. Nice condition inside & out, Very minor hail damage. 63 mi., $5,999. (865)5847438.

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2 SIDE BY SIDE cemetery plots in the Bronze section # 33 in Greenwood Cemetery, Tazewell Pk. Valued at S3,840 ea. Will sell both for $4,000.

Willing to neg. (865)688-1561.

HIGHLAND MEM. PRIME LOCATION - Good Shepherd. 2 lots for $2995.

(443)536-1004 LYNNHURST CEMETERY 4 LOTS, Area 400, Sec. 3-B, Lot 644A. Value $14,000; sell $8000/b.o. Call (615)373-1638 Mausoleum for 2. Eastview Memorial Gardens, Andrew Johnson Hwy. Level B2. $4500. (865)556-3643

AUTHENTIC ARROWHEADS $3 each.

Fossilised shark’s teeth, $10; Antique guns. Navahoe rugs & baskets. (865)250-9280

Dogs BEAGLE PUPPIES - AKC reg., wormed & 1st shots, 6 wks old. $250 ea. Call (865)363-2704 CHIHUAHUAS CKC, -Wht & fawn, brn/ wht, M & F, Sh. hair, vacs, wormed.

Ages (2) 4 Mo., 1 11 mo. Less than 3 lbs. $300-$400. (865)232-8243 DOBERMAN AKC puppies, M&F, chocolate & rust, 8 weeks old, vet checked, $600 each. (865) 654-2486 DOBERMAN PUPS, AKC, Sire XL natl & intl champ - 125 lbs. Dam’s father was 2013 World Champ. Great protection, good with kids. $475. Credit cards accepted. 615-740-7909 ENGLISH BULLDOG AKC Puppies M & F, $1500. www.floreskennels.com.

Ready 12/19/16. Vet ck, 1 yr. health guar. Microchipped. Shots up to date. Very healthy. Raised w/kids & other pets. 865-385-0667 ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPS AKC, $1300. blessedbulldogs.blogspot.com.

Visa-MC Accepted. (423)775-6044.

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS AKC, West German bldlns, 3 M, 4 F, vet ck’d. health guar. $700. 865-322-6251.

Furniture

Living room, dining room, - BR furniture in exc. cond. Oak, maple. Will text pix 9am & 9pm. (865)951-4995 MOVING, dining rm - Ethan Allen antique pine table w/leaves & pads.

6 chairs, buffet hutch, dry sink, $1850/b.o. Pecan barrel side table w/leather top, $50; solid wood side table $35; black oriental cab., $30; 2 sm. bookcases $15 ea. Small decorative chest, $25. (865)982-9822 SWIVEL rocker recliner, great shape, $125; 4 high back bar stools, $100.

(865)591-3331

Farm Buildings

Goldendoodle Puppies, CKC reg., 10 wks old, UTD shots, worming, black, standard size, $1500. (828)506-5623

Guns & Ammunition

BARNS - SHEDS GARAGES - CARPORTS PATIO COVERS

GOLDENDOODLE PUPS, no shedding, great temperaments, good with children, $850. (865)466-4380.

Millen Garage Builders 865-679-5330 Farm Products

HAVENESE PUPS AKC, home raised, health guar. 765-259-7337 noahslittleark.com

MALTI POOS

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

865-986-4264 Logs2Lumber.com

Beautiful Toy puppies, $350-$450.

Tiny snow white female $600. Shots.

865-717-9493

PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles, Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots & wormed.

We do layaways. Health guar.

Go to Facebook, Judys Puppy Nursery Updates.

423-566-3647 SHIH TZU puppies, AKC, Females $700; Males $500. Shots UTD. Warranty. 423-618-8038; 423-775-4016 Shih Tzu puppies, vet ckd, $350 each.

Pomeranians, AKC adults, $300 each. (865) 292-1155

Health, fitness & living special section

POOL TABLE & JUKE BOX - Olhausen 1 in maple Rockola pics online (865)405-3708

3 LADY VOLS SEASON -Basket Ball Tickets. Section 100, Row 19, seats 1, 2 & 3. $650. (865) 806-3197

SEC CHAMP GAME Home/Away Buy/Sell 865-384-6867 SEC Championship Game, Dec 3, GA Dome. 20 ticket luxury skybox available. (678) 596-3688 UT / KENTUCKY 5 TOGETHER - Lower level. $450. TN/Missouri, 2 tickets, $150. (865)387-3454

UT FOOTBALL ALL GAMES (Home/Away)

UT BASKETBALL Mens/Womens

BUYING SEC CHAMPIONSHIP BUY/SELL All Concerts/All Events

(865)687-1718

selectticketservice.com Wanted I BUY DIABETIC TEST STRIPS! - OneTouch, Freestyle, AccuChek, more!

Must not be expired or opened.

Local Pickup! Call Daniel: (865)3831020

REMINGTON 700 BDL -with Simmons 4.5x14 scope hunting rifle. 30.06 caliber. $800. (865)567-6943

Lawn & Garden 1996 6X4 JOHN DEERE GATOR - 481 hours,electric dump bed, new battery, $1650,Call : (901)614-1229 2016 Mahindra Tractor, diesel, Loader, landscape, bushhog, Payoff, $24,800, pyt $400 mo. Call/text 865-250-6584

Med Equip & Supplies POWER WHEELCHAIR/SCOOTER FOR SALE - Shoprider Streamer (865)3121013

Merchandise - Misc.

ANTIQUE barber pole, barber chair, shampoo chair, dryer chair & dryer.

All $850. (865) 985-8044 GENERATOR BIG 8500 watt, 2016, Honda elec. start. Batt. & whl kit incl. Never used. New retail $4995.

Wholesale $3750. 1st $1850 cash, 864-275-6478.

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

Apartments - Unfurn.

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

GREAT VALUE RIVERSIDE MANOR ALCOA HWY

865-970-2267 *Pools, Laundries, Appl. *5 min. to UT & airport www.riversidemanorapts.com

2 BR POWELL Powell, 2BR, Beautiful secure bldg, No pet deposit. $570/mo. $150 DD. Credit check required.

865-384-1099

2 BR TOWNHOUSES Cherokee West $615 South - Taliwa Gardens $585 - $625 1 1/2 bth, W/D conn.

(865) 577-1687 BEST DEAL OUT WEST! 1BR from $395-$425. 2BR $550-$750.

No pets. Parking @ front door.

(865)470-8686.

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

ELDER Apts. North Ftn. City, Inskip, 1BR, newly remodeled, quiet, priv, no pets, non smoking, $450. 522-4133 FTN CITY - 1BR, lg. 2 story home, private entrance. heat, water, laun. rm, furn. Refer. req. No pets. $300 dep. $500 mo. 865-688-2988 or 414-7409 St. Mary’s area. 2 BR, C H/A, appls furn., util furn., $625 mo., $250 dep.

(423) 504-2679

Homes Furnished HARDIN VALLEY CABIN furnished 1 BR, $150 wk + dep. 1 yr lease. No smoking. No pets. (865) 310-5556

Announcements Adoptions ADOPT: A Loving family wishes to adopt newborn into home filled with joy and laughter. Expenses paid.

Please call Jenn and James, 800-518-7030; text 516-817-5569; jennandjamesadopt.com

BEAUTIFUL, SOLD WOOD FULL BED, matt. & box springs, mirrored upright dresser $250. (865)691-1531

GOLDEN DOODLE PUPPIES Reg. Up to date on S/W. Health guarantee. $850 & up. (865) 654-4977 pics online at knoxnews.com

GREYHOUND ADOPTION PetSmart, Morrell Rd., Sat. Nov. 12, 12-2pm, www.greyhoundrescue.org 865-690-0009 or 865-539-9942.

Sporting Goods E-Z GO GOLF CART 2005, battery powered. Exc. cond. Custom upholstery, cover, heater, $1850/b.o. (865)463-6601

BUYING OLD US COINS

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

Farmer’s Mkt/ Trading Post

BUILT ON YOUR PROPERTY FREE ESTIMATES!

YAMAHA P-22 ACOUSTIC PIANO, light oak finish. Pristine cond. $3995/b.o.

(865)274-3499

Tickets/Events Antiques

Collectibles

General Services

Recreation

Campers & RV’s

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

(865)288-0556

FOR SALE - 16ft Monark Fishing Boat, $1500. Welded aluminum, trolling motor, fish finder, 70hp, Evinrude engine. Call (865)357-6746.

1 TENOR & 1 ALTO SAXOPHONE - with cases & extras. $1000/both. Text (865)389-3919

Cemetery Lots

STOCK COW & REPLACEMENT HEIFER SALE

Will clean front & back, $20 & up. Quality work, guaranteed.

Boats/Motors/Marine

Toy Poodle Puppies (100%) 2 M $650, 1 F $750, chocolate, hypo-allergenic, crate & potty trained. 865-221-3842

865-851-9053

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Vans

Real Estate Services

Cats

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KIA FORTE EX - 2012. By owner.

Exc. cond. AT, all power, 27k mi. $10,000/b.o. Phone (865)250-4443.

Musical

(423)200-6600

Chrysler Sebring Convertible - 2001. eng. has 60k, new tires & brakes, great little car. $3800/bo. (423)470-8016

Corvette Conv. 2002, 42,570 mi, AT w/ heads up display, blue w/blk int., exc cond. $19,000. (423)923-7274.

Dogs

Homes Unfurnished Emory Rd & I-75. 4 BR, 2.5 BA, oversized lot, in Teagues Grove, new appls, granite, shows like model, 3,000 SF, subd pool, A+ Powell schools, by owner, $1695 mo. Lease to own avail. (954) 547-2747 FARRAGUT, 3BR, 2 BA, all brick rancher, 2 car gar. on 1/2 acre lot. Quiet street. Heat pump, city water & sewer in Farragut School Dist. No pets. $1300/mo. (865)661-7542 HALLS, 3 BR, 2.5 BA - 1 car gar. $925 + deposit. Pets + dep. 865-388-4498; 865-680-8971

Financial 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

Real Estate Sales North Emory Rd & I-75. 4 BR, 2.5 BA, oversized lot, in Teagues Grove, new appls, granite, shows like model, 3,000 SF, subd pool, A+ Powell schools, by owner, $259,900 or lease to own. (954) 547-2747

WEST KNOX off Lovell Rd. 3 BR, 2.5 BA rancher, extra lg. 2 gar. w/ work area, Monster mstr BR, 400 SF, apprx 2200 SF home, compl. renovated. Less than 2 mi. from Turkey Creek in quiet, priv. area. $1600/mo.

(865)250-9458

Condos Unfurnished KARNS AREA. 2 BR, 1.5 BA 1250 SF living space, W/D conn. $800, no pets, 865-691-8822; 865-660-3584

Duplx/Multplx UnFurn 2 BR DUPLEX South (off Chapman Hwy) Convenient to Downtown & UT No Pets $565 - $575 (865) 577-1687

Seasonal/Vacation Rentals

Condos-Furn

THANKSGIVING VACATION AT WYNDHAM RESORT

Gatlinburg. Park Place Condo. 2 BR, 2 BA, on Little Pigeon River adj.

National Park. Very private. 2 min. walk to town. $235,000. 6% owner fin. avail. 706-463-1140; 706-463-1139

THANKSGIVING WEEK Hawaii, 2BR, Oceanfront condo. Kauai HI. Illness forces cancellation. B.O. 865-604-7614

2BR, Sleep 8. Avail. 7 nights. Sat. 11/19. FL Disney World area. $1,000.

(865)898-6183

Manufactured Homes 1998 16x80, 3 BR, 2 BA, remodeled by dealer, exc cond, move in ready, new deck, in nice mobile home park in Maynardville. Lot rent $165 mo or can be moved. $25,000 obo.

(865)947-3465; 865-850-3465

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

Real Estate Commercial Offices/Warehouses/Rent OFFICE FOR RENT. West (Bearden area). 1500-2000 SF. Call (865) 584-3300

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16 Mobile Lab Series: Web Basics, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Cedar Bluff Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or similar skills; uses tablet/laptop hybrids. Info/registration: 470-7033.

“Taste ’n’ Toast” to support Bridge Refugee Services, 5-9 p.m., Sweet P’s Downtown Dive, 410 W Jackson Ave. Info: 281-1738.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, NOV. 16-17 AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

FRIDAY, NOV. 18 Champagne reception for Tennessee artist Charlotte Terrell, 3-5 p.m., Bennett Gallery, 5308 Kingston Pike. Terrell’s work, which exhibited in the Gallery in October, has been rehung in the lobby of the store for this event. Info: 584-6791.

Family Wildlife Series: Ijams Night Hike, 6-8 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Fee: $5 members, $8 nonmembers. Info/registration: 577-4717, ext. 110.

Oak Ridge Philharmonia concert, 7:30 p.m., Cokesbury UMC South Campus, 9908 Kingston Pike.

Danny Brian will play Piano Concerto No. 1, and the orchestra will perform selections from the Nutcracker Suite. Free but donations appreciated.

Tickets go on sale for Thomas Rhett concert, March 23, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Info/tickets: LiveNation.com; knoxvilletickets.com; Knoxville Tickets Outlets; Venue Box Office; 656-4444.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, NOV. 18-19 “Art and Craft Affair,” 5-8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Liz-Beth & Company, 7240 Kingston Pike. New works from more than 50 local and regional artists and craftsmen; featuring Jeanne Leemon, Sandy Brown, Bill Cook, Jordan Byrd, Jillie Eves, Cynthia Markert, Mike Ham and Betsy Heerdt.

Info: 691-8129 or liz-beth.com.

SATURDAY, NOV. 19 Ancestry in Detail, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration, valid email address and good Internet searching capabilities are required. Info/registration: 215-8809.

Oak Ridge Philharmonia concert, 2 p.m., First Baptist Church of Oak Ridge, 1101 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge. Danny Brian will play Piano Concerto No. 1, and the orchestra will perform selections from the Nutcracker Suite. Free but donations appreciated.

Saturday Stories and Songs: David Blivens, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

SUNDAY, NOV. 20 “Appalachian Tales and Tunes” concert by the Knoxville Choral Society, 6 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Tickets: adults, $20; students, $10; available at ticketmaster.com, at the Tennessee Theatre box office or from any choral society member. Info: knoxvillechoralsociety.org.

Family Wildlife Series: Hawkology 101, 2-4 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Fee: $5 members, $8 nonmembers, children under 3 are free. Info/registration: 577-4717, ext. 110.

Ijams Creative Series: Gourd Biscuit Warmers, 2-4 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home

Ave. Transform gourds into centerpieces for your table that can be filled with biscuits, rolls or any other holiday treat. Fee: $25. Info/registration: 577-4717, ext. 110.

Informational Session and Fun Day Activities hosted by Children’s International Summer Village (CISV), 3-5 p.m., Central UMC, 201 Third Ave. For parents and youth ages 10-18 who are interested in international travel, cultural education and global friendship opportunities. Info: smokymtncisv.org.

SUNDAY, NOV. 27 “Classical Christmas” featuring by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and the Pellissippi State Variations Choir, 2:30 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Tickets $15-$33. Info/tickets: 291-3310; knoxvillesymphony. com. Tickets also available at the door.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30 Mobile Lab Series: Email, 1-3 p.m., Cedar Bluff Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or similar skills; uses tablet/laptop hybrids.

Info/registration: 470-7033.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, DEC. 1-2

SATURDAY, DEC. 10 Natural green wreath class, 12:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Instructor: Julia Shiflett. Class fee: $35. Info/registration: 546-0745.

SUNDAY, DEC. 11 Annual Candlelight tour, 6-8 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Tour is free, but donations will be accepted. Info: 546-0745 or ramseyhouse.org.

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12-14 “Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!” production, Clayton Performing Arts Center, Pellissippi State Community College. Performances for public private and home school students: 9:15 a.m. and noon Monday and Tuesday; 9:15 a.m. Wednesday. Tickets: students, $5; adults, $8. Reservations required. Info/ tickets: 539-2490 or wordplayers@comcast.net.

FRIDAY, DEC. 16

AARP Driver Safety class, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Karns Senior Center, 8032 Oak Ridge Highway. Info/ registration: 951-2653.

Suzy Bogguss’ Swingin’ Little Christmas, 7:30 p.m., The Standard, 416 W. Jackson Ave. Tickets: $25, plus applicable service fees, in advance or $30 at the door. To purchase tickets: 544-1029. Info: info@wdvx. com.

FRIDAY, DEC. 2

TUESDAY, DEC. 20

Candlelight tour and dinner, 6 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Individual or groups up to 10; $125 donation to benefit Historic Ramsey House. Reservations required. Info/reservations: 546-0745 or judy@ramseyhouse.org.

“Meet the Artists” of “My Knoxville: Interpretations of Home” exhibition, 5-8 p.m., The District, 5113 Kingston Pike. Featuring the work of Cinamon Airhart, Mike C. Berry, Gary Dagnan, Connie Gaertner, Kathie Odom and Joe Parrott. Info: 200-4452.

Opening reception for Arts & Alliance Members Show, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Exhibit on display Dec. 2-23. Info: 523-7543 or knoxalliance. com.

Opening reception for “Gaudy Gold Frame Show,” 5 p.m., Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Cash awards presented 7 p.m. Info: BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com.

“Social Media for Museums and Organizations” workshop, 1-3 p.m., the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $10, Arts & Culture Alliance members; $16, nonmembers. Info/registration: knoxalliance.com or sc@knoxalliance.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 3 Candle making workshop, 11 a.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Governor John Sevier Highway. Cost: $20. Packed lunch recommended.

Reservations required. Info/reservations: 573-5508; info@marblesprings.net; marblesprings.net.

Candlelight tour and dinner, 6 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Individual or groups up to 10; $125 donation to benefit Historic Ramsey House. Reservations required. Info/reservations: 546-0745 or judy@ramseyhouse.org.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 3-4 “The Nutcracker” presented by the Appalachian Ballet Company with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Tickets: Knox Tickets, 656.4444.

THURSDAY, DEC. 8

TUESDAY, JAN. 10 “Lessons from Ansel Adams in the Digital Age” workshop, 5:30-6:30 p.m., the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $5, Arts & Culture Alliance members; $8, nonmembers. Info/registration: knoxalliance.com or sc@knoxalliance.com.

SUNDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 15-22 Roane State’s Wilderness First Responder course, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont.

Meets Tennessee EMS standards and national standards for first responder training. Focuses on special situations that may develop in the wilderness. Must have completed professional-level CPR training. Info/registration: gsmit.org/wfr.html or 448-6709.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 27-29 Refresher course for Wilderness First Responder, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont.

Satisfies the requirements to renew certification in First Responder on the national registry. Info/registration: gsmit.org/wfr.html or 448-6709.

TUESDAY, FEB. 7 “The Power of Video and Photo to Tell Your Story” workshop, noon-1 p.m., the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $5, Arts & Culture Alliance members; $8, nonmembers. Info/registration: knoxalliance. com or sc@knoxalliance.com.

TUESDAY, MARCH 21

Knoxville Square Dance, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Calling by Stan Sharp, Ruth Simmons and Leo Collins. Live music by the Hellgramites. No experience or partner necessary. Admission $7; students and JCA members $5. Info: on Facebook.

“Stepping Off the Edge” workshop, 5:30-7 p.m., the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $7, Arts & Culture Alliance members; $10, nonmembers. Info/registration: knoxalliance.com or sc@knoxalliance.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 9-10

TUESDAY, APRIL 11

“The Nutcracker” presented by the Appalachian Ballet Company with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Tickets: 981-8590.

“Social Media and Branding” workshop, 5:306:30 p.m., the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $5, Arts & Culture Alliance members; $8, nonmembers.

Info/registration: knoxalliance.com or sc@knoxalliance. com.

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News from Rather & Kittrell

Win-win charitable giving

By Chad Starliper The Thanksgiving to Christmas period is that time of year when traditions and festivities come alive. One of the great by-products of these traditions is how many communities and individuals tend to be more generous and mindful of helping others.

This is timely because it intersects at a point Chad Starliper when many non-profit groups need funds for operating expenses and other timely initiatives.

Before writing that check, however, it is good to be familiar with strategies that have potential to be a win-win for the giver and the receiver.

There are numerous methods for “win-win charitable giving” that can be strategically used to maximize charitable gifts, but one of the more underutilized is called a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD), made a permanent feature of tax law in December 2015.

This allows an IRA owner over age 701/2 to give funds directly from their IRA to charity – up to $100,000 per year – without having to include the distribution in taxable income. In simple terms, this method allows for making gifts with pre-tax money. Whenever you can “spend” pre-tax money, it is usually a pretty good deal.

QCD works in tandem with the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) rules, which stipulate how much money the IRA owner must take out of the account each calendar year based on the owner’s age and size of the account.

Charitable contributions via QCD offset the RMD dollar for dollar, thereby reducing taxable income. This can be timely because many IRA owners wait until the latter part of the year to satisfy their remaining RMDs. Let’s take a look at a simple example.

IRA owner must take a RMD of $10,000

by December 31st. Owner also wants to give $2,000 to charity and decides

to use the QCD method. Assuming the process is done correctly, the RMD is reduced to $8,000. That means $2,000 went to charity without ever being taxed, and the RMD adds $8,000 to taxable income, rather than $10,000.

Keeping taxable income lower can also have other less obvious benefits as well, depending on one’s specific income tax situation. For some with higher incomes, it may help with eligibility for certain tax credits and deductions that were otherwise phasedout because of income limitations. Others may benefit by reducing the portion of Social Security benefits included in taxable income or reducing Medicare premiums. In other words, there is potential for a positive domino effect created by reducing taxable income.

There are also many taxpayers who do not itemize deductions (where charitable contribution deductions are taken). This group may not realize any additional tax benefit from a charitable deduction. The QCD method could be advantageous here since the tax benefit is not a deduction, but a distribution that avoids being taxed at all.

At this point, it is important to note a few restrictions. First, certain charities are not eligible to receive QCDs, including donor-advised funds, private foundations and supporting organizations. You are not allowed to receive any benefit in return for your charitable donation, such as golf tournament entry fees or auction items. Second, not all

retirement accounts are eligible for QCDs. For instance, 401(k) plans are not eligible. SEP-IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs are not eligible if they are “active,” but are eligible if they are “inactive” according to IRS definitions. Inherited IRAs can be used, even though the account owner may not be over age 70-1/2.

For those with charitable intent, QCD is good to have in the toolkit. There are others as well. If nothing else, win-win charitable giving works best when seen

in light of our larger financial picture.

Investments, retirement, taxes and other facets need to be looked at together to see how gifts can be maximized, both for the good of the giver and the receiver. After all, the more net wealth you can keep and create, the more you can give to help people. It’s a win-win.

Chad Starliper, CFP® is a Senior Financial Advisor with Rather & Kittrell and can be reached at cstarliper@ rkcapital.com

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