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Officials, citizens discuss signals Sterchi Hills homeowners worry their backyards will be lit around the clock after the construction at Dante Road and Dry Gap Pike is finished.

“I just want to be able to sit on my back porch in the evening and not have lights from the road ruining what would be a peaceful evening,” one neighbor complained.

In a brief meeting called by Commissioner R. Larry Smith, the citizens shared their concern with Jim Snowden from Knox County Public Works. Snowden assured them the lights would be aimed towards traffic and not towards the homes. He also said he would discuss the issue with his traffic signal engineer to see what could be done.

“We’ll do everything we can to help you. We have to have a traffic light here because of the volume of traffic at this intersection,” Snowden said. “But we want this to be the most beneficial it can be for those who use it.”

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Halls senior Spencer Cochran looks handsome in a white tuxedo, complete with hat and cane, during the Project Graduation fundraiser fashion show. Photo by Ruth White MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE A-8

AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD Fort Sumter Cemetery group to meet The Fort Sumter Community Cemetery Association will hold its yearly business meeting 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at Salem Baptist Church, 8201 Hill Road in Halls, in Room 140. Directions/ info: 660-6949.

Lost Bible found A New Testament/Psalms Bible was found between Halls and Powell. If you have lost one, please call the Shopper-News office at 9224136 and provide a description.

Water lines sure, road widening possible for Hwy. 33

By Sandra Clark Hallsdale Powell Utility District is seeking bids for a major, yearlong waterline expansion from Halls Crossroads to Union County. The line will tie the district to the new water treatment plant on Norris Lake, giving HPUD an additional source of water.

The bids will be opened at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 10. Robert G. Campbell & Associates is the design engineer.

With the utility work underway, what are the prospects for the long-awaited widening of Highway 33 (Maynardville Pike) from Halls to the Union County line?

Steve Borden, who replaced Fred Corum as director of Region I (East Tennessee) for the state Department of Transportation, essentially had no comment. While confirming that the right-of-way has been purchased, Borden said the construction has not been funded.

He estimated that construction will be 75 percent of the project’s cost, with R-O-W acquisition about 15 percent and design work and environmental studies about 10 percent.

Highway 33 widening is “not funded in the current three-year plan,” said Borden, but each year toward the end of April the TDOT releases a new three-year plan. “That will tell you if it’s funded.”

Here’s betting we’ll soon be seeing the orange barrels, a four-laned road with turn lane, and a slew of Union County residents moving more easily into Halls and Powell for shopping and entertainment.

Ladies of Charity take good works to new headquarters

By Anne Hart Erika Fuhr is one of those remarkable people who can always find something good in even the worst of situations. But that admirable characteristic has been tested mightily over the last year or so.

Fuhr has been the major force – they call her “the building guru” – behind the remodeling of a 25 ,000 - squa re foot building soon to be the new home of the Ladies of Charity. It will allow the organization to move its operations from Erika Fuhr cramped, outdated headquarters in two different locations to the new site and eventually expand its charitable programs.

After months of effort, work on the new headquarters – the former Royal Beauty Supply building on Baxter Avenue – was nearing completion when a five inch highpressure water pipe froze and burst overnight in January 2010, flooding the entire building.

“Those who love the poor during life will have nothing to fear at the hour of their death.”

– St. Vincent de Paul “Everything was ruined,” Fuhr says. “All the ceilings had to be ripped out to the rafters, the walls taken back to the studs, all the flooring pulled up. We lost the furnace, the electrical, everything. It was a nightmare. It cost us $80,000 just to get the water out, but we got right back to work the very next day.”

So what good could she possibly find in all that?

“We learned a lot was wrong with the building that we hadn’t known about. Now we have been able to take care of those things. It will save us money over the long run.”

For example, there were large holes in the walls along roof lines that would have resulted in enormous heating and cooling bills. The building has many large windows, none of which was double-paned or insulated. Much of the structure

is concrete block, and the chinking was crumbling between the blocks.

But now, everything that was old and outdated and worn out and not working the way it should has been replaced.

“We now have a solid, tight building,” Fuhr says. “It’s almost a new building.”

Help has come from many sources. A $33,500 grant from the Timken Foundation, an Ohio manufacturing firm with a facility in Mascot, replaced the large windows with new double-paned ones.

A large part of the cost of the building was made possible by a bequest from a former member. In her will, Helen Marx left the Ladies of Charity $384,000. Funding sources for the organization include the United Way, private gifts, donations from the churches and the Angel Tree program. A volunteer writes grants applications. Paid staff is the equivalent of 3 1/2 fulltime positions, and the remaining work is performed by more than 100 volunteers who donated about 25,000 hours last year.

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The new Ladies of Charity headquarters on Baxter Avenue. Photos by Ruth White ture, clothing and other items are available, and a food pantry, where supplies to prepare more than 3,000 meals a week are provided. In addition, vouchers are available for kerosene for heating in the wintertime, and layettes for newborns are provided to indigent women. Some 33,000 individuals received services from the charity last year.

Founded in France in 1617 under the direction of St. Vincent de Paul, Ladies of Charity is the oldest lay organization in the Catholic Church. The local organization

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The doors to the new facility will open to the public on March 21.There will be a special mass at Holy Ghost Church at 10 a.m.

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Miracle Molly finds her way home Got a phone call last week from Bill Yoder, an all-around great guy I interviewed back when the Shopper office was located in the log cabin off Maynardville Highway.

Bill has a good story to

Jake Mabe

Read any good books lately?

If there’s one thing we try to impress on our young writers, it is the necessity to read. An argument can be made that the best writers are born, but even the minds of Shakespeare, Faulkner, Hemingway and Twain were once blank slates.

Reading helped fill those slates.

So, I hope you’ll pardon me if I briefly indulge in the timeless tradition of codgers everywhere in every era of lamenting the way in which we are preparing our youth. When I see “Huckleberry Finn” undergoing censoring or – worse yet – outright banning, I cringe. When I see the latest vampire novel flying off the shelves (or on to your Kindle) while “The Grapes of Wrath” gathers dust, I lament. And when I see what passes for “conversation” is these days of teen text-messaging madness, I fear for their future, because what flies off their fingertips is a reflection of what has (and has not) impressed their brains.

Human beings are mimics. We copy others in our dress, our speech and our mannerisms. But thinking is a solo endeavor. We might take inspiration from another, and there is sometimes truth to the adage that two heads are better than one. But ultimately your thoughts and your ability to reason are your own, and the mind is a tool that grows dull when unchallenged.

Reading good books sharpens that tool. Reading that stretches your understanding, that asks as much of you as it gives, invariably shapes a mind capable of dealing with complex issues. Those are the minds we need in an increasingly complex world.

There are bright and inquisitive minds in every school in this nation, but we need to do more to encourage them. So, shut down the Xbox and the PlayStation for a few hours this week and give the library a try.

With my digression into geezerdom out of the way, I can tell you that Jake Mabe is a kindred spirit when it comes to reading. Check out his feature on page A-7.

Anne Hart comes with a front page feature about the Ladies of Charity, as worthy a lay organization as any. If you’re reading the Halls edition, or if you’re online, check out Betty Bean’s story about a new private middle school. Lorraine Furtner’s front page story for the Farragut edition is also a worthwhile read and should bolster your faith in what young people are capable of.

All of our writers are available at www.shoppernews now.com. Go ahead – read something. Your mind will thank you for it.

Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com..

tell about the dog he now calls Miracle Molly.

It seems Bill was walking Molly, a 20-pound beagle/Jack Russell mix, and her half-sister Fritzi, a 30-pound beagle/bichon mix, in his Fountain City neighborhood. They got about a quarter of a mile from home when three dogs that were not on leashes charged Bill’s dogs, which were leashed. The charging dogs’ owner tried to call them back. Didn’t work.

Bill says Molly bolted, “taking the 5-foot leash with her, closely followed by two part German shepherds in hot pursuit.” The neighbor called his wife.

She tracked down the two shepherds. Molly, though, was nowhere to be found.

When Molly didn’t come home, Bill and his neighbors hit the streets. They looked in the nearby woods.

They drove through the immediate area. They posted up signs with Molly’s picture. They called Young-

Halls Middle School 8th grade social studies teachers Ted Williams, Mike Cato and Jarrod Pendergraft dress up for Mountain Man Day. Photo by Jake Mabe Williams Animal Center.

They put ads on Craigslist and in the daily newspaper.

Nothing.

Bill and his wife, Nancy, began to worry. “That night, there was a ‘frog strangler,’ (heavy rain),” Bill says.

Four days and five nights later, Bill heard a barking dog in his backyard about 3 a.m.

“There was Molly, still with her leash secured to her collar, wanting to come in.”

Nancy jumped out of bed. She thought she might be dreaming.

“When told she wasn’t, there ensued one of the most compassionate re-

Rotary Club of Knoxville to hold Fat Tuesday Party Rotary Club of Knoxville will hold its second annual Fat Tuesday Party and $10,000 Reverse Raffle fundraiser 6:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the Foundry.

The fundraiser benefits local and international programs. Tickets are $100 for a chance to win $10,000.

Every 25th name drawn will receive $100 back. You do not have to be present to win. Info: Elaine McCullough, 523-8252 or visit www.rotaryclubofknoxville.com.

Miracle Molly found her way back to Bill and Nancy Yoder in Fountain City. Photo submitted unions between Fritzi, who had been whining daily for her sister, and Molly’s two thankful owners.”

Bill calls it a miracle.

“Without hesitation there was much thankful prayer to the Lord for Molly’s return. The instinct of animals is absolutely amazing. We have no idea where she was secluded all this time, but she and God did.”

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Mountain Men come to Halls Middle On a nearly perfect false spring of a Wednesday last week, Halls Middle School 8th grade social studies

teachers Ted Williams, Mike Cato and Jarrod Pendergraft were dressed in frontier fur, setting up camp on the football practice field, looking like extras from the movie “Jeremiah Johnson.”

They call it Mountain Man Day. One of three living history presentations the teachers put on each school year, it’s a way to make the past come alive and seem more real, more hands-on, for the students.

“We always get positive feedback from parents,” Cato said in an earlier interview. “The kids go home and talk about it. And we like it.”

Williams showed off authentic clothing and talked about hunting techniques, a mountain man’s lifestyle and technology that would have been available at the time. Cato showed the students how to light a fire without matches. Pendergraft showed them how a beaver trap works.

Cato even passed around a piece of unsweetened dark chocolate, which at the time was obtained by trade with South America.

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Corryton-Gibbs private middle school meeting set

By Betty Bean Parents and students interested in the new Corryton-Gibbs Middle School are invited to an information and application submission meeting at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 3, at 7701 Corryton Road in the old medical center building next door to the Corryton library. Those planning to apply should bring the $60 registration fee (which includes half the yearly book fee). The school is scheduled to open this fall and enrollment will be limited to 25 to 30 students.

Organizer Allison Allen has been working hard on the project and says she’s anxious to get the word out about the new school, which is geared to meet the needs of families in the Gibbs and Corryton area who are dissatisfied with sending their middle school students on a long bus ride to Holston Middle School.

“I can’t wait to do the TV interview that I have scheduled,” she said. “I’ve had a lot of people tell me they’ve heard a lot of crazy things about what we’re trying to do. But it’s simply this: We don’t have a middle school, and there is a way we can do it that’s affordable.”

Allen and her husband, Todd, have lived in the Gibbs community for 20 years and have always been deeply involved in their children’s education. Allen says she did “a

Allison Allen Photo by Betty Bean brief stint with home schooling several years ago.” She has big plans for the future.

“I feel that a lot of people don’t really have a good appreciation for getting a good education and going to college – the families need to be involved and interested in their kids’ education. It doesn’t matter how much money a family has. I aim to show that we can do this on a shoestring budget and have good results. It’s not a money problem. It’s about a good education.

“We just wanted to see if we could do something that was academic and incorporates technology. In 10 to 15 years the kind of jobs these kids are going to be getting aren’t going to be the kind of jobs they’re getting now,” she said.

Allen, who plans to teach science and social studies, said the new school will use technology as well as its 4.8-

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“We’ll be doing environmental projects, nature projects and be very hands-on.

We can build habitats, plant things and make walking trails. We want to combine technology and hands-on projects. Our curriculum is digital and kids will be able to access textbooks 24 hours a day from any computer.

The digital curriculum can be changed and updated. You won’t have to buy a brand new book all over again. That’s where we thought we’d have the best of both worlds.”

The school will also offer Spanish, environmental issues, nature studies, mathematics and technical engineering classes and 21st century logic skills. Arts instruction will be incorporated into the curriculum.

Allen plans to keep her weekend job as a unit coordinator at the University of Tennessee Medical Center and is looking for a diverse group of people to serve on a school advisory board. She says West Knoxville friends tell her they are shocked that tuition will only be $300 a month.

“My husband says we’re not going to make a dime, but it’s something the community needs,” she said. “I can’t believe the number of e-mails we’ve gotten.”

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During March, the Parkside Open Door Gallery will feature Watercolors by Leann Cooper, photography and mixed media by Mignon Naegeli and pottery by Kate McCullough.

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The Friends of the Knox County Public Library will hold this year’s annual used book sale 1-6 p.m. Saturday, March 6; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Monday through Friday, March 7-11; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at the Knoxville Convention Center.

Drive-up curbside service will be offered this year where volunteers will load purchases into your car.

Most hardcover books for adults will be $2, paperbacks will be $1 or less. Hardcovers for children will be $1, with board books and paperbacks selling for 50 cents or less.

There will also be movies, magazines, music and a rare special collection for sale. All proceeds benefit the Knox County Public Library. Info: www. knoxfriends.org.

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Skate-a-thon will benefit Special Olympics The Ice Chalet Skating Club of Knoxville will host its annual Skate-a-thon 3-6 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at the Ice Chalet in Bearden. Entry fee is $40 per person or $100 per family. Participants will receive a free T-shirt and there will be refreshments, games and prizes. Participants can collect pledges as a whole dollar amount, based on time spent skating or the number of laps skated. All pledges must be collected and submitted to the Ice Chalet Skating Club

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We have met the enemy and he is us

I wish I could lay claim to that title, but it was the “There’s no cover anyIt’s an interesting time for the little band of volunteers more for the people who brainchild of Walt Kelly, (“three church ladies and a are opposing this bill,” said creator of the “Pogo” comic preacher”) who are trying Dawn Coppock, legisla- strip. The phrase was picked to persuade the Tennessee tive director of LEAF, the up by conservationists more General Assembly to ban church-based group that than a generation ago. It’s mountaintop coal mining. has been lobbying the Sce- as true today as it was then, nic Vistas Act, which was and it goes to the heart of authored by Coppock nearly the contentious debate over the Hillside and Ridgetop four years ago.

Protection Plan.

“Last year their lobbyist Betty Bean was running around saying my bill could cost 6,000 jobs, not to mention the tax Larry Public interest in their revenue,” Coppock said.

Van issue has shifted one way “Well now they’ve closed Guilder while the surging Republi- down and you don’t get sevcan Party has gone in the op- erance tax on coal you don’t posite direction. mine. The fact the severance Support for the Scenic tax is low doesn’t have anyAt last week’s public Vistas Act has been build- thing to do with our bill. hearing on the plan, Coming steadily over the past “There isn’t any mining missioner Tony Norman three sessions, even though going on that I can find, but proclaimed it a “happy day” the church ladies have been what I’m hearing is that nobecause the issue was about avoided, evaded, neglected body’s mining up there (in to be settled. Norman charand rejected by politicians the Cumberlands) but a few acterized developers’ redesperate to keep the bill old wildcatters who’ve been luctance to abandon their from coming to a vote. doing it for years. How do God-given rights to fell evThe Legislature has you get upset about banning ery tree and flatten every moved steadily to the right something in Tennessee hill as a “clash” between a and Big Coal has been em- that’s not even happening in “reasoned approach” to depowered by a Supreme Court Tennessee? There’s no cover velopment and “emotion.” decision that has allowed anymore. What’re they go- Norman said a mouthful, them to untie the purse ing to say: ‘I hate mountain- and before the hearing was strings and pour unlimited tops? They’d look better as over, his happy day had besums of money into politi- mesas?’ ” come a Blue Monday. cal campaigns even as the The obvious answer is The plan dissenters were public has become increas- that mountains are still bein no mood to hear that ingly determined to protect ing blown to hell in Kentucky their “taking” argument was Tennessee’s mountains from and West Virginia and the hogwash or that the “nocoal company dynamite. industry giants don’t want tification” they demanded The major and maybe even a symbolic precedent be mailed to thousands of the only sensible-sounding set in nearby Tennessee. “affected” property owners argument against banning The administration of this form of mining has been newly minted Gov. Bill economic: Haslam probably shouldn’t inspire much confidence in Jobs. Taxes. Money.

But that claim never had anyone who opposes mounmuch merit and will be even taintop removal. Tennessee tougher to make now that Department of Environment the last in-state coal compa- and Conservation commisny practicing mountaintop sioner Bob Martineau made removal, National Coal, has a career defending polluting sold out to a West Virginia industries. Coppock, chooscompany that fired its 155 ing her words carefully, Recently, city Mayor Danemployees and ceased its op- says she’s waiting for an opiel Brown announced an exportunity to speak with the eration at Zeb Mountain, the cellent choice for police chief largest and oldest mountain- TDEC brass.

“We haven’t talked yet. I in David Rausch. A national top removal site in Tennessee. Permits are still pending have a pending request for a search was not needed or warranted as KPD had sevmeeting,” she said. at other sites, however. eral persons who could have ably stepped into the posiBurchett: plan is a slippery slope tion, and Rausch is certainly one of them. He brings enfor property rights ergy, knowledge, experience It’s official: Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett opposes and integrity to the position. the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan. In a press reAs part of the promolease last Friday sure to give aid and comfort to developers tion from deputy chief to and backers of the fallacious “taking” argument, Burchett police chief will come a salcalled the plan “a roadmap for the significant erosion of the ary boost. Outgoing Police rights of thousands of Knox County property owners,” add- Chief Sterling “I.V.” Owen ing that “government should not … place new bureaucratic is the second highest paid roadblocks that further restrict economic development.” city employee at $158,780 As was pointed out by MPC staff at last week’s public in total compensation. His hearing on the plan, development possibilities in the coun- pension for six years with ty are scarcely restricted. Within the plan’s hillside area, the city will be around approximately 76,000 units housing roughly 190,000 $19,000 a year, starting the people may be constructed. Outside the protected areas day he retires depending there is developable land that could contain 103,000 units on which option he picks. for 230,000 residents. In total, enough space to effectively What Brown decides to pay the new police chief has not double Knox County’s current population. been announced. However, Some “roadblock.”

– Larry Van Guilder he should consider where

Knoxville Chamber CEO Mike Edwards holds the creation of Julia Lawyer, a Bearden Elementary School student. Julia’s simple apparatus illustrates the rise in slope from 15 to 50 percent.

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was not only unreasonable but legally unnecessary.

Because the plan applies to the entire county, the logical extension of that demand is that every property owner in the county, whether residing on ridgetops or flatlands, should receive notification.

This defies logic and good sense, of course, but both were in short supply among those eager to blast the plan’s architects as nothing short of anti-American environmentalist wackos.

It did little good for Law Director Joe Jarret to ex-

Disparity in city pay Hill’s work load does not justify his pay

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it places Chief Rausch in terms of other salaries at the high levels of the city.

There has been a $67,000 disparity between the fire chief, Stan Sharp, who earns $91,470 in total compensation, and the police chief.

This unfair difference sends a message that the fire chief is not important. The fire chief’s salary should be adjusted upwards given his responsibilities. The new police chief should not start off at the identical salary of the person he replaces.

The fire chief also should not be making $60,000 a year less than David Hill, who earns $152,940 in total compensation. Hill was removed as the mayor’s chief of staff several years ago and assigned lesser duties running waterfront de-

plain that, in the first place, “taking” could not apply to a plan, which is, after all, only a set of guidelines and not statutes.

And what, allegedly, was being taken? The aginners wail that the insidious plan takes away their right to use their property as they please without restriction. Save for the lucky few who own and inhabit a private island in the tropics, that “right” has been dubious from the moment people began forming communities.

“You took $300,000 of our money to take our

velopment where activity is slow to say the least, but his salary was not reduced along with his duties.

Hill is the fifth highest paid city employee and certainly his work load does not justify anything close to this amount or position on the pay scale. If not changed, this is a valid topic in the mayoral campaign. Hill’s job could easily be eliminated, his duties transferred to community development, and no one would notice his departure.

The mayor is paid $130,000 annually. The highest paid city employee is Janet Wright who runs computer services. Her total compensation is $161,300, and she earns it as this is a highly competitive area requiring expertise and skill.

She has both.

The third and fourth highest paid city employees in total compensation are Larry Martin at $157,460 (which I suspect is far less than he made at First Tennessee) and Bill Lyons at $152,800. Both have been with the city more than five years and can receive a city pension based on their

property rights away to please you,” said one irate protester. If you attended any of the endless task force meetings over the last couple of years, you’d know the members weren’t motivated by “pleasure.”

Another, an MPC commissioner no less, said his impression is “the plan was developed by too narrow a group.” The “group,” 23 in all, consisted of professionals in planning and development as well as elected officials.

One brave property owner bucked the trend when she complained that landowners “were not thinking about anything other than monetary value.” But she was the exception who proved the rule, her comments buried under complaints that the plan was “shallow and emotional,” that the task force “overstepped” its mandate or that the process should start over.

There’s little indication that the plan doesn’t meet the approval of the majority of Knox County residents. Norman said the opposition’s strategy is to “elongate the issue,” a tactic he considered “inappropriate.” But he summed up the opposition’s position best in words that Pogo himself couldn’t have bettered: “This is absurd.”

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years of service and highest pay at time of retirement.

There are only 13 persons with the city who make more than $100,000 a year out of a workforce of 1,600 employees.

City employees are anxious about a pension study committee being appointed and what it will recommend. They assume it means reductions and cuts.

Meanwhile, the lawsuit from 31 city employees for a change in their pension plan continues to the dismay of many. It is hard to see broad pension changes occurring if the city leaders do not also address and resolve this lawsuit which, if successful, could add several million dollars to the pension liability.

Also, it is incomprehensible that Bill Lyons has said the pension study committee will hold some private meetings. State law requires open meetings, and even if it did not, it is bad public policy to bar taxpayers from meetings where public monies are being discussed.

Surely Lyons remembers the controversy with Knox County Commission.

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Carson’s big day on The Hill Knox County school board member Karen Carson had a full day last Wednesday. As legislative chair for the Tennessee PTA, Carson was in demand as hundreds of PTA members descended on Nashville for their annual Legislative Day on The Hill.

Knox County school board vice chair Karen Carson, Gov. Bill Haslam and state PTA president Kathy Patty at the PTA’s annual Legislative Day on the Hill. Photo submitted

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And to make it even more fun, she and some colleagues decided to include students.

“We expected maybe 30 to 50 students. We had more than 200,” she said. “Logistics were a problem.”

Leaders quickly improvised, dividing the kids into three groups and conducting each session in triplicate.

Students not in session were dispatched on tours of the Capitol and the nearby state museum.

Carson said the format changes (and no doubt the fact that the Legislature had scheduled work for Wednesday) caused the sessions to be more “dropin” than formal.

Gov. Bill Haslam visited one group and former UT coach Phillip Fulmer also stopped by. State Sen. Jamie Woodson was terrific, Carson said, and the students

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related so well to state Rep. Ryan Haynes that, “I had to cut off questions!”

Carson’s day was so hectic that when she got into her car to drive home, “the silence was wonderful.”

It was a day-trip for the high and middle school kids, with the Knox County group leaving at 6 a.m. and the Memphis students leaving at 5:30 a.m.

Knox County sent 36 elementary, middle and high school students. The local group was sponsored by the Knox County Council PTA, the Howard Baker Center and the Metropolitan Drug Commission.

“There was no charge to any child,” said Carson. “It’s so important that we get this generation of people involved and passionate about more than the day-to-day activities of their own life.”

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will meet 6 p.m. Thursday, March 10, in the Plainview Community Center.

NOTES ■ The Knox County school board will meet at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, March 2, at the City County Building; a workshop will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, at the Andrew Johnson board room. At 4 p.m. Monday, Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre will announce the new UT Leadership Academy participants, a 15-month training program for aspiring principals.

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Stamp show to feature 1861 Confederate stamps

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The Rev. Clarence Sexton and Knoxville Chamber president Mike Edwards wrap up the Crown College Business forum last Thursday. Photo by Greg Householder

Business Forum hears education woes Chamber president calls middle school ‘failed system’

By Greg Householder It is no secret that education in America is in a crisis.

Knoxville Chamber president Mike Edwards just brought the issue into perspective for hundreds of business leaders who attended the Crown College Business Forum hosted by the college’s School of Business Applications.

Edwards told the group that East Tennessee has lots of assets: UT Medical Center where third year medical students complete their fourth

tion, will host its annual stamp show, “Knoxpex 2011 – 150th anniversary of Knoxville’s 1861 Confederate Stamps,” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 5, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at the Holiday Inn Knoxville West, 304 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Admission and parking are free.

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year and the first year of residency, many staying in the area after completing their studies; Oak Ridge; and the research facilities at UT. All attract educated talent who stay in the area.

According to Edwards, the problem is that students graduating from the American educational system simply do not possess the skill sets to compete in today’s economy. He went on to say that the top 10 jobs in 2010 did not even exist in 2004.

He talked of ways the Chamber – the local and the national organizations – are trying to help. Edwards said education is a matter of managing outcomes and that management skill is not frequently found in education.

“Management skills are not part of the DNA of public education.”

He talked of the latest legislative changes in post secondary through the Complete College Act where funding is based on outcomes versus enrollment, etc.

Edwards also drew a stark picture of Social Security in the U.S., pointing out that when implemented in the 1930s there were ap-

proximately 10 workers paying in to the system for each retiree. Today, that number is four and it will soon be two.

The Rev. Clarence Sexton, pastor of Temple Baptist Church, joined Edwards to close out the forum and told the group that today, one in three in high school students do not graduate.

He announced that Crown College will hold educational camps this summer.

Sexton also talked about the issues with the middle school system and how we must start looking to high school and post secondary education in middle school versus merely using middle school as a “warehouse” between elementary school and high school. Edwards agreed that the middle school system is a failed system in the U.S. County Mayor Tim Burchett drew a laugh when Sexton asked him if he had anything to add and Burchett told the group that he would be bringing a budget shortly and, according to Burchett, “to borrow from the scriptures: ‘there will be much gnashing of teeth.’ ”

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The billboard outside Radio City Music Hall advertises “Elvis Presley in Concert.”

Elvis conquers the Empire State

And here too, up on a video screen, was Elvis “himselvis,” still able, through the raw power of that remarkable voice, to bring the audience to its feet. On and on the classics came, “Hound Dog,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “All Shook Up,” “Suspicious Minds.”

But the highlights were the showstoppers, the big numbers that utilized both the full orchestra and the full range of Elvis’ two octave voice. “What Now My Love” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “How Great Thou Art” and “American Trilogy.” When Elvis and the band hit the bombastic final notes of “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” people were standing, screaming, swooning. Some clapped. Others cried.

All the tough images of terrible impersonators were thrown in the trash with yesterday’s Times.

The King was back, or as back as he’s ever going to be, making you forget all about the unfair caricature of the bloated, bejeweled self-parody and remember the artist, the entertainer, the man who changed American pop music forever.

Years and years ago, after watching Presley’s “comeback”

show on NBC, reviewer John Landau wrote, “He sang with the kind of power people no longer expect from rock and roll singers.” If Landau thought it was dead in 1968, I hope to God he has been spared the sight of 2011.

Bieber Fever and Britney Spears and fi ll in your own blank can’t hold a candle to the King. But, then again, neither can anybody else. They never could.

“There have been pretenders and there have been contenders,” Bruce Springsteen once observed.

“But there’s only one king.”

“Before Elvis,” lamented John Lennon, “there was nothing.”

This super-duper spectacle should be seen again and again and again, if only to remind the young and the ignorant that popular music doesn’t have to be pointless drivel.

Manhattan is marvelous this time of year. A blustery 30-degree Tuesday gave way to a 50-degree Wednesday. We went to the top of the Empire State Building. I was last there on Sept. 1, 2001 – 10 days before the towers fell. Everything and nothing has changed.

We ate lunch at Heartland Brewing Company and sat next

to Pete from Texas, who works in television. Pete gets up here about four times a year. He had finished work for the day and decided to sit by a window and watch. He lives on three acres an hour outside Big D and said he was ready to go home.

“Two or three days of this madness is enough.”

It was time to go to Penn Station, time to head to Newark, to Knoxville. On the plane I talked to a teacher from Louisiana.

She was headed to New Orleans and said her house was spared

by Katrina, but damaged during Gustav. She had one of those wonderful Old South accents, thick as sweet molasses, much different from my mountain mumblings.

I had awakened in Times Square and went to sleep in Tennessee, visions of Elvis and the Empire State dancing in my head.

I don’t have any reasons, to quote Billy Joel. I’ve left them all behind.

I’m in a New York state of mind.

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The show has set a Guinness world record as the first live tour NEW YORK – The King of headlined by a performer who Rock and Roll knocked ’em dead at Radio City Music Hall is no longer living. Only Elvis, right? this month, 40 years after he It played to a packed house at last conquered Manhattan Radio City earlier this month. and 33 years after he left the Guitarist James Burton, drummer Ronnie Tutt and pianist Glen building for good.

D. Hardin were here. So were the ait, wait. Don’t do a dou- Imperials Quartet and the survivble take and read that ing original Sweet Inspiration, Essentence again. Pull up telle Brown. So was conductor Joe a chair instead and let me tell you Guercio, Elvis’s maestro, fronting Elvis Presley (on video screen) sings while surviving members of his TCB Band and others play live to his synched a 20-piece orchestra. vocals at Radio City Music Hall during a production of “Elvis Presley in Concert.” Photos by Jennifer VanOver about it.

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Little John CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton I have much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink; instead I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.

(3 John 13 NRSV) The third letter of John is unique.

In Greek, 3 John is just 219 words, 15 verses – the shortest book in the New Testament.

In Greek, not one of those words is Christ. The translators of the New Revised Standard Ver-

sion render verse 7 as “for they began their journey for the sake of Christ,” but in Greek, it is “for the sake of the name.” This third letter of John is the only book in the New Testament that does not include the word Christ.

And it is the only one of the

letters of John written to one individual.

So what is this little missive?

It is written to an individual, a church leader named Gaius, which doesn’t tell us much: Gaius was a common name in the early Christian era. The writer didn’t identify himself either, except as “the elder,” which meant a leader in the faith community.

Its purpose, however, is clear: it is a letter of reference. Just as in modern times, a letter is written from one friend or associate to another, by way of introduction and commendation on behalf of a third party. In this case, apparently, “the elder” writes to Gaius concerning “the friends” – a group of traveling missionaries – recommending that he offer them hospitality and care for them, so that they do not have to depend on

nonbelievers for support.

In a sideline, he writes about “Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first. …” (That is a charge that could be leveled against a great many of us, who worry about I, me and mine instead of the welfare of the whole community of faith.) Apparently, he is an elder in the church as well, because he has and exercises the authority to expel those who want to welcome “the friends.”

The letter is apparently carried by one Demetrius, about whom we know nothing else (surely not the silversmith we meet in Ephesus in Acts!), but whose virtue is vouched for by the writer of the letter.

And then verse 13 piques my curiosity. Perhaps it is the tone of the whole letter, and the obvious factions and tensions in the church, but I wonder about verse 13. The

writer says, “I have much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink; instead I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.”

Did he dread the labor (and expense?) of writing on parchment?

Or did he mistrust the emissary who would carry the letter? Did he worry that it might fall into the wrong hands, or become more public than he intended? Did he feel more secure with a private, unrecorded conversation?

Perhaps that is the lesson of this rather obscure book. It is not a great theological treatise, with grand, sweeping ideas and glorious, soaring language. It is life in the church: greetings, memos, church minutes, discussions, plans, arrangements, references, problems, reflections, dreams.

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Austin Shofner circa 1936. Photo courtesy UT Sports Information on

Not enough heroes TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

A portable garden:

let it grow

By Jake Mabe

I

guess the whole thing started with “Danny and the Dinosaur.”

My parents read it to me again and again. I can still see the pictures, still see the words on the page. I remember the dinosaur hiding in the museum. I remember thinking that was funny. Clever, even.

Somewhere in the 2nd or 3rd grade, neighbor Marilyn Johnson gave me a copy of her son Ben’s Hardy Boys mystery, “While the Clocked Ticked.” And I was hooked.

Thus the dominoes began to fall – more Hardy Boys and “Where the Red Fern Grows,” when the boy falls on the ax. Joyce Hill showed us the movie; my pictures were better than Hollywood’s. Then came Encyclopedia Brown. Books on meteorology and football and politics.

By 9 or 10, maybe before, I was reading the papers – the stories, the comics, the Mini Page, the TV guide.

I began writing stories by the 3rd grade.

I can remember sitting on the playground at the old Brickey School, looking, learning, lamenting. When I got to Virginia Rains’ 5th grade class, she would have me write one story a week to share with my chums.

It continued that next year at Halls Middle, Roy Andrews and the “Snood” mysteries.

He put them up on a board at the front of the class. Jon Wright drew the cover.

These memories floated out of the mist of time while I was reading Roger Rosenblatt’s “Unless it Moves the Human Heart,” about the craft of writing. He says that all good writers are readers. I agree.

I would worry, fret even, over a writer who doesn’t read. The late, great Wilma Dykeman once gave me great advice. To be a writer, she typed in an old-fashioned letter, write, write, write and read, read, read.

So I did. Whenever I was happy or sad or lonely or fulfilled, I would write. And read.

Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle and Rex Stout. Ian Fleming and Dorothy Gil-

man. I tried to read Spillane but didn’t much care for him.

The summer before high school I read Harper Lee. “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Brilliant in its simplicity, that little girl’s story.

Still later came Hemingway and Faulkner, Larry McMurtry and John Grisham; Charles Dickens, the best and worst of times, and the New York Times. I can still recall the absolute thrill, the shiver that ran up my spine, when I first held a Sunday Times in my excited little fingers.

I was assigned John Updike in college, the one about that boy at the A&P, and knew I’d stumbled onto something special. I could see the ringleader and her two sidekicks. I was there, in the store with them. I could see it. I could see it!

Then my boss introduced me to Pete Hamill. For the first time I became cognizant of language as rhythm, music keeping time with the metronome. I read “A Drinking Life,” the perfect memoir with not a wasted word, and I knew. Yes. This was writing.

Other discoveries have been gold nuggets sifted out of the soil. Pat Conroy and the broken sand dollars. Jay Gatsby and the blinking green light.

“In Cold Blood,” that awful, awful night in Kansas.

A bit later I read Capote’s novella “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” evidence, if you need it, that even the cinema can’t top a super scribe.

I remember the night I read “The Old Man and the Sea,” in one sitting. I could smell the saltwater and the sea air and see the look of grief on the old man’s weathered face. I could see it. I could see it!

Reading is such a pleasure. It isn’t passive, for one thing. The author sets the stage. You get to be the casting director.

The pictures are in your head. And what’s wonderful about it is your pictures are different from mine.

Someone once said that a good book is a garden carried around in one’s pocket.

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hopper editor Larry Van Guilder got my attention with last week’s strong story about a genuine hero.

If I see famous names in the news for all the wrong reasons, I am reminded that we are running a bit short on leadership. Business giants rise and fall. Politicians are vulnerable. Some coaches cheat. Even preachers sometimes sin and fall short.

Many top athletes reject the responsibility of role modeling. They prefer to just play the games, earn fortunes, appear in one charity golf tournament, maybe sign a few autographs and flip the switch. Privacy is precious. They don’t want to be bothered.

My search for a hero was richly blessed.

Pat Shires (Tennessee tailback, 1952) sent me a book, “Escape from Davao” by John D. Lukacs, 2010, Simon and Schuster. It dusts off one of the greatest stories of the Pacific segment of World War II, a daring daylight escape from a notorious Japanese prison camp. A former Volunteer was a ringleader.

Believe it or not, there was a tattered background file in my office. Before he was a Marine, Austin Shofner was a substitute Tennessee tackle, 175 pounds, somewhere behind Bob Woodruff on the depth chart.

Austin lettered in ’36, the year Red Harp ran back a punt and knocked heavily favored Duke out of a Rose Bowl trip.

Shofner grew up outside Shelbyville, along the Duck River. His father, a teacher and part-time farmer, sent him to the big city with sage advice: “If you can’t be smart, be lucky.”

Robert R. Neyland gave young Shofner additional coaching tips, all those football fundamentals, plus the maxims. The player said the coach taught mind over matter.

At 25, Shofner was a Marine officer stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese bombed Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Arthur Jones was there. He remembered the chilling news: “Capt. Austin C. Shofner took charge, issuing ammunition, telling us our play days were over, we could start earning our money.”

Jones said the captain could be caustic, abrasive or glib, that he was a natural leader, able to motivate under difficult, even impossible circumstances. There were some. The 4th Marine regiment was dispatched to Corregidor. It fought fiercely but did not fare well. On May 6, 1942, the warriors were told to give up.

“It fell to Capt. Shofner to pass the word to the men that for the first time in history U.S. Marines had been ordered to surrender. He

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broke his ceremonial sword over his knee.”

Shofner, prisoner of war, survived the infamous Bataan death march. Many didn’t.

He survived 11 months at Davao, a former penal colony for Filipino criminals. Many didn’t. Conditions were barbaric – slave labor, not enough food and no medical support. Americans were beaten, tortured, killed. There was no way to escape. That hellhole was surrounded by a swamp.

When seven officers (three marines, three airmen and an artillery major) and two tough sergeants pondered the possibility, somebody said it couldn’t be done. Shofner said they had to try, that their other choice was to die. Motivation was to tell the civilized world what they had seen.

With two Filipino convicts as tour guides, they simply jogged away from an assignment outside the walls. Guards laughed and said the Americans had learned to appreciate their jobs, that they were running to work.

The escapees waded the swamps and fought off wasps and leeches and crocodiles.

They hacked their way through jungle. They got lost. They came to a large stream. It was Shofner who said cut a large tree and use it as a bridge.

One in the group wanted to turn back.

“No!” roared Shofner. “You will not.”

“You can’t stop me.”

“The hell I can’t. I will kill you with my bare hands.”

The Americans finally found a Filipino resistance group – or maybe the natives found them. “Brave Americans” were celebrated as heroes. Nobody could escape the Japanese.

The U.S. government delayed their formal rescue. It had a different timetable for telling the world about prison camp horrors.

Instead of just waiting, Shofner rejoined the war. When the story was finally told, the Pacific heated up. Some think the Davao escape may have galvanized the decision to drop atomic bombs.

Douglas MacArthur was among those who pinned medals on Shofner’s chest. Indeed, he was a hero – promoted to brigadier general, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Merit with V for valor, two Silver Stars, the Bronze Star with V, two Purple Hearts and the Chinese Cloud and Banner, along with various campaign medals.

Shofner later told Neyland that what he learned in Tennessee football saved his life.

Neyland turned away. He had something in his eyes.

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Corryton crowns spelling bee winner Corryton Elementary School recently held its annual Spelling Bee coordinated by librarian Monica Elliott. This year’s winner was 5th grade student Bailey Sivyer, and second place was 4th grade student Trace Miller. The students are pictured with principal Sandy Roach. Photo submitted

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Students model prom attire

Senior Cody Zimmerman sports a black tux accented Meredith Yeary shows her Red Devil pride with with royal blue vest from Savii Seniors Chelsea Buchanan and Tucker Hunley a beautiful red gown, perfect for dancing the Formalwear. model brightly colored prom wear from Bella night away at prom.

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Permit, license tests available through driver’s ed classes

By Jake Mabe Heads up to parents of students who need to obtain a learner’s permit or driver’s license – both can be obtained through driver’s education classes. Students

Halls Red Devils should keep this in mind when registering for classes next fall.

Halls High driver’s ed teachers Brad Parker and Mitch Hamilton can administer both tests to students. Results are placed in a sealed envelope, which

can then be taken to a state driver’s license station to receive the permit or driver’s license. Students can obtain a learner’s permit at age 15 and a driver’s license at 16 and must wait at least six months after receiving a permit to get a license. But the tests can be taken at any time, as long as students are enrolled in driver’s ed.

“Students don’t have to be sophomores to take driver’s ed,” Parker says. “Depending on how their schedule works out, they may be assigned the class in either the fall or the spring. This is the first year we’ve done this and it’s

been going pretty well.”

“It saves mom and dad some money and you don’t have to make an appointment two or three months in advance,” Hamilton says.

Parker says that students who take driver’s ed also receive a discount on their car insurance through

their college years.

Sophomore Brooke McBee had never driven a car before enrolling in driver’s ed. She’s obtained a learner’s permit and has taken the driver’s license test. Now she’s counting down the days until she can receive her license.

“March 22!” she says.

Sarah Haynes, who is also a sophomore, had already gotten her learner’s permit but took the license test through the driver’s ed class.

“I got a lot of driving experience and now I’m driving to school every day,” Sarah says. “It (getting my license) was really easy. All

I had to do was get a picture taken. I didn’t have to wait in line.”

Hamilton says that learning to drive properly is not only essential, it’s also a safety measure.

“The No. 1 way kids die before they turn 24 is in a car.”

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Mitchell Miller, as President Ulysses S. Grant, shows artifacts borrowed from his papaw to bring the historical figure to life Joshua Brown and Jentry Eschman discuss President Abe Linat Sterchi Elementary’s presidential showcase last week. coln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln.

Presidents come to life at Sterchi Fifth grade students at Sterchi Elementary School spent months researching the life and administration of past presidents and presented the information to students and visitors in a walk-through type museum.

Students used visual aids, pictures, flyers and creative

costumes to draw attention to their president and present facts that many individuals may not have known.

Most students agreed that although the project required a lot of work, it was fun learning facts about this nation’s presidents.

Willie Benton gets school honor; sets retirement

By Betty Bean After 38 years at Central High School, Willie Benton is going to the house.

Benton, a business education teacher who was honored by her colleagues as one of

Central Bobcats Central’s Teachers of the Year this year, drives to Fountain City every morning from her home in Madisonville. She is retiring this spring and says she plans to enjoy just being at home.

“I’m sure I’ll still be getting up early,” she said. “But I will have a lot to keep me busy – my mother, who is 90; church work; and there’s the community.”

Benton is the music director and church secretary at the Church of God, Sanctified in Madisonville.

“I am not tired of teaching,” she said. “I’m really going to miss my students, but I’m tired of the drive and tired of living out of my car.

Tired of not being at home.

But the work itself? I am not tired of it.”

Awards are nothing new for her – she was named YTeen Advisor of the Year, was listed among the Who’s Who of America’s Outstanding Teachers, received the Dan Y. Boring Award in 2006 and was nominated as Teacher of the Year on at least three occasions.

Willie Benton This year, Benton is working in the Learning Center with students who must recover credits in order to graduate. Every other month she stays in Knoxville on Friday and Saturday nights to administer ACT tests.

In past years she sponsored the school’s Y-Teens chapter and the Future Business Leaders of America, sold tickets at football games and supervised student teachers and interns.

She served on a faculty advisory committee, the disciplinary action committee and chaired the Business Education department.

She has been a teacher mentor and was an administrator of the Night Alternative Program at Central and at Old Knoxville High School.

“I’d be here until 8 o’clock at night,” she said. “The custodians would have to run me off. You have to love it. It can’t just be a job.”

She’s got much to reflect upon as she winds up this phase of her career.

Benton was the 10th of 12 children born to the late Daniel “Rags” Stevens and his wife, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Stevens of Madisonville. Her mother is 90, lives across the street from her and retired in 2008 from her job as cook in the Monroe County jail.

Benton and her siblings attended Park City Grammar School and High Point High School in Sweetwater in the days before integration, then transferred to the previously all-white Madisonville High School. She’s careful when she talks about those years: “They weren’t receptive of blacks, so we had some struggles, but we were able to manage through those struggles with the help of our parents and leaders in the community.”

She graduated in 1966 and went to Hiwassee College, where she worked her way to an associate degree in secretarial science in 1969.

She then went to work in Oak Ridge at the ORNL X-10 plant as a stenographer and paid her way through Tennessee Wesleyan College where she received a business education degree in 1969.

She came to Central in 1972 after being hired by Dan Y. Boring and says she’ll keep her red and black outfits.

“I’ll be a Bobcat till I die.”

A presentation on historical figures would not be complete without President George Washington. Student Cecelia Culbertson dressed the part and shared historical tidbits on the first president. Photos by Ruth White

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Joining the volunteers are Crissa May, Katherine Woods, Sidney Glenn, Emeri Allan, Sarah Shirley, Taylor Lay and Shelly Wilson from Central Baptist Church of Fountain City.

Volunteers work hard for World Rotary Day

By Jake Mabe Rotarians from all seven Knox area clubs rolled up their sleeves and went to work on the playground area at the Tennessee North Knox Rotarian Larry May, sporting his Ohio State hat, School for the Deaf on Feb. 19 as part of World Rotary keeps busy during World Rotary Day. Photos by Jake Mabe Day. World Rotary Day (which was Feb. 23) celebrates Rotary’s founding in 1905. Farragut Rotarian Fred Martin

said that the clubs hold a Saturday project event each year to coincide with World Rotary Day. “This is the fourth year we’ve worked a project at a school,” Martin said. “Volunteers have worked mostly at playground improvement, but we’ve also done some cleaning.”

Martin says that the Rotary Club of Knoxville (the

SCHOOL NOTES Adrian Burnett ■ The fourth annual Hoopalooza will be held 7 p.m.

Friday, March 4, in the Halls High gym. The staff at Adrian Burnett will play the WBIR Heartbreakers to help raise funds to purchase a stop clock for the school gym.

Gibbs Elementary ■ Book fair, Tuesday, March 1.

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Powell High School junior Brandon Bean is hard at work.

■ Project Graduation will be held 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Saturday, May 21, at the North Side YMCA, 7609 Maynardville Highway in Halls. It will be a special celebration for the Class of

Downtown club) has had a connection with TSD for 80-some years.

In addition to Rotarians, volunteers from interact clubs at Catholic, Webb and Farragut High schools, as well as from Central Baptist Church of Fountain City and UT Law School, also chipped in.

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p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in the auditorium.

2011 to hang out with friends, enjoy games and activities, food, drawings for door prizes and more, all in an alcohol and drug-free environment.

Gresham Middle ■ A food tasting will be held Thursday, March 3, at the school. The book fair will be held through Friday, March 4, in the school library. The PTSA is hosting a campaign to “Stack the Amps” for a new sound system in the gym and school auditorium. Anyone interested in making a donation can contact the school, 689-1430.

Halls Middle ■ Band concert will be held 7

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Each donation provides the equivalent of one pound of food to help hungry families in East Tennessee through Second Harvest Food Bank. Those who do not need to lose weight can pledge to maintain their current weight.

Summit’s goal is to grow the second largest team in the country, which would take about 2,000 people to participate. Info: www. pfpchallenge.com.

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Halls High ■ The Halls High School Band will host its annual spaghetti supper and midwinter concert Thursday, March 3.

Tickets are $5 in advance, $6 at the door. Children 5 and under eat free. All proceeds benefit the band program.

National Honor Society Tapping Ceremony is 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

■ The Symphonic Band will have mandatory rehearsal 6-9 p.m. Monday, March 21.

Knox Achieves will meet 6 p.m. Monday, March 7, in the library. Dance team parent meeting is 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 24, in the commons. Cheer team parent meeting is 6:30 p.m. Monday,

■ The school will celebrate Dr. Seuss week Monday, Feb. 28, through Friday, March 4. Teachers will send home information on the activities planned for the week.

Students are encouraged to dress up as their favorite book character Thursday, March 3, and parents are invited to be guest readers. Reading times can be scheduled with each classroom teacher. The clinic is in need of pants and new underwear for boys and girls.

Sterchi ■ Book fair, Monday through Friday, March 7-11, with Family Night Tuesday, March 8; Schoolwide rummage sale, Saturday, March 26.

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The Acacia-May Chapter #24 Order of the Eastern Star made several donations to charitable organizations recently. Members making a monetary donation to the Love Kitchen, along with cookware and utensils, include: (front) Laura Smelcer, Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner of the Love Kitchen, Lillian Pickens; (back) Joline Cureton, Robert Smelcer, Kay Southern and Mildren Braden. Photo submitted

CONDOLENCES ■ Mynatt Funeral Homes Inc. (922-9195 or 688-2331): Sonya Lewis Brooks Robert Lee Dyer Cheyanne Faith Foust Raymond Humphrey William Keene Robert Lee Kirby Linda Faye Lewis Joe Lunday Allan Moore Betty “Pat” Owenby Buddy P. Russell Etta Mae Sneed Parker William C. Smith Joe Tobias ■ Stevens Mortuary (524-0331): Billy Ross Atchley Joseph Carson Bolton Lela K. Brakebill Bobbie Jean Thompson Reese Elva Perrin Smith Leonard “Lenny” Spicer

CHURCH NOTES Community services ■ Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road, will host a Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry 8 a.m.

Saturday, March 5. Info: 9388311.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

Ridge Highway, takes orders for Angel Food Ministries by phone, 228-9299, or in person the Saturday before each distribution. The distribution of the food is usually the third Saturday of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 228-9299 or the church office, 690-0160.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC Food Pantry hands out food to local families in need 1-2 p.m. every Monday and 7-8 p.m. every first Monday. Donations and volunteers are welcome.

Info: 690-1060 or www. beaverridgeumc.com.

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry from 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and from 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday.

Fundraisers and sales ■ Central UMC, 201 Third Ave., will hold a children’s clothing and toy consignment and bake sale 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday, March 4, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 5, with a consignors-only pre-sale Thursday, March 3. Consignors are currently being accepted for a $10 registration fee.

Deadline to register is Tuesday, March 1: e-mail kanoak@ knoxcentralumc.org or call 3633103. Info: knoxcentralumc.org/ cs01.html.

■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway, will have a formal wear consignment sale for children and adults 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 12. Info: 922-1412.

■ Cornerstone Worship Center, McFall Lane in Halls, will hold a chili supper 5-9 p.m. Saturday, March 5. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children 6 and under. Proceeds go to the building fund. Info: 684-3926.

Music services ■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Pike, sponsors bluegrass each second Sunday during the 8:45 a.m. service.

Rec programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, hosts an exercise class in the Family Life Center gym at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and 4 p.m. Thursdays. The ZUMBA program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-akind fitness program. Cost is $2 per class. Low-Impact Aerobics Classes will continue to meet 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Info: 690-1060.

Betty Hurst went to heaven to be with her love of her life, Vaughn. She loved ballroom dancing and treasured her daughter’s dog, Mandy. Betty will be missed by her daughter, grandson, and great-grandsons and great-great-grandson. Family members and friends will remember Betty.

Laura Carter of Fountain City was a graduate of Central High School and attended Hiawassee College and St. Mary’s School of Nursing. She was a loving mother and good friend. Her daughter, sister and all her family and friends will miss Laura and are glad they had her.

Evangelists will be the Rev. Mike Viles and the Rev. Tim Inklebarger. Special singers each night.

Senior programs ■ Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, 8000 Brickyard Road, will begin a Bible study class for seniors without a partner 9:30 a.m. each Sunday in the church gymnasium. The Rev. Dr. William “Bill” Justice will lead the class. Info: 577-7130 or e-mail wg_justice@comcast.net.

Special services ■ The Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church now offers an Internet prayer line. Anytime you have a prayer or concern, call the line and leave a message. Someone will be praying about the request with you within 24 hours. Prayer line: 484-4066.

■ Bell Road Worship Center, 7321 Bell Road, offers Cafe Connection at 6 p.m. Sundays, a time of fellowship, snacks, coffee, tea and informal Bible Study.

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■ Community Baptist Church will hold revival services beginning 6 p.m. Sunday, March 27, and at 7 p.m. Monday to Wednesday, March 28-30.

■ Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church, 400 East Beaver Creek Dr., will host a women’s Bible study 10 a.m. the first three Saturdays in March.

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William Burton Keene was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bright Hope Lodge #557 and Scottish Rite. He was a 32nd Degree Mason.

He joins his wife, Flora Mae, in heaven. His children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and friends will not forget William.

Raymond Humphrey was a World War II veteran Beth Moore’s DVDs will be discussed, including “The Guarded Heart” March 5; “The Healing Heart” March 12; and “Praying God’s Word” March 19. Info: 947-7151.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC , 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host Women’s Bible Study 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the church library on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The group’s five-week study will be Henri Nouwen’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son – A Story of Homecoming.” Info: Rev. Glenna Manning, 690-1060; www.beaverridgeumc.com.

and attended Little Valley Baptist Church. His children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, step-grandchildren and other family members and friends will not forget this great man.

Tammy Breeden of Halls left her husband, children, grandchildren, three stepchildren and mother to go to heaven. Her family and friends will miss her.

Etta Mae Parker, a beautiful, loving, kind woman, went to heaven to be with her heavenly father. She had a good life, which she enjoyed. Her family and friends meant a lot to her, and she will be missed.

■ Graveston Baptist Church Parents’ Day Out program is enrolling children ages 11 months to pre-k. Prices are $145/month for two days a week, $85/month for one day a week. Info: Michelle, 465-9655.

■ Dayspring Church, 906 Callahan Drive, suite 109, is a nondenominational congregation worshiping in a “come as you are” atmosphere. Dayspring Christian preschool trains children from 2 years through 1st grade. Info: 266-0324 or dayspringchurch10@yahoo. com.

Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will begin registration for summer and the 2011-2012 school year sessions of preschool and Parent’s Day Out 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 2. Info: Lori or Lisa, 531-2052.

■ Beaver Dam Baptist Church’s Little Creations, serving children from 6 months to 5 years old Tuesdays and Thursdays is now enrolling for the 2011-12 school year. Parents Day Out registration is 9 a.m. to noon Monday, March 7, and Wednesday, March 9, on the first floor of the Education building. Info: 922-7529.

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HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS • FEBRUARY 28, 2011 • A-13

Fire calls for quick reactions

Spatacular expands salon

Spatacular has expanded its current location. In addition to hair and nail services, the staff at Spatacular now offers massage therapy for clients. The Spatacular team includes manager/stylist Michelle Collins, stylist Sara Stroud, stylist Jessica Kilgore, stylist Lynn Lawrence, nail tech Kristi Cooper, owner Cindy Cooper, stylist Micki Dalton, stylist Jennifer Henderson, massage therapist Karen Effler and nail tech Sonya Bopp. This team brings 15 years of experience. The salon has space for two hair stylists with the new expansion. Spatacular is located at 6671 Maynardville Highway near Domino’s Pizza and is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Info: 922-5772. Photo by Ruth White

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Greg Rives (with Zoe) and Katrina and Jeff Headrick at the new location of Exterior Home Solutions at 311 E. Inskip Road.

Exterior Home Solutions is an Owens Corning preferred contractor with 50 years combined experience in the roofing business. This family-run business is celebrating 10 years of providing quality service and will work with major insurance companies to resolve claim issues.

The staff at Exterior Home Solutions is community oriented and raising children in the Halls and Central schools. They are open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday with 24 hour emergency service.

Info: 524-5888. Photo by Ruth White

Last week, a young babysitter helped two babies and their aunt escape from a burning home in Knox County. It was a close call. When interviewed, she said she was so scared she didn’t know what to do.

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■ Install at least one smoke alarm on every floor of your house, including the basement and attic. Test alarms monthly and change the batteries once a year. Replace smoke detectors every 10 years.

■ Develop and practice an escape plan with two ways out of every room (a door and a window, for example).

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lifelines ■ Pick a meeting place outside and away from the house to ensure that everyone exits safely.

■ Escape first and then call for help. Do not pause to gather belongings. If someone is missing, tell firefighters – they are trained and equipped for rescues.

■ Once you are out, stay out. Never go back into a burning building for any reason.

Rural/Metro offers subscribers free home safety inspections and can help you devise an escape plan.

House fires claim almost 4,000 lives and cause billions of dollars of property damage every year. So please remember to plan ahead and follow these simple safety steps. It could save your home and your family.

Parisanne Nails opens KNOXVILLE CHAMBER in Fountain City Info: 637-4550. All events are held at the Knoxville Chamber unParisanne Nails & Spa is now open in Fountain City near Party City. The salon offers professional nail care and waxing for men and women. The staff includes (seated) Kim Tran, Kim Lee; (standing) John Tran, LaQuice Hyppolite, Tonya Hoang and Tina Tran (not pictured Kenny Phan and Chau Kim) who offer services including acrylic nails, pink and white, shellac manicures, facial treatments, reflexology and manicures and pedicures for adults and children.

Parisanne Nails & Spa is located at 2909 Tazewell Pike and is open 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Info: 688-1132. Photo by Ruth White

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■ a.m. Exchange at Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, 8-9 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, 700 Hall of Fame Dr. ■ New Member Reception, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 8.

■ Bright Ideas Seminar: “Cash Management Strategies,” 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 23. Cost is $25 for members, $35 nonmembers.

■ Schmoozapalooza IV: Attend!, 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, 1537 Downtown West Blvd. in the former Food City location. Cost is $5 members, $10 nonmembers. RSVP required.

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Scouts honor Johnny Majors

Lovett, ’Cats eager to erase bad memories from 2010

By Ken Lay Brian Lovett has spent the last six months preparing for the 2011 baseball season. “I got the job in June and I’ve worked hard ever since I got here,� said Lovett, a Central High School graduate who played baseball under coach Bud Bales.

He inherits a team that suffered through a winless campaign in 2010. “People say this a rebuilding year and I don’t like that term,� he said. “I’m not a guy who likes to wait around. “What’s in the past is in the past and we can’t do anything about that now.�

The Bobcats return seven players from the team that suffered through last season’s 0-34 misery. Top returners include: Michael Reece (senior, shortstop/pitcher), Andy Collins (senior, second base/pitcher), Philip Saah (senior, designated hitter/utility player), Brandon McFarlane (junior, catcher/center fielder), Garrett Beard (junior, infielder/pitcher), Ian Morris (junior, infielder/pitcher) and Tanner Rives (sophomore, infielder/pitcher).

Talented newcomers include sophomores Tyler Jones (sophomore, pitcher/catcher), Skyler Keener (sophomore, infielder) and Dalton Searcy (freshman, pitcher/catcher).

Those 10 players will comprise the nucleus of the squad but Lovett said that he plans to dress 13 or 14 players for varsity contests. “First and foremost, we’re going to have to stay healthy,�

Lovett said. “One thing is

that some of our best position players are also some of our best pitchers, so the guys are going to have to pitch and play positions.�

Lovett is not quite rebuilding from scratch but he didn’t start far from it. “Right now, we’re evaluating and we have a couple of positions where I’m not quite sure which way I want to go,� he said. “These kids have worked hard and really gotten after it. “We’ve made vast improvements since I’ve gotten here and I think we’re going to have a few surprises. When I got here, there wasn’t one guy, including a DH, that we needed if we were going to be competitive.�

The new-look Bobcats have been fortunate during preseason workouts. Dry weather has given Central plenty of quality practice time. “We’ve been on the field every day since practice started and I can’t ever remember a time where we’ve been on the field every day.�

The ’Cats will have a tough road in the competitive District 3-3A that features rivals Powell and Halls among others, and Lovett likes the fact that his squad will be under the radar. “We’ll be a better team later in the season than we are now,� he said. “I’d much rather be a team that nobody’s talking about.�

Central opens its season March 14 at Oak Ridge. The Wildcats make a return trip to Knoxville two days later in a crucial early district season.

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Carmichael recalls historic hoops scrimmage

Correction In last week’s edition we reported that the CAK girls lost to Elizabethton on Feb. 12. The CAK girls actually defeated Elizabethton 60-57. We apologize for the error.

By Ken Lay Wayne Carmichael enjoyed an extremely successful 1958 basketball season as he was named All-American after leading a team to a Southern Sectional Championship.

That miracle campaign would send him on a journey that changed Knoxville Area basketball. “I was named All-American and they wrote a story in the paper,� Carmichael said. “Then, I got a call from Dustin Leonard.�

Leonard was the coach at Austin High School, who had just won the 1958 National Black High School Championship. He inquired about getting a scrimmage with Carmichael’s white basketball team six years before the Knoxville City Schools integrated. “He saw where I was named All-American and wanted to know if I’d be interested in playing a scrimmage,� Carmichael said. “I said, ‘Sure, I’m not prejudiced.’ “We went over there and it was fantastic,� he said. “It was tremendous. Everyone was polite.�

Powell High seeks football records

The 1958 Southern Section Tournament Champions are: Jackie Powell, Walter Wilson, Wayne Carmichael, Earl Collins, manager John Blazer, J.C. Lay, Bill Sauls, Dan Grissom, Bob Black, John Hill.

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At the time of the scrimmage, the players were 15 or 16 years old. “Coach Leonard said ‘If you’re that good, come over here and scrimmage us,’ �

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District tourneys conclude, regionals begin HVA, West girls; Bearden boys claim crowns

By Greg Householder College basketball has March Madness, but high school hoops have February Frenzy.

Last week, district tournaments concluded and regional play began for Division I schools and the Division II championship was settled.

On Feb. 19, the Bearden girls fell to Maryville 35-34 in District 4-3A tournament play. The Hardin Valley Academy boys fell to Anderson County 61-50 and Central mauled Clinton 83-48 in District 3-3A action.

On Feb. 18, the Webb girls downed EzellHarding 66-42 in Division II play. The Catholic boys downed Farragut 51-39 in District 4-3A play, and CAK bombed Loudon 62-44 in District 4-2A. On Feb. 19, in District 3-3A girls action Hardin Valley topped Halls 42-41. In boys play Central bested Anderson County 79-64, and Karns fell to Oak Ridge 65-46.

The Webb girls fell to Franklin Road Academy in the Division II-A East/Middle championship game. In District 4-2A, the CAK girls topped Scott 56-46, and the CAK boys beat Stone Memorial 73-61.

In District 4-3A, the Farragut girls topped

Maryville 58-57, and the West girls beat William Blount 54-50.

Last Monday, in District 3-3A play at Karns, Halls fell to Campbell County 60-53 in the consolation game, and the Hardin Valley Academy girls claimed the school’s first district championship by beating Oak Ridge 53-44.

In District 4-3A boys action, Bearden downed Catholic 80-56, and West got by Maryville 53-50 at William Blount.

Last Tuesday, the West girls claimed the District 4-3A championship over Farragut 4847. The CAK girls fell to Loudon 54-49 in the District 4-2A championship game.

In boys play at Karns, the host Beavers fell to Anderson County 59-52 in the consolation game, and Central fell to Oak Ridge 61-62 in the District 3-3A championship game. The CAK boys fell to Alcoa 51-49 in the District 4-2A championship.

Last Wednesday, Catholic won the District 4-3A consolation game against Maryville 5351, and Bearden claimed the crown over West 62-42.

The District 3-3A girls All-Tournament team were: Kayla Carey of Hardin Valley who won MVP honors, Taylor Harris of Hardin Valley, Jennifer Schilling of Hardin Valley, Armeka Booker of Oak Ridge, Sydney Cardin

Youthful experience will drive ’Cats softball team

By Ken Lay Central High School softball coach Mike Cox isn’t quite sure what to expect, but he knows his team is having fun and coming together nicely.

“This team is young but we have some experience,” said Cox, who begins his 12th season as head coach. “We had some drama last year with our seniors.

“We went to state in 2009 and those kids just thought that they would repeat.”

Central didn’t make it out of the district tournament last season but did go 28-15.

The Bobcats lost four seniors and all have moved on to play college softball. But Central has plenty of veterans to be a factor in the tough District 3-3A race.

Cox says, “We haven’t talked about going to state.

We’re just playing ball. The kids sometimes seem a little dumbfounded but our team chemistry is great.”

Key returners include seniors: Rachel Medley (pitcher), Aryssa Puckett (outfielder), Nicole Hansard (first base) and Chloe Cox (catcher).

Junior Caroline Testerman, who made All-State at third base in 2009, also returns and will move to shortstop.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Howell is also back and will play second base.

Freshman newcomer Courtney Styles looks to start at third base and occupy the cleanup spot in the batting order. Freshmen Caitlyn Rolen and Haylie Beason will play in

the outfield while sophomore Kasey Russell will be the second pitcher after transferring from Union County.

Cox thinks his squad can compete in the district, but isn’t quite ready to crown them as champions.

“I think Powell (which returns pitcher Danielle Allen) and Karns will be the ones to catch,” Cox said. “I think we and Halls will be the chasers.

“Powell has Danielle back for her senior season and Karns has the speed and offense. I don’t think either of them lost a lot. If we can get our offense going, you never know what’s going to happen.”

Central opens the season on March 14 at Union County.

Central’s A.C. Eddins snags an inbound pass against Oak Ridge in the district championship game last week. Photo by Ruth White

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of Halls, Kristin Chapman of Campbell County;, Shayla Goins of Campbell County, Kaitlyn Couples of Anderson County and Makayla Graham of Central.

The District 3-3A boys All-Tournament team were: Lonnie McClanahan of Oak Ridge who won MVP honors, Zach Miracle of Powell, Lucas Nelson of Campbell County, Camion Patrick of Clinton, Sherrius Smith of HVA, Tanner Torres of Anderson County, Alan Holt of Anderson County, Devin Sibley of Karns, Dre Mathieu of Central, Marcus Stanford of Central and Spencer Shoffner of Oak Ridge.

The District 4-3A girls All-Tournament team were: Shira Buley of West who won MVP honors, Miranda Maples of Maryville, Torey Vaught of Maryville, Sarah Wilson of William Blount, Tatum Burstrom of William Blount, Sami Vanvranken of William Blount, Katie Cargo of Farragut, Hayley Newby of Farragut, Anna Brinson of Farragut, Keera Smith of West and Grace Alonso De Armino of West.

The District 4-3A boys All-Tournament team were: Ty Greene of Bearden who won MVP honors, Tyler Jones of Lenoir City, Matt Cox of Catholic, Joey Bodewig of Catholic, Stian Romberg of Maryville, Jayjuan Mitchell of West, Calvin Walker of West, Carson Brooks of West, Deon Fair of Bearden, Rico White of Bearden and Drew Standifer of Bearden.

Adrian Burnett to host Hoopalooza

■ Baseball tournament, Friday through Sunday, March 4-6, 6U-14U and also a middle school division for both varsity and junior varsity. Info: 992-5504 or e-mail hcpsports@msn.com.

■ Baseball tournament, Friday through Sunday, March 11-13, 6U-14U. Open to all. 992-5504 or e-mail hcpsports@msn.com.

■ Players needed for Halls Storm 14U baseball team’s spring/summer season. Local tournament play. Info: 384-3349 or 679-3851.

■ Sign-ups at Inskip Ballpark noon to 2 p.m. every Saturday in March for ages 4-14, baseball and softball. Fee is $65 and includes a shirt and hat.

Teams of up to six are welcome and siblings get a price break. Info: 742-9911 or 740-5840.

■ Spring rec lacrosse sign-ups for Knox Youth Sports, ages 9-14, excluding high school students.

Games at Lakeshore Park. Guaranteed playing time, season from March 26 to May 21. Info: e-mail kyswc@aol.com or call 584-6403.

■ Spring rec baseball sign-ups for Knox Youth Sports, ages 3-12. T-ball, coach pitch and player pitch. Games at Lakeshore Park. Guaranteed playing time, season from early April to early June.

Info: e-mail kyswc@aol.com or call 584-6403.

The Adrian Burnett staff basketball team will take on WBIR Channel 10’s Heartbreakers for the fourth annual Hoopalooza, Friday, March 4 at the Halls High School gym. Gates and concessions open at 6 p.m.

Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for children 12 years and under. Special guests for the evening will include RC the Cardinal and University of Tennessee legend Dane Bradshaw. A limited number of special Adrian Burnett T-shirts and other souvenirs will be on sale that night.

Raffle prizes will be awarded, including the grand prize of four tickets (and parking permit) to the UT/Kentucky basketball game on Sunday, March 6, at Thompson-Boling Arena and a Tennessee basketball signed by coach Bruce Pearl. Raffle tickets are $1 each and you must be present to win.

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Gluten allergy triggers tummy trouble for Knox woman Carolyn Yurek says she knows the location of just about every bathroom in Knoxville. “The ďŹ rst thing I do when I go somewhere is look for the bathroom,â€? confesses Yurek. For the past two years, the 67-year-old Knoxville woman has suffered from stomach pain and severe diarrhea. “It was so awful, I was practically confined to the house,â€? says Yurek. “I would have to go to the bathroom 10 or 12 times a day.â€?

Yurek’s family doctor referred her to a specialist who did a battery of tests and eventually diagnosed and treated her for irritable bowl syndrome. “But it didn’t help,� says Yurek. “I kept losing weight and started throwing up regularly. I got down to 110 pounds.�

The retired nurse wondered if she might have celiac disease, a condition that damages the lining of the small intestine. “My test results were mixed. My celiac disease blood test was negative and other test results weren’t clear. It was so frustrating.�

When Yurek showed signs of kidney failure, her family physician immediately sent her to the Fort Sanders Regional Emergency Room. She was dehydrated and her A gluten-free diet has calmed Carolyn Yurek’s intestinal problems. She’s able to enjoy hiking with her husband, Jim, again. potassium levels were very low.

“I was very sick, but when I got to Fort Sanders the doctors and nurses were fantastic,� remembers Yurek. “They were great – you would have thought I was the only patient there!�

While at Fort Sanders Regional, Yurek met gastroenterologist Dr. Jeffrey Brown. He worked diligently to identify what was causing Yurek’s intestinal distress. “I can’t say enough about Dr. Brown,� says Yurek. “He didn’t give up until we found an answer.�

Dr. Brown discovered that the “villi� in Yurek’s small intestine (tiny hair-like projections that help absorb nutrients) were severely damaged. He treated her with steroids to reduce the swelling and put her on a gluten-free diet.

Yurek says it took about a month for her intestines to heal.

Now, after adjusting to a glutenfree diet, Yurek is no longer scoping out every restroom. “I can get out of the house now and even play golf again,� smiles Yurek. She’s thankful to Dr. Brown for helping her get her life back. “He really listened to me and encouraged me to ask questions. I’m so glad I came to Fort Sanders and found Dr. Brown!�

Is it celiac disease?

Know the symptoms Classic symptoms: N Abdominal cramping, intestinal gas N Distention and bloating of the stomach N Chronic diarrhea or constipation (or both) N Steatorrhea – fatty stools N Anemia – unexplained, due to folic acid, B12 or iron deficiency (or all) N Unexplained weight loss with large appetite or weight gain

Additional symptoms may include: N Dental enamel defects N Osteopenia, osteoporosis N Bone or joint pain N Fatigue, weakness and lack of energy N Infertility – male/female N Depression N Mouth ulcers N Delayed puberty N Tingling or numbness in hands or feet N Migraine headaches

– From the Celiac Disease Foundation

Celiac disease: Gluten sensitivity requires special diet As a physician with Knoxville Gastrointestinal Specialists and Fort Sanders Regional, Dr. Jeffrey Brown sees a lot of upset stomachs.

When symptoms include weight loss, diarrhea, bloating and fatigue, Dr. Brown sometimes suspects a condition that is increasingly common in the United States – celiac disease. “It’s like a wheat allergy,� says Dr. Brown. However, the treatment requires a lifelong diet change. “It’s a lifelong condition,� he says.

Celiac disease, also known as celiac sprue or gluten sensitive enteropathy (GSE), affects one out of 133 people in the United States, according to the Celiac Disease Foundation. The Foundation estimates that 97 percent of people go undiagnosed with the disease.

The disease causes the body to be sensitive to gluten, the common name for a protein in many grains. Gluten is found in all forms of wheat, rye and barley.

Gluten is what makes bread “stretchy.� It makes bread feel great in the mouth, but it wreaks havoc on the intestines of people who are sensitive to it. “The body reacts to gluten in a negative way, making the lining of the small intestines irritated,� explains Dr. Brown.

The classic celiac disease pa-

Dr. Jeffrey Brown, Gastroenterologist tient loses weight and has chronic diarrhea, but there are other celiac symptoms as well. It can trigger a skin rash, with blisters on the face, elbows, knees and buttocks, even without the accompanying gastrointestinal symptoms.

And, if left untreated, celiac disease patients can develop nutritional problems such as iron and calcium deďŹ ciencies.

Sometimes intestinal symptoms – especially watery diarrhea – can become quite severe and even life threatening. “Long term, people with untreated celiac disease are more likely to develop some tumors of the small bowel, mineral deďŹ ciencies and malnutrition through diarrhea. In rare cases, people can actually die from the malnutrition

associated with celiac disease,� says Dr. Brown.

Celiac closely mimics another common gut disorder, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). “In IBS, the symptoms can be very similar to those of celiac disease,� says Dr. Brown. “But IBS is not a life threatening condition.�

People can be screened for celiac disease with a blood test that checks for speciďŹ c antibodies. If positive, most gastroenterologists will follow up with an endoscopy and small bowel biopsy.

It’s important to make an accurate diagnosis of celiac disease because the treatment involves switching to a lifelong gluten-free diet.

Many processed foods contain gluten, and for those with celiac disease, even a small amount can be damaging. A gluten-free diet usually involves eating lots of vegetables and fruits, lean meats and whole grains like oats. Dr. Brown says sometimes people with IBS feel better on a gluten-free diet because it’s a healthier diet in general, not because they have a gluten sensitivity.

For true celiac disease, however, learning to cook differently is important to avoid all gluten. “We recommend they meet with a dietician,� says Dr. Brown. “Right now, there’s no medicine to treat this,� he adds. “The treatment is a radical change in your diet.�

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This Cole is a diamond Of all the companion animal stories I’ve heard, Cole definitely earns his place in the top five.

Sara Barrett

Critter Tales Although Cole is a mixed breed who was rescued from Young-Williams, he repeatedly proves himself to be a true diamond in the rough. The 7-year-old canine spends his days and nights caring for the senior residents of The Courtyards in Fountain City, accepting only love, friendship and treats from his subjects as payment.

When asked who owns Cole, facility director Cindy Winegar quickly responds, “We all do. He belongs to everyone here.”

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nities are operated around the philosophy of the “Eden Alternative,” operating with the belief “where elders live must be habitats for human beings, not sterile medical institutions.”

Two of the principles to the Eden Alternative are eliminating loneliness, helplessness and boredom, and creating a human habitat where life revolves around close contact with plants, animals and children.

Cole isn’t your typical dog. He never barks unless it’s for a good cause, as Winegar points out with a story of Cole’s rescue of a resident one evening when the person fell. The staff heard repeated barks from Cole and found him sitting next to the resident on the floor, alerting someone to help them up.

Because they deal with a large number of seniors with Alzheimer’s, Cole is used to “being called everything in the world,” said Winegar.

For the resident who kept Cole out of her room,

Young-Williams Animal Center team member Sam L. enjoys a few moments with Truman, a 2-year-old male cat. Truman acts like a dog. He walks on a leash and is not bothered by activity around him. He likes to be held and will purr endlessly. Truman is available for adoption at the main center at 3201 Division St. Hours there are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. The adoption center at Young-Williams Animal Village, 6400 Kingston Pike, is open daily from noon to 6 p.m. See all of the center’s adoptable animals at www.knoxpets.org.

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he was a great friend in her moment of need. “She would tell him, ‘don’t you come in here,’ ” said Winegar. But the night she passed away, Cole knew something was happening. He quietly laid on the floor at her bedside as the woman reached down to pet him.

Although Cole was one of the lucky animals to be rescued from a shelter, his “owners” may be the luckiest ones in this situation.

■ Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig month will be celebrated throughout the month of March, with the theme “March to the Squeak of a Different Drummer … Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig.” Info: www.petfinder.com.

■ The workshop “Changing or Creating Animal Laws in Tennessee” will be held 6 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at the UT College of Veterinary Medicine in room A118. Learn how to make a difference for the animals in your community with this seminar led by Leighann

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■ The fourth annual Mardi Growl Parade will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 5, beginning at the PetSafe Downtown Dog Park on the corner of Summit Hill and Central Avenue. A festival will follow from noon to 2 p.m. on Market Square. Prizes will be awarded for best costume, most volunteer spirit, pet-

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moms101 thoughtful. He’s not just shouting, “Dooce, Mommay!” He’s saying, “Get more juice, Mommy, please.”

One last instance that, pardon the pun, took the cake last week. For my mother’s birthday, Zac, Daniel and I took dinner and cake over to her house.

While Zac cooked dinner, I helped my mother fold laundry in her bedroom.

Daniel, who I thought was wheeling his cozy coupe around the living room, trots in saying, “Yum, yum, yummy delicious!”

“What have you been eating, buddy?” I asked, right before I saw the chocolate icing on his face and hand.

“Oh, Daniel. Did you get the icing off Gran’s cake? It’s not nice to eat Gran’s birthday cake before she does.”

He held his hands up to his face and said, “Oh, my.

Sorry, Gran.”

Of course, all was forgiven. I still haven’t figured out who taught him to say “delicious.”

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Cole jumps right into the conversation with The Courtyards’ residents Louise Turner, Beatrice Ford and Evelyn Mingie. Photo

Daniel’s speech milestones have continually come as a surprise to me. It seems like he lingers at one level for months, then suddenly leaps forward in the space of a single day.

He’s in a period like that right now. Last week, his speech went from “toddler talk” to complete, clear sentences almost overnight.

He’s even working out pronouns, when to use “me” and “you,” “he” and “she.”

Lately, Daniel will recount to me things that happen in books or on cartoons.

He got a new book from the Imagination Library, the original “Corduroy,” and he loves to point to the book and say, “Corduroy’s button, he can’t find it.”

He was watching “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” while I loaded the dishwasher one day, when the mean cat Pete made an appearance. Daniel turned to me and hollered, “Hide, Mommy! It’s Pete!” I replied that Mommy doesn’t hide from Pete, and that I’m pretty sure I could take him in a fair fight.

Daniel’s father made him spaghetti for lunch, and when finished Daniel held up his bowl and said, “More sketti and pasta, please, Papa.”

This all sounds like stuff he should have been saying for a while now. The difference is, it’s intelligible to people who don’t live with him, it’s deliberate, and it’s

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Rush or relaxation

Chota Canoe Club has trips for every taste

By Shannon Carey

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hether you’re an old pro or just “getting your feet wet” in the world of paddle sports, Knoxville is home to a venerable club of paddlers who are just the right companions for your adventures.

The Chota Canoe Club got its start back in 1969, named for the ceremonial Cherokee capitol located near the sight of what is now Tellico Lake. In those days, the club was formed primarily of whitewater canoeists.

Today, the club is 200 members strong and embraces all types of paddle sports, from whitewater kayaking to flatwater touring.

According to club president Doug Johnstone, joining a club is a win-win situation for someone wanting to get into paddle sports, and Knoxville is a great base for these activities. Numerous whitewater rivers and scenic lakes are located within a two-hour drive of Knoxville.

“Our club provides an opportunity to get into a wonderful sport which, outside the original investment, is relatively cheap to do from weekend to weekend,” he said. “You can get where motorboats can’t get, and it

Chota Canoe Club member David Benton runs the Table Saw rapid on the Ocoee River.

Photo by Mary Ann Grell

Chota Canoe Club’s Canoe and Kayak School will be held June 17-19 at Hiawassee Outfitters in Reliance, Tenn. Classes are available for beginner and intermediate levels, along with classes on canoe tripping. Cost is $40 per person, and camping is $15 per person. Info or to register: www.paddlechota.org.

really helps people stay physically fit.

“Whitewater gives you that excitement, and the touring, you’re still in the outdoors.

It’s very pleasant to use your own power to move, and there’s always something to learn.”

The club has trips for various interests and skill levels just about every weekend, including ocean-going and out-of-state trips. Going with a group is safer, and you have a chance to learn from the other members.

“You don’t eliminate the danger, but you minimize injury by paddling with clubs,” Johnstone said.

Chota Canoe Club is very safety-conscious, offering workshops and the annual Canoe and Kayak School on the Hiawassee each year. The school teaches folks how to use their boats safety, and the fees raise money for Chota’s donations to environmental conservation groups.

This year, along with classes for beginners and intermediate canoeists and kayakers, both whitewater and touring, the school will offer classes on canoe tripping, or camping from a canoe.

Membership in Chota is $20 for a year.

Along with social events like the annual chili cook-off, the club has trips planned locally and across the nation, including an August “total wilderness experience” on Lake Superior.

Info: www.paddlechota.org.

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ast year, the first Urban Adventure Challenge took racers off the beaten path and into the wilderness in the heart of Knoxville.

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biking, swimming, paddling and rappelling.

It all takes place in Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness Corridor, a project of the Legacy Parks Foundation to connect and preserve South Knoxville’s extensive forests and public areas. While 10 city parks, Ijams Nature Center, Fort Dickerson and the River Bluffs area are already protected, proceeds from the race will help the foundation link it all together with greenways and trails, and eventually link it to the Knox-Blount Greenway at Alcoa Highway.

In the Urban Wilderness Corridor, racers will encounter quarry lakes, steep rock faces and wooded trails.

“What we discovered was that, almost to a person, last year’s participants were saying ‘We had no idea all that was out there,’ ” said Legacy Parks director Carol Evans.

Last year’s race saw 60 teams of three, and participants ranging in age from 20 to 60. Racers even got to rappel down the bluffs facing Neyland Drive, an area not normally open to rappellers.

between two and four hours to complete. The adventure race is for expert skill level and takes between six and eight hours to complete. Both races will cross the genres of outdoor sports, and both will have a few surprises in store.

No cell phones or GPS units may be used in the race. Participants have to use map and compass to navigate the route.

Participants must also bring their own bicycles, snacks and water.

Ijams Nature Center will have activities, music and fun all day for families and supporters of the racers. There are prizes for the top teams and goody bags for all race participants. Cost is $150 per team and $75 per solo participant in the citizens race and $295 per team and $195 per solo participant in the adventure race.

Sponsors are River Sports, Columbia, Merrell and Pepsi.

Evans specifically thanked River Sports, whom she credits with the idea for the race.

“This is their business, but they go above and beyond to get people out playing.”

‘Last year, the first team finished in four hours, and the last team finished in 10 hours. They were just as excited to finish as the first team.’

– Carol Evans, Legacy Parks Director Evans, who helped test last year’s route in advance, said it was fun because teamwork and thought are required.

“It’s not always the fastest who wins,” she said. “Last year, the first team finished in four hours, and the last team finished in 10 hours. They were just as excited to finish as the first team.”

While the race route is a secret again this year, Evans said it will start and finish at Ijams Nature Center. The challenge features two races this year.

The citizens race is for people of moderate skill level and takes

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his spring is chock full of opportunities to have fun in the great outdoors right here in East Tennessee. For these and many more events, visit www.outdoor knoxville.com. â&#x2013; Ladies Night Climbing will be held in the Climbing Center, located behind River Sports Outfitters on Sutherland Avenue, 7-10 p.m. Monday, March 7. Cost is $11 and includes a day climb pass, shoe and harness rental, and instruction from advanced climbers. The event is open to all skill levels, and light snacks are provided. â&#x2013; Staying Hydrated, a free seminar covering all the basics of outdoor hydration, will be held 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at River Sports Outfitters. Attendees will learn how much water to carry and what water filters or treatment systems suit their needs.

Space is limited, so registration is required. Info: 523-0066. â&#x2013; Adventurous Diva: Day hike to Ramsey Cascades will depart from the Ramsey Cascades trailhead in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 13. This hike is 8-9 miles and moderate

Get out, get active strenuous. to o sstr tren enu uous. The hike is free, uous but hikers must bring their own water and snacks. Reservations required, carpooling available.

Info: 523-0066. â&#x2013; Moonlight paddles in Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge will be held 6:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, March 18, and 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19. All are invited to paddle by the light of the full moon. Cost is $20 if boat rental is needed. Camping at

the refuge the refu re fuge ge is is available avai av aillable at $10 per ai person, tent and cot provided.

Bring a dry bag for personal gear, headlamp, flashlight and glow sticks to decorate your boat. To register: 523-0066. â&#x2013; Free bicycle maintenance class will be offered 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at River Sports Bike Shop on Sutherland Avenue. The class is open to all types of riders and bikes. Info or to register: Eric, 523-0066.

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Also appearing: The Smoky Mountain Boys from Dillsboro, NC. Open seating. Tickets are $10 per person for adults & $5 for children under 10 years old and may be purchased at the door or in advance at Fellowship Tours ofďŹ ce. Doors open at 6:00pm and singing starts at 7:00pm.

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New York City â&#x20AC;&#x153;Economyâ&#x20AC;?/Penn Dutch Country .........................................from $ 449.00 Aug 22-28 ................. Eastern Canada/Niagara Falls/Ottawa/Quebec City ...................................from $ 799.00 Aug 31-Sep 4 ............ Branson MO/ â&#x20AC;&#x153;NOAHâ&#x20AC;?/Eureka Springs, AR/Memphis .................................from $ 499.00 Sep 5-7 ..................... Pennsylvania Dutch Country/Hershey/Gettysburg .....................................from $ 229.00 Sep 10-21 ................. Nova Scotia and New England Fall Foliage ...............................................from $1349.00 Sep 17 ....................... Shatley Springs Inn/Fresco Paintings/Cheese Factory ............................... $ 69.00 P/P Sep 24-30 ................. 7-Day New England Fall Foliage ...............................................................from $ 819.00 Oct 1-9 ...................... 9-Day New England Fall Foliage ...............................................................from $ 979.00 Oct 8 ......................... Southâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Largest Flea Market. Anderson, SC............................................... $ 99.00 P/P Oct 11-15 .................. Niagara Falls/Penn Dutch Co/Hershey/Washington, DC/ â&#x20AC;&#x153;JOSEPHâ&#x20AC;? ..........from $ 479.00 Oct 17-20 .................. Pen Dutch Co/Hershey/Gettysburg/Washington DC ...................................from $ 359.00 Oct 23-Nov 3 ............. Southwest/Grand Canyon/California .........................................................from $1079.00 Nov 4-6 ..................... Washington DC/Mount Vernon Off-Season ................................................from $ 239.00 Nov 5-6 ..................... Nashville/Opry Mills Mall/Grand Ole Opry .................................................from $ 169.00 Nov 19 ....................... Christmas at Dixie Stampede/Festival of Lights ........................................ $ 70.00 P/P Nov 19-22 ................. Niagara Falls â&#x20AC;&#x153;Festival of Lightsâ&#x20AC;?/Ohio Amish Country ..............................from $ 329.00 Nov 23-26 ................. New York/â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thanksgiving Day Paradeâ&#x20AC;?/Radio City Music Hall/ Broadway Play (optional) ..........................................................................from $ 799.00 Nov 25 ....................... Christmas at Biltmore Mansion................................................................. $ 77.00 P/P Nov 26-27 ................. Nashville Country Christmas/Grand Old Opry ............................................from $ 179.00 Dec 3......................... Christmas at Biltmore Mansion................................................................. $ 77.00 P/P Dec 3-5 ..................... Williamsburg Grand Christmas Illumination ..............................................from $ 310.00 Dec 8-11 ................... New York City â&#x20AC;&#x153;Economyâ&#x20AC;?/Penn Dutch Country .........................................from $ 469.00 Dec 10....................... The Miracle Theater/Festival of Lights ...................................................... $ 69.00 P/P Dec 13....................... Christmas at Dixie Stampede/Festival of Lights ........................................ $ 70.00 P/P Dec 30-Jan 1............. Ring in the New Year w/ Southern Gospel Singing in Penn Dutch Cntry .....from $ 199.00

â&#x2013; Beginner photography day hikes will be held for free 5:30 to 7:45 p.m. Saturday, March 26, and 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 27, at Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge. Gene Groshon will teach tips and tricks to spark creativity with wildlife photography. Bring a small day pack, camera, bug spray and water. Meet at the refuge gate. To register: 5230066.

â&#x2013; House Mountain day hike will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, at MoJoeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee House on Sutherland Avenue.

This is a short, steep hike, just about a mile long, in East Knox County. The group will lunch at the summit and rest, then take the easier, two-mile trail back down the mountain and arrive back in Knoxville by 1 p.m. Bring water and lunch. The hike is free, but registration is required and space is limited. Info: 523-0066. â&#x2013; River Sports Outfitters Boat Demo Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Concord Cove. Come try brands like Wilderness Systems, Dagger, Perception, Native, Hurricane, Hobie and Jackson Kayak. Info: www. riversportsoutfitters.com. â&#x2013; Adventurous Diva: Bike Cades Cove is a free event. Cost is free, and bikes may be rented at River Sports Outfitters for $10.

Distance is about 11 miles, and the ride is rated for the intermediate biker. Meet at Cades Cove at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 11. The ride will start at 7 a.m. Bring plenty of water and snacks. Info or to register: 523-0066.

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