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JUNE 6, 2011

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twitter.com/shoppernewsnow Far left: Singer Lynn Bennett leads the national anthem at the memorial ceremony at Fountain City Lake.

Behind her are WBIR news anchor John Becker, U.S. Rep. John Duncan Jr., the Rev. Charles Fels of Church of the Good Shepherd and City Council member Charles Thomas.

East Tennessee Veterans Honor Guard presented the colors and played taps.

Photos by S. Clark

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At left, historian Robert Booker brings the keynote address at Honor Fountain City Day.

Fountain City celebrates itself

Larry Van Guilder recalls heroes of yesteryear See page A-6

What if they threw an election and nobody ran?

See Betty Bean’s column on page A-4

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By Sandra Clark The founders of Fountain City Town Hall got it right. Memorial Day in Fountain City Park is about honoring Fountain City: its rich traditions, its uniqueness and its future.

Joel Helton and Nan Scott were named Fountain City’s Man and Woman of the Year, the community’s highest honor. Helton was recognized for his 27 years as a Central High School teacher and coach; Scott was recognized for her volunteer work with Fountain City Presbyterian Church and other groups.

Joe Hitch took home the Friend of Fountain City award, and everybody clapped. Joe is everybody’s friend.

Bob Booker bragged on Fountain City and the crowd ate it up like cream on blueberries.

The East Tennessee Concert Band played on and on. And people sat in the sun to applaud them. When they stopped, folks scampered for the shade.

Kids splashed in the fountains, ignoring the politicians and honorees.

Town Hall chair Ken Cloninger and young guy in training Tyler Pavlis get high marks for a fun day.

See you-all there next year!

Entertainment: In addition to the East Tennessee Concert Band, entertainment was provided

by Lynn Clapp’s Broadway Swing Band, Nostalgia, Early Bird Special, Broadway Family Karate, New Beverly Twirlers and Monkey Shines.

Nan Scott Photo by Betty Bean

Nan Scott named Fountain City Woman of the Year

Helton is Man of the Year Joel Helton (at right) accepts the Fountain City Man of the Year award. Also on the dais are Property Assessor Phil Ballard; City Council members Brenda Palmer, Mayor Daniel Brown and Nick Pavlis; and state Rep. Bill Dunn. Photo by S. Clark

Community awards: Presented by Ken Cloninger, Fountain City Sonic was recognized for commercial restoration; Steve and Karen Clay for residential restoration; Joan Pitts for residential landscaping; and Charles Harrington received the chair’s award.

Young artists get awards Bob Davis and Tom Dunne of the Fountain City Lions Club presented cash prizes to winners of the “Our Lake, Our Heritage” poster contests. With more than 90 entries, the winners were: Third grade: Elizabeth Hudson,

By Betty Bean Nan Scott was a little overscheduled on Memorial Day, but she still took time out to go down to Fountain City Park because she wanted to help campaign for mayoral candidate Madeline Rogero and support historian Bob Booker, who was speaking there.

She was expected at a neighbor’s birthday celebration and she’d made an unscheduled call on a friend who is battling cancer, but she felt that Honor Fountain City Day was important and stayed until Booker finished his remarks.

Nobody clued her in to the fact that Fountain City Town Hall president Ken Cloninger was about to call

Shannondale, and Kelly Montgomery, Fountain City Elementary, a tie for first place; Hila Williford, Shannondale, second place; and Sam Kenny, Shannondale, third place.

Fourth grade: Brigitte Huffaker, Alex Pierce and LeAnne Rogers, first place; Brooke Huffaker and Laney Coleman, second place; Areli Acosta and Sam G., third place. All are students at Fountain City Elementary School.

Fifth grade: Hannah Keener, first; Matia Jackson, second; and Bryson McMahan, third. All are students at Fountain City Elementary School.

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Chase to legislators: Stay out of TWRA’s business

By Betty Bean Mike Chase is a tough guy who has had a spectacularly successful career in the restaurant industry.

He’s been a fi xture in Tennessee business and politics for two decades and his 17-restaurant Copper Cellar Corp. stretches from Gatlinburg to Nashville. He is a Democrat whose support is courted by both major parties and friends occasionally kid him about a passing resemblance to Tony Soprano.

Those who know him best, however, say he’s happiest when he’s fishing.

That’s probably why he lights up when he talks about his six years on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission, which oversees the operations of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Chase was appointed by former Gov. Phil Bredesen and served as chair in 2010 and until his term was up earlier this year. He is an enthusiastic booster of the agency’s mission.

“I don’t think most people know that the agency doesn’t get any money from the state. It is totally self-funded

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One of the things I would like to see is a portion of the sales of all boating, fishing and hunting licenses go to fund the agency,” Chase said.

“The sale of hunting Chase licenses has been on the decline for years.

“I don’t think the average person realizes what a wildlife officer has to deal with on a daily basis,” he said, mentioning a wildlife officer who worked a 20-hour shift dealing with a woman who had two fingers ripped off in a water skiing accident and a bear that was sighted and trapped in South Knoxville.

“And I wonder if the average person realizes that the management job the agency does has made hunting what it is today in the state of Tennessee. Twenty years ago, we probably had wild turkeys in six or eight counties. Now, they’re all over the place. Something like 3638,000 of them are harvested every year. The same thing can be said for deer, and the same has taken place

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mantly opposed to Rep. Frank Niceley’s deer farming bill, which was defeated this session.

“In listening to the people I knew whom I have to respect, it would have been a very bad thing for wildlife in the state of Tennessee. Sometimes I think some of the legislators resent the independence of the commission – but that’s the reason the commission was set up – to keep it separate from the political in Nashville.

“The agency has to be constantly monitoring what’s going on and try not to let these private acts pass.

There would be different rules in every county. There would be no statewide enforcement, especially for the last two years because there’s been such a change in Nashville.

Even a few bills, which have been withdrawn, to allow the Legislature to appoint commissioners and even put legislators on the commission, I personally think would be the death of the commission. The existing format has been working with great success and they need to leave it alone. Leave the commission alone.

Leave the agency alone.”

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in our lakes and reservoirs and rivers for fishing. Look at the trout below Norris Dam or in the Caney Fork River. Somebody has to raise and stock these trout. If you’re a hunter or a fisherman, you’ve sure got to give credit to somebody.”

Chase is modest about his role in shaping policy, but says he’s proud of prodding the agency to spend money on hatcheries.

“Since I have such an interest in fishing, I wanted to get our hatcheries to where we could start meeting the needs of fishermen out there as far as producing fish. Most of our lakes are past their prime as far as fishing goes, and it’s necessary to restock them. Under Gov. Bredesen, there was a strong emphasis on state parks and tourism, and this is part of it. Our lakes need to be attractive to out-of-staters who come to fish. It’s an important part of our economy and economic development for the future. I felt it was very important.”

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Starting today, 10 young men and women will join Shopper-News staff members for eight Monday sessions aimed at giving them a glimpse of the world of print journalism. We place a great deal of value on this annual exercise, because we believe the stories of the imminent demise of newspapers are greatly exaggerated, and a career in journalism is still a possibility.

What will the interns learn? First, they’ll see that reporters come in all shapes, sizes and ages. Yes, some of us at the Shopper-News may be getting a bit long in the tooth, but we’re balanced by a fair proportion of young go-getters.

They’ll also discover that most people are happy to talk to the press, especially on matters touching their business, profession or accomplishments. And, while others talk, we believe that our budding reporters will cultivate the art of listening, the most valuable of a reporter’s skills next to the writing itself.

For at least those eight Monday afternoons and mornings, the interns will be in touch with real people in reallife situations, away from the artificiality of texting buddies and computer games. They may even make friends outside of Facebook!

We’re also saving some surprises for our interns. Although I’m sworn to secrecy on the locations, I can tell you they will be traveling to two places in the area that haven’t been open to the public since 9/11. I smell a “scoop!”

Learning goes both ways, and we expect to be enlightened by what we hear and see from the interns. What interests them? What do they want to become? What do they think the generations which preceded them can and should do to make their futures brighter?

If you spot a caravan carrying 10 young people with a few adults sprinkled in for seasoning, it may be the Shopper-News intern crew. And don’t be alarmed if one of the young men or women points a camera in your direction or approaches you with a notepad if you’re doing something they find interesting. We all had to start somewhere.

Beat the heat by pouring yourself an icy lemonade (or adult beverage of your choice) and poring over this week’s cool treats. See page A-4 to find out what happens when County Commission “wrestles” over the budget with the mayor.

Do you remember former Vol basketball players Orb Bowling and Howard Bayne? Marvin West does. Don’t miss his feature on page A-7.

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Teamwork key to success at Gibbs High Throw in a football season for the ages and a successful spring in which three sports were represented at the state tournament and you can call that a good school year by any measurement.

Jake Mabe Gibbs High principal Lynn Hill says that athletic success helps with academic success as well.

“Anytime you have a good athletic year, it seems to be a motivator throughout the building.”

Academics are in fine shape, too. Hill says that in three years the graduation rate has risen from 73 percent to what he expects to be more than 90 percent this year, with 219 seniors graduating.

“The student body and the community now know what we expect. And our expectations are very high.

“Today, you can go to any student and ask them how many credits they have and they can tell you. You can ask them how many cred-

Gibbs High principal Lynn Hill stands with his “Teamwork” poster in his office. Photo by Jake Mabe its it takes to graduate and they can tell you.”

Hill says that one of his goals is to see that students have the knowledge they need to work toward a career.

“We want to make sure they know what’s out there and what it takes, whether it’s going to college or a technical path or joining the military. And that’s limited somewhat because few students know exactly what they want to do and that’s OK.” Last summer, Hill said that one of his goals was to

The Powell High School Class of 1961 will hold its 50-year reunion Saturday, June 11, at Rothchild on Kingston Pike. Meet, greet and eat is 6-8 p.m. and music and entertainment will be held from 8-10.

Cost is $50 per person. Dress is casual. RSVP to Ron Milligan, P.O. Box 218, Andersonville, TN 37705.

Make checks payable to PHS Class of ’61. Info: Ron Milligan, 494-6608; Louise Ramsey Engel, 947-7944; email Norma Rodgers Barrett at alno@ frontiernet.net; or email Carolyn Wheeler Vineyard at uhaul120@yahoo.com.

■ Seal/Seals Reunion (descendants of James W. Seal, also known as Seals, and first and second wives Emily Byrd Seal and Delaney Jane Shultz Seal) is 11 a.m. Sunday, June 12, at the Tazewell Municipal Park on Richardson Road in Tazewell. Potluck meal will be served at 1 p.m. Bring a covered dish and drink along with any photos and family

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■ The Buckner Reunion will begin at noon Saturday, June 18, at Wilson Park in Maynardville. Bring a dish to share, a chair and a drink. Info: Jean Mize, 992-3674; Linda Cox, 992-8565; Carolyn Norris, 992-8321.

■ The Cupp Reunion (family and friends of P.H. “Hurb” and Martha Cupp) will hold a reunion 1 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at the Fountain City Lions Club Building at Fountain City Park. Bring a covered dish and a 2-liter drink. Bring memorabilia to share. Info: Brenda Clabough Smith, 748-1658, or Jimmy Cupp, 423-626-3643.

■ Halls High Class of 1965 will hold its 46th reunion Saturday, June 25, on the Star of Knoxville Riverboat. Boarding at 6:30 p.m. and departure at 7. Cost is $43.75 per person for the dinner and cruise.

Info: Elaine Wolfenbarger, 256-6292.

■ USS Albany Association will hold its 22nd annual reunion Sunday through Friday, Oct. 9-14, at the Glenstone Lodge in Gatlinburg. The association is currently looking for shipmates who served on one of the USS Albany ships (CA123, CG10, SSN753). Info: Dick Desrochers, 603-594-9798, or www.ussalbany.org.

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boost materials that teachers provide on the school’s website.

“That’s improved this year and there’s room to improve further. One of the staff’s goals for this summer is to come back next year and have a syllabus online as well as classroom information.”

Hill says softball field upgrades were completed last year and baseball field upgrades were completed this year. By this fall – “if we get all our ducks in a row” – Hill hopes to have a new press box, which will stretch from

tunnel to tunnel and sit above the stadium, ready in time for the first fall football game.

Capital projects on his radar screen include new auditorium seating, lighting and carpet, as well as refinishing the gym floor and adding new bleachers.

“Downtown is very much aware of the need and I’m pushing for them.”

Hill says the school is still trying to boost technology in the classroom.

“There’s nothing wrong with a blackboard and a piece of chalk. But kids today communicate through technology and we need to communicate through technology.”

A long-term goal is to purchase SMART Boards or ActivBoards, have them installed and equip classrooms for use. Hill says that the Career and Technical Education program has expanded to the point that some Halls students attended Gibbs this school year to take ROTC classes.

“For our goals in relation to the school system’s strategic plans, I owe a great appreciation to our administrative and teaching staff for getting on board to aim for and reach those goals. It takes a team effort.”

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Hall of Fame is Fielden family tradition

By Betty Bean Early one April morning Donna Fielden saw her friend Missy Kane’s car pulling out of the West High School parking lot. Fielden, an assistant principal there, was headed to work and wondered what Kane was doing.

She got her answer when she got to her office and found a note on the door that said “Yea, Donna!”

“I opened it up and it said the committee had met and voted to put me in. I was shocked. It came completely out of left field,” she said.

Fielden, who has worked for Knox County Schools since 1980 when she became a science teacher at Karns Middle School, had been selected for induction into the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame, and was taken by surprise, despite having spent 23 years as a basketball official.

She was following in the footsteps of her father, the late Elbert Fielden, who officiated both high school and college basketball before becoming TSSAA supervisor of the Knox Ridge Association, which included all the high schools in the north end of the county plus districts like Oak Ridge and Scott and Morgan counties.

He went into the Hall of Fame in 2002. Now Donna, who also taught at Powell Middle School from 19921998, will join him.

She is a third generation Halls resident whose family valued academics and athletics. It was her dad who started her playing golf at Beaver Brook when she was eight.

She won both of the two local tournaments for children.

“I was raised by June and Ward Cleaver,” Fielden says.

“Two parents dedicated to the family – nice home, clothes clean, meals on the table, grandparents on weekends – it was the storybook childhood. Academics and athletics went hand-in-hand. Dad was a good athlete and played

Donna Fielden Photo by Betty Bean some college ball at LMU and graduated from East Tennessee State. Mom (Darlene) was a cheerleader, but we won’t hold that against her.”

There weren’t many opportunities for girls to play sports in high school in those days – she graduated from Halls High School in 1974, just months before the county re-instated girl’s basketball.

“My little sister (Lisa) got to play her last two years at Halls. It was the old threeon-three. She couldn’t dribble and she couldn’t shoot.

She was all-district her senior year.”

Donna made up for lost time when she got to the University of Tennessee and joined the junior varsity women’s basketball team, coached by Sylvia Ryan (now Hatchell, head coach at the University of North Carolina). The newly minted head coach was Pat Summitt, who Fielden describes as “just as classy as everybody says she is.”

“After my freshman year, Pat was afraid I would hurt one of her good players, so she asked me if I wanted to be manager and I did that the rest of the way through college. That was an excellent experience.”

After she got her undergraduate degree she interviewed for a coaching job at a North Carolina junior college.

She got an offer, but Knox County Schools called her about a job teaching science at Karns Middle School, so

she decided to stay home and was eventually transferred to Powell Middle School.

But she still wanted to be involved in athletics, and decided to try her hand at refereeing. Her dad didn’t know about it until she turned up at a TSSAA meeting in the fall of 1982.

“He just looked up and here I sat with that goofy look on my face. He said ‘My God, what have I done to deserve this?’ He told me up front, ‘I will never give you anything.

But I will never take anything away from you.’ So there I went. I started doing middle school, elementary school games. Any game anybody’d give me, I refereed. I loved it. It was a great bonding experience with my dad even though he was my supervisor.

He had a couple of assistants and he left me to them.”

She worked her way up to high school games and then to junior college, Division II, Division II and eventually Division I college basketball in 1990.

In 1994, she became the first woman to officiate a boy’s state championship game.

In December, 1987, she refereed a men’s college game with her dad, marking the first father-daughter referee team. It was Elbert’s last game, and she cherishes the memory.

“Daddy was going to call his last game with Doc Simpson, but Doc came down with Lou Gehrig’s disease that spring and couldn’t do it. Dad always loved Johnson Bible College because they played for the love of the game. He handed me one of those old pea whistles etched with Doc’s name. He said ‘Doc called his last game with it and I called my last game with it.

Keep its integrity.’ The first call I made in the boy’s state tournament I used Daddy’s and Doc’s whistle. I’ve got it in a case at home that says ‘Daddy and Doc’.”

She went on to call the NCAA Division III national championship game, the NAIA National Championship, the junior college national championship, five NCAA Division I tournaments and got to a Sweet 16 before she quit in 2005.

“Things were different.

I had after-hours responsibilities being a principal and I felt I wasn’t doing my part. My father passed away in 2005 and it just wasn’t as much fun without him. The last couple of years, he’d pick me up, drive me to my games.

Mother would pack a cooler with drinks and snacks and he’d drive me home and put me at my doorstep. I hadn’t had a free weekend for almost 22 winters in a row and there were times I’d drive back from a game and get into town at 4 or 5 in the morning.”

So she decided to pack up her memories (she says Sheryl Swoopes was the best player she ever refereed) and go on to the next chapter.

“It was an honor and a privilege. But it was time.”

Last week, on a day when the seniors were already gone and the school year was worn down to a nub, Fielden summoned 11 students to her office. They probably showed up with their hearts in their throats.

But what she did was throw them a party. They’d gotten what the school calls positive referrals from teachers, and this is the kind of thing she wouldn’t have had time for when she was calling basketball games. She says she hasn’t looked back.

“It was an honor and a privilege and I am shocked and humbled to be named to the Hall of Fame,” she said.

Is she the first woman to be induced as an official?

“You know what? I may be.

I’m shocked and humbled.”

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Booker selected as Teacher of the Year finalist Byron Booker, English as a Second Language teacher at Central High School, has been selected as one of nine finalists for Tennessee Teacher of the Year.

Nicholas Gibbs Historical Society to hold open house Saturday The Nicholas Gibbs Historical Society will have an open house 11 a.m. Saturday, June 11, at the original log home of Nicholas Gibbs and his family at 7633 East Emory Road.

There will be food, music and an opportunity to learn about local history. A potluck meal will be served.

Participants are encouraged to bring a dish.

A guided tour will be given by author and Gibbs descendent Robert McGinnis of the cemetery at Clapp’s Chapel and the Nicholas Gibbs burial site.

In case of rain, the event will be moved to Clapps Chapel United Methodist Church. Info: Joe Longmire, 687-0314.

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COMMUNITY NOTES ■ County Commissioner R. Larry Smith will host a commissioner’s night out from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at the Halls Senior Center. Several department heads may attend.

All are invited. Info: 922-5433.

■ The Knoxville Tea Party will host Sen. Stacey Campfield 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at Cedar Springs Christian Store, 504 N. Peters Road.

Sen. Campfield will give a legislative update on this past session.

■ The campaign headquarters for Sharon Welch, candidate for City Council seat C, will have its official opening 5-7 p.m. Monday, June 13, at 804 N. Broadway.

■ The Knoxville Songwriters Association will sponsor a workshop 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 18, with songwriter, recording artist, producer and TV host R.C. Bannon at the Fountain City branch library. All are invited. Seating is limited. Nonmembers pay $10 fee. Songs on CD or performed in person will be critiqued if time permits.

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Woman of the Year From page A-1 her name as Fountain City Woman of the Year.

“I left quietly about 10 minutes till 6, and when I got home from my neighbor’s birthday, there was a message from a reporter congratulating me for getting Woman of the Year. I called my brother to see if he knew anything about it and he said yes. What an honor, but I’m so embarrassed that I wasn’t there and was totally clueless about it,” Scott said. “Those folks sure know how to keep a secret.”

She’s also blushing over some of the “unusual” information her brother Ed provided about her – that she’d been voted “Cutest” and May Queen at Central High School.

“What a thing to be remembered for,” said Scott, who holds a multidisciplinary doctorate from the University of Tennessee and says she considers herself “a Fountain City girl.”

Her mother, Laverne Harbison Scott, grew up in what historian Jim Tumblin considers the oldest house in Fountain City, a precivil War log cabin at the head of Fountain City Park.

Harbison’s Crossroads was named for her grandfather Vernon Harbison’s family. Her father Edwin Scott came to Knoxville from his native Ohio to work at TVA. She says he taught her to be “extra nice” to people who hadn’t had the advantages she enjoyed as a child.

“I grew up playing in the park and being a Fountain City kid,” she said.

She considers civil rights work her major call to service and always had the desire to make a difference in

the lives of children whose lives were less than idyllic.

As she worked her way up the academic ladder, she was a teacher at Moses Elementary School and a counselor at Maynard.

“I was a ’60’s kid, very idealistic,” she said. “I asked to work with inner city kids, and the Weekend Academy, a program I started through TVA, is my proudest achievement.”

The Weekend Academy was the brainchild of the late Bill Kennoy, who was on the old three-member TVA board. Kennoy, who was from Kentucky, lived downtown and saw first hand how few opportunities were afforded to inner city children.

“He wanted to leave something of value behind after his nine-year term,” Scott said. “He saw kids who needed something to do, saw TVA and other office buildings empty on weekends.

He envisioned the Weekend Academy as something to help inner city children, show them that they are valued and have a future. I was on the committee that helped plan it and I became the first director.”

When Kennoy’s term was nearing its end, he got to worrying about what would happen to the academy when he was gone.

“He said ‘We’ve got to think about the perpetuity of the Weekend Academy.

We can’t disappoint these kids.’ I asked if he wanted me to form a not-for-profit, and he said yes.”

So with the help of TVA lawyers, she created a 501(c) (3) and became the president of the Weekend Acad-

emy Inc., which spread to Chattanooga, Memphis and finally to Nashville.

“In all my jobs at TVA, I never felt I worked up to my potential, but this one took everything I had,” Scott said. “There’s a study that showed that the 3rd-5th grades are critical in developing a positive identity and when that happens those children are more likely to finish high school and beyond. This is what has happened. Director Kennoy saw it as a way to create a stable work force and help children dream big, and before he passed away, he told me we had accomplished far more than he ever thought it could.”

She headed the academy until she retired in 2002 to care for her ailing mother.

She moved back to Fountain City and became active in the community. She is an active member of Fountain City Presbyterian Church, and she has put her grant writing skills to work for the Arts Center and the Lions Club. Now she’s thinking about ways to help her alma mater, too. ”When I retired and moved back here, I decided I was going to try hard to continue to serve Fountain City and keep it as special as it always has been,” she said.

Scott’s volunteer efforts haven’t been confined strictly to young people and Fountain City organizations. She recently served as president of the KnoxvilleKnox County League of Women Voters, chaired the Knoxville Women’s Center and was active in the East Tennessee Women’s Political Caucus.

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GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Madeline Rogero got beat

by Bill Haslam and Haslam hired her. Michael McBath got beat (by Ezra Maize who got beat) by Tim Burchett and Burchett married him. Well, Burchett officiated Saturday as McBath and Kayla Thompson were wed at the Marriott with Chef Walter Lambert cutting the cake.

Hey, candidates: where y’all at?

The first few election cycles after term limits kicked in were hotly contested, with good candidates literally fighting for seats on City Council.

Betty Bean This year’s crop is sparse and quiet, aside from a little thrill supplied by candidate Michael McBath’s Republican-flavored wedding (County Mayor Tim Burchett was scheduled to officiate, with Foster Arnett, John Duncan and Ted Hatfield in attendance).

There’s one district race – the 5th, which stretches along the west side of Broadway from Oakwood/ Lincoln Park to Fountain City – and one candidate, Mark Campen, who was appointed to serve as an interim county commissioner after the Black Friday bunch were ousted. Campen got high marks for being a nice guy but frustrated his supporters by being silent on the issues. He did, however, fight the city for his right to plant his front yard in native wildflowers, so there’s that.

There are three candidates for Seat A, at-large – McBath, bow tie-wearing Realtor George Wallace, (who is not the late, unlamented governor of Alabama) and John Stancil, a relative newcomer to Knoxville who lives in Parkridge and started campaigning in 2010, following in the footsteps of his wife, Cynthia, who ran for County Commission and tried to get appointed to City Council. McBath is a TV news producer who ran for county mayor last year but lost the Democratic nomi-

nation to Ezra Maize, who subsequently got trounced

by Burchett.

Former state Sen. Bill Owen is looking for a political comeback in the Seat B race. He is opposed by Buck Cochran, who enjoys running for stuff.

Former County Commissioner Finbarr Saunders is running for Seat C. He’s going to be well-funded and hard to beat. He is opposed by Sharon Welch, a minister whose public resume consists of opposing Planned Parenthood.

■

Fireworks redux

At least two of the six members of City Council who voted against closing a loophole in the city code that has legalized fireworks are willing to ask for a redo.

On May 17, police chief David Rausch and fire chief Stan Sharp supported an ordinance to close the loophole. Council members Joe Bailey, Nick Della Volpe, Nick Pavlis, Charles Thomas and Marilyn Roddy voted no. The measure can be reconsidered only by request of a member of the majority. Pavlis said he is ready to bring up the issue again at the June 16 meeting.

Thomas said he is willing to reconsider, as well.

Pavlis, Della Volpe and Thomas said there may have been some misunderstanding since the measure came up at the tail end of a long, contentious agenda.

Council member Brenda Palmer, who voted yes along with Daniel Brown and Chris Woodhull, said she had no trouble understanding the issue and hopes the ordinance can be adopted before July 4.

“Kids will pester their parents to buy fireworks, and if parents are aware they are illegal they can say, ‘We can’t do that – it’s against the law.’

Right now, they can’t do that.”

■ Cindy Ballard wears orangestreaked hair on special occasions to match the campaign colors of husband Phil. Thankfully, Phil didn’t choose Red, White and Blue.

Tea time for commission trio Commissioners Amy Broyles, Sam McKenzie and Tony Norman discuss a wide range of topics at the Time Warp Tea Room in North Knoxville last week. All 11 county commissioners are preparing for today’s budget workshop and a vote on Mayor Tim Burchett’s proposed budget currently scheduled for Monday, June 13.

Photo by L. Van Guilder

Tax breaks for Amazon How much are new jobs worth?

Obviously in a time of high unemployment they are vital.

However, can the cost reach a level too high to pay? That seems to be the question with the tax benefit Amazon is enjoying by not having to collect the sales tax on products sold in Tennessee while their competitors do collect the tax which goes to state and local governments.

This makes Amazon’s products almost 10 percent less than their competitors’.

Is this fair? If the tax avoidance only lasts a year or two, I can see a plausible argument for it. However, if it goes beyond two years, or forever, it seems like a benefit for one very wealthy corporation, which is grossly unfair.

This whole situation is inherited from a decision made by former Gov. Phil Bredesen and his Revenue Department.

It is unclear how long this tax avoidance will endure. Gov. Bill Haslam is not obligated to carry forward every decision made by his predecessor, especially if it discriminates against existing Tennessee businesses. Virtually every new governor, mayor and president changes the top

personnel he/she inherits, and major policies are altered too. It is what elections are all about.

Amazon was very clever in dangling the prospect of new jobs in Knoxville and Nashville to prevent the recent legislative session from overturning the Bredesen decision. It was designed to place legislators who opposed the special treatment for Amazon to be seen as opposed to new jobs if they repealed the tax break. The whole matter was delayed to the next session, which starts in January 2012.

This is a question chambers of commerce and state governments face all the time when they seek to lure new industries into a community.

How much is fair to do without giving away the store?

Sometimes a potential industry wants too much, and it is best to draw the line. However, building infrastructure

such as roads or bridges which can help the potential industry as well as the community at large is an accepted approach. Vocational schools offering courses to train workers for a new industry is also normal.

However, letting one or two businesses simply not collect the sales tax (which every other business must collect) for an undetermined period of time seems fundamentally wrong. A deadline on this gift to Amazon needs to be set, announced and adhered to.

When will this tax avoidance end? The sales tax owed would go to schools, greenways, mental health and cash strapped local governments.

Notes: After three months of inaction, Vice Mayor Joe Bailey on May 31 named the city pension task force.

Or did he? Actually, he only named some of the members with the others to be selected by city employee groups and the city pension board.

City retirees currently drawing pensions (almost 2,000 people) are denied the right to choose their representative on the group as the three current employee mem-

“Only that it will be a true team effort. I’ll do my best to limit each member to five minutes or less in the ring.”

“OK, good luck, Mike.

“Now, Burchett has enLarry tered the ring, and Hammond Van follows suit. There’s the bell!

Guilder “Burchett makes the first move, feinting left and then moving quickly to his right.

He has Hammond in a headour holds. That’s about all I lock! Hammond is struggling can say. But I do wonder who to free himself. He’s turning scheduled this for the Beck purple!

Center. Grider? Grider!”

“Oh, boy, somehow he’s “Ouch! Looks like some- slipped the headlock and body on the mayor’s squad tagged his teammate, Tony is in trouble already. Here Norman. Norman rushes comes Mike Hammond, at Burchett, but Burchett is team captain for commis- holding up his hands and sion. Mike, any thoughts?” protesting to the referee!

Apparently he’s arguing that Hammond is using a banned substance of some sort. Let’s switch over to Mike Edwards, our roving ringside reporter, to see what’s going on. Mike?”

“Gloria, Burchett is claiming that Hammond oiled the top of his head with bacon grease so he could slip headlocks. The ref isn’t buying it and just told Burchett to continue the match. But I have to admit that Hammond smells appetizing.”

“Thanks, Mike. Wow, somebody lit a fire under Norman, because he’s going at the mayor for all he’s worth! Looks like he might pin the mayor, but now Burchett is reaching

out to tag … Mike Edwards!?

Mike, get out of there! You’re not on the team!”

“I am now, Gloria!”

“Well, we didn’t see this coming. Edwards is a big guy and he’s giving Norman a lot of trouble. He’s bending Tony back at a severe angle, an ever-increasing slope. Norman is struggling to tag a teammate, and he just brushes R. Larry Smith’s fingertips!

“Now, Smith is in the ring and … what’s this? Smith is piling on Norman! R. Larry has switched teams in the middle of the match! What a contest!

“Now, Michael Grider and Dean Rice rush into the ring. Dave Wright, Sam

Wrestling with the budget Satire Alert!

“Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Knox County’s first ever Tag Team Budget Wrestling Match! I’m Gloria Ray, your announcer.

Tonight we’ll witness the mayor’s team square off against County Commission in a crowd-pleasing no holds barred extravaganza.

“I see Mayor Tim Burchett leading his team toward the ring. Let’s see if we can get a word with him. Mayor, what’s your team’s strategy?”

“Well, we’re going to take a conservative approach to

Victor Ashe

■ Gov. Phil Bredesen got one thing right. He squirreled away money when times were good and spent down the “rainy day” fund when times got bad. Seems our local mayors got the memo upside down and backwards.

Mike Ragsdale ballooned the county’s debt when times were good, and Tim Burchett wants to pay it down fast when times are tight.

■ The TIF test: Out west of Farragut, Steve Maddox wants $6.1 million tax increment financing for a proposed hotel/office/retail complex at the Watt Road intersection with I-40. Typically, a TIF must correct blight and answer the “but for” question. Would the development not occur but for the TIF? ■ Maddox (ably represented by PR guy Mike Cohen) has hit a double. The property would not be blighted “but for” the years of digging and scraping as it was used as a “borrow pit” for other developers.

Now it’s a poster child for hillside desecration.

■ And how about that U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-New York) who was busted for “Tweeting” a photo of his … privates. You couldn’t make this stuff up.

bers will choose that person for those who are retired.

It is hard to understand why retirees are denied the right to choose their representative while current employees are given a vote.

It may be July before all are chosen and the task force holds its first meeting. The crisis announced in January has ended. In fact, it never was a crisis. Instead, there are problems and issues.

McKenzie, Mike Brown, Amy Broyles and Col. Dr. Richard Briggs have joined in for commission. It’s a free for all! Grider is pounding Broyles with what looks like a sheaf of media releases!

“Wait, someone is stepping into the ring. It’s Avon Rollins, director of the Beck Center. He’s waving both teams to the corners. Avon, what’s the story?”

“There’s so much confusion we can’t declare a winner.

The staff will need to review the videotape of the match.”

“You mean …”

“Yes, there will be a complete audit of the tape before a winner is announced.”

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Politics and hot dogs

Becky Duncan Massey (at left) and Marilyn Roddy, both candidates for the Republican nomination for state Senator, campaigned hard at Fountain City Day.

Honor Fountain City

Those of you expecting something profound here, just move back to Page 4 and read Van Guilder again.

I’ve been hanging out on the west side, trying to grow our Bearden and Farragut editions.

Here are some random thoughts from last week’s Memorial Day festivities at Fountain City Park.

First, it was hot. Really, really hot. You can see the sweat rolling off Mark Padgett. Marilyn Roddy looks crisp; Madeline Rogero seems mellow; Becky Massey is exuberant but hot.

Hey, three of four candidates are women. That’s a tribute to folks like Jamie Woodson who made politics look challenging but winnable and respectable. Woodson, not running again, was not there. Her colleague Stacey Campfield was someplace else as well.

Mayor Daniel Brown was present, along with most of

Sandra Clark the City Council members and candidates.

Totally missing were school board members and Superintendent Jim McIntyre. If they had come, they would have seen Joel Helton named Man of the Year.

That’s a rebuke to the shabby way Helton was treated in being transferred to Farragut High after 27 years at Central.

The candidates should be glad a few of us who are not running for office show up at Honor Fountain City Day. Otherwise, they would be talking to themselves.

Out west last week, I interviewed a great old guy, retired Judge Max Mark Moore. The story is on C-3 in Bearden and Farragut

zones and online at www.

ShopperNewsNow.com/.

Moore came into office after challenging longtime General Sessions Judge Spider Webb. Nobody thought they could beat Spider, but Moore decided to try. Spider dropped out about 10 minutes before the qualifying deadline; too late for anyone else to enter the race. Moore won easily and “the people in charge (of the county) never got over it,” he says.

Another neat story (Page 1 in Farragut zone) is the soon-to-open Turkey Creek Public Market, developed

by Charles Atchley and John Turley. These guys took the old outlet mall off Lovell Road, gutted it and created 600 vendor booths inside plus another couple hundred outside.

The market should open in July and will draw shoppers regionally.

“It’s a niche and there’s a need,” said Turley, stating every entrepreneur’s theme.

Mark Padgett (at left) and Madeline Rogero, both candidates for Knoxville mayor, were among the politicians visible at Honor Fountain City Day. Ivan Harmon held an event for veterans at his campaign headquarters. Photos by S. Clark

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■ Courses to inspire creativity are offered for noncredit. Two new classes – Bookmaking and Drawing for Beginners – join the lineup of summer workshops for adults. Courses include:

■ Dean Michael Laman has received a 2011 Exemplary Leader Award from The Chair Academy. Dr. Laman is dean of Roane State’s Allied Health Sciences Division, and he serves as director of the college’s Knox County Center for Health

■ Plainclothes Tracy, a student band, played to raise money for American Red Cross. The band includes drummer Eric Grass, history major; lead guitarists Brian Kelly and Jonathan Kahler, both journalism and electronic media majors; and vocalist/guitarist Kym Hawkins, creative writing major. Bassist Charles Blakely Sensenbaugh attends Pellissippi State.

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The board meeting 5 p.m. Wednesday, June

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The workshop will be 5 p.m. Monday, June 6, in the AJ board room.

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Superman as the writer remembers him.

Life was simpler in 1959 when tidal waves weren’t tsunamis and could be blamed on the “Moon Monster.”

Charles Atlas promised to “make a powerful He-man out of you in a very short time,” and his 32-page book (“crammed with photographs”) was free!

By 1991, the carefree Superman of the writer’s youth was battling new forms of evil and was (gasp) engaged to Lois Lane!

Crazy about Larry’s Corner | Larry Van Guilder

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hen dinosaurs roamed the earth and Krystal hamburgers were 10 for a buck, in short, when I was a lad, comic books introduced me to a universe of majestic heroes and dastardly villains. As I followed Superman and his alter ego, Clark Kent, through the bustling streets of Metropolis or into the newsroom of the Daily Planet, I was also learning about plot, conflict, resolution and other concepts handy to a writer.

I didn’t know I was learning, of course, and would have been properly horrified had any of my elders suggested that comic books were teaching tools. I only knew that if I followed the Charles Atlas plan I, too, might someday fill out a superhero costume with my bulging muscles and become the envy of my friends and the scourge of my enemies.

Alas, cruel genetics, not everyone is cut out for wearing a skintight leotard in dazzling color combinations with a bold “S” stitched across the chest. (In my case, the “S” was shorthand for “scrawny.”) And, as the years passed, while I laughed at Kryptonite, the element which was Superman’s Achilles heel, I found to my sorrow that I was not invulnerable to devil’s food cake slathered with fudge frosting. So long Charles Atlas physique; goodbye to cool costumes and all that.

Before I utterly abandoned my plans for a career as a superhero, I flirted with the idea of becoming the world’s greatest acrobat. That, after all, was really what Batman was (with the help of a utility belt packed with gadgets NASA might envy), and his boy companion, Robin, was a pretty fair hand as well.

It didn’t take more than a couple of trips to the emergency room to convince me that scaling skyscrapers – or for that matter, outhouses – was not my strong suit.

(And, no, I never considered for a moment that there was anything unseemly about a grown man and an adolescent boy in clinging costumes palling around together.

Shame on you!)

The adventures of Superman, Batman, Aquaman, the Flash and the Justice League of America reinforced the comforting notions that evildoers always pay and good guys always come out on top. But by the late ’60s my generation had witnessed the assassinations of two Kennedys and Martin Luther King Jr., and we were watching classmates return from Vietnam with shattered lives. Some never returned.

If what remained of our innocence was roughly handled during the turmoil of the ’60s and early ’70s, it’s still possible to rekindle some of the joy we found in comic books before our real world

Circumstantial uncertainty

turned ugly. Opening the pages of “House of Secrets” #22, July 1959, you’re greeted with a lead Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (of “It was a dark and stormy night” fame) might have claimed as his own: “I didn’t know what it was or where it came from. I only knew it was evil, malicious – endlessly destructive! And though it gave me one unearthly power after another, I realized that no one would be safe until our world had seen the last of … the Thing from Beyond.”

Following the lead story you could read the adventures of retired Gen. Mark Matthews in “The Man Who Changed History,” topped off by “The Secret of the Bronze Man.” Hard to beat for one thin dime.

By 1962, the price of most comics had soared to 12 cents. After you recovered from sticker shock you could still enjoy Superman in such tales as “The One Minute of Doom,” in which he teams up with Supergirl and his super dog, “Krypto.”

We all knew that Superman had a pretty stressful job and needed to kick back occasionally in his Fortress of Solitude. In “The One Minute of Doom,” Krypto gets caught up in a meteor swarm while flying through space. With “eye-blurring speed” the super dog rearranges and fuses the meteors together with his heat vision

a dove, but that the Spirit descended like a dove.

Even so, since then, the symbol of the Holy Spirit has been the dove, at least, in most of Western Christendom. There is nothing wrong with that. A dove is gentle, beautiful and snowy white. It is ethereal, living in the realms be| CROSS CURRENTS Lynn Hutton tween heaven and earth, and it is free – able to stretch its wings and fly.

Leave it to the Celts, however, When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together to come up with a different image in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound of the Holy Spirit. like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house My daughter Eden called me where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared the other day to tell me this wonamong them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them derful new thing she had learned. were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other The Celtic image of the Holy Spirlanguages, as the Spirit gave them ability. it is the wild goose!

(Acts 2: 1-4 NRSV) “Think about it,” she advised.

Pause, beat. Then, “Isn’t that t is generally agreed among chapter, we are given the im- great?”

I was right there with her. scholars that Mark’s gospel age of the Holy Spirit descendis the earliest of the gospels. ing “like a dove” on Jesus. Not, The wild goose is an altogether And right there, in the very first please note, that the Spirit is different kind of animal than the

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What kid wouldn’t want to “make money” or “get prizes?” The American Seed Co. let you keep $2.40 for every 48-pack order you sold. (That’s a lot of radishes if anyone’s counting.) into an interplanetary “Doghouse of Solitude” where, like his master, he can “get away from it all.”

Woof!

I carried a torch for Supergirl for a few years. (What budding adolescent boy wouldn’t?) Inevitably, I succumbed to the more mature charms of Wonder Woman and her invisible airplane. I hope Supergirl forgave me; it was, after all, only puppy love.

Today I treasure a small collection of old comics I’ve acquired in recent years. I even have a couple of “Richie Rich” and “Millie the Model” issues. (Er, uh, my wife made me do it.)

But you don’t collect rare comic

dove: large and powerful.

And wild.

Hear author Mark Batterson in his introduction to “Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God”: Celtic Christians had a name for the Holy Spirit – An GeadhGlas, or “the Wild Goose.” The name hints at mystery. Much like a wild goose, the Spirit of God cannot be tracked or tamed. An element of danger, an air of unpredictability surround Him. And while the name may sound a little sacrilegious, I cannot think of a better description of what it’s like to follow the Spirit through life. I think the Celtic Christians were on to something. …

Most of us will have no idea where we are going most of the time. And I know that is unsettling. But circumstantial uncertainty also goes by another name:

books on a reporter’s salary. If you could find one, the first issue of “Action Comics,” the one which introduced Superman to the world in 1939, will set you back anywhere from $500,000 to a cool million, depending upon condition.

However, I do have my eye on issue #245 from October 1958 featuring “The Shrinking Superman,” a mere $935 in near-mint condition. Fundraising efforts are starting now, so if you’re in the market for a rarely worn blue and red leotard with a matching red cape (size extra-scrawny), call now. Operators are standing by.

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Adventure.

I wonder if the disciples – or the 3,000 souls who were added to the church on Pentecost – would have described what happened on that day as the arrival of a dove?

I think not.

I think, if we could interview them, they would say it was frightening, wonderful, mysterious, completely unsettling, exhilarating, terrifying, amazing. In a word, wild.

And it sent them off in all directions across the face of the earth: to Rome, to India, to Africa, telling everyone who would listen that the Spirit of God was loose in the world, wild and free and beautiful and completely unpredictable.

It is that “circumstantial uncertainty,” that adventure, that I, for one, wouldn’t miss for the world.

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Laughing at old Vols TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

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n this modern age, Shopper columns rarely arrive in the mail.

This one came as a gift from a mostly big blue fan and reader in a border state. The care package included a coaching tip: See Volunteer comedy on pages 162 and 163.

What I have is a Dave Kindred book, “Basketball, the Dream Game in Kentucky,” published in 1976. It looks new. It could have been lost in a closet.

Surrounding the mention of ex-Vols Orb Bowling and Howard Bayne was the new-born American Basketball Association and, more specifically, the Kentucky Colonels, a franchise purchased for a mere $64,900 by Mamie Spears Reynolds Chinetti Gregory, an heiress with even more millions than marriages.

Kindred describes Orb, an original Colonel, a 6-10 UT graduate

from Sandy Hook, Ky., as “slower than a tree.”

Orby Lee played 11 games and averaged 1.9 points per outing. A change of coaches led to an executive decision that he wouldn’t be playing any more. Kindred says that did not bother Bowling too much.

“I got this here no-cut critter so I reckon I’ll just hang around.”

No-cut critter translates into English as a contract which said the team would pay whether he played or watched, two years guaranteed at $13,000 each, plus a $750 signing bonus.

The new coach left him behind when the team traveled. Orb was to continue conditioning, running daily in an empty arena. At home he appeared in street clothes at the end of the bench.

Because he came from the country, at the end of a dirt road, and

UK didn’t want him and he fell to UT by default, there was some effort to make Orb appear dumb.

Wrong.

Orb Bowling came to Tennessee as a genuine backwoods boy. He said he walked a mile or more each day just to catch a ride to school.

He said he lived so far back in the hills that the Grand Ole Opry didn’t arrive until Tuesday.

He could be funny without trying but Vanderbilt never laughed.

Orb scored 31 against the Commodores in a stirring 1962 upset.

It was a very important victory for the Vols. They got only four that season.

Bowling won no basketball honors but he got a college education.

He was smart enough to save most of that Kentucky money. He married well and became an investment banker with Union Planters.

He helped sell the bonds that built Rupp Arena. He is a legitimate Memphis millionaire.

Kindred says Bayne’s specialty was mayhem and that, on behalf of the Colonels, he dispensed bruises and breaks from Anaheim to Teaneck. Howard was enthusiastic and determined, “but he had several faults, chief among them being he couldn’t play pro basketball.”

Guard Louis Dampier supported that claim with “the funniest thing I ever saw.”

Bayne grabbed a rebound and took off dribbling toward the other end of the floor. With each dribble, the ball came up higher. And higher. At the free-throw line, the ball was bouncing above his head.

“And the last dribble was off his toe,” Dampier said.

Alas, Bayne had only a one-year contract.

The Kentuckians were laughing at two of my favorites. Howard was a gladiator, Tennessee’s chairman of the boards, a fierce rebounder who tried to fit into the Ray Mears system but probably had a better chance playing in the NFL than the NBA. That would have been it for the book – if I hadn’t found the chapter about UK’s fabulous five. Ralph Beard, Alex Groza, Kenny Rollins, Wah-Wah Jones and Cliff Barker may have been the best lineup of the awesome Adolph Rupp era. The Wildcats went 128-9 in Beard’s years.

It was fun reading until I got to the part about point-shaving.

This was mostly a New York story.

Rupp said gamblers couldn’t touch his boys with a 10-foot pole. The crooks had a longer reach.

In the 1951 scandal, Beard, Groza and Dale Barnstable were arrested for taking money from gamblers to make final scores fit under betting lines. Beard, maybe the best guard ever at Kentucky, admitted he took $1,300 for influencing five games.

The three pleaded guilty. New York judge Saul S. Streit spared them a prison sentence in favor of cooperation but banned them forever from basketball. Beard and Groza had been playing for the Indianapolis Olympians. Both were all-NBA. Both were majority stockholders in the team.

Judge Streit poured blame all over Rupp, saying he aided and abetted, that he utterly failed to build character or instill morals, that he engaged in illegal recruiting and permitted cheating on exams.

Rupp admitted some sins during NCAA and SEC investigations.

He gave players money now and then. Yes, he knew that they got new suits from Lexington businesses. Beard got free chewing gum from a drug store.

The SEC inflicted what was thought to be severe punishment: UK would have no basketball team in 1952-53.

And we think we got troubles.

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

The busiest birds in the yard NATURE NOTES | Dr. Bob Collier

W

e’ve had lots of birds in the yard this spring, building nests, feeding young, and teaching the new guys how to fly and find something to eat. But, noticeably the busiest birds in the yard and a bird that you may not be that familiar with are our hyperactive and overachieving blue-gray gnatcatchers.

There are a bunch of bird people out there who eagerly await their favorite first spring migrants like a sailor’s wife, standing on the shore and staring out to sea in anticipation. Just talk to a serious purple martin fancier and you’ll see what I mean. They can tell you the day their birds have shown up every spring, forever.

My blue-gray gnatcatchers and I are like that. They have been my first spring arrivals for years now, and I find myself listening for their high, buzzy, “pzee-pzee” calls whenever I’m outside doing the early spring yard chores. They show up the first few days of April and immediately set about their business.

In addition to their “pzee-pzee” calls, which they do constantly as they flit about, they have an actual song that they occasionally sing in the spring, described in Sibley’s book as “thin wheezy notes interspersed with bunches of high chips and slurs.” And, sure enough, this year for the first time

ever, I heard one of the gnatcatchers singing. Little goodies like that bring joy to the heart of a birder, like icing on an already delicious spring cake.

The most accurate description of these little guys would be “miniature mockingbird.” True to their name, they are blue-gray, with a white eye-ring and white outer tail feathers. They weigh in at about two-tenths of an ounce, halfway between a hummingbird and a chickadee. Which makes the fact that they fly all the way here from Guatemala or Costa Rica every spring even more amazing.

When they arrive, they hit the ground running, so to speak. Sibley says that they seem to be in constant motion, and I certainly agree. They hop, flick, twitch and jump constantly. Their first task is to get going on a nest. They work on that for a couple of weeks.

Their nests are typically well-hidden. It looks like a hummingbird nest, only about twice the size.

Usually fairly high up on a horizontal branch, and built of plant fibers, spider webs and grayish lichens, it is so well camouflaged as to be nearly invisible. I found this year’s nest, but before I could photograph it for the column, it was completely engulfed in Virginia creeper leaves. Clever birds.

There is one big problem that the blue-gray gnatcatchers, busi-

est birds in my yard, have in trying to raise a family. And that would be the laziest bird in my yard, or anywhere – the brownheaded cowbird. The gnatcatchers, as with numerous other birds, are susceptible to nest parasitism by the cowbirds. That means that the cowbird mama will lay an egg in the gnatcatcher’s nest, leaving it there for the tiny gnatcatchers to sit on, hatch and then raise. Way larger and louder than its gnatcatcher nest mates, the cowbird baby outgrows them and outcompetes with them for the food the parents bring.

This peculiar behavior is highly irritating to me. I guess it reminds me of certain people I have encountered. But it is instinctive in the cowbirds, and it makes sense, if you look into it for a bit. It is thought that the cowbirds evolved their behavior way back when there weren’t any people around, and they made their living by following the large herds of grazing animals, who stirred up all sorts of insects and other critters for the cowbirds to eat.

Now, you don’t have time to stop and build a nest and sit on eggs for a couple of weeks when you’re trying to keep up with a herd of grazing buffalo, so, what’s a bird to do but to plop an egg into any nest that’s handy and keep on moving? Then when people ar-

Male blue-gray gnatcatcher

rived and fenced in the landscape, and raised herds of nice stationary cows, and stirred up bugs with hay balers and lawnmowers, the cowbirds settled down, too. But they never went back to building nests or tending eggs!

Some species of birds – robins, catbirds, blue jays, brown thrashers – have learned to recognize cowbird eggs in their nest and remove them. But others are susceptible, and in some areas, as many as half the nests or more of warblers, finches, vireos and song sparrows will have an unwelcome foster cowbird in their brood.

Laying as many as 40 or more eggs a season, cowbirds can be a serious threat to some species of songbirds that are very low in numbers for other reasons. In central Michigan where our rarest warbler, called Kirtland’s warbler, had reached a perilous population of only a couple hundred, the authorities had to start a program of trapping and removing cowbirds, just to give the Kirtland’s warblers a chance. It is proving successful, but it appears that it will have to be a continuing, ongoing program

if the warblers are to survive.

Our blue-gray gnatcatchers had some sort of a dispute with the cowbirds early on this year, with much chirping, buzzing and squawking, but apparently things were settled and the gnatcatchers raised a batch of their own babies. They have fledged off now, and my yard seems full of the “pzee-pzee” calls, as the gnatcatcher population goes from two to five or six.

A lot of their constant motion involves searching every nook, cranny, twig and stick for little flies, gnats and spiders. One can only wonder how many insects would be in our yards if we didn’t have the birds eating them by the ton daily. Given their 0.2 ounce size, the blue-gray gnatcatchers certainly do their part.

As I sit on my back porch in the afternoon and relax with a book, their constant calls, which I know means constant activity, sort of lurk in my ears, saying, “Why aren’t you busy like us? You might even accomplish something!”

But, no, I’m sure they’re not saying that.

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Halls Cinema 7 showtimes The following films will be playing at Halls Cinema 7 through Thursday, June 9. All times are p.m. unless otherwise noted. Nachos are half-price during Matinee Madness at the Movies. Children age 3-11 and seniors 60 and over are admitted for $4.75 all day. Some exclusions apply. Advance tickets are on sale now.

Movieline: 922-2187; website: hallscinema7.net.

■ Fast Five (PG-13) 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 ■ Thor (PG-13) 1:50, 4:10, 6:30, 8:50 ■ Bridesmaids (R) 1:20, 3:50, 6:25, 9 (No Passes) ■ Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 (No Passes) ■ Pirates of the Caribbean 4 (PG-13) 1, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 ■ X-Men: First Class (PG-13) 1, 3:45, 6:35, 9:20 (No Passes) ■ Hangover 2 (R) 1:30, 4, 6:50, 9:10 (No Passes)

Coming Soon ■ Super 8: June 10 ■ Mr. Popper’s Penguins: June 17 ■ Green Lantern: June 17 ■ Cars: June 24

CONDOLENCES ■ Mynatt Funeral Homes Inc. (922-9195 or 688-2331): David Lee Cope Sr. Jeanne M. Costello Fred Gentry Iva Golden Gregory James Land Hull Elizabeth “Eliza” Frances Kirkham Stacy Brian Kitts Sharon Lane Sandra Laws Miller John “Jay” C. Newcomb Larry Joseph Plaisance Gladys Rose Roe James T. “Jim” Rucker Hank Gilford Sharp Eula Irwin Sumter Bruce Thompson Janice Henderson Weaver

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every Monday and 7-8 p.m. every first Monday. Donations and volunteers are welcome.

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

■ 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.

■ Dante Church of God, 410 Dante School Road, will distribute food boxes 9 a.m. to noon (or until boxes are gone) Saturday, June 11. You must be present to receive a box of food, limited to one box per household. Info: 689-4829.

■ New Liberty Baptist Church, 5901 Roberts Road in Corryton, will have Sunday school 9:30 a.m., morning service at 10:30 a.m. and evening service at 6 p.m. on Sundays and youth and new Christian classes 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

Fundraisers

Community services

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, takes orders for Angel Food Ministries by phone 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.

■ Christus Victor Lutheran Church, 4110 Central Avenue Pike, will have a rummage sale 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, June 10, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 11. There will be clothing, household and miscellaneous items. Info: 687-6622.

■ Ridgedale Baptist Church, 5632 Nickle Road, will have its annual yard sale 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, June 10, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 11, with an auction also being held 10 a.m. Saturday. If it

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Heiskell seniors to hold pot luck lunch Home Fix-It-Pros to present repair tips for seniors

The Heiskell Community Center’s seniors program will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, June 9. The center is located at the Heiskell United Methodist Church, 9420 Heiskell Road.

This month’s program will be a summer picnic potluck with fried chicken and biscuits provided by County Commissioner R. Larry Smith. Everyone is asked to bring a side dish, such as potato or pasta salad, cole slaw, baked beans, dessert, chips, etc. If you don’t cook, just bring yourself.

The guest speaker will be Jan Gudis with Home FixIt-Pros, a home repair service designed to keep seniors in their home. Sign-up for the fall trip will also begin.

Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

rains, the sale will be held indoors. Info: 588-6855 or visit www.ridgedale.org.

■ Bookwalter UMC, 4218 Central Avenue Pike, will sponsor a communitywide yard sale 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 11. Space is free. The youth will host a pancake breakfast and car wash 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the same day. To register as a vendor or for more info: 584-2995.

■ New Liberty Baptist Church, 5901 Roberts Road in Corryton, will host a benefit supper, auction and singing 4-6 p.m.

Friday, June 17. All proceeds benefit 8-year-old cancer patient Haley Stanifer, who is going to Vanderbilt for a bone marrow harvest.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC will receive 10 percent of the total purchases made 5-8 p.m. each Thursday at the Sonic restaurant in Karns. Info: www.beaverridgeumc.com.

■ Bookwalter UMC , 4218 Central Avenue Pike, is looking for vendors for its fall festival to be held Oct. 1. Info: 584-2995.

■ House Mountain Baptist Church, 8621 Washington Pike, Corryton, will have a yard sale/bake sale 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 11.

Proceeds will benefit the playground/park area.

Music services

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

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■ Trinity UMC , 5613 Western Ave., will host Alive@35 for anyone ages 35-55. Info: email tonyajelf@gmail.com or call 357-6134.

■ New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Avenue Pike, will hold Pilates class led by a certified personal trainer 5:45 p.m. each Monday for $5 a class. Info: 689-7001.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway hosts ZUMBA exercise class in the Family Life Center gym at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and 4 p.m. Thursdays. Cost is $2 per class. Low-impact aerobics classes meet 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Info: 690-1060.

■ Happy Travelers of Northacres Baptist Church invite everyone to see “My Fair Lady” at the Cumberland County Playhouse Tuesday, June 7. Cost is $59 and includes lunch at Cumberland Mountain State Park. Info: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

Senior programs

■ Faith UMC , 1120 Dry Gap Pike, will host a Young at Hearts meeting 10 a.m.

Tuesday, June 7. Guest speaker Rick Ayers from the office of veterans’ affairs will share information on benefits available to veterans and their spouses. Bring a dish for a potluck lunch following the meeting. Info: 688-1000 or visit www.faitseekers.org.

Special services

■ Mountain View Baptist Church, 2974 Cecil Ave., will have Father’s Day Breakfast 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 19. There will be Dippin’ Donuts, juice and coffee.

Everyone is invited. Info: 525-4192.

■ Cornerstone Baptist Church, 2500 Mynatt Road, will host a community backyard Bible study 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, for ages 5 to adult, which will include Bible study, crafts, food, face painting and other activities. Info: 687-9012. Leave a message.

■ 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.

Women’s programs

■ Knoxville Day Women’s Aglow Lighthouse will hold an outreach meeting 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, at New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Ave. Pike. Maxine Raines, founder and executive director of Lost Sheep Ministries, will present a workshop on how to help the hurting and the homeless. Info: Diane Shelby, 687-3687.

■ 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.

Workshops and classes

■ Mt. Calvary Toast Masters meet 6:45 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month in the library at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 1807 Dandridge Ave. The group is for people 18 years and older who want to improve their public speaking and leadership skills. Info: Becki Staley, 704-719-6780 or email BeckiStaley@gmail.com.

■ Fairview Baptist Church, 7424 Fairview Road off East Emory Road, hosts a Celebrate Recovery program 7-9 p.m. Thursdays.

■ New Hope Baptist Church, 7602 Bud Hawkins Road in Corryton, hosts Celebrate Recovery adult and youth classes 7 p.m. Tuesdays and 12-step class 6:30 p.m.

Wednesdays. Info: 688-5330.

■ Shiloh Baptist Church, 6645 Ridgeview Road, is a new church that meets 10 a.m. for Sunday school, 11 a.m. for morning worship, 6 p.m. for Sunday night service and 7 p.m. for Wednesday Bible study. Info: the Rev. Wade Wamack, 405-2793.

Youth programs

■ Fountain City UMC has preschool openings available for all age groups for the 20112012 school year. Info: Susan Todd, 689-5518 or email her at stodd@fountaincityumc. org.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, has open registration for Summer 2011 and the 2011-2012 school year (preschool and parent’s day out). Info: Lori or Lisa, 531-2052 or visit www.beaverridgeumc. com.

■ 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.

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■ Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, 405 Black Oak Drive, 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: 5777130 or e-mail wg_justice@ comcast.net.

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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL ■ Alder Springs Baptist Church, Hickory Valley Road, Maynardville, will have Vacation Bible School 7-9 p.m. June 13-17.

■ Bethany Baptist Church, 6705 Raccoon Valley Road, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 7-9 p.m. June 20-24, with classes for age 3 through adult. The Rev. Jack Walker is pastor. Info: Jean, 922-2818.

■ Black Oak Ridge Baptist Church, 6404 Old Maynardville Pike, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m.

June 13-17, for ages 3 and older. There will be classes for youth and adults, and nursery is provided. Complete meals will be served each night. Friday night is Family Night with games, crafts and gifts, and the children will perform their program. Info: 254-3363.

■ Cedar Grove Baptist Church, 9711 Norris Freeway in Powell, will host VBS 7-9 p.m. June 20-24. Class for all ages and everyone welcome. Info: Heather, 659-2048.

■ Cedar Ford Baptist Church, at the intersection of Tazewell Pike and Highway 61 in Luttrell, will have Gold Rush VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m. June 19-24. Classes for all ages. Transportation provided if needed. Info: 992-0216.

■ Central Baptist Church of Fountain City, 5364 North Broadway, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 9 a.m. to noon, June 13-17, for children preschool (age 3 before Sept.

30) through rising 6th grade.

Info or to register: www.cbcfc. org or 688-2421.

■ Church of God of the Union Assembly, 336 Tazewell Pike, will have VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Monday through Friday, June 13-17, for 3-Teens. The theme is “Inside Out and Upside Down on Main Street.” Supper will be served each night.

Info: Linda Merritt, 992-0682.

■ Corryton Church, 7615 Foster Road, Corryton, will have SonSurf Beach VBS 9 to 11:15 a.m. Sundays through Aug. 7, for kindergarten through 5th grade. Info: 688-3971.

■ Fairview Baptist Church,

7424 Fairview Road, Corryton, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 6-9 p.m. June 19-24. Info or to register: 687-5648 or www.fairviewbaptist.com.

■ Fellowship Christian Church, 746 Tazewell Pike, Luttrell, will have VBS 7-9 p.m. June 6-10.

Classes for all ages, everyone welcome. Info: 640-6781.

■ Grace Baptist Church, 7171 Oak Ridge Highway, will have The Adventure Squad 2011 VBS 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 2224, for ages 2 years through 5th grade. There will be nightly giveaways. Info or to register: www.gracebc.org.

■ Greenway Baptist Church, 2809 Adison Ave., will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. Sunday through Friday, June 12-17. Info: 6875369.

■ House Mountain Baptist Church, 8621 Washington Pike, Corryton, will have VBS 6:30 p.m. June 13-17.

■ Hubbs Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Hubbs Grove Road, Maynardville, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m. June 12-16, with a Family Night Block Party June 17. There will be Bible study, snacks, music, crafts and games. Classes are available for all ages, infant through adult.

There will be special activities for teenagers and Bible study for adults. All are welcome.

■ Karns Church of Christ, 6612 Beaver Ridge Road, will have VBS, themed “The Battle Belongs to the Lord,” 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. June 26-29. Info: 691-7411.

■ Milan Baptist Church, just north of Paulette Elementary School on Maynardville Highway, will have SonSurf Beach Bash VBS 6:45 to 9 p.m. June 5-10. There will be snacks, music, crafts and games.

■ Nave Hill Baptist Church will have VBS 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 6-10.

Commencement will be held 6 p.m. Sunday, June 12. Classes for all ages. Everyone is invited.

■ New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road, will have PandaMania VBS 6:15 to 9 p.m. June 13-17. There will be food, crafts, inflatables and music. Info: 546-0001 or

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■ New Fellowship Baptist Church, 4624 Nora Road, 6 to 8:30 p.m. June 20-24. Info or transportation: 688-1073 or 363-0916.

■ New Hope Baptist Church, 7602 Bud Hawkins Road, Corryton, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m. June 12-17. Family night Broadway musical will be June 17. There will be classes for all ages, infant through adult. All are welcome. Info or to register: 688-5330.

■ New Liberty Baptist Church, 5901 Roberts Road in Corryton, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Friday, June 12-17.

Kick off is 4 p.m. Sunday, June 4, with a “Kickin’ It Old School” parade, picnic and concert.

■ North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike, will host Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Friday, June 12-17, for all ages.

Info: 522-7590.

■ Powell Church, 323 West Emory Road, will have Kingdom of the Son VBS 6 to 8:30 p.m. June 13-17, with a visit by the Knoxville ZooMobile June 13, and Family Night with inflatables and food June 17. Classes for ages 4 years through 5th grade.

Info or to register: 938-2741 or www.powellchurch.com.

■ Salem Baptist Church, 8201 Hill Road, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 9 a.m. to noon, June 20-24, for all children ages 4 years through 5th grade.

TaeKwonDo for textbooks The Knoxville TaeKwonDo Academy is partnering with Modern Woodmen of America to raise money to purchase new textbooks for a Halls High School wellness class. It has been several years since the class has had updated textbooks. Last year students weren’t able to take textbooks home because there weren’t enough.

Students had to share.

The academy has currently raised $490 toward the goal of $5,400 for the textbooks.

Modern Woodmen of Amer-

Info or to register: 922-3490 or www.salembaptisthalls.org.

■ Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike, will have Inside Out and Upside Down on Main Street VBS 9 a.m. to noon, June 20-23. Info: www.2ndpres.org or 523-2189.

■ Son Light Baptist Church, off Rifle Range Road, will have Inside Out and Upside Down on Main Street 6:45 to 9 p.m.

June 20-24. Classes for all ages. Dinner provided. Commencement will be 6 p.m.

June 26. Info: 922-5501.

■ Union Baptist Church, 6701 Washington Pike, will have PandaMania VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m. June 26-30, for ages 4 years through 5th grade.

The kick-off party will be 5 p.m. Sunday, June 26, with food, inflatables and games.

Info or to register: www.

DiscoverUnion.org.

■ Union Baptist Church of Halls, 8244 Old Maynardville Highway, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. June 12-17, with a kick-off party and dinner at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 8. Info: 922-7714 or www. unionbaptisthalls.org.

Artists on Location The Guild of the Knoxville Museum of Art presents the “Artists on Location” exhibition and sale Friday and Saturday, June 10-11. Events include a demonstration by Nashville artist Dawn Whitelaw at KMA 7 p.m. Friday and artists creating “en-plein” air at the location of their choosing and exhibiting the finished works 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday at KMA. The demonstration on Friday is $10 and includes free hors d’oeuvres. The exhibit Saturday is free with hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar and live music by the Dennis Dow Trio. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Knoxville Museum of Art in memory of Betsy Worden.

Info: www.knoxart.org.

Entries needed for ‘Enlightenment’

The Tennessee Reiki Connection is accepting entries for “Enlightenment,” a juried exhibition for re■ West Park Baptist Church, gional artists, Friday, Aug. 8833 Middlebrook Pike, will 5, through Monday, Aug. have SonSurf Beach VBS 6 29. Selected artwork will to 8:30 p.m. June 13-16, for feature contemporary 2ages 4 years through 6th and 3-dimensional artwork grade. A Spanish-speaking class is available. Info or to that is spiritual, metaphysiregister: 690-0031 or www. cal or energy-based. Entry westparkbaptist.org. fee is $25 for up to three submissions in painting, graphic arts, photography ica has pledged to match the and 3D. Awards will be money raised through the given. Deadline to receive academy, up to $1,500. entries is Friday, June 17.

Knoxville TaeKwonDo is Info: 617-4813 or visit www. hosting a Father-Son Day at knoxalliance.com.

11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 18.

The event will teach fathers Brown Bag lecture on and sons how to stay safe and dads can help their son learn Civil War Knoxville Robert “Bob” Booker how to deal with bullies and bad strangers. Cost is $15 for will present the Brown Bag academy members and $35 Lecture “I Read It in the Newspaper: Civil War Knoxfor non-academy members.

A Mother-Daughter Day ville” noon Wednesday, June was held May 7 and the re- 8, at the East Tennessee Hissponse was so overwhelm- tory Center, 601 S. Gay St. ing that the academy will Admission is free. Attendees host another one at 11:30 are encouraged to bring their a.m. on July 16. Info: 922- lunch. Info: 215-8824 or visit www.easttnhistory.org.

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MILESTONES Bales graduates with honors from West Point Second Lt. Elijah Bales Corryton graduated with honors from West Point Military Academy in New York on May 21.

Elijah is a 2007 Gibbs High graduate. His parents are Melanie Lewis Sterling and Victor Bales of Corryton. Grandparents are Jo Ann Huff Roth of Strawberry Plains and Pat and Carroll Bales of Corryton.

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Peck activated for duty Army Spec. Harrison E. Peck has been mobilized and activated at Joint Base DixMcGuire-Lakehurst, N.J., in preparation for deployment to serve in either Iraq or Afghanistan. He is a member of the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, based out of Knoxville.

The soldiers are normally activated from Army Reserve or Army National Guard units from throughout the U.S. They go through a series of classes that prepare them for skills and situations they may face in their deployed environment. Peck is a civil affairs specialist and has served in the military for two years.

His mother, Virginia Harvey, resides on Warbler Road. He graduated in 2008 from Central High School.

Rain barrel workshop A rain barrel workshop will be held 6-8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 7, at Ijam’s Nature Center. Participants will be able to take home a rain barrel at the end of the program. Cost is $45 per barrel. Space is limited.

Info: 523-3800 or email info@fllake.org.

Thank you!

• Amputee Coalition • Bank East • John Becker, Channel 10 News • Lynn Bennett, Musician

Thanks to Charles Williams for the logo design • Broadway Sound • C.L. Butcher Insurance Agency • Cheddar’s • U.S. Congressman John J. Duncan Jr. • Early Bird Special • East Tennessee Concert Band

‘Our Lake, Our Heritage’

• East Tennessee Veterans Honor Guard • Rev. Charles Fels, Church of the Good Shepherd • Food City

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• Fountain City Diner • Fountain City Jewelers, Sponsor of the free train rides

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• Charles Thomas, 5th District City Councilman

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• Knoxville City Council

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• Knoxville Public Services Department

• Printing with Pride • Pratt’s Market

• State Representative Harry Tindell

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Gibbs Elementary principal Adam Parker congratulates Nicholas Lester as he is presented the Woodman of the World history award by Sam Hardman.

Shannondale Elementary teacher Rhoshawnda Turner and student Seth Armstrong sit inside Blake Jones’ race car during the 5th grade celebration at the school. Jones has worked his way from go-cart racing in 2005 to late model racing in 2010. He will make his USAR Pro Series debut this year and will be the first 14-year-old to compete in the series full time. Photos by Ruth White

Fifth grade students honored at Gibbs Elementary

Shannondale Elementary 5th grade student Caleb Gasnow enjoys racing the track in a custom-made box car.

Shannondale students race through the years

By Ruth White Fifth grade students at Shannondale Elementary were treated to an extra special day last week as they officially graduated to middle school. The daylong event was known as the Shannondale Speedway and 5th grade students spent the day celebrating.

The grounds of the

school were converted into a speedway and the students enjoyed inflatable obstacle courses, boxcar races, tricycle races, corn hole, photos and an opportunity to meet race car driver Blake Jones from Sevierville.

The gym was transformed into a speedway setting and offered lunch (mobile meal style), Talledega tattoos,

Martinsville Mania (Wii car games), Bristol Bling (bead art), Atlanta Bandana Art and words of encouragement from Blake Jones.

Jones was thrilled to be part of helping the students at Shannondale bid farewell and provided them with words of encouragement before the day wrapped up with the traditional running

Team Nitro wins state championship Team Nitro won the 12U SEAA Rec League state championship May 14 at Willow Creek. Team members are: (front) Kendal Bales, Kristen Farrow, Riley Walker, Caleigh Bills, Kaylen Kitts, Emilee Pressley, Rachel Miller; (back) Amalee Hawkins, Kristie Wise, Kimberly Blair and Natalie Wise. Coaches (not pictured) are Rick Balboa and Stephanie and Jimmy Elliott. Photo submitted

of the hallways. He is the youngest driver in history to be signed to run a Pro Cup car while attending public school and earning a spot on the A/B honor roll. “Through this experience I have learned that you should go for what you believe in,� he said. “You can accomplish whatever you believe.�

Gibbs Elementary School 5th grade student Kyle Courtney received many awards, including the Charlie Hustle award.

Photos submitted

‘Note Torious’ to perform at Smokies game The a cappella youth male chorus “Note Torious� will perform Tuesday, June 7, prior to the start of the Smokies baseball game in Smokies Stadium.

The group is comprised of students from seven local schools and is sponsored by the Greater Knoxville Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society and the Smokyland Sound Chorus.

10U Reds are champs The 10U Reds were named champs of the East Tennessee Bash at Carter. Team members are: (front) Mathew Phillips, Zak Mullins, Jacob Gregory, Hunter Lepper, Chase West; (middle row) Dylan Hensley, Jackson Muncy, Zach Weisgerber, Brian Rockwell, Chris Miller, Caleb White, Jackson Gregory; (back) coaches Doug Lepper, Joey West and Tom Mullins. Not pictured is coach Jack Muncy. Photo submitted

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Extreme plays in Tropical Showdown Team Extreme was the runner-up in the Tropical Showdown recently held at Anderson County High School. Team members are: (front) Andy Harrison, Bryson Armes, Colby Jones, Ethan Gardener, Elijah McGinnis; (back) Brady Moyers, Trent Lucas, Clay Keaton, Peyton Terry, Lane Reagan and coach Steve Moyers. Photo submitted

I hate travel. I like being in new places, but getting there makes me want to crawl into a hole.

Travel is just so unsettled. You’re miles and miles from any home or support network, flying solo, doing something crazy like strapping yourself into a piece of heavy machinery and driving it at upwards of 70 miles per hour at close proximity to lots of other pieces of heavy machinery whose drivers may or may not be competent or sane.

But I digress. By now, it’s probably no surprise that the farthest I’ve ever travelled with my offspring is Atlanta, and even that made me chew my nails to nubs.

How do you handle a roadside breakdown three hours from home with a kid? I hope I never find out.

So, it was with great trepidation that I embarked on an eight-hour drive with

Family Art Fest at Liz-Beth Gallery

The Fury wins the championship The Halls Fury 12-year-old division has won the league championship with a 10-2 record. Pictured are: (front) Rylee Conaster, Jacob Kirby, Seth Williams, Aaron Savage, Hunter Morrow, Chase Woods; (back) coach Dewayne Williams, Issac Wilson, Lucas Wright, Jackson Looper, Chris Bradford, Jaylon Nicholson, Trevor Clausen and coach James Kirby. Photo submitted

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Ten artists will be featured with three demonstrating their craft. Artists representing the crafts of fused glass, mosaic terra cotta, organic pottery, jewelry and enamel on copper will come from five states to participate in the event.

Rex Redd from Oak Ridge will demonstrate the art of Raku firing, Nolan Windholtz will demonstrate pottery throwing and Jyl Walker will demonstrate jewelry making.

Children ages 3-12 can create a “thumbprint masterpiece” on tiles with the creative

SPORTS NOTES ■ Skills Development Basketball Clinic II, boys and girls ages 6-12. Info: 242-3354.

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■ Knoxville Track Club’s Youth Athletics program through Saturday, June 25, includes 50-meter dash, discus throw and high jump. Girls and boys ages 5-18. Practice is held 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Includes four Saturday track meets on the UT campus. Cost is $39.

Info: 406-4128 or visit www. ktcyouthathletics.org.

During awards day, Central High School graduate Christy Graves was awarded the Mandy Harrell Memorial Scholarship for 2011. Graves plans to attend Johnson University in ■ Panther Pride Basketball the fall. Photo submitted Camp: boys’ camp will

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I was fully prepared for a disastrous drive, with meltdowns of epic proportions.

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Be ‘DJ for a Day’ WKCS-FM 91.1 at Fulton High School is raising money to send two students to the national SkillsUSA competition in Kansas City by offering listeners the opportunity to be “DJ for a Day.” Fulton students Aaron Miller and TeQuan Ellis won the chance to compete in the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City on June 20-24 by winning first place in the Tennessee SkillsUSA Audio

be held Tuesday through Friday, June 7-10, grades 3-6, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and grades 6-8, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Girls’ camp will be held 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, June 13-16 for grades 3-8. Info: Coach Courtney, 310-9615 or coach Stooksbury, 719-1357.

stretch his legs. McDonald’s was a stroke of genius, and the bonus of a toy in the Happy Meal bought us an extra hour of content before Daniel went to sleep.

There were two meltdowns, one each way, both caused by boredom and discomfort. While I’m all for child safety seats, they do mean that the little guys have to stay in one position the whole drive. We adults can shift in our seats, but the kiddos are totally strapped in.

Now that we’ve finally done it, the long trips don’t seem so bad anymore. And, we had a great time in D.C. Daniel got to see real pandas at the National Zoo and a space shuttle at the National Air and Space Museum.

While I’m not exactly a world traveler yet, I’m definitely ready to try getting outside my comfort zone a bit more. And maybe I’ll get lucky and talk Zac into that DVD player one day.

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As a way to raise funds for the trip, WKCS is giving listeners the once in a lifetime chance to be a DJ on the station.

For a minimum donation, listeners will be given the chance to select songs and chat on the air for one hour with Fulton High radio students and personalities.

“Falcon Radio” WKCS is Knoxville’s only high school radio station and plays a diverse format of oldies from the ’50s to the ’90s.

“DJ for a Day” time slots are available Monday through Friday, June 6-10, and will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. Info: Russell Mayes 256-3197, or email wkcs@ knoxschools.org.

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■ Baseball tournament , Friday through Sunday, June 10-12, Halls Community Park. Tee ball-14U, 992-5504 or email hcpsports.msn.com.

■ Summer golf camp at Beverly Park Golf Course, ages 6-8, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday and Thursday, June 8-9, $75; ages 9-14, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday through Friday, June 15-17, $100. Info: 689-6445.

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Austin Lanz wins one of six laptop computer giveaways during Halls High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Project Graduation on May 19 at the Jubilee Banquet Facility. Photos submitted

Katie Adams wins one of three digital cameras that were given away during Project Graduation.

Austin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor wins one of six HD 32-inch TV giveaways.

Project Graduation a success

By Jake Mabe Sally Hunley reports that Halls High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Project Graduation, a lock-in that was held May 19 at the Jubilee Banquet Facility fol-

Halls Red Devils lowing graduation, was a huge success. The event, which returned after an eight-year absence, is designed to provide a safe way for students to celebrate following graduation. The event was hosted by graduatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; parents, who spent the Halls High cheerleaders prepared for the season at the annual Red and White game last week. past year raising funds for Cheerleaders for the 2011-2012 season include: (front) Kelsey Haga, Caroline White, Alex Loy, the party.

Kristen Horner, Hana Shea Lewis, Kari Summer, Cheyenne Fawver; (back) coach Cheri Duncan, Ali Perry, Hope Lay, Morgan King, Delaney Burton, Jenna Phillips, Sydney Hall, Maria Brinias, Mallory Hayes, Meisha Darden and Ashley Hillard. Photo by Ruth White

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would like to thank the Halls community for its support and help in getting Project Graduation back for our graduates,â&#x20AC;?

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Graduates were treated to food and entertainment.

Prize giveaways included four iPads, six 32-inch TVs, six laptop computers, three digital cameras, two Sony HD camcorders, eight printers, luggage sets, a Wii, and cash and gift cards. All attendees brought home gift bags with $30 Walmart gift cards and $30 worth of free gift cards, as well as one

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Halls High office open Wednesdays this summer The Halls High School main office and guidance office will be open 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays this summer. Info: 922-7757

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The bank also will donate $1 for every new “like” the First Tennessee Facebook page receives (http://www.facebook. com/firsttennessee).

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biweekly payroll deductions of as little as $1 per payday. The IRS approved our request for tax-exempt status, making all donations tax deductible, and we match donations of at least $50 per year through our company’s matching gift program.

Through the employee relief fund program, employees who experience a natural disaster or short-term personal emergency like a house or apartment fire or flood can apply for a grant of up to $2,500.

One of our Cleveland, Tenn., employees received a grant last month after her home was severely damaged during the April 27 tornadoes.

Her family will not be able to live in the home for several months. The employee said, “Becoming instantly homeless with three teenage children is very frightening, and I didn’t know where to turn. I am so grateful for our employee relief fund. With the help I received, I was able to rent a house, have utilities connected and buy some groceries.

“I could not work for a better company. It amazes me how everyone comes together just like a family to help each other in times of need.”

This program is a great example of the camaraderie and sense of family we have here and one reason I’m proud to be part of this company. “

New store manager Len Granath stands with the large quantity of heavily-discounted used books that the Merchant Drive Book Warehouse location is now selling. Photo by Jake Mabe

Book Warehouse now offering discounted used books Will buy used books for store credit after evaluation

By Jake Mabe

The “e-book Christmas,” as it’s come to be known, has proven to be a gamechanger for the bookselling industry.

Bookstores already facing online competition from Amazon and others now had to suddenly face the loss of 20 to 30 percent of their market after the iPad and

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e-readers such as the Kindle and Nook became big sellers over the holidays.

“We thought we might have had a three- to fiveyear window before e-books really took off,” says Len Granath, the new manager of the Book Warehouse/ Christian Book Warehouse on Merchant Drive.

At its annual evaluation, the company’s owners decided to convert the Merchant Drive store’s stock from new and remaindered Christian and secular books to one dominated by what Granath calls “aggressively discounted” used books – more than 50,000 of them.

Granath, who was hired earlier this year, has a background in used books and online sales.

He says the move is in part about survival.

“We didn’t really understand how fast this was gonna take place. If you take 20 percent of the market away in any business, it’s over.”

The Book Warehouse ownership team found a

company that solicits used books which was also looking for a distribution outlet.

“We’ve contracted to buy so many truckloads per year by the pound, which allows us to sell used books at extremely aggressive prices, as competitively as or more aggressively than McKay,” Granath said, referring to McKay Used Books in West Knoxville.

“The quality of the books we’re getting is pretty amazing. The response we’ve gotten in the first month has been impressive.”

Granath says the most expensive used book in the store retails for $3.99.

Multiple pricing also allows the store to sell used hardbacks in a three for $10 deal; used trade paperbacks at four for $10; used children’s books at 4 for $5 and used mass market paperbacks at 4 for $5.

The store will also buy used books for in-store trade credit after an evaluation.

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Book Warehouse also has locations in Sevier County and Bristol, Va. Granath says new books will make up 20 percent of the store’s inventory and that the store will continue to sell greeting cards and can special order books at a discounted rate.

He says the service that longtime customers have come to expect will also continue.

“To me, that’s part of keeping this business alive, the value of customer service and those who value holding the written word in your hands. To be able to stay in business in this community is important to us.

To continue offering a wide selection of Christian literature is as well. We didn’t want that to go away. That’s the core of our family business.”

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Featured event The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame will have Induction Weekend Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11, with a variety of events over the two-day period.

The Class of 2011 will include Val Ackerman, Ruthie Bolton, Vicky Bullett, Muffet McGraw, Pearl Moore and Lorneta Odom, and the All-American Red Heads will be honored for their contributions to the game. Saturday June 11, at 8 a.m., the Hall of Fame will host the 4Kay Run/Walk in memory of Hall of Famer Kay Yow, followed by an autograph session with the Class of 2011 inductees at 10 a.m. Info: www.wbhof.com/11induction.html.

Café 4 kitchen manager Brandon Chancey dishes up orange cranberry streusel biscuits, which are served by restaurant owner Jim Klonaris. The confection won the People’s Choice Award at the Biscuit Festival on May 28. Photo by Wendy Smith

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Wednesday, June 8 ■ The East Tennessee History Center, 601 South Gay Street, will host “I Read it in the Newspaper: Civil War Knoxville,” a Brown Bag Lecture by Robert Booker, noon Wednesday, June 8. Admission is free, and attendees are encouraged to bring a lunch. Columnist, author and historian Booker will share his insights into the everyday challenges faced by Knoxville citizens as they struggled through the devastation of war, information garnered from his extensive research into newspaper stories from the era. Info: 215-8824 or www.

EastTNHistory.org.

■ The Tennessee Theatre will host a new live show, Max and Ruby Bunny Party, based on the books by Rosemary Wells and the animated television show on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr., 3 and 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 8. Doors open at 2 p.m. Tickets on sale now at all Tickets Unlimited locations and the Tennessee Theatre box office. Info: www. tennesseetheatre.com.

Thursday, June 9 ■ An exhibition preview party for Korean artist Kwang-Young Chun’s series “Aggregations, new work” will be held 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 9, at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Chun’s work will be on exhibit at the museum June 10 through Sept. 4. The basis for Chun’s work is individual, triangular, Styrofoam shapes covered with Korean mulberry paper. The ultimate work is visually stunning

and layered in personal meaning for Chun.

Info: www.knoxart.org.

Friday, June 10 ■ Nashvile artist Dawn Whitelaw will give an entertaining and inspiring painting demonstration at 7 p.m. Friday, June 10, in the Knoxville Museum of Art’s garden area. The demonstration is part of KMA’s Artists on Location event. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Hors d’ouevres will be served. Info: www. knoxart.org.

Saturday, June 11 ■ The Market Square Farmers Market will be open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday through Nov. 19. All items are grown or made by the vendor in the East Tennessee region.

■ The Knoxville Kidney Walk will start at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 11, at the UT Botanical Gardens. Funds raised will support local education programs and increase awareness about chronic kidney disease. Info: www. kidneywalk.org.

Saturday, June 18 ■ The wrestling show “Throwdown in KTown” will be held 8:15 p.m. Saturday, June 18, on Market Square. Legendary wrestler Jimmy Golden will be in a title match against the American Patriot. There will also be a women’s match. Info: 973-8092.

here was barely enough room to lift a biscuit to the mouth on Biscuit Boulevard. But that didn’t keep patrons from gorging themselves with a heaping helping of flaky pastries at the city’s second annual Biscuit Festival on May 28.

Five-dollar tickets bought biscuit lovers five samples from more than 20 vendors stationed primarily on one block of Market Street just south of Krutch Park.

Patrons were cranky as they waited elbow-to-elbow for their chance to partake of a tasty treat, but most became contented as their bellies were filled.

Vendors included local restaurants and other organizations practiced at feeding the masses. The Culinary Institute at UT served up, appropriately, an orange and vanilla biscuit with a sweet glaze – the creation of David Robinson, who works as a chemical engineer when he’s not taking a cooking class.

To create a new biscuit flavor, just whip up some dough and start adding things, says Robinson.

“You try a whole lot and find out what you like and what you don’t like.”

One experiment that flopped was adding boursin cheese to biscuit dough. It didn’t firm up, he says.

Pastry instructor Rachel Reagan managed the flow of the hot biscuits, which were baked in an oven set up on the sidewalk behind the booth. The day was fun and hectic at the same time, she said.

Further down the block, Joe Parks fried ringed bologna to serve on biscuits with Dijon mustard and brie and bleu cheeses.

He, along with other participants in the Abundant Life Kitchen culinary training program, helped run the Knoxville Convention Center booth.

The convention center’s executive chef, Chris Moore, is a mentor for the program, which is sponsored by Knox Area Rescue Ministries and Second Harvest of East Tennessee’s Abundant Life Kitchen.

Parks’ participation in the program helped him earn a spot at the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Portland, Ore. He might teach them a thing or two about southern biscuits.

Boulevard patrons voted for their favorite biscuit, and Café 4’s orange cranberry streusel biscuit was given this year’s People’s Choice Award.

The Market Square District Association estimates that crowds exceeded 15,000 for this year’s festival. Knoxville winners of the biscuit bake-off were Mat Merten, who took second place in the traditional biscuit category for his Atomic Biscuits, and Parker Davis, Miela Hurst and Becca Dailey, who won first, second and third place in the kids’ biscuit category.

Davis is a student at Bearden High School. His mother, Gena, says he spent months developing his recipe for garlic cheddar biscuits, and the family enjoyed taste-testing his experiments.

“His grandmother taught him to bake,” she said.

He gained further experience through home economics classes at Bearden, and his teacher told him about the contest.

Davis and his brother hope to open their own breakfast restaurant when they’re finished with school.

Kwayn-Young Chun Installation view at the University of Wyoming Art Museum. The installation will be visiting the Knoxville Museum of Art from June 10 through Sept. 4.

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down and answered all my questions and explained everything to me beforehand.

The Gamma knife team worked perfectly in sync.”

Allen says Dr. Fromke and Dr. Meyer also showed her Fort Sanders’ new Gamma Knife Perfexion machine and suite and walked her through the procedure process in advance. Allen says she prayed and asked God to deliver her from her fear.

On the day of the April 7 procedure, Allen was nervous but she had faith that the treatment would go well.

“Drs. Joe (Meyer) and Fromke were there with me the whole time,” she smiles.

“The Gamma Knife team was so sweet and made me feel so comfortable. They were work-

ing perfectly in sync and knew exactly what to do.”

Since her Gamma Knife surgery, Allen says the blurred vision and headaches associated with the AVM have subsided. She feels blessed to have been able to have the Gamma Knife treatment.

“I feel like that machine came here just for me,” she says.

Allen, who watched her son Austin graduate from Georgia Tech on Mother’s Day, is grateful to be alive. She credits her team of physicians and the love and support of her husband, James, and God, with helping her beat the AVM and breast cancer.

“I am just so blessed!” she smiles.

For more information about Gamma Knife procedures available at Fort Sanders Regional, please call 865-541-4000.

mors grew in her brain, where the drug couldn’t penetrate.

Fort Sanders staff arranged for Gamma Knife treatment at another Knoxville hospital in January of 2009. The Gamma Knife has since been moved to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and housed in the basement of Thompson Cancer Center, where it has been upgraded to the latest version of the machine, the Perfexion.

“It was not painful; it did not make me sick,” says Neal of the Gamma Knife. “The Gamma Knife was really just a

simple procedure.” Radiation Oncologist Dr. Joseph Meyer and Neurosurgeon Dr. Richard Boyer teamed up to administer Neal’s Gamma Knife treatment.

Neal says she had a peace – and still does – that has come directly from her faith. “When they first diagnosed me with a brain tumor, I literally vomited. But after that, I got an overwhelming peace. Only God is in control.”

Neal is grateful to be alive.

“It’s been a very hard long journey, but I’m still standing and thankful.”

High tech tool shrinks AVM As a breast cancer patient, Alice Allen of Knoxville is used to having high tech treatments to battle her disease. But when an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) was discovered in her brain during a PET scan, 53-year-old Allen describes the treatment physicians recommended as “something straight out of a Star Trek movie.” An AVM occurs when the arteries in the brain abnormally connect to nearby veins without the normal vessels between them.

Instead of open brain surgery, which would have required removing part of Allen’s skull, Fort Sanders neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Fromke suggested stereotactic radiosurgery with the Leskell Gamma Knife Per-

Fort Sanders Gamma Knife AVM patient Alice Allen celebrates her son’s May graduation in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech. Pictured from left to right are Alice, husband James, and sons Austin and Jeremy.

fexion to treat the AVM. This advanced technique shrinks the AVM by delivering focused radiation directly to the area. The Gamma Knife procedure is especially useful for AVMs located deep in the brain that may be difficult to remove with surgery.

Allen, who wasn’t keen on having her skull cut open, read everything she could about Gamma Knife.

“I researched it completely.

I went online and saw pictures of people having Gamma Knife and thought it sounded promising, but looked kinda scary,” admits Allen. She says the Fort Sanders Gamma Knife team addressed her concerns.

“I was so glad Dr. Fromke and my radiation oncologist Dr. Joseph Meyer sat me

Gamma Knife helps woman beat brain cancer Forty-three-year-old Rachael Neal of Apison, Tenn., has been battling malignant melanoma – a life-threatening form of skin cancer – for 14 years. As the cancer has spread from a mole on her back to other parts of her body, including her brain, Neal has endured dozens of medical procedures.

There have been surgeries and a skin graft, many toxic medicines and dozens of tests.

But of all her cancer treatments, the Gamma Knife pro-

cedure she received in 2009 while under care at Thompson Cancer Survival Center and Fort Sanders RegionRachael Neal al was one of the least traumatic, Neal says. She had two brain tumors treated in 2009 with the Gamma Knife, a non-invasive

procedure that uses pinpoint radiation to penetrate the skull and destroy tumors.

“Today I’m tumor-free,” smiles Neal. “I’m still classified as a stage four metastatic malignant melanoma brain tumor patient. So, I am only tumor-free, not cancer free. Well, at least that’s what they say.”

Neal says she sees it differently. “I’m free because the Lord has taken care of me. Prayer and the right doc-

Brain surgery without the ‘surgery’ Weighing in at 22 tons, let’s just say it was way too big for the elevator. So big, in fact, that when the newest version of the Gamma Knife radiosurgical machine was delivered to Fort Dr. David Hauge, S a n d e r s Neurosurgeon, Regional Gamma Knife Medical Center Medical Center, it Director had to be lifted by crane through a skylight into a newly prepared suite located inside Thompson Cancer Survival Center.

That suite is now known as the Fort Sanders Regional Gamma Knife Center at Thompson Cancer Survival Center.

Online in January 2011, the Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion machine has treated nearly 65 patients so far, and physicians say they are delighted with how well it’s working. “It is incredible,” says Dr. David H. Hauge, Medical Director of the Fort Sanders Gamma Knife Center.

Dr. Hauge goes onto explain that the Gamma Knife radiosurgery process is a team

Fort Sanders Regional’s new Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion can precisely treat multiple brain tumors at once.

tors He got me to where I am today.”

Neal came to Thompson Cancer Survival Center in 2008 to participate in a clinical trial of an experimental cancer drug. She had developed dozens of tumors under her skin. Fortunately, the drug (which has since been approved by the FDA under the brand name Yervoy) shrank the tumors beneath the surface of her skin.

However, two more tu-

Fort Sanders Regional Gamma Knife Center Team Neurosurgeons

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N Richard Boyer, MD N Michael Fromke, MD N David Hauge, MD (Medical Director) N Paul Peterson, MD N Joel Ragland, MD N Steven Sanders, MD

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Medical Physicists N Joseph Bowling, MS, DABR N Ben Robson, MD, DABR effort. “We have both neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists together in the pretreatment evaluation, Dr. Michael as well as Fromke, the actual Neurosurgeon procedure.

Specially trained radiation physicists and nurses also help ensure a safe and pleasant experience for the patient.”

This machine is the latest Gamma Knife technology in the world. It’s the only Perfexion in the state of Tennessee and one of only 30 in the United States. It is considered the Gold Standard by which other radiosurgery

platforms are measured. “It is the safest and most accurate radiosurgical tool for brain tumors in the world,” says Fort Sanders neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Fromke.

Despite its name, the Gamma Knife is not really a “knife.” There’s no cutting, no anesthesia and no hospitalization afterward. Gamma Knife is a precise radiation treatment. With pinpoint accuracy, it aims radiation energy through the skull and into brain tumors, destroying them while leaving healthy tissue unharmed in the process.

Treatments can last less than two hours, and patients go home the same day.

Gamma Knife can also be used to treat a number of other brain disorders, like non-cancerous tumors of the

John M. Anderson, MD William McDonald, MD Joseph Meyer, MD Nilesh Patel, MD Daniel Scaperoth, MD

Nurses N Chantelle Henry, RN, BSN N Kevin S. Miller, RN, BSN N Tiffany C. White, RN, BSN

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For Gamma Knife referral information call 865-541-4000.

pituitary gland, tumors of the ear or eye nerves, or malformations of the blood vessels in the brain.

Fort Sanders is an “open” center, meaning Gamma Knife credentialed and trained physicians in the area are welcome to use it, Dr. Hauge explains. Six neurosurgeons and five radiation oncologists from Knoxville area hospitals are already participating regularly at the Fort Sanders Gamma Knife Center.

“We think the technology is so important that any neurosurgeon or radiation oncologist, no matter where they practice, can come and participate. We’ll make sure every patient, no mat-

ter where they began their treatment, can have Gamma Knife,” says Dr. Hauge.

The biggest benefit of the new Gamma Knife platform is its ability to treat multiple tumors at once, up to 15 or more, much more easily than the old version. The new Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion is designed to allow treatment of multiple Metastatic brain tumors developed from primary cancers outside the brain such as lung, breast, ovarian, colorectal, kidney, melanoma with one treatment, in most cases. With the previous version of the machine, treating multiple tumors required several visits.

“It’s a more efficient treat-

ment platform in terms of planning,” says Dr. Fromke.

“So overall there’s a decrease in the treatment time and more comfort for the patient.”

The Gamma Knife is much safer than other radiosurgical tools for brain tumors because it does not expose the rest of the brain or body to radiation. “We can deliver it with pinpoint precision,” explains Dr. Fromke. “When you’re delivering radiation to the brain, particularly around the brain stem or optic nerves that control eyesight, precision is everything.”

Dr. Hauge agrees. “In a recent study, Gamma Knife was shown to deliver far less radiation to the rest of the body outside the brain than any other currently available cranial radiosurgical technology.”

However, while the Gamma Knife is one of a kind in the area, it is not a cure for everything. Some tumors of the brain will still need traditional surgery before Gamma Knife will be an option, Dr. Fromke explains. “The Gamma Knife adds to the armamentarium.

It’s another tool that the neurosurgeon has to treat brain cancers and other non-cancerous tumors of the brain.”

For more information about the Fort Sanders Gamma Knife Center, call 865-541-4000.

Brain Surgery without the “Surgery” Gamma Knife Radiosurgery The world’s most comprehensive and precise treatment for brain cancer and other brain tumors is the Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion. And the only center in Tennessee with this life-changing treatment is in Knoxville at the Fort Sanders Regional Gamma Knife Center located at Thompson Cancer Survival Center.

Treatment takes one day, not multiple sessions. Recovery time is quick…most patients go home the same day. But the best part, our patients tell us, is there is no “surgery”…. no incision, no anesthesia.

It’s about returning to family, friends and living life as soon as possible.

Gamma Knife technology has treated thousands and is considered the Gold Standard1 in the treatment of malignant and benign brain tumors, vascular malformations in the brain and other brain disorders. No other radiosurgery system is more precise with less total radiation to the body.

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June is officially “Adopt-A- Shelter- C atMonth,” and Young-Williams Animal Center has some creative ways to celebrate by offering some can’t-be-beat opportunities to meet and adopt a feline friend.

Father’s Day is quickly approaching and its time to begin thinking of the perfect gift for that special man.

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Even though he isn’t my father, I have always purchased a Father’s Day gift for my husband to let him know what a great father he has been to our three children. After 24 years, a shirt or a tie or even a tool that he needs just doesn’t quite express my feelings. I’ll admit sometimes it’s hard to find just the right gift for him or even for my father, who has everything he needs.

One of the best gifts I have given my husband developed out of the frustration of not knowing what to buy. One evening as Father’s Day ap-

This Father’s Day, consider making a card/gift using pictures that tell a story of an amazing father. Photo by Ruth White proached, I found a paper photo album in my craft supplies and the gift idea was born. With pictures, stickers, scissors and adhesive supplies in hand and years of crafting skills, I created the perfect gift.

Several pages of the album were filled with photos of us from our dating years to the present. Others were filled with photos of our children growing up that illustrated how he has influenced their

Knoxville mourns the loss of Emmett Knoxville lost a longtime member of the family last week when the Knoxville Zoo’s last remaining cheetah, Emmett, died after his health had slowly deteriorated during the last few weeks. He was 16 years old.

Emmett was initially brought to the zoo with his Emmett. Photo submitted mother and two sisters in 1994 after his birth at the He was humanely euthaFossil Rim Wildlife Center nized with his keepers and in Glen Rose, Texas. caregivers by his side.

Points from Beaver Brook The nine hole golf group at Beaver Brook played points on May 31. The winners were Carol McGhee with first place and Shirley Spignardo in second place.

Sally Chrisler and Shirley Spignado tied with 16 putts.

lives. Stickers that described him – such as loyal, dependable, honest, loving – accented the pages. Each family member was able to express their feelings for a man who has been the strength of our family and a supporter of our dreams and ambitions.

This gift cost little money to make but is one gift that is considered priceless. It is a gift that will never wear out or be forgotten over the years.

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Critter Tales “Kittyroo” (not to be confused with the music festival Bonnaroo happening this weekend) will last through Saturday, June 11. Adult cats will be available for a $50 adoption fee – $25 less than the normal rate to adopt.

Some of the eligible felines

Saturday, June 19-25, when kittens under 6 months of age can be adopted for $125 instead of the regular $150.

If two kittens are adopted together, the total is only $200. That’s definitely a reason to be smitten.

The finale for “cat month” is “One, Two, Free” Saturday, June 26, through Monday, July 4. This is one great BOGO (buy one, get one) sale on kitties. Buy one adult cat and receive a second at no additional cost.

Who ever said BOGO sales should only be on pairs of shoes?

All humor aside, the idea is to find homes for as many homeless animals as possible. Maybe your new cat might even enjoy the company of a black lab or a Chihuahua – you don’t have to be a cat to celebrate the holidays. Info: 215-6599 or visit www.knoxpets.org.

Calypso will be available for adoption at a reduced rate during “Kittyroo” at YoungWilliams. Photo submitted have even been named in honor of rock legends for this special event.

Oldies Week will be Sunday through Saturday, June 12-18, to shine the spotlight on senior cats at the shelter. Cats that are 7-years-old and up can be adopted for $25. This is $25 less than the regular adoption fee for a senior cat.

“Smitten with Kittens” will be Sunday through

Adult league named for Ed Bailey The city of Knoxville has named its adult baseball league in honor of the late Ed Bailey, a longtime member of City Council who also worked for U.S. Rep. John Duncan Sr. Bailey’s son, Joe, is currently a member of City Council and serves as vice mayor.

Mr. Bailey played major league baseball for 14 seasons (1953-1966) and was named to five National League AllStar teams. He also played briefly for the University of Tennessee and served in the U.S. Army before his professional baseball career. Mr. Bailey died in 2007.

The city’s Parks and Recreation Adult Baseball League is a highly competitive 13-team league that includes college-age players as well as older players.

‘Elvis’ entertains at the Courtyard Catherine Clevenger is serenaded by Elvis (Matt Scott) at the Courtyard Senior Living Center. Joining the “King” to entertain were Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline.

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And they’re off ! Runners and walkers start the 34th annual Knoxville Expo 10K and 5K on May 28 near the Civic Auditorium. Close to 900 runners finished the race. Photos by Greg Householder

Alan Horton of Knoxville is the Marsha Morton of LaFollette first to cross the finish line in is the first female to finish the the 10K race.

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Seventeen-year-old Ian Murphy of Maryville is first to finish the 5K race.

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By Greg Householder The weather was perfect – sunny and in the mid 70’s – as the gun sounded to start the 34th annual Knoxville Expo 10,000 and 5K presented by 6Cares on May 28.

Ian Murphy of Maryville was the first runner to cross the finish line by finishing the 5K race in 17:47. Marsha Morton of LaFollette was the first female runner to finish the 5K by logging a time of 21:23.

Alan Horton of Knoxville finished first in the 10K with a time of 31:42. Kathy Wolski of Knoxville was the first female runner to finish the 10K in 37:53.

For the 10K, in the male open category, Ryan Woods of Boone, N.C., finished second to Horton and Ethan Coffey of Knoxville finished third.

Second Saturday concerts Knox County Parks and Recreation will again sponsor Second Saturday at The Cove at Concord Park. The free concerts are from 6-8 p.m. Here’s the lineup: ■ June 11, Good Times Jazz Band

Kathy Wolski of Knoxville is the first female to finish the 10K race.

In the 10K female open category, in addition to Wolski, Jasmin Keller of Knoxville finished second and Judy Wilson of Oak Ridge finished third.

■ July 9, Kelley McRae (folk singer/songwriter with country and gospel influences) ■ Aug. 13, Knoxville Symphony Brass Quintet ■ Sept. 10, The Atomic Horns (10-piece show band playing rock, soul, rhythm and blues) In addition to the

In the 5K male open category, Geoff Martin of Knoxville finished second to Murphy and Greg Cooper of Knoxville finished third.

In the 5K female open category, in addition to Morton, Kelly Jones of Maryville finished second and Carmen Iwanski of Knoxville finished third.

In the specialty team categories for the 10K, Daniel and Jacob Houston won the father-son category; James and Jamie Blaylock won the father-daughter category; Becky and Jeremiah Tener won the mother-son category; and Debbie Schmid and Rachel Taylor won the mother-daughter category.

Jonathan and Betsy Johnson took the husband-wife category.

Age category and other team results can be found at the Knoxville Track Club website at www.ktc.org.

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HEALTH NOTES ■ Super Summer Slim Down 8-week program will be held 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through July 27 at Clinton Physical Therapy Center. Cost is $99 nonmembers and current members

require a level I membership.

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and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, at the Wellness Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings.

Cancer family bereavement group is Thursday evenings.

Info: 546-4661.

■ Alzheimer’s caregiver support group meets 6-7 p.m. each third Thursday at Elmcroft Assisted Living and Memory Care in Halls. Light refreshments. RSVP appreciated. Info: 925-2668.

■ Chronic Pain and Depression support group meets noon to 1:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month at First Baptist Church of Powell, Brown house parking lot on Emory Road; and noon to 1:30 p.m. the first and third

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FOR SALE BY OWNER – HALLS 3BR/2BA, 2-car gar., new carpet, laminate floors, large beautiful backyard, deck & concrete patio.

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REDUCED! 7-8 RM 2BA JUST LISTED! FTN.CITY! older home in North Custom built two story w/ Knox. $49,900. Call over 2,700 sf, Huge great 687-4373. rm, 4 BRs, 2.5 BAs, Bonus rm, Corian tops, North 40n Sunroom, Office or nursery, 4 car garage, FOR SALE By Owner 4913 Laurelwood (near - 5 yr. old home on Mtn. Crest), Mountain 17.6 acres located at Views, $259,900 355 Rosewood Ln., Maynardville. This is the perfect set up for CORRYTON – Approx. horses. House is 1,400 52 acres w/ rolling SF with 3BR, 2BA. acreage & outbuildings, Has new interior paint, Most is in pasture, 8536 new floor covering, Old Tazewell Pike, $284,900 new kitchen cabinets, Call G. T. Ballenger, large new back deck Realtors at 688-3946. with beautiful view.

Asking $169,900 & owner will finance w/ 40s $5,000 down or if you South are USDA qualified, then 100% financing FSBO, SEYMOUR with no money down.

3BR, 2BA all brick Call Bill @ Rancher, hrdwd floors, 877-488-5060 ext. 323.

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ANIMAL EVENTS ■ Shelter Animals Rescue Group (SARG) will have its “Second Friday” adoption event 4-8 p.m. Friday, June 10, at PetSmart in Turkey Creek.

■ Greyhound Rescue Foundation will have a meet and greet with adoptable animals noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at PetSmart on Morrell Road, next to West Town Mall. Info: Brenda, 690-0009.

■ Horse Haven will have its Neigh and Bray Adoption Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at its facility off Hardin Valley Road at 2417 Reagan Road.

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Spring commercial. Will 2BR/2BA at 4816 Olivia clubs, etc. Plenty of across property. divide. $100,000 per Carson Lane, Founadjoining parking.

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1028 Oglewood $83,000 MLS#754480

POWELL – Condo. Well maintained 2BR/2BA condo w/gar.

Cathedral ceiling, FP & more. $124,900 MAYNARDVILLE – Like new 3BR/2BA brick & vinyl ranch with 2-car gar on level lot. Only 3 years old w/new carpet & newly painted. $124,900

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Meet Acorn Squash, a 2-year-old female calico cat with a delicious name and an equally delicious personality. This girl has bright eyes, an intriguing coat pattern and lots of love to give. Kitten season is in full swing at Young-Williams and it is important that our adult cats do not get overlooked by adopters looking for the perfect kitten. Adult cats have mastered the litter box, will often happily take a few moments out of their busy day for a head scratch and do not mind quiet alone time while the family is away at school or work. At 2 years old, Acorn Squash is still a young girl but has nice adult habits. She 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. See photos of all the center’s adoptable pets at www.knoxpets.org.

NORTH

MIDDLETON, LINDA $99,900 779830MASTER Ad Size 2 x 2 4c N FSBO 742-5156 <ec>

21 For Sale By Owner 40a North

■ JumpStart Health & Fitness is a noncompetitive exercise program, located at 2704 Mineral Springs Road. Info: 687-4537.

■ Support group meeting for family members or caregivers of an adult with a mental illness is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Avenue. Info: Rebecca Gill, 602-7807 or www.namiknox.org.

For information about the Youth Camp or about the rescue work of Horse Haven, you can visit the web site at www.horsehaven.net or call 609-4030.

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■ Grief support group meets 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Home Care Knoxville office. Registration is required. Info or to register: 541-4500.

■ Stop Smoking: 215-QUIT (7848) is a program of the Knox County Health Department. The hotline is answered 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

W kd S Weekday Session: i 9 9:00am 00 – 1pm (snack and water provided) One week sessions starting June 6-10 and running thru July 25-29.

Homes

■ Fibromyalgia screenings are held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wednesdays at the Fibromyaligia Clinic located at Total Rehab Physical Therapy. Also support group meetings and several classes are held on the third Wednesday of each month. Cost is free. Info: 548-1086.

■ Overeaters Anonymous meets 10 a.m. every Friday at the Halls Senior Center on Crippen Road. Info: Carol, 922-1516.

Horse Haven of Tennessee is Tennessee’s largest and oldest equine humane society. We have been giving a voice to the abused and neglected horses in our State since 1999. We are offering this program to our youth.

Learning sharing, tolerance, self-control, confidence, and safety while enjoying the time being around our rescued horses.

limited number of full price scholarships available

Thursday of every month at Faith Promise Church off Pellissippi Parkway. Info: Paula, 945-3810, or 748-1407.

TOM SPARKES

Office: 246-0300 Cell: 257-6475 Call for your private showing!

PARK

NEW CONDO WEST KNOXVILLE

5803 Metropolitan Way

500 - 1500 SF Available at $10/sqft.

Go to www.kaarcie.com to view listing. MLS#2118271 Contact Jonathan Carroll 731-695-7813 Coldwell Banker Commercial Wallace & Wallace 690-1111

2 BR , 2 B A , 1 2 0 4 s f , 2 car garage, $850/mo.

1 yr lease. NO PETS. Call Gary 865-548-1010 WEST, LUXURIOUS 3 br, 3 ba condo in fashionable Brookshire. Jacuzzi, gas frpl, sec. syst, paddle fans, secluded deck, ref's req'd.

No pets. Only $1325.

865-300-5132 ***Web ID# 780654***

Apts - Unfurnished 71 Apts - Unfurnished 71 Apts - Unfurnished 71

Bull Run Creek Apartments

BULL RUN CREEK APARTMENTS 777846MASTER Ad Size 3 x 2 bw N <ec>

Move-in special

2 bedroom apartments

$99 security deposit Applies only to 2 bedroom. Does not apply to transfers.

Must meet resident selection criteria. No exceptions.

Expires June 30, 2011.

Celeste McClure, Property Manager • 992-5888 1591 Main Street • Maynardville, TN

HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS • JUNE 6, 2011 • B-5

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Auto

Furniture

Rooms-Roommates 77 Dogs

141 Lawn-Garden Equip. 190 Wanted To Buy 222 Motorcycles

$$$ WANTED $$$ $ Pays Top Dollar $

238 Domestic

HONDA GOLDWING 1981, new tires, 45k mi, looks/runs good, $1850/bo 865-742-4002

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES

90 Day Warranty Call 637-1060

YORKIE PUPPIES, HOT TUB, holds Driver very small. AKC Reg. 2011 6, new, warranty, 51 Average Weekly $1,000 F-$550. M $450. 865jets, LED lights, Think RED Flatbed!

426-8317 & 865-963-1965 waterfall.

Retails No NYC or Canada. ***Web ID# 797145*** $8100, now $2790.

Home Weekly Call 865-312-7326 YORKIE PUPS, AKC $25 Tarp Pay ***Web ID# 795710*** champ. bloodlines, 6 $25 Extra Stop Pay M&F small, 3 mos & 4 39 - 40 cpm Starting Pay wks. $500 up. 423-823Tanning Beds 210 CDL-A, 1 Yr. T/T Exp. 1247 or 423-234-0780 ***Web ID# 797255*** Within Last 3 Yrs. Req. WOLFF Tanning Bed, 888.461.3580 PUPS, SunQuest Pro 16SE, AVERITTcareers.com YORKIE small CKC 6wks 1M home system uses Equal Opportunity $225, 1F $400. 423110 outlet. $600 obo.

Employer 295-5434, 423-519-7472 Call 865-323-9558.

Local Driving/Delivery 106a

Collectibles

Volu nteer Ass is ted Trans port at io n CAC's Office on Aging is seeking volunteer drivers for their Volunteer Assisted Transportation program.

Volunteers utilize agency-owned hybrid sedans while accompanying seniors or persons with disabilities to appointments, shopping, and other errands. Training is provided. If you are interested, please contact Nancy Welch at: 865-524-2786 or nancy.welch@ knoxseniors.org

VINTAGE JUKEBOX 1982 Rock-Ola 160 selections, 45 RPM, perfect working cond. $3499 obo. 865-323-9558

General

Antiques

217 YORKSHIRE Terrier Auctions pups, AKC reg. 13 wks, blk/tan, 2 males, AUCTION MON, July 4, health guar, vet ck'd, So 10am. Cherokee AucAdorable. 865-851-9622. tion Co. 564-3164 TAL2386 FL5626 ***Web ID# 799542***

109 Misc. Pets

142

MINI HORSES, 2 ML, 3 FM, 2 Foals, Min. Mule $300 ea./$2100 herd. 865-497-3022 EXP'D CAREGIVERS NEEDED to work w/elderly in their homes. Duties incl. Pet Services 144 light housekeeping, meal prep, hygiene assistance, & transp.

GROOMING Immed openings for PET SHOP, wait or drop live-in. Call 474-9710 off.

Andersonville to schedule interview.

Pike, Halls. 925-3154.

Cats

110

140

Free Pets

145

HIMALAYANS, 6 wks APR Reg. Dewormed. Vet ck. 2 M, 2 F, $250 cash ** ADOPT! * * only. 865-247-4964 Looking for a lost pet or a new ***Web ID# 797807*** one? Visit Young-Williams RESCUE KITTENS Animal Center, the official & cats for adoption, shelter for the City of spayed, neutered, Knoxville & Knox County: shots. 865-765-3400.

3201 Division St. Knoxville. www.knoxpets.org

Dogs

141 * * * * * * * *

AUSTRALIAN Shepherd Pups (9) purebred, 6 wks. old, 1st shots & wormed, mom & dad on prem. $150. 865-6901623, 865-622-0233

216

YORKIES AKC males ANTIQUE CIVIL War wheelchair & large & females, health spinning wheel, guar., S/W, Visa/MC both in very good welcome. 865-386-4111 shape. 423-201-2793 www.tnyorkie.com ***Web ID# 787570***

CONSTRUCTION LABORER wanted. Sun Conures, proven pr $240, w/cage $340 257-5891 or 257-5890.

3 1-yr olds w/cage $400. 865-579-5285 PT KENNEL HELP needed for summer.

Must be avail weekHorses 143 ends. 922-7748

Healthcare

213

Farmer’s Market 150 FREE HAY Cut, Rake, Roll & Remove Hay. 65 acres W. Knox Co. 865-966-5536

BLUE HEELERS, 1st shots, wormed, vet Lawn-Garden Equip. 190 checked, $175. 865429-1361 before 9pm, JOHN DEERE XD45 659-7669 no text 14HP Hydro, 48" Cairn Terrier Toto deck, tri-cycler, mulcher, electric Pups. CKC. 9 wks. start, Sulky, 130 Shots. M&F. $450.

Call/text 865-919-8167 hrs. $2,800 nego.

865-806-6049 ***Web ID# 799553***

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AUCTION – PINE KNOT, KY D.H. Campbell Liquidation Sat., June 18th Call for info: 800-806-3395 Ritchason Auctioneers, Inc. www.ritchason.com

RANGER Bass Boat XT391 1996 19 1/2 ft. 200 HP Johnson trl. mtr., etc. $10,000. 865-573-1184 SABRE SAILBOAT, 28', sleeps 6, Lots of extras. REDUCED! $11,000. 865-693-0364.

VISION 200 DC Bass Boat 1989. Boat, motor, trailer, $6500/ obo. 865-387-3350 ***Web ID# 799039***

Air Cond / Heating 301

HONDA GOLDWING 2003, black & chrome, 10K in access. 25K mi. $11,500. 865-717-9909.

Autos Wanted 253 A BETTER CASH OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running or not. 865-456-3500

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Alterations/Sewing 303 ALTERATIONS

BY FAITH Men women, children.

Custom-tailored clothes for ladies of all sizes plus kids!

Faith Koker 938-1041 FERN'S ALTERATIONS corner Afton & Devon, Halls. 922-5285

306

Attorney

237

WINNEBAGO

ADVENTURER 33V 2003, Workhorse 8.1 Chevy Allison trans, transf. warr., new tires/brakes, NADA value $55k.

Asking $50,500.

865-607-8888. ***Web ID# 799495***

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CHRYSLER TOWN & Country 2002, 78K mi., all pwr., loaded $6,500 (Kelly Bl. Bk 7,450$). 865-919-1539 MERCURY Villager 1994, AT, front/rear AC, loaded, minor hail damage. 202k mi, runs great. $2400/ obo. 865-567-6356 ***Web ID# 796755***

Cherokee Auction Co. 10015 Rutledge Pike

I 40 - 10 min from Zoo exit.

Consignments welcome Let us do your estate sale 865-465-3164 a u c t i o nz i p .c o m T A L 238 6 FL 5626

Bicycles

218

4 Wheel Drive 258

FORD F150 2005, Super Crew Lariat, Ext. Cab, 1 ownr, hail damage, 87K mi, $14,500. 865-544-1717

Antiques Classics 260

338

357

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MAYNARDVILLE MULCH & MORE Bobcat, backhoe, high lift, dump truck. Mulch, rock, wood. Free est.

356-1966 or 992-7615

Lawn Care

339

Ca ll V i vi an 924-2579 Wkly, bi-wkly, 1-time

323

Electrical

^ SERVICE CALLS, Panel Upgrades, Water heaters replaced. All types electrical work.

Call Dan at 687-9339.

VOL

^ HOME REMODELING, additions.

Small to large jobs.

740-2565.

Elect ric

Home Remodeling & Repairs. Painting, doors, windows, decks, bathrooms, kitchens, roofing, plumbing, laminate floors, tile. No job too small, quality work at affordable prices guaranteed. 806-5521.

Licensed & Bonded

325

Licensed General Contractor Restoration, remodeling, additions, kitchens, bathrooms, decks, sunrooms, garages, etc.

Residential & commercial, free estimates.

922-8804, Herman Love.

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SPROLES DESIGN CONSTRUCTION *Repairs/additions *Garages/roofs/decks *Siding/paint/floors

938-4848 or 363-4848

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CHEVY 1956, 4 dr sedan.

Exc. cond. $18,900. For info call Luc 865-681-8195 ***Web ID# 799155***

Roofing / Siding

352

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BOBBY'S LAWN SVC Mowing, trimming, mulching, leaf & debris removal, gutter cleaning, odd jobs.

1-time or contract.

Lic'd/Ins'd 363-7379

FORD 1973 F-100 XLT excellent cond., 72K mi., $7,800. Crossville 931-456-5624 FORD Mustang Conv, ^ 1964 1/2, blue/wht, 260 V8, pwr top, $24,500. Cement / Concrete 865-274-7079 ***Web ID# 794563***

COOPER'S BUDGET LAWN CARE. Cheaper than the rest, but still the best. Aeration, mulching, mowing, trimming, fertilizing, overseeding, etc. Dependable, free estimates. 384-5039.

315

TENTH ANNUAL MUSCLE CAR MAYHEM VINTAGE MUSCLE CAR AUCTION Sell your vintage muscle car, Corvette or street rod or buy your dream car here.

SAT. JUNE 25th, 10AM

FRED'S LAWN CARE

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Seeding, aerating, trimming, etc. Minor mower repairs.

Reasonable, great refs!

679-1161

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For free brochure call Mr. Eber, 615-240-3062

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BREEDEN'S TREE SERVICE

Painting / Wallpaper 344 AA PAINTING Int/Ext painting, staining, log homes, pressure washing.

992-4002 or 617-2228

262

316

Over 30 yrs. experience!

Trimming, removal, stump grinding, brush chipper,

AFFORDABLE PAINTING - interior & exterior. Free estimates.

661-1479.

Licensed & insured.

ALL TYPES OF PAINTING, int/ ext, special coating on metal roofs.

Barn & fence painting, 237-7788 or 688-9142.

219-9505

Plumbing

aerial bucket truck.

Free estimates!

^ ABC ROOFING & HOME IMPROVEMENT Leak repair specialist for all type roofs, gutters, chimney repair, siding, soffit, windows, floor jacking. 237-7788 or 688-9142.

BUICK Park Avenue 2000, cold air, runs great, lthr., loaded. $4900. 865-679-2100. ^ Bobcat/Backhoe. Small dump truck. Small jobs welcome & appreciated!

Call 688-4803 or 660-9645.

FORD Escort Wagon, 1997. Runs, good on gas, new batt., as is $1,450/bo Sevierville 865-607-7897, 774-3400

’05 SPECIALS Lincoln NavigatorOF Ultimate,THE 4x4, Loaded,WEEK! 24K $33,150

miles..................

'10 Ford Explorer XLT, 3rd row seat, rear air, 1 owner, R1127 .......$22,900

'10 Ford F-150 RAPTOR4x4, SVT,15Konlymiles 12k miles, 1 owner, like new, R1126 ..$45,900 ’06 Ford Escape ..................................................................

'10 Nissan Versa, over 30 mpg, 2 to choose from, R1138 ............ $15,900 $17,436 '08 Ford Fusion, sport pkg, moonroof SAVE $$$$, R1136 ................ $15,900 Price includes $399 dock fee. Plus tax, tag & title WAC. Dealer retains all rebates. Restrictions may apply. See dealer for details.

Prices good through next week.

TRACTOR, BOBCAT WORK, DUMPTRUCK, HI-LIFT. Driveways, plowing, disc, etc. 356-1966 or 992-7615. Free est!

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UPRIGHT FENCING, all types, free estimates. Licensed & insured. When you want the job done right, call 689-1020.

Financial Services 328 IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE (INSURANCE) YOU'LL BUY FROM US! Call Jadecastle Insurance today at 1-888-628-7533 for a FREE quote and consultation.

Flooring

Save $$$!

Tree Service

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Pressure Washing 350

330

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Plumbing

paid the price for you, through education, training, background checks, and up-to-date certifications. Make sure your plumber has too!

4632 Mill Branch Office Park, Knoxville

Furniture Refinish. 331 DENNY'S FURNITURE REPAIR. Refinish, reglue, etc. 45 yrs exp!

Retired but have a desire to keep active in the trade. 922-6529 or 466-4221. Selling antiques too!

348

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Welding

MALLICOAT'S EXCAVATION. All types gradingclearing to final grade incl footers, utils, demo, drain fields, etc. 740-2565

Fencing

$18,630

COOPER'S TREE SVC Bucket truck, lot cleaning, brush pick-up, chipper. Ins'd, lg & sm jobs.

523-4206, 789-8761

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Ray Varner

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CATHY'S PAINTING & WALLPAPER REMOVAL. Free est.

947-5688 or 454-1793

Mercedes SL500 2002, rare silver arrow edition, 59K mi, new tires, very sharp, $19,500. 865-809-0492

Domestic

351 Tree Service

922-4136

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Medical Supplies 219

Landscaping

Excavating/Grading 326

1965 FORD F100, V8, AT, great cond.

Original, $3800/obo.

Call 931-210-3741 ***Web ID# 797651***

RAY VARNER FORDXLT LLC ’07 Ford Explorer 4x4 16K miles, Extra c lean..............................

592090MASTER Ad Size 3 x 4 $25,930 4c N TFN <ec> ’05 Nissan Frontier King CAB 2wd 32K miles...................................................

CURRIE electric 5 spd., also peddle, like new, sell $395, pd. $749. 865-689-4688.

DAV Chapter 24 has FREE RENTAL OF POWER WHEEL CHAIRS available for any area disabled veteran or members of their immediate family. Manually operated wheel chairs also available. Call 690-7690 for information.

HOUSE CLEANING

Engine Repairs

DODGE 3500 HD 2008, util bed, ladder rack, AT, 55k mi, exc cond, $24,000. 865-936-3916

Imports

Homes

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^ ALL-IN-ONE MECHANIC Cars, trucks, boats, wave runners, motorcy- cles, campers, exBEELER'S LAWN cavation equip SERVICE small to lg, equip mulching, trailers, diesel Mowing, bed clean-up, aeratrucks. 740-2565 tion, over-seeding, trimming, fertilizMOBILE MOWER REing. Free est, reaPAIR. Service at your sonable! 925 -4595 home. Make appt today! Briggs & Stratton cert. Don't wait weeks for repair! 659-1893

TN#2048

NEXT AUCTION: Tues June 7th, 6pm

333 Remodeling

I ns tal l ati on Repair Maintenance Service Upgrades Cab l e P h on e L i n es S ma l l j o b s welco me.

License d/Ins ured Ofc : 9 4 5 -3 05 4 Cell: 705-6357

CHRSYLER TOWN Car 1997, cold air, new tires, 160K mi., very good cond. $1800 obo. 865-577-3486

Domestic

CHRISTIAN CLEANING LADY SERVICE. Dependable, refs, reasonable. Call 6602636, ask for Charlotte.

Integra GSR Campers 235 ACURA 1994, 164K, runs grt, 5 spd., some hail damSierra 5th Wheel, 2001, age. $1625. 865-806-6212.

36', 3 slides, good ^ cond. $11,000. 713- MAZDA MX5 Miata 208-0437 Sevierville) 1990 CLASSIC, red, Childcare ***Web ID# 794086*** excellent, garaged. $3000. 865-386-5499.

Motor Homes

Appliances pp

Garage Sales

CHILDCARE IN MY HAROLD'S GUTTER HOME, Powell area.

SERVICE. Will clean Mon-Fri, 7a-6p. Refs front & back $20 & up. avail. 687-2955.

Quality work, guaranteed. Call 288-0556.

OPENING FOR F/T INHOME CHILD-CARE 0-5 yrs old. 10 yrs exp Handyman 335 in child care, also 1st aid & CPR cert'd.

MAINT. & REPAIR Meals & snacks inHEATING & A/C cluded. We do fun ac- Plumbing, electrical, aptivities & playtime. If pliances. Apts or you are interested, homes. 7-day svc, low please call Michelle at prices!

368-1668.

922-3612 or 548-1503.

MR. FIX-IT. Electrical incl'g panel upCleaning 318 work grades, plumbing, painting, pressure wash, carpentry. Also A CLEAN HOME BY Honey-Do lists. No job GAIL Dependable, too small! 687-9339 trustworthy, exp'd. Call 368-9649 for free est.

CAROL'S CLEANING SERVICE 20 yrs exp, comm & residential.

Bonded & insured, refs avail. Call for quote 323-9105

Auto Accessories 254

GOLDENDOODLE Wurlitzer Piano

316 Guttering

265 Childcare

HD Dynawide Glide Ford Mustang convt.

Anniv. Ed. 2003, 2005. V6, AT, lthr, $11,700. 5800 mi.

34k mi, hail dmg.

Mint cond. All re$9850/bo 865-684-9529 cords. Call or text ***Web ID# 796790*** Randy 865-242-1605 ***Web ID# 797939***

Vans

Pets

I Saw it in the Shopper-News Action Ads!

Call 922-4136 to place your ad. Deadline is 3 p.m. THURSDAY for next Monday’s paper

Furnished Room, Near CHIHUAHUA PUPR E DU CE D! East Town Mall PIES, CKC Reg., 3 JOHN DEERE LT 133 $325/mo. No smoke/ M, 2 F. Call for an RIDING MOWER, drugs/booze/pets/ appt. 423-438-0787 42" deck, low hours, parties. 865-951-0510 ***Web ID# 797548*** newly sharpened or Large Tracts blade. Great cond Small of Timber to Log CHIHUAHUA PUPS cosmetic Manf’d Homes - Sale 85 CKC, S&W, 9 wks to (slight damage.)

Runs like Kentucky &Tennessee 11 mos.

Crate Master Logger new! Brand new trained, house broProgram carburetor & batken & pad trained. tery.

Ftn City $200. 865-323-1433 606-573-4773 pickup. $1000 obo. ***Web ID# 799072*** 606-273-2232 776-0529 ENGLISH BULLDOG Riding Lawn Mower, PUPS, $1250. VISA & M/C 38" cut, 12 HP eng., Sporting Goods 223 accepted. 423-775-6044 electric start MTD, $375. 865-377-3462.

GOLF CARTS priced blessedbulldogs.blogspot.com to sell 1988 thru 1990 ***Web ID# 797818*** for home, farm, or recreational use.

German Shepherd Buildings for Sale 191 All gasoline with puppies, 2 F, 5 M, all tops, beige or white. out of championship Three REPO'D Steel 865-577-8172 lines, imported sire, Buildings - SAVE comes from Pardo THOUSANDS! Selling Bom Brauther, $500. for balance owed.

225 Smart, great temReady to ship immedi- Garage Sales perament, good famately! 20x24, 30x50. ily dogs. 865-995-3356 WHITEWATER Ask about additional 6924 ^ DR, Walker Hills s/d. 2 savings. 866-352-0469 ***Web ID# 796466*** I BUY OLDER mi from Ritta Elem.

MOBILE HOMES. towards Corryton.

1990 up, any size OK. GERMAN SHEPHERD Three REPO'D Steel Builidngs-SAVE pups, AKC, 7 wks., June 10&11, 8a-noon.

865-384-5643 THOUSANDS. blk. & tan, exc.

6 MILES / 35+ HOUSES! Selling for balance pedigree, shots to date.

June 10-11, 8a-? Yard owed. Ready to ship $400. 865-742-1450.

Manf’d Homes - Rent 86 ***Web Sales on Hwy 370, immediately! 20x24, ID# 797683*** Luttrell, btwn Ailor Gap 30x50 Ask about GERMAN Shepherd Road & Hwy 61. additional savings.

Pups, M&F, solid Call Now BROWN GAP VILLAS. 1-866-352-0469 blk, blk&tan, sable, PLENTY $250. 865-458-1022 FOR EVERYBODY! ***Web ID# 797385*** SAT, JUNE 11 Music Instruments 198 German Shepherds, AKC reg., 2F, 2M, blk & LOWERY ROYALE GREENWOOD FOREST S/D Several tan, vet ckd, born Organ, Mod. SU500. homes having 3/12. $350. 865-322-6251 Exc. cond. $30,000. sales! Sat 6/11, 8a***Web ID# 797491*** 865-207-9234 3p. Off Mynatt Rd, 1 mi West of Maynardville Hwy. puppies, F1B, $400.

Beautiful, $750 call 865-230-3242 MULTI-FAMILY GA865-977-7886.

RAGE SALE June 10 Jack Russell puppies, June 16. Furn, tools, 10 wks old, beautiful sm appls. 8406 201 clothing, markings, great w/kids, Apparel/Acc. Graceland Rd, Corryton. ^ $200 ea. 865-207-8147 ***Web ID# 798559*** 18KT GOLD antique YARD SALE 526 John Deere Dr, Maybracelet, beautiufl, Jack Russell pups, nardville. June 10 & $2,500 firm. Call NKC reg, short legs, 11, 7:30a-3:30p.

865-335-6337. smth coat, beautiful, Clothes all sizes, HH $150. 423-234-0476 items, kit utensils, linen, yard chairs, Household Furn.

204 LAB / POINTER total gym exercise Chocolate Puppies machine, much 2 Matching Recliners, $250. 865-696-5637 or more! 992-0540 sofa, 2 nt stands, smoker 865-696-5638. grill, exc. cond.

Priced ***Web ID# 799115*** to sell. 865-573-4825 2BR/1BA MOBILE North 225n HOME. Lg covered MALTI-POO PUPPY BR Set, med. oak, king 9 wk. old female, front porch, carHB w/storage, ladies ESTATE SALE White, $300. port, back deck on dresser w/mirror, 865-719-0371 Fri., June 10, 9-5, private lot. No pets. men's dresser. Good Sat., June 11, 8-4.

Good refs req'd. cond. $500.

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‘Peace like a river’ Fly fishing solace for McConkey

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ike McConkey likes to get to the river early, often rising before dawn and heading for the cool, quiet waters of the Clinch River below Norris Dam. There, with the fog rising off the water and glistening fish breaking the surface, McConkey says it’s his time to be close to God. McConkey has been fly fishing these waters for about three years. The first time he practiced this fine art was in Wyoming, where “I scared more fish than I caught,” he said.

McConkey’s family hails from Montana on his mother’s side, and his outdoor sport of choice used to be backpacking. He and his brothers would often hike 40 miles in two or three days. His love for the outdoors drove him to be active.

But, three years ago, McConkey was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a central nervous system disorder that causes shaking, rigidity of joints and trouble walking. He was forced to put backpacking aside.

Instead, he took up fly fishing, a sport that would get him back into nature and keep him moving.

Fly fisherman Mike McConkey fishes in St. Mary’s Lake in Glacier National Park. Photo submitted

Mike McConkey holds several fly fishing flies, used to mimic the insects fish are feeding on at different times of the year.

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“With Parkinson’s disease, if you don’t use it, you lose it,” he said. The movements and rhythms of fly fishing and even attaching the fly to the line all help keep McConkey flexible.

There are a few limitations the disease puts on McConkey’s fly fishing. For example, he has to be careful about wading into swift water, because the rigidity that comes with Parkinson’s can make him fall. Now, he has a single-seater pontoon to keep him safe in the water.

Also, McConkey can’t make flies, fly fishing’s iconic lures. The flies, along with the rhythms of the line over the water, attempt to mimic whatever insects the fish are feeding on during a particular season.

They are intricate and often hand-crafted.

But, McConkey can buy the flies, and often friends will give him their own creations.

That’s another thing about fly fishing, McConkey says. The sport creates a community, a fellowship of people who love cool, quiet waters and a good challenge.

And fly fishing is quite challenging. McConkey compared it to hunting or stalking the fish, guessing where they’re hiding and luring them out with flicks of the line.

The fisherman must “set the hook” with another motion and let the fish tire itself out before trying to reel it in.

“It’s really rewarding when you catch one where you thought it should be,” said McConkey. “There’s nothing like the feel of a fish on the end of a fly rod.”

Asking forgiveness for the pun, McConkey said, “I’m hooked on it. I’d rather fish than eat just about.”

He emphasized that after three years he’s still a novice, and he’s always learning from his fellow fishermen.

“I learn something new every day,” he said. “There’s a fellowship with those guys. We share ideas.”

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We hunters hit the trail to Oswald Dome out of Quinn Springs Campground in the Cherokee National Forest. We’re geocaching, an online treasure hunt that, unlike most Internet activities, asks participants to step away from the computer screen.

Here’s how it works. Someone hides a cache, typically an Army surplus ammo can, containing various doodads, a small notebook and a pen. Then, the person logs the coordinates of the cache with a handheld GPS (Global Positioning System) device. They post those coordinates on a geocaching Web site like www.geocaching.com, along with a brief message and a clue in simple code.

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The cache refuses to be found.

At one point, Zac grabs Dizzy, a basset hound, brings him down the hill and says, “Find the box, boy!”

Dizzy wags his tail and starts sniffing. Fifteen minutes later, we give up.

Several things could have happened to the cache. Perhaps it was “Muggled.”

Muggle is a geocaching word for non-geocachers, borrowed from the Harry Potter series where it describes nonmagical people.

It’s a disheartened group that troops back down the trail. Never fear, though. There are three more geocaches in the area.

The next cache requires a short car ride over to the Gee Creek Recreation Area.

About the time the road turns to gravel, Zac says we passed the cache, 300 feet to our right. I pull a U-turn and head back.

I inch the car slowly through the loop. On the second half, heading back to the entrance, we pass the cache 400 feet to our right. Again.

With a GPS unit in his hand, Zac Carey hunts for a geocache hidden along the Oswald Dome trail in the Cherokee National Forest.

The hunt begins at dawn

The cache seems to get closer and farther away by turns. Finally, Zac holds up a hand.

The cache should be just off the trail to our left.

Geocachers download the posted coordinates into their own GPS handhelds, decode the clues and go hunting.

When they find the cache, they take a prize and leave one of their own, sign the logbook and hide the cache back where they found it.

Finding a cache is harder than you think, but therein lies the challenge, and the fun. GPS handhelds have varying degrees of accuracy, so “x” rarely marks the spot in geocaching. Also, reception can be lost in rugged hill-and-valley terrain, leaving the geocacher to make guesses about the cache’s position. Clues can vary in accuracy, too.

The GPS gives a reading as the crow flies, so as we hike up the many switchbacks toward Oswald Dome, the cache seems to get closer and farther away by turns. Finally, Zac holds up a hand. The cache should be just off the trail to our left.

I sit down and decode the clue. “A short way off the trail in some old wood,” it reads.

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This small notebook is the log for a geocache located near the Gee Creek Campground. Geocachers log the date they found the cache, their online handles and the items they took and left.

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Zac Carey and Mike and Indhira Hulslander examine the contents of the Gee Creek geocache.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just back straight through those woods,â&#x20AC;? says Zac. But, how can we get there?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another challenging part of geocaching. We know where it is, but how do we get there?

We head back to the entrance, and out of the corner of my eye I spot an almost-invisible trailhead leading back to the area of the cache.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turn to decode the clue: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Troll is as troll does.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;What does that mean?â&#x20AC;? asks Indhira.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under a bridge!â&#x20AC;? we answer in unison.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a level hike this time, back into the woods surrounding the Gee Creek Campground.

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The cache is small, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full of small goodies: a shell, interesting keychains, a letter

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Zac flips through the logbook, noting with some disbelief that someone found the cache in mid-December. Indhira takes the letter opener, and Mike produces a local coupon card to replace it. Zac signs the log, and we carefully replace the cache so passers-by canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see it.

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