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The Halls B&P Christmas Banquet is Friday, Dec. 2, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Meet and greet begins at 6:30 p.m. and the buffet opens at 7. The event includes music and a silent action as well as the announcement of the 2011 Halls Man and Woman of the Year.

Keynote speaker is WATE news anchor Gene Patterson.

Tickets at $50 are available from Sue Walker: 925-9200 or swalker@tindells.com.

The Halls Christmas Parade will step off at 6 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 3, from Halls High School. All are welcome to participate.

Floats must have lights and throwing candy is not allowed.

Volunteers are needed to help with the lineup. Info: Shannon Carey, 922-4136.

Rogero’s election a milestone for DeSelm

By Betty Bean About the time that Mark Padgett called Madeline Rogero to concede the election, Bee DeSelm was rolling her walker up the ramp into the Foundry to join the victory celebration.

Inside, the first woman ever elected mayor of Knoxville was watching for her former County Commission colleague, whom she considers her mentor and inspiration.

“I called her in 1990 when I was running for County Commission and said ‘Hey, can I come get some advice?’

I asked how much time it took to be a county commissioner and she pulled out her appointment book and showed me details that you need to know when you are thinking about running for

teaming up on matters of conscience. In 1994, a term limits referendum passed with a broad majority, and although it didn’t go into effect until 2002 (and wasn’t enforced until a court order in 2007), both DeSelm and Rogero – unlike most of their colleagues – voluntarily honored the voters’ mandate. DeSelm had served 22 years, Rogero eight.

Rogero’s election has been a point of light in an otherwise grim year for DeSelm – in July, she lost her Bee DeSelm and Madeline Rogero on election night. Photo by husband, Hal, after 63 years Betty Bean of marriage. She fell and broke her hip in August and political office,” Rogero said. termine which way she was moved into an assisted liv“She was a great role going to vote. She studied ing center to recuperate for model, an advisor and the issues and did what she a month and never returned home. And there’s somesomebody who always stud- thought was right.” ied the issues and didn’t Republican DeSelm and thing else, too. look out in the crowd to see Democrat Rogero served to“I’ve got Alzheimer’s, who was sitting there to de- gether for eight years, often which is a big problem for

me, but not so much that I can’t usually carry on a conversation,” she said. “At my age, most everybody has some symptoms like I have.

I told the people at assisted living that I may be back to see them in a year or two.”

But for now, she’s settling into an apartment in a retirement center and sorting through a lifetime’s worth of memories. She has donated her commission papers to the Baker Center and done a little campaigning.

“Madeline took what I gave her and ran with it. …

I knew she just had what it took and that something good was going happen. She came by to see me in assisted living and we went through my wing and talked to anybody who was willing. And, of course, I’d been wearing her shirt for quite a while.”

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Was it an error not to have anticipated this?

Cardwell said no. “The new plant is just about treating the product that comes into the plant. The new money will expand our capacity on output.” Additionally, HPUD will upgrade its process for “squeezing water out” of bio-solids, the sludge remaining after treatment, to reduce trips to the landfill and the cost of tipping fees.

“We’re in the preliminary design phase and hope to bid this next April with a completion date of June 2014,” Cardwell said. “We are under a state consent order to fix these things.”

HPUD’s next rate increase will come April 1 and is projected to be 3.5 percent for water and 3.5 percent for sewer for a monthly increase of $3.33 for the average (5,000 gallons per month) user, Smith said. He explained that rates and capital projects are projected 20 years out.

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Rob Followell, CEO of Tennova’s North Knoxville Medical Center (formerly Mercy North), will speak to the Halls Business and Professional Association at noon Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Beaver Brook Country Club. He will speak about the recent change in ownership and plans for the future at the Emory Road facility.

Lunch is $10.

a “bottleneck,” he said, processing 150,000 gallons per day.

The project will double capacity to 300,000 gallons per day.

The TennesDudney Fox, P.E. see Department of Environment and Conservation identified this plant as needing improvements to handle wet weather flows. The project will install new pumps and upgrade the screening process.

The plant was built in 1976 in anticipation of the World’s Fair to serve a large RV park. Now a school and several businesses and homes are connected. Output is into Bull Run Creek.

Beaver Creek: Attendees questioned the need for improvements to a plant that was just rebuilt.

Cardwell said the plant’s treatment capacity is 21 million gallons per day, but only 15 million gallons can be pumped out. “With 400 miles

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By Sandra Clark Hallsdale Powell Utility District wants to borrow $4.8 million, and Thursday at a public hearing only four customers showed up to ask why.

HPUD officials Darren Cardwell and James Smith fielded questions and outlined upgrades to the Beaver Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant and the smaller Raccoon Valley sewage plant near Diggs Gap. Consulting engineer Dudney Fox of CTI Engineers Inc., based in Nashville, fielded technical questions. New commissioner Bob Crye attended.

Smith estimated $1.3 million for the Raccoon Valley plant, $2.725 million for the Beaver Creek plant and said the balance will be used for associated costs such as engineering, design and permitting. He said interest from the State Revolving Loan Fund will be 2.25 to 2.75 percent and the payback is about $25,000 per month for 20 years.

Raccoon Valley: Cardwell said the plans are complete and most are approved. He expects completion by the end of 2012. The plant is

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Jake Mabe Walter and Cheri Witt Wilson

Seems like everybody has told Walter and Cheri Witt Wilson they need to get their story told. Jamie Woodson, the former state senator, has told them that for years.

The tale begins back in the 7th grade at what was then Christenberry Junior High School. Walter and Cheri were always in homeroom together because their last names were close alphabetically.

The trend continued into Fulton High School. The late Sandra Cottrell was their homeroom teacher.

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Cheri was a cheerleader.

Walter’s future wife was a majorette. They became friends.

After graduating from Fulton in 1964, Walter and

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Cheri both attended UT together, but eventually lost touch. Walter earned a degree in logistics and transportation and soon moved away. He married Pam Lynch.

Cheri married, too, and stayed in Knoxville. Flash forward to Christmas Day 1990. Her husband, Lanny Chamberlain, passed away.

Cheri lost her mother not too long afterwards. It was tough.

For awhile, Cheri didn’t want to do much. After about five or six years, her son Brian said, “Mom, it’s time you get out.”

Cheri demurred. If God means for it to happen, she said, the right person would find her.

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Guess what? That’s exactly what happened.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Cheri, Walter’s wife, Pam, had died of cancer. She’d wanted to pass on at home, so Walter took early retirement and brought her back to Knoxville.

Cheri has long been the Class of ’64 alumni secretary. Looking for classmates for their 35-year reunion in 1999, Cheri called Walter’s mother’s house to ask his whereabouts. Walter answered the phone and told Cheri the whole story.

“I asked him, ‘Did you want to come help with the reunion?’” Cheri says. “And he came to my den!”

They took their time and became good friends. Walter would call Cheri and say, “This is a non-date, but would you like to go to dinner?” They told their old homeroom teacher, Sandra Cottrell, about it, and she came along sometimes, too.

Walter and Cheri were married in January 2004.

They took their best friends to Hawaii for the ceremony and came home to a big reception spearheaded by Cheri’s daughter, Denise King.

Sandra Cottrell had passed away by then. “She would be so thrilled,” Cheri says.

The Wilsons live in Halls now. They like to travel, having recently taken trips to Hawaii and Tahiti and to Europe. Walter is self-employed and Cheri Witt Wilson works for Knox County Register of Deeds Sherry Witt.

“She gets my phone calls and I get hers,” Cheri jokes.

Last Friday, on 11/11/11, Walter was to celebrate his 65th birthday with family and friends at Ruth’s Chris.

Cheri says Walter will often go down to Greenwood Cemetery, where Pam and Lanny are both buried, and tend to the tombstones.

“He is the most wonderful man,” Cheri says. “After (Lanny) died, I thought my life was over. But God was in the plan. He sent me Walter.”

Doesn’t that just warm your heart?

Kelly Kramer chats with a community member as volunteer Emily Kitts helps her fill a bag with food.

Food market is ‘place of hope’

By Ruth White The Knoxville Free Food Market opened its doors last March, thanks to the staff and members at The Grove, a church that meets in the Halls Middle School auditorium each Sunday. The food market is located in Mill Branch Center on Maynardville Highway near the North Side YMCA. The market is open every third Saturday of the month and volunteers help families fill a bag with food items. When the market opened in March, 51 families representing 155 people were served.

Each month the participant numbers have grown, and last month the market served 151 families, representing 438 people. The market will be open 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, for families in need.

Members at The Grove spent months planning the pantry and want it to be a “place of hope” for the community.

“It was the desire of the church to adopt the community,” said executive pastor Craig Cantrell. “We currently help families from six counties and are a source of support to them.”

The market provides not only food support but also support through prayers. Guests are able to write down their prayer

Bryce Ogle helps restock supplies at the Knoxville Free Food Market located in Mill Branch shopping center. Photos by Ruth White

requests which are distributed to volunteers who commit to praying for needs.

The atmosphere at the market is warm and inviting. Guests that return each month smile when they see familiar faces and strike up conversations with people who are becoming more like friends. Stories are shared, hugs are exchanged and needs are met.

One particular Saturday, a guest who is a single parent visited the market. She shared that her hours at work had been reduced and she missed qualifying for assistance by $20. The market helps her fill in the gap for

her family until she can get more work. Another guest was recently laid off from work. She never thought she would need assistance and asked volunteers to pray for her. This guest just started a new job and is thankful to the food market for being there when she needed help.

She hopes to be able to give back to the community when she gets back on her feet.

Anyone interested in donating to the Knoxville Free Food Market may contact The Grove senior pastor Scott Sparks or executive pastor Craig Cantrell at 5661265 or at the office located at 7418 Maynardville Pike.

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Bicycles have been bought in honor of: Jennifer Daniel, Josh Monroe, Sara Ogle, John Ogle, Mason Ogle, Brianna Ogle, Ethan Ogle, Preston Ogle and Mattie Ogle.

A $50 donation will buy a child in Appalachia a bicycle for Christmas. Donations are tax deductible.

Make checks payable to the Fountain City Lions Club, P.O. Box 5276, Knoxville, TN 37928. The drive is held in memory of Michael Williams, son of former WBIR news anchor Bill Williams. Info: Gib Galyon, 414-4630.

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need to ask ourselves, ‘Will this benefit the community more than constantly fighting over cuts? Are we really optimizing our means?’

When asked, I’ve had a lot of people say; ‘I’d be willing to pay more in property tax if I knew it was going to instruction.’ I hope that’s a conversation we can have.”

Asked if she would support giving the school board independent taxing authority, Kincannon was blunt: “I think that people trust the schools more than they trust other parts of government and I think they value the schools. But you’ve got to pick your battles, and that one is so farfetched that I’m not going to push for it.”

Kincannon said she opposes school vouchers because they use public funds to support private schools.

“To have a parallel system with our scarce funds would take money away from our already beleaguered school system. The main beneficiary would be private schools, not children, and subsidiz-

ing private schools isn’t moving us forward,” she said, adding that it’s difficult to ensure accountability when private schools are not bound by No Child Left Behind requirements and have been known to shut down in the middle of a school year.

She said she has mixed feelings on the subject of teacher evaluations, which are now required annually instead of every five years.

“Sometimes principals did a great job; other times, not so much,” Kincannon said. She said the new evaluation system is tough for the first year, but has been used successfully in Knox County schools that are part of the TAP program.

“After doing it for several years, most teachers that I talk to say this has been a healthy change. One thing teachers have hoped for is more of a peer evaluations model.”

She is an enthusiastic supporter of the L&N STEM Academy and called its students pioneers. She reminded her audience that the start-up money for the school came from the Race to the Top grant and that teachers have been shifted there to serve the 125 students who have transferred into the new school.

“We could have said no and Chattanooga would have gotten it,” she said.

“The overall increase in cost is very small, considering it is a new school. It’s available to students across the county and is our first pure magnet school. Every single child who is there has chosen to be there.”

■ Elmcroft Assisted Living, 7521 Andersonville Pike, hosts a Farmers Market for the community 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Thursday. Honey, eggs, homemade soap, jewelry and more are for sale. All farmers and crafters are encouraged to participate.

■ The Slocum House Studio Gallery, 6722 Long Shadow Way, will host an art show and sale 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3-4.

Wood furniture and utensils, cornshuck creations, clay sculpture and more will be for sale. Admission is free.

Tough cuts ahead Kincannon’s district expands to include Fountain City

By Betty Bean

(Editor’s Note: This is the first in an ongoing ShopperNews series about issues facing Knox County Schools.)

School board vice chair Indya Kincannon will seek a third term on the Knox County school board in a revised district that includes much of Fountain City. She made the announcement at the November meeting of the Democratic Women of Knox County, where she was the invited speaker.

But first came an enthusiastic round of applause for her strong stand against Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre’s unsuccessful move to outsource school custodians.

She warned that there are many hard decisions to come.

“I’m pleased to hear from people who supported the custodians who said they know there are battles ahead,” she said, explaining that it’s getting harder for the school system to pay its bills every year.

“Some years we’re lucky to get a 1 percent increase, but our costs go up 5 percent,” she said. “Every once in awhile, instead of quibbling over a small pie, we need to think about increasing the size of the pie. We

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Rogero looks for the ‘sweet spot’

By Betty Bean Two days after her landslide victory in a nonpartisan city race, Madeline Rogero revisited her roots and gave her first speech as mayor-elect. She served notice of her intention to govern from the middle.

“You can’t move forward from a far left position or from a far right position,” Rogero told the newly reconstituted Downtown Democrats, a once-active club that has been moribund for the past several years. “You’ve got to find that sweet spot.”

When pressed by attorney Chris Oldham, who urged her to claim the “Progressive” label, Rogero resisted, telling the partisan crowd that she has Republican supporters “who took it in the gut for supporting me.

“Believe me, I’m very much a Democrat,” she said.

“I’m very proud to be a Democrat. And my Republican supporters are very proud to be Republicans. What I’m trying to say is that I’m practical. Most (city) issues are not liberal or conservative.

“Don’t forget that Bill hired me,” she reminded her audience. “Those four years (as director of community development in Republican Bill Haslam’s administration) were a fabulous experience and will be an asset as I plan the transition.”

Rogero announced her candidacy almost a year ago and credits her ultimate success to being able to grow her base of support.

“The core base wasn’t enough to win,” she said. “We reached across party lines and it grew even more. The key to winning is being able to reach across all kinds of lines – labor, business, neighborhoods north, south, east and

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housing got distorted, too.

It’s not just big developments like Minvilla and Flenniken – it’s single-family homes, apartments, KCDC housing – a whole range. Certain candidates tried to scare people – ‘You’re going to get a 50-unit building in your back yard.’ What we have is a variety of choices for people who are ready to make a change.”

In this as in other issues Rogero said, she’ll be looking for “a lower key, honest dialog away from political positioning.”

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Candidates Madeline Rogero, Mark Padgett, Ivan Harmon and Bo Bennett at an April debate. File photo by Betty Bean

‘This process stinks’ So says District 3 school board member Cindy Buttry.

Buttry held nothing back last week when County Commission met to give final approval to the commission and school board redistricting plan dubbed 1A. While the plan aligns commission and school districts and ensures that each district contains a high school, it also divides some traditional communities among two or three districts.

That’s not a new phenomenon, as the good folks of Fountain City – to name one community – will testify.

No commissioners are moved from Cindy Buttry their current districts by the plan, but Buttry and District 6 school board representative Thomas Deakins now reside, respectively, in Districts 6 and 5.

The community-splitting that fueled Buttry’s ire concerns Norwood. Precinct 40, Norwood Elementary, shifts from District 3 to District 6. The part of Precinct 41, Norwood Library, located south of I-640 is merged into Precinct 19 in District 1 to conform to the redrawn district lines. The rest of Precinct 41 moves from District 2 to District 3.

Buttry said she was speaking “not as a board member but as a citizen” when she asked commission to reconsider its pending approval of Plan 1A. Besides, she added, she wasn’t running for re-election. (Her term expires next year.)

But she wasn’t finished with commissioners, several of whom, she said, told her they would vote for the plan the school board wanted.

“After Carter, and now this, it’s hard to believe anything this body says. … I feel lied to and I feel betrayed by some of you folks,” she said.

Some listening might have added that they felt “betrayed” by some of Buttry’s obstructionist voting habits on school board, just as they might have wondered how much her declaration not to seek office again was influenced by her new district residence.

Commissioner Richard Briggs tried to mollify her, noting that he had not received “one call, email or anything” from anyone in the Norwood community or – for that matter – a school board member. Commissioner R. Larry Smith chipped in, saying “every single person” he had talked to wanted the commission and school districts aligned.

After Buttry unshipped her cargo, Commissioner Amy Broyles – indirectly – took exception to Buttry’s assessment that the process “stinks.” The process was fine, Broyles said, if it had been respected. The joint committee of commissioners and school board members recommended two plans, 2A and 4A, which were rejected by commission in favor of the plan which left incumbent commissioners safe at home.

“We need to either respect the process or just start doing it all ourselves and stop wasting (other people’s) time,” Broyles said, also alluding to the stalemated Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and the stilldebated Hillside and Ridge Top Protection Plan.

Approval of the plan required separate votes for commission and school board. The commission vote was 9-2, with Broyles and Brad Anders dissenting. The school district vote was 8-3, with Jeff Ownby joining Broyles and Anders.

After a lenghty process, County Commission approved a redistricting plan and nobody showed except Cindy Buttry. Good thing it only happens once a decade.

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Truth and talking points What went wrong with Padgett?

Mark Padgett had something like a 12-pack of messages, and boy howdy did he pound them.

Betty Bean He did a lot of talking about jobs, growing up poor, winning our trust. Unburdened by modesty (false or otherwise), one of his standard pitches went like this: “Picture the next mayor getting on a plane to go and talk to a world class CEO about relocating to Knoxville. Ask yourself who you’d rather have getting off the other side of that plane to sit across the table from that world class CEO?”

It’s safe to assume he didn’t like the answer he got last Tuesday. At this point it’s probably nitpicking to mention that the “other side of that plane” part bothered me.

But when I fly, I always walk out the door through which I entered, and I’m pretty sure that’s true for just about everybody. My only excuse for such pettiness is that listening to someone reiterate his specialness makes me grouchy – unless that person is elderly enough to have a good excuse, which Padgett, of course, isn’t, and doesn’t.

Another of his oft-repeated claims was that he barely knew 50 people in Knoxville when he started campaigning for mayor. That indirectly contradicts the “deep roots in this city” meme, but it’s probably closer to the literal truth than most of his claims, considering that he and his

wife, Katie, closed on their home on Westland Drive on May 21, 2010, marking the first time the Padgetts had lived inside the Knoxville city limits since his Lonsdale childhood (another standard campaign meme).

The significance of that date is that the qualifying deadline to run for mayor was June 16, 2011, at which time the city charter dictates that a candidate must have lived in the city for a year. Padgett beat the oneyear residency requirement by 25 days and never voted in a city election until his name was on the ballot.

Did he move into town for the purpose of running for mayor? Can’t know for sure, but he started campaigning before all the boxes got unpacked. Maybe he was impelled by his deep love for Knoxville or a genetic passion

for public service that was another of his talking points.

He professed to be shocked and offended back in the spring when I told him that I’d never seen him at a public meeting (or anywhere else) before he decided to run for mayor.

True, he was a Boys and Girls Club advisory board member, but the first I knew about that was when B&G Club CEO John Lee publicly reamed him for putting “I am the Dream” signs in the hands of little B&G Club kids and posing for pictures with them marching in the Martin Luther King Day parade.

Finally, one of his final talking points was releasing those late-breaking poll numbers showing him closing in on Madeline Rogero. Unfortunately for Padgett, it was weighed in the balance and found wanting on Nov. 8.

ders is twice his age and also newly elected after one term on County Commission.

■ One of their first votes en seriously. If Padgett runs will be to choose a new vice again he should spend more mayor as current Vice Mayor time listening to voters. He Joe Bailey is term limited and needs to be more transparent leaves council Dec. 17. when asked direct questions ■ Chancellor Fansler has about his business. He needs issued a decision in the city to address real issues. pension lawsuit. It is unclear ■ Nov. 8 also saw Frank- what the city pension board fort, Ind., (population 16,000) will do. Mayor Rogero should elect Chris McBarnes, 23, a attend the meetings.

Republican. Knox County has elected young persons to School board the Legislature such as Dick Krieg, Ryan Haynes, Sandra qualifying deadline Clark and myself (all under So you want to be a school 30 when elected) but not to board member? Then hurry administrative offices. up to the courthouse. As of 8 ■ Over in Charleston, a.m. today, qualifying petiS.C., Mayor Joe Riley was tions were available at the elected to his 10th four-year Election Commission. Counterm with 67 percent of the ty Commission approved a vote against three opponents. new district map last week, Riley is associated with his- so check your address at the toric preservation and the Election Commission if you revival of downtown Charles- have any doubt about the ton. Never a hint of scandal district you reside in. and a tireless approach to Four school board seats delivery of city services has are up in 2012 (board assured his popularity. members are exempt from ■ Four new City Coun- term limits): Districts 2 cil members will bring new (Indya Kincannon), 3 (Cindy ideas and energy. Marshall Buttry), 5 (Karen Carson) Stair, 33, arrives as one of the and 8 (Mike McMillan). The youngest persons ever elected deadline to submit a petition citywide, while Finbarr Saun- is noon, Thursday, Dec. 8.

Rogero converts doubters Madeline Rogero is Knoxville’s next mayor and has earned our support. If she succeeds, we all succeed. Her win was not remotely close.

The margin places her in good stead to win a second term in 2015 and discourages would be competitors. She took a strong showing against Bill Haslam eight years ago and converted it to a landslide last week. She won over many of her doubters.

Rogero faces a busy six weeks as she takes office Saturday, Dec. 17. She has to fill key positions, including her immediate staff plus city department heads. More than 30 positions serve at the pleasure of the mayor.

Mayor Dick Fulton of Nashville told me the two most important positions are law and finance directors.

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Rogero will not find enough hours in the day to see and meet with all her friends. Everyone wants time with the new mayor and most will tell her that she had their support (when in fact 39 percent backed her rival.)

Mark Padgett’s campaign fizzled, if it ever was. Just three weeks ago he released what turned out to be a bogus poll claiming he was only six points behind Rogero. The actual poll results placed him 20 points behind after raising more than $500,000 to get 8,700 votes.

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Touring the L&N Knox County Council PTA hosted a reception and tour of the L&N STEM Academy last week.

Sandra Clark

Former County Commissioner Mark Harmon signs copies of his book, “Crashing the Commission,” for former UT Chancellor Bill Snyder and Property Assessor Phil Ballard. Snyder slyly models the “university twit” T-shirt made popular by Greg “Lumpy” Lambert’s moniker for Harmon, who teaches journalism at UT. Photo by Betty Bean

Go Big Red! Satire alert!

The frantic final hours of last week’s Knoxville mayoral election revealed the hitherto unknown existence of the Knoxville Communist Party, or “KCP” if you prefer. Yes, Virginia, there is a KCP, and we know this because its members were loudly expressing support for Madeleine Rogero via Twitter just before election day.

Utilizing state-of-the-art surveillance technology, the Shopper-News was able to trace the origin of the tweets. At a rundown motel just outside the city limits we met Vladimir “Bubba” Brushoffski, who professed to be head commissar of the KCP as well as the tweets’ author.

Bubba was putting the finishing touches on what he called his “K-Town Manifesto,” and he offered to let us print it for the benefit of our readers. Here it is, complete and unedited.

Wake up, comrades!

Knoxville Communist Party is well and good, and new vodka shipment from mother country coming soon.

Knoxville Communist Party needs you! We have long history, not known by some. Local cell is older than Lenin’s whiskers.

Many famous Knoxville Communists not known by some. I give one example – Cas Walker. Original sign of shears was sign of hammer and sickle!

This surprise you? Cas change to shears only because prices hard to cut with hammer.

Bad luck that new mayor is not really Communist, but Bubba keep trying!

Long live Knoxville Communist Party! Go Big Red! And there the “manifesto” ends. Bubba keeled over after his fourth tumbler of vodka, and we left him snoozing contentedly about dreams of county conquest – or the next local election.

– L. Van Guilder

“This L&N is everything we envisioned and more,” said Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre. “And it’s off to a great start.”

County Council president Shannon Sumner said, “STEM is a PTA school with 100 percent teacher and faculty membership in PTA.” McIntyre said he had a

School board member Pam Trainor tours the L&N Stem Academy with Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre. At right, student body president Ben Fomby leads a tour for parents and friends.

Photos by S. Clark

Precincts shift with redistricting With County Commission’s approval last week of a new district map that aligns commission and school districts, a number of precincts are now in new districts.

Elections for members of School Board Districts 2, 3, 5 and 8 will be held March 6, 2012. Listed below are the precinct names for those districts.

District 2: Central United Methodist Church, North Knox Recreation Center,

solidated into Precinct 74, Shannondale. Also, an area of Precinct 74 north of Luttrell Road is being consolidated into Precinct 61.

District 3: West Haven, Ridgedale, Bearden Middle, Lonas, North Cedar Bluff, South Cedar Bluff, East Cedar Bluff, Norwood Library (see note).

Note: A portion of Norwood Library, Precinct 41, south of I-640 is being consolidated into SOAR Youth

Ministries, Precinct 19, District 1. The remaining portion, formerly in District 2, is now part of District 3.

District 5: Concord, Farragut 1 (Precinct 66N), Farragut 2 (Precinct 66S), A.L. Lotts.

District 8: Hills, Fort Sumter, Sunnyview, Ramsey, Riverdale, Dora Kennedy, Corryton, Gibbs, Ellistown, Ritta, Skaggston, Carter and Thorngrove.

in the community a Happy day, Nov. 20.

Thanksgiving.

There will be two shows on Saturday, featuring an The Gibbs Ruritan Club Kick off the holidays encore performance at 11 has announced that its ana.m. and the full perfornual Thanksgiving Baskets with ‘The Nutcracker’ mance at 7 p.m. The encore The Oak Ridge Civic program will focus on famiperformance is a one-act lies in the Gibbs schools this Ballet will present “The version of the full show and year who need extra help Nutcracker” at Oak Ridge is perfect for small children during the holiday season.

High School auditorium and groups. Tickets for The club wishes everyone Saturday, Nov. 19, and Sun- the encore performance

are $7 each. The evening performance will feature professional dancers Stephanie Bussell and Noel Dupuis and music by the UT Chamber Orchestra.

The final performance will be Sunday, Nov. 20. Cost for the full performances are adults $20, seniors $15 and students $10.

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“Dick Cheney moment” when he hired Becky Ashe as principal. He asked Ashe, then the science supervisor, to head the principal selection committee. She asked just great interview questions and had such enthusiasm for the school that McIntyre finally said, “Becky, why don’t you take this job?” And she said, “Could I?” Ashe is now STEM principal and science supervisor.

Shelia Shipley, PTSA president for the Academy, accepted the group’s charter. Karen Davis, state PTA president attended and Ron Blaylock represented Gov. Bill Haslam. State Reps.

Ryan Haynes and Bill Dunn were on hand, as were county commissioners R. Larry Smith and Mike Brown.

Donations are tax deductible under Section 501(c)3.

Belle Morris, Christenberry, Lincoln Park, Richard Yoakley, Fountain City Library, Shannondale (both city and county), Gresham, Inskip Elementary (Precincts 37 and 38) and Inskip Recreation Center.

Notes: A portion of Brickey, Precinct 59, is being consolidated into Precinct 36, Gresham. Two addresses on Mountaincrest Drive, currently in Precinct 61, Halls, are being con-

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he old saying “There’s nothing new under the sun” dates all the way back thousands of years to the sayings in Ecclesiastes. But we curious human beings still enjoy both looking for new stuff and the surprise and delight of finding it.

Back in the middle 1800s, while Americans were occupied with destroying ourselves and our countryside in the Civil War, the British navy and merchant ships were sailing all over the world, exploring, colonizing and discovering.

The new worlds of South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand were almost totally unknown and unexplored by Europeans. A long list of intrepid explorers spent years in the jungles, living among the natives and collecting thousands of specimens.

Shiploads of previously unknown plants, beetles, butterflies and birds were sent back to museums and wealthy private collectors,

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who were eager for anything and everything new.

These many explorations changed the way people thought about the origin and distribution of living things over the entire world, and about biology, the science of life, in general.

Nowadays people have a pretty good idea of where everything is, and books and museums are full of specifics. We know what’s around us, especially in our more familiar places.

Take the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, for instance. Nature professionals from UT and a dozen nearby smaller colleges in Tennessee and North Carolina, as well as countless numbers of amateur naturalists, have been studying the flora and fauna of the Smokies for decades, especially in the 75-plus year history of the national park.

The Smokies are famous for their biodiversity, more kinds of living things than

any other temperate zone area of its size in North America, we like to say. We really know what’s there.

Or, oops, do we?

Legend has it that two Park biologists, charged with monitoring the life in the Smokies, were discussing their job one afternoon when one, Keith Langdon, observed, “If you inherited a hardware store from your father, the first thing you would do is to take an inventory of what was in it.” With the help of an experienced University of Pennsylvania professor who had started the first All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in Costa Rica, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory was born in the fall of 2000.

The ATBI is a program with the objective of identifying every living thing within the boundaries of the Park, hopefully within some reasonable number of years. And now after 11 years, the results have been spectacular. A check on

the ATBI website shows the current tally to be 7,101 species new to the park, and an amazing 910 species completely new to science, all of this in a place with 9 million visitors a year. Other national and state parks and other various nature preserves, both here and abroad, have started similar programs of inventories based on the GSMNP model.

How does it work?

They started with the basics: the underlying geology, the soil types, the amounts of rainfall in the various areas. One of the main reasons for all the diversity of life in the Park is the large number of small habitats. Each little area has a different type of soil, different amount of moisture, different degree of slope, faces a different angle to the sun. And a lot of living things have adapted to survive mostly in their special little habitat.

So, it takes a lot of looking. More than 1,000 scientists, college students and volunteers, or “citizen scientists,” have been involved in the program. They perform focused collecting activities (fern forays, beetle blitzes and so on), and then the invited superspecialists from around the world (more than 20 countries so far) sit for hours and days, microscopes at the ready, identifying all the plants and critters that have come in.

As you would expect, they find lots more tiny new things than big new things.

They have added 10 new birds to the Park list, six new fish, two new reptiles and one new mammal – none of them new to science. But, they’ve found 143 slime molds new to the Park, 18 of them new to science. And 50 snails that are new to the park, seven of which are new to science.

And get this: they’ve found 1,575 beetles new to the Park, 583 mushrooms, and 944

butterflies and moths, with well more than 100 of those previously unknown to science! They’ve found 533 spiders, 41 new to science, and 14 species of daddy long-legs.

That’s a lot of stuff running around up there that nobody knew even existed. I think the 19th century explorers would be proud.

They’ve found some weird things. How about a newto-the-Park, spiny-headed worm? Or some new, alien earthworms that may be trying to take over our native nightcrawlers?

And then there are my favorites, the waterbears. Like most everybody else, I had never heard of waterbears, or tardigrades, as the biologists tend to call them.

One biology textbook says that “To find tardigrades, you may not have to look any farther than the nearest clump of moss.”

They are slow-moving, pudgy little animals that lumber along on four pairs of stubby, jointless legs that end in two claws. Some species have only females. And when things go bad, they can stop all signs of being alive (no metabolism at all) and the when things are better, come right back to life!

The reason that you may not have seen any waterbears lately is that they are mostly less than 0.5 millimeters long. A giant waterbear might be 1 mm. And so far, they have found 82 species of waterbears in the Park, 21 of them new to science.

In our world today, we’re so busy covering everything with asphalt that we forget what an amazing, abundant and considerably unknown world we have around us.

The Smokies have an abundance of life. But you will find that your backyard, your garden and your local park are full of life as well.

It’s interesting, and fun, to get to know more of it.

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From a distance Immediately after the suffering of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

(Matthew 24: 29 NRSV) From a distance, the world looks blue and green, And the snow-capped mountains white. (“From a Distance,” by Julie Gold) As I write, we have successfully dodged a celestial bullet.

The asteroid 2005 YU55 sailed between Earth and the moon today, which is the astronomical equivalent of threading a very small needle.

When I say we dodged it, that statement actually gives us way too much credit. Our astronomers knew it was coming (which is an improvement, I guess, over the days of the dinosaurs when an asteroid slammed directly into earth, creating the Gulf of Mexico and a worldwide persistent winter for some significant amount of time).

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But we did nothing – could do nothing – to avoid the aircraft carrier-size rock. So perhaps it would be more accurate to say we were spared.

I admit to being a little unnerved by the fact that there are free-floating rocks roaming around in our skies. The universe is a thing of beauty, with constellations and super novae

and clouds of star nurseries, but it apparently is also cluttered with a fair amount of debris. (I have confessed before in this space my own predilection for clutter, so who am I to be critical of the Divine Housekeeper?)

There are, of course, scifi movies where astronauts go into space and blow an asteroid up just in the nick of time, but that seems a little chancy to me. The Law of Unintended Consequences has not been repealed, to my knowledge.

YU-55 was 200,000 miles from the Earth, it is true, but how many others are there out there, hurtling toward us?

I come from a long line of world class, champion worriers. But even I know when I’m licked, because, really.

What are we going to do?

This little lifeboat in which we all sail around the sun is the only craft we have. If something is really headed our way, however many years down the road …

That possibility makes me wonder: Are we keep-

ing our little lifeboat shipshape? Are we treating her gently, being careful not to damage her? Are we making the necessary repairs?

It was poet Archibald MacLeish who eloquently Lance Bracy will be the guest described our first view of speaker for the Knoxville Fellowship ourselves from space. When Luncheon at noon Tuesday, Nov. 15.

Apollo 8 first flew around The KFL is a group of Christian men the moon, the three astroand women who meet weekly at the nauts on board were the first Golden Corral in Powell. humans to see the Earth rise over the moon’s horizon.

That scene was transmitted back to Earth.

■ Sharon Baptist Church, 7916 Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill MacLeish wrote in rePedigo Road, will host the Drive. Registration is 6-7 sponse to that photograph: annual churchwide Thanksp.m. prior to each rehearsal.

“To see the Earth as it giving Dinner and Worship on Performances are at the Knoxtruly is, small and blue and Sunday, Nov. 20. Meal in the ville Civic Coliseum at 3 p.m. beautiful in that eternal siministry center at 5 p.m. and Dec. 11 and at 7 p.m. Dec. 12 lence where it floats, is to Thanksgiving worship at 6. and 13 with a 7 p.m. dress Info: 938-7075. rehearsal on Dec. 10. Info: see ourselves as riders on www.knoxvillenativity.com the Earth together, brothers or Janelle Witt at janellewitt@ Fundraisers, sales on that bright loveliness in comcast.net. the eternal cold.”

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host a Fall In my opinion, that senCraft Fair featuring local crafts tence is the single most beau- Community along with items from Shop tiful of the 20th century, not services the World Gifts, a Fair Trade only for its sentiment, but ■ Cross Roads Presbyterian gift shop from Englewood, also for its place in history. hosts the Halls Welfare MinisTenn., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. SaturWe had, for the first time, try food pantry 6-8 p.m. each day, Nov. 19, in the Family Life second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. been able to see ourselves Center Gym. Info: jbmintn@ each fourth Saturday. from a distance and to recgmail.com, or call 690-1060 ognize ourselves as family. and leave a message for Julie ■ Knoxville Free Food Market,

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Erma Prather eyes a delicious baked good from Rachael Hedgepeth at the church bazaar at Fountain City United Methodist Church. All money raised at the bazaar is used for missions, a passion of the church.

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Amy Dendrinos sells silk flowers for hair clips and headbands at the Fountain City United Methodist Church bazaar.

Dendrinos and a circle of the United Methodist Women gather for small group and have worked together to help raise money for missions through the bazaar. Photos by Ruth White

WORSHIP NOTES Auditions

■ Knoxville Nativity Pageant Choir rehearses 7-9 p.m.

Nov. 15 and 29 and Dec. 6 at Central Baptist Church of

4625 Mill Branch Lane (across from Tractor Supply in Halls), distributes free food 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Saturday of the month. Info: 566-1265.

■ New Hope Baptist Church distributes food from its food pantry to local families in need 6-8 p.m. every third Thursday. Info: 688-5330.

Thanksgiving

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host a free Thanksgiving dinner 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 24. No reservations are required and everyone is invited. Info: Call 690-1060 or visit www.beaverridgeumc. com.

■ New Liberty Baptist Church, 5901 Roberts Road, Corryton, will host an old fashioned turkey dinner with all the trimmings 3-5 p.m. Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, Nov. 24) for anyone who would be alone during the holidays. No charge but reservations are required by calling Charmin Foth at 368-0806 or email charminfoth@yahoo.com. To donate, contact Andrew Foth, 335-6680 or Charmin Foth, 368-0806.

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■ Bells Campground Baptist Church WMU will host a soup and sandwich dinner 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 18. A gift basket auction and bake sale will also be held. All proceeds will go toward the Lottie Moon Christmas Missions.

Music services

■ New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road, will host the New Beverly Singers 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20. Info/directions: 5460001 or visit www.NewBeverly. org.

Special services

■ First Baptist Church will host 1960’s UT star athlete Richmond Flowers at both worship services in the sanctuary Sunday, Nov. 20. Worship service times are 8:42 and 11 a.m. The public is invited.

■ New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road, will host guest pastor Chris Washam 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 20. The Washams will also be singing during the service. Info/directions: 546-0001 or www.

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House is schoolwide project at Halls

By Jake Mabe The house that Halls High and North Knox Vocational students have built this semester rolled out of the school parking lot last week. M&M Movers was taking the house, which was auctioned off, to its new owner.

Carpentry teacher Jeff McMurray and electrical teacher Tony Tampas say the project was a collaborative experience that involved their students as well as those in Tammy Headrick’s drafting classes, Thomas Pendleton’s technical geometry classes, and several other Career and Technical Education (CTE) and academic classes. “These kids take a lot of pride in it,� McMurray says. “It’s not a shed, it’s not a model, it’s a real house. The neatest thing is it wasn’t just one class that got use out of it. It’s a schoolwide asset. Home economics, math and science classes got involved. It’s a big asset for the school.� “When the kids hear it has sold, they stick their chests out a little bit and say, ‘We did it,’ � Tampas says.

For the carpentry and electrical classes, the project gives them hands-on experience. “It’s what they’re going to be faced with if they

Shannondale celebrates ‘grandfriends’

Workers from M&M Movers prepare to move this house, which has been built and utilized by various classes from Halls High and North Knox Vocational schools, to its new owner. Photo submitted choose this as a career,�

McMurray says. “The kids see this from the blueprint to the finished project and they get to see how this is moved.� “It’s real life,� Tampas says. “And it’s part of a process. In my classes, they’ll see it written up on the white board. Then we’ll go to the model house in my classroom, which has the same layout as the house.

‘Connecting the Ks’ at Northside Kiwanis

By Jake Mabe Last week was National Key Club Week, the perfect time for the Northside Kiwanis Club to hold its annual Key Club program and “connect the Ks� between Kiwanis and its high school affi liate, the Key Club. Students from the Central High, Fulton High and Halls High Key Clubs, all of which are sponsored by the Northside club, spoke about the exciting things going on at their schools.

Central High Key Club president Abagail B o o h e r says that members are selling gingerbread houses as a f u nd ra i ser for UNICEF. Booher Club members will volunteer at the Love Kitchen and at Fantasy of Trees and are now working on a Ronald McDonald House service project. Booher says the club is attracting new members by spreading news about Key

SCHOOL NOTES Carter Elementary ■Local author Jennifer Madison will sign her book “The Glass Stone: The Tales of the Chinese Checkerboard� from 8-9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15.

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Club through newsletters, announcements and word of mouth.

Fulton High Key Club president A l t h e a M a n ge s says that her club is sponsoring a pop tabs collection competition to Manges benefit the Ronald McDonald House and that members are hoping to volunteer there as well. She says the club has recruited “a lot of new, active members,� including a freshman who has attended every meeting and volunteered in all of the club’s service projects.

Halls High Key Club president Caroline Gowin says the club has increased its membership and has “awe some attendance rates� this Gowin

Turning Age

When we get to the next phase (the house), we know what we’re doing. If we’re wiring a single pole switch or something, we might do it 500 times in class over a semester. But, each time, you get better and you get faster. Our goal is, by the end of the semester, they should be able to rough it in one day and trim it in one day. That’s the goal.�

McMurray says the class-

year. Members have participated in two campus cleanup days at Halls High and raised $500 for the Ronald McDonald House during homecoming. The club has also raised $320 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Club members will collect food so that two families will have a Thanksgiving dinner this year. They also are providing cookies and thank you notes to school faculty and will volunteer at the Fantasy of Trees, ring bells for the Salvation Army during the Christmas season and will participate in Walk for a Cure in the spring.

Fulton High student Brianna McTe er, who is the l i e u t e n a nt governor for District 5-A, says she enjoys participating with the area Key McTeer Clubs during their service projects. “I was Key Club president at Fulton last eyear and just wish I’d started in Key Club earlier.�

Northside Kiwanis Club member Charles Harrington coordinates the Key Club Day program each year and is a longtime Key Club booster.

es are anxiously awaiting the next batch of lumber, which will be used to build the next house. It’s scheduled to be dropped off on Nov. 28. “None of this could have been possible were it not for (CTE director) Don Lawson and (trade technology supervisor) Rick Bise, who have put in many hours to make this possible,� McMurray says.

Wanda and Dewey Foust celebrated Grandfriends Day at Shannondale Elementary School with their grandchildren, Miranda, Riley and Dylan Foust. Shannondale expanded the traditional Grandparents Day luncheon to include other special relatives and friends, creating Grandfriends Day, which grows in attendance every year. Photo submitted

MILESTONES Webbs to celebrate golden anniversary Ted and Nancy Oglesby Webb of Halls will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this year. They were married Nov. 18, 1961. Ted is retired from TVA and KCDC. Nancy is retired from Rheumatology Consultants. Chil-

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Noah Stooksbury, Christian Dudley and Hunter Ferguson preFlag bearers Eddie Plankey (Marines), Sarah Gangloff (Coast Guard), Noah Stooksbury (Tennessee), pare for the special ceremony at Halls Elementary School to Sam Shaddix (American), Haydyn Jenkins (Air Force), Connor Moon (Army) and Christian Dudley honor veterans. Stooksbury wore his father’s fatigues and Fer(Navy) salute the Armed Forces during the Veterans Day celebration at Halls Elementary School. Phoguson wore his uncle’s for the day. tos by Ruth White

Saluting our veterans

Students at Halls Elementary created a beautiful tribute board with photos, stars, stories and art work to honor veterans during their Veterans Day celebration.

our great country.

The celebration included paStudents at Halls Elementary rolled out the red car- triotic music, a history of Veterpet for veterans last Friday ans Day, a salute to the Armed and let each and every one of Forces, a flag folding and facts, them know that they are ap- and concluded with a beautiful preciated for their service to video tribute to veterans.

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Honoring those who served

By Ruth White Gibbs Elementary students and staff rolled out the red carpet and honored veterans with a luncheon and program in celebration of Veterans Day. Staff members made pots of hearty soups and chili.

Sweet tea flowed and Texas Roadhouse donated warm rolls and creamy cinnamon butter. Students decorated tables with art work of red, white and blue.

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Principal Denna Grogan choked up as she welcomed guests to her school and thanked the veterans for their service to this country.

“It is so true that freedom isn’t free and it is the most amazing thing to honor you today,” she said.

The Fairview Baptist Church children’s choir sang patriotic songs for the group and guest speakers touched the hearts of many with their words of praise and gratitude.

Jeremy Earl, pictured with his cousin Gage Crawford, was one of many service personnel honored at the Veterans Day Luncheon at Gibbs Elementary. Photos by Ruth White

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■ First Night Knoxville 2012 at Market Square, will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31.

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■ Celebrate the Season, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, Farragut Town Hall. Will include photos with Santa, live music, refreshments, kids’ crafts and more. Admission is free, but a canned good donation is suggested to help Second Harvest. Info: 966-7057.

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Benefit for Bennie Morrison A benefit show will be held for Bennie Morrison 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at Holston Middle School. Morrison recently lost a kidney. He works for the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, and the “K-Town Daddy” Terry Landell, Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones and others will appear.

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CTE cars take to speedway

By Ruth White Knox County Schools CTE automotive programs recently competed in a drag race at the Knoxville Dragway in Maynardville.

The race featured schools from Knox County, including Bearden, Central and Halls high schools; two schools from Blount County; one school from Union County; and one school each from Maryville and Sevier County.

Cars, driven by CTE instructors, participated in Central High School automotive student Christian Weaver a winner-takes-all event stands near one of the cars he helped build and service. Photos with two race categories.

by Ruth White Cars competed on a oneeighth mile track and all cars have been built, maintained and serviced by the CTE automotive classes of each school district.

Fountain City Elementary School principal Wendy Newton gets ready to plant a big kiss on Sugar the cow’s nose. Newton challenged her students to sell 1,450 coupon books this year.

If the school reached the goal, she promised to milk a cow and then kiss the cow for the student body. The school sold 1,480 books, so Newton kept her promise. Photos by Ruth White

Newton is no ‘cow’ard; keeps promise to students Fifth grade student Emic Konotopchik looks over a list of ideas he has for Fountain City Elementary while he is Principal for a Day. Konotopchik was one of the top 11 coupon book winners and his name was drawn from a hat to be named to take over Wendy Newton’s place as principal. Students cheered when it was announced that his first official duty as principal was to give out free ice cream at lunch to the entire school.

Halls High students Tyler Woodby and Brian Williams helped build the red car raced at the Knoxville Dragway last weekend for the CTE program.

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Tennessee and VanderI will not attempt to exbilt are separated by only plain the 28-21 loss in 1982.

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I will also say this was bowl games. exciting. Now and then, the beginning of a long Vandy is supposedly on Vanderbilt defeats Tennesthe up, up, upswing. see. It has happened four dry spell for the Commodores. They next won in The Commodores times in the last 50 years. haven’t been anywhere in In 1964, first for Doug 2005. That was the day the my lifetime. The pinnacle Dickey as coach, Vandy Vols couldn’t gain a yard of their success was 1932. won, 7-0. The Vols had a when they needed one to They helped form the SEC. chance, a fi rst down at the maintain possession and Tulane and Sewanee can 5, but four running plays preserve a lead. Jay Cutler say the same. failed to punch it in. Does Vanderbilt has never that sound familiar? captured the conference In 1975, Vandy won 17-14 championship and prob- at Neyland Stadium. This ably won’t. Through the de- was very bad. Tennessee cades it has averaged win- rushed for only 89 yards

took full advantage of the failure and hit the winning TD pass to Earl Bennett with 1:11 remaining. No, I am not over it.

Here comes the really sad part of this so-called historic rivalry. Vandy fans look down their noses at the Volunteers. I have heard it expressed this way: When a Tennessee player gets into serious trouble, a Vanderbilt-trained lawyer defends him. When a Tennessee player is seriously injured, a Vanderbilt doctor puts him back together again.

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Before the meeting, Gene Andrews will present a program on the Confederate States Marines. The presentation is free and open to the public. ■The Knoxville Writers’ Group will meet 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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A new way to turn your “stuff” into $$$

By Anne Hart

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o what do you do when you have way too much stuff you don’t want or need any longer, but it’s too good to throw away?

Maybe you’re downsizing to smaller living quarters or getting ready to put your home on the market to sell. Or perhaps you just want to get rid of your old things so you can buy new ones.

Mitch Burnett of Pinnacle Real Estate and Auction, a local Realtor and Auctioneer with 30 years’ experience, has come up with a great solution: he’ll auction all of those things for you. And not only that, he’ll do all the work, saving you a whole lot of time, energy and worry.

Burnett is going to be hosting auctions at his offices on North Seven Oaks Drive or at designated locations depending on the size or theme of the Auction. He’s not interested in selling things that wouldn’t find a buyer at a yard sale. He wants items that are likely to sell and make both you and his company some money.

“We all accumulate an overwhelming amount of

Mitch Burnett of Pinnacle Real Estate and Auction. Photo submitted stuff,” Burnett points out.

“A lot of it is stuff that we no longer want or have a use for but someone else does. That’s where my job starts.”

He’ll visit your home, look over the items you want to sell, organize it all, tag it and work out delivery details with you. In some situations, if you can’t get it to the auction site he’ll transport it for you. He will manage all of the auction details. You don’t even have to show up.

Burnett says he’s been thinking about this project

for a while. “So often I meet a homeowner who wants to list a house, but needs to get rid of some things to make it show better. An auction will keep that person from having to pay storage fees and can actually help the house sell more quickly. An auction is always a special event, I consider it a perfect opportunity to share my expertise and partner with Subdivisions, Business, Schools and even Churches.”

Burnett says he has heard plenty of horror stories of people trying to

sell online, adding, “this is a good way to avoid all the scams on the internet.

What I want to do is partner with people in a way that will move their items with the least possible effort on their part.”

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Chris Mynatt with Halls Cleaners adds coats to a box designated for the annual coat drive. Halls Cleaners and Robbins Cleaners in Fountain City will be collecting used adult and children’s coats and jackets through November. The project supports the Halls Welfare Community, Angelic Ministries and Mission of Hope by supplying warm coats to individuals in need. Photo by Ruth White

Gary and Belinda work with individuals having hearing issues in a positive and encouraging way. They believe if the proper testing is done and the appropriate solution is applied, good results will follow.

“As lifelong Knoxvillians, we know the people who live here and we organize our services to help them. There is no high pressure and we like to follow up over the years.” Gary is part of the family that owned and operated Weaver Funeral Home. He and Belinda have owned Weaver Hearing Aid Center for 12 years.

If you have a question, come in and ask Gary or Belinda. Their office is located in Franklin Square near Sullivan’s. It is open five days a week, evenings and weekends by appointment.

NEWS FROM WEAVER HEARING AID CENTER

Do you hear what I hear?

By Sandra Clark It’s almost time for school plays, Christmas carols and family gatherings. Receive the best gift of the season – better hearing.

“Invest some time and thought to seek out better hearing,” says Gary Weaver, Licensed Hearing Instrument Specialist. “When someone has a hearing loss, it also affects everyone around them. It makes those who can hear feel bad while isolating the person who can’t hear well.”

Good hearing is a universal present (to coin a phrase), “the gift that keeps on giving.”

But don’t sit and mull over this decision. It sometimes takes weeks to get

the instrument properly designed and adjusted. Gary Weaver will perform the initial examination for free. “It usually takes 10 days to get someone in new hearing aids, sometimes less,” he says.

“You’ll hear Christmas plays and carols like you’ve not heard them in years.” Family gatherings will be anticipated if each person is able to participate. Sometimes depression sets in around the holidays, but that doesn’t have to happen; particularly if the problem can be tackled with something as simple as a hearing aid.

Gary Weaver and his wife, Belinda, a nurse, have heard every reason imaginable for delaying or avoiding

News from Office of Register Deeds

October sets records

By Sherry Witt

The month of October was indeed historic for the local real estate market. Fueled by the largest transfer of property in the county’s history, the month closed as one of the busiest ever for the Knox County Register of Deeds. For the month ending on Monday, Oct. 31, there were 677 land transfers in Knox County, representing a total property value of around $347 million.

The transfers during October bested those of September, as well as the activWitt ity in October 2010. Last year in October, 633 parcels were sold. It is difficult to compare the total value of the property transferred to that of other months, because the numbers were skewed by the sale of Mercy Health Systems, which brought more than $200 million into the mix.

Lending data also benefited greatly from the Mercy transaction. For the month, nearly $745 million was loaned against property in Knox County. This was roughly half a billion dollars more than the money loaned against property in Knox County during September. Preliminary analysis of the data from October and the first week in November appears to indicate a surge in refinancing.

The sale of Mercy to Tennova was the largest sale of commercial property in Knox County’s history. The facilities sold for $207 million, and the deal was financed by a total loan of $510 million. All transfer and mortgage taxes were paid in Knox County. The Register of Deeds remits more than 97 percent of this revenue to the state of Tennessee, but does retain a commission for the tax it collects. Knox County’s share of the Mercy deal was around $32,000.

I want to tell each of you how much I appreciate your thoughts and prayers for Conner Chesney, the young man who has been battling some health issues during the past year. I would like to report that Conner is doing well and is a very brave youngster. All of us at the Register of Deeds continue to wish him a speedy and complete recovery.

Heiskell Thanksgiving dinner is Thursday The Heiskell Community Center at 9420 Heiskell Road will host its annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 17.

Dinner will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m. with the service conducted by Pastor Phillip Poe of the Bishopville Baptist Church at 7.

A traditional Thanksgiving dinner of turkey, ham, dressing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, corn and rolls will be served. There is no charge for the dinner but attendees are asked to bring canned goods or nonperishable items for the Food Pantry.

Info: Janice White, 5480326.

Belinda and Gary Weaver. altogether the need for hearing assistance. From cost to bulky equipment to difficulty of maintenance, the patients just “get along” as their hearing fades.

It does not have to be this way.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Fort Sanders Diabetes Center teaches woman how to eat right to manage diabetes Donna Miller of Knoxville knew her blood sugar levels had been running high for a while before she was diagnosed with diabetes. When her doctor handed Miller the diagnosis, she also referred her to the Fort Sanders Diabetes Center located at Fort Sanders West.

The program is an educational program for any adult with Type 1, Type 2 or gestational diabetes. It combines education about nutrition, exercise and medication with emotional support. After completing the program, each patient comes away with a customized self-management plan based on his or her speciďŹ c needs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a wonderful wealth of information,â&#x20AC;? says Miller. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They give out these three-ring binders with wonderful information in them. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve referred to it many times since. It makes a wonderful reference to keep on hand.â&#x20AC;?

The first nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class was led by a registered nurse who explained what diabetes is and how medications affect the condition. The second nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class was led by a registered dietician who explained how carbohydrates, fats, calories and other nutritional components affect diabetes. There was even a special session spent on eating out, with specific recommendations for popular restaurants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be

orie at a restaurant arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily good choices for a diabetic.â&#x20AC;?

One evening, an exercise physiologist explained how exercise is crucial in diabetes management. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one thing you can do that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t medication that will help to improve your blood glucose level,â&#x20AC;? explains Miller.

Now following her customized eating and daily exercise plan, Miller says she has lost about 16 pounds and her blood sugar levels are steady. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been a careful and conscientious eater, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m much more aware of portion control and counting carbohydrates, and being aware of that. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always eaten fruits and vegetables, but now I eat even more of them. My biggest issues to deal with were portion size and potatoes, pasta,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a big fan of potatoes, pasta and bread.

Those are things I have to eat in moderation.â&#x20AC;?

Miller has been so faithful to exercising she decided to participate in the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5K run in April of 2011. Since then she has run four more races and exercises each day during her lunch hour with coworkers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing a Donna Miller of Knoxville isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t letting diabetes slow her down.

This summer she competed in a 5K run at Cove Lake State pretty good job controlling things, and I plan to conPark. tinue,â&#x20AC;? Miller says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not miserable, but you do have ally informative because like you can go back to your to make smarter choices,â&#x20AC;? things that are labeled old habits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lifestyle Miller says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was re- heart healthy or low-cal- change.â&#x20AC;?

November is American Diabetes Month

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?

Type 1 diabetes is a disorder in which the body does not produce insulin (a hormone that aids in moving sugar from the blood to the cells). People with type 1 diabetes must take insulin injections to move sugar from the bloodstream. This type of diabetes is not preventable and is usually diagnosed before age 40.

Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t producing enough insulin or the insulin is not efficiently moving sugar out of the bloodstream. This type of diabetes is associated with physical inactivity and obesity. Diet, exercise, weight loss and sometimes medications are the treatment for type 2 diabetes. Approximately 85 percent of all diabetes patients have type 2.

Talk with your doctor to learn more about what type of diabetes you have and what kind of treatment is best for you.

Miller highly recommends the Diabetes Center to anyone with a new diagnosis of diabetes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was impressed at how thorough and intense it was,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people who work there are phenomenally well trained and well quali-

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For further information about the diabetes management program at Fort Sanders Diabetes Center, call (865) 531-5580.

Fort Sanders Diabetes Center is nationally recognized The Fort Sanders Diabetes Center is one of the few Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT) programs in the Knoxville area to receive Education Recognition from the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Applicants for the prestigious ADA Education Recognition designation receive a rigorous and thorough review, and the program must meet the high standards developed by the National Diabetes Advisory Board.

Developing and improving patient self-care skills for diabetes management is one of the main goals of the Fort Sanders Diabetes Center and the ADA Educational Review program.

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Adults with type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes and pre-diabetes are served at the Center. Patients typically spend about nine hours in education training sessions, followed by another visit six months later. Phone help is available if needed.

During the Fort Sanders Diabetes Center Diabetes Self Management Training program, participants receive an individualized meal plan with guidelines for a moderate-carbohydrate intake. The education sessions also include information about preventing complications from diabehave to have the tools to do tes and developing stratethat, or theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the dark,â&#x20AC;? gies to make important but explains Mary Rouleau, sometimes difďŹ cult changes manager of the Fort Sanders in diet and activity levels.

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The Fort Sanders Diabetes Center Diabetes Self-Management Training program is offered at the main location at Fort Sanders West. Services are also provided at the Diabetes Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other locations in Knox, Roane, Loudon and Sevier counties. Most health insurance plans, including Medicare, provide coverage for diabetes education.

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■ Wednesday, Nov. 16: 10 a.m., Bingo; 10 a.m., Hand & Foot; 12:30 p.m., Bridge; 1 p.m., Rook; 1 p.m., SAIL exercise; 2:15 p.m., Yoga.

Feature events for the ■ Thursday, Nov. week of Nov. 14: 17: 10 a.m., Line dance; 11 ■ Monday, Nov. 14: a.m., Exercise; 1:30 p.m., 9:30 a.m., Scrapbooking; 10 Dominoes; 1:30 p.m., Board a.m., Texas Hold ’Em Poker; Game Social, Phase Ten; 2 1 p.m., Mah Jongg; 1 p.m., p.m., Movie Time featuring Rook; 1 p.m., Exercise; 2:15 “Second Hand Lions.” p.m., Social Dance class.

■ Friday, Nov. 19: ■ Tuesday, Nov. 15: 9 a.m., Legal Aid; 1 p.m., 1 p.m., Property Tax Relief Friday Afternoon Western Program presentation. The featuring “Aces ‘n Eights” staff from Knox County starring Casper Van Dien.

Trustee’s office will present Info: 922-0416. For a information about eligibility complete calendar of weekrequirements for participatly events, call the Halls ing in the program and apSenior Center or visit www. knoxseniors.org/seniors. plications will be available.

Elmcroft resident Grace Moore dances with guests at her birthday celebration.

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Amazing Grace Friends and family members got together Nov. 5 to help Grace Moore celebrate her 103rd birthday. Moore

the party, whispered some sweet words into his sister’s ear and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.

As Moore danced with several friends and opened presents, her daughter whispered to a guest nearby that Ruth she hasn’t seen her mom so White happy in a long time. One guest created a scrapbook of photographs of Moore and her family from years ago. is a resident at Elmcroft Moore and family were able Assisted Living. A special to relive special memories party was planned to mark at the party.

When asked her secret the milestone. to staying youthful, Moore Moore’s daughter and replied, “The good Lord has son-in-law, Ann and Byron Cawthon, traveled from had His hand in it.”

Watching Moore interact Florida to help celebrate and a niece came in from with guests, it was hard to Michigan to wish her well believe that she has lived 103 and celebrate a wonder- years. She remains active and ful life. Her “baby brother” pays close attention to details.

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Duncan discusses issues with seniors Ralph and Dorothy Mertz greet U.S. Rep. John Duncan Jr. at a senior adult meeting hosted by First Lutheran Church last week. Duncan was on hand to answer questions for the group and discuss issues that affect senior adults and the country. Photo by Ruth White

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By Sara Barrett After a long hiatus from my column, it’s great to be back in the animal news world. So much has happened while I’ve been away (covering for a dear co-worker), so let’s catch up quickly.

Two new animals have arrived at the Knoxville Zoo with hopes of meeting their Ms. Rights and starting herds of their own. Kito the Southern white rhinoceros is getting acquainted with female rhinos Dolly, Polly and Maggie. Also new to the zoo is Jumbe the giraffe, a transplant from Missouri who is hoping to find romantic bliss with Patches and/or Lucille.

Another added bonus for the zoo is the return of the extremely popular panda cam, where folks all over the world can watch Dolly, Bernadette and Winston, the zoo’s 5-month-old red panda cubs. According to Tina Rolen, assistant director of marketing, the debut of the first red panda cam last year inspired people to watch red panda female cubs Spark and Ember online the equivalent of 39 years.

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Bar, 2 br, 1 ba, priv #1 BEAUTY CO. AVON frpl, ref's Reps Needed! Only WALBROOK STUDIOS dock, req'd. $800/mo+dep $10 to start! Call Marie 25 1-3 60 7 Call 912-756-4887 at 865-705-3949. $130 weekly. Discount LEASE/PURCHASE 2 avail. Util, TV, Ph, BR/2BA home imStv, Refrig, Basic Business Opp. 130 maculate. All AppliCable. No Lse. ances will stay. Non ATT: Network Marketrefundable deposit re- Would you like Homes 40 quired. No bank quali- ers information that can fying. Credit repair get you your groceries available.

Purchase reduced or even free? price $115,000. $725 Go to per month. Call 865www.gasandfoodvideo 441-3552 .com. Interested call me at 712-3824 or 850MAYNARDVILLE OFF 7260. Mtgs. held Mon61W. 2BR/2BA, lg livdays at 7 pm 1802 Airing rm, lrg den. No base Rd. Alcoa. Ask pets. $600/mo + $600 for Denise or Mike. dep. 865-661-7763

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JUST LISTED – Approx 3,500+SF, 2-sty home, partially finished bsmt on 5.59 acres. Home features 4BR/3.5BA, FP, screened-in & wrap-around porch, inground pool, 2-car gar main, 1-car bsmt, 3-car detached. Lg mstr suite w/jucuzzi, sep shower, marble floors & more. Work has been started in bsmt to finish a den w/FP & 1/2 BA. $260,000 HALLS – Well maintained & updated! 3BR home w/ den & FP in bsmt, fenced yard, gar & more. Updated kit, BA, carpet, paint, etc. Ready to move into! $129,900 CORRYTON – Well maintained ranch on level 1 acre lot w/extra stg, lg barn converted into wkshp, & more. Home has 2BR + office or 3rd BR. LR w/FP, beautiful hdwd floors & more. $139,900 FTN CITY – 3BR ranch w/fenced backyard & more. $62,900 INVESTORS – 4 rental homes available all currently rented & KCDC approved. 1 – totally updated $52,900, 2 – some updates $52,900, 3 – $47,900, 4 – $39,900.

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FTN CITY 2BR down- FARRAGUT NEAR TURKEY LG 2BR/1.5BA TOWNstairs apt, completely HOUSE, 1200 sqft in CREEK 3BR, 2BA, frplc, new redecorated, cent H&A, Halls/Murphy Hills carpet, laundry rm, family huge bkyd & patio, priarea. Info: 207-1346 vate entrance, W/D neighborhood, 1 yr lease, $775 mo. $250 dam. dep.

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Ideal for quiet couple or mature single person.

No children, pets, or Houses - Unfurnished 74 smoking. $575/mo incl's all utils, cable, 3, 4 & 5 BR houses WiFi. Refs. 687-4639 avail. All appls incl Townhouse For Rent W&D. $900-$1500 mo.

2 Sty townhouse, Halls Amanda 865-363-9190 ***Web ID# 886567*** area, 2 Lg. BRs, 1.5 BAs, kitchen appls. incl. W/D 3 BR, 1 BA in Del connect., no pets, $550 Rio, TN, near N.C. border, beautiful per mo. + $550 damage country setting with dep. req., & 1 yr lease. creek. $550 mo, $550 254-9552 or 388-3232 dep. 865-414-4366

LENOIR CITY, huge loft style, 2 BR or 1 BR/den, 1 BA, historic bldg., ground level, $650 + elec.

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3 BR, 2 1/2 BA, 2 car ^ OFFICES gar., beautiful lake HALLS Singles $350/mo. & mountain views, Call Steve at 679gated community 3903. w/clubhouse, pool, boat ramp, & dock. $324,900. For more Comm. Prop. - Rent 66 info. 865-403-2173

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Cats 140 NEWLY REMODELED, 3BR 2BA house for Adoption Cats & Kittens, rent in Halls, $700/mo, Spay/neut., shots & $700 dam. dep. No worm $65. 865-765-3400 pets. 659-0654. www.happypawskitttenrescue.org

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POWELL NICE 1950 Gorgeous babies, 2 SF 3 BR 2 BA, acre M, gold spotted, lot, appls, cent H&A $500 ea. 865-206-7157 $725/mo. 938-1653 ***Web ID# 892414*** SOUTH KNOX, 3 BR, 2 BA, all appls., Dogs 141 newly renovated. $850/mo. 865-850-4179 AMERICAN BULLDOG PUPS, NKC reg., SOUTH, SMALL quality bloodline, house, $350/mo. $350 S&W, $200. 865-456-2625 Damage Deposit.

No pets. 865-235-6738 ***Web ID# 886431*** AMERICAN PIT Bull SOUTH. Wildwood pups, 9 wks. old, Gardens. 3 BR, 2 BA dual reg., 1st & 2nd villa. Great rm w/stone vaccines, parents frpl, formal DR, gar. No on premises. $150pets. $975. 865-300-3300 $200 Call after 1pm, WEST-BEARDEN no text, 865-696-4238 Location, nice small ***Web ID# 886867*** home, big yard, bus Shepherd line, stove, refrig., Australian no pets lease. $500. pups, ASDR minis. Blk tris & blue merle. M&F. O/A. 588-7416. $300-$450. 865-435-2506 ***Web ID# 891889***

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BLOODHOUND PUPPIES, AKC 2 BR 2 BA, 1 car gar., reg, 6 wks on 11/14. all 1 level, Powell $300. 865-228-0868 area, $700 mo. No pets, non smokers. BLOODHOUND Pups $500 dep. 865-947-2655 Reg., wormed, 1st shots, 3 M, 2 F, $500. 865-255-0247

***Web ID# 889060*** 3720 TILBURY Way, 2BR 2BA, sgl garage, excel. Boston Terrier pups, cond., no pets, 1 yr AKC reg, 1st shots/ lease, $725/mo, $700 wormed. 423-626-7038 dam dep. 922-2403 or thecollinsclan@hughes.net 705-4217. ***Web ID# 892191***

Chihuahua Puppies 8 wks, shots/wormed 865-932-2333 ***Web ID# 889964***

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MERC. Grand MarCHEVY Avalanche quis Ultimate 2003, 2002, 91K mi., 60K mi, loaded, clean, Music Instruments 198 Z66, black w/black lthr. $8,700. 865-577-4069 $11,500. 865-494-5194 1972 GIBSON Banjo RB-100, good condi- DODGE RAM 3500 2003, Air Cond / Heating 301 tion, $975. 865-2742 wh. dr. Exc. cond.

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203 FORD F-150 XL, 1995, Poodles Toy & Chi- Misc. Items huahuas, 6-8 wks 6 cyl, 5 spd, 2 WD, old. For pictures go LESTER SPINET Piano long bed, good work w/bench. Very good to: lillyslapdogs.com truck. $2,300 firm. cond. $250.

Also exor call 865-286-9468 865-414-0906 ercise bike, good PUPPY NURSERY. cond. $30. 922-1403 Many different breeds RAINBOW VACUUM, Antiques Classics 260 Maltese, Yorkies, like new, $600. 257Malti-Poos, YorkiCHEVY EL CAMINO 2262.

Poos, Shih-Poos, shots 1980 - $7,500. 1965 & wormed. Health Mustang - $16,500. guar. 423-566-0467 Household Furn. 204 Firm. 423-258-2394 SHIH TZU AKC Reg., solid liver, 3 PC. Sectional Sofa, 6 mos. old, $700.

Henredon, gold fab865-237-2848 ric, good cond. $400.

865-255-8792 SIBERIAN Husky AKC Pups, champ lines, Mahogany Duncan shots, $300 to $500. ^ Phyfe drop leaf DR 865-995-1386 table, 6 chairs, exc ***Web ID# 888234*** Domestic cond. Corner china ^ cab & buffet incl.

WIRE FOX Terrier, $1200. 865-288-0249 Alterations/Sewing 303 9 mo. old F, AKC reg., $550 cash only. SOFA, 2 end tables & 865-933-5468 ALTERATIONS coffee table, King

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30 ACRE pasture, 4 BR mobile home, barn w/8 stalls, fenced, Kingston, lease $995 + dep.

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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.

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922-6529 or 466-4221 ROOFING REPAIRS, commercial/ residential, shingles, flat, Guttering 333 metal, water damaged, leaks, preventive maintenance, HAROLD'S GUTTER floors & walls. 221SERVICE. Will clean 1362 or 368-8578. front & back $20 & up.

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Handyman 335 Locally owned & operated. 24/7 emerg.

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Great references available 24/7. 257-2262 or 300-2191.

Autos Wanted 253 LAB PUPS, yellow, 8 ACURA RSX 2006, blue, adorable pups JD 420 Garden Trac64K mi, black lthr, A BETTER CASH avail.

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8956; 865-363-0318 avail. now, AKC reg $7800. 865-384-2796 add'l. fee. Health ***Web ID# 890988*** guar. 865-206-9540 Buildings for Sale 191 Utility Trailers 255 Toyota Corolla, 1995, ***Web ID# 889805*** 1 owner, 5 spd, like Labrador Retriever STEEL ARCH BUILD- CONTINENTAL new, exc. $2800. 865Pups, all silver very INGS Fall Clearance ENCLOSED trailer, 329-3282; 865-660-4547 rare, AKC. S&W. Health Save $$$!!! Build beV-nose, 5'x10', ***Web ID# 888971*** guar. 931-823-3218 fore winter. 20'x24', $1,795. 865-591-7847 ***Web ID# 891127*** 25'x40', more. Ltd

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Magnum, like new, $525. 423-253-3772 ch bdln on father, Par865-599-5192 14k mi, $3000/b.o. ents on prem. $400+/- ***Web ID# 892164*** 865-661-1865 865-560-6866; 363-5815 ***Web ID# 889113*** Imports 262

Maltese Pups, AKC reg, M & F, will be small, $400 & up 423733-2857; 423-300-9043 ***Web ID# 890089***

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Overlooks Whittle Springs Golf Course!

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8434 Shoregate. Harbor Cove @ 1513 Bonita. FTN CITY. Timberlake - Beautiful & better than LS Immaculate 1-level home L new 2-sty home w/over 3,100 SF, w/updates! Features HA 5BRs w/mstr on main + additional 3BR/1.5BA, lg fam rm, BR, 3 full BAs, bonus rm, great adorable kit w/charm, fam rm w/soaring 2-sty ceilings, formal DR, great corner gorgeous eat-in kit w/granite lot w/mature trees. New paint. Wonderful home! counters & tile backsplash, formal DR, hdwd flrs on main except BRs, tile fl rs in BAs & laundry.

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Don’ t forget the flowers for the Thanksgiving table

By Anne Hart

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emember when the centerpiece for the family’s Thanksgiving table looked pretty much the same year after year?

It was that low-to-the-table (so guests could see over it), oval-shaped, very traditional arrangement with fresh flowers crammed tightly together and some candles poking up through the center of it.

Over at Abloom Florist and Gifts in the Village Square Center in Bearden, Diane Drinnen Storm recalls making untold numbers of those arrangements in the 28 years she and her mother, Hazel Drinnen, have been in the floral business. “We called them ‘roundie moundies,’ ” Diane says with a laugh. “They didn’t have much design or style to them.”

Storm says she still makes oblong centerpieces, “but they are much more light and airy and natural in appearance, not so fixed and stuffed looking.”

Nowadays, Storm says, people have become much more creative in the floral decorations they want for their holiday table. And while the table setting itself – the linens and china and silver – may still be formal, the flowers are not so much so.

“Often we will do several arrangements

ther flowers, fruits or fall leaves used with it, but even that centerpiece appears less formal than in days gone by. Also frequently used are small varieties of pumpkins and gourds, and even the little pilgrim figurines that have been popular for decades.

“All of these items can create a sort of scene on the tabletop and it can be very festive,” Storm says.

Storm and Drinnen buy all of their flowers locally and say their customers often compliment them on how long their arrangements stay pretty.

“We believe very strongly in buying locally. It is important to support local businesses.

It’s something we have always tried to do. We have also found that we have a much larger variety locally and can order daily and get exactly what our customers want. If we don’t have it, we’ll try to get it by the next day.”

They’re already all decked out for ChristDiane Drinnen Storm, owner of Abloom Florist, and her mother, Hazel Drinnen, have some mas at Abloom, as are most retail establishfun while assembling a fall floral arrangement. The two love working together and have ments this time of year. Everywhere you look done so for 28 years. Photo by T. Edwards in the store you see pretty red and green decfor the table, sometimes in clear glass square using only one color for the whole group. The orations and holiday gifts. containers that are placed along the center of arrangements are very open and airy and not But they haven’t forgotten about turkey the table from one end to the other. The flow- ‘fixed’ looking at all.” day. “We’re basically a Christmas store right ers will be in fall colors, sometimes with a difStorm says many people still want a cor- now,” Storm says, “but we’ll be filling lots of ferent color in each container and sometimes nucopia as part of the centerpiece, with ei- orders for Thanksgiving, too.”

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here are all kinds of traditional holiday dinners, most of them involving turkey or ham. But if you’re craving something a little different, you might want to wrangle an invitation to Andy Jans’ West Knoxville home.

Jans is the former food and beverage manager at Club LeConte, but that’s not where he got most of his cooking experience. He learned at home, helping his widowed Dad prepare meals for Andy and his three older brothers – “thousands and thousands of meals,” Jans says with a laugh. “We spent a lot of time in the kitchen.”

his hometown of St. Louis and headed to UT, where he got a degree in hotel and restaurant management in 1994.

Jan says he also learned a lot about cooking from Seth Simmerman who was chef at Club LeConte for many years and now owns Echo Bistro and Wine Bar in Bearden. “Seth taught me a lot about the business of cooking,” Jans says.

Jans left Club LeConte a few years back and got into the mortgage business. Now he’s studying to become a certified real estate appraiser, but he still cooks and will use just about any excuse to have friends in to eat his culinary offerings, whether it’s an elegant sit-down dinner or just snacks while watching a game on TV. Prime rib was the main course for Christmas dinner last year at Jans’ house. “I was a wreck,” he says. “Here Andy Jans prepares appetizers for guests. Photo by T. Edwards I had a $100 piece of meat and 10 or 12 people counting on me. It can be a Jans says his Dad was his role model ration in the kitchen – so much so that little nerve wracking.” in many ways and definitely an inspi- when it was time for college, Jans left So what did he do with that pricey

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