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Biz spotlight on First Tennessee The spotlight beamed on First Tennessee last week as the Fountain City BPA recognized a local business. Dana E. Gibson is the financial center manager in Fountain City. Kimberly D. Heisey is a bank vice president and the small business banking manager for the East Tennessee market. The women distributed a booklet, “You First,� listing the financial services available.

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Halls Crossroads Women’s League members Shirley Merryman and Bonnie Gombos enjoy a fun evening of food, friends and bluegrass music during the league’s annual Chili Chowdown. More pictures on A-3. Photos by Ruth White

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Candidates to meet at Sterchi School board candidates from District 2 will speak at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at Sterchi Elementary School off Cedar Lane. The PTA president is J. Brent Morrison. Early voting is underway with the election March 1. The race is non-partisan. Candidates are Grant Standefer and Jennifer Owen. Tracie Sanger chose not to seek re-election. Schools in District 2 include: Central and Fulton high schools; Whittle Springs and Gresham middle schools; Christenberry, Fountain City, Inskip, Shannondale and Sterchi elementary schools; and special schools Paul Kelley Volunteer Academy, Richard Yoakley and the adult high school. Info: sterchipta@gmail.com

Middle school groundbreakings Knox County officials will break ground for two new middle schools on Friday, Feb. 19, with the Gibbs event at 11 a.m. and the Hardin Valley event at 1 p.m. Those attending the Gibbs event are asked to park at the Gibbs Ruritan Park for a shuttle ride to the site as parking is limited. The Hardin Valley event will take place in the north parking lot behind Hardin Valley Academy, near the baseball field.

Find Shoppers Four weeks of archives for Powell, Halls, Karns and Union County Shoppers can be found at Knoxville Realty, Emory Road near Powell High School. Info: 865-922-4136

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Field of Dreams By Betty Bean

Last summer, Central High School’s head football coach Bryson Rosser moved the crowd gathered for longtime coach Joel Helton’s funeral to tears when he escorted dozens of his playBryson Rosser ers dressed in red and black jerseys into the church sanctuary. “We were paying respect to the guy our field is named after,� he said. “I talk to them about family all the time.� The Bobcats went on to exceed expectations in the season that followed, and they’re looking forward to Joel Helton Field having a whole new look come September. “Our first home game is Sept. 2 – we play Catholic – and we’re

cautiously optimistic that the field will be ready by then,� Rosser said. Once a gridiron powerhouse, Central has suffered some lean years recently, but has made dramatic strides under Rosser’s leadership, finishing 5-6 and earning a playoff berth in 2014 and 9-3 and a second round playoff finish in 2015. “We’re excited,� Rosser said. They’re also excited about the new $400,000 synthetic playing field they’re getting as part of a $10 million gift to Knox County Schools from Pilot Flying J and the Haslam Foundation. This money will provide new fields for 13 Knox County high schools, and Central, through the luck of the draw, is in the second group of schools slated to get the fields during the first year. The first wave of construction starts in May, the second in June. “We’re on the bubble,� said Cen-

Beyond the ice By Sherri Gardner Howell

Spend a few minutes with Scott Hamilton, and you will never look at his ice shows the same way again. Scott Hamilton and Friends on Ice is in Knoxville Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum. The show has a star-studded line-up, including Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi as cohost with Hamilton and a concert by Grammy winner Michael W. Smith. The show starts at 5 p.m. and is followed by a 7:30 p.m. dinner. It will, no doubt, be a spectacular show with a dozen Olympic, World and U.S. champions skating to Smith’s live music. This is the third visit to Knoxville, and monies raised benefits the Provision CARES and the Scott Hamilton CARES foundations. Hamilton, however, has his eyes firmly set beyond the ice. His mis-

sion is cancer research and patient care. His mother, who died after a two-plus year struggle with cancer when Hamilton was 18, sits on one shoulder. His own experiences as a cancer patient and survivor sit on the other. “The day we lost my mother, I became a fundraiser,� says Hamilton. “I was going to do whatever I could to fund research, to get more answers, to do what I could as a grieving, mourning 18-year-old boy to keep another person from going through what I was.�

Bobcats among first to benefit from Pilot Flying J gift tral High School principal Michael Reynolds. “A lot of it depends in the weather.â€? Reynolds said he’s just as excited that the grant also includes $100,000 for each high school for academic enhancements, and credits Superintendent James McIntyre for asking that a portion of the funds be channeled to academics. Central’s assistant principal and athletic director, J.D. Lambert, said the new field will be more durable and better able to handle extreme weather because it will drain more quickly than grass, and that it will be versatile enough for other teams, like soccer, to be able to use it, as well. The drawing by Mark Packer, sport anchor at WVLT-TV, resulted in Powell and Fulton getting fields in mid-March, Bearden and Farragut in early May, and Central in June.

Five schools (Austin-East, Bearden, Gibbs, Halls and SouthDoyle) currently have tracks that need to be replaced. New tracks are part of the field enhancement, which will come over 36 months. Will Haslam said the gift honors his grandfather, Pilot founder Jim Haslam II, and the more than 1,200 Pilot Flying J team members who live and raise their families here. At the February school board workshop, Lynne Fugate questioned Will Ferguson with Baseline Sports Construction about the life expectancy of the fields. He said the limited warranty is eight years and the industry average is 10 years. “With the maintenance protocol we’ve proposed (inspections and decompression every

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Scott Hamilton on a mission as cancer activist And he skated. Over the next decade he would win four consecutive U.S. championships (1981–1984), four consecutive world championships ( 1 9 8 1 – 1984) and a gold medal in the 1984 Oly mpics. For 20 years, he worked to raise money for cancer research. At that time, says Hamilton, the money drove the science. “You would give people financial resources, and they would go out and try to find out something. Then they mapped the genome,

and then, wow, the science is now 20 light years away from the money. I knew I needed to bring more into the equation.� Almost 20 years to the day his mother died, Hamilton found out he had testicular cancer and later developed a brain tumor. “I survived, and then I became an activist,� says Hamilton. “It was different now. I understood the cancer community better. I understood what chemotherapy feels like; I know what a big massive surgery feels like. I know what radiation feels like, what it does.� The result is the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation. Through CARES (Cancer Alliance for Research, Education and Survivorship), Hamilton takes a multi-level approach that includes fundraising, advocacy, patient care and looking beyond the status quo for To page A-3 2704 Mineral Springs Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917 Ph. (865) 687-4537

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A-2 • FEBRUARY 17, 2016 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news

First Tennessee is business spotlight By Sandra Clark The spotlight beamed on First Tennessee last week as the Fountain City BPA recognized a local business. Dana E. Gibson is the financial center manager in Fountain City. Kimberly D. Heisey is a bank vice president and the small business banking manager for the East Tennessee market. The women distributed a booklet, “You First,� listing the financial services available. First up was a promotion for First Tennessee Visa debit card in a variety of jazzy designs. The cards can be ordered online or at the branch. Checking accounts come in six varieties, and there are mobile apps to enable 24/7 access from your phone. Loan options include car loans, home improvements,

leasing and credit cards. Finally, FTB advisors are available to discuss the five stages of managing wealth: Build, protect, adjust, distribute and transfer. This includes retirement planning, establishing a trust and more. Essentially, First Tennessee today performs the functions of its local predecessor, Fountain City Bank, when Claude Myers, Jack Ailor, Jim Bunker, David Smith and Evelyn Spitzer were in Kimberly D. Heisey, vice president and small business banking charge. But it’s slicked up manager for First Tennessee, and Dana E. Gibson, branch man- with fancy brochures, online ager for First Tenn in Fountain City. offerings and many more bankers. It’s still in Fountain new home mortgage or re- ment solutions including City, though, and Dana Gibfinance, and credit card or inventory to help businesses son looks forward to making personal loan to cover unex- optimize cash flow. Special new friends. ■Regina Reed said the pected expenses. Gift cards financial center represenfrom Visa are available for tatives can explain the op- annual Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, March 19, in purchase at the branch. tions. For businesses, First TenBusiness services are Fountain City Park. Volunnessee offers a comprehen- outlined on Linkedin. They teers are needed. Call her at sive range of cash manage- include lines of credit, loans, 865-938-7750.

Sylvia Cook grows a neighborhood Sylvia Cook has always had the heart of a civil servant. She followed her family to Knoxville a few years ago, bringing along her expertise in all things community related.

Cindy Taylor When her East Knoxville neighborhood began looking at forming a Neighbor-

hood Watch it made perfect sense for Cook to lead it. Cook called the first Eastport/Lee Williams Neighborhood Watch meeting in November 2013 with seven residents present. “I was told it would never work and that a Neighborhood Watch was not wanted here,� said Cook. “We are going on our third year and have grown and flourished tremendously.� Within the first nine months after the group was established, Cook had representatives from KEMA speak on emergency procedures, Eastport/Lee Williams Neighborhood Watch secretary Carrie gave out exercise manuals and DVDs and set up basic Gayle and president Sylvia Cook Photo by Cindy Taylor computer classes. The Eastport/Lee Williams Neighborhood Watch has now almost tripled in number. “When I was younger I worked with neighborhood affairs in Chattanooga along with my parents so I have always been involved with community,� said Cook. “Af ter moving here I realized

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Celebrating 225 It’s a birthday party ‌ but not for Jim Tumblin. Calvin Chappelle, pictured here with Tumblin and Eric Wolburg of Commercial Bank, visited the Fountain City Business and Professional Association last week. The city of Knoxville’s 225th birthday is Oct. 3, 2016, and Visit Knoxville is coordinating a yearlong celebration with festivals and special events. Info: 225visitknoxville.com or 865-951-6614. Photos

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learn how to write the grant proposal. Her neighborhood was chosen by the city of Knoxville Office of Neighborhoods Small Grant Program to receive the $1,500 grant. East Tennessee Community Design Center serves as the group’s financial sponsor for the grant. The money is being used for a community newsletter Cook says will greatly benefit the residents and a computer lab scheduled to open soon at the Lee Williams Center. The computers are expected to arrive this week. Cook says her responsibilities are far from over. She believes we all need to continue working together in our neighborhoods. “Church and neighborhood are really important in life. Everyone should be involved in those. When people tell me something isn’t going to work I just tell them to stay away from it. I intend to double and even triple what our neighborhood has accomplished.�

that the tenants of my community in Knoxville needed something to occupy their time that would be enjoyable and constructive.� Cook says that people sometimes forget about the elderly after children grow up and leave. She says after retirement sets in there is often no longer anything to do. She has graduated from the Knoxville Citizens Police Academy and says all those involved in a Neighborhood Watch should consider going through the academy. Carrie Gayle is acting secretary for the Neighborhood Watch. “Sylvia has put her all into the Neighborhood Watch from the very beginning,� said Gayle. “We have already seen a number of positive changes because of the Neighborhood Watch.� A few months ago Cook was encouraged by local officials to apply for a grant to help her neighborhood, The Residents at Eastport. She attended workshops to

McNabb to honor Kershaws George and Cheryl Kershaw will be honored at the annual Spirit Award Dinner benefiting the Helen Ross McNabb Center. The event will start at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, at the Knoxville Convention Center. The Spirit Award Dinner began in 2004 to recognize individuals who have supported the efforts of the McNabb Center and have worked to improve their community as a whole. George and Cheryl Kershaw have made a long lasting impact on the East Tennessee community. George, in business and as a veteran, and Cheryl, an educator and community leader, have both improved lives by dedicating their talents and time to the community,

Fort Sumter Cemetery news

The annual meeting of the Fort Sumter Community Cemetery and the community will be 7 p.m. Thursday, March 17, at the Cemetery office, 4828 Salem Church Road. The annual report will be provided and discussed. The community is encouraged to attend. The Cemetery is accepting bids for seasonal mowing until 5 p.m. Tuesday. March 15. Info/bid forms: 660-6949.

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said McNabb CEO Jerry Vagnier. George Kershaw helped develop the center’s annual golf tournament, chairing it from 1995-99. Info/tickets: mcnabbcenter.org or Beth Farrow at 865-329-9030 or beth.farrow@mcnabb.org

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Celebrating the ‘White House’ By Sarah Connatser The sign reads “Community Center,� but given the vision and hard work of Janice White to create a gathering place for folks in Heiskell and Powell, perhaps “White House� is a more descriptive moniker. White spoke last week to the Powell Business and Professional Association, meeting at Jubilee Banquet Facility. The Community Center that she envisions is a place where older folks can come to get out of the house and spend some quality time doing exercise, socializing or playing games. The senior center will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays. At other times, the building will be rented for community events. White spoke of her extensive involvement with the Heiskell United Methodist Church and how her group, The Heiskell Community Organization, raised upwards of $100,000 over a decade and more. This remarkable fundraising led to a plan for the surrounding communities – a community center where everything comes together. With the help of Laura Bailey and Justin Bailey of Knoxville Realty, the Heiskell Community Organization bought what used to be the Wheeler School of Karate, located just off of West Emory Road in downtown Powell, and took steps to renovate the whole building. They’re currently installing new bathrooms, a new kitchen, improved flooring, and fresh paint to make the area’s first senior center. The work is expected to be fully finished in early April, but that doesn’t stop

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Janice White thanks county commissioner Charles Busler for his help in securing a place for the Heiskell Seniors to meet.

White. She holds a free lunch for seniors on every second Thursday, with the next one being on March 10. She has big plans for the center. White wants the place to be as welcoming and fun for senior citizens as it can be. She’s made room for exercise programs, seminars, guest speakers, Bingo and even line dancing. The speakers will be elected officials, including county commissioners, and others involved in the community. White said, “(Seniors) won’t ask for help, so come see what we can do for them.� There will be a speaker before every lunch on the second Thursday of each month. White also encouraged volunteering. Volunteers are welcome to walk in and help out with anything, from serving snacks and coffee to patrons, to talking and playing games with them.

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treatment and patient education. His partnership with Provision Center for Proton Therapy, where he is also a board member, is part of that mission. “Chemotherapy extended my life,� Ham- Michael W. Smith Kristi Yamaguchi ilton is quick to say. “But I am looking for the day toring program, 4th Angel that we teach our own bod- Mentoring, with more than ies how to get rid of cancer. 800 mentors in all 50 states. That’s the game changer. His own experiences, “In the meantime, we coupled with his fame and need to just keep lifting contacts, give him a good the bar. Proton therapy is a platform to be an activist, prime example of lifting the says Hamilton. bar. It is phenomenal tech“I heard Danny Thomas nology that treats the can- say something years ago cer and spares the patient that put a lump in my throat collateral damage.� the size of a football,� says He doesn’t give medi- Hamilton. “He said: ‘Watchcal advice, Hamilton says. ing St. Jude Children’s Hos“I just want people to be pital grow lets me know why practical. Getting that diag- I was born.’ We all want to nosis is scary, life-altering. know what our identity is in But the more you know, the this big world. more you get out and get “I have had some pretty opinions and information, great experiences and some the better your decisions pretty horrible experiences will be. Do your homework.� in my lifetime, but there is The many components something about this that of CARES helps cancer pa- makes me believe that evtients do that. Information erything I have ever experion chemocare.com outline enced was to allow this to be every drug and side effect successful.� so patients know what to Info: scottcares.org or expect. There is also a men- provisionproton.com

Loving the new Community Center Sisters Joan Freeman and Donna Yardley serve up desserts for the Heiskell Seniors during the Valentine’s Day celebration.

By Ruth White

The Heiskell seniors met in their new Community The center is also looking Community Center brings Center last week and the for sponsorship and support all people together. “Take group was thrilled with the from businesses and the advantage of it, come see building and location. communities themselves to it. We won’t turn anybody A lot of work had been help fund the center. down.� completed by Janice White, The biggest concern is acThe welcome mat is out at Donna Yardley and a host of cessibility, White said. The the White House. workers who have painted walls, put down new flooring and brought a homey From page A-1 touch to the former Wheeler Karate building.

Field of Dreams

Barbara Catlett and Alice Loy work the dessert table at the chili supper. The event is a fundraiser for the women’s league and a night of friends gathering together.

Frank Smith joins the Dave Hall Band for a few bluegrass numbers during the event.

History award nominations sought The East Tennessee Historical Society (ETHS) invites nominations from across East Tennessee for Awards of Excellence in the field of history. The annual awards recognize individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the preservation, promotion, programming and interpretation of the region’s history. The postmark deadline for award applications is April 8. Info/nomination form: 215-8824; eastTNhistory.org; East Tennessee Historical Society, PO Box 1629, Knoxville, TN 37901.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS ■The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville is seeking nomination for Poet Laureate for the city of Knoxville. The deadline for nominations to be received is Friday, April 1. Info/nomination forms: knoxalliance.com/poet.html, or send an SASE to Liza Zenni, Arts & Culture Alliance, PO Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901. ■“Peep Show!�: featuring art of the human figure in all forms, clothed, nnude and in between. Presented by Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Application is $5 per piece; limit three pieces per person. Drop off : 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Feb. 25-27. Exhibit on display March 4-26. Info: BroadwayStudiosAndGallery@gmail.com; BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com.

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Renovations on the bathrooms and other finishing touches will begin this week and the center will be closed for the month of March (with the exception of the monthly meeting on Thursday, March 10) to complete the work. The Community Center will open five days a week beginning in April. It will be open five days a week for activities.

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three years under a separate agreement with KCS) we want to get 12 years (of life). We want to push the limit.� Fugate said the “very generous gift� is appreciated, but, “let’s be real, folks.� There is a long-term commitment to maintenance and eventual replacement of the fields. “Twelve years out, this becomes a capital

item.� Ferguson said the fields will be similar with schools choosing colors and the mid-field logo. Central, Fulton and Bearden will take a letter (C, F or B) while Powell wants to customize with a Panther paw and Farragut with a star. That extra expense will fall on the school’s booster club.

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A-4 • FEBRUARY 17, 2016 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news

Dear Luke, all is forgiven There are some wonderful life lessons hidden in the happiness and hurts of sports. Please read this one closely. Sometime in the spring, Luke Anthony Hochevar, 32, one of Tennessee’s alltime baseball greats, will receive his World Series ring. He was the winning pitcher in the deciding game for the Kansas City Royals over the New York Mets. Those two innings in the clutch are, so far, the highlight of Luke’s professional career. In the background are big dreams, millions of dollars and huge disappointments.

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Luke was the No. 1 pick in the 2006 draft. The Royals paid $3.5 million in a signing bonus. The first contract called for $5.3 million guaranteed. So much was expected and so little delivered. There were many hurdles and about the same number of pitfalls. Hochevar struggled in the minors, got

promoted to Kansas City and struggled some more. A weaker man might have been discouraged. Some said Hochevar, for half a decade, was the world’s worst starting pitcher. There were supporting stats. In 2009 Luke had the highest earned run average (6.55) of all American League starters. His record was 7-13. In 2012, Hochevar’s record was 8-16 with an ERA of 5.73. He led the American League in runs allowed. In 2013, manager Ned Yost finally figured out that Luke wasn’t good enough to be in the regular pitching rotation. He was dispatched

to the bullpen. He exceeded expectations. For the first time in a long time there was a favorable outlook. It didn’t last. In a March 2014 spring training game, Luke suffered an elbow injury. That led to Tommy John surgery and a lost season. He watched as the Royals made it to the World Series – and lost. To compound that run of bad luck, his contract was expiring. It was the Royals’ opportunity to cut and run. In a strange turn of December events, they signed Hochevar, with his losing record, for two more years for $10 million. Amazing. Merry Christmas. Luke’s elbow healed. He regained lost strength. He rejoined the Royals in May.

He pitched well in relief. In the postseason, Yost called on him several times. The results were surprising – 10.2 innings without giving up a run. Maybe you saw the expressions when the last out was recorded. Luke Hochevar said of his manager’s faith: “One man’s belief is stronger than a million opinions.� At Tennessee, Luke was a 2005 consensus All-American (Baseball America, Louisville Slugger, Sports Weekly, etc.) and the winner of the Roger Clemens national pitcher of the year award. His 15 victories tied the school record. He set a single-season strikeout record with 154. He led the Vols to the College World Series. Twice the Dodgers draft-

ed him, out of high school and again in ’05. The second time they thought they had a deal. Between a phone agreement and when the Los Angeles scout showed up with a contract, Hochevar changed his mind. He sat out a year in hopes of better numbers. Along came the Royals. They chose Luke ahead of Evan Longoria, Clayton Kershaw, Tim Lincecum and a few hundred others. Together, they have somehow hung in there and weathered the storms. They are the champions. Marvin West invites reader reactions. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

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An attorney in Juvenile Court is a first-time candidate for elective office. Brandi Price announced her candidacy to oppose state Rep. Martin Daniel as a DemoBrandi Price crat from District 18. “Out of 99 members of the Tennessee House of Representatives, only 12 are women,� she said. More specifically, she supports Gov. Bill Haslam on InsureTN but opposes his efforts to Pellissippi State President Emeritus Allen Edwards, right, presprivatize/outsource state ents a shirt to Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow and Afghan native jobs. Angela Niazmand, who visited campus last week. Photo by Wendy Smith Info: 357-2013, 574612-3854 or votebrandi “If you can dream it, you portunity go to school, work price@gmail.com can do it.� or show our faces because of Afghan women are vic- our sex. But that continues tims of their gender, Ni- to be the reality for women azmand said. While gender around the world and we see provides an opportunity for high school graduates to equality has yet to be fully should never forget it. achieved in the U.S., it’s difOur country has its fair attend community college at ficult for American women share of darkness, and edu- no cost. It’s a rare privilege to imagine a world where cation is our light, too. We that should not be taken for we could be denied the op- are fortunate that Tennes- granted.

Education is a way out of darkness Afghanistan native Angela Niazmand was a good student who dreamed of being a doctor. But her studies were interrupted when the Taliban gained control of her country in 1996. Under their regime, women couldn’t attend school or work. She was married at age 15, a mother at 16 and a widow at 17. She rebelled against the regime by teaching elementary school students, primarily girls, in her basement. Today, Niazmand is a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow. The Fulbright Humphrey Program brings young and mid-career professionals from designated countries to the U.S. for a year of nondegree graduate-level study, leadership development, and professional collaboration. She spoke to students and faculty while visiting Pellissippi State Community College last week. She doesn’t remember a time when there was peace

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in Afghanistan. The Soviet War and resulting civil wars lasted from 1979 to 1992. But the five-year Taliban regime brought the darkest days for women in the country’s history, she said. In addition to restrictions on work and school, women were required to wear burkas that covered from head to toe. Niazmand was beaten by a stranger in front of her young daughter for wearing sheer socks with her burka. The decision to go back to school was hard, she says. She had to complete her upper grades before attending Kabul University. She graduated in 2006, learned English in 2007 and received a second bachelor’s degree

from American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) in 2013. She was acting registrar at AUAF for 10 years before being named a Humphrey Fellow last year. At the university, she worked to increase the number of female students by chairing the Female Enrollment Task Force. In the future, she hopes to complete a master’s degree and doctorate in higher education with the ultimate goal of becoming a higher education leader in Afghanistan. She thinks she can help her country by encouraging the education of women and children. “I have come to the conclusion that education is the only way out of the darkness,� she said. Her passion has influenced her daughter, who recently completed a bachelor’s degree and plans to go to graduate school. She shared a newspaper interview from a few years ago in which she spoke of her desire to study in the U.S.

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UT brass slow to own up to Hart trouble What’s it going to take for the University of Tennessee’s deciders to admit they’ve got a Dave Hart problem? Did they take a clue from the bombshell lawsuit filed by six unnamed w o m e n – one of whom the a l lege d victim of former UT Dave Hart football players A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams, who were dismissed from the team in 2014 after being charged with rape – which brought UT another dose of unwanted attention last week? The term “rape culture� is pretty much guaranteed to make news, and the story is an unfortunate follow-up to last summer’s news that the feds have included UT among the schools under investigation for violations of Title IX, the law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in educational institutions that receive federal funds. Were they irritated by the bill in the General Assembly aimed at forcing

Betty Bean UT to restore the Lady Vols name to women’s athletics teams? It made a lot of headlines before it was tabled a couple of weeks ago after the two sides worked out a “compromise� that appears to be tilted in favor of the Hart-led abolitionists, but the House sponsor can revive it at any time he chooses, and the session has a long way to go. Did they understand why they had to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by three former employees of the now-defunct Women’s Athletics Department – Jenny Moshak, Heather Mason and Collin Schlosser – for just north of $1 million in January? Have they added that to the $320,000 settlement paid to Debby Jennings, former sports information director for women’s athletics who sued for unlawful discrimination and retaliation when she was forced from her job in 2012? The tab comes to nearly $1.5 million – not

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“The Chancellor should issue a communication to all employees of the Athletics Department that threats against a University employee in an effort to impede the exercise of responsibilities related to student disciplinary actions and compliance matters would be a violation of the University’s Code of Conduct and grounds for disciplinary action, including termination of employment.� – Recommendation submitted in 2014 by the law firm hired to investigate the firing of the director of student judicial affairs.

much compared to the cost of buying out a failed football coach – but did it really need to happen? Do they remember Hart telling them he’d met with all the coaches and all the teams and gotten unanimous support for abolishing the Lady Vols name? Isn’t it embarrassing when an event like the softball team’s recent preseason meetand-greet turns into a Save Lady Vols pep rally after the crowd starts chanting “Lady Vols!� and players join fans posing for pictures displaying a “LVFL� (Lady Vol for Life) banner? Do they ever think back to Jenny Wright, the former director of student judicial affairs who was forced out of her job in 2013 amid a

swirl of rumor, allegations and innuendo (much of it administered by fan-boy sportswriters and homer bloggers)? She was cleared of wrongdoing a year later by the law firm UT hired to investigate the matter, but stories about her vindication were far outnumbered by the smears spread about her dismissal. Are they bothered by the allegation that Hart pressured Wright to ease up on athletes, and what do they make of the concluding recommendation in the 28-page Kramer-Rayson report? (See sidebar) If not, when are they going to start wondering how many times Dave Hart’s peed on their legs and told them it’s raining?

Carringer, Fugate show differences Michele Carringer really wants to be on Knox County Commission, but it’s hard for her to clearly say why. And last week, with a chance to appear with her opponents, John Fugate and Laura Kildare, at the Fountain City Business and Professional Association, she claimed a last-minute need to miss the meeting. Kildare, a teacher for Knox County Schools, sent a representative. She’s a candidate for the Democratic nomination, facing Cheri Siler, who has withdrawn from the race. Fugate relished the free exposure to Fountain City’s business community. He’s already racked up endorsements from the News Sentinel and the Knox County Education Association. He was a favorite at the BPA, too, serving as the club’s president and having been on its board for some 10 years.

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Carringer grew up in Fountain City, the daughter of Jack and Irene McCrary. Her mom served a term as chair of the Knox County Republican Party. Michele and husband Michael Carringer have two children, Christie and Kent, and a granddaughter. Fugate, manager of Commercial Bank in Fountain City, is from a family of educators. He holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from ETSU. Both candidates appeared on “Inside Tennessee� Sunday morning.

And that’s where the differences showed. Asked about the city and county’s $12 million subsidy to move Regal Cinemas from Halls to South Knoxville, Fugate said he wished Regal would stay in Halls. Carringer called it a good deal for Knox County to have Regal relocate to the waterfront. Fugate firmly supported construction of new middle schools at Gibbs and Hardin Valley, while Carringer said she generally supports community schools but favors a balanced use of capital money to create facilities parity among all schools, whether new construction or renovations. Fugate stressed his business background, while Carringer emphasized her passion for people and service. She has a lengthy list of service on nonprofit boards.

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Voters can hear and meet the candidates at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at Sterchi Elementary School. It speaks to the diversity of District 2 that school areas invited include: Belle Morris, Shannondale, Sterchi, Christenberry, Inskip and Fountain City elementary schools; Central and Fulton high schools; Gresham and Whittle Springs middle schools; and Kelley Volunteer Academy, Richard Yoakley Alternative School and the adult high school.

Grant Standefer talks funding Grant Standefer, District 2 candidate for school board, benefited from Michele Carringer’s absence at the Fountain City BPA meeting. John Fugate invited Standefer to take the empty chair. It was a Fugate-like gracious act, but it slighted Standefer’s opponent, Jennifer Owen, who was not invited to the meeting. Standefer had just shown up, but he made the most of the opportunity.

It was interesting to see two guys who obviously didn’t know each other very well discuss issues of funding, school priorities and taxes. Voters got a glimpse of how Fugate and Standefer, both first-time candidates, could work as partners to help residents of District 2. ■Standefer said after Wednesday’s meeting that he did not solicit the campaign donations of almost

$30,000 as of Jan. 15, that we wrote about last week. “That money just came in,â€? he said. “I only asked for one donation ‌ from a friend.â€? Hmmm. Must have been that Laurens Tullock email solicitation we wrote about a couple of weeks back. We raced home and found the email. Sure enough, every “maxed outâ€? donor –$3,000 for a couple – to the campaigns of Buddy

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The current legislative session is taking a lot of time for the higher ups at UT Knoxville. Legislators are genuinely unhappy with the university. Some students, faculty and administrators as well as trustees are unhappy with legislators. Some of this is personal. Some is based on policy. Some is based on UT management being tone deaf when it comes to appreciating the role legislators play, and especially the ones from Knoxville. UT won the battle for now over the Lady Vols name change when State Rep. Roger Kane and Sen. Becky Massey withdrew their bill to force a return to the long-standing name. The so-called compromise is just that, “so-called.� UT got its way. The compromise is not much more than a fig leaf. Lady Vol fans, who know the issue, are disappointed. Their feelings will persist for a long time. Prior to the announcement on Feb. 1, there was a three-hour meeting the day before (Sunday afternoon) the session beginning on Monday in Chancellor Jimmy Cheek’s office on campus. It was attended by Massey, Kane, state Rep. Harry Brooks, Anthony Haynes (UT lobbyist and vice chancellor paid $184,000 a year), UT board vice chair Raja Jubran and Cheek. This action followed Gov. Haslam’s chief lobbyist working the Legislature against the bill. Haslam is chair of the board but seldom attends meetings. Trustees were enlisted by UT to call their legislators to oppose it. Word is that David Hart threatened to resign if the repeal bill became law. Kane probably had the votes to pass the bill in the House but Massey may not have had the votes in the Senate Education Committee. Massey and Kane should not be criticized for dropping the legislation but praised for raising the issue in Nashville. They represented their constituents well and fought hard against the odds. Many Lady Vols backers feel Dave Hart is insensitive to women’s issues. He is not from Tennessee and has little understanding of East Tennessee. Many feel he will return to Alabama on retirement. There is evidence to back this up. Hart’s decisions on several female employees have cost the

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UT athletic program over $1.5 million in settlement fees for four separate lawsuits dealing with gender discrimination. While UT claims this is not taxpayers’ money, it is still money from gifts not intended to cover bad management decisions with female employees. Clearly Hart does not get the message when it comes to women’s concerns and issues but the board and administration seem unwilling to challenge him. ■Another piece of bad news for UT is Margie Nichols’ retirement as vice chancellor for communications right after being placed in charge of Nichols the Internet postings from the Office of Diversity, led by the embattled Rickey Hall. This assignment poses all sorts of issues. She actually knows Knoxville and our culture. There is speculation that she has had enough in not being listened to by UT and wanted out. She would not say that nor would management acknowledge it, but the feeling is there. For the record, she says she wants to spend time with her husband, John Gill, who now works only a few days a week at the District Attorney General’s office. Nichols is 62 and Gill is 73. She is expected to stay at UT until May. Furthermore, who will replace her? Will it be someone from Tennessee or will we once again go out of state? This will be a critical decision for UT in terms of how UT is presented to the total community. ■Justice Scalia: Joan and I recall vividly that Justice Scalia was our last house guest at our Residence in Poland in September 2009 prior to our return to Knoxville. He was there to accept an award from the Polish government. Literally we were packing out during the two nights he stayed with us, but he was a warm and engaging guest with the many Polish jurists he met and he represented the USA well.

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SENIOR NOTES ■ Corryton Senior Center 9331 Davis Drive 688-5882 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Hours vary Offerings include: exercise classes; card games; billiards; Senior Meals program, 11 a.m. each Friday. Register for: Main Munch Potluck: Valentines Day Party (Pasta), 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb.18. New exercise class: Strong Core Balance Class, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, with Certified Personal Trainer Kay Myers.

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4405 Crippen Road 922-0416 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Hours vary Offerings include: card games; exercise classes; dance classes; craft classes; Tai Chi; movie matinee each Tuesday; Senior Meals program, noon each Wednesday. Ballroom dance, 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27; live music provided by the David Correll Band; admission $5 per person.

at Sherrill Hills Sherrill Hills maintenance person Dave Peretta pushes a patriotic float with resident R.J. Seale riding in a historical costume, greeting other residents by raising his cane high in the air.

Register for: “A Matter of Balance” classes: free sixweek series begins 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17. Super Seniors meeting, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23; speaker: Missy Kane. ■ Knox County Senior Services City County Building 400 Main St., Suite 615 215-4044 Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

By Sara Barrett Sherrill Hills brought New Orleans to its residents Feb. 9 during its second annual Mardi Gras celebration. Residents, their family members and facility staff dressed in their festive best. A colorful parade of handmade floats traveled up and down the main hallway, its arrival announced by a trio of horn players at the front of the line. Float themes included The Little Mermaid, The Kentucky Derby, a pirate ship and a tiki bar. Parade

participants handed beads, masks, candy and other treats to spectators on both sides of the hall. After the parade, residents were treated to Happy Hour with drinks and hors d’oeuvres while a jazz band played on stage. A traditional Cajun dinner was served to top off the event. Plans are already underway for a St. Patrick’s Day party coming up in March. Sherrill Hills is located at 271 Moss Grove Boulevard. Info: sherrillhillsretirement. com

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Home Instead Senior Care owner Amy Hull and employees Sherry McDonie, Linda Vineyard, Di- Gentleman Widowers Club members Jim Bergin, Hank Albert xie Morton, Herbanna Dickinson and Delane McCandless hand beaded necklaces to residents and Don Olson dance along behind one of the floats in Sherrill from their parade float. Hills’ Mardi Gras parade. Photos by S. Barrett

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Fairview Baptist: ‘Simply, supernaturally, incredible worship’ By Cindy Taylor The Rev. Jeff LaBorg was a minister long before God called him to Tennessee to pastor a local church. On Feb. 7, LaBorg celebrated one year as senior pastor at Fairview Baptist Church. “We were serving a wonderful and fast-growing congregation in North Carolina when Fairview Baptist contacted us,� he said. “I had never heard of Fairview Baptist but after meeting the pastor search team my heart was deeply moved and my spirit was stirred.� LaBorg said he knew God was up to something that would most likely involve the investment of the rest “When I visited the church for the first time God spoke clearly, putting a love for the people of the church and the community in our hearts. He revealed through His word and the Holy Spirit His vision for the future of His church.�

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LaBorg says the Lord has given him the heart of a New Testament pastor and the cry of an Old Testament prophet. He says his passion is to be a faithful preacher of the Word of God and a loving pastor to his people. He brings the background and the credentials to be both and more.

LaBorg holds both an associate’s and bachelor’s degrees from Liberty University; a master’s from Liberty Theological Seminary and a doctorate from Immanuel Baptist Seminary. He is completing his second master’s, in advance prophetics, from Louisiana Baptist Theological Seminary and has begun working toward a second doctorate. He and wife Kristi married 24 years ago. They have a son and a daughter who are both following God’s call to specific ministry. Though not an East Tennessee native, LaBorg says he claims the state as his home. “I remind my sheep at Fairview that while I am not from here I got here as fast as I could.� The church is leading a teaching tour this fall to Israel. LaBorg says the tour’s focus is on biblical prophecy, the events surrounding

Holston UMC plans special weekend By Carol Z. Shane The United Methodist Women of the Holston Conference are gearing up for a very special weekend. On March 12 and 13, they’ll be attending a “Sisters in Service� contemporary worship retreat in Sevierville. The theme is “Service with a Smile: Experiencing Joy in the Midst of the ‘Everyday.’ � “Happiness is an outside job. Joy is an inside job,� states the brochure for the event. “You probably learned that a long time ago. But there are questions: How do you and I live a life of joy and service when ‘life’ gets in the way? Am I expected to serve God daily when my life seems like a series of cartwheels, trapezes and the balance beam with no net below to catch me when I fall/fail?�

Special guest for the weekend will be Beth Green of Kingsport, author of the blog “Life in the ‘GreenBeth Green house.’� A United Methodist minister’s wife, she is known as an inspirational singer, songwriter and comedian. “She plays the guitar and is so flexible in terms of what we want,� says Peggy Dalton, the UMW conference membership nurture and outreach chair. “We will have a good time. It’s going to be ‘wow!’� In addition to inspirational songs and stories, there will be “hands-on� time for activities such as making prayer bracelets,

shopping or just getting to know new friends. Dalton says that though the event features topics of interest to the young working woman, “it’s intergenerational. We take people from 13 to 103.� According to the brochure, anyone “young and young at heart� will experience “a marvelous time for women of every generation to find joy in the company of each other while hearing from Beth how to experience joy in everyday life.� And “you don’t have to be a Methodist to come,� adds Dalton. Interested women are invited to contact Dalton at hpdalton@musfiber. com or 423-581-4743 “Let’s come together and find out how God expects us to experience joy in everyday life,� says the brochure. “It can happen!�

South churches join for Ash Wednesday Congregations from Colonial Heights United Methodist, Lake Forest Presbyterian and Graystone Presbyterian churches joined Feb. 10 for a combined Ash Wednesday service. Participants collected an offering for Family Promise Ministry, which helps local homeless families. The Rev. Jim Lunde of

Graystone preached the “May we all experience a sermon titled, “Sound the holy Lent.� Alarm.� The Rev. Daniel Ogle of Colonial Heights said, “The mark of the cross that we Taylor have on our foreheads reLawhorn minds us of our need for God wears and God’s longing to lead us the mark back to Him. of the cross. Katie and Scott Montgomery

the rapture of the church and the second coming of Jesus Christ. LaBorg says he sees God moving in a powerful way in his church and the community. He says the growth of the church is creating some wonderful challenges in the areas of parking, seating, facilities and ministry. Members continue to pray and study multiple possibilities for the future and how best to minister to the people and community. “Fairview Baptist is a safe place for people of every walk of life to feel welcome and loved. The worship is simply and supernaturally incredible. God is at work in our midst and the Spirit of the Lord is doing a beautiful thing in the hearts of His people.� Fairview Baptist Church is at 7424 Fairview Road in Gibbs. Info: fairviewbaptist. com or 687-5648

FAITH NOTES Community services ■Cross Roads Presbyterian, 4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday. ■Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road, offers Children’s Clothes Closet and Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m. each third Saturday. Free to those in the 37912/37849 ZIP code area.

Classes/meetings ■Alder Springs Baptist Church, Hickory Star Road, will host a Men’s Retreat 7 p.m. Friday, March 4, and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 5. Ministers: the Rev. Mike Viles and the Rev. Jerry Vittatoe. ■First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788. ■Powell Church, 323 W. Emory Road, hosts Recovery at Powell at 6 p.m. Tuesdays. The program embraces people who struggle with addiction, compulsive behaviors, loss and life challenges. Info: recoveryatpowell.com or info@ powellchurch.com.

Stillness Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth. (Psalm 46:10 NRSV) Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say. (Will Durant) We Christians are good at praying. We have quite a lot to say to God. However, we are not so good at listening. God says, “Be still!� In other words, be quiet, and listen! God wants to hear from us, like any parent. God is pleased when we pray. However, God wants to be in relationship with us, and that relationship is a two-way street. God should not have to do all the listening. We must listen, too. How do we hear the voice of God? Our best source, of course, is the Bible, God’s Word for us. We need to read, study, understand, and take it to heart. One can do that alone, certainly, but it is also profitable to study it with others; our fellow Christians can help us learn and understand. I have immense respect for the Quakers, who know

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Fundraisers ■Women In Action of Mountain View Church of God will host its annual “Sweetheart Supper: 4:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Union County High School. Cost: $20/couple; $12/single. Carryout available. Each couple will receive a picture and heart-shaped Red Velvet cake. Proceeds go to family life center.

â– Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, hosts Morning Breakfast and Afternoon Hang Out for youth each Tuesday. Breakfast and Bible study, 7:20 a.m.; Hang Out Time, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Info: 6901060 or beaverridgeumc.org.

Music programs â– Fountain City UMC and Middlebrook Pike UMC choirs will perform an adult choir concert 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at Fountain City UMC, 212 Hotel Road. Proceeds to benefit scholarship funds supported by each church.

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Winning matches for the Red Devils were Tolliver Justice (113 lbs.), Chase Brown (120 lbs.), Chris Nielsen (126 lbs.), Herbert Lepper (138 lbs.), Sirrel Robinson (152 lbs.), Colton McMahan (160 lbs.) and Brent Buckman (182 lbs.). In the second round of consolation, Halls faced Gibbs High and fell to the Eagles, 48-21. Winning for the Red Devils were Chase Brown, Sirrel Robinson, Colton McMahan and Hunter Woods.

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Central’s Howard, Rocker sign with Georgetown College Central High celebrated the signing of two football players last week as Jeremiah Howard and DeMilton Rocker both committed to play at Georgetown College in Kentucky next year. Jeremiah has played running back and slot receiver for the Bobcats for four years. Although undecided on a major, he would like to study in the field of business or science while at Georgetown. He likes the smaller classroom ratio, the campus environment and the coaching staff at the school. When asked what he has learned from being part of the Bobcat football team, Jeremiah responded, “I learned to work hard. It’s like a job playing college ball

Gibbs wrestlers win three at state team duals In the first round of the TSSAA Dual Championships, Gibbs defeated Centennial 44-15. Winning matches for the Eagles included Cory Fouts (106 lbs.), Phillip Maxwell (113 lbs.), Landon Adzima (126 lbs.), Matthew Maxwell (132 lbs.), Noel Leyva (138 lbs.), Aangel Leyva (152 lbs.), Isaish Brooks (170 lbs.), Hunter Fortner (182 lbs.), John Lawson III (195 lbs.), Dylan Burkhalter (220 lbs. and Jonathan Davis (285 lbs.) In the quarter final match, Bradley Central squeezed by Gibbs, 3431. Winning matches for Gibbs were Cory Fouts (106 lbs.), Landon Adzima (120 lbs.), Hunter Fortner (182 lbs.), John Lawson III (195 lbs.), Dylan Burkhalter (220 lbs.) and Jonathan Davis (285 lbs.) The second round of consolation featured District 3AAA champions

Gibbs vs. District 3AAA runner-up Halls, with Gibbs coming out on top, 48-21. Winning matches for Gibbs were Cory Fouts, Phillips Maxwell, Landon Adzima, Matthew Maxwell, Noel Leyva, Angel Leyva, Hunter Fortner, John Lawson III, Dylan Burkhalter and Jonathan Davis. In consolation round three, Gibbs defeated Beech Senior, 35-33. Eagle wrestlers winning matches included Phillip Maxwell, Landon Adzima, Matthew Maxwell, Noel Leyva, Angel Leyva, Isaiah Brooks, Hunter Fortner and John Lawson III. In the semifinals of the consolation, Wilson Central defeated Gibbs 43-30 with wins by Phillip Maxwell, Landon Adzima, Noel Leyva, Christian Cook, Hunter Fortner and John Lawson III.

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and coach Rosser worked with us to be able to play at the next level. He also helped me grow as a young man.� He will miss the Friday night environment at Central and the friends that he has made on the team the most once he graduates. Celebrating with Jeremiah were his mom, Iesha Howard, his brother Elijah Howard, teammates and friends. DeMilton Rocker has played defensive back for Central for the past four

this new opportunity in his life and is thankful to share in the celebration with his mom, Kim Rocker, his dad, DeMilton Rocker Sr., brothers Josh Colvert and DeMetrius Rocker, teammates and friends. Coach Bryson Rosser is excited for the two as they Howard Rocker get ready to play at the next years. While being part of level. “This is a prominent D2 the football team, he learned school with a great record. that he will always have fam- Here are two great examily around. “We learned to ples of student athletes livforget about ourselves and ing their dreams. They have to love others. We are here worked hard in and out of the to protect our brothers and classroom and I hope they I know they will always be set a trend of what we expect there for me,� he said. from the athletes here at CenWhile at Georgetown tral. This is well-deserved College, DeMilton plans to and I look forward to hearing study business administra- more good things from them tion. He looks forward to in the future.�

Halls Middle honors 8th grade athletes Members of the HMS boys basketball team honored on 8th grade day are Trent Wilson, Logan Harbin, Landon Wells, Dylan Wires, Caden Tollett, Matthew Phillips and Colby White.

Halls Middle School eighth grade cheerleaders were recognized and honored for their support of the basketball teams and for showing school spirit. Pictured are: Caroline Dykes, Taylor Wood, Carly Minhinnett, Maggie Beeler and Katlyn Appling. Photos by R. White

Eighth grade girls basketball players at Halls Middle School were recognized during the last home game of the season. Pictured are Cassie Norris, Evie DePetro, Bailey Trumm, Sloane Baldridge and Cailin Weaver. The girls team won the regular season league championship.

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A family day of art The Knoxville Museum of Art’s Family Fun Day will be held 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, for all ages. Festivities will include art-making stations, artist demonstrations, face painting, continuous live entertainment, magic shows and gallery tours. Snacks will be available for purchase from the Soup Kitchen.

All art activities will relate to the “Knoxville 7� exhibit currently on display. The ongoing exhibition focuses on a group of progressive artists who influenced East Tennessee’s arts scene from 1955-1965. Admission to Family Fun Day is free, and family members of all ages are encouraged to come along. Info: knoxart.org

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Jennifer Higdon: Hometown By Carol Z. Shane In 1982, as a young pianist fresh out of grad school living in Maryville, I got a call from a Heritage High School s e n i o r wanting to know if I’d accompany her flute recital. S h e ’ d Higdon taught herself the instrument, starting in her freshman year. “And she’s already playing Bach sonatas?� I thought, looking over the program. It was clear that this was no ordinary music student. She’d also programmed an original composition – a solo flute piece called “Night Creatures.� I liked it so much that I asked for a copy of the sheet music. I also hung on to the program, fortunately. The young musician, who has since gone way beyond playing flute recitals, was Jennifer Hig-

don – now one of the world’s most acclaimed living composers. Her violin concerto won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 –the same year her percussion concerto won a Grammy. She’s received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Koussevitzky Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and ASCAP, among others. In August of 2015, her opera, “Cold Mountain,� based on the book by Charles Frazier, was premiered to all-sold-out performances in Santa Fe, N.M. This month marks its East Coast premiere in Philadelphia, where Higdon has lived and worked for the last 30 years. I was thrilled to be at the Feb. 5 opening night at the Philadelphia Academy of Music. Higdon is the type of person who maintains warm relationships with her old friends, and you’d never know there was a genius in the room unless someone pointed her out. “This is go-

ing to be soooo cool!� she texted earlier in the week. It was a heady night and a real triumph for Higdon in many ways. As a 20-something student working on her Artist Diploma in Composition at that city’s Curtis Institute, she marched to her own drummer. Not everyone “got� her music, and not everyone encouraged her. Now she holds the Milton L. Rock Chair in Composition Studies there. “Cold Mountain� has created a buzz in the opera world and earned the blessing of Charles Frazier himself, who was also at the Philadelphia premiere. She has her own publishing company, run by her wife, Cheryl Lawson, who’s been by her side since high school. Higdon makes her living from commissions. Everyone, it seems, wants to perform her music. And this week, when the KSO performs her 1999 composition “Blue Cathe-

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dral� under the baton of conductor candidate Eckart Preu, she’ll be here. Also on the program are Richard Strauss’ virtuosic tone poem “Don Juan,� the “Piano Concerto No. 20� by Mozart performed by guest artist Alan Goldstein, and selections from the ballet “Romeo and Juliet� by Sergei Prokofiev. But the star of the evening for me will be our hometown gal, Jennifer Higdon. And she’ll undoubtedly be sporting her famous smile and having a great time with everyone. Because that’s just the way she is. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents “Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20,� part of the Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series, at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday and Friday, Feb. 18 and 19, at the Tennessee Theatre on Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. Tickets/info: knoxvillesymphony.com or 523-1178

‘Son of Saul’ searches for hope By Betsy Pickle Redemption is no simple matter in “Son of Saul.� In a world defined by evil, the protagonist has been an accomplice to some of the vilest acts imaginable – not by choice, exactly, but as the price for survival. When he sees the chance to atone, he takes it, seemingly not by choice, either, but out of obsession. Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign-Language Film, this intense Hungarian drama is set in 1944 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, where Jews and other targets of Nazi contempt are being brought for extermination. Shepherding them to the gas chambers are the Sonderkommandos, Jewish prisoners kept alive to load the bodies into the ovens of the crematoria, gather and sort personal effects and clean the blood out of the “showers� so the next group won’t panic prematurely. Numbly moving through the madness is Saul Auslander (Geza Rohrig), a Hungarian Sonderkommando surrounded by men of other nationalities. Speaking only Hungarian and a smattering of German, Saul is – as his name Auslander translates – a foreigner, an outsider. As the men remove the corpses after one gassing, they find a boy who has survived, though not for long. He was with a group from Hungary, and seeing him breaks Saul out of his usual fog. When the body is ordered to the autopsy room so a doctor can assess why

bers. He also based some of the plot on the same source material as was used for director Tim Blake Nelson’s 2001 film “The Grey Zone,� which focused more on the doctor and the insurrection. As with “The Grey Zone,� “Son of Saul� looks for a glimmer of decency amid the horrors of the Holocaust, a small act of humanity in the face of overwhelming evil. Though the approaches are radically different, they Saul (Geza Rohrig) puts aside his safety and that of other mem- are both gripping films that bers of the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz-Birkenau as he make powerful bookends. “Son of Saul� lets viewers single-mindedly pursues a sort of redemption in “Son of Saul,� resolve the issue of whether opening Friday at Downtown West. the boy is in fact the son of Saul or just a symbol of the boy didn’t die from the stand, making viewers feel hope. It really doesn’t matgas, Saul begs the doctor as helpless and paranoid as ter. The connection Saul makes and the journey it (Sandor Zsoter) not to cut he does. him open. First-time director Lasz- starts is the human factor Claiming the boy as his lo Nemes, who co-wrote that Nemes counts on to son, Saul wants to bury him the script with Ciara Royer, cross cultural and language according to Jewish custom. was inspired by the book barriers. Rated R for disturbing His frantic search to find a “The Scrolls of Auschwitz,� rabbi to say Kaddish coin- a collection of testimonies violent content, and some cides with the Germans’ by Sonderkommando mem- graphic nudity. acceleration of extermination efforts and plans for a rebellion by members of the Sonderkommando. Shot with shallow depth of field by cinematographer Matyas Erdely, the film stays with Saul almost exclusively, seeing what he sees – the endless piles of bodies, the cruelty and casualness of the German officers, the warped pecking order of the Sonderkommando. It also hears what he hears – the Babel of voices, the bark of gunshots, the screams of prisoners. The U.S. track star Jesse Owens (Stephan James) thwarts Hitler’s film has subtitles for Hun- propaganda machine at the 1936 Olympics in “Race,� opengarian but not for any dia- ing Friday. With Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons and William Hurt. logue Saul doesn’t under- Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and language.

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‘Titus Andronicus’ is masterful Pasternak has the bird-like beak and all the zany emotions and self righteousness you could want.

By Sandra Clark UT’s Clarence Brown Theatre has delivered a production of “Titus Andronicus� that makes us proud. Shows continue through Feb. 28 for this must-see experience. Director John Stipes says the play’s central idea is that when justice and rule of law are subverted by a pursuit of revenge, individuals are capable of unspeakable violence. “Even the most principled and civilized man (like Titus) can become barbaric.� Kurt Rhoads, visiting professional actor, carries the title role with a blend of pathos and bravado. He’s violent and even cruel in carrying out what he believes are the duties of a good Roman, while the Rome he has known and fought for has eroded in his absence. Adding to the general depravity of his homeland, Titus Andronicus brings home five captives including Tamora, queen of the Goths, her three sons and Aaron, her Moorish lover. These barbarians play by different rules – no rules – and Aaron is the most evil of all. As he brags at the play’s end, his hand was present in every evil deed. And there were plenty: you have murder, rape and beheading; you have chesthigh burial until starvation and bodies thrown to the angry beasts; you have tongues ripped out and hands chopped off; and there’s even a bit of cannibalism. With only two real roles for women, Broadway actor Carol Halstead (Tamora) and UT grad student Lindsay Nance (Lavinia) provide unforgettable performances. My favorite character is Charles Pasternak, the Emperor Saturninus, who plays Ted Cruz to a “T.�

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For those who can overcome his recent role as the demented elf in “Santaland,� the crowd favorite was professor David Brian Alley, who plays Titus’ only survivor – and that’s saying a lot for a guy with 25 or so kids – and the final emperor of Rome. It’s a new day ... or is it? And that’s what’s neat about Shakespeare. Sure, the clothes are different. The haircuts are odd. The language is often stilted. But the sharp characters he draws are with us today even as they existed 400 years ago. The play is a downer, but the players prevailed to earn a standing ovation on Saturday. Here’s a final shout out to the behind-the-scenes creative team of Bill Black (costume design), Kenton Yeager (lighting), Joe Payne (sound), Tannis Kappel (projection/media) and Christopher Pickart (scenic design). The stark set was perfect. Shows continue through Feb. 28 with a “talk-back� with actors on Sunday, Feb. 21, following the 2 p.m. matinee. The open-captioned performance is Sunday, Feb. 28, again at 2. The production is for mature audiences (although a neat kid, Jonathan Tilson, played young Lucius). You’ve got to bring along the kids, after all, for how else can you teach them family values? And this play is surely full of those.

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‘Preservation is good business’ By Sandra Clark Don’t expect tourists to visit to see your chains or big-box stores. “Tourists want to see what’s unique about Union County and East Tennessee. ‌ Historic preservation is good business.â€? Todd Morgan discussed preservation in the context of tourism and economic development at the Union County Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet Feb. 6. Morgan, who grew up in Morristown and now works for Knox Heritage and the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, said, “This place matters.â€? He praised the local “wonderful, grass-roots effortâ€? to save the Oak Grove School in Sharps Chapel. He encouraged those attending to read the essays of Tom Mays, and to appreciate the special plac-

es where they live. “Historic preservation is an essential tool Todd Morgan speaks at for creating places with a the annual banquet of the high quality of life, stable Union County Chamber of property values and tourCommerce. Photos by S. Clark ism appeal. “PLACES is an acronym that represents the six key components necessary to achieve success with historic preservation: Partnerships, leadership, advocacy, collaboration, education and strategies.� Awards and a live auction by Frank Beeler highlighted the banquet. Food City sponsored a “meet and greet� to start the proceedings, and dinner was catered by Curtis Petree and Lil’ Jo’s. The Union County Humane SoBlackburn Kadron ciety, represented by its leader Tammy Rouse, was named outstanding

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business of the year. Earl Loy of the Tri-County Veterans Honor Guard received the Steve Thompson Philanthropy Award. Loy said his group performs 50 to 77 funerals a year with 13 veterans each time. Tri-County is based in Union, Grainger and Claiborne counties but will work in Anderson and Knox if requested. Rebekah Kadron, a 4-H activist while in high school, won the Volunteer Star Youth Award, and Patricia Blackburn of Sharps Chapel won the Volunteer Star Adult Award. Mayme Taylor, vice chair of the chamber’s board, presented the awards. Rouse said afterwards that the award was a complete surprise to her and it lifted her spirits. “Just because you love a job doesn’t mean you don’t get tired.� Auction items included three pieces by the late Hazel Erickson and a 2-night stay at Hickory Star Resort and Marina, donated by Justin Noah, the chamber’s chair. Other officers are Jake McCollough, State Farm, secretary, and Kathy Chesney, Genesis HealthCare, treasurer.

First Lady Boutique opens at Tennova North First Lady, a specialty shop for women undergoing or recovering from cancer treatments, held a grand opening under new ownership of Angela Farmer last week. The Anderson County Chamber of Commerce participated. First Lady is located at Tennova North. Pictured are: Jerry Farmer, R. Larry Smith, Abbie Petercheff, Carolyn Farmer, Sarah Beth Followell, Angela C. Farmer, Rick Merideth, Khristina Followell and Norm Nelson. The model at left illustrates the new inventory Farmer brought back from market. She intends to stock stylish accessories and clothing. The shop also carries a variety of caps and hats for those who have lost their hair. Info: 865-859-7010 or thefirstladyshop@gmail.com

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At your service: Cheddar Holler A North Knox County couple have opened a most unique shop in Halls. Cheddar Holler opened in mid-December at 6625 Maynardville Pike in Black Oak shopping center, a couple of doors down from Backwoods Bistro. Michelle Franklin and Chris Schoening, originally from Wisconsin by way of Arizona, are the owners.

Michelle works in the shop, while Chris works in heavy collision repair for Grayson Subaru. “We have different flavors and varieties of cheese, but we’re really just selling cheese you can eat with crackers,� said Michelle, stressing the store is for everyone, not just gourmets. A popular item has been fresh cheese curd, brought

in weekly from Wisconsin, she said. The store also sells Sweetwater Valley Farms brand cheese from Philadelphia, Tenn. You’ll also find honey from Lenoir City and a honey jelly made at the store. Michelle also creates gift baskets and floral arrangements. Staying true to its name, Cheddar Holler carries

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Beth Stubbs leads 3,300 Rotarians By Tom King There’s another governor in East Tennessee whose name is not Bill Haslam. The 3,300 Rotarians in the 65 clubs of District 6780 – including seven Tom King K nox v ille clubs – are led by District Gov. Beth Stubbs, a Knoxvillian who is a long-time member of the Rotary Club of Maryville-Alcoa. The Rotary year runs from July 1 to June 30, so Beth is just more than halfway through her year and has visited and met with all of the 65 clubs and their boards of directors. Her last club visit was Feb. 3 at the Morristown Noon Rotary. “The level of work and what the clubs get done in their communities was really outshined by my getting to meet the Rotarians who are working so hard to make a difference,� she said. “When you visit the clubs it’s extremely heartwarming to meet them and feel their enthusiasm.� She’s a busy woman. Rotary is but one of her passions. She has her own CPA firm and serves on nonprofit boards, including

the Advisory Board for the Hearing and Speech Foundation. She is past chair and current treasurer of Asbury Place Inc. She also works hard at Church Street United Methodist Church. Beth joined MaryvilleAlcoa Rotary in 1991 when she worked in Maryville. She served as club president in 1999-2000 and as an assistant district governor in 2007-2010. She has attended 15 Rotary International conventions around the world and administered the polio vaccine during a National Immunization Day in India. Beth and husband Tony, a business owner, fellow Rotarian and insurance broker, have three children and three grandchildren. During her year, she is encouraging clubs to tell people about the great work they do in their communities. “We have so many wonderful things to our credit but we don’t do a good job of telling our story and highlighting the work that we do,� she said. As an example of the great work, she cites the Morristown clubs – Noon and Breakfast – that have invested approximately $350,000 in the community in the last 10 years to develop a recreational park. “The Fairfield Glade club

has projects that address all of the six areas of focus for Rotary, and that’s amazing to me,â€? Beth said. RoBeth Stubbs tary’s focus areas are: Peace and Conflict Resolution, Disease Prevention and Treatment, Water and Sanitation, Maternal and Child Health, Education and Literacy, and Economic and Community Development. “We have great clubs and great Rotarians doing great things,â€? Beth said. â–

eight varieties of cheddar cheese: mild, tomato basil, horseradish, ghost pepper, aged, smoked, bacon, and green & black olive. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays; and closed Sundays. Info: cheddarholler@gmail. com or 865-228-9072

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Turkey Creek Rotary will have a Poker Night fundraiser 6 p.m. Friday, April 8, at the new SouthEast Bank in Farragut. Tickets are $50. There will be door prizes and a silent auction. The funds raised will provide scholarships for technical school students and for uniforms for Vine Middle School students. Info: Matt Jerrell at mjerrell@ gemserve.com Tom King is a retired newspaper editor, a Rotarian for 28 years and past president of the Rotary Club of Farragut. He can be reached at tking535@gmail.com

â– Ed Curtis is the new CEO of Summit Medical Group. He joined Summit in 2014, most recently serving as chief administrative officer. Summit includes 230 physicians and more Curtis than 150 advanced practitioners. Curtis also will oversee Statcare, which includes 70-plus hospitalists and pulmonology physicians and 40 advanced practitioners who care for patients in six area hospitals. He and his wife, Cathy, reside in the Deane Hill community of Knoxville. â– Craig Peters will become president/CEO of Enrichment Federal Credit Union on April 1. A certified public accountant, Peters received his accounting degree from the Peters University of Kentucky and MBA from Eastern Kentucky University.

Elite Realty has 12 million dollar producers Elite Realty, 110 Legacy View Way, is celebrating its 23rd year. The number is 865-947-5000. During 2015, the agency had 12 million dollar producers, an industry standard of professionalism. Top three for listings closed were Andy Mason, Shirley Jones and Tausha Price. Top three for sales

He joined Enrichment in 2013 as executive vice president. He previously worked 30 years as a CPA in the financial services industry where he was involved extensively in credit union consulting and auditing. ■M. Wayne Hope is retiring April 1 after a 39-year career with Enrichment Federal Credit Union, formerly K-25 Federal Credit Union, including 22 years as its president/ CEO. Under Hope his leadership, the credit union has grown from $190 million in assets to $425 million in assets, serving over 41,000 members from nine locations. ■Salon Visage has been named to the Salon Today 200 by “Salon Today� magazine. The local salon is owned by Frank and Belinda Gambuzza. The 200 salons were profiled in the magazine’s January edition and were honored for best practices. Salon Visage was recognized

closed were Mason, Aaron Newman and Deedra Kitts. Tops for listings and sales closed were Mason, Jones and Kitts. Other million dollar producers from Elite are Sue McKnight, Amy Yarnell Dodd, Terri Stewart, Donna Beasley, Karen Bradshaw, Denise King and Dee Graves.

for its compensation and benefits. ■Mercedes-Benz of Knoxville was honored as MercedesBenz “Best of the Best� dealership for 2015. The program recognizes top performing dealers for performance in sales, service and parts, as well as excellence in operations and customer experience. “(This) is absolute proof that we have assembled a great team to provide an exceptional customer experience at all levels of our organization,� said Lee Ann Furrow Tolsma, co-owner of Furrow Automotive. Info: mercedesofknoxville.com

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

It’s a new day Radio host praises sleep center for his renewed energy “Rise and shine” is more than just a catch phrase for Bob Bell. The morning radio show host has to be wide awake and on the air at 6 a.m. every weekday, well informed about the day’s events and fully prepared to discuss them with listeners. Bell has a fun and gregarious personality, and that personality shines on Joy620 AM as he interviews guests and fields phone calls from listeners. But there was a time not too long ago when Bell was struggling to keep up with the early hours. Listeners never saw what was happening to him off the air after the caffeine from the early morning coffee had worn off, and after the microphone had been silenced for the day. “I would come home in the afternoon and I would hit a wall,” Bell says. Even after a daily nap, he could only muster enough energy to do the bare minimum of work, and there was little energy left after that for anything else. Anyone who’s worked odd hours on less than eight hours of sleep knows that it’s common to catch a nap once in a while to try and make up for lost time. The nap helps re-energize the mind and body for the rest of the day’s demands. But Bell had reached a point where there was no power in the power nap. Even after resting, he was sluggish. “I’m usually a very cheery kind of person,” Bell says. “I wasn’t being very cheery, and I didn’t know why.” He may not have known why at the time, but he does now. “I wasn’t sleeping,” Bell says. It was Bell’s wife, Meg, who found the key to unlock the mystery. Frequently awake because

Bob Bell’s treatment at the Sleep Center at Fort Sanders Regional has changed his life by providing more energy, better health and wellbeing.

of Bell’s snoring, she noticed that sometimes he would stop breathing during the night. She encouraged him to see his doctor. Bell’s physician recommended Fort Sanders Sleep Disorder Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. There, Bell could be monitored during sleep to see if Meg’s observations were correct, and just how serious the problem might be. “My wife says I sounded like a three-year-old kid complaining,” Bell laughs. “I didn’t want to go.” So it was with some trepidation that he went to the Center in December, and monitoring devices were put in place. Bell was left in a room with one simple task to accomplish – sleep. It was easier than he expected it to be. “They are extremely professional in what they do,” Bell says. “They’re very careful to tell you exactly what’s going to happen,

and what’s going to go on with the monitor and your heart rate and your breathing.” Being set at ease from the time he arrived helped him settle in and get comfortable enough to doze off. “You get a little intimidated when you first put all that stuff on,” Bell says, “but you get settled down in bed, you get tired and you do go to sleep.” He says the surroundings helped. “It’s not like it’s some antiseptic hospital room,” Bell says. “You’re in a very comfortable bed, you have a TV, there was a shower there, full bathroom facilities – everything’s there to make you feel at home.” Sleep Center staff even made sure he was awake in time to shower and get ready to go to work the next morning. Bell was impressed by the facilities and staff, and then he was stunned by the results that came from his stay there.

“Are you ready for this?” Bell asks. “The doctor there sat down with me, and he told me I ceased to breathe an average of 89 times an hour.” Bell had been missing the restorative sleep phase known as REM (Rapid Eye Movement). It was affecting every part of his life, from his energy level to his mood to his weight. Suddenly everything made sense. The diagnosis was sleep apnea, and Bell was prescribed a CPAP to help him breathe at night. He wasn’t excited about that, quipping, “Nothin’ says sexy like a CPAP,” but his mother-in-law recommended it, having had her own sleep success with one. As word got out about Bell’s apnea, he started hearing from friends and family members who were successfully sleeping with a CPAP. He decided to give it a try. “The first night I said, ‘I’m not going to be able to sleep with this,’” Bell recalls. “As I was thinking that and closing my eyes, I drifted off and I got one of the most refreshing nights of sleep I’d had in years.” Bell says the CPAP has made a night-and-day difference in his life. “My son came home from college and he could tell I have more energy,” Bell says. “He said, ‘Usually when I come home around

Sacrificing sleep If you try to wind down at night by scrolling through Facebook or catching up on emails, you may be doing yourself more harm than good. The director of Fort Sanders Regional Sleep Disorder Center says the very tools you’re using to wind down, could be windThomas Higgins, MD ing you up, instead. “That blue light is more of an alerting stimulus,” says Thomas Higgins, MD, director Sleep Disorders Center at Fort Sanders Regional. “So it’s a good idea to turn off all your electronic devices 30 minutes to an hour before you go to bed.” Another common barrier to a good night’s sleep is a hard day’s

work. Participants in a recent study who reported sleeping six hours or less at night usually reported working an average of one to two hours more per day than their counterparts who slept longer. You may be getting more hours of work in when you sacrifice sleep for your job, but Higgins says the quality of your work is probably suffering in the process. “Every part of the body is affected by sleep, including the brain,” Higgins says. “Emotional stability, concentration and alertness are affected, and things we learn are processed while we sleep.” Higgins says recent studies have shown that the brain produces chemicals while we’re awake that need to be cleared out during sleep. “If you’re not getting enough sleep, it can actually physically damage the brain,” Higgins says. “People who have sleep apnea and insufficient sleep are more likely to develop Al-

zheimer’s disease at an earlier age, depression, high blood pressure, diabetes and heart problems.” Sleep deprived workers are more likely to overeat, too. Higgins says insufficient sleep over a period of time affects brain chemistry and the hormones that help regulate appetite, so you tend to eat more high carbohydrate, fatty foods. While there’s no magic number of hours every person needs to sleep, Higgins says most adults should try to get 7 to 9 hours of shut eye, and teens should sleep for 8 to 9 hours every night. If you’re getting the recommended amount of sleep most nights but still feel sleepy during the day, you could be suffering from a sleep disorder. Visit fsregional.com/ sleepcenter to learn more about sleep disorders, and how the center may be able to help you get the rest you need.

noon you’re asleep, and now you don’t even think about sitting down till three or four o’clock in the afternoon.’” Bell says when he returned to the Sleep Center for a retest with the CPAP, he was happy to see the improvement on paper. Now that he understands how important a good night’s sleep is to overall health and wellbeing, he’s never going back to the sleepless nights he had before. “You know, if I’m eating right and exercising and trying to lose weight, I am hindering myself if I’m not getting enough sleep,” he says. Bell can’t help laughing about the first time he truly understood the difference a good night’s sleep has made in his life. On Christmas Eve, he remembers deciding to take a nap at the office before going to church. “My work was done, I sat down in my chair,” Bell says. “But I didn’t want to take a nap.” Afternoon naps had become so important to him that it was a little strange not to need one. He was alone at the radio station. It wasn’t quite time to go to the Christmas Eve service. He was at loose ends. “So I got up and cleaned the toilet!” Bell laughs. The Sleep Disorders Center at Fort Sanders Regional has given countless patients renewed energy to get up and live life instead of trying to sleep through it. If you think you or someone you love may be suffering from a sleep disorder, see a physician and ask for a referral. For more information, call 865-541-1375 or visit fsregional.com/sleepcenter.

Getting serious about sleep The Sleep Disorders Center at Fort Sanders Regional is serious about sleep. So serious that a big investment is being made in helping patients sleep soundly for better health. “We have all new equipment,” says manager Scott Vogt, MD. “It’s going to be higher quality testing, we’ll have better video, better audio, and better inputs from the patients we’re recording.” Experts at the Sleep Disorder Center monitor patients’ brain wave activity, eye movement, muscle activity from extremities and chin, heart rate, air flow in and out of the nose and mouth, chest and abdominal movement, and blood oxygen levels. The data is used to diagnose sleep disorders that may be keeping the patient from getting a good night’s rest. Vogt remembers a time when monitoring sleep meant using reams of paper and ink that would splatter on his lab coat if a patient moved or snored too suddenly. The new equipment will use the latest digital technology for the most accurate and environmentally sound results. The comfort level of the patients has come a long way, too. The Sleep Disorder Center now has Tempurpedic and Select Comfort Sleep Number beds in its testing rooms. “It’s exciting for us,” Vogt says. “And we’re usually treating two sleep disorders at once, because now the spouse gets a better night’s sleep, too.”

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B-2 • FEBRUARY 17, 2016 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news

Dozer Work/Tractor

Farm Products HAY, SQ. BALES, fescue, orchard, clover. Near Lenoir City, $3.75. Call (865) 806-0219.

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Vehicles Wanted

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Recreation

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Off Road Vehicles

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Home Maint./Repair

HANDYMAN

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Plumbing

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Hankins

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Farmer’s Mkt/ Trading Post Farm Equipment

Services Offered Air Cond/Heating

1998 MASSEY FERGUSON Tractor + implements. Exc. cond. All for $10,000. (865)933-6802

Farm Products

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FANNON FENCING HOMETOWN AIR “Back to the basics�

Lennox 17.00 S.E.E.R Heat Pump Financing Available

Pets

COLLECTION OF 70’S -Playboy & Penthouse & similar mag. Sell All or part please call James at (865)932-2787

Dogs Chihuahua Male 7 wks. Shots & wormed. Reg. Very pretty. $250 cash. cash. 865-240-3254 DACHSHUNDS MINI, AKC, 2 Males, $500 ea. Long Hair. Black & Tan & Chocolate. Shots & wormed. (865)266-0237 DOBERMAN PUPS, AKC, Sire XL natl & intl champ - 125 lbs, Dam Lrg Russian champ. - her sire was 2013 World Champ. $1000. Credit cards accepted. 615-740-7909 GOLDEN DOODLE PUPS, F1B Parents on Prem. Great Valentines gift. Only 3 pups left. 423-733-9252. GOLDEN RETRIEVER puppies, AKC reg, with wellness check, $600. stephengreek@gmail.com (423) 494-2345 GOLDEN RETRIEVER puppies, AKC, 1st shots, vet ckd, $650. 931-808-0293, or (931)738-9605 GOLDEN RETRIEVERS AKC- Vet Checked, shots, extras. $450. Will deliver. (423)676-7874 hbgretrievers@yahoo.com GOLDENDOODLE BEAUTIFUL PUPS. FOR VALENTINES! OFA/Champ lines, vet ck’d., farm & family raised, S&W, $950. www.berachahfarms.com (615)765-7976/Text 615-427-5210. GOLDENDOODLES F1 & F1B pups, CKC reg, UTD on shots, health guar. $1000. (423)488-5337. HAVENESE PUPS AKC, home raised, health guar. 262-993-0460. noahslittleark.com

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GENERATOR BIG 8500 watt, 2016, Honda elec. start. Batt. & whl kit incl. Never used. New retail $4995. Wholesale $3750. 1st $1850 cash, 864-275-6478.

UTILITY TRAILERS ALL SIZES AVAILABLE 865-986-5626 scott@knoxtrailer.com

MALTESE PUPPIES - 8 weeks old . Registered. Non Shedding. $800. (423)442-9996 MIN. SCHNAUZER PUPPY AKC, Blk/Slvr male. Very fancy, loving companion. (865)982-5681 POMERANIAN PUPPIES, CKC reg., all shots & worming current, $250 F, $200 M. (423)775-3662

PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles, Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots & wormed. We do layaways. Health guar. Go to Facebook, Judys Puppy Nursery Updates. 423-566-3647

GOLF CART 2007 Club Car Precedent, heater, cart cover, batteries 1 yr old, black, 48 volt, can be seen at Holston Hills Country Club by appt. $3200. 865-300-6751; 865-573-1858

Announcements Adoptions ADOPT: - Adoption is a gift of love. Active, financially secure woman will cherish your gift forever. I promise to provide your baby with a loving home filled with laughter and a stable future. Expenses Paid. Call Sarah 1-855-974-5658.

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Consolidation Loans

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Appliances

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Legals

NORTHEAST KNOX UTILITY DISTRICT -Board of Commissioners will hold the regular monthly meeting on Monday, February 22, at 8:30 a.m. in their ofďŹ ce located at 7214 Washington Pike, Corryton, TN. If special accommodations are needed please call (865) 687-5345.

Real Estate Sales

Cemetery Lots

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Lots/Acreage for Sale

PRESTIGIOUS WEATHERSTONE CONDO w/high end finishes. 3689sf, 4BR, 3 1/2BA, 2 car gar. Main level master en-suite, Granite, Stainless, Flat screen & whole house surround sound. Bsmt theater plus huge bonus & 35’ covered patio. $2500 per mo. Min 1 yr lease. 865-567-5758

BEAUTIFUL WOODED LOTS 18 MIN. W OF KNOXVILLE. 3 to 50 acres. $6000 per acre and up. (408)829-7398 FORECLOSED LOTS AND ACREAGE WITH OWNER FINANCING - L136 Wood Duck Dr, 0BR, Foreclosed lots & land: Rarity Grand Vista Tellico Fairfield priced @ 1/4 original. Acreage 1-100. Financed @ 4.5% guaranteed approval 517-416-0600 (517)416-0600

South 6 MI. N. OF MARYVILLE OFF 411. 115 Ostenbarker St. Delozier Estates. 3/2, $219,000. (941)779-7934

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2-4

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Real Estate Rentals Apartments - Furnished

Manufactured Homes

A CLEAN, QUIET 1 BR - Utilities, cable, Wi-Fi, smoke free, no pets, Ftn City, $550. (423)306-6518.

MOBILE HOME, 2 BR, 1 BA, appl. furn., W/D conn, no pets. $425/mo. 1st/ last mo. 865-556-2330

Apartments - Unfurn.

Waterfront Rentals

1 & 2 LG BR POWELL SPECIAL Now 1/2 rent. Water pd. Sec. bldg. al all appl., no pet fee, $520 /$570. 865-938-6424 or 865-384-1099.

1,2,3 BR $355 - $460/mo. RIVERSIDE MANOR ALCOA HWY 970-2267

OfďŹ ces/Warehouse/Sale

*Pools, Laundries, Appl. *5 min. to UT & airport

OFFICE SPACE- 600 sq feet. Located at 7632 Maynardville pike. Contact (865)898-8637

A Large Clean 2 BR apt. in Old North Knoxv. Conveniently located. No smoking/no pets. $625 mo. Dep req’d. (865)522-7552 BEST DEAL OUT WEST! 1BR from $375. 2BR $550-$695. No pets. Parking @ front door. (865)470-8686 BROADWAY TOWERS 62 AND OLDER Or Physically Mobility Impaired 1 & 2 BR, util. incl. Laundry on site. Immediate housing if qualified. Section 8-202. 865-524-4092 for appt. TDD 1-800-927-9275

1 BR Apt Now Available ELDERLY OR DISABLED COMPLEX A/C, Heat, Water & Electric Incl, OnSite Laundry, Computer Center & Resident Services Great location! On the Bus Line! Close to Shopping! Rent Based on Income, Some Restrictions Apply Call 865-523-4133. TODAY for more information

Retail Space/Rent 2 SALON BOOTHS FOR RENT in Diana’s The Hair Place. Good rates. Contact (865)898-8637

There’s no place like here Real Estate

Find yours at

Lenoir City - Avalon Country Club, 4 BR, master & 2nd BR on main, 3 full BA, LR w/frpl, DR, den, full bsmt, 3 car gar., $2650 mo. Immediate occupancy. (865) 712-6007

OAK RIDGE Must sell. 2 BR, 1 BA, 1200 SF on 1 acre. Currently rented. Lots of updates, new HVAC & water heater. $59,000. (865) 233-9172

Automobiles for Sale

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Automobiles for Sale

Condos-Unfurn PARKSIDE DR./LOVELL RD. Zoned HVA high schl, 2 BR, 1 BA, 1100 SF, secure loc., ready, $97,500. (865) 368-2375

Lake Property DEEP WATER cove, 2 acres off main channel in Blackberry Landing with new 2400 SF cov. dock, ready to build on, 5 min off S. Northshore. $379,000. (865) 368-2375

5 PC. BROYHILL Aireloom collection Bedroom Group - qn. sz, exc. cond. no matt., $475 firm. (865)523-9482.

Farms & Acreage

QUEEN MATTRESS SET - Queen Mattress and box spring. Still in plastic. $150. (865)801-7077

35 + OR - ACRES SNEEDVILLE, wooded, fruit trees, berry bushes. pond, $45,000. (610)838-0024

Guns & Ammunition

Manufactured Homes

M1 GARAND RIFLE - M1 Garand service rifle made in 1945. $900 (865)804-3030

I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES

Household Goods

For Sale By Owner

Lawn & Garden

865-544-1717; 865-740-0990

HOME FOR RENT 2201 E EMORY RD, Brickey/Halls 2BR/ 1BA small clean remodeled home. No pets. Hdwd floors, large lot. $650/mo first, last $500.00 dep. 865-621-7176.

Collectibles

NEW HOLLAND TN65 - 150 hrs! garage kept, like new. shuttle shift, rear hydraulics, canopy. (423)957-9194

4000 SF Office/Warehouse with dock & drive in, prime location Middlebrook Pk. $3,000 mo. 2000 SF Office/Warehouse drive in bay, Papermill, $1,300 mo.

FTN. CITY VERY NICE

RENTAL/SALE/OWNER FINANCE 4/3/2 1/2, Tellico Village, Panoramic Lake Vw. Clean! $305K, (774)487-4158.

BEDSPREAD w/drapes, burgundy & gold, queen size, had 1 year, just drycleaned, $350. (865) 945-1194

OfďŹ ces/Warehouses/Rent

2 BR, Hardwood Floors, Appls, Full basement, Cent. H/A, 2 Porches, lg. level lot, Great Neighborhood, No Pets. $750. (865) 579-1140

KARNS 2300 SF, 3 BR, 3 BA, new ACs & appl. w/warr. Lg. dbl yd, offering floor allowance, $204,990. Call or text (865)254-7109

Furniture

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

Homes Unfurnished

FUR COAT gorgeous black, full length, sz medium, perfect for Valentines. Sacrifice $295. (865) 539-0659

LG. BOX OF BASEBALL CARDS - some orig. wrapper. 30+ yrs. old. Make fair offer. (865)283-8568

Commercial RE Lease 672 SF, remodeled, office space or small retail. Off Broadway near I-640. Special incentive for long term lease. $550 mo. (865)696-9555

3BR, 2BA - New home for rent, C-H&A, W/D conn., off street parking, stove & frig. 3112 Landview, 37914. $750 mo. + dep. Call/text (865)455-4384

West

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

NORRIS LAKE HOME - Lg 1 BD, on 92 acre farm. $750 per month, Garage & boat dock available. 865-244-8870

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Clothing

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Duplx/Multplx UnFurn NORTH NEAR I75 FTN. CITY - Elder Apts. 1 BR, all ammenites, W/D conn., quiet, priv. No smoking, no pets. $475. (865) 522-4133.

WEST - family neighborhood, w/d connection, 3 bdrm 2 bath, fireplace $785.00 monthly no damage deposit, 1 year lease 865-216-5736

WEST, 2 BR, 1 BA, LR , great rm, kit., refrig., stove, DW, util rm w/W&D. Storage. No pets. Non-smoking. (865)591-6576

865-851-9053

2 LOTS SMOKY MTN Mem. Garden, Pig. Forge. Incl. lawn crypts & fam. sz. marker. $6000 val. Asking $3000. (865)654-6114

CONDO CLOSE TO UT HOSPITAL - 1930 Cherokee Bluff, 2 BR, Close to U.T. Hospital 2 car garage,gas appliances fireplace, Washer and Dryer. Gated with guard. Could offer furnished (865)809-6436

MORNINGSIDE GARDENS

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4BR, 2BA HOUSE 3.06 acres, 3 car gar, 4 stall barn, Greenback school district, Conv. to Lenoir City, Knoxville & Maryville. $210,000. (865)368-2802.

CEDAR LANE AREA - 2BR, LR, Kit, 1BA, appls. incl. $465 mo. + dep. Call (865)363-4263.

Public Notices Merchandise

Condos Unfurnished

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SHIH TZU puppies, AKC, beautiful colors, Females $600; Males $500. Taking deposits. 423-775-4016 STANDARD POODLES AKC - Ch. ped. Health guar. 8 wks. M $900, F $1000. (865)654-4977

For Sale By Owner

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HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news • FEBRUARY 17, 2016 • B-3

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SATURDAYS THROUGH FEB. 27 Sign-ups for spring league baseball and softball for ages 4-14u, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at Holston Ball Park, 5900 Asheville Highway. League fees: $60. Teams will play at several locations around Knoxville. Info: Julie Townsend, 659-6989; Randy Geames, 5255275.

MONDAYS THROUGH FEB. 29 QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30 p.m., The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free weekly comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other performance styles. Donations accepted.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

WEDNESDAYS, FEB. 17-MARCH 16, 30 Documentary Series: “Years of Living Dangerously,” 7-9 p.m., Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Viewing first five episodes followed by discussion. Info: Mitzi, 497-2753 or community@narrowridge.org.

THURSDAY, FEB. 18 Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.

FRIDAY, FEB. 19 Chili supper, 5-7 p.m., Corryton Community Center, 9331 Davis Drive. Tickets: $7; available at the door. Includes: chili, Petros, slaw, drinks, dessert. Take-out available. Proceeds go to the Seth Cate Fund. Chili dinner fundraiser for Union County Little League, 5:30-8 p.m., Maynardville Elementary School. Sign-ups available during the event.

SATURDAY, FEB. 20 Family Fun Day, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Free and open to the public. Includes art stations, demos, face painting, entertainment and more. Info: knoxart.org. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. “Probiotic Hoopla” cooking class, 10 a.m.noon, Clinton Physical Therapy Center, 1921 N. Charles G. Seivers Blvd., Clinton. Instructor: Camille Watson, Holistic Health Coach. Cost: $35. Registration deadline: Feb. 17. To prepay: Camille@camillewatson.com. Info: Kelly Lenz, 457-1649. Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagen, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. Saturday Stories and Songs: Molly Moore, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Recommended for birth to not-yet-walking. Info: 9476210. Sweetheart supper, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Union County High School. Cost: $20/couple; $12/single. Each couple will receive a picture and heart-shaped red velvet cake. Hosted by Women In Action of Mountain View Church of God. Proceeds go to family life center. Youth yard sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Central Baptist Church Fountain City, 5364 N. Broadway. Furniture, clothes, electronics and more. Proceeds go to CBCFC renovation efforts.

SUNDAY, FEB. 21 Silent Meditation, 11 a.m.-noon, Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-2753 or community@ narrowridge.org. Yoga, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel and water. Info: Mitzi, 497-2753 or community@narrowridge.org.

TUESDAY, FEB. 23 Community Leaders Forum, 4 p.m., Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office, 1101 Liberty St. Info: knoxlib.org. Homeschoolers at the Library Part 1: “Fossils in your Backyard” with paleontologist, Stephanie Drumheller, 2 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Registration required. Info/registration: 922-2552.

Dr. Naima Johnston Bush. Info: beckcenter.net, knoxlib. org. Big Read book discussion: “A Lesson Before Dying,” noon, YWCA, 420 Clinch Ave. Hosted by YWCA and Union Ave Booksellers. Bring bag lunch. Facilitated by Avice Reid. Info: ywcaknox.com, knoxlib.org. The Bits ’N Pieces Quilt Guild meeting, 1 p.m., Community Center, Norris. Program: “Favorite Quilting Tips” presented by the members. Visitors and new members welcome. Info: Mary Jane Berry, 494-7841. Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 5255431. International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers. org; on Facebook. “Spring Fever Basket” class, 6-9 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Sheri Burns. Registration deadline: Feb. 17. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts. net.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 The Foothills Craft Guild JuryFest. Membership applicants must reside in Tennessee, and crafts must be of original design produced within the past two years. Info: foothillscraftguild.org; Bob Klassen, klassenbob0619@gmail.com, or Ken Shipley, shipleyk@ apsu.edu. International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers. org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10 VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MARCH 10-11 AARP Driver Safety class, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Karns Senior Center, 8032 Oak Ridge Highway. Info/ registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, FEB. 25

SATURDAY, MARCH 12

Big Read book discussion: “A Lesson Before Dying,” 5 p.m., Beaumont Elementary, 1211 Beaumont Ave. Dinner followed by discussion. Facilitated by Indya Kincannon. Info: knoxlib.org.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, FEB. 25-26

TUESDAY, MARCH 15

AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

FRIDAY, FEB. 26 Film Night: “Making of North America: Origins,” 7-9 p.m., Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Popcorn and hot beverages provided. Info: Mitzi, 497-2753 or community@narrowridge.org.

SATURDAY, FEB. 27 Ballroom dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Live music by the David Correll Band. Admission: $5. Info: 922-0416. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Saturday Stories and Songs: David Blivens, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210. Saturday Stories and Songs: Sarah Rysewyk, 11 a.m., Fountain City Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers. org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, MARCH 17 Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.

SATURDAY, MARCH 19 Free beginning beekeeping class, 1-3 p.m., Treadway Fire Hall on Highway #131. Presented by Clinch Valley Beekeeping Association. Info/registration: Wanda Coleman, 423-944-3230. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

TUESDAY, MARCH 1

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23

“Basic Wire Wrapped Rings” class, 6-7:30 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Kathy King. For ages 15 and up. Registration deadline: Feb. 23. Info/registration: 494-9854; Appalachianarts.net.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers. org; on Facebook.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2

SATURDAY, MARCH 26

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers. org; on Facebook.

“Name Your Price” rummage sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Lighthouse Christian Church, 8015 Facade Lane. Limited exceptions. Benefits LCC Youth Group.

THURSDAY, MARCH 3 Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School library. Info: 992-5212.

FRIDAY, MARCH 4 Adrian Burnett Elementary’s Hoopalooza basketball game, 7 p.m., Halls High Gym. School staff vs WBIR Heartbreakers. Info: 689-1474.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 Free beginning beekeeping class, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., First Avenue Meeting Hall (across from Duncan Lumber) in New Tazewell. Presented by Bee Friends in Claiborne County. Guest presenter: John Hamrick, UT Extension agent and bee specialist. Lunch provided. Info/registration: Julianne Behn, 617-9013. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Weed Wrangle, 9 a.m. Volunteers needed to help remove invasive plants in Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness, at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum, Ijams Nature Center, and Lakeshore Park. Info/volunteer registration: weedwrangle.com and click on the photo of Knoxville.

MONDAY, MARCH 7 American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 3875522.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24

TUESDAY, MARCH 8

Big Read: Spiritual Songs – “The History of the Negro Spiritual,” 6 p.m., Beck Cultural Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave. A musical lecture/concert presented by

Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School cafeteria. Info: 992-5212.

MONDAY, APRIL 4 American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 3875522.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7 Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School library. Info: 992-5212.

TUESDAY, APRIL 12 Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School cafeteria. Info: 992-5212.

THURSDAY, APRIL 14 VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

TUESDAY, APRIL 19 Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30 SCHAS Union County’s Ride for Independence, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Li’l Jo’s Barbeque on Maynardville Pike. Fee: $20, single riders; $30, couples. Includes T-shirt and meal. Live music, silent auction and door prizes. Info: events@schas.org or 992-9886.

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