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Artist, leader Nita passes

Funeral services were held March 2 for Nita Buell Black, retired teacher and founder of the Powell Playhouse. She is survived by husband Jim Black and many relatives and friends. She was a lifelong member of Sharon Baptist Church. At Powell High School for 35 years, she was the drama coach and senior-class sponsor. Upon her retirement, the faculty named “The Nita Buell Auditorium” in her honor.

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See Nancy Anderson’s tribute on A-7

Halls boys fall in region finals Peyton Booker didn’t just fall down. The Halls High School guard is angling with the ball left of the key with 3.9 seconds remaining. A Powell defender moves in close, and there’s a collision, spilling both players to the floor. The call would decide the outcome.

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Knox County Parks and Recreation crews are at work in Clayton Park. Parks and Rec director Doug Bataille said the good weather last week “allowed us to get some people in there, and we were working on the footers for the restrooms and the picnic shelter and also were able to get into the water line.” Photo by Ruth White

See Stefan Cooper’s recap on A-11

TSD boosts literacy The night featured dancing, music, art, fellowship, cookies and cake and just all-around celebration when the Tennessee School for the Deaf hosted the Literacy Imperative for a program called “Black History: Art, Dance, Literature – A Valuable Cultural Experience.”

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Read Carol Zinavage on A-6

Biggest winner? Sandra Clark has fun with the upcoming county election by naming the big winners from Thursday’s withdraw deadline.

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Read the report on A-4

NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Halls Hall of Fame The Halls High Alumni Association is seeking nominees for this year’s inductees into the Halls Alumni Hall of Fame. Nominees must have been Halls High graduates for at least 30 years and have been successful at the local, state, national or international level in either business or public service. Info or to receive a nomination form, call David Wayland at 922-7615.

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Bounds wins as deadline passes By Betty Bean When Patti Lou Bounds started planning her school board campaign kickoff for Feb. 27 at Beaver Brook Country Club, she had no way of knowing that it would turn out to be a coronation. Bounds, who has taught for Patti Lou Bounds 23 years, already had made plans to retire from her job as a kindergarten teacher at Brickey-McCloud Elementary School at the end of this school year when she heard that incumbent Kim Severance wasn’t going to seek re-election. She and her

husband, Tommy, talked it over during Christmas break, and she announced her candidacy shortly thereafter. “I’m a lead teacher. I’ve evaluated teachers, and I’ve been evaluated. I’ve done Common Core. And I thought that, knowing parents and knowing kids, I would be an asset to the school board,” she said. Still, she was just as surprised as anybody else in Knox County to be the only candidate left standing in what she’d expected to be a three-way battle for the 7th District school board seat in Halls and Powell. But on Wednesday, R. Larry Smith announced that he was withdrawing from the race. On Thursday, Andrew Graybeal followed suit. “I am delighted, overjoyed, elated,” Bounds said. “There are

no words to describe it. I never anticipated that this would happen. When I heard that Larry Smith was going to have a press conference, I had no idea he was going to drop out of the race. On Thursday, we held our breath all morning, and around noon, somebody told me he’d dropped out. “One thing I’ve learned already is there’s a lot of speculation and rumors out there.” Bounds the candidate has been tight-lipped about the plans of Bounds the school board member, but on Thursday, she shared some policy views, from her perspective as a career teacher. “I’m not a big proponent of testing children that young (kindergarteners through second-graders). I see the effects it has on the children. We did that a few years ago when I was at Powell, and I would spend all year building

their self-confidence and here’d come the test and destroy it. It’s hard. It’s very hard – they’re just not equipped. I would really like to come in and be a voice for the kids and the parents and the community and the teachers, and not just the teachers. The custodians work very hard, and the cafeteria people work very hard. I’d like to be a voice for all of them.” Bounds said she plans to spend a day per week in each of the nine schools in her district. “It’s very important to keep in touch with what’s happening in the classroom.” Severance will serve until the new board member is sworn in Sept. 1. Two Republicans qualified for the 7th District seat on the County Commission. Charles Busler and Bo Bennett both live in Powell, as does Bounds.

BZA delays Tazewell Pike variance By Jake Mabe The Knox County Board of Zoning Appeals voted 5-4 to delay a request by Neyland Apartments Associates Five LLC for a waiver of the minimum required parkingstall area from 200 square feet to 162 square feet for The Cottages at Tazewell Pike development, a 280-unit apartment complex. The development had concerned nearby residents who are worried about stormwater runoff from the 28-acre parcel. County Commissioner Amy Broyles, who represents the district, told BZA that 11 subdivi-

sions and some 200 homes are nearby and that runoff drains into White’s Creek, a tributary of First Creek. She says the city of Knoxville has spent “tens of millions of dollars” addressing flooding nearby and doesn’t want to see the development “undermine the costly improvements downstream. “I’m not here to oppose the variance, just to ask that specific conditions be attached to it to mitigate flooding.” Developer Joe Fielden said he would be “more than happy” to sit down and talk with the neighbors “in an orderly fashion.” He also

observed that the only issue before BZA was the size of parking stalls; he wants to make them smaller than required, which would mean less asphalt and reduced runoff. Broyles said the underlying problem is RB zoning, a countyonly designation that does not require developers to submit plans to the Metropolitan Planning Commission for approval unless they are building 12-24 units per acre. “It’s a quirk in Knox County zoning. Commission tabled this contentious item in 1988 rather than deal with it,” Broyles said. Vice chair Markus Chady made

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City officials tout Farragut Hotel redevelopment Knoxville Redevelopment Director Bob Whetsel is bullish on the Farragut Hotel. More precisely, he’s extremely supportive of the Halo Hospitality Group’s proposal to restore the nearly 100-year-old building at the corner of Gay Street and Clinch Avenue as a hotel. Halo hosted an open house at the building last Bob Whetsel week. “We’re very excited that developers are exploring the opportunity to restore the Farragut to a full-service hotel with a restaurant, ballroom and a bar on Gay Street,” said Whetsel. “We have a building that’s been essen-

tially vacant for a couple of decades. This will put more people on the streets. It will help the convention center and bring more economic vitality to the community, potentially,” he said. Downtown coordinator Rick Emmett sees the numerous benefits of a restored 190-room hotel downtown. “It could be a catalyst for that next phase of downtown development,” he said, citing its strategic location a short block away from the streetscape project that is soon to begin in the 700 block of Gay Street. Add that to work under way on the former Baptist Hospital site at the south end of the Gay Street Bridge, and the relatively sluggish revitalization of the south end of Gay Street may soon become a thing of the past. – B. Bean

Heagerty relives Farragut memories By Betty Bean Greg Heagerty lives in Atlanta but has a boyhood full of downtown Knoxville memories, many of them entwined with the Farragut Hotel, where his father, Pat Heagerty Sr., was the last Knoxvillian to manage the place. A round, jovial man with an Irish gift of blarney, Pat Sr. was a lifetime hotelier who’d been the accountant at the Andrew Johnson Hotel the day it opened and was the last manager of the Lamar House when it closed. ■ Meeting Merv: Greg’s earliest Farragut recollection was when he was 5 and his father bet him $5 that he couldn’t get Kathryn Grayson’s autograph. She was in town for the world premiere

Greg Heagerty of “The Grace Moore Story” at the Tennessee Theatre. “Never one to miss a chance to make some cold, hard cash (it was 1950, and $5 was a considerable sum), I took him up on his wager, found out her room number and went up on the elevator

and knocked on her door. A young man opened the door and took a minute to look down at the tyke standing there. “I asked for Miss Grayson’s autograph (I saw her across the room). He closed the door and came back with her name scrawled on the piece of paper and sent me on my way. When I brought my prize back to my father, he tried to wheedle out of the bet with, ‘She didn’t hand it to you. You don’t know that she actually signed it.’ “I didn’t know for years the significance of the young man at the door. It was Kathryn Grayson’s costar, Merv Griffin!” When he was a little older, Greg was intrigued by

the International Visitors Center, a large suite leased by TVA to accommodate foreign visitors. Some were from developing countries, but the majority seemed to be Soviet civil engineers whom locals suspected of being here to spy on Oak Ridge and who in fact were not allowed to enter Anderson County. “It was eye-opening to my Cold War-era mentality that they weren’t monsters and, on the contrary, presented themselves on a personal level that was anything but the ‘Second World.’ ” ■ Civil Rights: Historian and civil-rights leader Bob Booker, then employed by TVA, lived in the International Visitors Center from 1964 until he was elected to the General Assembly in 1966. He says the Farragut’s address was significant to the city’s African-American population because it was once the site of the Hattie Hotel, where famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass stayed when he visited Knoxville in the 1880s. Booker was surprised by that because he thought a law prohibited AfricanAmericans from staying there. “The Hattie was replaced by the Imperial Hotel, and when the Imperial burned, they built the Farragut, which was the first hotel we could go to. It was the first hotel where we could go to have dances and parties,” Booker said. ■ Athletes: Greg Heagerty met famous athletes as well as movie stars. He particularly liked Ralph “Shug” Jordan, Auburn’s head football coach, who had beautiful manners and

demanded the same of his team. “The staff always looked forward to their visits. It was always a little disconcerting to get ‘Yes, sirs’ from individuals who were older than I was!” Hockey players weren’t as courtly, he recalls. “I was standing out front one afternoon along with some hockey players, and a beautiful young woman who had just had lunch in the Dogwood Room was waiting for her ride. One of the more Neanderthal players walked over to her and tossed his room key at her feet. “Without missing a beat, she picked up the key, walked up to him and, smiling, asked, ‘Is this your key?’ “He smiled and replied, ‘Yes, it is.’ “She handed the key to him and slapped his face so hard his head whipped to the side. As she got in her limo, I told him, ‘You’ve just been assaulted by Miss Tennessee, Rita Munsey!’ “There was usually something interesting going on around the Dogwood Room, too. One evening Robert Preston and/or Jean Simmons would be having dinner during the filming of James Agee’s ‘A Death in the Family,’ or you might turn around to find Peter, Paul and Mary grabbing a bite before a concert at the Knoxville Auditorium. “And yes, her hair really was that straight and blonde. And she was a BIG lady. To the credit of those scruffy little Knoxvillians, celebrities were always treated with a non-bothering respect.”

GIVE BLOOD, SAVE LIVES Medic is seeing supply levels lower than usual for this time of year. Bad weather caused several blood drives to be canceled, and that’s where 80 percent of donations come from. All blood types are critically needed. Donors will receive a T-shirt and a coupon for a free appetizer at Texas Roadhouse. Donors can visit one of Medic’s two donor centers: 1601 Ailor Ave. and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut. Other locations: ■ 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, Burns Mailing and Printing, 6131 Industrial Heights Drive, Bloodmobile. ■ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, Mortgage Investors Group, 8320 East Walker Springs Lane, Bloodmobile. ■ 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, Parkwest Medical Center, Boulevard Bistro/ Lower Level. ■ Noon- 6 p.m. Friday, March 7, Lowe’s East Knoxville.

REUNIONS ■ Central High School’s class of 1989 will reunite 6:30 p.m. June 14 at the Knoxville Expo Center. Reservations must be made by May 30. Admission is $35 if purchased prior to April 15, $40 thereafter. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Info: Mark Allen, 4davolz@ comcast.net or 406-9243 or Felecia Robbins Turner, feleciaturner@hotmail.com or 423-610-9278.

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The winning piece in the Fountain City Art Center show “Illumination” was “Putto, Fontana di Nettuno, Roma” by Lee Heather Kyle with UT Extension discusses a balanced meal Edge. using the My Plate guide. Scott Kelby takes a break from teaching to chat with seminar guests and sign autographs. Photos by Ruth White

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F8 and don’t be late I had the opportunity to attend a photography seminar in Atlanta last week. The course was “Shoot Like a Pro” with Scott Kelby, president and cofounder of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) and editor and publisher of Photoshop User magazine.

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my game. It also reinforced the things that I am doing right to make this a great publication. My favorite quote of the day came when Kelby spoke about photojournalism back in the days of film. He said, “Beat reporters were handed a camera as they ran out the door and were told ‘F8 and don’t be late.’ ” That bit of advice was about as good as that given by S. Clark when she told me, “Just don’t get shot!” ■

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The Fountain City Art Center opened a theme show titled “Illumination” last week featuring painting, photography, sculptures and jewelry. During

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A runner-up in the contest was this print on canvas of the JFG Coffee Company sign by Denise Retallack.

the opening-night reception, executive director Sylvia Williams announced the winners and awarded ribbons and prizes to artists. Winning Best of Show was “Putto, Fontana di Nettuno, Roma,” a watercolor by Lee Edge. Second-place honors went to “Teddy’s Window,” a watercolor by

Tai Chi; 1 p.m. rook, SAIL exercise. ■ Tuesday, March 4: 10 a.m. canasta; 11 a.m. exercise; noon Halls B&P Board; 12:30 p.m. Mexican Train dominoes; 1:30 p.m. Hand & Foot.

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Heather Kyle with UT Extension hosted a workshop at the Halls Branch Library on dealing with diabetes. The informative session was helpful for those coping with the disease but also offered good nutrition tips for anyone. The focus was eating a healthy diet. The food pyramid is gone, replaced by My Plate. A healthy, balanced plate should include fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy. Half of the plate should contain fruits and vegetables. Kyle recommended “eating a rainbow” that includes red, orange and dark-green vegetables in main dishes. Beans and peas can be added to salads, soups and side dishes. If using frozen or canned vegetables, she suggested rinsing them in cool water prior to cooking to remove excess salt. One-fourth of the plate should consist of grains including bagels, rolls, pasta or cereal, and make sure they are whole grains. Proteins (one-fourth of the plate) can come from lean meats, poultry and eggs, but beans and nuts are also a good source. Twice a week, consume seafood (not fried) as a protein.

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This means Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis will be eligible to receive $153.28 a month upon concluding his current term as he will be 63 then. Brenda Palmer, Duane Grieve and Nick Della Volpe will be eligible for $171.04 a month as each will be 65 or older when their terms end in 2017. Former mayor and council member Daniel Brown will make out the best due to his 10 months’ service as mayor between Bill Haslam and Madeline Rogero. His city pension is based on $130,000 annual mayor’s salary, while council pay is $19,000 a year. Brown will receive $774.47 a month when he retires in 2017. Council members Marshall Stair, Mark Campen and George Wallace are much younger than their other colleagues and will not have reached age 62 when they depart council in 2019 (assuming re-election in 2015). When they do reach 62, their council pension will be $145.68 a month. Of course, if one of them runs for mayor and is elected, that pension will increase significantly based on whether he serves four or eight years. Since the charter provides for an annual 3 percent increase for retirees, each 10 years will have a 30 percent compounded increase in their pensions by 2027 for all of these individuals. Mayor Rogero (assuming eight years as mayor plus her prior service in the Haslam administration) will earn $2,734.89 per month. This also assumes council does not raise the mayor’s salary, currently at $130,000, which is less than five other current city employees and $23,000 less than the county mayor. However, Deputy to the Mayor Bill Lyons, if he stays eight years with Rogero plus his eight years with Haslam and Brown, will enjoy a pen-

sion of more than $58,000 a year based on 16 years with his highest two years being $180,000 a year. Right now it is $168,000, but it will increase $3,000 a year compounded for the next six years for an $18,000 total increase or perhaps more due to the 2.5 percent annual pay raise for city employees. Assuming the four council members who are eligible for a second and final term in 2015 are re-elected, then the city will have two years in which no member of council can seek re-election. Neighborhood groups and developers will have little influence on them in terms of opposing their re-election as they cannot run for a third term. But some of them may consider a 2019 mayoral bid to follow Rogero. ■ Judith Foltz, city director of special events, deserves high marks for her efforts to revive the Christmas trees on the downtown rooftops in the city for 2013. Her efforts resulted in 75 new trees, but 60 of them were on the top of the City County Building (actually on the side of the roof). Mayor Rogero issued a statement in strong support. Unfortunately, two major city buildings in downtown Knoxville apparently did not know about the RogeroFoltz effort as the main fire hall and the city convention center did not have a single lighted Christmas tree on their rooftops despite the mayor’s public backing. Foltz says this next Christmas will be different. Certainly, there should be trees on these two cityowned buildings, which are centrally located. It is hard to convince private owners to install Christmas trees on their rooftops at their expense if the city itself is not doing it for its own buildings. The project was started by Sue Clancy and Roseanne Wolf and reached over 400 trees on roofs in downtown Knoxville. It was continued by Mickey Mallonee, who was the next director of special events. ■ Ambassador Cameron Munter will speak at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the Toyota Auditorium of the Baker Center on Cumberland Avenue. He served as ambassador to Pakistan when U.S. Special Forces took out Osama bin Laden. He also was ambassador to Serbia 2007-09 and deputy chief of mission in both Poland and the Czech Republic. The talk is open to the public and should be fascinating. He is a noted authority on international relations.

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Why Knox County? First District County Commissioner Sam McKenzie is one of Schools Superintendent James McIntyre’s most reliable allies. A certifiably smart guy with a master’s degree in physics, McKenzie has supported McIntyre’s budget requests and repeatedly reminded colleagues that running the schools is not their job.

Betty Bean “Let’s stay in our own lane,” he tells them. But last week when McIntyre spoke to the commission about the onslaught of teacher complaints against his administration and repeated the mantra that the state makes him do all that stuff teachers hate – which is not exactly the case since the state doesn’t mandate SAT10 testing of kindergarteners through second-graders, Discovery Education online testing or two unannounced

teacher evaluations per year – McKenzie said he hasn’t heard of mass teacher uprisings in any other county. Then he asked the big question: “Why Knox County?” McIntyre paused and got bailed out by Mike Brown, who jumped into the conversation and drove it down Memory Lane, mentioning teacher complaints as far back as 1963. By the time the others threw in their pet theories, the hijacking was complete, and McIntyre had made a clean getaway. Asked later if he got a satisfactory answer, McKenzie said not really. “I just wanted to understand why this doesn’t seem to be such a problem across the state,” McKenzie said. “Teachers don’t seem to be up in arms in other parts of the state. What I want to know is, why are teachers in Knox County so disgruntled? “The answers I got were, ‘Let’s don’t say we’re not doing well’; ‘Change is difficult’; ‘The pace of this change has been a lot for everyone to absorb.’

“I’ve been asking Dr. McIntyre a lot of tough questions. As good as the NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) scores were, the achievement gap between AfricanMcKenzie A merican and Hispanic students and the rest of the population has not narrowed, and that concerns me.” State Rep. Gloria Johnson, on leave from her KCS teaching job while the Legislature is in session, didn’t hesitate to answer: “I would say it’s the topdown management style of someone with no teaching experience and not taking any input from the folks on the ground.” Meanwhile, up in Union County, Director of Schools Dr. Jimmy Carter was presenting a performance pay plan he worked out with a group of teachers that isn’t tied to student testing.

It will involve four annual evaluations and reward selected high-performing teachers for working longer hours directly with students. Also, stronger teachers will mentor teachers who need help, and there will be extra pay for coordinating the school’s professional learning community. “The extra pay won’t be based on student test scores or principal evaluations,” Sandra Clark reports. “Carter said it’s just not fair to evaluate teachers in non-tested areas on other teachers’ work. And he didn’t want to put added pressure on his principals that would come if their evaluations alone put money directly into teachers’ pockets.” The Union County plan, like all others, must get state approval. Clark’s article is online at www. ShopperNewsNow.com. Tony Norman, a retired teacher and one of McIntyre’s toughest critics, is interested in hearing more about the Union County plan. “So you get paid when you work harder and stay after school? Wow, what a concept!”

What’s next for Larry? When cable television was relatively new, country-music singer Jim Ed Brown used to host a show from Nashville called “You Can Be a Star!” Think of it as a lower-budget, Music City version of “American Idol.” Winners got a record contract.

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Hadn’t thought about it in years until R. Larry Smith made the surprising announcement that he was withdrawing as a candidate for the 7th District Knox County school board race. No, it wasn’t nostalgia. It’s my “guestimate,” as the kids say, at where Smith is headed. Finishing up his second term on County Commission, Smith seemed a lock for the school board seat. He raised $25,000 in three weeks. He campaigns effectively and has great name recognition. So why the sudden split? Smith said other candidates (i.e. educator Patti Bounds, who is now unopposed after Andrew Graybeal also dropped out last Thursday) “have educational expertise and professional experience that I do not.” The stakes are too high, he said, adding that he’s concerned about “unreasonable benchmarks im-

posed by lawmakers who lack a full understanding of educational issues” as well as recent teacher trauma over fear of job loss. “Knoxville schools are in dire need of school board leadership that has the necessary expertise and insight to find effective solutions. “Because our children deserve the most qualified school board members that we can elect, I respectfully withdraw my name from consideration.” Some will say Smith looked at his hand of cards and didn’t see a full house. The rumor mill (take your grain of salt) swirls and says he was receiving a cool reception when knocking on doors in the district. My two cents is that Smith saw the proper path and took it. Bounds will play well among the old Diane Dozier coalition. She does have experience and expertise that Smith lacks. He’s not going to endorse Bounds, says he’s not even met her. And school board isn’t commission. Larry is a political animal. He can be more effective elsewhere. He says he’s not ruling out another run for something when the time is right. He mentioned the City County Building. He even said somebody encouraged him to run for Congress. But I heard him say “Nashville” twice. Hence my flashback to Jim Ed Brown. Smith would fit well in the General Assembly. One

of his best friends, Mark Pody, is a state representative. God knows politics rules the roost with that bunch, probably down to where they choose to eat. Meanwhile, Smith will pick up trash, rake leaves, battle illegal signs, promote UT basketball history, sell insurance. Something keeps telling me, though, that we’ll see him in Music City one day. Larry Smith signs a statement “Pull Up A Chair” with Jake Mabe at withdrawing from the 7th Disjakemabe.blogspot.com trict school board race.

Wow! week in local politics Big winner: Attorney General Randy Nichols who hand picked his successor, Charme Knight, and cleared the field for her to walk into an 8-year term unopposed. It’s the most powerful office in the courthouse, and if you don’t believe it, remember that Nichols resigned as Criminal Court judge to accept appointment from then-Gov. Ned McWherter. Bigger winner: Bob Thomas, the radio guy who went to California, came back to do a morning show on a station no one heard, lost his job when the station changed hands, and announced his candidacy for county commission at-large. Scary Bob is unopposed.

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Meanwhile, Ed Brantley – who never left town, rose so high in the radio business that he was Mike Hammond’s boss, and also lost his job – is facing Michele Carringer in an all-out brawl for the GOP nomination for the second at-large seat. Guess nobody’s scared of Ed. Biggest winner: Tim Burchett – unopposed for re-election with the season free to dabble in school board races.

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What comes next is coaching Most of us, even the slow learners, are now convinced Butch Jones and his people can recruit. We’ve been told several times. Tennessee signing success was pretty good. Among our friends and neighbors, only Alabama, LSU, Texas A&M and Auburn had higher quality ratings. Georgia was within a hair of equal. (I am always suspicious of high-school football player evaluations that go out to three decimal points. What if the analysts are homers?) Ratings don’t matter at the moment. Of considerable importance is did Ten-

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nessee fill voids? Did Butch find playmakers? Let us hope that happened. The Vols got two five-stars and a heaven full of fours. Some other things really matter. Did winter workouts produce any miracles? Is the team really ready to start getting better? What comes next is coaching. Key word is de-

velopment. That covers a multitude of necessities under the subheads of physical and mental. Without being ugly about it, I didn’t think Tennessee coaching was any better than the talent last season. It might not have been as good. Some teams exceed expectations because of coaching. The Vols did not. We think the roster has improved. Let us hope ideas and execution get better. Some of that is tied directly to developing a satisfactory quarterback. Better receivers and secondary play might make everybody appear smarter.

The earliest birds arrive Polar vortexes, snow and ice, used-up snow days, rain and gloom. By the first week of March, I imagine there aren’t many of us who wouldn’t love to see spring burst forth. Now.

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For the hardy birdwatchers among us, there is one more happening we would really like to see – the arrival of the spring migrants. It’s our biggest happening of the year! Lately, there have been hints of coming changes. Our year-round birds, the chickadees, titmice, song sparrows, robins, cardinals and Carolina wrens, have perked up and begun singing on the few but nice re-

cent mild sunny days. That’s a good sign. But those migrants! Dressed in their resplendent new spring plumage, they arrive here from their tropical winter homes in the Caribbean, Central America and South America with their hormones flowing. In the bird world, that means being hungry, conspicuous, courting the ladies and challenging rivals, singing for hours on end, being visible and beautiful. They’ve been gone since September, a long six months, so we’ve been contenting ourselves with our faithful resident birds, plus a few winter visitors from farther north, like the white-throated sparrows and the yellow-bellied sapsuckers, and a few gulls, ducks, loons and grebes on the lakes. We’ve even had a couple of rufous hummingbirds, a western species, wintering at feeders here, and last month enjoyed

the amazing appearance of a beautiful male painted bunting, a bird of the Southeast coast and Texas, coming regularly to a feeder in Maryville. Our bird populations will more than double, as will the number of species, as the birds of spring return, first with a February trickle with more in March and a huge flood in April. Birders have kept records forever, and there has been a notable change in the dates of the spring arrivals. As the climate warms, some birds are arriving on their usual nesting grounds up to three weeks earlier than they did even as recently as the 1950s. Many species are nesting much farther north now. But overall the change is slow, and in spite of being subject to problems of local daily weather as they travel, our migrants generally return on a fairly predictable schedule. Thankfully,

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What matters this spring is teaching and pushing people as hard as possible, as fast as possible, to get ready for the end of August. At best, this will be a young team. At worst, it may need diapers. Keep in mind that Tennessee plays in a line-ofscrimmage league. Remember that the Vols, on both sides of the ball, will be far less experienced than the dearly departed who helped go 5-7, 5-7, 5-7 and endured some losses by astronomical margins. There are returning lettermen to help the team get better. A.J. Johnson and Curt Maggitt come to mind. Perhaps Marlin Lane will become a senior leader. It is much too early to

guess at a starting lineup, but now is a good time to say Von Pearson and Josh Malone will add excitement to the receiving corps. No matter what mysterious voices say in the background, running back Jalen Hurd has great potential. The young tight ends are almost certain to play. Junior college all-American Dontavious Blair, 6-8 and 300, came to claim an offensive tackle position. Hope he is in shape for combat. At the spring game or perhaps against Utah State, you’ll notice younger, faster, more athletic types in the defensive front. Won’t it be exciting to see a big body come roaring in and run smack over a blocker? OK, I’m ahead of myself but it

could happen. Those same young people will probably make mistakes. They may lose contain. Oh, you’ve already seen that with adults? Linebacking might be a team strength, so much that Maggitt could become a variety show. Secondary improvement is almost guaranteed. Alas, it does come with error probabilities. I eagerly await Todd Kelly, Rashaan Gaulden, Evan Berry, Emmanuel Moseley and others. There is enough optimism to inspire increased ticket sales and perhaps donations. Tennessee needs that, too. Coaching salaries are going up.

Mother Nature doesn’t blast us with everything at once. The spectacular scarlet tanagers, Baltimore orioles, rose-breasted grosbeaks, 25 species of warblers, the vireos and the hummingbirds would be overwhelming if they all showed up at the same time! But it turns out that instead of some of those more spectacular species, our earliest birds are a bunch of hardworking, perpetualmotion, blue-collar, somewhat less flashy ones – the swallows. Here in the East, we have six species of swallows. The two “mud swallows” build cup- or jug-shaped nests of mud, clinging to barn walls and the underside of bridges – the barn swallows and the cliff swallows. Two species tend to nest in burrows in banks and cliffs – the bank and northern rough-winged swallows. And we have two that prefer to live in houses and tree hollows – the purple martins and the tree swallows. Of all those, the ones that get the most attention are the purple martins. They

have an army of dedicated landlords that fuss over their houses and look after them as attentively as a bunch of grandparents. The purple-martin people are experts at the game of watching for the earliest spring bird and getting bragging rights over their neighbors for having the first one. This year we saw our first tree swallows on Feb. 18 at that wonderful nearby birding haven called the Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery. Located in the big Ushaped bend of the Clinch River at Clinton, it is one of the 10 state fish hatcheries run by the state Wildlife Resources Agency. There are dozens of huge ponds there, as well as big open fields, bushy fence rows and, of course, the river. I have seen around 80 species there myself; others have recorded more than 100. I have seen several life birds there, and there is nearly always something interesting to see – a bald eagle, an unusual goose, a rarely seen migrating shorebird.

The following Monday, master birder Ron Hoff observed a flock of 150 tree swallows at the fish hatchery, a big flock either arriving to spread out and nest in these parts, or maybe just working their way on north. They depend on halfway decent weather for their food supply, and they nest as far north as northern Canada and Alaska, places now still in full-blown deep winter. Tree swallows like to nest in old, abandoned woodpecker cavities near water. A great place to watch them is Cove Lake State Park, where they live in hollowed-out dead willow snags standing in the edge of the lake. But they will also take readily to a bluebird house. If a string of bluebird houses is too close together to suit the bluebirds, the tree swallows will move into a house between the occupied ones. Tree swallows feed on the wing. Masters of speed and agility, they course over fields, ponds and lakes throughout the day, nabbing untold tons of flying insects. They’re beautiful to watch. Good birding!

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Keeping the dream alive The night of Feb. 24 featured dancing, music, art, fellowship, cookies and cake and just all-around celebration when the Tennessee School for the Deaf hosted the Literacy Imperative for a program called “Black History: Art, Dance, Literature – A Valuable Cultural Experience.”

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Carol’s Corner The Literacy Imperative is a national faith-based, not-for-profit initiative providing books and other tools of literacy to underserved communities. The organization often partners with Habitat for Humanity to provide in-home libraries for new residents.

The evening began with a rousing welcome by DUeX (“Divine Urban Expressions,”) a dance/spokenword team led by Felicia Outsey-Pettway, originally from Birmingham, Ala. “I wanted to keep the dream alive in Knoxville by working with disadvantaged youth through dance, poetry, spoken word and art,” she said. “I am the seed of change!” the kids shouted in rhythm, as they danced and strutted to the beat. John Sibley, local president of the Literacy Imperative chapter based at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, spoke of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. and great men and women in general. Addressing the crowd of over 200, he stressed that everyone is capable of greatness. “We may not impact a nation, but we can impact the community in which we live,” he said. “God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things.”

This rowdy group provides the evening’s dazzling entertainment! Dance troupe DUeX includes (from left) Robby Mathews, parent volunteer Ngina Blair, Camariana Whitaker, Devon Arnold, Damya Blair, Eshanna Houston, Myari Jones, Rayshard Pettway, Chenai Jones, Mkynlei Vaughn, D’Azaria Cain, Annalicia Ellis, director Felicia Outsey-Pettway, Dequann Vaughn and interpreter Rachelle Whittington.

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The committee for the evening: James Baughn, Laura Edmondson, Amy Minolfo, Landon Perry, Bev Gibson and Camille Belle

Director of student living Steve Farmer, who is hearing impaired, enthusiastically signs his appreciation for all those who came together to make the event possible. “From the music to the dance to the art to the speech – this has been a very exciting evening!” he says.

John Sibley, president of the Mt. Zion Baptist-based local chapter of the Literacy Imperative, talks about the similarities between Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. “They were both religious,” he says. “They were both family men, both dreamers and both willing to die for their beliefs.”

Artist Alan Jones, who paints under the name “Theophilus,” shows off his oil-on-wood painting titled “Reflections.” “It’s a portrait of a young black urban male,” he says. “He’s thinking about his life and what he has to deal with as a black man. He’s highly intelligent and feels ostracized from society.” Jones, who has had lessons in drawing but not painting, currently has a show up at the Blackberry Farm Gallery at Maryville College.

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Making healthy food choices By Ruth White If you want to learn the secrets of feeling great and increasing your energy, reducing stress and preventing illness, mark your calendar to attend the Health Seminar with chef Melody Prettyman. She will host live demonstrations on how to prepare plant-based foods that are tasty and will discuss natural health remedies to fight illness. The event will be held 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, in the fellowship hall of North Knoxville Seventh-day Adventist Church. Prettyman appeared with Chef Mark Anthony on 3ABN TV, the second-largest Christian broadcasting network in North America. Anthony was a guest last year at the healthy-cooking seminars. The demonstration is part of a series of workshops that are hosted by North Knoxville Seventhday Adventist in an effort to help individuals eat healthy

Playing hide and seek with God Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. (Joel 2: 12-13 NRSV) Ye people, rend your hearts, rend your hearts and not your garments. (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elijah,â&#x20AC;? Felix Mendelssohn) Pat Kaufmann creates a fresh salad dressing during a class using As is so often the case, I cucumbers and onknow this verse of scripture ions as the base. Photos because I have sung it. Not Cross by Ruth White Currents actually in public, mind you, Kathy Reid uses fresh ingredients to make a soup during a Healthy but at my piano, in my own Lynn Choices cooking class at North Knoxville Seventh-day Adventist. living room. I give thanks to Pitts and for Harry Whitt, who and live healthier lives. The wich spreads. 8204, by Saturday, March taught me both music and workshop in February feaTo register for the 8. North Knoxville SDA singing, who introduced me tured healthy, plant-based seminar with Prettyman, Church is at 6530 Fountain to such wonderful music, that those ashes are itchy, salads, dressings and sand- contact Kathy Reid, 314- City Road. and at the same time ex- and if you are one of those posed me to the great truths folks who go to church early of Scripture that I might on Ash Wednesday, you get very well have missed in to wear your itchy sins on your forehead all day. Sunday school. ability of making everyone It wears on you, much as Rending a garment is no feel special. If you were her longer the way we express our sinfulness should wear friend, you were her best grief. It seems an odd cus- on us. And it is humbling as friend. If you were her stu- â&#x2013; Beulah Baptist Church, tom, and I can only assume well, this wearing our sin1138 Raccoon Valley Road, dent, you were her favorite that the import of it was that fulness on our foreheads. 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Red Nation Robotics team members Elizabeth Durfee, Trista Brock and McKenna Snyder show one of the robots at the Knox County Career Fair.

Patrick Jung demonstrates a 3D printer at the fair. Jung is a student at Hardin Valley Academy and an intern at the ORNL manufacturing/demonstration facility. Jung is also a member of the RoHAWKtics team at the school.

Austin Nicely (right) tries his hand at masonry at the Resource Valley Construction exhibit.

Career Fair is fun, informative By Ruth White The annual Knox County Career Fair is a great opportunity for 8th-grade students (and their parents) to get an idea of the path they want to take in the future.

Exhibitors of every type gathered at the Expo Center and chatted with the students about careers. Many offered hands-on experiences that were crowd- Keeleigh Rogers attempts to create a pyramid using soda cans. pleasers.

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The Halls High basketball team has had many nailbiting, down-to-the-wire games this year. Three of them have been against Emory Road rival Powell High. Last week, the Red Devilsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; run came to an end during the semifinal round of Region 2 play. At the buzzer, Powell was able to hold on to a 35-34 lead and advance to the final round.

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Anna Patchen was recognized by the Great Smoky Mountain Council at a recent Distinguished Citizen Dinner as Venturer of the Year. Patchen is a member of Scout Crew 506 and has distinguished herself by serving in numerous leadership roles and earning multiple awards including Venture Officer Association vice president, crew leader for Northern Tier, Crew 506 president and the Venturing Leadership Award. Gaven Gloeckner (dressed as Iron Man) climbs the rock wall at the Gibbs Elementary Jump Rope for Heart event.

Members of Troop 20355 earned their Staying Fit badge at Tennova North. Pictured are (front) Gabby Barnes, Ella Sneed, Ella Inman, Kendal Patty; (second row) Richmond Brickey, Janda Atchley, Gracie Stooksbury, Kaitlyn Strunk; (back) Skylar Martin and Isabelle Kroner. Troop leaders are Amanda Atchley and Carrie Kroner. Photo submitted

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J.J. Corvette hustles down court on defense against Powell’s Alex Hill during the regional semiPeyton Booker drives to the goal to put in two points for Halls. final game last week. Powell defeated Halls, 35-34 at the buzzer, to advance to the final round. Photos by Ruth White

Red Devils go down swinging Moore: Tough ending no blemish to season of overachieving By Stefan Cooper Peyton Booker didn’t just fall down. The Halls High School guard is angling with the ball left of the key with 3.9 seconds remaining. A Powell defender moves in close, and there’s a collision, spilling both players to the floor. The call? A foul and two free throws for Booker? Powell holds a one-point lead in the Region 2AAA semifinal, and Booker would be shooting the double bonus. A charging foul, and the Panthers get the ball? Considering the time left, it could decide the game. So, the call? Nothing. Then there’s what happened afterward. The rivalry that is Halls/ Powell in all sports received an installment they’ll be talking about for a long time after the Panthers held on for a 35-34 win Tuesday night at Oak Ridge High

went from crazy to frantic when the ball, knocked free by the collision, squirted out of bounds in front of the Halls bench. Officials first awarded possession to the Panthers, reversing course after discussions with Moore and Powell coach Mike Ogan, ruling the ball had struck a Powell player on the way out of bounds. Fans waited through four timeouts, two each for each team, before the Red Devils actually threw the ball in. A Halls 3-pointer at the horn missed, and the season came to a close. “It’s a rivalry game,” Moore said. “I don’t care if you’re playing it in the Parker Keith plays defense regular season or the touragainst Alex Hill of Powell. nament. I thought we had a good defensive effort, but on School. The loss ended the offense, we struggled.” Eight seniors – Andy season for the Red Devils. Halls coach Randy Harrison, J.J. Corvette, Moore took the high road on Kenny White, David Brythe no-call involving Book- ant, Bradley Arms, Harer. Those last four seconds rison White, Robert Miller

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Attending the South Knox Republican Club meeting are (front row) Ed Shouse, Buddy Burkhardt, Lib Neff, Bob Neff, Amber Rountree, Sam Dailey and Louis Cortina; (back row) Kevin Teeters, Billy Stokes, Mark Mugford, John Hitt, Carson Dailey, Barry Neal and Ray Jenkins. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Candidates Ray Jenkins (Circuit Court judge, Division 1), Ed Shouse (Knox County trustee), Amber Rountree (Knox County school board) and Billy Stokes (Circuit Court judge, Division 1) pose after pitching themselves to the South Knox Republican Club.

GOP meets Rountree The South Knox Republican Club is continuing to welcome local candidates to its monthly meetings, but for February, the group gave one candidate a little extra time. Ray Jenkins and Billy Stokes, both judicial candidates for Circuit Court, Division 1, and Ed Shouse, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s running for Knox County trustee, all had a few minutes to introduce

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While the plot of “Bloodroot” evolved after a painstaking development of each character, “Long Man” began with the story. Long Man is the Cherokee name for the Tennessee River, which is about to flood the tiny town of Yuneetah. A TVA dam has condemned the town, and all but a few residents have evacuated their homes. One holdout is Annie Clyde Dodson, who wants her 3-yearold daughter, Gracie, to inherit the family land. As the floodgates prepare to close, a storm rages, and Annie and her husband realize that Gracie is missing. Greene grew up hearing family stories about TVA and the dams that covered much of East Tennessee with

water, and it was a topic she embraced. But as she followed the plot she’d created, she got stuck because she didn’t know the characters well enough, she says. So she returned to the process that worked for “Bloodroot” and fully developed each one. While waiting for “Long Man” to be published, Greene began work on her third novel, a contemporary coming-of-age story that is slightly autobiographical. The plot revolves around a young woman who devotes herself to finding the truth after she’s orphaned by an industrial accident. While Greene didn’t have a social agenda in mind when she wrote “Bloodroot,” she hopes to address the plight of the working poor with her third novel. “As I’ve grown as a writer,

making its way through the state legislature. Baumann also envisions programs outside the museum walls that would involve the public. Several years ago, he was sure to draw new fans is involved with the restoration Sandy, a Native American of the largest African-Amersandstone sculpture found in ican cemetery in St. Louis. Wilson County in the 1930s. Students helped with the A bill naming Sandy the offi- identification of thousands of cial state artifact is currently graves, and during the time

they participated in the “cemetery lab,” their grades went up. Knoxville has numerous heritage and environmental sites that could engage kids in the same way, he says. Baumann is actively involved in his own research as well. He plans to highlight current research in the state, including his own work on negatively painted pottery, in an ongoing exhibit that

Local author Amy Greene grows up By Wendy Smith New York Times bestselling author Amy Greene claims Morristown as her hometown, but in fact, she hails from an area so obscure that she calls it “near Bull’s Gap.” Her parents were natural story-tellers, and her writing, and life, have been deeply influenced by those stories, she says. “Storytelling and writing are my way of sort of making sense of the world. If I couldn’t figure something out, I wrote it down.” The Knoxville Writers’ Guild hosted a book launch party for Greene’s second novel, “Long Man,” last week. Her nationally successful debut novel, “Blood-

root,” was published in 2010. The heart-wrenching tale of family dysfunction, set in the hills of East Tennessee, is particularly memorable because of the depth of the characters, who each participate in telling the story. Since childhood, Greene has written her stories longhand, in a notebook, while sitting in bed. She was married at 18 to her childhood sweetheart, Adam, who understood that she would always need time to write. She had a son at 20, and began her undergraduate degree at Vermont College when her daughter was 1. “That’s when I knew I was Appalachian,” she laughs. Greene compares publishing books to pregnan-

cies – no two are alike. She worked on “Bloodroot” for a year without letting anyone read it, not even Adam. But she screwed up her courage to allow novelist Jill McCorkle to read the story during a writing conference, and within a few months, Greene had an agent and an editor from Knopf Publishing. Since then, she’s been grateful and surprised by the support she’s received. She wasn’t sure how well “Bloodroot” would be received in her hometown, given that the fictional Millertown is loosely based on Morristown in the dark novel. The success of the book, in East Tennessee and beyond, has made her feel confident and appreciated, she says.

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Amy Greene speaks during the Knoxville Writers’ Guild launch of her new novel “Long Man.” The event was held at the West Knoxville home of Warren and Annelle Neel. Photo by Wendy Smith and a human being, I do look beyond the mountains a little more.” will open this month. He has tentative plans for an exhibit that will focus on excavations that have taken place in Knoxville. Local historian Charlie Faulkner, who was Baumann’s major professor at UT, is helping with the project. For more information and a schedule of upcoming events: www. mcclungmuseum.utk.edu.

New curator Tim Baumann hangs out with Sandy, the sandstone sculpture that is expected to be named Tennessee’s official state artifact this week. Photo by Wendy Smith

By Wendy Smith McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture curator of archaeology Tim Baumann explains the difference between archaeology and anthropology with an analogy from J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic “The Lord of the Rings.” Archaeologists are like Gollum, who seeks the magic ring for his own purposes. Frodo, on the other hand, holds on to the ring for the good of the world. Anthropology is the study of humans, and archaeology contributes to that study. But Baumann will always be more interested in what artifacts teach us about humanity than about the artifacts themselves. “I couldn’t be Gollum,” he says. Still, he’s happy to be surrounded by artifacts at McClung, where he’s served as curator since August. Being at the museum is like coming home, he says, since he worked at the museum while completing his Ph.D. at UT in the late 1990s. His wife, Valerie Altizer, also has returned to her roots. She grew up in North Knoxville. Baumann’s job entails taking care of the museum’s collection and engaging the public. Caring for the collection is a bigger project than

most realize, given that most of it is stored behind locked doors below the museum. A behind-the-scenes tour reveals row after row of shelves containing specimens from around the world, and the collection is always growing. One of his objectives is to make McClung’s extensive archaeology collection more accessible to the public. He hopes to make more information available online. A searchable catalog of the collection would allow researchers and teachers to see, and use, the museum’s hidden artifacts. It’s a massive undertaking that would require additional grant money, but he’s not intimidated. “I call it job security,” he said, chuckling. The museum is already engaging the public. Multiple lectures, stroller tours and family fun days are scheduled for the coming months, and students visit the museum daily. A new attraction is Monty, a 24-foot bronze Edmontosaurus annectens skeleton that graces the museum’s Circle Park entrance. Monty isn’t just a statue. He posts facts on the McClung Facebook site each Tuesday. Last week’s fact: Giraffes often sleep only 20 minutes in a 24-hour period. An old attraction that’s

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Volunteers needed for Angelic Ministries Visiting Angelic Ministries is uplifting. Meeting the people who make this amazing place run smoothly is off the chart. Debbie Weddington is a volunteer who coordinates other volunteers and directs the Men’s Recovery Program. Debbie grew up in the Fountain City/ Weddington Halls area. As a registered nurse, she stayed busy working and raising four children. Then she found herself unemployed and started praying about God’s plan for her. Angelic founder Betsy Frazier visited her church, and Debbie knew immediately that she wanted to be part of Betsy’s team. That was nine years ago. Debbie says her position gives her “the perfect opportunity to demon-

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strate God’s love.” Clients come for varied reasons. Job loss or some type of disaster brings the majority in for help. Angelic Ministries helped many who relocated here after Hurricane Katrina. Debbie welcomes everyone with open arms. More volunteers are needed. Currently 12 are enrolled in the Men’s Recovery Program. Misuse of drugs or alcohol often brings them to seek help. These men learn job skills while residing in ministry housing. The program lasts for one year, and Debbie is obviously proud of her “graduates,” some of whom now mentor others in the program. Spring cleaning? It is the perfect time to gather up everything you aren’t using and donate to Angelic. Every item will be given to a family in need. Donations may be dropped off at 1218 N. Central St., the former Merita Bread building. For pickup of large items such as furniture and mattresses, or to learn more about becoming a volunteer, call 523-8884 or visit www.angelicminis tries.com.

Houston on THRC

Annazette Houston has been named by Gov. Bill Haslam to the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, representing East Tennessee. Houston She currently serves as the director of the Office of Disability Services at UT. She holds a master’s degree in organizational communication from Murray State University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Langston University. She serves on the boards of the Beck Cultural Center and Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee. ■

Moore is advocate

Daniel J. Moore is the new board advocate chair for the American Diabetes Association’s Knoxville office. “I am thrilled Moore to have him help lead our efforts to bring down the barriers and fund research to stop diabetes,” said Wendi Mullins, associate director. “With the percentage of adults who have Type 2 diabetes rising sharply, it is imperative to spread the word about the risks, symptoms, detection and treatment of this deadly disease.” Moore is a member of Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter PLLC, a Knoxville law firm. His areas of practice include real estate, contracts, general business and corporate law. Info: 1-800-342-2383 or www.diabetes.org.

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Digital workflow expert at PSCC

Pellissippi State Community College will host R. Mac Holbert, the cofounder of Nash Editions and The Image Collective Mac Holbert and an expert on digital workflow, at a lecture 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in the Goins Building Auditorium on the Hardin Valley Campus. The event is free and is open to the community. Digital workflow is the process of taking a raw digital photo on a camera and converting it into a high-quality fine-art print. “Mac is one of the leading people in digital print and Adobe Photoshop,” said Kurt Eslick, an associate professor in photography. ■

March meetings

■ East Towne Area Business and Professional Association will meet at 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the Harvest Park Community Center. Early birds can come at 7:30 for breakfast. Talking about stress management will be Lisa Birnesser, a massage therapist. Potential new members and interested business people are invited. Info: Kaelyn Farmer, 3292455. ■ Fountain City Business and Professional Association will meet at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, at Central Baptist Church. Lunch is $10 (first come, first served). The speaker is G. Larry Hartsook, president of Global Integrated Security Solutions, who will talk about school security. Info: fountaincitybusiness. com or 688-2421.

Smyth opens counseling center Dr. Randy Smyth has opened 180 Counseling Center at 7119 Afton Drive in Halls. Smyth uses Biblical principles and a temperament profile to help people work through problems. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from UT, a master’s in divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a doctorate in counseling from Cornerstone. He holds advanced certification in the areas of marriage and family, death and grief, substance abuse and crisis therapy. Info: 804-1039. Photo by Ruth White

ArcelorMittal to reopen in Harriman A global steel-processing company will create 61 jobs in Harriman with an anticipated launch in April 2014. ArcelorMittal executives have announced reopening the facility, which closed in 2011 because of poor market conditions. “We work hard to help companies locate and expand in our state, but when a company like ArcelorMittal is able to restart its operations, it gives the community a tremendous sense of revival and renewed momentum. I appreciate ArcelorMittal’s commitment to Roane County and its con-

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Tennova notes Sleep Awareness Week

By Betsy Pickle “Airplane rides for 5 cents” – that’s something you’re not likely to see in today’s economy. But when Knoxville’s first airport was operating on the site of what’s now West High School, that was the advertised rate. Becky Huckaby, vice president of public relations for the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, shared that slice of history and many more at the Feb. 19 meeting of the Rotary Club of Farragut. The dirt runway on Sutherland Avenue was a popular attraction in the 1920s. “People would ride their horses out to that location to get their mail or just to watch the only airplane come in once a week,” said Huckaby. “People were very interested in aviation, and it caught on very quickly. Our area was so inundated with people who were building their own airplanes and who were very interested in bringing routes and travel by air to our community that we were very much on the forefront of aviation for our country. “Because of our geographic location … we be-

By Anne Hart While some still debate the issue of Daylight Savings Time, Dr. Dewey McWhirter of Tennova Healthcare’s Sleep Centers knows the truth: the practice does our bodies no good, and can actually be quite harmful.

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came a very popular location for people to stop over and fill up their aircraft and get gas and move on. So a lot of people would plane-spot here for a while.” Huckaby said the family of Lt. Charles McGhee Tyson, a U.S. Naval aviator who was killed in action in the North Sea during World War I, donated the land for Tyson Park to the city of Knoxville with the stipulation that the airport be named for their son. The original airport was operated by private business, but the city purchased

it, created an aviation department and soon ended up buying land in Blount County for a larger airport that could meet the needs of bigger, more modern aircraft and an expanding flight schedule. McGhee Tyson Airport, which celebrated its 75th anniversary two years ago, has been operated by the nonprofit MKAA since 1978. It is governed by a nine-person board whose members serve seven-year terms. Farragut Rotary meets at noon Wednesdays at Fox Den Country Club. Info: www.farragutrotary.org

Dr. Dewey McWhirter “A lot of people will have problems after “spring forward,” McWhirter says. “In fact, we’ll see an increase in car accidents and a little bit of an increase in heart attacks.” And that’s just for starters, as the body’s circadian rhythm is jarred by a two-hour alteration to the normal sleep pattern – an hour on each end of the sleep cycle. It all starts when America sets its clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday. To help the general public become aware of the problems that can result from irregular sleep patterns – and the fact that treatment is available – Tennova’s Sleep Centers in North, South and West Knoxville, and also in Jefferson and Cocke counties,

Patrick Hurley takes the helm New leader at Union County Chamber By Libby Morgan

Norris Shores resident Patrick Hurley has been hired to replace Julie Graham as Union County Chamber president and CEO. Hurley has lived in Union County since 2004 and travels frequently as a consultant in the electric power industry. He and his wife, Laurie Oppel, also a consultant in the power industry, live on Norris Lake. “I wanted to live in a place that feels like a vacation. We absolutely love it,” he says. “We’ve seen a lot of good things happen in Union County since we’ve been here – the new HPUD water supply, the big grocery store, the widening of the highway, regular lake cleanups and marina improvements. “Internet service has improved quite a bit since we’ve been here, and new lines are in the works.

Patrick Hurley Broadband service is extremely important. People cannot run their business from home without a fast connection. “It’s terrific that many of the retirees in my neighborhood and the other lake developments are getting involved with volunteering in the community. “In the recent past, I had more money than time, so I gave to several causes, including the Chamber. Now that I’m scaling back on work, I look at this new role at the Chamber as my way of actually giving of my time. “Frankly, there are so

many irons in the fire at the Chamber, I’m a little intimidated. There’s a whole bunch of stuff going on here. But I’m a quick learner – I can always pick up stuff. “I’m glad it’s a part-time job. I want to spend more time on the lake.” Hurley was raised in St. Louis. His parents got married just before his dad entered the Navy during World War II. “My parents pushed religion, education and music: ‘REM.’ The music didn’t stick with most of us, me and my four brothers. Our parents absolutely insisted that we pay attention and do our homework. Education is yours to keep. Nobody can take it away. “Education is very important to me, and that’s one of the things that will be important in my work with the Chamber. Economic development depends on it.” The press release from the Chamber says Graham “has accepted a part-time position with a Knoxvillebased nonprofit and will continue to serve the Chamber as an active board member.”

are taking part in Sleep Awareness Week – March 2-9 – sponsored by the National Sleep Foundation. Amy Harris, Tranquility Sleep Specialist with Tennova, will have informational booths set up at the hospital’s south location on Chapman Highway and the north location in Powell, as well as in Jefferson City and Newport. Dr. McWhirter says the booths will have materials that explain to the public “that we all need to think about our sleep, and if we have a problem, we need to do something about it. At Tennova we are confident we have the very latest in technology and innovation to help with most sleep disorders.” Among those disorders, Dr. McWhirter says, are decreases and stoppages of breathing, insomnia, sleep walking and others. He adds that even if we do not have serious issues, there is still much the average person can do to sleep better, including a mental and physical winding down before bedtime, turning off TVs, computers, cell phones and all things with bright lights. “We want to encourage people to not think of sleep as something that interferes with their life, but rather something that is good for them and will make them feel better. “When we have slept well, we tend to have more energy during the day, to think more clearly, to respond better to stress and to be in a better mood. People are happier if they are getting a good night’s sleep, and there are many long term health benefits.”

For additional information, contact the Tennova Sleep Center in Powell at 859-7800.

News from Knoxville Area Urban League

Urban League secures jobs, saves lives By Phyllis Nichols When

Sophia Brown first contacted the K nox v ille Area Urban League, she was just looking to improve her computer skills. Phyllis Nichols Howe ver, she gained much more than that. Working with the Urban League gave her the confidence to realize she could do even better. “I learned I could have a career beyond working in the fast-food industry,” Brown said. “The Urban League equipped me to go out into the business world and be successful.” Brown was part of a pilot program to help women get out of abusive relationships, support themselves financially and get involved in the

community. The class taught participants business and computer skills, as well as how to deal with their current situations. After graduation, the Urban League placed Brown in an internship at the Appalachian Community Fund and then helped her get a job with a funeral home. “I was quiet and shy,” Brown said. “Working with the families brought me out of my shell and built my people skills as I helped families cope with their loss.” Now, Brown works at the University of Tennessee College of Law as a director’s assistant and recently self-published “In the Blink of an Eye,” a book on her journey of surviving and getting away from domestic violence. “The Urban League saved my life,” Brown said. “It played a big part in getting

me started on my journey, and for that I will always be thankful. I feel that God sent me there for a reason at that very moment in time. “I’m proud of where I’ve landed and, when I think back, I know I have come such a long way. The Urban League gave me the chance to make that happen.” Though the specific program Brown participated in is no longer available, the Urban League provides workforce development and training with computer programs, employment readiness, counseling and job placement, customer service, internships and apprenticeships. Info: Bill Myers at bmyers@thekaul.org or 5245511, ext. 136; or Jackie Robinson at jrobinson@ thekaul.org or 524-5511, ext. 126. Those phone calls can change lives. Phyllis Nichols is president/CEO of the Knoxville Area Urban League.

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Women in Jazz is campus event By Heather Beck The history of women in jazz is the highlight of a musical event Tuesday, March 4, at Pellissippi State Community College’s Magnolia Avenue Campus. “Transcending Boundaries and Shaping Jazz: The Women Behind America’s Original Art Form” is 10:45 a.m.-noon in the Community Room of the site campus. The event is free. The community is invited. “March is Women’s History Month,” said Rosalyn

Tillman, dean of the Magnolia Avenue Campus. “At this concert, we celebrate women in history who became prominent through their musical talent as jazz musicians or vocalists.” Contemporary artists Aubrey Baker, Pamela Klicka and Emily Mathis will perform as they highlight historical female jazz artists. “Transcending Boundaries” is part of The Season of Music at Magnolia Avenue. The Season of Music is a

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No quick ﬁx for Washburn man’s hernia The surgical community continually looks for less-invasive methods involving smaller incisions, hoping to shorten hospital times and the chance of infection. However, in some cases, a larger incision is needed for a successful surgical procedure. That was the case for William “Gary” Stephens of Washburn, Tenn., 61, who had not one, but three surgeries for a hernia before it was ﬁnally repaired at Fort Sanders Regional Center. A hernia is when fat or tissue squeezes through a weak spot in the abdominal wall. Stephens’ hernia began about 10 years ago and grew larger over time, probably the result of his work in construction. Eventually the pain became severe. “It was just real painful, and I couldn’t do any physical work, because when I did, my hernia would come out. Eventually it kept me at home,” Stephens said. Stephens had two separate surgeries that attempted to repair the hernia, in 2010 and 2011. Surgeons used small pieces of surgical mesh each time to try to repair the weak spot in the abdominal wall. Surgical mesh helps bond muscles together, reducing the recurrence of hernias. “But it kept coming back,” Stephens said. On the recommendation of a friend, Stephens turned to Dr. Michael Kropilak at Fort Sanders. Kropilak determined that Stephens would need another surgery, this time with a larger inci-

At Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, doctors develop the best approach for each patient in an effort to eliminate the need for multiple surgeries and extended stays in the hospital. sion. “He went more intense on the surgery, he put in a bigger mesh,” said Stephens. Even though it was more extensive surgery, Stephens spent

only one day at Fort Sanders and went home that night. He said he was fully recovered in three months. Today, he’s back to tending

cattle on his 100-acre farm and spending time with his family. He said he would recommend Fort Sanders to anyone who needs a surgical repair for hernia.

“I’ve had no problems since,” he said. “I went home the same day. I was in and out, and it was all good. They took care of me real well.”

Latest news in abdominal surgeries Laparoscopic techniques have greatly improved gallbladder removal. Instead of 6-inch scars for open surgery, patients now go home with only four tiny incisions, spots where the slender laparoscopic instruments have been inserted.

“Appendectomies have become preferable, if they can be done. It deﬁnitely leads to shorter hospital stays, faster recovery times and, more importantly, a signiﬁcant decrease in wound infections,” said Kropilak.

Appendix removal

A hernia is a weak spot in the abdominal wall where fat or organs begin to protrude through. There are many types of hernias and just as many ways to repair them. But almost all surgeons use surgical mesh material. “It’s like patching a hole in a tire. The mesh helps reinforce the repair so much that, in the last 10 years, it’s really cut down on the recurrence rate of hernias,” said Kropilak. Hernia repairs can either be done with laparoscopic instruments or with an open incision, depending on the location and size of the tear.

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Although its function is unknown, the appendix can cause serious problems if it becomes infected or ruptures. Located between the small and large intestines, surgery is the only way to remove the appendix. In the past ﬁve years, surgeons have improved techniques to remove the appendix. First, the infected organ is placed in a small plastic bag called an endobag, before being pulled out of the body. “This means it Gallbladder removal never touches any abdominal wall The gallbladder is a “pouch” tissue, so the wound infection rate that sits below the liver and stores is very low,” Kropilak said. “We’ve bile to be used to help digest fats. been using it for a while, but it’s When a gallbladder stops working helped that surgery a great deal.” “Generally the outcomes are Also in the last ﬁve years, lapa- equal and the recurrence rate is properly, gallstones can develop and are very painful. Removal of roscopic techniques have reduced low. With laparoscopy there’s the gallbladder is the next step. incision size and healing time. slightly less pain and the ability to

get back to work quicker. If open groin hernia surgery can be done with light sedation instead of deep anesthesia, that’s easier on the patient,” Kropilak said. When choosing a surgical center for any kind of abdominal surgery, it’s most important to ﬁnd a skilled surgeon and quality center, said Kropilak. “At Fort Sanders, some of our surgeons have been doing this for 20 years, and they’re very good at what they do. We have a lot of ex-

perience,” said Kropilak. “We also think we’re a conservative group of surgeons who really only operate when we think it’s necessary. The staff at Fort Sanders treats all our patients as if we were treating our own family. We’re striving for the best care you can get.” As with any medical procedure, discuss treatment options with your physician. Together, you can decide the best approach to meet your speciﬁc medical needs.

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Laparoscopic techniques have transformed abdominal surgeries in the last 20 years, replacing the need for one long incision with several smaller ones. This means less pain, quicker healing and fewer complications. Gallbladder removal, appendix removal and hernia repair have all been improved with laparoscopic procedures. Here’s the latest on three common surgeries, according to Dr. Michael Dr. Michael D. D. Kropilak, a genKropilak eral surgeon with Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center:

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Ethiel Garlington (top), historic preservation expert, begins threading ropes for window weights at Oak Grove School as Jerry Lynn Walker and Keith Beason watch.

Oak Grove progress Sharps Chapel guys Jerry Lynn Walker and Keith Beason will be working on the Oak Grove Schoolhouse preservation in their “spare time” during the next few weeks. Union County schools director Jimmy Carter says, “Jerry and Keith would have helped out on their own time, but we want to support the effort. Oak Grove is one of our county’s schools. So on some afternoons when there’s nothing pressing, the two can do some good work to further the project.” The two are maintenance techs for the Union County school system, and were on hand at last week’s workshop on re-installing weighted windows. The session was led by Ethiel Garlington, an historic preservation expert who also

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happens to be the grandson of the late Russ and Barbara Eldridge of Little Valley. Garlington received a master’s degree in historic preservation from the University of Georgia and has worked for five years with Knox Heritage through the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance. Volunteers and members of Preservation Union County have restored the old wood windows with paint and glazing over the past weeks. “We’re so glad to get to this

The intrepid Mary Johnson and Carol Watkins on the top of Cumberland Mountain above LaFollette. Photos by Libby Morgan

It’s impossible there could be any other type of traffic on the rugged trail.

stage. It’s been a long haul, and we have much, much more to do,” says Bonnie Peters, Union County Historian and member of PUC. “We were able to save all the windows except three halves, and we have a volunteer who is going to build those. Our next step is wiring and plumbing.” Retired TVA architect Tom Worden is scheduled to consult on the project this week, according to Peters.

spot the beginning of our road at the highway. After four hours, we started to think we’d somehow missed it. Five hours in, we just thought we had miscalculated our hiking speed … we were right about that! At just under six hours, we came upon our road. If my sister Carol had been able to get down there and get back up, she would have kissed the ground.

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Up in the clouds above LaFollette, the Cumberland Mountain is topped by a trail from 25W to the southwest. It’s part of the Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park, a linear park that goes from Kentucky to near Chattanooga. We (the adventurous Mary Johnson of Sharps Chapel and this writer) thought it would be neat to discover it. The part we planned to hike is about six miles. We

estimated 30 minutes a mile. After climbing up from the gap at Big Creek (steep as a ladder, practically) we took in fabulous views to the north and south to the Smokies as we followed the mountaintop. We found amazing rock formations, evidence of a meat-eating mammal and possible bobcat tracks, a spring way up there (How does that happen?) and a nice shelter for throughhikers – and a real ladder. As an employee of the Cumberland Trail Conference for almost a decade, Arleen Decker of Maryville created the volunteer program, and says the current ladder was built as an Eagle Scout project. “The Cumberland Trail, when completed, will be about 300 miles long. Right now there are about 180 miles in use. The corridor from LaFollette northeast to Cumberland Gap has been acquired, and volunteers are going to be needed

to help finish that segment,” says Decker. “The state has set a goal to finish the last 120 miles by 2018. “The segment you hiked is the portion of the trail with the best panoramic views. My favorite parts of the Cumberland Trail are in Catoosa along the Obed River and the Piney River segment near Spring City.” The Cumberland Trail (Tennessee) is part of the Great Eastern Trail, roughly paralleling the Appalachian Trail. The Great Eastern Trail goes from southern New York (state) all the way to the Florida panhandle, where it meets up with the Florida National Scenic Trail. Back on our rocky top, after three hours of hiking, we thought each dip we came to would be our last one, where a gravel road crosses over the mountain, which is where we had parked my car. At each vista, we studied the valley below to try to

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Arts Council plans for Art on Main

Plans for the June 7 Art on Main in Maynardville are progressing, with details being ironed out about Thunder Road-related displays, an art competition and the return of the popular Lil Thunder Railroad for the kids. If you’d like to get involved and help with the Arts Council or the event, call Union County Arts at 865-992-9161.

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N KNOX – Remodled 3BR Cottage featuring: Hdwd flooring, crown molding & updated kit w/cherry cabinets. Covered front porch w/ composite back deck. Lg lot conveniently located. $99,900 (874930)

N KNOX – Great 2BR/2BA Features: Eat-in kit, laundry/mud rm off kit, BR w/french doors to deck, MBR w/8x11.6 ofﬁce. Updates include: Carpet 1 yr, roof 9 yrs & replacement windows. Convenient to shopping. $99,900 (870421)

HALLS – Custom stone & brick 2-story bsmt w/3-car gar. Wooded in back w/seasonal lake view. This home features 7BR/4BA & POWELL – Bring your boat or over 4,800 SF w/plenty of stg. motor home. This 3BR/2.5BA Crown molding throughout, eathome features: Mstr w/full in kit w/granite tops, LR w/gas BA & 2nd BR w/half BA. FP, mstr on main & BR on main, Detached gar w/14' door 3BR & bonus up. Downstairs has & overhead stg. Attached 2BRs living rm w/2nd FP & bonus/ 2-car gar, fenced backyard, media rm pre-wired for surround HALLS – Residental building lot in screened porch, new winsound. On quiet cul-de-sac. Stonewood Hills. Nice level lot in dows & so much more. Re$414,900 (872896) cul-de-sac. $38,000 (866279) duced. $179,900 (867491)

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GIBBS – Immaculate 4BR/2.5BA in excellent condition. Featues: Bonus rm or 5th BR, 9' ceilings, mstr on main, formal dining, hdwd & tile, lg walkin closets, mstr suite -w/dbl vanity, shower whirlpool tub, great stg, level fenced yard & lg deck great for entertaining. Freshly painted. $209,900 (874824)

POWELL – Excellent location near I-75. 3.6 acres currently zoned residential. Property is in close proximity to commercial property w/possibility of rezoning to commercial. $165,000 (864647)

PLENTY OF ROOM TO ROAM! This custom brick B-rancher has 3BR/3.5BA & features: Lg rms, formal LR or ofﬁce on main, mstr on main & ﬁnished bsmt w/full BA. Enjoy the outdoors w/above ground pool & decking. Great for workshop or boat stg. $249,900 (870156)

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POWELL – Investment opportunity. Exc. loc. near I-75 on E. Raccoon Valley Road. 36.7 acres - front 10.77 acres has an existing mobile home park w/42 pads & a 4-plex w/2BR apartments. Presently 36 pads are rented. Park is set up for 16 x 80 singlewide. $999,000 (865016)

CLINTON – Bring your horses & livestock! This 11.4 acre farm features: Totally updated 3BR/3BA home, 6-stall barn w/ loft, tack rm & tractor shed. House has crown molding, granite tops, hdwd, tile & updates throughout including HVAC 4 yrs, roof 3 yrs & gutters 1 yr. Barn: Water & elect, 6 stalls, tack rm, 3 stg rms,& tractor shed. $369,900 (874343)

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TUESDAYS THROUGH MARCH 11 Living Well with Chronic Conditions, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Knox County Health Department classroom, 140 Dameron Ave. Free. To register: 215-5170.

Enrollment open for 2014-15 school year for Little Creations, Beaver Dam Baptist Church Parent’s Day Out program, 4328 Emory Road. Registrations accepted 9 a.m.-noon Monday, March 10, and Wednesday, March 12. Info: 922-7529.

THURSDAYS THROUGH MARCH 13 Weekly Bible study, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Ave. Pike. Topic: “The Gate Keeper” with host Judy Burgess. Info: call Diane Shelby, 687-3687. Dining with Diabetes, 2 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. A three-class series for people with diabetes and their family members. Topics include learning how to manage diabetes, food demonstrations and tasting of healthy foods. RSVP by Tuesday, Feb. 25. Info/RSVP: 922-2552.

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Pajama-rama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Stories, music, flannel board activities and a craft. Wear your pajamas and bring your favorite toy or stuffed animal. Info: 947-6210. Free Music Jam: country, bluegrass, etc.; pickers and grinners, acoustical only; 7-9 p.m., Escapee’s RV Park, 908 Raccoon Valley Road. Parent to Parent Support meeting for parents of children with mental health diagnoses, 6-8 p.m., K-TOWN Youth Empowerment Network, 901 E. Summit Hill Drive. Keith Mowery, Pastor of Buffalo Trail Baptist Info: Alicia, 474-6692 or abanks@tnvoices.org. in Morristown, will be guest speaker, 6:45 p.m., Free “Creating and Maintaining a Home Rain Sharon Baptist Church, 7916 Pedigo Road. Part of March Garden” workshop, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Tusculum ColGladness series. Info: www.Sharonknoxville.com. lege , Room 101, 1305 Centerpoint Blvd. (off Lovell Rd.). Advanced registration required. To register: 974-9124. Info: www.tnyards.utk.edu. Reception for Amy Greene marking the publication of her second novel, “Long Man,” 6 p.m., R. Jack Fishman Laissez Le Bon Temp Rouler cooking class, Library on Walters State Community College Morristown 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or campus. Admission free; community is invited. Info: Glenda Nolen, 423-585-6922 or Glenda.Nolen@ws.edu. www.avantisavoia.com. Bee Friends beekeepers meeting, 6 p.m., Walters UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meetState Community College Tazewell campus auditorium. ing, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Charlie Parton of the TBA will be speaking on swarms, Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda making splits and hive management. Info: 617-9013. Fletcher, 544-6277. Art classes for children ages 6-9, 2-3 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. Art classes for children ages 10-13, 3-4 p.m. Classes taught by Jen Austin Jennings. Info: 357-2787 or fcartcenter@ knology.net.

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Free communitywide basic self-defense classes, 6:30 p.m., Third Creek Baptist Church, 4917 Oak Ridge Highway. All welcome. Halls Business and Professional Association’s Breakfast Club, 7:30-9 a.m., Commercial Bank, 7400 Maynardville Highway.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 The Picky Chick Spring Consignment “Shop Early for Charity” event to benefit Fountain City Elementary School, 6-8 p.m., Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway. Info: http://thepickychick.business catalyst.com/shop-charity.html.

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VW BEETLE Turbo 2012, loaded, special ed., like new, garaged, wellmaint. 11k mi, $21,000. 865-933-602; 235-2633 ***Web ID# 376424*** VW JETTA 2014, V4 turbo, 36 mpg. 2k mi, List $22,640; $19,500 firm. 901-626-3376

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BUICK LASABRE 2000, white, leather seats, exc. shape, low mi., $3200. 865-687-5729 Cadillac Deville 1998, 1 owner, gar. kept, well maint. $3900. 865-690-6667; 806-0073

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Excavating/Grading 326

Stump Removal

355

TREE WORK & Power Stump Grinder. Free est, 50 yrs exp!

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Tree Service

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^ Bobcat/Backhoe. Small dump truck. Small jobs welcome & appreciated! Call 688-4803 or 660-9645.

Alterations/Sewing 303

Flooring

330

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Cleaning

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JIMMY'S Lawnmowing, weedeating & mulching. Free est. 617-8403.

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HOME OR OFFICE: Are you looking for a reliable housekeeper with experience & excellent references? I have cleaned homes for 21 yrs & have 2 openings. Call Lisa at 254-4429 or Casey at 279-0192.

Painting / Wallpaper 344 Powell's Painting & Remodeling - Resi^ dential & Commercial. CERAMIC TILE inFree Estimates. 865stallation. Floors/ 771-0609 walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328

Plumbing

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ALL TYPES roofing, guaranteed to fix any leak. Special coating for metal roofs, slate, chimney repair. Sr. Citizen Discount. Call 455-5042.

Electric

225 RAY VARNER FORD LLC

BEULAH BAPTIST CHURCH, 1138 Raccoon Valley Road, Maynardville, 1-day rummage sale Sat, March 8th, starts at 8 am. Something for everyone. HH items, clothes from infant to adult, too much to name. Church located just past entrance to Welch's Mobile Home Park off Loyston Road MULTIFAMILY GARAGE SALE IN HALLS: 7030 Summer Oak Lane, 37918. Fri & Sat 8a-2p, March 7&8. Collectibles, toys, clothes, car. Proceeds to fund mission trip.

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Guttering

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GUTTER CLEANING & repairs. Gutter guards plus installation of 5" gutter- ^ ing. Call 936-5907.

Remodeling

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HAROLD'S GUTTER SERVICE. Will clean CARPENTRY, VIfront & back $20 & up. NYL windows, drs, Quality work, guaransiding, flr jacking & teed. Call 288-0556. leveling, painting, plumbing, elec, waterproofHandyman 335 bsmnt ing, hvac repair, insulation, tree work. CARPENTRY, Cleanout basements/ PLUMBING, attics. Sr. Citizen painting, siding. Discount. 455-5042 Free est, 30+ yrs exp! Licensed General Call 607-2227. Contractor HONEST & DE- Restoration, remodelPENDABLE! Small ing, additions, kitchens, jobs welcome. Ex- bathrooms, decks, sunp'd in carpentry, rooms, garages, etc. drywall, painting, Residential & commerplumbing. Reasoncial, free estimates. able, refs avail. Call 922-8804, Herman Love. Dick at 947-1445.

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B-4 • MARCH 3, 2014 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news

Celebrating … the students, athletes and artists of Halls High School.

pring is just around the corner and it’s time to hit the diamond and enjoy some Red Devil baseball and softball. The Halls softball team starts the season with great senior leadership. They have only lost one player from last year’s District Championship team. Varsity games begin at 6 p.m. this year. Look for the team to come out strong. They are coached by Bryan Gordon and Kevin Julian. The Halls baseball team gears up for a tough schedule on the baseball diamond this season. The team is a year older and after a good season of summer ball, head coach Doug Polston expects their hard work to pay off. Varsity games start at 5 p.m

Play ball!

Senior members of the Halls High softball team include: Katie Scott, Kelsey Whited, Alexis Helm, Samantha Warwick, Alyssa Mabe and Vada Major. Photos by Ruth White

2014 Softball Schedule March 10 March 13 March 14-15 March 24 March 25 March 26 March 27 March 31 April 1 April 3 April 4-6 April 7 April 9 April 11-12 April 14 April 15 April 17 April 21 April 22 April 23 April 24 May 1-7 May 12-14 May 16 May 20-23

Powell Grace Chic-Fil-A Classic Clinton Campbell County Oak Ridge Anderson County Karns Gibbs Central Eastman Invitational Powell Oak Ridge Gibbs Tournament Clinton Poland OH. High School Anderson County Karns Gibbs Bearden Central District Tournament Regional Tournament State Sectional State Tournament

Away Away Brentwood Away Home Away Away Home Away Home Kingsport Home Home TBA Home Home Home Away Home Home Away TBA TBA TBA Murfreesboro

2014 Baseball Varsity Schedule March 5 March 10 March 11 March 12 March 14 March 18 March 19

West Oak Ridge Gibbs Karns Jefferson County Clinton Campbell County

Home Away Away Home Home Away Away

Red Devil baseball seniors include: Andrew Sylvester, Sam Killion, Clay Walker, J.J. Corvette and Jacob Washam.

March 24 March 25 March 26 March 27-29 March 31 April 1 April 2 April 8 April 9 April 11-12 April 14

Anderson County Powell Central Smoky Mtn. Classic Oak Ridge Gibbs Karns Clinton Campbell County Maryville Tournament Anderson County

Away Home Away Sevier County Home Home Away Home Home Maryville College Home

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Service Calls Financing options for service repairs. Service available 24/7 and on major holidays. We service all brands!

“2013 PHCC National HVAC Contractor of the Year.”

April 15 April 16 April 17-19 April 22 April 23 April 24 April 28 May 1-7 May 12-14 May 16 May 19-23

Powell Central (Sr. Night) Trojan Classic Gatlinburg Pittman Catholic Maryville Jefferson County District Tournament Regional Tournament State Sectional State Tournament

Away Home Chattanooga Smoky Park Away Home Away TBA TBA TBA Murfreesboro