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Gresham goes Gatsby

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Krypton Mayor

Cindy Taylor followed the Knox County mayor to New Krypton Comics on March 12.

Turns out Tim Burchett is an avid collector.

“I collect comic books and found New Krypton Comics recently,” said Burchett. “The owner (Randy Cross) is a hardworking guy, and we wanted to do something to bring focus to his store.”

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Candidate event at New Harvest Neighborhood groups will host a candidate meet and greet from 6-8 p.m. Monday, March 17, at New Harvest Park, located on Washington Pike just east of Target.

Alice Bell Spring Hill Neighborhood Association president Ronnie Collins said dozens of candidates have confirmed including candidates for Sheriff, Jimmy “J.J.” Jones and Bobby Waggoner, and judicial candidates Kristi Davis, Ray Hal Jenkins and Billy Stokes.

Mayor Tim Burchett, running opposed, may drop by.

Halls GOP The Halls Republican Club will meet 7 p.m. Monday, March 17, at Boys & Girls Club, Dry Gap Pike, with refreshments from 6-7. Invited candidates are Bo Bennett, Bob Thomas, Michele Carringer, Ed Brantley and Steve Williams.

Members and guests can ask questions.

Candidates at BPA Candidates will speak at the Halls Business and Professional Association meeting at noon Tuesday, March 18, at Beaver Brook Country Club.

Lunch is $10, and everyone is invited. Speakers are: Patti Bounds, unopposed candidate for school board from District 7; Bob Thomas, unopposed for County Commission Seat 10 at-large; and Michele Carringer and Ed Brantley, candidates for County Commission Seat 11 at-large.

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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By Ruth White The Gresham Middle School Foundation is hosting a Spring Soiree called “Gresham Goes Gatsby” in honor of Hassie Gresham, for whom the school was named. The fundraising event will be held 6:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, at The Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park Drive.

The evening will begin with a cocktail hour featuring entertainment by Tennessee Theatre house

organist and GMSF board member Dr. Bill Snyder. Central High School drama students, dressed as characters straight from the Roaring ’20s, will serve hors d’ oeuvres during this time, and the bar will be staffed with celebrity bartenders.

A wide array of items will be set up at a silent auction for partygoers to peruse, as well as some old Gresham Middle School and old Central High School (pre-

1970s) memorabilia. Seek out a really good deal, or throw caution to the wind in your bidding, since all proceeds will benefit Gresham Middle School!

After Snyder has the crowd warmed up, local blues band Jenna & Her Cool Friends will take the stage, and the fun times will really get moving. Several food stations will offer delicious choices while the silent auction continues. A dance troupe from the Ten-

No rate increase at HPUD

By Sandra Clark Hallsdale Powell Utility District commissioners adopted a budget that holds rates flat.

“We just changed the date at the top of the page (from the previous year),” said president Darren Cardwell. The rates and budget will be submitted to the state comptroller’s office. If approved, the rates will become effective April 1.

Commissioners Kevin Julian, Bob Crye and Todd Cook were happy to vote for a no-increase budget, noting this is the second straight year without a rate hike. Cardwell said records

show only six years without an increase since the district was founded in 1954.

The budget anticipates $27.7 million in revenue against $20.5 million in operating expenses. Another $3.8 million will be paid in interest.

HPUD’s total debt is $155 million, James Smith, chief financial officer, said in response to a question.

The district has about $15 million held in reserve by lenders to secure the debt.

“We have no variable rate loans or bonds,” Smith said.

The minimum monthly water bill is $20.78 for 1,500 gallons and $7.65 per thousand gallons over

1,500. State sales tax is added to all water charges.

The minimum monthly bill for residential sewer is $24.36 for 1,500 gallons of water used and $7.53 per thousand gallons for the next 10,500 gallons. There is no charge for sewer if water usage exceeds 12,000 gallons. Commercial sewer rates are higher, and there is a special (higher) rate for sewer in Union County’s Sunset Bay. Commissioners did not consider Cardwell’s proposed $8 million loan to build a wastewater storage tank at the site of the

nessee Conservatory of Fine Arts will be performing throughout the evening with demonstrations of swing dancing, the Charleston and a few dance moves from the 1920s.

The mission of the foundation is to promote Gresham as a continuous anchor of excellence in Knox County by providing additional financial support.

Info and ticket price: 689-1430 or email gresham.foundation@ knoxschools.org.

Failed storm drain near Ingles A reader called inquiring about a “sinkhole” in the Crossroads Centre shopping center near Ingles. Knox County Engineering and Public Works deputy director Jim Snowden sent a crew to the site, reports that it is located on private property and says the issue is a failed storm drain. Attempts to reach the shopping center’s management were not successful by press time. Photo by Jake Mabe

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Looming health-care deadline spawns signup push

By Betty Bean Time is running out on the open enrollment period to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The deadline is Monday, March 31, and local residents can find information on the city of Knoxville website at www.cityofknoxville. org/AffordableCareAct, as well as at healthcare.gov, the federal government website. Or call 1-800318-2596.

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“For the first time, those who have been shut out of the healthinsurance system in the past have a new way of accessing quality, affordable options,” Rogero told more than 50 representatives of area churches at an ACA signup rally Rogero last week. “Faith leaders like you share a vision of a responsibility to care for our nation’s sick, our nation’s children

and the overall health of our community.”

The city is sponsoring an enrollment event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at Pellissippi State Community College’s Magnolia Campus, 1610 E. Magnolia Ave. Trained enrollers will be on hand to provide free assistance to people who want to apply for health coverage.

For more information or to volunteer to help at the event, contact Elizabeth Wright at ewright@enrollamerica.org or 865-203-4691.

Becky Harmon, a registered

nurse who served as Knox County’s ACA volunteer coordinator last year, has gotten back into the fray for the last big push after taking a couple of months off. She says the state has been unhelpful.

“State government has made it really difficult for us (to help people sign up). For example, the only way you can enroll in Tenncare now is through Healthcare.gov.

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Memories of

trains and train wrecks Most 6-year-old kids adopt cowboys or cops as their heroes, but my favorite heroes were legendary railroaders like Casey Jones or the engineer in the “Wreck of Old 97” who died still clutching the throttle.

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Most of my family worked on the railroad in some capacity, and a good deal of the conversation during family gatherings revolved around railroads.

The fact that we lived quite close to the track was never a problem, and after a while the sound of the trains going by became something we looked forward to – especially hearing the whistle blow. Each engineer had his own whistle blow, and my family taught me how to recognize the trademark blows of different engineers.

Some were long mournful, lonesome sounds and others were quick, fast blows.

In reflecting on that now, I wonder if the whistle blows were related to the engineers’ personalities.

One of the things I was taught from an early age was never to place anything on the track that might cause a derailment, but cop-

per pennies were allowed. I never used a dime or nickel because a kid on a 50-centa-week allowance simply couldn’t afford it. But after an engine and 50 coal cars rolled over it, the penny was paper thin, perfectly round and about the size of a silver dollar. With a little imagination, they were easily shaped into birds, butterflies and animals. Over the years I collected a menagerie of these artifacts.

Serious train wrecks were not common, and some of the more serious ones like the great New Market wreck became legendary in the annals of railroad history. But Old Concord also became closely tied to train wrecks.

Over several decades, three wrecks occurred within a half-mile distance in front of Main Street. Fortunately, no human life was lost, but that was not true for animals.

In the early 1940s, two kids placed crossed railroad spikes on the track and tied them down with wire.

The result was disastrous.

The engine and a number of trailing cattle cars with sheep jumped the track and crashed. Many of the sheep were killed, others were seriously wounded and had to be put down, and others wandered the streets in a daze. All able-bodied citizens participated in the effort to round them up and turn them over to authorities. Many wandered off

into nearby fields, where farmers were able to coax them into pens and cattle trucks.

Railroad special agents quickly identified the two kids responsible, and justice was served. I can’t recall the outcome but do remember their dastardly deed was the talk of the community for several years. Almost every citizen had his or her own story to tell.

In 1988, disaster almost struck again along Main Street when coal cars derailed and threatened stores and homes located within 30 yards of the track. Several cars stopped only a few feet short of Hobbs Grocery Store, where citizens often gathered to whittle and swap tales. Fortunately, the accident happened during the time of day before their normal gathering time. The cause of the accident was a broken axle. And the only remaining reminders today are a few piles of coal that were overlooked during cleanup.

But one of the most serious wrecks occurred in 2004, when several tank cars carrying sulfuric acid derailed in a residential area. The ruptured tanks sent caustic fumes throughout the neighborhood. Some citizens were initially unaware of the nature of the fumes and came to investigate.

Unfortunately, some received caustic eye and respi-

ratory burns before realizing that the escaping fumes were quite hazardous. Both law-enforcement personnel and railroad officials moved quickly to the scene, and all persons residing within a two-mile radius were evacuated under emergency conditions. Some residents were not allowed to return to their property for several days. The railroad picked up the tab for their housing in local hotels.

For a place that was established in 1854 as a railroad town, Old Concord played an active part when railroads reach their zenith.

But it also saw the decline of railroad passenger service, the closing of its train station and the eventual demise of its commercial district. And the village has also had more than its share of train wrecks.

And the kid who wanted to be a railroad man ended up doing something far removed from a railroad career. But the sound of a lonesome whistle and songs like “The Wabash Cannonball” and “The Orange Blossom Special” still send chills up my back. They also bring back memories of a childhood spent along a railroad track watching passenger trains, The Pelican and The Southland, go by at night all lit up.

And it brings back childhood dreams of being on them going to exciting places further down the line.

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Cardwell reported 11 water meters set and 19 sewer hookups inspected during February. HPUD treated

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“Supposedly, the state was to have its website up and running, but that still hasn’t happened. It’s hard to explain to people where they fall financially, and it’s kind of frustrating. But enrollments have been happening,” Harmon said.

Here are Tennessee Health Care Campaign’s Knox County enrollment events until March 31: ■ Wednesday, March 19, 3-7 p.m. – South Knoxville Community Center, 522 Maryville Pike ■ Saturday, March 22, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. – Pellissippi State’s Magnolia Campus, 1610 E. Magnolia Ave. ■ Saturday, March 29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. – Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 1807 Dandridge Ave. ■ Monday, March 31, 3-8 p.m. – Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Ave. Tennova Healthcare is sponsoring enrollment events 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 29, at these locations: ■ Turkey Creek Medical Center, West Lobby (Walmart side), 10820 Parkside Drive ■ Physicians Regional Medical Center (the former St. Mary’s), admitting entrance (Fulton High School side), 900 E. Oak Hill Ave. ■ North Knoxville Medical Center, Outpatient Department, 7565 Dannaher Drive off Emory Road Anyone wishing to enroll will need these documents: ■ Social Security numbers (or document numbers for legal immigrants) ■ Employer and income information for every household member to be covered (numbers from pay stubs or W-2 forms – Wage and Tax Statements, modified adjusted gross income) ■ Policy numbers for any current health-insurance plans covering household members ■ A completed Employer Coverage Tool for every job-based plan for which a member of the household is eligible (www.healthcare.gov/downloads/ECT_ Application_508_130615.pdf).

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Making healthy choices In the third seminar, Melody Prettyman visited North Knoxville Seventhday Adventist Church and spoke at the Healthy Choices workshop.

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Prettyman began the evening with a spread of plant-based entrees and spoke on the benefits of eating a natural diet. If you have never tried meatless meatballs, dairy-free cheese sauce or a chili featuring all plant-based items, you’ve missed it. Prettyman served all of those items, and if you hadn’t been told they contained no meat or dairy, you may never have guessed.

A way to healthier eating includes avoiding meat products, dairy items,

Lauren White serves breakfast Halls High softball team mem- to Jennifer Ladd at the Halls ber Vada Major gets ready to High softball breakfast at serve coffee at the team’s re- Aubrey’s. cent pancake breakfast. overly processed foods, preservatives and other items, said Prettyman. “By eating healthier, people can prevent or reverse heart disease, obesity, diabetes and other diseases.”

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The Halls High softball team hosted a pancake breakfast last week at Aubrey’s and pitched a delicious breakfast to their supporters. The event featured pancakes, bacon, eggs and drink, all served by team

members who worked as at 10 a.m. Saturday, April hard off the field as they do 5. Registration will be held at The Closet (located at on the field. the corner of Maynardville Chef Melody Prettyman shares Highway and Cunningham helpful info with the group at ■ Halls cleanup The Halls Crossroads Road), and gloves, bags, North Knoxville Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Healthy Women’s League will hold water and student-release a community cleanup day forms will be available.

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Kryptonian Mayor He was not in disguise, and there was no flowing red cape in his wake. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett appeared as himself for his constituent meeting at New Krypton Comics on March 12. Turns out Burchett is an avid collector.

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Cindy Taylor Robot from “Lost in Space” and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett at New Krypton Comics

“I collect comic books and found New Krypton Comics recently,” said Burchett. “The owner is a hardworking guy, and we wanted to do something to bring focus to his store.”

Randy Cross owns New Krypton Comics and sells collectibles, comic-book storage and comic books.

A Sleestak hisses at visitors as they walk through the door, and the décor instantly transports patrons to a land of superheroes and fantasy characters. A replica built by Cross of the Robot from the TV series “Lost in Space” waits silently in a corner of the store. Illustrations painted by Cross decorate the walls as well.

The store celebrated its second anniversary March 1. New Krypton Comics is located at 6767 Jubilee Center Way in Suite 103. Info: 938-9528.

Citizens were given the opportunity to speak oneon-one with Burchett about local issues, and they took the opportunity to browse the unique store.

Constituent meetings will be held the remainder of the month at various locations.

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government Greenway project drags The First Creek Greenway, announced by Mayor Rogero in her first budget in 2012, still has not been built two years later as she prepares her third budget.

Perhaps no one at city hall is really pushing it, so little delays become long delays and people spend time on other issues.

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New city press spokesperson Eric Vreeland says the greenway is actually ahead of schedule with a completion date of December 2016. Surely he jests, but actually not.

Announced in April 2012 and not going to be completed for 4 1/2 years and that is ahead of schedule? Apparently, if you set the completion date far enough out then any project will come in ahead of schedule. If Rogero is not re-elected in 2015, her successor will be cutting the ribbon in 2016.

It’s stunning that a greenway takes 4 1/2 years to construct. Someone is not on top of this … or maybe no one.

■ Ted Welch, Nashville and national Republican fundraiser, died March 8, marking the passing of an era. He was commissioner of finance for Gov. Winfield Dunn. He was national finance chair for the GOP. He was close to every major Republican officeholder since 1970 including Lamar Alexander, Bill Frist, Bill Brock, Winfield Dunn, Fred Thompson, Don Sundquist and others.

Former Gov. Dunn said of Welch, “If Ted had lived to be 100, it still would have been a premature death.”

Dunn himself is 86 and in excellent health.

■ State Rep. Steve Hall will face an active summer if West Knoxvillian Martin Daniel turns in his petition to run for state representative and they face each other in the August primary. Hall is a strong backer of state Sen. Stacey Campfield and often sponsors Campfield legislation such as the bill to sell Lakeshore Park before it was transferred to the city of Knoxville.

Hall has generally been an invisible member of the General Assembly except when he defends the controversial Campfield.

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Circuit judge race photo finish Hang on to your hats, y’all. This Circuit Court judge’s race could be a heck of a lot of fun.

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Interestingly, Daniel Mabe lives in the Rocky Hill precinct off Northshore Drive that Hall insisted on being placed in his district Three Republican canso his district would be didates – Kristi Davis, overwhelmingly RepubliRay Hal Jenkins and Billy can instead of going to the Stokes – are running for Gloria Johnson district the Division I seat being where it would have tilted vacated by Dale Workman. that district toward the Their contrast in styles was GOP. Consequently, Hall displayed at the Fountain faces a stiff challenge City/North Knox Republithis summer due to his can Club meeting last week. insistence on protecting Stokes spoke first. He’s himself. the most familiar face of the Hall should remember three and is a former Knox the old adage, be careful County GOP chair. what you ask for, you might Billy started blabbing – get it. rambling a bit, to be honest ■ It has been eight – telling his life’s tale. After months since the special three minutes or so, I drank court appointed by Gov. Bill a big shot of Coca-Cola just Haslam heard arguments to stay awake and thought, in Nashville on the John J. “What is he doing?”

Hooker lawsuit challenging Then it hit me. He was the selection method for emphasizing his experience. appellate judges, and there About the time the light has been no decision. Why bulb lit up in my head, he is this? Are they purposely said: slow-walking their deci“I’ve tried just about evsion? What is their motive? erything (as a lawyer). RunEight months is plenty of ning for judge seems like it time for five people to write would be another progrestheir decision (whatever it sion on the path. I’m preis) for a single case. Two of pared to do this.” the five special justices are Davis gave the best from Knoxville: former city law director Morris Kizer and former U.S. attorney Russ Dedrick.

Some wonder if the panel is waiting on the legislature Last summer, shiny hapto adjourn so this session py school board members cannot react to their decigathered around Superinsion with legislation. Some tendent James McIntyre to wonder if they plan to wait cheer the announcement until after the constituthat the Bill & Melinda tional amendment is voted on this November to change Gates Foundation was giving Knox County Schools the judicial-selection proa humongous grant to help cess. There is no deadline figure out how to spend taxon writing opinions for the state Supreme Court. Retir- payer money. It was festive.

Nobody was rude enough ing Supreme Court Justice to correct McIntyre’s math Bill Koch has taken as long when he said it was a $1.2 as two years to write an million Gates grant, when opinion on cases assigned in fact $840,000 came to him. from Gates and the other The fact is, this was a case where the opinion could have been written in days. Have they reached a decision that is unanimous or divided? One also wonFrom the folks who ders why the mainstream brought you Bill Dunn, Stamedia has not jumped on the lengthy delay here. They cey Campfield, Steve Hall and Roger should have issued an opinKane, here ion months ago if they were comes Eddoing their job properly. die Smith.

■ John Gill, former In an unU.S. attorney and top aide usual press to District Attorney Randy release, Nichols, contrary to some Smith said speculation, will not be rei n c u m tiring Aug. 31, but will conbent state tinue working for the new Johnson Rep. Glodistrict attorney general ria Johnson has “had her elected this August. Gill is chance to prove she will married to Margie Nichstand tall,” and has “failed ols, top aide to University to serve your best interests. of Tennessee Chancellor “I intend to stand much Jimmy Cheek.

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speech. She is cogent and calm.

She kept her biography brief, talked about her experience trying cases in circuit courts “from Chattanooga to Erwin.” Said her experience is “very broad and very general,” and that she’s represented plaintiffs and defendants, adding that it’s beneficial for a judge to view cases from both points of view.

Davis said a good judge should possess three things – experience, a good work ethic and a firm but respectful demeanor in the courtroom.

Why is she running?

“We need strong leaders who can come out of the private sector and (serve). I’m not the most experienced politician in this room, but that’s OK.” Note the lines about the public sector and experienced politicians. Davis made the ever so subtle distinction that both Jen-

kins and Stokes have long involvement in the Knox County Republican Party.

Jenkins is jovial, gregarious. He cracked jokes, said he’s made the switch from being “a corporate attorney to a country lawyer.”

He said his work ethic was displayed when he held down a full-time job while going to law school at night.

Jenkins is proud of his work as a former party chair.

“I tell people that my two jobs were to raise money and elect Republicans. We did both.”

Stokes probably has the

widest support among the establishment. But Jenkins comes from a widely known family of Republicans.

Davis is the newbie, but that may work to her advantage.

My brain tells me that this is Stokes’s race to lose, but my gut tells me that he and Jenkins are going to split the traditional Republican vote. That leaves Davis with a major opportunity.

Make sure your camera batteries are charged, folks.

This race could very well be a photo finish on Election Day. “Pull Up A Chair” with Jake Mabe at jakemabe.blogspot.com.

Rick Ross hopes Republicans in Fountain City and in North Knoxville will attend the combined club meetings, which are held at 7 p.m. each second Monday at Shoney’s on North Broadway. Dues are $5 a year, and Ross says he’ll work out a payment plan if anybody needs one.

Checking that gift horse’s dentures Betty Bean $360,000 in equal amounts from the Knox Countysubsidized Great Schools Partnership and from Knox County Schools. And nobody mentioned that the Parthenon Group – the Gates-approved, Boston-based business consultant chosen to create the “Smart Spending”

plan along with its subcontractor Education Resource Strategies – is known for recycling the same advice in different school districts, so there wasn’t much mystery about what the recommendations would be.

“We’re really excited about, not just the shortterm impact this will have on the budget process coming up, but also the longterm impact on making sure we are getting the best possible return on our educational investment in our

community,” McIntyre said with a straight face.

The media shared his excitement and delivered the news like a glitter bomb: “Knox County Schools announced Monday the district is getting more than $1 million from some of the world’s top philanthropists,” said one TV newsreader.

“The Gates Foundation grant is just the latest opportunity for the school district to shine on a national stage.”

But the atmosphere was To page A-5

Tall and taller: Eddie Smith comes after Gloria Johnson taller.”

Johnson, one of the few Democrats left in the legislature, led a rally Friday to support teachers and parents who are questioning the Common Core State StanSmith dards.

She looked pretty tall on Market Square.

But Smith, who lives in South Knoxville and is the married father of two, says

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he represents “the values and beliefs of state House District 13 and will hold true to those values and beliefs in Nashville.”

Smith was media and events director at Sevier Heights Baptist Church for 13 years.

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Johnson has made a name in Nashville, even as a first-term legislator in the minority party. Her leadership on education issues has led to speaking invitations statewide.

She is a special-education teacher for Knox County Schools, taking leave to serve in the legislature.

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Future favorite: Vic Wharton III I don’t know Todd Kelly in Butch Jones and sincere Jr., but I like him because of gratitude for an opportunity roots. Ditto Dillon Bates. to make a difference.

Perhaps you know Wharton background basics.

Former Volunteer all-SEC basketball guard Brandon Marvin Wharton, 1,651 points in the West late 1990s, is his uncle.

Vic was an athletic freshman of some distinction at Catholic High.

He transferred to Christ That said, until further notice, Vic Wharton III is Presbyterian Academy outmy favorite incoming foot- side of Nashville and had a ball Volunteer. He has not great sophomore year in footcaught a pass or returned a ball, basketball and track.

He transferred again, punt for the orange, but he has demonstrated a deep ap- to Independence High in preciation of the University Thompson’s Station, and of Tennessee, complete faith became one of the better

all-around, mid-sized (6-0, 190) athletes in the country. There might have been a connection between that move and the school adding his dad to the coaching staff.

Do what? You never heard of Vic Wharton Jr. or Thompson’s Station, population 2,194, steeped in history, Civil War battleground, Williamson County, between Franklin and Spring Hill?

Young Vic III did what he could to make Thompson’s Station more famous.

He played defensive back, quarterback, running back, wide receiver and kick returner. He did all that very

well, about 2,500 all-purpose yards as a senior, nine touchdowns running, eight receiving, six doing other things.

He made a bunch of tackles, intercepted some passes, threw a touchdown pass, had a 98-yard kickoff return, etc.

One college coach said Vic is an instinctive defender. Another said he is better as a receiver, not a burner but once under 4.4 in the 40-yard dash. If that isn’t flying, it is takeoff speed.

Some who do recruiting evaluations say he is a fourstar prospect. That is incidental. Here’s what matters:

Work required on pensions The city of Knoxville is up the costs of government on a collision course with for the next 20-plus years. your wallet.

Those plans are consuming It manages pension an ever-larger share of the Nick plans that cover some 3,750 Della Volpe city’s annual budget. people (2,255 retirees and A decade ago, the city 1,491 active workers). The was contributing about $4.4 main plan, now closed to million per year to the plan new entrants, had an es- in November 2012, applies (an amount roughly in line timated $690 million in to employees hired after with the employees’ then-$3 liabilities but only $520 Jan. 1, 2013. million contribution, or 6 Problem solved? Or only percent of salary). million in assets as of Feba good start? Plan H covers ruary 2014.

The city is currently conThat $170 million short- about 90 new employees, tributing over $22 million fall will weigh heavily on whose pension claims will per year (while employees the city’s annual budget for mature some 20 to 25 years add $3.8 million) and is well decades to come. The market downturn of “We are racing forward, knowing that the bridge is out.”

2001-02 and the recession that began in 2008 have contributed heavily to the shortfall. The in the future. Compare that on its way to over $30 milold plan currently pays out to the 3,750 retirees and ac- lion per year in the next few some $40 million per year tive workers under the old years. Yikes! in benefits and $3.5 million plan, and you realize it is a The city went from near in management fees and ad- first step. parity with the worker/benSo what’s being done? ministrative costs. eficiaries of the plan, to four Right now, nothing.

The good news is that or five times the employees’ The city is laboring un- share. At that rate, the city’s the city (with the help of active voters) closed those old der the weight of the un- contribution will eat nearly plans. A new hybrid Plan H, derfunded “closed” plans, 20 percent of the city’s enadopted by charter change which will continue running tire $180 million operating

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Who pays? You do. It’s your money. The city’s revenues come primarily from property taxes and sales taxes (which have been flat for the past several years).

The rest comes from other fees and taxes (including a share from the state).

Budgets remain tight.

So, why not act now to slow the runaway train? Thus far, the city claims nothing more can be done. Adjusting pension benefits is said to be barred by a 33-yearold Tennessee Supreme Court decision known as the Blackwell case.

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far different at last week’s school board work session.

The board members weren’t smiling when the Parthenon Group consultant rolled out recommendations they knew were coming and most used to be OK with – increasing classroom sizes, eliminating as many as 300 “low-performing” teachers based on value-added (TVAAS) scores, laying off librarians, custodians, counselors, social workers and nurses, stop giving pay raises for advanced degrees, ax Project Grad and most of the TAP program, quit helping poor kids to go on field trips and stretch out the school year with a “balanced calendar,” requiring teachers to work some 20 additional days per year without commensurate compensation.

Last summer’s gift horse couldn’t weather the monthslong public-information campaign waged by teachers, parents and even students.

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probably wouldn’t have gotten a chillier reception if he’d recommended barbed-wire enemas all around.

Once he was done, librarians and counselors and a University of Tennessee researcher stood up at a public forum and challenged the board to look closer at the Parthenon gift horse.

Librarian Amber Rountree observed that she’s never heard anyone ask for larger class sizes and criticized the Parthenon report for recommending hiring two recruiters and four humanresource specialists for the administrative staff while cutting personnel who work directly with students.

Finally, she urged the board to remember the intangibles: “Our classrooms are a community in which our students learn skills like empathy and kindness, many of which cannot be measured by a bar graph or in a bottom line.”

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Over and over, Vic Wharton III said to prospective teammates, “Once we get there, we are going to help make a difference.”

Optimism. Enthusiasm.

Faith in tomorrow. And why not?

“I think he’s the greatest coach in the country,” Wharton said of Lyle Allen “Butch” Jones Jr. “I mean, I just can’t wait to play for him.”

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He had to wait only for confirmation that he was wanted. Butch had previously offered a Cincinnati scholarship after Vic camped with the Bearcats.

When the Tennessee offer came, Vic was first to commit for the class of 2014. He called Jones on Christmas Day 2012. A few minutes later, he appointed himself assistant recruiting coordinator and called TK. That is code for the aforementioned Todd Kelly Jr. Soon others were in the loop. The theme was the fu-

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John Niceley of Strong Stock Farm is intrigued by Jennifer Willard’s multimedia piece “Little Birds: The Wolf Trail.”

Art shows abound The vibe downtown was crowded and festive on a recent First Friday.

At the Emporium on Gay Street, the Southern Art Soul Sisters (SASS) Collective was celebrating with their first gallery exhibition in Knoxville.

Called “A Bird in This World” – an old Southern saying that the members say captures their collective spirit – the show features mixed-media pieces

by Karen Bertollini, Lynn Corsi Bland, Cynthia C. Cox, Susan Edwards, Betsy Hobkirk, Suzanne Wedekind and Jennifer Willard. A variety of themes are explored, and the works will be displayed in the Balcony of the Emporium Center through March 29.

Meanwhile, over at the District Gallery in Bearden, Judge Harold Wimberly Jr. enjoyed a convivial reception for his latest show called “It Was a Good Time.” The show runs through March 22.

“You know,” said Wim-

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His dry sense of humor informs many of the shots.

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Good friends attorney J.D. Lee and judge Harold Wimberly Jr. pose in front of one of the judge’s landscape photographs.

Yellowstone National Park, shows no tourists or people of any kind except for a lone figure lying prone on the decking. “The point of that photo is the person passed out in the corner,” Wimberly said with a grin.

He’s also fond of a surreal shot of Hanna-Barbera Land, a Texas theme park closed for several decades. “The people who live near there bought it and still maintain it,” he said.

His suitably cartoonish photo features a large purple dinosaur.

Talk of our nation’s various oddities prompted me to ask if he’s ever seen the Corn Palace in Mitchell, S.D. “No, I haven’t ever seen that one,” he replied, “but when you’ve been to the National Museum of Vinegar, as I have, it takes a lot to impress you.”

Attorney J.D. Lee asked which photo is his favorite.

“The next one,” the judge unhesitatingly answered.

“The one I haven’t taken yet.”

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In honor of Ireland Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.

(Jeremiah 17: 7-8 NRSV) Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that thou art.

Thou my best thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light. (“Ancient Irish,� translated by Mary Byrne, 1905) More than 400 students pack into the auditorium at Fellowship North Church March 6 for a Young Life meeting.

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By Cindy Taylor More than 400 students from eight Knox County schools and 75-plus volunteers packed the auditorium at Fellowship North Church March 6 to participate in the All Sharp Top Club, a ministry of Young Life.

Throughout the year, students from South-Doyle, Karns, Halls, Powell, Cen-

tral, Carter, Gibbs and the L&N STEM Academy congregate independently each week, then come together once a semester with additional Young Life staff members. Staff associate Ryan Burnett facilitated the evening. “Our purpose at Young Life is to reach the lost and disinterested,� said Burnett.

HALLS SENIOR CENTER â– Monday, March 17: 9 a.m. scrapbooking; 10 a.m. Tai Chi, pinochle, bridge, Hand & Foot; 11:30 a.m. advanced Tai Chi; 1 p.m. rook, SAIL exercise. â– Tuesday, March 18: 9 a.m. Tai Chi; 10 a.m. canasta; 11 a.m. exercise; 12:30 p.m. Mexican Train dominoes; 1:30 p.m.

Hand & Foot; 2 p.m. movie time. â– Wednesday, March 19: 9 a.m. veterans services; 10 a.m. bingo, Hand & Foot; 12:30 p.m. bridge; 1 p.m. rook, SAIL

â– Tuesday, March 18: 9 a.m. billiards; 11 a.m. Red Hats; 1 p.m. pinochle. â– Wednesday, March 19: 9 a.m. billiards, quilting; 10 a.m. crochet, dominoes; 11 a.m. open game play; 1 p.m. rook. â– Thursday, March 20: 9 a.m. billiards, quilting; 11 a.m. Main Munch; 1 p.m. dominoes,

“We want students to come together and feel the freedom to go nuts and just be kids in a fun, safe environment. We start high energy and then slow down with content songs about Jesus.�

Burnett spoke to the students about his personal life experiences, Young Life and the Bible. He explained what the Bible means for

students today and how it applies to their lives.

Students laughed with friends, played games and enjoyed skits and music along with a time of worship.

A Young Life camp fundraiser will be held from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 5, at Applebee’s on Central Avenue at Merchants Road. Info: knoxville.younglife.org.

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exercise. ■Thursday, March 20: 9 a.m. beginning line dance; 10 a.m. line dance, pinochle, quilting; 11 a.m. exercise; 1 p.m. ballroom dance class, HCWL board; 2 p.m. “Downton Abbey.� ■Friday, March 21: 9:30 a.m.

Pilates, art club; 10 a.m. euchre; 11 a.m. SAIL exercise; 12:30 p.m. Mexican Train dominoes; 1 p.m. western movie, Advanced Directives.

CORRYTON SENIOR CENTER â– Monday, March 17: 9 a.m.

SAIL exercise, billiards, quilting; 10 a.m. dominoes; 11 a.m. open game play.

Young Life leaders Anna Baltensperger, Ryan Burnett and Adam Bumpus perform a skit. Photos by Cindy Taylor

pinochle. â– Friday, March 21: 9 a.m. SAIL exercise, billiards; 11 a.m. open game play; 1 p.m. movie time.

“One of the things we love to do at A Church Called Home is find creative ways to bless our neighbors,� said pastor Jason Creech. “I think Jesus did things that caused people to take a step back in amazement. “A friend of mine once said, ‘Jesus only passed a plate one time and He was giving, not receiving.’ What a thought.�

To radically display the love of God, the church has bought all the tickets to the 4:20 p.m. showing of the film “God’s Not Dead� on

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Saturday, March 22. The movie will be shown at the Carmike Cinema on Millertown Pike in northeast Knoxville.

Seating is limited to 80 people with tickets at the box office on first come, first served basis.

Creech and his family moved to Knoxville in 2012 to launch A Church Called Home.

Within 18 months, the church has two services to accommodate the crowd.

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On this St. Patrick’s Day, my mind turns to the green leaves of Tara’s Hill and the mists and mysteries of Ireland.

I remember seeing the signpost as we rode into the village of Slane, and the “Aha� that exploded in my mind. As one who notices the names of hymn tunes as well as the names of the hymns themselves, I recognized Slane as the name of the tune to which we sing “Be Thou My Vision,� that great hymn of ancient Ireland. I had not known, until that moment, that the tune – also Irish – was named for a place in Ireland.

Slane was spiritually important because it was there, on the Hill of Slane, that St. Patrick, in 433 A.D., is said to have lit a Paschal (Easter) fire as a challenge to the pagan High King of Tara, symbolizing the triumph of Christianity over paganism.

There are blessed places on this earth, places of mystery and portent.

There are places of beauty and grace and gentleness, as well as places of starkness and ferocity. I have not seen them all – not nearly all – but I believe that Ireland is unique.

Shakespeare called England “this other Eden,� but I venture to say that he had not seen Ireland.

Ireland is small, an island surrounded by the cold waters of the North Atlantic and the Irish Sea. Its green, rolling landscape – with an occasional mountain – is quite reminiscent of East Tennessee, which may explain why so many Irish immigrants settled in our beautiful hills.

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Halls softball off to good start

By Ruth White The Halls High softball team traveled to Powell last week, and it was a great day to be a Red Devil.

Alyssa Mabe got the ball rolling with a hit that scored the first run of the game, and the team didn’t quit until it had defeated the Panthers 10-0. Lexi Helm was the winning pitcher.

The softball team will be on the road and will have their home opener on Tuesday, March 25, at their newly renovated field.

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Berean Christian School is proud that 30 of its student athletes have been recognized by the TSSAA for their hard work in the classroom this past semester. These athletes earned a 3.5 GPA or higher: Alex Lyon, football, 3.66; Lien Alexander, volleyball,

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3.83; Corban Causey, volleyball, 4.0; Callie Corum, volleyball/basketball, 3.83; Emily Farmer, volleyball, 4.0; Caitlyn Farmer, volleyball, 3.83; Averee Gentry, volleyball/basketball, 3.66; Carlie Sharp, volleyball, 4.0; Karly Vittetoe, volleyball, 4.0; Anna Mershon, soccer/ basketball/softball, 3.83; Carly Cooper, soccer, 3.6; Victoria Little, soccer, 4.0; Brianne McGill, soccer/basketball, 4.0; Karen Mee, soccer, 3.83; Madison Phillips, soccer, 4.0; Jillian Sharp, soccer, 4.0; Laurel Tyree, soccer, 3.75; Jordan Whitaker, soccer, 3.83; Imani Wright, soccer, 3.6; Lexie Dyke, soccer/basketball, 4.0; Taylor Langford, basketball, 4.0; Madi Murphy, basketball, 3.85; Grant Little, basketball/ soccer, 3.83; Colton Murphy, basketball/soccer, 3.5; Preston Piper, basketball/ soccer, 3.5; Evan Kezer, soc-

cer, 3.66; Noah Jordan, soccer, 3.57; Corbin Johnson, soccer, 3.66; Michael Hancock, soccer, 3.6 and Will Wilson, soccer, 4.0.

TSSAA also recognizes teams for their academic excellence. All five varsity teams were recognized, and teams with GPAs of 3.00-3.24 are given the Outstanding Award, while GPAs of 3.25-4.00 are given the Distinguished Award.

Teams recognized were the girls volleyball team with 3.73 GPA; girls soccer with 3.55 GPA; and girls basketball with 3.44 GPA. The boys basketball team had a GPA of 3.13, and the soccer team had 3.22.

This is the third consecutive year the girls soccer team has won the Team Academic Award from the NSCAA. The team also has been recognized by the NSCAA with the inaugural “Team Ethics Award of Merit.

Bentley named Halls’ top teacher

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Sometimes God has a different plan for our lives, and if we listen closely we can be on His path and not our own. If we don’t, He often uses divine intervention to get our attention.

The latter happened to Halls Elementary resource teacher Bonnie Bentley. “I went to college to become an art teacher,” she said.

“The college setting and I just didn’t get along.”

She left college and went to work in the restaurant industry. When she gave birth to a child with Down syndrome, Bentley knew that God’s plan for her was to go back to school and get her degree in special education.

That was more than 25 years ago, and she says that she loves what she does, her personal life has benefitted and so has her professional life. “Until you live things, you don’t truly understand everything involved.” Bentley understands and is able to use what she has learned to help her parents and students.

She enjoys working the academic end and finding ways to help students learn and help them with tricks to remembering things. “I love being able to individualize teaching and focus on each student’s strengths.”

She uses positive reinforcement to encourage her

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students and reward them when they complete assignments, turn in work, keep up with school agendas and more. Her room features a secret garden, and students are able to pick a flower with a prize on the back, and the Foosball table in her room is a popular item. As Bentley was being interviewed, a student came in to claim his game against her, and it provided a great opportunity to watch her in action.

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Kindergarten Round-up is April 8

By Cindy Taylor Kindergarten Round-up for the 2014-2015 school year is Tuesday, April 8, for Knox County Schools.

Students eligible for enrollment must have celebrated their 5th birthday on or before Aug. 15, 2014.

To enroll, parents should bring their child’s birth certificate, proof of residency within the school zone, upto-date immunization records and proof of a health/ physical exam recorded on a Tennessee Child Health Record completed by a medical provider or Knox County Health Department.

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SCHOOL NOTES Halls Middle School ■ Halls Middle School will have dance team tryouts Tuesday through Friday, April 1-4.

Information has been sent to all elementary feeder schools and is also available at HMS. Info: Jill Wright, 922-7494 or jill.wright@knoxschools.org.

■ Students interested in cheerleading for the 2014-2015 basketball season must have all paperwork turned in to the office by Friday, April 18.

All participants are required to have a new sports physical. A mandatory parent/ candidate meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in the cafeteria. Cheer clinics will be held noon-4 p.m. Saturday, April 26, and 2-4 p.m. Sunday, April 27.

Tryouts will be held at 4 p.m.

Monday, April 28. Clinics and meetings are mandatory to try out. Info: Cassie Owen, 922-7494 or cassie.owen@ knoxschools.org.

Halls High ■ Dance team tryouts will be Monday, April 7. If interested, sign up with Morgan Hite at

websites or picked up at any school during school hours.

Kara Israel, one of four kindergarten teachers at Pleasant Ridge, offers advice: “If children don’t know how to write their name the correct way they will come in already behind.

“Things have changed tremendously in the past few years, especially since Common Core.”

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HHS or Chauncie Bower at HMS. To be eligible, you need to sign up, have a current physical and a 2.5 GPA. Info: morgan.hite@knoxschools. org. Cheerleading signups and mascot tryouts ended Friday, March 14. A mandatory parent meeting will be held for both dance and cheerleading at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at the high school.

Cheerleading clinics will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 5-6. Tryouts are Monday, April 7. Candidates must have a current physical and at least a 2.25 GPA. Info: cheri. duncan@knoxschools.org.

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Victor A. Hilton, Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class, has graduated from basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

■ Two players needed for 2014 Airmen who complete Halls Community Park Knox County 10 and under girls basketball champions include: (front) Cherokee AAA/Major 10u.

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Macy Kirby, Grace Lawson, Allie Cooper, Cierra Huff, Leah Beeler, Lakin Rogers; (back) coach basic training earn four Donnie Cooper, Michaela Allen, Brook Cox, Emma Guignard, Katie Murphy, Anna Jo Mullins, credits toward an associate ■ RBI Outlaws 10U baseball in applied science degree team needs experienced play- Isabel Watson and coach Tim Cox. Photo submitted through the Community ers. Low signup fee with all of the RBI perks. For a private College of the Air Force. tryout, call Clint Taylor at Hilton is the son of Vicki is $35 if purchased prior 4davolz@comcast.net or 740-8560.

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406-9243 or Felecia (Robbins) He is a 2002 graduate of ■ Knoxville Bulldogs 9/10U Tickets will not be sold at Turner, feleciaturner@hottravel baseball team needs a Central High School.

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By Ruth White Smithfield and Food City partnered to help feed Knoxville-area families by donating 80,000 pounds of meat products to the Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee. This is the largest donation of protein received by Second Harvest.

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Volunteer for Easter Egg Hunt

The Fountain City Easter Egg Hunt will start at 9 a.m.

Saturday, April 12, at Fountain City Park. Age groups will be divided. No parents are allowed in the eggs, so even the youngest children must be walking on their own. Bring your own baskets.

Businesses are needed to provide game booths and prizes for the day. Volunteers are needed to help with the hunt. To sign up, email info@fountaincitybusiness. com or call 224-6620.

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Gresham Goes Gatsby

The Fountain City community is coming together to support Gresham Middle School in the pursuit of academic excellence. The Gresham Middle School Foundation wants to bridge the gap between what Knox County allots financially to Gresham and the needs of the school to provide an optimal learning experience.

GMSF’s first fundraising event, “Gresham Goes Gatsby,” will be held at The Foundry on Saturday, April 5. Live music, dancing, food and adult beverages will begin at 6:30. Renowned Tennessee Theatre organist Dr. Bill Snyder will warm up the crowd and will be followed by local favorite blues band Jenna & Her Cool Friends.

Individuals and companies can become a Bronze Level sponsor of the GMSF for $250 and will receive two tickets to “Gresham Goes Gatsby.” All other levels of sponsorship are listed on the website, www. greshammiddleschoolfoundation.org. Payment for tickets can be made online, or a check can be mailed to GMSF, P.O. Box 18495, Knoxville, TN 37928.

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Notes

■ Halls Business and Professional Association will meet at noon Tuesday, March 18, at Beaver Brook Country Club.

Buffet lunch is $10. Info: Bob Crye, 922-2793.

■ Halls Business and Professional Association will host candidate forums March 18 and April 15 at Beaver Brook Country Club. Patti Lou Bounds, unopposed candidate for the 7th District seat for Knox County Board of Education, will be the keynote speaker Tuesday, March 18, and the HBPA will host Bo Bennett and Charles Busler, candidates for the 7th District seat on Knox County Commission, on Tuesday, April 15. Meetings start at noon and are open to the public.

Lunch is $10.

■ Hallsdale Powell Utility District will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 14, at the district office on Cunningham Road.

Fresenius coming to Knox Global renal services provider to create 665 new jobs Fresenius Medical Care will locate its new East Coast manufacturing facility in the Panasonic building in the Forks of the River Industrial Park in Knox County, Gov. Bill Haslam announced last week.

Fresenius will invest up to $140 million in the project and correspondingly create about 665 new jobs over the next several years, said state Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty.

He said Fresenius operates in 120 countries.

The Knoxville facility will produce dialysis-related products, which will be distributed to Fresenius Medical Care’s clinics and distribution centers in the eastern part of the United States.

“In Knoxville, we’ve found a home with an excellent workforce pool, a facility that will work well for our purposes, and a location that will enable us to serve our customers in the eastern half of the U.S. more efficiently,” said Fresenius vice president of manufacturing Troy McGhee. “We

are additionally drawn to the area’s outstanding business climate and are looking forward to developing and expanding our presence here in the coming years.”

Fresenius Medical Care will begin moving one production line to the Knoxville facility in September 2014, but actual production at the site is not expected to begin until early 2016, pending a designation from the Food and Drug Administration that the facility is a qualified plant for production.

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett said the expansion will fill a now-vacant piece of industrial property and bring “hundreds of hightech manufacturing jobs” to the entire region.

The company will begin hiring in different phases.

Toward the middle of 2014 it will begin hiring for support jobs, such as engineering facilities management, and in the fourth quarter of 2015, it plans to begin hiring for other positions such as supervisors, technicians, production line workers and maintenance. Job opportunities will be posted on the Fresenius Medical Care North America website, http://jobs.fmcna.com.

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By Jake Mabe This week, our search for Where the Jobs Are takes us to one of the most famous last names in Knoxville – Clayton, as in Clayton Homes.

Company founder Jim Clayton has been a local fi xture since 1956, when he opened his first mobilehome retail center on Clinton Highway. If you’ve been around here a while, you’ll no doubt remember the center’s spinning mobile-home sign. And you’ll probably remember Clayton’s television series, “Star Time.”

Clayton started out selling cars, began using mobile homes as collateral for car sales and realized modular home sales could be a lucrative business.

Audrey Saunders, Clayton Homes’ public relations and marketing coordinator, says the company has 323 home centers across the nation (including 30 in Tennessee with almost all located east of Crossville), 35 home building centers and a host of supply centers. Its corporate headquarters is in Maryville.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought the company in 2002 after Buffett read and was impressed by Clayton’s autobiography.

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These days, Jim Clayton is the president of Clayton Bank, which has its headquarters in downtown Knoxville. He is known for his philanthropy. A park currently being built in Halls will bear his name because of his substantial donation to purchase the land.

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Another year of ferry apathy?

Ralph Wright, Jeff Brantley and Glen Edwards at Helms Ferry. Photos by Libby Morgan

By Libby Morgan Union County’s ferry is a unique conveyance. One of only three in Tennessee, it’s the only one operated by a county.

(The other two Tennessee ferries, in upper West Tennessee, are the responsibility of the state, and charge the users a small fee for the trip across the river.)

Helms Ferry was installed in 1986 by Clayton Helms, road commissioner from 1984 to 2012, in response to the problem of residents being cut off from the rest of the county.

It’s a 104-mile round trip from the 13th District to the county seat without the ferry shortcut, and only 17 miles from the ferry through Sharps Chapel to the courthouse.

Using the ferry in its current condition is downright dangerous to the undercarriage of a vehicle. The road surface where the ferry’s apron ramp comes to rest is gravel and mud. Muddier mud when it’s raining.

Frequent ferry users know to approach the apron at an angle, just as an experienced driver knows to cross a ditch so only one wheel at a time dips into the low spot.

“We average 35 vehicles a day,” says Johnny Ray, who has operated the ferry four days out of every eight for the last 14

years.

“It’s mostly local commuters and some contractors working in Sharps Chapel. But we get quite a few tourists in the summertime. I carried a whole motorcycle convoy over one day last summer.”

County Commissioner Jeff Brantley and others have been lobbying the rest of the commission to allocate money to pave the approaches to the ferry for a while now.

“This project has been approved by TVA and the Corps of Engineers. If we can’t turn this around real soon, the lake level will rise and it’ll be another year of this mess,” Brantley says.

Glen Edwards, a resident of the “Lost Colony” (Brantley’s nickname for the 13th District) says, “We get mighty little from the county as far as services on a regular basis. One dumpster, that’s about it.

“There’ve been times we’ve had to wait more than four hours for a deputy. The ferry only runs from 7 in the morning to 5 in the evening.

“The county gets a lot of tax money from us over here. We’ve got two marinas and a lot of upscale lakeshore property.

“We’d like to see better ferry service than a load of gravel every now and then.”

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Brantley argued that the access “is deteriorating daily,” and hiring an outside contractor would “save Mr. Cox from having to worry about this project.”

Brantley said the project involves poured reinforced concrete 210 ft. long by 18 ft. wide on Sharps Chapel side of the approach, and 150 ft. long by 18 ft. wide on Speedwell side. Additionally, grading on Speedwell side to even out the landing when lake level is higher.

The county previously had solicited bids for concrete, a bid that came in at $16,320.

County Attorney K. David Myers said the county is not obligated to accept the bid.

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NEWS FROM TEMPLE BAPTIST ACADEMY

Enrollment now open for fall 2014 Temple Baptist Academy is now accepting applications for the 2014-15 school year. In order to ensure the best possible opportunity for acceptance, we recommend that you have your application completed by or before May 1.

Temple Baptist Academy admits students of any race, color and national or ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. The school does not discriminate on the basis of race, color and national or ethnic origin in administration of its education, admissions policies, tuition assistance, athletics and other school-administered programs.

If you have questions or would like to set up an appointment, please contact our Office of Admissions at (865) 938-8181.

Autumn Arsenault is a 7th grader at Temple Baptist Academy.

Temple Academy hosts TACS district academic & fine arts competition

On Thursday and Friday, Feb. 6-7, Temple Baptist Academy hosted the annual Tennessee Association of Christian Schools (TACS) district competition.

Students from Temple competed along with students from Tri-Cities Christian School (Blountville, Tenn.), Cedar View Christian School (King-

sport, Tenn.), Calvary Christian School (Kingston, Tenn.), Mt. Pisgah Christian Academy (Oliver Springs, Tenn.), and Christian Academy of the Smokies (Sevierville, Tenn.) in various categories of music, art, photography, speech/drama, science, math, chess, spelling bee, etc.

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in their respective categories will go on to compete at the TACS state academic & fine arts competition in Murfreesboro March 20-21.

Top performers at the state level proceed to the American Association of Christian Schools (AACS) national competition held in Greeneville, S.C., at Bob Jones University.

Spelling Bee winner Congratulations to Temple 7th grader Havana Bryant on winning the opportunity to represent Temple Baptist Academy at the News Sentinel-sponsored Southern Appalachia Regional Spelling Bee held at the University of Tennessee.

Havana competed along with several hundred students from East Tennessee for the opportunity to advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Havana advanced through written portion of the competition and made it to the second round of the oral competition.

Havana Bryant with Temple Junior High language arts teacher and the school’s spelling bee coordinator, Kristin Booher.

The Temple Baptist Academy Homecoming Court: Alli Sexton, Abby Ryan, Makayla Landrum, Ashlee Kiser, Autumn Bonifacius, Alana Ford, Emerald Jacob, Brooke James, Whitney Welch and Abigail Houston.

Homecoming 2014 at TBA Autumn Bonifacius was crowned the 2014 Temple High School Homecoming Queen on Friday, Jan. 31.

The homecoming court was comprised of representatives from the 9th to 12th grades.

Ashlee Kiser and Alana Ford represented the freshman

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The senior class homecoming candidates were Alli Sexton, Autumn Bonifacius, Whitney Welch and Abigail Houston.

Soccer season ‘kicks off’ at TBA The 2014 soccer season started off for the Royal Crusaders boys and girls teams with the “Royal Crusader Kick-off Classic” soccer invitational – a season-opening soccer jamboree.

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Treatment for prostate cancer keeps retired professor close to home As a retired professor of industrial engineering, John Hungerford of Knoxville, 74, is used to taking a methodical, scientific approach to solving problems. When he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in April 2006, Hungerford used the same logic to make decisions about his treatment.

“I used all that good training to plot my treatment plan,” said Hungerford. “But at first, I had kind of a sense of panic about the whole process. You think you have to do something right away.”

But Hungerford’s cancer was in an early stage, giving him some time, and, like many prostate cancers, was relatively slow growing.

“At first you think, ‘I’m going to die.’ But then you find out that’s not the case if the cancer’s not aggressive. Yes, you’re going to die, but not necessarily from that,” he said.

Hungerford attended a prostate cancer support group at the Cancer Support Community of Knoxville – formerly called the Wellness Community. “I found that group amazingly helpful because a lot of men had a good reservoir of technical knowledge,” he said.

Hungerford considered many current treatment options for prostate cancer.

“Then I heard about this alternative at Thompson Cancer Survival Center, called tomotherapy.

It’s basically a very focused kind of radiation that is limited to the cancerous cells and a small area around them,” he said.

Tomotherapy delivers radiation slice-by-slice, a tiny bit at a time, as opposed to hitting the entire prostate at once.

Hungerford went to the Thompson Cancer Survival Center in the summer of 2006 and met Dr. Daniel Scaperoth, a radiation oncologist.

“Right from the outset I liked Dr. Scaperoth,” said Hungerford.

“He was very straight-forward with me and answered all my questions

Prostate cancer survivor John Hungerford enjoys a daily walk with the family dog, Gertrude. After being diagnosed with cancer in 2006, Hungerford researched a treatment that was right for him and that led him to Thompson Cancer Survival Center.

“From the time my wife and I to my satisfaction. I felt like he was great deal of honesty between him in it for the patient’s benefit, and and me.” went to Thompson, we had a good he was trying to respond to what He said the Thompson Center feeling about the place,” he said.

“It’s a light and airy atmosphere, the patient needed. There was a impressed him as well.

Weighing your options for prostate cancer Of all the cancers, prostate is one of the slowest growing. If caught early, patients typically have plenty of time to decide on the best treatment option for their particular situation.

“People can die of prostate cancer, but it’s also very treatable and, for the most part, curable,” said Dr. Daniel Scaperoth, a radiation oncologist at Thompson Cancer Survival Center.

Each of the treatments currently available for prostate surgery has a similar success rate, with a variety of side effects. In general, they fall into two main categories: radiation Dr. Daniel or surgery.

Scaperoth “Usually men will go to a urologist or radiologist and get a couple of different opinions,” said Scaperoth. “There are support groups in town, and men will share their stories about what went well and what didn’t go well.”

“And the decision depends a little bit on age,” he added. “Younger patients in their 50s and 60s will lean a little toward surgery because they can always add radiation later. People over 70 might lean more toward radiation.”

There are so many options it can be difficult to choose, Scaperoth said. If it’s an early stage of disease, men can even choose not to do anything at all.

“Watchful waiting is also OK, with active surveillance of PSA levels,” Scaperoth said. PSA, prostate specific antigen, is a blood test that can detect the disease at an early stage. “The PSA test is what gives you lot of options,” said Scaperoth.

The American Urological Association recommends that men talk to their physicians about when to have a first PSA screening and how often they should be screened after that. In general, men ages 55 to 69 should be screened every two to four years.

“It’s really something you should talk to your doctor about, based on your own risk factors,” said Scaperoth.

and the people were the same way.

I just had a really good feeling about it.”

Starting in mid-July, Hungerford had 39 tomotherapy treatments, one per weekday, until the end of summer.

“They do precise CT (computed tomography) scans to locate the prostate,” he said. “There’s no pain. I was just lying there maybe 20 to 30 minutes each time. You don’t really feel anything, actually.”

“Toward the end of the treatment series you feel a little bit of fatigue,” said Hungerford. “The last couple of weeks I felt sluggish and slow, like I was walking through mud.”

But over the weeks, Hungerford’s PSA tests showed that the cancer was being destroyed. A PSA test is a blood test that detects the prostate specific antigen, an indicator of cancer.

“I’d say the treatment was very successful,” he said. “My PSA level started coming down to well below where it needs to be, and I’m pleased with that,” he said. “I haven’t had any problems since.”

Hungerford said he would recommend Thompson Cancer Survival Center to anyone facing prostate cancer treatment.

“The personnel are just great, and the technicians that worked with me when I was going through treatment were terrific too. Everyone was so helpful,” he said.

Hungerford said his wife, Ruth, met friends in the waiting room each time they went for treatment.

“She’s outgoing and got to know most of the people in the waiting room, and we’ve stayed friends with a lot of those people after treatment. It was really kind of neat to have that social aspect, unanticipated,” he said.

“I thought the care was outstanding, and it’s been that way ever since,” said Hungerford. “I’ve been treated really well.”

Prostate cancer treatment choices Surgery – Removal of the prostate either with an open incision or with a less invasive robotic system that uses several smaller incisions. The risks of surgery would include infection and anesthesia problems and a slightly higher risk of incontinence afterward.

Radiation – Radiation treatment is done either from the outside, bombarding the prostate with radiation beams, or from within the prostate, by implanting radioactive seeds inside the prostate. Tomotherapy is one type of external radiation, which applies the radiation in thin, precise slices. Risks of radiation would include a higher irritation to the bowel and rectum than surgery. Seed implants can cause swelling that can cause difficulty urinating.

Cryosurgery – A technique for freezing and killing abnormal cells, cryosurgery is being tested for very early stage cancers. It is a one-time procedure performed under anesthesia.

Hormone therapy – Male sex hormones can cause prostate cells to grow. Drugs that suppress hormones can slow the growth of cancer, but they have some serious side effects. These drugs are only used in more advanced cancers.

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Spring Equinox Celebration, 7-9 p.m., Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Family friendly, non-alcoholic event.

Info: Mitzi, 497-3603, or community@narrowridge.org.

FRIDAY, MARCH 21 Bubba Brew’s Sports Pub & Grill opening for the season, starting at noon. Located at Beach Island Resort and Marina on Norris Lake.

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SUNDAYS THROUGH JUNE 8 GriefShare grief recovery group, 3-5 p.m., room 104, Fountain City UMC, 212 Hotel Road in Fountain City. Cost: $15 for materials. Child care available through 5th grade: $5 per child per session. To register: 689-5175.

MONDAY, MARCH 17 Phillip Martin, Pastor of Cedar Grove Baptist in Kingston, will be guest speaker, 6:45 p.m., Sharon Baptist Church, 7916 Pedigo Road. Part of March Gladness series. Info: www.Sharonknoxville. com.

Luttrell Seniors monthly luncheon, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the community center. Entertainment by John Clark. Bring items for the Yard Sale in the Park. Everyone welcome. Info: Fran, 992-0678.

TUESDAY, MARCH 18 Terrific Brunch Techniques with Chef Lance Parker of Cru Bistro Downtown, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www. avantisavoia.com.

UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

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Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Live music provided by the Nigel Boulton Band. Admission: $5 per person. Info: 9220416.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 6 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

The Captain W.Y.C. Hannum Chapter #1881, United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting, 10:30 a.m., Green Meadow Country Club in Alcoa. Business session, 11 a.m. followed by lunch. Guest speaker: Doris Campbell, “A Hard Life for the Wives and Mothers left Behind During the WBTS.” Visitors welcome. Reservations/info: Charlotte Miller, 448-6716.

Inaugural Spring Sing, 7 p.m., Hickory Valley Missionary Baptist Church, 2229 Walker Ford Road, Maynardville. Featuring several local groups. Everyone welcome.

Open Music Jam, 7-9:30 p.m., Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Guests welcome to participate. Free and open to all ages. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603, or community@ narrowridge.org.

SUNDAY, MARCH 23 Free concert featuring pianist and vocalist Terri Conner, 10:45 a.m., Third Creek Baptist, 4917 Oak Ridge Highway. All welcome.

MONDAY, MARCH 24

Union County Retired Teachers meeting, noon, Hardee’s back room.

Phil Young, Associational Missions Leadership of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, will be guest speaker, 6:45 p.m., Sharon Baptist Church, 7916 Pedigo Road. Part of March Gladness series. Info: www.Sharonknoxville.com.

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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.

Info: Alicia, 474-6692 or abanks@tnvoices.org.

Washington State Wow! cooking class, 6:308:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www. avantisavoia.com.

“A Celebration of New Spring Fashions” fashion show and luncheon fundraiser to benefit Historic Ramsey House, noon, Cherokee Country Club, 5138 Lyons View Pike. Shopping in the boutique with area vendors, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Cost for luncheon and fashion show: $50 per person. Reservations: by check payable and mailed to Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike, Knoxville TN 37914 by March 18. Info: 675-2008 or 546-0745.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 Bits ‘n Pieces Quilt Guild meeting, 1 p.m., Norris Community CenterProgram: member Loretta Painter will be sharing her quilts and their stories with the group. Guests, new members welcome. Info: Pat Melcher, 498-0124, or bnpquilt@gmail.com.

THURSDAY, MARCH 27 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.

Info: Alicia, 474-6692 or abanks@tnvoices.org.

The first meeting of the National Stuttering Association Knoxville Chapter, 5:30 p.m., UT Hearing & Speech Center, 1600 Payton Manning Pass.

FRIDAY, MARCH 28 “The Art of Matching Food and Wine” cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 9229916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

SATURDAY, MARCH 29 The Art of Handmade Books, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Bob Meadows. One of the “Featured Tennessee Artist” workshop series. Registration deadline: March 22. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.

Benefit singing, 4 p.m., Oaks Chapel American Christian Church in Union County. Proceeds to benefit church expenditures. All invited.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 6 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Deadline to preregister for Schaad Lumber Memory Lane Car Show, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Clinton Plaza behind Advance Auto Parts. All proceeds benefit New Hope Baptist Church’s women on Missions. Info: Junior Cope, 637-6370.

Fifth Saturday Night Singing/Prayer Service, Union Missionary Baptist Church, Ailor Gap. Featuring: The Heavenly Heirs, Highland View, First Baptist of Maynardville and Warwick’s Chapel Singers. Everyone invited.

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28', priced to sell. $4,000. 865-673-4897 CERAMIC TILE in784 hrs. $4750 obo. Call www.rvregistry.com/ stallation.

Floors/ 865-525-1864. or call GMC SIERRA 1997, Tanning Beds 210 1003270.htm walls/ repairs. 33 Ext Cab, V8, 350, 865-456-7770 for info. yrs exp, exc work!

4x4, 190K mi, very ***Web ID# 380484*** Tanning Bed, like new, John 938-3328 good cond, $4,400.

Machinery-Equip. 193 deluxe model, 33"x88", 423-585-9701 24' Alum. Lite 2004 Dr. Kern, 3 face TT, new tires, front lights, 32 bulbs, Guttering 333 Jeep Wrangler 2002, queen bed, like new, $2,000. 931-863-4336 blk, Sahara Ed. Spec. $7900. 865-908-2689 mod. for off rd. 49k mi.

GUTTER CLEANING extras. Details 679-0009 & repairs. Gutter STRAW BLOWER Antiques 216 WE BUY CAMPERS guards plus instal$1,995; Concrete lation of 5" gutterTravel Trailers, 5th Bucket $495.00; Comm Trucks Buses 259 ANTIQUE MAPLE ing. Call 936-5907.

Wheels, PopUps Aluminum Tool DR suite.

Lg hutch & Motor Homes.

Box $150; 700 SeFord F700 Chip Truck $600, 2 corner cabs HAROLD'S GUTTER WILL PAY CASH ries Ford Tractor 1983, complete & in $300/ea, drop-leaf SERVICE. Will clean 423-504-8036 $2,695; 941 Caterworking order, $2800 table & 6 chairs front & back $20 & up. pillar $14,000. For or make offer. 865$275. obo. 922-4068 Quality work, guaranEVEREST BY more info & other 705-7077 teed. Call 288-0556.

KEYSTONE, 32' 5th equipment go to wheel, new roof & AC, www.jtrussell.net Sporting Goods 223 2 slide outs, exc. cond.

Alterations/Sewing 303 or call Antiques Classics 260 Handyman 335 $17,000, 865-457-4955.

865-679-244 3 ALMOST NEW HOLIDAY RAMBLER Sears Treadmill, CARPENTRY, 1984 2005, 30' Savoy, $200 Cash Only PLUMBING, MERCEDES $14,700. Very good 865-577-4399 painting, siding.

Mint condition, cond. 865-203-0670.

Misc. Items 203 Free est, 30+ yrs exp! won 2 car shows Call 607-2227. in its class. $7,995.

1989, 30', 225 INNSBRUCK HILAND glass tube Garage Sales More info: sleeps 6-8, cvrd. roof, HONEST & DEpatio heater, in box ALTERATIONS www.jtrussell.net screened in porch at PENDABLE! Small Christmas present, GARAGE SALE ThuBY FAITH or 865-679-2443 Green Cove, Tellico jobs welcome. Exsell $250, cost $350.

Men women, children.

Fri, Mar 20-21, 7630 Plains, Lot 28, See Lela p'd in carpentry, 865-233-2773 Custom-tailored Old Maynardville at Green Cove Motel CLASSIC COLLECTOR drywall, painting, clothes for ladies of all Pk, 1 mi N Halls HS to view. Call CARS. 2 1967 Olds plumbing. Reasonsizes plus kids!

865-919-3327 - info.

442's, 1 is a black able, refs avail. Call Faith Koker 938-1041 Household Furn. 204 conv., 1 is blue.

Both Dick at 947-1445.

Boats Motors 232 NEW & PRE-OWNED cars fully restored.

ANTIQUE ICE boxTrophy winners!

Cement / Concrete 315 INVENTORY SALE $300, China Cab.- $400, 18' Pontoon fishing Serious inquires only.

Landscaping 338 2013 MODEL SALE heavy glass dinn. rm boat 2005 w/trailer, 865-368-9411.

A&S CONCRETE tbl., 4X7 - $350. By 75 HP Yamaha 4- CHECK US OUT AT ***Web ID# 380214*** Northgaterv.com Driveways, sideappt. only. 865-680-6737 stroke, new trolling or call 865-681-3030 walks, footers, floors FORD, MODEL A motor, complete & block laying. All Coupe, 1928, all orig. incl. $7500. types remodeling.

General 109 General 109 General 109 enclosure exc. cond. $13,500 865-660-3602 Motorcycles 238 865-363-3054 Call 423-351-3100 2009 G3 Suncatcher SKYLINER Pontoon, 50 HP BIG DOG Mystique FORD Cleanin g 318 1957, hard top conv.

Yamaha, fish ready, 2004, 10th anniv. 107 312 V8, AT, CC, PS, w/access. No trlr. Under cu. in, S&S Super $42,000.

James 865cover slip at Willow HOME OR OFFICE: Stock. Like new. 9000 254-8231 Point Marina on Old Are you looking for mi. Yellow w/green Maryville Pike, Knoxv. a reliable houseflames, $10,900/obo. OLDS ROYALE 1980, $11,500. 865-216-7762 keeper with experi423-312-8256 1 owner, 51k act mi, ence & excellent $1200.

Phone 8652010 TAHOE Q4 references? I have CAN-AM SPYDER ST 573-7588 S/F 15 Hours! $18,750 cleaned homes for 2013, less than 50 mi, See Boattrader.com 21 yrs & have 2 lots of motorcycle for details. Superb openings. Call Lisa clothes, $19,500 obo. Sport Utility 261 condition. 843-861-5716 at 254-4429 or $22,000 invested. 865233-2545; 250-5531 Casey at 279-0192.

BASS BOAT, Ranger FORD EXP. XLT 2000, 175 Mercury, CUSHMAN 1996, 4 dr/4 WD/V-6, EAGLE gar. kept, great cond. cold air, new batt. Electrical 1958, 8 HP, restored 323 Tindell’s, a leader in the building materials industry, is accepting $12,400. 865-742-3815.

Xtras.

196k mi.

200 mi ago, 10" tires, ***Web ID# 380220*** $2400. 865-483-6166 elec. start, $8400. applications for the following position at our Knoxville Location: V O L E l e c t r ic ***Web ID# 380358*** James 865-254-8231 BAYLINER 1999, 19 ^ I ns tal l ati on ft, 135 HP I/O, HD 2005 Soft Tail JEEP Grand Cherokee Repair apprx 100 hr w/trlr. delx, many extras, only Lmtd 2005. 2nd ownr.

Lawn Care 339

M a i n t e n a n c e $5200. 865-408-0756 Prefer insulation experience. Valid driver’s license and clean driving 1500 mi, looks/runs like 5.7 Hemi V8. 49K mi., Service Up$13,995. 865-382-0365. new. Details 679-0009 HOUSEBOAT, 1979 g r a d e s ***Web ID# 379806*** record required. Ability to lift max 75 lbs and be able to pass D.O.T. Stardust, sleeps 6, HD Heritage Soft tail Cab l e 120 hookup, 85 HP physical/drug screen. Must be at least 21 years of age.

2005, 35,000 mi., lots O/B, Norris Lake.

262 PS hmoanlel Lj oi nbess of extras. $9,950. Imports $9200.

865-414-1448 PRODUCTION BONUS, plus hourly rate.

Call 865-908-8855. welco me. ***Web ID# 378346*** BMW 2013 328i License d/Ins ured Shadow 1100 Hardtop conv.

MASTERCRAFT 190 HONDA, Weekly Pay; Paid Medical/Life Ins.; 401-K; Paid holidays, personal O f c : 9 4 5 -3 05 4 Sabre, 2004, 1 owner, Like new. 8K mi.

PROSTAR 1993 25th always Cell: 705-6357 gargd., exc. cond., $34,500. 423-295-5393 leave time. Excellent working hours and conditions. anniv. White, blk, incl. a lot of gear. turq. Exc. cond. All CHRYSLER SEBRING $3100. 323-2108 new Mastercraft int.

Excavating/Grading 326 conv. 24K mi., like 440 hrs. $10,900/bo. new. $4500 firm. Call 423-312-8256 Walter 865-988-7364.

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Homes

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CHEAP Houses For Sale Up to 60% OFF 865-309-5222 www.CheapHousesTN.com

For Sale By Owner 40a HOLSTON HILLS, move in ready. 4/5 BR, 3.5 ba. Nicely updated, hdwd. 1 block to CC. Updated HVAC. Secluded, screen porch.

Agents welcome. $278,500. 423-277-3235.

Residence Lots 44

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2 BURIAL Lots Highland Memorial South, Garden of Valor, $2000. 865-919-8673.

Auctions

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217 Auctions

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Greenwood Cemetery, 2 plots, sec. 11, lot 472, graves 3 & 4, $4000, buyer pays for deed transfer. 586-296-6074

WE BUY HOUSES Any Reason, Any Condition 865-548-8267 www.ttrei.com

Real Estate Service 53 Prevent Foreclosure Free Help 865-365-8888 www.PreventForeclosureKnoxville.com

Comm. Prop. - Rent 66 5400 SF Office / WH $1,200/mo.

23,000 sf Office W/H $5,350/ mo,1 yr min lease.

17,500 sf Office W/H $4,189/mo, 1 yr min lease. 1,000 sf Office space (6 offices) $850/mo.

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865-705-9407

Apts - Unfurnished 71 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, Bearden HS district. Newly renovated 4-Plex.

Newly painted and re-carpeted.

No Smoking, No Pets. $650 mo. 865-414-1260

Apts - Furnished 72 WALBROOK STUDIOS 25 1-3 60 7 $140 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic Cable. No Lse.

Remodeling

351

CARPENTRY, VINYL windows, drs, siding, flr jacking & leveling, painting, plumbing, elec, bsmnt waterproofing, hvac repair, insulation, tree work.

Cleanout basements/ attics. Sr. Citizen Discount. 455-5042 Licensed General Contractor Restoration, remodeling, additions, kitchens, bathrooms, decks, sunrooms, garages, etc.

Residential & commercial, free estimates.

922-8804, Herman Love.

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938-4848 or 363-4848

Roofing / Siding

352

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

ROOF LEAK SPECIALIST. I repair shingle, rubber, tile & slate roofs. All types remodeling, chimney repair, floor jacking, carpentry, plumbing.

All work 100% guar.

Day/night. 237-7788.

Stump Removal

355

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

804-1034

Tree Service

357

Insulation Installers

LOT FOR SALE: 8101 Nutmeg Cir. on culde-sac in Overlook s/d. $24,000. 661-5555

Cemetery Lots

CAMPERS WANTED

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RANGER 2002 16' HONDA S2000 2004, Bass Boat w/ Trlr, HONDA RANCHER 108K mi., silver, exc.

2002 Merc. mtr, 90 400 2005, AT, low cond., Reduced for HP, 20 hrs. Loaded. mileage. $2800. Call Spring $14,000. 660-8474 Details. 865-679-0009 865-521-7836.

TRACKER 1990 17 ft 264 BMT w/40 Evinrude, Autos Wanted 253 Sports runs & handles MAZA RX 2005, blue, great. $3400! 755-5878 A BETTER CASH 92,700 mi, AT, paddle OFFER for junk cars, shifters, loaded, heated leather vans, running Auctions 217 trucks, or not. 865-456-3500 seats, warr. $9900.

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Sat. April 5th • 10:00 A.M. Farm Machinery - Household & Shop Equipment 6815 Texas Valley Rd. Knox County, TN Terms: 10% Buyers Premium - Complete settlement sale day Cash, personal or company check

Inspection: Friday April 4th 9:00 AM til 5:00 PM Directions: From Emory Rd. in Halls travel Hwy 33 North 4.5 miles to Texas Valley Rd. on right. From Knox/Union Co. Line Hwy 33 South 3 miles to Texas Valley Rd. on left. 4 tenths mile to sale site on left.

Signs posted.

Utility Trailers 255 UTILITY TRAILERS All Sizes Available 865-986-5626 smokeymountaintrailers.com

Vans

256

Chrysl. Town & Country LX 2006 97K mi, $6,200.

865-201-4561

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Buick 1996 Century Custom, 62,137 mi, new tires, exc cond, 1 ownr, $4500. 865-524-1499 CHEVY CAVILER 2004, low miles, great cond. $4800.

Call 865-966-1260.

265 Domestic

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Call 688-4803 or 660-9645.

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Stump Grinding Topping /Trimming Take Downs Hazardous trees We have Bucket Trucks.

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Painting / Wallpaper 344

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