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County lags on Clayton Park

Dr. Jody Goins, who brought excitement to Central High School, has resigned after just one year to take a principal’s job in Claiborne County, the Dr. Jody Goins Shopper-News has learned.

No announcement had come from Knox County Schools at press time.

Turner returns Former Brickey-McCloud principal Susan Turner has been appointed executive director of elementary education for the upcoming school year. Turner retired from her position as an elementary supervisor in 2013. Upon the retirement of Nancy Maland, Susan Turner Turner answered Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre’s call to return for one year “as we transition our curricular supervisory structure to better support our school administrators,” he wrote.

Civil rights icons to visit Knoxville Rabbi Israel Dresner and Dorie Ladner will march to commemorate the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on the day of its 50th anniversary.

The march will leave from the Knoxville Safety Building at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, and proceed to Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 1601 Dandridge Ave.

IN THIS ISSUE Tribute to Baker Victor Ashe pays tribute to the late Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr., whose election in 1966 launched the modern day Republican Party in Tennessee.

Ashe was there, serving as a staff assistant for Baker and then winning his own first election to the state House of Representatives in 1968 at age 23.

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Read Victor Ashe on page A-4

Coyote alert!

Carol Zinavage writes about the plague of coyotes in rural and even suburban parts of Knox County. What they’re after and how you can protect your kids and small animals from the predators.

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Read Carol Zinavage on page A-5

Clayton Park lies fallow, five years after the land was deeded to Knox County. At right are two structures under construction, presumbably a picnic pavilion and restrooms.

By Betty Bean Clayton Park is a broad swale of parched grass with a narrow graveled road running up one side toward the restroom/shed under construction at the top of the hill above. The mature trees that once shaded the property and blocked the view of nearby condominiums are gone.

The grassy expanse rolls down the hill and dead ends at a wooded wetland, not part of Clayton Park

Knoxville repaving set It’s the peak season for street repaving, and the city of Knoxville will be resurfacing more than 54 miles of roads in the coming year, roughly nine miles in each City Council District.

In District 4, represented by Nick Della Volpe, the city lists these streets for resurfacing: ■ Dahlia Drive, between Bernhurst Drive and Hotel Road ■ Essary Drive, between North Broadway and Jacksboro Pike ■ East Glenwood Avenue, between North Broadway and North Sixth Avenue ■ Grainger Avenue, between North Broadway and Eighth Avenue ■ Three sections of Green Valley Drive, from South Chilhowee Drive to Farragut Drive, from Farragut Drive to Holston Hills Road, and from Holston Hills Road to East Sunset Road ■ Two sections of Luttrell Street, from East Glenwood Avenue to Lovenia Avenue and from Grainger Avenue to South End ■ Shady Dell Trail, between West Sunset Road and South Chilhowee Drive ■ Westover Terrace, between West Sunset Road and Holston Hills Road In District 5, represented by Mark Campen, these streets will be repaved: ■ Three sections of Bruhin Road, from Heins Court to Breda Drive, from Breda Drive to Heiskell Avenue, from East Inskip Drive to Tims Lane ■ Coster Road, between North

and therefore undisturbed.

A planned walking trail is long overdue, and now the land, stripped and flattened, looks more like an experiment for drainage solutions than a park.

The MPC-produced 2009 Knoxville Knox County Park, Recreation, Greenway Plan said developing the greenway trail system along Beaver Creek was the greatest need in North Knox County: “That feature with its broad floodplain can truly be the spine that connects the schools, parks and libraries together. Neighborhood park acquisition within walking distance of all neighborhoods should also be a priority in this rapidly growing sector.”

In 2011, a Knox County press release entitled “Two Knox County greenway projects moving forward,” hit media inboxes, promising that “Nearly a mile of greenway, known as the Halls Park to School Link, will be constructed to connect Halls Elementary School to Norris Freeway, where work is currently underway on the Halls Connector Road Project.

“The new greenway will pass through what will become Clayton Park.”

Mayor Tim Burchett chimed in: “This project will provide a safe route for students who walk to school, as well as additional recreational opportunities for Halls residents.

“In a busy and growing part of the county, these are much-needed improvements that will increase pe-

destrian accessibility in the Halls community.”

But little visible progress has been made on these projects and time is running out on the state grant that helped fund them.

What’s the hold-up?

It’s not just one thing, said Parks and Recreation director Doug Bataille, who cited turnover in the greenway director’s position and legal difficulties getting easements.

“It’s a bit out of our control,” he said. “We’ve had to deal with property owners with strings attached.

TTC Halls (the developer of the Halls Walmart, whose property the new greenway will skirt on the way to its northern terminus at Halls Elementary School) has a wetland mitigation project where the greenway’s going to go.

“That has complicated what would normally be a pretty simple transaction. The other problem is at St. Mary’s Villas (47 units of senior housing).

“We didn’t know it had HUD money involved with it. We’ve been working on that one for about a year, too.

“There are just a lot of layers that take a lot of time.”

The greenway was projected to cost $615,413, 80 percent of which will come from the state and 20 percent from the county. Bataille said the county has three months to get the easements worked out.

The Clayton Park construction work is being funded through a separate $120,000 state parks and recreation grant to be matched equally

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by the county. Bataille said that just over $75,000 of the state funding has been spent.

Bataille said the Clayton Park trees had to be removed to make Doug Bataille way for a parking lot and the road, which will be paved and widened.

“What you had was a one-lane driveway that was tree-lined.

Once you make it a two-lane, the trees come out. It’s a part of public parking.”

The county plans to seek a state tree grant in the fall to plant about 25 replacement trees, he said.

“Once it’s done and we get it landscaped, it’s going to look great. We’ve got a good landscape plan. In the future it’ll look really nice.”

Martha Arnold-Charnay, a member of Clayton Park’s citizen’s advisory committee, said she is surprised and disappointed by the delays, and hadn’t heard about the easement difficulties.

“I want to see it competed and the sooner the better. I’m really shocked to hear that there are some roadblocks. This is the first I’ve heard of it.

“I thought things were going along nicely.”

Meanwhile, the county has forfeited a $300,000 state grant to develop 32 acres in the Lovell Road area. Bataille missed the deadline there because of delays at Halls, he said.

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We love Burney Jim Woods knows Burney Hutchison. Here’s what he said about his lifelong friend: “A preacher will tell you what you need, where to get it and how much it will cost. “A pastor will tell you what you need, show you where the help is, stay with you until you get the help you need and then stay in contact with you to make sure you’re doing well. “A pastor, simply said, is a shepherd. “Burney Hutchison is a pastor.�

Burney just turned 90, and he spent a good bit of a recent morning on his front porch in Hickory Valley reminiscing about his life in Union County and his World War II experiences. “There’s a few things I remember, and a few things I’d like to forget, he says in his humble style.

Hutchison is recovering from a broken hip, and says he feels 100 percent, almost.

He points to the home across the way where he was born in 1924. A little to the right is the cemetery where his beloved wife, Evelyn, was buried just a few months ago, near graves that were moved from the town of Loyston when it was flooded by Norris Lake. “I didn’t know it was possible to miss somebody that much,� he says.

Burney went to war at age 19, in the Navy amphibious service. He was on a land and ship tank (LST) and transported tanks to the troops in Normandy. “Our ship had 50 tanks on one deck. That’s pretty good firepower, if you can

One of The Roarks heads to college

By Libby Morgan

“I’ve been serving this church on the corner up here for 37 years, he says, referring to Valley Grove at Hickory Valley and Hwy. 61. “I probably did 350 funerals, and I have no idea how many I’ve married.

And I’ve baptized a many at Big Ridge Lake. “I told them I’ve been serving long enough and I can’t do like I used to do in the past, but they want me to stay. It’s good they’ve got four ministers ’sides me,� he says.

The Rev. Burney Hutchison demonstrated professionalism and friendship when he preached the funeral for Dorothy Williams (mother of Ralph and Union County Mayor Mike). He arrived at the funeral home in a sharply pressed suit to bring a message of comfort and hope to the gathered mourners. And then he returned home to care for his beloved Evelyn, who passed away just two days later on Dec. 2.

Burney Hutchison: Soldier, husband, pastor and all-around great Union County guy.

traction to the career.

Kaycee cheered and played tennis at UCHS, and says of the school, “I liked how it was smaller so everyone knows everyone. “I have the mindset to achieve something in my life, and I would have had that mindset anywhere.

You’re either going to study or you’re not. “Union County has the best health science program anywhere around. I learned a ton of stuff in my health Kaycee Roark, 2014 UCHS Valedictorian, at work in her family’s classes. recording studio, Chapel Valley Studio in Sharps Chapel. Photo “The health instructors submitted have gotten grants for the equipment in their class“A long time ago I went “I job-shadowed last year room, and they even have a with my aunt to physical at a clinic. I really liked complete interior of an amtherapy for her ACL, and the way a therapist helps bulance there.�

I injured my wrist while people, and the way they Her mom, Cheryl, teachtumbling and went through are so connected with their es second grade at the therapy for that. patients,� she says of her at- school she attended, Sharps

Chapel Elementary.

Cheryl comments, “As a teacher at Sharps Chapel, we really don’t have a great advantage being a small school except that we’re very close with the people we work with, with only having one teacher in each grade except for kindergarten. Many of our classes are at capacity. “Kaycee probably had an advantage having a mother who is a teacher, except when it came to math!�

Kaycee isn’t the only high-achieving daughter of Travis and Cheryl.

Her sister, Cortney, is in Australia doing an internship for her journalism degree from UT. Cheryl laughs, “She’s working 32 hours a week‌ for free.â€?

Libby Morgan

Kaycee’s on her way: Union County High School 2014 valedictorian Kaycee Roark’s life has been like that Johnny Cash song that goes, “I’ve been everywhere, man, I’ve been everywhere‌â€?

She’s been all over the states, even Alaska, and Mexico and Canada, and on lots of cruises, accompanying her dad and his gospelsinging family, The Roarks, on their tours.

But she is firmly rooted in Union County.

Her parents, Travis and Cheryl Lay Roark, have raised her in the community where her mother’s family

settled the estate in 1956.

Can you imagine, 23 acres at that time was $3,000. We’ve been here 56 years and as far as I know, I’ll be here until I go to my eternal home.�

Burney and Evelyn raised two sons in the brick home they built: Denny, who is around to give his dad frequent taxi service, and Larry, who resides in Raleigh. One of the grandsons is raising his family across the road.

Burney’s regular job for decades was at Dempster Brothers, where, he says, “You got an honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work.� “We went on vacation every year. I’d save up $500 for our vacations. We visited all but four of the states.

Evelyn really liked to travel.

A week is all we ever took.

I’d get homesick any longer than that.�

Hutchison served on the school board during the time Big Ridge Elementary was built. He was on county commission for 21 years. He was also road commissioner. He is a member of the Tri-County Honor Guard.

has lived for many decades.

Kaycee’s dad moved to Union County when he was in the sixth grade, and the Roarks have created a recording studio in their 170-year-old farmhouse.

Kaycee works in the studio duplicating at least 500 CDs a week; assembling, packaging and sending them off to the many musical groups who record there.

Kaycee’s future looks bright, and she’s very decisive about it. She will begin her studies at Milligan College on a tennis scholarship to study pre-physical therapy, and plans to continue for a doctorate.

Burney Hutchison on his front porch swing. get ’em on land. We transported tanks, ammunition and troops. I can’t tell how many subs were chasing us. We always had to keep a watchful eye.�

He was also all over the Pacific on Navy ships. He was discharged in Memphis in 1946.

Burney Basil Hutchison (that’s BAY-zel, not bazzel like J. Basil Mull,� he quickly says) and Evelyn Cupp married after he returned

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from the war. “Evelyn grew up where the rattlesnakes and copperheads were, back up Hines Creek about a mile. Some of these guys were afraid to go over there where all those snakes were, and I stole her away. We went to Georgia to get married because you had to be 21 in Tennessee and she was 18,� he says. “This was my uncle’s property, and I got the chance to buy it when they

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delivers fun, new experiences Alexis, 10, had never been ďŹ shing before. But by her third day in Emerald Youth Foundation’s annual Camp Week, she had spent happy hours with a pole in Fort Loudon Lake and caught four ďŹ sh.

Justin, age 8, did more than learn bike safety rules and how to adjust his bike and helmet during Emerald Youth Camp Week. He also rode greenway trails across Knoxville and pedaled to a picnic at World’s Fair Park.

Teiana, 8, served as mayor of Knoxville at Junior Achievement BizTown. She gave a live television interview that was broadcast throughout the camp.

Caden, age 11, made “blubber� insulation for his hands with shortening during Emerald Youth Camp Week. The science experiment, conducted before plunging his hands into ice water, was a rousing success. The wonderfully gooey shortening blocked the chill. “I barely felt the cold at all,� he said.

The occasion was Emerald Youth Camp Week, sponsored June 16-20 by Variety of Eastern Tennessee. About 225 urban children attended the camps Monday through Thursday and concluded the week with a Friday trip to the Knoxville Zoo. The 11 camps, which included Outdoor Adventures, Cooking, Gardening, Biking, Science and Cheering, were located at sites including Lenoir City Park, New Harvest Park, Safety City, Junior Achievement BizTown in Clinton, and a host of local churches.

The children also spent a fun-ďŹ lled day at the Knoxville Zoo compliments of Variety. Each child received

Knoxville Zoo’s Erica Coffey shows off a rubber python named Buttercup to Jada Brawner, age 10. ican Sports Camp, which offered expert coaching and playing time in volleyball, basketball and soccer, plus a range of gym activities.

Twin brothers Yair and Jonathan, age 9, loved sports camp. “It was really fun,� Yair said.

Other groups making camp week possible were the Coalition Against Chilhood Obesity, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Fulton High School Athletics, city of Knoxville Parks and Recreation, Knox County Parks and Recreation, Premier Athletics, Youth Spiritual Outdoor Adventures and Knoxville Force.

Fulton High School volleyball coach Molly Conaway instructs Kesean Tate, age 10, during All-American Sports Camp. a T-shirt, lunch, a carousel ride and spending money. “We look forward to this event all year,� said Carol Fusco, executive director of Variety of Eastern Tennessee, which has sponsored camp week and the zoo trip for the last several years. “We like just seeing the faces of the children. Plus, we en-

joy watching them grow up.�

Emerald Youth Camp Week is a pull-the-stops-out festival of fun for all involved.

This year, with the help of local health and ďŹ tness professionals, it also emphasized good lifestyle choices and plenty of physical activity.

A case in point was the hugely popular All-Amer-

End and Dutch Valley Drive â– High School Road, between East Inskip Drive and Hayes Road â– Ho-co-ta-ke Lane, between North End and Pleasant Ridge Road â– East Inskip Drive, between I-75 and Bruhin Road â– Inskip Road, between Cedar Lane and Bruhin Road â– Tennessee Avenue, between SchoďŹ eld Street and Burnside Street â– Highland Drive, between Scheel Road and Inskip Road “As a rule of thumb, local streets are resurfaced on a 20-year cycle, collectors every 15 years and arterials every 10 years,â€? said Jim Hagerman, the cty’s director of engineering.

The primary function of local streets is to allow access to properties on the street, so local streets are typically neighborhood residential streets. The primary function of arterial streets is to move trafďŹ c; an example would be Kingston Pike.

Collector streets fall in between the two – they both allow access to properties and move trafďŹ c, but to a lesser degree than local or arterial streets. “We know that maintaining streets is very important to residents, and we want to be responsive and give

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Jim Hagerman

residents a say in the resurfacing s c he du le ,�

Ha ge r m a n said.

He encouraged residents to call 311 and report potholes and

worn asphalt. “We drive every street every two years for sitespeciďŹ c evaluation. Because we recognize that we can’t evaluate all of the roughly 1,000 miles of Knoxville streets as frequently as the people who live on them, we welcome citizen input. “We compile a resurfacing schedule using common sense, even-handedness and sound engineering guidelines, and information from citizens is considered when choosing the streets to be resurfaced in a given year.â€?

The 2014-15 budget reects about $6.8 million for repaving – including some $1 million from KUB. “We put a lot of effort into coordinating with utilities so that they can avoid digging up freshly resurfaced streets,â€? Hagerman said. “If there is extensive utility work on a street that would not otherwise need resurfacing, the utility company covers the cost of resurfacing.â€?

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It’s time to term limit the school board

Every spring, around the time that county officials start thinking about how to stretch too little money to meet too many needs, certain County Commissioners get irritated with what they that bears his name. He see as Knox County Schools’ says there is more to being boundless appetite for mona legislator than sponsorey. ing legislation. He appears It makes for a dicey reat GOP clubs and meetings and has supporters ringing lationship when one party is always wanting stuff that doorbells in his behalf. another party has to find Daniel has waged an the money to pay for, and intensive door-to-door campaign, especially in the it doesn’t help when school board members (who are two new precincts of his elected in non-partisan district – Rocky Hill and elections and don’t get Westmoreland/Deane Hill called to task by red-meat Rec Center. The district is Republicans for stuff like largely West and Northraising taxes) start talkwest Knoxville plus much ing about how they’d gladly of the Cedar Bluff area. It support tax increases to pay was once represented by for iPads, teacher salary inTim Burchett and Maria creases and new schools.

Peroulas. Daniel misses no Inevitably, it gets certain opportunity to tie Hall to County Commissioners in a Campfield. bad enough mood to menDaniel has challenged Hall to a debate which Hall tion that a dose of term limits would do the other has not answered. Only guys a world of good. School 6,000 people are expected to vote in this district which board members say their is only one seventh of Knox constituents are fine with County.

Daniel has funded much of his campaign himself while Hall, being an incumbent, has raised his money largely outside his district With the announcement from PACs and individuals of the sudden resignation like John Bryan from Lake of Indya Kincannon from Oswego, Oregon, who gave the school board, a flock of Hall $1,500. folks have expressed interHall is considered the est in the appointment. favorite to win due to inHeading the list is John cumbency, but Daniel may Fugate, manager of Combe the most determined mercial Bank in Fountain and active opponent he has City and active member of ever faced. An upset is not the Fountain City Business out of the question. and Professional Associa■ Best wishes for a tion. He’s got a background speedy recovery for Honey in education, having been Alexander, wife of Sen. La- a teacher and a principal, mar Alexander, who broke and he participated in what her arm. She is doing well.

■ Older leaders: The President of Israel, Shimon Peres, 90, who leaves office the end of July, is the oldest current head of state. He Grab a paper and penwas born in what was Poland at the time but is now cil and sketch the sides of Lithuania. He will turn 91 a graph. Label the vertical a week after he retires. He axis “tax rate” and the horiwas elected President by the zontal axis “revenue.”

Baker’s passing marks end of era Senator Baker’s passing marks the end of an era as he was the leading part of the two-party system growth in Tennessee.

Victor Ashe

Nationally, he set the gold standard for working with all groups on the issues of the day. Today’s political society could use more of that.

Personally, I started out in public service working for him in 1966 on his campaign and 1967 on his Senate staff. He was a mentor and provider of sage advice.

I am glad I was able to visit him a few weeks ago at his office in Huntsville.

We could use a few more Howard Baker’s in today’s world.

Among his many accomplishments in the Senate which appeals greatly to me was the creation of the Big South Fork National Recreation Area which created a marvelous park area which attracts a million visitors a year now just 50 miles from Knoxville.

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Steve Hall vs.

Martin Daniel

Other than the BriggsCampfield state Senate Republican primary contest Aug. 7, the most interesting race is between incumbent state Rep. Steve Hall and challenger Martin Daniel.

The Briggs-Campfield contest has been more lowkey than one would have imagined since Campfield attracts national attention. Campfield and Hall have been political allies and friends for years. Hall replaced Campfield as the state representative when Campfield was first elected to the state Senate.

Hall has sponsored several Campfield bills including the one to mandate the sale of Lakeshore Park off Northshore Drive and Lyons View Pike. He has been heavily criticized for wanting to sell this popular park and Daniel has sent out an effective mailer, pledging strong support for the park if elected.

Hall is a quiet lawmaker who seldom speaks on the House floor, which was also the case with his tenure on City Council. He opposes tax increases. It is hard to think of any legislation which has been enacted

Betty Bean

things the way they are, and maybe County Commissioners ought to think about the children, and the matter peters out there.

And so it has gone ever since two thirds of the county’s officeholders were forcibly shackled with term limits in 2007. School board members (and the judiciary, including court clerks) were excluded because their status is governed by different sections of state law, which leaves them free to decide when they will retire from office, although occasionally an incumbent loses an election, and every 10 years, County Commissioners redraw school board district lines and throw a couple of school board members into the same district just for sport.

The school board is in considerable hot water these days, thanks to a controversial move last December to extend Superintendent James McIntyre until 2017. The 8-1 vote – taken just weeks after KCS’s own teacher survey showed some 70 percent of teachers dissatisfied with the direction the school system is headed under McIntyre’s command – instigated a full-blown rebellion that is heating up again with the impending departure of McIntyre supporter Indya Kincannon and the chance to change the balance of power.

McIntyre’s contract was already good until 2016, and he put some of his favorite board members in political jeopardy by seeking a vote of confidence during a time of turmoil. But they stood by their man, as board members who choose superintendents generally do, thus demonstrating why they need to cycle out of there after two terms.

There’s no good reason

Fugate’s next challenge

nology – a computer or tablet for every student and infrastructure to support it.

The school board had endorsed the plan, 9-0. The Chamber was on board.

And this writer was supSandra portive.

Clark Tim Burchett led the opposition and, without his support, could a majority be found on County Comwe called “The Fugate Chal- mission to fund the schools’ lenge” back in 2012. ambitious budget?

Kincannon was running Recognizing leadership unopposed for her third qualities in Fugate, I chalterm. Superintendent Jim lenged him to spend a day.

McIntyre had proposed a Visit schools. See what’s haptax increase to fund tech- pening. Then say how you feel.

McIntyre

Kincannon

why Knox County voters shouldn’t ask their legislators (who probably would break out in hives at the prospect of applying any such restrictions to themselves) to fi x the glitch in state law that prohibits us from having a term limits referendum like the one we had in 1994, only this time for school board. Granted, it would likely be impossible for such a law to pass statewide, but since two-thirds of Knox County’s elected officials are already subject to term limits, this provides the necessary rational basis to have a law of local application.

It’s been 20 years. We need to get this deal done.

Indya and I took John to Whittle Springs Middle School and the L&N STEM Academy. Both principals showed great achievements.

I was sure we had a sale.

But we didn’t.

John Fugate would not endorse the budget. County Commission didn’t even produce a motion for it. The technology initiative sizzled and fizzled.

Now Fugate wants Kincannon’s job on the school board. And the challenge is his. Can he get past personalities to support programs?

Or is he captive to the past?

Is Laffer the best medicine?

Knesset of Israel, which is their Parliament. He is in excellent health which is better than many younger than he.

The two longest-serving heads of state are the King of Thailand, 86 who assumed the monarchy in 1946 and is sixth oldest head of state. Queen Elizabeth II became Queen in 1952 but is the fifth oldest head of state at 88. The second-oldest head of state is Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, also 90, followed by King Abdullah, 89, of Saudi Arabia and Georgio Napolitino, 88, President of Italy.

Of those six, only one – Zimbabwe – is directly elected by the people. That election is not considered to be free or fair. The other five are chosen by the nation’s legislative bodies or are royalty.

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Now draw a diagonal line from the intersection of the axes. (Yes, that’s how it’s spelled.)

Voila! You’ve solved the deficit problem. Steadily increasing tax rates generate steadily increasing revenue.

Like many a simple solution, this one could not be more wrong. There comes a point on the line at which the tax rate is so high it buries the work incentive. No work, no taxes, no revenue.

All right, let’s fiddle with our graph.

Erase that diagonal line and replace it with one that starts at the upper end of the vertical axis and travels down toward the horizontal axis. (If you’re following along at home on a laptop, do not use White Out to erase the original line from your screen.)

Oh, happy day! Steadily decreasing tax rates increase revenue (presumably from rising investment and productivity), Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell vacation together, and Ronald Reagan smiles benevolently from the beyond.

Our revised graph is a tiny snapshot of “supply side” economics, an idea which has been around since at least the 1970s. But, like its discredited predecessor, our remodeled graph is not only embarrassingly wrong, it doesn’t accurately portray supply side theory.

Tap the memory bank and haul out your recollections of plane geometry, the

bane of every high school student who thought the slide rule was what you followed for a close play at home.

When you weren’t daydreaming about the crocodile rock in class, you may have learned that all curves are lines but all lines aren’t curves. The real world tax rate/revenue model is a curve, not a straight line, and a realistic graph would look something like the familiar Bell curve, with revenue on the vertical axis and tax rate on the horizontal axis.

Now our graph resembles the “Laffer Curve,” named for the economist revered

by Reagan and most every neocon for three decades.

There is a point on the curve where the tax rate is just high enough to maximize revenue. Move to the right or left and revenue drops.

Depending on whose ox is being gored, you’ll get argu-

ments about where that rate should be. During the 1980 presidential primaries, the elder Bush called Reagan’s tax cut/supply side thinking “voodoo economics.”

Back to geometry class.

Conservative political candidates at every level often convey the impression that all taxation is bad, so it follows that lowering taxes is always the right thing to do for the economy.

But this is heresy; it ignores the supply side Laffer Curve model, a bedrock tenet of fiscal conservatives.

Conservative politicians who oppose any tax increase – ever – don’t understand the logic of their own economic philosophy: our location on the curve determines whether a tax increase is a good or bad thing.

Candidates who pledge “never” to raise tax rates are either willfully ignorant or throwing the voter a curve.

Either way, better duck.

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Neyland Stadium experiences This started out to be a fun story about Neyland Stadium experiences – first game, favorite Volunteer, unforgettable plays, best season for hot dogs.

Responses drifted in a different direction – ticket costs, band fuss, width of seats, November kickoff times, fans that won’t sit down and a general shortage of common sense.

One comment really hurt: Does anybody care?

Tennessee, like many other sports operations, has an attendance problem.

Sellouts are a thing of the past. High-def on big home screens shares the blame with the run-down economy and disappointing teams.

Tennessee, in self-defense, has tried to reverse the decline. It hired a professional marketing team to

He prefaced his remarks with a tidbit about being displaced by the Tennessee Terrace. His new seat selection letter went to an old address. He ended up in section C, sun in eyes for afternoon games.

He told of two young women who chose to stand in front of him and his wife.

He asked them to sit down and received a rude response. He asked an usher for help. The girls sat down until the usher departed.

He again asked the usher for help. The usher said he really couldn’t do anything.

He asked a police officer for help. The officer said his hands were tied, no rules, no policy.

Harrison and his wife decided in the second quarter to give up and go away.

A person at Gate 10 asked

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sell more tickets. It offered deep discounts for some games to reduce that empty feeling. Stadium improvements are all around, from the food court to the DJ. Oops, wild and crazy noise is part of the pain for some.

Nate Harrison pushed me over the edge from entertainment writer to constructive critic. This longtime fan, born in Bristol, now residing at Sale Creek, was a $5,000 contributor and bronze ticketholder.

Coyotes come to town You may have noticed one on an evening walk. Out of the corner of your eye, a rangy animal lopes across the street, almost as if on springs. He wants nothing to do with you; he’s after the rabbit under the tree.

Coyotes’ habitats are shrinking and that’s why they’re showing up in our neighborhoods. As our population grows and we raze more open land for housing, their housing disappears.

So we have to co-exist.

And the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has a lot to say about that.

According to the organization’s website, “coyotes are highly adaptable and can survive in urban areas as long as food and shelter requirements are met.” They’ll feed on almost anything – garbage, pet food, small cats

be bitten by the family dog than one of these wild dogs.

In recorded history only 30 attacks on humans are on the books. Most happened when a coyote attacked a pet and the pet owner got between the two animals.

The website says that any victim of a coyote bite should seek medical attention immediately and notify the state health department as soon as possible at 615-741-7247 or toll free 800-404-3006.

On this Fourth of July weekend, when people of all ages are spending so much time outside, it’s a prudent thing to cultivate “coyoteawareness.”

Here are the TWRA’s guidelines for maintaining a safe environment for your family and pets when coyotes are present in your neighborhood:

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In urban environments these den animals choose storm drains, culverts, crawl spaces under storage sheds and porches, holes in vacant lots, parks, golf courses or any dry area. Rumor has it they’ve set up housekeeping in a Fountain City cemetery, among other places.

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where they were going. Nate explained the dilemma. The gate attendant asked them to return to their seats with him. He talked to the usher, the usher again talked to the girls. They announced boldly that they were cheering for the Vols and would not sit down.

The Harrisons went home early. Nate said he sent a letter to athletic director Dave Hart. He did not receive a response. He reduced his VASF contribution by half.

His seats moved to CC. This past September he and his wife took her mother to a game. The heat hurt. An usher suggested a visit to the first-aid station and requested a wheelchair.

The threesome went into the concourse to wait in the shade.

Help arrived in 20 min-

utes. By then, Mrs. Harrison and her mother had decided to leave. Harrison asked if there was a cart outside that could help his mother-inlaw to their car. Yes, yes of course.

Ten minutes later, Nate asked how long the wait would be. Forty minutes.

Mrs. Harrison decided to go get the car. At Gate 21, Mr. Harrison explained the situation and asked if he could assist his mother-inlaw to an appointed meeting place and return to the game. The answer was no, if you go out, you are out, no exceptions.

They walked out and there was a four-wheeler.

The driver didn’t know about the call for help but was happy to assist. Nate asked why he was told it would take 40 minutes to get a cart. The driver said “We don’t communicate well.”

Harrison was puzzled.

He called the VASF number

to see if there was a way he could return to the game.

The recording said to call back during business hours.

Nate Harrison’s conclusion: “It seems that the UTAD can communicate very clearly when raising money, but is tone deaf when it comes to follow-up with customers.”

I, being a very old grad with a gentle disposition and helpful attitude, forwarded this and other valuable information to UT, to old friend Chris Fuller, senior associate athletics director for development and external ops (whatever that is).

I received a warm greeting, a sincere thank you, brief but interesting commentary and a referral to David Elliott, assistant athletics director for event management.

His insightful remarks are coming soon.

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

■ Do not feed coyotes!! out in the morning before around your property.

When coyotes begin associ- pick-up will give coyotes less ■ A fenced yard may deating humans with food they time to scavenge. They will ter coyotes. The fence must lose their natural fears and not have cover of darkness. be at least 6 feet high. Prefmay become dangerous.

■ Do not leave barbecue erably the bottom of the ■ Eliminate water sources. grill outside and uncovered. fence should extend 6 inchThese areas attract rodents, ■ Feed pets indoors when- es below ground level. birds, and snakes which the ever possible. Remove any ■ Do not leave small coyote will prey children outside upon. alone if coyotes ■Position have been freOn Monday, July 7, at 6.30 p.m., Dr. bird feeders so quenting the Louise Conrad from Ijams Nature Center area. coyotes can not get to the feed.

■ Do not allow will be at the Fountain City branch Coyotes may also pets to run free. be attracted to library to talk about coyotes in the Provide secure birds and small housing especial’hood.

It’s a good chance to learn more. mammals that ly at night. Small have been lured pets (cats, rabin by the feeder. bits, small dogs) ■ Do not discard edible leftovers if feeding outdoors. are favorite prey of coyotes.

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■ Clear brush and weeds Harass them by throwing tainers. Use trash barrels with lids that clamp down from around property. This rocks, shouting and making tight even when tipped over. deprives the coyote’s prey loud noises when one is seen.

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Big thanks for big check Senior companions Juanita Avery, Saundra Smith and Cynthia Smith enjoy the festivities during the Senior Companion Volunteer Recognition Luau Luncheon at the O’Connor Senior Center. Knox County CAC Office on Aging director Susan Long Photos by S. Barrett congratulates the volunteers on their years of service.

Senior companions

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Meghan Gilliam has received the $1,000 Martin and Louise Smith Scholarship from ETSU. Gilliam is studying child psychology and is a member of Delta Alpha Pi Honor Society and the National Society of Leadership and Success.

She volunteers with a local animal shelter and the American Youth Soccer Organization. Gilliam is the daughter of Steve and Kellie Gilliam.

By Sara Barrett The floral leis were abundant at the 25th anniversar y celebration of the Office on Aging’s Senior Companion Program.

More than 80 volunteers were Lona Terry honored for their years of service with a Hawaiian-themed party and luncheon at the O’Connor Senior Center.

The Senior Companion Program connects volunteers 55 and older with seniors who require help with simple tasks such as light housekeeping, personal care and shopping so they can continue to live independently. Some have volunteered since the program began.

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Kids participating in Ijams Nature Center’s summer camps display a banner they created to thank the South Knoxville Alliance for its support. SKA members donated $735 along with food from the Round-up Restaurant and Village Bakery. Photo submitted

Maryville College graduates 34 students from Knox County Senior companion Wilma Senior companions Mike Gilbert and Genevieve Parks check Mills dresses in style for the out the event program. luau luncheon.

Terry has served for about a year now and says her favorite part of the program is getting to know her seniors.

“They all have their own thing they need from you, and finding that thing is the secret to being a successful

companion,” said Terry. After recovering from a long illness, she decided to become a senior companion to “help the Lord the way He helped me,” she said.

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A child of God People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it. And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.

(Mark 10: 13-16 NRSV) I remember fondly the preacher who preached on the “I am” sayings of Jesus: I am the gate for the sheep; I am the Good Shepherd; I am the light of the world; I am the way, the Truth, and the Life.

The preacher used a refrain technique, saying contradictory phrases, such as “He is a gate, but he’s not a gate.” “He is a door, but he’s not a door.”

“He is a shepherd, but he’s not a shepherd.”

I was a teenager; I understood what he was up to.

But I worried about the children. Were they listening?

Would they be confused?

Jesus’ use of metaphor was a masterful technique

of giving his disciples (then and now) word pictures that help us see him for who he really is. We can get all tangled up in theological terms, and in the mysteries of the Incarnation, and miss the man altogether.

The Pharisees and Sadducees were pretty uptight about Jesus’ theology. They wanted to argue with him, to debate the issues, to prove their own points. The common folk, on the other hand, wanted to hear him, to be near him, to touch him. They came in droves, in multitudes to sit at his feet.

Ah, but the children!

They came to him and

Elvis Presley’s Bible Last year, a Bible that Interesting insight from was given to Elvis Presley in a man who had so much of 1957 by his aunt and uncle what this world values. was auctioned off.

But the real point of this article is that this Bible sold for $97,000! What I find of particular interest is that the value of this Bible was determined by the person who owned it. Oh, I underSteve stand how the whole “celebHigginbotham rity thing” works, but I just thought it was ironic that (from the world’s point of It is clear that Elvis actu- view) the owner of this Bible ally read and used this Bi- brought value to the Bible.

However, the Bible is ble, for it contained several marginal notes written in “priceless” no matter who his own handwriting. One owns it, and frankly, the valsuch note is found in the ue of a Bible is not increased margin of Luke 9. It says, by its owner, rather the Bi“For what is a man advan- ble brings value to its owner. taged if he should gain the Give it some thought. whole world and lose him- Steve Higginbotham is the pulpit minister for the Karns Church of Christ. Info: self or be castaway.” higginbotham.steve@gmail.com

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scrambled up on his lap.

They probably pulled at his beard, and leaned against his chest. He was comfortable with that, apparently enjoyed it, because he himself had younger brothers and sisters, and probably nieces and nephews.

Jesus also knew that, unlike the Pharisees and Sadducees, the children and the common folk had no agenda.

They did not come to debate; they came to learn. They came because this man was different: he knew God in a personal way that the people did not.

When he spoke, it was with authority, with knowledge, with a unison of purpose and plan with the Almighty.

Jesus was different. One of us (which was the whole point of the Incarnation), but different.

So, to explain himself, he

used word pictures: a door, a gate, a shepherd. Way, truth, life.

Faith, hope, love.

And we, like small children clamoring onto his lap, find comfort and welcome in his arms. We find strength, and peace, and hope, and love.

Here’s the thing, however. Get close enough to Jesus, stay close enough for a period of time, and you will find you get something else: challenge.

There is a cost to discipleship.

The twelve learned it and paid it – all of them – one way and another. When you get too close to Jesus, in addition to the peace and joy and fellowship and learning, you will get to know him, but you also will be asked to serve. You will be called to do something that is beyond your comfort zone. You will be stretched and pulled and used to God’s purposes.

And that is how you will know that you are God’s own beloved child, and God will pull you up onto His lap and bless you.

WORSHIP NOTES ■ A Medic blood drive will be held 1-7 p.m. Monday, July 21, at North Knoxville Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 6530 Fountain City Road. To avoid the wait, call 947-1818 by June 30 to schedule an appointment. Blood donation entitles you and your dependent to blood, should you need it, for one year. Medic’s goal for the event is more than 35 units.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL ■ Bell Road Worship Center, 7321 Bell Road, will host Blast Off VBS at 6 p.m. Friday, July 11; 1 p.m. Saturday, July 12; and a Celebration for the Whole Family 11 a.m. Sunday, July 13.

■ Clapp’s Chapel UMC, 7420 Clapp’s Chapel Road in Corryton, will host VBS from 6-8:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, July 13-17.

Classes available for ages pre-school through 8th grade. Info: 687-4721.

■ Mount Hermon UMC, 235 E. Copeland Road, will host “Weird Animals” VBS from 6-8:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, July 28-30, for ages 3 through 11 years. A kickoff cookout will be held 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 27. Info: 250-5625.

■ St. Paul UMC, 4014 Garden Drive, will host “Made with Love” VBS 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 12, and Saturday, July 19, for all children through 5th grade. Lunch will be provided. Activities will include Bible stories, games, music and crafts.

■ Valley View Baptist Church, 3521 Old Valley View Drive, will host Bible Boot Camp, 7 p.m. Wednesdays, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. Bible lessons, food and fun crafts. Adult class offered. All welcome. Info: 523-0062 or www.thevalleyviewbaptistchurch.com.

SCHOOL NOTES Host an exchange student

The Beaver Brook Country Club 9-Hole women’s golf World Heritage Student Exchange Program, a nonprofit group played team scramble on June 24. The results are: first organization, is looking for local host families for high place – Carol McGhee, Susie Schneider, Joan Funkhouser, school students from around the world for the 2014-15 Judy Hurt; second place – Nina Dolin, Sandy Schonhoff, school year.

Carol Henley, Nicole Workman; chip in – Carol McGhee.

Families will provide room, board and guidance.

Couples, single parents and families with or without children living at home are all encouraged to apply.

Each exchange student is fully insured, brings their own spending money and expects to bear their share of household responsibilities and participate in normal in Halls and Fountain City family activities.

Info: Adrienne Smith, 240-4144 or www.whhosts.com. www.shoppernewsnow.com ww www ww. ww.s w.sh • 922-4136

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One ministry helps another

By Sara Barrett The Motorcycle Ministry of First Baptist Church of Powell and Fountain City will host a benefit ride 8-11 a.m.

Saturday, July 12, starting at the Powell campus, 7706 Ewing Road, in the parking lot behind the Family Life Center.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the ride starts at 9. The event is free, but donations will be accepted.

This is the group’s annual ride to benefit the First Baptist Church Mobile Home Park Ministry. A hot dog lunch will be served afterward to riders and spectators alike. There will also be inflatables for kids to enjoy, and residents of the mobile home parks serviced by the ministry are invited to attend.

The FBC Mobile Home Park Ministry has served the community for more than 12 years. Five mobile home parks and a low-income single unit housing project receive help from its 28 workers, including dinner on Sundays and Wednesdays and bible studies for adults and children.

Throughout the year, the FBC Motorcycle Ministry supports HonorAir Knoxville, local Lions Clubs and underprivileged families at Christmas time in addition to the mobile home ministry. The group rides the second Saturday of each month March through October, and meets the last Tuesday of each month in the Family Life Center.

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Eye-opening visits to KARM and Mobile Meals

Shelly Woodrick of Mobile Meals talks with interns about the volunteers. Some work every day, some work one day a week and others might work one or two days a month.

Shopper-News publisher Sandra Clark is not shy about dig- Interns Kaila Bonds, Laken Scott, Zoe Risley and Donna Mitchell prepare to deliver Mobile Meals. Red means cold and blue means ging for the last pinto bean as hot for the coolers of Mobile Meals. Photo by Shannon Carey the interns and their escorts actually eat a mobile meal following their delivery. And yes, we’re planning to pay!

KARM gets maximum use of space

We had the privilege of visiting Knox Area Rescue Ministries, otherwise known as KARM. The KARM mission is located on Broadway in the former location of Beaty Chevrolet. In the early 1990s the car dealership than she can imagine. was rennovated to become She was first introduced the KARM shelter. to Mobile Meals by Libba KARM supplies rescue Jaco and other members of services of food and shelter, our church, St. Paul United then healthy supportive reMethodist in Fountain City. lationships and restoration, My grandfather and she including job training opdo this a few times a month, portunities. KARM serves for a few hours. more than 1,000 meals They both know that Mobile Meals needs more volunteers.

So if you would like to do this on your free time, please contact Mobile Meals at 865-524-2786.

They would love your help!

Grandparents help community, deliver Mobile Meals

By Julia Grant Janice Grant, my wonderful, loving grandmother, has been delivering Mobile Meals for about five years.

The experience Julia Grant has changed her life in many ways.

One way is that it shows her that many people need help, and the other is that she has helped more people

per day, feeding not only the homeless, but many in crisis. Also, KARM’s emergency and residential shelters for men, women and families are home to nearly 400 people each night, providing a safe place for those in need.

The men’s floor has 200 beds and can house more on pallet beds if needed.

The women’s floor has been renovated from 40 beds to 103 for women in need. The Crossroads is the welcome center for the homeless and those in need when they

first arrive to get help.

They have a new program starting up called The Bridge program for those in transition to a career and steady job. Men in this program live on a floor that has dorms. Also in the KARM building is a career center and classrooms where people can attend courses to figure out their goals and get their lives back on track.

About 20 percent of those who seek aid at KARM are veterans, and about 30 percent have some form of diagnosed mental illness.

KARM houses mostly men, but the female homeless population has the fastest increasing rate.

Another interesting fact about KARM is that it is not government-funded and runs on donations and profits from the KARM Thrift Stores.

Knoxville is lucky to have an organization that cares for people in their times of need, an organization that works to make the community better. Homelessness is a growing problem, and everyone should help.

Adopt a senior

By Zoe Risley Although Mobile Meals is not an expensive food service ($3 a day for noon meals Monday through Friday), it can be tough to pay for when you aren’t working and are living strictly off of retirement funds.

Mobile Meals recipients donate what they can to the program, but every senior who signs up for the program gets a meal, regardless of their ability to pay.

The Adopt-A-Senior program is one way of helping fund Mobile Meals.

An individual or group can donate $74 to feed a

senior for an entire month.

You can also donate $147 for two months, $221 for three months, $442 for six months and $884 for a year.

Larger donations include contributing $4,420 to feed five seniors for a year and $8,840 to feed 10 seniors for a year.

When I was delivering these meals, I could see the joy in their eyes when someone came to their door, handed them a nice, nutritious meal and asked if they were doing alright today.

It was clear that we were the only company some of these people got during the

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Help this wonderful program that benefits about 900 people every day.

Some meals are provided through federal grants and state funding, but the rest are dependent on kindhearted individuals who donate.

Believe me when I say you will be giving them much more than a meal.

To donate, go to the Office of Aging website, www. knoxseniors.org, or call the Office of Aging and ask for the Mobile Meals Kitchen at 524-2786.

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Restoring hope at KARM

By Laken Scott Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries, otherwise known as KARM, is a nonprofit organization that helps people who are homeless or in crisis.

KARM’s men’s overnight shelter has 200 beds, but can sleep more.

KARM has a cafeteria, where they serve more than 1,000 meals a day, 365 days a year. And if you’re worried it might be dirty, with so many people coming inside, don’t be! The staff and volunteers will be proud to show you their 100 score from the Knox County Health Department!

Don’t worry, they haven’t forgotten the women. In fact, Sue Renfro, KARM marketing manager, stated, “Women are the fastest growing segment of home-

lessness.”

KARM hosts a women’s lodging area they lovingly call “Hope Haven.”

Hope Haven, which used to have 40 beds, now has 103!

There is also a new women’s community room, which includes magazines, games, tables, chairs, even a private room with a telephone.

KARM also has a fourweek course called Launch Point which, as of now, has about 320 graduates. This course helps students deveop an action plan, establish a support group, and create long- and short-term goals.

There is also the men’s transitional floor, known as “The Bridge.” The Bridge can house 40-44 men at a time in a dorm-like setting.

This provides them lodging while the men find jobs and

permanent housing, and surrounds them with volunteers, friends and mentors.

Crossroads Welcome Center functions like a hospital’s emergency room. If someone comes inside and needs help, KARM will help them find the information they need, find the person’s issue, and give them an ID card. Although it isn’t a hospital, Crossroads abides by the HIPAA rules, which state that a volunteer or staff member may not divulge information about the person in crisis without their consent.

KARM has helped many people. As we interns toured the facility, a man came up to us and said he felt called to speak: “I came from a life of unhealthy choices ... and what this [KARM] has restored in me is hope.”

KARM cafeteria gets top score Doris Davenport points with pride to the Knox County Health Department certificate hanging in the kitchen at KARM. Sue Renfro, marketing manager, said, “We work really hard to realize that this is an extension of extreme Biblical hospitality. ... We are probably the largest hospitality facility in our area.” KARM serves about 1,000 meals a day – breakfast, lunch and dinner. The food line is open to anyone who needs a meal, not just those seeking overnight shelter, Renfro said. Donations are always needed, but Renfro asked that people donate restaurant-sized items. Farmers are donating produce this summer, and Chick-filA donates chicken two days a week. Renfro said kitchen staff compete for the most original chicken recipe on those days.

Living in the shadows

By Donna Mitchell

Hope Haven, the newly remodeled women’s overnight facility, can accommodate 103.

Providing volunteer service often falls under the umbrella of feeding the hungry, sheltering temporarily displaced families, providing clothes to the needy and so on.

While these services are greatly needed and appreciated, there are still many people falling through the cracks when it comes to being properly cared for.

These people often live helplessly in the shadows of society, unable to leave their houses or no longer able to retain the independence they once enjoyed. These invisible people are senior citizens that live among us all. Some are poor and some

are rich, male and female, married and single alike.

They are people confined by illness, Alzheimer’s, crippling arthritis and a myriad of other indispositions that have stripped them of their freedom and even their sense of self worth.

Mobile Meals is a local non-profit organization that has not forgotten about these people.

This organization provides more than 800 meals a day to seniors who apply.

Last week the Shopper interns delivered Mobile Meals in East and South Knoxville. We visited a sweet woman who professed that we were and had been her only company for a

very long time.

At the moment, she’s unable to drive and therefore cannot leave her house. Situations like this cause us to really stop and think. All of the senior citizens are people that just need help. They have paved the way for us, now we must paint the road for them. Let us be more conscious and advocate for these voiceless people. Let us dedicate our day to volunteering for these people because they are worth it.

We should all be reminded that regardless of their age and abilities they are still humans, worthy of proper care. No one should have to live in the shadows.

Info: 524-2786.

Intern Laken Scott reads wall posters created by goal-setting participants in the Every year when the Shopper interns visit KARM, LaunchPoint program at KARM. Goals inmarketing manager Sue Renfro shows us some- cluded reuniting with family, getting a job, thing new. This year it was The Bridge area for and even paying old utility bills to get powmen. This transitional program is a step-up from er restored so they could move home. the barracks sleeping of the main men’s room.

Three to five men share a room and all use this sitting area as they transition into permanent housing.

Be a volunteer

There are many organizations around you that need volunteers!

I participated in one of these organizations: Mobile Meals. This organization welcomes any volunteers able to deliver meals to senior citizens who need it.

Simply saying hello to them not only makes their day better but yours as well.

Being a volunteer is a great way to invest your time and energy to do something good for your area.

If you don’t know any volunteer organizations and are willing to do so, here are some organizations and numbers to find out more: ■ Project Live, helping seniors live independently.

Info: 524-2786 ■ Knox Paws, placing adoptable pets with seniors.

Info: 546-6262 ■ Grand Parents as Parents Program, a program for grandparents raising children. Info: 524-2786 ■ C.H.I.P.S., computers for homebound and isolated seniors. Info: 546-6262 ■ Mobile Meals, delivering meals to seniors. Info: 524-2786 Also, Knox Area Rescue Ministry needs a group willing to sand and refinish eight tables in the women’s community room.

The tables were donated by UT Medical Center when it redid its cafeteria.

Photographer Shannon Carey snapped this picture of a bed at This would make a great KARM under a hand-painted message. project for a Scout troop.

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Ryan Wood, managing partner, presented a check for $5,067 to Y leaders last week. It will be used to fund swim lessons and tuition for summer day camp. “Approximately 100 kids will be helped with the tuition for camp and 60 young people will benefit from the lifesaving skill of swim lessons with the money donated by Jersey Mike’s,� said Lori Humphreys, executive director of the YMCA of East Tennessee.

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Urban League boosts small businesses

By Phyllis Nichols When small-business owner Marcus Bly contacted the K nox v ille Area Urban League, he was interested in acquiring a loan to expand his auto-detailing Nichols services.

Bly got not only the muchneeded funds but also a multiyear business plan to help ensure lasting success. “I knew what I wanted to do before I approached the Urban League for the money,�

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Bly already had heard great reviews of the Knoxville Area Urban League and how it takes care of clients. So, when Bly decided to purchase new equipment and increase the advertising budget, his first call was to the Urban League.

Bly explained that busy business owners don’t always have time to write a detailed business plan, but owners can see exactly what they should be doing when putting goals on paper. “The Urban League really gives its clients an opportunity to grow their businesses,� Bly said. “They tell you what will and what won’t work to help you run your business efficiently.�

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Bly owns and operates Karworkz, an autodetailing and professional car-wash company on Sutherland Avenue. For information about smallbusiness loans, owners should contact Felix Harris at the Knoxville Area Urban League by emailing fharris@thekaul.org or calling 524-5511, ext. 119.

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Earlier this year, the Urban League was certified as a community development financial institution, which allows the organization to provide capital, credit and other financial products, along with technical assistance, to residents and businesses.

The assistance Bly received from the Urban League has helped him take his business to the next level. “I’ve been able to accomplish my goals and expand my services,� he said. “This has helped add income to my business and has already made a difference in my profitability.�

He encouraged other small businesses to seek assistance from the Knoxville Area Urban League. “If you want to be suc-

them downtown, at a local grocery store or in a restaurant: “How are you?�

The inevitable reply is, “Good! Just busy.�

In fact, I’ve almost tried to make a game out of this sequence, challenging myself to think of any other thing to say besides “busy.� But the reality is that no matter the time of year the question is posed, it’s difficult to reply with any word other than that one.

In an essay he penned for “The Economist� in 1955, Cyril Northcote Parkinson wrote, “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.�

Time is the single most valuable commodity today, and how it is used or allocated has a tremendous impact on any business. Here are some tips to keep business owners and employees on schedule: Learn the art of triaging. Think of your desk as an emergency room. Who or what deserves priority treatment and what can wait until later? Determining what must be done immediately will help streamline and organize your thoughts, desk and business.

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Use your team’s strengths. In short, don’t hoard projects. At Moxley Carmichael, we spend a great deal of time during the hiring process making sure that we bring the right people with the right skill sets on board. Once we’ve determined someone is a fit, we give that staff member complete ownership of projects and responsibilities.

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LaborExchange: serving others first

Helping others Morning Pointe Assisted Living residents Adelyn Mays, Nadine Fitchpatrick and Mildred Burchfield are ready to deliver Mobile Meals. Morning Pointe residents ride the facility’s bus to pick up and deliver the meals in the Halls and Powell area. They hope to volunteer at least twice a month. Photo submitted

Bill Peterson served three years in the U.S. Navy. He worked as a human resources manager in nuclear engineering at TVA for 13 years and took early retirement. He then “retired” again in September 2012 after 20 years as HR manager at Dollywood.

After four months of hunting and fishing, he decided he was too young to retire.

Peterson and his wife, Kelly, immediately rolled up their sleeves and in February 2013 opened LaborExchange Inc. Kelly had worked at Huntington College of Health Sciences. Both wanted to start a company that would make a difference in people’s lives.

Bill Peterson wanted full control over his business and decided not to become part of a franchise. “We can do a lot of things franchises can’t do,” he says. “Decisions can be made immediately because I am corporate.”

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City youth perform at United Methodist conference, enjoy Carowinds About 63 elementary and middle school members of the Emerald Youth Choir traveled to Lake Junaluska, N.C., June 10 to perform at the Holston Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.

About 2,000 United Methodists representing 887 churches attended the conference.

The young people sang at a service honoring retired pastors and then enjoyed swimming and lunch. Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor congratulated them on doing a great job.

In another event June 14, about 50 Emerald Youth middle school students enjoyed a fun packed day trip to Carowinds “Rock the Park” in Charlotte, N.C. They enjoyed water park features and some of the best roller coasters in the Southeast during the day.

At 7 p.m. they enjoyed concerts by Christian performers LeCrae, Third Day and Jamie Grace. The group returned by us, arriving home at 3 a.m. “There were lots of tired, smiling faces. It’s the mark of a great trip,” said Emerald Youth staff member Kent Stanger.

At the Western Heights Baptist Center this summer, about 100 youth in grades K-12 are receiving academic enrichment through Emerald Youth’s JustLead ministry. Natalie Myers, coordinator of youth programs, is pictured helping Isabella Perry in the computer lab with Odyssey, an online learning program. Elementary school children participate in regular science, math and reading activities.

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On the road, pain free and loving it As the caregiver for her husband for years, Karen Keirstead of Loudon, 70, put off tending to her own health problems, including the pain in her lower back.

“The pain started off and on for about four years,” she said. “It started in my feet and ankles, and then moved to my lower back. It would come and then after awhile it would be OK, and then it would come back. My husband had Alzheimer’s disease, and I was taking care of him, so I had to put off anything for me.

“When he passed away, I thought I needed to take care of myself,” she said. “The pain went down my entire left leg. I couldn’t even put my shoes on, tie sneakers. It was so painful because my sciatic nerve was being pinched.”

Keirstead tried chiropractic treatments, an acupuncturist and steroid shots, with none of them bringing permanent relief.

Happily, she also remarried, and Keirstead said her new husband, Jim Lane, began taking care of her as the pain got worse.

“My husband had to help me out of the bed in the morning, give me a hot shower, put ice on my back. That was the only way I could do anything,” she said.

Through a friend, Keirstead heard about Dr. Joel Norman, a neurosurgeon who operates at the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine

cure, but Keirstead wanted to wait.

“We wanted to go on a safari in Kenya!” said Keirstead. “I was trying to get surgery before, but Dr. Norman said that would not be a good thing.”

Instead, Norman worked with Keirstead on a plan that allowed her to safely take the trip.

Upon her return to East Tennessee, Keirstead had surgery in January 2014 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

“By Tuesday, I was no longer taking any kind of pain medicine because I had no pain,” said Keirstead. “I haven’t looked back. I feel fine. I’m back to playing golf again, and taking long trips in the car. I Karen Keirstead and her husband, Jim, toast after a two-week drive from don’t have any more pain Loudon, Tenn., that took them through Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, than somebody 70 years Toronto, Buffalo and finally back home. After minimally invasive spine old would have.” surgery at Fort Sanders Regional, Keirstead was able to make the trip Keirstead said she pain free, even while sitting for hours.

Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional.

In May 2013, Dr. Norman confirmed Keirstead’s diagnosis: spondylolisthesis, which is generally a degenerative condition that results in “slipping” or sublaxtation of one vertebral body over another. This instability puts pressure on the sciatic nerves running down the legs and also causes pain in the lower back.

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Spondylolisthesis can be caused by an injury or a malformation at birth, but is more often the result of arthritis and aging.

“The typical patient is 50 to 60 years old,” said Norman. “Spondylolisthesis is a condition causing back pain that I feel confident I can fix with an operation,” he said.

“In most cases we’re able to return people to their normal way of living.”

For more information about the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional, call 865-541-2835 or visit fsregional.com/minimallyinvasive.

Back pain, leg pain, neck pain, arm pain… the root of the problem is often a pinched spinal nerve.

The good news is that now Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center’s physicians use state-of-the-art minimally invasive techniques to perform spine surgery. Compared with traditional open surgery, minimally invasive surgeries offer patients many advantages, including a smaller incision, less postoperative pain, faster recovery and improved outcome.

Non-surgical treatments such as physical therapy and medication should always be tried first. If those don’t help, surgery may be the best option.

Fort Sanders Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Not every one is a candidate for minimally invasive approach to spine surgery.

To learn more about minimally invasive spine surgery, please call 541-2835 or visit fsregional.com/ minimallyinvasive.

Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery www.fsregional.com/minimallyinvasive 8300-1208

Almost everyone experiences back pain – especially lower back pain – at some point in life.

For about 5 to 10 percent of people, back pain comes from a condition called “spondylolisthesis.”

From the Greek words “spondylo,” meaning spine, and “listhesis,” meaning “slip,” spondylolisthesis is when one vertebra slips in relation to another above or below it.

The misalignment can press against a nerve or allow fluid between the vertebrae to bulge and cause a painful cyst. In both cases, the pain can radiate from the back down the leg.

“Spondylolisthesis is often missed on initial MRIs,” said Dr. Joel Norman, a Dr. Joel Norman, neurosurgeon Neurosurgery with the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional.

The vertebrae tend to slip back in place when the patient is lying down for the MRI scan. To get a better image, the patient must have X-rays standing up or bending forward and leaning back.

“That way you’ll see the slippage of the bones in there,” said Norman. “Usually the person’s pain is much worse when walking or standing.”

would recommend Fort Sanders to anyone facing spinal surgery.

“I thought Fort Sanders was wonderful,” she said. “I was impressed by the fact that there were so many registered nurses on the floor. I thought there would be one for the whole floor, but there were at least three or four of them tending to me, and I was real impressed with that level of care. I can’t say anything bad about it.

“And Dr. Norman is so wonderful. Anytime I met with him, I felt very comfortable; everything he said to me was true.”

This summer, Keirstead has returned to her normal activities, including golfing and a two-week road trip to Minnesota, Chicago, Detroit and Toronto.

“We drove the whole way! I haven’t done any bungee jumping yet, but I feel great,” she said.

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THROUGH FRIDAY, JULY 11 Registration open for the Crown Education Camp for students in grades 7-12. Three tracks available: Crown Music Camp, Crown STEM Camp and Crown Vocational Skills Camp. Info/preregistration: http://thecrowncollege.com/educationcamp or 1-877-MY-CROWN.

THROUGH SATURDAY, JULY 19 Early registration for Upward Football/ Cheer signups, $75. Registration between July 19 and Aug. 11, $90. Info/to register and pay: 219-8673; www.corrytonchurch.com and go to the “Upward” link; on Facebook, Corryton Church Upward Sports League; Twitter, @CorrytonUpward.

THROUGH SATURDAY, AUG. 23 Registration open for Lakeside of the Smokies Triathlon: 1.5k open water swim on Douglas Lake, 40k bike ride on rolling rural roads and 10k run on rolling roads. Info/to register: 250-3618 or http:// racedayevents.net/events/lakeside-of-the-smokiestriathlon/.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 Annual BBQ Chicken Lunch 4H Fundraiser, 11 a.m., Extension Office, 3925 Maynardville Highway in Maynardville. Cost: $8; includes half side of BBQ chicken (breast, leg, and thigh), baked beans, chips, small dessert. To preorder: 992-8038.

THURSDAY, JULY 3 Pajama-rama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 9476210.

Bee Friends beekeepers group meeting, 6:30 p.m., Tazewell Campus auditorium, Walters State Community College. Speaker: Mike Studer, the Ten-

nessee state apiarist. Coffee and dessert will be served.

Info: 617-9013.

TUESDAY, JULY 8

FRIDAY, JULY 4

Summer Reading Program: Ron Lightly with Jason and Company, 1 p.m., Luttrell Public Library. Info: 992-0208.

Parent orientation for Kids Support Camp, a free four-day camp for kids who have a loved one facing cancer, 5:30-7 p.m., The Cancer Support Community East Tennessee, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Info: 546-4661.

Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

Concert on the Commons, 7-9 p.m., Norris Town Commons. Featuring: Hot Shot Freight Train.

Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket. Info/ schedule: www.facebook.com/pages/ConcertsOn-The-Commons/210787865610690 or www. cityofnorris.com.

City of Knoxville’s free Festival on the Fourth, 4-10 p.m., World’s Fair Park. Regal’s Kids Zone; paddleboat rides and train rides on the “Freedom Express” around the park; Tug-of-War Contest between the Knoxville Police Department and the Knoxville Fire Department; live performances. KSO’s 30th annual Pilot Flying J Independence Day Concert: 8 p.m., World’s Fair Park’s Performance Lawn. Fireworks show: 9:35 p.m. Will be held rain or shine. Info: 215-4248.

Anvil Shoot/Fourth of July Celebration, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Museum of Appalachia, Info/schedule of events: 494-7680 or www.museumofappalachia.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 5 Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Fireworks, 8-9 p.m., Beach Island Resort & Marina, near Hwy 33 bridge. Event is free.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge outdoor stage or Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road., Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel, water. No fee; donations accepted. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 4973603 or www.narrowridge.org.

Friends Mini Used Book Sale: Burlington, 1-4 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

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

Dr. Louise Conrad from Ijams Nature Center will speak, 6:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Topic: urban coyotes: why they’re hanging around, ways to make our yards unappealing to coyotes, ways to keep our pets safe and how to handle an encounter with a coyote. Info: 689-2681.

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

I’ve Finished My Story. Now What?, 6-8 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Kathleen Fearing.

Registration deadline: July 3. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.

FRIDAY, JULY 11 Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

Concert on the Commons, 7-9 p.m., Norris Town Commons. Featuring: Hippy Nuts. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket. Info/schedule: www.facebook.com/pages/Concerts-On-The-Commons/210787865610690 or www.cityofnorris.com.

Mr. Rich’s Super Science Tennessee, 12:15-2 p.m., Maynardville Public Library, 296 Main St. Info: 992-7106.

Communitywide fireworks show, following 7 p.m. rally, The Crown College Campus, 2307 West Beaver Creek Drive. Everyone invited; admission free.

Volunteer Traveler Square Dance Club dance, 7:30 p.m., Square Dance Center Inc., 820 Tulip St. Theme: Melon Fest. Caller: Bill Fox. Info: Janice Fox, 689-2665.

Free Family Movie in the Park at Luttrell City Park. Movie will start at dusk. Bring chairs or blankets.

Candies, chips, soda and popcorn available for purchase.

Info: 992 0678.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 11-27 “Thumbelina” presented by the Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/reservations: 208-3677 or www. knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 12 Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

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POWELL – Spacious 4BR/2.5BA well-kept home. Large family room, office/sitting room, formal DR, eat-in kitchen with oversized pantry, large laundry rm with mop sink, gas FP w/built-in bookcases, walk-in closets, fenced backyard.

Hdwd floors on main. $199,000 (862646)

POWELL – 5+ acres! Private yet close in.

3BR/2BA cape cod cabin-style home features: Wrap-around covered porch & breathtaking views. Mstr on main, approx 364 SF of unfinished bsmt workshop/stg plumbed for BA. Bsmt gar w/ additional parking in back. $269,900 (889420)

POWELL – Great open floor plan! This 3BR/2BA rancher w/bonus features: Fenced yard w/above ground pool & deck great for entertaining. Wide open hallways, mstr suite w/tile shower & bonus rm up. Roof approx 2 yrs. Wired for sec sys. $182,900 (889511)

POWELL – Well-kept 3BR/2.5BA, 2-story.

This home features: Mstr on main, 14x12 covered screened deck great for entertaining, fenced backyard, lg 6' tall crawl space great for stg/workshop.

Close to schools & shopping. $205,000 (878232)

HALLS – Custom 4BR/5.5BA contemporary. Gorgeous mtn view. Features: Vaulted ceilings, custom built-ins, over 4,200+ SF on main. The 800+ SF mstr suite features sep BAs w/steam shower, whirlpool tub & private terrace. Sep living down w/rec rm, BR, full BA & kit.

3-car gar. $999,900 (858773)

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3BR 2BA 1.5 STORY home w/natural bamboo hdwd flrs, vaulted ceilings, crown moldings, lg fam rm w/stone gas FP. kit w/bar & breakfast area, formal DR. Mstr suite on main w/jacuzzi & sep shower, walk-in closets. Lg bonus rm.

Oversized 12 x 48 deck, great for entertaining. Reduced. $269,900 (864076)

FTN CITY – 3BR/2BA Cape Cod with separate cottage. Great 2-family home. Main house has hdwd floors, sunroom & 1-car garage. Bonus rm, bedroom & full bath up. New Roof Feb 2014. Lots of attic storage space. $164,900 (874943)

FTN CITY COMMERCIAL – N. Broadway.

Currently has 2 rental spaces on main street front & possible apartment or 2 additional spaces lower level. $169,900 (885995)

Larry & Laura Bailey Justin Bailey, Jennifer Mayes, & Tammy Keith

GIBBS – Convenient to I-640. This 3BR/2BA w/bonus or 4th BR features; Hdwd in kit & DR, laundry rm w/sink, eat-in kit w/pantry. Mstr Suite w/whirlpool tub & shower. Great cul-de-sac lot wooded in back for privacy. $189,900 (887824)

POWELL – Private 1 acre Setting. This 3BR/2BA on permanent foundation features: Lg 16x20 covered front deck w/stg underneath, mstr suite w/garden tub & shower. Updates include heat pump 2011 & laminate flooring. $69,900 (887070)

HALLS – 3 or 4BR/2.5BA tri-level. Rec rm down could be 4th BR w/wood burning FP, full BA & walk-out access.

Great covered back deck. Detached workshop w/roll-up door. Updates include: Roof & replacement windows. $119,900 (887095)

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1999 DAMON INTRUDER 36' 28K mi. new roof, awning & frig. no pets/smkng. $27,995. 865-382-7247.

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Purchaser has 10-day inspection period for lead based paint beginning 6/24/2014 Household: Antique oak buffet w/mirrored splash back, antique oak dining table w/6 chairs, antique oak carved curio cabinet, Session mantle clock, Everett piano & stool, Boston style rocker, marble top table, 3 pc. cherry coffee and end tables, marble top Victorian washstand, Kenmore washer & dryer, Kenmore refrigerator, leather rocking recliner, couch & love seat, 2 mahogany poster half beds, Dixie highboy chest & dresser, cedar blanket chest, oak 31 day wall clock- German, 2 Mahogany night stands, walnut bible table, antique walnut bookcase, 2 cherry night stands, walnut art-deco chest of drawers, "Perfect Sewing" walnut sewing stand, Victor-Victrola talking machine, Victorian bookcase, Empire ladies writing desk, 5 pc. Basset Mahogany bedroom suite, walnut blanket chest, china cabinet glass front, 4 carved oak chairs, oak quilt rack, Ironstone pitcher & vase, ladder back chair, Dr. Pepper cooler, dutch oven, Wagner Ware #12 skillet, quilts, duck decoys, Weller & Hull & Roseville pottery, cast-iron Aunt Jemima door stop, brass apple butter kettle, blue opalescent glassware, cranberry & clear Kings crown glassware, cast-iron kettle, lots more household, farm and misc. items

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ROCKY TOP BUILDING & REMODELING Gen'l repairs, etc. Hrly rates avail.

No job too small!

Lic'd & ins'd. Bill Sizemore - 254-3455

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

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.

Stump Removal

HONDA PILOT 2011 ^ touring, lthr., DVD, Bobcat/Backhoe. Small dump truck. Small 43K mi., $22,900.

HARLEY DAVIDSON jobs welcome & Call 423-295-5393.

Evolution Sportster, appreciated!

Call 1200 CC, 5800 mi, like new.

688-4803 or 660-9645. $4000. 865-522-8818.

Imports 262

Household Furn. 204 Motorcycles

348

DODGE CUMMING Diesel 1989, D250, AT, PS, PB, $7500.

865-740-7000

Machinery-Equip. 193

1889 Sq. Ft. Contemporary Single Level House. 3 Br., living room, kitchen, dining area, 2 and a half baths, large sunroom, utility room, attached carport, carpet throughout, 2 walk-in closets, CHA, utility water, large patio area

679-1161

Powell's Painting & Remodeling - Residential & Commercial.

Free Estimates. 865771-0609

DODGE 1990 Ext. Cab, 52k mi, 1 owner, exc. cond.

Like new. 318 V8, $3500. 865-705-8886

TOYOTA TACOMA 2003, V6, 4WD manual, Xtra Cab, 183K mi., $14,900. 865-804-8396. ***Web ID# 425028***

Northgaterv.com or call 865-681-3030

sport

$5,200. 865-567-3555

257

235

2014 MODEL SALE

safe

NISSAN MAXIMA 2001 GLE, gray, exc. cond.

145k mi, Leather int. $4400. 865-567-6098

7X16 Enclosed trailer w/3' V-nose, dbl axle w/radial tires, setup to carry motorcycles, small car or anything.

Has other items/ details. $3,895 or will trade for smaller enclosed LAWN CARE trailer. 865-805-8038 PONT. FIERO 1987, Mowing, weed-eating good restorable, & blowing. $1200 obo. Call 865LOW RATES! Also Vans 256 466-7945 minor mower repairs.

CHEVY SUBURBAN FARMALL M 1996, V8, tinted Tractor w/cultivator, 1998 JAYCO Eagle wind., Mod. K15.

10UD popup, with good cond. $1200; 1967 $3200. 865-376-1124 screen rm, 1 ownr, 1 TON FORD TRUCK $1900. 865-310-2050 w/cattle rack bed, 88K FORD F150 2005 4x4, mil. good cond. $2,200; 5.4 V8, ext. cab, COACHMAN 36' 1998, CATERPILLAR new tires, 93k act.

1 owner, non-smok, 951 crawler loader, mi. All opt. Good slide out, $7500. 865$3,600; 865-573-7588 cond. running & 740-7000 driving. More info & price 423-215-2211 Building Materials 188 NEW & PRE-OWNED or 423-223-1369 6 PIECES double metal truss, 5 1/2" W x 26" H, 45' long. Call for more info. on both, 865-803-3633.

perf. maint., gar. kept. painting, siding.

170K mi, white/grey Free est, 30+ yrs exp! leather, beautiful & Call 607-2227.

FOR JUNK CARS

238

355

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

9-PC HARD ROCK maple dining suite $350. 4-pc mahogany full-size bdrm suite 804-1034 $250. 34x52 beveled glass oak frame HARLEY DAVIDSON Flooring 330 BMW 2013 328i Ultra Classic 2009, $4500 mirror $30. Full-size Tree Service Hardtop conv. antique feather bed in upgrades. 1200 mi.

CERAMIC TILE inLike new. 9K mi.

Better than new. $100. Programmable stallation.

Floors/ $31,500.

423-295-5393 $16,500.

423-404-2862. treadmill $25. Call walls/ repairs. 33 689-5677.

LEXUS ES300 2000, yrs exp, exc work!

SUZUKI 125 DRZ Dirt John 938-3328 Bike.

2007, exc. Exc. cond. Loaded.

DOWNSIZING: cond. new rear tire. New tires. $4795/b.o.

Dining Room table 865-397-7918 $1050. 865-577-2079. w/6 chairs + china Guttering 333 cabinet, $1000.

ROAD Star LEXUS LS400 1997, BR suit, 6 pc., $1200. YAMAHA 1600, 15k mi, garage Coach Ed. 27 mpg, GUTTER CLEANING BR suit, 7 pc., $1500. kept, Silverado pkg.

Dk gray. 153k, lady & repairs. Gutter Beautiful! 865-206-1896 $3500. 423-923-8146 driven. Runs /looks guards plus instalgreat. $4950/bo. 865Bed, Pillow top mattress lation of 5" gutter354-4609 / 423-534-4275 set. Never used. ing. Call 936-5907. $150. Can deliver. Autos Wanted 253 MERCEDES BENZ HAROLD'S GUTTER 404-587-0806 2013 C300, 10K mi, A BETTER CASH SERVICE. Will clean black w/tan lthr, Full Sz bed, headboard, OFFER for junk cars, front & back $20 & up. $23,900. 423-295-5393 footboard, like new trucks, vans, running Quality work, guaranmatt., box sprgs, $200. or not. 865-456-3500 teed. Call 288-0556.

MERCEDES BENZ 865-691-8615; 640-5839 ^ 560SL, 1989 conv. maroon. Like Domestic PERGOLA WITH Domestic 265 Dark 265 new.

25,500 mi.

CANOPY. New, in $24,500. 865-453-6344 box! Paid $499, asking $175. 865-363-4991 or 925-4981, lv msg.

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

592090MASTER Household Appliances 204a Ad Size 3 x 4 GE Convection Wall $25,930 Oven, Elec., New, 4c N TFN white, 27.6x25x23.5. <ec> $1300. 865-392-1166 ’05 Nissan Frontier King CAB 2wd 32K miles ..................................................

KNOXVILLE'S LARGEST SELECTION Preowned/Scratch & Dent 90 Day Warranty www.hunleyturner.com 865-689-6508

SEARS front load washer & dryer, on pedestals, new 11/13, transferable 5 yr protection plan, asking $1300. $2500 new. 865-209-0145 WILL PICK UP free unwanted appls, mowers & scrap metal. John 925-3820

Collectibles

213

$18,630

’05 Lincoln Navigator Ultimate, 4x4, Loaded, 24KSAVE $$$ SPECIALS OF THE WEEK! $33,150

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

'13 Ford C-MAX, SEL, leather, nav R1471 .............................................$22,900

'08 Hyundia Tiburon, 2-dr4x4, coupe! R1524A....................................................... $9,995 ’06 Ford Escape 15K miles..................................................................

'11 Chevy Suburban LTZ 4x4, loaded! DT6866A ..................................$37,996 $17,436 '07 Chevy Colorado, nice truck! T3704A....................................................... $6,495 Price includes $399 dock fee. Plus tax, tag & title WAC. Dealer retains all rebates. Restrictions may apply. See dealer for details.

Prices good through next week.

027 Gauge Elec.

Trains, Trap Door Musket, German WWII items, autographs, Swiss cuckoo clock.

Gary 865-604-3740 RETIRING PASTOR Selling contents of library: sermons, scripture, counseling.

Price Negot. 865-556-7920

Arts Crafts

215

OVER 300 BOLTS OF FABRIC at $10 a bolt.

Call 865-430-5078.

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BREEDEN'S TREE SERVICE Over 30 yrs. experience!

Trimming, removal, stump grinding, brush chipper, aerial bucket truck.

Licensed & insured.

Free estimates!

Ray Varner

Travis Varner

Dan Varner

219-9505

2026 N. Charles Seivers Blvd. • Clinton, TN 37716

457-0704 or 1-800-579-4561 www.rayvarner.com

Action Ads! 922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378)

B-4 • JULY 2, 2014 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news

CSTOWERS UNTY LINE FIREW YRKS LINE FIREW RKS INDEPENDENCE DAY

John Adams said “I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival.”

Furthermore he states “it ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, gun balls, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”

Enjoy your Independence Day celebration with fireworks manufactured by Black Cat.

“Black Cat is the best you can get!”

Stowers, Inc. Luttrell – 3211 Hwy. 61E

865-992-8398 “Selling Fireworks Over 50 Years”

your East Tennessee distributor since 1948.