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BUZZ Santa in Halls Kids and their friends are invited to the Halls Christmas Festival, noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Food City parking lot. Participants will include the Halls High band, Halls High cheerleaders (facepainting), Santa Claus train ride, emergency vehicles (fire truck, Sheriff’s Office helicopter), cake walk, concessions by Halls Band Boosters, kettle corn from Tindell’s, and goodie bags. The event is sponsored by the Halls Business and Professional Association in lieu of a Christmas parade.

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■ Corryton Christmas parade, 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. Line up starts 12:30 p.m. Corryton ballfield. Info: Joe Longmire, 8989097, or Joyce Harrell, 705-7684. ■ Fountain City Christmas parade, 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, Broadway. Line up at old CiCi’s Pizza and march to Central Baptist Fountain City. Sponsored by the Optimist Club. ■ Halls Christmas Festival, noon-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, Halls Food City. Sponsored by the Halls Business and Professional Association. The annual Halls Christmas parade has been cancelled this year due to construction on Maynardville Pike. ■ Gibbs Christmas parade, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, Gibbs High School to Clear Springs Baptist Church. Sponsored by Gibbs Ruritan Club. ■ Luttrell Christmas parade, noon, Saturday, Dec. 5, Luttrell Community Park. Info: 992-0870 or city of Luttrell Facebook page. ■ Powell Christmas parade, 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, Powell Place to Powell High School. PBPA will host hot chocolate in Powell Station Park after the parade. ■ WIVK Knoxville Christmas parade, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, Gay Street.

IN THIS ISSUE Richard Bean’s recollections He’s worked for local government since the Coal Man, the Ice Man and Mr. Aubrey ran the show, and there’s not much Richard Bean, superintendent of the juvenile detention facility that is named for him, has forgotten. Bean was a 1959 graduate of Powell High School – Earl Hoffmeister was the football coach, Jim Monroe his principal. It took him five years and a summer to graduate. “People ask if I went to college, I say no. I never would have got out.”

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Kynleigh Maclain White takes advantage of a beautiful day to try out the new greenway trail that connects Norris Freeway and Andersonville Pike. Workers for Knox County Engineering and Public Works poured concrete for the sidewalk on Norris Freeway last week. The connector itself is asphalt. The connector links Clayton Park to Halls Elementary School. It’s on land donated by developers of Walmart. Photos by Ruth White

Captain Brooks is at rest after sudden death Captain Joe Brooks was a good deputy, but he found his calling when then-Sheriff Tim Hutchison appointed him as the first precinct captain based in Halls. Joe “got it,” and he plunged into community affairs like no one before or since. Captain Brooks helped organize the biggest and best Halls Christmas parades; he coordinated a huge comeone-come-all party at Joe and Maxine Smelser’s farm; and in 2000 he was named Halls Man of the Year. Joe and Fran lived in a very old house – the old Miller homeplace – on Miller Road off Norris Freeway. It was awesome to have a captain so close by. Funeral services were held Monday for Joseph S. Brooks, 68, who died suddenly Nov. 24. Friends said he suffered an aneurism while he and Fran were vacationing in Florida. Joe and Fran had retired and

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By Betty Bean One afternoon in 1989, I picked up the phone at my desk at the Knoxville Journal and a very polite voice on the other end of the line said, “This is Alex Haley. Do you have a few minutes to talk?” I’d just written a smart-alecky item about him in the Journal’s gossip column, so I braced for verbal abuse. I mean, this was the author of “Roots” and “The Autobi-

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ography of Malcolm X,” two of the most important books of the late Twentieth Century. But instead of giving me the cussing I deserved, he invited me to lunch at his Cherokee Bluff condo, where he had adjacent townhouses – one his residence, the other an office. A UPS man was behind me when I knocked on his door. Alex ushered me in and opened the package. It was barbecued ribs from Quincy Jones. We went next door to his residence, where he showed me his collection of identical guayabera shirts (short sleeved cotton, with four front pockets and double rows of pleats down the front, favored

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In this file photo from 2007, Captain Joe Brooks receives a commendation from the Halls Business and Professional Association. cinct office, onto Norris Freeway past the former Smelser farm, past the old Miller homeplace, until it stopped for burial at Cedar Grove Baptist Church. Joe Brooks had come home. – S. Clark

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grandson, Harrison Williams, in an Easter play. Instead, he found friends and family, ready to surprise him for his 65th birthday, at a party organized by his daughters, Donna and Frannie. “I’m definitely surprised,” Joe said. “You all got me for sure.” Also pictured are his daughter Frannie Dockins (hugging him), wife Frances and sister Sandy Mynatt. Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Frances Palmer Brooks; daughters Fran Dockins and husband Greg of Corryton and Donna Williams; grandson Harrison Williams; sister and brother-in-law Sandy and Jim Mynatt; nephew and wife Dustin and Morgan Mynatt, all of Knoxville. After Monday’s service, conducted by Bro. Mike Hensley, the funeral procession moved through Halls – along the Christmas parade route, past the North pre-

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Former pro football player Don Strock, Murrian’s brother-inlaw, signed his name next to a miniature helmet. Photos by Ruth White

Pat Murrian at one of her walls of history beside a framed pencil drawing done by her long-time friend from grade school Jerry H. Ray. An umbrella from Japan hangs from the ceiling over Murrian’s left shoulder

Pat Murrian creates wall of history Fountain City resident Pat Murrian is a collector of history. Her home is filled with exotic pieces of art and furniture. But no visit would be complete without viewing her wall of signatures and art.

special wall. Once the signature is in place Murrian surrounds her friends and family member’s names with her own artistic designs. “I started this as a way to express my creativity but it turned into so much more.” Her first signature was from friend Ann Rogers. Others soon followed. The signatures and art continue Cindy to expand and now cover more than one wall. Murrian Taylor keeps a carpenter’s pencil handy for visitors. Her friend Bill Majority usually keeps it Murrian’s drawing of her church, Eastminster Presbyterian Murrian has lived in her sharpened for her. Much of current home for more than the art on the wall consists 14 years. In all that time not of found items and there is a an. “She signed it before she a military family, Murrian passed but my dad passed has seen her share of the one person has been wel- story behind each one. world. She joined the Navy comed without a request “My favorite signature is before he could sign it.” As a Navy veteran from right out of high school. She from the owner to sign her from my mom,” said Murri-

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The Garden Project By Bonny C. Millard Kinley Koontz is already making her mark on the world by helping those who deal with adversity to express themselves through art. This past summer, she organized her plans and filed paperwork with the state to create a nonprofit. “It’s called The Garden Project,” the 15-year-old said. “It doesn’t really make Kinley Koontz sense when you look at it because it’s not about a real garden. It’s not about one people who are dealing with with plants. It’s about grow- emotional upheavals. What ing a garden of people. I just she’s discovered is that they really liked (the name) be- love to paint, even if they cause of the symbolism that don’t have confidence in it had to me. their skills. “A garden is a place of “I hold art class down serenity and growth, and under the bridge next to that’s what I want to create KARM with one of my for the communities around friends, Sutton, who is Knoxville and even further working with me. It’s called once it gets bigger. Full of Knox Bridge Art. It’s not beautiful people, full of official, but it’s under The beautiful flowers to me.” Garden Project. We go unKoontz has a website under there every Sunday and der construction. Her idea paint with the people under of wanting to help others the bridge.” started when she was in Through her work, she seventh grade and began has seen the redemptive volunteering at Knox Area power of creating and exRescue Ministries. pressing oneself through “That’s when it really art. sparked a passion in me to “It’s just amazing to me want to help these people do how much mental stabilsomething not materialisti- ity and mental growth concally.” tributes to what you can Koontz provides art in- physically do and how that struction and supplies to impacts your life in all other

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Brittany Davis and Bobby Scarbrough were married Oct. 17 at Grace Gospel Baptist Church of Corryton. The wedding had a country theme and the family would like to thank Pastor Johnny Sherrod and the women of the church for their contributions to the event. The couple will reside in Maynardville with their son, Colton.

■ Christian Baker recently celebrated his 9th birthday with family and friends. He is the son of Wes and Keeley Baker, and his big sister is Brianna Baker. Grandparents are Steve and Debbie Barnes, all of Halls.

aspects,” she said. “I felt if I could help people build that foundation for themselves through art that I would be able to help them build a foundation of their lives that could continue to grow up from there.” Koontz loves art. “Ever since I knew how to pick up a paint brush, I’ve been an artist, and I feel like everybody has that in them.” It’s that creativity that she wants to tap into with others who need support, but it’s also about building relations. “It’s a continual growth. Gardens never really stop growing unless they’re not given the right materials. I want to be there to provide the right materials and keep it growing and see that change, even if I just plant a seed.” Koontz lives in Halls and is an International Baccalaureate transfer student at West High School. She held a fundraiser at Halloween, raising about $800, and she’s planning others. “I just want to be able to share the passion I have for stuff like this with others. I like to do stuff about what I’m thinking, you know, get it out there. I like to see change, and I want to be that change.”

Lions Club hosts bicycle drive The Fountain City Lions Club is hosting its annual bicycle drive in partnership with Mission of Hope to benefit the children of Appalachia. A donation of $50 will purchase a bicycle for a child. Helmets are being provided with each bicycle this year through the Epilepsy Foundation. Donors should make checks out to Fountain City Lions Club (note “bicycle fund” in memo) and mail to P.O. Box 5276, Knoxville, TN 37928. Any donation to assist with helmets may also be sent to the same post office box. The bicycle drive is in memory of Michael Williams. Info: Gib Galyon, 414-4630 or Michele Carringer, 963-7729.

received the honor of Sharp Wave the day of graduation from boot camp and was promoted to Seaman Apprentice. She says the women in the Navy went through all the same training the men did. She spent two years in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in her early twenties and survived Hurricane Inez while there. “Castro was screaming and hollering about something every day,” she laughed. “We caught every disease there was to catch.” Murrian spent many of her working years with Knox County Sheriff’s Office at the jail. She says she loved that job. She also worked for five years with Bill Regas at his restaurant. Murrian is thoughtful to the point of giving gifts to

those who stop by. But don’t refer to her that way. “I like to give gifts but don’t ever call me sweet,” she said. “I am not sweet.” Murrian has diabetes and has been asked to teach classes on the disease after the first of next year. She should do well as she has no trouble keeping the interest of an audience when she speaks. History comes alive any time she recounts her life, and her energy and excitement are contagious. Will she be sad to leave her wall behind if she moves? Murrian says she has no plans to leave her home. “They will carry me out of this place,” she said. “When I go my family is going to have to do some really hard work to get everything off the walls.”

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This week (Wednesday, Dec. 2, 6 p.m.) at the East Tennessee History Center, University of Tennessee history professor Robert J. Norrell will talk about his new book, “Alex Haley and the books that changed a nation,” which he believes could begin to rehabilitate Alex’s reputation. I’ll be there, and I’ll buy the book. It’s the least I can do for this good man who loved us as his own and left us better because he passed our way.

Alex Haley published stories (in Parade Magazine) was about a new friend, an immigrant who worked in the produce section there. Alex Haley embraced this low-rise burg. He lived by his famous maxim, “Find the good and praise it,” befriending almost everyone he met. He died of a sudden heart attack in February 1992. His family took him home to Henning, and the N.J. Ford Funeral Home in Memphis

presided over his funeral. A few weeks later in Nashville, Sen. John Ford told me that Alex lay in state for two days and they changed his clothes four times. I wondered if they laid him out in a guayabera. Shortly thereafter, longsimmering plagiarism accusations that had dogged him since the publication of “Roots” boiled over, tarnishing his legacy. They were painful to read and took on witch hunt proportions.

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Not bad, not bad at all You wanted progress. You got progress. OK, it was eight progresses instead of 10, but not bad, not bad at all. There was one catch. Shopper readers, bless you, picked up on “what might have been” and said the frustration applies to this very entertaining Tennessee team. One called it “brutal honesty” in saying the Volunteers could have been so much more, that those infamous fourth-quarter collapses knocked them down from outstanding to well above average. Stopping Florida on fourth and 17 might have meant two more wins.

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We all applaud the successful November. Cheers. We also see through it. The schedule was front-loaded. The second half wasn’t as difficult. The Vols didn’t look all that great at times, but they did what they had to do – win five in a row. They competed. They never took a Saturday off. There is a wonderful connection between true grit, guts and glory.

The pivot point was the day after the painful loss to Arkansas. Heads were drooping. Confidence was fractured. Butch Jones pushed the right button. “We are a good football team,” he said. Enough Volunteers believed and turned the declaration into reality. Let us salute the leaders. Georgia turned out to be the swing game. That victory was good for the soul – and recruiting. The Vols peaked at Kentucky. Special teams were, to use one of Butch’s favorite words, “great.” South Carolina almost spoiled the season. At Mis-

souri, the offense ran boldly between the 20s but the fire went out in the red zone. Hail to Aaron Medley and hard-nosed tacklers. Tennessee treated Vanderbilt’s so-called crusty defense as if it were a myth. In Jones’ third season, coaching continued to evolve. The boss said Mike DeBord did an unbelievable job of setting the mentality and playing complementary football. I enjoyed his scripted opening sets. I thought some Saturdays turned too conservative, old Michigan style. You don’t need me to tell you the running attack was much improved. Consider-

ing injuries, the offensive line exceeded expectations. Coleman Thomas made a difference. Kyler Kerbyson earned a lot of respect. Downfield blocking by receivers (especially Josh Smith) was good. As the proverbial bull in a china shop, Jalen Hurd was beautiful. He caused some DBs to consider tennis or golf. No question about it, Alvin Kamara is a genuine playmaker. Interesting that Joshua Dobbs broke a Jimmy Streater running record. You may blame coaching, receiver injuries, drops or Pig bombing out for the mediocre passing game. OK to point a finger at Dobbs’ inaccuracy. Precise passes were the exception rather than the rule. Tennessee’s defense had

a chance to make this a terrific season. It didn’t finish the big ones, but it did its fair share in the eight victories. The front was tough. I am an Owen Williams fan. Hard to overlook Derek Barnett. Jalen Reeves-Maybin was very good. Darrin Kirkland made magnificent progress. Malik Foreman confused me. I thought no way, but his hustle won the South Carolina game. I hope Cameron Sutton stays for 2016 and becomes an all-American. I hope Brian Randolph can play in the NFL. I wish for Trevor Daniel a richly deserved scholarship. Get well soon, Shy Tuttle. Where are you, Dillon Bates? Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Majority of commissioners in favor of Midway A survey of Knox County Commissioners revealed that most either favor or are leaning toward approving a zoning change that would allow for the creation of Midway Business Park in deep East Knox County. Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission recommended a sector plan amendment and rezoning of the proposed 345acre business park at its Nov. 12 meeting. A vote on both requests from the Development Corporation is scheduled for a vote Dec. 21 by Knox County Commission. Four commissioners indicated they were in favor of the creation of the business park, and two said they were leaning toward a “yes” vote. Two were unwilling to take a position, and one was against the rezoning. Two did not return calls from the Shopper News. Eighth District Commissioner and chair Dave

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Wright won’t take a position until the vote is called. But recent announcements from Advanced Munitions and Lifetime Products, along with numerous rezoning requests in the county, indicate an uptick in interest in the area, he said. Fewer residents have expressed opposition to the business park than five or 10 years ago, and those who are opposed aren’t as adamant, Wright said. The proposed site is in his district. Several previous concerns have been addressed. A wastewater plan is more defined, and Interstate 40 access will be improved. The plan no longer calls for

grading of the site because parcels will be incorporated into existing topography. Cemeteries within the site still need to be addressed. He thinks an additional community meeting should be held. At-large Commissioner Bob Thomas won’t take a position yet, but most of the feedback he’s received about the business park has been positive. Residents say the county’s going to grow, he said. “It’s a fact that things change. I’m excited for East Knox County. So much is going on there.” Thomas grew up in East Knoxville. Randy Smith and Jeff Ownby are both leaning toward approval of the rezoning, but Ownby said his position would change if the cost of the project were to increase or significant opposition was expressed. Smith said recent announcements

of businesses moving to the area could signal a need for more space. John Schoonmaker, Brad Anders, Mike Brown and Ed Brantley all said they planned to vote in favor of the rezoning. Schoonmaker, who participated in Mayor Tim Burchett’s bus tour of West Knoxville business parks and attended the Nov. 12 MPC meeting, said community leaders haven’t spoken out against the East Knox business park. Brantley said the business park’s previous hurdles have been overcome. “I think it’s time to move MPC commissioner Laura Cole talks with Developon, to move forward.” ment Corporation president Todd Napier at the Charles Busler was the public hearing at Carter Elementary School on only commissioner to say the proposed business park at Midway Road. Cole, he would not support the who opposed the rezoning initially, voted yes this zoning change. He thinks time around. Photo by S. Clark the site is too small, and he would prefer a 1,000-1,500acre site in an outlying area. Sam McKenzie and Amy to the survey before press “People out there are not Broyles did not respond time. interested in extra traffic.”

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Richard Bean remembers He’s worked for local government since the Coal Man, the Ice Man and Mr. Aubrey ran the show, and there’s not much Richard Bean, superintendent of the juvenile detention facility that is named for him, has forgotten. Like Sept 1, 1962, the day he went to work serving paper for domestic relations court; April 12, 1968, the day he married Lillian; Pearl Harbor Day, 1990, the day he quit drinking. Bean was a 1959 graduate of Powell High School – Earl Hoffmeister was the football coach his senior year, Jim Monroe his principal. He was supposed to finish in 1958, but he had other priorities in those days. “I spent five years and one summer in high school. Got behind – I liked to chase women. People ask if I went to college, I say no. I never would have got out.” There were other kinds of trouble to get into, as well. “We went on a senior trip to Daytona Beach, and everybody dyed their hair blond. I had my mustache blond, my eyebrows blond and a blond ducktail. When I got back, Earl called me out on the football field and told me they were going to expel me if I didn’t dye my hair back.” The Coal Man and the Ice Man were Democrats Bobby Toole and Paul Nicely. Re-

Betty Bean publican Aubrey Jenkins was the junior partner in Jenkins & Jenkins, one of the most powerful law firms in town. More pragmatic than partisan, they were patronage machines, the men to see if you wanted a job. “Aubrey, he was the master. That’s his picture, right up there next to that calendar,” Bean said, pointing at one of the hundreds of photographs that line his office walls (It’s impossible to escape his office without getting your mug shot. With him.) The calendar page marks Feb. 1, 1972: his first day at the juvenile detention center. When he finally graduated, Bean joined the Navy, and when he got back in 1961, he worked days at Dante Food Market and weekends as a bouncer at a club on Clinton Highway. The following year, Jenkins got Sheriff Carl Ford to hire him as a deputy. “I went down to a pawn shop on Gay Street and bought me a badge and a slapjack, and I worked seven days. Never had an interview, just went to work. Six months later, I met the sheriff.” He said he learned

the importance of spelling from Juvenile Court Judge Richard Douglass – the hard way. “Judge Douglass was a mean Democrat, but he took a liking to me. He was running for re-election in ’74, and we went and bought 10,000 boxes of Band-Aids (to hand out as Election Day favors) and put his name on them but left one of the Ss off. He bought 10,000 stickers, and we had to put them stickers on the boxes. Every one of them.” Bean’s loyalty was tested again when Mayor Kyle Testerman declared war on city sanitation workers and got himself locked into a battle to keep them from unionizing. “At that time, we were city employees, and when he fired all the garbage men to keep them from joining the union, we all had to pick up garbage. Had to go in at 6:30 or 7 and we had (police captain) Mickey Snyder driving a big truck, with Calvin Housewright and Bobby Smithers on little satellite trucks. Me and Jimmy Kyle Davis, he was my recreation director, were on another truck. … One night, Kyle called everybody in and said he’d been getting complaints about the men running that route over on Sutherland sitting in Highland Memorial Cemetery drinking beer at lunchtime.

Kane drafts bill to restore LV name Richard Bean reveals the secret to his longevity on the job: BC Powder. He said, ‘I’m going to put a stop to it.’ ” (Bean confesses that he and the others would stop at a convenience store to buy bologna sandwich makings and a 12-pack and find themselves a shady spot in the graveyard to have lunch. He doesn’t sound sorry.) Over the years, he and Lillian built the “Bean Machine” and wielded considerable influence in the courthouse and beyond. Today, things are a little quieter, and Bean doesn’t seem to be as involved as in years gone by. When asked if that perception is correct, he grinned. “I’m just more underground now.” (Continued next week)

The Old Mother Hubbard effect

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To give the poor dog a bone; When she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.

Nothing comes easily for Knox County Schools. When technology prices drop and a Chromebook can be bought for $200 or less, multiply that times 58,000 students to get a cost of $11.6 million for Knox County Schools. Ouch! And an even more expensive problem is on the horizon. That’s the cost of personnel to keep the technology running when parent groups or businesses buy the technology. Just last month 33 businesses kicked in $250 each to buy Chromebooks for Powell High School. It’s happening all over the county. But the school system is not staffed to keep all the devices powered, wired and running. School board member Lynne Fugate summed it up at a recent meeting: “Everybody wants (the technology), but it costs a lot of money. “How do we get ahead of it? “Our parents are demanding it and are buying

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computers for the schools and we have to support it. “Let’s not lead from behind.” Gail Byard is the chief technology officer for Knox County Schools. “Chromebooks are game changers,” she said. She said a 4-year rollout at $1 million per year would put a Chromebook in the hands of each high school student and teacher. Oh by the way, KCS needs 63 additional technicians. Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre said schools in economically disadvantaged areas have bought computers with Title One funds, while other schools have committed Coupon Book dollars to technology. Board member Tracie Sanger voiced support for increased technology, but Knox County Schools has hit the Old Mother Hubbard effect. The money cupboard is bare.

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Is Victor Ashe annoying and hard to live with? Absolutely. But a guy who has written a column for Shopper News every week for five plus years is a columnist. And this newspaper will support every columnist and reporter we publish. Do we always agree with Victor? No. Will we let a politician – even one we like – get away with denying access to public information? Nope. Madeline Rogero is suffering from a bad case of second-termitis. She’s safely re-elected and now termlimited so what’s to lose? Let’s ban that dancing butter stick and egg from the top of Magpies Bakery, even though the sign ordinance clearly allows for art. Let’s just tell off the former 4-term mayor because he’s a pest. Let’s charge the Fountain City Christmas parade $1,500 for police reserve officers for the first time in 48 years. Call it another downside of term limits. Victor Ashe was a political writer in college. He’s got a hammering style, but

he’s also got a nose for news and the contacts to track down stories. I recruited Victor while he was still in Poland to write a column for Shopper News. Back when everyone was speculating on what he would do next, we struck our deal. Citizens are best served by opinions from a variety of informed sources. Lord help us all when the “news” we know comes from PR departments, be they City Hall or UT sports.

Smith is ‘all wet’ Commissioner Randy Smith was walking down Gay Street Monday en route to lunch with Mayor Tim Burchett, finance director Chris Caldwell and PR guy Michael Grider. It was a strange sight in pouring rain. Burchett was wearing his tan Carhartt jacket (which smells like a wet dog – his words). Grider was juggling an umbrella over the mayor when the men passed a mom and baby without protection from the rain. “Randy Smith just handed her his umbrella,” said Burchett. “Didn’t even tell her who he was. Just said, ‘Keep it.’”

For those who thought the Lady Vols controversy over the name change has vanished, check again. It may be back in January in Nashville when the Legislature reconvenes. Knoxville Republican state Rep. Roger Kane is drafting legislation to restore the Lady Vols name to women’s sports at UT. He is also looking at legislation to require the UT Board of Roger Kane Trustees to hold a public hearing on any issue where 25,000 citizens sign a petition asking for one. The UT Board of Trustees failed to allow legislators or the public to speak at its meeting despite 25,000 citizens asking the name be restored. One common criticism of the board is that very little discussion occurs in its public meetings, and all members seem to be in lockstep with each other. If Kane introduces these two bills, they will generate strong discussion. Over one-third of the General Assembly signed a letter to UT President Joe DiPietro urging a reversal of the name change. The board and DiPietro declined to hear the matter in a public setting. Most of this could be resolved if the board would appear interested in legislative opinions and hear them out, even if they did not adopt every proposal. UT Board vice chair Raja Jubran is often the point man for the UT administration to convince local legislators not to support these bills. He is a close friend of Gov. Haslam. Jubran has made reduction of rising tuition costs a focus of his time on the board. He takes his duties seriously. ■ Bob Whetsel, former city development director, is back from his nine-week bike ride across the southern part of the USA from San Diego to St. Augustine, Fla. He is 30 pounds lighter and sporting a beard. The trip was managed by Adventure Cycling Association out of Montana.

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Over beer at Central Flats and Taps, Whetsel, 63, reviewed the highlights of the epic trip. Whetsel has also been in the Everest region of Nepal Bob Whetsel (trekking instead of biking then), plus Cambodia and Thailand. He said 16 started on the trip and 13 completed it. Dan Duncan, husband of Lisa Duncan, retired head of the Dogwood Arts Festival, was a Knoxville participant. Others were from Canada, the Netherlands and Australia. Each day got them at least 40 miles further along and sometimes as much as 92 miles. Rest stops (meaning more than one day) occurred in Phoenix, Austin, Fort Davis and Silver City, to name several. The bikes had f lat tires. Overnights ranged from tents to hostels to motels. The trip started Sept. 14 and ended Nov. 16. All clothes and necessities were carried on individual bikes. Whetsel worked for four mayors over 23 years, starting with this writer. He said it was a memorable trip but is glad to be back in Knoxville. His next adventure is with his wife, Melynda, for a cruise in Hawaii in 2016. ■ Gov. Haslam continues to maintain high personal popularity, according to recent polls. His challenge, with three years left as governor, is Bill Haslam to translate it into more support for his legislative proposals. He is unlikely to bring up Insure Tennessee or a gas tax hike in the legislative session starting next month.

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SENIOR NOTES ■ Elmcroft of Halls 7521 Andersonville Pike Festival of Wreaths, 3:306:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3. Wine, hors d’oeuvres, milk and cookies will be served; silent auction of holiday wreaths. All proceeds benefit Alzheimer’s Tennessee. Community invited. Info: 925-2668. ■ Corryton Senior Center 9331 Davis Drive 688-5882 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Hours vary Offerings include: exercise classes; card games; billiards; Senior Meals program, 11 a.m. each Friday. The center is accepting donations of holiday/seasonal decorations (info: Greg, 688-5882). Fantasy of Quilts on display through Dec. 11. Cookie and White Elephant Gift Swap ($10 limit), 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16. Register for: Clapp’s Card Crazies meeting, 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4; UT Women’s Athletic Director Emeritus Joan Cronin speaking and book signing, 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14; Christmas Movie Matinee: “Miracle on 34th Street,” 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18, with hot chocolate and popcorn snacks. ■ Halls Senior Center 4405 Crippen Road 922-0416 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Hours vary Offerings include: card games; exercise classes; dance classes; craft classes; Tai Chi; movie matinee each Tuesday; Senior Meals program, noon each Wednesday. Quilter and craft sale 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9. The O’Connor Senior Center Band will perform noon Tuesday, Dec. 15. Register for: Mighty Musical Monday at the Tennessee Theatre, Monday, Dec. 7; Christmas Party Potluck, noon Tuesday, Dec. 8.

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O’Connor gift shop is ‘exceptional’ By Cindy Taylor Located inside the O’Connor Senior Center in Northeast Knoxville is what center manager Sue Massingill refers to as “the best kept secret in town.” The secret she is referring to is an art center/gift shop featuring unique and beautiful handmade items crafted by members of the center. The Exceptional Gifts and Crafts Shop is a small space filled with collections of wood carvings, oil paintings, jewelry, pottery, blown glass and an abundance of other crafts. You can pick up handmade greeting cards for about $1. Selection and price are incredible. The art center was established more than 20 years ago. Gail Morell has managed the shop for 12 years. “Our seniors love to display their handmade items here and shop for gifts too,” said Morell. “Profits from sales in the shop go to sup-

port the O’Connor Center.” Senior artists can bring their work to the center to be sold on consignment. There is a $10 fee per year to become a member of the gift shop. Artists donate one day per month to work the shop. Currently more than 15 senior artists display and sell their work in the gift shop. Gift shop hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your Christmas list and cash or checks. You won’t want to leave empty-handed and they don’t take credit cards. While you’re enjoying a shopping spree at the gift shop be sure to tour the rest of the facility. You may be amazed at what you find. The center offers physical fitness classes, creative writing, art classes, discounted lunch, health screenings, health instruction, neurobics and too many more activities to list. An Internet café should be open on-site by the end of the year. Of

course everyone has heard of the O’Connor Singing Seniors. There is also a band and drama group. Minimum age to participate in the activities offered at the center is 50. Anyone is welcome to tour or make purchases in the gift shop. A visit to the center will most likely afford you many new friends. “We average more than 200 senior visitors daily,” said Massingill. “Our goal is to help seniors add life to their years.” Upcoming holiday events include the Singing Seniors Holiday Concert - December 2; Crafts by Candlelight - Dec. 8; Christmas 1945, the O’Connor Silver Stage Players - Dec. 10; Downton Abbey Tea - Dec. 11 and a Christmas sale Dec. 15. The John T. O’Connor Senior Center is at 611 Winona Street. Info: 523-1135. Info and a daily calendar available at www.knoxseniors. org/oconnor

Before a visit to the local pumpkin patch, residents of Morning Pointe of Powell make a quick stop at Einstein Bros. Bagel Shop on Cedar Bluff Road, where manager Terry Morris provided fresh baked (just for them) pumpkin muffins with Cream Cheese icing! Pictured are Jane Hodges (at top) and Margaret Herbison, licking icing off of her fingers.

Festival of Wreaths at Elmcroft Support Alzheimer’s Tennessee by bidding on a wreath as Elmcroft of Halls sponsors the second annual Festival of Wreaths from 3:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3. UT choral group will perform from 6-7 and winners will be announced at 7 p.m. All are invited.

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Fellowship Church North member Mike Sexton and pastor Stephen Van Horn drop off baskets filled with food for Thanksgiving meals to Whittle Springs Middle School parent coordinator Florence Ndiaye.

Thanksgiving for Whittle and Northwest By Cindy Taylor Fellowship Church North continually blesses the community by providing services to its neighborhood. The week of Thanksgiving, church members filled 40 baskets with more than enough food to give families in need at Whittle Springs and Northwest middle schools a happy Thanksgiving. Baskets contained hams, turkeys, traditional sides, bread and desserts. Volunteers delivered the baskets to the schools on Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Family members could drop by and pick them up

throughout the morning. Florence Ndiaye is the parent coordinator at Whittle Springs Middle School Parent Resource Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fellowship has blessed us for the last two years by providing these baskets for some of our families,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are some who would not have a Thanksgiving meal without them.â&#x20AC;? This is also the second year the church has provided Thanksgiving baskets for Northwest Middle School. Robin Smith is a social worker at Northwest. She said the school staff worries about whether their

students will get enough to eat when they are gone for the holidays. She said two of the families who received a basket were new to this country. As they picked up the food they were in tears. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are so thankful to Fellowship Church for serving our families,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was so delightful to see the family membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; faces as they picked up the food. Many had been worried that they would not have a Thanksgiving meal.â&#x20AC;? Church members spend each fifth Sunday doing community projects in lieu of a worship service at the

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church. On Nov. 29, groups met at the church before heading to KARM, Northwest Middle School, Northgate Terrace and Fountain City Park. Fellowship Church North is at 3203 Tazewell Pike. Info: north.fellowshipknox. org

FAITH NOTES Community services â&#x2013; Cross Roads Presbyterian, 4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday. â&#x2013; Glenwood Baptist Church, 7212 Central Avenue Pike, is accepting appointments for the John 5 Food Pantry. Info: 938-2611. Your call will be returned. â&#x2013; Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road, offers Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clothes Closet and Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m. each third Saturday. Free to those in the 37912/37849 ZIP code area.

Classes/meetings â&#x2013; Church Women United Knoxville-Knox County meeting, 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 4, Second UMC, 1524 Western Ave. Info: 524-1689.

IN MEMORIAM Wilma Jo Wilson, 81, passed away on Nov. 28. She was a longtime member of Crossroads Presbyterian Church and a founder of the Halls Welfare Ministries. In this role, she helped many local families with much-needed food and support. Wilma Wilson She was preceded in death by husband Wayne Wilson, and is survived by two sons: Steve Wilson and wife Pam, and Kevin Wilson; grandchildren are Jordyn, Tyler, Kara and Molly Wilson. Funeral services were Tuesday at Mynatt Funeral Home in Halls. Mary Alice Jessee Tharpe, 80, passed away Nov. 28. She was a longtime real estate agent in North Knox County who

â&#x2013; First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

was preceded in death by husband John Wesley Tharpe Sr. She is survived by son John Wesley Tharpe Jr. â&#x2013; Powell Church, 323 W. Emory Road, hosts Recovery at Powand wife Patricia; daughter Susan Gayle Shanks; grandchildren and spouses: Stephanie Nicole and Terrance Morton, Derek Ryan and Kristen Tharpe, Tiffani Suzanne and David Mary Tharpe Ledford, and Bryan Scott and Maxie Tharpe. There are five great Attorney grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at at Law Temple Baptist Church of Powell. Memorial donations may be made to The Crown College scholarship fund, 1700 W. Beaver Creek Road, Powell, TN 37849.

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Fundraisers â&#x2013; Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road, will host a handmade Guatemalan gifts sale 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. Proceeds will go to a local charity committed to helping â&#x20AC;&#x153;our childrenâ&#x20AC;? in Guatemala, Nuestros Ninos. Info: 938-8311; nuestrosninos charity.org.

Special services â&#x2013; Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, 405 Black Oak Drive, will host the Celebration Choirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presentation of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Heart of Christmasâ&#x20AC;? and the drama â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stolen Jesus,â&#x20AC;? 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20. Info: bohbc. org. â&#x2013; Fellowship Christian Church

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Halls band rocks competition at Southern State Championships The Halls High band recently competed in Chattanooga at the 2015 U.S. Bands Southern State Championships. The band received Best Music and Best Overall Effect out of seven bands. Pictured with the trophies and band directors are band members Britney Hiter, Rachael Rose, Macee Rinehart, Sarah Dixon, Grant Goins, Michaela Ellis, Nick “Shoes” Brown and Heather Trivett. Photo submitted

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Fountain City Elementary student Patrick Houston practices a safe escape route with assistance from master firefighter Tiffany Eisenhower. Photos by R. White Gibbs High SGA (Student Government) members created three different trees to be donated to Fantasy of Trees to benefit East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Pictured with their trees are Sara Mitchell, Seth Majors, Kate Combs, Brianna McNeal, Keith Stipes, Emily Wyrick and Mariah Bowers. Fantasy of Trees is an annual holiday event at the Knoxville Convention Center during the Thanksgiving holiday, featuring children’s activities, entertainment, holiday shopping, photos with Santa, crafts, tons of decorated Christmas trees and the ever popular carousel ride. Photos by R. White

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BIZ NOTES ■ Edwin Spencer M.D. has performed a surgical implant for a patient with a fracture to the upper arm bone which connects to the shoulder. The device was approved Dr. Spencer by the FDA in April 2015. It is made of a nickel-titanium alloy that forms a mesh-like structure, similar to a coronary artery stent. The device is implanted through a small incision in the upper arm and directly into the hollow cavity of the bone. When expanded, it creates a rigid internal scaffold, stabilizing the fractured bone fragments from the inside. ■ Russell Betcher M.D. of Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic is the medical honoree for this year’s Knoxville Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis as the 2015 corporate chair. Dr. Betcher The Jingle Bell Run/Walk is nationally sponsored by AbbVie, Massage Envy and Ferring Pharmaceuticals. It is presented locally

by Tennova and sponsored by National HealthCare Corporation, Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee. Info: jbr. org/knoxville 615-806-8540. ■ Premier Transportation has acquired Chattanooga-based All Aboard USA, bringing the Knoxville company’s total fleet to nearly 40 motor coaches stationed throughout East Tennessee. Nick Cazana is the Premier Transportation owner. Randy Ingram, All Aboard owner and operator, has joined Premier to manage the Chattanooga location, which brings the Premier Transportation team to 85 employees. ■ Brian Etters has joined Crye-Leike Realtors as an affiliate broker in the North office. Etters previously worked at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital as a staff Brian Etters development specialist. He will work with both buyers and sellers. He’s a member of the National Association of Realtors and the Knoxville Area Association of Realtors. Info: 865-936-0380 and 865-938-7750 or brian. etters@crye-leike.com

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Thanksgiving in Vermont This column comes to you from New England, not so very far from where Thanksgiving began. Grandma and I have family way up here, 60 miles from Canada. More often than not it snows for us on this, our traditional visiting week, but not this year. So far, only a few scattered flakes have sprinkled down, falling as we were looking at loons and gulls on a cold windy day along the edge of huge Lake Champlain, which separates the states of Vermont and New York. Of course being with much-loved and hospitable family, providing lots of wonderful eats and catching up on the past year’s news is a warm and comfortable time. Also of interest to someone who is aware of their outdoor environs, such as an elderly birdwatcher, is the comfortable feeling of being in an area where the outdoors are familiar and welcoming, too. Northern New England has a good feel about it – Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, a thousand road miles from East Tennessee, has a feel that makes you glad that you’re glad you’re there. An experience some years ago helped explained to me why it feels that way. We were looking for sea birds at a park along the rocky shore of New Hampshire. As I scanned along with my binoculars a tree appeared in my ﬁeld of view – compound leaves red with fall color, a big crop of red berries all over it. Where had I seen that striking shrub before? It was a mountain ash, and the last one I had seen before that was at the top of Mount LeConte, in the good old Smokies, at an elevation of 6,594 feet above sea level.

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That tree, which we had always considered to be one of our rewards for climbing up well over a mile in elevation into the high country of East Tennessee, was growing beside the ocean, one foot above sea level, in New Hampshire. I had always read in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park literature that driving from Knoxville to the top of Clingman’s Dome is equivalent to driving from Knoxville to Maine, as far as the natural scene of plants and animals was concerned. That mountain ash growing by the sea conﬁrmed it. If you’re a tree or a salamander, how high you are above sea level is about as important to your life as how far north you live. Your genes are adapted to let you thrive in a certain niche, decided largely by latitude above the equator and elevation above sea level. So if you’re a northern species, but want to live in the South, you’ll have to live in a place where it’s cool, damp, and shady, somewhere up high. Our East Tennessee and western North Carolina mountains are high. Mount Mitchell in North Carolina, in fact, is the highest point east of the Mississippi River,

measuring 6,684 feet above sea level. Haywood County, N.C., is the highest county in the East, with 18 peaks over 5,000 feet. In the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Clingman’s Dome is the highest point at 6,643 feet. Mt. Guyot is second at 6,621 feet, and Tennessee’s own Mt. LeConte checks in at 6,593 feet. At around 3,500 feet in elevation climate and life begin to change. Things really change about the 5,000 foot line, a vague and variable boundary between “down here” and “up there.” At those highest elevations, the damp, dark, cool New England feel takes over, and that is where there dwell all the organisms whose ancestors moved south ahead of the ancient glaciers, and then who were left behind when the last great glacier retreated from the Ohio Valley, 10,000 years ago. Some plants and animals are more particular than others about where they live. You’ll find the laid-back robins, for example, or the crows, hopping around in Halls, and you’ll find them a mile higher at Newfound Gap. But a lot of others are very picky and specific about such matters. They obey the urging of their northern genes and insist upon living up in the 5,000- to 6,000-foot-plus zone, or else on up farther north, as far as southern Canada. Living down lower in the valleys is not an op-

tion for them. Good examples of these include the Clinton’s lily with its porcelain-blue berries, the mountain ash mentioned earlier, the mountain maple, and the firs and spruces. Bird-wise, Tennessee is home to a nice batch of highelevation birds found elsewhere only farther on north up into Ontario and Quebec. These include the common raven, brown creeper, winter wren, and such woodwarblers as black-throated blue, black-throated green, Blackburnian, and Canada. Lots of other things, great and small, live up there too, like the scarce northern flying squirrel and the endangered, tiny, spruce-fir moss spider. Needless to say, birders and other interested nature-lovers enjoy seeing their favorite birds, flowers and other foci of study in the Smokies rather than travelling 1,000 miles north to find them. So when I walk along a Vermont road amongst the big dark spruce and fir trees, it’s only natural to feel the same comfort as I do when I leave the traffic, crowds and malls behind and ascend the mountains to stroll in our Great Smoky Mountains north woods. Our East Tennessee outdoor types know what a real treasure we have here in the high country of East Tennessee and western North Carolina. We have New England, 50 miles from home.

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Rotary salutes silent hero Sam Beall By Tom King Education

has always been among the primary focus areas of Rotary International. The Rotary Club of Knoxville is celebrating its Tom King 100th anniversary year in 2015, and as part of that it heard recently from an old friend – Sam Beall. It was in 1937 when the club presented Sam with a Rotary scholarship for $500 a year during his ﬁrst two years at the University of Tennessee. That scholarship propelled him to a fascinating and very signiﬁcant career. Sam’s father had died

during the Great Depression, and after Sam graduated from high school in Georgia, his mother moved him and his kid brother to Knoxville, her former home. Her father had built the ﬁrst bellows for the Fulton Bellows Co. Sam was befriended by Rotarians Tom McCroskey, president of the limestone company, and Leonard Jones of Knox Litho. Sam wanted to go to UT but was virtually penniless, he said at a recent meeting. Knoxville Rotary came to the rescue with a scholarship. He graduated in 1942 with a degree in design engineering. Charles Ferris, then head of UT’s Engineering School, took a special interest in Sam. World War II was underway, and DuPont was recruiting engineers for the

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By Carol Shane Looking for more ways to be Santa’s helper? Join the party at “Holiday Sparkles and Spirits,” a gala evening to benefit The Joy of Music School, which provides music lessons to area kids who wouldn’t otherwise be able to have them. The event combines the warmth of a holiday gathering with the sound of children’s voices, plus delicious food and drink. There are also silent and live auctions. It’s a great evening for a great cause. “Holiday Sparkles and Spirits” takes place 6:309:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, at Cherokee Country Club, 5138 Lyons View Pike. Info: 525-6806. ■ On a recent Tuesday morning, a group of Knoxville musicians gathered in the bowels of the Tennessee Theatre for their first and only rehearsal with the music directors of the touring company of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.” The company is based in New York, where the theater world’s best come to sing, dance and play music with the best talent on the planet. They’re accustomed to the highest standards. The rehearsal went smoothly, and when it came

Doc Severinsen chose the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra to tour with him in September. The KJO presents “Swingin’ Christmas” Thursday, Dec. 10, at the Tennessee Theatre. Shown top to bottom are Will Boyd, Mark Tucker, David King, Brad McDougall, Greg Tardy, Keith Brown, Tom Johnson, Bill Swann, Michael Spirko, Michael Wyatt, Nathan Warner, Tommy Sauter, Tom Lundberg, Vance Thomspon, Severinsen and Don Hough. Photo submitted

time to rehearse the finale of the first act, the conductor, Michael Horsley, gave the downbeat. As the music built in intensity, his conducting gestures gradually stopped; they weren’t needed. Horsley, smiling widely, was simply enjoying the music. As the last note rang through the marblelined space, he exclaimed, “Whaddaya know! Knoxville can PLAY.” The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, who’d just blown the roof off of “Blue Skies,” hung their heads sheepishly and grinned. In an age when much popular music relies on electronic wizardry rather than hard-earned musical prowess, these guys are the real deal. If you haven’t heard them, you’re missing one of the premiere performing groups in the region. Founded in 1999 by trumpeter Vance Thompson, they’ve appeared at jazz festivals in the United States and Europe, released four critically acclaimed CDs and presented scores of concerts, many featuring world-renowned guest artists. Their most popular annual concert happens next week. And this year, “A Swingin’ Christmas” will feature jazz vocalist Cécile

McLorin Salvant. “I’ve actually been trying to get her for several years now,” says Thompson, who adds that, in his opinion, Salvant is “the most important female vocalist to come along in jazz in the last few decades.” “Although she is well known to the jazz community around the world, she is still unknown to the general public.” He’s excited to introduce her to Knoxville audiences, along with some of the brightest, brassiest Christmas music you’ll hear all season. Tickets go fast, so if you want to hear those horns, you’d better get on the horn. The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra’s “A Swingin’ Christmas,” sponsored by Merrill Lynch, takes place at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, at the Tennessee Theatre downtown. Info: knoxjazz. org or 573-3226. Send story suggestions to news@shopper newsnow.com.

Animal lover Hendrix brightens 2016 By Betsy Pickle Elaine Hendrix has been a stocking stuffer before – her character in “Inspector Gadget 2” inspired a variety of Happy Meal toys – but all fans will want for Christmas is a 2016 calendar featuring Hendrix showing vintage attitude – and a lot of leg. It’s the Girls for Animal Rights 2016 calendar, and it benefits the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the Illinois Birddog Rescue and Hendrix’s own The Pet Matchmaker. “I’ve got a new PSA out for the Animal Legal Defense Fund,” says Hendrix. “They’re the ones who got me involved with the calendar. I love them. But I also love the gals who are doing the Girls for Animal Rights.” (Find the calendar at girlsforanimalrights.com.) Born in Oak Ridge and reared in Knoxville, Morristown and Atlanta, Hendrix is a passionate animal activist. She spent Thanksgiving taking care of homeless people and pets in Los Angeles. “It’s a funny thing being a ‘celebrity’ … I know that there are a lot of people who worry about their image and what they’re attached to. For animals, I do whatever I can do.” When she’s not rescu-

ing animals or promoting their rights, Hendrix stays busy with her day – and night – job. She stars on the new FX series “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” with Denis Leary, Elizabeth Gillies and John Corbett, which recently concluded its first season. “I am an expert on rock ’n’ roll now,” Hendrix says with a laugh. “I can official-

in girlfriend and backup singer. “It’s amazing,” says Hendrix. “So fun. Best job I’ve ever had. We work long, hard hours, but it’s worth it. We all get along. We love each other. We’re having a blast.” Fortunately, even working 12- to 16-hour days, Hendrix doesn’t have to worry about saving her voice. “Thankfully, it’s ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll.’ If you have a (trashed) voice, all the better.” The second season will East Tendebut on FX in 2016. nessee naThis week, Hendrix is tive Elaine getting ready to start shootHendrix ing a political satire called takes a “Swing State” with Jon breather Gries, Taryn Manning, Anfrom her gela Kinsey from “The Offilm and fice” and Sean Astin. animal “I play sort of an Ann work. Photo Coulter-type character,” submitted says Hendrix. She worked this summer with Noah Wyle and Xander Berkeley on the drama ly say that.” “Shot.” And the sex and drugs? “It’s what happens when “I’ll say ‘no comment’ on a young boy accidentally those!” The show is about a vet- shoots a man, and what eran rock ’n’ roller, Johnny happens immediately afRock (Leary), whose dream ter that, and by the end the of resurrecting the career consequences of it,” she he flushed down the toi- says. “It’s really making a let hinges on the daughter, statement on senseless gun Gigi (Elizabeth Gillies), he’s violence, which I was very never known. Hendrix plays happy to be a part of. It’s a Ava, Johnny’s longtime live- heavy film. It’s a very dra-

matic film.” Making a movie with a message is something that appeals to Hendrix. “My life is so cause-oriented,” says Hendrix. “When my work aligns with my beliefs, that’s the ultimate.” Hendrix, who got her start in guest roles on TV shows before breaking out in “Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion” and “The Parent Trap,” has been working steadily as an actor for more than 20 years and has also produced several features and shorts. The industry-wide conversa-

tion about the disparity of opportunities and pay for males vs. females in Hollywood has not escaped her. “I think all actors – the middle-class actors – are getting pay cuts all the time,” she says. “The whole industry has changed. And for women, who are already getting the short end of the stick, it’s even worse now, which in 2015 I can’t even believe I’m saying that. “There is a lot of talk and a lot of push toward females in the industry, but I feel like it’s still right now all talk and very little action.”

‘Krampus’ is coming When a boy inadvertently summons a Christmas demon, his dysfunctional family – including his dad (Adam Scott) – may end up paying the price in “Krampus.” The cast includes Toni Collette, David Koechner, Conchata Ferrell, Allison Tolman and Emjay Anthony. The comedic horror film, rated PG-13 and opening in theaters Friday, was directed by Michael Dougherty (“Trick ’r Treat”).

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Retired trooper vows strokes won’t end his golf game There’s a golf club in the trunk of Bryan Farmer’s car with his name on it. It’s a top-of-the-line driver, brand new and still in the box. He bought it June 12, 2014, after playing 18 holes of golf. But that night, Farmer had a stroke of another kind – a blood clot on the left side of his brain – that has, so far, put his golf game on hold. But even after suffering a second stroke 10 months later, he vows he’ll be back in the swing of things this month, thanks to the care he received at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center (PNRC) at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Roane Medical Center. “It might not be pretty, but I’m going to hit that driver,” declares Farmer, whose slightly drawn right arm and weakened right leg are reminders of that June night when a 3 a.m. bathroom visit was the first hint that something had gone wrong. “When I got out of the bed, I noticed some extreme dizziness, to the point where I almost fell down,” said Farmer, a Harriman resident. “It was similar to a blood sugar spike. I have high blood pressure and diabetes, and I knew I got dizzy when that happened to me in the past. I didn’t think a lot about it. I went ahead, got my balance back, went down the hall to the restroom, came back to bed and went straight to sleep. No sickness, no nothing.” The following morning, he still had some dizziness, but not enough to prevent him from driving to Fairfield Glade where he works in quality assurance for the vacation resort. “I sat down at my desk and the dizziness came back,” he said. “I got up from my desk and walked down the hallway, and my right foot dragged the ground. Just one time, but it almost tripped me up, and one of the other guys I work with saw me and said, ‘Let’s go back into your office and sit down.’ ” It was then that one of the managers with nursing experience came in. Suspicious, she checked Farmer for stroke symptoms. “I passed every one of them with flying colors,” said Farmer who, as a retired Tennessee Highway Patrol lieutenant, was familiar with the signs of a stroke. “No numbness, no

strokes are often not seen on CT scans within the first 24 hours. For this reason, an MRI of the brain was completed, and showed that he had indeed had a stroke.” But even then, he still appeared to be unaffected. Then at about 3 a.m., Farmer arose from his hospital bed to go to the restroom and discovered his right side was paralyzed. “Paralysis had set in, and my right leg was useless,” said Farmer. “It just got worse.” Transferred by ambulance to the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders, Farmer began to realize the seriousness of his condition. “I couldn’t move my right arm – it was drawn up and curled against my chest,” Farmer recalled. Bryan Farmer continues “My right leg was pretty to work toward returnmuch pointed to the right. ing to the golf course, I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t after suffering two move. I couldn’t even feed strokes in the last year. myself.” Farmer was treated at On the fourth day of his the Comprehensive 31 days in Fort Sanders, Stroke Center at Fort Farmer was moved into the Sanders Regional and PNRC wing to begin his Patricia Neal Rehabilitatingling, no headache. None of therapy. “I’m sitting there tion Center. that. Just dizziness.” in a wheelchair in a row of four or five other people Yet, despite the successful in wheelchairs, waiting FAST (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) campaign to raise stroke symptom aware- on them to get therapy too,” he said. “I look ness, minor strokes can and do occur with- at some of these people, and the thought is out the person ever knowing it. Mild stroke going through my head, ‘You know, I could symptoms that recover after a brief period have been a whole lot worse. I’ve got to go of time may indicate a transient ischemic in here and do what they tell me to do to the attack (TIA) or “mini stroke.” While seldom best of my ability.’ ” deadly, TIAs are often precursors to a fullThat was made easy by the PNRC doctors, blown ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke that nurses and therapists, whose encouragemay follow if symptoms are left untreated. ment was always coupled with enthusiasm Stroke symptoms can also occur over a from Day One. span of hours or days. At first, the affected “I wish I could remember her name, but person may have little or no symptoms, but the girl who came to wheel me up to as time passes, the symptoms will become therapy was just bubbling with excitemore apparent as an estimated 32,000 brain ment and positivity,” he said. “From cells die each passing second. her to the doctors to the nurses to the Pressed to go to the emergency room, therapists, I can’t say enough good Farmer reluctantly agreed. At Parkwest things about those people. Of course, Medical Center, Farmer thought perhaps he I had a positive attitude from my had dodged a bullet when a CT scan came family and a special friend. Between back negative for stroke. those people, I couldn’t help but stay However, according to Dr. Daryl Harp, positive. The level of professionalism neuoradiologist, “Physicians are aware that and effort they put forth was amaz-

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The Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional delivering immediate and excellent care When a stroke happens, timely treatment is critical. The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional is well above the national average in delivering prompt treatment of life-saving medication. Clot busting drugs are given to stroke patients through a vein to improve blood ﬂow and minimize potential disabilities. The amount of time it takes for a patient to be brought in to a hospital until the moment medications are intravenously administered is referred to as “door to needle time.” While the average door to needle time is a little Arthur Moore, more than an hour, the door to needle time at Fort Sanders Regional is 30 minutes. That’s half an MD hour faster than the national average. It’s just one of the many advantages a patient has when treated at a comprehensive stroke center. The stroke center exists to provide the highest level of stroke care for complicated stroke cases.

ing. They were magniﬁcent.” “We’d only do three hours of therapy a day, but it seemed like 10,” Farmer added. “It was really grueling because I started at Ground Zero. I lost every ounce of strength I had on my right side, and my left side too basically – my body was just sapped of strength. I remember them giving me a twopound weight to lift – two pounds! I couldn’t even pick that up!” Still, 31 days after the stroke, Farmer was wheeled to the door and discharged from PNRC. He walked the last 15 to 20 feet to his ride home. “It wasn’t the prettiest or most graceful walk I’d ever taken,” he said, “but it was the most gratifying.” His rehab continued a couple of weeks later at Patricia Neal Outpatient Center at Roane Medical Center, and he heaps more praise on the therapists there. “They were just top-notch, positive people, which was good for me because I had to help myself and I didn’t need someone who was going to bring me down,” he said. “They were just as determined here to make me better as they were in Knoxville. Their attitudes were great. They are really dedicated to their work, and enjoyed their work – and it showed.” A second stroke last April, just months after ﬁnishing his outpatient rehab, slightly affected his speech and cognition but for the most part is undetectable. In the meantime, he goes to the gym three times weekly to lift weights and work on the elliptical bike. “As far as real limitations, I have none,” said Farmer. “I can’t run. I can’t jog. I can walk ok. It takes me awhile to get somewhere but I can do it,” he says. “I’m not back to where I want to be – I want to be on the golf course right now. That’s where I want to be. And that’s where I will be in September. It may not be pretty, but I’m going to be on that course.”

“It really exists to provide that next level up from what you can get at your local community hospital,” Arthur Moore, MD says. “Strokes can often be treated at those hospitals, but ﬁnding out why the stroke occurred to prevent it from happening again sometimes takes someone who’s done a lot more work in treating stroke.” Moore says ﬁnding out the “why” takes some digging into a patient’s background, and sometimes it’s not as obvious as the main risk factors. “Stroke centers tend to be better and faster at treating stroke just because we see it all the time,” Moore says. “We have doctors who can go up into the brain and pull a clot out, and that’s a really specialized niche. Most hospitals don’t have access to someone who can do that.” The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Fort Sanders Regional sees patients from throughout East Tennessee, and even from Kentucky. To learn more, visit fsregional.com/stroke, or call (865) 541-1111.

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When it comes to stroke, time lost is brain lost, so it’s important to understand the warning signs and how to reduce your risk. If you or a loved one experience any of these symptoms, call 911. Sudden severe headache with no known cause Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination Sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes

stroke: LIKE IT NEVER EVEN HAPPENED. Leading the region’s only stroke hospital network www.covenanthealth.com/strokenetwork

Certiﬁed as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission and accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

0094-0093

No comprehensive stroke and rehabilitation center in our region does more to reverse stroke’s devastating effects than Fort Sanders Regional Medical Fort Sanders performs Center. That’s why hospitals clinical trials and procedures for stroke not available across East Tennessee refer their most complex stroke patients to anywhere else in our region. us. And only Fort Sanders Regional is home to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, East Tennessee’s elite rehabilitation hospital for stroke, spinal cord and brain injury patients.

B-2 • DECEMBER 2, 2015 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news

Tree Services

Transportation

Services Offered

Automobiles for Sale

Air Cond/Heating

EDWARDS TREE SERVICE

BUICK LESABRE - 2004. Limited, 3800 V6, Like New! Silver, Loaded, Must see! 64,000 mi., $7,485. (865)9884133.

Interior Pruning, Complete Removal, Power Stump Grinding

CHRYSLER PT CRUISER 2008. 1 owner, 75k mi, AC, AT, PW, pwr drs, mirrors, FM CD, anti-theft remote entry, ruby red w/silver int. $6495/b.o. (865)687-1234

Insured • Free Estimates

DODGE CHARGER - 2013. V6 8spd automatic fully loaded factory warranty and clean car fax call pete 33,000 mi., $22,900. (865)643-0036.

Workers Comp Liability

FORD CROWN VICTORIA LX - 2002. 75,000 actual mi, green, leather int. Clean car fax. Very nice. $5000. (865)806-3648.

Sports and Imports CADILLAC XLR-V - 2006. All options, adult driven, mint, 38k mi, $31,500. 865-304-0227 Honda Accord LX 2002. loaded, good tires, clean, leather sts, looks/ runs great. All extras. 135k. $4995. (865)308-2743. Jaguar X type 3.0, AWD, 2006, silver w/blk lthr, 104K mi, very nice, clean car fax, $7,000 total. (865)806-3648. KIA SOUL+ 2012. Silver, AT, all power, alloys, cruise, Blue Tooth, 20K mi., like new, $11,900. 865-919-2292. LEXUS IS 250 2014, 11K mi. Beautiful, Silver w/burg. int., fully loaded. Take over lease, Lease pymnt. $368 mo. including tax, $200 transfer fee to Lexus Financial OAC. Exceptional credit is a must to qualify. 19 mo. lease left. (865)458-2112. NISSAN SENTRA SR 2010. Loaded, like new. 68k mi., new Yokohoma 75K tires, recent svc. $8995. 382-0365. TOYOTA CAMRY - 2003. Blue, Good Condition, 194,754 mi., $3,000. (865)748-1083.

Sport Utility Vehicles Honda Pilot 2014, EXL, white, w/running boards, sunrf, leather, like new, 24K mi, clean $27,500. 423-295-5393. INFINITI EX35 - 2012. loaded, sunrf, leather, 34K mi, exc cond., $20,500. 423-295-5393

922-0645 HOMETOWN AIR “Back to the basics”

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

Alterations & Sewing

ALTERATIONS BY FAITH

Men, women, children. Custom-tailored clothing for ladies of all sizes, plus kids! Faith Koker (865)938-1041

Cleaning Services

NEED HELP FOR THE HOLIDAYS?

Call Christian Lady Cleaning. Reliable w/references. (865)705-5943

Contractors/Builders

LICENSED GENERAL CONTRACTOR

Restoration, remodeling, additions, kitchens, bathrooms, decks, sunrooms, garages, etc. Residential & commercial, free estimates. Herman Love (865)922-8804

Dozer Work/Tractor

Trucks

MAZDA B2200 - 1992. Pick-up, auto, 71,250 mi, bed cover, red. Excellent condition. $2,700. (865)687-9354.

Vehicles Wanted

FAST $$ CASH $$ 4 JUNK AUTOS 865-216-5052 865-856-8106

Recreation

Boats/Motors/Marine HOUSEBOAT ON FONTANA -1994 Sumerset. 80’x16’.Aluminum Hull, 2 350cu ft Chevy engines.2 docks. Shore power.City water. $155k FIRM. 865.414.1099. (865)591-4064. WAR EAGLE BOAT, 16’ 35 HP Johnson, foot cont., trol mtr, swivel sts, great shape. $3200. For pix (865)740-7146.

• Bobcat w/Backhoe Attachment • Footer • Above-Ground Pools • Sewer Installations • Landscaping • Bush Hogging • Driveways • Firewood etc.

Travel Trailers, 5th Wheels, Popups, Motorhomes. Will pay Cash (423) 504-8036 HOLIDAY RAMBLER IMPERIAL 37’, 350D, 1 slide, WELL MAINTAINED. Below BB at $28k or $31k w/tow car. (865)250-8252.

NEW & PRE-OWNED SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE ALL 2015 MODELS MUST GO!!!! Check Us Out At Northgaterv.com or call 865-681-3030

Motorcycles/Mopeds 2008 HONDA CBR600RR Graffiti Edition Black Excellent shape 1st Owner $4000 (857)209-4341.

Jobs Driver/Transport DRIVERS! - 1yr. Guaranteed Home Time. $1250 per wk & benefits. Monthly Bonus Program usually $500-$650. No touch. 855-454-0392

Employment To place your ad in the

Action Ads 922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378) Find help here

DEADLINE is 4 pm Friday for Wednesday’s paper.

497-3797 Pruning • Logging Bush Hogging Stump Removal Insured

FREE ESTIMATES • LIFETIME EXPERIENCE

Garage Sales North 1ST TIME GARAGE SALE - Fri, Dec 4, 8am-2pm. 3-family/moving sale. HH items, treadmill (exc cond). Super Duty F250 Weathertec floor mats, Toyota Tundra 10-pc interior camo set for 2008 & up. Sale at 3915 Janice Drive off Emory Rd.

Farmer’s Mkt/ Trading Post Farm Products

865-986-4264 Logs2Lumber.com

FANNON FENCING We build all types of Farm Fencing and Pole Barn. *WOOD & VINYL PLANK *BARBED WIRE *HI-TENSILE ELECTRIC *WOVEN WIRE, *PRIVACY FENCING, ETC.

(423)200-6600

BOBCAT/BACKHOE

Small dump truck. Small jobs welcome & appreciated! Call 6884803 or 660-9645.

HAY 4x4 rolls, mixed grass, Blaine area. $15. (865) 216-5387

Home Maint./Repair

Livestock & Supplies

5” INSULATION, fascia board repair, gutter guards, gutter cleaning. Call (865)936-5907

GRAIN FED HOGS - 250 to 500 lbs. Prices .80 to $1.00 per lb. live weight. (865)250-4576.

(865)288-0556

DAVID HELTON

PLUMBING CO. All Types of Residential & Commercial Plumbing

MASTER PLUMBER 40 Years Experience Licensed & Bonded

922-8728 257-3193 PLUMBING MADE EASY!

Call Cross Construction (Plumbing) Services. Free estimates, licensed,ins’d. (865)484-6093

Tree Services

Lost Pets MISSING CAT - Gray/black striped cat with white chest and 4 white paws missing since Nov. 9. Neutered male, recent broken hip. Lost off Mayes Chapel Rd. Call 257-6696.

Dogs BISHON POOS, MALTI POOS - Beautiful puppies, shots, $350-$400. (865)717-9493 BLOODHOUND PUPPIES AKC reg., black & tan, red & liver & tan, $500 each. (865)680-2155. BOSTON TERRIER puppies, reg., black & white, UTD on shots, dew claws & wormed, small, (423)295-4476 DOBERMAN PUPS, AKC reg., blacks, Xlg Euro Sire 128 lb. Natl & Intl champ. $800. 615-740-7909 ENGLISH BULLDOG AKC Puppy, 1 fem. left. $1600. www.floreskennels.com. Vet ck, 1 yr. health guar. Microchipped. Shots UTD. Very healthy. Full of wrinkles. Raised w/kids & other pets. 865-385-0667 English Bulldog puppies, AKC, champ bldline, show potential, M&F, shots & worming UTD, raised in my home, great personalities, have shown Bulldogs for 15 years. Healthy & ready for forever homes. 9 wks old. $1500. Text or call (931)397-1368

Breeden's Tree Service

GERMAN SHEPHERDS Puppies, M&F, 1st shots & wrmd, great watch dogs. $250. (865)933-0053; 933-5894

Aerial bucket truck Stump grinding Brush chipper Bush hogging Trimming & removing

GOLDEN DOODLES rare dark black & chocolate, a couple with spots, family raised with all papers & vet ckd. 5 F & 2 M. Ready to go 12/3. $1950. (423) 817-2953

Licensed and insured Over 30 yrs. experience

Free estimates

865-219-9505

Antiques

Adoptions

WANTED Military antiques and collectibles 865-368-0682

Appliances

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty

865-851-9053

2001 E. Magnolia Ave. Building Materials INSTALL SOLID WALNUT WALLS RODNEY ALLEN (865) 494-9748

Cemetery Lots LYNNHURST CEMETERY - 2 plots, sideby-side. $2,000 or best offer. Valued at $3,500/ea. Serious inquiries only. (865)705-5877

HAVENESE PUPPIES, M&F many colors, non shedding. $900-$1100. Taking deposits for Christmas. (865) 216-5770 Lab puppies, ready for Xmas, AKC reg yellows, MH QAA X SH parents, 1st shots & wormed, parents have hip, elbow & eye clearances done. $750. Taking deposits. (865)621-2613

Real Estate Rentals Apartments - Furnished EFFIC. Apt. Furn. w/ utilities in North Knoxville. $600 mo., $200 dep. 865-789-0415

ADOPT: A loving Mom, a devoted Dad, and a bright future are waiting to welcome your baby! Expenses paid. Anne & Colin. 1-877-246-6780 ADOPT: Married couple seeking a newborn baby. Family oriented, fun loving, religious. Attends church weekly. Home filled with love and happiness. All expenses paid. Call Mary & Bill 1-877-882-2475 or our attorney James Greenberg 1-888676-9015.

1950 Wurlitzer juke box $4500; 1957 Rockola $800; 1985 Seeburg, plays CDs, $1,000. (865) 689-2424

BUYING OLD US COINS

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

Exercise Equipment SCHWINN AIRDYNE EXER. Bike, cost $710, exc. cond. sell for $450. (865)803-3015

GREAT FAMILY ROOM - 8’ sofa & matching chair, $450. Handsome 2’x4’ coffee table & match. 2’x2’ End table $150. 2 beautiful match. 5’ loveseats, $175 ea. (865)690-2406 HUTCH TV - Cherry TV Hutch 40x23x74 tall has 3 drawers for storage. Excellent cond. $900. (865)661-6715

Heavy Equipment Yale Forklift 5,000 lb lift, pneumatic LP; Daewoo, 6,000 lb lift, pneumatic LP; Daewoo, 6,000 lb lift, pneumatic diesel. (865) 216-5387

Household Goods TABLE WITH 4 CHAIRS - Good Cond. $275. (865)523-9482

GENERATOR BIG 8500 watt, 2015, Honda elec. start. Batt. & whl kit incl. Never used. New retail $4995. Wholesale $3750. 1st $1850 cash, 864-275-6478.

UTILITY TRAILERS ALL SIZES AVAILABLE 865-986-5626 smokeymountaintrailers.com

Musical PORK PIE LITTLE SQUEALER, like new, used very little. $1200 (865)640-6617.

Tickets/Events

BUYING SEC CHAMP CASH PAID UT FOOTBALL UT BASKETBALL

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

www.riversidemanorapts.com

Financial

BEST DEAL OUT WEST! 1BR from $375. 2BR $550-$695. No pets. Parking @ front door. (865)470-8686

Consolidation Loans

FIRST SUN FINANCE

We make loans up to $1000. We do credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals. See manager for details. 865-687-3228

Real Estate Sales Open Houses 3 BR, 2 BA 4370 Wallerton Ct. $172,900 Open House 11/28 & 29 11AM-4PM. 865-384-5096

BRICK TOWNHOUSE - Turkey Creek area. 2 BR, 1.5 BA, W/D conn., $650 mo. + $350 dep. No pets. No vouchers. Cr. ck. (865)986-0905 BROADWAY TOWERS 62 AND OLDER Or Physically Mobility Impaired 1 & 2 BR, util. incl. Laundry on site. Immediate housing if qualified. Section 8-202. 865-524-4092 for appt. TDD 1-800-927-9275

NORTH KNOXVILLE 3 BD 2 BA - 4206 Plummer Dr, 3BR, North Knoxville 3Bd2Ba Townhouse10 Minutes from Downtown$900/month865-314-0142 (865)314-0142

Homes Furnished Condos-Furn FARRAGUT OFF PARKSIDE DR. 2 BR, 1 BA, 1100 SF, secure, priv., move in ready, $99,900. (865) 368-2375

2BR, 2BA in Laurel Valley, Townsend TN, Quiet, peaceful, no smoking, Please call 865-448-6867.

Homes Unfurnished

Duplex/Multiplex-Unfurn

3 BR , 2 BA, 1800 SF, Holston Hills, private lot, no pets. $750 mo + dep. (865) 679-7612

SEYMOUR ON PRIV. FARM

East. 3 BR, off Asheville Hwy close to interstate. Clean, new stove & refrig & bathtub. $625 mo + $675 DD. (865) 933-8344

2 BR, mtn view, water/yd maint. furn. Great for elderly & others. Nice & quiet. Carport. F&B decks. W&D. Dr. Berry (865)256-6111

NORTH - 4 BR, 2 1/2 BA, Incl all s/s appls, shows like model. In subd. w/ lrg comm. pool & amenities. $1375. Call Lydia 865-804-6012 RENTAL/SALE/OWNER FINANCE 4/3/2 Tellico Village, Panoramic Lake View. Clean! $339K, (774)487-4158.

Lake Property SHORT SALE. Watts Bar lakefront. 3 BR townhome. Dock, hdwd flrs, granite, S/S appls, 25 min to Turkey Creek. 3 units pre-approved at $199,900 each. (865)924-0791

Med Equip & Supplies 75% OFF RETAIL. LIKE NEW heavy duty Power wheelchair, $1000. Elec. hospital bed incl. Stryker air mattress $1,000. (865) 671-0041

1 BR POWELL SPECIAL no cr. ck, no pet fee, water paid, All appls, $520/mo. Phone 865-9386424 or 865-384-1099.

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

Furniture 2 BR complete BR suites, DR tbl, 4 chrs, hutch, 2 wing back chrs, & misc. FURN & HH. (865) 455-8933

Apartments - Unfurn. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS BEHIND WEST TOWN MALL - 7823 Gleason Drive, 1BR, 1 BR apts for rent. Must be 62 & older or disabled. Income restrictions apply. Vouchers accepted. (865)691-8551. (865)6918551

ADOPT: My greatest wish is to adopt a baby. A loving, secure home awaits with happy, financially secure, educated woman. Expenses paid. Call Anne-Michele 1-877-246-1447 Text 516-305-0144, www.amadopt.info.

Collectibles

4 STACK HEATERS V220; - one exercise bike; one 18,000 BTU air conditioner. Call 922-3020 and leave message & number. $350 for everything!

Pets

HAROLD’S GUTTER SERVICE Will clean front & back, $20 & up. Quality work, guaranteed.

Announcements

Merchandise - Misc.

HANDYMAN

CARPENTRY, PLUMBING, painting, siding. Free est. 30+ yrs exp! (865)607-2227

Campers & RV’s CAMPERS WANTED

Roger Hankins

USING A WOOD MIZER PORTABLE SAW MILL

Plumbing

We Buy Campers

Tree Service

Owner Operator

AT YOUR SITE LOGS TO LUMBER

Dodge Dakota 1999, 111K mi, new tires, V8 318, runs well, uses no oil, has salvage title. $3750. (423)494-7909 DODGE RAM 2500 - 1997. Cummings 12 valve w/5 speed manual. $9850. (865)705-7077.

Hankins

Merchandise

WEST 3BR, 2BA UPSC CONDO, NEW APPL, GRANITE, T ILE RAINSHWR, LG CLOSETS, LOTS STG, 1+ CAR GAR, 10 MIN TO OR, HVLY, TCRK. NO PETS, NS, LSE REQ. AVAIL 2/1,POSS SNR LSE REQ $1350 865.387.5524

Farms & Acreage Condos Unfurnished

140 acres in the heart of Townsend Minutes to Lilly Barn. 1 mile of road frontage thru property. Great building sites, adjoining state park property. $750,000 OBO. Call owner 770-598-6999

HORSE FARM

CONDO - WEST. Colonies. Brick 2 BR, 1.5 BA, frpl, carport, pool, tennis cts., grt view of Smoky Mtns. $795/ mo + dep. Avail Now. (865) 216-8053

Manufactured Homes

50 acres of beautiful pasture with 1 mile of 4-board fencing +/-, with new custom 8,000 SF barn. Fronting 2 black-top roads, across from Rarity high-end home community & minutes from historic downtown Sweetwater. Unbelievable building site with views. Sacrifice $275,000 Firm. Call owner 770-598-6999

RENT TO OWN 3 BR, 2 BA - in park. $750/mo. 199 Betty Lou Lane, Maynardville. (865)556-6244

Manufactured Homes

Commercial Property /Sale

Real Estate Commercial

3.03 ACRES at Light #1 in PIgeon Forge on Sugar Hollow Rd, east side of Cracker Barrel. 865-604-4247

I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES. 1990 up, any size OK. 865-384-5643

Ofﬁces/Warehouses/Rent Lots/Acreage for Sale BEAUTIFUL 4.5 ACRES, wooded & private. Lays great, good building sites. Utilities available. NE Anderson County. Owner financing available. Call (865) 310-0992.

Automobiles for Sale

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

865-544-1717; 865-740-0990

Automobiles for Sale

PARKING PASSES

(865)687-1718

selectticketservice.com All Events - Buy - Sell

SEC CHAMP WANTED

(865)384-6867 UT Season Men’s Basketball Tickets, 2 together, Sec. 121, $750 each. (865) 356-5802

Toys & Games CANDY CRANE MACHINE - Nice running machine. Needs key for cash box. Easy to replace. $1.00 /.25 (865)933-8717

Landscaping/Lawn Service

SPECIALS OF THE WEEK!

SAVE $$$

'14 Ford Fusion, 1 owner, clean, autochek, save $$$! R1759 ................ $13,950 '15 Ford Trans-It 350, 15-passenger van XLT, new body style! R1814.... $31,900 '14 Lincoln MKZ, new body style, moonroof, leather! R1829 ................. $25,500 '14 Ford Expedition EL, limited, fully loaded, nav, roof, chrome wheels! R1825 ... $41,880 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.

SMALL BREED DOG GROOMING UNDER 50 LBS. Reasonable prices. Flexible times & dates. (865)377-4749 YORKIE PUPPIES, M&F, viewer & black/tan, $900-$1200. Taking deposits for Christmas (865) 216-5770

Leaf removal, gutter cleaning, landscape installation, outdoor lighting & more!

YORKIES AKC - Born 8/26, Ch. line. 2 Females, 1 Male, shots, wormed. $1000. (865)256-7660

www.meesetotallawncare.com

865-356-9276

Ray Varner

Travis Varner

Dan Varner

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

865-457-0704 or 1-800-579-4561 www.rayvarnerford.com

922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378)

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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, DEC. 3 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254; Stephanie, 862-9252. Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School library. Info: 992-5212.

FRIDAY, DEC. 4 Holiday Greens Tea and open house, noon-3 p.m., Ivan Racheff House and Gardens, 1943 Tennessee Ave. Free event. Holiday wreaths, tabletop designs, amaryllis and baked goods will be available for purchase. Info: 522-6210. Opening reception and awards night for new exhibit about food, 5-9 p.m., Broadway Studios And Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Exhibit on display through Dec. 31. Guests for the reception are asked to bring a canned of food for donation to local food bank. Info: Jessica Gregory, 556-8676; BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com. A Tennessee Evening Gala, 6-11 p.m., Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge, 461 W. Outer Drive, Oak Ridge. Live music, an auction and more. Info/tickets: 4821074 or childrensmuseumofoakridge.org. Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble benefit, 6 p.m., Holston Hills Country Club. Featuring: a performance by TCDE, a silent auction and live auction, heavy hors d’oeuvres, wine and spirits; DJ and dancing until 10:30. Tickets: $75. Info/tickets: 584-9636.

FRIDAY-TUESDAY, DEC. 4-8 Christmas Dinner with the Ramsey’s, 6:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike. Features candlelight tour of the home and dinner prepared by Rosa’s Catering. Tickets: $125. Reservations required. Info/reservations: 546-0745 or ramseyhouse.org.

THURSDAYS-SUNDAYS, DEC. 4-20 “Cinderella and Ebenezer,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 5 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: 40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254; Stephanie, 862-9252. Chili and tamale supper benefit for Tony Perkey, 5-8 p.m., Heiskell UMC, 9420 Heiskell Road. Cost: $5 at the door. Funds raised to help with Perkey’s Argus II (bionic eye) surgery expenses. Info: Jaclyn McDonald, 556-6969. Christmas Craft Sale, Callahan Road Baptist Church, 1317 Callahan Dr., 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Over 30 vendors, raffle baskets, no admission charge. Luttrell Christmas parade, noon, Luttrell Community Park. Info/registration form for parade entries: 992-0870 or city of Luttrell Facebook page. Clinton Christmas parade, 6 p.m., downtown Clinton. Theme: “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Info: 457-2559 or andersoncountychamber.org. Craft show and sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Summit Towers, 201 Locust St. Items include: paintings, drawings, wood art, crocheted items, ceramics, Christmas crafts, baked goods and more. Holiday Market, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Historic Jackson Square, Oak Ridge. Shopping, live music, photos with Santa and more. Proceeds to benefit ADFAC (Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian). Info: www.

jacksonsquareadfacbenefit.com. Jingle Bell Cruise for Toys for Tots, 8 a.m. Papa John’s Asheville Highway. All toys collected will go to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Info/registration: 226-7272. Market Square Holiday Market, noon-6 p.m., with farm vendors selling until 3 p.m. near the Market Square stage, and craft vendors and food trucks open until 6 p.m. on Union Avenue adjacent to Market Square and along Market Street. Info: MarketSquareFarmers Market.org or NourishKnoxville.org.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 5-6 “The Nutcracker,” presented by the Appalachian Ballet Company and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Tickets: Knox Tickets, 656-4444. Santa train rides, Secret City Excursion Train. Departures: 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday. Info: 241-2140 or secretcityrailroad.com.

SATURDAY-THURSDAY, DEC. 5-24 Christmas in Old Appalachia, Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Highway, Clinton. Info: 494-7680 or museumofappalachia.org.

SUNDAY, DEC. 6 “Let’s Build a Santa with Wool,” 1-4 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructors: Nancy Shedden and Karen Bills. Registration deadline: Nov. 29. Info/registration: 4949854; appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, DEC. 7 American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 387-5522. Crocheted Oblong Shawl class, 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $25. Info: Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/ profile/monicaschmidt.

TUESDAY, DEC. 8 Free motion quilting class, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby at Turkey Creek. Cost: $25. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace.com/profile/monicaschmidt. Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School cafeteria. Info: 992-5212.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers. org; on Facebook.

www.oakridgechamber.org. Wreath workshop, 12:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike. Cost: $35. Bring a pair of small garden shears and garden gloves. Other materials provided. Info/reservations: 546-0745 or ramseyhouse. org.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 12-13 Santa train rides, Secret City Excursion Train. Departures: 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday. Info: 241-2140 or secretcityrailroad.com.

SUNDAY, DEC. 13 “Bread Basket,” 2-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Sheri Burns. Registration deadline: Dec. 6. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net. Free drop-in art activities for families, 1-4 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Docent tours in English, 2 p.m., and in Spanish, 3 p.m. Info: knoxart.org. Historic Ramsey House Candlelight Tour, 6-8 p.m., 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Featuring holiday treats, Christmas carols and tours of the decorated, candlelit historic home. Admission free; donations appreciated. Info: 546-0745 or www.ramseyhouse.org. Sarah Morgan and The Valley Boys in concert, 4 p.m., large court room in Union County Courthouse. Free; donations to Union County Arts Council accepted.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, DEC. 14-15 AARP Driver Safety classes, noon-4 p.m., American Red Cross, 6921 Middlebrook Pike. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

TUESDAY, DEC. 15 Auditions for Knoxville Children’s Theatre’s production of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” 4:30-7:30 p.m., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Eighteen roles available for ages 9-18. Info/appointment: Dennis Perkins, dennis@childrenstheatreknoxville.com. Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 256-5415.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16 Dine and Discover, noon-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Adam Alfrey, East Tennessee History Center, and Steve Cotham, manager of McClung Historical Collection, will present “An Inside Look at Lloyd Branson.” Free and open to the public. Info: knoxart.org. International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers. org; on Facebook.

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

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

SATURDAY, DEC. 19

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 11-13

Market Square Holiday Market, noon-6 p.m., with farm vendors selling until 3 p.m. near the Market Square stage, and craft vendors and food trucks open until 6 p.m. on Union Avenue adjacent to Market Square and along Market Street. Info: MarketSquareFarmers Market.org or NourishKnoxville.org.

“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” performed by The WordPlayers, 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Clayton Performing Arts Center, Pellissippi State Community College, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Info/tickets: wordplayers.org. Clinton Christmas Spectacular, Second Baptist Church, 777 Public Safety Lane, Clinton. Free. Performances: 7-8:30 p.m. Friday; 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday; 12:30; 10:30 a.m.-noon Sunday. Info: 457-2046.

SATURDAY, DEC. 12 “Holiday Art Blitz!,” 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. All-day small giftmaking workshops, $25 to make five gifts. Info/ registration: 357-2787; fcartcenter@knology.net; www. fountaincityartctr.com. Holiday Homecoming, east side of Norris Dam State Park. Live animal demonstrations, historical depiction of Appalachian life, old-time music and holiday treats. Info: 426-7461. Holiday Market, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Garden of Eden Preschool/Berean Bible Church. 2329 Prosser Road. Lots of vendors in the gym. Market Square Holiday Market, noon-6 p.m., with farm vendors selling until 3 p.m. near the Market Square stage, and craft vendors and food trucks open until 6 p.m. on Union Avenue adjacent to Market Square and along Market Street. Info: MarketSquareFarmers Market.org or NourishKnoxville.org. Oak Ridge Christmas parade, 6-8 p.m., beginning at Corporate Center, 151 Lafayette Drive. Info:

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TUESDAYS, JAN. 12, 19, 26, FEB. 2, 9, 16 “Reflections, Light and Magic” class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $150/nonmembers $175. Materials list provided. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

WEDNESDAYS, JAN. 20, 27 “Beautiful, Vibrant Alcohol Inks” class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $50/nonmembers $65. Info/registration: knoxart.org. “Mosaics Keepsake Box” class, 2-4 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $50/nonmembers $65. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

MONDAY, FEB. 1, 8, 15 “Mask Making and Face Jugs” (clay sculpture) class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Cost: KMA members $90/nonmembers $110. Info/registration: knoxart.org.

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