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BUZZ Retirement party at Willow Ridge Willow Ridge Care and Rehabilitation, 215 Richardson Way, Maynardville, will host a retirement party for staff members Rene Cruz and Brenda Nichols, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 4.

All are welcomed. Refreshments will be served.

August 3, 2016

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Central field

nears completion

Women’s League gets new officers The Halls Crossroads Women’s League has been a driving force for good in Halls for more than a decade. Mary Carroll is the League’s eighth president.

She says the group had a great summer, and they’re looking ahead to an excellent fall season.

They’re about to head out on a social trip to Abingdon, Va.’s Barter Theatre, and coming up Aug. 20, the group will honor their honorary members with a luncheon at Christ United Methodist Church..

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Meet Kip Oswald, an inquisitive seventh grader who will tackle any educational issue head on.

This week Oswald asks, “What student fees are really necessary?

The answer: Not as many as you might think.

Read Oswald on page A-8

West looks at UT basketball “I will pass along this thought for consideration: Other coaches with far less impressive credentials have had significantly better results in first-year recruiting (than has Rick Barnes). There is a vivid example at Mississippi State. “Now is when good things are supposed to start happening here. Strangely enough, nobody is talking about the big upswing coming in Tennessee basketball. Top recruits aren’t even visiting.�

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Read Marvin West on page A-4

Vendor Mall holds grand opening The Union County Vendor Mall held its grand-opening celebration July 30, marking a new opportunity for local artists and crafters. Owner Joanie Brock credits God with the mall’s success so far, and she’s hoping for great things to come. “By no means is this my doing,� she said. “This is all a gift from God.�

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Late last week crews were working to complete the Central High School football field renovations. Coach Bryson Rosser expects the field to be complete this week and is eager to see the finished product. The turf field features the words “Central� and “Bobcats� in red atop black end zones, and colors pop off the green field. The Bobcats won’t play a regular season game on the new field until Friday, Sept. 2, when they host Catholic. The first game of the season will be on Friday, Aug. 19, at South-Doyle. Photos by Ruth White

Read Shannon Carey on page A-3

Oswald returns

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CHS football coach Bryson Rosser stops by a recent cheer camp at the school and talks with parents about the upcoming football season.

Read Shannon Carey on page A-10

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New store has unique Fountain City vibe

By Carol Z. Shane

Becky Walker, who owns Folly Boutique in Fountain City, has an artsy touch that influences every business she creates. “I work hard to find things that are affordable and different,� she says of her eclectic store, located for the past two and a half years at 104 Hotel Road.

With a degree in design and merchandising from UT, Walker says she’s always been a North Knoxville kind of person. Her boutique grew out of an idea she and her husband Phil had always talked about: eventually retiring to Folly Beach, S.C., where she planned to pursue further commercial projects. “One night we had dinner at the Creamery,� she says, “and we drove down the street, and I saw the ‘for rent’ sign. I said, ‘if I’m ever going to do

this, I’m going to do it now!’� Her first store got its name from the couple’s shared, but significantly altered, dream. Recently, she opened a second location in Happy Holler at 1211 Central Avenue.

Now she and two friends – Amy Kitts and Diana Carter – are embarking on a new project.

The Shoppes at Fountain City Station, set to open on August 12, will be an arts and crafts collective in a space fronting Broadway, just around the corner from Folly Boutique. Walker’s latest store, Folly Baby, will be there. Areas are already marked out for participating local artists, but rental spaces are still available.

With Kitts as the leaseholder of the building, Walker as the merchandising brain, and Carter as the creative director, the women

hope to create a space that has a unique Fountain City feel. They’ve been at work since June, and so far they’re pleased with the results. Repurposed furniture lines the walls. A tree branch spraypainted gold is mounted above a desk, to stunning effect. Curtains are artfully made from long, textured scraps of fabric. “Most of the people who come in here fit the vibe with their products,� says Carter. “It’s a wonderful marriage.

Everything works.� Carter designs and creates her own funky T-shirts and jewelry, currently found at Folly Boutique. “I’m kind of the hippie flavor in the store,� she grins. “What I hear a lot is, ‘we want someplace to buy gifts and baby stuff in Fountain City,’� says Walker. In addition to offering mer-

chandise, the women have also launched Fountain City Friday on the second Friday of every month, saying “it’s our answer to First Friday.� They’ve had two so far, and the one in August will be the Folly Baby’s grand opening. “People stick around in Fountain City,� Carter says of the neighborhood’s historic, homey feeling. “There’s something about it for sure,� agrees Walker. “I’m proud to be a part of it.�

The grand opening of The Shoppes at Fountain City Station will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, August 12. There will be entertainment and light refreshments. The business is located at 5311 North Broadway at the corner of Hotel Road. Info: ftncitystation.com or 865-742-0906.

See pictures on page A-3

Bob Booker sings a new song

By Betty Bean The new album in the jukebox at Marie’s Old Town Tavern is a little bit Tony Bennett and a whole lot Frank Sinatra, with some Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves and Ray Charles and the Drifters around the edges.

Called “Doing It My Way,� it’s a debut effort for the artist, 81-yearold teacher, civil-rights pioneer, mayoral aide, state legislator, historian, DJ, nonprofit administrator, newspaper columnist and former City Council member Bob Booker, who jokes that he’s finally “come out of the shower� with a little urging from his friends.

It started when Marie Owens, owner of the tavern at 904 N. Central St., urged him to get up and sing. “She’d asked Johnny Mills to come in and play old songs, and I’m humming along. She got me up – and I haven’t sat down since.�

With the help of singer Vicky Ward, Booker collected his favorites and recorded them on a CD

Bob Booker has released his first album at age 81. Photo by Ruth White called “Doing It My Way.� He’s not selling it, at this point, but he’s sending copies to friends across the country and hopes to do a benefit event for the Beck Cultural Center, which he ran for many years.

A product of Knoxville’s segregated school system, Booker has fond memories of his childhood. He graduated from Austin

High School in 1953 and spent a year washing dishes in restaurant kitchens, dreaming of a better life. He didn’t have the money for college, so he enlisted in the U.S. Army to get the benefits of the G.I. Bill.

He was sent to England and then to France, where he dined in French restaurants, saw the Folies Bergère and made good use of his

high school French. He enjoyed army life but was still set on going back to school, so he went home and enrolled in Knoxville College – and found that not much had changed. “I had to deal with segregation all over again,� he said. “I’d been set free for three years in Europe, but here, the only decent restaurant I could go to was Sky Chef at McGhee Tyson Airport.�

Meanwhile, the national civilrights movement was gaining momentum. College students organized sit-ins at Greensboro, N.C., lunch counters and Booker, who was student-body president at KC, decided it was time to take action.

Against the advice of his elders, he led a group of students on a walkthrough at downtown lunch counters. Afterward, he got a message from Mayor John Duncan. “I drove downtown to hear what he had to say – he threatened To page 3

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2nd annual Travis Wegener Memorial Car Show

Car show proceeds support

Enhance Powell Proceeds from last year’s inaugural car show supported development of the disc golf course at Powell Sta on Park.

The 9-hole course is located adjacent to Powell High School behind the splash pad on Emory Road. It’s open to all during park hours: dawn to dusk.

Dr. Don Wegener said at the dedica on that just before he died, Travis asked his dad to join him for a game of disc golf. “I had not heard of it,” Don Wegener said.

Since its opening in July, the course has become a popular gathering place for young adults. Disc golf is good exercise, inexpensive to play and now conveniently located in the heart of Powell.

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Proceeds from this year’s show will go toward development of Collier Preserve, adjacent to the Powell Branch Library, and to the master plan for Historic Powell Sta on.

If you’ve never been to a car show, come on out. Have lunch, see friends and help support the efforts of Enhance Powell to make the community a be er place to live, work and play.

Open to all makes & models

Saturday, Aug. 13, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Food City, 7350 Clinton Highway in Powell (corner of Powell Drive and Clinton Highway) Lunch will be served by Food City with all proceeds going toward the Travis Donald Wegener Fund to Enhance Powell.

While you’re in Powell, stop by Powell Station Park to play the Travis Donald Wegener Memorial Disc Golf Course, paid for in part from proceeds of last year’s car show.

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HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news • AUGUST 3, 2016 • A-3

Great autumn ahead for Women’s League The Halls Crossroads Women’s League has been a driving force for good in Halls for more than a decade. Mary Carroll is the League’s eighth president.

She says the group had a great summer, and they’re looking ahead to an excellent fall season.

Shannon Carey They’re about to head out on a social trip to Abingdon, Va.’s Barter Theatre, and coming up Aug. 20, the group will honor their honorary members with a luncheon at Christ United Methodist Church.

Carroll said she did not attend Halls High School, but many in the League did, and the school is a focus of much of the League’s charitable efforts. HCWL supports two scholarships each year for deserving female graduates of the school. In

Booker sings to put us all in jail. I said, ‘That’s your prerogative.’�

But it didn’t take long for Duncan to come around. “My impression was that George Dempster and Cas Walker said we didn’t need to have that stuff going on.

Dempster said, ‘Coloreds and whites eat together at my plant, so let ’em eat.’�

Duncan took a delegation of business leaders and KC students to New York to talk to the presidents of Woolworth and S.H. Kress. “We’d decided we could short-circuit all the turmoil by having the lunch counters open to all, but they refused to meet with us.�

So the demonstrations commenced under Duncan’s watchful eye. “He deserves credit. He made sure that the right policemen were on duty on Gay Street – he didn’t want them to overreact. Duncan told me himself that the governor of a state in the Deep South called him up and said, ‘Mayor, aren’t you head of a Southern city? ‌ Why are you allowing this?’ Duncan said, ‘Because I don’t want the problems in my city that you’re having in your state.’â€?

Booker said many white people got involved. “In many instances, there were more white people on the picket lines than black people. They would turn on their TV sets in the evening and see folks being knocked down in Selma, but they hadn’t thought about the fact that here in Knoxville I couldn’t go to the lunch counter and eat a hamburg-

Central High seeks nominations for Wall of Fame CHS Foundation and CHS Alumni Association are seeking nominations for Central High School’s “Wall of Fame.� Deadline for consideration for the next award ceremony is Thursday, Aug. 4. Each year, three or four Central alumni are honored and previous nominations are kept on file for consideration in future years.

Send nominations of distinguished alumni, particularly those with noteworthy community service, to courtshea@aol.com, or mail to CHS Foundation, PO Box 18445, Knoxville, TN 37928.

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Halls Crossroads Women’s League president Mary Carroll

keeping with that tradition, the League will play a key role in the Halls High School 100-year celebration Sept. 16, and the HHS multi-year reunion at Red Gate Farm Oct. 1.

As always, the League keeps clothing ready for those in need at the Women’s League Clothes Closet at the corner of Maynardville Highway and Cunningham Road. This time of year, they’re also giving out school supplies to children

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He got his degree in 1962 and was teaching high school French in Chattanooga when Duncan offered him a job in city government. In 1966, he became the first African-American from Knox County to serve in the General Assembly in Nashville. One of six blacks there, he remembers being “constantly frustrated� but is proud of the role he played in getting 18-yearolds the right to vote and in getting liquor by the drink in Knoxville.

He became Mayor Kyle Testerman’s administrative assistant in 1972 and found that he still ran into “that race thing� occasionally – he was kicked out of a South Knoxville business he’d visited as a representative of the mayor and wasn’t allowed into an Eastern Star meeting in Karns to which he’d been invited. “That said to me, ‘Bob Booker, it doesn’t matter what your title is. You’re the same as the guy hanging out on the end of the block.’�

The CD’s title is a salute to Frank Sinatra’s anthem, “My Way,� and it’s not hard to understand why. “Paul Anka may have written that song for Frank Sinatra, but he wrote it for me, too. I’ve been knocked down, faced roadblocks along the way, but I’ve succeeded in spite of that,� he said.

To find out more about Booker’s CD, call him at 865-546-1576, or at the Beck Cultural Center, 865524-8461.

in need.

All are invited to help with the Women’s League’s litter cleanup on Oct. 1.

Meet at the Women’s League Clothes Closet; bags, gloves, vests, drinks, snacks and trash pickers will be provided.

The group’s annual gala, to be held this year on Oct. 28 at the Foundry, is always a big treat. There will be entertainment, dancing, dinner, and silent and live auctions. Funds raised support Women’s League efforts throughout the year.

The League also plans to continue honoring Halls veterans by providing transportation at the Veterans Day Parade and lunch at one of the local churches.

To wrap up the season, the group hopes to revive the Halls Christmas Home Tour, with beautifully decorated Halls homes open for viewing the second weekend in December.

The highlight of the Women’s League’s summer was the installation and dedication of a flagpole at Clayton Park. Carroll said

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the Women’s League has funds set aside for more projects in Clayton Park in honor of members who have passed away. Those plans are not finalized, but look for more Women’s League contributions to the park.

The Women’s League also does a lot of volunteer work at the Halls Hospice, working at the reception desk and providing lunch for staff and families once each month. “That is one of the areas that I feel is important to serve with,� Carroll said. “I have been totally blessed by Together with Amy Kitts, Becky Walker and Diane Carter that.�

Carroll said the group is (shown here) have developed a new vision for shoppers in always recruiting new mem- Fountain City. bers. The only requirement From page A-1 is to be over 20 years old. “It is a wonderful opportunity to give back to the community and to give to other people in so many different ways,� Carroll said. “Our women are so enthusiastic and willing, not for notoriety, but because they really want the Halls community to grow.�

Info: www.halls-crossroads-womens-league.org

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Hours: 4-7 p.m. Second and fourth Mondays through September. Box dinners to go available. Info/vendor applications: 546-5153. â– Gatlinburg Farmers Market, 849 Glades Road, 8:30 a.m.noon Saturdays through Oct. 8. â– Lakeshore Park Farmers Market, Lakeshore Park across from the Knox Youth sports Building. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Fridays through October; 2-5 p.m. Fridays in November.

Info: easttnfarmmarkets.org. â– Market Square Farmers Market, 60 Market Square. Hours: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 19. Info: market squarefarmersmarket.org. â– Maryville Farmers Market: Church Avenue. Hours: 9

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Wednesdays through August. â– New Harvest Park Farmers Market, 4700 New Harvest Park Lane. Hours: 3-6 p.m.

Thursdays. Info: knoxcounty. org/farmersmarket; on Facebook. â– Oak Ridge Farmers Market, Historic Jackson Square.

Hours: 3 p.m.-sellout Wednesdays; 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays through late November. Info:

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Farmers Market, Marble Springs, 1220 W. Governor John Sevier Highway. Hours: 3-6 p.m.

Thursdays through Sept. 22.

Info: marblesprings.net. â– Southern Railway Station Farmers Market, 300 W. Depot St. Hours: 3-6 p.m.

Mondays. Info: southern stationtn.com; on Facebook. â– UT Farmers Market, UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Drive.

Hours: 4-7 p.m. Wednesdays through Oct. 19. Info: vegetables.tennessee.edu/ UTFM.html; on Facebook.

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Basketball interrupts football countdown We interrupt this mad dash to a football championship with a basketball alarm.

Ding, ding, ding, ding.

Whether Rick Barnes’ next Tennessee team will be good or bad is not the subject. Expectations are low. It has been said the Vols may, indeed, lose to ETSU and Chattanooga.

The current concern is the year after, better identified as recruiting. A more definitive way of putting that is the shortage thereof.

Here’s what I am hearing ‌ The coach has signed nine players in his first year and not one was a five-star prep prize or even a top 100 prospect. Some fans find that hard to believe.

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Great players, good players and very ordinary players cost one scholarship each. Enormous effort and a brilliant sales job are often the separators. Recruiters form long lines to compete for top prospects. Tennessee is signing futures where the lines are shorter.

We’ll find out later whether three-stars, properly instructed, can beat superstars focused on the NBA. What follows are words

I keep hearing, anonymous for two reasons: I don’t know who said what and they might not have said anything if they had to be identified and knew their thoughts would be offered to the world.

Career summation: Barnes won at Texas with talent. So far he hasn’t done that kind of recruiting at Tennessee. Top prep players don’t even mention us.

Nobody is saying Barnes has lost his touch, but I’m worried.

Sure hope the big guy who visited (Chinedu Uyaelunmo, 7-footer from Nigeria via a couple of prep schools in Miami) wasn’t just sightseeing.

More caustic critics are beginning to suspect Rick

picked his first best offer, Tennessee, as a soft landing for the completion of his career. Dave Hart added a few million to the retirement fund.

As for me, I would not jump to that conclusion.

Barnes loves to coach. He can coach. And he works at it. Kevin Punter is an excellent example of what a smart coach can do with a good idea and commitment.

There was a time somebody on Barnes’ staff at Texas could recruit. That somebody might not be at this UT. Restrictions may be tighter here. Hart was hurt by the Donnie Tyndall blunder.

Or, Barnes may realize he can’t sign big names and is aiming lower.

Or, Barnes may have chosen a better way of life.

Preparing teams, coaching games and even fussing about referees is fun in comparison to the drudgery of recruiting.

I will pass along this thought for consideration: Other coaches with far less impressive credentials have had significantly better results in first-year recruiting.

There is a vivid example at Mississippi State.

Now is when good things are supposed to start happening here. Strangely enough, nobody is talking about the big upswing coming in Tennessee basketball.

Top recruits aren’t even visiting.

Oh, you say it takes time to erase black marks in the

background. Is it still relevant that Bruce Pearl was fired during an NCAA thunderstorm? Do high school players care that Cuonzo never felt wanted? I suppose Donnie’s NCAA sentence did rock the boat.

Here’s what I see: SEC basketball was sixth in conference comparisons.

Tennessee recruiting was seventh in the SEC. The big tournament is way out there somewhere.

The obvious question is how do we get there from here?

Second obvious question: Is it closer than it was or farther away?

Third thought: It’s almost football time in Tennessee.

Marvin West welcomes reader reaction.

His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

Complete streets mean better communities Transportation engineer Ian Lockwood, who was in town last week to talk about how complete streets change communities, had good things to say about Knoxville’s historic buildings, public spaces and art-filled alleys.

O t h e r areas, like H e n l e y Street, he called “opIan Lockwood p o r t u n i ties.�

Lockwood, a transportation engineer with Toole Design Group, made presentations to local government reps, agencies and the public last week to share a vision for how complete streets − those that allow safe, comfortable travel for multiple modes of transportation − create healthier,

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more vibrant and more inclusive communities.

Widening of roads in the 1990s spoiled several cities, like West Palm Beach, Fla., he says. When he moved there in 1996, numerous buildings had been torn down to build surface parking lots, and 80 percent of the shops on the city’s main thoroughfare were vacant.

Drug dealing and prostitution were rampant.

A new vision for the city was drawn, and as the city transportation planner, Lockwood had the task of making the streets match the vision. The first step

was creating streets that were comfortable for pedestrians, which meant wide sidewalks, trees and raised intersections that slowed down traffic, making streets easier to cross.

When he wanted to narrow a five-lane arterial road, the Department of Transportation said that wouldn’t be progress. But the creation of an inclusive public realm, where kids could walk to school and neighbors could get to know each other, revitalized the area. A neighborhood watch was instituted, and crime went down.

Downtown West Palm Beach is now thriving, and none of the shops are vacant. Best of all, improvements were completed with the promise that the poor wouldn’t be displaced.

Forward-thinking housing policies and form-based

code allowed low-income families to buy their homes, so neighborhoods remain intact.

Here’s the mind-bending part of Lockwood’s take on planning: roads shouldn’t be designed simply to move cars; they should also nurture businesses, increase social interaction and add character.

His litmus test for a project is this: Does the change reward the short trip or the transit trip? Improving the short trip is always his goal.

Adding lanes only benefits those who have a long way to go and want to get there fast, and it isn’t completely effective. But widening roads is very effective at making businesses less accessible and dividing communities.

Back to West Palm Beach.

Yes, there’s still congestion.

But it’s beautiful, so nobody

minds, he says.

If you need an illustration of what it looks like when people park their cars and walk, visit Market Square on a Saturday morning − or any other time. Kids and music play, neighbors visit and money flies out of wallets.

About a year from now, the Cumberland Avenue project will wrap up, and

we’ll see a more complete street. Four lanes will change to three, and wide sidewalks will have shade and benches. Pedestrian and transit facilities will be improved.

If it creates the kind of change Lockwood described, it could change our minds about the definition of progress.

GOSSIP AND LIES â– Political conventions: Cut them to three days; although I did watch CNN for full coverage, rather than the one-hour hits on prime time.

â– Democratic convention: Too much diversity.

■Ban children and spouses from the podium. It’s unfair to folks who simply want to live their lives ... yet only Barron Trump (either because of age or genes) showed the disgust that most kids surely felt.

â– Apologies for having been an early advocate for presidential primaries. Party bosses brought us Abe Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson.

â– GOP convention: Not enough diversity.

â– Three more months: Did we mention these campaigns are too long?

■Primaries have brought us Trump and Clinton redux. – S. Clark

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Nashville is gaining on Memphis Seven Islands Methodist Church

South meets North to bring historic marker home This story started when somebody took a walk in the woods off Murray Road and discovered a marble slab engraved with the words, “Robert Hines, Born 1783, Died 1877,� hidden in the underbrush.

The six-acre parcel where it was found had just been approved as a subdivision, and the discovery of an old cemetery there would have created a costly, timeconsuming problem for the developer because state law mandates special protection for abandoned gravesites.

Pat Pennybacker brought the mystery to the Norwood Homeowners Association, and solving it became a group project. Neighboring property owners confirmed that the property had been privately held farmland for as long as anyone could remember and dismissed the graveyard theory. The next most logical hypothesis

Betty Bean was that someone had stolen the stone and dumped it on the Murray Road property.

Association president Lynn Redmon did a quick internet search and discovered someone with the same name and vital statistics buried in the graveyard of Seven Islands Methodist Church in South Knox County. There was even a photograph of the marker.

Redmon learned that this was the first Methodist church built in Knox County, established in 1802. Both the now-abandoned church and the graveyard are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The existing church building was

built in 1864.

Redmon asked MPC historic preservation planner Kaye Graybeal for help, and she steered him to Linda Claussen, who alerted her neighbor Fred Houser, the cemetery’s unpaid caretaker. He knew all about the marker because his mother, Agnes Pauline Johnson Houser, and some cousins had gotten together and pooled their money to buy the Hines marker many years ago. “Mom died six years ago.

She’d say, ‘Fred, who you think stole my tombstone?’�

Houser, who lives next door to the graveyard, says the church is as far south as you can get and still be in Knox County. He knows a lot about who’s buried there – his mother, as well as soldiers killed in the Revolutionary War, settlers killed

by Indians and six students from Johnson Bible College

(now Johnson University). “Four or five of them drowned in the river. They used to have a dairy over there, and one of them was gored to death by a bull,�

Houser said.

But he doesn’t know much about Norwood, so he and Redmon agreed to meet at the only landmark with which Houser was familiar. “He met me at the Expo Center and followed me to Murray Road, and we put it in his pickup truck,� Redmon said. “He was thrilled.�

Houser said Redmon’s observation is correct. “We went out there, and there it was! I told Lynn he couldn’t have made me happier if he’d given me a thousand dollars.�

Houser took the marker home to the churchyard that he takes care of without benefit of any funding. “I believe she knows,� he said.

Brawls and ballots: It’s election week With the party conventions concluded, and the Clinton/Trump race underway, it’s easy to forget there’s an election on Thursday.

In fact, if you had forgotten about this week’s state primary and county general election, you’re not alone. Early voting turnout was below average because there is no statewide nonjudicial office (governor or U.S. senator) on the ballot.

Competitive statewide elections encourage political advertising and voter interest. There’s none of that this year.

Thankfully, you still have time to vote. Visit the election commission website to find your correct polling place: http://www. knoxcounty.org/election/ â– Shenanigans in District 18. The only local race drawing significant voter interest is the Republican primary for state house District 18. In that race, incumbent Rep. Martin Daniel faces former opponent (and former state representative and City Council member) Steve Hall, James Corcoran and Bryan Dodson.

The drama of the campaign has centered around Rep. Daniel (allegedly) shoving Steve Hall during a

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joint appearance on a local radio show.

At first, Daniel issued a wordy, non-apology about the incident. Then, after a criminal assault charge was filed by Hall, Daniel declined to answer any questions.

That was a mistake.

In this age of Donald Trump, Republican voters expect bombast and hyperbole. Rep. Daniel should have held a press conference and announced, “Sure, I pushed Steve Hall. He called me a liar. Steve Hall is lucky I didn’t punch him in the mouth.�

Politics is a rough-andtumble business. Sometimes it even takes a little brawling to get elected.

Of course, Rep. Daniel could still win. Yet, by bumbling his way through this non-scandal, Daniel missed a great opportunity.

As a result, Steve Hall may be heading back to Nashville.

â– City Election Schedule. Speaking of missed opportunities, Knoxville City Council has missed a great chance to solve a chronic problem with its elections.

As of this writing, the council is expected to approve moving the city primary election date to better accommodate military and overseas voters. City voters will be asked to approve this change in a referendum question this November.

They should. It’s a good idea. Unfortunately, these changes do not go far enough. Oddly, city elections (mayor, city council and city court judge) are held in odd-numbered years and not the more traditional even-numbered

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Election is Thursday Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, for the county general election and state primaries.

Law Director Bud Armstrong and former Property Assessor John Whitehead will be elected without opposition in the only countywide races.

Several county commission seats are contested.

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years like presidential and Tennessee’s gubernatorial elections. As a result, voter turnout is abysmal. Low voter turnout is bad because it gives disproportionate influence to city employees and neighborhood groups who are more motivated by self-interest to vote. Unfortunately, politicians elected by a few may cater only to the whims of the few.

Here’s a suggestion.

Move city elections to evennumbered years. It’s tough enough to get folks to vote.

The city should not hold its elections when voting is the furthest thing from everyone’s mind.

We can do better.

And in state House District 18, incumbent Rep. Martin Daniel is fighting off challenges from former Rep. Steve Hall, James Corcoran and Bryan Dodson.

Many legislators are running unopposed, while in District 13 the stage is set for the county’s biggest race in November: Rep. Eddie Smith trying to fend off former Rep. Gloria Johnson.

Nashville is about to become Tennessee’s largest city, surpassing Memphis.

Right now Memphis is only 1,200 residents larger than Nashville and at the current growth rates, Nashville will move ahead of Memphis within a year. â– Why is county commissioner Bob Thomas starting his campaign for county mayor two years before the primary?

Mayor Burchett is not quite Bob Thomas half way through his second and final term. Seems like some campaigns are year around.

Apparently, it is to let Thomas legally raise funds as one has to file a treasurer’s form before donations can be legally accepted.

However, there could be a downside to this for Thomas. Now that he is openly campaigning for mayor, every vote he casts on the commission will be seen as how it impacts his mayoral aspirations.

Zonings, which mayors normally avoid, cannot be avoided by mayoral candidate Thomas now that he has announced but continues on County Commission.

He may please the developers or the neighborhood groups, but it’s unlikely he will please both. Citizens coming to Commission will view his votes in the prism of whether they will vote for or against him in the May 2018 primary.

The decision also impacts Commissioner Ed Brantley who says he may retire after one term. But it is hardly a secret that Brantley and Thomas are a political pair.

It is widely assumed that Brantley will be Thomas’ chief of staff if Thomas is elected. He will be the new Dean Rice. Again, the downside to this is that Brantley’s votes will take on an aura that they otherwise would not have.

The upside for Thomas is that he can raise money and secure early commitments, making it harder for a person to enter in mid2017 for the May primary, 2018. This tactic sometimes works and sometimes does not, depending on the caliber of a later entry.

Others being mentioned include County Commissioner Brad Anders, GOP county chair Buddy Burkhardt and state GOP chair Ryan Haynes, who represented west Knox

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County and Farragut in the state House. Someone else may materialize as well.

The Democrats at this point do not seem to have a viable candidate. â– The death of Louise Zirkle a few days ago marks the loss of a strong Republican who, along with the late attorney Richard Stair, led the Republicans in Sequoyah Hills for 50 years.

She was a dedicated believer in the GOP and long time supporter of former City Council member Jean Teague. There are few like her in today’s world. ■Knoxville Asian’s Festival will be Sunday, Aug. 28, at Market Square from 11 to 6. There will be great food. ■The only former governor to live in Tennessee who was not a governor of this state died.

He was Frank Barnett, 82, a Knoxville attorney who was lieutenant governor and then governor of American Samoa when the governor was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Interior.

Today the citizens of American Samoa elect their governor. Barnett was also a top aide to former Gov. Winfield Dunn, who came from Nashville to attend the receiving.

Barnett and I briefly opposed each other for a U.S. Senate run in 1984 but remained friends. ■Mayor Rogero’s strong attack in Philadelphia last week on the GOP dominated state Legislature has riled up local GOP lawmakers.

Other than auditioning for a job in a Clinton Administration, there is no way her blistering attack on Nashville can help her relations with the local legislative delegation.

The truth is that Rogero simply does not personally work relations one on one with the lawmakers. It is not her cup of tea.

Both Council members George Wallace and Marshall Stair, who are seen as potential mayoral candidates, would do better in this area than Rogero.

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A-6 • AUGUST 3, 2016 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news

Flash and friends visit Morning Pointe When excessive heat forced Morning Pointe of Lenoir City’s residents to cancel their visit to Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding, they welcomed special guests to visit indoors.

Two miniature horses and a donkey named Flash stopped by from STAR’s Minis in Motion program. Residents spent a good part of the day making the animals feel welcomed Morning Pointe resident Eloise Smith visits with Flash, a and loved.

As part of its Life donkey from Shangri-La TherEnrichment Program, apeutic Academy of Riding’s Morning Pointe invites Minis in Motion program. Phofurry and four-legged to submitted friends to the community, allowing residents mals,� says Eloise Smith, to embrace the benefits of Morning Pointe resident. “Having them come inpet therapy. “We just love these ani- side to us is even better.�

County to give extra time off to military Knox County Commission has adopted a proposal by Mayor Tim Burchett to amend the Knox County personnel ordinance to increases the number of paid leave days given to Knox County government workers who are members of National Guard or the U.S. Armed Forces Reserve services.

Previously, employees were paid for up to 20 working days of military leave, or four weeks. The amendment increased that benefit to 30 days of leave, or six weeks.

Burchett announced the increase Friday in a press conference with Major Gen. Terry “Max� Haston at the City County Building.

Ombudsman education seminar Westmoreland Health and Rehabilitation Center, 5837 Lyons View Pike, will host a free Ombudsman Program Education Seminar 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, as part of its Community Education Promoting Elder Excellence Program.

Attorney Lynette Edwards serves as the district long-term care ombudsman for the 16-county area surrounding Knoxville and will speak during the event. A Q&A session will follow, and light refreshments will be served.

In addition to serving as the district long-term care ombudsman, Edwards is managing attorney with

the Legal Assistance for the Elderly Program. Both of these programs are divisions of the East Ten ne s see Human Resource Agency Inc. (ETHRA).

Edwards Lynette strives to Edwards protect the rights of residents living in long-term care settings such as nursing homes, assistedliving facilities and residential homes for the aged by investigating complaints, advocating on behalf of the residents, advising residents

about involuntary discharge hearings and Medicaid hearings, and educating them and the public on laws affecting quality of long-term care, access to care, and public benefits such as Medicaid.

Edwards also routinely provides in-service education to facility staff on issues such as residents’ rights, abuse awareness and prevention, investigating allegations of abuse, advance directives, etc.

Edwards’ practice has focused on elder-law issues since 2005. She received her bachelor’s degree with honors from Harding University and her law degree from the University of Tennessee

College of Law in 2001.

She is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Tennessee Valley Mediation Association.

Edwards is also listed as a Rule 31 Civil Mediator by the Tennessee Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission.

She has two daughters in college, lives in Maryville with her husband of 32 years and is an active member of the Maryville Church of Christ.

RSVP to Kelli Canan, 584-3902 or email West morela nd.pr@ healthservices.cc

Mobile Meals gets gift from Food Lion Feeds CAC Mobile Meals has received $2,000 from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation just in time to help feed local residents.

Mobile Meals will use the gift to provide meals for frail, homebound seniors in Knox County. “We really appreciate this gift from Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation. It will allow us to deliver hot, nutritious meals directly to the homes of almost 600 local seniors,� said Judith Pelot, Mobile Meals manager.

Mobile Meals relies on community support to deliver fresh meals to about 850 seniors every weekday of the year except for holidays. “Many people would be surprised to learn that about one-third of our support comes from the community,� Pelot said. “If you included the thousand or so volunteers who give their time to deliver meals five days a week, community support would easily add up to more than half of our annual budget.

“Support from businesses that operate within our community, like Food Lion, is a big part of that, as they give back to our community with grants like this one.�

Established in 2001, the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to feeding the hungry in the communities it serves. Since its inception, the foundation has awarded more than $9 million in grants.

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Food Lion is a company of Delhaize America, the U.S. division of Brusselsbased Delhaize Group. Info: www.foodlion.com.

For more than 50 years, Food Lion has been a strong philanthropic partner in the communities it serves.

As a grocer, Food Lion’s business is food. The company believes that no one should have to choose between dinner and paying rent or gasoline and buying groceries.

Through Food Lion Feeds, Food Lion is working to create a better tomorrow by uniting with customers and partners to eliminate the choices families are forced to make when they are hungry.

By the end of 2020, the company has pledged to provide 500 million meals to families in need in its local communities. Info: www.foodlion.com/feeds

SENIOR NOTES

â– Corryton Senior Center 9331 Davis Drive 688-5882 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Hours vary

Offerings include: exercise classes; cross-stitch, card games; dominoes, crochet, quilting, billiards; Senior Meals program, 11 a.m. each Friday.

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Tuesday, Aug. 9; music by IGA Pickers.

Halls Senior Center 4405 Crippen Road 922-0416 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Hours vary Offerings include: card games; exercise classes; quilting, dominoes, dance classes; scrapbooking, craft classes; Tai Chi; movie matinee 2 p.m. Tuesdays.

Register for: Opening Ceremony and Halls Olympic Games celebration, noon Tuesday, Aug. 9.

Field Trip: Senior Day at the Hatfield and McCoy Dinner Show, 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16; cost: $40; RSVP by Wednesday, Aug. 10. Facebook class, 10 a.m.-noon Thursday, Aug. 11; cost: $15; prepay by Monday, Aug. 8.

Pinterest/Instagram/Twitter class, 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 11; cost: $15; prepay by Monday, Aug. 8. â– The Heiskell Senior Center 1708 W. Emory Road.

Info: Janice White, 548-0326 Upcoming: Mobile Meals served every Wednesday; $2 donation requested; RSVP by noon Tuesday. . â– Morning Pointe Assisted Living 7700 Dannaher Drive 686-5771 or morningpointe.com

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HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news • AUGUST 3, 2016 • A-7

cross currents Lynn Pitts lpitts48@yahoo.com

Road closed Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, but Peter was standing outside at the gate. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the woman who guarded the gate, and brought Peter in. The woman said to Peter, “You are not also one of this man’s disciples, are you?� He said, “I am not.�

(John 18: 15-17 NRSV) This group of youngsters from the Smithwood Baptist Church Parents Day Out program recently learned a lot about TDOT – and had fun doing it. Shown left to right are deacon Anthony Collins, Abby McMillan, Lily Loveday, Fischer Watson, Paisley McMillan, Jacob Garner, Sam Kirby, Ella Kirby, TDOT supervisor Chris Wilson and parent/chaperone Chris Kirby. Photo by Kenneth Haynes

Smithwood Baptist kids have fun at TDOT

By Carol Z. Shane The kids in Smithwood Baptist Church’s twicemonthly Parents Day Out program have fun, learn new things, play a lot and have many adventures.

They pack boxes full of food, clothes and toys for less fortunate children, play games, make marshmallow shooters out of PVC pipes, splash through fountains and tumble in playgrounds together.

Recently, they went to visit the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

Really? TDOT?

FAITH NOTES Community services ■Cross Roads Presbyterian, 4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-7 p.m. each second Tuesday and 10-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday. ■Dante Church of God, 410 Dante School Road, will distribute “Boxes of Blessings� (food) 9-11 a.m. or until boxes are gone Saturday, Aug. 13.

One box per household.

Info: 689-4829. ■Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road, offers Children’s Clothes Closet and Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m. each third Saturday. Free to those in the 37912/37849 ZIP code area.

Classes/meetings ■Beaver Dam Baptist Church Women’s Ministry (WOW – Women of Worth), 4328 E. Emory Road, is holding the Beth Moore Simulcast, “A Day with Beth,� on Saturday, Sept. 17. Salem Baptist Church and Fairview Baptist Church are partnering and other community churches are invited to join. Cost: $10; includes boxed lunch.

Info: 922-2322. ■Fairview Baptist Church, 7424 Fairview Road, will host Men’s Night Out, 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Cost: $15. Dinner, 5 p.m.; conference, 6:45 p.m. Speakers: Johnny Hunt, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Ga.; and James Merritt, Senior Pastor, Crosspointe Church, Duluth, Ga. Info/registration: fairviewbaptist. com. ■First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788. ■Listening Hearts, A Gathering of Bereaved Moms, will hold Founders Appreciation Day at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, Christus Victor Lutheran Church, 4110 Central Avenue Pike. Info: Debra, listeningheartsmoms@

“One of our church members, Christy Haynes, works at TDOT,� says deacon Anthony Collins, who leads SBC’s children’s ministry. “She gave us a tour.� And the kids had a whopping good time.

Haynes, who is also SBC’s church clerk, is TDOT’s Transportation Management Center (TMC) supervisor. “At the TMC we use the interstate cameras to monitor traffic in Knoxville for disabled vehicles, crashes or debris that may block the travel lanes on the in-

terstate,� she says. “We also use the overhead message signs to alert the traveling public of any lane blockages they may encounter, along with various other duties.�

Haynes made sure there was plenty for the kids to see. “She arranged for the service truck to come in,� says Collins. “We got to look at all the things in there – the TV screens and stuff.�

Chris Wilson, another TDOT supervisor, was there to answer any questions. “The kids were amazed when Chris told them that

he was able to push or pull disabled or crashed vehicles including tractor trailers from travel lanes, and when he told them he was able to flip vehicles back over if they had flipped on their tops in a crash,� says Haynes. “They really enjoyed the lights and sirens on his truck as well.�

It’s all just part of the fun and learning at SBC’s Parents Day Out. If your group would like to tour TDOT, call Christy Haynes at 865594-3981.

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Karns pastor, Ron Stewart, retires Dr. Ron Stewart, senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church, has retired after 28 years with the church. A celebration of his ministry, “The Legacy of Grace,� will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. “Pastor Ron’s willingness to embrace change, relevant teaching and sound leadership have been key factors in Grace’s growth,� according to the church’s website. “We need a theology of change in our churches to influence our world,� he says. “Few churches handle change well — in fact, they resist it. Churches must be

gmail.com or 679-1351. â– Powell Church, 323 W. Emory Road, hosts Recovery at Powell each Thursday.

Dinner, 6 p.m.; worship, 7; groups, 8:15. The program embraces people who struggle with addiction, compulsive behaviors, loss and life challenges. Info: recoveryatpowell.com or 938-2741.

Music/singings â– Luttrell Church of God in Luttrell will host the Washams in concert 6 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 21. Everyone invited. â– Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road, will host the

willing to change how they do church, or they will die.�

He and wife Becky have four children and nine g ra ndch i ldren.

During his tenure, Ron Stewart the church added Grace Christian Academy and Charis Ministries. He has served as president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention and as a trustee at both CarsonNewman University and the

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. Dr. Stewart graduated from Belmont College in Nashville and from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he earned both a master’s and doctorate.

He announced his retirement last year.

Oh, Peter. Impulsive, bungling, fearful, lying, cowardly, dear Peter!

On our trip west, I saw a road sign on a gate in Montana that said: “Road Closed to St. Peter.�

I am assuming that St. Peter is the name of a town there, but I couldn’t prove it by looking in my road atlas.

However, you know where my mind went. The road is closed? To St. Peter?

I thought St. Peter was the one who would welcome us at the Pearly Gates! The one who would check his list (much like Santa Claus) to see who would be admitted into glory!

Peter is one of my favorite people because he was so very human! Lloyd Douglas called him “The Big Fisherman� in the historical novel he wrote about Peter, and it’s true: Peter was big in everything he did. He messed up big-time, loudly denied ever knowing his Lord, repented heartbrokenly and lived the rest of his life telling the world about Jesus.

He was crucified, as was his Lord, except that Peter’s humility was such that he felt he was not worthy to be crucified like Jesus and so was crucified head down.

I truly hope the road is not closed to St. Peter. I want to meet the Big Fisherman!

Stauffer visits Northside Church

By Pat Sisson The Rev. Robert Stauffer and his wife Martha Neel visited Northside Christian Church, 4008 Tazewell Pike, on July 17, to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of his ministry at the church.

Stauffer came to Northside fresh out of seminary and is now retired and liv-

ing in Richmond, Ky. He thanked the congregation for helping him begin his ministry.

Members of the congregation, those who knew him and new members all enjoyed the fellowship and sharing of serious and fun times of faith and service at Northside.

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Talleys, 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. Info: 688-8822.

Special services â– Cedar Ford Baptist Church in Luttrell will host revival 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, and will continue the following week. Guest speaker: Richard Nicely. Everyone welcome.

Info: Jeff Leach, 992-0217 or 661-0175. â– Cedar Ford Baptist Church in Luttrell will hold Homecoming service 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, Sept. 11. Lunch will follow the service. Bring covered dish to share. Everyone welcome. Info: 992-0217 or 661-0175.

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A-8 • AUGUST 3, 2016 • HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news

Cheering on the Bobcats

What do parents really have to spend?

I am Oswald, and school starts Aug. 8.

So we’re at Keshawn’s final baseball tournament, when you would have thought the moms were mourning the end of the season with their wailing and complaining. However, if you listened closely, they were distressed over the amount of money they are spending getting their kids ready to start school.

So I asked Mom if she and Aunt Betsy are upset, too. Turns out yes, they are.

If your family is like mine, you have to buy school clothes for all the kids, which in our family are five right now. That’s a lot of clothes, shoes and underwear!

Then Mom read each of our school’s websites to find the supply lists. Supplies for Ally and Charlie are about $20 each, which includes buying boxes of 24 crayons each. Supplies for Keshawn and Talisha are going to cost about $70 each, and mine will be about $40. So Mom will have to spend about $220 on supplies. That doesn’t include paying at least $25 each in school fees for another $125.

WOW! Do the schools think our parents get a bonus in August to cover this extra expense?

So what do parents really have to spend? Do parents have to buy supplies or pay fees?

My sister, Kinzy, the researcher, found the state law on school fees and supplies. The law states: “Certain fees may be requested, but not required, from students regardless of financial status, including: fees for activities that occur during regular school hours; fees for activities outside regular hours if required for credit or a grade; fees for activities and supplies required to participate in all courses offered for credit or grade.�

The law also states that students are only required to bring pencils and paper.

So basically, the public schools funded by tax dollars should be supplying everything a student needs.

Send your comments and questions to oswaldsworldtn@gmail.com App of the week: The Homework App – Your Class Assignment & Timetable Schedule Planner

The Best in the World

Central High cheerleaders hosted cheer camp for the Baby Bobcats youth cheer squads.

During the week, the squads learned several cheers and chants, as well as a dance routine to perform during football games.

On Thursday night, the squads performed for parents and friends and showed off all the new skills they practiced during the week.

Bryleigh Sutphin leads the crowd in a cheer for Emersyn Phillips flies high atop a stunt with the Bobcats. help from her teammates.

SCHOOL NOTES Elementary school â– Adrian Burnett Elementary School: Back to School Night, 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Info: 689-1474. â– Brickey-McCloud Elementary School: Meet the Teacher, 4-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Info: 689-1499.

â– Fountain City Elementary School: Meet the teacher, 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5.

Info: 689-1445. â– Gibbs Elementary School: Sneak Peek, 5-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Info: 689-1497. â– Halls Elementary School: Meet the Teacher, 5-7 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 5. Info: 922-7445.

â– Copper Ridge Elementary School: Sneak preview night, 5-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Info: 938-7002.

â– Ritta Elementary School: Meet Your Teacher Night, 3-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Info: 689-1496.

â– Corryton Elementary School: Open house, 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Info: 687-4573.

â– Shannondale Elementary School: Meet the Teacher, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug 5.

Written by Marc Talbert and Illustrated by Betsy James

CHAPTER FOUR: STORY SO FAR: Nick and his best friend, Clay, have decided how they will make enough money for a world record.

Still on his back, his bloody jeans half off and binding his knees, Clay frantically pushed himself headfirst across the floor

Info: 689-1465.

Middle school â– All Knox County middle schools will hold sixth grade orientation 8:30 a.m.-noon Friday, Aug. 5. Buses will run.

Parents are welcome. Call your school for more info.

High school â– All Knox County high schools will hold freshman orientation 8:30 a.m.-noon Friday, Aug. 5. Buses will run.

Call your school for more info.

“a breakfast serials story�

Lights! Camera! Action!

with his feet, looking like a giant inchworm that had been attacked by a humongous bird. As the footsteps clumped closer, he hissed at Nick, “Do something! I don’t want my mother to see these jeans!� He struggled toward his closet, inch by inch.

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As Nick turned toward the door, the clumping footsteps stopped. He turned on his brightest smile, hoping that would keep Clay’s mother from suspecting anything was wrong.

He slipped into the door’s opening, trying to look casual.

Instead of Clay’s mother, Nick found himself smiling at Jazz, who stood just outside the bedroom, holding a filthy T-shirt, an enormous pair of gardening clogs over her own shoes.

Nick’s smile vanished. “Jazz! What are you doing? You scared the pants off us!� “Yeah!� Clay said, hobbling behind Nick, pulling up his jeans. He took the shirt from Jazz and studied it. His anger disappeared. “Wow! This is disgusting! Thanks!� He popped it over his head. “Let’s get a move on.�

Nick hesitated. Clay had been so scared about his mother seeing the jeans. “I don’t know about this,� he said. “About begging?� “Yeah. We aren’t poor. And you dressing up like that is, I don’t know, like cheating.�

Clay frowned. “No, it isn’t. What about being a hobo for Halloween? Or a witch? Is that wrong?� “Well, no. That’s different!� “No it’s not,� Clay said. “Come on. Before my mom really gets home.� If what they were doing was all right, why was Clay so spooked? Nick wondered.

They quickly finished their posterboard signs and crept downstairs. They collected the grocery bag and sneaked outside, hiding the bag by the garbage cans next to the garage. “One more thing,� Clay said. He stooped, grabbing a handful of soil. He rubbed it on his hair and face and then shook his head like a dog. “How do I look?� “Filthy,� Nick said. Jazz nodded enthusiastically. “Only shouldn’t you smell as bad as you look?� Nick reached for a garbage can lid. “What about rubbing some of this . . .� “No way!� Clay snorted. “Come on. We’re losing money just standing here flapping our lips.�

As they walked toward the neighborhood mini-mall, Clay stayed behind Nick and Jazz so that he was shielded from people staring. Several people gaped anyway,

making big detours around them on the sidewalk.

When they got to the m i n i - m a l l ’s parking lot, Nick turned to Clay, taking his sister’s hand. “We’ll go over there, by the ScudsySudsy Laundromat.� He pointed.

Clay nodded. “I’ll stand by the front of Jerry’s Super-Duper Grocery.�

Clay smiled. “Lights! Camera! Action!�

N i c k watched as Clay walked through a line of parked cars.

Clay’s sneakers looked too new and expensive for a homeless person. Nick wondered if it would ruin Clay’s luck and if he should tell him to go barefoot.

Naw, he said to himself. He wanted to make more money than Clay, anyway. He turned to Jazz. “Ready?�

She nodded. “Yep!�

There was a line of benches in the front of the Laundromat, where people sat while their clothes were washing or drying. The benches were empty, so Nick walked to one in the middle. He helped Jazz stand on it and turned the sign right-side up for her to hold. Nick glanced toward Jerry’s SuperDuper. Clay was holding up his sign. From this distance, Clay looked like he could really be homeless.

Several people walking into or out of the Scudsy-Sudsy glanced their way, but nobody stopped. “Let’s move closer to the door,� Nick said, helping Jazz to the next bench.

A dog in a car parked in front of them began to bark. Nick turned to look. It was a mutt, small with scooped ears of different sizes. The moment it saw Nick staring, it began to snarl and lunge toward the windshield. “Nobody’s going to want to hear jokes around that!� Nick bared his teeth at the dog and shook his head.

The dog paused and then shot to the side of the car. It seemed to scramble up the passenger window, hooking its paws on the top where the window was open. With a mighty growl-bark, it heaved up and squeezed over the glass. It fell in a heap on the ground and scrambled to its feet, tail straight up, mouth open and eyes squinted.

With a furious bark, it came for Nick and Jazz.

(To be continued)

Text copyright Š 2012 Avi. Illustrations copyright Š 2012 Timothy Bush. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc., www.breakfastserials.com. No part of this publication may be reproduced, displayed, used or distributed without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY Shopper news • AUGUST 3, 2016 • A-9

Wasps: Better than you thought People who are used to being outdoors give them some space, but don’t pay them much mind.

Dr. Bob Collier

Indoor folks often dread even going out, ever on the watch for a possible attack.

Terrorists? Politicians?

No, no.

It’s all those things flying around out there armed with stingers. They are dreaded probably second only to those bearing eight legs and poisonous fangs.

But then, they are a part of this story as well. It’s a story that would make for a good Halloween column, but the main actors will all be gone by then. Here in August, though, they’re lurking everywhere out there, so, let’s proceed.

Now, I’m not thinking bees here. We all think bees are good, useful and important. And although some people are so fearful of bees that they design their gardens to discourage them from even being around, most of us know that bees leave us alone as long as we leave them alone.

So, I’m thinking wasps.

And a huge family they are – over 17,000 species in North America in the order Hymenoptera, the social insects: the wasps, bees and ants.

Like the Smiths or the Jonses, or any large family, they come in all shapes and sizes.

And they come with lots of different personalities, too, from benign to fearsome –

from our peaceful and businesslike mud daubers to the awesome tarantula hawks of the Southwest. If we had ad those around here, nobody dy would go outside.

But, back to here.

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Then there are those big, furry red-and-black “ants� called cow-killers for their famously powerful sting.

They are actually wingless female wasps, out looking for their favorite prey, other wasps and bees, to feed to their young. The male velvet ant has wings like regular wasps and are seldom even noticed.

So, they build nests on our houses, make us nervous, and occasionally sting us. Is there anything good to say about them? Actually, there is a whole lot. In contrast to some of our other piercing and biting friends like mosquitoes and ticks,

those wasps out there do us far more good than an occag does harm. sional sting For one thing, adult wasps do considerable good as crop and flower pollinators; because they feed partly on flower nectar, and in the process, help pollinate

flowers and farm and garden products.

But far and away their main service to us, one that goes mostly unnoticed, is that of pest control.

So here’s the deal: while our most famous social in insect, the honeybee, feeds all those hungry larvae in all those thousands of hexagonal cells a vegetarian diet of pollen and honey, all the zillions of wasp larvae are eating meat. “Mostly carnivorous� as the field guides say.

And what is meat to a momma wasp? Insects and spiders.

All day, every day, those hundreds of yellow jacket larvae in their underground paper cells, and those hornet larvae 60 feet up in a tree in their paper football, are being fed chewed-up and emulsified meat – from a daily hoard of insects and other such critters captured by all those worker wasps out there scouring the countryside, and your yard and garden, for prey!

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Lake Marina, 136 Campground Road, Rocky Top. Info: Sandra.parsons@fcmhomeloans. com. â– Halls High Class of 1965 reunion Saturday, Aug. 20, Beaver Brook Country Club. Cost: $45. Info: Pat Humphrey West, 742-5246; Roy Warwick, 441-7452; Jeanette McMillan Raby, 983-2861. â– The Knoxville Central High School Class of 1966 50th reunion, Saturday, Oct. 8, Beaver Brook Country Club. Info: Gail Norris Kitts, gnkitts@yahoo.com.

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pending on its size and hers, to the nest. She puts this living, zombie spider in with an egg and seals it up, to await the hatching of the hungry larva. One source even said the wasp larvae eat away on the spider, leaving such vital parts as the heart and nervous system till last so the spider remains alive as long as possible. Yuck!

Maybe yuck, but each species of spider wasp has its favorite spider prey, from tiny crab spiders on up to big wolf spiders larger than the wasp, and on to the fearless tarantula hawks mentioned earlier. There are a lot of spider wasps, and they and the mud daubers carry off a whole bunch of spiders every day.

Those, plus the millions of other wasps that eat everything from aphids to horseflies, make a huge and unappreciated dent in our pest populations. Think about it – would you rather risk an occasional sting, or have a zillion more spiders in your surroundings?

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Local artist Betty Bullen’s shop is ready for guests at the Union County Vendor Mall.

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cycled and repurposed furnishings.

Other vendors include the Olde Homestead, Polk Sallit Auntie, the Sunshine Shop, Shimmerville, Rocks and Rhinestones Jewelry, Robin’s Hobbies, Mimi’s Primitives and Country Décor, and local landscape artist Betty Bullen. The Vendor Mall also has a wedding rental area with country and shabby chic wedding décor.

“My concept was to create a small business environment that allows entrepreneurs to get started without having to leave It’s Christmas in July at this Union County Vendor Mall shop. their day jobs,” Brock said.

“They all receive a website now, nine vendors are us- space, including Brock’s for their business, they get ing 6,000 square feet of that own My Altar shop of up- space here, and I’m here to

By Shannon Carey The Union County Vendor Mall held its grandopening celebration July 30, marking a new opportunity for local artists and crafters.

Owner Joanie Brock credits God with the mall’s success so far, and she’s hoping for great things to come.

“By no means is this my doing,” she said. “This is all a gift from God.” The mall is in the Union County Industrial Park on Durham Drive, Maynardville. The building, owned

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man it for them. I also handle accounting and advertising.”

The grand opening included live gospel music from many local artists, including Mark Smith with Ray Bull, Justin Smith and Johnny Smith, Lucy Fryer, Virginia Faith, Emmaline and Tamelia Jenkins, it full and to increase the tourism and economy for Union County so the county can grow.”

Brock thanked everyone who helped, especially her family and church family.

“I am so blessed, I really am,” she said. “The

Joanie Brock, owner of Union County Vendor Mall

Lord has blessed me with a strong Christian family, love and support from so many people.”

Union County Vendor Mall is at 155A Durham Drive; open 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 9 to 3 on Saturday.

Info: www.vendormall. us, 745-1561.

Nashville races foreshadow Knox bouts

A different set of issues has fueled school board upheavals in Knox and Davidson counties, but watch closely the outcome of four elections Thursday in Nashville.

Stand for Children, a group that funds candidates who are favorable to charter schools, has dumped some $200,000 into the races of four Nashville candidates who seek to replace incumbents.

Dave Boucher, reporting in the July 29, 2016, edition of the Tennessean, wrote that Stand for Children had spent more than $700,000 in Tennessee to influence the August elections, including support for Republican challengers to GOP incumbents.

Shopper columnist Betty Bean wrote two years ago how a stealth campaign in Grainger and Union counties ousted Dennis “Coach” Roach, a 20-year veteran from District 35. His crime?

A vote against spending public money for vouchers to private schools.

According to Boucher, Stand for Children is supporting Jackson Miller, running against incumbent Will Pinkston in the 7th District; Thom Druffel, running against incumbent Amy Frogge in the 9th District; Miranda Christy, running to fill the seat vacated by the departing Elisa Kim in the 5th District; and Jane Grimes Meneely, running against incumbent Jill Speering in the 3rd District.

Financial disclosures show $44,500 spent on fliers and another $40,000 for postage among the four

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Nashville races, in addition to $90,000 for polling and another $70,000 in advertising not specifically listed as going toward a particular campaign.

Amazing.

Similar spending in Knox County made Traci Sanger’s election in 2014 the most expensive school board race county history. Sanger is not running for re-election, and will be replaced by Jennifer Owen, a former teacher.

Recent Knox County races have been driven by support for or opposition to former Superintendent Jim McIntyre. With the exception of Sanger, antiMcIntyre candidates won every time. Interestingly, most were teachers or former teachers who strongly support public schools.

These big spenders are not going away, regardless of Thursday’s outcomes in Nashville. In fact, win or lose we can expect to see them here in 2018 when Patti Bounds, Amber Rountree and Terry Hill will face the voters. Rountree has entered a doctoral program at UT and may not seek reelection, but know this.

The Tennessee Education Association is based in Nashville. If it can’t stand against “Stand for Children” there, then there’s little hope the TEA can prevail in Republican East Tennessee.

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Backpacks for kids DSAG (Down Syndrome Awareness Group) is the recipient of a $1,000 Allstate grant thanks to Bridgette Williams and her staff. Pictured are: (front) Zachary Large, Aaron Steele, Morgan Holbert, Kennedi Holbert, Makinley Holbert, Blayke Holbert, DSAG executive director Angie Holbert; (back) Miranda Lane, Christa Steele, Caleb Steele, Collin Sharp and Williams.

Allstate gives back to community The Allstate Foundation awards more than $1 million each year to nonprofits across the country in honor of dedicated agency

owners who give back. The money is awarded to Allstate owners who volunteer, mentor or lead a nonprofit of choice.

Bridgette Williams and her team know how to put their good hands to work and give back to the community. Williams donated

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Krumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Closet opens in Halls Christina Krumenacker and her daughter Bray organize Krumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Closet with beautiful boutique clothing. The shop is located in studio #5 of the Studio Salon Group at 3941 E. Emory Road near Rural/Metro. Krumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Closet offers womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing in sizes small to 3 XL, monogramming, totes, jewelry and skin care.

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Now on Facebook The Volunteer Rotary Club, which meets at noon on Fridays at the Marriott, is now showcasing itself on a new Facebook page. You can find it by entering the URL into your browser: https://www.facebook.com/ volunteerrotary/?fref=ts

Potteiger joins Tennova, moves practice north Chad E. Potteiger, DO, gastroenterologist, has joined Tennova Digestive Disease Center and Dr. Steedman Sarbah and will be seeing new and existing patients Dr. Potteiger at North Knoxville Medical Center (Tennova North).

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This past April, David Hammontree was in Chicago at a sales meeting with the Essendant company. David is sales manager at A&W Supply, which buys its products from Essendant, its core vendor. David also is past president of the Rotary Club of Knoxville Breakfast.

He overheard a conversation about a program involving backpacks filled with school supplies and the Essendant Charitable Foundation, and being a Rotarian he started connecting the dots.

Hammontree That conversation he overheard has led to a partnership between A&W, the Essendant Foundation and four of our local Rotary clubs to provide 200 children at Pond Gap Elementary and Beaumont Elementary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 100 at each school â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with new backpacks filled with school supplies for this new school year. The schools were selected because they meet the foundation criteria that 75 percent of the students at a school must be on the free-/reduced-lunch program.

Four clubs contributed $2,500 to fund the backpacks and supplies. The Rotary Club of Farragut donated $1,000, and the Breakfast Rotary Club, the Rotary Club of Bearden and the Rotary Club of Knoxville each donated $500.

Hammontree said each school will decide which students receive a backpack. A group of Rotarians, including District Gov. Fred Heitman, gathered last Friday at the A&W offices to pack the backpacks, and they will be delivered just as school begins.

Bearden Rotary has a long history with Pond Gap, and the Rotary Club of Knoxville has been working with students and projects at Beaumont. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year Essendant did 79,000 backpacks around the country, and their goal this year is 100,000,â&#x20AC;? Hammontree said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope that in years ahead weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have all of our seven clubs participating in this and also be able to tie it in with the Bearden clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dictionary project of giving new dictionaries to every third-grader in Knox County schools.â&#x20AC;?

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLES NEWS FROM FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Larry and Lisa Guillain-Barre ordeal prompts couple to volunteer The Allspice CafĂŠ at Fort Sanders Regional may seem like an unusual place for a family gathering, but for Larry and Lisa Beeler, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a â&#x20AC;&#x153;second home.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where they came that St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day in 2010 when Larry was stricken with Miller Fisher Syndrome, a rare variant of GuillainBarre Syndrome (GBS) that left him paralyzed, on a ventilator and in an induced coma. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where a worried Lisa, â&#x20AC;&#x153;not knowing whether he would be the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Larryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; he was when he came in or if he would ever be again,â&#x20AC;? waited in the lounge of the Critical Care Unit for weeks on end.

But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also where Larry and Lisa found so much hope, healing and caring that they now serve as volunteers for others who ďŹ nd themselves in similar situations. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also why the Beelers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; complete with four children, in-laws, grandkids and parents â&#x20AC;&#x201C; have returned every St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day for the past ďŹ ve years to remember. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our family meets here every year on March 17 because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so thankful,â&#x20AC;? said Lisa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can look back and see where we were and where we got back to. People ask, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Could you not ďŹ nd a better place to go celebrate?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; We ate here three times a day for three months!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll eat and walk around a little bit,â&#x20AC;? said Larry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll all go upstairs on the terrace because I loved to be wheeled outside. We reďŹ&#x201A;ect on what happened and thank God that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not here. Sometimes, we go up to Patricia Neal (Rehabilitation Center) and a nurse will say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Can I help you?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No, I was a Guillain-Barre patient here ďŹ ve years ago and I was in this room, and I am just here reďŹ&#x201A;ecting on what hap-

effect of the antibiotics he was taking for a sore throat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Within 24 hours, he went from being as healthy as could be to being on life support,â&#x20AC;? Lisa recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move his arms, his legs, he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t open his eyes. He was paralyzed from head to toe.â&#x20AC;?

Fort Sanders neurologist Darrell Thomas, MD determined that Larry had been stricken with Miller Fisher Syndrome, a variant of GBS that is characterized by abnormal muscle coordination, paralysis of the eye muscles and absence of the tendon reďŹ&#x201A;exes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what GuillainBarre was, never heard of it,â&#x20AC;? said Larry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if I was going to be paralyzed for the rest of my life.

We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what the next step was. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know whether I would be a vegetable for the rest of my life.

I could tell a little bit of what was going on around me if people talked to me. I could wiggle my toes a little bit for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;no.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I lost 30-something Five years later, Larry and Lisa Beeler conpounds. I was skin and bone.â&#x20AC;? tinue to remember. Wearing green, After being in ICU for four weeks, they returned to Patricia Neal ReLarry spent four weeks in Patricia habilitation Center on March 17, Neal where therapists and Sharon 2015 to acknowledge the fifth Glass, MD were ďŹ nally able to send anniversary of Larryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s admission him home in a wheelchair and walkto rehab and to reflect on what er. Another six or seven months of that time meant for their famoutpatient therapy followed before ily. In 2010, Larry and Lisa were Larry was able to return to his job smiling as he was discharged as a buyer at a hardware wholesaler. from Patricia Neal. Now, they â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m living proof and a testament volunteer at PNRC and Fort to a lot of people that you CAN beat Sanders Regional to serve fellow this if you work hard at it,â&#x20AC;? says Larpatients and relay the experiences ry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of this hospital â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the they once had. doctors and the nurses and nutritionists and therapists and the spirit of God and my belief â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they got me pened. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ask me a lot of ques- gan March 16, 2010, on his drive to walk again, to talk again, got me tions. A lot of times, I will tell them home from work when he noticed to eat again and they helped me pull my story of what I went through.â&#x20AC;? his vision wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite right but through it.â&#x20AC;?

What Larry â&#x20AC;&#x153;went throughâ&#x20AC;? be- brushed it off, thinking it was a side Now, Larry and Lisa are â&#x20AC;&#x153;giving

backâ&#x20AC;? as Fort Sanders volunteers.

Lisa serves once a week in the same ICU lounge where she spent so many weeks during Larryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s illness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waiting in the ICU lounge was bad â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an easy seat to sit in â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but the people they had working in the ICU lounge helped me get through it,â&#x20AC;? said Lisa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I wanted to give back. I always say I come to volunteer hoping to be a blessing to somebody else, but usually I am the one who leaves with all the blessings. I always do. I love it.â&#x20AC;?

While Lisa helps with all types of patients in ICU, Larry serves asneeded whenever there is a family dealing with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to do is give a little bit of hope and inspiration to people,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just meet with families and people in the hospital and try to help them through it. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t diagnose them by any means or tell them whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen.

We just try to give them a little bit of hope and say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You are not alone.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; If I can show that I am there and I am strong and â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I hate to use the words â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;beat itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but if we have a positive mental attitude about it then maybe I can give them some inspiration that might change the way they look at things. When we walk out of the room, we hope that we have left something with them. They are lying there in bed, they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t walk but maybe they will say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;He was completely paralyzed but he was able to walk in and walk out and maybe I can do that too â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if not for myself then for my family.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;?

The couple received the 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Volunteer of the Yearâ&#x20AC;? award in May at Fort Sanders Regionalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon.

Fort Sanders celebrates volunteer contributions The Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center 2016 Appreciation Luncheon was held at the Four Points Sheraton Cumberland House this spring in honor of all the volunteers who give a helping hand at the hospital.

Over 100 volunteers attended along with many hospital staff who wished the volunteers well and praised the 70 year history of the Auxiliary and six volunteer programs: â&#x2013; Heartstrings: A musical group that entertains patients and visitors each month. â&#x2013; Fellowship Center: Volunteers who assist those staying in Fort Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hospitality house for the families of patients from outside the region. â&#x2013; HABIT (Human Animal Bonding In Tennessee): Pet owners who share the unconditional love of a pet with patients and caregivers. â&#x2013; Stephen Ministers: Lay ministers who provide spiritual support to patients and caregivers. â&#x2013; Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center Peers: Former patients help current patients by reading to them, helping them write letters, and providing conversation and friendly company. â&#x2013; Student Volunteers : College students (18 or older) share their special gifts and energy with hospital patients and staff CEO Keith Altshuler kicked off the program with a glowing report of volunteer hours dedicated in 2015, equaling over 46,000 hours. Chief Financial OfďŹ cer Ronnie Beeler and PNRC VP Leslie Irwin accepted the 2016 Auxiliary Check for patient services and equipment for $240,000.

The proceeds are raised by the Fort Sanders Hospital Gift Shop coordinated by Joan Howard.

For more information on how to become a volunteer, visit www.fsregional.com/volunteers

Joan Howard, gift shop coordinator, presents a check for patient services and equipment to Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center VP and administrator Leslie Irwin and Fort Sanders Regional VP and Chief Financial Officer Ronnie Beeler.

President and Chief Administrative Officer Keith Altshuler with the Coordinator of Volunteer Services Paula Minhinnett

2016 Volunteer of the Year: Peer Volunteer Art Jones pictured with Volunteer Staff Connie Painter and wife Robin Jones.

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Want to know more about volunteering at Fort Sanders Regional? Call (865) 541-1249 or go to fsregional.com.

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HONDA CIVIC - 2015. Honda Civic - EX, Alloys, sunroof, bluetooth, Camera, $16,000. (865)660-9191.

KIA FORTE 2016. Bought Sept.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;15, 4K mi., $23,753 (end of July â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16) or take over pymnt. (865)207-5460.

MERCEDES-BENZ SL500 SPORT - 1997.

Mint condition. 32,000 act. mi. Both tops. Imperial red ext. Leather int.

MSRP $96,695. All records avail. incl. orig. MSRP. $20,000. 865-2073300 or (865)898-4429.

NISSAN MAXIMA - 2013. sunroof, leather, 58K mi., $14,900. 423-295-5393.

Nissan Maxima 2014, loaded, alloys, moonroof, Bluetooth, V6, 23K mi, $14,500. (865) 660-9191.

4 Wheel Drive JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD - 1998.

Exc. cond. 188k mi. White, AT, $4300/b.o. (865)566-4009.

Sport Utility Vehicles CHEVROLET BLAZER - 2001. 4WD, good shape, AC, 169K mi, $2100 obo.

(865)661-1668.

GOAD MOTORSPORTS Convenient Location!

Exit 134 in Caryville â&#x20AC;˘ Full Service Center â&#x20AC;˘ Mechanic on Duty â&#x20AC;˘ Parts & Accessories

Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest OREION dealer.

CFMOTO 26 YEARS STRONG 72 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE

KYMCO 51 YEAR COMPANY 168 Main St., Caryville

423-449-8433 www.goadmotorsports.com Like us on FACEBOOK HONDA ATV 2015, 4WD, 421cc eng., 4 gal. gas tank, $3,995.

(865) 687-6645.

CHEVROLET SILVERADO - 1998. Ext, cab.. 3rd door, 5.7 AT, 129k orig. mi. Gar. kept. New wheels, tires, exhaust. Must see. Serious only. $8500. (865)556-5308.

2007 SEA DOO GTX 3 seater/Colbalt blue, 35 hrs. w/Hustler Trlr, Beautiful machine,$4875. (865)719-7606.

See pics at www.knoxnews.com.

Services Offered Air Cond/Heating

CORVETTE 1991. 1 still orig. owner, all orig., red on red, 14K mi., never accident, snow, ice. Always gargared & covered. $20K firm. (865)429-8358.

DODGE PICKUP - 1947. Wooden bed, 12V 6 cyl., needs brakes, all orig.

Good cond. $5800. (865)573-9024.

I WOULD LIKE TO BUY a 1970 or 1971 Mercedes 280SL, or a 1961 - 1975 Jaguar XKE, or a Porsche 911, 912 or a 1970s or 1980â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ferrari. I am willing to buy running or not running. Any Condition. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a local guy living in Grainger county. If you have one or know of one please call Call (865)621-4012.

NISSAN 300ZX - 1986. 69K. Crimson, auto 2+2. Original sun shade plates & covers. Garage kept. Runs strong, interior exceptional. 69 mi., $4,500.

(865)456-9512.

OLDSMOBILE 88 - 1966. Garage kept 1966 Dynamic 88 Oldsmobile. 72,000 mi., $6,900. (865)457-9100.

PONTIAC GRANDVILLE 1974 conv.

Solid California car. Needs completed. $3000. Call Joe, 865-776-2428.

WANT TO BUY PONTIACS 1960-1980 cars or parts Call Jim at (865)250-2639.

All Types of Residential & Commercial Plumbing

MASTER PLUMBER

865-216-5052 865-856-8106 Auto Auctions TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION Cash only. 8am on August 5th. 6233 Strawberry Plains Pike, Knoxville 37914. 1997 Malibu VIN 1G1ND52M3VY11428, 2002 Cavalier VIN 1GJF524727130909, 1992 MaximaVIN JN1EJ01P5NT113112.

922-8728 257-3193

1978 CHRIS CRAFT - restored, 28â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $11,500. Everything new. At Volunteer Landing. (865)300-2537.

1989 FORMULA THUNDERBIRD - 26â&#x20AC;&#x2122; CABIN CRUISER, 7.4L Mercruiser eng., $8500. (865)320-7185.

1997 SEA RAY EXPRESS CRUISER 33â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $59,900, Contact Colin, 865-201-7257

HOMETOWN AIR â&#x20AC;&#x153;Back to the basicsâ&#x20AC;?

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

Cleaning Services

KATHYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CLEANING

Dependable. Free estimates. Reasonable. Contact (865)315-6079.

Dozer Work/Tractor

2008 PHAETON BY TIFFIN, 42 QRH, - exc. cond., must see. Kept in warehouse. $149,000. (941)815-1190.

Merchandise

General Services

Can fix, repair or install anything around the house! Appliances, ceramic tile, decks, drywall, fencing, electrical, garage doors, hardwoods, irrigation, crawlspace moisture, mold & odor control, landscape, masonry, painting, plumbing.

Any Remodeling Needs you wish to have done or completed!

EMERGENCY SERVICE 24/7 Retired Vet. looking to keep busy.

Home Maint./Repair CARPENTRY, PLUMBING, painting, siding. Free est. 30+ yrs exp!

(865)607-2227

HAROLDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GUTTER SERVICE Will clean front & back, $20 & up. Quality work, guaranteed.

(865)288-0556

HONEST & DEPENDABLE!

Small jobs welcome. Expâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d in carpentry, drywall, painting, plumbing. Reasonable, refs avail.

Call Dick at (865)947-1445

Painting Services

CATHYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PAINT & WALLPAPER REMOVAL Call (865)454-1793

Apartments - Unfurn.

865-687-8665

BEST DEAL OUT WEST! 1BR from $375-$395. 2BR $550-$750.

No pets. Parking @ front door.

(865)470-8686

BUYING

WANTED Military antiques and collectibles 865-368-0682

BUYING PARKING PASSES

CASH PAID ALL GAMES

selectticketservice.com

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES

I-DEAL TICKETS

Insured â&#x20AC;˘ Free Estimates

922-0645 Workers Comp Liability

Breeden's Tree Service Aerial bucket truck Stump grinding Brush chipper Bush hogging Trimming & removing Licensed and insured Over 30 yrs. experience

Free estimates

865-219-9505

Hankins

Tree Service

Owner Operator

Roger Hankins 497-3797 Pruning â&#x20AC;˘ Logging Bush Hogging Stump Removal Insured FREE ESTIMATES â&#x20AC;˘ LIFETIME EXPERIENCE

CARPORT SALE - August 5th & 6th, 9am-7pm. HH items, clothing, shoes, decorative items. 3501 Miller Rd, Powell.

COMMUNITY YARD SALE - 4500 Doris Circle. Friday & Saturday, August 5th & 6th, 8am-4pm.

Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mkt/ Trading Post

BARNS - SHEDS GARAGES - CARPORTS PATIO COVERS BUILT ON YOUR PROPERTY FREE ESTIMATES!

AT YOUR SITE LOGS TO LUMBER USING A WOOD MIZER PORTABLE SAW MILL

865-986-4264 Logs2Lumber.com HAY, 4X4 ROLL THIS YEAR $20.00 to $25.00 a roll, (865) 216-5387.

90 Day Warranty

865-851-9053

2001 E. Magnolia Ave. WHIRLPOOL WASHING MACHINE Heavy Duty. Works great! (865)3108592

Building Materials KITCHEN BATH plumbing & lighting sale. 100â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of items. All new in boxes. SS Sinks, shower doors, faucets, light fixtures. Over $45K at LOW retail. $3,500 takes all. buznorma@aol.com for list.

865-458-6554

2 LOTS Highland Memorial West, value $2900 each. Sell $1400 each.

Call 865-414-4615.

3 prime lots at Lynnhurst Cemetery off Broadway, The Garden Box sec.

A, lot 311, spaces 8, 9 & 10. $3,000 ea obo. Judy (865) 556-9769 6 CEMETERY LOTS, In Lynnhurst, Lot # 340, section B, spaces 1 & 2, 3, 6, 7 & 8. $3000 each space. (325)260-7358.

HIGHLAND MEM. PRIME LOCATION - Good Shepherd. 2 lots for $2995.

(443)536-1004

Collectibles BARBIE COLLECTION - Mint in Box. Call for dates. Also ornaments. Call bet. 8a-7p. (865)214-4921 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

LADY VOLS basketball 6 time National Champs, signed by Pat Summitt. $450. (865) 288-0252

Furniture SERTA ELECTRIC BEDFRAME WITH HEADBOARD - Full size. $150.

(865)335-8140 SOFA, LOVESEAT & CHAIR Handcarved Kendall French reproduction.

Like New $1000/b.o. (865)966-3368

Household Goods NEW SERTA I SERIES FIRM MATTRESS & box springs. 1 yr. old. Kng sz. New $2099; Sell $600 obo. (865)719-5448

Lawn & Garden 42â&#x20AC;? CUT CRAFTSMAN Hydrostatic, $475.

(865)922-6408 CRAFTSMAN RIDING MOWER - 42â&#x20AC;?

Cut. Works great! $400.00 (865)3108592

GERMAN SHEPHERD Pups, 2 M, CKC reg., West German Bldlns, vet ckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d.

8 wks. 423-539-3177; 423-539-3152.

GOLDEN DOODLE PUPS, Home raised, adorable bundles of fur, just waiting for their (Fur-Ever) homes. (423)733-9252 GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPIES, AKC, $700. 1st shots, vet checked, Phone 931-808-0293.

GREAT DANE PUPPIES - CKC, all black w/white chests & paws. 9 M, 3 F, born June 2, Ready for their new homes! $450. (606)246-0668.

HAVENESE PUPS AKC, home raised, health guar. 765-259-7337 noahslittleark.com LAB PUPPIES - AKC reg., great bldlns, 1st shots & wormed, black males & females, $500. (423)465-0594.

LAB PUPS, AKC, Black, Ready (Sire) Master hunter, passed Nationals in 2015 & going back in 2016. Only 2 M & 2 F left.$500. (423) 506-6446.

LABRADOODLES, GOLDEN DOODLES - DOUBLE DOODLES. Non-shedding, intelligent, litter box trained. 865591-7220

UT FOOTBALL TICKETS. Sec U, Row 41, Seats 18 & 19; Sec U, Row 42, Seats 7 & 8; Sec Z-12, Row 31, Seats 11 & 12; Sec Z- 14, Row 33, Seats 17 & 18.

Please call (865)386-5804

I BUY DIABETIC TEST STRIPS - OneTouch, Freestyle, AccuChek, Contour, More! Must not be expired or opened.Local Pickup! Call Daniel (865) 383-1020

Announcements Adoptions ADOPT: Creative, musical, nurturing teacher wishes to adopt a baby into her loving & secure home. Expenses Paid. Call Lillian 1-888-861-8427 or www.liliadopts.com ADOPTION: Adopting your newborn is a gift weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll treasure. Secure endless love awaits your newborn. Maria & John 877-321-9494 Exp. pd.

Med Equip & Supplies

UTILITY TRAILERS

KENSINGTON FOREST APTS. 404 Tammy Dr. Powell, 938-4200 BELLE MEADE APTS. 7209 Old Clinton Pk., Knoxville, 938-4500 CREEK WOOD APTS. 612 4th St., Lake City, TN 426-7005 Call to receive info. about being placed on a waiting list.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider & employer.

1 BR Apt Now Available ELDERLY OR DISABLED COMPLEX A/C, Heat, Water & Electric Incl, OnSite Laundry, Computer Center & Resident Services Great location! On the Bus Line!

Close to Shopping!

Rent Based on Income, Some Restrictions Apply Call 865-523-4133. TODAY for more information

SOUTH KNOX - Large and clean. 1BR, 1 BA, appls, water, garbage p/u incl. $450. 250-9209 or 389-2336

Homes Unfurnished HALLS. 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA, cent h/a, appls furn, DW, W/D conn., rec room w/ frpl, deck, 2 car gar., $1275 mo., $500 dep. (423)504-2679 POWELL CLAXTON. 3 BR, 2 BA, no pets, private, convenient, $700 mo + 1st, last, DD. 865-748-3644 SEYMOUR - 2BR, 1BA, just renovated Private on 1 acre, W/D incl. $650 mo. + $650 sec. dep. No smoking, no pets inside or out. 865-406-4227.

Financial

SEYMOUR 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

2 BR, private drive, on farm, W/D FURN, carport, covered porch, mtn view, water, sewer & yd. maint. furn. Great for elderly & others. Dr. Berry (865)256-6111 SOUTH, 3BR, 1BA - South, 3BR, no smoking, no pets, $750/mo. $750 DD, 865-388-3477. (865)388-3477.

Condos Unfurnished

Real Estate Sales

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yâ&#x20AC;? Crown Court Condo 1 bdrm/loft 4th flr end unit, 1300 sq ft, $1600 mo call 865-637-0382

North FOR SALE - Broad Acres, 7804 Keswick Rd, Powell. 3 BR, 2.5 BA, bsmt rancher, all brick, 2 car garage, big lot.

List $205,000. Call (865)659-0547.

HOUSE IN FTN. CITY, 5811 Hillock Road, 3BR, 1BA, bonus rm., great starter home or rental within 1 minute to Gresham MS and the grade school.

If safety peace and quiet are what your looking for then this is the location for you. Located within 2 minutes to groceryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, gas, pharmacies, restaurants. You name it you are there. $110,000 obo. (865)313-7714.

South OPEN HOUSE SUN. AUG. 7, 1-4 8900 Martin Mill Pike. 37920 3 BR, 2.5 BA $359,900.

Beautiful Private setting. (865)806-9725

Cabin at Top of the World near Smokey Mtn. Park & lake. Vacation home or rental income. 1 BR, 1 BA. $73,000. (865) 922-1892

Used Harmar power carrier for wheelchair/scooter w/swing out arm, $300 obo. (941)275-3034 W. Knox.

HALLS. Private 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA duplex, apprx 1200 SF, water & appls. furn., $650 mo. (865)922-2010

MORNINGSIDE GARDENS

Wanted

LAWN TRACTOR with grass & leaf catcher; hydrostatic transmission.

Runs well. $325. (865)458-3770.

Dogs

German Shepherd puppies, 4 F, 1 M, parents on site, shots, dewormed, hips & health guar. $500. 865-361-1013

Buy/Sell VOLS Tickets All Games Home / Away Battle @ Bristol / Kenny Chesney in Bristol 865-622-7255

Vacation Property

KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS! Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers/KIT Complete Treatment System Hardware Stores, The Home Depot, homedepot.com (618)351-7570

ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPPIES - AKC reg., 1st shots, vet ckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. $1500. Call (423)519-0647.

(865)687-1718

JOHN DEERE X475 - 195 hrs,brand new 62â&#x20AC;? deck. Make offer!! $6495 (865)599-0516

Merchandise - Misc.

DOBERMAN PUPS, AKC, Sire XL natl & intl champ - 125 lbs. Damâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father was 2013 World Champ. Great protection, good with kids. $1200. Credit cards accepted. 615-740-7909

All Events/All Concerts

Cemetery Lots 2 BURIAL PLOTS FOR SALE AT EASTVIEW-MEMORIAL-GARDENS - > (865)229-8300

Pets

BORDER COLLIE puppies, red, ABC, 2 M, 1 F, 8 wks old, 1st shots, P.O.P., $300. 423-869-4014; 423-626-0857

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

(Home/Away)

Farm Buildings

ADVANTAGE REMODELING & HANDYMAN SERVICE JIMMY THE PROFESSIONAL HANDYMAN!!

WALBROOK STUDIOS 865-251-3607 $145 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV, Ph, Refrig, Basic Cable. No Lease.

WILL PAY $1,000 EACH FOR G-10 PARKING PASS.

FREE REFRIGERATOR - Auto defrost needs work. Must pick up. Call and leave message (865)922-4238.

Farm Products

â&#x20AC;˘ Bobcat w/Backhoe Attachment â&#x20AC;˘ Footer â&#x20AC;˘ Above-Ground Pools â&#x20AC;˘ Sewer Installations â&#x20AC;˘ Landscaping â&#x20AC;˘ Bush Hogging â&#x20AC;˘ Driveways â&#x20AC;˘ Firewood etc.

LINCOLN PARK AREA. Furn. effic. apt. $400 mo. No pets or smoking. (865) 922-2325

WE PAY MORE THAN THE OTHER GUYS.

UT FOOTBALL TIXS. Antiques

Real Estate Rentals Apartments - Furnished

TOP CASH PAID

Interior Pruning, Complete Removal, Power Stump Grinding

Millen Garage Builders 865-679-5330

Campers & RVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2005 SUNNYBROOK 5th wheel, 31â&#x20AC;&#x2122; w/3 tip outs, kg sz. bed, gas stove, micrwve, qn sz. bed & more. $15,000.

(865)765-0147.

WOLF HYBRID PUPPIES 5 mos., $100 each. 1 girl, 1 boy.

Call Eric, 865-654-9338.

UT FOOTBALL TICKETS

Appliances

North

HANDYMAN

Boats/Motors/Marine

SHIH TZU puppies, AKC, Females $600; Males $500. Shots UTD. Warranty. 423-618-8038; 423-775-4016

BUYING

EDWARDS TREE SERVICE

Garage Sales

Call (865)281-8080 Recreation

Many different breeds Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles, Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots & wormed.

We do layaways. Health guar.

Go to Facebook, Judys Puppy Nursery Updates.

423-566-3647

40 Years Experience Licensed & Bonded

Vehicles Wanted

FAST $$ CASH $$ 4 JUNK AUTOS

Tickets/Events

PUPPY NURSERY

BUYING OLD US COINS

DODGE RAM 3500 - 2014. Diesel, Big Horn, AT, SRW, Factory tow pkg, loaded. 20,000 mi., $39,500.

(865)548-4329.

1951 Ford Victoria, hardtop, flat V8, 2 dr, fully restored, $26,500.

1959 352 Galaxie Fairlane 500, 4 dr, all orig., eng. upgrades, $6500.

(865) 228-3024

PLUMBING CO.

1995 SEA DOO XP with Hustler trailer, $1000.

(865)354-3993.

CHEVROLET Z71 2012. Black, 4 dr., 29,000 mi. Asking $26,000. 423-5696179; (423)569-8062.

Classic Cars

DAVID HELTON

Personal Watercraft

CHEVROLET SUBURBAN LTZ 2014. sunrf., dual DVDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, loaded. 38K mi., $36,500. (423)295-5393.

Trucks

Dogs

Tree Services

Saturn SC2 2001, 98K mi, 1 owner, 35 mpg, dependable, very cold air. $3250. (865)288-7009.

TOYOTA CAMRY - 1999. XLE Sun roof leather automatic â&#x20AC;&#x153;As Isâ&#x20AC;?

Fixer upper/parts. Battery radiator brakes new used 4 mo. Toyota rebuilt engine at 124,000 mi 250,000 mi., $800. (865)919-7702.

Plumbing

Duplx/Multplx UnFurn 2815 PRUDEN DR., 2BR, Refrig, stove, dishwasher, W/D conn. Near schools, water furn., no pets. $550 mo. $300 DD. Call (865)689-4238.

Manufactured Homes MOBILE HOME, 2 BR, 1 BA, appl. furn., W/D conn, no pets. $450/mo. Strawplains, 1st/last mo. 865-556-2330

Rooms Furn/Unfurn ROOM FOR RENT - $365 per month, utilities incl. $150 Deposit. Located in historic Anderson. Non-smoking.

No pets. Contact (865)688-9816

Real Estate Commercial

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

Commercial Property /Sale NORTH 17,000 SF bldg on 2.25 acres, needs repair. Ideal for entertainment center, church or apts. $225,000.

865-544-1717; 865-740-0990.

OfďŹ ces/Warehouses/Rent 1500 SF Office/Warehouse, Papermill Rd, drive in bay, $1100 mo. 865-5441717; 865-740-0990

Mobile Homes/Lots MOBILE HOME LOT FOR RENT- $175.

Call (865)621-0702

MIDLAND Shopping Center, Gla sscock St., Alcoa, 5 rooms, 2 ba. Incl. water & AC. $650 mo. (865) 983-0870

Automobiles for Sale

Automobiles for Sale

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

Sporting Goods 2 COMPLETE SET OF scuba gear. $1200 each, Call (865)806-1252

Store Fixtures

STORE CLOSING

Cedar Springs Christian Store, Clinton Hwy loc. All merchandise, fixtures, slat wall. Sale through Aug. 13th. (865)947-4444.

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

Shopper Ve n t s enews

315-8182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@gmail.com.

Greenway Corridor Project public meeting, 5:30 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Ross/Fowler landscape architects will present its findings, and city officials will discuss the immediate opportunities in moving ahead with the comprehensive greenways build-out plan. Info: Eric Vreeland, 2153480.

“Grow a Rainbow: How to Cultivate Irises in East TN,” 3:15-4:15 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Free presentation by master gardener Christine Jessel. Info: 329-8892.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, AUG. 11-12

Chalk on the Walk, 11:30 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

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.

Rummage sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Rutherford Memorial UMC, 7815 Corryton Road in Corryton.

Send items to news@ShopperNewsNow.com

THURSDAY, AUG. 4 Bee Friends beekeeping group meeting, 6:30 p.m., Tazewell Campus of Walters State Community College. Guest speaker: Aaron Burns from “The Burns and the Bees” will speak about organic beekeeping.

Info: 423-648-4785.

FRIDAY, AUG. 5 Exhibit opening: “Connections” by Renee Suich, 5-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, Broadway Studios And Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Exhibit on display through Saturday, Aug. 27. Info: 556-8676, BroadwayStudiosAndGallery@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, AUG. 6 Beekeeping workshop, 11 a.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Governor John Sevier Highway. Cost: $20. Info/registration: 573-5508 or marblesprings.net.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Open auditions for the Tennessee Pirate Fest, 2-5 p.m., 125 Barrie Lane, Kingston. Craft and food vendor applications deadline: Sept. 1. Vendor applications and guidelines: TNPirateFest.com under the vendor tab.

Tennessee Pirate Fest will take place Oct. 8-10 in Harriman. Info: TNPirateFest.com.

Tour the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Sam Venable, 9:30 a.m., GSM Heritage Center, Townsend. Cost: $60. Advance reservations required. Info/reservations: 448-8838.

Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

Vintage baseball, noon and 2:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Games and parking free; concessions available. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seating. Info: ramseyhouse.org.

Welcome home barbecue and picnic for Gulf War veterans (1990-2016) and their families, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., The Cove at Concord Park, 11808 Northshore Drive. Hosted by Vietnam Veterans of America, Bill Robinson Chapter 1078. Free food and drink. Bring lawn chair or blanket. Info/registration: vva1078.org.

TUESDAY, AUG. 9 Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10 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 AUG. 11 “Abundant Color” luncheon sponsored by the Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection, 10:45 a.m., Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike.

Speaker: Susan DeVos from McCormick, S.C. Topic: “Color Me Changed.” Cost: $12 inclusive. Complimentary child care by reservation only. Info/reservation:

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, AUG. 12-13 Church rummage sale, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Beulah Baptist Church Fellowship Building, 1138 Raccoon Valley Road, Maynardville. Proceeds to benefit pastor Larry Cooper, who has cancer. Spaghetti, pinto beans, hot dogs and baked goods will also be available for purchase.

SATURDAY, AUG. 13 An Evening of Hope, 7 p.m., Morristown-Hamblen High School West, One Trojan Trail, Morristown.

Performers include: The Young Fables, Natalia Taylar.

Proceeds will benefit Helen Ross McNabb Center’s services provided in Hamblen County and the Lakeway region. Tickets: $12. Info/tickets: mcnabbcenter.org/ AnEveningOfHope2016; Jennifer Boyle, 329-9120 or jennifer.boyle@mcnabb.org.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24 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-FRIDAY, AUG. 25-26 AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Info/registration: 922-0416.

AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Carter Senior Center, 9040 Asheville Highway. Info/registration: 382-5822.

SATURDAY, AUG. 27 Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Lego Club, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Stargazing Workshop, 9:30 p.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway.

Cost: $1 donation. Includes indoor video/lecture on Venus and Jupiter and outdoor viewing of the conjunction of the two planets. Info: info@marblesprings.net or 573-5508.

Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

Vintage baseball, noon and 2:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Games and parking free; concessions available. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seating. Info: ramseyhouse.org.

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AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Larry Cox Senior Center, 3109 Ocoee Trail. Info/registration: 382-5822.

Gallery showing and play performances of The Moving Theatre’s presentation of Chekhov’s “The Boor,” 6-10 p.m., Fluorescent Gallery on Central St. Features works by painters Ocean Starr Cline and Robert H. Thompson, costumer Brigid KO, and hair and makeup by LOX salon. Info: MovingTheatreKnoxville@gmail.com.

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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.

A Gathering of Ancient Sounds: Celtic and Appalachian Musical Rhythms, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Includes: live Celtic and Appalachian music, food vendors, re-enactors and period demonstrators. Tickets available at the gate: $10 members, $15 nonmembers, children 12 and under free. Gates open 9 a.m. Info: ramseyhouse.org.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

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THURSDAY, AUG. 18 Family Pajama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

FRIDAY, AUG. 19 Meet the Artist: Lela E. Buis, 5:30-8 p.m., Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1127B Broadway Ave. Buis’ exhibit, “Whimsical Creatures,” will be on display through Oct. 31. Info: 523-1401.

SATURDAY, AUG. 20 Free Family Fun Day at the KMA, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Includes: art-making stations, artist demonstrations, face painting, glass blowing, a magic show, gallery tours and live music. Info: 934-2034 or knoxart.org.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

SUNDAY, AUG. 21 Vintage baseball, noon, 2:30 and 4 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Games and parking free; concessions available. Bring lawn chair or

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SATURDAY, OCT. 1 Farragut Lions Club Charity Car Show, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Chilhowee Park. All proceeds to support Lions Club service projects. Info/registration: farragut.tnlions. org.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

SATURDAY, OCT. 15 Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Tour the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Sam Venable, 9:30 a.m., GSM Heritage Center, Townsend. Cost: $60. Advance reservations required.

Info/reservations: 448-8838.

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Kelty Oringderff is one of a kind

By Carol Z. Shane Extremely bright small fry can always surprise their parents, but Darla Oringderff was genuinely taken aback when she offered to share an episode of “Seventh Heaven” with her infant daughter Kelty. “I don’t think this is appropriate for children,” replied the two-year-old.

At the age of 6 she was making movies with her Barbie dolls and a VHS camcorder.

“I’ve got scripts that she would dictate to me,” says Darla.

Later, when Kelty was 8 and a veteran of a string of commercials, as well as a bit part in a movie, she felt the need to clarify something for her mom. “I only act for the money.

What I really want to do is direct.”

These days, Darla isn’t so surprised anymore. “She was born an old soul,” she says.

And Kelty does direct. She also writes movies, acts in them, plays several instruments including violin and bass ukulele, and composes and performs her own music for film and other venues, often with her young musician friends. One of her short films won the high school division of the Knoxville Film Festival in 2014. Titled “Snow Whitey,” the movie reframes the classic fairy tale as a story of teenage obsession with social media. It’s sly, affectionate and way beyond her years.

It’s not hard to spot Kelty Oringderff’s creative spark. The young musician/singer/composer/ writer/movie director/actor is always ready for a new project, and is currently looking for band members to join her. Photos by Carol Z. Shane

Especially when you consider that she only got her own cell phone – her first ever – two weeks ago. How did she manage such a gentle, knowing satire without the ubiquitous digital culprit in her own possession? “Teen culture is everywhere” she shrugs, laughing. “I’m immersed in it.” She’s a sharp observer. “Camera, camera in my hand,” her “Snow Whitey” character intones as she takes a selfie, “who’s the prettiest girl on Instagram?”

Since winning the award, the 17-yearold’s creativity has only grown. She’s arranged music from “Star Wars” for Four Strings, her quartet made up of friends from the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra, in which Kelty plays violin. She’s performed her own songs at The Shed in Maryville as part of a fundraiser for her favorite charity, Harbours Gate, and she’s a Nashville veteran already, having sung at both the Bluebird Cafe and the Douglas Cafe. At the latter, she was approached by singer/songwriter Barry Morrison, who said, “You have your own voice. You’re not trying to be somebody else.”

It remains her favorite compliment. And it’s worth mentioning that none of this success has gone to her head. She’s a genuinely nice person.

Naturally, phone or no phone, she’s found her way on to YouTube with a song by the band Mindless Self-Indulgence that she arranged for two violins and recorded with her friend Eric Zhang. The band members spotted it. “This is outta sight – next-level amazing!” posted the lead singer. Another remarked, “So classy it needs a top hat.”

Kelty now has numerous YouTube videos of her musical projects.

Her dad Robb, who met her mom in art school, currently lives and works in an oil field in North Dakota. Her 14-year-old brother, Connor – also a talented musician – is there with him. The family is currently struggling with mom Darla’s difficult breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. “This was the summer we were going to do college tours,” says Darla ruefully. “That got a little thwarted.” A fierce advocate for densebreast ultrasounds, she soldiers on, and it’s easy to see where her daughter’s spirit comes from.

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Kelty is currently homeschooled, though sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also attended Maryville Junior High and L&N STEM Academy. After she graduates, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planning to major in music at UT. Somewhere along the line, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to be in the pages of Alternative Press magazine and find a band of like-minded, age-contemporary musicians who think out of the box like she does. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be famous,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just want to enjoy my life!â&#x20AC;?

Kelty Oringderff performs with her friends at The Shed in Maryville last October as part of a fundraiser for Harbours Gate, a local nonprofit â&#x20AC;&#x153;neighborhood peace corps.â&#x20AC;? Shown are Oringderff (on bass ukulele,) Eric Zhang, James Terrell and Sarah Johnson. Photo by Darla Oringderff

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By Carol Z. Shane Sue and John Goodall moved to Knoxville from Albany, N.Y., six years ago and soon became fans of WDVX radio. Last year they started volunteering there, staffing the information booth on Market Square, answering phones for fund drives and most recently helping with the production of Sean McCulloughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kidstuff Liveâ&#x20AC;? show, which happens in the Visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Center on Gay Street the second Saturday morning of each month.

This is where their kids enter the story. Turns out son Judah, â&#x20AC;&#x153;8 and a half,â&#x20AC;? and sister Asha, 7, are pretty big radio fans themselves.

Sue, who is a nurse practitioner, says she and John, an ORNL research scientist, â&#x20AC;&#x153;have been longtime attendees at station events. Judah and Asha grew up going to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Blue Plate Special.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; While the kids like to listen to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kidstuff,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; they really love Doug Lauderdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Saturday night rockabilly show â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Rumble!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Linda Billman, WDVXâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general manager, takes over the story. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judah and his family were in the station volunteering to answer phones during our fund drive. One time I peeked in at them and Judah was deep into the wall of CDs checking out what was in the music library. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people are born to have music be a very big

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s announced on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kidstuffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; four or five times,â&#x20AC;? says his mom, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and DJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kidstuffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; once with Sean.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been with Paul (Amero) on Saturdays during the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Americana Mixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; three times, I think.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;He calls me â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Uncle Rumble,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? says Lauderdale. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judah is one of my favorite people â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a thoughtful, intelligent kid who jumped at the chance to work as a radio announcer and then took to it right off. His knowledge of the Americana format is very impressive.â&#x20AC;?

Lauderdale also has high praise for Asha who, he says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is equally amazing.â&#x20AC;? Sue says her daughter â&#x20AC;&#x153;has not been on the radio yet, but she loves music and we tend to spend our time at WDVX as a family.â&#x20AC;?

This is just fine with Billman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judah and his family are wonderful WDVX volunteers,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They care deeply about the station and have contributed so much Eight-year-old Judah Goodall takes a turn at the to it by volunteering at events, producing the Kidstuff mic during Paul Ameroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americana Mixâ&#x20AC;? on live radio show, and with their donations. We love that WDVX radio. Photo submitted Sue and John are showing their kids how to be involved in their community and make a difference while having part of their life. Judah may be one of them. He is a mu- fun.â&#x20AC;?

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