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High hopes for new athletic facility By Joe Rector

he new Karns High School opened its doors in 1980. It was furnished with items salvaged from the old school after a part of it burned. For years, sports teams continued to play on the old fields that weren’t located on campus. Eventually, a football stadium, baseball field, softball field and soccer field were completed. One thing that remains absent at the school is an athletic complex. The school has tried to construct a field house in the past, but a variety of reasons, from objections by officials to lack of commitment from parts of the community, have squelched progress. After years of discussing and planning and wrangling, a complex is under serious consideration by the school’s administration and supporters. The community believes it’s about time. Athletic director Jamie Cantrell says that Karns High is the only school in the system that doesn’t have such as facility for athletes. Some people call it a field house, but that implies the structure is for football use only. Cantrell says that one of the keys to making the athletic complex a reality is to ensure that it’s available to multiple teams. Seasonal teams will rotate in the use of the building. In addition to a place for football and other teams to dress and store equipment, plans include offices for coaches, a new and larger weight training facility and even a classroom for wellness classes. Principal Tracy Sands says the athletes at Karns deserve the facility. “Our students put in long hours in a variety of sports. They need a place that is closer to their fields and provides a place to dress other than restrooms in the school.”

Principal Tracy Sands and athletic director Jamie Cantrell go over the drawing of the new athletic complex. Photos by Joe Rector

The complex will be built on the site where tennis courts are now located.

Another positive is that building the complex will free up space in the school now used by football. Two dressing areas will be open for teams, and the overcrowding in the existing weight room in the balcony of the gym will be eased. A couple of meetings have already been held, and others are scheduled. Initially, a committee is trying to raise between $20,000 and $30,000 for engineering, architect drawings and other preliminary work. The sports complex will be To page A-3

Ladies of Charity take good works to new headquarters By Anne Hart Erika Fuhr is one of those remarkable people who can always find something good in even the worst of situations. But that admirable characteristic has been tested mightily over the last year or so. Fuhr has been the major force – they call her “the building guru” – behind the remodeling of a 25 ,000 - squa re foot building soon to be the new home of the Ladies of Charity. It will allow the organization to move its operations from Erika Fuhr cramped, outdated headquarters in two different locations to the new site and eventually expand its charitable programs. After months of effort, work on the new headquarters – the former Royal Beauty Supply building on Baxter Avenue – was nearing completion when a five inch highpressure water pipe froze and burst overnight in January 2010, flooding the entire building.

“Those who love the poor during life will have nothing to fear at the hour of their death.” – St. Vincent de Paul “Everything was ruined,” Fuhr says. “All the ceilings had to be ripped out to the rafters, the walls taken back to the studs, all the flooring pulled up. We lost the furnace, the electrical, everything. It was a nightmare. It cost us $80,000 just to get the water out, but we got right back to work the very next day.” So what good could she possibly find in all that? “We learned a lot was wrong with the building that we hadn’t known about. Now we have been able to take care of those things. It will save us money over the long run.” For example, there were large holes in the walls along roof lines that would have resulted in enormous heating and cooling bills. The building has many large windows, none of which was double-paned or insulated. Much of the structure

is concrete block, and the chinking was crumbling between the blocks. But now, everything that was old and outdated and worn out and not working the way it should has been replaced. “We now have a solid, tight building,” Fuhr says. “It’s almost a new building.” Help has come from many sources. A $33,500 grant from the Timken Foundation, an Ohio manufacturing firm with a facility in Mascot, replaced the large windows with new double-paned ones. A large part of the cost of the building was made possible by a bequest from a former member. In her will, Helen Marx left the Ladies of Charity $384,000. Funding sources for the organization include the United Way, private gifts, donations from the churches and the Angel Tree program. A volunteer writes grants applications. Paid staff is the equivalent of 3 1/2 fulltime positions, and the remaining work is performed by more than 100 volunteers who donated about 25,000 hours last year. Ladies of Charity operates both a thrift shop, where furni-

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was founded in 1942 by the women of Holy Ghost and Immaculate Conception churches and has long played an active role in helping primarily the working poor. As Fuhr puts it: “Many people hit rough spots in life, and our goal is to get them through that.” The doors to the new facility will open to the public on March 21.There will be a special mass at Holy Ghost Church at 10 a.m. March 18, and afterwards Bishop Richard Stika will cut the ribbon at the new facility. It will be dedicated to Mother Teresa.

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A-2 • FEBRUARY 28, 2011 • KARNS/HARDIN VALLEY SHOPPER-NEWS

Karns pitcher signs with Chattanooga State

Read any good books lately? If there’s one thing we try to impress on our young writers, it is the necessity to read. An argument can be made that the best writers are born, but even the minds of Shakespeare, Faulkner, Hemingway and Twain were once blank slates. Reading helped fill those slates. So, I hope you’ll pardon me if I briefly indulge in the timeless tradition of codgers everywhere in every era of lamenting the way in which we are preparing our youth. When I see “Huckleberry Finn” undergoing censoring or – worse yet – outright banning, I cringe. When I see the latest vampire novel flying off the shelves (or on to your Kindle) while “The Grapes of Wrath” gathers dust, I lament. And when I see what passes for “conversation” is these days of teen text-messaging madness, I fear for their future, because what flies off their fingertips is a reflection of what has (and has not) impressed their brains. Human beings are mimics. We copy others in our dress, our speech and our mannerisms. But thinking is a solo endeavor. We might take inspiration from another, and there is sometimes truth to the adage that two heads are better than one. But ultimately your thoughts and your ability to reason are your own, and the mind is a tool that grows dull when unchallenged. Reading good books sharpens that tool. Reading that stretches your understanding, that asks as much of you as it gives, invariably shapes a mind capable of dealing with complex issues. Those are the minds we need in an increasingly complex world. There are bright and inquisitive minds in every school in this nation, but we need to do more to encourage them. So, shut down the Xbox and the PlayStation for a few hours this week and give the library a try. With my digression into geezerdom out of the way, I can tell you that Jake Mabe is a kindred spirit when it comes to reading. Check out his feature on page A-7. Anne Hart comes with a front page feature about the Ladies of Charity, as worthy a lay organization as any. If you’re reading the Halls edition, or if you’re online, check out Betty Bean’s story about a new private middle school. Lorraine Furtner’s front page story for the Farragut edition is also a worthwhile read and should bolster your faith in what young people are capable of. All of our writers are available at www.shoppernews now.com. Go ahead – read something. Your mind will thank you for it. Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com..

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Toughness might be the best descriptor for Karns High softball pitcher Cassandra Lyons, and it’s led her to a scholarship offer from Chattanooga State.

Joe Rector The Karns senior goes into her senior season with plenty of expectations. She wants to improve on last season’s ERA that was barely 1.00, and she aims at 200 strikeouts for the season. Cassandra wants to continue being a power hitter as well. All of that comes from a girl who missed most of her sophomore season due to a stress facture of the clavicle. She came back with a vengeance the next year. Coach Judy Siebert says Cassandra’s love for the game and her competitive edge are what make her an outstanding player. Last year, she was named to the PrepXtra first team, the All-District tournament team, and three other All-Tournament teams. Cassandra says she’s been playing softball and pitching for seven or eight years and has played on the Knoxville Blaze travel team. She thinks the movement on her pitches helps her to be successful and identifies a curve ball as her best pitch. Cassandra plans to pursue a career in radiology and likes the programs offered at Chattanooga State. Like most teens, she enjoys time

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Lodge holds bean bash Folks in the Karns area will be marking March 5 on their calendars. On that day, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Karns Masonic Lodge will hold a Bean Bash meal. Everyone is welcome. In lieu of a charge, donations are requested. The proceeds will go to the benevolence fund. Plans are to help two families in the community who have fallen on hard times. The bean bash will feature several selections.

Homeowners’ council to meet The Council of West Knox County Homeowners will meet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, at Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will speak. Info: Debra Van Meter, 6901414, or e-mail vanmetes@ comcast.net.

to a presentation by Kathryn Eaton of Eaton Tax and Business Services. President Bill Halsey announced that the new website, www.karnsbusiness. com, was up and running. Officers will be trained to manage the site. A calendar of community events is to be added. Individuals can contact Alicia Pruett to list events at apruett@bellsouth.net. Halsey and others expressed concern about the low turnout at meetings. The area has approximately 400 businesses, but few individuals have joined the association and fewer attend monthly meetings. Halsey welcomes comments Karns Business on how to improve meetings Association meets and attendance. The assoThe January meeting of ciation meets on the second the Greater Karns Business Thursday of each month Association drew another at the Karns community small crowd. Members center located at 7708 Oak shared lunch and listened Ridge Highway. Pinto and navy beans will be offered, as well as chili and taco-bean soup. More than likely, cornbread, chow-chow and onions will be available to complete the meal. The masons are also collecting nonperishable goods for the Fort Sanders Hospitality Center. It is for cancer patient families who live 3540 miles away from the hospital. It offers a place to relax and refresh while family members stay for long times at the hospital. Items can be dropped off at the lodge on Tuesday nights at 6 p.m. The address is 7429 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 691-2270 or 659-7858.

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a metal building with brick skirting. Plans are to sell individual bricks and have names placed on them. The price will be $50 per brick. Estimates for the finished complex are close to $250,000. Sands says that she hopes residents and businesses will join the drive. A pamphlet is being developed so that the

fundraising committee can better explain the drive. The temporary spokesperson is Betsy Gray. Those who would like to donate or help with the project can contact her at bgray@rodefermoss. com. On Facebook, people can call up information by typing in Karns High School Athletic Complex. Karns High wasn’t lucky

enough to have extra funds from its construction to build a complex. The school is once again tackling a problem by going to the community and asking for support. The odds are that alumni, residents and businesses will once again answer the call for help to ensure that athletes have facilities equal to those at other schools.

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the winners of the Young Classical Musicians Competition, the Knoxville Choral Society’s performance of Mozart’s Coronation Mass and several early American hymns and spirituals. Tickets are $20. Info: www. knoxvillechoralsociety.org.

Center in Maryville. The first event will be 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the choir room with free admission. Donations will be accepted. A concert will be held 7:30 p.m. with stories for adults and children who listen like adults. Admission is $7 ($5 students and seniors). Tickets go on sale Tuesday, March 1. Info: 981-8590.

Karns Republican Club will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Farragut High School students Briana Stockdale, Elizabeth Wunschel and Stephanie Brooks rake March 1, in the Karns Midmulch at the Tennessee School for the Deaf as part of this year’s World Rotary Day project. dle School library, 2925 Gray Hendrix Road. Guest speaker will be General Sessions Judge Andrew Jackson IV. Info: Lorriane By Jake Mabe Coffey, 660-3677 or Chris Rotarians from all seven Smith, 256-4866. Knox area clubs rolled up their sleeves and went to March at the work on the playground area Art Market Gallery at the Tennessee School for The Art Market Galthe Deaf on Feb. 19 as part of lery, 422 South Gay St., World Rotary Day. will present an exhibit of World Rotary Day (which works by local artists Sissy was Feb. 23) celebrates RoCaldwell and Gary Dagtary’s founding in 1905. Farnan on Tuesday, March 1, ragut Rotarian Fred Martin through Saturday, March said that the clubs hold a 26. Caldwell creates jewelry Saturday project event each year to coincide with World Farragut Rotarians Steve Dillenburg, Jim O’Brien, Fred Martin with precious metal clay and Dagnan is a landscape Rotary Day. and Tom Ireland take a short break from their hard work on painter who works in “This is the fourth year World Rotary Day. Photos by Jake Mabe watercolor, oil and acrylic. we’ve worked a project at a A First Friday reception school,” Martin said. “Volwill be held 5:30 to 9 p.m. unteers have worked mostly March 4 with music by at playground improvement, Grayson Dagnan and Robbut we’ve also done some ert Allen. Info: 525-5265 or cleaning.” visit artmarketgallery.net. Martin says that the Rotary Club of Knoxville (the Choral Society Downtown club) has had a and orchestra connection with TSD for 80some years. The Knoxville Choral In addition to Rotarians, Society’s annual Young Classical Competitions volunteers from interact clubs Concert will be held 8 p.m. at Catholic, Webb and FarSaturday, March 5, in the ragut High schools, as well as from Central Baptist Church West Knox Rotarians George Wehrmaker (who coordinated the Knoxville Convention Cenof Fountain City and UT Law project), Todd Wolf, Jim Bailey, Gary Ricciardi and Greg Carter ter lecture hall. The concert features performances by take a break for the camera. School, also chipped in.

Volunteers work hard for World Rotary Day

Masons host fundraiser Beaver Ridge Masonic Lodge 366, 7429 Oak Ridge Highway, will host a benefit bean dinner 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 5. Five different kinds of home-cooked beans will be served with homemade cake for dessert. Admission is free, although donations will be accepted for two local families in need.

Arts and Heritage Fund The Arts and Culture Alliance has announced the launch of the Arts and Heritage Fund which seeks to raise money to support a wide range of arts organizations, historical sites and cultural organizations throughout the Knoxville area. Info: www.ahfund. org or 523-7543.

World Storytelling Day World Storytelling Day will be held Friday, March 18, at the Clayton Arts

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Opera afternoon The Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra will present an afternoon of opera music during the next Chamber Classics concert 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at the Bijou Theatre. Soprano Katy Williams and baritone Kevin Richard Doherty will join the chamber orchestra for this performance. Tickets start at $23.50. Info: www. knoxvillesymphony.com or 291-3310.

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I wish I could lay claim to that title, but it was the “There’s no cover anyIt’s an interesting time for the little band of volunteers more for the people who brainchild of Walt Kelly, (“three church ladies and a are opposing this bill,” said creator of the “Pogo” comic preacher”) who are trying Dawn Coppock, legisla- strip. The phrase was picked to persuade the Tennessee tive director of LEAF, the up by conservationists more General Assembly to ban church-based group that than a generation ago. It’s mountaintop coal mining. has been lobbying the Sce- as true today as it was then, nic Vistas Act, which was and it goes to the heart of authored by Coppock nearly the contentious debate over the Hillside and Ridgetop four years ago. Protection Plan. “Last year their lobbyist Betty Bean was running around saying my bill could cost 6,000 jobs, not to mention the tax Larry Public interest in their revenue,” Coppock said. Van issue has shifted one way “Well now they’ve closed Guilder while the surging Republi- down and you don’t get sevcan Party has gone in the op- erance tax on coal you don’t posite direction. mine. The fact the severance Support for the Scenic tax is low doesn’t have anyAt last week’s public Vistas Act has been build- thing to do with our bill. hearing on the plan, Coming steadily over the past “There isn’t any mining missioner Tony Norman three sessions, even though going on that I can find, but proclaimed it a “happy day” the church ladies have been what I’m hearing is that nobecause the issue was about avoided, evaded, neglected body’s mining up there (in to be settled. Norman charand rejected by politicians the Cumberlands) but a few acterized developers’ redesperate to keep the bill old wildcatters who’ve been luctance to abandon their from coming to a vote. doing it for years. How do God-given rights to fell evThe Legislature has you get upset about banning ery tree and flatten every moved steadily to the right something in Tennessee hill as a “clash” between a and Big Coal has been em- that’s not even happening in “reasoned approach” to depowered by a Supreme Court Tennessee? There’s no cover velopment and “emotion.” decision that has allowed anymore. What’re they go- Norman said a mouthful, them to untie the purse ing to say: ‘I hate mountain- and before the hearing was strings and pour unlimited tops? They’d look better as over, his happy day had besums of money into politi- mesas?’ ” come a Blue Monday. cal campaigns even as the The obvious answer is The plan dissenters were public has become increas- that mountains are still bein no mood to hear that ingly determined to protect ing blown to hell in Kentucky their “taking” argument was Tennessee’s mountains from and West Virginia and the hogwash or that the “nocoal company dynamite. industry giants don’t want tification” they demanded The major and maybe even a symbolic precedent be mailed to thousands of the only sensible-sounding set in nearby Tennessee. “affected” property owners argument against banning The administration of this form of mining has been newly minted Gov. Bill economic: Haslam probably shouldn’t inspire much confidence in Jobs. Taxes. Money. But that claim never had anyone who opposes mounmuch merit and will be even taintop removal. Tennessee tougher to make now that Department of Environment the last in-state coal compa- and Conservation commisny practicing mountaintop sioner Bob Martineau made removal, National Coal, has a career defending polluting sold out to a West Virginia industries. Coppock, chooscompany that fired its 155 ing her words carefully, Recently, city Mayor Danemployees and ceased its op- says she’s waiting for an opiel Brown announced an exportunity to speak with the eration at Zeb Mountain, the cellent choice for police chief largest and oldest mountain- TDEC brass. “We haven’t talked yet. I in David Rausch. A national top removal site in Tennessee. Permits are still pending have a pending request for a search was not needed or warranted as KPD had sevmeeting,” she said. at other sites, however. eral persons who could have ably stepped into the posiBurchett: plan is a slippery slope tion, and Rausch is certainly one of them. He brings enfor property rights ergy, knowledge, experience It’s official: Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett opposes and integrity to the position. the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan. In a press reAs part of the promolease last Friday sure to give aid and comfort to developers tion from deputy chief to and backers of the fallacious “taking” argument, Burchett police chief will come a salcalled the plan “a roadmap for the significant erosion of the ary boost. Outgoing Police rights of thousands of Knox County property owners,” add- Chief Sterling “I.V.” Owen ing that “government should not … place new bureaucratic is the second highest paid roadblocks that further restrict economic development.” city employee at $158,780 As was pointed out by MPC staff at last week’s public in total compensation. His hearing on the plan, development possibilities in the coun- pension for six years with ty are scarcely restricted. Within the plan’s hillside area, the city will be around approximately 76,000 units housing roughly 190,000 $19,000 a year, starting the people may be constructed. Outside the protected areas day he retires depending there is developable land that could contain 103,000 units on which option he picks. for 230,000 residents. In total, enough space to effectively What Brown decides to pay the new police chief has not double Knox County’s current population. been announced. However, Some “roadblock.” – Larry Van Guilder he should consider where

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was not only unreasonable but legally unnecessary. Because the plan applies to the entire county, the logical extension of that demand is that every property owner in the county, whether residing on ridgetops or flatlands, should receive notification. This defies logic and good sense, of course, but both were in short supply among those eager to blast the plan’s architects as nothing short of anti-American environmentalist wackos. It did little good for Law Director Joe Jarret to ex-

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it places Chief Rausch in terms of other salaries at the high levels of the city. There has been a $67,000 disparity between the fire chief, Stan Sharp, who earns $91,470 in total compensation, and the police chief. This unfair difference sends a message that the fire chief is not important. The fire chief’s salary should be adjusted upwards given his responsibilities. The new police chief should not start off at the identical salary of the person he replaces. The fire chief also should not be making $60,000 a year less than David Hill, who earns $152,940 in total compensation. Hill was removed as the mayor’s chief of staff several years ago and assigned lesser duties running waterfront de-

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plain that, in the first place, “taking” could not apply to a plan, which is, after all, only a set of guidelines and not statutes. And what, allegedly, was being taken? The aginners wail that the insidious plan takes away their right to use their property as they please without restriction. Save for the lucky few who own and inhabit a private island in the tropics, that “right” has been dubious from the moment people began forming communities. “You took $300,000 of our money to take our

velopment where activity is slow to say the least, but his salary was not reduced along with his duties. Hill is the fifth highest paid city employee and certainly his work load does not justify anything close to this amount or position on the pay scale. If not changed, this is a valid topic in the mayoral campaign. Hill’s job could easily be eliminated, his duties transferred to community development, and no one would notice his departure. The mayor is paid $130,000 annually. The highest paid city employee is Janet Wright who runs computer services. Her total compensation is $161,300, and she earns it as this is a highly competitive area requiring expertise and skill. She has both. The third and fourth highest paid city employees in total compensation are Larry Martin at $157,460 (which I suspect is far less than he made at First Tennessee) and Bill Lyons at $152,800. Both have been with the city more than five years and can receive a city pension based on their

property rights away to please you,” said one irate protester. If you attended any of the endless task force meetings over the last couple of years, you’d know the members weren’t motivated by “pleasure.” Another, an MPC commissioner no less, said his impression is “the plan was developed by too narrow a group.” The “group,” 23 in all, consisted of professionals in planning and development as well as elected officials. One brave property owner bucked the trend when she complained that landowners “were not thinking about anything other than monetary value.” But she was the exception who proved the rule, her comments buried under complaints that the plan was “shallow and emotional,” that the task force “overstepped” its mandate or that the process should start over. There’s little indication that the plan doesn’t meet the approval of the majority of Knox County residents. Norman said the opposition’s strategy is to “elongate the issue,” a tactic he considered “inappropriate.” But he summed up the opposition’s position best in words that Pogo himself couldn’t have bettered: “This is absurd.” Contact: lvgknox@mindspring.com.

years of service and highest pay at time of retirement. There are only 13 persons with the city who make more than $100,000 a year out of a workforce of 1,600 employees. City employees are anxious about a pension study committee being appointed and what it will recommend. They assume it means reductions and cuts. Meanwhile, the lawsuit from 31 city employees for a change in their pension plan continues to the dismay of many. It is hard to see broad pension changes occurring if the city leaders do not also address and resolve this lawsuit which, if successful, could add several million dollars to the pension liability. Also, it is incomprehensible that Bill Lyons has said the pension study committee will hold some private meetings. State law requires open meetings, and even if it did not, it is bad public policy to bar taxpayers from meetings where public monies are being discussed. Surely Lyons remembers the controversy with Knox County Commission.

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Carson’s big day on The Hill Carson said the format changes (and no doubt the fact that the Legislature had scheduled work for Wednesday) caused the sessions to be more “dropin” than formal. Gov. Bill Haslam visited one group and former UT coach Phillip Fulmer also stopped by. State Sen. Jamie Woodson was terrific, Carson said, and the students related so well to Sandra state Rep. Ryan Haynes Clark that, “I had to cut off questions!” Carson’s day was so hecAnd to make it even Knox County school board vice chair Karen Carson, Gov. Bill tic that when she got into more fun, she and some Haslam and state PTA president Kathy Patty at the PTA’s annual her car to drive home, “the silence was wonderful.” colleagues decided to in- Legislative Day on the Hill. Photo submitted clude students. It was a day-trip for the “We expected maybe Leaders quickly impro- triplicate. Students not in high and middle school 30 to 50 students. We had vised, dividing the kids session were dispatched on kids, with the Knox Counmore than 200,” she said. into three groups and con- tours of the Capitol and the ty group leaving at 6 a.m. and the Memphis students “Logistics were a problem.” ducting each session in nearby state museum.

Knox County school board member Karen Carson had a full day last Wednesday. As legislative chair for the Tennessee PTA, Carson was in demand as hundreds of PTA members descended on Nashville for their annual Legislative Day on The Hill.

Rotary Club of Knoxville to hold Fat Tuesday Party

Model bridge contest The East Tennessee Regional Model Bridge Building Contest will be held 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 5, at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge for students in grades 7-12. The top two winners in the Senior High division will advance to the International Model Bridge Building Contest at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago on Saturday, April 30. Participants must register by Monday, Feb. 28. Info: www.amse.org.

Rotary Club of Knoxville will hold its second annual Fat Tuesday Party and $10,000 Reverse Raffle fundraiser 6:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the Foundry. The fundraiser benefits local and international programs. Tickets are $100 for a chance to win $10,000. Every 25th name drawn will receive $100 back. You do not have to be present to win. Info: Elaine McCullough, 523-8252 or visit www.rotary clubofknoxville.com.

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Stamp show to feature 1861 Confederate stamps The Knoxville Philatelic Society, a nonprofit hobby and educational organization, will hosts its annual stamp show, “Knoxpex 2011 – 150th anniversary of Knoxville’s 1861 Confederate Stamps,” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 5, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at the Holiday Inn Knoxville West, 304 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Admission and parking are free. Info: www.stampclubs.com/knoxville/index. html.

The “UT Singers Jazz Choir Concert” will be presented 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the Blount County library. Free admission. Info: 982-0981.

Writing workshop Award-winning playwright Lisa Soland will teach an eight-week playwright workshop each Tuesday evening from March 8 through April 26 at Pellissippi State Community College in Hardin Valley. Info: www.lisasoland.com, 818-973-2262 or e-mail lisasoland@aol.com.

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Award-winning author Rick Yancey will read from his newest teen series “The Monstrumologist” 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, at Lawson McGhee library. Free admission. Info: 215-8767.

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will present a tribute to John Denver 8 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at the Civic Auditorium. The concert will feature Denver’s hits including “Rocky Mountain High,” “Sunshine On My Shoulders” and “Take Me Home Country Roads.” Tickets start at $34 and can be purchased online at www. knoxvillesymphony.com or by calling 6564444 or 291-3310.

ArtXtravaganza This year’s ArtXtravaganza art show and sale will be held 2-8 p.m. Friday, March 4; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 5; and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 6, in the Lee Athletic Center at Webb School of Knoxville. The show will feature paintings, sculptures, jewelry, pottery and more. Admission and parking are free. All proceeds support Webb’s artist-in-residence program. Info: www.artxtravaganza.org or 291-3846.

■ The Knoxville Writers’ Guild will meet 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at the Laurel Theater. Guest speakers will be poets Pamela Uschuk and William Pitt Root presenting “Poems: The Worlds That Live in Us.” A $1 donation will be requested at the door. ■ A reading to benefit Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment (SOCM) will be held 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Author Jeff Biggers will read from his new book “Reckoning at Eagle

■ Support an appointed superintendent ■ Support local (not state) control of school calendar ■ Support funding of BEP 2.0 ■ Support timely feedback on TCAP scores ■ Support regulations on cyber-bullying (but not 24/7 school responsibility)

■ The Knox County school board will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the City County Building; a workshop will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, at the Andrew Johnson board room. At 4 p.m. Monday, Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre will announce the new UT Leadership Academy participants, a 15-month training program for aspiring principals.

Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland.” RSVP: Ann League, 249-7488 or email ann@socm.org. ■ West Knox Lions Club meets 7 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month at Shoney’s on Lovell Road. ■ Families Anonymous will meet each Tuesday from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. at Peninsula Lighthouse building 2, 6800 Baum Dr. The group gives support to families with members experiencing substance or behavioral issues. Info: Barbara, 696-6606. ■ Optimist Club of Knoxville will meet at noon each Friday for lunch at the Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park Dr. Info: www.knoxvilleoptimist.org. ■ Knoxville Bipolar Disorder Support Group will meet 10 a.m. each Saturday at Messiah Lutheran Church on Kingston Pike. All items discussed during the meeting are completely confidential. ■ First Friday Knoxville Networking Organization will meet 8 p.m. every first Friday, at the Sobu Lounge,

6213 Kingston Pike. Come for networking, business card exchange and door prizes. Info: www.1stfridayknoxville. com or 615-944-1388.

Photography contest Knox Heritage is holding a contest for photographers to participate in the organization’s annual Art and Architecture Tour. Professional and amateur photographers 16 or older can submit photos of historic buildings located in and around The Old City. The winning photos will constitute the tour route Friday, May 6, and will be displayed at the Emporium throughout June. Entries must be received no later than Thursday, March 31. Winners will be notified mid-April and publicly announced the day of the tour. Info: www.knoxheritage. org or 523-8008.

The Knoxville Contra Dancers meet at 8 p.m. for dancing to live acoustic music every Monday at the Laurel Theater near UT. No experience or partner required. Admission is $7. Info: 386-6627 or www. discoveret.org/kcd.

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The billboard outside Radio City Music Hall advertises “Elvis Presley in Concert.”

Elvis conquers the Empire State

And here too, up on a video screen, was Elvis “himselvis,” still able, through the raw power of that remarkable voice, to bring the audience to its feet. On and on the classics came, “Hound Dog,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “All Shook Up,” “Suspicious Minds.” But the highlights were the showstoppers, the big numbers that utilized both the full orchestra and the full range of Elvis’ two octave voice. “What Now My Love” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “How Great Thou Art” and “American Trilogy.” When Elvis and the band hit the bombastic final notes of “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” people were standing, screaming, swooning. Some clapped. Others cried. All the tough images of terrible impersonators were thrown in the trash with yesterday’s Times. The King was back, or as back as he’s ever going to be, making you forget all about the unfair caricature of the bloated, bejeweled self-parody and remember the artist, the entertainer, the man who changed American pop music forever. Years and years ago, after watching Presley’s “comeback”

show on NBC, reviewer John Landau wrote, “He sang with the kind of power people no longer expect from rock and roll singers.” If Landau thought it was dead in 1968, I hope to God he has been spared the sight of 2011. Bieber Fever and Britney Spears and fi ll in your own blank can’t hold a candle to the King. But, then again, neither can anybody else. They never could. “There have been pretenders and there have been contenders,” Bruce Springsteen once observed. “But there’s only one king.” “Before Elvis,” lamented John Lennon, “there was nothing.” This super-duper spectacle should be seen again and again and again, if only to remind the young and the ignorant that popular music doesn’t have to be pointless drivel. Manhattan is marvelous this time of year. A blustery 30-degree Tuesday gave way to a 50-degree Wednesday. We went to the top of the Empire State Building. I was last there on Sept. 1, 2001 – 10 days before the towers fell. Everything and nothing has changed. We ate lunch at Heartland Brewing Company and sat next

to Pete from Texas, who works in television. Pete gets up here about four times a year. He had finished work for the day and decided to sit by a window and watch. He lives on three acres an hour outside Big D and said he was ready to go home. “Two or three days of this madness is enough.” It was time to go to Penn Station, time to head to Newark, to Knoxville. On the plane I talked to a teacher from Louisiana. She was headed to New Orleans and said her house was spared by Katrina, but damaged during Gustav. She had one of those wonderful Old South accents, thick as sweet molasses, much different from my mountain mumblings. I had awakened in Times Square and went to sleep in Tennessee, visions of Elvis and the Empire State dancing in my head. I don’t have any reasons, to quote Billy Joel. I’ve left them all behind. I’m in a New York state of mind. Call Jake Mabe at 922-4136 or e-mail JakeMabe1@ aol.com. Visit him online at http://jakemabe. blogspot.com, on Facebook or at Twitter.com/ HallsguyJake.

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Little John CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton I have much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink; instead I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face. (3 John 13 NRSV) The third letter of John is unique. In Greek, 3 John is just 219 words, 15 verses – the shortest book in the New Testament. In Greek, not one of those words is Christ. The translators of the New Revised Standard Ver-

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letters of John written to one individual. So what is this little missive? It is written to an individual, a church leader named Gaius, which doesn’t tell us much: Gaius was a common name in the early Christian era. The writer didn’t identify himself either, except as “the elder,” which meant a leader in the faith community. Its purpose, however, is clear: it is a letter of reference. Just as in modern times, a letter is written from one friend or associate to another, by way of introduction and commendation on behalf of a third party. In this case, apparently, “the elder” writes to Gaius concerning “the friends” – a group of traveling missionaries – recommending that he offer them hospitality and care for them, so that they do not have to depend on

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nonbelievers for support. In a sideline, he writes about “Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first. …” (That is a charge that could be leveled against a great many of us, who worry about I, me and mine instead of the welfare of the whole community of faith.) Apparently, he is an elder in the church as well, because he has and exercises the authority to expel those who want to welcome “the friends.” The letter is apparently carried by one Demetrius, about whom we know nothing else (surely not the silversmith we meet in Ephesus in Acts!), but whose virtue is vouched for by the writer of the letter. And then verse 13 piques my curiosity. Perhaps it is the tone of the whole letter, and the obvious factions and tensions in the church, but I wonder about verse 13. The

writer says, “I have much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink; instead I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.” Did he dread the labor (and expense?) of writing on parchment? Or did he mistrust the emissary who would carry the letter? Did he worry that it might fall into the wrong hands, or become more public than he intended? Did he feel more secure with a private, unrecorded conversation? Perhaps that is the lesson of this rather obscure book. It is not a great theological treatise, with grand, sweeping ideas and glorious, soaring language. It is life in the church: greetings, memos, church minutes, discussions, plans, arrangements, references, problems, reflections, dreams. Sound familiar?

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Austin Shofner circa 1936. Photo courtesy UT Sports Information on

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By Jake Mabe

guess the whole thing started with “Danny and the Dinosaur.” My parents read it to me again and again. I can still see the pictures, still see the words on the page. I remember the dinosaur hiding in the museum. I remember thinking that was funny. Clever, even. Somewhere in the 2nd or 3rd grade, neighbor Marilyn Johnson gave me a copy of her son Ben’s Hardy Boys mystery, “While the Clocked Ticked.” And I was hooked. Thus the dominoes began to fall – more Hardy Boys and “Where the Red Fern Grows,” when the boy falls on the ax. Joyce Hill showed us the movie; my pictures were better than Hollywood’s. Then came Encyclopedia Brown. Books on meteorology and football and politics. By 9 or 10, maybe before, I was reading the papers – the stories, the comics, the Mini Page, the TV guide. I began writing stories by the 3rd grade. I can remember sitting on the playground at the old Brickey School, looking, learning, lamenting. When I got to Virginia Rains’ 5th grade class, she would have me write one story a week to share with my chums. It continued that next year at Halls Middle, Roy Andrews and the “Snood” mysteries. He put them up on a board at the front of the class. Jon Wright drew the cover. These memories floated out of the mist of time while I was reading Roger Rosenblatt’s “Unless it Moves the Human Heart,” about the craft of writing. He says that all good writers are readers. I agree. I would worry, fret even, over a writer who doesn’t read. The late, great Wilma Dykeman once gave me great advice. To be a writer, she typed in an old-fashioned letter, write, write, write and read, read, read. So I did. Whenever I was happy or sad or lonely or fulfilled, I would write. And read. Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle and Rex Stout. Ian Fleming and Dorothy Gil-

man. I tried to read Spillane but didn’t much care for him. The summer before high school I read Harper Lee. “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Brilliant in its simplicity, that little girl’s story. Still later came Hemingway and Faulkner, Larry McMurtry and John Grisham; Charles Dickens, the best and worst of times, and the New York Times. I can still recall the absolute thrill, the shiver that ran up my spine, when I first held a Sunday Times in my excited little fingers. I was assigned John Updike in college, the one about that boy at the A&P, and knew I’d stumbled onto something special. I could see the ringleader and her two sidekicks. I was there, in the store with them. I could see it. I could see it! Then my boss introduced me to Pete Hamill. For the first time I became cognizant of language as rhythm, music keeping time with the metronome. I read “A Drinking Life,” the perfect memoir with not a wasted word, and I knew. Yes. This was writing. Other discoveries have been gold nuggets sifted out of the soil. Pat Conroy and the broken sand dollars. Jay Gatsby and the blinking green light. “In Cold Blood,” that awful, awful night in Kansas. A bit later I read Capote’s novella “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” evidence, if you need it, that even the cinema can’t top a super scribe. I remember the night I read “The Old Man and the Sea,” in one sitting. I could smell the saltwater and the sea air and see the look of grief on the old man’s weathered face. I could see it. I could see it! Reading is such a pleasure. It isn’t passive, for one thing. The author sets the stage. You get to be the casting director. The pictures are in your head. And what’s wonderful about it is your pictures are different from mine. Someone once said that a good book is a garden carried around in one’s pocket. Nurture it, I say. Let it grow!

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hopper editor Larry Van Guilder got my attention with last week’s strong story about a genuine hero. If I see famous names in the news for all the wrong reasons, I am reminded that we are running a bit short on leadership. Business giants rise and fall. Politicians are vulnerable. Some coaches cheat. Even preachers sometimes sin and fall short. Many top athletes reject the responsibility of role modeling. They prefer to just play the games, earn fortunes, appear in one charity golf tournament, maybe sign a few autographs and flip the switch. Privacy is precious. They don’t want to be bothered. My search for a hero was richly blessed. Pat Shires (Tennessee tailback, 1952) sent me a book, “Escape from Davao” by John D. Lukacs, 2010, Simon and Schuster. It dusts off one of the greatest stories of the Pacific segment of World War II, a daring daylight escape from a notorious Japanese prison camp. A former Volunteer was a ringleader. Believe it or not, there was a tattered background file in my office. Before he was a Marine, Austin Shofner was a substitute Tennessee tackle, 175 pounds, somewhere behind Bob Woodruff on the depth chart. Austin lettered in ’36, the year Red Harp ran back a punt and knocked heavily favored Duke out of a Rose Bowl trip. Shofner grew up outside Shelbyville, along the Duck River. His father, a teacher and part-time farmer, sent him to the big city with sage advice: “If you can’t be smart, be lucky.” Robert R. Neyland gave young Shofner additional coaching tips, all those football fundamentals, plus the maxims. The player said the coach taught mind over matter. At 25, Shofner was a Marine officer stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese bombed Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Arthur Jones was there. He remembered the chilling news: “Capt. Austin C. Shofner took charge, issuing ammunition, telling us our play days were over, we could start earning our money.” Jones said the captain could be caustic, abrasive or glib, that he was a natural leader, able to motivate under difficult, even impossible circumstances. There were some. The 4th Marine regiment was dispatched to Corregidor. It fought fiercely but did not fare well. On May 6, 1942, the warriors were told to give up. “It fell to Capt. Shofner to pass the word to the men that for the first time in history U.S. Marines had been ordered to surrender. He

broke his ceremonial sword over his knee.” Shofner, prisoner of war, survived the infamous Bataan death march. Many didn’t. He survived 11 months at Davao, a former penal colony for Filipino criminals. Many didn’t. Conditions were barbaric – slave labor, not enough food and no medical support. Americans were beaten, tortured, killed. There was no way to escape. That hellhole was surrounded by a swamp. When seven officers (three marines, three airmen and an artillery major) and two tough sergeants pondered the possibility, somebody said it couldn’t be done. Shofner said they had to try, that their other choice was to die. Motivation was to tell the civilized world what they had seen. With two Filipino convicts as tour guides, they simply jogged away from an assignment outside the walls. Guards laughed and said the Americans had learned to appreciate their jobs, that they were running to work. The escapees waded the swamps and fought off wasps and leeches and crocodiles. They hacked their way through jungle. They got lost. They came to a large stream. It was Shofner who said cut a large tree and use it as a bridge. One in the group wanted to turn back. “No!” roared Shofner. “You will not.” “You can’t stop me.” “The hell I can’t. I will kill you with my bare hands.” The Americans finally found a Filipino resistance group – or maybe the natives found them. “Brave Americans” were celebrated as heroes. Nobody could escape the Japanese. The U.S. government delayed their formal rescue. It had a different timetable for telling the world about prison camp horrors. Instead of just waiting, Shofner rejoined the war. When the story was finally told, the Pacific heated up. Some think the Davao escape may have galvanized the decision to drop atomic bombs. Douglas MacArthur was among those who pinned medals on Shofner’s chest. Indeed, he was a hero – promoted to brigadier general, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Merit with V for valor, two Silver Stars, the Bronze Star with V, two Purple Hearts and the Chinese Cloud and Banner, along with various campaign medals. Shofner later told Neyland that what he learned in Tennessee football saved his life. Neyland turned away. He had something in his eyes. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@ netzero.com.

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Students learn about Students help sick kids feel cozy engineering opportunities By Lorraine Furtner

This project was not as easy as it looked. Hardin Valley Academy teachers Clyda Frye and Kelly Sparks worked with members of FCCLA (Family, Careers and Community Leaders of America) to create 85 blankets donated to Children’s Hospital.

By Joe Rector A father and son team visited Byington Solway Career and Technical Education Center as part of National Engineering Week. Karns students from engineering and technology classes, taught by Chris Tucker and Derek Witt, and from computer aided design and principles of engineering classes, taught by John Rhyne, listened to the presentation during class time Feb. 22.

Karns Beavers Ernie Lamb, an electrical design engineer at Y-12, and his son Kevin, a mechanical engineer also at Y-12, joined to give a PowerPoint presentation about engineering as a career. It’s the sixth year Ernie has visited schools and the third year the father and son have worked together. In all, engineers visited 19 high schools and vocational schools during the week. Lamb said the program is designed to educate students about engineering as a career and to help a resurgence of it in the United States. He said that demand is growing for engineers of all kinds and the pay is excellent. He added that every day is different. Kevin Lamb said the profession allows an individual to dream about possibilities. Different jobs available in engineering include sales, manufacturing and design. Chris Tucker says he and other teachers welcome people in the work force who can speak to students about the opportunities available in the fields of engineering and technology.

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Ernie Lamb speaks to Byington-Solway students as part of National Engineering Week. Photo by Joe Rector

He sponsors the Technology Students Association, and, in the past, the Karns organization has been a top award-winning one. They and the Karns Middle TSA club recently competed at Bearden Middle. “Visitors give students some ideas about what kind of education is needed and what projects are completed in each profession. It’s a real look at what lies ahead for young people.” The Lambs stressed that students need strong backgrounds in science and math if they are interested in engineering. They praised the area community colleges which work with Tennessee Tech University and UT so that students can transfer credits from their pre-engineering programs. This year, Ernie’s other son, Adam, will graduate from TTU, where he and Kevin earned degrees, and he would like for the three of them to work as a team speaking to high school students.

Children’s dance auditions The Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble will hold open auditions for new members 4 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Dancers Studio, 4216 Sutherland Ave. Any Tennessee resident age 8-14 can audition with a prepared, original, one-minute dance composition without music demonstrating modern dance and ballet techniques. TCDE performs nationally. Info: Amy or Irena, 584-9636.

The group will enter the service project in the FCCLA regional competition, held at Carson-Newman College on March 2. The “snuggle blankets” help sick children feel cozy and comforted while staying in the hospital. The group separated the two sizes requested by Children’s Hospital into gender specific patterns. The throws were then sorted and tagged by age and gender for “big girls and boys” and “toddler boys and girls.” Each fleece blanket took approximately two hours to make, including cutting and knotting or surging the edges. The challenge was getting everyone together to work on the blankets, since many students participate in sports, dance or other extracurricular activities. Club president, senior Valorie Brite, said students managed to complete the task by working during school enrichment hours on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Sparks said it took awhile to figure out who was best at doing what part of the project. At first, some of the cutters were big talkers and measured them wrong, so we have a couple of “reject blankets,” said Sparks. The “do-overs” won’t be wasted, but will be used as part of the display for the competition. Frye said students sold doughnuts to raise the $500

Hardin Valley Academy students Maranda Ball, Kristin Pudelek, Savannah Parks and Maddi Trent knot the fringe to complete 85 blankets for a FCCLA service project to donate to Children’s Hospital. Photos by L. Furtner

Hardin Valley Academy students Alli Bartie and Lauren Gentry tag and stack blankets for FCCLA to take to Children’s Hospital.

Hardin Valley Academy students Jack Jaudon, Landyn Behn, Hayley Holder, Emily Cox and Devon Bzorgi work on a presentation board for an FCCLA competition. spent on supplies to make the blankets. “I am so proud of all the

work these kids put into said Frye, “and they manthis. I think these are the aged to pull it all together, best students in the school,” just in time.”

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You’ll Save Your System & Your Wallet. Ball Camp Elementary School third grader Tyson Adams accepts a dictionary and pencil from Farragut Rotary member Tom King. The Rotary Club presented a dictionary to every third grade student Feb. 24 and put 16 in the school’s library. Photos by N. Lester

SCHOOL NOTES ■ Karns Elementary School’s PTA will meet 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, in the east library. ■ Cedar Bluff Elementary School will accept books this week for the Book Swap, being held Tuesday and Wednesday, March 8-9. During the swap, each student will be able to pick a book to keep from those donated. ■ Hardin Valley Academy will have 8th grade parent night Monday, Feb. 28, for

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Hardin Valley Academy junior Jake Marinak volleys the ball back over the net during a racketball game at the Hardin Valley Health Expo last Thursday. students attending HVA next year. Ninth grade course selection forms will be distributed as well as the HVA curriculum guide. For more information, visit the school’s website. ■ Hardin Valley Elementary School will have a vision

screening for k-1st grade students 8 a.m. Monday through Wednesday, March 7-9. The school’s PTA will meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in the library, and kindergarten night for upcoming kindergarten students will be held 6-7 p.m. the same evening.

Exhibit at KMA The Knoxville Museum of Art will present the exhibit “Amplified Moments” by Chinese contemporary artist Xiaoze Xie Friday, March 11, through Sunday, May 15. The exhibit will include more than 30 works of painting, photography, installation and video and represent the artist’s use of books and newspapers “to symbolize the fragile nature of history and memory.” Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Info: www.knoxart.org.

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WEST SIDE SHOPPER-NEWS • FEBRUARY 28, 2011 • A-9

Speaker foresees prophecies fulfilled Discusses Israeli history, ‘end times’ at First Baptist Concord

When he watches the news, Messianic Jew Marvin Rosenthal sees Armageddon rapidly approaching. “God is trailblazing for us, so when He comes we will recognize Him,” he told the First Baptist Concord congregation on Feb. 20. Rosenthal has visited Israel more than 100 times and is currently applying for citizenship there. He spoke to the audience about Jewish history in efforts to connect the past to the world’s current state. He began with biblical history found in the Old Testament and worked through World War I, the Protestant Reformation and World War II. The sermon focused on the constant need for a Jewish homeland. He said numerous groups and political figures through the years

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Library to host book sale The Friends of the Knox County Public Library will hold this year’s annual used book sale 1-6 p.m. Saturday, March 6; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, March 7-11; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at the Knoxville Convention Center. Drive-up curbside service will be offered this year where volunteers will load purchases into your car. Most hardcover books for adults will be $2, paperbacks will be $1 or less. Hardcovers for children will be $1, with board books and paperbacks selling for 50 cents or less. There will also be movies, magazines, music and a rare special collection for sale. All proceeds benefit the Knox County Public Library. Info: www. knoxfriends.org.

Shamrock Ball The sixth annual “Shamrock Ball–a Father-Daughter Dance” will be held 7-9 p.m. Saturday, March 12, in the commons area at Farragut High School. There will be light refreshments, entertainment, crafts and door prizes. Fathers and daughters of all ages and their family members are encouraged to attend. Advance tickets are $10 for a father and daughter or two family members and $5 for each additional person. Tickets at the door are $15 for a father and daughter and $8 for each additional person. Tickets can be purchased at the town hall, 11408 Municipal Center Dr., or at the West Knox Chamber of Commerce, 11826 Kingston Pike, Suite 110. All proceeds will benefit children’s charities in the Knoxville area. Info: www. townoffarragut.org or 9667057.

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■ Concord Adult Day Enrichment Services of Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Dr., will host its monthly caregivers’ support group 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, in room 226. Anyone who gives care to an elderly individual. Info: 675-2835.

■ Rocky Hill Baptist Church, 7409 Northshore Dr., invites kids to the Word of Life Club on Sundays at 5:45 p.m. There will be games, Bible study and more. Info: www. rockyhillchurch.org.

■ Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Dr., will host a Project Linus workshop 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, in room 126. New blanket ideas and construction methods will be discussed. Everyone is invited. Info: Kathy Short, 539-0105. ■ Fellowship Church , 8000 Middlebrook Pike, will host GriefShare at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays. Get support from the group while recovering from a loss and rebuilding your life. Registration: Laura, 470-9800.

supported such a homeland, including the League of Nations, the United Nations’ predecessor. Rosenthal said Chapter 38 of Ezekiel details the ■ Bearden UMC, 4407 SutherMiddle Eastern battles that land Ave., invites everyone to will lead to the “end of the “Jubilee Praise and Worship” 6 p.m. every second Sunday world.” Interestingly, he in the fellowship center. Park said Egypt is not included. in the back of the church and “Egypt is not mentioned enter through the gym. Felamong those who will attack lowship and a snack-supper (Israel), but it does mention follow the service. Info: www. Ethiopia and Libya among beardenumc.org. others. We are racing to■ Two Rivers Church, 275 ward such a day.” Harrison Lane, Lenoir City, will – Natalie Lester host “the Launch” 5-7 p.m.

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■ Concord Christian School is now enrolling for the 2011/2012 school year. Info: 288-1617. ■ Beaver Ridge UMC , 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will begin registration for summer and the 2011-2012 school year sessions of preschool and Parent’s Day Out 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 2. Info: Lori or Lisa, 531-2052.

Fundraisers and sales ■ Central UMC, 201 Third Ave., will hold a children’s clothing and toy consignment and bake sale 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, March 4, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 5, with a consignorsonly pre-sale Thursday, March 3. Consignors are currently being accepted

for a $10 registration fee. Deadline to register is Tuesday, March 1: e-mail kanoak@knoxcentralumc. org or call 363-3103. Info: knoxcentralumc.org/cs01. html. ■ Beginning March 1, donations will be accepted in the Arnstein Jewish Community Center’s preschool lobby, 6800 Deane Hill Dr., for the Knoxville Jewish Day School and Knoxville Jewish Alliance’s annual Mitzvah Mart rummage sale to be held Friday, April 1, and Sunday, April 3. All proceeds will benefit the Arnstein Jewish Community Center Preschool and the Knoxville Jewish Day School. Info: E-mail Rachel Hale at butterflyrih@aol.com. ■ First Baptist Concord , 11704 Kingston Pike, will hold a children’s consignment sale 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, and 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in the family life center gym. The sale will also be open to church staff and participants only 7-9 p.m. Thursday, March

Sundays in the Fireside room. Come experience community and connect with others in a Growth group. Info: www. tworiverschurch.org.

31. Online registration for vendors will begin midnight Sunday, Feb. 27, and will end noon Tuesday, March 22. Info: www.fbconcord.org.

Rec programs ■ Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Dr., will host “Tuesday Movies” 1 p.m. each Tuesday beginning March 8. AARP magazine’s list of “Movies for Grownups” featuring actors over 50 will be shown. Info: E-mail Linda Morrison at llmorrison99@yahoo. com or 966-0234. ■ First Farragut UMC, 12733 Kingston Pike, invites everyone to “Wednesday Night Live,” 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. each Wednesday. Enjoy a homecooked meal with your family and have some fun and fellowship. A family of four can have dinner for only $22. Info: www.ffumc.org. ■ Heska Amuna Synagogue, 3811 Kingston Pike, is collecting aluminum cans to recycle and purchase new energyefficient lights for their upstairs hallway. Info: www. heskaamuna.org.

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For registration info about Seniors these and all other AARP ■ The Friendship Club of Condriver safety classes, call cord UMC, 11020 Roane Dr., Barbara Manis, 922-5648. will meet 10:30 a.m. Wednes■ Thursday and Friday, day, March 16, in room 296. March 3-4, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Flower photography by Roger St. Marks United MethodGivens will be on display and ist Church, 3369 Louisville lunch by Becky Bishop will Road, Louisville. be served for $5. RSVP for lunch by calling 966-6728. No ■ Tuesday and Wednesreservations needed for the day, March 15-16, 9:15 a.m. program. Everyone is invited. to 1:15 p.m., Dandridge Senior Center, 917 Elliott Ferry Women’s groups Road, Dandridge. ■ Wednesday and Thurs- ■ Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church, 400 East Beaver day, March 16-17, noon to 4 Creek Dr., will host a women’s p.m., O’Connor Senior CenBible study 10 a.m. the first ter, 611 Winona St. three Saturdays in March. ■ Thursday and FriBeth Moore’s DVDs will be day, March 17-18, 9 a.m. to discussed, including “The 1 p.m., Alcoa First United Guarded Heart” March 5; “The Methodist Church, 617 GilHealing Heart” March 12; and bert St., Alcoa. “Praying God’s Word” March 19. Info: 947-7151.

Skate-a-thon will benefit Special Olympics The Ice Chalet Skating Club of Knoxville will host its annual Skate-a-thon 3-6 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at the Ice Chalet in Bearden. Entry fee is $40 per person or $100 per family. Participants will receive a free T-shirt and there will be refreshments, games and prizes. Participants can collect pledges as a whole dollar amount, based on time spent skating, or the number of laps skated. All pledges must be collected and submitted to the Ice Chalet Skating Club by Thursday, March 31. All proceeds benefit the Special Olympics of Greater Knoxville.

■ Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive, will host a “Morning Moms” group 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. each Friday in room 296. Bible or book studies will be discussed relating to women’s lives in general. Child care is provided. Info: www. concordumc.com.

Men’s groups ■ Concord Woodcarvers will meet the first and third Friday mornings of each month at Concord UMC, 11020 Roane Drive. Info: www.concordumc. com. ■ Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 800 Northshore Drive, will host “The Brotherhood of St. Andrew” 7-8 a.m. each Thursday for prayer and study. Info: www.knoxvillascension. org.

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A-10 • FEBRUARY 28, 2011 • WEST SIDE SHOPPER-NEWS

District tourneys conclude, regionals begin HVA, West girls; Bearden boys claim crowns By Greg Householder

College basketball has March Madness, but high school hoops have February Frenzy. Last week, district tournaments concluded and regional play began for Division I schools and the Division II championship was settled. On Feb. 19, the Bearden girls fell to Maryville 3534 in District 4-3A tournament play. The Hardin Valley Academy boys fell to Anderson County 61-50 and Central mauled Clinton 83-48 in District 3-3A action. On Feb. 18, the Webb girls downed Ezell-Harding 66-42 in Division II play. The Catholic boys downed Farragut 51-39 in District 4-3A play, and CAK bombed Loudon 6244 in District 4-2A. On Feb. 19, in District 3-3A girls action Hardin Valley topped Halls 42-41. A 3- point shot by Anna Brinson (32) starts an 18-point unanswered In boys play Central bested Anderson County 79run by the Farragut girls in the fourth quarter. Photo by J. Acuff

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Lincoln Memorial University writerin-residence Darnell Arnoult will offer a six-session writing class on short fiction 7-9 p.m. each Tuesday beginning April 5 at LMU-Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, room 105. Admission is free to anyone not currently enrolled at LMU. Registration begins 8 a.m. Monday, March 14. Info: 423869-7074 or e-mail darnell.arnoult@ lmunet.edu.

64, and Karns fell to Oak Ridge 65-46. The Webb girls fell to Franklin Road Academy in the Division II-A East/ Middle championship game. In District 4-2A, the CAK girls topped Scott 5646, and the CAK boys beat Stone Memorial 73-61. In District 4-3A, the Farragut girls topped Maryville 58-57, and the West girls beat William Blount 54-50. Last Monday, in District 3-3A play at Karns, Halls fell to Campbell County 60-53 in the consolation game, and the Hardin Valley Academy girls claimed the school’s first district championship by beating Oak Ridge 53-44. In District 4-3A boys action, Bearden downed Catholic 80-56, and West got by Maryville 53-50 at William Blount. Last Tuesday, the West girls claimed the District 4-3A championship over Farragut 48-47. The CAK girls fell to Loudon 54-49 in the District 4-2A championship game. In boys play at Karns, the host Beavers fell to

Anderson County 59-52 in the consolation game, and Central fell to Oak Ridge 61-62 in the District 3-3A championship game. The CAK boys fell to Alcoa 51-49 in the District 4-2A championship. Last Wednesday, Catholic won the District 4-3A consolation game against Maryville 53-51, and Bearden claimed the crown over West 62-42. The District 3-3A girls All-Tournament team were: Kayla Carey of Hardin Valley who won MVP honors, Taylor Harris of Hardin Valley, Jennifer Schilling of Hardin Valley, Armeka Booker of Oak Ridge, Sydney Cardin of Halls, Kristin Chapman of Campbell County;, Shayla Goins of Campbell County, Kaitlyn Couples of Anderson County and Makayla Graham of Central. The District 3-3A boys All-Tournament team were: Lonnie McClanahan of Oak Ridge who won MVP honors, Zach Miracle of Powell, Lucas Nelson of Campbell County, Camion Patrick of Clinton, Sherrius Smith of HVA, Tanner

Torres of Anderson County, Alan Holt of Anderson County, Devin Sibley of Karns, Dre Mathieu of Central, Marcus Stanford of Central and Spencer Shoffner of Oak Ridge. The District 4-3A girls All-Tournament team were: Shira Buley of West who won MVP honors, Miranda Maples of Maryville, Torey Vaught of Maryville, Sarah Wilson of William Blount, Tatum Burstrom of William Blount, Sami Vanvranken of William Blount, Katie Cargo of Farragut, Hayley Newby of Farragut, Anna Brinson of Farragut, Keera Smith of West and Grace Alonso De Armino of West. The District 4-3A boys All-Tournament team were: Ty Greene of Bearden who won MVP honors, Tyler Jones of Lenoir City, Matt Cox of Catholic, Joey Bodewig of Catholic, Stian Romberg of Maryville, Jayjuan Mitchell of West, Calvin Walker of West, Carson Brooks of West, Deon Fair of Bearden, Rico White of Bearden and Drew Standifer of Bearden.

‘An awesome feeling’ By Travis Cabage Some might call Hardin Valley Academy winning its district tournament an upset. Some may even think it was luck. Head coach Jennifer Galloway sees it as her team fulfilling a dream. “This means a lot,” said Galloway. “I’m just so glad they’re rewarded for their hard work.” The Hawks clinched the school’s first championship on Feb. 21 by defeating Oak Ridge 53-44 in overtime at Karns High School. Oak Ridge was the favorite heading into the District 3-AAA tournament, and almost had the title won. The Hawks’ Taylor Harris drained a 40-foot shot as time expired to send the game into the extra period. Harris said she was thinking the whole three seconds the play took place. “I was thinking either get (the ball) to our shooters or just take the shot,” said Harris, who had 14 points. “It feels great.” Galloway added she did some praying on the sideline during the shot. “It’s just one of those you dream about hitting,” she said. “It sent us into overtime with a lot of momentum.” A Hawks’ basket sandwiched between a bucket

Hardin Valley Academy celebrates its first-ever district championship, following a victory in overtime over Oak Ridge on Feb. 21. Photo by T. Cabage

and two free throws by the Wildcats left Hardin Valley down 40-37 before Harris’ improbable basket at the buzzer. The rejuvenated Hawks dominated the overtime period 13-4. The Hawks’ Kayla Carey was named the tournament’s MVP. Harris and Tiffany Cantrell were se-

lected for the All-Tournament team. After winning a total of 12 games in its first two seasons of varsity play, Hardin Valley racked up 20 wins on the way to its first title. “It means everything,” Harris said. “It is an awesome feeling.”

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Beavers are laying the foundation be joined by fellow seniors Rarely do young teams Steven Gibson and Salvahave as much experience dor Soriano. Gibson is the as this year’s Karns soc- team’s main goalkeeper, cer team. Though they lost while Soriano is one of five seniors from a season their best defenders. The ago, it’s the five returning Beavers also feature young seniors and 11 juniors who talent in the form of sophowill try to improve on last more Eric Berman. “He’s a great player with year’s 7-6-1 record and seca lot of skill and potential,” ond place district finish. Senior Eric Berman is “a said Whitworth. “I think heck of a leader,” accord- he’s really going to help us.” Experience is the overing to head coach Caleb Whitworth. Berman will all strength of the team.

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Many of the seniors and all the juniors have played on the varsity squad every year. Where they need to improve, said Whitworth, is getting into the flow of the game. The year before Whitworth got to Karns, Hardin Valley Academy opened and some of Karns’ better players transferred. The Beavers had a tough season, winning just three games following the split.

Karns was able to bounce back last season before losing in the second round of the district tournament to the Hawks. “We’re just at the point where I have the team believing we can compete and beat anyone out there,” said Whitworth. “We’re slowly building tradition and pride, and these boys are buying into the system.” The Beavers play two

out of district games – they host Webb and go to Morristown-West on consecutive days. But it’s the district games Whitworth is concerned with. “We want to make the region for the first time since I’ve been here,” he said. “It’s crucial we beat the teams in our district.” The game the Beavers will be waiting on is April 14 when they play at Hardin Valley. Whitworth de-

scribes the rivalry between the two as on par with others in the area. He thinks the Hawks are a state contender and can compete with teams like Farragut and Bearden. “These kids know each other and have lived in the same neighborhood for years,” he added. “It’s a huge rivalry right next door to us. I would say it (the district) is between us and Hardin Valley.”

SPORTS NOTES ■ Spring recreational lacrosse sign-ups for Knox Youth Sports, ages 9-14, excluding high school students. Games at Lakeshore Park. Guaranteed playing time, season from March 26 to May 21. Info: e-mail kyswc@aol.com or call 584-6403. ■ Spring recreational baseball sign-ups for Knox Youth Sports, ages 3-12. T-ball, coach pitch and player pitch. Games at Lakeshore Park. Guaranteed playing time, season from early April through early June. Info: e-mail kyswc@aol.com or call 584-6403.

Knoxville Opera fundraiser The Knoxville Opera Guild will host an “Rx-tini Party” fundraiser for the Knoxville Opera 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at the home of Knoxville allergist “Dr. Bob” Overholt. There will be heavy hors d’oeuvres, special recipe martinis and other drinks available. There will be a performance by singers from the UT Opera Theatre and a silent auction with items including cooking classes. Admission is $75. Reservations: Frankie Hulett, 483-4487.

Old-time fiddle Bruce Molsky will play his old-time fiddle 8 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at the Laurel Theater. Tickets are $16. Info: www.knoxtix. com or 523-7521.

■ Spring recreational softball sign-ups for Knox Youth Sports, ages 7-12. Games at Lakeshore Park. Guaranteed playing time, season from early April through late May. Info: e-mail kyswc@aol.com or call 584-6403. ■ Baseball tournament , Friday through Sunday, March 4-6, 6U-14U and also a middle school division for both varsity and junior varsity. Info: 992-5504 or e-mail hcpsports@msn.com.

or e-mail hcpsports@msn. com. ■ Open registration for additional CYF football teams based at CAK for 7-, 8-, 9- and 10-year-olds. Teams will play in AFC and NFC divisions. Rosters capped when full. Info: Jeff Taylor, 765-2119. ■ Three players are needed to fill Cherokee 11u’s spring roster. Will play in the Knoxville area and possibly two out of town tournaments. Info: Rex, 765-0306.

■ Baseball tournament , Friday through Sunday, March 11-13, 6U-14U. Open to all. 992-5504

■ Three players are needed for 12u traveling team. Info: 466-0927.

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Emerging local artists exhibit The Arts and Culture Alliance will present “Emerging Artists Exhibition,” a new exhibit featuring 11 local artists beginning 5 p.m. Friday, March 4, at the Emorium Center on Gay Street. The show will include works of mixed media, drawing, printmaking and more. Info: 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com.

‘Uproot’ exhibit The Arts and Culture Alliance will present the exhibit “Uproot” by artist-in-residence Keegan Luttrell beginning 5 p.m. Friday, March 4, in the Balcony of the Emporium Center. Luttrell gains inspiration through traveling. Info: 523-7543, www.keeganluttrell.com or www.knoxalliance.com.

The Art Market Gallery, 422 South Gay St., will present an exhibit of works by local artists Sissy Caldwell and Gary Dagnan on Tuesday, March 1, through Saturday, March 26. Caldwell creates jewelry with precious metal clay and Dagnan is a landscape painter who works in watercolor, oil and acrylic. A First Friday reception will be held 5:30 to 9 p.m. March 4 with music by Grayson

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Local manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s path to sobriety began at Peninsula Matt McDonnellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family, friends and co-workers knew he was in trouble. But, like many alcoholics, Matt couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recognize the severity of his addiction until he came home to an intervention staged by his parents and three of his friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of them asked me how I felt,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was surprised to hear myself say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If I had a gun, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d blow my brains out.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? Those words landed 33-year-old Matt in Peninsula Hospital where he was on a suicide watch for a few days last summer. He was released into the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) at Peninsula Lighthouse. At Peninsula Hospital, patients receive 24-hour nursing/physician care and crisis intervention/stabilization services. A team combining the diverse talents of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, family therapists, alcohol/drug counselors and activity therapists develops a treatment plan based on the individualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs. Peninsula Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Inpatient Alcohol/Drug Treatment Program provides medically sound detoxiďŹ cation and addresses accompanying depression or other emotional problems. IOP is a ďŹ ve-day-a-week program that provides a more concentrated level of care than traditional outpatient services. Patients participate in therapeutic groups which focus on key issues related to substance abuse, mental illness or their co-occurrence. Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s level staff members facilitate intensive group therapy sessions that provide new skills and solutions in an environment that supports change. Family and Individual therapy are used to enhance a patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to apply new skills outside of the treatment environment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peninsula is unique because it has both inpatient and outpatient treatment in the same system which provides a complete continuum of care and a more seamless provision

skills, so I went to a lot of resource classes. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell you how many times someone is school called me a retard. I hung out with the fringe groups, and I began to believe I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worthwhile.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt like I put on a mask so much that it felt normal to be that way,â&#x20AC;? he said. As an older teen, Matt found the only thing that would dull the pain of verbal abuse was alcohol. In the beginning, he drank â&#x20AC;&#x153;out of curiosityâ&#x20AC;? because others told him it would make him feel better. At his worst, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d â&#x20AC;&#x153;put awayâ&#x20AC;? two bottles of whiskey per week. While the alcohol may have seemed like it was helping, in reality, it made things worse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing was, when I sobered up the next day, the same problems would come back,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And my health was not good. When I looked in the mirror, I was swollen and bloated. â&#x20AC;ŚI was struggling.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somehow, when you are in the thick of the addiction, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see what others do. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe they know your behavior is connected to alcohol abuse and you of services for patients,â&#x20AC;? said Vice donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe they can smell the alPresident Behavioral Health Jeff cohol on your breath.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;My therapist, Jo Willey, saved Dice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We interrupt the life-threatening disease of addiction, identify my life,â&#x20AC;? Matt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She helped me contributing factors and establish a ďŹ nd the conďŹ dence to admit my workable plan for a lifestyle that is problem and to know that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not alone. There were about a dozen free of alcohol and drug use.â&#x20AC;? Matt had a contributing fac- peers in the program at the same tor. He found he was also suffer- time I was, and they feel like my ing from a co-occurring disorder: brothers and sisters.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was amazing to be able to depression, something that is very common among alcoholics. His de- talk about what happened. For the pression was rooted in low self-es- ďŹ rst time in my life, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when I teem that resulted from school bul- felt like I really could be myself. lying which had taken place nearly The wall came down; I came out of my shell.â&#x20AC;? two decades earlier. Although Matt has graduated â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of my life, I remember feeling down, especially when I was from Peninsula IOP, he continues in middle school at Cedar Bluff,â&#x20AC;? to see Willey for one-on-one therhe said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a learning disabil- apy sessions. Matt also credits his real siblings ity and slower than average motor

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Help is just a phone call away Peninsula Mobile Crisis Unit (MCU) is an assessment and referral service that responds to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, often working in tandem with local law enforcement. Services include on-location crisis evaluations to hospital emergency departments, homes, schools and other locations. MCU ďŹ elds calls from 273-TALK, a suicide prevention hotline for East Tennessee. When you dial 1-800-273-TALK, which is toll-free from any phone in the United States, your call will be answered by a trained expert who will listen compassionately, ask you questions and do their best to help you. Your call is conďŹ dential, which means that the crisis counselor will make every effort to keep your identity private. If you are calling for yourself, you will re-

ceive information about local community resources or services to help you after the call is over. If you are worried that someone you know is in crisis or is thinking about suicide, a crisis worker might: N Give you ideas and tips about how to approach the person youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re concerned about. The crisis worker can help you think about what to say to encourage your friend or loved one to seek help. N In some cases, the center can conference you together with the person you are concerned about. N Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mobile crisis team can actually visit people in their homes. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be in crisis to call. Peninsula Mobile Crisis can answer general questions about mental health, depression, suicide, community health resources and more.

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(heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the baby of three children) and his parents for overwhelming support and his employer for standing beside him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My family has been great. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve really been here for me,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been employed at the same Knoxville company for 10 years, and in the beginning I was so afraid if I admitted I had a drinking problem, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d lose my job. But when I met with the Human Resources director, he told me the important thing was to get well and that my job would be here waiting for me. In the process of sobriety, they have been very supportive and I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask for more than that. Now, I even have new friends at work that I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to talk with before.â&#x20AC;? Today, Matt describes himself as happier, more conďŹ dent, more aware and focused. Talk with him for just a few minutes and his passion for sports shines through. In fact, when he describes his life today, he uses a sports analogy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before my feet hit the ďŹ&#x201A;oor in the morning, I say today is going to be a great day. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Game Day. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m like a Super Bowl football player, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready to go out there and do my thing.â&#x20AC;? When he craves alcohol â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and occasionally he does â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it is usually triggered by being asked to join friends to see a big game in a sports bar. However, Matt has a speciďŹ c coping mechanism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my mind, I replay the night when my loved ones did the intervention on me. I never want to realize the consequences that might have happened if they hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;? Matt hopes to be able to share his story in an appropriate setting with youth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Almost everyone feels isolated from their peers at some point and I would say to them, talk. Talk. If you are hurting, talk honestly and openly to someone you trust. You shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep holding the pain inside.â&#x20AC;?

Are you worried about a friend or a loved one? About 75 percent of adults and adolescents who commit suicide tell someone about it in advance, and intervention can mean the difference between life and death. Take a moment to review this questionnaire with your friend or loved one in mind. If you check boxes under Part I and Part II, the risk for suicide is even higher. Seek professional help immediately.

PART I Suicide Risk Have you heard: Q Life isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worth living. Q My family would be better off without me. Q Next time, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take enough pills to do the job right. Q I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be around to deal with that. Q Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be sorry when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m gone. Q I just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deal with everything; lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too hard. Q Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be better off dead. Have you observed: Q Getting affairs in order, such as paying off debt, writing or changing a will Q Giving away items of personal or monetary value Q Signs of planning a suicide, such as obtaining a weapon or writing a suicide note

PART II Depression risk Have you noticed: Q Depressed mood Q Change in sleeping or waking patterns Q Change in weight or appetite Q Speaking or moving with unusual speed or slowness Q Loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities Q Withdrawal from family or friends Q Fatigue or loss of energy Q Feelings of worthlessness, selfreproach or guilt Q Diminished ability to concentrate, slowed thinking or indecisiveness Is there also: Q Extreme anxiety, agitation or enraged behavior Q Neglect of physical health Q Feelings of hopelessness or desperation For immediate help, call 273-TALK. For an assessment, call 970-9800.

Adolescent IOP addresses addiction and behavior problems The adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) at Peninsula Lighthouse is designed for young people ages 14-18 who have been experiencing emotional/ behavioral problems and students who are abusing or dependent on drugs and/or alcohol. This program is for students who are able to attend some school during the day. The ďŹ ve-day-per-week program provides a more concentrated level of care than traditional outpatient treatment. The length of treatment is usually four to six weeks; however, each personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s treatment is based on individual progress toward treatment goals. Each treatment day is three hours in the morning and treatment includes group therapy and education. Physician sessions are scheduled upon admission and occur on a weekly basis for the duration of programming. Peninsula has one of the few psychiatrists

Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Intensive Outpatient program for adolescents helps families with issues including: depression or mood disorders, drug and/or alcohol abuse, anxiety disorders, anger management, oppositional/defiant behaviors, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), relationship problems â&#x20AC;&#x201C; families or peers, grief and loss, self-endangering or self-injurious behavior, poor social skills, self-esteem issues or eating disorders. For more information, call 970-9800. in the Knoxville area who ments and supervises mediis a Board CertiďŹ ed Child cation management for the and Adolescent Psychiatrist. adolescents in the intensive Dr. John Kupfner recently outpatient programs. Dr. completed a Child and Ado- Kupfner works very closely lescent Fellowship at the with our masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s level social University of Virginia and worker to ensure the best conducts diagnostic assess- care for each adolescent.

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This Cole is a diamond The Courtyards communities are operated around the philosophy of the “Eden Alternative,” operating with the belief “where elders live must be habitats for human beings, not sterile medical institutions.” Sara Two of the principles to the Eden Alternative are Barrett eliminating loneliness, helplessness and boredom, and creating a human habitat where life revolves around close contact with plants, Although Cole is a mixed animals and children. breed who was rescued Cole isn’t your typical from Young-Williams, he dog. He never barks unless repeatedly proves himself it’s for a good cause, as Winto be a true diamond in the egar points out with a story rough. The 7-year-old ca- of Cole’s rescue of a resinine spends his days and dent one evening when the nights caring for the senior person fell. The staff heard residents of The Courtyards repeated barks from Cole in Fountain City, accepting and found him sitting next only love, friendship and to the resident on the floor, treats from his subjects as alerting someone to help payment. them up. When asked who owns Because they deal with a Cole, facility director Cindy large number of seniors with Winegar quickly responds, Alzheimer’s, Cole is used to “We all do. He belongs to “being called everything in everyone here.” the world,” said Winegar. Of all the companion animal stories I’ve heard, Cole definitely earns his place in the top five.

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Take Steps for Crohn’s and colitis Mike Hamilton, UT director of athletics, will join The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation at the kick-off of its annual Take Steps walk and fundraising event Tuesday, March 15, at Losers Bar and Grill, 1931 Cumberland Ave. Participants can enjoy refreshments, meet volunteers and CCFA staff, and learn valuable information to make the most of their Take Steps 2011 experience. Scheduled for Saturday, May 14, Take Steps is a family-friendly walk and

fundraising event celebrating strides made toward a future free from Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, or Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). There will be live music, food, fundraising incentives, door prizes and a kids’ zone. Info: www. cctakesteps.org.

Lose weight and feed others Summit Medical Group invites everyone to join its patients, physicians and employees to form one of the biggest Pound for Pound Challenge teams in the country.

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For the resident who kept Cole out of her room, he was a great friend in her moment of need. “She would tell him, ‘don’t you come in here,’ ” said Winegar. But the night she passed away, Cole knew something was happening. He quietly laid on the floor at her bedside as the woman reached down to pet him. Although Cole was one of the lucky animals to be rescued from a shelter, his “owners” may be the luckiest ones in this situation.

The program’s sponsors, in conjunction with TV’s “The Biggest Loser” show, will donate 11 cents for each pound people pledge to lose at www.pfpchallenge.com. Each donation provides the equivalent of one pound of food to help hungry families in East Tennessee through Second Harvest Food Bank. Those who do not need to lose weight can pledge to maintain their current weight. Summit’s goal is to grow the second largest team in the country, which would take about 2,000 people to participate. Info: www. pfpchallenge.com.

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Join Cole in his fundraising efforts to fight Alzheimer’s disease by making a donation on his personal website. Visit http://2011knoxwalk. kintera.org and click on “donate to a walk participant” on the left. Enter “Cole Courtyards” for the name and you will be directed to Cole’s personal fundraising page.

ANIMAL EVENTS ■ Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig month will be celebrated throughout the month of March, with the theme “March to the Squeak of a Different Drummer … Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig.” Info: www.petfinder.com. ■ The workshop “Changing or Creating Animal Laws in Tennessee” will be held 6 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at the UT College of Veterinary Medicine in room A118. Learn how to make a difference for the animals in your community with this seminar led by Leighann McCollum, Tennessee State director for The Humane Society and Sherry Lynn Rout, legislative liaison for the Southern Region. Free. To register: E-mail cait@utk. edu or call 755-2182. ■ The fourth annual Mardi Growl Parade will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 5, beginning at the PetSafe Downtown Dog Park on the corner of Summit Hill and Central Avenue. A festival will follow from noon to 2 p.m. on Market Square. Prizes will be awarded for best costume, most volunteer spirit, petowner look-alike and best naked dog. The grand marshal will be local canine celebrity Little Brown Dog. Info: 2156599 or www.knoxpets.org. ■ The Souper Saturday Challenge will be held 5-8 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at 4 Chics and a Cat, 1116 E. Broadway in Maryville. Four teams will compete for the title of “Best Soup Ever” while raising money for local animal welfare groups. Info: www.4chicsandacat.com or call 233-5666.

Saturday, March 5, 2011 Fourth Annual Costume Parade for Dogs at 11 a.m. Q Parade begins at PetSafe Downtown Dog Park Q Registration ($15) starts at 9 a.m. Festivities on Market Square from noon-2 p.m. MARDI GROWL PARADE GRAND MARSHAL IS KNOXVILLE’S LITTLE BROWN DOG

Young-Williams Animal Center team member Sam L. enjoys a few moments with Truman, a 2-year-old male cat. Truman acts like a dog. He walks on a leash and is not bothered by activity around him. He likes to be held and will purr endlessly. Truman is available for adoption at the main center at 3201 Division St. Hours there are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. The adoption center at Young-Williams Animal Village, 6400 Kingston Pike, is open daily from noon to 6 p.m. See all of the center’s adoptable animals at www.knoxpets.org.

Richman to stay with KSO The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s music director Lucas Richman has extended his contract with the KSO for three more years, taking him through the 2013-2014 season. Richman has served as music director with the KSO for eight years.

Memoir seminar The Knoxville Writers Guild will present “Seminar in Memoir” taught by Marianne Worthington 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at the Redeemer Church of Knoxville, 1642 Highland Ave. Cost is $25 for guild members, $30 nonmembers. Info: www. knoxvillewritersguild.org.

‘Dogs’ aid with Feed a Pet delivery

Dr. Steve Skinner, co-owner of the Knoxville Animal Clinic (KAC), holds Shorty Joe, owned by Katherine Douglas of Powell during a “Feed a Pet” delivery. KAC personnel recently assisted the Knox County Office on Aging and UT with Hill’s pet food deliveries to local seniors. An online “dogs versus cats” poll by the clinic revealed that dogs were Knoxville’s favorite family pet, so clinic personnel wore dog gear for the home visits. As a dog owner, Douglas joined the fun by wearing doggie antenna. Photo submitted

Donate blood, save lives If you have donated blood within the last year, you are a member of Medic Regional Blood Center. One blood donation a year exempts donors (and their IRS dependents) from paying blood collection or processing fees anywhere in the U.S. if a transfusion is needed. Each additional donation adds another year’s credit towards membership. Donors can donate at a daily mobile site or one of two fixed sites: 1601 Ailor Avenue and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut. Blood drives in your area: ■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, National Fitness Center on Tazewell Pike, inside the basketball court. ■ 3-6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, Papermill Square Apartments, bloodmobile. ■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, Tennessee Wesleyan College, 9821 Cogdill Road, bloodmobile. ■ 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, Austin-East High School, inside auditorium. ■ Noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, Walgreens on Asheville Highway, bloodmobile. ■ 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, March 3, Fulton High School, inside auditorium. ■ 1-6 p.m. Thursday, March 3, Walgreens at Northshore, bloodmobile. ■ 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, March 7, Mercy Health and Fitness Center, inside conference room. ■ Noon to 7 p.m. Monday, March 7, Walgreens on Chapman Highway, bloodmobile. ■ 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, Webb School of Knoxville, inside the gym, outside the commons area. ■ 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March 11, Powell Middle School, bloodmobile. ■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, March 11, Walgreens in Halls, bloodmobile. ■ 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, Celi-Act Health Fair, Jacobs Building. Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years old weighing 120 pounds with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and have positive identification.

Start the week off right. More info at www.knoxpets.org or 865-215-6661

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Yummy delicious Daniel’s speech milestones have continually come as a surprise to me. It seems like he lingers at one level for months, then suddenly leaps forward in the space of a single day. He’s in a period like that right now. Last week, his speech went from “toddler talk” to complete, clear sentences almost overnight. He’s even working out pronouns, when to use “me” and “you,” “he” and “she.” Lately, Daniel will recount to me things that happen in books or on cartoons. He got a new book from the Imagination Library, the original “Corduroy,” and he loves to point to the book and say, “Corduroy’s button, he can’t find it.” He was watching “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” while I loaded the dishwasher one day, when the mean cat Pete made an appearance. Daniel turned to me and hollered, “Hide, Mommy! It’s Pete!” I replied that Mommy doesn’t hide from Pete, and that I’m pretty sure I could take him in a fair fight. Daniel’s father made him spaghetti for lunch, and when finished Daniel held up his bowl and said, “More sketti and pasta, please, Papa.” This all sounds like stuff he should have been saying for a while now. The difference is, it’s intelligible to people who don’t live with

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him, it’s deliberate, and it’s thoughtful. He’s not just shouting, “Dooce, Mommay!” He’s saying, “Get more juice, Mommy, please.” One last instance that, pardon the pun, took the cake last week. For my mother’s birthday, Zac, Daniel and I took dinner and cake over to her house. While Zac cooked dinner, I helped my mother fold laundry in her bedroom. Daniel, who I thought was wheeling his cozy coupe around the living room, trots in saying, “Yum, yum, yummy delicious!” “What have you been eating, buddy?” I asked, right ■ Alternatives to amputabefore I saw the chocolate tion will be discussed during icing on his face and hand. a “Lunch and Learn” noon Wednesday, March 2, at the “Oh, Daniel. Did you get Frank Strang Senior Center. the icing off Gran’s cake? It’s Christopher Pollock, M.D., not nice to eat Gran’s birthwith Premier Surgical Asday cake before she does.” sociates will be speaking. He held his hands up to Deadline to reserve a seat is his face and said, “Oh, my. Tuesday, March 1. Admission Sorry, Gran.” is $5 and includes lunch. Of course, all was for■ A lecture on “Phobias and given. I still haven’t figured Stress Reduction Techout who taught him to say niques” will be held 6 to 7:30 “delicious.”

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OWNER FIN., 3 BR, 1 1/2 BA w/Jacuzzi, newer home, W/D conn., lg. deck, level yard, 2 mi. to UT, river, park, & tennis, $5,000 down, $689/mo. 865-405-5472 KNX738395

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p.m. Thursday, March 3, at the West Knoxville Public Library, 100 Golf Park Dr. The program will introduce the topic of phobias and therapy for their reduction. RSVP: 659-2733. Sponsored by the Foundation for Wellness Professionals.

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SEC MEN'S BB Ball Tourney, 4 together, UT sec. 128. Row 30. $1600. 865-654-1549

Adoption

ention a bionic limb, and many people think back to the 1970s TV series “The Six Million Dollar Man.” In the show, Lee Majors stars as test-pilot Steve Austin who is in a crash that leaves him near death. Following surgery that rebuilds him with bionic parts, he becomes a crime-fighting hero with superhuman strength and speed. While Premier Prosthetic Center patient Judy Berhow doesn’t enjoy superhuman strength or speed, her bionic leg has enabled her to walk again after six years in a wheelchair.

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RENT TO OWN, 425 Shelbyville Rd, 2050 sf, 3 or 4 br, 2 1/2 ba 2 car gar, bonus rm office, exc cond. Lrg priv back yrd. Fnced, great for kids & pets. Gas frpl, sec syst, $195,900. Only $3000 dn, $1325/mo. Call Chris, 865-805-5711 KNX737767

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Retail Lease Space avail Main St. in historic, downtown Clinton at the Daugherty Furn. Bldg recently added to the National Historic Registry. 865-463-7905

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WEST, 3 BR, 2 ba, porch, deck, fncd yard, comm. pool. $1100/mo + sec dep. No smoke, 865-216-7585 KNX721946

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American Bulldogs, dual champion sired, show potential $850. POP. 865-465-3606 KNX738114

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4 BR priv. patio, 10 min. to dntn. 3 BR, 3 BA, 3 acres of privacy w/fully stocked lake, 6402 Mountain Laurel, 37924. 865-687-8300 3br/2ba Halls fenced yrd, storage, $875+ dep. 1yr lse. No Pets/ Smoke. 865-384-2542 KNX739458

SHELTIE PUPPIES AKC, $400. 4 Sable and 3 Bi-black. 865-661-1462. KNX737307 SHELTIE PUPPIES, AKC reg, 3 M, 3 F, sable, $300. Call 865659-0979; 865-992-3574 KNX737507

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SHIH TZU, AKC, 9 wks, shots/wormed, 5 M, 1 F, $325. Call 865-977-6677 KNX736550 BEAGLE PUPPIES, 12 in., tri-color, all SHIH TZU, AKC reg., S&W, 6 wks., $100. Female, white/tan, 865-494-6186, 661-3150 1 yr. old, spayed, KNX738038 all shots, house trained, great pet, BOSTON TERRIER $200. 865-207-1238 AKC female, 8 wks KNX738626 old, S&W, $400. 865925-1536 SIBERIAN Husky AKC Pups, champ lines, BOSTON TERRIER shots, $400-$500. PUPPIES, 2 F $350 865-995-1386 ea, 2 M $300 ea. 423KNX735866 333-0155 KNX738470 WESTIES, AKC, Vet certified, buyer Boxer Puppies, AKC, guarantee, $600. fawns, brindles & Call 865-262-0036. whites. 865-300-0735 KNX736381 www.blazinboxers.com KNX736736

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Farmer’s Market 150 8 Pure Angus cows, examined safe in calf by vet. $1595 obo. Can deliver. Greenback 865-335-9836

BLACK BULLS Call 865-856-3947 BUFFALO CALVES for sale, 10 mo. old, Call 865-922-9152 HAY FOR SALE $20 a roll. Corryton area, 865-368-8968. HORSE HAY. Good mixed grass/clover $4+, 4x5 rolls $25+. Loudon 865-458-4239

CDL Local Training

WANTED TO BUY GERMAN Shepherd John Deere Gator. for Werner & others. Puppies, AKC, 1 Call 865-654-3577. $975 weekly + benefits$. white F, 3 blk/tan WILL PAY CASH. CDL & job in 3 wks. Home M, $300. 865-306-0649 KNX737018 weekends. No Layoffs. Financial assistance avail. Music Instruments 198 GERMAN SHEPHERD For a new career call Puppies, AKC, avail1-877-548-1864 ACCORDION, FULL able, 2F, 1 M $700. SIZE, beautiful. 865-397-5730 Mint cond. $1300/b.o. KNX737254 General 109 423-487-2956 German Shepherd Pups, Czech. bred, working lines, family raised, $550. 865-300-4892, New, Must sell, $900 value for $600. Stand 865-293-9215 incl. 865-769-5060 KNX736079

Douglas Lake Front home. Furnished 4 3/4 ACRE unreBR, 2.5 BA, 3000 SF, stricted in Sevier1st, last & DD req. ville. $18,000/b.o. $2000/mo. + util. Call 361-386-0454 Vicky at 865-567-9665. Halls / Gibbs, 1.1 Acres, DOUGLAS Lakefront gently sloping, cleared home, furnished, 3 & ready to build. BR, 2 BA, 1250 SF, 1st, $69,000. 865-742-7007. last & DD req. $1200/mo. + util. Call ^ Ambitious Drivers Wanted Lakefront Property 47 Vicky at 865-567-9665 FTN CITY, like new, Are you a team player who 3 br, 2 ba rancher, 2 wants to make $500-$1000 TELLICO LAKE car garage, $895/mo. a week? Must be 21 with 5+ acre tracts 865-599-2639 starting at $94,900. valid license. Please call KNX733767 MOUNTAIN VIEW between the hours of 5+ acre tracts LOUDON, HISTORIC 10 am-6 pm 865/455-1365 starting at $73,900. loft, 3/2, new renovaor 423/723-9716 Owner Financing tion, brick walls, 865-599-1466. hdwd flrs, granite & Awesome Attitudes stainless kit., lease TELLICO VILLAGE Wanted!!! w/all pmts applied to prime building lots Seeking determined inpurchase option. for $2,900. Two to $1150/mo. 865-924-0791 dividuals. No experience KNX729174 choose from. 3 golf necessary to make $500courses, boating, $1000 a week. Must be Dntn- 2 br, 1 ba, fishing, fitness center, Near appl, W/D conn, nice 21 with a valid license. marinas. $500 down, yard, $575/mo, $425/ Please call between the $100/month, 0% interest. hours of 865/455-1365 dep. 865-455-9955 941-769-1017 KNX735587 or 423/723-9716

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Zach Weber, CP, Premier Prosthetic Center “It fits fine,” she said. “I wear it all day, and it doesn’t hurt at all.” The Rheo 2 prosthesis technology seems like something from a TV show – an artificially intelligent

knee system that uses sensors to analyze the knee 1,000 times per second and adjusts to any step or misstep of its user, improving the user’s stability. Zach Weber, CP, the prosthetist at Premier Prosthetic Center who fitted Berhow with her bionic leg and programmed it for walking on all kinds of surfaces, also makes adjustments through a Bluetooth connection between Berhow’s leg and his PDA. Weber said, “The system knows when you're on uneven terrain, when you're walking fast or slow, when you're going up or down a hill.”

PREMIER PROSTHETIC CENTER 474-7096 • www.premierprosthetic.com

■ Belly Dancing Class will be held 5-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Fridays at the YWCA’s Club W, 420 West Clinch Ave. Info: 5236126 or visit www.ywcaknox. com. ■ Cancer survivor support groups, Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, at the Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee (formerly the Wellness Community), 2230 Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings. Cancer family bereavement group, Thursday evenings. Info: 546-4661 or www. cnacersupportet.org. ■ Chronic Pain and Depression support group meets noon to 1:30 p.m. the first and

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ROTTWEILER, 9 mo. German AKC, ch. bldl, 3 gen. of ped. $800. 865-804-5359

Blue Tick mini Smoky 1st S&W, 865-522-5076

1 BR, Ftn. City, Now 1/2 mo. rent. New crpt, stove, WEST, 3 yr. old, 5 refrig., W&D, water pd. BR, 3 BA, 3,000 SF, $425/mo. $100 DD. Credit year lease, $1,850 + ck. 384-1099, 938-6424 deposit. 865-384-6111 KNX735145 1 BR NORTH cent h/a, no pets, $400/mo. + dep. Condo Rentals 76 865-531-7895 KNX732000 2 BR + loft, W. Knoxv. Remodeled & clean, 2 BR, 1 1/2 ba townFP, 2 car garage, house near West Mall, new carpet, W/D conn, $1195 mo. + $600 dep. Call 423-327-0412. $565/mo. 865-584-2622 DUPLEX, Holston Hills, Cedar Bluff. 3 br, 2 1/2 ba, LR w/vaulted 1 BR, W/D conn, lovely ceil., frpl, DR, den, setting w/deck, water mstr on main. 2 br, incl. Nice, quiet. Priv. 1 ba up. Fam rm, dr. $450/mo. 865-556-1257 1/2 ba down, screen porch. Mega stor, 2 HALLS, 2BR TH, 1 1/2 car gar. $1350/mo. BA, deck, 1000 SF, new CHIHUAHUA PUPS, 865-671-3237 crpt., $500 + DD. No 1st S&W, LH & SH, 865-963-8368 pets. 927-4596 947-6693. multi colors, $200. KNX738367 KNX736048 865-300-4892, 293-9212 CONDO: 3BR/3BA KNX737770 w/enclosed sunroom. CHIHUAHUA PUPS, 1 1/2 BA, W/D conn., 2700 SF all brick, gated Reg., health warr., Cent H/A, $585 mo. community (beverly square). S&W, $175, males. 865-690-5418; 414-0054 Upgrades galore. 20 min. 865-426-8317; 963-1965. from UT campus, Great KNX736015 Fountain City location Apts - Furnished 72 $1500 mth. 865-405-7214. COCK-A-POO, 4 mo. old fem. All shots & RIDGE WALBROOK STUDIOS PLEASANT wormed. Light brown. area, 3BR, 2 1/2 BA $250. 865-556-6753 25 1-3 60 7 w/ofc, 1 c. gar, cov KNX737087 $130 weekly. Discount front porch & back avail. Util, TV, Ph, patio, avail. now. COON HOUND PUPS Stv, Refrig, Basic $850. 865-679-7061 black & tan/Blue Cable. No Lse. Ticks, $50, started on Coon, 1st shots/ Manf’d Homes Rent 86 dewormed. Call Duplexes 73 Sam 865-573-4497 or NICE CLEAN 1 & 2 Beverly 865-384-1120 2 BR, 1 BA, avail. BR Homes in a West North & Halls. Knox Family Park, $420 Doberman Pinscher, Starting at $450. & up. 865-693-8541 Puppies, AKC, vet 865-414-1848 chk'd, ready to go, $450. 423-663-8276 CEDAR BLUFF AREA Trucking Opportunities 106 KNX739525 FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD DOBERMANS, 2BR, 1.5BA, laundry rm, new carpet, $1000 - $1250 - $1500 Chocolate, M&F, lg bkyd, 1 yr lease $695 mo $250 Sign on Bonuses! fixed adults. Fiesty! dam. dep. 216-5736 or 694-8414 $550 obo cash. CookeHiring Over the Road ville 931-858-4242 HALLS DUPLEX, 2 Drivers: Van, Flatbed, BR, 1 BA, gas heat, ENGLISH BULLDOG cent. H/A, $575/mo. Refrigerated openings. PUPS, $1000/up VISA & 865-850-7086 AA/EOE. Call Roehl M/C accepted. 423-775-6044 1-888-867-6345 blessedbulldogs.blogspot.com Houses - Unfurnished 74 KNX736976

8805 FLINTLOCK, 3 br, 2 ba, lrg, fncd OPEN HOUSE SAT. & SUN. 2-4 WEST yard. Avail 3/5. $950/ KNOX, 520 Prescott mo. Doug, 865-256-1326 KNX736094 Way, Deane Hill area, luxury condo, Office 3 BR, 3 BA, 2500 + Commercial space, Powell/Clinton SF, formal DR, LR Hwy, 1750 SF +. w/gas frpl, sunroom, Exc. for law, insur., new price $268,000. medical, dental, other 865-584-3700 prof. Exc. cond. & WiKNX735826 Fi wired. $1650/mo. 1st mo. free. 938-6465.

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Berhow, who was able to walk out of the office with a cane the first day, is enjoying her newfound vitality and independence. “I can go shopping, visiting people by myself,” she said. Berhow had her right leg amputated as a result of vascular problems. She previously tried two prostheses from other providers, but wasn’t able to wear either one longer than 15 minutes because of pain. Thanks to the Rheo 2 prosthesis, a state-of-the-art bionic limb with Bluetooth technology, Berhow is back on her feet again.

third Thursday of every month at Faith Promise Church off Pellissippi Parkway. Info: Paula, 945-3810, or 748-1407. ■ Fibromyalgia screenings are held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at the Fibromyaligia Clinic located at Total Rehab Physical Therapy. Also support group meetings and several classes are held on the third Wednesday of each month. No charge. Info: 548-1086. ■ Grief support groups at Fort Sanders Sevier Hospital at 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Home Care Knoxville office and 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Home Care Oak Ridge office. Registration is

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required. Info or to register: 541-4500. ■ Lung cancer support group meets 6 p.m. the third Monday every month at Baptist West Cancer Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. No charge, light refreshments served. Info: Trish or Amanda, 2187081. ■ Stop Smoking: 215-QUIT (7848) is a program of the Knox County Health Department. The hotline is answered 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. ■ Support group meeting for family members or caregivers of an adult with a mental illness is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Avenue. Info: Rebecca Gill, 602-7807 or www.namiknox.org.

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Kawasaki Vulcan 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY LE GOT LAWN? Gotcha 500 cc, imperial red 1996, exc cond. AT, covered! Locally Buying Standing metallic, pristine AC, stereo w/CD, owned & operated in Timber condition, $3600/obo. 133k mi, $4100. Call Gibbs. No job too big or Small or Large Tracts 865-386-8622 865-207-5852 too small! Best rates, of Timber To Log KNX737570 KNX738468 refs avail. Mowing, Pays Top Dollar trimming, mulching, Ky ,Tn, VA TOYOTA CAMRY LE weeding, cleaning, leaf Master Logger 2004, wht, 134k mi, Autos Wanted 253 removal & more! Call Program exc condition. $8700. 719-4762 for free est. 606-273-2232 or Call 865-386-4371 A BETTER CASH 606-573-4773 KNX737449 OFFER for junk cars, ALSO PAYING trucks, vans, running FINDERS FEE or not. We also buy 264 junk tractor trucks & Sports buses, aluminum rims & auto batteries. MUSTANG GT 2006, 865-456-3500 convertible, 5 sp., 2K extras. 78k mi. Rebuilt title. $13,250. Vans 256 Eve. 865-765-2629 KNX736870 Garage Sales 225 Dodge Caravan 2000, exc cond. New trans, HUGE Domestic 265 new tires, 128k mi, $3200/obo. 865-332-7309 2-DAY KNX737054 CADILLAC Deville INDOOR 2001, pearl white, HONDA Odyssey EX moon rf., 90K, Clean 2008, 22k mi, warr, SALE! $5750. 865-577-4069. outstanding cond. Broadway, Fountain $20,900. 865-414-0323 City, April 2nd & 3rd. Cadillac Deville 2002 gold, 3.2 Northstar, Painting / Wallpaper 344 Reserve a table for $25. mi, $6950. Call 257 96k Open to public & dealers. Trucks 865-556-7225, Tom AA PAINTING Int/Ext painting, 21 7- 6 61 6 FORD F-150, 1999, CHEVY Caprice 1991, staining, log homes, PW, PDL, cruise, 230K mi., runs & pressure washing. tilt, new brakes, great, $3,200. ^ 9 9 2 -4 0 0 2 West 225w looks $3900. 865-689-5293. 865-470-2679 or 6 1 7 -2 2 2 8 FORD F250 1997, Chevy Cobalt LT 2009, KMC Spring / Summer ONE ROOM long bed, AT, 4.6L, 4 dr, AT, 11K, XM Consignment Sale AT A TIME 139K mi, $1950. radio, On-star, loaded, Sat. March 5 Int/ext, wallpaper 423-736-4919 $7450. 865-522-4133. Deane Hill Rec Ctr. removal, faux fin8-2, 1/2 price starts at 12 15 yrs exp, refs CHEVY COBOLT 2010 ishes. Pay $3 & shop "early avail. Call Sue at 6894 Wheel Drive 258 1900 miles, like 7405 bird" at 7am or Cathy 947-5688. new, $12,900. Call Preemie--Preteen 865-696-8504 clothes, all baby gear / CHEVY SUBURBAN equipment, materLTZ 2007, loaded, new 349 CHEVY Impala LT 2008, Pool Services nity, toys, etc. cond. 30K mi., blk., 52k mi, all pwr, remote More info lthr., bucket seats., KUNTRY POOLS pbjenks@gmail.com $34,000. 865-577-0960. start, XM Onstar, as Openings start at new, $8650. 522-4133. $150. Wkly maint, FORD F250 2004, 4x4, salt s ystems , inCutlass Boats Motors 232 Lariat, Extra Cab, OLDSMOBILE ground & above1994, 180K mi., gray, diesel, 109K mi, ground liners. Ingood cond. $1700 $20,900. 865-296-2592 BAYLINER, 2006, 18' stallation pros, refs obo. Call 865-310-6933 Inboard/outboard, avail. 388 -1752 GMC 2007 crew cab, good cond. $12,500/obo. 4x4, LT, red, Z71, 49K Pontiac Grand Am Call 865-680-8500 2004, red, 116k mi, mi. loaded, nice! KNX724136 351 runs & looks great. Remodeling $22,900. 865-679-6057. $4500. 865-680-1698 Ocean Kayak Trident KNX739429 11 angler, seat, paddle, scuppers, Thule car Antiques Classics 260 rack, $700. 865-691-9543 318 CORVETTE 1980 L-48 Cleaning SEARAY 300D, 2004, Red/Oyster, T-Top blue hull, 2 fridge, Org Mtr. Rebuilt CAROL'S CLEANING all canvas, all up- 300+ HP, less 10K on SERVICE 20 yrs exp, grades, great cond. Mtr. A/C, rebuilt Pwr comm & residential. $69k, 865-673-6300 Steering, rebuilt rear Bonded & insured, refs KNX735617 end. Runs great, Askavail. Call for quote ing $15,000. 865-603-7019 323-9105 KNX736744

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261 FLEETWOOD pop-up Sport Utility camper, 12-ft box, SIT, light cooking, sleeps 8, hot water ACURA MDX 2005 WILL run errands, clean for heater, outside Touring, by owner, elderly. 15 yrs exp, shower, inside toilet, 78K mi, white, enrefs avail. Reasonable! $5,500. 925-3154. tertainment syst., Call 208-9032. See it at : 3rd row seat, loaded, fleetwoodutah.com $17,700. 865-254-6052 327 KEYSTONE Everest Ford Expedition EL Fencing 2005, 5th wheel, 36 2008, Eddie Bauer, ft., 4 slides, sunken 49,320 mi, 4 WD, 3rd YOU buy it, we install den, surround it! Fencing & repair. ^ row seats, ext. clean. sound, elec. frpl. We haul stuff, too! $26,900. 865-659-7887 $33,000. 706-820-2317 Free est. 604-6911 KNX732439 KNX739005 Honda CRV 2007 EXL, w/blk leather, Flooring 330 Motor Homes 237 blk exc. cond. 49k mi. $17,900. 865-201-9952 FLOORING & MORE KNX739161 37 FT. NEAT NewGET IT DONE mark Kountry Star, NOW! Ceramic tile, 36K mi. 727-804-9402 LEXUS GX470 2007, hdwd, eng'd, lamipearl white, 40k mi, www.autohopper.com nate, etc. Free ests, immac. cond. KNX738645 all work guar. $35,900. 865-256-2674 Jerry 389-0237 or KNX736492 FOREST RIVER 2008 David 684-3819. Also diesel pusher, 4 slides LEXUS LX470, 2005, home repairs, 340 Cummins, 21k mi, decks, bath/kit, etc. only 30k mi, excelsatellite, warr, gar lent, gar'd, 1 owner, kept, many extras. $39,950. 865-927-1832 $125,000. 865-992-3547 Guttering 333 KNX738928 KNX738552

GERMAN Shepherd white puppies, Household Furn. 204 AKC, hip cert., only 4, $500. 423-775-9697 ART SACRIFICE- oil KNX738796 paintings, closed gallery, museum Golden Retrievers, quality. Smoky Mtn AKC, 5 M, 1 F, vet scenery. 865-244-7365 ck, 1st & 2nd shots KNX739567 Winnebago Brave 2003 $300. 931-738-9605 32', class A, 45k mi, KNX738424 2 slides, exc cond. $35,000. 865-777-1255 Labradoodle Puppies, Exercise Equipment 208 KNX733986 3rd gen., 9 wks old, system, 2 blk M, 2 blk F, 1 BOWFLEX hardly used, $2,000 blonde F, vet ckd, 238 obo. Value $4,000. Motorcycles UTD on shots. Can Call 865-531-6044 email photos. $650. CUSHMAN EAGLE 865-465-3731 1956, fully restored, KNX738781 Auctions 217 elec. start, $3250. MINIATURE 865-368-9828 bef 8pm Schnauzer, reg., 8 wks, NEXT AUCTION: Harley Heritage Softblk., salt/pr., 1st S/W, Tues March 1, 6pm tail 2003 Anniv. Ed., $300 obo. 865-216-9503. over $3K extra KNX738837 Cherokee Auction Co. chrome, Vance & 10015 Rutledge Pike PEKINGESE PUPS, Hines pipes, $10,500 Corryton, TN 37721 AKC, cute & cuddly, obo. 865-719-7629 exc. quality. $350. KNX737813 Just 10 min from Call 423-442-5105 zoo exit off I-40. HD 2004 Screamin KNX735621 865-465-3164 or visit Eagle Deuce, cobalt a u c t i o nz i p .c o m POODLE PUPS, blue & black slate, T A L 2 3 8 6 FL 5 6 2 6 standard, cream, new tires/exhaust/ AKC, S&W UTD, $225 battery, stage 2 865-257-6810 downloads, looks new, Wanted To Buy 222 KNX735897 runs strong, 18K mi, $13,900. 865-230-5608 PUPPY SALE! Puppy NEED MONEY? KNX738824 Zone at 8235 King- Will buy game consoles, ston Pike next to games, movies, books, Honda Goldwing 2005, Chuck E Cheese. Call or anything of value. yellow, fog lights, CB, 865-690-5252 or come Will meet or pick up. 40K+ mi, well maint. $14,500. 865-661-4543 by for more info. Call 865-978-1243

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HAROLD'S GUTTER SVC. Will clean front & back $20 & BMW 325i 2004, up. Quality work, Runs great, lady driven, guaranteed. 945-2565 clean, 90K miles. $12,500. 865-376-6235.

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HONDA S2000 2001, 1 of a kind, all orig. 54K mi, $12,900. 423280-0589 KNX736829

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^ COOPER'S TREE SVC Bucket truck, lot cleaning, brush pick-up, chipper. Ins'd, lg & sm jobs. 523-4206, 789-8761

INFINITI G-35 2007, 2 door, exc. cond. 1 owner, non-smkr., $19,500 obo. 865-660-3214 KNX736089 LEXUS GS300, 2006, 1 owner, white w/tan lthr, loaded, 85K mi $22,500. 865-765-6040

MERCEDES 300E 1989, nice. $3850. 865-850-2822.

MINI Cooper S Clubman 2009, loaded w/ opts, 32K mi, manual trans, new tires, maint. contract incl. $21,000. 865-223-5162 KNX736337

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Fire calls for quick reactions Last week, a young babysitter helped two babies and their aunt escape from a burning home in Knox County. It was a close call. When interviewed, she said she was so scared she didn’t know what to do.

Rob Webb Division General Manager of Rural/Metro

lifelines That is often the case. When fire breaks out, we don’t have time to think; we have to act on instinct in an instant. A fire can double in size in just a minute. You probably know what to do if your clothes catch fire: “Stop, drop and roll.” But do you know what to do if your home catches fire? At Rural/Metro, we bring fire safety messages to schools, churches and other groups to help make reactions automatic in case of fire. Following these simple safety steps could save your life. ■ Install at least one smoke alarm on every floor of your house, including the basement and attic. Test alarms monthly and change the batteries once a year. Replace smoke detectors every 10 years. ■ Develop and practice an escape plan with two ways out of every room (a door and a window, for example). ■ Pick a meeting place outside and away from the house to ensure that everyone exits safely. ■ Escape first and then call for help. Do not pause to gather belongings. If someone is missing, tell firefighters – they are trained and equipped for rescues. ■ Once you are out, stay out. Never go back into a burning building for any reason. Rural/Metro offers subscribers free home safety inspections and can help you devise an escape plan. House fires claim almost 4,000 lives and cause billions of dollars of property damage every year. So please remember to plan ahead and follow these simple safety steps. It could save your home and your family.

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ayor Ti Tim Burchett, B h tt a host h t of county officials and Bill Weigel will joined John Huber on Wednesday, March 9, to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Markets at Choto. “We are excited to offer needed commercial services to the people of the Choto area” said

Huber, a developer with Huber H b d l ith H b Properties. Through a unanimous Knox County Commission vote, Huber rezoned his 15 acres of land, located on the corner of Northshore Drive and Choto Road, to commercial. The Markets at Choto will be the first full-sized development

t t d under d the th county’s t ’ constructed new restrictive “Neighborhood Commercial” zone. Huber believes his project will succeed, saying, “Our research has shown that the Northshore/ Choto area has been in need of this type of commercial support for quite some time now and is

till the th fastest f t t growing i t still sector in Knox County.” Weigel’s Farm Store will build a new prototype on the site, and Huber will construct another eight to 10 buildings of 5,000 square feet. The groundbreaking is set for 11 a.m. with a reception to follow. Info: www. MarketsatChoto.com or 966-1600.

eWomen founder visits Knoxville Sandra Yancey, the dynamic founder and CEO of the eWomen Network, breezed into town recently for a visit with the 200 or so members of the local chapter, and left them with a wealth of information to help them build their own wealth, and also with information about ways in which they might share that wealth. eWomen, which connects women business owners and professionals across the U.S. and Canada, was founded in 2001. Just 10 years later, the organization has grown to more than a half million members in 113 chapters. The organization’s primary charge to its members is to promote and help other women as they build their businesses, but

Linda Parrent (left), executive managing director of the local eWomen Network, with Sandra Yancey, the organization’s founder and CEO.

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tion that aids deaf women who are fleeing domestic violence and helped fund a group that baptizes and buries infants who have been abandoned. Yancey told her local audience that less than 2 percent of the women in this country earn $1 million a year and challenged them to increase those numbers. Here’s betting a whole lot of charities will benefit when that happens. Contact: annehartsn@aol.com.

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KNOXVILLE CHAMBER Info: 637-4550. All events are held at the Knoxville Chamber unless otherwise noted. ■ Health care Legislation information session, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, Toyota Auditorium, Howard H. Baker Center, 1640 Cumberland Ave. Registration required. ■ a.m. Exchange at Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, 8-9 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, 700 Hall of Fame Dr. ■ New Member reception, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 8. ■ Bright Ideas Seminar: “Cash Management Strategies,” 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 23. Cost is $25 for members, $35 nonmembers. ■ Schmoozapalooza IV: Attend! , 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, 1537 Downtown West Blvd. in the former Food City location. Cost is $5 members, $10 nonmembers. RSVP required.

is recommended for anyone preparing to purchase their first home and covers details involved in selecting, purchasing, financing and maintaining a home. It meets all requirements for FHA loans. Class fee of $20 includes a take-home workbook. Info: 524-5511 or visit www.thekaul.org.

FARRAGUT WEST KNOX CHAMBER ■ Networking, 8 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 3, Sunset Tans and Spa, 143 Brooklawn St. ■ Ambassador meeting, 8-9 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, Pinnacle Financial, 241 Brooklawn St. ■ New Member orientation, 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Dr. ■ Groundbreaking, 11 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 9, the Markets at Choto, 12400 S. Northshore Dr. ■ Networking, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10, West Bicycles, 11531 Kingston Pike.

■ Schmoozapalooza IV: Exhibit! , 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, 1537 Downtown West Blvd. in the former Food City location. Cost to exhibit is $200 for members, $300 for nonmembers.

■ Shamrock Ball: A Father/Daughter Dance, 7-9 p.m. Saturday, March 12, Farragut High School cafeteria, 11237 Kingston Pike.

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Y-12 engineers host Knox County teachers Forty Knox County middle and high school teachers got a firsthand look at how the math and science concepts they’re teaching in the classroom apply in the real world when they visited the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge last Monday. The teachers came to Y-12 as part of Knox County’s second annual Vols4STEM In-Service Day. “Being a teacher is one of the most important jobs there is. Our goal with the Vols4Stem program is to provide teachers with some hands-on, real-life examples of how STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – are used at Y-12 and around the world to bring big ideas to life every day,” said Y-12 engineer and inventor Lee Bzorgi, whose own STEM skills have resulted in numerous patented inventions and awards, including the prestigious R&D 100 Award. “It’s difficult for students to understand how algebra or chemistry is going to help them 10, 15 or 20 years from now,” said Judith Holman, a math teacher at Bearden Middle School. “It’s always great when we can spend time with local businesses to learn more about what they’re doing and to take that knowledge and excitement back to the classroom.” Y-12 engineer Matt Freels, who regularly volunteers to assist with Y-12’s educational outreach programs, said he does so because of the important role teachers had in his life. “If it wasn’t for my high school chemistry teacher, I wouldn’t be an engineer,” Freels said. “Today, I can’t imagine doing anything else. I love what I do. It’s important

Teachers Sara Mueller (left) and Jason Abercrombie listen to Y-12 electrical engineer Jeffrey G. Parrott describe his control and sensors lab at New Hope Center. Middle and high school teachers from Knox County participated in a tour of the Y-12 National Security Complex Feb. 21. The teachers received an overview of the plant, as well as some face to face time with several scientist and engineers. Photos submitted

Matt Freels (left) goes over an analysis experiment with Jason Gordon and Birgitt Noblit. work and it’s fun. What more could you ask for.” Teachers saw some of the latest technologies in use at Y-12. They also spent time in Y-12’s materials science and sensor technologies labs. A few of the teachers took Y-12’s energy challenge and experienced firsthand how much more energy it takes to power a normal incandescent light bulb compared to a more energy efficient compact fluorescent (CFL) or light emitting diodes (LED) bulb when they literally had to pedal a stationary bike to turn the lights on. More than 500 Knox

County teachers participated in this year’s Vols4Stem InService Day. Along with Y-12, teachers had the opportunity to choose from about 20 area worksites. Vols4STEM is an effort among several area organizations and individuals, including the Knoxville Chamber, Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers, Knox County Schools, Oak Ridge Economic Partnership, and Innovation Valley Inc. The mission of Vols4STEM is to facilitate collaboration among area STEM professionals and STEM educators and students.

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Mythical Markings Tattoo Studio

ale Johnson likely has more billboards promoting his work than any business in town. But his are a little different: they’re what might be termed “walking advertisements.” Johnson is a tattoo artist whose work decorates the bodies of untold numbers of people of all ages – and not just in Knoxville. Clients come to him come from across the country, and for good reason – he’s at the top of his art. His studio on South Peters Road displays numerous awards and trophies he has won for his skills during the 18 years he has been in business. “The quality of our work is what brings people here,” Johnson says.

Nur Barrie, Dale Johnson and Brad Grubb of Mythical Markings Tattoo Studio.

Johnson was located in the Bearden area for 12 years and relocated to the Cedar Bluff area about three years ago. If you have never been to a tattoo studio and have preconceived notions about what they are like, drop in for a visit. This place is as spotless as a doctor’s office. Johnson explains that tattoo studios are heavily regulated by the state and regularly inspected by the Knox County Health Department. Mythical Marking has two other employees, Brad Grubb, also a tattoo artist, and Nur Barrie, whose specialty is body piercing. The studio has sketches of hundreds of designs they

will do, but they also enjoy working with clients on their own unique designs. And those designs range from religious symbols to mythological subjects to stars and flowers and anything you can imagine. You have to be cautious about getting the name of a girlfriend or boyfriend tattooed on your body. Life changes and Johnson says he does a lot of “re-do’s” and cover-ups of those once-precious names. Studio hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 1-9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Info: 120 S. Peters Rd., Suite 12, www. mythicalmarkings.com or 450-9121

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n his original career as a teacher and coach, Tom Eidemiller never imagined he would be doing anything else for the rest of his life. But now he is celebrating 30 years in the printing business as owner of Printing Image, located at 6709 Kingston Pike on Bearden Hill. And perhaps the most satisfying aspect on a personal level is that he is joined in the business by wife, Barbara, and sons Rob, a graphic designer, and Sean, the shop manager. Mary-Elizabeth Leggett handles customer service and also does graphics work. Tom refers to himself with a grin as “the lowly printing press operator.” The printing business, like a lot of others, has seen a dramatic evolution from the days of hot type, metal

Mary-Elizabeth Leggett (left) with Barb, Tom, Sean and Rob Eidemiller of Printing Image. plates, and cut and paste operations. Today most everything is digital and is

done on computers. Printing Image has stayed on the cutting edge of the business

through it all, and over the years has evolved from a small, quick print shop into

a full-service printing and graphic design company. Among services the company offers are graphic design, multicolor printing, digital color copying and high-volume copying. They produce newsletters, brochures, letterhead, envelopes, business cards, postcards, manuals, tablets, booklets, presentation folders and carbonless forms. In addition they have a bindery and offer complete finishing services. Printing Image also sells personalized promotional items, including pens, posters, yard signs, banners and cups. Store hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info: 6709 Kingston Pike, www.printing image.com or 584-8503

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Business Forum hears education woes Chamber president calls middle school ‘failed system’ By Greg Householder It is no secret that education in America is in a crisis. Knoxville Chamber president Mike Edwards just brought the issue into perspective for hundreds of business leaders who attended the Crown College Business Forum hosted by the college’s School of Business Applications. Edwards told the group that East Tennessee has lots of assets: UT Medical Center where third year medical students complete their fourth year and the first year of residency, many staying in the

area after completing their studies; Oak Ridge; and the research facilities at UT. All attract educated talent who stay in the area. According to Edwards, the problem is that students graduating from the American educational system simply do not possess the skill sets to compete in today’s economy. He went on to say that the top 10 jobs in 2010 did not even exist in 2004. He talked of ways the Chamber – the local and the national organizations – are trying to help. Edwards said education is a matter of managing outcomes and that management skill is not frequently found in education. “Management skills are not part of the DNA of public education.”

Frank’s needs your vote Monty Howard, general manager of the Visage Family, is asking his e-mail friends to vote for Frank’s Barbershop online. “Frank’s Barbershop (part of the Visage Family) has been nominated for a distinguished national honor and we need your help to bring it home,” he wrote. “We are a finalist for Best American Barbershop in the About.com Reader’s

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He talked of the latest legislative changes in post secondary through the Complete College Act where funding is based on outcomes versus enrollment, etc. Edwards also drew a stark picture of Social Security in the U.S., pointing out that when implemented in the 1930s there were approximately 10 workers paying in to the system for each retiree. Today, that number is four and it will soon be two. The Rev. Clarence Sexton, pastor of Temple Baptist Church, joined Edwards to close out the forum and told the group that today, one in three in high school students do not graduate. He announced that Crown College will hold educational camps this summer. Sexton also talked about the issues with the middle school system and how we must start looking to high school and post secondary education in middle school versus merely using middle school as a “warehouse” between elementary school and high school. Edwards agreed that the middle school system is a failed system in the U.S. County Mayor Tim Burchett drew a laugh when Sexton asked him if he had anything to add and Burchett told the group that he would be bringing a budget shortly and, according to Burchett, “to borrow from the scriptures: ‘there will be much gnashing of teeth.’ ”

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Whole grains Let’s face it, most of us simply do not eat enough whole grains. We know brown rice is better than white rice and that whole wheat bread is better than white, but how often do we actually act on that information?

Walking 2 Wellness By S By San Sandra and dra Clark dra Clar Cl ark k

ave you always admired those walkers and runners you see crossing the finish line of a local road race? Have you ever wanted to participate in a 5K? The Wellness Center at Dowell Springs has created a program to ease your entry into the world of walking. Walking 2 Wellness is “beginner friendly,” said Lisa Wolf, managing director of the Wellness Center. The group will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. with optional Saturday work available. Exercise professionals will set a training regimen and provide information needed to “train smart” with attention to nutrition, injury prevention and a successful finish. Training includes outdoor workouts and group walks; along with cardiovascular, basic strength, and flexibility training. The 6-week program will culminate on Saturday, April 30, as participants join in the Wellness Center Dogwood Classic 5K in Sequoyah Hills. Lisa says it’s fun to train with others for the 3.1 mile walk. Participants receive a Wellness Center Team T-shirt and water bottle. The cost is $96 for members for 12 sessions and $120 for non-members. The Wellness Center is conveniently located at 1400 Dowell Springs off Middlebrook Pike near Weisgarber. Walking 2 Wellness is open to men and women of any age – “to anyone who has a desire to participate in a training program,” said Lisa. Info: 232-1414.

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Packed with fiber, protein, and carbohydrates, whole grains can take merely average diets to the next level. Processed grains such as white flour and white rice are stripped of valuable nutrients during processing/milling. The bran, removed during processing, contains most of the fiber in grains. And the germ, also removed during processing, packs significant quantities of heart healthy Vitamin E. Many of us are not aware that there are options beyond brown rice and whole wheat bread. There is a whole world of grains out there! The following is a list of grain definitions. Be adventurous and try something new. Challenge yourself to incorporate some of these whole grains into your diet. N Pearl Barley – Can be ground to make barley flour, or used whole. N Oats – Very nutritious. With instant oatmeal, some of the fiber is lost in processing. N Wheat Berries – Whole, unprocessed kernels of wheat with a nutty, crunchy texture. N Whole Wheat Flour – An unmilled version of white flour. N Cornmeal – Made by grinding dried corn kernels. Water ground (rather than steel ground) is healthier because it contains some of the hull and germ. N Bulgar – Made from wheat kernels that have been steamed, dried and crushed. N Flaxseed – Has calcium, iron, niacin, and Vitamin E. Rich in Omega 3 fatty acids. N Millet – Rich in protein. Tiny grains are prepared like rice or ground and used as flour. N Kasha (buckwheat groats) – Nutty, toasty flavor that makes them perfect for pilafs.

PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS Zumba is a Latin-inspired, dance-fitness class that incorporates Latin and international music and dance movements. Beginners are welcome and no experience is necessary. Meets Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and Saturdays at 11 a.m. Arms and Abs – Designed for quick, convenient 30-minute group sessions, our Arms and Abs class helps you gain strength using your own body weight, dumbbells, resistance bands, BOSU balls and more. Pilates – Improve your balance and core strength with our Pilates class. Yoga – Learn essential yoga basics and experience the wellness benefits of poses, bends and relaxation in our one-hour group sessions. Pilates/Yoga Combo – Our one-hour Pilates/Yoga Combo group fitness class utilizes specially selected pilates and yoga exercises to increase your muscle strength, endurance and overall flexibility. Pump – Ideal for everyone from beginners to experienced exercisers, our Pump class targets every major muscle group. With minimal down time between exercises, you’ll get the most out of using the body bar, dumbbells, BOSU, step bench and more. Spin – Ready to challenge yourself by starting your own spinning regimen? Spin is an entry-level spinning class lasting 45-60 minutes, perfect for beginners.

Cycle In, Yoga Out – An ideal fit for both beginners and veteran spinners, this is your chance to change up typical spin class routines by starting with 45 minutes on the bike and ending with 15 minutes of standing yoga – all in our 60-minute group classes. Kid Fit – Don’t let busy schedules get in the way of your exercise regimen. Fit in your own workout while your kids enjoy a fitness class designed just for them. This one-hour group fitness class for ages 6-12 is focused on making physical activity fun for kids – and giving you a break from supervising. Power Hour – Push yourself in our one-hour Power Hour class with 30 minutes of hardcore cycling hills, sprints and races, immediately followed by 30 minutes of intense leg and ab work. Functional Fitness – Class involves a variety of exercise, including but not limited to: cardiovascular, balance and strength. Appropriate for seniors or individuals who desire fitness gains with little impact on the joints. SmartFit by Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic – In collaboration with our expert partners at Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic, SmartFit classes aim to minimize the risk of future injury for young athletes ages 8-18. Xpress Fitness – Ideal for working individuals and travelers, our convenient morning Xpress class fits

a total-body workout into only 45 minutes. Work It Circuit – Designed for females only, you can feel comfortable in this 60-minute total-body workout created just for you. Healthy Eating Series – It’s all about food! Classes are designed to provide you a hands-on, foodbased learning experience to bring comfort to your kitchen. Each month will highlight a new topic to help YOU ﬁnd success with nutrition. Eating with Diabetes Made Simple – This 90-minute group class is specially designed for those with diabetes, and focuses on reading food labels, meal planning and eating away from home or on the go. Grocery Store Tours – Get out of the classroom setting and take a closer look at how to properly read food labels and recognize healthier choices right on the grocery store shelf! You’ll discover there are a lot of choices available that pack as much ﬂavor as nutritional value. Kids in the Kitchen (Healthy Cooking) – When the kids get involved in preparing nutritious meals, eating right becomes something the whole family looks forward to. Our Kids in the Kitchen classes help families make time for healthy cooking and eating, even in the midst of busy schedules.

Weight Management: Getting to the Basics – In this six-week group program, you’ll meet 60 minutes per week to learn about identifying the barriers to successful long-term weight loss, plus effective strategies to overcome those barriers. Cardio Fit – One-hour beginner-level class with cardiovascular focus. Class participants will be instructed and supervised in use of cardio equipment on the gym floor. Train Well – Four-week series to provide basic and general information regarding equipment use and safety. One session will focus on exercise guidelines, goal setting and planning a workout. Fit 4 Baby – A prenatal fitness program created to safely and effectively teach women to exercise throughout their pregnancy. Stroller Strides is offering this program for women in any stage of pregnancy. Classes include warm-up, strength training, cardio, stretching and balance exercises. Hearing Healthcare Clinics – Bridgewater Speech and Hearing will facilitate seminars focused on communication strategies to assist with hearing related challenges. The series of hearing seminars is free and will be held the first and third Thursdays of the month at 10 a.m. Bridgewater will offer free hearing screenings, hearing aid cleanings and checks the third Thursday of each month.

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Chota Canoe Club has trips for every taste By Shannon Carey

hether you’re an old pro or just “getting your feet wet” in the world of paddle sports, Knoxville is home to a venerable club of paddlers who are just the right companions for your adventures. The Chota Canoe Club got its start back in 1969, named for the ceremonial Cherokee capitol located near the sight of what is now Tellico Lake. In those days, the club was formed primarily of whitewater canoeists. Today, the club is 200 members strong and embraces all types of paddle sports, from whitewater kayaking to flatwater touring. According to club president Doug Johnstone, joining a club is a win-win situation for someone wanting to get into paddle sports, and Knoxville is a great base for these activities. Numerous whitewater rivers and scenic lakes are located within a two-hour drive of Knoxville. “Our club provides an opportunity to get into a wonderful sport which, outside the original investment, is relatively cheap to do from weekend to weekend,” he said. “You can get where motorboats can’t get, and it

Chota Canoe Club member David Benton runs the Table Saw rapid on the Ocoee River. Photo by Mary Ann Grell

Chota Canoe Club’s Canoe and Kayak School will be held June 17-19 at Hiawassee Outfitters in Reliance, Tenn. Classes are available for beginner and intermediate levels, along with classes on canoe tripping. Cost is $40 per person, and camping is $15 per person. Info or to register: www.paddlechota.org.

really helps people stay physically fit. “Whitewater gives you that excitement, and the touring, you’re still in the outdoors. It’s very pleasant to use your own power to move, and there’s always something to learn.” The club has trips for various interests and skill levels just about every weekend, including ocean-going and out-of-state trips. Going with a group is safer, and you have a chance to learn from the other members. “You don’t eliminate the danger, but you minimize injury by paddling with clubs,” Johnstone said. Chota Canoe Club is very safety-conscious, offering workshops and the annual Canoe and Kayak School on the Hiawassee each year. The school teaches folks how to use their boats safety, and the fees raise money for Chota’s donations to environmental conservation groups. This year, along with classes for beginners and intermediate canoeists and kayakers, both whitewater and touring, the school will offer classes on canoe tripping, or camping from a canoe. Membership in Chota is $20 for a year. Along with social events like the annual chili cook-off, the club has trips planned locally and across the nation, including an August “total wilderness experience” on Lake Superior. Info: www.paddlechota.org.

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biking, swimming, paddling and rappelling. It all takes place in Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness Corridor, a project of the Legacy Parks Foundation to connect and preserve South Knoxville’s extensive forests and public areas. While 10 city parks, Ijams Nature Center, Fort Dickerson and the River Bluffs area are already protected, proceeds from the race will help the foundation link it all together with greenways and trails, and eventually link it to the Knox-Blount Greenway at Alcoa Highway. In the Urban Wilderness Corridor, racers will encounter quarry lakes, steep rock faces and wooded trails. “What we discovered was that, almost to a person, last year’s participants were saying ‘We had no idea all that was out there,’ ” said Legacy Parks director Carol Evans. Last year’s race saw 60 teams of three, and participants ranging in age from 20 to 60. Racers even got to rappel down the bluffs facing Neyland Drive, an area not normally open to rappellers.

between two and four hours to complete. The adventure race is for expert skill level and takes between six and eight hours to complete. Both races will cross the genres of outdoor sports, and both will have a few surprises in store. No cell phones or GPS units may be used in the race. Participants have to use map and compass to navigate the route. Participants must also bring their own bicycles, snacks and water. Ijams Nature Center will have activities, music and fun all day for families and supporters of the racers. There are prizes for the top teams and goody bags for all race participants. Cost is $150 per team and $75 per solo participant in the citizens race and $295 per team and $195 per solo participant in the adventure race. Sponsors are River Sports, Columbia, Merrell and Pepsi. Evans specifically thanked River Sports, whom she credits with the idea for the race. “This is their business, but they go above and beyond to get people out playing.”

‘Last year, the first team finished in four hours, and the last team finished in 10 hours. They were just as excited to finish as the first team.’ – Carol Evans, Legacy Parks Director Evans, who helped test last year’s route in advance, said it was fun because teamwork and thought are required. “It’s not always the fastest who wins,” she said. “Last year, the first team finished in four hours, and the last team finished in 10 hours. They were just as excited to finish as the first team.” While the race route is a secret again this year, Evans said it will start and finish at Ijams Nature Center. The challenge features two races this year. The citizens race is for people of moderate skill level and takes

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his spring is chock full of opportunities to have fun in the great outdoors right here in East Tennessee. For these and many more events, visit www.outdoor knoxville.com. â&#x2013; Ladies Night Climbing will be held in the Climbing Center, located behind River Sports Outfitters on Sutherland Avenue, 7-10 p.m. Monday, March 7. Cost is $11 and includes a day climb pass, shoe and harness rental, and instruction from advanced climbers. The event is open to all skill levels, and light snacks are provided. â&#x2013; Staying Hydrated, a free seminar covering all the basics of outdoor hydration, will be held 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at River Sports Outfitters. Attendees will learn how much water to carry and what water filters or treatment systems suit their needs. Space is limited, so registration is required. Info: 523-0066. â&#x2013; Adventurous Diva: Day hike to Ramsey Cascades will depart from the Ramsey Cascades trailhead in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 13. This hike is 8-9 miles and moderate

Get out, get active strenuous. to o sstr tren enu uous. The hike is free, uous but hikers must bring their own water and snacks. Reservations required, carpooling available. Info: 523-0066. â&#x2013; Moonlight paddles in Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge will be held 6:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, March 18, and 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19. All are invited to paddle by the light of the full moon. Cost is $20 if boat rental is needed. Camping at

the refuge the refu re fuge ge is is available avai av aillable at $10 per ai person, tent and cot provided. Bring a dry bag for personal gear, headlamp, flashlight and glow sticks to decorate your boat. To register: 523-0066. â&#x2013; Free bicycle maintenance class will be offered 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at River Sports Bike Shop on Sutherland Avenue. The class is open to all types of riders and bikes. Info or to register: Eric, 523-0066.

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TOUR SCHEDULE Archie Watkins & Smoky Mountain Reunion MARCH 5 â&#x20AC;˘ GRAY FAIRGROUNDS in the Farm & Home Auditorium

Performing with Archie are Marlin Shubert, Jack Laws, (the Olde Bear Hunter), Little Troy Burns and Eddie Deitz (the original Inspiration Quartet). Also appearing: The Smoky Mountain Boys from Dillsboro, NC. Open seating. Tickets are $10 per person for adults & $5 for children under 10 years old and may be purchased at the door or in advance at Fellowship Tours ofďŹ ce. Doors open at 6:00pm and singing starts at 7:00pm. Mar 14-16 ................ Quilt Auction in Penn Dutch Country â&#x20AC;&#x153;Specialâ&#x20AC;? ..........................................from $ 159.00 Mar 18-20 ................. Ohio Amish Country â&#x20AC;&#x153;Specialâ&#x20AC;? ..................................................................from $ 169.00 Mar 24-27 ................. New York City â&#x20AC;&#x153;Economyâ&#x20AC;?/Penn Dutch Country .........................................from $ 449.00 Mar 31-Apr 3 ............. Azalea Trail/Historic Charleston/Carolina Opry ..........................................from $ 339.00 Apr 1-3 ...................... Washington, DC/Cherry Blossom/Mount Vernon ........................................from $ 299.00 Apr 8-10 .................... Washington, DC/Cherry Blossom/Mount Vernon ........................................from $ 299.00 Apr 15-17 .................. Pennsylvania Dutch Country/Hershey/Gettysburg .....................................from $ 229.00 Apr 16-17 .................. Atlanta Passion Play/Hear Dr. Charles Stanley ...........................................from $ 159.00 Apr 20-24 .................. Branson, MO/â&#x20AC;?NOAHâ&#x20AC;?/Eureka Springs, AR/Memphis .................................from $ 499.00 Apr 23 ....................... Biltmore Mansion ..................................................................................... $ 77.00 P/P Apr 27-May 1 ............ Niagara Falls/Penn Dutch Country/Gettysburg/Hershey .............................from $ 399.00 May 5-8..................... New York City â&#x20AC;&#x153;Economyâ&#x20AC;?/Penn Dutch Country .........................................from $ 449.00 May 7 ........................ Smith Mountain Lake Cruise (Lunch Included) .......................................... $ 125 P/P May 14 ...................... â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mayberry RFDâ&#x20AC;? (Lunch Included) ............................................................ $ 79 P/P May 14-28................. Southwest/Grand Canyon/Hoover Dam/Kings Canyon, San Francisco /Hollywood/Los Angeles/San Diego Zoo......................................................from $1549.00 June 3-5.................... Washington DC/Mount Vernon ..................................................................from $ 299.00 Jun 4 ......................... Great Smoky Mountains R.R. 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Canadian Rockies/Columbia Ice Fields......................................................from $1759.00 Aug 6......................... â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mayberry RFDâ&#x20AC;? (Lunch Included) ............................................................from $ 79.00 P/P Aug 13....................... Great Smoky Mountains R.R. Excursion/Bryson City, NC ........................... $ 99.00 P/P Aug 15-17 ................. â&#x20AC;&#x153;JOSEPHâ&#x20AC;?/Pennsylvania Dutch Co/Hershey/Gettysburg ............................from $ 279.00 Aug 18-21 ................. New York City â&#x20AC;&#x153;Economyâ&#x20AC;?/Penn Dutch Country .........................................from $ 449.00 Aug 22-28 ................. Eastern Canada/Niagara Falls/Ottawa/Quebec City ...................................from $ 799.00 Aug 31-Sep 4 ............ Branson MO/ â&#x20AC;&#x153;NOAHâ&#x20AC;?/Eureka Springs, AR/Memphis .................................from $ 499.00 Sep 5-7 ..................... Pennsylvania Dutch Country/Hershey/Gettysburg .....................................from $ 229.00 Sep 10-21 ................. Nova Scotia and New England Fall Foliage ...............................................from $1349.00 Sep 17 ....................... Shatley Springs Inn/Fresco Paintings/Cheese Factory ............................... $ 69.00 P/P Sep 24-30 ................. 7-Day New England Fall Foliage ...............................................................from $ 819.00 Oct 1-9 ...................... 9-Day New England Fall Foliage ...............................................................from $ 979.00 Oct 8 ......................... Southâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Largest Flea Market. Anderson, SC............................................... $ 99.00 P/P Oct 11-15 .................. Niagara Falls/Penn Dutch Co/Hershey/Washington, DC/ â&#x20AC;&#x153;JOSEPHâ&#x20AC;? ..........from $ 479.00 Oct 17-20 .................. 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The Miracle Theater/Festival of Lights ...................................................... $ 69.00 P/P Dec 13....................... Christmas at Dixie Stampede/Festival of Lights ........................................ $ 70.00 P/P Dec 30-Jan 1............. Ring in the New Year w/ Southern Gospel Singing in Penn Dutch Cntry .....from $ 199.00

â&#x2013; Beginner photography day hikes will be held for free 5:30 to 7:45 p.m. Saturday, March 26, and 5:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge. Gene Groshon will teach tips and tricks to spark creativity with wildlife photography. Bring a small day pack, camera, bug spray and water. Meet at the refuge gate. To register: 5230066.

â&#x2013; House Mountain day hike will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, at MoJoeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee House on Sutherland Avenue. This is a short, steep hike, just about a mile long, in East Knox County. The group will lunch at the summit and rest, then take the easier, two-mile trail back down the mountain and arrive back in Knoxville by 1 p.m. Bring water and lunch. The hike is free, but registration is required and space is limited. Info: 523-0066. â&#x2013; River Sports Outfitters Boat Demo Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Concord Cove. Come try brands like Wilderness Systems, Dagger, Perception, Native, Hurricane, Hobie and Jackson Kayak. Info: www. riversportsoutfitters.com. â&#x2013; Adventurous Diva: Bike Cades Cove is a free event. Cost is free, and bikes may be rented at River Sports Outfitters for $10. Distance is about 11 miles, and the ride is rated for the intermediate biker. Meet at Cades Cove at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 11. The ride will start at 7 a.m. Bring plenty of water and snacks. Info or to register: 523-0066.

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