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Native Aussies call Karns home

By Valorie Fister

What’s a few gray hairs?

Seniors find a home at Food City See Joe’s story on page A-2

Karns Craft Fair is fun Crafts like this door jingle were abundant at the recent Karns Craft Fair at Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church. Proceeds benefited the church’s youth group for their summer mission trip.

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Jackie Bradley and her children, Georgia and Nik, are proud of their Australian heritage. They’re even prouder of their U.S. citizenship.

And they say they’ve found friendship and a warm welcome from the Karns and West Knoxville communities in the two years since they moved here from the “Land Down Under.”

“It’s been really easy to get along with everyone here,” Jackie Bradley said. “We feel so welcomed, it’s kind of strange. It would be really weird to question this. You’d be loco.”

Bradley moved to the U.S. from the Melbourne area to remarry an American man she met on the Internet. Unfortunately, the marriage didn’t last. But Bradley’s love of this country did.

“Crazy situations can and do happen,” Bradley said. She’s happy living here and is committed to remaining here and making a life for herself and her family.

“My son has a job and both my son and daughter are happy in school,” she said. “I’m not going to rip that apart.”

In the family’s short time here, all have found roots and anchors in this community. Bradley works at Sitel in Oak Ridge where she answers customer service calls for a cell phone company.

Nik, 20, attends college at ITT Technical Institute and works at Aubrey’s in West Knoxville.

Georgia, 17, is a senior at Karns High School where she works on the yearbook staff and is a member of Health Occupational Students of America. She has a boyfriend who is entering the military upon graduation.

“My daughter has a boyfriend that she is very fond of,” Bradley said.

“They’ve been dating for 15 months.”

Bradley said the Karns area re-

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She may be “G.R,” not GE, but Gloria Ray is inspiring some better ideas for making use of The Development Corporation’s 380-acre tract in the Midway community.

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minds her very much of a town her uncle lived in back home in Australia.

“It’s so similar it’s not funny,” she said, explaining that the area where they lived in Australia was “a lot less building after building and a little more space.”

And when someone asks, she gives the standard answer to all who want to know what her home country is like.

“I tell everyone who asks, Australia is a country that is determined to do its best to kill you,” she said with a laugh. “Every nasty critter on the planet is found there. Snakes, spiders, crocodiles, they will try at you.”

In her new home, Bradley and her children marvel at squirrels, which they didn’t see in Australia.

“Squirrels are the cutest animals,” Georgia Bradley said.

“Both of my kids will sit and watch squirrels forever,” Jackie Bradley said.

The Aussies do miss a few things from home. Since they brought everything they owned in 12 suitcases, it will take time to amass new belongings, here.

“I miss the food,” Georgia said.

“Fish and chips,” Jackie said.

“Coke made with real sugar,” Georgia said. “Oh, and that Foster’s beer? No one in Australia would drink that. Outback? Great steak. Horrible imitation of Australia.”

They are eager to explore all that their new country has to offer. And as for the misfortune of moving for a marriage that didn’t work out, the Bradley family is moving on.

“I always land on my feet,” Jackie said. “Eventually.”

A better idea for Midway

By Larry Van Guilder

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Native Australian Georgia Bradley stands with her mother, Jackie, by the Australian flag. They are proud of their new U.S. citizenship and their new roots in Karns and West Knoxville. Photo by Valorie Fister

Ray, president and CEO of the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corportation, is leading an 18-member committee as it explores alternative uses for the property. The committee met for the second time last week.

“It’s always important to manage expectations,” Ray said, kicking off the discussion. “We’ve done such a good job of this that no one expects us to accomplish anything.”

Ray’s observation was delivered tongue-in-cheek, but her wit doesn’t mask the skepticism with which some view the committee’s efforts to find a solution for Midway satisfactory to TDC and those in the community opposed to aggressive development. And if last week’s gathering is a reliable indication, even some of the major players in this dialogue are lukewarm about the committee’s prospects.

Rhonda Rice, executive vice president of the Knoxville Chamber, departed midway through the meeting.

TDC’s executive vice president, Todd Napier, was a no-show and Roger Os-

borne, chair of TDC’s board of directors, arrived more than an hour into the meeting. All of which is unfortunate, because Ray and the committee members displayed the kind of creative approach to Midway which has been in short supply at TDC and the Chamber.

Gloria Ray Ray initiated the brainstorming by soliciting suggestions for ways to “build out” what she called a “Health and Lifestyle Center.”

Noting that Tennessee claims the unenviable top ranking in the U.S. for incidence of obesity, and that baby boomers are taking a greater interest in their health, Ray began by sketching out what the main facility at the center might contain. A workout center and a pool were obvious choices, and for those looking for more pampering, a spa was suggested.

Branching out, retail spaces might include a restaurant serving vegetables grown from an on-site garden and a meat market featuring local products. A golf course and trails for hiking, biking and horse riding would provide opportunities for outdoor activities.

An educational unit for classrooms and demonstration projects would be complemented by rustic “cabins” for visitors who came for

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an extended stay. Jeff Christian, an ORNL energy efficiency expert, suggested a dual purpose solar panel sound barrier.

Besides service jobs, Ray foresaw possibilities for teachers and even doctors. That sparked discussion about the shortage of nurse practitioners, and Tom Ballard of ORNL suggested that the education unit might grow into a school for the specialty.

“It may be a great service and a great idea,” Ray concluded, “but can it sustain itself from a business standpoint?”

Elaine Clark thinks it could with the right approach.

“We have to learn how to partner with different industries,” she said, such as hospitals, schools and utilities.

Ray’s “Headquarters Hill” concept generated even more ideas. Taking a cue from Indianapolis’ claim as the “amateur athletics capital of the world,” Ray envisioned Knoxville as the energy efficiency capital of the world, drawing on the technical expertise at ORNL and UT. Even Osborne was impressed – with a caveat.

“I like this concept. It’s a good concept for Knoxville. … But, whether Midway is the right place to put it, I don’t know.”

Ray plans to convene the committee again in May with the aim of developing a consensus proposal.

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‘Gateway to Hardin Valley’ seeks TIF

By Sandra Clark Road improvements could be coming to Everett and Watt roads at I-40 if Steve Maddox gets a county TIF (tax increment financing) for $6.1 million.

Knox County Commission will vote today (April 25) to ask Steve Maddox the county’s Industrial Development Board to explore the TIF. “Not one penny of this goes into our property,” Maddox told a commission workshop last week.

“We will build a road like the one at Pellissippi (Parkway interchange with Hardin Valley Road).

We’ll build 1.5 miles of road, 2.5 miles of water lines and 1.5 miles of sewer. … There will be tremendous impact to the county. (Our development) will generate close to $11 million of tax revenue per year when finished and create 1,600 permanent jobs plus the construction jobs.”

Commissioner Tony Norman asked if Maddox would reforest the former “borrow pit.” Maddox agreed and said he assembled his tracts after the land was “scalped” for dirt by previous owners.

Maddox lives on Everett Road and grew up in the area. He said there is no community opposition to his plans for land already zoned commercial. “We made a business decision to slow-walk through the recession. We’ve had a lot of interest in the last eight months.”

Commissioners Amy Broyles and Sam McKenzie said the area is not blighted. Broyles added: “This is about infrastructure you need; not to benefit the county.”

Commissioners Mike Hammond, Richard Briggs and Brad Anders spoke in support. “We need jobs,” said Briggs. “We need tax revenue. We need better water, sewer and fire service.” Anders called the site “the gateway to Hardin Valley.”

John Owings, representing West Knox Utility District, said his client would fund half of the water and sewer upgrades. “Our board is in favor of this project.”

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A-2 • APRIL 25, 2011 • KARNS/HARDIN VALLEY SHOPPER-NEWS

Running isn’t everything But winning is, according to the late Vince Lombardi.

Last week Knoxville mayoral candidate Marilyn Roddy took counsel of her fears and concluded that her slim prospects of winning had taken the fun out of running.

Now Roddy has her sights set on the state Senate seat soon to be relinquished by Jamie Woodson. That race portends to be a great deal more rough and tumble than the mayor’s race, but we wish her well.

With Roddy dropping out, there’s already speculation about who might drop in. We thought it would be more fun to consider who won’t be running for mayor.

Donald Trump: The Trumpster already has his hands full as a faux candidate for president. Besides, that hairdo won’t pass muster in Knoxville’s more refined circles.

George W. Bush: Now that the former president has had time to reflect on his Crawford, Texas, ranch, the decisionizer could succumb to the siren song of politics again.

However, he’s pretty busy plugging his autobiography, and there’s that bothersome residency requirement. As much as we yearn to hear “mission accomplished” one last time, the only Bush brother in these parts will be canning beans.

Tim Burchett: Knox County’s mayor will not be trying to pull off the exceedingly rare feat of occupying both mayoral seats simultaneously. This ugly rumor has its origins in the county fee offices, where some of the officeholders accuse Burchett of making a “power grab.”

Sarah Palin: With her numbers slipping as a potential Republican presidential candidate, the Knoxville mayor’s job might be the best match between Palin’s ambition and her ability. Daughter Bristol would be a sure draw in the local version of “Dancing with the Stars,” and there’s enough Tea Party sentiment around here to make Mom feel at home. But the city’s budget could never bear the strain of keeping Sarah fashionably attired.

Mike Hamilton: UT’s beleaguered athletic director has enough problems.

Bruce Pearl: Only if Mike Hamilton runs.

Phil Fulmer: Ditto.

There you have the most comprehensive list of those currently not running for mayor of Knoxville you’ll find this side of the Pecos. If you’re not running for mayor and would like to be included on the next roster, drop me an email. Meanwhile, enjoy this week’s edition of the Shopper-News. Check us out online at www.shoppernewsnow.com.

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Customers at the Middlebrook Pike store look forward to seeing senior workers Gayle Wadley, Joyce Jennings, Becky Treadway, Jim Barcio and Bill Hudson, and manager Deborah Dugan.

Seniors find home at Food City Visit any local Food City store, and it’s easy to see that the company believes in incorporating senior citizens into the work force. Some of the most recognizable faces belong to individuals with a few more wrinkles or gray hairs, and they come from varied first careers.

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One employee, Bill Bonich, officially became a member of the Hardin Valley breakfast crew that moved to the store when Sims Deli closed.

“The guys gave me the broom award and I spend a little time with them each morning,” he said.

Netta Kirby works as a cashier and has also been adopted by the group because she shares baked goods made without sugar.

The workers at the Middlebrook Pike store are also well known. Jim Barcio’s tenure with Food City spans six years. He has developed friendships with several of

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the customers. Bill Hudson offers assistance with groceries to shoppers, and Becky Treadway always greets motorists with a smile and a thank you when they fill up at the gas pumps.

For most of the seniors, work supplements incomes they receive from Social Security and pensions from former jobs.

John Irwin put it best when he said, “I like having some money in my wallet, and working here helps make that to be possible.”

Gayle Wadley said she got bored with retirement and wanted something new to do.

Netta Kirby strives to make people smile every day.

The seniors also gave other reasons for working.

They enjoy meeting people and helping them, and some consider going to work each day a privilege. The physi-

cal exercise and mental demands keep them in shape and feeling young.

Most of them work about 25 hours per week, and they agree that Food City is a good company with which to work. John Irwin bragged about the store throwing him a surprise birthday party recently, and others appreciate the way the management strives to schedule them into the work week when it is most convenient.

Over the years, they’ve developed friendships that are also important.

Deborah Dugan, manager of the Middlebrook Pike store, says seniors play vital roles. She includes dependability and placing customers first in the list of their best qualities. She said older workers serve as role models for younger ones.

“Their work is always

topnotch, and they impress upon others the importance of punctuality and dedication,” Dugan said.

She praised the store as a good place to work for seniors, as well as full-time employees. Woody Woods is one full-time employee who’s spent more than 50 years with the company.

Dugan said many others have recorded lots of years on the job.

The shaky economy has Americans scrambling to make ends meet. Seniors aren’t exempt, either. The retirees at Food City don’t mind because they’re used to hard work. They also enjoy the social aspects of the job and consider many customers to be new friends.

As Bill Hudson says, “The best part of the job at Food City is just being able to work each day.”

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Sponsors, golfers needed for tourney The West Knox Lions Club needs sponsors for its 18th annual golf tournament scheduled for sometime in May. Both corporate and individual sponsors are needed as well as donations of door prizes and contest prizes.

Credit will be given in advance to donors through media advertising and brochures. A tournament banner will also be displayed showing sponsor names. Hole sponsors will have a sign on the respective hole recognizing their business or organization.

Proceeds from the tournament will help finance Lions charities as well as other organizations including Remote Area Medical and Club Vibes.

For those who compete in the tournament, the entry fee is $100. Players will compete on teams of four for cash prizes and more.

Ryan Cox, Julya Johnson, Allison Burchett and Mike Witcher couldn’t resist trying on the Easter Make checks payable to Knox County Lions Charities bonnets they judged for the Young-Williams Animal Center’s annual Easter bonnet contest last Inc. and mail to Ed Snow, 204 Battery Hill Circle, Knoxweek. Photo by Wendy Smith ville, TN 37922.

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By Wendy Smith

The Easter bonnets designed by the staff of YoungWilliams Animal Center for its sixth annual contest weren’t necessarily the kind one would wear to a sunrise service.

The top hat decorated with vampire bunnies might scare the children, and the spaceship bonnet could potentially block the view of an entire row of congregants.

The hat with the layer cake on top would, however, be popular at any venue.

But average Easter bonnets can’t be expected from an above-average staff. The center hosts the bonnet contest and a luncheon to thank employees who are underpaid and often underappreciated, says executive assistant David Bolton.

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“They do good work. Nobody thinks about the guy shoveling the poop.”

In addition to lunch, Bolton secured donated door prizes for the 43 employees who work at the center located next to John Tarleton Park on Division Street and the Young-Williams Animal Village at 6400 Kingston Pike. Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, Brazeiro’s Brazilian Steakhouse and Dollywood were among the local retailers who provided prizes for the bonnet contest.

Celebrity judges were Ryan Cox of the Tennessee Smokies; Julya Johnson of WATE-TV; Allison Burchett, wife of Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett; and Mike Witcher of WBIR-TV. First place winners were Bobbie Hensley, for

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most creative; Annette Myers, for funniest; Jennifer Holzke, for ugliest; and David Bolton won the judge’s award for his layer cake bonnet.

Young-Williams employees put together giant Easter baskets to donate to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. The hospital regularly donates old toys to the animals at the center, so it was appropriate for the center to return the generosity, Bolton said. Kroger donated toys and goodies for the baskets.

The Young-Williams Animal Center is the official animal shelter for Knox County and the city of Knoxville, and turns no animal away. The nonprofit is supported through public and private donations.

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Reading the book is optional but encouraged.

Copies of the books are available at the library.

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Karns winterguard completes successful season The Karns High School Winterguard finished its most successful season ever with a trip to the national finals in Dayton, Ohio, during the first weekend in April.

Since November, all 15 members of the group have practiced weeknights and Saturday mornings to learn moves and develop a character for the show.

During the season, the winterguard took gold medals in competitions at Hardin Valley, Sullivan South and Karns. It also took fourth in the preliminaries

and seventh in the finals of the Atlanta Regional tournament.

The guard again took the gold medal and placed first in the high school advanced division of the Carolina Indoor Performance Association competition. It was also a semifinalist at the international world championships in Dayton.

The group’s director, Tim Hudnall, will retire from the position at the end of the season in order to spend more time with his family and pursue other interests.

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government An open and shut case At some point when we had our backs turned, it became fashionable in certain circles of Knox County government to decry openness.

“Transparency” became an oath upon the lips of some occupants of the fee offices particularly and the “constitutional” offices generally.

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County Commission and Mayor Tim Burchett are to blame for rousing the rabble.

Burchett wholeheartedly endorsed a plan to bring the budgets of these “independent” officeholders under commission and mayoral review, and the fun began.

Some officeholders have gone so far as to engage legal counsel to assist in raising the drawbridge around their castles and keep commission and the mayor from raiding their excess funds. To which you logically might ask, what is any part of local government doing with an “excess” in the first place? And when did government become a for-profit operation?

To the charge that the Mayor and his 10 Merry Men plus one Not-So-Merry Woman want to get their paws on these “reserves,” so what? In the first place, those funds are the exclusive property of Knox County taxpayers. I’ve yet to see any local currency bearing the likeness of Joy McCroskey, Howard Hogan or Sherry Witt, nor do I expect to run across any this side of

a Monopoly board.

More to the point, the mayor is the chief fiscal officer of Knox County and charged with the solemn duty of handling the county’s financial affairs in a responsible manner. If he or she falls short, the remedy is at the ballot box.

Those of us who stubbornly cling to the belief that all branches of government should invite inspection have also had to withstand the bogus complaint that the mayor is intent upon micromanaging the fee offices. If events since last September are any indication, there’s plenty for the mayor to do in his own office without burning up the elevators between floors to be sure another officeholder didn’t clock out early. (They never do that, anyway, do they?)

The question that begs to be answered beneath all the bluster and outrage at the notion that taxpayers are entitled to know in detail how their money is spent won’t go away: if you have nothing to hide, why are you trying so hard to hide it?

The outrage should be coming from taxpayers already squeezed by rising prices, flat wages and busted retirement accounts. Nothing more is being asked than an open accounting of how our tax dollars are being spent by all officeholders.

Burchett isn’t a white knight, and commission isn’t populated by saints.

But unless you’ve been on an extended vacation you know how easy it is for abuses to occur in these courthouse fiefdoms. How could a little oversight hurt?

Contact: lvgknox@mindspring.com.

A-4 • APRIL 25, 2011 • WEST SIDE SHOPPER-NEWS

Brooks blasts Mackay firing Labor organizer and Knox County Election Commission member Cameron Brooks will be leaving town in a couple of weeks, but first he’s going to have to cast a vote for a new administrator of elections. He says he got a call from a job applicant two weeks before there was a vacancy.

Betty Bean “I got a call from Mr. John Mark Hancock saying he was interested in the job and telling me he thought he was well-qualified. I was surprised and said, ‘I didn’t know there was a vacancy.’

He said there probably would be,” Brooks said.

“The other person who approached me was Ms. (Victoria) DeFreese. She came up to me after the last meeting and handed me a resume. It’s kind of creepy.

The corpse wasn’t even in the ground yet, and the vultures were swarming.”

Brooks, a Democrat, is in the minority and was on the losing side when he voted to retain elections administrator Greg Mackay, who was summarily fired by the Republican majority. After the meeting, Brooks denounced his GOP colleagues’ actions (particularly lawyers Chris Heagerty and Bob Bowman, who engineered Democrat Mackay’s removal). He says he has no regrets.

“One of the things I’ve learned over the past few years is that anyone can get a law degree. And one of the things I’ve learned is don’t be intimidated by what attorneys say. On the fly (Bowman) came up with this theory that we had to fire Greg so he could not collect a salary in some kind of holdover process. Just like his theory that every two years we have to go through a process of reappointing an administrator. My curios-

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ity is, are we going to fire the administrator every two years and open it up for resumes? That’s the precedent that’s being laid.”

Does he think that Mackay has a chance at being rehired?

“Don’t know. I’m hopeful. We’re not supposed to be deliberating, but things come off so smoothly that I don’t know how they’re not deliberating. … It was made clear to me that Cas-

sandra (Stuart, the other Democrat) and I aren’t supposed to come in there with a plan.”

Brooks, who works for United Campus WorkersCWA, will leave the election commission May 7 when he moves to Maryland to take a position with the CWA. He grew up in the Tri-Cities area and graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2001. He says he’s always felt like a little bit of a family oddball – his dad is a retired Sprint executive, his brother is a banker – but for as long as he can remember, he’s had an impulse to help people who are disenfranchised.

“If I see injustice or someone being mistreated, particularly people who are the most vulnerable, that makes me very angry. I don’t look to start conflict, but I don’t shy away from it, either. I consider myself a ‘little d’ Democrat. I’m pretty independent, but definitely left of center.”

Roddy’s flip leaves questions Explanation does not make sense

Last week I suggested tongue in cheek that Marilyn Roddy or Madeline Rogero might leave the Knoxville mayor’s race to run for state senator in the summer special election for the vacated Jamie Woodson seat.

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Never did I suspect either one would act on the suggestion.

A TIF for Maddox?

While Commissioner Jeff Ownby prepares to start work, lobbyists John Valliant and Mike Cohen talk with Commission chair Mike Hammond prior to last week’s workshop. At stake is a $6.1 million tax increment financing (TIF) plan for Maddox Properties to develop land on I-40 at Watt Road. Commissioners signaled a positive vote today (April 25), despite Commissioner Sam McKenzie pointing out once more that Farragut really is not blighted. Photo by S. Clark

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Marilyn Roddy proved me wrong. She is doing the incredible. Rogero, in the meantime, assured me personally she was in the mayor’s race to stay.

After a year of raising the most money and campaigning all over Knoxville, Roddy discovers she prefers state senator.

Why? The stated reason is her commitment to education as a former teacher in another state caused her to switch contests to seek a less important post. Most people are scratching their head, wondering what the real story is.

This explanation is not credible. In her prior quests for public office, she has only sought to serve in the city of Knoxville, which does not operate the school system.

Previously, she sought a position on KUB (which she did not receive) which does not run schools.

If she has been so interested in promoting education reform, why did she not seek a seat on the county school board or run last year for county mayor where she could have impacted education in a very direct way?

One day she is running for mayor, the next day for senator, and what office next if something different comes along?

Being state senator is a step down from being mayor in terms of real ability to impact change. I have done both and know.

Was Roddy convinced

Marilyn Roddy that her mayoral effort was slipping? What did her polls show? Did people in Nashville lean on her to switch?

Who besides Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey did she speak to on April 20 when she visited the Legislative Plaza?

What are her goals other than holding some public office somewhere?

This all occurred while hundreds of invitations for a Women for Roddy for Mayor reception were in the mail.

Now she has to return her mayoral donations and hope the donors will give to her senate race.

The winner of the 2011 special election will serve only 14 months and have to seek the full four year term in 2012. That’s two campaigns in one year.

Roddy now goes into a partisan race and has instantly adopted very conservative political views which contrast with her council record. Her votes to place the homeless at Flenniken in South Knoxville will resonate against

her in the GOP primary as all of South Knox County is in this Senate district. She now pledges support for the Second Amendment but voted differently when she opposed guns in parks on council.

The pace of events clearly speeded up her timetable for announcement long before she was ready. She announced it the day of Mayor Daniel Brown’s budget message, and the press conference at Halls Senior Center was obviously hurried and not well attended.

According to WATE-TV, she refused to take questions in Halls on her candidacy. It’s just stunning that a candidate would not answer questions after generating by her own actions many questions. She cannot stonewall the media long and survive.

Many city employees are relieved she will not be Knoxville’s mayor as she was not seen as employee-friendly.

Rogero should be enthused as she is now the clear front runner and could actually win the mayoralty in the September primary without a runoff.

Roddy’s withdrawal has almost guaranteed Knoxville’s next mayor is a Democrat, something Republican voters in her Senate district may not applaud.

After all, for 27 years Knoxville had Republican mayors – Testerman, Ashe and Haslam.

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CTE changes face of vocational education Don Lawson probably won’t be running Saturday at “Run for the Schools,” but the burly supervisor of what used to be called vocational education is on pace to push his program toward the top for Knox County Schools.

Rebranded Career and Technical Education (CTE) and refurbished for 21st century jobs, Lawson says virtually every high school student takes one CTE class, Lawson and more than 76 percent take three or more classes in a single area.

These “concentrators” posted excellent scores: 94.62 percent mastered language arts; 96.24 percent mastered math content; 94.62 percent mastered technical skills in their field; and 92 percent finished high school.

Lawson told the school board last week that his department has a five-year plan to increase academic rigor and support overall academic goals, improve the image of career education and increase support for CTE across the community.

That’s just in time, because vocational education needed to change. With evaluations increasingly based on academic achievement and “value added” scores, you could see the budget axe swinging toward Lawson’s department.

So the big guy swung back.

CTE now has a 120-member advisory council, a CTE Foundation for fundraising, a car show, Thursday rivalry nights and a website presentation “Where the Jobs Are.”

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■ Earlier this month, CTE drew 9,000 fans and performers to Market Square for the CTE “Idol” competition, won

by West High senior Kevyn Meheula.

To improve the department’s image, Lawson’s staff calls parents for feedback after their student completes his/her concentration. They “walked around,” talking to parents during the “Idol” show. There are plans for other events and increased promotions.

CTE recognizes a teacher of the month from each high school. Lawson said his teachers form solid relationships with their students because they see them for two to three years.

The business partnerships are reaping rewards.

Lawson said Toyota recently sent auto mechanics teachers for training; the Knoxville Chamber has helped; the Knoxville Police Department is buying textbooks for criminal justice students; and the CTE Foundation provided 15 scholarships this year.

School board members were wowed.

“You’re doing transformational work,” said Indya Kincannon.

“At West High, it’s not one or the other,” said Lynne Fugate. “My boys have taken both advanced courses and CTE courses.”

Kim Sepesi commended Lawson on his graduation rate, noting that “these are the

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■ Sherry Kasper, professor of economics at Maryville College, will speak on “A vocabulary for discussing the debt and deficit” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at the Bearden branch library, 100 Golf Club Road. The meeting is sponsored by the Third and Fourth District Democratic clubs. Info: Dr. Lorraine Hart at 637-3293 or 850-6858.

By Sandra Clark Many of the issues that have haunted county government for a while will pop up today (April 25) and some might be deferred again.

Tony Norman can expect a passel of Realtors, developers and home builders to buttonhole commissioners in opposition to his Norman ridgetop and slope protection plan.

This is an issue that’s been over-studied, over-debated and over-cooked to the point of scorching.

Here’s betting it is rejected today since it can’t be amended. The only question is whether that comes after minutes or hours of debate.

Mayor Tim Burchett wants the commission to approve an agreement to

■ Karns Republican Club will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, at Karns Middle School library, 2925 Gray Hendrix Road.

Chancellor John Weaver will speak. Everyone is invited.

Info: Lorraine Coffey, 660-3677, or Chris Smith, 256-4866.

‘Vignettes’ The Arts and Culture Alliance will present “Vignettes,” an exhibit of new works by local artists Richard Foster, Sara Martin and Denise Retallack, on Friday, May 6, through Friday, May 27, in the Balcony of the Emporium Center.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info: 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com.

pay the Industrial Development Board for staff work and advertising expenses for the RFP for Carter Elementary School. This will pass, but not without griping about its blank checkedness.

Will fee offices join the sheriff and school system under the commission’s budget review? This should be a no-brainer, but after Amy Broyles secured a delay last month it could easily unravel today.

The skids are greased to give a $6.1 million TIF to Maddox Properties to develop the bald hilltop you see at the Watt Road Interchange of I-40. Reckon they can afford some trees?

Commissioners will fall over themselves to give the developer 20 years to repay (from reduced property taxes) this TIF, led by Brad Anders who said, “Thank you for wanting to invest in the fastest growing district in Knox County (his),” at last week’s workshop.

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students who dropped out.”

Superintendent Jim McIntyre said CTE will be integrated into offerings at the new STEM Academy. He cited a highlight – a course that combines carpentry and geometry.

CTE has lost some 20 teachers to cuts, and the department now has 200 serving roughly 11,400 students. Expect to hear and see more about CTE in upcoming months. After all, one of those CTE concentrations is marketing.

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The Booze will open for Johnny Astro and the Big Bang at Barley’s on Friday, April 29. Doors open at 9 p.m. and the show starts at 10. Cover charge is $5; you must be 21 or older. The band will also open for Better than Ezra on Thursday, May 12, at Sundown in the City, where they plan to debut their EP. Check them out on Facebook or at ReverbNation.

Up until February 2010, Paul would double his guitar down an octave to handle the bass parts.

But they knew they needed a bassist if they were going to get serious.

So, they were eating in the UT dining hall when one of them went up to Mike Carroll, 22, who’s from Nashville, and said, “You look like a bassist.”

“Mike’s girlfriend went crazy,” Paul says. “She said, ‘He’s got a tatJohnny Astro and the Big Bang are drummer Zach Gilleran, guitarists Jackson Collier and Paul Wakefield, and bassist too of a bass cleft on his back!’ ” Mike Carroll. Photo submitted They started writing songs designed for a four-piece group.

PULL UP A CHAIR … | Jake Mabe Soon, they had six. And they began playing around town, opening up for various acts.

“We played stuff through the summer and recorded our EP in the mountains in a cabin. Big Bear Den,” Zach says, smiling,” in August, before school started.”

“And once we did that, we waited on the EP and kept playing shows,” Paul says.

They won their round at the Sound Off semifinals at The Square Room last October. Last month, they won the whole darn thing.

And they’ve made it past the hen you go hear Johnny ran, 21; and Jackson Collier, 19, all at a friend’s house, the friend’s Astro and the Big Bang, went to Halls High and have been father was playing with a clas- first round of the Star 102.1 FM don’t ask for Johnny. jamming together for some time sic toy called Johnny Astro. They KC’s Battle of the Bands comHe’s not there. That’s a funny sto- now. Paul and Jackson make their liked the name but didn’t want petition, too. The finals are ry I’ll tell you about in a minute. guitars gently weep while Zach anybody to think the band was a Wednesday (April 27) at The solo act. So they added “and the Cider House at the Valarium. If But, do go hear Jackson, Mike, does his thing on the drums. they win, they’ll open for Train Paul and Zach. These guys have Back to that funny story about Big Bang.” got it goin’ on, y’all. the name. Jackson says the first And, yeah. People ask to meet at Smokies Park.

The Booze from Atlanta will Paul Wakefield, 20; Zach Gille- time the guys made a recording, Johnny all the time.

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Bits ‘n’ pieces and April showers TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

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ennessee’s spring football game altered the coaching strategy for Montana’s Robin Pflugrad (pronounced flew-grad).

He had been telling his Grizzlies that they could go to Knoxville in early September and compete with the big boys. After seeing O&W video, he must ward off overconfidence.

Tennessee fans also have a problem. They have four full months to worry about September at Neyland Stadium, the opener, game two against Cincinnati and game four against Buffalo.

Before the closing exhibition and Tyler Bray’s five for 30, I thought justifiable concerns were the price of gas, what paying customers

will get for season-ticket investments and why, oh why, must checks be written so early.

The tacked-on $35 service charge is no problem for Montana. *** A former college coach, now an NFL scout, has binoculars on Bray. Last November, he thought he saw an entertaining young riverboat gambler loaded with courage. Arm strength and nifty receivers made up for some serious miscalculations. The scout now wonders if more information will make Bray better or worse. He says the so-called sophomore jinx is not a jinx at all, generally just confusion from thinking too much.

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The pro observer says we are correct to assume Bray should improve with age, experience, maturity, a few muscles and a better offensive line. It just may not all come together by Sept. 17 in Gainesville. Fourth Saturday in October? Probably not. Sometime this season?

Maybe.

As a disclaimer you might have previously seen on medicine bottles, results may vary – depending on our offensive and rivals’ defensive strategies, intensity of blitzes, degree of protection, receiver improvement and opposing secondary skills. *** Another Volunteer quarterback, Justin Worley, is recruiting one of his high school

receivers, All-American Cordarrelle Patterson from Hutchinson Community College. They played together at South Pointe Northwestern in South Carolina.

Patterson, 6-4 and 200, visited Tennessee spring practice and said it was kind of different.

“Everything was organized.”

Of course it was organized.

Derek Dooley does details. *** Daniel Hood made one of the better decisions of spring drills. He asked to switch from second-team offensive tackle to starting over at defensive tackle. In addition to the exciting time he had butting heads with old friends, he won the Andy Spiva Award as defensive surprise of the spring.

Hood, 55 pounds bigger than he was at Knoxville Catholic High, is a very bright 300-pounder. He sees a chance for more playing time on defense. Coach Dooley and I agree with his reasoning. Tennessee needs large down linemen. Desperately. The Vols could also use

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Cover is $5; 21 and up.)

On May 12, they’ll open for Better than Ezra at Sundown in the City. The plan now is to debut the EP then, too. A July tour is also in the works.

How to describe the Big Bang sound? Well, I found a YouTube clip of a song from the Bang’s first show called “I Think You’ve Got Me Confused.” Paul says they’ve gotten much better since then, but Jackson’s guitar solo is super sweet and the start-stop rhythm of the chorus just plain rocks.

Jackson says he doesn’t listen to hardly anything recorded after 1980. Zach digs the new stuff.

Paul and Mike are somewhere in between. Paul likes hip hop and says some of that affinity comes through in his playing.

“It seems to work,” Zach says.

They all love performing, but say that recording is one awesome experience, too, man.

“You see how good individually your band mates are,” one of them says. “We all blow each other away.”

Trust me on this one, folks. If you like to rock and roll, Johnny Astro and the Big Bang will blow you away, too.

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a few more linebackers and a couple of high-quality defensive backs. *** Long-ago Tennessee tailback Walter Chadwick celebrated his 65th birthday with good friends, fine food, Mayfield’s ice cream and a big release of balloons carrying his name and address.

If you want to send a belated greeting, aim it for 918 Regency Path Drive, Decatur, GA 30030.

In 1971 Walter was the victim in a horrible crash.

A Wells Fargo truck crossed a center line and smashed head-on into his VW Beetle. Doctors thought Chadwick was beyond repair. He fought fiercely and survived.

Broken bones eventually healed but brain damage was permanent.

Instead of giving up, Chadwick continued to compete and remains an inspiration for a host of old Vols and hundreds of best and close friends. Walter on his bicycle is a Decatur landmark.

Unfortunately, these are not the best of times. Tough

economics took away his job at Emory hospital in Atlanta. He had five good years, thanks to Steve Kiner and others.

With a few more hours to spare, Walter is back in the recycling business. His latest can collection totaled 40 pounds. He reduced his operating deficit by $20 and was delighted. Somebody tell the feds how to do it. *** Tobias Harris and family are carefully weighing college continuation and go-pro options. Harris will work out for NBA teams to get specific feedback before the May 7 deadline. What to do will not be based on emotions.

I am guessing Tobias would like to stay and play another season of Tennessee baskets. If he goes, it will be because advisors think it best for his future. It is just a matter of a few million. *** An uncomfortable fan says the best days for UT baseball are when it rains really hard.

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Kathy Thacker is a local hair stylist, muralist, painter and now a children’s book illustrator. She and Knoxville native and writer Ann Lovell are self-publishing a line of children’s books. Photo by Valorie Fister

Local artist launches Christian children’s book series VALORIE’S CORNER | Valorie Fister

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urals, paintings and cosmetology were award-winning artist Kathy Thacker’s multiple streams of income for years.

Now the West Knox resident and stylist at Fountain City’s Tranquility Salon has a new creative outlet – illustrating children’s books.

Thacker and Knoxville native Ann Lovell, who is currently living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, met through Lovell’s mother, who also works at the salon. The artist and writer talked about creating a children’s book. It wasn’t until they realized the ease of self-publishing that they moved forward

to turn their idea into reality.

Since Thacker and Lovell live two countries and 12 hours apart, several work sessions via email and Facebook ensued. The result was Thacker’s and Lovell’s selfpublished reader, “Charlie’s Big Adventure.” It’s the first of at least four books in a series.

The book is full of colorful artwork and contains a Christian theme. The story is about Charlie, a white duck who wants to look like a colorful mallard to get a job he really wants.

After a series of mishaps with his group of barnyard animal and human friends, Charlie learns that although he hardly looks like a mallard, he does have a special purpose for his life that he will discover in time.

Lovell grew up in East Knox

He is risen!

CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

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ike any earth-shattering event, the news accounts afterwards differ.

Mark, the earliest Gospel written, makes no mention of the Resurrection. The other

writers vary in their chronology of who was there when: how many angels, how many women, how many guards (and what shape they were in), and where that great stone

County and attended Sunnyview Elementary School and Carter High.

She said “Charlie’s Big Adventure” is set in her rural childhood home.

She said her family did own ducks named Charlie and Connie, a dog called Pepper, a blind pony named Grace and a cow named Bossy along with other animals, which is the main cast of this book.

“Our goal is to promote basic family values as the characters deal with life’s challenges and learn valuable lessons in a way that children can understand,” Lovell said.

Lovell is a professional writer.

She has 25 years of experience, including 15 years of writing children’s devotionals and a Bible study curriculum for Lifeway Christian Resources. She currently writes for a Christian organization at Chiang Mai.

was at any given moment.

Matthew says that Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were already there when the earthquake rolled back the stone. Luke and John differ on how many women approached the tomb, but agree that the stone was already rolled away. John has Mary going to the garden tomb alone.

However, the fascinating thing is this: in all the accounts – regardless of when the stone moved – Jesus was already absent from the tomb. “He is not here; he is risen,” the angel declared.

The stone was not rolled away so that Jesus could get out; it was moved so that his followers could get in and see that he was not there.

We have to remind ourselves to read this familiar

The book is available on Amazon. com but Thacker has been promoting and selling copies from the English Tudor-style salon as well.

Since the book was published in January, sales have gone well.

Thacker alone sold 35 copies. In addition to that, one salon customer bought six copies and another bought five more.

“I think those sales are good considering I’m just there two days a week,” she said.

“I’ve always used word-ofmouth,” Thacker said. Her art is her calling card. Her family also owns a dog kennel in Louisville, Ky., where Thacker’s murals have interested clients for years.

Thacker, a Kentucky native, has painted hundreds of murals inside and outside homes throughout the Southeast and in Puerto Rico.

Homes in Tellico are filled with Thacker’s murals. And at least one shop in Puerto Rico carries her paintings, as does Tranquility Salon in Fountain City.

“I’ve always drawn,” Thacker said, adding that she was selftaught. “I did my first mural when I was 18 for my mother.

“It was of a tree with some ducks.

Of course she thought it was great.

“Later, when I looked back on it I said ‘Mom, Lord that was awful.’

“The more you do the better you get.”

Thacker talks as much about her murals as she talks about her illustrated book. Her portfolio is thick.

And each mural has a story of its own.

One mural features trees and greenery in a client’s dining room.

Another features the Mississippi River and riverboats on the sides of a pontoon boat. Yet another dining room has the feel of a café with all four walls painted in store fronts.

“I met a cleaning lady at a doctor’s house. She said, ‘When I build me a house I’m calling you.’ Seven years later I got a call and it was her. She was building her home.

Her daughter loved horses and was a barrel racer so I painted a picture for her daughter.”

And a little boy’s nursery room features Thacker’s mural of a little boy without showing his face – since he wasn’t born yet – with a group of dogs that were his grandparents’ and relatives’.

One of Thacker’s clients in Myrtle Beach just wanted one item

story carefully, to be attentive to it, instead of hurrying along to get to the “good parts.” We tend to watch the action outside the tomb, with all that scurrying around and the astounding news that “He is risen!” finally penetrating the disciples’ conscious minds.

But sometimes, when I am feeling particularly fanciful, I wonder about Jesus inside the tomb.

Now I have stood in front of the Garden Tomb, in Jerusalem. It looks just as you would imagine it (which tends to make it a little too Gatlinburg-esque for me, but then I am a purist). There are flowers around, as befits a garden. The tomb is hewn out of living rock the sandy color of so much of Israel.

The entry point is small,

painted in her home. That one item turned into several rooms, and then it turned into two condos.

Her work even led her to a small island in Puerto Rico called Vieques.

A client there asked her to paint in her home. One year Thacker was there for two weeks and the next she was there for three weeks.

“The last time we were down there, we weren’t even painting.

From her yard you can see whales and St. Thomas or St. Maarten, I’m not sure which. There’s also a corner of the Bermuda Triangle.

“It’s 85 and 86 degrees in February and there are flowers blooming.

I never traveled like that before.”

Thacker even captured the beauty and shape of the exotic flowers found on that particular island to paint in her client’s home.

“Things just pop into my head all the time. My mind just goes.”

Thacker’s portfolio even contains a picture of Tellico residential developer Ron Kronholm before his untimely death.

The popular 79-year-old wheelchair-bound developer was in a picture with one of Thacker’s murals behind him.

It is of Knoxville’s Old City but painted as an antique store, since Kronholm loved antiques. Kronholm was shot in his home and killed in 2010. His business partner, John Lee Nevans, was arrested in the shooting and later died of a heart attack.

“He was so nice. When I met him, he was still in the wheelchair.

Everybody just loved him.”

Thacker has painted on every surface from brick to corrugated metal. And now her canvas is a second children’s book for her series of books with Lovell.

The second book is already illustrated and is waiting for Lovell’s writing. It’s about handicapped children and will feature a storyline around movement, coordination and the sense of smell, among other things.

A third story idea is about the adoption of a Filipino girl which actually happened in Lovell’s life. An adopted bunny will also be part of this story.

And a fourth story will be geared for kindergarten readers and will feature more pictures than words as an easy reader beginner’s book.

“My mind is always going,” Thacker says.

forcing one to bow low to enter. The surprising thing is that there is a small window cut high into the wall near the entrance, which provides light inside. (How convenient, says the skeptic.)

Please note, I am not saying I do not believe in the Resurrection. I do have difficulty with a tomb that is so perfectly picturesque and so convenient for tourist buses.

I wonder about Jesus.

When first light crept across the landscape and entered that small, high window – is that when his eyes opened?

Did he (like me in the first foggy moments of wakening) have to figure out where he was and what had happened that put him there? Did he fight to get out of the grave clothes? Did he ache all over from the wounds?

And then we come to the question of the day. If Matthew is right, and the stone rolled away in the earthquake with witnesses present, and Jesus himself was already absent from the tomb, how, exactly, did he get out?

Through that little window?

No, too small. Did he roll the stone away and then push it back? Maybe, but remember it was designed to roll, like a great wheel, down a groove and into place. Gravity would keep it there, at least until an earthquake came along, and the earthquake happened with two Mary’s and two guards there. No one saw Jesus exit the tomb.

It is a mystery. It is a miracle. And it is the grand and glorious truth of the Easter faith! “He is not here. He is risen!” Alleluia!

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WORSHIP NOTES Courses ■ Grace Covenant Baptist Church, 9956 Dutchtown Road, will host the coupon seminar “How to Use Coupons to Save the Most Money” 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26. Tickets are $10 and reservations are required.

Info and RSVP: Judy or Janet, 607-9899.

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■ Farragut Christian Church , 138 Admiral Road, will host a four-part series on caring for the elderly 6:30 p.m. each Thursday evening in April. Everyone is invited.

Forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass spoke at a luncheon at Cokesberry United Methodist Church last week. Regarding his research on human decomposition, he admitted to Men’s groups the religious group that they ■ Concord Woodcarvers will weren’t his usual crowd. “I approached this lecture with some anxiety,” he said. “It Painting with a Twist isn’t everyday I go to a church benefits Kiwanis group to show slides like I do.”

Painting with a Twist, Photo by N. Lester 10932 Murdock Drive, will host “Painting with a Purpose” 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Shriners to hold 30. Proceeds will benannual ‘Rod, Bike and April efit projects of the Farragut Kiwanis Club, including Kustom Nationals’ mentoring the disadvanThe Kerbela Shriners’ taged, feeding the hungry Smoky Mountain and sheltering the homeless.

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Nationals will be held 8 com. a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at Music Road Warning period for Hotel, 303 Henderson Chapel Road, in Pigeon Traffic Enforcement Forge. Preregistration is Program $15 and $20 on the day The town of Farragut of the show. Trophies will has announced the 30be awarded near the end day warning period at the of the day. All proceeds fourth intersection in its benefit the Kerbela Traffic Enforcement ProShine Temple. Info: Paul gram – Campbell Station McMahan, 661-5120 Road at Grigsby Chapel or kerbelainnovators@ Road/Parkside Drive – will yahoo.com. be Monday, May 2, through Tuesday, May 31.

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■ 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.

Rec programs ■ 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.

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Info: Email Ben Harkins at bharkins@townoffarragut. org or call 966-7057.

Chris Botti to perform with KSO Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti will perform with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra 8 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at the Civic Auditorium. Botti’s past performances include the World Series and the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony. Tickets are $34. Tickets and info: www. knoxvillysymphony.com or 291-3310.

Traumatic brain injury workshop The East Tennessee Technology Access Center will host a two-day workshop on traumatic brain injury and brain trauma Thursday and Friday, May 5-6, at the UT-Battelle Information Center, 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Dr. Timothy Urbin, a neuropsychologist from

■ Concord UMC , 11020 Roane Dr., will host “A Quiet Place,” a contemplative worship service, 6 p.m. the second Sunday of each month. Info: 966-6728 or visit www. concordumc.com.

■ Fellowship Church , 8000 Middlebrook Pike, will host GriefShare Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Get support from the group while recovering from a loss and rebuilding your life. Registration: Laura, 470-9800.

■ Bearden UMC , 4407 Sutherland Ave., invites everyone to “Praise and Worship” 5 p.m. every second Sunday in the fellowship center. Park in the back of the church and enter through the gym. Fellowship and a snack-supper follow the service. Info: www. beardenumc.org.

■ Two Rivers Church , 275

Quillen College of Medicine, will speak from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday on understanding changes to the brain, the person, the family and the future when the brain receives an injury.

Elizabeth Power, the CEO of EPower and Associates Inc., will speak from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Friday about how organizations, families and individuals can create a caring and supportive environment for people with brain trauma.

From 1 to 3:30 p.m., Alice Wershing, educational technology coordinator for ETTAC, will demonstrate assistive technology supports for people with brain injuries and trauma.

Organizations and businesses that help people with traumatic brain injuries will provide information noon to 1 p.m.

Admission is free and everyone is encouraged to come, although registration is required by Friday, April 29. Info: 219-0130.

■ Concord Christian School is now enrolling for the 2011/2012 school year. Info: 288-1617.

Harrison Lane, Lenoir City, will host “the Launch” 5-7 p.m. Sundays in the Fireside room. Come experience community and connect with others in a Growth group. Info: www.tworiverschurch.org.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC , 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, has open registration for summer and the 2011-2012 school year sessions of preschool and Parent’s Day Out. Info: Lori or Lisa, 531-2052.

Women’s groups ■ 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.

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AARP driver safety classes For registration info about these and all other AARP driver safety classes, call Barbara Manis, 9225648.

■ Tuesday, April 26, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday, April 27, 1-5 p.m. Buckingham Clubhouse, 7303 Manderly Way. ■ Wednesday, April 27, and Friday, April 29, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Morristown Senior Center, 841 Lincoln Ave., Morristown.

■ Thursday and Friday, April 28-29, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Everett Senior Center, 702 Burchfield Drive, Maryville.

Fighting Irish Spring Classic upcoming Knights of Columbus Council 5207 will sponsor the eighth annual Fighting Irish Spring Classic at 5 p.m.

Tuesday, April 26, at Smokies Park. All proceeds will benefit Catholic Charities of East Tennessee’s Pregnancy and Adoption Services program.

This year’s double header will feature Grace Christian Academy and Webb School of Knoxville in the first game and Knoxville Catholic and Bearden High School in the nightcap.

The evening starts off with pregame entertainment by the Grace Christian Academy Senior Ensemble and the Youth Chorus from Webb.

Between games, Ken Sparks, head football coach at Carson-Newman College, will deliver an inspirational message.

Tickets are $5 ($6 at the gate) and are available through the participating schools and through the Catholic Charities of East Tennessee. Group discounts are available. Info: 212-4942.

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Free performance by KSO youth orchestra The Knoxville Symphony’s Youth Orchestra Association will present its last performance of the season 7 p.m. Monday, May 2, at the Tennessee Theatre. All five orchestras in the association will be performing.

Admission is free. Info: 291-3310.

Living history weekend The Ramsey House Plantation, 2614 Thorngrove Pike, will host “A Living History Weekend: A Timeline from The French and Indian War to the Civil War� Saturday and Sunday, May 14-15. Info: 5460745 or visit www.ramseyhouse.org.

Janice Clark and her granddaughter Kelsey Ellis operate a stitching machine to monogram items from T-shirts to book bags. Janice’s day job is operations manager at Commercial Bank in Halls, and Kelsey is a student at Halls Middle School.

Funding mission trip

Devon Graham and Jesse Kelly, members of the youth group at Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church, with Devon’s mom, Julie Graham, at the Karns Spring Craft Fair. The event raised more than $500 toward the youth group’s summer mission trip, Impact Richmond! The youth group includes students from Karns, Hardin Valley, Powell and Halls as well as home schooled students. “There are no outsiders,� said Julie Graham. “One student called it ‘our forever group.’ � Photos by S. Clark

Knox Heritage’s Art and Architecture tour Knox Heritage will have its fifth annual Art and Architecture Tour beginning 6 p.m. Friday, May 6, at Attack Monkey Productions, 119 S. Gay St. with wine and hors d’oeuvres. The group departs at 7 p.m. to tour locations featured in 12 winning photographs from Knox Heritage’s Photography Contest. Tickets are $40 for members, $50 for nonmembers. This is a walking tour only and space is limited. Info: 523-8008 or visit www.knoxheritage.org/specialevents.

‘Little Bitty Quilt Show’ The Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris will host a “Little Bitty Quilt Show� throughout July with the theme “Summer Fun.� The maximum size of quilts that will be accepted is 24 inches on the longest side. Submitted quilts, entry fees and $5 per quilt must be turned in by Monday, June 20. Ribbons will be given including one for Best of Show. Info: 4949854 or visit www.appalachianarts.net.

Door Jingles by Cindy Lyles are handy for Christmas or seasonal decorations. “You can hang them on the mantle or the bed post,� she said.

KSO Chamber Season finale The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will conclude this year’s Chamber Classics season with an afternoon of Baroque 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 8, at the Bijou Theatre. Tickets are $23.50. Info: 656-4444 or www.knoxvillesymphony.com.

Bestselling authors to speak locally New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris and Dr. Bill Bass will speak at the B97.5 Author Spotlight 7 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at Rothchild Conference Center, 8807 Kingston Pike. Harris is the author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels that the HBO series “True Blood� is based on. Dr. Bass is the creator of The Body Farm at UT. Tickets are $40 for VIP seats and a copy of “Dead Reckoning� and $30 for VIP seating only.

Tickets: www.knoxvilletickets.com or 656-4444.

‘Vignettes’

Sherie Anderson of Sherie’s Garden brought homemade salsa and chow chow to the fair.

Sherie learned the culinary skill in Texas. She moved to Karns 14 years ago and says, “It’s hard to find good stuff.� Info: sherieone@yahoo.com/.

Wilma Sims makes hard rock candy in dozens of flavors, bagged in $3 and $7 sizes. The Hardin Valley resident uses sugar, corn syrup, water and flavoring. “You have to work fast before it cools.

It’s interesting and very time-consuming.� Info: wilmasims@comcast.net/.

The Arts and Culture Alliance will present “Vignettes,� an exhibit of new works by local artists Richard Foster, Sara Martin and Denise Retallack, from Friday, May 6, through Friday, May 27, in the Balcony of the Emporium Center. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info: 5237543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com.

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Hardin Valley Academy junior Kelli Carter poses with Nathan Testament before his softball throw and 50 meter run competitions at the Special Olympics last week. Photo by N. Lester

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Hardin Valley’s Clay Williams goes for a double play against Central last week. Photos by Ruth White

‘Seussical the Musical’ HVA musical theater prepares for performance

By Natalie Lester Putting on a show takes a lot of time and energy, but it’s all worth it once the curtain rises.

“It is really fun but it is also a lot of hard work,” said junior Amy Abercrombie, who plays Yertle the Turtle in Hardin Valley’s upcoming production of “Seussical the Musical. “You have to be really committed for all the after school practices and I spend all of my lunches helping to build the set.”

The 33-member cast, along with the HVA orchestra, will

present the production Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30, at 7 p.m. On Sunday, May 1, they will perform at 3 p.m. The show is based on the popular children’s books

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“Going on stage is exhilarating and performing is such an adrenaline rush, especially after spending so much time on something,” Abercrombie said. “I don’t get nervous performing but I worry beforehand that everything will get done.”

Choral teacher and director Teresa Scoggins agrees with Abercrombie’s nerves and excitement over the show.

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fun,” she said.

Seussical boasts 37 songs and very little dialogue, which makes entrances, exits and scene transitions very difficult. However, Scoggins said the cast’s commitment makes it all possible.

“They all want to do well and give 100 percent at every practice,” she said. “They all pitch in and do their part.”

Scoggins encouraged people of all ages to come see the show. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children.

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Karns Beavers

Doug Lakin discusses student tasks with Matthew Worsham and Vikki Smith. Photo by Joe Rector

Developing an arboretum at Karns High

By Joe Rector Eleven years ago, science teacher Doug Lakin set out the first trees along the front parking lot at Karns High School. Since then, he’s worked diligently to provide an outdoor classroom for his environmental science classes, but it’s not been an easy task.

Originally, the area was to be an urban forestry demonstration site, and Lakin undertook the project partially for personal reasons.

“Our son Keaton died then, and the work there kept me sane,” he said.

Since then, classes have worked in the area about five days each term. They plant

trees, dig up garbage at one site to study the decomposition, perform soil profiles and seed grass over areas that students dig up.

Over the years, Ijam’s Nature Center has donated trees to add to the arboretum.

Lakin estimates that 250 trees have been set out, but only 100 are still around.

“The worst part of this project is watching crews mow over the trees we’ve planted,” he said.

At one time, funds for the arboretum came in from selling rails in a fence around the area. Names were carved into each rail, and they served as a way of honoring or remembering loved ones. The fence

Karns High School student Taylor Mayes commits to the University of the Cumberlands as coaches B.J. Temple and Jordan Jeffers, parents Michael and Lisa Mayes and brother Caleb look on. Photos by Joe Rector

disappeared when a PTSA landscaping project tore it down. Lakin says it’s still a sore spot to some.

When he’s not busy in the classroom or the arboretum, Lakin is busy with his three children, two of whom he and his wife adopted from the republic of Karns High School student Chelsea Kyle signs scholarship papers with Lenoir-Rhyne University Georgia and Armenia. in North Carolina. Sharing the excitement are Steve and Betty Kyle, coaches Mike Zaczyk and The arboretum is a lab for Jimmy Dabney and athletic director George Ashe. students as they learn about several aspects of the environment. Most of all, Doug Families with rising 6th, 7th knoxschools.org and click on ciation week Monday through Lakin says the trees will or 8th graders are invited to the PTSA link.

Friday, May 2-6. serve as a legacy passed on schedule a tour of the school.

■ Greenway School, 544 Can■ Karns Middle School’s to future students of Karns Info: www.greenwayschool. ton Hollow Road, is currently spring choral concerts will be edu or 777-0197.

High. Anyone who would like enrolling grades 6-8 for fall. held Tuesday, May 3, at Hardin to make donations to the arValley Academy. Sixth grade boretum may contact Lakin will be from 6 to 6:30 p.m.; 7th at Karns High at 539-8670. grade will be from 6:45 to 7:15 Cedar Bluff Middle p.m.; and Encore choir will be School social studies from 7:30 to 8 p.m. teacher Amy Melendy ■ Karns High School’s musical has been selected as theater will present “Seven one of 16 educators naBrides for Seven Brothers” tionwide to participate Tuesday through Saturday, ■ Skills Development Basketin the Fulbright-Hays May 3-7.

See the school’s ball Clinic II, boys and girls Seminars Abroad Prowebsite for show times and ages 6-12. Info: 242-3354. gram to Greece and Turadmission fees. key. Melendy will leave ■ The BYU Young Ambason June 11 to spend five sadors will perform 7 p.m. weeks traveling through Tuesday, May 3, at the Clayton the countries. “I am most ■ Ball Camp Elementary Center for the Performing excited to be really imSchool PTA will meet 6:30 Arts in Maryville. All proceeds p.m. Thursday, April 28, in will be donated to HonorAir. mersed in their culture,” the gym. New officers will be Info: 981-8590. she said. Photo by N. Lester

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She was so absorbed with her own feelings that she could not consider the feelings of others around her. “In the beginning, Vera was volatile. Sometimes she would be angry and sometimes she would sit and cry,� said Peninsula Job Readiness Specialist Cathy Jerrolds, who works regularly with Vera on reading skills.

Vera had a lifelong history of behavioral issues and was hospitalized at age 19 for what was then called a Vera Lafollette checks email in the computer lab at Peninsula REC where she “nervous breakdown.â€? Her weight is a student. Her teacher says even if she is having a bad day, Vera is always in dropped below 80 pounds. “I was a good mood in her computer classes. too weak to comb my hair,â€? Lafoland phone number for the ďŹ rst lette recalled. “I remember sitting in time ever. the mental hospital looking out the “That’s a safety issue,â€? Jerrolds window and thinking, I don’t know said. “If she gets lost, she needs to what caused this, but I don’t want to be able to tell basic information be sick.â€? about herself.â€?

Her family was nurturing and “I have battled a mood disorder visited her each of the 18 days she and depression for many years,â€? was at Lakeshore Mental Health InLafollette admits. “I have tried lots stitute, but love alone could not cure of things (to help). When I started Vera’s behavioral problems. And, 40 attending the Recovery Education years ago, psychotropic medications Center, I was around people who were not nearly as sophisticated as were positive and believed that rethey are today. It would take years covery was possible after the diagof trial and error to ďŹ nd the right nosis of a mental illness!â€? combination of medication and be“In REC, I learned how to recoghavioral health treatment. nize and deal with my symptoms. I Diagnosed with mood disorder have conďŹ dence in myself now and and distorted thinking, Vera was not can express what I need and I want able to express her feelings, which to stay well,â€? she said. caused her to be very frustrated It’s a huge problem Reaching out to other people has and depressed. It seemed that she become rewarding for Vera. that isn’t openly talked had difďŹ culty comprehending or “I had never mailed a card or sent about. recalling information. She also has a letter in my life. Here, I learned “Every year, four times more echolalia, which means that Vera how to properly address envelopes women die from addiction-related often involuntarily repeats words and how to go to the post ofďŹ ce and illnesses than die from breast canor phrases just spoken by others, a purchase my own stamps. Now I cer,â€? said Peninsula therapist Jessica symptom common to some types of send and receive cards from family Cox. “Too often, these deaths could autism or schizophrenia. and friends on a regular basis; it’s a have been prevented with inter“In school, Vera was slow to learn, very good feeling,â€? Lafollette said. vention and treatment.â€? and at that point in time, students Broome credits Peninsula Light“Peninsula’s Intensive Outpalike her were socially promoted from house for helping unlock Vera’s tient Women in Treatment program one grade to another,â€? explained Erability to learn and her ability to offers a safe, compassionate, theranie Broome, Vera’s brother. “Mothpeutic environment with people socialize. er and Dad also sheltered her. She who will help you work your way “She’s always making friends back to health,â€? she said. couldn’t hold a job, and they didn’t within the Peninsula group and at allow her to get out very much.â€?

Cox said that for women, adthe nursing home,� he said. diction usually begins as a coping Following the deaths of their parVera says she likes being at Penmechanism for unresolved emoents, Broome became responsible for insula REC. tional issues across all age groups.

Vera, only to discover that long-term “Here, they understand me Self-esteem, body image, options for quality care were scarce more than people in the real relationship concerns, conflict for women in East Tennessee. world,â€? she said. “They are more resolution, trauma, parenting skills, “I could not ďŹ nd an affordable, positive and they look at things in stress management and commupermanent alternative,â€? Broome a different way; my whole outlook nication techniques are among said. “Vera was in one local facilhas changed.â€? topics covered in educational and ity, but couldn’t remember to take “We push people out of their group therapy sessions. Co-occurher medicine. The next thing I comfort zone because that’s often ring disorders, symptom manageknew, she had to be hospitalized where they grow,â€? Jerrolds said. ment/mental health diagnosis for severe bleeding ulcers. When “We believe anyone can improve and relapse prevention are also she was discharged, she went to from the point where they begin, addressed.

Maryville Healthcare and liked it. and we will help them do that.� “Women in Treatment is geared That’s where she is today.�

Jerrolds and Vera meet with to help women grow in self-accep“I’m grateful that I don’t have to tance and explore their potential each other weekly to read and and creativity,� Cox explained. “Selfworry,� Broome said. “Vera needs discuss books. Currently, they are acceptance and support are keys to structure. At Maryville Healthcare, I working on stories from “Chicken healing,� she said. know she’s warm, fed, and the staff Soup for the Soul.�

Women in Treatment is apmake sure she has her medicine.

One of her favorite books which propriate for women age 18-64 They see that she gets transportathe pair has read in tandem is “Tolwho are in addiction. Because it is tion to Peninsula every day.� tic Wisdom.� The book advises to a grant-funded program, particiBroome, who works as an eleclive by four principles: (1) Be impants must be uninsured or have trical inspector for the city of Knoxpeccable with your word; (2) Don’t exhausted available insurance ville, has been a big fan of Peninsula take anything personally; (3) Don’t benefits. Sessions are conducted by since the 1990s when he enrolled make assumptions; and (4) Always a master’s level clinician Monday Vera in a Peninsula Outpatient prodo your best. through Friday at the Peninsula gram. (She later came to Peninsula “(I have) no regrets as long as it Lighthouse campus, 1451 Dowell REC.) Peninsula staff discovered is my best,� said Lafollette. “I have Springs Blvd, in West Knoxville, just that Vera was able to learn with to be honest and communicate off Middlebrook Pike. No referral is necessary. For more information, consistent, patient repetition. how I feel and what I need.� call 865-374-7262.

After working with Jerrolds, An area where she always does Vera can now recite her address her best is in computer classes.

Women in treatment

Peninsula Recovery Education Center is a unique place where people who deal with symptoms of their mental illness and/or addiction develop their own programs to enhance and support recovery. All classes are led by Peer Support Specialists who understand the challenges of living with mental illness and addiction and who are, themselves, models of recovery. REC staff members are: (front) Mary Nelle Osborne, Martha Wells, Cathy Jerrolds; (back) Paul Rom, Derrick MacGillivray, Michael Chandler, Sheryl McCormick, Hazel Brady and Linda Estridge.

Peninsula Recovery Education Center: A place to heal and ‘get real’ “There are three potential goals for students at Peninsula Recovery Education Center: return to work, pursue educational opportunities or find meaningful volunteer work,� said Mary Nelle Osborne, REC director. “Our program is based on the fundamental belief that to have a meaningful life, a person must work, volunteer or be developing a skills base,� she explained.

The REC also teaches that there are four aspects of recovery – physical, spiritual, emotional and psychological – and all classes address one or more of these. The foundation upon which students are encouraged to build their recovery is a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAPŽ). “WRAPŽ completion has been shown to benefit people who have a mental illness diagnosis by strengthening their recovery, giving them tools to identify potential problems, formulate personal

Derrick MacGillivray teaches in the REC Computer Lab and is a WRAPÂŽ Facilitator. He has worked with Vera for about a year and is delighted with her progress. “Vera had never used a computer when she ďŹ rst began classes.

She was curious about them but had never had an opportunity to try one out. She began with the Computer Basics class that focuses on the mouse, keyboard and terminology before exploring the Internet on a basic level,â€? MacGillivray said. “I have seen an increase in not only her conďŹ dence, but in her comprehension since starting computers.

She regularly surprises her peers (because often she is so quiet) by speaking up in class and is showing some good retention. One time she shocked everyone when I asked the class the difference between software and hardware. She piped up with a perfect answer from an explanation she heard 12 weeks earlier.

Vera can now identify most of the major components of a computer and identify different types of software that she has used. You can see the happiness and pride when she is able to answer questions about computers and technology.�

Vera’s favorite program is Mavis Beacon Typing and she can often be found working on those skills. “Even when she comes in for another class, often she is early, starts the program on her own and practices for a few minutes. Since then, Vera has moved into emailing friends, family and staff each week. She is now able to log into her

crisis plans and maintain wellness,�

Osborne said. “Peninsula REC is essentially a place where you can heal and get real about what is going on in your life,� Osborne said. “We can help you learn how to change things for the better. Students work one-on-one with Peer Support Specialists (PSSs) to develop their own treatment goals and establish steps that they want to take on their road to recovery. All PSSs have completed an 80-hour training in which they learn how to use their own personal story of recovery to provide hope to others.�

REC sessions are 12 weeks long and students participate in classes that meet five days a week from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Snacks and lunch are provided at no charge. Adults age 18-80 who live in Tennessee and who have TennCare insurance qualify. No referral is needed.

For more information, call 374-7149.

A catalog of REC classes is on Peninsula’s website at www. peninsulabehavioralhealth.org.

webmail most times with no assistance. She then reads her new mail and sends out new mail and replies.

Usually once she is done, it is back to typing,â€? said MacGillivray. “In these classes, I try to introduce and bring in other types of technology and computers like laptops, mini netbooks, portable drives/ash drives, trackball mice, tablets, iPods, etc. Each time I see wonder and enthusiasm from Vera,â€? MacGillivray explained. “Even if she is having a bad day, Vera is always in a good mood in her computer classes,â€? he said.

Broome states that Vera’s interpersonal skills have developed as well. “Vera has grown a lot in her ability to understand and deal with people. She used to always say yes to everything and avoided confrontation,� Broome said. “Now, she stands up for herself and if she doesn’t want to tell you something, she’ll write it down. It’s part of her stress management techniques.�

Broome and Vera take weekly trips to Walmart to buy snacks, something Vera looks forward to all week long. She also looks forward to any time she sees her brother and his wife. “Ernie and Judy are so good to me,� she said. “I love them.�

When she’s not in class, Vera often participates in group social outings offered by Peninsula. One scheduled for May is a trip to Big Mama’s Karoke CafĂŠ. “I like to do all of it,â€? she said. “I like to just be Vera.â€?

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HALT helps pets and people, too This season of the HALT program (Humans and Animals Learning Together) is officially underway.

The program, which gives at-risk adolescents an opportunity to teach basic obedience commands to dogs rescued from shelters, has helped numerous animals find their forever homes while boosting the confidence of the youth who teach the animals to obey.

Five more dogs have been rescued and are in the process of being trained so they’re ready for their future forever homes. To learn more about the eligible canines, stop by a meet and greet in the coming weeks to get acquainted.

Info: www.vet.utk.edu/halt.

Tinker Bell

Big Bloomers, 10, lets go a howl.

Photo by S. Clark

Come see the hounds in Halls

These dogs have been given a second chance at life and hope you’d like to give them a chance, too. BlackJack, Molly Nell, Sassy, Tinker Bell and Whitt are all students of this season’s HALT program.

By Sandra Clark Come one, come all to the Hound Appreciation Day to celebrate (and hopefully adopt) one of the great dogs from the East Tennessee Bloodhound Rescue.

The event is set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at the Tractor Supply in Halls.

Pattye Elliott, director and a Powell resident, says theirs is one of just four bloodhound rescues in the country. It currently has 17 dogs eligible for adoption.

Heather Ragan, of Halls, and Taylor Matson joined Elliott at an April 16 event at Tractor Supply. Bad weather reduced the turnout and limited organizers to just three dogs. One was “Big Bloomers,” billed as an ambassador and not for adoption.

Info: www.easttennessee bloodhoundrescue.com/.

Reynolds reunion is Sunday The Reynolds family reunion is 1 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at Big Ridge State Park’s tea room.

Bring a covered dish.

Molly Nell

Black Jack

Whitt

Sassy

Bullying workshop

tive and promotes victim mentality; and participants will learn the psychological value of The Golden Rule, freedom of speech and humor.

The program is being offered by the Pastoral Care Staff at Children’s Hospital.

Info and registration: Chaplain Stan Fleming, 541-8375 or slfleming@etch.com.

the NuVal nutrition rating system, and cardiologist Dr. Bret Rogers from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at the Knoxville Convention Center. The free event is open to all. Staff from the UT Medical Center’s Healthy Living Kitchen will be on hand with literature for all attendees.

Call before you dig

NuVal and more Food City and UT Medical Center are sponsoring a symposium with Dr. David Katz, developer of

Hypothermia helps heart attack patients Rural/Metro, Knoxville Fire Department, Karns Fire Department and the Knox County Health Department have partnered with area hospitals to adopt a new treatment procedure shown to improve patient outcomes.

Therapeutic Hypothermia, or reducing the core body temperature, has been shown to increase survival rates and reduce disability after cardiac arrest.

The procedure is started by emergency medical technicians in the field and continued once the patient arrives at the hospital.

The procedure calls for a patient’s body temperature to be cooled using strategically placed ice packs and a chilled saline intravenous solution.

This fairly simple procedure lowers metabolism, reducing the body’s need for blood thus lowering the incidence of cell damage to the brain. Patients who have been treated with Therapeutic Hypothermia have a higher survival rate and less neurologic complications after cardiac arrest.

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“Cat Burglers” and “Dog Nappers” … looking to "steal" the hearts of unsuspecting victims!

Come on in and pick your new pet out of a "lineup" before they make a break for it!

AnimalWorks No Kill Animal Shelter

Dogs, cats, puppies and kittens, all sizes, shapes and colors, waiting patiently for their forever home.

3377 Regal Dr. • Alcoa, Tennessee 37701 865-379-2227 • www.animalworkstn.org Mon-Fri 10am - 6pm • Sat 10am - 4pm We always need monetary donations & are a 501(c)3 organization. Donations are tax deductible.

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The entire family is invited to watch 3,000 golf balls drop from a helicopter 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12, at Gettysvue Golf and Country Club, 9317 Linksvue Dr. The balls will be dropped over a specific hole on the driving range.

The “owner” of the first ball in the hole will win a monetary prize.

There will be lemonade and popcorn, a cash bar for the adults, live music, a silent auction and more. All proceeds will support the Alzheimer’s Association.

Tickets are $10. Tickets and info: 544-6288.

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There will be a bullying workshop 8 a.m. to noon Friday, May 6, at Children’s Hospital’s Koppel Plaza.

Guest speaker will be the Rev. Steven Craft, MDiv., from the Harvard School of Divinity.

The workshop will focus on helping children know how to stop being teased without getting into trouble; it will teach adults simple responses that reduce aggression between children; it will explain why the anti-bully movement of the past is counterproduc-

Golf ball drop for Alzheimer’s

The annual Echota District Scout Spring Camporee will be held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at Victor Ashe Park, 4901 Bradshaw Road.

This is an opportunity to learn what it’s really like to be involved in the Scouting program. Troops from all over Knox County will be participating and offering activities, including monkey bridge and rope making, reflective cooking, water rockets and outdoor games. Admission is free.

April is recognized throughout the country at “Safe Digging” month when utilities, state agencies and others promote overall safety awareness and the national one-call number “811,” designated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Everyone should call 811, the national “Call Before You Dig” telephone number, before any excavation.

Using the one-call system prevents service outages and injuries and saves individuals the cost of repairs to utility equipment they damage. Contractors can also avoid fines for violations.

Summer camp at AMSE The American Museum of Science and Energy will host Science Explorer Camp 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday through Friday, June 6-10, and Monday through Friday, June 1317, at Freels Bend Cabin in Oak Ridge. Explorations will include insects, habitats, water, weather and more. Cost per week is $175 for AMSE members, $190 for nonmembers.

Info: www.amse.org.

Alliance members’ show and ‘First Friday Faces’ The Arts and Culture Alliance will kick off its 2011 Member Show and the “First Friday Faces” photography exhibit by Barry McManus 5-9 p.m. Friday, May 6, with a First Friday reception at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. The exhibits will run through Friday, May 27. The members’ show will feature photography, mixed media, sculpture and more. “First Friday Faces” will showcase more than 40 photographs of people who have attended First Fridays over the past year. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with additional hours 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 7. Info: 523-7543 or visit www. knoxalliance.com.

April at the Art Market Gallery

Broadway classics from Roane State

The Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St., will present an exhibit of recent works by painter and illustrator Victoria Simmons and clay artist Linda Sullivan through Saturday, April 30.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Info: 525-5265 or visit artmarketgallery.net.

The Roane State Community College music department will perform Broadway show tunes, classic TV theme songs and hits from “Glee” 7 p.m. Friday, April 29, and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 1, in the theater on campus in Harriman. A $10 donation is suggested for admission.

Info: 354-3000, ext. 4236.

Medic continues to register donors for the chance to win a trip for two to Memphis In May’s World Championship BBQ Cook-off. Donors can stop by any blood drive location for their chance to win the prize package that includes overnight accommodations and a $100 gas card. The drawing will take place Thursday, May 5, which means donors have until Wednesday, May 4, to make their donation to the blood center in order to register.

Donors can donate at any of seven daily mobile sites or one of two fi xed sites: 1601 Ailor Ave. and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut. Blood drives in your area: ■ 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, April 25, American Trust Bank, 5426 Homberg Drive, Bloodmobile.

■ 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 26, Gibbs High School, 7628 Tazewell Pike, inside the old gym.

■ 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, April 26, Parkwest Medical Center, Boulevard Bistro, lower level.

■ 3-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church, inside fellowship hall.

■ 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, April 27, South College, 3904 Lonas Drive, Bloodmobile.

■ 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, South College, 400 Goody’s Lane, Bloodmobile.

■ 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 28, Christian Academy of Knoxville, 529 Academy Way, Bloodmobile.

■ 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 28, Commercial Bank of Halls, Bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 28, East Knox County Elementary School, 9315 Rutledge Pike, Bloodmobile.

■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 28, JCPenney at Turkey Creek, Bloodmobile.

■ 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 28, Omega Psi Phi, 1800 Melrose Place, inside ballroom.

■ 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday, May 2, UT Medical Center, inside Wood Auditorium.

■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3, Food City in Hardin Valley, Bloodmobile.

■ 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3, UT Medical Center, inside Wood Auditorium.

■ Noon to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 4, Kroger Marketplace on North Broadway, Bloodmobile.

■ 2 -8 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, Sharon Baptist Church, 7916 Pedigo Road, inside Ministry Center.

■ 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 4, UT Medical Center, inside Wood Auditorium.

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.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

HEALTH NOTES

■ A meet and greet will be held for adoptable canine students of the HALT program (Humans and Animal Learning Together) 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at Mast General Store on Gay Street; and Saturdays, May 7 and 14, at PetSmart on Morrell Road next to West Town Mall. Info: www.vet. utk.edu/halt.

■ Dream Katcher Lodge Meet Smokey, a 2-year-old male Chihuahua mix. Chihuaand Village Veterinary Cenhuas appear in many children’s movies these days, but ter will host a Pet Well they often do better in a home with adults. They bond Fair 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satvery closely to their owners, and some small dogs can urday, April 30, at Village be overwhelmed by kids. Smokey is a gentle, fun boy. His Veterinary Medical Center, adoption fee includes neuter surgery, a microchip, health 11301 Kingston Pike. Rescue and behavior screenings, and more. He is available for groups, animal artisans and adoption at Young-Williams Animal Center at 3201 Diviother pet-related groups will sion St. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Satbe participating. Everyone is urday, 1-6 p.m. Sunday. Young-Williams Animal Village at invited. Info: 777-9777.

6400 Kingston Pike is open to visitors noon to 6 p.m. each ■ Knox County Health day. See all of Young-Williams Animal Center’s adoptable Department will hold raanimals at www.knoxpets.org. bies vaccination clinics 2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7 and Saturday, May 14, at 35 Knox County schools in- Relay For Life of Anderson County cluding Ball Camp ElemenAnderson County’s Relay For Life will be begin at 10 tary, Bearden High and a.m.

Saturday, April 30, at Anderson County High School.

Halls Elementary schools.

Events will include a dog parade, live and silent auction Info: 215-5534. and the Luminaria Ceremony.

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Rent 66 on Pedigo Rd, 109 10% buyers premium. 1208 HwY 321N, Lenoir General Tnauctiononlin.com City, can be used for for Bidding. Lic #2447, multiple bus. pur865-688-8600 poses.

1 acre, Hall Real Estate & $1500/mo. 865-388-9523.

Auction Company

Historic River House

HALLS

Lakefront Property 47 Apts - Unfurnished 71

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Ft. Loudon Lakehouse sleeps 8-10, 4BR/4BA, Lindal Cedar ext, boathse w/pwr lift & jetski ramp, 6A close-in to Pell. Pkwy $549,000. Catherine Traver, Coldwell Banker Wallace & Wallace 865-256-3779 LAKEFRONT HOME on Watts Bar with dock. $269k.

Call 865-335-8771 KNX756063

LIVE AUCTION

SAT. May 7, 12 noon Lakefront home in Harriman, 2BR, 2BA. Opening bid of only $50,000. Caney Creek Rd.

Tnauctiononline.com for Bidding, OWNER FIN., 3 BR, 1 1/2 BA w/Jacuzzi, 10% buyers premium. newer home, W/D Lic# 2447. 865-688-8600 Hall Real Estate & conn., lg. deck, Auction Company. level yard, 2 mi. to UT, river, park, & tennis, $5,000 down, 49 $689/mo. 865-405-5472 Cemetery Lots ***Web ID# 773330*** 2 Plots Lynnhurst EverlastWest 40w Cemetery, ing Life. 1 & 2. Valued $2395 ea. Sell $1900 ea.

FSBO 1734 Blackwood Opening & closing Dr., 37923. 4 BR, 2 1/2 BA, negot. 865-281-2423 2769 SF. 3 car gar. Totally updated. 1 acre priv. lot. $254,900. 865-310-2571 Open House 4-23-11, 2-5. ***Web ID# 774359***

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■ 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.

■ UT Hospice conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults

216 Motorcycles

** ADOPT! * *

GERMAN Shepherd Looking for a lost pet or a new pups, AKC, 12 wks, POP one? Visit Young-Williams import bloodline, $500. Animal Center, the official 865-285-9620 727-364-1424. shelter for the City of ***Web ID# 771571*** Knoxville & Knox County: GERMAN Shepherd 3201 Division St. Knoxville.

Pups,, can be reg., www.knoxpets.org father was drug dog * * * * * * * * $500. 423-619-8901 German Shepherd pups, purebred, ready for Easter. 5 weeks. $300. 865-216-5916 ***Web ID# 772460***

GOLDENDOODLE

puppies, $400. call 865-230-3242 ***Web ID# 770831*** Golden Retrievers AKC/pedigree, 5 wks, ch lines, fam raised. $350. 865-250-1622 ***Web ID# 772614***

POODLE NURSERY, We Have All Sizes, Drivers Wanted all colors. Pups are reg., Must be energetic, 25 1-3 60 7 have shots, health responsible, motivated $130 weekly. Discount guarantee & wormed. avail. Util, TV, Ph, and enjoy making lots of Our nursery is full.

Stv, Refrig, Basic money!! If you are 21 or $175 & up. 423-566-0467 Cable. No Lse. older with a valid license, POODLES call today to schedule an STANDARD Puppies, Duplexes 73 interview!! Please call AKC, $300 between 11am-6pm Call 865-230-3242 423/723-9716 or ***Web ID# 770825*** HALLS, 3 br, 1 1/2 ba, 865/455-1365 W/D conn, new carpet, fresh paint. Priv entrance & drive. Cr Need 10 drivers NOW!! NKC, 1 female, 6 wks chk & ref. $800/dep, Make $$ today. Must be old $350. 423-721-5654 $800/mo, 1st & last at 21 or older, have a valid PUPPY NURSERY. signing. 865-922-3847 DL, and be ready to Many different breeds ***Web ID# 772053*** work. Please call Maltese, Yorkies, NEAR I-75 Ftn. City/ between 11am-6pm Malti-Poos, YorkiInskip, modern 2 Poos, Shih-Poos, shots 865/455-1365 or BR, W/D conn., no & wormed. Health 423/723-9716 pets $495, 2 yr lse, guar. 423-566-0467 cr ck, 865-522-4133 PUPPY SALE! Puppy Insurance 113 PRESTIGIOUS Zone at 8235 KingBRICK TOWNHOUSE ston Pike next to STORE FIXTURES, Historic, walkable Chuck E Cheese. Call nghbrhd. 1400+/- sf showcases, gondolas, 865-690-5252 or come Oak flrs, gourmet kit, wall shelving. Buy all by for more info. or part. 250-7303. formal DR, 2 story.

SHIH TZU Puppies, UT/town/I-40/6-40 AKC Reg. Males Petless, no smoking 865-426-8317; $850/mo. 850-896-0090 Business For Sale 131 $275.

865-963-1965 kayaktnriver@aol.com ***Web ID# 770830*** FLORIST, AREA. SHIH TZU pups, CKC Houses - Unfurnished 74 KNOXVILLE Good Cash Flow, current shots/wormed $70,000. Great Loc. Groomer owned.

CEDAR BLUFF, 3/2, Call 423-710-1814. $400. 423-775-2209 2 car gar., cul-de***Web ID# 771333*** sac, 1200 SF, ranch, $900/mo. 300-9534 Husky AKC Restaurant Equipment 133C SIBERIAN Pups, champ lines, Clinton Hwy Area shots, $350 to $500.

ANVIL electric 2 to choose from, 3 BRS, 2 865-995-1386 griddles with metal ***Web ID# 772970*** 2 Baths, 1 car garage, new home on cul-de-sac tables, 36"x16" & 24"x16"; 3 Farber- Siberian Husky puplot, laundry connect. ware griddles 18"; 1 pies, AKC, red & $800 rent, $600 damage dep., 1 yr lease, no pets 10-qt. mixer; 220 white avail. Ready volt cables various 5/5. $450. 865-607-0246 254-9552 or 388-3232 lengths. 865-310-7090 ***Web ID# 774245***

***Web ID# 758820***

■ 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

■ 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.

Maltese Puppies, purebred, 9 wks, no papers, parents on site, $400. 865-441-1445 ***Web ID# 772600*** MASTIFF CANE CORSO, CKC reg., brindles & grays, $450. 865-376-0459 ***Web ID# 774147*** PIT BULL Pups, chocolates, 7 wks old, $200. Call 423505-9554 (Knoxville) ***Web ID# 772650***

PUG PUPPY

Farmer’s Market 150 KUBOTA M6800, 4WD, with LOADER, 565 hours, $19,900.

Call 865-548-4565.

Flowers-Plants 189 IRIS FOR SALE Over 100 kind, April 22 - May 1 $4/rhizome.

6005 Green Valley Dr Holston Hills

Lawn-Garden Equip. 190

(18 and older) interested in becoming volunteers with its program. No medical experience is required. Training is provided. Info: 544-6277 or 544-6279.

■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support, for any adult who is suffering loss, meets 6 to 7:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month in the UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info or to reserve a spot: 544-6277.

■ YWCA Club W, 420 W. Clinch Ave., offers a hula hooping class 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Saturdays, and a belly dancing class 5-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Fridays.

Info: 523-6126 or visit www. ywcaknox.com.

Halls Class of ‘71 Halls High Class of 1971 will hold its 40th reunion Saturday, May 7, at Beaver Brook Country Club. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature heavy hors d’oeuvres and desserts and a cash bar. Cost is $30 per person. Make checks payable to HHS Class of 1971 and mail to Gene Parrott, 4410 Cabbage Road, Knoxville, TN 37938. Info: Hugh Wolfe, 922-8452.

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A BETTER CASH OFFER

Douglas Lakefront lot 210', year round water. Beautiful views Gentle slope, 1.9 ac, dockable, 30 min from Knox., 3 mi south of Dandridge, paid $215k selling $185k.

865-546-9202

Apts - Furnished 72 WALBROOK STUDIOS

■ Chronic Pain and Depression support group meets noon to 1:30 p.m. the first and third Thursday of every month at Faith Promise Church off Pellissippi Parkway. Info: Paula, 945-3810, or 748-1407.

■ 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, 218-7081.

BASSET HOUNDS

LABS CHOC., 4M, 3F, AKC reg., parents on site, $300. 606521-0320, 404-234-4474 ***Web ID# 773211***

AVON $$$ Great earnings opportunity!

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■ 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.

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1 & 2 BR apts. C H&A, W&D conn, $425 to $595. Dep. $300 & $400. 865-776-0204

2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, 2 story West, big kit., W/D conn., close to Turkey Creek, no pets. $650/mo. + DD. 865- ^ 288-3513, 865-300-5413

■ Free anxiety clinic and depression screening day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at the Psychological Clinic, 227 Austin Peay Building, 1404 Circle Drive. Walk-ins only.

■ 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 required. Info or to register: 541-4500.

Akita Fem. puppy, SHIH TZU PUPS, no BRITISH PUB table KAWASAKI 202 AKC, 9 wks, ch. linbreeding right, $300. & 4 chairs, great CRX1200, nice age, fawn, blk mask 313-4565. condition. $450. Call shape. $3800. Adult w/wht. 606-666-4271 865-607-5069. ridden. 603-0322 Soft Coated Wheaten ***Web ID# 772912*** ***Web ID# 773839*** Pups AKC, non shed, health guar, Triumph Tiger 1050 shots. 423-987-5111 2007, 3400 mi, white, ***Web ID# 772157*** adult ridden, 1 ownr, $7200. 865-310-5403 Wire Fox Terrier, need AMERICAN PIT Bull ***Web ID# 771525*** a mature AKC male puppies, 9 wks. old, for stud service or YAMAHA 2005, 650 NKC & CKC reg. 1st V-Star Classic, only & 2nd vaccination, purchase. 865-621-1733 9600 miles. $3,300. parents on premises, YORKIE POM 865-684-6989 $200 obo. Call after 7 wks old male, $150.

1pm, 865-696-4238.

Medical Supplies 219 Call 423-295-5434 ***Web ID# 772341*** Or 423-519-7472.

ATV’s 238a DAV Chapter 24 has YORKIE POOS, 3/4 FREE RENTAL DAZON 2007 All TerYorkie, 1/4 Poodle, OF POWER REG., $200 cash. rain Veh. Like new.

WHEEL CHAIRS males, S/W, $200 423-322-9338 Garage kept. $1850. cash. 865-992-5482 available for any ***Web ID# 773779*** 865-388-9523 ***Web ID# 770851*** area disabled veteran or members of BICHON PUPPIES, PUPPIES, their immediate Cute & adorable, CKC YORKIE $350. 1st shots & Autos Wanted 253 family. Manually reg., shots & wormed, wormed. Phone 865operated wheel 6 wks. old, 2 F $500, 696-0965 chairs also avail2 M $450. 423-404-4189 ***Web ID# 773563*** able. Call 690-7690 puppeeperson@yahoo.com for information.

YORKIE PUPPIES, Blue Heeler pups, 6 3 F, 1 M, AKC, 10 wks for junk cars, trucks, wks, reds & blues, old. Champ bldlines, vans, running or not.

Dewormed. $150. $400. Bulls Gap area. Sporting Goods 223 We also buy junk 865-494-8800; 742-9169 423-393-4082 or tractor trucks & drchipps@comcast.net CAR15 A2 rifle (Prebuses, 865-456-3500 ***Web ID# 771212*** Ban) + 10 mags ***Web ID# 772137*** 30rnd. Must go. AfBOSTON TERRIER ter 2pm 865-692-7696 Trucks PUPPIES, PUPS, NKC reg. YORKIE 257 males, 12 wks old, 1M & 2 F, blk & wht CKC, shots/wormed, $400. 865-255-4729.

DODGE DAKOTA Fishing Hunting 224 SLT 2008, 4 WD, 14k $300. 931-707-9875 CHIHUAHUA PUPS, mi., ext. cab, fully YORKIE PUPPIES, CKC, fawn & wht, 8 COLLECTOR'S 1917 equip., V6, 1 owner, very small.

AKC Reg. wks, shots, M & F, Moisin-Nagant M94 + $19,700. 865-671-9875 F-$550. M $450. 865$250. 865-309-9201 600 rnds ammo.

Exc. 426-8317 & 865-963-1965 ***Web ID# 770210*** cond. $1250. 423-667-2900 DODGE RAM Rum***Web ID# 770823*** ***Web ID# 772540*** ble Bee 2005, yellow English Bulldogs 5.7 Hemi, lthr seats, (Olde), pups & adults, YORKIES AKC fepwr snrf, hard cover males, shots UTD, vet chk'd, Kennel sell 232 w/spoiler, 22" whls, $600. 865-945-1194 or Boats Motors out. $450-$650.

50k mi, $17,900. Call 865-368-8339.

931-993-9686 865-740-4937 SUNTRACKER ***Web ID# 766579*** 2008 ***Web ID# 771337*** FB21 Pontoon. 60 ***Web ID# 769320*** GERMAN SHEPHERD Merc. 4SBF. Custom F-150, 1999, PUPPIES, 11 wks, 1 Free Pets 145 covers, F-D finder, FORD 230K mi., runs & towbar, dual axle Male, 1 Female, looks great, $2800. $200 ea. 865-300-3776 trailer. $17,500 obo.

865-470-2679; 257-3740 Call 691-2930. ***Web ID# 771551***

Dockable Lakefront lots at drastically reduced prices.

This upscale Loudon community is close to west Knoxville, 2 miles off I-75.

Featuring 1+ acre waterfront lots and scenic lake view lots with all utilities. Only 14 lots remain. These lots will all be sold well below appraised value. All offers considered. Investment deal of lifetime.

You must see this community. Call Rick at 865/300-7791 KNX744274

(2) 1 BR APTS in 3 story brownstone.

Sequoyah Hills. Util, cable, internet & W/D incl. Hdwd flrs, no smoke/pets. $745/mo, $745/dep. 865-454-8090 ***Web ID# 771209***

■ “Phobias and Stress Reduction Techniques,” 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28, Cedar Bluff Library, 9045 Cedar Park Drive. Free admission. Sponsored by The Foundation for Wellness Professionals.

and several classes are held on the third Wednesday of each month. No charge. Info: 548-1086.

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CADILLAC DHS 2004, only 42K mi., always garaged, loaded. $12,900. 865-679-1770.

FORD MUSTANG convt. 2005. V6, AT, lthr, 34k, very nice! $13,900. 865-684-9529 ***Web ID# 773806***

Air Cond / Heating 301 QUALITY SERVICE Heat & Air Specialist We service all brands.

Free in-home estimatse on new systems. Spring specials: up to $500 off a new system & 15% off on all services! Call 2567311.

Auto Services

308

AUTO DETAILING SERVICE & headlight restoration. Turn discolored headlights back to new! Call Paul at 865-661-5120.

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Remodeling

351

Beauty/Aesthetics 309

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Roofing / Siding

352

Ford F450 dual wheel dump truck, 2000, AC, AT, 146K mi, pwr stroke super duty V8 diesel, $9,999. 865- ^ 584-7438 ***Web ID# 772420*** Cleaning

CHAPARRAL 200SSE 2000, with trailer & equipment, very low time, eng. 5.0L, 225HP Mercury Cruiser I/O with 236 318 total hours, asking $14,000. 865-804-0872 SIERRA C-1500, CAROL'S ***Web ID# 773789*** GMC CLEANING 2005, 64K miles, SERVICE 20 yrs exp, $15,000 obo. 865-688KAWASAKI JET SKI, comm & residential.

6436 or 865-591-7521 low hours, will sell Bonded & insured, refs with or without trlr. avail. Call for quote $4000. 865-679-1770.

4 Wheel Drive 258 323-9105 KEYWEST 225 dual console, 2009 w/2009 NISSAN FRONTIER Elderly Care 324 225 Yamaha 4 LE 2006 crew cab, stroke, exc cond. 4X4 loaded, 122K hwy.

SIT, light cooking, $30k. 865-288-3117 mi. Good cond. 1 ownr. WILL run errands, clean for ***Web ID# 772290*** $11,600. 865-483-0252. elderly. 15 yrs exp, refs avail. Reasonable!

REGENCY 2004 22 ft Call 208-9032.

Pontoon Suntracker. 90 Antiques Classics 260 HP 2 cyl. Merc. Cover, big pontoons, blue, runs CHEVY S10 1988 PU, Fencing 327 & looks new w/dbl axle 425 HP, BM hydro trlr. Maint. kept up, new trans., many opt. YOU buy it, we install prop, propeller & batt. $7800. 865-603-0322 Garage kept. $13,500/b.o. it! Fencing & repair. ***Web ID# 773831*** 865-376-9045 We haul stuff, too! ***Web ID# 771753*** Free est. 604-6911

JOHN DEERE LT 133 RIDING MOWER, 42" Campers 235 deck, low hours, newly sharpened blade. 1994 28-ft 5TH WHEEL. Great cond (slight Hi-line w/hitch, lg room cosmetic damage.) pull-out. 1 owner. Was Runs like new! Brand asking $7500, now new carburetor & bat$6000. Must see! Call tery.. Pick-up in Ftn 687-2372.

City. $1100. 776-0529 FLEETWOOD pop-up JOHN DEERE XD45 camper, 12-ft box, 14HP Hydro, 48" sleeps 8, hot water deck, tri-cycler, heater, outside mulcher, electric shower, inside toilet, start, Sulky, 130 $4,800. 925-3154. hrs. $2,800 nego.

See it at : 865-806-6049 fleetwoodutah.com KUBOTA T1670 lawn JAYCO G2, 2010, tractor 42" hydro25', super slide, satstatic trans, exc cond, ellite TV, queen $1,400. 865-850-7398 bed, many extras, used twice, $17,250 RAIN BARRELS, 55 OBO. 423-337-1689 gallon, plastic with removable top. Get them while supplies Motor Homes 237 last. $45. 607-1126

Sport Utility

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Flooring

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FORD EXPLORER 2001, 4x4, exc. cond. Loaded. CERAMIC TILE in139,500 mi. $4000. stallation.

Floors/ 865-603-2097; 300-5282 walls/repairs. 32 yrs ***Web ID# 771669*** exp, exc work! ^ John 9 3 8 -3 3 2 8 GMC ENVOY SLT 2003, Tree Service 123K mi, exc cond., pewter w/gray lthr, Guttering 333 tow pkg, $7500. 865408-9246 ***Web ID# 771638*** HAROLD'S GUTTER SVC. Will clean Volvo XC90 2007, 3.2, front & back $20 & leather, sunrf, 3rd row up. Quality work, seating, 71,300 mi, guaranteed. 945-2565 $21,500. 865-680-1352

Imports

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Honda Accord EX 2005, white 4 dr, leather, sunrf, loaded, 79K mi, $13,500. 865-357-4413

Lawn Care

357

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BUSY BEES LAWNCARE at your service! Mowing, mulching, lawn detail, you name it! Free est, Sr. Discount. It would Bee my pleasure to serve you! Mark 335-7290

MERCEDES E320 CDI 2006, like new, silver, BEAVER Monterey lthr, loaded. 42k mi, 2005 40' Class A, $28,995. 865-230-8214 OUR FATHER'S GAR400HP Cat C-9 eng., ***Web ID# 770774*** DEN Lawncare Svc. 3 slides, auto. air NEW HOLLAND 40 Reasonable rates, susp., Hydro-Hot, TOYOTA CAMRY LE HP tractor w/3 atFree est. 201-1390 cent. vac, W/D, auto tachments, 237 hrs.

1996, 1 owner, 179K sat. dish, 45K mi., $16,500. 865-376-8801 mi., good cond., asknon-smoking, auto. ing $2,700. 865-368-4653 Painting / Wallpaper 344 ^ ***Web ID# 770921*** door & patio awn- ***Web ID# 772649*** ings, $140,000 negot.

AA PAINTING Shop Tools-Engines 194 Pics avail. on re- TOYOTA CAMRY LE Int/Ext painting, 2009, light green, quest. 865-288-3512 staining, log homes, 27,200 mi., sunroof WOODWORKER pressure washing.

FOREST RIVER 2008 $14,000. 865-696-6077 Retiring. Wood tools 9 9 2 -4 0 0 2 diesel pusher, 4 slides (power, hand, air), or 6 1 7 -2 2 2 8 Cummins, 21k mi, TOYOTA Corolla 2001, lots more. 865-679-8721 340 satellite, warr, gar AT, AC, PS, 41K kept, many extras. act. mi, silver, $4995. NEED YOUR HOUSE PAINTED inside or 865-992-3547 865-828-6405; 805-6039 Household Furn. 204 $125,000. out? 25 yrs exp, low KNX738552 rates, free estimates!

Call Tom at 406-4144.

MOVING SALE. Winnebago Journey Domestic 265 Crystal chandelier, 2000 36.5', dsl pusher st steel Maytag frig w/slide, for more info 2001 CADILLAC DePool Services 349 & DW, more. Lv. daglenn@gmx.com ville. 3.2 Northstar. msg. Judy 621-8477 $42,500. 865-679-8721 101k mi. $4800. Call KUNTRY POOLS 691-2930.

TWIG FURNITURE, Openings start at 3 pcs, loveseat, Motorcycles 238 Cadillac Deville 2002 $150.

Wkly maint, chair, & round table salt s ystems , ingold, 3.2 Northstar, $200. 865-494-6223 HARLEY DAVIDSON ground & above96k mi, $6950. Call XL1200L Sportster ground liners. In865-556-7225, Tom stallation pros, refs 2008, white all Pools/Hot Tubs 209 Low, orig., under 25 mi., CHEV. MALIBU 2002, avail. 388 -1752 ^ 100k mi, well-maint. $8,250. 865-919-0017 POOL ACCESSORIES, ***Web ID# 774131*** ACCESSO- COOPER'S TREE SVC 20-25 mpg. $5500. POOL Bucket truck, lot cleaneverything from a roRIES, everything 865-705-7987 ing, brush pick-up, chipbot to clean the pool to HONDA VALKYRIE ***Web ID# 771681*** from a robot to per. Ins'd, lg & sm jobs.

1998, 1500 cc, blue & games including ladclean the pool to 523-4206, 789-8761 Chevy Impala LS 2008, white. Very low mi, der & slide, total of 16 games including gar kept, exc cond. V6, flex fuel, 3.5L, all items.

Everything ladder. Everything $6000. 865-938-7376, opt. 79k mi. Exc. cnd. must go. Call for demust go. Call for $8100. 865-748-7526 leave message. tails. Will take best ofdetails.

Will take ***Web ID# 766973*** ***Web ID# 773222*** fer. 687-7752 best offer. 687-7752

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SPOTLIGHT Parrent coauthors book Linda Parrent, owner of Elegant Essentials and executive managing director of eWomen Knoxville, has coauthored a new book and training program Parrent titled “Networking for Novices – Networking Nuggets from Experts.”

Written with other eWomenNetwork directors, the book offers advice about focused networking and proven tips to take a business to the next level.

The book was premiered at a recent eWomenNetwork conference in Corpus Christi, Texas, where Parrent was a featured speaker.

Parrent is donating 25 percent of book proceeds to Teen Challenge of East Tennessee, a part of the Christ-centered ministry Destination Hope, to assist women until they are living a more self-sufficient life and ready to give back to others.

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M.S. McClellan sets trunk show Preorder for fall at this week’s Trunk Show by Bills Khakis and Robert Graham at the M.S. McClellan store.

Hours are Friday, April 29, from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

This is the first time for a Robert Graham trunk show here and Mary Jo Dever will present the semiannual Bills Khakis show. On Saturday, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. the staff will serve barbecue from Sweet P’s.

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By Sandra Clark

Business has been good for Sullivan’s Fine Food, a Maryville-based restaurant which opened at Franklin Square in March.

“We did a lot of renovation,” said owner Charles Irvine. The site was formerly home to Italian Market and Grill, which closed in January 2008. Last year Franklin Square developer Bill Hodges said he and partner Dee Harrison were selectively seeking a good fit for Franklin Square.

They found it in Sullivan’s, a restaurant that specializes in fresh, homemade food.

Blue plate specials (served with two sides) include homemade meatloaf, pot roast, fried chicken tenders and farm-raised catfish. Sullivan’s is known for its huge salads – enough for a meal with a bit left over.

Homemade salad dressings include balsamic vinaigrette, bleu cheese, honey mustard, ranch, lime cilantro and no-fat raspberry vinaigrette.

Daily specials along with sandwiches and wraps make Sullivan’s a “go-to” spot for lunch.

Owner Charles Irvine at Sullivan’s in Franklin Square. Photo by S. Clark Steaks are cut by Sullivan’s own select butcher and fresh seafood and produce are delivered daily. The steaks are center-cuts and all meats are hand-breaded.

Irvine says each of his three restaurants has a unique identity and a “real sense of community.” The Maryville site offers elegant

dining in a multilevel, renovated department store. The Rocky Hill site is more of a neighborhood bar and grill.

Sullivan’s at Franklin Square will develop its own identity, under the leadership of general manager Chris Whaley. A banquet room seats up to 50. The ambience is calm with rich woods and

refurbished sky lights.

Sullivan’s seats 175 and opens Monday through Saturday at 11 a.m. The kitchen closes at 10 p.m. weekdays and 10:30 p.m. on weekends.

The restaurant is closed on Sundays.

Charles Irvine grew up in Paris, Tenn., and came to Knoxville to attend UT. He

worked in the restaurant business while in school and after graduation decided to stay, both in town and in the industry.

He’s a hands-on owner with a unique restaurant. It’s definitely worth a visit. Info: www.sullivansfinefood.com/ or 951-1621.

Name the pup and win a prize I’m blaming it all on The Shopper. The sleepless nights.

The hourly treks around the yard. The toys strewn here and there.

Yep. It’s a new puppy. And, as I said, I’m blaming it on The Shopper. That’s where I saw the ad: “Dalmatian puppies for sale.” I was hooked – again.

I got my first Dalmatian when I was 3 years old.

My Dad took me to the fire hall not far from our house in Chattanooga and let me choose a puppy from a litter.

It was love at first sight. I gave him the very original name of “Spot.”

We had Spot for many years. He was a great pet.

Dalmatians are fast runners.

They never really rode on the seat next to the driver like we see in the Budweiser commercials. Historically, they raced ahead of the carriages so they could alert the horses of dangers further along the road.

Spot never had any trouble keeping up with four kids as

Anne Hart

we rode our bikes, and he loved to chase us all over the yard and roll around with us in the grass when he “caught” us. Looking back, it seems Spot took part in all of our outside activities, but is perhaps best remembered for swiping all the hot dogs off the backyard grill one Fourth of July.

In his old age, Spot took to biting strangers. When he took a chunk out of the man delivering the dry cleaning, Mother decided it was time to have him put away. She didn’t give us advance warning. We came home from school one day and Spot was gone. All four of us were heartbroken.

As soon as I was grown and had my own house, I got another Dalmatian. He, too, eventually went to puppy

heaven. My Dad bought me another one. A few weeks before Christmas, that dog was stolen from my fenced back yard. The same thing happened three years in a row – always right before Christmas.

When I tried to report the thefts, then Sheriff Joe Jenkins told me it was obvious someone knew exactly where to steal dogs to sell for Christmas money, and there wasn’t anything he could do unless I caught the thief in the act.

His advice: “Get a cat.”

So I did, and over the years I’ve had several of them and have loved them all. But you know how cats are. They’re the farthest thing possible from a dog. It’s just not the same. No tails wag when you walk through the door. They sure don’t want to play ball with you. They pretty much want to be fed, brushed, loved on when they feel like it, and left alone the rest of the time.

So last week my friend Sharon Bell, who is a better person than I am and adopts

Puppy Hart in his new red harness only abused dogs, went with me to look at the Dalmatians “just in case” I decided to bring one home and needed someone to hold him while I drove. The picture with this column tells the rest of the story.

Little 9-pound, 7-weekold Puppy Hart has taken over the house. The cats will eventually get used to him, I hope. Right now they come

out from under the beds only when the puppy and I are outside “walking.”

But I’m having trouble naming him. I guess I used up all my good Dalmatian names on his predecessors.

This is where you come in.

Email your best suggestions to me. The winner will get his or her picture in the Shopper holding the pup, and a $25 gift card to the Chop House at Franklin Square, courtesy of manager Coby Leach.

But it has to be a really good name. My sister-in-law has already suggested Bob Barker. This from the woman whose favorite name for a cocker spaniel is Joe Cocker.

And you need to be pretty quick, too. My 4- and 5-yearold great nieces are busily planning what they are calling “a puppy shower,” complete with gifts for their new cousin. They’re very excited about it all and are determined to come up with a good name for the puppy. Competition is going to be stiff!

Contact: annehartsn@aol.com.

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Duncan helps Rural/Metro settle in to new offices

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long & short

Last week, U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. visited our new facility and raised the flag to officially dedicate the new regional headquarters of Rural/Metro of Tennessee.

Toast and Coffee with Barbara Pelot at Long’s Drug Store

of it

Join us each Wednesday from 9 to 10 a.m.

Rob Webb Division General Manager of Rural/Metro

lifelines Moving is never an easy task. But as we settle into our new offices in West Knox County, it is apparent that the time had come.

The offices on Callahan Road served us well for many years.

And we have enjoyed a great relationship with our neighbors in Powell. As our company has grown, however, we had run out of space.

Equipment and even departments have been spread throughout various satellite offices.

Our new offices, the former home of Jewelry Television, are just a few miles down the road at 10140 Gallows Point Drive off Hardin Valley Road.

This facility has allowed us to gather the offices for all our services under one roof and combine processes to improve efficiencies.

We now have room to shelter our entire fleet of ambulances in case of severe weather if they are not on duty. We have a larger, improved training room to keep our employees abreast of the latest information and procedures.

The new facility has space for vehicle maintenance and equipment storage as well as a comfortable conference room that we intend to make available for community use.

And within this new facility, we are creating a back-up E-911 call center, which will be put into action if the Knox County E-911 center encounters an interruption in service.

Our goal is to make sure that no Knox County emergency ever goes unattended.

By moving a few miles west we are growing to better serve our community. We will hold a community open house after we settle in.

I hope you will plan to visit us then.

COLLEGE NOTES Pellissippi State ■ Shokrieh Rezabaksh, a PSCC student from Afghanistan, has just published a children’s book about a fictional Rezabaksh Far-A-Far, a land that’s “beautiful, yet sad.” To order “Hazar,” go to publishamerica.net.

■ PSCC students won six of the top 15 spots in math competition with students from other community colleges. Winners included: Byron McDanold, Trevor Lohman, Saiid Kassaee, Calvin Scott, Timothy Scott Norman and Jesse Carmichael.

■ Adult Education Program at PSCC offers free classes and one-on-one tutoring

A quick reunion Sara Yoakley, cousin of the infamous Barbara Pelot, stops

by Long’s in the midst of running errands. Her youngest child, Meagan, will graduate from Bearden High School next month, and Sara is busy assisting with plans for Project Grad.

HonorAir flights benefit vets and community

Touched by an angel

Carl Asp, right, tells Barbara Pelot about his experience aboard HonorAir Knoxville’s recent flight to Washington, D.C. Asp was drafted in 1952 during the Korean conflict.

He was assigned to the rocket program at Redstone Arsenal, and tested Nike and Corporal missiles in White Sands, N.M. This was the first HonorAir flight that included Korean veterans, and Asp was impressed with the outpouring of support the 130 honorees received. “It put a smile on the faces of the veterans and gave people a chance to celebrate,” he says.

While the women behind the counter – Jeannie Daniel, Ruth Pate and Sharon Bell – produce miracles every day, Pate thinks Long’s Drug Store was visited by an angel. Her sister and co-worker, Denise Jones, recently served an unfamiliar customer, who praised the food and said he would return the next day. He did, and after Denise gave him his dinner, she told her co-workers that she was on her way to the hospital to see her mother, who had been hospitalized since March. The man asked if he could pray with her, and she agreed. On her way out the door, Denise thanked the customer, and he said that God had told him to give her a hundred dollar bill and let her know that something good was about to happen. After protesting, Denise took the money. The next day, her mother was much improved. Photos by Wendy Smith

Tony Basilio gives advice Sports guy Tony Basilio gave a lesson in parenting when he spoke at the Rotary Club of West Knoxville. He said he was at club member Jim Burns’ office with his son, 11, who saw folks filling out a bracket for the NCAA tournament.

The kid wanted to join the pool and Tony thought this was a great time to teach him that “gambling doesn’t pay.” So he said his son could join if he came up with $10.

As the tournament progressed, everyone’s bracket was ruined, including his son’s. But a few days later, Jim called to say the kid had won $230. Tony was going to keep that hidden, but the kid got on the Internet and figured it out for himself.

So Tony brought his son on the air to confess his sin and asked him what he had learned. “You can make a lot of money by gambling,” said the kid.

in basic reading, writing and math skills; preparation for the GED test; and classes in English for speakers of other languages with two locations and flexible hours. Info: 539-7109.

UT ■ Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage, a tradition led by UT Knoxville for 61 years, will be April 26 through May 1. Online registration is at www.springwild flowerpilgrimage.org/ and onsite registration begins April 25 at Gatlinburg’s M. L. Mills Conference Center.

Info: 974-0280.

Spring show for Knoxville Watercolor Society The Knoxville Watercolor Society will host a spring show and sale through Sunday, May 15, at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Exhibit hours are

needs. Coaches are not rocket scientists; they are sales reps for the school.

Football: UT should West Knox Rotary have four guaranteed wins in nonconference games. If Shopper we beat Kentucky and VanSPot derbilt, that gets us to six.

All we need to do is go two Tony is a UT graduate and four in the remainder who has broadcast on local of our games to get to eight wins, and we should be able radio for 19 years.

As reported by Alan to achieve at least that.

Smeltzer, Tony said he lives his life on the air and does ■ Meet the not care what people think members about him.

Holly Matney joined RoBruce Pearl: The whole tary last year, sponsored by thing was a circus. In KenTurner Howard. Holly earned tucky and Alabama they get a bachelor’s degree from a raise for this type of thing!

ETSU in business finance The lesson of Bruce Pearl and banking. Upon graduis that you can do almost ation, she entered a mananything if you are honest agement training program about it. In the end, as with with BB&T in 2006 and was so many other situations, named a branch manager in it was about the cover-up Knoxville at age 23. more than the incident.

She and her husband, NaCuonzo Martin: Marthan, met at ETSU and have tin will not be nearly the been married for five years. promoter that Pearl was, They have a son, Landon, and that is really what UT who is 19 months old and attends La Petite Academy.

Holly is a member of the 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Knoxville Chamber and through Saturday and 1-5 serves on the OBI commitp.m. Sunday. Info: Wilda tee for United Way. Clark, 588-6828.

Stuart Anderson joined Rotary in 2011, sponsored Market Square

by Oliver Smith. He moved

District calendar

■ Through April 30: Knoxville Botanical Gardens’ Tapestry of Flowers, Krutch Park Extension ■ April 29: Dogwood Parade, Gay St., 7 p.m.

■ April 29: Dogwood Mile, Gay St., 8:45 p.m.

■ April 30: Dogwood Arts Festival Chalk Walk, Market Square and Krutch Park, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

■ April 30: Market Square Farmers Market in conjunction with Chalk Walk, Market Street, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

■ May 6: First Friday ■ May 7: Market Square Farmers’ Market Opening Day, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tony Basilio talks sports to West Knox Rotary. Photos by Charles Garvey

Anderson

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to Knoxville in 1998 after graduating from Brentwood High School and summa cum laude in his architecture class at UT. He has worked as an architect since graduation and has been the lead designer with George Armour Ewart Architect for 13 years.

Stuart has been married to Beth Anderson, a teacher at Belle Morris Elementary, for 20 years. Their children

Win a Lexus Lexus of Knoxville is giving away a 2011 Lexus ES 350 in a raffle that will benefit the Cancer Institute at UT Medical Center. Only 200 tickets will be sold, at $1,000 each, and the winner will be announced April 30 at “An Evening in Orange,” the Medical Center’s signature annual black tie fundraiser. To purchase a ticket, email Development@utmck. edu/ or call 305-6611.

Fly charter Grande Aviation is offering a new air charter service for Knoxville residents on a tight schedule. Business charter enables passengers to choose their destination, select precise departure times, avoid long security lines, cramped cabin quarters and overcrowded terminals, while having only the people you want to fly with on board.

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are Van and Reed. They live in Village Green where Stuart serves on the Neighborhood Association board.

Brad Buckshorn is a new member of Rotary, sponsored by Keely Ritchie.

Brad is branch manager with First Tennessee on Middlebrook Pike. He is a UT graduate, majoring in economics and psychology.

His wife is Mary Beth.

OwnerMike Grande said his charter company focuses on destinations that are within 1.5 to 2 hours of flight time from Knoxville. Shaun Kruchek is chief pilot and director of operations.

KAWE seeks ‘notable woman’ nominations The Knoxville Association of Women Executives (KAWE) is seeking nominations to recognize a “notable woman,” someone who has distinguished herself by achieving a position in which she can affect the strategic direction of an organization, contribute to her community and maintain a life balance in a profession, business, charity, creative art or sport. A $500 cash award will be contributed to a charity of the winning nominee’s choice.

Nominations must be accepted by June 20 at NotableWomanKAWE@gmail.com/.

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YMCA president and CEO Jim Dickson and YWCA executive director Marigail Mullin each accept a $5,000 donation from Dale Keasling, president and CEO of Home Federal Bank of Tennessee.

Eats for Easter lends a hand

Hybrid training ProToy in Hardin Valley recently offered instruction for first responders on hybrid cars. ProToy owner Barry Dickey said two first responders died last year while using the “jaws of life” on hybrids. The cars run on both gasoline and electric power and first responders have not had hands-on training on how to deal with these cars. Members of the Oak Ridge firefighters including first responder Al Mueller attended. Photo submitted

Abrams joins Prudential Financial Rosemarie Jost Abrams has joined The Prudential Insurance Company of America office at 1111 Northshore Drive as a Financial Professional Associate (FPA), Rosie Abrams serving the insurance and financial services needs of clients in Knox and Loudon counties.

Abrams completed an extensive training and development curriculum and attained Life and Health licenses and FINRA Series 6 and 63 registra-

By Ruth White

Eats for Easter is a new initiative designed to support women in crisis and families in transition.

Through the generosity of Home Federal Bank, a donation of $10,000 was made toward the purchase of Food City Gift cards to the YMCA of East Tennessee and YWCA Knoxville to help families in need celebrate Easter.

Food City discounted the gift cards in order to help the contribution from KCDC staff in Nashville for a legislative luncheon: Alvin Home Federal go further Nance, KCDC commissioner Craig Griffith, Jordanna Nelson, for designated recipients. state Rep. Ryan Haynes, Joyce Flord, Bo Pierce and Art Cate. YMCA president and CEO Jim Dickson was thrilled Photo submitted that Home Federal chose tions through Prudential’s TDS is Cisco certified to celebrate Easter by helping people in need.

Career Development TDS Telecommunica“We work with people Program. tions Corp. has achieved who are seeking to imAbrams grew up in the Cisco Master Manprove their lives through Knoxville and now lives aged Services Certificaour programs,” he said. in Loudon. She can be tion, a recognition of “This is a helping hand, not reached at 584-1153, ext. the company’s ability to a hand out.”

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KCDC staff at legislative luncheon

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett proclaimed April 12 as Helping Hand Day in honor of the Eats for Easter program benefitting the YMCA of East Tennessee and YWCA of Knoxville. Photos by Ruth White

FARRAGUT WEST KNOX CHAMBER ■ Board of Directors Meet, 8:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, New Horizons Learning Center, 9115 Cross Park Drive, Suite C 100.

Keasling for the bank’s generosity, noting that their gift ■ Ribbon Cutting, 2 to 2:30 was “inspiring to staff, board p.m. Wednesday, April 27, ABC members, volunteers and esSupply Co., 220 Royal Crown pecially the clients served.

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“This sends a message ■ Annual Dinner, Silent and to the families the YWCA Live Auction, 6-10 p.m. serves that they are valuable Friday, April 29, Rothchild and worth it,” she said.

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Party yourself into shape with

High-fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), sometimes called corn sugar, is a popular ingredient in sodas, fruit-flavored drinks, cereals, pastries, breads and other baked goods.

In fact, HFCS is the most common added sweetener in processed foods and beverages. So, the question becomes … Is the HFCS we consume contributing to the fattening of America?

Casey Peer Registered Dietitian

Research studies have yielded mixed results about the possible adverse effects of consuming high-fructose corn syrup. Although high-fructose corn syrup is chemically similar to table sugar (sucrose), concerns have been raised because of how high-fructose corn syrup is processed.

Some believe that your body reacts differently to high-fructose corn syrup than it does to other types of sugar. But research is evolving.

Researchers at Princeton University demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain. They found that rats with access to HFCS gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when they consumed the same number of total calories.

“When rats are drinking HFCS at levels well below those in soda pop, they’re becoming obese – every single one, across the board. Even when rats are fed a high-fat diet, you don’t see this; they don’t all gain extra weight.”

Princeton Department of Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute also reported on the first long-term study of the effects of HFCS consumption on obesity in lab animals.

They monitored weight gain, body fat, and triglyceride levels in rats with access to HFCS for six months. Compared to those eating only rat chow, rats on a diet rich in HFCS showed characteristic signs of Metabolic Syndrome, including abnormal weight gain, significant increases in circulating triglycerides and fat deposition, especially visceral (abdominal) fat. Those with access to HFCS gained 48 percent more weight than those eating a normal diet.

These findings support the theory that excessive consumption of HFCS may be an important factor in the obesity epidemic.

By Sandra Clark

I

t’s fast, it’s fun and it shakes those pounds away.

It’s Zumba, a Latin-inspired dance fitness program that blends international music and continuous motion to create an aerobic experience that works.

“This is the only thing aerobic that I enjoy,” said Cindy Keller, who participated in a Zumba class last week at The Wellness Center at Dowell Springs. “Treadmill, no. Elliptical, no. Running, no. Zumba is fun!” she said.

Instructor Logan Innis fired up her wireless phone (Honest. She had the music formatted onto her phone.) and got the class underway. A UT student from Brentwood, Logan has taken Zumba classes for two years and has taught them for about nine months. She’s had students from 14 to 83 and says Zumba is a great way to exercise while having fun.

“You can burn off twice as many calories, doing this correctly, as running for one hour,” she says. “Of course, you’ve got to work. You can’t just watch me!”

Her program is originally choreographed and alternates two fast songs with one slower one. The movement is constant, and Logan tells students to try to get the technique right even if they’re unable to complete as many repetitions as she does.

Since its inception in 2001, the Zumba program has grown to become the world’s largest dance-fitness

Zumba Join the ZUMBAthon Support the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life ($10 donation) The Wellness Center at Dowell Springs (1400 Dowell Springs Blvd., Suite 100)

Friday, May 13, from 4-7 p.m.

Bake sale • Raffle • T-shirts Dance when you can!

weekly classes in over 110,000 locations across more than 125 countries.

Juli Urevick, fitness instructor and marketing coordinator for The Wellness Center, said the Center’s upcoming ZUMBAthon is just another way to support a worthwhile community project. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

Buy a class: Zumba is not for members only, Urevick said.

Anyone can sample the beginner Zumba class for just $15. A package of eight or more fitness classes is $12 each and participants can “mix and match.” Info: 232-1414.

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 – A 60-minute total body workout in a bootcamp style class.

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 four-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.

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.

Logan Innis leads a Zumba class.

program, according to the company website, with more than 12 million people taking

PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS Zumba is a Latin-inspired, dancefitness class that incorporates Latin and international music and dance movements. Beginners are welcome and no experience is necessary.

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.

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 yoga.

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.