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VOL. 7 NO. 8
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Outdoors
February 25, 2013
RoHAWKtics’ new robot unveiled
Outdoor Living Special Section Find out where the wild things are and much more in this month’s “My Outdoors.”
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Coffee Break
Fans of Judy Gardner’s shop, the Silk Purse, already know that the store now shares space with Tea at the Gallery in Western Plaza. One of the new fixtures in the brightly decorated store is a little green table. That’s where customers can sit down with Judy to talk about their fashion needs. “I love working with women,” she says. “I like to find the look that’s right for them. When they look right, they feel happy.”
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Meet Tom Dillard Tom Dillard flashes a slightly embarrassed grin upon hearing that a lot of his peers consider him the gold standard by which other lawyers are measured. “I hope that doesn’t mean that gold is losing its value,” he said. “At a certain age, if you don’t get disbarred or prosecuted, people do give you some respect. But I sure appreciate that, and I’ve been very fortunate.” Betty Bean profiles local lawyer Tom Dillard in this month’s LawDogs.
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Hardin Valley students Fletcher Blue and Jack Povlin load the robot with frisbees in a trial run during First Team 3824’s open house at ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com
By Theresa Edwards Hardin Valley Academy’s First Robotics team 3824, named “RoHAWKtics” after the school mascot, has designed and built a frisbee-throwing robot for the Smoky Mountain Regional competition March 27-30 at the Knoxville Convention Center. The team had six weeks (Jan. 5 to Feb. 19) to build the robot. The team built two robots, using the second one for practice. “When you watch the competition, you are not just seeing robots. You see the tremendous efforts of an organized group of 43 students on our robotics team,” said team coach and math/physics instruc-
tor John Tilson. “Everybody has contributed to this, including the design, programming, building, game strategy, safety and business aspects. “This program is really good to give students hands-on experience, enhancing their learning. They work alongside mentors to solve problems. It is a very difficult challenge we have each year, and it really is a collaborative effort to come up with solutions.” This year’s frisbeethrowing robot will end with a climbing contest to score bonus points. Approximately 50 teams will compete. “What is cool is how
Beth Love, RoHAWKtics business team leader and English instructor
this robot is made of carbon fiber, a really strong yet lightweight material,” said student Caleb Young. “This enables the robot to withstand a lot of pressure while climbing, yet not go over the weight limit.” The public is invited to attend the competition, RoHAWKtics business team members: Georgiana Blue, Anna which Tilson says is like Hamlett, Sam Shadwell, Emily Love, Emily Kirk and Brianna a rock concert. “It will be Littleton. packed.”
Village Fine Art Gallery closing after 17 years
NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Sign gone Someone has taken the sign that marks the entrance to Lazy Acres subdivision, and the neighbors want it back. Richard Jett says the sign is about five feet by three feet, and residents will “ask no questions” when it’s returned. Contact Jett at 679-1261.
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By Betty Bean Come April, Village Fine Art Gallery owner Carolyn Mullins and her husband, Bill, are going to the house – the one near Pawley’s Island, S.C. – eight doors down from their 3-year-old granddaughter, Caroline. Caroline’s parents, Kathryn Mullins Edwards and Jim Edwards, live there, too. The other Mullins daughter, Sheryl Pless and her husband, Jeff, live in Knoxville. Bill retired from his job as a broker with Coldwell Banker Wallace & Wallace last year, and the Mullinses are now closing down the gallery that has been Carolyn’s labor of love for 17 years, the past 11 years at 4660 Old Broadway. Carolyn has notified her customers that everything belonging to the gallery will be sold at a 40 percent discount. Items there on consignment will be sold at a
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Carolyn and Bill Mullins are retiring and moving to South Carolina. Photo by Ruth White
20 percent discount. She and Bill have set up a booth in Harvest Commons on Commerce Street in Pawley’s Island, and plan to close Fountain City gallery by March 30. This means everything goes, from Ralph Watts’ exquisite wood turnings to Gary Manson’s vibrant textual paintings to Bill Lett’s witty metal sculptures and Valentina and Vladimir Amelyenchek’s
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Bill Davidson, who has worked with the gallery for many years. Customers have been streaming in as word of the closing has spread. “Word is getting out,” Bill said. The Mullinses have been married since 1965. Both are native Knoxvillians – Bill grew up in Corryton, Carolyn on Fairmont Boulevard. He went to Gibbs, she went to Fulton. Both went to the University of Tennessee. “Basically what happened was I always worked until my girls graduated from UT. When that happened, I said, ‘I’m going to go a different direction,’ and I spent a year as an apprentice in an art gallery, then went to two framing schools. What really cemented my confidence were trips to museums in Europe.” Over the years, she developed close relationships with her artists, many of whom had to struggle financially. “You feel so for the artists, it’s so tough. It’s a tough way to make a living.” She will be leaving lots of friends behind. She has enjoyed a good relationship with other gallery owners, many of whom consider her something of a pioneer. “It took her about five years to realize this was a gallery and not a museum,” Bill said. Look out Pawley’s Island. Here comes a Tennessee pioneer.
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