Karns/Hardin Valley Shopper-News 041414

VOL. 8 NO. 15

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HVA tackles safe driving

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Community rolls up sleeves and lets donations flow

If a good defense is a winner in sports, perhaps that is also true for safe driving.

Instructors for StreetSafe Driving Academy came to Hardin Valley Academy recently to teach more than 20 teenagers about defensive driving.

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Rating the school board races Betty Bean handicaps the four contested school board races including District 6 where four candidates are seeking the seat now held by Thomas Deakins.

Is your choice Bradley Buchanan, Terry Hill, Sandra Rowcliffe or Tamara Shepherd?

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City salaries: Bet you didn’t know ...

The city of Knoxville is essentially a service provider. It’s a people business.

As such, wages and related fringe benefits make up the largest part of the city’s $183 million operating budget.

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Marvin West talks basketball My mentor ... said “basketball is such a simple game, even you can teach it.”

All you have to do is control time and space – and don’t give up the baseline.

He explained that effort and positioning are key ingredients of defense and rebounding. He said shooting was a bit more complicated, that even the best players rarely made half their shots. He recommended getting as close to the basket as possible before “putting it up.”

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Bearden: Wendy Smith interviews founders of Fort Kid as the city announces plans to restore it.

Union County: Sandra Clark interviews District Attorney General Lori PhillipsJones; while Libby Morgan writes about a headless cow.

North/East: Betty Bean has the scoop on city plans to revitalize the Magnolia Avenue Corridor.

Farragut: Stefan Cooper writes about a ice hockey team that won a national tourney.

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By Sherri Gardner Howell Phyllis Burns has learned a lot since 2010.

Always an active business partner in Burns Mailing & Printing with her husband, Ken, Phyllis suddenly found herself without dayto-day participation from her husband in 2010 after a stroke left him wheelchair bound.

Phyllis concentrated not only on being with Ken, but on making the business her own and working to see it grow.

When Ken was diagnosed in December 2013 with acute myelodysplastic syndrome, a type of cancer that affects the bone marrow and blood, they hitched up their boots and prepared to fight it.

“With Ken’s other problems, even the mildest form of chemo just took such a toll on him,” Phyllis relates.

“It was just too hard. He was too sick and having no quality of life. He decided he just wasn’t going to go through any more chemo treatments.”

The Burns partnership developed the attitude of truly living every day to its fullest and taking life one day at a time. “We make every day as happy as we can,” says Phyllis. “Ken is home and feeling better, and we have a beach trip on the horizon.”

To get the most out of those days, Ken sometimes needs blood transfusions. While he was in the hospital, Phyllis learned about the increasing need for blood donors.

Phyllis Burns heard of the need for blood donors while with her husband, Ken, during a treatment for his cancer.

Waiting to give blood is Anna Shelton, an employee of Burns Mailing & Printing Inc.

“It’s not just something Medic tells you to get a blood drive going,” she says.

“There are people every day who need blood who may not be able to get it as fast as they need it because of shortages.”

While Ken’s needs that day were already taken care of, Phyllis wanted to do something.

She reached out to her friends and then to the community for help.

A Medic blood drive at the Burns printing office brought more than 100 people from the Cedar Bluff and surrounding communities, all ready to roll up their sleeves and donate.

“It was heartwarming to see how well it went,” says Phyllis.

The drive was not only good for the blood

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banks, it was a balm for the soul, says Phyllis.

“It lifted our spirits so to see how this community cares about people they know, people who are friends of friends and people they don’t know.

“We were so touched and so grateful.”

Donations can still be made in Ken’s name with Medic at the downtown facility or in Farragut.

Info: Medic at 524-3074

Lay, McMillan are GOP candidates to replace Swann

By Jake Mabe The swan takes flight.

After 32 years on the bench, 4th Circuit Court Judge Bill Swann announced his retirement last year, shortly after lawyer Greg McMillan said he would seek the job whether Swann ran or not.

Analysis Swann is Knox County’s most controversial judge; lawyers and litigants either love or hate him. Many just bypass his court entirely, filing in Chancery Court and putting a burden on that court’s caseload.

The biggest complaint against Judge Swann is his overreliance on psychologists, with several working in his court, pushing up costs.

The state requires that divorcing couples undergo one mediation session; Swann requires four.

The state requires four hours of Parent Education Seminars; Swann requires 12.

It is difficult to get a trial date because he has trial “managements,” which require litigants to spend yet another day sitting in the courtroom with their lawyers so that progress toward settlement can be “measured.”

Another frequent complaint is his overreliance on Orders of Protection. At one time, Knox County’s 4th Circuit Court issued more OPs than Davidson, Hamilton, Shelby and Sullivan counties combined.

He also has a stable of lawyers who work as his “special masters.”

These lawyers have their own robes, dockets and nameplates. When they’re not wielding a gavel, they are practicing in his court, raising the question of how these individuals can be agents of the judge one day and come before him the next.

Candidate Patti Jane Lay is one of these, and Swann has endorsed her to succeed him.

These practices have caused Chancery Court dockets to become overloaded with divorce cases. Swann’s critics say he has made the process of getting a divorce in Knox County expensive, cumbersome and protracted.

The candidates: Two lawyers seek to replace Judge Swann, a race that will be decided in the May 6 Republican Primary. The winner will face the winner of the Democratic Primary, either Daniel Kidd or David Valone, in the general election.

Patti Jane Lay and Greg McMillan are campaigning hard – both

in the shadow of Bill Swann.

Lay grew up in Fountain City and Bearden, graduating from Webb School of Knoxville. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Emory University in Atlanta and a law degree at UT. She and her husband, Tom Baugh, live in Bearden and have three children.

Lay McMillan says he declared his intentions to run in 2006. He graduated from Bearden High before earning a bachelor’s degree and a law degree from UT. He and his wife, Summer, have five children. He is special counsel with the Lewis Thomason law firm.

McMillan says he got into the race because “the court hasn’t been working well for the people of Knox County for several years.”

He says he will: ■ Do a better job screening orders of protection, granting them not at the initial stage by special masters but by the court of record.

“It eliminates appeals.”

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■ Change the way the docket is handled. He says most cases are filed in Chancery Court because of Swann’s “biases,” which have created a logjam.

■ Change Swann’s snowday policy, opening court even if Knox County government is closed for those who can McMillan safely make it to court.

On the civil side, McMillan says he will change the current policy of a 12-hour parenting class to the state-required four-hour class and will look at offering online classes.

He says when parents are going through a divorce, their children need them more than ever.

“The court needs to work better for the people of Knox County.

There’s going to be a change (in judges). But it needs to be the right change.”

We were unable to connect with Lay by press time. Candidate bios can be found at their websites, w w w.pattijanelay forjudge.com and http://mcmillanforjudge.com.

Betty Bean contributed to this report.

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Rich Deforest, The Social Farmer, examines the tools of his trade at the monthly Northwest Knox Business and Professionals Association meeting at the Karns Community Center. Deforest spoke to the group about social media.

StreetSafe instructors Eric Rasecke and his wife, Danielle, inspect their vehicles as they prepare for students. Both are traffic safety officers from Greensboro, N.C. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Getting behind the wheel with

defensive driving If a good defense is a winner in sports, perhaps that is also true for safe driving.

Instructors for StreetSafe Driving Academy came to Hardin Valley Academy recently to teach more than 20 teenagers about defensive driving.

The school, out of Greensboro, N.C., was founded by a retired police officer who saw a gap between the drivers’ education teens received and what teens are facing on the roads.

Accident rates for teenage drivers are higher than for any other age group.

The instructors said that teens are often lack the experience required to recognize and avoid dangerous situations.

The only opportunity they have to gain experience in recovering from a mistake is after they’ve already made it, said Danielle Rasecke, one of the StreetSafe instructors.

“It’s pretty much the same thing as handing a teenager a loaded gun. Essentially, they’re out there on the road with a 2,500 pound weapon,” she said.

The instructors simulated such things as skidding during wet and dry conditions, with students gaining

know your neighbors.”

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Info: www.streetsafeus. com ■

Keeping it clean

They are as much a sign of spring along the roads of Hardin Valley as the daffodils.

More than 30 volunteers grabbed trash bags and headed out recently to clean up the highways and byways for the Hardin Valley 17-mile Clean-Up Day. At day’s end, the group had collected 79 bags of trash along 17 miles. One of the largest finds: a discarded tractor tire.

Ed Brantley, candidate for Knox County Commission, was helping pick up trash.

“It’s such a shame to see trash along our roads,” said Brantley. “East Tennessee is such a beautiful place. It’s our responsibly to keep our neighborhoods clean, and this is a great way to get to

Join the conversation

Navigating the many platforms of social media looking for interesting cat videos is pretty confusing.

Using these outlets to grow a business seems daunting.

The Northwest Knox Business and Professionals Association jumped into the conversation at its April meeting by inviting Rich Deforest to speak.

Deforest is called The Social Farmer, and he specializes in helping small businesses navigate the worlds of social media.

He said that 50 percent of the American population is under 30 and 96 percent of those people are on line.

He told those gathered that social media give an opportunity to speak to a company’s target market personally and to truly engage them in growing interested in your product or service.

“The conversation is still going on, you’re just not in it,” said Deforest.

For more information: www.thesocialfarmer.com.

Terry Hill hits the ground running to catch a wayward paper towel on Adopt-a-Road clean-up day.

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government Applause for Nick Nick Della Volpe, serving his second and final term on Knoxville City Council, deserves high praise for bringing up the politically tough issues he has been raising lately. While he hasn’t been successful, he is educating the public as to several city policies that are financially costly and would never happen in the private sector.

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On April 1, he urged the council to repeal the ordinance that gives all city employees a 2.5 percent automatic pay raise regardless of what the economy is, what city revenues are or even what the employee’s performance is. County, state and federal employees do not enjoy this ta x-paid benefit.

Repealing the ordinance would not have deprived employees of a pay raise (as the mayor each year recommends what he/she feels is best). But it would have restored flexibility to the mayor as she makes budget decisions. Instead of welcoming this initiative, she opposed it. Joining Della Volpe in representing the taxpayers on this vote were council members George Wallace and Duane Grieve.

The audience booed Della Volpe and others who spoke in favor of repeal.

While employee opposition is understandable, disrupting the council proceedings is not justified.

Della Volpe has never been a favorite of city employees, who worked hard last November along with the local Democratic Party to defeat him.

Mayor Rogero pointedly did not endorse Della Volpe for a second term while she did endorse at least two others seeking re-election.

They came close to ousting Della Volpe but failed. Now he is free to voice his views without political payback.

Almost half of the city employees live outside the city, do not pay city property taxes and cannot vote in city elections, including one of the two deputy mayors.

Della Volpe has been writing articles in this publication about expensive provisions of the city pension plan that the mayor failed to address in her charter changes. One is the annual 3 percent increase in city pensions regardless of the inflation level. This benefits about 1,800 city

retirees, over half of whom live outside the city.

It will be one of the major reasons the mayor recommends a property-tax increase in 10 days on April 24 at Christenberry ballfield in her budget message.

Della Volpe, an attorney, is an interesting person. He often speaks at council on many subjects.

He is a strong advocate of greenways and worked effectively to install a greenway by Loves Creek in East Knoxville. Several of his colleagues wish he were less outspoken and have urged him to drop the pension comments. My personal view is that he brings to public discussion inconvenient topics on which the public needs to know more.

A property-tax increase should come only when the mayor is also showing serious efforts in cutting nonessential spending.

Council must be willing to say no to expenditures that can be deferred, such as the $200,000 for a salary survey that will recommend higher salaries when it is completed. Or a car allowance of $5,830 a year for a deputy mayor who walks to work. It is time to reassess the merit of all car allowances versus actual payment per mile for travel in the city. Which would be less costly to taxpayers?

My guess is council will approve a Rogero propertytax hike but with three or perhaps four council members voting no.

■ Great news last week that Fort Kid at World’s Fair Park has a new lease on life with Rogero and Beth Waters working together to upgrade it. It had been slated for closure.

■ Cheri Siler on her website advocates raising the minimum wage. She said, when asked by this writer, it should go to $10.10 an hour from the current $7.70. Siler is the Democratic candidate for state senator from District 7.

GOV NOTES ■ Ray Jenkins, candidate for judge, will be honored at a reception held by Mario Azevedo II and John D. Lockridge Jr. 5-7 p.m. Monday, April 14, at Doc’s All American Grill, 7355 Kingston Pike.

■ Bobby Waggoner, candidate for sheriff, will be honored at a barbecue at Brasfield farm in Karns, 10106 Rather Road, 4-7 p.m. Saturday, April 19.

Admission is free and all are invited. The event will include live music and barbecue. Kids can enjoy pony rides, a waterwalk, train rides and a visit from the Easter bunny.

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Bob and Ed or Michele Long ago and, oh, so far sion seats. away, there was a magical Thomas is unopposed place called WIVK. in District 10. He says he learned the importance of community service when Jake working for Mabe Mr. Dick at WIVK. “I will make sure your Thomas tax dollars Knoxville’s grand radio station played real coun- are not wasted.”

Brantley faces former try music and was owned by radio pioneer Jim Dick. commissioner and longtime Its true characters became Knox County Republican family – the late Claude Party fixture Michele CarTomlinson, Jean Ash, Bob ringer for the 11th District Thomas, Ed Brantley, Mike seat. This race is interesting.

Brantley has painted himHammond and everybody’s buddy, the late Bobby Den- self as a dyed-in-the-wool conservative. He’s taken a ton.

Corporate takeovers George H.W. Bush-esque made WIVK as bland as caf- pledge to never raise taxes and wants less government. eteria coffee. Such is life.

Hammond jumped into He says he’s for teachers, politics. A successful two- more jobs in Knox County term county commissioner, (“We need to attract indusHammond is running for try”), good roads, police proCriminal Court clerk. He’s tection and effective county the best candidate for the services for senior citizens.

Carringer’s election job, and he will win.

Two radio colleagues are would double the number following his lead. Brantley of women on the commisand Thomas – who recently sion (now only Amy Broyles hosted a radio talk show on serves). She’s a protégé of WNOX – are both running the late Mary Lou Horner, for at-large county commis- and her own mom, Irene

McCrary, is a longtime Fountain City leader.

“I feel like the Knox County Republican Party needs to let everyone know we still are the party that is conser vative, and we need Brantley to stand by what we say.”

She’s for better schools and safer neighborhoods, is pro-teacher and pro-police, supports small government and low taxes, and wants to promote small businesses.

When I first saw Thomas and Brantley during a political forum, I started singing Buck Owens’ “Together Again.”

Both are likable, widely known and feel like old friends. My first reaction was “shoo-in.”

But things have taken an interesting turn. Brantley took off on a long-planned vacation with his son during the month of March – key campaign season in a county in which the Republican is usually the winner.

He got tangled up in questioning the need for

algebra in public schools because he rarely uses it.

Say what?

Carringer is likable and bubbling with personality.

She is wideCarringer ly known among a key demographic – Republican primary voters – but has both friends and foes there.

Carringer wants it more, and Brantley’s blunders have put him on defense. This is Ed’s race to lose, and he’s made a good start at it.

Correction I owe a sincere apology to Knox County Trustee candidate Ed Shouse. My profile of that race contained an error that County Commissioner Dave Wright’s questioning of candidate Barry Hawkins’ non-repayment of $3,000 he received as a CTAS bonus when Hawkins worked in the office was a political move aimed to help Shouse.

In fact, it was aimed to help appointed Trustee Craig Leuthold.

The error was unintentional. In fact, I like Ed Shouse. He’s smart, calm, experienced and the least political candidate for the job.

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero hosted lunch for more than 300 volunteers from the Community Action Committee (CAC) Senior Corps and AmeriCorps. Pictured are speakers Nancy Reid from Foster Grandparents, Beverly Gilmer from Senior Companions, George “Geo” Hall from RSVP, Rogero, Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill, Blount County Mayor Ed Mitchell and former Knoxville Mayor Daniel Brown. In 2013, local AmeriCorps members diverted 754 tons of recyclable materials from landfills and built or improved almost 70 miles of trails. Senior Corps contributed 211,009 hours of ser vice. Photo submitted

School board candidates ready for primary The Knox County primary elections are upon us.

Early voting begins April 16 in this odd kind of election year. The contests that are drawing the most interest are the school board races, primarily because of the controversies surrounding Superintendent James McIntyre. The incumbents are all McIntyre supporters, and all have drawn opposition.

First District challengers Marshall Walker and Robert Boyd are able guys who know their way around schools (Boyd has taught on the college level; Walker is a retired school social worker) but seem slow to get off the blocks.

Prediction: Incumbent Gloria Deathridge, the vice chair of the board, could win it outright in the primary. But if she doesn’t, watch out. Walker or Boyd (both first-time candidates) could get the hang of this campaigning thing and give the voters something to think

Betty Bean about. Both are McIntyre critics with deep roots in the community.

Sally Absher and J. Scott Clark, challenging board chair Lynne Fugate in District 4, are a study in contrasts. Absher, elected to the state Republican Executive Committee four years ago, is not seeking re-election to that position. She has caught heat for being a former Tea Party activist but says she has pulled back from those causes. She is energetic and knowledgeable and sympathetic to teacher concerns.

If Absher suffers from too much publicity, Clark’s had too little. He appears to be running something of a stealth campaign, but his

presence will make it hard for Fugate to win a majority vote in the primary. If she’s forced into a runoff with Absher, she, like Deathridge, could be in for a most unpleasant summer.

Prediction: Fugate wins, but not by enough to avoid a runoff.

Incumbents Kim Severance in District 7 and Thomas Deakins in District 6 are stepping down, and while only soon-to-be-retired teacher Patti Lou Bounds submitted a qualifying petition to succeed Severance, there’s a dogfight in the Sixth, where four candidates are duking it out.

Two of them – Brad Buchanan and Tamara Shepherd – are outright critics of McIntyre’s test-them-tillthey-puke methodology.

Candidate Terry Hill is vaguely critical of McIntyre and has been more focused on getting a new middle school in Hardin Valley.

The fourth candidate, Knox

County Council PTA president Sandra Rowcliffe, is a vocal McIntyre supporter who has also been vocal in her criticism of teachers who oppose him.

Prediction: Hill, whose husband, daughter and son-in-law are all former officeholders, is the most polished candidate in this bunch. Common wisdom is it’s her race to lose, although it will be difficult for her to break 50 percent in a crowded field, so she shouldn’t plan any extended vacations until after the August election. Rowcliffe will come in fourth.

District 9 incumbent Pam Trainor, a strong McIntyre supporter, has drawn only a single challenger (albeit an exceptionally vigorous one), so this race will be decided in the primary.

Prediction: Elementary school librarian (who will resign her job if elected) Amber Rountree takes her out.

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A forgotten father of country music HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin “Why, country music, as public entertainment, was born in that Market Hall.

It was there that Roy Acuff started sawing his fiddle for pay, and Lowell Blanchard gave birth to the ‘MerryGo-Round’ and the ‘Tennessee Barn Dance.’ ” – former Knoxville News-Sentinel columnist Bert Vincent Although legendary Knoxville live radio programs the WNOX “Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round” and the “Tennessee Barn Dance” once were held in the old Market House, they soon needed larger quarters.

Lowell Blanchard deserves credit for their growth and for the growth

of country music. He acted as the talent scout, authored the comedy skits and was master of ceremonies for both programs.

E n g a ge ments on the noon Blanchard “Merry-GoRound” or Saturday night’s “Tennessee Barn Dance” launched the early careers of Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, Kitty Wells, the Carter Sisters (featuring June Carter), Archie “Grandpappy” Campbell, the Carlisles (including Bill’s alter ego

“Hotshot Elmer”), Homer and Jethro, Don Gibson and many others. Some even said that Knoxville could have become the countrymusic capital that Nashville became but for the lingering aftereffects of the Great Depression and the oft-cited lack of vision of its civic leaders.

Richard Lowell Blanchard was born on Nov. 5, 1910, in Palmer, Ill., the son of Jay William and Betty Mason Priest Blanchard. His father was a grocery-store owner and served as mayor of Palmer for 17 years. Lowell worked for his father, spent summers on a nearby farm and went to work for a

City salaries examined

The city of Knoxville is million in various fringe essentially a service pro- benefits and pension contrivider. It’s a people business. butions this fiscal year.

Let’s take a closer look at those employment costs, which are growing year over year. With current revenues Nick (mostly property and sales taxes) relatively flat, the Della Volpe present outlook calls for a cut in services, possible layoffs and/or (gulp) some form of tax increase.

As such, wages and reRight now that budgetlated fringe benefits make balancing process is in up the largest part of the Mayor Rogero’s hands. City city’s $183 million operat- Council will begin its review ing budget (FY 2013-14). of her proposed budget in That includes employment May, with a charter deadof 1,548 dedicated workers line of mid-June to have the and managers, who are paid new fiscal-year budget in a total of some $98 mil- place by July 1. lion, including $66 million Wages = $66 million: in direct salaries and $32 There are some 527 police

(422 uniform) and 313 firefighters, who (after training) start at a civil-service pay scale of approximately $32,300 and have salaries that range up to $95,500 at the deputy chief level.

The city also employs 287 public-service workers, 82 in engineering, 54 in fleet maintenance and management, 47 full-time parks and rec, and other workers. All regular city employees (excluding top management) work their way up through a series of civil-service pay grades, with step increases along the way, as they progress in grade. Annual salary surveys adjust those pay scales to keep them competitive. See Knoxville ordinances 2-450, -458 & -459

drugstore during his titalented Blanchard, high school years. He whose jovial nature gained experience as was apparent even a student radio anover the airwaves. nouncer when he atBlanchard was intended the University structed to “Do whatof Illinois, where he ever is necessary to graduated in 1933. make the station a During the Censuccess in country tury of Progress music.” The one-andExposition (the Chia-half-hour weekday cago World’s Fair), “Merr y- Go-Round” Blanchard acted as and the “Tennessee the master of ceremoBarn Dance” soon nies. Then he pursued were developed with his early career as a Blanchard as the host. radio announcer in Their studio was Indiana, Iowa and first in the Andrew Michigan. As later Johnson Hotel, next confirmed by former in the old Market U.S. Sen. Howard House and eventually Baker of Tennessee, at 110 S. Gay St first. when Blanchard was Blanchard insisted on program director Many entertainers, such as Roy Acuff, Hom- a live studio orchesof a radio station in er and Jethro, Archie “Grandpappy” Camp- tra almost from the Des Moines, Iowa, in bell and others were featured here at the start. For many years, 1932, he hired Ronald WNOX studio early in their careers.

Harry Nides played Reagan as one of his the fiddle, Jerry Colannouncers. Unfortunately, first radio station in Tennes- lins the piano, Tony Musco he was not living when his see and only the eighth in the accordion and Hubert protégée became the 40th the nation. Scripps-Howard Carter the bass. president of the United took it over in 1935, made He often accompanied States.

WNOX the call letters and various country-music acts WNOX had begun broad- hired R.B. Westergaard as in performances over East casting in 1921 with the call manager. The following year, letters WNAV, reputedly the Westergaard hired the mulTo page A-6

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Fringe Benefits = $32 million: This includes some $9.8 million in health-care benefits, $16 million in pension contributions (growing by $7.5 million next year to $23.4 million), plus some $8.6 million in other benefits, like visual and dental insurance, educational incentives and longevity.

Mystery Money. You’ve already heard about the “automatic 2.5 percent pay raises” for city workers, addressed at a recent City Council meeting – the issue there was to take this 30-year-old pay perk off auto-pilot and have all raises addressed by the administration in light of current budget, inflation and other economic facts. That was rejected amidst a highly vocal worker outcry.

Basketball is a simple game I never said I know it all, but I really thought I understood.

Sixty-three years ago, as a high school senior, not yet 17, I concluded my only season as coach of eighth-grade basketball – undefeated and very confident.

My mentor was not surprised. He had said “basketball is such a simple game, even you can teach it.”

All you have to do is control time and space – and don’t give up the baseline.

He explained that effort and positioning are key ingredients of defense and rebounding. He said shooting was a bit more complicated, that even the best players rarely made half their shots. He recommended

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getting as close to the basket as possible before “putting it up.”

He favored passing over dribble penetration but liked that the round ball delivered predictable bounces.

He said 10 players were not enough to clutter the entire floor, leaving room for minor strategy.

Way back then, he said caring for the basketball was critical; possession

equaled points.

Some years later, when Dick Campbell was coach at Carson-Newman College, he invested considerable time in refining my knowledge. After that, I learned by watching a thousand practices conducted by Ray Mears at Tennessee. Sometimes I asked Stu Aberdeen what the heck he was doing.

To tell you the truth, those men covered it. I’ve seen and heard 19 versions of the same information, but I haven’t learned a lot of sizzling new stuff.

A few mysteries have come and gone: A motion offense absolutely requires movement. There are intelligent debates about when to call or not call timeout,

when to substitute, how to attack devilish zone defenses and whether to yell at blundering officials or just sit there and take it.

In old age, I have acquired empathy for young people in knee pants, standing at the foul line with the season hanging in the balance, the weight of their coach’s job on their shoulders, a tick or three on the clock, one to tie, two to win.

Delightful employment and many blessings allowed me to listen to and even question some of the all-time great coaches – Pat Summitt, Adolph Rupp, John Wooden, Dean Smith, Al Maguire, Coach K, even Bobby Knight – a couple of times more than I wanted.

But you may not have heard of “Longevity Pay.” City workers (after four years of service) also get longevity pay. This automatic “seniority pay” apparently entered the city’s budget during the inflation-stressed late 1970s.

Workers get $120 x years of service (after the first four years, up to a max of 20 years) added to their pay.

Nice work if you can get it.

So, for all the recent outcry about “just getting by” or needing “to put bread on the table,” these two automatic pay increases – wholly aside from any scheduled step advances and merit pay under the civil-service pay scales – can give workers an added 5 percent increase.

Take, for example, a 42-year-old firefighter, who likely makes $50,000/year.

Theoretically, he could re-

ceive $1,400 to $1,800 in longevity pay (e.g. 15 yrs. x $120), plus a 2.5 percent automatic pay raise of, say, $1,250. That’s nearly a $3,000 pay bump in one year without counting earned merit increases.

To most folks, that might seem more than putting a little bread on the table.

Don’t get me wrong, hard work deserves fair pay.

That should be the job of modern pay scales, not vestiges of yesteryear. Such automatic increases compound pension and fringe costs, as they raise base pay under existing formulas.

Taxpayer-financed wages should be transparent.

Perhaps the mayor, as CEO, will look at all these costs.

What I thought was a rich background did not prepare me for this absolutely crazy Tennessee season past. I cannot explain how a talented team can be so good some games and bad for others.

Two or three times I thought the Volunteers could have given greater effort. Ongoing indecision at point guard was puzzling.

There was the obvious question about tempo. The coach visualized one speed. Some players wanted to go faster.

I was stunned by the segment of the season when those with the ball could not or would not throw it to Jarnell Stokes. The last time when he got it, I was surprised. Michigan wasn’t.

Tennessee fans choose how to behave but the February myth of bringing back Bruce Pearl made Cuonzo

Martin’s job more difficult.

Never saw anything like that.

It was a pleasant development that the team countered with its best punch. It could have quit.

As if the soap-opera season did not have enough quirky twists and turns, there was the phone call.

Many felt certain Cuonzo was gone to Marquette, more money, less hassle and a better fit for a Midwestern staff.

Some said go Zo. Some repented for past criticisms.

As soon as the coach said he still loves Tennessee, some resumed worrying about his recruiting tendencies.

Never has basketball, supposedly a simple game, been so confusing.

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Cooper Jenkins, a 9th-grader at Karns High School, plays a guitar duet with his instructor, multi-instrumentalist Greg Horne, who is widely known as a soloist and frontman for the Greg Horne Band. Cooper is also an accomplished pianist. His parents are Robin and Robert Jenkins.

Madison Craddock, 17, plays the Beatles’ “Penny Lane.” Daughter of Kim and George Craddock of West Knoxville, she plans to attend college in the fall and major in business management, with an eye toward running a nonprofit one day.

Matthew Rose, 9, plays a song on the violin. His older brother Joshua, 12, studies piano. Their parents are Laura and Joshua Rose. Joshua is a sergeant with the Army National Guard who served a tour in Iraq from 2009 through 2010. The family lives in West Knoxville. Photos by Carol Zinavage

Young musicians ‘bloom’ Students from the Community School of the Arts gathered at “The Village” in the Old City recently to add their own kind of music to Knoxville’s Rhythm N’ Blooms Festival.

Founded in 1992, CSA provides quality instruction in all the arts to children ages 6 to 18. Based at First Presbyterian Church downtown, the school has

for the Arts and the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

More than 150 young people study classical and jazz piano, cello, violin, guitar, mandolin and trumpet there, as well as visual arts, drama and culinary arts.

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Lowell Blanchard Tennessee’s 33 counties and into Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina. He hosted WNOX’s “The Musical Clock,” the early-morning radio show, was a widely known announcer for horse shows and did the “color” for UT sports.

Live country music experienced hard times when the rock ’n’ roll craze hit in the early 1950s and again when television came to Knoxville in 1953. The FCC de-

From page A-5 nied WNOX a license since Scripps-Howard already had a radio and newspaper presence. Then the station made what probably was an ill-advised move to a remodeled Whittle Springs Hotel in the suburbs in 1955. The “Merry-Go-Round” and the “Barn Dance” ended in 1961, but Blanchard remained at the station in sales and on special assignment.

He always supported local causes and chaired the

Easter Seals Society and the March of Dimes. He was a City Council member (194445 and 1948-53) and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1963 and for the state legislature in 1964.

His health problems began with what he thought was the flu while attending the L.A. Classic with the UT Vols in 1966. He soon recovered and returned to his heavy schedule, including a year as general manager

Instructors such as local favorites Greg Horne, Jessica Watson and Ben Maney make the Community School of the Arts a real destination for young aspiring musicians. The stellar faculty also includes Knoxville Symphony members and many other local luminaries in several disciplines. of the Knoxville Smokies baseball team and then as the team’s radio announcer.

It was a surprise when he was admitted to Fort Sanders Hospital in January 1968 with a heart attack.

After some weeks he was moved from intensive care and prepared to go home.

He had planned to do the color highlights for the basketball game with Auburn the following Saturday.

However, he died just after midnight on Monday, Feb. 19, 1968, at the age of 57.

Blanchard attended First Christian Church and

taught the Everyman’s Sunday school class for many years. He was a member of the Charles M. McKinney Lodge F&AM and of Holston Hills Country Club.

After services at Rose Chapel performed by his minister, the Rev. Harry M. Davis, Blanchard was interred in Greenwood Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Sally Irene Marshall, and his four children, Arthur Marshall “Smiley” Blanchard of Knoxville, R. Lowell “Happy” Blanchard Jr. of Manchester, N.H., Becky Lamar Martin

of Kingsport and Sally Blanchard, a sophomore at UT and a varsity swimmer, as well as his mother, five grandchildren, two sisters and a brother.

An honorary “MerryGo-Round” was held in his memory at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium several weeks after his death.

Many country-music stars were there to honor him, including Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, Grandpa Jones, Don Gibson and Skeeter Davis.

Blanchard was inducted into the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame in 1977.

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United Methodist Women Sue Petrie, Linda Parris, Bonnie Adams, Susan McMahon, Jackie Hill, Anne Olson, Pat Patton and Celia Jackson work at the rummage sale.

Smokin’ and shoppin’ at Ebenezer

By Wendy Smith Each spring and fall, the United Methodist Women of Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 1001 Ebenezer Road, host a rummage sale and barbecue to benefit the church’s missions program. The recent spring sale offered a wide selection of goods, including the kitchen sink.

UMW President Pat Patton says the two events raise about $8,000 each year.

The women spend about a week setting up for each event, and they enjoy fellowship time, as well as the opportunity to shop early.

They spent almost $900 at the spring sale before the doors opened.

The church installed a barbecue pit when it moved to the property in 1980, says longtime member Estes Stooksbury. For the recent sale, men from the congregation worked in

A blood moon “In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.

And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.

Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

(Acts 2: 18b-21 NRSV) “There are two ways to live: You can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.”

(Albert Einstein) The Scripture text quoted above is Peter’s speech on the Day of Pentecost. He quotes the Old Testament prophet Joel with words that are both hopeful and fearsome.

The moon’s turning to blood came to my mind because by the time you read this, you may have seen such a phenomenon.

A total lunar eclipse will have occurred in the wee hours of April 14, and Mars will be closer to the Earth than it has been since 2008.

There is no danger in such an occurrence; these things have been happening for eons, but they are definitely

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not an everyday event.

It is true that in a lunar eclipse, the moon does turn red. The resulting so-called “blood moon” is a function of a double refraction of the sunlight, during the time the moon is in the Earth’s shadow. The sun’s light is refracted when it enters the Earth’s atmosphere and again when

Amber Welch, Ceri Yates and Barbara Milligan are all smiles as they help customers check out.

Estes Stooksbury and John Wilson show off the barbecue pit at Ebenezer United Methodist Church. Photos by Wendy Smith shifts to oversee the smokCongregational exciteing of 144 Boston butts ment is high right now Satisfied customer Sherry Laymance visits with church memfrom Friday afternoon un- due to plans to expand the bers Denise Gray and Joan Baird at the Ebenezer United Methtil Saturday morning. building, he says. odist Church rummage sale and barbecue.

it leaves the Earth’s atmosphere on its way to the moon.

(This double refraction is the same reason the sky looks blue during the day.)

We consider these events almost as entertainment today – wonders to behold because of their rarity.

However, in a less scientific day, such phenomena were signs and portents, considered to have meaning for humankind: warnings and threats, or affirmations of a proposed action.

Joel had spoken his prophecy approximately 400 years before Christ, but Peter took up the banner and recited Joel’s words as the inauguration of a new era. The winds of the Spirit had swept through the little band of believers and set them aflame with the Good News. The fear and the uncertainty of the time between Jesus’ crucifixion and the resurrection were no more.

No mere lunar eclipse could scare Jesus’ disciples now. Those same men who had cowered behind closed doors following the crucifi xion were on fire and ready to tell a waiting world.

This story makes me ask what it would take to get our attention, to set our churches ablaze with wonder and urgency, to be so filled with the

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Ahsan Akhter was the first student to complete the exercise, and he was extremely pleased with the results. Ahsan role-played as a physician and if it had been real life he would retire a millionaire.

“I was surprised by the price of school tuition and what saving for retirement can do for you in the end,” he said.

After completing the exercise, the students were treated to a piece of retirement cake to celebrate.

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Hardin Valley Academy student Ahsan Akhter reviews his results with parent volunteer and co-coordinator of My Amazing Life, Sue Dolislager. Photos by S. Barrett

‘My Amazing Life’ at Hardin Valley Academy Students at Hardin Valley Academy got a taste of the real world at the school’s 6th annual “My Amazing Life” event, a mix of the board game “Life” and the reality show “The Amazing Race.”

Upon arrival, students were given financial information for a career they had previously chosen. They tallied their monthly budget and began making faux purchases of everything from student loans to dental needs and groceries.

“I’m impressed at how seriously they’re taking it,” said Ellen Lloyd, co-coordinator Sara Barrett of the event. “They are really paying attention to detail.”

Corey Wilson with Morgan Stanley talked to participants about planning Businesses from all over ahead. “They need to realKnoxville set up stations ize the choices they make in the gym where students now will have an effect in could stop and role play the future,” he said. “They what life might be like after can save a little, a lot or somewhere in the middle, high school.

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minded to others and giving their undivided attention and respect to performances even when they were not personally participating.

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The students and faculty at The Goddard School of Hardin Valley are celebrating Earth Awareness month throughout April.

Students are learning how to preserve their environment and about the earth’s composition. Families have donated empty paper towel rolls, water bottles and old newspapers as raw materials for students to create new items.

In honor of Earth Day, the lights throughout the school will be turned out for one hour 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 22, to help conserve energy.

Everyone in the community is encouraged to do the same.

The 4-H Club at Karns Elementary School held a talent show for its members during its last meeting of ■ Central High School’s class of 1989 will reunite June 14. the year.

Tickets are $35 if purchased by More than April 15, $40 afterward. Make half of the checks payable to CHS Class of members ’89 and mail to Felecia Turner, p er for me d Roza Smith 1103 Darby Lane, Forest, Va., in some 24551. Info: Felecia (Robbins) fashion including singing, Turner, feleciaturner@hotmail. dancing or playing an incom or Mark Allen, 4davolz@ strument. comcast.net.

Roza Smith proudly ■ Powell High School’s class showed the group some comof 1967 will reunite 5 p.m. ics she drew in her sketch pad Saturday, May 3, at Bonnie and said she likes to draw a and Wade Shields’ home, 5320 lot. Aleena Crain sang “Jar West Emory Road to celebrate of Hearts” a cappella after “Medicare Eligibility: Reaching Age 65”. Admission is $15, Shelby Conyers played “Mary includes a barbecue dinner Had a Little Lamb” on the reand non-alcoholic beverages. corder.

Make checks payable to Brenda Many students who perOwens Stephens, 5728 Frontier formed were visibly nerTrail, Knoxville, Tenn., 37920. vous, but their peers encourRSVP to phs67class@comcast. aged them to be themselves net or call 573-4395 or 385-7184. and have fun. The 4th and Local classmates are asked to 5th graders respected each bring an appetizer or dessert. other’s time on stage and applauded enthusiastically after each performance.

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Webb athletes prepare for college Webb School of Knoxville senior and girls’ tennis team standout Anna Catharine Feaster has signed with Davidson College. Present at the signing to show their support were Anna’s brother, Nathan, her sister, Margaret, and their parents, Samuel and Christy.

Anna is a three-time PrepExtra Girls Tennis Player of the Year and All-KIL honoree.

In May 2013, she captured her third straight Division II-A Feaster girls state singles tennis title, posting a 16-1 singles record. She led the girls’ tennis team at Webb to its fourth consecutive DII-A state team crown.

Kaitlyn Flickinger, libero for Webb’s volleyball team, has commit ted to play at Mar y v ille College.

K a it l y n’s family celebrating with her at the signing Flickinger included her parents, Jeff and Melanie; her brother, Jordan; and her grandfather, Ted Flickinger Sr. As co-captain of this year’s Division II-A state championship volleyball

team, Kaitlyn helped lead the team to its first state title in the history of Webb’s varsity volleyball program.

She also led the team in digs and was a key player in winning the 2013 DII-A Region title, picking up All-Region Tournament Team honors along the way.

Kaitlyn was also named to the 2013 TSWA All-State Volleyball Team and AllKIL. Webb girls basketball guard senior Imani Smith will play basketball at Berry College.

Present for her signing were Imani’s sisters Shelley and Bre Smith Smith, her father, Shay Tate, and her mother, Fran Smith.

Imani lettered four years and helped lead Webb to two state basketball runner-up finishes and two state basketball titles. This includes this year’s Division II-A state championship, the team’s fourth state crown and its second in three years.

Although she was injured for much of the season, Amani still scored a 3-point basket and a 2-point field goal that were considered critical plays in the championship final, according to head coach Shelley Collier.

Mystics win 3-on-3 championship The Mystics won this year’s KYS 3-on-3 basketball tournament beating The Mercury 21-16 in the championship game for a 2-0 tournament record. Pictured are players (front) Taylor Bergner, Alexis Houser, Arden Spillers, Marguerite Mary, Greer Butler and (back) coaches Bill Bergner, Ashley Bergner and Shelby Bergner. Photo submitted

Lakers win tournament Regular season champs The Lakers conquered the 11-12 KYS boys basketball tournament with a 39-23 win over the Sonics. Pictured are (front) Fred Perkinson, Joey Miller, Arthur Jenkins, Will Maddox, Corey Ramey, Alex Rice, Michael Williams and (back) coaches Arthur Jenkins, Fred Perkinson and Tyler Dougherty. Photo submitted

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Rogero names Distler KARM gets Darden Restaurant grant director of transit

Atomic City Aquatic Club swimmers Jake Mason, Daniel Arnold, Tanner Alexander, Brady Houk and (back) coach Breanna Folk rock the pool at the 2014 Southeastern Championships in Nashville. Photo submitted

Atomic City blasts SE championships Atomic City Aquatics Club had strong representation at this year’s Southeastern Championships in Nashville with 20 swimmers competing.

Loki Hondorf and Jake Mason finished in the top 10, and Kamden Batchik achieved personal bests in the 50 Free and 50 Breast.

“Southeasterns were a good test for where we are as a team this year,”

said coach Mike Bowman.

“Many of our athletes were either training through this meet for even more prestigious championship meets, or were coming off previous championship meets.

“And with many of our athletes being at the bottom of their age groups, we should be a force to be reckoned with next year at Southeasterns.”

Dawn Distler, a 27-year veteran in the field of public transportation, has been chosen

by Mayor Madeline Rogero as Dawn Distler the city’s director of transit. This is a new position created after the city did not renew its contract with the management company that employed previous KAT general manager Cindy McGinnis.

Distler has been general manager of operations and maintenance for Davidson Transit Organization in Nashville since 2010.

Prior to that, she served as director of operations, managing a $7 million budget, 270 vehicles and, in fiscal year 2013, a total of 10.45 million rides.

Distler started her transit career as a bus operator for 10 years with Metro Regional Transit Authority in Akron, Ohio, and rose to operations manager for ADA/paratransit services and assistant director of customer services. Her work in Nashville included efficient management of express bus routes, fixed routes, commuter rail and paratransit services that resulted in a 14 percent increase in passenger trips.

Distler will assume the new post on June 1.

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A good deed is the perfect present In lieu of birthday gifts, three 7th graders from Webb School of Knoxville celebrated their 13th birthdays by asking friends and classmates to donate to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.

Hannah Felton, Kate Felton and Caroline Ross raised $1,320 to give to the neonatal intensive care unit. The girls are pictured before presenting the big check to ETCH. Photo submitted

SPORTS NOTES ■ Sign up as an individual player or bring your own team. Knox Youth Sports softball is a developmental recreational league for girls ages 7-13.

Games are at Lakeshore Park.

The season ends by Memorial Day weekend. Register online at knoxyouthsports.com or call 584-6403.

■ Sign up as an individual player or bring your own team. Knox Youth Sports baseball is a developmental recreational league for boys and girls ages 3-12. Games are Monday-Thursday and Saturday at Lakeshore Park with some games at Sequoyah Park. The season ends in June.

Register online at knoxyouthsports.com or call 584-6403.

■ Knox Youth Sports lacrosse league is for boys ages 9-14, excluding high school students. Games are on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon, and practices are from

6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at Lakeshore Park.

The season ends in late May. League age is a player’s age Jan. 1, 2014. Registration is $175. Register online at knoxyouthsports.com or call 584-6403.

■ Girls basketball camp for ages 7-15 will be held 9 a.m.3 p.m. June 9-13, at Roane State Community College in Harriman. Registration will be held 8:30-9 a.m. June 9.

Cost is $100 with a team rate of $85 per player if five or more team members are attending. Info: Monica Boles, 354-3000, ext. 4388, or email bolesml@roanestate.edu.

■ The Rams Spring Classic Basketball Tournament for students in grades 5-9 will be Friday and Saturday, April 25-26, at Grace Christian Academy. Cost is $175. Info: Chuck Clevenger, 924-2794, or cclevenger@mesainc.com.

DeRoyal Industries Inc. has purchased the assets of MKMI, an Encino, Calif.-based corporation.

MKMI manufactures the patented Umbilicup Cord Blood Sampling System which is a safety engineered cord blood collection device used for sampling cord blood (Rh and type) without the use of an exposed sharp needle.

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Knox Area Rescue Ministries will receive a $3,000 grant as part of the Restaurant Community Grants program from the Darden Restaurants Foundation Inc., the charitable arm of Darden Restaurants.

The donation will enable KARM’s LaunchPoint program, which provides adult training and goal-setting help as individuals break their cycle of homelessness.

Local restaurants in the Darden group include Red Lobster and Olive Garden.

Since 2012, more than 250 people have successfully navigated the LaunchPoint program, said Danita McCartney, KARM director of events.

Upcoming at the Knoxville Chamber ■ Exclusive Premier Partner Event featuring coach Butch Jones, Thursday, April 17, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Cherokee Country Club, 5138 Lyons View Pike. Premier Partner members only.

■ Premier Partner Networking Reception, Tuesday, April 22, 5-7 p.m. , Club LeConte.

Premier Partner members only.

■ Groundbreaking: Mountain Commerce Bank, Tuesday, April 22, 11 a.m., 6115 Kingston Pike.

■ Pinnacle Business Awards, presented by BB&T, will be announced at a banquet Friday, May 2, at the Knoxville Convention Center. The black tie-optional gala will feature a silent auction and reception starting at 6 p.m., followed by a dinner and awards program announced by WBIR’s Robin Wilhoit. The evening will culminate in a champagne toast to the winners. Bandit Lites and Sound Ventures will provide production assistance.

Tickets and table sponsorships can be purchased at www.knoxvillechamber.com/.

Jenny Kitts, Rodney Simpson, Candice Dendy, Phyllicia Washington and Druscilla Robertson, I Am gospel ensemble, will perform April 15 in a free concert at Pellissippi State.

Gospel ensemble to give Easter performance

By Heather Beck The I Am gospel ensemble performs a selection of favorite gospel hymns at a concert Tuesday, April 15, at Pellissippi State Community College’s Magnolia Avenue Campus.

Beginning at 6:45 p.m. in the Community Room, the ensemble presents its Easter Celebration Concert. Light refreshments are available after the concert ends, about 7:30 p.m.

The concert is free and the community is invited.

“The gospel ensemble has been a wonderful addition to our campus. It’s one more way in which the diversity of our campus is celebrated. This event is a highlight of our spring semester,” said Rosalyn Till-

man, dean of the Magnolia Avenue Campus.

The ensemble is composed of Pellissippi State students and is led by Candice Dendy, associate professor of transitional studies.

The group sings primarily a cappella songs, along with a few selections with instrumental accompaniments.

“We are presenting traditional hymns of Easter, as well as songs of worship and praise. We definitely want audience participation,” Dendy said.

The I Am gospel ensemble was formed in 2009. “The name of the group was chosen by students as a representation of our goal: to sing about our faith,” Dendy said.

Film & Music Festival expands student offerings This year marks the second year for The Knoxville Film & Music Festival and the fifth year for the Knoxville 24 Hour Film Festival, events that drew 5,400 people to downtown Knoxville last year. To celebrate, Knoxville Film & Music Festival has greatly expanded its student offerings.

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The afternoon will wrap up with a Crew and Casting Call Mixer open to all participants from 4-6 p.m.

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Waggoner has more than 44 years of law enforcement experience: not only working on the ground, but supervising large multi-state investigations and managing multi-million dollar budgets. He has a Master of Public Administration EFHSFF and has received police certification in three states. He served almost 13 years at the KCSO, the last six of which he was Chief of Detectives. While there, he saw first-hand where improvements need UP be made, where money is being needlessly wasted, and where resources need to be reallocated to keep the focus on Knox County’s safety.

2. Integrity Political promises and cronyism have long plagued the Sheriff ’s Office, and Waggoner pledges to put an end to it. He’ll hire the best and the brightest based on their experience and qualifications rather than their political connections. He’ll manage the budget with integrity, putting an end to unnecessary purchases and positions. Waggoner will make sure every taxpayer dollar goes to making Knox County safer.

3. Commitment to Service While growing up in the Karns community, Waggoner was strongly influenced by his grandfather, who was Knox County Sheriff for three terms, and his father, who was a detective with the City of Knoxville.

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GameTruck Greater Knoxville franchise owner Jeff Maples shows the setup for the mobile video game theater. Maples co-owns the franchise with his wife, Theresa. Photos by Bonny C. Millard

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Born and raised in Knoxville, attended Beaumont Elem. & Rule Jr-Sr. High, raised his own family here 30+ years of litigation experience before the courts Peer rated AV Lawyer by Martindale-Hubble (Rated: Preeminent) Tennessee Supreme Court Listed R. 31 Mediator Veteran (Active Duty 1979-1982), Honorably Discharged as CPT, Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAGC), U.S. Army Former Juvenile Counselor, Knoxville Police Department (KPD) Worked a full time job while paying his way through law school at the University of Tennessee Member of American Legion, Post 2; American Legion Riders; Master’s Lodge #244, F&AM; Knoxville Scottish Rite; The National Rifle Association (NRA); and The Federalist Society Member of the American, Tennessee and Knoxville Bar Associations Member of the Hamilton Burnett Inn of the American Inns of Court Former member of Governor Don Sundquist’s Cabinet, initially appointed Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Employment Security. Promoted to Governor Sundquist’s Senior Staff as Special Assistant to the Governor Former Knox County Republican Party Chairman Mayor’s appointee to the City of Knoxville Civil Service Merit System Board for ten years Appointed to a City-County Government Efficiency Committee by the Knox County Mayor Appointed to the Board of the Knoxville/Knox County Public Building Authority and was elected Chairman of that body in 2010.

Appointed to the Knox County Charter Review Committee by Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett.

Co-author of Unemployment Compensation, Survey and Update, Labor Law Journal, 47 (9) at 602-612, September 1996; Bad Faith: General Application in the Insurer-Insured Relationship, Lorman Education Services, 2007; and various letters and guest columns published in magazines and newspapers, including three articles published in The Congressional Record.

Served as the Governor’s appointee to the Juvenile Justice Reform Commission Served on the Board of the Knoxville-Knox County Community Services Agency, appointed by Governor Phil Bredesen Serves on the Boards of the Museum of Appalachia and Golden Gloves Charities, Inc. Volunteered as an attorney for indigent clients through the KBA Pro Bono project Active in the Knoxville community and served on several nonprofit boards Billy and his wife Bay are both very active in Second Presbyterian Church

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bench along the opposite wall can seat between 16-20 people. The truck has windows that can be opened up in good weather, but it is fully heated and air conditioned, which makes it available year round.

The games are up-to-date and offer something for everyone including sports, car chases, dancing and guitar playing. Games run from individual plays to competitions between up to four players. If the children are young, Maples gives parents an opportunity to look through the selections first to remove the more mature games that might not be age appropriate.

Maples and his wife and co-owner, Theresa, started booking parties last November. Buying the franchise was originally his wife’s idea, he said. While in Atlanta, they saw one of the trucks, and his wife and her son were instantly interested. Although not familiar with the company, Theresa Maples knew that it involved video games because of the trailer’s painted panels. Maples said his wife started trying to book the business for her son’s birthday.

Later, his wife approached him about buying a franchise, and after con-

sidering the possibilities for a few days, he said yes. Both he and his wife still work outside jobs, but they are available to book a party almost anytime – except Sunday mornings.

Maples said he’s the operations part of the team while his wife handles most of the marketing.

The minimum party time is one and a half hours, but parties usually run about two hours. Maples stays in the trailer, supervising and answering questions, during the party.

GameTruck Greater Knoxville is also available for educational programs for schools, for church youth programs and for corporate gatherings for team building activities or summer picnics.

Maples said he didn’t know what to expect when they started back in November, even after going through training with the company, but he knew the opportunity was there.

“It’s beginning to grow and getting the word out has been the most important thing,” he said.

GameTruck Greater Knoxville will be at the Smokies Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, April 15.

For more information: www.gametruckparty.com.

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By Bonny C. Millard A new concept in birthday parties has arrived in Knoxville, and the party rolls on – rain or shine.

Knoxville residents might have seen GameTruck Greater Knoxville and its colorful 28-foot trailer around town as it travels to party destinations. This is not the typical birthday party with clowns and balloons. It is a mobile video game theater.

GameTruck Greater K nox v ille franchise owner Jeff Maples said they book parties in K nox v ille and the surrounding counties.

Jeff Maples The participants “don’t have to go anywhere,” he said. “We just bring it to them.”

Additionally, the mobile facility provides a safe environment for birthday parties, particularly for younger children, he said.

The VIP, or birthday child, receives a prize pack with goodies and T-shirt at end.

Maples recently demonstrated the truck’s unique features and capabilities.

With five widescreens, GameTruck offers more than 100 video games and activities for partygoers. A

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News From The Register Of Deeds

Healthy property sales, sluggish lending

By Sherry Witt Even as mortgage lending continued its slow pace, the local real estate markets fared quite well in March.

For the month endSherry Witt ing March 31, there were 812 property transfers recorded in Knox County, compared to just 551 during February.

The totals also topped last March’s figure by more than 100. The first quarter of 2014 produced almost identical data to 2013 in terms of total property sales.

The aggregate value of land sold in March was just

under $148 million, besting February’s total by nearly $60 million, and also outpacing the March 2013 figure of $137 million. For the first quarter of 2014 approximately $432.7 million worth of property has sold in Knox County, some $50 million ahead of the 2013 pace.

Despite encouraging numbers on the real estate side, mortgage lending markets continued to perform somewhat sluggishly. For the month, around $212 million was loaned against real estate in Knox County.

While that was some $50 million more than the February total, it was well behind last March’s figure of $287 million, leading to speculation that refinancing

may have reached a saturation point.

So far in 2014, about $636 million has been loaned in mortgage transactions in Knox County, compared to $1.03 billion during the first quarter of 2013.

The largest real estate sale of the month was for a property on Clinch Avenue in the Fort Sanders community. The parcel sold to Pinecrest 1505 Clinch LLC for $3.4 million. The most notable mortgage recording was a loan for $23,085,000 financing several Captain D’s properties in the area.

With the beauty of an East Tennessee spring upon us, I would like to wish everyone a very happy, safe and joyous Easter.

Sherry Witt is Knox County Register of Deeds

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By Sherri Gardner Howell The restaurant Farragut residents knew as Seasons has been through some changes this year. Owner Deron Little, who opened the original Seasons in Renaissance Center in 2006 and a second location in Bearden in 2012, closed both restaurants, partnered with Kelsey Roze and opened Seasons Innovative Bar and Grille in

Amanda Lebo listens as chef and owner Deron Little talks about the new spring menu at Seasons Innovative Bar and Grille. Photos by Justin Acuff

Turkey Creek. Located at 11605 Parkside Dr., the restaurant kept to its original concept and rolled out a new spring menu on April 3.

Chef Little’s concept has always been to highlight what is fresh and seasonal at the restaurant. Some favorites stay on the menus, but a new season brings new items and specials that utilize ingredients available fresh

during that time of year. Each showcases Little’s creative flair and dedication to classic culinary techniques.

Guests at the Menu Release Party on April 3 got a preview.

Included for spring are such dishes as mango shrimp martini, quick-fried artichoke hearts, spring blossom salad and Mediterranean vegetable sandwich.

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Long-time editorial cartoonist Charlie Daniel never had any formal art training, but he’s been drawing since he was old enough to pick up a pencil.

His editorial cartoons have been making people in the East Tennessee region laugh for more than 45 years, and a favorite is “Rosy’s Diner.”

Daniel spoke to the Rotary Club of Knoxville recently, making his second appearance at the Valued Associates Appreciation Day, and kept the crowd laughing with his stories and his “Optimist” speech of 20 questions.

Daniel explained that back in the 1970s, his boss at another newspaper was president of the Optimist Club and wanted him to talk to the organization.

Despite a fear of public speaking, he ended up doing the presentation and called it his “Optimist” speech.

Daniel told the group that his fear of public speaking developed in childhood when a teacher asked him, “What did God put in the ocean?”

He said octopus, and she laughed at his pronunciation of the word and made him repeat it a couple of times.

When his family heard the story, they laughed and made him repeat his answer.

Soon total strangers in his hometown were asking him “What did God put in the ocean?”

In college, he had to give a speech so he thought about

that question, which would result in more laughter than speechmaking.

Unfort u n a t e l y, the student before him told about how her brother had drowned in Charlie Daniel the ocean.

The professor told Daniel that the speech would have been funny in other circumstances.

Daniel decided the best way to avoid his fear of public speaking was to jump right into the “Question and Answer” portion, so he made a list of 20 questions. The first one: “What did God put into the ocean?”

The cartoonist had a new list of questions and answers, including some that poked fun at his profession: What is the definition of an editorial writer? One who hides in the bushes during the battle and then comes out afterwards and shoots the wounded.

During the real “Q&A,” the cartoonist said that no subject has been anointed as “off limits” for his editorial pen.

When asked about his most controversial cartoon, he said, “hopefully every day.”

At 80, Daniel continues to entertain his audiences.

His cartoon collection, appraised at $2.5 million, has been donated to the University of Tennessee’s library and has been digitized.

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Uplifting opening to

By Wendy Smith The brilliant blooms in front of Susie and Sam McCamy’s Cherokee Boulevard home are likely to stop traffic on their own. But during last week’s 54th Annual Dogwood Luncheon, they shared the stage with equally colorful performers.

Cast members of Cirque du Soleil’s “Varekai” show entertained luncheon attendees with antics and acrobatics among the sunlit tulips. Like the flowers, they never spoke a word.

This is the 60th anniversary of the Sequoyah Hills Dogwood Trail, this year’s featured trail. It begins at Kingston Pike and Cherokee Boulevard and meanders through the neighborhood, which is bejeweled with redbud and flowering crabapple blossoms as well as dogwoods. Trees in the recently restored Talahi Park will be lighted at night, a long-ago tradition of the Knoxville Garden Club.

Brandon Parks, president of the Dogwood Arts Festival Board of Directors, alluded to a comment made

by New York newspaper reporter John Gunther, who called Knoxville “the ugliest city I ever saw in America” in 1947. The remark spurred Knoxville Garden Club members, led by Betsey Creekmore, Martha Ashe and Betsy Goodson, to begin a civic-beautification project − the Dogwood Trails − in 1955.

Sequoyah Hills Dogwood Trail

Cirque du Soleil “Varekai” cast members perform during last week’s Dogwood Luncheon, held at the home of Susie and Sam McCamy.

Susie McCamy said that Knoxville’s beautiful flowers made an impression on her when the couple moved here seven years ago. Her grandfather was a wholesale florist, and she enjoyed playing hide-and-seek among his flowers as a child.

Four years ago, her husband agreed to take their land-

scaping “to the next level” to satisfy her desire for more blooms.

“I didn’t appreciate flowers as much as Susie,” admits Sam. But with the help of landscapers Scott McMeans and Alison Reynolds, they brought their yard to life.

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Love Kitchen golf tourney Sisters Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner, founders of The Love Kitchen, are planning the first Love Kitchen Golf Tournament.

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Deputy to the Mayor Bill Lyons spoke on behalf of Mayor Madeline Rogero, who could not attend the luncheon. The Dogwood Arts Festival makes a terrific difference to Knoxville, with its emphasis on beautification and the arts, he said.

“It’s truly transformative.

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ally asked to leave,” he said.

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same without the Dogwood Arts Festival.”

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett noted that he, Sam McCamy and 2014 Dogwood Arts Festival Co-chair Bert Bertelkamp all attended Bearden High School.

“When we were boys in school, if we were in Sequoyah Hills, we were usu-

The human side of the Civil War As an undergraduate at Virginia Tech, I attended an early-morning class that so engrossed me and my 300 classmates that the onehour lecture flew by. It was James Robertson’s Civil War class.

L a s t week, I attended the K nox v ille Robertson Civil War Roundtable and was once again thoroughly engrossed

by Dr. Robertson.

He is popular as a speaker and author because he is a social, rather than a military, historian. In all of his work, he endeavors to capture the feelings of the participants.

“The Civil War, just like everything else, was human,” he said.

He shared stories from his National Geographic book “The Untold Civil War:

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Exploring the Human Side of War.” One of his stories was of Lizzie Van Lew, a Unionist who was one of the war’s few female spies.

Van Lew baked bread for Union prisoners and tucked notes into the loaves offering assistance if they escaped.

She housed hundreds of escaped prisoners and passed information to Ulysses S. Grant. In later life, she was ostracized as a traitor.

Robertson described the important role of pets during the war. Every regiment had a mascot, and animals ranged from farm animals to bears. One was a camel.

The most famous was a bald eagle called “Old Abe” that represented the 8th

Wisconsin. Even though he screeched and flapped his wings during battle, the bird was never hit, and after the war, he was guest of honor at various gatherings.

Robertson named several innovations that came about as a result of the Civil War, including the toilet, canned goods, paper money and home mail delivery, which began in an effort to make grief more private for those receiving death notices.

He shared a 1913 photograph of Confederate and Union veterans laughing while reenacting Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg.

“They paved the way for us to be together tonight,” he said.

The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable meets on second Tuesdays at Bearden Banquet Hall. Dinner is at 7 p.m., and the speaker begins at 8 p.m. Jerry Wooten, manager of Johnsonville State Historic Park, will speak on May 8.

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NEWS FROM PAIDEIA ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

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p ring basketball went to a new level as Paideia’s high school boys basketball team and faculty took to the court in the Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church gymnasium. The players were hoping to make good passes, hit crucial free throws and shots and, most importantly, raise money for Paideia Academy’s Nicene Hall.

The stands were packed with students, parents and teachers ready to cheer on their favorite team, and the line for concessions stayed busy most of the night. Before and after the players took the court, students had some free play shooting on the goals. Halftime was full of action with special music and a three-point shoot-out.

Lily Moon was the three-point

Bruce Hairston works to guard Kent Capps of the Paideia faculty team. challenge winner.

The student team and faculty faced off in a lively basketball game. The game was close and had lots of stars making big plays. Both teams started

off strong, with the faculty team grasping at a four-point lead in the first half. Joe Bruno and Mark Baker were top scorers for the gray. Bryson McClurkin and Conlan DeLorenzo led the maroon. Caleb Norris battled Bruno in threepointers during the second half. Baker took several good rebounds for the faculty in the final minutes, shutting down the students for a 56-48 win.

Nicene Hall raised almost $1,100 at the event. For the last couple of years the stuThe faculty team gets pumped up for the game. They are: Kent Capps, dents have partnered with Ryan Garner, Mark Baker, special guest Jacob Stock, James Cowart, Beardsley Farm, a suburban Jonathan Kenigson and Joe Bruno. food center that grows fresh produce for the needy in our area. Nicene Hall has been working with them to create a garden on the Paideia campus.

Proceeds from the basketball game will go towards this goal.

Science Fair winners at Paideia

Teacher Melanie Unruh stands with science fair participants.

Several Paideia Academy students, including sixth grader Mary Clapp, seventh graders Bryan Hairston and Micah McKee, and eighth grader Ayden Case, attended the Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair (SASEF) last week at Thompson-Boling Arena. The fair is open to the 23 regional counties in East Tennessee, and more than 180 students

participated in this year’s Junior Middle School Division.

Micah McKee won Honorable Mention in the Earth and Planetary Science Division for her project, “Clean Water with Morringa Seeds.”

Ayden Case’s project, “Cloud Chamber Droplet Formation,” won several honors in the Math Division, including:

■ A Certificate in Excellence from SASEF with a cash prize; ■ The Meteorological and Atmospheric Society’s Award for Research in Atmospheric Sciences with a cash prize and publication in the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Association’s monthly newsletter; ■ A Certificate of Award from Lockheed Martin and the chance to participate in the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Oct., in Washington, D.C.; ■ The American Nuclear Association’s Award for research involving chemistry and physics with a cash prize.

Ayden also became the first Paideia student to place in the SASEF regional fair, receiving fifth place overall and an additional cash prize.

Paideia Academy is thankful for Ms. Unruh and the parent science committee for all their hard work in supporting these budding young scientists.

Paideia high school boys basketball team member Bryson McClurkin goes up for a shot versus the school faculty team in the Nicene Hall spring hoops fundraiser.

Now Enrolling for 2014-15 It is enrollment season at Paideia Academy for the next school year. Program highlights include Paideia’s challenging classical curriculum, Christian worldview and family-focused environment.

The school is accepting applications for Pre-K through 12th grade for 2014-15. Homeschool Umbrella is available for grades K-8. School tours are scheduled daily by appointment.

Call the school office at 865-670-0440 for details.

Paideia to host second Annual Golf Classic The Paideia Academy Annual Golf Classic will be held on Friday, May 9, at the beautiful Avalon Golf and Country Club. The four-man swat tournament will offer an afternoon of friendly

golf to benefit a worthy organization. Players and/or teams may play 18 holes.

Generous sponsors are providing lots of great prizes – course prizes, putting contest,

goody bag, door prizes, and free lunch for all registered golfers.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Proceeds from this event benefit Paideia Academy’s Annual Fund which sup-

ports need-based tuition scholarships and property acquisition for future capital development.

Visit PAgolfclassic.com to register or view sponsorship information.

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Coping through brokenness Gammon-Heatherly Series seeks healing through spirituality It’s been almost a decade since it happened, but “closure” doesn’t come easily – if at all – when your daughter is murdered on the day of your mother’s funeral.

But that’s what Dr. William Blevins – a loving father who has spent a lifetime helping and teaching others how to cope with brokenness – found himself facing in August 2004 when his daughter failed to show for lunch before his mother’s funeral.

“My two sons went to her apartment which was two miles away to check on her because she didn’t answer the phone. That’s when we discovered that she had been murdered,” recounted Blevins, a licensed professional counselor and retired professor of counseling at Carson-Newman University who will be the guest speaker of this year’s Gammon-Heatherly Series.

The annual Gammon-Heatherly Series, a seminar focusing on caregivers as well as care receivers, will be presented twice Tuesday, April 29. The first presentation will be at the Thompson Cancer Survival Center’s auditorium from 1-3 p.m. The second will be at Parkwest Medical Center’s education classrooms beginning with dinner at 5 p.m. and lecture from 6-8 p.m.

Titled “The Power of Spirituality for Health, Wholeness and Well-Being,” the lecture will consider practical ways that spirituality positively influences our health, quality of life and daily coping ability, especially when circumstances leave us broken and hopeless.

David Bluford, Parkwest chaplain who organized the event along with Fort Sanders Regional chaplain Randy Tingle, said the series is always “thought-provoking and insightful” and provides a good networking opportunity with clergy and lay persons from the community. “We all come to the table with a different desire, and spirituality seeks to look at the person and how that impacts their treatment options,” Bluford said, adding that area clergy, laity, caregivers and care receivers can all benefit from the lectures.

The lectures fall right in line with the mission of the William Blevins Institute for Spirituality and Mental Health, named in his honor by Carson-Newman University following his retirement

“We had to go from the crime scene to a funeral home for my mother’s funeral,” Blevins said.

“So it was a pretty big emotional event. Of course, there’s no real complete resolution of any kind for a situation like that.

“My wife and I both are at different places now,” he added.

“She’s written a book (“A Journey of Peace and Pain: Learning from Loss”) about her response and coping with it, and I’ve just finished writing “Hidden Grace: Coping With Loss and Grief”… but spiritual practices like regularly practicing gratitude for my daughter helped me cope with the hostility and the negative feelings that I had for the guy who killed her. It’s completely changed my life around emotionally. … I’m a person of faith, too, but the spiritual practices help me, my wife and my whole family cope with her death and it sustained us and it has helped us grow as persons through this.”

The Gammon-Heatherly Series “Rather than being distracted by worries about the future or concerns about the past, (mindfulness) is tuning in to at the TCSC Auditorium is $25 per the present and dealing with what is going on right now,” said Dr. William Blevins, explaining how “mindfulness” is registrant, $35 (dinner included) used as a coping tool. at the Parkwest lecture. For more information or to register, contact in 2012. “The Institute serves fer spirituality in their course- scientific discipline. Rather than Parkwest Chaplain David Bluford healthcare professionals, teach- work – proof that conventional being distracted by worries about at 373-1630 or Chaplain Randy ers, students, organizations and medicine is beginning to see its the future or concerns about the Tingle at Fort Sanders Regional all interested persons by provid- complementary value in treating past, it is tuning in to the present Medical Center at 541-1235. For and dealing with what is going on more information about the Wiling education, information, re- the whole person. liam Blevins Institute for Spiritusearch, training and services to Blevins, who did his post-doc- right now.”

Blevins will also discuss how ality and Mental Health, visit the improve holistic health in our toral studies at the prestigious area,” he said. “In addition, the Oxford University in England, “spiritual practices” have aided him Counseling area of the Graduate & Institute supports and encour- recently attended a psychother- and his family in coping with the Adult Studies programs at www. cn.edu. ages dialogue between clinicians, apy conference at Harvard nightmare of his daughter’s death. clergy and all others interested in Medical School in the connection between spiritual- which “mindfulity, religion and mental health as ness” was closely these promote individual growth examined as a and well-being.” coping tool.

“Mindfulness As such, Blevins’ lecture will review recent research on the re- is a technique lationship between spirituality, of tuning in to holistic health and general well- the present mobeing as he seeks to “reframe and ment,” he exdefine” the concepts of spirituality plains. “It is Day Session: under a broadand holistic health.

Tuesday, April 29, 1-3 p.m .

“Spirituality and religion are er category of Location: Thompson Cancer Survi val not identical,” he says. “Religion m e d i t a t i o n Center auditorium Cost: is one expression of spirituality, but it is a very $25 per registrant used but spirituality involves more than widely religious expression/practice; also, technique now Evening Session: healing and curing are not identi- for people with Tuesday, April 29, 6-8 p.m . cal. A person can be healed and all manner of *Dinner will be provid not cured or cured and not healed. problems, or ed at 5 p.m.

Healing has to do with wholeness.” it can either Location: Pa rkw est Medical Center classroom What’s more, Blevins says, no be a spiritual s Cost: less than 100 medical colleges discipline or $35 per registrant across the United States now of- it can be a

You’re Invited to attend the 2014 Gammon-Heatherly seminar

Featured speaker Dr. William Blevins William L. Blevins has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carson-Newman College, a Master of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a doctor of philosophy from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and an Education Specialist degree from William L. the University of TenBlevins nessee. He also has done postdoctoral studies at Oxford University, England.

Blevins joined Carson-Newman’s faculty in 1966, teaching or serving as

chair of the Southern Baptist liberal arts college’s religion department for the next 24 years. In 1994, he launched a master’s program in mental health counseling.

After his retirement in 2012, the university named the William Blevins Institute for Spirituality and Mental Health in his honor. Today, he serves as director of the institute and as an adjunct professor. He is also continues in a private counseling practice as a licensed marriage and family therapist and licensed professional counselor.

He has authored four books: “Your Family – Your Self”; “Hidden

For more information or to register, contact Pa rkwest Chaplain David Bluford at 373-16 30 or Chaplain Randy Tingle at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Cente r at 541-1235

Grace: Coping With Loss and Grief”; “Care and Maintenance of the Christian Life”; and “Birth of a New Testament.” He is currently writing a fifth book, this one on aspects of neuroscience and the teachings of Jesus. For more than 20 years he has written a weekly newspaper column on family matters.

Blevins and his wife, Carolyn, a retired Baptist historian who retired from Carson-Newman as associate professor of religion emerita, have four children and five grandchildren.

Memorial Service May 4

A memorial service is held quarterly for family members who have experienced the loss of a loved one at Parkwest anytime during the previous three months.

The purpose of these services is to allow friends and family members the opportunity to come back to our facility, interact with others who have had a similar experience and hear the names read aloud of all those who passed away during this time. Parkwest’s next memorial service is 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, in the chapel.

Parkwest Medical Center remains on the forefront of diagnosing and treating disease with the most advanced technology available…those who entrust their healthcare to us demand nothing less.

But technology alone isn’t enough to bring healing and comfort to patients and families.

True healthcare begins with something less expensive, non-invasive and pain free. It’s called listening.

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Telling Knoxville’s stories:

A walk with Laura Still

By Betty Bean “Walk the streets of a city torn in two by divided loyalties and then get an overview of the fighting from the observation deck of the Sunsphere. Spies, bridge burners, miracle shots, betrayal and battle.”

Laura Still tells stories.

She’s written plays and poetry and in the fall will publish “A Haunted History of Knoxville,” a book of ghost stories based on the guided walking tours of downtown she’s been conducting for the past couple of years.

There’s the Civil War Tour (described above), a Ghost Tour, a Gunslingers’ Tour, a Musical History Tour, a Literary Heritage Tour and an Early Years Tour.

She got the idea for Knoxville Walking Tours when she was working at the Visitors Center and tourists kept asking if she knew someone who could walk around with them and explain Knoxville history.

When she told her boyfriend and business partner, Brent Minchey, about it, he thought she should give it a try.

“He nagged me, and my friend Andie Ray nagged me, and the first tour started in June 2012,” she said. She has consulted with writer/ historian Jack Neely, who has given her access to all of his writings and research and has been a great source of encouragement.

Still, whose poetry collection “Guardians” was published in 2009, would have gotten around to launching the walking-tour business sooner, but she got a scholarship to study poetry at a

Laura Still conducts a Ghost Tour. Photo submitted Marilyn Kallett seminar in Auvillar, France, that was too good to pass up.

“She teaches there every year, through the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and had been encouraging me to apply. I finally got an application in early enough to be eligible to go, and it was great! It was a work/study scholarship, and all I had to do was wash dishes. People joked and called me Cinderella, but it really wasn’t very hard, and it didn’t interfere with writing poetry.”

Originally from the TriCities, Still came to Knoxville when she was 20 to take her first job as a dental hygienist.

“I was going to stay a couple of years, but here I am, 34 years later, still here.

Knoxville does that to you.”

She is the mother of two sons, Winston and Brennan Sullivan.

Winston is an opera singer with a master’s degree in vocal performance from the University of West Virginia in Morgantown. Brennan is a freshman at ETSU majoring in pre-physical therapy, but is also a talented singer and actor who sometimes helps with the walking tours when he is in town.

Church Street United Methodist Church has been a big part of her family’s life and was the inspiration for a 2010 book of plays she wrote after participating in a children’s drama workshop. She teaches Sunday school there and has participated in 14 annual nativity pageants.

Her job as a dental hygienist went away when the

dentist she worked for shut down his practice, and she has worked at Three Rivers Market in recent years. Her

tour business and she does round, except and February.

is growing, them yearfor January The cost is

reasonable ($10-$30), and she can be reached at 865309-4522 or at tours@ knoxtour.com.

Family Justice Center named for Randy Nichols District Attorney General Randy Nichols (speaking) pretended to be surprised last week when the maintenance crew pulled a big canvas cover hanging over the front of the Family Justice Center on Harriet Tubman Street to reveal that the building will henceforth be known as the Randall E. Nichols Family Justice Center. Nichols is retiring this year. Mayor Tim Burchett (in back) presided. The Family Justice Center serves victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and provides the services of prosecutors, investigators, clergy and social service professionals. Photo

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Looking for a fun, educational, no-cost spring and summer activity for preschoolers in a beautiful setting close to home?

Check out Stories in the Garden at Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum at 1 p.m. every Wednesday until Halloween, sponsored by the University of Tennessee’s ECO Garden project.

ECO stands for “Every Child Outdoors,” says Wendy Prothro Howard, ECO Garden program coordinator. The project is funded by the Tennessee Department of Health through a “Project Diabetes” grant and administered by Howard’s employer, the University of Tennessee’s Human Dimen-

sions Research Lab at the Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Department.

“Stories in the Garden is free, and so is everything else we do here, except summer camp,” Howard said.

“It’s here on the grounds in an area called the outdoor classroom. There’s a butterfly garden nearby, along with a council ring built by Boy Scouts a couple of years ago and a stage under the trees.”

The story hour, now in its second year, was created by UT senior Anna Robinson, who was doing an internship at the botanical garden.

She and Howard worked together and designed a format that includes reading a gardening-related story,

a craft, an outdoor activity and a snack.

Area businesses have helped. Last year, Earth Fare came on a day the kids were reading about earthworms and brought cups of cookie-crumb “dirt” filled with granola and gummi worms – very popular, Howard said.

“With Project Diabetes, we are trying to get kids learning where food comes from so they can begin to make good choices of healthy snacks as opposed to candy bars.” Howard said. “They really get excited.”

Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum is at 2743 Wimpole Ave. in East Knoxville.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 Book Sandwiched In lunch and learn, noon, East Tennessee History Center auditorium, 601 S. Gay St. Topic: “Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know” by Robert Paarlberg, presented by UT history professor Dr. John Bohstedt. Info: 215-8801.

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THROUGH TUESDAY, APRIL 15 Registration open for UT-led Wildflower Pilgrimage to be held April 15-19. Tickets: $75 per person for two or more days; $50 for single-day tickets; $15 students with ID. To register: http://www. springwildflowerpilgrimage.org. Info: 436-7318, ext. 222.

THROUGH WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 Deadline for early team registration for the KARM Dragon Boat Festival. Early registration includes a discounted fee and other options. The KARM Dragon Boat Festival is 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, June 21. Info/to register: www.karm.org/dragonboats or 633-7625.

THROUGH SATURDAY, MAY 17 Tickets on sale for Tennessee Theatre’s annual “Stars on Stage” event. Kenny Rogers will headline the event, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 17. Proceeds will benefit the Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation.

THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 8 Registration open for AMSE Science Explorer Camp for rising 5th, 6th and 7th graders. Two sessions: June 9-13, June 16-20. Info/to register: http://amse. org/visitors/summer-camps/.

MONDAY, APRIL 14 Tennessee Shines featuring Knoxville native Robby Hecht and The Sea The Sea, 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville.

Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets. com. Info: www.WDVX.com.

TUESDAY, APRIL 15 Computer Workshops: Word 2007 Basics, 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 215-8700.

Parent workshop: “College Planning and Admissions,” 7-8:30 p.m., Lane Music in Franklin Square, 9648 Kingston Pike. Hosted by Collegiate Blueprint and Testing Solutions. Info: Jesse Hedrick, jesse@helpmytestscore.com; Laurie Brandow, Lbrandow@collegiateblueprint.com.

UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

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Parent to Parent Support meeting for parents of children with mental health diagnoses, 6-8 p.m., K-TOWN Youth Empowerment Network, 901 E. Summit Hill Drive.

Info: Alicia, 474-6692 or abanks@tnvoices.org.

Empty Bowls charity event, 6-8 p.m., Einstein Bros.

Bagels, 11693 Parkside Dr. All donations to benefit Fish Pantry, associated with the United Methodist Church.

Last seating, 7:30. Tickets: Farragut High School office, 966-9775 during school hours; or stop by Einstein Bros.

Bagels. Hosted by Einstein Bros. Bagels and Farragut High School chapter National Art Honor Society (NAHS).

Maundy Thursday Service, 7 p.m., Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway.

Info: 690-1060; www.beaverridgeumc.com.

Maundy Thursday, Holy Eucharist with Foot Washing and Stripping of the Altar, 7 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway, Knoxville. Info: 523-5687.

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Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. Guest speaker: bestselling Irish author Glenn Meade. All-inclusive lunch: $12. RSVP by Monday, April 21: 983-3740.

THURSDAY, APRIL 24

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Poets Marilyn Kallet and Keith Norris will read, 3 p.m., Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike.

Part of Poets for Preservation spring poetry series.

Refreshments served. Guests invited to look around the newly restored mansion after the readings.

Girls on the Run 5k, 9 a.m., West Bicycles in the Village Green Shopping Center, 11531 Kingston Pike.

Day of registration, 8 a.m., $25. Online registration, http://www.gotrknoxville.org, $20. Info: http://www. gotrknoxville.org.

Free charity workout, 9 a.m., Unlimited Training Systems, 142 N. Martinwood Road. Sponsored by EdFinancial Services to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee. Suggested donation: $10.

Thunder Road 2014, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., American Commissary, 1209 E. Broadway in Lenoir City. Book signing by “Return to Thunder Road” author Alex Gabbad; appearance by Rick Toombs. Cars from all eras welcome. No entry fee. Info: 816-3519.

Diabetes Management Series, 6:30 p.m., Knox County Health Department auditorium, 140 Dameron Ave. Free five-part series; open to the public. To register: 215-5170.

SUNDAY, APRIL 20

FRIDAY, APRIL 25 UT Science Forum speaker: Pete Claussen, founder and CEO of Gulf and Ohio Railways Inc. and Knoxville Locomotive Works, noon, Room C-D of Thompson-Boling Arena. Topic: “Green Locomotives.” Free and open to the public. Info: http://scienceforum.utk.edu.

ARTitude 2014 – Inspired Creations Celebrating Courage and Survivorship, 7-10 p.m., Atrium at Cherokee Mills, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Features a silent auction, as well as an Artist Marketplace. All proceeds benefit Cancer Support Community. Info: 546-4661; www.CancerSupportET.org; or Margaux Cowan-Banker, MCowan-Banker@CancerSupportET.org.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 25-26

Sunrise Service, 7 a.m., Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Easter SunBowl For Kids’ Sake at Fountain Lanes, 3315 N day Worship Service, 9 and 11 a.m. Info: 690-1060; Broadway St. Times: 4-9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. To register a team: www.BowlForKidsToday.org. www.beaverridgeumc.com.

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Tennessee Shines featuring The Naughty Knots, 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.

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Application deadline for Biscuit Baking Contest held during the International Biscuit Festival. Finalists will bake live at the Festival. Info/applications: www.

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“Massacre at Cavett Station,” 6 p.m. Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Good Friday Service, noon, Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 6901060; www.beaverridgeumc.com.

Good Friday Liturgy, noon, St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Stations of the Cross, 1 and 3 p.m.; Good Friday Liturgy, featuring the chant ensemble Orison, 7 p.m. Info: 523-5687.

Concert of Darkness, 7 p.m., Westside Unitarian Universalist Church, 616 Fretz Road. Admission is free; $5 donation suggested. Info: www.westsideuuc.org.

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Boutique sale preview party and silent auction to benefit Knoxville Habitat for Humanity, 5:308:30 p.m., The Gallery of Knoxville, 7240 Kingston Pike. Tickets: $25. Info/tickets: 523-3539, https://www. knoxvillehabitatforhumanity.com/boutique.

Parent to Parent Support meeting for parents of children with mental health diagnoses, 6-8 p.m., K-TOWN Youth Empowerment Network, 901 E. Summit Hill Drive.

Info: Alicia, 474-6692 or abanks@tnvoices.org.

Free acrylic painting demonstration by artist Terry Chandler, 5-7 p.m., Art and Frame Outlet, 10811 Kingston Pike. Light hors d’oeuvres served; free handsigned print from the artist. Everyone invited.

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Ready for Z44 State of TN Fast edition hand mowing. Phone 865Cemetery Lots 49 235 Dept. of Health. quilting frame. Top Campers 922-6408 Lic # COB0000000015. of the line. Extends 423-566-3647 as large as king sz, 2012 19' Gulfstream 2 sites outer containers, 922-4136 or 218-WEST(9378) INTERNATIONAL judyspuppynursery.com folds up even with Lynnhurst Cemetery, Amerilite camper, CUB CADET 102 fabric installed, open/closing fees all ^ like new, sleeps 4, tractor, $1250. 865SHELTIE PUPPIES, fully adjustable, incl: incl. 865-925-2318 $8,500. 865-455-9626 546-6438 AKC, 2nd deworming, Start Right leader 1st shots, 1 F sable cloth (gridded cloth), 2012 KZ Travel Trailer, merle, 1 male dark fully assembled.

28', priced to sell.

Real Estate Wanted 50 196 Will deliver Knox www.rvregistry.com/ sable & white, 2 F Computers dark sable & white, Co. $400.

865-932-4344 1003270.htm or call WE BUY HOUSES parents on site. $350. DELL PC fully encl. ***Web ID# 392588*** 865-456-7770 for info.

Any Reason, Any Condition 865-523-4715 oak wood cab. $400 ***Web ID# 388763*** GROOMING SALON 865-548-8267 all. Will sell sep. interviewing for PT www.ttrei.com SHELTIES, Sable & 423-215-2211.

EVEREST BY Bicycles 218 bather/brusher posiwhite, AKC Reg. Ch. KEYSTONE, 32' 5th tion. Must be de- bldln.

16 mo.3 yrs.

M wheel, new roof & AC, mature, & F. $400-$800. Account MEN & Women's 7 Real Estate Service 53 pendable, Music Instruments 198 speed bikes. New 2 slide outs, exc. cond. flexible & motiASSA member, vated. Call 865-777- death $375 ea. Now $150 ea. $16,000/bo, 865-457-4955 breeder & exhibitor Prevent Foreclosure 2275 to set up inter- offering ROLAND AT70 Organ, Many extras. 2 bike Shelties for sale FOREST RIVER Free Help view.

Beautiful, electronics carrier rack, new Mini-Lite Travel Trailer, to companion homes.

865-365-8888 refurbished. Warranty. $320, now $100. Len. 2010, 18' all fiber glass Spay & neuter contracts www.PreventForeclosureKnoxville.com $2450. 865-258-3400 Cty, 865-986-4988 only. 865-719-2040 24,000 lbs. fully equipped.

Healthcare 110 Absolutely like new.

Comm. Prop. - Rent 66 PRIVATE DUTY CNA Misc. Items 203 Medical Supplies 219 $9,800. 865-567-8322 needed for UT Med Rockwood Signature CA$H for your House! Center Home Care, HOBART MEAT SLICER Adj. Queen bed with Ultralite 8317SS 2010, Cash Offer in 24 Hours contact Kelly Noel 12". mattress, frame, box 33', like new, loaded, 865.544.6260 or kelly.

865-365-8888 $180 sprgs & controls, $19,000, NADA 29,609.

HVBuysHouses.com noel@lhcgroup.com Call 865-599-2869.

865-428-5870 $450 obo. 865-690-1150

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Easter Vigil, 6:45 a.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Festival Eucharist, 10:30 a.m., followed by Easter Egg hunt. Info: 523-5687.

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CHEVY CORVETTE Buick Lucerne 2006, 1981, T-top, red w/blk loaded, CXL, V8, leather int. 8403 mi. black, 82K mi, $16,500/bo. 865-689-8377 $8500. 865-988-6427 ***Web ID# 393170*** FORD PROBE 1993, great 2nd car., 2.0 CHRYSLER Crossfire eng. super gas mi., 2006 conv. Black on $2500. 865-922-8778. black, 6 stick! Heated seats, all pwr. $13,900.

57K mi., 239-200-5191.

324 ***Web ID# 389621*** Elderly Care

CHEVY Venture 2001 Motor Homes 237 LS, dual AC, Onstar, loaded, 3 row seats, Video, rear AC, 158K 2003 FOURWIND 5000 mi, pretty maroon Class C motor home, color, exc cond., RESIDENTIAL 8,800 mi. $28,995.

261 $4400. Call or text Sport Utility HOME CARE for 865-539-4358 703-501-0175 your elderly loved one with 24-hr care.

BLUE OX Tow Bar, ***Web ID# 392646*** CADILLAC ESCALADE Registered nurse. new $1000; sell for EXT 2005, 4 dr., 124K Lic'd/bonded. $300.

Lenoir DODGE Caliper 2008 mi., black ext., drk.

SXT, 87k mi. Exc. gray int., good cond.

7 days/wk.

City 865-986-4988 cond. $8000. Call or 865-335-6337 Asking $10,500.

Text 703-501-0175 DUTCHMAN Call 865-342-5500. ***Web ID# 392633*** 1998 C-CLASS 31 ft., 29,000 mil.

Flooring 330 $18,000; 865-257-1554 Dodge Caravan Handi- Imports 262 cap Van 2005, 49k CERAMIC TILE inmi, trans. seat, stallation.

Floors/ $17,500. 865-544-0070 BMW 2002 325i Conv., HOLIDAY RAMBLER walls/ repairs. 33 nav., spec. rims & PST 2003, 38 ft diesel, yrs exp, exc work!

FORD 2004 Freestar tires, exc cond, all Pristine!

Luxury John 938-3328 SES, white, exc cond., opts. $7,200. Call or mod.

3 slides. loaded, Ult. soccer text 703-501-0175 35,200 mi. Great mom's car, 3 row ***Web ID# 392639*** amenities, $65,000 Guttering 333 seats, remov. Heat (NADA $70,000+). or AC in rear. 178k BMW 2005 645i conv., nav., lthr, every opt., HAROLD'S mi, $4400 firm. Call GUTTER 865-567-4774 / 397-3664 beautiful car, 97K mi, or text 703-501-0175 SERVICE. Will clean $23,000. Call or text ***Web ID# 392642*** front & back $20 & up.

703-501-0175 Quality work, guaranMotorcycles 238 ***Web ID# 392648*** teed. Call 288-0556.

BMW 745i 2002, every CAN-AM SPYDER ST opt. incl. back priv.

Landscaping 338 2013, less than 50 mi, lots shades, perf. car. of motorcycle clothes, $9000. Call or text Why spend $3,000 more? HONDA ODYSSEY 703-501-0175 Reduced to $18,250 2004, loaded, great ***Web ID# 392652*** /reas. offer. $22,000 invested. cond., clean. $6200.

865-233-2545; 250-5531 CHRYSLER SEBRING Call 865-363-9018. conv. 24K mi., like HARLEY DAVIDSON MAZDA MPV, $3500 firm. Call Ultra Classic 2009, 2002, $1500, 865-577-2458 new.

Walter 865-988-7364. black & a lot of Leave Message. chrome. 1100 mi., TOYOTA Camry XLE $17,500. 423-404-2862. Nissan Quest SE 2004 1999, V6, lthr., Alloy whls, sunroof, spoiler, HD 1200 Sportster eng. ult. perf. soccer mom van, new brakes & rotors, trans. 2006 take out. 160k mi, every opt. Pwr garaged, well maint.

Runs good. Have slid drs. Nav., 3 DVD, records, Exc., 167K receipt. Other parts dual AC, $8,000. Call mi., $5500. 865-531-9005; avail. $1550. 865-690-2690 or text 703-501-0175 Call 865-680-6272. ***Web ID# 392637*** HD 1980 Shovelhead, 1340cc, red, eng.

257 rebuilt, $5,000 obo. Trucks Tony 423-377-9970

HD Road King FLHR FORD RANGER 1994 2008, Recently serviced PU, 5 spd., air, $3195.

Call 865-684-3468. with 2 new tires and Toyota Corolla 2006, brakes. Two-Tone Red. GMC SIERRA SLE 108K mi, AT, 4 dr, Mike 865-254-8468 crew cab 2008, 37K mi., champagne, good cond. ^ Michelins, Immaculate! $6,500. 865-363-3741 HONDA SHADOW $22,900. 865-382-0365. ***Web ID# 391121*** Lawn Care 339 VT700C 1985, adult owned, water cooled, Honda Ridgeline 2013, VOLVO 1991 240, AT, good tires, 11K mi., 6 mos old, 300 mi, 4x4, AC, pwr wind., great PERKINS LANDSCAPE $2500 obo. 865-988-8832, & LAWNCARE every factory opt. deep cond. Dep. & safe. or 548-1176.

Spring Specials! cherry red, tan int., $37,500 $3600. 865-661-7369 Res. Lawns $25. Brn firm.

865-429-8585 Kawasaki Classic 1600 hdwd mulch $30/yd 2003, 9600 mi, mustang Dyed mulch 264 installed. seat, windshield Comm Trucks Buses 259 Sports $45/yd installed. $3,975. 865-335-4766 Brush removal/ CHEVY CORVETTE cleanup.

SUZUKI 1994 1400 Intruder, Ford F700 Chip Truck '07, only 9K mi., 865-250-9405 20k mi, gar. kept, 1983, complete & in Monterey Red, AT, next thing to new, beaut. extra chrome, working order, Reduced bags & more. $2500. for quick sale $2350 or $34,995- 865-376-5167 865-521-4179 make offer. 705-7077 SHELBY GT 500 Coupe 2008, 6300 mi, SUZUKI 2006, S-50, 5,300 HINO FE2620 Flatbed exc. cond. $35,000. mi. Exc. Cond., lots of 2000, 37,000 mil.

865-232-2330 extras, Not a scratch great shape, $17,000 ***Web ID# 394942*** on it. $3,500; 865-363-4295 Call 423-569-8062

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