Karns/Hardin Valley Shopper-News 031616

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BUZZ Emory Road chat Gerald Green, executive director of the Metropolitan Planning Commission, will meet from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at the Powell branch library on Emory Road with interested residents, sponsored by the Enhance Powell committee of the Powell Business and Professional Association.

Discussion items include: ■Possible rezoning to general commercial of the Sternberg property – 35 acres adjacent to the library. County Commission has asked MPC to restudy this after MPC’s initial rejection. ■Site plan for 220-apartment units on Emory near Central Avenue Pike. Grading is underway. ■Possible Neighborhood Conservation overlay for Emory Road business district near Powell High School and the Depot Street area. What would it include? What is the process for getting it?

Info: Justin Bailey, 947-9000, or Sandra Clark, 661-8777.

Powell alumni The Powell High Alumni Reunion will be Saturday, April 2, at the Jubilee Banquet Facility.

Registration begins at 4:45 p.m. with a buffet meal at 6.

The cost is $24 per person plus alumni fees of $10. Reservations are needed by Monday, March 21.

Scholarship donations can be mailed to P.O. Box 111, Powell TN 37849. Donate in honor of an individual or a class.

Reservations should be made to Lynette Brown at 865-9477371 or LBrown8042@aol.com

Ed and Bob in Fountain City Knox County’s at-large commissioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas will be at Sam & Andy’s at 2613 West Adair Dr. from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 22. All residents are invited.

Ted Hall at Halls prayer breakfast News anchor Ted Hall will speak at the annual prayer breakfast sponsored by the Halls Business and Professional Association. The event starts at 7:30 a.m. Friday, March 25, at Beaver Dam Baptist Church. Tickets are $10 and available from Sue Walker at swalker@tindells. com or 922-7751 or at the door.

It is open to all.

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Cadets help canines help veterans

Representatives of Smoky Mountain Service Dogs stopped by Karns High School ROTC to talk about what it takes to train a service dog. Pictured are SMSD volunteer Laurie Birt, SMSD trainee Hooligan, cadets Andrew Crowder, Blake Jackson, Tyler Williams, Dylan Jacobik, Nicolas Whited, Aaron Bollmann, Ryan Blake, Emily Buskey; (back) SMSD volunteer chair and spokesperson Mike Kitchens, cadets Daniel Bergeron, Ciara Ward, William Gillespie, Jacob Leatherwood, Ryan Jacobik, Westley Carroll, Lincoln Dillman and Bonnie Clifton, KHS senior aerospace science instructor Lt. Col. Chuck O’Donnell and ROTC MSgt. Michael DuBrule. Photos by S. Barrett

By Sara Barrett Karns High School’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) will participate in a 15 mile hike April 9 at Frozen Head State Park.

Each cadet who completes the hike earns a ribbon, but a disabled veteran will gain a lot more from it than that. “Our minimum goal is to raise $5,000,� says Karns High ROTC MSgt. Michael DuBrule.

The funds will help Smoky Mountain Service Dogs obtain, train and present a service dog to a disabled veteran.

“Even if the kids raise $1,000 ‌ even $100 ‌ that is money Smoky Mountain Service Dogs would not have received otherwise.â€?

ROTC cadet and KHS junior Blake Jackson came up with the idea of the hike and helped rally fellow cadets to participate. “It all first started because I am really into hiking, and I wanted to hike with my ROTC group,� says Jackson. “SMSD helps out locally.

If we raise $5,000, we can help get a dog for someone who needs it.�

It costs $21,500 from start to finish to train and present a dog to a veteran, but $5,000 will

Smoky Mountain Service Dog trainee Hooligan meets KHS ROTC cadet Blake Jackson who is organizing a march to benefit SMSD. To page A-3

Visitors coming to Pellissippi State Pellissippi State Community College has two upcoming events, both free and open to the public.

Morgan Myles, country music singer, will perform at 7 p.m.

Friday, March 18, in the ClayMyles ton Performing Arts Center on the Hardin Valley

campus. Tickets are required to ensure seating availability and may be picked up at any PSCC campus.

The concert also will feature a performance by Pellissippi State’s own Hardin Valley Thunder bluegrass ensemble, as well as testimonials from Pellissippi State students.

Juan Camilo Molina Bolivar, a Humphrey Fellows scholar from Ecuador, will share a presen-

tation at 10:45 a.m. Thursday, March 31, titled “Ecuador: A View from the Middle of the World.� Bolivar will spend time shadowing Pellissippi State administrators to Bolivar learn more about the community college model and how Pellissippi State interacts with its community.

Bolivar is a university professor at the Technological Equinoctial University of Ecuador and has previously worked as a national director of research and international cooperation for the Professional Training Service of Ecuador. During his year as part of the Humphrey Fellows program, he is based at the University of Minnesota.

Info: pstcc.edu or 865-6946400.

Arnold tells leaders they must ‘fight’

By Betsy Pickle On the day after the Super Bowl, Pastor Daryl Arnold turned on the TV expecting to see interviews with the players who had fought so valiantly on the field the night before. Instead, the media was focused on the halftime show Daryl Arnold and what pop superstar Beyonce wore, said and did.

At the city’s recent Neighborhood Awards & Networking Luncheon, Arnold told leaders from 100 neighborhoods across the city that he wasn’t there to talk about halftime, that he was there to “celebrate your fight on the field.â€? “Because if we’re going to be a great city, if we’re going to be a great community, if we’re going to have great neighborhoods ‌ then you’re going to have to fight for

those neighborhoods to be great,�

Arnold told the crowd at the Knoxville Convention Center.

Arnold, pastor of the Overcoming Believers Church, knows a few things about bringing community together. He took on that job in the wake of the shooting death of Fulton High School sophomore Zaevion Dobson in December. “Zaevion’s death really just raised to the surface something that has been happening a long time,â€? said Arnold, a Chattanooga native and Knoxville College graduate who started OBC 13 years ago. “A long time people have been dying in our communities. “I’ve buried well over 70 people, most of them very young people, in 13 years. ‌ The good news is that although it’s been a fight, the fight has been worth it.â€?

He said that two years into his Knoxville ministry he began to turn his attention “from trying to build the church to trying to build the community because as I read

in the scriptures and I started thinking about the life of Christ, Christ was never trying to build a church. He was always trying to transform the lives of people in the community.�

Noting that he is a preacher, not a politician, Arnold used his strengths in his keynote address.

He described certain societal ills as “weapons of mass destruction that have been designed to destroy our communities.�

No. 1 is “a principality,� he said. “There’s a real devil that is trying to destroy our communities.

When children kill children, that’s the devil.�

Another “WMDâ€? is poverty. “Within a five-mile radius of my church, 211 Harriet Tubman ‌ the average income is $9,800 a year annual household. Something’s not right about that. “We’ve got to figure out a way to bring jobs into our communities. We’ve got to figure out a way to lift our communities up when

it comes to economic success and stability.�

Arnold, the youngest of five children raised by a single mother, said parenting is another landmine. “We all know that people who are raised up in (single-parent) homes ‌ are more likely to go to jail, ‌ more likely to flunk out of school, ‌ more likely to enter into gangs and into violence. We understand that. “But you know what? My child is your child, and your child is my child because we’re supposed to be a community.â€?

Pain is another thing wracking neighborhoods, especially in the inner city. Arnold said that after talking with a Vietnam War veteran who suffers from PTSD, he thought about the trauma imposed on youngsters routinely subjected to gun violence.

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NEWS FROM RATHER & KITTRELL

Transitions

By Tim Eichorn My wife, Beth, and I sat in front of our woodstove on a bitterly cold February night reecting on all that had occurred to us and around us in the past nine months.

One of us hit 50 years old. Of our three children; one married, one graduated high school, one graduated college, one started an awesome career, two began their ďŹ rst year in the military (go USMC!) and all three ofďŹ cially left the house. That is the deďŹ nition of a transiTim Eichhorn tion period in life.

Boy, oh boy, is the quiet deafening.

We knew it was coming, but knowing it and living it are two different perspectives. The anticipation of change did not soften the bumps or smooth out the jolt of silence that envelops our house. What did help during this transition was reecting on some of the fairly mundane and boring principles that we identiďŹ ed during these past 23 years of parenting.

Style is different than fashion. Thankfully, when our twin girls were born in 1993, the ’80s clothes were out. Gone also was bouffant hair, gobs of makeup and parachute pants. But were unkempt grunge and the minimalist movement to black T-shirt suits really any better? More subdued? Yes, but still not style. The cut of a nice suit does not go out of style. The T-shirt and pastel suit however with the white huarache sandals and baggy pants of Miami Vice fame was only fashion, never style.

Our family was ours. While we might learn and observe wonderful parenting tips from others, we learned not to be envious of other families. We learned what it took to parent and love and guide our family as best as we could without longing to be like the perfect family down the street. What we don’t always see is that our neighbor’s children throw tantrums and leave bite marks just like our kids We needed to appreciate what we were

responsible for and to do our best within our capabilities and with an eye to the children’s best interests and individual futures.

Children are different. We grew as parents and grasped that what worked for teaching and training one child might not work for another, even a twin sister. Three kids meant many times three different techniques to get the same results. Potty training is a great example. The desired outcome was achieved through a bowl of M&M’s, reading a book and oating Cheerios targets. The same result on three very different, wonderfullycrafted children.

These warmly reminiscent discussions led me to thoughts of how they may also apply to our personal ďŹ nances.

Style. Time and again a diversiďŹ ed portfolio will prove durable and efďŹ cient. Markets will come and go and will sometimes move in the same direction, but sometimes not. The latest investment fashion crafted to capture the moment or “the new landscape of investingâ€? tends to not hold up over longer time horizons just like the “Miami Viceâ€? look. The tried and true style of spend less, save more, stay spread out, stick to your plan, and don’t panic or don’t get greedy has stood the test of time.

The S&P 500 is not glamorous, it just does get the job done that we ask of it.

Our family / Our portfolio. When someone talks about their stellar doubledigit investment returns, congratulate them. Then realize that it is likely not the whole story. No one raises a perfect child and no one gets 10 percent return year in and year out. Their kid throws tantrums, bites other children, and they will on occasion have bad investment returns even if they will not admit it. Don’t get caught up in the pursuit of matching what others tell you they have. It’s not always the truth.

Treat Investment Types Differently.

Having a strong willed child is different than having a compliant rule follower. In the same thought, the way you hold your

Photos from the Eichhorn family album

savings should be different than how investments are allocated. Allocations for retirement monies should be different than that of college savings, as an example. The emergency fund is not to be placed in an emerging market fund. Treat the account or the child in the way that is best for each, individually. We may not like getting .1 percent return on savings, but the alternative might be losing 30 percent in a year.

Beth and I felt that our parenting could be boiled down to a bunch of little things done right, with consistency and love.

Errors occurred, but they were identiďŹ ed and corrected along the way. The same steadfast patience is required in our ďŹ nancial lives. Beth and I know the silence will pass, just like a market downturn, and will be replaced with family gatherings, holidays together, and the anticipa-

tion of kids returning from far-away. Life is transition and the next one is already approaching.

Tim Eichhorn is a Senior Financial Advisor with Rather & Kittrell. He can be reached at teichhorn@rkcapital.com

11905 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37934 • 865-218-8400 www.rkcapital.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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Knife skills: It’s all about the claw

“Knife skills is the most difficult class to teach,� said chef John Alunni, owner of The Cutting Edge Classroom. “But it’s important that kids get a handle on this particular skill.�

Nancy Anderson

Alunni points to the 23 knife-wielding, safetyglove-wearing kids ages 5 to 14 who gathered at Karns Community Center last Thursday to learn knife skills and safety. It was the first in a series of culinary classes for children offered by the Cutting Edge Classroom.

Alunni, who holds a master’s degree in educational psychology from UT and a bachelor’s in hospitality management from Marywood University in Scranton, Penn., has an extensive list of professional culinary and teaching experience spanning 38 years. “My wife and I decided to open The Cutting Edge Classroom after seeing a real need for kids to learn how to cook so they can make healthier lifestyle choices. They need to minimize the fast food and processed microwave stuff by being able to prepare meals in the home. We’ll teach classes on everything from pasta to Asian cuisine to burgers to desserts, but it all starts with the basics of kitchen etiquette and knife safety.

Alunni’s first safety rule is about how to hold the food being cut. “I call it ‘the claw’ and it’s the No. 1 knife safety rule. If

community Help canines

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cover puppy acquisition, Kitchens. vet costs and six months SMSD volunteer trainer of food, training treats and Laurie Brit threw a credit basic obedience training ac- card onto the tile floor, and cording to SMSD’s website. within seconds dog-in“Giving makes everyone training Hooligan had it in a better person,� adds Jack- his mouth and back to Brit. son. “If you give to the comKitchens said each dog munity, it will give back to receives about 1500-1800 you.� hours of training, and each The hike will take place veteran recipient completes rain or shine on the anni- a two-week training course versary of the Bataan Death to know how to live with and March when 75,000 Filipi- care for their service dog. no and American troops on “Each of our dogs costs the Bataan Peninsula sur- about $25,000 to train, and rendered to the Japanese we’re going to give them to April 9, 1942. you,� says Kitchens. “We Kirsten Alunni, 14, acts as teaching assistant for dad John Alunni.

During the march, pris- want to make sure you know oners were forced to walk 65 how to handle them.� miles to prison camps in stiKitchens told the cadets fling heat while many expe- their donation would be rienced disease, starvation doubled thanks to a matchand dehydration. Hundreds ing grant from the Arthur were killed along the way by L. and Elaine V. Johnson Japanese soldiers using bay- Foundation. He also added onets. Thousands perished that the fundraiser will do before arriving at camp. more for SMSD than just Cadets will visit local helping financially. businesses in the coming “The value of what these weeks to request sponsor- kids are doing goes a long ship or one-time donations way,� says Kitchens. “To for the fundraiser. have young people get on Representatives from board is an inspiration to Smoky Mountain Service us, too.�

To make a donation or Dogs stopped by KHS with a dog-in-training to talk sponsor a cadet, contact Nason Ruzecki, 10, and Tripp about the benefits of dona- KHS ROTC at 670-2429, Keeton, 11, check their ingreor email john.odonnell@ tions. dient list after having secured SMSD volunteer chair knoxschools.org or michael. the knife correctly on the cutand spokesperson Mike d u b r u l e @k n o x s c h o o l s . ting mat.

Kitchens says every dog org. Checks can be mailed Ragan Monger, 7, gets a one-on-one demonstration of correct stays with a local veteran, to Karns High School AFcutting technique from Jaana Alunni during “Knife Skills and and the training process is JROTC, TN-932, 2710 Byyou hold the food with four Safety,� a culinary arts class for kids held at the Karns Commuington-Solway Road, Knoxnot taken lightly. fingers in a claw formation nity Center March 10. Photos by Nancy Anderson “People ask us if our dogs ville, Tenn., 37931, made the knife guides along the do tricks and we tell them payable to Smoky Mountain knuckles and fingers tips ‘no, they do tasks,’� says Service Dogs. are well out of the way. time as needed perfecting how to make healthy choic“It’s natural to go back the claw, because if we can es, how to buy it, and how to to the flat hands so it takes get them to really learn that, prepare it, then we’re really practice to feel right. My they’ll never cut themselves. onto something that will wife, Jaana, and daughter “If, by the end of the se- change their lives for the Kirsten help me facilitate ries, the kids are comfort- healthier.� this in class. able in the kitchen, know Info: facebook.com/ ■Halls High classes of 2005 and 2006 combined reunion, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30, Knoxville Hilton. Tickets: Eventbrite.com. “We’ll spend as much where the food comes from, Thecuttingedgeclassroom

REUNION NOTES

Arnold

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“Don’t you know that that’s going to follow our young people throughout their lives? So we’ve got to be very careful about judging people because they have not reached the status that we think they should reach. You don’t know what they’re dealing with. I believe that all of our children can succeed as long as they start in the same place.�

Making sure young people find their purpose is crucial,

Arnold said. They need to understand “that there’s something great inside of them.

That they were not just created to live and to die, but every person that God created, He created them with purpose. “The moment you find your purpose, you stop existing and you begin to live.�

Arnold’s final “p�oint was “place.� “We’ve got to have a safe place for these children because if you don’t feel safe, you can’t love, you can’t

learn and you can’t live.�

When people ask what they can do to help, Arnold said he tells them “to connect with organizations that are already doing it.�

He cited 100 Black Men of Knoxville, Girl Talk, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Unique Academy. “There are so many organizations that are doing great things for the city of Knoxville; it’s just not marketed well or the media just doesn’t portray it.�

COMMUNITY NOTES â– Council of West Knox County Homeowners meets 7:15 p.m. each first Tuesday, Peace Lutheran Church, 621 N. Cedar Bluff Road. â– District 6 Democrats will meet 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, Karns Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Program:

campaign of Donna Lucas for 6th District County Commission seat. Info: Mike Knapp, 696-8038; or Janice Spoone, 771-5920. â– Hardin Valley Spring Community Litter Clean-Up will be 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 2. Pick up gloves, trash bags

and safety vests at the Hardin Valley Food City parking lot or Hardin Valley Community Center on Hickory Creek Road. Volunteers needed. â– Karns Republican Club meets 7 p.m. each first Tuesday at Karns Middle School library.

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Women are winning Women are winning. It is not even close, as in no contest.

Women have the undivided attention of the University of Tennessee athletics department. Behind the walls, the immediate goal is no more controversy.

Enough already. Maybe you noticed how the AD tiptoed around the new Athletics Hall of Fame by precisely equalizing the number of men and women to be honored.

Simple system. Just leave out A.W. Davis and Heath Shuler and a few dozen other stars.

The hall is part of the One Tennessee merger of men’s and women’s sports.

Generally speaking, the women did not appreciate

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the watering down of their identity. There had been a Lady Volunteers hall of fame since the turn of the century.

The women’s hall of fame was always politically correct. It inducted former UT president Edward J. Boling in the inaugural class. Soon thereafter selectors saluted Dr. Joe Johnson and Dr. Howard Aldmon.

Dave Hart is not a hall of famer. It isn’t because the women don’t like him.

It’s because he is still here.

Eligibility didn’t begin until five years after departure.

How strange it is that the combined hall has equal numbers. Volunteer football men were grinding out full seasons, one without permitting a point, when college women were still restricted to “play days.�

Indeed, there was a time when competitive sports were thought to be entirely too rigorous for the fairer sex. No sweat. No bruises.

Heaven help us, they can’t be crashing into each other.

It is mostly a secret but UT women dabbled with basketball in 1903. They lost both games. The opener was a 10-1 setback at the hands of Maryville College. There was a time when I knew who

scored that one point.

There were worse embarrassments. Tennessee lost four years in a row to Farragut School of Concord.

There was a humbling defeat at the hands of Central High of Fountain City (before annexation).

University women finally won a game in 1910, abandoned basketball for a decade, tried it again for a few years and surrendered to nationwide hostility toward women’s sports. Victorian notions of docile femininity forced some great athletes into cheerleading, badminton and croquet. Line dancing came later.

Sports for UT women were reborn quietly in 1958.

A volleyball team appeared.

Few noticed. Basketball resumed in 1960 but they didn’t even keep records.

Ann Baker stirred some excitement in 1964. She was

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Change is tough. And any significant road project stirs up angst. But piecemeal solutions are akin to plugging holes in a leaky dike with a finger. If you are not careful, you may soon run out of fingers.

Finite budgets mean road building must be undertaken in a “piecemeal� or project-by-project manner. The important question is where are we going over time?

Hopefully, we are guided in our actions by observing a master plan, attuned to demographic changes and

trends. Eventually the puzzle pieces interlock.

What should we do? We know from the 2010 Census that there has been substantial residential population growth in the northeast quadrant of the city and county. More people means more cars. The 2008 recession slowed that growth somewhat – but the economic wheels have started to turn again. Eastwest routes are limited.

The normal pattern is for the residents to travel west to Broadway, the interstate or the mall shopping area.

More cars means more congestion.

MPC Director Gerald Green agrees we should plan ahead, not just put out fires.

Remember reading “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.� When Alice emerged

partment and set aside money for scholarships. You are aware of what happened after that? Football paid the bill.

Summitt is the significant history of UT women’s athletics – 38 years as basketball coach, 1,098 victories, eight national titles, Presidential Medal of Freedom, plaza and statue, name on the floor.

Even without Summitt, UT women go right on winning, no matter the sport or score. Petitions are deadly.

Re-branding became a blunder and a mismatch.

The logo compromise was a forfeit.

The new hall of fame is a walk on egg shells. In less than half the time, women have achieved equal representation. Hail to the champions.

Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

AAA pays tow bill for wrecks

Planning for traffic growth There have been several controversial road projects in recent years that have stirred different parts of northeast Knoxville neighborhoods to rise up in arms, often on opposite sides of each other. Many are still pending.

Road fi xes like the proposed widening of Washington Pike east of I-640, the possibility of traffic controls at the intersections of Tazewell Pike and Briar Cliff, or at Beverly Road, or Shannondale Road where a school sits, inviting turns near a vision-obscuring hill.

What’s going to happen at the rush-hour-congested Millertown Pike exit? ... or at the intersection at Jacksboro and Tazewell Pike? It’s time to step back and survey the entire field from 10,000 feet.

a really good golfer – on the men’s team. She was also a really good student, first recipient of a Robert R. Neyland Academic Scholarship.

Overall, there was calm or disinterest. In a year’s worth of Daily Beacons, campus newspaper, 196768, there were just two mentions of women’s athletic contests.

U.S. Reps. Patsy T. Mink of Hawaii and Edith S. Green of Oregon kindled the fire. They co-authored legislation that became Title IX, an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

President Richard Nixon signed it into law on June 23, 1972. The noble intent was to end gender discrimination in federally funded educational venues. College women seized the athletic opportunity and ran with it.

In 1976, UT christened the women’s athletic de-

from the magical house, she asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, the key question: “which way should I go?� Flashing his smile, the Cat replied: “It depends on where you want to end up.�

Likewise, from our perch, a Small Area Plan is needed to find our way.

The small area plan should cover transportation management and population-related growth from Tazewell south to Millertown, and generally east of Broadway and I-640 into the county where open farm land entices housing developers to build.

MPC planners working with traffic engineers can create an efficient roadmap for the future. Individual projects will thereafter mesh nicely like gears in a

“Recently a Shopper News article titled ‘Brantley wants relief for towing customers’ displayed a quote stating that AAA members involved in a crash are charged full price for a tow dispatched by AAA Roadside Assistance,� wrote Stephanie Milani of AAA. “AAA members receive the same roadside assistance benefits in crash situations as they do with a mechanical breakdown. If they are driving – or a passenger in – a type of vehicle covered by their membership plan, the tow dispatched through AAA is paid for by the club up to the number of miles covered on their membership. “For instance, a AAA Plus member’s passenger car involved in a crash could be towed up to 100 miles from the crash scene with no out-of-pocket expense to the member. In addition, if the member in this situation is a passenger, and the owner is not a member, the vehicle can still be towed under the member’s plan. “Members and nonmembers alike can see the full AAA Roadside Assistance plans at AAA.com/Benefits, then click on Compare Benefits.�

Swiss timepiece.

One difficulty: MPC is currently understaffed.

Often desirable “extra projects� languish behind day-to-day zoning and site plan review. We could fa-

cilitate MPC action by adding modest funding to hire a temporary consultant or staff member to prepare the Small Area Plan.

The cars are coming, plan or no plan.

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Election Day in the rearview mirror A couple of days after the primary, an East Knoxville friend called to ask if I knew what the heck had happened in the First District County Commission race. This politically savvy woman was shocked that Evelyn Gill had beaten out Rick Staples in the Democratic primary. “Rick did everything right,� she said. “He was everywhere, but I didn’t see much of Evelyn. Plus, she had a blonde-headed white girl on her signs.�

Having not yet looked at the numbers, I had no answer. Gill beating Staples was the second-biggest primary election surprise – after Jennifer Owen’s beating out the big money in the District Two school board race – but when I followed the advice of another friend who told me to go look at the individual precincts, the answer was clear as a Smoky Mountain stream: The Bernie Sanders effect.

That seems a little odd, at first blush, since the First District is traditionally dominated by African American voters, a demographic that is going for Hillary Clinton by pretty wide margins, particularly in the South. But except for the Eternal Life Harvest Center on Western Avenue, where Clinton beat Sanders 73-53 (and Staples eked out a 55-50 margin over Gill), the western end of the district was feeling the Bern, and Gill and her husband, the popular entertainment promoter Michael Gill, have been full-on Sanders supporters for months. Her vote totals closely tracked those of Sanders.

The west end trend started with Staples getting wiped out at Sarah Moore Greene, where downtowners vote. The tally there was Sanders 196 – Clinton 147, Gill 224 – Staples 68.

At Fort Sanders it was Bernie 256 – Hillary 56, Gill 204 – Staples 55.

At the O’Conner Center where Parkridge residents vote, Gill beat Staples 22798, outperforming Sanders, who prevailed 193-161 over Clinton. Moving eastward from the gentrified neighborhoods in the west end, Clinton and Staples fared much better.

At Eastport, Clinton wiped Sanders out 333-63 and Staples beat Gill 238125. The result was similar at Fairgarden, where Clinton won 340-90 and Staples prevailed 244-141. At Austin-East, Clinton won 6525, Staples 126-45.

And so it went, with Gill’s success tracking that of

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Betty Bean Sanders across the district. â– On the Republican side, the most frequent complaint had to do with the long lines on Election Day, and most of the blame was heaped on the Hart Intercivic voting machines, which use a dial system to cast the votes. In some of the larger precincts, voters were still lined up as late as 10 p.m.

Election administrator Cliff Rodgers said expediting the process wasn’t his main concern. “The main things I was concerned about were, are they secure? Are they accurate? Nobody’s ever complained before.�

Rodgers (and others) said that the biggest problem was on the Republican side of the ballot, where there were 14 presidential candidates and 140 would-be delegates to the Republican National Convention to choose from. And after each vote, the machine defaulted back to the top of the list, forcing endless scrolling.

Democrats simply voted for a presidential candidate and left delegate selection to a party caucus.

Knox County Democratic chair Cameron Brooks thinks the Republican way is silly: “They’re putting voters through a big rigmarole by having them sift through a ballot with x names on it for the ego trip of a few. The average voter could care less whether Brian Hornback or Susan Williams goes to the

RNC. For these poor voters to have to sit out there till after 10 o’clock in Farragut is ridiculous. It was a really long ballot. Scrolling down looking for a certain name has to spend a lot of time.�

There’s another factor in the plethora of convention delegate candidates: last year, the General Assembly voted to reduce the signature requirement on qualifying petitions from 100 to 25. State GOP party chair

Ryan Haynes, a former state representative from the Farragut area, is having second thoughts about the change, which he thinks he might have voted for. “I don’t think anybody imagined that we were going to have this result when we reduced the number of signatures, and as party chair, I’d like to see it go back to 100. Funny how your perspective changes as you go through life.�

School bus driver who crashed at Safety City with busload of kids jailed for DUI

By Betty Bean The driver who crashed a bus loaded with 26 Green Magnet School second graders on a field trip to Safety City Thursday, March 10, has been arrested and charged with DUI. No children were injured, but the bus crashed into an entrance gate Hollis Clay Walker, 78, of Powell, was taken to Ft. Sanders Regional Medical Center after the crash. He was arrested upon his release on March 13. The warrant says he was unsteady on his feet, “thick tongued, slurred speech� following the incident.

A post on the Knoxville Police DepartHollis Walker ment Facebook page says Walker was arrested and charged with DUI, reckless endangerment and simple possession.

The day of the incident, Walker was in possession of 69 of 90 Kolonapin pills (a sedative used to treat seizures, panic disorders and anxiety) from a prescription filled earlier in the day. The warrant says he couldn’t remember whether he’d taken pills that morning.

The prescription was not in his name. Walker is being held on a $4,500 bond.

After the crash, the bus rolled onto a small grassy area near the front door of Safety City, and employees there got the children off and moved them to a safe place. Before they could return to the bus, Walker pulled away, sideswiped a fence and came to a stop in the parking lot. Emergency personnel found Walker slumped over the steering wheel and incoherent.

This is not Walker’s first brush with the law. In 2014, General Sessions Court Judge Geoff Emery ordered him to stay out of Walmart and dismissed a theft charge against him after he completed diversion. A charge of DUI by consent incurred in 2014 was dismissed last year.

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Gov. Winfield Dunn signed the Natural Areas Preservation Act into law in 1971 (at right) and the event was re-enacted March 11 in Nashville at the Tennessee Green banquet. Dunn is now 88. Senate sponsor Bill Bruce (left) is now 80; and House sponsor Victor Ashe is 71. At right in both photos is career Conservation Department employee Bob Miller, now 75, who drafted the bill. Take-aways: Bruce is still tall, Ashe has gained some fashion sense, Dunn remains the best looking guy in the room, and nobody remembers Miller.

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government Parkway extension in remission, not dead The Knox County primary is now two weeks behind us, but there are several results worth noting which have not received much notice.

While former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received over 62 percent of the Democratic vote statewide, in Knox County, she only won 51 percent, while Sen. Bernie Sanders won 48 percent and in some precincts such as downtown Knoxville, Fort Sanders and 4th & Gill, Sanders exceeded 70 percent of the vote.

At the Larry Cox Rec Center, Sanders beat Clinton 444 to 333 while in the predominantly African American precincts in East Knoxville, Clinton was getting 70 percent of the vote.

In fact, Clinton only won over Sanders by 903 votes in all of Knox County. Clinton got 13,137 votes while Sanders had 12,234 votes.

It certainly shows that Knox County Democrats are more liberal than their counterparts across the state and are not enthused over Clinton.

While many thought the Hugh Nystrom, Janet Testerman and Jeff Ownby contest for County Commission would be close between Nystrom and Testerman, it was not. Nystrom won an outright majority of the total vote and won by large margins in Sequoyah and Deane Hill Rec Center.

Testerman beat him in Pond Gap by only 7 votes.

Nystrom had started ccampaigning over a year b before Testerman joined tthe race and it was imposssible for her to overcome tthe commitments Nystrom h had secured. The contest w was never on policy issues a as Nystrom and Testerman were similar on polim ccies.

Marleen Davis, former dean of the UT Art and Architecture School, will be a credible candidate for the Democrats against Nystrom on Aug. 4, but she faces an uphill battle to prevail.

Evelyn Gill defeated Rick Staples 1,703 to 1,506 for the Democratic nomination in County Commission District 1 – a race most picked Staples to win. This district is racially mixed with precincts both overwhelmingly black and overwhelming white. Staples carried the largely African American precincts which Clinton also carried. In the 12th ward, where Clinton beat Sanders 333 to 63, Staples beat Gill 238 to 125. At Fort Sanders, where Sanders

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won 256 votes over Clinton’s 56 votes, Gill won 204 votes to Staples’ 46.

Clearly, there was a relationship between the Sanders votes and the Gill votes.

Staples never saw this train coming down the track and Gill was shrewd and wise to link her campaign to Sanders. It paid off handsomely for her.

While Cheri Siler had withdrawn her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Commission in District 7, her name remained on the ballot and Laura Kildare (her opponent) only got 56 percent of the vote for 1,797 votes over Siler’s 1,374. In fact, Siler won the 11th ward 217-212 despite having withdrawn from the race weeks before. Kildare has lots of work to catch up with Republican Michele Carringer in August to hold the seat now occupied by Amy Broyles for the Democrats.

What can one say about the law director contest except Bud Armstrong is popular and well liked.

County Mayor Tim Burchett’s TV endorsement of him was very effective.

Rowell’s slogan of being a professional not a politician had little impact. Armstrong won over 60 percent of the vote and could be a viable candidate for county mayor in two years if he wanted to be.

Rowell suggested he may run again in 2020 for law director. If so, he will need to retool his campaign and become active in GOP circles over the next four years.

This election proved that the candidates with the most funding do not necessarily win; witness Rowell and Grant Standefer for school board. â– Mayor Rogero thought she had buried the James White Parkway extension, but last week the state TDOT commissioner, John Schroer, slipped into town and urged its revival at a luncheon to which the mayor was not invited.

Schroer sees himself as a potential governor.

Rogero must wonder if this project has nine lives. Legacy Parks and others that opposed this should be alert that the project is only in remission. It is not dead.

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SENIOR NOTES â– Senior Centers will be closed Friday, March 25. â– Karns Senior Center 8042 Oak Ridge Highway 951-2653 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Offerings include: card games; dance classes; exercise programs; mahjong; art classes; farkle dice games; dominoes; a computer lab; billiards room; outdoor grill and kitchen area. Veterans Services, 9-10 a.m. Friday, March 18.

Register for: Memoir Writing Workshop, 1 p.m.

Friday, March 18; fee: $20.

Spring Time Potluck, noon Tuesday, March 22; bring side dish to go with pulled pork barbecue. Beginning Computer Class, 1-3 p.m.

Monday, March 28; fee: $5.

Potato jewelry is tops

By Sandra Clark Last week we teased the potato jewelry from the Sherrill Hills “show and tell.� This week it’s here: Mary Nelle Robbins is a hoot. She’s also extremely creative. Robbins worked at UT for 22 years before retiring, but she’s created jewelry since she was “a kid.� Robbins takes a regular Irish potato, cuts it into cubes and inserts a toothpick into each cube. Then she wraps the cubes to draw out moisture. After about two weeks, the cubes are half the size and contorted into odd shapes.

She then paints the

cubes and removes the toothpicks, leaving a hole for the string. She strings the potatoes with various art elements to create colorful necklaces and bracelets.

And, she says, if all else fails, she’ll just eat them!

Ginger Elting displayed the most recently alive item at the show – a floral arrangement that showed hints of her training in the art of Japanese flower arranging. Originally from Pennsylvania, Elting has been making art with flowers for several years. She also displayed photos of previous arrangements.

Lenora Fleischman was excited to tell the stories behind her paintings. She works in oil and acrylics.

Originally from Maryland, she lived in Oak Ridge while her husband worked as an engineer at ORNL. She and friends met each Tuesday night for 1012 years, critiquing each other’s artwork. When she moved, she stopped painting and just recently took up acrylics. A staff member at Sherrill Hills said not only is Fleischman an artist but she “hit a home run in bean bag baseball.�

That’s another story for another day.

Ginger Elting displays a fresh flower arrangement.

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â– Frank R. Strang Senior Center 109 Lovell Heights Road 670-6693 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Offerings include: card games; exercise programs; dance classes; watercolor classes; Tai Chi; blood pressure checks; Mahjong; senior-friendly computer classes.

Register for: Presentation by Cedar Bluff Middle School fifth grade chorus, noon, Wednesday, March 23. AAA Safe Drivers Course, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Thursday-Friday, March 17-18; cost: $10. Dementia & Preventative Measures, 1 p.m., Monday, March 21.

Smokey Mountain Hospice presents “Hard Choices & End of Life Issues,� 1 p.m.

Tuesday, March 22.

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â– CAC Office on Aging 2247 Western Ave. 524-2786 knoxooa@knoxseniors. org

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faith Heavy lifting And I, when I am lifted up …, will draw all people to myself. He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.

(John 12: 32-33 NRSV)

Faith Smith, 6, and Landry Beaver, 7, seem happy to share an Oreo at Kids’ Night Out held at Grace Baptist Church Friday, March 11. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Nerf Wars at Grace Baptist Church

By Nancy Anderson According to children’s pastor Jason Kennedy, Nerf Wars is easily one of the most popular Kids’ Night Out activities at Grace Baptist Church.

“Kids’ Night Out is always pretty well attended, but Nerf Wars/Spa Night tends to draw the biggest crowd. We have 135 tonight.

“We make it all about the kids, but it’s really an opportunity for mom and dad to spend a little quality time together.”

Kennedy and his platoon of volunteers organized the event with precision, starting with a boot camp-style obstacle course.

The kids cross an “alligator pond,” crawl on their

bellies through “snake infested” tunnels and then escaped by running through a “mine” field.

Following the obstacle course, the kids break up into teams, each with a flag.

The object is to capture the opponent’s flag. If someone gets shot with a Nerf pellet, they must freeze in place until tagged by a team member and brought back to life.

For girls not interested in Nerf Wars, there was a professionally-run spa offering manicures, pedicures, and general princess pampering.

“It’s all about strengthening the family, letting the kids have fun while learning a lesson.

“Tonight was about hit-

Owen Bannister, 5, and volunteer Emily Partin get acquainted with a Nerf gun that shoots soft sponge-like arrows.

Xander Shewmake, 6, narrowly escapes a “snake infested” tunnel. ting the mark for God’s we’ve hit the bull’s eye.” grace. We all sin, but when Kids Night is offered we go to God to confess our monthly from September to sins and ask for forgiveness, May. we’re given God’s grace and Info: www.gracebc.org

FAITH NOTES Community services ■ Central UMC, 310 Hickory Creek Road, Lenoir City, will partner with First Farragut UMC to host a mobile pantry food giveaway beginning 9 a.m. Saturday, April 2, at Central UMC. Gently used children’s clothing will also be given away. Any area residents in need of help are encouraged to attend.

Meetings/classes ■ Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., will host Grief Care, a weekly grief support group for people grieving the death of a loved one, 6-7:30

HEALTH NOTES ■ Alzheimer’s seminar, 6-7:30 p.m. April 14, Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Merchant Drive.

Presented by East Tennessee Personal Care Service and Andrew Dougherty, president of Medinteract.

Topics include: testing, preventative treatment options and how to improve overall cognitive function.

p.m. Monday, March 28. Eightweek program. Info: 522-9804 or sequoyahchurch.org.

Special services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, 9 and 11 a.m., Palm Sunday, March 20. All children are invited to participate in the Palm Parade, which begins both services. Info: beaverridgeumc.org; 690-1060.

■ St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway, will host the following services: Maundy Thursday, March 24, Holy Eucharist Rite II and Foot Washing, 7 p.m.; Good Friday Liturgy, noon and 7 p.m. with Stations of the Cross, 1 and 3 p.m. Info: 523-5687.

salist Church, 616 Fretz Road, holds meditation services 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth Wednesday. Includes quiet reflection, simple music and readings. Info: westsideuuc.org.

■ Easter Sunrise Mountain Top Service, 6:30 a.m. Sunday, March 27, Ober Gatlinburg. Led by local pastors of the Gatlinburg Ministerial Association. The offering collected during the service will be used by the Association in assisting those in need.

A breakfast buffet will be available at Ober Gatlinburg’s Seasons of Ober Restaurant, 7:15-10:30 a.m. Info: 436-5423; fun@obergatlinburg.com; obergatlinurg.com.

■ Westside Unitarian Univer-

Free event. Info/registration: 688-4343.

■ “Caring & Coping” Caregiving Conference, 8 a.m.3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, Rothchild Conference Center, 8807 Kingston Pike.

Presented by Alzheimer’s Tennessee. Info/registration: 544-6288 or alzTennessee. org.

■ Peninsula Lighthouse Group of Families Anonymous meetings,

6:15-7:15 p.m. each Tuesday, 1451 Dowell Springs Blvd.

Newcomers welcome; no dues/fees; no sign-up; first names only. Info: Barbara L., 696-6606 or PeninsulaFA2@ aol.com.

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

Consignor wanted ■ Central Baptist ChurchBearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive, is seeking consignors for its children’s consignment

There is a painting of Jesus that hangs in the chancel of the church where I worship. The text quoted above is printed underneath it.

I don’t know who painted it, my research online notwithstanding. There are some six thousand paintings of Christ available on line, and frankly I gave up the search after looking at about 600.

I have worshipped in that church for almost three years, but it was only last Sunday that I read that quote with new understanding.

I have understood it literally, in reference to Jesus’ being lifted up on the cross, which is not incorrect. John, the Gospel writer, certainly understood it that way, being the only disciple with courage enough to be present at the crucifi xion. Now I think that perhaps Jesus intended it with a double meaning as well.

Because last Sunday, I read it again, and thought with utter surprise and con-

sale, to be held Friday-Saturday, April 15-16. Fee: $10, nonrefundable. Proceeds go to West Hills Elementary School Back Pack Program. Registration: cbcbearden.org/events.

Info: cbbclothingsale@gmail. com or 588-0586.

Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak

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viction, “That’s our job! We should be lifting up Jesus to the whole world!

If we don’t let people know about Jesus and what He means to us – not only with words but by our actions as well – we have failed as disciples.

I don’t mean we need to tackle strangers on the sidewalk and convert them on the spot. But we should not be afraid to speak His name, either; we should not hesitate to lift Him up, to say what He means to us, when given the opportunity.

I am reminded of the famous motto of Boys Town, USA: “He ain’t heavy; he’s my brother!”

Because to a Christian, “He ain’t heavy; He’s my savior!”

Ridge Highway, is accepting registration for its Summer Weekday Programs for PDO (children 1 year old and walking) and for TNT (elementary school-aged children). Also accepting registration for Fall Preschool and Fall PDO. Forms available in the preschool office. Info: 531-2052.

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NEWS FROM CONCORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

Five earn creative writing awards Concord high school students recently participated in the ACSI Regional Creative Writing Festival. High school creative writing and language teacher Tammy Lightholder stated, “I am proud of our students at CCS. I have seen much growth in their writing abilities over the past six and a half months. God has blessed our students with talent in many different areas.”

Pictured with their awards are: teacher, Tammy Lightholder, Lily Horton, Bryce Peeke, Mary McCallen, Abby Collins and Heather Simons.

Congratulations spelling champs

Dogwood Arts Festival

Congratulations to the CCS Spelling Bee Champs! CCS had four students from each grade level (first through 8th) participating in the ACSI Regional Spelling Bee recently. Our students did an amazing job and represented us well. CCS took five out of eight first place medals as well as many other medals. Front Row (from left), Sydney Chan, Lealla Hood, Caroline Woods; middle row (from left), William Bricker, Kayden Sherritz, John Connor Woods, Micah Dewald, Jacob Armour; back row (from left) Tyson Zachary, Sofie Hartsell, Aaron Phillip, Emma LaCharite,Witt Norris, Brandon Cyr. Not pictured: Ethan Mollenhour, Alexis Fishel and Grayson Peterson.

Next stop Atlanta! Huge congratulations to our students who won four of the top five spots in the ACSI Region Spelling Bee and earned a place in the Southeast Regional Competition!

(From left) first place, Witt Norris (6th grade); second place, Aaron Phillip (6th grade);third place Kayden Sherritze (5th grade);fourth place, Tyson Zachary (5th grade)

Science Olympiad team CCS Science Olympiad coach and science teacher Dr. Joannie Ham was thrilled with this team’s performance in the state’s most difficult regional Science Olympiad.

“The students exceeded all my expectations. My goals were to beat last year’s record and to earn our first gold medal.

We did that and more – 6 medals and our overall score was better than several other schools including the former state champs. The gold medal in Wind Power was the sweetest victory. Jacob and Charlie made a device out of an old CD and a Newks cup; it beat the 3-D printed device that another team made and showed great ingenuity!” Pictured are (back) Nicolas Ingle, Dr. Ham, Leigh Anna Jones, Josh Roberts, William Farmer, Spencer Coffey, Jacob Crox, Bryce Kenny; (front) Gillian Huskin, Brenna Flynn, Lydia Ham, Jianbi Tian, Josh Davis, Brian Turbyfill and Charlie Li.

Congratulations to sophomore Alysda McHale (left) and senior Courtney Jackson for having their art accepted into the 2016 Dogwood Student Art show. The 2016 Dogwood Arts Synergy Exhibition Show will run April 7-22 at the Clayton Center for the Arts at Maryville College. Middle and high school visual arts teacher Becky Fraser shared, “I am proud of both Courtney and Alysda for having their art accepted into this prestigious student exhibition. These girls are very talented and continually study and strive to improve their craft. I am blessed to have the privilege to get to teach them.”

Fourth grade foresters In 1875, Tennessee became one of the first states to adopt Arbor Day. In 1946, Tennessee Legislature declared Arbor Day the first Friday in March. State Farm agent Cindy Doyle sponsors this fourth grade foresters project at Concord and each year all of the fourth grade students are given Norway spruce saplings to plant to celebrate Arbor Day. Fourth grade students Jonah Thomas, Adyson Wylie, Zane Lawhon and Hadley Bacon have learned the history of Arbor Day as well as many important facts about caring for their spruce trees.

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Teacher of the year trio at Hardin Valley Elementary Carolyn Beal, Melissa Church and Shelley Weiss have been named teachers of the year at Hardin Valley Sara Elementary School.

Barrett Beal has been teaching for 32 years and will retire Grace Christian Academy played Cosby in the Class A sectional, winning 72-48 to advance to the state tournament in Murfrees- this May. This is not her first boro. The basketball team, cheerleaders and fans gathered on the court following the game to celebrate the victory. Photos by teacher of the year honor. “It mer vacation to come.�

Doug Johnson Beal teaches third grade is probably just odds,� Beal says jokingly. “I’ve been and says her students keep around so long. I was espe- her young. “They make me laugh. I cially excited this year as I’m retiring. It’s a nice way get so excited watching children learn and grow. I like to go out on top.� “I knew I wanted to be knowing I may be shaping a teacher since I was very their future in some special young. I always had a class- way,� says Beal. “The most room set up in my bedroom challenging part is tryand played school constant- ing to meet children where they are academically. Their ly,� she says.

Weiss worked in other needs are so unique, yet it fields prior to becoming a all seems to work.�

Weiss and Church say their teacher. Her role as a corporate trainer helped her real- students might be surprised ize she was good at teaching to know that if they weren’t adults, so she wanted to try teaching, the two would be her hand at teaching young- Hollywood actresses. “Aler people. She went back to though my students probably school and has been teach- know too much about me already,� adds Weiss. ing for 15 years.

Beal says she is known Church has been at HVES all five years of her teach- around the school as The ing career. She didn’t really Smiley Face Teacher. “They are all over my decide to teach until after a car accident made her slow classroom,� she says. “It down ... and she couldn’t get might surprise children to know my home is not decoteaching off her mind. “It’s the kids, the pure rated the same way.�

The trio of Hardin ValGrace Christian head coach Conner Arnold scored 25 unadulterated joy,� says ley’s finest has a few words Church of her favorite part Mike Doig cuts down the net points to help Grace Christian of teaching kindergarten. of wisdom for anyone confollowing the Rams’ win over Grant Ledford added 17 points to the board for the Grace defeat Cosby. “It is a Utopian society. They sidering a career in elemenCosby.

Christian Rams. are so eager to learn and do tary education. “Don’t be afraid to make a their best in everything.

That fades as we learn more fool of yourself,� says Weiss. “The road is tough starting about the world.�

Weiss teaches fifth grade, out, but there is a light at the and this is her third teacher end of the tunnel.�

Church agrees and says of the year title. A favorite memory for her is receivin g if it is in your heart to puran email from the parent of sue teaching, you have to Driving down Hardin Valley your school,� says Logan. “And a previous student, thank- push through the challenges Road last Monday, passersby if I make my goal of $60, I will ing her for not giving up on you’ll face. may have been pleasantly get four Star Wars pens.� “So many finite things their child.

During the Hawk Walk, surprised to see a lemonade come at you, but keep your “The most challenging complete laps stand set up in front of the old students part of this job is following goal in mind to teach those fire department next to Hardin around the parking lot while rules made up by people pups and persevere,� she a disc jockey plays Top 40 Valley Elementary School. who could never do this says.

Hardin Valley Elementary hits. Community leaders stop Beal agrees. job,â€? says Weiss. “I want my School first grader Logan by, including police officers “My advice would be to students to look back on this Henderson and his little sister, and members of the military, love those kids first. It’s all year with me and say ‘that 4-year-old Molly, were selling to give students a first-hand about them. If your students was a good year’ ‌ when homemade lemonade to raise look at official vehicles and they don’t want it to snow, want to be in school, the rest money for the Hawk Walk aircraft. and they don’t want sum- comes easier.â€?

In addition to lemonade, fundraiser held March 16 at HVES. The annual event helps the dynamic duo also had pay for expenses including a selection of cookies and cupcakes, and Molly let iPads and books. “I am selling lemonade customers pick their own ■West Hills Elementary participates in the following probecause it is important to help yellow or pink straw.

Logan Henderson raises money for the Hawk Walk grams to help raise money for the school: General Mills “Boxwith help from his little sister, Molly. Photo by S. Barrett Tops for Education,� Campbell’s “Labels for Education,� and

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Colorful works in watercolor and crayon from Ms. Kirk�s first grade art class line an entire wall in the student art exhibit.

ArtXtravaganza showcases

Featured artist Preston Farabow sits atop his rocking horse sculpture, “Winner.� The piece is a nod to D.H. Lawrence�s “The Rocking Horse Winner.� It was made from reclaimed items around Knoxville including rebar from Henley Street Bridge. Photos by Nancy Anderson

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By Sherri Gardner Howell Preston Farabow says he “bends metal� for a living, but guests at Webb School of Knoxville�s ArtXtravaganza saw a lot more than that at the show. His eye-catching rocking horse sculpture was appropriately named “Winner.�

ArtXtravaganza is an annual art sale featuring original work by more than 60 artists, including Farabow from Fort Bragg, N.C., and Sarah Kaufman of Nashville, this year�s two featured artists. Media included everything from jewelry to glass, pottery, fine art and sculptures. A three-day event,

Jessie Blank admires one of the contributions from Webb student Cynthia Paul. The piece won “Best Computer Graphic� at the Tennessee Valley Fair student art exhibit.

ArtXtravaganza proceeds support Webb�s visual and performing arts programs.

A portion also benefits

Mooreland Heights Elementary School�s art programs through a partnership with Webb.

Erika Nadaud is pictured with ArtXtravaganza featured artist Sarah Kaufman. Kaufman�s pieces are made with layer upon layer of Venetian plaster and acrylic paint. Her “The White Rabbit� was among the most popular pieces on exhibit.

Weed Wrangle opens view at Lakeshore

By Wendy Smith Believe it or not, the woods of East Tennessee aren’t supposed to be choked by vines and shrubs.

You should be able to see through the woods, said Lee Patrick of Invasive Plant Control in Nashville.

Patrick was on hand to educate and instruct members of the Knoxville Garden Club and other volunteers

who came to Lakeshore Park to participate in the city’s first Weed Wrangle.

The program is a Garden Club of America Partners for Plants (P4P) project that began last year in Nashville and was expanded to Memphis, Chattanooga and Knoxville this year. In addition to the Lakeshore Park site, volunteers worked at Ijams Nature Center, the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum and Legacy Parks Knoxville/Wood Property.

The primary view-wreckers in East Tennessee are privet, bush honeysuckle and winter creeper, said Kitty McCracken, president of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. The plants were brought into the area for landscaping purposes, but they choke out native

plants and trees.

Cardin Bradley, director of development for Lakeshore Park, pitched in. The project allows the community to see what the waterfront will look like when clearing is completed, she said. Construction on the waterfront is scheduled to begin this summer, and will include a woodland path, sun decks and a fishing pier. “We can always use volunteers – and gifts.�

Getting rid of invasive plants, and keeping them out, is a challenge that will require the work of volunteers, the parks department and private contractors, said Patrick. “Once we get the bad plants out and start planting native plants to compete with them, it’s going to be nice.�

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The “Women in Jazz Jam Band� will take part in the festivities at this weekend’s “Women in Jazz Jam Festival.� Shown are Maria Williams, Kelle Jolly, Sarah Clapp-Gilpin, Evelyn Jack, Deidre Ford and Lettie Andrade De La Torre. Seated is Jeanine Fuller. Photo

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By Carol Z. Shane In our town, where Vols football and “cradle of country music� lore reign supreme, it’s good to remember that Knoxville is also very much a jazz mecca.

Some of the planet’s finest players live here, the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra and UT jazz faculty are both worldclass, and the Knoxville Jazz Festival has its home here.

This weekend brings a rare opportunity for jazz fans when the inaugural “Women in Jazz Jam Festival� takes place in downtown Knoxville and surrounding areas.

The lineup is truly impressive. Featured artists include vocalists Katy Free, host of the weekly Singer Series at the Red Piano Lounge; Brooklyn transplant and versatile vocalist Jeanine Fuller; Lettie Andrade De La Torre, who sings both classical and jazz music; Sarah Clapp-Gilpin, a veteran not only of jazz

but of many stage musicals; Yasameen Hoffman Shahin, lead vocalist for the band “Electric Darling,� known for her vocal sass and soul; Dara Tucker, the nationally-recognized vocalist and songwriter who has to her credit many appearances in New York City, New Orleans, San Jose and the PBS show “Tavis Smiley�; local favorite Evelyn Jack, a member of the Knoxville Opera Gospel Choir and annual soloist for the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame; and Maria Williams, familiar to Knoxville audiences for 20 years.

Also performing will be guitarist/vocalist/ bandleader Kukuly Uriarte, well-known locally as a force for Django-Reinhardt-inspired hot jazz and Hispanic culture through music and song; Nashvillian Christina Watson, who will be bringing her world-class jazz quartet; Oak Ridge’s Deidre Ford, director of the 17-piece Ensemble Swing

Time, in which she also sings and plays baritone sax; “Venus,� a quintet consisting of voice, bass, guitar, drums and keyboard; and local jazz luminary Kelle Jolly, host of WUOT’s “Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly� and, along with her husband, saxophonist Will Boyd, 2015 recipient of the MLK Art Award.

It’s Jolly, in fact, who has brought the whole thing together. She started singing jazz in high school, and became a fan of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Patti Austin and Dianne Reeves. “Sarah Vaughan especially made an impression on me. She sang with such warmth and control.

Her voice was velvety and rich.�

She’s been singing and promoting the art of jazz ever since. “Singing jazz has given me purpose.� In addition to hosting her radio show and performing regularly, she and Boyd have traveled to Japan for the

last 10 years as jazz ambassadors. “All of our fondest memories together are connected to jazz.�

The festival offers much more than great jazz performances. On Saturday morning, there will be vendors and workshops at the Emporium Center on Gay Street. WDVX’s “Jazz Me Blues� host Bradley Reeves will present a talk on women in the 1920s and 30s jazz era. Children will be encouraged to write their own blues lyric and sing it live. “Children have great ideas,� says Jolly. “We have to show them the options they have for creativity.�

The “Women in Jazz Jam Festival� begins at noon this Friday, March 18, at the Knoxville Visitors Center, 301 South Gay Street, and runs through Sunday, March 20. Tickets/info: call 622-7174, visit http://womeninjazzjamfestival.com or email womeninjazzjamfestival@gmail.com.

is immediately apparent to those viewing the show. The categories include wildlife, scenic and travel.

Paired with the photography exhibit are handmade books by members of the

Knoxville Book Arts Guild. The books are the perfect 3-D comp a n ions to the photos.

They are always visually fascinating and can move the viewer to experience a display of wit or humor, an emotional reaction to a pictorial and verbal tale, or outright amazement at the cleverness of the a particular book design concept.

The collection is large and boasts a wide range of

Fountain City its are free to the public year-round. This show runs through March 31.

The Southern Appalachian Nature Photography artists hold a judged salon every February just before the FCAC exhibit. Half of the photographs are stunning black and white prints while the other half are in

glorious color. Not all of the subject matter is limited to the Appalachian area. Some of the photographers in the group have traveled beyond the United States. The high quality of the photography

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If you are still on the shelf when it comes to pickleball, you need to know that the game is a pretty big dill.

Sorry. Couldn’t resist.

That’s the problem with pickleball. Its name keeps newcomers confused: Is it real or a Nickelodeon challenge game?

The masses aren’t that confused. Pickleball has taken the area by storm, and the city of Knoxville is hosting its first-ever pickleball tournament April 15-17.

The tournament is open play with both singles and doubles divisions. Single tournaments begin on Friday, April 15, with doubles beginning on Saturday and mixed doubles on Sunday. Age brackets are 18-plus, 50-plus, 60-plus and 70 and older. Registration fee is $30.

The tournament will be played on Knoxville’s 18 pickleball courts – 12 indoor and six outdoor – with West Hills Park courts being the host area.

A mixture of tennis, badminton and ping pong, pickleball appeals to a wide age range of participants. The city has courts at West Hills Park, Christenberry Community Center, Deane Hill Rec Center, Inskip Rec Center, Lonsdale Rec Center, Milton Roberts Rec Center and South Knoxville Community Center.

Tournament info: https://registration.knoxvilletn.gov.

Click on Athletics and then Adult Pickleball.

Nature photography Make time to come by the Fountain City Art Center to experience the new and very visually engaging exhibit of handmade books and professional-quality nature photography. This early spring show has been an annual event for the past five years. All FCAC exhib-

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found objects and recyclable materials. For example, one book is “rescued� from falling apart, but now features artfully torn-back layers of its pages and a wire tornado-like structure coming out of the book as well as a wire person struggling to escape the book as well.

How about an aluminum can from an uncommon brand of tomatoes with a book made of cut out and connected paper tomato slices? Another eye-catcher is an apothecary’s shelves with bottles and books in miniature.

Info: 865-357-2787 or fcartcenter@lknology.com Sylvia Williams is executive director of the Fountain City Art Center.

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News from the Rotary Guy

Presidents-elect get PETS training

By Tom King

U.S. Cellular boosts art contest Noah Jones and Caleah Flemmings hold their prizes from U.S. Cellular. Noah took second place and $150 while Caleah took first place and $250 in the art contest to celebrate Black History Month at the Boys and Girls Club. Not pictured is third-place winner Erica Cooper who won $100. Photo by S. Clark

TDS Telecom adds mobile support TDS Telecommunications Corp. has added mobile support to its array of services. “Today’s mobile devices frequently have the processing power of many desktop or laptop computers,� said Julie Maiers, director of consumer marketing for TDS Telecom. “Helping customers with their smartphones and tablets is a natural extension of what we already do.�

With nearly two-thirds of Americans owning a smartphone and almost half owning a tablet, there are approximately 371 million mobile devices in people’s hands and pockets, she said.

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and operating systems can make maintaining this technology a challenge.

Remote PC Support is a subscription service that provides unlimited technical assistance to customers.

Experts provide the support needed to repair, protect and optimize customer computers for the best performance. Help is provided over the phone, using live web chat, and now, via live streaming.

Customers can download a free app to most mobile devices and use the camera to show TDS remote PC advisors the trouble, rather than explaining what they are seeing.

Info: tdstelecom.com

BUSINESS NOTES â– Christina L. Shuey (at left) has joined Summit Medical Group as a nurse practitioner at Turkey Creek Internal Medicine. â– Lauren Chesney has been hired as director of marketing and fundraising at Susan G. Komen Knoxville.

It is said in the world of Rotary International that the most important job is being a club president – and Rotary has more than 34,000 clubs around the world. Club presidents have a big workload – they lead their clubs, engage and inspire members, promote Rotary in their communities and work to make weekly meetings and board of directors meetings both fun and productive.

The Rotary year runs from July 1 to June 30. New club presidents begin their work at the weekly meetings the first week in July.

But their work really begins in the months leading up to that first meeting.

The primary training event is PETS – PresidentsElect Training Seminar. Six of the presidents-elect of the seven Rotary clubs in Knoxville will be in Nashville this week (March 18-20) at the Sheraton Music City Hotel.

This is a multi-district event with presidents-elect from Districts 6780 in East Tennessee joining their counterparts from five other Rotary districts in Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky for intensive training and preparing for their year as president.

One of the presidentselect, Phyllis Driver of the Rotary Club of North Knoxville, had a schedule conflict this week and attended the PETS training in Natchez, Mississippi.

Meet the presidents-elect of the Knoxville Rotary clubs: Rotary Club of Bearden: Ted Hotz, vice-president, Pugh and Co. Rotary Club of Knoxville Breakfast: Kevin Knowles,

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Kevin Knowles Allen Pannell director, Veterans Memorial Cemetery Rotary Club of Farragut: David Smoak, administrator, town of Farragut Rotary Club of Knoxville: Allen Pannell, faculty, UT ProMBA; director of business analytics, Graduate School of Business, Lincoln Memorial University Rotary Club of North Knoxville: Phyllis Driver, professor emerita of accounting at Carson-Newman University Rotary Club of Turkey Creek: Matt Jerrell, Gem Care Staffing Rotary Club of Knoxville Volunteer: David Hall, chief operating officer, UT Medical Center

District Conference in Pigeon Forge Rotarians from District 6780 will attend the 2016 District Conference on April 29-May 1 at the new Margaritaville Island Hotel in Pigeon Forge. On Thursday, April 28, the District Golf Tournament for “End Polio Now� will be played at the Gatlinburg Country Club in Pigeon Forge.

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“Flo� Kunz, the Rotary Youth Exchange student studying in Kotka, Finland, was incorrectly pictured in last week’s Flo Kunz paper. Flo, 16, attends Webb School of Knoxville. His parents are Christian and Brigitte Kunz. He was born in Liechtenstein and his native language is German.

News from Josh Hemphill- State Farm

Hemphill earns membership in Million Dollar Round Table Outstanding client service, ethics and professionalism have enabled Joshua Hemphill of Farragut to achieve membership in the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table – The Premier Association of Financial Professionals.

Hemphill is a 1-year member of MDRT. Attaining membership in MDRT is a distinguishing career milestone. It requires Hemphill to adhere to a strict Code of Ethics, focus on providing top-notch client service and continue to grow profesHemphill sionally through involvement in at least one other industry association. “MDRT is committed to helping our members reach even greater levels of professional and personal success while adhering to the highest ethical standards,� said MDRT president Brian D. Heckert, CLU, ChFC. “We strive to deliver the best resources and benefits to our members so they can grow their business and better serve their clients.�

MDRT also provides continuing education opportunities, informative and inspirational meetings and encourages members to support community and charitable involvement through the MDRT Foundation.

Hemphill acknowledges the work of his team: Amanda Hemphill, Zenia Hartsfield, Bradley James, Zach Howell and Teresa Hurst.

Info: Josh Hemphill at State Farm, 11420 Kingston Pike, 865-675-3999, josh@sfagentjosh.com or sfagentjosh.com Founded in 1927, the Million Dollar Round Table is a global, independent association of more than 43,000 of the world’s leading life insurance and financial services professionals from more than 500 companies in 67 countries. MDRT members demonstrate exceptional professional knowledge, strict ethical conduct and outstanding client service. MDRT membership is recognized internationally as the standard of excellence in the life insurance and financial services business.

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps former cancer patient ‘dive’ into better health

Retired chiropractor John McLaughlin, 75, of Knoxville, has been scuba diving in the ocean a number of times for fun. But for 10 weeks last summer, McLaughlin went “diving” 60 times on land, so to speak. He received hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) at Parkwest Medical Center to treat residual side effects from radiation therapy he had 10 years ago for prostate cancer.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy uses a special chamber to increase the amount of oxygen in the blood, which is carried to organs and tissues in the body. During therapy, the air pressure in the chamber is slowly brought to what would be found 40 feet under the sea, so “they refer to each session as a ‘dive,’” McLaughlin said.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat patients with medical conditions including chronic non-healing diabetic foot wounds, compromised skin grafts or flaps, chronic bone infections and bone or tissue injury resulting from radiation therapy, among others.

In McLaughlin’s case, radiation therapy killed the cancer cells, but it also damaged his hip joints (he had a double hip replacement about eight years ago). Then it damaged the lining of his small intestines.

“I noticed I was experiencing some GI [gastrointestinal] disturbances with an increase in di-

Dr. Vaughan Hall stands with patient John McLaughlin in the multi-place hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber at Parkwest Medical Center. McLaughlin loved the results of his HBOT treatment. “I feel 90 percent better,” he said.

arrhea at times,” said McLaughlin. “It got progressively worse.

And then about 18 months ago, I couldn’t sleep more than an hour at night without having diarrhea, and having to get up and go to the bathroom all night.”

McLaughlin told his oncologist about the problem, and the doctor suggested hyperbaric oxygen therapy to help heal the damaged tissue.

“I knew they used it on burns, diabetic ulcers and wounds that wouldn’t heal, and that it’s pretty much the treatment of choice

on those resistant ones. So why wouldn’t it help the colon? That sounds reasonable, I thought, so I went right away,” said McLaughlin.

He chose Parkwest because it was convenient to his home, and was pleased to discover that the Hyperbaric Center at Parkwest houses the largest hyperbaric chamber in East Tennessee.

While most HBOT chambers are small, one-person tubes called “mono-place” chambers, the Parkwest center can treat up to 10 patients at a time and 40 pa-

swelling, control infections and stimulate the growth of new blood vessels.

Like a small airplane cabin, the chamber is outfitted with comfortable chairs and a large-screen TV. Patients can read a book, take a nap, watch a movie, or even eat and drink inside the chamber. A technician stays inside the chamber with the patients during the treatment.

HBOT is adjunctive therapy that must be used as part of a larger health care plan to complete treatment. Adding hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a patient’s treatment plan can significantly Dr. Vaughan Hall demonstrates increase healing when how a technician would monitor compared to standard pressure and oxygen in the HBOT care alone. For patients chamber at Parkwest. An additionwho complete the treatal technician stays in the chamber ment recommended by with patients during treatments. their physicians, the rate of healing ranges from 85 to 95 percent. tients per day.

McLaughlin said hyperbaric HBOT is non-invasive and painless, with each treatment oxygen therapy has been very session lasting about two hours. helpful for his situation. “Even Patients generally receive treat- after they finish, it seems you get ment six days a week for six to 10 better every week,” he said.

“I tell you what, I’ve never been weeks. HBOT delivers high doses of oxygen to the body through dissatisfied with Parkwest,” said specialized headgear that the pa- McLaughlin. “I have used them tient wears while inside a pres- for a number of years. The people surized air treatment room. This at the hyperbaric chamber, they’re combination allows the oxygen really conscious of patient care to dissolve into each patient’s and keeping everybody happy. I’d bloodstream and helps reduce recommend it to anybody.”

HBOT: Successful treatment Parkwest Hyperbaric Center celebrates one year of improving quality of life for patients for many medical conditions While hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is approved for more than a dozen medical conditions, many of these can be treated only in an inpatient setting. The following are common conditions that can be treated on an outpatient basis: ■ Diabetic foot ulcers: While nearly 100,000 amputations occur annually due to diabetic foot ulcers, many of these might be prevented by the timely use of HBOT in addition to appropriate wound care.

■ Chronic osteomyelitis (bone infections): While infections that involve bones are notoriously difficult to treat, the addition of HBOT to the appropriate antibiotic regimen can greatly improve the outcome.

■ Threatened or failing surgical flaps: Sometimes following surgery, there are problems with the healing incision. HBOT can be a valuable addition to the appropriate wound care.

■ Radiation injury: While radiation therapy can be invaluable in the treatment of many cancers, sometimes damage occurs to non-cancerous tissues as well. When this injury lasts for more than six months it is classified as “late” radiation injury. HBOT can be extremely effective in healing these injuries, which include: radiation cystitis (damage to the bladder), radiation colitis (damage to the colon), osteoradionecrosis (damage to the bone, often the mandible or jaw bone) and chondroradionecrosis (damage to the cartilage including that of the throat, which can cause difficulty swallowing).

■ Certain types of sudden hearing loss.

While research is ongoing and there may be additions to the list of conditions approved for treatment, HBOT has NOT been proven to be effective in the following: ■ Autism ■ AIDS/HIV ■ Alzheimer’s disease ■ Cancer ■ Cerebral palsy ■ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ■ Fibromyalgia ■ Multiple sclerosis If you think HBOT might be right for you, talk with your physician and call the Hyperbaric Center at Parkwest, 865-373-2030, or visit us online at www.TreatedWell.com/Hyperbaric for more information.

Vaughan Hall, MD, medical director of the Hyperbaric Center at Parkwest, said he sees no shortage of hyperbaric oxygen therapy success stories – and that the treatment could help even more patients if their physicians knew about this non-invasive, effective therapy.

“A good number of our patients are cancer patients, but not as many come here as we could help,” said Dr. Hall. “Unfortunately, HBOT has a checkered past, and sometimes a checkered present.”

He said some people have made unproven claims about HBOT, saying it cures autism or multiple sclerosis. “It does not,” he said, but added that HBOT is extremely effective for patients with non-healing wounds such as diabetic wounds, wounds from infections, or internal injuries from cancer radiation treatments.

For example, “if a patient has cancer of the tonsil or the tongue, or they have had head and neck radiation, often those people will have problems swallowing,” Dr. Hall said.

“We’ve had patients who haven’t swallowed anything in two years – they get all their nourishment through a tube. But they come here for HBOT, and they leave here and can swallow.

This can be life-changing.”

Dr. Hall also remembers another patient who was homebound because of gastrointestinal problems caused by radiation therapy. “But when she finished treatment, she got a motorhome, and she and her husband traveled the country.”

A drawback to HBOT is that it is most often administered in a “coffin-like chamber,” Dr. Hall said, noting that people prone to claustrophobia may not be able to tolerate the small space. But the Hyperbaric Center at Parkwest, which opened in March 2015, has the region’s only multi-place chamber, with seats for 10 pa-

Each patient wears a clear plastic hood with pure oxygen piped in for the patient to breathe during hyperbaric oxygen therapy. tients and room for a technician. It looks somewhat like a small airplane inside. Patients can watch TV, eat or drink, read a book or sleep.

Few people have problems with claustrophobia in a multi-place chamber, he said.

“It’s much more patient-friendly. We’ve never been unable to treat somebody. Sometimes you have to give them a little relaxing medicine, and that’s OK. If a patient will work with me, I’ll figure out how to get them through it.”

Dr. Hall hopes more physicians will become aware of how much HBOT can benefit patients who have certain illnesses.

“HBOT has been around for 300 years,” Hall said. “There are many legitimate uses of hyperbaric oxygen therapy based on science, approved by the FDA, and covered by insurance.”

For additional information about the Hyperbaric Center at Parkwest visit www.TreatedWell.com/Hyperbaric or call 865-373-2030.

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

CFMOTO DEALER

COME VISIT US AT OUR NEW STORE 168 MAIN ST. CARYVILLE, TN EXIT 134 JUST BEHIND SHONEY’S

Call 423-449-8433 www.goadmotorsports.com

Services Offered Cleaning Services

Vehicles Wanted

HOUSECLEANER - Individual to HOUSECLEANER

FAST $$ CASH $$ 4 JUNK AUTOS

clean housestoor condos.

Excellen Individual clean houses or references.

Reasonable rates. condos. Excellent references.

Contact Maryrates.

(865)692-9725.

Reasonable Contact Mary (865)692-9725

865-216-5052 865-856-8106

HAVENESE PUPS AKC, home raised, health guar. 262-993-0460. noahslittleark.com

Garage Sales

OLD ENGLISH BULLDOG puppies, 1st shots S& wormed, $300 each. (423) 271-5129 POODLE PUPS, 2 red males, 1st shots & wormed, $300. 423-271-5129

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

We do layaways. Health guar.

Go to Facebook, Judys Puppy Nursery Updates.

423-566-3647 RAT TERRIERS - shots & wormed, 9 wks, $125. (931)319-0000 SHIH TZU puppies, AKC, beautiful colors, Females $600; Males $500.

Taking deposits. 423-775-4016 SHIH TZU PUPPY - female, 4 mo. old, all shots, $600. (865)309-9618.

Yorkshire Terrier puppies, parti, blk & wht, 1 F, 2 M, $600 F, $500 M. Shots & Papers. (865) 453-2320; 654-7112

Merchandise

Auto Parts & Acc

North 7905 ANDERSONVILLE PIKE - Inside Moving Sale. Fri & Sat, March 18th & 19th, 8am-5pm. Furniture and household items and much more!

Boats/Motors/Marine FOUR WINNS 268, 2000 Cruiser, top cond. radar arch, only 748 hours, kept covered on lift in Tellico Village, $25,000. Call (423)371-9050.

ANTIQUE STORY & CLARK PUMP ORGAN - with stool, good cond. $1000 obo. (865)368-7315.

Antiques & Collectibles See booths 27, 65, and 80 for interesting collectibles, linens, art, tools, tins, silver, china, glass, primatives, and much more. 620 N Campbell Station Rd. (at exit 373).

GOOD AS NEW APPLIANCES

Kenmore top loading, hi efficiency, low water washer. Less than 1 yr old. $250. (865)579-9738

Farm Products

Auctions

USING A WOOD MIZER PORTABLE SAW MILL

865-986-4264

Campers & RV’s

QUALITY ANTIQUES Meek’s Antique Auctions Chattanooga, TN SUN. March 6th, 1pm English & French Antiques WWW.LESMEEKSAUCTIONS.COM 423-875-9828 Tal#2730 Fl#2388

Logs2Lumber.com CAR TOW DOLLY - 2016, all cars/pu Swivels, tilts, never used, new ret. $2750. 1st $1050 cash. 864-275-6478 CLASS A NATIONAL SEABREEZE 34’ 2005, 2 slides, new tires, in exc. cond.

29K mi., $37,900. (865)603-3653.

FLEETWOOD Revolution 2006 3 Slide, 400hp, Cls A, 30,674 Mi, loaded, $130,000 OBO Chatt, TN. Val 423-634-3607.

MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY 2013 5th wheel, 3 slideouts, in pristine condition. Includes a beautiful deeded lot Gatlinburg. 865-964-8092. $65,000 or best offer. (865)964-8092.

HOT WHEEL COLLECTION - Late 1990’s to 2005 plus. Orig. packaging/many protector packages, Treasure Hunts, rare sets. 4000 + cars. (865)256-0191

Fuel & Wood WOOD SPLITTER - northern hydraulics 24,000 lb. vert/horiz. well made 2 in steel backstop.less than 20 hrs.

8hp b s (865)680-4891

Furniture 3 CUSHION pillow back sofa, charcoal gray, like new, $400, orig $800.

(865)922-9106 LOVESEAT, NEW. BROWN, - 4 pillows, Corduroy. Comfortable. $90. Moving must sell. (865)524-2767

Lawn & Garden JOHN DEERE GX 335 - 54” deck, 291 hrs, like new. $4995 obo (865)5990516 SCAG COMMERCIAL MOWERS SCAG 61” Turf Tiger, 35HP, exc. cond. $7500. SCAG HYDRO Walk Behind, 52” Cut, 21HP elec. start, $3700.

SCAG HYDRO 36” Walk Behind, 15HP, $2500. Call (865)691-5296.

Med Equip & Supplies HOVEROUND - brand new, 2 batteries, gray, serial #5574284, $400.

(865)687-9119

Merchandise - Misc.

GENERATOR BIG 8500 watt, 2016, Honda elec. start. Batt. & whl kit incl. Never used. New retail $4995.

Wholesale $3750. 1st $1850 cash, 864-275-6478.

HACH PORTABLE WATER TEST KIT, all reagents, many extras, $250 obo (865)368-7315.

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

UTILITY TRAILERS

WANT TO BUY STANDING TIMBER, Hardwood & Pine & Land Clearing.

865-982-2606 & 865-382-7529.

2 BURIAL LOTS, West, Berry Highland Memorial, Christus Garden section.

Both for $6500 obo. (954)740-9120.

2 GRAVE SITES, BERRY-HIGHLAND vases, open & close, worth $14,000; sell $10,000/b.o. (865)919-1653 2 LOTS side by side in Greenwood Cemetery, $3600 for both. Call (865)689-8523 HIGHLAND MEMORIAL on Sutherland, 4 cemetery lots together. $1500 /b.o. Good Shepherd. Call for disc. price. 865-368-2142; 865-947-9275

North

BY OWNER, Beautiful 2BR + sunroom, 2 car gar. Large Villa. Close to I-75, Emory Rd. Excellent schools, $124,900. (954)547-2747.

HALLS. 4 BR, 3 BA on .44 acre, totally updated incl HVAC, roof & windows, gas frpl, screened in porch, fncd bkyard, level lot, finished bsmnt for potential mother-in-law, 2 car gar. $184,500. (865) 924-8271 NORTH a beautiful 100% redone 2BR home in a great loc. just off Fairmont Blvd. at 3300 Miami Av. Handsome hardwood, beautiful painted rooms, X-nice kitchen and bath, liv-rm w/ FP, large corner level lot--lots more.

Asking $74,900. Must be pre-qualified by bank or Mtg Co. Call 414-7616 anytime, Shown by appt.

OFF WASHINGTON PK., 2 BR, 2 FULL BA laundry rm w/W/D, LR w/gas frpl, game rm/3 BR, hot tub, sunroom, 2 car gar. Util. bldg. Fenced backyd, close to schools, new paint, tile, crpt, $89,900. (865)927-3906

Duplex/Multiplex-Unfurn DUPLEX 1800 SF, 2br, 1.5 bath each side. $12,000 GI, fantastic rates, Live in one rent the other.

MLS# 954198 $139,900.

Call Don for more info.865-388-5959 Realty Executives Assoc. 588-3232

Lake Property 3BR, 2BA 1600 SF, Lake View, Norris Lake, Sugar Hollow dock area. $178,500. (937)417-7978.

Farms & Acreage DANDRIDGE, Skyline Dr., gorgeous mtn. views, 2 adjoining lots, 3/4 acre each, cul-de-sac, no HOA, few restrictions, 865-363-2011.

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

For Sale By Owner

$121,900 8 year old house and 44 acres at 1245 Snake Hollow Road, Sneedville.

House has 3 bedrooms 2 baths, total of 1,056 square feet. New hardwood laminate floors in living area, new interior paint, and a new wood burning stove. Owner will finance with $6,100 down. Call Bill at 877-488-5060 ext 323

BY OWNER, Beautiful 4BR, 2 1/2BA on 1/2 acre fenced yard in Powell Subd. Granite counters & SS appls. with community pool, exc. schools, Brickey, Powell, Powell High, 1417 Wineberry Rd. Powell, $267,777.

Call (954)547-2747.

Lots/Acreage for Sale

Musical Everett studio piano, style 31, exc cond, 1 owner, $800. (865)223-1227

Real Estate Wanted

Tools AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR TOOLS & Equipment. Call for more information.

(865)254-3086

WANTED IMMEDIATELY Large tracts of land for development.

Farms, timber or recreation property OK; CASH PAID; Decisions made quickly. Confidential response to David Alley OA 865-389-7361.

Announcements

Real Estate Rentals

Adoptions

Apartments - Unfurn.

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

Close to Shopping!

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

NORTH, 1 BR APT. Very clean, new carpet & ceramic tile, water incl. $500 + sec. dep. No pets. 865-531-7895.

SENIOR OR DISABLED HIGH RISE FACILITY 1 BR APTS. Oak Ridge, TN 865-482-6098

SPACIOUS 2 BR, full BA, LR, DR, lrg kit., lots of closet/storage space, laundry rm w/W&D conn., priv. drive, quiet safe neighborhood.

Conv. to UT Hospital, airport & downtown Knoxv. Ideal for professional. All utilities, cable, garbage pickup & pest control incl. NO smoking. NO pets. $900 mo + DD. Refs req’d. For appt. (865) 577-9426 WEST, 2BR, 2BA - patio, laun., FP, no smoking, no pets. Very Clean. $700 + dep. (865)531-7895.

Homes Unfurnished SECLUDED YET ACCESSIBLE - Real Log Cabin in Pigeon Forge on 16 wooded acres, 3BR, 2BA, new appls. & city services. $1200 mo. + sec. dep.

Contact Georgette, (865)771-3200.

WEST - 3 BR, 2.5 ba, LR, fam. rm w/ FP, 2 car garage. No pets. $1000/mo.

(865)310-4274

Condos Unfurnished SEQUOYAH SQUARE 3636 Taliluna Ave., Sequoyah Hills, 1BR condo, appx. 750 SF, great nghbrhd., close to downtown & UT, $750 mo., 1 yr. lse. 865-607-1747.

West. 1 level, 2 BR, 2 BA, walk in shower, 2 car gar., near Webb & CAK Schools. 501 Floriade Way, in Dutchtown Villas, $1,000 mo.

Call Wanda 865-679-1616 Tipton & Assoc. 865-691-1970

Duplx/Multplx UnFurn FTN CITY, brick duplex, 2 BR, nicely finished, all appls + W/D, $675 mo + $500 dep. (865) 384-8532

Hunting/Fishing Leases DEER LEASE Neb. Farm, 3000 acres, rifle season, white tails & turkey, water foul, Call (303)979-0360.

Real Estate Commercial Wanted to Buy IMMEDIATE ACQUISITION Apartments, commercial income producing Offices READY; INVESTORS seeking 1031 exchange or purchase of income producing real estate, contact AKP properties.

David Alley OA 865-389-7361

Commercial RE Lease ADOPT: - A loving couple hopes to adopt. We would love to hear what your hopes and dreams are for your baby. Please call Jen & Dom 866-270-6969, text 646-915-7890, www.jenanddomwishtoadopt.info

ADOPT: A loving Mom, a devoted Dad, and a bright future are waiting to welcome your baby! Expenses paid.

Anne & Colin.

1-877-246-6780

Cemetery Lots Wanted to Buy

Real Estate Sales

CREEKFRONT property in Morgan Co. 5 acre wooded lot in a gated development. $64,900. (865) 805-6586

90 Day Warranty

865-851-9053

Farmer’s Mkt/ Trading Post

AT YOUR SITE LOGS TO LUMBER

BUYING OLD US COINS

90% silver, halves, quarters & dimes, old silver dollars, proof sets, silver & gold eagles, krands & maple leafs, class rings, wedding bands, anything 10, 14, & 18k gold old currency before 1928 WEST SIDE COINS & COLLECTIBLES 7004 KINGSTON PK CALL 584-8070

Antiques

2001 E. Magnolia Ave. Recreation

Collectibles

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

Appliances

FOUR 265/60/18 MICHELIN Latitude Tires mounted on 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd. 30k mi. Great cond.

Whls & tires $460/nego. (865) 985-0627

LEATHER BOMBER JACKET - schott A-2. removable liner, collar. sz 40. same Co. made these for flying tigers in WW2 (865)680-4891

Apartments - Unfurn.

Financial Consolidation Loans

FIRST SUN FINANCE

We make loans up to $1000. We do credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals.

See manager for details.

865-687-3228

1 BR EFFICIENCY APARTMENT TALIWA GARDEN South (off Chapman Hwy) Ground level, new carpet $415 577-1687

672 SF, remodeled, office space or small retail. Off Broadway near I-640. Special incentive for long term lease. $550 mo. (865)696-9555

GREAT VALUE

PRIME LOCATION FOR SERVICE RELATTED BUSINESS 970 SF Office Bldg. in exc. cond. 3 large offices, recep. area, storage rm., Data wired.

Cent. H&A, Large 8 ft. fenced storage area w/3 gates. $1100 mo. 1 year min. lease. 865-765-1123, 865-539-1145.

RIVERSIDE MANOR ALCOA HWY 970-2267

Offices/Warehouses/Rent

1,2,3 BR $355 - $460/mo.

*Pools, Laundries, Appl. *5 min. to UT & airport www.riversidemanorapts.com BEST DEAL OUT WEST! 1BR from $375. 2BR $550-$695.

No pets. Parking @ front door.

(865)470-8686 BROADWAY TOWERS 62 AND OLDER Or Physically Mobility Impaired 1 & 2 BR, util. incl. Laundry on site.

Immediate housing if qualified.

Section 8-202.

865-524-4092 for appt.

TDD 1-800-927-9275

4000 SF Office/Warehouse with dock & drive in, prime location Middlebrook Pk. $3,000 mo.

2000 SF Office/Warehouse drive in bay, Papermill, $1,300 mo.

865-544-1717; 865-740-0990 AVAILable NOW WEST • Warehouse/Office • 3000 SF • Avail. May 1 1500 SF • Avail. Nov. 1 1500 SF • We pay taxes & insurance.

• Location West Near Middlebrook Inn & Wrights Cafeteria See us 1st -- (865)588-2272 MIDLAND South East Center, Glasscock St., Alcoa, 5 rooms, 2 ba. Incl. water & AC. $650 mo. (865)983-0870

Coming March 23 & October 5

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Shopper news • MARCH 16, 2016 • B-3

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THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 20 Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays.

Info/tickets: 546-4280.

THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 15 Selected works by artist Kay List on exhibit, Envision Art Gallery, 4050 Sutherland Ave. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Friday. Info: kaylistart.com; envisionartgallery.com; 438-4154.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 Knoxville Symphony League Spring Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Cherokee Country Club. Check-in, tablescapes viewing and book signing, 10:30 a.m.

Guest speaker: cookbook author and southern hospitality expert Ginny McCormack. Performance by Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster, Gabriel Lefkowitz. Reservations deadline: March 7. Info: 765-1660.

THURSDAY, MARCH 17 “On a Hill Far Away” presented by the WordPlayers, 11 a.m., North Acres Baptist Church sanctuary, 5803 Millertown Pike. Cost: $10, includes lunch after presentation. Reservation deadline: Monday, March 14. Info/reservations: 254-8884.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MARCH 17-18 KSO Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series: “Pictures at an Exhibition,” 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: knoxvillesymphony.com.

FRIDAY, MARCH 18 Alive After Five: Kelle Jolly & The Women in Jazz Jam Festival Band, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Admission: general, $10; museum members and students, $5. Info: knoxart.org.

Cafe Mortel, 1:30-4 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Everyone welcome. Info: 588-8813.

World Storytelling Day, 7-9 p.m., Vienna Coffee House, 212 College St., Maryville. Theme: “Strong Women.” Hosted by Smoky Mountain Storytellers.

Donations appreciated. Info: Sheri Liles, 680-8453, spinningmaid@gmail.com or smokymountaintellers. org.

World Storytelling Day with the Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association, 1 p.m., Boys & Girls Club of Maryville, 510 S. Washington St., Maryville.

Donations appreciated. Info: Sheri Liles, 680-8453, spinningmaid@gmail.com, smokymountaintellers.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 18-20 Women in Jazz Jazz Festival. Variety of concerts and activities in various venues.

Concert tickets: knoxtix.com. Info: Kelle Jolly, 622-7174; womeninjazzjamfestival@gmail.com; womeninjazzjamfestival.com.

SATURDAY, MARCH 19 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

Arbor Day celebration, 1-5 p.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway. Free; donations appreciated. Info: marblesprings.net; 573-5508; info@marblesprings. net.

“Civil War Genealogy on the Internet,” 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Preregistration, valid email address, good Internet searching capabilities required. Info/registration beginning March 7: 215-8809.

East Tennessee Kidney Foundation’s Lucky Kidney Run and Irish Festival, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Market Square. Festival features: live music, dancing, vendor booths, and kids’ inflatables and midway games. Info/ Run or walk registration: etkidney.org.

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

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

“A Night in Old Havana” ETTAC fundraiser, 6:30-10 p.m., Lighthouse Knoxville Event Center, 6800 Baum Drive. Includes: authentic Cuban food and music, a Latin dance showcase, casino game tables, a silent auction, a coffee and dessert bar, cigars bar and door and raffle prizes. Tickets: $25. Tickets: ettac.org/ nohregistration2016.html; 219-0130, ext. 221. Info: Mat Jones, 219-0130, ext. 228, or mjones@ettac.org.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Sarah Rysewyk,

11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Seymour’s spring Roads and Rivers Day, 9 a.m.-noon, Seymour First Baptist Church, 11621 Chapman Highway. Volunteers will receive gloves, safety vests, litter pickers if wanted, and water. Info: Amparo Flores, 405-9958.

Spring Hike: Fort Loudoun Fort Tour, 2-3 p.m., Visitor Center, 338 Fort Loudoun Road, Vonore. Leader: Ranger Joshua Kirby. Info: 423-884-6217.

Vintage Bike Show/Swap/Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., West Bicycles, 11531 Kingston Pike. Includes: ride through the neighborhood, noon; 75-foot drag races, 1 p.m.; judging begins 2 p.m. for Most Unique, Best Patina, Oldest Bike, Best Prewar, etc.; winners announced, 3 p.m. Info: westbikes.com or 671-7591.

Wild Bird Eggstravaganza, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., UT Gardens. Learn to attract birds to a home garden and create natural crafts. Kids leave with bird house, a bird feeder, a bird nest model and an egg model. Activities include egg hunt and photo opportunity with Easter Bunny. Cost: $6. For ages 12 and under. Registration deadline: 5 p.m. Thursday, March 17. Info/registration: tiny.utk.edu/eggstravaganza.

Yard sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Spots are $10 or donate items to the youth section of the sale. Info: 690-1060.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 19-20 “The Secrets of Fine Art Photography” presented by J Way Photography, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Cost: $200. Info/ registration: 214-6364.

MONDAY, MARCH 21 Computer Workshops: “Word Basics,” 5:307:45 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215-8700.

“Introduction to Beekeeping” class, 6-9 p.m., Clinton Community Center in Clinton. Open to anyone interested in beekeeping. Sponsored by the Anderson County Beekeepers Association. Info/registration: 4638541 or clowden@comcast.net.

“Ready, Set, Sow: Don’t Jump the Gun” workshop, 1-2 p.m., Davis Family YMCA, 12133 S. Northshore Drive. Presented by Master Gardener Barb O’Neil.

Free and open to the public. Info: 777-9622.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, MARCH 21-22 Advanced iPad/iPhone for Seniors, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.

Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Registration/payment deadline: Monday, March 21. Info/ registration: 218-3375; townoffarragut.org/register; in person at Town Hall.

TUESDAY, MARCH 22 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., AAA office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffic offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

An evening with best-selling author Erik Larson, 7 p.m., Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. Larson will discuss his latest book, “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania.” Info/tickets: http://www.knoxbijou. com.

Auditions for “Snow White & Rose Red,” 4:30-7:30 p.m., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. By appointment only. Fourteen available roles; ages 9-18. For appointment: email Dennis Perkins, dennis@childrenstheatreknoxville.com, including name, age gender and preferred time.

“E-Commerce and Online Shops” professional development seminar, noon-1 p.m., the Emporium, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $5 members of Arts & Culture Alliance/$8 nonmembers. Info/registration: 523-7543; sc@ knoxalliance.com.

“A Focus on Fashion” fashion show benefitting the Historic Ramsey House, noon, Cherokee Country Club.

5138 Lyons View Pike. Boutique shopping open 10:30 a.m.-noon. Reservations deadline: March 16. Info/reservations: 546-0745.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike.

Speaker: Lisa Soland, playwright, author of “Thump” and founder of a children’s book publishing company, and actor/director. All-inclusive lunch: $12. Reservations deadline: March 21. Info/reservation: 983-3740.

Pinterest/Instagram/Twitter for Seniors, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30.

Registration/payment deadline: Wednesday, March 23.

Info/registration: 218-3375; townoffarragut.org/register; in person at Town Hall.

FRIDAY, MARCH 25

Dry Branch Fire Squad in concert, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14, some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

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

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Kindermusik, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Ages birth to 5 years old. Info: 470-7033.

MONDAY, MARCH 28 Computer Workshops: “Word II,” 5:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word 2007 Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215-8700.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, MARCH 28-29 Samsung Galaxy Phone/Tablet Basics for Seniors, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Registration/payment deadline: Monday, March 28. Info/registration: 218-3375; townoffarragut.org/ register; in person at Town Hall.

TUESDAY, MARCH 29 Computer Workshops: “Excel,” 5:30-7:45 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215-8700.

Happy Travelers Lunch and Gathering, 10:30 a.m., North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike. Cost: $7. Entertainment: Fredda Valentine. Reservation deadline: Saturday, March 26. Info/reservations: Derrell Frye, 938-8884 or 254-8884.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 31-APRIL 2 Big Ears festival, various venues. Info/tickets/ schedule: bigearsfestival.com.

FRIDAY, APRIL 1 First Friday Comedy, 7-9 p.m., Saw Works Brewing, 708 E. Depot Ave. Free comedy showcase featuring Atlanta comedians Ian Aber and Hayley Ellman.

Opening reception for Art Market Gallery’s April featured artist exhibit: ceramic artist Lisa Kurtz and photographer Dennis Sabo, 5:30 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 South Gay St. Complimentary refreshments and music performed by Matt Tillery. Exhibit on display March 29-April 30. Info: 525-5265; artmarketgallery. net; on Facebook.

Vendor application deadline for Tennessee Medieval Faire, to be held May 14-15, 21-22, 28-30, 550 Fiske Road, Harriman. Vendors must make and sell their own wares, and all work will be juried. Info/applications: TMFaire.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2 AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 6500 South Northshore Drive. Registration: Paul Johnson, 675-0694. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

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

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee.

Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Jodie Manross and Laith Keilany, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Spring plant sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Historic Ivan Racheff House and Gardens, 1943 Tennessee Ave. Plants include herbs, succulents, native plants, annuals, perennials, wild flowers, shrubs, specialty items. Lunch available 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Info: Evelyn Lorenz, 435-4769.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 2-3 Auditions for Shakespeare on the Square, Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St. Hosted by Tennessee Stage Company. Times: 1-3 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. All auditions by appointment only. Info/ appointments: 546-4280; tennesseestage@comcast.net; tennesseestage.com.

MONDAYS, APRIL 4-25 QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30 p.m., The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other performance styles. Donations accepted.

TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Casual Comedy, 7-9 p.m., Casual Pint-Hardin Valley, 10677 Hardin Valley Road. Free stand-up comedy showcase featuring Derek Sheen from Seattle. Host: Shane Rhyne.

Alive After Five: Mac Arnold & Plateful O’Blues, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Admission: general, $15; museum members and students, $10. Info: knoxart.org.

Bill and the Belles in concert, 8 p.m., Laurel Jazz Lunch at the Square Room featuring “Mike Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $14, some discounts Baggetta plays Patsy Cline,” noon-1 p.m., 4 Market available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org.

Square. Admission: $15 includes Café 4 lunch buffet.

Info/tickets: knoxjazz.org or Café 4.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6

SATURDAY, MARCH 26 Bijou Theatre Jubilee, 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Featuring Drew Holcomb. Proceeds support the Bijou Theatre. Tickets: Tennessee Theatre box office, 684-1200, Ticketmaster outlets, KnoxBijou.com. Info: KnoxBijou.com/Jubilee-2016.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7 Celebrate National Poetry Month with Rose Klix, noon, Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road.

Participants receive complimentary poetry book from Klix. Info: 922-0416.

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