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BUZZ North Knox at Nashville event North Knoxville was present at last week’s Governor’s Conference on economic development in Nashville. Expoquip Inc. was recognized as one of three winners of the Governor’s Award for Trade Excellence. Others were the Memphis Area Chamber and Jorge Sanabria Nanomechanics Inc. of Oak Ridge. Expoquip, located on Central Avenue Pike, was founded in 1998 by Jorge Sanabria as an exporter of heavy equipment replacement parts. The business now serves customers in 35 countries and its sales staff collectively speaks five languages. Justin Bailey, owner of Bailey & Co. Real Estate, attended the conference as well. “I learned some cool stuff on co-working space, which is essentially a Justin Bailey business incubator model where members pay a small monthly fee and share office space. It’s working well in Jackson, Tenn. “(State Rep.) Bill Dunn introduced me to some people who might help with grants for community projects.� Bailey cochairs Enhance Powell, a committee of the Powell Business and Professional Association. He recently purchased the former Arnold’s Garage on Depot Drive. He also owns the former Groner building.
Powell voting place is changed Voters at Powell High School will vote at the Clark Duncan Athletic Complex, 7523 Brickyard Road, on Election Day. Previously, the election was held in the high school gym. The election is Tuesday, Nov. 8, with the polls open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Schools will be closed, but the day is in-service for teachers.
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Baristas Grant Sexton and Keely Chamberlain behind the counter with Coby Eldridge. Photos by Margie Hagen
By Margie Hagen When Coby Eldridge makes a latte she’s pouring more than coffee – she’s pouring out hope for kids looking for homes, and families who want to adopt, but don’t know how or where to start. As the executive director of the Adoption Foundation of East Tennessee, and operator of the Empty Cup Coffee House, Eldridge has a personal stake in adoption; three of her four children are adopted. The Empty Cup is run like a business, but the profits go to educating families about the process, and helping with the costs. “So many people consider adoption but think they can’t afford it,� says Eldridge. “We put them together
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The Appalachian Mountain Bike Club’s annual Fall Festival – which has been held for six years at the South Knox home of Brian Hann and Mary Beth Tugwell – is moving to the Baker Creek Preserve. The club has leased the park from the city for the event. Activities start at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, and wind up at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, at the preserve, 1516 Taylor Road. Overnight camping will be allowed. The move gives the festival – which is free and open to the public – more room for pro-
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ing hours delight young and old alike. “We intentionally looked for a large space that could accommodate activities for kids,� says Eldridge. Friday game night is another popular event; people bring their own board games and all ages can play. Acoustic concerts take place regularly, many benefiting families in need of adoption help. The Empty Cup is available for special events, and “homecoming� parties are especially dear to Eldridge. “When an adoption is finalized, family and friends gather here to welcome the child home, to start their new future. This is what we work for.�
Eldridge started on the ground, literally; she began by attending running events, passing out information and talking to runners and sponsors. “We have grown organically by connecting with people and through social media,� she explains. “We provide a tangible way for anyone to support adoption, whether you come in for coffee, buy from our marketplace or donate supplies and money. Everyone has something to offer. So many caring people have contributed with help in construction, materials, talent and time.�
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grams, says AMBC president Matthew Kellogg. There will be group bike rides for all levels throughout the day and a short-track race at 5 p.m. that will be fun for spectators. The festival takes place two days after the official opening of the kids’ track at Baker Creek Preserve – the ribbon-cutting is at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3. There also will be skills clinics and bike demos by a variety of vendors. On Sunday, there will be a Downhill race run by Go Nuts Biking. AMBC members are looking forward to having the event at the new location, Kellogg says.
Non-riders can watch the race and talk to experts about getting into mountain biking. Savory and Sweet food truck will be on site for lunch and snacking. Yee-Haw Brewing Co. will have beer sales starting at noon. Live music starts at dusk, with Southern Cities and Big Bad Oven performing. After 10 p.m., there will be a “silent disco.� Attendees can borrow headsets from AMBC to hear the dance music. “We’ve got really great silent-auction items that have been donated from the community,� Kellogg says. Info: ambc-sorba.org
Amber Rountree’s big October By Betty Bean South Knox’s Amber Rountree has every reason to “call in tired� for the Nov. 2 school board meeting, but here’s betting she will find a way to attend. The board will vote on her resolution to exempt Knox County from using standardized tests in students’ grades and for teacher evaluations.
Analysis The tests are not yet aligned with the curriculum, she says. A similar resolution passed the board last year, but this one has drawn fire from interim Superintendent Buzz Thomas and even Gov. Bill Haslam. Rountree was elected the board’s vice chair Oct. 5, after a
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Teachers Advisory Committee could take up the matter (which they did, and voted 12-8 to support Rountree’s position). How was the Mount Olive event received? Depends on whom you ask. Not everyone appreciated the lastminute school facelift. The term “dog-and-pony show� got a lot of use: “If you don’t have nice stuff at your school, our politicians need to see that. You don’t need to clean up for company. Let them see how it is every day,� said one veteran teacher. “I kept asking myself, ‘Why Mount Olive?’ They never gave a reason.� And what does Rountree think? Here’s an entry on her Facebook page: To page A-3
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The Pickleball tournament brought more than160 players. Champions in the mixed doubles 3.5 division are Angie Allen and Warren Hunt (silver), Patrick Fox and Bonnie Ogle (gold), and Rich and Sue Van Campen (bronze).
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Wellness Center. More than 160 players competed in 15 divisions including singles, ■ New Fall Festival men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles featured food based on both skill level and The Tellico Village Propage, with gold, silver and erty Owners Association bronze medals awarded. hosted its first Fall FestiTellico Village Pickleball val at the Wellness Center Club members took about on Oct. 14. More than 400 half of the medals against members of the commustrong competition from nity came out to hear some John other clubs from Knoxville, Cherry bluegrass, partake in some Oak Ridge, Fairfield Glade, delicious grilled food and sit Nashville, Georgia and around the bonfire as the afAlabama. Complete results ternoon turned to evening. IT’S BETTER AT and photos are posted on This warm fall weather TELLICO VILLAGE the club website at http:// was just cool enough at night tvpbc-gameon.org/. so folks could enjoy themThe tournament was coAt the same time existing selves. Thanks to the sucdirected by John Reed and homes are moving well, percess of this event, the staff is Warren Hunt, who had tremitting new homes is also planning other events to get mendous volunteer help from at a rapid pace, with 60 or folks out and about to enjoy Tellico Village Pickleball Club more on track for this year, their beautiful community. members. More than 80 of just as there were in 2015. In addition to events within the players were from outside On Oct. 20, we hit a milethe community, Lifestyle the village, and many favorstone when the permit was Coordinator Lisa McCray able comments were heard issued for home number continues to look throughthroughout the weekend. 4,000. One of our busier out the region for opportunibuilders, Kenny Mashburn, ties to get villagers together was recognized at the Archito enjoy a bit of camaraderie. tectural Control Committee meeting where the milestone ■ Pickleball was reached. The staff had a ■ Peninsula Lighthouse tournament bit of fun with Kenny and Group of Families Anonymous meetings, 6:15-7:15 his associate, Monica Derry, Three beautiful, sunny (if p.m. each Tuesday, 1451 Dowto mark the occasion. We a bit windy) days under the ell Springs Blvd. Newcomers played some music, brought “big top” tent set the stage welcome; no dues/fees; no in some balloons and gave for the recent pickleball sign-up; first names only. Kenny a gift certificate for tournament at the Tellico Info: Barbara L., 696-6606 or dinner at the Yacht Club. Village pickleball courts, PeninsulaFA2@aol.com. Mashburn Home Build- which are adjacent to the
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Melanie and Rick Mobley stroll through the market with Emi. They’ve come two to three times a month and have bought watermelon, tomatoes, honey and apple butter.
Vendors declare 2016 a good season at the Dixie Lee Farmers Market By Carolyn Evans Matt Van Gundy and his dog, Ramona, picked up some chard Saturday morning. It was a chilly morning at the Dixie Lee Farmers Market in Farragut, the next to last market this season. Nearby, Phoebe Metzger sipped her coffee as she surveyed the produce brought by the Colvin Family Farm in Pikeville. Adam Colvin is a full-time farmer who raises vegetables, chickens and pigs. He and his brother, Noah, drive about an hour and 15 minutes to get to Farragut. They also sell in Crossville, Chattanooga, Oak Ridge and at Market Square. “It’s been a good business year,” Noah says, “and it’s fun to interact with the customers.” Metzger says she comes for the produce and has already bagged 24 pounds of apples. She’ll soon be making pies and tarts and putting fresh apple juice into smoothies. “I like getting them here instead of the grocery store because there’s no wax,” she says. On the next row sit Pygmy Harbor vendors Bonnie and Robert Panettieri. Their soap, lotion and other products are made from goat’s milk.
This is the first season they’ve sold at the Dixie Lee market, but they say they’ll be back next spring. Then they get up to show Farragut residents Beth and Tim Seaton the different soap scents, including the best-seller, lemongrass. “We’ve been wanting to come for a long time,” Beth says as they add their soap purchase to their sausage from Rainy Knob Ranch and move on to buy some fresh tomatoes. “It’s winding down,” says artist Carol Erikson about the market, “but it’s been a great year.” Her best-seller has been her blank note cards at $12.50 a box. Jeff and Ginger Cannon founded the Dixie Lee market in 2008 with six vendors. “By the end of that first season, we had 20 vendors,” she recalls as she sits in front of her blown glass jewelry. “Now we average 35.” The market is open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon at the Renaissance Farragut parking lot, 12740 Kingston Pike, one mile east of Watt Road. According to the Dixie Lee Farmers Market phone recording, the market opens the first Saturday of May and closes on the last Saturday of October. Info: dixieleefarmersmarket.com
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More than 500 trickor-treaters (not counting guardians) gathered last Thursday night at Karns High School for the first annual Ghoul at the School event hosted by teacher Cori Hackworth’s Leadership class.
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The community trickor-treat event featured 22 game and candy stations featuring more than 180 costumed students ready to mesmerize their little guests. Hackworth said that from planning to execution her kids were completely responsible for the evening and spent “a good solid week pulling it all together.” “The students seem to particularly enjoy seeing the little kids have fun, plus it’s an excuse for them to get to dress up at school. “Ghoul at the School was a lot of work for them, but it’s an opportunity for them to give back to the community. “High school students are usually focused on themselves, but events like tonight forces them to focus on the kids, finding ways to keep them entertained in safe and engaging ways. It makes them focus on doing something positive for the community at large.” Hackworth designed her Leadership class to help build character and encourage students to actively participate in effecting change
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Members of teacher Cori Hackworth’s Leadership class take a pause from Halloween frolics at Ghoul at the School held at Karns High School on Thursday, Oct. 27. (Front) Ethan Janssen, junior, and Mya Rudder, senior; (back) Hanna Hayles, junior; Taylor Hattaway, senior; Tyler Hartless, junior; Jenna Witt, senior; Madison Reedy, senior; Marleigh Castleberry, senior. Photos by Nancy
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rather than “sitting back in the shadows.” She said she hopes the many Leadership community events, such as antibullying programs and breakfast with Santa, will help renew appreciation of the school’s glory days so that every community member will be proud to call themselves “Beavers.”
Why call it the Empty Cup? Eldridge came up with the name while talking to her mother about her dreams for the coffee house. She envisioned a self-sustaining place that draws the community together, a place where everyone pours
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“It’s too bad Haslam couldn’t see fit to personally speak to me about my resolution while he was visiting (Mount Olive). It’s hard to be a wallflower at nine months prego! I could’ve illuminated for him that NAEP and TNReady are vastly different assessments, and that in his analysis of the NAEP data he missed that our large ‘gains’ in science appear (to be because) in fourth grade over half the states flat lined and 34 states in eighth grade flat lined. “Am I proud of our kids and teachers? Absolutely! But I am tired of political PR stunts that don’t paint an accurate picture of our work and use our students to further political agendas.” It seems the votes are there Wednesday to pass the Rountree resolution. What’s uncertain is, will she bring the baby?
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Roads to peace By Renee Kessler
The Times-Herald says it all. And it just cost 15 cents! From the Research Lab at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center
At the heart of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, “The Place Where African A mer ican History is Preserved,” is its Research Lab, which contains old newspapers, newsRenee Kessler l e t t e r s , publications and the like. Included in the collection are copies of The Times-Herald, a Knoxville newspaper publication. In November 1961, The Times-Herald presented Highlights of Homecoming Festivities for Knoxville College. The theme was “Roads to Peace,” and The
Times-Herald indicated that this was a “real message for the entire community.” The winning Knoxville College homecoming float was designed to symbolize “The Key to Peace is through Understanding.” The next month in December 1961, the front page headline of the publication was titled “Mahalia Rocks and Rolls.” Mahalia Jackson, regarded as “The Queen of Gospel,” performed at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum to a mixed audience filled to capacity. The writer of The TimesHerald stated, “Every song Miss Jackson sings she ‘feels it.’ That is, she is able to project herself into the song. One seems to forget all worldly troubles when listening to
State GOP chief to hang it up Ryan Haynes will resign his post as state GOP chair a few weeks after the Nov. 8 election. Haynes, a former state legislator who represented Farragut and West Knox County, has been unhappy with the position. He is a more policy-oriented person and does not like the internal GOP politics on the state executive committee. He was also blindsided by Gov. Bill Haslam’s rejection of Donald Trump, which fell on him to explain. When Gov. Haslam repudiated Trump, the party headquarters was swamped with irate Republican calls and Haynes was attacked, too. He received only six hours’ notice on the Haslam move to prepare when it hit the media. Haynes is mentioned as a possible candidate for Knox County mayor, but he has not made a decision. His successor will be chosen by the 66-member state executive committee elected by GOP voters from each of the 33 state Senate districts. The committee is divided between more traditional Republicans and more conservative ones. Normally, Gov. Haslam would be able to choose the next chair as a practical matter and the committee would approve it. That may not be the case this time around as many SEC members are furious at Haslam for opposing Trump. Picking someone other than the governor’s choice could be part of the fallout. The governor may not make a recommendation and leave it entirely to the state committee. Haslam may also suffer in the next session from ultraconservative lawmakers opposing his programs in his final two years as gover-
check for $30,000 the Legislature had approved. The only problem was that state Victor Sen. Becky Massey, who was Ashe equally responsible for the check by handling it in the Senate, was omitted from the news release by Rogero spokesperson Jesse Maynor as a consequence of his shark. Massey was approopposition to Trump. priately recognized at the However, if the SEC stiffs ceremony itself despite the the governor, it may find Mayshark-Rogero blunder. fundraising becomes very Rogero is publicly backing difficult as the SEC needs Johnson but playing ball him and the two U.S. sena- with Smith. tors helping to meet payroll ■ State Senate majorat party headquarters. ity leader Mark Norris ■ Early voting in from Memphis spoke a few Knox County has exceeded every prediction over the past two weeks. Not clear who this favors, but clearly voters are not staying home. ■ The Eddie SmithGloria Johnson race continues to be hard hitting By Betty Bean and should be close. I acTwo days after Bob tually think one of the two Booker’s first solo performay have a comfortable win mance, he was still having and it will not be as close as a tough time keeping his the past two elections have feet on the ground. been where the winner was “Initially, I was as nerfewer than 240 votes apart vous as a long-tailed cat from the loser. The winner in a room full of rocking might have a margin up to chairs,” he said. “But once 900 votes out of 21,000 that I got on that stage and will be cast in that district. opened my mouth and got The last election in this disthat reaction, I was home trict was decided by fewer free.” than 200 votes. Booker packed the Trump has been a real house last week at the Beck negative for Smith and if Cultural Exchange Center, Smith loses, Trump will be where 100 chairs had been part of the reason. In fact, set up. Tickets were $11.41 most of the state House and in advance and $15.41 at Senate seats that Tennesthe door. The bulk of the see Democrats win from proceeds went to the Beck, Republicans next Tuesday with $1.41 going to Knoxcan be credited in part to ville College. The dollar Trump’s controversial camfigure was set in honor of paign and vulgar remarks, KC’s 141st anniversary. which have upset and anThe starting time was gered many voters. held up a bit and more seats Mayor Madeline Rogbrought in as the crowd ero tried to help Smith grew in numbers. with a news conference in There probably aren’t Sequoyah at Talahi park, where Smith presented a
weeks ago in Oak Ridge to a breakfast meeting of over 100 and was asked about the gas tax. Norris immediately pointed out that the governor has not sought his advice and pointedly asked the two other senators present, Randy McNally and Ken Yager, if he has sought their advice. Their response was NO. If the governor does propose a gas hike, he needs to be working the legislative leadership now or he will pay a penalty for failing to do so. ■ It is hard to realize that it was 60 years ago last month when the Hungar-
her singing.” Adorning the front page headline article was a picture of Mahalia Jackson sleeping beautifully in bed with the caption, “Mahalia sleeps after delivering a dynamic sermon in songs: tired, warm-hearted, downto-earth Mahalia rests peacefully in her plush suite at the Holiday Inn on Chapman.” It was noted that Miss Jackson was the first top negro artist to perform in the new Civic Auditorium and possibly the first to sleep at the then-new Holiday Inn. What an exciting, energetic and spirit-filled time it must have been. By all accounts, it would appear that Miss Jackson’s stay in Knoxville was welcoming and peaceful. Not so; there was more to the story. Two weeks prior to The Times-Herald article, another publication whose members have a long history of violence and hate
wrote, “All h- -l broke loose at the Holiday Inn here, last Saturday night.” The article used malicious and slanderous words to describe Miss Jackson and her entourage, and the writer indicated in no uncertain terms that they should never have been allowed to occupy the Holiday Inn on Blount Avenue and Chapman Highway. The members yelled slurs and outbursts until the news spread for hotel guests to vacate the hotel immediately, and many did not pay. Amid all of this, we find Miss Jackson sleeping peacefully at the Holiday Inn. I am convinced that in 1961 Miss Jackson, along with the students at Knoxville College with the winning float, were correct. “The Key to Peace is through Understanding.” Understanding one another is on the roads to peace.
ian uprising in Budapest occurred against the Soviet occupation. The uprising failed and was brutally crushed, but not before the world saw the Soviet system for what it was – a cruel, nondemocratic occupying force. Great Britain and France were consumed by the Suez Canal crisis at the time along with the British attack there. The USA was in the middle of a presidential election between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. Eisenhower was recovering from a heart attack. The Catholic Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty became a refugee in the US Embassy in Budapest, where he lived
for the next 15 years. This set the stage for the ultimate revolution of 1989, when the Iron Curtain fell 33 years later and the Soviet Union collapsed soon thereafter. ■ Jim Hagerman, city engineering director, deserves kudos for the replacement of the street sign at Jack Dance Street (named after a former mayor) and Kingston Pike. Hagerman is a trustworthy city employee. The Sticky Rice Cafe on Jack Dance Street will benefit from the street sign. ■ Former state Rep. Harry Tindell, who may run for City Council next year, turned 56 last Sunday, Oct. 30.
Booker packs the house for debut concert many “firsts” available to 81-year-olds, and Booker, who is a historian, a civil rights leader and former state representative and city council member, said it helped to see so many friends in the audience, which included singer Kelle Jolly, former mayor Randy Tyree, former Knoxville first lady Janet Crossley and restaurateur Bill Regas (whose invitation to dinner at Ruth’s Chris Booker had to turn down because he was so tired when the concert was done). “Ninety-nine percent of the people I know had never heard me sing before. But I felt extremely good about it,” he said. Accompanied by Vicky Ward, he kicked off his playlist with “Birth of the Blues,” and followed that with a reminiscence about his lifelong secret wish to sing in public. He cred-
he’s often its his friend Marie Owens asked why he sings (owner of Maso many rie’s Old Town Tavern) for country songs: urging him to get up and “ T h e a n s w e r ’s sing when she simple. I noticed him humming grew up in Knoxv ille, along on kaTe n n e s raoke night. “She got see, with WNOX and me up, and I haven’t sat the Middown since,” day Merrygo -rou nd. he said. Light reThey were all I had freshments Bob Booker to listen to until were advertised, but Owens would WLAC signed on have none of that and at night to give us a little brought in a home-cooked, R&B.” Sunday dinner-worthy He brought tears to some eyes with his rendispread. The playlist included the tion of “Dear Heart” and songs from Booker’s CD, was thrilled by the response “Doing it my way,” which he got when he came down featured pop, R&B and off the stage and serenaded some of the audience memcountry standards. Booker told his audience bers.
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Reality has arrived The crash you heard the other day, the one with breaking glass and breaking hearts, was reality settling in at Tennessee. It was almost certainly the end of championship fairy tales, all that tall talk about sweeping the SEC East, big trip to Atlanta and maybe upsetting Alabama in the rematch. Total optimists thought that might launch Tennessee into the national playoff. Sure thing. We now know the Vols are not a championship team. They never were but for a while, they lived on borrowed time. They are error-prone. The offensive line is not good enough. En-
nation for lack of discipline, for blocks in the back on kick returns, for the regression of Joshua Dobbs, for Marvin loss of containment on opWest posing sweeps, for inexcusable blunders. The coach says net results are unacceptable. There thusiasm has been damaged were warning signs. The Vols are fortunate to by frustration. Some stratebe 5-3 and almost bowl eligy is suspect. gible. Do you remember how One fan called the entire they beat Appalachian State? operation a hoax. Smoke It was borderline incredible and mirrors. to watch middle-leaguers Injuries have obviously win in the trenches. taken a toll. Injuries are forThe ending was lost and ever part of the game but found. In overtime on a very there must be a reason for the unsettling opening evening unusual number at Tennes- at Neyland Stadium, Dobbs see. Analysis is under way. fumbled while trying to fly There is no simple expla- into the end zone.
Legalize ballot selfies Singer and celebrity Justin Timberlake fell into controversy last month when he returned home to Shelby County to vote in the presidential election. Timberlake took a selfie in front of a voting machine and posted it to social media. Some folks were not amused. Why? A ballot selfie is likely illegal in Tennessee. A selfie is a picture taken of oneself with a camera or smartphone. A ballot selfie is a picture in front of the voting machine or (in states with paper ballots) a picture of a marked or unmarked ballot. Under Tennessee law, voters are not allowed to take photos or video while in the polling place. Voters are allowed to use electronic devices only for informational purposes to assist during voting. It’s doubtful
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that a selfie would fall under this narrow exception. At least 20 states allow ballot selfies. But banning them is misguided and probably unconstitutional. Some argue that ballot selfies are political speech and laws restricting them violate a voter’s First Amendment rights. Lawyers around the country are challenging restrictions on this basis. In fact, there are at least three cases pending in federal courts on this issue. (If you’re interested in the legal arguments, check
out the Federalist Society’s podcast, “Ballot Selfies are free speech.” Michigan attorney Stephen R. Klein leads the discussion. You can find it online.) Historically, photography has been banned in the polling place to prevent vote buying and voter intimidation. For example, someone pays another to go vote. They bring out a picture of their ballot to prove whom they voted for. It’s illegal. Yet, this concern doesn’t apply in Knox County. One feature of our voting machines is that it is impossible to take a picture of a voted ballot. The ballot is not cast on the machine until there is a waving American flag on the screen. At any point before you see the flag, you can go back and change your vote. Therefore, it’s impossible to take a selfie in front of a voted
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Several people dived for the football. For at least two seconds, the entire season hung in the balance. Officials dug around in the pile. Jalen Hurd had the prize. Touchdown! If a Mountaineer had found it, the game would have been lost and months of monumental dreams would have become a nightmare. Many breathed a proverbial sigh of relief. The Battle of Bristol was a form of football suicide. Virginia Tech gained more yards but lost by three touchdowns. Penalties and turnovers were deadly. Vol Nation smiled as if we had all done something. There was nothing smiley about the Ohio game. Lowlight was Jalen ReevesMaybin suffering another shoulder injury – while cov-
ering a kick. Butch Jones explained that the youngsters weren’t ready for such serious business as special teams. The coach conceded his team was sloppy. He didn’t try to explain the high-wire act, five fumbles but none lost. Living dangerously and winning ugly still added up to 3-0. In the fine print, the Vols were 101st in the country in total offense, 109th in passing and below the middle of the pack on rushing defense. Something was wrong. On the last Saturday in September, Tennessee stopped 11 years of losing to Florida. Hooray. That the Vols trailed 21-0 before they joined the fight didn’t seem to matter. The remarkable victory
ballot on a voting machine in Knox County. Others say that photography in the polling place creates problems. It can. Yet, as we’ve seen nationally with police shootings, oftentimes smartphones are the best tool we have to record misbehavior. If an election official or voter raises concerns, video from a smartphone could be critical evidence to
expose it. Justin Timberlake told late-night host Jimmy Fallon that he took a ballot selfie to inspire people to vote. In this era dominated by social media, Timberlake probably did more to encourage young people to vote than either candidate for president. If we’re serious about the youth vote, we shouldn’t be
over Georgia may become the highlight of Jones’ coaching career. The Bulldogs had the game won but Dobbs, at the last second, threw the ball as far as he could and Jauan Jennings caught it. Miracles do happen. The bubble broke at Texas A&M. Tennessee selfdestructed. Seven was the magic number. The Vols barely had a healthy quorum against Alabama and were overwhelmed. Open date was supposed to be the cure-all. It wasn’t. Summation: Some teams, Kentucky and maybe even Vanderbilt, are improving. It is that time of year. Other teams, ________ for example, are not. Your choice to fill in the blank. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.
threatening an online celebration of their vote. Whatever you think of the socalled “selfie generation,” our laws must encourage young people to vote. It’s time for the Legislature to change the law. Ballot selfies may be silly, but they’re political speech worth protecting. Scott Frith is a local attorney. You can visit his website at pleadthefrith.com
GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Buddy Burkhardt, who chairs the Knox County Republican Party, basically announced his candidacy for Knox County mayor Sunday on Tennessee This Week.
his side. But why didn’t somebody tell Brooks to button the bottom button on his shirt? Distracting!
■ Tim Burchett hit the snooze button and candidates are crawling out of the cupboards to take his job – it’s his for another two years, fellows.
■ The guy who looked like a mayor was on the show’s pundits panel. Scott Frith, once-a-month Shopper columnist, wore a black power suit with all buttons buttoned and every hair in place.
■ Cameron Brooks, the county’s Democratic Party chair, was convivial with Burkhardt. No one threw punches and each did well, representing
■ Cortney Piper sat even taller between Frith and panelist George Korda. Larry Van Guilder used to joke when he did guest appearances that Piper,
a former UT athlete, towered over all the guys. ■ The Trump bus came to North Knoxville, but only U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan got off. Guess the junior Trumps were back in New York, trying to salvage their brand. ■ James Calloway, my nephew, jokes that if Trump wins he might shut down the United Nations and build condos. ■ With my entire family seemingly for Trump, you’ve gotta laugh with them or cry. – S. Clark
KARNS/HARDIN VALLEY Shopper news • NOVEMBER 2, 2016 • A-7
Dodgeball tournament draws more than 1,000
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It was wall to wall middle and high school kids on the football field of Grace Christian Academy last Wednesday evening as more than 1,000 kids from all over Knox County came together for the fifth annual Dodgeball Tournament sponsored by the youth ministry of Grace Baptist Church. It may look like a dodgeball tournament, but in reality the event is a massive outreach to Knox County youth. Youth pastor Bobby Thompson said, “Our goal is to reach kids that won’t come to a normal Wednesday night church service, but they will come to a dodgeball tournament. “We 100 percent love these kids no matter what they look like or where they come from; and we want them to know that they have a place here at Grace Baptist, a place where they belong.” Thompson said his biggest challenge is organizing the event as it grows larger by hundreds of players every year. “We started out with around 500 students the first year and it’s grown by 300 to 500 players every year.” But with over 200 volunteers, “we have it down to a fine science. “We’re intentional and we’re well organized. We’ve learned trial by fire how to register that many kids and how to get the teams where
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Age? No matter When Methuselah had lived one hundred eightyseven years, he became the father of Lamech. Methuselah lived after the birth of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years; and he died. (Genesis 5:25-27 NRSV)
On team Explosion from Karns, Kendall Harvey, 11, dodges a ball while teammate Josie Bailey, 11, is tagged out. they need to be. We’re talking nearly 150 teams registered, in a bracket, and educated on where to be, and what to do. The logistics is huge.” And the prizes plentiful. The kids are divided into four divisions, boys middle school and high school, girls middle school and high school. The winner of each middle school division wins $500, the high school divisions $700. Chick-fil-A awarded one
month’s worth of menu items to each member of the team wearing the best costume or uniform and Dairy Queen donated Blizzard coupons for such things as wearing a school logo.
Jennifer Bezark, 16, on team Charging Donkeys from Karns wins a medium Blizzard from Dairy Queen for wearing the Karns logo.
Kate Bishop, 14, on team Incredigals from Grace Christian Academy, is all concentration aiming the ball to eliminate her opponent. Photos by Nancy Anderson
Bekah Ruckart, the Queen of Bracketville, has the daunting task of moving nearly 150 teams through the bracket system until there is an ultimate winner. “This is my fourth year and this gets more fun as more teams enter. The bigger the better!”
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Let me say at the outset that Bible scholars interpret such longevity as is attributed to Methuselah in different terms. We have no way of knowing how time was measured then, and therefore, it is possible that what the writer of Genesis called years were really months. Nine hundred-sixty-nine months equals 80.75 years, which is still a pretty impressive life span for that era (or for that matter, for our own)! Granted, if we assume Methuselah’s life span to be counted in months, we have to believe that he fathered Lamech at the age of 15, which is certainly not an impossibility! Perhaps I am thinking about age because my birthday was yesterday, and I may as well confess that I am now 68 years old. How did that happen to a nice kid like me? (I have often said that I was born one day and Harry Truman was elected the next, and the world has never been the same!) Certainly, from my now-advanced years, I can look back over world events and personal landmarks, and I understand a little more about how this old world works. It is not always fair, it is frequently not easy, and it is almost always unpredictable. Even so, I have to say I am thankful for so many people (both living and dead) who have shaped and enriched my life. I am grateful, too, for experiences (both delightful and difficult) that taught me, strengthened me, and took me down a notch when needed!
FAITH NOTES ■ Solway UMC, 3300 Guinn Road, hosts a women’s Bible study 10 a.m. each Thursday. The group is led by Cindy Day. Info: 661-1178.
CALL FOR ARTISTS ■ Dogwood Arts 2017 events and exhibits entry deadlines: Dogwood Arts Festival, Nov. 18; Art In Public Places, Jan. 20; East Tennessee Art Educator Exhibition, Jan. 20; Student Art Exhibition, Jan. 20; Dogwood Art DeTour, Feb. 10; Chalk Walk, Feb. 20; Regional Art Exhibition, March 3. Info/applications: dogwoodarts.com or 637-4561.
HEALTH NOTES ■ 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.
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What’s in a name? By Kip Oswald In last week’s article on grading, I wrote about Gresham Middle School. Wondering how Gresham got its name, Kinzy and I found a very cool piece of history to share with you! Gresham Middle School is in a part of Knoxville called Fountain City, and students from Gresham move on to Central High School. I am going to write about Gresham and Central’s story this week. First, the building where Gresham is located now has a long history. It began as a college for teachers! In 1893, it was Holbrook Normal College and then became Tennessee Normal College, where it trained teachers who taught in schools all over the area. The college began losing money and was sold to the Knoxville school board in 1906. The school board used it as the first Central High School. Hassie K. Gresham was a very special teaching student who graduated from the Tennessee Normal College in 1902 and then became an English teacher at Central High School. Gresham worked at Central High School for nearly 40 years both as an English teacher and as the principal. In fact, she was the very first female high school principal in Tennessee and she kept teaching an English class even while she was principal. In 1931, while Gresham was principal, the old buildings were torn
down and the buildings that are there now were built. In 1971, Central High School moved to its current building, and its old building was named after principal Gresham and has been called Gresham Junior High and now is Gresham Middle School. Shannondale Elementary, Sterchi Elementary, Inskip Elementary and Fountain City Elementary send students to Gresham, and each has its own great history – such as Fountain City Elementary starting as the first grammar school in Fountain City in 1903. Hopefully, we can come back to those stories in the future! Next week, we will look at more “First Women” in addition to Hassie Gresham! Send comments to oswaldsworldtn@ gmail.com
New Baker Scholars at UT are: (front) Tristan Smith of Maryville, political science; Travis Clark of Nolensville, Tenn.; Morgan Chance of Memphis; Christina Gore of Franklin, and Feroza Freeland of Memphis; (back) Sarah Smith of Knoxville, political science and Middle Eastern studies; Avanti Rangnekar of Knoxville, economics and philosophy; Elle Johnson of Dunlap, Tenn.; Gus White of Chattanooga; Miranda Isaacs of Elizabethton; McKenzie Manning of Munford, Tenn.; Lauren Patterson of Franklin; Will Gableman of Cookeville, and Turner Matthews of Knoxville, political science.
Baker Center announces newest class of scholars The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee has added 14 Baker Scholars to its program, bringing the total to 30. The students have an academic and career interest in public policy and government, said Nissa Dahlin-Brown, associate director of the Baker Center. “Each student will complete an individual research project while enrolled in courses to help them develop their project. It is a unique experience for undergraduates to be able to target an issue they are passionate about; research it; and discover ideas, solutions and unintended consequences.” Scholars are paired with faculty or professional mentors who help direct their project. In addition to their project work, scholars are encouraged to participate in Baker Center events, guest lectures and conferences. The new class will graduate in May 2018.
UT'S CLASS OF 2017 BAKER SCHOLARS ■ Auria Asadsangabi, political science and economics, Brentwood, Tenn. ■ Hayley Brundige, College Scholars (journalism, public policy, Arabic), Nashville
■ Diana Howell, political science/Latin American and Caribbean studies, El Paso, Texas ■ Emily Massengill, honors political science and Spanish, Franklin, Tenn.
■ Morgan Chance, political science and English, Memphis
■ Caitlyn McCandless, supply chain (economics collateral), Sevierville
■ Travis Clark, microbiology and Russian, Nolensville, Tenn.
■ Monil Mehta, microbiology, Oak Ridge
■ Alina Clay, College Scholars, Collierville, Tenn.
■ Eric Peters, Global Leadership Scholar, economics, Murfreesboro
■ Will Gilman, political science and global studies, Nashville
■ Colleen Ryan, Haslam Scholar, global studies, Nashville
■ Christina Gore, economics, Franklin, Tenn.
■ Tucker Shull, honors political science, Kingsport
■ Roxanne de Guzman, social work, Timonium, Md.
■ Sawyer Smith, political science and economics, Chattanooga
Karns principal to move downtown Darlene Miller has been R idgeda le appointed supervisor of and Brickey early childhood education, elementary effective January 2017. schools. Miller is currently prinMiller cipal at Karns Elementary began her School. career in She joined Knox County administraSchools in 1981 as a kindertion in 2003 garten teacher at Norwood Darlene Miller as an assisElementary. She has also tant prinworked as a teacher at both cipal at Bluegrass Elemen-
tary. She has been principal at Karns Elementary since 2008. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from UT, a master’s degree in curriculum from Tusculum College and an educational specialist degree in administration and supervision from Lincoln Memorial University.
Interim Superintendent Buzz Thomas has made two other key appointments: Carly Harrington, a former reporter for the News Sentinel, is the director of public affairs, replacing Melissa Tindell. Kelly Drummond is the director of human resources. She previously worked in HR at the Boys & Girls Club.
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Spooky Science bubbles up at KES By Nancy Anderson Nearly 300 children and parents gathered at Karns Elementary School last Thursday evening for an evening of spooktacular amazement at the school’s fourth annual Spooky Science Night. Guests were treated to 12 teacher-led experiment and demonstration stations. While all were notable, the most popular included the National Park Service with a hands-on demonstration of animal skulls and furs, retired ORNL scientist Dean Little with his electric Jacob’s Ladder, and second-grade teacher Sabrina Hughes, who astonished the little ones with carbon dioxide gas bubbles that suddenly erupted when they dipped WarHeads sour candy into baking soda water.
The evening also featured the school’s annual science fair, judged by Pellissippi State students fulfilling Tennessee Promise volunteer hours. Event co-chair Linne Berney explained changes to the science fair, saying, “We had to make a change this year in order to making judging easier. Last year’s judging was difficult because we had all the exhibits being judged with one rubric. It was still fair, just difficult since one rubric didn’t really fit all the exhibits. This year we divided them up into demonstrations and hypothesis-led experiments. Two types of exhibits with a rubric for each, but still one prize. “We might see further changes next year by having a first-place winner for each category.”
Dean Little, volunteer and retired engineer, explains thermal energy to Tora Hughes, 10.
Second-grade teacher Sabrina Hughes prepares to hand out WarHeads sour candy. The Kids “ooohhhed” and “aaahhhed” at the carbon dioxide gas bubbles produced while dissolving the acidic candy in water with baking soda.
Thomas Lynberg, 10, Green Andrue Lastimoza, 10, and Wyatt Lehmann, 10, took their experiment to Market Square discovering that people could indeed tell the difference between the crispier convection-baked cooked and the gooier conventionally-baked chocolate chip cookie.
Skylar Butturini, 7, and Cumberland Gap National Park ranger Carol Borneman explore a grizzly bear skull replica at the Spooky Science event Oct. 27 at Karns Elementary School. Borneman said she uses a replica because her exhibit is hands-on and a real skull would be too heavy for children to lift and explore. Photos by Nancy Anderson
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■ All Knox County Senior Centers will be closed Friday, Nov. 11. ■ 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. Chair Zumba classes, 8:30 a.m. Thursdays. Register for: Thanksgiving Season Potluck, noon Tuesday, Nov. 8; sliced ham provided by Sisk Dental. “Top Ten Reason to See a Chiropractor” presentation by Scoles Family Chiropractic, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. Veterans Coffee and Doughnut Social, 9-11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10. ■ 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; lending library with tapes and movies. Holiday Bazaar, 10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16; featuring jewelry, homemade crafts, baked goods, art work, women’s accessories, quilts and more.
Artist Karen Basile lets color guide her paintings By Carol Z. Shane
Artist Karen Basile Stilwell, who signs her paintings “Karen Basile” and pronounces the last name like the herb, defies stereotypes about aging. At 93, she is elegant, sophisticated, graceful and fluid in her movements, with a passion for creativity that would exhaust a younger person. Greeting cards, photographs, poems, framed wedding invitations to which she has added decoration – she’s constantly making the world a more beautiful place. But it’s her paintings that really capture the senses. Impressionistic and colorful, they include seascapes, landscapes, cityscapes, even her grandson as a football player. “As a little girl I wanted to be an artist,” Basile says. “My greatest desire was to have an easel. “My mother had wanted to be an artist and she never followed through. She was born in San Francisco. Her daddy bought her an oil paint set and arranged for instruction,” but a death in the family pre-empted her art les-
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sons. Nevertheless, “she did a lot of artistic things. She always made me aware of the beauty around us.” A recent show at Park Place of West Knoxville, where Basile lives, featured a large number of her works in oil, acrylic and mixed media. Her daughter-in-law
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me, Jesus. I love you.” She went back the next day to show the slab to a friend. It was gone. She was profoundly moved by the whole experience and gained comfort from it. Soon, she returned to her painting. And she hasn’t stopped since. Though she’s had re-
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Persimmon predictions and other folklore “According to old-timers, persimmon seeds can be used to predict the severity of winter weather. When cut into two pieces, the persimmon seed will display one of three symbols. A knife shape will indicate a cold, icy winter (where wind will cut through you like a knife). A fork shape indicates a mild winter. A spoon shape stands for a shovel to dig out the snow.� The folklore and official weather predictions are messing up my mind. I read that the Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a humdinger of a winter this year, so I rushed out to check the persimmon seeds. Too soon! The spoons/forks/knives were in their infancy and not ready to speak to us. This was about mid-September. Now that the heat has gone and fall is trying to make a showing, I gathered a few persimmons; and, yes, the “flatware� had matured.
Recently gathered persimmon seeds hint at plenty of snow this winter, if folklore holds true.
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From the Farmer’s Almanac, I expected to find knives in all the seeds. Not so! It is spoons again this year. Another common folklore prediction is about whether hornet nests are high in the trees or close to the ground. As I understand it, if the hornets build high in the trees, we’ll have a mild winter. If hornets build close to the ground, look out – winter will come in like a lion. I haven’t seen one nest to get the hornet message. Then there’s the woolly worm philosophy. If the woolly worm has long hair, hold on to your heavy coat. If its hair is short, we can get by without several layers of clothing and our heat bill
won’t bankrupt us. We shall see, but according to the persimmon seeds prediction, keep your snow shovel handy. The Farmer’s Almanac is ho-hum until February 2017, when it says the frigid weather will begin. You want to make sure your heat works, your long johns are washed and your slippers are nearby. Get your snow blowers ready. If you see a woolly worm eating a persimmon, throw your
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hands in the air and run! I must mention two characteristics of the persimmon tree. The fruit tastes good if we will just wait for it to get ripe. Folklore says it takes a frost to keep persimmons from being bitter. The other asset is the fall foliage. The yellow, red and green persimmon leaves have made a magnificent showing when there’s not much else to write about.
A different kind of nut It’s nut season in East Tennessee. Now, this piece is not about the nuts out on our roadways, looking at the phone in their laps as they drive towards me with half their car in my lane. Not the nuts, either, who will soon be coming to blows with one another, in the spirit of Christmas, over the unbelievable bargains surrounding them during the already-begun shopping season. We’re thinking nature here, not human nature. And as for nature and its critters, it’s a time of abundance, even this year with its heat and drought. There is a carpet of small nuts under my shagbark hickory trees, and we can’t walk around the place for the walnuts on the ground – ankle turners for sure, buckets and buckets of them. They should be a sign for walnut pie in my future, helping tune up the taste buds for Thanksgiving. For the critters, though, this is a critically important time of the year for all those who either stock up on supplies, or fatten up their bodies, for the winter ahead. One exception is the morbidly obese groundhog that lives under my workshop and does nothing but eat and sleep all year long, and who appears to me to always be ready for hibernation (just in case of a severe cold snap in July). The rest of the animals depend on the big fall food crop to get them ready for several cold months of slim pickings. The acorns, walnuts, and hickory nuts provide a source of rich, fattening food for everything from millions of mice, chipmunks, squirrels and turkeys, on up to deer and 350-pound bears. The size of the mast crop is what tells the tale on surviving the winter and early spring. And through the centuries, as we know, humans have benefited from the nut harvest as well. Historically, whole communities of people have learned to survive and thrive on abundant and dependable crops of chestnuts in some parts of the world, and from huge oak trees full of acorns in other places. In more modern times, autumn was the time for heading out into the woods especially for chestnuts, big nuts full of protein and fat, but even after their demise in the 1930s, still foraging for walnuts, hickory nuts, and the seldomseen others – chinkapins, beech nuts, butternuts. But then there are exceptions to every rule. Think of a big, shiny, brown, tastylooking and abundant nut that isn’t. Isn’t edible, I mean.
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One piece of folklore has it that buckeyes are poisonous only on one side, and the squirrels are able to tell Dr. Bob which side is OK to eat. And Collier one of my dependable rurallife consultants swears that there was a school teacher to whom the kids brought buckThat would be our com- eyes; she supposedly sat at mon buckeye. Carrying a her desk and munched them. Perhaps more factual are buckeye in your pocket is widely known for being ei- accounts of Native Amerither good luck, or for being cans who used powder good for your rheumatism. made from buckeye pulp to Maybe both – I suppose if put into a stream to parayour rheumatism gets bet- lyze the fish, for easy capture. And as most experiter, that’s good luck. Either way, buckeyes are enced farmers know, just as an interesting member of wilted black cherry leaves the nut family, one that city from a fallen tree in the folks are often unfamiliar pasture can poison cattle with, unless you’re an Ohio (the leaves develop cyanide State fan (THE Ohio State compounds), buckeyes are Buckeyes just experienced definitely toxic to cattle. their first loss of the year, to Eating buckeyes can cause the delight of many here in staggering, paralysis and the SEC – but we digress). even death if the animals The brown nuts each have a large pale spot that makes them resemble the eye of a deer, hence their name. But those lovely brown nuts are poisonous, at least to humans. In spite of that, the toxins they contain do not affect squirrels or deer, proven by the fact that the buckeyes that fall in abun dance around our place tend
to disappear somewhere at a rapid pace.
eat enough of them. As for people and poisons, most plants used for their medicinal qualities are poisonous if used incorrectly or in excess. Buckeyes are listed in texts of medicinal plants as having been used for a number of disorders, and even as food, after having been boiled, blanched, pounded, baked and so forth. These are not currently recommended.
After spending a year as a Rotary Youth Exchange student in Taiwan, the Peter Shaffer who left Knoxville is not the same Peter Shaffer who returned. He was 16 when he flew across the Pacific Ocean in August 2015 and he returned in August 2016 as a 17-year-old who now considers himself a “global citizen.� Peter’s exchange was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Farragut. He lived in Gaoyuan City, about 45 minutes by train from the capital city of Taipei. He attended Carter High School and graduates in May 2017 from the Home Life Academy. He is completing his senior at Pellissippi State Community College. Prior to attending Carter he was home schooled by his mother, Christan. “My year in Taiwan was the absolute best experience of my life – so far,� Peter says. “It changed me. I left here as an amazingly shy teenager. I went from being shy to being confident in myself. I learned to let go and laugh more and enjoy myself. I learned that there’s a lot more to learn outside of school.� Peter’s father, Mark, who works for the U.S. Postal Service, said he agrees with Peter that the year abroad changed him. “Maturity is the biggest thing. What fuels that is a combination of becoming independent and just starting to grow up,� he said. “Those are formative years when you are 16 and 17. Peter’s got a new confidence that he can handle whatever comes his way. He also came back more appreciative of what he has at home and of his family and friends here.� Peter now speaks Chinese quite well, and one of the most enjoyable things he did was to simply venture out and explore the country and meet people. Mark said that one day recently Peter was watching TV and fell asleep and started talking in his sleep. He was dreaming in Mandarin. When his Dad told him, his reaction was: “This is super cool. I never dreamed in Mandarin when I was there.� The year abroad also helped Peter make some decisions about what’s next for him. “I’ll decide sometime soon about where I want to go to college, but this exchange convinced me that I want to maybe be a career diplomat or work in the Foreign Service or maybe in international economics – something international,� he said. “This was a real life-changing year for me.�
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Art of healing Artist has passion for Artsclamation! mission Vicki Denaburg may live almost four hours from Knoxville, but the Alabama artist says she has found something here that’s “near and dear” to her heart – Artsclamation! The annual fine art sale benefiting the behavioral health services of Peninsula Hospital, set for Saturday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Lighthouse Knoxville at 6800 Baum Drive, will be Denaburg’s fourth trip to Knoxville but will likely be one of her most memorable. That’s because Denaburg has been named winner of Artsclamation’s first Founders’ Award. The award pays tribute to longstanding event chair Leigh Bailey, who, along with her late husband Doug, launched this event in 2002 to raise desperately needed funds for the behavioral health services of Peninsula. Just as the Baileys were passionate in their support of Peninsula and mental health issues, Denaburg too is keenly aware of the trials faced by those afflicted by mental and behavioral health issues. Back in her Mountain Brook, Alabama, home studio, Denaburg’s paintings frequently help support such charitable causes as heart disease, cancer, juvenile diabetes and even a school for autistic children. “I have close friends who have lost children to suicide,” she said. “I cannot imagine that pain, but that’s one reason I do it. Another reason, one closest to my heart, is watching my son as he deals daily with depression and anxiety, as well as panic attacks. I do it because every family is touched by mental illness. Whether it is their immediate family or a neighbor or a relative, everyone is touched. And I just want to do what I can to help.” She has already helped plenty through her artwork. Denaburg, whose mixed media paintings grace everything from corporate and medical offices throughout the Southeast to homes and movie sets, has been among the top five Artsclamation! sellers each year she has participated.
“I was like, ‘Oh my goodness! That’s my art!’ “It was pretty exciting.” Her mixed media abstract paintings are her first love and were the first to sell. “That’s what I feel my strength is,” she said. “I feel that I’m a natural with it. It’s a lot easier to look at a photograph or a landscape or a flower or a church or something like that and paint, but an abstract has to come from within. It’s just very rewarding when I create something that came from within that someone wants to buy.” Each year Peninsula publishes a wall calendar featuring works by Artsclamation! artists. One of Denaburg’s paintings was selected for the cover of the 2017 Art of Heal-
ing calendar. A little different from her abstracts, the piece titled “Let It Go” features a scene of natural tranquility and beauty where land and water meet. The original will be for sale at Artsclamation! with 100 percent of the purchase price going to Peninsula. “I love to paint nature and God’s beauty,” Denaburg said. “When I look at something that is natural beauty, it makes me want to take a step back and just breathe and just meditate, just be thankful and focus on the good things and not the bad. Just letting go of worries, of stress, of depression, all the things that can hinder our happiness and our emotional state. “Land and water does that for me. It’s therapeutic for me, and I hope it is for others.”
“I do it because every family is touched by mental illness. Whether it is their immediate family or a neighbor or a relative, everyone is touched. And I just want to do what I can to help.” – Vicki Denaburg
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Vicki Denaburg, a painter from Birmingham, is Artsclamation’s first Founders’ Award winner. The award honors founding event chairs Leigh and Doug Bailey and recognizes a participating artist with a strong passion for the behavioral health mission of Peninsula. Her work can be viewed at vickidenaburg.com. Many of her buyers are repeat customers. “I think the fact that I have good shows there and Peninsula’s program is getting donations from it, I would hope that means it’s helping,” she said. “I know it’s helping. Artsclamation! is near and dear to my heart, and I wanted to help the cause – not just make money.” A fashion merchandising major in college, Denaburg began painting 15 years ago. “I’ve always liked color and balance, and I just love decorating,” she said. “To me, creating a piece of art for someone’s wall is like accessorizing an outfit – it’s all interchangeable. It’s very rewarding to be the focal point for a beautiful room of
someone’s home, and to know that my art would bring someone joy enough that they would pay for it and want to look at it every day.” Untold others may have seen her work without ever realizing it, thanks to an Atlanta gallery that rents out her work to television and film companies. Her paintings have been in numerous TV films and movies including the star-studded “Last Vegas.” “I think that was the most famous,” said Denaburg, noting that the film starred Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Robert DeNiro and Kevin Kline. “It was so rewarding because the camera zeroed in on my art in the lobby of a Vegas hotel scene and it was like a focal point.
Peninsula Recovery Services For many people, mental health treatments such as medication and therapy are essential parts of the recovery process. Peninsula offers additional services to adults receiving mental health treatment to equip them to live more satisfying and productive lives. The Recovery Education Center (REC) at the Peninsula Lighthouse campus in Knoxville serves adult TennCare enrollees with mental health diagnoses from around the region by helping them move beyond troubling symptoms through psychiatric rehabilitation. The REC offers interactive classes that provide essential knowledge and skills for pursuing educational, work
or volunteer opportunities and healthy lifestyles. The REC program, based on the internationally recognized best practice model Wellness Recovery Action Plan® (WRAP), helps students
calendars now available There’s something in everyone’s price range at Artsclamation! Prices begin at just $10 for a beautiful 12” x 21” wall calendar for 2017, which showcases the work of 13 of this year’s participating artists. Each page also highlights educational information and resources on a behavioral health topic. Calendars will be available at the event, or may be purchased by calling 865-531-5210. They make wonderful holiday gifts! Proceeds from the sale of these calendars benefit the behavioral health programs of Peninsula, East Tennessee’s leading provider of behavioral health services. Peninsula has helped thousands of people recover from mental disorders and dependencies so they can lead healthy, positive and productive lives.
develop and implement self-directed plans for reaching their long term goals, especially in maintaining mental health recovery and sobriety, if the issue is co-occurring. An on-site job specialist assists REC students in locating, attaining and retaining meaningful work in the community and acts as a liaison with Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Peninsula’s Peer Support Academy (PPSA) is a non-clinical recovery and social support program serving Knox, Sevier and Blount county adults with mental illness. PPSA members attend recovery and holistic health education classes; support groups; fitness, leisure and community service activities; and recreational outings each month. Members have the opportunity to be mentored and develop leadership skills. Choice, empowerment and personal
responsibility are highly valued and promoted by specially trained Academy staff members who have also experienced recovery from mental illness. Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment and Education (COPES), a PPSA outreach program, offers community awareness and recovery education in local venues. PPSA participants are not required to be current or past Peninsula clients. Because the Academy is funded by a grant from the state of Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, all activities and transportation are free of charge. For more information about Peninsula Recovery Services, visit www.PeninsulaBehavioralHealth.org or call 865-970-9800.
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2 SIDE BY SIDE cemetery plots in the Bronze section # 33 in Greenwood Cemetery, Tazewell Pk. Valued at S3,840 ea. Will sell both for $4,000. Willing to neg. (865)688-1561.
Clothing
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2 LOTS Highland Memorial West, value $2900 each. Sell $1400 each. Call 865-414-4615.
6 PLOTS IN A ROW. PRESTIGIOUS HIGHLAND MEMORIAL 5315 KINGSTON PIKE $18000 RETAIL. ESTATE SALE $9000 - mark.sherrod@ optilink.us (706)847-6134
SELLING AS SPECIAL SALES ATTRACTION - FREIGHTLINER, ROLL BACK WRECKER, CUMMINGS 5.9 DIESEL, JERRDAN 19 FT. BED
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Livestock & Supplies
MALTI-POO, 6 MO. OLD - very small, Dachshund 5 1/2 mo. All shots. Needs good home. (423)566-0467
Farm & Construction Equip. Sat. Nov. 5th, 10:00 am Andrew Johnson Hwy At intersection of 139. In Strawberry Plains
Wanted FREON 12 - Certified buyer will pickup & pay CASH for R12 cylinders & cases of cans. (312)291-9169
4 plots in Greenwood Cemetery, Tazewell Pike, prime lots valued at $5225 ea. Willing to negotiate. 865-7052833; 865-804-6645
Millen Garage Builders 865-679-5330 Farm Equipment
Appliances Washer & Dryer Estate by Whirlpool Good cond. Works great, $90 ea. or $160/pr. (863)588-5189 lv msg
WANTED TO BUY STANDING SAW TIMBER Call 865-719-1623
Beautiful puppies, Toys, $350-$450. Tiny white female $600. Apricot male $600. (865) 717-9493
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Adoptions ADOPT: A Loving family wishes to adopt newborn into home filled with joy and laughter. Expenses paid. Please call Jenn and James, 800-518-7030; text 516-817-5569; jennandjamesadopt.com ADOPTION: Our hearts are ready for a new addition to share every family tradition. Please call to make us part of your adoption plan, Kim & Tom 877-297-0013. www.kimandtomadopt.com
TREADMILL - ProForm - 975 SpaceSaver, all extras. Runs fine, good shape. Cost $1600, sell $200. (865)388-2926
Guns & Ammunition BERETTA 12 GA. A390ST SHOTGUN Beretta A390ST 12 ga. shotgun , like new. $700.00 firm (865)789-7707
Jewelry: Costume/Fine SEIKO CHRONOGRAPH WATCH - blue face, like new. $50. Phone (865)2474817
Med Equip & Supplies NEW QUICKIE PULSE6 motorized wheelchair. $950. Jet Hovaround, new batt. & tires, looks good, $450. New box of Pulsox Prosthetics sox for amputated leg. $20. New Harmar outside lift w/swing away $700. Older outside lift $100. (304)412-1403 POWER WHEELCHAIR PRIDE JAZZY Power Wheelchair $495 Good condition 865 405 3259 (865)405-3259
Tickets/Events 4 TN/OHIO FOOTBALL GAMES - Sec. KK, Row 3. $150 for all incl. parking. (865)966-6276 4 UT SEASON BASKETBALL Tickets, Piggyback, Rows 4 & 5, great side court seats in front of UT cheerleaders. Sell tog. or pairs. (865)216-4443
BUYING TN Football TICKETS & PARKING PASSES
“THIS WEEK NEEDING TN TECH TIXS” Call Rudy, 865-567-7426
I NEED 2 or 4 tickets together for UT/TN TECH. 865-315-3950
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We make loans up to $1000. We do credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals. See manager for details. 865-687-3228
Real Estate Sales North Emory Rd & I-75. 4 BR, 2.5 BA, oversized lot, in Teagues Grove, new appls, granite, shows like model, 3,000 SF, subd pool, A+ Powell schools, by owner, $259,900 or lease to own. (954) 547-2747
West FSBO. 4 BR, 2 BA, frpl, lrg fnced in yard, 2 car gar., new wood flooring. Farragut. $169,900. (865) 806-7637
5 to 45 acres rolling pasture off I-40, 15 min. west of Cedar Bluff. (865) 776-3817
Manufactured Homes 3 BR, 2 BA WITH LAND. E-Z Financing. 865-745-2165
I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES 1990 up, any size OK 865-384-5643 REDUCED. 3 BR, 2 BA, 16x80, good cond., heat/AC, $8500. Move to your land or rent lot $180 mo. 423-920-2399 UNREAL! 2 good used 14x70 mobile homes for under $10K each. Must be moved. Call Chris 865-207-8825
For Sale By Owner FSBO, EAST KNOX COUNTY $199,000, 865-933-6572, by appt. only.
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Real Estate Rentals Apartments - Furnished WALBROOK STUDIOS 865-251-3607 $145 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV, Ph, Refrig, Basic Cable. No Lease.
Apartments - Unfurn. 1 BR POWELL - Powell, 1BR, Beautiful secure bldg, Special 1/2 rent now. Water pd, all appl. $520. $150 DD. Credit check req. No pet depoit. 865384-1099 (865)938-6424
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BEIGE SIDE BY SIDE AMANA REFRIGERATOR, with auto ice maker in door. $295. (865)803-9284
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selectticketservice.com UT SEASON BASKETBALL -Tickets (2), aisle seats, sec. 310, Row 5. $395 face value. (865)966-6276
2 BR TOWNHOUSES Cherokee West $615 South - Taliwa Gardens $585 - $625 1 1/2 bth, W/D conn. (865) 577-1687 BEST DEAL OUT WEST! 1BR from $395-$425. 2BR $550-$750. 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
ELDER Apts. North Ftn. City, Inskip, 1BR, newly remodeled, quiet, priv, no pets, non smoking, $450. 522-4133 WEST. 2 BR, 2 full BA, new carpet/ paint, W/D conn, stv & refrig, $650 mo., $500 dep, $50 credit ck. (865) 588-3433
Homes Furnished 2BR, 2BA furnished in Laurel Valley, Townsend TN, Quiet, peaceful, no smoking, Please call 865-448-6867.
Emory Rd & I-75. 4 BR, 2.5 BA, oversized lot, in Teagues Grove, new appls, granite, shows like model, 3,000 SF, subd pool, A+ Powell schools, by owner, $1795 mo. Lease to own avail. (954) 547-2747 HOMES IN THE GREATER KNOXVILLE AREA 7000 Ghiradelli Road, 3BR/2BA Homes $1,025-$1,550 N. Knox Powell Gibbs Corryton Halls Farragut (865)599-8179 NORTH. Cute 2 BR with LR, DR, kit w/ stv & refrig furn., 1 BA, enclosed bkporch, fncd bkyard, W/D hookup, cent heat & lrg AC unit, detached gar. & small shed, close to schools, hospital, busline & shopping. $550 mo. w/$350 sec dep. No pets. No vouchers. 865-688-4328; 423-650-5701 NORTHWEST, 3/1 1/2, carport, extra storage, hrdwds., 1 level, $925 mo. 865-300-9534
Duplx/Multplx UnFurn 2 BR DUPLEX South (off Chapman Hwy) Convenient to Downtown & UT No Pets $565 - $575 (865) 577-1687
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Farms & Acreage 35 ACRES, of mtn. prop. Deer & turkey plentiful. Plenty of space for campers, stream. Western Green Co. on State Route 349. $55,000. (423)620-5546.
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Cherokee West $615 South - Taliwa Gardens $585 - $625 1 1/2 bth, W/D conn. (865) 577-1687
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Exercise Equipment NORDIC TRACK E5 VI ELLIPTICAL EXERCISER - Gently used - about 6 years old $200, (865)247-1655
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Commercial Property /Sale 3500 SF CHURCH BUILDING (10 yrs. old), 1 acre, 10 acres also avail. Powell, TN, (865)945-3757.
Comm Rentals Wanted Expression of Interest Sought: THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request is for information only and does not constitute a request for proposals. Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary. The government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred associated to this request for capability information. The Department of Veterans Affairs Mountain Home, TN seeks to lease approximately 3200 net usable square feet (NUSF) (or approximately 5600 rentable square feet) of space and a minimum of 25 on-site parking spaces (of which, 2ea handicapped) near building entrance for use as a Veterans Readjustment Counseling Services Center within Knox County TN. The space should be on a city bus route and near the interstate for accessibility. The Department of Veterans Affairs will consider space located in a one story stand-alone existing building as well as a ground floor location in a multi-story office building or within a strip mall/shopping center setting. There must be access to the leased space beyond routine office hours (before 8:00am/ after 4:30pm and on weekends). Offered space must comply with all Government requirements for fire safety, seismic and sustainability standards, and ADA code requirements per the terms of the lease. A fully serviced lease term up to 10 years will be considered. Delineated Area: Space must be located within the boundaries of Knox County: North boundary: Middlebrook Pike to Vanosdale Rd to I-40 corridor (inclusive of both sides of I-40) in West Knoxville South boundary: Along Gleason Drive to Morrell Rd to Deane Hill Drive to and along Lyons View Pike East boundary: A line extending Hollywood Avenue North to Middlebrook Pike and South to Kingston Pike West boundary: Bridgewater Road Expressions of Interest must be submitted to the Contracting Officer by 3:00 pm Central Time, Monday, November 7 2016 and must include the following information: 1. Building name, address and location of the available space 2. Amount of offered space in Rentable Square Feet (RSF) and Net Usable Square Feet (NUSF) along with the conversion rate 3. Building ownership information, brokers or legal representatives must show written acknowledgement and permission to represent the property 4. Amount of parking available on-site Contracting Officer: Angela Bailey 1639 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 400 Murfreesboro, TN. 37129 Email: angela.bailey5@va.gov (615)225-3407
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Pike UMC, 7234 Middlebrook Pike. Breakfast, lunch, baked goods, pottery, woodworking, homemade wares and specialties. Everyone welcome. Cades Cove Heritage Tour, 1:30 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $15. Info/reservations: 448-8838. Churchwide Mission Day Event, 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Ebenezer UMC, 1001 Ebenezer Road. UMC Women’s Fall Rummage Sale; Men’s Club Barbecue and “Roots” Youth ministry. Proceeds go to missions. Info/barbecue order: 691-8330 or eumcknox.org. The Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, Lucinda Heatherly Tent 3, meeting, 1 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Speaker: Holli Eckert will tell of her great-grandmother’s memories of the Battle of Gettysburg. Info: 573-1116. “Holiday Market and Craft Fair,” 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church fellowship hall, 6900 Kingston Pike. Guest artisans, local crafters, baked goodies, a silent auction and Lutheran World Relief Fair Trade items. Lunch will be available. Portion of proceeds to benefit Disability Resource Center of Knoxville. Info: Cristall Mount, 300-7490. 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: feralfelinefriends.org. Listening Hearts, A Gathering for Bereaved Moms, meeting, 3 p.m., Christus Victor Lutheran Church, 4110 Central Avenue Pike. Info: 679-1351 or listeningheartsmoms@gmail.com. Open Hearth Cooking workshop, 10 a.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Governor John Sevier Highway. Fee: $20; GJSMA members, $10. Info: info@marblesprings.net or 573-5508. Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagen, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.
Hiring event, 10 a.m.-noon, Knoxville Area Urban League, 1514 E. Fifth Ave. Support Solutions will be taking application and interviewing for support professionals, family providers and related positions. Crowne Plaza Hotel for desk clerks, attendants, housekeeping, foodservice and maintenance. Bring resume. Info: Jackie or Bill, 524-5511. Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection (KCWC) brunch and fall festival, 9:15 a.m., Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Barbara McGrege; topic: “Making Peace With My Past. Complimentary child care by reservation only. The fall festival, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; includes vendor fair and silent auction. Brunch and fair, $12, fair only, $3. Info/reservation: 3158182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@gmail.com. Knoxville Square Dance, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Calling by Stan Sharp, Ruth Simmons and Leo Collins. Live music by the Hellgramites. No experience or partner necessary. Admission $7; students and JCA members $5. Info: on Facebook.
SUNDAY NOV. 6
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, NOV. 11-12 Terra Madre annual Holiday Pottery Show and Sale, Bridgewater Place, 205 Bridgewater Road. Opening reception and preview sale, 5-8 p.m. Friday; show continues 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Info: Facebook. com/TerraMadreKnoxvilleTN.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, NOV. 3-4
Annual “Shindig,” a celebration of the Thorn Grove Community, 1-4 p.m., Thorn Grove Christian Church’s 728 S. Carter School Road in Strawberry Plains. Featuring: live music, bounce house, petting zoo, chili cook off, bake sale, vendors and more. Info: 6607259 or hjsickles@aol.com. “Knoxville’s ‘Merry-Go-Round,’ Ciderville and the East Tennessee Country Music Scene,” 2:30-4:30 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. A lecture and book signing by Ruth B. White; musical performance by David West and the Cider Mountain Boys. Free and open to the public. Info: 215-8824 or EastTNHistory.org. Screening of “Salaam Bombay,” 2 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Free and open to the public. Part of the Library’s “Masterpieces of Indian Cinema” series celebrating India’s rich film history as well as its 60th anniversary of independence. Info: Mary Pom Claiborne, mclaiborne@knoxlib.org. The Vegetarian Society of East Tennessee meeting, 6 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Demonstration by Linda Wade, a certified nutritionist. Potluck supper follows presentation. Cost: $4 or $10 per family. Info: bobgrimac@gmail.com or 546-5643.
AARP Driver Safety classes, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Asbury Place, 2648 Sevierville Road, Maryville. Info/ registration: 922-0416.
MONDAY, NOV. 7
FRIDAY, NOV. 4
Computer Workshop: Word 2007 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.
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2 Jazz Lunch at the Square Room: “Robinella Plays the Music of Aretha Franklin,” noon-1 p.m., 4 Market Square Building. Tickets: $15; available at knoxjazz.org or in person at Café 4, 4 Market Square Building. Info: knoxjazz.org. Mobile Lab Series: Introducing the Computer, 1-3 p.m., Cedar Bluff Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Explore computer basics on a Windows 10 tablet/laptop hybrid: signing in; using a keyboard, touchscreen and pointing device; using app menus; filling out an online form. For first beginners. Call to register. Info/ registration: 470-7033. Reservation deadline for the UT Arboretum Society’s annual dinner and silent auction, to be held 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, Elks Club, 684 Emory Valley Road in Oak Ridge. Cost: $25. Public is welcome. Speaker: Stephen Lyn Bales, the senior naturalist at Ijams Nature Center. Topic: “Woodpeckers, the Great Developers of the Bird World.” All proceeds go to support the UT Arboretum. Info/reservations: Pat Row, 482-9096 or patrow@comcast.net. Tellico Village 2016 Shoppes of Christmas, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Tellico Village Yacht Club, 100 Sequoyah Road, Loudon. Features more than 30 vendors. Info: 657-9087.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, NOV. 2-3 AARP Driver Safety classes, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Road, Oak Ridge. Info/registration: 425-3999.
THURSDAY, NOV. 3 The Authors Guild of Tennessee meeting, 11 a.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 225 Jamestowne Blvd. Published authors are invited to attend. Info: authorsguildoftn.org. Taste of Home Cooking School, Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St. Schedule: doors open, 3:30 p.m.; Cooking Exhibitor Expo, 4-6 p.m.; Taste of Home Cooking School, 6-8 p.m. Tickets: brownpapertickets.com or general admission only at any Food City. Info: info@karm.org; karm.org/ tasteofhomecookingschool; tasteofhome.com.
Fall Mountain Home Tour, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Barn Event Center of the Smokies on Highway 321, Townsend. Presented by the Guild of the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. Tickets: $75; includes lunch. Proceeds benefit the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center educational on-site and outreach educational programs for area schools and Scouts. Info/ tickets:448-0044. “Gift Basket and Doll Sale,” 6:30-8:30 p.m., Church of the Savior, 934 Weisgarber Road. Admission: $5. Info: 584-7531. Livestock Production on Small Acreage, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. UT Extension Eastern Region Office, 1801 Downtown West Blvd. Lunch included. Info/registration: 215-2340. Opening reception for Art Market Gallery’s featured artists exhibits, 5:30 p.m., 422 S. Gay St. Works by painter George Rothery and jewelry designer Jennifer Lindsey on display through Dec. 2. Info: 5255265; artmarketgallery.net; facebook.com/Art.Market. Gallery. Opening reception for “States of Matter” exhibit by Lisa Kurtz and Ginger Oglesby, 5-8 p.m., The District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike. Free and open to the public. Exhibit on display until Nov. 26. Info: TheDistrictGallery.com. Public reception for new exhibits, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Exhibits include: “Abstract Works” by Marty Elmer; “Here, There & Beyond: Marta’s Travel Journal” by Marta Goebel-Pietrasz; “The Variety and Beauty of Friends,” a collection from artists Mike C. Berry, Steve Bryan, Tina Curry, Eun-Sook Kim, Cynthia Markert and Ericka Ryba; “Fiber Works” by Eun-Sook Kim; and photography by Brian R. McDaniel. Info: 523-7543 or knoxalliance.com. University Women’s Club meeting, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., UT Visitors Center, 2712 Neyland Drive. Speaker: Dr. Richard L. Pacelle Jr., professor and department head, Department of Political Science. Topic: “And the Winner is … A Preview of the 2016 Election.” Info/RSVP: Therese Leadbetter, 690-0445 or telhome46@aol.com.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, NOV. 4-5 Rummage and craft sale, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Loveland Baptist Church. 1320 Spring Hill Road. Proceeds go to missions. Individual sales. Table rental: Phillip, 368-8016.
SATURDAY, NOV. 5 Arts and Crafts Fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Middlebrook
TUESDAY, NOV. 8 Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission. “Getting Your House in Order” seminar, 10-11 a.m., Classroom #1, Turkey Creek Medical Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. Seminar focuses on how to leave an organized estate. Registration deadline: Monday, Nov. 7. Info/registration: 1-855-TENNOVA (836-6682) or Tennova.com.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9 Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer (Windows 7), 2-4:15 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info/registration: 215-8700. Mobile Lab Series: Windows 10, 1-3 p.m., Cedar Bluff Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Covers File Explorer and settings: organizing files with folders, personalizing Windows 10. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or similar skills; uses tablet/laptop hybrids. Call to register. Info/registration: 470-7033. Sign Language for Beginners, 1-2 p.m., Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive. Nine-week class runs through Jan. 11. Cost: $90. Info/ registration: Laura Berry, lberry@jewishknoxville.org or 690-6343, ext. 18.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, NOV. 9-10 AARP Driver Safety classes, noon-4 p.m., Fort Sanders Senior Center of Sevier County, 1220 W. Main St., Sevierville. Info/registration: Diane Lewis, 9821887.
THURSDAY, NOV. 10 AARP Driver Safety classes, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., East Tennessee Medical Group, 266 Joule St., Alcoa. Info/registration: Francis Gross, 984-8911. Fishing and Outdoor Swap Meet, 7 p.m., St. Francis Episcopal Church, 158 W. Norris Road, Norris. Hosted by the Clinch River Chapter, Trout Unlimited. Buy or sell fishing, camping or other outdoor gear (no guns). Admission is free; the chapter requests donations of 10 percent of cash sales to support its outdoor education programs for children, adults and disabled veterans. Info: Dennis Baxter, dsbaxter1@live.com or 494-6337.
THURSDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 10-13 Zoo Knoxville Dollar Days. General zoo admission tickets for ages 4 and up are $1 each and parking is free with the donation of a non-perishable food item or pet food. Tickets must be purchased in advance online. Info/tickets: zooknoxville.org.
FRIDAY, NOV. 11 “Glass Tile Jewelry” workshop, 6:30-8:30 p.m., The Basement Community Art Studio, 105 W. Jackson Ave. Instructor: Marianne Gansley. Cost: $25; includes all supplies. Registration required by Nov. 8. Info/registration: 333-5262 or thebasementartstudio@gmail.com.
SATURDAY, NOV. 12 Holiday craft sale, 9 a.m.-noon, Community Church in Tellico Village, 130 Chota Center, Loudon. Proceeds go to local charities. Saturday Stories and Songs: Robin Bennett, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.
SUNDAY, NOV. 13 Deadline to order wreaths during the Oak Ridge Chorus annual wreath sale. Proceeds to benefit the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association. Orders can be picked up Saturday, Dec. 3, First Presbyterian Church, located at the southeast corner of Lafayette Drive and Oak Ridge Turnpike in Oak Ridge. Info/order: Barbara Weber, 4638269; or the ORCMA office, 483-5569 or office@orcma. org. Sing Out Knoxville folk singing club, 7-9 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Open to everyone. Info: bobgrimac@ gmail.com or 546-5643.
TUESDAY, NOV. 15 Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics, 2-4:15 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215-8700. “Research and Apply for Juried Shows” workshop, 5:30-7:30 p.m., the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $8, Arts & Culture Alliance members; $12, nonmembers. Info/registration: knoxalliance.com or sc@knoxalliance.com.
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, NOV. 15 AND 17 Free Microsoft Excel 2013 class, 8 a.m.-noon, Knoxville Area Urban League, 1514 E. 5th Ave. Taught by Pellissippi State instructors. Registration required. Info/registration: Bill or Jackie, 524-5511.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16 Mobile Lab Series: Web Basics, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Cedar Bluff Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or similar skills; uses tablet/laptop hybrids. Info/registration: 470-7033.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, NOV. 16-17 AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, NOV. 18-19 “Art and Craft Affair,” 5-8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Liz-Beth & Company, 7240 Kingston Pike. New works from more than 50 local and regional artists and craftsmen; featuring Jeanne Leemon, Sandy Brown, Bill Cook, Jordan Byrd, Jillie Eves, Cynthia Markert, Mike Ham and Betsy Heerdt. Info: 691-8129 or liz-beth.com.
SATURDAY, NOV. 19 Ancestry in Detail, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration, valid email address and good Internet searching capabilities are required. Info/registration beginning Nov. 7: 215-8809.
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News from Southeastern Retina Associates
Southeastern Retina Associates cares about your eyes and more By Carol Z. Shane Many folks go through their whole lives without needing medically advanced eye treatment. But what about those who suffer from chronic and acute diseases of the eye? Fortunately for them, there’s Southeastern Retina Associates. Known for their expertise in the treatment of a wide range of advanced eye disorders, the SERA doctors all hold fouryear degrees as Doctor of Medicine (MD), followed by three years of ophthalmology residency and a two-year fellowship in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery. All are board-cer-
tified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. And several have completed additional training in research, and are members of the American Society of Retina Surgeons, contributing actively to SERA’s nationally recognized clinical trials program. There’s a reason their motto is “Experience, Expertise, Excellence.” SERA is a subspecialty, referral-only practice. As their website states, “we are the practice that other physicians and eye care professionals turn to for the most challenging retina problems.” With four Knoxville offices, and offices in Maryville, Oak
For 36 years, Southeastern Retina Associates’ surgeons have demonstrated excellence in the treatment of visionthreatening diseases, including: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
■ Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) ■ Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion (BRVO) ■ Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO) ■ Central Serious Chorioretinopathy ■ Cystoid Macular Edema (CME)
Diabetic Retinopathy Macular Hole Macular Pucker Retinal Artery Occlusion Retinal Detachment Retinal Tears (flashes and floaters) ■ Retinopathy of Prematurity
SERA extends mission into research Like any top-notch medical facility, Southeastern Retina Associates’ engagement in the ophthalmological community doesn’t stop with patient care. Several SERA physicians are at the forefront of clinical re-
search participation and the development of major innovations in retina care. November is National Diabetes Month. Diabetic Retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes and is a leading
Ridge, Sevierville, Harriman, Morristown and Crossville, SERA’s physicians are readily available to those who need them. Quality control is important. The doctors monitor and compare data to make sure they provide the highest level of care. And they do this through two different registries. The IRIS (Intelligent Research in Sight) reported in 2016 that SERA exceeded the national benchmarks in all 14 measures reported. The Vestrum Health registry is a private registry focused on U.S. retina specialist data. In its most recent report, SERA compared favorably to other retina specialists at both the regional and national levels. SERA carefully considers costs for their services to ensure they provide excellent value. Multiple reporting tools are studied. Every year, the CMS pub-
cause of preventable blindness among American adults. Approximately 45 percent of diabetics will develop some form of diabetic eye disease. The good news is that preventative measures and current treatments can help keep your vision. Regular eye exams and early treatment can halt the progression of the disease and help maintain good vision in most patients. Physician researchers are
lishes a QRUR for all providers. In the 2016 report, SERA continued to demonstrate high quality and low cost when compared to the Medicare eye provider population. This is noteworthy, as SERA specializes in complex surgical patients and patients with chronic conditions requiring intensive medical treatments, while the comparison group
includes all levels of acuity, including vitally important – but typically less expensive – routine eye care to healthier patients. Retina diseases are serious conditions that deserve fulltime care and full-time availability. Trust your eyes to the most experienced retina team in East Tennessee: Southeastern Retina Associates.
currently working to improve treatments for complications of Diabetic Retinopathy. The Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network (DRCR) is the nation’s leading diabetic research program and coordinates the efforts of over 110 diabetic retinal disease centers in the U.S. Southeastern. Southeastern Retina Associates is Eastern Tennessee’s only DRCR center and has been nationally recognized by the DRCR for excellence in their
research efforts. The National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health and the DRCR work in tandem advancing medical research of diabetes-induced retinal disorders. For the last three years, Southeastern Retina Knoxville has won awards including the top site award for their work in this important trial. Doctors at Southeastern Retina believe this level of clinical excellence is vital to their patients.
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