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VOL. 51 NO. 6

February 6, 2012

Fierce competition

Christian schools compete at The Crown College

Lowe resigns

By Greg Householder The Crown College in Powell was the site of some pretty spirited competition last Thursday and Friday.

The college hosted the Tennessee Association of Christian Schools district competitions in a number of areas. The winners will advance to the state competition in Murfreesboro in March.

The competitions were in three divisions: elementary (grades 4-6), junior high (grades 7-9) and senior high (grades 10-12).

Competitors came from member schools in the Knoxville/TriCities district and also included students who are home-schooled under the TACS satellite program.

Events included fine arts, speech, Bible preaching, duet action, poetry interpretation, a science fair, individual and group singing, and instrumental solos, among others.

Events in the art area included calligraphy, oil painting, watercolor, sculpture, textiles, mixed media, woodworking, still life photography, landscape and architecture photography, and people and animal photography.

Each area is governed by both a general set of rules and category specific rules. Judges grade each entry to a specific judge’s score sheet.

Temple Baptist Academy in Powell was one of the participating schools.

The Crown College hosts the competition each year.

Reports surfaced at press time that Powell High School football coach Matt Lowe has resigned.

Lowe led the team to the state championship game two months ago, losing to Henry County. The team went undefeated during the 2010 and 2011 regular seasons.

Lowe, a 1995 Powell High graduate, has coached the team since 2006. His record as head coach is 49-23.

IN THIS ISSUE

Being crafty

Dr. Bob Collier says what he did last week was a “mountain top experience,” even though it happened on land with many hills...

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See the story on page A-6

Rare film unearthed Did you know that MGM filmed a movie in Union County in the summer of 1972?

A rare 16mm print has been unearthed and will be shown in March at the East Tennessee History Center.

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See Jake Mabe’s story on page A-3

Index Greg Householder Jake Mabe Government/Politics Joe Rector/Marvin West Dr. Bob Collier Faith Schools Business

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Photography judges Matt Brown and Bill Manchester review a judge’s sheet at the TASC district competition last Thursday at the Crown College. Photo by Greg Householder

Four Panthers sign for college football

By Greg Householder One could tell it was a big deal.

First there was the media attention, something not normally seen at Powell High School at an athletic signing. Television and print cameras were in abundance.

And then there was the crowd.

Grandparents, parents, friends and what seemed like the entire PHS student body crowded into the lobby of the school.

Last Wednesday, National Signing Day came to PHS in a big way.

Four players from the 2011 Class 5A state runners-up football were signing to play at the next level.

Wesley Sparks, a 5-foot-10, 240-pound defensive lineman signed with Carson-Newman College. Sparks, a two-year letterman, started games at nose tackle both in his junior and senior years and was one of the most improved players on the Panther squad. In 2011, Sparks logged 30 tackles, one sack, one blocked punt and caused one fumble.

Chris Easterday, a 6-foot, 275-pound offensive lineman, also signed with Carson-Newman College. Easterday is a three-year letterman and starter in the offensive line. He was a 2011 Honorable Mention All District 3-3A

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and he blocked for the state’s alltime rushing record holder and the school’s No. 1 and No. 4 career rushing leaders. He was one of the anchors of an offensive line that helped put up more than 6,000 yards total offense and averaged more than 40 points per game in 2011.

Dustin McPhetridge, a 6-foot2, 235-pound quarterback/athlete, signed with Austin Peay State University. McPhetridge is a first team AP All State Class 5A in both 2010 and 2011. He is a 2011 PrepX-

tra first team offense and All KIL. McPhetridge is a 2010 and 2011 All District 3-3A and District 3-3A Offensive Player of the Year.

He participated in the 2011 United States Army All America combine and was team captain in 2010 and 2011. McPhetridge rushed and threw for more than 1,000 yards each and was a three-year letterman and three-year starter at quarterback.

McPhetridge is No. 2 in Career Total Offense at Powell with 5,574 yards. He is fourth in career rush-

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Mule’s moves on district governor weekend after next.

He told her (and the other Lions) that she will undergo a lot of training, travel around Now that’s something the world to Busan, Korea, to you don’t see very often. Be- the international convention sides the obvious spectacle for more training – along of a very wide building tak- with having a lot of fun. Diing up more than two lanes ane flies to Asia in late June.

Chuck bragged on Diane, creeping at walking pace up Callahan Drive, the old telling the Powell Lions that Mule’s liquor building has one of his objectives during put aside its old life as a his term as district governor purveyor of demon rum and was to establish three new is beginning life anew as a clubs in the district. Diane has been working diligently church youth center. as first vice district governor to get clubs going in Alcoa and Jonesborough.

The district convention is Feb. 17-18.

Greg The Powell Lions will be doing a trash pickup along Householder Emory Road on March 3 and will be having a pancake breakfast at the ApA good number of the plebee’s on Cedar Lane on membership of Callahan April 14.

Road Baptist Church turned out early on the frosty Sat- ■ Noweta Garden Club to meet urday morning of Jan. 28 as Eddie Mays and his gang The Noweta Garden from B&P House Movers Club meets at 10 a.m. Tuesslowly moved the building day, Feb. 7, at Beaver Creek from its perch overlooking Cumberland Presbyterian Callahan and Interstate 75 Church. The program will to its new temporary home be on the growth and denext door to the church. velopment in the Powell It’s not often a liquor store community. Info: Suzanne becomes a church build- Sweat, 385-5508. ing. As one of the members told me, “In its old life this ■ Special Storytime building probably uprooted at Powell Library families. Maybe now it will Kids are invited to wear help them put down roots.”

I couldn’t have said it bet- their pajamas and bring their smiles along with a ter myself. stuffed animal, toy or doll to ■ Powell Lions a special storytime at Powell Branch Library at 6:30 p.m. get DG lesson Monday, Feb. 13. They will Lions Club District 12N learn about dental health district governor Chuck Bai- and listen to some great stoley and his wife, Paulette, ries! Who knew teeth could were on hand last Thursday be so much fun? at the Powell Lions Club meeting to tell former Pow- ■ ‘Steel Magnolias’ ell president Diane Wilkertickets on sale son and the rest of the LiIt’s hard to believe but ons what Diane can expect when she gets voted in as the Powell Playhouse is just

Liquor store becomes church youth center

Eddie Mays (in orange vest) supervises the move of the old Mule’s liquor store building down Callahan Drive on Jan. 28. The building will become the youth center for Callahan Road Baptist Church. Photo by Greg Householder a bit more than two weeks away from its next production – “Steel Magnolias.”

The play will be presented Feb. 23-25 at the Jubilee Banquet Facility. The production will offer a “dinner and a play” format with dinner of chicken, two vegetables, salad, bread, a drink and cobbler pie. The “dinner and play” tickets are $25 per person. Tickets for the play only are $10. Dinner will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and the play will begin at 7:30.

Tickets for the “dinner and play” must be purchased by Feb. 17 and will make great Valentine’s Day presents. Tickets may be purchased from Mona Napier at 947-7428 or 256-7428 or email at monanapier@ comcast.net. You can also

reserve your “play only” tickets with Mona.

There will be a matinee performance 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 26. There will be no dinner served for the matinee and tickets are $5 for seniors and $10 for everyone else.

A weather makeup performance has been scheduled for Feb. 27 should one of the non-matinee performances be canceled due to inclement weather.

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Airplane group seeks ‘stuff’

Lions District 12N district governor Chuck Bailey accepts a $200 check for Lions Club International Foundation from Powell LiThe Airplane Filling Sta- ons president Traci Orberg. Photo by Greg Householder tion Preservation Association is planning a yard sale for an as yet unspecified date If you have “stuff,” “junk” Bernard a shout at 437in the spring. However, they or “treasures” you would 9980 or 933-7158. are collecting “stuff” to sell. like to get rid of, give Rock

COMMUNITY NOTES ■ Fontinalis Club will meet Thursday, Feb. 9, at Central Baptist Church of Fountain City in the Fellowship Hall. Board meeting is at 9:30 a.m., coffee hour begins at 10 followed by the general meeting at 10:30. Michelle Goldsberry with Neighborhood Watch will speak on “Being Good Neighbors.”

■ Northside Kiwanis Club will hold its 41st annual Pancake Jamboree and Sale 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, N. Broadway at Emory Place. Proceeds benefit the club’s Service Fund for community projects primarily focused on children. Individual tickets are $4 and family tickets (limit four) are $10. Info/tickets: Bill Larson, 693-8845.

Make-and-Take The East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress St., will host its third Make-and-Take literacy workshop 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, and 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, to aid parents of children with disabilities and their therapists and teachers with assistive, customizable technology tools.

Participants will be able to explore apps for iPads, iPods, digital books and more. The cost is $10. Participants are asked to bring a flash drive to save their work.

Deadline to register is Tuesday, Feb. 21. Info: 219-0130.

Panthers sign for college From page A-1

and Murray State.

Perhaps most of the media attention was directed at Dyshawn Mobley. Mobley, a 6-foot, 210-pound running back, signed with the University of Kentucky. Mobley was pretty much All-Everything during his career at Powell: 2011 First Team AP All State; 2011 Nashville Tennessean Dream Team honoree; 2011 PrepXtra first team offense; 2011 KIL Offensive Player of the Year; 2011 District 3-3A Player of the Year; All District 3-3A in 2009, 2010 and 2011; and 2009 PrepXtra Sophomore of the Year.

Mobley set the state single season rushing record in 2011 with 3,068 yards. He was the 2011 Blue Cross Bowl Offensive Player of the Game in Class 5A, and he was the 2011 Toyota East-West All Star Game Offensive MVP and set game records for rushing attempts (26) and rushing yardage (118). He participated in the 2011 United States Army All America combine.

At Powell, he was a team captain in 2010 and 2011, a four-year letterman, a three-year starter at running back and a two-year starter at linebacker. He holds eight Powell High School football records and was rated a 3-star recruit

by Rivals.com. He chose Kentucky over Vanderbilt and Mississippi State, among others.

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Film shot in Union County unearthed Free screening is March 2 downtown

MGM’s promotional poster for “The Lolly-Madonna War,� also known as “Lolly-Madonna XXX,� which will be shown publicly for the first time in decades on a 16mm print at the East Tennessee History Center from 7-9 p.m.

Friday, March 2. Admission is free. Parental discretion is advised.

By Jake Mabe A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture shot in Union County in the summer of 1972 and not seen publicly in decades will be shown as part of a new film series 7-9 p.m.

Friday, March 2, at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. downtown. “The Lolly-Madonna War,� also known as “Lolly-Madonna XXX,� will be shown along with a Hal Roach short, “Southern Exposure� starring the now-forgotten comedian Charley Chase, the first in a new First Friday film series, “Treasures from the Vaults,� at the history center. This one is called “Cinema Down Yonder: Hollywood’s Perception of the South.� East Tennesseans who participated in the making of the movie have been asked to appear at the screening.

Bradley Reeves with the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound says the movie will be shown in big-screen format on a clear 16mm print donated to the history center by David Jones. Jones’ father, Jesse, was a longtime local projectionist and worked on several film productions shot in the area. “The film captured the way (Union County) looked at the time,� Reeves says. “Most people don’t even know this movie exists. It

Jeff Bridges and Season Hubley in an MGM still photo.

A production still from the 1973 MGM film “The Lolly-Madonna War,� which was filmed in Union County in the summer of 1972. Photos courtesy Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound was a big occasion at the time. Both the (Knoxville daily papers) covered it.�

Based on a novel by Sue Grafton, the film can best be described as a dark cross between “Deliverance� and the Hatfield and McCoy feud. It stars several well-known actors, including Jeff Bridges, Rod Steiger, Randy Quaid and Robert Ryan. “To me, there’s a lot going on in the film. When you see it in a clear print on the big screen, you may see some things you’ve missed.�

The movie is not available officially in the United States on video or DVD and hasn’t been publicly screened in years. It was shown on pay

Heiskell seniors to learn self-defense The Heiskell Community Center’s senior program will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at the center at 9420 Heiskell Road.

The speaker will be martial arts instructor Toni McSorley who will talk about senior safety issues and self-defense.

Lunch will be served at noon with bingo at 1 p.m.

First Century Bank in Powell will be providing refreshments and door prizes. Bring a dessert and a friend.

Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

cable television in the 1980s and early 1990s. Its two titles derive from the fact that some theater owners did not initially book the film when released as “Lolly-Madonna XXX� (referring to the X symbol for kisses as written on a postcard, a key point to the plot) because they believed it was an adult movie.

In early 2007, the Shopper-News did a series of stories on the making of the movie. Brenda Irick, who talked to us then, visited the movie set and saw Season Hubley (the Lolly-Madonna of the title) shooting a scene.

Walter Seymour told us he helped haul equipment out to the set from the old Hyatt

Regency downtown. He also served as a location scout for the crew in Union County. “I took them over to Fall Creek, which they dammed up and built a small lake to film some scenes,� Walter said. “I also took them to Beeler’s Store and drove them around that area.�

He also collected autographs from the cast.

Walter’s wife, Doris, was hired as a secretary for MGM during production.

Marion Brock, a real-life Greyhound bus driver, was

hired to drive the bus that brings the Lolly-Madonna character “to town� at the beginning of the film. “They pay me a royalty check every time it plays,�

Brock said. He was paid $185/hour ($953/hour in 2010 dollars) while working for MGM. Reeves welcomes anyone who had any connection to the film to participate in the March 2 program. “And we want everybody to come out and enjoy it, especially Union County

residents.�

Admission is free. Parental discretion is advised for “The Lolly-Madonna War.�

Info: Bradley Reeves, 2158856.

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Stop the Campfield media circus

An open plea to Mayor Tim Burchett and Gov. Bill Haslam: Are you embarrassed yet?

You can’t be enjoying the media storm over Stacey Campfield’s analysis of the origin of the HIV pandemic – “It was one guy screwing a monkey, if I recall correctly, and then having sex with men. It was an airline pilot, if I recall,” or his reassurance that heterosexuals are at no risk of catching AIDS as long as they stick with their own kind – can you?

Admittedly, it was kind of a hoot when he went on Phil Williams’ radio show and argued medical science with the director of the Knox County Health Department, Dr. Martha Buchanan, but that act will get old fast.

Maybe there’s some value in keeping a guy like Stacey around in case you need a live chicken’s head bitten off or a bill dropped abolishing the Metropolitan Planning Commission, or some such.

Circus geeks need love, too.

And to be fair, I suspect you both were as aggravated as I was when national commentators ridiculed him as a typical dimwitted product of Tennessee education. You both know that Campfield is a New Yorker who completed what passes for his education before he ever decided to grace us with his Staceyness. I guarantee you that his blog would look a lot better if he’d been in Evelyn Davidson’s 5th grade class at Fountain City Elementary School, even though it probably would have taken him two years to get through it.

I could go on and on like an off-the-record Republican, but column inches are precious and readers get bored, so I’ll get to the point: Don’t you think it’s time you guys dropped an anvil on

field, “word” was false, and falsely accusing someone of a crime is libel, so he’s been sued. Byrge’s lawyer, David Dunaway, accuses the senator of using his stateowned computer to make a false allegation with the intention of influencing an election.

And it wasn’t just any election. It was the election that changed the balance of power in the Tennessee House of Representatives from Democratic to Republican – by one skinny vote.

Campfield first claimed legislative immunity. When that didn’t work, he threw Republican House Caucus chair Glenn Casada under the bus by giving him up as the source.

When Casada said he had no idea Campfield would be reckless enough to put unvetted gossip in writing as truth, Campfield found himself the sole defendant.

Dunaway sounds like he’s looking forward to trying the case, probably

in the spring: “Three weeks before a very close election, he said my client was a convicted felon who engaged in drug trafficking. ‘The mug shots are golden. …’ That was the election that swung the House from Democrat to Republican and Campfield was the hatchet man. He did it with actual malice and reckless disregard for the truth, and he did it to make himself look good in the eyes of everyone else at the expense of a decent guy, Roger Byrge.”

You ain’t seen a media circus yet.

So, Mayor and Governor, I leave you with a claim from defendant Campfield’s 2010 campaign website: “Stacey Campfield has been a pioneer in using the Internet to better communicate with constituents and the people of Tennessee and connect them to the legislative process, and he will continue to do so as your state Senator.”

Please, find that anvil.

field blog post from Sepinto law.

Mayor, nobody held a tember 2008: “Word is a ... mail piece constitutionally protected Betty gun to your head and made has gone Bean you praise Campfield’s stubout exposing Byrges bornness or volunteer to cut (sic) mulStacey Campfield’s head? him a radio ad. tiple drug (And speaking of not Metaphorically, of course. arrests.

With all due respect, you feeling the Staceyness, the Including owe it to the rest of us. True, only big GOP name missarrests for you didn’t create him, but ing from the host commitpossession you certainly were his en- tee was that of Speaker Campfield and drug Pro Tem Jamie Woodson, ablers.

Mayor Burchett, it’s not who subsequently gritted dealing. (I hear the mug your fault that your retire- her teeth through a year as shots are gold.)”

Unfortunately for Campment from the 7th District Campfield’s Knox County senatorial seat opened up the opportunity for Campfield to succeed you. He got Maybe there’s some value in keeping a guy like through the primary without your help, winning a Stacey around in case you need a live chicken’s whopping 38 percent of the vote, which indicates that head bitten off or a bill dropped abolishing the most Republicans weren’t Metropolitan Planning Commission, or some exactly feeling the Staceyness. such. Circus geeks need love, too.

But once he put that R behind his name, he was golden.

A Democrat can’t beat seatmate before resigning him and you guys were just from office to run an eduicing on the cake – straight cation think tank. Might butter. But you didn’t just we still be blessed with her support him. You helped effective, intelligent repthrow him a Club LeConte resentation if she’d had a fundraiser. Granted, there different co-worker? How were a bunch of other promcome she alone had the inent Republicans on the cojones not to fold into the host list who also should have known better, but as pack?)

It’s not too late to coryour mother used to tell rect your mistake, but you you, just because everybody better hurry. January was else is jumping off the Gay bad, but it’s going to get Street Bridge …

And, Governor, don’t way worse when Campfield think you’re not Campfield- has to trek up to Campbell culpable just because you County to defend himself in didn’t actually show up at a $750,000 libel suit filed the LeConte wingding (I by former state House canthink you were off cam- didate Roger Byrge. Byrge is paigning in Bucksnort). It’s a Democrat who lost a 2008 Ready to rumble (or at least break ground) not like you didn’t know race by 391 votes to Union Prior to the groundbreaking Thursday for the new elementary school at Northshore what to expect, so don’t ex- County Republican Chad Town Center are Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre (boot at left); Law Director Joe Jarpect anybody to feel one bit Faulker, a Knox County ret, who had no intention of getting muddy; and Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones, sporting sorry for you when you have deputy sheriff. stylish wingtips. Photo by S. Clark At issue is this Campto sign his cockamamie bills

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Mayors move KTSC off dead center The final chapters of the Gloria Ray era at Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation are still being written on my deadline.

Victor Ashe

However, this much is clear. The Ray years at KTSC are over. It is only a matter of time when she departs and what the final pay package is. Some feel she should pay back money to KTSC as she has been overpaid for years instead of KTSC buying her out.

If this needlessly unending saga does end soon, we can all thank Mayors Burchett and Rogero for their strong, unequivocal statements that Ray and the executive committee had to step aside.

When the two mayors speak, people listen.

Burchett and Rogero voiced views the public had been feeling for weeks. This sets the stage for further cooperation in other areas such as greenways, transportation, parks and historic preservation such as Blount Mansion.

I applaud Burchett and Rogero for their leadership on tourism. It took them to get this off dead center.

As this is being written the KTSC board meets (on Friday). It will need many meetings and soul searching to determine what went wrong and how it does not occur again. How did the board let this happen?

Frankly, there is enough blame to go around. Everyone failed the test of fiduciary responsibility. It appears Ray was paid at times without an approved contract by the executive committee or the board.

Apparently, she negotiated with a few, and nobody else asked questions.

As KTSC goes forward there will need to be total transparency. Pay to Ward Phillips, the attorney,

Vols add value to NFL The NFL just wasn’t the same without Peyton. Oh, we checked Colts scores but they didn’t really matter except in the context of first draft pick.

Other former Vols kept us watching. There were 38 on September rosters. Seventeen made the playoffs.

Jerod Mayo, Shaun Ellis (Patriots) and Deon Grant (Giants) helped entertain the Super Bowl multitude.

It was a good year for several. Jason Allen (Texans) had four more interceptions.

Two Colquitts (Britton, Broncos; Dustin, Chiefs) punted well. Parys Haralson (49ers), Kevin Burnett and Marvin Mitchell (Dolphins), and Robert Ayres (Broncos) were contributors. Ramon Foster (Steelers) numbers have grown to 6-6, 325, $480,000.

Donte Stallworth (Redskins) revitalized his career.

Chad Clifton healed enough to resume work. Scott Wells made the Pro Bowl. Both work for the Packers.

Jason Witten continued as a Dallas poster person but caught grief for roaring past the sideline and taking out unsuspecting cheerleaders.

Jabari Greer (Saints) was entertaining, even when I didn’t understand what he was saying.

Another Saint, Robert Meachem, caught 40 passes, six for touchdowns. John Henderson (Raiders) was gimpy at the finish. I may eventually find something good to say about Albert Haynesworth (Bucs maybe).

Denarius Moore (Raiders) led the younger generation. Luke Stocker (Bucs) made a decent first impression. Montario Hardesty (Browns) ran and caught but was limited by a leg in-

and any public relations contracts will need to be made public and kept low.

The board must be frugal in what it pays Ray to depart. It needs to adopt new procedures and devote more time to the clean up and morale building now needed. Don’t be surprised if Ray sues.

If a reader is on a nonprofit board my advice is to take it seriously and ask questions, especially about pay for the CEO. ■ Harry Tindell is retiring after 22 years as a state representative. In 2015 (Oct. 30) he reaches age 55 and will be eligible to receive his legislative pension which will be $1,650 a month for the rest of his life based on $75 a month per year of service. His plans for post legislative activity have not been set.

■ City Council has picked an able attorney to replace Charles Swanson, now the city law director.

He is Rob Frost, former council member for 8 years.

However, it almost did not happen.

First, Frost had to survive the cut from 15 applicants to 5 finalists. He actually got all nine council votes in that round which made it look like it was his to have.

But then it took three more ballots on a separate day. In fact, on the first ballot, Frost only got three votes (Campen, Pavlis and Stair) who stayed with him for all three ballots. Wallace on the second ballot switched to Frost, giving him four votes.

On the third ballot, Della Volpe, who succeeded Frost on council, finally voted for Frost which gave him the necessary five votes. Della Volpe has the distinction of voting for each of the three board taking time to hear finalists on the three differ- from me today. It was clear ent ballots. that the board understands that I was told that every Statement from Ray contract I signed had been Late Friday, Gloria Ray properly approved and, that issued this statement: “I am I entered into all contracts so proud of KTSC, and all in good faith. I look forward the success and accomplish- to working toward a resolument that we have achieved tion that is best for all paras a team. I appreciate the ties involved.”

ing at somebody else.

A great junior season and 14 touchdowns put Foster in line for NFL riches or the all-time Tennessee rushing record. His mom wanted him to stay in school. He needed only 684 yards. He got 570. Somebody thought he didn’t match the Clawson system.

All along, Foster was different. He never fit the jock profile. He seemed introspective, generally quiet, keen mind, creator of poems, essays, philosophy stuff.

A media request for interview time caused considerable confusion. Arian said OK if questions and answers were in Pterodactyl, some made-up dinosaur language. It was kind of goofy silly but it fit Foster’s quirky image. It did not fit the mood or scene.

Off to the side, a very serious Phillip Fulmer was

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Arian Foster (Texans) is a reason to have spotlights.

What a story! From undrafted to league-leading rusher in 2010, fifth in 2011, focal point for Houston fans and foes, all-around capable, inside or pitch sweep, excellent receiver, many additional yards after contact. This is the mark of a gladiator.

Some things remembered from years ago: A high school coach said Arian wasn’t running back material and made him a linebacker. Randy Sanders found him while look-

talking about quarterback troubles. Indeed, the team needed leadership. Jobs and careers were at stake.

“Veeeeek!

Veeeeek!

Veeeeek!” Foster shrieked.

Pterodactyl? Journalists did not know whether to flee or weep.

Arian acquired a reputation for untimely fumbles.

Big turnover was in the 2007 Outback Bowl, fourth quarter, Vols pushing to break a tie. A Penn Stater grabbed the loose ball and ran 88 yards for a touchdown.

Foster fumbles contributed to 2008 losses to UCLA and Auburn.

Many positives were negated by negatives. Scouts erred. Arian missed wealth but got a free-agent job and emerged a winner. He is not a chronic fumbler. Strangely enough, he even makes sense.

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would call last week a mountain top experience, even though it was actually located in a landscape of many hills. Real, southwest North Carolina, almost in Tennessee and almost in Georgia, hills.

Populated by a host of interesting, talented, skilled and generally unusual people.

I was a student at the John C. Campbell Folk School, overlooking the bustling metropolis of Brasstown, N.C., (consisting of nine buildings, best I could count). Recommended to me by various friends and acquaintances, I had been curious about the Folk School for several years, ever since I began my serious interest in making bowls on the wood lathe back in 2003.

Lots of us who enjoy doing a craft find it helpful to get away for a weekend or a week with a good instructor and a group of folks with the same interests, to share ideas, learn some new stuff and get the juices flowing again. So, with a weeklong course promising lots of information about how to improve and grow my craft, I packed the car with wood, tools and my toothbrush, and headed for the remote southwest corner of

North Carolina.

Now, craft means a lot of different things to a lot of people. Folks in our area are accustomed to craft fairs and craft shows, and are probably most familiar with quality crafts through the work of the Southern Highlands Craftsman’s Guild, with its big center near Asheville and annual shows in Gatlinburg.

Many of the crafts we see happening in our region today are holdovers from the days when people had to make whatever they had, whether it was tools, chairs and tables, clothes and quilts or musical instruments.

And those skills, of course, were brought along with their parents and grandparents from whichever “old country� they happened to be from. And many of those skills were beginning to fade away and be lost as the years went by.

A big move to preserve, revive, encourage and teach all the Appalachian Highlands crafts came about in the early 1920s and into the 1930s. The Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg began in 1912 as the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School to educate poor Indian chil-

A canteen gourd decorated with fancy basket weaving

dren; by 1945 it had morphed into a nationally-known school, teaching a wide range of crafts. The John C. Campbell Folk School, originally patterned after folk high schools in Denmark, was started in 1925, teaching various crafts like blacksmithing, carving, making musical instruments.

Those two schools, along with Berea College in Kentucky, The Penland School in North Carolina and a number of others, got together and founded the Southern Highlands Craftsman’s Guild in 1929. And the research and hard work by all those fine schools and people in the 1920s has resulted in the tremendous amount of interest and skill in crafts made with the hands, all through our Southern mountains area.

Which brings me back to the subject at hand – my week at John C. Campbell Folk School. When I looked through the catalog, I was initially dubious about mention of a good bit of storytelling, singing and music-making that I feared would take away from my woodturning time. Not to worry. It all worked in just fine and was most enjoyable, from mountain music before breakfast to the Friday night, Grand Ole Opry-type concert, and it just added a bit of fun seasoning to the mix.

My instructor was a personable chap from Bogalusa, La. He was

a skilled woodturner and artist who had been a commercial artist, schoolteacher and textbook sales rep, and who paints half-a-dozen huge Mardi Gras floats for the Bogalusa Mardi Gras parade every year.

He could take a scrap of wood from the workshop trash barrel and carve a beautiful dogwood blossom before your very eyes in a matter of minutes. He showed us how to beautify and enhance our woodturning work with inlay, woodburning and carving, and sent us home with enough ideas to work on all winter.

The week was spent working morning and afternoon in the various shops and studios, doing blacksmithing, furniture making, fabrics and baskets, drawing from nature, and turning wood. Then all the various classes would come together for the three hearty, family-style meals they set before us every day and talk about what we had been doing. There were students there from most everywhere – Maine, Wisconsin, Florida. And it was a hoot to see some sooty, carnivorous blacksmith student talking about his work with a table of neat, prim, tofu-fuelled sewing ladies. Some of the people-watching was worth the price of admission.

The last evening was a big showand-tell, with everybody displaying and explaining their week’s efforts.

And it was a remarkable show. It would be hard to look at all that good work and not go home all full

of enthusiasm for your next attempt at being crafty.

A man named Allen H. Eaton did an immense amount of research on Highland crafts and wrote an important book on the subject, “Handicrafts of the Southern Appalachians,� which came out in 1937.

He summed up the importance of hand crafts in these two sentences: “Learning through books and the wide use of reading and writing are for the masses of our people comparatively recent achievements; making things with the hands has been an everyday practice for ages.

Is it not possible that we often overlook the great amount of learning that comes through doing; and especially doing work with the hands which calls for skill, thought, and artistry?�

But please, allow me to remind you: you have hands, too. And you undoubtedly have a talent or a skill.

Whether you like to work alone, or go out and sew or quilt with a bunch of people, making good stuff with your hands is, well, it’s good for you.

Need some ideas or inspiration?

Check out what folks are doing in the Artisan’s Village area near Gatlinburg or at a craft gallery closer by or take in a craft fair somewhere. You can do that stuff, too. Throw down that TV tuner and make something!

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The demon’s question Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.�

(Mark 1: 23-25 NRSV)

The Rev. David Graves is accompanied by friends from the Holston Conference UMC at a reception Jan. 29 in his home church, Fountain City United Methodist. Graves is the Holston Conference’s nominee to be bishop. Supporters are: Jay Garrison, attorney and lay candidate for the UMC Judicial Council; the Rev. Charles Maynard, district superintendent in Maryville; the Rev. When the phone rings at Jim Whedbee, senior pastor of Fountain City UMC; the Rev. Carol Wilson, executive assistant to Bishop James Swanson; the Rev. 2:30 in the morning, it is Doug Fairbanks Jr., district superintendent in Knoxville; Graves, district superintendent in Kingsport; and Del Holley, lay leader never, repeat, never, good and head of the Holston Conference delegation to the jurisdictional conference. Photo by S. Clark news.

So when I picked up the phone and answered it, already writing the possible scripts in my head, I heard ference which represents ed,� said Graves. “Last time, ond UMC in Knoxville, was my senior pastor’s voice at

By Sandra Clark youth director and associ- the other end of the line.

The Rev. David Graves more than 900 churches in it took 36 ballots.�

He was on his way to the parts of Tennessee, Georgia The quest for office ate pastor at Hixson UMC, came back to the church hospital to deal with a famrequires endorsements, and was pastor at St. Matwhere it all began to launch a and Virginia. ily medical emergency. He Bishops are appointed for travel expenses, brochure thew UMC in Kingsport. “journey� toward becoming told me he would not be at He was then senior pastor life, and Graves, 53, could printing, postage, website a bishop in the United Methodist Church. He refuses to serve as bishop for 16 years, creation and maintenance, at Ooltewah UMC for 11 church the next day, and I call it a campaign, but the he said. Afterward, he could and other connections years, as the congregation said, “So, who’s preaching?� “You are,� came the anaccept an appointment in a with social media. Graves grew from 211 to 656 with parallels are striking.

Graves preached at the local congregation. Conrad estimates about $15,000 1,000 members. He now swer.

Suffice to say, I didn’t go Fountain City UMC on Jan. Majors was outspoken: “We for his journey, and he had serves as superintendent of back to sleep right away. envelopes the Kingsport District and 29, and he met with family want you to come back and contribution First, I checked my has conducted short-term available. be our pastor.� and friends in an afternoon medical books to see what In an interview Jan. 21 missions to India, Mexico, That’s not likely to hapreception. Now district suI could learn about the perintendent in Kingsport, pen. David and Nancy Graves with Clint Cooper of the Chat- Appalachia Service Project situation he had described and John’s Island. tanooga Times Free Press, own a house near Ooltewah Graves grew up in Fountain David and Nancy have then I hauled out my Bible, City, graduated from Central and expect to retire there. As Graves said: “I’m blessed by High School and UT, and bishop, he could be assigned (Holston) nominating me as two grown children, Casey my copy of the Revised and Gregg. They began life Standard Lectionary, and calls the church his home. anywhere in the nine-state a person to be looked at.�

Whatever happens, “this together in the parsonage at my favorite commentary to His parents, Fred and Billie southeast region.

The selection is in July at journey has helped me to Second Methodist, next to settle in for some sermon Graves, were present, and he acknowledged his uncle, the Jurisdictional Confer- be a better leader,� he said, the gym, where they hosted prep. I already knew – beence at Lake Junaluska, N.C. adding that self-promotion more than 7,000 visitors for cause I had selected serTommy Schumpert.

Five of 15 bishops in the Delegates (both clergy and is “totally out of my char- the 1982 World’s Fair. Nan- vice music and hymns to cy is with him for this leg support the theme of this Southeast Jurisdiction will lay) get five votes per round. acter.�

He was in Chattanooga to of the journey as well. “She healing story – that I was For the fi rst time, this year’s retire this year. Graves is said, ‘wherever you go, I’ll facing the subject of demon one of 13 ministers nomi- vote will be electronic rather speak at Hixson UMC. possession.

Since graduating from go with you,’ � he said. nated to fill those five spots. than by paper ballot. “When Oh, goodie. “We are all called to make Graves has He was the unanimous one person gets 60 percent seminary, I worked out some things choice of the Holston Con- or more, he or she is elect- worked with youth at Sec- a difference.� to say about the text, and announced to the congrefood pantry to local families gation on Sunday morning in need 6-8 p.m. every third Tomlinson to speak at KFL that the sermon was both Thursday. Info: 688-5330. short and very fresh.

Tim Tomlinson will be the There was, however, one Rec programs guest speaker for the Knoxville Community line in the text that I foâ– Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Fellowship Luncheon at noon cused on, and it haunts me Services Oak Ridge Highway, holds a Tuesday, Feb. 7. The KFL is a still. â– Dante Church of God will beginner yoga class 6-7 p.m. group of Christian men and women But first, some backdistribute Boxes of Blessings Mondays in the family life ground. who meet weekly at the Golden (food) 9-11 a.m. Saturday, center. Cost is $10 per class The demon, oddly Feb. 11, or until the boxes are or $40 for five classes. Bring Corral in Powell.

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And then comes the question. One translation renders the demon’s question (and notice that the demon speaks in the plural), “What do you want with us?�

Clearly, Jesus wanted the demon to leave the poor man, and commanded it to do so, in no uncertain terms: “Be silent, and come out of him!�

The demon obeyed, convulsed the man and came out – as one translation renders it – “with a shriek.�

But the line I can’t get out of my head, and which echoes down the centuries and reverberates around in our own souls, as well as in our churches, homes and places of business, is this one: “What do you want with us?�

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Puttin’ on the ritz PHS shows off prom fashions

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Last Thursday was a night of high fashion at Powell High School.

The classes of 2012 and 2013 and school staff put on the Midnight Glow Fashion Show to benefit the senior class.

The show presented prom fashions for this spring.

Makayla Morton and Jazzmine Mills kicked things off with some song and dance.

Featured models were: Melanie Rivera and Tyler Sexton, Patrick Kennedy and Callie Jones, Jay Scarbro and Sandy Neibert, Will Ridenour and Jessica Williams, Tyler Korth and Iesha Hill, Melissa O’Mary and Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas Taylor, Cassidy White and Tucker Hyde, Carissa Anderson, Michelle Casini, Tyler Sexton and Fredda Marlow, Greg Pavinich and Michele Lindsay, Dyshawn Mobley and Rinaz Barzinji, Kourtni Fandel and Chad Howlett, Justin Wood and Alana Henley, Heidi Lim and Darrian Farmer, Canaan Lindsay and Chris Lindsay, Justin Lamb and Julie Holt, Jessica Dechaine, Nathan Langlois and Alexis Gillespie.

Musical interludes were performed by Bethany Un-

As the regular season winds down, District 3-3A teams are battling for tournament seed positions.

The Powell High School basketball teams split pairs of games with both Central and Anderson County.

On Jan. 27 the girls rolled over Central 44-25. Shea Coker led the Panthers with 13 points including two from beyond the arc.

The boys fell to the Bobcats 46-40. Clay Payne led Powell in scoring with 13 points, including a 3-pointer. Joey Macourek added 10, including two from 3-point range.

Last Tuesday, Powell split a pair at Anderson County.

The girls struggled and, despite a valiant comeback effort, fell to the Mavericks 3124. Dimiyah Moore led the Panthers with six points.

The boys held on in double overtime to down AnMakayla Morton warms up the crowd at the Midnight Glow derson County 78-72. MaFashion Show at Powell High last week. Photo by Greg Householder courek led Powell with 28 points, including five from derwood and Will Ridenour, were: the Class of 2012, beyond the arc. Payne added and Iesha Hill.

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By Shannon Carey Star Trek fans will remember that Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock, once wrote a book called “I Am Not Spock,” in which he tried to separate himself from that iconic character. Later, he made his peace with the pointy-eared Vulcan and wrote another book, “I Am Spock.”

If you’ve lived in Knoxville for a while, you may have heard of the Shopper, or the Halls Shopper, no matter where you live. You may have heard of the dynamic duo of Sandra Clark and Mary Lou Horner. Some may even know that for a while we tried to become the Halls News to get away from a name that some would say brands us in a negative way.

When we expanded to Bearden, Farragut and Karns, we considered changing yet again, but in the end we decid-

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You see, the Shopper-News got its start as the Shopper’s Guide in Halls. The name came from the fact that the newspaper paid for itself with full-page ads to the local grocery stores, a tradition you can still see in our Food City and Kroger advertising.

I’d call 40 years a rich history, one worth cherishing.

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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • FEBRUARY 6, 2012 • A-13

NEWS FROM GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE

Are you ready for kindergarten?

By Shannon Morris

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indergarten is a huge step for families, and often more for the parents than for the child! Sending your little one off to kindergarten for the very first time is a big milestone, and making the right choice can be a big decision for families.

At Grace Christian Academy, we understand the importance of choosing the right school for your child. If you are looking for a kindergarten in an environment that provides opportunities for academic excellence, spiritual growth, and a warm, safe and loving atmosphere, we’d like you to consider Grace Christian Academy as the perfect place to meet those needs.

It is our mission to provide a sound, biblically-based education that will shape your child in every way – spiritually, socially, physically and mentally.

So that children will be properly prepared academically, Grace invests much time and energy equipping each kindergarten student with the basic skills necessary to be a vital member of the community. Kindergarten should be the place where those foundational skills are developed, so that children can readily adapt to the challenges of elementary education, and beyond.

Learning in action at Grace Christian Academy.

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Grace prides itself on offering a challenging, age-appropriate curriculum, with a strong emphasis on phonics, reading development and core mathematics concepts.

In addition, kindergarten students have the opportunity to explore their personal interests and curiosity through six special area classes each week. These classes include library, art, computers, Spanish, physical education and music. The goal is that each child be exposed to a well-rounded and broad spectrum of learning and personal enhancement.

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world view. This means that even at an early age, kindergartners are taught that learning is a gift from God, that the Bible shapes the way we think, and that morals and character traits are as important to education as the “three R’s.” This biblical worldview is seen in lessons in areas of language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. The curriculum also provides a Bible class as one of the core components of the kindergarten experience.

If your family is nearing the point of making that big decision about kindergarten, we invite you to attend our open house at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, or you can schedule a personal tour of the school. You may choose to begin the

Grace kindergartener Jayden Ford selects a book in her classroom. Photo by Kara McKamey application process at any time by completing a student application accompanied with the appropriate fee, which will be followed by a student screening and a family interview.

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‘Extremely’ exciting

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Williams signing a first for Grace Chesney Williams (center) commits to the University of the Cumberlands Jan. 25. She will receive a dual scholarship in softball and soccer. Chesney is the first Grace softball player to receive an athletic scholarship. As a five-year starter for Grace, she was instrumental in leading her team to be 2011 District Runner Up with a district record of 7-3. Her talents also extend to the soccer field. Chesney was the starting goalie with seven shut-outs, and her GAA (goals against average) was 1.74. Chesney looks forward to being a part of the Patriots soccer team as well. Pictured here are (front) Chandler Williams, University of the Cumberlands assistant coach Heather Rutherford, Chesney Williams, Greg Williams; (back) Amanda Walton, Ronnie Wright, Scott Wright, Dean McDonald, Jill Wright, Katherine McDonald and coach Dwayne Hunt.

In January, two staff members from Grace Christian Academy took part in an experience of a lifetime. ABC’s “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” chose a family in Knoxville to bless with a full home makeover.

In order to make this transition a swift and speedy process, many skilled construction workers, designers, landscapers and other experts came together to expedite the project. Volunteers from all over Knoxville worked day and night to see the house come to fruition by the deadline.

Grace’s head football coach Randy McKamey and assistant coach Eric Woodard are two skilled construction workers who

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helped frame the home. It was not a glamorous shift as they labored from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. in freezing temperatures just to be back working at Grace the next morning.

However, one of the most memorable moments

for Eric Woodard was “watching everyone work so efficiently together to get the job done.”

We know that it was quite a blessing to be a part of a real community effort to bless a very deserving family.

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507 S. Charles Seviers Blvd.

Clinton, Tennessee

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5078 Clinton Hwy. Knoxville, Tennessee 33

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7202 Maynardville Hwy. Halls, Tennessee

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Halls Crossroads

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3501 West EmoryPowell Road Powell, Tennessee

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4805 North Broadway Fountain City, Tennessee

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2712 Loves Creek Road Knoxville, Tennessee

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ANDERSON

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1199 Oak Ridge Turnpike Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Knoxville

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Oak Ridge 170 62

5801 Western Ave. 640 Knoxville, Tennessee 75

Karns

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7510 Asheville Hwy. Knoxville, Tennessee

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1950 Western Ave. Knoxville, Tennessee

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4216 North Broadway Knoxville, Tennessee

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8905 Kingston Pike Knoxville, Tennessee

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11501 Hardin Valley Road 162 Knoxville, Tennessee

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9565 Middlebrook Pike Knoxville, Tennessee

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JEFFERSO

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5941 Kingston Pike (Bearden Ctr.) Knoxville, Tennessee

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284 Morrell Road Knoxville, Tennessee

7608 Mountain Grove Rd. Knoxville, Tennessee

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30 locations in the greater Knoxville area!

NOTE: NOT ALL LOCATIONS LISTED BELOW ARE PICTURED ON THE MAP

# 609 Food City Pharmacy

# 654 Food City Pharmacy

# 676 Food City Pharmacy

2946 Winfield Dunn Pkwy., Kodak, TN (865) 933-4676

507 S. Charles Seivers Blvd., Clinton, TN (865) 457-5259

1950 Western Ave., Knoxville, TN (865) 525-6376

# 611 Food City Pharmacy

# 655 Food City Pharmacy

# 677 Food City Pharmacy

1219 E. Pkwy., Hwy. 321, Gatlinburg, TN (865) 430-9844

7510 Asheville Hwy., Knoxville, TN (865) 933-4635

5078 Clinton Hwy., Knoxville, TN (865) 689-8955

# 616 Food City Pharmacy

# 661 Food City Pharmacy

# 678 Food City Pharmacy

11501 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN (865) 692-5183

2221 Jacksboro Pike, LaFollette, TN (423) 566-2033

5801 Western Ave., Knoxville, TN (865) 584-0115

# 632 Food City Pharmacy

# 667 Food City Pharmacy

# 679 Food City Pharmacy

2799 Hwy. 72 N., Loudon, TN (865) 458-5312

741 Dolly Parton Pkwy., Sevierville, TN (865) 908-5018

3501 West Emory Road, Powell, TN (865) 938-2838

# 634 Food City Pharmacy

# 672 Food City Pharmacy

# 680 Food City Pharmacy

1130 S. Roane Street, Harriman, TN (865) 882-0117

9565 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN (865) 539-0580

4344 Maynardville Hwy., Maynardville, TN (865) 992-0534

# 642 Food City Pharmacy

# 673 Food City Pharmacy

# 681 Food City Pharmacy

508 E. Tri-County Blvd., Oliver Springs, TN (865) 435-1187

4216 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN (865) 686-1761

1199 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN (865) 483-2889

# 644 Food City Pharmacy

# 674 Food City Pharmacy

# 682 Food City Pharmacy

11503 Chapman Highway, Seymour, TN (865) 579-4728

5941 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN (865) 588-0972

7608 Mountain Grove Drive, Knoxville, TN (865) 573-5090

# 647 Food City Pharmacy

# 675 Food City Pharmacy

# 685 Food City Pharmacy

2135 E. Broadway Ave., Maryville, TN (865) 981-4338

8905 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN (865) 694-1935

4805 N. Broadway, Fountain City, TN (865) 281-0286

# 650 Food City Pharmacy

# 687 Food City Pharmacy

300 Market Drive, Lenoir City, TN (865) 986-7032

2712 Loves Creek Road, Knoxville, TN (865) 633-5008

# 651 Food City Pharmacy

# 688 Food City Pharmacy

1610 W. Broadway Ave., Maryville, TN (865) 380-0110

7202 Maynardville Hwy., Halls, TN (865) 922-9683

# 653 Food City Pharmacy

# 694 Food City Pharmacy

1000 Ladd Landing, Kingston, TN (865) 717-7085

284 Morrell Road, Knoxville, TN (865) 691-1153

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