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BUZZ Heiskell reunion The Heiskell Elementary School Class Reunion (all classes) will be 1-5 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the former school (now Heiskell United Methodist Church), at 9420 Heiskell Road. Bring your photos and memories. Info: Bobbie KennedyJones at 865-256-1283.

April 13, 2016

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Broadacres pushes for Dogwood Trail

Lions Club seeks Carnival sponsors The Knox North Lions Club is looking for sponsors to defray the costs of hosting its annual spring carnival, scheduled for Wednesday, April 27, through Sunday, May 1. Sponsors will have a table to talk with attendees and a supply of $5 discount tickets for the $20 all-day ride pass. There is no admissions fee to the carnival, held at the former Ingle’s store property on Clinton Highway. Anyone who can help should contact Rick Long at 865-924-0888.

Enhance Powell Dwight Van de Vate, Knox County’s senior director of Engineering and Public Works, will meet with residents from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at the Powell Branch Library. He will answer questions and update drawing board projects including: ■Improvements to entrance to Historic Powell Station, perhaps to include a round-about on Emory Road at Spring Street; ■Upgrades and curbing on Depot Street to define “old Powell� commercial district. ■Pedestrian and bicycle access on Brickyard Road from Emory Road to Powell Drive. Enhance Powell is open to all interested residents. It is a committee of the Powell Business and Professional Association, co-chaired by Sandra Clark and Justin Bailey. Info: 865-661-8777.

Broadacres subdivision in Powell would like to be considered for its own Dogwood Trail designation. Photo submitted

By Carol Z. Shane Steve Goodpaster, president of the Broadacres home owners association in Powell, is eager for others to enjoy the beauty of his neighborhood. The subdivision, which according to Goodpaster was established in three phases beginning in the 1960s, is known for its winding roads and leafy serenity. Goodpaster and his neighbors think it’s exceptional enough to be designated as a Dogwood Trail. The idea was brought up last year when Dogwood Arts board member Chuck Henry met with the association. “Everybody generally was very receptive to the idea,� says Goodpaster.

“We certainly have the beauty.� And with “five entrances and tons of trees, we have the kind of streets that people like to drive through.� Goodpaster, who does real estate evaluation and consulting for Woodward & Associates, believes that the increase in traffic caused by such a designation would have many far-reaching benefits, including growth in home sales and property values. The 2016 Dogwood Trail network includes 13 neighborhoods. Holston Hills is this year’s featured trail. Three private gardens, open to the public during limited hours, are also featured. According to Vicki Baumgartner, Dogwood Arts trail and gar-

dens program manager, the trail system dates back to 1955. “The original idea was to have a major trail in each quadrant of the city,� she says, pointing out that the flowering trees and other pleasing flora were first planted on such trails in order to counteract Knoxville’s reputation as an “ugly city.� Since then, several trails have grown to include side streets. As stated in the system’s 60-year-old bylaws, the number of trails is necessarily limited because of the maintenance required. With the average life span of an urban dogwood tree at only 25 years, the city must be able to provide care and maintenance for the existing trails. “Our focus is on

building a strong trails program that honors the past but also plans for the future,� says Baumgartner. Baumgartner says that she is very pleased with Broadacres’ interest in becoming a designated Dogwood Trail, but that nothing can be facilitated until changes are made in the bylaws. “We are looking at opportunities for expansion,� she says, “but we don’t have those systems in place just yet.� Goodpaster and his HOA remain hopeful. Those who are interesting in communicating with Broadacres residents about this issue are encouraged to visit their private “Broadacres HOA� Facebook page.

South schools: Turmoil spreads as Rountree seeks answers

By Betty Bean

S.O.R. Losers Catch week two of our 14-week serial story, “S.O.R. Losers,� the story of a misfit sports team written by Newberry Award Winner Avi and illustrated by Timothy Bush. Sit with your child as he or she reads about the antics of Ed and Saltz. Or read the story to them, so you all can enjoy it!

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With major problems at three South Knoxville schools, board member Amber Rountree wants answers. She also wants equity. Rountree has asked Superintendent James McIntyre for a side-byside comparison of class offerings at South Doyle Middle School and Bearden Middle School. “Our kids in South Knoxville deserve equal curriculum opportuRountree nities,� she said. A brave sixth-grader spoke on behalf of students and teachers at last week’s school board meeting in response to proposed class cuts at South-Doyle Middle School for the upcoming school year “All these classes that have been cut are classes that children look forward to during the school day,� she said. “What does this mean for the teachers who taught these classes? These beloved teachers

have lost their job. Why? Because of the budget, or test scores? Have other middle schools lost their Spanish, keyboarding, music, PE, AVID, focus block, jazz band and singing groups?� She said that students “were crying or screaming from anger and surprise� when they heard the news. Meanwhile, at Mt. Olive Elementary School, parents are repeating last year’s complaints about principal Paula Brown. This year, 113 parents and relatives have signed a petition demanding Brown’s removal. The petition says that the school has lost “a number of great teachers� because of Brown’s actions, and that parents are tired of having their complaints ignored. “How many great teachers do we have to lose before someone steps up and makes a leadership change? Our parents are unhappy, and our children are suffering while our teachers are being bullied. We stand together as parents and as a community in asking for the im-

mediate removal of the principal at Mount Olive Elementary School.� South-Doyle High School has been under interim leadership since principal Tim Berry and assistant principal/head football coach/athletic director Clark Duncan were placed on administrative leave Feb. 8. They are suspended with pay pending an investigation by the Knox County District Attorney General. Rountree says these high-profile problems are overshadowing the good things happening in South Knox schools. She can’t comment on the high school situation, and expressed sympathy for the Mt. Olive parents “who are frustrated by a lack of communication� with the principal and Knox County Schools administration. “These parents came to a board meeting this time last year (with the same complaints). As a board member, I don’t make staffing decisions, but I do pass on what folks share with me.� Rountree has had plenty to say about the impending changes at

the middle school, though, and in an email she sent to McIntyre the day after the board meeting, she makes it clear that she is not happy with SDMS principal Taiwo Sutton’s decisions nor with how he is communicating with parents. In an April 6 email to parents, Sutton downplayed the changes, which he described as adjustments in class sizes and “minor staffing and programmatic changes� that won’t impact student schedules or related arts classes. Rountree told McIntyre she is “appalled at the administration willfully painting an inaccurate and incomplete picture of the ‘minor staffing and programmatic changes’ at SDMS to students and parents. Furthermore, I find these curriculum changes unacceptable. These changes will not benefit the students. “As you heard yesterday, students are passionate about these classes and without them many of them will lose interest in school. To page A-3

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health & lifestyles

Vascular surgery helps Knoxville resident step out with confidence She had always enjoyed walking, but last summer Mary Hurt had to slow her pace considerably. The Knoxville resident had begun having extreme pain in her calves. “I had problems walking any distance, and I thought I was out of shape – so I tried to walk more,” the Knoxville resident said. “But my calves would cramp after two blocks, and then one block.” A physician friend of hers noted that her problem might be intermittent claudication, Hurt said. “And he said I should see a doctor about it.” Intermittent (meaning the pain comes and goes), and claudication (from the Latin “claudicare,” meaning “to limp”) is a condition in which pain and cramping in the leg is induced by exercise. It is typically caused by obstruction of the arteries. Like the arteries of the heart, small arteries in the legs can develop clots that block the flow of blood. This robs the muscles of oxygen and the result is tired, painful legs. The condition typically gets worse with exercise and better with rest. The reduction in blood flow may be caused by a temporary spasm of the artery or by a permanent artery narrowing due to a build-up of fatty deposits in the blood. The condition is quite common, affecting about one to two percent of the population under age 60 and five percent of people over 65. Hurt went to a vascular surgeon who performed angioplasty in her right leg. An angioplasty is a procedure in which an inflatable balloon is inserted in the artery to improve blood flow. But, within months of the procedure, the pain in Hurt’s legs returned. “I missed going on a trip because I couldn’t feel my toes; they were getting numb every time I walked. I wasn’t getting

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center’s new “hybrid” operating room, a space that combines a traditional surgical suite with real-time CT and X-ray imaging equipment to bring a state-of-the-art experience to surgery patients. blood circulating to my lower extremities. I could not walk to my mailbox without being in so much pain, remembers Hurt. Hurt sought another surgeon and received a recommendation for Deanna Nelson, MD, a vascular surgeon on staff at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. “I went to see her almost immediately,” Hurt said. Dr. Nelson scheduled Hurt to be the first patient at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center’s new “hybrid” operating room, a space that combines a traditional surgical suite with real-time CT and X-ray imaging equipment to bring a state-of-the-art experience to surgery patients. Among other things, it features the Artis zeego multiaxis imaging system, which delivers highdefinition 3D images for the surgeon. Before her procedure began, Hurt said she was able to look around the new room. “The hybrid operating room is really some-

Q & A with Deanna L. Nelson, MD Q

Who is at risk for claudication? ◊ Smoking ◊ Diabetes ◊ Overweight ◊ Sedentary lifestyle ◊ High cholesterol

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– I am originally from Asheville, N. C., but I went to undergraduate school in Vermont, and medical school and residency at the University of Vermont Medical Center. I did a fellowship in vascular surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. My husband’s family is still outside Asheville. So we wanted to come to Knoxville to get out of the snow! Actually, I really enjoyed our one snow this year.

◊ High blood pressure ◊ Family history of atherosclerosis or claudication ◊ Older age (55 for men, 60 for women)

Knowing your risk factors to any disease can help to guide you into the appropriate actions, including changing behaviors and seeing your doctor.

What are the symptoms related to claudication? Claudication itself is a symptom of a narrowing or blockage of an artery. Typical characteristics of claudication include:

Q – What’s your clinical expertise? A – I am board certified in general

surgery, with expertise in endovascular surgery, vascular surgery, vascular access and varicose veins.

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– Why did you want to bring the Artis zeego system to Fort Sanders Regional Deanna L. Nelson, MD Medical Center?

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high.” Hurt said she would recommend Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center to anyone facing vascular surgery. “The nurses and staff were extremely caring, careful, conscientious and very professional. And I’m not saying that for any other reason than it’s true,” said Hurt. “I’m walking way more than before, and I had not been able to walk any distance at all for four months. It had gotten very limiting, but I’m doing everything normally now,” she said. “My father always said to get a second opinion. I’m glad I did. Dr. Nelson has courage. Her spirit and attitude were so ‘cando,’ – and I love that!” For more information about vascular surgery at Fort Sanders Regional, please call 673-FORT.

Risk factors for claudication include:

– Tell us a little bit about yourself. What brought you to Knoxville?

– I had used the Artis zeego system at Cleveland Clinic, and in my opinion it’s the best system. It’s top of the line, and was installed last fall. It’s fairly complicated to use, but the imaging is wonderful, it allows

thing else to see. It’s incredible,” she said. “My father was chief of staff at Fort Sanders Presbyterian Hospital in the 1970s and it was so wonderful to see this new technology.” Hurt’s procedure lasted more than four hours, with Dr. Nelson placing a total of five stents, tiny tubes to prop the artery open, in her legs. “She was just so determined to really fi x the problem,” said Hurt. “When I woke up I had stents in both my legs, and she had opened up my arteries in my calf area with angioplasty.” Hurt stayed just 12 hours in the hospital and was home that evening. “I was so much better just one week later. I’m like a new person,” Hurt said. “It’s huge – it’s absolutely miraculous! I think very highly of Dr. Nelson; she is something wonderful. Her excellence level is amazingly

us to do a lot of special things and yet exposes patients and staff to much less radiation. The hybrid operating room allows us to be faster, more precise and less invasive, which is better for patients.

◊ Pain, a burning feeling, or a tired sensation in the legs and buttocks while walking ◊ Shiny, hairless, blotchy foot skin that may get sores ◊ Paleness in the limb when elevated and reddened when lowered

◊ Cold feet ◊ Impotence in men ◊ Leg pain that occurs at night when in bed ◊ Pain that occurs at rest may be a sign of increasing severity of arterial disease in the leg(s)

The symptoms related to claudication may look like other medical conditions or problems. Always consult your doctor for a diagnosis.

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Creating access and a plan for Collier Preserve By Sandra Clark Dr. Bob Collier is a community treasure. And he’s pretty funny too. For instance, he recently had surgery at the former St. Mary’s Medical Center. That’s where he wielded a scalpel as a general surgeon for a career and where, as they sing in “Cheers,� everybody knows his name. So his surgeon is late and Dr. Collier is lying in pre-op in a groggy state when the word goes out. “It was like old home week,� he says, as his former co-workers dropped by to say hello. I can only imagine. We’re eating lunch at The Front Porch when a new server from somewhere else (Wisconsin, we later learned) commented on Dr. Collier’s signature mustache. “Why, that’s so cute,� she said. “Huh! She could have chosen another word than cute,� he joked. “Like handsome or manly,� said Mark Campen. We all laughed. We met twice with Dr. Collier last week. Only Campen got lunch. As reported earlier, Dr. Collier has put a conservation easement on 14 acres adjacent to the Powell branch library. The land was his grandmother’s farm. It will be preserved as a natural area with bird feeders

Dr. Bob Collier checks his notes while walking with Scott Moore on the land that will become the Collier Nature Preserve. Photo by S. Clark

crews cleared the land for a Frisbee golf course last summer. The Collier Preserve will have parking and a mowed entrance. But the land itself will remain wild. The inmates will remove nonnative, invasive species. And Dr. Collier will be onMark Campen Scott Moore site when they’re at work, making sure they leave the and sanctuary for native habitat. I offered to bring and migratory creatures un- lunch – always a hit with the der the ownership of Legacy inmates. Parks Foundation. Moore walked deep into On Tuesday, Scott Moore, the property to see two our former county com- springs – clear water bubmissioner who now over- bling up from the ground. sees work crews of county That water flows into Beaver inmates, walked the land Creek, which forms the back with Collier. He also met property line. Doc Collier Justin Bailey at Powell Sta- said the springs are the reation Park and agreed to a son his grandmother’s anbit more clearing there. His cestors, the Moores, bought

The thrill of the hunt Strawberry Plains residents Mark and Cindy Proteau collect almost everything, but Cindy says they like to call themselves “selective hoarders.�

the farm. He said her old mules would walk farther to drink from the spring rather than the creek, even 50-60 years ago when the creek was clear. Now TDOT has turned stormwater onto the land – run-off from the ridge behind Powell Methodist Church and the homes off Granville Conner Road. Erosion is impacting the source of the springs and nearby land is littered with plastic soft drink bottles, a deflated football and even an old tire. And that led to Friday’s lunch with Mark Campen. Campen, who represents North Knox on City Council, owns and operates Conservation Cooperative, a business he started after serving as executive director of the Izaak Walton League’s local affiliate. He says he started as a college student volunteer with Walton, picking up trash along the Tennessee River. He stuck around, being named executive director in 2008. During his tenure he worked with Turkey Creek Land Partners to manage the wetland created when the shopping center was developed. He also led efforts to restore a wetland in the Deane Hill area. Mark and Emily have two young kids, and he has a heart for Bob Collier’s vision for the Emory Road property as a place where youngsters can fish in the creek, see a spring bubble from the ground and maybe, on a good day, spot a deer or wild turkey. We met twice last week – with Scott Moore to make the Collier land accessible and with Mark Campen to get a plan for protecting the springs and creating a wetland to filter the runoff before it hits Beaver Creek. Let’s make this happen! Sandra Clark and Justin Bailey co-chair Enhance Powell, a committee of the Powell Business and Professional Association. Info: 865-661-8777.

South schools With a school that is already struggling with behavior issues, how do you think these curriculum changes will positively impact behavior?� In a Shopper News interview, Rountree said the changes Sutton proposes will disrupt innovative instruction taking place in SDMS feeder schools like the Arts 360 program, which integrates arts and academics. She said the changes are designed to devote more time preparing students to take tests. “They’ve decided to cut related arts programs at a school that is desperately in need of continued positive things,� she said. “Parents

From page A-1 were given misinformation about what the cuts are slated to be. This has nothing to do with the budget, or the school board. They’re reallocating positions to core subjects. That most recent email from the principal didn’t give all the information, and it’s important for parents and kids that we are all on the same page.� Rountree requested a side-by-side comparison of class offerings at SouthDoyle Middle School and Bearden Middle School, saying kids in South Knoxville “deserve equal curriculum opportunities.� Requests for responses from the principals were declined.

COMMUNITY NOTES ■Broadacres Homeowners Association. Info: Steven Goodpaster, generalgoodpaster@gmail.com. ■Enhance Powell meets 4-5 p.m. each second Wednesday at the Powell Branch Library. Info: 661-8777. ■Knox North Lions Club meets 1 p.m. each first and third Wednesday, Puleo’s Grille, 110 Cedar Lane. Info: facebook.com/ knoxnorthlions. ■Northwest Democratic Club meets 6 p.m. each first Monday, Austin’s Steak & Homestyle Buffet, 900 Merchant Drive. Info: Nancy Stinnette, 688-2160, or Peggy Emmett, 687-2161.

Call for artists

â– Knoxville Photo 2016 Exhibition: juried exhibition of photographic works to be held June 3-24 in the main gallery of the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Entries must be original works completed within the last two years. Entry deadline: Sunday, April 17. Info/application: knoxalliance. com/photo.html. â– Request for Proposals: permanent work of art to be located on the west wall of the underground section of The Emporium Center. Open to all artists. Deadline for applications: 5 p.m. Monday, May 2. Application: knox

alliance.com/underground. html. Info: 523-7543 or lz@ knoxalliance.com. â– The Tennessee Arts Commission is accepting application for its Arts Build Communities (ABC) grants until 4:30 p.m. (CST) Friday, July 1. The grants will be distributed throughout all arts disciplines as recognized by the Tennessee Arts Commission, including dance, music, opera/musical theatre, theatre, visual arts, design arts, crafts, photography, media arts, literature, interdisciplinary and folk arts. Info: Suzanne Cada, 523-7543 or sc@ knoxalliance.com.

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Together the couple have filled their home with antique items, some that could be considered museum quality. Cindy favors her baby bottle collection while Mark loves old tools. “If it’s old and related to Knoxville we buy it,� said Cindy. “Usually we are together and agree on what we buy, or sometimes we talk the other one out of it. Mark says I’m the bigger hoarder. He knows if I really want something I’m going to buy it.� The couple met on a blind date 36 years ago. “It was my fried chicken and my father’s old tools that told Mark I was the girl for him,� said Cindy. Their collections include Buster Brown items, cast

Mark and Cindy Proteau show off a few of their finds: old Knoxville postcards, an old yearbook and the 1919 publication “Knox County in the World War.� Photo by Cindy Taylor iron, vinyl LPs, Knoxville High School yearbooks, Knoxville postcards (especially of Chilhowee Park) and pictures of now-demolished Knoxville buildings. A third generation Knoxvillian, Cindy was raised with a love for collecting. Cindy inherited a few pieces of cast iron from her mother, and her father got her started on collecting small bottles. Mark says he has always liked old things. He managed to save a few finds from his childhood in the woods of Connecticut, his home state. The Proteaus have this advice for collectors and non-collectors alike:

“A lot of people don’t care about their history until they get older, and by then it can be too late to ask,� said Cindy. “My greatest advice is to go through family photos and write the names on the back. It is so sad to see old pictures for sale or thrown away because people don’t know who is pictured.� The two are cutting back on their collecting due to lack of space, but the couple agrees that it is all about the hunt. “There is a feeling you get when you discover and hold an item that is from history. We are the caretakers. When we are gone the next caretaker will have it.�

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The other guard This is the story of the other guard, Ed Molinski, Tennessee 1938-40, twotime All-American, College Football Hall of Fame. Robert Lee Suffridge was a bit more famous, a three-time All-American, recipient of the 1940 Knute Rockne Award as the most valuable lineman in the country. Later, Suffridge was a first-11 honoree after the first hundred years of football, selected from an estimated 2.5 million former players. He had credibility. Robert R. Neyland said Suff was the best he ever saw. Mo was close. The two guards played in a golden era for the Volunteers, 17 consecutive games without permitting a point. Their

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teams won 31 and lost two. They will be recognized again on Saturday at the Orange and White game when the school presents an inaugural version of its athletic hall of fame. Cheers. Suffridge and Molinski meshed flawlessly in Neyland’s single wing and the 6-2-2-1. They were devastating blockers and devilish defenders. They were opposites as people. What’s more, they didn’t like each other.

We are told that Molinski thought the happy-go-lucky Suffridge was irresponsible or worse. We know what Suff thought of laws, rules and regulations. You may have read in one of my books about the ol’ Vol visiting the newspaper on a very cold night and walking away with a sportswriter’s overcoat. Neither man came from upper-crust. Bob was born in Union County, moved to Fountain City, played brilliantly at Central High. Ed, born in Scranton, Pa., of Polish immigrants, spent time in an orphanage because his mother died young. He grew up in Massillon, Ohio. The father wanted the son to become heavyweight boxing champion of the world. The legendary Paul Brown wanted him to play football. Then high school

coach and father compromised. Ed was a great guard and boxing champ of Ohio. He was an excellent student at UT. He earned his master’s while still playing. He became an assistant coach at Memphis State and a professor in history and geography. He joined the Marines during World War II and became a second lieutenant. Ed returned to coaching and teaching, this time at Mississippi State, and decided he wanted to be a doctor. He needed a specific chemistry credit to get into med school. It wasn’t offered in Starkville. To keep him on the football staff, the athletic director persuaded the president to create the course. This was a life-changing moment. Molinski later enrolled at UT med school, assisted various Memphis high

school football programs and worked as a security guard at the veterans hospital to pay the bills. When he started his medical practice, he became team doctor for Memphis State and several high schools. In his spare time, he was the professional boxing doctor in town. “He truly loved the medical profession,� said son Chuck Molinski. “He worked at it until his death in 1986.� He was 68. There are dozens of Molinski tales and tidbits. He barely survived a copperhead bite at age 5. As a redshirt sophomore with the Vols, he was a volunteer policeman in Ohio – during the infamous 1937 steel mill strikes. Three people died. Hundreds were injured. His father was a striker. There was a MolinskiSuffridge fight that never

happened. Neyland vetoed it. Ed was captain of the UT boxing team. There was a late evening when Molinski and Suffridge reconnected for a minute, long distance, in an identity crisis. Chuck Molinski remembers it well. “The sheriff’s office in an East Tennessee county called our home and Mom answered. The caller said Ed Molinski was in jail for hitting a restaurant waitress. “Mother looked over at Dad and said ‘My husband is right here next to me. There must be some mistake.’� Upon further investigation, it was found that Suff had told the police he was that famous Tennessee guard, Ed Molinski. If there was a book about the other guard, would you read it? Marvin West invites reader response. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

Airport attorney Foster keeps his feet on the tarmac Bruce Foster Jr. came by the legal profession naturally. His grandfather, E.G. Foster, and his father were both attorneys. But the younger Foster didn’t know anything about representing airports before he was hired as attorney for the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority in 1987. He learned on the job, he says. Bruce Foster Sr. settled in Knoxville after law school, and Bruce Foster Jr. was a member of the second class to graduate from West High School. He went on to UT for his bachelor’s and law degrees. He hoped to learn to fly during his Army service, but never had the opportunity. Signing on as airport authority attorney didn’t increase his time in the air. One of the first things he wanted to know after taking the position was if he’d get

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to fly for free. The answer was no. Changes at McGhee Tyson Airport during Foster’s 29-year tenure have impacted the entire region. Renovations to the terminal, completed in 2000 at a cost of $78 million, were complicated because the airport had to operate while the new terminal was being built on the same footprint. But construction wasn’t complicated from a legal standpoint, he says, and he’s pleased with the final product. The airport’s fountains, crab orchard stone and

He’s also worked on glass etched with tulip the $110 million airport poplar leaves echo the modernization proarea’s natural charms. gram, which includes “It’s a tribute to the several renovations to board at the time. They the airport’s runways were determined that and taxiways. Constructhe airport should retion began in 2014 and flect the local culture is expected to be comand be a gateway to East pleted in 2020. Tennessee.� Foster will retire Aircraft maintenance from his airport authorhangars, built for Contiity post in October, but nental Airlines in 2000 will continue to practice and Northwest Airlines with Bass, Berry and in 2002, were more difSims. He hopes to have ficult. Multiple state more time to fish, and if and federal regulations, along with local building Bruce Foster Jr. with his grandfather’s law books at Bass, Berry and he can get his wife, Betsy, to retire from M.S. and electric codes, made Sims Photo by Wendy Smith McClellan, he’d like to it a challenge to meet the needs of the airlines. frequently that there was a eyed� about the upcoming travel. He also plans to visit old “We wanted for them running joke about the air- Smoky Mountain Air Show to have what they wanted, line “du jour.� That’s settled on April 16 and 17. They friends at the airport. “It’s been a privilege to within reason.� down some, he says. likely don’t understand Foster prepares contracts Changes continue at their grandfather’s role in work with some of the best, for airlines when they begin McGhee Tyson, and Foster preparing contracts for the most professional and most offering service from Mc- is involved with exciting many performers, vendors accomplished people I can Ghee Tyson. At one time, future events. He has two and staff required for the imagine being gathered into one organization.� the companies changed so grandsons that are “wild- event.

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Beavers may chair GOP delegation A view of Neyland Stadium from high above Knoxville.

Veterans The 20th HonorAir flight was scheduled to depart Knoxville this morning (April 13) carrying a plane filled with veterans and volunteers on their way to Washington, D.C. Mike Pettit is one of the veterans on board and is thankful for the opportunity to make the trip. He was at a recent presentation when LifeStar donated a Zoll E Series cardiac monitor to Eddie Mannis of HonorAir for the trips. HonorAir takes veterans, free of charge, to the nation’s capital to see the memorials built to recognize the sacrifices they made for their country. The equipment will allow the paramedics, nurses and physicians who fly with Honor Air to quickly diagnose and treat cardiac emergencies before the arrival of an ambulance. LifeStar personnel ac-

GOSSIP AND LIES ■Beth Harwell will be in Maynardville on Saturday, speaking to the Union County Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner at 6 p.m. at the high school. ■It’s not often that the third most powerful person in the state visits Union County.

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■Wonder if she will mention state Rep. Jeremy Durham? He’s being investigated by a House committee and the state attorney general for inappropriate contact with women – staff, interns, lobbyists, etc. ■Harwell’s response to AG Herb Slatery saying Durham may pose a continuing risk to unsuspecting women was to move his office out of the War Memorial Building to a space across the street. ■Durham, meanwhile, has filed for re-election. I guess U. S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais has benchmarked a new low for personal accountability. Don’t resign and load up opponents to win a primary plurality. – S. Clark

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company the group on each trip. Since HonorAir began in 2007, more than 2,500 WWII, Korea and Vietnam veterans have taken the free, one-day trip. Medics Matt Owens, Rocky Walker and Kay Kirkland represented LifeStar at the event. Following the presentation, I had the opportunity to chat with Pettit briefly. When asked what he wanted to see the most while in Washington, Pettit got choked up and said that seeing the memorials means a lot to him. He talked a little bit about his service in Vietnam. I learned that he was a graduate of West High

Vietnam veteran Mike Pettit gets ready to take flight in a LifeStar helicopter over Knoxville. Photos by R. White

School and the University of Tennessee who learned to fly planes in Knoxville before joining the Air Force, in which he served five years. In Vietnam, Pettit flew a C7A Caribou and remembers flying in dangerous zones, often right at the tops of the tree line. He said Vietnam was a beautiful place but not an ideal place to be in war time. Pettit was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service. Pettit left home when his youngest was just nine months old. His wife would send tapes of the baby and the family talking for him to listen to while overseas. When he finally returned, an older child mentioned dad being home, and that once-young-baby went and

grabbed the tape player – her only knowledge of her dad. And that’s when I choked up. At the end of the donation event, LifeStar gave veterans an opportunity to ride in the helicopter over Knoxville. Pettit jumped at the chance to ride in the cockpit, having flown an aircraft during his military service. I jumped at the chance to ride along and capture pictures of him and of Knoxville so he could remember the day for a long time. When we landed back at the hanger, Pettit and I said our goodbyes and shared a hug. It was truly an honor to have met Mike Pettit and to say thank you for his service to this country.

Studying war and other tales Scholars at the University of Tennessee are preserving war stories from veterans of A m e r i c a ’s conf licts, not from the “top down,� but from Cynthia Tinker the “bottom up,� making UT a national center for the military records of people who actually participated in America’s battles. The Center for the Study of War and Society is collecting letters, diaries, photos, memoirs and small unit histories. Interviewer Cynthia Tinker says it’s a labor-intensive project with World War II research available online at dlxs.lib.utk.edu/f/fa_spc She spoke recently to the North Knoxville Rotary Club at Litton’s. The office is headed by Vejas G. Liulevicius, history professor who also attended. But Tinker, the program coordinator, got both laughs

and maybe a few tears as she read transcripts of the interviews with veterans. She told of one “Forrest Gump� interview – a UT grad in geology who happened along at juncturepoints in history. He was working in Iran and got out just one week before the hostage takeover. He was helped by the Canadians. On his travels he met Queen Frederica, Orson Welles and the Beatles. He ended most statements with, “But I didn’t know who (they) were.� Since the project began in 1984, the UT scholars have received thousands of contributions. “We are always looking for more donations,� said Tinker. To preserve items in UT’s collection, phone 865-9740128 or email csws@utk. edu/ The Center is based in room 220 Hoskins Library. Donors are always welcomed. A special fund memorializing Hop Bailey Jr. has been established.

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Most recently, the Center launched a digital veterans oral history project. Audiotapes of 25 years of interviews were digitized and mounted online for the broadest possible dissemination by UT Libraries. The data are available to all, from professional military history authors to high school kids working on a class project. Information can be searched by interviewee, subject, geographic region or other keywords. The Center’s staff have recorded more than 300 hours of veterans’ interviews. It’s history that’s getting away as veterans die. There’s a sense of urgency on the part of the scholars to talk with as many veterans as possible.

Knoxville resident Susan Richardson Williams, a Jeb Bush candidate for delegate on March 1, was appointed as an alternate for Donald Trump by the GOP state committee at its April 2 meeting. Williams has served on the UT Board of Trustees, TVA Board of Directors and as commissioner of personnel under Gov. Lamar Alexander. She will serve along with former state Sen. Stacey Campfield as an alternate for Trump. Other Knoxville residents going to the GOP national convention as delegates and alternates include former Sheriff Tim Hutchinson for Trump, Sam Maynard for Trump, Ken Gross for Trump, Karen Brown alternate for Cruz, this writer for Rubio, Michael Hensley for Rubio, Party chair Ryan Haynes for Rubio, Ted Hatfield alternate for Trump, Mike Arms alternate for Rubio and Gov. Bill Haslam for Rubio. Former Knoxville resident and UT student body president Steve Gill is a Cruz delegate. The convention opens on July 18 in Cleveland. State Sen. Mae Beavers, from Sumner County (Middle Tennessee) or state Sen. Bill Ketron are being widely discussed Mae Beavers as the possible chairs of the Tennessee delegation. Beavers is a Trump delegate who won the most votes statewide. She would be the first woman to chair a Tennessee Republican delegation at a national convention. The chair is elected by the full delegation and a majority are delegates pledged to Trump. Ketron is also a Trump delegate. â– Meanwhile on the Democratic side, Mayor Madeline Rogero, after staying silent for months on her preference between Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has now come out in favor of Clinton by seeking to be a delegate for her. Knox County Democrats in the March 1 primary split almost evenly between Clinton and Sanders with Clinton carrying Knox County by only 900 votes. If Clinton is elected President, Rogero is expected to take a position in her Ad-

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ministration in 2017 or 2018. Her term as mayor expires in December 2019, and she is ineligible to seek a third term. Being a delegate for Clinton would be a political boost for her to win a job with Clinton. ■Some Knox County Democrats are disappointed and unhappy over Rogero forcing Tank Strickland to resign his position with the city after working for four mayors. Strickland has been an active Democrat over the years, the first African-American to chair the Knox County Commission and a Democrat elected by a bipartisan coalition. He also had a kidney transplant and is in his 60s. Rogero had never voiced any dissatisfaction with Strickland’s job performance during her first term but apparently had not forgiven Strickland for supporting Haslam over her for mayor in 2003. ■Hugh Nystrom, GOP County Commission nominee, had a backyard barbecue at his Westmoreland home a few days ago to thank supporters for his substantial primary victory and to encourage them to continue the effort to the Aug. 4 general election against Democrat Marleen Davis. Over 100 persons attended including county Trustee Ed Shouse and Ann Bailey, sister of Gov. Bill Haslam. ■One really has to admire Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey’s willingness to depart on his own from the second highest office in Tennessee state government after 24 years of service. John Wilder never did it. Many public officials overstay their time. Ramsey leaves on a high note and the voters had not discharged him from further service. Ramsey made a difference in government and has been a very effective leader of the Senate. Sen. Randy McNally, who represents part of Knox County, is mentioned as the likely next Speaker of the Senate. He would be the first Anderson Countian to be lieutenant governor and a heartbeat away from the governor’s office. ■The Legislature is expected to adjourn for the 2016 session by the end of next week at the latest.

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SENIOR NOTES ■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; dominoes; computer lab; billiards; outdoor grill, kitchen area. Register for: Diabetic Education: Sweet Spot Grocery Guide, 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 26. ■Halls Senior Center 4405 Crippen Road 922-0416 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday Offerings include: card games; exercise classes; quilting, dominoes, dance classes; scrapbooking, craft classes; Tai Chi; movie matinee 2 p.m. Tuesdays; Senior Meals program, noon Wednesdays. Register for: Facebook classes, 10 a.m.-noon Friday, April 15; cost: $15; register/ prepay by Wednesday, April 13. Smokies Baseball Game and Brunch, Wednesday, April 20. Veterans Services visit, 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 20; register: 215-5645. ■Morning Pointe Assisted Living 7700 Dannaher Drive 686-5771 or morningpointe.com Upcoming events: “The Missing Man Table and POW/MIA Flag Dedication� ceremony 2 p.m. Friday, May 27. Conducted by Rolling Thunder Tennessee Chapter 3, along with singer Ann M. Wolf, assisted by Sue Dauber. Reception follows. All families and friends of residents, community members and veterans invited. RSVP by May 20: Brittany Ricker, 512-6563; powell-led@ morningpointe.com. Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregivers Support Group meets 1 p.m. each last Monday.

Lewis Frelan Goddard, was born on May 9, 1924, in Proctor, Vermont. His parents were Carlyle J., then employed in the Vermont marble industry, and Elva Emmons Goddard. The Goddards moved to Knox County in April 1927 and Carlyle Goddard was employed as a draftsman and later as an engineer for a series of marble and construction companies. Frelan first attended grade school at Park City Lowry but completed eighth grade at Smithwood Grammar School. He became active in Harry Metcalf’s Boy Scout Troop 25 when he became 12 years old. An early interest in bird study soon made him an expert in identification of many species and he even developed an ability to nurse sick and injured birds back to health. He matriculated at Central High School in 1939 and continued his interest in the outdoors by his membership in the Hiking Club each of the four years, serving as its president for two years. With World War II capturing the attention of high school seniors in 1942-1943, he joined the enlisted reserves in the Army Signal Corps. In January 1943, he was sent to the Lafayette Trade School in Lexington, Ky. Upon completion of the course in July, he was assigned to Camp Crowder, Mo. In their long-range planning for the largest seaborne invasion in history, cross-channel invasion of Europe which would occur on D-Day, Tuesday, June 6, 1944, the Allied commanders realized the French Resistance movement, the

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HISTORY AND MYSTERIES Maquis, could greatly assist just before and just after the landings. They could stymie the German defenses by destroying the highways, bridges and railroads needed to rapidly move reinforcements to the front. One of the first clandestine branches of the infant OSS (Office of Strategic Services), the predecessor of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), was an operation code-named Operation Jedburgh. Some of the “Jeds� later became CIA directors, including William “Wild Bill� Donovan and William Colby. Recruiters were sent out far and wide to ask for volunteers. Eventually the elite group would number 92 teams with 276 men, 83 of them Americans. Each three-man team was made up of an American or British officer, a French officer and an enlisted radio operator to maintain communications and to coordinate with the central command back in Britain. The teams would parachute into German-occupied France and rendezvous with the Maquis and re-supply them with arms, ammunition, food and other supplies. Although they were told they were to be a top-secret group assigned to extremely dangerous missions, they

recruited their quota of dard prepared to jump. volunteers, Tec 3 L. Frelan When ordered “Go!� he Goddard among them. Godjumped at the very moment dard and his compatriots that the canister detached reported for very rigorous and flew across the back paramilitary training outof the plane entangling itside Washington, D.C., at self in Goddard’s parachute what was once the picturlines. esque Congressional CounSgt. L. Frelan Goddard try Club. fell to his death on Aug. 7, The training included 1944, at only 20 years of a crash-course in converage. sational French to enable French villagers hid his them to communicate readbody from the German ocily with the Resistance and cupation forces until they to “pass� for a French native could bury him with a propif confronted by the Ger- Lewis Frelan Goddard er service by their Maquis mans. chaplain. After a rough trans-AtBecause the mission of lantic crossing on the Queen lowing the June 6 invasion, the Jedburghs was top seMary, the officers were sent the Jedburghs were active cret, the Goddard family to Scotland for further as the Allied armies estab- received a notice from his training and the enlisted ra- lished a foothold and then Adjutant General on Aug. dio operators went to Hen- moved through the almost 21, reading “Sgt. Goddard ley on the Thames for ad- impenetrable hedgerows was performing duties that vanced radio training with of France to annihilate the make it imperative that no their British counterparts. German defenders. publicity be given to his They then were sent to Team Ivor, a three-man death. It is therefore reparachute school near Man- team of British Capt. J.H. quested that this informachester where they were Cox, French Lt. R. Colin and tion be divulged to no one required to jump first from Sgt. L.F. Goddard, was the outside of your immediate a balloon gondola and then first of three teams assigned family.� make two jumps from an to central France to orgaIt was months until the airplane, moving in a “stick� nize the French resistance Goddards received a comof five or six men to the door there and to screen the right munication from his comfrom which they jumped. or southern flank of Gen. rade Capt. Cox and learned Each Jed carried an M-1 George S. Patton’s Third the details of his death. LatCarbine across his chest, Army as it raced across er, his body was exhumed a .45 pistol in his belt with France. and re-interred in the U.S. extra clips of ammunition, They boarded their plane Military Cemetery at Draa bag full of emergency ra- in England, flew over the guignan, near Cannes, tions, a first aid kit, a com- Channel and over Norman- France, with about 800 othmando knife and his bin- dy and approached the drop ers killed in action. He was oculars. zone at low level. awarded the Purple Heart The teams jumped from The plane slowed, posthumously. low-flying planes at night to banked in a wide circle and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenavoid detection and assem- the jumpmaster shoved out hower would later observe bled at a pre-arranged area the weapon and equipment that, by arming more than under the observation of the containers. 100,000 young resistance Maquis. Just before the men Unknown to the Jeds or fighters, the Jedburghs had jumped, large metal con- the jumpmaster the chute played a major role in detainers of grenades, plas- and static line of one of feating the Nazis, assemtic explosives, submachine the containers did not de- bling a force equivalent to guns, radios and boots – the tach and the heavy canister 10 Infantry Divisions. paraphernalia of guerilla whipped back and forth on Note: Sgt. Frelan Godwarfare – were pushed out the side of the plane. dard was one of three conof the plane ahead of them. The jumpmaster shouted temporaries of Dr. Tumblin In June and July, fol- “Action stations!� and God- who died in World War II.

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ing tube and wrap her stomach around her esophagus. Almost three weeks before receiving the grim diagnosis of Mabry Kate’s inherited, fatal disorder, Christin found herself unexpectedly pregnant again. A little over three months later, the couple’s son, Owen Baxter, was diagnosed in utero with Krabbe disease. Fortunately, treatment does exist for pre-symptomatic victims of the disease. The Webbs made arrangements with Duke University Hospital. Owen was delivered prematurely and immediately started on a stem cell cord blood transplant protocol, completed successfully after several months. Happily, the tyke just celebrated his first birthday. In honor of these “huge heroes in tiny bodies,� as Christin says, and in memory of Mabry Kate, Powell Church, a United Methodist Church, will be hosting “It

Christin and Kyle Webb of Powell have known the kind of devastation and heartbreak that few of us rarely encounter. In February 2015, they lost their almost-11-monthold daughter Mabry Kate to Krabbe disease, an extremely rare genetic disorder. They had no previous knowledge of the disease – few do, as it only occurs in 1 out of every 100,000 people in the U.S. Also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy, the disease destroys the protective coating (myelin) of nerve cells in the brain and throughout the nervous system. After noticing symptoms when Mabry Kate was three months old, the Webbs consulted with “every specialist under the sun,� says Christin. The little one underwent numerous tests, as well as Nissen fundoplication surgery to insert a feed-

Kyle and Christin Webb with their daughter Mabry Kate, who died in 2015 of Krabbe disease. The Webbs invite anyone who is grieving to attend “It Is Well,� a special service at Powell Church on April 30. Photo submitted Is Well,� a special service for the grieving, on April 30. “Christin wanted to offer some source of healing and hope for parents who have lost children,� says associate pastor the Rev. Martha Scott Atkins, “though anyone who is grieving is welcome.� The service will

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the couple knew without a doubt that God was calling them to pastoral ministry in the Baptist Church. John went through four years of intensive training and was ordained in 1971. “We served our first church in Johannesburg while grappling with the challenges of the apartheid government and its injustices that disadvantaged so many of our people,� he said. “Then in 1976 God John and Elaine Broom called us back to the land Broom entered the busi- of my birth, Rhodesia, (now ness world as a young ex- Zimbabwe) which was emecutive in Pretoria, South broiled in a civil war.� Broom says it was while Africa while Elaine taught in primary schools. Broom in Zimbabwe that their assays it was in 1966 when sociation with Southern

The Rev. John Broom says he committed his life to Christ in 1958 after watching a Billy Graham film while living in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. At 18, he began his career as a preacher at the University of Grahamstown, South Africa. “After my years at University, where I met my wife Elaine, we both sensed the call of God on our lives for full-time service,� said Broom. Broom says God had other plans before sending them out in ministry.

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feature speaker Christina Levasheff, founder of Judson’s Legacy, named for her son, a victim of Krabbe’s disease. Local singer/songwriter Amy Lynn will perform her original song, “Fly Away.� There will also be worship, small group sessions and refreshments. Christin, who teachers fifth grade at Adrian Burnett Elementary School, and Kyle, a UPS supervisor, eventually hope to establish their own foundation, “Mabry’s Movement,� to increase awareness of Krabbe disease and fund research and treatment. “It Is Well,� a special service for the grieving, will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at Powell Church, 323 W. Emory Road in Powell. Those who wish to attend are asked to register online at http://powellchurch. com/it-is-well/ or call 9382741 to establish a head count. Those who wish to support the family can visit Miracles for Mabry Kate and Owen on Facebook. Baptist missionaries began (and it continues to this day). The couple started a ministry to grow missional churches. “That has been our passion as we have watched God raise up some stunning ministries including HIV AIDS ministries and prison ministries.� The couple was asked to serve at Smithwood Baptist Church for five months in 2011 by long-time friend Dr. David Crutchley, who pastored Smithwood at the time. Broom is returning to Smithwood for a special service at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, to share what he terms as an “Evening of Biblical Truth in Rhyme� interspersed with favorite hymns. As an author, Broom has

ers At Prayer Service) noon each Friday. Info: Edna Hensley, 771-7788.

■Cross Roads Presbyterian, 4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday. ■Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road, offers Children’s Clothes Closet and Food Pantry 11 a.m.-2 p.m. each third Saturday. Free to those in the 37912/37849 ZIP code area.

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freshness and the promise, the flowers and the budding trees. I love the dogwoods, with their nail-scarred petals, and the redbuds which flower into the purple of the mocked King’s robe. Maybe part of my ache is our own American history: the Civil War began in April, and ended four years later in April. I spent two years of my life just outside Gettysburg, steeped in the reality of those haunted battlegrounds. My father’s younger brother learned of my brother’s April birth while in a foxhole on Okinawa. Eliot was right!

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■Smithwood Baptist Church, 4914 Jacksboro Pike, will host “An Evening of Biblical Truth in Rhyme,� a special worship service of music and scripture presented by John and Elaine Broom, 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 20. Info: smithwood.org.

Youth programs â– Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, hosts Morning Breakfast and Afternoon Hang Out for youth each Tuesday. Breakfast and Bible study, 7:20 a.m.; Hang Out Time, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Info: 690-1060 or beaverridgeumc.org.

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REUNION NOTES ■ Halls High classes of 2005 and 2006 combined reunion, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30, Knoxville Hilton. Tickets: Eventbrite.com.

Myra Pickett got creative and transformed herself into the Cat in the Hat. Her transformation was so realistic that one of her students didn’t recognize her at first. Photos by R. White

S.O.R. Losers Story So Far: South Orange River Middle School has created a special seventhgrade soccer team for a bunch of guys who have no interest in sports. Ed Sitrow, unwillingly designated goaltender, tells what happens. The ride to Buckingham Junior High’s soccer field the next day was strange. We were not the only team going. Two other soccer teams, our regular eighth-grade team as well as the sixth-grade team, were on the bus. Everyone sat with their own group. The other kids were all moody, worried, like they were playing the game in their heads. As for us, we were relaxed, looking out windows, telling jokes, talking about this and

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Halls High School robotics team members and seniors Amber Headrick and EA Durfee work together to come up with strategies during competition. “I instruct the drivers, and EA is pretty much a spy during the match,” says Amber. The duo both began on the robotics team their freshman year and have since become best friends. HHS competed at this year’s Smoky Mountains Regional championship at Thompson-Boling Arena. Photo by S. Barrett

slouched toward the Buckingham field. The leaves were just beginning to turn. Our stomachs already had. Right then and there, I knew why I was opposed to capital punishment. I not only wanted to live, I firmly believed I was innocent. We all were. Our only crime was that we didn’t like sports much. Worse, we actually preferred other things. Not everything. Some things. For example, Saltz was keen on his writing, and only okay in biology. Lifsom was gung-ho about art, but his grades were generally just so-so. Fairly normal. Or so we thought. Watching football, rooting for teams, stuff like that, just wasn’t important to us. True, Fenwick was a whiz at poker, and claimed that was a sport, but he didn’t get much support. You’d think not being into sports was antihuman, or worse, un-American. How? By the notion that playing sports isn’t fun. Fun. It reminded me of a class trip to the A.S.P.C.A. Someone asked a woman there if they ever had to kill an animal. “Oh, no,” she said with a big smile, “we just put them into a long, long sleep.” After two practices, we could tell that we were heading into a long, long sleep. When we got to the field, the Buckingham team was already lying in wait. Mr. Lester went to speak to the other coach. Maybe to warn him. As he left, he said, “Get yourselves ready.” Get ready? Get lost is what we wanted to do. Out in the middle of the field, the referee was showing off, kicking the soccer ball up in the air with alternate feet and never once letting it touch the ground. We watched. “Think he’s open to a bribe?” wondered Hays. “Why not just get him for our team?” Saltz said. “Do an exchange,” offered Radosh. “We’ll ref. He’ll play.” “Sure,” said Porter, “but then we’d have to know the rules.” Porter had a point. Then we watched the Buckingham team. They were kicking the ball to each other as if it were on a guide wire. “I think they know how to play,” said Root, clearly upset by the possibility. “Maybe we should ask for lessons, instead of a game,” put in Dorman. With that, we all started to laugh. And couldn’t stop. Mr. Lester hurried back. When he saw us in the midst of our fit, he got worried. “Is something the matter?” he asked. “Root here,” said Hays, “had this idea that we were going to play those guys. It broke us up.” “Why, yes,” said Mr. Lester, perfectly serious. “They are the opposing team.” “What are they, all-stars?” asked Eliscue. “Oh, no,” said Mr. Lester, alarmed. “It’s their third-string seventh-grade team. Perhaps, gentlemen, you should warm up.”

“When you’re cold, you’re cold,” said Barish. It was such a bad joke we stopped laughing. “Does everybody know what position he is playing?” asked Mr. Lester. We did, sort of. During the second practice, book in hand, he had placed us around, but I wasn’t sure of the position names, except goaltender. “Now,” said Mr. Lester, “remember the important thing is to . . .” Then, so help me, he forgot what he was going to say. But Mr. Lester was, if nothing else, prepared. Right off, he went to his pocket and pulled out some papers. Notes. “Ah, yes,” he said, and began to read. “It’s important to concentrate. Learn to meet the ball. And, gentlemen, the most important thing of all is—” We never did learn the most important thing of all. The referee blew his whistle. The Buckingham team gathered, their blue jerseys merging into a storm cloud. Out came a thunderous cheer. If that cheer was meant to show us that, although a third-string team, they were real and strong and feeling victorious, that we had every reason to expect defeat, it worked. “How about us doing a cheer?” suggested Mr. Lester. “Shazam,” said Lifsom. Not only was he the only one who said anything, it didn’t work. We were still us. We sort of backed onto the field. Lifsom, who was playing up front in the middle, shook hands with the opposite Buckingham players. Maybe they decided to be nice to us. Anyway, it was our ball for starters. As for myself, I was strolling around in the goal area trying to remember everything I knew about the rules, which wasn’t much. How far could I go? I felt certain I could kick the ball, but on second thought, as well as third through seventh, I wasn’t sure. Was I allowed to touch the ball with my hands or just my elbows? Did knees count? Things like that. In fact, I was pacing along the newly chalked goal lines, with my back to the field, when the whistle blew. I looked up, wondering what had gone wrong. What had gone wrong was, the game had begun. Now, the way it works, I think, or is supposed to work, is that Lifsom, being up front and middle, sort of kicks the ball back toward our side — at the moment it was Barish who was behind him — and away we would go. But to give you a full sense of how the game went, all I can say is that somewhere, somehow, between the time the ball touched Lifsom’s foot — I think it was his foot, because, as I said, I hadn’t been watching — and the time it was supposed to reach Barish, Buckingham had already stolen the ball. They didn’t just steal it. They kept it. Forever. When I looked up, I saw this wall of storm-blue shirts rolling down the field, in my direction! (To be continued.)

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Hunley honored at Powell Elementary Powell Elementary fifthgrade teacher Danielle Hunley began teaching eight years ago. Hunley grew up in the area, having attended third through Hunley 12th grades in Powell schools. She remembers a favorite teacher at PES, Karla Hodges. “Her class was always inspiring to me,” said Hunley, who now team teaches with Hodges. She loves working with fifth graders because they are mature enough to “get” her humor but still look up to their teachers. She sets high expectations for her students but provides many resources to help her kids meet them.

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Powell Elementary boasts an “awesome staff” according to Hunley (and many others), and she loves the wonderful team she works with on a daily basis. “We have great community and parent support here, which makes the school as a whole a wonderful place to work.” Hunley was honored to be named Teacher of the Year, knowing that her peers selected her. “It’s nice to know that hard work is appreciated and respected.” When she isn’t in the classroom, she enjoys spending time with family, being at the lake or pool and reading.

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Winners named in teen driver promo By Sarah Connatser Three Powell High School seniors won major scholarships from the Powell Business and Professional Association as this year’s teen driver awareness program ended last week. Sierra Wilburn won a $3,000 scholarship; Rose Patterson, $2,000; and Hannah Welch, $1,000. In addition, Lauren Harris won a $100 Visa card and Natalie Wallace won a $100 gift card to Sunglass Hut. Students who signed a commitment card for safe driving were entered into a drawing to win prizes such as Regal Theaters gift cards, season passes to Dollywood and prepaid Visa cards. The freshman class had a record turnout of 181 signed cards, while sophomores had 144, juniors had 145 and seniors had 90. All who signed received a key fob, designed by the school’s Students Against Destructive Decisions organization, led by teacher Kelsey Anito and Devin Payne, youth initiatives director at the Metro Drug Coalition. State Farm representatives Sage Kohler and Rachel Wilburn showed a chilling 15-minute video about four young people who were involved in fatal car accidents. The goal was to encourage safe driving by obeying speed limits and not texting while driving. For seniors, there was something even better – a creative safe driver awareness competition in which seniors could submit entries that raised awareness about various topics, such as drowsy driving and driving while distracted. Many submitted essays, post-

Winners and sponsors: Rachel Wilburn, Natalie Wallace, Rose Patterson, Lauren Harris, Sierra Wilburn, Hannah Welch, Sage Kohler and Devin Payne. Photo by Sarah Connatser ers and videos. The entries were judged by the PBPA, which rated each entry on its time and effort, quality, and power and impact of the message. Natalie Wallace submitted an essay highlighting the dangers of unsafe driving, while Lauren Harris created a video. Hannah Welch produced an artistic visual of a car crashed into a tree on PHS campus for every student to see. Rose Patterson created a poster on driving drowsy. The big winner was Sierra Wilburn with a 3-minute video. The vid-

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THROUGH SUNDAY, APRIL 17 “Annie, Jr.,� Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Info: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

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

THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 Online registration open for the Marine Mud Run, to be held Saturday, Sept. 17. Individual waves, 8 a.m.; team waves, 11:30 a.m. Course: 3 miles of offroad running, which entails some obstacles, hills and mud pits. Registration deadline: Friday, Sept. 16, or until total registrants reaches 3150. Info/registration: knoxmud.org.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 Computer Workshop: Word Basics, 2-4:15 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer� or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431. “DIY: Learn how to make eco-friendly home cleaners,� 2-3:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

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FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 15-17 Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Featuring: vendors, family activities, live animal displays, fiber arts demonstrations and classes. Info/class registration/schedule: smokymountainfiberartsfestival.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 16 Auditions for “Opal’s Million Dollar Duck,� 10 a.m.-noon, Powell Community Center, 1708 W. Emory Road. Powell Playhouse is casting two females and one male for the comedy to be performed in late June. EarthFest, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., World’s Fair Park. Free, “zero-waste� event. Featuring food, fun and entertainment for family and pets. Info: knoxearthfest.org. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Pop-Up Chess, 1-3 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Open to all ages and skill levels. Info: 525-5431. Spring craft fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, 405 Black Oak Drive. More than 30 vendors. Proceeds go to Nicaragua Mission Trip. Info: Kimmie, lovejmpierce@gmail.com.

Austin-East Magnet High School Artists’ Reception, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be provided. Info: 525-5431. “Getting Your House in Order� seminar, 10-11 a.m.., North Knoxville Medical Center, 7565 Dannaher Drive, Sister Elizabeth Room. Free; registration required. Info/registration: 1-855-TENNOVA (8366682) or Tennova.com. “Ginseng: Gold in the Smoky Mountains,� 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardener Janie Bitner. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892. Halls Book Club: “In the Unlikely Event,� 1 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 9222552. Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection luncheon: “Celebrate Your Birthday in Fashion,� 10:30 a.m., Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Featuring a spring fashion show from the Silk Purse Studio. Speaker: Rhonda Weaver will present “A Lawyer’s Search for Truth.� Cost: $12 inclusive. Complimentary child care by reservation only. Info/reservations: 315-8182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@gmail.com. Living with Diabetes: Putting the Pieces Together, 2-4:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. Pizza Ha’s, 8-9:30 p.m., Pizza Hoss, 7215 Clinton Highway. Free monthly stand-up comedy showcase featuring local and regional comedians on the second Thursday of each month. VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

FRIDAY, APRIL 15 Homeschoolers at the Library Part 3: Urban Wildlife, presented by the Ijams Nature Center, 2 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 10:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 922-2552. Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212. Writing a resume to get the interview – interviewing to get the job, 4 p.m., Murphy Branch Library, 2247 Western Ave., LT Ross Bldg. Info: 5217812.

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Dogwood Art DeTour, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Artists will be demonstrating mixed media, painting, pottery and more. Craft activities for kids. Free event. Info: 494-9854 or appalachianarts.net.

Friends Mini Used Book Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: knoxfriends.org.

SUNDAY, APRIL 17 Community Arts Festival fundraiser, 1-4 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Admission free. Includes: live music, book signing by local author Kathy Fearing, children’s crafts, food and more. Info: 494-9854 or appalachianarts.net.

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“Word Basics� or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431. “Grieving: finding the new normal,� 2:303:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 3298892, TTY: 711. “Harry Potter and the Nineteenth-Century Dream-Child,� 5 p.m., UT Medical Center’s Health Information Center Conference Room, 1924 Alcoa Highway. Presented by guest speaker Dr. Amy Billone as part of the “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine� exhibit. Exhibit on display through May 21. Info: 305-9525. International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook. Wheels on the Bus Storytime, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Presented by Anne Victoria of the Knox Area Transit system. Info: 525-5431.

“How to Buy a Healthy Plant,� 1-2 p.m., Davis Family YMCA, 12133 S. Northshore Drive. Presented by Master Gardener Barbara Emery. Free and open to the public. Info: 777-9622. Monday Night Book Club: All Over But the Shoutin’,� 6-8 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, APRIL 18-19 Student Scholarship Book Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Pellissippi State Strawberry Plains Campus lobby. All types of books available for purchase. Proceeds go directly to student scholarships. Info: 694-6400, pstcc.edu.

TUESDAY, APRIL 19 “Eat this, not that� followed by a Healthy Cooking demonstration, 11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415. “How to Buy a Healthy Plant,� 11 a.m.-noon, Cansler Family YMCA, 616 Jessamine St. Presented by Master Gardener Barbara Emery. Free and open to the public. Info: 637-9622. Soloist auditions for the 47th annual Nativity Pageant of Knoxville, 6 p.m., Central Baptist Church of Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive. Auditions will consist of 1st Sopranos and Tenors singing “O Holy Night� in D flat. Walk-ins welcome. Info: Shannon Thackston, shannonthackston@comcast.net or 6592315.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 Computer Workshops: Excel, 2-4:15 p.m., Burlington Branch, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires

SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Cruise Against Cancer, 6 a.m.-midnight, Lowe’s Home Improvement, 120 Epley Road, Newport. Rain or shine. Featuring music, T-shirts, a bake sale, games, a benefit auction and more. Info: 548-6152 or on Facebook. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. “Nuno Felted Scarf� workshop, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Tone Haugen-Cogburn. Registration deadline: April 16. Info/registration: 4949854; appalachianarts.net. “Plantin’ and Pickin’: A Summer Guide,� 12:30-2 p.m., CAC Beardsley Community Farm, 1719 Reynolds St. Presented by Master Gardener Marsha Lehman. Free and open to the public. Info: 546-8446 or beardsleyfarm.org. Powell River Kayak and Canoe Regatta. Race begins at Well Being Conference Center in Tazewell and ends 12 miles downstream at Riverside rentals. Non-racers welcome. Return shuttles will be provided. Info: PowellRiverBlueway.org and www.Facebook.com/ PowellRiverRegatta. Teen Shakesfest, 2-4 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Featuring: games, crafts, cake and an interactive presentation from the Tennessee Stage Company. Info: 525-5431. UT College of Veterinary Medicine open house, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., UT agricultural campus, located on Neyland Drive. No registration necessary; do not bring pets. Tours are self-guided. Info: tiny.utk.edu/ VETMEDopenhouse or 974-7377. Vintage baseball, noon and 2:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Games and parking free; concessions available. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seating. Info: ramseyhouse.org.

SUNDAY, APRIL 24 “Birthday wake� for Shakespeare, 5-10 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square. Fundraiser for Tennessee Stage Company. Includes local bands, Shakespeare trivia and a screening of “Shakespeare In Love.� Info: TennesseeStage.com or 546-4280. Grand opening of the BSG Marketplace, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N. Broadway. Weekly juried outdoor market where vendors who specialize in art, fine craft, and antiques can engage with and sell to the public. Cost: $25 per space. Open each Sunday through June 26. Info: BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com.

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Rotarians team with PSCC choir Dr. Allen Edwards and Dr. Anthony Wise have a few things in common. Edwards is president emeritus of Pellissippi State Community College. Wise is the college’s current president. Both are members of the Rotary Club of Knoxville. Both accompanied the college’s choir, Variations, on an eight-day trip to Lima, Peru, and helped raise money for a project for the Lima Sunrise Rotary Club.

trip for the 34-voice college choir, there from March 4-12. Tom One of the choir’s seven King performances was a benefit concert for the Lima Sunrise club. The club is helping establish a rural center outside of Lima to help Rotary is about mak- young boys with behavioral ing connections at home problems. The Lima club and abroad and this was a has only 25 members and 3,345-mile connection be- the benefit raised $1,000, a tween Knoxville and Lima huge sum for such a small Rotarians. It was the ninth club, Edwards said. The Lima Sunrise Rotary is an English-speaking club. The choir also did a benefit concert for the Union Church of Lima for its organ fund. The choir is directed by Meagan Langford, interim choral director. “The students had wonderful experiences. They learned a lot about Rotary and about service projects,â€? Edwards said. The choir’s repertoire consists of classical religious music, American folk music, popular music, and African American spiritual music. They have performed at some famous locations in their nine years of travel – at The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, The BasĂ­lica of La sagrada Familia in Barcelona and the Berlinerdom in BerlĂ­n. They have been to Portgual, China, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Germany, France twice and now Peru. Both Edwards and Wise

Cruze Farm products available at Pratt’s Country Store Pratt’s Country Store in Fountain City is pleased to offer locallyowned Cruze Farm dairy products to the community. Pratt’s employee Angie Grant shows three of the products available, including buttermilk, chai milk and coffee milk. Also available is chocolate milk and whole or lite white milk. Cruze Farm milk is pasteurized but not homogenized. Pratt’s is located at 3100 Tazewell Pike. Info: 688-7093. Photo by Ruth White

were overwhelmed by the hospitality of fellow Rotarians, including Lima club president Dario Gastelo. “The entire tour was a great success with large audiences of school children and adults throughout the week. One of the highlights was the trip to Machu Picchu, an ancient Incan ceremonial site which has been named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO,â€? Edwards said. â–

‘Pint Night’

If you’d like to have a lot of fun and support The Love Kitchen at the same time, come to the Knoxville Community Rotaract Club’s Pint Night at Bearden Beer Market on Thursday, April 21. A portion of all sales between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. will be donated to The Love Kitchen. This event is free to attend and open to one and all. Raffle tickets are $1 each. â–

‘South Pacific’

The Rotary Club of Knoxville’s Arts Committee is gearing up for the club’s co-sponsorship of “South Pacific� at the Clarence Brown Theater. The club is hosting 75 students and family members from the Community School of Arts at the Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m. performance. Tom King is a retired newspaper editor, a Rotarian for 28 years and past president of the Rotary Club of Farragut. He can be reached at tking535@gmail.com

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Real estate sales continue steady climb By Sherry Witt Historically, March has been the month when real estate and lending activity picks up after slumbering through the cold winter. While Witt the surge this year was not quite as pronounced as the one from 2015, it nonetheless provided evidence that local markets are continuing to move forward. The month ending on March 31 produced 991 property transfers in Knox County, which was well ahead of February’s pace of 843, but just short of March 2015 levels when 1,025 parcels changed hands. The aggregate value of property sold in March was also slightly under last year’s total, but did surpass the February figures by about $18 million. In March, about $198 million worth of real estate was transferred in Knox County, compared to $221 million in March of last year. Mortgage lending in-

creased from last month, but only by about $11 million. Approximately $291 million was loaned against real estate during March. Last March saw just over $342 million in mortgage loans and refi nancing. There were two commercial property sales of note. One involved the transfer of a residential complex known as The Elements at Cedar Bluff, which sold for just under $6.8 million. The other was the sale of the Sunflower Apartments located off Middlebrook Pike for $7.1 million. The largest mortgage recorded in March was $10.8 million, financing units in The Tennessean Condominium near the World’s Fair Park. Overall analysis of the first quarter’s activity looks similar – but better – than that of last year. January through March has produced 2,495 property transfers this year, compared to 2,193 during the first three months of 2015. This quarter has seen about $531 million worth of land sold in Knox County, some $16 million ahead of the 2015 first quarter levels.

BIZ NOTES â– Davis Automotive Service, 3003 Delrose Drive, now handles rentals of U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment and support items. Hours of operation for rentals are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sunday. After-hours drop-off is available. Reserve U-Haul products from this dealer by calling 865-329-3299. Owner is Kristopher

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Davis. â– Fountain City Business and Professional Association: Meets 11:45 a.m. second Wednesday at Central Baptist Church fellowship hall. President is John Fugate, jfugate43@gmail.com or 865-688-0062 â– Halls Business and Professional Association: Meets noon third Tuesday at

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A-12 • APRIL 13, 2016 • POWELL/NORWOOD Shopper news

The Food City 500 is Sunday, April 17

3

99

Food City Fresh! 85% Lean

Ground Round Per Lb. for 3 Lbs. or More

With Card

Honeydew or

Personal Watermelon Each

Yellow, White or Bi-Color Corn

Chuck Roast

3

5 Ct. Pkg.

2

Per Lb.

99

5

99

With Card

Selected Varieties

1

Bud, Miller, Coors or Yuengling

6 Pk., 1/2 Liter Btls.

88

19

99

24 Pk., 12 Oz. Cans

With Card

Final price when you buy 5 in a single transaction. Lesser quantities are 3.49 each. Limit 1 transaction. Customer pays sales tax.

Kay's Classic Ice Cream 48 Oz.

WITHOUT VALUCARD REGULAR PRICE

Selected Varieties, Chunk, Shredded (8 Oz.) or

With Card

Selected Varieties

Nabisco Ritz Crackers

Kraft American Singles

6-13.7 Oz.

16 Oz.

SAVE AT LEAST 3.99 ON TWO

SAVE AT LEAST 3.99 ON TWO

Selected Varieties

Kern’s Texas Toast (20 Oz.) or

Selected Varieties, Family Size

Sweet Baby Ray's

Hamburger or Hot Dog Buns

Lay's Potato Chips

Barbecue Sauce

8 Pk.

9.5-10.5 Oz.

18 Oz.

SAVE AT LEAST 2.59 ON TWO

Items and Prices are specifically intended to apply locally where issue originates. No sales to dealers or competitors. Quantity rights reserved. Sales tax may apply. 2016 K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. Food City is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

With Card

Selected Varieties

Pepsi Products

Moo Cows (6 Ct.) or Selected Varieties

With Card

Fresh

Certified Angus Beef

5

2/$

SAVE AT LEAST 4.29 ON TWO

SAVE AT LEAST 2.59 ON TWO

• KNOXVILLE, TN - N. BROADWAY, MAYNARDVILLE HWY., HARDIN VALLEY RD., KINGSTON PIKE, MIDDLEBROOK PIKE, MORRELL RD. • POWELL, TN - 3501 EMORY RD.

SALE DATES: Wed., April 13 - Tues., April 19, 2016

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