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“The reason I’m interested in gardening is because of a sweet lady in South Carolina who was a member of a garden club,” said Molly Gilbert, president of the Lake Forest Neighborhood Association and co-chair of the Chapman Highway Dogwood Trail, the featured trail for 2015.
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What’s next for the Volunteers? To put things in perspective, Tennessee looks less like a bowl team today than it did in August. After weeks and weeks of intensive instruction, the Volunteers have not learned to win. There is no threat of a running attack. Pass protection is still missing in action. It is so bad as to be dangerous.
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Homecoming ahead at SDHS For Homecoming candidates at South-Doyle High School, fundraising is serious business. They’re in the school lobby before classes start each morning, selling snacks and other items. Homemade baked goods are a big draw, but so are bags of chips and buckets of cotton candy. One candidate puts monograms on flannel shirts and sells photos she’s taken at football games. Homecoming is Friday, Oct. 24, against Morristown East.
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Cash mob in Fountain City Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and members of the North Knox Rotary Club will be pumping gas and handing out coffee to show support for Alvin Frye and the guys at Fountain City Exxon. It’s this Saturday, Oct. 11, from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Ghost House Hikes at Big Ridge Each Friday and Saturday night in October, Big Ridge State Park rangers will lead a 1.5 mile hike on Ghost House trail. The two-hour adventure includes spooky tales and legends. Reservations are required. Info/to register: 992-5523.
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Matt Salley, right, helps Kristen Tuggle shape her glass pumpkin.
Marble City heats up creativity with glass classes By Betsy Pickle Anyone who’s ever made a jack o’ lantern knows the fun of slicing a face out of a big orange squash. Carving a pumpkin brings families closer together – until they start arguing over the design, stressing out over wielding the blade accurately and dealing with the mess of scooping out and disposing of the innards. There is another way to be creative and enjoy a pumpkin for this Halloween and many more to come. Marble City Glassworks is holding pumpkin blow sessions that let novices express themselves with hot glass. Hot is the operative word. Walking into the studio of Marble City Glassworks, 1045 Artella Drive, visitors will notice the heat. It’s pretty much a given, considering that owner and glass artist Matt Salley keeps a kiln going at 2200 degrees to melt glass to the temperature it requires to be worked. Fortunately, he also has
an industrial-strength fan running, so the result is not only bearable, but it also puts visitors in the mood for melting marshmallows. On the first weekend of the pumpkin-blowing season, the studio had an easygoing crowd of onlookers and would-be artists. There were grandmothers and grandchildren, couples, groups and pairs of friends. Some were looking for a fun Saturday activity. Some were celebrating birthdays. Kristen Tuggle of Halls and Susan Tipton of Powell fell into the latter category. It was Tipton’s birthday, and Tuggle surprised her with a girls’ night out to Marble City. The friends said they had no experience with glassblowing but were mildly “crafty.” “We like to make seasonal wreaths,” Tipton said. She made her friend go first while she took photos. After donning her safety glasses and stepping into the arena with Salley, Tuggle looked like a pro. Salley got her started by dipping a blowpipe into the kiln for a first gather of glass, then letting her roll it patiently to form a bubble. Using chips of the colors she’d
Visitors can choose their own colors or even make clear pumpkins
chosen for her pumpkin, Tuggle followed Salley’s instruction – rolling, dipping, and holding the pipe in a furnace. Within about 20 minutes Salley was finishing off Tuggle’s cute pumpkin with a playful stem. Then he placed it in an annealer so it would cool down gradually. It would be ready for pickup or delivery in about three days. It doesn’t matter if a pumpkin isn’t “perfect,” Salley said. “One of the fun reasons for making pumpkins is, if it gets a little bit out of hand, it’s organic,” he said. Tuggle was enthusiastic about her adventure. “It was wonderful,”
she said. “I want to do it again.” She’s not ready to switch careers, but she now has a special appreciation for those who blow glass. “It’s pretty hard,” said Tuggle. “But they’re able to do what they love – that’s pretty great.” Allison Roberts, communications director for Marble City Glassworks and Salley’s wife, says the pumpkin sessions will continue through Oct. 24. Available times can be found and reservations made on the website, www. marblecityglassworks.com. Cost is $50 per person. Group sessions are available.
Stand Down to help homeless veterans By Anne Hart
“Stand down” is a phrase familiar to military veterans. During war time, stand down offers battle-weary soldiers the opportunity for rest and relaxation away from the front lines. The phrase has taken on additional meaning for America’s estimated 200,000 homeless veterans who today “combat” life on the streets, because Stand Down is the name chosen for a one-day nationwide event which offers those veterans the opportunity to gather in their own communities to get help for the many problems
they face. This year’s area Stand Down will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at the National Guard Armory, 3300 Sutherland Ave. The community-based Knoxville Area VeterClyde Vincent ans Stand Down, an all-volunteer veterans organization, and service providers will give homeless veterans access to the community resources they need to begin ad-
dressing their individual problems and rebuilding their lives. Remote Area Medical and others will offer medical and dental care, eyeglasses, clothing and other items. Both breakfast and lunch will be served. Clyde Vincent, program manager for the homeless veterans program operated locally as an adjunct of Volunteers of America, says the program has three components: helping homeless veterans get back to work, supportive services for veterans and their families that help them get into housing, and a program dealing
specifically with female veterans and veterans with children. The organization is now working with more than 250 homeless veterans in Knox and 12 surrounding counties. “These people are not looking for a handout,” Vincent said, “they want to get back to work.” Supportive services help veterans and their families “get into housing and stay in housing. We help them with rent, utilities and the deposits they need to get into housing, and we also help them set up budgets. This is a one-time opportunity.” Info: 607-6231.
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counselor, pharmacist, nutritionist, social worker and clinical trials nurse all meet together in one room to discuss the best treatment option for each patient. This meeting is designed to provide optimal advantage to each patient, where this team of leading experts’ effort is on a patients’ survival. They then meet individually with patients to explain those choices and answer questions. A care coordinator schedules all the meetings and follow-up care efficiently, with a goal of attacking each patient’s cancer quickly and with the latest treatment advances. “I was diagnosed July 1 and had surgery July 16, 2013. I was glad that they were moving so fast to attack my cancer,” said Lamb,
who was diagnosed during a routine mammogram at Thompson Cancer Survival Center in downtown Knoxville. A biopsy of a lump confirmed it as cancer. Lamb had surgery to remove the lump and surrounding lymph nodes at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, across the street from TCSC. “I was just there a few days, but it was great,” said Lamb. “They’ve always been nice to me at Fort Sanders.” Lamb then began receiving radiation treatments five days each week at Thompson, for a total of 33 treatments. She also received help through Thompson Cares, a benevolent fund that helps provide transportation, accommodations and other resources to those
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Finding breast cancer early is important for successful treatment. The American Cancer Society has several recommendations for early breast cancer detection: ■ Breast self-exam (BSE): Most health care providers recommend women start doing this monthly in their 20s, although it’s important to realize many women find lumps accidentally as well. Look for lumps, bumps, skin irritation or dimpling, nipple pain or retraction, redness or scaling of the nipple, or discharge. Tell your health care provider about any changes, but remember, most breast changes do not mean cancer. ■ Clinical breast exam: Have this done once a year by a trained clinician. ■ Mammogram: Most doctors still recommend an annual mammogram after the age of 40, although some recent recommendations say it may be safe to wait longer. Mammograms can detect cancerous lumps too small to feel. Talk to your doctor about the benefits and limitations of mammograms.
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Ben Epperson of the Knox County Health Department and Debbie Sharp of the Office of Neighborhoods bring the South Woodlawn Neighborhood Association up to speed on a couple of news items.
Molly Gilbert, co-chair of the Chapman Highway Dogwood Trail, speaks to the Chapman Highway Garden Club, with president Dianne Forry at left. Photos by Betsy Pickle
At home with the garden club Molly Gilbert felt as though she’d come home when she visited the Chapman Highway Garden Club as guest speaker. “The reason I’m interested in gardening is because of a sweet lady in South Carolina who was a member of a garden club,” said Gilbert, president of the Lake Forest Neighborhood Association and co-chair of the Chapman Highway Dogwood Trail, the featured trail for 2015. When Gilbert was an eager young newspaper intern in South Carolina, itching to cover breaking news stories, she was assigned instead to interview a garden club award winner. “My life changed from that point forward. I loved Miss Clara Elmore. She named every plant in her yard – over 200 plants. I went over and spent every day that summer with her, and she taught me about gardening. I love to be out in the yard. I love to dig and get dirty, and I love to see the difference.” Gilbert praised the garden club members for not only knowing about gardening but also caring about the community and asked for their assistance with getting the Chapman Highway
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Dogwood Trail ready for visitors. “The mentorship that you can offer is a critical role for folks in my generation.” Garden club members agreed to be advisers for the Nov. 15 workday in Lake Forest helmed by city Urban Forester Kasey Krause. Starting at 9:30 a.m. at Lake Forest Presbyterian Church, teams of volunteers will spread throughout the neighborhood to plant trees and bulbs and help homeowners prune to get ready for dogwood time. Club president Dianne Forry and other members noted that fall is the time to plant bushes that bloom in the spring, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and even pansies. ■
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Geoffrey Trowbridge explained his company’s system at the group’s latest meeting. Knox Composts provides a five-gallon bucket for pickup of organic household waste. The company takes the waste to a couple of community gardens near downtown where it is turned into compost. Subscribers can get compost back or let it stay at the gardens. There is also a setup for small businesses. Call it Guilt-Be-Gone. South Woodlawn’s Debbie Sharp gave her last report as First District representative to the Neighborhood Advisory Council. Sharp has been hired as assistant neighborhood coordinator in the city’s Office of Neighborhoods. Ben Epperson from the county Health Department encouraged the group to consider projects for which they could apply for grants supporting community building. Epperson said the graphic designer has turned in a draft of the community asset map he has been working on that includes South Woodlawn.
Composting feels like the right thing to do, but it also can feel like a burden. The ■ Fall Festival time South Woodlawn Neighborfor AMBC hood Association learned the easy way to compost: subThe Appalachian Mounscribe to Knox Composts. tain Bike Club’s epic annual
party and fundraiser, the Fall Festival, is coming up fast – Saturday, Nov. 1. Open to AMBC members and guests as well as other cyclists, the event in the heart of the Urban Wilderness offers an afternoon of bike rides for all ages, plus a short track race at 4:30 p.m. Music, beer and food are also on the agenda. There will be a silent auction, and a drawing at 8 p.m. will determine the winner of the raffle for a Santa Cruz Tall Boy Carbon Build Kit R or Juliana Joplin Carbon Build Kit R from AMBC and Harper’s Bike Shop. Raffle tickets are $10 online at https://ambc-sorba.org/raffle and at the festival. Check ambc-sorba.org or the club’s Facebook page for a detailed schedule. Funds raised support AMBC work projects. Festival plans dominated
Appalachian Mountain Bike Club president Matthew Kellogg speaks with John Baker.
AMBC’s latest meeting at Central Flats & Taps, but John Baker also invited solo and teams cyclists to the 16th annual 12-hour Hill of Truth mountain bike race 11 a.m-11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at Haw Ridge Park in Oak Ridge. Visit www.hilloftruth.com for details. AMBC president Matthew Kellogg announced upcoming workdays: Oct. 19 at Mead’s Quarry, Nov. 8 at Concord Park, Nov. 22 at I.C. King Park and Dec. 13 at Haw Ridge.
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■ Wednesday, Oct. 8: 7:30 a.m. free swim; 8:30 a.m. guitar lessons; 9 a.m. painting; 10 a.m. quilting; 11 a.m. Water Peeps; noon bridge. ■ Thursday, Oct. 9: 7:30 a.m. free swim; 9 a.m. water aerobics, South Knox Opry; 12:15 p.m. ballroom dance; 1 p.m.
HALLOWEEN EVENTS ■ Ghost House Hikes at Big Ridge State Park. Cost: $5. Reservations required. Info/ reservations: 992-5523 ■ Haunted Trail at Historic Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway. Open every Friday and Saturday in October and Saturday, Nov. 1, 8 p.m.-midnight. Tickets: $15. Free parking. Not recommended for under age 7. Info: www.cherokeecavernsnightmarehill.com. ■ The Mysterious Past of
HEALTH NOTES ■ Diabetes Management Series, 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 9, 16, 23 and 30, in the Knox County Health Department auditorium, 140 Dameron Ave. Free. Provides information on how to manage diabetes through proper diet, medication, stress management and exercise. Info/to register: 215-5170. ■ Abundant Life, a Free Weight Management
Rook, water aerobics; 1:30 p.m. line dance; 2 p.m. water Pilates; 2:45 p.m. swing dance. ■ Friday, Oct. 10: 7:30 a.m. free swim; 8:45 a.m. advanced senior cardio fitness; 9 a.m. water aerobics; 10 a.m. yoga; 11 a.m. SAIL exercise, Rook, water aerobics; 1 p.m. water aerobics, beginning art. ■ Monday, Oct. 13: 7:30 a.m. free swim; 9 a.m. water aerobics; 10 a.m. macular
Blount Mansion, 5:30-9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Oct. 28-30, 200 W. Hill Ave. Cost: $10. Learn about Blount Mansion’s mysterious past, including legends, customs and myths during the candlelight and flashlight tours of the mansion. Reservations preferred. Tickets: https:// squareup.com/market/ blount-mansion. Info: 5252375 or info@blountmansion. org. ■ Norwood UMC Pumpkin Patch, 2110 Merchants Drive, open through Friday, Oct. 31; 3-8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays, 1-6 p.m. Sundays. Pumpkins of
Program incorporating diet, exercise and group support, 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, North Knoxville Seventh-day Adventist Church fellowship hall, 6530 Fountain City Road. Info/to register: 3148204 www.KnoxvilleInstep. com. ■ PK Hope Is Alive Parkinson Support Group of East TN will meet 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, at Kern UMC family life center, 451 E. Tennessee Ave., Oak Ridge. Speaker: Debbie Price. Topic: “Healthy Mind
degeneration program; 11 a.m. quilting, Water Peeps; 1 p.m. bridge, water aerobics, dominos. ■ Tuesday, Oct. 14: 7:30 a.m. free swim; 8:45 a.m. Senior Cardio Fitness; 9 a.m. water aerobics; 10 a.m. crafts/beading, SAIL exercises; 11 a.m. water aerobics; Tai Chi I; 12:30 p.m. Tai Chi II; 1 p.m. Rook, water aerobics; 2 p.m. water Pilates. ■ Info: 573-5843.
all sizes available. Info: 687-1620 ■ Trick or Treating in the Cave, 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 23-25 and Oct. 31-Nov. 1. Admission: $8 ages 8 and up. Info: www. cherokeecaverns.com. ■ Trick or Trees, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, UT Gardens Plaza, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive. Cost: $6 per child, ages 12 and under. Must be accompanied by adult. Advance registration required. Info: 974-7151 or dstowell@utk.edu. ■ Trunk or Treat, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, North Side Y. Free and open to the public. Inflatables, games, food and more.
Counseling.” Light lunch provided. Info: Karen Sampsell, 482-4867, or pk_hopeisalive@ bellsouth.net. ■ Asa’s EB awareness 5K walk/run, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 25, Victor Ashe Park. Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is a devastating rare skin disease for which there is no cure or treatment. All proceeds will go to the DEBRA organization for EB awareness and research. To register: http://debra.kintera. org/2014knoxville5k.
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een, and Halloween means bats. Well, candy mostly, but also bats. That’s probably what the folks at Ijams Nature Center were thinking when they chose bats as the topic of a Science Café, 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Ijams. Everyone is invited to come watch a short NOVA video on bats, followed by a discussion on bats with Riley Bernard, doctoral candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Tennessee. Refreshments will be served. To register for the free event, call 577-4717, ext. 110.
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government Hat guy does it right John Fugate, Fountain City’s interim school board member who likes to wear a hat, is making an impact beyond his two-month term. Appointed to replace Indya Kincannon until the Nov. 4 election, Fugate nominated Mike McMillan for school board chair both in September and October. With Patti Bounds back, his latest motion prevailed, 5-4. Fugate then nominated Doug Harris for vice chair. With Fugate’s vote, Harris won 5-4 and took a seat next to McMillan.
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“Nice move,” I emailed Fugate. He called back from Charleston. Seems he had disrupted his family vacation to fly back at personal expense to vote at Wednesday’s meeting. “It was the right thing to do,” he said.
Proposition who? Roe v. Wade would never have happened, and a man’s right to an abortion would never have been questioned. Can you imagine a horde of female zealots parading with signs and harassing an unwed pregnant Tennessee Titans linebacker outside a clinic? Neither can I. Larry The fact is that only Van recently in the nation’s hisGuilder tory have women begun to flex their political muscles, and men continue to dominate legislative bodies and It isn’t sex education in the judiciary at all levels. need of those misspent milLaws like those envilions but what was known sioned by supporters of to my generation as “civics,” Proposition 1 that purport especially as it concerns to protect a woman’s health the power to interpret the in fact can result in medical Constitution granted to the catastrophe. U.S. Supreme Court. Last year Ohio enacted Let’s review: “(The) right stringent new regulations of privacy, whether it be that ban abortions for any founded in the Fourteenth reason after 24 weeks. One Amendment’s concept doctor’s patient discovered of personal liberty and her fetus carried a fatal restrictions upon state chromosome flaw 27 weeks action, or … in the Ninth into her term. Amendment’s reservation No doctor would perform of rights to the people, is the abortion for fear of the broad enough to encompass law. a woman’s decision whether Laws like that, laws like or not to terminate her those that forced the shutpregnancy.” down of clinics from South That’s the gist of the SuDakota to Mississippi, laws preme Court’s 1973 decision like Tennessee’s $1 million in Roe v. Wade. The constate-level defunding of stitutional right to privacy Planned Parenthood, are prevails over most state coming your way in spades restrictions on abortion. if enough voters respond That’s been the law of “yes” to Amendment 1. the land for 41 years despite Tennessee’s lawmakunrelenting efforts to disers are the same ones who mantle it. decided carrying a loaded Tennessee’s Amendment handgun into a bar is a 1 is another end run around nifty idea, so appealing to the Constitution schemed their native intelligence is up by lawmakers concerned a waste of time. Instead, I with “women’s health.” If it suggest a new proposition. passes on Nov. 4, only the Proposition Who asks financial health of attorneys legislators, “Who do you will benefit; challenges will think you are?” This should come quickly and often. appeal to conservatives The real problem is that, who ceaselessly rail against like Scarlett O’Hara’s maid, intrusive government. Prissy, men “don’t know The name of every state nothin’ ’bout birthin’ babies.” politician who publicly supIf men could get pregported Proposition 1 would nant, if they gave birth, if be listed on the ballot. If they dealt with unwanted enough voters tick your pregnancies, if they had to name, you’re recalled. choose between a career Who knows, maybe even and childrearing duties, Haslam would hear a who.
If a fraction of the money pouring into camps for and against Amendment 1 – also known as Proposition 1 – had been used in education there would be no “debate.”
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Nobody will ever confuse Amber Rountree or Patti Bounds with Dikembe Mutombo, the 7-2 Congolese-American basketball player whose signature play was the “not-in-my-house” swat and admonishing index finger waggle, but the new school board members (along with fellow newbie Terry Hill and appointee John Fugate) stood their ground at the October meetings and delivered the message that it’s a new day at the Board of Education. Rountree, a former school librarian who gave birth to son Teddy on Sept. 8, has spent her scant spare time researching the controversial SAT-10 tests that Knox County Schools administers to K-secondgraders. SAT-10 is not state required. Superintendent James McIntyre says these tests are necessary to identify reading deficiencies before students get to the critical third-grade level, but many parents and educators consider them harmful
Betty Bean to young children, as well as huge time-wasters. After failing to get clear answers from McIntyre, Rountree requested data from the state Department of Education and found that the number of school districts administering the tests is dwindling. In 2012, 97 of the state’s 135 school districts administered the SAT-10. In 2013, it was down to 87. She wanted a discussion of this issue at last week’s work session but says McIntyre – who, along with the board chair, sets the agenda – told her that the agenda was full. “He said it would be better at the mid-month meeting,” Rountree said. “But what concerns me is that we order the tests from the state, and the order has to
be in sometime in October. I want to have a public conversation with public input. Having proctored that assessment myself as recently as this past May, I don’t feel it is right for our kids. Numerous studies say it’s not developmentally appropriate for kids ages 5 through 7.” So how would she identify kids needing early reading intervention? “By the end of the school year, I would be willing to bet their teachers could tell me what I needed to know.” Bounds, whose absence from the September meeting left the vote for board chair deadlocked between Mike McMillan and Doug Harris, was fielding calls and emails from people who wanted to influence her vote for chair and from supporters of an International Baccalaureate program at Bearden Middle School. She cast her lot with McMillan, marking a sea change in the balance of power on the BOE, and when the vote for the esti-
mated $781,920 program at Bearden Middle came up, she balked, refusing to vote to spend this kind of money with less than a week’s notice (in the recent past, the board has routinely approved McIntyre-blessed initiatives on similarly short notice). To the visible irritation of at least one of their senior colleagues, the new majority voted to postpone the IB vote until next month. After the meeting, Bounds said neither vote was hard. “With the vote for chair, the people I heard from who wanted me to vote for Doug Harris were all about money. I didn’t hear from a single teacher who asked me to vote for Harris.” As for the IB program? It’s no secret that Bounds and Hill are conservative Republicans who take spending very seriously. And they very seriously said they wanted a minute to think about it. It remains to be seen whether their colleagues and McIntyre are listening.
Zoo upgrades truly spectacular The design for the new Pagoda to be built at the Knoxville Zoo in honor of Susan Shieh was unveiled Sept. 25 with the Shieh family present.
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It is truly spectacular. The Shiehs made a major capital gift for the Pagoda at Tiger Forest, which will be 30 feet tall. It will be a dramatic focal point for visitors to Tiger Forest. Zoo board chair Eddie Mannis presided, and attending were City Council member Duane Grieve, Sen. Becky Massey and Burchett as well as former city architect and county commissioner David Collins. This will be a significant addition to the zoo, which is a major tourist attraction for Knoxville. Susan Shieh was active in promoting Knoxville’s sister-city program in Japan and China. ■ Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett has attended several GOP events in neighboring counties recently including a Blount County breakfast Sept. 20 for Lamar Alexander and a
summer speech by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in Campbell County. With his final term as county mayor expiring in 2018, he may be checking out options in a larger arena. Burchett likes campaigning and does it well. He will not disappear in September 2018 when his current term expires. He is actively backing Alexander for U.S. Senate, taking him to lunch last week at Vol Market in Knoxville as well as being master of ceremonies at his recent Knoxville lunch. ■ Cheri Siler, Democratic nominee for state Senate, favors raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. It’s unclear how she can do it as a state senator as Tennessee does not have a minimum-wage law. It is the current federal law that impacts Tennessee. While Siler is unlikely to win her Senate bid against Republican Rick Briggs, she is making friends among Democrats and impressing observers for the competent and determined manner she is waging her campaign. She has a foundation for a future local race if she wants to do it. Remember, Gloria Johnson lost her first race against Becky Massey. Briggs was seen as overbearing on a recent TV program with Siler. ■ County Commis-
sioner Ed Brantley, whose name a few weeks ago was on the Gordon Ball for U.S. Senate campaign list (he says he never authorized it) as a supporter, last week attended the Alexander for Senate luncheon here in Knoxville and is now actively backing Alexander for re-election. ■ Last Friday, Oct. 3, marked the 223rd birthday of the city of Knoxville, which was founded in 1791. In 1991, on the Bicentennial celebration, the state Legislature met in Knoxville at the World’s Fair Park to salute the occasion. No mention of it was made this year on the city website. Sue Clancy, former director of special events who led the 1991 Bicentennial celebration, called this writer to wish him a Happy Knoxville Birthday. ■ Natalie Ritchie, daughter of former state Rep. Wayne Ritchie and Margaret is the 60 Seconds managing editor of the Duke Political Review at Duke University. She is a 2012 graduate of Knoxville’s Webb School and a junior at Duke majoring in public policy. It can be found online at www.dukepoliticalreview.org ■ During the last session of the Legislature, a bill was enacted to make it illegal for election observers sponsored by the United Nations to inspect elections
in Tennessee. While there are many persons who dislike the United Nations for many reasons, this legislation has played neatly into Vladimir Putin’s hands as he seeks to overturn the independence of Ukraine. The international community has sent election observers there now and in the past to validate their fairness. This has become almost routine throughout the world. This writer has been an election observer in Georgia and Timor Leste. Putin has placed this legislation on the Russia Today network, which is his propaganda organ. He says the U.S. wants to observe elections in other countries but objects to it in the U.S. Tennessee should be inviting election observers throughout the world to visit the Volunteer State to see how free, fair and open our elections are. They could learn something from observing what we do and what we do not do. ■ The University of Tennessee is spending $150,000 to repair the roof of historic Hopecote House on Melrose Avenue, which is used as an official guest house for many UT visitors. It is a John Franz Staub-designed house as is the Williams House on Lyons View Pike, which UT is seeking to lease.
Tennessee looks less like a bowl team To put things in perspective, Tennessee looks less like a bowl team today than it did in August. After weeks and weeks of intensive instruction, the Volunteers have not learned to win. There is no threat of a running attack. Pass protection is still missing in action. It is so bad as to be dangerous. Offensive inefficiency puts an unholy burden on the defense. Eight plays in the red zone lost 11 yards and an interception. Such ineptness brings back memories of a previous administration. Other than that and the score, all is well in Big Orange Country. There were many positive aspects of Saturday past. Weather was good. Neyland Stadium checkerboard configuration of paying customers was almost spectacular. The crowd was loud. Concessions cashed in, maybe enough to match last year’s net profit. Aging Vols for Life made it on and off the field without significant injury. It could have been a really good day.
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Butch Jones is keeping the faith. That is a plus. The coach sent word that if everybody will just be patient, Tennessee will be OK. He didn’t say when. “We’re going to get it together. We’re going to have great days, but we just got to keep grinding… I promise you we’re going to get it right … we’ll be back. I promise you we’re going to be a good football team.” It sure isn’t yet but it is trying. Butch said what he has said before, that the players are fighting, scratching and clawing. They are also shooting themselves in the feet. The first half was marred by penalties. The second half was lost to sacks. Could it be that losing to Florida is contagious, that the current team picks it up from the previous team
and passes it on? The streak is at 10. Sometimes the Gators have been better. This time they weren’t. And they weren’t very good last year. Florida projected as the pivotal game of 2014, the one that could have launched Tennessee toward a surprisingly successful season. The Vols allowed the Gators to beat the odds. They survived three interceptions and stayed around until their coach sent in the sub quarterback. In comparison to some we’ve seen, theirs looked like an allstar-to-be. Battered and bruised Florida coach Will Muschamp, at risk of losing his job, found great satisfaction in heaping fourth-quarter unhappiness of the colorful multitude: “It was great to see so many people disappointed.” Will may have been retaliating for the vulgar fan chant I hope your children didn’t hear. That was last week. Don’t you know excitement is building for homecoming. Can’t you just feel it? The Chattanooga Moccasins are
coming to town. Now is a good time for a lighter assignment. It gives the Vols a chance to get their record back to even. Finishing 3-3 in the second half of the season is a potential problem. Tennessee will have to find something to beat in addition to open date. Two remaining foes are obviously stronger. Missouri is a maybe. South Carolina and Kentucky are different kinds of shockers. We’ll discover later whether Vanderbilt improves more and faster. In theory, young Volunteers will get better with age and experience. Senior quarterback Justin Worley probably won’t. He won considerable respect for just surviving Oklahoma and Georgia, for getting up after repeated knockdowns, for completing passes under duress, for coming back after an injury, for making the Athens game close. He did not play well against Florida. I boldly predict Tennessee will defeat Chattanooga. I am less confident about what may happen thereafter.
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County Commission goes to jail Knox County commissioners learned about the latest law enforcement technology and initiatives at a lunch hosted by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office at the Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility on Maloneyville Road.
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While the overview was primarily aimed at new commission members Randy Smith, Charles Busler, Bob Thomas and Ed Brantley, the lunch was also attended by Mike Brown and Dave Wright. Martha Dooley, media relations director, talked about the growth of the KCSO website. The 24-hour arrest list is popular, she said, and two downloadable apps serve the public and the sheriff’s office. One allows residents to submit crime tips, and the other alerts victims when perpetrators are being released. The website also links to a crime map of Knox County. People are less afraid when they have more information about crime, said Captain Bobby Hubbs of the Crime Analysis and Information Technology Division.
“What a great tool. I used to print out a report every 30 days and take it to neighborhood associations. This is updated every hour,” said Hubbs. The KCSO also uses Facebook and Twitter to keep the public and the media up to date, Dooley said. Butch Bryant, an attorney with the sheriff’s office, said patrol officers will soon be equipped with body cameras, which ultimately protect them. He advises recruits to assume that everything they do is being recorded, and they shouldn’t mind the sheriff, or their mother, looking at it. Citizens behave differently if they know they are being recorded, which is also helpful, he said. Todd Cook, director of Probation and Pretrial Release, brought an electronic alcohol-monitoring bracelet that can monitor the location and alcohol consumption of offenders. Knox County is one of the largest alcohol-monitoring stations in the U.S., he said. Offenders, who would otherwise be in jail, pay $10 a day to wear the device, he said. Others talked about initiatives aimed at keeping at-risk groups out of jail. A new training program will help officers identify veterans who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, said Chief Deputy
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Response Team demonstrates the takedown of an unruly inmate. Photos by Wendy Smith
Knox County Commissioners Randy Smith, Charles Busler, Ed Brantley and Mike Brown examine an alcohol-monitoring bracelet at the Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility.
Eddie Biggs. A new court allows veterans in the criminal justice system to receive treatment rather than jail time. Captain Chris Holloway talked about Operation: Think Twice, a program for at-risk kids and their parents. A two-hour tour of the detention facility shows
consequences of delinquent behavior, he said. Rodney Bivens, assistant chief of corrections, pointed out problems that commissioners might eventually need to address. Since Lakeshore Mental Health Institute closed in 2012, the country transports offenders who require hospitalization
to Moccasin Bend Mental Health Center in Chattanooga costing $175,000 each year for fuel alone. As many as 40 percent of detention-center inmates suffer from drug or mentalhealth issues, Bivens estimated. Early intervention could keep many from getting stuck in the system.
The Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility has 1,036 beds, but they can’t all be filled at the same time because of the need to separate groups, like maximumsecurity inmates. Knox County needs more facilities for maximum-security prisoners, said Bivens.
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GOV NOTES ■ Amendment 1 panel discussion and community forum, noon Thursday, Oct. 9, Pellissippi State Community College, Goins Building auditorium, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Free and open to the public. Info: 694-6400. ■ Democratic Women’s club meeting, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, Shoney’s on Western
Avenue. Info: 742-8234. ■ Metropolitan Planning Commission will meet 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at the City County Building. ■ Buz Johnson, deputy director and 37-year veteran of MPC, retired from the agency Sept. 12. He says he’s looking forward to retirement, especially with the impending ar-
■ Sen. Lamar Alexander will speak in North Knox County, a guest of three Republican clubs. The meeting is 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the Boys and Girls Club of Halls/ Powell, 1819 Dry Gap Pike, across from Brickey-McCloud Elementary School. ■ Early voting for the Nov. 4 election will start Wednesday, Oct. 15, and run through
Thursday, Oct. 30, at 10 area locations. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. Locations are: City County Building (opens weekdays at noon), Halls Rec Center, Carter Library, Downtown West, Farragut Town Hall, Love Kitchen, Merchants Drive (near Outback), Karns (next to Archer’s BBQ), South (next to Rush Fitness) and New Harvest Park.
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South-Doyle High student Rachel Cormack receives information about Union UniHomecoming candidate Emily Preen, right, aided by Briana versity from an admissions Griffin, is selling mementos as well as snacks. representative. Photos by R. White
College/career fair draws large crowd Knox County Schools hosted a college and career fair that allowed juniors and seniors an opportunity to explore post-secondary opportunities available upon graduation. More than 100 representatives from colleges and universities, career and technical schools, the military and financial-aid organizations were on hand inside the Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park.
Fundraising for Homecoming By Betsy Pickle For Homecoming candidates at South-Doyle High School, fundraising is serious business. They’re in the school lobby before classes start each morning, selling snacks and other items. Homemade baked goods are a big draw, but so are bags of chips and buckets of cotton candy. One candidate puts monograms on flannel
shirts and sells photos she’s taken at football games. The young women have been selling at the games also. That’s where the big money is. “We sold petros and tacos – nice comfort food,” said Adriane Cooper. “Those went over really well.” Homecoming is Friday, Oct. 24, against Morristown East.
South-Doyle High students Eri’Aysia Turman, Chris Fowler, Ashlyn Wynns and Darian Jones check out the information station for Vanderbilt University during the college/career fair.
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Youth is not the only thing being celebrated at South-Doyle High School’s home football games this season. The storied high schools of South Knox past are also being honored at the games. Alumni from the nowdefunct high schools that preceded South-Doyle are being invited to the games to be recognized. Alumni are encouraged to sign in and receive a free T-shirt. Doyle launched the al-
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Thirteen bands, one event The Central High School Bobcat band will host the Knox County Schools Marching Band exhibition, 6-10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, 5321 Jacksboro Pike. This is an opportunity to see each high school’s marching band (approximately 1,500 students total) perform its halftime show. Tickets are $5, with children 10 and younger admitted free. Concessions will be available. Rain date is set for Tuesday, Oct. 28.
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New name for close-knit alliance The East Towne Area Business and Professional Association has a new name and a new logo.
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Justin Sterling, president, explains why the name East Towne Business Alliance was chosen. “We’re excited because it is a strong name that communicates who we are and where we are,” says Sterling. The colorful compass in the new logo was designed to draw attention to the trade area. The orange section depicts the targeted market area of Knoxville and Knox County. Carolyn Pointer Neil, owner of Elder Advocates, spoke in October, sharing tips on how to start a business. Elder Advocates pro-
vides assistance to those who have elderly or disabled family members and need help making the best decisions in time of need. Tommy Vann, local developer, provided breakfast. This young organization has been in existence less than one year, but members have already partnered with TDOT, Knoxville City Council, homeowners, church groups and businesses for improved signage along I-640.
City Council member Nick Della Volpe has been a huge supporter and has helped make this a reality. A resolution to TDOT commissioner John Schroer has been passed by the council. Sterling says, “Our trade area has had access concerns for over 20 years. What’s different now is a
combination of factors converging at the same time. Consumer feedback has helped us see the need to organize for a common cause. We won’t take Justin Sterling our foot off the gas once the signs get put up.” He acknowledges that in addition to the signs, improved visibility and changes to the infrastructure of the exits are also needed. Statistics show the I-640 corridor businesses are eight minutes from downtown, offer an abundance of free parking and serve consumers from eight counties. While it’s one of the top areas for retail sales in the entire county, educational, eye care and dental facilities are also close by.
Need time on middle school IB Wow! What was once easy has become hard. Not so long ago I would have been an automatic yes vote for launching a middle school magnet at Bearden through the International Baccalaureate program. Why not? Bearden Middle feeds into West High School where such a program already exists. “It’s the next logical progression for the work we’ve done at West High School and a really great opportunity for kids,” said Superintendent Jim McIntyre. “It’s a competitive response as well. We’re in an era of charter schools and private schools and vouchers.”
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But new school board members applied the brakes to the plan, estimated to add about $750,000 annually to the school system’s budget. Terry Hill, Amber Rountree and Patti Bounds questioned the cost and their own lack of information about the proposal. The vote was deferred until November. So I contacted some busi-
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And former businesses are moving back to Knoxville Center Mall. There is currently a lease out for signature for a 17,000 square-foot space at the mall with Pointer Neil a namebrand retailer. Anticipated opening date is for first quarter 2015. New businesses have opened all along the I-640 corridor. “We want our meetings to be the best they can be with speakers who can inspire and educate local businesses to perform better.” Sterling said. “I want our group to be proactive. We invite all likeminded businesses to join our ranks.” The alliance meets at 8 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at the New Harvest Park Community Center. science textbooks in the last two cycles?” asked another. It’s the makings of a great community conversation. So my vote is to delay a vote on the middle school IB. Let’s consider it this spring in the context of the overall budget. And let’s be sure we’ve got the teachers to make the program work.
ness buddies – most too shy to speak on the record. “The core problem with experimental programs like IB and World Literature is that they divert dollars from more important, core programs like drivers ed, football and vo-tech,” said one. “IB seems like a nobrainer. We need to expose ■ New South Credit Union is our kids to the broader offering free document shredworld,” said another. ding Thursday and Friday, “It seems to me to be Oct. 16-17, at its three area another way to spend monbranches with a limit of one ey on education without large file box per individual. Branches are at 3261 N. Mall spending it on teachers,” Road near Knoxville Center someone posted online. Mall, 4587 Maynardville High“How can Knox County way, or 7701 Rutledge Pike. even consider an IB middle Info: 865-523-0757. school when they have not purchased a complete set of
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THURSDAY, OCT. 9 THROUGH SUNDAY, OCT. 19 William Gibson’s “The Miracle Worker,” Clarence Brown Theatre mainstage, 1714 Andy Holt Ave. Info/tickets/performance times and dates: 9745161 or http://clarencebrowntheatre.com/.
THROUGH MONDAY, OCT. 20 Registration open for Goodwill Golf Classic in Memory of Jerry Hatmaker, Holston Hills Country Club. Format: four-person modified scramble. Proceeds benefit Goodwill Industries-Knoxville Inc. Info/ registration: www.gwiktn.org/events or 588-8567.
THROUGH MONDAY, OCT. 27 Deadline for membership applications to Knoxville Watercolor Society. Applications for jurying process: www.knxvillewatercolorsociety.com. Info: Kate McCullough, 604-1406 or kateswaterart@gmail.com.
THROUGH FRIDAY, OCT. 31 Featured artists at Parkside Open Door Gallery, Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave., are Frank Harvey (3-D garden art) of Lenoir City and Penny Berridge (oil paintings) and Renita Andrews (copper and sterling silver jewelry) of Fountain City. Info/hours: 357-7624 or 357-2787.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8 Fire safety demonstrations for both businesses and residents, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Fire extinguisher demos, 10-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m.; Fire Safety and Prevention for Homeowners workshop, 6-7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Info: Colin Cumesty, colin.cumesty@townoffarragut.org or 675-2384. “Meet and Greet Jeff Jarnigan – The New Voice of Neyland Stadium” Tennessee Tailgate Party, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Carter Senior Center, 9040 Asheville Highway. Appearance by WVLT’s Lauren Davis. Free hot dogs. Wear orange; bring favorite tailgate dish. Free event; RSVP requested. Info/RSVP: 932-2939.
Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway. All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge. Traditional Appalachian Dance, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Hosted by the Knoxville Square Dance. Live old-time music by the Hellgrammites. Admission: $7. Info: 522-5851 or info@ jubileearts.org. Deadline to RSVP for Blount Mansion’s History Suppers Events, to be held 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, The Grill at Highland’s Row, 4705 Old Kingston Pike. Speakers: Gordon Belt and Traci Nichols-Belt. Topic: “John Sevier: Tennessee’s First Hero.” Cost: $65 per person. Info/RSVP: 525-2375 or info@blountmansion.org. Knoxville Square Dance, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. T-Claw calling with live old-time music by the Hellgrammites. Admission: $7; discounts available. Info: 522-5851 or concerts@jubileearts.org. Author and book-signing: Sharyn McCrumb, 7 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Free and open to the public. Info: 215-8801. Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the recently completed McFee-Wentworth Greenway Connector, 6 p.m., at the pedestrian bridge. Hosted by the town of Farragut. Info: 966-7057. Mae Beth Harris in concert, 7 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion on Market Square. Blend of bluegrass, country and pop. Free. Bring chairs or blankets. Info: https:// www.facebook.com/CityofKnoxvilleSpecialEvents. Fall Harvest in the City Luncheon, 10:45 a.m., Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Sponsored by Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection. Complimentary child care by reservation only. Cost: $12 inclusive. Info/reservations: 315-8182 or knoxvillechristianwomen@gmail.com. Movie and Popcorn: “Heaven Is for Real,” 11:15 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
FRIDAY, OCT. 10 Roux du Bayou in concert, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Tickets: $12; some discounts available. Info/tickets: www.jubileearts.org. Alive After Five concert: “Tribute to Sam Cooke” featuring Danny McGrew with Soul Connection and very special guest Clifford Curry, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Tickets:
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September surge for local markets By Sherry Witt Following a brief downturn in August, the local real estate and lending markets enjoyed healthy numbers to close out Sherry Witt the third quarter. For the month that ended Sept. 30, there were 841 property transfers in Knox County, a decrease from the 922 sales recorded in August but an actual increase in the total value of property sold. Land transfers were just over $223 million – some $6 million more than the value of property sold in August, and nearly $30 million ahead of last September’s pace. Real estate markets often experience a slowdown as the fall season gets underway; however, 2014 proved to be an exception. Mortgage lending also rebounded from its August
■ Pinnacle Financial Partners has invested $1 million in the Knoxville Area Urban League’s lending program that will be used to make loans and fund businesses and, in turn, create jobs and opportunities for residents in economically disadvantaged communities. ■ Food City was named “retail marketer of the year” by the Certified Angus Beef providers. CEO Steven Smith said,
dip, as more than $324 million was loaned. That represented a $49 million increase over August and bested last September’s loans by nearly $55 million. The largest land transfer was the purchase of commercial property near Downtown West. The 2.71acre parcel was purchased by Elman Knoxville Associates LP for $20.1 million. With three quarters of 2014 now in the books, some interesting comparisons may be drawn between this year and last. Property sales have been somewhat better, while mortgage lending has lagged behind. The first nine months of this year have produced total property sales of $1.71 billion in Knox County, compared to $1.59 billion during the first three quarters of 2013. On the lending side, about $2.32 billion has been loaned against real estate so far in 2014, while $2.94 billion was loaned during the same period last year. Sherry Witt is Knox County Register of Deeds.
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$15; $10 for members/students. Info: 934-2039. Senior Appreciation Picnic rescheduled from last week, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (rain or shine), John Tarleton Park, 3201 Division St. Includes lunch, live music and a vendor expo.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 10-11 Knoxville Toy & Comic Expo, Jacob Building Chilhowee Park. Info/schedule: www.KnoxvilleToyShow. com or knoxvilletoyshow@gmail.com.
SATURDAY, OCT. 11 Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town Pet Smart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Second Saturday Marketplace, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tea & Treasures, 4104 W. Martin Mill Pike. Vendor booths include arts & crafts, antiques, plants, books, food and music. “Fall: Time for the Garden’s Physical Exam,” 10:30 a.m.-noon, Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at All Saints Catholic Church, 620 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Free. Open to the public. Rain or shine. Info: 215-2340.
MONDAY, OCT. 13 Ossoli Circle meeting, 9:45 a.m., Ossoli Clubhouse, 2511 Kingston Pike. Lunch follows programs. Visitors welcome. Info: Cheryl Smith, 539-1721. Health Awareness Seminar: “Diabetes: Understanding the Basics,” 9 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
TUESDAY, OCT. 14 “Becoming all New after Knee Surgery,” 3 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Knoxville Civil War Roundtable meeting, 7 p.m., Buddy’s Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Ross Massey. Topic: “The Battle of Nashville, December 1864.” Cost: $15/members, $17/nonmembers; includes dinner. Lecture only: $3. RSVP by noon Monday, Oct. 13, to 671-9001.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15 Books Sandwiched In, noon, East Tennessee History Center auditorium, 601 S. Gay St. Dr. Jack Fellows will discuss “Hot: Living through the next 50 years on Earth” by Mark Hertsgaard. Info: 215-8801. Senior Job Fair for job-seekers who are 50+, 9 a.m.-noon, CAC LT Ross Building, 2247 Western Ave. Hosted by the CAC Office on Aging’s Senior Employment Service. Bring resumes, reference sheets, and any other info needed to apply for jobs. Info: 524-2786.
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